CITY OF TAMPA
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2019
9:00 A.M.
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09:02:58 >>LUIS VIERA: -- HAS THE INVOCATION.
09:03:00 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:03:02 IT IS MY PLEASURE THIS MORNING TO WELCOME MR. STEVE
09:03:05 MICHELINI TO DO THE INVOCATION.
09:03:07 HE'S NO STRANGER TO CITY HALL.
09:03:08 A LONGTIME FRIEND OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:03:10 VERY, VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE INDIVIDUAL THAT COULD TELL YOU
09:03:13 MANY, MANY THINGS, THE HISTORY, HOW THE CITY WORKS AND SO
09:03:15 MUCH MORE BECAUSE HE'S WORKED WITH SO MANY WONDERFUL
09:03:18 PEOPLE OVER THE LAST FEW DECADES.
09:03:19 IF WE COULD PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION AND REMAIN
09:03:23 STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION.
09:03:24 >>STEVE MICHELINI: GOOD MORNING.
09:03:25 A PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING.
09:03:27 AS WE GIVE THANKS, WE'RE REMINDED THAT SOMETIMES WE'RE
09:03:29 THANKFUL FOR GIFTS THAT WE RECEIVE AND OTHER TIMES WE'RE
09:03:32 GRATEFUL FOR EVENTS AND ELEMENTS THAT WE DO NOT RECEIVE.
09:03:35 THE GOOD LORD GRANTS GIFTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE GIFTS
09:03:39 AND PRAYER IS THE KEY.
09:03:40 THE LORD GIVES US AND THE LORD TAKES AWAY.
09:03:44 WHEN WE EXPECT ONE THING AND ARE GIVEN ANOTHER, IT IS THE
09:03:46 LORD'S WAY.
09:03:49 WE ARE CHALLENGED WHEN CONSIDERING THE LORD'S WAY AND NOT
09:03:51 OUR WAY.
09:03:52 WE ARE THANKFUL FOR SO MANY GIFTS, INCLUDING THE GIFT OF
09:03:56 LIFE, ITS CHALLENGES AND REWARDS.
09:03:57 WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THIS DAY, FOR OUR FAMILIES, OUR
09:04:00 FRIENDS AND OUR PROSPERITY.
09:04:01 WE ARE STEWARDS OF OUR OWN DESTINY, HAVING RECEIVED ALL
09:04:04 OF GOD'S GIVEN TOOLS FOR WHAT WE NEED TO SUCCEED.
09:04:09 GOD IS GLORIOUS IN HIS POWER, WONDERFUL IN COUNSEL,
09:04:11 INFINITE IN MERCY, PRECIOUS IN GOODNESS, RICH IN GRACE
09:04:15 AND WITHOUT LIMITS IN UNDERSTANDING.
09:04:18 GOD WILL NOT FAIL THEE NOR FORSAKE THEE.
09:04:21 BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE.
09:04:23 WHEN GOD PUTS WEIGHTY ISSUES UPON OUR PEOPLE, HE'S THERE
09:04:26 TO HELP US.
09:04:27 WE ARE ASSURED OF THE PRESENCE AND THE ASSISTANCE OF THE
09:04:31 SPIRIT WHICH WILL ALWAYS STAND BY US AND THE SPIRIT WILL
09:04:33 STRENGTHEN US, SUPPORT US AND UPHOLD US.
09:04:36 GOD'S SHIELD WILL PROTECT US, HIS GLORY WILL HUMBLE US,
09:04:40 HIS POWER WILL DEFEND US, HIS WISDOM WILL ENLIGHTEN US.
09:04:44 HIS GOODNESS WILL SUPPLY US, HIS GRACE WILL HEAL US, HIS
09:04:47 MERCY IS THERE TO PARDON US.
09:04:49 HIS JOY IS THERE TO STRENGTHEN FOR US AND THE WILL TO GO
09:04:52 ON.
09:04:53 HIS PROMISE IS THERE TO CHERISH, THE SPIRIT IS THERE TO
09:04:56 LEAD US.
09:04:56 GOD'S STRENGTH IS THERE AS OUR SHIELD.
09:04:58 BEHOLD THE MIGHTY POWER, THE GRACE, AND THE GLORY OF
09:05:01 ALMIGHTY GOD AND ALLOW THOSE HERE TODAY TO HAVE THOSE
09:05:05 GIFTS BE REVEALED TO THEM.
09:05:06 AS WE ARE YOUR HUMBLE SERVANTS, DO AND FOCUS ON THE
09:05:10 POWER, THE LIGHT, THE WISDOM, THE INSIGHT AND THE
09:05:13 FORTITUDE TO BE SHOWERED DOWN UPON YOUR PEOPLE AND UPON
09:05:16 THOSE WHO APPEAR HERE TODAY AND UPON THE CITY COUNCIL AS
09:05:19 THEY GOVERN AND GUIDE ITS PEOPLE, THE TEACHERS, THE FIRST
09:05:22 RESPONDERS, THE ARMED FORCES AND PARTICULARLY SHINE UPON
09:05:26 THE FAMILY OF DAVID STRAZ.
09:05:28 MAY THEY ALL FIND PEACE.
09:05:30 WE ASK THIS IN YOUR HOLY NAME, AMEN.
09:05:32 [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
09:05:42 >>LUIS VIERA: ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
09:05:49 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HERE.
09:05:50 >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE.
09:05:51 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
09:05:53 >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE.
09:05:53 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
09:05:56 >> CARLSON?
09:05:57 VIERA?
09:05:57 >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
09:05:58 AND BEFORE WE MOVE TO APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA, I WANTED TO
09:06:01 BUILD ON SOMETHING THAT MR. MICHELINI SAID IN HIS PRAYER,
09:06:04 WHICH IS THAT WE ALL OFFER OUR SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO THE
09:06:08 FAMILY AND LOVED ONES OF MR. DAVID STRAZ WHO PASSED ON I
09:06:11 BELIEVE IT WAS MONDAY EVENING.
09:06:13 GOD REST HIS SOUL AND GOD BLESS HIM AND HIS MEMORY FOR
09:06:17 ALL THAT HE DID FOR OUR CITY THROUGH NUMEROUS CHARITABLE
09:06:20 ENDEAVORS THAT TOUCHED SO MANY LIVES.
09:06:22 HE REALLY IS ONE OF THE BEST-KNOWN CITIZENS OF OUR CITY.
09:06:26 AND EVERYBODY KNEW HIM.
09:06:27 SO HE WAS A LARGER THAN LIFE FIGURE HERE IN TAMPA AND HE
09:06:31 WILL SURELY BE MISSED.
09:06:32 GOD REST HIS SOUL.
09:06:36 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I ECHO WHETHER A COUNCILMAN VIERA
09:06:39 SAID.
09:06:40 I'VE KNOWN MR. STRAZ FOR ALMOST TEN YEARS.
09:06:45 A VERY GOOD AND HUMBLE MAN.
09:06:47 PEOPLE SEE THE MONEY AND THE NAME AND WHATNOT, BUT WHEN
09:06:50 YOU GET TO KNOW HIM AS A PERSON, ALL HE REALLY CARED
09:06:53 ABOUT WAS GIVING BACK AND GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
09:06:56 HE LOVED THE ARTS.
09:06:57 HE LOVED THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:06:58 ALTHOUGH HE WASN'T FROM HERE ORIGINALLY, HE EMBRACED
09:07:01 TAMPA AS HIS HOME FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME, AND YOU
09:07:04 REALLY WOULDN'T MEET A KINDER AND MORE GIVING INDIVIDUAL.
09:07:08 THERE ARE A FEW THAT I HAVE MET IN MY LIFE THAT WHEN YOU
09:07:11 MEET THEM, YOU KNOW THAT THEY ARE SINCERE, THAT THEY
09:07:13 SPEAK FROM THE HEART, THAT THEY ARE NOT IN IT FOR
09:07:19 THEMSELVES.
09:07:19 THEY ARE IN IT TO LIFT OTHER PEOPLE UP AND GIVE BACK.
09:07:20 AND THAT'S THE KIND OF PERSON HE WAS.
09:07:22 MANY GOT TO KNOW HIM THROUGH THE MAYORAL CAMPAIGN AND SAW
09:07:26 HIM OUT IN THE OPEN.
09:07:27 WHEN YOU KNEW HIM BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, HE WAS A VERY KIND
09:07:31 INDIVIDUAL.
09:07:32 MY CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO HIS FAMILY WITH RESPECT AND
09:07:35 PRAYERS TO THEM.
09:07:37 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
09:07:38 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:07:38 WE NEXT MOVE TO APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
09:07:42 BEFORE WE MOVE THERE, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE FOR STAFF
09:07:46 REPORTS, WHICH WE'RE HAVING AT 10:30, I HAVE 24, 39, 83
09:07:51 AND 90.
09:07:52 84, 85, 86, 87 AND 89 FOR STAFF REPORTS TO BE HELD AT
09:07:58 THIS TIME FOR LIVE ONES.
09:08:00 IF THERE ARE ANY ELSE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AT THIS TIME,
09:08:04 THE AFOREMENTIONED STAFF REPORTS.
09:08:06 OKAY, BEING THAT, THOSE ARE THE ONES WE'LL HAVE HEARD AT
09:08:09 10:30.
09:08:10 MAY I HAVE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA?
09:08:12 WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, I BELIEVE IT WAS.
09:08:14 A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
09:08:15 ALL IN FAVOR?
09:08:16 ANY OPPOSED?
09:08:17 FIRST COUNCILMAN CITRO FOR THE POLICE OFFICER OF THE
09:08:19 MONTH.
09:08:19 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
09:08:21 OFFICER, DID I PRONOUNCE THAT CORRECTLY?
09:08:33 >> YES, SIR.
09:08:33 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
09:08:34 MR. CHAIR, COUNCILMEN, I APPRECIATE THIS TIME.
09:08:45 I WILL SAY IT AGAIN OVER AND OVER AND OVER.
09:08:49 ANY OF US WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT THESE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN
09:08:52 DO EACH AND EVERY DAY, I SUGGEST YOU GO TO THE CITIZENS
09:08:57 POLICE ACADEMY AND THERE YOU WILL FIND OUT EXACTLY HOW
09:09:00 THEY SERVE AND PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY.
09:09:07 YOU ARE THE OFFICER OF THE MONTH, AND I CONGRATULATE YOU
09:09:09 FOR THAT.
09:09:10 >> THANK YOU, SIR.
09:09:11 >>JOSEPH CITRO: BUT THIS MAN HERE WILL EXPLAIN THE REASON
09:09:14 WHY.
09:09:17 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:09:18 DEPUTY CHIEF LEE BURKOFF.
09:09:23 I'M HONORED TO PRESENT OUR OFFICER OF THE MONTH, ANDREW
09:09:26 SELIGMAN.
09:09:26 HE'S A FIVE-YEAR VETERAN OF THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
09:09:27 HE CURRENTLY WORKS IN OUR STREET ANTICRIME SQUAD IN
09:09:30 SULPHUR SPRINGS.
09:09:31 HE'S OUT THERE MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
09:09:34 I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE FEW THINGS THAT HE IS
09:09:36 DOING THAT HE EARNS THIS AWARD.
09:09:38 HE'S ALWAYS A TOP PRODUCER ON THE SQUAD, BUT HE'S TAKING
09:09:43 INTELLIGENCE-LED POLICING TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
09:09:46 HE COMES IN EARLY AND HE REFERENCE CRIME PATTERNS,
09:09:49 OFFENDERS, AND HE TAKES THAT AND HE SHARES IT WITH HIS
09:09:52 SQUAD, AND HE USES THAT TO SOLVE CRIMES.
09:09:55 ON TOP OF THE INTELLIGENCE-LED POLICING AND
09:09:58 OFFENDER-BASED MANAGEMENT, HE INCORPORATES
09:10:01 COMMUNITY-ORIENTED POLICING PRINCIPLES IN HIS POLICING.
09:10:06 WHEN HE GOES OUT AND SEES OFFENDERS, HE ALSO COMMUNICATES
09:10:09 WITH THE FAMILY MEMBERS AND CITIZENS AROUND, CREATING
09:10:11 THIS KNOWLEDGE IS WHAT HELPS HIM SOLVE CRIMES.
09:10:14 SO RECENTLY, HE MADE SEVERAL HIGH-PROFILE ARRESTS IN THE
09:10:17 NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THIS REMOVED GUNS FROM THE STREETS,
09:10:20 COUNTLESS AMOUNTS OF NARCOTICS AND CRIMES.
09:10:24 AND SO FORTH.
09:10:25 RECENTLY, ON AN AUTO BURGLARY AND GRAND THEFT AUTO THAT
09:10:29 WAS HIGHLIGHTED HERE, HANDING THE RETURNED PROPERTY TO
09:10:34 THE OWNERS.
09:10:35 IF YOU CAN IMAGINE YOUR CAR WAS STOLEN AND SOMEBODY COMES
09:10:38 BACK AND BRINGS YOU THE KEYS OR BRINGS YOU THE STOLEN
09:10:40 PROPERTY, JUST THE FEELING YOU WOULD HAVE INSIDE OF
09:10:43 SOMEBODY COMING BACK.
09:10:44 THIS IS WHAT HE DOES TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND.
09:10:47 AND WITHOUT HIS ABILITY AND HIS WORK ETHIC TO DO THAT, A
09:10:50 LOT OF THESE CRIMES WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SOLVED.
09:10:53 I COULD GO ON ALL DAY ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT HE'S DONE.
09:10:55 BUT FOR HIS PROFESSIONALISM, WORK ETHIC, OUTSTANDING
09:10:59 SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA AND HIS EFFORT IN THE
09:11:01 CRIME FIGHT, HE'S BEEN SELECTED FOR OUR TAMPA POLICE
09:11:04 DEPARTMENT OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
09:11:06 CONGRATULATIONS.
09:11:06 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:11:14 >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
09:11:15 JIMMY OWENS, TAMPA PBA VICE PRESIDENT.
09:11:18 THIS IS APRIL LARSON.
09:11:20 SHE IS THE SECRETARY-TREASURER.
09:11:22 ON BEHALF OF THE TAMPA PBA, WE THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR
09:11:25 ALLOWING US TO COME UP HERE AND HONORING THIS OFFICER.
09:11:28 ON BEHALF OF THE TAMPA PBA WE OFFER YOU THIS PLAQUE AND
09:11:32 THE WATCH FOR YOUR GREAT SERVICE TO THE TAMPA POLICE
09:11:34 DEPARTMENT.
09:11:35 BUSCH GARDENS CANNOT MAKE IT TODAY.
09:11:37 ON THEIR BEHALF, COMPLIMENTARY TICKETS SO YOU CAN ENJOY
09:11:42 BUSCH GARDENS.
09:11:43 >> THANK YOU.
09:11:48 >> GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS, OFFICER
09:11:50 SELIGMAN.
09:11:54 CASPER COMPANY, McDONALD'S RESTAURANTS.
09:11:57 ON BEHALF OF OUR NEARLY 4,000 EMPLOYEES, LIKE TO THANK
09:12:00 YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE, YOUR WORK ETHIC, THE
09:12:04 IMPACT THAT YOU HAVE ON YOUR PEERS WATCHING YOU WORK,
09:12:08 MAKE IT SAFER FOR ALL OF US HERE.
09:12:10 I HAVE A GIFT FROM US.
09:12:12 DINNER FOR FOUR CERTIFICATE, $25 IN GIFT CARDS.
09:12:16 TCHOTCHKES YOU MAY OR MAY NOT USE.
09:12:20 ENJOY THEM AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
09:12:21 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:12:26 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
09:12:28 TODD FROM STEPP'S TOWING.
09:12:32 FROM TODD STEPP AND ALL OF STEPP'S FAMILY, PRESENT WITH
09:12:38 YOU GIFT CARDS AND CERTIFICATE FOR A LIMOUSINE TO BE USED
09:12:42 BY YOU AND 18 PEOPLE IN THE NEXT YEAR.
09:12:45 WE THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
09:12:46 BE SAFE.
09:12:47 >> THANK YOU, SIR.
09:12:47 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:12:51 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:12:53 THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
09:12:54 I'M LISA WITH THE DOUBLETREE.
09:12:56 WE HAVE A TWO-NIGHT STAY WITH BREAKFAST FOR TWO AND A TIN
09:13:01 OF OUR DOUBLETREE COOKIES.
09:13:03 THANK YOU AGAIN.
09:13:09 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:13:10 CARLOS RAMOS WITH THE TAMPA/HILLSBOROUGH EXPRESSWAY
09:13:12 AUTHORITY.
