TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2019
9:00 A.M. MEETING
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09:04:35 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT'S MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE STEVE
09:04:38 MICHELINI, NO STRANGER TO CITY HALL, HAS BEEN WORKING
09:04:41 WITH THE CITY FOR DECADES AND BRINGS A VAST AMOUNT OF
09:04:44 KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE.
09:04:47 IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, HE USUALLY HAS THE ANSWER, AT
09:04:51 LEAST FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS OR SO.
09:04:53 WE WELCOME HIM TODAY.
09:04:55 IF YOU COULD PLEASE RISE FOR THE INVOCATION AND PLEASE
09:04:57 REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE.
09:05:01 >>STEVE MICHELINI: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:05:06 THERE ARE FEW SHADOWS BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARK, ANGRY SEAS,
09:05:09 ANGRY SKIES, GOOD AND EVIL, RIGHT AND WRONG, HUNGER, HATE
09:05:14 AND LOSS.
09:05:15 FORGIVENESS KNOWS NO BOUNDS WITH PRAYER.
09:05:18 PRAYER PIERCES THE VEIL OF SELFISHNESS AND DESTROYS THE
09:05:22 ROOT OF EVIL.
09:05:23 THE GOOD LORD HAS GIVEN US THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE.
09:05:26 LET PRAYER GUIDE US IN MAKING WISE DECISIONS AND
09:05:30 FULFILLING OUR RIGHTFUL DESTINY.
09:05:32 WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN ALL THE RIGHTS AND WISDOM THROUGH
09:05:34 PRIOR TO MAKE LIFE'S CHOICES.
09:05:36 DO NOT LET THE EVIL ONE TRICK US INTO MAKING BAD OR
09:05:39 SELFISH DECISIONS, OR TO TURN AWAY FROM THE THOUGHTFUL
09:05:43 PRAYER OF THE LORD.
09:05:44 PIERCE THE VEIL.
09:05:47 THE PAST IS THE FUTURE.
09:05:48 THE PRESENT IS TODAY.
09:05:49 BE THE PERSON THAT THE LORD INTENDED YOU TO BE.
09:05:51 GIVE THE GIFTS OF YOUR TIME, PATIENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND
09:05:54 UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU CAN, WHEN YOU CAN.
09:05:57 REMEMBER THAT WHATEVER YOU HAVE, IT WAS GIVEN TO YOU
09:05:59 THROUGH THE LORD AS A GIFT TO YOU.
09:06:02 THOSE GIFTS ARE NOT GUARANTEED.
09:06:05 WHETHER IT'S POWER, WEALTH, PUBLIC POSITION, OR
09:06:08 INFLUENCE.
09:06:09 USE THOSE GIFTS WISELY.
09:06:11 THEY CAN BE EASILY LOST.
09:06:13 THE LORD REMEMBERS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
09:06:15 THE HUMBLE, THE BENEVOLENT, THE ARROGANT, THE RICH, THE
09:06:19 POOR, THE WEAK, THE STRONG, AND THOSE OF EVERY CONDITION
09:06:22 AND STATION OF LIFE.
09:06:23 WE ARE ALL GIFTED AND BLESSED IN THE EYES OF THE LORD.
09:06:27 REMEMBER AND GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD IN YOUR PRAYERS FOR
09:06:30 THOSE GIFTS ARE HIS BLESSINGS.
09:06:32 WE ASK THAT THE LORD BESTOW HIS LOVING AND PROTECTIVE
09:06:35 SHIELD OVER YOU TO EMPOWER THE TEACHERS, FIRST
09:06:38 RESPONDERS, THE ARMED FORCES, ELECTED OFFICIALS AND ALL
09:06:41 THOSE PRESENT WHO HEAR THESE MESSAGES.
09:06:44 LET THE LORD AND PRAYER BE THE MESSAGE AND THE ANSWER.
09:06:48 LET PRAYER PIERCE THE VEIL OF IGNORANCE AND
09:06:51 MISUNDERSTANDING, SHADOWS OF DARKNESS, HUNGER, HATE, HURT
09:06:54 AND LOSS.
09:06:56 CAST OUT THE EVIL AND BRACE THE GOODNESS THROUGH YOUR
09:06:59 PRAYERS.
09:07:00 LOOK FOR THE PEACEFUL BLUE SKIES, THE BOUNTIFUL GREEN
09:07:03 EARTH, AND ALL OF THE PEACE AND TRANQUILITY THROUGH YOUR
09:07:07 PRAYERS, AND THE GOOD LORD'S GRACE.
09:07:09 YOU WILL FIND IT THERE.
09:07:10 IN THE HOLY NAME THROUGH THE GRACE OF GOD, AMEN.
09:07:13 [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ]
09:07:23 >>LUIS VIERA: ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
09:07:33 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HERE.
09:07:35 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
09:07:36 >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
09:07:38 >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE.
09:07:39 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
09:07:41 >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
09:07:43 >>LUIS VIERA: MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE
09:07:44 AGENDA? WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
09:07:46 I BELIEVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
09:07:49 ALL IN FAVOR?
09:07:50 ANY OPPOSED? OKAY.
09:07:51 NEXT WE MOVE ON TO CEREMONIAL ACTIVITIES AND/OR
09:07:54 PRESENTATIONS.
09:07:55 >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I CAN, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:07:57 FORGIVE ME FOR INTERRUPTING BECAUSE COUNCIL'S RULES
09:07:59 HAVEN'T BEEN CHANGED AS OF YET BUT IF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE
09:08:03 A TIME CERTAIN STAFF REPORTS AT 10:00.
09:08:06 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
09:08:07 JUST TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW BEFORE WE BEGIN, WE HAVE I
09:08:11 GUESS, IF YOU WILL, A NEW PROCEDURAL RULE THAT AT 10:00,
09:08:18 MORE OR LESS, 10:10, WE TAKE STAFF REPORTS TO MAKE SURE
09:08:23 ALL OF THE STAFF PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT
09:08:25 LONGER THAN THEY NECESSARILY HAVE TO.
09:08:27 SO THAT MAY CONFLICT SOME WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.
09:08:31 BUT PUBLIC COMMENT, IF IT IS INTERRUPTED, THEN WILL
09:08:35 CONTINUE AFTER THE STAFF REPORTS.
09:08:37 SO WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
09:08:39 SO JUST FYI.
09:08:40 THANK YOU, MR. SHELBY.
09:08:41 WE MOVE ONWARD TO ITEM NUMBER 1.
09:08:44 PRESENTATION BY APPLICANTS.
09:08:55 >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: GOOD MORNING.
09:08:56 SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES, CITY CLERK.
09:08:59 WE ARE HERE FOR ITEM NUMBER 1, PRESENTATION BY APPLICANTS
09:09:05 EXPRESSING INTEREST IN THE CITIZEN REVIEW BOARD.
09:09:08 WE HAVE THREE APPLICANTS FOR TWO POSITIONS.
09:09:14 THEY HAVE ALL BEEN ASKED TO ATTEND.
09:09:17 THE FIRST ONE IS MR. STEVEN BLAIR.
09:09:21 COME UP.
09:09:22 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:09:31 I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I AM SUPPOSED TO DO.
09:09:34 VERY NEW AT THIS TYPE OF PRESENTATION BUT I AM LOOKING TO
09:09:37 BECOME MORE INVOLVED.
09:09:39 I HAVE BEEN A TAMPA RESIDENT FOR 13 YEARS, HOMEOWNER,
09:09:43 ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT FOR TEN OF THOSE, AND HOUSE
09:09:47 COMMUNITY EMPLOYEE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA FOR
09:09:50 13 OF THOSE YEARS.
09:09:53 GO BULLS.
09:09:55 LOOKING FOR A WAY TO CONTRIBUTE AND AFTER PARTICIPATING
09:09:59 IN THE MAYOR'S NEIGHBORHOOD UNIVERSITY AND HERE I AM.
09:10:04 TWO MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS TO SPARE.
09:10:06 THANK YOU.
09:10:08 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
09:10:08 >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THANK YOU.
09:10:12 THE NEXT APPLICANT IS DEVON JAMES INGANDELA.
09:10:22 IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S NOT HERE.
09:10:24 THE THIRD APPLICANT IS NARESH VISSA RAMMOHAN.
09:10:33 HE CAN'T ATTEND.
09:10:37 SO YOU HAVE A BALLOT.
09:10:40 COMPLETE THAT, PLEASE.
09:10:42 AND YOU ARE VOTING FOR TWO.
09:10:46 WHILE YOU ARE VOTING, IF YOU LIKE, WE CAN MOVE ONTO THE
09:11:05 PLANNING COMMISSION.
09:11:09 IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
09:11:10 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, MA'AM.
09:11:14 YES.
09:11:14 >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THE FIRST APPLICANT IS STEVEN
09:11:18 BERNSTEIN.
09:11:19 HE'S NOT HERE.
09:11:24 THE NEXT APPLICANT IS STEVEN D. BLAIR.
09:11:28 THIS IS FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
09:11:36 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I SEE MR. BLAIR HAS PUT IN FOR BOTH
09:11:41 BOARDS.
09:11:41 I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT IMPACTS US IN REGARD TO VOTING ON
09:11:45 ONE AND CARRYING OVER TO THE OTHER.
09:11:48 >>LUIS VIERA: GOOD POINT.
09:11:51 SHOULD WE WAIT UNTIL -- IS THIS GENTLEMAN ALLOWED TO
09:11:54 SERVE ON TWO BOARDS?
09:11:56 >> NO.
09:11:57 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
09:11:57 SHOULD WE WAIT TO SEE THE RESULTS OF THE FIRST BALLOT?
09:12:01 >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: WE CAN.
09:12:04 WE CAN HEAR FROM HIM.
09:12:06 >>LUIS VIERA: MIGHT AS WELL.
09:12:06 GO AHEAD.
09:12:07 YOU WERE SHORT THE FIRST TIME.
09:12:08 >> SO I GET MY TWO AND A HALF MINUTES PLUS THE THREE
09:12:11 MINUTES NOW?
09:12:12 >>LUIS VIERA: UNFORTUNATELY NO.
09:12:13 >> INNOVATIVE LEADERSHIP, LONG RANGE VISION, TO A PLACE
09:12:18 THAT IS BETTER FOR US TO LIVE, WORK, MOVE AND LEARN.
09:12:22 I SEE THIS COMMISSION AS VERY IMPORTANT IN BRINGING
09:12:24 PARTIES TOGETHER.
09:12:25 MY CAREER HAS BEEN BUILT ON BRINGING MULTIPLE ENTITIES
09:12:28 TOGETHER AND HAVING THEM COMBINE FOR A COMMON PURPOSE.
09:12:33 THIS IS A COMMISSION THAT I AM VERY INTERESTED IN, VERY
09:12:37 HAPPY TO SERVE ON.
09:12:39 AGAIN 2:30.
09:12:44 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. BLAIR, SINCE YOU PUT IN FOR BOTH,
09:12:47 WHICH ONE IS YOUR PREFERENCE?
09:12:49 THE CITIZENS REVIEW BOARD OR THE CITY-COUNTY PLANNING
09:12:52 COMMISSION?
09:12:53 >> SO PRETTY NAIVE TO THIS.
09:12:56 WHEREVER I AM FELT THAT I CAN SERVE THE BEST.
09:12:58 THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS THE ONE THAT INTERESTS ME THE
09:13:03 MOST, JUST IN TERMS OF WHAT IT BRINGS TOGETHER.
09:13:05 BUT I AM HAPPY TO DO WHATEVER IS NEEDED.
09:13:08 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU.
09:13:08 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IF YOU ARE ELECTED ON THE FIRST ONE
09:13:18 AND THAT'S THE ONE YOU WANT, I GUESS YOU ARE STUCK WITH
09:13:21 IT.
09:13:21 >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THANK YOU.
09:13:28 THE NEXT INDIVIDUAL IS GIOVANNY CORDENAS.
09:13:38 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMAN.
09:13:41 AS I THOUGHT ABOUT HOW I WOULD PRESENT TO YOU TODAY, I
09:13:43 CAME ACROSS A MISSION STATEMENT FOR THE PLANNING
09:13:44 COMMISSION.
09:13:46 IT READS: THE PLANNING COMMISSION PROMOTES, COLLABORATES
09:13:50 WITH AND FACILITATES INVOLVEMENT OF ALL PEOPLE IN THE
09:13:53 LONG RANGE PLANNING AND VISION OF OUR COMMUNITY, IMPROVE
09:13:56 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, QUALITY OF LIFE AND PROVIDE
09:13:58 VALUE-ADDED SERVICES.
09:14:00 THE KEY WORDS ARE INFORMED, INVOLVED, AND BEST INNOVATE
09:14:04 AND IMPACT.
09:14:05 SO I THOUGHT ABOUT WHERE I FIT IN THESE.
09:14:07 INFORMED.
09:14:08 I SPENT TIME EMPLOYING MYSELF THROUGH MNU THE UNIVERSITY
09:14:14 NEIGHBORHOOD, THE TAMPA POLICE CITIZENS ACADEMY,
09:14:17 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BACKSTAGE PASS, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
09:14:19 AND OTHER COMMUNITY FORUMS.
09:14:21 AS A COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE AGENT I HELPED CLIENTS
09:14:24 DEVELOP THEIR BUSINESSES.
09:14:25 AS A RESIDENTIAL AGENT I HAVE HELPED MY CLIENTS MAKE OUR
09:14:28 COMMUNITY THEIR HOME.
09:14:30 THROUGH THESE I HAVE LEARNED THE INTRICACIES OF OUR
09:14:34 COMMUNITY, NOT JUST TO INFORM MYSELF BUT ALSO TO INFORM
09:14:36 MY COMMUNITY SO THEY CAN BE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
09:14:39 MY FRIENDS AND CLIENTS REACH OUT TO ME FOR INFORMATION
09:14:41 AND I PROVIDE THIS DIRECTLY AND THROUGH MY BUSINESS PAGE.
09:14:45 INVOLVED.
09:14:45 I BELIEVE IT IS OUR CIVIC DUTY TO BE INVOLVED IN OUR
09:14:49 COMMUNITY.
09:14:49 I LOVE WHERE WE LIVE AND I BELIEVE THAT MY INVOLVEMENT
09:14:52 WILL MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE.
09:14:54 MY INVOLVEMENT IN NONPROFITS THROUGH BOARDS, COMMITTEES,
09:14:59 AND AS A VOLUNTEER, I BELIEVE HAS HELPED THEM BE MORE
09:15:02 INCLUSIVE.
09:15:04 INVEST.
09:15:04 I HAVE INVESTED MY TIME IN GETTING TO KNOW OUR CITY AND
09:15:08 COUNTY THROUGH DIRECT INVOLVEMENT, BUT MY PROFESSIONAL
09:15:11 CAREER HAS ALSO DONE SO.
09:15:13 MY PROFESSIONAL LIFE HAS BEEN THAT OF ME HELPING SOMEONE
09:15:16 PURCHASE A HOME OR PURCHASE AN ASSET.
09:15:18 IN THIS PROCESS, I SPENT TIME PEELING BACK THE ONION TO
09:15:22 UNDERSTAND THE FINANCIAL RAMIFICATIONS BUT ALSO THE
09:15:26 PHYSICAL ONES TO HELP MY CLIENTS MAKE THE BEST CHOICE.
09:15:29 I HOPE TO TAKE THE SKILL OF INVESTIGATION TO AID THE
09:15:32 PLANNING COMMISSION TO MAKE THE BEST CHOICES FOR THE
09:15:34 FUTURE.
09:15:35 INNOVATE.
09:15:36 I SPEND MY FREE TIME ALWAYS LEARNING ABOUT NEW
09:15:39 INNOVATIONS.
09:15:40 I RECENTLY ATTENDED A SESSION FROM THE GROUPER WHICH IS A
09:15:43 NEW INNOVATIVE WAY TO TAKE PLASTIC WASTE AND USE IN THE
09:15:47 OUR ROADS.
09:15:48 I ALSO VISITED FACILITIES FOR NEW FORMS OF CONSTRUCTION
09:15:56 TO LEARN HOW THEY CAN BE USED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
09:15:59 INNOVATION ISN'T JUST A COOL THING, BUT IT ALSO CAN BE
09:16:03 USED TO HELPLESS FORTUNATE.
09:16:05 AND A COMBINATION OF IT WILL IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY BETTER.
09:16:08 IMPACT.
09:16:09 MY PARENTS CAME TO THIS COUNTRY WITH HOPES OF A BETTER
09:16:12 FUTURE, AND THEY REALIZE THAT.
09:16:15 IN MY OWN WAY AND THROUGH MY OWN INVOLVEMENT --
09:16:19 [BELL SOUNDS]
09:16:20 IN MY OWN WAYS THROUGH MY INVOLVEMENT I HOPE TO IMPACT
09:16:22 OUR COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING MY UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE UNBIASED
09:16:27 OPINION AND DILIGENCE TO SERVE ON THE PLANNING
09:16:28 COMMISSION.
09:16:29 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:16:29 >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THANK YOU.
09:16:36 THE LAST INDIVIDUAL IS JEFF WEISS.
09:16:41 >> HI.
09:16:52 I'M JEFF WEISS.
09:16:58 I HAVE LIVED IN TAMPA SINCE 2016.
09:17:01 I AM FROM COLORADO.
09:17:03 AND THE REASON WHY I'M HERE LIGHT NOW IS THERE'S SO MUCH
09:17:07 POTENTIAL OF THIS CITY.
09:17:10 WHAT I AM GOING TO BRING IS A WESTERN ATTITUDE TO WHAT'S
09:17:13 GOING ON HERE WHICH MEANS THE TWO THINGS THAT I HAVE SEEN
09:17:19 A MAJOR PROBLEM HERE AND IT'S EASY, JUST PUT CONES OUT.
09:17:24 I THINK THAT WOULD HELP IN ALL ASPECTS.
09:17:27 I HAVE SEEN WHAT THAT CAN DO.
09:17:29 NUMBER TWO WOULD BE SOMEHOW YOU HAVE TO GET THE BALLPARK
09:17:33 HERE.
09:17:33 AND I DO KNOW PEOPLE VERY CLOSE TO THE SITUATION WITH THE
09:17:39 RAYS TRYING TO GET TO TAMPA.
09:17:40 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL WANTS THEM HERE.
09:17:42 THE OWNERSHIP WANTS THEM HERE.
09:17:44 ST. PETE DOESN'T WANT THEM.
09:17:46 AND WHAT IT BENEFITS, I HAVE SEEN IT HAPPEN IN DENVER,
09:17:50 SEATTLE, SAN FRANCISCO, AND SAN DIEGO.
09:17:53 THE COMMUNITY WILL BOOM.
09:17:54 AT LEAST IN DENVER.
09:17:56 IT WAS LITERALLY THE WORST AREA OF TOWN.
09:17:59 IT'S NOW THE BEST AREA OF TOWN.
09:18:00 EVERYTHING WITHIN A MILE OF IT IS WHERE ALL THE
09:18:03 MILLENNIALS, IT'S A VERY VIBRANT AREA, IT'S HELPING THE
09:18:07 RESTAURANT VENDORS, BARS, JOBS, ET CETERA.
09:18:09 SO IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT WAY OF HELPING OUT FROM A
09:18:14 DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH TO OFFER.
09:18:18 THIS TOWN HAS GOT EVERYTHING TO OFFER AND IT CAN FULFILL
09:18:23 ITS POTENTIAL FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN.
09:18:25 SO THAT'S IT.
09:18:26 THANK YOU.
09:18:26 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
09:18:28 >> COUNCIL, IF YOU WOULD VOTE FOR TWO APPLICANTS FOR BOTH
09:18:36 THE CITIZEN REVIEW AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
09:18:47 THANK YOU.
09:19:32 >>LUIS VIERA: NEXT WE WILL MOVE OFF IF OUR AGENDA ITEM
09:19:34 NUMBER 3 FOR A COMMENDATION FOR MRS. BAGGET.
09:19:40 I DON'T HAVE A MEMO IN FRONT OF ME BUT I KNOW THERE IS A
09:19:43 MEMO FROM THE OFFICE OF COUNCILMAN ORLANDO GUDES WHO IS
09:19:46 UNABLE TO MAKE IT TO TAMPA CITY COUNCIL TODAY BECAUSE OF
09:19:49 ANOTHER PUBLIC-SERVICE-RELATED ENDEAVOR.
09:19:51 I WANTED TO NOTE THAT FOR THE RECORD.
09:19:53 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: TODAY WE ARE PRESENTING A CITY
09:20:16 COUNCIL COMMENDATION TO ELLIE BAGGET.
09:20:20 TAMPA CITY COUNCIL HONORS ELLIE BAGGET, FOUNDER OF THE
09:20:23 LADIES OF THE HEIGHTS HAPPY HOUR FOR HER DONATION OF OVER
09:20:28 $4,000 OF HYGIENE SUPPLIES TO OVER 19 SCHOOLS ACROSS
09:20:32 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND FOR YOUR UNCEASING COMMITMENT TO
09:20:35 EMPOWERING AND SUPPORTING WOMEN ACROSS THE TAMPA AREA.
09:20:37 IT IS WITH GREAT RESPECT THAT THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
09:20:39 PRESENT TO YOU WITH THIS COMMENDATION ON THIS 19th
09:20:42 DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2019.
09:20:44 AND ELLIE WAS JUST ELECTED PRESIDENT HER NEIGHBORHOOD
09:20:46 ASSOCIATION FOR SOUTHEAST SEMINOLE HEIGHTS.
09:20:48 SO HER COMMUNITY SERVICE AND INVOLVEMENT CONTINUES AT A
09:20:52 GREATER LEVEL.
09:20:53 I'M A PAST NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENT FROM MY ASSOCIATION,
09:20:56 AND I HAVE KNOWN YOU FOR A WHILE NOW.
09:20:59 WE HAVE BECOME VERY GOOD FRIENDS.
09:21:01 AND YOU WORK TIRELESSLY FOR PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND
09:21:05 YOU ARE VERY WELL EXPECTED FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO
09:21:09 BECAUSE IT COMES FROM THE HEART.
09:21:10 AND YOU HAVE THE HEART OF A PUBLIC SERVANT.
09:21:12 HERE YOU GO.
09:21:13 CONGRATULATIONS.
09:21:13 >> THANK YOU.
09:21:14 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:21:21 >> IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING.
09:21:23 >> THANK YOU.
09:21:25 I WORKED REALLY HARD SO I APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION.
09:21:27 THANK YOU.
09:21:27 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
09:21:30 ANYONE ELSE TO COMMENT?
09:21:31 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ELLIE, DON'T GET AWAY SO QUICKLY.
09:21:40 I HAVE KNOWN MS. BAGGET SINCE SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL.
09:21:43 SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL WITH MY CHILDREN.
09:21:45 NO, SERIOUSLY, GUIDO SAID IT ALL.
09:21:49 YOU ARE A GREAT ASSET TO OUR COMMUNITY AND WE APPRECIATE
09:21:51 ALL YOUR HARD VOLUNTEER WORK.
09:21:53 THANK YOU.
09:21:54 >>LUIS VIERA: ANYONE ELSE?
09:21:55 AND I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER AND
09:21:58 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO SAID.
09:22:01 WE ALWAYS LOOK TO LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY TO HELP BE
09:22:05 PARTNERS IN IMPROVING THE COMMUNITY, AND YOU ARE
09:22:07 CERTAINLY ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE.
09:22:08 THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
09:22:10 THANK YOU, MA'AM.
09:22:11 >> THANK YOU.
09:22:13 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
09:22:16 I GUESS WE WILL GO ONWARD TO ITEM NUMBER 4.
09:22:20 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
09:22:20 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HONORABLE CHAIR, TAMPA CITY COUNCIL,
09:22:45 HONORABLE MEMBERS OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, IT'S INDEED A
09:22:48 PLEASURE TO PRESENT BOBBY DIEZ.
09:22:50 I HAVE KNOWN BOBBY FOR A LONG TIME AND I NOTICED THIS
09:22:53 MORNING NOT TO SIT IN THE FRO RO IN FRONT OF HIM BECAUSE
09:22:57 THAT'S ANOTHER GUY THAT COACHED WITH HIM BUT I AM NOT
09:23:00 GOING TO MENTION HIS NAME.
09:23:01 IT'S A PERSONAL JOKE.
09:23:02 WHAT BOBBY HAS DONE IS NOT THE WINS THAT COUNT.
09:23:06 IT'S ABOUT LIFE.
09:23:11 HE TALKED EVERY KID THAT HE HAD, ALL THE GIRLS THAT HE
09:23:14 COACHED FOR 28 YEARS AS A COACH WHAT LIFE IS ABOUT.
09:23:17 AND WHY DID HE WIN SO MANY WINS? NOT THAT HE HAD THE
09:23:21 BEST TEAMS.
09:23:22 I DON'T BELIEVE.
09:23:23 NOT THAT HE HAD THE BEST PLAYERS.
09:23:26 BUT THAT THE PLAYERS THROUGH HIS INSPIRATION BECAME KNOWN
09:23:29 WHEN THEY FELL, THEY GOT UP AND STARTED ALL OVER AGAIN.
09:23:33 THEY NEVER TOOK A LOSS AS A LOSS.
09:23:37 THEY TOOK IT AS AN EXPERIENCE IN LIFE.
09:23:39 AND FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, HE HAD 660 WINS AND ONLY 172
09:23:47 LOSSES.
09:23:51 I THINK THAT'S ABOUT 79% WINS.
09:23:53 AND SOME OF THOSE WERE BECAUSE OF RAINOUT, I GUESS.
09:23:58 I DON'T KNOW.
09:23:59 I AM LOOKING AT ALL THE GREAT COACHES.
09:24:01 AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN SOMEBODY WITH THESE KINDS OF WINS.
09:24:07 WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IS OVEN BELIEVABLE.
09:24:08 TWO STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
09:24:10 TWO STATE RUNNERS-UP AND NINE IN THE STATE FINALS.
09:24:16 NO MAJOR LEAGUE COACH HAS DONE THAT.
09:24:20 NINE REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.
09:24:22 19 DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS.
09:24:23 THREE WESTERN CONFERENCE TITLES.
09:24:25 AND 11 WESTERN CONFERENCE TITLES AS COACH.
09:24:29 HE WAS TWO TIMES PARADE COACH OF THE YEAR.
09:24:34 AND HE HAS DONE JUST AN OUTSTANDING JOB EVERYWHERE HE'S
09:24:38 COACHED.
09:24:39 AND IT'S AN HONOR FOR ME TO SAY THAT I HAVE KNOWN BOBBY
09:24:44 WHEN WE BOTH HAD HAIR, AND HE'S AN OUTSTANDING
09:24:47 INDIVIDUAL.
09:24:48 HE DOESN'T TALK MUCH.
09:24:49 HE GIVES A LOT OF THIS THING, YOU KNOW, SIGNALS.
09:24:52 BUT TODAY HE CAN SPEAK.
09:24:57 AND IT'S MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT THIS ON BEHALF OF TAMPA
09:24:59 CITY COUNCIL, NOT FOR THE WINS BUT FOR WHAT YOU TAUGHT
09:25:03 ALL YOUR THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF KIDS THAT YOU TAUGHT
09:25:07 NOT ONLY AT CHAMBERLAIN.
09:25:09 TODAY I WORE MY YELLOW AND BLUE BECAUSE I'M JEFFERSON, TO
09:25:12 MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE STILL RIVALS BUT FRIENDS.
09:25:14 THAT'S WHAT LIFE IS ALL ABOUT.
09:25:16 I PRESENT YOU THIS COMMENDATION ON BEHALF OF TAMPA CITY
09:25:18 COUNCIL FOR AN OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL WHO IS ALSO A GREAT
09:25:22 COACH.
09:25:22 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:25:30 I GOT PUSHED OVER BY THE BIG SHOTS.
09:25:33 >>GINA GRIMES: CITY ATTORNEY.
09:25:33 I JUST WANT TO SAY JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK COMMENTS
09:25:37 BECAUSE I OWE COACH DIEZ A PERSONAL DEBT OF GRATITUDE.
09:25:40 HE TOOK MY DAUGHTER AS WELL AS FOUR OTHER GIRLS IN HER
09:25:44 CLASS, SCRAWNY LITTLE ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD GIRLS AND DEVELOPED
09:25:49 THEM INTO FIVE DIVISION ONE COLLEGE ATHLETES.
09:25:53 THEY WENT TO USF, SOUTHERN MISS, FAU, UNIVERSITY OF
09:25:58 HAWAII, COLLEGE ATHLETES, COLLEGE ATHLETICS IS IMPORTANT
09:26:04 FOR WOMEN AND YOUNG GIRLS FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.
09:26:06 FIRST IT TEACHES THEM LEADERSHIP SKILLS THAT THEY
09:26:09 WOULDN'T OTHERWISE HAVE LEARNED, TEACHES THEM HOW TO
09:26:12 COMPETE, TEACHES THEM SELF-CONFIDENCE, AND IT TEACHES
09:26:16 THEM THAT PERSONAL GOALS ARE SUBSERVIENT TO TEAM GOALS.
09:26:21 THE BEST TWO EXAMPLES I CAN GIVE YOU ON E-MAIL ATHLETES
09:26:26 WHO ARE OUTSTANDING LEADERS ARE SANDY FREEDMAN, WHO IS
09:26:30 OUR FORMER MAYOR AND OUR CURRENT MAYOR JANE CASTOR.
09:26:33 SO I JUST WANT TO THANK COACH DIAZ FOR ALL HE'S DONE FOR
09:26:37 MY DAUGHTER AS WELL AS A LOT OF OTHER YOUNG WOMEN.
09:26:39 THANK YOU.
09:26:39 >> I APPRECIATE THIS.
09:26:47 AND I DEEPLY APPRECIATE IT.
09:26:50 IT'S EASY TO STAND HERE AND TAKE CREDIT.
09:26:52 BUT WHEN YOU WORK -- I RETIRED, 72 YEARS OLD.
09:27:00 I WAS BLESSED TO DO FIFTY YEARS OVERALL.
09:27:05 I HAD GREAT PLAYERS.
09:27:07 I HAVE HAD GREAT ASSISTANT COACHES.
09:27:09 I HAVE HAD, YOU KNOW, ADMINISTRATORS THAT HAVE SUPPORTED
09:27:12 US.
09:27:13 SCHOOLS, STAFF, PARENTS, WHICH IS ALWAYS A NIGHTMARE FOR
09:27:17 MOST COACHES.
09:27:17 I HAVE HAD TREMENDOUS PARENTS.
09:27:19 AND MY WIFE HAS PUT UP WITH THIS FOR ALL THIS TIME.
09:27:22 AGAIN THANK YOU AND THANK EVERYONE.
09:27:23 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:27:34 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S DAUGHTER IS
09:27:36 HEAD COACH AT ECKERT COLLEGE AND YOU CAN THANK HIM FOR
09:27:41 GIVING THE RIGHT SIGNALS.
09:27:43 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
09:27:47 GO AHEAD, MA'AM.
09:27:49 >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: CITY CLERK.
09:27:52 COUNCIL, THE INDIVIDUALS SELECTED FOR THE CITIZEN REVIEW
09:27:56 BOARD INCLUDE STEVEN BLAIR AND DEVON JAMES INGANDELA.
09:28:06 >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF COUNCIL CAN MOTION FOR ME TO COME
09:28:09 BACK WITH A RESOLUTION.
09:28:11 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
09:28:13 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
09:28:15 ALL IN FAVOR?
09:28:16 ANY OPPOSED?
09:28:17 >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: WE NEED TO REVOTE FOR THE
09:28:19 PLANNING COMMISSION.
09:28:21 WE HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT MADE IT, GIOVANNY CARDENAS.
09:28:31 EVERYONE ELSE GOT LESS THAN FOUR VOTES.
09:28:34 SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO VOTE FOR GIOVANNY CARDENAS BECAUSE
09:28:42 THAT PERSON MADE IT.
09:28:44 WELL, YOU WON'T BE VOTING FOR MR. BLAIR EITHER BECAUSE HE
09:28:47 MADE IT TO THE CITIZENS REVIEW BOARD.
09:28:51 SO THAT LEAVES STEVEN BERNSTEIN AND JEFF WEISS.
09:29:37 >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, IF YOU WANT TO DO
09:29:40 YOURS, YOU MAY, SIR.
09:29:46 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:29:50 CHUCK, YOUR FOLKS, DO YOU WANT TO COME UP?
09:29:54 I THINK IT'S ITEM 6 ON THE AGENDA.
09:29:56 IT'S MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO BE PRESENTING OUR 2019
09:30:02 COMMUNITY WATERWISE AWARDS.
09:30:05 AND WE DO THIS ANNUALLY IN CONJUNCTION WITH TAMPA BAY
09:30:07 WATER AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE.
09:30:11 AND BEFORE I GO ON TOO LONG, I WILL INTRODUCE OUR VERY
09:30:15 OWN CHUCK WEBER, WHO IS THE HEAD OF THE WATER DEPARTMENT,
09:30:18 AND HE WILL TELL US MORE.
09:30:19 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:30:23 CHUCK WEBER, WATER DEPARTMENT.
09:30:25 FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS THE CITY OF TAMPA AND OUR NEIGHBORING
09:30:29 MUNICIPALITIES HAVE RECOGNIZED ATTRACTIVE LANDSCAPES WITH
09:30:33 THE COMMUNITY WATERWISE AWARDS PROGRAM.
09:30:36 YEAR BY YEAR THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS HAS GROWN.
09:30:38 THIS YEAR OUR JUDGES VISITED 15 YARDS IN THE TAMPA
09:30:42 HILLSBOROUGH AREA.
09:30:44 WE ARE ESPECIALLY IMPRESSED BY THE NUMBER OF GARDENERS IN
09:30:47 THIS YEAR'S COMPETITION INCORPORATING FRUITS, VEGETABLES
09:30:50 AND HERBS IN THEIR LANDSCAPES.
09:30:52 AND TO TELL US MORE, WE HAVE WITH US SOMEONE WHO HAS
09:30:55 TAUGHT THOUSANDS US OF PEOPLE HOW TO INSTALL RAIN BARREL,
09:31:00 BUILD A COMPOST PILE AND PUT THE RIGHT PLANTS IN THE
09:31:04 RIGHT PLACE, MS. LYNN BARBER.
09:31:08 >> IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
09:31:09 THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
09:31:11 I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THE COMMUNITY WATERWISE AWARDS
09:31:14 IS TRULY ONE OF THE MOST WONDERFUL AND FUN THINGS I EVER
09:31:18 GET TO DO ALL YEAR LONG.
09:31:19 SO NOT THAT I DON'T LIKE DRILLING RAIN BARRELS AND
09:31:24 PUTTING IN SPIGOTS, BUT THIS IS WONDERFUL BECAUSE I CAN
09:31:26 SEE ALL THE CREATIVITY AND SO MANY RESIDENTS WITHIN THE
09:31:29 CITY OF TAMPA AND UNINCORPORATED HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
09:31:32 SO THE THING ABOUT LANDSCAPING IS THIS: YOU NEED TO KNOW
09:31:35 THE BIG PICTURE OF WHAT YOU WANT TO DO BUT YOU NEED TO BE
09:31:38 ABLE TO PUT IT INTO SMALLER PARTS SO IT'S DOABLE.
09:31:42 SO FLORIDA FRIENDLY LANDSCAPING IS WATER AND
09:31:45 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, THE WATERWISE CONTEST IS OPEN
09:31:48 ALL YEAR LONG.
09:31:49 IT ENDS JUNE 30th EVERY YEAR AND SO FAR WE HAVE --
09:31:55 FOR 2020.
09:31:57 FEEL FREE TO GO TO TAMPA BAY WATERWISE OR GIVE ME A CALL.
09:32:04 123-4679 AND I KNOW WHAT LYNN IS TALKING ABOUT.
09:32:07 WE ARE BOUGHT GATORS.
09:32:09 >> COULD WE PULL UP THE PRESENTATION, PLEASE?
09:32:20 AFTER COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER PRESENTS THE AWARDS WE'LL
09:32:24 SHOW PICTURES OF THE LANDSCAPE.
09:32:28 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: KAREN TAYLOR, PLEASE JOIN US UP HERE.
09:32:44 INGO FOCKLER.
09:32:46 YOU HAVE GOT A WHOLE CROWD.
09:32:49 ALL RIGHT.
09:32:51 IT'S MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO RECOGNIZE BOTH OF THESE
09:32:55 FAMILIES.
09:32:56 IN RECOGNITION OF BEING THE WINNER OF THE 2019 COMMUNITY
09:32:58 WATERWISE AWARD PRESENTED BY TAMPA BAY WATER AND
09:33:02 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE, FLORIDA YARDS AND
09:33:05 NEIGHBORHOODS PROGRAM, THE COMPETITION WAS CREATED TO
09:33:08 RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO COMMITTED TO SERVING OUR WATER
09:33:10 RESOURCES AND PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT BY USING
09:33:13 ATTRACTIVE FLORIDA FRIENDLY LANDSCAPING.
09:33:19 BEAUTIFUL YARDS INCLUDE SEVERAL ELEMENTS OF THESE
09:33:21 LANDSCAPING PRACTICES SUCH AS PLANTING DROUGHT TOLERANT
09:33:26 TREES AND PLANTS, WITH SIMILAR MAINTENANCE AND WATER
09:33:30 NEEDS, USING ALTERNATIVE MULCHES THAT ARE ENVIRONMENTALLY
09:33:35 FRIENDLY, USING RAIN HARVEST DEVICES WITH THE LANDSCAPE
09:33:40 BED THAT SERVES TO RETAIN WATER RUNOFF ON THE PROPERTY.
09:33:44 CITY COUNCIL CONGRATULATES YOU AND THANKS YOU FOR YOUR
09:33:49 COMMITMENT TO WATER CONSERVATION AND DEMONSTRATING BY
09:33:51 EXAMPLE THAT BEAUTIFUL YARDS ARE POSSIBLE UTILIZING THESE
09:33:54 METHODS.
09:33:55 AND I WOULD SAY ON THE SIDE THAT WATER CONSERVATION IS
09:33:59 EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
09:34:02 FLORIDA IS AN UNUSUAL PLACE.
09:34:03 IT RAINS ALL SUMMER AND NOW WE ARE IN THE DRY SEASON.
09:34:06 BUT WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR
09:34:09 COMMENDATION.
09:34:10 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:34:11 >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS TO THE CITY COUNCIL, TAMPA
09:34:22 BAY WATER TO HAVE THE COMPETITION TO PROMOTE THE WATER
09:34:27 CONSERVATION AND TO HAVE BETTER NATIVE PLANTS AND
09:34:34 CONSERVATION EVEN FURTHER AND TO SEE WHAT MY YARDS NINE
09:34:41 YEARS AGO HARDLY HILLSBOROUGH ANY ANIMALS AND NOW IT'S
09:34:44 TEEMING WITH LIFE WITH INSECTS AND REPTILES AND BIRDS.
09:34:48 WHEN YOU SEE HOW IMPORTANT WATER IS, AND CITY COUNCILMAN
09:34:52 ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IT BUT DOWN THE ROAD IN TAMPA
09:34:55 HEIGHTS, ULELE SPRINGS, THAT ALL WOULD BE NOT AS NICE.
09:35:00 SO WHATEVER YOU CAN DO TO HAVE BETTER POLICIES THAT WOULD
09:35:03 BE GREAT.
09:35:04 >> I'M JUST THRILLED AND SO HONORED TO BE GIVEN THIS
09:35:10 AWARD FOR THE WATERWISE 2019, AND I WANT TO THANK ALL THE
09:35:15 INDIVIDUALS AND AGENCIES THAT WERE A PART OF THIS.
09:35:19 TAMPA WATER, THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COOPERATIVE
09:35:22 EXTENSION SERVICE, THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IFIS
09:35:25 PROGRAM, THE FLORIDA FRIENDLY PROGRAM, AS WELL AS TAMPA
09:35:30 CITY WATER DEPARTMENT, AND THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
09:35:34 YOU ARE ALL TO BE COMMENDED FOR YOUR EFFORTS TO BRING
09:35:37 SUCH AN IMPORTANT TOPIC TO EVERYONE'S ATTENTION, WHICH IS
09:35:41 WATER CONSERVATION AND HE COALING.
09:35:45 I WILL TREASURE THIS AWARD FOREVER, AND THANK YOU SO VERY
09:35:50 MUCH.
09:35:50 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
09:35:54 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:35:55 >> WE WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE PICTURES OF THE
09:36:01 LANDSCAPES.
09:36:03 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I THOUGHT THIS WAS THE AWARD.
09:36:11 IT'S A STEPPING STONE.
09:36:13 WATERWISE 2019.
09:36:17 WITH A BUTTERFLY?
09:36:19 CONGRATULATIONS.
09:36:19 >>CHUCK WEBER: IF YOU COULD BRING THE SLIDES UP, PLEASE.
09:36:36 OKAY.
09:36:40 INGO'S YARD.
09:36:45 KAREN'S YARD.
09:36:49 THAT'S IT.
09:36:55 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:36:55 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:36:59 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
09:37:03 >>LUIS VIERA: DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY?
09:37:07 CONGRATULATIONS.
09:37:08 THANK YOU.
09:37:09 >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: CITY CLERK.
09:37:21 COUNCIL, THE SECOND INDIVIDUAL SELECTED FOR THE
09:37:26 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY CITY-COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION IS
09:37:30 MR. STEVEN BERNSTEIN.
09:37:32 SO THE TWO INDIVIDUALS WOULD BE MR. BERNSTEIN AND
09:37:39 GIOVANNY CARDENAS.
09:37:41 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, IF A MOTION COULD BE MADE
09:37:45 FOR THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO COME BACK WITH A RESOLUTION.
09:37:48 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
09:37:51 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
09:37:52 ANY OPPOSED?
09:37:53 AND TO THE FOLKS WHO HAVE APPLIED BUT NOT GOTTEN THEM,
09:37:57 I'M SURE THERE ARE MANY OTHER POSITIONS AND I ENCOURAGE
09:37:59 EVERYBODY TO BE INVOLVED IN ONE OR MORE CITY BOARDS.
09:38:02 I KNOW THAT MANY OF US WERE INVOLVED IN CITY BOARDS.
09:38:04 I WAS WITH THE CIVIL SERVICE REVIEW BOARD WHICH WAS A LOT
09:38:08 OF FUN MOST OF THE TIME WHEN I WAS THERE, AND I WOULD
09:38:10 ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO BE INVOLVED.
09:38:12 NEXT WE MOVE ONWARD TO ITEM NUMBER 6.
09:38:15 I KNOW WE HAVE MR. SHARP HERE WITH MANY INDIVIDUALS.
09:38:22 I'LL GIVE COMMENTS AFTERWARDS BUT I WANTED TO PREFACE
09:38:25 THIS BY SAYING WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE EVERYBODY HERE FOR
09:38:28 WHAT IS A REALLY AN EXCITING ENDEAVOR THAT IS OF
09:38:32 RELEVANCY TO THE CITY OF TAMPA AND I SUGGEST ALL OF OUR
09:38:36 REGION FOR THE USF AREA, BUT I WILL LEAVE IT TO OUR
09:38:39 FRIEND MR. SHARP.
09:38:41 >> MR. CHAIRMAN, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, IT'S AN HONOR TO
09:38:44 BE HERE.
09:38:45 YESTERDAY MORNING, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THIS
09:38:47 PRESENTATION TO THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY
09:38:50 COMMISSION, AND WE RECEIVED A 7-0 VOTE IN SUPPORT.
09:38:55 WE ARE HERE TODAY WITH OUR TEAM, UNITED TEAM.
09:38:58 WE BROUGHT REPRESENTATIVES FROM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, MR.
09:39:02 MERRILL, THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR IS HERE, LUCIA GARCIS.
