TAMPA CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOPS
THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2019
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09:02:56 >>> CITY COUNCIL IS CALLED IN SESSION.
09:02:59 ROLL CALL -- I GUESS INVOCATION.
09:03:01 I AM SORRY, GO AHEAD.
09:03:03 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:03:06 RABBI SIMON?
09:03:07 THERE HE IS.
09:03:12 OKAY, RABBI JOEL SIMON ORIGINALLY JOINED CONGREGATION
09:03:17 AS ASSISTANT RABBI BECOMING ASSOCIATE IN 2010.
09:03:22 AS ASSISTANT RABBI, HE SHARED PASTORAL RESPONSIBILITIES
09:03:27 WHILE WORKING SPECIFICALLY WITH THE CONGREGATION YOUTH
09:03:28 AND YOUNG PROFESSIONALS.
09:03:34 AFTER THREE YEARS AS A SENIOR RABBI IN BUCKS COUNTY,
09:03:40 PENNSYLVANIA, HE RETURNED TO SHARZEDIK AS SENIOR RABBI
09:03:43 AND CONTINUES TO PARTNER EVEN THOUGH HE IS OFFICIALLY
09:03:44 RETIRED.
09:03:48 CONGREGATION IS A REFORMED SYNAGOGUE SERVING ALMOST
09:03:52 1200 HOUSEHOLDS THROUGHOUT THE TAMPA BAY AREA.
09:03:55 YOUR FOURTH TIME COMING HERE.
09:03:56 THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK.
09:03:57 >> THANK YOU.
09:04:03 BEFORE I BEGIN, I WANT TO THANK CITY COUNCILMAN CARLSON
09:04:05 FOR JOINING ME THIS MORNING.
09:04:10 THE SEATS OF WHICH HE SITS HAS BEEN HELD BY CONGRESSMEN
09:04:12 BEFORE HIM ONE OF WHOM WILL BE SITTING IN A DIFFERENT
09:04:16 SEAT, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT HE KNOWS AND YOU ALL
09:04:18 KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A SEAT IN OUR CONGREGATION ANY TIME
09:04:20 YOU WOULD LIKE IT.
09:04:23 HAVING -- BEING MY FOURTH TIME HERE HOW INSPIRING IT IS
09:04:27 TO SEE THE CHAMBER SO FULL THIS MORNING WITH CITIZENS
09:04:34 WHO WANT TO BE PART OF THIS HOLY CONVERSATION.
09:04:42 IN THE JEWISH WE READ THE LEVITICUS, DEUTERONOMY
09:04:47 READING ENTIRETY OF THE FIVE BOOKS AND EVERY SYNAGOGUE
09:04:51 AROUND THE WORLD EVERYONE IS READING THE SAME SECTION.
09:04:53 THE READING FROM THE BOOK OF NUMBERS BEGINS WITH THE
09:04:58 INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE MENORAH, THE SEVENTH BRANCHED LAMP
09:05:02 STAND IN THE TEMPLE TO BE PERPETUALLY LIT.
09:05:08 16TH CENTURY RABBI ISAAC TAUGHT THAT THE SIX OUTER
09:05:11 BRANCHES OF THE MENORAH REPRESENTED MATH, SCIENCES,
09:05:16 LITERATURE, BUT THE CENTER LAMP, ONE THAT SHINES ON ALL
09:05:20 THE OTHERS REPRESENTS THE TORAH.
09:05:24 OUR GOD AND OUR GOD OF OUR ANCESTORS, WE PRAY FOR
09:05:27 STRENGTH AND WISDOM FOR THE MEMBERS OF THIS CITY
09:05:32 COUNCIL AND ALL WHO SPEAK BEFORE IT TODAY.
09:05:37 MAY OUR CITIES LEADERS BE LIKE THIS MEMORIAL, THIS LAMP
09:05:39 STAND AS THEY HELP TO DETERMINE TAMPA'S FUTURE MAY THEY
09:05:43 SEEK TO FULLY UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE TOPICS BEFORE THEM
09:05:46 FROM EVERY AVAILABLE DISCIPLINE, THE RESEARCH, THE
09:05:49 SCIENCE AND THE HISTORY.
09:05:53 AS EACH OF THESE LIGHTS SHINE ON THEIR ULTIMATE
09:05:57 DECISION MAY THAT CENTER LIGHT, THAT BRIGHTEST LIGHT BE
09:06:01 OF GREATER WISDOM AND COMPASSION.
09:06:06 THE LATE TO IS FUELED BY THE CENTRAL TENETS OF OUR
09:06:10 FAITH, TO LOVE THY NEIGHBORS AS OURSELVES, TO SEE
09:06:13 OURSELVES IN ALL OF THE CITY'S RESIDENTS AND MAY THE
09:06:17 DECISIONS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CAUSE TAMPA'S BEAUTIFUL
09:06:20 LIGHT TO SHINE EVEN BRIGHTER AS A BEACON OF HOPE, OF
09:06:22 LOVE, AND OF PEACE.
09:06:26 AMEN.
09:06:41 [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
09:06:46 >> ROLL CALL PLEASE.
09:06:56 [ROLL CALL TAKEN]
09:06:57 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:07:02 BEFORE WE BEGIN, COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:07:05 >> I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY NEW INTERN KENNEDY
09:07:06 WARE.
09:07:09 STAND UP, KENNEDY.
09:07:10 THAT'S MY INTERN.
09:07:10 [APPLAUSE]
09:07:15 SHE IS A JUNIOR AT DUKE UNIVERSITY, A RISING SCHOLAR
09:07:20 AND WELCOME HER TO OUR FAMILY AT TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
09:07:22 >> THANK YOU, SIR.
09:07:27 >> JEREMIAH, THE SON OF OUR -- WHO WORKS HERE DEBBY
09:07:27 MERCER.
09:07:30 A SENIOR AT BRANDON.
09:07:35 AND HE IS HERE WITH US SEEING HOW THE GOVERNMENT WORKS.
09:07:37 I HOPE I LEARN A LOT FROM HIM.
09:07:40 [APPLAUSE]
09:07:41 >> THANK YOU, SIR.
09:07:44 WE ALWAYS LOVE ALL OF OUR INTERNS HERE AT TAMPA CITY
09:07:44 COUNCIL.
09:07:47 NEXT WE MOVE TO CEREMONIAL ACTIVITIES AND
09:07:48 PRESENTATIONS.
09:07:52 POLICEMAN OF THE MONTH.
09:08:03 COUNCILMAN CITRO.
09:08:06 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBERS, PEOPLE IN
09:08:09 OUR AUDIENCE, PEOPLE WHO ARE AT HOME.
09:08:13 AS YOU HEARD ME SPEAK BEFORE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS
09:08:17 OUR LIFE INSURANCE, IS THE INSURANCE THAT TAKES CARE OF
09:08:18 US.
09:08:22 THEY ARE THE PEOPLE THAT SERVE AND PROTECT US.
09:08:26 I WISH WE CAN ALL THANK THE POLICE OFFICERS AND WE CAN
09:08:30 GIVE THEM ALL AN AWARD EVERY WEEK.
09:08:33 HOWEVER, WE CAN ONLY DO ONE AT A TIME -- ONE DESERVING
09:08:35 OFFICER AT A TIME.
09:08:38 BEFORE I INTRODUCE CHIEF VASQUEZ, I WOULD LIKE TO
09:08:43 REMIND PEOPLE NOT ONLY IN THE AUDIENCE BUT HERE, WE
09:08:47 HAVE A TAMPA CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY.
09:08:50 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT WHAT THESE PEOPLE DO, HOW
09:08:52 THEY SERVE AND PROTECT US EACH AND EVERY DAY, I SUGGEST
09:08:56 YOU GO TO THIS POLICE ACADEMY AND FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT
09:08:59 THEY DO.
09:09:04 WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, CHIEF, TELL US WHY THIS OFFICER IS
09:09:05 GETTING THIS AWARD.
09:09:09 >> CHIEF VASQUEZ, PLEASURE TO BE HERE AGAIN.
09:09:13 THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME OUT YOUR BUSY SCHEDULE TO
09:09:15 RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR BEST AND BRIGHTEST.
09:09:18 REWARDING FOR THE OFFICERS AND SPECIAL US TO AS A STAFF
09:09:19 AS WELL.
09:09:23 HE IS -- OFFICER CASEY ENGLE.
09:09:24 PRIOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.
09:09:26 HE HAS BEEN WITH US FOR A YEAR AND A HALF.
09:09:28 AND THE CASES I AM GOING TO READ, YOU ARE GOING TO
09:09:31 UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT EXPERIENCE COMES IN AND HE IS
09:09:34 WELL DESERVING OF THIS AWARD.
09:09:37 IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS, OFFICER CASEY ENGEL BEGAN
09:09:42 NOTICING AN INCREASED AMOUNT OF AUTO BURGLARY IN HIS
09:09:43 ASSIGNED ZONE.
09:09:47 HE ADJUSTED HIS PROACTIVE AND REACTIVE DESIGN TO THE
09:09:50 EMERGING CRIME PATTERN HOPING TO FIND THE SUSPECTS
09:09:51 RESPONSIBLE.
09:09:54 LATE MARCH, THE OFFICER RESPONDED TO AN AUTO BURGLARY
09:09:57 AND RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM THE VICTIM AND WITNESSES
09:09:58 IN THIS CASE.
09:10:01 WITH THIS INFORMATION, HE DIRECTED OFFICERS TO THE AREA
09:10:04 WHERE THE SUSPECT IN THIS CASE WAS LAST SEEN AND
09:10:07 PROVIDED THEM WITH DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS.
09:10:09 ARMED WITH THIS INFORMATION, OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO
09:10:12 LOCATE AND ARREST THE DEFENDANT IN THIS CASE.
09:10:16 AND IN EARLY APRIL, OFFICER ENGEL RESPONDED TO ANOTHER
09:10:26 AUTO BURGLARY CALL INVOLVING MULTIPLE BURGLARIES.
09:10:28 HE BELIEVED HE PREVIOUSLY ARRESTED THE SAME SUSPECT FOR
09:10:29 A PRIOR CASE.
09:10:33 HE DIRECTED OFFICERS TO THE SUSPECT'S RESIDENCE TO
09:10:35 FURTHER INVESTIGATE.
09:10:38 THE SUBJECT WAS LOCATED AND INTERVIEWED AND ULTIMATELY
09:10:40 CONFESSED TO THE CRIME.
09:10:44 STOLEN PROPERTY WAS RECOVER AND RETURNED TO THE VICTIM.
09:10:48 IN MID-APRIL, OFFICER ENGEL TOOK EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO
09:10:52 PROACTIVELY PATROL HIS ASSIGNED AREA DUE TO THE
09:10:55 INCREASED AUTO BURGLARIES.
09:10:59 ONE STEP HE TOOK WAS SIDE STREETS TO THE DISPATCHED
09:11:01 CALLS INSTEAD OF THE THOROUGHFARES.
09:11:04 WHILE EN ROUTE TO AN UNRELATED CALL DURING THE EARLY
09:11:08 MORNING HOURS, HE WAS NAVIGATING A SIDE STREET AND
09:11:11 OBSERVED TWO SUSPECTS GOING THROUGH A BACKPACK AND
09:11:13 DISCARDING THE PROPERTY FROM INSIDE THE BACKPACK.
09:11:17 THE SUSPECT TOOK FLIGHT WHEN OFFICER ENGEL ATTEMPTED TO
09:11:19 SPEAK TO THEM.
09:11:23 HE GAVE CHASE AND SECURED THE AREA AND ALLOWED THE
09:11:26 SUSPECT TO BE LOCATED AND ARRESTED BY OFFICERS.
09:11:29 THE SUSPECTS WERE FOUND TO HAVE BURGLAR RICED FOUR
09:11:32 SEPARATE VEHICLES AND REMOVED COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF
09:11:33 PROPERTY FROM THE VEHICLES.
09:11:35 ALL THE PROPERTY WAS LOCATED AND RETURNED TO THE
09:11:36 VICTIMS IN THIS CASE.
09:11:39 THE SUSPECTS WERE INTERVIEWED AND ALSO CONFESSED TO
09:11:40 THIS CRIME.
09:11:44 IN LESS THAN 30 DAYS THE OFFICER'S ACTIONS ON THREE
09:11:47 SEPARATE OCCASIONS RESULTED IN THE ARREST OF THREE
09:11:50 SUSPECTS OF MULTIPLE AUTO BURGLARIES.
09:11:52 HE HELPED GIVE CLOSURE BY HAVING THE SUSPECTS HELD
09:11:55 ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR CRIMES AND RETURNING THE STOLEN
09:11:57 PROPERTY TO THE VICTIMS.
09:11:59 IN RECOGNITION FOR HIS DEDICATION TO THE CITIZENS OF
09:12:03 TAMPA AND THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT, OFFICER CASEY
09:12:08 ENGEL HAS BEEN SELECTED AS OFFICER OF THE MONTH FOR
09:12:09 JUNE 2019.
09:12:11 CONGRATULATIONS.
09:12:20 [APPLAUSE]
09:12:23 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEN.
09:12:25 THE POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.
09:12:28 I AM HERE WITH VICE PRESIDENT JIMMY OWENS AND SECRETARY
09:12:29 APRIL LARSON.
09:12:33 WE AS THE PBA ARE VERY PROUD OF CASEY.
09:12:37 THE EPITOME OF WHAT A YOUNG OFFICER SHOULD BE AND ROLE
09:12:40 MODEL FOR HIS SQUAD AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU WILL
09:12:42 BE LIKE FOR THE REST OF YOUR CAREER.
09:12:45 WE WANT TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS WATCH.
09:12:46 >> THANK YOU.
09:12:47 >> THANK YOU.
09:12:53 [APPLAUSE]
09:12:55 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:12:58 OFFICER, CONGRATULATIONS ON A JOB WELL-DONE.
09:12:59 YOU DESERVE IT.
09:13:04 ON BEHALF OF STEP TOWING SERVICE.
09:13:10 GIVE YOU A $50 BASS PRO SHOP CARD AND A NIGHT OUT FOR
09:13:13 YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND ENJOY THE TIME OFF.
09:13:14 YOU DESERVE IT.
09:13:14 [APPLAUSE]
09:13:17 CONGRATULATIONS.
09:13:21 >> JIM CARSON FROM BILL CURRIE FORD WAS UNABLE TO MAKE
09:13:24 IT BUT HE WILL CATCH UP WITH YOU.
09:13:29 >> THANK YOU.
09:13:30 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:13:32 GEORGE RODRIGUEZ.
09:13:33 THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT DO YOU.
09:13:36 WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU A COMPLIMENTARY MASSAGE ON US.
09:13:39 COME BY, GET EVERYTHING OFF YOUR BACK, ALL YOUR STRESS,
09:13:41 AND WE WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU.
09:13:42 THANK YOU, MAN.
09:13:44 APPRECIATE IT.
09:13:48 [APPLAUSE]
09:13:51 >> GOOD MORNING, MARY LOU BAILEY.
09:13:52 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
09:13:55 I HAVE BEEN TO THAT CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY AND I HAVE
09:13:57 A LITTLE BIT OF THE TASTE OF WHAT IT IS LIKE FOR THE
09:13:59 BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN THAT PROTECT US.
09:14:03 AND I THANK YOU FOR THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART AND ZOO
09:14:06 TAMPA WANT TO GIVE YOU A FAMILY MEMBERSHIP, GOOD FOR A
09:14:08 YEAR TO GO TO THE ZOO AND SPECIAL EVENTS LIKE HALLOWEEN
09:14:10 AND CHRISTMAS AND YOU CAN EVEN BRING A COUPLE OF
09:14:11 FRIENDS WITH YOU.
09:14:12 CONGRATULATIONS.
09:14:18 [APPLAUSE]
09:14:19 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:14:22 BRIAN FORD WITH THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS.
09:14:24 ON BEHALF OF OUR ENTIRE ORGANIZATION AND THE GLAZER
09:14:29 FAMILY, WE HAVE A LITTLE TRADITION AT ONE BUC WHERE WE
09:14:35 HAND OUT GAME BALLS FOR THOSE WHO GO OVER AND ABOVE AND
09:14:38 LISTENING TO YOUR STORY YOU DESERVE THIS MORE THAN
09:14:39 ANYBODY.
09:14:40 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
09:14:46 [APPLAUSE]
09:14:48 >> GOOD MORNING, OFFICER ENGEL.
09:14:50 I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO SPIKE THE BALL, BUT YOU
09:14:51 DIDN'T DO THAT.
09:14:51 [ LAUGHTER ]
09:14:58 I AM BOB AND DUSTIN WITH CASPER COMPANY, MCDONALD'S
09:14:59 RESTAURANT.
09:15:01 IT IS ALWAYS GOOD WHEN THE BOSS RECOGNIZES YOUR GREAT
09:15:04 WORK, AND I KNOW YOUR GREAT WORK WILL CONTINUE TO
09:15:05 PROTECT ALL OF US.
09:15:08 ON BEHALF OF OUR 4500 EMPLOYEES, WE WOULD LIKE TO
09:15:11 PRESENT WITH YOU A LITTLE GIFT, DINNER FOR FOUR AND A
09:15:14 BUNCH OF OTHER ASSORTED MCGOODIES IN HERE.
09:15:17 ENJOY IT WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
09:15:17 THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:15:23 [APPLAUSE]
09:15:24 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:15:25 GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:15:28 I AM LISA WITH THE DOUBLETREE TAMPA AIRPORT.
09:15:29 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
09:15:33 A TWO-NIGHT STAY FOR YOU AND BREAKFAST FOR TWO AND A
09:15:35 TIN OF OUR COOKIES.
09:15:36 THANK YOU.
09:15:41 [APPLAUSE]
09:15:43 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:15:44 TAMPA THEATRE.
09:15:46 OFFICER, CONGRATULATIONS.
09:15:47 >> THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT.
09:15:50 >> ON BEHALF OF TAMPA THEATRE I AM HONORED TO GIVE YOU
09:15:54 A GIFT OF A MEMBERSHIP FOR TWO TO COME AND VISIT US ON
09:15:55 FRANKLIN STREET.
09:15:56 THANK YOU.
09:16:01 [APPLAUSE]
09:16:03 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:16:04 TAMPA EXPRESSWAY.
09:16:09 OFFICER CONGRATULATION ON YOUR ACHIEVEMENT.
09:16:14 WE GIVE THIS TO YOU FOR YOUR AND YOUR FAMILY TO ENJOY.
09:16:14 THANK YOU.
09:16:17 [APPLAUSE]
09:16:22 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL, MICHAEL KILGORE.
09:16:28 ON BEHALF OF THE GONZMART FAMILY A GIFT CARD TO THE
09:16:30 COLUMBIA RESTAURANT.
09:16:30 COME SEE US.
09:16:31 ENJOY.
09:16:34 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL, DIRECTOR OF SECURITY AT BUSCH
09:16:38 GARDENS AND ADVENTURE ISLAND OF TAMPA BAY.
09:16:41 BEFORE I TALK TO THE OFFICER, I WANT TO SAY TWO THINGS.
09:16:45 I WASN'T HERE LAST MONTH AND THANK THE NEW MEMBERS WHO
09:16:47 ARE SEATED AND THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING THIS TRADITION
09:16:49 WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT TO NOT ONLY THE CITIZENS TO
09:16:54 UNDERSTAND WHAT -- WHAT THEIR BRIGHTEST AND BEST DO BUT
09:16:56 TO THE OFFICERS THEMSELVES A GREAT HONOR AND SECONDLY
09:17:00 FOR ALLOWING BUSCH GARDENS TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATION IN
09:17:01 THIS EVENT.
09:17:05 OFFICER ENGEL, LISTEN TO YOUR BIO WHAT YOU DID IN MARCH
09:17:09 AND APRIL, IT IS INCREDIBLE BUT OBVIOUSLY NOT -- NOT A
09:17:13 ONE-TRICK PONY AND A HIGH PERFORMER AND CONTINUE TO DO
09:17:16 THIS ON A DAILY BASIS, ON BEHALF OF STEWART CHARACTER
09:17:22 CEO OF BUSCH GARDENS PRESENT YOU WITH FOUR TICKETS TO
09:17:23 OUR PARK.
09:17:24 >> THANK YOU.
09:17:33 >> SERGEANT, COME ON BACK TO THE PODIUM, SIR.
09:17:34 >> WHAT DID I DO NOW.
09:17:38 >> GOOD TO SEE OLD FRIENDS LOOKING GOOD.
09:17:41 AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AT TAMPA
09:17:45 POLICE DEPARTMENT AND TO YOUR FAMILY AND JUST SAY GOOD
09:17:46 SEEING YOU AGAIN.
09:17:48 >> I APPRECIATE IT.
09:17:48 THANK YOU, SIR.
09:17:50 >> YOU LET HIM OFF TOO EASY.
09:17:54 [ LAUGHTER ]
09:17:59 >> STEVE MICHELINI, I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF A NUMBER OF
09:18:02 DIFFERENT CORPORATE CLIENTS PRESTIGE PORTRAITS.
09:18:05 THEY WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH A GIFT CERTIFICATE TO HAVE
09:18:07 YOUR PORTRAITS TAKEN.
09:18:11 THE OTHER AFTER YOU HAVE ALL THESE MEALS, YOU CAN GO TO
09:18:12 THE YMCA.
09:18:15 A GIFT CERTIFICATE THERE.
09:18:16 >> THANK YOU.
09:18:20 >> YUMMY HOUSE CHINA BISTRO PROVIDE WITH YOU A GIFT
09:18:22 CERTIFICATE IN HERE.
09:18:25 I GUESS I WILL GIVE IT TO THESE GUYS OVER HERE.
09:18:27 MAKE SURE YOU GET IT BACK NOW.
09:18:27 [ LAUGHTER ]
09:18:32 YOU CAN GO AND ENJOY YOURSELF FOR LUNCH AND DINNER AT
09:18:33 YUMMY HOUSE.
09:18:38 ON BEHALF OF THE CHICO'S RESTAURANT GROUP, GIFT
09:18:42 CERTIFICATE BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER AT ANY ONE OF
09:18:46 THEIR ESTABLISHMENTS AND ON BEHALF OF AQUA, THE
09:18:50 RESTAURANT ON COURTNEY CAMPBELL PROVIDING YOU WITH $100
09:18:52 GIFT CERTIFICATE OF YOUR CHOICE LUNCH OR DINNER.
09:18:54 I WOULDN'T WASTE IT ON BREAKFAST.
09:18:55 [ LAUGHTER ]
09:19:02 [APPLAUSE]
09:19:06 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL, OFFICER, VICAR DEMAYO ON
09:19:11 BEHALF OF TAMPA'S WORLD-FAMOUS BERN'S STEAK HOUSE.
09:19:17 GIVE YOU A $100 GIFT CERTIFICATE WHICH IS GOOD AT
09:19:23 BERN'S, THE WORLD'S LARGEST WINE COLLECTION.
09:19:28 SO IF YOU WANT TO TREAT, YOU CAN GO TO THE DESSERT ROOM
09:19:33 AND HAVE SOME OF THE MACADAMIAN NUT ICE CREAM WHICH IS
09:19:34 REALLY GOOD.
09:19:40 >> THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT.
09:19:44 >> WELL, I APPRECIATE -- I APPRECIATE EVERYONE.
09:19:47 OBVIOUSLY IT IS NOT WHY WE DO IT FOR THE RECOGNITION.
09:19:50 WE DO IT BECAUSE WE LOVE TO SERVE THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:19:54 I AM HERE WITH MY SERGEANT AND SOME OF MY SQUAD MATES.
09:19:57 WE DO -- I COULDN'T DO ANY OF THIS WITHOUT THEM AND
09:19:59 THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY CAUGHT THE GUYS.
09:20:01 I COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THEM.
09:20:07 I APPRECIATE THE CITY, CITY COUNCIL, AND THANK YOU.
09:20:14 SCYTHE THANK YOU, SIR.
09:20:18 >> WE RECOGNIZE YOU, YOUR SISTERS AND BROTHERS AND
09:20:19 PLEASE DON'T EVER FORGET THAT.
09:20:21 THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU DO.
09:20:25 THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
09:20:25 DOES.
09:20:28 I AM HAPPY TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS.
09:20:34 >> THANK YOU.
09:20:36 [APPLAUSE]
09:20:38 >> ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL?
09:20:40 THANK YOU, SIR, FOR YOUR SERVICE.
09:20:43 WE ALL APPRECIATE IT 110% AND YOU CERTAINLY DESERVE
09:20:47 THIS HONOR AND GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
09:20:47 >> THANK YOU.
09:20:52 >> OKAY, NEXT WE GO TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, COUNCILMAN
09:20:56 MIRANDA.
09:21:03 AND COUNCILMAN, WE WILL WAIT 30 SECONDS FOR THE ROOM TO
09:21:04 CLEAR.
09:22:31 [GAVEL SOUNDING]
09:22:33 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE TAMPA CITY
09:22:35 COUNCIL, IT IS MY PLEASURE TODAY TO MAKE A
09:22:36 PRESENTATION.
09:22:38 I KNOW THE PRESENTATION BEFORE ME WAS ONE OF GREAT NEED
09:22:41 AND GREAT NECESSITY BECAUSE POLICE OFFICERS ARE VERY
09:22:43 WELL NEEDED NOT ONLY TO THIS COMMUNITY BUT THROUGHOUT
09:22:46 THE UNITED STATES; HOWEVER, AS ALWAYS -- THERE IS
09:22:50 ALWAYS A HOWEVER.
09:22:52 WITHOUT THIS DEPARTMENT OF SOLID WASTE WE WOULD REALLY
09:22:54 BE IN TROUBLE.
09:22:56 THE MEN AND WOMEN IT THAT DO THE WORK THAT MAKE THE
09:22:58 CITY SHINE.
09:23:01 SOMETIMES CLOUDY, SOMETIMES RAINY, SOMETIMES REAL COLD,
09:23:04 SOMETIMES REAL HOT BUT THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE OUT ON THE
09:23:06 STREET DOING IT EVERY SINGLE DAY MAKING SURE THAT THE
09:23:11 CITY OF TAMPA IS SPOTLESS, AND IN FACT WHEN YOU HAVE AN
09:23:15 EVENT LIKE THE GASPARILLA PARADE YOU WON'T KNOW THAT
09:23:19 THE PARADE IS THERE TWO HOURS LATER BECAUSE THESE MEN
09:23:20 AND WOMEN DO IT.
09:23:21 SOLID WASTE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY AND
09:23:22 THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.
09:23:25 MY PLEASURE TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION ON BEHALF OF
09:23:29 TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, COMMENDATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
09:23:32 SOLID WASTE AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT.
09:23:36 THE 2019 NATIONAL GARBAGEMAN AND WOMAN OF THE YEAR IN
09:23:39 RECOGNITION FOR THE TAMPA DEPARTMENT OF SOLID WASTE,
09:23:43 TAMPA CITY COUNCIL CONGRATULATES YOU AND YOUR SERVICE
09:23:45 TO THE CITY OF TAMPA MAKING OUR CITY A LIVABLE
09:23:48 PARAMOUNT SHINING STAR.
09:23:51 I AM GOING TO STOP THERE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THESE
09:23:53 INDIVIDUALS DESERVE MORE TIME THAN I DO FOR THE HARD
09:23:57 WORK THEY HAVE DONE FOR THE CITY THROUGHOUT LAST YEAR
09:24:01 AND THIS YEAR AND COMING, LIKE YESTERDAY, TOMORROW, AND
09:24:01 FOREVER.
09:24:02 THEY ARE ALWAYS THERE.
09:24:05 MARK IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOLID WASTE
09:24:13 AND ADRI COLINA IS THE FINANCE MANAGER FOR THE
09:24:15 DEPARTMENT OF SOLID WASTE AND ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN
09:24:17 THAT YOU SEE HERE ARE SOME OF THE HARDEST WORKING
09:24:19 PEOPLE NOT ONLY IN THIS CITY BUT THIS COUNTRY.
09:24:22 I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS
09:24:25 AND CITY COUNCIL AND FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ON DOWN.
09:24:27 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO AND I APPRECIATE IT
09:24:30 VERY MUCH AND THE COUNCIL APPRECIATES IT.
09:24:32 MARK, IT'S YOURS.
09:24:34 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:24:39 GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL, FOR THOSE OF YOU I HAVE NOT HAD
09:24:41 A CHANCE TO SIT DOWN AND SPEAK WITH, GOOD TO SEE OLD
09:24:44 FACES COME BACK -- EXPERIENCED.
09:24:46 I AM THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOLID WASTE AND
09:24:49 ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, ALSO KNOWN AS -- WE
09:24:53 WORK IN A PROFESSION THAT IS ALSO KNOWN BY SOME AS THE
09:24:55 FIFTH MOST DANGEROUS PROFESSION IN THE UNITED STATES.
09:24:58 WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE DEDICATION OF THE MEN AND
09:25:01 WOMEN AND PROFESSIONALS THAT MAKE UP OUR DEPARTMENT.
09:25:04 DESPITE THE CHALLENGES THAT WE ENCOUNTER, YOU KNOW, WE
09:25:07 ALWAYS STAY FOCUSED ON OUR MISSION WHICH IS TO BE
09:25:11 RECOGNIZED AS A WORLD-CLASS SERVICE, WORLD-CLASS
09:25:15 ORGANIZATION IN WASTE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT BUT THE
09:25:18 PUBLIC'S CHOICE OF SAFE AND INNOVATIVE SERVICES.
09:25:21 WE RECOGNIZE WE ARE IN A COMPETITIVE FIELD AND WE
09:25:23 APPRECIATE THE LONG-STANDING HISTORY THAT WE HAVE WITH
09:25:27 THE CITY OF TAMPA AND BEING THEIR SOLID WASTE SERVICE
09:25:29 PROVIDER AND WE DO NOT TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED.
09:25:32 SO I COME DOWN EVERY YEAR AND SPEAK, BUT I WANT YOU TO
09:25:35 HEAR FROM SOME OF THE OTHER PROFESSIONALS THAT ACTUALLY
09:25:39 DRIVE THE TRAIN AND STEER THE WHEELS FOR OUR
09:25:41 ORGANIZATION, SO I AM GOING TO ALLOW A COUPLE OF
09:25:43 INDIVIDUALS TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
09:25:48 >> GOOD MORNING, KIANA ROMEO, THE OPERATIONS MANAGER
09:25:50 FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA SOUTHWEST DEPARTMENT.
09:25:54 I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH 94 DYNAMIC MEN AND
09:25:56 WOMEN COMMITTED TO SERVING OUR 80,000 CUSTOMERS AND SO
09:26:00 EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO HONOR MR. BROWN TODAY.
09:26:04 >> GOOD MORNING, STEVE SWANN, COMMERCIAL SERVICES
09:26:04 MANAGER.
09:26:07 I HAVE THE PLEASURE TO SERVE FOR ALL THE COMMERCIAL
09:26:08 BUSINESSES THAT WE SERVE HERE IN TAMPA.
09:26:09 I LOVE WHAT I DO.
09:26:13 LOVE THE FACT WE CAN SERVICE ALL MUCH OUR CUSTOMERS ON
09:26:14 A DAILY BASIS.
09:26:17 SO LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING MORE WITH EACH OF YOU AND
09:26:19 LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE CITY.
09:26:21 THANK YOU.
09:26:23 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:26:26 I AM THE SOLID WASTE SUPERVISOR OVER YARD WASTE.
09:26:28 I HAVE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR 21 YEARS.
09:26:31 I ENJOY WHAT I AM DOING.
09:26:33 NICE TO SEE YOU UP THERE, ORLANDO.
09:26:33 [ LAUGHTER ]
09:26:37 AND THAT'S BASICALLY IT.
09:26:41 MR. BROWN.
09:26:44 >> MY NAME IS MR. BROWN, AND I WORK IN SOLID WASTE, AND
09:26:49 I HAVE BEEN WORKING THERE FOR, LIKE, 30 YEARS.
09:26:51 AND NEVER HAD AN ACCIDENT.
09:26:54 NEVER BEEN HURT.
09:26:58 SO I LIKE THE JOB.
09:26:58 [APPLAUSE]
09:27:04 YEAH, YOU CAN CLAP IT UP.
09:27:06 >> EARLIER YOU HEARD ME MENTION ABOUT THE PROFESSION --
09:27:08 THE DANGERS OF THE PROFESSION.
09:27:12 MR. BROWN, WE CONSIDER HIM TO BE A LIVING ICON FOR US
09:27:15 TO GO 30 YEARS IN THIS BUSINESS AND NOT HAVE AN INJURY
09:27:18 OR AN ACCIDENT IS INCREDIBLE.
09:27:20 SO WE APPRECIATE MR. BROWN AND HIS COMMITMENT TO SAFETY
09:27:24 AND DELIVERING SERVICES TO OUR CITY.
09:27:28 SINCE WE HAVE BEEN CALLED TO -- TO KEEP THE STREETS
09:27:32 CLEAN BY PROVIDING MEANINGFUL WASTE MANAGEMENT AND
09:27:35 RECYCLING SERVICES, KNOW THAT OUR GOAL IS ALWAYS TO
09:27:40 PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES LIKE MICHAELANGELO PAINTED, LIKE
09:27:46 BEETHOVEN COMPOSED MUSIC OR MAYA ANGELUS YOU COMPOSED
09:27:49 POETRY.
09:27:51 THAT IS HOW WE LIKE TO FLY BELOW THE RADAR.
09:27:54 WE HOPE WE PROVIDE SERVICE SO AS WELL THAT ALL THE
09:27:57 HOPES OF HEAVEN AND EARTH WILL SAY RIGHT HERE WAS A
09:27:58 GOOD SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT.
09:28:01 PEOPLE WHO WOKE UP EVERY DAY SO THAT TAMPA COULD BE AN
09:28:04 ENJOYABLE PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY.
09:28:06 THANK YOU, AGAIN, FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND THANK YOU FOR
09:28:08 THE MOMENTS OF RECOGNITION.
09:28:11 [APPLAUSE]
09:28:14 >> ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS?
09:28:16 >> I KNOW YOU DO A GREAT JOB OUT THERE WITH YOUR
09:28:20 PEOPLE, BUT I DON'T SEE MY MAIN MAN LEROY LYNCH.
09:28:22 BECAUSE HE KEEPS THE CITIZENS ON FACEBOOK AWARE WHEN IT
09:28:25 IS TIME FOR THAT GARBAGE TO BE PICKED UP.
09:28:27 TELL HIM TO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
09:28:30 >> HE IS CAMERA SHY.
09:28:30 >> ANYONE ELSE.
09:28:31 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK.
09:28:35 I KNOW THIS IS SANITATION GARBAGE MEN AND WOMEN
09:28:38 APPRECIATION MONTH, AND WEEK, AND WE CERTAINLY HONOR
09:28:40 ALL THE WORK AND SERVICE THAT YOU DO.
09:28:47 I KNOW ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO COUNCILMAN GUDES AND I
09:28:49 VISITED THE CHURCH WHERE THEY WERE HONORING THEIR
09:28:54 SCHOOL SANITATION AND CUSTODIAN WORKER AND WE CAME FOR
09:28:58 EACH PERSON BEING PHOTOGRAPHED AND HONOR REVEREND KING
09:29:01 STRIKING IN TENNESSEE BEFORE HE WAS MURDERED, HE WAS
09:29:05 STRIKING FOR THE RIGHT OF SANITATION WORKERS FOR
09:29:07 DIGNITY AND JUSTICE ON THE JOB.
09:29:10 PURSUANT TO THAT HISTORICAL FACT.
09:29:13 A COMMITMENT TO FIGHT FOR RESPECT FOR EVERY ONE OF YOU
09:29:18 ALL AS YOU WORK NOT ONLY IN THE CITY FOR ALL YOUR
09:29:20 FAMILIES.
09:29:21 GOD BLESS YOU.
09:29:23 >> THANK YOU, ALL.
09:29:24 THE CHIEF OF ADMINISTRATION.
09:29:28 SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT AND AS MARK SAID THE FIFTH MOST
09:29:33 DANGEROUS PROFESSION IN THE NATION AND HOW PROUD I AM
09:29:34 TO BE PART OF THAT TEAM.
09:29:38 THE HISPANIC WOMAN OF THE YEAR AND THE DIVERSITY OF THE
09:29:41 MEN AND WOMEN MAKE ME PROUD AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR
09:29:42 YOUR SUPPORT.
09:29:43 >> THANK YOU.
09:29:53 [APPLAUSE]
09:29:58 >> COUNCILMAN GUDES HAS A MOTION WE LIKE TO MAKE.
09:30:03 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I MAKE A MOTION TO ADD ITEM FOUR TO
09:30:06 ITEM THREE.
09:30:08 ALL IN FAVOR.
09:30:08 ANY OPPOSED?
09:30:29 OKAY.
09:30:30 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:30:34 IT'S MY GREAT PLEASURE HERE TODAY TO GIVE AN EAGLE
09:30:40 SCOUT COMMENDATION TO MR. MICHAEL ERYAN, AN EAGLE SCOTT
09:30:41 WHO IS HERE.
09:30:43 IF YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF, MICHAEL.
09:30:44 GO AHEAD.
09:30:46 >> HI, MY NAME IS MICHAEL ERYAN.
09:30:48 I AM 17.
09:30:51 AND I JUST RECENTLY REACHED EAGLE SCOUT.
09:30:54 AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE
09:30:55 HERE.
09:30:55 >> THANK YOU.
09:31:02 HE IS HERE WITH HIS PARENTS MRS. ROBIN AND ADELE ERYAN
09:31:03 WHO ARE HERE.
09:31:05 CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT HONOR.
09:31:07 EAGLE SCOUT IS VERY, VERY RARE.
09:31:10 4% OF INDIVIDUALS WHO GO INTO SCOUTS ULTIMATELY BECOME
09:31:11 EAGLE SCOUTS.
09:31:14 I AM ONE OF THOSE 96% BECAUSE I DROPPED OUT WHEN I WAS
09:31:18 YOUNGER AND I BET MANY OF US ARE PART OF THAT 96%.
09:31:22 IT IS FUNNY, I WAS DOING RESEARCH ON EAGLE SCOUTING,
09:31:25 AND I DIDN'T KNOW THIS, ONLY ONE PRESIDENT OF OURS WAS
09:31:29 AN EAGLE SCOUT AND IT WAS PRESIDENT GERALD FORD AND ONE
09:31:31 OF THE FEW PRESIDENTS THAT WASN'T ACTUALLY ELECTED.
09:31:32 WHAT DO YOU KNOW.
09:31:35 BUT MICHAEL'S PROJECT WAS A VERY, VERY WORTHY ONE FOR
09:31:39 HIS EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT, HE LOCATED BURIED GRAVE
09:31:44 MARKERS IN AN OLD SEMINOLE HEIGHTS CEMETERY AND
09:31:48 HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE WITH GRAVES DATING BACK TO THE
09:31:52 1800S AND HE TURNED THE PARCEL INTO A SMALL PARK TO
09:31:54 HONOR THE LIVES WHO CAME BEFORE US.
09:31:56 IT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
09:31:59 AND CITY COUNCIL ALWAYS OFFERS INDIVIDUALS WHO GET
09:32:02 EAGLE SCOUTS BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A GREAT AND REMARKABLE
09:32:04 ACHIEVEMENT TO HAVE HAPPEN.
09:32:07 IT REALLY, REALLY IS AND SPEAKS A LOT TO SOMEBODY'S
09:32:07 CHARACTER.
09:32:09 IT SPEAKS A LOT TO SOMEBODY'S WORK AND DETERMINATION,
09:32:12 AND I HOPE IT SPEAKS A LOT TO THE FUTURE OF THIS YOUNG
09:32:13 MAN.
09:32:15 HOW OLD ARE YOU, MICHAEL?
09:32:15 >> 17.
09:32:18 >> ARE YOU PLANNING TO GO TO COLLEGE?
09:32:19 >> YES, SIR.
09:32:21 >> WHERE TO IF YOU KNOW YET.
09:32:22 >> I DON'T KNOW YET.
09:32:25 >> YOU DON'T ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT YOU DON'T KNOW.
09:32:26 THERE YOU GO.
09:32:30 WITH THAT AND SO MUCH MORE WE HONOR MICHAEL FOR HIS
09:32:33 ACHIEVEMENT OF EAGLE SCOUT.
09:32:36 IS JOHN HERE -- HE COULDN'T MAKE IT?
09:32:40 WE HONOR MICHAEL FOR HIS ACHIEVING EAGLE SCOUT AND
09:32:41 CONGRATULATIONS 100%.
09:32:44 ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SAY, SIR?
09:32:45 >> I DON'T THINK SO.
09:32:47 >> DO Y'ALL WANT TO SAY ANYTHING?
09:32:48 WELL, THERE YOU GO.
09:32:49 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:32:51 ANYTHING FROM COUNCIL?
09:32:53 >> COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
09:32:55 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT TROOP.
09:32:57 WHERE IS YOUR TROOP.
09:32:58 >> 180 IN NEW TAMPA.
09:33:00 >> MY SON IS 180.
09:33:02 >> HOW DID YOU LAND DOWN IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS FOR THAT
09:33:03 PROJECT?
09:33:07 >> WELL I ACTUALLY -- I REACHED OUT TO ONE OF THE
09:33:10 VETERANS ASSOCIATIONS, AND I DID A SERVICE PROJECT FOR
09:33:10 THEM.
09:33:14 AND THEN WHEN I STARTED LOOKING FOR EAGLE SCOUT
09:33:17 PROJECTS, I MET UP WITH ONE THE PEOPLE FROM THERE AND
09:33:20 THEY CONNECTED ME TO A MAN WHO WAS DOING CEMETERY
09:33:24 RESTORATIONS IN THE SEMINOLE HEIGHTS AREA SO I STARTED
09:33:25 HELPING HIM OUT.
09:33:27 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YOU FOUND IT INTERESTING?
09:33:28 >> YEAH.
09:33:29 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: VERY COOL.
09:33:30 CONGRATULATIONS.
09:33:33 MY FATHER IS AN EAGLE SCOUT.
09:33:36 I SAID DAD, YOU USED TO BE A EAGLE SCOUT.
09:33:39 HE SAID I AM A EAGLE SCOUT.
09:33:41 >> COUNCILMAN.
09:33:42 >> I CONGRATULATE YOU.
09:33:44 THIS IS A MALL ELITE CLUB.
09:33:46 NO MATTER WHERE YOU TRAVEL, YOU WILL ALWAYS FIND
09:33:48 ANOTHER EAGLE SCOUT.
09:33:50 YOU NOT ONLY DONE YOURSELF PROUD BUT YOUR PARENTS ARE
09:33:52 VERY, VERY PROUD OF YOU TOO.
09:33:53 CONGRATULATIONS.
09:33:54 >> THANK YOU.
09:33:55 >> ANYBODY ELSE?
09:33:56 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:33:58 CONGRATULATIONS.
09:34:06 [APPLAUSE]
09:34:07 >> ALL RIGHTY.
09:34:09 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:34:11 MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, THE PRESENTATION OF
09:34:14 ACCOMMODATION TO THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALIST
09:34:38 BROKERS TAMPA CHAPTER NAREB.
09:34:43 >> COUNCIL, SIX MONTHS AGO I RAN ACROSS AN
09:34:48 ORGANIZATION AND LEARNED A LOT -- HAD A HISTORY LESSON
09:34:51 IN REAL ESTATE.
09:34:55 AND AS I WAS ON THIS JOURNEY, I FOUND OUT THAT THERE
09:34:59 WAS AN ORGANIZATION THAT WAS STARTED HERE IN TAMPA THAT
09:35:08 WAS NOTED AS THE FIRST.
09:35:17 WHILE AGO AFRICAN-AMERICANS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO BE
09:35:20 CALLED REALTORS.
09:35:24 REALIST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALIST BROKERS.
09:35:27 AN ORGANIZATION THAT I REALLY, REALLY DUG INTO.
09:35:30 AND IT REALLY TOUCHED MY HEART TO KNOW WE HAD AN
09:35:34 ORGANIZATION HERE THAT WAS ONE OF THE CATALYSTS TO
09:35:39 CHANGE THE PATHWAY OF WHAT WE KNOW AS REALTORS,
09:35:41 ESPECIALLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN REALTORS.
09:35:46 SO I HAVE A PRESENTATION, A COMMENDATION FOR THIS
09:35:49 ORGANIZATION THIS MORNING.
09:35:54 IT READS, IN HONOR OF YOUR SENSELESS DEDICATION TO
09:35:58 PROMOTING DEMOCRACY IN HOUSING, THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
09:36:02 APPLAUDS THE TAMPA ASSOCIATION OF REALISTS FOR
09:36:06 INCREASING MINORITY HOMEOWNERSHIP.
09:36:10 AND THE ROLE OF THIS CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL OF REALIST
09:36:14 BROKERS IN EQUAL RIGHTS, FAIR HOUSING, EQUAL
09:36:16 OPPORTUNITY AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LEGISLATION.
09:36:19 SINCE THE FOUNDING OF THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION IN
09:36:23 TAMPA IN 1947, THIS CHAPTER HAS DEMONSTRATED A
09:36:26 RECOGNITION OF IMPORTANCE OF EFFORTS TOWARD INCREASING
09:36:30 THE ACCESSIBILITY OF HOUSING AND HOPE OWNERSHIP IN THE
09:36:35 ADVANCEMENT OF THOSE THAT ARE SO OFTEN UNPRECEDENTED OF
09:36:39 THE TAMPA ASSOCIATION OF REALIST TO ADVOCACY AND CIVIL
09:36:41 RIGHTS WERE GREATLY APPRECIATED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
09:36:45 AND GREAT PLEASURE TO PRESENT THIS ON THE 20TH DAY OF
09:36:46 JUNE, 2019.
09:36:48 MR. BROOKS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:36:51 GIVE US JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE HISTORY LESSON SO PEOPLE
09:36:56 UNDERSTAND THE ROLE THIS ORGANIZATION TOOK.
09:37:00 >> THERE COMES A TIME WHEN SILENCE BECOMES BETRAYAL.
09:37:02 DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
09:37:05 GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN AND CITY COUNCILMEN, WE REALLY,
09:37:08 REALLY APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU
09:37:10 TODAY.
09:37:14 AS COUNCILMAN GUDES ALREADY ALLUDED TO WE WERE FOUNDED
09:37:19 HERE IN FLORIDA IN 1997 AS AN EQUAL RIGHTS AUTHORITY
09:37:22 AND ADVOCACY FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN REAL ESTATE
09:37:26 PROFESSIONALS AND WHO IS HE WITH EVERYBODY SP OUR MOTTO
09:37:30 IS SIMPLE, DEMOCRACY IN HOUSING.
09:37:32 SINCE WE ARE THE OLDEST MINORITY REAL ESTATE TRADE
09:37:35 ASSOCIATION, WE ARE CHARGED WITH ENSURING THAT ALL
09:37:37 BLACK AMERICANS NOT ONLY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
09:37:39 HOMEOWNERSHIP, BUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE IN THE HOMES
09:37:44 AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF THEIR CHOICE AND I AM SO
09:37:48 GRATEFUL FOR MR. GUDES FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HIRE IN
09:37:52 THE MONTH OF JUNE THAT IS NATIONALLY KNOWN AS HOME
09:37:55 OWNERSHIP MONTH TO HAMMER DOWN THE IMPORTANCE OF
09:37:59 HOMEOWNERSHIP AND THE BENEFITS THAT IS AFFORDED TO YOU,
09:38:02 BUT UNFORTUNATELY THIS COUNTRY HAS FAILED SHORT IN WHAT
09:38:03 PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE CONCERNED.
09:38:07 I DON'T WANT TO TAKE TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME AND READ OUT
09:38:09 NUMBERS THAT ARE NOT ONLY IMPORTANT BUT EQUALLY
09:38:10 ALARMING.
09:38:16 FIRST QUARTER OF 2019, 69% OF ALL AMERICAN WEALTH IS
09:38:18 ATTRIBUTED TO THE EQUITY IN THEIR HOMES.
09:38:22 THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR HOPE OWNERSHIP IS 64.2%.
09:38:25 FOR NONHISPANIC WHITES, 73.2.
09:38:28 BUT FOR MAX, 41.1.
09:38:32 BE HIT A 50 -- A 50-YEAR LOW NOT SINCE THE PASSING OF
09:38:37 THE FAIR HOUSING ACT OF 1968 HAVE WE BEEN THIS LOW IN
09:38:38 HOME OWNERSHIP.
09:38:41 THE AVERAGE AMERICAN WHITE HOUSEHOLD HAS A NET WORLD OF
09:38:47 $171,000 WHILE THE NET WORTH OF A BLACK HOMEOWNER
09:38:48 $17,000 IN COUNTY.
09:38:51 FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT COMES INTO A WHITE FAMILY, WE ARE
09:38:52 ONLY GETTING A DIME.
09:38:54 IF YOU DON'T SEE THE CORRELATION BETWEEN HOME OWNERSHIP
09:38:59 AND WEALTH, THEN THERE IS A BIGGER ISSUE AT IS TAKE.
09:39:01 BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:39:05 IF WE WANT TO BE ASA PROGRESSIVE CITY THAT WE ARE
09:39:11 CLAIMING TO TRY TO GET TO AND CLAIMING TO BE, AND I SEE
09:39:12 THE GROWTH IN THIS CITY.
09:39:15 I GO DOWNTOWN AND I SEE CONSTRUCTION.
09:39:19 YOU CAN'T EVEN PARK NO MORE AND WE ARE GOING AT AN
09:39:21 ALARMING RATE BUT WE ARE LEAVING A FEW FOLKS BEHIND.
09:39:26 WE ARE CLOSING DOWN ALL OF OUR HOUSING PROJECTS AND
09:39:27 MOVING INDIVIDUALS TO PLACES WHERE THEY CAN'T GET
09:39:29 TRANSPORTATION TO WORK.
09:39:29 [APPLAUSE]
09:39:40 SO WE STAND HERE TODAY TO SAY THAT WE WILL NO LONGER BE
09:39:44 SILENT ON THIS ISSUE.
09:39:48 AS I STATE AGAIN, THERE COMES A TIME WHEN SILENCE IS
09:39:53 BETRAYAL, AND IF THE CITY OF TAMPA ARE QUIET ON THIS
09:39:55 ISSUE THE CITY OF TAMPA IS SAYING THAT THEY ARE
09:39:58 BETRAYING THE PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THE BAY AREA.
09:39:58 [APPLAUSE]
09:40:03 SO AS WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO FIGHT
09:40:07 FOR EQUABLE AND FAIR HOUSING, WE ARE ASKING THE CITY
09:40:10 OF TAMPA TO JOIN US IN THAT FIGHT AND UNDERSTAND HOW
09:40:13 IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US TO HAVE THAT SAME OPPORTUNITY AS
09:40:14 OUR COUNTERPARTS.
09:40:18 AND I WANT TO ALSO THANK THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
09:40:21 STANDING WITH ME NOW, A FEW OF OUR MEMBERS OF THE BAY
09:40:24 AREA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS FOR THEIR DEDICATION AND
09:40:26 HARD WORK TO MAKE THIS DAY EVEN POSSIBLE.