09:13:13 OFFICER, ON BEHALF OF THE EXPRESSWAY AUTHORITY AND THE
09:13:15 WORK THAT YOU DO IN THE COMMUNITY, I WANTED TO PRESENT TO
09:13:17 YOU A GIFT CARD TO APPLEBEE'S AND ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU
09:13:23 VERY MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS.
09:13:26 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:13:32 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:13:33 BRIAN FORD WITH THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS.
09:13:35 FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO WISH YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY
09:13:40 THANKSGIVING WITH YOUR FAMILY.
09:13:41 OFFICER, DEPUTY CHIEF BURKOFF AND OFFICER SELIGMAN, THANK
09:13:50 YOU.
09:13:51 WE HAVE A TRADITION OVER AT ONE BUC WHERE WE HAND OUT
09:13:54 GAME BALLS FOR FOLKS THAT GO OVER AND ABOVE.
09:13:58 HEARING YOUR STORY AND MORE ABOUT YOU, YOU DEFINITELY DO
09:14:00 THAT.
09:14:00 THANK YOU.
09:14:00 ON BEHALF OF THE GLAZER FAMILY, THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION,
09:14:03 WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO TO ALLOW US TO DO WHAT WE DO AND
09:14:08 WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.
09:14:11 >> THANK YOU.
09:14:11 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:14:12 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:14:15 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:14:16 MARY LOU BAILEY, HERE ON BEHALF OF ZOO TAMPA AT LOWRY
09:14:19 PARK.
09:14:20 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
09:14:22 I DID GO TO THE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY.
09:14:25 I GOT A LITTLE SCARED AND SHOOK UP.
09:14:27 I HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO PUT MYSELF ON THE LINE
09:14:31 LIKE YOU AND ALL OF THE POLICE OFFICERS DO EVERY DAY.
09:14:33 APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE.
09:14:34 ON BEHALF OF THE VOLUNTEERS WHO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF
09:14:36 DIRECTORS AT ZOO TAMPA, MEMBERSHIP FOR ANNUAL PASS TO THE
09:14:41 ZOO.
09:14:42 HOPE YOU ENJOY IT AND LOVE ANIMALS AND CONSERVATION AS
09:14:45 MUCH AS WE DO.
09:14:45 IT INCLUDES ACCESS TO EVENTS LIKE CHRISTMAS IN THE WILD
09:14:48 THAT'S COMING UP.
09:14:49 ENJOY IT IN GOOD HEALTH AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
09:14:51 SERVICE.
09:14:52 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:14:55 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:14:56 MICHAEL KILGORE WITH THE COLUMBIA RESTAURANT GROUP.
09:14:59 ON BEHALF OF THE GONZMART FAMILY AND OUR 115th
09:15:03 ANNIVERSARY OF CONTINUOUS FAMILY OWNERSHIP NEXT YEAR,
09:15:05 $115 GIFT CARD TO THE COLUMBIA.
09:15:08 ENJOY.
09:15:08 THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.
09:15:13 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:15:15 TAMPA THEATRE.
09:15:16 OFFICER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE IN OUR
09:15:18 COMMUNITY.
09:15:19 ON BEHALF OF TAMPA THEATRE, I'M HONORED TO GIVE YOU THE
09:15:22 GIFT OF A MEMBERSHIP SO YOU CAN COME AND VISIT US ON
09:15:24 FRANKLIN STREET.
09:15:25 THANK YOU SO MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS.
09:15:27 >> THANK YOU.
09:15:28 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:15:31 >> DEPUTY CHIEF DELGADO TELLS ME I SHOULD KEEP IT SHORT.
09:15:36 HERE YOU GO.
09:15:37 STEVE MICHELINI ON BEHALF OF A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT FOLKS.
09:15:43 CICCIO'S RESTAURANT GROUP, ENJOY YOURSELF AT BREAKFAST,
09:15:47 LUNCH, DINNER.
09:15:48 YUMMY HOUSE, CHINA BISTRO, GO ENJOY YOURSELF.
09:15:52 I KNOW HE WANTS TO GO, SO YOU BETTER INVITE HIM.
09:15:56 HAVE TO GIVE YOU ANOTHER GIFT CERTIFICATE JUST FOR HIM.
09:16:00 METROPOLITAN YMCA IS GIVING YOU A GIFT CERTIFICATE.
09:16:03 ENJOY YOURSELF THERE WITH MEMBERSHIP.
09:16:06 AND THE FORBICI ITALIAN RESTAURANT IN OLD HYDE PARK
09:16:12 VILLAGE.
09:16:13 THEY JUST OPENED, AND IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO GO.
09:16:17 CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:16:17 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:16:20 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I CANNOT EXPRESS HOW THANKFUL WE THE CITY
09:16:24 COUNCIL ARE AND THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA THAT YOU AND THE
09:16:27 OTHER BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN ARE HERE AS OUR INSURANCE
09:16:29 POLICY.
09:16:30 SO I THANK YOU AND YOUR COMRADES FOR BEING THERE FOR US.
09:16:34 BECAUSE OF YOUR DEDICATION TO SERVICE, COMMITMENT TO
09:16:38 EXCELLENCE, AND THE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF
09:16:42 DUTY, YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FOR THIS MARK OF DISTINCTION
09:16:45 AS OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
09:16:46 FROM YOUR DEDICATION AND -- THAT HAS LED TO THE ARREST OF
09:16:53 SEVERAL PROLIFIC AND VIOLENT OFFENDERS TO KEEP UNLAWFUL
09:16:56 POSSESSIONS OF HANDGUNS AND DRUGS OFF THE STREETS TO
09:17:00 HELPING RECOVER STOLEN PROPERTY AND GIVEN TO THE RIGHTFUL
09:17:03 OWNERS.
09:17:03 YOUR SERVICE IS COMMENDED BY YOUR PEERS AND YOUR
09:17:07 SUPERIORS.
09:17:07 THIS AWARD IS A SYMBOL OF YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARD
09:17:11 MAKING TAMPA A BETTER, SAFER, AND MORE SECURE PLACE TO
09:17:14 LIVE, WORK AND PLAY.
09:17:16 IT IS THE CITY OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL HONOR TO PRESENT
09:17:21 OFFICER ANDREW SELIGMAN WITH THIS COMMENDATION ON THIS
09:17:25 DAY, THE 21st DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2019.
09:17:28 CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.
09:17:30 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:17:30 YOU'VE GOT THE LECTERN, MY FRIEND.
09:17:45 >> FIRST OFF, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU HERE TODAY.
09:17:50 I APPRECIATE IT.
09:17:51 IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE.
09:17:52 I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITH EVERYBODY FROM THE CHIEF'S
09:17:55 OFFICE STAFF ALL THE WAY DOWN TO MY SERGEANT CORPORAL ALL
09:18:00 THE WAY TO MY WHOLE SQUAD.
09:18:03 IT'S FUN BEING HERE WITH THE SQUAD.
09:18:09 THEY MAKE IT THE WAY IT IS.
09:18:10 THANK YOU TO PBA.
09:18:12 THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT CAME HERE TODAY AND GAVE ME
09:18:16 SOME GIFTS.
09:18:18 I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
09:18:19 IT'S AN HONOR.
09:18:22 AND THANK YOU.
09:18:23 I HOPE EVERYBODY HAS A HAPPY THANKSGIVING AND HOLIDAYS.
09:18:29 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:18:29 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
09:18:30 COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:18:32 >>ORLANDO GUDES: GOOD MORNING.
09:18:33 I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THE
09:18:36 WORK YOU'RE DOING OUT THERE IN SULFUR SPRINGS.
09:18:38 WE NEED IT OUT THERE.
09:18:40 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:18:40 >> THANK YOU, SIR.
09:18:41 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR, FOR YOUR WORK.
09:18:43 I ECHO WHAT COUNCILMAN GUDES SAID.
09:18:46 WE SHARE TO A DEGREE SULPHUR SPRINGS AND WE THANK YOU FOR
09:18:50 THE WORK YOU'RE DOING OUT THERE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
09:18:52 SACRIFICE.
09:18:54 THANK YOU.
09:18:55 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:18:56 WE NEXT MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 2 FOR SENATOR ARTHENIA
09:18:59 JOYNER.
09:19:00 I WOULD ASK THAT FOLKS WHO ARE LEAVING PLEASE NOT SPEAK
09:19:04 IN THE HALLS FOR PURPOSES OF THE NEXT COMMENDATION, IF
09:19:07 YOU WOULD.
09:19:08 THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN AND LADIES.
09:19:10 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
09:19:53 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
09:19:55 IT'S MY PLEASURE THIS MORNING TO FLUORESCENT
09:19:57 COMMENDATION.
09:19:57 BUT BEFORE I DO, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE A FEW PEOPLE IN
09:20:01 THE AUDIENCE.
09:20:01 WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC DEFENDER, JULIE HOLT.
09:20:03 AND WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVE ED NARAIN, A GOOD FRIEND TO
09:20:09 MANY OF US HERE.
09:20:10 [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
09:20:11 >>LUIS VIERA: I'M SORRY.
09:20:12 IF FOLKS WHO ARE IN THE AUDIENCE COULD PLEASE CEASE FROM
09:20:14 TALKING.
09:20:15 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:20:16 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BEFORE I BEGIN, I DON'T THINK I'VE
09:20:18 EVER SAID THIS, BUT WE STAND HERE IN THE PRESENCE OF
09:20:22 GREATNESS BECAUSE WE ARE WITH A LIVING LEGEND, SOMEONE
09:20:25 WHO NOT ONLY LIVED THROUGH HISTORY BUT MADE HISTORY.
09:20:30 SENATOR JOYNER IS WELL KNOWN BY SO MANY, HAS INSPIRED SO
09:20:36 MANY, SEVERAL GENERATIONS.
09:20:38 HER FATHER AS A BUSINESS OWNER IN THE CENTRAL AVENUE
09:20:40 AREA, WHICH YOU CAN SEE HIS IMAGE AT PERRY HARVEY PARK
09:20:46 WHEN YOU LEARN THE HISTORY OF WHAT THAT AREA USED TO BE
09:20:49 AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY.
09:20:51 SENATOR JOYNER IS -- WE ARE HERE CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF
09:20:56 HER PRACTICING LAW AS THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE LAWYER IN
09:20:59 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
09:21:00 SHE IS A CIVIL RIGHTS LEGEND, I WOULD SAY, NOT JUST AN
09:21:05 ACTIVIST, GOING BACK WELL OVER 50 YEARS.
09:21:08 SHE'S BEEN ARRESTED SEVERAL TIMES IN FIGHTING AND
09:21:11 STANDING UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT.
09:21:14 SHE HAS SHOWN THAT SHE IS FEARLESS.
09:21:17 SHE HAS INSPIRED SO MANY PEOPLE.
09:21:19 SHE HAS CERTAINLY INSPIRED ME AND MANY OTHERS THAT I
09:21:22 KNOW.
09:21:22 IT IS MY HONOR TODAY TO WELCOME SENATOR JOYNER AND WE
09:21:25 HAVE SOME OF HER FAMILY WITH HER.
09:21:27 TAMPA CITY COUNCIL HONORS SENATOR ARTHENIA JOYNER FOR
09:21:29 ACHIEVING THE MILESTONE OF BECOMING THE FIRST BLACK
09:21:32 FEMALE ATTORNEY IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TO PRACTICE LAW
09:21:34 NOW FOR 50 YEARS.
09:21:36 FORMER MEMBER OF THE FLORIDA STATE HOUSE AND STATE
09:21:38 SENATE, SHE HAS SPENT HER LIFE STANDING UP FOR WHAT SHE
09:21:42 BELIEVES IN AND PAVING THE WAY FOR OTHERS.
09:21:43 THROUGHOUT HER LONG CAREER IN PUBLIC SERVICE, SENATOR
09:21:45 JOYNER HAS ALWAYS DEMONSTRATED A DEEP COMMITMENT TO HER
09:21:47 FOUNDATIONAL VALUES OF SERVICE AND QUALITY, CIVIL RIGHTS
09:21:50 AND AN UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO THE PEOPLE OF FLORIDA.
09:21:53 SHE KNOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF SHARING PERSONAL SUCCESS WITH
09:21:55 THOSE LESS FORTUNATE.
09:21:56 SENATOR JOYNER HAS ALWAYS FOLLOWED HER CONSCIENCE AND
09:22:00 CONVENTIONS AND WAS NEVER AFRAID TO MAKE HER VOICE HEARD
09:22:03 ON THE ISSUES THAT MATTERED.
09:22:05 TAMPA CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZES YOU FOR YOUR COMPASSION,
09:22:08 YOUR SELFLESS EFFORTS AS YOU CONTINUE TO SERVE THE
09:22:10 COMMUNITY THAT YOU SO PASSIONATELY LOVE, AND WE LOVE YOU.
09:22:13 IT IS WITH PLEASURE THAT WE PRESENT YOU WITH THIS
09:22:15 COMMENDATION ON THE 21st DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2019.
09:22:18 CONGRATULATIONS.
09:22:20 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:22:32 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:22:40 THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, FOR BEING THE
09:22:47 SPOKESPERSON FOR THE CITY COUNCIL AND BESTOWING THIS
09:22:50 COMMENDATION UPON ME.
09:22:52 WELL, I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT I'M ALMOST SPEECHLESS.
09:23:01 YOU KNOW, I REFLECT BACK ON THE 50 YEARS, WELL, ACTUALLY
09:23:05 ALL OF MY LIFE AND I GO BACK TO MY PARENTS WHO INSTILLED
09:23:10 IN ME A SENSE OF INSPIRATION TO ALWAYS STAND UP AND SPEAK
09:23:14 OUT FOR WHAT I BELIEVED IN, EVEN THOUGH I SOMETIMES WAS
09:23:18 THE ONLY ONE TAKING THAT POSITION, BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT TO
09:23:24 LIVE WITH YOURSELF AND LOOK IN THE MIRROR EACH AND EVERY
09:23:27 DAY AND KNOW THAT YOU'VE DONE WHAT YOU THINK IS RIGHT FOR
09:23:31 THE PEOPLE.
09:23:32 SO I'VE BEEN HONORED TO DO THAT, AND EVEN THOUGH THERE
09:23:36 MAY BE DIFFERENCES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND WITH PEOPLE,
09:23:42 IT'S ALL ABOUT RESPECT AND RELATIONSHIPS.
09:23:46 I'VE KNOWN CONNIE BURTON ALL HER LIFE.
09:23:50 I REMEMBER WHEN SHE WAS BORN.
09:23:51 I KNEW HER PARENTS.
09:23:53 SO MY RELATIONSHIP WITH HER TRANSCENDS THAT OF SOME OF
09:24:00 YOU.
09:24:00 I MET REPRESENTATIVE NARAIN WHEN HE WAS RUNNING FOR
09:24:11 OFFICE, AND WE WERE ON OPPOSITE SIDES.
09:24:12 BUT WE RESPECT EACH OTHER BECAUSE WE ALL SHARE THE COMMON
09:24:14 GOAL, BOTH CONNIE, ED AND I, AND MICHELLE PATTY, WORKING
09:24:18 FOR THE PEOPLE.
09:24:19 SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BESTOWING THIS
09:24:22 HONOR ON ME, BECAUSE AS MY FATHER OFTEN SAID, TO WHOM
09:24:27 MUCH IS GIVEN, MUCH IS REQUIRED.
09:24:29 AS MY DAUGHTER, HE WOULD SAY I EXPECT MUCH OF YOU FOR WE
09:24:38 WERE BLESSED WITH HIS BLESS ON CENTRAL AVENUE.
09:24:40 IT THRIVED.
09:24:41 IT WAS SUCCESSFUL.
09:24:42 AND IT AFFORDED US A WONDERFUL LIFE.
09:24:45 I HAD A WONDERFUL CHILDHOOD AS A CHILD ON CENTRAL AVENUE
09:24:50 AND CENTRAL PARK VILLAGE RIGHT BEHIND US.
09:24:54 IT WAS THE BEST.
09:24:55 I HAD SIX STRONG BLACK FEMALE TEACHERS FROM FIRST TO
09:25:00 SIXTH GRADE.
09:25:02 MS. BRENSON, MS. JAMES, MS. ARTIS, MS. DORIS ROSS
09:25:09 REDDICK, AND MS. SHEHIGH.
09:25:13 EACH ONE OF THOSE WOMEN INSTILLED IN ME A SENSE OF PRIDE
09:25:18 AND PUSHED ME TO BE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO BE IF YOU PUT
09:25:23 YOUR MIND TO IT.
09:25:24 THE PEOPLE OF TAMPA AFFORDED ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A
09:25:28 SUCCESSFUL LAW PRACTICE AND TO SERVE THEM IN THE FLORIDA
09:25:32 LEGISLATURE.
09:25:32 I LOVED IT.