09:39:12 I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CHAIRMAN FOR ATTENDING
09:39:14 OUR COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING YESTERDAY AS WELL AS
09:39:17 COUNCILMAN CARLSON WHO ATTENDED AS WELL.
09:39:20 WE ARE HERE BECAUSE WE WANT TO FORM A UNITED FRONT TO DO
09:39:25 SOMETHING DRAMATIC AND TRANSFORMATIONAL IN THE UNIVERSITY
09:39:28 AREA.
09:39:30 FIRST, LET ME INTRODUCE THE TEAM.
09:39:33 MIKE MERRILL, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR WHO HAS BEEN
09:39:36 INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING TO BRING TOGETHER ALL THE
09:39:39 DIFFERENT GROUPS.
09:39:41 WE HAD A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS.
09:39:43 WE HAVE MET WITH THE MAYOR WHO HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE,
09:39:45 MAYOR CASTOR AND HER TEAM.
09:39:48 MR. WILLIAMS, CALVIN WILLIAMS, VICE PRESIDENT FOR
09:39:51 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOR USF IS HERE.
09:39:55 JEFF KLOSKI FROM MOFFITT CANCER IS HERE.
09:40:00 JOE BATTLE, THE DIRECTOR OF THE SECOND LARGEST VA
09:40:03 HOSPITAL IN THE NATION
09:40:05 IS HERE.
09:40:06 SARAH COMBS, CEO OF THE UNIVERSITY AREA COMMUNITY
09:40:10 REDEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION.
09:40:11 AND A MEMBER OF OUR ORGANIZATION, BUT SOON WE WILL BE
09:40:15 ASKING HER TO JOIN ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF TAMPA
09:40:18 INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP IS HERE.
09:40:20 AND THEN MR. KEMP, BO KEMP WILL SPEAK BRIEFLY, A PARTNER
09:40:26 WITH FARGRE OUT OF CHICAGO, AS HE HELPS US MANAGE THE
09:40:33 OPPORTUNITY ZONE AND CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE WORK FUND
09:40:36 FOR THE DISTRICT IS HERE.
09:40:37 AND OUR CHAIRMAN, CHRIS BOWEN WITH RD MANAGEMENT,
09:40:47 TRANSFORMING THE UNIVERSITY MALL, GROWING UP, MANY OF US
09:40:50 WENT THERE TO THE THEATER AND SHOP, BUT IT'S NOW GOING TO
09:40:53 BECOME AN URBAN RESEARCH VILLAGE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE
09:40:56 OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA.
09:40:58 MR. BOWEN WILL ADDRESS YOU BRIEFLY.
09:41:03 THE ORGANIZATION OF TAMPA PARTNERSHIP WAS CREATED IN 2011
09:41:07 BUT WE OFFICIALLY OPENED OUR DOORS IN JANUARY OF 2015.
09:41:12 AND THE ANCHORS, USF, MOFFITT CANCER, JAMES HALEY
09:41:17 HOSPITAL, ADMIN HEALTH, UNIVERSITY MALL, BUSCH GARDENS.
09:41:23 WHAT WE ARE CREATING IS AN ECOSYSTEM.
09:41:26 AN ECOSYSTEM MEANS THAT YOU TAKE THE INSTITUTIONS AS WELL
09:41:31 AS THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND YOU BRING
09:41:34 THEM TOGETHER, WHICH WE HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO
09:41:37 EFFECTIVELY DO IN THE UNIVERSITY AREA.
09:41:39 YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF JURISDICTIONS.
09:41:41 TEMPLE TERRACE.
09:41:42 AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE SAY AS WELL, SHERRI DONOHUE,
09:41:46 COUNCILWOMAN FROM TEMPLE TERRACE IS HERE AND ON OUR TEAM.
09:41:50 TEMPLE TERRACE, THE CITY OF TAMPA, AND THE COUNTY.
09:41:52 YOU HAVE THE OVERLAPPING JURISDICTIONS AS WELL AS THE
09:41:55 FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AND THEIR
09:41:57 RESPONSIBILITIES, AND FDOT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US ALONG
09:42:00 WITH HART.
09:42:01 SO WE WANT TO CREATE AN ECOSYSTEM WHERE YOU BRING IT ALL
09:42:05 TOGETHER.
09:42:05 WHERE YOU HAVE A TRUE LIVE-WORK-PLAY INNOVATION DISTRICT.
09:42:10 A LOT OF THINGS ARE HAPPENING.
09:42:11 A LOT OF ACTIVITY IS TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW TO THE NORTH,
09:42:18 YOU HAVE GOT THE OF ADVENT HEALTH DEVELOPMENT, THEY PUT
09:42:22 $200 MILLION INTO THEIR ER AND INTO THE WOMEN'S CENTER.
09:42:26 RIGHT NOW THEY ARE BUILDING A SIX-STORY SURGICAL TOWER,
09:42:30 $250 MILLION FACILITY.
09:42:35 IN 2007 THE COUNTY SUPPORTED A MAJOR PROJECT, ONE OF THE
09:42:39 FIRST PROJECTS THAT WE SUPPORTED AT THE UNIVERSITY AREA,
09:42:42 IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, ON MCKINLEY.
09:42:45 THERE'S A $45 MILLION PROJECT TO BUILD A PUBLIC-PRIVATE
09:42:49 PARTNERSHIP.
09:42:52 THEY BUILT THE OUTPATIENT FACILITY RIGHT NEXT DOOR WHICH
09:42:55 OPENED IN 2017.
09:42:58 AND NOW MOFFITT HAS PLANS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET ON
09:43:01 MCKINLEY TO BUILD A MAJOR NEW HOSPITAL APPROXIMATELY 300
09:43:06 TO $400 MILLION.
09:43:09 NEXT DOOR TO MOFFITT SITS YUENGLING.
09:43:13 I WON'T GO INTO THAT PROJECT BECAUSE YOU WILL BE HEARING
09:43:16 THAT ONE BUT IT'S A MAJOR PROJECT AND IT OCCURRED AS A
09:43:18 RESULT OF ALL THE ACTIVITY AROUND THEM.
09:43:21 AND THEY KNEW THAT WHILE THEY BREW GREAT BEER, THEY WANT
09:43:24 TO DO MORE.
09:43:25 AND THEY WANT TO BUILD A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO
09:43:29 ATTEND.
09:43:29 THANK YOU, SIR.
09:43:31 WE HAVE NEXT TO THAT, THE UNIVERSITY MALL.
09:43:36 THE MALL HAS 100 ACRES OF LAND.
09:43:39 THEY RECENTLY WERE REZONED BY THE COUNTY TO A NEW
09:43:43 DESIGNATION, INNOVATION COMMUNITY OF 35.
09:43:47 IT GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO FROM 1 MILLION SQUARE
09:43:51 FEET TO 7 MILLION SQUARE FEET.
09:43:54 SO THE UNIVERSITY MALL IS A KEY PLAYER IN THIS VILLAGE
09:43:59 THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED.
09:44:00 USF AND THEIR RESEARCH PARK.
09:44:02 THEY HAVE NOW PLANS FOR A NEW 120,000 SQUARE FOOT LAB TO
09:44:07 GO ON THE 120 ACRES THAT SITS THERE.
09:44:10 SO WE HAVE GOT TO BRING ALL THIS TOGETHER INTO A COHERENT
09:44:15 INNOVATION DISTRICT.
09:44:16 AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE.
09:44:18 WE ARE HERE TO ASK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND WORKING WITH
09:44:22 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND OUR PARTNERS AT TAMPA INNOVATION
09:44:25 PARTNERSHIP, CHRIS BOWEN IS GOING TO GIVE THE SPECIFIC
09:44:31 ASK BUT OUR OUTCOME IS NOTHING LESS -- AND I AM TAKING
09:44:34 THIS FROM DR. STEVE CORAL IN HIS BOOK ON INNOVATION.
09:44:38 WE WANT DRAMATIC SOCIETAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL PROVIDE
09:44:45 SUSTAINABLE AND EQUITABLE PROSPERITY FOR ALL.
09:44:48 WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CHAIRMAN, CHRIS.
09:44:54 >> THANK YOU, MARK.
09:44:57 GOOD MORNING.
09:44:57 I'M CHRIS BOWEN, CURRENT CHAIRMAN OF THE TAMPA INNOVATION
09:45:01 PARTNERSHIP AS WELL AS CHIEF DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIST WITH
09:45:06 RD MANAGEMENT IN OVERSEEING THE UNIVERSITY MALL PROPERTY
09:45:10 REDEVELOPMENT AND REINVESTMENT PROJECT.
09:45:15 OVER THE PAST 60 YEARS AN EXTRAORDINARY URBAN INNOVATION
09:45:20 COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ORGANICALLY GROWING AND DEVELOPING
09:45:25 BEFORE OUR VERY EYES.
09:45:28 ONLY A SHORT DISTANCE FROM HERE IN UPTOWN.
09:45:32 INCREDIBLE THINGS ARE OCCURRING UP THERE ALL THE TIME.
09:45:35 THE LOCAL RESIDENT INSTITUTIONS AND CORPORATE PLAYERS
09:45:38 HAVE GARNERED NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIM AND MADE
09:45:44 SOME VERY AMAZING BREAKTHROUGHS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE
09:45:48 FIELDS.
09:45:49 YET OUR LOCAL COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS DO
09:45:51 NOT REFLECT THOSE INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND DO NOT
09:45:55 YET BENEFIT TO A SIGNIFICANT DEGREE FROM THEM.
09:45:59 IT'S TIME TO CHANGE THAT.
09:46:01 IT'S TIME TO TAKE STRATEGIC BUT UNDERUTILIZED ASSETS LIKE
09:46:05 THE 100-ACRE UNIVERSITY MALL PROPERTY AND MARRY ITS
09:46:10 POTENTIAL WITH OUR COMMUNITY'S INITIATIVES ON A MUCH,
09:46:13 MUCH GRANDER SCALE THROUGH BUILDING A WORLD-CLASS
09:46:16 INNOVATION DISTRICT.
09:46:19 THAT EVERYONE WILL KNOW ABOUT.
09:46:21 AND EVERYONE WILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN.
09:46:25 IT'S TIME.
09:46:28 IT'S TIME TO LEVERAGE NATIONALLY SIGNIFICANT PLAYERS IN
09:46:31 OUR DISTRICT WHICH REPRESENT THE HEART OF WHAT IS ALREADY
09:46:34 ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT MEDICAL AND TECHNOLOGY
09:46:38 CLUSTERS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
09:46:42 RD MANAGEMENT MUSCLE I MILLION DOLLAR INNOVATION
09:46:47 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BEING PROPOSED AT THE MALL SITE AND
09:46:50 OTHER INVESTMENT PATTERN AFTER THAT PROJECT IN THE UPTOWN
09:46:55 DISTRICT WILL START TO BUILD PATHWAYS DOWN AT THE STREET
09:46:58 AND NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL THAT FLOW WITHIN -- THAT CONNECT
09:47:04 OUR RESIDENTS TO THE MANY OPPORTUNITIES THAT NATURALLY
09:47:09 FLOW WITHIN A SUCCESSFUL AND HEALTHY INNOVATION
09:47:12 ECOSYSTEM.
09:47:14 THIS WORK OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS WILL SET THE FRAMEWORK
09:47:17 FOR A WORLD-CLASS INNOVATION COMMUNITY WHICH WILL FURTHER
09:47:21 INFORM AND INFLUENCE COMPATIBLE, THOUGHTFUL, AND
09:47:24 BENEFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ALL ALONG FOWLER AVENUE AND
09:47:28 THROUGHOUT THE RELATED COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL
09:47:30 NEIGHBORHOODS WITHIN OUR DISTRICT FROM FLETCHER TO BUSCH
09:47:33 AND 275 TO I-75 AND FAR, FAR BEYOND THOSE BOUNDARIES.
09:47:39 THE INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP HAS SECURED THE EXPERTISE OF
09:47:45 VAGARY BAKERS DANIELS CONSULTING AND THEIR NATURAL
09:47:48 PRACTICE AND SENIOR DIRECTOR BO KIM TO ASSIST US IN A
09:47:53 MULTI-FACETED OPPORTUNITY ZONE PROGRAM THAT IS BEING
09:47:56 DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR LOCAL MARKET, AND WITH THE
09:47:59 INNOVATION DISTRICT'S COMMERCIAL AND COMMUNITY
09:48:02 DEVELOPMENT CORE VALUES IN MIND.
09:48:05 AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE BO TO STEP UP AND
09:48:08 TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT INITIATIVE.
09:48:10 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:48:16 MY NAME IS BO KEMP, WITH BAKER AND DANIELS.
09:48:21 THE FOCUS OF MY EVENTS HERE IS AROUND OPPORTUNITY ZONES.
09:48:24 I SPENT THE LAST 20 YEARS WORKING ON LARGE SCALE PROJECTS
09:48:27 THAT COMBINE PUBLIC INTEREST AND PRIVATE CAPITAL TO
09:48:30 ACTUALLY EXECUTE THEM AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND FOR THE
09:48:33 LAST TWO YEARS I HAVE BEEN INTIMATELY INVOLVED WITH THE
09:48:36 OPPORTUNITY ZONE PROGRAM AS I FORMERLY WAS THE DEPUTY
09:48:41 MAYOR, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CITY OF NEWARK WITH
09:48:46 CORY BOOKER BEFORE HE BECAME SENATOR.
09:48:49 I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT I SEE AS POTENTIAL HERE.
09:48:54 IN MANY INSTANCES THE FIRST DIFFICULTY THING TO ACTUALLY
09:48:56 ACHIEVE TO FIND THE RIGHT PRIVATE SPONSOR THAT'S ALREADY
09:49:01 ENGAGED IN HELPING YOU TRANSFORM AN AREA LIKE THIS, BUT
09:49:03 IN THIS CASE WE HAVE GOT ONE IN THE FORM OF RD
09:49:06 MANAGEMENT.
09:49:07 THE GOAL OF WHAT WE ARE HOPING TO ACHIEVE THROUGH OUR
09:49:10 PROCESS IS TO DO TWO REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS.
09:49:13 THE FIRST IS TO USE UNIVERSITY MALL, THE UPTOWN AREA IN
09:49:18 OUR INNOVATION DISTRICT AS A WAY TO ATTRACT PRIVATE
09:49:21 CAPITAL TO COME AND HELP TO GROW THE AREA.
09:49:24 THE HOPE IS IN THAT PROCESS IT WILL NOT ONLY SPUR GROWTH
09:49:28 AND INVESTMENT IN THAT AREA BUT ALSO OTHER PARTS OF BOTH
09:49:31 THE CITY OF TAMPA AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, BUT THE SECOND
09:49:34 AND EQUALLY IMPORTANT IS TO DO THAT IN A WAY THAT
09:49:37 ACTUALLY SUPPORTS THE LOCAL RESIDENTS WHO LIVE THERE AND
09:49:41 DISCOURAGES DISPLACEMENT.
09:49:43 NOT ONLY OF THE RESIDENTS BUT ALSO OF THE BUSINESSES THAT
09:49:45 ARE THERE.
09:49:46 AND SO PART OF OUR EFFORT IS TO BE VERY THOUGHTFUL AND
09:49:49 STRATEGIC ABOUT HOW WE MAKE SURE THE EFFORTS TO GROW ALSO
09:49:53 ACCOMMODATE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY THERE IN A WAY
09:49:56 THAT IS POSITIVE AND INCLUSIVE.
09:49:59 SO WITH THAT, I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME.
09:50:02 I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE SARAH COMBS FROM THE UNIVERSITY
09:50:06 AREA CDC TO FOLLOW UP.
09:50:10 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:50:11 MY NAME IS SARAH COMBS.
09:50:13 I'M THE CEO AT THE UNIVERSITY AREA CDC AND I JUST HAVE TO
09:50:17 SAY THAT I AM BEYOND EXCITED TO BE STANDING IN FRONT OF
09:50:20 YOU TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THIS REDEVELOPMENT.
09:50:22 SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT BEING A PARTNER IN THIS
09:50:24 INITIATIVE.
09:50:25 REALLY REPRESENTING THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY.
09:50:28 FOR OVER 20 YEARS, THE UNIVERSITY AREA CDC HAS CHAMPIONED
09:50:32 POSITIVE CHANGE IN THE ECONOMIC, EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL
09:50:36 LEVELS OF THE COMMUNITY THROUGH YOUTH PROGRAMS, ADULT
09:50:40 EDUCATION, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT,
09:50:43 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EMPOWERMENT AS WELL.
09:50:46 AND I THINK TODAY WE HAVE A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO
09:50:48 BRING THIS COMMUNITY FORWARD AS AN INTENTIONAL PART OF
09:50:52 THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, AND BY INCLUDING THE RESIDENTS OF
09:50:56 THIS COMMUNITY AS PART OF THAT, INCLUDING THEM AS A
09:51:00 STRENGTH, OPPOSED TO A WEAKNESS, WE CAN HAVE
09:51:05 TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE.
09:51:06 WE BELIEVE WE CAN SHOW AND CREATE A PLAN, A REDEVELOPMENT
09:51:09 PLAN ENSURING THAT THE RESIDENTS REALLY GET THE BENEFIT
09:51:12 WITHOUT DISPLACEMENT.
09:51:13 AND I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO
09:51:15 YOU ALL AS WELL AS THE MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE TODAY AS
09:51:18 WELL.
09:51:19 ONE TOOL THAT WE WILL BE IMPLEMENTING IS OUR COMMUNITY
09:51:21 BENEFITS PROGRAM COUPLED WITH OUR LAND BANKING INITIATIVE
09:51:24 TO ENSURE THAT OUR HOLISTIC APPROACH TO COMMUNITY
09:51:27 DEVELOPMENT THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING SO HARD ON
09:51:29 CONTINUES TO HAPPEN IN THE UNIVERSITY AREA COMMUNITY.
09:51:32 IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US BECAUSE WE MADE A PROMISE TO
09:51:35 RESIDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY AREA COMMUNITY, A PROMISE TO
09:51:38 BE A BEACON OF HOPE TO THEM, SAFE HAVEN FOR THOSE WHO
09:51:42 NEEDED A VOICE, AND AS FEARLESS CHAMPIONS FOR OUR
09:51:46 RESIDENTS IN THE UNIVERSITY AREA IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO
09:51:48 CONTINUE TO EMPOWER THEM WITH THE INTENTION TOOLS TO
09:51:51 OBTAIN BETTER JOBS, BETTER HEALTH, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY
09:51:55 BETTER FUTURES FOR THE CHILDREN.
09:51:56 TODAY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MORE THAN MAKING POSITIVE
09:51:59 CHANGE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
09:52:01 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A PLAN CREATING A PLAN, A
09:52:03 REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, TO CHANGE THE LIVES OF GENERATIONS TO
09:52:06 COME.
09:52:06 AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALL REALLY GET
09:52:08 BEHIND AND SUPPORT.
09:52:10 THAT IS WHY I AM HERE TODAY, AND THAT IS WHY I INCH YOU
09:52:13 TO SUPPORT THESE EFFORTS AS WE COME TOGETHER AS PARTNERS,
09:52:17 TRUE PARTNERS TO CREATE AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY THAT HAS
09:52:20 NO BOUNDARIES AND ONE THAT WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF.
09:52:23 SO I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
09:52:24 >> THANK YOU BO AND SARAH.
09:52:37 SOME OBJECTIVES THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS IN THE NEXT SIX
09:52:40 TO TWELVE MONTHS INCLUDE STANDING UP, A WORKING GROUP
09:52:45 COMMITTEE OF TAMPA, IP ANCHORS, THE COUNTY, CITY OF
09:52:48 TAMPA, U AC/DC, HART, FDOT, AND PROBABLY SOME OTHERS, TO
09:52:56 CRAFT A SET OF GUIDING PRINCIPLES.
09:53:00 QUANTIFYING SOME CORE MEASURABLE OUTCOMES, MAKING SURE WE
09:53:05 HAVE IDENTIFIED, ENGAGE ALL THE KEY STAKEHOLDERS AND
09:53:08 REACH MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING BUILT AROUND THE CORE
09:53:12 VALUES AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES, ESTABLISHING AND AN ENTITY
09:53:16 FOR GOVERNANCE, ESTABLISHES A SCOPE OF WORK AND
09:53:19 TIMELINES, AND FORMULATING A DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
09:53:26 A QUICK OVERVIEW AGAIN ON THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PLAN
09:53:29 COMPONENTS.
09:53:30 SOME OF THE ASPECTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN INCLUDE AN
09:53:33 AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND CITY ON THE
09:53:36 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT PROCESS FOR THE DISTRICT,
09:53:40 SETTING GOALS FOR ECONOMIC OUTCOMES, ADDRESSING ZONING
09:53:44 AND LAND USE ISSUES, TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS,
09:53:49 ADOPT AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE WORK PLAN, ADOPT A COMMUNITY
09:53:52 ENGAGEMENT PLAN STRESSING SOCIAL IMPACT, TARGET SOME KEY
09:53:57 OUTCOMES, URBAN LANDSCAPE, INCLUDING LIGHTING AND
09:54:02 SIDEWALKS AND BIKE PATHS, PARKS, AND CONNECTIVITY.
09:54:06 INNOVATION COMMUNITIES, CONNECTIVITY, AND GETTING PLAQUES
09:54:12 TO ALL THE GOOD STUFF AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
09:54:14 INVOLVED.
09:54:15 DEFINING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT'S INITIATIVES AND
09:54:17 CRAFTING A PHASED APPROACH FOR TAX URBAN FINANCING THAT
09:54:21 WILL PRESENT TO THE BOCC AND CITY COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION BY
09:54:25 NOVEMBER 2020, REGULAR REPORTS TO THE BOCC AND CITY
09:54:30 COUNCIL THROUGHOUT.
09:54:32 NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES FROM THE
09:54:35 EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE TAMPA INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP WHO
09:54:39 WILL BRIEFLY EXPLAIN HOW THIS MATTERS TO THEIR
09:54:42 INSTITUTIONS.
09:54:42 YESTERDAY, AS MARK MENTIONED, WE HAD DR. STEVEN COREL,
09:54:47 PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA.
09:54:49 HE IS TRAVELING TODAY SO HE WON'T BE ABLE TO ATTEND THIS
09:54:52 MEETING, BUT HE HAS SOME REPRESENTATIVES HERE WITH HIM.
09:54:56 FIRST I AM GOING TO HAVE MR. JACK KOLOSKY OF MOFFITT.
09:55:06 JACK WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE JAMES HALEY,
09:55:10 JOE BATTLE.
09:55:11 AND THEN MR. CALVIN WILLIAMS, VICE PRESIDENT
09:55:14 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES WILL SAY A FEW WORD.
09:55:18 AND THEN I'LL ASK HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR MIKE
09:55:22 MERRILL TO COME UP AND ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AS WELL.
09:55:26 AFTER MR. MERRILL, I'LL STEP BACK UP AND QUICKLY OUTLINE
09:55:31 THE REQUEST THAT WE HAVE OF YOU TODAY.
09:55:33 >>LUIS VIERA: AND IF I MAY, WE ARE APPROACHING ON OUR 10
09:55:36 A.M.
09:55:37 SO EVERYBODY MAY SPEAK, OBVIOUSLY.
09:55:39 BUT JUST EXPEDITE SO THAT WE CAN HUG THAT 10 A.M. AS
09:55:42 CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE.
09:55:43 I DON'T WANT TO STOP THIS, OBVIOUSLY.
09:55:46 THAT WOULDN'T BE FAIR.
09:55:47 >> MY NAME IS JACK KOLOSKY, THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
09:55:52 OF THE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER.
09:55:54 I WANT TO ECHO WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY SAID AND I
09:55:57 WILL BE BRIEF.
09:55:58 ON BEHALF OF THE 6500 EMPLOYEES THAT WORK AT MOFFITT, AND
09:56:04 ON BEHALF OF OUR BOARD, WHO ARE COMMITTED TO INVESTMENT
09:56:07 IN THIS COMMUNITY, AS MARK DESCRIBED, WE ARE BUILDING NEW
09:56:12 HOSPITAL BUT THERE'S ALSO SEVERAL OTHER PROJECTS THAT
09:56:15 MOFFITT IS UNDERWAY, ALL IN THE PREVENTION OF CURE OF
09:56:19 CANCER.
09:56:19 AND WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT THAT IS WITHIN OUR GRASP.
09:56:22 BUT WE ALSO WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE 60,000
09:56:28 DIFFERENT PATIENTS THAT COME TO US INTO OUR AREA.
09:56:32 THESE IMPROVEMENTS, THE THINGS THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
09:56:34 IN THIS AREA, ARE VITALLY NEEDED TO HELP SUPPORT THEIR
09:56:40 FIGHT AGAINST CANCER.
09:56:41 SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR LISTENING TO THIS, AND I THINK
09:56:47 WE WILL GO ON FROM THERE.
09:56:48 >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN, COUNCILMEN.
09:56:56 THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK FOR JUST A MOMENT.
09:56:58 I'LL KEEP MY REMARKS SHORT, ALSO.
09:57:00 BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT, THIS IS GOOD FOR VETERANS AND IT'S
09:57:05 GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY.
09:57:07 AT THE VA, THERE AT HALEY, WE REPRESENT AN ECONOMIC
09:57:13 IMPACT OF OVER A BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR, WITH SALARIES
09:57:16 AND OTHER MONEYS THAT WE EXPEND THERE.
09:57:19 WE HAVE AROUND 6,000 EMPLOYEES.
09:57:22 AND WE TAKE CARE OF OVER 100,000 VETERANS AND ACTIVE
09:57:28 SERVICE DUTY MEMBERS A YEAR.
09:57:30 AND WE BELIEVE THIS INNOVATION DISTRICT IS VITAL TO OUR
09:57:33 CONTINUED SUCCESS AND ALSO FOR THE COMMUNITY'S SUCCESS.
09:57:36 SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:57:37 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:57:46 I'M CALVIN WILLIAMS, VICE PRESIDENT ADMINISTRATIVE
09:57:48 SERVICES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA.
09:57:50 I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A REAL QUICK PICTURE.
09:57:54 I'M AN ALUM.
09:57:55 I GRADUATED FROM USF.
09:57:56 WHEN I WAS THERE, GO BULLS, I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE
09:58:02 MODEL WAS VIBRANT AND IT WAS A PLACE FOR STUDENTS TO GO,
09:58:05 STUDENTS DIDN'T HAVE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE CRIME AND
09:58:09 THOSE THINGS THAT CAME WITH IT.
09:58:11 I CAME BACK TO USF TO GIVE BACK, AND I WILL TELL YOU, I
09:58:14 COULD NOT FIND USF BECAUSE OF THE THINGS THAT HAD CHANGED
09:58:17 IN THAT ENVIRONMENT.
09:58:18 SO A KEY WORD HERE IS REDEVELOPMENT.
09:58:22 I GRADUATED AS AN ENGINEER.
09:58:24 I BUILT ALL OVER THE WORLD.
09:58:25 ONE THING THAT I DO SUBSCRIBE TO IS IF YOU DON'T
09:58:27 REDEVELOP, IT WILL CONTINUE TO GO DOWN.
09:58:30 I ASK YOU TO REALLY TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THIS AND MAKE
09:58:33 SURE THAT WE DO THAT.
09:58:34 THE WHOLE SITE PICTURE HERE IS TO LIVE, WORK AND LEARN.
09:58:40 I SAY LEARN BECAUSE WE HAVE STUDENTS AND PLAY IN THAT
09:58:44 AREA.
09:58:44 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
09:58:51 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:58:56 THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE.
09:58:59 THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT'S BEEN LONG IN COMING.
09:59:03 I JOINED THE COUNTY A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO.
09:59:06 MARK SHARPE WAS COUNTY COMMISSIONER, AND WE WERE VERY
09:59:11 OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE AREA.
09:59:13 IT'S TAKEN A LONG TIME TO GET TO THIS POINT.
09:59:15 BUT I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSFORM A
09:59:18 COMMUNITY.
09:59:18 IT'S NOT A REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION.
09:59:20 THIS IS TO LIFT UP THE COMMUNITY.
09:59:23 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS YESTERDAY DID VOTE
09:59:25 UNANIMOUSLY TO SUPPORT THE CONCEPT, AS WELL AS THE VALUED
09:59:29 PARTNERSHIP I HAVE HAD WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA, AND WE
09:59:31 HAVE TO DO THIS TOGETHER.
09:59:32 WE ARE LIVING IN THAT ENVIRONMENT.
09:59:34 IT'S FOR THE GOOD OF ALL OF THE CONSTITUENTS.
09:59:37 I APPRECIATE YOUR TAKING TO TIME TO HEAR US TODAY AND
09:59:41 WOULD ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AS WELL.
09:59:42 SO THANK YOU.
09:59:43 >> THANK YOU, MR. MERRILL.
09:59:52 A QUICK WRAP UP ON THE REQUEST TODAY.
09:59:54 IN ORDER TO EXECUTE THE GAME PLAN DESCRIBED IN THIS
09:59:58 PRESENTATION, AND TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE
10:00:01 OPPORTUNITIES ON PROGRAM, WE ARE ASKING YOU TODAY FOR
10:00:04 THREE THINGS: ONE, CONCEPTUAL SUPPORT OF THE APPROACH WE
10:00:08 HAVE JUST DESCRIBED.
10:00:11 TWO, INPUT ON THE CORE VALUES FOR THE UPTOWN INNOVATION
10:00:15 DISTRICT.
10:00:16 AND THREE, DIRECTION TO STAFF TO DRAFT -- TO WORK WITH US
10:00:20 TO DRAFT A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR COLLABORATING
10:00:23 WITH THE KEY STAKEHOLDERS.
10:00:25 SO WITH THAT, WE WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU
10:00:28 MAY HAVE, AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR GIVING US THIS TIME
10:00:32 TODAY.
10:00:33 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:00:34 AND I KNOW COUNCILMAN CARLSON, PEOPLE WANT TO SPEAK.
10:00:37 AND COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:00:38 JUST VERY BRIEFLY ON MY END, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF
10:00:42 REPRESENTING THIS AREA. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I AM A
10:00:44 BIG, BIG SUPPORTER OF.
10:00:45 I THINK THAT IT'S SOMETHING WHERE YOU ALL SHOULDN'T BE
10:00:48 COMING TO US ASKING FOR HELP.
10:00:50 WE SHOULD BE COMING TO YOU AND TO ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS
10:00:53 ASKING YOU, WHAT CAN WE DO FOR THIS AREA?
10:00:56 BECAUSE THIS AREA HAS SO MUCH VAST POTENTIAL, AND IT'S
10:01:01 GONE TO WASTE FOR SO MANY YEARS.
10:01:03 BUT THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL TIME, BECAUSE WE HAVE
10:01:05 LEADERSHIP IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
10:01:08 WE HAVE LEADERSHIP IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY THAT IS YOU
10:01:10 UNITED AND OUR SENTIMENTS OF WANTING TO SUPPORT THIS
10:01:13 ENDEAVOR AND GO FORWARD.
10:01:14 I WOULD ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS REQUEST: IT
10:01:17 CERTAINLY MEANS A LOT TO ALL OF OUR CITY.
10:01:19 JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS BRIEFLY.
10:01:21 SOMETHING I SAID YESTERDAY AT THE COUNTY COMMISSION,
10:01:23 WHICH IS THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK HERE, AND I AM GLAD ON
10:01:27 THE CONCEPT OF DISPLACEMENT AND SOMETHING THAT I WILL
10:01:31 REPEAT TODAY, THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
10:01:34 REDEVELOPMENT AND REINVESTMENT.
10:01:35 REDEVELOPMENT AT ITS WORST TAKES UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES
10:01:39 AND TAKES PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THOSE UNDERSERVED
10:01:42 COMMUNITIES, VICTIMS ALL TOO OFTEN OF NEGLECT, AND DRIVES
10:01:45 THEM OUT, DRIVES THEM OUT FOR A NEW REALITY.
10:01:48 REINVESTMENT TAKES THAT HUMAN CAPITAL RIGHT IN THERE AND
10:01:52 VESTS IN IT TO CREATE A NEW AND BETTER COMMUNITY WITH A
10:01:56 RISING TIDE LIFTS ALL BOATS THROUGH INNOVATION,
10:02:00 ENTREPRENEURSHIP, JUSTICE AND COMPASSION.
10:02:02 THAT'S WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS.
10:02:03 AND THAT'S WHAT I AM SUPPORTING.
10:02:04 WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE ARE
10:02:07 TALKING ABOUT HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, WE HAVE BEEN
10:02:09 TALKING ABOUT BIG IDEAS, CONNECTING ORLANDO, CONNECTING
10:02:13 TAMPA AND ORLANDO THROUGH A MASS TRANSIT, TAKING A LOOK
10:02:17 AT BRT, TAKING A LOOK AT RAIL, TALKING ABOUT THE RAYS,
10:02:21 WHEREVER THAT MAY GO.
10:02:22 USF AREA SHOULD BE ONE OF THOSE BIG IDEAS THAT EXCITES
10:02:26 ALL OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
10:02:28 AND ESPECIALLY WHERE IT'S LOCATED, WHERE IT'S LOCATED YOU
10:02:31 ARE TALKING ABOUT AREAS THAT WE CAN MAKE ROBUST
10:02:35 INVESTMENTS IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SOMETHING THAT EXCITES
10:02:37 OUR MAYOR, SOMETHING THAT EXCITES YOUR CITY COUNCIL,
10:02:40 SOMETHING THAT EXCITES HER COUNTY COMMISSION.
10:02:41 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AREAS WHERE THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES
10:02:44 FOR RAIL RIGHT NEXT TO POTENTIALLY WHERE THERE COULD BE
10:02:47 BRT AND CONNECTION TO DOWNTOWN TAMPA JUST IN TIME FOR THE
10:02:50 USF MEDICAL SCHOOL HERE IN DOWNTOWN TAMPA.
10:02:52 THE TIME IS RIGHT.
10:02:54 THE TIME IS HERE.
10:02:55 WE HAVE THE LEADERSHIP.
10:02:56 LET'S GET THIS DONE.
10:02:57 SO I AM FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF IT.
10:02:59 THANK YOU.
10:03:04 >>BILL CARLSON: AS YOU SAID, I WAS THERE YESTERDAY.
10:03:05 I AM VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.
10:03:07 YOU ASKED FOR INPUT ON CORE VALUES, GUIDING PRINCIPLES.
10:03:10 I SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING TO MARK AND BO AND LOOK
10:03:14 FORWARD TO OTHER CONVERSATIONS.
10:03:15 BUT JUST FOUR QUICK POINTS.
10:03:16 NUMBER ONE, POVERTY BY FAR IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE
10:03:19 THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
10:03:21 TAMPA RANKS NEAR THE BOTTOM.
10:03:23 LUCKILY WE HAVE MIAMI IN THE STATE THAT'S WORSE THAN US
10:03:26 IN POVERTY.
10:03:26 BUT WE NEED TO NOT BE HAPPY JUST BEING ABOVE MIAMI.
10:03:29 WE NEED TO MOVE THE POVERTY NUMBER, AND THE WAY WE DO
10:03:35 THAT IS BY CREATING JOBS AND PROMOTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP
10:03:38 AND NOT BY TAXPAYER SUBSIDIZED GENTRIFICATION AS SOME
10:03:42 OTHER PEOPLE HAVE ALLUDED TO.
10:03:44 THE LAST ADMINISTRATION KICKED OUT 1200 POOR FAMILIES
10:03:47 FROM THE WEST BANK OF TAMPA AND A LOT OF THEM MOVED TO
10:03:51 THE USF AREA.
10:03:52 THIS CREATED TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS, JOB PROBLEMS, ALL
10:03:55 KINDS OF ISSUES.
10:03:55 WE CAN'T SOLVE THE POVERTY PROBLEM BY SUBSIDIZING
10:03:59 GENTRIFICATION TO MOVE PEOPLE TO OTHER PLACES.
10:04:02 AND SO I AM NOT ASKING FOR A RESPONSE.
10:04:04 I KNOW MARK AND I SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THAT.
10:04:07 BUT YOU ALL HAVE SAID THAT.
10:04:09 LET'S PLEASE FOCUS, POVERTY HAS TO BE ONE OF THE VERY
10:04:11 TOP -- ENDING POVERTY, REDUCING POVERTY.
10:04:15 AND WITH THAT IS THE RACIAL HARMONY AND EQUITY ISSUES
10:04:20 THAT GO WITH IT.
10:04:21 NUMBER TWO, OUR COMMUNITY HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME OVER
10:04:23 THE LAST FEW YEARS FOCUSED ON THE NUMBER OF JOBS.
10:04:26 WE MEASURE SUCCESS AND THE NUMBER OF JOBS WE GET.
10:04:28 BECAUSE OF THAT THE EDC AND OTHER GROUPS HAVE FOCUSED ON
10:04:31 RECRUITING BACK OFFICE OPERATIONS AND RELIABLE THEM EVERY
10:04:34 YEAR SO NECESSITY SOUND MORE IMPORTANT.
10:04:35 BUT THE MOST SUCCESSFUL COMPANIES IN THIS AREA ARE THE
10:04:37 COMPANIES THAT ARE REGENERATED BY IDEAS AT USF AND OTHER
10:04:41 PLACES.
10:04:42 THERE ARE TWO COMPANIES IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS THAT SOLD
10:04:44 FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS, DIDN'T COME FROM THE
10:04:48 BY BIOTECH LAB AT USF, THEY CAME FROM BUSINESS ANALYTICS.
10:04:52 ONE OF THEM SOLD FOR I THINK 1.5 BILLION DOLLARS.
10:04:58 SO THE WEALTH GENERATED BY USF IS INCREDIBLE AND THE
10:05:01 POSSIBLE OF EXCELLING IS IMPORTANT BUT WE SHOULDN'T
10:05:05 SUBSIDIZE LOW-PAYING JOBS COMING FROM OTHER AREAS.
10:05:07 I KNOW YOU ALL ARE TRYING TO DO THAT.
10:05:09 BUT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THIS IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
10:05:12 NUMBER THREE, WEISS CAN'T MEASURE SUCCESS IN REAL ESTATE
10:05:16 OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS IN PARTICULAR.
10:05:17 EVERYTHING THAT WE SHOW IN TERMS OF SUCCESS IS A LIST OF
10:05:20 REAL ESTATE PROJECTS.
10:05:21 EVEN IN THE PICTURES THAT YOU SHOWED US, ALL REAL ESTATE
10:05:23 PROJECTS.
10:05:23 AND THAT'S THE VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF IT.
10:05:27 BUT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT NOTE THE BUILDINGS BUT THE
10:05:29 PEOPLE IN THE BUILDINGS, THE COMPANIES THAT ARE IN THERE,
10:05:31 THE ENTREPRENEURS THAT WE HELPED GROW AND ACCELERATE, AND
10:05:35 I SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING TO BO AND HE'S WORKED IN
10:05:38 OTHER COMMUNITIES.
10:05:39 HE KNOWS THIS EXACTLY AND I AM VERY EXCITED TO WORK ON
10:05:41 THAT H.BUT PLEASE AS WE COME BACK, LET'S FIND A DIFFERENT
10:05:44 SET OF MEASUREMENTS.
10:05:45 THAT LEADS TO MY POINT NUMBER 4.
10:05:47 SOMEHOW WE NEED TO MEASURE IF ECOSYSTEM AND THE SUGGESTS
10:05:50 OF IT.
10:05:50 I SPECIALTIES A LOT OF TIME AT USF AND THERE'S
10:05:53 MULTI-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH GOING ON, ALL KINDS OF
10:05:55 ACTIVITY WITH THE INSTITUTIONS THAT YOU ALL MENTIONED.
10:05:58 WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT BETTER HOW TO MEASURE THE
10:06:00 CONNECTIVITY AND WHAT'S HAPPENING.
10:06:03 I MET WITH AN ENTREPRENEUR RECENTLY, SOLD HIS BUSINESS
10:06:05 FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS, AND THE IDEA TO
10:06:09 TRANSFORM HIS BUSINESS WAS THAT HE HIRED AN INTERN FROM
10:06:11 THE USF COLLEGE OF BUSINESS, AND FROM THAT CREATED
10:06:14 HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN WEALTH.
10:06:16 SO THERE ARE THESE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
10:06:18 THEY ARE NOT REAL ESTATE PROJECTS.
10:06:19 BUT WE ARE CREATING WEALTH AND MILLIONAIRES AND BRINGING
10:06:22 PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE NEED USF
10:06:24 AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS TO GET THE CREDIT FOR WHAT THEY
10:06:26 ARE DOING AND SETTLES THE COMMUNITY STANDARD DIFFERENTLY
10:06:28 TO MEASURE THE THINGS THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.
10:06:30 LASTLY,
10:06:32 AND MARK KNOWS I HAVE BEEN A VOLUNTEER IN THIS PROCESS
10:06:34 SINCE HE GOT INVOLVED.
10:06:35 I WAS A VOLUNTEER FACILITATED THE FIRST MEETING, FOUR OR
10:06:40 FIVE YEARS AGO, AND I AM VERY, VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.
10:06:43 USF IS THE MAJOR ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR OUR AREA.
10:06:46 ALL THE INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE INVOLVED, I WANT TO THANK
10:06:49 THEM FOR THE MONEY AND TIME THEY PUT IN TO SUPPORT MARK
10:06:52 AND HIS EFFORTS.
10:06:52 WITHOUT MOFFITT AND FLORIDA HOSPITAL AND BUSCH GARDENS
10:06:56 AND USF AND ALL THESE GROUPS, NONE OF THIS WOULD HAPPEN.
10:06:59 IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PROCESS AND IT'S ONE OF THE MOST
10:07:03 PORPOISE THINGS HAPPENING.
10:07:04 IT'S NOT IN MY DISTRICT BUT I AM GOING TO BE THERE EVERY
10:07:07 STEP OF THE WAY SUPPORTING IT.
10:07:08 THANK YOU.
10:07:09 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
10:07:09 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:07:12 I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE DONE FOR
10:07:14 MANY YEARS.
10:07:18 THE PLAN THAT YOU HAVE IN MIND, THAT'S THE FIRST PART.
10:07:21 YOU CERTAINLY CREATE HOPE FOR PEOPLE THAT LOOK EVERY TIME
10:07:24 YOU LOOK OUTSIDE AND SEE SOMETHING THAT'S NOT THERE,
10:07:27 SOMEWHERE ELSE.
10:07:29 AND YOU ALSO HAVE JOB OPPORTUNITIES.
10:07:31 BUT YOU ARE A REALIST AND REALIZE WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO AND
10:07:35 HOW TO DO IT.
10:07:36 AND I BELIEVE IN GIVING INDIVIDUALS A HANDOUT, NOT A
10:07:40 PUSHOUT.
10:07:41 HOWEVER, THAT SAID, TWICE TODAY I HEARD THE WORD STADIUM.
10:07:45 I DO NOT SUPPORT STADIUM.
10:07:48 I DON'T CARE WHO THEY ARE, WHERE THEY COME FROM, BECAUSE
10:07:52 THEY DON'T PAY ANY AD VALOREM TAX, THEY DON'T PAY
10:07:54 ANYTHING, AND THEY TAKE IT ALL.
10:07:57 SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO DEBATE ME TODAY, TOMORROW OR IN
10:08:00 THE FUTURE ON STADIUM, I'M READY.
10:08:03 I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT EVER VOTED AGAINST THE STADIUM ON
10:08:06 THIS COUNCIL.
10:08:08 AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
10:08:09 I STILL GOT ELECTED.
10:08:12 SO THERE'S GOT TO BE A REASON.
10:08:14 I'M NOT THE SMARTEST PERSON IN THE WORLD.
10:08:16 BUT I TRY HARD.
