TAMPA CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOPS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 2019
9:00 A.M.
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8:52:38AM
9:06:00AM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
9:06:02AM >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
9:06:03AM CITY COUNCIL IS IN SESSION.
9:06:04AM WE BEGIN WITH OUR INVOCATION.
9:06:07AM WHO HAS OUR INVOCATION THIS MORNING?
9:06:09AM YES, SIR.
9:06:09AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
9:06:11AM CHAIRMAN, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE MR. STEVE
9:06:13AM MICHELINI, WHO IS ONE OF THE BEST PRAYER GIVERS I'VE EVER
9:06:17AM HEARD.
9:06:17AM HE'S HERE TODAY TO DO A PRAYER FOR US.
9:06:20AM PLEASE RISE FOR THE INVOCATION AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE
9:06:24AM PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
9:06:25AM >>STEVE MICHELINI: GOOD MORNING.
9:06:26AM DEAR LORD, MANY ARE CALLED, BUT FEW ARE CHOSEN.
9:06:32AM WHEN WE ARE CALLED, WHO ANSWERS?
9:06:35AM IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE MOST PIOUS, THE MOST HOLY.
9:06:40AM RATHER, IT'S THE ONES WHO HEAR THE CALL AND LISTEN.
9:06:42AM WE ARE SURROUNDED BY THE MESSAGES FROM THE LORD.
9:06:45AM HEAR THEM AND ACT UPON THEM WISELY.
9:06:48AM WE CRY OUT TO THE LORD FOR SALVATION WHEN WE FEEL FORLORN
9:06:54AM AND THE LORD IS THERE.
9:06:55AM WE ASK FOR HOPE WHEN ALL SEEMS LOST AND THE LORD IS THERE.
9:06:58AM WE ASK FOR STRENGTH WHEN WE FEEL WEAK OR RAVAGED AND THE
9:07:03AM LORD IS THERE.
9:07:04AM WE ASK FOR COMFORT WHEN WE ARE DESPAIRED AND LOST IN THE
9:07:09AM WAYS OF THE WORLD AND THE LORD IS THERE.
9:07:10AM WE ASK FOR GUIDANCE AND THE LORD SHOWS US A PATH.
9:07:13AM LIFE IS FULL OF CHALLENGES AND THE CHALLENGES MANAGE TO MAKE
9:07:17AM US STRONGER, WISER AND MORE CONVICTED.
9:07:20AM WHEN I WAS TROUBLED, THE LORD WAS THERE.
9:07:22AM WHEN I WAS FRIGHTENED, THE LORD WAS THERE.
9:07:25AM AND WHEN I NEEDED THE LORD MOST, HE WAS THERE FOR ME AND ALL
9:07:30AM THE OTHERS WHO SEEK THE LORD.
9:07:31AM THE LORD DOES NOT WITHHOLD LOVE, CARE, PROTECTION, GUIDANCE,
9:07:35AM ASSISTANCE, OR GRACE.
9:07:38AM SING THE PRAISES OF THE LORD AND HIS AWESOME AND MIGHTY
9:07:41AM DEEDS.
9:07:42AM REJOICE IN THE LORD AND GIVE THANKS.
9:07:44AM WE ASK FOR YOUR BLESSINGS AND YOUR SHIELD OF HOPE FOR
9:07:48AM WISDOM, FAITH, AND THAT THEY BE BESTOWED UPON YOUR ELECTED
9:07:52AM OFFICIALS, YOUR FIRST RESPONDERS, TEACHERS, OUR ARMED
9:07:56AM FORCES, GOVERNMENTAL SERVANTS AND OUR CHILDREN.
9:07:58AM PLEASE KEEP THEM SAFE IN YOUR LOVING ARMS AND PROVIDE THEM
9:08:02AM FOR WHAT THEY NEED IN THESE CHALLENGING TIMES.
9:08:05AM THE GOOD LORD IS OUR ROCK, OUR SALVATION.
9:08:08AM WE GIVE PRAISE AND THANKS FOR ALL OF HIS GIFTS.
9:08:11AM WE PRAY THIS IN YOUR HOLY NAME.
9:08:13AM WE ASK THAT YOU PROTECT ALL THOSE WHO MAY BE IN DANGER WITH
9:08:16AM THE HURRICANE.
9:08:16AM THANK YOU SO MUCH, DEAR LORD, AMEN.
9:08:20AM >> AMEN.
9:08:22AM [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
9:08:33AM >>LUIS VIERA: ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
9:08:38AM >>THE CLERK: DINGFELDER?
9:08:39AM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HERE.
9:08:40AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE.
9:08:41AM MAN'S HERE.
9:08:43AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE.
9:08:44AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
9:08:44AM >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
9:08:45AM >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
9:08:46AM OKAY.
9:08:47AM WE BEGIN WITH COMMENDATION OF POLICE OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
9:08:51AM COUNCILMAN CITRO.
9:08:53AM I KNOW THAT COUNCILMAN CITRO HAD ASKED THAT BEFORE HE BEGIN,
9:08:56AM IF CHIEF DUGAN WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT OUR
9:08:59AM FORTHCOMING STORM PROBLEMS AND JUST WORDS OF WISDOM FOR
9:09:04AM PUBLIC SAFETY.
9:09:08AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
9:09:10AM LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE A PROBABLE STORM COMING OUR
9:09:16AM WAY, AND THERE'S NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT TO PREPARE.
9:09:23AM I KNOW IF YOU ARE IN A LOW-LYING AREA, THERE ARE SANDBAGS
9:09:26AM READY TO BE TAKEN BY THE PUBLIC, BUT MCFARLANE PARK IS ONE
9:09:30AM AREA THAT HAS THEM.
9:09:32AM PLEASE, LET'S PREPARE OURSELVES.
9:09:34AM THIS MAY NOT COME.
9:09:35AM THIS MAY NOT HIT US, BUT NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE.
9:09:38AM THE MAYOR, THE CITY COUNCIL, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE
9:09:43AM DEPARTMENT IS HERE TO SERVE AND PROTECT.
9:09:47AM PUBLIC SAFETY IS NUMBER ONE FOR THE CITY, NUMBER ONE FOR THE
9:09:50AM MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AND ALL THE EMPLOYEES.
9:09:53AM LET'S ALSO REMEMBER TO GET OUR MEDICATIONS, NOT ONLY FOR OUR
9:09:56AM FAMILY MEMBERS BUT OUR BEST FAMILY MEMBERS, OUR PETS.
9:10:00AM LET'S BRING THEM IN DURING THE STORM.
9:10:02AM IF YOU HAVE THAT YELLOW PLACARD THAT THE CITY MAILED TO YOU
9:10:06AM THAT LETS YOU BACK INTO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ONCE THERE ARE
9:10:10AM EVACUATIONS, PLEASE FIND THAT YELLOW PLACARD SO YOU CAN GET
9:10:14AM BACK HOME AND HELP THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
9:10:16AM REMEMBER, IF YOU ARE ASKED TO EVACUATE, PLEASE EVACUATE,
9:10:21AM BECAUSE IF THE STORM IS THAT BAD, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS
9:10:25AM THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO DO.
9:10:27AM CHIEF DUGAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THIS.
9:10:31AM >>BRIAN DUGAN: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:10:32AM BRIAN DUGAN, CHIEF OF POLICE.
9:10:34AM IF I CAN JUST REMIND EVERYONE TO THINK BACK TWO YEARS AGO
9:10:37AM WITH IRMA, WE WERE VERY LUCKY.
9:10:40AM WE DODGED A BULLET, SO TO SPEAK.
9:10:43AM IF YOU REMEMBER, THE WIND DAMAGE THAT WE HAD AND POWER LINES
9:10:46AM AND THE ELECTRICITY BEING OUT IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS, AND
9:10:51AM THE STRUGGLES THAT WE WENT THROUGH.
9:10:53AM AS YOU ARE WELL AWARE THAT THE CITY HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS
9:10:56AM AMOUNT WHEN IT COMES TO STORMWATER AND DRAINAGE, AND THEY
9:10:59AM HAVE FIXED A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS BUT WE ALL KNOW WHAT AREAS
9:11:06AM FLOOD.
9:11:06AM I USED TO JOKE THAT IF SOMEONE LEFT THEIR SPRINKLER SYSTEM
9:11:10AM ON OVERNIGHT IN SOUTH TAMPA, IT FLOODED.
9:11:12AM WELL, NOW THAT JOKE IS NOT GOING TO BE SO FUNNY WHEN WE GET
9:11:16AM FLOODED.
9:11:16AM WE KNOW WHERE WE HAVE OUR TOUGH AREAS WHEN IT DEALS WITH
9:11:19AM WATER, SO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT.
9:11:20AM HE MENTIONED THE PETS, BUT LET'S ALSO NOT FORGET OUR
9:11:25AM NEIGHBORS, ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY.
9:11:26AM SOMETIMES THEY DON'T ALWAYS PAY ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER,
9:11:30AM AND SOMETIMES THEY JUST DON'T THINK THINGS THROUGH.
9:11:33AM LET'S LEARN FROM OUR PAST.
9:11:34AM I KNOW AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY GOVERNMENT, WE
9:11:37AM HAVE MADE ADJUSTMENTS SINCE IRMA, BUT PLEASE, YOU KNOW, USE
9:11:42AM SOME COMMON SENSE AND PLAN AHEAD.
9:11:44AM WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE NOW WITH THE WEATHER FORECAST SYSTEMS,
9:11:49AM WE KNOW ABOUT THESE MUCH SOONER THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST.
9:11:53AM I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO USE THAT TIME TO REST ON THEIR
9:11:57AM LAURELS.
9:11:58AM WHAT I WANT THEM TO DO IS USE THAT TIME TO PREPARE.
9:12:00AM LOOK AT IT THIS WAY, IF WE DON'T GET A DIRECT HIT, WE'LL BE
9:12:04AM READY FOR THE NEXT STORM.
9:12:05AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, CHIEF.
9:12:06AM >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY JUST BRIEFLY ALSO SOMETHING JUST TO,
9:12:10AM ESPECIALLY FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, JUST TO BE -- AND EVERYBODY
9:12:14AM -- TO BE IN CONTACT ALSO WITH INSTITUTIONS IN YOUR COMMUNITY
9:12:17AM THAT PROVIDE HELP FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LOWER INCOME, DISABLED
9:12:20AM SENIORS, ET CETERA.
9:12:21AM I ALWAYS SAY THAT IF YOU ARE LOWER INCOME OR STRUGGLING
9:12:25AM HOUSEHOLD, A CATEGORY 1 STORM IS FOR YOU A CATEGORY 4 STORM
9:12:31AM BECAUSE OF YOUR LACK OF RESOURCES.
9:12:34AM WHAT YOU SAID, CHIEF, WITH REGARDS TO YOUR NEIGHBORS,
9:12:36AM ESPECIALLY THOSE HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED IS SOMETHING
9:12:38AM THAT IS TRUE.
9:12:39AM THANK YOU.
9:12:40AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: ONE OF THE FACTS I DID LEARN FROM ONE OF OUR
9:12:46AM LOCAL WEATHERMAN, THERE'S ONLY BEEN FIVE -- EXCUSE ME, THREE
9:12:49AM CATEGORY 5 HURRICANES HIT THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
9:12:53AM CAT 5 HURRICANES ARE VERY RARE.
9:12:55AM OF THOSE THREE CAT 5 HURRICANES THAT HIT THE STATE OF
9:12:59AM FLORIDA, TWO OF THEM WERE JUST TROPICAL STORMS THREE DAYS
9:13:03AM BEFORE.
9:13:04AM LET'S PREPARE OURSELVES.
9:13:06AM LET'S HELP THE POLICE AND THE FIRE PROTECT US.
9:13:09AM CHIEF DUGAN, WE HAVE AN OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
9:13:17AM MS. HOPE DAUPHIN.
9:13:18AM I CAN'T EXPRESS ENOUGH IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT THESE
9:13:26AM WOMEN AND MEN DO FOR OUR CITY, PLEASE, GO TO THE TAMPA
9:13:29AM CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY AND FIND OUT WHAT THEY ACTUALLY DO
9:13:34AM FOR US.
9:13:35AM MS. HOPE, YOU HAVE SERVED US WELL.
9:13:38AM I WOULD LIKE CHIEF DUGAN TO EXPLAIN THE GREAT THINGS THAT
9:13:41AM YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA.
9:13:43AM CHIEF?
9:13:44AM >>BRIAN DUGAN: THANK YOU.
9:13:44AM SO THIS MORNING, WE ARE HONORING OFFICER HOPE DAUPHIN.
9:13:49AM SHE IS THE OFFICER OF THE MONTH FOR AUGUST 2019.
9:13:52AM I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF THE THINGS THAT SHE DOES.
9:13:54AM SHE BRINGS COMPASSION AND FAIRNESS TO HER INVESTIGATIONS,
9:13:58AM ALLOWING HER TO SOLVE CRIMES AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE
9:14:01AM FOR THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA.
9:14:02AM HERE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT SHE
9:14:05AM HAS DONE.
9:14:07AM SHE RESPONDED TO A CALL OF A MAN THREATENING TO KILL HIS
9:14:11AM WIFE AT HER JOB.
9:14:12AM HE TOOK A WORK TRUCK AND SAID HE WAS GOING TO KILL HIS
9:14:16AM IN-LAWS IN OCALA.
9:14:18AM HIS WIFE ADVISE HE OWNED A SHOTGUN AND WOULD KILL HER OR HER
9:14:22AM FAMILY.
9:14:22AM HOPE CALLED THE SUBJECT, AND AFTER ESTABLISHING A RAPPORT
9:14:26AM WITH HIM, HE ADMITTED THAT HE WAS HEADED TO HIS IN-LAW'S
9:14:32AM HOUSE.
9:14:32AM HOPE CONTACTED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THEIR DEPUTIES
9:14:34AM ARRIVED AT THE HOME BEFORE THE SUBJECT DID.
9:14:37AM OVER THE PHONE, HOPE KEPT HIM CALM UNTIL HE WAS SAFELY TAKEN
9:14:40AM INTO CUSTODY UNDER THE BAKER ACT.
9:14:42AM SHE SAVED THAT FAMILY'S LIFE AND LORD KNOWS WHAT ELSE WOULD
9:14:46AM HAVE HAPPENED.
9:14:49AM HOPE INVESTIGATED LAWN EQUIPMENT THEFT FROM A LAWN BUSINESS.
9:14:52AM WITHIN THREE HOURS, SHE LOCATED THAT EQUIPMENT AT A
9:14:54AM PAWNSHOP.
9:14:55AM THE VICTIM RESPONDED TO IDENTIFY IT, AND SHE TALKED THE
9:14:59AM SUSPECT INTO MEETING HER WITH HER LATER AND HE CONFESSED TO
9:15:02AM THE CRIME AND WAS ARRESTED.
9:15:03AM RECENTLY, SHE WORKED WITH THE D-2 DETECTIVE SQUAD AND WAS
9:15:07AM ASSIGNED VARIOUS THEFT CASES THAT HAD LITTLE OR NO LEADS.
9:15:11AM TWO CELL PHONE THEFT REPORTS STOOD OUT TO HER.
9:15:15AM SHE SENT OUT A CRIME ALERT BULLETIN TO NEIGHBORING
9:15:18AM JURISDICTIONS.
9:15:19AM PINELLAS AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES ADVISED US THEY HAD
9:15:24AM SIMILAR CASES.
9:15:24AM THEY MET TO REVIEW THE INTELLIGENCE AND FOUND THREE SUSPECTS
9:15:28AM WITH THE SAME PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION AND CLOTHING WHO HAD
9:15:32AM COMMITTED SIMILAR THEFTS.
9:15:33AM SHE SENT OUT A STATEWIDE BULLETIN, LEADING TO THE SAME THREE
9:15:37AM SUSPECTS HAVING COMMITTED THEFTS IN MULTIPLE COUNTIES
9:15:40AM THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
9:15:42AM SHE FOUND THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS AND MONITORED THEIR
9:15:45AM ACTIVITY, BUT DID NOT HAVE NAMES FOR THEM.
9:15:48AM SHE GOT A BREAK IN THE CASE WHEN A SUSPECT CAR AND TAG FROM
9:15:52AM MELBOURNE POLICE CAME BACK TO A LOCAL CAR RENTAL BUSINESS IN
9:15:56AM TAMPA.
9:15:56AM SHE COORDINATED WITH THE RENTAL CAR COMPANY AND SET UP
9:16:01AM SURVEILLANCE WHEN THE CAR WAS TO BE RETURNED.
9:16:03AM ONCE THE CAR WAS RETURNED, SHE PROCESSED IT FOR FINGERPRINTS
9:16:07AM AND IDENTIFIED THE TWO SUSPECTS.
9:16:08AM THE INVESTIGATION UNCOVERED 38 CASES IN 20 JURISDICTIONS,
9:16:15AM ACCOUNTING FOR NEARLY $100,000 IN STOLEN PROPERTY.
9:16:18AM THIS ALL STARTED OFF WITH A THEFT OF SOME CELL PHONES.
9:16:21AM AFTER COORDINATING WITH FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW
9:16:25AM ENFORCEMENT, THE TWO MAIN SUSPECTS WERE ARRESTED AT A
9:16:28AM T-MOBILE STORE IN MELBOURNE WEARING THE SAME CLOTHES THEY
9:16:31AM WORE DURING PREVIOUS THEFTS.
9:16:33AM THE STATE PROSECUTORS PURSUING RICO CHARGES AGAINST THESE
9:16:38AM OFFENDERS.
9:16:39AM SHE ALSO SPENDS OFF-DUTY TIME DURING VOLUNTEER WORK AND
9:16:42AM ON-DUTY TIME ORGANIZED TOY AND FOOD DRIVES FOR FAMILIES IN
9:16:46AM NEED.
9:16:46AM SHE SET UP COMMUNITY MOVIE NIGHTS AND IS KNOWN AS "OFFICER
9:16:50AM HOPES" FROM HER TIME COORDINATING IN THE R.I.C.H. HOUSE, A
9:16:54AM NONPROFIT THAT SERVES AT-RISK KIDS IN UNDERPRIVILEGED AREAS
9:16:58AM IN TAMPA.
9:16:59AM IN RECOGNITION OF HER OUTSTANDING WORK, AND DEDICATION TO
9:17:03AM DUTY, OFFICER HOPE DAUPHIN HAS BEEN SELECTED OFFICER OF THE
9:17:06AM MONTH FOR AUGUST 2019.
9:17:08AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:17:08AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:17:21AM >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
9:17:23AM APRIL ARSON WITH THE PBA.
9:17:27AM I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR RECOGNIZING OUR OFFICERS
9:17:29AM MONTHLY AND TO THE STAFF FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO IN
9:17:32AM RECOGNITION OF US.
9:17:34AM I WANT TO CONGRATULATE HOPE.
9:17:35AM I ACTUALLY WORKED WITH HER A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO BACK THERE
9:17:38AM IN THE DETECTIVE DIVISION.
9:17:39AM SHE WAS ALSO VERY PREGNANT WHILE INVESTIGATING THIS VERY
9:17:44AM LENGTHY INVESTIGATION.
9:17:45AM I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT ON HER, BUT THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO THE
9:17:51AM INTELLIGENT INVESTIGATOR THAT SHE IS AND HOW DEDICATED OF AN
9:17:54AM OFFICER SHE IS.
9:17:55AM WE TRULY APPRECIATE IT.
9:17:57AM AS A TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION FOR YOU.
9:17:59AM >> THANK YOU.
9:18:03AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:18:04AM DAN MATHIS, CHIEF OF SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR THE STRAZ
9:18:07AM CENTER IN DOWNTOWN TAMPA.
9:18:08AM ON BEHALF OF THE STRAZ CENTER, OFFICER DAUPHIN, JOB WELL
9:18:12AM DONE.
9:18:12AM TWO TICKETS TO "CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY."
9:18:17AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:18:23AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:18:25AM MIKE McARTHUR, STEPP'S TOWING SERVICE.
9:18:28AM I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WITNESS YOUR STAFF YESTERDAY ON A
9:18:31AM CRIME RIGHT OUTSIDE ONE OF OUR LOCATIONS.
9:18:34AM I CAN TELL YOU, WHEN I PULLED UP THERE, HATS OFF TO YOU
9:18:37AM GUYS.
9:18:37AM IT'S UNBELIEVABLE THE RESPONSE AND THE ABILITY THAT YOU GUYS
9:18:40AM HAVE TO DO THE THINGS YOU DO.
9:18:43AM IT WAS VERY ASSURING TO ME KNOWING THAT YOU GUYS ARE ON OUR
9:18:46AM SIDE AND TAKING CARE OF THINGS.
9:18:48AM ON BEHALF OF STEPP'S TOWING SERVICE AND TODD STEPP, WE WOULD
9:18:53AM LIKE TO PRESENT YOU DINNER OUT TO OLIVE GARDEN AND NIGHT OUT
9:18:58AM IN OUR LIMOUSINE.
9:18:59AM JOB WELL DONE.
9:19:00AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:19:04AM >> GOOD MORNING, MARY LOU BAILEY.
9:19:06AM I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF ZOO TAMPA.
9:19:08AM I SERVED AS A VOLUNTEER OF THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD THERE.
9:19:10AM THE VOLUNTEERS WHO ALSO ON THE BOARD WITH ME HAVE BOUGHT YOU
9:19:14AM A FAMILY MEMBERSHIP TO THE ZOO.
9:19:16AM WE HOPE YOU ENJOY IT IN GOOD HEALTH AND FUN AND ENRICHES
9:19:21AM YOUR LOVE OF ANIMALS LIKE I HAVE.
9:19:22AM IT ALSO INCLUDES ATTENDANCE AT OUR SEASONAL EVENTS.
9:19:25AM ZOO BOO, CHRISTMAS IN THE WILD, THINGS LIKE THAT.
9:19:30AM WE HOPE YOU ENJOY IT.
9:19:31AM I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
9:19:33AM DID I GO TO THE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY THAT MR. CITRO
9:19:37AM TALKED ABOUT, SO I HAVE A LITTLE GLIMPSE OF WHAT YOU GUYS GO
9:19:40AM THROUGH AND YOU ARE ALL AWESOME.
9:19:42AM THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS.
9:19:42AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:19:45AM >> COUNCIL, CHIEF, OFFICER, TOM ROWAN, TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS.
9:19:49AM ON BEHALF OF THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT
9:19:52AM YOU WITH THIS GAME BALL AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING
9:19:55AM DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
9:19:58AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:19:58AM >> THANK YOU.
9:19:58AM I APPRECIATE IT.
9:20:00AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:20:04AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:20:05AM PETE BREVY, BUSCH GARDENS TAMPA BAY.
9:20:07AM AS I ALWAYS SAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE
9:20:10AM MONTHLY EVENT TO HONOR THE POLICE OFFICER OF THE MONTH FOR
9:20:13AM THE CITY OF TAMPA.
9:20:14AM AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE A CONTINUED PART OF THAT
9:20:17AM PROCESS.
9:20:17AM I ACTUALLY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEAL WITH HOPE EARLIER
9:20:21AM THIS YEAR AS PART -- WITH THE -- WHAT THE CHIEF SPOKE ABOUT,
9:20:24AM SHE COORDINATED TO BRING THE CHILDREN FROM THE RICH HOUSE TO
9:20:28AM BUSCH GARDENS TO SPEND A DAY AT BUSCH GARDENS AND A DAY AT
9:20:31AM ADVENTURE ISLAND.
9:20:31AM AND IF YOU LISTEN TO THE CITATION THAT THE CHIEF READ, THERE
9:20:34AM ARE TWO THINGS CLEARLY EVIDENT, THAT NOT ONLY IS SHE A GREAT
9:20:38AM POLICE OFFICER, BUT I THINK IT'S CLEARLY EVIDENT THAT SHE'S
9:20:41AM PROBABLY A BETTER HUMAN BEING.
9:20:42AM HOPE, ON BEHALF OF BUSCH GARDENS AND OUR 4,000 EMPLOYEES,
9:20:45AM WE'D LIKE TO OFFER YOU TICKETS TO OUR PARK AND THANK YOU FOR
9:20:48AM WHAT YOU DO.
9:20:48AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:20:49AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:20:53AM LISA WITH THE DOUBLETREE TAMPA AIRPORT.
9:20:56AM THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.
9:20:57AM WE HAVE A TWO-NIGHT STAY FOR YOU AND BREAKFAST FOR TWO AND
9:21:00AM TEN OF OUR DOUBLETREE COOKIES.
9:21:03AM >> OH, WONDERFUL.
9:21:04AM THANK YOU.
9:21:04AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:21:12AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:21:13AM LEAH FROM TAMPA THEATRE.
9:21:15AM OFFICER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE IN OUR
9:21:17AM COMMUNITY.
9:21:18AM I'M HONORED ON BEHALF OF TAMPA THEATRE TO GIVE YOU THE GIFT
9:21:22AM OF A MEMBERSHIP SO YOU CAN COME AND VISIT US AND CANDY.
9:21:26AM THANK YOU.
9:21:26AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:21:30AM >> MICHAEL KILGORE WITH THE COLUMBIA RESTAURANT GROUP.
9:21:33AM ON BEHALF OF THE GONZMART FAMILY THAT HAS OWN THE COLUMBIA
9:21:36AM ALMOST 115 YEARS, I HAVE A GIFT CARD FOR $115 TO ANY OF OUR
9:21:40AM RESTAURANTS.
9:21:41AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
9:21:42AM >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:21:42AM THANK YOU.
9:21:43AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:21:47AM >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
9:21:48AM DUSTIN PORTILLO, BOB CONIGLIARO WITH CASPERS COMPANY,
9:21:51AM McDONALD'S RESTAURANTS.
9:21:55AM FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU WOULD COMMIT A CRIME.
9:21:58AM SECOND OF ALL, WHY WOULD YOU COMMIT A CRIME WHEN YOU LIVE IN
9:22:00AM THAT CITY?
9:22:02AM BECAUSE YOU ARE AMAZING, AND WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO.
9:22:04AM HERE IS A LITTLE FRY BAG.
9:22:07AM THERE ARE NOT FRIES IN IT, BUT GOODIES IN THERE FOR YOU.
9:22:10AM WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS DO.
9:22:12AM THANK YOU, DUGAN.
9:22:13AM YOU GUYS ARE JUST INCREDIBLE, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE
9:22:17AM EVERYTHING YOU DO.
9:22:18AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:22:18AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:22:24AM >> BRIAN RAMIREZ, TAMPA EXPRESSWAYS.
9:22:29AM CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ACHIEVEMENT.
9:22:31AM TOKEN OF YOUR APPRECIATION, GOODIE BAG AND GIFT CARD FOR
9:22:34AM APPLEBEE'S.
9:22:40AM >> STEVE STICKLEY, REPRESENTING CARACAS TOWING.
9:22:46AM WE REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR US.
9:22:50AM WE HAVE A FEW ITEMS IN THIS GIFT BAG FOR YOU AND GIFT CARD
9:22:53AM TO BED, BATH & BEYOND.
9:22:56AM GO PAMPER YOURSELF A LITTLE BIT.
9:22:58AM IF WE CAN HELP YOU IN ANY WAY WITH OUR CHARITIES, MY CARD IS
9:23:02AM IN THERE.
9:23:03AM PLEASE REACH OUT TO US AND BE HONORED TO HELP YOU WITH THAT.
9:23:06AM >> THANK YOU.
9:23:07AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:23:09AM >> I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO NEED A FORKLIFT.
9:23:11AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:23:13AM STEVE MICHELINI ON BEHALF OF A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT FOLKS,
9:23:16AM WE'D LIKE TO HONOR YOU.
9:23:17AM ONE IS A PHOTOGRAPHIC PACKAGE FROM PRESTIGE PHOTOS.
9:23:23AM YOU CAN HAVE YOUR FAMILY PICTURES TAKEN.
9:23:24AM THE OTHER IS FROM CICCIO'S RESTAURANT GROUP.
9:23:28AM ENJOY YOURSELF AT BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER.
9:23:30AM YUMMY HOUSE CHINA BISTRO AND ALL THE OFFICERS LIKE TO GO
9:23:35AM THERE.
9:23:35AM I THINK YOU'LL FIND SOME FRIENDS FOR THAT ONE.
9:23:37AM AND THE NEW RESTAURANT IN HYDE PARK, FORBICI, AND A GIFT
9:23:43AM CERTIFICATE FOR MEMBERSHIP AT THE TAMPA Y.
9:23:45AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:23:47AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:23:51AM >> OFFICER DAUPHIN, WE THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE THAT YOU
9:23:56AM GIVE TO THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA, AND WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
9:24:00AM EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
9:24:02AM NOW, YOUR JOB IS DIFFICULT, BUT IF IT WASN'T FOR YOUR FAMILY
9:24:08AM TO HELP YOU SUPPORT.
9:24:09AM WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THEM OR BRING THEM UP?
9:24:12AM >> YES, PLEASE.
9:24:15AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: COME ON.
9:24:16AM BRING THAT BEAUTIFUL BABY UP HERE.
9:24:17AM WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND RECOGNIZE THEM.
9:24:21AM >> FIRST, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE CHIEF AND CITY COUNCIL FOR
9:24:23AM RECOGNIZING OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
9:24:25AM IT MEANS SO MUCH, AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS
9:24:28AM WHO WERE SO GRACIOUS TODAY TO COME AND GIVE US THESE
9:24:31AM BEAUTIFUL GIFTS FOR MY FAMILY.
9:24:33AM YES, WE HAVE A NEW ADDITION TO OUR FAMILY.
9:24:35AM BUT I WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY IF IT WEREN'T FOR MY WONDERFUL
9:24:38AM HUSBAND AND PARENTS WHO INSTILLED A STRONG WORK ETHIC BUT
9:24:43AM TOLD ME PEOPLE COME FIRST BY ALL ELSE.
9:24:45AM I TRY TO LIVE BY THAT.
9:24:46AM I HAVE AN INCREDIBLE GROUP OF SUPERVISORS AND ESPECIALLY A
9:24:49AM SERGEANT, WHO WHEN I COME UP WITH IDEAS OF PROJECTS I WANT
9:24:51AM TO DO, THEY SUPPORT ME 100% AND ENCOURAGE ME TO THINK
9:24:55AM OUTSIDE THE BOX AND PUSH MYSELF TO LEARN NEW THINGS.
9:24:58AM WITHOUT ALL OF THESE PEOPLE, I WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.
9:25:01AM SO THANK YOU.
9:25:01AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:25:02AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCIL WILL HAVE SOME COMMENTS FOR YOU.
9:25:21AM >>LUIS VIERA: ANY COMMENTS FROM CITY COUNCIL?
9:25:27AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: OFFICER, CONGRATULATIONS.
9:25:28AM I STOOD AT THAT PODIUM A COUPLE OF TIMES.
9:25:31AM I KNOW HOW YOU MUST FEEL.
9:25:33AM CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
9:25:35AM >> THANK YOU.
9:25:35AM >>LUIS VIERA: AND CONGRATULATIONS, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
9:25:37AM YOUR WORK.
9:25:38AM AND AS HAS BEEN SAID DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY BY YOU AND
9:25:42AM OTHERS, YOUR HUSBAND AND CHILD, ET CETERA, THOSE ARE PEOPLE
9:25:44AM WHO ALWAYS TAKE THE JOURNEY WITH YOU EVERY DAY TO WORK,
9:25:47AM EVERY TIME THAT YOU GO OUT TO WORK, YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S
9:25:49AM ALWAYS THAT POSSIBILITY OF DANGER TO YOU AND YOURSELF.
9:25:54AM SO THAT'S A JOURNEY YOU ALWAYS TAKE WITH YOUR FAMILY AND
9:25:57AM LOVED ONES.
9:25:58AM WE THANK YOUR HUSBAND AND ALL YOUR FAMILY FOR ALL YOUR
9:26:02AM SACRIFICE TO OUR CITY IN PROTECTING ALL OF US.
9:26:05AM WE'RE AWARE WITH STORMS COMING THAT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS ARE
9:26:08AM ALWAYS THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE FOR THAT.
9:26:09AM AND WE'RE AWARE OF THAT.
9:26:12AM THANK YOU.
9:26:15AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:26:22AM >>LUIS VIERA: NEXT, COUNCILMAN GUDES, IF YOU WANT TO WAIT 20
9:26:27AM SECONDS.
9:27:26AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:27:29AM MR. CHAIR, THIS MORNING, IF I COULD HAVE THE TAMPA BAY
9:27:34AM CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK NURSES COME UP.
9:27:37AM MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU JUST SAW THE POLICE LEAVE OUT OF THE ROOM.
9:27:44AM I CAN TELL YOU, AS A POLICE OFFICER, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS
9:27:50AM LOOK TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WHO TAKE CARE OF US, WE DON'T
9:27:56AM UPSET THEM.
9:27:59AM GIVE THEM A TICKET, DOING SOMETHING.
9:28:02AM I ALWAYS LOVE TO SEE -- I'VE SEEN THE WORK YOU'VE DONE IN
9:28:12AM OUR COMMUNITY.
9:28:12AM YOU'VE NEVER BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
9:28:16AM YOU COME OUT.
9:28:16AM YOU GIVE IMMUNIZATIONS.
9:28:19AM YOU EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITIES.
9:28:20AM I DO THESE THINGS NOT JUST TO RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN
9:28:27AM DOING THINGS, BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED AND
9:28:31AM RECOGNIZED.
9:28:32AM I LOOK AT THOSE WHO HAVE NOT BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR THE WORK
9:28:36AM THEY PUT IN.
9:28:37AM I SEE YOU ALL THE TIME PUTTING IN THE WORK.
9:28:39AM THIS MORNING, I FELT THAT WE HAD TO RECOGNIZE THIS GROUP.
9:28:43AM LET ME JUST TELL YOU WHAT I'LL SAY ABOUT YOU, BECAUSE YOU
9:28:47AM GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB IN OUR COMMUNITY.
9:28:49AM THE NATIONAL BLACK NURSES ASSOCIATION WAS ORGANIZED IN 1971.
9:28:54AM UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF DR. LORRAINE SANDS, FORMER DEAN AND
9:28:58AM PROFESSOR OF NURSING, SCHOOL OF NURSING, TUSKEGEE
9:29:02AM UNIVERSITY.
9:29:03AM TUSKEGEE, ALABAMA.
9:29:04AM NBA IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION INCORPORATED ON SEPTEMBER 2,
9:29:09AM 1972 IN THE STATE OF OHIO.
9:29:11AM THEY REPRESENT OVER 150,000 AFRICAN AMERICAN NURSES IN AT
9:29:15AM LEAST 35 STATES.
9:29:16AM THAT'S FABULOUS.
9:29:17AM THE NATIONAL BLACK NURSES ASSOCIATION MISSION IS TO
9:29:20AM REPRESENT AND PROVIDE A FORM OF BLACK NURSES TO ADVOCATE AND
9:29:23AM IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES TO ENSURE ACCESS TO HIGHEST QUALITY OF
9:29:27AM HEALTH CARE FOR PERSONS OF COLOR.
9:29:31AM PROVIDING THE HEALTH OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN THROUGH THE
9:29:33AM PROVISIONS OF CULTURAL COMPETENT HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND
9:29:38AM COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH PROGRAMS HAS BEEN THE CORNERSTONE OF
9:29:41AM THE NATIONAL BLACK NURSES ASSOCIATION.
9:29:43AM MY AIDE ALWAYS SAYS I HAVE TO DO BOTH.
9:29:49AM READ THE NUTS AND BOLTS.
9:29:52AM I HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION.
9:29:54AM HERE WE GO.
9:29:54AM PRESENTED TO THE TAMPA CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL BLACK NURSES
9:29:58AM ASSOCIATION, IS IN HONOR OF YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE HEALTH
9:30:01AM AND WELFARE OF THE UNDERSERVED AND THE DISADVANTAGED
9:30:06AM POPULATIONS, THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL APPLAUDS THE EFFORTS OF
9:30:08AM THE TAMPA CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL BLACK NURSES ASSOCIATION.
9:30:11AM THIS COMMENDATION IS PRESENTED TO RECOGNIZE THE EFFORTS OF
9:30:14AM THE TAMPA BAY BLACK NURSES ASSOCIATION TO ACCESSIBLE AND
9:30:18AM AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE, ADVOCACY, EDUCATION, HEALTH
9:30:22AM SCREENINGS AND PREVENTATIVE CARE.
9:30:26AM 1988, THE TAMPA CHAPTER OF NBA HAS TIRELESSLY SERVED THE
9:30:31AM TAMPA COMMUNITY WITH PROGRAMS LIKE HEALTH FAIRS AND WALKS
9:30:34AM AIMED TOWARD EVERYTHING LIKE HIV AND BREAST CANCER AWARENESS
9:30:37AM TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION.
9:30:40AM IN GRATITUDE TO THE SERVICE OF THE TAMPA BAY BLACK NURSES
9:30:43AM ASSOCIATION, THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL PRESENTS THIS
9:30:45AM COMMENDATION ON THE 29th DAY OF AUGUST.
9:30:48AM WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
9:30:51AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:31:00AM >> THANK YOU.
9:31:00AM IT IS INDEED AN HONOR TO STAND BEFORE YOU WITH MY SUPPORT
9:31:06AM GROUP.
9:31:07AM WE COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
9:31:09AM COLLABORATION IS OUR KEY, AND WE HAVE BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY
9:31:13AM BEFORE THE TAMPA HEALTH CLINICS AND THINGS CAME ABOUT
9:31:16AM SERVING THE COMMUNITY WITH PREVENTIVE CARE.
9:31:20AM WE HAVE SENT MANY PEOPLE TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM FROM MY
9:31:23AM HEALTH CARE EVENTS AND WE'VE DONE MUCH COUNSELING, AND WE
9:31:27AM REALLY CARE ABOUT TAMPA, AND -- IF YOU ASK ANYBODY,
9:31:32AM ESPECIALLY IN THE EAST TAMPA AREA ABOUT BLACK NURSES, THEY
9:31:36AM WILL KNOW WHO WE ARE, EVEN IN THE PARADE, WHEN WE ARE IN THE
9:31:41AM PARADE, WE GET ALL THE ACCOLADES.
9:31:44AM I HAPPEN TO HAVE BEEN THE PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL COUNCIL
9:31:47AM NEGRO WOMEN, AND I WAS IN THE PARADE REPRESENTING THEM, AND
9:31:50AM AS WE PASSED BY, IT WAS BLACK NURSES, WE SEE YOU!
9:31:56AM SO IT HAS BEEN A JOURNEY.
9:31:59AM WE HAVE BEEN ENTWINED, AS I SAID, IN THE COMMUNITY.
9:32:03AM AND WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE NURSES GIVING THEIR TIME, WE
9:32:05AM USED TO DO TWO AND THREE HEALTH FAIRS A WEEKEND, BUT WHEN
9:32:09AM THE TAMPA CARE CLINICS AND WHAT HAVE YOU CAME ABOUT, IT
9:32:13AM HELPED TO CALM A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS DOWN IN OUR COMMUNITY.
9:32:18AM BUT WE ARE HERE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
9:32:20AM WE CARE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.
9:32:21AM AND IT IS INDEED AN HONOR TO HAVE A TIME LIKE THIS TO STOP
9:32:28AM BECAUSE THAT WHAT KEEPS THEM COMING FOR WHEN, YOU KNOW, THEY
9:32:33AM DON'T ASK FOR THE RECOGNITION, BUT I THINK THEY DESERVE IT.
9:32:36AM SO WE JUST APPLAUD YOU THIS MORNING, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR
9:32:39AM THE WORK THAT YOU DO IN OUR CITY.
9:32:42AM WITHOUT YOU MAKING THE DECISIONS THAT ARE GOOD FOR EACH AND
9:32:46AM EVERY ONE OF OUR CITIZENS, WE COULD NOT STAND IN THE
9:32:48AM COMMUNITY.
9:32:49AM THANK YOU.
9:32:52AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:32:57AM >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCIL MEMBERS.
9:33:02AM WERE YOU GOING TO SAY SOMETHING?
9:33:03AM PLEASE.
9:33:05AM I TYPICALLY GO LAST.
9:33:07AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: I'M GATHERING MY WORDS.
9:33:09AM LADIES, YOU ARE THE UNSUNG HEROES IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.
9:33:15AM DOCTORS GET ALL THE CREDITS, BUT YOU'RE THE ONES ACTUALLY
9:33:18AM HELPING THE PATIENTS.
9:33:20AM I THANK YOU SO MUCH AFTER MY LAST EXPERIENCE IN THE
9:33:22AM HOSPITAL, I LOVE NURSES, AND I THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH,
9:33:26AM LADIES.
9:33:27AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:33:29AM COUNCILMAN GUDES, GOOD JOB ON THIS.
9:33:33AM COUNCIL MEMBERS ALWAYS HAVE HISTORICALLY DIFFERENT
9:33:35AM PERSPECTIVES ON COMMENDATIONS, WHEN YOU RECOGNIZE PEOPLE.
9:33:38AM I BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE, WE
9:33:42AM SHOULD RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO ARE OFTEN IGNORED AND NOT
9:33:45AM RECOGNIZED.
9:33:46AM AND THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT.
9:33:48AM WHERE YOU HAVE AN ORGANIZATION STARTED IN 1971, TO RECOGNIZE
9:33:51AM THE HARD WORK OF OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN NURSES.
9:33:55AM AND I THINK THAT THIS ORGANIZATION GETS DOWN TO ONE WORD,
9:33:58AM WHICH IS RESPECT.
9:34:00AM THAT YOU ALL JUST WANT BASIC COMMON COURTESY AND RESPECT.
9:34:04AM RESPECT FROM DOCTORS.
9:34:05AM RESPECT FROM PATIENTS, RESPECT FOR YOUR PAY, RESPECT FOR THE
9:34:09AM WORK THAT YOU DO.
9:34:09AM RESPECT FOR -- I MEAN, YOU ALL HAVE GOT NURSES OUT THERE
9:34:13AM THAT HAVE BEEN NURSES FOR 20, 30, 40 YEARS.
9:34:16AM 40 YEARS OF LOOKING AFTER PATIENTS, LOOKING AFTER ALL OF US
9:34:20AM WHO HAVE BEEN IN HOSPITALS.
9:34:21AM ALL OF US WERE BORN FROM MOMS WHO WERE CARED AFTER BY
9:34:26AM NURSES.
9:34:26AM SO THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, WHICH IS RESPECT.
9:34:30AM SO TODAY, WE SHOW OUR RESPECT TO YOU.
9:34:33AM SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:34:35AM GOD BLESS YOU GUYS FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO.
9:34:37AM THANK YOU.
9:34:37AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:34:38AM COUNCIL, I HAD I BELIEVE SENT OUT A MEMO ON THIS.
9:34:49AM WE HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED TODAY TO DO A COMMENDATION FOR THE
9:34:52AM FOOT FOUNDATION.
9:34:53AM I HAD INADVERTENTLY NOT DONE A MOTION FOR IT.
9:34:55AM WITH THE COURTESY OF MY COLLEAGUES, I WANTED TO DO, I GUESS,
9:35:01AM A COMMENDATION, IF I MAY, FOR THE FOOT FOUNDATION.
9:35:04AM ANY OBJECTION?
9:35:05AM I WOULD ASSUME NOT, BUT JUST MAKING SURE.
9:35:09AM THANK YOU.
9:35:09AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:35:25AM TODAY, WE ARE HERE AT TAMPA CITY COUNCIL TO HONOR THE FOOT
9:35:28AM FOUNDATION.
9:35:29AM WE HAVE VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS FROM THE FOOT FOUNDATION,
9:35:32AM INCLUDING MR. DINO SCANIO WHO IS HERE, ALONG WITH OTHER
9:35:36AM MEMBERS OF THE FOOT FOUNDATION AND SUPPORTERS, INCLUDING
9:35:39AM FATHER KEN MALLEY WITH ST. TIMOTHY'S CHURCH.
9:35:42AM FATHER, IT AS PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU HERE TODAY.
9:35:45AM WE'RE HERE TO RECOGNIZE THE HARD WORK OF EVERYBODY WITH THE
9:35:47AM FOOT FOUNDATION, AN ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS REALLY, REALLY
9:35:49AM HARD TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR PROSTHETIC-TYPE SERVICES
9:35:53AM THROUGHOUT LATIN AMERICA.
9:35:54AM THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION WHOSE LEADERSHIP DOES THIS NOT ONLY
9:35:58AM BECAUSE OF THEIR PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND THEIR COMPASSION,
9:36:01AM BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF THEIR FAITH AND ACTION.
9:36:05AM THIS IS A CHARITY, LOOKED AT SOME WAYS A MINISTRY, THAT
9:36:08AM REACHES OUT TO FOLKS IN LATIN AMERICA WHO NEED ASSISTANCE
9:36:11AM WITH BASIC PROSTHETIC SERVICES.
9:36:13AM WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT LATIN AMERICA, YOU HAVE A PART OF
9:36:15AM THE WORLD THAT SUFFERS OFTEN -- ALWAYS, ACTUALLY -- FROM NOT
9:36:19AM JUST POVERTY, WHICH IS ALWAYS A CRISIS AND ALWAYS A MORAL
9:36:22AM ISSUE AND A MORAL CHALLENGE, BUT EXTREME POVERTY, WHERE
9:36:25AM PEOPLE DON'T OFTEN HAVE HOMES.
9:36:26AM PEOPLE SUFFER FROM DAY-TO-DAY HUNGER.
9:36:29AM UP TO 10% OF FOLKS IN LATIN AMERICA SUFFER FROM WHAT IS
9:36:33AM CLASSIFIED AS EXTREME POVERTY.
9:36:34AM AND THIS ORGANIZATION MAKES ROBUST LOCAL EFFORTS, DONE BY
9:36:39AM TAMPA NATIVES, DONE BY FOLKS WHO ARE HERE FROM THIS CITY.
9:36:43AM AND THE SCANIO FAMILY, FOR THEM, THIS IS SOMETHING VERY
9:36:47AM PERSONAL TO THEIR HEARTS AS THEIR SON IN 2012 WAS DIAGNOSED
9:36:51AM WITH MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASE.
9:36:54AM THIS IS SOMETHING THEY KNOW ABOUT FROM THEIR HEART.
9:36:56AM OFTEN, WE SEE A LOT OF LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT START HERE
9:36:59AM IN TAMPA AND CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAS
9:37:01AM BEEN TOUCHED BY AN ISSUE THAT AFFECTS THEM PERSONALLY.
9:37:04AM SO ONCE THEY ARE TOUCHED BY THAT, ONCE THEY SUFFER THROUGH
9:37:07AM THAT TRAUMA, THEY PICK THEMSELVES UP AND THEN THEY GO HELP
9:37:12AM PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM THE SAME OR SIMILAR
9:37:14AM CIRCUMSTANCES.
9:37:15AM AND THAT IS WHAT THE FOOT FOUNDATION HAS DONE.
9:37:17AM SO WITH THAT AND SO MUCH MORE, IT IS OUR PLEASURE AND OUR
9:37:20AM HONOR HERE AT TAMPA CITY COUNCIL TO RECOGNIZE OUR FRIEND
9:37:22AM FROM THE FOOT FOUNDATION WITH A TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
9:37:25AM COMMENDATION.
9:37:26AM IF YOU WANT TO SAY A WORD OR TWO, SIR, YOU MAY.
9:37:29AM >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE
9:37:31AM HERE DURING THIS WONDERFUL HONOR.
9:37:34AM THE FOOT FOUNDATION HAS A VAST REACH OVER THE COMMUNITY,
9:37:37AM ALSO, NOT JUST IN LATIN AMERICA.
9:37:39AM I'M HONORED TO SAY THAT WHEN MY WIFE AND I STARTED THIS 13
9:37:43AM YEARS AGO, WE NEVER ENVISIONED THAT WE WOULD HAVE IMPROVED
9:37:46AM THE LIVES OF CHILDREN IN LATIN AMERICA.
9:37:47AM WE'RE GETTING READY TO CELEBRATE CLOSE TO A THOUSAND
9:37:50AM CHILDREN THAT WE HAVE HELPED DEFY THE ODDS THROUGH ORTHOTICS
9:37:53AM AND PROSTHETICS.
9:37:54AM BUT IT DOES NOT STOP THERE.
9:37:56AM HERE IN TAMPA, BEING A THIRD-GENERATION NATIVE TO TAMPA,
9:38:00AM WHICH IS RARE THESE DAYS, WE HAVE REACHED OVER 12 LOCAL
9:38:03AM CHARITIES THAT ALSO FLY UNDER THE RADAR THAT NEED ASSISTANCE
9:38:05AM FROM OUR FOUNDATION.
9:38:06AM IN ADDITION TO THAT, IS WE'RE GETTING READY TO LAUNCH A
9:38:09AM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CAMPAIGN STARTING ON GIVING TUESDAY,
9:38:13AM DECEMBER 13th.
9:38:14AM AS WE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE LIVES LOCALLY, WE ARE ALSO
9:38:18AM REACHING OUT ON EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGNS, AS MENTIONED BY THE
9:38:23AM COUNCIL MEMBER, ON MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASE.
9:38:27AM WE HAVE PROVIDED OVER EIGHT DIFFERENT EDUCATION EXPERIENCE
9:38:31AM ON MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY AND DISEASES THAT FULL UNDER THAT
9:38:35AM UMBRELLA.
9:38:36AM WE ARE WORKING ON LAUNCHING A CAMP FOR CHILDREN WITH
9:38:39AM MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASE OUT OF ORLANDO.
9:38:41AM WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY.
9:38:44AM I'VE HAD SUCH A GREAT PARTNERSHIP AND MEMBER OF
9:38:47AM ST. TIMOTHY'S.
9:38:49AM WE LAUNCHED A SPECIAL NEEDS MINISTRY OUT OF ST. TIMOTHY'S
9:38:54AM FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES.
9:38:55AM ONE THING I TRY TO LIVE BY, SERVICE BEFORE SELF.
9:38:58AM MAKING A DIFFERENCE DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE HAVE TO JUMP ON A
9:39:02AM PLANE AND FLY ABROAD AND START CLINICS LIKE I DID.
9:39:05AM MAKING A DIFFERENCE IS AS SIMPLE AS LISTENING TO SOMEONE,
9:39:09AM SHAKING SOMEONE'S HAND OR GIVING A HUG.
9:39:12AM WHAT WE DO, WHAT I DO, WE DO AS A TEAM.
9:39:16AM AND TOGETHER, EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM AND ALL THOSE WHO HAVE
9:39:21AM LEFT, WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY.
9:39:22AM I AM NO BETTER THAN ANY ONE OF YOU OR ANYONE UP THERE.
9:39:25AM WE ARE ALL THE SAME AND WE CAN ALL IMPROVE LIVES NO MATTER
9:39:29AM WHERE WE ARE IN OUR OWN LIFE.
9:39:30AM THANK YOU FOR THIS DISTINCT HONOR AND PRIVILEGE.
9:39:32AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
9:39:33AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:39:43AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
9:40:06AM NEXT, WE MOVE ONWARD TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
9:40:08AM IF ANYONE IS HERE TO COMMENT ABOUT ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA,
9:40:14AM EXCLUDING MATTERS FOR WORKSHOP, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
9:40:20AM THREE MINUTES A PERSON.
9:40:21AM IF YOU ARE HERE TO COMMENT ON AN ITEM THAT IS NOT GOING TO
9:40:31AM BE A WORKSHOP, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
9:40:33AM IF YOU'RE GOING TO COMMENT ON A WORKSHOP THAT COMES AFTER
9:40:37AM THE PARTICULAR WORKSHOPS.
9:40:38AM SO GO AHEAD.
9:40:40AM >> UHURU.
9:40:42AM IT MEANS FREEDOM IN SWAHILI.
9:40:45AM WE PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED, WE AFRICANS AND OTHER PEOPLE,
9:40:48AM NORTH AMERICANS AND OTHERS, INTERNATIONALLY, WHEN WE MEET,
9:40:52AM GREET, AND DEPART, WE SAY UHURU.
9:40:55AM AND THAT MEANS WE AS AFRICAN PEOPLE SHOULD ALWAYS BE
9:40:59AM THINKING ABOUT OUR FREEDOM.
9:41:00AM I WAS HERE LAST WEEK AND SOMEBODY MADE A COMMENT, ONE OF THE
9:41:04AM INDIVIDUALS UP THERE MADE A COMMENT OF SOMEONE WRITING IN A
9:41:07AM LETTER OR SOMEONE MAKING A COMMENT ABOUT HOW PEOPLE SPEAK
9:41:10AM AND THEIR DEMEANOR AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF.
9:41:13AM BUT WE THINK IT IS THE SAME THING, THE SAME PATH BOB
9:41:16AM BUCKHORN WAS ON, MAKING STUPID STATEMENTS TO THE ST. PETE
9:41:19AM TIMES, WHICH IS AN ATTEMPT TO INSPIRE PEOPLE, FACELESS
9:41:25AM INDIVIDUALS, AND BASELESS INDIVIDUALS TO ATTACK AND DO
9:41:29AM PHYSICAL HARM TO INDIVIDUALS, TO AFRICAN PEOPLE WHO STAND UP
9:41:34AM FOR OUR RIGHTS.
9:41:35AM IT IS A SLICK WAY, IF SOMEONE CALLING YOUR OFFICE OR SOMEONE
9:41:38AM WRITING A LETTER, TELL THEM BRING THAT, THE PEOPLE THAT TAKE
9:41:44AM THE TIME OUT OF OUR SCHEDULE, TO TAKE OUR THREE MINUTES AND
9:41:47AM HAVE OUR THREE MINUTES EXPRESSED THE WAY WE FEEL.
9:41:50AM THE WAY OUR COMMUNITY FEEL.
9:41:51AM THE WAY OUR COMMUNITY SAY IT.
9:41:53AM AND PEOPLE DO AND SAY STUPID THINGS, AND WHEN IT'S AFRICAN
9:41:58AM PEOPLE, WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE BLACK, WANT TO GO OVER
9:42:01AM OUR HEADS AND THINK, OH, WE DIDN'T CATCH THAT.
9:42:04AM IT IS THE SAME STATEMENT JOE BIDEN IS MAKING.
9:42:07AM WHAT IF OBAMA HAD BEEN ASSASSINATED.
9:42:09AM OH, YEAH, THAT WOULD HAVE PUT YOU RIGHT IN THAT SEAT RIGHT
9:42:11AM NOW, WOULDN'T IT?
9:42:14AM WHEN YOU DEAL WITH AFRICAN PEOPLE, YOU THINK WE'RE STUPID,
9:42:17AM THINK WE'RE IGNORANT.
9:42:19AM LIKE THE MAN WHO SAID WHO WOULD WANT TO COMMIT A CRIME?
9:42:22AM THEY -- McDONALD'S COMMITTING CRIMES EVERY DAY, THAT BAD,
9:42:29AM NASTY FOOD, SERVING PEOPLE GIVING THEM HEART DISEASE AND
9:42:32AM EVERYTHING ELSE.
9:42:32AM PEOPLE WANT TO SAY THINGS AND GET IT OVER PEOPLE'S HEADS AND
9:42:35AM THINK THEY ARE BEING SMART.
9:42:37AM BUT, NO, IT'S REALLY BEING DUMB.
9:42:39AM WE AFRICAN PEOPLE COME DOWN HERE AND WE SPEAK FOR OUR
9:42:43AM RIGHTS.
9:42:44AM WE SPEAK FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.
9:42:46AM WE SPEAK FOR THE INJUSTICES WE EXPERIENCE EVERY SINGLE DAY.
9:42:52AM WE LIVE IT.
9:42:52AM WE FEEL IT.
9:42:53AM OUR MOTHERS AND FATHERS FELT IT FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS, FOR
9:42:56AM 600 YEARS.
9:42:57AM OUR CHILDREN ARE FEELING IT.
9:42:58AM OUR GRANDCHILDREN GONNA BE FEELING IT.
9:43:01AM AND OUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN ARE GONNA BE FEELING IT.
9:43:03AM WE TRY TO COME DOWN HERE FOR THREE MINUTES AND SPEAK ON IT,
9:43:06AM AND PEOPLE TRY TO BE SMART AND SEND OUT A CODE, NO, YOU
9:43:10AM SHOULD DO HARM OR INJURY TO THAT PERSON.
9:43:12AM THAT'S DISINGENUOUS OF ANYBODY WHO THINK THAT GOES OVER
9:43:21AM AFRICAN PEOPLE HEADS.
9:43:23AM IT DON'T.
9:43:23AM 165 YEARS THE CITY HAS BEEN AN ORGANIZATION AND A BILLION
9:43:24AM DOLLAR BUDGET IT HAS RIGHT NOW AND BLACK PEOPLE DON'T GET
9:43:27AM ONE DAMN THING OUT OF IT.
9:43:28AM NOTHING.
9:43:29AM AND YOU ALL WANT US TO SHUT UP AND BE SMILING AND WHATEVER.
9:43:31AM NO, BLACK PEOPLES NOT GOING TO SHUT UP NO MORE.
9:43:34AM WE WANT SERVICES.
9:43:35AM WE WANT PART OF THIS BUDGET, AND WE WANT REPARATIONS.
9:43:38AM THAT'S THE WORD, "REPARATIONS."
9:43:40AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
9:43:41AM NEXT, PLEASE.
9:43:44AM >> JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE CAN'T SPEAK ON THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW.
9:43:47AM >>LUIS VIERA: NO, MA'AM.
9:43:47AM THAT WILL BE AFTER THE WORKSHOP.
9:43:49AM THANK YOU.
9:43:49AM MS. GONZALEZ, WERE YOU UP IN LINE?
9:44:00AM >> YES, SIR.
9:44:00AM >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
9:44:00AM SORRY.
9:44:02AM >> THANK YOU.
9:44:03AM FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS ALMA GONZALEZ.
9:44:04AM BUENOS DIAS.
9:44:12AM I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF TRAVELING ALL OVER THE WORLD.
9:44:14AM I'M SO GRATEFUL TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE AMAZING GENTLEMEN THAT
9:44:18AM REPRESENT US IN TAMPA BAY.
9:44:19AM I AM ONE OF THE GREATEST AMBASSADORS FOR THE CITY.