09:25:33 I ENJOYED IT AND I'M SO HAPPY AND PLEASED THAT 50 YEARS
09:25:38 LATER I CAN SEE ALL OF THESE WONDERFUL BLACK WOMEN
09:25:42 LAWYERS AND MEN IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, SO MANY THAT I
09:25:46 DON'T EVEN KNOW THEM ALL, BUT IT'S GREAT, AND IT'S
09:25:52 WONDERFUL FOR YOU ALL TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO SAY THANK
09:25:54 YOU TO ME, BECAUSE IT MEANS SO MUCH WHEN YOU ARE DOING
09:26:01 WHAT YOU WERE BROUGHT HERE TO DO.
09:26:05 I KNOW WHAT MY PURPOSE IN LIFE IS, AND THAT IS SERVING
09:26:08 OTHERS.
09:26:08 THANK YOU.
09:26:11 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:26:19 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SENATOR.
09:26:20 ANYBODY FROM COUNCIL?
09:26:21 COUNCILMAN GUDES AND COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, COUNCILMAN
09:26:24 MIRANDA.
09:26:25 GO AHEAD, SIR.
09:26:26 >>ORLANDO GUDES: IT'S A GREAT HONOR FOR ME TO STAND
09:26:29 BEFORE YOU.
09:26:33 YOU'VE DONE A LOT FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.
09:26:34 YOU'VE BEEN A TRAILBLAZER AND A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE GO ON
09:26:38 AND NEVER GET THEIR -- IT WOULD BE ROBBERY IF THE COUNCIL
09:26:46 DID NOT GIVE YOU YOUR FLOWERS NOW.
09:26:48 IT'S HONOR WHEN YOU GET RECOGNITION FOR A JOB WELL DONE,
09:26:52 A JOB YOU HAVE DONE.
09:26:53 I WANT TO SAY I KNOW YOU.
09:26:54 YOU LIVE IN MY COMMUNITY, FROM MY MOTHER'S HOUSE.
09:26:59 I JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'VE DONE AND THE
09:27:02 MANY BLESSINGS UPON YOU.
09:27:03 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
09:27:04 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
09:27:05 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SENATOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
09:27:10 SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY IN SO MANY WAYS.
09:27:14 I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 25 YEARS AGO, IT WAS MY HONOR TO
09:27:18 PRACTICE LAW WITH YOU AND WITH DEL STUART AND CLARK
09:27:22 JORDAN HOLMES FOR A SHORT WHILE.
09:27:26 AND TO WATCH YOU GUYS PRACTICE, TO LEARN UNDERNEATH THE
09:27:32 THREE OF YOU, I LEARNED SO MUCH NOT JUST ABOUT THE LAW
09:27:36 BUT ABOUT CHARACTER AND ABOUT SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY
09:27:40 AND SOME OF THE BEST TIMES I HAD WAS GOING IN THERE AND
09:27:43 TALKING TO DEL.
09:27:44 OF COURSE, IT WOULD BE A LONG TALK.
09:27:46 [ LAUGHTER ]
09:27:46 BUT EVEN TO THIS DAY, WE SALUTE ALL OF YOU AND ESPECIALLY
09:27:53 YOU.
09:27:53 I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT WE TALK ABOUT CENTRAL PARK,
09:27:58 THE JACKSON HOUSE, RIGHT UP THE STREET THERE WHICH HAS
09:28:02 SUCH GREAT HISTORY AND THE VINIKS BEING SO GENEROUS ON
09:28:07 THEIR DONATION TO RESTORE AND REHABILITATE THE JACKSON
09:28:09 HOUSE.
09:28:09 I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE TO BE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
09:28:12 I KNOW WE ARE AS WELL.
09:28:13 SO A SHOUT-OUT TO THE VINIKS AS WELL.
09:28:17 WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU FOR MANY, MANY MORE
09:28:20 DECADES ON MUTUAL CAUSES.
09:28:22 THANK YOU, ARTHENIA.
09:28:23 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
09:28:24 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
09:28:26 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, SENATOR, FOR BEING HERE.
09:28:28 I KNOW IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR ANYONE TO TALK ABOUT
09:28:33 THEMSELVES, ESPECIALLY YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE VERY HUMBLE
09:28:35 ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.
09:28:36 WHEN YOU LOOK AT HISTORY ABOUT YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND
09:28:37 TOMORROW, YOU WERE THERE.
09:28:38 BUT THERE WERE THREE WORDS YOU SAID AT THE END THAT
09:28:41 CAUGHT MY EAR, AND THOSE WORDS WERE, "SERVE IN OFFICE."
09:28:49 DOES THAT MEAN THERE IS A FUTURE?
09:28:51 I JUST HEARD THAT, THREE WORDS YOU CLOSED WITH, "SERVE IN
09:28:58 OFFICE."
09:28:59 I SAID, WELL, MAYBE THAT'S AN INDICATION THERE WILL BE A
09:29:02 FUTURE FOR ONES WHO STARTED AND CONTINUE SERVING.
09:29:07 I'M JUST SAYING WHAT I HEARD.
09:29:09 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR YEARS AND SERVICE AND
09:29:12 EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE TO HELP THE PRIVILEGED AND
09:29:14 UNDERPRIVILEGED BOTH.
09:29:15 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
09:29:16 COUNCILMAN CITRO.
09:29:17 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SENATOR, I THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT
09:29:20 YOU HAVE DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BUT PERSONALLY, I THANK
09:29:24 YOU FOR WHEN YOU CAME UP TO ME ONE DAY AND YOU SAID SOME
09:29:28 VERY, VERY NICE WORDS TO ME.
09:29:30 I TOOK HEED IN YOUR WORDS.
09:29:33 YOU TOLD ME THAT NOW THAT I'M ELECTED I'M A LEADER, BUT
09:29:38 I'M STILL WITH THE PEOPLE, AND I HAVE TO REMEMBER THEM
09:29:43 FIRST.
09:29:43 AND I TOOK THOSE WORDS TO HEART.
09:29:46 THEY MEANT A LOT TO ME.
09:29:48 THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WISDOM YOU HAVE GIVEN ME AND GIVEN
09:29:51 OTHERS FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
09:29:52 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
09:29:53 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
09:29:54 COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
09:29:55 >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE,
09:29:57 SENATOR, AND FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE OVER THE YEARS.
09:30:00 I'M HONORED.
09:30:01 I THINK WE'RE HONORED THAT YOU ACCEPTED OUR COMMENDATION.
09:30:04 THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY.
09:30:06 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
09:30:07 I'LL CLOSE, SENATOR, JUST BY SAYING THANK YOU FOR ALL
09:30:10 THAT YOU DO.
09:30:11 I SAY THIS AS AN ATTORNEY.
09:30:13 IT'S 50 YEARS IN THE FLORIDA BAR, AND I COME FROM THE
09:30:17 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION, WAS VERY ACTIVE
09:30:19 THERE, STILL MODESTLY ACTIVE.
09:30:21 I WAS INCOMING PRESIDENT OF THE TAMPA HISPANIC BAR.
09:30:25 WORKED WITH OUR FRIENDS IN THE HALL, AND FOR THESE FOLKS,
09:30:30 YOU ARE THE PERSON THAT EVERY SINGLE MEMBER AND EVERY
09:30:31 SINGLE PERSON IN LEADERSHIP THERE KNOWS.
09:30:32 THEY ALL KNOW SENATOR ARTHENIA JOYNER BECAUSE THEY ALL
09:30:36 FOLLOW IN YOUR FOOTSTEPS.
09:30:38 THEY ALL WALK IN YOUR SHOES IN TERMS OF THE SACRIFICES
09:30:41 THAT YOU'VE MADE.
09:30:42 YOUR NAME IS CONSISTENT WITH PEOPLE IN TAMPA HISTORY,
09:30:44 PEOPLE LIKE FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ, PEOPLE LIKE ROBERT
09:30:48 SAUNDERS, SO MANY OTHER NAMES OF PEOPLE WHO WERE SO
09:30:51 COURAGEOUS IN THEIR TIME.
09:30:53 AND FOLKS LIKE YOURSELF WHO SACRIFICE SO MUCH ARE SO
09:30:56 IMPORTANT TODAY, SO IMPORTANT TODAY SO THAT WE CAN KNOW
09:30:59 THAT JUST LIKE WE HAVE CHARLOTTESVILLE TODAY AND TREE OF
09:31:03 LIFE TODAY AND EL PASO TODAY, WE HAD JACKSON, WE HAD
09:31:07 MIMS, WE HAD MONEY, MISSISSIPPI YEARS AGO.
09:31:10 FOLKS LIKE YOU SHOW US THE WAY THROUGH YOUR BRAVERY AND
09:31:13 YOUR COURAGE.
09:31:14 THANK YOU, MA'AM.
09:31:14 GOD BLESS YOU.
09:31:16 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:31:17 I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY FAMILY THAT'S HERE.
09:31:19 MY SISTER, SANDRA, WHO FED ME WHEN I WAS IN LAW SCHOOL
09:31:25 BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH HENRY JOYNER COULD AFFORD IT, HE TOLD
09:31:29 ME IF I WANTED TO BE A LAWYER IT WAS ON ME.
09:31:32 HE SAID IT'S TIME TO INVEST IN YOURSELF.
09:31:34 IF YOU WANT TO GO, THEN YOU PAY FOR IT.
09:31:37 SO, OF COURSE, MY SISTER WAS ALWAYS THERE TO HELP ME.
09:31:41 AND MY NIECE KATRINA AND MY SISTER DONNA.
09:31:47 THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE AND HAPPY TO HAVE
09:31:50 THEM HERE WITH ME THIS MORNING TO SHARE THIS MOMENT.
09:31:52 THANK YOU.
09:31:54 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:31:56 >>LUIS VIERA: DO YOU WANT TO COME UP FOR A PHOTO?
09:31:59 OKAY.
09:33:06 I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OUR FRIENDS FROM THE PLANNING
09:33:08 COMMISSION TO PLEASE COME UP AT THIS TIME.
09:33:10 BEFORE WE DO THAT, THERE IS SOMETHING I FORGOT TO
09:33:25 MENTION.
09:33:25 I APOLOGIZE, BEFORE WE DO THAT, THAT ON JANUARY 6, FOR
09:33:30 EVERYBODY WATCHING, THERE'S GOING TO BE AN EVENT TO HONOR
09:33:32 SENATOR JOYNER FOR THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF HER FLORIDA
09:33:36 BAR ADMISSION.
09:33:36 IT'S GOING TO BE AT PEPIN.
09:33:38 SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, PLEASE E-MAIL MY
09:33:41 OFFICE FOR ADMISSION AND TICKETS.
09:33:43 IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY GREAT EVENT.
09:33:45 THERE YOU GO.
09:33:58 >> IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT TO OUR
09:34:02 GOOD FRIENDS IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION A TAMPA CITY
09:34:05 COUNCIL COMMENDATION FOR THEIR 60th ANNIVERSARY.
09:34:08 HERE WE HAVE MS. MELISSA ZORNITTA WHO I BELIEVE WILL BE
09:34:13 ACCEPTING ON BEHALF OF OUR FRIENDS AT THE PLANNING
09:34:15 COMMISSION.
09:34:15 MR. TONY GARCIA WHO IS HERE.
09:34:17 DAVID HEY, JENNIFER MALONE, DANNY COLLINS, AND JERROD
09:34:20 MCADOO, WHO ARE HERE.
09:34:22 WE REALLY, REALLY RELY ON TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, OR WE
09:34:26 SHOULD RELY, SO TO SPEAK, ON THE GOLF GUIDANCE OF OUR
09:34:31 GOOD FRIENDS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
09:34:32 THESE ARE WONDERFUL PROFESSIONALS WHO DEDICATE THEMSELVES
09:34:35 TO A PROFESSION THAT IS ALL ABOUT PLANNING, ALL ABOUT
09:34:39 MAKING SURE THAT THE FUTURE IS CARED FOR WHENEVER IT
09:34:41 COMES TO OUR LAND, SOMETHING THAT MAY NOT SOUND SEXY
09:34:46 IMMEDIATELY, BUT IT SURE AS HECK IS IF YOU WANT TO BUILD
09:34:49 A REALLY, REALLY GOOD QUALITY CITY.
09:34:53 AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT SO MANY OF THE PEOPLE HERE ON THE
09:34:54 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION HAVE BEEN A
09:34:56 BENEFIT TO ALL OF US PERSONALLY.
09:34:57 HOW MANY TIMES HAVE ONE OF US HAD A QUESTION ON TAMPA
09:35:00 CITY COUNCIL ABOUT A PIVOTAL ISSUE INVOLVING DEVELOPMENT,
09:35:02 INVOLVING TRANSPORTATION, ET CETERA?
09:35:05 JOE IS RAISING HIS HAND.
09:35:06 I SHOULD RAISE ALL MY HANDS.
09:35:08 AND GONE UP TO SOMEBODY IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION?
09:35:10 I SHOULD KEEP THIS MAN RIGHT HERE ON RETAINER.
09:35:13 I SWEAR TO GOD.
09:35:14 SO THAT'S WHAT WE HONOR THEM FOR, FOR THEIR
09:35:17 PROFESSIONALISM, FOR THEIR FRIENDSHIP AND PUBLIC SERVICE.
09:35:21 THEY REALLY, REALLY ARE PARTNERS HERE IN PUBLIC SERVICE
09:35:22 WITH US HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA AND HILLSBOROUGH
09:35:25 COUNTY.
09:35:25 THAT IS WHY IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE TO PRESENT TO OUR
09:35:28 GOOD FRIENDS AT THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PLANNING
09:35:30 COMMISSION A TAMPA CITY COUNCIL COMMENDATION FOR THEIR
09:35:34 60th ANNIVERSARY.
09:35:38 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:35:43 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS HONOR.
09:35:46 WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SERVE THE CITY
09:35:49 FOR 60 YEARS.
09:35:51 IT IS OUR GREAT HONOR TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS OUR
09:35:54 LONG-RANGE PLANNING NEEDS.
09:35:56 WE HAVE A FANTASTIC TEAM WHO I WANT TO THANK WHO ARE ABLE
09:36:00 TO PROVIDE THAT QUALITY SERVICE TO YOU ALL, AND WE REALLY
09:36:04 APPRECIATE YOUR-ALL'S SUPPORT, THE SUPPORT FROM THE CITY
09:36:07 OF TAMPA STAFF WHO ARE GREAT PARTNERS IN MAKING SURE THE
09:36:12 PLAN IS MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE CITY, ENSURING IT IS
09:36:15 MAINTAINING A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL OF THE
09:36:18 RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:36:20 THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:36:26 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MELISSA AND YOUR TEAM, THANK YOU SO
09:36:29 MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
09:36:31 I'VE WORKED WITH YOU GUYS FOREVER.
09:36:35 PEOPLE MAY COME AND GO, EXCEPT FOR TONY HAS BEEN THERE
09:36:38 ALL 60 YEARS.
09:36:39 [ LAUGHTER ]
09:36:39 OTHER THAN THAT, NO, BUT IT'S A FIRST-CLASS ORGANIZATION
09:36:44 AND YOU'RE LEADING IT IN EXEMPLARY FORM.
09:36:48 BUT ANYWAY, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK
09:36:53 AND TELL YOUR STAFF THAT EVEN THOUGH WE MIGHT NOT AGREE
09:36:56 ALL THE TIME, THAT I DO APPRECIATE THEIR PROFESSIONALISM
09:36:59 AND THEIR HARD WORK.
09:37:00 THANK YOU.
09:37:02 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:37:04 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MELISSA, I WANT TO SAY, SINCE I MET YOU,
09:37:07 YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN THERE TO ANSWER MY QUESTIONS AND YOUR
09:37:10 STAFF HAS AS WELL.
09:37:11 I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ANNIVERSARY.
09:37:15 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I WAS SPEAKING TO OUR MAYOR JANE CASTOR,
09:37:18 FINDING OUT WAYS THAT WE COULD CUT MONEY IN THE BUDGET
09:37:21 AND I SUGGESTED THAT ONE OF THE WAYS IS TO SEND YOU GUYS
09:37:24 HOME AT A DECENT HOUR SO THE ELECTRICITY BILL ISN'T SO
09:37:29 HIGH.
09:37:29 I THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE WHEN I HAVE QUESTIONS.
09:37:32 I THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE WHEN I NEED ANSWERS.
09:37:34 THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION.
09:37:36 >>BILL CARLSON: JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP,
09:37:41 INSIGHT, WISDOM, VISION, AND ALL THE LONG HOURS, TOO.
09:37:44 THANK YOU.
09:37:46 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY ELSE?
09:37:48 CONGRATULATIONS.
09:37:49 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:37:49 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:37:49 NEXT UP WE HAVE ITEM FOUR, A PRESENTATION FROM SARAH
09:38:00 COMBS, CEO OF THE UNIVERSITY AREA CDC.