10:08:18 CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU FOR GETTING TOGETHER AND
10:08:21 THAT'S THE FIRST THING OF FORMING A TEAM, TO SPEAK TO
10:08:23 EACH OTHER, AND GET TOGETHER, YOU AREN'T GOING TO GO
10:08:26 ANYWHERE.
10:08:27 BUT WHEN YOU WORK TOGETHER AND SPEAK TOGETHER, THEN YOU
10:08:29 HAVE ONE COMMON GOAL.
10:08:30 THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
10:08:33 >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER THEN COUNCILMAN
10:08:34 CITRO.
10:08:36 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, AND TO ALL OF
10:08:37 OUR ESTEEMED GUESTS TODAY.
10:08:40 VERY IMPRESSIVE PROGRAM, AND MR. SHARPE, YOU HAVE DONE A
10:08:46 GREAT JOB ON THIS AS WELL AS SO MANY THINGS IN OUR
10:08:49 COMMUNITY OVER THE MANY YEARS.
10:08:51 I LOOKED AT YOUR REQUEST TODAY, AND I TOTALLY SUPPORT IT.
10:09:00 OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE IN THE VERY CONCEPTUAL BEGINNINGS OF
10:09:03 THIS IN REGARD TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WITH THE CITY,
10:09:08 AND THOSE NEEDS, BUT THEN YOU GAVE A MORE DETAILED LIST
10:09:13 EARLIER IN TERMS OF ZONING ISSUES, BOUNDARIES, REVENUES,
10:09:19 AND REGULAR REPORTS, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS, WHICH ARE A
10:09:22 LITTLE MORE DETAILED AND CONCRETE, AND VERY CRITICAL.
10:09:26 ONE THING I WANTED TO SAY, AND MR. BENNETT IS BACK, IN
10:09:30 THE BACK OF THE ROOM ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR, AND
10:09:33 LISTENING INTENTLY AND I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN
10:09:35 WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE MAYOR AND THE STAFF OPENING
10:09:40 THIS.
10:09:40 BUT I WOULD SUGGEST -- AND WE HAVE SUNSHINE CONSTRAINTS,
10:09:44 WHICH MR. SHARPE IS WELL AWARE OF, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST,
10:09:49 MR. CHAIRMAN, SINCE IT IS YOUR DISTRICT, AND SINCE I KNOW
10:09:52 THAT YOU HAVE BEEN DEEPLY INVOLVED IN THIS FOR YEARS, YOU
10:09:54 KNOW, THAT SOMEHOW WE MAKE SURE THAT YOU STAY INVOLVED IN
10:10:00 THIS ON THE DETAIL LEVEL.
10:10:03 >>LUIS VIERA: OH, YES.
10:10:03 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AS OUR --
10:10:05 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: AS OUR REPRESENTATIVE.
10:10:06 AND I AM GLAD TO HEAR YOU SAYING THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO YOU.
10:10:11 I DON'T KNOW IF IT NEEDS A MOTION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT
10:10:13 BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A LOGICAL THING NOT ONLY AS OUR
10:10:16 CHAIR BUT ALSO THAT THIS IS YOUR DISTRICT.
10:10:17 SO WITH THAT, CONGRATULATIONS.
10:10:19 WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
10:10:20 >>LUIS VIERA: AGAIN I HAVE ALREADY ATTENDED AT LEAST ONE
10:10:24 MEETING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND MR. SHARP'S
10:10:26 ORGANIZATION AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.
10:10:28 THANK YOU FOR THAT.
10:10:30 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
10:10:32 MARK, YOU KNOW THAT I AM WHOLEHEARTEDLY ON THIS BOARD
10:10:36 WITH THIS.
10:10:36 BACK IN 1979 WHEN MY PLANS FOR USF DID NOT WORK OUT I WAS
10:10:41 LIVING AT 131st AND 15th STREET.
10:10:44 AND I DID NOT SEE A WAY OUT OF THERE.
10:10:47 FAST FORWARD 30 YEARS, LISTENING TO DR. JUDY GENSHAFT
10:10:51 SAYING HOW WE HAD THIS WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL, ONE OF THE
10:10:54 BEST COLLEGES IN THE SOUTHEAST, USF, BUT TO GET THERE YOU
10:10:57 HAD TO GO THROUGH A DEPRESSED AREA.
10:11:01 NOTHING REALLY HAS CHANGED.
10:11:02 SO I THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE FIRST STEPS, AND BRINGING
10:11:05 THIS ALL TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS A BETTER AREA.
10:11:08 I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT GROWTH
10:11:11 IS GOING TO MOVE FROM THERE.
10:11:13 MAYBE WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT BUSCH BOULEVARD IN THE
10:11:16 FUTURE TO BE PART OF THIS, OR THIS TYPE OF WORK.
10:11:19 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MARK.
10:11:20 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO ABOUT A YEAR AGO A FRIEND OF MINE
10:11:26 AND I HAD A DINNER AT STEAK 'N SHAKE ON FOWLER AND HE
10:11:29 WENT TO USF AND GRADUATED IN 93.
10:11:32 I GRADUATED IN 07.
10:11:33 WHEN WE STOOD IN THE PARKING LOT LOOKING DOWN THE ROAD
10:11:35 AND HE SAID IT LOOKS LIKELY AS DID IT IN 1993.
10:11:40 THE BUSINESSES HAVE CHANGED BUT IT'S THE SAME FEEL.
10:11:42 SO ALMOST 30 YEARS, OVER 25 YEARS SINCE HE GRADUATED, YOU
10:11:47 KNOW, NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED, BUT NOW FINALLY WE HAVE THE
10:11:52 FOCUS ON THAT AREA FROM UNIVERSITY MALL TO MOFFITT TO THE
10:11:56 WHOLE AREA IN GENERAL.
10:11:57 AND WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
10:12:02 THAT AREA.
10:12:05 NOT WHEN I GO TO BUSCH GARDENS OH ARE HANGING OUT IN THAT
10:12:07 AREA, BUT AS COUNCILMAN CARLSON SAID SO ELOQUENTLY THE
10:12:11 IMPORTANCE OF USF AND WHAT COMES OUT OF THAT UNIVERSITY
10:12:13 AND THE WHOLE AREA AS AN INNOVATION DISTRICT, GRADUATES,
10:12:17 MILLIONAIRES THAT ARE BEING CREATED, COMPANIES THAT ARE
10:12:19 BEING STARTED THAT ARE SOLD, WE ARE TALKING HUGE AMOUNTS
10:12:22 OF MONEY.
10:12:23 SO MUCH GOING ON IN TAMPA.
10:12:25 WE CAN'T JUST STOP AT THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
10:12:26 WE CAN'T STOP AT BUSCH BOULEVARD.
10:12:29 WE HAVE TO GO BEYOND THAT.
10:12:30 THIS AREA HERE THAT'S SO SIGNIFICANT.
10:12:32 SUCH A HUGE PARCEL OF LAND.
10:12:34 YOU MENTIONED 100 ACRES WHERE THE MALL IS AT.
10:12:37 BUT THERE'S SO MUCH POTENTIAL.
10:12:39 AND FOR PEOPLE THAT COME TO TAMPA FOR DIFFERENT REASONS,
10:12:44 SOME COME FOR CIGAR CITY BREWERY, SOME COME FOR YBOR
10:12:47 CITY, SOME COME FROM BUSCH GARDENS A LOT OF PEOPLE COME
10:12:51 FOR MOFFITT.
10:12:52 MOFFITT HAS BEEN SUCH A HUGE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND
10:12:56 HELPING SO MANY PEOPLE.
10:12:58 BUT IT'S IN THE HEART OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE TALKING
10:13:00 ABOUT. SO YOU HAVE MY SUPPORT ALWAYS, BECAUSE GOING BACK
10:13:03 TO THAT CONVERSATION OUTSIDE OF STEAK 'N SHAKE, IT LOOKS
10:13:05 THE SAME.
10:13:06 THAT TIME HAS COME TO AN END WHERE WE ARE GOING TO SEE
10:13:09 POSITIVE CHANGE.
10:13:09 THAT AREA SO MUCH DESERVES.
10:13:12 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
10:13:14 >>LUIS VIERA: IN CLOSING, I AM GOING TO ASK FOR A MOTION.
10:13:18 IS ANYONE INTERESTED IN A MOTION?
10:13:23 WE USUALLY TAKE MOTIONS AT THE END.
10:13:25 SINCE WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE HERE WAITING FOR THIS.
10:13:27 >>MARTIN SHELBY: BECAUSE AS COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER DID
10:13:30 SAY, THIS IS PRELIMINARY, AND IT'S GOING TO BE COMING
10:13:33 BACK TO COUNCIL.
10:13:33 YOU DON'T REQUIRE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
10:13:35 THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, BUT A MOTION FOR
10:13:38 DIRECTION TO STAFF TO ENGAGE FOR A MEMORANDUM OF
10:13:40 UNDERSTANDING TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO CITY COUNCIL AT A
10:13:43 FUTURE DATE.
10:13:44 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
10:13:44 AND BEFORE THAT, JUST SOMETHING ALSO, I WANT TO SAY VERY
10:13:47 QUICKLY, WHICH IS THAT THIS CONVERSATION HAS A LOT TO DO
10:13:51 WITH FOWLER IN TERMS OF IMPROVING FOWLER, MAKING FOWLER
10:13:55 ONE OF A LIVABLE COMMUNITY, MORE OF A WALKABLE COMMUNITY,
10:13:59 A PLACE THAT'S TRULY SAFE FOR BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS,
10:14:03 WHERE PEOPLE HAVE THE RESPECT THEY DESERVE.
10:14:06 I'M GLAD THAT MY COLLEAGUE ALSO BROUGHT UP BUSCH
10:14:08 BOULEVARD.
10:14:09 I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY RELEVANT TO THAT AND
10:14:13 MAKING IT A PLACE WHERE EVERYBODY INCLUDING ALL OF THE
10:14:15 WONDERFUL PARISHIONERS OVER AT CROSSOVER CHURCH BECAUSE I
10:14:18 SEE PASTOR TOMMY HERE AS WELL, WHERE THEY CAN HAVE THE
10:14:22 LIVES THAT THEY DESERVE.
10:14:23 SO I AGREE 100%.
10:14:24 >> MARK SHARPE: I WILL SAY -- AND I KNOW TIME IS GONE,
10:14:29 BUT BUSCH IS A GATEWAY INTO A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY.
10:14:35 FOWLER IS A GATEWAY INTO THE COMMUNITY.
10:14:37 FLETCHER IS A GATEWAY.
10:14:41 YOU ARE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF CHANGES.
10:14:44 BUT IT IS ABOUT THE PEOPLE.
10:14:45 AND WE GET THAT.
10:14:46 AND WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THAT COMMITMENT TO YOU.
10:14:49 WE APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK.
10:14:50 WE LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH YOU.
10:14:54 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I MAKE A MOTION --
10:14:59 >>MARTIN SHELBY: ACTUALLY THE MOTION WOULD BE AS I
10:15:00 PREVIOUSLY STATED TO ASK STAFF TO ENGAGE IN A MEMORANDUM
10:15:04 OF UNDERSTANDING TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO CITY COUNCIL AT A
10:15:07 LATER DATE.
10:15:07 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
10:15:10 [OFF MICROPHONE]
10:15:11 >>MARTIN SHELBY: I BELIEVE IT WILL HAVE TO BE NEGOTIATED
10:15:13 AND HAS TO BE BROUGHT BACK SO JUST A MOTION -- I'M SURE
10:15:17 IT WILL COME BACK.
10:15:18 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: [OFF MICROPHONE] AS STATED BY
10:15:21 ATTORNEY SHELBY.
10:15:25 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: BEFORE WE VOTE AND BEFORE THEY LEAVE,
10:15:27 I WANT TO GIVE AN EXTRA SHOUTOUT TO MIKE MERRILL.
10:15:30 I THINK MIKE MIGHT RETIRE NEXT YEAR.
10:15:34 THERE'S A RUMOR I GUESS OUT THERE.
10:15:36 BUT AS A COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, I THINK MR. MERRILL HAS
10:15:42 DONE A GREAT JOB, WELL, IN NUMEROUS CAPACITIES AT THE
10:15:46 COUNTY BUT ESPECIALLY AS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR IN HELPING
10:15:49 BUILD THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CITY AND COUNTY WHICH IS
10:15:51 THE NOT AN EASY TASK, WHICH OVER THE YEARS PRIOR WAS A
10:15:55 LOT ROCKIER, AND I THINK DUE TO YOUR LEADERSHIP AND JUST
10:16:00 YOUR GENERAL ATTITUDE AND COOPERATION, I THINK THINGS
10:16:03 HAVE GOTTEN MUCH BETTER.
10:16:05 AND THAT'S SO IMPORTANT.
10:16:07 PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE CITY AND COUNTY START AND
10:16:09 END.
10:16:10 THEY JUST WANT TO LOOK AT GOVERNMENTS WORKING TOGETHER,
10:16:14 AND YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF THAT.
10:16:16 >>LUIS VIERA: WELL SAID.
10:16:17 WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:16:19 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
10:16:21 ALL IN FAVOR?
10:16:21 ANY OPPOSED?
10:16:22 THANK YOU.
10:16:25 >>BILL CARLSON: I LIKE COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER'S IDEA AS A
10:16:31 USF REPRESENTATIVE.
10:16:32 I THINK YOU ARE DOING THAT ANYWAY.
10:16:35 >>MARTIN SHELBY: I WOULD RECOMMEND AGAINST THAT AND
10:16:36 LEGALLY IF COUNCIL DELEGATES IT TO HIM, HE BECOMES
10:16:39 SUBJECT TO THE SUNSHINE LAW.
10:16:42 THAT IS NOT NECESSARY IN THIS CASE.
10:16:48 >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU ALL FOR KEEPING CITY COUNCIL
10:16:50 PLUGGED IN.
10:16:51 I AM GOING TO DO IT THROUGH MY BUSINESS CAPACITY.
10:16:53 BUT THANK YOU FOR KEEPING CITY COUNCIL PLUGGED INTO IT.
10:16:55 IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US.
10:16:57 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU GENTLEMEN.
10:17:01 NEXT WE MOVE TO WHAT I CALL OUR 10 A.M.
10:17:05 IT'S MORE OR LESS 10 A.M. THIS MORNING.
10:17:07 WE HAD AFTER VERY ROBUST MORNING.
10:17:08 LET'S BEGIN, IF I MAY, WITH ITEM NUMBER 11.
10:17:23 WE HAVE RESPONSIBLE FROM TPD FOR THAT ONE.
10:17:25 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
10:17:28 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I THINK ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS OF
10:17:29 GRANTS MONEY THAT'S COMING TO AND THROUGH THE CITY,
10:17:34 SPECIFICALLY THROUGH TPD TO ADDRESS THE OPIATE PROBLEMS
10:17:37 IN OUR COMMUNITY.
10:17:39 AND I JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR TPD
10:17:42 TO EXPLAIN THE GRANT AND WHAT WE ARE GOING TO USE IF
10:17:46 MONEY FOR IN A POSITIVE WAY.
10:17:48 >> MY NAME IS PAUL RAZINSKI WITH THE TAMPA POLICE
10:17:54 DEPARTMENT, CURRENTLY ASSIGNED AS IF NARCOTICS AND
10:17:57 VIOLENT CRIME BUREAU.
10:17:58 UNFORTUNATELY THE OPIATE CRISIS THAT'S AFFECTING THE
10:18:02 UNITED STATES HAS COME TO TAMPA.
10:18:04 CURRENTLY, OUR OVERDOSE DEATH RATE IS DOUBLE OUR HOMICIDE
10:18:08 RATE.
10:18:08 AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED
10:18:10 STATES, MORE PEOPLE ARE DYING OF OVERDOSES THAN GUN
10:18:13 VIOLENCE.
10:18:14 >>LUIS VIERA: DO YOU MIND JUST WAITING ONE MINUTE TILL
10:18:19 THE ROOM CLEARS?
10:18:22 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WE ARE GETTING CLOSE.
10:18:28 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
10:18:29 >>LUIS VIERA: FOR EVERYBODY WAITING FOR PUBLIC COMMENT,
10:18:31 WE ARE TAKING THE ITEMS DEALING WITH STAFF, AND THEN
10:18:35 WE'LL PROCEED.
10:18:35 YOU KNOW WHAT?
10:18:36 GO AHEAD.
10:18:36 >> OKAY.
10:18:40 SO APPROXIMATELY 18 MONTHS AGO THE TAMPA POLICE
10:18:43 DEPARTMENT CAME UP WITH A NEW PROGRAM, AND WE RESPOND TO
10:18:48 EVERY OVERDOSE WHERE ONE OF OUR OFFICERS ARE THE FIRE
10:18:52 DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATOR NARCAN.
10:18:55 WE SEND A TEAM OF NARCOTICS DETECTIVES OUT TO THE SCENE,
10:18:58 AND THERE'S TWO REASONS WHY WE DO THAT.
10:19:00 FIRST IS WE WANT TO GET TREATMENT TO THE PERSON THAT'S
10:19:04 OVERDOSED.
10:19:05 AND SECOND OF ALL, WE WANT TO GET ACTIONABLE INTELLIGENCE
10:19:08 SO WE CAN GO AFTER THE DEALERS.
10:19:10 SO FAR WE HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL WITH IDENTIFYING
10:19:13 DEALERS THAT ARE DISTRIBUTING HEROIN AND FENTANYL TO THE
10:19:17 COMMUNITY AND CAUSING THESE UNFORTUNATE FATALITIES AND
10:19:22 OVERDOSES.
10:19:23 WHAT WE FOUND THOUGH ON THE TREATMENT SIDE, THERE WERE
10:19:26 SIGNIFICANT GAPS IN THE AVAILABILITY OF RESOURCES
10:19:28 DIRECTLY ACCESSIBLE TO THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT SO WE
10:19:31 COULD GET THESE PEOPLE INTO TREATMENT AND ALSO OFFER THEM
10:19:34 DIVERSION FROM CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
10:19:37 SO WE REACHED OUT TO SEVERAL AGENCIES AT THE HILLSBOROUGH
10:19:43 COUNTY DRUG ALLIANCE AND THE USF MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTE
10:19:47 AND SAT DOWN AND WE DEVELOPED SOME PARTNERSHIPS WITH
10:19:50 THOSE INDIVIDUALS, AND WE REALIZED THAT THE BIG THING
10:19:53 THAT WAS MISSING WAS BEDS, TREATMENT FACILITIES,
10:19:57 AVAILABLE BEDS.
10:19:58 SO MANY WE STARTED THIS GRANT THAT WAS PUT OUT BY BJA
10:20:01 THAT DOES OFFER MONEY FOR OPIOID TREATMENT.
10:20:04 SO WE SAT DOWN WITH USF AND AX AND WROTE A GRANT AND
10:20:12 FORTUNATELY WERE AWARDED THE GRANT.
10:20:13 WITH THAT MONEY THE FIRST THING WE NEED IS A PROGRAM
10:20:15 MANAGER.
10:20:16 SO ALL OF THESE PEOPLE THAT WE COME IN CONTACT WITH THAT
10:20:18 ARE ADDICTS FROM OPIOID ABUSE, WE NEED SOMEBODY THAT CAN
10:20:24 COORDINATE ALL THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES.
10:20:26 SO PART OF THE GRANT IS GOING TO GO TOWARD HIRING A GRANT
10:20:30 MANAGER, A PROGRAM COORDINATOR, AND THAT PERSON IS GOING
10:20:32 TO MAKE SURE THAT AFTER WE MAKE THAT INITIAL CONTACT THEY
10:20:36 ARE GOING TO FOLLOW UP AND MAKE SURE THEY GET THE
10:20:38 AVAILABLE SERVICES.
10:20:38 BUT THE BULK OF THE MONEY IS GOING TO GUARANTEE THAT WE
10:20:41 HAVE BED SPACE IN TREATMENT FACILITIES BECAUSE THAT IS
10:20:45 THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE THAT'S CAUSING US A PROBLEM WITH
10:20:49 HELPING THESE PEOPLE.
10:20:50 SO I THINK ABOUT 600,000 OF THE 900,000 IS ACTUALLY GOING
10:20:55 TO GUARANTEE THAT WE WILL HAVE BED SPACE AVAILABLE FOR
10:20:59 THESE PEOPLE.
10:21:01 THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT THE GRANT IS ABOUT.
10:21:07 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC THAT THE CITY
10:21:09 IS GETTING INVOLVED IN A HOLISTIC SOLUTION FOR THIS VERY
10:21:13 COMPLEX PROBLEM.
10:21:14 AND KEEP US POSTED HOW THAT GOES PERHAPS NEXT YEAR.
10:21:18 >> SURE.
10:21:19 ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I HAVE HAD
10:21:24 CAREER NARCOTICS DETECTIVES ASSIGNED TO THIS AND WHEN I
10:21:27 TOLD THEM THEY ARE BASICALLY GOING TO BE SOCIAL WORKERS,
10:21:29 AT, IF I THEY WERE A LITTLE BIT RELUCTANT, BUT THESE
10:21:33 GUYS HAVE DEVELOPED A SINCERE EMPATHY FOR THE FAMILIES
10:21:35 AND THESE ADDICTED PEOPLE.
10:21:38 AND IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THAT THERE IS A HUMAN SIDE TO
10:21:42 POLICE OFFICERS.
10:21:42 AND I AM VERY PROUD OF MY GUYS THAT THEY HAVE ADOPTED
10:21:45 THAT.
10:21:46 LET'S HELP PEOPLE PHILOSOPHY AND THAT'S BEEN VERY
10:21:50 REWARDING FOR US.
10:21:51 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THE OPIOID I SHALL ISSUE IS VERY
10:21:56 UNIQUE.
10:21:56 AS A FORMER PUBLIC DEFENDER I HAD MANY CLIENTS THAT GOT
10:21:59 ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THIS ISSUE AND CHARGED WITH FELONIES
10:22:03 BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW ONE LITTLE PILL THAT YOU ARE NOT
10:22:05 ALLOWED TO HAVE BY PRESCRIPTION IS A FELONY.
10:22:09 IT'S NOT A MISDEMEANOR.
10:22:11 AS LONG AS IT'S A NARCOTIC.
10:22:16 AND SO MANY PEOPLE GO DOWN THAT PATH INITIALLY FROM
10:22:19 HURTING THEMSELVES.
10:22:20 THEY HURT THEMSELVES.
10:22:21 THEY HAVE GOT SOME PAIN ISSUE.
10:22:23 THEY GO TO THE DOCTOR VERY INNOCENTLY, YOU KNOW, THEY GET
10:22:27 PRESCRIBED, PRESCRIPTION RUNS OUT, AND THEN THEY END UP
10:22:30 OUT ON THE STREET AND THEN THEY END UP IN COURT.
10:22:33 AND I'M REALLY PROUD THAT YOU AND YOUR OFFICERS ARE
10:22:38 ADDRESSING IT.
10:22:39 >> YES, SIR.
10:22:40 I AM PAINFULLY AWARE OF THAT.
10:22:41 MY BROTHER HAS BECOME AN ADDICT BECAUSE OF THAT VERY
10:22:44 SITUATION WITH BACK SURGERY SO I AM PERSONALLY AFFECTED
10:22:47 BY THIS CRISIS.
10:22:49 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: EVERY ASPECT, EVERY PART OF OUR
10:22:50 COMMUNITY.
10:22:51 THANK YOU.
10:22:51 >>CHAIRMAN: ANYONE ELSE?
10:22:55 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES, SIR.
10:22:57 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
10:22:58 I KNOW HOW HARD ESPECIALLY YOUR LIAISONS WORK, WORKING
10:23:02 WITH YCDC, AS A LIAISON OFFICER WHO WORKED WITH HOMELESS
10:23:07 AND THAT PERSON ACTUALLY GAVE MONEY OUT OF THEIR OWN
10:23:10 POCKET TO MAKE SURE THESE PEOPLE HAD FOOD, HAD SHELTER,
10:23:15 COULD GET BUS RIDES BACK TO THEIR FAMILIES.
10:23:17 I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.
10:23:20 HOPEFULLY YOU CAN ANSWER THEM FOR ME.
10:23:22 THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT PROGRAM.
10:23:23 BUT SOMETIMES PROGRAMS GET TURNED INTO REVOLVING DOORS.
10:23:27 HOW MANY TIMES IS DIVERSION GOING TO BE GIVEN TO AN
10:23:29 INDIVIDUAL?
10:23:31 >> OKAY.
10:23:32 SO WE ARE WORKING ON A DIVERSION PROGRAM WITH THE STATE
10:23:34 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
10:23:37 IT'S IN ITS INFANCY.
10:23:39 I SPOKE WITH THEM YESTERDAY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
10:23:41 BUT WE ARE TRYING TO GET WHERE NONVIOLENT OFFENDERS FOR
10:23:45 MINOR CRIMES ARE DIVERTED FROM THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
10:23:48 SYSTEM.
10:23:48 SO I DON'T HAVE A NUMBER.
10:23:52 >>JOSEPH CITRO: AGAIN I KNOW THIS IS BRAND NEW.
10:23:53 I AM TRYING TO MAYBE PUT SOME INPUT IN.
10:23:56 WHAT ARE THE PARAMETERS GOING TO BE ON THIS DIVERSION
10:24:00 PROGRAM?
10:24:01 >> THERE'S A PROGRAM THAT'S ADOPTED OUT OF SEATTLE, AND
10:24:04 IF YOU LIKE, I CAN SEND YOU THAT.
10:24:07 >>JOSEPH CITRO: PLEASE.
10:24:08 >> IT'S WORKED VERY SUCCESSFUL.
10:24:09 IT'S ACTUALLY PART OF THE EVIDENCE-BASED LEAD PROGRAM
10:24:13 THAT'S USED IN A LOT OF CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
10:24:17 BUT I DON'T HAVE IT WITH ME RIGHT NOW BUT I CAN SEND IT
10:24:19 TO YOU.
10:24:21 >>JOSEPH CITRO: AS A FRIEND OF BILL W, I UNDERSTAND THAT
10:24:24 ANONYMITY IS CRUCIAL BUT IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY
10:24:26 TRANSPARENCY IN THIS PROGRAM?
10:24:28 WILL THE PUBLIC BE AWARE, INFORMED OF THE DIVERSION, THAT
10:24:32 CLIENTS FOR THIS DIVERSION PROGRAM?
10:24:33 >> ARE THEY GOING TO BE AWARE OF THE INDIVIDUALS?
10:24:35 >>JOSEPH CITRO: OR HOW THE PROGRAM IS BEING RUN.
10:24:38 WHAT ARE GOING TO BE THE GOALS, HOW THE SUCCESS IS BEING
10:24:40 MEASURED?
10:24:41 >> YES.
10:24:41 SO PART OF THE GRANT WE BROUGHT ON USF AS A RESEARCH
10:24:45 PARTNER AND THEY ARE GOING TO DO AN IN-DEPTH NATURAL
10:24:47 SITUATION FOR WHAT WE ARE DOING F.BIG THING IN LAW
10:24:49 ENFORCEMENT IS LET'S MAKE SURE IT WORKS SO WE LIKE TO
10:24:52 BRING IN RESEARCH PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
10:24:54 EVIDENCE-BASED AND THAT WE ARE DOING SOMETHING.
10:24:56 A LOT OF TIMES WE DO THINGS IT WORKS IT DOESN'T WORK, WE
10:25:00 AREN'T SURE WHAT ACTUALLY WORKS.
10:25:01 WE ALWAYS BRING IN A RESEARCH PARTNER TO MAKE SURE THEY
10:25:04 ARE KEEPING US ON TRACK AND WHAT WE DO IS EFFECTIVE.
10:25:10 >>JOSEPH CITRO: TRANSPARENCY IS SUCH AN OVERUSED WORD BUT
10:25:13 IT WILL BE TRANSPARENT TO THE PUBLIC AS TO HOW THIS
10:25:17 PROGRAM IS PROGRESSING.
10:25:18 >> ABSOLUTELY.
10:25:19 THIS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS AND A PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS
10:25:22 SO I THINK THE PUBLIC IS WELL AWARE, WHAT'S GOING ON, AND
10:25:27 WE WILL BE TRANSPARENT.
10:25:30 >>LUIS VIERA: ANYONE ELSE?
10:25:31 I WANTED TO ECHO ESPECIALLY WHAT COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER
10:25:34 SAID, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN HAPPEN TO ANYBODY.
10:25:36 I ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT WE ARE ALL, NO MATTER WHO WE ARE,
10:25:40 15 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT OR TO THE LEFT OF VIRTUALLY BEING
10:25:42 HOMELESS.
10:25:44 I REALLY BELIEVE THAT.
10:25:45 AND PART OF IT IS YOU GET INTO AN ACCIDENT, YOU START
10:25:48 TAKING SOME MEDICATION, AND THEN YOU HAVE AN ADVERSE
10:25:52 EFFECT, PREEXISTING EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL ISSUES.
10:25:56 IT'S NOT ABOUT MORALITY.
10:25:57 IT'S JUST ABOUT THE EFFECT THAT IT HAS ON YOU AND BAD
10:26:00 CHOICES YOU MAKE AS A RESULT.
10:26:02 LIKE I SAID, WE ARE ALL JUST A LITTLE AWAY FROM THAT.
10:26:05 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMPASSION AND YORK WORK.
10:26:08 I MEAN THAT.
10:26:09 AND FOR YOUR TIME.
10:26:11 OKAY.
10:26:11 NEXT WE MOVE ONWARD TO ITEM NUMBER 82, I BELIEVE IS NEXT.
10:26:15 MR. WEBER.
10:26:22 82, 84, 86, 90.
10:26:25 I BELIEVE THOSE ARE THE ONLY ITEMS.
10:26:27 AND THEN THAT SUBSTITUTE.
10:26:29 GO AHEAD, SIR.
10:26:30 >>CHUCK WEBER: WATER DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR.
10:26:32 SO I WAS ASKED TO GIVE AN ANNUAL REPORT ON WATER QUALITY.
10:26:35 I AM PLEASED TO SAY THAT WE EXCEED ALL FEDERAL DRINKING
10:26:38 WATER REQUIREMENTS AND BEYOND THAT WE ARE A MEMBER OF THE
10:26:42 AWWA PARTNERSHIP FOR SAFE DRINKING WALLET, WHICH WITH
10:26:46 THAT MEMBERSHIP WE MAKE A COMMITMENT TO CONTINUALLY
10:26:49 IMPROVE OUR WATER QUALITY SO WE DON'T -- GOOD IS NOT GOOD
10:26:52 ENOUGH.
10:26:53 WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVING.
10:26:54 EVERY YEAR WE PRODUCE AN ANNUAL WATER QUALITY REPORT THAT
10:26:57 GOES OUT IN JUNE.
10:26:59 AND I WOULD RECOMMEND OF THAT WE MOVE THIS REPORT TO JUNE
10:27:01 SO I CAN SHARE THE RESULTS OF THAT REPORT IN A TIMELY
10:27:05 MANNER.
10:27:06 THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT ABOUT WATER
10:27:08 QUALITY IS WE GENERALLY RECEIVE LESS THAN ONE QUALITY
10:27:15 COMPLAINT A DAY WHICH IS PRETTY GOOD FOR A WATER SYSTEM
10:27:17 OF OUR SIZE AND OVER HALF OF TURN OUT TO BE AN INTERNAL
10:27:22 PLUMBING PROBLEM WHICH WE HOPE THE CUSTOMERS RESOLVE.
10:27:25 FROM A WATER QUALITY STANDPOINT WE ARE IN GOOD SHAPE.
10:27:27 TO THE ORGANIC CARBON IN THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER REMAINS
10:27:30 OUR MOST CHALLENGING TREATMENT ISSUE, BUT WE ARE VERY
10:27:35 SUCCESSFUL AT REMOVING IT WITH OUR TREATMENT PLANT.
10:27:39 WITH THAT I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
10:27:41 >>LUIS VIERA: ANY QUESTIONS?
10:27:45 YES, SIR.
10:27:47 >>BILL CARLSON: I HEARD FROM OUR FRIENDS ACROSS THE BAY
10:27:49 THAT THE TAMPA PIPES THAT CONNECT WITH THE TAMPA BAY
10:27:51 WATER SOURCE HAVE BROKEN TWICE IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
10:27:54 IS THAT NOW FIXED AND WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THAT?
10:27:57 >>CHUCK WEBER: THE PIPE WAS BROKEN DURING A CONSTRUCTION
10:28:02 PHASE THAT HAPPENED, I BELIEVE, IN JUNE AND REQUIRED
10:28:08 SPECIAL FITTINGS.
10:28:09 THOSE FITTINGS WERE PROCURED AND INSTALLED, AND A COUPLE
10:28:14 OF WEEKS AGO AS WE STARTED FLUSHING AND THE PRESSURE
10:28:17 PROCESS, ONE OF THOSE FITTINGS FAILED.
10:28:19 WE ARE READY FOR REPLACEMENT.
10:28:20 WE ARE EXPECTING TO HAVE THAT COMPLETE IN THE NEXT COUPLE
10:28:23 WEEKS.
10:28:27 >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU.
10:28:28 >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, I JUST SAW YOU MADE
10:28:30 THIS MOTION ON NUMBER 82.
10:28:31 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:28:36 >>LUIS VIERA: I WAS TEXTING MY ASSISTANT TO SEE IF YOU
10:28:39 HAD ANY QUESTIONS.
10:28:39 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: 82, SIR.
10:28:42 >>LUIS VIERA: TAKE YOUR TIME.
10:28:43 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES, I'M SORRY.
10:28:45 I WAS NOT AWARE I HAD TO GO -- I CAN'T EXPLAIN WHERE.
10:28:50 BUT I DIDN'T HEAR THE CONVERSATION.
10:28:52 I KNOW IT'S ABOUT THE WATER TREATMENT AND SO FORTH.
10:29:01 I DON'T KNOW OF ANY BED OF WATER -- IN FACT, WE GET
10:29:05 CONFUSED WITH OTHER AGENCIES.
10:29:07 BECAUSE WE INTERACT WITH SO MANY OF THEM.
10:29:10 AND I HAVE HEARD THE NAME TAMPA BAY WATER, TAMPA BAY
10:29:15 THAT, TAMPA BAY THIS.
10:29:16 TAMPA BAY IS USED SO OFTEN.
10:29:18 TAMPA BAY IS A BODY OF WATER, NOT A CITY, NOT AN ENTITY,
10:29:23 IT'S A BODY OF WATER.
10:29:25 AND THAT'S WHY I ALWAYS SAY, I REPRESENT THE CITY OF
10:29:26 TAMPA, NOT TAMPA BAY.
10:29:33 IT GETS CONFUSING AND I UNDERSTAND A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT
10:29:36 WATER.
10:29:36 NOT AS MUCH AS YOU DO.
10:29:37 AND I ADOPT WANT TO KNOW AS MUCH AS YOU DO.
10:29:43 BUT THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO WITH THE WATER DEPARTMENT.
10:29:49 I DON'T KNOW OF ANY INSTANCES THAT WE HAD IN THE PAST
10:29:52 THAT'S CREATED ANY HARDSHIP OTHER THAN NATURAL THINGS,
10:29:57 AND THAT'S WHERE I AM AT WITH WATER.
10:29:59 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
10:30:00 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
10:30:01 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIR AND CHUCK, REMIND ME WHAT
10:30:04 YOU SAID ABOUT CONTINUING THIS ITEM?
10:30:06 >> OUR ANNUAL WATER REPORT COMES OUT IN JUNE.
10:30:09 SO IT WOULD PROBABLY BE BEST IF WE DID THIS REPORT WHEN
10:30:13 THE WRITTEN REPORT COMES OUT AND GETS MAILED TO OUR
10:30:15 CUSTOMERS.
10:30:17 IT WILL BE MORE TIMELY.
10:30:20 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE FROM
10:30:22 SOME PRIOR COUNCIL MOTION, THIS IS JUST KICKING IN EVERY
10:30:25 OCTOBER, WHICH LIKE YOU SAY DOESN'T APALACHICOLA ANY
10:30:27 SENSE.
10:30:28 SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR
10:30:30 ALREADY.
10:30:32 OKAY.
10:30:32 SO I WILL JUST MOVE THAT MR. WEBER COME BACK, LET'S SAY,
10:30:37 IN OR ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF JULY -- LET'S SAY THE FIRST
10:30:41 COUNCIL MEETING IN JULY UNDER REGULAR STAFF REPORTS
10:30:45 ANNUALLY TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WATER QUALITY.
10:30:47 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
10:30:51 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:30:53 ALL IN FAVOR?
10:30:53 ANY OPPOSED?
10:30:55 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: AND THAT WOULD NEGATE WHATEVER OLD
10:30:57 MOTION IS TAGGED ON HERE THAT WOULD IMPLICITLY NEGATE
10:31:03 THAT OLD MOTION OF OCTOBER.
10:31:09 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
10:31:19 NEXT WE MOVE TO ITEM 84, I BELIEVE IT IS.
10:31:24 ANYONE HERE FOR 84?
10:31:25 IT SAYS HERE -- WELL, LET'S MOVE THEN TO 86.
10:31:32 MS. DUNCAN.
10:31:40 I DON'T KNOW IF SHE WAS PROVIDING --
10:31:43 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THAT WAS JUST A WRITTEN REPORT.
10:31:45 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
10:31:45 WE'LL TAKE THAT SO DISREGARD THAT.
10:31:52 GO AHEAD.
10:31:53 >>JEAN DUNCAN: TRANSPORTATION AND STORMWATER SERVICES
10:31:58 DEPARTMENT.
10:32:00 WE HAVE PROVIDED A REPORT ON THIS ITEM WHICH IS
10:32:02 REGARDING -- WAS AN INTEREST IN CREATING A CITIZENS
10:32:06 TRAFFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
10:32:08 I DID SPEAK TO MR. KIM KEEPORT WHO IS THE ACTUAL CITIZEN
10:32:13 WHO GENERATED THIS IDEA, AND TALKED TO HIM.
10:32:17 HE CAME TO ONE OF OUR TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY TEAM
10:32:22 STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS THAT THE MAYOR WAS HAVING AND
10:32:24 PARTICIPATE IN ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS, AND I TALKED TO HIM
10:32:27 A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, AND LET HIM
10:32:30 KNOW THAT HI WAS SUBMITTING THIS REPORT TO COUNCIL, WHICH
10:32:33 IS BASICALLY SAYING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE HIS IDEA
10:32:37 AND ROLL THAT INTO THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COME OUT,
10:32:42 WILL BE COMING OUT VERY SOON, FROM THE MAYOR'S
10:32:44 TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY TEAM, WHICH IS SEEKING TO HOW WE
10:32:48 GO FORWARD WITH PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR CITIZENS ON
10:32:50 TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS AND DO IT MORE HOLISTICALLY.
10:32:55 MR. KEEPORT WAS AGREEABLE TO THAT.
10:32:58 AND PLANNED TO COME TO CITY COUNCIL WITH THAT
10:33:04 EXPLANATION.
10:33:04 WITH THAT I BELIEVE WE CAN CLOSE THIS ITEM AND WORK
10:33:08 TOWARDS THAT COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH WHEN THOSE
10:33:11 RECOMMENDATIONS COME OUT FROM THE MAYOR'S ADVISORY TEAM.
10:33:16 IF THAT'S ACCEPTABLE TO COUNCIL, THAT WOULD BE MY
10:33:18 SUGGESTION.
10:33:19 >>LUIS VIERA: ANY QUESTIONS?
10:33:22 AND I HAVE A QUICK ONE.
10:33:25 I WAS TALKING TO MR. SHELBY FOR A SECOND.
10:33:27 MAYBE I MISSED THIS H.YOU ARE FINE.
10:33:29 IT WAS A GOOD QUESTION, MR. SHELBY.
10:33:31 WHEN IT COMES TO THIS BOARD, ARE COUNCIL MEMBERS GOING TO
10:33:35 GET APPOINTMENTS TO IT?
10:33:36 >>JEAN DUNCAN: I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S THAT TYPE OF A
10:33:39 COMMITTEE.
10:33:40 BUT WE CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, TRANSPARENCY, WHICH I HEARD
10:33:44 THAT WORD USED SO I'M SORRY, BUT ENGAGEMENT, AND
10:33:49 INFORMATION AHEAD OF TIME AND INPUT AHEAD OF TIME IS
10:33:52 DEFINITELY THE GOAL.
10:33:53 SO THERE CERTAINLY WOULD BE PROTOCOLS THAT WILL BE
10:33:59 PROVIDING YOU YOUR UPFRONT INFORMATION, OPPORTUNITY TO
10:34:03 WEIGH IN AND MAKING SURE YOUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE THAT SAME
10:34:06 OPPORTUNITY.
10:34:07 >>LUIS VIERA: AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT
10:34:10 THERE ARE EFFORTS TO SECURE THROUGH COUNCIL MEMBERS
10:34:12 ESPECIALLY THE FOUR DISTRICT INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS FROM ALL
10:34:17 PARTS OF THE CITY.
10:34:18 I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
10:34:19 SOMETHING THAT HI ALSO SUGGESTED FOR THIS IDEA WHEN IT
10:34:21 WAS ORIGINALLY BEFORE US IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALSO
10:34:23 HAVE SOMEBODY FROM THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY THERE.
10:34:26 I KNOW A GENTLEMAN MR. CARLSON BROUGHT, MR. ARIZONA, A
10:34:32 BUNCH OF MEETINGS COME TO MIND.
10:34:34 A GOOD FRIEND KAREN CLAY WHO HAS A SON WITH SPECIAL
10:34:38 NEEDS.
10:34:39 THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE WHO CAN BRING A GREAT
10:34:41 PERSPECTIVE OF HOW IMPORTANT HAVING ACCESS TO
10:34:45 TRANSPORTATION IS TO THE COMMUNITY, PEOPLE WITH
10:34:47 DISABILITIES, AND SPECIAL NEEDS.
10:34:50 IN MY INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU IN THAT
10:34:52 REGARD.
10:34:53 >>JEAN DUNCAN: THAT'S AN EXCELLENT SUGGESTION.
10:34:55 WE WILL CERTAINLY GO FORWARD IN THAT DIRECTION.
10:35:00 >>BILL CARLSON: WHO IS POINTING THAT COMMITTEE?
10:35:01 >>JEAN DUNCAN: THERE IS NO COMMITTEE WITH APPOINTMENTS.
10:35:07 THERE WILL BE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THE CITY WILL
10:35:12 TAKE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT UP TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT
10:35:16 WHEN THESE RECOMMENDATIONS COME OUT.
10:35:21 SO IT'S NOT THAT THERE WILL BE A COMMITTEE --
10:35:24 >>BILL CARLSON: JUST AN HR PROCESS.
10:35:26 I THINK HIS SUGGESTION WAS TO HAVE A COMMITTEE.
10:35:31 >>LUIS VIERA: AND I THINK WE CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THAT
10:35:33 INDIVIDUALLY AND SEE WHERE THE RECOMMENDATIONS COME OUT.
10:35:35 I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A COMMITTEE.
10:35:37 SO I STILL STAND BY THAT.
10:35:39 I KNOW COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO WAS WISE ENOUGH TO BRING
10:35:42 THIS UP FIRST.
10:35:43 JUST A FORMAL BODY THAT WE CAN GO TO WHENEVER IT COMES TO
10:35:46 TRANSPORTATION ISSUES.
10:35:51 >>BILL CARLSON: HOW ABOUT IF THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUE IS
10:35:55 IF IN FEBRUARY, HOW ABOUT WE CONTINUE THIS TO MARCH AND
10:35:58 REVISIT IT?
10:35:59 BECAUSE THAT WILL ADDRESS HOW WE WILL GET INVOLVED IN
10:36:01 THIS.