9:44:21AM TALKING ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS AND HOW INCREDIBLY WELL
9:44:25AM REPRESENTED WE ARE.
9:44:28AM IN PARTICULAR, INVITING PEOPLE TO COME AND ENJOY THE ARTS
9:44:32AM AND CULTURE OF THIS PARTICULAR COMMUNITY.
9:44:36AM I KNOW LATER TODAY YOU'LL BE IN WORKSHOP TALKING ABOUT THE
9:44:40AM BUDGET.
9:44:40AM I UNFORTUNATELY HAVE A DAY JOB AND I DO HAVE TO GO TO THAT
9:44:44AM JOB, MR. CHAIR.
9:44:44AM BUT I WANTED TO ENCOURAGE YOU ALL --
9:44:47AM >>LUIS VIERA: LET ME JUST STOP FOR A SECOND, IF I MAY.
9:44:51AM LET ME AMEND MY PRIOR REMARKS.
9:44:52AM IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO COME FOR THE BUDGET EXPLICITLY, WHICH
9:44:57AM PROBABLY WILL BE AT 1:00, AND YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON IT AT
9:45:00AM THIS TIME, YOU MAY DO SO NOW.
9:45:02AM FOR EXAMPLE, MS. GONZALEZ.
9:45:04AM YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO COME LATER ON FOR THE BUDGET WORKSHOP.
9:45:07AM >> THAT'S CORRECT.
9:45:08AM >>LUIS VIERA: YOU MAY PROCEED.
9:45:09AM I'LL MAKE THAT EXCEPTION.
9:45:10AM >> THANK YOU.
9:45:11AM I APPRECIATE YOUR INDULGENCE, MR. CHAIR.
9:45:14AM DID I WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
9:45:16AM TBAE BUDGET IN YOUR CONSIDERATION.
9:45:19AM ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THIS CITY COUNCIL AND ONE OF
9:45:22AM THE REASONS THAT I SUPPORTED EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU IN
9:45:26AM BEING ELECTED IS BECAUSE OF YOUR VISION OF GROWING THE CITY
9:45:31AM INTO THE WORLD-CLASS CITY THAT IT IS.
9:45:34AM WHEN WE TRAVEL AROUND THE COUNTRY AND WE TRAVEL AROUND THE
9:45:38AM WORLD, OUR NAME IS BEING SYNONYMOUS WITH A REALLY COOL PLACE
9:45:42AM TO BE.
9:45:43AM AND PART OF THE REASON THAT THAT'S TRUE IS BECAUSE OF THE
9:45:46AM INVESTMENT THAT THIS ORGANIZATION, THAT THIS COUNCIL MAKES
9:45:49AM IN ORGANIZATIONS LIKE TBAE, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO
9:45:53AM CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND TO INVEST WISELY AND GREATLY IN THIS
9:45:57AM AMAZING ORGANIZATION.
9:45:59AM AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO AND MUCH APPRECIATED.
9:46:02AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:46:03AM I SEE OTHER FOLKS PROBABLY STANDING UP FOR THE BUDGET UNDER
9:46:06AM MY RECENT EXCEPTION THAT I MADE.
9:46:09AM I WOULD ASK THAT YOU DO ALSO, WHAT MS. GONZALEZ DID, SHE
9:46:13AM DIDN'T TAKE UP HER FULL THREE MINUTES SO AS TO NOT BE
9:46:17AM COMPETITIVE.
9:46:17AM I DO THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF POLICE OFFICERS WHO
9:46:19AM ARE HERE FOR THE BUSCH WORKSHOP.
9:46:22AM THEY HAVE ISSUES WITH OUR FORTHCOMING STORM TO DEAL WITH.
9:46:25AM I WANT TO MAKE SURE TO RESPECT THEIR TIME.
9:46:26AM AGAIN, I WILL CARVE OUT THAT EXCEPTION, BUT LET'S JUST BE
9:46:30AM WISE WITH OUR TIME.
9:46:31AM THANK YOU.
9:46:31AM GO AHEAD, SIR.
9:46:33AM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:46:33AM MY NAME IS PASTOR FRANK WILLIAMS, LOCATED AT 1112 EAST SCOTT
9:46:38AM STREET, RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA.
9:46:41AM I GET NO RESPECT, BUT I DEFINITELY HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
9:46:48AM ALL SHALL RESPECT GOD ALMIGHTY REGARDLESS.
9:46:50AM I'M GOING TO READ SOME SCRIPTURE TO YOU FROM THE BOOK OF
9:46:54AM ROMAN.
9:46:55AM I KNOW A LOT OF YOU PROBABLY DON'T READ THE BIBLE, BUT I'LL
9:46:58AM READ IT TO YOU.
9:47:00AM WHAT SHALL WE THEN SAY TO THESE THINGS?
9:47:01AM IF GOD BE FOR US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US?
9:47:05AM HE THAT SPARE NOT HIS OWN SON, BUT DELIVER HIM UP FOR US
9:47:05AM ALL.
9:47:14AM HOW SHALL HE NOT WITH HIM ALSO FREELY GIVE US ALL THINGS?
9:47:16AM WHO SHALL LAY ANYTHING AGAINST GOD'S CHARGES?
9:47:25AM IT IS GOD TO JUSTIFY.
9:47:25AM WHO IS HE THAT CONDEMNS?
9:47:28AM IT IS CHRIST THAT DIED, YEA RATHER, THAT IS RISEN AGAIN, WHO
9:47:38AM IS EVEN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD, WHO ALSO MAKETH
9:47:41AM INTERCESSION FOR US.
9:47:42AM WHO SHALL SEPARATE FROM US THE LOVE OF GOD AND CHRIST JESUS?
9:47:47AM SHALL TRIBULATION, OR DISTRESS, OR PERSECUTION, OR FAMINE,
9:47:52AM OR NAKEDNESS, OR PERIL, OR SWORD?
9:47:55AM AS IT IS WRITTEN, FOR THY SAKE WE ARE KILLED ALL THE DAY
9:47:59AM LONG; WE ARE ACCOUNTED AS SHEEP FOR THE SLAUGHTER.
9:48:02AM NAY, IN ALL THESE THINGS WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS THROUGH
9:48:06AM HIM THAT LOVED US.
9:48:07AM FOR I AM PERSUADED, THAT NEITHER DEATH, NOR LIFE, NOR
9:48:11AM ANGELS, NOR PRINCIPALITIES, NOR POWERS, NOR THINGS PRESENT,
9:48:11AM NOR THINGS TO COME, NOR HEIGHT, NOT DEPTH, NOR ANY OTHER
9:48:21AM CREATURE, SHALL BE ABLE TO SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF GOD,
9:48:24AM WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS, OUR LORD AND SAVIOR.
9:48:27AM I HAVE ONE QUESTION I WANT TO ASK YOU ALL.
9:48:30AM I KNOW YOU ALL PROBABLY WON'T GIVE ME THE CORRECT ANSWER.
9:48:33AM BUT WHY DO WE CELEBRATE LABOR DAY?
9:48:37AM AND WHEN WAS THIS INSPIRED?
9:48:40AM LABOR DAY.
9:48:41AM ALSO, WHO WAS THE PRESIDENT DURING THAT TIME, LABOR DAY?
9:48:45AM IF ANY OF YOU ALL CAN EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THE PURPOSE OF
9:48:49AM LABOR DAY, PLEASE DO.
9:48:52AM NOBODY SEEM TO KNOW BUT YET WE GO TO THE BEACH, COOK
9:49:00AM BARBEQUE, COLLARD GREENS AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF BUT NOBODY
9:49:04AM CAN TELL ME WHAT LABOR DAY.
9:49:06AM I'LL TELL YOU ALL TO GOOGLE IT AND SEE WHAT IT SAYS.
9:49:10AM AND WHEN YOU GOOGLE IT AND SEE WHAT IT SAYS, IT STILL
9:49:13AM DOESN'T GIVE YOU A GOOD ANSWER.
9:49:18AM WE SHOULD BE CELEBRATING JESUS CHRIST DAY.
9:49:20AM GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU.
9:49:21AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:49:22AM NEXT, PLEASE.
9:49:32AM >> SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW ME.
9:49:34AM I'M JOHN MOLL.
9:49:36AM WATER HARVESTER, 4104 NORTH LEN AVENUE.
9:49:40AM IT'S BEEN A FAMILY FARM SINCE MY GRANDFATHER BOUGHT IT IN
9:49:45AM 1908.
9:49:47AM I HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH MITIGATION CREDIT.
9:49:49AM I'VE BEEN TRYING FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS TO GET IT.
9:49:52AM THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I TRIED TO READ BUT THREE MINUTES
9:49:55AM IS NOT VERY MUCH TIME.
9:49:56AM I WANT TO GO OVER THIS WITH YOU.
9:49:58AM THIS WAS IN LIEU OF APPEARANCE.
9:50:01AM APPARENTLY NOW THE INSTRUCTIONS TO STAFF WAS COME IN AND
9:50:04AM DISCUSS IT.
9:50:04AM BUT BEFORE, THAT WASN'T THE CASE.
9:50:08AM IT SAYS HERE THAT THE DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY, THAT'S
9:50:14AM WHAT THEY ARE DETERMINING ON ME, TO AWARD A MITIGATION
9:50:17AM CREDIT IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION BASED ON DEMONSTRATION,
9:50:23AM DOES NOT RECEIVE THE BENEFITS AFFORDED BY THE CITY'S
9:50:26AM STORMWATER SYSTEM.
9:50:27AM I CONTAIN ALL THE WATER THAT FALLS ON MY PROPERTY AND HAVE
9:50:31AM FOR A HUNDRED YEARS.
9:50:32AM I DON'T BELIEVE -- THE NEXT SENTENCE, AS THE STORMWATER
9:50:36AM ASSESSMENTS ARE USER CHARGES, WELL, IF YOU'RE NOT A USER,
9:50:40AM WHY ARE YOU CHARGED?
9:50:42AM I AM NOT A USER OF THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM THAT IS SUPPOSED TO
9:50:47AM DRAIN PEOPLE'S PROPERTY.
9:50:49AM BUT ANYBODY HERE CAN -- CAN I CELEBRATE TO YOU THAT I HAVE A
9:50:54AM STORMWATER POND IN MY BACKYARD WHERE THE WATER FROM MY ROOF
9:50:58AM GOES.
9:50:59AM IT DOES NOT GO INTO THE STREET OR ANY DITCH.
9:51:04AM IT SAYS THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS.
9:51:06AM I LIVE ON THE CORNER LOT.
9:51:08AM HALF OF IT IS WEST NORTH BAY STREET.
9:51:10AM JUST GO A FEW HOUSES DOWN.
9:51:14AM THERE IS AN LLC THAT HAS ABOUT AN ACRE THAT DOESN'T PAY ONE
9:51:18AM CENT.
9:51:19AM HOW DOES HE GET THE EXCEPTION WHEN I HAVE TO PAY?
9:51:22AM THERE ARE THINGS THAT I THINK SHOULD BE DIFFERENT ON HERE.
9:51:25AM I SEE UP HERE THAT IT SAYS THE OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
9:51:31AM AND SAL TERRITO, CITY ATTORNEY, I THINK THAT'S BEEN CHANGED
9:51:34AM TO GINA GRIMES NOW, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
9:51:40AM THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, MR. MARTIN SAID YOU COULD NOT
9:51:43AM SPEAK TO ME AT ALL BECAUSE I HAD A LAWYER SITTING WITH ME.
9:51:46AM I DON'T THINK THAT PRECLUDES ME OBVIOUSLY FROM SPEAKING TO
9:51:50AM YOU.
9:51:50AM I'M HERE TO DISCUSS THIS WITH YOU IF YOU FEEL SO INCLINED.
9:51:56AM SOMETIMES ATTORNEYS HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS.
9:51:58AM MY ATTORNEY SAYS THAT IF ANY OF YOU FELT FREE TO DISCUSS
9:52:01AM THIS WITH ME OR SPEAK TO ME, YOU COULD DO SO.
9:52:04AM PERHAPS MR. MARTIN DISAGREES.
9:52:07AM THAT WAS JUST THE FIRST PARAGRAPH.
9:52:12AM I'M PREPARING WITH MY LAWYER A RESPONSE TO THIS MEMORANDUM.
9:52:16AM IT'S NOT PREPARED YET.
9:52:17AM SO WHEN THAT COMES, I'LL TRY TO READ THAT TO YOU.
9:52:21AM I'LL JUST START ON THE SECOND PARAGRAPH AND SEE HOW FAR I
9:52:26AM GET.
9:52:26AM IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY THE
9:52:31AM MOLLS.
9:52:32AM THE ASSERTION IS THAT VARIOUS CONSTRUCTION --
9:52:34AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
9:52:35AM NEXT, PLEASE.
9:52:36AM >> THANK YOU ALL.
9:52:51AM >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
9:52:52AM MY NAME IS VERLENE.
9:52:55AM I COME TODAY WITH SOME GOOD NEWS, BEING THAT I'VE BEEN
9:52:58AM COMING HERE SPEAKING, THAT MEANS SOMEONE HAS BEEN LISTENING,
9:53:01AM WHETHER IT'S THE CITY COUNCIL OR THE COUNTY COMMISSION ON
9:53:06AM WEDNESDAY BECAUSE I TRIED TO MEET ALL.
9:53:08AM ON THURSDAY IS WHEN I'M NOT ACTUALLY HERE.
9:53:10AM I'M TRYING TO GET TO A FOOD BANK.
9:53:13AM I RECEIVE LESS THAN $30 IN FOOD STAMPS ON MY FIXED INCOME.
9:53:17AM SOME OF THE PROBLEMS I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WITH THE
9:53:19AM APARTMENT, SOME ISSUES ARE BEING ADDRESSED.
9:53:23AM AND I THANK YOU AGAIN.
9:53:25AM LIKE I SAY, SOMEBODY HERE IS LISTENING, AND I THANK YOU.
9:53:30AM I'M STILL HAVING SOME ISSUES, BUT I WILL CONTINUE TO COME
9:53:34AM DOWN HERE AND EXPRESS.
9:53:36AM I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA THAT I'M BEING LABELED AS SOME TYPE OF
9:53:39AM MENTAL PERSON BECAUSE I DO THIS, WHEN I SPEAK, WHEN I'M
9:53:42AM UPSET.
9:53:43AM I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT USED TO BROWN PEOPLE
9:53:46AM OR WHEN YOU'RE ANGRY, UPSET, THAT SOMETIMES YOU DO THAT.
9:53:49AM BUT IF I DON'T WRONG IT TO YOU AND INVITED, I'M NOT THAT
9:53:54AM PERSON.
9:53:55AM I'M FOR MYSELF AND I'M ALSO FOR THE EVERYDAY PEOPLE.
9:53:59AM HERE IN TAMPA, I GREW UP AND WAS RAISED HERE.
9:54:01AM TAMPA GENERAL BACK IN THE DAY WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL IN
9:54:04AM 1900s, I USED TO MAKE $3.33.
9:54:07AM I'M ON THIS FIXED INCOME TODAY IN THE 21st CENTURY.
9:54:10AM I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE IS THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR
9:54:13AM THE REAL, REAL POOR PEOPLE?
9:54:15AM BECAUSE THE EXISTING CONDITIONS RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE NOT
9:54:17AM LIVABLE FOR ANYBODY.
9:54:20AM AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK FOR WHOEVER IS LISTENING.
9:54:24AM LET'S CONTINUE TO LISTEN AND I WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU
9:54:26AM UPDATED SO WE CAN KEEP AN EYE ON ALL OF THESE NONPROFIT
9:54:30AM ORGANIZATIONS AND THE PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, WHO ARE
9:54:35AM ADDRESSING THESE HOUSING ISSUES.
9:54:37AM AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.
9:54:40AM YOU-ALL ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR DAY.
9:54:42AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
9:54:44AM NEXT, PLEASE.
9:54:44AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:54:45AM MY NAME IS BISHOP MICHELLE B. PATTY.
9:54:49AM I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST THANK YOU, CHAIR, FOR RECOGNIZING US
9:54:51AM IN THESE FEW MINUTES.
9:54:53AM I WANT TO REMIND THOSE OF YOU THAT CAMPAIGNED, THAT YOU MADE
9:54:56AM SOME CAMPAIGN PROMISES.
9:54:57AM YOU MADE SOME CAMPAIGN AWARENESS THAT YOU NOTICE THAT WEST
9:55:00AM TAMPA AND EAST TAMPA HAS BEEN LONG NEGLECTED.
9:55:04AM COUNCIL, THIS IS YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO REALLY DO SOMETHING TO
9:55:07AM HELP THE COMMUNITY.
9:55:08AM YOU ONLY GET ONE BITE AT THE APPLE, AND IT'S HERE NOW WITH
9:55:12AM THE BUDGET.
9:55:13AM I'M GOING TO ASK THIS COUNCIL, DO NOT AGREE TO SPEND A
9:55:16AM HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ON A SURVEY BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE A
9:55:22AM CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT WHICH HOUSE ENGINEERS.
9:55:25AM SO WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IS ASK THE ENGINEERS WHAT'S GOING ON
9:55:29AM AT THESE POOLS.
9:55:31AM ANYBODY THAT'S WANTING TO WORK ON THESE POOLS, THEY WILL
9:55:34AM GIVE YOU -- THEY WILL GO OUT AND LOOK AT IT.
9:55:38AM THEY WILL BID.
9:55:39AM THEY WILL TELL YOU WHAT'S WRONG.
9:55:41AM WE DON'T NEED TO SPEND HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ONCE
9:55:44AM AGAIN ANOTHER SURVEY.
9:55:45AM WE'RE GOING TO ASK THIS COUNCIL TO REMEMBER YOUR PROMISES,
9:55:48AM YOUR CAMPAIGN SLOGAN.
9:55:50AM YOU KNOW THAT EAST TAMPA IS NEGLECTED.
9:55:53AM I DON'T HAVE TO BEAT YOU TO DEATH TO SAY IT, BUT WE'RE
9:55:55AM ASKING THAT THIS COUNCIL, THAT YOU BE THE STRONG LEADERSHIP
9:55:58AM THAT WE THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE, THAT WE THOUGHT YOU WERE,
9:56:01AM AND THAT'S WHY WE VOTED FOR YOU ALL.
9:56:03AM PLEASE, LOOK AT THAT BUDGET AND DO WHAT YOU SAID YOU WOULD
9:56:07AM DO.
9:56:08AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
9:56:09AM NEXT PLEASE.
9:56:10AM AGAIN, IF YOU'RE SPEAKING ON THE BUDGET BECAUSE YOU ARE
9:56:12AM UNABLE TO BE HERE LATER TODAY, THE GENTLEMAN IN THE HAT OF
9:56:17AM THE SIDE THAT WON THE CIVIL WAR, THANK YOU, SIR.
9:56:20AM I BELIEVE WILL BE THE LAST SPEAKER.
9:56:23AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:56:23AM I'M JENNIFER WILLMAN.
9:56:25AM PRESIDENT OF THE PALMETTO BEACH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.
9:56:27AM 2426 STEWART STREET.
9:56:30AM PALMETTO BEACH COMMUNITY HAS BEEN WAITING FOR THE BERMUDA
9:56:33AM BOULEVARD SEAWALL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT FOR MANY YEARS.
9:56:37AM IT WAS IN PRIOR BUDGETS, BUT IT HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR THE
9:56:40AM 2020 BUDGET BECAUSE IT WAS ACTUALLY MOVED TO THE PROJECT
9:56:46AM LIST TO RECEIVE FUNDING THROUGH THE ALL FOR TRANSPORTATION
9:56:48AM SURTAX.
9:56:50AM WHILE THAT'S BEING HELD UP IN THE COURTS, THE COUNTY
9:56:52AM COMMISSION WILL BE CONSIDERING AN ORDINANCE TO UPHOLD THE
9:56:56AM PRIORITIES THAT WE VOTED ON IN NOVEMBER TO MAKE POLICY.
9:57:00AM ONE OF THOSE IF YOU COULD CATEGORIES OR PRIORITIES WAS THE
9:57:04AM MAINTENANCE AND VULNERABILITY CATEGORY, WHICH THE BERMUDA
9:57:07AM BOULEVARD SEAWALL IMPROVEMENTS FALLS UNDER.
9:57:10AM SO THAT COUNTY COMMISSION ORDINANCE WILL BE HEARD ON
9:57:14AM SEPTEMBER 5th AT 9 A.M.
9:57:16AM IT IS THE SAME TIME YOU WILL BE CONSIDERING THE PROJECT LIST
9:57:19AM FOR ALL FOR TRANSPORTATION FUNDING, WHICH THE BERMUDA
9:57:23AM BOULEVARD SEAWALL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT WILL BE ON.
9:57:26AM IT'S REALLY CRITICAL THAT THAT PROJECT LIST BE APPROVED BY
9:57:29AM YOU, AND IT'S ALSO VERY CRITICAL THAT THE COUNTY COMMISSION
9:57:33AM ORDINANCE TO UPHOLD THE ALL FOR TRANSPORTATION PRIORITIES BE
9:57:37AM APPROVED ON SEPTEMBER 5th BECAUSE PALMETTO BEACH REALLY
9:57:41AM NEEDS THE BERMUDA BOULEVARD SEAWALL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.
9:57:45AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
9:57:46AM PLEASE, COUNCILMEN, IF YOU'LL BE BRIEF, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING
9:57:54AM BEFORE THE BUDGET TIME.
9:57:55AM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MY QUESTION IS NOT ABOUT MONEY.
9:57:57AM JENNIFER, THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION AGAIN,
9:58:00AM AS YOU HAVE IN THE PAST.
9:58:02AM I'M JUST WONDERING FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE, I
9:58:07AM THOUGHT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM SEAWALLS, PER SE,
9:58:12AM AND GO INTO MORE GRADUATED SLOPES AND RIPRAP AND THAT SORT
9:58:16AM OF THING THAT CAN FOSTER MANGROVES.
9:58:20AM HAS THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY LOOKED AT THAT AND ADDRESSED
9:58:24AM THAT AS AN ALTERNATIVE?
9:58:25AM >> THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL DESIGN THAT WAS PROPOSED A FEW
9:58:28AM YEARS AGO.
9:58:29AM THE ISSUE WITH THAT WAS BECAUSE OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS
9:58:33AM OWNING PART OF THAT SUBMERGED LAND, IT WAS DIFFICULT TO
9:58:37AM OBTAIN THE RIGHTS TO THE LAND FOR THE CITY TO MAKE THOSE
9:58:42AM TYPES OF IMPROVEMENTS.
9:58:44AM PLUS THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT TRASH BEING COLLECTED IN THAT
9:58:48AM RIPRAP, THE SLOPE.
9:58:50AM SO WHAT WE WERE HOPING IS THAT IT COULD BE SIMILAR TO WHAT
9:58:53AM IT IS NOW, WHICH IS THAT STRAIGHT -- YOU KNOW, A WALL, NOT
9:58:57AM THE RIPRAP, STRAIGHT DOWN WALL, WHICH WOULD BE INCORPORATED
9:59:01AM INTO A TRAIL WHICH IS IN THE GREEN ARTERY AND THE TRAILS
9:59:06AM PLAN, THE TRAIL ALONG BERMUDA BOULEVARD, IT COULD BE
9:59:09AM INCORPORATED AS PART OF THAT.
9:59:10AM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I THINK ENVIRONMENTALLY IT'S BETTER TO
9:59:12AM HAVE THAT RIPRAP.
9:59:14AM YOU'RE RIGHT.
9:59:14AM OVER HERE ON THE RIVER, WE HAVE AN AREA REALLY NICE AND
9:59:17AM GROWING MANGROVES, BUT IT DOES ACCUMULATE A LOT OF TRASH.
9:59:20AM THANK YOU.
9:59:21AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
9:59:22AM NEXT, PLEASE.
9:59:24AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:59:26AM MY NAME IS GEORGE SAN MARIA.
9:59:31AM THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS TIME.
9:59:33AM I WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE DURING THE BUDGET WORKSHOP.
9:59:35AM I AM A STUDENT AT USF AND A FORMER INTERN AT TAMPA BAY ARTS
9:59:38AM AND EDUCATION NETWORK.
9:59:40AM I BEGAN THE INTERNSHIP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER IN
9:59:45AM MAY.
9:59:45AM AND I WAS NOT REALLY SURE WHAT TO EXPECT.
9:59:50AM HAD ZERO JOB EXPERIENCE AND I WAS UNPREPARED TO BEGIN
9:59:53AM WORKING WHEN I GRADUATE IN THE SPRING.
9:59:55AM DURING MY TIME THERE, I HAVE RECEIVED TRAINING IN A REAL
9:59:59AM STUDIO, ON LOCATION SHOOTS.
10:00:02AM WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AT THE TAMPA TIGER BAY CLUB, AND I
10:00:06AM CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE DONE
10:00:09AM FOR ME.
10:00:10AM SINCE I INTERNED THERE, THEY HAVE NOW PICKED ME UP AS A
10:00:15AM PART-TIME EMPLOYEE.
10:00:16AM I HAVE BEEN IN THE PRESENCE OF SOME OF THE KINDEST AND MOST
10:00:23AM MEANINGFUL PEOPLE IN MY LIFE.
10:00:26AM I AM INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY HAVE
10:00:29AM GIVEN ME, AND I AM RESPECTFULLY ASKING THAT OUR FUNDING BE
10:00:34AM RESTORED JUST SO THAT WE COULD CONTINUE PROVIDING THE
10:00:38AM QUALITY PROGRAMMING AS WELL AS VALUABLE EXPERIENCE TO OUR
10:00:40AM COMMUNITY.
10:00:41AM THANK YOU.
10:00:41AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:00:42AM NEXT, PLEASE.
10:00:45AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEN.
10:00:47AM I'M ALSO A STUDENT AT USF.
10:00:50AM A PREVIOUS INTERN WITH TBAE.
10:00:52AM >>LUIS VIERA: CAN YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME.
10:00:55AM >> JESSICA BARRON.
10:00:58AM I AM A GRADUATE STUDENT AT USF STUDYING MEDIA STUDIES.
10:01:01AM A YEAR AGO, I JOINED THE TBAE FAMILY AS PRODUCTION INTERN.
10:01:05AM HONESTLY, IT CHANGED MY LIFE.
10:01:07AM IT CHANGED MY LIFE BECAUSE IT GAVE ME SOMETHING THAT I
10:01:09AM HADN'T HAD BEFORE, AND THAT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY.
10:01:11AM THIS CHANCE TO WORK IN PROFESSIONAL MEDIA SETTING, LEARNING
10:01:15AM NEW CAMERA EQUIPMENT, THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT
10:01:18AM UNFORTUNATELY ARE NOT ON USF'S PART, BUT I HAVEN'T HAD THAT
10:01:21AM OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH CURRENT TECHNOLOGY BECAUSE USF
10:01:24AM JUST, SADLY, DOESN'T OFFER THAT AT THE MOMENT.
10:01:26AM I KNOW I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF OTHER STUDENTS WHO HAVE INTERNED
10:01:31AM THAT ANY STUDENT TRYING TO BREAK INTO THE MEDIA WORLD COULD
10:01:34AM TELL YOU JUST HOW HARD IT CAN BE, ESPECIALLY HERE IN TAMPA.
10:01:36AM THAT'S WHEN THE ORGANIZATION SUCH AS TBAE IS EXTREMELY
10:01:40AM IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS.
10:01:41AM INTERNSHIP PROGRAM GIVES STUDENTS EXPERIENCE THEY NEED TO BE
10:01:46AM ABLE TO GET A JOB AFTER THEY GRADUATE.
10:01:48AM THIS PAST -- WHEN I FIRST STARTED A YEAR AGO, I WAS ONE OUT
10:01:53AM OF THREE INTERNS, AND THE INTERN PROGRAM HAS CONTINUOUSLY
10:01:56AM BEEN GROWING.
10:01:57AM THIS PAST SUMMER, THEY HAD EIGHT INTERNS.
10:01:59AM ALL OF THOSE INTERNS I KNOW CAN SAY THAT THEY'VE GOTTEN THE
10:02:02AM SKILLS WHERE THEY CAN CONTINUE ON AND GET A NEW JOB
10:02:06AM SOMEWHERE ELSE AFTER THEY GRADUATE.
10:02:07AM EVERY SINGLE DAY I COME INTO TBAE, I'VE GOTTEN TO DO
10:02:10AM DIFFERENT THINGS AND LEARN NEW EXPERIENCES.
10:02:12AM I'VE EVEN GOTTEN TO COVER THE TAMPA TIGER BAY FORUM, WHERE
10:02:15AM I'VE MET SOME OF YOU ALL THERE.
10:02:17AM IT'S HONESTLY BEEN A LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE.
10:02:19AM ONCE AGAIN, A YEAR AGO, I BEGAN TO INTERN, BUT NOW I'M ALSO
10:02:23AM GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT I'M A PART-TIME WORKER AS A
10:02:26AM MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR AT TBAE.
10:02:28AM I CAN FINALLY SAY THAT I MADE IT.
10:02:30AM AND HERE AT TBAE, IT HAS HELPED ME AND OTHER STUDENTS BECOME
10:02:34AM THE MEDIA PROFESSIONALS THAT WE'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE.
10:02:38AM THIS IS WHY TBAE IS SO IMPORTANT.
10:02:39AM TBAE NEEDS TO BE HERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE BECOME A CRUCIAL
10:02:43AM PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS IN THE TAMPA COMMUNITY.
10:02:45AM IF YOU DON'T SUPPORT TBAE, IT'S HONESTLY SAYING THAT YOU
10:02:48AM DON'T SUPPORT THE STUDENTS TRYING TO WORK IN MEDIA.
10:02:51AM THANK YOU.
10:02:52AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
10:02:52AM NEXT, PLEASE.
10:03:00AM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SHE LOOKS FAMILIAR.
10:03:02AM >> HI.
10:03:02AM I'M SALLY HARRIS.
10:03:04AM I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF TBAE.
10:03:06AM I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK EARLY.
10:03:11AM I'M ACTUALLY HAVING MINOR SURGERY AT 11:00.
10:03:14AM IF TAMPA IS SERIOUS ABOUT BEING THE NEXT GREAT CITY, WHICH I
10:03:17AM FEEL WE ARE STRONGLY IN THE POWER OF BEING, WE HAVE TO
10:03:21AM EMBRACE TECHNOLOGY.
10:03:24AM IF WE HAVE A STRONG TECHNOLOGY NETWORK, WE CAN WATCH OUR
10:03:29AM S.T.E.A.M. MOVE AHEAD AND MOVE US TO THE TOP OF NETWORKING
10:03:33AM AND TECHNOLOGY.
10:03:35AM AS THIS AWARD, WHICH TBAE WAS GIVEN BECAUSE OF THE
10:03:40AM S.T.E.A.M. PROGRAM THAT THEY REPRESENT AND BUILD AROUND THE
10:03:43AM COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT.
10:03:43AM THIS COMMUNITY IS KNOWN FOR EMBRACING AND SUPPORTING OUR
10:03:49AM SMALL BUSINESSES.
10:03:50AM AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER MYSELF, I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THE
10:03:53AM COMMUNITY AND YOUR SUPPORT IS.
10:03:55AM TBAE IS ONE OF OUR LONG-STANDING SMALL BUSINESSES THAT NEED
10:04:00AM OUR SUPPORT AS A COMMUNITY.
10:04:02AM I'M ASKING YOU TO GIVE THEM YOUR CONSIDERATION WHILE
10:04:05AM BUILDING YOUR BUDGET SO THAT WE CAN INCLUDE FUNDING FOR
10:04:08AM THEIR ABILITY TO CONTINUE THE FINE WORK THAT THEY DO IN THE
10:04:12AM COMMUNITY IN SPREADING TECHNOLOGY AROUND OUR AREA.
10:04:15AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
10:04:16AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
10:04:17AM AND GOOD LUCK TODAY.
10:04:18AM WE MEAN THAT.
10:04:19AM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, SALLY.
10:04:26AM >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
10:04:27AM MY NAME IS DAVID LOUGHERTY.
10:04:31AM UNLIKE SOME OF THE OTHER SUPPORTERS FOR TBAE, I AM A FILM
10:04:34AM AND MEDIA ARTS MAJOR AT UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA.
10:04:37AM OVER THE SUMMER, I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO INTERN WITH VISIT
10:04:43AM TAMPA BAY THROUGH THEIR FILM TAMPA BAY ORGANIZATION.
10:04:49AM MARTIN WITH THE FILM COMMISSION.
10:04:54AM WITH TBAE, THE FANTASTIC THING THAT THEY DO IS THEY HELP TO
10:04:58AM FERMENT LOCAL SUPPORT FOR LOCAL PRODUCTIONS.
10:05:01AM THEY HELP INTRODUCE LOCAL KIDS TO MEDIA, FILMMAKING,
10:05:06AM TELEVISION PRODUCTION, AND IT SPURS INTEREST IN MEDIA
10:05:12AM CREATION ACROSS THE AREA.
10:05:14AM THROUGH MY WORK WITH THE FILM COMMISSION, I CAN SAY WITH
10:05:17AM CERTAINTY THAT OVER THE SUMMER, THE COMMISSION HAD RECEIVED
10:05:20AM A RECORD NUMBER OF PERMITS -- PERMIT REQUESTS FOR TELEVISION
10:05:25AM SHOWS, FILMS, SHORT FILMS THAT WANTED TO BE FILMED IN OUR
10:05:30AM CITY.
10:05:31AM AND IT IS ONLY INCREASING BY THE MONTH.
10:05:34AM BY INCREASING THE BUDGET FOR TBAE, YOU GUYS WILL BE HELPING
10:05:45AM TO FERMENT LOCAL PRODUCTIONS IN THE AREA WHICH WILL ONLY
10:05:51AM INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF OUTSIDE PRODUCTIONS THAT WANT TO COME
10:05:56AM TO THE CITY TO SPEND MONEY IN LOCAL BUSINESSES IN OUR
10:06:00AM COMMUNITY.
10:06:00AM I THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TO SPEAK.
10:06:04AM I HAVE CLASS.
10:06:05AM HAVE A GOOD DAY.
10:06:06AM >>LUIS VIERA: GOOD LUCK.
10:06:07AM NEXT, PLEASE.
10:06:11AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:06:11AM MY NAME IS ERNEST JOHNSON.
10:06:14AM I REPRESENT THE FLORIDA RIGHT RESTORATION IN EAST TAMPA
10:06:21AM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
10:06:21AM WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE HOUSING IN EAST TAMPA.
10:06:25AM WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
10:06:28AM JUST PUT OUT A REPORT THAT IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS,
10:06:32AM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HAVE SENT MORE PEOPLE TO PRISON IN THIS
10:06:35AM STATE THAN ALL 67 COUNTIES -- OUT OF ALL THE 67 COUNTIES.
10:06:40AM WHEN THEY RETURN FROM PRISON, WE'RE -- THE FRC IS TRYING TO
10:06:44AM SEE IF THE CITY CAN FIND SOMETHING IN THEIR BUDGET TO FIND
10:06:47AM SOME FORM OF HOUSING FOR PEOPLE RETURNING FROM PRISON.
10:06:51AM BECAUSE TO GIVE A MAN 50 BUCKS AND SEND HIM OUT THE DOOR,
10:06:55AM YOU'RE SETTING THEM UP FOR FAILURE.
10:06:57AM NOW HE HAS THE STIGMA, EX-FELON, CAN'T RENT YOU AN
10:07:01AM APARTMENT.
10:07:02AM YOU'RE AN EX-FELON, CAN'T HIRE YOU AND ALL THESE THINGS.
10:07:05AM WE WANT THE CITY TO JUST BRING THE CONVERSATION ABOUT, I
10:07:08AM JUST LOOK AT THE JULY 1st, $1 BILLION BUDGET FOR THE CITY
10:07:12AM OF TAMPA.
10:07:13AM THERE'S NOTHING THERE FOR RETURNING CITIZENS, NOT ONE DIME.
10:07:16AM AND I JUST WANT THE COUNCIL TO TRY TO COME UP WITH SOME
10:07:20AM SOLUTION FOR SOME HOUSING FOR PEOPLE JUST LEAVING PRISON
10:07:24AM BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE LEAVE PRISON ARE SUFFERING FROM
10:07:28AM POSTTRAUMATIC SYNDROME.
10:07:31AM THEY NEED HOUSING AND MEDICAL ATTENTION, MENTAL HEALTH.
10:07:33AM I WANT THE CITY TO TALK ABOUT IT.
10:07:35AM DISCUSS IT.
10:07:37AM FIND SOME FORM OF DOLLARS AND PUT IT TOGETHER FOR THAT
10:07:40AM MEANS.
10:07:40AM BECAUSE THEY LET A GUY OUT WITH 50 BUCKS, 75, 100, YOU'RE
10:07:47AM SETTING HIM UP FOR FAILURE.
10:07:49AM MOST RETURN TO PRISON BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO PLACE TO STAY.
10:07:53AM MENTALITY DOESN'T ALLOW THEM TO STAY WITH THEIR MOTHER,
10:07:57AM FATHER, WIFE, AND THE SYNDROME THEY ARE SUFFERING FROM.
10:08:01AM I ASK THAT THE CITY FINDS SOMETHING IN THE BUDGET, SINCE
10:08:04AM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SEND MORE PEOPLE TO PRISON OUT OF ALL
10:08:07AM THE OTHER 67 COUNTIES, FIND SOMETHING FOR THEM IN TERMS OF
10:08:12AM HOUSING.
10:08:12AM IF IT'S SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR IN PUBLIC HOUSING UNTIL THEY
10:08:15AM CAN FIND THEM A McDONALD'S JOB OR SOMETHING TO SUSTAIN
10:08:18AM THEIR LIVING CONDITION.
10:08:19AM BECAUSE IT'S NOT FAIR IN A DEMOCRACY TO TAKE A MAN'S
10:08:25AM FREEDOM, DESPITE HIS CRIMES, STRIP HIM OF HIS SANITY AND PUT
10:08:31AM HIM BACK OUT ON THE STREET AND EXPECT SOME KIND OF POSITIVE
10:08:36AM INFLUENCE.
10:08:36AM WE DO NOT OPPOSE THE SHERIFF IN THE LAST ELECTION LAST YEAR,
10:08:40AM BECAUSE WE SEE WHERE HE'S DONE NOTHING, YOU KNOW, AGAINST
10:08:43AM THE COMMUNITY, AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT TO THE COMMUNITY.
10:08:47AM WE'VE SEEN WHERE HE WAS JUST.
10:08:51AM GIVE HIM SOMETHING TO FIGHT WITH IN TERMS OF LOOKING INTO
10:08:54AM THE SITUATION WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND HOUSING FOR EX-FELONS,
10:08:57AM BECAUSE THIS REVOLVING DOOR STOPS SOMEWHERE TO STAY.
10:09:03AM IF YOU DON'T HAVE SOMEWHERE TO STAY, MOST RETURN TO THE
10:09:05AM STREET BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT GOING TO SIT THERE AND LIVE IN
10:09:07AM THE BUSHES AND ALL OF THIS KIND OF STUFF.
10:09:10AM WE JUST WANT THE CITY COUNCIL TO FIND SOME KIND OF DOLLARS
10:09:14AM JUST TO PUT AN EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE TOGETHER.
10:09:16AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:09:18AM AS I ALWAYS TELL YOU, I LOVE YOUR HAT.
10:09:21AM >> REPRESENTS THE BUFFALO SOLDIERS.
10:09:28AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: SIR, JUST LET YOU KNOW, I DID ASK FOR A
10:09:35AM WORKSHOP ON THE 24TH.
10:09:36AM MR. SHELBY, THERE WILL BE A REENTRY ORDINANCE WORKSHOP THAT
10:09:38AM I MADE A MOTION, AND IT WAS SECONDED, FOR STAFF TO BRING
10:09:43AM BACK INFORMATION.
10:09:44AM THAT WILL BE A TIME FOR THE COMMUNITY ALSO TO PUT THEIR
10:09:46AM INPUT AS WELL, BUT I AM LOOKING INTO THAT.
10:09:49AM NOT JUST FOR PRISONERS, BUT CRIMES, HOUSING, A LOT OF ISSUES
10:09:54AM I WANT TO DISCUSS ON THAT DAY.
10:09:55AM THANK YOU FOR COMING FORTH.
10:09:56AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:09:57AM THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.
10:09:58AM NEXT, WE MOVE FORWARD TO ITEM NUMBER 3, WHICH IS OUR BUSCH
10:10:01AM BOULEVARD WORKSHOP.
10:10:02AM I KNOW WE HAVE VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS HERE FROM VARIOUS
10:10:06AM DEPARTMENTS.
10:10:06AM I'LL ASK FOR FRIENDS WITH TPD TO PLEASE COME FORWARD, I
10:10:12AM GUESS, IF YOU WOULD FOR YOUR FIRST REPORTS.
10:10:15AM I KNOW YOU ALL ARE VERY BUSY THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
10:10:18AM I BELIEVE WE HAVE HERE TO SPEAK, WE HAVE SAL WITH CODE
10:10:24AM ENFORCEMENT.
10:10:25AM WE HAVE JEAN HERE WITH TRANSPORTATION.
10:10:28AM I KNOW WE HAVE THE INNOVATION ALLIANCE HERE.
10:10:31AM I SEE OUR FORMER COLLEAGUE, LISA MONTELIONE FROM THE TERRACE
10:10:36AM PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
10:10:39AM >>SAL RUGGIERO: SAL RUGGIERO, CODE ENFORCEMENT.
10:10:45AM I WANT TO LAY OUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING ON THE
10:10:49AM BUSCH BOULEVARD CORRIDOR BETWEEN NEBRASKA AND 30th STREET.
10:10:52AM WE'RE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE, ALONG WITH TPD, WE WORK TOGETHER
10:10:58AM IN EVERYTHING, AS FAR AS THERE ARE FOUR HOTELS THAT WE KIND
10:11:02AM OF CONCENTRATE ON.
10:11:03AM THE LA QUINTA INN, WHICH IS FAIRLY NEW, BUT THEY HAVE
10:11:07AM ISSUES.
10:11:08AM THE GARDEN VIEW, WHICH IS AT 2500 EAST BUSCH.
10:11:11AM SUNSET INN AT 2106 EAST BUSCH AND THE ECONOMY INN AT 1810
10:11:17AM EAST BUSCH.
10:11:19AM WEEKLY, THE INSPECTOR IN THAT AREA DRIVES THROUGH.
10:11:23AM IF THERE ARE ANY ISSUES, THERE ARE CITATIONS ISSUED.
10:11:26AM THEY HAVE WEEKLY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MANAGEMENT OF THESE
10:11:30AM FOUR ESTABLISHMENTS.
10:11:33AM THEY SEEM TO BE ON BOARD, TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
10:11:36AM WHEN THEY GET A CITATION, THEY TAKE CARE OF IT QUICKLY,
10:11:39AM WHATEVER IT IS, PAINT, REMOVE SOME ACCUMULATIONS, IS
10:11:41AM ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
10:11:42AM THERE IS AN ILLEGAL DUMPING ISSUE IN THE AREA THAT WE
10:11:48AM ADDRESSED ALONG WITH TPD.
10:11:51AM WE TRAINED THE INSPECTORS TO GO THROUGH THE STUFF DUMPED TO
10:11:54AM TRY TO FIND SOME LEADS.
10:11:55AM BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN SOME CASES WHERE THEY FIND AN ENVELOPE
10:11:59AM WITH AN ADDRESS OR SOMETHING TO FOLLOW UP ON.
10:12:03AM WE ALSO HAVE A TRUCK IN THE AREA THAT IS ON PATROL FOR
10:12:08AM ILLEGAL DUMPING.
10:12:09AM SO WE REMOVE IT, TOO, BECAUSE WE KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF
10:12:12AM THAT.
10:12:12AM ONE OF THE BIG ITEMS THAT'S ON BUSCH BOULEVARD RIGHT NOW IS
10:12:17AM 2010 EAST BUSCH.
10:12:20AM IT'S A VACANT FURNITURE STORE THAT THE WINDOWS ARE BEING
10:12:25AM BROKEN OUT OF IT.
10:12:26AM THE HOMELESS ARE STARTING TO TAKE OVER.
10:12:28AM THERE ARE A MULTITUDE OF ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT
10:12:31AM BUILDING THAT COULD PROJECT CRIME PROBLEMS.
10:12:34AM MY INSPECTORS CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION ON THAT BUILDING,
10:12:42AM AND WE DETERMINED THAT IT MEETS THE DEMOLITION CRITERIA, AND
10:12:46AM WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE DEMOLITION ON THAT BUILDING.
10:12:49AM THAT INVESTIGATION IS IN CERTAIN STAGES, BUT IT SHOULD BE
10:12:54AM COMPLETED BY SEPTEMBER 22nd.
10:12:58AM THE COST OF THE DEMOLITION FOR THAT BUILDING IS $125,000.
10:13:03AM THAT THE CITY WILL HAVE TO EXPEND, BUT IT'S MY OPINION THAT
10:13:10AM THAT'S ONE OF THE CRUX OF THE PROBLEMS ON BUSCH, AND THAT
10:13:14AM BUILDING NEEDS TO GO, AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
10:13:16AM THAT.
10:13:16AM GOING A LITTLE BIT EAST OF THERE, HAVE SOME AUTO REPAIR
10:13:26AM SHOPS THAT WE MAKE CONTACT WITH ON A DAILY BASIS AND A
10:13:30AM WEEKLY BASIS AS FAR AS SOME OF THE ILLEGAL SIGNAGE THAT THEY
10:13:35AM PUT OUT, SOME OF THE PARKING ISSUES THAT THEY CREATE, AND
10:13:42AM WHEN WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, IS THEY ARE QUICK TO
10:13:47AM TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM.
10:13:49AM WE ARE CURRENTLY IN CONVERSATION WITH F.D.O.T. BECAUSE THAT
10:13:53AM IS A STATE ROAD AS FAR AS APPEARANCE.
10:14:00AM WE ARE IN DEEPER CONVERSATIONS WITH F.D.O.T. AS FAR AS THE
10:14:04AM GENERAL APPEARANCE OF THE INTERSTATE THAT RUNS THROUGH THE
10:14:06AM CITY.
10:14:06AM THEY ARE VERY RECEPTIVE.
10:14:08AM WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM.
10:14:10AM YESTERDAY WAS PRETTY GOOD PROGRESSIVE MEETING WHERE THE
10:14:14AM DISTRICT MAINTENANCE ENGINEER, WHICH HE'S IN CHARGE OF THE
10:14:17AM INTERSTATES FOR THIS DISTRICT, HE CAME TO THE MEETING.
10:14:21AM I HAD SUPERVISORS THERE FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT WHO ALSO
10:14:26AM SUPERVISED THE CLEANUP OPERATION FOR THE CITY, AND THEY
10:14:29AM BROUGHT IN THEIR CONTRACTORS.
10:14:30AM AND EVERYBODY MET, AND WE'RE ALL GOING TO WORK TOGETHER TO
10:14:34AM TRY TO MAKE THE APPEARANCE ON BUSCH OR ANY OTHER STATE ROAD
10:14:38AM OR THE INTERSTATE BETTER.
10:14:40AM THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
10:14:41AM IT'S AN ONGOING PROJECT.
10:14:42AM JUST IN CLOSING, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT,
10:14:50AM IT'S AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF REVITALIZATION FOR ANY AREA.
10:14:55AM AND I CITE ONE IN PARTICULAR, AN EXAMPLE.
10:15:03AM COUNCILMAN VIERA CAN ATTEST TO THIS.
10:15:05AM THERE WAS AN ABANDONED CHINA BUFFET ON FOWLER AVENUE NEXT TO
10:15:08AM THE WORLD OF BEER.
10:15:09AM IT BECAME A HUGE ISSUE.
10:15:12AM AND HOMELESS WERE TAKING OVER AND DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE
10:15:17AM BUILDING.
10:15:17AM WE KEPT ON THAT OWNER TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
10:15:21AM IT TOOK A WHILE, BUT HE DID SELL THE PROPERTY, AND NOW THERE
10:15:23AM IS A FUNCTIONING CHICK-FIL-A.
10:15:25AM WE REALIZE THIS.
10:15:32AM WE HAVE TO BE PERSISTENT.
10:15:34AM THAT'S MY PHILOSOPHY IS TO BE PERSISTENT WITH THESE
10:15:39AM BUSINESSES THAT MAY BECOME A PROBLEM IN APPEARANCE AND TRY
10:15:42AM TO GET THEM TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND ALSO WORK WITH THE
10:15:45AM POLICE SO THAT EVERYTHING IS HAPPENING TO MAKE THE AREA
10:15:47AM BETTER.
10:15:48AM WITH THAT, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
10:15:52AM >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN GUDES WAS GOING TO GO FIRST.
10:15:55AM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA -- ARE YOU SURE?
10:15:58AM GO AHEAD.
10:15:58AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WHEN YOU MENTION THE BUILDING ON BUSCH,
10:16:01AM WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE IS A COST OF OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND
10:16:05AM DOLLARS TO DEMOLISH?
10:16:07AM IS A LIEN PUT ON THE PROPERTY AND THE OWNER HAS TO PAY US
10:16:11AM BACK?
10:16:12AM WHAT IS THE LONG-TERM, EVEN IF THEY KNOCK THE BUILDING DOWN,
10:16:15AM HOW DO WE SECURE THE EMPTY PROPERTY?
10:16:18AM >>SAL RUGGIERO: WHAT HAPPENS IS, WE'RE TALKING TO THIS
10:16:20AM OWNER, SO WE'LL SEE WHAT COMES OUT OF THIS, OKAY?
10:16:23AM BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE HE WANTS TO DO ANYTHING.
10:16:25AM ANYWAYS, WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND DO THE DEMOLITION.
10:16:30AM WE WOULD BILL THAT PERSON.
10:16:32AM THEY WOULD PAY IT OR THEY WOULD NOT PAY IT.
10:16:36AM IF THEY DON'T PAY IT, WE LIEN THE PROPERTY.
10:16:38AM AND THAT LIEN WOULD STAY OUT THERE FOR 20 YEARS.
10:16:42AM AT SOME POINT, IF IT'S SOLD, THEN IT WOULD HAVE TO BE
10:16:46AM SATISFIED, BUT THAT WOULD BE -- THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT WOULD
10:16:49AM GET INVOLVED AND THERE MAY BE SOME NEGOTIATIONS WITH THAT,
10:16:51AM BUT THAT'S THE PROCESS.
10:16:55AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IS THERE ANY ESCAPE ROUTE?
10:16:57AM IN OTHER WORDS, HE DOESN'T SELL, HE GIVES IT AWAY.
10:17:00AM WHAT HAPPENS THEN?
10:17:01AM >>SAL RUGGIERO: NO, IT DOESN'T ESCAPE FROM THE DEMOLITION
10:17:04AM ORDER.
10:17:05AM HE CAN'T ESCAPE FROM THAT.
10:17:06AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU.
10:17:06AM >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:17:10AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SAL, FOR YOUR WORK.
10:17:12AM THAT GRASS ISSUE HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.
10:17:15AM THANK YOU.
10:17:16AM WE HAD TO MAKE A PHONE CALL TO SOME PEOPLE.
10:17:18AM MR. MIRANDA WAS ON THE RIGHT TRACK ABOUT THE 125,000.
10:17:23AM IS THAT A STRAIGHT COMPANY WE'RE ALREADY DEALING WITH FOR
10:17:26AM THIS PRICE OR POSSIBLY BID THAT FOR A CHEAPER PRICE IF WE
10:17:29AM HAVE TO GO THAT ROUTE?
10:17:32AM HOW DOES THAT NORMALLY WORK?
10:17:33AM >>SAL RUGGIERO: THAT IS A CONTRACT ALREADY BID FOR THE
10:17:37AM CONTRACT IN THE CITY FOR DEMOLITIONS.
10:17:39AM BASED ON HIS PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT, THAT WOULD BE THE PRICE
10:17:43AM TO DEMOLISH THAT BUILDING.
10:17:46AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
10:17:49AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: SAL, THANK YOU AGAIN.
10:17:51AM HAVING BEEN PART OF CODE ENFORCEMENT AS A MAGISTRATE, IS
10:17:54AM THIS PROPERTY IN COMPLIANCE NOW?
10:17:55AM ARE THERE FINES AGAINST THIS PROPERTY ON BUSCH BOULEVARD?
10:18:00AM >>SAL RUGGIERO: YES, THERE IS, SIR.
10:18:01AM THERE ARE FINES FOR HIS SIGN THAT'S DEMOLISHED THAT HE NEVER
10:18:05AM TOOK DOWN.
10:18:05AM HE'S RUNNING A DAILY FINE ON THAT.
10:18:07AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THAT FINE IS PER DAY?
10:18:10AM EACH AND EVERY DAY.
10:18:11AM >>SAL RUGGIERO: NOT OFFHAND, NO, I DON'T.
10:18:17AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: ARE WE ABLE TO COLLECT ON ANY OF THOSE FINES
10:18:21AM ONCE IT COMES INTO COMPLIANCE?
10:18:23AM WHICH I DOUBT IT WILL.
10:18:24AM >>SAL RUGGIERO: THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF A FORECLOSURE,
10:18:28AM DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF THE FINE AND HOW LONG IT'S BEEN
10:18:30AM RUNNING.
10:18:31AM THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD TALK TO THE LEGAL
10:18:33AM DEPARTMENT ABOUT.
10:18:35AM WE COULD PROCEED WITH A FORECLOSURE AND A DEMOLITION.
10:18:38AM AND THEN WE WOULD ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY AT SOME POINT.
10:18:43AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: I'M NOT SPEAKING ILL TO CODE ENFORCEMENT.
10:18:46AM AGAIN, I WAS A MAGISTRATE FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT.
10:18:47AM I KNOW HOW HARD THE OFFICERS WORK, AND I'M NOT SPEAKING ILL
10:18:51AM TOWARD ANY LEGAL DEPARTMENT IN TAMPA.
10:18:53AM BUT I HAVE FOUND AFTER FINES THAT I HAD PUT ON PROPERTIES
10:18:59AM THAT WERE REDUCED TO NEXT TO NOTHING SO THAT THE PROPERTY
10:19:04AM OWNERS COULD GET OUT OF PAYING THOSE FINES.
10:19:07AM AND AS A RESULT, THEY WERE BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE, AND THEN
10:19:10AM WE HAD A -- REPEAT OFFENDERS THAT KEPT DOING IT OVER AND
10:19:16AM OVER AGAIN.
10:19:17AM CITY OF TAMPA IS NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF OWNING PROPERTIES.
10:19:19AM FOR US, THE CITY OF TAMPA, TO TAKE OVER THESE PROPERTIES
10:19:22AM BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE REFUSE TO PAY THE FINES, WE GET
10:19:26AM OURSELVES INTO A HOLE THAT WE CAN'T GET OUT.
10:19:30AM AND IT'S AFFECTING NEIGHBORHOODS.
10:19:31AM IT'S AFFECTING PEOPLE'S LIVES.
10:19:35AM WE NEED -- AGAIN, NO OFFENSE TO YOUR DEPARTMENT.
10:19:38AM WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF COLLECTING THESE FINES SO THAT
10:19:43AM PROPERTY OWNERS KNOW THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA MEANS BUSINESS.
10:19:46AM >>SAL RUGGIERO: I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT, BUT I WILL SAY
10:19:50AM THIS.
10:19:52AM IN SOME OF THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT I KNOW OF, IF IT IS A HARD
10:19:55AM COURSE LIEN, THAT MEANS IF IT CAME OUT OF THE CITY BUDGET
10:19:58AM TO, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS ABATEMENT OR DEMOLITION, WE'RE NOT
10:20:04AM INCLINED TO NEGOTIATE THOSE DEALS.
10:20:07AM I THINK WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS IF IT IS A SOFT CAUSE
10:20:11AM LANE AND JUST A FINE RUNNING OUT THERE, THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT
10:20:14AM IS MORE INCLINED TO NEGOTIATE THAT.
10:20:16AM THAT'S THE DISTINCTION THAT I KNOW OF.
10:20:21AM AS FAR AS REPEAT OFFENDERS, THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL GAVE US
10:20:25AM SOME TOOLS THAT WE'RE USING THAT, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY WOULD
10:20:31AM GET SOMEBODY IN FRONT OF A HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY JUDGE, BUT IT
10:20:35AM TAKES TIME.
10:20:36AM SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
10:20:38AM I REALIZE EXACTLY WHAT YOUR SAYING.
10:20:42AM I THINK THERE'S SOME MERIT TO THAT.
10:20:46AM BUT I THINK THAT IF WE STAY THE COURSE AND MY POSITION WOULD
10:20:53AM BE TO GO AFTER SOME OF THESE FOLKS THAT DO OWE US MONEY, I'M
10:20:59AM FOR THAT.
10:20:59AM SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP HERE.
10:21:02AM WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, AND IT'S IN THE WORKS.
10:21:05AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: AGAIN NO OFFENSE TO YOUR DEPARTMENT.
10:21:07AM >>SAL RUGGIERO: NO I UNDERSTAND.
10:21:08AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: YOU DO A GREAT JOB.
10:21:10AM NO OFFENSE TO LEGAL.
10:21:11AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:21:12AM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:21:12AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, SAL, AGAIN.
10:21:14AM I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU FOR YOUR RECOMMENDATION.
10:21:17AM AS YOU WELL KNOW, THE SYSTEM IS SET UP THAT WE WANT THE
10:21:21AM PLACE BROUGHT UP TO STANDARDS.
10:21:22AM THE FINE IS ANOTHER THING.
10:21:24AM THEY DO REDUCE THEM BECAUSE IT WAS DONE.
10:21:26AM HOWEVER, IS WHEN YOU HAVE REPEAT OFFENDERS AND MAYBE IT WILL
10:21:31AM CHANGE, BUT I'M ASKING FOR YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO HOW TO
10:21:35AM CHANGE IT BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT THERE.
10:21:36AM YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS ON A DAILY BASIS.
10:21:38AM WE PRESENT THE POLICIES, BUT YOU ENFORCE THE POLICIES, AND
10:21:42AM YOU SEE IT MORE THAN WE DO, ALTHOUGH I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF
10:21:45AM AREAS IN THE CITY THAT NEED A LOT MORE ATTENTION THAN
10:21:49AM OTHERS.