09:40:29 BUT I STAND TODAY -- I KNOW THIS MAY BE YOUR FIRST TIME
09:40:32 SEEING SOME OF US, BUT UNDERSTAND THIS WON'T BE YOUR
09:40:34 LAST.
09:40:35 THANK YOU.
09:40:39 [APPLAUSE]
09:40:41 >> MY NAME IS DANIEL LEE.
09:40:47 I HAVE BEEN A REALTOR SINCE 1987 IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA.
09:40:49 I SOLD PROPERTY ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES BUT
09:40:52 PRIMARILY HERE IN TAMPA SINCE 1987.
09:40:55 I HAVE SEEN THIS CITY WHAT WE CALL THE GREAT CITY OF
09:41:00 TAMPA GROW FROM 1987 NORTHDALE MABRY AND 56TH STREET
09:41:03 TO WHAT IT IS TODAY.
09:41:04 I WAS ONE OF THE CHARTER MEMBERS OF THE BAY AREA
09:41:06 ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS.
09:41:13 IN 1997, LIKE WE SAID -- 1997 WAS THE 50-YEAR
09:41:17 ANNIVERSARY THAT NAREB WAS CELEBRATING AND CAME TO
09:41:18 TAMPA, BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO COME TO THE PLACE WHERE
09:41:20 ALL THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN BROKERS AROUND THE WORLD SAID
09:41:23 WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING SO WE CAN HAVE A VOICE ON THE
09:41:25 TABLE FOR REAL ESTATE SO THEY CAME HERE.
09:41:26 WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHAPTER.
09:41:29 THE REALTORS THAT ARE HERE -- SOME HAVE GONE ON TO PASS
09:41:29 AWAY.
09:41:33 SOME OF YOU ALL KNOW THAT ARE STILL AROUND, WE DECIDED
09:41:35 TO BAND TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE WE WOULD BE AN ADVOCATE
09:41:38 FOR HOUSING AND FAIR HOUSING.
09:41:44 SO TODAY, I AM KIND OF UNPOLITICALLY CORRECT WHEN I SAY
09:41:46 THAT I FEEL TAMPA IS LACKING.
09:41:49 I FEEL LIKE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN
09:41:52 TAMPA, MORE OF A POLITICAL STATEMENT TO SAY YOU ARE
09:41:55 SOCIALLY INTACT WITH THE IDEA OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
09:41:59 THE COMMUNITY, BUT FAIR HOUSING -- AFFORDABLE HOUSING
09:42:05 DOES NOT REALLY EXIST IN TAMPA.
09:42:07 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:42:12 MISHAY HOLIDAY AND I AM A REAL ESTATE BROKER HERE IN
09:42:13 TAMPA.
09:42:18 THIS IS MY 20TH YEAR IN BUSINESS, AND I AM SO EXCITED
09:42:23 THAT CITY COUNCILMAN GUDES BROUGHT ATTENTION IN TO
09:42:30 NAREB, AN IMPORTANT ORGANIZATION IN THIS CITY AND MANY
09:42:30 CITIES.
09:42:32 THIS IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION.
09:42:34 AND WHAT MAKES IT SO IMPORTANT IN THIS CITY, THE CITY
09:42:37 THAT WE LOVE, BORN AND RAISED, IS THAT WE HAVE
09:42:44 AFRICAN-AMERICAN PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE HERE FOR OUR
09:42:45 AFRICAN-AMERICAN POPULATION.
09:42:49 WE WANT TO PUT A SPOTLIGHT ON WHAT WE ARE DOING, AND IT
09:42:53 IS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY
09:42:57 FOR AVAILABILITY OF LOTS IN OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE MOST
09:43:00 OF US WANT TO LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
09:43:04 AND WE ARE NOT ABLE TO BECAUSE OF THE AFFORDABLE
09:43:08 HOUSING THAT IS NOT REALLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
09:43:14 SO FOR TODAY, I WANT EVERYONE ON THE COMMITTEE TO
09:43:17 UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE HERE.
09:43:20 WE ARE GOING TO BE VERY VISIBLE, AND WE ARE GOING TO
09:43:23 MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE CITY OF TAMPA
09:43:29 AS YOU ARE GROWING, EVERYBODY GOT TO COME UP.
09:43:31 SHARE PROSPERITY IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR.
09:43:33 THANK YOU.
09:43:38 [APPLAUSE]
09:43:41 >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
09:44:02 OKAY,
09:44:06 >> THANK YOU, AND COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER AND COUNCILMAN
09:44:08 GUDES.
09:44:13 DOES COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER WISH TO SAY SOMETHING?
09:44:16 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I JUST WANTED TO MENTION -- I JUST
09:44:20 WANT TO MENTION A COUPLE OF THINGS AND YOU SPOKEN TO
09:44:23 SOME VERY IMPORTANT ISSUES VERY ELOQUENTLY AND WE
09:44:25 APPRECIATE IT AND APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO.
09:44:28 I AM A NATIVE OF TAMPA AND SEEING WHAT -- HOW WE HAVE
09:44:31 GROWN AND CHANGED AND IMPROVED IN SOME WAYS AND NOT
09:44:36 IMPROVED IN OTHERS SINCE THE '50S.
09:44:38 I AM ALSO A REALTOR.
09:44:42 SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL AND YOUR EFFORTS.
09:44:44 I WASN'T AWARE OF THE ORGANIZATION, BUT I DEFINITELY
09:44:48 WOULD ENJOY COMING DOWN AND CHATTING WITH YOU ALL.
09:44:52 BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I THINK THIS COUNCIL -- WE ALL
09:44:55 GOT SWORN IN ABOUT A MONTH OR TWO AGO HAS -- WE HAVE
09:44:59 BEEN FOCUSING VERY MUCH ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING JUST IN
09:45:02 THE LAST MONTH OR TWO, JUST IN TERMS OF TALKING ABOUT
09:45:03 IT.
09:45:05 I REALIZE TALK IS CHEAP AND YOU GOT TO START SOMEWHERE.
09:45:08 AND SO WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT.
09:45:10 WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO THE MAYOR ABOUT IT.
09:45:11 SHE IS FORMING A TASK FORCE.
09:45:17 I WANT TO MAKE SURE -- COUNCILMAN GUDES THAT HER TASK
09:45:20 FORCE INCLUDES A REPRESENTATIVE OF THIS IMPORTANT GROUP
09:45:23 BECAUSE THAT VOICE NEEDS TO BE HEARD IN A VERY STRONG
09:45:23 WAY.
09:45:27 BUT FROM THIS COUNCILMAN -- AND I WILL TRY TO SPEAK FOR
09:45:29 THE REST OF US OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, WE WILL BE
09:45:33 FOCUSED ON TRUE AFFORDABLE, ATTAINABLE HOUSING IN THIS
09:45:34 COMMUNITY.
09:45:37 WE NEED TO SET SOME GOALS AND WE NEED TO MEET THOSE
09:45:39 GOALS OVER THE NEXT FOUR OR EIGHT YEARS.
09:45:41 THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:45:42 >> COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
09:45:44 >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU FOR COMING.
09:45:47 I AM EMBARRASSED TO SAY I DIDN'T KNOW THE HISTORY AND
09:45:48 STORY OF THIS ORGANIZATION.
09:45:51 I AM SO HAPPY THAT YOU BROUGHT IT FORWARD.
09:45:55 AS COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER SAID, WE HAVE A NEW CITY
09:45:58 COUNCIL AND A NEW MAYOR AND WE ARE ALL FOCUSED ON THESE
09:46:02 ISSUES, THERE HAS BEEN -- YOU WERE PRETTY DIRECT.
09:46:05 OF RHETORIC THE LAST EIGHT YEARS AND NOT A LOT OF
09:46:06 SUBSTANCE.
09:46:09 A LOT OF THINGS THAT WENT ON DOWNTOWN AND THE REST OF
09:46:12 THE CITY WERE IGNORED AND THE REST OF US WILL NOT
09:46:14 IGNORE IT ANYMORE.
09:46:14 [APPLAUSE]
09:46:18 IT IS ONE THING TO GET A NICE STORY IN THE PAPER OF HOW
09:46:21 GREAT TAMPA IS, BUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS LOOK AT THE
09:46:23 NUMBERS AND ONE OF THE NUMBERS YOU JUST MENTIONED WAS
09:46:26 REALLY IMPORTANT, 41% BLACK HOME OWNERSHIP.
09:46:30 YOU KNOW THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE FOR HOME OWNERSHIP IS
09:46:32 65.5%.
09:46:36 CHARLOTTE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE CITIES WE ALWAYS SAY WE
09:46:39 ARE CHARTERING OURSELVES AGAINST IS 53.
09:46:41 ST. PETERSBURG IS 58.
09:46:45 GUESS HOW MUCH TAMPA'S IS OVERALL, 48%.
09:46:47 HOME OWNERSHIP IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT -- I AM
09:46:51 JUST REPEATING WHAT YOU SAID.
09:46:53 HOME OWNERSHIP IS ONE OF MEASURES OF SUCCESS.
09:46:56 WE TRAIL THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND THE MAYOR CITIES IN
09:46:58 FLORIDA IN PER CAPITA INCOME.
09:47:00 I USED TO LIVE IN SINGAPORE.
09:47:03 SINGAPORE HAS A HOME OWNERSHIP OF 95%.
09:47:06 AND THERE ARE REASONS WHY THEY DID THAT AND WE CAN'T
09:47:09 COPY ALL THOSE REASONS BUT THE HIGHEST PER CAPITA
09:47:10 INCOME.
09:47:14 THEY KIND OF CHEAT AND BROUGHT IN 25 BILLIONAIRES.
09:47:19 IMAGINE IF WE HAD MORE 24 VINIK'S.
09:47:23 AND YOU BRING EVERYBODY UP AND INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO
09:47:26 THE CITY OF TAMPA, WE LISTEN TO WHAT YOU ARE SAYING AND
09:47:30 PARTNER WITH YOU AND FOCUS ON PER CAPITA INCOME AND
09:47:34 HOUSE HOLD INCOME, AND FOCUS ON HOME OWNERSHIP, AND YOU
09:47:36 ALL ARE ON THE FRONT LINE OF THIS.
09:47:38 YOU KNOW -- YOU HAVE CLEARANCES AND IDEAS.
09:47:40 PLEASE BRING THEM TO US.
09:47:42 YOU JUST DON'T HAVE ONE CITY COUNCILMEMBER.
09:47:44 YOU HAVE SEVEN AND TALK TO US AND HELP US COME UP WITH
09:47:45 SOLUTIONS.
09:47:49 THANK YOU.
09:47:52 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:47:54 AND AS HOUSEKEEPING.
09:47:58 I KNOW WE HAVE A 1:30 P.M. WORKSHOP OR MEETING WITH --
09:47:59 FOR LAND USE DEVELOPMENT.
09:48:03 I AM TOTALLY FINE ON GOING STRAIGHT TO 1:30 AND HAVING
09:48:07 -- I HAVE A GRANOLA BAR IN MY POCKET AND I AM GOOD AND
09:48:09 I WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE WE HAVE THREE MORE
09:48:12 CEREMONIAL ACTIVITIES AND I DID ONE OF THE ONES BEFORE
09:48:16 BUT MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS GOOD WITH THAT ON COUNCIL AS
09:48:18 A GENERAL RULE.
09:48:28 GO AHEAD, SIR.
09:48:30 >> MR. JAMES WRIGHT.
09:48:39 MR. WRIGHT, COME ON DOWN, MR. WRIGHT.
09:48:39 [APPLAUSE]
09:49:02 YOU KNOW, COUNCIL, IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE OLD
09:49:05 FRIENDS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GROW UP AND THEY ARE STILL
09:49:10 AROUND TO MENTOR AND TEACH PEOPLE, YOUNG PEOPLE.
09:49:13 MR. WRIGHT HAS BEEN A LONG, LONG RESIDENT OF THE WEST
09:49:16 TAMPA COMMUNITY FOREVER.
09:49:21 AND HE HAS MENTORED YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN AT THE YELLOW
09:49:26 JACKETS LITTLE LEAGUE SINCE I -- SINCE I WAS A BOY, AND
09:49:30 I WAS SO HURT TO FIND OUT THAT HIS ORGANIZATION WAS
09:49:32 MOVED FROM WEST TAMPA BECAUSE OF SOME TYPE OF
09:49:36 DEVELOPMENT GOING ON AND MOVED -- MOVED TO TAYLOR PARK,
09:49:39 WHICH I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE LET THAT GO --
09:49:41 >> SORRY TO INTERRUPT JUST FOR EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE
09:49:45 WHENEVER SOMEONE IS SPEAKING TO NOT TO INTERRUPT THE
09:49:47 SPEAKER IF YOU WOULD.
09:49:48 GO AHEAD, SIR.
09:49:51 >> I WAS HURT THAT THE LONG-STANDING YELLOW JACKET
09:49:55 PROGRAM WAS -- AS KNOWN IN WEST TAMPA WAS MOVED.
09:49:57 I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WENT DOWN BUT I WAS HURT AND I KNOW
09:50:00 MR. WRIGHT WAS HURT BECAUSE EVERYBODY KNOW WEST TAMPA
09:50:03 HAS THE YELLOW JACKETS.
09:50:07 SO I FELT COMMITTED TO -- I HAD TO GIVE HIM HIS FLOWERS
09:50:09 WHILE HE WAS HERE WITH US, AND I WANT TO DO THAT TODAY
09:50:14 BECAUSE HE HAS SERVED OUR COMMUNITY WELL.
09:50:14 [APPLAUSE]
09:50:26 MR. WRIGHT -- I HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR HIM.
09:50:30 IN HONOR OF HIS EXEMPLARY DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO
09:50:36 THE COMMUNITY, TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MR. JAMES J. WRIGHT
09:50:38 PRESIDENT OF THE YELLOW JACKET LITTLE LEAGUE SERVICE
09:50:40 FOR HIS SERVICE.
09:50:43 TO PRAISE HIS LIFETIME DEVOTION TO THE GROWTH OF YOUTH
09:50:48 BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL, CONSISTENT PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE
09:50:54 AS A ROLE MODEL TO INSPIRE LITTLE LEAGUERS ESTABLISHED
09:50:58 IN 1967 FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS THE YELLOW JACKET LITTLE
09:51:00 LEAGUE HAVE SUSTAINED THE CHALLENGE OF HOPE UNDER MR.
09:51:02 WRIGHT'S LEADERSHIP.
09:51:06 MR. JAMES J. WRIGHT, SELFLESS COMMITMENT TO THE
09:51:09 CHILDREN HAVE MADE THE NEIGHBORHOOD BETTER AND THE KIDS
09:51:11 BETTER AND THE COMMUNITY BETTER.
09:51:14 THANK YOU, MR. WRIGHT, FOR YOUR SERVICE.
09:51:33 [APPLAUSE]
09:51:34 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:51:37 GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:51:44 I READ SOMEWHERE THAT IT IS BETTER TO SAY TWO WORDS
09:51:49 THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THAN IT IS TO SAY 10,000 THAT
09:51:51 NO ONE UNDERSTANDS.
09:51:55 SO THIS MORNING I WILL SAY TWO WORDS.
09:52:00 BUT FIRST I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN GUDES FOR DOING
09:52:01 THIS.
09:52:03 NUMBER ONE, THEY HAVE TRICKED ME HERE.
09:52:03 [ LAUGHTER ]
09:52:17 IN THE SENSE THAT WHAT I DO IS PART OF WHAT OTHERS
09:52:19 PARTICIPATE IN OUR PROGRAM INTO.
09:52:25 AND WHEN I STARTED OFF DOING THIS, THERE WAS A GUY
09:52:31 AROUND THAT COUNCILMAN MIRANDA PROBABLY KNOWS, AND HE
09:52:40 SAID TO ME IF YOU WANT TO DO IT RIGHT, GO LISTEN TO THE
09:52:45 IGLESI BROTHERS IN WEST TAMPA.
09:52:53 THE IGLESI BROTHERS STRESS DISCIPLINE AND PARENTING
09:52:55 INVOLVEMENT.
09:53:01 AND THEY LET YOU KNOW THAT.
09:53:03 PART OF WHAT I PICKED UP FROM THAT.
09:53:06 THE DISCIPLINE PART.
09:53:15 THE PARENTAL PART I LET THAT TO THE IGLESIAS BECAUSE
09:53:18 YOU HAVE TO BE SOMETIMES TOUGH WITH PARENTS.
09:53:20 AND I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING IN APPRECIATION AND I AM
09:53:26 REALLY HUMBLED HERE THIS MORNING THAT I LIKE LITTLE
09:53:28 GUYS.
09:53:32 GUYS THAT ARE SIX AND UNDER THAT RUN TO THIRD BASE WHEN
09:53:33 THEY HIT THE BALL.
09:53:33 [ LAUGHTER ]
09:53:41 THOSE ARE THE KIND OF GUYS I LIKE.
09:53:43 WE WOULD GET UP ON THE FIELD.
09:53:49 I DID THE LITTLE GIRLS FOR 35 YEARS AT THE SCHOOL AND
09:53:52 WE USED TO PLAY GAMES AND THE KIDS WOULD SAY TO ME, WHO
09:53:53 WON.
09:53:56 AND I WOULD SAY IT WAS 2-2.
09:54:01 A GUY SIX YEARS OLD DOESN'T KNOW WHAT 2-2 IS OR A TIE
09:54:02 BALL GAME.
09:54:03 THAT IS WHAT YOU LOVE ABOUT THEM.
09:54:09 I USED TO SAY TO THE LITTLE GUY, I WOULD SAY YOU CAN'T
09:54:09 HIT.
09:54:14 AND THE LITTLE GUY SAID TO ME, YOU CRAZY.
09:54:19 I SAY TO THE LITTLE GUY, THAT'S MY EXCUSE, NOW WHAT'S
09:54:21 YOUR EXCUSE.
09:54:21 [ LAUGHTER ]
09:54:26 AND THE LITTLE GUY SAYS TO ME, HUH.
09:54:32 SO WHAT I AM SAYING IS ALL THESE YEARS THE ONE THING I
09:54:36 WILL ALWAYS APPRECIATE WAS THE LITTLE GUY.
09:54:39 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND PATIENCE.
09:54:39 [APPLAUSE]
09:54:52 LET ME JUST SAY ONE OTHER THING.
09:54:58 MR. HARRIS KNOWS THAT I AM ON RECORD FOREVER OF NEVER
09:55:01 TAKING A PICTURE.
09:55:05 TONIGHT -- TODAY IS AN OPPORTUNITY WITH COUNCILMAN
09:55:11 GUDES BECAUSE I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HE IS NEW ON THE JOB,
09:55:14 BUT THOUGHT HE KNEW TO COME OUT.
09:55:25 SO WE HAVE GOT A FIRST GOING ON HERE.
09:55:26 >> THANK YOU, MR. WRIGHT.
09:55:27 >> THANK YOU.
09:55:35 [APPLAUSE]
09:55:37 >> ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS?
09:55:43 >> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY MR. WRIGHT, BEFORE YOU SIT DOWN
09:55:43 --
09:55:45 >> MR. WRIGHT.
09:55:49 >> MR. WRIGHT, BEFORE YOU SIT DOWN, REMEMBER, ALL THOSE
09:55:54 LITTLE GUYS THAT YOU MENTORED ALL THOSE YEARS, ALL
09:55:57 THOSE HUNDREDS OF LITTLE GUYS YOU MENTORED ALL THOSE
09:56:00 YEARS HAVE GROWN UP TO BE BIG MEN AND HOPEFULLY THEY
09:56:02 WILL FOLLOW IN YOUR FOOTSTEPS.
09:56:03 THANK YOU.
09:56:09 [APPLAUSE]
09:56:10 >> THANK YOU, SIR.
09:56:13 ON WARD TO NUMBER 6.
09:56:16 >> I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE A YOUNG LADY.
09:56:19 HER NAME IS JANELLE HERNANDEZ.
09:56:21 COME ON DOWN.
09:56:22 THESE YOUR PARENTS?
09:56:27 HELLO, PARENTS.
09:56:30 COUNCIL, IT IS GREAT TO SEE WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE DO GOOD
09:56:33 THINGS, WHEN THEY WATCH OUT FOR OTHERS.
09:56:37 JANELLE HAS A SPECIAL GIFT OF CARING.
09:56:43 AND I LEARNED ABOUT A STORY ON CHANNEL 8 WITH THE
09:56:47 MCDONALD'S CASPERS CARE CHARACTER AWARD.
09:56:50 AND JANELLE DID AN OUTSTANDING THING.
09:56:53 SHE WAS HELPING ANOTHER STUDENT AT HER SCHOOL AT WEST
09:56:54 TAMPA ELEMENTARY.
09:56:59 AND FELT COMPELLED TO RECOGNIZE HER AT CITY COUNCIL FOR
09:56:59 WHAT SHE DID.
09:57:03 A YOUNG MAN SUFFERS FROM MEDICAL DIABETES.
09:57:08 AND APPARENTLY HE BECAME ILL, AND SHE RENDERED SOME
09:57:12 AID, AND EVERY DAY JANELLE WOULD MAKE SURE -- IS MAKING
09:57:15 SURE THAT HE EATS, HE IS OKAY, AND THAT IS A WONDERFUL
09:57:19 THING TO DO, A CARING FEELING.
09:57:22 I FELT HONORED TO CALL HER DOWN WITH HER PARENTS AND
09:57:26 GIVE HER A COMMENDATION FOR BEING AN EXTRAORDINARY
09:57:26 ESSENTIAL.
09:57:29 IT READS IT IS NOT OFTEN THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
09:57:31 TO RECOGNIZE SOMEONE FOR GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT IS
09:57:32 EXPECTED.
09:57:35 JANELLE HERNANDEZ HAS PROVEN HERSELF TO BE AN
09:57:38 OUTSTANDING YOUNG CITIZEN OF TAMPA.
09:57:43 TO EXEMPT FLY SUPERIOR AND HONOR THE CALL OF DUTY FOR
09:57:44 CITIZENSHIP.
09:57:47 SHE EXTENDS HERSELF HELPING OTHERS WHENEVER SHE CAN.
09:57:50 RECEIVES THE CASPER CARES GOOD CHARACTER AWARD IN
09:57:52 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS BECAUSE SHE TOOK IT UPON
09:57:55 HERSELF TO HELP ANOTHER STUDENT WITH A SEVERE MEDICAL
09:57:58 CONDITION WHILE WAITING FOR HIS SCHOOL BUS TO ARRIVE
09:58:01 EACH MORNING AND MAKE SURE HE RECEIVES HIS BREAKFAST
09:58:03 BEFORE GOING TO CLASS.
09:58:08 ON THIS DAY JUNE 20, 2019, RECOGNIZES JANELLE HERNANDEZ
09:58:12 FOR HER COMPASSION AND COMMITMENT.
09:58:15 SHE IS TRULY AN EXEMPLARY CITIZEN.
09:58:17 THANK YOU, JANELLE.
09:58:17 [APPLAUSE]
09:58:20 OH, I AM SORRY.
09:58:22 YOU GOT SOME GOODIES COMING.
09:58:25 I KNOW THAT TAMPA PARKS AND RECREATION -- WHERE ARE
09:58:29 THEY AT -- HAS SOME GOODY BAGS FOR YOU HERE.
09:58:31 PARKS AND REC.
09:58:34 >> ON BEHALF OF PARKS AND REC, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT
09:58:37 YOU WITH THIS BOOK BAG FULL OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR YOUR
09:58:39 OUTSTANDING CITIZENSHIP.
09:58:42 [APPLAUSE]
09:58:45 >> WE ALSO HAVE SOMEONE FROM ALL OF THE LEGISLATIVE
09:58:48 STAFF HAVE A LITTLE SOMETHING INSIDE FOR YOU AS WELL.
09:58:50 SO I WILL LET YOUR MOM HOLD THAT ONE.
09:58:53 I WILL LET YOUR DAD HAVE THAT ONE.
09:58:56 WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, YOU CAN.
09:59:00 >> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY FAMILY AND THE COUNCIL FOR
09:59:03 GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY AND SUPPORTING ME ALONG THE
09:59:08 WAY, BECAUSE IT WASN'T JUST THE FACT THAT I KNEW HE
09:59:09 NEEDED HELP.
09:59:12 IT IS THE FACT THAT I KNOW IF I CAN PUT A LITTLE BY THE
09:59:15 OF KINDNESS OUT THERE MAYBE IT WILL SPREAD AND MAKE THE
09:59:18 WORLD A BETTER PLACE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THERE IS NOT A
09:59:20 LOT OF GOOD GOING AROUND.
09:59:31 [APPLAUSE]
09:59:32 >> THANK YOU.
09:59:35 ANYTHING FROM COUNCIL?
09:59:37 AND JANELLE.
09:59:39 AND PICTURE.
09:59:44 YOUR MOM AND DAD.
09:59:51 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK, AND I CAN TELL THAT
09:59:53 YOU THERE IS NO GREATER ATTRIBUTE IN LIFE THAN BASIC
09:59:58 HUMAN COMPASSION AND EMPATHY.
10:00:01 EMPATHY TO ME TAKING A PERSON WITH A CONDITION OR
10:00:05 CIRCUMSTANCE THAT IS FOREIGN TO YOU IN YOUR EXPERIENCE
10:00:08 AND EXPERIENCING IT OWN SELF AND ACTING ACCORDINGLY
10:00:11 WITH COMPASSION.
10:00:13 GOD BLESS YOU FOR THAT.
10:00:15 I MEAN THAT 100%.
10:00:15 THANK YOU.
10:00:21 NEXT WE MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 7, COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:00:24 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IF I COULD WELCOME UP SENATOR
10:00:49 CHARLIE RODRIGUEZ.
10:00:52 >> WELL, THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY
10:00:53 OF TAMPA.
10:00:57 THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN GUIDO MANISCALCO FOR INVITATION
10:01:00 TO APPEAR BEFORE THIS HONORABLE BODY.
10:01:03 MY NAME IS CHARLES RODRIGUEZ THE FORMER SENATE
10:01:04 PRESIDENT OF PUERTO RICO.
10:01:08 AND I AM ALSO A SHADOW CONGRESSMAN FROM PUERTO RICO IN
10:01:12 OUR STRUGGLE TO BECOMES A STATE OF THE UNION.
10:01:17 I COME HERE TO THIS CITY WITH A THREEFOLD PURPOSE, BUT
10:01:21 BEFORE I CONTINUE, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SOME
10:01:23 DISTINGUISHED TAMPA CITIZENS WHO ARE AMONG THE
10:01:25 AUDIENCE.
10:01:30 DR. MEDRANO, SHE IS THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF LULAC
10:01:31 PRESIDENT HERE IN TAMPA.
10:01:31 [APPLAUSE]
10:01:40 AND ALSO VICTOR DEMAYO THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE
10:01:44 HISPANIC AND CARIBBEAN CAUCUS.
10:01:44 [APPLAUSE]
10:01:54 MR. MARIO LUNES THE HOST AND PRODUCER OF A TV PROGRAM
10:01:56 CALLED "TAMPA NATIVES."
10:01:56 [APPLAUSE]
10:02:02 MR. JOSE VASQUEZ THE PRESIDENT OF THE CARIBBEAN CAUCUS
10:02:04 HERE IN THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
10:02:04 [APPLAUSE]
10:02:14 LUBIS LAQUENTE WHO IS ALSO A BUSINESS PERSON HERE IN
10:02:15 TAMPA.
10:02:15 [APPLAUSE]
10:02:20 WELL, THIS CONTINUES.
10:02:28 LINDA PEREZ, SHE IS ALSO AN ACTIVIST AND ORGANIZER.
10:02:28 [APPLAUSE]
10:02:34 AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MR. BENITEZ WHO IS A COMMUNITY
10:02:37 HISPANIC LEADER HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
10:02:37 [APPLAUSE]
10:02:46 THE PURPOSE OF MY BUSINESS ARE THREEFOLD.
10:02:48 FIRST OF ALL, ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNOR OF PUERTO RICO
10:02:51 AND THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE
10:02:54 TO THE CITY OF TAMPA, THIS COUNCIL, THE MAYOR, THE
10:02:58 PEOPLE OF TAMPA FOR ALL THE SUPPORT YOU PROVIDED PUERTO
10:03:02 RICO DURING THE HORRIBLE CRISIS THAT WE SUFFERED IN THE
10:03:05 AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE MARIA THAT DEVASTATED THE ISLAND
10:03:06 OF PUERTO RICO.
10:03:10 WE RECEIVED MANY SUPPLIES AND HELP FROM THE PEOPLE OF
10:03:14 THIS CITY, AND WE ARE VERY, VERY GRATEFUL TO ALL OF
10:03:14 THAT.
10:03:19 THE SECOND REASON IS, BECAUSE I AM COMING OVER TO TAMPA
10:03:24 AND TO THIS COUNTY, TO ENCOURAGE PUERTO RICANS WHO HAVE
10:03:30 MOVED TO THIS CITY TO REGISTER TO VOTE, TO VOTE, AND TO
10:03:35 ENGAGE IN CIVIC ACTIVITIES IN THE COMMUNITY.
10:03:39 SINCE 2010, ACCORDING TO THE U.S. CENSUS AND RESEARCH
10:03:44 DONE BY THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, SINCE 2010-2018,
10:03:48 250,000 PUERTO RICANS HAVE MOVED TO FLORIDA,
10:03:51 PARTICULARLY TO CENTRAL FLORIDA, AND RIGHT NOW IN THIS
10:03:56 COUNTY, IN THE COUNTY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, 25% OF
10:04:00 THE POPULATION IS HISPANIC, AND OF THAT GROUP, LARGEST
10:04:01 RIGHT NOW ARE PUERTO RICANS.
10:04:07 PUERTO RICANS, AS U.S. CITIZENS, THEY CAN FREELY TRAVEL
10:04:07 WITHIN THE NATION.
10:04:11 THEY HOLD A U.S. PASSPORT, AND THEY CAN OBVIOUSLY WHEN
10:04:14 THEY MOVE HERE ALMOST IMMEDIATELY REGISTER TO VOTE AND
10:04:19 PARTICIPATE FULLY IN THEIR CITIZENSHIP OBLIGATIONS AND
10:04:20 RESPONSIBILITIES.
10:04:24 I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT THE THIRD REASON I AM
10:04:28 HERE IS BECAUSE PUERTO RICO IS GOING THROUGH A
10:04:29 TRANSITION.
10:04:38 RIGHT NOW IN THE LAST TWO THAT HAVE BEEN HELD IN PUERTO
10:04:41 RICO, SPECIAL ELECTIONS OF THE STATUS OF THE ISLAND,
10:04:48 PUERTO RICANS HAVE OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTED STATEHOOD
10:04:50 FOR THE ISLAND.
10:04:53 A POLL HERE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA DONE IN THE MARCH
10:04:56 OF MONTH ILLUSTRATES THAT ALMOST 80% OF THOSE WHO LIVE
10:05:00 HERE ALSO SUPPORT STATEHOOD FOR PUERTO RICO.
10:05:04 PUERTO RICO HAS BEEN A U.S. TERRITORY SINCE 1898,
10:05:08 BECOMING THE LONGEST HELD TERRITORY IN THE HISTORY OF
10:05:09 THE UNITED STATES.
10:05:14 SINCE 1917, WE ARE U.S. CITIZENS BY BIRTH.
10:05:18 BUT WE DO NOT HAVE EQUAL RIGHTS WHILE WE REMAIN IN THE
10:05:20 ISLAND OF PUERTO RICO BECAUSE IT IS A TERRITORY.
10:05:22 WE CAN NOT VOTE FOR THE PRESIDENT.
10:05:24 WE DO NOT HAVE SENATORS.
10:05:28 WE DO NOT HAVE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS THAT CAN VOTE.
10:05:31 THEREFORE, WE DO NOT HAVE REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT
10:05:34 BECAUSE WE CANNOT PARTICIPATE FULLY.
10:05:38 SO THAT IS WHY THE TREND IN PUERTO RICO HAS BEEN
10:05:40 CHANGING AND PEOPLE ARE SUPPORTING STATEHOOD.
10:05:43 MORE SO AFTER HURRICANE MARIA STRUCK THE ISLAND,
10:05:47 BECAUSE WE REALIZE THAT AS LONG AS WE REMAIN BEING A
10:05:50 TERRITORY, PUERTO RICO WILL ALWAYS BE AT THE END OF THE
10:05:52 LINE WHEN IT COMES TO GATHERING SUPPORT FROM THE
10:05:53 FEDERAL AGENCIES.
10:05:57 I DO HAVE A STRESS THAT PUERTO RICANS SINCE 1917 AS
10:06:00 U.S. CITIZENS HAVE BEEN PART OF THE U.S. ARMED FORCES.
10:06:04 OVER 3,000 PUERTO RICANS, MEN AND WOMEN HAVE DIED FOR
10:06:09 THIS COUNTRY IN DIFFERENT BATTLEFIELD; HOWEVER, THEY
10:06:13 COULD DIE AS ANY OTHER SOLDIER COULD DIE IN SUPPORT OF
10:06:16 ITS COUNTRY, BUT THEY COULD NOT -- AND CANNOT VOTE FOR
10:06:18 THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE
10:06:20 UNITED STATES.
10:06:25 AT THE SAME TIME, PUERTO RICO, WE HAVE 200,000
10:06:29 VETERANS, NINE PUERTO RICANS HAVE BEEN RECIPIENT OF THE
10:06:33 MEDAL OF HONOR WHICH IS THE HIGHEST DISTINCTION THAT
10:06:36 ANY SOLDIER CAN RECEIVE, AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 25,000
10:06:42 MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM ACTIVE IN THE U.S. ARMED
10:06:46 FORCES, SO, YES, WE HAVE DONE OUR SACRIFICES AND TIME
10:06:50 THAT PUERTO RICO BE ACCEPTED AS A STATE OF UNION AS
10:06:53 FLORIDA WAS ACCEPTED AT ONE POINT, AND AS MANY OTHERS
10:06:56 HAVE BEEN, AND THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS I HAVE BEEN
10:07:00 COMING HERE, OBVIOUSLY TO ILLUSTRATE OUR SITUATION,
10:07:03 GATHER SUPPORT, AND ALSO TELL YOU THAT WE ARE PREPARED
10:07:07 TO ACCEPT OUR RESPONSIBILITIES AND OBLIGATIONS AS
10:07:10 FULL-PLEDGED U.S. CITIZENS OF THIS GREAT NATION.
10:07:14 ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO STRESS THAT RECOVERY IN PUERTO
10:07:19 RICO IS COMING FORWARD AFTER 20 MONTHS HAVING BEEN
10:07:21 STRUCK BY THAT TERRIBLE HURRICANE, THINGS HAVE
10:07:26 IMPROVED; HOWEVER, WE STILL ARE WAITING FOR RECEIVING
10:07:31 THE FUNDS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ALLOCATED BY THE U.S.
10:07:32 CONGRESS.
10:07:37 $40 BILLION WAS ALLOCATED BY THE U.S. CONGRESS FOR THE
10:07:40 RELIEF IN PUERTO RICO, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, AFTER 20
10:07:46 MONTHS, ONLY ONE FOURTH OF THAT AMOUNT HAS BEEN
10:07:47 DISIMBURSED.
10:07:49 WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THE MONEY THAT HAS ALREADY
10:07:53 BEEN APPROVED BUT WE HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED.
10:07:57 WE STILL HAVE AROUND 30,000 HOMES WITH BLUE TARPS OVER
10:07:58 THEIR ROOFS.
10:08:01 AND WE DO HAVE TO IMPROVE ROADS AND OTHER FACILITIES.
10:08:06 AND WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR ANY SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.
10:08:09 WE JUST ARE ASKING WHAT I THINK IS FAIR.
10:08:12 BECAUSE THIS COUNTRY HAS ALWAYS SUPPORTED AMERICANS
10:08:13 WHEREVER THEY ARE, WHEN THEY ARE IN NEED.
10:08:17 AND I BELIEVE THAT PUERTO RICANS ARE U.S. CITIZENS.
10:08:18 WE ARE AMERICANS.
10:08:19 WE ARE IN NEED.
10:08:21 AND WE NEED THE HELP OF THE NATION.
10:08:24 SO THAT IS PART OF THE REASON I AM HERE.
10:08:28 I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING -- GRANTING ME THIS
10:08:28 OPPORTUNITY.
10:08:31 AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN SEE YOU IN PUERTO RICO.
10:08:35 ACTUALLY I DO TO MENTION THAT I AM FROM SAN JUAN, THE
10:08:38 BIRTHPLACE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THIS CITY COUNCIL WHO
10:08:42 WAS BORN IN THE ISLAND OF PUERTO RICO AND WE ARE ALWAYS
10:08:45 HONORED FOR WHAT YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED HERE IN THE CITY
10:08:48 OF TAMPA.
10:08:51 >> THANK YOU, SIR, GRACIAS.
10:08:52 THANK YOU.
10:08:52 [APPLAUSE]
10:08:55 IT SEEMS THAT THE CONVERSATION IS VERY SIMILAR WHETHER
10:08:58 IT IS HERE AT HOME OR IN PUERTO RICO.
10:09:00 WE ARE NOT TAKING CARE OF OUR OWN.
10:09:02 THE DISCUSSION THIS MORNING AND TODAY WILL BE ABOUT
10:09:03 AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
10:09:06 THE DISCUSSION OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID, PUERTO RICO THAT
10:09:09 HAS GIVEN SO OF MUCH AND SERVICE TO THIS COUNTRY,
10:09:14 TERRITORIES SINCE 1888 THEY ARE NOT BEING TAKEN CARE
10:09:15 OF.
10:09:18 PROMISED SO MUCH RELIEF AFTER THE HURRICANE AND YOU ARE
10:09:19 GET A FAIRFAX OF IT.
10:09:23 THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF HOMES WITH BLUE TARPS.
10:09:26 WHY ARE WE NOT TAKING CARE OF OUR OWN?
10:09:29 WE HAVE OTHER PRIORITIES ARE YOU WE AVOID WHICH IS SO
10:09:30 IMPORTANT.
10:09:31 THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY.
10:09:33 I HEARD YOU SPEAK MANY TIMES.
10:09:34 I AM GLAD TO CALL YOU MY FRIEND.
10:09:37 YOU MENTIONED THAT MANY PEOPLE FROM THIS NUTRIENT WENT
10:09:40 DOWN TO PUERTO RICO AND DID HELP.
10:09:44 COLONEL LATE RO, SENATOR JANET CRUZ.
10:09:46 THE LIST GOES ON AND ON AND THE TAMPA COMMUNITY HAS
10:09:47 PROVEN THAT IT CARES.
10:09:49 YOU ARE OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
10:09:51 I AM THE SON OF IMMIGRANTS, YOU KNOW.
10:09:53 MY MOTHER IS FROM CUBA.
10:09:56 I ALWAYS SAY CUBA IS THE NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR.
10:09:59 SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE CUBA HAVE COME HERE.
10:10:01 SO MANY PUERTO RICANS HAVE COME HERE AND WE ARE PROUD
10:10:04 TO CALL THEM AMERICAN CITIZENS.
10:10:05 THEY ARE OUR FAMILY.
10:10:08 I WILL MAKE A MOTION AFTER THE FACT -- AFTER THE OTHER
10:10:11 COUNCILMEMBERS SPEAK THAT THIS CITY COUNCIL -- AND I
10:10:15 WILL WORK WITH -- OUR ATTORNEY MR. SHELBY, TO DRAFT A
10:10:18 RESOLUTION IN SUPPORTING PUERTO RICO TO BE THE 51ST
10:10:20 STATE.
10:10:21 >> 1898.
10:10:22 YOU WAITED LONG ENOUGH.
10:10:23 THE COMMITMENT IS THERE.
10:10:25 THE RELATIONSHIP IS THERE.
10:10:26 THIS IS A NO BRAINER.
10:10:29 SO I WILL RESERVE MY COMMENTS FOR LATER AND GIVE OTHERS
10:10:31 THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
10:10:32 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.
10:10:35 I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THE EFFORT TO BECOME A
10:10:38 STATE OF THE UNION IS A BIPARTISAN EFFORT.
10:10:41 THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS IN ITS PLATFORM ENDORSING
10:10:45 STATEHOOD FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAVE
10:10:50 ALSO APPROVED RECENTLY A RESOLUTION FOR THE ADMISSION
10:10:53 OF PUERTO RICO AS A STATE OF THE UNION BECAUSE IT IS A
10:10:54 CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE.
10:10:58 ALSO THE NAACP HAS APPROVED A RESOLUTION ENDORSING
10:11:02 STATEHOOD OF PUERTO RICO FOR THE SAME REASON.
10:11:02 THE ISSUE OF CIVIL RIGHTS.
10:11:04 EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ELECT THE
10:11:07 MEN AND WOMEN WHO APPROVE LEGISLATION THAT AFFECTS
10:11:08 THEIR DAILY LIVES.
10:11:10 THANK YOU.
10:11:11 >> ANYONE ELSE?
10:11:14 COUNCILMAN CITRO.
10:11:15 >>JOSEPH CITRO: GREAT TO SEE YOU.
10:11:18 THE FOURTH TIME I SEE YOU AND EACH AND EVERY TIME I SEE
10:11:20 YOU WE HAVE A CONVERSATION, AND I THANK YOU FOR
10:11:24 BRINGING THINGS MUCH CLEARER AND SHOWING ME THE LIGHT
10:11:26 OF THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO.
10:11:31 >> THANK YOU, CONGRESSMAN CITRO.
10:11:34 >> SOMETHING THAT -- I DIDN'T HAVE IT WHEN WE MET
10:11:38 EARLIER PICTURES OF PRESIDENT OBAMA GIVING THE
10:11:42 CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL TO MEMBERS OF THE 61ST REGIMEN, THE
10:11:46 BONIQINEERS.
10:11:49 SOME IN ACTION IN THE KOREAN WAR, BUT ANYBODY WHO IS
10:11:52 FROM PUERTO RICO, THAT NAME MEANS A LOT, THAT MEANS
10:11:57 GENERATIONS OF GREAT PUERTO RICANS WHO HAVE BLED FOR
10:12:01 THIS COUNTRY, WHO HAVE FOUGHT FOR THIS COUNTRY, AND NOT
10:12:05 A PUERTO RICAN ALIVE WHO DOESN'T HAVE GREAT PRIDE FOR
10:12:08 THE BOLIQINEERS.
10:12:12 THE 65TH IS A LOT LIKE THE 54TH PLEDGE MINUTE OF
10:12:16 AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE CIVIL WAR TO A DEGREE.
10:12:19 AND CERTAINLY THE DEGREE OF THE 442ND OF
10:12:22 JAPANESE-AMERICANS IN 1942, INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVED THIS
10:12:25 COUNTRY AND HAD THIS COUNTRY'S BACK WHEN THIS COUNTRY
10:12:27 DOESN'T HAVE THEIR BACK, TO ME THAT IS VERY POIGNANT
10:12:30 AND THAT IS WHAT THIS DISCUSSION IS ALL ABOUT.
10:12:33 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO ALLUDED TO SOME OF THE EFFORTS
10:12:37 DONE WITH COURSE OF ACTION WITH COLONEL LATE RO AND
10:12:37 OTHERS.
10:12:39 SENATOR CRUZ HELPED A LOT WITH THAT.
10:12:44 CONGRESSWOMAN KATHY CASTOR, CONGRESSWOMAN HAS BEEN AN
10:12:50 OUTSTANDING CHAMPION FOR THE VICTIMS OF HURRICANE MARIA
10:12:53 AND I HAVE BEEN TO NUMEROUS MEETINGS AND SHE HAS BEEN A
10:12:55 GREAT ADVOCATE.
10:12:58 KNOW IN THE CITY TAMPA.
10:13:01 CONGRATULATIONS.
10:13:03 >> GRACIAS.
10:13:03 >> IS THERE A MOTION?
10:13:07 >> I DO WANT TO MAKE A MOTION THAT CITY COUNCIL DRAFT A
10:13:12 RESOLUTION TO SPEAK WITH OUR ATTORNEY MARTIN SHELBY IN
10:13:16 SUPPORT OF PUERTO RICO BEING THE 51ST STATE.
10:13:17 >> SECOND.
10:13:20 >> COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
10:13:23 >> COUNCILMAN, ASK AS PART OF THAT MOTION THAT THAT
10:13:26 RESOLUTION COME BACK AND BE PRESENTED AT THE NEXT
10:13:27 REGULAR MEETING.
10:13:29 >> I WOULD LIKE THAT RESOLUTION TO COME BACK AT THE
10:13:33 JUNE 27TH MEETING.
10:13:37 >> IT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO COUNCIL IN ADVANCE.
10:13:37 >> THANK YOU.
10:13:40 >> AT THAT MEETING AND FIGURE OUT THE TIME.
10:13:41 >> COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
10:13:42 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, SENATOR.
10:13:45 MY DAUGHTER LIVES IN -- MY GRANDDAUGHTER LIVES IN
10:13:48 WASHINGTON D.C. AND SHE -- AND IN THE CITY LIMITS, AND
10:13:52 SHE AND I DISCUSS D.C. HAS THE SAME SITUATION.
10:13:55 D.C. RESIDENTS ARE IN THE SAME EXACT SITUATION.
10:13:59 THEY PAY TAXES, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE FULL CITIZENSHIP --
10:14:02 WELL, PARTIAL CITIZENSHIP BECAUSE THEY CAN'T VOTE FOR
10:14:05 THE PRESIDENT AND THAT SORT OF THING AND WE ALWAYS TALK
10:14:06 ABOUT HOW UNFAIR IT IS.
10:14:08 SO I AM GOING TO SUPPORT THIS.
10:14:12 AND ALSO HOPE TO SEE SOME DAY THAT D.C. AND PUERTO RICO
10:14:16 BECOME THE 51ST AND 52ND STATE.
10:14:17 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL.
10:14:19 WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
10:14:23 >> COUNCILMAN, THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING MY -- THE CITY
10:14:24 I WAS BORN IN.
10:14:27 THANK YOU.
10:14:28 >> THANK YOU, SIR.
10:14:32 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:14:37 I APOLOGIZE -- WE HAVE -- A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN
10:14:42 MANISCALCO AND SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
10:14:42 ALL IN FAVOR.
10:14:43 OPPOSED?
10:14:46 THANK YOU.
10:14:49 NEXT WE MOVE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS BUT NUMBER ONE,
10:14:51 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA HANDED ME A NOTE I WANTED TO READ
10:14:53 FOR HIM -- OH, THAT IS YOURS?
10:14:55 YES.
10:14:56 YEAH.
10:14:57 DENADA.
10:14:58 YEAH.
10:15:02 COUNCILMAN -- OR MIRANDA HAD HANDED ME A NOTE THAT
10:15:05 FRANK CRUM HIS BROTHER SETH CRUMB HAD RECENTLY PASSED
10:15:06 ON THE AGE OF 41.
10:15:10 SO THE CRUMB FAMILY IS IN OUR SINCERELY IN OUR THOUGHTS
10:15:14 AND PRAYERS AND ALSO GOTTEN A ASK FROM OUR FRIENDS
10:15:16 INDICATING THEY WILL NEED TO HAVE A LUNCH BREAK AND I
10:15:19 INDICATED WE WOULD BE OUT OF HERE BY 1:30 AND WE HAVE
10:15:22 TO BE OUT A LITTLE EARLIER WHICH GIVES US ABOUT TWO
10:15:23 HOURS AND 40 MINUTES.
10:15:26 SO I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:15:29 WE WILL WORK HARD TO GET EVERYBODY IN.
10:15:32 AND I HAVE FAITH WE WILL AND EVERYBODY ON COUNCIL WILL
10:15:34 GET TO SPEAK THEIR MIND ON THIS VERY, VERY PIVOTAL
10:15:35 ISSUE.
10:15:35
10:15:31 >> WHAT TIME DO YOU ANTICIPATE COUNCIL HAVING TO GO INTO
10:15:35 RECESS?
10:15:36 >> ABOUT 1:00 SO THEY CAN HAVE LUNCH, BECAUSE EVERYTHING HAS
10:15:41 TO BE TELEVISED.
10:15:43 NEXT WE MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:15:44 IF ANYONE IS HERE TO PUBLICLY COMMENT -- NOW, THIS IS VERY
10:15:45 IMPORTANT -- WE HAVE A DISTINCTION IN OUR RULES WHICH IS,
10:15:47 WHENEVER WE HAVE A WORKSHOP, INITIAL PUBLIC COMMENT IS ON
10:15:49 THE ITEM, NOT ON -- SO ON THE WORKSHOP AGENDA, SO IF YOU'RE
10:15:54 HERE TO SPEAK ON SOMETHING OTHER THAN AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
10:15:56 PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME, THREE MINUTES A PERSON,
10:15:59 AND BEGIN BY PLEASE STATING YOUR NAME.
10:16:01 GO AHEAD, SIR.
10:16:03 >> [INDISCERNIBLE], TAMPA, FLORIDA.
10:16:07 THE REALITY IS, THIS IS A GOOD-LOOKING CITY COUNCIL MEETING
10:16:13 TODAY WITH A LOT OF REPRESENTATION, VERY DIVERSE, THINGS
10:16:13 THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW -- THINGS THE CITY COUNCILMEN SAY THEY
10:16:16 DIDN'T KNOW, AN ORGANIZATION THAT EXISTS SINCE 1947 FOR THE
10:16:20 RIGHTS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR AFRICAN PEOPLE, SOMETHING
10:16:24 THAT SISTER CONNIE HAS TO BRING TO THE FOREFRONT EVERY WEEK;
10:16:27 THERE'S NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
10:16:29 BUT THE THING IS THAT YOU HAVE TO KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE DEALING
10:16:31 WITH WHITE PEOPLE, IT'S A BUNCH OF TRICKERY GOING ON.
10:16:34 IT'S A BUNCH OF TRICKERY.
10:16:35 THEY THINK THEY CAN TRICK US AND DISPOSSESS US, DISPOSSESS
10:16:41 US OF EVERYTHING WE HAVE FROM OUR GRANDPARENTS, THEIR LAND,
10:16:44 FROM OUR KIDS, OUR CARS WITH BIG SHINY WHEELS THAT THEY
10:16:47 DON'T LIKE, BECAUSE THEY SMELL DOPE OR OUR WINDOWS ARE
10:16:51 TINTED TOO DARK OR YOU DIDN'T STOP PROPERLY AT THE STOP
10:16:53 SIGN, IT'S DISPOSSESSION AND TRICKERY, IF IT'S FROM
10:16:57 ROSEWOOD, FLORIDA, IF IT'S FROM BLACK WALL STREET,
10:17:01 WASHINGTON, D.C., AND OTHER PLACES, THEY LIKE TO TRICK US
10:17:03 AND TRICK US OUT OF OUR LAND, TRICK US ABOUT OUR PROPERTY
10:17:06 AND TRICK US OUT OF OUR FREEDOM AND DIGNITY.
10:17:10 THEY LIKE TO TRICK US.
10:17:12 YOU GOT SOME PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT STATEHOOD, BUT YOU GOT A
10:17:15 -- IN TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA, TALKING ABOUT NO SANCTUARY
10:17:22 CITIES, JUST SIGNED IT A FEW DAYS AGO.