10:36:01 AND I WOULD SUGGEST AT THAT POINT THAT WE PUT TOGETHER A
10:36:04 COMMITTEE.
10:36:04 BUT WE MIGHT BUILD IT DIFFERENTLY DEPENDING ON WHETHER WE
10:36:08 ARE CONSTRAINED OR NOT.
10:36:10 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:36:11 AND COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, I GUESS IF YOU WANT TO BRING
10:36:14 THAT BACK IN MARCH.
10:36:15 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, LET'S DO THAT AS COUNCILMAN
10:36:20 CARLSON SAID.
10:36:22 SEE WHAT HAPPENS AND COME BACK IN MARCH.
10:36:24 >>JEAN DUNCAN: WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT.
10:36:29 >>BILL CARLSON: SHOULD WE MAKE A MOTION OR ANYTHING?
10:36:31 >>LUIS VIERA: DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO COME BACK?
10:36:35 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: TO COME BACK --
10:36:38 >>MARTIN SHELBY: AS LONG AS IT COMES BACK IF THAT'S
10:36:41 COUNCIL'S PLEASURE, TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE IT ON THE
10:36:43 AGENDA, FUTURE AGENDA.
10:36:44 IF NOT, AS LONG AS YOU HAVE YOUR OWN -- YOU CAN MAKE IT
10:36:51 AT A LATER DATE.
10:36:52 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: [OFF MICROPHONE] WE'LL KEEP MARCH IN
10:36:56 MIND.
10:36:56 >>MARTIN SHELBY: WE DO HAVE A MARCH.
10:37:00 >>LUIS VIERA: WE USUALLY TAKE MOTIONS AT THE END.
10:37:01 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER JUST DID ONE.
10:37:03 AND I DID THAT BECAUSE WE DID THE MOTION ON USF.
10:37:06 BUT LET'S DO THAT AT THE END IF WE MAY.
10:37:09 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I HAVE MARCH HERE SO I WOULD BE
10:37:10 AMENABLE.
10:37:11 >>LUIS VIERA: WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT.
10:37:14 NEXT WE MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 90, I BELIEVE WAS NEXT.
10:37:17 >>ANDREA ZELMAN: ON NUMBER 84, JAN MCLEAN SUBMITTED A
10:37:27 REPORT AND IT WAS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU DIDN'T NEED
10:37:29 FOR HER TO APPEAR.
10:37:29 I WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT.
10:37:31 >>LUIS VIERA: THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AS WELL.
10:37:32 I THINK I SAID THAT.
10:37:33 JUST DISREGARD IT.
10:37:36 >>ANDREA ZELMAN: THANK YOU.
10:37:38 >>LUIS VIERA: NEXT WE MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 90, I BELIEVE.
10:37:51 >>JOHN BENNETT: CHIEF OF STAFF.
10:37:53 I KNOW A REPORT HAS BEEN FILED.
10:37:55 I KNOW COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER HAS BEEN SPOKEN TO.
10:37:57 I THINK MOST OF YOU HAVE SEEN THE REPORT.
10:38:00 WE ARE HOPING -- WE KNOW THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS.
10:38:04 SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE REPORT SUFFICES.
10:38:08 >>LUIS VIERA: ANY QUESTIONS?
10:38:14 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES, AS THE CHAIR OF PUBLIC WORKS
10:38:15 COMMITTEE, MR. BENNETT AND HIS TEAM WERE KIND ENOUGH TO
10:38:19 BRIEF ME ON THIS.
10:38:21 IT'S A BIG ISSUE.
10:38:22 AND I KNOW, COUNCIL, I AM GOING TO MAKE A MOTION LATER IN
10:38:25 THE MEETING TO GET A FULLER REPORT IN TERMS OF THE
10:38:29 ADMINISTRATION'S PLANS ON TAKING OVER THE WASTE ENERGY
10:38:35 FACILITY THAT INVOLVES HIRING POTENTIALLY 48 EXISTING
10:38:41 EMPLOYEES FROM ANOTHER COMPANY, AND MAYBE ANOTHER TEN
10:38:44 MORE, AND I'M SURE A LOT OF OTHER COMPLEXITIES,
10:38:47 ET CETERA.
10:38:49 BUT KIND OF AGREE WITH STAFF THAT DON'T WANT TO PUT THEM
10:38:53 ON THE SPOT TODAY, BECAUSE IT IS COMPLEX, AND THEY ARE
10:38:58 JUST WORKING OUT THOSE DETAILS.
10:38:59 SO LATER ON IN THE MEETING I WILL MAKE A MOTION FOR A
10:39:01 STAFF REPORT, PROBABLY LATER IN THE YEAR, AS THOSE PLANS
10:39:07 GET SUBMITTED.
10:39:08 ANYWAY, IN THE ABSTRACT, AND AS I SAID IN THE NEWSPAPER
10:39:12 ARTICLE TODAY, I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
10:39:16 I THINK THAT WE CAN SAVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND KEEP
10:39:21 THAT MONEY IN-HOUSE AND REINVEST IT IN OUR OWN FACILITY.
10:39:24 I THINK THAT'S A GREAT PLAN.
10:39:25 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
10:39:27 COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
10:39:30 >>BILL CARLSON: THE FIRST I KNEW ABOUT IT IS WHEN I READ
10:39:32 ABOUT IT IN THE PAPER AND THE DOCUMENTS HERE.
10:39:34 SO I THINK A FULLER BRIEFING WOULD BE GREAT.
10:39:37 AND ALSO A CHANCE FOR THE PUBLIC TO WEIGH IN.
10:39:40 IT MAY BE A GOOD IDEA, AND I TRUST MR. BENNETT THAT HE'S
10:39:43 LOOKED AT THIS CAREFULLY, BUT I JUST THINK IT'S ALWAYS
10:39:46 GOOD ON SOMETHING THAT BIG TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC HAS A
10:39:49 CHANCE TO WEIGH IN.
10:39:50 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
10:39:50 ANYONE ELSE?
10:39:51 THANK YOU, MR. BENNETT.
10:39:52 AND THEN OUR LAST ITEM, I BELIEVE, WE WERE REQUESTED TO
10:39:56 TAKE THIS NEW BUSINESS ON THE MEMORANDUM FROM SENIOR CITY
10:40:01 ATTORNEY JOSE MARTINEZ FOR A WALK-ON RESOLUTION APPROVING
10:40:06 AND ADOPTING THIS AMENDMENT.
10:40:11 I'M SORRY.
10:40:12 >>JORGE MARTIN: I'M HONORED.
10:40:26 >>LUIS VIERA: THAT WAS A BIG SLIP.
10:40:27 GO AHEAD.
10:40:28 >> JORGE MARTIN: GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF
10:40:30 COUNCIL.
10:40:33 CITY ATTORNEY OFFICE, HERE FOR A BIT OF HOUSEKEEPING.
10:40:41 YOU MAY RECALL ON SEPTEMBER 12th WAS THE SECOND
10:40:44 PUBLIC HEARING IN CONNECTION WITH A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT
10:40:48 TO OUR CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PLANS.
10:40:55 A KEY COMPONENT WAS TO ALLOW CERTAIN FUNDS TO BE USED FOR
10:40:57 THE ACQUISITION OF THE REAL PROPERTY TO BE DEVOTED TO
10:41:01 AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
10:41:03 THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING WAS CONCLUDED, A MOTION WAS NOT
10:41:11 TAKEN TO ADOPT THAT SECOND AMENDMENT.
10:41:12 I AM HERE TO SUBMIT A RESOLUTION DOCUMENTING THE SECOND
10:41:15 AMENDMENT.
10:41:16 IT IS TO BE EFFECTIVE RETROACTIVELY TO SEPTEMBER
10:41:20 12th.
10:41:26 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, VANESSA McCLEARY IS WITH ME
10:41:29 AND I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
10:41:31 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:41:32 ANY QUESTIONS?
10:41:35 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: NOT ON THE AGENDA.
10:41:36 THIS IS OFF THE AGENDA?
10:41:41 >>JORGE MARTIN: IT CAME THROUGH THE ADDENDUM BUT IT'S A
10:41:43 WALK-ON.
10:41:45 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: BUT IT'S NOT NUMBERED.
10:41:46 MR. CHAIRMAN, IF YOU WISH, JUST FOR EXPEDIENCY, I'LL MOVE
10:41:49 THE RESOLUTION.
10:41:50 >> SECOND.
10:41:51 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
10:41:53 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:41:54 ALL IN FAVOR?
10:41:55 ANY OPPOSED?
10:41:56 THANK YOU.
10:41:56 >> THANK YOU.
10:42:01 AND THANK YOU FOR THE HONOR.
10:42:03 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
10:42:03 ANY OTHER STAFF REPORTS THAT I'M MISSING?
10:42:06 JUST MAKING SURE.
10:42:07 THANK YOU.
10:42:17 NEXT WE MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:42:20 ANYONE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
10:42:22 OKAY.
10:42:23 WE HAVE A ROBUST PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY.
10:42:24 SO IF ANYBODY WHO IS GOING TO COME, PLEASE, IF YOU ARE
10:42:27 ABLE TO DO SO, LINE UP AGAINST THE WALL SO THAT WE CAN
10:42:30 KNOW TO CALL NEXT.
10:42:47 GO AHEAD, SIR.
10:42:47 >> MENTEZMAT, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
10:42:56 YOU CAN HAVE A PARTY AND IF YOU GET WIND THAT ONE BLACK
10:42:59 PERSON IS GOING TO THAT PARTY YOU ARE GOING TO CANCEL IT.
10:43:06 BECAUSE OF RACIAL HATRED.
10:43:07 AND YOU CAN BE COMING TO THE PARTY OR PLANNING A PARTY,
10:43:12 AND YOU GET WORD THAT ONE GAY PERSON IS COMING TO THE
10:43:15 PARTY AND YOU ARE GOING TO CANCEL IT.
10:43:20 AND THE SAME THING, IF YOU HEARD ONE JEWISH PERSON, YOU
10:43:26 HEARD IT MIGHT BE A JEW COMING TO YOUR PARTY, AND YOU
10:43:29 KNOW WHAT?
10:43:31 LET'S CANCEL THIS PARTY.
10:43:34 AND OWN A BAKERY IN THE NORTHWESTERN STATE OF THE UNITED
10:43:38 STATES, AND YOU CAN HEAR ONE GAY PERSON WANTS YOU TO BAKE
10:43:43 A CAKE, AND YOU ARE GOING TO SAY NO, AND TAKE IT ALL THE
10:43:47 WAY TO THE SUPREME COURT.
10:43:50 AND THEY SAY, NO, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO BAKE THEM A CAKE.
10:43:58 THAT'S HOW THIS CITY COUNCIL TREAT BLACK PEOPLE.
10:44:03 THAT'S HOW THIS CITY COUNCIL THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SO
10:44:07 LIBERAL AND SO PROGRESSIVE AND SO ADVANCED, THAT'S HOW
10:44:11 THEY TREAT POOR WORKING CLASS PEOPLE.
10:44:15 THEY PUT US LIKE ANIMALS, LIKE DOGS, LIKE THE OLD
10:44:25 THROWBACK RACIAL RACIST HATRED, HATE MONDAY ERRORS, LIKE
10:44:34 BULL CONNOR, THAT PUT DOGS ON US.
10:44:38 THEY PUT US TO THE BACK OF THE BUS.
10:44:43 THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE DOING RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW.
10:44:49 WHEN THE PEOPLE COME IN HERE, YOU GOT AN AGENDA THAT SAY
10:44:52 AT 10:00, AS A MATTER OF FACT YOUR AGENDA DON'T SAY
10:44:55 ANYTHING, AND YOU REALIZE YOUR OWN MISTAKE AND YOU TRY TO
10:44:59 COVER FOR IT.
10:45:00 THE AGENDA SAY WHEN IS PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:45:04 BUT YOU ALL DON'T LIKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:45:06 YOU ALL DON'T LIKE POOR WORKING CLASS PEOPLE.
10:45:11 YOU ALL DON'T LIKE BLACK PEOPLE.
10:45:12 YOU GOT A HATRED FOR BLACK PEOPLE.
10:45:16 600 YEARS, REPARATIONS.
10:45:19 [BELL SOUNDS]
10:45:22 AND THE PEOPLE WENT ON AND ON AND ON.
10:45:25 IF THERE'S A TIME FOR WHEN THE CITY COME TO SPEAK LET
10:45:32 THERE BE A TIME FOR WHEN THE PUBLIC CAN COME TO SPEAK SO
10:45:35 WE CAN FEEL INVITED.
10:45:37 BUT YOU HATE DISSENT.
10:45:38 YOU HATE WHAT POOR PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY.
10:45:41 YOU HATE WHAT BLACK PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY.
10:45:43 AND YOU ALL TREAT US LIKE DOGS, LIKE ANIMALS.
10:45:45 THE HUMANE SOCIETY.
10:45:48 TREAT THE DOGS BETTER.
10:45:49 [BELL SOUNDS]
10:45:51 THAT'S RACIAL HATRED.
10:45:54 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:45:54 NEXT, PLEASE.
10:45:58 >> MY NAME IS TOM AKIN.
10:46:03 MY ADDRESS IS 5210 SOUTH JULES VERNE COURT, TAMPA.
10:46:08 AND I AM HERE TO INCH YOU TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION
10:46:13 SUPPORTING HR 13 WILL 4, THE MEDICARE FOR ALL ACT OF
10:46:19 2019.
10:46:21 I BELIEVE THE MEDICARE FOR ALL ACT IS CRITICALLY NEEDED
10:46:25 FOR TWO REASONS.
10:46:28 REASON NUMBER ONE, MEDICARE IS A FAR BETTER HEALTH CARE
10:46:32 SYSTEM THAN THE CURRENT SYSTEM.
10:46:37 NUMBER TWO, THE US HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS THE MOST
10:46:42 EXPENSIVE IN THE WORLD, YET IT RANKS LAST AMONG THE
10:46:49 WEALTHIEST NATIONS IN THE WORLD IN OVERALL PERFORMANCE.
10:46:54 AS TO REASON NUMBER ONE, MEDICARE BEING A FAR BETTER
10:46:59 SYSTEM, I CAN SPEAK FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE.
10:47:04 WHEN I RETIRED THREE YEARS AGO, I CEASED COVERAGE UNDER
10:47:08 AN EMPLOYER-SPONSORED PLAN, HEALTH PLAN, AND I COMMENCED
10:47:14 COVERAGE UNDER MEDICARE PART B ADDING A MEDIGAP POLICY
10:47:21 AND PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLAN.
10:47:25 SO NOW WHEN I GO TO A DOCTOR, I SHOW TWO CARDS, MY
10:47:29 MEDICARE CARD, MY MEDIGAP CARD, I PAY NOTHING OUT OF
10:47:36 POCKET FOR ANY MEDICAL SERVICE THAT'S COVERED BY
10:47:38 MEDICARE.
10:47:39 AND UNDER MEDICARE I NO LONGER HAVE TO DEAL WITH CO-PAYS,
10:47:44 DOCTOR REFERRALS, AND EXTRA COSTS FOR DOCTORS OUT OF
10:47:47 NETWORK.
10:47:49 MEDICARE IS A HUGE IMPROVEMENT OVER MY PRE-RETIREMENT
10:47:55 MEDICAL INSURANCE.
10:47:56 AND I BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE, NOT JUST RETIREES LIKE ME,
10:48:02 SHOULD HAVE THIS EASY ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE.
10:48:07 AS TO REASON NUMBER 2, PAYING WAY TOO MUCH FOR VERY POOR
10:48:13 RESULTS, SEVERAL STUDIES HAVE MEASURED THE EXPENSE AND
10:48:18 PERFORMANCE OF THE U.S. HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.
10:48:21 AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE DISTURBING FINDINGS FROM THOSE
10:48:25 REPORTS.
10:48:27 IN A STUDY PUBLISHED LAST WEEK IN THE JOURNAL OF THE
10:48:30 AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (BELL) THE ESTIMATED WASTE
10:48:34 IN THE CURRENT U.S. HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS AT LEAST $760
10:48:39 BILLION A YEAR.
10:48:42 THAT EXCEEDS MILITARY SPENDING.
10:48:45 I'M OUT OF TIME.
10:48:46 SO I URGENTLY ASK YOU TO SUPPORT THE MEDICARE FOR ALL ACT
10:48:53 OF 2019.
10:48:55 AND I THANK YOU.
10:48:57 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:48:58 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
10:48:59 AND GO AHEAD BUT LET'S TRY TO LIMIT SPEAKING DURING
10:49:01 PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY.
10:49:03 BUT GO AHEAD, SIR.
10:49:05 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: NO, I JUST WANT TO TAKE THE
10:49:06 OPPORTUNITY TO SAY HELLO TO MY FORMER LAW PARTNER.
10:49:12 HE WAS A PARTNER.
10:49:12 I WAS A MERE ASSOCIATE, MR. AKIN HAD A FINE CAREER AS AN
10:49:17 ATTORNEY, I'M SURE 30 OR MORE YEARS.
10:49:19 >> FIFTY YEARS, JOHN.
10:49:24 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ANYWAY, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR
10:49:25 RETIREMENT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED PUBLIC
10:49:27 SERVICE.
10:49:27 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:49:29 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
10:49:30 NEXT, PLEASE.
10:49:30 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:49:34 MY NAME IS SKY WRIGHT.
10:49:36 I'M HERE TODAY NOT JUST AS A LIFE-LONG HILLSBOROUGH
10:49:39 COUNTY RESIDENT BUT ALSO AS A NURSE, AND ONE WHO IS A
10:49:42 STAUNCH SUPPORTER OF MEDICARE FOR ALL.
10:49:44 THROUGHOUT MY 15 YEARS IN THE MEDICAL FIELD, I HAVE CARED
10:49:47 FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO SUFFERED FROM MANY TYPES OF AILMENTS,
10:49:51 FROM EXPECT -- SOME EXPECTED, MOST WERE NOT.
10:49:55 THE MOST PAINSTAKING MEMORANDUM WRITES WERE THOSE WHO
10:49:59 WERE HEALTHY AND THRIVING CITIZENS WHO UNFORTUNATELY
10:50:02 FOUND THEMSELVES IN A MEDICAL PREDICAMENT THAT LEFT THEM
10:50:05 IN FINANCIAL RUINS.
10:50:08 ECONOMISTS BELIEVE EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST THREE
10:50:10 MONTHS OF INCOME SAVED IN AN EMERGENCY FUND TO COVER
10:50:12 UNEXPECTED EXPENSES, INCLUDING HEALTH CARE COSTS.
10:50:15 HOWEVER, ONE ER VISIT CAN DEPLETE SOMEONE'S ENTIRE
10:50:20 SAVINGS.
10:50:20 AND THAT'S JUST ONE VISIT.
10:50:22 THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE COST OF FOLLOW-UP VISITS OR
10:50:26 DIAGNOSTIC TESTS THAT COME AFTER THE ER VISIT.
10:50:30 THIS COULD BE A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT, A FALL OFF OF A
10:50:33 LADDER WHILE PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, OR GOD FORBID A
10:50:37 CANCER DIAGNOSIS THAT WOULD PUT SOMEONE IN COMPLETE
10:50:40 FINANCIAL RUINS.
10:50:42 FOR MARGINALIZED RESIDENTS ALL IT TAKES IS SOMETHING AS
10:50:46 SIMPLE AS THE FLU.
10:50:48 STATISTICS SHOW 66.5% OF ALL BANKRUPTCIES WERE TIED TO
10:50:51 MEDICAL ISSUES.
10:50:53 HEALTH CARE SHOULD BE A RIGHT.
10:50:55 FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION WHO
10:50:58 WITNESSED A FAMILY HAVING TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THEIR SAVINGS
10:51:01 AND THEIR HEALTH, I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO VOTE YES ON THE
10:51:04 MEDICARE INFORM ALL RESOLUTION.
10:51:06 THANK YOU.
10:51:07 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
10:51:08 NEXT, PLEASE.
10:51:11 >> MY NAME IS BRADLEY VAN WAH, AND I'M A TAMPA RESIDENT
10:51:16 AND ALSO SOUTHERN REGION DIRECTOR FOR NATIONAL NURSES
10:51:18 UNITED, THE NATION'S LARGEST UNION OF REGISTERED NURSES.
10:51:22 I REPRESENT NURSES HERE IN TAMPA AT THE JAMES HALEY VA.
10:51:28 HR 13-84 AND DIRECT OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO
10:51:31 SUPPORT IT AS WELL.
10:51:32 NURSES KNOW THAT OUR BROKEN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS IN
10:51:36 CRISIS AND OUR PATIENTS ARE SUFFERING.
10:51:37 THE ACA HELPS BUT DID NOT GO FAR ENOUGH.
10:51:40 28 MILLION PEOPLE ARE STILL UNINSURED AND 30 MILLION ARE
10:51:43 UNDER-INSURED WITH UNAFFORDABLE DEDUCTIBLES, PREMIUMS,
10:51:46 CO-PAYS AND MEDICINE COSTS.
10:51:47 RECENTLY WE HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OF THOSE
10:51:50 THAT SUPPORT MEDICARE FOR ALL.
10:51:51 ACCORDING TO THE LATEST POLL, 70% OF ALL AMERICANS
10:51:55 SUPPORT MEDICARE FOR ALL AND MOVING TO A SINGLE PAYER
10:51:58 SYSTEM IN OUR COUNTRY.
10:51:59 AT THE ROOT OF OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS OUR ECONOMIC
10:52:03 MODEL.
10:52:04 NURSES SEE PATIENTS DAILY WHO DELAY GETTING PROCEDURES
10:52:06 AND TESTS BECAUSE THEY CANNOT AFFORD THEM. THIS CAN LEAD
10:52:09 TO A WORSENING OF THEIR CONDITIONS AND SOMETIMES DEATH.
10:52:11 33% OF ALL AMERICANS REPORT THEY SKIPPED NECESSARY
10:52:14 TREATMENT BECAUSE THEY CANNOT AFFORD IT.
10:52:16 EVEN FAMILIES WITH HEALTH INSURANCE REPORT THEY HAVE
10:52:19 DIFFICULTY PAYING PREMIUMS AND DEDUCTIBLES.
10:52:22 WORKING FAMILIES THAT GET COVERAGE FROM THEIR EMPLOYER
10:52:22 ARE CONTRIBUTING 245% MORE THAN IN 1999.
10:52:27 MEDICARE FOR ALL IS A SOLUTION.
10:52:29 THIS REMOVES DEDUCTIBLES, PREMIUMS AND CO-PAYS FROM THE
10:52:33 SYSTEM WHICH WOULD ALLOW PEOPLE TO GET THE HEALTH CARE
10:52:35 THEY NEED, NOT WHAT THEY CAN AFFORD.
10:52:36 WITH EMPLOYER SPONSORED HEALTH INSURANCE PEOPLE ARE STILL
10:52:39 PAYING HIGH PREMIUMS FOR FAMILY COVERAGE.
10:52:41 ACCORDING TO THE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION OVERALL FAMILY
10:52:45 PREMIUMS HAVE INCREASED 324% SINCE 1999.
10:52:49 THAT'S HIGHER COSTS HAS NOT BEEN COVERED BY WAGE
10:52:52 INCREASES OR RARELY BY THEIR EMPLOYER.
10:52:54 I WOULD SAY THE CITY OF TAMPA ALONE WOULD SAVE MILLIONS
10:52:56 OF DOLLARS IN EMPLOYEE HEALTH COSTS SAVING MONEY FOR
10:52:59 OTHER SOCIETAL NEEDS IF WE HAD A MEDICARE FOR ALL SYSTEM.
10:53:03 SO NURSES ALL OVER THE U.S. ARE ENGAGING WITH THEIR
10:53:06 COMMUNITIES ON MEDICARE FOR ALL.
10:53:08 IN FACT WE HAVE LAUNCHED A STRONG MEDICARE INFORM ALL
10:53:10 CAMPAIGN.
10:53:11 REMEMBER 70% OF PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY SUPPORT MEDICARE
10:53:14 FOR ALL, AND THAT INCLUDES 52% OF REPUBLICANS.
10:53:17 NURSES ARE CALLING ON OUR ELECTED LEADERS TO HAVE THE
10:53:20 POLITICAL WILL TO GET IT DONE.
10:53:21 WE MUST ASK OUR LEGISLATORS BOTH STATE WIDE AND
10:53:24 THROUGHOUT THE NATION TO SUPPORT MEDICARE FOR ALL.
10:53:26 WE ARE OFF TO A GOOD START.
10:53:28 WE ASK YOU TO SOME JOIN US AND SHOW LEADERSHIP.
10:53:30 PLEASE JOIN THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS IN SUPPORTING
10:53:33 MEDICARE FOR ALL.
10:53:34 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:53:35 NEXT, PLEASE.
10:53:35 >> MY NAME IS SHEMAN SHUKLER.
10:53:44 TODAY I AM OF A 26-YEAR-OLD MAN FROM MINNEAPOLIS WHO DIED
10:53:47 BECAUSE COULDN'T AFFORD.
10:53:52 TODAY I AM AN IMMIGRANT SENIOR WHO HAS TO SPLIT HER PILLS
10:53:54 BECAUSE SHE CANNOT TAKE OR FULFILL HER PRESCRIPTIONS.
10:53:59 TODAY I AM A FATHER WHO OWE IS TENS OF THOUSANDS IN DEBT
10:54:03 NOT BECAUSE HE MADE A BAD FINANCIAL DECISION BUT SIMPLY
10:54:05 BECAUSE HIS DAUGHTER WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER.
10:54:07 THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THE SYSTEM OF HEALTH CARE IN THE
10:54:11 UNITED STATES IS CRUEL AND BARBARIC AND NOTHING SHORT OF
10:54:13 THE INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE THAT MEDICARE FOR ALL WILL BRING
10:54:17 WILL CHANGE IT.
10:54:18 AND THIS CONCEPT IS NOT FAR-FETCHED OR UNATTAINABLE.
10:54:21 MANY COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD HAVE BEEN GUARANTEEING
10:54:23 UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE FOR DECADES NOW, UK, CANADA,
10:54:27 GERMANY, MAINSTREAM POLICY ALL OVER THE GLOBE.
10:54:29 THE UNITED STATES FAILURE TO STAND UP TO THE
10:54:32 PHARMACEUTICAL AND INSURANCE INDUSTRIES.
10:54:34 WHILE DRUG COMPANIES ARE LITERALLY KILLING AMERICANS TO
10:54:36 THE OPIOID CRISIS AND PRICE FIXING MEDICATIONS THAT
10:54:40 PEOPLE NEED TO SURVIVE WE HAVE ALLOWED THEM TO TAKE OVER
10:54:43 $80 BILLION IN PROFITS LAST YEAR ALONE.
10:54:46 TO BE CLEAR NO ONE IS DOUBTING THE AMAZING WORK THAT
10:54:50 RESEARCHERS AND SCIENTISTS ARE DOING TO ADVANCE HEALTH
10:54:52 CARE BUT CAPITALISM AND GREED HAVE DWINDLED LIFE SAVING
10:54:57 INDUSTRY INTO A POCKET SUCKING BEHEMOTH.
10:55:02 WITHOUT HAVING TO PASS THROUGH THE HURDLES OF INSURANCE
10:55:04 COMPANIES, LOANS, OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES.
10:55:09 MEDICARE FOR ALL TAKE AWAY THEIR HEALTH CARE, ABSOLUTELY
10:55:14 NOT.
10:55:15 WHAT THIS WILL TAKE AWAY IS THE MIDDLE MAN BETWEEN YOU
10:55:18 AND YOUR HEALTH CARE AND ALLOWING YOU TO GO TO ANY DOCTOR
10:55:20 OR SPECIALIST THAT YOU WANT REGARDLESS OF THE NETWORK.
10:55:23 COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHEN YOU PASS YOUR BILL ON THIS
10:55:25 RESOLUTION IT'S A VOTE OF MORTALITY AND PRINCIPAL,
10:55:28 WHETHER YOU BELIEVE THE PURPOSE OF HEALTH CARE IS
10:55:31 BILLIONS FOR INSURANCE EXECUTIVES, IT'S WHETHER YOU
10:55:32 BELIEVE SHOULD BE FASHIONING THEIR MEDICATION BECAUSE
10:55:37 PARENTS CANNOT AFFORD CO-PAY, WHETHER SOMEONE'S PAY STUBS
10:55:40 HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER AND THAT SHOULD DETERMINE WHETHER
10:55:42 THEY SEE A DOCTOR WHEN THEY ARE SICK.
10:55:44 I ASK YOU TO FOLLOW YOUR CONSCIENCE AND VOTE YES ON THIS
10:55:48 LEGISLATION.
10:55:49 THANK YOU.
10:55:50 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:55:50 WE APPRECIATE IT.
10:55:51 NEXT, PLEASE.
10:55:51 >> MY NAME IS FRANCISCAN LEWIS.
10:55:56 I AM AT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
10:56:01 I HAVE BEEN IN TAMPA MY WHOLE LIFE.
10:56:02 I CAME BEFORE YOU GUYS TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MY SUPPORT
10:56:06 OF MEDICARE FOR ALL.
10:56:08 I BELIEVE MEDICARE FOR ALL WILL NOT ONLY SAVE PEOPLE
10:56:11 MONEY BUT IT WILL ALSO SAVE LIVES.
10:56:15 AS OF THIS MOMENT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW
10:56:20 THAT ARE UNDER THE BURDEN OF STUDENT LOAN DEBT AND MANY
10:56:24 OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE COST PEOPLE SO MUCH MONEY IN
10:56:29 REGARDS TO GETTING BACK THEIR LIVES.
10:56:33 MEDICARE FOR ALL WOULD SAVE THEM MONEY BECAUSE THEY
10:56:37 WOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY CO-PAYS, PREMIUMS, OR DEDUCTIBLES.
10:56:42 SO ALTHOUGH MY MESSAGE IS BRIEF, I HOPE YOU GUYS SUPPORT
10:56:51 MEDICARE FOR ALL.
10:56:54 THANK YOU.
10:56:56 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:56:57 WE APPRECIATE IT.
10:56:58 NEXT, PLEASE.
10:57:01 >> MY NAME IS BETH SCHUTT AND I BELIEVE HEALTH CARE IS A
10:57:09 HUMAN RIGHT AND THAT WE HAVE A MORAL IMPERATIVE TO
10:57:12 PROVIDE AFFORDABLE ACCESS TO QUALITY HEALTH CARE FOR ALL
10:57:15 AMERICAN CITIZENS.
10:57:16 I HOPE AND I PRAY THAT YOU FEEL THE SAME.
10:57:20 I'M APPEALING TO YOUR MORAL CORE TO SUPPORT THE
10:57:24 RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT HR BILL 1384 MEDICAID FOR ALL ACT
10:57:29 2019 AS OUR SISTER CITY OF ST. PETERSBURG HAS ALREADY
10:57:34 DONE.
10:57:37 SOME OF 60 MILLION AMERICANS A YEAR INCLUDING ONE HALF OF
10:57:40 THE INSURED POPULATION ARE FORCED TO SKIP OR DELAY
10:57:43 MEDICAL CARE.
10:57:45 IN 2016 A SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE KAISER FAMILY INSTITUTE
10:57:49 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NEW YORK TIMES FOUND THAT 85
10:57:54 MILLION AMERICANS WERE IN MEDICAL DEBT.
10:57:57 OF THOSE ROUGHLY 6 OUT OF 10 WERE INSURED.
10:58:03 I AM INSURED THROUGH MY HUSBAND'S EMPLOYERS PLAN WHICH
10:58:07 COSTS OUR FAMILY $6,000 PER YEAR FOR PREMIUMS AND WE HAVE
10:58:11 A $10,000 DEDUCTIBLE PER PERSON, THAT'S $20,000 PER
10:58:17 FAMILY.
10:58:17 SINCE 2008 I HAVE HAD THREE DIFFERENT MAJOR HEALTH ISSUES
10:58:23 THAT REQUIRED SURGERIES AND HOSPITAL STAYS.
10:58:26 THIS DEPLETED MY ENTIRE 401(K) ACCOUNT THAT I HAVE BUILT
10:58:32 OVER 20 YEARS.
10:58:35 BUT I COUNT MYSELF AS ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES BECAUSE I WAS
10:58:38 ABLE TO PAY MY DEBT AND NOT GO INTO MEDICAL BANKRUPTCY.
10:58:43 WE DESERVE A HEALTH CARE SYSTEM THAT CARES FOR THE HEALTH
10:58:47 OF OUR CITIZENS WHICH IS VOID OF PROFIT MOTIVE.
10:58:52 MEDICARE FOR ALL WOULD GUARANTEE A SINGLE STANDARD OF
10:58:55 CARE TO EVERYONE.
10:58:57 IT WOULD PROVIDE ALL MEDICALLY NECESSARY CARE,
10:59:00 COMPREHENSIVE LONG-TERM CARE, MENTAL HEALTH,
10:59:04 REPRODUCTIVE, DENTAL, VISION, AND ALL OTHER CARE PEOPLE
10:59:08 NEED.
10:59:10 EVERYONE IN THE UNITED STATES WOULD BE GUARANTEED
10:59:13 SEAMLESS CARE FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE.
10:59:16 ALLOWING US TRUE CHOICE AND FREEDOM TO MOVE IN AND OUT OF
10:59:22 JOBS AND RELATIONSHIPS WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT MEDICAL
10:59:26 CARE.
10:59:27 HEALTH CARE WOULD BE PROVIDED TO ALL SOCIETY AS A PUBLIC
10:59:30 GOOD, LIKE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
10:59:34 [BELL SOUNDS]
10:59:36 RATHER THAN AS AN INDIVIDUALLY RATIONED COMMODITY.
10:59:39 I ONCE AGAIN APPEAL TO YOU TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION TO
10:59:43 SUPPORT MEDICARE FOR ALL.
10:59:45 THANK YOU.
10:59:46 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
10:59:47 WE APPRECIATE IT.
10:59:48 NEXT, PLEASE.
10:59:48 >> I AM GOING TO BE ON THE RECORD.
10:59:52 THIS IS KRISTIN HOFFMAN AND I AM A TAMPA RESIDENT IN ZIP
10:59:56 CODE 33629, AND I WILL CUT THROUGH MOST OF MY COMMENTS
10:59:59 BUT THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY AND
11:00:01 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN THE RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT
11:00:04 MEDICARE FOR ALL.
11:00:05 AND ENCOURAGING OUR FLORIDA DELEGATION TO SUPPORT HR
11:00:08 1384.
11:00:09 I'M A VETERAN, A MOTHER AND CANCER SURVIVOR AND I AM SO
11:00:12 EXCITED THAT WE ARE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION TODAY.
11:00:14 THANK YOU FOR TAKING A POSITION AND FOR RAISING THE
11:00:16 DISCUSSION ABOVE MYTHS AND FEARS AND LOOKING AT THE FACTS
11:00:20 AND SUPPORTING THE GREATER GOOD.
11:00:21 AT THE HEART OF THE MATTER TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE IS
11:00:23 SIMPLY THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
11:00:25 I BELIEVE THAT THE GOVERNMENT AND OUR LEADERS SHOULD
11:00:29 SERVE THE PEOPLE AND REPRESENT THEIR NEEDS, AND WE NEED
11:00:32 EXPANDED AND IMPROVED MEDICARE FOR EVERYONE.
11:00:34 UNIVERSAL SINGLE PAYER HEALTH CARE IS POSSIBLE AND
11:00:37 EXPECTED OF A FIRST WORLD COUNTRY AND MEDICARE FOR ALL
11:00:41 SUPPORTS LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
11:00:44 THE PURSUIT OF SMALL BUSINESSES TO FORM AND NOT FEAR FOR
11:00:49 THE FAMILY'S HEALTH, THE PURSUIT FOR SCHOOL BUDGETS AND
11:00:55 COUNTY AND LOCAL BUDGETS TO BE FREE FROM THOSE LEGAL
11:00:58 PREMIUMS FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES AND NOT TO DEPEND ON YOUR
11:01:01 EMPLOYER FOR YOUR HEALTH, BECAUSE HEALTH CARE SHOULDN'T
11:01:03 BE AN INDUSTRY, IT SHOULD BE A STANDARD OF LIFE.
11:01:06 AND REGARDS TO NUMBER 87 ON THE AGENDA, I WANT TO ALSO
11:01:09 STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH CITIZENS AND COUNCILMEN WHO ARE
11:01:12 IN SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION CALLING FOR GUN CONTROL
11:01:15 MEASURES BECAUSE GUN VIOLENCE IS A TRAUMATIC MEDICAL
11:01:17 EMERGENCY THAT NO ONE CAN ACCOUNT FOR.
11:01:20 AND A PERSON IN A COMMUNITY'S RECOVERY, HOSPITALS,
11:01:24 CLINICS AND MASS CASUALTY SITUATION IS SO EXPENSIVE IN
11:01:27 RESOURCES, R, TIME AND MENTAL ENERGY AND MEDICARE CAN
11:01:33 LIGHTEN SOME OF THOSE BURDENS.
11:01:34 THANK YOU FOR TAKING THIS VOTE AND PLEASE SUPPORT BOTH
11:01:37 RESOLUTIONS.
11:01:38 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
11:01:38 WE APPRECIATE IT.
11:01:39 NEXT, PLEASE.
11:01:40 >> STEVE MCCLELLAN, AND THAN AN EAST TAMPA RESIDENT, IN
11:01:45 FAVOR OF MEDICARE FOR ALL RESOLUTION.
11:01:49 I THINK WE ALL KNOW WE LIVE IN A BROKEN HEALTH CARE
11:01:52 SYSTEM.
11:01:52 WE PAY TWICE AS MUCH AS OTHER HAVES ADVANCED COUNTRIES
11:01:55 AND HAVE WORST HEALTH OUTCOMES.
11:01:58 THAT HAS DECLINED IN THE U.S. IN THE LAST COUPLE OF
11:02:02 YEARS. THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE OF BANKRUPTCY AS MEDICAL
11:02:06 DEBT.
11:02:06 YOU WANT TO SPEAK TODAY ON SOME OF THE COMMON CORPORATE
11:02:10 INSURANCE TALKING POINTS.
11:02:13 YOU OFTEN HEARD THAT PEOPLE LIKE THEIR INSURANCE, THAT IT
11:02:16 WOULD BE DISRUPTIVE TO HAVE A SINGLE PAYER SYSTEM BUM IN
11:02:19 FACT EVERY YEAR 25 MILLION PEOPLE CHANGE THEIR INSURANCE,
11:02:23 RETIRING, THEY TAKE A NEW JOB, THEY GET LAID OFF.
11:02:28 THE REASONS SHOULDN'T BE PROBLEMATIC AS LONG AS YOU KEEP
11:02:32 SEEING YOUR DOCTORS AND NURSES, YOUR HEALTH CARE
11:02:34 PROFESSIONALS.
11:02:37 WE ALSO HEAR A LOT ABOUT THE PUBLIC OPTION, THAT PERHAPS
11:02:40 PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE CHOICE BETWEEN A PUBLIC PROGRAM AND A
11:02:44 SERIES OF PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT INSURANCE COMPANIES, BUT
11:02:49 SINGLE PAYER HAS NO WAY TO CONTROL THE COSTS THAT WE SORT
11:02:52 OF HODGEPODGE A CRAZY SYSTEM OF SO MANY DIFFERENT
11:02:55 INSURANCE COMPANIES BRINGS US.
11:02:57 MEDICARE AS IT EXISTS HAS ONLY 2 OR 3% OVERHEAD.
11:03:03 THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY HAS SOMETHING LIKE 13 AND 20%.
11:03:06 SO THIS WOULD BE A PROGRAM THAT WOULD REDUCE THE COSTS
11:03:10 THAT AMERICANS ARE PAYING FOR HEALTH INSURANCE, EVEN
11:03:13 LIBERTARIAN THINK TANK SAYS PROJECTED OVER TEN YEARS A
11:03:16 SAVINGS OF $500 BILLION FOR AMERICANS.
11:03:21 I WANT TO SPEAK AND INCH YOU TO PASS ORDINANCE
11:03:23 RESOLUTIONS AND SEND A STRONG MESSAGE TO OUR
11:03:25 CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION THAT HEALTH CARE IS A HUMAN
11:03:27 RIGHT, THAT IT'S AN ATROCITY, THE MOST ADVANCED COUNTRY
11:03:31 IN THE WORLD, AND CAN'T GUARANTEE HEALTH INSURANCE TO ALL
11:03:33 CITIZENS, 30 MILLION PEOPLE WITHOUT INSURANCE, ANOTHER 40
11:03:37 IS SO LOUSE THAT I THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO USE IT.
11:03:39 I HOPE THAT YOU WILL VOTE TO DO SOMETHING IN FAVOR OF
11:03:43 MEDICARE FOR ALL.
11:03:44 THANK YOU.
11:03:44 >>LUIS VIERA: NEXT, PLEASE.
11:03:45 >> COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
11:03:50 MY NAME IS BRAD HUMSINGER, ALSO HERE IN SUPPORT OF
11:03:54 MEDICARE FOR ALL, AND HOPING YOU ALL WILL VOICE YOUR
11:03:57 SUPPORT AS WELL.
11:04:00 SINGLE PAYER.
11:04:02 POINT OF VIEWS.
11:04:03 EVERYBODY IN.
11:04:04 NOBODY OUT.
11:04:05 THAT IS HOW WE TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER AS A COMMUNITY.
11:04:10 HUMAN MISERY SHOULD NOT BE COMMODIFIED.
11:04:16 WE SHOULDN'T HAVE AN EXTRACTED LAYER BETWEEN US AND
11:04:19 HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS THAT PROFITS, EVERY TIME A SAD MOM
11:04:22 LOSES AN ARGUMENT OVER THE PHONE THAT SHE GOT TO...
11:04:30 IT IS ONE OF THE ONLY WAYS TO CONTROL COST.
11:04:36 SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPOKE BEFORE ME DISCUSSED THE
11:04:39 SAVINGS THAT WOULD COME FROM A SYSTEM WHERE
11:04:44 ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND WASTE AND PROFIT ARE TAKEN OUT
11:04:48 OF THE EQUATION.
11:04:50 WE HAVE HEARD A LOT OF STATEMENTS TODAY ABOUT COMMUNITY
11:04:55 DEVELOPMENT, ABOUT ENDING POVERTY, REDUCING POVERTY,
11:05:00 EQUITY AND RACIAL HARMONY.
11:05:02 THESE ARE QUOTES TAKEN FROM PEOPLE SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF
11:05:05 OTHER PORTIONS OF THE COUNCIL AGENDA.
11:05:06 WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT HOW WE ARE A SIGNIFICANT MEDICAL AND
11:05:09 TECHNOLOGY CLUSTER IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
11:05:12 SO WE SHOULD LEAD ON THIS ISSUE.
11:05:15 WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT AN HOLISTIC APPROACH TO COMMUNITY
11:05:17 DEVELOPMENT.
11:05:18 WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT BRINGING MULTIPLE ENTITIES TOGETHER
11:05:21 AND COMBINING THEM FOR A COMMON PURPOSE.
11:05:24 WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT EQUITABLE PROSPERITY FOR ALL.
11:05:27 WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT INNOVATION TO HELP THE LESS
11:05:30 FORTUNATE.
11:05:31 WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT SO MANY POTENTIAL IN THIS CITY.
11:05:34 AND WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT A UNITED FRONT TO DO SOMETHING
11:05:37 DRAMATIC AND TRANSFORMATIONAL.
11:05:42 THAT'S MEDICARE FOR ALL.
11:05:44 WE CAN DO THIS.
11:05:46 EVERY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD DOES THIS.
11:05:50 WE HEAR ALL THE TIME THAT WE ARE THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN
11:05:53 THE WORLD.