10:21:50AM CODE ENFORCEMENT IS A GREAT THING, BUT CODE ENFORCEMENT
10:21:52AM DOESN'T AFFECT A LOT OF PEOPLE BECAUSE WHEN YOU LIVE IN A
10:21:55AM CERTAIN AREA, THERE ARE MUCH MORE FEWER PROBLEMS THAN THERE
10:21:59AM ARE WHEN YOU LIVE IN CERTAIN OTHER AREAS.
10:22:01AM THAT'S TRYING TO BE POLITICALLY CORRECT, SOMETHING I DON'T
10:22:07AM DO TOO WELL.
10:22:08AM WHAT IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION?
10:22:09AM IF A BUILDING HAS BEEN THERE SIX MONTHS AND YOU GIVE THEM
10:22:12AM THREE NOTICES AND THEY KEEP FLUFFING YOU OFF, MAYBE THE FINE
10:22:17AM SHOULD BE STOPPED.
10:22:18AM MAYBE THEN YOU PUT A LIEN ON IT AND THE PROPERTY BECOMES
10:22:21AM CITY PROPERTY.
10:22:21AM WE SELL IT OFF AND WE BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
10:22:25AM SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
10:22:26AM I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
10:22:26AM BUT SOMETHING HAS GOT TO CHANGE.
10:22:29AM BECAUSE WHAT WE'VE SEEN LATELY -- AND THEY'RE GETTING
10:22:34AM SMARTER, AND SOMETIMES THEY GET GOOD REPRESENTATION AND WE
10:22:36AM LOSE ONE OR TWO CASES -- BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE HARD ON
10:22:41AM ANYBODY, BUT I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO BE HARD ON US.
10:22:46AM IT'S A TWO-WAY STREET.
10:22:47AM IF YOU GIVE US YOUR RECOMMENDATION, IT CERTAINLY WOULD HELP.
10:22:52AM >>SAL RUGGIERO: WHEN WE TALK ABOUT REPEAT OFFENDERS THAT
10:22:55AM YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, I THINK IT'S ONLY ABOUT MAYBE 15 TO
10:22:59AM 20 PERCENT OF THE CASE, AND I THINK OUT OF THAT 15 TO
10:23:03AM 20 PERCENT, THERE MIGHT BE 5 PERCENT THAT WE REALLY NEED TO
10:23:07AM GET HARD CORE WITH.
10:23:09AM I THINK IF WE HAD SOME SORT OF, WHERE WE WERE -- WHERE WE
10:23:13AM JUST FORECLOSE ON THE PROPERTIES QUICKER, I THINK THAT'S THE
10:23:18AM WAY TO GO.
10:23:18AM IF YOU FORECLOSE ON THE FIVE TO TEN PERCENT THAT ARE REALLY
10:23:21AM HARD CORE, THE MESSAGE GETS OUT THAT WE'RE NOT PLAYING
10:23:24AM AROUND ANYMORE.
10:23:26AM ON SOME OF THESE OTHER FINES, WHAT WE'LL DO IS -- SAY AN
10:23:30AM INDIVIDUAL GETS A FINE FROM A MAGISTRATE.
10:23:34AM WE HAVE TO LET THAT FINE RUN FOR 90 DAYS.
10:23:37AM AFTER THE 90th DAY, I ENCOURAGE MY OFFICERS TO START
10:23:44AM LOOKING AT THIS PROPERTY AGAIN FOR REPEAT AND HOPEFULLY
10:23:49AM CHRONIC, WHERE WE CAN GET IN FRONT OF A HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
10:23:52AM JUDGE.
10:23:52AM SO THOSE TWO TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, I THINK
10:23:57AM WOULD GO A LONG WAY IN SOLVING WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
10:24:01AM >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:24:02AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I SEE WHERE MR. MIRANDA IS GOING.
10:24:05AM I'M KIND OF ON THE -- WITH THAT.
10:24:07AM BUT WHEN I LOOK AT AREAS, AND WE ALL KNOW THERE ARE CERTAIN
10:24:13AM AREAS IN OUR CITY WE HAVE GIVEN NO ATTENTION TO.
10:24:16AM WHEN I LOOK AT THAT, I LOOK AT SOME BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ARE
10:24:21AM TRYING TO STRUGGLE EVERY DAY AND THEY MAY NOT HAVE THE MONEY
10:24:24AM TO DO SOME OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS AT TIMES TO COME UP TO CODE
10:24:28AM OR WHEN THE CODE CHANGES.
10:24:30AM SO MY THING IS HOW DO WE HELP THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE
10:24:34AM STRUGGLING TO COME UP TO CODE.
10:24:36AM IF I GO OUT AND I FIND ON THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR THAT I'VE
10:24:40AM GOT A MOM AND POP BEEN THERE FOR YEARS, BUT THEY ARE JUST
10:24:43AM BARELY MAKING IT, KEEPING THE DOORS OPEN FOR THE COMMUNITY.
10:24:46AM HOW DO I HELP THEM?
10:24:48AM DO WE NEED TO LOOK AT POSSIBLY CHANGING THE WAY OUR CODE
10:24:51AM MONEY FINES, GO INTO A FUND, INSTEAD OF THE GENERAL FUND, GO
10:24:56AM INTO A TRUST, MAYBE, TO WHERE WE LOOK AT HOUSING?
10:24:58AM MAYBE WE LOOK AT HELPING THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS?
10:25:04AM I THINK MAYBE WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOW OUR CODE MONEY, WHEN WE
10:25:08AM DO GET FINED VERSUS GOING TO A GENERAL FUND.
10:25:11AM MAYBE LOOKING AT A TRUST TO WHERE OTHER CITIES HAVE FOUND
10:25:14AM THAT CODE FINES AND MONEY THAT'S TAKEN IN FOR DEMOLITION,
10:25:19AM WHATEVER, CAN GO BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY.
10:25:21AM I THINK THAT'S WHAT CODE IS ABOUT, HELPING TO REGENERATE A
10:25:24AM COMMUNITY.
10:25:24AM GO IN AND CLEAN IT UP, BUT SOME PEOPLE JUST DON'T HAVE IT TO
10:25:29AM DO AT TIMES.
10:25:30AM I THINK WE MAY NEED TO LOOK IN THE FUTURE, LOOK AT HOW OUR
10:25:33AM CODE MONEY IS SPENT AND HOW WE RECEIVE MONEY, HOW CAN WE
10:25:36AM HAVE IT TO HELP THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE
10:25:38AM SUFFERING?
10:25:39AM >>SAL RUGGIERO: LET ME JUST COMMENT ON THAT BECAUSE I DON'T
10:25:42AM WANT TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE OUR CODE OFFICERS ARE OUT THERE
10:25:46AM HEAVY-HANDED.
10:25:47AM WE DO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS.
10:25:49AM WE DO TRY TO HELP WHEN WE CAN.
10:25:51AM BUT AT SOME POINT, IF WE'VE GONE THROUGH ALL THAT EXERCISE,
10:25:56AM AND WE'RE NOT GETTING THE RESULTS THAT WE NEED TO GET, THEN
10:25:59AM WE HAVE TO MOVE ON.
10:26:00AM BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THEY ARE SENSITIVE TO FOLKS'
10:26:05AM CONDITIONS, ECONOMICALLY, AND SOCIALLY, AND ALL THAT.
10:26:09AM WE TRY TO FACTOR THAT ALL IN.
10:26:12AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I JUST THINK THAT, YOU KNOW -- I KNOW A LOT
10:26:15AM OF YOUR COWORKERS, I'VE CALLED YOU AND YOU'VE GONE OUT AND
10:26:19AM HELPED ME IN AREAS AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
10:26:22AM I STILL THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK BEYOND THAT AS WELL.
10:26:25AM SAY, HEY, WE HAVE THESE REPETITIVE PROBLEMS, ISSUES, YOU
10:26:28AM KNOW, MR. JOHN, HE JUST CAN'T DO IT.
10:26:31AM WE TRIES TO MAKE IT.
10:26:33AM HOW TO WE HELP JOHN AND MS. SUSIE.
10:26:38AM >>LUIS VIERA: I MOTIONED FOR THIS WORKSHOP BECAUSE I'VE
10:26:42AM ALWAYS SEEN BUSCH BOULEVARD AS A CORRIDOR OF NEGLECT.
10:26:45AM IT'S NOT NEGLECT BECAUSE OF LACK OF WORK OF YOUR DEPARTMENT,
10:26:49AM FRIENDS AT TPD OR ANYBODY.
10:26:52AM I'M JUST GOING TO BE BLUNT.
10:26:53AM I THINK BUSCH BOULEVARD, WHENEVER IT COMES TO MONETARY
10:26:57AM INVESTMENTS THROUGH LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN ABANDONED BY
10:26:59AM LOCAL GOVERNMENT WHENEVER IT COMES TO GIVING IT AN OPTION IN
10:27:02AM THE BUDGET.
10:27:03AM I JUST DON'T THINK THAT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S
10:27:07AM BEEN FAVORED.
10:27:07AM I GREW UP IN TEMPLE TERRACE.
10:27:09AM I KNOW BUSCH BOULEVARD VERY, VERY WELL.
10:27:12AM I'VE SEEN THE TREMENDOUS CHANGES IN BUSCH BOULEVARD OVER THE
10:27:15AM LAST 25, 30 YEARS, AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN GOOD CHANGES.
10:27:18AM IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF THE GOOD FOLKS THAT LIVE THERE.
10:27:21AM IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF THE HARDWORKING PUBLIC SERVANTS THAT ARE
10:27:24AM DEDICATED TO TAKING CARE OF BUSCH BOULEVARD.
10:27:27AM IT'S BECAUSE GOVERNMENT POLICIES HAVE TAKEN AWAY THE
10:27:30AM EMPHASIS FROM NEIGHBORHOODS ON BUSCH BOULEVARD TO OTHER
10:27:34AM PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
10:27:35AM PEOPLE CALL BUSCH BOULEVARD POTENTIALLY THE CORRIDOR TO THE
10:27:40AM ENTERTAINMENT PART OF TAMPA WITH BUSCH GARDENS AND ADVENTURE
10:27:44AM ISLAND.
10:27:44AM AGAIN, I THINK IT'S A CORRIDOR OF NEGLECT.
10:27:46AM I THINK THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY DO BETTER.
10:27:48AM A LOT OF FOLKS TALK ABOUT MAKING BUSCH BOULEVARD INTO --
10:27:53AM PUTTING ART ON BUSCH BOULEVARD AND ALL OF THESE THINGS.
10:27:57AM I THINK THAT'S A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL THING DOWN THE ROAD.
10:27:59AM THE REASON I CALLED THIS WORKSHOP IS TO TALK ABOUT BASIC
10:28:02AM ISSUES OF DIGNITY.
10:28:04AM THE RIGHT TO NOT HAVE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD DEALING WITH A LOT
10:28:08AM OF CRIME.
10:28:09AM THE RIGHT TO HAVE ROBUST INVESTMENTS OF CODE ENFORCEMENT.
10:28:13AM THE STATISTICS WE SEE WITH CRASHES ON BUSCH BOULEVARD.
10:28:16AM TAKE A LOOK AT 2016.
10:28:17AM THERE WERE 252 CRASHES IN THE EAST BUSCH BOULEVARD, NEBRASKA
10:28:22AM AVENUE, 50th STREET AREA.
10:28:24AM 2017, 262, 2018, THERE WAS A DROP TO 119.
10:28:28AM I KNOW F.D.O.T. IS DOING THE STUDY NOW THAT WILL BE RELEASED
10:28:31AM IN 2020 ON SPEEDING.
10:28:32AM I'VE ALWAYS BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR A LOWER SPEED LIMIT ON
10:28:35AM BUSCH BOULEVARD.
10:28:36AM THAT SAVES LIVES.
10:28:38AM I WANT TO SEE A DESIGN THAT ULTIMATELY BRINGS US THERE.
10:28:41AM I THINK THIS IS THE TIME FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA TO BEGIN A
10:28:43AM CONVERSATION ON HOW TO REENGAGE BUSCH BOULEVARD.
10:28:45AM WE ARE SEEING A VERY, VERY ACTIVE PRESENCE THERE WITH A NEW
10:28:49AM CIVIC ASSOCIATION THERE THAT IS BRINGING ABOUT 50, 60 PEOPLE
10:28:53AM A MONTH TO THE MEETINGS.
10:28:55AM I'M 100% SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
10:28:57AM SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT BUSCH
10:29:01AM BOULEVARD IS IN THE VIEW OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND IS IN THE
10:29:04AM VIEW OF CITY COUNCIL AND IS IN THE VIEW OF BUDGET
10:29:06AM FORTHCOMING.
10:29:07AM LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING, IF I MAY.
10:29:09AM WHENEVER IT COMES TO BUDGETARY INVESTMENTS FOR CODE
10:29:13AM ENFORCEMENT FOR THE BUSCH AREA AS WELL AS NORTH TAMPA, WITH
10:29:16AM THIS YEAR'S PROPOSED BUDGETS, HOW IS THAT AFFECTED?
10:29:19AM IS THERE AN INCREASE IN THAT?
10:29:20AM STAYING THE SAME?
10:29:21AM ET CETERA.
10:29:22AM >>SAL RUGGIERO: IT'S THE SAME RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK IT'S
10:29:25AM SUFFICIENT WITH THE FOLKS, WITH THE STUFF THAT WE HAVE.
10:29:29AM NOW, ONE THING I MAY LOOK AT AND THE CHIEF OF STAFF HAS BEEN
10:29:36AM VERY SUPPORTIVE OVER THIS ONE DEMOLITION, BECAUSE THAT COULD
10:29:41AM REALLY CRUNCH OUR BUDGET RIGHT THERE, BUT THEY ARE WILLING
10:29:44AM TO LOOK AT THESE ISSUES AND GIVE ME MONEY AS NEEDED.
10:29:47AM I THINK THE INVESTMENT IS THERE.
10:29:52AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:29:53AM I HAVE ASKED FOR MORE MONEY IN THE BUDGET IN CODE
10:29:55AM ENFORCEMENT.
10:29:56AM IT'S NOTHING DUE TO THE FINE WORK OF YOUR EMPLOYEES.
10:30:00AM BRUCE LUCAS, WHEN HE WAS DEDICATED TO THE AREA, I DID A
10:30:04AM RIDE-ALONG WITH BOTH OF THEM.
10:30:06AM BOTH GREAT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE GREAT PUBLIC SERVANTS.
10:30:09AM IF YOU TALK TO THE PEOPLE THERE WHO ARE ON THE FRONT LINES
10:30:11AM OF THE ISSUES, THEY WANT TO SEE MORE MONETARY INVESTMENTS
10:30:13AM FROM THE CITY OF TAMPA AS WE KNOW.
10:30:16AM CODE ENFORCEMENT CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THESE
10:30:18AM NEIGHBORHOODS.
10:30:18AM THESE MIDDLE OF THE MIDDLE-CLASS, WORKING-CLASS
10:30:23AM NEIGHBORHOODS IT CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD
10:30:25AM WHICH IS WHY I REQUESTED THE FUNDS.
10:30:27AM COUNCILMAN CARLSON HASN'T SPOKEN.
10:30:34AM >>BILL CARLSON: MR. CHAIRMAN, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW I'M
10:30:39AM BEHIND YOU 100% ON THIS.
10:30:41AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:30:41AM >>BILL CARLSON: I'VE SAID IT BEFORE.
10:30:43AM YOU MAY DISAGREE WITH WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY, I -- BEFORE I
10:30:49AM GOT ON CITY COUNCIL I DID A LOT OF VOLUNTEER WORK WITH MARK
10:30:52AM SHARPE'S GROUP UP IN THAT AREA.
10:30:54AM WHAT WE REALIZED IS I MENTIONED THIS BEFORE.
10:30:57AM DONE A LOT OF WORK IN LATIN AMERICA.
10:30:59AM A LOT OF WORK AROUND THE WORLD.
10:31:00AM BUSCH GARDENS IS OUR GATEWAY TO THE WORLD.
10:31:04AM IT'S NOT DOWNTOWN.
10:31:05AM MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES EVERY DAY ARE GOING TO BUSCH
10:31:07AM GARDENS.
10:31:08AM THEIR SOLE IMPRESSION OF TAMPA MOST OF THE TIME IS BUSCH
10:31:12AM BOULEVARD AND FOWLER AVENUE.
10:31:14AM MANY ARE DRIVING FROM ORLANDO OR DRIVING FROM THE BEACHES.
10:31:16AM THEY DON'T SEE DOWNTOWN.
10:31:18AM THEY DON'T SEE HYDE PARK.
10:31:19AM THEY DON'T SEE ALL THE GREAT AMENITIES WE HAVE.
10:31:22AM THEY JUST SEE BUSCH BOULEVARD AND FOWLER AVENUE.
10:31:25AM BESIDES ALL THE INVESTMENT THAT MIGHT GO IN THAT AREA, IT IS
10:31:28AM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUE.
10:31:29AM AND MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WENT ON IS
10:31:30AM THAT THE LAST ADMINISTRATION WAS NOT INTERESTED BECAUSE IT
10:31:33AM WAS NOT IN DOWNTOWN.
10:31:34AM AND THEN THE COUNTY WAS INTERESTED, BUT THEY WANTED THE CITY
10:31:37AM TO PARTICIPATE IN IT.
10:31:40AM I THINK WE HAVE A MAYOR WHO IS OBVIOUSLY INTERESTED IN THE
10:31:45AM REST OF THE CITY.
10:31:46AM WE HAVE A CITY COUNCIL WHO IS INTERESTED IN THE REST OF THE
10:31:48AM CITY.
10:31:48AM IT BENEFITS ALL OF US IN EVERY DISTRICT BECAUSE IF THOSE
10:31:50AM INVESTORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD ARE DRIVING DOWN BUSCH
10:31:52AM BOULEVARD AND FOWLER AVENUE AND THEY SEE GREAT POTENTIAL IN
10:31:57AM TAMPA, THEY'RE GOING TO INVEST HERE AND BRING THEIR
10:31:59AM COMPANIES HERE AND THAT WILL BENEFIT ALL OF US.
10:32:01AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
10:32:02AM WELL SAID, COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
10:32:04AM AGREE 110%.
10:32:05AM THIS IS AN AREA THAT'S BEEN NEGLECTED FOR TOO LONG.
10:32:08AM THE SIGNS THAT WE GET FROM THIS ADMINISTRATION SO FAR ARE
10:32:13AM POSITIVE IN TERMS OF THEIR ASPIRATIONS.
10:32:16AM I WANT TO CONTINUE TO SEE THAT IN FORTHCOMING BUDGETS.
10:32:18AM I THINK TALKS ALSO ON A CRA FOR THE USF AREA WILL HAVE A
10:32:20AM MORE THAN INCIDENTAL POSITIVE EFFECT ON THIS AREA AS WELL.
10:32:22AM SO I'M IN AGREEMENT.
10:32:23AM THANK YOU, SIR.
10:32:24AM COUNCILMAN CITRO.
10:32:25AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: JUST OFF THE TOPIC, IF THE CITY WERE FLUSH
10:32:29AM WITH MONEY, STAFFING IN MANY DEPARTMENTS, PARKS AND
10:32:32AM RECREATION, TPD, CODE ENFORCEMENT, PERMITTING, INSPECTION,
10:32:38AM IF WE WERE FLUSH WITH CASH, HOW MANY NEW INSPECTORS WOULD
10:32:42AM YOU LIKE TO HAVE?
10:32:44AM >>SAL RUGGIERO: RIGHT NOW, I'M UP TO SPEED.
10:32:48AM I HAVE ENOUGH.
10:32:49AM WE INHERITED -- BEFORE -- UNDER THE LAST ADMINISTRATION, WE
10:32:54AM INHERITED FIVE INSPECTORS FROM SOLID WASTE, AND WE'VE ROLLED
10:33:00AM THEM INTO A DISTRICT.
10:33:02AM I WAS ABLE -- AT THAT POINT, I WAS ABLE TO DIVIDE EAST TAMPA
10:33:06AM INTO TWO DISTRICTS TO GIVE MORE COVERAGE, AND I HAVE MORE
10:33:10AM FLEXIBILITY WITH THE EXTRA FOLKS THERE TO KIND OF, IF I NEED
10:33:13AM TO, I CAN ROLL UP TO NORTH OF BUSCH.
10:33:16AM I HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY THERE.
10:33:18AM SO I'M GOOD WITH FOLKS RIGHT NOW.
10:33:21AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, SAL.
10:33:22AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:33:23AM ANYTHING ELSE FROM COUNCIL?
10:33:26AM >>SAL RUGGIERO: THANK YOU.
10:33:27AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR, FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
10:33:29AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:33:30AM I'M MAJOR MIKE.
10:33:32AM MAJOR OF DISTRICT 2.
10:33:33AM I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT BUSCH BOULEVARD AND THE WORK
10:33:36AM THAT TPD HAS BEEN DOING ON THERE.
10:33:40AM WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING A LOT ON BUSCH BOULEVARD AND JUST FOR
10:33:44AM THE RECORD, I THINK WE'RE ON TO A VERY OPTIMISTIC OUTLOOK
10:33:48AM FOR BUSCH BOULEVARD.
10:33:50AM FOWLER AVENUE, AS WE KNOW IN THE PAST HAS HAD ISSUES.
10:33:54AM IF YOU LOOK AT FOWLER, IT'S COMING ALONG.
10:33:56AM I THINK BUSCH BOULEVARD IS THE NEXT AREA WE'LL START SEEING
10:33:59AM CHANGES.
10:34:00AM LAST YEAR, WE CREATED WHAT I CALL TWO QUALITY-OF-LIFE
10:34:03AM OFFICERS.
10:34:04AM WE GAVE THEM A TRUCK.
10:34:06AM WHAT THEY DO IS THEY LOOK FOR AREAS THAT MIGHT BE DUMPING
10:34:11AM BLIGHT, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
10:34:12AM THEY WORK VERY WELL WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT AND VERY TIGHT.
10:34:14AM ANYTIME WE SEE ANY TYPE OF GRAFFITI OR ANYTHING POP UP ON
10:34:17AM BUSCH BOULEVARD, THEY ARE ON IT RIGHT AWAY.
10:34:19AM THEY TRY TO SEE IF WE HAVE ANY SUSPECTS.
10:34:22AM AND WITHIN, I WOULD SAY, HOURS, THAT USUALLY THAT GRAFFITI
10:34:25AM IS TAKEN DOWN.
10:34:26AM I CERTAINLY BELIEVE THAT HAVING THE AREA LOOK CLEAN AND LOOK
10:34:32AM GOOD DOES START REVITALIZING THINGS.
10:34:35AM I WORK THERE LIKE I LIVE THERE.
10:34:37AM I TRAVEL DOWN BUSCH BOULEVARD EVERY DAY.
10:34:39AM I'M VERY PLEASED.
10:34:42AM OVER THE SUMMER, WE STARTED FOCUSING ON THE HOTELS/MOTELS
10:34:46AM ALONG BUSCH.
10:34:47AM THERE WERE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR THAT WE STARTED SEEING CRIME
10:34:49AM A LITTLE HEAVIER IN THERE.
10:34:50AM WITHOUT GETTING INTO SPECIFIC CASES, WE STARTED DOING THE
10:34:55AM ABATEMENT PROCESS ALONG WITH OUR CIB, OUR INTELLIGENCE
10:35:00AM BUREAU.
10:35:00AM WE STARTED PUTTING THAT PROCESS IN PLACE TO START PUTTING
10:35:04AM THE BUSINESS OWNERS, THOSE HOTELS/MOTELS ON NOTICE.
10:35:08AM THE LETTERS HAVE BEEN SENT TO AT LEAST THREE OF THEM.
10:35:10AM MAYBE ONE MORE IS COMING TO LET THEM KNOW THEY ARE ON
10:35:13AM NOTICE, THAT IMPROVEMENTS NEED TO COME AND THE ABATEMENT
10:35:15AM PROCESS WILL CONTINUE.
10:35:17AM PULLING SOME RECENT STATS, WE PULLED SOME STATS ALONG BUSCH
10:35:20AM BOULEVARD, AND I'M PLEASED TO SAY THAT STATS ARE ONE THING,
10:35:25AM BUT JUST LOOKING AT OUR PROJECTIONS FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS
10:35:29AM YEAR AND PROJECTING IT OUT TO THE END OF THIS YEAR, LOOKING
10:35:32AM AT POSSIBLE 19% DECREASE IN VIOLENT CRIME OVER THERE.
10:35:35AM THAT GIVES ME AN INDICATOR THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS HAVING A
10:35:38AM POSITIVE OUTLOOK ON THAT AREA.
10:35:40AM LIKE I SAID, I THINK ALONG WITH THE WORK WE'RE DOING WITH
10:35:44AM COUNCIL, WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, CHIEF DUGAN IS BEHIND ALL
10:35:48AM THE EFFORTS WE PUT ON BUSCH BOULEVARD, I THINK THE OUTLOOK
10:35:52AM IS BETTER.
10:35:53AM I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
10:35:54AM >>LUIS VIERA: ANY QUESTIONS?
10:35:56AM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:35:56AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: SEVERAL HOTELS ON BUSCH BOULEVARD.
10:36:01AM I KNOW THAT AREA VERY WELL BECAUSE WE SPLIT THAT.
10:36:04AM 20th AND BUSCH, 21st AND BUSCH, HOW MANY FAMILIES WOULD
10:36:12AM YOU SAY ARE LIVING THERE ARE TRANSIENT, JUST MALE, WOMEN,
10:36:20AM PROSTITUTION, HOW MANY FAMILIES ARE IN THOSE HOTELS?
10:36:23AM BECAUSE WHEN I DRIVE, A LOT OF TIMES I SEE FAMILY PEOPLE IN
10:36:27AM THE HOTELS.
10:36:29AM >> I THINK MOST OF THE HOTELS ARE BUILT FOR QUICK STAYS.
10:36:33AM THEY ARE NOT MEANT TO BE LONG-TERM STAYS.
10:36:35AM I DO BELIEVE SOME OF THEM HAVE PEOPLE STAYING THERE LONGER.
10:36:38AM I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFIC DATA OF HOW MANY FAMILIES ARE
10:36:40AM THERE AT THIS POINT.
10:36:41AM BUT WE DO -- LIKE I SAID, THERE ARE A FEW THAT HAVE POPPED
10:36:44AM UP WHERE WE START LOOKING AT THE CRIME ELEMENT OF DRUGS AND
10:36:48AM OTHER TYPES OF QUALITY-OF-LIFE TYPE CRIMES IN THERE.
10:36:52AM AND THAT'S WHAT PUTS THEM ON THE RADAR FOR US, AND THEN WE
10:36:56AM START LOOKING AT THE ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS IN THERE.
10:36:58AM TO GIVE YOU SPECIFIC NUMBERS, I DON'T HAVE THOSE WITH ME.
10:37:04AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: FOR ME, I SEE A LOT OF FAMILIES THERE.
10:37:05AM A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT GET OUT OF PRISON.
10:37:09AM IT'S A LOT.
10:37:10AM SO I KNOW WE'RE CRACKING DOWN ON THE HOTELS, BUT WE'VE GOT
10:37:14AM TO FIND A PLAN FOR THOSE FAMILIES.
10:37:18AM WHAT IS THE WORD I WANT TO USE?
10:37:23AM GET AN AGGRESSIVE APPROACH ON THAT.
10:37:25AM I THINK THAT IS A MAJOR HUB OF THE PROBLEM DOWN THERE AS
10:37:29AM WELL.
10:37:29AM IT LEADS ME BACK TO, AGAIN, THE CODE, SOMETHING TO WHERE WE
10:37:35AM CAN HAVE MONEY COMING BACK TO BE ABLE TO HELP AND DO THINGS
10:37:37AM WE NEED TO DO.
10:37:38AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
10:37:40AM >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN, MAY MAKE FOR A GOOD MOTION TODAY.
10:37:44AM JUST SAYING.
10:37:45AM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
10:37:46AM >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU.
10:37:47AM I THINK THIS GETS BACK TO A SYSTEMIC ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO
10:37:53AM LOOK AT POVERTY THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
10:37:54AM AMONG MAJOR CITIES IN FLORIDA, WE HAVE THE SECOND WORST
10:37:58AM POVERTY RATE.
10:37:59AM THE SECOND WORST HOME OWNERSHIP RATE.
10:38:02AM AND WE DO BADLY ON ALMOST EVERY ECONOMIC NUMBER.
10:38:06AM BUT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS SYSTEMICALLY BECAUSE THE CITY,
10:38:10AM THE LAST ADMINISTRATION BRAGGED ABOUT THE WEST BANK
10:38:13AM DEVELOPMENT.
10:38:13AM BUT WHAT HAPPENED IS 1200 FAMILIES WERE DISPLACED AND MOST
10:38:17AM OF THEM, DESPITE MEDIA REPORTS, MOST OF THEM MOVED TO
10:38:20AM SUITCASE CITY OR TO BRANDON.
10:38:23AM IT MAY IN THE SHORT TERM HELP THE CITY'S NUMBERS BY KICKING
10:38:26AM OUT POOR PEOPLE OR MINORITIES, BUT IF THEY MOSTLY GO TO
10:38:30AM SUITCASE CITY, WHICH MAY BE IN THE COUNTY INSTEAD OF THE
10:38:34AM CITY, IT STILL AFFECTS OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT CREATES
10:38:39AM DENSE SPATIAL SEGREGATION BASED ON ECONOMICS.
10:38:42AM I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK SYSTEMICALLY AT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN
10:38:46AM THESE AREAS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PROVIDING MORE AFFORDABLE
10:38:51AM HOUSING AND THAT WE'RE DISPERSING IT THROUGHOUT THE CITY SO
10:38:54AM WE DON'T CREATE CONCENTRATIONS OF POVERTY, LIKE WE HAVE
10:38:56AM MAYBE INADVERTENTLY THIS LAST TIME.
10:38:58AM >>LUIS VIERA: ANYONE ELSE?
10:38:59AM YES, I THINK SOMETHING COUNCILMAN GUDES SAID ABOUT SOME OF
10:39:02AM THESE HOTELS IS I WENT THERE MAYBE ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AGO
10:39:07AM WITH BRUCE LUCAS.
10:39:08AM AFTERWARDS, I RETURNED TWICE TO TAKE A LOOK THROUGH THESE
10:39:11AM HOTELS.
10:39:12AM THERE OBVIOUSLY ARE TROUBLED ISSUES THERE.
10:39:16AM BUT I FIND JUST FROM MY OWN VISION -- THIS ISN'T ANYTHING
10:39:20AM STATISTICALLY -- BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
10:39:22AM STAYING THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOWN AND OUT, FOLKS WHO ARE
10:39:24AM GOING THROUGH REALLY TOUGH TIMES.
10:39:26AM IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT SOME OF THE BAD ACTORS THERE ARE
10:39:28AM RUINING THINGS FOR FOLKS WHO ARE ALREADY TAKING A LOT OF
10:39:31AM HITS IN LIFE, AND THEY ARE THERE BECAUSE THEY ARE IN
10:39:35AM UNFORTUNATE SPOTS IN LIFE.
10:39:36AM I THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING IN THOSE HOTELS
10:39:40AM FOR SURE.
10:39:40AM THANK YOU.
10:39:41AM >> THANK YOU.
10:39:47AM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I DON'T KNOW WHO TO ASK THIS TO, YOU OR
10:39:50AM SAL OR ALL OF YOU.
10:39:51AM DO YOU GUYS HAVE LIKE A TASK FORCE?
10:39:53AM I KNOW MARK SHARPE IS DOING STUFF IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC
10:39:56AM DEVELOPMENT AND THAT SORT OF THING.
10:39:58AM BUT DO YOU HAVE A TASK FORCE WHERE YOU'RE WORKING CLOSELY
10:40:01AM TOGETHER, NOT ONLY WITH OUR CITY AGENCIES BUT WITH SISTER
10:40:05AM AGENCIES, SOCIAL AGENCIES, COUNTY AGENCIES, YOU KNOW, THAT
10:40:09AM SORT OF THING?
10:40:10AM >> WELL, I CAN SPEAK, OUR QUALITY-OF-LIFE OFFICERS.
10:40:15AM THEY ARE TRAINED ON FINDING SOLUTIONS TO ANY TYPE OF
10:40:17AM PROBLEM.
10:40:18AM THEY DO DO REFERRALS TO OUTSIDE AGENCIES.
10:40:21AM WE PRIMARILY WORK WITHIN THE CITY DEPARTMENTS TO TRY TO
10:40:23AM SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS.
10:40:24AM IF WE DO COME ACROSS SOMETHING LIKE A HOMELESS ISSUE OR
10:40:27AM SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE HAVE HOMELESS LIAISON OFFICERS THAT
10:40:30AM WE REACH OUT TO.
10:40:31AM THEY COME, AND THEY ARE IN TOUCH WITH ALL KINDS OF SOCIAL
10:40:34AM AGENCIES OUTSIDE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
10:40:36AM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: NOT TO TRY MEETING YOU ALL, PUTTING YOU
10:40:43AM IN A LOT OF MEETINGS, I'M JUST WONDERING IF ANY STRUCTURED
10:40:46AM TYPE OF QUARTERLY MEETINGS AMONG ALL THE AGENCIES THAT ARE
10:40:50AM WORKING THOSE CORRIDORS MIGHT BE HELPFUL.
10:40:54AM >> WE DO MEET WITH ALL THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS IN THERE.
10:40:58AM LIKE I SAID, THE HOMELESS COALITION, THEY MEET REGULARLY TO
10:41:02AM TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS.
10:41:04AM THEY ARE MEETING REGULARLY TO TALK ABOUT A LOT OF THOSE
10:41:06AM ISSUES.
10:41:10AM >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:41:11AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I SEE THE NEW CHIEF OF STAFF IS STUCK IN
10:41:14AM THE BACK.
10:41:15AM I KNOW WHEN HE SNEAKS IN, HE'S GOT HIS MIND TWIRLING.
10:41:19AM I CAN LOOK FOR SOME GOOD IDEAS FROM MY NEW CHIEF OF STAFF
10:41:23AM BECAUSE I KNOW HOW HE OPERATES.
10:41:25AM GOOD TO SEE YOU.
10:41:26AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:41:27AM OKAY.
10:41:29AM NEXT, WE HAVE -- ANYTHING ELSE FROM TPD?
10:41:32AM OKAY.
10:41:34AM THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.
10:41:36AM HAVE A GREAT DAY.
10:41:36AM NEXT, WE HAVE MS. DUNCAN HERE, TRANSPORTATION.
10:41:41AM PUBLIC COMMENT IS AT THE END.
10:42:03AM >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
10:42:04AM I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECTS WE
10:42:06AM HAVE ADJACENT, INTERSECTING BUSCH BOULEVARD.
10:42:10AM AS YOU KNOW, BUSCH BOULEVARD IS A STATE ROAD.
10:42:13AM I DO BELIEVE THERE ARE AT LEAST ONE D.O.T. REPRESENTATIVE
10:42:16AM HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT SOME THINGS GOING ON ON THE CORRIDOR
10:42:20AM PROPER.
10:42:20AM I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO HEAR THAT FIRST.
10:42:22AM >>LUIS VIERA: YOU KNOW WHAT?
10:42:23AM THAT IS A GOOD IDEA.
10:42:24AM LET'S GET D.O.T. HERE, PLEASE.
10:42:36AM >> HI.
10:42:37AM BRIAN SHORE WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
10:42:40AM I WAS INVOLVED WITH WEST BUSCH BOULEVARD.
10:42:44AM A FEW YEARS AGO, I DID A STUDY ON EAST BUSCH BOULEVARD.
10:42:47AM I HAVE A LITTLE INFORMATION MORE ON THE WEST ONE SINCE WE
10:42:52AM JUST FINISHED THAT RECENTLY, THE CORRIDOR STUDY.
10:42:54AM THAT WAS FROM DALE MABRY TO NEBRASKA AVENUE.
10:42:57AM PART OF THE STUDY, WE MET WITH A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS.
10:43:00AM WE MET WITH RESIDENTS AND OTHER GROUPS THAT WERE INVOLVED
10:43:03AM WITH LIFE ALONG BUSCH BOULEVARD.
10:43:05AM SO WE GATHERED A LOT OF INFORMATION AND WE PREPARED SOME
10:43:10AM RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS OUT THERE.
10:43:12AM THE STUDY HAS PRETTY MUCH WRAPPED UP NOW.
10:43:16AM WE MOVED THOSE INTO DESIGN NOW.
10:43:19AM SO WE HAVE A DESIGN PROJECT THAT IS CURRENTLY SCOPING, AND
10:43:22AM INCORPORATING A LOT OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAVE.
10:43:26AM AND OUR TRAFFIC OPS DEPARTMENT HAS ALSO BEEN OUT THERE IN
10:43:30AM ADVANCE OF THIS NEW PROJECT TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS OUT
10:43:32AM THERE WITH LIGHTING AND SIGNAGE AND OTHER THINGS.
10:43:35AM I'LL GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S EXPECTED ON THE NEXT
10:43:44AM STUDY, IF YOU WANT TO HEAR SOME OF THAT.
10:43:45AM >>LUIS VIERA: SURE, GO FOR IT.
10:43:47AM >> SO, OUT OF THE STUDY, WE BROUGHT SPEED IS AN ISSUE.
10:43:54AM THERE ARE A LOT OF CRASHES, AS YOU MENTIONED BEFORE.
10:43:56AM WE PROPOSED AND THEY ARE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT IN THIS DESIGN,
10:43:58AM CURRENT DESIGN, LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT TO 35 MILES AN HOUR
10:44:01AM OUT THERE.
10:44:01AM MAKING SOME ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING IMPROVEMENTS TO HELP
10:44:06AM MANAGE THAT SPEED OUT THERE.
10:44:07AM SECTIONS THAT HAVE TWO-WAY LEFT-TURN LANE, MOSTLY ARMENIA TO
10:44:15AM NORTH BOULEVARD.
10:44:16AM WE'RE PUTTING IN MEDIAN WIDTH ACCESS FOR LEFT TURNS IN
10:44:21AM THROUGH THAT AREA.
10:44:22AM SOME OTHER AREAS, WEST, CLOSER TO DALE MABRY TO ARMENIA,
10:44:27AM WE'RE PROPOSING A MEDIAN THROUGH THERE, TOO, TO HELP WITH
10:44:32AM SOME OF THE SEPARATION AND SLOWING THE SPEEDS DOWN.
10:44:34AM I SAID IN ADVANCE, THEY'VE GONE OUT AND PUT SOME SPEED
10:44:38AM FEEDBACK SIGNS ON EITHER SIDE OF ARMENIA AVENUE.
10:44:42AM TECO HAS GONE THROUGH AND DONE SOME LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS.
10:44:46AM WE HAVE NEW LED LIGHTING OUT THERE WHICH INCREASES THE
10:44:49AM VISIBILITY GREATLY.
10:44:50AM THERE ARE SIDEWALK APPS ALONG BUSCH THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH
10:44:57AM ON THE SOUTH SIDE, MOSTLY NEAR ROME AVENUE, RIGHT IN THE
10:45:01AM MIDDLE OF THE AREA BETWEEN ARMENIA AND NORTH BOULEVARD.
10:45:03AM WE'RE WORKING ON THOSE TO ACQUIRE SOME RIGHT-OF-WAY TO FILL
10:45:07AM IN THE SIDEWALK GAPS WHICH ARE GREATLY NEEDED.
10:45:11AM WE'RE PRETTY MUCH MOVING FORWARD WITH A LOT OF SAFETY
10:45:15AM IMPROVEMENTS AND TRYING TO ADDRESS A LOT OF ISSUES WE HAD
10:45:17AM OUT THERE.
10:45:19AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:45:20AM ANY QUESTIONS?
10:45:20AM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:45:22AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: FEW COMMENTS, I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A
10:45:24AM STUDENT AT USF AND TAKING FLETCHER, IT WOULD BE ONE OF THE
10:45:29AM ROADS AND HOW DANGEROUS IT WAS BEFORE THE IMPROVEMENTS WERE
10:45:32AM MADE AND CROSSWALKS AND WHATNOT.
10:45:34AM I DON'T WANT TO CALL IT A GAME, BUT WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT,
10:45:36AM THE FOCUS WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY RUNNING ACROSS THE
10:45:40AM STREET, PUSHING A STROLLER, WHATEVER IT WAS, IT WAS A
10:45:43AM DISASTER FOR PEDESTRIANS.
10:45:44AM BUT WE SAW THE IMPROVEMENTS AFTER THE FACT.
10:45:47AM I THINK ACCIDENTS OR PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES UP AT FLETCHER
10:45:50AM HAS BEEN REDUCED TO ALMOST ZERO OR THEY ARE VERY, VERY LOW.
10:45:54AM SO PUTTING IMPROVEMENTS ON BUSCH BOULEVARD, WHICH ALREADY
10:45:57AM HAS -- EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SAID.
10:45:59AM IT IS A GATEWAY INTO OUR CITY.
10:46:02AM SO MANY PEOPLE DO GO TO BUSCH GARDENS AND WHATNOT.
10:46:04AM WHAT'S INTERESTING IS, DALE MABRY IS SO BUSY, FLORIDA AVENUE
10:46:09AM THROUGH SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, NEW RESTAURANTS AND BUSINESSES HAS
10:46:13AM IMPROVED SO MUCH FROM CAR LOTS TO RESTAURANTS AND OTHER
10:46:17AM THINGS.
10:46:17AM BUT BUSCH BOULEVARD, BEING THAT IT IS A WIDE CORRIDOR, HAS
10:46:21AM LARGELY BEEN IGNORED FOR I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG.
10:46:25AM I KNOW WE APPROVED A BIG PROJECT RIGHT OFF THE INTERSTATE
10:46:29AM THERE AT 275 AND BUSCH, WHICH IS GOING TO BE GREAT.
10:46:33AM AS YOU GO DOWN, AND I USE BUSCH A LOT, IT'S JUST LIKE FROZEN
10:46:38AM IN TIME.
10:46:39AM YOU HAVE A LOT OF VACANT COMMERCIAL STOREFRONTS.
10:46:42AM YOU HAVE SOME TOURISTY RESTAURANT -- THERE'S GOING TO BE THE
10:46:47AM IHOP WHICH CATERS TO FOLKS IN HOTELS, RED LOBSTER, OLIVE
10:46:54AM GARDEN, STUFF LIKE THAT.
10:46:56AM BEYOND THAT, IT SHOULD BE HUSTLING AND BUSTLING LIKE A DALE
10:46:59AM MABRY.
10:46:59AM I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE DON'T HAVE THAT ECONOMIC GROWTH.
10:47:02AM IT'S STAGNANT UNTIL YOU GET TO TEMPLE TERRACE AND THERE'S A
10:47:04AM LITTLE MORE ACTION.
10:47:05AM BUT THAT'S REALLY -- I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THINGS ARE COMING,
10:47:09AM BUT IT'S A LONG ROAD AHEAD.
10:47:12AM >>LUIS VIERA: ANYONE ELSE?
10:47:13AM THANK YOU, SIR.
10:47:14AM I KNOW WE HAVE FOUR FLETCHER-LIKE CROSSWALKS COMING IN 2020
10:47:18AM FROM F.D.O.T.
10:47:20AM WHAT I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE, DEVELOPMENT LINE, FROM MY VIEW OF
10:47:24AM SAFETY ON BUSCH BOULEVARD IS, I WANT THE FOLKS WHO TRAVEL
10:47:27AM DOWN BUSCH BOULEVARD TO BE GIVEN THE SAME AMOUNT OF RESPECT
10:47:30AM AS THE FOLKS THAT TRAVEL DOWN BAYSHORE.
10:47:33AM SIMPLE AS THAT.
10:47:34AM 110%, THAT THOSE LIVES MATTER JUST AS MUCH AS THE LIVES ON
10:47:38AM BAYSHORE.
10:47:38AM I KNOW YOU AGREE WITH THAT SENTIMENT.
10:47:40AM I WANT TO SEE THE BUDGET ALLOCATIONS AND THE ATTENTION TO
10:47:43AM BUSCH BOULEVARD TO BE THE VERY SAME AS THE PARTS OF OUR
10:47:47AM CITY, FOLKS WHO ARE MORE AFFLUENT, LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY.
10:47:51AM NOTHING AGAINST OUR DEAR FRIENDS ON BAYSHORE.
10:47:53AM I WISH I COULD AFFORD TO LIVE ON BAYSHORE.
10:47:55AM COUNCILMAN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING?
10:47:57AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:47:57AM MS. DUNCAN, ANYTHING ELSE, MA'AM?
10:48:01AM >>JEAN DUNCAN: I JUST HAVE A FEW PROJECTS THAT THE CITY IS
10:48:06AM DOING THAT WILL BE INTERSECTING BUSCH BOULEVARD.
10:48:08AM I CAN SHARE THOSE WITH YOU VERY QUICKLY.
10:48:10AM WE ARE CERTAINLY INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT
10:48:12AM ON ANY AESTHETIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY MAY WANT TO
10:48:16AM UNDERTAKE IN COORDINATION WITH THEM.
10:48:19AM JUST REAL QUICKLY, WE'VE GOT ABOUT FOUR PROJECTS THAT WILL
10:48:23AM INTERSECT BUSCH BOULEVARD.
10:48:25AM WE HAVE ONE ON BOUGAINVILLEA AVENUE.
10:48:29AM ACTUALLY, WE JUST COMPLETED THAT FROM 30th TO 46th
10:48:31AM STREET WITH MULTIUSE PATHS AND SIDEWALKS.
10:48:33AM WE'VE GOT ANOTHER PROJECT IN DESIGN ON 30th STREET.
10:48:36AM IT WILL GO FROM YUKON TO FOWLER AVENUE.
10:48:40AM WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT NEXT YEAR.
10:48:42AM WE'VE GOT ONE ON 46th STREET THAT IS GOING TO BE A
10:48:48AM WALK/BIKE IMPROVEMENT FROM BUSCH BOULEVARD TO FOWLER AVENUE,
10:48:51AM THAT WE'LL BE CONSTRUCTING NEXT YEAR AS WELL.
10:48:53AM ANOTHER PROJECT ON McKINLEY DRIVE FROM BUSCH BOULEVARD TO
10:48:57AM FOWLER.
10:48:58AM WE'VE GOT A SIGNING AND MARKING PROJECT TO IMPROVE --
10:49:02AM INTRODUCING TRAFFIC CALMING IN THAT SECTION.
10:49:04AM AND DESIGN IS STARTING ON THAT NEXT YEAR.
10:49:07AM AND, ALSO, WE'VE GOT D.O.T., HAWKS, AS THEY ARE CALLED, THAT
10:49:13AM YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT, THAT WILL BE COMING IN AS WELL.
10:49:15AM A LOT GOING ON THAT WILL BE INTERSECTING THE CORRIDOR AS
10:49:19AM WELL AS WHAT D.O.T. IS DOING ON THE CORRIDOR PROPER.
10:49:21AM AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH D.O.T. IN TRYING
10:49:24AM TO IMPROVE THE ACTUAL ROADWAY ASPECT OF BUSCH BOULEVARD.
10:49:27AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
10:49:28AM ANY QUESTIONS?
10:49:29AM OKAY.
10:49:30AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:49:30AM IS ANYBODY ELSE HERE FROM STAFF WHO WAS TO SPEAK HERE FOR
10:49:35AM THIS WORKSHOP?
10:49:36AM I WANT TO MAKE SURE BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT?
10:49:40AM >>BILL CARLSON: JUST A CLARIFYING QUESTION FOR MS. DUNCAN OR
10:49:43AM THE D.O.T.
10:49:44AM WE TALK ABOUT BUSCH BOULEVARD BEING A GATEWAY AND ONE SIDE
10:49:49AM OF IT COMES THROUGH TEMPLE TERRACE.
10:49:50AM DO YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM OUT OF TOWN GOING
10:49:55AM TO BUSCH GARDENS, WHERE ARE THEY MOSTLY COMING?
10:49:59AM ARE THEY COMING FROM I-75 AND WEAVING THEIR WAY THROUGH OR
10:50:02AM GOING TO 75?
10:50:04AM >>JEAN DUNCAN: I REALLY DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY.
10:50:06AM I WOULD IMAGINE THE MAIN INTERSTATES ARE KEY POINTS OF ENTRY
10:50:10AM FOR FOLKS TRAVELING ON BUSCH BOULEVARD TO BUSCH GARDENS.
10:50:16AM I KNOW THERE'S THE PROJECT THAT TECO AND THE IP GROUP AND
10:50:21AM THE CITY ARE WORKING ON FOR THE I-275/BUSCH BOULEVARD
10:50:25AM INTERCHANGE TO DO AESTHETIC LIGHTING AT THAT LOCATION.
10:50:30AM THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS ONE OF THOSE GATEWAY AREAS FOR A
10:50:34AM LOT OF VISITORS COMING IN.
10:50:37AM >>BILL CARLSON: MR. CHAIRMAN, SINCE I KNOW THIS IS A BIG
10:50:38AM ISSUE FOR YOU, I WOULD WELCOME HAVING MARK OR HIS GROUP COME
10:50:42AM PRESENT THAT, TOO, IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT AT SOME POINT.
10:50:45AM >>LUIS VIERA: YEAH, OF COURSE, WITHOUT A DOUBT.
10:50:46AM I KNOW WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE OF TAMPA INNOVATION.
10:50:50AM OKAY.
10:50:55AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.
10:50:56AM BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT -- I KNOW THERE ARE SOME
10:50:59AM FOLKS WHO WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE, I JUST WANTED TO
10:51:01AM THANK EVERYBODY HERE FOR THEIR PRESENTATIONS.
10:51:03AM AGAIN, THE REASON I'M TRYING TO FORWARD THIS IS BECAUSE THIS
10:51:06AM IS REALLY THE TIME TO BEGIN TO FOCUS AGGRESSIVELY WITH
10:51:10AM ROBUST INVESTMENTS ON BUSCH BOULEVARD.
10:51:13AM THIS IS AN AREA THAT IS A GATEWAY OF NEGLECT RIGHT NOW.
10:51:16AM AND WE CAN DO SO MUCH BETTER FOR THIS AREA.
10:51:18AM WE CAN DO SO MUCH BETTER FOR THIS AREA, AND IT'S NOT GOING
10:51:22AM TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S EASY.
10:51:23AM IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE A HEAVY LIFT.
10:51:26AM HEAVY LIFT FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
10:51:28AM HEAVY LIFT FOR OUR ASSOCIATIONS.
10:51:30AM HEAVY LIFT MONETARILY.
10:51:31AM IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE A LOT OF MONEY.
10:51:33AM IT IS.
10:51:33AM BUT IT'S WORTH IT.
10:51:34AM IT'S WORTH IT.
10:51:35AM BECAUSE THIS IS AN AREA THAT HAS SEEN OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS
10:51:39AM A REAL DETERIORATION WHENEVER IT COMES TO THE INVESTMENTS.
10:51:43AM THE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE STRONG THERE, BUT I WANT TO SEE THOSE
10:51:45AM INVESTMENTS.
10:51:46AM IT'S FUNNY -- ANY OF YOU ALL REMEMBER THE SEA WOLF?
10:51:50AM I USED TO GO THERE.
10:51:51AM I REMEMBER IT BEING FANCY, BUT WHEN I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD A
10:51:56AM McDONALD'S WAS FANCY SO I DON'T KNOW HOW FANCY IT WAS.
10:51:58AM BUT I REMEMBER LOOKING UP THE ADDRESS WHERE THE SEA WOLF
10:52:02AM WAS, AND I BELIEVE THERE IS NOW A PAWNSHOP.
10:52:05AM YEAH, A PAWNSHOP.
10:52:06AM I'M SURE IT'S A FINE BUSINESS.
10:52:08AM BUT, AGAIN, IT JUST SHOWS YOU THE DIFFERENCE WE'VE SEEN ON
10:52:12AM BUSCH BOULEVARD OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS.
10:52:14AM IT'S BEEN A REAL CHANGE.
10:52:15AM I WANT TO SEE THE CITY OF TAMPA TAKE A COALITION LEAD WITH
10:52:18AM THE STATE, WITH THE COUNTY, IN BEGINNING TO REALLY, REALLY
10:52:20AM REVERSE THAT.
10:52:21AM OKAY.
10:52:22AM SO NOW WE GO FORWARD TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER 3.
10:52:25AM IF YOU'RE PLANNING ON SPEAKING, PLEASE STAND UP.
10:52:29AM LINE UP AGAINST THE WALL.
10:52:30AM NOW IS YOUR TIME.
10:52:31AM THREE MINUTES A PERSON.
10:52:38AM >> MY NAME IS STANLEY GRAY.
10:52:40AM I RESIDE AT 3020 WEST HARBORVIEW.
10:52:42AM I HAVE COMMENTS ON TWO DIFFERENT SUBJECTS.
10:52:44AM THE FIRST BEING WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT ON THE BUSCH
10:52:48AM AVENUE CORRIDOR.
10:52:49AM I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU'RE AWARE OF IT OR NOT, BUT THE
10:52:51AM URBAN LEAGUE OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS GOING TO HAVE ITS
10:52:55AM KICKOFF ON OCTOBER 24th OF THIS YEAR.
10:52:57AM ONE OF OUR MISSIONS AND STATED TASKS IS TO HELP HOMEOWNERS
10:53:01AM RETAIN THEIR PROPERTIES.
10:53:02AM I THINK THAT THAT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE BUSINESS OWNERS.
10:53:06AM AS A FORMER VICE-CHAIR OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD, I
10:53:10AM REMEMBER THAT THE CHARTER OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD WAS
10:53:13AM MORE CORRECTIVE THAN PUNITIVE.
10:53:16AM I WOULD URGE VERY STRONGLY THAT THE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL
10:53:19AM REACH OUT TO -- OR EXCUSE ME, REACH THEIR HANDS BACK OUT TO
10:53:23AM THE HAND THAT'S BEEN REACHED TO THEM TO HELP THE URBAN
10:53:27AM LEAGUE WITH THIS, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT
10:53:31AM TO DO IS HAVE BUSINESSES AS WELL AS HOME OWNERSHIP RETAINED.
10:53:34AM MY SECOND COMMENT IS WITH TBAE.
10:53:37AM AS AN ADULT, I'VE LIVED ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY.
10:53:40AM ONE OF THE THINGS I DO WHEN I MOVE TO A COMMUNITY, I TRY TO
10:53:43AM FIND OUT ABOUT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
10:53:45AM FORTUNATELY, OR UNFORTUNATELY, I LIVE WITHIN A FAIRLY
10:53:48AM CONFINED ACCESS, AND MOST PEOPLE WOULD SAY THAT I'M FAIRLY
10:53:51AM CONSERVATIVE.
10:53:52AM BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I TRY TO DO IS UNDERSTAND MY COMMUNITY
10:53:57AM AND HELP.
10:53:58AM I THINK TBAE DOES A VERY GOOD JOB OF EXPLAINING THIS
10:54:04AM COMMUNITY.
10:54:04AM AS OUR COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO GROW BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS, I
10:54:08AM THINK THAT WE WOULD BE DOING OURSELVES A STRONG DISFAVOR BY
10:54:14AM NOT FUNDING THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE AN INFORMATION PROVIDER TO
10:54:17AM OUR COMMUNITY.
10:54:18AM I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
10:54:22AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:54:23AM MR. GRAY, IT'S OCTOBER 24th, KICKOFF?
10:54:27AM >> KICKOFF, OCTOBER THE 24th.
10:54:29AM IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE AIRPORT.
10:54:31AM AND YOU WILL BE RECEIVING AN INVITE.
10:54:32AM >>LUIS VIERA: I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT, PLEASE SEND US ALL
10:54:35AM INVITES.
10:54:36AM >> THANK YOU.
10:54:36AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:54:37AM GO AHEAD, SIR.
10:54:43AM >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
10:54:44AM MY NAME IS CHRIS VELO.
10:54:46AM 33605 IN YBOR CITY.
10:54:48AM I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON ITEMS NUMBER 3.
10:54:51AM ACTUALLY, ON MULTIPLE ITEMS AND I'LL SUM IT ALL UP.
10:54:54AM I RECENTLY WAS OVER AT THE INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
10:54:57AM MEETING EARLIER THIS WEEK.
10:54:58AM I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT WAS A VERY POSITIVE MEETING.
10:55:02AM THEY ARE GOING TO BE VERY OPEN DOOR, SO THAT MEANS THAT YOU
10:55:05AM ALL COULD ALWAYS COME UP AND WORK WITH STAFF FOR A PLAN FOR
10:55:09AM BUSCH BOULEVARD OR OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS TO GET ADDITIONAL
10:55:12AM FUNDING.
10:55:12AM THE REASON WHY I SAY THIS IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE --
10:55:16AM >>LUIS VIERA: MR. VELO.
10:55:18AM I'M SORRY.
10:55:18AM FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE, PLEASE DON'T SPEAK WHILE OTHER PEOPLE
10:55:21AM ARE TALKING.
10:55:22AM WE ARE RUNNING A MEETING HERE.
10:55:23AM PLEASE RESPECT THAT.
10:55:24AM THANK YOU.
10:55:24AM I APOLOGIZE.
10:55:26AM >> THANK YOU.
10:55:26AM MY POINT IS THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF TOOLS AVAILABLE FOR ALL
10:55:31AM OF YOU ALL.
10:55:31AM THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS THIS THING CALLED A HEALTH
10:55:34AM ATLAS.
10:55:35AM THE AREAS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ON BUSCH BOULEVARD, JUST
10:55:37AM PRIMARILY SURROUND YOU, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, IS A
10:55:41AM MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE.
10:55:42AM IT'S VERY UNHAPPY.
10:55:43AM OVER 18% OF ADULTS OVER THERE -- AND THIS IS IN 2014 -- ARE
10:55:47AM DEPRESSED.
10:55:48AM 30% OF LEISURE TIME, THIS IS FOR ACTIVITIES, EXERCISE, GET
10:55:56AM TO PLACES, PARKS, THAT'S ALL THEY GOT IS 30% AND THAT'S
10:56:01AM SPREAD OUT ANNUALLY.