10:17:24 SO THEY DON'T WANT NO FOREIGNERS, THEY DON'T WANT NO ALIENS,
10:17:27 NOBODY, NO IMMIGRANTS TO GET NO KIND OF HELP.
10:17:29 AND THEY DON'T WANT NO BLACK PEOPLE IN THIS CITY GETTING
10:17:32 HELP.
10:17:33 THEY LIKE TO TRICK US.
10:17:35 AND THEY LIKE TO SIT AND ACT LIKE THEY'RE TALKING TO US, BUT
10:17:40 THEY'RE TRICKING US RIGHT IN OUR FACES BECAUSE WHILE THEY'RE
10:17:43 TALKING ABOUT HOMEOWNERSHIP, WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE BLACK
10:17:47 COMMUNITY?
10:17:47 CODE ENFORCEMENT, TRICKING BLACK PEOPLE OUT OF OUR PROPERTY,
10:17:49 CODE ENFORCEMENT FOR ALL SIMPLE NONSENSE.
10:17:54 YOU GOT A PARKED CAR WITH NO TAG ON IT, YOU GOT A MILLION
10:17:58 DOLLAR FINE.
10:18:00 YOUR GRASS GROWING TOO LONG, YOU GOT ANOTHER FINE.
10:18:03 CODE ENFORCEMENT HARASSING US, TRICKING US.
10:18:07 TRICKERY.
10:18:08 AND THAT'S THE THING THAT WHERE THIS CITY COUNCIL SAY, IF
10:18:11 THEY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD AND BE PROGRESSIVE -- BECAUSE I
10:18:14 KNOW ONE TIME WHEN BLACK PEOPLE COULDN'T EVEN SPEAK UP HERE.
10:18:17 WE COULDN'T EVEN SPEAK OUR MIND. 1776, WHITE PEOPLE HAD ALL
10:18:22 KIND OF POWER TO SPEAK THEIR MIND, CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS,
10:18:25 AND BLACK PEOPLE CAN COME IN HERE IN 1989, 1990, AND GET
10:18:32 ARRESTED FOR SPEAKING OUR MIND, WITHIN THE THREE MINUTE
10:18:35 FRAME WORK.
10:18:36 WHITE FOLKS LIKE TO TRICK US.
10:18:39 BUNCH OF TRICKERY.
10:18:40 AND WE'RE SAYING IT'S TIME FOR THIS CITY TO MOVE FORWARD.
10:18:45 SISTER CONNIE ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT A HUNDRED MILLION
10:18:47 DOLLARS.
10:18:48 SOMEBODY HAD A TRICK ANSWER FOR US.
10:18:50 [ LAUGHTER ]
10:18:53 >> THAT HAVE TO STOP.
10:18:58 >> THANK YOU, SIR.
10:18:59 NEXT, PLEASE?
10:19:00 >> AND JUST TO REMIND, IF -- ANYONE WHO IS GOING TO BE
10:19:06 SPEAKING, IT'S NOT ON THE TOPIC OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
10:19:09 IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE SPEAKING ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
10:19:12 THERE'S A SEPARATE TIME FOR THAT.
10:19:14 GO AHEAD.
10:19:14 >> OKAY.
10:19:15 I HAVE A COPY FOR EACH ONE OF YOU THAT I'M GOING TO BE
10:19:17 SHOWING ON THE SCREEN.
10:19:18 MY NAME IS DIANA KLINE.
10:19:21 I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK UP ON BEHALF OF OUR PREBORN
10:19:24 NEIGHBORS WHO ARE BEING MURDERED AT THE RATE OF 200 A WEEK
10:19:29 IN TAMPA UNDER YOUR WATCH AND JURISDICTION.
10:19:30 AND THIS IS AN OFFICIAL DIAGRAM THAT SHOWS HOW STUDENTS IN
10:19:36 MEDICAL SCHOOLS ARE BEING TRAINED HOW TO KILL BABIES IN THE
10:19:39 WOMB.
10:19:41 THEY TAKE A CANNULA IN THE UTERUS AND PUNCTURE THROUGH THE
10:19:44 BABY'S HOME THAT THEY'RE LIVING IN IN THE UTERUS, AND THE
10:19:49 BABY IS LITERALLY RIPPED APART, HANDS, ARMS, LEGS,
10:19:52 DECAPITATED, AND THEN THE REST OF IT IS SCRAPED OUT WITH A
10:19:57 SHARP KNIFE. AND THEN THE KILLER'S ASSISTANT HELPS TO COUNT
10:20:02 ALL THE BABY BODY PARTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GOT ALL THE
10:20:05 BABY BODY PARTS OUT.
10:20:06 AND THIS IS HOW BABIES ARE BEING KILLED IN TAMPA AND ACROSS
10:20:08 THE NATION.
10:20:11 YOU HAVE A GOD-ORDAINED DUTY TO PRESERVE JUSTICE AND PUNISH
10:20:15 THIS EVIL.
10:20:16 ROE V. WADE IS NOT A LAW.
10:20:17 IT'S A FUNDAMENTALLY FLAWED COURT OPINION THAT IS TO BE
10:20:20 COMPLETELY IGNORED, JUST LIKE I THINK IT'S BEEN ALMOST TWO
10:20:23 YEARS AGO WHEN THIS COUNCIL IGNORED AND DEFIED THE STATE OF
10:20:27 FLORIDA AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITH REGARD TO MARIJUANA;
10:20:33 YOU PROVIDED AN ORDINANCE FOR THAT.
10:20:35 THE SAME CAN BE DONE TO CRIMINALIZE MURDER IN THE WOMB.
10:20:40 THERE'S FIVE MURDER MILLS HERE IN TAMPA.
10:20:42 THEY NEED TO BE SHUT DOWN.
10:20:43 AND THE WAY TO SHUT IT DOWN IS TO CRIMINALIZE IT, HOLDING
10:20:47 EVERYBODY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MURDER OF THESE BABIES.
10:20:52 IS ANYONE WILLING TO DO THAT HERE ON THE COUNCIL?
10:20:55 IS ANYBODY WILLING TO -- ANY COMMENTS ABOUT HOW YOU FEEL
10:20:56 ABOUT BABIES THAT ARE BEING MURDERED, JUST -- THERE'S A
10:20:59 MURDER MILL JUST ONE MILE DOWN FROM HERE.
10:21:02 NO COMMENT?
10:21:04 I KNOW YOU GUYS SPEAK UP FOR EVERYONE ELSE THAT WAS UP HERE
10:21:06 BEFORE ME, SO I'M READY TO LISTEN.
10:21:12 AND -- OKAY.
10:21:16 GOD'S WORD TELLS US THAT WHEN A SENTENCE AGAINST AN EVIL
10:21:19 DEED IS NOT EXECUTED SPEEDILY, THAT THE HEART OF THE
10:21:21 CHILDREN OF MAN IS FULLY SET TO DO EVIL.
10:21:29 THAT'S IN ECCLESIASTES 8:11.
10:21:29 AND THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING IN TAMPA AND ACROSS THE NATION.
10:21:29 ONE IN FOUR WOMAN HAVE A HEART THAT IS FULLY SET TO MURDER
10:21:32 THEIR LITTLE SON OR DAUGHTER IN THE WOMB.
10:21:34 WE NEED TO CHANGE THIS VICIOUS CYCLE.
10:21:36 CHILDREN ARE A GIFT FROM GOD AND NEED TO BE LOVED, NURTURED
10:21:39 AND PROTECTED IN THE WOMB, BECAUSE BASIC HUMAN COMPASSION
10:21:44 THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER BEGINS IN THE WOMB.
10:21:48 THE YOUNG LADY THAT WAS HERE EARLIER THAT WAS ACCOMMODATED,
10:21:52 SHE WAS GIVEN AN ACCOLADE FOR HELPING ASSIST SOMEONE BECAUSE
10:21:56 WE'RE SUPPOSED TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS, AS THE JEWISH RABBI
10:21:59 SAID EARLIER, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR AS
10:22:01 OURSELF. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO, AND LOVING OUR
10:22:04 NEIGHBORS BEGINS IN THE WOMB.
10:22:05 FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE MISSIONARY WORK THAT I DO AT LOVE
10:22:08 THE PREBORN.COM.
10:22:09 LOVE THE PREBORN.COM.
10:22:11 >> COUNCILMAN GUDES?
10:22:17 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MA'AM?
10:22:19 >> YES?
10:22:21 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU MADE A COMMENT, YES, WE'RE NEW IN THE
10:22:24 COUNCIL, BUT I THINK YOU HAVE TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK A LITTLE
10:22:26 BIT.
10:22:27 THIS COUNCIL ONLY HAS CERTAIN PURVIEWS AND JURISDICTIONS TO
10:22:29 DO CERTAIN THINGS, AND I DON'T BELIEVE WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IS
10:22:32 IN OUR PURVIEW.
10:22:32 >> IT IS.
10:22:33 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I BEG TO DISAGREE.
10:22:36 >> I NEED TO HAVE A MEETING.
10:22:40 >> YOU CAN SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH ME, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT,
10:22:40 BUT I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK ANYBODY UP HERE IS A COWARD.
10:22:42 THEY JUST WANT TO ASK YOU QUESTIONS, OKAY?
10:22:44 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.
10:22:46 LET ME ASK, ANYONE WHO IS PLANNING ON SPEAKING A PUBLIC
10:22:49 COMMENT PRIOR TO OUR WORKSHOP, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
10:22:52 SO ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, 10,
10:22:57 11, 12, 13, 14.
10:22:58 WE HAVE 30 MINUTES ALLOTTED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT PRIOR TO THE
10:23:01 WORKSHOP, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE RUNNING ON AN ISSUE --
10:23:05 PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS AGAIN.
10:23:09 YEAH, AND I WILL -- THANK YOU.
10:23:12 THIS IS PUBLIC COMMENT RESERVED THAT IS NOT FOR THE
10:23:16 WORKSHOP.
10:23:16 IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE COMMENTING ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THAT
10:23:19 TAKES PLACE AFTER OUR WORKSHOP.
10:23:21 OKAY.
10:23:22 THANK YOU, MA'AM.
10:23:22 SO THAT BEING SAID, EVERYBODY WHO IS GOING TO BE COMMENTING
10:23:25 AT THIS TIME NOT ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PLEASE RAISE YOUR
10:23:30 HANDS.
10:23:31 NOT ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
10:23:32 >>LUIS VIERA: SO I SEE, ONE -- AND, AGAIN, COULD EVERYONE
10:23:37 PLEASE RAISE THEIR HANDS.
10:23:39 I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE A TIME ISSUE.
10:23:40 ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX.
10:23:43 WE SHOULD BE GOOD, SO LET'S CONTINUE.
10:23:45 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:23:48 GOOD MORNING, CITIZENS, CITY OF TAMPA.
10:23:49 MY NAME IS CAROL RANSOM.
10:23:51 I'M HERE THIS MORNING TO SPEAK ABOUT WORKING CLASS
10:23:54 HOUSING --
10:23:54 >>LUIS VIERA: I'M SORRY, MA'AM, ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE
10:23:59 PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THAT COMES AFTER OUR WORKSHOP.
10:24:01 >> YES, SIR.
10:24:03 AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS ACTUALLY A DEFINITION GIVEN BY THE
10:24:05 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
10:24:07 IT'S A DISTINCTION THAT STATES WHAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS --
10:24:11 >> OUR RULES PRECLUDE ANYONE FROM PUBLICLY COMMENTING ON THE
10:24:15 MATTER AT HAND FOR THE WORKSHOP UNTIL AFTER THE WORKSHOP.
10:24:18 DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO TALK ABOUT HERE TODAY THAT'S NOT
10:24:19 AFFORDABLE HOUSING-RELATED?
10:24:22 OR HOUSING RELATED?
10:24:24 >> I AM SPEAKING ABOUT HOUSING, YES, SIR.
10:24:26 >>LUIS VIERA: I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU PLEASE WAIT
10:24:28 UNTIL AFTER OUR WORKSHOP FOR THAT.
10:24:30 COULD YOU DO THAT?
10:24:31 >> NO PROBLEM.
10:24:32 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
10:24:34 THANK YOU.
10:24:35 GO AHEAD, MA'AM.
10:24:35 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:24:36 CONNIE BURTON.
10:24:39 THE RABBI STARTED OUT WITH GIVING US WONDERFUL ADMONISHMENT
10:24:43 THAT IF YOU SEE US, YOU SEE YOURSELF, AND IT SEEMED LIKE
10:24:48 EVERYBODY UP HERE IS PROPERLY GROOMED, READY TO GO, BUT THAT
10:24:51 DON'T EXIST FOR EVERYBODY.
10:24:53 I WANT TO PAY WONDERFUL -- THE MOST HIGHEST HONOR, AS WE
10:24:58 TALK ABOUT JUNETEENTH, THE NATION IS TALKING ABOUT
10:25:07 REPARATION, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SLAVERY AND THE HISTORY AND
10:25:09 THE PAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, BUT NONE OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS
10:25:13 COULD HAVE TAKEN PLACE WITHOUT THE WORK, IN MY OPINION, OF
10:25:16 PEOPLE LIKE AMALI ISHATELLA THAT'S RIGHT OVER THERE IN ST.
10:25:22 PETERSBURG, FLORIDA.
10:25:23 40 YEARS AGO YOU COULDN'T EVEN GET AFRICAN PEOPLE TO EVEN
10:25:25 THINK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF REPARATION, BUT HERE WE ARE,
10:25:32 BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE A DEBT HAS TO BE PAID FOR THE LOST AND
10:25:36 STOLEN LABOR OF OUR PEOPLE.
10:25:37 SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.
10:25:38 WE'RE TURNING A WHOLE NEW PAGE ALL AROUND THIS COUNTRY, AND
10:25:40 WE HOPE THAT THIS CITY COUNCIL IS READY TO GO WITH US.
10:25:44 WE WILL NO LONGER BE SILENT, THERE IS TOO MANY DEMANDS AND
10:25:48 NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY, FOR THE POINT THAT THEY CAN HAVE IT
10:25:53 ALL FOR THEMSELVES.
10:25:54 THOSE DAYS ARE OVER WITH.
10:25:56 AND SO WE SAY GET ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY AND JOIN US.
10:26:00 AS YOU PAY ACCOLADES TO THE SANITATION WORKERS, IT BECAME
10:26:07 BASED OFF OF THE STRUGGLE OF AFRICAN PEOPLE.
10:26:11 WE UNDERSTAND OUR LABOR IN THIS COUNTRY, AND WE WANT TO MAKE
10:26:15 SURE NOW THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE HAVE A LEGACY TO PAY
10:26:19 OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
10:26:22 IN EAST TAMPA, WHERE MOST OF OUR COMMUNITY LIVES, AND IN
10:26:26 THAT ROUNDABOUT CIRCLE RIGHT DOWN 22nd AND 21st, IT SAYS
10:26:30 FROM 1911, AND I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THAT, BUT IF THAT
10:26:34 HAS BEEN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THAT COMMUNITY SINCE 1911, I
10:26:37 WANT YOU TO SEE CLEARLY WHAT WE HAVE, HOW MUCH BLIGHT
10:26:42 EXISTS, HOW MANY LIVES, HOW MUCH TRICKERY, HOW MUCH MONEY
10:26:45 HAS CAME THROUGH THAT COMMUNITY UNDER THE GUISE OF LIFTING
10:26:51 THE COMMUNITY UP ONLY FOR A FEW TO EAT, ONLY FOR A FEW TO
10:26:55 EAT THAT HAS RELATIONSHIPS WITH CITY GOVERNMENT, AND THE
10:26:58 REST OF US HAS BEEN STARVING WHILE WE HAVE WATCHED OUR
10:27:04 PEOPLE, OUR YOUNG PEOPLE BEING PUSHED OFF INTO THESE
10:27:07 NEWFOUND SLAVE CAMPS CALLED PRISONS, NOTHING MORE THAN
10:27:11 CONCENTRATION CAMPS.
10:27:12 AND WE ARE GOING TO ADVOCATE AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP ON
10:27:15 MOVING FORWARD.
10:27:16 AND WHEN WE CANNOT BE HEARD IN THIS SANCTUARY, WE PLAN ON
10:27:23 TAKING IT TO THE STREETS.
10:27:24 LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THE FIRST PLACE WE PLAN ON GOING, IF WE
10:27:27 CAN'T GET JUSTICE FOR OUR ISSUES, IS WHERE ALL OF THE MONEY
10:27:30 IS GOING DOWN IN DOWNTOWN.
10:27:32 THANK YOU.
10:27:34 [ APPLAUSE ]
10:27:35 >> THANK YOU, MA'AM.
10:27:35 NEXT, PLEASE.
10:27:39 NEXT, PLEASE, IF ANYONE'S COMING.
10:27:41 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:27:44 MY NAME IS ERNEST JOHNSON, AND I'M TALKING ON THE SAME THING
10:27:48 SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT, THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, BUT I
10:27:54 HAVE TO THINK THAT THIS COUNTRY IS 244 YEARS OLD AND IT'S
10:27:57 ONLY KNOWN PEACE FOR 16.
10:28:00 THAT LET ME KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ADMINISTRATE LAW AND
10:28:03 ORDER, CONFLICT, MILITARY ACTIONS IN THIS COUNTRY, IT ALSO
10:28:07 DICTATES TO THE COMMUNITY -- IT ALL PERMEATES DOWN TO THE
10:28:11 COMMUNITY.
10:28:12 AND IF YOU ARE A WARLIKE COUNTRY, YOU ARE AT WAR NOT JUST
10:28:16 WITH OTHER COUNTRIES; YOU ARE AT WAR WITH PEOPLE INSIDE THIS
10:28:17 COUNTRY, AND THAT'S US.
10:28:19 244 YEARS; YOU'VE KNOWN PEACE FOR 16 YEARS.
10:28:23 HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE KNOWN PEACE WITH THE PEOPLE OF THE
10:28:26 AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY?
10:28:27 AND THAT PEACE STARTS WITH REPARATION AND ALSO STARTS WITH
10:28:32 PEOPLE LISTENING TO WHAT WE NEED FOR OUR OWN COMMUNITIES
10:28:36 INSTEAD OF TELLING US WHAT WE NEED AND WHAT WE SHOULD DO AND
10:28:38 THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO IT.
10:28:39 AND TO DO THESE THINGS, WE HAVE TO COME TOGETHER TO CITY
10:28:43 COUNCIL -- LIKE SHE SAID, THE CODE ENFORCEMENTS AND ALL
10:28:46 THESE THINGS THEY USE, THEY EVEN USE A FIRE MARSHAL, ALL
10:28:50 THESE THINGS THEY USE TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY AT UNNECESSARY
10:28:55 FINES, TAKING OF PROPERTY, FINES THAT YOU CAN'T PAY THAT
10:28:58 SOONER OR LATER YOU PUT A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY.
10:29:01 I HAVE A PROPERTY, THE SAME THING NOW GOING THROUGH, I HAVE
10:29:04 A PROPERTY RIGHT NOW IN THE SAME PLACE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT,
10:29:08 IN EAST TAMPA, THAT THE CITY IS TRYING TO TAKE AND FINE
10:29:11 BECAUSE WE SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR ARCHITECTURAL
10:29:14 DESIGNS, WE SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR MOVING AND
10:29:17 PLACEMENT OF A BUILDING THAT NEVER GOT APPROVED BECAUSE ONE
10:29:20 MAN STOOD UP AND SAID HE DIDN'T WANT IT IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:29:24 AND THAT IS AN INJUSTICE TO NOT ONLY ME AND MY WIFE AND
10:29:28 FAMILY BUT TO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE BUILDING WE WERE
10:29:31 PROPOSING -- WE STILL HAD A BUILDING ON THE PROPERTY.
10:29:34 WE EVEN BOUGHT OVERFLOW PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET.
10:29:36 IT ALL JUST IS SITTING THERE FOR FIVE YEARS WITH NO
10:29:40 ACTIVITY, EXCEPT FINES, ACCUMULATION OF FINES.
10:29:43 THIS CODE ENFORCEMENT, THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT THAT WE TOOK
10:29:47 DOWN AND WAS APPROVED AT THE NORTH BOULEVARD, WE COME TO THE
10:29:53 COUNCIL AND IT WAS DISAPPROVED BECAUSE OF ONE MAN SAT IN
10:29:57 OPPOSITION.
10:29:58 AND WE KNOW THAT THINGS HAS TO HAVE SOME KIND OF ORDER TO
10:30:03 IT, IT HAS TO HAVE SOME KIND OF RELEASE.
10:30:06 WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE RESPECT WHAT YOU KNOW AS A
10:30:09 CITY GOVERNMENT AND WHAT YOU TELL US, BUT WHEN WE DO THESE
10:30:12 THINGS YOU TELL US, WE GO THROUGH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT AT
10:30:17 COUNTY COMMISSION, WE GO THROUGH IT AND YOU STILL TELL US
10:30:20 NO, WHAT ARE YOU TELLING US?
10:30:22 WHAT WAS THE NO FOR?
10:30:23 THE COLOR OF MY SKIN?
10:30:24 ARE WE GOING TO GO THAT FAR?
10:30:27 WHAT WAS NO FOR?
10:30:29 EVERYBODY IN MY FAMILY ARE -- HAVE CHURCHES AND PREACHERS.
10:30:34 MY BROTHER-IN-LAW AND SISTER, WE PASS OUT TWO TO FOUR TONS
10:30:37 OF FOOD EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY.
10:30:41 EVERYONE IN OUR FAMILY DOES THESE PUBLIC SERVICE.
10:30:44 AND THIS WAS A PUBLIC SERVICE BUILDING, A CHURCH, A
10:30:46 COMMUNITY CENTER, AND IT'S NOT BEEN USED, SITTING THERE FIVE
10:30:50 YEARS.
10:30:51 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:30:51 >> AND WE NEED SOME KIND OF RECOGNITION ON THIS STUFF.
10:30:55 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:30:56 NEXT, PLEASE.
10:30:58 >> JOHNNY JOHNSON, I'M HERE AS A YOUNG CITIZEN OF
10:31:02 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WHO HAVE BEEN MY LIFE OUT OF CENTRAL
10:31:06 PARK.
10:31:06 WHAT I'M SAYING IS, I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL, WHAT ARE YOU
10:31:09 GUYS GOING TO DO, SINCE YOU'RE NEWLY ELECTED, TO ADDRESS THE
10:31:13 ISSUE THAT ME AS A YOUNG BLACK AFRICAN-AMERICAN, WALKING
10:31:15 AROUND THE CITY, NOT BEING PROFILED?
10:31:19 ANOTHER ISSUE OF MINE IS THAT WE GOT A NEW THING GOING ON,
10:31:22 MAKING BIKE LANES, RIDING BICYCLES ON 40th STREET, DOWN
10:31:27 MLK; THE DEBRIS IN THE BIKE LANE IS JUST AWFUL.
10:31:31 WE JUST HAD SANITATION WORKERS UP HERE.
10:31:34 SOMEONE HAVE TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE JUST THE SAME -- IF I'M
10:31:37 RIDING MY BICYCLE DOWN 40TH OR CHELSEA OR 29th, THAT THE
10:31:41 BIKE LANES IN THE STREETS ARE CLEANED JUST AS WELL AS ON
10:31:43 SOUTH DALE MABRY OVER HERE ON THESE OTHER STREETS THAT ARE
10:31:47 CLEAN WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT DEBRIS DEFLATING
10:31:50 YOUR TIRES.
10:31:51 AGAIN, THE RESOURCES THAT WE DON'T HAVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
10:31:53 AND WE'RE ALL TAX PAYING CITIZENS, I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL,
10:31:57 WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
10:31:59 ALSO, TO HOLD OUR NEW MAYOR, FORMER CHIEF OF POLICE OFFICER
10:32:03 JANE CASTOR AND THEIR CREW FOR WHAT THEY DID WHEN SHE WAS AT
10:32:09 THE HELM OF THE POLICE STATION, COMING IN CENTRAL PARK IN
10:32:10 OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, HARASSING US.
10:32:11 YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
10:32:11 I GET HARASSED IF I GO TO THE SILVER DOLLAR STORE JUST TO
10:32:14 PURCHASE SOMETHING AND I CAN'T STAND OUTSIDE THE STORE TO
10:32:16 SAY HELLO TO A FRIEND BUT -- SINCE I'M PROFILED BECAUSE THE
10:32:20 AREA THAT YOU GAVE -- EVERY MINORITY AREA IS A DRUG INFESTED
10:32:23 AREA. YOU GOTTA REALIZE YOU GUYS ARE BRINGING IT IN THERE.
10:32:27 AT THE END OF THE DAY I SHOULD BE ABLE TO STAND UP IN FRONT
10:32:29 OF A STORE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND NOT BE ANOTHER VICTIM OF A
10:32:33 TRAYVON MARTIN BECAUSE I'M STANDING OUT HERE HAVING A
10:32:37 CONVERSATION, AND YOU CAN GO DOWN TO YBOR CITY AND THEY'RE
10:32:39 DRINKING ON THE STREETS, THERE'S ALL KIND OF STUFF GOING ON
10:32:42 DOWN THERE, NOBODY DOES --
10:32:44 [ APPLAUSE ]
10:32:44 >> SIR, I'M SORRY -- IF I MAY, COULD YOU TURN OFF HIS TIME?
10:32:52 WHENEVER SOMEONE IS SPEAKING, PLEASE DON'T MAKE ANY NOISE OR
10:32:55 ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE SO THAT THEY CAN SPEAK, IF YOU
10:32:58 COULD, PLEASE.
10:32:58 >> GO AHEAD, SIR.
10:33:02 >> LIKE I SAID, MAN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, LIKE MISS
10:33:04 CONNIE, ALL I'M SAYING, WE'RE HERE TO STAND, WE'RE GOING TO
10:33:07 HOLD YOU GUYS ACCOUNTABLE, GET USED TO MY FACE.
10:33:10 AND, AGAIN, AS LAWMAKERS AND LEGISLATORS THAT'S BEEN ON THE
10:33:15 BOOKS, I'M ADVOCATING THAT YOU GUYS, SOMEBODY TAKE
10:33:18 INITIATIVE, LOOK AT STANDING YOUR GROUND AND THE THINGS THAT
10:33:21 ARE GOING AROUND THAT ARE AFFECTING THE INNER CITY THAT YOU
10:33:23 GUYS ARE CLOSING YOUR EYES TO AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE --
10:33:26 HAVE YOUR EYES OPEN TO SEE THE NEGLECT THAT WE HAVE GOING ON
10:33:29 IN MY COMMUNITY.
10:33:30 AGAIN, I'M WALKING IN MY COMMUNITY WHERE I PAY TAXES JUST
10:33:34 LIKE EVERYBODY, GETTING HARASSED BECAUSE OF THE STYLE OF MY
10:33:36 WALK, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
10:33:38 THE CLOTHES I HAVE ON.
10:33:38 SO, AGAIN, I WOULD ASK YOU GUYS, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO
10:33:42 ADDRESS THE PROFILING THAT IS STILL GOING ON AND HARASSMENT
10:33:46 IN THE CITY, AND THE BIKE LANES AND STUFF AND SIDEWALKS?
10:33:52 THIS IS THE HIGHEST-TAXED CITY -- COUNTY IN THE STATE OF
10:33:55 FLORIDA, MAN.
10:33:56 LET OUR MONEY REFLECT AND SHOW THAT WE'RE PAYING OUR TAXES.
10:33:58 IF ANYBODY CAN ADDRESS ANYTHING ON THAT ISSUE, PLEASE.
10:34:01 >> COUNCILMAN CARLSON AND GUDES, I WANT TO REMIND
10:34:07 COUNCILMEMBERS, WE ONLY HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME FOR
10:34:09 PUBLIC COMMENT, SO JUST USE YOUR TIME WISELY.
10:34:13 GO AHEAD, COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
10:34:16 >>BILL CARLSON: THIS IS AN ISSUE I THINK WE ALL TAKE VERY
10:34:18 SERIOUSLY.
10:34:18 AS YOU KNOW, THE LAST ADMINISTRATION HAD AN ADVERSARIAL
10:34:21 RELATIONSHIP WITH THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES AND JUST
10:34:24 ABOUT ANYBODY OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN.
10:34:25 THE NEW MAYOR, I THINK, IS COMMITTED TO CHANGING THIS.
10:34:29 AND THE NEW COUNCIL IS FOR SURE.
10:34:31 WHAT YOU SEE IS, WE'VE ONLY BEEN ON SIX WEEKS, AND A LOT OF
10:34:35 THINGS ARE CHANGING WITHIN THE CITY, YOU DON'T SEE IT ON THE
10:34:38 SURFACE BUT A LOT OF THINGS ARE CHANGING RIGHT NOW, AND I
10:34:40 HOPE THAT YOUR EXPERIENCE WILL BE DIFFERENT IN THE NEXT FEW
10:34:44 MONTHS.
10:34:44 IF IT'S NOT, I HOPE THAT YOU WILL COME BACK AND TELL US OR
10:34:47 CALL US AND LET US KNOW.
10:34:48 SECOND, THREE OF US WERE ON THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION,
10:34:51 AND WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY IN MEETINGS
10:34:54 LIKE THIS THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTED TO HAVE CULTURAL
10:34:56 SENSITIVITY TRAINING FOR POLICE.
10:34:58 AND THE POLICE STOOD UP AND SAID, WE DON'T WANT YOU TO
10:35:01 SINGLE US OUT, AND SO WE PASSED IT, WITH THE CONSENT OF THE
10:35:05 PBA, WE PASSED IT FOR TWO TYPES OF CULTURAL SENSITIVITY
10:35:10 TRAINING FOR ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR,
10:35:14 AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO IS FOLLOW UP.
10:35:15 AND IT'S UNDER CITY COUNCIL'S PURVIEW PER THE CHARTER; THAT
10:35:17 WAS APPROVED IN THE CHARTER AMENDMENTS ON MARCH 5th, BUT
10:35:22 WE NEED TO FOLLOW UP AND MAKE SURE WE IMPLEMENT THAT
10:35:24 CULTURAL SENSITIVITY TRAINING.
10:35:26 AND IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC IDEAS ON THE TYPE OF TRAINING,
10:35:28 WE CAN CHANGE IT A LITTLE BIT EVERY YEAR, BUT WE'RE GOING TO
10:35:31 BE LISTENING AND WE'RE GOING TO BE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT THIS.
10:35:33 >> THANK YOU.
10:35:39 >> COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:35:40 >> HE'S CORRECT, WE DID IMPLEMENT AT THE CHARTER REVIEW
10:35:40 COMMISSION AND IT PASSED, SO WE'LL BE LOOKING INTO THAT.
10:35:40 I DID TAKE NOTES ABOUT THE TRASH ON 40th STREET, SO I'LL
10:35:43 MAKE SURE I GET IN TOUCH WITH THE CHIEF OF STAFF TO GET WITH
10:35:47 SANITATION TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.
10:35:48 >> THANK YOU.
10:35:50 ANYONE ELSE?
10:35:50 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:35:51 NEXT, PLEASE?
10:35:52 >> AND, SIR, I'M SORRY, PUBLIC COMMENT IS THREE MINUTES PER
10:35:55 PERSON.
10:35:56 WE CAN TAKE YOU AFTER THE MEETING IF YOU WANT TO MEET WITH
10:35:58 US INDIVIDUALLY.
10:35:59 I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU AT 1:00 MYSELF, BUT
10:36:02 EACH PERSON GETS THREE MINUTES.
10:36:04 AND WE CAN'T UNFORTUNATELY, SIR, I APOLOGIZE.
10:36:07 ANYONE ELSE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT NOT WITH AFFORDABLE
10:36:11 HOUSING?
10:36:13 MA'AM?
10:36:13 >> MY NAME IS ALICE MORNAK.
10:36:17 WE HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING IN REFERENCE TO EVERYONE WHO HAS
10:36:20 SPOKE ABOUT HOW THE CITY HAS CHANGED AND HOW WE HAVE BEEN
10:36:22 BLOCKED OUT.
10:36:24 FIRST OF ALL, IT'S HARD FOR US TO BE QUIET BECAUSE WE LIVE
10:36:26 WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, SO IT'S KIND OF HARD TO BE
10:36:28 CONTROLLED, BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY, HOW THE CITY HAS
10:36:31 CHANGED AND HOW WE AS AFRICAN-AMERICANS, HAVE NO HISTORY
10:36:35 THAT WE CAN SHOW; IT'S BEEN BLOCKED OUT.
10:36:38 I WAS RAISED DOWNTOWN ON MORGAN AND -- MORGAN STREET WHERE
10:36:43 NOW IT'S THE BUS TERMINAL, THE PARKING LOT.
10:36:46 IT USED TO BE DON THOMPSON HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS DOWN BLAKE;
10:36:50 THERE IS NOTHING THERE THAT I COULD ACTUALLY SHOW MY
10:36:53 GRANDCHILDREN THAT THEIR GRANDFATHER TAUGHT AT DON THOMPSON,
10:36:58 THAT I LIVED ON MORGAN STREET, THAT THE OTHER BUILDINGS
10:37:01 THERE, THERE'S NOTHING DOWNTOWN TO SHOW THAT WE WERE EVER IN
10:37:04 THAT AREA.
10:37:06 WHEN YOU GO TO WORK, THERE'S NOTHING.
10:37:07 THE ONLY THING, IF YOU HAPPEN TO GET THERE ON SUNDAY, YOU
10:37:10 MIGHT SEE PEOPLE COMING FROM CHURCH.
10:37:13 BUT MY PART IS, YOU HAVE WIPED ALL OF OUR HISTORY OUT, AND
10:37:16 THAT'S A SHAME.
10:37:17 I CAN'T EVEN SHOW MY GRANDCHILDREN WHAT ONCE USED TO BE THE
10:37:20 HISTORY FOR US.
10:37:21 AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO COMMENT AND REPRESENT, IT'S
10:37:26 REALLY A SHAME, THE MONEY HAS GONE EVERYWHERE BUT INTO OUR
10:37:30 COMMUNITY; ONLY YOU'RE WIPING ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES OUT AND
10:37:32 THAT'S VERY UNFAIR.
10:37:33 THANK YOU.
10:37:33 >> THANK YOU.
10:37:33 ANYONE ELSE HERE FOR -- GO AHEAD, MA'AM.
10:37:35 >> HELLO, GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:37:37 I'M SALLYISE D. LEE WITH THE VOLUNTARY MISSIONARY SOCIETY,
10:37:42 AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SPEAK IN BEHALF OF SMALL BUSINESSES
10:37:47 AND NONPROFITS.
10:37:49 WE'RE REALLY HAVING A HARD TIME BEING RECOGNIZED OR GETTING
10:37:53 ANY HELP IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
10:37:55 I'M A COUNTY COMMISSIONER GRADUATE, AND WE PUT TOGETHER THE
10:37:58 NORTH SIDE OF TAMPA.
10:38:00 AND WHEN WE FINISHED PUTTING IT TOGETHER, ALL WE GOT WAS
10:38:04 OUSTED AND NONE OF THE CONTRACT HONORED.
10:38:07 AND WE'RE STILL HERE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET -- ADVOCATE
10:38:11 THAT WE GET IN -- LIKE THE 30 MILLION OR BILLION DOLLARS
10:38:16 THROUGH FDOT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, WHY AREN'T WE GETTING ANY
10:38:19 INFORMATION OR BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE?
10:38:24 WE FEEL LIKE WE ARE A PART OF TAMPA.
10:38:26 EVERYBODY HAS ROOTS.
10:38:28 BUT FOR SMALL BUSINESS, EVERY TIME I ASK, OH, THERE'S
10:38:33 NOTHING ANYWHERE AT THE CITY, THE COUNTY, BUT OTHER
10:38:37 BUSINESSES OF ETHNIC ARE THRIVING, AND THEN WHEN WE COME UP
10:38:42 HERE AND ASK A QUESTION, WE MIGHT GET FIVE MINUTES' WORTH
10:38:45 ATTENTION, THAT'S IT.
10:38:46 AND WE'RE TIRED OF BEING LEFT OUT OF THE PROCESS WHEN
10:38:51 WE'RE -- CAN AND ARE EXPERTS THAT, WITH A LITTLE BIT OF
10:38:56 MONEY, WE CAN SOLVE PROBLEMS IN OUR COMMUNITY IF GIVEN THE
10:38:59 CHANCE AND THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITY THAT WE DESERVE, A FAIR
10:39:03 SHARE OF THE MONIES THAT ARE COMING IN HERE THROUGH FDOT AND
10:39:08 OTHER MEANS THAT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW NOTHING ABOUT.
10:39:11 WE WANT TO BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THAT PROCESS SO WE CAN
10:39:15 BETTER OUR COMMUNITY AND SOLVE PROBLEMS IN OUR OWN
10:39:19 COMMUNITY.
10:39:19 THANK YOU.
10:39:20 >> THANK YOU, MA'AM.
10:39:24 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER?
10:39:26 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU.
10:39:29 TO THE LADY WHO SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT BLACK HISTORY, SHE SAT
10:39:33 DOWN, WHERE IS SHE?
10:39:35 MA'AM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, YOU SNUCK AWAY REAL QUICK BUT I
10:39:39 JUST WANTED TO RESPOND TO YOUR COMMENT BECAUSE I AGREE WITH
10:39:42 YOU, COMPLETELY.
10:39:44 I THINK WE'VE DONE A NICE LITTLE JOB OVER THERE -- YOU CAN
10:39:47 COME UP -- OVER THERE AT PERRY HARVEY PARK IN TERMS OF THE
10:39:52 EXHIBIT; IT'S NICE, IT'S NOT REAL ACTIVE, BUT IT'S
10:39:56 INTERESTING.
10:39:58 I USED TO PARK OVER THERE AND READ THE EXHIBIT.
10:40:01 BUT I THINK IT'S SORT OF PASSIVE.
10:40:04 WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT, ALSO, RECENTLY, AND I KNOW MR.
10:40:06 CARLSON HAS BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN THIS, IS THE JACKSON
10:40:10 HOUSE, WHICH HAS A HUGE AMOUNT OF HISTORY AND
10:40:13 AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY FOR THIS COMMUNITY, AND I THINK WE
10:40:16 NEED TO START ADDRESSING THE JACKSON HOUSE BEFORE WE LOSE IT
10:40:20 COMPLETELY.
10:40:22 AND A WHILE BACK I WAS THINKING PERHAPS, IF THERE'S ANY
10:40:25 POSSIBLE WAY, WE COULD EITHER MOVE THE JACKSON HOUSE OVER TO
10:40:28 PERRY HARVEY PARK OR REBUILD THE JACKSON HOUSE OVER THERE AS
10:40:33 AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM, AS A BLACK MUSEUM.
10:40:36 NOW, I DON'T WANT TO -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT THAT'S, YOU
10:40:38 KNOW, THAT THAT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD BE BECAUSE THAT'S NOT MY
10:40:41 PLACE, BUT I'M JUST SAYING, I THINK IT'S A DISCUSSION THAT
10:40:46 WE SHOULD START HAVING.
10:40:48 AND I AGREE WITH YOU COMPLETELY.
10:40:50 >> WELL, YES, A LOT OF THE HISTORIC -- IN THE OTHER AREAS,
10:40:54 YOU HAVE RESTORED THOSE, BUT IT WILL BE GOOD FOR THE JACKSON
10:40:58 HOUSE TO BE RESTORED, AND DEFINITELY IN THE WAY THAT IT WAS
10:41:01 SHAPED OR HOW IT REALLY IS.
10:41:02 WE TEND TO BYPASS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR PARK.
10:41:06 YOU PRESERVE YBOR CITY, THE HOUSES ARE BASICALLY THE SAME
10:41:11 THEY WERE YEARS AGO.
10:41:12 IT WOULD BE GOOD.
10:41:13 NOW, MOVING PERRY HARVEY OR DOING THAT, TO ME AND THE REST
10:41:16 OF -- I'M SURE A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL THE SAME WAY, THAT MEANS
10:41:17 ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WHEN YOU HAVE CENTRAL AVENUE WITH
10:41:20 BUSINESSES, THERE'S NOTHING TO SHOW -- THEY TALK ABOUT IT,
10:41:23 YOU SEE THE PICTURES ON THE WALL, BUT IF SOMEONE IS NOT
10:41:25 GOING SLOW, THEY DON'T EVEN SEE THAT, BUT THERE'S NOTHING
10:41:28 THERE TO SHOW ANY OF THAT.
10:41:31 YOU'RE JUST SLOWLY REDOING THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL.
10:41:33 THE OTHER PART, WHICH THE SCHOOL, ROBERT E. LEE, I THINK, IS
10:41:37 BEING DONE BUT THAT WASN'T ONE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ATTEND
10:41:40 DURING THAT TIME.
10:41:40 >> THE REASON THAT PERRY HARVEY JUMPED OUT AT ME IS BECAUSE
10:41:45 WE HAVE SO MUCH PROPERTY THERE, THERE'S SO MUCH LAND THERE,
10:41:48 THAT WHATEVER SHAPE IT MIGHT TAKE, I THINK IT COULD BE AN
10:41:51 OPPORTUNITY FOR A CENTER OF BLACK HISTORY. AND IT'S NOT FAR
10:41:56 FROM, LIKE YOU SAY, MORGAN AND THAT SORT OF THING.
10:41:59 >> WELL, YOU'RE TAKING SOME OF IT AWAY BECAUSE THEY'RE
10:42:01 TALKING ABOUT NOW PUTTING A STORAGE UNIT IN THAT AREA.
10:42:04 AND I KNOW BURGER KING IS THERE, AND THERE'S ANOTHER PART
10:42:07 PUTTING IN A STORAGE UNIT, WHICH AGAIN IS WIPING OUT --
10:42:09 >> I CAN ASSURE YOU, WE WON'T PUT A STORAGE UNIT OR A BURGER
10:42:13 KING OR A McDONALD'S ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
10:42:17 >> IT REALLY DOES HURT WHEN YOU HAVE ALL THE WAY FROM PALM
10:42:20 AVENUE, PART OF FLORIDA AVENUE, CASS STREET, COMPLETELY,
10:42:23 THERE'S NOTHING.
10:42:24 I CAN TAKE MY GRANDCHILDREN AROUND, THEY'RE LOOKING BUT THEY
10:42:28 CANNOT IMAGINE WHERE THEY WENT TO.
10:42:30 I WAS TALKING TO ONE OF THE OTHER PERSONS ON THE COUNCIL, HE
10:42:33 WAS ABLE TO QUOTE THINGS IN PALMA CEIA THAT ARE STILL THERE
10:42:38 WHEN HE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, SOMEONE IN DAVIS ISLAND FOR
10:42:40 SURE, DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, THE GARDEN HOUSE, EVERYTHING HAS
10:42:44 BEEN RESTORED.
10:42:45 THERE'S THINGS IN WELLSWOOD, ANOTHER PLACE THAT HAS BEEN
10:42:48 REDONE.
10:42:49 AND AS FAR AS EVEN PUTTING THE SIGNS UP TO SAY THIS WAS WEST
10:42:52 TAMPA, THIS WAS BELMONT HEIGHTS, THIS WAS CENTRAL TAMPA,
10:42:55 THERE IS NOTHING THERE.
10:42:57 WE DEFINITELY HAVE BEEN SHORTCHANGED.
10:42:59 BUT OUR HISTORY FOR OUR YOUNG KIDS, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF
10:43:02 THEY CAN IMAGINE.
10:43:02 YOU KNOW, THE ARMATURE WORKS IS DOWN THERE.
10:43:05 NOBODY EVER KNEW HIM.
10:43:07 THE PERSON THAT'S STILL HANGING ONTO THAT HOUSE BY THEIR
10:43:09 NAILS, THEY HAVE TO PAY THE -- MY HAT GOES OFF TO THEM.
10:43:12 BUT ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY.
10:43:13 BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IN TAMPA HAS -- THEY HAVE THE HISTORY.
10:43:16 YOU KNOW, YBOR CITY IS PRESERVED BY THE SPANISH BUT THERE'S
10:43:19 NOTHING -- WEST TAMPA IS BEING WIPED OUT.
10:43:22 THERE WAS A THEATER, A BLACK THEATER RIGHT THERE AT NORTH
10:43:26 BOULEVARD AND MAIN STREET.
10:43:28 NOBODY CAN IMAGINE THAT.
10:43:30 YOU KNOW, NONE OF OUR CHILDREN CAN IMAGINE THAT AT ALL.
10:43:32 THERE WAS ALSO A LIBRARY, A SMALL LIBRARY, THAT WAS IN THE
10:43:36 HOUSING PROJECT.
10:43:37 NOBODY KNEW THAT.
10:43:38 A VERY SMALL LIBRARY.
10:43:41 ALL OF THE HISTORY YOU'RE WIPING OUT.
10:43:43 MAIN STREET IS TRYING TO BE RESTORED FOR BUSINESSES, AND ONE
10:43:46 GENTLEMAN THAT WAS RUNNING FOR MAYOR AT ONE TIME, HE WAS
10:43:49 TALKING ABOUT, WHY WOULD I INVEST IN THIS WHEN THERE'S NO
10:43:52 PARKING?
10:43:53 WELL, TO ME, YOU INVEST IN SOUTH TAMPA, HOWARD AVENUE,
10:43:58 JAM-PACKED, PEOPLE PARK AND WALK ALL THE WAY FROM, SO WHY
10:44:01 NOT INVEST IN MAIN STREET WITH THE BUSINESSES AND THEY CAN
10:44:04 DO THE SAME THING, PARK AND WALK.
10:44:07 EVERY TIME YOU LOOK AT SOUTH TAMPA, THERE'S A NEW
10:44:09 RESTAURANT, THERE'S A NEW BAR.
10:44:10 PUT THE SAME THING IN THE WEST TAMPA PART AND MAIN STREET.
10:44:14 WE JUST WANT OUR OWN BUSINESSES.
10:44:16 WE DON'T HAVE TO WIND UP -- AND REALLY, WHEN YOU SEE THE
10:44:19 HISPANIC, THEY ARE BOOMING ALL OVER, RESTORING STORES,
10:44:24 EVERYTHING.
10:44:25 AND NOTHING IS BEING PUT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:44:27 >> IF I MAY, JUST 30 SECONDS BECAUSE WE HAVE A TIME
10:44:30 LIMITATION --
10:44:30 >> WELL, HE ASKED ME ABOUT IT, GOT ME WOUND UP SO --
10:44:37 >> ANYTHING ELSE?
10:44:39 THANK YOU, MA'AM.
10:44:39 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:44:40 >> MA'AM?
10:44:41 >> MA'AM?
10:44:43 [INAUDIBLE]
10:44:43 >> I WANT TO SAY THE THEATER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WAS THE
10:44:46 CARVER THEATER.
10:44:46 >> YES.
10:44:47 >> IT'S BEFORE MY TIME BUT I LOVE HISTORY, AND I'VE ALWAYS
10:44:50 BEEN FASCINATED WITH THE CENTRAL AVENUE, I CALL IT CENTRAL
10:44:54 AVENUE BUSINESS DISTRICT, WHICH WAS, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE IT,
10:44:57 LIKE A BLACK YBOR CITY, ESSENTIALLY, HUSTLING, BUSTLING.
10:45:02 IT WAS THE PLACE TO BE.
10:45:03 I WAS BORN IN 1984 BUT I THINK IN 1974 WAS WHEN THE COTTON
10:45:06 CLUB, I THINK WAS THE LAST PROPERTY THAT WAS SOLD OFF.
10:45:09 AND I SPOKE TO THE MAYOR FROM 50 YEARS AGO, AND I ASKED HIM,
10:45:13 I GO, WHAT HAPPENED TO CENTRAL AVENUE?
10:45:16 HE GOES, WELL, THE INTERSTATE CAME THROUGH AND THE PEOPLE
10:45:18 WANTED TO SELL THEIR PROPERTY.
10:45:19 I DON'T BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF
10:45:22 THAT AREA, AFTER MARTIN CHAMBERS AND 1967 AND THE RIOTS, YOU
10:45:26 KNOW, THERE WAS SOME DOWNTURN THERE AND THEN URBAN RENEWAL
10:45:29 AND ALL THAT, BUT THE INTERSTATE IS A THOUSAND FEET NORTH OF
10:45:32 WHERE CENTRAL AVENUE WAS, WHERE THAT MAIN AREA WAS.
10:45:35 WHAT WAS THE EXCUSE TO WIPE OUT AN ENTIRE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
10:45:39 COMMUNITY?
10:45:40 I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
10:45:40 [ APPLAUSE ]
10:45:42 >> EXCUSE ME, LET ME MAKE A COMMENT.
10:45:44 AS THE GENTLEMAN SAID, WE'RE LIED TO A LOT OF TIMES, AND WE
10:45:48 THINK -- WE UNDERMINE US WHEN OFFERING MONEY, NOT EXPLAINING
10:45:53 OUR HISTORY AGAIN.
10:45:54 WE TALKED ABOUT INTEGRATION, BUT WE WIND UP BASICALLY NOT
10:45:58 LETTING THE UNITED STATES OR TAMPA KNOW ITS HISTORY AND
10:46:02 MAINTAIN IT.
10:46:03 REMEMBER, EVERYBODY ON YOUR SIDE OF THE THING HAVE MORE
10:46:06 MONEY THAN WE DO, SO YOU OFFER A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY AND OF
10:46:08 COURSE WE SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO GO, NOT KNOWING THAT
10:46:11 IT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE IT BACK.
10:46:13 >> BUT IT SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED.
10:46:15 I MEAN, YBOR CITY, THE INTERSTATE --
10:46:17 >> NOBODY LISTENS TO US.
10:46:19 NOBODY LISTENS TO US.
10:46:20 >> AND THEY PRESERVED IT --
10:46:21 >> WE'RE JUST NOW BEING ABLE, IN THE LATER YEARS, BEING ABLE
10:46:24 TO COME UP AND SPEAK TO YOU.
10:46:26 THAT NEVER WAS AVAILABLE BEFORE, AS THE GENTLEMAN MENTIONED,
10:46:28 TOO.
10:46:29 SO IT'S LIKE -- AND AGAIN YOU'RE DOING THE SAME THING,
10:46:31 YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW FAR CENTRAL IS, BUT GOING DOWN
10:46:35 HILLSBOROUGH, BETWEEN HILLSBOROUGH, OFF OF MARTIN LUTHER
10:46:39 KING, THERE'S FENCES FOR THOSE HOUSES; THEY'RE PROTECTING.
10:46:43 THAT PART IS BEING PROTECTED.
10:46:45 THERE'S BRICKS.
10:46:46 COULD HAVE BEEN THE SAME THING HERE, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD
10:46:48 HAVE HAD THE BRICKS AND EVERYTHING TO SEPARATE THAT.
10:46:50 NOW I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE ALSO TAKING THE OTHER PART -- HUD IS
10:46:55 DROPPING THE OTHER PART OF THE APARTMENTS THAT'S RIGHT THERE
10:46:57 AT TAMPA PARK --
10:47:00 >> AND, AGAIN, 30 SECONDS, MA'AM.
10:47:01 >> YOU KEEP BRINGING ME BACK. BUT THOSE ARE THE THINGS I'M
10:47:04 EXPLAINING.