11:05:54 WE CAN CERTAINLY FIGURE THIS OUT.
11:05:56 WE HAVE THE RESOURCES AND WE HAVE THE KNOW-HOW.
11:05:59 AND WE HAVE A MORAL COMMITMENT TO TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER
11:06:04 AND TO SAY THE KIND OF COMMUNITY, SOLIDARITY, THAT
11:06:09 EVERYONE IS HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF.
11:06:13 I AM GOING TO CLOSE WITH A QUOTE THAT I HAVE TAKEN
11:06:16 DIRECTLY FROM YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, ON THE DIFFERENT
11:06:20 TOPIC.
11:06:20 THE TIME IS RIGHT.
11:06:21 THE TIME IS HERE.
11:06:22 WE HAVE THE LEADERSHIP.
11:06:23 LET'S GET THIS DONE.
11:06:24 THANK YOU.
11:06:25 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
11:06:27 NEXT, PLEASE.
11:06:28 >> MY NAME IS MIKE PETIT.
11:06:36 I'M HERE FROM TAMPA BAY, A QUOTE, THE FIRST STEP IN
11:06:41 SOLVING ANY PROBLEM IS TO NAME IT.
11:06:43 THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS AN EMERGENCY.
11:06:46 WE MUST TREAT IT LIKE ONE.
11:06:50 ALSO CITY COUNCIL WOMAN FROM AUSTIN, TEXAS, AFTER AUSTIN
11:06:53 VOTED THAT THERE WAS A CLIMATE CRISIS AND EMERGENCY.
11:06:58 THERE ARE 45 AMERICAN CITIES, COUNTIES AND TOWNSHIPS THAT
11:07:02 HAVE NOW DECLARED CLIMATE EMERGENCIES.
11:07:05 AND THAT'S BASED ON THE U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT
11:07:08 ARTICLE FROM AUGUST 19, 2019.
11:07:12 I'M HERE TO INCH YOU TO SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE REAL
11:07:16 LEADERS ON THIS ISSUE.
11:07:19 NO CITIES IN FLORIDA HAVE DECLARED A CLIMATE EMERGENCY,
11:07:22 AT LEAST UPON MY RESEARCH.
11:07:25 THIS SHOULD BE THE FIRST ONE.
11:07:28 YOU CAN DECLARE AN EMERGENCY AND TAP IMMEDIATE STEPS TO
11:07:30 ADDRESS IT.
11:07:32 WE KNOW FLORIDA IS AN EPICENTER ON THE CLIMATE CRISIS.
11:07:37 ACCORDING TO "TAMPA BAY TIMES," WE ARE LOOKING AT 127
11:07:45 DAYS A YEAR, 105-DEGREE HEAT INDEX, BEFORE 2050.
11:07:52 THOSE KIND OF TEMPERATURES MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO PLAY OR
11:07:54 WORK OUTSIDE.
11:07:56 WE ARE ALSO LISTED IN ANOTHER ARTICLE THAT COMES OUT OF
11:08:01 AN ARTICLE THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SCIENCE JOURNAL
11:08:05 NATURE AS ONE OF THE NINE CITIES MOST LIKELY TO SUFFER
11:08:08 MAJOR ECONOMIC DAMAGE FROM CLIMATE CHANGE BECAUSE OF
11:08:13 INTENSE FADE STORMS AND SEA LEVEL RISE OVER THE NEXT 75
11:08:18 YEARS OR SO.
11:08:20 YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO DO SOMETHING GREAT.
11:08:28 THIS IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO FRIGHTEN ANYBODY.
11:08:29 IT'S AN ATTEMPT TO MOBILIZE PEOPLE.
11:08:32 BE LEADERS AND UNDERSTAND THIS.
11:08:33 I USED TO BE CHIEF ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY FOR.
11:08:37 I SAT THROUGH SO MANY MEETINGS LIKE THIS I CAN'T COUNT.
11:08:40 AND EVERYBODY THAT COMES IN HERE TODAY AND EVERYBODY THAT
11:08:43 HAS SPOKEN AND EVERYBODY THAT WILL SPEAK IS PASSIONATELY
11:08:46 BEHIND THEIR ISSUE.
11:08:47 AND IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE.
11:08:49 BUT UNDERSTAND SOMETHING.
11:08:51 THIS ISSUE, ALL THOSE OTHERS DON'T MATTER IF YOU DON'T
11:08:55 FIX IT.
11:08:56 SO PLEASE DECLARE A CLIMATE EMERGENCY.
11:09:00 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
11:09:01 NEXT, PLEASE.
11:09:04 NO CLAPPING.
11:09:05 >> MY NAME IS WAYNE SHUCKER.
11:09:09 I HAVE BEEN A TAMPA AREA RESIDENT FOR OVER 25 YEARS, AND
11:09:13 I AM HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ABOUT THE CLIMATE CRISIS THAT WE
11:09:15 ARE FACING.
11:09:17 DECADES AGO, SCIENTISTS FROM EXXON MOBILE SHOWED THAT
11:09:23 CONTINUED DRILL, PROCESSING AND USE OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
11:09:28 WOULD CAUSE DEVASTATING ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE, INSTEAD OF
11:09:32 SHARING THIS INFORMATION, EXXON MOBILE DECIDED TO COVER
11:09:35 IT UP AND LAUNCH A PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN SIMILAR TO THAT OF
11:09:40 BIG TOBACCO'S CAMPAIGN TO DENY THAT CIGARETTE SMOKING
11:09:44 CAUSES CANCER.
11:09:47 SERIOUS STUDIES HAVE SHOWN CONTINUALLY THAT BURNING OF
11:09:52 COAL, GAS AND OIL LEAD TO IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE TO THE
11:09:56 ENVIRONMENT.
11:09:58 THOUSANDS OF SPECIES HAVE ALREADY DISAPPEARED, AND MANY
11:10:02 MORE ARE IN SERIOUS DANGER.
11:10:04 HUMANS SUFFER ASTHMA, COPD, EMPHYSEMA, AND CANCER DUE TO
11:10:11 POLLUTION OF OUR ENVIRONMENT.
11:10:15 STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT TAMPA'S AIR QUALITY IS THE WORST
11:10:22 IN THE STATE.
11:10:23 THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND HIS COHORTS LIKE RICK SCOTT
11:10:28 AND THE LEGISLATORS IN TALLAHASSEE ARE AIDING AND A
11:10:32 BETTING IN THE KILLING OF INNOCENT FLORIDA CITIZENS FOR
11:10:35 CORPORATE PROFIT.
11:10:38 THIS IS NOT A TIME FOR BUSINESS AS USUAL.
11:10:41 THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO STEP UP AND DECLARE THAT WE ARE
11:10:45 IN A CLIMATE EMERGENCY.
11:10:48 WE NEED TO JOIN WITH HUNDREDS OF OTHER FLORIDA CITIES IN
11:10:53 CALLING FOR 100% CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY AS SOON AS
11:10:58 POSSIBLE.
11:11:04 MY GRANDCHILDREN AND MILLIONS OF OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE
11:11:07 DESERVE TO HAVE A WORLD IN WHICH THEY CAN GROW UP, NOT
11:11:15 SUFFER AND DIE UNNECESSARILY.
11:11:18 I IMPLORE YOU TO PLEASE DECLARE A CLIMATE EMERGENCY AND
11:11:22 WORK WITH OTHER FLORIDA CITIES TO SWITCH TO CLEAN
11:11:26 RENEWABLE ENERGY.
11:11:28 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:11:29 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
11:11:29 WE APPRECIATE IT.
11:11:30 NEXT, PLEASE.
11:11:31 >> MY NAME IS WARREN WHISTLER.
11:11:37 I'M ALSO OF A MEMBER OF EXTENSION REBELLION.
11:11:41 I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY AS A CLIMATE ACTIVIST AND
11:11:44 RESIDENT OF PLANET EARTH.
11:11:46 I STAND BEFORE YOU IN PERPETUAL GRIEF FOR NATURE, FOR
11:11:49 SENDING BEAMS WITH NO VOICE, FOR YOUNGER GENERATIONS WHO
11:11:54 WILL INHERIT A POST APOCALYPTIC FUTURE.
11:11:58 HOW WILL WE BRACE FOR THE SHOCKS THAT ARE NOW BAKED INTO
11:12:00 THE CLIMATE SYSTEM?
11:12:02 HOW WILL WE BUILD RESILIENCY FOR COMMUNITIES LIKE TAMPA
11:12:06 ON THE FRONT LINES OF PLANET CHAOS?
11:12:08 MY FIRST ANSWER IS DECLARE A CLIMATE EMERGENCY AND TAP
11:12:12 UNPRECEDENTED ACTION BASED ON THAT DECLARATION.
11:12:14 AS I HAVE THIS FLEETING MOMENT TO ADDRESS YOU, I CAN NO
11:12:17 LONGER MINCE WORDS.
11:12:18 MANY AMERICANS LIVE IN CONSTANT FEAR.
11:12:20 I HAVE MENTIONED MY PERPETUAL GRIEF.
11:12:23 NOW I MUST CONFESS MY CONSTANT FEARS BASED IN SCIENTIFIC
11:12:28 UNDERSTANDING AND RESEARCH.
11:12:29 I WANT YOU TO LIVE IN CONSTANT FEAR OF CLIMATE BREAKDOWN
11:12:32 AS WELL.
11:12:33 I HOPE THAT IN THIS SPHERE YOU WILL ACT UPON IT FOR
11:12:36 SYSTEMIC CHANGE.
11:12:38 WHAT FEARS WILL RESIDE WITH YOU TODAY?
11:12:40 THESE ARE MINE.
11:12:43 BASKET REGIONS YIELDS ARE SLASHED DUE TO CLIMATE
11:12:46 DESTABILIZATION, FOOD PRICES SKY ROCKET, WILD FIRES,
11:12:53 DROUGHTS AND HUNDRED YEAR STORMS EXACERBATE ECONOMIC
11:12:57 COLLAPSE TO GLOBAL SCALE, ENERGY GRIDS AND INFRASTRUCTURE
11:13:01 FAIL.
11:13:03 GLOBAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ARE RAISED ONE DEGREE C
11:13:05 WITHIN WEEKS DUE TO LOSS OF GLOBAL DIMMING ALSO KNOWN AS
11:13:09 AEROSOL MASKING EFFECT, ARCHITECT SEA ICE RECEDES IN
11:13:14 EXPONENTIAL SPEED VANISHING, NEVER TO RETURN, METHANE IS
11:13:18 RELEASED IN VAST AMOUNTS AS SEA ICE AND PERMAFROST
11:13:22 DISAPPEAR FURTHER RAISING GLOBAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURES.
11:13:25 COLLAPSE OF ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE CAUSES MANY NUCLEAR
11:13:28 FACILITIES TO FAIL UNLEASHING MULTIPLE FUKUSHIMA EVENTS
11:13:34 POISONING AIR, EARTH AND WATER WITH DEADLY LEVELS OF
11:13:37 RADIATION.
11:13:38 HUMAN POPULATION IS REDUCED TO UNDER ONE BILLION.
11:13:42 THE LAST SURVIVORS FORAGE, HUNT, SCRAPE AND KILL EACH
11:13:46 OTHER FOR WHAT SUSTENANCE REMAINS.
11:13:48 BY 2100 ALL OF HUMANITY AND MOST SPECIES ARE
11:13:53 EXTINGUISHED.
11:13:54 LIFE ON PLANET EARTH IS EFFECTIVELY NEUTRALIZED.
11:13:57 THIS IS MASS SUICIDE.
11:13:59 DECLARE A CLIMATE EMERGENCY NOW SO THAT YOU CAN SAY TO
11:14:02 YOUNGER GENERATIONS THAT YOU DID SOMETHING TO SLOW THIS
11:14:05 DISASTER.
11:14:06 [BELL SOUNDS]
11:14:08 TIME IS SHORT.
11:14:09 MAY YOUR CONSCIENCE BE YOUR JUDGE.
11:14:11 THANK YOU.
11:14:12 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
11:14:13 WE APPRECIATE IT.
11:14:13 NEXT, PLEASE.
11:14:14 >> HELLO.
11:14:27 SORRY.
11:14:27 GOOD MORNING.
11:14:29 I AM HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY AS A MEMBER OF EXTINCTION
11:14:32 REBELLION.
11:14:34 >>LUIS VIERA: YOUR NAME.
11:14:34 >> MY NAME IS JONA KATE.
11:14:41 SORRY.
11:14:41 AS A MOTHER AND CONCERNED CITIZEN.
11:14:44 I HAVE COME HERE TO URGE YOU CITY COUNCIL TO ISSUE A
11:14:47 CLIMATE EMERGENCY FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA.
11:14:50 WE HAVE SENT OUT LETTERS TO BOTH OUR MAYOR JANE CASTOR
11:14:54 AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE KATHY CASTOR ASKING THEM TO DO
11:14:58 THE SAME.
11:14:58 OUR WORDS HAVE FALLEN ON DEAF EARS.
11:15:02 SO NOW WE ASK YOU TO BE THE LEADERS AND TO LEAD THE CITY
11:15:05 OF TAMPA AWAY FROM THE MASS HUMAN CATASTROPHE THAT IS
11:15:09 HEADED OUR WAY.
11:15:11 I AM NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE SCIENCE TODAY.
11:15:14 WHY SHOULD I?
11:15:15 THE SCIENCE HAS BEEN THERE FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS.
11:15:19 AND FOR THE LAST FIFTY YEARS IT'S BEEN DENIED, AND IT HAS
11:15:23 BEEN DEBATED.
11:15:25 SO INSTEAD I AM GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHY THIS IS SO
11:15:28 IMPORTANT TO ME.
11:15:32 JOSH WHERE, DASIA, FAITH AND ALURRA.
11:15:37 THEY ARE MY CHILDREN.
11:15:38 LIKE ANY GOOD MOTHER I WANTS THEM TO BE HAPPY AND HAVE A
11:15:42 DECENT LIFE.
11:15:43 THE CLIMATE BREAKDOWN IS STANDING IN THEIR WAY.
11:15:46 MY SON JOSHUA IS AWAY SERVING THIS COUNTRY AND YET I HAVE
11:15:49 TO WONDER, IS THERE A COUNTRY FOR HIM TO COME HOME TO?
11:15:55 MY DAUGHTER DASIA GRADUATED LAST YEAR WITH HONORS.
11:15:58 NOW I WATCH HER WORRY IF SHE HAS A FUTURE AHEAD OF HER.
11:16:02 MY DAUGHTER FAITH IS A JUNIOR AND GRADUATES NEXT YEAR.
11:16:05 EACH MORNING I WATCH HER FIGHT WITH HERSELF TO GO TO
11:16:08 SCHOOL.
11:16:09 IS SHE WASTING HER TIME, THAT SHE HAS LEFT LEARNING
11:16:13 THINGS THAT NO LONGER HOLD ANY VALUE?
11:16:16 I GUESS THAT'S JUST ONE MORE QUESTION MOMMY WON'T BE ABLE
11:16:19 TO ANSWER FOR HER.
11:16:20 NOR WILL MOMMY BE ABLE TO EASE HER ANXIETY AND PAIN.
11:16:24 MY DAUGHTER LAURA, THE YOUNGEST OF MY TRIBE, NOT EVEN YET
11:16:28 THREE.
11:16:30 A WHOLE LIFE AHEAD OF HER BUT WHAT KIND OF LIFE REALLY
11:16:33 LIES AHEAD?
11:16:36 IT ISN'T ONE I WOULD WISH ON MY WORST ENEMY.
11:16:39 MOST OF US HERE HAVE HAD OUR FAIR SHARE OF GOOD YEARS.
11:16:43 YET WE CONTINUE TO DO EVERYTHING TO ENSURE THAT OUR YOUTH
11:16:46 DO NOT GET THE SAME ADVANTAGES.
11:16:51 WHAT KIND OF TAMPA, WORLD, DO YOU WANT YOUR OWN CHILDREN,
11:16:56 GRANDCHILDREN, AND EVERYONE ELSE'S CHILDREN TO HAVE?
11:17:03 [BELL SOUNDS]
11:17:03 YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THE RIGHT THING BY THEM.
11:17:05 THE QUESTION IS, WILL YOU?
11:17:07 OR WILL THEIR BLOOD BE ON YOUR HANDS?
11:17:10 THANK YOU.
11:17:12 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
11:17:12 NEXT, PLEASE.
11:17:13 >> MY NAME IS BO RAVASHEZ.
11:17:23 ONE OF THE COMMON EXPERIENCES IS GETTING SICK.
11:17:25 ILLNESS HAPPENS, RIGHT?
11:17:29 RECOVERING FROM THOSE ILLNESSES DEPENDS ON THE MONEY WE
11:17:32 MAKE AND THE COLOR OF OUR SKIN.
11:17:33 EVIDENCE SHOWING A RACIAL HEALTH GAP BETWEEN BLACK, BROWN
11:17:36 AND INDIGENOUS AMERICANS ON ONE HAND AND WHITE AMERICANS
11:17:40 ON THE OTHER IS DECADES OLD.
11:17:42 WHITE FOLKS DO NOTICEABLY BETTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE.
11:17:44 SECURING THE FREEDOM OF GUARANTEED HEALTH CARE IS A LARGE
11:17:47 STEP TOWARDS ENDING SEGREGATED EXPERIENCE.
11:17:49 I WOULD ASK THE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT MEDICARE FOR ALL SO
11:17:52 THAT WHEN PEOPLE OF TAMPA GET SICK THEY KNOW THEY ARE
11:17:55 FREE FROM THE FINANCIAL RUIN THAT OFTEN ACCOMPANIES
11:17:58 ILLNESS.
11:17:59 BY SUPPORTING MEDICARE FOR ALL, THE COUNCIL MAKES A
11:18:02 STATEMENT THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO STAND IN SUPPORT OF A
11:18:04 BRIGHT MULTI-RACIAL FUTURE FOR TAMPA AND PUT AN END TO
11:18:07 SEGREGATED OUTCOMES.
11:18:09 BY SUPPORTING MEDICARE FOR ALL THE COUNCIL STANDS AGAINST
11:18:15 THE GREEDY DRUG MANUFACTURERS WHO ASH PARTICULARLY FORCE
11:18:19 THE PRICE OF MEDICINE TO SKYROCKET WHILE THEY PUSH OPIOID
11:18:23 AS THE POLICE CAPTAIN STATED EARLIER.
11:18:25 I ASK YOU TO VOTE WITH VISION, TO VOTE FOR TAMPA'S
11:18:28 DIGNITY AND TO HELP CLOSE OUR RACIAL DIVIDE AS WE MOVE
11:18:31 AHEAD MORE UNITED THAN EVER BEFORE.
11:18:33 I ASK YOU TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF SUPPORTING MEDICARE FOR
11:18:35 ALL.
11:18:36 THANK YOU.
11:18:37 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
11:18:38 NEXT, PLEASE.
11:18:38 I BELIEVE THIS GENTLEMAN WILL BE OUR LAST SPEAKER.
11:18:42 THANK YOU.
11:18:42 >> JOHN MOLL, homesteaded, south Seminole Heights.
11:19:01 I have been trying to get a mitigation credit because I
11:19:05 have stopped all of the stormwater runoff from my
11:19:08 property.
11:19:10 Some people disagree with me, and I was just handed a few
11:19:14 minutes ago apparently a memorandum of Jan McLean was
11:19:22 told to appear here, but I didn't see her anywhere.
11:19:25 Maybe you did.
11:19:29 Some people were told to appear and discuss.
11:19:32 Other people were just told to appear, but still they
11:19:34 don't appear. Anyway, this thing that I just got handed,
11:19:41 I don't know if the Elmo is working, but it says that to
11:19:48 expedite matters, the staff is conducting an engineering
11:19:54 review of the property.
11:19:55 I think that's my property.
11:19:57 The results of which be provided to council.
11:20:01 I'm looking forward to seeing that conclusion also.
11:20:07 I would like them to tell me just how much stormwater is
11:20:09 coming off my property, how much has come off in the last
11:20:12 year: From my observation it's zero.
11:20:22 A memorandum, again Jan McLean appeared but was reluctant
11:20:29 TO SAY ANYTHING UNTIL SHE WAS QUESTIONED, AND APPARENTLY
11:20:33 IN HER RESPONSES SAID YOU CAN AMEND THIS STORMWATER
11:20:36 ORDINANCE IF YOU WANT TO.
11:20:39 AND I THINK WHAT REALLY SHOULD BE AMENDED IS INSTEAD OF
11:20:46 MAY, SEEMS TO BE AT THE DISCRETION OF JAN MCLEAN WHETHER
11:20:50 SHE GETS IT OR NOT TO REPLACE THE "MAY" WITH "SHALL" OR
11:20:55 "MUST" SO HOPEFULLY WHEN THIS REPORT COMES BACK WHEN IT
11:20:58 DETERMINES ON THE PE THAT I HAVE ZERO STORMWATER RUNOFF
11:21:03 FROM MY PROPERTY, THAT I DO GET THE 100% MITIGATION
11:21:06 CREDIT, NOT JUST "MAYBE."
11:21:11 AND I AM THANKFUL THAT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THE BURDEN HAS
11:21:17 BEEN SHIFTED TO THE CITY TO SAY WHETHER OUR HOMESTEADER
11:21:24 IS REDUCING THE STORMWATER ON THEIR PROPERTY.
11:21:27 [BELL SOUNDS]
11:21:29 I HAD TO GO TO A PE WHO CHARGED ME $6 THAT YOU TO COME
11:21:36 OUT AND LOOK AT MY PROPERTY, BUT APPARENTLY NOW THANKS TO
11:21:40 SOMEONE, THEY ARE GOING TO DO THIS ON THEIR DIME COME OUT
11:21:47 AND LOOK AT THE PROPERTY.
11:21:48 SO I AM NOT IN LITIGATION WITH THE CITY, BUT I KNOW YOU
11:21:53 ARE UNDER ORDERS NOT TO TALK TO ME.
11:21:55 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
11:21:56 I THINK MRS. ZELLMAN WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING.
11:21:59 >>ANDREA ZELMAN: DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY ON BEHALF OF THE
11:22:01 LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
11:22:01 I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT, AGAIN, MS. MCLEAN DID SUBMIT
11:22:06 A REPORT AND IT WAS OUR UNDERSTANDING COUNCIL HAD NO
11:22:09 QUESTIONS AND DIDN'T REQUIRE THAT SHE APPEAR.
11:22:11 I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT MS. MCLEAN PROVIDED HER WRITTEN
11:22:15 REPORT TO MR. MOLL'S ATTORNEY YESTERDAY AND THEY
11:22:20 RESPONDED AS WELL WITH A LENGTHY LETTER.
11:22:22 SO THERE HAS BEEN CORRESPONDENCE BACK AND FORTH WITH OUR
11:22:25 DEPARTMENT AND HIS ATTORNEY, IN AN ATTEMPT TO RESOLVE
11:22:29 THIS MATTER.
11:22:32 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
11:22:32 WE APPRECIATE IT.
11:22:33 I KNOW COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, A LOT OF FOLKS SPOKE ON THE
11:22:38 RESOLUTION THAT YOU PUT FORWARD.
11:22:40 YOU TOLD ME OUT WANTED TO SPEAK BRIEFLY.
11:22:42 FOR THE FOLKS WHO WERE HERE FOR COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO OF
11:22:44 THE RESOLUTION THAT'S GOING TO BE VOTED ON TOWARDS THE
11:22:46 END.
11:22:47 I THINK OUR COLLEAGUES WANT TO SAY SOMETHING.
11:22:49 GO AHEAD, SIR.
11:22:50 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU FOR ALL THE COMMENTS AND
11:22:52 EVERYONE THAT CAME OUT HERE TO SPEAK.
11:22:55 BUT NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO FILE BANKRUPTCY BECAUSE OF
11:22:58 MEDICAL BILLS.
11:22:59 AND WHEN WE SAY HEALTH CARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT, YOU
11:23:02 COULDN'T HAVE A MORE TRUE STATEMENT.
11:23:05 WHY IS IT THAT IN 2019 IN THE UNITED STATES WE STILL HAVE
11:23:08 THIS DISCUSSION WHERE PEOPLE ARE FAITHING JUST TO GET THE
11:23:12 HEALTH CARE THAT THEY NEED AT AN AFFORDABLE RATE OR JUST
11:23:15 TO BE TAKEN CARE?
11:23:16 PEOPLE DON'T CHOOSE TO GET SICK.
11:23:18 PEOPLE DON'T CHOOSE TO GET CANCER AND OTHER THINGS THAT
11:23:21 COMPLICATE THE PATH IN LIFE.
11:23:22 PEOPLE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BURN THROUGH THEIR 401(K) JUST
11:23:26 TO PAY THESE MEDICAL BILLS.
11:23:27 WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER AS HUMAN BEINGS, AS
11:23:32 SOMEONE THAT IS A PART OF LIFE.
11:23:34 LOOK AT HOW MUCH WE SPEND ON DEFENSE FOR THIS COUNTRY.
11:23:37 LOOK HOW MUCH MONEY IS WASTED IN OTHER AREAS.
11:23:40 YET WE DON'T FOCUS ON THE BASIC NECESSITATES THAT THE
11:23:43 PEOPLE NEED.
11:23:46 SO WHEN WE BRING THIS UP LATER THIS AFTERNOON, THERE'S A
11:23:49 RESOLUTION THAT'S BEEN DRAFTED URGING MEN'S OF CONING TO
11:23:56 SUPPORT HOUSE RESOLUTION 1384, MEDICARE FOR ALL.
11:24:00 IT'S WAY OVERDUE.
11:24:02 I MEAN, HOW MUCH MORE DO WE HAVE TO SUFFER?
11:24:04 HOW MUCH MORE DO WE HAVE TO SPEND?
11:24:09 THE TIME IS NOW.
11:24:10 THE TIME WAS A LONG TIME AGO BUT WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION.
11:24:14 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:24:15 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:24:16 WE'LL VOTE ON THAT TOWARDS THE END.
11:24:25 WHAT IS THAT, IS THAT LIKE AN EFFECTIVE CLAP?
11:24:33 OKAY.
11:24:33 AND I MISSED SOMETHING
11:24:46 I HAD MISSED THIS, APPARENTLY ITEM 74 THROUGH 80 MAY
11:24:49 REQUIRE SOME STAFF HERE, AND I SEE SOME FOLKS FROM STAFF.
11:24:52 SO WE ARE GOING TO GO TO ITEM NUMBER 74.
11:24:54 IS ANYONE HERE FROM CITY STAFF ON 74?
11:25:03 OKAY.
11:25:04 75.
11:25:04 ANYBODY HERE ON 75?
11:25:06 GO AHEAD.
11:25:06 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, IF YOU WISH YOU CAN MOVIE
11:25:14 THOSE NOW.
11:25:17 >>LUIS VIERA: IS ANYBODY HERE ON 74?
11:25:20 ANYBODY TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION?
11:25:21 MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:25:22 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:25:25 ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED?
11:25:26 THANK YOU, SIR.
11:25:27 75.
11:25:28 ANY QUESTIONS ON 75?
11:25:31 YOU MAY MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
11:25:33 WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:25:35 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:25:36 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:25:37 ANY OPPOSED?
11:25:38 ANY QUESTIONS ON 76?
11:25:40 YES, SIR?
11:25:40 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: [OFF MICROPHONE] I DON'T KNOW THE
11:25:48 NUMBERS.
11:25:49 THE CITY USED TO DO THEIR OWN PURCHASING DIRECT, FIX
11:25:52 THEIR OWN EQUIPMENT, AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY
11:25:55 CHANGED TO MANCON, ANOTHER COMPANY IN VIRGINIA.
11:26:00 BASED ON FACTS I DO NOT HAVE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT A BATTERY
11:26:03 COSTS THEN COMPARED TO WHAT IT COSTS TODAY.
11:26:06 THEY ARE BUYING THE SAME EQUIPMENT THAT WE WERE BUYING
11:26:08 AND THEY ARE DOING IT CHEAPER. TO ME THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE
11:26:11 TO DO.
11:26:12 BECAUSE WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE AT NO PROFIT TO NO ONE.
11:26:16 THEY HAVE PROFIT.
11:26:17 ASIDE FROM THAT, THIS COMPANY THAT REALLY STUCK IN MY
11:26:22 THROAT IS A COMPANY THAT IS WORKING OUT OF A CITY
11:26:24 BUILDING, TO ME SHOULD BE AGAINST THE LAW, PAYING NO
11:26:29 RENT, FROM WHAT I RECALL LAST TIME.
11:26:31 SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A REPORT ON THIS, COMPARED FROM
11:26:40 THE DEPARTMENT THAT DOES THE BIDDING PROCESS FOR THE
11:26:42 CITY, WHAT A BATTERY COSTS THEN, WHATEVER IT STARTED,
11:26:47 WHAT A BATTERY COSTS BEFORE.
11:26:48 ANY ITEM THAT THE CITY HAD ON FILE THAT WAS BEING USED TO
11:26:52 FIX OUR EQUIPMENT, FLEET MAINTENANCE, SHOULD HAVE A
11:26:56 COMPARISON BETWEEN THE STUDY OF WHAT IT COSTS WHEN THE
11:26:58 CITY WAS DOING IT, WHAT IT COSTS WITH MANCON.
11:27:04 I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT I AM SATISFIED WITH WHAT I SEE
11:27:06 HERE.
11:27:07 $21 MILLION.
11:27:08 A HELL OF A LOT OF MONEY.
11:27:10 AND MAYBE I AM WRONG.
11:27:13 BUT I DON'T THINK SO.
11:27:14 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:27:15 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
11:27:17 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:27:18 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. MIRANDA, I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING
11:27:20 THIS UP, THAT YOU ALL HAD A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ON THIS
11:27:25 ITEM.
11:27:26 I WASN'T THAT FAMILIAR WITH IT.
11:27:29 I SEE ON THE COVER SHEET IT SAYS THAT THE INITIAL WORK
11:27:35 PERIOD EXPIRES IN DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR, 2019.
11:27:39 I GUESS WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY BETWEEN NOW AND THEN TO
11:27:42 REVISIT THE CONTRACT.
11:27:45 THE UNDERLYING CONTRACT.
11:27:48 THIS PARTICULAR ITEM SPEAKS TO THE PROVISION OF
11:27:54 ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES FOR $2 MILLION, I GUESS JUST TO
11:27:58 KEEP IT GOING, WHICH I DON'T KNOW, IF WE DIDN'T KEEP IT
11:28:02 GOING IF WE ARE IN A POSITION TO SCRAMBLE AND FIX -- AND
11:28:07 I AM NOT BEING CRITICAL OF YOUR COMMENTS AT ALL.
11:28:10 I'M JUST SAYING FROM A PRACTICAL PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS
11:28:12 PROBABLY MORE OF A SHORT-TERM -- I MEAN, IT'S A LOT OF
11:28:16 MONEY BUT IT'S PROBABLY MORE IN TERMS OF A SHORT-TERM FIX
11:28:19 JUST TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, KEEP OUR FLEETED OPERATING IN A
11:28:24 FUNCTIONAL WAY.
11:28:24 BUT I AGREE WITH YOU COMPLETELY.
11:28:27 I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW BETWEEN NOW AND DECEMBER WHEN THEY
11:28:31 COME BACK, YOU KNOW, EITHER WITH A NEW BID OR RENEWAL OF
11:28:35 THE ORIGINAL AWARD, I WANT A LOT MORE INFORMATION ON IT
11:28:41 TO SEE HOW IT WORKS.
11:28:42 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:28:43 AS I RECALL DOING THIS DISCUSSION A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO
11:28:46 THEY SAID THEY COULD DELIVER THE STUFF QUICKER AND FASTER
11:28:49 AND IT WOULD BE MORE EFFICIENT.
11:28:52 I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S FACTUAL.
11:28:54 WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR VENDORS HERE AND YOU HAVE SUPPOSEDLY
11:28:57 GOOD PEOPLE WORKING FOR THE CITY, THEN IT SHOULD BE A
11:29:00 NO-BRAINER THAT IF YOU ARE DOING IT, HOW CAN YOU GIVE TO
11:29:03 THE SOMEBODY AT NO RENT FOR THE BUILDING AND THEY WERE
11:29:06 GOING TO MAKE, WHAT?
11:29:08 IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
11:29:10 I MEAN, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE THE ADMINISTRATION GIVE
11:29:13 US A REVIEW U.AND IT WASN'T THIS ADMINISTRATION THAT DID
11:29:16 IT.
11:29:16 IT WASN'T -- IF I AM RIGHT OR WRONG I DON'T KNOW.
11:29:20 BUT I'M APPREHENSIVE TO THE FACT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE
11:29:23 THINGS, WHAT HAPPENED HERE?
11:29:30 MAYBE ACCOUNTING PUT IT IN.
11:29:31 I DON'T KNOW.
11:29:32 I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING.
11:29:33 THAT'S WHY I VOTED AGAINST IT LAST TIME.
11:29:36 THERE ARE SIX OTHER MINDS HERE.
11:29:37 YOU VOTE THE WAY YOU WANT.
11:29:39 I VOTED NO.
11:29:40 THANK YOU.
11:29:42 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WITH THAT I WILL MOVE THE ITEM 76 BUT
11:29:44 I AM GOING TO MOVE IT IN CONJUNCTION WITH MR. MIRANDA'S
11:29:48 REQUEST THAT STAFF COME BACK TO US NOVEMBER 21st
11:29:51 DURING STAFF REPORTS.
11:29:54 >>MARTIN SHELBY: TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS.
11:29:58 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WELL, I WILL MOVE ITEM 76 FOR
11:30:00 APPROVAL.
11:30:00 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:30:03 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:30:04 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:30:06 ANY OPPOSED?
11:30:07 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AYE.
11:30:09 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: AND SUGGEST THAT STAFF COME BACK WITH
11:30:11 A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT, PAST,
11:30:18 PRESENT AND FUTURE, ON THE 21st OF NOVEMBER.
11:30:22 STAFF REPORT.
11:30:23 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AND THAT MEANS ALL THE ITEMS THAT
11:30:25 WERE INVENTORIED, WHAT THE COSTS WERE TO THE CITY PRIOR
11:30:28 TO THIS AND WHAT THE COST IS NOW, BECAUSE THEY HAVE GOT
11:30:31 TO BE BUYING FROM THE SAME PEOPLE, WHATEVER WE NEEDED TO
11:30:36 REPAIR WHATEVER WE WANTED.
11:30:41 THEY HAVE TO BUY FROM THE SAME PLACE.
11:30:43 A BATTERY IS A BATTERY.
11:30:45 FLASHLIGHT IS A FLASHLIGHT.
11:30:47 A TOOL IS A TOOL.
11:30:48 THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
11:30:52 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. SHELBY WISELY INDICATES THIS MIGHT
11:30:54 TAKE MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE
11:30:56 REPORT.
11:30:57 SO I WILL ACCEPT FRIENDLY SUGGESTIONS FOR AN ALTERNATIVE
11:31:03 TIME OR PLACE OR MANNER.
11:31:05 >>LUIS VIERA: DO YOU THINK TEN MINUTES?
11:31:06 >>MARTIN SHELBY: IT DEPENDS HOW LONG COUNCIL WANTS.
11:31:09 IF IT CAN BE IN THE WRITTEN REPORT IT MAY MAKE THINGS
11:31:11 SUBSTANTIALLY SHORTER.
11:31:13 IF COUNCIL STILL, WHICH TO HAVE DISCUSSION.
11:31:15 I JUST WANT TO BRING TO COUNCIL'S ATTENTION NOVEMBER
11:31:17 21st YOU HAVE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE STAFF
11:31:20 REPORTS, AND THOSE ARE FIVE MINUTES.
11:31:22 IF COUNCIL WISHES TO MAKE IT LONGER IT'S COUNCIL'S
11:31:24 PREROGATIVE.
11:31:25 >>LUIS VIERA: DO YOU WANT TO THE LOOK AT ANOTHER DATE TO
11:31:28 HAVE MORE TIME?
11:31:32 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YEAH, I JUST DON'T WANT TO GET
11:31:35 SQUEEZED IN ON THE RENEWAL PERIOD.
11:31:37 >>LUIS VIERA: IF YOU WANT TO KEEP IT ON THAT DATE, THAT'S
11:31:39 FINE.
11:31:39 WE ARE UP AGAINST A TIME DATE.
11:31:43 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: JUST BE AWARE THAT IT PROBABLY WILL
11:31:45 TAKE MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES.
11:31:46 I DO WANTS STAFF TO APPEAR PHYSICALLY.
11:31:51 IF THEY WANT TO DO A WRITTEN REPORT ALSO, THAT'S FINE.
11:31:53 >>LUIS VIERA: SO WE'LL DO TEN MINUTES SPECIFICALLY.
11:31:59 >>BILL CARLSON: SORRY I MISSED PART OF THIS JUST NOW.
11:32:01 BUT COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK
11:32:04 MIGHT REQUIRE AN AUDIT?
11:32:06 OR HAS IT BEEN AUDITED BEFORE?
11:32:09 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO, I AM NOT GOING TO GO WITH AN
11:32:11 AUDIT.
11:32:14 IF YOU GET -- ALL WE ARE PAYING FOR AND I KNOW THE PRICES
11:32:19 CHANGE FROM YEAR TO YEAR BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT
11:32:21 CAN WORK LOGISTICALLY WHEN A PRIVATE COMPANY CAN COME IN
11:32:25 AND RUN SOMETHING FOR A PROFIT, WHEN YOU HAVE GIVE FREE
11:32:29 RENT, WHICH TO ME IS AGAINST THE LAW, BUT WE RENT
11:32:32 SOMETHING, SOMEBODY IS PAYING.
11:32:34 IF WE RENT A BUILDING WE PAY TO RENT THE BUILDING.
11:32:37 BUT THEY COME IN, TAKE THE BUILDING.
11:32:40 THAT'S A DEAL THAT THE CITY MADE JUST LIKE A BAD DEAL
11:32:45 JUST LIKE THE STADIUM IS A BAD DEAL.
11:32:46 HOW CAN YOU GIVE THEM FREE RENT?
11:32:50 YOU GET FREE RENT.
11:32:51 YOU THINK I'M STUPID?
11:32:53 I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.
11:32:54 BUT I HAVE DONE MY OWN CURSORY REVIEW.
11:33:00 I KNOW A COUPLE OF PLACES THAT WE USED TO BUY FROM, AND
11:33:03 GUESS WHAT, THE SAME PURVEYOR, PROVIDING THE SAME
11:33:07 SERVICE.
11:33:08 HOW CAN THEY MAKE ANY MONEY THEN?
11:33:13 A PRIVATE ENTERPRISE, A PRIVATE BUSINESS, YOU MUST HAVE
11:33:16 FUNDS TO COVER YOUR COSTS AND MAKE A PROFIT.
11:33:19 IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PROFIT YOU DIE.
11:33:21 THAT'S ALL.
11:33:22 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
11:33:23 ANYONE ELSE?
11:33:23 WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:33:25 WHO SECONDED THAT?
11:33:27 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:33:29 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:33:30 ANY OPPOSED?
11:33:30 OKAY.
11:33:31 THANK YOU.
11:33:33 NEXT WE MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 77.
11:33:35 DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR MOVE THAT RESOLUTION?
11:33:42 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
11:33:47 [OFF MICROPHONE]
11:33:47 >> ALL IN FAVOR?
11:33:51 ALL RIGHT.
11:33:52 78.
11:33:52 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: [OFF MICROPHONE] MOVE 78, 79, 80.
11:34:05 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
11:34:08 >>LUIS VIERA: MR. SHELBY, MAY WE MOVE ALL THREE AT THE
11:34:10 SAME TIME?
11:34:11 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, SIR.
11:34:11 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:34:13 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:34:15 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:34:16 ANY OPPOSED?
11:34:18 OKAY.
11:34:18 THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:34:19 NOW LET'S SEE HERE.
11:34:26 ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS?
11:34:31 NO.
11:34:31 SO WE ARE FINISHED WITH ITEMS THAT WOULD REQUIRE STAFF
11:34:33 PERSONS.
11:34:34 AM I CORRECT?
11:34:36 IT WOULD APPEAR I AM CORRECT.
11:34:37 ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS BY THE PUBLIC FOR RECONSIDERATION
11:34:40 OF LEGISLATIVE MATTERS?
11:34:46 THEN WE WILL MOVE ONWARD TO REPORTS, TO COMMITTEE
11:34:48 REPORTS.
11:34:48 COUNCILMAN CITRO.
11:34:52 >>JOSEPH CITRO: AFTER DISCUSSION OF ITEM AGENDA NUMBER
11:34:55 11, I WILL MOVE ITEM AGENDA 7 THROUGH 13.
11:35:01 >> SECOND.
11:35:02 >>LUIS VIERA: SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:35:04 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:35:05 OF ANY OPPOSED?
11:35:06 OKAY.
11:35:08 GO AHEAD, SIR.
11:35:13 >>BILL CARLSON: MY FIRM HAS A CLIENT THAT IS RELATED TO
11:35:14 ITEM NUMBER 18.
11:35:15 SO I --
11:35:18 >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I CAN, MR. CARLSON -- [OFF
11:35:24 MICROPHONE]
11:35:30 >>BILL CARLSON: NO, WE ARE NOT.
11:35:30 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT BEING THE CASE, I HAVE HAD THE
11:35:35 OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS WITH MEMBERS OF THE LEGAL
11:35:36 DEPARTMENT TO CONFIRM WHAT I BELIEVE IS THE CASE, AND
11:35:41 THIS IS SOMETHING WITH REGARD TO PUBLIC EVENTS THAT
11:35:44 GENERALLY -- THE NEW MEMBERS OF COUNCIL SHOULD BE AWARE
11:35:47 OF IN CASE YOU ARE NOT.
11:35:51 THE PUBLIC EVENT PERMITS THAT APPEAR ON THE AGENDA FOLLOW
11:35:57 THE CITY CODE SPECIFICALLY IN TERMS OF MEETING CERTAIN
11:36:00 REQUIREMENTS.
11:36:01 THESE ARE PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR THE PURPOSE OF
11:36:04 INFORMING THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC OF THE
11:36:07 EXISTENCE OF THESE PERMITS AND WHO HAS REQUESTED THEM.
11:36:10 WITH REGARD TO THE ACTUAL DISCRETION THAT YOU HAVE TO
11:36:17 CHOOSE ONE PERSON OR ENTITY OVER ANOTHER, COUNCIL DOES
11:36:19 NOT HAVE THAT DISCRETION.
11:36:20 WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS PURELY A MINISTERIAL MATTER.
11:36:26 AS SUCH, IT IS MY PROFESSIONAL ADVICE THAT YOU ARE
11:36:32 REQUIRED TO VOTE AS THERE IS NO BASIS FOR A CONFLICT.
11:36:37 >>BILL CARLSON: SO I CAN'T RECUSE MYSELF.
11:36:39 >>MARTIN SHELBY: NO, SIR.
11:36:40 I AND I APOLOGIZE.
11:36:55 >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN GUDES IS NOTES HERE.
11:36:56 IF YOU WOULD SARASOTA 14 THROUGH 19.
11:36:58 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I MOVE ITEMS 14 THROUGH 19.
11:37:00 >> SECOND.
11:37:04 >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:37:06 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:37:07 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:37:09 ANY OPPOSED?
11:37:10 YES, SIR.
11:37:11 NEXT, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:37:12 PUBLIC WORKS.
11:37:14 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I'LL MOVE ITEMS 20 THROUGH 31.
11:37:18 >> SECOND.
11:37:19 >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:37:21 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:37:23 ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED?
11:37:25 COUNCILMAN CITRO, FINANCE.
11:37:27 >>JOSEPH CITRO: [OFF MICROPHONE] 32 THROUGH 35.
11:37:29 >> SECOND.