10:56:02AM THEY DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH OPPORTUNITY TO EVEN WORK ON THEIR
10:56:07AM HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
10:56:08AM THEIR OBESITY IS AT 40%.
10:56:10AM PART OF THIS IS BECAUSE IT IS A FOOD DESERT OUT THERE.
10:56:13AM PART OF IT IS BECAUSE WE ARE RELYING ON CHICK-FIL-A TO BELL
10:56:16AM OUT A SERIOUS PROBLEM.
10:56:17AM THE ASTHMA SITUATION IS AT 12%.
10:56:19AM AROUND BUSCH GARDENS, YOU CAN HAVE UP TO 50% CANCER RISK.
10:56:24AM IN FACT, IF YOU WANT TO EVEN TAKE THIS FURTHER, IMAGINE SOME
10:56:27AM OF THE ENDANGERED SPECIES AT BUSCH GARDENS INHALING THESE
10:56:32AM AIR PARTICULATES.
10:56:34AM THAT CAN BE A DANGER TO THEIR OWN ASSETS AS WELL.
10:56:38AM UNEMPLOYMENT RATES SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER IN THIS
10:56:40AM NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:56:41AM WE NEED TO LOOK AT LAND USE.
10:56:43AM I DO AGREE WITH SOME OF THE COMMENTS HERE OF HOW WE CAN DO
10:56:46AM APARTMENT HOUSING AND RENTALS.
10:56:48AM WE HAVE TO GET AWAY FROM THAT MIND-SET THAT HOME OWNERSHIP
10:56:50AM ISN'T THE ULTIMATE DEFINITION OF HOUSING.
10:56:52AM WE NEED TO HAVE CHOICES JUST LIKE WE HAVE CHOICES TO GET TO
10:56:56AM PLACES.
10:56:56AM I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST WANT TO HAVE A ROOF OVER THEIR
10:57:00AM HEAD AND GOOD FRESH START TO BE ECONOMICALLY VIABLE AND HAVE
10:57:03AM THAT OPPORTUNITY.
10:57:04AM WE ALSO NEED TO WORK ON SUBSTANTIAL PLANS.
10:57:10AM CSX.
10:57:11AM IT RUNS PARALLEL TO BUSCH BOULEVARD.
10:57:13AM HART IS LOOKING TO DO A TRANSIT-ORIENTED STUDY.
10:57:19AM THEY JUST GOT $800,000.
10:57:20AM I WAS AT THAT MEETING.
10:57:21AM THIS IS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH THEM AND
10:57:24AM FIGURE OUT A WAY TO HAVE D.O.T. DEVELOPMENT ALONG CSX.
10:57:29AM THERE IS PROPERTY OUT THERE NEARBY.
10:57:31AM WHERE THE TRACKS INTERSECT, THEY HAVE DEEP RECESSED
10:57:34AM PROPERTIES THAT YOU COULD HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO DO
10:57:38AM AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT'S NEARBY.
10:57:41AM WE NEED TO INCREASE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO THE UNIVERSITY
10:57:44AM AREA, BUSCH GARDENS AREA.
10:57:46AM IT IS SO VITAL.
10:57:48AM PART OF THAT, AGAIN, ALL THE INFORMATION, SUSTAINABILITY,
10:57:51AM MENTAL HEALTH, IS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
10:57:53AM SO WORK WITH THOSE AGENCIES.
10:57:54AM THANK YOU.
10:57:54AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:57:55AM NEXT, PLEASE.
10:58:07AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:58:07AM MY NAME IS ROBERT GONZALEZ.
10:58:08AM I'M FROM 3224 WEST ABDELLA STREET, ZIP CODE 33607.
10:58:18AM I'M HERE BEFORE MY CITY COUNCIL.
10:58:26AM I AM NOT JUST GUIDO MANISCALCO'S CONSTITUENT.
10:58:31AM I BELIEVE I AM THE CONSTITUENT OF EVERY SINGLE ONE UP HERE.
10:58:35AM I VOTED FOR A FEW OF YOU UP HERE LAST ELECTION.
10:58:40AM I DO VOTE.
10:58:43AM I WANT TO STRESS I DO VOTE EVERY SINGLE ELECTION SINCE 1972
10:58:49AM WHEN NIXON RAN AGAINST McCARTHY.
10:58:51AM I VOTE NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL ELECTIONS.
10:58:54AM BUT I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE RECONSIDER FUNDING FOR THE
10:59:08AM TAMPA BAY ARTS CENTER AND TAMPA NETWORK.
10:59:10AM THEIR NAME BASICALLY SAYS IT ALL.
10:59:12AM TAMPA BAY ARTS.
10:59:13AM THEY PROMOTE EVERY FACET OF THE ART COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE
10:59:22AM CITY OF TAMPA.
10:59:25AM EDUCATION, AS A GRADUATE OF HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, I
10:59:31AM CAN'T STRESS ANY MORE THE VALUE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO
10:59:37AM TO PROVIDE A GOOD, SAFE ROUTE, ALL AROUND EDUCATION FOR
10:59:44AM ANYBODY WHO NEEDS IT, ALL THE INTERNS THAT THEY GET THERE,
10:59:47AM THEY LEARN -- IT'S INVALUABLE THE INFORMATION THAT THEY
10:59:52AM LEARN.
10:59:53AM WHEN OUR MAYOR WAS CAMPAIGNING FOR MAYOR, SHE SAID THAT SHE
11:00:02AM WOULD BE THE MAYOR OF THE ART COMMUNITY HERE IN TAMPA.
11:00:05AM SHE DID NOT SPECIFY WHAT TYPE OF ART.
11:00:11AM SHE DID NOT SPECIFY THE LOCATION.
11:00:13AM SO PLEASE RECONSIDER FUNDING FOR THE TAMPA BAY ARTS
11:00:21AM ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK.
11:00:22AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:00:23AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
11:00:24AM NEXT PLEASE.
11:00:25AM I WANT TO REMIND SPEAKERS, I KNOW THIS ISN'T AN ISSUE FOR
11:00:28AM OUR NEXT TWO SPEAKERS, BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE SPEAKING
11:00:32AM DURING A WORKSHOP, PLEASE SPEAK ON THE PARTICULAR WORKSHOP
11:00:34AM ITEM AND NOT FUTURE WORKSHOPS, PLEASE.
11:00:37AM THANK YOU.
11:00:37AM GO AHEAD, SIR.
11:00:38AM >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR AND COUNCIL.
11:00:41AM EDDIE BIRCH.
11:00:42AM I'M WITH THE TAMPA INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP.
11:00:45AM I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR FOCUSING YOUR ATTENTION ON THE
11:00:48AM BUSCH BOULEVARD CORRIDOR.
11:00:50AM WHEN THE TAMPA IP WAS CREATED ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO,
11:00:54AM NEGLECTED CORRIDORS LIKE FOWLER AND BUSCH WERE A COUPLE OF
11:00:57AM THE REASONS THAT THE ORGANIZATION WAS CREATED.
11:00:58AM WE LOOK AT IT AS UNTAPPED POTENTIAL.
11:01:01AM THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL IN AN AREA WHEN YOU LOOK AT BUSCH
11:01:04AM GARDENS AND THE VA HOSPITAL AND USF AND ALL THE GOOD THINGS
11:01:08AM GOING ON UP THERE.
11:01:09AM AND THEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE CORRIDORS THAT ARE HOLDING
11:01:11AM THE AREA BACK.
11:01:12AM A COUPLE OF YOU MENTIONED 4 MILLION PEOPLE A YEAR VISITING
11:01:15AM BUSCH GARDENS AND A LOT OF THEM COME AWAY WITH THE
11:01:19AM IMPRESSION OF WHAT YOU SEE ON BUSCH BOULEVARD.
11:01:21AM THE GENTLEMAN THAT SPOKE A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS AGO TALKED
11:01:24AM ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF LINKING THE AREA FOR PEDESTRIANS.
11:01:28AM AND WE THINK THAT THE MORE PEOPLE YOU HAVE FEELING SAFE NOW
11:01:31AM OF WALK ON THE STREETS, THE MORE EYES YOU HAVE ON THE
11:01:35AM STREET, THE LESS CRIME YOU'RE GOING TO SEE.
11:01:36AM THE SAFER IT WILL BE, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE GOOD FOR THE
11:01:41AM AREA.
11:01:41AM I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR FOCUSING ON THE BUSCH
11:01:45AM BOULEVARD CORRIDOR AND LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT THE TAMPA
11:01:48AM INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP WANTS TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU TO
11:01:50AM IMPROVE THAT CORRIDOR.
11:01:52AM WE HAVE ABOUT 230 MEMBERS, AND WE'RE AT YOUR SERVICE AND
11:01:56AM LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION.
11:01:58AM THANK YOU.
11:01:58AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
11:01:59AM OUR LAST SPEAKER IS OUR FORMER COLLEAGUE, COUNCILWOMAN LISA
11:02:07AM MONTELIONE.
11:02:08AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
11:02:09AM THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS WORKSHOP.
11:02:11AM AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I DOGGEDLY WORK THIS AREA BECAUSE IT IS
11:02:17AM MY OWN AREA.
11:02:18AM LISA MONTELIONE FOR THE RECORD.
11:02:22AM >>LUIS VIERA: I SAID THAT.
11:02:23AM >> OKAY.
11:02:23AM I THOUGHT I HAD TO PUT IT ON THE RECORD.
11:02:25AM >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
11:02:25AM I'M SORRY.
11:02:26AM WE'LL GIVE YOU FOUR MINUTES AS A PROFESSIONAL COURTESY.
11:02:29AM >> OH, WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:02:31AM I APPRECIATE THAT.
11:02:31AM SAL RUGGIERO, ANYBODY IN SOLID WASTE, THEY CAN ALL TELL YOU
11:02:41AM I HAVE THEIR CELL PHONE NUMBERS ON SPEED DIAL.
11:02:44AM I WOULD SEND THEM PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ILLEGAL DUMPING GOING
11:02:47AM ON IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE ABANDONED PROPERTIES.
11:02:49AM WE DO HAVE A HIGH HOME OWNERSHIP RATE IN TERRACE PARK, WHICH
11:02:52AM IS A GOOD THING FOR US.
11:02:55AM HOWEVER, DURING THE DOWNTURN IN THE ECONOMY, COMPANIES CAME
11:02:58AM IN, BOUGHT UP TONS OF HOMES.
11:03:00AM I MEAN, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WAS ONE OF THOSE THAT WAS FOCUSED
11:03:05AM ON FOR COMPANIES TO COME IN, BUY UP THE HOUSES, RESELL THEM
11:03:11AM TO OTHER COMPANIES, AND NOW THEY ARE PERMANENTLY RENTAL
11:03:14AM HOUSING.
11:03:16AM I DID A PANEL DISCUSSION ON THIS IN WASHINGTON A COUPLE OF
11:03:19AM YEARS AGO.
11:03:20AM THESE COMPANIES HAVE NO INTENTION OF EVER SELLING THESE
11:03:24AM HOMES.
11:03:26AM THEY ARE IN THIS BECAUSE THEY ARE SECURITY.
11:03:29AM THESE RENTALS ARE SECURITY.
11:03:30AM THANKS TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THEY WERE ABLE TO MONETIZE
11:03:35AM RENTAL INCOME.
11:03:37AM AND HOLD THOSE HOUSES AS COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES THAT ARE
11:03:42AM TRADED ON THE OPEN MARKET.
11:03:44AM SO THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT FACES US.
11:03:47AM HOWEVER, THAT BEING SAID, MOST OF THE PROPERTIES, EVEN
11:03:50AM THOUGH THEY ARE RENTAL, ARE WELL-KEPT.
11:03:54AM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS SAID THERE IS A 19% DECREASE IN
11:04:00AM VIOLENT CRIME IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:04:01AM WELL, 19% DECREASE IS GREAT, BUT WHAT'S THE STARTING NUMBER?
11:04:05AM IT'S A GOOD TRAJECTORY TO BE GOING DOWN, AND I SEE A SMILE
11:04:08AM FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES BECAUSE HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT I'M
11:04:12AM TALKING ABOUT.
11:04:12AM SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, THERE WAS A HOMICIDE ON MY STREET FOUR
11:04:16AM HOUSES DOWN FROM ME WHILE I WAS ON MY WAY TO A NEIGHBORHOOD
11:04:20AM ASSOCIATION MEETING.
11:04:21AM IT WAS DRUG RELATED.
11:04:21AM MANY OF THE CRIMES THAT WE SEE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ARE
11:04:29AM CRIMINAL ON CRIMINAL.
11:04:30AM THEY ARE DRUG RELATED MOST OFTEN.
11:04:32AM IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE TARGETING INNOCENT CITIZENS.
11:04:37AM THEY ARE NOT BREAKING INTO CARS.
11:04:39AM THEY ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, BREAKING INTO HOUSES.
11:04:40AM THESE AREN'T HOME INVASIONS.
11:04:42AM NOTHING OF THAT SORT, BUT IT'S CRIMINAL ON CRIMINAL.
11:04:47AM AND MOST OF THAT, LIKE I SAID, IS DRUG RELATED.
11:04:49AM I'D REALLY LOVE TO HAVE SOME HELP WITH THAT.
11:04:52AM OVERALL, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN STABLE.
11:04:54AM AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVEN'T BEEN OUTSPOKEN IN DEMANDING THINGS
11:04:59AM FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BECAUSE IT'S PEACEFUL.
11:05:01AM IT'S QUIET.
11:05:02AM WE HAVE TAKOMAH TRAIL PARK, WHICH IS BEAUTIFUL.
11:05:05AM IT CAN USE SOME IMPROVEMENTS.
11:05:08AM IT'S AN UNDERUTILIZED PARK.
11:05:11AM WE HAVE A FIVE-ACRE LAKE IN THAT PARK.
11:05:13AM I WAS FORTUNATE FOR PARKS AND REC TO PUT A DOCK IN THERE TO
11:05:18AM FACILITATE PEOPLE FISHING THERE, WHICH THEY DO QUITE OFTEN.
11:05:21AM BUT IT CAN -- THERE'S MUCH IMPROVEMENT TO BE MADE IN THE
11:05:26AM PARK.
11:05:26AM BUT OVERALL, AS CHRIS VILA SAID EARLIER, THERE IS A SYSTEMIC
11:05:36AM ISSUE.
11:05:36AM I THINK LAND USE IS OFTEN THE BEST WAY TO APPROACH THE
11:05:38AM REHABILITATION OF A NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:05:39AM DON'T LAUGH, BUT I WENT TO THE WEBSITE TODAY.
11:05:45AM I WAS TOLD THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD -- THIS IS WHEN I WAS
11:05:48AM SITTING IN YOUR PLACE -- THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN TERRACE
11:05:50AM PARK WAS NEXT ON THE LIST AFTER 40th STREET FOR A
11:05:54AM COMMUNITY PLAN TO BE DONE, BECAUSE I HAD TAKEN THE
11:05:57AM INITIATIVE, ENGAGED THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
11:06:01AM WE DID A COMMUNITY PLANNING STUDY, JUST ON MY OWN.
11:06:05AM SO ON THE WEBSITE, 40th STREET, IF YOU LOOK AT THE
11:06:09AM COMMUNITY PLANNING PROCESS, ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS DATE FROM
11:06:12AM 2013.
11:06:12AM AND THE PREVIOUS ONE BEFORE THAT, THE INITIAL PLAN FOR
11:06:16AM 40th STREET WAS 2009.
11:06:18AM SO WITH ALL OF THE FOCUS THAT TOOK PLACE, COUNCILMAN
11:06:23AM CARLSON, AS YOU QUICKLY POINT OUT IN WEST TAMPA AND IN
11:06:26AM DOWNTOWN, THIS AREA HAS BEEN LEFT BEHIND.
11:06:30AM MARK SHARPE'S GROUP, THE INNOVATION PLACE, THEY REALLY DON'T
11:06:35AM DO ANYTHING THAT IS SOUTH OF FOWLER AVENUE.
11:06:37AM I'VE GOT A LONG LIST.
11:06:40AM HAPPY TO MEET WITH ANY AND ALL OF YOU AT ANY TIME TO TALK
11:06:44AM ABOUT WHAT I THINK REALLY NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT, AND THAT'S
11:06:47AM THE LAND USE CODES.
11:06:48AM THANK YOU.
11:06:48AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, AS ALWAYS.
11:06:51AM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:06:54AM >>BILL CARLSON: LISA, COUNCILWOMAN MONTELIONE, YOU HAVE
11:07:00AM SPENT -- WHEN YOU WERE A COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU SPENT A LOT OF
11:07:02AM TIME TALKING TO ME ABOUT YOUR AREA AND ALSO YOU TOOK ME ON
11:07:06AM TOURS.
11:07:07AM THANK YOU FOR THAT.
11:07:07AM IF THE ALL FOR TRANSPORTATION MONEY COMES THROUGH, LIKE WE
11:07:10AM THINK IT WILL, I HOPE YOU WILL HELP US ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES
11:07:14AM IN LOOKING AT THE NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THERE.
11:07:16AM I'M SURE MY COLLEAGUES WHO REPRESENT THAT DISTRICT WILL.
11:07:20AM RIGHT NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS IS WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF
11:07:22AM MONEY.
11:07:23AM IF WE DO HAVE MONEY, AND WE CAN PUT SIDEWALKS IN AND OTHER
11:07:26AM AMENITIES, PLEASE, LET'S WORK TOGETHER AND GET THAT DONE.
11:07:29AM >> YEAH, WE ARE LACKING SIDEWALKS.
11:07:32AM I MEAN, AS CHRIS POINTED OUT, THERE AREN'T A LOT OF
11:07:35AM RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:07:37AM THERE ARE KIDS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT DON'T KNOW THAT
11:07:41AM TAKOMAH TRAIL PARK EVEN EXISTS AND IT'S MULTIPLE ACRES, LIKE
11:07:45AM I SAID, WITH A FIVE-ACRE LAKE.
11:07:47AM SO THAT IS A PROBLEM.
11:07:49AM TRANSPORTATION-WISE, I DID PUSH FOR THE BOUGAINVILLEA AND
11:07:54AM SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT JEAN MENTIONED.
11:07:56AM NOW THEY ARE FINALLY COMING TO FRUITION.
11:07:59AM BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF TRUCK AND BUS TRAVEL THROUGHOUT OUR
11:08:03AM NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE USF BULL RUNNER RUNS THROUGH OUR
11:08:07AM NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:08:07AM I'M A BULL.
11:08:08AM I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT, BUT IT TAKES A BIG TOLL ON THE
11:08:13AM LOCAL ROADS THAT WERE NEVER MEANT FOR THAT KIND OF TRAFFIC
11:08:16AM IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
11:08:17AM TRANSPORTATION-WISE, THAT'S A PROBLEM, AND CONNECTIVITY WITH
11:08:22AM SIDEWALKS AND BIKE PATHS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
11:08:25AM THANKS.
11:08:26AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
11:08:27AM I ALSO SEE MR. DAVID HEY HERE.
11:08:31AM DID YOU WISH TO SPEAK?
11:08:33AM OKAY.
11:08:33AM JUST OBSERVING OUR GREATNESS.
11:08:35AM GREAT.
11:08:35AM MR. BENNETT, JOHN BENNETT, I SEE YOU HERE.
11:08:39AM I KNOW YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE A VERY, VERY, VERY BUSY DAY AHEAD
11:08:42AM OF YOU AS CHIEF OF STAFF FOR THE ADMINISTRATION, ANYTHING
11:08:48AM YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT ON THIS ISSUE.
11:08:55AM >> GOOD MORNING, JOHN BENNETT.
11:08:58AM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WHAT DID HE MEAN YOU HAVE A LOT OF
11:09:00AM ISSUES, JOHN?
11:09:01AM >> TO BE DEFINED.
11:09:02AM GOOD MORNING.
11:09:02AM JOHN BENNETT, CHIEF OF STAFF, CITY OF TAMPA.
11:09:06AM I'M GLAD TO BE BACK HOME.
11:09:07AM SPECIFICALLY ON THIS TOPIC.
11:09:09AM I HEARD A CORRELATION THAT RESONATED WITH ME VERY WELL
11:09:14AM BETWEEN BAYSHORE AND BUSCH BOULEVARD.
11:09:16AM I REMEMBER BACK IN 2003, WE HAD A REALLY TRAGIC INCIDENT
11:09:20AM WHERE SOMEBODY WAS HIT JOGGING DOWN THERE AND KILLED BY A
11:09:24AM MOTORIST.
11:09:25AM IT KICKED OFF A TASK FORCE, AS WAS MENTIONED UP HERE, TO DO
11:09:29AM THINGS LIKE TRAFFIC CALMING, ENGINEERING, ALL THOSE KIND OF
11:09:32AM THINGS.
11:09:32AM THE ONE THING I REMEMBER SAYING WHEN THE TASK FORCE KICKED
11:09:35AM OFF BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND GOVERNMENT AND THE
11:09:37AM NEIGHBORHOODS AND MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE WAS THAT THIS
11:09:40AM SHOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD SOMETHING THAT COULD BE
11:09:43AM TRANSPLANTED ANY CORRIDOR INSIDE THE CITY, NOT JUST BE USED
11:09:47AM FOR THIS ONE INCIDENT.
11:09:48AM I THINK SOMETIMES AS TURNOVER HAPPENS, WE FORGET THAT WE
11:09:52AM BUILD MODELS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO BE REPEATABLE FOR OTHER
11:09:55AM NEIGHBORHOODS.
11:09:56AM I'M REALLY EXCITED TO WORK WITH COUNCIL, THE COMMUNITY, OUR
11:10:00AM DEPARTMENTS TO TAKE BUSCH BOULEVARD TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND
11:10:03AM SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
11:10:04AM I WILL SAY IN A MOMENT OF PRIDE COMING OFF OF 30 YEARS OF
11:10:09AM LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT ONE OF THE BIG FOUNDATIONS THAT WE'VE
11:10:12AM LAID IS THE REDUCTION OF CRIME.
11:10:15AM WE'RE SITTING WELL BELOW THE STATE AVERAGE, WELL BELOW THE
11:10:18AM NATIONAL AVERAGE, WELL BELOW A CITY OUR SIZE AVERAGE, AND
11:10:22AM THAT GIVES US A BASIS OR FOUNDATION TO DO ALL OF THE SOCIAL
11:10:26AM ENTERPRISE THAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE BUSCH BOULEVARD AND
11:10:29AM OTHER ROADS SAFE AND VIBRANT AND ACTIVE.
11:10:31AM AND TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER THINGS IN THE SOCIAL JUSTICE
11:10:36AM LANE OF WORKING WITH KEY PARTNERSHIPS AND COPRODUCING
11:10:39AM GOVERNMENT, I DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE WEEKLY MEETINGS ABOUT
11:10:42AM QUALITY-OF-LIFE ISSUES OVER AND ABOVE CRIME ISSUES.
11:10:45AM AND EXTENDING THOSE INVITATIONS TO SITUATIONAL PARTNERS TO
11:10:49AM HEAR SOME OF THE RESIDUAL EFFECTS ABOUT DISPLACING FAMILIES
11:10:52AM OVER ENFORCEMENT, WHAT CAN WE DO FOR ANY TYPE OF EMERGENCY
11:10:57AM HOUSING, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE
11:10:59AM INTEGRATED.
11:11:01AM AND I REMEMBER DEVELOPING A LOT OF BROCHURES WHEN WE'RE
11:11:04AM DOING COMPLIANCE WORK MORE THAN ENFORCEMENT WORK, GIVING
11:11:06AM THOSE BROCHURES OUT TO FAMILIES TO GIVE THEM OPTIONS THEY
11:11:10AM MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT.
11:11:11AM MARKETING IS A BIG FACTOR IN THIS AS WELL.
11:11:13AM SO THAT WOULD BE MY GLOBAL COMMENTS ON THE ISSUE.
11:11:15AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
11:11:17AM I WANT TO SAY ALSO, WE HEAR THE TERM A LOT REDEVELOPMENT
11:11:24AM WITH BUSCH BOULEVARD AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
11:11:28AM I LIKE TO CALL IT REINVESTMENT.
11:11:29AM REDEVELOPMENT OFTEN MEANS YOU PUSH THE PEOPLE AND THE
11:11:32AM NEIGHBORHOODS THERE OUT.
11:11:33AM THE PEOPLE ARE WHAT MAKE THE COMMUNITY.
11:11:35AM I WANT TO HAVE REINVESTMENT WHICH TAKES MONETARY INVESTMENTS
11:11:38AM FROM THE CITY, NOT NECESSARILY THE NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF
11:11:41AM REDEVELOPMENT.
11:11:42AM I WANT THE POSITIVE ASPECTS OF REDEVELOPMENT.
11:11:45AM OKAY.
11:11:46AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:11:46AM NEXT, WE MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 4.
11:11:48AM ALCOHOL SALES.
11:11:51AM AND THANK EVERYBODY WHO WAS HERE TODAY ON THIS ITEM.
11:11:56AM THANK YOU.
11:12:00AM >>KRISTIN MORA: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
11:12:02AM KRISTIN MORA, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
11:12:03AM I AM HERE TO SPEAK WITH YOU ON THE ALCOHOL SALES HOURS.
11:12:08AM THIS IS A COPY OF CHAPTER 14.
11:12:11AM WE AMENDED THIS -- SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL RECALL,
11:12:16AM WE JUST AMENDED THIS ABOUT A YEAR OR TWO AGO AND CREATED A
11:12:21AM NICE, CLEAN TABLE TO SPELL OUT WHICH OF THE ESTABLISHMENTS
11:12:28AM THAT MIGHT SELL ALCOHOL CAN BE OPEN AS WELL AS WHEN THOSE
11:12:32AM ESTABLISHMENTS ARE ALLOWED TO SELL ALCOHOL.
11:12:34AM THE ONLY CHANGE WAS THE RESTAURANTS, TO ALLOW RESTAURANTS TO
11:12:39AM OPEN AT 7 A.M., ALTHOUGH THEY CANNOT SERVE ALCOHOL UNTIL
11:12:42AM 11 A.M., THAT WAS THE ONLY CHANGE THAT WAS MADE.
11:12:45AM BUT THIS CLEANS IT UP AND MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR
11:12:48AM ESTABLISHMENTS TO FOLLOW.
11:12:49AM THESE ARE YOUR CHAPTER 14 ALCOHOL STANDARDS.
11:12:52AM SOME AB ESTABLISHMENTS HAVE SPECIFIC HOURS IN THEIR
11:12:57AM APPROVALS.
11:12:58AM THAT IS TRUE THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF AB APPROVALS IN THE
11:13:02AM CITY OF TAMPA.
11:13:03AM BUT WHEN THEY SAY CHAPTER 14 HOURS WHEN THEY OPERATE BY THE
11:13:06AM STANDARD HOURS, THESE ARE THE STANDARD HOURS FOR THOSE
11:13:09AM ESTABLISHMENTS.
11:13:16AM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I NOTICED THAT THIS WAS MY MOTION, SO I
11:13:20AM THOUGHT I WOULD SPEAK TO IT VERY QUICKLY.
11:13:22AM I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR IT, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LONG AGENDA
11:13:25AM TODAY.
11:13:25AM IT'S COME UP IN THE PAST IN NUMEROUS CONTEXT, ESPECIALLY IN
11:13:31AM THE CONTEXT OF RESTAURANT AND BARS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO OR
11:13:35AM IN NEIGHBORHOODS, THAT THE HOURS OF OPERATION IS SOMETHING
11:13:40AM THAT BECOMES VERY CONTROVERSIAL, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY COME
11:13:46AM INTO US FOR AN AB PERMIT OR PD OR REZONING OR WHAT HAVE YOU,
11:13:51AM THAT INVOLVES THE ALCOHOLIC LICENSE.
11:13:54AM AND IN THOSE CONVERSATION AND IN SPEAKING WITH LEGAL
11:13:57AM COUNSEL, IT'S LIKE WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE SAID, OKAY, THIS
11:14:01AM IS OUR STANDARD AND BASICALLY THE STANDARD SAYS THEY CAN
11:14:07AM STAY OPEN UNTIL 3 A.M., UNLESS WE MODIFY YOU OTHERWISE, AND
11:14:12AM IT PUTS THE BURDEN ON COUNCIL TO BACK THEM UP.
11:14:17AM WE SAY, OH, YOU'RE ADJACENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:14:19AM THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOESN'T WANT YOU OPEN TILL MIDNIGHT AND
11:14:23AM THEN THE BURDEN IS ON US AND THE COMMUNITY TO PUSH IT BACK,
11:14:26AM WHICH IS OFTEN, IN MY OPINION, A MORE DIFFICULT BURDEN AND
11:14:29AM REALLY AN INAPPROPRIATE BURDEN.
11:14:31AM WHAT I MIGHT SUGGEST -- AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO WRESTLE
11:14:38AM THROUGH THIS IN GREAT LENGTH TODAY BUT MAYBE ASK LEGAL TO GO
11:14:41AM BACK AND THINK ABOUT IT A LITTLE FURTHER WITH COUNCIL'S
11:14:44AM BLESSING -- IS THAT WE CONSIDER PUSHING THESE HOURS BACK,
11:14:49AM LET'S SAY UNTIL 11 P.M. ON A WEEKDAY, MIDNIGHT ON A WEEKEND
11:14:53AM AND LET THAT BE OUR COMMUNITY NORM, AND THEN IF SOMEBODY
11:14:58AM WANTS TO SAY, HEY, LISTEN, I'VE GOT A RESTAURANT THAT'S OUT
11:15:02AM HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, HAS NO IMPACT ON ANYBODY, WE
11:15:05AM WOULD LIKE TO STAY OPEN UNTIL 2, 3 A.M., THEN THEY CAN COME
11:15:10AM IN AND JUSTIFY STAYING OPEN LATER WITH SOME SORT OF
11:15:12AM EXCEPTION PROCESS.
11:15:13AM SO THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM ON THIS MOTION TO ASK STAFF
11:15:17AM TO COME TODAY.
11:15:19AM I'D WELCOME COUNCIL'S COMMENTS ON THAT, AND MAYBE I'D MAKE A
11:15:25AM MOTION ALONG THOSE LINES.
11:15:26AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS?
11:15:30AM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:15:31AM >>BILL CARLSON: MY CONSTITUENTS, A LOT OF THEM ARE ALL
11:15:35AM AROUND SOUTH HOWARD.
11:15:37AM A LOT OF THE COMPLAINTS HAVE GONE AWAY IN THE LAST FEW YEARS
11:15:40AM AS THE RESTAURANT OWNERS HAVE TRIED TO WORK WITH NEIGHBORS.
11:15:45AM I STILL GET LOTS OF COMPLAINTS.
11:15:47AM AND THEN THERE ARE OTHER AREAS, EVEN HYDE PARK VILLAGE HAS
11:15:50AM ONE PLACE THAT HAVE VERY LOUD SOUND CERTAIN TIMES OF THE
11:15:54AM YEAR.
11:15:55AM I LIKE COUNCILWOMAN CAPIN'S IDEA A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT
11:16:01AM FAILED.
11:16:01AM INSTEAD OF PUTTING IT IN THE PROPERTY RIGHTS DOCUMENT, THE
11:16:04AM PLAN, THE PD, INSTEAD OF PUTTING IT THERE, TO SAY THAT YOU
11:16:06AM COULD STAY OPEN UNTIL 11 OR 12 AND THEN MAKE THE REST OF IT
11:16:11AM A BUSINESS LICENSE SO YOU COULD REGULATE IT.
11:16:14AM BECAUSE IF IT PASSES ON FROM OWNER TO OWNER, YOU MIGHT HAVE
11:16:16AM A BENEVOLENT OWNER NOW, BUT IF IT PASSES ON TO AN OWNER IN
11:16:20AM THE FUTURE WHO DISREGARDS THE LAW, THEN IT'S HARD FOR US TO
11:16:24AM REIN IT IN.
11:16:25AM WHAT I FOUND IN BEING HERE IS THAT IT TAKES A LOT OF
11:16:28AM RESOURCES TO HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT AND POLICE GO OUT AND
11:16:33AM POLICE THESE THINGS.
11:16:34AM IF WE HAD SOME OTHER MECHANISM WHERE WE COULD HOLD A CARROT
11:16:37AM AND STICK IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WOULD HELP US.
11:16:40AM IF LEGAL HAS AN IDEA REGARDING THAT, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR
11:16:45AM IT.
11:16:45AM >>KRISTIN MORA: SO, IS ONE THING THAT WE HAVE DONE IN RECENT
11:16:48AM YEARS IS WE'VE ADDED SPECIAL RESTAURANT TO THE CODE.
11:16:52AM SU-1.
11:16:53AM IT DOESN'T COME TO CITY COUNCIL.
11:16:54AM PEOPLE CAN JUST GET IT ADMINISTRATIVELY.
11:16:56AM THAT LIMITS THE HOURS, I BELIEVE -- DON'T QUOTE ME -- BUT I
11:17:02AM BELIEVE IT'S 11 P.M. ON WEEK NIGHTS AND THEN FRIDAY AND
11:17:06AM SATURDAY NIGHTS IT EXTENDS TO 1 A.M.
11:17:08AM IT INCENTIVIZES PEOPLE TO GET THAT TYPE OF APPROVAL VERSUS
11:17:16AM COMING TO CITY COUNCIL AND RUNNING THE RISK THAT CITY
11:17:18AM COUNCIL IS GOING TO SAY NO.
11:17:20AM THEY CAN GET THIS AUTOMATICALLY EXTREMELY QUICKLY, AND THEY
11:17:22AM CAN GO STRAIGHT IN.
11:17:24AM THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CITY COUNCIL HAS DONE PREVIOUSLY IS
11:17:27AM INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE AND THEN IT HAS RESTRICTIONS ON AMPLIFIED
11:17:31AM SOUND AS WELL.
11:17:32AM THAT IS A METHOD THAT CITY COUNCIL COULD USE IS INCENTIVIZE
11:17:37AM WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE AND THEN IF THEY ARE COMING TO YOU,
11:17:40AM THEN THEY'RE MAKING THAT JUSTIFICATION, THEY'RE MAKING THAT
11:17:43AM STATEMENT.
11:17:43AM THEY ARE TRYING TO PROVE WHY THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNIQUE
11:17:47AM AND THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED SPECIAL DISPENSATION.
11:17:51AM THAT DOESN'T ONLY APPLY TO SPECIAL RESTAURANTS SO YOU COULD
11:17:55AM CREATE ADDITIONAL ONES OF THOSE FOR A BAR WITH LIMITED HOURS
11:18:00AM OR OTHER TYPES OF ESTABLISHMENTS IF COUNCIL WANTED TO PURSUE
11:18:05AM THAT AS WELL, JUST AS A SUGGESTED AVENUE.
11:18:08AM >>BILL CARLSON: JUST ONE FOLLOW-UP BEFORE ANYBODY WATCHING
11:18:11AM PANICS.
11:18:11AM I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE EXISTING PROPERTY RIGHTS.
11:18:14AM I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE WOULD GO BACK AND TAKE AWAY
11:18:16AM ANYBODY'S PROPERTY RIGHTS.
11:18:17AM AS PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR ALCOHOL LICENSES IN THE FUTURE, IF
11:18:21AM THERE'S A WAY TO HANDLE IT IN THE FUTURE, THEN I WOULD BE
11:18:25AM OPEN TO THAT.
11:18:26AM >>KRISTIN MORA: CORRECT.
11:18:27AM SO A COUPLE OF THINGS.
11:18:28AM NUMBER ONE, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO THE PROPERTY OWNER IS.
11:18:30AM THESE ARE TIED ONLY TO THE PROPERTY.
11:18:33AM SO THE PROPERTY OWNER, THE OPERATOR FOR THAT PARTICULAR
11:18:36AM RESTAURANT IS IRRELEVANT.
11:18:37AM THESE RUN WITH THE LAND WHEN THEY ARE APPROVED.
11:18:44AM BUT, ALSO, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF APPROVALS OUT THERE THAT HAVE
11:18:48AM VERY SPECIFIC HOURS ALREADY IN THEM.
11:18:50AM AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COUNCILWOMAN CAPIN WAS
11:18:54AM ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT.
11:18:55AM BECAUSE WHEN YOU APPROVE FOR A SPECIFIC SET OF HOURS AND
11:18:57AM THEY HAVE A VESTED RIGHT TO THAT NUMBER OF HOURS.
11:18:59AM NOW, THERE ARE ESTABLISHMENTS THAT SAY CHAPTER 14 HOURS.
11:19:03AM IT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT QUESTION IF YOU CHANGE CHAPTER
11:19:05AM 14, IF YOU CAN THEN TAKE AWAY SOME OF THOSE RIGHTS --
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11:19:33AM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: -- I APPRECIATE YOU CLARIFYING THAT.
11:19:34AM MY GOAL IN DISCUSSING THIS TODAY WAS TO DEAL MAINLY WITH
11:19:42AM PROSPECTIVELY RESTAURANTS, BARS, THAT ARE -- HAVE YET TO
11:19:46AM OPEN, THAT WOULD OPEN IN THE FUTURE.
11:19:49AM LIKE I SAID EARLIER, TO PUT THE BURDEN ON THEM, NOT ONLY ON
11:19:55AM THE HOUR ISSUE, BUT ALSO SOMEBODY BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT
11:19:58AM ABOUT THE AMPLIFIED MUSIC AS WELL.
11:20:00AM I THINK THAT OUR NORM IN THE DEFAULT POSITION SHOULD BE NO
11:20:06AM OUTDOOR AMPLIFIED MUSIC UNLESS THEY ASK FOR A WAIVER, AND
11:20:11AM THEN THAT WOULD, AGAIN, REVERSE THE BURDEN.
11:20:13AM WOULD YOU ENTERTAIN A MOTION OR WOULD WE NEED TO HEAR FROM
11:20:19AM THE PUBLIC ON THIS ISSUE, MR. SHELBY, BEFORE I MAKE A
11:20:21AM MOTION?
11:20:22AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A MOTION, YES, I
11:20:24AM ASK THAT THE PUBLIC HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
11:20:26AM >>LUIS VIERA: BEFORE THAT, COUNCILMAN CITRO HAD A COMMENT,
11:20:28AM BUT WE CAN DO A MOTION.
11:20:30AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: WHICHEVER COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER WANTS TO DO.
11:20:34AM A COMMENT TO MS. MORA, I AGREE WITH WHAT MR. CARLSON SAID,
11:20:39AM FOR THE TIME I SPENT DOWN HERE LISTENING TO FORMER
11:20:42AM COUNCILWOMAN CAPIN SAYING NO AMPLIFIED, NO AMPLIFIED, NO
11:20:45AM AMPLIFIED, AND WE HAD TO FALL BACK ONTO THAT, I AGREE WITH
11:20:49AM WHAT COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER IS SAYING.
11:20:51AM WHY DON'T WE HAVE NO AMPLIFIED MUSIC.
11:20:53AM AND IF THE RESTAURANT OR THE BAR WANTS SOMETHING, THAT'S A
11:20:57AM WAIVER THEY'LL HAVE TO ASK FOR.
11:20:58AM I'M ALSO INTERESTED ABOUT DISTANCE BETWEEN OTHER ALCOHOL
11:21:04AM SALES PLACES -- SCHOOLS, DAY CARE CENTERS.
11:21:07AM IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE OVERLOOKED THOSE FOR THE YEARS.
11:21:10AM LET'S FACE IT, IF WE HAD DISTANCE SEPARATION AND WE WERE
11:21:14AM ADHERING TO THAT, HALF OF THE BARS FROM TAMPA WOULD BE
11:21:18AM CLOSED DOWN.
11:21:18AM SO I WOULD ALSO LIKE, IF WE COULD, IF YOU DON'T MIND,
11:21:22AM COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, TO GO AHEAD AND EXPLORE THAT ALSO.
11:21:24AM NOT THAT I WANT TO CLOSE ANY BARS AND RESTAURANTS DOWN.
11:21:29AM DON'T GET ME WRONG.
11:21:31AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, WHEN YOU
11:21:34AM REFER TO NO AMPLIFIED MUSIC, THAT'S VERY SPECIFIC.
11:21:37AM AS YOU KNOW IN THE COURSE OF YOUR HEARING YOU SOMETIMES HAVE
11:21:39AM TELEVISIONS OR SPORTS EVENTS OUTSIDE AS WELL.
11:21:41AM SO NORMALLY WHAT WE PUT IN THERE, AT COUNCIL'S REQUEST, IS
11:21:46AM NO AMPLIFIED SOUND.
11:21:48AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: CORRECT.
11:21:49AM NO AMPLIFIED SOUND.
11:21:51AM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: PROCEDURALLY, MR. SHELBY, ARE YOU
11:21:53AM SUGGESTING WE HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC BEFORE I MAKE A MOTION?
11:21:56AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES.
11:21:57AM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OR MAKE A MOTION BEFORE WE VOTE ON IT.
11:21:59AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT'S NORMALLY COUNCIL'S RULES WITH REGARD
11:22:01AM TO WORKSHOPS.
11:22:02AM IF YOU TAKE ANY OFFICIAL ACTION, ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK
11:22:05AM FIRST.
11:22:05AM >>LUIS VIERA: GREAT.
11:22:06AM ANYONE HERE OFFICIALLY TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM FROM THE CITY
11:22:09AM OF TAMPA?
11:22:09AM OKAY.
11:22:10AM WE WILL MOVE NOW TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER 4, IF YOU
11:22:13AM HAVE ANY COMMENTS, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
11:22:15AM >>STEVE MICHELINI: COUNCIL, STEVE MICHELINI.
11:22:16AM AS YOU KNOW, I REPRESENT A NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT COME BEFORE
11:22:19AM YOU FOR ALCOHOL PETITIONS.
11:22:22AM I'M ALSO THE MANAGING OPERATOR FOR THE SOHO BUSINESS
11:22:26AM ALLIANCE, WHICH REPRESENTS 35 BUSINESSES ALL UP AND DOWN
11:22:29AM SOUTH HOWARD.
11:22:30AM I KNOW THAT KRISTEN POINTED OUT THAT YOU COULD APPLY FOR A
11:22:38AM SPECIAL USE, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE WAIVERS.
11:22:40AM AND IF YOU HAVE ANY WAIVERS, THEN YOU CAN'T GO THROUGH THE
11:22:42AM SPECIAL USE CRITERIA FOR ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL.
11:22:44AM BECAUSE MOST OF THESE ARE CONVERSIONS OF EXISTING
11:22:51AM RESTAURANTS OR BUILDINGS, FOR THE MOST PART, YOU CANNOT GET
11:22:57AM A DESIGN EXCEPTION -- I MEAN, A SPECIAL USE 1 APPROVAL
11:23:02AM BECAUSE YOU HAVE SOME TYPE OF WAIVER.
11:23:03AM IT'S EITHER A DISTANCE WAIVER OR IT'S A PARKING WAIVER OR
11:23:08AM SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
11:23:08AM YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK WHEN YOU'RE EXAMINING THIS TO SEE
11:23:13AM ABOUT WHAT WAIVERS YOU'RE WILLING TO ACCEPT UNDER THAT
11:23:18AM PROCESS THAT HAS THE MORE RESTRICTIVE HOURS.
11:23:21AM THE SECOND THING IS THAT WE DID EXPERIENCE SOME GROWING
11:23:24AM PAINS ALONG SOUTH HOWARD, BUT, FOR THE MOST PART, I THINK
11:23:28AM THAT HAS DIMINISHED SIGNIFICANTLY.
11:23:30AM WE HAD THE NOISE ORDINANCE GO THROUGH THAT WE MET ON.
11:23:33AM WE HAVE A MEMBER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THAT MEETS
11:23:37AM REGULARLY WITH US, WITH THE SOHO BUSINESS ALLIANCE.
11:23:40AM AND SO I THINK MOST OF THOSE ISSUES, FOR THE MOST PART, HAVE
11:23:43AM QUIETED DOWN.
11:23:44AM AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT CHAPTER 14,
11:23:49AM IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE AMENDMENTS TO THE HOURS OF
11:23:51AM OPERATION, IS THAT YOU LOOK AT CREATING A SEPARATE CATEGORY
11:23:56AM THAT VESTS, AS THE COUNCIL HAS POINTED OUT, THAT VESTS ALL
11:24:01AM OF THE PLACES THAT HAVE ALREADY GONE THROUGH AND SAID WE'RE
11:24:03AM GOING TO BE CONSISTENT WITH CHAPTER 14 AND CREATE PERHAPS A
11:24:07AM SUBCATEGORY OF 14A OR SOMETHING ELSE.
11:24:11AM BUT WHEN WE DO COME BEFORE YOU, WE DO SPECIFY HOURS OF
11:24:16AM OPERATION, AND THE COUNCIL HAD A VERY STRONG DESIRE THAT WE
11:24:21AM PUT ON THE PLANS THAT THEY BE CONSISTENT WITH CHAPTER 14,
11:24:25AM WHATEVER THOSE HOURS WERE.
11:24:27AM IF YOU PART LOOKING AT THAT, YOU NEED TO CONSIDER THAT THOSE
11:24:31AM ARE VESTED HOURS FOR ALL OF THESE ESTABLISHMENTS.
11:24:35AM THEY ARE ALL OVER THE CITY.
11:24:36AM SOME OF US PUT ON THE SITE PLANS CONSISTENT WITH CHAPTER 14,
11:24:40AM AND WE LISTED THE HOURS OF WHAT THEY WERE.
11:24:42AM BUT NOT EVERY SITE PLAN AND EVERY PETITIONER DID THAT.
11:24:47AM SO THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS HERE.
11:24:50AM IT IS LIKE ONE BIG WATER BALLOON.
11:24:54AM IF YOU PUSH ON ONE SIDE, IT COMES OUT SOMEWHERE ELSE ON THE
11:24:57AM OTHER SIDE.
11:24:58AM BUT CERTAINLY ANOTHER WORKSHOP IN MORE DETAIL WOULD BE, I
11:25:03AM THINK, WARRANTED, IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE AB
11:25:06AM OPERATING HOURS.
11:25:07AM THANK YOU.
11:25:07AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
11:25:08AM ANYONE ELSE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT?
11:25:10AM COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, YOU HAVE A MOTION, SIR.
11:25:13AM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YEAH, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO DIRECT LEGAL IN
11:25:22AM WORKING WITH THE ZONING STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY AS WELL, ANY
11:25:26AM INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY, TO LOOK AT MODIFYING OR AT LEAST
11:25:32AM CREATING A DRAFT FOR US TO TAKE A LOOK AT AT ANOTHER
11:25:35AM WORKSHOP ON MODIFYING CHAPTER 14 AS RELATED TO THE HOURS OF
11:25:40AM OPERATION, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED TODAY, AS WELL AS THE
11:25:45AM AMPLIFIED SOUND ISSUES AND IN ADDITION, AS MR. CITRO --
11:25:50AM COUNCILMAN CITRO REQUESTED, THE SEPARATION DISTANCES.
11:25:55AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND.
11:25:56AM >>LUIS VIERA: DO YOU HAVE A DATE FOR THAT, SIR?
11:25:58AM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I'D SAY ABOUT TWO MONTHS.
11:26:02AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, YOUR OCTOBER WORKSHOP IS
11:26:05AM PRETTY FULL.
11:26:05AM IF YOU LOOK AT THE CALENDAR, NORMALLY BECAUSE OF THE
11:26:08AM HOLIDAYS THERE ARE NO WORKSHOPS IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER,
11:26:11AM YOUR FIRST WORKSHOP DATE LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD BE
11:26:13AM JANUARY 30th, IF I'M CORRECT.
11:26:16AM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WHAT'S WITH NOVEMBER?
11:26:18AM JUST BECAUSE OF THANKSGIVING?
11:26:22AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: NORMALLY, YES, BETWEEN THE THANKSGIVING
11:26:25AM HOLIDAY.
11:26:26AM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MAYBE WE CAN DO IT ON CRA DAY.
11:26:29AM >>LUIS VIERA: CAN WE DO IT AS A STAFF REPORT?
11:26:33AM >> SURE.
11:26:34AM >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:26:36AM >>BILL CARLSON: THAT BRINGS UP ANOTHER RELATED POINT.
11:26:39AM I KNOW THAT TRADITIONALLY IT SOUNDS LIKE WE DON'T HAVE
11:26:42AM WORKSHOPS IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER.
11:26:43AM BUT WE HAVE A HEAVY AGENDA THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET THROUGH.
11:26:46AM SOME THINGS WAITING UNTIL JANUARY CAN'T WAIT.
11:26:49AM I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE OPPORTUNITY WOULD BE, BUT IF THERE'S
11:26:53AM ANY WAY WE COULD ADD A WORKSHOP --
11:26:56AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IT'S COUNCIL'S CALENDAR.
11:26:59AM COUNCIL'S PREROGATIVE.
11:27:00AM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WHY DON'T I FINISH THIS MOTION, BILL, AND
11:27:03AM WE'LL GET TO THAT.
11:27:05AM IT IS A GOOD POINT BECAUSE IT KEEPS COMING UP, IF YOU DON'T
11:27:08AM MIND.
11:27:08AM MR. SHELBY, STAFF REPORT IN OCTOBER -- GIVE ME A PROPOSED
11:27:15AM DATE?
11:27:16AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: OCTOBER DATE WOULD BE, YOU HAVE TWO
11:27:18AM MEETINGS.
11:27:18AM YOU HAVE THE 3rd AND THE 17th.
11:27:20AM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: 17th.
11:27:21AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: YOU HAVE SO FAR ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR,
11:27:24AM FIVE, SIX, SEVEN STAFF REPORTS ON OCTOBER 17th.
11:27:28AM >>LUIS VIERA: I SEE ON OCTOBER 3rd WE HAVE ONLY ONE STAFF
11:27:31AM REPORT.
11:27:31AM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ALL RIGHT.
11:27:32AM LET'S MAKE IT THE 3rd.
11:27:36AM >>SAL TERRITO: MAY I ASK A QUESTION?
11:27:38AM COMING UP WITH AN ORDINANCE WITH NO SUBSTANCE IS KIND OF
11:27:40AM DIFFICULT TO DO.
11:27:41AM YOU'RE SAYING WE SHOULD DO AN ORDINANCE.
11:27:43AM WHAT DO YOU WANT IN THE ORDINANCE THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE?
11:27:46AM I THINK HAVING A WORKSHOP OR HAVING US COME BACK WITH SOME
11:27:49AM SUGGESTIONS BEFORE WE DRAFT AN ORDINANCE BECAUSE WE DON'T
11:27:51AM KNOW WHAT TIME LIMITS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
11:27:53AM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
11:27:54AM A DRAFT OF SUGGESTIONS THAT MIGHT GO IN AN ORDINANCE.
11:27:59AM I'LL MODIFY MY MOTION ALONG THOSE LINES.
11:28:02AM >>SAL TERRITO: THANK YOU.
11:28:05AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: QUESTION WITH REGARD TO LAND DEVELOPMENT
11:28:06AM COORDINATION AND THEIR STAFF WITH REGARD TO DIRECTION.
11:28:11AM I BELIEVE THEY WOULD ASK COUNCIL TO BE SPECIFIC AS TO WHAT
11:28:13AM KIND OF RECOMMENDATIONS, WHAT COUNCIL IS SEEKING.
11:28:17AM BECAUSE IT'S REALLY NOT BEEN -- WITH ALL DUE RESPECT,
11:28:19AM MR. DINGFELDER, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S BEEN ENOUGH
11:28:23AM DIALOGUE AMONG COUNCIL MEMBERS TO GIVE DIRECTION TO STAFF TO
11:28:25AM GIVE TO MS. COYLE TO HAVE HER COME BACK AND MAKE
11:28:28AM SUGGESTIONS.
11:28:30AM WHAT YOU HAVE NOW IS A CODE THAT HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF
11:28:36AM DISCUSSION.
11:28:37AM WITH REGARD TO SPECIFIC CHANGES, I BELIEVE STAFF WOULD BE
11:28:39AM LOOKING FOR DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL AS TO WHAT TO BRING BACK.
11:28:43AM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MS. MORA?
11:28:44AM DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE A DECENT SENSE OF WHAT THIS DISCUSSION
11:28:49AM HAS BEEN TO BE ABLE TO CREATE SOME ALTERNATIVES FOR US
11:28:51AM WORKING WITH MS. COYLE?
11:28:54AM >>KRISTIN MORA: I THINK WE CAN MAKE SOME VERY GENERAL
11:28:56AM SUGGESTIONS WITH A LOT OF BLANKS PROBABLY THAT WOULD NEED TO
11:28:59AM BE FILLED IN.
11:29:01AM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: EVERYBODY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT?
11:29:03AM >>BILL CARLSON: JUST BASED ON WHAT I HEARD FROM THE
11:29:06AM DISCUSSION, ONE WOULD BE WHAT SEVERAL OF YOU SAID THAT WE
11:29:12AM WOULD NOT AUTOMATICALLY ALLOW AMPLIFIED SOUND, THAT THAT
11:29:16AM WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE A WAIVER.
11:29:19AM SO THAT'S SOMETHING SPECIFIC.
11:29:20AM NUMBER TWO WOULD BE WE NEED TO MAKE THIS PROSPECTIVE SO FOR
11:29:26AM ANYONE WHO IS APPLYING FOR ALCOHOL RIGHTS IN THE FUTURE.
11:29:30AM NUMBER THREE, WOULD BE POTENTIALLY LIMITING THE HOURS THAT
11:29:36AM -- TELL ME IF I'M WRONG -- AN IDEA WOULD BE LIMITING THE
11:29:39AM HOURS THAT WOULD GO INTO THE PLAN BY LIKE 11 OR 12, AND THEN
11:29:43AM HAVING A BUSINESS LICENSE OR SOME OTHER ALTERNATIVE BEYOND
11:29:45AM THAT.
11:29:46AM I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S CONSENSUS ON THAT.
11:29:49AM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: BUSINESS LICENSE, I WASN'T HERE OBVIOUSLY
11:29:53AM OR AROUND WHEN YOLIE WAS SUGGESTING THAT, BUT I THINK THAT
11:29:56AM COULD BE ONE OF THE ALTERNATIVES THAT MS. MORA OR HER
11:29:59AM SUCCESSOR --
11:30:00AM >>LUIS VIERA: ANY OBJECTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON THE
11:30:03AM AFOREMENTIONED PRINCIPLES? COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:30:05AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU.
11:30:07AM I'VE BEEN HERE SOME PERIOD OF TIME WHEN SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS
11:30:11AM DIDN'T WANT ANY ALCOHOL AT ALL.
11:30:13AM I'VE BEEN ON THE FLIP SIDE WHERE COUNCIL MEMBERS WANTED
11:30:16AM ALCOHOL 24 HOURS A DAY.
11:30:18AM THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING THING FOR THE LAST 50 YEARS THIS
11:30:23AM WAY.
11:30:24AM THE PROBLEM IS, NOT THE ALCOHOL.
11:30:26AM IT'S THAT IT'S FOREVER.
11:30:28AM WHEN YOU GIVE THIS LICENSE OUT, THAT PIECE OF LAND IS ZONED
11:30:32AM ALCOHOL FOREVER.
11:30:33AM IT DOESN'T CHANGE.
11:30:37AM THEN YOU HAVE OTHER IDEAS.
11:30:41AM YOU LOOK AT ONE THING.
11:30:44AM BEEN HERE WITH PETITIONERS, SO HAVE YOU.
11:30:47AM NO, I DON'T WANT TO BE OPEN AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING.
11:30:50AM I WANT IT TILL 1:00.
11:30:52AM SOME HAVE SAID, NO, NO.
11:30:54AM WE'LL TELL YOU TO 3:00 AND YOU'LL TELL US NO, BUT IT'S GOING
11:30:58AM TO BE TO 3:00.
11:30:59AM THAT'S HAPPENED.
11:31:00AM THEN SOME WHO WANTED 3:00, YOU SAY, NO, NO, WE CAN ONLY GIVE
11:31:04AM YOU TO 1:00 BECAUSE ALL THE OPPOSITION AND THE OPPOSITION
11:31:07AM AGREED TO 1:00.
11:31:08AM WHERE IN THE HELL ARE WE?
11:31:10AM IT AIN'T GOING TO CHANGE A DAMN THING.
11:31:18AM NOW YOU GO BACK AND YOU SAY, WELL, LET ME UNDERSTAND THIS.
11:31:21AM I WANT ZONING HERE AND I WANT IT TILL 3:00 BUT I HAVE 22
11:31:27AM OPPOSITION, BARS OR RESTAURANTS, THAT ALREADY HAVE 3:00 AND
11:31:31AM THEY DON'T WANT ME TO HAVE IT.
11:31:33AM THERE'S WHERE WE'RE AT.
11:31:37AM IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE.
11:31:39AM YOU MAY WRITE ALL THE ORDINANCES WE WANT, WE MAY LITIGATE IT
11:31:45AM FOR A LONG TIME.
11:31:46AM I THINK ST. PETE HAS GOT THIS.
11:31:47AM YOU CAN ONLY GO TO CERTAIN AND THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE POINTS
11:31:50AM TO GO UP.
11:31:51AM HOW DO YOU GET POINTS TO COME DOWN?
11:31:53AM BY HOW MANY TIMES YOU GET A TICKET FROM A POLICE OFFICER OR
11:31:58AM A CITATION SAYING YOU'RE PLAYING MUSIC WHEN YOU SHOULDN'T OR
11:32:05AM A YOU HAVE A MUSIC PERMIT BUT PLAYING IT TOO LOUD.
11:32:07AM WHERE DOES IT END?
11:32:08AM >>KRISTIN MORA: WE DO HAVE THE ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS, SO
11:32:12AM WHEN WE HAVE THOSE CASES WHERE YOU DO HAVE A REPEATED NOISE
11:32:16AM ORDINANCE VIOLATION, VIOLATION OF THEIR HOURS, YOU KNOW,
11:32:20AM WHEN YOU HAVE A REPEATED VIOLATION, WE DO HAVE PROVISIONS IN
11:32:26AM OUR CODE TO BRING THESE BACK AND CONSIDER WHETHER TO SUSPEND
11:32:30AM AND AFTER FOUR INSTANCES, CITY COUNCIL CAN REVOKE.