10:47:04 [ APPLAUSE ]
10:47:05 >> AND I COULD GO ON, JUST TO REMIND YOU, A LOT OF YOU WERE
10:47:08 NOT HERE, I'VE BEEN BORN SINCE 1963 HERE, SO I KNOW WHAT --
10:47:14 I CAN SAY IT AND IT DOES -- YOU GET FULL WHEN YOU TALK --
10:47:16 WHEN YOU SEE HOW WE'RE BEING WALKED ON AND ALL YOUR OTHER
10:47:20 NEIGHBORHOODS ARE BEING HELPED OUT.
10:47:23 >> JUST TO WRAP UP, WHAT AN INJUSTICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
10:47:25 >> [ SIMULTANEOUS SPEAKING IN AUDIENCE ]
10:47:25 >> WHAT AN INJUSTICE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT IT WAS COMPLETELY
10:47:28 WIPED OUT.
10:47:28 YOU HAVE THE JACKSON HOUSE, YOU HAVE THE LONGSHOREMEN'S.
10:47:32 [ GAVEL POUNDING ]
10:47:33 >> YOU HAVE VERY FEW STRUCTURES, LIKE YOU SAID, WHERE CAN
10:47:35 YOU TAKE YOUR GRANDCHILDREN TO SHOW THEM WHERE YOU'RE FROM?
10:47:39 IT'S GONE.
10:47:39 >> IT IS.
10:47:39 AND NOW YOU'RE TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING FOR WEST TAMPA AS
10:47:42 WELL, AND THE HOUSING AND EVERYTHING.
10:47:44 AND THAT'S VERY UNFAIR TO US.
10:47:46 YOU KNOW, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S IN CHARGE OF A LOT OF
10:47:49 PROPERTIES --
10:47:49 >> THANK YOU, MA'AM.
10:47:50 >> AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING HARD TO
10:47:52 -- YOU KEEP BRINGING ME BACK AND CUTTING ME OFF.
10:47:55 >> I KNOW, THANK YOU, MA'AM.
10:47:56 OUR APOLOGIES.
10:47:58 [ APPLAUSE ]
10:47:58 >> WHAT I'M GOING TO ASK STAFF TO DO IS, I WANT CITY COUNCIL
10:48:02 STAFF TO FIND OUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON
10:48:05 AFFORDABLE HOUSING SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE LET
10:48:08 EVERYONE SPEAK SO THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME, BECAUSE WE HAVE
10:48:12 A SET AMOUNT OF TIME AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY
10:48:14 SINGLE PERSON WHO IS HERE AND HAS WAITED ALL THIS TIME CAN
10:48:17 SPEAK.
10:48:17 NOW, WHO IS HERE -- AND WE'LL DO THAT SEPARATELY.
10:48:21 ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC COMMENT NOT ON
10:48:23 AFFORDABLE HOUSING?
10:48:25 OKAY, GREAT.
10:48:26 OKAY, SO WE MOVE ONWARD NOW TO THE WORKSHOP.
10:48:36 >> WHO IS HERE -- GO AHEAD, SIR.
10:48:38 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:48:40 TOM SNELLING, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.
10:48:42 I'M BASICALLY ACTING AS VANNA WHITE TODAY.
10:48:46 WE HAVE SEVERAL FOLKS HERE TO SPEAK WITH YOU.
10:48:48 WE'LL GIVE YOU THE OVERARCHING PROGRAMS, FUNDING SOURCES AND
10:48:52 THINGS LIKE THAT, DISCUSS THAT.
10:48:55 WE HAVE A MEMBER OF OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY
10:48:57 COMMITTEE HERE TO SPEAK, SOME FOLKS FROM HABITAT FOR
10:49:00 HUMANITY, WE HAVE ANOTHER HOMEOWNER, AND A FEW OTHER FOLKS
10:49:04 THAT ARE GOING TO ADDRESS YOU.
10:49:06 AND AS I SAID, VANESSA IS GOING TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF
10:49:10 WHAT WE HAVE AND SOME OF THE PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS THAT
10:49:12 WE'RE PLANNING ON, AND THAT'S REALLY IT.
10:49:19 WE'LL GO THROUGH QUICKLY BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF
10:49:21 FOLKS HERE WHO WANT TO SPEAK, SO WE'LL GIVE YOU OUR
10:49:23 INFORMATION AND MOVE ON FROM THERE.
10:49:25 >> IS THE REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT HERE, SIR?
10:49:27 >> YES.
10:49:27 >> I WANT TO TALK WITH THEM.
10:49:29 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:49:52 VANESSA McCLEARY, I'M THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
10:49:54 DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA.
10:49:56 I WASN'T SURE WHAT FORMAT THIS WORKSHOP WAS GOING TO TAKE
10:49:59 AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HERE THAT WANT
10:50:02 TO EXPRESS CONCERN, SO WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS START WITH
10:50:05 JUST WHAT IS THE FUNDING WE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR AFFORDABLE
10:50:08 HOUSING, INTRODUCE OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE, SOME OF
10:50:13 OUR PARTNERS, AND TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE TO
10:50:16 ADDRESS THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ISSUES IN TAMPA.
10:50:20 WE WERE ASKED TO FOCUS ON DISTRICT 5, AND SO MOST OF WHAT
10:50:25 THEY WILL BE TALKING ABOUT ARE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE TAKING
10:50:29 PLACE IN DISTRICT 5 BUT ALSO CITYWIDE.
10:50:31 SO, WITHIN THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
10:50:35 DEVELOPMENT, THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO USE ARE
10:50:39 STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS.
10:50:41 THOSE FUNDS COME WITH CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS.
10:50:44 SO YOU'RE AWARE THAT WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK
10:50:48 FAIR PROGRAM, THE HOME PROGRAM, EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT,
10:50:51 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS.
10:50:56 IN ADDITION, WE HAVE STATE FUNDING THROUGH THE SHIP PROGRAM.
10:51:01 WITH OUR FEDERAL FUNDS, WE ARE ABOUT $9 MILLION A YEAR, AND
10:51:05 WITH OUR STATE FUNDS, WE USED TO BE AT ABOUT $2.5 MILLION ON
10:51:10 AVERAGE AND IT DROPPED TO $439,000 LAST YEAR, AND IT'S
10:51:15 EXPECTED, UNLESS THE GOVERNOR VETOES -- THERE'S A LINE ITEM
10:51:20 VETO OF THE SHIP FUNDING, THAT IS THE AMOUNT WE'LL RECEIVE
10:51:26 AGAIN THIS YEAR.
10:51:27 OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS, THE CENSUS DATA SHOWS US WHERE THERE
10:51:32 ARE RACIALLY AND ETHNICALLY CONCENTRATED AREAS OF POVERTY.
10:51:38 IN 1990 WE HAD THREE AREAS, AND THEY WERE -- ONE WAS RATHER
10:51:43 LARGE.
10:51:45 IN 2000 THOSE AREAS DECREASED, AND THEN WITH THE HOUSING
10:51:50 CRISIS IN 2010, WE WENT TO FIVE DIFFERENT AREAS, MOST OF
10:51:55 WHICH WERE IN DISTRICT 5.
10:52:00 WE KNOW THERE IS AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING ISSUE BECAUSE HUD
10:52:04 DEFINES COST BURDEN WHEN YOU'RE SPENDING MORE THAN 30% OF
10:52:07 YOUR INCOME ON HOUSING.
10:52:10 WHAT WE SEE IS THAT THERE ARE ABOUT 124,000 HOUSEHOLDS
10:52:17 WITHIN THE TAMPA AREA; OF THAT, JUST ABOUT 50% OF THOSE
10:52:24 HOUSEHOLDS ARE EXPERIENCING HOUSING COST BURDEN, SOME AT
10:52:29 30%, BUT THE MAJORITY AT 50%.
10:52:32 SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS, LOOKING AT THE DEMAND FOR
10:52:36 AFFORDABLE HOUSING, LOOKING AT THE WAITING LIST THAT THE
10:52:39 HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS, THE FACT THAT IF YOU ARE AT 30% OF
10:52:44 AREA MEDIAN INCOME AND LOOKING FOR AN AFFORDABLE APARTMENT,
10:52:47 WHICH WOULD BE ANYTHING FROM 700 BELOW, THERE'S BASICALLY
10:52:51 NOTHING.
10:52:52 WE USE HOUSING -- FLORIDA HOUSING SEARCH.ORG IS A WEBSITE
10:52:57 THAT HAS ALL THE LISTINGS OF APARTMENTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE
10:53:03 WITHIN AREAS THROUGHOUT FLORIDA, BUT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING IN
10:53:06 TAMPA, IF YOU GO ON FLORIDA HOUSING SEARCH.ORG, WE HAD A
10:53:09 WOMAN IN OUR OFFICE, SHE NEEDED AN APARTMENT THAT WAS $533 A
10:53:14 MONTH, AND WE COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING.
10:53:17 THE REASON THAT'S SIGNIFICANT IS THAT WE HAVE PROGRAMS THAT
10:53:21 WILL PAY THE RENT FOR SOMEONE, BUT DUE TO THE STATE AND THE
10:53:27 FEDERAL RULES, THEY CANNOT -- WE CANNOT PAY RENT ABOVE WHAT
10:53:33 WOULD CAUSE SOMEONE TO BE HOUSING BURDENED.
10:53:39 EVEN THOUGH WE COULD PAY THE RENT FOR HER, WE COULD NOT GO
10:53:42 ABOVE $553.
10:53:44 WITH OUR PROGRAM, WHAT WE HAD TO DO WAS REACH OUT TO OUR
10:53:49 HOUSING PARTNERS TO GET ONE OF THEM TO USE DIFFERENT FUNDING
10:53:51 TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST HER BECAUSE THE ONLY HOUSING THAT SHE
10:53:54 COULD FIND THAT WOULD FIT HER FAMILY OF THREE WAS GOING TO
10:53:56 BE A THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH.
10:53:59 SO WE HAVE LIMITATIONS ON THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE
10:54:03 TO WORK WITH FAMILIES.
10:54:05 WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LARGE HOMELESS POPULATION THAT WE'RE
10:54:10 TRYING TO DEAL WITH, AND WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
10:54:14 COUNTY AND THE TAMPA/HILLSBOROUGH HOMELESS INITIATIVE, WE
10:54:19 SAW A 35% DECREASE IN HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS LAST YEAR, FROM
10:54:24 LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR.
10:54:26 THAT DOESN'T STOP US FROM SEEING HOMELESS PEOPLE ON THE
10:54:29 STREET.
10:54:29 IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE ARE ERADICATING THE ISSUE BECAUSE,
10:54:32 WITH THE COST OF HOUSING CONTINUING TO GO UP, IT IS
10:54:38 PROBLEMATIC.
10:54:39 WE HAVE BEEN PUSHING HOMEOWNERSHIP OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS
10:54:46 BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN WE ARE SUBSIDIZING RENTS, WE
10:54:51 ARE PROVIDING FUNDING TO LANDLORDS FOR THEM TO BUILD EQUITY
10:54:56 BUT WE'RE NOT PROVIDING FUNDING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO BUILD
10:54:59 EQUITY, SO IF WE WANT TO DO THAT, WE REALLY HAVE TO DO IT
10:55:02 THROUGH HOMEOWNERSHIP.
10:55:03 THE OTHER THING, WHEN WE SUBSIDIZE THE RENT, WE'RE NOT JUST
10:55:07 HAVING TO SUBSIDIZE IT FOR ONE YEAR, AND AT A THOUSAND
10:55:10 DOLLARS A MONTH, THAT'S $12,000 A YEAR; OVER THREE YEARS,
10:55:13 THAT'S 36,000.
10:55:14 IF I PROVIDED THAT SAME 36,000 TO SOMEONE TO PURCHASE A
10:55:18 HOME, THREE YEARS IN THEY'VE STARTED TO BUILD EQUITY AS OUR
10:55:22 PRICES CONTINUE TO GROW, AND THEIR HOUSING COSTS ARE
10:55:25 STABILIZED.
10:55:27 WE'VE HAD INDIVIDUALS COMING INTO OUR OFFICE THAT ARE IN
10:55:29 SUBSIDIZED HOUSING, BUT THEIR RENT STILL GOES UP BECAUSE
10:55:32 IT'S ALLOWED TO GO UP BASED ON INCOME CHANGES.
10:55:36 SO, WHEN IT COMES TO ADDRESSING AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR
10:55:41 RENTERS, WE OFFER RENTAL COUNSELING, WORKING WITH OUR
10:55:45 NONPROFIT PARTNERS, WE OFFER TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE
10:55:49 AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE PAYING THE RENT FOR INDIVIDUALS FOR
10:55:53 UP TO A YEAR; WE PROVIDE SECURITY DEPOSIT AND UTILITY
10:55:56 DEPOSITS TO HELP PEOPLE TO GET INTO APARTMENTS.
10:56:01 WE ASSIST THEM WITH HOUSING SEARCHES.
10:56:03 AND WE ARE SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
10:56:07 SO WE HAVE PUT MONEY INTO THE ENCORE PROJECT.
10:56:10 WE'VE PUT INTO WEST RIVER.
10:56:13 WE WILL PUT OUT AN RFP LATER THIS YEAR WHERE WE WILL FUND
10:56:17 OTHER AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS.
10:56:20 FOR OUR RENTAL PROGRAM AND OUR HOME TFA PROGRAM, WE'RE IN
10:56:26 PARTNERSHIP WITH ST. VINCENT dePAUL, AND THEY ADMINISTER
10:56:30 THAT.
10:56:31 BECAUSE OF THE GREAT DEMAND FOR SERVICES, MY STAFF HAS
10:56:36 ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING SEVERAL WEEKENDS DOING THE RENTAL
10:56:40 COUNSELING, JUST TO HELP IN TERMS OF HAVING PEOPLE GET
10:56:43 THROUGH THAT PROGRAM MORE QUICKLY.
10:56:45 WE ACTUALLY HAVE ANOTHER SPEED LEASING EVENT COMING UP ON
10:56:50 JULY 13th WHERE WE WILL BE WORKING WITH TAMPA/HILLSBOROUGH
10:56:55 HOMELESS INITIATIVE AND THE COUNTY AND WE'RE ACTUALLY
10:56:57 ENCOURAGING LANDLORDS TO COME TO THAT EVENT SO SOMEONE CAN
10:57:01 COME IN, GET A VOUCHER AND ACTUALLY MEET WITH A POTENTIAL
10:57:04 LANDLORD AND HOPEFULLY SECURE AN APARTMENT.
10:57:13 FOR HOMEOWNERS, WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE INTO
10:57:15 HOMEOWNERSHIP, WE DO HAVE AN APPROVED LENDER LIST AND WE
10:57:19 HAVE AN APPROVED REALTOR LIST.
10:57:21 I KNOW YOU HAD THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK REALTORS
10:57:24 HERE THIS MORNING.
10:57:25 THEY ARE A PART OF OUR PROGRAM.
10:57:27 THEY WERE AT OUR HOMEOWNERSHIP EVENT LAST YEAR.
10:57:30 THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THEM THAT ARE ON OUR APPROVED REALTOR
10:57:35 LIST AND SO THEY ARE WORKING WITH FOLKS THAT ARE COMING
10:57:37 THROUGH OUR DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WHO ARE LOOKING
10:57:40 FOR HOUSING.
10:57:44 WE DO PROVIDE DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE.
10:57:46 WE RECENTLY MADE A CHANGE TO THE DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE
10:57:48 PROGRAM WHERE ANYONE AT 80% OF AREA MEDIAN OR BELOW WOULD
10:57:54 QUALIFY FOR $30,000; ANYONE FROM 80.01% TO 140% OF AREA
10:58:01 MEDIAN INCOME WOULD QUALIFY FOR $15,000.
10:58:05 YESTERDAY WE ANNOUNCED THE LAUNCH OF THE COMMUNITY HEROS
10:58:09 PROGRAM, AND THAT'S WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO APPLY TO THE
10:58:12 FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK TO SECURE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR
10:58:17 COMMUNITY HEROS, AND THAT'S FIRST RESPONDERS, ANYONE IN THE
10:58:20 MEDICAL PROFESSION, TEACHERS, FIREFIGHTERS, ALSO GOVERNMENT
10:58:26 EMPLOYEES WHO RESPOND TO DISASTERS BECAUSE A LOT OF CITY
10:58:30 EMPLOYEES, THE FOLKS THAT CUT DOWN THE TREES, THE FOLKS IN
10:58:34 PARKS AND REC THAT DO THE SHELTERS, THEY ARE ALSO WHAT WE
10:58:39 CONSIDER FIRST RESPONDERS, AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO EXPAND
10:58:41 THAT DEFINITION IN THAT WAY.
10:58:45 FOR OUR DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WE DO REQUIRE THAT
10:58:50 INDIVIDUALS GO THROUGH HOUSING COUNSELING FIRST.
10:58:54 ONE OF THE REASONS WE DO THAT IS BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO BE
10:58:57 EDUCATED ON THE HOME BUYING PROCESS BUT ALSO BECAUSE,
10:58:59 THROUGH OUR HOUSING COUNSELING PARTNERS, THEY'RE AWARE OF
10:59:02 NOT ONLY OUR PROGRAM BUT OTHER PROGRAMS THAT COULD ASSIST
10:59:05 SOMEONE IN PURCHASING A HOME.
10:59:07 THERE ARE A NUMBER OF BANKS THAT PROVIDE DOWNPAYMENT
10:59:09 ASSISTANCE.
10:59:11 THE STATE ALSO PROVIDES DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE.
10:59:13 AND WHEN YOU LAYER THESE DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE, YOU CAN
10:59:17 ACTUALLY BRING DOWN THE PRICE OF THE HOME AND THE COST OF
10:59:20 THE HOME, BUT THE BENEFIT GOES TO THE HOME BUYER AND NOT TO
10:59:24 THE DEVELOPER.
10:59:29 WE ALSO HAVE A PROPERTY DISPOSITION PROGRAM THAT WE DO IN
10:59:33 CONJUNCTION WITH THE REAL ESTATE DIVISION, AND THAT IS WHERE
10:59:37 WE ARE TAKING CITY-OWNED PROPERTIES THAT ARE GOOD FOR
10:59:42 RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND WE ARE PROVIDING THEM -- IT'S ON
10:59:45 OUR WEBSITE -- ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED COULD APPLY FOR A
10:59:49 LOT.
10:59:49 IN ORDER TO RECEIVE A LOT FOR FREE, THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE US
10:59:53 WITH THE PLANS FOR THE HOUSE, IT HAS TO BE AT LEAST 1200
10:59:56 SQUARE FEET, INCLUDE A GARAGE, THREE BEDROOM, TWO BATHROOM,
11:00:01 AND IT HAS TO BE SOLD BELOW $226,000 AND TO A FAMILY THAT
11:00:08 MEETS THE DEFINITION OF AFFORDABLE.
11:00:10 ONCE THEY DO THAT, AND WE DO PLACE A LIEN ON THAT PROPERTY
11:00:13 TO MAKE SURE THAT IT STAYS AFFORDABLE FOR AT LEAST 10 YEARS,
11:00:17 WE WILL PROVIDE THEM THE LOT AS A WAY OF EXPANDING
11:00:19 AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN TAMPA.
11:00:22 WORKING WITH OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS, WE HAVE BEEN BUILDING
11:00:27 HOUSING IN SULPHUR SPRINGS, IN EAST TAMPA, WEST TAMPA, WE
11:00:35 ARE LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL LOTS SO WE CAN EXPAND AND BUILD
11:00:38 IN OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO
11:00:40 CONCENTRATE POVERTY, WE DON'T WANT TO CONCENTRATE AFFORDABLE
11:00:44 HOUSING.
11:00:47 WE THINK EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO PICK HOUSING
11:00:50 ANYWHERE THAT THEY WANT TO GO AND OWN IT.
11:00:53 WITH OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS, AND WE HAVE A FEW OF THEM HERE
11:00:56 AND I'D LIKE TO BRING THEM UP, BUT BEFORE I DO, I'D LIKE TO
11:00:59 BRING UP HARRY HEDGES, WHO IS A MEMBER OF OUR AFFORDABLE
11:01:03 HOUSING COMMITTEE.
11:01:03 HE IS THE CHAIR.
11:01:05 THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE IS ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS
11:01:07 THROUGH THE STATE STATUTE THAT WE HAVE IN ORDER TO RECEIVE
11:01:11 THE SHIP FUNDING.
11:01:12 WE OPERATE A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHER COMMUNITIES IN
11:01:15 THAT, WITH OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE, THEY ARE NOT
11:01:18 JUST OVERSEEING THE SHIP FUNDS, BUT THEY ARE OUR ADVISORY
11:01:23 BOARD FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
11:01:25 THROUGH THE STATE STATUTE, IT REQUIRES WHO HAS TO BE ON THAT
11:01:28 BOARD.
11:01:29 SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMEONE -- ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL, SOMEONE
11:01:33 FROM THE REAL ESTATE COMMUNITY, SOMEONE WHO IS A DEVELOPER,
11:01:36 SOMEONE FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING
11:01:42 ADVOCATE, AND A NONPROFIT.
11:01:44 SO I'M GOING TO LET HARRY JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT HE DOES WITH
11:01:47 OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE AND HOW IT WORKS.
11:02:01 >> THANK YOU, VANESSA.
11:02:03 HARRY HEDGES.
11:02:06 EXCUSE ME.
11:02:06 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE GOT TO TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN,
11:02:11 FOR THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS, AND I'LL GO BACK EIGHT YEARS,
11:02:15 WE HAVE HAD THE CITY TAKE 80% OF THE FUNDS THAT HAVE COME
11:02:21 THROUGH TALLAHASSEE, TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, TO
11:02:27 CONCENTRATE ON DEVELOPING ENCORE AND OTHER PROPERTIES.
11:02:31 I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE, I NOW SERVE AS PRESIDENT OF THE STATE
11:02:35 HOUSING FINANCE AUTHORITY, SO I GET TO WORK WITH HOUSING
11:02:41 FINANCE AUTHORITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
11:02:45 ONCE VANESSA HAS JOINED THE CITY, A LOT OF THINGS HAVE
11:02:48 CHANGED.
11:02:49 WE ALL STRUGGLE WITH THE PROCESS, AND TONGUE-IN-CHEEK, I
11:02:57 SAID IT'S ALWAYS BEEN MORE ABOUT THE PROCESS AND NOT THE
11:03:00 PRODUCT.
11:03:00 WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM WITH A LOT OF HEART FOR
11:03:04 AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
11:03:04 I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR 40 YEARS, AND
11:03:08 I'VE SEEN A LOT OF THINGS HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THIS STATE, BUT
11:03:12 IT TAKES COMMITMENT FROM PEOPLE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
11:03:16 WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING WITH TALLAHASSEE FOR MANY YEARS.
11:03:23 WE HAVE -- WE SHOULD HAVE HAD $16 MILLION LAST YEAR FROM THE
11:03:28 HOUSING FINANCE TRUST FUND.
11:03:31 WE GOT A MILLION-EIGHT.
11:03:36 BY THE END OF THIS WEEK, TOMORROW, THE GOVERNOR HAS AN
11:03:39 OPPORTUNITY TO VETO TAKING 123 MILLION MORE FROM THAT.
11:03:46 OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS THEY'VE TAKEN OVER A BILLION DOLLARS.
11:03:53 IF WE DON'T ADDRESS PUBLIC HOUSING NOW, IT ONLY GETS WORSE.
11:03:57 IT ONLY GETS WORSE.
11:04:00 THE NOT FOR PROFITS WE WORK WITH ARE COMMITTED.
11:04:04 IT COMES TO ANALYZING WHERE THE DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT AND
11:04:10 WHAT YOU'RE GETTING FOR THE DOLLAR.
11:04:13 WE APPROVED, WITH YOUR HELP LAST YEAR, 75 LOTS THAT WENT TO
11:04:18 DOMAIN HOMES.
11:04:20 40 ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
11:04:24 BEAR WITH ME.
11:04:25 THE OTHER 30, IN THE NEXT 18 MONTHS, WILL BE BUILT.
11:04:29 THESE HOUSES SELL IN THE AREA OF $179,000.
11:04:34 WE ALSO GAVE THEM A MILLION DOLLARS.
11:04:39 THAT MILLION DOLLARS WILL BE PAID BACK TO THE CITY.
11:04:44 AND, AGAIN, I GO BACK TO ACCOUNTABILITY.
11:04:48 ACCOUNTABILITY.
11:04:49 ACCOUNTABILITY.
11:04:50 TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE YOU'RE SPENDING YOUR DOLLARS AND WHAT
11:04:54 YOU'RE GETTING FOR IT.
11:04:56 YOU KNOW, MANY YEARS IN BANKING AND FINANCE, IT'S ALL ABOUT
11:05:01 WHAT'S AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT DID YOU DO WITH YOUR
11:05:05 MONEY AND WHAT DID YOU GET FOR IT.
11:05:07 YOU CERTAINLY HAVE THE PASSION IN THIS ROOM AND HOPEFULLY
11:05:11 HERE TO SEE THAT WE'VE GOT TO STOP LOSING THE MONEY THAT
11:05:16 SHOULD BE COMING TO US.
11:05:19 THINK OF WHAT YOU COULD HAVE DONE WITH, YOU KNOW, $16
11:05:23 MILLION A YEAR FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS.
11:05:27 PROBABLY A LOT.
11:05:28 BUT, AGAIN, I'VE MET WITH SENATOR LEE, I'VE MET WITH OTHER
11:05:34 PEOPLE IN TALLAHASSEE, IT'S A CHALLENGE.
11:05:37 IT'S A CHALLENGE.
11:05:38 EVERYBODY'S GOT A SPECIAL POCKET.
11:05:41 WE HAVE A GREAT COMMITTEE; WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE, BOTH
11:05:46 WITH NOT FOR PROFITS ON THIS COMMITTEE, MULTIFAMILY
11:05:50 DEVELOPERS, SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPERS, THAT CONCENTRATE ON
11:05:55 AFFORDABILITY, WHETHER IT'S SENIOR HOUSING, WHETHER IT'S
11:05:58 SPECIAL NEEDS HOUSING, BECAUSE ALL OF THOSE FALL UNDER
11:06:03 AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
11:06:06 ANYWAY, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
11:06:10 >> SO, RIGHT NOW I'D LIKE TO BRING UP RON CARPENTER.
11:06:18 WHEN WE -- HE IS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
11:06:23 COMMITTEE, AND HE IS A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER -- BUT YOU DO
11:06:28 SUBDIVISIONS, CORRECT?
11:06:29 >> YES.
11:06:30 >> AND SO WHEN HE WAS ON THE COMMITTEE AND WE WERE LOOKING
11:06:33 AT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ISSUE AND HOW WE WOULD ADDRESS IT,
11:06:37 HE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF THE INFILL HOUSING PROGRAM, AND
11:06:41 I JUST WANTED HIM TO SPEAK ABOUT HOW THAT CAME ABOUT.
11:06:44 >> THANK YOU, VANESSA.
11:06:50 GOOD MORNING.
11:06:51 MY NAME IS RON CARPENTER.
11:06:52 I'M A REAL ESTATE INVESTOR, BROKER, DEVELOPER, I HAVE A
11:06:57 MASTER'S DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA'S WARRINGTON
11:06:59 SCHOOL OF BUSINESS IN REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT.
11:07:03 I'M ALSO A LICENSED BROKER.
11:07:05 ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO I WAS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE AND BE ON
11:07:08 THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH I ACCEPTED
11:07:10 AND I WAS HAPPY TO DONATE SOME TIME.
11:07:12 IF YOU CAN IMAGINE, WE JUST KIND OF WENT INTO THE RECESSION;
11:07:14 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT, WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD
11:07:18 STABILIZATION PROGRAM, AND WITH OTHER OBAMA DOLLARS, THAT
11:07:22 MONEY WAS BEING PUT INTO SPECIFICALLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING
11:07:26 PROJECTS IN A WAY THAT'S NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE.
11:07:29 THIS WAS ALSO THE FIRST TIME THE PRIVATE SECTOR WAS INVITED
11:07:33 INTO THE PUBLIC SECTOR WORLD.
11:07:38 SINCE JOINING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE,
11:07:43 THERE WERE FOUR THINGS THAT I RECOMMENDED AND EMPHASIZED
11:07:45 OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS.
11:07:47 IT STARTED OUT WITH TO UTILIZE THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
11:07:50 AGAIN, THE NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION PROGRAM, I GUESS IS
11:07:54 ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO, WAS THE FIRST TO INVITE THE PRIVATE
11:07:57 SECTOR INTO THE PUBLIC SECTOR WORLD.
11:08:00 THE SECOND AREA THAT I TRIED TO EMPHASIZE WAS IMPACT FEE
11:08:05 WAIVERS.
11:08:05 WE DID WORK WITH THE CITY AT THAT TIME TO TRY TO COME UP
11:08:08 WITH IMPACT FEE WAIVERS.
11:08:10 THAT WAS A SUGGESTION TO HELP LET THE HOMES BECOME MORE
11:08:14 AFFORDABLE.
11:08:15 OBVIOUSLY IF YOU CAN REDUCE THE COST, YOU CAN PASS THAT ON
11:08:19 TO THE CONSUMER.
11:08:21 A THIRD ONE WAS FAST TRACK PERMITTING.
11:08:24 EVENTUALLY THIS GOT ACCOMPLISHED; IT'S STILL IN THE WORKS.
11:08:27 I KNOW THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND VANESSA AND HER STAFF,
11:08:31 THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO WORK OUT THE KINKS, BUT THAT WAS ONE
11:08:34 THING THAT GOT ACCOMPLISHED.
11:08:36 ANOTHER ONE THAT IS THEN HISTORICALLY USED IS DENSITY
11:08:40 BONUSES FOR DEVELOPERS.
11:08:42 THIS IS PARTICULARLY DONE IN MULTIFAMILY.
11:08:45 SO IF YOU PROVIDE AFFORDABLE RENTALS, THE DEVELOPER CAN GET
11:08:49 DENSITY BONUSES OR BUMP THE DENSITY PER ZONING.
11:08:53 WHEN I FIRST STARTED WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY
11:08:56 COMMITTEE, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS A
11:08:59 RUBBER STAMP.
11:09:00 I FOUND THIS OUT PRETTY QUICKLY.
11:09:02 I EMPHASIZED THESE IDEAS.
11:09:04 I THREW THEM OUT TO THE COMMITTEE.
11:09:07 IT KIND OF FELL ON DEAF EARS.
11:09:10 IT WAS A RUBBER STAMP FROM THE PERSPECTIVE IF YOU WANTED
11:09:13 SHIP NUMBER, IF YOU WANTED NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION MONEY,
11:09:16 IF YOU WANTED CDBG MONEY, YOU HAD TO HAVE AN ADVISORY
11:09:20 COMMITTEE LIKE THIS PUT TOGETHER AN ANNUAL REPORT, AND IT
11:09:23 WAS A RUBBER STAMP.
11:09:24 THE DIFFERENCE CAME WHEN VANESSA AND HER STAFF TOOK OVER.
11:09:28 NOT ONLY DID THEY BEGIN TO LISTEN, THEY BEGAN TO BRAINSTORM,
11:09:33 THEY BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY BEGAN
11:09:36 TO IMPLEMENT.
11:09:37 SO I THINK SHE SHOULD BE COMMENDED ON THE WORK HER AND HER
11:09:41 STAFF HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC, AND I NOTICE A DYNAMIC
11:09:45 DIFFERENCE.
11:09:47 ONE OF THE REASONS THAT VANESSA ASKED ME TO SPEAK TODAY WAS
11:09:50 TO GO BACK TO ONE OF THE THINGS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WHERE
11:09:53 YOU INVITED THE PRIVATE SECTOR INTO THE PUBLIC SECTOR WORLD.
11:09:58 THIS HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE.
11:10:00 THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS THAT I RECOMMENDED THIS.
11:10:02 I USED TO WORK FOR A PUBLICLY TRADED NATIONAL HOME BUILDER.
11:10:05 I WAS A VICE PRESIDENT OF ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT.
11:10:09 THESE BIG BUILDERS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
11:10:12 WE'VE ALL HEARD ABOUT AND SEE ADS FOR LENNAR, D.R. HORTON,
11:10:15 PULTE OR WHATEVER.
11:10:16 THEY HAVE -- THE CITY HAS SOME FANTASTIC NONPROFIT HOUSING
11:10:21 PARTNERS.
11:10:22 THEY CANNOT COMPETE WITH THE ECONOMIES OF SCALE AND THE
11:10:26 CAPACITY THAT THESE BIG BUILDERS HAVE.
11:10:29 NOW, DOMAIN HOMES IS NOT A PUBLICLY TRADED BUILDER, THEY'RE
11:10:33 NOT A NATIONAL HOME BUILDER, BUT I BELIEVE THEY BUILD AND
11:10:37 SELL OVER 250 HOMES A YEAR.
11:10:39 LET ME EMPHASIZE THIS.
11:10:39 WHEN I TALK ABOUT BIG BUILDERS, PUBLICLY TRADED BUILDERS, WE
11:10:43 HAVE ONE BUILDER IN PARTICULAR IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA THAT
11:10:46 BUILDS AND SELLS OVER 3500 NEW HOMES A YEAR.
11:10:50 AGAIN, THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS SOME NONPROFIT PARTNERS THAT
11:10:54 ARE DOING A GREAT JOB, BUT THEY'RE BUILDING ONE, TWO, THREE,
11:10:56 FOUR, OR FIVE HOMES A YEAR.
11:11:00 SO THE DIFFERENCE IS, WHAT REALLY MAKES THE DIFFERENCE, I
11:11:05 MENTIONED ECONOMIES OF SCALE AND CAPACITY; THE MAIN THING IS
11:11:08 PURCHASING POWER.
11:11:09 SO, WHEN YOU GO OUT TO A VENDOR, A MATERIALS SUPPLIER,
11:11:16 WHAT-HAVE-YOU, YOU'RE NOT ORDERING FOUR COUNTERTOPS; YOU'RE
11:11:19 ORDERING 300, YOU'RE ORDERING 350, YOU'RE ORDERING
11:11:23 THOUSANDS.
11:11:24 THE PURCHASING POWER THERE IS IMMENSE.
11:11:27 THE SECOND IS THE SPEED, VELOCITY AND EFFICIENCY THAT THESE
11:11:34 BIGGER BUILDERS CAN PERFORM AT.
11:11:36 SO, AGAIN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDERS THAT ARE BUILDING
11:11:39 AND SELLING HOMES NOT ONLY AT A HIGH VELOCITY BUT IN A SHORT
11:11:43 PERIOD OF TIME.
11:11:44 I HAVE SEVERAL NATIONAL HOME BUILDER CLIENTS THAT I WORK
11:11:46 WITH THROUGHOUT THE STATE, IT'S OVER ABOUT 20 ALL IN ALL,
11:11:50 BUT MOST OF THEM HAVE BUILD CYCLES FOR THE MORE AFFORDABLE
11:11:54 PRODUCT BETWEEN 60 AND 90 DAYS.
11:11:57 AGAIN, NOT TO DOWNPLAY OR DISPARAGE THE WORK THAT THE
11:12:00 NONPROFITS ARE DOING, BUT A LOT OF THEIR BUILD CYCLES ARE
11:12:04 DOUBLE, TRIPLE, OR QUADRUPLE THE TIMES OF THESE PRIVATE
11:12:07 SECTOR BUILDERS.
11:12:13 ALSO THE BIG BUILDERS HAVE SPECIFIC PRODUCT, SO THEY HAVE
11:12:15 COST ENGINEERED IT, THEY'VE REPLICATED IT, THEY BUILD IT
11:12:19 OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND THEN THEY'VE MASTERED THE
11:12:23 ART AND SCIENCE OF THIS.
11:12:24 SO EVERY TIME THEY BUILD A HOUSE, THEY FIND A MORE EFFICIENT
11:12:27 WAY, LESS COST WAY OF BUILDING THE PRODUCT.
11:12:32 THESE NATIONAL AND BIG BUILDERS ALSO HAVE BRAND AND
11:12:36 MARKETING POWER THAT ARE SECOND TO NONE.
11:12:42 THEY ALSO HELP WHEN IT COMES TO FINANCING.
11:12:44 THEY CAN HELP WITH THE APPRAISALS.
11:12:46 A LOT OF THEM HAVE IN-HOUSE LENDERS, AND THEY CAN GET PEOPLE
11:12:50 QUALIFIED A LITTLE BIT EASIER WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE SPEED.
11:12:53 SO WHY DO I BRING THIS UP?
11:12:57 ONCE VANESSA AND HER STAFF TOOK OVER, THEY STARTED TO
11:13:00 EMBRACE THE IDEA OF BRINGING IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR FOR THESE
11:13:03 REASONS I JUST OUTLINED.
11:13:06 VANESSA ASKED ME TO BRING IN A COUPLE OF MY BUILDER CLIENTS
11:13:09 THAT I WORK WITH.
11:13:10 SO I INTRODUCED, I BELIEVE IT WAS ABOUT SIX BIG BUILDERS,
11:13:13 THE DIVISION PRESIDENTS, TO VANESSA AND HER STAFF, AND THEY
11:13:18 BEGAN A DIALOGUE, WHAT WOULD A PROGRAM LOOK LIKE.
11:13:20 THE CITY HAS THE LOTS.
11:13:22 THE CONSUMERS NEED THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
11:13:25 HOW CAN WE BRING EVERYBODY TOGETHER?
11:13:27 AFTER GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND MEETING WITH SIX
11:13:29 DIFFERENT BUILDERS, THE ONE THING THAT KIND OF JUMPED OUT
11:13:33 WAS, ALL THE BUILDERS WOULD BE INTERESTED.
11:13:35 ABSOLUTELY.
11:13:36 EVERY ONE OF THEM WOULD BE INTERESTED.
11:13:37 THE ONE THING THAT THEY WEREN'T INTERESTED IN IS THE RFP
11:13:41 PROCESS.
11:13:42 SO LET ME EXPLAIN THIS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
11:13:46 THE RFP PROCESS IS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN ME AS A PRIVATE
11:13:51 DEVELOPER GOING TO A LENDER, GOING TO A PUBLICLY TRADED
11:13:54 COMPANY, AND PUTTING TOGETHER A BUSINESS PLAN, A PRO FORMA
11:13:58 AND DUE DILIGENCE.
11:13:59 THE RFP PROCESS FOR THE NONPROFITS IS A PROCESS THAT IS --
11:14:05 THEY'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH, BUT IT'S MORE YOU NEED TO CHECK
11:14:08 THE BOXES, YOU NEED TO FILL THIS OUT.
11:14:10 IT'S NOT ABOUT IS THIS A VIABLE BUSINESS MODEL, DOES THE PRO
11:14:13 FORMA WORK, YOU KNOW, THE TYPICAL THINGS THAT THE PRIVATE
11:14:17 SECTOR -- THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT.
11:14:19 SO A LOT OF THESE BUILDERS SAID, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, THIS IS
11:14:22 NOT HOW WE DO BUSINESS, WE CAN'T PUT TOGETHER ONE OF THESE
11:14:25 RFPs, WE BASICALLY HAVE TO DEVELOP A SEPARATE DIVISION
11:14:30 THAT WOULD FOCUS ON THIS.
11:14:31 SO ALTHOUGH A LOT OF THESE BUILDERS WERE VERY INTERESTED AND
11:14:34 THEY'RE WILLING TO DONATE THEIR TIME TO WORK WITH SOME OF
11:14:37 THESE NONPROFITS TO INCREASE THEIR CAPACITY AND THEIR
11:14:40 EFFICIENCIES, IT DIDN'T WORK OUT.
11:14:42 DOMAIN HOMES, HOWEVER, WAS, AS A PRIVATE BUILDER, WAS ONE OF
11:14:46 THE BUILDERS THAT SAID, WAIT, I THINK WE CAN MAKE THIS WORK,
11:14:50 AND THEY ACTUALLY SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION TO BECOME ONE OF
11:14:54 THE BUILDER PARTNERS IN THIS PROGRAM.
11:14:56 SO I DON'T NEED A PAT ON THE BACK OR ANYTHING, I'M NOT
11:15:04 LOOKING FOR THAT, BUT I WAS ONE OF THE ARCHITECTS OF THIS
11:15:07 PROGRAM WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA AND DOMAIN HOMES.
11:15:09 I WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE REVIEWERS WHEN IT CAME TIME FOR
11:15:12 DOMAIN HOMES TO PRESENT.
11:15:13 I THINK IT'S A GREAT BUSINESS MODEL.
11:15:15 I THINK IT WORKS WELL.
11:15:17 IT'S A GREAT PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
11:15:20 AND I HOPE IT CONTINUES.
11:15:21 AND I'VE ALREADY SEEN SOME INITIAL SUCCESS, AND I THINK
11:15:25 YOU'LL SEE A LOT MORE IN THE DAYS TO COME.
11:15:28 THANK YOU.
11:15:28 >> THANK YOU, SIR.
11:15:30 NEXT?
11:15:31 AND LET'S HOLD OFF ON QUESTIONS UNTIL ALL THE PRESENTATIONS
11:15:34 ARE DONE JUST FOR THE PURPOSE OF TIME.
11:15:35 >> THANK YOU.
11:15:37 SO I WANTED HIM TO TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF
11:15:40 FOLKS THOUGHT THAT DOMAIN APPROACHED US, AND WE ACTUALLY
11:15:43 APPROACHED THEM, ALONG WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER BUILDERS.
11:15:46 THE OTHER REASONS THAT WE DID THAT WAS THAT, FOR OUR
11:15:49 NONPROFIT PARTNERS, LIKE HE SAID, WE WERE ABLE TO GET
11:15:53 NATIONAL BUILDERS TO WORK WITH SOME OF THEM TO HELP THEM
11:15:57 IMPROVE THEIR EFFICIENCY AND IMPROVE THEIR CAPACITY.
11:15:59 ONE OF THE AREAS THAT OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS WEREN'T ABLE TO
11:16:08 MOVE THE NEEDLE WAS APPRAISALS.
11:16:09 THEY WERE SPENDING MORE TO BUILD A HOUSE THAN WHAT THEY
11:16:12 COULD SELL THE HOUSE FOR.
11:16:13 WHEN DOMAIN STARTED WORKING IN THE AREA, THE APPRAISAL
11:16:16 VALUES STARTED GOING UP, SO THAT HELPS OUR NONPROFIT
11:16:21 PARTNERS TO BE ABLE TO REALIZE MORE IN TERMS OF THE SALE OF
11:16:24 THE HOME SO THAT THEY CAN RECOUP THE DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO
11:16:27 INVEST AND DO ADDITIONAL THINGS WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES.
11:16:31 WE UNDERSTAND AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE OUR NONPROFIT
11:16:36 PARTNERS BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN IN THIS AREA ALL THE TIME.
11:16:41 THEY'RE NOT JUST THERE FOR THE PROFIT; THEY'RE THERE FOR THE
11:16:43 LOVE OF THE COMMUNITY, AND IT WAS ABOUT BUILDING THEIR
11:16:47 CAPACITY WHY WE TOOK THIS APPROACH.
11:16:50 AT THIS TIME I WANT TO BRING UP ONE OF THE PARTNERS IN THAT
11:16:53 DEAL BECAUSE WHEN WE PUT OUT THAT RFP, WE KNEW WE DIDN'T
11:16:57 WANT TO PUSH OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS TO THE SIDE, AND SO THE
11:17:01 REQUIREMENT WAS, YOU HAVE TO SELL HOUSES THAT GO TO FAMILIES
11:17:06 BELOW 80% OF AREA MEDIAN, YOU HAVE TO SELL HOUSES TO
11:17:10 FAMILIES BETWEEN 80 AND 120%, AND YOU CAN GO UP TO 140%.
11:17:16 WE ALSO TOLD THEM THAT WE WANTED THEM TO WORK WITH THE
11:17:19 HOUSING COUNSELING AGENCIES.
11:17:21 SO WHAT WE GOT OUT OF THAT RFP IS NOT ONLY DOMAIN HOMES, BUT
11:17:26 WE GOT HABITAT AND CDC, ARE ALSO BUILDING ON THOSE LOTS,
11:17:30 THOSE 75 LOTS.
11:17:32 AND WE HAVE OUR FOUR HOUSING COUNSELING AGENCIES THAT, WHEN
11:17:36 THEY SELL A HOME, DOMAIN IS REIMBURSING THEM FOR A PORTION
11:17:41 OF THEIR COST, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE HADN'T SEEN
11:17:44 BEFORE, WHERE DEVELOPERS WERE PAYING HOUSING COUNSELORS FOR
11:17:48 THEIR SERVICES.
11:17:49 SO AT THIS TIME WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS BRING UP TINA SWAIN,
11:17:54 WHO IS WITH HABITAT, AND SHE'S GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT
11:17:57 ABOUT THE HABITAT MODEL AND SHE'S GOING TO INTRODUCE A
11:18:01 HOMEOWNER WHO WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS HAS MEANT FOR HER.
11:18:04 >> GOOD MORNING.
11:18:05 THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.
11:18:07 I'M A CEO FOR HABITAT HILLSBOROUGH, AND WE ARE REALLY HAVING
11:18:12 AN INCREDIBLE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA --
11:18:15 >> STATE YOUR NAME.
11:18:16 >> TINA SWAIN.
11:18:19 WE HAVE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
11:18:21 DEPARTMENT AT THE CITY OF TAMPA, MAINLY BECAUSE THEY LISTEN.
11:18:25 YOU KNOW, WE ARE OUT THERE, WE GET THOUSANDS OF
11:18:28 APPLICATIONS, AND WE'RE SAYING, THIS IS WHAT WE SEE AND THIS
11:18:31 IS HOW YOU CAN PLUG IN AND HELP.
11:18:34 WHEN -- WE DEAL WITH FAMILIES THAT EARN BELOW 80% OF THE
11:18:38 AREA MEDIAN INCOME, SO IT'S THE LOWER-INCOME FAMILIES THAT
11:18:42 WE WORK WITH ON A DAILY BASIS.
11:18:45 HABITAT FOR HUMANITY TAKES OUR APPLICANTS AND THEN WE
11:18:50 PARTNER WITH THEM WHEN THEY HAVE DEMONSTRATED A HOUSING
11:18:52 NEED, THE ABILITY TO PAY AN AFFORDABLE MORTGAGE AND THE
11:18:56 WILLINGNESS TO PARTNER WITH US.
11:18:58 BY PARTNERING, WE REQUIRE THEM TO DO AT LEAST 300 HOURS OF
11:19:01 SWEAT EQUITY, BUILDING THEIR HOME AND THE HOMES OF OTHERS,
11:19:06 SO THEY'RE HELPING THE COMMUNITY IN THAT WAY AND ACTUALLY
11:19:09 LEARNING A LOT ABOUT THEIR OWN HOME IN THE PROCESS.
11:19:11 IN ADDITION, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO TAKE AN EDUCATIONAL
11:19:14 CURRICULUM TO READY THEM FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP SO THEY'RE GOING
11:19:16 TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
11:19:18 ONCE ALL OF THOSE CRITERIA ARE MET, AND THE HOME IS BUILT,
11:19:22 WE PROVIDE THEM WITH A 0% INTEREST MORTGAGE, AND THAT IS
11:19:25 WHAT LENDS TO THE AFFORDABILITY OF THE PRODUCT.
11:19:28 SO CURRENTLY, AS WE'RE BUILDING THE HOMES THAT WE ARE
11:19:32 CURRENTLY SELLING, THE MORTGAGE PAYMENTS ARE GENERALLY
11:19:35 BETWEEN SEVEN AND EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS A MONTH, WHICH WE
11:19:38 KNOW IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN WHAT WE SEE IN RENTAL
11:19:40 PRICES, AND THAT DOES INCLUDE THEIR TAXES AND INSURANCE.
11:19:43 AND THE ONLY WAY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT IS BECAUSE WE'RE
11:19:46 ABLE TO PROVIDE THE 0% INTEREST MORTGAGE.
11:19:49 SO, THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT
11:19:52 AND WITH OUR COMMUNITY ARE SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE WHAT WE DO
11:19:57 IS, WE LEVERAGE THE DOLLARS THAT WE GET BY PARTNERING WITH
11:20:03 CORPORATIONS, INDIVIDUAL VOLUNTEERS; I MEAN, A HOME THAT WE
11:20:06 CONSTRUCT USUALLY HAS AT LEAST 1500 HOURS OF VOLUNTEER
11:20:09 LABOR, AND THAT BRINGS A COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND MAKES THEM
11:20:12 ALSO SEE THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A NEED.
11:20:15 SO WE TALK ABOUT THAT EVERY DAY ON OUR CONSTRUCTION SITE,
11:20:18 HOW DOES HABITAT WORK AND WHY ARE WE HERE TODAY AND WHAT ARE
11:20:22 WE DOING AND HOW DO WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE, BECAUSE A LOT OF
11:20:25 IT IS, SOMETIMES THERE'S AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT DON'T
11:20:27 KNOW THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE, BUT WE KNOW IT'S AN ISSUE
11:20:29 BECAUSE WE LOOK AT THE STATISTICS, SO WE'RE ALL WELL AWARE
11:20:31 OF THAT.
11:20:33 I WANTED TO BRING UP IN PARTICULAR RELATED TO THE CITY'S
11:20:37 INVOLVEMENT IN THE LOT DONATION PROGRAM.
11:20:40 OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, WE HAVE HAD 16 LOTS DONATED TO
11:20:43 US.
11:20:44 FIVE OF THEM ARE STILL CURRENTLY IN THE DEVELOPMENT PHASE.
11:20:47 THEY WILL BE COMPLETED IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.
11:20:49 13 OF THOSE LOTS ARE IN DISTRICT 5.
11:20:54 IT EQUATES TO ABOUT $400,000 IN LAND VALUE.
11:20:58 AND WHEN HABITAT IS DONE CONSTRUCTING THOSE HOMES, THEY WILL
11:21:02 EQUATE TO $2.8 MILLION IN HOUSING.
11:21:05 AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 30-YEAR MORTGAGE AND THE AMOUNT OF
11:21:08 REAL ESTATE TAXES THAT THAT GENERATES, IT'S ABOUT
11:21:11 $1.5 MILLION IN REAL ESTATE TAX REVENUE THAT WASN'T THERE
11:21:15 BEFORE.
11:21:16 SO, THAT'S HOW HABITAT FOR HUMANITY WORKS.
11:21:19 THIS IS HOW WE MAKE IT AFFORDABLE.
11:21:21 AND THIS IS WHY WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT OUR GROWTH.
11:21:24 IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE'RE
11:21:27 YEAR-OVER-YEAR HAVING MORE THAN 20% GROWTH, AND THAT IS
11:21:31 BECAUSE OF THE COMMITMENT THAT WE'VE HAD TO STABILIZING THE
11:21:33 COMMUNITY.
11:21:34 BUT WE ARE ONLY ONE PARTNER.
11:21:36 THERE'S SO MANY OF US AND THE NEED IS SO GREAT THAT WE HAVE
11:21:39 TO LOOK AT ALL THE SOLUTIONS.