09:38:05 I BELIEVE THERE IS A PowerPoint.
09:38:08 IF THERE IS, IF IT COULD PLEASE BE BROUGHT UP ON THE
09:38:13 SCREEN.
09:38:14 ALL RIGHT.
09:38:37 GO AHEAD.
09:38:39 >> I BELIEVE I HAVE A PRESENTATION, IF THAT CAN BE PULLED
09:38:42 UP ON THE SCREEN.
09:38:43 PERFECT.
09:38:44 GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:38:44 MY NAME IS SARAH COMBS.
09:38:46 I AM THE CEO AT THE UNIVERSITY AREA CDC.
09:38:49 I'M SO THANKFUL AND APPRECIATIVE FOR ALLOWING ME TO TALK
09:38:53 TODAY ABOUT THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE UNIVERSITY
09:38:55 UPTOWN COMMUNITY.
09:38:56 THAT IS MY INTENTION TODAY, TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
09:38:58 THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY.
09:39:00 FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THE WORK THAT
09:39:02 WE ARE DOING, WHO WE ARE, WE ARE THE UNIVERSITY AREA CDC.
09:39:07 OUR MISSION IS TO IMPROVE THE UNIVERSITY AREA COMMUNITY
09:39:09 AND WORK WITH THE RESIDENTS IN ORDER TO DO SO.
09:39:12 WE HAVE A PLETHORA OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.
09:39:15 IF WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
09:39:17 IS THERE A CLICKER MAYBE?
09:39:21 A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT WE'RE
09:39:27 FOCUSING ON THE COMMUNITY, ALL OF WHICH WOULD TAKE UP MY
09:39:30 SEVEN MINUTES IF I TALKED ABOUT INDIVIDUALLY.
09:39:33 I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE HAVE CULTURAL ARTS
09:39:36 PROGRAMMING, YOUTH AND ADULT EDUCATION, HEALTH AND
09:39:38 WELLNESS.
09:39:39 WE FOCUS ON CRIME AND SAFETY.
09:39:41 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS WELL AS
09:39:44 SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAMS, REALLY FOCUSING ON
09:39:46 TRANSPORTATION.
09:39:46 AND WE DO SO THROUGH A COALITION OF PARTNERS.
09:39:50 OUR FOCUS AREA, WE HAVE A SPECIFIC FOCUS AREA.
09:39:52 IT'S BEARSS TO THE NORTH, BRUCE B. DOWNS TO THE EAST,
09:39:57 FOWLER TO THE SOUTH, AND 275 TO THE WEST.
09:39:59 WE DO SERVE OUTSIDE OF THAT AREA IN OUR SECONDARY
09:40:02 BOUNDARIES.
09:40:02 BUT THIS IS THE AREA THAT WE ARE MEASURING STATISTICAL
09:40:06 CHANGE, TRYING TO CREATE POSITIVE IMPACT IN THE
09:40:08 COMMUNITY.
09:40:09 IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THIS IS A REDEVELOPMENT AREA
09:40:11 BY HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
09:40:12 WE ARE ALSO ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING FIVE CENSUS
09:40:15 TRACTS THAT WERE OPPORTUNITY ZONES.
09:40:17 SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND WORKING TOWARDS REALLY
09:40:20 CREATING PIPELINE PROJECTS TO BE ABLE TO FUND THESE TYPE
09:40:23 OF ACTIVITIES IN THE COMMUNITY.
09:40:24 SO WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS A TERRIBLE NAME, FORMERLY
09:40:29 KNOWN AS SUITCASE CITY, HOW DO YOU CREATE POSITIVE CHANGE
09:40:31 IN THIS COMMUNITY?
09:40:32 HOW DO YOU BRING THIS COMMUNITY FORWARD?
09:40:34 A COMMUNITY THAT'S BEEN FORGOTTEN ABOUT FOR DECADES TO
09:40:36 COME.
09:40:37 WE THINK WE HAVE THE SOLUTION.
09:40:38 WE THINK WE HAVE THE ANSWER.
09:40:40 IT'S THROUGH CREATING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSFORMATION
09:40:42 STRATEGY, WHICH IS A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO COMMUNITY
09:40:45 DEVELOPMENT.
09:40:46 SOMETHING THAT WE FELT WAS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO SHOW
09:40:49 HOW WE WERE GOING TO BRING THIS COMMUNITY FORWARD, NOT
09:40:51 JUST TALKING ABOUT IT BUT ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK.
09:40:55 WE CREATED THIS PLAN ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, AND WE'VE BEEN
09:40:58 STEADILY BRINGING OUR PARTNERS IN TO SHOW HOW THEY CAN
09:41:01 PLUG INTO THE PLAN TO CREATE COMMUNITY CHANGE.
09:41:04 WE'RE DOING THIS THROUGH A CLUSTERED APPROACH TO
09:41:06 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, WITH SO MUCH BLIGHT, SO MUCH
09:41:09 CHALLENGES, HOW DO YOU SHOW POSITIVE CHANGE IS HAPPENING
09:41:11 IN THE COMMUNITY?
09:41:12 YOU START BY CREATING A PROJECT THAT CAN BE THE CATALYST
09:41:15 FOR REVITALIZATION.
09:41:17 THAT WAS WHAT WE DID.
09:41:18 WE STARTED IN THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY.
09:41:20 WE HAD SEVEN ACRES THAT WAS DEDICATED AND DONATED TO US
09:41:23 BY HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
09:41:24 WE SAID YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD A PARK.
09:41:26 WHY A PARK?
09:41:27 BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY SAID THAT'S WHAT THEY WANTED.
09:41:29 THEY WANTED A PLACE THEIR KIDS COULD PLAY.
09:41:31 THEY WANTED A PLACE THAT THEY COULD GO AND MEET OTHER
09:41:33 NEIGHBORS, FORM THE SOCIAL BONDS OF CONNECTIVITY AND
09:41:36 START TO CREATE A PLACE THAT IS KNOWN AS A COMMUNITY.
09:41:38 SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SAY AFTER FOUR YEARS OF HARD WORK,
09:41:42 BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS, WE ARE OPENING OUR HARVEST HOPE
09:41:46 PARK TODAY AT 3:30, WHICH IS VERY, VERY EXCITING.
09:41:49 THIS IS A PARK CREATED BY RESIDENTS, BUILT BY RESIDENTS
09:41:52 AND FOR RESIDENTS.
09:41:53 AND THIS IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE COMMUNITY BY
09:41:56 STARTING FROM THE INSIDE OUT, CREATING POSITIVE CHANGE
09:41:58 FROM THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY AND THEN RIPPLING OUT
09:42:01 FROM THERE.
09:42:02 SO THIS IS THE INFORMATION, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO ATTEND.
09:42:05 IT'S TODAY AT 3:30, RIGHT OFF OF FLETCHER ON 19th AND
09:42:09 20th.
09:42:09 WE HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE THERE.
09:42:12 WE THEN CREATED A PROGRAM CALLED BLOCK BY BLOCK, WHERE WE
09:42:15 ADOPTED ALL THE BLOCKS THAT SURROUND THE PARK AND ENTERED
09:42:17 INTO THIS PROGRAM WHERE WE BROUGHT IN USF VOLUNTEERS TO
09:42:20 MEET RESIDENTS WHERE THEY ARE IN LIFE AND TO FIGURE OUT
09:42:23 HOW DO WE CONNECT THEM WITH SERVICES THEY NEED AND ACCESS
09:42:26 THEM FOR SUCCESS, PULL THEM INTO THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE
09:42:28 DOING AND CREATE SELF-SUFFICIENCY AT A HIGHER LEVEL?
09:42:31 WE ALSO CREATED A UNIVERSITY AREA LEADERS COLLECTIVE
09:42:34 PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE AGGRESSIVELY AND ACTIVELY TRAINING
09:42:37 LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AND
09:42:40 EDUCATING THEM ON THE TOPICS THAT ARE IMPORTANT, TO NOT
09:42:43 JUST SPEAK TO COUNCILS LIKE YOURSELF, BUT TO ALSO SPEAK
09:42:45 TO OTHER RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
09:42:46 THIS WORK HAS TO BE DONE AT THE GRASSROOTS EFFORT.
09:42:49 WE HAVE TO HAVE THE RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO REALLY STAND
09:42:52 IN FRONT OF THIS.
09:42:53 WE PUSH FROM BEHIND, BUT THE RESIDENTS HAVE TO LEAD THE
09:42:56 WAY.
09:42:56 SO WITH A LOT OF GREAT OPPORTUNITY THAT'S HAPPENING
09:43:00 AROUND US WITH THE INNOVATION DISTRICT, A LOT OF EXCITING
09:43:03 OPPORTUNITIES, AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THAT.
09:43:06 WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS COMMUNITY WHEN NEW WEALTH IS COMING
09:43:10 INTO THE COMMUNITY, NEW DEVELOPMENT.
09:43:11 HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THIS COMMUNITY DOESN'T GET
09:43:14 GENTRIFIED?
09:43:15 HOW DO WE ENSURE THIS COMMUNITY DOESN'T GET DISPLACED?
09:43:18 WE THINK ONE WAY TO DO THAT IS CREATE A COMMUNITY
09:43:20 BENEFITS AGREEMENT, TO ENSURE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT THAT
09:43:22 IS HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY, THAT THE RESIDENTS BENEFIT
09:43:25 FROM THAT.
09:43:26 WE ARE TRYING TO LAUNCH OUR UPTOWN COMMUNITY BENEFITS
09:43:28 AGREEMENT IN AN EFFORT TO ENSURE THAT THE RESIDENTS GET A
09:43:31 SAY IN WHAT HAPPENS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY GET JOBS,
09:43:34 THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS NEEDED IS BUILT.
09:43:36 THAT CHILD CARE IS REALLY PUT FIRST AND FOREMOST.
09:43:38 WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO LAUNCH THIS.
09:43:40 WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCH A COMMUNITY
09:43:42 BENEFITS PROGRAM IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
09:43:44 WE THINK THIS IS TIME TO DO IT.
09:43:46 WE WANT TO SHOW THAT THIS MODEL CAN WORK IN THE
09:43:48 UNIVERSITY AREA COMMUNITY, AND THEN IT CAN BE USED IN
09:43:50 OTHER AREAS IN THIS COUNTY AND IN THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO
09:43:53 SHOW WE CAN BRING THIS COMMUNITY FORWARD ALONG THE WAY.
09:43:55 WE ALSO HAVE A STRATEGY CALLED LAND BANKING.
09:43:58 WE CREATED OUR HARVEST HOPE PROPERTY LLC, WHICH IS OUR
09:44:02 REAL ESTATE ARM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO BECAUSE WE SAID HOW
09:44:05 DO WE ENSURE THAT THIS COMMUNITY DOES GET TO BE PART OF
09:44:08 THIS PLAN?
09:44:08 IF YOU OWN THE LAND, YOU GET TO SAY WHAT HAPPENS TO THE
09:44:11 LAND.
09:44:11 WE STARTED OUR REAL ESTATE ARM AND THEN WE DECIDED TO
09:44:15 CREATE A LAND BANKING PROGRAM TO AGGRESSIVELY AND
09:44:18 ACTIVELY ACQUIRE PROPERTY WITHIN A ONE-MILE RADIUS OF THE
09:44:21 HARVEST HOPE PARK.
09:44:22 IF WE CAN ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY, THEN WE CAN CONTROL WHAT
09:44:24 HAPPENS WITH THE LAND AND ENSURE THAT RESIDENTS GET A
09:44:27 SAY-SO TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND THEY
09:44:30 GET TO BUILD THE COMMUNITY, TOO, WHICH IS CRITICALLY
09:44:32 IMPORTANT.
09:44:32 YOU CAN SEE ON THIS MAP, WE HAVE AGGRESSIVELY ACQUIRED 20
09:44:35 PROPERTIES WITHIN A ONE-MILE RADIUS OF THE HARVEST HOPE
09:44:38 PARK AND WE HAVE FOUR PENDING.
09:44:40 WHEN WE ACQUIRE A PROPERTY, WE'LL PUT A BIG SIGN UP THAT
09:44:43 SAYS HARVEST HOPE PROPERTIES, GROWING OUR COMMUNITY ONE
09:44:46 BLOCK AT A TIME BECAUSE WE WANT RESIDENTS TO BE EXCITED
09:44:48 WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING.
09:44:49 WE WANT THEM TO PLUG IN.
09:44:50 WE WANT TO SAY THIS IS FOR YOU.
09:44:52 WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE BROUGHT TO THEM
09:44:54 AS WELL AND THAT THEY ARE ENGAGED IN WHAT WE'RE DOING.
09:44:57 SO, WHEN WE ACQUIRE A PROPERTY, WE THEN DECIDE THROUGH
09:45:04 COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS THAT WE ARE GOING TO EARMARK AND
09:45:07 PLACE A SPECIFIC HOUSING TYPE ON THAT, ATTAINABLE HOUSING
09:45:11 IS THE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH.
09:45:12 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IS WE WANT TO THINK
09:45:15 OUTSIDE THE BOX.
09:45:16 [ BELL SOUNDS ]
09:45:17 YOU TOLD ME I HAVE SEVEN MINUTES.
09:45:21 I HAVE A COUPLE MORE MINUTES.
09:45:23 WE CREATED INNOVATIVE SOLUTION TO HOUSING.
09:45:25 WE TOOK A MODULAR PROJECT, REENGINEERED IT TO MEET THE
09:45:28 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE AND PASS INSPECTIONS.
09:45:30 WE OPENED THESE TWO HOMES LAST MONTH FOR SINGLE PARENTS
09:45:33 IN OUR COMMUNITY.
09:45:34 THEY ARE ABLE TO OWN THEIR OWN HOMES FOR $800 A MONTH,
09:45:38 LESS THAN WHAT THEY ARE PAYING FOR RENT.
09:45:39 THEY SAID THIS COULD BE DONE.
09:45:41 WE DID IT.
09:45:42 WE CREATED IT.
09:45:44 AS WITH HARDER THAN WE THOUGHT?
09:45:46 ABSOLUTELY.
09:45:47 THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
09:45:47 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:45:48 THANK YOU.
09:45:49 WE HAVE TO LOOK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX AND FIGURE OUT
09:45:52 SOLUTIONS THAT WORK FOR THE HARDWORKING PEOPLE IN OUR
09:45:54 COMMUNITY, ENSURE THAT WE ARE DOING THIS AND FIGURING OUT
09:45:56 THESE SOLUTIONS AND THEN SCALING IT.
09:45:58 THIS HOME IS BUILT IN A FACTORY SETTING.
09:46:01 IT TAKES TWO MONTHS TO BUILD.
09:46:02 WE COULD HAVE HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR
09:46:04 COMMUNITY IN THREE MONTHS.
09:46:05 AND HOW DO YOU BUILD THE EQUITY IN THIS COMMUNITY?
09:46:08 THROUGH HOME OWNERSHIP.
09:46:09 WE WANT TO GIVE THESE INDIVIDUALS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE
09:46:12 THE AMERICAN DREAM.
09:46:13 WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.
09:46:15 WE'VE ACQUIRED FIVE LOTS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PARK
09:46:18 WE'RE BUILDING.
09:46:18 WE SUBDIVIDED THAT INTO TWO LOTS.
09:46:21 WE HAVE TEN LOTS NOW.
09:46:22 WE'RE BUILDING TEN HOMES ACROSS THE STREET FOR RESIDENTS
09:46:24 IN OUR COMMUNITY TO BE HOMEOWNERS.
09:46:25 IN THIS COMMUNITY, WE HAVE LESS THAN 10% HOME OWNERSHIP
09:46:28 RATE.
09:46:29 IN ORDER TO STABILIZE THE COMMUNITY, WE HAVE TO INVEST IN
09:46:31 THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE THERE AND GIVING THEM
09:46:33 OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOME OWNERSHIP IS THE ONLY WAY TO GO.
09:46:37 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:46:37 WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR
09:46:42 COMMUNITIES, SO WE'RE BUILDING UNIVERSITY PARK TOWNHOMES
09:46:44 ACROSS THE STREET FROM OUR PARK.
09:46:46 WE'VE ACQUIRED FIVE LOTS AND WE'RE DOING MIXED INCOME
09:46:49 HOUSING AS HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.
09:46:51 IT CAN'T JUST BE SEGREGATED LOW-INCOME HOUSING.
09:46:54 IT HAS TO BE HOUSING THAT WE CREATE IN ALL DIFFERENT
09:46:56 STYLES FOR ALL DIFFERENT INCOME EARNERS AND WE'RE
09:46:59 BRINGING EVERYONE TOGETHER --
09:47:00 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:47:01 -- IN AN INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE WAY AND WE THINK IT CAN
09:47:04 BE DONE.