11:32:33AM WE DO HAVE THAT PROVISION IN OUR CODE AS WELL, IF THAT'S
11:32:35AM SOMETHING COUNCIL ALSO WANTS TO ANALYZE.
11:32:38AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I BELIEVE THERE'S ONLY -- OF ALL MY YEARS
11:32:41AM OF PUBLIC SERVICE, MAYBE TWO THAT WE'VE CLOSED.
11:32:43AM I KNOW OF ONE, BUT I'M GOING TO SAY TWO.
11:32:48AM >>KRISTIN MORA: THAT'S RIGHT.
11:32:54AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IT WAS FOR ALCOHOL AND OTHER ITEMS THEY
11:32:57AM WERE SERVING AND DOING OTHER THINGS.
11:32:58AM I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO THAT.
11:33:00AM I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ZONINGS WE HAVE FOR ALCOHOL ZONINGS,
11:33:04AM BUT IN 25 YEARS, WE HAVE TWO.
11:33:12AM I GUESS THAT IS A BIG NUMBER AND WE HAVE TO CHANGE.
11:33:14AM >>BILL CARLSON: I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS WHAT MY COLLEAGUE
11:33:16AM WAS SUGGESTING, BUT IS IT POSSIBLE TO MAKE THEM ALL BUSINESS
11:33:20AM LICENSES OR SOME KIND OF LICENSE THAT DOESN'T GO WITH THE
11:33:22AM PROPERTY?
11:33:23AM >>KRISTIN MORA: NO.
11:33:24AM WE HAD A COURT CASE ON THAT.
11:33:28AM >>LUIS VIERA: ANYONE ELSE?
11:33:31AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL, JUST A REMINDER
11:33:34AM THAT WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH HOURS OF OPERATION ARE IN
11:33:36AM CHAPTER 14, AND THINGS LIKE DISTANCE SEPARATION, THAT'S IN
11:33:39AM CHAPTER 27, AND AS YOU MAY RECALL, COUNCIL'S RULES STATE
11:33:45AM THAT'S DONE ON A SEMI ANNUAL BASIS.
11:33:47AM SO WHEN CATHY COYLE COMES BACK OR LAND DEVELOPMENT COMES
11:33:52AM BACK, HAVE TO FIT IT INTO WHATEVER CYCLE IS GOING TO BE
11:33:55AM PRESENTED.
11:33:56AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'M SORRY.
11:33:57AM I FORGOT ONE.
11:33:58AM IT USED TO BE YOU HAD TO HAVE SO MUCH PARKING.
11:34:00AM WITHIN YOUR CONFINE OF YOUR AREA.
11:34:03AM HOWEVER, WHEN THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH PARKING, THEY LEASED A
11:34:08AM LOT A BLOCK OR TWO BLOCKS AWAY.
11:34:10AM I FORGET WHAT IT WAS.
11:34:12AM QUARTER MILE A DISTANCE.
11:34:13AM ONLY ONE PROBLEM WITH THAT.
11:34:15AM IT'S ALL FINE AND DANDY.
11:34:18AM I KNOW IT'S WELL INTENDED, OR I BELIEVE IT'S WELL INTENDED
11:34:22AM AT TIMES.
11:34:23AM ALL OF A SUDDEN, THAT LOT IS SOLD AND DEVELOPED.
11:34:25AM BUT YOU'VE GOT YOUR LICENSE.
11:34:27AM WHAT IN THE WORLD -- NOT TO SAY THE WORD, HOCKEY STICK
11:34:32AM BACKWARDS, WHAT IN THE WORLD DO YOU DO THEN.
11:34:36AM 3:00, 1:00, 12:00, 11:00, WHAT DO YOU DO THEN WHEN YOU ISSUE
11:34:41AM THE LICENSE AND THAT LOT IS NO LONGER THERE AND YOU CAN'T GO
11:34:47AM BY WHAT YOU AGREED TO.
11:34:48AM BOTH PARTIES.
11:34:49AM I'M NOT BLAMING ALL THE PETITIONERS.
11:34:51AM BOTH PARTIES, PETITIONERS AND WHOEVER SITS IN THESE CHAIRS,
11:34:55AM THE COUNCIL.
11:34:55AM WHAT DO YOU DO?
11:34:56AM IS THERE AN ANSWER FOR THAT?
11:34:57AM >>KRISTIN MORA: SO IT DEPENDS ON WHETHER THEY ACTUALLY
11:34:59AM RECEIVED A WAIVER OR WHETHER THEY WENT THROUGH OUR CODE
11:35:03AM PROCESS FOR PROVIDING AN ADDITIONAL LOT.
11:35:06AM IF THEY GO THROUGH OUR CODE PROCESS FOR PROVIDING AN
11:35:08AM ADDITIONAL LOT, THEN IF THEY LOSE THE ABILITY TO HAVE THAT
11:35:12AM LOT, THEN THEY ARE UNDERPARKED AND THEY WOULD BE IN CODE
11:35:15AM VIOLATION.
11:35:15AM IT WOULD TAKE CODE ENFORCEMENT GOING OUT THERE AND CITING
11:35:18AM THEM, BUT THEY WOULD BE IN CODE VIOLATION.
11:35:20AM IF THEY RECEIVE A WAIVER, THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO.
11:35:22AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT POSITIVE, BUT I
11:35:26AM BELIEVE WE GOT SOME WITHOUT THE WAIVERS -- DO YOU KNOW OF
11:35:31AM ANY THAT HAVE BEEN CLOSED BECAUSE THE LOT --
11:35:34AM >>KRISTIN MORA: I'M NOT AWARE OF ONE STANDING HERE TODAY.
11:35:36AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:35:37AM >>LUIS VIERA: ANYONE?
11:35:38AM WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:35:41AM I'M SORRY, WHAT, MA'AM?
11:35:45AM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: CLARIFICATION OF THE MOTION?
11:35:47AM THAT WE WOULD SEEK A STAFF REPORT OF FIRST MEETING IN
11:35:54AM OCTOBER.
11:35:55AM I THINK IT WAS THE 3rd.
11:35:56AM TO COME BACK AND PROVIDE US OPTIONS AS RELATED TO CHAPTER 14
11:36:01AM AND CHAPTER 27, SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING HOURS OF OPERATION.
11:36:12AM WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE?
11:36:13AM AMPLIFIED OUTDOOR SOUND AS WELL AS DISTANCE SEPARATION.
11:36:17AM >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
11:36:18AM WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:36:20AM DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
11:36:21AM WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:36:23AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:36:24AM ANY OPPOSED?
11:36:24AM OKAY.
11:36:26AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:36:27AM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN, JUST FOR THE SAKE OF TIME,
11:36:30AM POINT OF ORDER, ITEM 5, WHICH WAS MY MOTION, SECONDED BY
11:36:33AM MR. CARLSON BACK IN MAY AS RELATED TO RESILIENCY, I'VE
11:36:37AM CHATTED WITH THE CHIEF OF STAFF YESTERDAY ABOUT THIS, AND I
11:36:42AM THINK, IF YOU'RE STILL IN THAT POSITION, MR. BENNETT, IF YOU
11:36:48AM WANT A CONTINUANCE ON THAT UNTIL WE GET A SUSTAINABILITY
11:36:51AM OFFICER AND YOU GUYS HAVE A PLAN, I'M OKAY WITH THAT TO PUT
11:36:54AM THIS OFF FOR ANOTHER DAY.
11:36:56AM THAT'S UP TO COUNCIL, OBVIOUSLY.
11:36:59AM >>BILL CARLSON: [MICROPHONE NOT ON]
11:37:08AM -- AT USF, AND SHE'S DONE -- MAYBE YOU ALL HAVE BEEN BRIEFED
11:37:13AM ON IT, SHE'S DONE A SUSTAINABILITY STUDY FOR ALL OF TAMPA IN
11:37:16AM PARTICULAR, AFFECTS MY DISTRICT.
11:37:18AM I WONDER IF WE COULD GET HER TO PRESENT EITHER AT THE SAME
11:37:21AM TIME OR JUST BEFORE SO WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND ALSO THE
11:37:26AM STAFF REPORTS.
11:37:27AM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. BENNETT, WHEN WOULD YOU LIKE US TO --
11:37:31AM OR SUGGEST THAT WE MIGHT CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO AS RELATED TO
11:37:34AM THE CITY'S MASTER PLANNING ON SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY?
11:37:42AM >> SURE.
11:37:42AM AGAIN, JOHN BENNETT, GOOD MORNING, CHIEF OF STAFF, CITY OF
11:37:46AM TAMPA.
11:37:47AM IF I CAN PAINT A GLOBAL VIEW AND THEN ADJUST ACCORDINGLY
11:37:51AM TOGETHER.
11:37:51AM AS YOU KNOW, WHEN THE ADMINISTRATION TOOK OFFICE, THE MAYOR
11:37:54AM KICKED OFF FIVE AREAS OF TRANSFORMING TAMPA'S TOMORROW.
11:37:59AM ONE OF THOSE IS SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY, WHICH WE NEED
11:38:02AM TO DO DILIGENTLY, GET RECOMMENDATIONS IN, NOT TO MENTION THE
11:38:08AM CURRENT STATE OF THE CITY, AND ALSO THE MEMORANDUM OF
11:38:12AM UNDERSTANDING, WORKING WITH THE TAMPA BAY REGIONAL PLANNING
11:38:15AM COUNCIL.
11:38:15AM THERE'S A LOT OF TALENT LOCALLY AND BEYOND THAT CAN TALK TO
11:38:20AM THIS ITEM.
11:38:21AM WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AS IMPACT AND RESILIENCY
11:38:24AM IS HOW QUICK WE BOUNCE BACK.
11:38:26AM THOSE TWO AREAS, BUT EVERY SINGLE ADVISORY TEAM THAT KICKS
11:38:33AM OFF IS A COALITION OF KEY PERSONNEL BOTH IN THE REGION FROM
11:38:39AM UNIVERSITIES, ALL OF THE BEST PRACTICES, AND SO MY
11:38:42AM SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO FILL THAT ADVISORY TEAM WITH ALL THE
11:38:46AM NAMES THAT YOU'RE THINKING OF, AND WORK TOGETHER IN A
11:38:50AM UNIFIED -- BECAUSE THE VERY FIRST THING THAT HAPPENS IS A
11:38:53AM CURRENT STATE PRESENTATION.
11:38:54AM IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
11:38:56AM IT'S OPEN TO COUNCIL, AND THAT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO
11:39:00AM WORK THROUGH THIS COLLECTIVELY AND COLLABORATIVELY TO FIGURE
11:39:02AM OUT WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE FOR THE CITY AND POSSIBLY
11:39:04AM EVEN THE REGION BECAUSE OF THE TAMPA BAY REGIONAL PLANNING
11:39:08AM COUNCIL'S INVESTMENT IN THIS TOPIC.
11:39:09AM THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION.
11:39:11AM IF COUNCIL STILL PREFERS A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON THIS, I WOULD
11:39:16AM SUGGEST -- I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, WE KNOW WE'RE IN THE PEAK OF
11:39:19AM HURRICANE SEASON RIGHT NOW.
11:39:20AM WE'RE GETTING PULLED A LOT OF DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, BUT THIS
11:39:22AM IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT TOPIC THAT IT IS ONE OF THE FIVE AREAS
11:39:26AM THAT THE MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION IS FOCUSED ON.
11:39:33AM THAT IS THE FIFTH DOMAIN TO KICK OFF.
11:39:35AM THE OTHER FOUR HAVE KICKED OFF.
11:39:37AM THAT'S WHY I'M THINKING IF WE HAVE SPECIFIC NAMES OF PEOPLE
11:39:41AM THAT CAN INVEST IN THIS, THAT WOULD BE TO PULL THEM TOGETHER
11:39:44AM INTO ONE GROUP AND LET THIS GO THROUGH, WHICH COUNCIL
11:39:48AM OBVIOUSLY CAN BE A PART OF THROUGH THE WAY IT'S BEEN
11:39:52AM DESIGNED.
11:39:52AM AGAIN, IF WE WANT TO HAVE A WORKSHOP HERE, THEN I WOULD
11:39:55AM ARGUE THAT WE GET AT LEAST PAST OCTOBER 1 BECAUSE OF
11:39:58AM EVERYTHING GOING ON WITH THE BUDGET AND EVERYTHING.
11:40:01AM AND, QUITE HONESTLY, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE OTHER THINGS
11:40:03AM THAT WE CAN'T PREDICT RIGHT NOW WHICH IS THE BALANCE OF
11:40:05AM HURRICANE SEASON, TO MAKE SURE WE DELIVER A GOOD STAFF
11:40:08AM REPORT.
11:40:09AM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MAYBE AN UPDATE, STATUS REPORT IN
11:40:12AM NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER I'M COMFORTABLE WITH, AND CONSISTENT
11:40:16AM WITH WHAT MR. CARLSON SAID AND WHAT YOU SAID, JOHN, I THINK
11:40:21AM WE WOULD ALL BE GLAD TO PROVIDE YOU SOME NAMES, INCLUDING
11:40:24AM TARYN AND HER GROUP, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MAYOR'S
11:40:30AM TRANSITION TEAM.
11:40:32AM >>JOHN BENNETT: EXCELLENT, AND I LIKE THAT IDEA.
11:40:33AM BECAUSE I THINK BY THEN, COUNCILMEN, WE WILL HAVE THAT
11:40:35AM CURRENT STATE REPORT, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING
11:40:37AM FOR, TO GIVE US A FUTURE STATE OPPORTUNITY.
11:40:40AM >>BILL CARLSON: ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT WE JUST GIVE NAMES
11:40:44AM FOR THE MAYOR'S TRANSITION COMMITTEE?
11:40:46AM OR SHOULD WE SET UP SOMETHING LIKE CHARTER REVIEW WHERE WE
11:40:49AM APPOINT PEOPLE AND THE MAYOR APPOINTS PEOPLE AND THEY
11:40:51AM COLLECTIVELY COME BACK WITH A REPORT?
11:40:54AM >>JOHN BENNETT: WELL, RIGHT NOW, I ONLY KNOW OF THE FORUM OF
11:40:57AM THE ADVISORY TEAM.
11:40:58AM IF THERE'S ANOTHER SUGGESTION, OBVIOUSLY WE'LL ENTERTAIN IT.
11:41:02AM I'M TRYING TO HAVE A COMBINATION OF TIME MANAGEMENT, ENERGY
11:41:05AM MANAGEMENT THAT IS TRANSPARENT AND EFFECTIVE AND DELIVERS
11:41:08AM THE RIGHT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CITY.
11:41:11AM >>BILL CARLSON: THIS IS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I GET,
11:41:14AM BESIDES SCOOTERS, I THINK, JUST ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE, ONE OF
11:41:18AM THE CONCERNS IS WE'VE INCREASED STORMWATER RATES AND WE'RE
11:41:21AM INCREASING MAYBE NEXT WEEK WATER AND WASTEWATER RATES.
11:41:24AM MY UNDERSTANDING FROM ALL THE ENGINEERS AROUND IS THAT THOSE
11:41:29AM BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WILL BE INVESTED IN DEALING WITH THE
11:41:31AM CURRENT STATE, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO
11:41:35AM SEA LEVEL RISE ARE VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE WE'RE NOT
11:41:38AM INVESTING IN SOLUTIONS THAT WILL BE IMMUNE FROM SEA LEVEL
11:41:41AM RISE, LIKE THE BAFFLES WE'RE BUILDING FOR THE STORMWATER,
11:41:48AM SOME EXPERTS HAVE PREDICTED THAT IF SEA LEVELS CONTINUE TO
11:41:52AM RISE, THAT THE BAFFLES WILL BE FULL OR THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO
11:41:58AM PULL UP.
11:41:58AM IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE EDUCATED AND ALL ON THE SAME
11:42:01AM PAGE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING, WHAT PREDICTIONS.
11:42:04AM USF HAS JUST DONE A BIG STUDY AND MAYBE WE CAN ALL GET
11:42:08AM BRIEFED INDIVIDUALLY OR COLLECTIVELY.
11:42:09AM BUT THERE IS A BIG ISSUE THAT AFFECTS ALL THE MONEY THAT
11:42:11AM WE'RE SPENDING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK OUT AND THEN THERE ARE A
11:42:14AM LOT OF SMALLER THINGS.
11:42:16AM >>JOHN BENNETT: UNDERSTOOD.
11:42:17AM THANK YOU.
11:42:18AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?
11:42:19AM COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:42:21AM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SO WITH THAT, I'LL BE GLAD TO MOVE THIS
11:42:24AM DISCUSSION, CONTINUE IT TO DECEMBER -- WE HAVE A REGULAR
11:42:30AM NEEDING DECEMBER ON THE 5th, UNDER STAFF REPORT.
11:42:35AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:42:38AM SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:42:39AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:42:41AM ANY OPPOSED?
11:42:41AM NO.
11:42:42AM ALL RIGHT.
11:42:42AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:42:42AM ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC -- I KNOW WE'RE POSTPONING THIS TILL
11:42:46AM REALLY DECEMBER, BUT ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER
11:42:49AM 5?
11:42:49AM ALL RIGHT.
11:42:50AM SEEING NONE, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 6.
11:42:55AM THIS WAS PROPOSED BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER REGARDING THE
11:42:59AM POSSIBILITY OF IMPACT FEES OR ANY SIMILAR MEASURES AS
11:43:01AM RELATED TO THE CITY'S UTILITY PROGRAM.
11:43:03AM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WELL, AND THIS IS VERY GERMANE.
11:43:06AM I ACTUALLY THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE AS PART OF TONIGHT'S
11:43:10AM AGENDA.
11:43:11AM IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE THIS UNTIL TONIGHT WHEN WE'RE TALKING
11:43:14AM ABOUT WATER AND WASTEWATER, AND THEN IT WOULD SEEM TO JIBE
11:43:20AM BETTER WITH IMPACT FEES, IF EVERYBODY IS COMFORTABLE WITH
11:43:22AM THAT.
11:43:23AM >>BRAD BAIRD: BRAD BAIRD, PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATOR, IF I
11:43:25AM COULD MAKE A FEW COMMENTS THAT DO SEGUE INTO TONIGHT, I'D
11:43:29AM APPRECIATE THAT.
11:43:30AM WE HAVE, AS YOU KNOW, BEEN CONDUCTING FOUR MASTER PLANS FOR
11:43:36AM THE WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEMS AND $3.2 BILLION
11:43:41AM IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE LAST ABOUT THREE YEARS.
11:43:44AM HAVE COMPLETED THOSE MASTER PLANS AND THAT'S RESULTED IN THE
11:43:49AM PROGRAM WE'RE PROPOSING.
11:43:50AM IN PARALLEL WITH THAT, WE HAVE CONDUCTED A RATE STUDY.
11:43:55AM AND THAT RATE STUDY HAD THREE COMPONENTS.
11:44:00AM IT HAD A CONSUMPTION RATE COMPONENT, A BASE CHARGE
11:44:03AM COMPONENT, AND A FEES AND CHARGES COMPONENT.
11:44:07AM THE FIRST TWO ITEMS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, AND HAVE BEEN
11:44:12AM INCORPORATED INTO THE FUNDING PROPOSAL THAT WE HAVE
11:44:16AM PRESENTED AT THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND SOME OF THE OTHER
11:44:19AM OUTREACH THAT WE HAVE DONE.
11:44:22AM THE THIRD COMPONENT OF THAT, THE FEES AND CHARGES, WE JUST
11:44:30AM RECEIVED A DRAFT OF THAT YESTERDAY.
11:44:35AM WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO DIGEST THAT, OBVIOUSLY.
11:44:38AM BUT WE WANT TO DIGEST THE RESULTS OF THAT AND THEN OBVIOUSLY
11:44:45AM MEET WITH THE MAYOR AND SEE WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE.
11:44:50AM IF SHE SUPPORTS ALL OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ON ALL THE FEES
11:44:57AM AND CHARGES THAT ARE LISTED IN THERE -- AND THERE ARE MANY
11:44:59AM -- AND THEN AT THAT POINT, OUR NEXT SCHEDULE, WE ACTUALLY
11:45:07AM HAVE SCHEDULED TO COME BACK TO YOU TO TALK ABOUT THIS VERY
11:45:11AM ISSUE ON SEPTEMBER 26th.
11:45:14AM IT'S ON THE DOCKET FOR SEPTEMBER 26th.
11:45:17AM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ISN'T THAT THE NIGHT THAT -- ISN'T THAT
11:45:21AM THE DAY OR NIGHT THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY ASKING US TO VOTE ON A
11:45:26AM RATE HIKE?
11:45:28AM >>BRAD BAIRD: NO, THAT WOULD BE SEPTEMBER 5th.
11:45:30AM SO I SAY ALL THAT FOR -- YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP THAT
11:45:40AM THIS PART OF THE STUDY WOULD BE RELATED TO GROWTH.
11:45:43AM I WANT TO SAY THAT OF THE 3.2 BILLION, 300 MILLION DOLLARS'
11:45:50AM WORTH HAS A COMPONENT ASSOCIATED WITH GROWTH.
11:45:55AM THE 300 MILLION IS NOT ALL FOR GROWTH.
11:45:58AM IT'S GROWTH.
11:45:59AM IT'S DEALING WITH DROUGHT, AND IT'S DEALING WITH MINIMUM
11:46:02AM FLOWS ON THE LOWER HILLSBOROUGH RIVER.
11:46:04AM AND LATER ON TONIGHT, THE WATER DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR CHUCK
11:46:11AM WEBER WILL BE GETTING INTO A LOT OF DETAILS ON CHOSE ITEMS,
11:46:17AM SPECIFICALLY THE DROUGHT AND THE MINIMUM FLOW ITEMS, AS
11:46:20AM CONSIDERATIONS TO THE FOUR ALTERNATIVES THAT WILL BE
11:46:23AM PRESENTED.
11:46:23AM YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, WE PRESENTED THEM IN A VERY QUICK,
11:46:31AM HIGH-LEVEL WAY BACK IN JUNE.
11:46:34AM SO TONIGHT, WE HAVE A RATHER LENGTHY PRESENTATION THAT GOES
11:46:43AM INTO THOSE DETAILS QUITE A BIT.
11:46:46AM I THINK A LOT WILL BECOME CLEARER TONIGHT.
11:46:49AM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION, MR. CHAIR?
11:46:52AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
11:46:53AM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SO THE REPORT THAT WE JUST RECEIVED OR
11:46:57AM THE DRAFT WE JUST RECEIVED YESTERDAY, DOES THAT INCLUDE
11:47:04AM RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPACT FEES?
11:47:07AM >>BRAD BAIRD: YES, IT DOES.
11:47:08AM IT DOES.
11:47:10AM AND -- WELL, I HAVEN'T READ IT YET.
11:47:12AM SO SOME OF THE FEES MAY GO DOWN AND SOME MAY GO UP.
11:47:18AM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: AND -- ALL RIGHT.
11:47:22AM WELL, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT MORE LATER.
11:47:25AM >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:47:28AM >>BILL CARLSON: RELATED TO THIS ISSUE, I ATTENDED THREE OF
11:47:32AM THE FOUR PUBLIC MEETINGS AND MY AIDE ATTENDED ALL FOUR.
11:47:36AM WE HEARD, AS YOU GOT THE QUESTIONS, BUT WE HEARD LOTS OF
11:47:41AM FEEDBACK.
11:47:41AM BUT THE BIGGEST FEEDBACK I HEARD WAS CYRUS GREENE WHERE MANY
11:47:47AM COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SUBSIDY FOR
11:47:50AM PEOPLE BELOW POVERTY LINE.
11:47:54AM AND THE CONCERN THERE WAS THAT THE GENERAL DESCRIPTION WAS
11:47:58AM THAT IT WOULD BE FOR PEOPLE WHO EARNED ANNUALLY A THIRD OR
11:48:03AM LESS OF THE MEDIAN INCOME.
11:48:05AM AND WHEN THAT WAS CALCULATED OUT, IT WAS ONLY ABOUT
11:48:08AM $12,000 A YEAR, WHICH MEANS PRETTY SEVERE POVERTY IN OUR
11:48:12AM COMMUNITY.
11:48:13AM THE COMMUNITY ASKED US TO CONSIDER RAISING THAT.
11:48:19AM I WOULD PERSONAL ASK YOU ALL, I THINK DENNIS AND OTHERS
11:48:21AM HEARD THAT LOUD AND CLEAR, AND MAYBE YOU ALL ARE CONSIDERING
11:48:24AM ALREADY.
11:48:25AM IF COUNCIL WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION, I WOULD ASK FOR A
11:48:27AM MOTION THAT WE ASK YOU ALL TO DO THAT, TOO.
11:48:30AM I THINK YOU HEARD THE MESSAGE.
11:48:32AM BUT SINCE WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME, I BRING THAT UP BECAUSE
11:48:35AM WE ONLY HAVE A WEEK UNTIL WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A ROOMFUL OF
11:48:38AM PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THIS.
11:48:40AM IF WE HAVE THAT MESSAGE TO COME BACK, I THINK IT WILL HELP A
11:48:44AM LOT WITH THE COMMUNITY CONCERN.
11:48:45AM >>BRAD BAIRD: THANK YOU.
11:48:49AM >> SHALL I ENTERTAIN A MOTION OR DO YOU THINK THAT IS
11:48:52AM SUFFICIENT?
11:48:53AM >>BRAD BAIRD: THE CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM HAS BEEN
11:48:55AM MODELED AFTER THE HARDSHIP PROGRAM IN THE STORMWATER
11:49:00AM IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENT.
11:49:01AM AND THAT WAS ALSO THE LEVEL OF QUALIFICATIONS WAS ALSO 30%
11:49:08AM OF THE AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME.
11:49:13AM SO THAT WAS THE IDEA THERE IS TO MODEL ONE PROGRAM AFTER THE
11:49:18AM OTHER.
11:49:22AM >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD LIKE TO, IF THE CHAIR WOULD ALLOW,
11:49:24AM I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ASK STAFF TO CONSIDER
11:49:26AM RAISING THE MINIMUM INCOME THRESHOLD FOR THAT SUBSIDY.
11:49:31AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
11:49:34AM >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION -- DO YOU WISH TO DISCUSS IT?
11:49:37AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: [MICROPHONE NOT ON]
11:49:40AM >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:49:43AM SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:49:46AM ANY IN FAVOR?
11:49:47AM ANY OPPOSED?
11:49:48AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:49:49AM COUNCIL, WE MOVE ONWARD TO ITEM NUMBER 7.
11:49:54AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: [MICROPHONE NOT ON]
11:49:57AM -- IF WE START ON THIS ONE, IT TAKES AN HOUR.
11:49:59AM >>LUIS VIERA: I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT, WHICH IS WE HAVE A
11:50:01AM DECISION TO MAKE.
11:50:02AM FOR STAFF, I WOULD LIKE TO BREAK FOR LUNCH AT ABOUT 12:15,
11:50:07AM 12:20.
11:50:08AM I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH IT.
11:50:11AM SO WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL?
11:50:13AM MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THAT WE BREAK -- YEP, THAT WE BREAK
11:50:16AM FOR LUNCH AND WE COME BACK AT 1:00, 12:45.
11:50:22AM 1:00.
11:50:23AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: BEFORE WE BREAK, I HAVE ONE SERIOUS CONCERN
11:50:26AM REGARDING THE STORM.
11:50:27AM I KNOW THE CHIEF OF STAFF IS HERE.
11:50:29AM I WOULD LIKE THAT TO GET THAT IN QUICK WHILE THE CHIEF OF
11:50:32AM STAFF IS HERE.
11:50:34AM >> HE JUST LEFT.
11:50:37AM >>SAL TERRITO: SAL TERRITO, LEGAL DEPARTMENT, DEALING WITH
11:50:40AM THE STORM --
11:50:41AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: MY CONCERN.
11:50:42AM I WAS AT A JOINT MEETING YESTERDAY, AND I NOTICED HOW THE
11:50:46AM OTHER ENTITIES ARE OPERATING, AND IT SEEMS LIKE ALL THE
11:50:49AM OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS WERE GETTING UPDATES BY THE MINUTE
11:50:53AM WHILE THEY WERE AT THE MEETINGS AND I'M WONDERING -- I ASKED
11:50:56AM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, HE WAS LOOKING AT HIS PHONE ABOUT THE
11:50:58AM STORM, I SAID, WHY DON'T WE GET -- THIS COUNCIL ISN'T
11:51:03AM GETTING UPDATES?
11:51:05AM HE SAID THAT'S THE WAY THEY HAVE ALWAYS DONE THAT HERE.
11:51:07AM I HAVE A PROBLEM.
11:51:08AM WE HAVE A STORM.
11:51:09AM I'M AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.
11:51:10AM I HAVE A DISTRICT WITH CONCERNS.
11:51:12AM WE AS AN ELECTED BODY, WE SHOULD BE GETTING INFORMATION IN
11:51:16AM REFERENCE TO STORMS, ANY EMERGENCIES IN THIS CITY JUST LIKE
11:51:19AM THE ADMINISTRATION IS WORKING ON.
11:51:21AM I'M ASKING THE CHIEF OF STAFF LOOK INTO THAT.
11:51:23AM BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE NOTIFIED OF WHAT'S GOING ON AS IT
11:51:28AM RELATES TO THE STORM JUST LIKE THE ADMINISTRATION.
11:51:30AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I HATE TO INTERFERE, BUT I DON'T HAVE MY
11:51:33AM PHONE WITH ME.
11:51:34AM YESTERDAY, I RECEIVED ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR ITEMS AND ONE
11:51:37AM THING ABOUT THE STORM.
11:51:39AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: THEN I APOLOGIZE ON THAT.
11:51:40AM I WASN'T GETTING ANYTHING.
11:51:47AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THEY ARE DOING IT.
11:51:49AM I AGREE, I'M IN 100% AGREEMENT WITH YOU.
11:51:53AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: NOT JUST THIS ISSUE HERE.
11:51:55AM I'M THINKING WHEN THINGS DO HAPPEN IN THE CITY, WE'RE THE
11:51:58AM LAST TO KNOW AT TIMES.
11:51:59AM I THINK WHEN THINGS HAPPEN IN OUR CITY OR DISTRICTS, WE
11:52:02AM SHOULD BE NOTIFIED IMMEDIATELY OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND NOT
11:52:05AM HEAR IT ON THE NEWS OR HEAR IT DAYS LATER.
11:52:10AM >>SAL TERRITO: I'LL CHECK ON THAT.
11:52:12AM I GET THE UPDATES AS WELL AS MOST OF THE PEOPLE.
11:52:15AM THERE ARE FOUR OR FIVE THAT COME OUT A DAY.
11:52:17AM WHAT THEY DO, THEY LINE THOSE UP WITH WHAT THE WEATHER
11:52:20AM SERVICE HAS DONE AND THEN WE GET COPIES OF THOSE.
11:52:22AM YOU SHOULD BE GETTING THEM.
11:52:23AM I'LL VERIFY.
11:52:25AM IF YOU'RE NOT, I'LL MAKE SURE YOUR NAME IS ON THE LIST.
11:52:29AM BUT THEY DO GO CITYWIDE.
11:52:30AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I'M SAYING, AS FAR AS ANY EMERGENCY THAT
11:52:32AM HAPPENS IN THE CITY, I THINK WE SHOULDN'T BE THE LAST TO
11:52:35AM KNOW.
11:52:36AM WE SHOULD BE GETTING A CALL FROM SOMEONE, THIS IS GOING ON
11:52:38AM IN YOUR DISTRICT, THIS IS HAPPENING.
11:52:40AM I'M JUST SITTING BY, LOOKING AT ELECTED OFFICIALS, PEOPLE
11:52:44AM CALLING THEM ON THE PHONE, GIVING UPDATES WHAT'S GOING ON.
11:52:47AM I THINK WE CAN'T DO THINGS AS WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IT.
11:52:50AM WE HAVE TO LOOK AT INNOVATIVE WAYS OF DOING THING.
11:52:52AM THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO BRING THAT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE
11:52:55AM CHIEF OF STAFF WHILE HE WAS HERE.
11:52:59AM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: VERY GOOD POINT, COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:53:02AM ON A SLIGHTLY PROCEDURAL NOTE, FOLKS IN GREEN HAVE BEEN VERY
11:53:08AM PATIENT.
11:53:08AM I'M WONDERING WHEN WE COME BACK, I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE
11:53:11AM COULD HEAR FROM THEM FIRST.
11:53:13AM >>LUIS VIERA: I WAS ACTUALLY WITH THAT.
11:53:15AM WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, NUMBER ONE,
11:53:18AM YOU ALL BE HONEST, IS THERE ANYBODY WHO IS UNABLE TO BE HERE
11:53:22AM FOR WHEN WE RETURN TO LUNCH BECAUSE OF A WORK SCHEDULE OR
11:53:25AM SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
11:53:26AM PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.
11:53:28AM I SEE NO HANDS RAISED.
11:53:29AM JUST MAKING SURE.
11:53:33AM OKAY.
11:53:34AM YEAH, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT, SIR, TO HAVE PUBLIC
11:53:37AM COMMENT FIRST.
11:53:37AM THAT'S FINE.
11:53:38AM I HAVE NO PROBLEM.
11:53:39AM GET YOU ALL UP THERE FIRST BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN VERY
11:53:42AM PATIENT.
11:53:43AM THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:53:44AM MR. BENNETT.
11:53:45AM >>JOHN BENNETT: I HEARD PART OF IT.
11:53:48AM COUNCILMAN GUDES, I WANTED TO CLARIFY ANYTHING YOU WERE
11:53:50AM CONCERNED ABOUT.
11:53:51AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I WAS JUST SAYING, I WAS AT A MEETING
11:53:54AM YESTERDAY, I WAS LOOKING AT ALL THE OTHER ELECTED BODIES,
11:53:56AM THEY HAD PEOPLE CALLING THEM, TELLING THEM MINUTE TO MINUTE
11:54:00AM WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE STORM.
11:54:02AM I WAS TALKING WITH COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO ABOUT THAT AND HE
11:54:05AM SAID THAT'S THE WAY THEY HAVE ALWAYS DONE THING.
11:54:08AM I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE DONE THAT WAY ANYMORE.
11:54:10AM I THINK WHEN THERE IS AN EMERGENCY IN THE CITY OR IN A
11:54:12AM CERTAIN COUNCILMAN'S DISTRICT WE SHOULD BE NOTIFIED RIGHT
11:54:16AM AWAY, A PHONE CALL OR REFERENCE TO WHAT'S GOING ON AND NOT
11:54:20AM TO HEAR IT ON THE NEWS OR WAIT A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER.
11:54:23AM I THINK WE HAVE TO DO THINGS IN A NEW MODEL.
11:54:25AM I KNOW YOU ARE THE GUY THAT LIKES NEW MODELS AND MOVES
11:54:28AM THINGS FORWARD.
11:54:28AM IN THE FUTURE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT WE ARE NOTIFIED
11:54:31AM RIGHT AWAY AND NOT WAITING AND HEARING CONSTITUENTS CALLING
11:54:34AM AND WE HAVE NO INFORMATION TO GIVE PEOPLE.
11:54:37AM >>BILL CARLSON: JUST ALONG THOSE LINES, ALSO, IT'S MY FIRST
11:54:40AM STORM AS A COUNCIL MEMBER.
11:54:42AM I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT OUR ROLE IS.
11:54:44AM I KNOW THERE WAS AN E-MAIL THAT WENT OUT TO ALL EMPLOYEES.
11:54:47AM THERE ARE POLITICAL WAYS THAT WE CAN GET INVOLVED IN THE
11:54:50AM COMMUNITY AND DO THINGS.
11:54:52AM BUT IF THERE IS A SPECIFIC ROLE THAT WE CAN DO IN
11:54:55AM COORDINATING WITH THE MAYOR AND YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT
11:54:59AM SO WE'RE NOT STEPPING ALL OVER EACH OTHER.
11:55:04AM >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL COUNCIL
11:55:07AM MEMBERS TO BE IN TOUCH WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS IN YOUR
11:55:10AM COMMUNITIES TO REACH OUT TO THE DISADVANTAGED.
11:55:11AM I REACHED OUT IN MY DISTRICT TO CROSSOVER CHURCH, TO THE
11:55:15AM LEADERSHIP THERE.
11:55:16AM AND TO COPELAND PARK.
11:55:17AM I JUST TEXTED THE GENTLEMAN WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE
11:55:21AM NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THERE, JUST TO, I GUESS, BE AWARE
11:55:24AM OF THINGS.
11:55:25AM THAT'S COMMON SENSE.
11:55:26AM I KNOW WE'RE ALL DOING THAT.
11:55:28AM BUT THAT MITIGATES THE DAMAGE TO THE EXTENT THERE'S ANY LACK
11:55:31AM OF COMMUNICATION POTENTIAL.
11:55:33AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT, BUT WE NEED
11:55:36AM THAT INFORMATION.
11:55:36AM WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
11:55:38AM JUST BECAUSE THE ADMINISTRATION MAY HAVE IT, THIS BODY NEEDS
11:55:41AM TO HAVE IT BECAUSE WE ARE THE ELECTED BODY.
11:55:44AM THE ELECTED BODY SHOULD HAVE JUST THE RIGHT TO THAT
11:55:46AM INFORMATION SO WE KNOW, WHERE IS THE EOC OPERATION?
11:55:56AM WHERE DO WE MEET AS A BODY?
11:55:57AM PEOPLE SAY THAT'S THE WAY YOU'VE ALWAYS DONE IT.
11:56:00AM WE JUST CAN'T DO THAT ANYMORE.
11:56:04AM I WON'T ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN ANYMORE, GOING BACKWARDS AND
11:56:07AM NOT GOING FORWARD.
11:56:07AM I KNOW THAT YOU'RE KEEN ON THAT, MR. BENNETT.
11:56:11AM >>JOHN BENNETT: YEAH, I RESONATE WITH THE FUTURE IS NOW AND
11:56:13AM NOT TOMORROW.
11:56:14AM WE OBVIOUSLY ARE IN A FIVE -- CONE OF WHAT WE WOULD CALL A
11:56:20AM NATURAL DISASTER INTELLIGENCE RIGHT NOW.
11:56:21AM WE'RE ALL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT BETWEEN THE BEST REPORTS AND
11:56:24AM THE BEST INFORMATION.
11:56:26AM YOU'RE SPEAKING TO MY HEART BECAUSE I CALLED THE COUNTY EOC
11:56:29AM AND THE STATE YESTERDAY TO TALK ABOUT THIS EXACT THING.
11:56:32AM SO IT'S NOT JUST THE TACTICAL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S GOING
11:56:35AM ON WITH DORIAN RIGHT NOW.
11:56:37AM IT'S THE STRATEGIC PLANNING.
11:56:39AM HOW WE COMMUNICATE INSIDE INTRAGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS.
11:56:45AM IT HAD BEEN MY HOPE WITH THE FACT THAT MOST OF YOU -- OR
11:56:47AM MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN IN YOUR SEAT LONGER, BUT AS A
11:56:50AM COLLECTIVE COUNCIL, THAT SOMEHOW WITHIN THE HUNDRED DAYS IN
11:56:53AM HURRICANE SEASON YOU WOULD ALREADY HAVE HAD A BRIEFING FROM
11:56:55AM THE CITY'S EM GROUP ABOUT HOW THINGS WORK.
11:56:58AM THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO PROGRESS TOWARDS TO
11:57:01AM MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS ON THE SAME PAGE.
11:57:03AM YESTERDAY'S E-MAIL WAS A CHANCE TO PUSH THE SAME INFORMATION
11:57:07AM THAT WE WERE GETTING TO YOUR RESPECTIVE CHAIR SO YOU COULD
11:57:12AM TALK TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS THE SAME WAY WE'RE TALKING TO THE
11:57:15AM REST OF THE CITY.
11:57:17AM THAT WAS THE FIRST ATTEMPT TO TRY AND RIGHT SIZE THAT.
11:57:21AM I AGREE, WE CAN ALWAYS DO BETTER.
11:57:23AM IT ALWAYS COMES DOWN TO RELATIONSHIP AND COMMUNICATION.
11:57:26AM EVERYTHING WILL BOIL DOWN TO THAT.
11:57:28AM I'M WORKING ON THAT WITH THE COUNTY RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY
11:57:32AM FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT IS THE HIGHEST RISK.
11:57:34AM TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED, HOMELESS, SPECIAL NEEDS, SET
11:57:38AM FRIENDLY, ALL OF THOSE THINGS I HAVE OUT TO THE COUNTY TO
11:57:41AM MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, NO MATTER WHAT LEVEL OF
11:57:45AM VOLUNTARY OR MANDATORY EVACUATION THAT WE MIGHT GET IN THE
11:57:48AM CITY AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE REENTRY.
11:57:50AM BUT THE TWO THINGS THAT MATTER ON THIS SIDE OF THE EQUATION
11:57:54AM ARE NOTIFICATIONS AND WHAT LEVEL EVACUATION WE NEED TO DO.
11:57:57AM THAT'S THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
11:57:58AM WE'VE HAD TWO CALLS SO FAR WITH THE COUNTY YESTERDAY -- I'M
11:58:02AM SORRY, THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY, AND THEN YESTERDAY, AND WE
11:58:05AM ANTICIPATE MORE OF THOSE TO COME.
11:58:07AM WE WILL GET THIS WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.
11:58:09AM I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID.
11:58:12AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
11:58:13AM I ALSO WANTED TO SALUTE MR. BENNETT.
11:58:16AM BEEN A FINE GENTLEMAN, JUST LIKE THE PREDECESSOR WHO IS HERE
11:58:20AM AND VERY EASY TO WORK WITH.
11:58:22AM >>JOHN BENNETT: HE TAUGHT ME EVERYTHING I KNOW.
11:58:24AM >>LUIS VIERA: THERE YOU GO.
11:58:25AM WE STAND IN RECESS UNTIL 1:00.
11:58:27AM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
11:58:27AM THANK YOU.
11:58:28AM [RECESS]
1:05:20PM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HERE.
1:05:22PM >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE.
1:05:23PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
1:05:24PM >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE.
1:05:25PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
1:05:26PM >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
1:05:27PM >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
1:05:28PM OKAY.
1:05:29PM WE BEGIN NOW WITH OUR LAST ITEM, WHICH IS THE BUDGET
1:05:33PM WORKSHOP.
1:05:33PM I KNOW BEFORE WE BEGIN, COUNCILMAN CITRO, YOU WANT TO
1:05:38PM INTRODUCE YOUR --
1:05:40PM >>JOSEPH CITRO: HE IS NOT HERE.
1:05:42PM IT CAN WAIT, MR. CHAIR.
1:05:45PM HE'S PROBABLY DOING SOME DUTY THAT I ASKED HIM TO DO.
1:05:48PM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN, WHILE YOU'RE ON THAT
1:05:51PM SUBJECT, I WANTED TO WISH ELIZABETH A FOND FAREWELL.
1:05:56PM SHE'S DONE A GREAT JOB.
1:06:00PM [ APPLAUSE ]
1:06:00PM TODAY IS HER LAST DAY AS OUR INTERN, ENDING HER SUMMER.
1:06:05PM SHE GETS ON A PLANE TOMORROW TO GO TO NEW YORK AND THEN
1:06:08PM CZECHOSLOVAKIA FOR A SEMESTER ABROAD.
1:06:18PM SHE'S DONE A GREAT JOB.
1:06:18PM SHE'S VERY BRIGHT.
1:06:18PM SHE WILL BE WONDERFUL IN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS, IF THAT'S
1:06:22PM HER CHOOSING.
1:06:24PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
1:06:25PM WE BEGIN WITH ITEM NUMBER 7.
1:06:30PM >> DENNIS ROGERO, INTERIM CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
1:06:33PM THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.
1:06:35PM YOU HAVE HEARD THE MAYOR SAY A FEW THINGS ABOUT THIS BUDGET
1:06:39PM THAT YOU'VE BEEN PRESENTED, THAT IT'S NOT A WOW BUDGET AND
1:06:42PM DOESN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF DAZZLING THINGS IN THAT.
1:06:46PM IT'S CERTAINLY TRUE.
1:06:47PM YOU HEARD US SAY IT ADDRESSES DEFERRED MAINTENANCE SERVICES
1:06:51PM AND CONTINUES TO SHORE UP OUR FINANCIAL CONDITION.
1:06:54PM YOU MAY RECALL THAT ONE OF OUR STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES IS
1:06:58PM ENSURING OUR FINANCIAL STABILITY.
1:07:00PM AND THIS BUDGET DOES THOSE THINGS.
1:07:02PM YOU'VE ALSO HEARD THE MAYOR SAY THERE ARE WONDERFUL,
1:07:06PM WONDERFUL THINGS HAPPENING IN THIS CITY.
1:07:08PM OF COURSE, THERE ARE.
1:07:09PM I'VE SEEN IT.
1:07:10PM YOU'VE SEEN IT.
1:07:11PM WE'RE EXPERIENCING IT RIGHT NOW.
1:07:12PM WE ANTICIPATE THAT WONDERFUL THINGS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
1:07:15PM HAPPEN IN THE CITY.
1:07:17PM BUT YOU'VE ALSO HEARD THE MAYOR SAY THAT WE'RE NOT OUT OF
1:07:21PM THE WOODS YET, AND WE'RE NOT.
1:07:23PM SETTING ASIDE THE TUMULT OCCURRING IN THE MARKETS AND THE
1:07:28PM ECONOMY AND WHAT TIME IT IS AND WHO'S DONE A REPORT, WE
1:07:32PM ANTICIPATE CONTINUING MAJOR CHALLENGES AHEAD OF US AS WE GO
1:07:37PM THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF FISCAL YEARS.
1:07:39PM YOU'VE HEARD SOME OF THEM.
1:07:40PM THE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH BONDS THAT ARE
1:07:42PM OVER 20 YEARS OLD.
1:07:44PM WE CONTINUE WITH INCREASE IN HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS.
1:07:50PM ACTIONS TAKEN IN THE PAST AND IN THE PRESENT THAT WILL
1:07:52PM CONTINUE TO HAVE A RECURRING IMPACT ON OUR FINANCES.
1:07:57PM I SAY ALL THIS TO SOME, BUDGET, A LITTLE BIT OF A MIXED BAG.
1:08:00PM IT'S GOT REALLY GOOD STUFF IN IT, WE THINK, THINGS THAT HAVE
1:08:05PM BEEN OVERDUE OR DEFERRED, AS I SAID, BUT ALSO SOME THINGS
1:08:08PM THAT STILL NEED TO TAKE PLACE LOOKING OUT TO THE FUTURE.
1:08:13PM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN, I APOLOGIZE, DENNIS, JUST A
1:08:16PM POINT OF ORDER, DID YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM THESE FOLKS?
1:08:19PM >>LUIS VIERA: YEAH, I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO DO THAT AS SOON
1:08:21PM AS MR. ROGERO WAS DONE WITH HIS OPENING.
1:08:24PM I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE THE PUBLIC GO FIRST.
1:08:26PM YOU MAY FINISH AND THEN WE'LL BREAK BRIEFLY FOR THE PUBLIC.
1:08:29PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: I JUST DID, ONLY TO SAY THANK YOU.
1:08:32PM I APPRECIATE YOUR GENUINE INTEREST IN THE BUDGET.
1:08:35PM THE CHIEF OF STAFF IS HERE, BUDGET LEADERSHIP IS HERE, I'M
1:08:39PM HERE.
1:08:39PM IF WE CAN'T ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS HERE, WE'LL GET YOU THE
1:08:43PM ANSWERS IN VERY SHORT ORDER.
1:08:44PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
1:08:45PM BEFORE WE GO TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT, MR. BENNETT, AGAIN, I
1:08:48PM PAY YOUR TIME DEFERENCE.
1:08:50PM WE'RE DEALING WITH A STORM.
1:08:51PM DO YOU PLAN ON BEING HERE THE WHOLE WORKSHOP OR DO YOU HAVE
1:08:53PM SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SAY AND THEN DEAL WITH
1:08:57PM RESPONSIBILITIES.
1:08:58PM I LEAVE THAT UP TO YOU AS A COURTESY.
1:09:03PM >> JOHN BENNETT, CHIEF OF STAFF, CITY OF TAMPA.
1:09:05PM GREAT QUESTION, GREAT TIMING.
1:09:06PM WE JUST RECEIVED NOTIFICATION TO CONVENE AS OUR EXECUTIVE
1:09:10PM POLICY GROUP AT THE COUNTY AT A TIME CERTAIN THIS AFTERNOON
1:09:12PM TO START MAKING DECISIONS.
1:09:14PM TO COUNCILMAN GUDES' QUESTION EARLIER, I TALKED TO THE FIRE
1:09:17PM CHIEF.
1:09:19PM HE'S PREPARING SOME DOCUMENTATION, A MEMORANDUM TO COUNCIL
1:09:23PM TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE WELL INFORMED OF WHAT YOUR NEXT
1:09:25PM MOVES ARE AND HOW YOU CAN BETTER HELP US COMMUNICATE WITH
1:09:28PM THE PUBLIC.
1:09:29PM I'M GOING TO STAY AS LONG AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE
1:09:32PM SURE THAT WE'RE, AGAIN, COPRODUCING THIS CHAPTER OF
1:09:35PM GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, BUT I'M GOING TO STAY
1:09:39PM AS LONG AS I CAN.
1:09:40PM >>LUIS VIERA: GREAT.
1:09:41PM YES, SIR, COUNCILMAN GUDES.
1:09:43PM >>ORLANDO GUDES: CHIEF OF STAFF, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
1:09:45PM WE WERE IN THE BACK TALKING, EVEN SOME OF OUR AIDES WERE
1:09:51PM TALKING AS WELL.
1:09:51PM WHAT DO WE DO?
1:09:52PM I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP ON GETTING ON THAT RIGHT AWAY
1:09:56PM BECAUSE WE DO NEED TO KNOW.
1:09:57PM WE HAVE TO BE READY TO MOVE.
1:09:59PM >> JOHN BENNETT: I WILL TELL YOU FROM MY NINE DAYS ON THE
1:10:04PM GROUND, I APOLOGIZE AND I WILL TAKE CARE OF IT.
1:10:11PM >>LUIS VIERA: IF YOU HAVE TO DUCK OUT, THERE WILL BE NO
1:10:13PM OFFENSE TAKEN, OBVIOUSLY.
1:10:13PM >>SAL TERRITO: SAL TERRITO, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
1:10:16PM I WILL BE BRINGING TO YOU TONIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR
1:10:19PM MEETING A RESOLUTION DEALING WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF US NOT
1:10:23PM BEING ABLE TO HOLD OUR PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 3rd.
1:10:25PM WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS BASICALLY SAYING THAT IF
1:10:29PM WE CAN'T HAVE THE MEETING ON THE 3rd BECAUSE OF THE STORM,
1:10:32PM ASSUMING WE GET HIT, THAT THE MEETING WILL BE MOVED TO THE
1:10:35PM 9th, BUT THAT ALSO MEANS YOU'VE GOT TO MOVE THE SECOND
1:10:39PM HEARING BECAUSE THERE'S TIME IN BETWEEN, TIME FOR
1:10:42PM ADVERTISING, WHICH WILL PROBABLY BE THE 9th AND THE
1:10:45PM 23rd.
1:10:46PM WHAT I'M GOING TO TRY TO DO IS DRAFT IT IN SUCH A WAY THAT
1:10:51PM GIVES YOU THAT AS AN OPTION, NO AT REQUIREMENT.
1:10:53PM IF THE STORM DOESN'T HIT, WE'LL CONTINUE AS IS.
1:10:55PM ONCE THIS IS FINISHED, I'LL RUN UPSTAIRS, GET THE RESOLUTION
1:11:00PM PREPARED AND GET IT TO YOU AT TONIGHT'S MEETING TO KEEP YOU
1:11:03PM IN THE LOOP OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.
1:11:04PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I REMEMBER THE EVENING OF
1:11:06PM SEPTEMBER 1st, 2016, WHEN WE HAD A TROPICAL STORM WARNING
1:11:09PM OR WATCH, AND THE MAYOR WAS ADAMANT IN MOVING FORWARD WITH
1:11:14PM OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
1:11:15PM WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS ONE.
1:11:19PM >>SAL TERRITO: I THINK THE TWO YEARS AGO ONE, WE DID GET A
1:11:22PM CONTINUANCE ON THE HEARING.
1:11:23PM THE LAST STORM THAT CAME THROUGH.
1:11:25PM WE'RE DEALING WITH THE CONTINGENCIES, NOT THE CERTAINTIES.
1:11:28PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
1:11:30PM USUALLY WE TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER WE'RE FINISHED BUT
1:11:32PM GIVEN THE LATE HOUR THAT WE'VE GONE INTO, AS A COURTESY TO
1:11:36PM THE GOOD FOLKS WHO WISH TO SPEAK, WE'LL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT
1:11:39PM BEFORE.
1:11:39PM IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
1:11:41PM PLEASE STAND UP, LINE UP OVER THERE TO MY LEFT AND LET'S
1:11:44PM BEGIN.
1:11:56PM >> I HAVE A LETTER I WANT TO ENTER INTO THE RECORD AND SOME
1:12:05PM OTHER THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO PASS FORWARD.
1:12:08PM I'M ALREADY 15 SECONDS DOWN.
1:12:18PM GOOD AFTERNOON.
1:12:18PM NUNEZ.
1:12:20PM 15022 ROCKY LEDGE DRIVE.
1:12:21PM THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR LISTENING TO US THIS MORNING
1:12:25PM AND ALLOWING US TO SPEAK ON WHAT TOO MANY OF US HERE AND
1:12:30PM THOSE OF US HERE EARLIER, THOSE WHO CAN'T BE WITH US TODAY,
1:12:33PM SEE A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE, THE VIABILITY OF TAMPA BAY ARTS
1:12:36PM AND EDUCATION NETWORK.
1:12:37PM TBAE IS A NONPROFIT AWARD-WINNING PRODUCTION HOUSE THAT FOR
1:12:41PM OVER 25 YEARS HAS RECEIVED FULL SUPPORT FROM THE CITY OF
1:12:43PM TAMPA.
1:12:45PM INEXPLICABLY TWO YEARS AGO WE WERE DROPPED COMPLETELY FROM
1:12:48PM THE CITY'S BUDGET WHILE OTHERS RECEIVED MODEST DIMINISHED
1:12:51PM CONTRIBUTION, TBAE STIPEND WAS REDUCED TO ZERO.
1:12:55PM I AM THE CREATOR, PRODUCER HOST OF THE TELLY AWARD-WINNING
1:12:58PM TAMPA NATIVE SHOW.
1:13:00PM BROADCAST LOYAL TO THE PRESERVATION OF TAMPA'S AMAZING
1:13:04PM HISTORY.
1:13:04PM MOST OF YOU HAVE APPEARED WITH ME ON THAT TELECAST AND
1:13:09PM PRIVATELY, ALL OF YOU HAVE EXPRESSED GRATITUDE FOR THE WORK
1:13:12PM WE DO IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE APPRECIATION TO OUR
1:13:15PM DEDICATION TO TASK.
1:13:16PM TBAE IS A TREMENDOUS ASSET TO THE CITY OF TAMPA AND HER
1:13:24PM RESIDENTS.
1:13:25PM WHY ARE THEY NOT EMBRACED FOR THE INCOMPARABLE WORK THAT
1:13:28PM THEY DO?
1:13:29PM NO ONE IS PRODUCING THE PROGRAMMING THAT TBAE DOES AND THEY
1:13:31PM DO IT WITH A STAFF OF THREE, THREE OF THE HARDEST WORKING
1:13:35PM EMPLOYEES I KNOW.
1:13:35PM WE ALSO GET TALENTED STUDENTS THAT YOU'VE HEARD FROM TODAY
1:13:37PM FROM USF, HCC AND UT THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW THEIR CAREER,
1:13:41PM EXPERIENCE WITH INTERNSHIPS.
1:13:43PM WE ARE HERE TODAY TO SHOW STRONG ALLEGIANCE FOR THE
1:13:46PM RESTORATION OF FUNDING SUPPORT FROM THE CITY WE ALL LOVE AND
1:13:50PM HOLD DEAR.
1:13:51PM JUST LISTEN TO THE TITLE OF SOME OF THE AWARD-WINNING SHOWS.
1:13:54PM ART OFF THE WALL.
1:13:55PM EVENING TIDE TALKS.
1:13:57PM FILMMAKER SPOTLIGHT, INNOVATORS IN SCIENCE.
1:13:59PM JOLT TV, STEAM AHEAD AND TAMPA NATIVE SHOW AND VETERAN
1:14:03PM STRONG.
1:14:03PM IMAGINE, IF YOU WILL, THE CITY OF TAMPA LIVING UP TO ITS
1:14:06PM PROMISE TO PROMOTE THE ARTS AS WE HEARD ALONG THE CAMPAIGN
1:14:09PM TRAIL, NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT TO THE CONSTITUENTS OF THIS
1:14:12PM FAIR CITY THAN PROMISES KEPT.
1:14:14PM AFTER ALL, THE A IN TBAE STANDS FOR ARTS.
1:14:18PM WITH SO MUCH GROWTH IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE OF OUR CITY, WE
1:14:21PM FEEL THERE'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AT HAND TO SHARE THAT GOOD
1:14:24PM NEWS.
1:14:24PM THERE'S SO MUCH WORK TO DO.
1:14:26PM AND NO ONE IS POSITIONED BETTER TO DO THAT THAN TBAE.
1:14:31PM YouTube CLIPS ALONE JUST AREN'T ENOUGH TO TELL THE STORY.
1:14:35PM OLDER TAMPANIANS ARE STILL SITTING IN FRONT OF THEIR TVs
1:14:40PM ENJOYING WHAT THEY KNOW AND FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH.
1:14:42PM ALLOW ME TO CLOSE BY ONCE AGAIN SAYING THANK YOU FOR YOUR
1:14:42PM HARD WORK AS THE CITY FACES CHALLENGES AS WE CONTINUE TO
1:14:46PM MORPH INTO SOMETHING THAT OLD TAMPANIANS REALLY JUST DON'T
1:14:49PM RECOGNIZE.