11:21:41 BUT WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP.
11:21:43 AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE CANDICE COWEN; SHE'S A HABITAT
11:21:48 HOMEOWNER SO SHE CAN SHARE HER EXPERIENCE WITH YOU.
11:21:57 >> HELLO.
11:21:58 I WANT TO FIRST SAY THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL AND THANK YOU
11:22:00 TO THE COMMUNITY FOR LISTENING TO ME.
11:22:03 THIS IS MY FIRST TIME AT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING SO I'M A
11:22:06 LITTLE NERVOUS, SO FORGIVE ME.
11:22:09 I PUT SOME NOTES ON MY PHONE BECAUSE THERE'S SOME THINGS I
11:22:11 WANT TO ADDRESS THAT I DON'T WANT TO FORGET.
11:22:13 MY NAME IS CANDICE COWEN; I'M A TAMPA NATIVE WITH ROOTS IN
11:22:18 CARVER CITY.
11:22:19 TODAY I'M HERE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY TO
11:22:22 SPEAK AS NOT ONLY A HOMEOWNER BUT ALSO AN ADVOCATE FOR THE
11:22:26 FACE OF THAT 80% DEMOGRAPHIC YOU HEAR THEM SPEAK ABOUT.
11:22:30 PERSONALLY I'M AFFECTED, JUST LIKE MY COMMUNITY, BY
11:22:32 GENTRIFICATION AND THE NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT ALSO
11:22:36 I AM A LIVING EXAMPLE OF THE REAL LIFE EFFECTS THAT
11:22:41 AFFORDABLE HOUSING HAS ON FAMILIES.
11:22:44 RECENTLY I READ THAT CENTRAL FLORIDA IS ONE OF THE WORST
11:22:47 RANKING IN THE NATION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND SPEAKING
11:22:49 TO QUANTITATIVE DATA, I READ A REPORT WHERE IT STATED THAT
11:22:53 TAMPA BAY ONLY HAS 21 AFFORDABLE OR AVAILABLE RENTALS FOR
11:22:56 EVERY 100 EXTREMELY LOW INCOME RENTERS.
11:22:59 SO I BELIEVE FLORIDA MINIMUM WAGE IS 8.46, BUT LOOKING AT
11:23:05 DATA FROM AN APARTMENT LISTING ONLINE, IT SHOWS THAT THE
11:23:07 AVERAGE TWO BEDROOM COST IS $1,259.
11:23:12 SO I SAY THIS TO GIVE A TEMPERAMENT TO THE MARKET THAT I WAS
11:23:15 LOOKING AT AS A RENTER.
11:23:18 SO, AS A SINGLE MOM OF FOUR KIDS, TWO GIRLS AND TWO BOYS, I
11:23:22 WAS FORCED TO LIVE IN UNSAFE, CRAMPED QUARTERS BECAUSE THAT
11:23:26 WAS REALLY ALL I HAD AVAILABLE TO ME.
11:23:30 THAT'S ALL I COULD AFFORD WITH THE MARKET RENT AT THE TIME.
11:23:34 SO FOR THE TWO BEDROOM, TWO BATH HOME THAT I HAD, I WAS
11:23:38 PAYING ABOUT $1100 AT THE TIME.
11:23:42 SO, OF COURSE, WITH THE MINIMUM WAGE WHAT IT WAS, NOT BEING
11:23:46 ABLE TO AFFORD IT, I STARTED DOING SOME RESEARCH.
11:23:51 TO BRING TO A POINT ON PROMOTION, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS
11:23:54 AVAILABLE TO ME, WHAT PROGRAMS WERE OUT THERE, BUT I HEARD
11:24:00 ABOUT HABITAT.
11:24:01 I DID RESEARCH AND APPLIED TO BE A HOMEOWNER CANDIDATE WITH
11:24:05 HABITAT AND ULTIMATELY I BECAME A HOMEOWNER.
11:24:07 THE EXPERIENCE ITSELF CHANGED MY LIFE.
11:24:09 DURING THE APPLICATION PROCESS I WAS EDUCATED IN DIFFERENT
11:24:11 ASPECTS OF HOMEOWNERSHIP; LIKE TINA STATED, THEY TALKED TO
11:24:16 DIFFERENT THINGS SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, ESTATE -- WHAT ALL GOES
11:24:19 INTO THE PURCHASING POWER, INFILLS AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT
11:24:24 HAVE TO DO WITH HOMEOWNERSHIP, LANDSCAPING, JUST EVERYTHING,
11:24:27 AND THAT WAS VERY KEY TO IT.
11:24:29 I ALSO WAS EXPOSED TO THE UNDERLYING FOUNDATION AND KEY
11:24:34 PIECES THAT MAKE UP WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE HOMES AFFORDABLE.
11:24:38 SO NOT ONLY DID I GO IN AS A HOMEOWNER CANDIDATE BUT I ASKED
11:24:42 QUESTIONS BECAUSE I WAS VERY CURIOUS ABOUT THE PROCESS,
11:24:45 ABOUT THE PROGRAM, AND WHY IT'S NOT READILY AVAILABLE TO
11:24:49 MORE PEOPLE.
11:24:50 SO I WAS ABLE TO SEE HOW MUCH -- WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO HAVE A
11:24:58 GOOD LOT FOR A POTENTIAL HOME TO BE BUILT THERE.
11:25:00 NONETHELESS, AFTER MY EXPERIENCE WITH HABITAT, MY LIFE
11:25:03 CHANGED.
11:25:04 I'M NOW A HOMEOWNER OF A FOUR BEDROOM -- SORRY, FIVE
11:25:08 BEDROOM, TWO BATH HOME THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNATTAINABLE.
11:25:12 SO SUBSEQUENTLY I BECAME FINANCIALLY EMPOWERED BY BECOMING A
11:25:16 HOMEOWNER AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE A ZERO INTEREST AFFORDABLE
11:25:19 MORTGAGE OF APPROXIMATELY $750.
11:25:23 MY LOT WAS AN INFILL LOT, SO SOME PEOPLE THINK WHEN IT'S
11:25:28 HABITAT THAT IT MAY BE ARCHITECTURALLY KIND OF OUT OF PLACE,
11:25:33 BUT THAT COULDN'T BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH.
11:25:34 I'M INFILL SO THERE WAS AN EXISTING COMMUNITY.
11:25:38 ME AND MY COMMUNITY WE BLEND WELL.
11:25:40 IT'S WONDERFUL AND I LOVE IT.
11:25:41 SO I HAVE VERY -- A LOT OF PRIDE IN THAT.
11:25:44 SO WHAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT?
11:25:46 SO NOT ONLY NOW AM I FINANCIALLY LITERATE; I'M EMPOWERED
11:25:50 WITH HOMEOWNERSHIP, I HAVE EQUITY IN MY HOME.
11:25:53 BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL INCOME AVAILABLE TO ME, I
11:25:57 WAS ABLE TO PAY FOR SCHOOL AND GO BACK TO SCHOOL, SO
11:26:01 ACTUALLY I GRADUATED JUST THIS PAST MAY AND WAS ABLE TO GET
11:26:04 MY DEGREE --
11:26:06 [ APPLAUSE ]
11:26:07 >> THANK YOU.
11:26:11 THEN BY BEING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF GOOD JOBS, I WAS ABLE TO
11:26:15 SOLIDIFY AN AWESOME JOB AND A GREAT CAREER WITH GREAT PAY.
11:26:19 SO NOW I HAVE AN AWESOME JOB.
11:26:21 I'M A PROFESSIONAL BANKER AND ACTUALLY WORK FROM HOME, SO
11:26:24 THAT'S EVEN BETTER.
11:26:25 NONETHELESS.
11:26:26 WHAT DO I DO WITH THIS INCOME?
11:26:27 SO BEFORE, I WAS RESTRICTED IN MY INCOME; NOW I HAVE AN
11:26:31 OPPORTUNITY THROUGH HOMEOWNERSHIP TO DO BETTER.
11:26:33 WELL, THE INCOME IS THEN INJECTED INTO LOCAL BUSINESSES AND
11:26:36 ORGANIZATIONS, SUCH AS OTHER NONPROFITS LIKE TBYFL.
11:26:40 I HAVE, AGAIN, TWO GIRLS, TWO BOYS, AND I HAVE -- TWO OF
11:26:46 WHICH ARE A CHEERLEADER AND FOOTBALL PLAYER FOR TBYFL, WHICH
11:26:50 IS A NONPROFIT, AND ALSO ANOTHER CHEERLEADER WHO DOES THEIR
11:26:53 OWN ATHLETICS AND COLLEGIATE THROUGH THAT.
11:26:56 SO I TAKE MY KIDS TO BUSCH GARDENS, WHICH IS WITHIN MY
11:26:59 NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IT JUST GOES TO SHOW HOW THAT REVENUE IS
11:27:03 GENERATED FROM MY INCOME THAT I WAS ABLE TO BECOME
11:27:04 BENEFICIAL FROM HOMEOWNERSHIP.
11:27:07 SO, FURTHERMORE, I THINK MY EXPERIENCE WITH HABITAT CREATED
11:27:15 A LOVE FOR COMMUNITY AND THE IMPORTANCE THAT WE ALL PLAY IN
11:27:18 IT.
11:27:18 SO HABITAT ACTUALLY RECOGNIZED THAT I HAD THIS DESIRE AND
11:27:25 THIS WANTING TO DO MORE, SO THEY ACTUALLY EVEN FURTHER
11:27:29 SUPPORTED ME.
11:27:30 SO HABITAT ITSELF, LIKE THEY SAID BEFORE, THEY'RE HOMEGROWN
11:27:35 SO THEY CARE ABOUT THOSE THAT ARE WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY.
11:27:37 THEY SEE US AS MORE THAN HOMEOWNER CANDIDATES; WE'RE MORE
11:27:41 LIKE FAMILY, SO THEY HELP US EVEN AFTER WE HAVE ATTAINED OUR
11:27:44 HOME.
11:27:44 IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE CAN CALL THEM.
11:27:46 THE CONTRACTORS, THEY'VE COME OUT TO HELP ME CHANGE MY
11:27:49 LOCKS.
11:27:50 LIKE, IT'S JUST A BIG FAMILY.
11:27:51 SO THEY SAW THAT I HAD A -- I WANTED TO KNOW MORE.
11:27:55 THEY ACTUALLY PUT A LOVE FOR COMMUNITY AND REAL ESTATE IN MY
11:28:00 HEART.
11:28:01 SO, THEY ACTUALLY PUT ME THROUGH A PROGRAM CALLED CRED,
11:28:04 WHICH IS COMMUNITY REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, WHICH
11:28:07 THEY HELPED ME WITH GETTING IN THAT.
11:28:10 FROM THAT, I'M NOW EDUCATED -- I POSSESS THE EDUCATION,
11:28:14 RATHER, AND THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE INFLUENCES OF DIFFERENT
11:28:18 REGULATIONS AND THE IMPACT OF LEGISLATION ON THE ABILITY TO
11:28:22 PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
11:28:25 LIKE THE GENTLEMAN SAID BEFORE, THINKING ABOUT THOSE RFPs,
11:28:29 I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT.
11:28:29 THINKING ABOUT DENSITY BONUSES AND WHAT IT MEANS AS A
11:28:32 HOMEOWNER WITH FOUR KIDS NEEDING MORE ROOM AND MORE BUILDING
11:28:35 POWER, I CAN ACTUALLY SEE IT IN A DIFFERENT ASPECT NOW.
11:28:40 SO, NOW, ACTUALLY, NOT ONLY IN MY -- DO I HAVE THAT LOVE AND
11:28:44 THE UNDERSTANDING, I EVEN ALSO HAVE ASPIRATIONS TO RUN FOR
11:28:48 CITY COUNCIL ONE DAY, SUCH LIKE YOURSELF --
11:28:52 [ APPLAUSE ]
11:28:52 >> SO I CAN ALSO IMPACT AND INFLUENCE IT TO BE SENSITIVE TO
11:28:56 THE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW IT IMPACTS PEOPLE SUCH AS MYSELF.
11:29:00 SO, SPEAKING AS OF NOW, I'M AN AVID VOLUNTEER, I DONATE
11:29:07 REGULARLY AND I ADVOCATE FOR PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF TO PROTECT
11:29:08 AND PROMOTE THE FUNDING FOR INCLUSIVE, SUSTAINABLE, AND
11:29:08 ATTAINABLE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
11:29:11 SO LOOKING AT MY COMMUNITY OR PEOPLE LIKE ME, I JUST WANT
11:29:15 TO SAY THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO -- MY TIME?
11:29:20 >> 30 SECONDS.
11:29:21 >> THERE'S SO MANY LIKE ME WHO POSSESS A PASSION AND THE
11:29:25 GRIT AND THE WANTING TO DO BETTER, AND ALL THEY'RE LACKING
11:29:29 IS THE OPPORTUNITY.
11:29:29 SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, I JUST HOPE YOU
11:29:32 THINK ABOUT ME.
11:29:32 >> THANK YOU, MA'AM.
11:29:33 >> THANK YOU.
11:29:34 [ APPLAUSE ]
11:29:35 >> AND BY THE WAY, MA'AM, MISS CANDICE, I BELIEVE I WAS AT
11:29:40 YOUR HOME OPENING NEAR BUSCH GARDENS.
11:29:43 I REMEMBER THAT.
11:29:43 YEAH, I REMEMBER, I WAS GONNA SAY, YEAH.
11:29:46 THAT'S FUNNY, SMALL WORLD.
11:29:48 >> SO NOW I WANT TO BRING UP ERNEST CONEY, WHO WILL TALK
11:29:56 ABOUT CDC AND WHAT WE DO WITH THEM AROUND AFFORDABLE
11:29:59 HOUSING, BUT ALSO ABOUT FAMILY SUSTAINABILITY.
11:30:05 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
11:30:07 ERNEST CONEY, JUNIOR, CEO OF THE CDC OF TAMPA.
11:30:12 IN THE EARLY '90S, THE CDC OF TAMPA WAS BIRTHED IN DISTRICT
11:30:16 5 IN EAST TAMPA.
11:30:18 WE TOOK A SURVEY OF THE COMMUNITY THERE CLOSE TO LAKE AND
11:30:21 22ND STREET.
11:30:21 WE ASKED THEM WHAT SPECIFICALLY THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN
11:30:23 THAT COMMUNITY.
11:30:24 THEY CAME BACK WITH FIVE CORE AREAS.
11:30:27 NUMBER ONE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
11:30:30 NUMBER TWO, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
11:30:33 NUMBER THREE, ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
11:30:37 NUMBER FOUR, YOUTH PROGRAMMING.
11:30:39 NUMBER FIVE, ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE.
11:30:43 SO THE CDC OF TAMPA BECAME A VERY COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY
11:30:47 DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO EFFECTIVELY MOVE PEOPLE OUT OF
11:30:50 POVERTY.
11:30:51 DURING THAT TIME THE ADVERTISED HOME INCOME WAS $5,000.
11:30:55 SO IT WAS EXCITING TO SEE PEOPLE NOT TALK ABOUT SOCIAL
11:30:58 SERVICES BUT TRUE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
11:31:00 IF I COULD GET A JOB, I CAN CONTROL MY OWN DESTINY.
11:31:03 IF MY JOB CAN HELP ME PAY FOR MY HOUSE, I CAN CONTROL MY OWN
11:31:06 DESTINY.
11:31:07 IF MY KIDS CAN GO TO COLLEGE OR START A CAREER, THEY CAN
11:31:11 CONTROL THE TRAJECTORY OF THEIR LIVES AS WELL.
11:31:14 OVER THAT TIME PERIOD, THE CDC OF TAMPA HAS BUILT OVER A
11:31:18 HUNDRED HOMES IN EAST TAMPA.
11:31:19 THE JOURNEY STARTED THERE.
11:31:22 BEFORE, IT WAS WELL KNOWN, PRIVATE SECTOR WOULD NOT COME IN
11:31:26 TO INVEST, IT WAS WELL KNOWN, YOU DO NOT COME INTO EAST
11:31:28 TAMPA, MUCH LIKE SULPHUR SPRINGS WAS 10 YEARS AGO WHEN
11:31:31 PEOPLE SAID YOU DON'T GO IN AND INVEST IN SULPHUR SPRINGS.
11:31:35 WE BUILT A 43-UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX, OSBORNE LANDING.
11:31:38 AFTER WE BUILT THAT, THAT BECAME A CATALYST FOR MORE
11:31:41 INVESTMENT.
11:31:42 OVER 1800 NEW UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING WERE CREATED
11:31:44 THERE.
11:31:45 AGAIN, WE BUILT OVER 100 SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES IN EAST TAMPA.
11:31:49 WE FOCUS ON HOUSING THAT'S ATTAINABLE.
11:31:52 SO WE DON'T USE THE WORD AFFORDABLE; IT'S ATTAINABLE, WHAT
11:31:55 CAN YOUR PAYCHECK AFFORD.
11:31:57 THE RANGES FOR THOSE RIGHT NOW TODAY RANGE FROM $500 IN
11:32:00 MORTGAGE TO ABOUT 750 FOR A MORTGAGE.
11:32:03 THAT'S ATTAINABLE.
11:32:05 YOU CAN BE A JANITOR; YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, BE A TWO
11:32:09 HOUSEHOLD INCOME, BOTH PEOPLE MAKING MINIMUM WAGE, AND STILL
11:32:12 BE ABLE TO MOVE INTO A HOUSE.
11:32:15 IN FACT, WE ALSO HAVE RESIDENTS IN OUR HOMES THAT WERE
11:32:18 FORMER TAMPA HOUSING AUTHORITY RESIDENTS.
11:32:21 SO WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE THEIR SECTION 3 VOUCHER, THEIR
11:32:24 SECTION 8 VOUCHER, AND TRANSFORM THAT INTO A MORTGAGE, SO
11:32:28 MOVING PEOPLE INTO HOMEOWNERSHIP.
11:32:30 WHY IS HOMEOWNERSHIP IMPORTANT?
11:32:32 WE TALKED ABOUT VARIOUS REASONS, BUT THAT'S HOW YOU REALLY
11:32:34 STABILIZE THE COMMUNITY.
11:32:38 WHEN YOU LOOK AT STABILIZING THE COMMUNITY, THAT JOURNEY
11:32:42 THAT WE TOOK, WE HAD TO TRANSFORM THE COMMUNITY, WHICH ALSO
11:32:45 STARTED OFF WITH DRUG MARCHES, GETTING PEOPLE TO COME BACK
11:32:47 AND RECLAIM THE COMMUNITY, AND THEN WE STARTED FOCUSING ON
11:32:50 THE BRICK AND MORTAR.
11:32:52 SO WE'VE ALWAYS STARTED WITH THE HUMAN CAPITAL FIRST, AND
11:32:54 THEN WE MOVED ON TO THE BRICK AND MORTAR.
11:32:57 WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT?
11:32:58 WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE REASONS.
11:33:00 HOMEOWNERSHIP IS THE GREATEST WEALTH MECHANISM IN AMERICA.
11:33:04 IF YOU LOOK AT THE WEALTH EQUITY OF ANY FAMILIES, 70% OF
11:33:07 THAT IS DUE TO HOMEOWNERSHIP.
11:33:09 THE DISPARITIES COME BECAUSE TRADITIONAL FAMILIES DO NOT OWN
11:33:12 THEIR OWN HOME.
11:33:14 PEOPLE WHO ARE BUYING A HOME ARE ABLE TO WALK INTO A HOME,
11:33:18 THEY'RE ABLE TO GET IT FOR A MORTGAGE AND A PAYMENT, THEY
11:33:20 CAN PAY 500 OR $750 AND HAVE EQUITY, THAT THEY HAVE $180,000
11:33:26 IN EQUITY IN A HOME, IN VALUE IN A HOME.
11:33:29 THAT'S TREMENDOUS, TREMENDOUS ASSET TO MAKE HOMEOWNERSHIP AN
11:33:33 ASSET.
11:33:34 WE ALSO ARE VERY EXCITED THAT NOT ONLY IS IT THE OPPORTUNITY
11:33:39 TO JUST BUILD THE HOUSING, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE
11:33:42 BRICK AND MORTAR; WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS BUILDING
11:33:44 NEIGHBORS.
11:33:45 HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE HAVE STRONG NEIGHBORHOODS?
11:33:48 SO WE ALSO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP CALLED THE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY
11:33:51 CENTER MODEL, WHERE WE HAVE 18 DIFFERENT PARTNERS THAT COME
11:33:54 TOGETHER, AND IT'S A VERY SIMPLE MODEL CALLED, THE THEORY OF
11:33:58 CHANGE IS EARN IT, KEEP IT, GROW IT.
11:34:00 EARN IT IS WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET A PAYCHECK.
11:34:03 IT COULD BE SOFT SKILLS.
11:34:04 IT COULD BE VOCATIONAL SKILLS.
11:34:05 BUT WHATEVER IT TAKES TO START TO GET THAT PAYCHECK, BECAUSE
11:34:08 YOU CAN'T START A JOURNEY WITHOUT HAVING SOME KIND OF INCOME
11:34:11 IN YOUR LIFE, IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD, SO YOU START THERE.
11:34:13 THE NEXT PHASE IS HOW TO KEEP IT, UNDERSTANDING HOUSEHOLD
11:34:16 BUDGETING, UNDERSTANDING CREDIT, UNDERSTANDING ALL THOSE
11:34:20 COMPONENTS THAT MAKE YOU AN EDUCATED CONSUMER.
11:34:23 WE HAVE EDUCATED CONSUMERS, AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEGINS TO
11:34:27 CHANGE AND TRANSFORM.
11:34:28 THAT IS WHERE YOU CAN GET THE RESTAURANTS, THE WAL-MARTS,
11:34:31 PRIVATE SECTOR, BECAUSE NOW YOU HAVE AN EDUCATED CONSUMER.
11:34:37 BEFORE ON HILLSBOROUGH, YOU WOULD COME IN AND YOU'D SEE 13
11:34:37 PAYDAY SHOPS AND PAWN -- PAYDAY LENDERS AND PAWN SHOPS;
11:34:37 TODAY WE HAVE BANKS, DIRECTLY BECAUSE OF THE CDC OF TAMPA,
11:34:43 RIGHT?
11:34:44 THE LAST PHASE OF IT IS TO GROW IT.
11:34:46 HOW DO YOU GROW THOSE ASSETS?
11:34:48 SO NOW THAT YOU HAVE INCOME, YOU'RE AN EDUCATED CONSUMER,
11:34:53 NOW YOU CAN GROW YOUR ASSETS.
11:34:54 CAN YOU THINK ABOUT OWNING YOUR OWN HOME?
11:34:56 CAN YOU THINK ABOUT GROWING YOUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT?
11:34:59 CAN YOU THINK ABOUT RETIREMENT?
11:35:00 CAN YOU THINK ABOUT OWNING YOUR OWN CAR?
11:35:02 SO WE HAVE 18 ORGANIZATIONS, ALL IN THE SAME TECHNOLOGY,
11:35:05 THAT MAKE REFERRALS TO ONE ANOTHER, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED
11:35:08 ABOUT AS WELL.
11:35:09 AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS VERY IMPORTANT, BUT ALSO HAVING THE
11:35:11 SAFETY NET PROGRAMS TO WRAP AROUND PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE IT'S
11:35:14 VERY SUSTAINABLE.
11:35:15 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
11:35:16 [ APPLAUSE ]
11:35:21 >> SO, ERNEST MADE A REALLY GOOD POINT BECAUSE ONE OF THE
11:35:26 THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
11:35:28 AND I KNOW PEOPLE WILL SAY THAT A $200,000 PRICE POINT ISN'T
11:35:33 AFFORDABLE, BUT WHAT WE ARE DOING IS, WE ARE VALUING
11:35:38 NEIGHBORHOODS AND NOT DEVALUING THEM.
11:35:41 IF WE WERE TO SELL THE HOUSE AT A PRICE POINT THAT SOMEONE
11:35:43 THOUGHT WAS AFFORDABLE, WE ARE THEN SUBSIDIZING THE
11:35:47 DEVELOPER AND NOT SUBSIDIZING THE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS BUYING
11:35:51 THE HOME.
11:35:52 SO WHAT WE DO IS, WE WANT THE HOME TO BE SOLD AT WHAT IT IS
11:35:55 TRULY VALUED AT.
11:35:57 THAT WAY WE CAN BUILD WELL, NOT ONLY FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL
11:35:59 THAT'S GOING INTO THAT HOUSE, BUT ALSO FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD
11:36:03 AS A WHOLE.
11:36:05 FOR EXAMPLE, IN SULPHUR SPRINGS, WHEN WE STARTED BUILDING
11:36:10 THERE, YOU COULDN'T GET AN APPRAISAL OVER ABOUT $90,000, AND
11:36:13 EVEN THAT WAS STRETCHING IT.
11:36:14 SINCE THAT TIME, AND THAT WAS 2014, I THINK, THE AVERAGE
11:36:18 SALES IN SULPHUR SPRINGS, THE SALES PRICE WAS 74,000; NOW
11:36:22 IT'S 111,000.
11:36:24 ALL OF THOSE FAMILIES ARE BENEFITING FROM THOSE NEW HOMES
11:36:28 THAT WE BUILT IN THERE THAT ENCOURAGED OTHERS TO BUILD IN
11:36:31 THAT NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE NOW THEY HAVE EQUITY.
11:36:33 THE SAME THING IS STARTING TO HAPPEN IN EAST TAMPA WHERE
11:36:36 YOU'RE SEEING THE VALUES OF THE OTHER HOMES AFFECTING THE
11:36:40 INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE AROUND THEM.
11:36:42 SO WE ARE HELPING FAMILIES TO BUILD WEALTH, NOT ONLY
11:36:45 PROVIDING HOMEOWNERSHIP.
11:36:46 AND THROUGH THAT HOMEOWNERSHIP, BY INCREASING THE
11:36:49 HOMEOWNERSHIP RATE, WE ARE STABILIZING FAMILIES, AND LIKE
11:36:53 THE YOUNG LADY SAID, WHEN SOMEONE BUYS A HOME AND THEY
11:36:57 STABILIZE THEIR FAMILY, THEY SEE OTHER BENEFITS.
11:37:01 THEIR JOBS TEND TO -- THEY ARE ABLE TO GO AFTER DIFFERENT
11:37:04 JOBS AND GET BETTER JOBS, THEY ARE ABLE TO SAVE MORE MONEY
11:37:08 AND PUT INTO EDUCATION AND OTHER THINGS THAT IMPROVE THEIR
11:37:13 QUALITY OF LIFE.
11:37:15 I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES, AND THIS IS SOMETHING
11:37:19 THAT COUNCILMEMBER GUDES POINTED OUT, IS THAT WE HAVE A LOT
11:37:23 OF REALLY GOOD PROGRAMS BUT THE PUBLIC DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT
11:37:27 IT.
11:37:27 AND HE'S RIGHT ABOUT THAT.
11:37:28 WE HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT OURSELVES AND SAY, WE DO NEED TO
11:37:31 GET OUT AND NEED TO ADVERTISE MORE.
11:37:33 WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE USING OUR PROGRAMS BUT THERE ARE
11:37:35 THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW, AND IF THEY KNEW, THEY
11:37:38 COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE AND IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.
11:37:41 SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO.
11:37:43 BUT ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE REALLY NEED IS FUNDING.
11:37:47 SO WE ARE LOOKING AT OTHER WAYS TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF
11:37:51 MONEY THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE, WITH WHAT WE HAVE, WE SPEND THE
11:37:55 MONEY, SO IT'S LIMITED.
11:37:57 >> THANK YOU, MA'AM.
11:37:59 AND LET ME ASK YOU, HOW MANY OTHER SPEAKERS DO YOU HAVE FOR
11:38:01 YOUR PRESENTATION?
11:38:03 >> THAT WAS IT.
11:38:04 JUST ONE.
11:38:05 >> ONE MORE, OKAY.
11:38:06 JUST MAKING SURE.
11:38:07 AND AFTERWARDS, I'LL HAVE THE DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL ON
11:38:10 TIME GOING FORWARD.
11:38:11 >> OKAY.
11:38:12 SO THE LAST PERSON THAT I'M GOING TO BRING FORWARD IS MS.
11:38:14 CHLOE CONEY, WHO HAS BEEN WORKING IN THIS AREA AND KNOWS AND
11:38:19 HAS SEEN THE CHANGES IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WHAT'S
11:38:22 AVAILABLE.
11:38:22 SHE'S ALSO WORKING WITH TRANSPORTATION.
11:38:26 THAT IS A BIG PART OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING BECAUSE WE NEED
11:38:28 PEOPLE TO LIVE NEAR WHERE THEY WORK AND NOT HAVE TO DRIVE AS
11:38:32 FAR.
11:38:32 >> THANK YOU.
11:38:35 GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
11:38:37 I'M CHLOE CONEY, A WOMAN THAT WEARS MANY HATS.
11:38:43 AND I WAS RAISED HERE IN WEST TAMPA, IN CARVER CITY, AND YOU
11:38:46 ALL KNOW PROBABLY THE LAST 35 YEARS WORKING IN EAST TAMPA.
11:38:49 SO EVERYTHING EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT, I HAVE ACTUALLY,
11:38:52 PRAISE GOD, LIVED THROUGH IT, OKAY?
11:38:56 FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO GIVE HONOR WHERE HONOR IS DUE.
11:38:59 I WANT TO SAY, IN THE 1990s WHEN SANDY FREEMAN WAS OUR
11:39:04 MAYOR, WE HAD MANY NONPROFITS THAT WERE BUILDING HOUSES.
11:39:08 AND WE HAVE HERE, SITTING HERE, REVEREND DIXON, YOU HAD EAST
11:39:14 TAMPA BUSINESS ALLIANCE, YOU HAD TUMC, YOU HAD FAF, AND YOU
11:39:18 HAD CORE CITY, CITY OF TAMPA.
11:39:21 AND AS THE SPEAKER SPOKE, I WANTED TO SAY ONE THING.
11:39:23 I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT IN 1992, WHEN CDC BUILT THE FIRST
11:39:28 APARTMENTS, WE DID DO A PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH BANK
11:39:31 OF AMERICA, CDC, OSBORNE LANDING.
11:39:35 AND ONE OF THE THINGS, TOO, AS A NONPROFIT, WE PROVIDED
11:39:38 SERVICES TO THAT DEVELOPMENT DOING AFTER-SCHOOL.
11:39:43 AND AS MY SON ERNEST SAID, WITH CDC, WE NOT ONLY DO BUILDING
11:39:49 HOUSES IN EAST TAMPA; THEY HAVE THE CLAIM TO FAME THAT THEY
11:39:52 HAVE KEPT THOSE PEOPLE IN THOSE HOMES, BECAUSE THEY KNOW
11:39:56 THEM INDIVIDUALLY.
11:39:57 THESE NONPROFITS ARE HOUSING THE COMMUNITY SO THEY WORK WITH
11:40:01 THEM, KEEPING THEM NOT GOING THROUGH FORECLOSURE.
11:40:05 SO I WANT TO THANK VANESSA AND THE CITY AS YOU'RE WORKING
11:40:09 WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DO DO AFFORDABLE
11:40:13 AND ATTAINABLE HOUSES.
11:40:16 I WANT TO JUST STRESS SEVERAL THINGS.
11:40:18 ONE THING, THERE IS A NEED FOR A CONTINUUM OF APPROACH.
11:40:22 IF YOU CAME TO THE CDC LUNCHEON LAST YEAR, AND I KNOW MOST
11:40:27 OF YOU WERE SITTING THERE, ERNEST BROUGHT IN AS HIS KEYNOTE
11:40:29 SPEAKER FOR CDC STEVE GAUDET.
11:40:32 HE IS MY MENTOR.
11:40:34 IN D.C., AND WE KNOW WHAT D.C. IS GOING THROUGH IN TRYING TO
11:40:39 DO HOUSING, AND WE'RE SEEING THE SAME THING HERE IN
11:40:43 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY -- WE HAVE TO LOOK AT, AGAIN, SEVERAL
11:40:46 APPROACHES.
11:40:48 FIRST, WE HEARD ABOUT THE HOMEOWNERSHIP.
11:40:51 WE HEARD ABOUT DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE, MAKING IT AFFORDABLE
11:40:55 FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO BUY THE HOUSES.
11:40:58 RENT SUPPLEMENT PROGRAMS, VOUCHERS.
11:41:00 AND WE KNOW, AS THE PAPER SAID, THERE ARE PEOPLE WORKING
11:41:03 THREE JOBS JUST TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD A $1200 RENT.
11:41:08 AND WHAT WE NEED TODAY IS, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO COME UP
11:41:12 WITH THE FUNDING LIKE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY DID, AND AS A
11:41:17 START, $10 MILLION, HOUSING TRUST FUND.
11:41:20 WHAT THEY DID IN D.C., THEY HAVE $100 MILLION HOUSING TRUST
11:41:25 FUND.
11:41:26 WHERE DID THEY GET THE MONEY FROM?
11:41:28 THEY GET THEIR MONEY FROM THE TAX DEEDS, HOUSES THAT HAVE
11:41:31 BEEN BOUGHT, AND THEY GOT MONEY OUT OF GENERAL REVENUE.
11:41:36 I KNOW ALL OF YOU, AS WELL AS THE MAYOR, RANT ON AFFORDABLE
11:41:38 HOUSING.
11:41:39 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS.
11:41:41 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT MONEY INTO MAKING AFFORDABLE
11:41:44 HOUSING AVAILABLE FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.
11:41:48 I WANT TO THANK YOU.
11:41:49 AGAIN, WE HAVE MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS,
11:41:52 AND WE KNOW WE CAN DO IT.
11:41:54 IF D.C. CAN DO IT, WE CAN DO IT HERE IN TAMPA BAY AREA.
11:41:57 THANK YOU.
11:41:59 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
11:42:00 >> WE NEED DEDICATED FUNDING.
11:42:02 [ APPLAUSE ]
11:42:06 >> THE LAST THING THAT I WANTED TO MENTION WAS, YOU ASKED
11:42:09 WHAT WERE WE PLANNING FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR, SO WE PUT OUT
11:42:13 AN RFP FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, CHDO FUNDING,
11:42:19 WHICH IS HOME DOLLARS, AND SO WE ARE GOING TO BE AWARDING A
11:42:23 CONTRACT TO EAST TAMPA BUSINESS AND CIVIC ASSOCIATION OF
11:42:26 475,000 TO BUILD NEW TOWNHOMES IN EAST TAMPA.
11:42:31 WE ARE ALSO AWARDING $475,000 TO CDC TO BUILD ADDITIONAL NEW
11:42:37 HOMES.
11:42:38 AND TO HABITAT, WE'RE AWARDING $800,000 TO BUILD 10 NEW
11:42:42 HOMES.
11:42:44 WE WILL PUT OUT, LIKE I SAID, LATER THIS SUMMER, WE'LL PUT
11:42:47 OUT AN RFP TO BUILD SOME MULTIFAMILY, AND WE WILL CONTINUE
11:42:53 TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB, BECAUSE ALONG
11:42:57 WITH THE HOMEOWNERS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE, WE HAVE A
11:43:00 NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT ARE IN THEIR HOMES WHO WE NEED TO HELP
11:43:03 THEM TO BE ABLE TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES.
11:43:05 SO WE HAVE ALLOCATED $2 MILLION. $1 MILLION WILL BE
11:43:10 UTILIZED BY EAST TAMPA BUSINESS AND CIVIC ASSOCIATION FOR
11:43:13 OUR OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAM, AND THE OTHER MILLION WILL
11:43:17 GO TO THE CDC OF TAMPA FOR OUR OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAM.
11:43:22 AND THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.
11:43:26 AND I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
11:43:27 >> OKAY.
11:43:28 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.
11:43:29 >> SORRY, ONE LAST THING, BECAUSE I DID HEAR, WITHIN THE
11:43:34 HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION, WE DO HAVE THE
11:43:37 OFFICE OF HUMAN RIGHTS WHERE WE DO FAIR HOUSING ENFORCEMENT;
11:43:40 WE INVESTIGATE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS.
11:43:44 AND I HAVE BROUGHT, WHICH ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED, WE HAD A
11:43:48 PIECE IN THE NEWSPAPER THAT TALKED ABOUT THE HISTORY OF FAIR
11:43:52 HOUSING IN TAMPA.
11:43:53 AND FROM THE DISCUSSION EARLIER, IT GOES INTO A LOT OF THAT,
11:43:58 JUST TALKING ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THIS AREA AND HOW
11:44:00 FAR WE HAVE COME, BUT HOW MUCH FURTHER WE NEED TO GO.
11:44:05 >> THANK YOU, MA'AM.
11:44:07 COUNCIL, HOUSEKEEPING ISSUES.
11:44:08 WE HAVE, WE ESTIMATE, ABOUT 70 PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE FOR
11:44:11 PUBLIC COMMENT, MORE OR LESS.
11:44:13 WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE BY 1:00 FOR LUNCH.
11:44:15 AFTER THAT WE HAVE WHAT APPEARS TO BE A MANDATORY LAND USE
11:44:18 DEVELOPMENT EDUCATIONAL COURSE THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
11:44:22 WHAT I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST THAT WE DO, WHAT I WAS GOING TO
11:44:24 STATE WE DO WITH REGARDS TO OUR COMMENTS IS, I KNOW
11:44:27 COUNCILMEMBER GUDES WANTED TO GO FIRST, AND SINCE HE BROUGHT
11:44:30 THIS ON, THEN WE'LL ZIP BACK TO COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, AND
11:44:35 THEN GO THROUGH ALL THE WAY DOWN FOR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.
11:44:36 WITH REGARD TO PUBLIC COMMENT, WE HAVE A SIZE 38 WAIST AND
11:44:39 WE HAVE SIZE 34 PANTS; WE HAVE TO SLIM DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
11:44:42 I WANT TO GET INPUT FROM MEMBERS QUICKLY BECAUSE WE'RE
11:44:45 DEALING WITH TIME ON WHAT TO DO WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.
11:44:47 WE COULD GIVE EVERYONE ONE MINUTE AND HAVE EVERYBODY SPEAK
11:44:51 AT THAT TIME.
11:44:53 WHAT IS THE THOUGHTS OF COUNCIL, REMEMBERING OUR TIME
11:44:56 CONSTRAINTS THAT ARE, FRANKLY, OUTSIDE OF OUR HANDS?
11:45:01 COUNCILMEMBER DINGFELDER?
11:45:08 >> COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:45:13 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: COUPLE OF THINGS I THINK WE HAVE A,
11:45:17 QUOTE -- I JUST HEARD MANDATORY LAND USE.
11:45:18 >> FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.
11:45:19 >> SESSION WHICH IS FINE.
11:45:22 I DON'T THINK IT IS MANDATORY THAT IT IS AT 1:00.
11:45:26 SO I GUESS WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT WE COULD PUSH
11:45:31 OFF UNTIL LATER IN THE AFTERNOON, THE LAND USE SESSION
11:45:33 AND THIS WILL GIVE MORE TIME FOR A HEALTHIER DISCUSSION
11:45:36 HERE.
11:45:37 THAT IS ONE SUGGESTION.
11:45:40 WITH REGARD TO SHORTENING THE AMOUNT OF TIME.
11:45:42 I WOULD SAY TYPICALLY THREE MINUTES.
11:45:45 I WOULD SAY TWO MINUTES PER PERSON WOULD BE FAIR AND
11:45:49 THAT WAY WE COULD GET THROUGH.
11:45:53 >>LUIS VIERA: THE ISSUE WITH 1:00 NOT -- THE TV FOLKS
11:45:57 NEED TO HAVE LUNCH AND ROUGHLY TIME CERTAIN THAT THEY
11:45:58 HAD REQUESTED.
11:46:01 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: REGARDLESS, I THINK WE CAN PUSH
11:46:11 THAT LAND USE LEGAL DISCUSSION OUT INTO THE AFTERNOON.
11:46:17 >>LUIS VIERA: MR. SHELBY, DO THAT AT 2:15.
11:46:21 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT WILL BE EASY TO ACCOMMODATE.
11:46:23 >>LUIS VIERA: EVERYBODY ON COUNCIL GOOD WITH GOING
11:46:26 THROUGH THE ROW AS I SUGGESTED AND THEN GIVING EVERYONE
11:46:29 TWO MINUTES.
11:46:30 ANY OBJECTIONS?
11:46:32 HEARING NONE, WE WILL PROCEED.
11:46:36 GIVEN THAT WE COULD -- COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:46:38 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AS YOU WELL KNOW, I HAD A PREVIOUS
11:46:43 ENGAGEMENT NOT WITH ANY AGENCY, BUT WITH THE FEDERAL
11:46:45 GOVERNMENT IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT, AND I HAVE GOT TO BE
11:46:46 THERE AT 12:40.
11:46:49 I HAVE TO LEAVE HERE RIGHT ABOUT 12, BUT I WILL BE
11:46:51 BACK, MAYBE --
11:46:53 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: CHARLIE, CAN WE VOUCH FOR YOUR
11:46:54 CITIZENSHIP?
11:46:55 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MAYBE.
11:46:58 I KNOW YOU WOULDN'T VOUCH BUT THE OTHERS WOULD.
11:47:01 >>LUIS VIERA: WHAT WE ARE LOOKING ON DOING AND MR.
11:47:03 SHELBY, CHECK WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS GIVING
11:47:06 THE FOLKS A BREAK FOR 20 MINUTES TO EAT LUNCH.
11:47:07 AT ABOUT 1:00 OR SO.
11:47:13 RETURNING AT 1:25 AND FROM 1:25 UNTIL 2:15 CONTINUING
11:47:14 ONWARD.
11:47:16 IS EVERYBODY ON WITH THAT.
11:47:16 COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:47:19 >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN SITTING
11:47:25 HERE ALL MORNING HAVE TO SAY WHAT WE CAME TO SAY.
11:47:28 CAN WE RESCHEDULE THAT AND -- I CAN STAY HERE ALL DAY
11:47:29 AND ALL NIGHT.
11:47:35 I WANT TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.
11:47:38 >> IS IT COUNCIL'S CONSENSUS IF THEY WANT TO IF
11:47:41 POSSIBLE MOVE THAT MEETING FURTHER ON LATER IN THE DAY
11:47:44 OR RESCHEDULE IT.
11:47:47 >> CAN WE RESCHEDULE IT ALTOGETHER?
11:47:49 >> I WAS TOLD.
11:47:50 >> EVERYBODY IF WE MAY--
11:47:53 [GAVEL SOUNDING]
11:47:58 >>MARTIN SHELBY: COUNCIL, MS. KERT IS NOT HERE BUT
11:48:00 FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THIS HAS BEEN PREPARED BECAUSE
11:48:05 THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT FEELS IT IS NECESSARY BEFORE
11:48:09 COUNCIL CONTINUES OR WILL MOVE FORWARD IN LAND USE --
11:48:14 >> CAN WE ASK THAT IT BE MOVED TO MAYBE 4:00?
11:48:16 >> I HAVE TO LEAVE AT ABOUT 5:00.
11:48:19 >> THE MOST IMPORTANT -- WHAT HAS BEEN COMMUNICATED,
11:48:23 COUNCIL, IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS -- IDEALLY
11:48:26 EVERYBODY'S ATTENDANCE BECAUSE THE KIND OF THING THAT
11:48:27 THE STAFF WOULD BE SURE THAT ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS
11:48:30 HERE -- AND IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS THEY ARE ALL HEARD
11:48:32 AND ANSWERED AT THE SAME TIME.
11:48:34 >> HOW ABOUT WE DO THIS AND COUNCIL I WANT -- IF
11:48:38 ANYBODY HAS ANY OBJECTIONS, WE MOVE TO TWO MINUTES.
11:48:41 WE GIVE THE STAFF TIME FOR BREAK FOR LUNCH, AND WE SEE
11:48:45 IF WE CAN MOVE THIS LAND USE DEVELOPMENT DEAL TO 3:00.
11:48:47 THAT SHOULD GIVE EVERYONE TIME TO SPEAK.
11:48:50 BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I AM TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT
11:48:52 EVERYBODY WHO IS HERE IS ABLE TO SPEAK.
11:48:56 >> LET ME FIND OUT WHAT WE CAN DO.
11:48:57 >> EVERYBODY ON BOARD WITH THAT.
11:48:59 ANYBODY NOT ON BOARD PLEASE SPEAK.
11:49:00 THANK YOU.
11:49:03 COUNCILMAN GUDES AND --
11:49:07 >> I DO REMIND COUNCIL WITH REGARD TO MOTIONS RELATED
11:49:09 TO SOMETHING SUBSTANTIVE THAT COUNCIL'S RULES AND
11:49:11 FLORIDA LAW THAT THE PUBLIC HAVE THE RIGHT TO SPEAK.
11:49:14 SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT ALL MOTIONS BE HELD UNTIL AFTER
11:49:16 PUBLIC COMMENT.
11:49:20 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
11:49:25 COUNCILMAN GUDES AND THEN COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER AND IF
11:49:27 YOU WISH TO SPEAK, PLEASE ASK FOR PERMISSION.
11:49:28 THANK YOU.
11:49:32 >> LET ME THANK MS. CHLOE CONEY AND SENT ME
11:49:34 INFORMATION WITH THE GENTLEMAN STEVE LAST NIGHT AND
11:49:36 WHAT HE DEVELOPED IN WASHINGTON.
11:49:38 IT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE, AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT
11:49:38 INFORMATION.
11:49:44 I AM GOING TO SEND THAT INFORMATION TO MS. MCLEARY
11:49:47 AND MAYBE WILL GET CONTACT TO GET A PRESENTATION FROM
11:49:51 THE CITY OF COMPANY OF HOW WE ARE DOING AND HOW THAT
11:49:55 TRUST FUND IS BEING GENERATED TO GENERATE DOLLARS FOR
11:49:57 AFFORDABLE HOUSING HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
11:49:58 THAT IS NUMBER ONE.
11:50:01 NUMBER TWO, AS IT RELATES TO HOUSING, HOW ARE WE GOING
11:50:04 TO TRY TO START TO MARKET THESE PROGRAMS?
11:50:06 THAT IS WHAT I REALLY WANT TO KNOW.
11:50:08 I HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE PROGRAMS WE HAVE.
11:50:11 AND I, AGAIN, LIKE YOU SAID, HOW ARE WE GOING TO START
11:50:12 THAT?
11:50:13 >> SO WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THE
11:50:16 COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR ON MARKETING.
11:50:21 I KNOW THE MAYOR IS DOING A LOT OF VIDEOS NOW ON THE
11:50:24 DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT THEY WILL BE PUTTING OUT.
11:50:27 WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE WORKING WITH CCTV TO GET THE
11:50:29 WORD OUT.
11:50:33 WE ARE PROGRAM PEOPLE, SO WE ARE GOING TO BE GOING TO
11:50:36 OUR COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR TO ACTUALLY DO THE
11:50:37 MARKETING.
11:50:41 I KNOW THAT JANELLE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US, AND WE
11:50:44 HAVE SEEN AN IMPROVEMENT IN OUR MARKETING WORKING WITH
11:50:46 HER.
11:50:52 SO --
11:50:57 >>ORLANDO GUDES: LET ME ASK, HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU
11:51:01 WITH THE OVERGROWN LOTS, AND CITY-OWNED BUILDINGS THAT
11:51:03 ARE DILAPIDATED.
11:51:06 HOW DO WE WORK WITH REAL ESTATE TO GET THOSE REHABBED?
11:51:09 HOW MANY LOTS DO WE ACTUALLY OWN IN -- IN THE CITY IN
11:51:11 DISTRICT FIVE?
11:51:13 AND BUILDINGS AS WELL?
11:51:18 >> OKAY, SO WE WORK THE REAL ESTATE DIVISION QUITE A
11:51:21 BIT WITH OUR PROPERTY DISPOSITION POLICY.
11:51:25 ANY TIME WE ARE TRANSFERRING REAL ESTATE, THAT'S WHAT
11:51:29 MONICA AND I ARE DOING EVEN WHEN WE DID THE SULPHUR
11:51:32 SPRINGS PROJECT WHEN WE PROVIDED -- THAT WE HAD PUT OUT
11:51:36 ANOTHER RFP, AND WE WORKED WITH REAL ESTATE ON THAT AS
11:51:41 WELL AS THE RECENT INFILL PROJECT THAT DOMAIN DID.
11:51:44 IN TERMS OF HOW MANY LOTS THE CITY OWNS, THERE ARE JUST
11:51:48 SO MANY THAT ARE UNDER -- THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
11:51:51 DEVELOPMENT DIVISION, BUT I WILL LET MONICA SPEAK TO
11:51:55 THAT.
11:52:01 >> MONICA AMMAN.
11:52:05 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER ASKED FOR INVENTORY AND WAS GIVEN
11:52:09 -- GIVES YOU ALL THE CITY'S INVENTORIES ARE THE
11:52:12 BUILDINGS, VACANT LOTS, PUMP STATIONS.
11:52:13 IT'S EVERYTHING.
11:52:18 A VERY COMPREHENSIVE LISTING OF CITY PROPERTY.
11:52:21 MONICA WITH SOME OF THE LOTS SHE WORKED WITH VANESSA,
11:52:24 BUT BETTER IF I WENT AHEAD AND SENT THAT YOU
11:52:27 INFORMATION AND AS OTHER QUESTIONS CONTINUED -- I AM
11:52:30 SURE THIS IS NOT THE LAST TIME WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE
11:52:32 HOUSING IN THIS CHAMBER.
11:52:34 I WILL SEND THAT YOU INFORMATION AND TRY TO GET IT TO
11:52:36 YOU BEFORE TOMORROW.
11:52:38 >>ORLANDO GUDES: IT WILL BE FINE.
11:52:41 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MAY I ASK SOMETHING WITH YOUR
11:52:42 PERMISSION, SIR?
11:52:44 OUT OF THE LIST, CAN YOU PUT CATEGORIES HOW ANSWER
11:52:50 BUILDABLE -- THE VACANT LANDS WITH SIZE.
11:52:52 >> THAT WILL TAKE SOME TIME DO.
11:52:53 I WILL NOT GET THAT YOU TOMORROW.
11:52:57 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: BUILDABLE AND SO FORTH AND SO ON.
11:53:02 >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:53:05 >>ORLANDO GUDES: AS IT RELATES TO LIENS ON PROPERTY,
11:53:08 HOW ARE WE MANAGING THAT WHEN SOMEBODY WANTS TO
11:53:14 MAINTAIN A PROPERTY OR A PERSON WANTS TO OBTAIN THOSE
11:53:17 LIEN STOCKS PURCHASE.
11:53:20 >> GOOD MORNING, I AM MONICA AMMAN THE REAL ESTATE
11:53:25 MANAGER WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA, AND WE PROVIDE REAL
11:53:28 ESTATE SERVICES FOR ALL ITS REAL ESTATE NEEDS.
11:53:29 THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
11:53:32 I WILL TRY TO ANSWER THE QUESTION WITH LANDS WE OWN.
11:53:36 THEY TYPICALLY DON'T HAVE LANES ON THEM BECAUSE THEY
11:53:38 ARE CITY OWNED AND WE FOLLOW THE CODE BY MOST OF THE
11:53:38 CITY.