11:37:30 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
11:37:32 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:37:34 ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED?
11:37:36 NEXT COUNCILMAN CARLSON, BUILDING ZONING PRESERVATION.
11:37:40 >>BILL CARLSON: I MOVE ITEMS 36 THROUGH 50.
11:37:44 >>LUIS VIERA: SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:37:46 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:37:47 ANY OPPOSED?
11:37:49 NEXT AND LAST, TRANSPORTATION, COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:37:51 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I MOVE ITEMS 51 THROUGH 54.
11:37:56 >> SECOND.
11:37:57 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:37:59 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:38:00 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:38:02 ANY OPPOSED?
11:38:02 OKAY.
11:38:02 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WOULD LIKE TO SET 55 AND 56 FOR
11:38:10 DECEMBER 5th AT 10:30 A.M.
11:38:13 >>LUIS VIERA: SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
11:38:15 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:38:16 ANY OPPOSED?
11:38:16 WE HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARINGS.
11:38:19 ACTUALLY THESE ARE NON-QUASI-JUDICIAL.
11:38:23 WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:38:26 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
11:38:27 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:38:29 ANY OPPOSED?
11:38:29 OKAY.
11:38:30 FOR ITEM 57.
11:38:32 AND WE DO NOT NEED TO SWEAR FOLKS IN, CORRECT?
11:38:36 OKAY.
11:38:37 THANK YOU.
11:38:40 >>ERIC COTTON: PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
11:38:42 THIS IS FOR SECOND READING FOR THE CHANGE TO TWO PORTIONS
11:38:45 OF THE CODE.
11:38:47 ONE IS CHAPTER 27 REGARDING THE LANGUAGE FOR LARGE AND
11:38:50 SMALL KENNELS.
11:38:52 AND THE OTHER ONE IS A CHANGE TO SECTION 27-318 FOR
11:38:58 CHANGE TO THE DEFINITIONS, OR CHANGE FOR THE REQUIREMENTS
11:39:01 OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE.
11:39:05 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
11:39:08 >>LUIS VIERA: THIS IS 57, COUNCILMAN.
11:39:09 ANY QUESTIONS ON 57?
11:39:11 >> LEGAL DEPARTMENT E.FOR THE RECORD WE FILED A
11:39:17 SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION WHICH REMOVES
11:39:19 THE DEFINITION OF HEIGHT.
11:39:22 THAT ITEM IS BEING FURTHER VETTED BY STAFF WITH THE
11:39:25 DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU AT A
11:39:27 LATER DATE.
11:39:28 THANK YOU.
11:39:28 .
11:39:33 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
11:39:38 >>CATE WELLS: THE SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE WAS FILED
11:39:39 YESTERDAY AND IT'S IN YOUR ADDENDUM TO THE AGENDA WHICH
11:39:42 PROPERLY IDENTIFIES THE TITLE SINCE THERE'S NO REFERENCE
11:39:44 TO HEIGHT.
11:39:47 THANK YOU.
11:39:48 >>LUIS VIERA: ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
11:39:52 THANK YOU, SIR.
11:39:53 IS ANYONE HERE FROM THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER
11:39:55 57?
11:39:56 IF SO, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
11:39:59 WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:40:03 A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:40:04 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:40:06 ANY OPPOSED?
11:40:07 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, WOULD YOU MIND TAKING ITEM 57?
11:40:10 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: FILE E-2019-8-CHAPTER 27.
11:40:27 ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READ BEING AND
11:40:30 ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA FLORIDA
11:40:32 RELATING TO KENNELS AND REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF
11:40:36 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES MAKING REVISIONS TO CITY OF TAMPA
11:40:39 CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 27 ZONING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT
11:40:45 AMENDING SECTION 27-282.25, KENNEL, SMALL, AMENDING
11:40:51 SECTION 27-282.26, KENNEL, LARGE, AMENDING SECTION
11:40:56 27-318, EXPIRATION, SUSPENSION, REVOCATION OF APPROVALS
11:41:01 FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES, POSTING OF NOTICE FOR
11:41:04 DISCONTINUANCE OF SALES, EVIDENCE OF RESUMPTION OF SALES,
11:41:07 REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN
11:41:10 CONFLICT THEREWITH, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING
11:41:12 AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:41:13 >>MARTIN SHELBY: AND THAT'S THE SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE.
11:41:15 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:41:19 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:41:21 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:41:22 ANY OPPOSED?
11:41:26 I'M SORRY.
11:41:27 MY APOLOGIES.
11:41:28 THANK YOU.
11:41:28 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED -- [OFF MICROPHONE]
11:41:39 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
11:41:40 NEXT WE MOVE TO ITEM 58.
11:41:44 >>BILL CARLSON: I HAVE ABSTAINED LAST TIME AND HAVE A
11:41:46 FORM TO FILE AGAIN THIS TIME.
11:41:48 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
11:41:48 AND IS 58 GOING FORWARD TODAY?
11:41:54 >>CATE WELLS: HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 58.
11:41:55 >>LUIS VIERA: I'M SORRY, MA'AM, GO AHEAD.
11:41:59 >>CATE WELLS: THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THAT THIS BE
11:42:00 CONTINUED TO NEXT WEEK.
11:42:01 IT'S RELATED TO ITEM 65 WHICH IS ALSO BEING REQUESTED TO
11:42:06 BE CONTINUED TO NEXT WEEK TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT AN
11:42:08 OPPORTUNITY TO ADD A NOTE TO THE SITE PLAN.
11:42:10 AND HE WOULD LIKE BOTH ITEMS BEING CONSIDERED AT THE SAME
11:42:12 TIME.
11:42:13 >> SO MOVED.
11:42:18 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO 65 IS ALSO GOING TO BE HELD UP?
11:42:22 >>CATE WELLS: YES, SIR.
11:42:23 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR?
11:42:26 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
11:42:29 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AM ONLY GOING TO DO 58.
11:42:31 I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS IN THE SAME PLACE.
11:42:34 SOMETIMES I FOLLOW ONE.
11:42:36 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:42:38 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
11:42:39 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:42:40 >>MARTIN SHELBY: AGAIN THAT DATE AND TIME?
11:42:43 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THE DATE WILL BE NEXT WEEK, WHICH IS
11:42:45 A WEEK FROM TODAY, SEVEN DAYS FROM TODAY AND THE TIME
11:42:48 9:30 A.M. UNDER PUBLIC HEARING FOR SECOND READING.
11:42:51 >>MARTIN SHELBY: A WEEK FROM TODAY, COUNCIL?
11:42:54 >>CATE WELLS: I THINK WE WERE LOOKING AT THE EVENING
11:42:56 MEETING SINCE COUNCIL HAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
11:42:58 WORKSHOPS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK DURING THE REGULAR
11:43:01 DAYTIME MEETING.
11:43:02 SO WE WERE LOOKING AT --
11:43:05 >>MARTIN SHELBY: 6 P.M. ON OCTOBER 24.
11:43:07 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: OCTOBER 24 AT 6 P.M.
11:43:11 >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER WISELY NOTED WE
11:43:13 SHOULD ASK THE PUBLIC IN THE EVENT THERE IS SOMEONE
11:43:16 WISHING TO COMMENT.
11:43:17 IS THERE ANYONE TO COMMENT ON NUMBER 58 SOLELY THE
11:43:20 CONTINUANCE?
11:43:20 IF SO, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
11:43:22 OKAY.
11:43:25 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: CONTINUE AS STATED.
11:43:26 >>LUIS VIERA: AND DO YOU WISH TO TAKE A CONTINUANCE OF
11:43:28 65?
11:43:29 >>MARTIN SHELBY: I WOULD PREFER WE HOLD THAT --
11:43:32 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: UNTIL WE GET TO THAT TIME.
11:43:34 >>MARTIN SHELBY: UNTIL WE GET TO IT, COUNCIL.
11:43:37 >>LUIS VIERA: ANYONE HERE FOR 59?
11:43:41 >>MARTIN SHELBY: DID YOU VOTE ON THE CONTINUANCE?
11:43:43 THE CORRECT DATE AND TIME FOR THE CONTINUANCE?
11:43:46 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I HAD THE WRONG DATE.
11:43:48 CHANGE IT TO NIGHT.
11:43:54 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WE DON'T NEED A HEAD VOTE BECAUSE IT'S
11:43:56 JUST A CONTINUANCE.
11:43:57 >>LUIS VIERA: JUST A CONTINUANCE OF A PUBLIC HEARING.
11:43:59 ANYONE HERE FOR 59?
11:44:01 ANYONE HERE FOR 59?
11:44:02 STAFF?
11:44:03 APPLICANT?
11:44:04 ANYONE?
11:44:12 >>CATE WELLS: LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
11:44:14 THIS IS ADOPTION HEARING ON A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
11:44:17 AMENDMENT.
11:44:17 I DON'T BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT.
11:44:20 AND PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF WAS HERE EARLIER BUT THEY
11:44:23 LEFT.
11:44:23 I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAD ANOTHER ENGAGEMENT.
11:44:26 BUT I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE
11:44:29 THEM.
11:44:29 THANK YOU.
11:44:30 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
11:44:31 ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
11:44:32 IS ANYONE HERE FROM THE PUBLIC HERE TO COMMENT ON ITEM
11:44:35 59?
11:44:35 IF SO, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
11:44:36 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO CLOSE.
11:44:38 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:44:40 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:44:42 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:44:43 OPPOSED? COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:44:45 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I HAVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED
11:44:47 FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
11:44:50 THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT, FUTURE
11:44:53 LAND USE MAP FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6727 SOUTH LOIS
11:44:58 AVENUE FROM TRANSITIONAL USE 24 TU 24 TO RESIDENTIAL 35,
11:45:02 R-35, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT,
11:45:05 PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:45:06 >> SECOND.
11:45:08 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:45:10 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:45:11 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
11:45:12 >>THE CLERK: [OFF MICROPHONE] MOTION CARRIED WITH GUDES
11:45:24 BEING ABSENT.
11:45:26 >>LUIS VIERA: SINGLE-FAMILY ANYONE HERE FOR ITEM 60?
11:45:30 STAFF?
11:45:30 APPLICANT?
11:45:34 >>CATE WELLS: LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
11:45:35 I AM UNABLE TO EXPLAIN WHY THE INITIATOR OF THESE
11:45:39 AMENDMENTS ISN'T PRESENT.
11:45:40 BUT AGAIN THIS IS ANOTHER COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT
11:45:43 BEFORE YOU FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
11:45:46 I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
11:45:49 THANK YOU.
11:45:49 >>LUIS VIERA:
11:45:50 ANY QUESTIONS?
11:45:52 IS THAT YOU, MR. MICHELINI?
11:45:53 >>STEVE MICHELINI: THAT'S ME.
11:45:55 WE JUST RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL.
11:45:59 WE HAD NO OBJECTIONS THE FIRST TIME AROUND.
11:46:01 >>LUIS VIERA: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT?
11:46:05 THANK YOU, SIR.
11:46:06 IS ANYONE HERE TO COMMENT ON ITEM 60?
11:46:10 IF SO, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
11:46:12 WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN CITRO. SECONDED
11:46:15 BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:46:16 ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED?
11:46:18 COUNCILMAN CITRO, WOULD YOU MIND ITEM 60.
11:46:22 >> PA 19-09.
11:46:25 AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND
11:46:27 ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE
11:46:30 PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE MAP, FOR THE PROPERTY GENERALLY
11:46:35 LOCATED SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SOUTH MASCOTTE STREET AND
11:46:40 WEST CANAL STREET FROM HEAVY INDUSTRIAL HI TO RESIDENTIAL
11:46:48 10 R-10 PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN
11:46:51 CONFLICT PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN
11:46:53 EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:46:53 >> SECOND.
11:46:55 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
11:46:57 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:46:59 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
11:46:59 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH GUDES BEING ABSENT.
11:47:12 >>LUIS VIERA: WE NEED TO OPEN.
11:47:17 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO OPEN ALL THE PUBLIC HEARINGS
11:47:19 FROM 61 TO 73.
11:47:20 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
11:47:22 WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:47:23 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:47:25 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:47:26 ANY OPPOSED?
11:47:26 IF ANYONE IS HERE TO SPEAK AT ALL ON ITEMS 61 THROUGH 73,
11:47:33 PLEASE AT THIS TIME STAND UP IF YOU ARE ABLE TO DO SO AND
11:47:36 PREPARE TO BE SWORN IN.
11:47:37 (OATH ADMINISTERED BY CLERK).
11:47:54 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
11:47:55 WE'LL START WITH ITEM 61.
11:47:57 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.
11:48:01 ITEM 616 THROUGH 64 AS WELL AS 66 THROUGH 68 ARE ALL
11:48:07 SECOND READINGS FOR REZONING FOR ALCOHOL BEVERAGE
11:48:11 APPLICATIONS.
11:48:12 ALL REQUIRE CHANGES MADE ARE AT THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
11:48:16 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM 61.
11:48:18 PETITIONER.
11:48:19 >>STEVE MICHELINI: I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PETITIONER.
11:48:22 THIS WAS CONTINUED BASED UPON OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE TIME
11:48:27 TO ENTER INTO THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BUYER AND
11:48:30 THE SELLER AND RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL.
11:48:33 THERE WERE NO OBJECTIONS ON THE FIRST HEARING.
11:48:36 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS NOR PETITIONER? NO?
11:48:39 DO WE HAVE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC HERE TO COMMENT OR
11:48:42 SPEAK?
11:48:44 WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA WITH A
11:48:46 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
11:48:48 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:48:50 ALL RIGHT.
11:48:50 NEXT UP IS COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:48:58 >> MOVE AN ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND
11:49:01 ADOPTION, REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF
11:49:04 6230 INTERBAY BOULEVARD IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND
11:49:07 MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION FROM ZONING
11:49:09 DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS-60 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY
11:49:12 TO RS-50 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
11:49:18 DATE.
11:49:18 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:49:22 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:49:23 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
11:49:24 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH GUDES AND VIERA ABSENT
11:49:34 AT VOTE.
11:49:35 >>STEVE MICHELINI: THANK YOU COUNCIL.
11:49:40 >>LUIS VIERA: WE MOVE ONWARD TO ITEM 62.
11:49:42 >> MICKEY CHILES, CEO OF OPEN WATER BREWING COMPANY AND
11:49:53 THIS IS MY PARTNER JAY JONES WHO IS ALSO A CO-FOUNDER.
11:49:58 WE ARE ITEM 62 APPLICANTS.
11:50:00 AND WE ARE HERE FOR SECOND READ BEING.
11:50:02 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
11:50:03 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
11:50:04 THANK YOU, SIR.
11:50:04 ANY QUESTIONS?
11:50:06 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:50:07 IS ANYONE HERE FROM THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON ITEM 62?
11:50:10 IF SO PLEASE COME FORWARD.
11:50:11 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
11:50:12 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:50:14 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:50:16 ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED?
11:50:17 COUNCILMAN CARLSON, WOULD YOU MIND TAKING ITEM 62?
11:50:22 >>BILL CARLSON: MOVE AB 2-1918, ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR
11:50:25 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A
11:50:28 SPECIAL USE PERMIT S-2 FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES,
11:50:31 SMALL VENUE CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES AND PACKAGE SALES
11:50:34 OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION AND MAKING LAWFUL THE SALE OF
11:50:38 BEER AND WINE AT OR FROM THAT CERTAIN LOT, PLOT OR TRACT
11:50:41 OF LAND LOCATED AT 456 WEST COLUMBUS DRIVE, TAMPA,
11:50:45 FLORIDA AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2
11:50:47 PROVIDING THAT ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN
11:50:50 CONFLICT ARE REPEALED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:50:51 >> SECOND.
11:50:53 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:50:55 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:50:56 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
11:50:57 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH GUDES ABSENT.
11:51:05 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
11:51:11 IS ANYONE HERE FOR ITEM 63?
11:51:13 >>JOHN GRANDOFF: I'M REPRESENTING WESTSHORE MARINA
11:51:28 DISTRICT.
11:51:29 I'M HERE WITH MY BRYANT FOR SECOND READING THIS MORNING.
11:51:35 BEFORE DOING SO I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE YOUR STAFF, MR.
11:51:39 RYAN MANASSE, LACHONE DOCK, HAVE DONE AN ADMIRAL JOB TO
11:51:45 HELP WITH US THIS SITE PLAN.
11:51:46 IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT SITE PLAN AND VERY HELPFUL IN
11:51:49 KEEPING US ON TIME IN THIS PROCESS.
11:51:51 ALSO RECOGNIZE MY ASSISTANT, OUR ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR,
11:51:59 KAT GREEN.
11:52:00 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
11:52:01 ANY QUESTIONS?
11:52:01 ANYONE HERE FROM THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER 63?
11:52:04 IF SO PLEASE COME FORWARD.
11:52:05 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
11:52:07 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:52:09 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:52:10 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:52:12 OPPOSED?
11:52:13 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:52:19 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: AS I STATED AT FIRST READING, I THINK
11:52:21 THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT, VERY EXCITED FOR THE WHOLE
11:52:25 COMMUNITY TO ACTUALLY HAVE ACCESS TO SOME WATERFRONT
11:52:28 AREAS FOR PUBLIC DINING AND THE LIKE.
11:52:35 IN REGARD TO ITEM 63, FILE AB 2-19-21, I MOVE THE
11:52:41 FOLLOWING ORDINANCE FOR APPROVAL ON SECOND READING AND
11:52:44 ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT S-2
11:52:47 FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES, LARGE VENUE CONSUMPTION ON
11:52:50 PREMISES AND PACKAGE SALES OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION AND
11:52:53 MAKING LAWFUL THE SALE OF BEVERAGES REGARDLESS OF
11:52:56 ALCOHOLIC CONTENT, BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR, AT OR FROM THAT
11:52:59 CERTAIN LOT, PLOT OR TRACT OF LAND LOCATED AT 4900 AND
11:53:03 5201 BRIDGE STREET AND 5000 AND 5001 WEST GANDY BOULEVARD
11:53:11 TAMPA, FLORIDA AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED FROM
11:53:13 SECTION 2 THAT ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN
11:53:16 CONFLICT ARE REPEALED PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:53:17 >> SECOND.
11:53:19 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:53:20 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:53:21 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
11:53:23 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH GUDES ABSENT.
11:53:30 >>LUIS VIERA: NEXT WE MOVE TO ITEM 64.
11:53:33 IS ANYONE HERE FOR ITEM 64?
11:53:35 >> ANNE POLLACK REPRESENTING PETITIONER.
11:53:41 I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE AND
11:53:44 RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT.
11:53:46 THANK YOU.
11:53:47 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
11:53:48 ANY QUESTIONS?
11:53:49 ANYONE HERE FROM THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON ITEM 647?
11:53:52 IF SO PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
11:53:55 MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:53:57 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:53:58 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:54:00 ANY OPPOSED?
11:54:01 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, DO YOU MIND TAKING ITEM 64?
11:54:04 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I HAVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED
11:54:09 FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A
11:54:11 SPECIAL USE PERMIT S-2 FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES,
11:54:14 SMALL VENUE, CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES ONLY, AND MAKING
11:54:17 LAWFUL THE SALE OF BEVERAGES REGARD LUGS OF ALCOHOLIC
11:54:20 CONTENT, BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR, ON THAT CERTAIN LOT, PLOT
11:54:24 OR TRACT OF LAND LOCATED AT 2223 NORTH WESTSHORE
11:54:27 BOULEVARD, UNIT B-224 TAMPA, FLORIDA AS MORE PARTICULARLY
11:54:31 DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2 PROVIDING THAT ALL ORDINANCES OR
11:54:34 PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT ARE REPEALED, PROVIDING
11:54:37 AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:54:37 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
11:54:40 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:54:41 A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:54:43 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
11:54:44 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH GUDES BEING ABSENT.
11:54:50 >>LUIS VIERA: NEXT WE MOVE TO ITEM 65.
11:54:55 ANYONE THAT'S HERE FOR ITEM 65.
11:54:57 OH, CONTINUANCE.
11:55:00 STRIKE THAT.
11:55:00 >>MARTIN SHELBY: BEING CONTINUED BUT IF COULD YOU JUST
11:55:08 DECLARE YOUR CONFLICT.
11:55:11 >>BILL CARLSON: I ABSTAINED FROM THIS LAST TIME AND I
11:55:13 WILL ABSTAIN.
11:55:18 >>LUIS VIERA: THERE WILL BE A MOTION ON ITEM 65.
11:55:20 IS ANYONE HERE TO COMMENT SOLELY ON THE CONTINUANCE OF
11:55:23 ITEM 65?
11:55:24 IF SO, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
11:55:25 MAY I HAVE A CONTINUANCE?
11:55:34 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: [OFF MICROPHONE]
11:55:36 >> WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:55:38 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
11:55:40 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:55:41 ANY OPPOSED?
11:55:42 NEXT WE MOVE TO ITEM 66.
11:55:46 IS ANYONE HERE FOR ITEM 66?
11:55:48 >> MY NAME IS JANNY MOLINGEZ.
11:56:02 HERE FOR ITEM 66.
11:56:04 I AM HERE AFTER REVIEW ON SEPTEMBER 26th TO MAKE SOME
11:56:11 CHANGES ON THE SITE PLAN.
11:56:12 WE ALREADY DID.
11:56:13 LET ME KNOW IF THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE WE CAN DO.
11:56:15 AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU APPROVE THIS PROJECT.
11:56:18 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
11:56:19 ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT?
11:56:22 IS ANYBODY HERE -- THANK YOU, MA'AM.
11:56:24 IS ANYBODY HERE FROM THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON ITEM 66?
11:56:27 IF SO, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
11:56:29 MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE?
11:56:31 WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:56:33 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:56:35 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:56:36 ANY OPPOSED?
11:56:37 COUNCILMAN CITRO, WOULD YOU MIND TAKING 66?
11:56:41 >>JOSEPH CITRO: [OFF MICROPHONE] REZ 19-64, ORDINANCE
11:56:47 BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN
11:56:50 ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF
11:56:53 6719 NORTH ROME AVENUE IN TAMPA CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA
11:56:56 AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING
11:56:59 DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS-50 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY
11:57:01 TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY
11:57:04 DETACHED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:57:07 THEY HAVE MET THE BURDEN OF PROOF AND IT DOES FIT IN WITH
11:57:10 THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
11:57:10 >> SECOND.
11:57:12 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CITRO. SECOND BY
11:57:14 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:57:15 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:57:16 ANY OPPOSED?
11:57:17 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND READING.
11:57:18 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON VOTING NO AND
11:57:30 GUDES ABSENT.
11:57:32 >>LUIS VIERA: IS THERE ANYONE HERE ON ITEM 67?
11:57:34 >> PERRY SULLIVAN.
11:57:46 AND I AM HERE FOR THE SECOND READING AND I'M AVAILABLE IF
11:57:52 THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ANSWER FOR YOU.
11:57:54 >>LUIS VIERA: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT?
11:57:56 THANK YOU, SIR.
11:57:57 WE APPRECIATE IT.
11:57:58 ANYBODY HERE FROM THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER
11:58:01 67?
11:58:01 IF SO, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
11:58:02 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
11:58:05 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:58:07 SECOND BY CITY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:58:08 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE 67, REZ-19-71, AN ORDINANCE
11:58:18 PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE
11:58:21 REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 224 WEST
11:58:24 EMILY STREET IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE
11:58:27 PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT
11:58:29 CLASSIFICATION RS-50 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO PD
11:58:33 PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY,
11:58:36 DETACHED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:58:37 >> SECOND.
11:58:39 >>LUIS VIERA: SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:58:41 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
11:58:42 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON VOTING NO AND
11:58:52 GUDES ABSENT.
11:58:54 >>LUIS VIERA: NEXT WE HAVE ITEM 68.
11:58:55 IS ANYONE HERE FOR 68?
11:58:57 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT AND SHE
11:59:04 REQUESTS APPROVAL.
11:59:04 THANK YOU.
11:59:05 >>LUIS VIERA: ANY QUESTIONS?
11:59:08 IS ANYONE HERE FROM THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON ITEM 68?
11:59:16 MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:59:18 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:59:20 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:59:20 ANY OPPOSED?
11:59:23 >>BILL CARLSON: REZ 19-81, ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN
11:59:27 THE GENERAL ADVICE 8704 NORTH OTIS AVENUE IN THE CITY OF
11:59:32 TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION
11:59:34 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS-60 RESIDENTIAL
11:59:37 SINGLE-FAMILY TO RS-50 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY
11:59:41 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:59:41 >> SECOND.
11:59:43 >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:59:45 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
11:59:50 -- SECOND BY --
11:59:54 RECORD YOUR VOTE.
11:59:55 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH GUDES ABSENT AND CITRO
12:00:02 ABSENT AT VOTE.
12:00:04 >>LUIS VIERA: IS ANYONE HERE FOR 69?
12:00:05 >>BARBARA LYNCH: LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION HERE TO
12:00:08 ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
12:00:09 >>LUIS VIERA: ANY QUESTIONS?
12:00:13 SIR?
12:00:14 >> I AM FOR THE APPLICANT AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
12:00:16 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
12:00:18 ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT?
12:00:20 OKAY.
12:00:20 IS ANYONE HERE FROM THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON ITEM 69?
12:00:23 OF IF SO PLEASE COME FORWARD.
12:00:26 WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:00:28 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:00:29 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:00:31 ANY OPPOSED?
12:00:32 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, WOULD YOU MIND TAKING ITEM 69?
12:00:44 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: [OFF MICROPHONE] SURE, MR. CHAIRMAN.
12:00:55 WHY DON'T I PASS ON THIS AND LET SOMEBODY ELSE?
12:01:00 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I HAVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED
12:01:02 FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE VACATING,
12:01:04 CLOSING, DISCONTINUING, AND ABANDONING A PORTION OF
12:01:07 ALLEYWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY LYING SOUTH OF LEMON STREET NORTH
12:01:11 OF CASS STREET EAST OF HOWARD AVENUE AND WEST OF ALBANY
12:01:15 AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FLORIDA
12:01:16 THE SAME BEING MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 HEREOF
12:01:20 SUBJECT TO CERTAIN EASEMENT RESERVATIONS, COVENANTS,
12:01:23 CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS MORE PARTICULARLY SET FORTH
12:01:25 HEREIN PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
12:01:26 >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:01:29 A SECOND COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:01:34 GO AHEAD, SIR.
12:01:35 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: A COMMENT ON THE MOTION.
12:01:40 I WAS ABSENT FOR THIS, BUT IT APPEARS THAT THIS WAS A
12:01:49 DEAD-END ALLEY AS IT APPROACHED HOWARD AVENUE,
12:01:51 DEAD-ENDING IN THE BACK OF A BUILDING.
12:01:53 NORMALLY I DON'T SUPPORT VACATING ALLEYS BUT IF IT'S
12:01:57 DEAD-END, THEN I DON'T OBJECT TO IT.
12:01:59 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
12:02:00 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTES.
12:02:01 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH CITRO ABSENT AT VOTE
12:02:09 AND GUDES ABSENT.
12:02:10 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
12:02:13 WE HAVE SOME POTENTIALLY LEFT HERE.
12:02:19 BEFORE WE DO THAT, COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, YOU HAVE TO
12:02:24 STEP OUT?
12:02:26 COUNCILMAN CITRO, YOU HAVE TO STEP OUT AS WELL?
12:02:29 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I'M NOT SURE.
12:02:30 >>LUIS VIERA: HOW ABOUT WE DO THIS?
12:02:32 WE ALWAYS TRY TO TAKE A LUNCH.
12:02:34 HOW ABOUT WE MOVE FOR A 30-MINUTE LUNCH?
12:02:39 CAN EVERYBODY DO 30?
12:02:43 HOW ABOUT 45?
12:02:45 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S DO 1:00.
12:02:48 >>JOSEPH CITRO: OH, I'M SORRY.
12:02:49 YES.
12:02:50 >>LUIS VIERA: SO A COUPLE OF OUR MEMBERS HAVE
12:02:52 COMMITMENTS SO WE SHALL RETURN THEN AT 1 P.M.
12:02:55 COUNCIL IS IN RECESS UNTIL THEN.
12:03:00 (CITY COUNCIL RECESS)
12:05:41 -- -- --
12:51:20 [ INAUDIBLE ]
01:04:31 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
01:04:32 >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE.
01:04:33 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
01:04:34 >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
01:04:36 >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
01:04:37 OKAY.
01:04:39 IF MEMORY SERVES ME RIGHT, WE ARE AT NUMBER 70.
01:04:43 OKAY.
01:04:44 LET'S GO AHEAD AND BEGIN.
01:04:46 YOU KNOW, BEFORE -- OKAY, GO AHEAD.
01:04:50 70.
01:04:52 >>BARBARA LYNCH: BARBARA LYNCH, LAND DEVELOPMENT
01:04:53 COORDINATION.
01:04:56 VAC 19-21 IS A REQUEST BY THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
01:05:01 AVIATION AUTHORITY TO VACATE PROPERTY IN THE DREW PARK
01:05:03 AREA.
01:05:03 I HAVE A MAP FOR THE OVERHEAD.
01:05:05 THEY ARE INTERESTED IN VACATING SOUTH RENELLIE AND
01:05:11 OSBORNE FROM AIR CARGO ROAD TO WESTSHORE.
01:05:15 THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO VACATINGS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO
01:05:16 BE FILING TO VACATE PROPERTY BETWEEN HILLSBOROUGH, TAMPA
01:05:19 BAY BOULEVARD, AIR CARGO ROAD AND WESTSHORE BOULEVARD FOR
01:05:23 AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT.
01:05:24 THIS MAP SHOWS YOU THE LOT LAYOUTS.
01:05:32 HERE IS AIR CARGO ROAD WHICH WAS DEVELOPED ABOUT TEN
01:05:35 YEARS AGO AS PART OF THE AIRPORT EXPANSION.
01:05:39 >>LUIS VIERA: FOR AUDIOVISUAL, MAY WE HAVE THAT ON OUR
01:05:43 SCREEN?
01:05:48 >>BARBARA LYNCH: JUST FOR A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORICAL
01:05:59 PURPOSE THIS IS THE SECTION -- SO THIS IS THE SECTION
01:06:07 THAT THIS VACATING IS IN.
01:06:09 IT'S RIGHT IN THIS AREA HERE.
01:06:10 THE RED IS ALL THE AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN VACATED BY THE
01:06:13 AIRPORT OVER THE YEARS AS PART OF THEIR FUTURE
01:06:15 DEVELOPMENT AND CURRENT DEVELOPMENT.
01:06:17 ALL THESE ROADS ARE IMPROVED.
01:06:22 THEY ARE PAVED.
01:06:23 THERE'S NOT REALLY ANY CURB OR SIDEWALK.
01:06:25 THERE'S SOME DITCH SYSTEMS.
01:06:27 THIS IS SOUTH AVENUE LOOKING WEST FROM AIR CARGO ROAD.
01:06:30 AND THIS IS SOUTH AVENUE LOOKING TOWARD AIR CARGO ROAD.
01:06:38 THIS IS THE INTERSECTION.
01:06:39 SOUTH AVENUE LOOKING WEST TOWARD WESTSHORE BOULEVARD.
01:06:41 COOPER BOULEVARD IS WITHIN THIS AREA THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY
01:06:45 VACATED.
01:06:46 AND THIS IS SOUTH LOOKING TOWARD WESTSHORE BOULEVARD.
01:06:48 AGAIN, SOUTH AT WESTSHORE LOOKING EAST TOWARD AIR CARGO
01:06:55 ROAD.
01:06:55 THAT IS THE STRETCH THAT IS BEING ASKED TO BE VACATED.
01:06:59 RENELLIE DRIVE IS A NORTH-SOUTH STREET BETWEEN SOUTH AND
01:07:02 OSBORNE.
01:07:03 THIS IS RENELLIE LOOKING SOUTH FROM SOUTH AVENUE.
01:07:05 RENELLIE LOOKING NORTH FROM OSBORNE.
01:07:08 AND RENELLIE LOOKING NORTH TOWARD SOUTH.
01:07:12 THAT'S THE STRETCH THAT'S GOING TO BE VACATED.
01:07:15 THIS IS OSBORNE AVENUE LOOKING WEST FROM AIR CARGO ROAD.
01:07:19 THIS IS OSBORNE LOOKING EAST TOWARD AIR CARGO ROAD FROM
01:07:24 WESTSHORE.
01:07:24 AND OSBORNE LOOKING TOWARD WESTSHORE AT COOPER PLACE
01:07:29 WHICH, AGAIN, HAD PREVIOUSLY VACATED AND BARRICADED IN
01:07:34 THIS PICTURE.
01:07:35 THERE ARE TWO STRUCTURES REMAINING IN THIS AREA.
01:07:37 THE AIRPORT HAS ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY, AND THEY WILL BE
01:07:40 DEMOLISHED.
01:07:41 THIS IS ONE OF THEM.
01:07:42 THEY ARE BOTH ON RENELLIE.
01:07:43 SO THESE ARE NOW OWNED BY THE AIRPORT.
01:07:45 THEY OWN ALL THE PROPERTY ABUTTING THESE RIGHT-OF-WAYS.
01:07:49 JUST AS SORT OF WHAT THE PROPERTY LOOKS LIKE, IT'S ALL
01:07:52 VACANT.
01:07:52 THEY DEMOLISHED THE STRUCTURES OVER THE YEARS.
01:07:55 THAT'S LOOKING SOUTH FROM OSBORNE, LOOKING NORTH FROM
01:07:58 OSBORNE.
01:07:58 LOOKING WEST FROM RENELLIE.
01:08:01 IT'S ALL PRETTY MUCH VACANT NOW.
01:08:05 EAST FROM RENELLIE AND NORTH AND SOUTH.
01:08:07 THE AIRPORT HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF WORKING WITH
01:08:13 ALL THE UTILITIES.
01:08:14 WE DO NEED TO RETAIN EASEMENTS FOR WASTEWATER, WATER,
01:08:17 STORMWATER, AND TECO, PEOPLES GAS.
01:08:19 THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS TO THIS REQUEST FROM STAFF.
01:08:21 DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
01:08:24 >>LUIS VIERA: ANY QUESTIONS?
01:08:25 YES, SIR.
01:08:30 >>BILL CARLSON: ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO OR SO, THE AIRPORT,
01:08:34 THE LAST AIRPORT ADMINISTRATION SPENT A LOT OF MONEY IN
01:08:36 THAT AREA ON INFRASTRUCTURE.
01:08:38 WERE YOU AROUND THEN?
01:08:39 DO YOU REMEMBER THAT?
01:08:40 >>BARBARA LYNCH: WELL, THEY DID A LOT OF VACATING.
01:08:42 THEY'VE BEEN ACQUIRING ALL THE PROPERTY IN THERE FOR
01:08:44 FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, AND WE DID A LOT OF VACATINGS.
01:08:48 AND THAT ALSO, LIKE, WHEN YOU LOOK --
01:08:49 >>BILL CARLSON: I REMEMBER IN ADDITION TO LAND, THEY DID
01:08:51 SOME IMPROVEMENTS.
01:08:52 >>BARBARA LYNCH: YEAH, THEY DID.
01:08:53 THEY DID AIR CARGO ROAD WHICH IS A HUGE DEVELOPMENT.
01:08:58 IF YOU LOOK AT THE ELMO --
01:09:01 >>BILL CARLSON: ARE THERE OTHER PROPERTIES THAT THEY ARE
01:09:03 GOING TO COME BACK WITH?
01:09:04 IS EVERYTHING VACATED NOW?
01:09:08 >>BARBARA LYNCH: I'LL LET ADAM ANSWER THAT.
01:09:11 HE'S HERE TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE WANT TO DO THERE.
01:09:14 THEY DO PLAN TO DO THE REST OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAYS BETWEEN
01:09:17 HILLSBOROUGH, TAMPA BAY, WESTSHORE, AND AIR CARGO ROAD.
01:09:19 THAT'S THE SECOND VACATING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN FILED.
01:09:24 >>LUIS VIERA: GO AHEAD, SIR.
01:09:28 >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
01:09:29 ADAM CARNEGIE WITH STANTEC.
01:09:32 I REPRESENT THE AVIATION AUTHORITY.
01:09:35 SUSAN FROM THE AVIATION AUTHORITY IS HERE IN CASE YOU
01:09:39 NEED TO ASK HER ANY QUESTIONS.
01:09:40 I ALSO HAVE LARRY SENSOR FROM CAE.
01:09:43 I'LL EXPLAIN WHO CAE IS AS PART OF ANSWERING YOUR
01:09:46 QUESTIONS, SIR.
01:09:47 THIS PETITION TO VACATE IS SUCH THAT -- I DON'T KNOW IF
01:09:54 WE CAN HAVE THE ELMO ON SCREEN, IS BEING DONE SO THAT
01:09:59 THIS FACILITY CAN BE BUILT -- THIS IS A FACILITY WITHIN
01:10:03 WHICH 600 PEOPLE WILL BE WORKING ONCE IT IS COMPLETE.
01:10:07 YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE ATTENDED THE GROUNDBREAKING
01:10:11 CEREMONY THAT WAS -- THAT RECENTLY OCCURRED.
01:10:16 THAT'S THE GOVERNOR AND YOUR MAYOR AND OUR MAYOR AND
01:10:18 OTHER PEOPLE AT THAT GROUNDBREAKING.
01:10:22 BUT THE TWO STREETS -- TWO OF THE THREE STREETS THAT ARE
01:10:27 BEING VACATED ARE IN THIS LOCATION.
01:10:30 SOUTH AVENUE RUNS EAST-WEST.
01:10:32 SO YOU ARE NOW LOOKING EAST ACROSS THE SITE THAT WILL BE
01:10:38 DEVELOPED ONCE THESE STREETS ARE VACATED.
01:10:41 RENELLIE DRIVE RUNS NORTH-SOUTH.
01:10:44 AND SO YOU SEE THERE ARE ACTUALLY BUILDINGS THAT ARE
01:10:47 GOING TO BE ON TOP OF THE CORRIDOR ONCE THESE ARE VACATED
01:10:51 AND ONCE UTILITIES HAVE BEEN -- [INAUDIBLE]
01:10:54 SO JUST LOOKING AT IT MORE SCHEMATICALLY, THAT IS THE
01:11:02 AREA OF THE FACILITY THAT WILL BE BUILT, THE CAE FACILITY
01:11:05 THAT MR. SENSOR IS HERE REPRESENTING.
01:11:08 YOU SEE ON THE WEST SIDE, WESTSHORE BOULEVARD.
01:11:12 AND ON THE EAST SIDE, THAT'S AIR CARGO ROAD.
01:11:15 THIS FACILITY -- THIS WHOLE AREA KIND OF BIGGER PICTURE
01:11:21 , THE WHOLE -- THIS GOES TO YOUR QUESTION, MR. CARLSON,
01:11:26 THIS IS AN EXCERPT FROM THE MASTER PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED
01:11:35 BY THE AIRPORT.
01:11:38 THE THREE RED STREETS YOU SEE THERE ARE THE STREETS THAT
01:11:41 ARE BEFORE YOU TODAY TO BE VACATED.
01:11:43 BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THE EAST DEVELOPMENT AREA EXTENDS
01:11:46 FROM HILLSBOROUGH IN THE NORTH, TAMPA BAY BOULEVARD IN
01:11:50 THE SOUTH, AND THEN THIS IS AIR CARGO ROAD AND FORMER
01:11:54 WESTSHORE.
01:11:54 AS PART OF THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE AIRPORT, ALL OF THAT
01:11:59 EAST DEVELOPMENT HERE, THE DREW PARK AREA, HAS BEEN
01:12:02 ACQUIRED OVER MANY DECADES.
01:12:05 THE LAST TWO PIECES OF PROPERTY WITHIN WHICH WERE JUST
01:12:08 ACQUIRED IN JULY.
01:12:10 THIS IS ALL GOING TO BE USED FOR LARGE FOOTPRINT
01:12:14 AIRPORT-RELATED DEVELOPMENT.
01:12:16 THE CAE PROJECT IS ONE SUCH PROJECT.
01:12:19 SO THERE ARE OTHERS THAT ARE QUEUED UP AND ARE GOING
01:12:25 THROUGH PERMITTING, JUST ELIMINATING THE STREETS AND
01:12:29 ALLOWING FOR LARGE FOOTPRINT DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE EAST
01:12:33 DEVELOPMENT AREA IS WHY WE ARE DOING THIS.
01:12:37 NOW, UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT HAS GONE
01:12:41 INTO THIS.
01:12:43 FOR EXAMPLE, JUST AS ONE SMALL PIECE OF IT, AS YOU CAN
01:12:46 SEE HERE, THIS IS A RECENT DECISION FOR THE PARTICULAR
01:12:50 DEVELOPMENT THAT IS GOING TO SIT ON TOP OF THE STREETS
01:12:52 THAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO VACATE.
01:12:54 THIS IS A RECORD OF DECISION FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL
01:12:57 ASSESSMENT AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
01:12:58 SO WE ARE COMING TO THE CITY TO ASK THAT THESE BE VACATED
01:13:03 BECAUSE THERE'S NO OTHER WAY FOR THE AIRPORT TO BUILD AND
01:13:07 -- TO BUILD THE EAST DEVELOPMENT AREA AND ITS COMPONENT
01:13:11 PROJECT WITHOUT THE VACATING OF THESE STREETS.
01:13:14 I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN OVERALL PERSPECTIVE.
01:13:17 BEFORE I FINISH, I DO WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, THE MOST
01:13:21 IMPORTANT THING I CAN SAY, YOU HAVE A LOT OF REALLY GOOD
01:13:25 CITY EMPLOYEES.
01:13:27 JIMMY COOK AND BARBARA LYNCH ARE MORE THAN GOOD.
01:13:32 THEY ARE EXTREMELY KNOWLEDGEABLE, DOING LARGE VACATIONS
01:13:37 LIKE THIS WITHIN AREAS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT YOU NEED
01:13:41 REAL EXPERTISE HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT, EXPERIENCE TO DEAL
01:13:45 WITH ALL OF THE NUANCES.
01:13:47 WITHOUT THEM, WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS.
01:13:49 I JUST REALLY WANT TO EXTEND A GREAT LOAD OF THANKS TO
01:13:53 BARBARA AND TO JIMMY AND ALSO TO THANK JULIE HARDY FOR
01:13:58 DRAFTING THE DOCUMENTS.
01:13:59 ANY REQUEST HE IS?
01:14:00 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
01:14:01 ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL?
01:14:02 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
01:14:04 WE APPRECIATE IT.
01:14:05 IS ANYONE HERE TO PUBLICLY COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER 70?
01:14:09 IF SO, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
01:14:15 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
01:14:16 >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN
01:14:18 MANISCALCO.
01:14:18 A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
01:14:20 ANY IN FAVOR?
01:14:21 ANY OPPOSED?
01:14:22 I BELIEVE COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO THIS FALLS UPON YOU, IF
01:14:25 YOU DON'T MIND, ITEM 70.
01:14:27 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
01:14:28 I HAVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING AND
01:14:30 CONSIDERATION.
01:14:31 AN ORDINANCE VACATING, CLOSING, DISCONTINUING AND
01:14:34 ABANDONING PORTIONS OF RIGHT-OF-WAY KNOWN AS WEST SOUTH
01:14:36 AVENUE, WEST OSBORNE AVENUE AND NORTH RENELLIE DRIVE, IN
01:14:40 REPLAT OF DREW PARK, A SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF TAMPA,
01:14:44 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE SAME BEING MORE FULLY
01:14:46 DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 HEREOF, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN
01:14:48 EASEMENT RESERVATIONS, COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, AND
01:14:51 RESTRICTIONS MORE PARTICULARLY SET FORTH HEREIN;
01:14:53 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
01:14:54 >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
01:14:56 A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
01:14:58 ALL IN FAVOR?