09:47:05 WE'RE ALSO BUILDING 118 MULTIFAMILY UNITS ON 12th AND
09:47:07 FLETCHER THROUGH LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT DEAL.
09:47:11 BOTTOM FLOOR WILL BE OUR INVEST WORKFORCE PROGRAM WHERE
09:47:15 WE'RE AGAIN FINDING THE RESIDENTS WHO NEED GAINFUL
09:47:18 EMPLOYMENT, WE'RE CERTIFYING THEM AND TRAINING THEM AND
09:47:20 GETTING THEM EMPLOYED IN LESS THAN EIGHT WEEKS AND THEN,
09:47:24 MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE ANCHOR
09:47:26 INSTITUTIONS AROUND OUR COMMUNITY AND CREATING MOUs TO
09:47:29 BE ABLE TO THEN CREATE A PIPELINE FOR EMPLOYMENT.
09:47:32 WE FIND A RESIDENT.
09:47:33 WE GIVE THEM THE SKILLS THEY NEED.
09:47:35 WE GET THEM EMPLOYED WITH OUR INSTITUTIONS IN EIGHT WEEKS
09:47:38 AND THEN WE STAY WITH THEM.
09:47:40 WE STAY WITH THEM AND LAYER CERTIFICATIONS.
09:47:42 WE GET THEM TO CONTINUE GETTING BETTER PAYING JOBS AND
09:47:45 WORK WITH THEM.
09:47:46 WE MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THEM JOBS IN THE COMMUNITIES
09:47:48 WE'RE LIVING IN.
09:47:49 TRANSPORTATION AREN'T BARRIERS.
09:47:51 WE'RE WORKING WITH CHILD CARE, SO THOSE AREN'T BARRIERS.
09:47:54 WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX AND HOW DO WE
09:47:56 MAKE RESIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY BE SUCCESSFUL AND THEN WE
09:47:59 CREATE THE PROGRAMS AROUND THE NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS.
09:48:01 WE'RE ALSO CREATING SAFER, STRONGER, WHICH IS A COUNCIL
09:48:04 WE CREATED.
09:48:05 WE CREATED A COMMUNITY SAFETY ACTION PLAN, WHICH FOCUSES
09:48:07 ON PROGRAMS, BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND STRATEGIC
09:48:09 COMMUNICATIONS.
09:48:10 THROUGH THAT, WE'VE CREATED COMMITTEES THAT WE'RE
09:48:13 ACTIVELY AND AGGRESSIVELY WORKING TO TALK ABOUT THINGS
09:48:15 LIKE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.
09:48:18 OBVIOUSLY LAND, HOW DO WE CLEAN UP THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO
09:48:21 MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ALSO TYING IN THE PARTNERS THAT
09:48:23 SURROUND US AND PLUGGING THEM IN.
09:48:25 THE SAFER IS STRONGER COUNCIL IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO
09:48:29 THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF OUR AREA.
09:48:30 WE ALSO DID A STUDY, A WALKABILITY STUDY TO SHOW THAT
09:48:35 THERE ARE SOME INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEMS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
09:48:37 VERY LITTLE SIDEWALKS.
09:48:38 VERY LITTLE LIGHTING.
09:48:40 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNEW BUT A LOT OF THE AREA IS ON WELL
09:48:43 WATER AND HAS NO SEWER.
09:48:45 THIS IS HAPPENING RIGHT HERE OUTSIDE OF OUR ANCHOR
09:48:48 INSTITUTIONS, POCKETED BETWEEN THESE GREAT DIFFERENT
09:48:51 COMMUNITIES OF WEALTH, WE HAVE THESE CONDITIONS HERE.
09:48:54 IT'S NOT THE COUNTY, UNFORTUNATELY.
09:48:56 IT IS THE CITY.
09:48:57 SO THAT'S ONE OF MY ASKS IS TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH
09:49:00 SOMEONE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE IMPROVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE
09:49:03 BECAUSE IT'S CITY WATER AND CITY SEWER.
09:49:06 TRYING TO SAY AS WE BUILD THE COMMUNITY WE WANT TO ENSURE
09:49:08 WE'RE BUILDING IT FOR FUTURE HOME DEVELOPMENT AND THE
09:49:11 COMMUNITY WE ALL WANT TO BE IN.
09:49:12 WE'RE ALSO WORKING TO CREATE SIDEWALKS.
09:49:14 SO WE WANT TO BUILD SIDEWALKS FOR MORE ELEMENTARY TO THE
09:49:17 PARK WE'RE OPENING TODAY, BACK TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER
09:49:19 AND BACK OUT TO FLETCHER AND NOT JUST SAYING, HEY, GOING
09:49:23 WITH A HANDOUT SAYING WE ALREADY SECURED GRANTS.
09:49:26 WE SECURED A MILLION DOLLARS IN FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO
09:49:28 BUILD THE SIDEWALKS AND WE NEED A LITTLE HELP TO MAKE THE
09:49:32 CONNECTIVITY POINTS HAPPEN.
09:49:33 IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE DON'T PUT OUR KIDS IN
09:49:35 DANGER, THAT THEY HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO WALK TO AND FROM
09:49:38 SCHOOL, TO AMENITIES LIKE THIS PARK WE'RE BUILDING.
09:49:41 THE FIRST PRIVATE PARK THAT WE HAVE SEEN EVER BUILT IN
09:49:44 THIS COMMUNITY.
09:49:45 WE ALSO HAVE A PARTNERS COALITION OF OVER 225 MEMBERS
09:49:48 THAT MEET ON A QUARTERLY BASIS TO TALK ABOUT THIS
09:49:51 COMMUNITY, HOW DO WE PLUG IN AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES AND
09:49:55 POSITIVE CHANGE FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE HERE?
09:49:57 MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE DO THIS WITH THE DOLLARS IN MIND.
09:50:01 91 CENTS OF EVERY DAY WE RAISE OR WE EARN GOES BACK INTO
09:50:05 THE COMMUNITY.
09:50:06 SO WE'RE STEWARDS OF OUR FUNDING.
09:50:09 THESE ARE OUR AGENTS OF CHANGE WHO MAKE IT HAPPEN ON A
09:50:12 DAILY BASIS.
09:50:13 IT'S MORE THAN A JOB IF YOU WORK AT THE AREA CDC.
09:50:20 THIS COMMUNITY DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME JUST FOR US TO
09:50:22 SIT BACK.
09:50:23 WE HAVE TO BE AGGRESSIVE, AND WE ARE SHOWING WE CAN MAKE
09:50:25 IT HAPPEN IN THE UNIVERSITY AREA COMMUNITY.
09:50:28 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:50:28 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
09:50:30 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:50:31 SARAH, I WASN'T HERE WHEN YOU BEGAN.
09:50:34 I JUST WANT TO SAY, THE REASON THAT WE INVITED YOU HERE
09:50:39 IS BECAUSE OF ALL THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO IN THE
09:50:42 COMMUNITY.
09:50:43 YOU ALL REALLY DO WHAT I CALL A MARTIAL PLAN FOR SOCIAL
09:50:48 JUSTICE IN THE COMMUNITY.
09:50:50 I USE MY WORDS CAREFULLY, MARTIAL PLAN, A BIG, WIDESPREAD
09:50:55 PLAN FOR AN AREA THAT NEEDS ECONOMIC HELP RIGHT NOW AND
09:50:58 SOCIAL JUSTICE, THE IDEA THAT THE BASIC NECESSITIES OF
09:51:02 LIFE, THE BASIC NECESSITIES OF LIFE, HEALTH CARE,
09:51:07 HOUSING, A GOOD JOB, THINGS LIKE THAT OUGHT TO BE WITH
09:51:11 PEOPLE IN A PROSPEROUS COUNTRY AS A RIGHT OF LIVING.
09:51:15 THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL FIGHT FOR.
09:51:17 BRIEFLY, BECAUSE I KNOW WE WANT TO GET TO PUBLIC COMMENT,
09:51:20 IN THE USF AREA AND WITH THE NORTH TAMPA REDEVELOPMENT,
09:51:23 WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT,
09:51:26 YOU-ALL HAVE BEEN A HUGE PLAYER IN THAT.
09:51:29 WHEN THE DIALOGUE AND THE MEETINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING
09:51:31 THROUGH ARE FINISHED, I THINK THE END PRODUCT THAT THIS
09:51:35 BODY IS GOING TO GET TO VOTE ON, THAT THE COUNTY
09:51:37 COMMISSION WILL GET TO VOTE ON IS GOING TO BE A GAME
09:51:39 CHANGER FOR THIS AREA.
09:51:41 LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
09:51:43 MOVING FOLKS OUT AND MOVING OTHER FOLKS IN.
09:51:46 IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT USING THAT HUMAN CAPITAL IN THAT
09:51:49 AREA TO IMPROVE ALL THE AREA, TO CREATE THAT TIDE THAT
09:51:52 WILL LIFT ALL BOATS AND YOU ALL ARE AT THE FOREFRONT.
09:51:55 THANK YOU, MA'AM.
09:51:59 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MS. COMBS, YOU ARE DOING ONE HECK OF A
09:52:04 JOB.
09:52:05 SOME OF THE THINGS YOU TALKED ABOUT IN YOUR PRESENTATION
09:52:06 I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ON THIS BOARD.
09:52:09 BUSINESS COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS.
09:52:11 HOPEFULLY STAFF IS LISTENING AND WE'LL GET GOOD FEEDBACK
09:52:13 ON THAT IN JANUARY WHEN IT COMES BACK.
09:52:15 I LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DOING AS IT RELATES TO THAT BECAUSE
09:52:18 THAT'S WELL NEEDED.
09:52:19 YOU TALK ABOUT THE ASSETS.
09:52:21 OWNING THE PROPERTY.
09:52:22 I'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT, TOO.
09:52:24 WE HAVE TO GET THOSE AND BUY THOSE ASSETS TO CONTAIN WHAT
09:52:29 WE HAVE.
09:52:30 I TALK ABOUT A LOT OF REHAB AS WELL, TALK ABOUT
09:52:33 GENTRIFICATION, IF WE CAN GET REHAB AND RESTORE WHAT WE
09:52:37 HAVE, IT DOESN'T GO AWAY.
09:52:39 IT STAYS RIGHT IN THAT COMMUNITY.
09:52:40 I LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
09:52:42 HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE MORE DIALOGUE AND WORK WITH OUR
09:52:44 FOLKS TO BRING SOME OF THESE PLANS TO WHERE YOU'RE AT.
09:52:48 I THINK IT IS WELL NEEDED.
09:52:50 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
09:52:51 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.
09:52:53 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
09:52:54 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SARAH, GOOD MORNING.
09:52:57 BEFORE I COMMENT ON YOUR GREAT WORK, I WANT TO GIVE A
09:53:00 SHOUT-OUT TO SENATOR AND COUNTY COMMISSIONER CRIST WHO,
09:53:05 AS FAR AS I RECALL 20 YEARS AGO OR SO GOT THIS STARTED.
09:53:11 HE SAW THE NEED IN A VERY, VERY NONPARTISAN EFFORT GOT
09:53:15 THIS GOING.
09:53:17 YOU AND YOUR TEAM, YOUR AMAZING TEAM HAVE PICKED UP THE
09:53:21 BALL AND JUST RUN WITH IT AND SO EFFECTIVELY.
09:53:26 I'VE HEARD YOU SPEAK NOW A FEW TIMES.
09:53:28 EVERY TIME YOU JUST MOTIVATE THE HECK OUT OF ME, TOO.
09:53:31 WE APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND ANYTHING WE CAN DO,
09:53:35 LET US KNOW.
09:53:36 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.
09:53:37 GOOD JOB IN MENTIONING SENATOR CRIST, BY THE WAY.
09:53:40 THAT WAS VERY APPROPRIATE.
09:53:41 THANK YOU, SIR.
09:53:41 COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
09:53:42 >>BILL CARLSON: THANKS FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING AND ALL YOUR
09:53:46 COLLEAGUES AND DONORS AND EVERYONE.
09:53:47 THIS IS A KIND OF COMMUNITY BUILDING, GRASSROOTS BUILDING
09:53:50 THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT WE NEED INSTEAD OF
09:53:52 SUBSIDIZING OUT-OF-STATE COMPANIES THAT WANT TO MOVE HERE
09:53:55 FOR LOWER TAXES.
09:53:57 ANYBODY WHO HAS BEEN WATCHING ME RAIL ON ECONOMIC
09:53:59 DEVELOPMENT AND CRAs AND THE EDC, THIS IS THE KIND OF
09:54:02 THING THAT I THINK WE NEED.
09:54:04 IF YOU LOOK AT THE DATA WHICH I PRESENTED A MONTH OR SO
09:54:07 AGO, THE BIGGEST ISSUES THAT WE'RE FACING IN THE CITY ARE
09:54:10 POVERTY, INCOME DISPARITY AND LOW LEVEL OF AFFORDABLE
09:54:13 HOUSING.
09:54:14 AND 10% IS EVEN LOWER THAN THE 42% THAT'S REALLY, REALLY
09:54:18 BAD CITYWIDE.
09:54:19 SO I THINK WE OUGHT TO FIND MORE WAYS TO RALLY COMMUNITY
09:54:23 SUPPORT FOR THIS AND YOUR PROGRAMS TO MAKE SURE THAT
09:54:26 WE'RE DOING THIS THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHERE THERE ARE
09:54:29 AREAS LIKE THIS.
09:54:30 THANK YOU.
09:54:30 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.
09:54:31 I'LL SEE YOU AT ABOUT 3:30, MORE OR LESS.
09:54:35 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:54:37 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:54:38 NOW WE MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
09:54:42 BEFORE WE MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT, IF EVERYBODY WHO IS
09:54:44 HERE TO SPEAK PUBLICLY CAN PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND SO WE
09:54:47 CAN GET AN IDEA OF HOW MANY PEOPLE.
09:54:49 ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE,
09:54:53 TEN, ELEVEN, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16.
09:54:57 SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE BRISKLY.
09:54:59 WHAT I'LL ASK FOLKS TO DO IS, NUMBER ONE, IF YOU ARE
09:55:02 GOING TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA, YOU'RE GOING TO
09:55:04 BE FIRST.
09:55:05 IF YOU COULD CITE THAT ITEM IN THE AGENDA.
09:55:08 NUMBER TWO IS YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
09:55:10 IF YOU WANT TO USE LESS THAN THREE MINUTES THAT WOULD BE
09:55:14 APPRECIATED.
09:55:15 YOU'RE NOT PROHIBITED OBVIOUSLY FROM DOING SO.
09:55:19 GO AHEAD.
09:55:19 WE BEGIN.
09:55:33 >> SISTER GOT AWAY FROM ME SO QUICK.
09:55:36 I WANTED TO GET ONE OF HER CARDS.
09:55:38 SHE TALKED KNOWLEDGEABLE.
09:55:40 I PREACH AND I THINK A LOT OF OTHERS WANT TO GET A CARD,
09:55:44 TOO, BECAUSE SHE'S RIGHT ON TIME.
09:55:46 MY NAME IS PASTOR FRANK WILLIAMS.
09:55:50 I'M AT PARADISE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH AT EAST SCOTT
09:55:54 STREET.
09:55:55 I COME HERE WEEK AFTER WEEK TRYING TO STAND UP FOR PEOPLE
09:56:01 JUSTICE, JUST LIKE THE YOUNG LADY A WHILE AGO TALKING.
09:56:06 I APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH.
09:56:09 I HOPE SHE PUT CONNIE BURTON ON HER TEAM BECAUSE SHE'S
09:56:13 BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
09:56:16 YOU KNOW WHAT?
09:56:17 IT'S SO SAD THAT CERTAIN PEOPLE DON'T GET NO JUSTICE HERE
09:56:22 IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
09:56:26 I WAS READING THIS PAPER, I DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO -- THIS
09:56:29 PAPER HERE IS CALLED THE FLORIDA SENTINEL.
09:56:32 MILLIONS TO BE SENT TO 34th STREET ROUNDABOUT.
09:56:37 WE DON'T NEED NO ROUNDABOUT.
09:56:39 WHAT DO WE NEED ROUNDABOUTS FOR?
09:56:41 WE NEED SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
09:56:44 HERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ROUNDABOUTS.
09:56:46 THIS AIN'T WHAT -- CASTOR SAID 34th STREET ROUNDABOUT
09:56:52 TO HAPPEN.
09:56:53 WE DON'T WANT IT TO HAPPEN.
09:56:55 AIN'T NOTHING WRONG WITH 34th STREET AS IT IS.
09:56:57 WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS PUT THE ROUNDABOUTS WHERE THE RED
09:57:01 LIGHTS ARE.