1:14:50PM WITH A HURRICANE BEARING DOWN UPON OUR STATE, THERE IS MUCH
1:14:52PM TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT.
1:14:53PM PLEASE DON'T LEAVE TBAE OUT OF YOUR BUDGET PLANS TOMORROW.
1:14:56PM WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
1:14:58PM I LOST 15 SECONDS --
1:15:03PM >>LUIS VIERA: YOU MAY FINISH.
1:15:04PM >> MY SUBSEQUENT THOUGHT TO ALL OF THIS WAS, AND IT CAME TO
1:15:07PM ME IN THE LAST SESSION WHILE WE WERE TALKING, JUST BEFORE WE
1:15:10PM BROKE FOR LUNCH, IN THIS TIME OF EMERGENCY AND AWARENESS AND
1:15:13PM ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH HERE AS A
1:15:15PM COMMUNITY, TBAE IS ANOTHER PLATFORM, ANOTHER MEGAPHONE, IF
1:15:20PM YOU WILL TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION.
1:15:22PM I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD HAVE A SEAT AT THE
1:15:24PM TABLE ALONG WITH CCTV, ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER NEWS
1:15:28PM ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP GET THE WORD OUT FOR PEOPLE TO BE SAFE
1:15:30PM AND BE CAREFUL.
1:15:32PM AGAIN, THANK YOU.
1:15:33PM I'LL TAKE MY TELLY NOW.
1:15:36PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
1:15:37PM NEXT, PLEASE.
1:15:40PM >> HELLO, EVERYONE.
1:15:41PM MY NAME IS DANZELL.
1:15:46PM I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR TIME.
1:15:47PM I AM A RECENT INTERN WITH TAMPA BAY ARTS AND EDUCATION
1:15:50PM NETWORK.
1:15:50PM IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH THEM.
1:15:54PM I MET SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE EXTREMELY DEDICATED AND A PLEASURE
1:15:59PM TO BE WITH.
1:15:59PM LIKE I SAID, STAFF OF THREE PEOPLE, AND THEY ARE HIGHLY
1:16:03PM DEDICATED AND VERY ATTENTIVE TO THE NETWORK AND THE
1:16:07PM INTERNSHIP PROGRAM THAT THEY HAVE THERE.
1:16:09PM I WAS FORTUNATE TO MEET THEM WHILE WORKING AT THE VENUE THAT
1:16:14PM THE GASPARILLA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL WAS HELD AT.
1:16:20PM AND I JUST EXPRESSED MY PASSION AND MY INTERESTS IN ENTERING
1:16:26PM THE MEDIA ARTS.
1:16:29PM THEY WERE GENEROUS ENOUGH TO HAVE ME, I'VE JUST BEEN ABLE TO
1:16:35PM SEE HOW EVERYTHING -- I DIDN'T HAVE ANY OUTLETS TO ENTER THE
1:16:42PM MEDIA, IF YOU MAY SAY, AND THEY GRANTED ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO
1:16:48PM SEE HOW EVERYTHING RUNS, TO EXPRESS MY PASSION, EDITING AND
1:16:54PM ARTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
1:16:55PM I THINK IT'S A GREAT OUTLET FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA TO SEE
1:16:59PM DIFFERENT OUTLETS AND THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE CITY.
1:17:02PM AS SOMEONE THAT I RECENTLY MOVED TO TAMPA AND I THINK IS A
1:17:07PM GREAT IDEA, SOMETHING THAT SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ON A
1:17:12PM NETWORK AND FUNDED.
1:17:14PM THANK YOU.
1:17:15PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
1:17:16PM NEXT, PLEASE.
1:17:20PM >> GOOD EVENING.
1:17:21PM I'M JESSICA STURGESS, 505 EAST JACKSON STREET.
1:17:25PM IN 2009, TAMPA EDUCATIONAL CABLE CONSORTIUM, BETTER KNOWN
1:17:28PM BACK THEN AS THE EDUCATION CHANNEL, ACCEPTED ME AS AN INTERN
1:17:32PM FOR THEIR PROMINENT FILM FESTIVAL, THE INDEPENDENCE FILM
1:17:35PM FESTIVAL.
1:17:35PM MY JOB WAS TO SCREEN FILMS RANGING FROM A LENGTH OF
1:17:39PM 30-MINUTE SHORTS TO LONG FORMAT DOCUMENTARIES THAT SOMETIMES
1:17:42PM EXTENDED TO THREE HOURS.
1:17:43PM IN 2013, I WAS HIRED AS WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS THE TAMPA BAY
1:17:50PM ARTS AND EDUCATION NETWORK.
1:17:51PM MY MAIN GOAL WAS TO BOOST OUR AWARENESS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND
1:17:55PM IN THE COMMUNITY.
1:17:55PM AND I ALSO GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD THE INTERNSHIP
1:17:58PM PROGRAM.
1:17:58PM TODAY, NOT ONLY IS THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM THRIVING WITH MOST
1:18:03PM RECENT EIGHT STUDENTS FROM UT, HCC, AND USF, COMPLETING OVER
1:18:08PM 950 HOURS DURING OUR SUMMER PROGRAM, BUT OUR GOALS OF
1:18:12PM PRODUCING CONTENT THAT PROMOTES ARTS, CULTURAL AND EDUCATION
1:18:15PM PROGRAMMING IS OVERWHELMING.
1:18:17PM PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY CONSTANTLY REACH OUT TO US TO
1:18:20PM EITHER CREATE A FIVE-MINUTE IMPACT FILM SUCH AS THE SIDEWALK
1:18:24PM STOMPERS OR PITCH US AN IDEA FOR A NEW ONE-HOUR SERIES THAT
1:18:28PM FOCUSES ON AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY.
1:18:29PM THOSE WHO APPROACH US NEVER ASK US TO CREATE A 90-SECOND
1:18:37PM PIECE BECAUSE THAT IS NOT A REALISTIC AMOUNT OF TIME TO TELL
1:18:39PM THEIR STORIES.
1:18:40PM THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES WHO BELIEVE LONGER FORMAT
1:18:44PM PROGRAMMING IS IMPORTANT.
1:18:46PM HBO JUST FINISHED A SUCCESSFUL EIGHT SEASONS OF GAME OF
1:18:49PM THRONES, WHICH EACH EPISODE WAS ONE HOUR LONG, AND THEY
1:18:52PM ESTIMATED A REVENUE OF $3.1 BILLION, OR HOW ABOUT AMC, THE
1:18:55PM WALKING DEAD.
1:18:56PM THEY ARE IN THEIR TENTH SEASON, EACH EPISODE BEING AN HOUR
1:19:00PM LONG AND WHO KNOWS HOW MUCH THEY RECEIVED IN REVENUE.
1:19:02PM THESE NETWORKS DON'T PUT THESE EPISODES ON YouTube.
1:19:05PM THEY HAVE THEIR OWN STREAMING SERVICE JUST LIKE US AT TBAE.
1:19:08PM WHY?
1:19:08PM BECAUSE SOCIAL MEDIA IS EVER-CHANGING AND CAN'T BE
1:19:12PM CONTROLLED.
1:19:13PM I JUST RECENTLY DELETED YouTube OFF OF MY DAUGHTER'S
1:19:16PM iPAD BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE DOING THE MOMO SUICIDE CHALLENGE.
1:19:20PM SO HOW DOES THIS PERTAIN TO THE CITY OF TAMPA OR ITS
1:19:23PM GOVERNMENT BODY?
1:19:24PM IF LONG FORMATTING PROGRAM IS NOT IMPORTANT, THEN WHY ARE
1:19:27PM THE TAMPA BAY TIGER CLUB FORUMS AT LEAST AN HOUR LONG OR WHY
1:19:31PM ARE THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES AT LEAST TWO HOURS LONG?
1:19:33PM WHY?
1:19:34PM BECAUSE YOU CAN'T TELL YOUR STORY IN JUST 90 SECONDS.
1:19:37PM I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO RESTORE TAMPA EDUCATIONAL CABLE
1:19:40PM CONSORTIUM OR TBAE'S FUNDING SO THAT WE MAY CONTINUE TO
1:19:45PM TELLING STORIES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
1:19:48PM THANK YOU.
1:19:48PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.
1:19:49PM NEXT, PLEASE.
1:19:51PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN VIERA AND HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL
1:19:55PM MEMBERS.
1:19:55PM MY NAME IS GLENDA MAIDEN.
1:19:57PM I'M THE DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMING AND PRODUCTION AT TAMPA BAY
1:19:59PM ARTS AND EDUCATION NETWORK, FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE TAMPA
1:20:06PM EDUCATIONAL CABLE CONSORTIUM.
1:20:07PM WHEN I WAS A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL AT LETO HIGH SCHOOL, I
1:20:09PM HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MAYOR'S SUMMER JOB
1:20:12PM PROGRAM.
1:20:12PM I WAS ASSIGNED A RECEPTIONIST JOB AT USF, AND THIS WAS MY
1:20:16PM FIRST EXPOSURE INTO THE PROFESSIONAL WORLD, AND IT GAVE ME
1:20:19PM THE DESIRE TO BE A PROFESSIONAL, AND IT WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN
1:20:25PM CREATING -- SHAPING MY CAREER.
1:20:27PM WHEN I WAS -- FAST-FORWARD 26 YEARS LATER AND THIS SUMMER
1:20:32PM HERE AT TBAE I GOT THE CHANCE TO PAY IT FORWARD.
1:20:35PM I WAS ABLE TO HIRE A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT FOR THE SUMMER.
1:20:38PM HIS NAME IS DYLAN LOSTARICA FROM BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL.
1:20:42PM HE WANTED TO BE HERE TODAY, BUT HE'S IN SCHOOL.
1:20:45PM SO I'M HAPPY TO SAY HE HAD A GREAT FIRST EXPERIENCE, AND I
1:20:49PM WAS ABLE TO GIVE HIM THAT FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE PROFESSIONAL
1:20:52PM WORLD OF VIDEO PRODUCTION HERE IN TAMPA.
1:20:54PM THIS IS THE TYPE OF ORGANIZATION TBAE REPRESENTS.
1:20:59PM WE ARE HERE NOT JUST AS THE CABLE CHANNEL THAT IS A LINE
1:21:03PM ITEM ON A SPREADSHEET.
1:21:04PM WE'VE BEEN KEEPING UP WITH TECHNOLOGY IN THE TIMES, AND WE
1:21:08PM HAVE ALSO EVOLVED OUR SERVICES INTO A FREE STREAMING
1:21:11PM SERVICE.
1:21:12PM WATCH.TBAE.NET.
1:21:14PM MOST OF THE STUDENTS THAT COME HERE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE
1:21:17PM OPPORTUNITY TO GET REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE AND ACTUALLY BE
1:21:19PM TREATED AS A TEAM MEMBER AND NOT JUST AN INTERN.
1:21:22PM THEY ARE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO WORK ON REAL VIDEO PRODUCTION
1:21:25PM PROJECTS THAT ARE A PART OF TAMPA'S FABRIC OF ART,
1:21:28PM EDUCATION, AND CULTURE.
1:21:29PM MANY OF YOU HAVE HAD THE CHANCE TO COME TO OUR STUDIO.
1:21:32PM IF YOU HAVEN'T, PLEASE DO.
1:21:34PM IT IS A SMALL OPERATION, BUT YOU CAN PLAINLY SEE THAT WE
1:21:37PM UTILIZE EVERY RESOURCE GIVEN TO PRODUCE MEANINGFUL WORK FOR
1:21:40PM THE COMMUNITY.
1:21:41PM WHETHER IT'S PRESERVING THE STORY OF A LOCAL MUSICIAN,
1:21:44PM DOCUMENTING AN ENVIRONMENTAL LECTURE AT THE AQUARIUM, OR
1:21:47PM HELPING TO AMPLIFY THE WORK OF A LOCAL ARTIST TO A WIDER
1:21:51PM AUDIENCE, WE PUT OUR SKILLS, TALENT, AND HEART INTO EVERY
1:21:53PM PROJECT.
1:21:54PM THIS IS MOST APPARENT IN OUR LEADER, G. SCOTT MAIDEN, WHO
1:21:57PM HAS SPENT HIS WHOLE CAREER IN KEEPING THIS ORGANIZATION
1:22:00PM ALIVE AND RE-CREATING TBAE INTO WHAT IT IS TODAY.
1:22:03PM AS HIS PARTNER IN LIFE, I SEE HIM CONSTANTLY STRUGGLING
1:22:06PM BETWEEN HIS LOVE FOR THE STATION, KEEPING IT RUNNING
1:22:08PM TECHNICALLY BECAUSE HE'S STILL THE ENGINEER THERE, AS WELL
1:22:10PM AS FINANCIALLY FOR THE STAFF THERE AS WELL TRYING TO BALANCE
1:22:15PM -- ALL WHILE TRYING TO BALANCE BEING A LOVING DAD AND HIDE
1:22:18PM ALL THESE WORRIES FROM HIS KIDS.
1:22:19PM WE ONLY HAVE THREE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE BEEN
1:22:24PM SHOULDERING THIS VICIOUS CYCLE OF WONDERING IF WE HAVE TO
1:22:27PM CLOSE OUR DOORS EVERY SIX MONTHS SINCE I'VE BEEN WORKING
1:22:29PM THERE SINCE 2007, BECAUSE ARTS AND EDUCATION ARE ALWAYS THE
1:22:32PM FIRST THINGS TO GET CUT OUT OF BUDGETS, BUT WE CONTINUE TO
1:22:37PM DO THIS WORK BECAUSE WE LOVE THIS COMMUNITY, WE LOVE
1:22:39PM MENTORING THE FUTURE, WE LOVE BEING ABLE TO HELP THE OTHER
1:22:41PM LOCAL NONPROFITS HERE.
1:22:42PM HOW CAN THE HARDEST LITTLE TV STATION NOT BE SUPPORTED AND
1:22:47PM NOT BACKED?
1:22:47PM I'M PROUD OF THE WORK WE'VE PRODUCED IN MY 12 YEARS HERE.
1:22:51PM I'M PROUD OF THE DIVERSITY YOU SEE IN OUR ORGANIZATION WHEN
1:22:53PM YOU WALK THROUGH OUR DOORS.
1:22:55PM TBAE DESERVES TO BE PART AND PUT BACK INTO THE BUDGET.
1:22:59PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
1:22:59PM WE APPRECIATE IT.
1:23:00PM NEXT, PLEASE.
1:23:01PM THIS GENTLEMAN APPARENTLY WILL BE OUR LAST SPEAKER FOR
1:23:04PM PUBLIC COMMENT.
1:23:04PM >> COUNCILMEN, MY NAME IS GREGORY SCOTT MAIDEN.
1:23:14PM I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CEO, PRESIDENT, CALL IT WHAT
1:23:17PM YOU WILL, ALSO ENGINEER OF THE TAMPA BAY ARTS AND EDUCATION
1:23:19PM NETWORK.
1:23:20PM WE'RE ACROSS THE STREET.
1:23:21PM MOST OF YOU GUYS KNOW ME.
1:23:22PM I APPRECIATE THE TIME EACH OF YOU SHARED WITH ME TO TALK TO
1:23:26PM ME IN RECENT TIMES.
1:23:26PM YOU ARE ALL WELL AWARE OF OUR SITUATION.
1:23:32PM I THINK YOU'RE WELL AWARE OF WHAT A PEG CHANNEL IS AND WHAT
1:23:35PM THIS HAS MEANT TO THE COMMUNITY FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
1:23:38PM I KNOW YOU'RE ALSO -- MOST OF YOU HAVE BEEN CONNECTED TO ONE
1:23:41PM OR AT LEAST ONE OR MAYBE MORE OF OUR PROGRAMS OVER THE LAST
1:23:44PM FEW YEARS, EVEN MR. MIRANDA.
1:23:46PM SO I DON'T FEEL THE NEED TO GO INTO A LOT OF DEPTH ABOUT WHO
1:23:52PM WE ARE.
1:23:52PM I THINK YOU GUYS KNOW WHO WE ARE AND I THINK YOU GUYS KNOW
1:23:56PM WHAT WE DO.
1:23:57PM BEFORE YOU, I HAVE TWO HANDOUTS HERE.
1:23:59PM ONE OF WHICH I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET TO, BUT I'LL
1:24:01PM CONCENTRATE PRIMARILY ON THIS FUNDING ALLOCATION HERE.
1:24:04PM WE ARE REQUESTING TO BE PUT BACK IN TO THE NONPROFIT FUNDING
1:24:09PM ASSISTANCE THAT WE RECEIVED BASICALLY FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS.
1:24:12PM WE NEED THAT MONEY TO BUY -- TO PAY FOR SOME NEW EMPLOYEES.
1:24:17PM AS YOU'VE HEARD, WE'VE HAD THREE PEOPLE AND FULL-TIME STAFF.
1:24:20PM WE HAVE MAYBE THREE TIMES THAT MANY INTERNS ALONE.
1:24:23PM WE HAVE CONSTANTLY HEARING FROM MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY,
1:24:26PM TOO, ABOUT THE STORIES THAT THEY WOULD LIKE US TO TELL.
1:24:29PM WE HAVE A LONG LIST OF PROJECTS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO
1:24:32PM DEVELOP AND WORK ON.
1:24:33PM THAT'S WHERE WE NEED HELP FOR DOING THAT.
1:24:35PM MAYBE A FULL-TIME AND A PART-TIME EDITOR AND SOMEBODY TO
1:24:38PM HELP ME SHOOT.
1:24:39PM YOU GUYS I'M SURE HAVE SEEN ME OUT IN THE FIELD.
1:24:41PM I'M THE CEO BUT I'M THE GUY CARRYING THE CAMERA, TOO, AND
1:24:44PM THE TRIPOD AND SETTING THAT ALL UP.
1:24:46PM WE ALL WEAR A LOT OF HATS.
1:24:47PM AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT CAN STEP UP
1:24:51PM AND HELP FOR THAT, TOO.
1:24:52PM WE ALSO HAD TO PUT OFF UPGRADING SOME OF OUR EQUIPMENT OVER
1:24:56PM THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS DUE TO THE BUDGET CUTBACKS.
1:24:59PM THIS HAS PUT US IN A KIND OF PRECARIOUS POSITION.
1:25:02PM WE TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF OUR EQUIPMENT.
1:25:04PM WE REALLY LEVERAGE OUR TECHNOLOGY AS FAR AS WE CAN.
1:25:07PM THE FACT IS COMPUTERS, SERVERS, THEY DO HAVE A FINITE LIFE
1:25:10PM SPAN ON THAT, AND WE'RE APPROACHING THE END ON A COUPLE OF
1:25:13PM THOSE THINGS, TOO, RIGHT NOW.
1:25:15PM WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO REPLACE THOSE IN THE FUTURE, ANY ONE
1:25:18PM OF THOSE COULD BE A CATASTROPHIC DANGER TO US AT THE MOMENT.
1:25:21PM IF WE ARE ABLE TO GET THIS, I MENTIONED SOME OF THE
1:25:23PM PROGRAMMING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IN THE FUTURE.
1:25:25PM WE HEARD VERY STRONGLY FROM THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY
1:25:27PM THAT THEIR HISTORY HAS NOT BEEN REPRESENTED WELL.
1:25:31PM HAD A MEETING YESTERDAY WITH YVETTE LOUIS FROM THE NAACP,
1:25:35PM AND WE HAVE AGREED TO PARTNER WITH HER IN ORDER TO DEVELOP
1:25:38PM MAYBE A FIVE-PART STUDIO SERIES ON AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
1:25:41PM AS WELL AS COVERING THE NAACP EXISTENCE HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH
1:25:45PM COUNTY.
1:25:46PM WE ALSO WANT TO CONTINUE ON WITH A COUPLE OF OUR ARTS
1:25:51PM PROGRAM.
1:25:52PM ART PERSPECTIVE, WE WANT TO GET BACK OUT IN THE FIELD MORE
1:25:55PM AND HIGHLIGHT MORE OF THE INSTALLATIONS AND ART PROJECTS
1:25:57PM THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR STUDIO.
1:25:58PM WE HAVE A VERY SUCCESSFUL STUDIO ART SHOW, BUT THAT DOES
1:26:01PM REQUIRE ARTISTS AND PEOPLE FROM THE ART COMMUNITY TO COME
1:26:05PM INTO OUR STUDIO.
1:26:05PM IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD TO SHOW WHAT THEY ACTUALLY DO.
1:26:08PM WE WANT TO GET BACK OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO DO THAT, TOO.
1:26:11PM ANOTHER PROGRAM WE DO WITH THAT IS FILMMAKER SPOTLIGHT.
1:26:13PM I KNOW A COUPLE OF PEOPLE HAVE MENTIONED THAT TODAY AND
1:26:15PM FILMMAKER SPOTLIGHT IS ANOTHER ONE WE WON AN AWARD FOR.
1:26:19PM I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, AND I APPRECIATE
1:26:21PM YOUR THOUGHT AND CONSIDERATION.
1:26:22PM >>LUIS VIERA: WE APPRECIATE IT.
1:26:23PM THANK YOU, SIR.
1:26:23PM COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
1:26:24PM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU.
1:26:25PM SCOTT, JUST A QUICK RECAP, UP UNTIL A FEW YEARS AGO, I
1:26:34PM WASN'T HERE, YOU GUYS WERE TO THE TUNE OF HOW MUCH ON THE
1:26:38PM CITY BUDGET?
1:26:39PM >> ABOUT 108,000.
1:26:41PM WHEN WE WERE CUT -- WE WERE CUT FROM 108 TO ZERO.
1:26:47PM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: AND HOW LONG HAS THAT BEEN?
1:26:49PM >> TWO YEARS.
1:26:50PM IRMA.
1:26:50PM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: EXACTLY TWO YEARS AGO.
1:26:53PM >> ALMOST, YEAH.
1:26:53PM WE WERE HERE --
1:26:56PM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS YOU'VE BEEN ZERO.
1:26:59PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
1:26:59PM YOU PROVIDED, JUST FOR THE RECORD, I THINK AT LEAST ONE
1:27:05PM DOCUMENT TODAY THAT SPEAKS TO HOW YOU WOULD UTILIZE THAT
1:27:09PM $100,000 FOR VARIOUS PROGRAMMING.
1:27:12PM >> YES, SIR.
1:27:12PM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: CAN YOU GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF THAT
1:27:15PM PROGRAMMING?
1:27:15PM AT THE BOTTOM THERE, WHAT YOU'VE HIGHLIGHTED, THE AFRICAN
1:27:19PM AMERICAN.
1:27:20PM >> SURE.
1:27:20PM SO TWO OF THESE PROGRAMS, OUR PERSPECTIVE AND FILMMAKER
1:27:23PM SPOTLIGHT ARE EXISTING PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE BEEN PRODUCING
1:27:27PM FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
1:27:28PM FILMMAKER SPOTLIGHT I THINK IS IN THE FIFTH OR SIXTH SEASON
1:27:32PM RIGHT NOW AND WORKS VERY CLOSE WITH THE GASPARILLA ARTS
1:27:33PM FESTIVAL.
1:27:34PM ART PERSPECTIVE IS REALLY OUR FIELD PROGRAM TO COVER ART
1:27:38PM EVENTS HAPPENING IN THE FIELD.
1:27:39PM THAT COULD BE AT OUR LECTURE.
1:27:40PM THAT COULD BE A TOUR, A WALK-THROUGH WITH A DOCENT AT ONE OF
1:27:43PM THE ART MUSEUMS.
1:27:44PM THAT COULD BE CHECKING OUT ONE OF THE MAYOR'S NEW ART IN THE
1:27:48PM NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECTS THAT I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED.
1:27:51PM THOSE KINDS OF THINGS WE'VE ALREADY HAD GOING.
1:27:54PM VETERAN STRONG IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING NOW WITH
1:27:58PM SOME OF OUR PARTNERS AT MacDILL AND IN THE MILITARY TO
1:28:03PM REALLY HIGHLIGHT OUR VETERAN POPULATION HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH
1:28:05PM COUNTY AND WHAT'S HAPPENING AS THEY TRANSITION FROM ACTIVE
1:28:08PM SERVICE INTO OUR CIVILIAN POPULATION.
1:28:10PM SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR SUCCESS STORIES OF ENTREPRENEURS WHO
1:28:15PM HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE THEIR SKILL SET THAT THEY LEARNED IN
1:28:17PM THE MILITARY AND THEN APPLY THOSE TO CIVILIAN LIFE
1:28:20PM SUCCESSFULLY.
1:28:21PM AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A LARGE PORTION OF THAT SHOW THAT
1:28:23PM TALKS ABOUT -- HIGHLIGHTS BENEFITS THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR
1:28:26PM THESE VETERANS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND THINGS THAT MAY
1:28:29PM HAVE GONE OFF THE RADAR FOR SOME OF THEM AND FIGURE OUT HOW
1:28:32PM THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
1:28:34PM AND THEN THE OTHER TWO ARE REALLY HONING IN ON WE HAVE A
1:28:38PM LONG TRACK RECORD OF PRODUCING PROGRAMS ABOUT LOCAL HISTORY.
1:28:41PM WE HAVE SEVERAL TELLY AWARDS, CHARACTERS OF YBOR, TAMPA
1:28:45PM NATIVE SHOW.
1:28:46PM THESE HAVE ALL WON NATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR OUR ATTENTION TO
1:28:50PM THAT.
1:28:51PM RECENTLY BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION THAT WE WERE OVERLOOKING A
1:28:52PM CERTAIN POPULATION OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
1:28:56PM ANOTHER GOOD STORY TO TELL.
1:28:57PM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ONE MORE FOLLOW-ON.
1:28:59PM THANK YOU, SCOTT.
1:28:59PM IT'S VERY COMPREHENSIVE.
1:29:00PM BUT IT APPEARS TO ME, WITHOUT ANY OFFENSE TO YOU AND YOUR
1:29:04PM HARDWORKING GANG, THAT YOU GUYS OPERATE ON A SHOESTRING.
1:29:08PM BUT I'M WONDERING, YOU HAVEN'T HAD ANY CITY MONEY FOR TWO
1:29:12PM YEARS.
1:29:14PM HOW ARE YOU STAYING ON THE AIR?
1:29:15PM HOW ARE YOU STAYING ALIVE?
1:29:17PM WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR MONEY FROM?
1:29:19PM >> THAT'S CORRECT.
1:29:20PM FLASH BACK, PEG CHANNELS ESSENTIALLY ARE OPERATED BY FUNDS
1:29:26PM RECEIVED BY TAXES THAT THE CITY AND THE COUNTY LEVIES ON THE
1:29:29PM CABLE COMPANIES FOR DOING BUSINESS.
1:29:31PM OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS, THOUGH, FOR WHATEVER REASON, I WAS
1:29:34PM THE ENGINEER AT THIS TIME.
1:29:35PM I'M NOT PRIVY TO THIS.
1:29:38PM THOSE FUNDS STOPPED FLOWING THROUGH TO THE EDUCATION CHANNEL
1:29:42PM AND THE PUBLIC ACCESS CHANNEL.
1:29:43PM SO THEY STAYED AT THE CITY TELEVISION AND THE COUNTY
1:29:47PM TELEVISION CHANNEL BUT THEY DIDN'T COME TO US.
1:29:50PM AT THAT POINT IN TIME TEN YEARS AGO, WE HAD TO GO BACK TO
1:29:52PM OUR MEMBERS AND THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SUPPORTING US AND TO
1:29:55PM LOOK FOR OTHER WAYS TO FIND THOSE FINANCES.
1:29:58PM NUMBER, NUMBER ONE OF THOSE WAS AT THE TIME OUR LARGEST
1:30:00PM BENEFACTOR AND OUR LARGEST PARTNER AT THE TIME WAS THE
1:30:04PM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM.
1:30:05PM WE HAD TO START CHARGING THEM.
1:30:07PM FOR 20 YEARS, THEY RECEIVED EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY OF
1:30:10PM TAMPA BASICALLY IS DOING WITH YOU GUYS, THEY RECEIVED THAT
1:30:13PM FOR FREE.
1:30:14PM IT WAS SUBSIDIZED BY THOSE TAX DOLLARS THAT CAME FROM YOUR
1:30:18PM CABLE BILL.
1:30:18PM SO AFTER TEN YEARS, WE HAD TO GO BACK TO THEM AND TELL THEM
1:30:22PM THEY'LL HAVE TO START PAYING THEN.
1:30:24PM SO THE LAST TEN YEARS, THEY'VE BEEN PONYING UP AND PAYING
1:30:28PM FOR THEIR BROADCAST SERVICES.
1:30:29PM BASICALLY, AFTER THE LAST TWO YEARS, WHEN THIS HAPPENED, TO
1:30:31PM MAKE THINGS A LITTLE BIT EASIER AND TO TRY TO REALLY ANSWER
1:30:34PM THIS QUESTION AND TALK ABOUT MONETIZING THE CHANNEL AND
1:30:36PM FIGURING OUT HOW WE WERE GOING TO FINANCE THEM, WE DECIDED
1:30:39PM IT WOULD BE FAIR TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO CREATE AND WHITE
1:30:42PM LABEL THEIR OWN CHANNEL FOR THEM.
1:30:43PM WE CREATED HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS TELEVISION.
1:30:45PM WE MOVED EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO OVER TO THAT CHANNEL AND
1:30:47PM GAVE THEM FREE REIN OVER THAT.
1:30:49PM WE MANAGE IT.
1:30:51PM RUNS ON OUR SYSTEMS.
1:30:52PM BROADCAST IN 16 BY 9 AS WELL AS OUR CHANNEL.
1:30:54PM WE ALSO HAVE A STREAMING COMPONENT THAT GOES ALONG WITH
1:30:59PM THEM, TOO, ALSO COVERS ALL OF THE CLOSED CAPTIONING.
1:31:03PM THAT ONE HALF OF OUR NETWORK, IF YOU WILL, THAT ONE CHANNEL
1:31:07PM IS PAID FOR IN PART BY ALMOST IN FULL BY THEM.
1:31:10PM IT'S THE SECOND ONE THAT TBAE THAT WE DO THE PROGRAMMING FOR
1:31:13PM THE CITY THAT IS RECEIVING ZERO FUNDS RIGHT NOW.
1:31:16PM WE ARE GETTING MONEY FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
1:31:19PM THEY HELPED US DEVELOP OUR STREAMING SERVICE.
1:31:22PM YEARS AGO, THEY SAW THAT THAT WAS OF INTEREST TO THEM AND
1:31:26PM THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT WAY TO PROMOTE FLORIDA TO PEOPLE
1:31:28PM OUTSIDE OF THE COMMUNITY.
1:31:30PM SO THEY STARTED GIVING US -- BEEN WORKING OFF AN OPERATIONAL
1:31:34PM GRANT FOR THAT.
1:31:35PM IT'S NOT VERY MUCH.
1:31:36PM LIKE FOR THE LAST YEAR, IT VARIES.
1:31:39PM IT COMES FROM A POT THAT IS HIT A LOT.
1:31:41PM AND, OF COURSE, WE HAVE A LOT OF UNFORTUNATE THINGS
1:31:44PM HAPPENING.
1:31:45PM SCHOOL SHOOTINGS THAT REALLY AFFECTED THAT OVER THE LAST
1:31:47PM YEAR.
1:31:47PM SO THAT WENT FROM A NICE CHUNK OF CHANGE TO ALMOST NOTHING.
1:31:50PM WE REALLY CAN'T JUDGE THAT.
1:31:53PM WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THAT.
1:31:54PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
1:31:55PM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
1:31:56PM AND THEN COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
1:32:02PM >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT'S A BIG HIT TO GO FROM THAT KIND OF
1:32:05PM MONEY TO NOTHING IN A PERIOD OF TIME LIKE THAT.
1:32:08PM >> WE'RE STILL HERE.
1:32:09PM >>ORLANDO GUDES: AND THAT'S GOOD.
1:32:10PM THERE ARE SOME WAYS TO KEEP YOU MOVING.
1:32:14PM WHEN I DID A TOUR OF YOUR PLACE AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THE
1:32:18PM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM AND YOU TOLD US HOW OUR
1:32:21PM SYSTEM HERE IS OUTDATED.
1:32:22PM >> YES, SIR.
1:32:23PM >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE'RE BEHIND THE TIMES.
1:32:25PM THAT REALLY KIND OF STRUCK MY EYE THAT WE ARE A CITY OF THIS
1:32:29PM SIZE AND IF WE ARE BEHIND THE TIME WITH MARKETING AND
1:32:31PM GETTING INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC, THAT WAS CONCERNING.
1:32:33PM YOU KIND OF TOUCHED ON IT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SCHOOL
1:32:35PM SYSTEM AND SO FORTH.
1:32:36PM SO THAT WAS THE BIG PEAK OF MY INTEREST.
1:32:40PM SAYING THAT, CAN YOU CALL IT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN -- SO I
1:32:46PM CAN REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE VERSUS WHAT
1:32:48PM YOU'RE DOING OVER THERE AS IT RELATES TO A BETTER SYSTEM OR
1:32:53PM BETTER WAY OF MARKETING?
1:32:54PM >> THE NUMBER ONE THING I'M TALKING ABOUT, I HAVE TO SHOUT
1:32:57PM OUT TO WHOEVER IS DOING YOUR CAPTIONING.
1:32:59PM I AM THE ENGINEER.
1:33:01PM I AM A REAL GEEK.
1:33:02PM I LOOK AT CAMERAS AND EVERYTHING.
1:33:04PM BUT YOUR CAPTIONING IS FANTASTIC.
1:33:05PM I HAVEN'T SEEN A SINGLE MISTAKE TODAY.
1:33:08PM >>The Captioner: THANK YOU.
1:33:15PM [ LAUGHTER ]
1:33:17PM >> BUT YOUR TELEVISION LOOKS GREAT IN HERE.
1:33:20PM IT DOES NOT LOOK THAT WAY TO OUR AUDIENCE DOING IT AT HOME,
1:33:24PM THOUGH.
1:33:25PM I KNOW AT LEAST FIVE OR SIX OF YOU GUYS OVER HERE.
1:33:27PM WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE TAKING 16 BY 9 PROGRAMMING FEED,
1:33:31PM AND YOU'RE TRYING TO DISPLAY IT ON A STANDARD DEFINITION
1:33:35PM CHANNEL.
1:33:35PM NOW, STANDARD DEFINITION CHANNELS ARE SQUARE SO THEY HAVE
1:33:38PM BARS ON THE SIDE.
1:33:39PM AND THEY ARE TAKING THIS 16 BY 9 SIGNAL AND COMPRESSING IT
1:33:43PM INTO A SQUARE AND SENDING IT OUT TO THE VIEWERS' TELEVISIONS
1:33:47PM AT HOME.
1:33:48PM WHEN THEY TURN THEIR TV ON, ON EITHER SPECTRUM OR FRONTIER
1:33:53PM FIOS AND WATCH YOUR MEETINGS, YOU GUYS ARE GETTING A BIG
1:33:57PM DIET.
1:33:57PM IT'S GETTING SQUEEZED DOWN.
1:33:59PM EVERYTHING IS DISTORTED.
1:34:01PM IN OUR VIEW, WE HAVE LEARNED THIS FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
1:34:03PM FROM WORKING WITH THEM, YOUR BRAIN AND YOUR EYE AND YOUR EAR
1:34:07PM ARE CONSTANTLY AT BATTLE WITH EACH OTHER.
1:34:10PM AND WHAT YOUR EYES SEE OVERPOWERS WHAT YOUR EARS AND WHAT
1:34:14PM YOU MAY READ AND WHAT YOU MAY SMELL.
1:34:16PM YOUR EYES HAVE THE AUTHORITY WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT YOUR
1:34:19PM BRAIN IS SENSING AS REALITY.
1:34:21PM SO THE FIRST THING THAT THEY SEE, BEFORE THEY HEAR A SINGLE
1:34:24PM WORD OUT OF YOUR MOUTH --
1:34:25PM >>LUIS VIERA: LET ME INTERRUPT IS YOU IF I MAY.
1:34:28PM I'LL GIVE YOU 20 MORE SECONDS TO FINISH THE QUESTION.
1:34:31PM >> -- IT'S DISTORTED.
1:34:33PM WE FIGURED OUT A WAY TO TAKE THE 16 BY 9 SIGNAL, COMPRESS
1:34:36PM IT, SEND IT OUT TO EVERYBODY AND THEN POP IT BACK OUT
1:34:39PM WITHOUT OUR VIEWERS HAVING TO DO ANYTHING WITH THEIR REMOTE
1:34:42PM CONTROLS.
1:34:42PM IT'S AUTOMATIC.
1:34:43PM I'VE BEEN WILLING TO SHARE THAT FOR YEARS, BUT NOBODY HAS
1:34:47PM EXPRESSED INTEREST EXCEPT FOR YOU SO FAR.
1:34:51PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
1:34:52PM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
1:34:53PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I REMEMBER TWO YEARS AGO WHEN YOU HAD
1:34:55PM YOUR FUNDING CUT TO ZERO AND IT WAS THE ONLY BUDGET I VOTED
1:34:58PM AGAINST SO FAR.
1:34:59PM YOU KNOW, GETTING TO KNOW YOU GUYS AND TBAE AND THE
1:35:04PM TECHNOLOGY THAT YOU USE AND TOURING YOUR FACILITY, WHICH I
1:35:07PM HAVE BEFORE, IT IS SO IMPRESSIVE, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO THINK
1:35:11PM ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION AND THE CONTENT THAT WE'RE
1:35:13PM PUTTING OUT TO OUR YOUNG FOLKS AND WHAT THEY ARE SEEING.
1:35:17PM YouTube WAS MENTIONED.
1:35:18PM I USE YouTube BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF GREAT DOCUMENTS ON
1:35:20PM IT.
1:35:20PM I USE NETFLIX, A LOT OF STUFF.
1:35:24PM I DON'T USE CABLE.
1:35:25PM I USE INTERNET STREAMING SERVICES.
1:35:26PM WITH YOU AND TBAE, YOU HAVE THE APP.
1:35:28PM AND ON THAT APP, WHICH ANYBODY CAN DOWNLOAD, WHICH IS FREE
1:35:31PM TO ANYONE, LOOK AT THE CONTENT THAT YOU'RE PUTTING ON THERE.
1:35:35PM I KNOW YOU HAD ASTRONAUT STORY MUSGRAVE, ONE OF THE MOST
1:35:40PM INTELLIGENT PEOPLE I'VE EVER MET.
1:35:41PM YOU HAVE THE TAMPA NATIVE SHOW, WHICH IS STRICTLY GEARED
1:35:43PM TOWARD TAMPA HISTORY.
1:35:44PM YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NAACP SHOW OR PROGRAM, THE AFRICAN
1:35:48PM AMERICAN HERITAGE IN TAMPA BAY, WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT.
1:35:52PM I KNOW THAT THERE'S A DOCUMENTARY ON CENTRAL AVENUE THAT
1:35:56PM FLOATS AROUND PBS AND WHATNOT.
1:35:58PM IT'S A LITTLE -- LITTLE SHOWCASE ON THE AFRICAN AMERICAN
1:36:00PM COMMUNITY.
1:36:01PM YOU WANT TO EXPAND UPON THAT, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH MORE
1:36:04PM HISTORY THAT NEEDS TO BE TOLD.
1:36:05PM BUT TO GO FROM $108,000 IN FUNDING TO ZERO AND THEN HAVING
1:36:09PM TO SURVIVE TWO YEARS AFTER THAT IS NOT FAIR, CONSIDERING THE
1:36:14PM QUALITY OF INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE PUTTING OUT THERE AND THE
1:36:17PM IMPORTANCE, THE GREAT IMPORTANCE OF THE EDUCATION OF WHAT
1:36:22PM PEOPLE ARE WATCHING AND YOU'RE SHOWCASING OUR CITY.
1:36:26PM CONSIDER IS ADVERTISING.
1:36:27PM $100,000, THE MESSAGE THAT YOU'RE PUTTING OUT THERE PUTS US
1:36:30PM IN A GREAT LIGHT ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE DO.
1:36:33PM LOOKING AT A BUDGET THAT'S A BILLION DOLLARS PLUS, WHAT'S A
1:36:39PM HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS?
1:36:40PM YOU KNOW, ON SOMETHING THAT IS VITAL.
1:36:43PM WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT TEACHERS ARE NOT PAID ENOUGH.
1:36:45PM THEY ARE ALWAYS LOOKING AT CUTS IN FUNDING AND EDUCATION,
1:36:47PM THIS IS EDUCATION.
1:36:49PM WHY CUT IT?
1:36:49PM THIS IS A WORTHY INVESTMENT.
1:36:51PM PARKS ARE WORTHY INVESTMENT.
1:36:52PM ROAD REPAVING WORTHY INVESTMENTS.
1:36:55PM BUT DON'T FORGET WHAT WE'RE TEACHING THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS
1:36:59PM AND THE FUTURE AND THE PEOPLE IN OUR CITY.
1:37:01PM AND YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS SO PROFESSIONAL AND SO
1:37:05PM ORGANIZED AND SO TOP QUALITY.
1:37:07PM I LOOK AT TBAE, IF I DIDN'T KNOW IT, I WOULD THINK IT WOULD
1:37:10PM BE SOMETHING NATIONAL, NOT JUST SOMETHING LOCAL BECAUSE THE
1:37:13PM QUALITY IS SO GOOD.
1:37:14PM THE EFFORT THAT YOU AND EVERYBODY ELSE PUTS INTO IT.
1:37:17PM YOU KNOW, YOU TRULY PUT YOUR HEART AND SOUL INTO IT.
1:37:20PM THE MONEY IS WORTHY.
1:37:23PM THE INVESTMENT IS WORTH IT, BEYOND ANYTHING THAT I CAN SAY.
1:37:28PM YOU'LL ALWAYS HAVE MY SUPPORT, AND WE'LL HEAR FROM OTHER
1:37:31PM COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE AND SEE WHERE WE GO.
1:37:33PM >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN CITRO AND THEN COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
1:37:36PM >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
1:37:38PM GLENDA, THERE IS A REASON WHY I REALLY LIKE YOU.
1:37:40PM YOU ARE BOTH A FALCON AND A BULL.
1:37:42PM THANK YOU.
1:37:42PM TELEVISION AS WE KNOW IT HAS CHANGED.
1:37:49PM >> YES, SIR.
1:37:49PM >>JOSEPH CITRO: IT'S NOT THE SAME.
1:37:51PM MORE AND MORE PEOPLE LIKE COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO SAID, AND
1:37:53PM MYSELF, HAVE CUT THE CABLE.
1:37:55PM WE'RE STREAMING.
1:37:56PM WE'RE STREAMING EVERYTHING.
1:37:57PM >> ABSOLUTELY.
1:37:58PM >>JOSEPH CITRO: YOUR NETWORK GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A
1:38:03PM BUNCH OF DIFFERENT REASONS.
1:38:05PM NUMBER ONE IS CHOICE.
1:38:06PM NOT THAT OUR STREAMING HERE IS BAD, BUT YOU GIVE US A
1:38:13PM CHOICE.
1:38:13PM YOU GIVE US A CHOICE TO THE CITY OF TAMPA, COMMUNITY, THE
1:38:17PM SURROUNDING AREAS, THE PEOPLE WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
1:38:19PM YOU GIVE US HISTORY.
1:38:20PM YOU GIVE US COMMUNICATIONS WITH TIGER BAY AND OTHER THINGS
1:38:24PM AND ALL OF YOUR OTHER PROGRAMMING.
1:38:26PM I SUPPORT YOU GUYS.
1:38:28PM I'D LIKE TO REALLY SEE THIS GO THROUGH.
1:38:32PM I CONGRATULATE YOU ON THE WORK YOU'VE DONE SO FAR.
1:38:34PM >> THANK YOU.
1:38:35PM >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
1:38:38PM >>BILL CARLSON: THANKS FOR COMING TODAY.
1:38:39PM I'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH A BIG GROUP SHOW UP FOR WHAT IS A
1:38:43PM RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY.
1:38:44PM THANK YOU ALL.
1:38:45PM I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE POLITICS OF WHY YOU ALL WERE
1:38:49PM CUT BECAUSE IT'S A WHOLE NEW DAY IN THE CITY AND WE'RE
1:38:52PM TRYING TO ALL LOOK FORWARD.
1:38:53PM BUT WE TALKED ABOUT THE EDUCATIONAL BENEFIT OF WHAT YOU DO,
1:38:57PM THE INFORMATION ASPECT OF WHAT YOU DO.
1:38:59PM THERE IS A CULTURAL ASPECT BECAUSE WE NEED LOCAL PROGRAMMING
1:39:02PM OF ALL KINDS.
1:39:04PM I'M PROUD TO WATCH SHOWS ABOUT LOCAL CULTURE AND LOCAL
1:39:07PM HISTORY AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS.
1:39:09PM MORE IMPORTANTLY, I HOPE EVERYBODY WATCHING, EVERYBODY
1:39:13PM LISTENING WILL UNDERSTAND, THIS IS REALLY ABOUT ECONOMIC
1:39:16PM DEVELOPMENT.
1:39:16PM YOU ALL HAVE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REAL
1:39:18PM ESTATE DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, FLORIDA SINCE
1:39:21PM THE '20s AS GONE THROUGH TEN-YEAR BOOM AND BUST CYCLES
1:39:24PM BECAUSE WE FOCUS ON REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT.
1:39:26PM AS I TALKED TO SONYA LITTLE ABOUT BEFORE SHE LEFT, THERE IS
1:39:30PM A PERVERSE TAX INCENTIVE FOR CITIES AND COUNTIES TO FOCUS ON
1:39:34PM REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE GET PAID.
1:39:37PM WE HAVE TO MOVE OFF REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT.
1:39:39PM IF YOU LOOK AT THE TIMES' STORY A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO ABOUT
1:39:42PM WHAT'S HAPPENING IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OVER THE LAST FEW
1:39:44PM YEARS IN TAMPA, IT'S ALL REAL ESTATE DEVELOP.
1:39:46PM LOOK AT WHAT THE EDC PUTS OUT, BACK OFFICE JOBS AND REAL
1:39:50PM ESTATE DEVELOPMENT.
1:39:51PM LOOK AT THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE CRAs, IT'S ALL REAL
1:39:54PM ESTATE DEVELOPMENT.
1:39:55PM WE'VE GOT TO CHANGE NOW, BECAUSE SOME CHANGE AT THE CITY,
1:40:00PM WE'VE GOT TO CHANGE AND PLEASE -- GET SOMEBODY WHO
1:40:03PM UNDERSTANDS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, NOT JUST REAL ESTATE
1:40:04PM DEVELOPMENT.
1:40:05PM I WENT WITH A GROUP OF ST. PETE ARTS LEADERS TO BROOKLYN
1:40:08PM HARLEM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
1:40:10PM WE WENT TO A SIMILAR ORGANIZATION IN BROOKLYN.
1:40:12PM THIS IS A BOROUGH OF NEW YORK.
1:40:15PM THE CITY SPENT $6 MILLION A YEAR, AND WHY?
1:40:17PM IT'S NOT ABOUT GETTING ACCESS TO INFORMATION.
1:40:20PM THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
1:40:22PM AND I'LL TAKE ANOTHER FEW SECONDS, ACCENTURE ALONE HAS
1:40:29PM 64,000 SOFTWARE ROBOTS.
1:40:31PM THEY AND OTHER COMPANIES THAT ARE CREATING SOFTWARE ROBOTS
1:40:33PM ARE DOING TO WHITE-COLLAR JOBS WHAT THE INDUSTRIAL
1:40:37PM REVOLUTION DID TO BLUE-COLLAR JOBS A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
1:40:40PM MOST OF THE WHITE-COLLAR JOBS THAT ARE PROCESS-ORIENTED ARE
1:40:43PM GOING TO GET WIPED OUT.
1:40:45PM WE'RE SPENDING TAX MONEY TO SUBSIDIZE RECRUITING BACK OFFICE
1:40:50PM JOBS TO TAMPA THAT ARE GOING TO BE WIPED OUT IN THE NEXT FEW
1:40:52PM YEARS BY SOFTWARE ROBOTS.
1:40:54PM THE ONLY CHANCE WE HAVE FOR THE FUTURE IS CREATIVITY AND
1:40:56PM INNOVATION, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE OFFERING.
1:40:57PM THE BUSINESSES OF THE FUTURE INCLUDE NOT JUST THE ARTS YOU
1:41:01PM TALK ABOUT, BUT IT'S THIS NEW REALM OF AUGMENTED REALITY,
1:41:05PM VIRTUAL REALITY, AND BROADCASTING.
1:41:07PM YOU HAD STUDENTS LINE UP THAT TALKED ABOUT WHAT THEY LEARNED
1:41:10PM FROM YOU AND THE OPPORTUNITIES.
1:41:12PM WHAT'S HAPPENING IN BROOKLYN WITH THE $6 MILLION IS PEOPLE
1:41:14PM ARE GOING IN AND BETA TESTING IDEAS.
1:41:16PM STUDENTS ARE LEARNING IDEAS, AND THEY ARE CREATING
1:41:18PM BUSINESSES OUT OF IT.
1:41:19PM THEY ARE CREATING PROGRAMMING LAUNCHED NATIONALLY AND IN
1:41:22PM OTHER PLACES.
1:41:22PM AND A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR AN INNOVATIVE ECONOMIC
1:41:25PM DEVELOPMENT SOLUTION IS NOTHING COMPARED TO THE MONEY THAT
1:41:28PM WE WASTE RECRUITING JOBS THAT ARE GOING TO BE WIPED OUT BY
1:41:31PM SOFTWARE ROBOTS.
1:41:32PM SO, PLEASE, SOMEBODY, FIND US A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS SO
1:41:35PM WE CAN KEEP YOU ALIVE.
1:41:36PM >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
1:41:37PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
1:41:39PM I DON'T KNOW THERE A MUCH ABOUT YOUR FUNDING.
1:41:41PM YOU JUST SAID SOMETHING.
1:41:42PM WHO ELSE ARE YOU GETTING YOUR FUNDING FROM?
1:41:45PM WHAT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, IF ANY OTHERS?
1:41:47PM >> OKAY.
1:41:47PM WELL, ASIDE FROM THE BROADCAST SERVICE FEES, WHICH WE CHARGE
1:41:51PM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF HILLSBOROUGH --
1:41:53PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT USED TO BE THE OLD -- IS THAT THE
1:41:55PM ONE -- AS I SEE YOUR NEW NAME, I THINK THERE'S TWO.
1:42:01PM >> YOU KNEW US AS THE EDUCATION CHANNEL.
1:42:04PM THAT SECOND CHANNEL JUST DIDN'T GO OUT FULL COUNTY, SO WE
1:42:10PM DIDN'T DO A LOT WITH IT.
1:42:12PM WHEN FRONTIER CAME IN HERE, THEY BOTH WENT FULL COUNTY.
1:42:15PM WHEN I TOOK OVER, I SAID WE NEED TO UTILIZE THIS CHANNEL.
1:42:18PM WE HAVE TWO, LET'S DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH IT.
1:42:20PM SO WE SPLIT THAT APART.
1:42:22PM THAT WAS CREATED FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
1:42:24PM THEY PUT US OUT TO RFP, NATIONAL.
1:42:26PM WE HAD TO COMPETE NATIONALLY AGAINST NATIONAL AND
1:42:28PM MILLION-DOLLAR COMPANIES. WE WON IT.
1:42:31PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IN ESSENCE OF TIME, THEY ARE GOING TO
1:42:33PM LOOK AT ME AND THROW ROCKS AT ME.
1:42:34PM >> WE GET FROM THEM, WE GET A SMALLER PORTION FROM THE STATE
1:42:37PM WHICH IS INDETERMINATE AND THEN GETTING FUNDING TO HELP WITH
1:42:41PM OUR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM FROM THE COUNTY.
1:42:42PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: EQUAL TO 108,000, WHAT DOES THAT APPLY TO
1:42:47PM ON THE OTHER BASIS?
1:42:49PM >> THE BROADCAST SERVICE FEES I THINK ARE IN THE $140,000,
1:42:51PM AND THE AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY IS FOR TWO YEARS, AND
1:42:54PM THAT'S $100,000 --
1:42:56PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: BUT THE COUNTY IS PARTICIPATING?
1:42:58PM >> YES.
1:43:00PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'M NOT HERE.
1:43:02PM YOU'RE NOT A PREACHER, AND I'M NOT HERE TO GO TO CONFESSION,
1:43:05PM BUT PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE POLITICS OF IT, SO CAN I.
1:43:09PM I DID VOTE FOR THE BUDGET, ALTHOUGH I -- VOTE FOR THE SHORT
1:43:15PM TAX.
1:43:15PM IF YOU VOTED AGAINST THE BUDGET, YOU VOTED AGAINST THE SHORT
1:43:18PM TAX.
1:43:18PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
1:43:19PM I THINK COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER WANTS TO SPEAK AFTER EVERYBODY
1:43:22PM FINISHES.
1:43:23PM I WANT TO PUT MY PIECE.
1:43:24PM I WANT TO CAUTION FOLKS, WHICH IS I'M STRONGLY IN SUPPORT OF
1:43:29PM THIS PROGRAMMING.
1:43:30PM I'VE WATCHED IT.
1:43:31PM MY MOTHER HAS WATCHED IT.
1:43:33PM GREAT PROGRAMS ON JOSE MARTI AND OTHER THINGS.
1:43:37PM I THINK THIS IS A GREAT THING.
1:43:39PM WE ARE DEALING WITH MANY OF US MAKING BUDGET REQUESTS TO THE
1:43:42PM ADMINISTRATION.
1:43:43PM I KNOW I'VE MADE -- I'LL BE FRANK -- I'VE MADE A LOT OF
1:43:46PM CONCERNS TO MY FRIENDS IN THE ADMINISTRATION ON MY VIEWS OF
1:43:49PM THE BUDGET, THAT IT'S VERY CONSERVATIVE WHENEVER IT COMES TO
1:43:53PM SPENDING, PARTICULARLY IN AREAS I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THAT I
1:43:56PM REPRESENT, ET CETERA.
1:43:57PM WE ARE DEALING WITH PRIORITIES IN THAT REGARD.
1:43:59PM WE'RE RIGHT NOW A SIZE 38 WAIST WITH SIZE 38 PANTS AND WE'RE
1:44:04PM ASKING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF ELASTIC.
1:44:06PM THERE ARE ISSUES THAT I'M ASKING ELASTIC FOR, FOR MY
1:44:11PM DISTRICT AND OTHER THINGS.
1:44:12PM I TALKED ABOUT MORE MONEY FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT I DON'T
1:44:15PM SEE THERE.
1:44:15PM I WANT FUNDS TO HAVE A GOOD DOWN PAYMENT ON MY AUTISM PARK
1:44:19PM THAT WE HAVE IN MY DISTRICT IN NEW TAMPA.
1:44:22PM DIFFERENT KIND OF PARKS IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT
1:44:26PM THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF TAMPA TO MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR PARKS
1:44:28PM AND RECREATION FACILITIES AND PLAYGROUNDS ARE ACCESSIBLE TO
1:44:31PM CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND PHYSICAL
1:44:33PM DISABILITIES, THINGS THAT I CARE ABOUT.
1:44:36PM I THINK THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS,
1:44:39PM YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT COST, FOR EXAMPLE, THE STUDY ON THE
1:44:42PM MUCH-DESIRED BY FOLKS POOLS IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, THAT'S A
1:44:46PM LOT OF MONEY.
1:44:48PM I WANT TO BE CAREFUL IN TERMS OF -- HOW CAN I PUT IT?
1:44:52PM -- BEING A RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUAL AS I SUBJECTIVELY SEE IT,
1:44:55PM WHICH IS WHEN I GO TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND SAY, LOOK,
1:44:57PM THERE ARE THINGS IN THE BUDGET THAT ARE PRIORITIES FOR ME,
1:44:59PM THAT ARE PRIORITIES FOR MY DISTRICT, I DON'T SEE THEM THERE,
1:45:02PM AND THEN I GO, BY THE WAY, LET'S ALSO GIVE A HUNDRED
1:45:05PM THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THIS TELEVISION.
1:45:07PM IT'S A GREAT THING.
1:45:08PM I STRONGLY SUPPORT IT, BUT I THINK A MORE REASONABLE
1:45:11PM ALLOTMENT WOULD BE WARRANTED AS A REQUEST WITH CREDIBILITY
1:45:16PM FROM COUNCIL.
1:45:17PM THAT'S JUST MY OPINION.
1:45:18PM AGAIN, I STRONGLY SUPPORT WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING.
1:45:20PM I DO HOPE THAT THERE IS SOME CITY SUPPORT FOR IT.
1:45:23PM BUT I THINK THAT A FULL-ON REQUEST FROM CITY COUNCIL WOULD
1:45:26PM UNDERMINE SOME OF THE REQUESTS THAT WE'VE MADE, SOME OF THE
1:45:29PM REQUESTS I'VE MADE VERY AGGRESSIVELY PRIVATELY TO THE
1:45:32PM ADMINISTRATION.
1:45:33PM I WANT TO URGE COUNCIL JUST TO BE CAREFUL IN THAT REGARD.
1:45:37PM COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
1:45:38PM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.
1:45:40PM THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, GENERICALLY -- CAN'T SAY I AGREE
1:45:47PM WITH ALL OF THEM BUT GENERICALLY WE ALWAYS DO NEED TO BE
1:45:51PM PRUDENT.
1:45:52PM THAT'S WHAT WE GET ELECTED FOR.
1:45:53PM WE JUST GOT A MEMO FROM THE MAYOR AN HOUR AGO INDICATING
1:45:59PM SOME MODIFICATIONS TO HER ORIGINAL PROPOSED BUDGET.
1:46:02PM $400,000 TO STUDY -- TO DEVELOP A MASTER PLAN FOR THE PARK
1:46:08PM SYSTEM, TO SEE WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE.
1:46:10PM I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS IN PART TO YOUR RESPONSE ABOUT THE
1:46:15PM ACCESSIBILITY PARK.
1:46:16PM I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO BRING UP ACCESSIBILITY PARK A LITTLE
1:46:19PM LATER IN OUR DISCUSSION.