01:14:59 ANY OPPOSED?
01:15:02 >>THE CLERK: SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON
01:15:05 NOVEMBER 7, 2019 AT 9:30 A.M.
01:15:07 >>LUIS VIERA: ON ITEM 71, MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION --
01:15:12 ACTUALLY, RESCHEDULE.
01:15:15 WE DON'T NEED TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON A RESCHEDULE.
01:15:18 >>MARTIN SHELBY: NO, SIR.
01:15:19 CAN'T BE HEARD.
01:15:19 IT IS A MOTION TO RESCHEDULE TO DATE AND TIME.
01:15:23 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO RESCHEDULE ITEM 71 TO
01:15:26 JANUARY 9, 2020 AT 10:30 A.M.
01:15:29 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
01:15:30 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
01:15:32 ANY IN FAVOR?
01:15:33 ANY OPPOSED?
01:15:33 NEXT, 72. BEFORE YOU BEGIN, MS. KERT.
01:15:38 WE WANTED TO SAY WELCOME BACK.
01:15:40 WE LOVE TO HAVE YOU BACK, WITH YOU AND YOUR EXPANDED
01:15:44 FAMILY.
01:15:45 GOD BLESS YOU.
01:15:46 >>REBECCA KERT: THANK YOU.
01:15:46 THAT'S VERY NICE OF YOU.
01:15:47 REBECCA KERT, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY.
01:15:50 I'M HERE ON THIS ITEM, WHICH IS A PETITION FOR REVIEW FOR
01:15:52 A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
01:15:54 THE REVIEW HEARING THAT IS BEFORE YOU DE NOVO, WHICH
01:15:57 MEANS YOU WILL BE TAKING IN NEW EVIDENCE.
01:15:59 HOWEVER, EVEN THOUGH YOU WILL BE TAKING IN NEW EVIDENCE,
01:16:02 YOU ARE STILL LIMITED BY THE CRITERIA IN YOUR CODE.
01:16:05 A SPECIAL USE IS A USE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DETERMINED
01:16:09 BY YOUR CODE TO BE ALLOWED IF CERTAIN CRITERIA ARE MET.
01:16:12 IN THIS PARTICULAR MATTER, THE CRITERIA WERE NOT MET,
01:16:15 WHICH STAFF WILL FULLY EXPLAIN WHEN THEY GO OVER THE
01:16:17 PETITION TO YOU.
01:16:18 THAT IS, THE APPLICANT IS HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU FOR A
01:16:25 WAIVER TO ONE OF THE CRITERIA.
01:16:26 YOU'LL TAKE IN THE FACT THEY ARE PRESENTING TO YOU BY
01:16:29 STAFF AND THE APPLICANT AND APPLY THEM TO THE CRITERIA IN
01:16:31 THE CODE THAT I WILL HAND OUT TO YOU SO YOU CAN LOOK AT
01:16:35 THEM.
01:16:35 THEY ARE YOUR GENERAL STANDARDS.
01:16:36 WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO SEE IS WHETHER OR NOT THE
01:16:40 APPLICATION AS PRESENTED WITH THE WAIVER STILL CONTINUES
01:16:45 TO MEET YOUR GENERAL STANDARDS.
01:16:46 AFTER THE HEARING IS CLOSED, YOU WILL NEED TO MAKE A
01:16:53 MOTION TO EITHER DENY THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT OR TO GRANT
01:16:55 THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
01:16:57 I'M GOING TO PROVIDE SAMPLES OF THAT TO YOU.
01:17:01 YOU CAN READ THE LANGUAGE AS WRITTEN, AND THEN ADD
01:17:03 WHATEVER FACTS YOU ARE BASING YOUR DECISION ON.
01:17:06 I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MR. COTTON TO EXPLAIN THE
01:17:12 PETITION TO YOU.
01:17:13 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, ERIC COTTON, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.
01:17:16 THIS IS A PETITION FOR REVIEW FOR SPECIAL USE 1-19-40 FOR
01:17:21 PROPERTY AT 5607 NORTH MIAMI AVENUE.
01:17:24 THIS IS IN THE SEMINOLE HEIGHTS HISTORIC DISTRICT.
01:17:29 THIS IS COMANCHE.
01:17:35 THIS IS NEBRASKA.
01:17:35 POWHATAN, AND MIAMI RUNS THROUGH HERE.
01:17:40 SO THE APPLICANT APPLIED FOR AN SCARY DWELLING UNIT IN
01:17:45 SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, THROUGHOUT THIS AN ACCESSORY DWELLING
01:17:49 UNIT UP TO 950 SQUARE FEET, MAXIMUM SIZE OF AN ACCESSORY
01:17:54 STRUCTURE.
01:17:55 THIS ACCESSORY STRUCTURE WAS PROPOSED AT 1,252 SQUARE
01:17:59 FEET.
01:17:59 IN ORDER TO -- THEY ARE ASKING TO REDUCE SETBACK FROM
01:18:05 20-FOOT IN THE REAR TO THREE FEET WHICH IS A TYPICAL
01:18:09 ACCESSORY STRUCTURE SETBACK.
01:18:11 IN ORDER TO DO SO, THEY HAVE TO GET A VARIANCE.
01:18:13 THEY WERE GRANTED A VARIANCE IN THE ARC AS WELL AS A
01:18:17 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND
01:18:20 THE DESIGN OF THE STRUCTURE.
01:18:21 WHEN THEY APPLIED FOR THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT, CAME
01:18:28 TO THE POINT WHERE STAFF HAS TO DENY THE REQUEST BECAUSE
01:18:31 THERE IS A PROVISION IN THE CODE THAT SAYS ACCESSORY
01:18:33 DWELLING UNIT CAN'T BE PLACED INTO A STRUCTURE THAT IS
01:18:35 EITHER NONCONFORMING OR MADE CONFORMING AS A RESULT OF
01:18:38 THE VARIANCE.
01:18:39 AS A RESULT, ADMINISTRATIVELY, WE DENY THE REQUEST.
01:18:41 THE APPLICANT -- PETITIONER HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAL
01:18:45 TO CITY COUNCIL, AND YOU CAN GRANT THE VARIANCE AS PART
01:18:47 OF THE SPECIAL USE PETITION.
01:18:49 THIS IS THE SITE PLAN.
01:18:53 THIS IS THE PROPOSED GARAGE.
01:18:55 IT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
01:18:57 THE REQUIRED SETBACK, BECAUSE OF THE OVERALL SQUARE
01:19:00 FOOTAGE OF THE STRUCTURE IS 20 FEET.
01:19:02 THEY ARE PROPOSING TO BUILD IT AT 3 FEET.
01:19:04 JUST SOME PHOTOS, THE TOP PHOTO IS THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
01:19:12 YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOTTOM PHOTO, THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE
01:19:15 THROUGH THE COVERAGE OF THE TREES, NOT OVERLY VISIBLE
01:19:19 FROM THE STREET BECAUSE OF THE LANDSCAPING.
01:19:22 THESE WERE TAKEN FROM THE ALLEY ITSELF.
01:19:25 YOU CAN SEE THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IS TWO STORIES TALL.
01:19:28 A LITTLE OVER 1200 SQUARE FEET.
01:19:30 AND THEN THESE ARE PHOTOS OF THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH,
01:19:33 PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH, AND JUST FOR YOUR VIEW, THIS IS
01:19:38 FROM THE PROPERTY LOOKING NORTH DOWN THE STREET AND SOUTH
01:19:41 DOWN THE STREET.
01:19:42 DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER OR CLARIFY?
01:19:46 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
01:19:47 ANY QUESTIONS?
01:19:49 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
01:19:49 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. COTTON.
01:19:51 ALWAYS THOROUGH AS USUAL.
01:19:53 WHY IS IT HALF BUILT OR THREE-QUARTERS BUILT?
01:19:56 >>ERIC COTTON: RECEIVED A BUILDING PERMIT FOR IT.
01:19:58 DURING THE BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS, THAT'S -- THE ARC
01:20:01 WHEN THEY GOT THAT VARIANCE FROM THE ARC AS WELL AS A
01:20:04 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS THEY COULD START
01:20:05 CONSTRUCTION.
01:20:06 WHAT THEY DON'T SHOW ON THEIR BUILDING PERMITS, AND MY
01:20:09 UNDERSTANDING IS THE ACTUAL KITCHEN ITSELF, MEANING THE
01:20:12 ABILITY TO COOK WITH A STOVE IN IT.
01:20:15 IF COUNCIL OVERTURNS DENIAL, AMEND BUILDING PERMIT, ADD
01:20:19 THE FULL KITCHEN IN AND COMMENCE WITH THE REST OF THE
01:20:22 CONSTRUCTION.
01:20:22 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: RIGHT NOW, WITHOUT THE KITCHEN AREA,
01:20:26 WHAT IS IT?
01:20:28 >>ERIC COTTON: JUST AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
01:20:30 WITHOUT THE KITCHEN AREA, WE ALL WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY
01:20:34 BEFORE YOU GUYS.
01:20:37 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
01:20:37 ANYONE ELSE?
01:20:41 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WHAT IS THE ZONING ON THE PROPERTY
01:20:42 NOW?
01:20:42 >>ERIC COTTON: IT IS SH-RS, SEMINOLE HEIGHTS RESIDENTIAL
01:20:49 SINGLE-FAMILY.
01:20:51 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IF I RECALL, THESE STRUCTURES ARE
01:20:53 ALLOWED IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS.
01:20:55 >>ERIC COTTON: CORRECT, WITH SPECIAL USE, THEY ARE
01:20:56 ALLOWED ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
01:20:59 >>LUIS VIERA: ANYONE ELSE?
01:21:00 THANK YOU, SIR.
01:21:02 >>ERIC COTTON: YOU'RE WELCOME.
01:21:16 >>LUIS VIERA: I GUESS THE APPELLANT.
01:21:20 GO AHEAD.
01:21:21 >> I'M PETER SPANOS.
01:21:22 I'M ONE OF THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION.
01:21:24 WHEN WE WENT BEFORE THE ARC, FIRST OF ALL, THE POINT I
01:21:30 WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AND CLARIFY WITH ALL OF YOU IS OUR
01:21:32 HOME IS SITUATED ON TWO BUILDABLE LOTS.
01:21:35 OUR HOME IS ON ONE BUILDABLE LOT.
01:21:37 THE LOT NEXT DOOR, WHERE YOU SEE WHERE WE'VE BUILT THE
01:21:40 STRUCTURE OR STARTED BUILDING THE STRUCTURE, IS A SECOND
01:21:44 FULL BUILDABLE LOT.
01:21:46 WHEN WE WENT BEFORE THE ARC, WE NEVER HID THE FACT THAT
01:21:52 WE WOULD BE PUTTING IN A KITCHEN IN THE STRUCTURE.
01:21:55 IT WAS APPROVED WITH THAT IN MIND.
01:21:58 AND THE ARC'S OPINION WAS BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE LOT,
01:22:01 THE OVERALL LOT ITSELF, TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION BOTH THE
01:22:05 HOUSE AND THE OVERALL PROPERTY, THAT THIS STRUCTURE WAS
01:22:10 PROPORTIONATE TO THE SIZE OF THE LOT.
01:22:12 SO I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED AS TO WHY WE ARE HERE AND WHY
01:22:17 NOW THIS HAS BECOME AN ISSUE.
01:22:19 WHEN WE APPLIED FOR THE BUILDING PERMIT, WE FOLLOWED THE
01:22:22 INSTRUCTIONS OF THE CITY.
01:22:24 THEY SAID IF YOU WANT TO GET STARTED SOONER THAN LATER,
01:22:29 REMOVE THE KITCHEN.
01:22:30 APPLY FOR A SPECIAL USE LATER, START THE CONSTRUCTION SO
01:22:33 YOU CAN GET STARTED ON THIS PROJECT, AND THEN APPLY FOR.
01:22:38 AM I CORRECT ON THAT?
01:22:39 OKAY.
01:22:39 I'M SORRY, THIS IS OUR CONTRACTOR.
01:22:43 SO I WASN'T INVOLVED IN ALL THE SPECIFICS.
01:22:45 I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS REPEATING IT CORRECTLY.
01:22:47 MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT WE WERE INSTRUCTED BY THE CITY
01:22:51 TO REMOVE THE KITCHEN FROM THE PLAN, GET STARTED, GET THE
01:22:55 BUILDING PERMIT, AND THEN ADD THE KITCHEN AT A LATER
01:22:59 DATE.
01:23:00 SO THOSE WERE THE INSTRUCTIONS THAT WE FOLLOWED FROM THE
01:23:02 CITY.
01:23:02 AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'RE HERE AND TO YOUR QUESTION,
01:23:05 SIR, WHY IT'S HALF BUILT, WE STARTED THIS PROCESS BACK IN
01:23:09 NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR.
01:23:12 AND SO WE HAVE POURED THE FOUNDATION, STARTED THE FIRST
01:23:14 STORY OF THIS.
01:23:16 WE WERE APPROVED BY THE ARC IN MAY.
01:23:19 WE GOT A BUILDING PERMIT IN JULY, AND THEN WE DIDN'T GET
01:23:23 THE LETTER FROM MR. COTTON UNTIL MID AUGUST.
01:23:25 BY THAT POINT, WE HAD ALREADY STARTED -- THE FOUNDATION
01:23:28 HAD BEEN POURED.
01:23:28 THE FIRST STORY HAD BEEN BUILT.
01:23:31 AND THE CITY HAS BEEN COMING OUT AND APPROVING EVERY STEP
01:23:34 OF THE WAY, EVERY PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION.
01:23:37 THEY HAVE BEEN COMING OUT AND INSPECTING IT AND ISSUING
01:23:40 THE GO-AHEAD TO CONTINUE.
01:23:42 AGAIN, I'M AT A LOSS TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE ACTUALLY
01:23:47 HERE TODAY.
01:23:48 THANK YOU.
01:23:51 >> [INAUDIBLE]
01:23:53 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
01:23:56 >> FROM THE BEGINNING, WE SPOKE WITH -- WE HAD PROBABLY
01:24:00 15 MEETINGS WITH THE CITY, THE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY.
01:24:05 AND THEY TOLD US WE COULD BUILD 950 FEET -- IT SHOULD BE
01:24:11 A FOOTPRINT ON THEIR PROPERTY.
01:24:15 SO WE DESIGNED IT AS THAT.
01:24:19 THEY HAVE ANOTHER SMALL STORAGE UNIT SO WE MADE SURE
01:24:23 EVERYTHING WAS CONFINED TO 950 SQUARE FEET OF FOOTPRINT
01:24:28 WITH LESS THAN 600 SQUARE FOOT APARTMENT.
01:24:31 AND WE MADE SURE OUR ENGINEER DREW THOSE PLANS TO WHAT
01:24:38 THE CITY TOLD US.
01:24:42 SO THIS ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT IS ACTUALLY ONLY 600
01:24:48 SQUARE FEET.
01:24:49 THE 950 SQUARE FEET IS INCLUDING A GARAGE.
01:24:52 SO ALL THEY ARE TRYING TO RENT OUT IS 600 SQUARE FEET.
01:24:55 THEY ARE NOT RENTING OUT THE ENTIRE GARAGE.
01:24:58 THEY ARE GOING TO BE PARKING THEIR VEHICLES IN THE
01:24:59 GARAGE.
01:25:00 ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE A LITTLE -- I THINK THE CODE IS A
01:25:03 LITTLE VAGUE ON WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO RENT OUT -- YEAH,
01:25:15 IT'S EVEN HARD TO EXPLAIN HERE.
01:25:17 THE 950 SQUARE FEET IS ACTUALLY NOT WHAT THEY ARE TRYING
01:25:21 TO RENT.
01:25:27 >>LUIS VIERA: IF YOU COULD RESTATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE.
01:25:29 >> PETER SPANOS.
01:25:30 EVEN IN THE LETTER THAT MR. COTTON SENT, IT SAYS
01:25:35 ACCESSORY DEALING WITH UNITS.
01:25:36 IT EMPHASIZES "DWELLING" SQUARE FOOTAGE.
01:25:39 SO OUR -- WE'RE WELL WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE DWELLING
01:25:44 PORTION OF THE CONSTRUCTION.
01:25:46 THERE'S BEEN -- OVER THIS WHOLE PROCESS THERE HAVE BEEN
01:25:50 SO MANY MISSTEPS AND MISCOMMUNICATIONS AND REDOS BECAUSE
01:25:55 OF THE CITY.
01:25:55 THE CITY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IN OUR ARC HEARING.
01:26:00 WE'VE GONE THROUGH -- WE HAD TO DO THREE DIFFERENT PLANS
01:26:02 BASED ON THE MISINFORMATION THAT THE CITY HAD GIVEN US.
01:26:05 SO I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S VERY CONFUSING, EVEN FOR THE
01:26:08 PROFESSIONALS.
01:26:10 LIKE I SAID, I GUESS WE'RE STILL SOMEWHAT CONFUSED AS TO
01:26:16 WHY WE'RE NOW AT THIS PROCESS.
01:26:17 THANK YOU.
01:26:18 >> ONE MORE THING --
01:26:18 >>LUIS VIERA: YOUR NAME.
01:26:20 >> TAIESE SEDWICK.
01:26:25 ONE OF THE REASONS THE ARC WAS OPEN TO APPROVING THE
01:26:28 VARIANCE WAS BECAUSE OF HOW QUICKLY TAMPA IS GROWING AND
01:26:33 HOW THE SHORTAGE IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND RENTALS IS
01:26:37 BECOMING AN ISSUE AND WILL BECOME A BIGGER ISSUE.
01:26:40 I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE
01:26:42 INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU GUYS VOTE.
01:26:46 YOU KNOW, WITHOUT A USABLE KITCHEN, ALL THEY CAN DO --
01:26:50 AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO RENT THIS SPACE, BUT IT'S NOT
01:26:56 WITH A USABLE KITCHEN, ANYTHING TO BE ABLE TO COOK YOUR
01:27:00 FOOD.
01:27:00 IT'S JUST A BATHROOM AND A SINK.
01:27:04 IF YOU COULD KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WELL.
01:27:07 THANK YOU.
01:27:09 >>LUIS VIERA: ANYTHING ELSE?
01:27:10 ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
01:27:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ERIC, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION, PLEASE?
01:27:16 THE PETITIONER STATED THIS ON TWO BUILDABLE LOTS.
01:27:20 CORRECT?
01:27:21 >>ERIC COTTON: IT'S ON TWO -- IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, THE
01:27:24 PLATTED LOT IS CONSIDERED TO BE CONFORMING LOT.
01:27:26 SO THEY HAVE I THINK LOTS 8 AND 9 OF THEIR SUBDIVISION.
01:27:30 >>JOSEPH CITRO: AGAIN, I'M SAYING, IF THIS WERE GRANTED
01:27:32 HOW WOULD IT AFFECT IF THEY SPLIT THE LOT AND SOMEBODY
01:27:35 WERE TO COME IN AND BUY THE PROPERTY WHICH THIS IS ON,
01:27:38 THEN BUILDING A NEW HOUSE?
01:27:40 >>ERIC COTTON: IF THEY WERE TO SPLIT THE PROPERTY, THE
01:27:44 ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT BECOMES A PRIMARY USE ON THE
01:27:48 PROPERTY.
01:27:49 A NEW HOUSE CAN'T BE BUILT UNLESS THEY GET A SPECIAL USE
01:27:53 FOR EITHER THE ONE IN THE BACK OR THE ONE IN THE FRONT.
01:27:57 I DO WANT TO CLARIFY, ON THE LETTER THAT WAS ISSUED BY
01:27:59 STAFF, WE HAVE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN ACCESSORY DWELLING
01:28:04 UNIT AND AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
01:28:08 SO THERE ARE THE TWO ISSUES THAT ARE BEFORE YOU.
01:28:11 THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT CAPPED AT 950 SQUARE FEET AS
01:28:15 IS AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
01:28:19 ACCESSORY STRUCTURE GREATER THAN 950, WHICH IS WHY THEY
01:28:21 ARE BEFORE COUNCIL TODAY.
01:28:23 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
01:28:26 >>ERIC COTTON: YOU'RE WELCOME.
01:28:30 >>LUIS VIERA: MA'AM, THEY STILL HAVE TIME, CORRECT.
01:28:34 >> THAT'S ANOTHER KIND OF GRAY AREA THERE.
01:28:38 THE REASON WHY WE RECEIVED THE VARIANCE WAS FOR THE
01:28:43 SETBACK.
01:28:43 SO TECHNICALLY WE ARE BUILDING ON THAT SECOND LOT.
01:28:47 THE REASON WHY THEY GAVE US THE VARIANCE -- YEAH, THE
01:28:51 SETBACK.
01:28:51 WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING LIKE TEN FEET AND NOW THEY
01:28:58 GAVE US THE VARIANCE TO BE THREE FEET.
01:29:01 I GUESS THAT'S WHAT A VARIANCE IS FOR.
01:29:03 WHY ARE WE NOW GOING BACK TO BEING -- WHY IS THE 950
01:29:09 SQUARE FEET BEING BROUGHT BACK INTO THE --
01:29:15 >>ERIC COTTON: ERIC COTTON, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.
01:29:17 IT'S STILL CONSIDERED ONE ZONING LOT.
01:29:19 UNTIL THEY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND SEPARATE IT OUT
01:29:21 WITH A SEPARATE FOLIO NUMBER, SEPARATE DEEDS AND ALL,
01:29:23 IT'S CONSIDERED ONE ZONING LOT.
01:29:25 THAT'S WHAT THE NEED FOR THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT WAS.
01:29:28 THAT'S WHY THEY WENT THROUGH THE SPECIAL USE PROCESS.
01:29:32 >>LUIS VIERA: GO AHEAD.
01:29:34 HOW MUCH TIME DO THEY HAVE?
01:29:38 >> PETER SPANOS.
01:29:39 WE'VE LIVED IN THIS PROPERTY FOR 30 YEARS.
01:29:42 UP UNTIL VERY RECENTLY, THIS SEPARATE LOT HAD ITS OWN
01:29:49 ADDRESS.
01:29:50 IT WAS SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS OR SO THAT THE
01:29:53 CITY DEEMED IT APPROPRIATE TO CREATE -- MAKE IT ONE LOT.
01:29:57 THE ONLY WAY THAT THAT BECAME OF KNOWLEDGE TO ME IS WHEN
01:30:00 WE STARTED GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
01:30:03 THEY SAID, NO, NO, IT'S ONE LARGE LOT.
01:30:06 I SAID, BUT, THE LOT NEXT DOOR TO US WAS ALWAYS A
01:30:09 SEPARATE BUILDABLE LOT.
01:30:11 IT ALWAYS HAD ITS OWN ADDRESS.
01:30:14 >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA HAS A
01:30:16 QUESTION.
01:30:16 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WAS ALL RIGHT UNTIL WHEN I HEARD --
01:30:22 NOW, YOU JUST SAID THERE USED TO BE TWO LOTS AND THE CITY
01:30:25 MADE IT ONE LOT.
01:30:26 HOW CAN THE CITY DO THAT?
01:30:28 >> THAT'S THE QUESTION I ASKED, SIR.
01:30:29 I ASKED THAT VERY SAME QUESTION, BECAUSE WE WERE NEVER
01:30:33 APPROACHED THAT.
01:30:34 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO
01:30:36 THAT.
01:30:37 >> JUST AS FAR AS THE VARIANCE IS CONCERNED, I WANT TO
01:30:41 CLARIFY THAT POINT.
01:30:42 ALL THE BUILDINGS, IF YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH SEMINOLE
01:30:45 HEIGHTS, ALL OF THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, ALL THE
01:30:48 GARAGE APARTMENTS AND ALL THE GARAGES ARE BUILT UP RIGHT
01:30:51 AGAINST THE PROPERTY LINE IN THE ALLEYS.
01:30:52 CURRENT CODE WAS CALLING FOR IT TO BE BUILT 22 FEET IN
01:30:59 FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.
01:31:00 SO THAT WAS PART OF THE REASON FOR THE VARIANCE.
01:31:02 IF WE DID THAT, WE WERE GOING TO DESTROY SOME VERY MATURE
01:31:07 TREES AND FOLIAGE, WHICH THE ARC --
01:31:10 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'M FURTHER CONFUSED.
01:31:12 THERE'S GOT TO BE A TRAIL OF SOME FOLIO NUMBER.
01:31:15 HOW DID ONE FOLIO NUMBER BECOME TWO?
01:31:18 >> I DON'T KNOW, SIR.
01:31:19 I REALLY DON'T.
01:31:23 >>ERIC COTTON: ERIC COTTON, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.
01:31:25 THE CITY DOESN'T COMBINE OR EITHER JOIN OR DISJOIN
01:31:30 FOLIOS.
01:31:30 THAT'S DONE BY THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S OFFICE.
01:31:34 IF THERE WERE TWO FOLIOS ON THE PROPERTY TWO SEPARATE
01:31:37 LOTS AND COMBINED TOGETHER, THAT'S USUALLY DONE BY THE
01:31:39 PROPERTY APPRAISER OR WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER'S
01:31:41 PERMISSION.
01:31:41 THE CITY IS NOT PART OF THAT REQUEST.
01:31:43 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WHAT I'M SAYING, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE
01:31:45 THE RIGHT TO DO THAT.
01:31:46 I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT.
01:31:49 >> AGAIN, SIR, I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
01:31:50 ALL I KNOW IS WHEN I WAS INVOLVED -- I WAS ON THE
01:31:53 COMMITTEE THAT CREATED -- THAT HELPED CREATE THE HISTORIC
01:31:57 DISTRICT FOR SEMINOLE HEIGHTS.
01:31:59 AND I DID THE FOOTPRINT OF EVERY BUILDING TO HELP US
01:32:03 APPLY FOR AND BECOME A HISTORIC DISTRICT.
01:32:07 I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT OUR LOT NEXT DOOR TO US WAS LISTED
01:32:11 AS 5605.
01:32:13 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WHAT I'M SAYING, IT'S GOT TO BE
01:32:16 SOMEWHERE IN SOMEBODY'S OFFICE, IN SOME DEPARTMENT OF
01:32:18 SOME ENTITY A REASON WHY.
01:32:21 AND I DON'T KNOW THAT REASON.
01:32:23 >> NOR DO I, SIR.
01:32:26 I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT HAS BECOME AN ISSUE.
01:32:28 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HAVE YOU DONE ANY INVESTIGATION WITH
01:32:29 THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S OFFICE.
01:32:31 >> NO, SIR, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THIS CAME TO LIGHT AS WE
01:32:35 WERE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
01:32:36 AND AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE NO INTENTION REALLY OF SELLING
01:32:38 THAT PROPERTY.
01:32:39 ONCE THE ARC GRANTED OUR VARIANCE AND GRANTED THE
01:32:44 BUILDING -- THE ARC DIDN'T DO THE BUILDING PERMIT, BUT WE
01:32:48 GOT OUR BUILDING PERMIT, OUR PURPOSES WERE MET AND IT
01:32:53 BECOMES LESS OF AN ISSUE NOW.
01:32:55 IT DIDN'T SEEM TO BE AS IMPORTANT.
01:33:00 >>REBECCA KERT: COUNCIL, THE ISSUE OF WHETHER OR NOT IT'S
01:33:02 TWO LOTS OR ONE LOT CAN'T BE RESOLVED TODAY.
01:33:06 IF THEY WANT TO CONTINUE THIS HEARING, WE CAN LOOK INTO
01:33:09 WHAT HAPPENED.
01:33:09 OR THEY CAN PROCEED FORWARD AND TRY TO RESOLVE IT TODAY.
01:33:12 THE BOTTOM LINE IS THEY ARE HERE TODAY BECAUSE THERE IS A
01:33:15 NUANCE IN YOUR CODE FOR ACCESSORY STRUCTURES.
01:33:18 YOU MAY AGREE WITH IT.
01:33:19 YOU MAY NOT AGREE WITH IT.
01:33:21 YOU MAY WANT TO CHANGE IT.
01:33:23 TODAY, AS IT STANDS, IF YOUR LOT BECAME LEGAL BECAUSE YOU
01:33:26 GOT A VARIANCE, WHICH THEY DID BEFORE THE ARC, YOU HAVE
01:33:29 TO GET A WAIVER.
01:33:30 THEY GOT THE VARIANCE.
01:33:34 THEIR LOT IS LEGAL.
01:33:35 THE STRUCTURE IS LEGAL.
01:33:37 BUT TO HAVE THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT, BECAUSE OF THE
01:33:41 WAY THE CODE IS WRITTEN, THEY HAVE TO GET A WAIVER.
01:33:43 WE CAN LOOK AT THAT IN THE FUTURE, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE
01:33:45 ARE TODAY.
01:33:46 THE ONLY OTHER OPTION IS YOU COULD CONTINUE THIS HEARING.
01:33:49 YOU COULD SEE WHETHER OR NOT HE CAN MAKE THEM TWO
01:33:52 SEPARATE LOTS.
01:33:53 MAKE THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE A PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE BUT
01:33:55 THAT IS A COMPLETELY SEPARATE PROCESS THAT IS GOING TO,
01:33:58 FRANKLY, TAKE SOME MORE TIME OR WE CAN TRY TO GET IT
01:34:01 RESOLVED TODAY.
01:34:02 >> MAY I ASK ANOTHER QUESTION?
01:34:05 I'M SORRY --
01:34:05 >>LUIS VIERA: STATE YOUR NAME.
01:34:06 >> PETER SPANOS.
01:34:09 WE'VE NEVER MET BEFORE.
01:34:10 >>REBECCA KERT: REBECCA KERT, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY.
01:34:12 I APOLOGIZE.
01:34:13 >> I'M NOT BEING ADVERSARIAL.
01:34:16 I WANT TO CLARIFY AND UNDERSTAND THIS.
01:34:17 WHEN WE WENT BEFORE THE ARC, THE PLANS THAT WERE APPROVED
01:34:20 WERE WITH THE KITCHEN IN IT, AND IT WAS APPROVED WITH ALL
01:34:24 THOSE ELEMENTS.
01:34:27 SO IT WASN'T UNTIL WE WENT BEFORE THE CITY TO GET THE
01:34:31 BUILDING PERMIT AND THEN THE CITY ADVISED US TO REMOVE
01:34:35 THE KITCHEN SO THAT WE COULD EXPEDITE THE PROCESS AND
01:34:39 THEN PUT THE KITCHEN BACK AT A LATER DATE.
01:34:42 I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY WE WERE APPROVED WITH ALL THOSE
01:34:46 ELEMENTS, AND IT WAS VERY CLEAR IN THE ARC'S LETTER THAT
01:34:49 THEY WERE APPROVING IT WITH ALL THOSE ELEMENTS.
01:34:52 >>LUIS VIERA: MS. KERT, THEN COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER HAS A
01:34:56 QUESTION.
01:34:59 >> REBECCA KERT, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
01:35:01 IT SEEMS LIKE THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DONE DIFFERENTLY AND
01:35:03 PERHAPS HAD HIM THROUGH THIS PROCESS -- LET HIM KNOW HE
01:35:06 NEEDED TO BE THROUGH THIS PROCESS SOONER.
01:35:08 I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED, CERTAINLY, I APOLOGIZE FOR
01:35:11 THAT, BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL IF YOU WERE TOLD
01:35:13 AT THAT TIME YOU HAD TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
01:35:14 HOWEVER, THE ARC DOESN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO GRANT THESE
01:35:17 WAIVERS.
01:35:17 THEY DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THE USE OF THE PROPERTY.
01:35:19 SO WHATEVER THE ARC DID, THEY DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO
01:35:22 HAVE GRANTED THIS USE.
01:35:24 IT'S NOT WITHIN THEIR PURVIEW.
01:35:26 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
01:35:26 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
01:35:27 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YEAH, PERHAPS MORE OF A COMMENT THAN A
01:35:34 QUESTION.
01:35:34 NOW THAT I'M GETTING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WE GOT
01:35:37 TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, I THINK IT WOULD PROBABLY BE IN
01:35:42 THE PETITIONER'S BEST INTEREST TO -- OF COURSE, IT'S
01:35:45 ALWAYS YOUR CHOICE, BUT TO ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD AND
01:35:49 SEE WHERE THIS GOES.
01:35:52 UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T KNOW, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT
01:35:57 WORD THAT REBECCA USED.
01:35:59 BUT THIS SORT OF ANOMALY IN THE CODE PERHAPS NEEDS
01:36:03 ADDRESSING DOWN THE ROAD, BUT THAT DOESN'T HELP YOU
01:36:06 BECAUSE YOU'RE HERE TODAY DEALING WITH THE CODE THAT WE
01:36:08 HAVE AND THERE'S NOTHING -- WE CAN'T CHANGE THE CODE AD
01:36:12 HOC LIKE THAT.
01:36:13 ALL WE CAN DO IS GO AHEAD AND REVIEW THE -- THE
01:36:20 ADMINISTRATOR -- WHO MADE THE DECISION, THEY WERE BETWEEN
01:36:22 A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, TOO, BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T MEET THE
01:36:26 CRITERIA -- THE WAIVER CRITERIA.
01:36:27 SO THE ONLY ONES WHO CAN OVERRULE THAT IS US.
01:36:33 LET'S SEE WHERE THIS GOES FROM HERE.
01:36:35 >>LUIS VIERA: ANYTHING FURTHER, SIR?
01:36:42 >> PETER SPANOS: PETER SPANOS, SORRY.
01:36:47 I WAS LISTENING TO NPR, AND THEY WERE INTERVIEWING ON THE
01:36:50 VERY SUBJECT ABOUT THE CITY, AND THEY WERE INTERVIEWING
01:36:52 CITY OFFICIALS ABOUT DENSITY AND THE NEED FOR ALTERNATIVE
01:36:57 HOUSING SOURCES, AND THEY CITED SEMINOLE HEIGHTS AS A
01:37:00 PRIME EXAMPLE OF HAVING GARAGE APARTMENTS AND HAVING
01:37:04 DWELLING UNITS CLOSE TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
01:37:08 SO IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE CITY IS GOING IN THAT
01:37:11 DIRECTION AND UNDERSTANDS THE NEED FOR THAT AND YET OUR
01:37:14 CODE IS FAR BEHIND WHERE THE CITY WANTS TO GO AND
01:37:19 BELIEVES THAT THERE IS A NEED TO GO.
01:37:21 FURTHERMORE, WE WERE NEVER TOLD THAT THERE WAS A WAIVER
01:37:27 OR NEED FOR A WAIVER OR WE CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE DONE
01:37:30 THAT.
01:37:30 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
01:37:31 IS ANYONE HERE TO PUBLICLY COMMENT ON ITEM 72?
01:37:34 IF SO, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
01:37:35 MOTION TO CLOSE, COUNCIL?
01:37:38 >> SO MOVED.
01:37:39 >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN
01:37:41 MANISCALCO.
01:37:41 A SECOND I BELIEVE FIRST BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
01:37:44 ALL IN FAVOR?
01:37:45 ANY OPPOSED?
01:37:45 WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM?
01:37:57 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SO, MR. CHAIRMAN, LET'S SEE IF I CAN
01:38:07 DO THIS ACCURATELY.
01:38:08 I'LL MOVE IN REGARD TO SU 1-19-40, I'LL MOVE TO
01:38:15 RESPECTFULLY REVERSE THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR'S DENIAL OF
01:38:18 SPECIAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION FOR THAT PETITION BECAUSE
01:38:21 PETITIONER HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT THE PETITION, IF THE
01:38:23 WAIVER IS GRANTED, IS CONSISTENT WITH THE APPLICABLE
01:38:26 GENEROUS STANDARDS SET FORTH IN SECTION 27-129 AT THE
01:38:30 TIME OF PERMITTING, SITE PLAN MUST MEET ALL APPLICABLE
01:38:33 CODES AND TECHNICAL STANDARDS.
01:38:34 SEE SECTION 27-61B AND 27-127B-2.
01:38:41 SPECIFICALLY, I BELIEVE THAT THIS PARTICULAR PETITIONER
01:38:50 DEMONSTRATED PROBABLY EVEN MORE EXHAUSTIVELY TO THE ARC
01:38:55 THAT THIS WAS A GOOD PROJECT, THAT THIS PROJECT DIDN'T
01:38:58 IMPOSE ON ANY OF THEIR NEIGHBORS.
01:39:04 AS STATED, ORIGINALLY, THIS WAS TWO LOTS.
01:39:07 WHETHER IT IS OR ISN'T TODAY IS NOT REALLY THAT RELEVANT,
01:39:10 IN MY OPINION.
01:39:11 BUT THIS IS A LARGE PROPERTY.
01:39:14 IT CAN ACCOMMODATE THIS.
01:39:18 THEY ARE TWO-THIRDS OF THE WAY DONE WITH BUILDING IT
01:39:20 BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD.
01:39:22 THIS SEEMS MORE OF A TECHNICALITY TO ME IN REGARD TO OUR
01:39:28 CODE.
01:39:28 AFTER WE'RE DONE WITH THE MOTION, I'LL PROBABLY ADDRESS
01:39:31 THE CODE.
01:39:31 BUT THAT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE.
01:39:33 AS I SAID EARLIER, WE'RE STUCK WITH THE CODE AS IT IS
01:39:36 TODAY, AND THE ONLY WAY TO CONTINUE THIS PROJECT IS TO
01:39:39 GRANT THE WAIVER, AND THAT'S WHY I'M MOVING IT.
01:39:41 >> SECOND.
01:39:41 >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
01:39:43 A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
01:39:45 ALL IN FAVOR?
01:39:46 ANY OPPOSED?
01:39:51 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH GUDES
01:39:58 BEING ABSENT.
01:39:59 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
01:39:59 NEXT WE MOVE ONWARD TO ITEM 73.
01:40:03 THIS REQUIRES AN UP OR DOWN VOTE.
01:40:08 >>REBECCA KERT: REBECCA KERT, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
01:40:10 THIS ONE SHOULD BE FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
01:40:12 THIS IS NOT A DE NOVO HEARING, SO YOU WILL NOT BE TAKING
01:40:15 NEW EVIDENCE OR TESTIMONY.
01:40:16 THE ORIGINAL REQUEST WAS FOR A LOT RECONFIGURATION IN I
01:40:21 BELIEVE RIVERSIDE HEIGHTS.
01:40:22 THERE WERE TWO LOTS, TWO PLATTED LOTS, NORTH-SOUTH
01:40:25 ORIENTATION.
01:40:25 THE REQUEST WAS TO HAVE THEM BE IN AN EAST-WEST
01:40:29 ORIENTATION.
01:40:29 THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR REVIEWED THAT PURSUANT TO THE
01:40:31 CODE PROVISIONS REGARDING LOT RECONFIGURATION AND DENIED
01:40:34 THE REQUEST.
01:40:35 A LOT RECONFIGURATION IS THE TYPE OF REQUEST THAT'S
01:40:38 NOTICED TO THE PUBLIC AND THE PUBLIC HAS AN OPPORTUNITY
01:40:41 TO PARTICIPATE.
01:40:42 THOSE SORTS OF REQUESTS, WHEN SOMEONE CHALLENGES THE
01:40:45 ZONING ADMINISTRATOR'S DETERMINATION, GOES TO A HEARING
01:40:49 OFFICER FOR A DE NOVO REVIEW.
01:40:51 THAT HAPPENED IN THIS CASE.
01:40:52 THE HEARING OFFICER REVIEWED THE MATTER.
01:40:53 AGREED WITH THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR, AND, AGAIN, DENIED
01:40:56 THE REQUEST TO TAKE THE LOTS FROM NORTH-SOUTH TO
01:40:59 EAST-WEST.
01:41:00 SUBSEQUENT TO THAT TIME, WE HAVE A LETTER FROM THE
01:41:02 PROPERTY OWNER, OR FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER'S
01:41:05 REPRESENTATIVE, SAYING THAT THEY WERE NOT FILING ANY
01:41:08 EXCEPTIONS TO THE HEARING OFFICER'S RECOMMENDED ORDER
01:41:12 DENYING THEIR REQUEST.
01:41:13 AND THAT THEY HAD NO OBJECTIONS TO YOU ADOPTING THE
01:41:17 RECOMMENDED ORDER.
01:41:18 I AM GOING TO SUBMIT THREE SAMPLE MOTIONS BECAUSE AT THIS
01:41:20 TIME YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADOPT, REMAND OR MODIFY.
01:41:24 HOWEVER, BECAUSE THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS FILED AND THE
01:41:26 PROPERTY OWNER HAS SAID THEY DO NOT OBJECT TO YOU
01:41:29 ADOPTING THE RECOMMENDED ORDER, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT FOR
01:41:32 YOUR CONSIDERATION.
01:41:33 >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, THIS MATTER HAS NEVER COME TO US
01:41:37 BEFORE, CORRECT?
01:41:39 >>REBECCA KERT: REBECCA KERT, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
01:41:42 TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY HAS NOT COME TO
01:41:44 YOU BEFORE.
01:41:48 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MS. KERT, I GUESS I'M SORT OF
01:41:50 CONFUSED.
01:41:51 I KNOW SOME OF THESE PROCESSES HAVE CHANGED OVER THE
01:41:53 YEARS.
01:41:54 ESPECIALLY WITH THE HEARING OFFICER.
01:41:55 AS OF JUNE, THE PETITIONER, MR. CANASI -- I AM ON THE
01:42:07 RIGHT ONE?
01:42:07 >>REBECCA KERT: YES, YOU ARE.
01:42:08 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: AS OF JUNE 11, HE WAS APPEALING THIS.
01:42:12 HE WENT FORWARD WITH THE VARIOUS APPEALS, AND YET WE GET
01:42:16 TO THIS POINT AND THEY ARE NOT FILING EXCEPTION.
01:42:19 I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.
01:42:21 >>REBECCA KERT: MR. DINGFELDER, I CANNOT EXPLAIN IT.
01:42:23 I CAN JUST TELL YOU THAT THEY HAVE NOTIFIED THE CITY
01:42:26 THROUGH A LETTER TO THE CLERK THAT THEY ARE NOT OBJECTING
01:42:29 TO THE HEARING OFFICER'S RECOMMENDED ORDER.
01:42:31 THEY WERE CHALLENGING THE ORIGINAL DECISION, BUT AFTER
01:42:33 THEY RECEIVED THE RECOMMENDED ORDER, PERHAPS IT WAS SO
01:42:36 PERSUASIVE -- YOU KNOW, I CAN'T PUT MYSELF IN THEIR
01:42:40 SHOES, BUT THEY ARE NO LONGER OBJECTING TO IT, AND THAT
01:42:45 LETTER IS IN THE RECORD.
01:42:47 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SO YOU HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO THE
01:42:50 PETITIONER OR THEIR COUNSEL.
01:42:52 YOU THINK THEY FULLY UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.
01:42:55 >>REBECCA KERT: I DID NOT SPEAK TO THE PETITIONER.
01:42:57 HE'S REPRESENTED BY MR. GRANDOFF.
01:42:59 I EXCHANGED E-MAILS WITH MR. GRANDOFF TO MAKE SURE I
01:43:02 UNDERSTOOD HIS POSITION.
01:43:04 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY.
01:43:05 HE'S NOT HERE TODAY.
01:43:06 >>REBECCA KERT: NOW, BUT HE'S AWARE OF THE HEARING.
01:43:09 I DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S UNUSUAL, SO I FOLLOWED UP.
01:43:12 I DO BELIEVE THAT HE, MR. GRANDOFF, IS WELL EQUIPPED TO
01:43:16 UNDERSTAND THIS PROCESS.
01:43:18 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY.
01:43:19 YES, HE WOULD BE WELL-EQUIPPED TO UNDERSTAND IT.