09:57:01 THEY DON'T GOT ME ABOUT THREE TIMES, TALKING ABOUT I RAN
09:57:04 A RED LIGHT.
09:57:06 I AIN'T RUN -- BE HONEST WITH YOU, I AIN'T RAN NO DAMN
09:57:10 RED LIGHT, BUT THEY SAY I RAN A RED LIGHT AND THEN THEY
09:57:12 TAKE YOU DOWNTOWN AND TICKET YOU.
09:57:16 POLICE STOP ME AND SAID DO YOU KNOW YOUR LICENSE BEEN
09:57:19 SUSPENDED?
09:57:21 I SAID, NO, I AIN'T KNOW MY LICENSE SUSPENDED.
09:57:25 HE SAID YOU DONE RUN THREE RED LIGHTS.
09:57:27 THREE RED LIGHTS?
09:57:27 WHEN DID I RUN THEM.
09:57:29 GOOD GOD ALMIGHTY.
09:57:31 THAT'S TAKING ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE.
09:57:33 HE TOOK MY LICENSE AND MY TAG OFF THE CAR.
09:57:38 YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE HE TOLD ME, NOW YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN.
09:57:42 AIN'T THAT SOMETHING THE WAY THEY TREAT PEOPLE.
09:57:45 HE ONLY TREATED ME LIKE THAT BECAUSE I'M A MAN OF COLOR.
09:57:48 HE WOULDN'T TREAT NO WHITE WOMAN LIKE THAT.
09:57:50 THERE'S SO MUCH INJUSTICE GOING ON HERE IN THE UNITED
09:57:52 STATES.
09:57:53 I WOULD LIKE TO GET EACH ONE OF YOUR CARDS.
09:57:57 I WOULD INVITE TO YOU MY CHURCH AND SEE WHAT THEY ARE
09:58:00 DOING THERE AT THE CHURCH.
09:58:02 THEY COME ACROSS THE STREET SMOKING AND ALL THAT.
09:58:05 THROWING CIGARETTES RIGHT THERE IN THE FIELD, BURN UP MY
09:58:09 CHURCH AND EVERYTHING.
09:58:11 WHY DON'T THEY SMOKE OVER THERE WHERE THEY ARE.
09:58:18 IT'S SO SAD HOW WE HAVE TO COME DOWN HERE TIME AND TIME
09:58:21 AGAIN AND STILL DON'T GET NO JUSTICE.
09:58:23 IT'S SO SAD.
09:58:24 I'M A PREACHER.
09:58:26 I PREACH RIGHTEOUSNESS.
09:58:27 I PREACH THE TRUTH.
09:58:28 THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO UNTIL I GO TO THE GRAVE.
09:58:31 WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT.
09:58:35 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
09:58:36 NEXT, PLEASE.
09:58:43 >> METESMOT, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
09:58:45 I WANT TO SEND A SHOUT-OUT TO DAVID STRAZ BECAUSE AT
09:58:48 LEAST BEFORE HE DIED HE MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT THE
09:58:50 BICYCLE STOPS AND SOME OF THE OTHER INJUSTICES TAKING
09:58:53 PLACE BACK DOWN IN THE HOOD.
09:58:56 THAT WAS A COURAGEOUS ACT OF HIM AND MADE A RUN FOR IT TO
09:59:01 BRING THAT TO LIGHT.
09:59:02 WE FEEL THAT THESE PEOPLE HERE, SITTING HERE RIGHT NOW,
09:59:05 THAT SUPPOSEDLY ARE LIBERAL IN SCOPE AND IN NATURE, THEY
09:59:09 HAVE TO PICK UP SOME OF THESE ISSUES AND THE WAY IT
09:59:13 AFFECT THE AFRICAN COMMUNITY.
09:59:14 ONE OF THE THINGS BEING TALKED ABOUT IS A ROUNDABOUT.
09:59:16 NOBODY ASKED FOR A ROUNDABOUT.
09:59:18 SOMEBODY MADE A MAGIC WORD AND MENTIONED THE JACKSON
09:59:22 HOUSE AND THEY HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS GOING TO IT, JUST
09:59:24 LIKE THAT.
09:59:25 A LOT OF BLACK PEOPLE LIVING IN HOTELS EVERY DAY, EVERY
09:59:31 NIGHT.
09:59:32 SOME DAYS AND SOME NIGHTS BECAUSE MANY DAYS AND MANY
09:59:35 NIGHTS THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT.
09:59:37 ALL THAT'S THE INJUSTICES TAKING PLACE HERE.
09:59:39 BUT THE ONE THING THAT'S GOING ON EXPERIENCE ON A DAILY
09:59:43 BASIS IS THE INHUMANITY OF WHITE PEOPLE.
09:59:46 THE INHUMANITY OF WHITE PEOPLE.
09:59:48 AND THEY TRY TO CALL US THUGS AND DRUG DEALERS AND PIMPS
09:59:52 AND WHORES AND PROSTITUTES AND WELFARE CHIEFS AND
09:59:57 DEADBEAT DADS AND STEREOTYPICAL RACIALLY OFFENSIVE NAMES
10:00:02 THEY HAVE FOR US.
10:00:02 BUT THEY ARE REALLY, REALLY INHUMANE.
10:00:06 AND I EXPERIENCE IT ON A DAILY BASIS BECAUSE I'M OUT
10:00:10 THERE ON THE STREETS ON A DAILY BASIS.
10:00:12 I WANT TO SEND A SPECIAL SHOUT-OUT TO BIG BROTHERS AND
10:00:17 BIG SISTERS AND AETNA INSURANCE THAT PUT WATER HOSES ON
10:00:20 US FOR STANDING ON A PUBLIC SIDEWALK, AND WE HAVE THE
10:00:22 VIDEO TO PROVE IT.
10:00:23 THAT IS THE INHUMANITY OF WHITE PEOPLE AND WHAT THEY DO
10:00:27 TO US AND HOW THEY TREAT US.
10:00:29 VERY INHUMANE.
10:00:30 THIS CITY COUNCIL HAVE A DUTY AND RESPONSIBILITY BASED ON
10:00:37 WHAT THEY SAID THEY WAS GOING TO DO FOR THE AFRICAN
10:00:39 AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
10:00:40 BASED ON WHAT THEY SAID THEY WOULD DO FOR AFRICAN PEOPLE.
10:00:43 BASED ON THEIR SMILES AND THEIR HAND SHAKES AND THEIR
10:00:48 PROMISES.
10:00:50 IT'S TIME WE SEE OUR COMMUNITY GET UPLIFTED IN A CERTAIN
10:00:56 WAY THAT'S VIABLE TO US AS AFRICAN PEOPLE, NOT TO SOMEONE
10:01:01 ELSE WHO HAVE THEIR DREAMS AND VISION, BUT PIMPING US ALL
10:01:06 THE WAY THROUGH AND THAT'S GOING ON FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
10:01:10 AFRICAN PEOPLE HAVE TO ORGANIZE IN THIS CITY FOR
10:01:13 REPARATIONS, 600 YEARS, 600 TRILLION DOLLARS, AND WE HAVE
10:01:17 TO ORGANIZE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE NFL,
10:01:22 WE HAVE TO ORGANIZE TO STOP THAT SUPER BOWL FROM COMING
10:01:24 TO RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM.
10:01:28 WE HAVE TO ORGANIZE TO MAKE A REAL VALIANT EFFORT TO STOP
10:01:31 IT FROM COMING TO RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM.
10:01:34 IT'S NO WAY WE HAVE TO COME DOWN HERE AND BEG YOU ALL
10:01:40 WEEK AFTER WEEK.
10:01:41 WE'RE NOT FROM A BEGGING RACE AND OUR ANCESTORS WEREN'T
10:01:49 BEGGARS, WE'RE FIGHTERS.
10:01:51 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:01:52 NEXT, PLEASE.
10:01:53 >> GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS.
10:01:55 I AM FRAN TATE.
10:01:57 I RESIDE AT 3405 CLAY STREET, TAMPA, 33605, DISTRICT 5.
10:02:03 I AM THE PRESIDENT OF JACKSON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD
10:02:05 ASSOCIATION AND CRIME WATCH.
10:02:07 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING.
10:02:08 PAUL WRITES, FIRST CORINTHIANS 14:33, GOD IS NOT THE
10:02:16 AUTHOR OF CONFUSION, DISORDER, BUT OF PEACE IN MEETINGS
10:02:21 OF HIS PEOPLE.
10:02:22 WE, JACKSON HEIGHTS, COME IN PEACE.
10:02:25 I'M HERE TODAY WITH ASSOCIATION MEMBERS WHO ARE
10:02:29 TAX-PAYING HOMEOWNERS IN JACKSON HEIGHTS.
10:02:32 EACH OF OUR STREET ADDRESSES PARALLEL OR INTERSECT WITH
10:02:35 NORTH 34th STREET IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:02:39 TWO YEARS AGO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH KEEP TAMPA BAY
10:02:42 BEAUTIFUL, WE ADOPTED NORTH 34th STREET IN OUR
10:02:46 NEIGHBORHOOD, FROM EAST DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD
10:02:49 TO COLUMBUS DRIVE.
10:02:51 IN COLLABORATION WITH THE RESIDENTS OF EAST TAMPA, EAST
10:02:55 HILLSBOROUGH CRIME WATCH, ADVOCATES FOR HUMANITY, COLLEGE
10:03:00 HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, RAINBOW HEIGHTS
10:03:03 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
10:03:06 SOLID WASTE, WE PROWLED BEAUTIFY OUR STREET, NORTH 34th
10:03:11 QUARTERLY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:03:13 WE OFFER COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS TO ALL STUDENTS WHO
10:03:18 PARTICIPATE.
10:03:19 WE ARE A 501(C)(3).
10:03:22 WE ADOPTED POTTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD,
10:03:26 AND WILL BE LEAVING THIS MEETING SHORTLY TO PARTICIPATE
10:03:29 IN THE GREAT AMERICAN TEACH-IN.
10:03:32 WE ARE THE RECIPIENTS OF NUMEROUS AWARDS IN OUR AREA TO
10:03:37 INCLUDE OUTSTANDING NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH OF DISTRICT 3 AS
10:03:40 WELL AS HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT
10:03:42 AWARD FOR OUR COMMUNITY EFFORTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:03:47 WE ALSO ARE RECIPIENTS OF NUMEROUS GRANTS TO INCLUDE
10:03:50 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT AND RECENTLY, THE
10:03:53 WELLS FARGO BANK NEIGHBORHOOD BEAUTIFICATION GRANT IN OUR
10:03:58 NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:04:00 FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT
10:04:03 ROUNDABOUTS, STREET WIDENING, SIDEWALKS, BICYCLE LANES,
10:04:08 LED STREETLIGHTS ON NORTH 34th STREET IN OUR
10:04:12 NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:04:13 WE'D LIKE TO SAY AND GO ON RECORD AS JACKSON HEIGHTS
10:04:16 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND CRIME WATCH, WE ARE IN FULL
10:04:20 SUPPORT OF THE NORTH 34th STREET ROUNDABOUTS.
10:04:23 WE WILL USE THE $7,500 WELLS FARGO GRANT TO BEAUTIFY ALL
10:04:30 THREE ROUNDABOUTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:04:32 THAT WE LOVE SO DEARLY.
10:04:34 OUR PARTNERS IN THIS EFFORT WILL INCLUDE KEEP TAMPA BAY
10:04:38 BEAUTIFUL, RAINBOW HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AND
10:04:41 EAST HILLSBOROUGH CRIME WATCH.
10:04:43 MODERNIZATION IS A MUST IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:04:48 WE ADJUSTED TO THE 40th STREETS ROUNDABOUTS, WE CAN DO
10:04:51 THE SAME FOR NORTH 34th STREET.
10:04:53 TPD WOULD GLADLY ASSIST US WITH THE RULES OF THIS
10:04:56 ROUNDABOUT.
10:04:57 PLEASE VOTE YES.
10:04:58 THANK YOU.
10:04:58 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
10:04:59 WE APPRECIATE IT.
10:05:00 BRANDON, IF YOU COULD LET STAFF KNOW WE'LL DO 10:45, SO
10:05:06 WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE FOLKS WAIT.
10:05:07 THANK YOU, MA'AM.
10:05:11 >> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS ANGEL DeANGELO.
10:05:15 I WAS BORN HERE IN TAMPA.
10:05:16 I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT ISSUE 88.
10:05:19 BEFORE I DO SO, I MUST BRING UP THE FACT THAT CITY
10:05:22 COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 7 PASSED A RESOLUTION, ORDINANCE OR
10:05:24 WHATEVER, TO APPROPRIATE 150,000 PLUS DOLLARS INTO POLICE
10:05:28 DRONES.
10:05:29 NOW, LAST YEAR, WE DID A SURVEY AND NO ONE IN THE
10:05:31 COMMUNITY ASKED FOR POLICE DRONES.
10:05:33 THE EMPOWERMENT OF MAYOR JANE CASTOR, WHO HAS A VERY
10:05:37 RACIST AND CLASSLESS HISTORY, TO BE IN CONTROL OF DRONES
10:05:41 THAT DO NOT PROHIBIT BIOMETRIC, AKA, FACIAL RECOGNITION
10:05:46 SEARCHING IS UNACCEPTABLE.
10:05:48 BUT WHAT'S DONE IS DONE.
10:05:50 ISSUE 88 IS A WAY WE CAN SOMEWHAT REDEEM OURSELVES AS A
10:05:55 -- [ENCODER DROP]
10:05:58 [ENCODER DROP]
10:06:09 -- REALLY NEED TO START TAKING STRONGER STANCES.
10:06:14 CITY OF TAMPA CLAIMS TO BE THE UP AND COMING PROGRESSIVE
10:06:16 PLACE, BUT WE DO NOT SHOW THAT TO THE MOST VULNERABLE IN
10:06:19 OUR COMMUNITIES.
10:06:20 WE HAVE TO GO OUT OF OUR WAY TO UNDO THE LEGACY THAT HAS
10:06:25 BEEN IN THIS CITY AND IN THIS COUNTRY AND THIS STATE.
10:06:29 WE STILL HAVE A VERY DISPARATE TREATMENT.
10:06:34 IN THIS CITY, ONLY 24% OR SO OF THE POPULATION IS BLACK,
10:06:38 BUT THEY MAKE UP 54% OF ALL ARRESTS BY TAMPA POLICE
10:06:42 DEPARTMENT, AND THAT IS BY DESIGN.
10:06:45 MARY JANE CASTOR CONTRIBUTE TO THAT AND YOU WANT TO
10:06:48 EMPOWER HER WITH DRONES, THE LEAST WE CAN DO IS MAKE SURE
10:06:51 THE PEOPLE THAT SHE AND POLICE CHIEF BRIAN DUGAN ARE
10:06:55 THROWING IN THERE ARE NOT CONTRACTED TO WORK FOR FREE IN
10:06:58 THE CITY IN MODERN DAY SLAVERY.
10:07:00 WHILE I WANT YOU TO PASS ISSUE 88, THANK YOU, VIERA, FOR
10:07:04 INTRODUCING IT, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO MAKE IT STRONGER TO
10:07:06 PROHIBIT AND I'D LIKE TO YOU REALLY THINK HARDER ABOUT
10:07:09 THE THINGS YOU SPEND OUR MONEY ON.
10:07:11 WHEN YOU'RE SPENDING MONEY OF THAT AMOUNT TO A POLICE
10:07:14 DEPARTMENT, THE COMMUNITY SHOULD HAVE BEEN SURVEYED.
10:07:17 THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE ATTEMPTS TO REACH TO THE
10:07:20 COMMUNITY, I DON'T KNOW WHY OUR COMMUNITY REVIEW BOARD
10:07:23 AND THOSE ARE AIR QUOTES, I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY REQUESTED
10:07:26 THAT SURVEY LAST YEAR, IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO IMPLEMENT
10:07:28 THE THINGS ON THE SURVEY THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY ALL,
10:07:32 COLLECTIVELY, OF ALL DEMOGRAPHICS, WHITE, BLACK, POOR,
10:07:35 RICH, ALL AGREE NEEDED, NEED COMMUNITY BIAS TRAINING, WE
10:07:39 NEED WELL-REGULATED BODY CAMERAS WITH NO FACIAL
10:07:44 RECOGNITION SEARCHING.
10:07:45 USE OF FORCE POLICIES TO CHANGE.
10:07:47 I WITNESSED A HORRIBLE ACT OF VIOLENCE ON 7th AVENUE
10:07:51 WITH A MENTALLY ILL BLACK MAN WHO WAS BRUTALIZED BY YOUR
10:07:55 POLICE DEPARTMENT ON AUGUST 7.