11:53:42 SOME OF THEM ARE OWNED BY US AND YOU MIGHT SEE THEM
11:53:45 OVERGROWN AND A MATTER OF US ORGANIZING OUR ASSETS AND
11:53:48 EFFORTS TO GET THE PROPERTIES APPROPRIATELY TAKEN CARE
11:53:49 OF.
11:53:54 AS FAR AS PROPERTIES WITH LIENS ON THEM, THEY ARE NOT
11:53:56 OWNED BY THE CITY AND OWNED BY OTHER INDIVIDUALS,
11:54:00 PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS, INVESTORS AND COMPANY AND THE CITY
11:54:04 OWNS THAT LAND THAT I WILL REFER TO THE LEGAL
11:54:05 DEPARTMENT ON THAT.
11:54:07 >> I AM AN ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY, AND I RECEIVE BOTH
11:54:12 THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AND THE REAL ESTATE DIVISION.
11:54:15 SO I HAVE CERTAIN DEGREE OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HOW THEY
11:54:18 OPERATE AND HOW THEY INTERFACE.
11:54:21 WHEN YOU MENTIONED CITY-OWNED AND LIEN.
11:54:24 THE CITY OF TAMPA OWNS A NUMBER OF PROPERTIES.
11:54:27 TYPICALLY IF WE TAKE TITLE TO THE PROPERTY, IT COMES IN
11:54:31 BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAS NOT PAID THEIR TAXES.
11:54:37 IF NOBODY BIDS OUT THE TAX CERTIFICATES TRANSFERS ANY
11:54:40 PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES, THE FISCAL
11:54:42 BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF TAMPA TO THE CITY IN A PROSPECT
11:54:46 SPEC CALLED ACHIEVEMENT.
11:54:49 THAT IS BASICALLY HOW WE ACQUIRE PROPERTY.
11:54:52 VERY LITTLE WE DO FOR ACQUISITION EXCEPT WHERE IT GOES
11:54:58 TO UTILITY OR AN IMMINENT DOMAIN SITUATION OR FOR
11:55:00 TRANSPORTATION OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
11:55:02 WHEN THE CITY TAKES IN A PIECE OF PROPERTY, BASICALLY
11:55:07 WHATEVER LIEN IT IS COMES IN THROUGH THE TAX PROCESS
11:55:11 ARE WIPED OUT EXCEPT FOR THOSE LIENS OWNED BY THE
11:55:16 STATE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION
11:55:18 WHICH IS OF RECORD AT THIS TIME.
11:55:22 WHEN WE TRANSFER THOSE PROPERTIES OUT FOR NONPROFITS,
11:55:25 NOT -- AND LOW-INCOME HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, OUR
11:55:31 PROVISIONS IN OUR GAUGE BASICALLY ELIMINATE ANY OWNED
11:55:32 LIEN BY THE CITY OF TAMPA.
11:55:36 AND THAT FACILITY -- FACILITATES THAT OWNER TO GET
11:55:40 ADDITIONAL FINANCING OR TO BE ABLE TO CONSTRUCT AND
11:55:43 SELL WITH MARKETABLE TITLE, SO WHEN WE ARE TALKING
11:55:46 ABOUT LIENS, BASICALLY THE CITY LIENS, YOU ARE NOT
11:55:49 GOING TO FIND OUR PROPERTIES ARE GOING TO HAVE ANY LIEN
11:55:55 SITUATIONS THAT WE CAN NOT HANDLE.
11:55:57 >> THE REASON I AM ASKING WE SEE A LOT OF PROPERTIES
11:56:01 AND A CITY SIGN WITH A CODE ON IT REHAB.
11:56:05 I SEE A LOT OF -- PROBABLY WE HAVE -- THAT COULD BE
11:56:06 REHABBED.
11:56:13 THAT GOES BACK TO MS. MCCLEARY, HOW MANY OF THESE
11:56:16 PROPERTIES CAN BE REHABBED AND GET DEVELOPMENT AS FAR
11:56:19 AS REHABBING THESE PROPERTIES THAT WE DO HAVE.
11:56:22 >> AS FAR AS BUILDABLE LOTS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE
11:56:23 AVAILABLE FOR BUILDING RIGHT NOW.
11:56:26 THERE IS A CONCEPTION OUT THERE THAT WE HAVE HUNDREDS
11:56:27 OF LOTS.
11:56:34 IT IS PROBABLY IN THE DOZEN AREA BECAUSE WE HAVE USED A
11:56:39 LOT OF BUILDABLE LOTS TO GO FORWARD DOMAIN, TOWARD
11:56:40 HABITAT.
11:56:45 AND AS THE ECONOMIC SITUATION CHANGES, YOU SEE A
11:56:48 DIFFERENT DYNAMIC COMING IN WITH THE ACQUISITION OF
11:56:50 PROPERTY.
11:56:53 WHEN 2008 CAME AROUND, PEOPLE STOPPED PAYING THEIR
11:56:54 TAXES.
11:56:59 AND WHEN THEY -- WHEN THE PROPERTIES CAME UP FOR TAX
11:57:02 CERTIFICATE SALES, NOBODY WANTED THEM.
11:57:06 NOWADAYS YOU WOULD BE HARD PRESSED TO FIND ANY PROPERTY
11:57:09 THAT GOES IN THE TAX CERTIFICATE.
11:57:12 RISING INVESTORS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR ARE AT A
11:57:15 DISADVANTAGE AS PRIVATE SECTOR BECAUSE THEY CAN AFFORD
11:57:16 TO BUY THOSE.
11:57:20 THEY CAN AFFORD TO BUILD HOUSING THERE.
11:57:27 SO WE DON'T GET THE VOLUME THAT WE USED TO GET WHEN
11:57:32 ECONOMIC SITUATION WAS DIFFERENT AND LESS FAVORABLE FOR
11:57:35 PUBLIC ACQUISITION.
11:57:39 NOWADAYS WHAT WE SEE ARE A SMALL NUMBER OF PROPERTIES
11:57:42 COMING INTO THE CITY THROUGH THE ACHIEVEMENT PROCESS,
11:57:46 AND THE PERCEPTION THAT THERE IS A LOT OUT THERE
11:57:48 SOMETIMES IS MISFOUNDED.
11:57:51 >> I KNOW WHEN FIRST TOOK OFFICE, A SITUATION ABOUT
11:57:54 PROPERTIES AND HOUSING AND REAL ESTATE AND NOT KNOWING
11:57:57 OF PROPERTY BEING SOLD HERE AND SOLD THERE.
11:57:58 HAVE WE RECTIFIED THAT?
11:58:01 HAVE WE TALKED ABOUT THAT DURING OUR CONVERSATION MS.
11:58:05 MCCLEARY IN REFERENCE TO THE PARTNERSHIP?
11:58:07 WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THAT?
11:58:12 >> SO WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT ONE WAS THAT THEY HAD AN
11:58:14 OPTION ON THE PROPERTY AND THE OPTION EXPIRED.
11:58:17 DURING THE PERIOD WHERE THE OPTION HAD EXPIRED, IT WAS
11:58:20 TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER DEVELOPER.
11:58:24 SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
11:58:28 ACQUIRING ANOTHER PROPERTY THAT I HAVE SPOKEN WITH MISS
11:58:31 HART ABOUT, AND SHE IS IN FAVOR OF, THAT SHE WILL BE
11:58:32 BUILDING ON.
11:58:34 >> HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN?
11:58:36 HOW DID THAT COME TO HAPPEN?
11:58:41 I KNOW -- YOU KNOW, THAT PROPERTY TRYING TO BE BUILT
11:58:43 UPON BY HER FOR YEARS.
11:58:47 HOW DID THAT HAPPEN WE DON'T KNOW?
11:58:48 HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN?
11:58:52 >> SO I THINK WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT SHE DID HAVE THE
11:58:58 OPTION FOR -- WHAT WAS THAT TEN YEARS?
11:59:01 SO SHE HAD THE OPTION TO PURCHASE AND BUILD ON THE
11:59:03 PROPERTY FOR TEN YEARS.
11:59:05 THERE WAS THE ASSUMPTION THAT IT WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN
11:59:07 BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN SO LONG.
11:59:11 AND THEN SHE WAS ABLE TO FIND THE RESOURCES TO BUILD
11:59:14 AND MOVE FORWARD ON THE PROPERTY.
11:59:18 AND IT WAS JUST THAT IN BETWEEN TIME AND SHE THOUGHT
11:59:21 THAT THE OPTION WAS STILL GOOD.
11:59:27 IT HAD ACTUALLY EXPIRED, BUT WE ARE MAKING HER WHOLE.
11:59:30 >> SO WE ARE LOOKING AT A POLICY TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
11:59:31 TOGETHER ON THIS.
11:59:34 BECAUSE WHAT YOU ARE SAKE -- ASSUMPTIONS.
11:59:37 YOU CAN'T HAVE ASSUMPTIONS WHEN WE ARE DEALING WITH
11:59:39 PEOPLE AND MONEY, YOU KNOW.
11:59:42 SO WHEN YOU SAY "ASSUMPTIONS" ARE WE TRYING TO CLEAR
11:59:45 THOSE ASSUMPTIONS UP FOR THE FUTURE?
11:59:49 >> YES.
11:59:54 >> ANYTHING FURTHER COUNCILMAN GUDES?
11:59:54 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER?
11:59:58 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
12:00:01 MR. CONEY GAVE US A GREAT PRESENTATION.
12:00:06 HIS MOM BROUGHT UP, I GUESS, THE BIGGER PICTURE IN
12:00:11 REGARD TO THIS IDEA OF A TRUST FUND.
12:00:14 AND -- AND I THINK THAT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
12:00:18 YOU KNOW WHAT -- WHAT I HAVE SEEN AND I REMEMBER THE
12:00:22 SANDY FREEMAN CHALLENGE FUND PROGRAM VERY WELL.
12:00:24 IT WAS OVERALL A SUCCESS.
12:00:29 WHAT I HAVE SEEN IS THAT WE SIT DOWN HERE AND WE SAY,
12:00:32 OH, WE ARE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, PLEASE, FEDERAL
12:00:34 GOVERNMENT, PLEASE STATE GOVERNMENT, PLEASE SEND US
12:00:38 SOME MONEY, SEND US SOME MONEY SO WE CAN HELP PEOPLE.
12:00:42 AFTER A WHILE THAT TAP JUST GETS TURNED OFF AND TURNED
12:00:46 OFF AND TURNED OFF AND NOW IT IS, LIKE, VIRTUALLY OFF.
12:00:48 I THINK IT IS THE WRONG APPROACH.
12:00:51 I THINK WE NEED TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT, AND I THINK WE
12:00:53 NEED TO BE STRONG.
12:00:57 AND I -- AND I LOVE CHLOE'S IDEA ABOUT -- IS SHE STILL
12:00:58 HERE?
12:00:59 IS SHE GONE?
12:01:02 ANYWAY, ABOUT ESTABLISHING A TRUST FUND.
12:01:02 A LOCAL TRUST FUND.
12:01:05 AND I AM GLAD TO HEAR THE COUNTY IS LEADING THE WAY ON
12:01:08 THAT AND WE NEED TO FOLLOW SUIT.
12:01:13 >> SO TO BE CLEAR, THE COUNTY PUT GENERAL FUND DOLLARS
12:01:14 ASIDE.
12:01:16 IT'S NOT A TRUST FUND.
12:01:20 IT'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDING.
12:01:21 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY.
12:01:24 >> WHICH IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR
12:01:26 THEM TO ESTABLISH A TRUST FUND AND IN ORDER TO
12:01:30 ESTABLISH A TRUST FUND, YOU NEED TO HAVE A DESIGNATED
12:01:31 FUNDING SOURCE.
12:01:33 BECAUSE THEY ARE THE TAXING AUTHORITY, THE CITY OF
12:01:39 TAMPA IS RELYING ON THEM TO IMPLEMENT A TRUST FUND AND
12:01:41 THE FUNDING SOURCE.
12:01:47 I WAS ON THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE ALONG WITH
12:01:54 LISA MONTILIN AND WHEN SHE LEFT AFTER LOUIS FIORA TOOK
12:01:57 HER PLACE AND WE WERE PUSHING FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
12:02:00 THE -- WE ALSO HAVE THE ORGANIZATION CALLED "HOPE."
12:02:04 AND I BELIEVE HOPE HAS COME BEFORE YOU PUSHING THE
12:02:08 COUNTY TO CREATE A DESIGNATED HOUSING TRUST FUND WITH A
12:02:12 DESIGNATED SOURCE, MUCH LIKE WHAT THEY DO IN PINELLAS
12:02:13 COUNTY.
12:02:17 THEY HAVE PENNY FOR PINELLAS, SO YOU HAVE A SOURCE
12:02:19 WHERE THAT MONEY IS COMING FROM YEAR AFTER YEAR.
12:02:24 THEY DESIGNATED $5 MILLION LAST YEAR, $10 MILLION IN
12:02:26 THIS UPCOMING YEAR BUT NO TELLING IF THEY ARE GOING TO
12:02:27 DO IT AGAIN.
12:02:32 IF YOU DON'T DESIGNATE, IT MAY NOT -- YOU KNOW, YOU MAY
12:02:34 ONLY GET IT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
12:02:37 SO IT WOULD BE GREAT -- I GUESS IT WOULD NEED A PUSH
12:02:41 FROM THE CITY COUNCIL TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
12:02:45 BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN SOME OFFICE CHANGES THERE THAT
12:02:47 THEY ARE MORE OPEN TO THAT DISCUSSION.
12:02:50 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: AND I AGREE WITH YOU THAT -- TO THE
12:02:52 EXTENT WE CAN WORK WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSION ON THIS
12:02:55 AND WORK TOGETHER ON THIS, WE SHOULD.
12:02:59 I ALSO THINK WE SHOULD, AGAIN, BE AS SELF-SUFFICIENT AS
12:02:59 POSSIBLE.
12:03:03 LAST WEEK, THE WATER AND WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT CAME IN
12:03:09 HERE TO TALK ABOUT A $3 BILLION 20-YEAR PROGRAM TO
12:03:13 REPLACE AND IMPROVE THE WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEM,
12:03:16 WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY NEEDED, OKAY.
12:03:19 THEY FIGURED OUT A WAY TO BOND OUT 20 YEARS DOWN THE
12:03:25 ROAD TO BOND OUT $3 BILLION TO MAKE THESE SIGNIFICANT
12:03:26 IMPROVEMENTS.
12:03:29 MY QUESTION TO THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD BE, WHY CAN'T
12:03:33 WE LOOK AT SOME SORT OF BOND ISSUE LONG TERM TO HELP
12:03:36 FUND THIS TRUST FUND.
12:03:40 I AM NOT SAYING WE WILL SOLVE THIS TODAY.
12:03:43 AND YOU KNOW, BUT THESE -- THESE ARE THINGS WE NEED TO
12:03:44 THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX.
12:03:46 WE HAVEN'T DONE IT BEFORE.
12:03:50 WE NEED TO START LOOKING TO IT NOW, BECAUSE JUST LIKE
12:03:54 DRINKING WATER AND WASTEWATER AND ANY OTHER UTILITY IS
12:03:55 IMPORTANT AND CRITICAL.
12:03:57 HOUSE SOMETHING IMPORTANT.
12:03:59 EQUALLY IMPORTANT AND CRITICAL.
12:04:03 SO ANOTHER THING YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT, VANESSA,
12:04:04 IS A GOAL.
12:04:08 RIGHT NOW WE SIT HERE AND TALK ABOUT AND NO OFFENSE TO
12:04:12 THE NONPROFITS OR EVEN THE PROFIT, YOU KNOW, WE TALK
12:04:14 ABOUT EIGHT UNITS FOR THIS NONPROFIT.
12:04:16 TEN UNITS FOR THAT NONPROFIT.
12:04:19 40 UNITS FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
12:04:19 GREAT.
12:04:23 BUT YOU ADD THEM UP AND STILL UNDER 100 UNITS A YEAR.
12:04:25 WE ARE NOT GETTING ANYWHERE.
12:04:27 SO WE HAVE TO HAVE A GOAL --
12:04:27 [APPLAUSE]
12:04:31 -- WE HAVE TO SET OUR SIGHTS HIGHER.
12:04:34 WE HAVE TO HAVE A GOAL AND I MENTIONED THIS DURING THE
12:04:36 CAMPAIGN A LITTLE BIT.
12:04:42 WE HAVE TO HAVE A GOAL OF 500 UNITS OR 100 UNITS A YEAR
12:04:43 AND ATTAIN THAT GOAL.
12:04:46 I KNOW IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.
12:04:51 BUT IF OUR GOAL IS PUNY, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, IT IS
12:04:54 PUNY AND 50 UNITS OR 100 UNITS AT THE END OF FOUR AND
12:04:57 EIGHT YEARS I AM NOT GOING TO WALK OUT OF HERE AND BE
12:04:59 PROUD BECAUSE WE WON'T -- IN LIGHT OF -- WHAT DID YOU
12:05:02 SAY 150,000 UNITS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
12:05:04 THAT IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET.
12:05:07 AND WE ARE JUST SPINNING OUR WHEELS.
12:05:10 SO WE NEED -- WE NEED TO CHARGE FORWARD IN THIS.
12:05:15 AND I AM SURE THAT MAYOR CASTOR WHICH -- SHE IS A
12:05:18 CRITICAL PART OF THIS WILL CHARGE FORWARD WITH US.
12:05:21 TWO OTHER SMALL THINGS -- AT LEAST ONE OTHER SMALL
12:05:25 THING I WANTED TO SAY -- OH, TWO OTHER THINGS.
12:05:29 ANOTHER SOURCE OF POSSIBLE REVENUE IS THAT ANY TIME THE
12:05:33 REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT EXECUTES A DEED AND SELLS CITY
12:05:36 PROPERTY AND THE TERM -- ONE THING THAT JUMPS OUT AT ME
12:05:39 ACROSS THE STREET HERE IS WE SOLD A WHOLE CITY BLOCK
12:05:44 FOR HOW MUCH?
12:05:46 >> $6 MILLION OR $7 MILLION.
12:05:49 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: $6 MILLION OR $7 MILLION.
12:05:51 AND THAT MONEY PROBABLY WENT INTO THE GENERAL FUND FOR
12:05:53 A MILLION THINGS.
12:05:54 100 DIFFERENT THINGS.
12:05:56 WHAT I AM GOING TO SUGGEST IS MAYBE THE CITY COUNCIL
12:06:00 LOOK AT AN ORDINANCE -- BECAUSE AN ORDINANCE HAS
12:06:04 LONG-TERM TEETH THAT SAYS ANY TIME THE CITY SELLS SOME
12:06:07 TYPE OF SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY LIKE THAT, THERE IS
12:06:10 ANOTHER ONE OUT THERE ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN I THINK
12:06:13 THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO SELL TO TECO FOR -- ALSO FOR
12:06:14 MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
12:06:18 AND UP THE RIVER, WE HAVE GOT PROPERTY UP THE RIVER
12:06:22 THAT NOW THE CITY IS VACATED FOR SOME FUTURE PRIVATE
12:06:23 DEVELOPMENT.
12:06:25 W CAN TAKE THOSE FUNDS AND INSTEAD OF JUST THROWING
12:06:28 THEM TO THE GENERAL FUND AND NEVER KNOWING WHERE THEY
12:06:30 WENT, WE CAN PUT THEM INTO A TRUST FUND AND ACTUALLY
12:06:33 GET THAT --
12:06:33 [APPLAUSE]
12:06:38 -- AND ACTUALLY GET THAT -- GET THAT GOING AND MAYBE
12:06:44 CALL IT THE CHLOE CONEY TRUST FUND.
12:06:47 >>LUIS VIERA: MR. CITRO.
12:06:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
12:06:53 COUNCILMAN GUDES AND COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER HAVE STATED
12:06:54 SO MANY THINGS.
12:06:56 AND A QUESTION I WANTED TO ASK.
12:07:01 THIS IS A -- ONE PART OF A BROADER PROBLEM THAT THE SIT
12:07:03 OF TAMPA HAS.
12:07:04 NUMBER ONE IS BETTER CAREERS.
12:07:07 IF WE HAD BETTER CAREERS, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO HAVE
12:07:08 AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
12:07:10 NUMBER TWO IS TRANSPORTATION.
12:07:12 HOW DO WE GET PEOPLE FROM THIS JOB TO THIS JOB.
12:07:17 WE CAN'T -- WE JUST CAN'T PUT UP WITH THIS ANYMORE.
12:07:19 AGAIN, FUNDING.
12:07:21 NUMBER ONE FOR THESE TYPE OF PROJECTS.
12:07:22 PROGRAMS TO ASSIST.
12:07:27 AS A YOUNG WOMAN WHO HAS THE NEW HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
12:07:30 HOUSE SAID THERE WASN'T THE KNOWLEDGE.
12:07:33 A GREAT SINGER ONCE SAID DON'T GIVE ME ANYTHING, I WILL
12:07:34 GET IT MYSELF.
12:07:40 JUST OPENS THE DOORS OF OPPORTUNITY TO ME.
12:07:44 SOMETHING I HAVE THAT SPOKEN TO AND SPOKEN ABOUT IS
12:07:47 WHEN WE HAVE LARGER LOTS -- WHEN THE CITY HAS LARGER
12:07:51 LOTS, CAN'T WE SPLIT THEM INSTEAD OF PUTTING ONE HOME,
12:07:56 PUT TWO HOMES ON THEM, TWO AFFORDABLE HOMES.
12:08:02 AGAIN, FINDING MORE NOT-FOR-PROFIT PEOPLE,
12:08:06 ORGANIZATIONS, SO NOT ONLY DOES A PERSON GET A HOME,
12:08:10 BUT IS TAUGHT HOW TO MANAGE THEMSELVES TO AFFORD THAT
12:08:16 HOME AND MAINTAIN THAT HOME.
12:08:20 I AM FINISHED.
12:08:23 WE HAVE -- WE -- AND NOTHING TO THE OTHER
12:08:26 COUNCILMEMBERS THAT WERE HERE BEFORE US.
12:08:30 WE HAVE FOUR NEW COUNCIL PEOPLE THAT WERE LEFT WITH
12:08:30 SOMETHING.
12:08:32 I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE PAST.
12:08:36 I DON'T WANT TO BLAME OTHER PEOPLE, BUT TODAY, TODAY,
12:08:39 THIS COUNCIL NEEDS TO THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF
12:08:39 TOMORROW.
12:08:43 [APPLAUSE]
12:08:47 >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN.
12:08:50 >>BILL CARLSON: I WANT TO BE QUICK SO WE CAN GET TO
12:08:51 THE PUBLIC.
12:08:54 YOU HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE AND WORKING WITH THE MAYOR
12:08:55 WHO TAKES THIS SERIOUSLY.
12:08:58 THE TOP THREE OR FOUR QUICK RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
12:08:58 COUNCIL.
12:09:02 WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE THIS BETTER?
12:09:07 PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, SORRY.
12:09:14 >> I WANT TO KEEP MY JOB.
12:09:18 >> HE ASKED YOU A QUESTION.
12:09:22 >> FUNDING IS -- IS THE BIGGEST THING.
12:09:28 I THINK THAT YOUR PRIORITIES SHOW IN YOUR BUDGET.
12:09:32 SO WHERE THE MOST OF YOUR MONEY GOES, THAT IS WHERE
12:09:33 YOUR PRIORITY IS.
12:09:36 IF HOUSE SOMETHING TRULY A PRIORITY, WE DO NEED
12:09:37 ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
12:09:41 I DON'T THINK THAT ME AND MY STAFF SHOULD BE DEPENDENT
12:09:43 ON WHETHER WE HAVE GRANT DOLLARS AS TO WHETHER WE HAVE
12:09:44 A JOB.
12:09:46 THEY SHOULD NOT BE FUNDED OUT OF THE GRANT.
12:09:49 THE GRANT SHOULD GO STRAIGHT TO THE STREETS TO PROVIDE
12:09:50 THE SERVICES.
12:09:55 WE DO NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF EDUCATING THE PUBLIC
12:09:59 AND LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT IS AVAILABLE AND THEN OUR
12:10:06 BIG PUSH IS FOR HOME OWNERSHIP.
12:10:07 >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU.
12:10:08 >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:10:10 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I LOVE WHERE THIS DISCUSSION IS
12:10:11 GOING.
12:10:13 I LIKE OF A LOT OF WHAT WE HEARD.
12:10:16 BUT LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
12:10:20 >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN GUDES AND I WILL SPEAK AFTER.
12:10:23 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MRS. MCCLEARY, WE ARE KIND OF
12:10:25 CONFUSED --
12:10:30 [GAVEL SOUNDING]
12:10:33 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE ARE CONFUSED OF THIS HOUSING
12:10:34 ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
12:10:36 SAT AS A CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE PERSON OPINIONED NEVER
12:10:38 WENT TO ONE MEETING.
12:10:39 I WENT TO A PLACE.
12:10:40 SAT THERE.
12:10:41 FELT LIKE AN IDIOT.
12:10:44 CAME BACK HERE AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT COMMITTEE THIS IS
12:10:47 THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE A PART OF.
12:10:50 >> SO THE COUNTY HAS AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOARD.
12:10:53 AND I -- I DID SEND OVER THE LINK TO THEIR AFFORDABLE
12:10:55 HOUSING BOARD.
12:10:56 IT WAS LAST YEAR.
12:11:01 THERE WAS A CHANGE IN THE STATE STATUTE, AND SO THEY
12:11:03 HAVE TO REORGANIZE THEIR AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOARD, AND
12:11:07 WHEN THEY DID THAT, THE CITY LOST ITS SEATS.
12:11:12 SO WE HAD COUNCILMEMBER WHO HAD A SEAT, AS WELL AS I
12:11:16 WAS THERE AND AN APPOINTED PERSON BY THE MAYOR ON THEIR
12:11:18 AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOARD.
12:11:21 THEIR BOARD IS SIMILAR TO THE CITY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING
12:11:22 COMMITTEE.
12:11:25 AND IT IS.
12:11:29 THEIR BOARD THAT GOVERNS THEIR SHIP FUNDS.
12:11:32 AND THAT IS WHY THE CITY LOST ITS SEATS, BECAUSE THE
12:11:35 SHIP FUNDS THAT THE COUNTY RECEIVES CAN ONLY BE USED IN
12:11:39 THE COUNTY, SO THEY FELT THAT THEY HAD LIMITED SLOTS,
12:11:41 AND THEY NEEDED TO BE SURE THAT THEY WERE FILLED WITH
12:11:48 THE POSITIONS THAT WERE REQUIRED BY THE STATE STATUTE.
12:11:50 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THE CITY'S OWN HOUSING COMMITTEE THAT
12:11:56 -- WE DON'T HAVE A SPOT ANYMORE WITHIN THE CITY?
12:11:56 >> NO.
12:12:00 >>ORLANDO GUDES: BASICALLY A MOOT COMMITTEE.
12:12:04 >> YOU LOOK AT THE STATE STATUTE, YOU SEE THE DIFFERENT
12:12:06 REPRESENTATIONS THAT NEEDED TO BE THERE AND ELECTED
12:12:08 OFFICIALS ARE NOT ONE OF THEM.
12:12:10 >> WE SHOULD PROBABLY REMEDY THAT.
12:12:12 JUST IN MY END IN CLOSING.
12:12:14 OBVIOUSLY A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE.
12:12:17 IT IS A CRISIS AS WE ARE ALWAYS READING ABOUT IT.
12:12:19 AND GOVERNMENT'S CAPACITY AND ABILITY TO RESPOND TO
12:12:23 THAT CRISIS IS BAD RIGHT NOW -- I SHOULD SAY
12:12:24 GOVERNMENT'S WILLINGNESS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA
12:12:28 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO RESPOND TO THIS CRISIS IS BAD
12:12:28 RIGHT NOW.
12:12:31 YOU GIVE US A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF AND TWO YEARS, WE
12:12:34 WILL NOT HAVE THE ROARING ECONOMY WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
12:12:37 WHEN THE CRISIS WE HAVE IS ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE AND
12:12:40 A REAL CAPACITY TO DEAL WITH IT IS GOING TO BE
12:12:43 DIMINISHED BECAUSE OF A RECESSION.
12:12:46 THE CLOCK TICKING AND WE NEED TO DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE
12:12:47 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
12:12:49 OKAY, WE WILL BE MOVING TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND I
12:12:52 ACTUALLY HAVE -- I WAS SPEAKING WITH STAFF, MISS MORA
12:12:55 AND VERY GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE WHO IS HERE TO SPEAK ON
12:12:55 THIS.
12:12:58 BECAUSE FOR ME PUBLIC COMMENT AND ISSUES LIKE THIS AND
12:13:01 FOR ALL OF US ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE TO HEAR FROM
12:13:03 THE PUBLIC ON ISSUES LIKE THIS.
12:13:10 SO WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE MOVING OUR 1:30 TO A TO
12:13:11 BE DETERMINED.
12:13:15 I AM PERSONALLY FINE AND COUNCIL WITH THREE MINUTES.
12:13:17 ANY OBJECTION?
12:13:19 SO WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING THAT.
12:13:22 AND I AM -- I'M PERSONALLY FINE STAYING HERE UNTIL
12:13:24 ABOUT 4:15 MYSELF.
12:13:27 AND I KNOW -- THE ONLY ISSUE IS OUR GOOD FRIENDS AT THE
12:13:32 HARD-WORKING PEOPLE AT CCTV NEEDS TO TAKE OFF 25, 30
12:13:34 MINUTES FOR LUNCH AND WE SHALL RETURN FOR THAT AND WE
12:13:36 WILL CONTINUE TO HEAR EVERYBODY OUT.
12:13:37 WE WILL DO PUBLIC COMMENT.
12:13:43 NOW IF ANYBODY HAS TO LEAVE IN THE NEXT 20, 30 MINUTES
12:13:46 FOR WORK OR WHATEVER, JUST TRY GO FIRST.
12:13:48 MR. SHELBY.
12:13:49 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN.
12:13:55 YOU HAD INDICATED PUTTING OFF THE WORKSHOP.
12:13:58 >>LUIS VIERA: WE WILL NEED A MOTION.
12:13:59 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE QUESTION IS I BELIEVE THE
12:14:03 RECOMMENDATION IS TO RESCHEDULE TO ANOTHER DAY.
12:14:04 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:14:06 >>MARTIN SHELBY: TO REMOVE IT TO ANOTHER AGENDA
12:14:09 SUBJECT TO BEING RESCHEDULED BY STAFF.
12:14:13 >>LUIS VIERA: MAY I HAVE A MOTION.
12:14:15 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I MAKE THAT MOTION.
12:14:17 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECOND.
12:14:22 >>LUIS VIERA: A MOTION.
12:14:24 ALL IN FAVOR, OPPOSED.
12:14:25 >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
12:14:28 I LIVE HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
12:14:31 AND I THINK WE GOT SOME REALLY GREAT INFORMATION TODAY
12:14:32 ON THIS WORKSHOP.
12:14:37 MS. MCCLEARY'S OFFICE, THE DEVELOPER, THE
12:14:42 NOT-FOR-PROFIT, THE LADY WITH HOME OWNERSHIP AND THE
12:14:42 COMMENTS FROM YOU GUYS.
12:14:45 ONE OF THINGS WE COME TO REALIZE IN THIS MEETING TODAY,
12:14:53 WE HAVE TO TAKE A WHOLE GROWN -- HOMEGROWN APPROACH.
12:14:56 MY GRANDMOTHER SAID IF YOU KEEP DOING THE SAME THING
12:14:58 THE SAME WAY, YOU WILL GET THE SAME RESULTS.
12:15:00 WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE ARE TALKING
12:15:04 ABOUT A CLASS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE A GREATER AMOUNT OF
12:15:04 INCOME.
12:15:08 WHAT WE GATHER TODAY TO TALK ABOUT WITH YOU IS
12:15:10 WORKING-CLASS HOUSING.
12:15:14 THOSE ARE THE MANAGERS AT BURGER KING WHO HAS THE WIFE
12:15:17 WHO IS THE CASHIER AT WALMART.
12:15:19 THOSE PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
12:15:22 THEY DON'T EVEN NIGHT THAT GUIDELINE.
12:15:25 THERE IS A SECTOR OF THE PUBLIC OUT HERE TODAY AND WE
12:15:32 WILL BE HEARD THAT WANT YOU TO KNOW WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE.
12:15:38 WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WORKING CLASS HOUSING WE KNOW WHO WE
12:15:38 ARE.
12:15:41 AND WE KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY GIVEN THE 100 LOTS,
12:15:43 THE $1.5 MILLION.
12:15:46 AND IT WAS ALL DONE WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE,
12:15:49 CITIZENS, WHO LIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE.
12:15:50 WE COME TO YOU TODAY.
12:15:53 WE ARE ASKING FOR A TOWN HALL MEETING.
12:15:56 WE HAVE NEW MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE ON THE COUNCIL.
12:15:59 YOU HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT LIVE IN
12:16:01 DISTRICT FIVE.
12:16:02 WE WANT TO BE HEARD.
12:16:09 YOU HEARD FROM MS MCCLEARY, THE BIG-TIME AGENCY, THE
12:16:11 NOT-FOR-PROFIT, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO LIVE
12:16:14 NEXT TO THOSE VACANT LOTS, YOU HAVEN'T HEARD FROM US.
12:16:17 WE THINK IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE TAKE SOME TIME.
12:16:20 WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A TASK FORCE.
12:16:23 WE WANT TO CONSIDER TRUST FUND.
12:16:24 WE WILL CONSIDER.
12:16:30 WE WANT THE FACT, PERMITTING, THE WAIVERS, ALL THOSE
12:16:37 BENEFITS THAT WE WANT HOUSING THAT WE CAN AFFORD
12:16:42 BETWEEN $120,000 AND $80,000.
12:16:44 PROOF IN THE PUDDING.
12:16:47 BEING DONE NOT JUST IN THIS CITY ON A SMALLER SCALE BUT
12:16:51 OTHER METROPOLITAN CITIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.
12:16:53 THE GENTLEMAN CAME TOGETHER AND TALKED ABOUT THE 41%
12:16:57 AFRICAN-AMERICANS WHO OWN A HOME IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
12:17:01 I DOUBT THAT THAT NUMBER IS EVEN TRUE BECAUSE I BELIEVE
12:17:02 THE NUMBER IS FAR BELOW THAT.
12:17:06 WE HAVE PEOPLE -- 20,000 PEOPLE ON THE WAITING LIST FOR
12:17:07 TAMPA HOUSING AUTHORITY.
12:17:09 THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING.
12:17:12 WE CAN NOT CONTINUE TO DO THE SAME THING THE SAME WAY
12:17:13 EVERY TIME.
12:17:15 WHEN COMPUTERS CAME ABOUT, EVERYBODY PUSHED THAT RIGHT
12:17:16 INTO THE SIDE.
12:17:19 WHAT I AM SAYING IS YOU DID A REALLY GOOD JOB.
12:17:21 WE APPRECIATE THAT.
12:17:23 AND NOW WE HAVE TO CONSIDER THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN
12:17:27 DISTRICT FIVE, OF DISTRICT FIVE, THOSE ARE TAXPAYERS.
12:17:28 WE DESERVE TO BE HEARD.
12:17:30 WE ARE ASKING FOR THE TOWN HALL MEETING.
12:17:32 WE ARE ASKING FOR THE FASTER WAIVERS.
12:17:34 WE ARE ASKING FOR THE TRUST FUND.
12:17:38 WE ARE ASKING FOR ALL THESE INNOVATIVE IDEAS TO GET
12:17:38 HOUSING FOR US.
12:17:40 THANK YOU, SIR.
12:17:41 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
12:17:45 NEXT, PLEASE.
12:17:45 [APPLAUSE]
12:17:49 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILMEN.
12:17:52 I OWN RENEW CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AND THE NATIONAL
12:17:55 ASSOCIATION OF BLACK WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION.
12:17:59 WE ARE HERE AND ALSO MY PARTNER FROM AG 46.
12:18:03 WE ARE HERE TO PROVIDE A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF --
12:18:08 OF THE HOUSING PROBLEM THAT EXISTS IN THE CITY TAMPA,
12:18:10 AND WE ARE SUGGESTING TO DO THAT BY UTILIZING STORAGE
12:18:12 CONTAINERS.
12:18:16 WE TOOK THE LIBERTY OF PROVIDING EACH ONE OF YOU --
12:18:21 OKAY, THE ELEVATION STRAIGHT TO THE POINT STORAGE
12:18:26 CONTAINERS COST BETWEEN $1400 TO $5,000 APIECE DEPENDS
12:18:29 ON THE SIZE AND CONDITION OF THE UNIT.
12:18:33 THE TOTAL CONSTRUCTION PROCESS FROM START TO FINISH IS
12:18:37 30% FASTER THAN THE CONVENTIONAL BILL.
12:18:43 A SMALL SHIPPING CONTAINER HOME FOR AS LOW AS $10,000.
12:18:49 AND A THREE OR TWO-BEDROOM HOME FOR $50,000.
12:18:52 A CONTAINER HOME THE MEDIAN PRICE FOR SQUARE FOOT IS
12:18:54 $40.63.
12:18:57 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TWO 20S AND ONE 10, AND TWO
12:18:59 QUARTERS AND A DIME.
12:19:00 OKAY.
12:19:03 AND IN THE TRADITIONAL MEDIAN PROTOTYPE IS 168.
12:19:08 A BIG DIFFERENCE OF $127.37.
12:19:09 AGAIN.
12:19:17 WE JUST PROPOSED THAT WE BE HEARD AND GIVE US THE
12:19:18 POSSIBILITY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
12:19:20 >> LET ME DO THE MATH ON THIS.
12:19:21 I LIKE MATH.
12:19:23 >> SIR, IF I MAY NUMBER ONE STATE YOUR NAME.
12:19:25 NUMBER TWO --
12:19:27 >> I AM A DESIGNER.
12:19:30 >> RESTART THE CLOCK FOR THREE MINUTES.
12:19:31 TO GIVE YOU THREE MINUTES.
12:19:33 IF I CAN GIVE YOU MORE TIME.
12:19:34 >> LET'S.
12:19:35 MY NAME IS JOHN.
12:19:37 I DO ARCHITECT AND DESIGN.
12:19:40 I HAVE DONE WORK IN LONDON, LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK AND
12:19:45 TAMPA FOR ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS AND FOR INVESTMENT
12:19:47 COMPANIES.
12:19:49 I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 25 YEARS.
12:19:51 I ALSO OWN A CLUB AND A RESTAURANT.
12:19:52 MY BACKGROUND IS THERE.
12:19:54 START ABOUT THE NUMBERS.
12:19:59 THE INDIVIDUALS FROM THE CITY OR THE COUNTY STATE THEY
12:20:03 HAD DAVE DOMAIN HOME 75 HOMES.
12:20:04 75 LOTS.
12:20:10 GAVE THEM $1 MILLION TOO.
12:20:16 NOW THE HOME FIRST STREET MARKED UP TO 179,
12:20:21 THREE-BEDROOM, TWO-BATH HOUSE, 1266 SQUARE FEET.
12:20:25 SAME LOT, SAME -- ANOTHER HOUSE OVER, 215 IN THAT
12:20:29 NEIGHBORHOOD.
12:20:31 YOU CAN'T SELL A HOUSE THAT MUCH IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
12:20:34 YOU CAN BUT NOT TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THAT
12:20:35 NEIGHBORHOOD.
12:20:38 THE PROBLEM WE HAVE -- I HEARD A LOT ABOUT
12:20:38 ACCOUNTABILITY.
12:20:39 I LOVE THAT WORD.
12:20:40 THEY ARE NOT DOING IT.
12:20:43 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A SIMPLE SOLUTION TO A VERY
12:20:44 COMPLEX PROBLEM.
12:20:45 IT IS SIMPLE.
12:20:46 ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS FIX THE HOUSING PROBLEM.
12:20:49 THE HOUSING PROBLEM IS HOW MUCH YOU ARE GOING TO BUILD
12:20:51 THAT HOME FOR.
12:20:52 IT'S EASY.
12:20:54 YOU GOT A NUMBER OF SOLUTIONS ON THE INTERNET.
12:20:57 YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF SOLUTIONS THAT ARCHITECTS ARE
12:21:00 DOING IN OTHER COUNTRIES AND OTHER STATES WITH
12:21:02 CONTAINER VERSATILITY.
12:21:05 WE CAN BUILD A HOME FOR $54,000 WITH ALL THE ADDITIONAL
12:21:11 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS, THE CONTAINER COST PERMIT, FEES,
12:21:13 SLAB, EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO BUILD AND CONSTRUCT THE
12:21:14 HOME.
12:21:17 WE HAVE FIVE MODELS TO CHOOSE FROM.
12:21:18 MAYBE EVEN MORE THAN THAT.
12:21:21 TO BUILD A HOME ON THESE LOTS THAT THEY SAY THEY NEED
12:21:24 MONEY TO BUILD IT FOR.
12:21:28 FOR INSTANCE, DOMAIN HOMES SAY THEY CHARGE $179,000 FOR
12:21:29 THAT HOME.
12:21:32 SUBSTANDARDLY BUILT, IT DOESN'T HAVE UPGRADED
12:21:36 APPLIANCES, AND THE CONSTRUCTION JOB IS CHEAP.
12:21:39 IF YOU GO THIS ROUTE WITH CONTAINERS, YOUR FLEXIBILITY
12:21:43 AND EVERYTHING ELSE GOES WITH THAT CONTAINER AND WITH
12:21:44 THE CONSTRUCTION OF IT.
12:21:47 I GAVE YOU A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND I THINK YOU GOT
12:21:49 THAT YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE OF ALL THE SCALED-UP
12:21:53 MODELS, THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND CONCEPT OF A LOT
12:21:56 OF DIFFERENT WAYS WE CAN GO ABOUT THIS TO SAVE THAT
12:21:59 ADDITIONAL MONEY THEY KEEP TALKING ABOUT THEY NEED.
12:21:59 I DON'T THINK THEY NEED IT.
12:22:01 I THINK THEY NEED TO KNOW HOW TO MANAGE IT.
12:22:03 THAT IS THE PROBLEM.
12:22:06 IF YOU ARE SAYING THAT PEOPLE -- THAT NORMAL PEOPLE
12:22:08 DON'T BUY HOMES -- OR DON'T BUY PROPERTY.
12:22:10 THAT IS A LIE.
12:22:14 MR. DAWSON -- PASTOR DAWSON THAT A YOUNG LADY
12:22:17 INTRODUCED ME TO IS A PASTOR.
12:22:19 BOUGHT 12 LOTS ON 22ND STREET.
12:22:20 HE OWNS THEM.
12:22:24 HE CALLED ME TO DO A CONTAINER PROJECT BECAUSE OF WHAT
12:22:26 HE SAW ON CHANNELSIDE.
12:22:28 YOU SAY THEY CAN'T AFFORD THIS?
12:22:28 THEY CAN.
12:22:32 YOU NEED TO FIND A SUBSTANTIAL AND A VERSATILE WAY TO
12:22:33 CONSTRUCT.
12:22:37 IT IS NOT A PROBLEM OF TRYING TO FUND SOMEBODY TO LET
12:22:40 THEM GET A CERTAIN PIECE OF PROPERTY, HOW YOU GO ABOUT
12:22:40 IT.
12:22:42 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY.
12:22:42 THANK YOU, FOLKS.
12:22:47 NEXT UP, PLEASE.
12:22:50 >> THANKS, ERNST JOHNSON.
12:22:56 I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH MISS BYRD AND WE
12:22:58 HAVE THE SAME IDEA ABOUT CONTAINER HOMES.
12:23:03 I HAVE SHOWN THIS AT THE REPARATION CENTER AT THE OLD
12:23:06 FAMILY REUNION AND NOBODY REJECTED THAT THEY WOULD NOT
12:23:09 LIVE ON THAT PROPERTY OF CONTAINER HOMES.
12:23:11 LIKE HE SAID.
12:23:12 FIVE MODELS.
12:23:15 THERE ARE 50 MODELS AND SOME THAT CAN BE BOUGHT ALREADY
12:23:18 BUILT, BUT IN THIS CITY, YOU HAVE CONSTRUCTION OWNERS
12:23:22 WHO ARE WILLING TO BUILD THESE THINGS AT, LIKE HE SAID
12:23:27 $50,000, $60,000 BASE AND A ONE-ROOM, TWO-ROOM,
12:23:31 FOUR-ROOM AND FIVE-ROOM, THEY ARE ALSO HURRICANE READY
12:23:35 TO STAND -- AN WHAT THE STATE REGULATORS SAY THIS AND
12:23:35 THAT.
12:23:37 AND I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE BOND ISSUE.
12:23:40 IF WE CAN TAKE A BOND ISSUE TO TALK ABOUT BUILDING A
12:23:44 STADIUM FOR THE TAMPA BAY RAYS AND CHANNELSIDE.
12:23:48 WHY CAN'T WE PUT UP $100 MILLION BOND ISSUE FOR HOUSING
12:23:52 FOR AFFORDABLE AND PUBLIC HOUSING HERE, BUILD THESE
12:23:55 CONTAINER WHERE IS WE CAN BUILD 4,000 TO 5,000 OF THOSE
12:23:58 AT THE COST OF THE 800,000 FOR TWO OR THREE HOMES THAT
12:24:00 WILL BE BUILT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE CAN'T EVEN
12:24:01 AFFORD.
12:24:04 EVERYBODY LIVES IN THAT -- MOST OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS
12:24:06 HAVE OLDER SENIOR CITIZENS IN IT.
12:24:09 AND THE CHILDREN THAT LIVE IN THERE ARE 30S AND 40S AND
12:24:15 THEY ARE -- THEY DON'T HAVE THE ECONOMIC THAT THEIR
12:24:17 MOTHER AND FATHER HAD.
12:24:20 WE WERE LOOKING AT THE SAME CONTAINER HOMES AND WANT TO
12:24:23 BRING BACK A PROPOSAL IN 60 DAYS TO THIS COMMISSION
12:24:26 ABOUT THAT, AND WE WANT TO PUT IT IN A DOCKET.
12:24:28 WE WILL SEND A NOTICE AND EVERYTHING AND THIS IS WHAT
12:24:30 WE NEED TO DO IN TERMS OF TRYING FIND A SOLUTION
12:24:36 BESIDES ALL THIS $200,000 OR $190,000 AND ALL OF THIS.
12:24:38 BUT THESE HOUSES ARE AFFORDABLE AND I ALSO HAVE A PLAN
12:24:41 OF HOW THEY CAN BE PAID FOR AND REMOVE PEOPLE FROM THE
12:24:46 SECTION 8 VOUCHER ROLLS AND THEY WILL BE HOMEOWNERS FOR
12:24:50 LIFE FOR A MINIMAL $50,000 TO $60,000 FOR A HOME.
12:24:51 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
12:24:52 NEXT PLEASE.
12:24:55 I BELIEVE COUNCIL KNOWS THIS PUBLIC COMMENT, TO REFRAIN
12:24:58 FROM ANY COMMENTS SO WE CAN HEAR AS MANY PEOPLE AS
12:24:59 POSSIBLE.
12:25:01 WE USUALLY ALLOW IT, BUT JUST SO MANY FOLKS.
12:25:03 GO AHEAD, SIR.
12:25:04 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMAN.
12:25:07 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW COUNCILMEN.
12:25:08 IT IS MY FIRST --
12:25:11 >>LUIS VIERA: MAY HAVE YOUR NAME.
12:25:12 >> ANDRE HILL.
12:25:14 AND I AM WEARING TWO HATS.
12:25:18 I AM USUALLY --
12:25:19 >>LUIS VIERA: SORRY.
12:25:20 >> I AM WEARING TWO HATS.
12:25:26 I AM REPRESENTING MY COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS AND CONTINUE
12:25:30 WITH THE FRESH START DEVELOPMENT IN RESPONSE TO RFP TO
12:25:35 REDEVELOP THE 26 LOTS IN THE EAST TAMPA AREA.
12:25:39 FIRST AND FOREMOST, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I AM
12:25:42 CONCERNED ABOUT -- THIS IS MY HOMETOWN.
12:25:44 I WAS BORN HERE IN 1952.
12:25:48 I REMEMBER CORRUPTION THEN IN THE '50S AND '60S AND IT
12:25:51 STILL EXISTS.
12:25:54 I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT YOU PUT SOME FOCUS ON THE
12:25:57 ETHICS AND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON THE REAL ESTATE
12:26:00 DIVISION AND ALL THESE OTHER DIVISION THAT ARE BEING
12:26:03 INFLUENCED BY OUTSIDE DEVELOPERS THAT ARE NOT
12:26:05 RECIRCULATING THE DOLLARS BACK IN OUR COMMUNITY WHERE
12:26:07 WE ARE HOMETOWN PEOPLE.
12:26:10 THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE SOME FOCUS.
12:26:16 ALSO, THE -- THE 26 LOTS.
12:26:19 UNDERSTAND THAT THEY -- SIX OF THE LOTS ARE GOING TO BE
12:26:21 VERY DIFFICULT.
12:26:24 WHAT FRESH START DEVELOPMENT IS RECOMMENDING THAT THEY
12:26:29 CAN BUILD 14 TO 1500 SQUARE FEET WITH THREE BEDROOMS,
12:26:33 TWO FULL BATHS AND A ONE-CAR GARAGE AT ABOUT $130,000.
12:26:37 THAT --S THAT THANK WOULD BE CALLED WORK FORCE HOUSING
12:26:40 WHERE A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE STARTING BUSINESSES OR
12:26:44 WORKING IN FAST-FOOD RESTAURANTS WILL BE ABLE TO AFFORD
12:26:46 THAT TYPE OF HOUSING.
12:26:50 THE PROPOSAL TO RFP, INSTEAD OF HANDING IT OUT TO
12:26:53 ESTABLISHMENTS THAT ARE DEALING WITH MARKET RATES, AND
12:26:56 SERIOUSLY -- YOU SHOULD SERIOUSLY LOOK AT DEVELOPERS OR
12:26:59 CONTRACTORS LIKE FRESH START DEVELOPMENT AND ALSO,
12:27:03 LIKE, OUR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, RESEARCH AND
12:27:07 DEVELOPMENT, AND IN ACCORDING -- AWARDING THOSE RFPS
12:27:11 WITHOUT THE CONTINGENCIES THAT WERE DONE BEFORE WITH
12:27:14 DOMAIN HOMES AND YOU HAD TO BUILD SO MANY.
12:27:17 YOU HAD THIS EXPERIENCE AND THAT EXPERIENCE, AND YOU
12:27:21 KNOW, OUR PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY BLACK PEOPLE, ARE STILL
12:27:24 SUFFERING FROM THE CONSEQUENCES OF SLAVERY.
12:27:29 THEY ARE EMOTIONALLY FIRST-GENERATION ENTREPRENEURS AND
12:27:32 WE ARE NOW WORKING TO GET A FOOTHOLD ON DEVELOPING OUR
12:27:34 OWN BUSINESSES.
12:27:35 THERE SHOULD BE FOCUS ON THAT.