1:46:20PM SHE ALSO MENTIONS ALMOST $400,000 IN REGARD TO -- IN
1:46:25PM RESPONSE, I THINK, TO COUNCILMAN GUDES ABOUT AN ADDITIONAL
1:46:30PM E.M.S. CAR IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING TO.
1:46:33PM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I'LL ADDRESS THAT LATER.
1:46:35PM I'M HUMBLE ABOUT THAT, BUT I STILL HAVE A FEW CONCERNS.
1:46:38PM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MY POINT IS NOT TO GET INTO THE DETAILS,
1:46:41PM BUT TO SAY THIS IS A MOVING TARGET.
1:46:44PM I'LL SAY THIS THROUGH THE CHIEF OF STAFF, THAT WE
1:46:47PM APPRECIATE.
1:46:47PM WE ALL APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THE ORIGINAL BUDGET WAS
1:46:51PM SUBMITTED.
1:46:51PM AS A MATTER OF FACT, I WANT TO SHARE THE CHARTER PROVISION
1:46:54PM WITH COUNCIL, BECAUSE I KNOW WE DON'T SPEND OUR NIGHTS
1:46:58PM READING IT, BUT ONCE A YEAR WE PROBABLY SHOULD.
1:47:02PM BUT BASICALLY, WHAT THIS SAYS ABOUT THE BUDGET IN SECTION
1:47:05PM 7.02, AND I WON'T READ THE FIRST PART, BUT BASICALLY IT SAYS
1:47:09PM THE MAYOR WILL SUBMIT THE BUDGET X NUMBER OF DAYS,
1:47:13PM ET CETERA, ET CETERA, BUT THE RELEVANT PART IS THE TOP
1:47:17PM RIGHT-HAND CORNER, AND I PROVIDED A COPY TO THE CLERK, TOO,
1:47:20PM SO IT'S PART OF THE RECORD.
1:47:21PM IT SAYS COUNCIL IS AUTHORIZED TO MAKE SUCH CHANGES IN SAID
1:47:25PM BUDGET AS IT DEEMS NECESSARY FOR THE PROPER AND ECONOMICAL
1:47:29PM OPERATION OF THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT AND THE BUDGET AS
1:47:31PM ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL SHALL BE PRESENTED TO THE MAYOR FOR
1:47:35PM APPROVAL AS PROVIDED FOR -- AS PROVIDED FOR ALL THE
1:47:40PM ORDINANCES OF CITY COUNCIL.
1:47:41PM AND THEN IT DOES SPEAK TO VETO ARE THE THOUGH, ET CETERA,
1:47:46PM WHICH I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT WE SHOULDN'T OR WON'T GET TO.
1:47:50PM BUT MY POINT IS THIS, WE HEARD A LOT OF THIS DURING THE
1:47:57PM CAMPAIGN.
1:47:58PM WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF AUTHORITY.
1:47:59PM WE HAVE ZONING AUTHORITY AND BUDGET AUTHORITY.
1:48:01PM THAT BUDGET AUTHORITY COMES FROM THAT PARAGRAPH THAT ONE
1:48:04PM LINE, THAT WE'RE AUTHORIZED TO MAKE SUCH CHANGES IN SAID
1:48:06PM BUDGET AS WE DEEM NECESSARY AND PROPER.
1:48:08PM IN THIS CASE, I THINK TWO THINGS.
1:48:11PM NUMBER ONE, THEY WERE IN THE BUDGET.
1:48:14PM THEY'RE IN THE BUDGET TO $109,000.
1:48:16PM THERE'S NEVER BEEN ANY GOOD RATIONALE THAT I'VE EVER HEARD
1:48:20PM ABOUT, ABOUT WHY THEY GOT CUT.
1:48:23PM WE WERE COMING OUT OF THE RECESSION, AND THEN THEY GOT CUT.
1:48:27PM I DON'T WANT TO DREDGE UP ANCIENT HISTORY.
1:48:29PM THEY GOT CUT.
1:48:30PM THEY'VE BEEN OUT FOR TWO YEARS, THERE'S NO GOOD REASON FOR
1:48:33PM IT.
1:48:33PM I THINK THEY PROVIDED A VERY PERSUASIVE ARGUMENT TO GO BACK
1:48:37PM INTO THE BUDGET, AND WITH THAT, AND WITHOUT GOING IN ANY
1:48:42PM MORE DETAILS, I'D -- I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT THIS COUNCIL
1:48:48PM RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE MAYOR CONSIDER AGREEING WITH
1:48:54PM US -- I DON'T WANT TO FORCE THIS.
1:48:56PM WE DON'T NEED TO FORCE ANYTHING TODAY, BUT MAYBE A VOTE WILL
1:49:01PM INDICATE HOW COUNCIL FEELS ABOUT THIS ORGANIZATION AND THIS
1:49:04PM $100,000.
1:49:06PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
1:49:07PM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE MAYOR AGREE
1:49:09PM WITH US AND ADD TBAE BACK INTO THE BUDGET TO THE TUNE OF
1:49:14PM $100,000 TO DO THE THINGS THAT THEY MENTIONED IN THE
1:49:18PM HANDOUT, INCLUDING A NEW AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE PROGRAM,
1:49:26PM A NEW NAACP PROGRAM, CONTINUING THEIR ART PERSPECTIVES
1:49:31PM PROGRAM, CONTINUING FILMMAKER SPOTLIGHT, ADDING A NEW
1:49:35PM VETERANS STRONG PROGRAM AND ALL THE OTHER PROGRAMMINGS THAT
1:49:37PM THEY DO DURING THE YEAR.
1:49:39PM THAT'S MY MOTION.
1:49:40PM IT'S A RESPECTFUL MOTION TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND TO THE
1:49:45PM MAYOR AND AS SOMEBODY SAID, I THINK MR. MANISCALCO,
1:49:48PM $100,000 OUT OF A BILLION, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE
1:49:53PM THAT IS, BUT IT'S NOT OVERWHELMING.
1:49:57PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANY DISCUSSION?
1:49:58PM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
1:49:58PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'M NOT HERE TO SAY YEA OR NAY.
1:50:03PM I HAVE TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE NECESSARY.
1:50:04PM WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHICH IS NOTHING IS
1:50:08PM AFFORDABLE ANYMORE.
1:50:09PM WE TALK ABOUT BUILDING HOUSES THAT REALLY NEED A PLACE.
1:50:12PM THE OLD AMERICAN DREAM, AND YET, WHETHER 100,000 OR 200,000
1:50:16PM OR 20,000, OR RENT HERE, OR RENT THAT WE SHOULD BE PAYING,
1:50:20PM WE DON'T HAVE IT.
1:50:20PM WE TALK ABOUT BUILDING STADIUMS AND TO HELL WITH THE
1:50:23PM HOUSING.
1:50:24PM WHAT IS IT WE DO AND WHAT IS IT WE WANT?
1:50:26PM WE WANT TO DO ONE OR YOU WANT TO DO THEM ALL AT THOSE
1:50:29PM PIECES?
1:50:29PM I DON'T KNOW.
1:50:31PM MY VOTE IS THAT I LIKE TO VOTE FOR IT BUT I'M NOT GOING TO
1:50:34PM VOTE FOR IT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ALL THE RAMIFICATIONS YET
1:50:37PM OF EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING TO COME DOWN THE PIKE BY EITHER
1:50:40PM THE 3rd OR THE 9th.
1:50:42PM I HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR WHAT'S COMING.
1:50:44PM IF I MAKE A MOTION NOW, IF I VOTE FOR THE MOTION, THEN MY
1:50:48PM WORD IS BETTER THAN ANYTHING I SAID.
1:50:49PM IF I SAID YES, I'M GOING TO VOTE YES.
1:50:51PM IF I SAID NO, I'M GOING TO VOTE NO.
1:50:53PM I WANT TO WAIT TO SEE WHAT I HAVE, SEE WHAT I HAVE LEFT.
1:50:57PM MAYBE I WILL.
1:50:58PM MAYBE I WON'T.
1:50:59PM I WANT TO BE JUST AS FAIR AS I CAN TO THE PUBLIC.
1:51:03PM THANK YOU.
1:51:03PM >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
1:51:05PM >>BILL CARLSON: MAYBE WE WOULDN'T PUT THIS IN THE MOTION.
1:51:07PM I THINK WE HAVE TO THINK OF THIS AS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
1:51:10PM TOOL, NOT A MARKETING OR COMMUNICATION TOOL.
1:51:12PM IT'S NOT AN EXTENSION OF THE MARKETING DEPARTMENT, ALTHOUGH
1:51:14PM I'M SURE THEY WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH THEM.
1:51:16PM IF YOU LOOK NO THAT CONTEXT, THEIR BUDGET IS SMALL COMPARED
1:51:20PM TO EVERYTHING ELSE.
1:51:21PM WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT I THINK
1:51:23PM IS MOSTLY WASTED.
1:51:25PM HOPEFULLY WITH A NEW VIEW, NEW STRATEGIES, WE'LL LOOK AT
1:51:28PM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
1:51:29PM IF YOU LOOK AT THIS AS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL AND THE
1:51:32PM POTENTIAL, AND WE CAN HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE IN THE FUTURE,
1:51:34PM WE LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING
1:51:36PM THROUGH THERE TO START BUSINESSES RIGHT NOW THAT ARE RELATED
1:51:38PM TO NEW JOBS OF THE FUTURE, I THINK IT'S WORTH IT.
1:51:42PM IF YOU COMPARE IT TO AFFORDABLE HOMES AND SOME OF THE OTHER
1:51:46PM THINGS, YEAH, WE HAVE PRIORITIES.
1:51:48PM COMPARE IT TO SOME OF THE FACADE GRANTS, IT'S CHEAP.
1:51:50PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
1:51:51PM ANYONE ELSE?
1:51:53PM >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
1:51:54PM COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, THIS IS JUST A FRIENDLY SUGGESTION TO
1:51:57PM THE MAYOR.
1:51:57PM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: CORRECT.
1:51:58PM >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
1:51:59PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANYONE ELSE?
1:52:00PM BEFORE WE VOTE, YOU KNOW, MY CONCERN, I ECHO WHAT COUNCILMAN
1:52:04PM MIRANDA SAID, WHICH IS THERE IS A MATTER OF OUR WORD AND OUR
1:52:09PM CREDIBILITY -- I SHOULD SAY MY WORD, MY CREDIBILITY, WHICH
1:52:12PM IS I'VE GONE TO THE ADMINISTRATION WITH CERTAIN ISSUES THAT
1:52:14PM ARE NOT YET 100% RESOLVED.
1:52:18PM AND I THINK WHENEVER YOU'RE A COUNCIL DISTRICT
1:52:21PM REPRESENTATIVE, THERE AS PRIORITY LIST.
1:52:23PM THIS IS ON MY LIST.
1:52:24PM THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I SUPPORT.
1:52:25PM BUT I THINK BY HAVING THIS MOTION FOR 100%, THIS WOULD BE
1:52:30PM FOR 100% FUNDING, CORRECT?
1:52:32PM SIX FIGURES.
1:52:33PM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: $100,000.
1:52:35PM >>LUIS VIERA: YEAH, THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT I
1:52:37PM SUPPORT IN SPIRIT, BUT I THINK TO BACK IT UP WITH MY WORD I
1:52:41PM THINK WOULD ACTUALLY BETRAY SOME OF MY OTHER BUDGET
1:52:45PM PRIORITIES I HAVE FOR MY DISTRICT.
1:52:48PM ACCORDING WITH THAT, I CAN'T VOTE FOR IT.
1:52:50PM IF IT WAS A VOTE URGING THE MAYOR TO PUT FUNDING IN THE
1:52:53PM BUDGET FOR THE PROGRAM, SOME FUNDING, THAT'S CERTAINLY
1:52:55PM SOMETHING I CAN GET BEHIND.
1:52:57PM BUT $100,000, I THINK THAT LEVEL WOULD BETRAY WHAT I WANT.
1:53:04PM >>SAL TERRITO: LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
1:53:04PM THIS IS NOT THE PROPER FORUM FOR CHANGING BUDGETS.
1:53:07PM THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE YOUR BUDGET HEARING.
1:53:09PM THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
1:53:09PM YOU'D LIKE THAT TO BE LOOKED AT.
1:53:09PM YOU'D LIKE THAT TO BE CONSIDERED.
1:53:09PM BUT VOTING ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT NOW, THIS IS NOT THE
1:53:14PM BUDGET HEARING.
1:53:15PM THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE HERE FOR THAT.
1:53:16PM WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR PUBLIC HEARING, ALL I'M SAYING IS I'M
1:53:19PM SUGGESTING A MODIFICATION TO THE RESOLUTION.
1:53:21PM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I THINK MR. CITRO ACTUALLY STATED IT VERY
1:53:25PM WELL.
1:53:25PM JOE, CAN YOU REPEAT WHAT YOU SAID?
1:53:27PM BECAUSE I AGREED WITH IT.
1:53:28PM >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIR, WITH YOUR PERMISSION.
1:53:34PM I ASKED COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER IF THIS WAS A FRIENDLY
1:53:36PM SUGGESTION TO THE MAYOR.
1:53:37PM AFTER I'VE HEARD OUR CITY ATTORNEY, I TEND TO AGREE WITH
1:53:41PM HIM.
1:53:41PM THIS MAY NOT BE THE PLACE TO DO IT.
1:53:44PM I AM IN FAVOR OF ASKING THE MAYOR TO ADJUST THE BUDGET SO
1:53:47PM THAT THERE IS $100,000 TO TBAE, I'M HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS.
1:53:55PM AGAIN, YOU ASKED ME, AND I'M REPEATING WHAT I SAID.
1:53:58PM COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, IS THIS A FRIENDLY SUGGESTION TO THE
1:54:01PM MAYOR?
1:54:02PM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THAT'S IT.
1:54:02PM IT'S NOT BINDING.
1:54:04PM IT'S NOT BINDING.
1:54:05PM IT'S NOT ANYTHING EXCEPT A FRIENDLY SUGGESTION TO THE MAYOR
1:54:09PM TO ADD $100,000 FOR TBAE, WHO USED TO GET 109,000 AND WITH
1:54:15PM INFLATION, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE UP TO 125 BY NOW, BUT THEIR
1:54:21PM REDUCED BUDGET FROM WHERE THEY WERE TWO YEARS TO $100,000.
1:54:24PM IT'S NOTHING MORE THAN TODAY THAN A FRIENDLY SUGGESTION.
1:54:27PM AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEND THAT FRIENDLY SUGGESTION
1:54:30PM SO THAT WAY SHE CAN HAVE A WEEK WORKING WITH THESE FINE
1:54:34PM FOLKS TO LOOK AT IT AND FIND OUT WHERE IT WILL COME FROM.
1:54:37PM LOOK, THEY ARE STILL MODIFYING THE BUDGET.
1:54:40PM THEY JUST SENT OVER $800,000 OF CHANGES.
1:54:43PM IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE INVENTING THE WHEEL HERE.
1:54:46PM THEY ARE ALREADY DOING THIS.
1:54:48PM SO WITH THAT, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.
1:54:51PM IT'S A FRIENDLY SUGGESTION.
1:54:53PM >>JOSEPH CITRO: IF I MAY REBUTTAL TO THAT?
1:54:55PM MAYOR CASTOR, I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE FUND TBAE TO THE TUNE
1:55:01PM OF $100,000.
1:55:02PM THERE'S MY FRIENDLY SUGGESTION.
1:55:04PM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WHY NOT PUT IT IN THE FORM OF A MOTION?
1:55:06PM I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE.
1:55:09PM BECAUSE THAT WAY WE CAN ALL SAY IT TOGETHER OR AT LEAST
1:55:12PM PERHAPS FOUR OR FIVE OF US CAN SAY IT TOGETHER, WHICH HAS A
1:55:17PM LITTLE MORE WEIGHT.
1:55:19PM >>JOSEPH CITRO: LET'S TAKE THE VOTE.
1:55:21PM >>BILL CARLSON: JUST TO CLARIFY CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY, IS
1:55:25PM THERE ANY REASON IN THE CHARTER THAT WE CAN'T SEND A
1:55:28PM FRIENDLY SUGGESTION TO THE MAYOR IN THE FORM OF A
1:55:30PM RESOLUTION?
1:55:31PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: WELL, YOUR MOTION, IT'S NOT A RESOLUTION.
1:55:34PM IT'S IN THE FORM OF A MOTION, WHICH IS A COMMUNICATION TO
1:55:36PM THE MAYOR.
1:55:37PM >>BILL CARLSON: ANY REASON THAT WE CANNOT DO THAT?
1:55:42PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: I WOULD AGREE WITH MR. TERRITO IF THIS WERE
1:55:46PM A FORMALITY, THIS IS NOT THE FORUM BECAUSE IT'S NOT A PUBLIC
1:55:49PM HEARING.
1:55:50PM IF YOU WISH TO COMMUNICATE TO THE MAYOR AS A BODY THROUGH
1:55:53PM THIS PROCESS, THROUGH THIS MOTION, THAT IS APPROPRIATE.
1:55:58PM IT'S MERELY RIGHT NOW A COMMUNICATION.
1:56:00PM >>BILL CARLSON: IF WE VOTE ON THIS, I'LL VOTE FOR IT.
1:56:03PM I HAVEN'T ASKED THE MAYOR FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN TO PUT
1:56:06PM MONEY IN THE GENERAL FUND RESERVES WHICH WERE BURNED THROUGH
1:56:08PM IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
1:56:09PM BUT, AGAIN, IT'S WITH ALL RESPECT, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT
1:56:13PM OF PRIORITIES OUT THERE, BUT I HAPPEN TO BELIEVE IN THIS,
1:56:17PM TOO.
1:56:19PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: REAL QUICK.
1:56:20PM I'M AN EASYGOING GUY.
1:56:21PM AND IN MY LIST OF REQUESTS TO THE MAYOR, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO
1:56:28PM GET POOLS FIXED IN MY DISTRICT.
1:56:30PM IN THAT IS $100,000 FOR A STUDY.
1:56:33PM THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY FOR VILA BROTHERS PARK, WHICH
1:56:36PM IS ALSO IN MY DISTRICT AND THAT'S IT.
1:56:37PM AND PAVE A COUPLE OF ROADS, BUILD A COUPLE OF SIDEWALKS
1:56:41PM WHICH WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR ALL FOR TRANSPORTATION AND THAT
1:56:43PM STUFF.
1:56:43PM THAT'S IT.
1:56:44PM I'M NOT ASKING FOR A LOT.
1:56:46PM SO WHAT IS AN EXTRA HUNDRED GRAND SPLIT AMONGST IF WE HAVE
1:56:49PM FOUR VOTES HERE, 25,000 EACH COUNCIL MEMBER.
1:56:52PM WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
1:56:55PM WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING RIDICULOUS.
1:56:58PM I REMEMBER WHEN I VOTED, IT WAS ONE OF THE VOTES FOR
1:57:01PM $30 MILLION CURTIS HIXON PARK.
1:57:03PM THEY FOUND THE MONEY FOR IT.
1:57:05PM THEY HAD TO DO IMPROVEMENTS AFTERWARDS, I THINK ANOTHER
1:57:08PM MILLION DOLLARS.
1:57:08PM WE SUPPORTED THAT AS WELL BUT MONEY WAS FOUND.
1:57:10PM THIS IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET.
1:57:12PM FOR SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS A SIGNIFICANT AND IMPORTANT
1:57:14PM AND SUCH A WORTHWHILE CAUSE.
1:57:17PM THAT'S IT.
1:57:17PM >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
1:57:18PM >>ORLANDO GUDES: GENTLEMEN, I APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMENTS.
1:57:22PM WE ALL WANT TO GET BEHIND WORTHY CAUSES AND THIS IS A WORTHY
1:57:26PM CAUSE, BUT I'M HUNGRY.
1:57:28PM MY DISTRICT IS HUNGRY.
1:57:32PM I READ THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL, AND I'M HUMBLED BY SOME OF THE
1:57:36PM SUGGESTIONS, BUT I THINK THERE'S STILL ROOM FOR A LITTLE
1:57:39PM MORE CONVERSATION BECAUSE WE'RE HUNGRY.
1:57:41PM I CAN SUPPORT SOMETHING FOR TBAE, BUT MAYBE NOT 108, BUT I
1:57:49PM COULD REALLY SUPPORT SOMETHING, A STARTING POINT, BUT I HAVE
1:57:52PM TO BE HONEST WITH EVERYONE, DISTRICT 5 IS HUNGRY, AND I'M
1:57:57PM STILL LOOKING FOR THE THINGS I'M ASKING FOR.
1:58:00PM I COULD BE IN SUPPORT, BUT MAYBE AN ASK TO THE
1:58:04PM ADMINISTRATION IN REFERENCE TO SOMETHING, MAYBE NOT ALL, BUT
1:58:06PM TO SOMETHING.
1:58:07PM BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT DISTRICT 5 IS HUNGRY, AND I'M
1:58:11PM REALLY NOT BACKING OFF MY HUNGER BECAUSE I'M HUNGRY.
1:58:18PM >>LUIS VIERA: [SPEAKS SPANISH]
1:58:22PM THAT MEANS I'M HUNGRY, TOO.
1:58:24PM I ACTUALLY AM HUNGRY.
1:58:25PM IF I MAY COMMENT ON THAT -- AND, AGAIN, THIS IS A VERY, VERY
1:58:26PM WORTHY ENDEAVOR, BUT IF I VOTE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS -- IF
1:58:31PM I VOTE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, I'VE GOT TO GO BACK TO MY
1:58:34PM FRIENDS IN FOREST HILLS.
1:58:35PM I'VE GOT TO GO BACK TO MY FRIENDS ON BUSCH BOULEVARD, WHO
1:58:38PM WERE JUST HERE THIS MORNING AND TELL THEM, LISTEN, THAT
1:58:40PM ADDITIONAL CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER THAT YOU WANTED, I
1:58:44PM POTENTIALLY, IN THEORY, ASKED FOR THAT MONEY TO GO SOMEWHERE
1:58:46PM ELSE.
1:58:47PM I'VE GOT TO BE -- I'VE GOT TO BE TRUE TO MYSELF, GOT TO BE
1:58:50PM TRUE TO MY DISTRICT AND TO THE NEEDS OF THE CITY IN THAT
1:58:52PM REGARD.
1:58:53PM AGAIN, I WILL LOOK AT THE SCREEN, MAYOR CASTOR, I WOULD LIKE
1:58:56PM TO RECEIVE MORE MONEY FOR THIS ENDEAVOR.
1:58:57PM BUT TO PUT THAT HIGH OF A DOLLAR AMOUNT ON IT IS SOMETHING
1:59:01PM WITHOUT TAKING CARE OF FIRST MY DISTRICT NEEDS, THAT WOULD
1:59:04PM LOSE MY CREDIBILITY IN TERMS OF WHAT I'VE ASSERTED TO THE
1:59:08PM ADMINISTRATION.
1:59:08PM AND FOR ME PROBABLY WOULD BE EASIER TO VOTE YES, BUT I'VE
1:59:11PM GOT TO BE TRUE TO WHAT I THINK IS RIGHT.
1:59:13PM ANYONE ELSE?
1:59:20PM >>BILL CARLSON: I THINK WE ALL SAID TO THE MAYOR, WHEREVER
1:59:24PM SHE IS, AND HER CHIEF OF STAFF AND FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF
1:59:27PM RIGHT THERE, WE SAID TO THEM THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
1:59:29PM I'M SURE THAT SHE'LL LOOK AT IT SERIOUSLY.
1:59:31PM I HOPE THAT AS WE RELOOK AT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AS I SAY,
1:59:35PM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INSTEAD OF REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT, I
1:59:37PM HOPE WE'LL ALL HAVE A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN WORKING ON
1:59:40PM THE COST-EFFICIENT THINGS THAT REALLY DRIVE OUR ECONOMY, NOT
1:59:44PM JUST SUBSIDIZING REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENTS.
1:59:46PM AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT.
1:59:48PM I THINK WITHOUT MAYBE -- IT'S YOUR MOTION, SO YOU HAVE TO
1:59:53PM DECIDE WHAT TO DO.
1:59:55PM WITHOUT HAVING A VOTE, I THINK WE SENT OUR INDICATION.
1:59:58PM EVERYBODY HAS HEARD IT.
2:00:00PM >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, DO YOU WISH TO VOTE ON
2:00:02PM IT?
2:00:02PM WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO OR --
2:00:12PM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I THINK THAT WE WILL START RUNNING INTO
2:00:15PM PROBLEMS WHEN WE GET TOO PAROCHIAL ON OUR DISTRICTS.
2:00:19PM I'VE BEEN A DISTRICT COUNCILMAN FOR ALMOST EIGHT YEARS.
2:00:22PM I UNDERSTAND THOSE KIND OF PRESSURES.
2:00:24PM WHAT'S THE EXPRESSION?
2:00:27PM UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL.
2:00:29PM LIKE MR. CARLSON SAID, HE'S HARDLY ASKED FOR ANYTHING.
2:00:38PM AT THE END OF THE DAY, I HAD A LIST.
2:00:40PM MOST OF MY ITEMS WERE SIMILAR WITH THE MAYOR'S LIST, SO WE
2:00:46PM CROSSED OFF MANY OF THOSE ITEMS.
2:00:49PM YESTERDAY, SHE INCLUDED AN ITEM IN TERMS OF THE $15 MINIMUM
2:00:53PM WAGE, WHICH I WAS VERY HAPPY WITH.
2:00:57PM BUT I DON'T NECESSARILY CLAIM THAT AS MY VICTORY BECAUSE
2:01:01PM THAT'S A VICTORY FOR EVERYBODY, INCLUDING THE MAYOR,
2:01:03PM ESPECIALLY THOSE PEOPLE WHO NEEDED IT.
2:01:04PM BUT I THINK IF WE START DOING THAT, WE NOT ONLY -- WE NOT
2:01:12PM ONLY HURT THE PROCESS, WE HURT THIS BODY, IN MY OPINION.
2:01:16PM THIS GROUP CAME FORWARD -- 15 OF THEM CAME FORWARD, SPENT
2:01:21PM THE WHOLE DAY HERE TO TELL US WHY THEY DID A GOOD JOB AND
2:01:25PM VIRTUALLY EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU AGREED WITH THEM AND SAID
2:01:29PM AS AN ORGANIZATION THEY'VE BEEN DOING GREAT THINGS.
2:01:31PM THEY'VE BEEN DOING GREAT THINGS FOR 30 YEARS.
2:01:33PM OVER THE YEARS THEY'VE BEEN CUT, THEY'VE BEEN CUT, NOT JUST
2:01:37PM BY THE CITY, BUT THEY'VE BEEN CUT BY THE COUNTY.
2:01:40PM THEY'VE BEEN CUT BY THE STATE.
2:01:41PM YOU KNOW, THEY KEEP GETTING CUT AND YET THEY KEEP HANGING IN
2:01:44PM THERE.
2:01:45PM WHY WOULDN'T WE JUST GIVE THEM A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE TODAY?
2:01:52PM I'M AT A LOSS.
2:01:54PM AND MR. CARLSON, I HEAR YOU POLITICALLY, PROBABLY WOULD BE
2:01:58PM WISE FOR ME TO WITHDRAW THAT MOTION AND JUST LET THEM HANG
2:02:02PM OUT THERE.
2:02:02PM BUT I'M NOT GOING TO LET THEM HANG OUT THERE.
2:02:04PM I'M NOT.
2:02:05PM I THINK THAT -- I'M CALLING THIS MOTION TO SAY THAT THIS IS
2:02:11PM NOT AN OUTRAGEOUS REQUEST.
2:02:13PM WE CAN'T COMPARE IT TO THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT ARE
2:02:15PM NEEDED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND EVERYTHING ELSE BECAUSE IF
2:02:19PM WE DID THAT, WE WOULDN'T FUND ANYTHING.
2:02:21PM OKAY?
2:02:22PM BUT AS MR. CARLSON LAID OUT VERY NICELY, THIS IS NOT JUST
2:02:26PM ABOUT A MEDIA THING.
2:02:27PM THIS IS ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
2:02:33PM AND WE SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WITH OUR GOOD FRIEND
2:02:36PM SANTIAGO CORRADA ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE CHAMBER
2:02:40PM FOLKS, ET CETERA.
2:02:41PM I KNOW I'M BEING A LITTLE MORE EMOTIONAL THAN NORMAL, BUT I
2:02:47PM WILL CALL THE MOTION AND LET'S SEE WHERE WE VOTE.
2:02:50PM THANK YOU.
2:02:51PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
2:02:52PM >>LUIS VIERA: I WANT TO RESPOND, IF I MAY, I'M A DISTRICT
2:02:55PM REPRESENTATIVE, REPRESENT DISTRICT 7.
2:02:57PM YOU KNOW, I'VE NEVER BEEN PAROCHIAL.
2:02:59PM ALL I'VE DONE IS SENT HERE TO FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE OF MY
2:03:04PM DISTRICT AND ALSO TO TAKE A CITYWIDE APPROACH.
2:03:06PM WHEN IT CAME TO SUPPORTING, BEFORE I WAS ELECTED WHEN I RAN
2:03:09PM FOR OFFICE, THE STORMWATER TAX THAT WAS DONE IN 2016, I
2:03:12PM CAUGHT HELL FOR THAT IN MY CAMPAIGN, BUT I SAID YES TO THAT.
2:03:16PM WHEN IT CAME TO DEMAGOGUING DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT, I SAID NO
2:03:22PM TO DEMAGOGUING DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT, AND I SAID YES TO
2:03:24PM SUPPORTING DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT, AND I STILL SUPPORT IT
2:03:26PM 110%.
2:03:27PM THE BUDGET WE VOTED ON IN 2017, I VOTED EIGHT MONTHS AFTER
2:03:31PM BEING ELECTED BY 65 VOTES TO RAISE TAXES ON MY CONSTITUENTS
2:03:35PM AND ON EVERYBODY.
2:03:36PM WHY?
2:03:36PM SO THAT WE COULD TAKE A CITYWIDE APPROACH ON PARKS IN VILA
2:03:41PM PARK, WILLIAMS PARK, NEW TAMPA REC CENTER, ALL OVER OUR
2:03:45PM CITY.
2:03:46PM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I OBJECTED TO WAS NOT SOMETHING
2:03:49PM THAT'S UNIQUE TO MY DISTRICT BUT IS UNIQUE TO EVERY SINGLE
2:03:53PM FAMILY IN THIS CITY RAISING A CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
2:03:57PM ACCESSIBLE PARKS, WHETHER THEY BE IN EAST TAMPA, SOUTH
2:03:59PM TAMPA, WEST TAMPA, OR NORTH IN NEW TAMPA.
2:04:02PM THAT IS A CITYWIDE APPROACH.
2:04:03PM I THINK WE ALL HERE TAKE A CITYWIDE APPROACH.
2:04:07PM I KNOW I DO.
2:04:08PM WE ARE ONE CITY.
2:04:09PM WE'RE ALL TAMPANIANS OR TAMPANIOS, HOWEVER YOU MAY PRONOUNCE
2:04:16PM IT, AND THAT'S CERTAINLY OUR HERITAGE.
2:04:19PM HOWEVER, THAT BEING SAID, WHEN THERE ARE ISSUES IN MY
2:04:21PM DISTRICT, ACUTE NEEDS, WE JUST SAT THROUGH AN HOUR-LONG --
2:04:25PM MORE THAN THAT -- WORKSHOP ON THE NEEDS OF BUSCH BOULEVARD.
2:04:27PM YOU HAD FOLKS THAT CAME DOWN FROM BUSCH BOULEVARD, THAT
2:04:30PM COMMUNITY, TALK ABOUT THEIR NEEDS, NOT THEIR WANTS.
2:04:32PM NOT THEIR WANTS.
2:04:33PM BASIC NEEDS.
2:04:34PM THINGS LIKE CODE ENFORCEMENT.
2:04:35PM THINGS LIKE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS, CRIME ISSUES,
2:04:38PM ET CETERA.
2:04:38PM AGAIN, I THINK THAT BY PUTTING THIS AS A PRIORITY AND MY OWN
2:04:45PM SUBJECTIVELY AHEAD OF THAT, I WOULD BE BETRAYING THAT.
2:04:48PM THAT'S NOT PAROCHIALISM.
2:04:50PM THAT IS A CITYWIDE APPROACH.
2:04:52PM >>JOHN BENNETT: JOHN BENNETT, CHIEF OF STAFF.
2:04:54PM I JUST WANT TO OFFER A COMMENT AND MAYBE THAT WILL HELP
2:04:57PM FACILITATE WHERE WE'RE HEADING.
2:04:58PM THREE THINGS.
2:05:00PM POINT ONE IS THAT WE'VE HEARD THE DATA AND THAT REQUIRES
2:05:04PM LEADERSHIP AFTER THAT, I THINK -- I HEARD MR. CARLSON SAY
2:05:06PM WE'RE IN A POINT OF CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION, AND THAT'S
2:05:10PM WHAT'S HAPPENING WHEN -- AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE
2:05:13PM HAVE THE DATA AND GET INTO HEALTHY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT MOVING
2:05:17PM OUR COMMUNITY FORWARD.
2:05:17PM I'VE LISTENED TO THE PASSION OF THE PROGRAM.
2:05:19PM I HEARD IT FROM THE ADMINISTRATION.
2:05:22PM I TAKE THOSE THINGS EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY.
2:05:26PM SO DULY NOTED ON HEARING WHAT THE ISSUE IS.
2:05:29PM WE'RE STILL IN A PROCESS, AS HAS BEEN SAID BY COUNCILMAN
2:05:33PM MIRANDA.
2:05:34PM THAT PROCESS STILL HAS TIME.
2:05:36PM WE STILL HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS.
2:05:38PM BUT THE THIRD THING I WANT TO SAY IS ABOUT THE CREATIVITY
2:05:42PM INNOVATION.
2:05:42PM YESTERDAY, I MET WITH THE PEPIN ACADEMY.
2:05:45PM FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT KNOW ABOUT THE PEPIN ACADEMY, THEY
2:05:47PM HAVE 18 TO 22 YEAR OLDS THAT ARE IN THE NUMBER OF ABOUT 51,
2:05:51PM THAT ARE LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO THRIVE IN THE
2:05:53PM WORKPLACE.
2:05:54PM IT'S A VERY PASSIONATE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO SUPPORT
2:05:59PM THOSE.
2:05:59PM THE REASON I'M BRINGING THIS UP IS THAT I HAVE HAD
2:06:04PM OPPORTUNITIES IN THE LAST 10 TO 15 YEARS OF GOVERNMENT
2:06:07PM SERVICE TO FIND IN-KIND AND OTHER CREATIVE WAYS TO SUPPORT
2:06:11PM PROGRAMS THAT ARE NOT ALWAYS DIRECTLY FUNDED THAT WAY.
2:06:15PM AND I THINK THE KEY HERE IS TO LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO
2:06:20PM DO, REALIZE THE BENEFIT OF WHAT'S IN THE COMMUNITY AND
2:06:23PM FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THERE TOGETHER.
2:06:25PM I THINK THAT'S BEEN DULY NOTED ON MY LEGAL PAD.
2:06:28PM I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE,
2:06:31PM I'VE HEARD IT.
2:06:32PM I UNDERSTAND CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION IS IMPORTANT.
2:06:34PM THIS WON'T BE THE ONLY DISCUSSION OVER THE ONLY LINE ITEM
2:06:39PM WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, BUT I WANTED TO SHARE THAT
2:06:42PM PHILOSOPHICALLY ABOUT HOW WE'RE THINKING.
2:06:44PM ALL RIGHT?
2:06:44PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
2:06:46PM THANK YOU.
2:06:46PM ANYONE ELSE?
2:06:46PM OKAY.
2:06:47PM COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, YOU WISH TO VOTE THEN, PROCEED?
2:06:50PM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND.
2:06:52PM LET'S DO IT.
2:06:52PM >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
2:06:53PM LET'S DO IT, SIR.
2:06:54PM MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
2:06:56PM SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
2:06:57PM ALL IN FAVOR?
2:06:58PM ANY OPPOSED?
2:07:01PM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ROLL CALL.
2:07:08PM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
2:07:09PM >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
2:07:11PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
2:07:12PM >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
2:07:14PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO.
2:07:15PM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
2:07:16PM >>LUIS VIERA: NO.
2:07:26PM >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED WITH MIRANDA AND VIERA
2:07:31PM VOTING NO.
2:07:33PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
2:07:33PM AGAIN, IN CASE IF THE MAYOR IS WATCHING, I THINK THERE IS A
2:07:36PM 7-0 VOTE OVER HERE FOR SUPPORTING THIS PROGRAMMING WITHIN
2:07:41PM THE PROPER CONTEXT.
2:07:42PM I THINK THAT'S A VERY GOOD MESSAGE TO TAKE.
2:07:46PM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU.
2:07:46PM THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
2:07:48PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
2:07:49PM >>ORLANDO GUDES: CHIEF OF STAFF, YOU KNOW, I'VE KNOWN YOU A
2:07:52PM LONG TIME.
2:07:53PM YOU'RE A PROBLEM SOLVER AND YOU LIKE TO MAKE COMPROMISES.
2:07:57PM I THINK THAT WAS A HELL OF A JOB COMING UP AND DOING WHAT
2:08:00PM YOU JUST DID.
2:08:01PM YOU SAW THE PASSION OF THE COUNCIL, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE SOME
2:08:04PM DESIRES AND YOU SAW THE NEED OF THE PEOPLE.
2:08:06PM I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN DOING THAT.
2:08:09PM >>JOHN BENNETT: WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER.
2:08:10PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE COMMENT.
2:08:11PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
2:08:12PM OKAY, ANYONE ELSE HERE FROM STAFF TO SPEAK ON THE BUDGET?
2:08:15PM ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM TAMPA CITY COUNCIL?
2:08:16PM ALL WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS THE CABLE SHOW.
2:08:20PM I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS ON THE BUDGET.
2:08:26PM >>BILL CARLSON: MR. ROGERO, COULD YOU JUST TALK ABOUT -- I
2:08:33PM MENTIONED THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE, AND I THINK IT'S
2:08:33PM COMBINED WITH LIKE A PARKS AND REC FUND.
2:08:33PM MY CONCERN, WHICH I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING TO YOU
2:08:37PM ABOUT -- AND I JUST WANT TO HAVE YOU TALK ABOUT IT, PLEASE,
2:08:40PM PUBLICLY HERE.
2:08:41PM THE REASON WHY I DIDN'T ASK THE MAYOR FOR ANYTHING IS
2:08:46PM BECAUSE WE HAD -- YOU CAN CORRECT MY NUMBERS, WHEN PAM IORIO
2:08:50PM HANDED OFF, WE HAD ABOUT 150 OR SO MILLION IN THE GENERAL
2:08:53PM FUND BALANCE, AND THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY I LOOK AT IT THE
2:08:57PM RAINY DAY FUND IN CASE WE GO INTO RECESSION.
2:08:59PM WHEN MAYOR CASTOR TOOK OVER, IT WAS ABOUT 80 MILLION, PLUS
2:09:04PM OR MINUS.
2:09:05PM MY CONCERN IS THAT IF WE GO INTO RECESSION, WHICH COULD BE
2:09:09PM -- WE WON'T KNOW FOR A FEW MONTHS BECAUSE THE NUMBERS LOOK
2:09:12PM BACKWARDS, IF WE GO INTO A RECESSION, WE'VE ALREADY CUT
2:09:16PM SERVICES TO THE BONE AS FOLKS HERE DAY SO IF WE GO INTO
2:09:20PM RECESSION IN TWO OR THREE YEARS, WE MAY HAVE TO CUT SERVICES
2:09:24PM EVEN MORE.
2:09:24PM SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A GENERAL FUND BALANCE THAT'S
2:09:29PM HIGH ENOUGH THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO CUT SERVICES MORE DURING
2:09:31PM RECESSION.
2:09:32PM AS YOU KNOW, THE STAFF AND YOUR NEW DEPARTMENT HAS DONE A
2:09:36PM GREAT JOB BUILDING UP THE OTHER RESERVES SO THAT WE HAVE
2:09:41PM HIGH TRIPLE-A BOND RATINGS AND OTHERS THAT KEEP OUR INTEREST
2:09:44PM RATES LOW.
2:09:45PM WE CAN'T TOUCH ANY OF THAT EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE MONEY IN
2:09:48PM RESERVE.
2:09:49PM CAN YOU ADDRESS THE MAYOR'S STRATEGY REGARDING THE GENERAL
2:09:51PM FUND RESERVE, HOW MUCH OF THE SURPLUS IS GOING IN THERE AND
2:09:54PM WHAT THE STRATEGY IS GOING FORWARD, PLEASE?
2:09:58PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: CERTAINLY, SIR.
2:09:59PM I HEAR THEM RUFFLING PAPERS BEHIND ME, SO I PRESUME THEY ARE
2:10:04PM FINDING THE DETAILED HISTORICAL INFORMATION.
2:10:07PM LET ME GIVE YOU A BROAD-BASED HISTORY.
2:10:09PM PRIMARILY YOU ARE CORRECT.
2:10:10PM WHEN MAYOR IORIO LEFT, AND AS WE PLANNED FOR AND REACTED TO
2:10:14PM THE GREAT RECESSION, WE HAD A VERY, VERY LARGE GENERAL FUND
2:10:17PM BALANCE.
2:10:17PM WE HAD VERY GOOD FUND BALANCES IN SOME OF OUR OTHER FUNDS,
2:10:22PM NOT SO GOOD IN, FOR EXAMPLE, SOLID WASTE.
2:10:24PM NOW, I SAY ALL THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE DIFFERENT FUNDS, AS YOU
2:10:27PM KNOW, AND EACH ONE OF THEM OR MOST OF THEM REQUIRE A
2:10:31PM SUBSTANTIAL RESERVE TO MAKE THE RATING AGENCIES HAPPY AND TO
2:10:34PM MAKE SURE WE ARE IN A VERY STABLE FINANCIAL CONDITION.
2:10:36PM IF MEMORY SERVES, AND I'LL CONFIRM OR REFUTE IT IN JUST A
2:10:40PM MOMENT, 140 MILLION, AND WHEN WE DIP INTO THAT FOR
2:10:45PM CONSECUTIVE YEARS, IN ADDITION TO EXPENDITURE CUTS,
2:10:49PM INCLUDING, AS YOU HEARD, OR AS YOU HEARD US SAY FOR YEARS,
2:10:52PM ABOUT 700 POSITIONS WITHIN THE CITY, ALONG WITH THE
2:10:56PM ELIMINATION OF SOME SERVICES IN AN ATTEMPT TO MAINTAIN THE
2:11:01PM SERVICES AS WELL AS WE COULD, WE DID DIP INTO THE GENERAL
2:11:04PM FUND BALANCES CONSIDERABLY.
2:11:09PM NOW, YOU MENTIONED SOME VERY, VERY GOOD CREDIT RATINGS THAT
2:11:11PM WE HAVE IN WATER, WASTEWATER, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
2:11:15PM WE HAVE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS PUT SOLID WASTE BACK
2:11:18PM ON A VERY, VERY FIRM FOOTING, AND THEY'VE GOT A VERY GOOD
2:11:22PM FUND BALANCE.
2:11:23PM WATER HAS A VERY GOOD FUND BALANCE.
2:11:24PM WASTEWATER HAS A VERY GOOD FUND BALANCE.
2:11:27PM FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, EVEN THOUGH IT HAS DECLINED, THE FUND
2:11:31PM BALANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND RIGHT NOW AND THE FUND BALANCE
2:11:34PM THAT'S CONTAINED WITHIN THE BUDGET PRESENTED TO YOU IS ALSO
2:11:38PM VERY, VERY GOOD.
2:11:39PM IT'S APPROXIMATELY 23%.
2:11:42PM WELL ABOVE OUR POLICY OF 20%.
2:11:44PM IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IT'S ABOUT $110 MILLION.
2:11:48PM HE'S GOT IT RIGHT HERE.
2:11:52PM >>BILL CARLSON: CAN YOU TELL US HOW MUCH NEW IS BEING PUT IN
2:11:54PM THIS YEAR?
2:11:56PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: 5.7, ALMOST $6 MILLION IS BEING PUT INTO
2:11:59PM THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE TO MAINTAIN -- AND HERE IS THE
2:12:01PM POINT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO STRESS -- TO MAINTAIN THAT 23%.
2:12:05PM BECAUSE AS YOUR BUDGET GROWS, AND WE HAVE NO REASON TO THINK
2:12:10PM IT WILL NOT CONTINUE GROWING, YOU HAVE TO PUT MORE AND MORE
2:12:13PM MONEY INTO YOUR FUND BALANCE BECAUSE IT'S A PERCENTAGE OF
2:12:16PM YOUR EXPENSES. SO I THINK YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN.
2:12:20PM NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE TO PLAN FOR POTENTIAL ECONOMIC
2:12:25PM CHALLENGES, BUT AS OUR BUDGET GROWS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
2:12:27PM CONTINUE TO PLAN TO PUT MORE AND MORE FUNDING INTO THAT
2:12:31PM GENERAL FUND BALANCE RESERVE.
2:12:33PM OUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT, IF YOU WILL.
2:12:35PM OF COURSE, IF IT'S IN YOUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT, IT'S NOT IN YOUR
2:12:38PM CHECKING ACCOUNT.
2:12:39PM YOU CAN'T SPEND IT.
2:12:40PM IT'S APPROXIMATELY $6 MILLION IN '20, AND I ANTICIPATE IT
2:12:43PM WILL REQUIRE MORE IN FISCAL YEAR '21.
2:12:50PM >>BILL CARLSON: ONE LAST FOLLOW-UP.
2:12:51PM YOU ALL ARE DOING THIS, BUT I THINK IT'S GENERALLY
2:12:56PM UNDERSTOOD IN BUSINESS AND IN GOVERNMENT THAT DURING THE
2:13:00PM BOOM TIMES, DURING THE POSITIVE ECONOMIC TIMES YOU SAVE
2:13:03PM MONEY SO YOU CAN SPEND IT DURING THE DOWN TIMES, CORRECT?
2:13:06PM BESIDES HAVING THE COVERAGE RATIO.
2:13:10PM IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S THE GENERAL PHILOSOPHY YOU'RE
2:13:12PM FOLLOWING, RIGHT?
2:13:13PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: IT IS THE GENERAL PHILOSOPHY, AND YOU HEARD
2:13:16PM ME REFERENCE A LITTLE BIT OF A NUANCE, YOU HEARD ME
2:13:19PM REFERENCE OUR POLICY OF 20%, WHICH IS A VERY GOOD POLICY.
2:13:22PM WE'RE IN VERY GOOD SHAPE ACCORDING TO OUR POLICY, AS YOU
2:13:24PM HEARD ME STATE.
2:13:25PM BUT WE'VE GOTTEN INTO A POSTURE NOW, WE'VE BEEN VERY, VERY
2:13:29PM SUCCESSFUL AT CONTINUING TO MAINTAIN AND GROW THAT FUND
2:13:32PM BALANCE, SO WE'VE GOTTEN INTO A POSTURE THAT THE RATING
2:13:35PM AGENCIES, THEY DON'T CONSIDER OUR POLICY ANY LONGER.
2:13:39PM THEY CONSIDER WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN, SO WE'VE GOT
2:13:42PM A GOOD POLICY, BUT WE THINK IF WE DROP BELOW THAT 23% AND
2:13:47PM MAYBE EVEN IF WE DON'T INCREASE IT, THE RATING AGENCIES ARE
2:13:50PM GOING TO LOOK AT US WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A SIDEWAYS GLANCE
2:13:54PM BASED ON OUR SUCCESS OF THE PAST.
2:13:56PM IT'S A GOOD STORY TO TELL, BUT IT REQUIRES MORE AND MORE
2:13:59PM RESOURCES.
2:14:01PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING, ESPECIALLY WITH
2:14:04PM COUNCILMAN CARLSON SAID.
2:14:06PM HOWEVER, THERE'S ONE THING THAT WE HAVE FORGOTTEN.
2:14:08PM AND IT HASN'T BEEN BROUGHT UP.
2:14:12PM IT'S IN 2027 -- AND YOU THINK THAT'S A LONG TIME AWAY -- YOU
2:14:17PM ONLY HAVE ONE MORE BITE AT THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TAX.
2:14:20PM WHEN THAT'S OVER, YOU TELL ME WHERE THE MONEY WILL COME IN
2:14:24PM FOR FIRE ENGINES, POLICE CARS, ALL TYPES OF EQUIPMENT THAT
2:14:28PM WE BUY WITH THAT MONEY.
2:14:30PM AND I THINK THAT IF I REMEMBER THE BUDGET, JUST LOOKING AT
2:14:34PM THIS, AGAIN, I LOOKED AT IT A FEW DAYS AGO, IT WAS LIKE 37
2:14:37PM MILLION IN 2020 OR 2021, I FORGET WHICH YEAR IT WAS, THAT WE
2:14:41PM HAD PUT IN THERE FOR EXPENDITURES OF THOSE KIND.
2:14:45PM SO WHOEVER IS HERE, IF I'M HERE, I'LL BE IN A WHEELCHAIR.
2:14:52PM >> YOU'LL BE HERE, BUT WE WON'T.
2:14:53PM [ LAUGHTER ]
2:14:54PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANKS FOR THE COMPLIMENT.
2:14:56PM BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT WITHIN IS GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK
2:15:00PM VERY CLOSELY THE NEXT TWO OR THREE YEARS BECAUSE THOSE
2:15:03PM CONTRACTS ARE COMING UP FROM THE SPORTS AUTHORITY.
2:15:10PM 2019.
2:15:12PM I THINK THE LAST CONTRACT IS IN 2027, AND SOMETHING GOING TO
2:15:15PM HAPPEN.
2:15:15PM AND WE HAVE TO PREPARE OURSELVES.
2:15:18PM HOW ARE YOU GOING TO HANDLE THAT GREAT EXPENDITURE?
2:15:21PM WHICH IS A BIG ONE, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THE PUBLIC WILL
2:15:24PM VOTE AGAIN FOR ANOTHER TAX LIKE THAT.
2:15:26PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: AGREED.
2:15:26PM SO YOU MAKE A VERY GOOD POINT.
2:15:28PM AS YOU KNOW, AND AS YOU'LL SEE OR HAVE SEEN, WE HAVE AND
2:15:32PM CONTINUE PLAN ON RELYING VERY HEAVILY ON THAT COMMUNITY
2:15:35PM INVESTMENT TAX FOR OUR ASSETS, POLICE VEHICLES, FIRE ASSETS,
2:15:38PM THINGS LIKE THAT.
2:15:39PM IT'S BEEN TERRIFIC, BUT AS OF THIS TIME, IT APPEARS FINITE.
2:15:46PM >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN GUDES AND THEN COUNCILMAN
2:15:48PM DINGFELDER.
2:15:49PM >>ORLANDO GUDES: THERE IS A WORD IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY
2:15:52PM WHEN DEALING WITH BONDS AND YOU OVERACHIEVE, MY MIND IS
2:15:57PM BLANK, BUT 23%, THAT'S A BIG -- THAT'S A GOOD NUMBER.
2:16:01PM THAT'S A BIG NUMBER, SIR.
2:16:04PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: IT IS.
2:16:05PM THANK YOU.
2:16:05PM IT IS 106 MILLION.
2:16:07PM LITTLE ALSO A THAN 110.
2:16:10PM 106 MILLION, 23% IN THE GENERAL FUND.
2:16:15PM >>ORLANDO GUDES: GOOD RATING WITH THAT TYPE OF PERCENTAGE.
2:16:19PM I KNOW WE WANT TO SAVE MONEY AND DO WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DO, I
2:16:23PM RESPECT ALL OF THAT.
2:16:24PM BUT WE'RE STILL OVER -- WE'LL STILL BE OVER OUR CAP TO WHERE
2:16:30PM WE WON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY PER OUR CHARTER FOR OUR RESERVES.
2:16:35PM WITH 23%.
2:16:36PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: WE WILL.
2:16:39PM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I RESPECT WHAT MR. MIRANDA IS SAYING, THERE
2:16:42PM WILL COME A TIME.
2:16:43PM I LOOK AT RIGHT NOW IF WE HAVE IT TO SPEND RIGHT NOW, WE
2:16:47PM NEED TO DO THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO RIGHT NOW TO GET ON THAT
2:16:49PM PATH.
2:16:50PM I JUST LOOK AT THAT NUMBER, 23%, I HEAR, BUT MY FIGURES WERE
2:16:56PM A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THE 106.
2:16:57PM I'LL GO BACK AND LOOK AGAIN AT THIS BOOK TO LOOK AT THOSE
2:17:00PM NUMBERS.
2:17:01PM I THOUGHT THOSE NUMBERS WERE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.
2:17:04PM I'LL CHECK AGAIN.
2:17:05PM MY THING IS, IF WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO PUT IN THAT
2:17:08PM RESERVES, AND WE HAVE THIS EXTRA MONEY, WE NEED TO DO WHAT
2:17:11PM WE DO NOW WITH PROJECTS WAITING AND WAITING FOR A LONG TIME.
2:17:14PM >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
2:17:16PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: COULD I EXPAND ON THAT A LITTLE BIT?
2:17:19PM WHAT YOU WERE SAYING MR. CARLSON, HIGH OF 140 ALMOST 143
2:17:23PM MILLION IN 2010.
2:17:24PM WE HAVE SPENT THAT DOWN TO A LOW IN 2014 OF 86, ALMOST 87
2:17:34PM MILLION.
2:17:34PM WE HAVE TAKEN SOME HITS IN OUR RESERVE.
2:17:37PM AGAIN, STILL WELL ABOVE POLICY.
2:17:41PM I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO ADD, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE WONDERFUL
2:17:43PM CREDIT RATINGS.
2:17:44PM IT'S NOT JUST BRAGGING RIGHTS, OF COURSE.
2:17:46PM IT MANIFESTS ITSELF IN THE STRENGTH OF OUR FINANCIAL
2:17:51PM CONDITION, IS INDICATING THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL'S POLITICAL
2:17:54PM WILL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A SOUND FINANCIAL CONDITION
2:17:57PM NOW AND GOING FORWARD AND, OF COURSE, AS YOU'VE HEARD, IT
2:18:02PM HELPS US SAVE A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY WHEN -- AND NOT IF --
2:18:07PM WHEN WE GET -- WHEN WE ANTICIPATE GETTING MORE DEBT SERVICE
2:18:10PM IN THE FUTURE.
2:18:11PM SO THEY ARE GREAT TO HAVE, BUT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT
2:18:14PM SAVINGS AND POSITIVE ASPECTS WE EXPERIENCE FROM HAVING THOSE
2:18:19PM POSITIVE RATINGS.
2:18:19PM THANK YOU.
2:18:20PM >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER AND THEN COUNCILMAN
2:18:23PM MANISCALCO.
2:18:24PM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE -- WERE THERE
2:18:29PM ADDITIONAL ITEMS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT?
2:18:31PM >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
2:18:31PM HOW ABOUT THIS.
2:18:33PM WE'LL DEAL WITH THE RESERVE ISSUE, COUNCILMAN AND THEN COME
2:18:35PM BACK.
2:18:36PM IS THAT ALL RIGHT?
2:18:36PM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SURE.
2:18:37PM >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
2:18:38PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JUST A RANDOM THOUGHT.
2:18:40PM AS COUNCILMAN MIRANDA MENTIONED, THE CIT RUNS OUT IN EIGHT
2:18:44PM YEARS, OR WHATEVER IT IS.
2:18:45PM WHY WOULDN'T THE PUBLIC RENEW IT?
2:18:47PM I'LL TELL YOU WHY I ASK THAT QUESTION.
2:18:51PM NOBODY THOUGHT ALL FOR TRANSPORTATION -- NOT NOBODY THOUGHT
2:18:53PM -- DIDN'T THINK ALL FOR TRANSPORTATION WOULD PASS AND THE
2:18:56PM SCHOOL TAX AT THE SAME TIME.
2:18:57PM SCHOOL TAX SUNSETS WITHIN TEN YEARS.
2:19:00PM SO BASICALLY, WHICH IS A HALF CENT.
2:19:02PM CIT IS HALF CENT.
2:19:03PM WOULD IT NOT MAKE SENSE FOR THE PUBLIC TO RENEW CIT AT WHAT
2:19:07PM IT IS?
2:19:07PM WE CAN'T SPECULATE ON THAT.
2:19:10PM WE HAVE TO PREPARE THAT NOTHING HAPPENS, AND FOLKS DECIDE TO
2:19:12PM JUST KEEP THEIR SALES TAX AT HALF A CENT LESS, BUT IT WOULD
2:19:17PM BE FISCALLY PRUDENT FOR FOLKS TO VOTE IN SUPPORT TO RENEW A
2:19:22PM CIT, CONSIDERING EVERYTHING THAT IT FUNDS.
2:19:24PM AND THEN WE HAVE A 30-YEAR CHART THAT WE CAN LOOK AT OF
2:19:27PM EVERYTHING THAT IT HAS FUNDED.
2:19:30PM JUST MY RANDOM THOUGHTS.
2:19:31PM >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
2:19:36PM >>BILL CARLSON: THE TRADE UP HERE ON THE RESERVES IS THAT
2:19:38PM ALTHOUGH WE COULD SPEND A LOT OF THE MONEY NOW, MY FEAR IS
2:19:43PM THAT IF EVERYBODY SAYS WE'RE ALREADY CUT AS FAR AS WE CAN
2:19:47PM CUT, IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH IN A COUPLE OF YEARS WHEN WE'RE
2:19:51PM IN THE MIDDLE OF A RECESSION, WE'RE GOING TO BE HAMMERED BY
2:19:54PM CONSTITUENTS.
2:19:54PM IMAGINE HOWEVER BAD YOU THINK OUR SERVICE LEVEL IS NOW, I
2:19:57PM THINK IT'S PRETTY GOOD, BETTER THAN I EXPECTED FROM THE
2:19:59PM OUTSIDE.
2:19:59PM BUT HOWEVER BAD YOU THINK IT IS NOW, IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT
2:20:03PM WORSE DURING THE RECESSION.
2:20:05PM SOME OF YOU ALL LIVED THROUGH THIS.
2:20:07PM AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ABLE TO COVER BASIC SERVICES.