10:07:57 I WON'T SAY HIS NAME BECAUSE HE DOESN'T DESERVE TO BE
10:08:00 THROWN OUT LIKE THAT.
10:08:01 HE WAS MENTALLY ILL.
10:08:02 HE NEEDED COMPASSION AND HEALING.
10:08:03 AND YOUR POLICE OFFICERS TASED HIM TWICE, ARRESTED HIM,
10:08:05 TOOK HIM TO JAIL, AND NOW HE'S FACING THREE FELONY
10:08:09 CHARGES FOR THE CRIME OF BEING MENTALLY ILL AND BLACK --
10:08:12 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:08:14 I WOULD ASK, PLEASE NO SPEAKING FROM THE AUDIENCE,
10:08:19 PLEASE.
10:08:19 NEXT, PLEASE.
10:08:21 >> DIANA SHENKS.
10:08:21 I AM A TAMPA RESIDENT.
10:08:23 I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON RESOLUTION 88, TO END CONTRACTS WITH
10:08:26 COMPANIES THAT USE PRISON LABOR.
10:08:28 IN THE SHINING PROMISE OF FREEDOM THAT WAS THE 13th
10:08:30 AMENDMENT, A SHARP EXCEPTION WAS CARVED OUT.
10:08:33 SECTION 1 OF THE AMENDMENT PROVIDES NEITHER SLAVERY NOR
10:08:36 INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE EXCEPT AS PUNISHMENT FOR CRIME
10:08:40 WHEREOF THE PARTY SHALL HAVE BEEN DULY CONVICTED SHALL
10:08:42 EXIST WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR ANY PLACE SUBJECT TO
10:08:45 THEIR JURISDICTION.
10:08:46 SIMPLY PUT, INCARCERATED PEOPLE HAVE NO CONSTITUTIONAL
10:08:49 RIGHTS IN THIS AREA.
10:08:50 THEY CAN BE FORCED TO WORK AS PUNISHMENT FOR THEIR
10:08:52 CRIMES, AND THEY CANNOT ACCESS WORKERS' RIGHTS OR LABOR
10:08:55 LAWS.
10:08:55 IT'S A CRUEL DICHOTOMY THAT PEOPLE WHO WILL STRUGGLE TO
10:08:58 FIND WORK AFTER INCARCERATION BECAUSE OF THE STIGMA
10:09:01 ASSOCIATED WITH IMPRISONMENT ARE ALSO HAVING THEIR LABOR
10:09:04 EXPLOITED WHILE THEY ARE BEHIND BARS.
10:09:05 THIS INJUSTICE DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS PEOPLE OF COLOR
10:09:10 AND POOR COMMUNITIES WHICH TODAY SOUNDS LIKE A TOP
10:09:14 PRIORITY FOR THE COUNCIL.
10:09:14 I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL BRINGING FORWARD THE RESOLUTION.
10:09:17 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
10:09:24 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
10:09:26 MY NAME IS JULIE RAMOS.
10:09:29 I'M HERE AS A TAMPA RESIDENT AND A GRADUATE OF THE
10:09:32 UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA AND HERE ALSO TO SUPPORT AGENDA
10:09:35 NUMBER 88.
10:09:36 AND TO SPEAK TO MAKE IT MUCH STRONGER AND COMPLETELY
10:09:39 PROHIBIT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM CONTRACTING WITH
10:09:41 COMPANIES WHO USE PRISON LABOR.
10:09:44 WE SHOULD BE TRYING TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT
10:09:47 WE PUT IN CAGES BY ACTUALLY REHABILITATING OUR COMMUNITY.
10:09:51 AND BY ESTABLISHING POLICIES THAT FOCUS LESS ON
10:09:54 INCARCERATION AND MORE ON ADDRESSING THE ACTUAL PROBLEMS
10:09:57 THAT CAUSE CRIME AND INCARCERATION, WHICH IS DIRECTLY
10:10:03 LINKED TO POVERTY BY STUDIES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE
10:10:06 INTERNATIONALLY FOR DECADES.
10:10:09 ON TOP OF ALL OF THIS, WHAT WE NEED TO BE PUTTING MONEY
10:10:13 INTO IN THE CITY IS EQUITABLE, ACCESSIBLE EDUCATION.
10:10:17 IT'S GREEN JOBS.
10:10:18 GREEN, ACCESSIBLE, PUBLIC TRANSIT, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN
10:10:21 ACTUALLY GET TO THEM, AND WE NEED CLEAN WATER ESPECIALLY
10:10:24 FOR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES WHO
10:10:27 GET THINGS DUMPED IN OUR WATER AT MUCH HIGHER RATES THAN
10:10:31 THE RICH FOLK THAT LIVE DOWN HERE IN DOWNTOWN.
10:10:34 SO WE NEED THE ISSUE WITH THE PRISON INDUSTRY ALL
10:10:36 TOGETHER IS THE ONLY WAY FOR IT TO BE SUSTAINABLE IS TO
10:10:39 ARREST MORE PEOPLE AND THAT'S NOT A WAY TO BUILD A CITY.
10:10:42 IT DOESN'T REDUCE CRIME.
10:10:44 THAT JUST SEPARATES FAMILIES, TRAUMATIZES THE PEOPLE PUT
10:10:48 IN CAGES AND ILL-PREPARES THEM TO BE RELEASED.
10:10:51 ABUSE, OVERCROWDING, VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT AND
10:10:56 DISCUSSING INHUMANE CONDITIONS ARE MANY OF THE PROBLEMS
10:10:59 THAT ARE COMMON IN PRISONS.
10:11:00 THERE HAVE BEEN STORIES OF NO WORKING TOILETS, RATS
10:11:04 RUNNING RAMPANT WITH UNDERFED PEOPLE IN DIRTY CELLS.
10:11:07 I SINCERELY ASK HOW WILL THAT REHABILITATE ANYONE AND HOW
10:11:11 WILL THAT CONTRIBUTE TO OUR COMMUNITY?
10:11:13 WHAT WE NEED ARE BASIC RIGHTS.
10:11:16 WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE CAGES.
10:11:17 THANK YOU.
10:11:18 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.
10:11:19 NEXT PLEASE.
10:11:20 I WANT TO MAKE SURE, ANYBODY WHO IS PLANNING ON SPEAKING
10:11:22 TODAY WHO IS NOT STANDING UP, IS THERE ANYBODY?
10:11:25 ANYBODY ELSE?
10:11:26 TWO, OKAY.
10:11:27 GO AHEAD, MA'AM.
10:11:32 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:11:33 I'M GERALDINE ROGERS TOMBS.
10:11:37 I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN IN EAST
10:11:39 TAMPA WHEN IT COMES TO ADDING THE NEWLY PROPOSED
10:11:43 ROUNDABOUTS ON 34th STREET.
10:11:45 ALL MY RESEARCH, I DIDN'T FIND ANY ROUNDABOUTS LOCATED IN
10:11:49 CLOSE PROXIMITY TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
10:11:53 DID THE CITY OF TAMPA TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT CONSULT
10:11:56 WITH THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT OR THE
10:11:58 CITY'S PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT OR THE MPO
10:12:01 ADVISORY BOARD ABOUT THE LOCATIONS IN QUESTION?
10:12:05 THE PROPOSED ROUNDABOUTS FOR 34th STREET ARE IN
10:12:08 RESIDENTIAL AREAS WITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, PARKS, AND
10:12:12 CHURCHES.
10:12:13 POTTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, POTTER HEAD START PROGRAM.
10:12:18 EAST TAMPA ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, FAIR OAKS PARK,
10:12:20 JACKSON HEIGHTS NFL YET CENTER, AL BARNES PARK, AND
10:12:24 34th STREET CHURCH OF GOD.
10:12:27 THESE PLACES, SOME OF THEM ARE DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO A
10:12:31 PARK AND A CHURCH.
10:12:32 TAMPA HAS A LONG-STANDING REPUTATION AS ONE OF THE MOST
10:12:37 DANGEROUS AREAS FOR PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS IN THE
10:12:42 COUNTRY.
10:12:43 THE CITY OF TAMPA IMAGINE 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GOAL IS
10:12:46 TO REDUCE THE HIGH INCIDENTS OF THOSE TYPE ACCIDENTS.
10:12:50 WHY PUT CHILDREN, OTHER PEDESTRIANS, AND BICYCLISTS IN A
10:12:55 DANGEROUS POSITION?
10:12:57 YOUR PLAN TO INSTALL ROUNDABOUTS NEAR PARKS AND SCHOOLS
10:13:00 WITH HIGH CONCENTRATION OF CHILDREN APPEARS TO CONFLICT
10:13:04 WITH THE CITY'S GOALS TO CREATE A SAFER EDUCATIONAL AND
10:13:07 RECREATIONAL ENVIRONMENT.
10:13:09 SAFETY SHOULD BE THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN FOR ALL CITIZENS,
10:13:14 ESPECIALLY THE VULNERABLE ONES.
10:13:15 AN ARTICLE IN THE FLORIDA SENTINEL STATES, THE MAYOR
10:13:22 PLANS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE 34th STREET ROUNDABOUT
10:13:24 PROJECT.
10:13:25 WHY SHOULD THE CITY OF TAMPA ELECTED OFFICIALS MODIFY THE
10:13:29 34th STREET ROUNDABOUT PROJECT?
10:13:31 THE CITY'S TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION DOES
10:13:35 NOT PROMOTE A PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT.
10:13:40 POTENTIAL CONFLICTS BETWEEN PEDESTRIANS AND MOTOR
10:13:43 VEHICLES SHOULD BE MINIMIZED.
10:13:46 YOU HAVE YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN YOU NEED TO REVIEW.
10:13:50 IF SAFETY IS THE MAIN CONCERN FOR INSTALLING ROUNDABOUTS
10:13:53 ON 34th STREET, PERHAPS YOU SHOULD CONSIDER
10:13:57 HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE AND MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD,
10:14:01 INTERSECTIONS THAT HAVE A HIGHER VOLUME OF TRAFFIC,
10:14:05 PROBABLY MORE ACCIDENTS AND ROUNDABOUTS WOULD BE BETTER
10:14:08 SUITED FOR THOSE LOCATIONS.
10:14:09 THE MAIN GOAL OF ROUNDABOUTS ARE TO BETTER CONTROL
10:14:12 TRAFFIC FLOW AND TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF SERIOUS MOTOR
10:14:17 VEHICLE ACCIDENTS.
10:14:18 HOWEVER, THE GOAL SHOULD BE TO CREATE SAFE STREETS FOR
10:14:21 PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLISTS, AS WELL AS MOTORISTS.
10:14:24 THE 34th STREET PLAN DOESN'T GIVE ENOUGH CONSIDERATION
10:14:27 TO THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF PEDESTRIANS, NOR PROVIDE
10:14:30 SAFE AND WALKABLE COMMUNITIES ACCORDING TO THE CITY'S
10:14:34 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
10:14:36 >>LUIS VIERA: MA'AM, YOU NEED FIVE MORE SECONDS?
10:14:39 >> SHE'S GIVING ME HER THREE MINUTES.
10:14:42 >>MARTIN SHELBY: COUNCIL, ONLY YOUR RULES, IT ONLY
10:14:46 APPLIES TO PUBLIC HEARINGS.
10:14:47 THIS IS PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:14:48 FRANKLY, IT'S THREE MINUTES UNLESS YOU WAIVE YOUR RULES.
10:14:53 >>LUIS VIERA: I'LL GIVE YOU TWO MINUTES.
10:14:56 >> THANK YOU.
10:14:56 THAT'S ALL I NEED.
10:14:57 THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:14:58 THE GOAL SHOULD BE TO MAKE LIFE LESS CHALLENGING AND SAFE
10:15:02 ACCORDING TO THE CITY'S IMAGINE 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
10:15:06 QUOTE, OPEN SPACE IS A KEY COMPONENT FOR A HIGH QUALITY
10:15:09 OF LIFE IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT.
10:15:13 CHANGES -- NEGATIVELY INTERFERE WITH EDUCATION AND
10:15:18 RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
10:15:20 ROUNDABOUTS CREATE UNCOMFORTABLE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLIST
10:15:22 ENVIRONMENT AND ARE NOT PEDESTRIAN OR BICYCLIST FRIENDLY.
10:15:27 COMMUNITY CONCERNS WERE OVERLOOKED WHICH VIOLATES THE
10:15:29 CITY'S IMAGINE 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO COLLABORATE
10:15:33 WITH THE COMMUNITY IN PLANNING THE FUTURE.
10:15:36 THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME CONCERNS HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED.
10:15:38 YOUR GOVERNMENT POLICY, NUMBER 1.1.3 STATES ADDITIONS
10:15:44 SHOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH ADOPTED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
10:15:48 THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT FOR 34th STREET IS
10:15:51 OVERDUE.
10:15:52 HOWEVER, THE PLAN FOR ROUNDABOUTS ON 34th STREET NEAR
10:15:55 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND PARKS CREATES A GREAT SAFETY
10:15:59 CONCERN.
10:15:59 IT IS ABSOLUTELY ABSURD TO PUT A ROUNDABOUT DIRECTLY NEXT
10:16:02 TO A CHURCH AND A PARK.
10:16:05 NOTHING APPEARS TO BE SACRED IN TODAY'S SOCIETY.
10:16:08 I WORK FOR A GOVERNMENTAL MUNICIPALITY FOR 36 YEARS.
10:16:12 NEITHER STAFF MORE ADMINISTRATION OR PUBLIC OFFICIALS
10:16:15 ALWAYS MADE THE RIGHT DECISION.
10:16:16 WHAT PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER WOULD RECOMMEND A ROUNDABOUT
10:16:20 IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OR ADJACENT TO A PARK OR SCHOOLS.
10:16:24 THAT'S SIMILAR TO A PHYSICIAN PERFORMING NONEMERGENCY
10:16:28 SURGERY ON A FRAIL AND VULNERABLE ELDERLY PATIENT.
10:16:32 THAT'S CALLED MALPRACTICE.
10:16:33 IN CONCLUSION, THERE IS NO REASON FOR ANYONE TO TAKE A
10:16:37 DOGMATIC APPROACH TO THIS ISSUE WHEN WE ALL WANT WHAT'S
10:16:40 BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY.
10:16:42 PLAN DESIGNS CAN BE MODIFIED OR ADJUSTED IF DEEMED
10:16:46 NECESSARY.
10:16:46 WE ALL WIN WHEN THINGS ARE DONE RIGHT.
10:16:50 AND BASICALLY, THAT'S ALL I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT IS
10:16:52 SAFETY.
10:16:53 AND I HOPE THAT THAT IS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
10:16:56 YOU'VE HAD TWO PEOPLE THAT YOU RECOGNIZED HIGHLY, TALKING
10:16:59 ABOUT THE SAFETY AND WELL BEING OF CHILDREN.
10:17:02 AND I THANK YOU.
10:17:03 >>LUIS VIERA: NEXT PLEASE, THANK YOU.
10:17:05 >> ONE OTHER POINT, I SENT EACH ONE OF YOU AN E-MAIL.
10:17:08 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
10:17:09 APPRECIATE IT.
10:17:10 NEXT, PLEASE.
10:17:12 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:17:13 MY NAME IS CAROL RANSOM.
10:17:16 I'M A CITIZEN HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, MORE
10:17:18 IMPORTANTLY, I'M HERE THIS MORNING TO TALK ABOUT THE
10:17:21 PLANS FROM THE UNIVERSITY AREA CDC MS. SARAH LAID OUT FOR
10:17:26 US THIS MORNING.
10:17:26 I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW REALLY GRATEFUL WE ARE TO HEAR THE
10:17:30 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PUT INTO ACTION.
10:17:31 THOSE ARE THE SAME THINGS THAT THE CITIZENS FROM DISTRICT
10:17:34 5, EAST TAMPA HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
10:17:37 SHE MENTIONED A COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT ACT WHERE NEW
10:17:41 DEVELOPERS COMING INTO THE COMMUNITY WILL HAVE TO GO
10:17:43 THROUGH THAT LIAISON.
10:17:45 WE BROUGHT THIS POINT UP IN THE MAYOR'S TRANSITIONAL
10:17:48 MEETING.
10:17:48 HEARD NOTHING ELSE ABOUT IT.
10:17:50 SHE MENTIONED THE MODULAR HOMES WITH THE ESTIMATED RENT
10:17:54 OR INCOME LEVEL AT $800 PER MONTH, LEADING TO HOME
10:17:58 OWNERSHIP --
10:17:59 >>LUIS VIERA: PLEASE, EVERYBODY.
10:18:01 WHENEVER PEOPLE ARE SPEAKING, DO NOT SPEAK, CLAP, OR
10:18:05 SNAP.
10:18:05 THANK YOU.
10:18:06 MA'AM, GO AHEAD.