01:43:22 MR. FUEO IS MENTIONED HERE.
01:43:28 I THOUGHT HE WAS ONE OF THE HEARING OFFICERS.
01:43:31 I GUESS HE'S NOT THE HEARING OFFICER IN THIS CASE.
01:43:33 >>REBECCA KERT: HE WAS NOT.
01:43:35 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: JUST BY COINCIDENCE HE'S A NEIGHBOR OR
01:43:39 SOMETHING.
01:43:40 >>REBECCA KERT: I BELIEVE HE MAY HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE
01:43:42 PARTICIPATING PARTIES.
01:43:44 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ALL RIGHT.
01:43:45 THANK YOU.
01:43:50 >>LUIS VIERA: WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL?
01:43:52 COUNCILMAN CARLSON SAID HE WILL NOT BE RETURNING FOR THE
01:44:02 REMAINDER OF THE MEETING AS I BELIEVE HE SAID HE'S ILL.
01:44:09 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IF I MAY THEN MAKE A MOTION.
01:44:11 I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RECOMMENDED ORDER
01:44:14 AS THE FINAL ORDER.
01:44:15 >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
01:44:17 DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
01:44:20 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SECOND.
01:44:21 >>LUIS VIERA: ALL IN FAVOR OF SAID MOTION?
01:44:24 ANY OPPOSED?
01:44:29 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON
01:44:31 AND GUDES BEING ABSENT.
01:44:39 >>LUIS VIERA: NEXT.
01:44:43 NEXT WE HAVE ITEM 74 -- STRIKE THAT.
01:44:53 I'M SORRY.
01:44:54 ACTUALLY, LET'S MOVE ON DOWN.
01:44:55 NEXT WE GO TO ITEM 81.
01:45:02 >>MARTIN SHELBY: STAFF WAS HERE EARLY FROM THE PLANNING
01:45:05 COMMISSION, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS COUNCIL'S DESIRE TO
01:45:07 HAVE THEM SPEAK ON THIS.
01:45:09 COUNCIL MAY RECALL THEY RECENTLY CAME TO COUNCIL WITH THE
01:45:12 FIRST LIST OF THE REZONING -- EXCUSE ME, THE COMP PLAN
01:45:15 CHANGES FOR THE PARKS.
01:45:16 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY HAD COMMUNICATED TO COUNCIL IF
01:45:21 ANYTHING, BUT IT'S COUNCIL'S PLEASURE HOW YOU WISH TO
01:45:25 PROCEED.
01:45:25 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: IS THIS JUST A REPORT?
01:45:27 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, THIS IS AN UPDATE.
01:45:28 THERE WAS A MEMO FROM RANDY GOERS, WHICH YOU CAN RECEIVE
01:45:31 AND FILE.
01:45:32 AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS, AS I EXPLAINED TO COUNCIL, WHEN
01:45:41 THE FIRST BATCH CAME THROUGH, THAT THERE ARE MORE
01:45:44 FORTHCOMING.
01:45:47 >>LUIS VIERA: ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL?
01:45:48 MAY I HAVE A MOTION?
01:45:54 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO MOVED.
01:45:55 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND.
01:45:56 >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO,
01:45:58 A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
01:46:00 ALL IN FAVOR?
01:46:00 ANY OPPOSED?
01:46:02 NEXT WE MOVE ONWARD TO ITEM 83, JUST FOR THE WRITTEN
01:46:08 REPORT.
01:46:08 ANY DISCUSSION OR RECEIVE AND FILE?
01:46:11 >> MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
01:46:14 >>LUIS VIERA: ANYONE TO DISCUSS?
01:46:15 WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
01:46:16 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
01:46:18 ALL IN FAVOR?
01:46:18 ANY OPPOSED?
01:46:19 OKAY.
01:46:20 NEXT WE MOVE ONWARD TO ITEM NUMBER 84.
01:46:25 I GUESS WE CAN ACCEPT THIS FOR IF ANYBODY WISHES TO
01:46:30 DISCUSS.
01:46:30 MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE?
01:46:31 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO MOVED.
01:46:33 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND.
01:46:33 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE BY COUNCILMAN
01:46:36 MANISCALCO.
01:46:36 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
01:46:38 ALL IN FAVOR?
01:46:39 NEXT WE MOVE ON WITH ITEM NUMBER 85.
01:46:42 I BELIEVE THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN DRAFTED IN THAT REGARD.
01:46:44 COUNCIL MEMBERS MANISCALCO, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY,
01:46:46 SIR?
01:46:47 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WELL, I WORK WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL
01:46:50 ATTORNEY TO DRAFT THIS RESOLUTION.
01:46:52 MY AIDE, LISA, SENT IT OUT TO EVERYONE, AND I HOPE
01:46:57 EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK IT OVER.
01:46:59 IF NOT, I HAVE A HARD COPY HERE.
01:47:00 I MADE MY COMMENTS EARLIER.
01:47:02 THE PUBLIC SPOKE.
01:47:03 THOSE THAT CAME IN SUPPORT.
01:47:04 AND I WOULD APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S SUPPORT OR WHOMEVER
01:47:08 WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THIS.
01:47:11 AND MOVE THIS RESOLUTION.
01:47:12 >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, SIR.
01:47:14 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SO IN THEORY, IN CONCEPT, I'M TOTALLY
01:47:20 SUPPORTIVE OF THE CONCEPT OF UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AND
01:47:24 HEALTH CARE AS A HUMAN RIGHT.
01:47:27 AND I'LL SUPPORT THE MOTION.
01:47:28 IT CONCERNS ME A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE AS WE LISTENED TO
01:47:32 SOME OF THESE DEBATES ON TELEVISION, THEY TALK ABOUT --
01:47:35 THERE'S DIFFERING OPINIONS BETWEEN THE CANDIDATES AND
01:47:38 THEY TALK ABOUT THE EXPENSE OF UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AS
01:47:42 OPPOSED TO PERHAPS MEDICARE FOR ALL WHO WANT IT, AS SOME
01:47:47 OF THEM ARE REFERRING TO, WHICH MIGHT BE A LITTLE
01:47:49 CHEAPER.
01:47:49 I DON'T KNOW.
01:47:50 IT'S OUT OF MY WHEEL HOUSE.
01:47:55 SO LIKE I SAY, IN CONCEPT, EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE GOOD
01:47:59 QUALITY HEALTH CARE, AND THAT'S THE WAY OUR COUNTRY
01:48:01 SHOULD BE.
01:48:02 SO I'LL SUPPORT IT.
01:48:03 BUT I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE COST.
01:48:07 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I FEEL THE SAME WAY.
01:48:08 NO ONE HAS EVER TOLD ANYONE, HERE'S EXACTLY WHERE THE
01:48:14 MONEY IS COMING IN.
01:48:15 I'M GOING TO SUPPORT IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW ALL THE FACTS.
01:48:18 I DON'T THINK THE CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR OFFICE KNOW
01:48:20 EITHER.
01:48:20 THEY ARE ATTACKING EACH OTHER ON THE SAME SUBJECT NOW FOR
01:48:24 FOUR MONTHS.
01:48:25 AND NEITHER ONE HAS COME UP WITH A NUMBER.
01:48:27 WHAT A COUNTRY.
01:48:28 >>LUIS VIERA: ANYONE ELSE?
01:48:29 ANYONE ELSE?
01:48:30 I'LL GIVE MY TWO THOUGHTS.
01:48:32 I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH THOSE SENTIMENTS.
01:48:34 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER AND I HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH IN OUR
01:48:37 OFFICE OF THE SAME GENTLEMAN, HUBERT HUMPHREY.
01:48:40 I ALWAYS LIKE TO, WHENEVER PEOPLE ASK ME WHAT MY
01:48:42 POLITICAL MOTTO IS OR MY POLITICAL CREDO, I ALWAYS QUOTE
01:48:46 HUBERT HUMPHREY WHO SAID THAT THE MORAL TEST OF
01:48:48 GOVERNMENT IS HOW IT TREATS THOSE WHO ARE IN THE DAWN OF
01:48:50 LIFE, THE CHILDREN, THOSE IN THE TWILIGHT OF LIFE, THE
01:48:52 ELDERLY AND THOSE IN THE SHADOWS OF LIFE, THE SICK, THE
01:48:55 NEEDY AND THE HANDICAP.
01:48:56 THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE IN.
01:48:57 I'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED IN HEALTH CARE AS A RIGHT.
01:48:59 IT REALLY GOES DOWN TO MY BASIC POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY.
01:49:04 I BELIEVE IN THE IDEA, NOT TO GET ALL POLITICAL HERE, BUT
01:49:08 ROOSEVELT, TRUMAN, STEVENSON, KENNEDY, JOHNSON TYPE OF
01:49:12 IDEA THAT GOVERNMENT OUGHT TO BE ACTIVE ON BEHALF OF THE
01:49:16 PEOPLE.
01:49:17 CALL ME OLD-FASHIONED BUT THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE, AND THAT
01:49:19 GOES ALSO TO THE ISSUE OF HEALTH CARE.
01:49:21 THERE HAS BEEN FOR 80 YEARS IN THIS COUNTRY, A LONG
01:49:26 STRUGGLE TO EXPAND HEALTH CARE TO PEOPLE.
01:49:29 FDR ORIGINALLY WANTED UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE UNDER SOCIAL
01:49:31 SECURITY.
01:49:32 DIDN'T EVEN TRY TO GO THERE BECAUSE HE WAS LUCKY TO GET
01:49:35 SOCIAL SECURITY.
01:49:36 PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO
01:49:38 FORMALLY PROPOSE AN ACTUAL NATIONAL HEALTH CARE PLAN,
01:49:41 WHICH ACTUALLY WAS, IN EFFECT, MEDICARE FOR ALL.
01:49:44 IT WAS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY ESSENTIALLY A PAYROLL TAX.
01:49:47 HE COULDN'T GET THAT.
01:49:48 THERE WAS A BIG FIGHT WITH THAT, WITH THE CONGRESS, WITH
01:49:52 THE AMA, WITH THE HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES, ET CETERA.
01:49:55 AND THEN PRESIDENT KENNEDY SUPPORTED MEDICARE.
01:49:58 PRESIDENT JOHNSON GOT MEDICARE WITH THE IDEA THAT HE
01:50:00 WOULD EVENTUALLY EXPAND IT.
01:50:01 PRESIDENT CARTER SUPPORTED UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE.
01:50:04 PRESIDENT NIXON -- A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THIS --
01:50:06 ACTUALLY TRIED TO GET SOME FORM OF UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE
01:50:10 TO HIS CREDIT.
01:50:11 OF COURSE, PRESIDENT CLINTON, I THINK IT WAS CALLED
01:50:14 HEALTH SECURITY ACT, TRIED IT.
01:50:16 THAT UNFORTUNATELY FAILED, AND THEN IT FELL UPON
01:50:18 PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR THE ACA.
01:50:20 AND I HEARD SOMEBODY SAY THAT THE ACA HASN'T DONE WHAT IT
01:50:25 WAS SUPPOSED TO DO.
01:50:26 I SAY THE ACA, THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, OTHERWISE KNOWN
01:50:33 AS OBAMA CARE, HASN'T BEEN ALLOWED TO DO WHAT IT'S BEEN
01:50:36 SUPPOSED TO DO BECAUSE OF A LOT OF GOVERNORS WHO HAVE
01:50:37 FRIVOLOUSLY, IN MY OPINION, HEARTLESSLY STOOD IN THE WAY,
01:50:42 INCLUDING HERE IN THE GREAT STATE OF FLORIDA WHERE OVER
01:50:43 HALF A MILLION OF OUR FELLOW FLORIDIANS ARE BEING DENIED
01:50:47 HEALTH CARE RIGHT NOW THAT WOULD BE PAID ABOUT 90% BY THE
01:50:50 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
01:50:50 WE ARE PAYING THOSE TAXES UP AS FLORIDIANS, BUT WE DON'T
01:50:52 GET THEM BACK.
01:50:53 AND THESE MEN AND WOMEN, YOUNG KIDS, ARE BEING DENIED
01:50:57 HEALTH CARE BECAUSE OF THAT.
01:50:58 I KNOW THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING HERE IN THIS STATE
01:51:01 FOR MEDICAID EXPANSION TO GET THE MONEY THAT WE'RE PAYING
01:51:03 FOR, TO GET FOR OUR PEOPLE HERE.
01:51:06 I'VE DONE PETITION DRIVES, INCLUDING WITH YOUR WONDERFUL
01:51:09 LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT, COUNCILMAN CITRO, FOR THAT.
01:51:11 AND I'D ENCOURAGE ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SUPPORT THAT
01:51:15 110%.
01:51:16 I SUPPORT THIS UNDER THE IDEA, AS MY COLLEAGUES DO, WHICH
01:51:19 IS I HAVE LONG BEEN A STRONG SUPPORTER OF UNIVERSAL
01:51:23 HEALTH CARE GOING BACK TO 1997, WHEN I INTERNED WITH THEN
01:51:26 CONGRESSMAN RICHARD GEPHARDT AND THAT SUMMER, WE PASSED
01:51:30 WHAT WOULD BECOME SCHIP, THE STATE CHILDREN'S HEALTH
01:51:34 INSURANCE PROGRAM, WHICH SOUGHT TO EXPAND HEALTH CARE UP
01:51:36 TO 10 MILLION CHILDREN.
01:51:37 AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT CONTINUALLY GETS PULLED BACK AND
01:51:40 BACK.
01:51:40 SO MY IDEA IS THAT THE PUBLIC SECTOR HAS A REAL
01:51:45 COMPELLING INTEREST WHENEVER IT COMES TO HEALTH CARE.
01:51:48 WHETHER YOU DO IT UNDER SO-CALLED SINGLE PAYER, A LOT OF
01:51:51 UNKNOWNS THERE, WHETHER YOU DO IT UNDER PAY OR PLAY,
01:51:54 WHETHER YOU DO IT UNDER THE PUBLIC OPTION, WHETHER YOU DO
01:51:56 IT UNDER EMPLOYER MANDATE, MY ISSUE IS GET IT DONE.
01:52:00 PEOPLE ARE DYING.
01:52:01 HEALTH CARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT, ESPECIALLY FOR THE RICHEST
01:52:03 COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
01:52:04 IT'S A SHAME.
01:52:04 JUST MY OPINION.
01:52:06 YES, SIR.
01:52:07 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU FOR THAT HISTORY LESSON.
01:52:10 I APPRECIATE IT.
01:52:11 NO, SERIOUSLY.
01:52:11 GOING BACK TO THE '40s WHEN I WAS BORN, WE HAD CALLED
01:52:17 MUTUAL AID SOCIETIES.
01:52:19 EVERYBODY PAID THE SAME.
01:52:22 FROM BIRTH TO DEATH.
01:52:23 THEY TAKE CARE OF YOU FOR THE SAME AMOUNT.
01:52:26 IT WORKED FINE.
01:52:28 YOU HAD CLINICS.
01:52:28 YOU HAD SURGERY.
01:52:29 YOU HAD X-RAY MACHINES.
01:52:30 YOU HAD LABS.
01:52:31 YOU HAD EVERYTHING.
01:52:32 SO WE GOT SO SMART THEY HAD TO GET OUT OF BUSINESS
01:52:35 BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT CAME IN AND SAID WE'RE GOING TO
01:52:37 HAVE THESE HEALTH PLANS.
01:52:39 WHAT WAS SUCCESSFUL BECAME UNSUCCESSFUL.
01:52:42 IT WAS RUN RIGHT HERE IN TAMPA.
01:52:44 YOU CAN GO CHECK THE HISTORY.
01:52:48 THEY ALL HAD THEIR DOCTORS.
01:52:51 THEY ALL HAD THEIR CLINICS AND EVERYTHING WAS RUNNING
01:52:54 WONDERFUL.
01:52:55 ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE LEARNED A LOT.
01:52:58 AND NOW WE'RE PAYING THE PRICE FOR NOT DOING WHAT WE
01:53:02 LEARNED.
01:53:02 THAT'S ALL.
01:53:03 THANK YOU.
01:53:03 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
01:53:04 COUNCILMAN, DO YOU WISH TO MOVE THE RULES, SIR?
01:53:07 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
01:53:07 I MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
01:53:08 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
01:53:09 DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
01:53:10 MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
01:53:12 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
01:53:14 ANY IN FAVOR?
01:53:15 ANY OPPOSED?
01:53:16 THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.
01:53:18 NEXT MOVE ONWARD TO ITEM 87.
01:53:21 I HEAR THE SNAPS.
01:53:22 THAT'S FUNNY.
01:53:23 ITEM NUMBER 87, MR. SHELBY ALONG WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY,
01:53:30 MS. GRIMES, HAS HELPED DRAFT THE RESOLUTION WITH REGARDS
01:53:34 TO THE USE OF ASSAULT WEAPONS.
01:53:37 THIS IS ONE THAT I DID.
01:53:40 IT UNFORTUNATELY GOT HELD UP FOR A LITTLE BIT OVER SOME
01:53:43 APPARENT CONFUSIONS.
01:53:44 I'M NOT LOOKING AT ANY SPECIFIC LEGISLATION.
01:53:49 ESSENTIALLY JUST AS THE RESOLUTION SAYS FROM THE FEDERAL
01:53:51 LEVEL FROM 1994 TILL ABOUT 2004, WE HAD AN ASSAULT
01:53:55 WEAPONS PROVISION IN FEDERAL LAW THAT BANNED ASSAULT
01:53:58 RIFLES.
01:53:59 BANNED ASSAULT WEAPONS.
01:54:00 AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING
01:54:02 TO SUPPORT HERE.
01:54:03 TO ME, THIS IS JUST COMMON SENSE.
01:54:05 POLLS SHOW THAT UP TO 60% OF REPUBLICANS SUPPORT THIS
01:54:08 ENDEAVOR.
01:54:09 I'LL REMIND MY FRIENDS THAT IN 2004, THEN PRESIDENT
01:54:11 GEORGE W. BUSH, OR IN 2000 AND IN '04, WHEN GOVERNOR BUSH
01:54:16 WAS LOOKING TO BE PRESIDENT, HE SUPPORTED EXTENSION OF
01:54:20 THE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN.
01:54:22 THIS ISN'T SOME RADICAL CONCEPT TO ME.
01:54:24 THIS IS COMMON SENSE.
01:54:25 THAT'S WHY I MOVE THIS FORWARD.
01:54:27 IF ANYBODY WISHES TO MAKE -- OR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
01:54:30 OR WISH TO MAKE THE MOTION.
01:54:31 DO YOU ALL NEED TIME TO REVIEW IT FURTHER?
01:54:33 ANY QUESTIONS?
01:54:39 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT.
01:54:41 I UNDERSTAND IT'S A CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE, AND I KNOW THIS
01:54:45 IS JUST AN OPINION ON OUR BEHALF.
01:54:51 NOT AN ORDINANCE OR LAW OR WHATEVER.
01:54:52 BUT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT A COMMONSENSE APPROACH.
01:54:55 AND THIS WOULD TIE INTO THE WHOLE THING WITH MEDICARE FOR
01:54:59 ALL.
01:55:00 WHEN WE ASK WHAT IS OUR PURPOSE IN LIFE, WE ARE HERE TO
01:55:04 TAKE CARE OF ONE ANOTHER.
01:55:06 WHETHER IT'S LOOK AFTER EACH OTHER'S HEALTH OR TAKE CARE
01:55:10 AND PROTECT EACH OTHER IN THE COMMUNITY.
01:55:11 YOU HAVE THESE WEAPONS ON THE STREETS THAT HAVE EXISTED
01:55:13 FOR THE LAST CENTURY OR SO.
01:55:17 THERE WAS LIFE AND THERE WAS THE WORLD BEFORE THAT.
01:55:20 BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEWS, IF YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS
01:55:24 ALMOST DAILY OR WEEKLY, I THINK BACK TO MY FIRST -- WHEN
01:55:32 I FIRST HEARD OF A MASS SHOOTING, FOR EXAMPLE, AND IT WAS
01:55:35 COLUMBINE, BECAUSE I WAS A FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL.
01:55:38 WHEN I HEARD IT ON THE RADIO, I REMEMBER, I WAS 14 YEARS
01:55:41 OLD AND IN THE CAR WITH MY MOTHER.
01:55:42 I THOUGHT IT WAS HAPPENING SOMEWHERE HERE IN TAMPA.
01:55:44 THEN I REALIZED IT WAS IN COLORADO.
01:55:46 BEFORE THAT, THERE WAS AN INNOCENCE.
01:55:53 THE WORST THING YOU WOULD HEAR AT SCHOOL, AT LEAST IN MY
01:55:55 OPINION, WAS SOME KIDS FOUGHT ON THE PLAYGROUND OR FOUGHT
01:55:56 IN THE PARKING LOT AND THEY GOT DETENTION.
01:55:59 THEN YOU HAD TWO PEOPLE WITH THESE WEAPONS, WHATEVER
01:56:01 WEAPONS THEY HAD, I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT GUNS.
01:56:03 BUT WITH THIS MASS SHOOTING, ESSENTIALLY PICKING AND
01:56:07 CHOOSING THROUGH THE SCHOOL AND WHATNOT AND THEN
01:56:10 COMMITTING SUICIDE.
01:56:11 AFTER THAT, THE VIEW THAT I HAD ABOUT LIFE AND SCHOOL AND
01:56:16 THE INNOCENCE OF JUST BEING A STUDENT GOING TO CLASS WAS,
01:56:20 NOW YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL, BECAUSE IF IT COULD HAPPEN
01:56:22 THERE, IT COULD HAPPEN ANYWHERE KIND OF THING.
01:56:24 BEYOND THAT, MALLS AREN'T SAFE.
01:56:26 POST OFFICES AREN'T SAFE.
01:56:29 THE AIRPORT MIGHT BE SAFE BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH
01:56:31 SECURITY THERE TO GET TO THE TERMINALS.
01:56:33 BUT EVERYWHERE WE GO, WE HAVE TO BE VIGILANT AND AWARE OF
01:56:37 ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE, ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN.
01:56:39 I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS THAT THEY ARE CONCEAL CARRY.
01:56:45 SECOND AMENDMENT, NRA SUPPORTER, WHATEVER.
01:56:47 I HAVE FRIENDS ON ALL SIDES.
01:56:49 THEY HAVE THEIR VIEWS.
01:56:49 WE DISAGREE.
01:56:50 MOST OFTEN, WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS.
01:56:53 WE TALK ABOUT WHAT GOES ON IN OUR DAYS.
01:56:55 I RESPECT THEIR OPINIONS.
01:56:56 IT DOESN'T MEAN I HAVE TO AGREE OR WHATNOT.
01:56:59 BUT WE HAVE TO END THE MADNESS.
01:57:01 WE CAN'T JUST SIT BY IDLY DOING NOTHING WHILE WE SEE THIS
01:57:05 HAPPENING IN OUR NEWS ON SUCH A REGULAR BASIS.
01:57:08 I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT, AND I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT UP.
01:57:12 THANK YOU.
01:57:12 >>LUIS VIERA: ANYONE ELSE?
01:57:16 >>JOSEPH CITRO: BEING A CONCEALED WEAPONS PERMIT HOLDER,
01:57:19 AND OWNING HANDGUNS, OWNING WEAPONS MYSELF, I AM
01:57:23 SUPPORTING YOU IN THIS SIMPLY BECAUSE GUN SALES THROUGH
01:57:30 NEWSPAPERS, WHICH I WISH YOU WOULD HAVE INCLUDED IN THAT
01:57:33 AND GUN SHOW SALES OF WEAPONS CAN BE CONTROLLED IF THE
01:57:38 PERSON THAT'S PURCHASING THE WEAPON FROM A PERSON AT A
01:57:44 GUN SHOW OR NEWSPAPER TAKES THAT WEAPON TO A REPUTABLE
01:57:48 GUN DEALER AND HOLDS IT WHILE A BACKGROUND CHECK IS BEING
01:57:52 PERFORMED.
01:57:52 I AM NOT ANTIGUNS.
01:57:54 I AM NOT ANTIWEAPONS.
01:57:57 BUT I FEEL THAT WE NEED TO CONTROL MORE PEOPLE WITH THE
01:58:03 WEAPONS THAT ARE PURCHASED BY PEOPLE THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE
01:58:07 THOSE WEAPONS.
01:58:07 SO WITH THAT, I WILL SUPPORT YOU.
01:58:09 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
01:58:10 ANYONE ELSE?
01:58:11 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN CITRO.
01:58:13 I AM ALSO A -- HAVE A PERMIT TO CARRY.
01:58:15 I HAVE VARIOUS GUNS.
01:58:17 I NEVER FIRED ANY ONE OF THEM.
01:58:20 DON'T MEAN I WON'T TOMORROW AT THE SHOOTING RANGE OR
01:58:25 SOMETHING.
01:58:25 BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT'S BEFORE ME.
01:58:30 THANK YOU.
01:58:30 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
01:58:31 ANYONE ELSE?
01:58:31 AGAIN, TO ECHO WHAT THESE TWO GENTLEMEN INDICATED, THIS
01:58:37 IS NOT A COMMENTARY ON THINGS LIKE HANDGUNS, RIFLES FOR
01:58:41 HUNTING, ET CETERA.
01:58:41 A LOT OF FOLKS OWN GUNS FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS AND
01:58:44 RIFLES, ET CETERA.
01:58:46 PART OF IT IS A LONG-STANDING FAMILY TRADITION YOU HAVE
01:58:49 IN THE COUNTRY, PEOPLE WHO HAVE OWNED GUNS THAT HAVE BEEN
01:58:52 IN FAMILIES FOR GENERATIONS.
01:58:53 GOD BLESS THEM, THAT IS A FAMILY TRADITION.
01:58:56 PEOPLE OWN GUNS TO DEFEND THEMSELVES.
01:59:01 THAT'S SOMETHING THEY ARE EQUIPPED TO DO AND THAT'S
01:59:03 SOMETHING I THINK WE ALL UNIVERSALLY RESPECT.
01:59:05 THIS ISSUE IS SEPARATE AND DISTINCT IN MY OPINION.
01:59:08 IF I MAY HAVE A MOTION.
01:59:11 WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
01:59:12 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
01:59:14 ALL IN FAVOR?
01:59:15 ANY OPPOSED?
01:59:15 NEXT WE MOVE ONWARD TO ITEM NUMBER 88.
01:59:18 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
01:59:22 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THIS IS AN ITEM THAT I BROUGHT UP.
01:59:24 I SAW AN ITEM IN THE NEWSPAPER, AND I THOUGHT THAT
01:59:28 SOMEBODY ELSE WAS GOING TO NOTIFY PACE AND NO ONE DID,
01:59:31 INCLUDING ME.
01:59:33 >>LUIS VIERA: WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE THAT, SIR, TO
01:59:35 ANOTHER DATE?
01:59:35 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO.
01:59:36 LET ME FIND OUT WHAT EXACTLY -- HOW TO NOTIFY PEOPLE,
01:59:40 WHERE THEY ARE AT.
01:59:41 >>LUIS VIERA: WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE CAPTAIN AHAB TO THE
01:59:44 MOBY DICK OF PACE, SO GOOD FOR YOU.
01:59:46 IT IS TRUE.
01:59:50 NEXT, ITEM NUMBER 89, THAT WAS COUNCILMAN GUDES --
01:59:58 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO CONTINUE TO NOVEMBER 7, 2019.
02:00:01 >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
02:00:03 MAY I HAVE A SECOND?
02:00:04 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND.
02:00:05 >>LUIS VIERA: SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
02:00:06 ALL IN FAVOR?
02:00:07 ANY OPPOSED?
02:00:08 NEXT WE MOVE TO INFORMATION REPORTS AND NEW BUSINESS BY
02:00:12 COUNCIL MEMBERS.
02:00:13 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, ANYTHING, SIR?
02:00:15 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
02:00:16 MR. CHAIRMAN, IN REGARD TO ITEM 90, WHICH IS THE
02:00:22 TERMINATION OR PROPOSED TERMINATION OF WHEELABRATOR AND
02:00:26 THE TAKING OVER OF THE CITY, THE MCKAY BAY FACILITY,
02:00:32 UNLESS I DID IT EARLIER -- DID I DO IT EARLIER?
02:00:35 DID I DO THE WHEELABRATOR, MCKAY BAY EARLIER.
02:00:39 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU HELD OFF ON MAKING A MOTION.
02:00:44 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SO I'D LIKE TO RELATIVELY BRIEF -- I
02:00:47 THINK THEY CAN DO IT IN FIVE MINUTES, STAFF REPORT ON THE
02:00:51 21st OF NOVEMBER.
02:00:54 ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW WHAT, THERE'S NO URGENCY ON THAT.
02:01:00 WHY DON'T I PUT IT UNTIL JANUARY.
02:01:02 >>LUIS VIERA: DO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC DATE?
02:01:04 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: LET ME LOOK.
02:01:05 IT LOOKS LIKE OUR MEETINGS ARE GETTING VERY FULL FOR THE
02:01:12 REST OF THE YEAR.
02:01:14 23rd.
02:01:18 >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER,
02:01:21 A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
02:01:22 ALL IN FAVOR?
02:01:23 ANY OPPOSED?
02:01:24 ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?
02:01:29 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I DID HAVE ONE OTHER.
02:01:30 ARE COME BACK TO ME, IF YOU WOULD.
02:01:35 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU.
02:01:37 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: REGARDING THE CITIZENS TRANSPORTATION
02:01:41 COMMITTEE, HOWEVER WE'RE GOING TO CALL IT AND JEAN DUNCAN
02:01:44 SPOKE EARLIER, I WAS GOING TO WAIT UNTIL FEBRUARY AFTER
02:01:47 WE FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING TO GO ON.
02:01:49 I WOULD LIKE FOR HER TO COME BACK AND GIVE AN UPDATE
02:01:52 UNDER STAFF REPORTS, LET'S SAY MARCH 19.
02:01:57 IT'S SO FAR AHEAD THAT THERE'S NO SPECIFICS HERE.
02:01:59 THAT'S IT.
02:02:01 >>LUIS VIERA: MAY I HAVE A SECOND OR ANY COMMENTS?
02:02:03 >> SECOND.
02:02:03 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
02:02:04 I'M STRONGLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS IDEA.
02:02:06 MY VIEW IS THE MORE CITIZENS WE GET INVOLVED IN ISSUES
02:02:09 LIKE THIS AND MAKING PEOPLE FEEL EMPOWERED, THE BETTER
02:02:13 OFF THINGS ARE.
02:02:13 I SALUTE YOU FOR THAT, COUNCILMAN.
02:02:15 WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
02:02:17 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
02:02:19 ANY IN FAVOR?
02:02:20 ANY OPPOSED?
02:02:20 ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?
02:02:21 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO.
02:02:22 >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN CITRO.
02:02:23 >>JOSEPH CITRO: NOTHING REALLY.
02:02:26 I WANTED TO MAKE A MOTION ON A WORKSHOP FOR OUR TREE
02:02:29 ORDINANCE, HOWEVER, IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT
02:02:32 WE ALREADY HAVE ONE PLANNED FOR THE 24th, WHICH IS NEXT
02:02:36 WEEK AT 9 A.M.
02:02:37 HOPEFULLY THEY ARE GOING TO ALSO INCLUDE THE PARTS OF
02:02:42 BUILDABLE AREA ON LOTS.
02:02:46 NOTHING FROM ME TODAY, MR. CHAIR.
02:02:48 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
02:02:49 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, ANYTHING SIR?
02:02:52 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER?
02:02:53 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
02:02:54 IT'S ALL COMING BACK TO ME.
02:02:56 SO IN REGARD TO THE APPEAL THAT WE JUST HEARD OF ZONING
02:03:02 ADMINISTRATOR'S DECISION, I'D LIKE TO ASK STAFF TO LOOK
02:03:07 AT THAT -- I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT REBECCA CALLED IT -- THE
02:03:13 ANOMALY.
02:03:17 JUST TO SEE, DOES THIS MAKE SENSE?
02:03:19 IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE WE HAVE PEOPLE CHASING THEIR TAIL.
02:03:25 THEY WENT TO THE ARC AND THEN THEY GET STARTED AND THEN
02:03:29 THEY HAVE TO ASK FOR A WAIVER AND THEY ARE CIRCLING
02:03:32 AROUND AND THE WAIVER CAN'T GET APPROVED BECAUSE IT
02:03:34 DOESN'T MEET THE CODE SO THEN THEY HAVE TO COME TO US.
02:03:39 ANYWAY, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR,
02:03:41 STAFF, AND LEGAL TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED THERE
02:03:45 AND PERHAPS COME TO US WITH SUGGESTIONS ON IMPROVING THE
02:03:49 CODE AND THE PROCESS.
02:03:51 >>ANDREA ZELMAN: IF I MAY, ANDREA ZELMAN, LEGAL
02:03:53 DEPARTMENT.
02:03:54 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN TASKED WITH SINCE
02:03:56 RETURNING TO THE CITY IS WORKING WITH THE STAFF ON A
02:03:59 COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF CHAPTER 27 AND
02:04:04 TRYING TO STREAMLINE IT, HAVE IT MAKE MORE SENSE.
02:04:08 WE ARE LOOKING FOR THINGS JUST LIKE THIS THAT
02:04:13 SELF-CONTRADICT.
02:04:15 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MY MOTION WOULD BE TO ADD THIS TO YOUR
02:04:18 LIST.
02:04:18 >>ANDREA ZELMAN: THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU.
02:04:20 I'VE BEEN COLLECTING A LIST.
02:04:23 REBECCA, BEFORE SHE LEFT, TOLD ME, WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT
02:04:24 HIS NUMBER 9 ON THE LIST OF THINGS I WAS GOING TO GIVE
02:04:26 YOU, SO IT IS ALREADY ON MY LIST AMONG MANY OTHER THINGS.
02:04:32 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: [INAUDIBLE] [MICROPHONE NOT ON]
02:04:36 -- IT COULDN'T BE BY OSMOSIS.
02:04:41 SOMEBODY HAD TO DO SOMETHING.
02:04:45 >>ANDREA ZELMAN: THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER ISSUE.
02:04:46 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: INVESTIGATION WOULD TAKE TEN YEARS.
02:04:48 TOO DEEP.
02:04:49 >>LUIS VIERA: ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?
02:04:50 JUST REALLY QUICK, IF I MAY.
02:04:52 I MOTION FOR TAMPA CITY COUNCIL TO PREPARE A LETTER OF
02:04:54 SUPPORT OF ANN STORK CENTER'S A RIGHT-OF-WAY PROGRAM.
02:04:58 CAN I PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH A LETTER, VERY
02:05:00 NONCONTROVERSIAL.
02:05:00 THE MISSION OF THIS PROGRAM I WAS PRESENTED TO IT UNDER
02:05:05 THE MPO'S TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED COMMITTEE, IS TO
02:05:08 ASSIST TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED PERSONS BY EDUCATING
02:05:10 THEM ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.
02:05:12 AND INSTRUCTING THEM HOW TO USE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION
02:05:15 FROM A PEER TO PEER APPROACH.
02:05:17 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA WITH A
02:05:19 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
02:05:21 ALL IN FAVOR?
02:05:22 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
02:05:22 JUST VERY BRIEFLY, TWO THINGS.
02:05:25 I WAS ASKED ALSO TO DO A COMMENDATION, WHICH WE WILL GET
02:05:29 NEXT WEEK, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS MONTH IS THE PLANNING
02:05:31 COMMISSION'S -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT NUMBER IT WAS, THEIR
02:05:33 ANNIVERSARY.
02:05:34 THEY ASKED FOR A COMMENDATION.
02:05:37 MAY I HAVE A COUNCIL VOTE ON GETTING A -- I'M LOSING MY
02:05:43 WORDS HERE, WHICH IS RARE -- A COMMENDATION FOR THE
02:05:46 PLANNING COMMISSION TO BE PRESENTED SOMETIME NEXT WEEK?
02:05:48 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
02:05:50 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN VIERA WITH A
02:05:52 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
02:05:55 ALL IN FAVOR?
02:05:55 >>LUIS VIERA: I WANTED TO REMIND ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT
02:05:57 ON FRIDAY EVENING -- GOSH, I DON'T HAVE THE LOCATION, BUT
02:05:59 IT'S GOING TO BE THE FIFTH ANNUAL VETERANS TREATMENT
02:06:01 COURT HOLIDAY GET TOGETHER.
02:06:03 I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO.
02:06:05 THIS PROGRAM IS JUST AN AMAZING PROGRAM THAT HAS GOTTEN
02:06:09 NATIONAL ACCLAIM.
02:06:10 IT'S LED BY OUR GOOD FRIEND, COLONEL DJ REYES, COLONEL
02:06:13 JIM FLETCHER, COLONEL RON ROOK, AND SO MANY GREAT MEN AND
02:06:17 WOMEN.
02:06:18 IT IS AN INSPIRING PROGRAM AND I LOVE IT.
02:06:20 I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO.
02:06:22 MR. DINGFELDER, OBVIOUSLY KNOWS ABOUT IT, HAVING WORKED
02:06:24 IN THE SYSTEM.
02:06:25 I KNOW MS. HOFFMAN HERE IS A VETERAN.
02:06:30 >>JOSEPH CITRO: IT'S TOMORROW 5:00 AT THE CENTER CLUB.
02:06:33 >>LUIS VIERA: I'D ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO.
02:06:36 THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM AND I LOVE IT DEARLY.
02:06:38 YES, SIR.
02:06:39 >>MARTIN SHELBY: A COUPLE OF ITEMS, MR. CHAIRMAN.
02:06:41 FIRST OF ALL, WITH REGARD TO LAST WEEK'S WORKSHOP THAT
02:06:46 DIDN'T TAKE PLACE, THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW THE CRA,
02:06:48 BUT BECAUSE IT WAS A LENGTHY CRA MEETING, WE RAN OUT OF
02:06:53 TIME, IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT SETTING IT AT SOMETHING
02:06:57 OTHER THAN A TIME CERTAIN DOES NOT WORK.
02:06:59 YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING UP ON NOVEMBER 14th,
02:07:02 ANOTHER TWO-HOUR ONE.
02:07:04 MY SUGGESTION -- TWOFOLD.
02:07:07 YOU CAN EITHER SET IT FOR A TIME CERTAIN AT 1:30 TO
02:07:10 REMIND YOU, COUNCIL, THAT WOULD MAKE YOU HAVE A MORNING
02:07:13 CRA MEETING AND AFTERNOON TWO-HOUR MEETING AND THEN YOU
02:07:15 HAVE AN EVENING MEETING.
02:07:17 YOUR OTHER ALTERNATIVE IS TO REMOVE IT FROM THE AGENDA
02:07:20 AND I'LL WORK WITH YOUR LEGISLATIVE AIDES TO SEE WHAT
02:07:22 TIME WE CAN WORK OUT SOMETHING COMPREHENSIVE, MAYBE A
02:07:25 FOUR-HOUR ONE OR SOMETHING WITHOUT YOU HAVING TO SPEND AN
02:07:29 ENTIRE DAY.
02:07:30 IF THAT'S THE CASE, TO ALLOW ME TO DO THAT FOR THE
02:07:33 PURPOSES OF THE CALENDAR, IF YOU CAN REMOVE THE WORKSHOP
02:07:36 PRESENTLY SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 14th, FOLLOWING THE
02:07:40 CRA AT 10 A.M.
02:07:41 >>LUIS VIERA: MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT?
02:07:43 IT'S GOING TO BREAK EVERYBODY'S HEART.
02:07:45 >> SO MOVED.
02:07:46 >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
02:07:50 I BELIEVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
02:07:52 ALL IN FAVOR?
02:07:53 ANY OPPOSED?
02:07:54 WE WILL GET THAT SET.
02:07:56 >>MARTIN SHELBY: TWO MORE QUICK ITEMS JUST FOR PURPOSES
02:07:59 OF THE RECORD.
02:07:59 MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU DID SUBMIT YOUR FORM FOR THE VOTE --
02:08:04 THAT YOU ABSTAINED FROM ON OCTOBER 10.
02:08:07 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
02:08:07 >>MARTIN SHELBY: FINALLY, COUNCIL, I AM SUBMITTING TO THE
02:08:10 CLERK THE MINUTES FROM YOUR TOUR OF THE TIPPIN WATER
02:08:13 PLANT ON AUGUST 20th, FOR THE RECORD.
02:08:17 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THIS IS IMPORTANT.
02:08:17 TOMORROW AT 2:00 IN THE COURTYARD, JASON MARLOWE,
02:08:22 LEGISLATIVE AIDE TO BILL CARLSON, IS GETTING MARRIED WITH
02:08:26 PAT FRANK, OUR CLERK OF THE COURT OFFICIATING.
02:08:31 IF YOU DON'T GO DOWN THERE, YOU CAN LOOK OUT THE WINDOW
02:08:33 HERE AND SEE ALL THE ACTION.
02:08:35 CONGRATULATIONS TO JASON AND HIS FUTURE, VERY SOON FUTURE
02:08:38 LOVELY BRIDE, NICOLE.
02:08:39 HE'S WATCHING.
02:08:41 HE'S BEHIND THIS WALL.
02:08:43 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MAZEL TOV.
02:08:46 >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, BEFORE THAT, JUST A PUBLIC SALUTE
02:08:50 TO JASON AND HIS BRIDE TO BE.
02:08:53 THAT'S A BIG DEAL.
02:08:54 I KNOW WE ALL WISH YOU TWO HAPPINESS AND GREAT ABUNDANCE
02:08:59 IN YOUR MARRIAGE TOGETHER.
02:09:00 GOD BLESS YOU GUYS.
02:09:01 I MEAN THAT.
02:09:03 >>MARTIN SHELBY: CUT IT DOWN TO ONE MORE ITEM.
02:09:04 COUNCIL, JUST SO THAT YOU'RE AWARE, IF YOU HAVEN'T LOOKED
02:09:07 AT THE CALENDAR FOR NEXT THURSDAY'S WORKSHOP, AS I
02:09:11 CALCULATE IT, YOU HAVE THREE COMMENDATIONS, THREE
02:09:13 PRESENTATIONS, AND NINE ITEMS, FOUR OF WHICH ARE LABELED
02:09:17 STAFF REPORT.
02:09:18 SO THAT LOOKS LIKE COUNCIL IN THE BEST OF TIMES, NOT
02:09:21 INCLUDING PUBLIC COMMENT, THAT IS GOING TO PERHAPS RUN
02:09:24 INTO THE AFTERNOON.
02:09:25 SO I WOULD JUST ASK -- COUNCIL, YOU MAY WANT TO SEE HOW
02:09:30 YOU BEST WANT TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES WHEN THEY COME UP,
02:09:32 DEPENDING ON HOW MANY PEOPLE WANT TO SPEAK BECAUSE IT IS
02:09:36 QUITE A LENGTHY AGENDA.
02:09:37 >>LUIS VIERA: IT WILL BE.
02:09:38 I'LL TELL YOU, WHEN IT COMES TO THE COMMENDATIONS, I DO
02:09:41 NOT COUNT THE POLICE OFFICER COMMENDATIONS AS A
02:09:44 COMMENDATION FOR PURPOSES OF THAT RULE.
02:09:46 FOR THE MEMO THAT WAS RELEASED A MONTH AGO, WE ARE
02:09:50 GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO REALIZING I THINK THE
02:09:54 BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF THAT, BUT THAT'S A DAY -- THE OLD
02:09:57 SONG GOES, THE GIRL THAT GOT AWAY.
02:09:59 SO THAT MAY BE THE ONE, THE GAL THAT GOT AWAY, AS THE
02:10:03 SONG GOES.
02:10:04 MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE?
02:10:06 MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
02:10:08 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
02:10:09 ALL IN FAVOR?
02:10:10 ANY OPPOSED?
02:10:11 COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED.
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