12:27:38 WE HAVE AN ECONOMIC PLAN, WE ARE IMPLEMENTING IT, AND
12:27:41 WE WILL BE BACK BEFORE YOU REAL SOON WITH THAT ECONOMIC
12:27:45 PLAN FOR WEST TAMPA AND ALSO EAST TAMPA CREATING AN
12:27:49 ENGINE WHERE BLACK FOLK THAT BOUGHT INTO THIS SO-CALLED
12:27:50 AMERICAN DREAM AND LOST.
12:27:52 WE LOST IN THE 60S WHEN WE GAVE UP OUR BUSINESSES
12:27:55 THINKING WE WERE GOING TO BE INCORPORATED.
12:27:57 THAT IS BASICALLY MY COMMENT.
12:27:58 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:27:58 >> THANK YOU, SIR.
12:27:59 NEXT, PLEASE.
12:28:02 REMIND EVERYBODY, WE ARE TAKING A BREAK AT 1:00 UNTIL
12:28:06 1:30 SO CCTV CAN EAT LUNCH.
12:28:10 IF NOBODY IS ABLE TO COMMENT THAT WILL AFTER 1:30.
12:28:15 MAKE COMMENTS -- PLANS TO COMMENT NOW.
12:28:18 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, SANDY SANCHEZ.
12:28:22 2725 FIGURE STREET AND I AM A STUDENT OF GLOBAL
12:28:22 SUSTAINABILITY.
12:28:25 WE HAVE TO 30 SUSTAINABILITY WITHIN OUR CITY.
12:28:28 WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN.
12:28:30 AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ON WHAT COUNCILMAN
12:28:34 DINGFELDER SAID, WE CAN NOT CONTINUE TO GO ON AS WE ARE
12:28:38 GOING, ONE LOT, ONE HOUSE, ONE FAMILY.
12:28:41 WE WILL NEVER GET ANYWHERE AS LONG AS WE CONTINUE TO DO
12:28:41 THAT.
12:28:45 WE KEEP LOSING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
12:28:47 AS SOON AS WE GET A CONTRACTOR THAT COMES IN AND
12:28:51 BUILDINGS A HOUSE, ALL THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
12:28:52 APPRECIATES.
12:28:54 THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT.
12:28:56 SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE CREATED OURSELVES.
12:28:59 BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE LADY WHO SPOKE WITH THE
12:29:00 WORKFORCE HOUSING.
12:29:05 BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF -- OF FAMILIES AND IN WEST
12:29:09 TAMPA, SULPHUR SPRINGS AND EAST TAMPA THAT ACTUALLY OWN
12:29:12 THEIR OWN HOMES, THAT MAY HAVE INHERITED THEM.
12:29:15 BUT PART OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THAT IS, THEIR HOMES GET
12:29:15 OLDER.
12:29:17 THEY NEED REPAIRS.
12:29:19 THEY DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY FOR REPAIRS.
12:29:23 SO THEY CONSTANTLY SELL TO THE CONTRACTORS.
12:29:27 WE SHOULD HAVE SOME TYPE OF LOW INTEREST RATES FOR
12:29:32 THOSE HOMES TO HELP THEM REFURBISH THEIR HOMES.
12:29:34 THERE ARE PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTY THAT TAKE CARE OF THE
12:29:37 ELDERLY, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HANDICAPPED, THE PEOPLE
12:29:41 THAT ARE ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED, BUT THE ONES THAT ARE
12:29:45 JUST OVER THAT LEVEL, WE HAVE NOTHING FOR THEM.
12:29:48 ON A COMMENT THAT COUNCILMAN CARLSON MADE ABOUT THE
12:29:51 BILLIONAIRES IN SINGAPORE.
12:29:56 AS A STUDENT OF GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY, WE NEED TO LOOK
12:29:58 AWAY FROM JUST THE LOCAL FINANCING.
12:30:01 WE NEED TO LOOK INTERNATIONALLY.
12:30:06 THERE ARE PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES THAT ARE
12:30:09 INTERESTED IN INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT THE WAY
12:30:13 WE DO THINGS WITH THE RFP DOES NOT GIVE THEM THE
12:30:16 OPPORTUNITY TO BID ON THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
12:30:19 VERTICAL DENSITY IS THE WAY WE NEED TO GO.
12:30:22 CANNOT AFFORD IT.
12:30:27 WE HAVE -- 100 HOUSES OR 200 HOUSES A YEAR WILL NOT IT.
12:30:32 LOOK AT HOW SINGAPORE, LA PAZ, BOLIVIA, A NUMBER OF
12:30:37 COUNTRIES, LARGER CITIES WHERE THEY INCORPORATED
12:30:41 TRANSPORTATION, THE ARTS AND WORKING ALL TOGETHER TO
12:30:43 MAKE IT WORK AS A UNIT.
12:30:45 WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT TRANSPORTATION AND WORRIED ABOUT
12:30:48 THE CSX LINES THAT ARE EXPANDING, EXPANDING THE
12:30:51 INTERSTATE AND DON'T THINK ABOUT GOING UP.
12:30:57 LA PAZ, BOLIVIA HAS A GONDOLA SYSTEM THAT TAKES CARE OF
12:30:59 250,000 PEOPLE A DAY.
12:31:02 IT IS RELATIVE LIE INEXPENSIVE AND TAKES CONGESTION OFF
12:31:04 THE STREET AND HELPS PEOPLE GET AROUND AND IT IS VERY
12:31:06 SUCCESSFUL AND COME IN FROM INTERNATIONAL MONEY.
12:31:10 I THINK IT IS TOKYO THAT HAS SIDEWALKS THAT ARE ABOVE
12:31:11 GROUND FOR PEOPLE.
12:31:14 AND UNDERSTAND THAT IS A LITTLE BIT MUCH, BUT I DON'T
12:31:17 THINK THE GONDOLA IS A BAD IDEA AND A NUMBER OTHER
12:31:20 ISSUES THAT WE CAN BE GOING.
12:31:21 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
12:31:24 >> I WILL SUGGEST THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC FOR APRIL
12:31:27 2019 IF YOU WOULD --
12:31:29 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
12:31:30 >> TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
12:31:32 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
12:31:32 NEXT, PLEASE.
12:31:35 THANK YOU, MA'AM, NEXT, PLEASE.
12:31:38 >> HELLO.
12:31:44 I RELOCATED TO TAMPA.
12:31:45 I AM A FORMER MILITARY SPOUSE.
12:31:47 A LOT OF THIS IS NEW TO ME.
12:31:51 I AM HEARING THE A, B, CS I HAVEN'T HEARD BEFORE.
12:31:54 I WANT TO INVITE YOU THE COUNCILMAN TO COME LIVE IN MY
12:31:56 AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
12:31:58 I AM DEALING WITH MOLD AND MILDEW.
12:31:59 THE FOURTH HOUSE I HAD SINCE 2013.
12:32:02 THE CITY OF TAMPA AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HAS NOT DONE
12:32:03 ME ANY JUSTICE.
12:32:05 I ONLY GET ONE INCOME A MONTH.
12:32:07 THAT INCOME COMES FROM THE EX-HUSBAND OF THE MILITARY
12:32:09 WHO HAS SERVED OVER 23 YEARS.
12:32:12 HE KNOWS THE CONDITIONS OF THE HOUSE THAT I AM LIVING
12:32:13 IN.
12:32:14 I BELIEVE IT IS UNFAIR.
12:32:15 I CALL THE CODE ENFORCEMENT.
12:32:18 THEY COME OUT AND TAKE A PICTURE AND TELL ME NOTHING
12:32:19 THAT CAN BE DONE.
12:32:21 I CALL THE CITY OF TAMPA.
12:32:23 THEY COME OUT, NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE.
12:32:25 I HAVE BEEN LIVING ON THE STREETS FOR FIVE YEARS RIGHT
12:32:27 HERE IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA.
12:32:28 GET HARASSED BY THE CITY OF TAMPA.
12:32:31 I DIDN'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT LIVING ON THE STREETS.
12:32:33 I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
12:32:35 I WAS LIVING IN GOVERNMENT MILITARY HOUSING FOR THE
12:32:36 LAST 23 YEARS.
12:32:39 I HAVE BEEN LIVING WITH THIS MOLD AND MILDEW FOR THE
12:32:40 LAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS.
12:32:43 I HAVE A BAG OF MEDICINE HERE THAT I HAVE NEVER TAKEN
12:32:46 IN MY LIFE UNTIL I STARTED LIVING IN AFFORDABLE
12:32:47 HOUSING.
12:32:50 I MADE A POINT OF MY BUSINESS TO BE HERE TODAY TO MEET
12:32:51 ALL OF YOU.
12:32:54 THEY HAD ANOTHER MEETING AT CDC AND UNIVERSITY TODAY AT
12:32:57 11:30, BUT I HAD TO BE HERE.
12:33:00 I WOULD LIKE TO GO TO THE 11:30, BUT I AM NOT GOING TO
12:33:01 MAKE IT.
12:33:03 I WANT SOMEBODY TO KNOW THAT I DON'T APPRECIATE THE WAY
12:33:06 I HAD TO LIVE ON THE STREETS.
12:33:09 I WAS A WORKING PERSON, BUT BECAUSE OF THE CONDITIONS I
12:33:10 HAD TO LIVE ON THE STREETS?
12:33:14 I COULDN'T GO TO WORK AND GET INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
12:33:16 I MAKE 50 SOMETHING OVER THE REQUIRED SOCIAL SECURITY,
12:33:18 AND BECAUSE I RECEIVED THE MONEY FROM THE MILITARY
12:33:22 HUSBAND, MY SOCIAL SECURITY WON'T GIVE ME ANYTHING.
12:33:25 AND UNTIL I RETURN RETIREMENT AGE.
12:33:27 I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IS FAIR TO ME BECAUSE WHEN I WAS
12:33:32 WORKING I WASN'T DRUGGING, WASN'T ALCOHOLING.
12:33:35 I WASN'T GETTING ARRESTED OR CAUSING A PROBLEM.
12:33:38 TODAY I WANT TO BE THE PROBLEM FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
12:33:39 THANK YOU.
12:33:40 [APPLAUSE]
12:33:44 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.
12:33:47 NEXT, PLEASE, STIR.
12:33:48 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
12:33:51 CHRISTOPHER VILLA.
12:33:53 I AM IN DISTRICT FIVE.
12:33:57 I AM ALSO PRESIDENT OF HISTORIC YBOR NEIGHBORHOOD CIVIC
12:34:00 ASSOCIATION WHICH, AGAIN, IS IN DISTRICT FIVE.
12:34:02 A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DOMAIN HOMES.
12:34:05 I GOT THIS INFORMATION IN EARLY 2017.
12:34:08 I DID JUST LIKE ANY OTHER COMMUNITY LEADER HAS DONE.
12:34:10 I REACHED OUT TO THE CITY DIRECTLY.
12:34:14 I HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH TOM SNELLING AND BOB
12:34:15 MCDONOUGH.
12:34:19 I WANTED TO FIND OUT WHY WE WERE UNDERVALUING LAND IN
12:34:20 OUR COMMUNITY.
12:34:23 WHAT I MEAN BY THAT THE LAND IN YBOR CITY HAS MULTIPLE
12:34:28 USES, NEAR TRANSIT LINES FOR BUS SYSTEMS, WALKABILITY.
12:34:31 IT CAN DO MORE IMPROVEMENTS BUT CLOSE TO JOBS AND CLOSE
12:34:32 TO THE CITY CENTER.
12:34:36 HERE WE ARE WHERE WE ARE PUTTING DOWN WHAT I CONSIDER
12:34:38 CHEAP CONSTRUCTION, CHEAP HOMES ON LOTS THAT WE CAN
12:34:44 INTEREST TRIPLEXES, DUPLEXES, QUADPLEXES OR APARTMENTS
12:34:45 OR HOUSES OR BUSINESSES.
12:34:48 IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAND USE OF THE AREA ITSELF, IT
12:34:51 ALLOWS THAT IN DISTRICT FIVE AT LEAST IN YBOR CITY.
12:34:55 I DON'T WANT YOU GUYS TO EVEN NARROW IT DOWN TO YBOR.
12:34:57 LOOK AT PALMETTO BEACH.
12:34:59 THEY HAVE BEEN LIVING NEXT TO THE PORT.
12:35:03 CONSTANT BARRAGE OF JUST POLLUTION -- FOR ME TO GO
12:35:07 THERE AND ENJOY THEIR PARKS WHICH ARE FALLING APART.
12:35:09 THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS MCKAY BAY PARK.
12:35:12 A REPORT OF A BROKEN BOARDWALK THAT WAS DANGEROUS.
12:35:17 WE JUST NEED TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS DISTRICT WIDE.
12:35:20 AND WE ARE COMPLETELY BECOMING SHORTSIGHTED WITH THAT.
12:35:23 BUT WITH THE WHOLE THING WITH DOMAIN HOMES, I WAS ABLE
12:35:26 TO SUCCEED TO GET A COUPLE OF HOMES OFF THIS LIST IN
12:35:30 THE URBAN CORE, BUT WE JUST NEED TO -- WHEN WE LOOK AT
12:35:34 RFPS, WE LOOK AT GOING OUT AND GETTING THESE JOBS.
12:35:37 WE NEED TO DIVERSIFY WHO CAN APPLY FOR THAT.
12:35:41 MY FAMILY HAS INHERITED -- THEY BOUGHT INTO YBOR A LONG
12:35:45 TIME AGO IN THE EARLY 70S BEFORE THE BARRIO LATINO
12:35:47 COMMISSION CAME INTO FULL SWING.
12:35:50 NOW IT IS EXPECTED FROM THEM TO GO INTO A LOT OF
12:35:53 HURDLES AND EXPENSE JUST TO DESIGN FOR HISTORIC
12:35:55 PRESERVATION.
12:35:58 WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE THE OWNERS OR
12:36:00 PROPERTIES OR WHO ARE INVESTED IN THE COMMUNITY FOR A
12:36:05 LONG TIME HAVE MORE ABILITIES TO FUND AND IMPROVE THEIR
12:36:06 HOMES.
12:36:10 EVEN IF NOT A HOMESTEAD BECAUSE THEY ARE LANDLORDS AS
12:36:10 WELL.
12:36:14 THAT A BIG PROBLEM BECAUSE I KNOW MULTIPLE LANDLORDS IN
12:36:15 MY COMMUNITY THAT NEED HELP.
12:36:18 AND LASTLY, YOU KNOW, YOU HEARD ME TALK ABOUT
12:36:20 TRANSPORTATION OFTEN.
12:36:23 FDOT OWNS A TON OF STATE PROPERTIES ALONG THE
12:36:25 INTERSTATE AND VM.
12:36:27 HISTORIC YBOR AND DISTRICT FIVE.
12:36:31 WE NEED TO IMPOSE A STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.
12:36:34 NOT GOING TO DO A DANG THING WITH THESE PROPERTIES, WE
12:36:36 NEED TO BUILD OWN THEM.
12:36:39 PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND BUSINESSES AN CONNECT ON
12:36:40 OUT COMMUNITY BETTER.
12:36:43 WE CAN'T PROLONG THIS STRUCTURAL RACISM OF THE
12:36:45 INTERSTATE AND HOW THIS HURT US WHEN WE GOT RED LINED
12:36:49 AND HOW IT HURT US WHEN THE CITY CAME AND DROPPED A
12:36:52 RETENTION POND IN EAST TAMPA AND HARMED OUR
12:36:53 COMMUNITIES.
12:36:54 WEAPON NEED TO RESTORE OURSELVES.
12:36:57 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, NEXT, PLEASE.
12:37:00 >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
12:37:03 I AM JUST GOING TO REITERATE WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE
12:37:05 ALREADY SAID.
12:37:07 >>LUIS VIERA: SORRY, MA'AM, YOUR NAME PLEASE.
12:37:10 >> I AM SORRY, MONA JUDGE.
12:37:13 WHAT A LOT OF HAVE YOU ALREADY HEARD.
12:37:16 I BELIEVE WHAT DOMAIN HOME ANNOUNCING AND THOSE PEOPLE
12:37:20 ARE DOING ARE GOOD FOR A SEGMENT OF PEOPLE, BUT I AM
12:37:25 TALKING ABOUT MAYBE THE TIER UNDERNEATH THAT.
12:37:28 AFFORDABLE HOME AND YOU GUYS, FOUR OF YOU AT LEAST,
12:37:32 CAME TO ALL OF OUR DEBATES, CAME US TO REQUESTING OUR
12:37:37 VOTES, AND YOU CANNOT IN LESS THAN, WHAT, SIX WEEKS ON
12:37:40 THE JOB SAY YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ISSUE ARE.
12:37:44 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WHAT ROBIN SAID, HOUSES THAT MAY
12:37:49 BE $100,000 OR MAYBE $110,000.
12:37:52 $100 A SQUARE FOOT OR LESS.
12:37:55 AND I AM INTERESTED IN CONTAINER HOMES.
12:37:59 I HAVE BEEN HEARING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE SOME CONCERNS OF
12:38:02 HOW THE CONTAINER HOMES WILL BE MAINTAINED.
12:38:08 WELL, WE GOT A FEW CONTAINER HOMES ALREADY BEEN BUILT.
12:38:12 WE HAVE CHANNELSIDE, ALL OF CONTAINER HOMES.
12:38:14 THE CITY OF TAMPA IS VERY DIVERSE.
12:38:18 I THINK WE SHOULD BE DIVERSE IN OUR HOMEOWNERS.
12:38:21 IN EAST TAMPA IN PARTICULAR, WE COULD HAVE CONTAINER
12:38:22 HOMES.
12:38:24 MORE APARTMENTS.
12:38:27 WE HAVE PEOPLE LIVING IN MOTELS AT $60 A NIGHT.
12:38:29 YOU GUYS KNOW THE ISSUE.
12:38:33 THE FIRST THING YOU WERE SAYING WHEN YOU WERE CALLING
12:38:37 US FOR OUR VOTES, THAT YOU KNEW THE ISSUE.
12:38:41 LET'S GET THE ISSUE SOLVED SOONER THAN LATER.
12:38:44 WE REQUEST THAT 26 OF THESE LOTS THAT YOU HAVE BE PUT
12:38:51 IN A TRUST FOR EAST TAMPA, AND THAT WE CAN PUT THE
12:38:53 CONTAINER HOMES ON.
12:39:01 THAT IS -- IS AN OPTION.
12:39:03 >> ANYTHING ELSE, MA'AM?
12:39:04 >> NO.
12:39:06 A RESPONSE?
12:39:08 >> WE TYPICALLY AREN'T RESPONDING RIGHT NOW DURING
12:39:11 PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE WE WANT EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO
12:39:11 SPEAK.
12:39:14 >> I THOUGHT BECAUSE I DID IT QUICKLY, YOU COULD
12:39:14 RESPOND.
12:39:16 >> YOU WISH TO HAVE ANY MORE?
12:39:17 >> NO.
12:39:18 >> THANK YOU, MA'AM.
12:39:19 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:39:22 NEXT, PLEASE.
12:39:23 >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
12:39:28 I AM BISHOP MICHELLE B. PATTY THE CO-HOST OF WHAT IS
12:39:34 REALLY HAPPENING WITH JAY JOHNSON AND CORY FELTON.
12:39:39 THE REASON I MENTION THAT THE TOP SHOW THAT AIRS EVERY
12:39:42 MORNING BECAUSE WE HAVE THE PULSE OF THE PEOPLE.
12:39:44 I AM HEARING YOU HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME TO GET THE
12:39:45 INFORMATION OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
12:39:49 I AM GOING TO EXTEND A FREE INVITATION TO MISS VANESSA
12:39:52 TO COME AND GIVE OUT THAT INFORMATION.
12:39:54 ALSO, THERE ANYONE HERE FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE BECAUSE
12:39:56 YOUR JOBS ARE VERY LIMITED.
12:40:00 WE KNOW THAT THE -- THAT IS RAN BY A STRONG MAYOR.
12:40:04 I KEEP HEARING YOU ALL SAYING THAT SHE IS ON BOARD.
12:40:07 I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ACTION VERSUS TALK.
12:40:17 SECONDLY, I A HOUSE WHERE A PERSON CAN WALK INTO WHAT
12:40:19 EQUITY AT 26,000.
12:40:21 WHO DO YOU THINK WE ARE HERE TALKING ABOUT?
12:40:24 WE ARE HERE TALKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE
12:41:08 THAT INCOME.
12:41:11 >> SOME BACKBONE TO STAND UP TO WHOMEVER AND SAY THIS
12:41:15 IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO TO MOVE THIS CITY FORWARD.
12:41:18 PEOPLE, TAXPAYERS, WE WANT THE SAME THING EVERYBODY
12:41:19 ELSE GET.
12:41:22 WE PAY OUR FAIR SHARE, SO WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO COME
12:41:27 HERE AND BEG AND PLEAD FOR NECESSITY THAT IS DUE A
12:41:28 HUMAN BEING.
12:41:30 SOMEBODY SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU ALL LONG TIME AGO THAT
12:41:33 SLAVERY BEEN OVER WITH.
12:41:37 SO NOW WE ARE SPEAKING AS FREE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE HERE,
12:41:40 WANTING AND DEMANDING OUR FAIR SHARE AND THAT IS A
12:41:43 DECENT WAGE, A DECENT PLACE TO LIVE.
12:41:46 AND LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT HOME EQUITY.
12:41:49 YOU ARE ABLE TO USE THAT EQUITY IF YOU NEED TO SEND
12:41:51 YOUR CHILD TO COLLEGE.
12:41:54 YOU NEED TO USE THAT EQUITY.
12:41:57 YOU EVEN USE THAT EQUITY IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A SHORT
12:41:57 VACATION.
12:42:00 THERE IS A LOT OF REASON WHY A PERSON SHOULD OWN A
12:42:00 HOME.
12:42:04 I GREW UP RIGHT HERE ON NORTH END, BORN AND RAISED IN A
12:42:06 HOME THAT WAS OWNED BY MY FAMILY.
12:42:09 SO I KNOW PERSONALLY ABOUT HOME OWNERSHIP BEFORE I CAME
12:42:10 IN THIS WORLD.
12:42:13 SO WE ARE TELLING YOU ALL, IT IS TIME TO STOP WITH THE
12:42:13 RHETORIC.
12:42:16 IT IS TIME TO STOP WITH JUST CHATTERING.
12:42:20 WE ARE NOT GOING TO -- HEED TO THE TRICKERY AND I SEEN
12:42:23 A LOT OF THAT WENT ON TODAY THAT A LOT OF CONVERSATION,
12:42:26 NOW YOU WANT TO SILENCE THE PEOPLE ON WHAT WE NEED TO
12:42:26 SAY.
12:42:29 WE WILL BE HEARD ON WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING.
12:42:30 YOU HAVE MY INVITATION.
12:42:32 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
12:42:37 NEXT, PLEASE.
12:42:38 >> CONNIE BURTON.
12:42:42 ON THIS SIDE OF THE AISLE.
12:42:44 WE ARE BUILDING COALITIONS, BELIEVE THAT.
12:42:48 3506 CLAY STREET IS A HOME THAT WAS BUILT BY ONE OF THE
12:42:49 NONPROFITS.
12:42:56 $209,000 INSIDE OF A COMMUNITY THAT IS DESCRIBED AS A
12:42:59 BLIGHTED COMMUNITY THAT DON'T HAVE NO AMENITIES BUT
12:43:03 THAT IS THE PRICE FOR THAT HOUSE THAT IS BUILT BY THE
12:43:03 NONPROFIT.
12:43:07 WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE, PEOPLE THAT WORK AT WALMART.
12:43:11 BROTHERS AND SISTERS THAT WORK AT WENDY'S STILL DESERVE
12:43:14 TO HAVE SOMEWHERE TO STAY.
12:43:18 WE ARE NOT PLAYING CHECKERS AND Y'ALL PLAYING CHESS.
12:43:20 WE ARE ON THE SAME BOARD NOW.
12:43:21 ALL RIGHT.
12:43:26 SO WHAT WE ARE SAYING THAT LAST WEEK BOB DUGAL WAS IN
12:43:32 HERE, HE SAID THERE WAS A RFP TO PUT OUT 24 LOTS COMING
12:43:35 OUT OF THE CR IN EAST TAMPA.
12:43:38 WE ARE SAYING HOLD THOSE 24 LOTS.
12:43:39 HOLD THOSE LOTS.
12:43:47 WHAT WE HAVE FOR MS. MCCLEARY HOW DOMAIN HOME -- THAT
12:43:48 SHIP IS GONE.
12:43:54 IF YOU WRITE A RFP OR THEY CAN WIN OR ANOTHER BIG
12:43:56 DEVELOPER WIN, WE ARE IN THE SAME SPOTS.
12:43:59 WE WANT THOSE LOTS -- AND I WILL GIVE YOU A LIST OF
12:44:00 THEM.
12:44:04 TO BE HELD FROM THIS COMMUNITY SO YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD
12:44:05 AND BUILD THE DEMANDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
12:44:10 I HAVE EXPRESS AND CONTINUE THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD AN
12:44:13 UPDATED STRATEGIC PLAN IN EAST TAMPA.
12:44:16 WE WANT TO WORK ON THAT.
12:44:17 WHAT IS THE RUSH?
12:44:19 WHAT IS THE RUSH?
12:44:20 HOLD THE HORSE.
12:44:22 LET US COME BACK WITH OUR PLAN.
12:44:28 AND THEN THE SECOND THING, IN MS. MCCLEARY'S
12:44:31 PRESENTATION, ALTHOUGH SHE MIGHT BE WORKING WITH
12:44:34 AGENCIES, I THOUGHT A WORKSHOP WOULD GIVE ME A LITTLE
12:44:35 MORE INSIGHT.
12:44:40 HOW MANY CLIENTS DO ST. VINCENT DEPAUL SEE ABOUT?
12:44:42 WHY DO WE HAVE PEOPLE LIVING IN HOTELS?
12:44:44 IF THEY ARE GETTING MONEY FROM THE CITY TO TAKE CARE OF
12:44:49 SOME EMERGENCY HOUSING SITUATION, GIVE US THE NUMBER.
12:44:50 WE WANT REAL ACCOUNTABILITY.
12:44:55 WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR THIS FLUFF ANYMORE THAT THESE
12:44:57 AGENCIES ARE DOING THESE JOBS OUT HERE IN THE
12:44:58 COMMUNITY.
12:45:02 I AM GLAD MR. ERNST CONEY IS STILL HERE AND I BELIEVE
12:45:05 IN TALKING TO PEOPLE'S FACE AND NOT BEHIND THEIR BACK.
12:45:08 WHAT THEY ARE BUILDING IS OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
12:45:11 WE DON'T CONSIDER IT BE AFFORDABLE HOMES.
12:45:11 YOU ALL MIGHT LIKE THEM.
12:45:13 YOU ALL MUST LOVE THEM.
12:45:17 BUT IF HOUSING COSTS IS $200,000 INSIDE OF OUR
12:45:19 COMMUNITY AND THEY ARE ON 34TH STREET WHERE WE HAVE
12:45:23 CONTRACTED WITH BEACON HOME.
12:45:25 WE ARE SPECTATORS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
12:45:29 AND THE HOMES BEING BUILT BY DOMAIN HOME ON 22ND AND
12:45:32 21ST STREET THAT EVERYBODY IS WELCOME, BUT I AM
12:45:34 CONCERNED WHEN I LOOK AT THE LIST OF EVERYBODY THAT IS
12:45:36 THERE AND I GO TO WELCOME THE NEIGHBORS.
12:45:38 YOU KNOW WHO I AM SEEING?
12:45:41 NOT PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LIVE IN THAT COMMUNITY, BUT
12:45:43 NEWCOMERS.
12:45:46 WE ARE SPECTATORS AND WE ARE GOING TO FLIP IT AROUND,
12:45:46 THANK YOU.
12:45:48 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
12:45:53 NEXT, PLEASE.
12:45:56 >> FIRST AND FOREMOST, WHAT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND AND
12:46:01 WHAT I ALWAYS SAY, IT'S A DISRESPECT AND DISREGARD AND
12:46:08 A DISCONNECT FOR BLACK PEOPLE.
12:46:14 IT'S A CERTAIN KIND OF HATRED.
12:46:15 THESE PEOPLE HAVE FOR US.
12:46:19 AND THEY EXPRESS IS EVERY SINGLE TIME, EVERY SINGLE
12:46:22 DAY, EVEN WHEN THEY ARE TRYING TO BE NICE.
12:46:24 ALL THESE PEOPLE CAME TO SPEAK.
12:46:27 YOU KNOW WHAT IS THE BIGGEST CONCERN, CCTV GOT TO GET
12:46:31 LUNCH.
12:46:35 CCTV, THEY NEED HALF-HOUR LUNCH.
12:46:39 THE CITIZENS PARKING TICKETS AND RUNNING DOWNSTAIRS UP
12:46:42 AND DOWN BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO PLACE TO PARK, NO
12:46:45 ACCOMMODATIONS.
12:46:48 CCTV GOT TO GET LUNCH.
12:46:52 IT'S A DISRESPECT ONE DAY AFTER JUNETEENTH.
12:46:56 A DISRESPECT FOR THE PEOPLE AND THE ASPIRATION OF
12:46:57 AFRICAN PEOPLE.
12:46:59 AND IT IS IMPORTANT YOU KNOW THAT NOW.
12:47:04 IT IS IMPORTANT YOU KNOW WHAT WE FEEL IN OUR
12:47:07 SENSITIVITY BECAUSE THEY TELL US ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE'S
12:47:07 SENSITIVITY.
12:47:11 HOW YOU CAN'T TALK TO GAY PEOPLE A CERTAIN WAY.
12:47:14 HOW YOU CAN'T TALK OTHER KIND OF PEOPLE A CERTAIN KIND
12:47:17 OF WAY.
12:47:21 BUT 400 YEARS OF HATRED CONNECTED TO 600 YEARS OF
12:47:25 HATRED AND EXPLOITATION OF THE AFRICAN PEOPLE.
12:47:27 CCTV DON'T NEED NO BREAK.
12:47:30 THEY NEED TO DO JUST WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE UNTIL THE LAST
12:47:31 PERSON SPEAK.
12:47:33 THEY NEED TO HANG ON AND DO WHATEVER.
12:47:36 AND THEN ANOTHER THING, PEOPLE LIKELY TO FORGET
12:47:37 HISTORY.
12:47:41 MAKING POSITIVE COMMENTS ABOUT SANDY FREEMAN.
12:47:45 SANDY FREEMAN WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR COMING THROUGH THE
12:47:49 BLACK COMMUNITY UNDER THE AUSPICES OF DRUG HOMES, CRACK
12:47:55 HOMES, GANG INFESTED AND GUESS WHAT, HER HUSBAND WAS
12:47:57 STEALING THE DAMN PROPERTY.
12:48:01 AND SO IT IS A DISCONNECT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT 200,000
12:48:03 HOMES AND YOU TALK ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE.
12:48:06 IT IS A DISCONNECT WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING
12:48:09 LIENS ON EVERYBODY'S PROPERTY INSIDE THE AFRICAN
12:48:09 COMMUNITY.
12:48:14 IT IS A DISCONNECT WHEN YOU ARE SEEING OUR KIDS WITH
12:48:18 THEIR CARS AND OVER 34TH AT THE IMPOUND LOT.
12:48:19 BECAUSE WHY?
12:48:24 THEY HAD THE SAME MFING MARIJUANA THAT THE WHITE KIDS
12:48:28 HAD IN THEIR CARS AND NO WHITE FOLKS CARS OVER THERE
12:48:30 UNLESS IT IS CONNECTED TO A MURDER.
12:48:34 NONE!
12:48:38 IT'S A DISCONNECT AND IT IS DISRESPECT, AND Y'ALL GOT
12:48:39 TO RESPECT US MORE.
12:48:41 AND WE AIN'T BEGGING FOR IT.
12:48:45 MICHELLE PATTY SAID Y'ALL ACTED LIKE YOU DON'T KNOW
12:48:48 THAT SLAVERY IS DON AND OVER WITH.
12:48:51 IT IS DONE AND OVER WITH TAMPA AND WE ARE NOT TAKING IT
12:48:52 NO MORE.
12:48:54 I HAVE BEEN COMING DOWN HERE FOR 27 YEARS.
12:48:56 AND WE AIN'T TAKING IT NO MORE.
12:48:58 AIN'T GOING TO WEAR ME DOWN.
12:49:00 I STILL LOOK GOOD.
12:49:07 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR, NEXT, PLEASE.
12:49:10 >> RON WEAVER, 401 EAST JACKSON STREET, ACROSS THE
12:49:11 STREET.
12:49:15 IN 1985ISH, A YOUNG LOBBYIST FOR THE BUILDER
12:49:17 ASSOCIATION AND I APPEARED BEFORE THE COUNTY COMMISSION
12:49:20 AFTER THEY SHOT DOWN A HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HOUSING
12:49:23 FINANCE AGENCY THREE TIMES IN A ROW AND HIS NAME WAS
12:49:25 BOB BUCKHORN AND APPEARED BEFORE THEM AND FINALLY
12:49:28 CONVINCED THEM WE NEEDED A HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY FOR
12:49:31 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF UNITS
12:49:33 FINANCED SINCE, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE A
12:49:36 URGENCY AND OVERCOME THE INERTIA AND I THINK WE NEED TO
12:49:42 DECLARE WAR ON -- ON UNAFFORDABLE HOUSING IN 2019.
12:49:45 WE DECLARED WAR ON TRANSPORTATION FUNDING NEEDS, AND WE
12:49:50 DECLARED WAR ON TRANSPORTATION FUNDING COWARDICE IN
12:49:51 2018.
12:49:55 IT IS TIME DECLARE WAR ON UNAFFORDABLE HOUSING IN TAMPA
12:49:59 AND FIND A WAY -- NOT JUST A DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCE
12:50:01 OVER THE LAST HOUR OR TWO, BUT DO IT IN SEVEN
12:50:02 PARTICULAR WAYS.
12:50:05 NUMBER ONE, A SWAT TEAM TO GO BACK AND GET THAT BILLION
12:50:08 DOLLARS DIVERTED BY THE STATE FROM THE FUND FOR
12:50:11 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND GET IT BACK IN THE FORM OF TAX
12:50:13 INCENTIVES, GET IT BACK IN THE FORM OF TARGETED
12:50:16 INDUSTRY JOBS, JOBS BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO GET
12:50:20 THE 3,000 WITH THE 6,000 DOLLARS PER JOB LIKE THOSE
12:50:23 HIGH PAYING JOBS DO, JOBS BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING
12:50:28 SHOULD BE INCENTIVIZED TO TAKE DOWN THAT MORAL BILLION
12:50:31 DOLLAR OF THE DIVERSE OF THE SADOSKI FUND.
12:50:34 NUMBER TWO, WE NEED TO GO TO THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
12:50:37 AND FIND THOSE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WITH
12:50:40 DESTINATIONS AND MOBILIZE THE DESTINATION OF THOSE
12:50:42 WILLS AND GRANTS AND TRUST WHERE IS PEOPLE WANT TO DO
12:50:45 THE RIGHT THING AND THEIR WILL AND TRUST HUNDREDS OF
12:50:47 MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
12:50:51 WE NEED A SWAT TEAM TO FIND OUT WHERE THEY ARE AND
12:50:53 MOBILIZE OF CRITICAL MASSES.
12:50:57 SWAT TEAM NUMBER THREE NEED TO BE A FEDERAL
12:50:59 OPPORTUNITIES OWN TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
12:51:02 IF THE OPPORTUNITIES OWN INFLUENCE OF OUR GREAT
12:51:07 GOVERNOR DESANTIS IN THE WHITE HOUSE WITH PRESIDENT
12:51:10 TRUMP, AND FIND A WAY TO FIND A SISTER IN THE
12:51:13 ATTAINABLE HOUSING AFFORDABLE HOUSING MEANS AS WE WORK
12:51:16 TOGETHER IN THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE AND THAT BILLION
12:51:18 DOLLARS MOLD DEBT REPAID AND TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
12:51:20 IN ORDER TO FIND WAYS LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY ZONES TO
12:51:24 MOBILIZE FOR AFFORDABLE AND ATTAINABLE HOUSING IN TAMPA
12:51:25 FLORIDA IN 2019.
12:51:26 A GOAL?
12:51:29 HOW ABOUT A GOAL OF REDUCING BY 7% THE COMBINATION OF
12:51:35 THE CURRENT 58% TAMPA SPENDS ON HOUSING AND
12:51:39 TRANSPORTATION THE NATIONAL AVERAGE 5 51%.
12:51:41 WE PAY 58%.
12:51:44 WE OVERPAY VERSUS THE NATION AND NEED TO REDUCE 15%
12:51:47 TOTAL FROM THE HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION COMPONENT WE
12:51:50 ARE DIVERT TO.
12:51:52 SWAT TEAM NUMBER 4, WE NEED TO TAKE THOSE 20,000 LOTS
12:51:55 OUT THERE IN THE PRIVATE COMMUNITY AND FIND WAYS TO
12:51:58 GIVE THEM WAIVERS FROM PARKING AND OTHER EXCEPTIONS OF
12:52:03 WHICH SOME OF YOU ALLUDED IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS WERE
12:52:06 COMPATIBLE FOR THE 20,000 LOTS IN ADDITION TO THE TWO
12:52:08 DOZEN, THREE DOZEN TO THE CITY TO THEIR CREDIT.
12:52:13 WE NEED TO FIND THOSE 20,000 LOTS IN THE COMMUNITY WITH
12:52:17 VARIATIONS FOR PARKING AND OTHERWISE, AND FINALLY THAT
12:52:18 FIFTH AND FINAL SWAT --
12:52:20 >> I WILL CONCLUDE.
12:52:23 >> ALL FOR TRANSPORTATION MONEY.
12:52:25 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR SIX AND SEVEN.
12:52:28 >> 30 SECONDS, THANK YOU, MR. DINGFELDER.
12:52:33 SWAT TEAM 6 AND 7 ARE NUMBER 6 IS TO TAKE THE ALL FOR
12:52:36 TRANSPORTATION FUNDING $272 MILLION A YEAR FOR THE NEXT
12:52:40 30 YEARS AND DIRECT IT IN LOCATIONS THAT ASSIST IN THE
12:52:43 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS WAS MENTIONED BY SEVERAL OF YOU
12:52:44 ON THE DAIS.
12:52:47 AND FINALLY WITH RESPECT TO WHERE THE DEDICATED FUNDS
12:52:51 MAY GO AND WHAT WE MIGHT DO TO FIND THE DEDICATION.
12:52:54 A TIME FOR EACH OF US FIND A PLACE IN EACH OF OUR
12:52:57 BUDGETS AND EACH OF OUR CONCERN TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE
12:52:57 AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
12:53:01 THANK YOU THAT EXTRA TIME.
12:53:02 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
12:53:04 AND WE HAVE THREE MORE SLOTS UNTIL 1:00.
12:53:08 SO IF ANYBODY HAS TO LEAVE FOR 1:30 WHEN WE WILL
12:53:11 RETURN, PLEASE MAKE ACCOMMODATIONS.
12:53:14 GO AHEAD, MA'AM.
12:53:18 >> HELLO, I AM SALLY, AND I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF
12:53:19 ORGANIZED FLORIDA.
12:53:25 I AM GOING TO CUT MY PERSONAL STORY SHORT.
12:53:28 AS A SENIOR RECOVERING FROM A BRAIN STROKE, I COULD NOT
12:53:33 AFFORD AN APARTMENT OR HOUSE TO RENT THAT AFFORDABLE.
12:53:38 TO SENIORS AFFORDABILITY IS VERY IMPORTANT.
12:53:40 RETIRED OR DISABLED SENIORS ARE FINDING THEMSELVES
12:53:43 HOMELESS WITH NO HOPE.
12:53:49 AFFORDABLE HOUSING WOULD ALLOW OPPORTUNITY FOR SENIORS
12:53:55 SINGLE PARENT, WORKING POOR TO BE ABLE TO RENT SAFE AND
12:53:57 AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
12:54:02 PLEASE SUPPORT LOW AND EVERYDAY WORKING FLORIDIANS
12:54:06 STRUGGLING TO FIND QUALITY AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
12:54:08 ANOTHER THING I HAVE A HOUSING PROGRAM AT THE LIBRARY
12:54:12 HELPING HOMELESS PEOPLE, MAKING REFERRALS TO AGENCIES
12:54:16 FOR ONE AND A HALF YEARS AFTER I GOT OUT OF
12:54:20 HOMELESSNESS WITHOUT ANY MONEY TO TRY TO DO A SERVICE.
12:54:24 AND ALSO I AM ABOUT TO ROUND UP MY 2,000-MILE WALK FOR
12:54:25 AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
12:54:28 AND EVERYTHING THAT IT TAKES TO MAKE A HOUSE IS FREE.
12:54:30 GOD PROVIDED IT IN THIS EARTH.
12:54:35 AND HE IS NOT HAPPY HOW WE ARE TREATING CITIZENS OF
12:54:38 TAMPA, FLORIDA AND OF AMERICA.
12:54:42 IT IS OUR HUMAN RIGHTS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A HOME.
12:54:45 AND GOD IS NOT PLEASED AND WE NEED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM.
12:54:46 THANK YOU.
12:54:49 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
12:54:57 AND I WAS JUST TOLD BY ORLANDO GUDES THAT MISS GOODLEY
12:54:58 -- SHE IS IN LINE.
12:55:01 SHE HAS TO LEAVE BEFORE 1:00.
12:55:02 GO AHEAD.
12:55:05 >> OKAY, AGAIN, YOU ALREADY HEARD ALISON MOORE.
12:55:09 ON BEHALF OF ORGANIZED FLORIDA IN REFERENCE TO THE BILL
12:55:11 7103.
12:55:13 AND ALSO RENTERS REFORM.
12:55:18 JUST TO GIVE YOU A SHORT SYNOPSIS ABOUT MYSELF BECAUSE
12:55:22 SOCIETY TENDS TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT US BASED ON RACE,
12:55:24 INCOME, AND SOMETIMES EXPERIENCE.
12:55:26 I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN TAMPA, FLORIDA.
12:55:28 COMPLETED HIGH SCHOOL, BUSINESS CLERICAL SCHOOL,
12:55:30 COMPLETED COLLEGE.
12:55:31 RAISED THREE CHILDREN.
12:55:32 I HAVE BEEN A TENANT.
12:55:33 I HAVE BEEN A RENTER.
12:55:36 AND I HAVE ALSO OWNED A TOWN HOME.
12:55:40 BETWEEN ALL OF THIS, I HAVE RAISED FIVE OF MY
12:55:42 GRANDCHILDREN AT DIFFERENT TIMES.
12:55:46 I RETIRED FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA AFTER 30 YEARS AND
12:55:50 12 YEARS AFTER A PART-TIME JOB.
12:55:52 AFTER ALL OF THIS I HAD MANY UPS AND DOWNS AND HAVE
12:55:54 BEEN ABLE TO BOUNCE BACK.
12:56:00 I NOW FIND MYSELF ABOUT TO BE HOMELESS.
12:56:05 WHICH IS FACING SO MANY PEOPLE I AM SAD TO SAY AND
12:56:07 INCOME STARTING FROM $30,000 AND UP.
12:56:11 THERE IS NOTHING THAT WE CAN -- THAT WE QUALIFY FOR.
12:56:13 AND NO HELP.
12:56:16 IN MONTH -- OR NEXT MONTH, MY LEASE IS BEING FOR JULY,
12:56:23 THE RENT WILL GO FROM $900 TO $944.14.
12:56:26 I START TO ASK TO YOU TAKE YOUR CALCULATORS OUT TO SEE
12:56:28 WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT.
12:56:30 BEING PAID OUT OF MY RETIREMENT CHECK, STATE OF FLORIDA
12:56:32 1470.
12:56:35 FROM THAT CAR INSURANCE.
12:56:36 $266.
12:56:39 A CLOSED CREDIT CARD, $77.
12:56:42 IF YOU SUBTRACT THAT, I ALMOST -- I ALMOST DON'T HAVE
12:56:44 $200 OR JUST ABOUT.
12:56:48 WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO -- WHICH WILL BE DIVIDED BY THE
12:56:53 -- THE LEASE THAT WILL BE DIVIDING THE WATER WHICH I
12:56:56 CAN'T PLAN IN THE BUDGET BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE
12:56:59 THEY ARE GOING TO BE DOING IT BY APARTMENT BUILDING.
12:57:03 THE MONTH -- WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED THEY SAID $68 AND
12:57:06 JUST ME IN MY HOUSE HOLD BUT I WILL BE PAYING FOR THREE
12:57:10 OR FOUR PEOPLE IN A HOUSE -- IN A ROOM.
12:57:15 SO BUILDING -- I KNOW THAT YOU CAN -- I KNOW IT SEEMS
12:57:17 TO BE CHEAP, BUT YOU CAN'T MOVE TO A CHEAPER PLACE.
12:57:21 PEOPLE IN MY INCOME OR SENIORS, THERE IS NO PLACE FOR
12:57:21 YOU.
12:57:22 NO PLACE ELSE TO GO.
12:57:25 I KNOW YOU CAN SAY THAT, BUT IT DOESN'T.
12:57:27 WE DON'T QUALIFY FOR ANY OTHER THINGS.
12:57:30 OUR INCOME, EVERYTHING IS BASED ON THE GROSS, NOT THE
12:57:32 MONEY YOU ACTUALLY LIVE OUT OF.
12:57:36 MY INCOME -- MY SOCIAL SECURITY IS ALSO BEING TAKEN UP.
12:57:41 AND FROM THAT, I WILL HAVE PROBABLY MAYBE $100 LEFT.
12:57:42 WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT FOOD.
12:57:45 WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT GAS OR ANY OF THAT.
12:57:48 YOU DO NEED GAS, YES IF I GOT A PART-TIME JOB.
12:57:51 THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WATCHING MY ENTIRE
12:57:53 RETIREMENT CHECK GOES.
12:57:56 THAT MEANS I WILL BE GIVING IT TO THE SYSTEM.
12:57:57 THE APARTMENT NOW.
12:58:01 AND IF IT IS $9 44 NOW, NEXT YEAR IT WILL BE $1,000 OR
12:58:02 SO.
12:58:05 AND THAT WAY -- THAT MEANS WHERE DO I GO?
12:58:06 I WILL BE HOMELESS.
12:58:08 ALMOST NOW -- I KNOW I DON'T LOOK OR ACT LIKE IT.
12:58:11 IT IS A LITTLE SCARY TO NEVER HAVE BEEN IN THAT
12:58:14 SITUATION, ESPECIALLY BEING HERE -- BEING HERE AND
12:58:16 BEING RAISED HERE.
12:58:19 AND WE WOULD LIKE -- PLEASE HELP US.
12:58:21 ORGANIZE FLORIDA IS WORKING REAL HARD TO GET EVERYTHING
12:58:23 ORGANIZED.
12:58:24 THANK YOU.
12:58:25 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
12:58:28 I WAS JUST TOLD OVER TO THE FOLKS BY CCTV THAT THE
12:58:31 REASON THEY NEED TO BREAK FOR 30 MINUTES IS BECAUSE
12:58:33 THERE IS LITERALLY NOT ENOUGH TAPE TO CONTINUE THE
12:58:36 MEETING BECAUSE IT HAS GONE LONG, BUT THEY CAN GO ON
12:58:39 ANOTHER 20 MINUTES OR SO AND WE WANT TO ACCOMMODATE
12:58:43 EVERYBODY WHO IS STANDING WHO CANNOT RETURN AFTER THE
12:58:44 30-MINUTE BREAK.
12:58:47 AMONG THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE STANDING HERE, ONE, TWO,
12:58:50 THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN.
12:58:53 OKAY.
12:58:57 SO AFTER THAT NICE YOUNG LADY THAT JUST -- THAT IS THE
12:59:02 LAST PERSON TO GO BEFORE OUR BREAK.
12:59:03 >> MY NAME IS JAMES.
12:59:07 I AM HERE TO REPRESENT AN ASPECT OF THE POPULATION THAT
12:59:10 I DON'T THINK Y'ALL HAVE EVER ADDRESSED.
12:59:12 I AM A CONVICTED FELON.
12:59:15 HUMAN RIGHTS IS -- HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT.
12:59:17 I AM A HOMELESS PERSON.
12:59:19 I HAVE BEEN TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
12:59:19 ALL THE AGENCIES.
12:59:23 EVERYBODY HAS GIVEN ME LIP SERVICE SAYING THEY ARE HERE
12:59:26 TO HELP YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE HOMELESS, I HAVE AN INCOME
12:59:29 BUT NOT BEING SERVICED BY ANYBODY.
12:59:33 ST. VINCENT DEPAUL, HOUSING AUTHORITY, EVERYWHERE HAS
12:59:33 TURNED ME DOWN.
12:59:34 I AM HOMELESS.
12:59:37 AND YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT FAIR HOUSING.
12:59:39 EVERY APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT YOU GO TO, THEY HAVE A
12:59:43 SIGN THAT SAY FAIR HOUSING BECAUSE THEY ARE GETTING
12:59:44 MONEY FROM THE GOVERNMENT.
12:59:46 BUT WHAT ARE THEY DOING FOR THE MONEY AS FAR AS HELPING
12:59:49 PEOPLE LIKE ME THAT ARE CONVICTED FELONS THAT ARE BEING
12:59:51 PUNISHED AND UNFAIRLY.
12:59:54 MY RIGHTS ARE BEING VIOLATED BECAUSE I AM A CONVICTED
12:59:55 FELON.
12:59:57 SO WHAT IS GOING TO BE DONE ABOUT THAT?
13:00:00 WHAT KIND OF HELP AM I GOING TO GET FROM THE LIP
13:00:03 SERVICE FROM ALL THESE DIFFERENT AGENCIES?
13:00:04 THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
13:00:06 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
13:00:07 NEXT, PLEASE.
13:00:10 AND PLEASE NO CLAPPING SO WE CAN HEAR EVERYONE.
13:00:11 GO AHEAD, SIR.
13:00:14 >> HOW ARE YOU DOING, OSCAR MCDANIEL.
13:00:16 I PROBABLY NEED A NOTE TO GIVE MY WIFE.
13:00:19 I LEFT HOME AT 9:00 AND TOLD HER I WAS GOING TO A
13:00:19 AFFORDABLE HOUSING MEETING.
13:00:22 BUT ANYWAY, I AM GOOD.
13:00:22 THE REASON I AM HERE.
13:00:28 I RETIRED FROM HART -- I RETIRED FROM HART IN 2018.
13:00:32 I AM THAT GUY WHEN YOU HAD GASPARILLA, EMERGENCY
13:00:36 HURRICANES, THAT ENSURED THAT THE BUSES WERE READY TO
13:00:41 MAKE TAMPA SAFE TO RESIDENTS OF TAMPA.
13:00:43 HOWEVER IN THE REAL ESTATE PROFESSION, I JUST NOTICED
13:00:46 THAT I AM UNABLE TO ASSIST PEOPLE THAT AS THE LADY SAID
13:00:55 THAT WORKED AT BURGER KING THAT WORKED TO MEDIUM JOB
13:00:57 MIDDLE INCOME WORKERS.
13:00:59 WITH YOUR PROGRAM THEY DON'T QUALIFY FOR THOSE
13:00:59 PROGRAMS.