2:20:09PM I DON'T WANT TO GET YELLED AT BY CONSTITUENTS BECAUSE WE
2:20:12PM CAN'T FILL BASIC POTHOLES AND THINGS.
2:20:14PM SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND SONYA -- SHE'S GONE -- AND
2:20:19PM THE TEAM AND THE MAYOR, THAT'S A HIGHER NUMBER THAN I EVEN
2:20:22PM EXPECTED.
2:20:24PM I'M HAPPY THAT YOU ALL SAVED THAT MUCH.
2:20:26PM AND FOR MY CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE WATCHING, IN TWO OR THREE
2:20:29PM YEARS, IF WE'RE IN A RECESSION, IF WE'RE ABLE TO MAINTAIN
2:20:33PM SOME OF THE SERVICES, THEN YOU'LL KNOW WHY I PUSHED FOR IT.
2:20:36PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANYONE ELSE ON RESERVES?
2:20:37PM JUST A BRIEF REMARK.
2:20:40PM IN LOOKING AT THIS LETTER, I THINK THIS IS A VERY GOOD STEP
2:20:43PM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, SO I WANTED TO SALUTE YOU ALL FOR
2:20:46PM THIS.
2:20:46PM I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT 110%.
2:20:48PM I ECHOED THE REMARKS ON CONCERNS IN THE RESERVES.
2:20:51PM YOU KNOW, I BROUGHT UP THE 2017, FISCAL YEAR 2018 BUDGET.
2:20:56PM THE REASON WHY I SUPPORTED THAT BUDGET AND THE REASON WHY --
2:21:00PM I'LL SAY IT, RAISE TAXES IS BECAUSE OF THAT ISSUE, BECAUSE
2:21:04PM WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD, GOING FORWARD, YOU
2:21:07PM KNOW, TIGHTEN OUR BELT SOME, RIGHT?
2:21:09PM BUT NOT SUFFOCATE OURSELVES LIKE I BELIEVE IT WAS RON WEAVER
2:21:14PM SAID THAT IN 2017.
2:21:15PM AND THAT'S WHY I VOTED FOR THAT.
2:21:17PM AND I THINK WE'RE SEEING THE POSITIVE BENEFITS OF THAT.
2:21:20PM WE'RE SEEING THE POSITIVE BENEFITS OF THAT, WHICH IS WHY IN
2:21:24PM THIS BUDGET WE CAN CONTINUE TO BALANCE OUT THE FISCAL
2:21:28PM RESPONSIBILITY, THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE TO SET MONEY ASIDE.
2:21:30PM FOLKS ARE TALKING ABOUT WE'RE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET,
2:21:32PM WELL, WE'LL BE BACK IN THE WOODS PROBABLY IN A YEAR OR TWO
2:21:35PM YEARS.
2:21:35PM WE'LL GET A RECESSION.
2:21:36PM THAT'S JUST THE WAY THAT IT IS.
2:21:38PM AND WE'VE GOT TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT.
2:21:39PM BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE HAVE TO FOREGO OUR
2:21:42PM LONG-STANDING DEBTS AND OBLIGATIONS TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
2:21:45PM I THINK WE CAN BALANCE OUT BOTH.
2:21:46PM YOU KNOW, BY SEEING THIS, THIS IS A GOOD STEP IN THAT
2:21:50PM DIRECTION.
2:21:50PM SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE A LOT OF THIS, AND I KNOW THERE WILL BE
2:21:54PM FURTHER TALKS, BUT I ALWAYS LOOK FOR THAT BALANCE.
2:21:57PM I THINK A LOT OF THAT BALANCE COULDN'T HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED
2:21:59PM WITHOUT THOSE TOUGH STEPS WE TOOK IN 2017.
2:22:04PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU, SIR.
2:22:04PM COULD I, AGAIN, OFFER A LITTLE BIT MORE?
2:22:07PM DESPITE GOING FROM $143 MILLION IN RESERVES DOWN TO IN THE
2:22:12PM HIGH 80s, WE HAVE REPLENISHED IT FURTHER, TO AN EXTENT,
2:22:17PM FOR COUNCILMAN CARLSON'S COMMENT, BUT THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF
2:22:20PM ACTIONS YOU MENTION INCREASING THE MILLAGE THAT'S INCLUDED.
2:22:24PM THOSE ARE THE ACTIONS THAT CREDIT RATING AGENCIES PAY
2:22:27PM ATTENTION TO.
2:22:27PM YOU DREW IT DOWN, WE GOT IT.
2:22:29PM YOU'RE REPLENISHING IT, AND YOU'VE GOT THE POLITICAL WILL TO
2:22:33PM GET ADDITIONAL REVENUE FROM SOMEPLACE.
2:22:35PM THOSE ARE VERY, VERY POSITIVE AND THAT'S WHAT HAS HELPED US
2:22:40PM INCREASE OUR CREDIT RATINGS DESPITE DIPPING HEAVILY INTO THE
2:22:43PM RESERVES.
2:22:44PM YOU KNOW, THE RATING AGENCIES WILL READ WHAT IS PRINTED IN
2:22:47PM THE TAMPA BAY TIMES.
2:22:48PM THEY MAY WATCH -- THEY MAY BE WATCHING NOW OR THEY MAY WATCH
2:22:52PM IT LATER.
2:22:52PM THEY TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ALL OF THIS DATA, NOT JUST THE
2:22:56PM NUMBERS, BUT ALSO THE DISCUSSION AND THE DIALOGUE AND THE
2:22:59PM ACTIONS. SO THANK YOU.
2:23:02PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
2:23:03PM COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, I THINK YOU WANTED TO CHANGE
2:23:06PM SUBJECTS, SIR.
2:23:07PM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: NOT THAT RESERVES AREN'T IMPORTANT.
2:23:09PM THEY ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
2:23:10PM WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO ON THAT.
2:23:14PM AS A MATTER OF FACT, I RECALL THOSE GOOD YEARS WHEN WE BUILT
2:23:18PM THE RESERVES.
2:23:19PM AND I WAS GLAD TO BE PART OF THAT AND VOTE WITH MAYOR IORIO
2:23:22PM ON THAT TO GET US UP TO THAT HIGH LEVEL.
2:23:25PM WE NEEDED THAT.
2:23:25PM WE NEEDED THAT, BECAUSE WHEN THE RECESSION HIT, OBVIOUSLY, I
2:23:28PM MEAN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION WAS ABLE
2:23:32PM TO SURVIVE AND KEEP THE CITY RUNNING AND PROSPERING AND BE
2:23:37PM READY FOR THE GOOD TIMES THAT WE'VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO
2:23:40PM HAVE FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
2:23:41PM WITH THAT SAID, I WANT TO SWITCH GEARS A LITTLE BIT -- NO
2:23:45PM PUN INTENDED -- TO SUSTAINABILITY AND VEHICLES.
2:23:49PM WHEN I WAS ON COUNCIL THE LAST TIME -- I DON'T MEAN TO DWELL
2:23:53PM LIKE AN OLD MAN -- BUT WHEN I WAS HERE THE LAST TIME, WE
2:23:58PM STARTED TALKING ABOUT HYBRIDS, USING HYBRIDS INSTEAD OF
2:24:04PM TRADITIONAL GAS CARS.
2:24:06PM HYBRIDS WERE NOVEL AT THE TIME IN 2003, BUT WE STARTED
2:24:10PM BUYING A FEW.
2:24:11PM I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY WE HAVE LEFT.
2:24:12PM I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BEEN THE PATTERN OF THE CITY TO
2:24:17PM CONTINUE TO DO HYBRIDS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
2:24:21PM BUT I DID NOTICE IN THE BUDGET BOOK, AT LEAST AS FAR AS I
2:24:27PM CAN SEE, WE ARE PURCHASING FIVE SEDANS, QUOTE, UNQUOTE, ONE
2:24:33PM FOR HR, TWO FOR THE TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT AND TWO FOR SOLID
2:24:38PM WASTE.
2:24:38PM SO I PICTURE LITTLE INEXPENSIVE TWO-DOOR OR FOUR-DOOR SEDANS
2:24:45PM RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE.
2:24:46PM THEY SHOW A BUDGET PRICE HERE OF ANYWHERE FROM 25 TO 30
2:24:50PM THOUSAND DOLLARS, DEPENDING ON WHICH DEPARTMENT.
2:24:52PM WITH THAT SAID, I WOULD LOVE AT LEAST A COMMITMENT BEFORE WE
2:24:58PM GET TO THE BUDGET HEARINGS, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE IN
2:25:02PM WRITING.
2:25:02PM DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PART OF THE BUDGET BOOK, TO SAY THAT WHY
2:25:08PM DON'T WE SWITCH TO AN ELECTRIC FLEET.
2:25:11PM AND THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY.
2:25:12PM I KNOW WE CAN'T SWITCH OUR THREE OR FOUR HUNDRED CARS THAT
2:25:16PM WE HAVE, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST THOUGHT.
2:25:19PM SO WHY NOT THE FIRST FIVE, WHY NOT GO ELECTRIC?
2:25:23PM I LOOKED IT UP ONLINE TO SEE WHAT A VOLT COSTS, NOT THAT WE
2:25:28PM HAVE TO GET A CHEVY VOLT, BUT JUST FOR AN EXAMPLE, THAT
2:25:32PM SEEMS TO BE A COMPARABLE CAR.
2:25:33PM IT APPEARS TO BE SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 32, TO 33
2:25:37PM THOUSAND DOLLARS.
2:25:38PM YOU HAVE ONE, CHARLIE?
2:25:39PM YOU HAVE THE VOLT?
2:25:41PM I THOUGHT SO.
2:25:42PM CHARLIE IS LEADING US THERE.
2:25:47PM [ LAUGHTER ]
2:25:47PM ANYWAY, THAT'S JUST SORT OF A COMMENT, NOT LOOKING FOR A
2:25:51PM VOTE -- NOT LOOKING FOR A VOTE OR ANYTHING ELSE, BUT I THINK
2:25:53PM THAT IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AMOUNT OF
2:25:57PM MONEY, WE CAN LEAD THIS COMMUNITY BY EXAMPLE STARTING TO
2:26:01PM SWITCH OVER TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
2:26:07PM AND IT IS THE WAY OF THE FUTURE.
2:26:08PM I KNOW WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE CHARGE THEM AND THAT
2:26:10PM SORT OF THING, BUT THERE ARE OPTIONS.
2:26:12PM THAT'S NUMBER ONE.
2:26:13PM AS LONG AS I HAVE THE FLOOR, TWO OTHER THINGS, MR. CHAIRMAN,
2:26:15PM ONE OF OUR GOOD FRIENDS, VIVA CHEVAUD, I TALKED TO HER
2:26:23PM YESTERDAY, SHE IS MY APPOINTEE TO THE BUDGET ADVISORY --
2:26:27PM YEAH, VIVA.
2:26:28PM SHE'S GREAT.
2:26:30PM SHE HAS GREAT IDEAS.
2:26:31PM I SAID, VIVA, WHAT DO YOU WANT IN THE BUDGET?
2:26:33PM BECAUSE SHE IS PUTTING A LOT OF TIME INTO THE BUDGET
2:26:36PM ADVISORY GROUP.
2:26:36PM SHE SAID, WE REALLY NEED THAT ACCESSIBILITY PARK TO GO
2:26:40PM FURTHER.
2:26:41PM I GUESS IT STARTED NOW OR SOMETHING?
2:26:43PM >>LUIS VIERA: YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SO-CALLED AUTISM PARK
2:26:45PM FOR NEW TAMPA?
2:26:46PM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: CORRECT, CORRECT.
2:26:47PM >>LUIS VIERA: THAT'S -- IN 2017 AS PART OF THAT BUDGET, WE
2:26:52PM SECURED ABOUT $90,000 FOR THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THAT
2:26:54PM PARK.
2:26:54PM RIGHT?
2:26:55PM THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES RIGHT NOW WITH REGARDS TO THE AREA
2:26:59PM IN TERMS OF WHERE IT WILL BE PLACED WITHIN NEW TAMPA AND
2:27:05PM WE'RE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ON THAT.
2:27:06PM BUT THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M PUSHING FOR, WHICH IS
2:27:09PM WHAT THIS WAS IN RESPONSE TO.
2:27:11PM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WELL, I SPECIFICALLY WANT TO BE ON THE
2:27:12PM RECORD SUPPORTIVE OF THAT, ON VIVA'S BEHALF BUT ALSO ON
2:27:19PM BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, OF THE AUTISTIC COMMUNITY
2:27:22PM WHICH I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN DEEPLY INVOLVED IN FOR DECADES.
2:27:25PM I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
2:27:26PM WE'VE DONE SOME SIMILAR THINGS DOWN HERE WITH MacFARLANE
2:27:29PM PARK, AND MS. BUSANSKY WHO DID THAT.
2:27:34PM AND WE DID GREAT THINGS ON THAT, BUT, HECK, IF YOU LIVE IN
2:27:38PM NEW TAMPA, ANYWHERE ON THE NORTH END, PASCO, YOU'RE NOT
2:27:42PM GOING TO COME DOWN TO MacFARLANE PARK.
2:27:44PM YOU NEED SOMETHING UP THERE.
2:27:45PM I'M TOTALLY SUPPORTIVE OF WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO TAKE
2:27:50PM THAT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
2:27:51PM MY LAST ITEM IS WMBE.
2:27:54PM ON THE MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS AND THAT SORT OF
2:27:58PM THING, I THINK WE NEED -- MR. BENNETT AND I TALKED ABOUT
2:28:01PM THIS YESTERDAY WITH DENNIS, I THINK WE NEED MORE PERSONNEL.
2:28:06PM THAT DEPARTMENT GOT CUT.
2:28:07PM I THINK IT PRETTY MUCH GOT CUT IN HALF DURING THE RECESSION.
2:28:12PM WE'RE NOT IN THE RECESSION ANYMORE.
2:28:14PM WE'RE OUT OF THE RECESSION.
2:28:17PM WE CAN TALK ALL WE WANT ABOUT WMBE, BUT IF WE'RE REALLY
2:28:21PM GOING TO MAKE STRIDES, I THINK WE NEED MORE PERSONNEL.
2:28:23PM THAT'S MY SOAPBOX TODAY.
2:28:25PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
2:28:28PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
2:28:30PM ALL THREE OF THE ITEMS AND, OF COURSE, THE SUSTAINABILITY
2:28:33PM AND THE HYBRID VEHICLES.
2:28:34PM CHIEF OF STAFF JUST HANDED ME SOME CURRENT INFORMATION
2:28:37PM REGARDING PROGRESS THAT THE CITY HAS MADE.
2:28:40PM I CAN GET YOU MORE INFORMATION AS TO WHAT THOSE TYPES OF
2:28:43PM SEDANS ARE THAT WE ANTICIPATE IN FISCAL YEAR '20.
2:28:48PM AS YOU ALL PROBABLY KNOW, ONE OF OUR MAJOR CONCENTRATION
2:28:50PM AREAS HAS BEEN COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS FOR OUR SOLID WASTE
2:28:55PM FLEET.
2:28:55PM TO THAT END, WE PURCHASED 76 CNG COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS
2:29:03PM SOLID WASTE TRUCKS, WHICH NOW ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 58%, OVER
2:29:08PM HALF OF OUR FLEET.
2:29:09PM SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AS PROGRESS.
2:29:11PM ADDITIONALLY, WE'VE PURCHASED 16 HYBRID VEHICLES, WHICH IS
2:29:17PM ABOUT A THIRD OF OUR MID SIZE SEDAN COMPLEMENT.
2:29:20PM WE FEEL WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS AND I'LL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
2:29:23PM INFORMATION TO YOU.
2:29:24PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
2:29:25PM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
2:29:27PM >>ORLANDO GUDES: GENTLEMEN, SEVERAL PHONE CALLS ABOUT A
2:29:30PM COUPLE OF MY ITEMS THAT WERE PUBLICIZED, BUT I GET A LOT OF
2:29:35PM TREMENDOUS CALLS THAT A LOT OF THEM WERE ASKING WHY DIDN'T I
2:29:38PM ADD ABOUT HOUSING.
2:29:40PM THAT'S A CONCERN.
2:29:42PM WE TALKED ABOUT -- CUT BUT THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT WAS CUT,
2:29:47PM TOO.
2:29:48PM WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, WE HAVE A HOUSING CRISIS WITHIN THE
2:29:50PM CITY OF TAMPA.
2:29:52PM AND THEY ARE OVERWORKED OVER THERE.
2:29:54PM THOSE LITTLE LADIES ARE OVER THERE WORKING, BUT THEY DON'T
2:29:56PM HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO FIELD THE CALLS, THE CONCERNS, TO BE
2:30:03PM OUT THERE HELPING PEOPLE TO GET SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT
2:30:06PM ARE GOOD THAT WE HAVE THAT PEOPLE JUST DON'T KNOW ABOUT,
2:30:08PM BECAUSE WE HAVE OTHER PROGRAMS.
2:30:11PM I'VE HAD FOUR PEOPLE JUST LAST WEEK THAT I SENT ABOUT OCCUPY
2:30:17PM REHAB, BUT SOMETIMES THERE'S NOBODY ANSWERING THE PHONES.
2:30:20PM IT'S NOT THOSE LADIES' FAULT.
2:30:22PM JUST NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE FOR THEM TO TALK THAT'S A CONCERN AND
2:30:29PM PEOPLE GETTING FRUSTRATED.
2:30:30PM SO I THINK FOR ME, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHERE OUR CRISIS
2:30:37PM POINTS ARE WITHIN THE CITY.
2:30:39PM AND WE KNOW HOUSING IS A CRISIS RIGHT NOW.
2:30:42PM IF WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE ANSWERING THE PHONE TO HELP PEOPLE
2:30:45PM WHO ARE IN NEED, THEN WHAT GOOD ARE WE?
2:30:48PM WE'RE NOT GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT THERE IN A MARKETING
2:30:51PM STRATEGY WAY OR NOT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY.
2:30:54PM I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, WE KNOW WITH THE HOUSING CRISIS --
2:30:58PM WHERE THE HOUSING CRISIS LOCATIONS ARE, BUT WE HAVE A
2:31:00PM BUILDING WAY OUT ON LEMON.
2:31:01PM IF I DON'T HAVE A CAR, I BARELY MAKE IT, HOW DO I GET WAY
2:31:06PM OUT THERE? YOU HAVE TO BRING SOME SERVICES A LITTLE BIT
2:31:09PM CLOSER.
2:31:09PM WE HAVE TO FIND SOME VACANT BUILDINGS THAT WE OWN OR
2:31:12PM SOMETHING OR ANOTHER THAT WE CAN BRING SOME OF OUR SERVICES
2:31:17PM CLOSER TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MOST VULNERABLE AND WHO NEED
2:31:19PM IT.
2:31:31PM >>JOHN BENNETT: JOHN BENNETT, CHIEF OF STAFF.
2:31:33PM COUNCILMAN GUDES, I APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK FOR TWO
2:31:38PM REASONS.
2:31:39PM ONE, AS PROBABLY ALL OF YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR JUST KICKED OFF
2:31:42PM THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY TEAM.
2:31:46PM THE FIRST THING THAT TYPICALLY DOES IS TRY TO IDENTIFY THE
2:31:49PM CITY'S LEVEL OF SERVICE AND THE DELTA BETWEEN WHAT'S NEEDED
2:31:53PM AND WHAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SUPPLY TO THE COMMUNITY.
2:31:56PM SOME OF THAT COINCIDES WITH THE FACT THAT SHE'S COMMITTED TO
2:32:01PM BRING IN GOVERNMENT CLOSER TO THE COMMUNITY AND LEMON
2:32:05PM STREET, YOU KNOW, I HEARD YOU ON THAT SIDE.
2:32:09PM I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH VANESSA YESTERDAY OVER THINGS ON
2:32:12PM THAT SIDE OF THE CITY.
2:32:13PM SO BRINGING GOVERNMENT CLOSER, HAVING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
2:32:17PM ADVISORY TEAM, DEFINING THE LEVEL OF SERVICE, DEFINING THE
2:32:20PM GAPS IS EXACTLY WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO HEAD IN THAT.
2:32:23PM I THINK WE'RE ON THE TRY THE TRAJECTORY, BUT WE NEED
2:32:26PM DELIVERABLES, AS YOU MENTIONED.
2:32:28PM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I HAVE JUST A COUPLE MORE, MR. CHAIRMAN.
2:32:31PM PARDON ME.
2:32:32PM I DID RECEIVE THE MEMORANDUM FROM THE MAYOR, AND I AM
2:32:37PM HUMBLED.
2:32:38PM I TRULY AM.
2:32:39PM IN RESPECT TO MR. BENNETT, WHO HAS COME ABOARD AND TRY TO BE
2:32:46PM A MEDIATOR TO THE ITEMS THAT COUNCIL IS TALKING ABOUT, WHICH
2:32:50PM WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WHEN I STILL LOOK AT THE E.M.S., I
2:32:53PM STILL LOOK AT, WE'RE SEEING A PEAK SERVICE.
2:32:57PM I'M STILL TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WE ALREADY HAVE TWO
2:33:01PM UNITS THAT ARE DOING PEAK SERVICE.
2:33:03PM I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY WE SENT ADDITIONAL RESCUE CAR
2:33:08PM WHEN WE ALREADY HAVE RESCUE CAR IN THE CITY.
2:33:12PM WE HAVE A BIG OL' BAY THAT -- WAREHOUSE FOR OUR FIRE RESCUE
2:33:17PM EQUIPMENT AND WAREHOUSE.
2:33:18PM THERE IS A PLACE THAT WE TALK ABOUT THE DECON, THAT CAN BE
2:33:22PM HOUSED THERE.
2:33:23PM BAY 16 CAN BE OPENED UP.
2:33:25PM AND ONE OF THOSE CARS NOT BEING UTILIZED, WE'LL STILL BE
2:33:30PM SAVING MONEY AND PUT ONE OF THE CARS.
2:33:32PM THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE AT 10.
2:33:33PM I CAN MAKE A COMPROMISE.
2:33:35PM IT COULD GO TO 16.
2:33:38PM INSTEAD OF 12, HAVE A FULL 24-HOUR RUNNING CAR SERVICE
2:33:43PM VERSUS, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SAVE THE CITY MONEY.
2:33:46PM I'M NOT HARPING TO TRY TO SPEND, SPEND, SPEND.
2:33:49PM BUT I STILL THINK, AGAIN, I'M APPRECIATIVE TO TRY TO COME UP
2:33:52PM WITH A COMPROMISE BUT THERE STILL A BETTER WAY.
2:33:55PM I JUST SEE A BETTER WAY AS WE STILL HAVE A 24-HOUR CAR, WE
2:33:59PM HAVE A LOCATION ALREADY.
2:34:01PM I KNOW THAT TEN MAYBE LATER ON DOWN THE LINE, WE'LL WORK ON
2:34:05PM RENOVATION OR NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR 10.
2:34:08PM RIGHT NOW, CAN I COMPROMISE FOR 16, BUT I STILL ON THE
2:34:11PM PREMISE THAT A FULL-TIME CAR GO AT 16 FOR THE EAST TAMPA
2:34:16PM RESIDENTS.
2:34:17PM I'M STILL STUCK ON THAT, GENTLEMEN.
2:34:19PM I LOVE TO COMPROMISE WITH THAT ITEM, BUT I THINK WE CAN
2:34:23PM STILL GET THERE.
2:34:24PM I SEE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO DO A LOT
2:34:28PM OF THIS BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY THERE, SOME OF IT.
2:34:31PM >>JOHN BENNETT: EXCELLENT POINT.
2:34:35PM IN CONSULTATION WITH THE FIRE CHIEF AND REVENUE AND FINANCE
2:34:38PM STAFF, WE STARTED WITH A BALANCED BUDGET VIEW ON THIS.
2:34:41PM AND WHAT WE DID IS WHEN WE WERE WHITE BOARDING THIS, JUST AS
2:34:44PM OF YESTERDAY, WHICH LED TO THE MEMO, WE SAW OPPORTUNITIES
2:34:48PM THAT WITHIN A BALANCED BUDGET, DO NOT -- YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY
2:34:51PM WE'RE IN GENERAL FUND, AND WE'RE IN OTHER FUNDS FOR THE
2:34:55PM RESCUE CAR.
2:34:55PM THIS IS THE WAY TO STAY WITHIN THE BALANCED BUDGET AND
2:34:58PM SUPPLY THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
2:35:01PM AS YOU KNOW IN THE FIRE SERVICE, THERE ARE TWO DYNAMICS, ONE
2:35:07PM IS TIME ON SCENE, WHICH IS A LEVEL OF SERVICE AND RESPONSE,
2:35:10PM AND THEN THERE'S VOLUME.
2:35:11PM WHEN THE FIRE CHIEF LOOKED AT THE TIME ON SCENE AS WELL AS
2:35:17PM THE VOLUME IN THAT SPACE, THEY FELT LIKE THIS WAS THE MODEL
2:35:20PM THAT WE COULD DO, WHICH IS ALREADY ENCUMBERED.
2:35:23PM PEAK SERVICE OR PEAK DYNAMICS IS BASED ON KIND OF AN
2:35:29PM OVERTIME MODEL OVERLAID AGAINST WHATEVER THE DEMAND MIGHT BE
2:35:34PM IN THE FIELD.
2:35:35PM THERE IS AN OVERTIME BUDGET TO WORK WITH ALREADY.
2:35:37PM THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE TO ADJUST THE BUDGET TO
2:35:41PM MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
2:35:42PM THE CAPITAL ITEM OF THE VEHICLE IS A DIFFERENT FUND, WHICH
2:35:45PM ALLOWS US TO PUT THAT VEHICLE IN THE FIELD WITHIN ITS
2:35:48PM TURNOUT TIME FROM PRODUCTION.
2:35:52PM WE FELT LIKE THE COMPROMISE WITHIN THE BALANCED BUDGET WAS
2:35:55PM THE MOST VIABLE OPTION TO GET STARTED ON WHAT THE VISION WAS
2:35:59PM TO SERVE THE EAST TAMPA RESIDENTS.
2:36:10PM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I APPRECIATE THAT.
2:36:11PM AGAIN, I STILL FEEL WE CAN GET THERE.
2:36:13PM I KNOW MR. CHAIRMAN IS ALSO FIGHTING FOR PARKS AND
2:36:16PM RECREATION.
2:36:17PM WE NEED THINGS ALL OVER THE CITY.
2:36:18PM I CAN SEE WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THAT PORTION, BUT IT STILL
2:36:22PM IS NOT ADDRESSING DISTRICT 5 NEEDS.
2:36:25PM IT'S ADDRESSING A NEED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY, BUT RIGHT
2:36:28PM NOW, IT'S NOT ADDRESSING A DISTRICT 5 NEED.
2:36:32PM WE STILL NEED TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH REFERENCE TO
2:36:36PM DISTRICT 5.
2:36:36PM WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OPTIONS.
2:36:38PM I'M COMPARABLE TO CRA VERSUS GENERAL FUND DOLLARS, I'M
2:36:42PM COMPARABLE TO THAT.
2:36:43PM THE CRA CHAIRPERSON DID CONTACT ME.
2:36:49PM THEY WOULD LOVE FOR THE GENERAL FUND TO FUND IT ALL, BUT
2:36:52PM THEY ARE COMPARABLE TO WORKING HAND IN HAND.
2:36:57PM WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
2:36:59PM I'M GRATEFUL, HUMBLE THAT WE'RE LISTENING.
2:37:01PM I HOPE WE'LL GET THERE BY HEARING TIMES.
2:37:03PM >>JOHN BENNETT: YEAH, COMPLETELY UNDERSTOOD AND THANK YOU.
2:37:06PM >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN CARLSON AND THEN COUNCILMAN CITRO.
2:37:11PM >>BILL CARLSON: A COUPLE OF POINTS BASED ON WHAT MY
2:37:13PM COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID.
2:37:14PM NUMBER ONE, COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES, YOU TALKED ABOUT
2:37:18PM AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
2:37:18PM REMEMBER THE DOCUMENTATION I HANDED OUT AT THE LAST CRA
2:37:21PM MEETING.
2:37:21PM AFFORDABLE HOUSING BY LAW SHOULD BE A MAJOR PART OF THE CRA
2:37:27PM EFFORTS.
2:37:28PM AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE STRATEGIC PLANS WITH THEM, I
2:37:30PM THINK WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS IN THE CRA MEETINGS, BUT I THINK
2:37:33PM WE NEED TO GIVE THEM THE GUIDELINES AND EXPECTATION THAT
2:37:35PM THEY'LL SPEND A MAJOR PART OF THEIR EFFORTS ON AFFORDABLE
2:37:39PM HOUSING, AND WE CAN PARTNER WITH THE CITY ON THAT, BUT WE'VE
2:37:42PM GOT MONEY THERE, AND WE CAN STILL GET FEEDBACK FROM THE
2:37:46PM CACs AND ALL THAT.
2:37:49PM AT WHAT NINE CRAs, ONLY ONE REALLY IS DOING VERY MUCH IN
2:37:54PM AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
2:37:54PM THERE IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY TO AFFECT THAT AND MONEY HELD
2:37:57PM BACK FOR IT.
2:37:58PM THE OTHER THING, I WAS THINKING ABOUT WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER
2:38:01PM DINGFELDER WAS TALKING ABOUT BEFORE, AND WE WERE TALKING
2:38:04PM ABOUT THE EARLIER ITEM AND THE VOTE, MY UNDERSTANDING OR
2:38:07PM RECOLLECTION IS THAT IN THE SPRING SOMETIME, THERE'S AN
2:38:10PM EARLY MEETING WHERE THE MAYOR WILL HAVE US HAVE A
2:38:15PM CONVERSATION ABOUT THE BUDGET.
2:38:16PM I DON'T KNOW IF MY MEMORY IS RIGHT OR NOT.
2:38:18PM IS THERE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE BUDGET EARLY IN THE YEAR?
2:38:20PM >> YES, SIR, TYPICALLY WE'LL COME BEFORE YOU AND GIVE YOU AN
2:38:23PM UPDATE, A MIDYEAR REVIEW AS WE CALL IT.
2:38:27PM AS A MATTER OF FACT, JUST FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES TO THE
2:38:28PM VIEWING PUBLIC, WE HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET FOR YOU FOR FISCAL
2:38:32PM YEAR 20.
2:38:34PM FISCAL YEAR '19 ISN'T EVEN OVER YET.
2:38:36PM SO WE WILL BRING YOU A MIDYEAR REVIEW TALKING ABOUT HOW THE
2:38:40PM BUDGET THAT YOU WILL APPROVE IS DOING, AND HOW WE DID IN THE
2:38:44PM --
2:38:45PM >>BILL CARLSON: WHAT MONTH IS THAT?
2:38:47PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: TYPICALLY MARCH, APRIL, MAY.
2:38:50PM >>BILL CARLSON: JUST BEFORE WE CAME ON BOARD.
2:38:52PM MY POINT HERE IS THAT, IN MY CONVERSATION WITH THE MAYOR, I
2:38:57PM SAID, LOOK, YOU CAN DO LIKE YOUR PREDECESSOR -- AND COUNT TO
2:39:02PM FOUR AND GET THE BUDGET APPROVED.
2:39:04PM AND SHE CUT ME OFF -- I THINK I TALKED ABOUT THIS TWICE, SHE
2:39:08PM CUT ME OFF AND SAID THAT'S NOT WHO I AM AND NOT WHAT I WANT
2:39:11PM TO DO.
2:39:12PM I WANT TO WORK WITH EVERYBODY AND I WANT TO GET THINGS DONE.
2:39:14PM I THINK IN THE ERA OF COLLEGIALITY, WHICH I THINK SHE'S
2:39:17PM TRYING TO PROMOTE AND WE'RE TRYING TO PROMOTE, I THINK IN
2:39:20PM THAT UPDATE, WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS WE NOT ONLY GET AN
2:39:25PM UPDATE FROM YOU ALL BUT MAYBE SOMEBODY COULD FACILITATE A
2:39:29PM CONVERSATION AMONG US TO TALK ABOUT THE SYSTEMIC ISSUES WE
2:39:31PM THINK ARE PRIORITIES.
2:39:32PM WE ALL HAVE INDIVIDUAL PRIORITIES MAYBE FOR OUR DISTRICTS,
2:39:34PM BUT MAYBE SYSTEMIC ISSUES LIKE HOUSING OR OTHER THINGS WE
2:39:37PM CAN TALK ABOUT AT THAT TIME NEXT YEAR TO LEAD INTO THAT.
2:39:41PM FOLLOW ON THAT, THE OTHER THING IS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER
2:39:44PM DINGFELDER WAS TALKING ABOUT ELECTRIC CARS.
2:39:46PM WE HAVE A NEW SUSTAINABILITY PERSON COMING ON BOARD.
2:39:48PM I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT A WORKSHOP.
2:39:50PM BUT SAME THING, IF THE MAYOR AND CHIEF OF STAFF WOULD ALLOW,
2:39:55PM WE COULD HAVE THAT PERSON MAYBE FACILITATE A DISCUSSION WITH
2:39:58PM US TOGETHER BECAUSE WE HARDLY GET A CHANCE TO TALK TOGETHER
2:40:00PM AND HEAR WHAT EACH OTHER THINKS AND TALK ABOUT WHAT ARE OUR
2:40:06PM PRIORITIES FOR SUSTAINABILITY?
2:40:06PM THE SAME THING FOR THE NEW HEAD OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
2:40:09PM TO ME THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT POSITION IN THE CITY AND WE
2:40:11PM REALLY SHOULD GIVE SOME INPUT AND GUIDELINES BECAUSE WE'RE
2:40:14PM LISTENING TO CONSTITUENTS ALL THE TIME.
2:40:15PM ULTIMATELY, THEY REPORT TO THE CHIEF OF STAFF AND THE MAYOR,
2:40:17PM NOT TO US.
2:40:18PM BUT ONCE A YEAR, AT LEAST AS THEY ARE ON BOARDING, IF WE CAN
2:40:22PM GIVE SOME COLLECTIVE THOUGHTS, IT WILL HELP LEAD TO THE
2:40:26PM COLLEGIALITY THAT WE ALL WANT.
2:40:29PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
2:40:30PM COUNCILMAN CITRO.
2:40:30PM >>JOSEPH CITRO: GOING OFF COUNCILMAN CARLSON AND COUNCILMAN
2:40:34PM DINGFELDER, SOMETHING THAT HASN'T BEEN TALKED ABOUT, WHILE
2:40:42PM WE HAVE THE MONEY HERE, MAKING TAMPA A GREEN CITY.
2:40:44PM ELECTRIC CARS ARE GREAT.
2:40:46PM THEY ARE FANTASTIC.
2:40:47PM WITH 70% OF NATURAL GAS COMING FROM FRACKING, I WONDER WHAT
2:40:54PM FRACKING HOLE WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT FRACKING GAS FOR THE
2:40:55PM NATURAL GAS OF OUR SOLID WASTE.
2:40:56PM BUT THAT'S A DIFFERENT DISCUSSION.
2:40:58PM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: JOE, WERE YOU CUSSING?
2:41:01PM >>JOSEPH CITRO: NO.
2:41:01PM I WAS TALKING ABOUT FRACKING.
2:41:03PM MY POINT BEING, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS
2:41:08PM WITH CERTAIN UTILITIES, SOLAR PANELS ON TOP OF EVERY
2:41:12PM GOVERNMENTAL BUILDING WILL HELP PAY FOR OUR ELECTRICITY,
2:41:15PM WHICH IN THE LONG RUN WILL HELP SAVE US MONEY, WHICH IN THE
2:41:18PM LONG RUN WILL HELP PAY TO CHARGE THE ELECTRIC VEHICLES THAT
2:41:23PM WE SO DESPERATELY WANT.
2:41:27PM IF WE CAN START THE DISCUSSION NOW, YES, COUNCILMAN CARLSON
2:41:30PM IS CORRECT, WE NEED TO PUT MONEY AWAY.
2:41:33PM COUNCILMAN GUDES MADE THE POINT THAT WE HAVE EXTRA MONEY.
2:41:36PM IF WE CAN START THE CONVERSATION NOW ABOUT TAMPA BECOMING A
2:41:39PM GREEN CITY, WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AT 4, 8, 12
2:41:43PM YEARS?
2:41:43PM WE MIGHT BE FREE OF ALL FOSSIL FUELS IN THE CITY.
2:41:47PM NOW IS THE TIME TO DISCUSS TURNING TAMPA GREEN.
2:41:51PM THANK YOU.
2:41:52PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANY MORE?
2:41:53PM OKAY.
2:41:54PM I JUST WANTED TO SAY, TO BUILD ON COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER'S
2:41:57PM COMMENT ON THE AUTISM PARK, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
2:42:00PM I KNOW OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE A BIG SUPPORTER.
2:42:02PM WE ALL ARE.
2:42:03PM YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY A PERSON OF GREAT COMPASSION.
2:42:05PM THANK YOU FOR THAT 110%.
2:42:07PM AS IT APPLIES TO THE AUTISM PARK, I HAD OBVIOUSLY MADE MY
2:42:12PM POSITION KNOWN ON THAT, AND I CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE
2:42:15PM THIS BUDGET TAKE SOME STEPS IN THAT DIRECTION.
2:42:18PM THIS IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING I HAVE TO REVIEW FURTHER, THIS
2:42:21PM CORRESPONDENCE WE JUST GOT ON THE MASTER PLAN AND WHATNOT,
2:42:25PM BUT I CERTAINLY THINK THAT'S AN ENDEAVOR THAT BENEFITS ALL
2:42:28PM OF OUR CITY.
2:42:29PM ONE OF THE REALLY GOOD THINGS WE SAW OF THE LAST
2:42:32PM ADMINISTRATION, WAS THE AUTISM-FRIENDLY TAMPA INITIATIVE.
2:42:34PM I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT REALLY GOES FORWARD,
2:42:36PM ESPECIALLY IN A PART OF THE CITY WHERE THERE'S SO MANY
2:42:39PM FAMILIES, FAMILIES RAISING CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, A
2:42:43PM PART OF THE CITY GROWING.
2:42:44PM NEW TAMPA, 33647 HAD ABOUT 8,000 FOLKS IN 1990.
2:42:48PM ABOUT 25,000 FOLKS IN 2000, AND TODAY IT'S ABOUT 50, 60
2:42:53PM THOUSAND.
2:42:54PM LAST YEAR, WE APPROVED ANOTHER 800 HOMES IN K BAR RANCH.
2:42:57PM IT'S GROWING.
2:42:58PM I ALWAYS JOKED, NEW TAMPA IS A SIZE 40 WAIST WITH SIZE 38
2:43:02PM PANTS.
2:43:03PM EVERY DAY WE'RE EATING AT STEAK 'N SHAKE.
2:43:05PM IT'S GROWING, GROWING, GROWING AND WE HAVE TO MAKE THOSE
2:43:08PM AMENITIES.
2:43:09PM SO, YES, I APPRECIATE THAT, SIR.
2:43:11PM THANK YOU.
2:43:11PM ANYONE ELSE?
2:43:14PM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SEE YOU AT WHAT TIME.
2:43:17PM >> 5:01.
2:43:18PM DON'T BE LATE.
2:43:22PM >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN CITRO WANTED TO --
2:43:26PM >>JOSEPH CITRO: ALEXANDER, COME UP HERE.
2:43:28PM COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF, THIS IS MY NEWEST INTERN.
2:43:32PM HIS NAME IS ALEXANDER PHILLIP.
2:43:35PM PLEASE, ALEXANDER, SHOUT IT LOUD AND PROUD, WHICH COLLEGE DO
2:43:38PM YOU GO TO?
2:43:40PM >> YOU'VE!
2:43:40PM GO BULLS!
2:43:43PM >> MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
2:43:45PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANY NEW BUSINESS MOTIONS?
2:43:48PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO RATIFY
2:43:50PM AND CONFIRM THE COMMENDATION PRESENTED TO CHIEF ASSISTANT
2:43:51PM CITY ATTORNEY JERRY M. GEWIRTZ ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2019.
2:43:59PM GEWIRTZ RETIRED FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, HAVING
2:44:01PM SERVED 26 YEARS AS A DEDICATED SERVANT TO THE CITY OF TAMPA.
2:44:04PM >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
2:44:06PM SECOND BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
2:44:08PM ALL IN FAVOR?
2:44:08PM ANY OPPOSED?
2:44:09PM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
2:44:15PM >>BILL CARLSON: MY LEGISLATIVE AIDE AND I ALONG WITH
2:44:17PM FLORIDA'S TOP ECONOMISTS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A PRESENTATION
2:44:19PM ABOUT BASIC ECONOMIC NUMBERS FOR TAMPA AND ALSO LOOKING AT
2:44:24PM HOW OTHER CITIES MEASURE THEMSELVES.
2:44:26PM I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT IT ON OCTOBER 24th.
2:44:30PM >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
2:44:31PM WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
2:44:33PM A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
2:44:35PM ALL IN FAVOR?
2:44:36PM ANY OPPOSED?
2:44:38PM >>BILL CARLSON: CAN I GIVE YOU ANOTHER ONE?
2:44:40PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
2:44:41PM >>BILL CARLSON: ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN PUSHING,
2:44:43PM WHICH COULD BE DONE WITH ALL FOR TRANSPORTATION, BUT ALL FOR
2:44:45PM TRANSPORTATION IS BEING DELAYED A LONG TIME, IS WORKING ON
2:44:48PM THE DESIGN, PLANNING FOR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS.
2:44:51PM KNOWING AFTER WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS LONG BUDGET
2:44:54PM DISCUSSION, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE EXTRA MONEY INSIDE THE
2:44:57PM CITY.
2:44:57PM I WENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND THEY DO HAVE SOME
2:44:59PM GREAT MONEY THAT THEY ALLOCATE ONCE A YEAR.
2:45:01PM WHAT I WOULD PROPOSE IS THAT WE ENGAGE THEM IN A
2:45:05PM CONVERSATION ABOUT ALLOCATING 10 OR 20 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR
2:45:09PM EACH DISTRICT, AND MAYBE TWO FOR DISTRICT FIVE BECAUSE
2:45:14PM THERE'S SEMINOLE HEIGHTS AND TAMPA HEIGHTS PLUS EAST TAMPA
2:45:16PM THERE.
2:45:16PM I TALKED TO THEM ABOUT MAYBE GETTING 50 TO 100 THOUSAND
2:45:23PM DOLLARS TO SERVE AS GRANTS TO DO MASTER PLANNING.
2:45:25PM HYDE PARK HAS GONE THROUGH A PLAN THAT COSTS $20,000.
2:45:29PM BUT THEY ARE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS ON HOW PEOPLE CAN WALK AND
2:45:32PM SHOP AND OTHER THINGS IN THE AREA.
2:45:34PM ANYWAY, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT CITY OF TAMPA ASK
2:45:37PM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION FOR UP TO
2:45:39PM $100,000 TO BE USED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD
2:45:41PM COMMERCIAL DISTRICT PLANS.
2:45:42PM >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
2:45:44PM A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
2:45:46PM ALL IN FAVOR?
2:45:46PM ANY OPPOSED?
2:45:47PM ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?
2:45:50PM >>BILL CARLSON: THE LAST THING.
2:45:51PM I TALKED ABOUT TARYN SABIA FROM THE FLORIDA CENTER AT USF
2:45:55PM WHO HAS BEEN WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS AND
2:45:57PM RECREATION.
2:45:59PM I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE TIME ON OCTOBER 24th, THE ONE THAT
2:46:05PM I PROPOSE I ADDED ON TO OCTOBER 24th, RIGHT?
2:46:07PM IS THAT RIGHT?
2:46:09PM NO, THE ONE WHERE I'M GOING TO PRESENT THE ECONOMIC DATA.
2:46:13PM THAT'S ON OCTOBER 24.
2:46:16PM DID I MAKE THAT CLEAR?
2:46:18PM >>LUIS VIERA: I DON'T KNOW IF YOU DID.
2:46:20PM >>BILL CARLSON: CAN WE GET AGREEMENT THAT WAS OCTOBER 24.
2:46:23PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
2:46:27PM >>BILL CARLSON: I'D LIKE TARYN SABIA TO COME BACK, MAYBE IF
2:46:30PM WE HOLD A WORKSHOP IN NOVEMBER.
2:46:32PM SHE CAN BRIEF US EACH INDIVIDUALLY BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE
2:46:35PM WORTH US HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT STUDY.
2:46:37PM IT'S COMPREHENSIVE.
2:46:38PM IT SHOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO SOUTH TAMPA AND THE REST OF
2:46:42PM TAMPA WITH SEA LEVEL RISE.
2:46:44PM AND SO IT REALLY AFFECTS THE WAY WE PLAN AND BUDGET.
2:46:47PM I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE BRING HER BACK WITH PUBLIC
2:46:51PM WORKS AND PARK AND RECREATION, TRANSPORTATION AND
2:46:53PM STORMWATER, EMERGENCY PLANNING, AND ZONING DEPARTMENTS
2:46:57PM IDEALLY ON OCTOBER 24th OR IF WE PUT A NEW WORKSHOP IN
2:47:01PM NOVEMBER.
2:47:02PM >>LUIS VIERA: DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
2:47:03PM WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
2:47:05PM A SECOND I BELIEVE BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
2:47:07PM ALL IN FAVOR?
2:47:07PM ANY OPPOSED?
2:47:09PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MAY I ASK A CLARIFICATION?
2:47:11PM YOUR DATE THEN, THE MOTION YOU STATED WAS --
2:47:15PM >>BILL CARLSON: OCTOBER 24th.
2:47:17PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: AS WELL AS OCTOBER 24th.
2:47:18PM YOU ADDED --
2:47:19PM >>BILL CARLSON: I SAID UNLESS WE CREATE -- FOR THE SECOND
2:47:22PM ONE, UNLESS WE CREATE A SPECIAL ONE IN NOVEMBER.
2:47:29PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
2:47:30PM COUNCILMAN CITRO.
2:47:31PM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, YOU HAD NOTHING FURTHER, SIR?
2:47:33PM COUNCILMAN CITRO.
2:47:34PM >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
2:47:36PM THERE IS AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT IS CELEBRATING ITS 70 YEARS
2:47:40PM IN BUSINESS THIS SATURDAY.
2:47:41PM DON'T HAVE TO RAISE YOUR HANDS, BUT I'M SURE ALL OF US HAVE
2:47:45PM BEEN THERE ONE OR TWICE.
2:47:45PM IT'S CALLED "THE HUB."
2:47:48PM AND IT IS ONE OF THE FINEST BARS IN TAMPA.
2:47:52PM AGAIN, IT'S BEEN HERE FOR 70 YEARS.
2:47:55PM I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THAT ESTABLISHMENT A COMMENDATION ON
2:48:00PM SEPTEMBER 5th AT OUR 6:00 MEETING JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT
2:48:03PM THE OWNERS ARE WIDE AWAKE AND CAN BE HERE AND PRESENT.
2:48:07PM >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
2:48:10PM SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
2:48:11PM ALL IN FAVOR?
2:48:12PM ANY OPPOSED?
2:48:12PM ANYTHING FURTHER?
2:48:15PM >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENTHUSIASM, COUNCIL.
2:48:17PM [ LAUGHTER ]
2:48:17PM NOTHING MORE.
2:48:20PM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ROLL CALL.
2:48:20PM [ LAUGHTER ]
2:48:22PM >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
2:48:23PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE DEPUTY
2:48:26PM CHIEF O'CONNOR, WHO I BELIEVE IS RETIRING TODAY OR THIS
2:48:30PM WEEK.
2:48:31PM THANK YOU FOR HIS SERVICE.
2:48:32PM YOU MAY KNOW HIS WIFE, MARY O'CONNOR, WHO RETIRED A COUPLE
2:48:39PM OF YEARS AGO, WAS I BELIEVE DEPUTY CHIEF AS WELL.
2:48:42PM ALSO, I KNOW WE HAVE THIS HURRICANE COMING OUR WAY.
2:48:44PM BUT SATURDAY, AUGUST 31st, AT 6 P.M., THERE IS A PLACE IN
2:48:48PM WEST TAMPA CALLED MICKEY'S SUBS.
2:48:51PM LITTLE SANDWICH SHOP, LOCALLY OWNED.
2:48:52PM THEY ARE AT 4411 NORTH ARMENIA, JUST NORTH OF MARTIN LUTHER
2:48:56PM KING.
2:48:57PM WE'RE GOING TO DO LIKE A LITTLE RIBBON CUTTING.
2:49:00PM DEPENDING ON THE WEATHER, ANYBODY AVAILABLE, YOU'RE MORE
2:49:02PM THAN WELCOME TO COME.
2:49:04PM 6:00 IN THE EVENING.
2:49:05PM SO IT WILL BE FREE SANDWICHES AND WHATNOT.
2:49:07PM YOU KNOW, SUPPORT A NEW LOCAL BUSINESS.
2:49:09PM THAT'S IT.
2:49:10PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
2:49:11PM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
2:49:11PM >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
2:49:13PM WE TALKED ABOUT CODE ENFORCEMENT EXTENSIVELY THIS MORNING.
2:49:16PM I TOOK UP THAT OPTION THAT YOU GAVE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
2:49:20PM LEADERSHIP ON THAT.
2:49:21PM GENTLEMEN, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR LEGAL
2:49:23PM DEPARTMENT AND CODE ENFORCEMENT TO ATTEND A WORKSHOP ON
2:49:25PM JANUARY 30, 2020, TO DISCUSS OPTIONS FOR THE FEES AND FINES
2:49:29PM COLLECTED AS A RESULT OF CODE VIOLATIONS.
2:49:31PM BE REMOVED FROM THE GENERAL FUND AND DEPOSITED INTO A
2:49:34PM SEPARATE TRUST ACCOUNT THAT CAN BE UTILIZED AND RETURNING IT
2:49:37PM TO AREAS THAT DO NOT HAVE THE FUNDS TO BRING THE PROPERTY
2:49:39PM INTO COMPLIANCE.
2:49:42PM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THE MOTION IS TO DO IT OR TO EXPLORE IT?
2:49:45PM >>ORLANDO GUDES: EXPLORE IT.
2:49:46PM WORKSHOP, WORKSHOP.
2:49:48PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: JANUARY 30th?
2:49:52PM >>ORLANDO GUDES: 30th.
2:49:53PM THAT GIVES PLENTY OF TIME.
2:49:57PM >>JOSEPH CITRO: IF I MAY ADD, IF WE COULD HAVE LEGAL STAFF
2:50:00PM DOWN HERE ALSO, EXPERIENCE WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT AS A
2:50:04PM MAGISTRATE, CODE ENFORCEMENT CAN SUPPLEMENT FINES, HOWEVER,
2:50:09PM IF THOSE FINES WERE ERASED OR GIVEN BACK SO IF WE CAN ALSO
2:50:12PM ASK LEGAL FOR THEIR OPINION ON THAT, IS THAT ALL RIGHT?
2:50:15PM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I DID HAVE LEGAL IN THERE AS WELL, SIR.
2:50:17PM >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
2:50:18PM WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
2:50:19PM WHO SECONDED THAT?
2:50:20PM WAS THAT COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO?
2:50:24PM ALL IN FAVOR?
2:50:25PM ANY OPPOSED?
2:50:27PM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW MR. MARVIN
2:50:30PM KNIGHT, HE HAS A GREAT IDEA HE'S BROUGHT TO THE CITY.
2:50:34PM THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE A BIG CORVETTE CAR SHOW.
2:50:38PM IT'S GOING TO BE IN YBOR CITY, I THINK BEGINNING AT 12 NOON
2:50:44PM THIS SATURDAY, THE 31st.
2:50:46PM HOPEFULLY THE STORM CAN HOLD -- DOESN'T HOLD US BACK, BUT
2:50:51PM THE 31st WE'LL START ABOUT 2:00.
2:50:54PM I'LL BE THERE, AND HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS CAN COME OUT AS WELL.
2:50:57PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
2:50:58PM COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, ANYTHING, SIR?
2:51:00PM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: CONGRATULATIONS TO MARVIN, AND, NO,
2:51:03PM NOTHING ELSE.
2:51:04PM >>LUIS VIERA: JUST VERY BRIEFLY, I HAVE TO RATIFY THE
2:51:06PM COMMENDATION I MADE TO THE FOOT FOUNDATION.
2:51:10PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
2:51:11PM SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
2:51:13PM ALL IN FAVOR?
2:51:14PM OPPOSED?
2:51:15PM >>LUIS VIERA: AND THEN ALSO, I KNOW BOB McDONAUGH HAS
2:51:17PM RETIRED.
2:51:19PM I WANTED TO THANK MR. McDONAUGH TO HIS SERVICE TO THE
2:51:22PM CITY.
2:51:22PM WE TALKED ABOUT HIS FORTHCOMING REPLACEMENT, AND COUNCILMAN
2:51:26PM CARLSON SPOKE VERY WELL ON THAT.
2:51:28PM I APPRECIATE THAT.
2:51:29PM I ALSO WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE ADMINISTRATION TO HAVE A
2:51:33PM DIVERSE HIRE.
2:51:34PM CERTAINLY SOMEBODY THAT REFLECTS THE DIVERSITY OF THE CITY
2:51:38PM AND OUR PLURALISM.
2:51:40PM I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT FOR
2:51:42PM THIS POSITION.
2:51:43PM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT, JUST TO
2:51:46PM CLARIFY, SOMEBODY SAID, WELL, I KNOW THAT POSITION, PERSON
2:51:53PM WORKS FOR THE MAYOR, BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT PERSON
2:51:55PM TRADITIONALLY HAS ALSO WORKED FOR THE CRA.
2:51:57PM IN SOME WAYS, MR. JOE CITRO IS THE CHAIR OF OUR CRA.
2:52:05PM I WOULD LOVE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO INCLUDE JOE, IF HE
2:52:09PM WANTS TO DO IT, AS PART OF THAT SEARCH PROCESS.
2:52:13PM >>LUIS VIERA: HOW ABOUT THIS?
2:52:14PM I DON'T THINK THAT HAS TO BE A MOTION.
2:52:18PM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: IT'S NOVEL, BUT I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE.
2:52:21PM >>LUIS VIERA: AND I WOULD ASK COUNCILMAN CITRO THAT IN DOING
2:52:24PM THAT, THAT YOU TAKE, IF YOU ARE AMENABLE TO IT, WHICH I'M
2:52:27PM SURE YOU ARE, THE SUGGESTIONS MADE BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON AND
2:52:30PM ALSO MY SUGGESTIONS ON A DIVERSE PERSON THAT REFLECTS THE
2:52:33PM DIVERSITY AND PLURALISM OF OUR CITY.
2:52:36PM BUT THAT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION.
2:52:38PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I CAN, COUNCIL, JUST TO BE CLEAR, IT
2:52:42PM WOULD BE COUNCIL'S OPINION, IF YOU WERE TO MAKE A MOTION
2:52:45PM TODAY, CERTAINLY YOU'RE NOT ACTING AS CRA AND NOT A NOTICED
2:52:48PM MEETING OF THE CRA, IT CAN'T BE A DIRECTION TO HIM FROM THE
2:52:51PM CRA TO TAKE THAT ACTION TODAY, BUT IF THAT IS THE CONSENSUS
2:52:53PM OF COUNCIL, YOU CAN COMMUNICATE IT.
2:52:56PM BUT --
2:52:56PM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I'M WILLING TO LEAVE IT LOOSE RIGHT NOW.
2:52:59PM WE DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT THE LEGALITIES OF JOE DOING THAT.
2:53:02PM BUT I THINK IT'S AN INTERESTING IDEA.
2:53:05PM >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
2:53:09PM AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS HERE.
2:53:11PM I THINK IT WOULD BE WISE THAT ANY APPOINTEES OR PEOPLE
2:53:17PM CONSIDERING -- BEING CONSIDERED FOR THAT, COME ACTUALLY
2:53:20PM BEFORE THE CRA AS -- IN ITS ENTIRETY SO IF THERE ARE
2:53:25PM PERSONAL QUESTIONS ANYBODY WANTS TO ASK AND THAT WE AS A CRA
2:53:30PM BOARD CAN HAVE FULL CONSENSUS ON THAT.
2:53:32PM YES, I AGREE.
2:53:32PM COUNCIL.
2:53:36PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: I BELIEVE THAT POSITION WOULD BE VIEWED AS
2:53:40PM A CONTRACT POSITION, FRANKLY, OF THE CRA.
2:53:43PM BECAUSE, IN FACT, THE REASON THAT PERSON WORKS FOR YOU IS
2:53:47PM PURSUANT TO THE SERVICE CONTRACT THAT YOU RATIFY OR AFFIRM
2:53:51PM EACH YEAR.
2:53:53PM >>JOSEPH CITRO: I FEEL IT SHOULD COME BEFORE THE FULL BOARD.
2:53:56PM THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
2:53:57PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
2:53:58PM AND I JUST HAVE TWO QUICK THINGS, IF I MAY.
2:54:00PM ONE DEALS WITH AN ITEM THAT WE HAD APPROVED AT 608 NORTH
2:54:04PM NEBRASKA.
2:54:04PM I HAD RECEIVED SOME CONCERNS ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
2:54:10PM I BELIEVE IT WAS THE CAR RENTAL FACILITY, IF YOU ALL
2:54:15PM REMEMBER THAT.
2:54:15PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: CAN I INTERRUPT, SIR?
2:54:17PM IS THIS A QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTER?
2:54:20PM >> IT WAS.
2:54:22PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: -- [ INAUDIBLE ]
2:54:27PM >>LUIS VIERA: LET ME DO THIS.
2:54:28PM I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TONIGHT ON THAT.
2:54:31PM LET ME FIRST TALK TO YOU.
2:54:35PM >>JOHN DINGFELDER: RECEIVE AND FILE.
2:54:38PM >>LUIS VIERA: 5:01.
2:54:40PM MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN
2:54:44PM MANISCALCO.
2:54:44PM ALL IN FAVOR?
2:54:45PM ANY OPPOSED.
2:54:46PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU.
2:54:47PM YOU ARE ADJOURNED UNTIL 5:01 TONIGHT.
2:54:49PM THANK YOU.
2:54:50PM [ADJOURNED]
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