13:01:04 THEY COME TO ME TO HELP AND I AM NOT KNOWLEDGEABLE WITH
13:01:05 ALL THE PROGRAMS.
13:01:07 I AM HERE -- AND I WILL MAKE CONTACT WITH THE LADY TO
13:01:11 HELP THESE PEOPLE BUT IT IS REAL SAD AS A REALTOR TO
13:01:14 MOVE AROUND AND SEE THE INVESTORS PURCHASING THESE
13:01:17 HOMES AND TAKING THAT RENT UP SO HIGH THAT AFFORDABLE
13:01:24 HOUSE SOMETHING A MUST LET'S ROLL BACK PROGRESS
13:01:30 VILLAGE, MAYBE THE AMORTIZATION OF THE LOANS, IF
13:01:34 LENDERS WERE LONGER, HAVE A 40-YEAR MORTGAGE IN 1960 TO
13:01:37 PURCHASE THEM HOMES WHEN THEY HAD AFFORDABLE HOME IN
13:01:44 1960 WITH YOUR PROGRAM MAYBE THEY ARE ALONG THE
13:01:48 AMORTIZATION MAY HELP THESE PEOPLE AS THE PRICES OF THE
13:01:49 HOME INCREASE.
13:01:52 I AM NOT A BIG-TIME BANKER.
13:01:54 I CAN'T TELL THAT YOU IS THE ANSWER BUT I AM ASKING TO
13:01:55 YOU LOOK INTO IT.
13:01:59 YOUR ASSISTANT DOWN PAYMENT PROGRAM IS GREAT FOR THE
13:02:02 FIRST RESPONDERS.
13:02:11 AND THIS CUT THE MIDDLE INCOME PERSON NOT A TEACHER AND
13:02:15 FIRE FIGHTER AND THEIR INCOME IS JUST A SMIDGEN TOO
13:02:15 HIGH.
13:02:17 I WILL BE KNOWLEDGEABLE OF YOUR PROGRAM SO I CAN REACH
13:02:21 OUT AND TRY TO HELP THESE PEOPLE, THE RESIDENTS OF THE
13:02:29 CITY OF TAMPA AS MUCH AS I CAN.
13:02:31 >> I AM JOHN SOW JOHNSON.
13:02:33 AGAIN, I AM UP HERE.
13:02:34 FIRST.
13:02:35 I FIRST WANT TO MAKE SOME STATEMENTS.
13:02:36 FIRST YOU HAVE TO CARE.
13:02:44 THAT IS THE FIRST MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE WORLD.
13:02:46 AND AGAIN YOU STIFLE OUR VOTES FOR THE COMMUNITY AND
13:02:48 PROMISE THIS AND LOOK INTO THAT AND DO THIS AND DO
13:02:49 THAT.
13:02:50 WE ARE NOT ASKING.
13:02:55 WE ARE DEMANDING THAT.
13:02:58 THIS MONEY THAT CAN GO SO FAR TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY
13:03:00 WHICH WE LIVE IN.
13:03:04 THE HOUSING -- WE GET MONEY TO DOMAIN AND ALL THE
13:03:05 PEOPLE.
13:03:06 MY SUGGESTION THAT YOU GO IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND START
13:03:09 PLACING THESE PEOPLE AND MOVING THEM OUT WHERE THEY
13:03:12 DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION AND GIVE THEM A LOAN OR WHERE
13:03:14 HE BUILD AND RE-ESTABLISH THEIR OWN HOUSE BECAUSE,
13:03:16 AGAIN, I AM BORN AND RAISED HERE IN TAMPA FLORIDA RIGHT
13:03:18 ACROSS THE STREET IN CENTRAL PARK.
13:03:21 I HAVE NOTHING TO SHOW MY KIDS WHERE I GREW UP AT,
13:03:23 CENTRAL AVENUE GONE.
13:03:25 Y'ALL REBUILD CENTRAL PARK.
13:03:27 THEY DON'T LOOK ANYTHING LIKE AND REPRESENT US
13:03:28 WHATSOEVER.
13:03:32 SO AGAIN I AM ASKING THAT WHEN YOU REDEVELOP, IT
13:03:36 LOOKS LIKE THAT IS AREA IN WHICH YOU ARE DEVELOPING IN.
13:03:39 THE THINGS THAT WE ARE USED TO HAVING ARE NO LONGER
13:03:40 AROUND.
13:03:43 WE HAVE NOTHING THAT ASSOCIATE BLACK PEOPLE WITH
13:03:46 DOWNTOWN TAMPA, CENTRAL PARK AREA, EAST TAMPA.
13:03:47 NONE OF THAT STUFF.
13:03:51 Y'ALL ARE REDEVELOPING AND RECOLORIZING THE WHOLE AREA.
13:03:54 WHAT I AM ASKING AGAIN THAT YOU GUYS PRESERVE OUR
13:03:56 CULTURE, HELP US PRESERVE OUR CULTURE.
13:03:58 WE ARE DEMANDING THAT.
13:04:00 THINGS THAT LOOK LIKE US IN THE COMMUNITY THAT
13:04:01 REPRESENT US.
13:04:03 STORES AND INSIDE OF COMMUNITY.
13:04:07 ALL THESE THINGS GO ALONG WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
13:04:09 WE HAVE WHAT IS IN OUR COMMUNITY NOW.
13:04:12 WE CAN'T EVEN HAVE A STORE THAT HELPS US.
13:04:19 SO WE ARE DEMANDING THAT YOU ALL COME TO A HEAD, COME
13:04:21 TO MIND, YOU SAY YOU ARE A NEW COUNCIL.
13:04:22 YOU GOT NEW IDEAS.
13:04:25 YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME UP WITH HERE WITH GREAT
13:04:29 THINGS AND PUT FORTH THAT I ASK THAT YOU GUYS STEP OUT
13:04:31 AND TAKE CHARGE.
13:04:34 I -- WHICH OF YOU GUYS ON THIS PANEL ARE GOING TO BE A
13:04:37 LEADER AND NOT A FOLLOWER?
13:04:39 THE FOLLOWING HAS TO STOP.
13:04:41 FOLLOWING IS WHAT GOT US HERE.
13:04:43 WE NEED NEW LEADERS DOING NEW THINGS.
13:04:46 THE OLD STUFF HAVE TO START.
13:04:47 STOP TEARING DOWN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, PLEASE.
13:04:50 PLEASE DO NOT TEAR DOWN ANOTHER INNER CITY
13:04:53 NEIGHBORHOOD.
13:04:54 [APPLAUSE]
13:04:56 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
13:04:58 SIR, NEXT, PLEASE.
13:05:00 >> NATASHA GOODLEY.
13:05:02 WE NEED TO INCREASE THE VALUE OF OUR COMMUNITY SO WE
13:05:05 CAN BRING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO THE AREA.
13:05:09 I BELIEVE WE NEED TO WORK PROVIDING MARKET RATE HOUSING
13:05:12 FOR WORKING CLASS PEOPLE AND WE CAN DO SO WITH
13:05:15 SUBSIDIES TO MAKE THE MONTHLY PAYMENT MORE AFFORDABLE
13:05:18 IN HELPS TO FOSTER ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOP WHICH
13:05:22 ALSO INCREASES THE TIF WHICH IS THE PURPOSE OF THE CRAS
13:05:24 AND INCREASES THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BUSINESS
13:05:27 DEVELOPMENT TO ATTRACT THINGS LIKE GROCERY STORES,
13:05:29 RETAILS, AND MAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD A DESTINATION
13:05:30 LOCATION.
13:05:32 WE CAN DO THIS BY INCREASING DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE
13:05:35 PROGRAM TO OFFSET MORTGAGES.
13:05:38 AT ONE POINT WE ARE PROVIDING $85,000 TO THE PURCHASE
13:05:38 OF HOMES.
13:05:42 RIGHT NOW IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE 485,000 COMING FROM
13:05:45 THE CITY AND I KNOW THE CRA IS WORKING TO PROVIDE AN
13:05:46 ADDITIONAL 15,000.
13:05:49 IF WE CAN INCREASE THAT AMOUNT, WE CAN GET PEOPLE IN
13:05:52 HOMES WHERE THEY ARE PAYING A MORTGAGE ON $100,000
13:05:55 WHICH IS A LOT MORE AFFORDABLE AND STILL IN A HOME THAT
13:05:58 HAS A VALUE OF $200,000.
13:06:01 THOSE COMPANIES THAT SAY THEY CAN BUILD HOUSES AT A
13:06:03 LOWER COST, I AM FOR IT BUT WE HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET.
13:06:06 THOSE WHO CAN BUILD THESE TYPES OF HOMES I FULLY
13:06:12 APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS BUT NEED TO BUILD IN ALL FOUR
13:06:13 QUADRANTS OF THE CITY.
13:06:16 A PERSON IN NEED OF A LOWER PRICE HOME SHOULD LIVE
13:06:19 ANYWHERE IN THE CITY AND THEIR KIDS HAVE A CHANCE TO
13:06:21 ATTEND SCHOOLS ACROSS THE CITY NOT JUST IN EAST TAMPA.
13:06:24 IF YOU WILL BUILD THESE HOMES IN SOUTH TAMPA, NEW
13:06:27 TAMPA, WEST TAMPA AND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND STREET.
13:06:29 I AM OKAY IN BUILDING IN EAST TAMPA.
13:06:33 LASTLY BUILDING MARKET RATE HOUSING GIVES THE
13:06:36 BENEFIT EQUITY TO THE HOMEOWNER.
13:06:40 HOMEOWNERSHIP IS THE FASTEST WAY OF GROWING WEALTH IN
13:06:40 THIS COUNTRY.
13:06:44 TAXES WILL INCREASE BUT MORE EQUITY THAT CAN BE USED AS
13:06:48 LEVERAGE TO SEND YOUR KIDS TO COLLEGE, LIVE BETTER, DO
13:06:51 WHAT YOU NEED TO DO AND UPKEEP THE HOME ALL WHILE THE
13:06:53 MORTGAGE REMAINS LESS THAN 1,000 A MONTH.
13:06:56 I AM A FAN AFTER LEARNING MORE OF HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
13:06:59 BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN THOSE HOMES ARE
13:07:00 CASHIERS.
13:07:04 MANAGERS AT FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS, THEY ARE WORKING
13:07:05 CLASS PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE ABILITY TO LIVE IN HOMES
13:07:08 OVER 200,000.
13:07:11 THROUGH THE EFFORTS WITH THE ZERO MORTGAGE ABLE TO LIVE
13:07:17 IN A HOME APPRAISED AT $220,000 AND PAY $770 A MONTH
13:07:19 AND I BELIEVE THIS IS MUCH BETTER THAN WHAT IS EVEN
13:07:22 HAPPENING WITH DOMAIN AND THE OTHER COMPANIES.
13:07:24 I AM A BIG PROPONENT FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE PUTTING
13:07:27 TRUE WORKING CLASS PEOPLE IN HOMES.
13:07:29 SO IF WE HAVE LOTS AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PUT IT
13:07:32 OUT THERE, I WILL SAY LET'S DO IT TO THEM FIRST TO
13:07:34 REALLY GET PEOPLE IN HOMES.
13:07:35 THANK YOU.
13:07:36 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
13:07:41 NEXT, PLEASE.
13:07:42 >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
13:07:44 YVETTE LEWIS.
13:07:44 PRESIDENT OF THE NAACP.
13:07:46 HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING.
13:07:50 I COME TO YOU TO SAY I HAVE SAT HERE AND I HAVE
13:07:55 LISTENED TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE, ALL OF THE COMMENTS, THE
13:08:03 MOANS, THE GROANS AND EVERYTHING FROM EVERYONE.
13:08:06 I AM SADDENED THAT WE GO THROUGH THIS.
13:08:08 I OFTEN HEAR THAT EAST TAMPA DON'T SHOW UP.
13:08:12 I WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS ROOM WAS FULL.
13:08:13 WE SHOWED UP TODAY.
13:08:16 I WANT TO ASK THAT THE NEW CITY COUNCIL THAT CAME TO
13:08:19 EAST TAMPA THAT ASKED FOR OUR VOTE WHETHER YOU ARE IN
13:08:21 OUR DISTRICT OR NOT.
13:08:22 THEY CAME US TO AND ASKED FOR THE VOTES.
13:08:25 THEY CAME TO THE POLITICAL FORUM AND THEY SAID THEY
13:08:27 WOULD BE HERE TO LISTEN.
13:08:28 WE ARE ASKING FOR HELP.
13:08:32 I AM ASKING HERE ON BEHALF OF THE NAACP THAT YOU PUT A
13:08:36 MORATORIUM, A HOLD ON SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT YOU ARE
13:08:38 DOING SO WE CAN HAVE A COMBINATION.
13:08:41 THEY CAN -- THE CITY CAN REVAMP AND HAVE A MEETING WITH
13:08:42 THE COMMUNITY.
13:08:48 I AM NOT SURE WHO THE CITY MET WITH BEFORE, BUT IT IS A
13:08:50 NEW REGIME.
13:08:51 A NEW DAY IN THE NAACP.
13:08:53 WE ARE HERE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION.
13:08:55 WE HAD ONE MEETING WITH DOMAIN HOME AND WE ARE TRYING
13:08:57 TO HAVE MORE AND I BELIEVE THAT IS GOING TO WORK OUT.
13:09:03 I AM ASKING ALL OF YOU GUYS UP THERE TO PLEASE LISTEN.
13:09:07 AND OPEN YOUR HEARTS AND YOUR MINDS, AND DEMAND SOME
13:09:09 CHANGES AND SOME RESULTS FOR THESE PEOPLE.
13:09:11 THESE PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN OFF THEIR JOBS.
13:09:13 THEY HAVE TAKEN TIME OUT THEIR SCHEDULE.
13:09:15 THEY GOT SOME PARKING TICKETS OUT THERE.
13:09:19 I KNOW I GOT ONE, BUT I AIN'T GOING TO CALL NEITHER ONE
13:09:20 OF Y'ALL.
13:09:23 I AM GOING TO PAY MY PARKING TICKET.
13:09:26 BUT THIS HAS GOT TO STOP.
13:09:28 WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO COME DOWN HERE TO DO THIS.
13:09:30 WE LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY.
13:09:32 THEY SHOULD HAVE RESPECTED US ENOUGH TO COME TALK TO
13:09:32 US.
13:09:36 NOT COME TALK TO THE POURS AT BE OR THE TOKEN PEOPLE
13:09:41 WHO SIT UP HERE AND DON'T KNOW ANYTHING, WHO PAD THEIR
13:09:44 DOLLARS AND PAD THEIR POCKETS AND THE ORGANIZATIONS.
13:09:45 COME TALK TO THE PEOPLE.
13:09:46 THE DOORS ARE OPEN.
13:09:48 IF YOU NEED A DOOR TO OPEN, WE ARE HERE FOR YOU.
13:09:51 WE CAN HAVE THAT TOWN HALL MEETING. WE CAN HAVE A
13:09:51 CONVERSATION.
13:09:54 THAT IS WHAT WE ARE HERE TO BUILD THAT BRIDGE AND MEND
13:09:55 THAT BRIDGE.
13:09:59 ALL I AM ASKING THE BUSINESS ASK, IT IS TIME FOR A NEW
13:10:00 CHANGE.
13:10:01 THANK YOU.
13:10:03 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.
13:10:10 NEXT PLEASE, SIR.
13:10:11 >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
13:10:13 I AM REVEREND WILLIE G. DIXON.
13:10:16 I HAVE A BUSINESS IN DISTRICT FIVE.
13:10:19 AND I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST SAY THIS.
13:10:23 HERE TO STRAIGHTEN OUT SOME OF THIS FAKE NEWS.
13:10:27 I HAVE BEEN -- I HAVE BEEN WITH -- IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
13:10:32 THE CITY OF TAMPA, BUILDING HOUSES, AND I TOLD THE MAN
13:10:40 BACK THERE, WE HAVE BUILT OVER 250 HOUSES.
13:10:44 AND WE PASSED OUT SOME INFORMATION.
13:10:49 MY ATTORNEY CANNOT BE HERE, BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW WE
13:10:54 HAVE EIGHT LOTS THAT THE CITY OWE THE FOUNDATION.
13:10:58 AND FIRST OF ALL, I HEARD THAT THE HOME WOULDN'T
13:11:02 APPRAISE OVER $90,000.
13:11:06 AS NONPROFIT, I HAVE SOLD HOUSES IN EAST TAMPA FOR OVER
13:11:08 $145,000.
13:11:14 AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THIS.
13:11:21 AND REPRESENTING DISTRICT FIVE.
13:11:24 AND REPRESENT THE WHOLE CITY.
13:11:28 SO IT SHOULDN'T BE JUST ONE MAN CARRYING THE WATER.
13:11:30 HERE IS ANOTHER THING TOO.
13:11:34 I HEARD THAT YOU -- THE MISINFORMATION ABOUT DOMAIN
13:11:35 HOMES.
13:11:37 THEY DID NOT GET $1 MILLION.
13:11:41 THEY GOT $1.5 MILLION.
13:11:45 THEY HAVE NEVER GIVEN A NONPROFIT THAT TYPE OF
13:11:45 CONSIDERATION.
13:11:47 WHY?
13:11:49 AND HUD IS INVESTIGATING THIS.
13:11:50 YOU KNOW WHY?
13:11:53 BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT YOU HAD TO HAVE BUILT 35 HOUSES
13:11:54 THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
13:11:58 AND I WAS TOLD BY SOMEBODY THAT WORK WITH THE CITY THEY
13:12:01 AIN'T DOING IT IN ADVANCE.
13:12:03 THAT IS WHAT YOU CALL COLLUSION, IMMORAL AND ILLEGAL.
13:12:08 SO, THEREFORE, WE KNOW THAT THE CITY WAS SHUT DOWN
13:12:13 BEFORE WHEN THEY USE LOW INCOME MONEY TO TAKE AND DES
13:12:18 OUR BLACK COMMUNITY ON OAK AND ROSS AND I AM HERE --
13:12:23 AND I GOT TO CONFESS -- I GOT TO CONFESS.
13:12:24 I WAS HOODWINKED.
13:12:34 I WAS TRICKED IN GOING AND GET BLACK FOLK TO BUY THEIR
13:12:34 HOUSES.
13:12:35 I WAS WRONG.
13:12:36 THEY CAN'T AFFORD.
13:12:39 THEY HAVE EIGHT OR NINE LOTS ON THAT BUILDING THEY CALL
13:12:40 THE PEARL.
13:12:42 WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT.
13:12:43 I KNEW IT WOULD BE TIME.
13:12:44 YOU WILL HIT THE BUZZER.
13:12:46 BUT THIS IS NOT A WORKSHOP.
13:12:48 A WORKSHOP IS DIALOGUE.
13:12:52 WE HAVE A CHANCE TO TELL YOU AND ANSWER SOME OF THESE
13:12:54 QUESTIONS BECAUSE I HEARD A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND
13:12:56 ANSWERS THAT ARE NOT TRUE.
13:12:57 I HAVE BEEN WITH THE CITY.
13:13:01 I KNOW THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY AND I KNOW WHERE
13:13:02 ALL THE BONES ARE BURIED.
13:13:05 I PRAY WE DO NOT HAVE A CITY TO SHUT DOWN.
13:13:07 YOU KNOW.
13:13:11 I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT WHEN STEVE WENT TO JAIL, THEY
13:13:15 SHUT DOWN THE CITY FOR THREE YEARS -- THREE YEARS.
13:13:17 >>LUIS VIERA: GIVE YOU 30 SECONDS.
13:13:21 >> AND I DISH PRAY THAT -- YOU LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF
13:13:21 THE PEOPLE.
13:13:24 THEY ARE CRYING FOR JUSTICE.
13:13:27 I WILL BE SOON 88 YEARS OLD, AND THAT IS -- AS CONNIE
13:13:31 WILL SAY, I CAN'T TELL MY GRANDCHILDREN GO ON CENTRAL
13:13:32 AVENUE.
13:13:37 I SAY THAT -- THAT -- THE PARK THAT YOU HAVE NAMED
13:13:41 AFTER PEARL HARVEY SENIOR SHOULD BE BUSINESSES OVER
13:13:41 THERE.
13:13:44 THEY WENT TO GERMANY AND DESTROYED THE WHOLE CITY AND
13:13:46 CAME BACK WITH THE MARSHAL PLAN.
13:13:49 SO DON'T TELL ME THAT YOU CAN'T REBUILD A CITY.
13:13:51 YOU NEED TO PUT BUSINESSES OVER THERE.
13:13:54 YOU NEED EVERYONE THAT HAD A FAMILY THAT OWNED A
13:13:55 BUSINESS TO BUILD THERE.
13:13:57 NOW I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
13:13:58 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
13:14:03 NEXT, PLEASE.
13:14:10 THIS WILL BE OUR FINAL SPEAKER BEFORE WE BREAK.
13:14:11 GO AHEAD, MA'AM.
13:14:12 >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
13:14:17 I AM GERALDINE ROGERS TOOMBS.
13:14:18 I DIDN'T COME TO SPEAK.
13:14:19 I CAME TO LISTEN.
13:14:23 AND I AM A RESIDENT OF EAST TAMPA.
13:14:29 AND I -- I WAS COMPELLED TO EXPRESS A CONCERN.
13:14:34 I AM NOT AN ADVOCATE FOR CONTAINER HOMES OR ANY CHANGES
13:14:37 TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS NOT GOING TO ENHANCE THE
13:14:38 NEIGHBORHOOD.
13:14:41 I AM CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THE BUILDINGS THAT HAVE
13:14:46 GONE UP IN THE AREA, YOU KNOW, DECENT HOUSES, BUT THE
13:14:50 SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE HOUSES AND THE -- THE DISTANCE OF
13:14:52 THE HOUSES ARE TO THE ROADS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, I
13:14:56 THINK THAT INAPPROPRIATE TO HAVE THAT DONE THAT WAY.
13:15:00 AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, THE LOT SIZES HAVE BEEN
13:15:05 REZONED OR WHATEVER TO MAKE CONCESSIONS TO PUT UP MORE
13:15:07 PROPERTIES, AND I THINK THAT IS BLIGHTING THE
13:15:07 COMMUNITY.
13:15:09 IT IS NOT ENHANCING THE COMMUNITY.
13:15:14 AND ANYTHING THAT SHOULD BE DONE IN THE AREA SHOULD BE
13:15:19 AN ENHANCEMENT, NOT A DETRIMENT, YOU KNOW, THERE AREN'T
13:15:21 PARKS THROUGHOUT THE AREA.
13:15:24 THERE ARE SOME PARKS IN THE AREA, SO WHERE ARE THE KIDS
13:15:25 SUPPOSED TO PLAY?
13:15:26 IN THE ROAD?
13:15:29 YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO DOWN OSBOURNE, THEY ARE RIGHT
13:15:31 BEFORE 40TH STREET.
13:15:34 THERE IS NO REAL PLACE FOR THE KIDS TO PLAY.
13:15:36 SO I THINK THAT WHEN YOU ARE MAKING DECISIONS, YOU NEED
13:15:39 TO TAKE THOSE FACTS INTO CONSIDERATION.
13:15:43 HOW YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH MAKING DECISIONS TO IMPACT MY
13:15:46 NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I DO WORK, AND I DO PAY TAXES FOR
13:15:47 MORE THAN ONE PROPERTY.
13:15:51 SO I DO WANT YOU TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, BUT
13:15:54 ALSO, MY OTHER CONCERN IS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
13:15:57 I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH HOPE FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS
13:16:01 ABOUT ENCOURAGING HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TO ESTABLISH AN
13:16:03 AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND.
13:16:07 THEY DON'T WANT A TITLE IT A TRUST FUND; HOWEVER, THERE
13:16:14 HAS BEEN SOME MOVEMENT OR SOME COMMITMENT TO ASSIST IN
13:16:15 THOSE ENDEAVORS.
13:16:18 RIGHT NOW THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT ALLOCATING $10 MILLION
13:16:19 ANNUALLY.
13:16:22 WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS UNTIL EVERYTHING IS
13:16:23 OFFICIAL.
13:16:27 BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, WHAT HOPE HAS BEEN ASKING FOR IS
13:16:31 THAT TO FOCUS ON THE WORKING CLASS COMMUNITY.
13:16:34 FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING 50% OR BELOW THE
13:16:38 AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME, AND SO WHEN YOU ALL ARE
13:16:42 DISCUSSING YOUR OBJECTIVES, I HOPE YOU TAKE THAT INTO
13:16:44 CONSIDERATION AS WELL, HELPING THOSE PEOPLE WHO REALLY
13:16:49 CANNOT AFFORD A $200,000 HOUSE BY THEMSELVES, BUT AT
13:16:52 ONE POINT AS THE LADY SPOKE EARLIER, I KNOW AT ONE
13:16:56 POINT, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WAS GIVING PEOPLE $65,000
13:16:58 FOR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.
13:17:01 SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST SUGGEST THAT YOU COME UP WITH SOME
13:17:04 INNOVATIVE WAYS TO HELP PEOPLE.
13:17:07 AND AS SHE STATED A CONTAINER HOMES ARE GOOD FOR
13:17:11 BAYSHORE AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER AREAS AND PUT THEM
13:17:13 THIS EAST TAMPA BUT TRY THOSE AREAS FIRST.
13:17:15 AND I THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
13:17:17 >>LUIS VIERA: WE THANK YOU, MA'AM.
13:17:20 WE ARE GOING TO RECESS FOR 30 MINUTES UNTIL 1:45.
13:17:22 AND WE SHALL RETURN.
13:17:23 [GAVEL SOUNDING]
13:17:26 [RECESS UNTIL 1:45]
13:17:26
13:52:33 [GAVEL SOUNDING]
13:52:35 >>LUIS VIERA: WE WILL RECONVENE.
13:52:41 IF YOU CAN DO ROLL CALL PLEASE.
13:52:53 [ROLL CALL TAKEN]
13:52:54 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
13:52:55 WE CONTINUE WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.
13:52:58 SIR, I ASSUME YOU ARE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
13:52:59 YOU MAY PROCEED.
13:53:04 THREE MINUTES A SPEAKER.
13:53:06 >> HELLO, CITY COUNCIL.
13:53:09 MY NAME IS KEVIN ROBLES.
13:53:11 HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF DOMAIN HOMES.
13:53:13 I JUST WANTED TO BRING YOU GUYS UP TO SPEED ON A COUPLE
13:53:14 OF THINGS.
13:53:27 I APPRECIATE ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY --
13:53:30 >> THANK YOU.
13:53:32 I APPRECIATE ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY AS WELL AS
13:53:35 PRESENTATION FROM HCD.
13:53:40 I APPLAUD COUNCIL FOR SORT OF PICKING UP THIS GAUNTLET.
13:53:46 I WANTED TO ADD A COUPLE OF THINGS TO THE DISCUSSION.
13:53:49 >>LUIS VIERA: PROBABLY BECAUSE IT WASN'T RECORDING.
13:53:52 >> KENNETH ROBLES HERE TO REPRESENT DOMAIN HOMES.
13:53:56 JUST WANTED TO -- I APPRECIATE ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENT
13:53:58 WE HAD TODAY AND I WAS IN THE BACK AND TOOK THE
13:54:00 OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF LISTEN TO EVERYBODY.
13:54:03 COUPLE -- COUPLE OF POINTS THAT I JUST WANTED TO BRING
13:54:05 THROUGH IN THE DISCUSSION.
13:54:08 LOOKS LIKE WE ARE KIND OF SUMMARIZE THIS THING UP VERY
13:54:09 QUICKLY.
13:54:14 THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ISSUE HERE IN -- IN THE CITY OF
13:54:18 TAMPA ALL ACROSS THE NATION IS REACHING A CRISIS
13:54:20 PROPORTION.
13:54:23 THERE WERE A COUPLE OF KEY POINTS THAT I WANTED TO
13:54:27 BRING UP, CERTAINLY TO COUNCIL, A LOT OF FRESH FACES UP
13:54:28 THERE.
13:54:31 YOU WILL NOT SOLVE THIS IN ANY ONE FELL SWOOP OF
13:54:31 ANYTHING.
13:54:38 IT WILL BE -- IT WILL BE POINTS OF CONTACT FROM ALL
13:54:40 DIFFERENT KINDS OF DIRECTIONS.
13:54:43 ADDITIONALLY YOU WILL STRUGGLE WITH WHAT DEFINES
13:54:44 AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
13:54:50 I WANT YOU TO ALSO KNOW THAT -- WHICH WAS NOT SPOKEN OF
13:54:54 TODAY IS THE AMOUNT OF INFLUENCE THAT FEDERAL
13:54:59 REGULATORY AND STATE REGULATORY AND FOR THAT MATTER
13:55:04 LOCAL REGULATORY ISSUES IMPACT THE COST OF HOUSING,
13:55:06 RIGHT, WRONG OR INDIFFERENT.
13:55:10 I AM NOT HERE IS TO TELL YOU IF IT IS RIGHT OR WRONG.
13:55:14 RECENTLY A STUDY BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME
13:55:14 BUILDERS.
13:55:16 IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED ON NATIONAL LEVEL THAT
13:55:19 REGULATION COST APPROXIMATELY 25% OF THE VALUE OF
13:55:20 PROPERTY.
13:55:25 SO AS YOU GO THROUGH AND YOU TRY TO LOOK FOR THOSE
13:55:29 MAGIC BULLETS AND KEEP THAT IN MIND THAT EVERYTHING HAS
13:55:30 A COST.
13:55:36 I APPRECIATE AND APPLAUD WHAT -- WHAT HCD, HOUSING AND
13:55:37 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HAS DONE.
13:55:46 THAT IS AN EXTREMELY ASTUTE AND WELL HEELED GROUP OF
13:55:50 FOLK WHO ARE DOING THEIR BEST EVERY DAY.
13:55:52 WE INTERFACE WITH THOSE FOLKS QUITE BIT.
13:55:54 I CAN TELL YOU ONE THAT HAS SAT ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING
13:55:57 HOUSING COMMITTEES OVER THE YEARS AND HAS BEEN IN THIS
13:55:59 BUSINESS FOR 30 YEARS, I HAVE NEVER SEEN ONE MORE
13:56:03 DEDICATED AND COMPREHENSIVE IN WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO
13:56:03 DO.
13:56:05 I WANTED TO BRING YOU UP TO DATE ON WHERE THE DOMAIN
13:56:09 HOMES PROJECT IS BECAUSE THIS MEETING WASN'T ABOUT
13:56:12 DOMAIN HOMES BUT IT WAS ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN
13:56:13 GENERAL.
13:56:17 WE NOW CURRENTLY TODAY HAVE 31 CLIENTS.
13:56:24 31 ELIGIBLE BENEFICIARIES UNDER THE GUIDELINES THAT HCD
13:56:26 PUT FORTH IN THE PROGRAM.
13:56:28 126 THEM WERE OCCUPIED.
13:56:32 ANOTHER 146 THEM OCCUPIED, AND THE BALANCE IS SET TO
13:56:35 CLOSE AND HOUSES UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THERE ARE 30 --
13:56:39 >> THANK YOU, SIR, YOU WANT 30 EXTRA SECONDS.
13:56:42 >> TO FINISH UP THERE IS 30.
13:56:47 THERE ARE 30 CURRENTLY 19 HOUSES UNDER CONSTRUCTION
13:56:50 PHYSICALLY IN THAT -- IN THAT PROGRAM.
13:56:53 UNFORTUNATELY -- AND WOULD BE REMISS AND I WISH THE
13:56:55 CROWD WAS HERE.
13:56:59 WE SUFFERED TERRIBLY WITH MALICIOUS VANDALISM.
13:57:03 HAD $80,000 IN THE EAST TAMPA COMMUNITY.
13:57:05 WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT TO TRY TO
13:57:08 BRING THAT TO SOME SORT OF CLOSURE.
13:57:12 NOT QUITE SURE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S -- WHAT'S THAT ALL
13:57:12 ABOUT.
13:57:15 BUT I WANTED TO THANK THE BOARD FOR THE TIME YOU HAVE
13:57:18 PUT -- TIME AND EFFORT YOU HAVE PUT FORTH.
13:57:20 ALWAYS WILLING TO SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL ANY TIME IF
13:57:22 THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY.
13:57:23 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
13:57:27 ARE YOU HERE FOR -- OKAY, WELL -- BEING NONE.
13:57:29 THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
13:57:35 I GUESS WE -- HOW ANTI-CLIMATIC.
13:57:41 DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS.
13:57:43 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
13:57:44 >> REGARDING THE CONTAINER HOMES.
13:57:45 I HAVE SEEN THEM.
13:57:47 I HAVE SEEN THE DIFFERENT DESIGNS.
13:57:50 I HAVE SEEN THEM UP CLOSE.
13:57:52 I THINK THEY ARE A MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
13:57:55 THE SHIPPING CONTAINER WILL BE IN THE SEVERAL THOUSANDS
13:57:58 OF DOLLARS DEPENDING ON EACH ONE AND THEY ARE STACKABLE
13:58:02 AND YOU CAN EXPAND ON THEM AND BUILD A HOUSE.
13:58:03 BUILD A REAL HOME.
13:58:06 PEOPLE THINK THAT IT IS, LIKE, A WAREHOUSE, BUT THEY
13:58:07 ARE NOT LIKE THAT.
13:58:11 MAKE ANY A NICE FINISHED PRODUCT THAT TEAM WITH BE
13:58:12 PROUD OF.
13:58:15 I PUT NICE SERIOUS CONSIDERATION INTO MYSELF GETTING
13:58:15 ONE.
13:58:18 THE ISSUE IS THE COST OF THE LAND BUT WE HAVE SO MANY
13:58:21 CITY-OWNED LOTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF TAMPA THAT WE
13:58:24 COULD UTILIZE FOR THIS KIND OF PRODUCT.
13:58:27 WE CAN OFFER AN EVEN CHEAPER ALTERNATIVE TO WHAT IS
13:58:34 ALREADY BEING MANUFACTURED AT $170,000 TO $200,000.
13:58:36 I HAVE SEEN THEM AS LOW AS $30,000.
13:58:39 AS HIGH IN SEVERAL HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS DEPENDING ON
13:58:40 THE SIZE THAT YOU GET.
13:58:43 BUT YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, SOMETHING I CONSIDERED
13:58:46 MYSELF ONE DAY POSSIBLY PURCHASING.
13:58:48 I THINK IT IS RESPECTABLE.
13:58:51 IT IS HURRICANE-PROOF.
13:58:52 A LOT LESS MAINTENANCE.
13:58:54 YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE TERMITES BECAUSE
13:58:56 EVERYTHING IS METAL, THE ROOF.
13:58:57 EVERYTHING IS METAL.
13:58:59 AND SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT.
13:59:01 TINY HOMES ARE ANOTHER OPTION.
13:59:04 ALL THIS CAME UP IN CANDIDATE FORUMS IN THE LAST
13:59:04 CAMPAIGN.
13:59:06 SEVERAL MAYORAL CANDIDATES.
13:59:11 I KNOW FORMER COUNCILMEMBER HARRY COHEN BROUGHT IT UP
13:59:11 SEVERAL TIMES.
13:59:14 I LIKED IT AND LOOKED AT THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND
13:59:15 NO NOT.
13:59:19 THERE IS ONE BEING BUILT IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT GOING
13:59:23 DOWN TAMPA STREET APPROACHING FLORIBRASKA.
13:59:26 YOU CAN LOOK ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE AND NOT ONLY UNDER
13:59:29 CONSTRUCTION BUT A RENDERING OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
13:59:32 FINISHED TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT IT IS LIKE.
13:59:33 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
13:59:35 ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
13:59:37 COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
13:59:40 >>BILL CARLSON: I TOOK A WHOLE PAGE OF NOTES AND SOME
13:59:45 NEW IDEAS, SOME REINFORCED, AND I PLAN TO FOLLOW UP
13:59:48 WITH CITY STAFF TO TRY TO SEE IF THERE ARE SOME IDEAS
13:59:48 WHAT WE CAN DO.
13:59:51 I DON'T WANT TO SIT HERE AND HAVE A LONG CONVERSATION
13:59:54 WHAT WE COULD OR SHOULD DO WHEN THEY MAY BE DOING SOME
13:59:57 OF IT ALREADY AND I WANT TO MEET WITH THEM FIRST.
14:00:00 BUT JUST EVERYBODY WATCHING WHO WAS HERE EARLIER.
14:00:03 THANKS FOR EVERYBODY COMING HERE AND GIVING US THEIR
14:00:04 IDEAS.
14:00:06 COUNCILMAN CITRO.
14:00:09 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN CHAIR.
14:00:12 I WANT TO MAKE THE COUNCILMAN WHO MADE THE MOTION TO
14:00:15 HAVE THIS WORKSHOP AND GLAD WE COULD HAVE DIALOGUE FROM
14:00:19 ALL CITIZENS, FROM CITY STAFF AND AMONGST OURSELVES.
14:00:23 THANK THE CITY COUNCILMEN WHO MADE THE MOTIONS.
14:00:25 >>LUIS VIERA: I WILL STAY IF I MAY, SOMETHING THAT WAS
14:00:27 MENTIONED IS A TOWN HALL.
14:00:28 I AM A BIG TOWN HALL FAN.
14:00:32 IN MY FIRST TWO AND A HALF YEARS I DID 12 OR 13 OF THEM
14:00:34 AND I GOT A COUPLE MORE SET UP.
14:00:39 I GOT ONE WITH KIM OVERMAN IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND ONE
14:00:43 WITH DRISCOL COMING UP AND A COUPLE OF OTHERS, AND IF
14:00:48 -- SO LONG AS THERE IS PROPER NOTICE IN ALL THAT, WE
14:00:49 CAN DO A TOWN HALL.
14:00:52 ALL COUNCILMEMBERS BEING AVAILABLE.
14:00:56 SOMETHING THAT IS -- I THINK A FORUM AND A VENUE THAT
14:00:59 WILL BE APPROPRIATE FOR WHAT A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT
14:01:01 WERE DISCUSSED TODAY.
14:01:05 COUNCILMAN GUDES.
14:01:07 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE A TOWN
14:01:07 HALL.
14:01:09 >>LUIS VIERA: LET'S DO IT.
14:01:11 >>ORLANDO GUDES: DISCUSSING AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS
14:01:14 IN THE CITY.
14:01:16 >>LUIS VIERA: CAN I GET A SECOND.
14:01:17 >> SECOND.
14:01:20 >> DO YOU NEED ANY MORE EXPLANATION ON THAT.
14:01:21 >>MARTIN SHELBY: ABSOLUTELY.
14:01:26 AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE QUESTION IS, IF I CAN, I THINK
14:01:29 UNLESS OFF DATE, TIME AND LOCATION, IT IS PREMATURE.
14:01:34 IT IS A GOOD -- A GOOD MOTION TO GET A CONSENSUS OF
14:01:39 COUNCIL AND MAYBE BRING IT BACK FOR -- I DON'T KNOW HOW
14:01:41 LONG COUNCIL NEEDS TO CHECK.
14:01:44 THE QUESTION WHETHER YOU WANT -- TWO FOLD, DO YOU WANT
14:01:46 IT ON A COUNCIL DAY OR IN THE EVENING.
14:01:48 DO YOU WANT IT ON AN OFF DAY.
14:01:51 IT ALL HAS TO FIT -- IT ALSO HAS TO FIT YOUR SCHEDULES
14:01:54 AND WHAT VENUE IT WILL BE.
14:01:56 FOR INSTANCE, WOULD A -- WOULD YOU WANT IT IN A
14:01:57 PARTICULAR DISTRICT.
14:02:00 AND WANT ACCESSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY.
14:02:04 SO THOSE WERE ALL THINGS THAT NEED TO BE CONSIDERED.
14:02:10 SO -- IF YOU WOULD LIKE -- IF YOU WOULD LIKE,
14:02:15 COUNCILMAN, WE CAN ASK -- LOOK AT THE CALENDAR AND
14:02:18 PERHAPS SUGGEST DATES AND LOCATIONS FOR THE COUNCIL TO
14:02:20 CONSIDER AND DISTRIBUTE THAT TO THE COUNCIL TO CHECK
14:02:24 THEIR SCHEDULES AND THEN IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BRING IT
14:02:27 BACK FOR DISCUSSION ESPECIALLY WHEN OFF FULL
14:02:27 DISCUSSION.
14:02:30 HOW ABOUT YOU BRING THAT BACK FOR DISCUSSION UNDER NEW
14:02:33 BUSINESS OF THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING, MAYBE BETWEEN NOW
14:02:35 AND THEN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT DATE AND A
14:02:38 NOTICED PUBLIC MEETING.
14:02:40 >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
14:02:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A COUPLE OF SUGGESTIONS AND WE
14:02:45 WILL HAVE A FULL DISCUSSION IN THE EVENING SO PEOPLE
14:02:47 HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET OFF WORK AND BE THERE.
14:02:49 A CHURCH, A HIGH SCHOOL.
14:02:50 MAYBE MIDDLETON.
14:02:53 MAKE IT WHERE IT IS EASY TO PARK WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE
14:02:56 TO PAY TO PARK BECAUSE COMING DOWNTOWN IS NOTHING
14:02:58 EXCITING.
14:02:58 THAT'S IT.
14:03:00 BUT I AM ALL FOR IT.
14:03:03 I THINK IT WILL T WOULD BE A WONDERFUL IDEA AND IN
14:03:08 RESPECT TO EVERYONE THAT SPOKE HERE TODAY, YOU KNOW, WE
14:03:11 ARE FOLLOWING THEIR WISHES OF -- YOU SAID THIS ON THE
14:03:12 CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
14:03:13 YOU SAID THIS.
14:03:14 YOU ASKED FOR OUR VOTE.
14:03:17 YOU KNOW WHAT, WE ARE MAKING THE RIGHT MOVE AND, YOU
14:03:21 KNOW, GOING UP TO THEM AND LISTENING.
14:03:24 >> I THINK THE MAIN THING AS YOU SAID COUNCILMAN, TO
14:03:27 LISTEN AND GIVE PEOPLE THE RESPECT OF YOUR TIME IS THE
14:03:29 MOST IMPORTANT THING AND THAT'S WHY I ALWAYS DID A LOT
14:03:32 OF THOSE BECAUSE I THINK THAT CONSTITUENTS REALLY
14:03:33 APPRECIATE THEM.
14:03:37 EVEN IF YOU AGREE WITH THEM -- DISAGREE WITH YOU ON THE
14:03:40 ISSUE THEY APPRECIATE YOU SHOWED UP AND DISAGREE BUT
14:03:43 YOU TAKE THE HEAT AND THAT IS WHAT A REAL LEADER DOES.
14:03:49 WHATEVER THE TIME, OUR OFFICES CAN DO THAT.
14:03:53 >> WOULD YOU LIKE HAVE IT -- IT IS UP TO YOU,
14:03:55 COUNCILMAN.
14:03:58 WOULD YOU LIKE IT UP AT THE NEXT MEETING WITH THE
14:04:01 DISCUSSION OF SETTING A TIME AND PLACE FOR A TOWN HALL
14:04:05 MEETING ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
14:04:06 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
14:04:09 WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
14:04:12 A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
14:04:13 ANY OPPOSED.
14:04:15 NOW TO MOTIONS AND BUSINESS.
14:04:18 COUNCILMAN GUDES.
14:04:20 >> GENTLEMEN, THIS AFTERNOON WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A
14:04:23 LAND USE MEETING, AND WE WERE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING
14:04:25 THE DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL PROCESS AND COMPREHENSIVE
14:04:26 PLAN.
14:04:31 THE BLUEPRINT OF GOALS AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
14:04:34 OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE ADOPTED A
14:04:37 COMMUNITY BENEFIT ORDINANCE, WHICH CREATES COMMUNITY
14:04:39 BENEFITS AGREEMENTS.
14:04:41 NEGOTIATED IN THE INITIAL STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT IN ORDER
14:04:46 TO HAVE A MORE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF DEVELOPMENT
14:04:48 ACROSS ALL OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
14:04:50 I WOULD LIKE THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO RESEARCH AND
14:04:54 PREPARE A REPORT, A PROPOSAL FOR CITY BENEFITS
14:04:57 ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA.
14:05:00 I KNOW IT MAY PRESENT CHALLENGES AN PRESENTS TREMENDOUS
14:05:02 OPPORTUNITIES FOR TAMPA AND FOR THE GOOD OF THE
14:05:05 PEOPLE.TAMPA IN WAYS THAT MAY NEVER HAVE BEEN
14:05:05 CONSIDERED.
14:05:10 FURTHERMORE, I WOULD LIKE COUNCIL -- COUNCIL SUPPORT IN
14:05:12 LEARNING MORE ABOUT IT AND WHAT IT CAN MEAN FOR THE
14:05:15 FUTURE OF OUR CITY.
14:05:16 >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION?
14:05:20 GO AHEAD SIR.
14:05:23 >>ORLANDO GUDES: TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY
14:05:25 OF TAMPA.
14:05:26 >> DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A DATE.
14:05:31 HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO NEED FOR IT TO COME BACK?
14:05:35 >>ORLANDO GUDES: 30 DAYS, 60 DAYS.
14:05:38 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THEY WOULD NEED MORE TIME.
14:05:42 WOULD COUNCIL CONSIDER -- WOULD AUGUST 22 BE
14:05:46 ACCEPTABLE?
14:05:49 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT WILL BE ACCEPTABLE.
14:05:55 >> A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GUDES AND SECOND BY
14:05:57 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
14:06:01 NOT SUBSTANTIVELY AWARE BUT FOR PURPOSES.
14:06:02 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
14:06:03 OPPOSED?
14:06:05 ANYTHING ELSE, SIR.
14:06:07 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ONE MORE MOTION.
14:06:11 MR. CHAIRMAN, AS YOU KNOW VOTERS AT THE POLL WAS IN
14:06:14 SUPPORT OF AMENDMENT FOUR THAT RESTORE RIGHTS TO THOSE
14:06:17 ARREST SLASH EX-OFFENDERS.
14:06:22 YOU HEARD MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY TALK ABOUT THE NEED
14:06:27 TO HAVE OFFENDERS AS WE CAN HAVE A POSITIVE ROLE TO
14:06:28 MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
14:06:31 I PROPOSE THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA HAVE A ORDINANCE THAT
14:06:36 WILL ASSIST THAT WILL BENEFIT BUSINESSES AND HOUSING
14:06:38 AND A COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
14:06:41 WE WILL LOOK AT WHAT IS DONE ELSEWHERE, JACKSONVILLE
14:06:44 AND THE CITY OF CALIFORNIA, FOR EXAMPLE, AND SEE HOW WE
14:06:48 CAN BUILD OUR OWN MODEL IN TAMPA TO ACHIEVE OUR GOALS
14:06:48 AND SUCCESS.
14:06:54 WITH THAT IN MIND I ASK YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE FOLLOWING
14:06:57 MOTION.
14:07:00 >> A RE-ENTRY ORDINANCE IN TERMS OF -- LIKE PROGRAMS TO
14:07:02 HELP FOLKS REENTER.
14:07:06 >> REENTER, HOUSING, THE -- THE PROGRAMS.
14:07:07 JACKSONVILLE HAS A GOOD PROGRAM WHEN YOU ARE DEALING
14:07:10 WITH CONTRACTS BEING ISSUED.
14:07:14 PEOPLE GET ON JOBS AND HAVE SECOND CHANCE.
14:07:19 AND GIVING A LOT OF PROCURED CONTRACTS.
14:07:20 >> WHAT IS THE MOTION?
14:07:22 I AM SORRY.
14:07:27 >>ORLANDO GUDES: A MOTION FOR THE RE-ENTRY ORDINANCE.
14:07:29 >> DO YOU HAVE A DATE FOR IT?
14:07:31 >>ORLANDO GUDES: 60 DAYS ON THAT TOO.
14:07:33 YOU WILL NEED SOME TIME.
14:07:35 >> BOTH ON THE SAME DATE?
14:07:37 OR DO YOU THINK --
14:07:39 >> WE HAVE A REGULAR SESSION.
14:07:42 >> PROBABLY WANT TO SPEAK WITH STAFF ON THE MEAT OF IT
14:07:44 AND WHATNOT.
14:07:53 >> SEPTEMBER 5 WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE W M, A LIGHT
14:07:53 DAY.
14:07:54 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT WOULD BE FINE.
14:07:57 IT IS A LIGHT DAY.
14:07:59 >> QUESTION FOR MR. GUDES.
14:08:03 THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO WORK WITH THAT --
14:08:05 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK LEGAL -- THE LEGAL AND THE
14:08:08 ADMINISTRATION EXAMINE THE PROPOSAL.
14:08:10 >> OKAY, THANK YOU.
14:08:14 >>LUIS VIERA: A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GUDES AND SECOND
14:08:17 BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
14:08:19 IN ALL FAVOR.
14:08:20 OPPOSED.
14:08:22 COUNCILMAN, MANISCALCO, ANYTHING --
14:08:24 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WAS HOPING TO STAY UNTIL 5:00
14:08:28 BUT IF WE HAVE TO LEAVE, I GUESS WE WILL GO.
14:08:31 >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN CITRO.
14:08:34 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I WANT TO THANK MY FAMILY MEMBERS HERE
14:08:38 AT CITY COUNCIL FOR THE WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.
14:08:41 I THANK YOU AND THE AIDES AND POLICE OFFICERS THAT
14:08:42 STAYED BEHIND.
14:08:44 THANK YOU FOR THE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.
14:08:47 >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
14:08:50 >>BILL CARLSON: I JUST HAVE A MOTION TO BRING BACK FOR
14:08:54 CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION A RESOLUTION ON IMMIGRANT
14:08:58 HERITAGE MONTH AND WORLD REFUGEE DAY.
14:09:00 THEY FALL IN JUNE.
14:09:05 >> A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
14:09:06 ALL IN FAVOR.
14:09:07 MOTION PASSES.
14:09:11 >> THE WARRIOR GAMES ARE COMING TO TAMPA.
14:09:14 300 DISABLED VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES THAT SUFFERED
14:09:18 INJURIES AND DISABILITY NONE OF COMBAT, SOMETIMES NOT
14:09:19 IN SERVICE ARE COMING HERE.
14:09:23 AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL COUNCILMEMBERS TO COME ON
14:09:28 JUNE 22, I BELIEVE IT IS THE OPENING CEREMONIES WITH
14:09:30 JON STEWART AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS WILL BE THERE.
14:09:33 AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO COME TO AS MANY OF
14:09:36 THE EFFORTS THAT YOU CAN.
14:09:37 OKAY.
14:09:40 ANYONE HERE FURTHER WISH TO COMMENT?
14:09:42 I SEE PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT HERE BEFORE.
14:09:46 ANY POST COUNCIL COMMENTS THAT WOULD APPEAR BEING DONE.
14:09:47 DO WE HAVE --
14:09:48 >> MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
14:09:50 >> A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
14:09:56 A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
14:09:57 ANY OPPOSED?
14:09:58 OKAY.
14:09:58 THANK YOU.
14:10:01 WE ARE ADJOURNED.
14:10:05 [COUNCIL ADJOURNED AT 2:10P]
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