10:18:07 >> THANK YOU.
10:18:08 SO SHE TALKED ABOUT THOSE IDEAS.
10:18:10 WE BROUGHT THAT TO THE COUNCIL.
10:18:12 WE WENT THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS, WHICH WAS ADDRESSED
10:18:14 AS THE CRA MEETINGS.
10:18:16 WE HAVEN'T GOT ANY RESULTS FROM THAT.
10:18:18 SHE TALKED ABOUT PUTTING IN PARKS, LAND TRUST, BANKING
10:18:23 THE LAND IN THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT AGENCY TAKING
10:18:28 POSSESSION OF THE LAND AND HELPING THE CITIZENS.
10:18:30 SHE TALKED ABOUT THE DOOR TO DOOR, THE WALKABILITY PLAN,
10:18:33 GOING TO THE INDIVIDUAL HOMES, KNOCKING ON DOORS, FINDING
10:18:36 OUT WHAT PEOPLE NEED.
10:18:38 WE THOUGHT THIS WAS THE IDEA OF THE CRA.
10:18:40 WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THIS IS WHAT WE WERE
10:18:42 SUPPOSED TO DO AT THE CRA MEETING.
10:18:44 PERHAPS THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION ABOUT IT.
10:18:46 SO MY REQUEST TODAY IS TO ASK FOR THE NOTES OR THE
10:18:51 MINUTES FROM THE TRAINING, THE WORKSHOP YOU GUYS
10:18:53 PRESENTED ON THE CRA FOR REASONS OF A PREVIOUS
10:18:59 ENGAGEMENT.
10:19:00 I WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE.
10:19:02 WAS NOT ABLE TO GET THAT INFORMATION.
10:19:04 I'D LIKE TO REQUEST IT BECAUSE I'M PRETTY SURE THAT MY
10:19:08 CRA IS DOING SOME TOP-DOWN BENEFIT WHEREAS WE AS THE
10:19:11 PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE
10:19:14 BOTTOM UP.
10:19:16 SO IF IT'S ANY WAY POSSIBLE, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THOSE
10:19:19 NOTES.
10:19:20 ANOTHER I THINK I WANTED TO MENTION, COMING UP HERE, WE
10:19:22 DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO COME HERE AND TALK ABOUT THE
10:19:25 MARIJUANA PROCESSING PLANT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
10:19:27 WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO COME HERE AND TALK ABOUT 34
10:19:30 RETENTION PONDS.
10:19:31 WE DON'T WANT TO COME HERE AND HAVE TO TALK ABOUT PUTTING
10:19:34 A ROUNDABOUT WHERE THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL DOES NOT
10:19:38 VALIDATE FATALITIES HAPPENING IN THESE PARTICULAR
10:19:40 INTERSECTIONS.
10:19:41 REQUIRE $300,000 WORTH OF ROAD WORK TO PUT IN ROUNDABOUTS
10:19:45 WHERE THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY NOT NEEDED.
10:19:47 MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO SAY COMMON SENSE AIN'T SO COMMON.
10:19:51 THAT WAS HER THING.
10:19:52 SO WHAT WE ASK YOU AS A SITTING BOARD, EVEN IF YOU DON'T
10:19:57 LOOK AT ANYTHING BUT THE COST EFFECTIVENESS, WE STILL
10:20:02 HAVE BLUE TARPS ON THE ROOFS.
10:20:04 PEOPLE LIVING IN A MOTEL $60 A NIGHT.
10:20:07 DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'LL DO TO GET THE NEXT $60 TO KEEP
10:20:10 THE FAMILY COVERED WHILE IT'S COLD OUTSIDE.
10:20:12 WE HAVE ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY THAT TAKE A PRIORITY.
10:20:16 WHAT IT IS WE'RE HERE TODAY, ROUNDABOUTS.
10:20:18 IF THIS IS A POLICE STRATEGY, WE THINK THAT THE POLICE
10:20:22 DEPARTMENT SHOULD AFFORD IT RATHER THAN --
10:20:25 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
10:20:26 WE APPRECIATE IT.
10:20:27 >> THANK YOU.
10:20:27 >>LUIS VIERA: NEXT, PLEASE.
10:20:31 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:20:32 MY NAME IS SONYA MARTINEZ.
10:20:34 I AM PRESIDENT OF THE DOMINICAN ASSOCIATION OF TAMPA.
10:20:40 WE ARE A NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION.
10:20:40 AND HERE IS OUR VICE PRESIDENT, MR. JOE MERCEDES.
10:20:43 >> HI, GOOD MORNING.
10:20:44 MY NAME IS JOHN MERCEDES.
10:20:45 I'M VICE PRESIDENT OF THE DOMINICAN ASSOCIATION OF TAMPA.
10:20:49 I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT SERIOUS TOPICS HERE AND
10:20:52 DON'T MEAN ANY DISRESPECT TO ANY OF YOU MEMBERS.
10:20:55 WE ARE AN ASSOCIATION, WE'RE A 501(C)(6).
10:20:59 OUR ASSOCIATION IS USUALLY ABOUT VOLUNTEERS.
10:21:02 WE VOLUNTEER IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE TRY TO HELP
10:21:06 MINORITIES, HISPANICS, TO TRY TO GET SOME INVOLVEMENT IN
10:21:10 THE COMMUNITY AND GET THEIR VOICES HEARD AND HELP THE
10:21:14 HISPANIC COMMUNITY ANY WAY POSSIBLE WE CAN, EITHER BY
10:21:18 ASSISTING THEM ON HELPING THEM OBTAIN HELP WHEN IT COMES
10:21:22 TO PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAMS, AND WE TRY TO ASSIST THEM IN
10:21:31 ANY WAY POSSIBLE.
10:21:32 BUT ON ANOTHER TOPIC, WE WOULD LIKE TO MENTION VERY
10:21:36 IMPORTANT THING THAT OUR ASSOCIATION IS TRYING TO DO.
10:21:38 OUR FUND, WE DON'T GET ANY PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.
10:21:44 DON'T GET TAX DOLLARS, DON'T GET ANY GRANTS.
10:21:47 WE STRICTLY ARE BASED ON LOCAL SUPPORT FROM BUSINESS
10:21:50 OWNERS AND EVENTS THAT WE USUALLY CONDUCT IN THE
10:21:53 COMMUNITY TO TRY TO HELP OUR ASSOCIATION AND ALSO TO
10:21:57 BRING AWARENESS TO DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES IN OUR
10:22:00 ORGANIZATION, NOT ONLY DOMINICANS, CUBANS, VENEZUELANS,
10:22:07 THAT'S SOME OF THE THINGS WE TRY TO DO AS AN ASSOCIATION.
10:22:10 AS AN ASSOCIATION ALSO, WE TRY TO DO SCHOLARSHIPS.
10:22:13 WE GET ALL THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR ASSOCIATION
10:22:16 COFFERS AND WE TRY TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO LOW-INCOME
10:22:21 HISPANICS THAT NEED THE DOLLARS FOR THE CHILDREN TO MAYBE
10:22:24 AFFORD BOOKS OR MAYBE AFFORD COLLEGE TUITION.
10:22:27 THAT'S OUR ASSOCIATION.
10:22:28 EVEN THOUGH WE'RE SMALL, WE TRY TO OBTAIN AND USE OUR
10:22:32 FUNDS IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE.
10:22:34 WHAT WE HAVE RECENTLY, COMING HERE TO BRING AWARENESS OF
10:22:39 A TRAVEL SITUATION.
10:22:41 USUALLY THE CITY OF TAMPA AND A LOT OF RESIDENTS, WHEN
10:22:44 THEY HAVE TO TRAVEL ABROAD OR TO THE CARIBBEAN, THEY TRY
10:22:47 TO GO TO EITHER ORLANDO OR MIAMI.
10:22:50 WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BRING AWARENESS AS AN ASSOCIATION
10:22:52 THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BRING THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND
10:22:56 THAT THESE ARE DOLLARS THAT THE AIRPORT IS LOSING BECAUSE
10:22:59 A LOT OF BUSINESSES GOING EITHER TO ORLANDO OR TO MIAMI
10:23:02 TO TRY TO TAKE FLIGHTS EITHER DOMINICAN REPUBLIC OR PUNTA
10:23:08 CANA.
10:23:09 THOSE ARE TOPICS THAT WE WANT TO ADDRESS AT THE COUNCIL.
10:23:13 WE CAN HELP BY HOPEFULLY PROMOTING DIRECT FLIGHTS TO THE
10:23:16 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC BECAUSE WHY, THAT WILL HELP KEEP JOBS
10:23:19 IN THE AIRPORT AND HELP THE COMMUNITY ITSELF.
10:23:22 THAT'S THE REASON THAT WE'RE HERE AS A TAMPA ASSOCIATION,
10:23:26 DOMINICAN ASSOCIATION.
10:23:27 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, GUYS.
10:23:29 WE SPOKE BEFORE, IF YOU WANT TO GET WITH MY LEGISLATIVE
10:23:31 ASSISTANT, BRANDON, WE CAN SET UP A MEETING TO TALK.
10:23:35 I'D LOVE TO TALK WITH YOU ALL.
10:23:37 >>BILL CARLSON: I'VE BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN THE
10:23:41 INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT AREA, TOO.
10:23:46 FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME.
10:23:47 I'M HAPPY TO PUT YOU IN TOUCH WITH THE AIRPORT.
10:23:49 >>LUIS VIERA: YOU CAN MEET WITH US AT SEPARATE TIMES ON
10:23:52 THE SAME DAY.
10:23:53 THANK YOU, FOLKS.
10:23:54 GRACIAS.
10:23:54 THANK YOU.
10:23:58 >> GOOD MORNING, CONNIE BURTON.
10:24:01 IF YOU READ THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND
10:24:04 THEN YOU READ DOWN INTO THE 13th AMENDMENT, CONSISTENT
10:24:08 TO WHAT WE SEE GOING ON IN THIS CITY IS CLEAR TO ME THAT
10:24:13 IN ORDER TO KEEP A SYSTEM PROPPED UP FINANCIALLY, YOU
10:24:18 HAVE TO HAVE SLAVE CLASS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A GROUP OF
10:24:23 PEOPLE THAT ESSENTIALLY HAVE NO POWER OVER THEIR LIVES
10:24:26 AND THEIR COMMUNITY.
10:24:27 COMING DOWN HERE CONSISTENTLY EVERY WEEK, WE ARE FINDING
10:24:30 OURSELVES, WHETHER PEOPLE WANT TO BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE
10:24:33 ARE THAT GROUP.
10:24:35 WE ARE THAT GROUP BECAUSE WE KEEP APPEALING TO YOU IN THE
10:24:38 SAME WAY THAT BEAUTIFUL SARAH STOOD UP HERE AND GAVE A
10:24:45 PRESENTATION.
10:24:45 I SAID, DAMN, I MUST BE MISSING TWO THINGS -- CHANGE IN
10:24:50 RACE AND MAYBE PUTTING IT ON THE PROMPT BECAUSE WE ARE
10:24:53 SAYING THE SAME THING.
10:24:55 BUT WHAT WE GET CONSTANTLY IS THE PUSH-BACK THAT IT CAN'T
10:24:59 GET DONE OR THE DIVISION AND DIVIDING OUR COMMUNITY BY
10:25:02 SAYING TWO HERE AND THREE THERE.
10:25:05 SO I SAY WITH YOUR OWN EYES YOU CAN SEE, AS YOU HOLD UP
10:25:09 SISTER ARTHENIA JOYNER AND AS A CHILD, I REMEMBER THAT
10:25:13 WOMAN AND HER FINE STORIES OF RESISTANCE, THAT EVEN WHEN
10:25:18 IT'S NOT POPULAR TO DO, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO DO.
10:25:21 EVEN WHEN THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY THINK THEY HAVE REACHED
10:25:25 A CERTAIN PROMINENCE, NOT STANDING ON THE SIDE OF THE
10:25:29 PEOPLE.
10:25:29 WE HAVE TO KEEP ON ADVOCATING.
10:25:31 WHAT?
10:25:32 FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
10:25:34 I DIDN'T HEAR SARAH TALK ABOUT NO LAND GRAB.
10:25:36 I DIDN'T HEAR HER MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT DEVELOPERS
10:25:38 COMING IN THERE AND OUTPRICING THE HOUSING THAT PEOPLE
10:25:42 CAN'T REACH IT.
10:25:44 ONE THING THAT CHARLIE MIRANDA SAYS ALL THE TIME, I TRY
10:25:47 TO PAY ATTENTION WHEN HE'S TELLING THE STORIES BECAUSE
10:25:50 HE'S ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT ONCE UPON A TIME AND I
10:25:53 APPRECIATE IT, BUT WHAT I HAVE COME TO UNDERSTAND, MAYBE
10:25:57 PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE MORAL COURAGE TO DO THE RIGHT
10:26:00 THING.
10:26:02 IT'S IN YOU.
10:26:03 YOU KNOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DONE, BUT YOU CAN'T JUMP
10:26:05 OVER THAT HURDLE BECAUSE POLITICALLY MIGHT MEAN
10:26:09 SOMETHING.
10:26:10 WHEN YOU'RE CAMPAIGNING AGAIN.
10:26:15 I HEAR MR. VIERA TALK ABOUT OUR HISTORY AND YOU QUOTE IT
10:26:19 WELL.
10:26:20 BUT OUTSIDE QUOTING, LET'S MAKE A MARK TODAY THAT WE CAN
10:26:23 DO THE RIGHT THING.
10:26:25 THE COMMUNITY IS SAYING WE HAVE TOO MANY OF OUR CHILDREN
10:26:27 THAT IS MISSING PARENTS BECAUSE THEY ARE INCARCERATED.
10:26:32 WE HAVE A MARIJUANA DISPENSARY RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD.
10:26:36 YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.
10:26:37 2020 IS GOING TO BRING ABOUT A NEW DAY.
10:26:42 I THINK I'VE TALKED -- THEY SAID YOU CONTINUE TO DO THE
10:26:46 SAME THING, YOU GOT TO BE CRAZY.
10:26:48 I WON'T BE DELIVERING NO MORE IN 2020 UNTIL WE SEE
10:26:51 RESULTS IN THIS CHAMBER, BUT ON THE GROUND, WE PLAN ON
10:26:55 HAVING AN AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN SO WE CAN MEET THE NFL WHEN
10:26:59 THEY GET HERE.
10:27:00 THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:27:00 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
10:27:02 NEXT, PLEASE.
10:27:04 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:27:05 I'M BISHOP MICHELLE B. PATTY.
10:27:08 I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST GO ON RECORD STATING THAT ITEM
10:27:12 NUMBER 84 THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT LATER IS JUST A
10:27:16 --
10:27:18 THE MAYOR HAS SPOKEN.
10:27:19 THE DEAL IS DONE.
10:27:20 IT'S OVER WITH.
10:27:21 FOR YOU ALL TO BRING THE CITIZENS HERE FOR US TO CRY OUT
10:27:25 TO YOU IS REALLY REPREHENSIVE.
10:27:31 I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT YOU ALL KNOW THAT THE
10:27:33 POINT OF ORDER SHOULD BE HOUSING FIRST.
10:27:35 WHY HAVE A ROUNDABOUT?
10:27:37 JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE ME HAS NICE HOMES,
10:27:40 DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS TO BE WITHOUT A MEAL, WHAT ABOUT
10:27:44 THE HOMELESS PEOPLE?
10:27:45 IF WE COULD SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THE ROUNDABOUT,
10:27:49 CERTAINLY WE CAN DO AS SARAH SAY PUT SOME AFFORDABLE
10:27:53 HOMES IN THIS AREA.
10:27:55 $800 TO OWN YOUR OWN HOME.
10:27:58 WOULDN'T THAT BE WONDERFUL?
10:28:00 THEN YOU CAN COME ABOUT AND DO YOUR ROUNDABOUT.
10:28:03 LET'S DO PEOPLE FIRST.
10:28:04 PEOPLE NEED TO BE PUT IN HOMES.
10:28:06 PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE HOMES.
10:28:07 THEY NEED TO HAVE SAFETY.
10:28:08 BUT I ALSO WANT TO GO ON RECORD ASKING, WHO HAVE THE CITY
10:28:14 PAID FOR THE PROPERTY THAT IS ON THAT ROUNDABOUT?
10:28:16 I WANT TO KNOW WHO THEY PAY, HOW MUCH THEY PAID, AND WHEN
10:28:20 THEY PAID IT, BECAUSE IF WE FOLLOW THE MONEY, WE COULD
10:28:24 SEE WHY SILENCE FROM YOU WERE CLASS PEOPLE IS -- UPPER
10:28:29 CLASS PEOPLE IS NOT BEING HEARD IN THIS CHAMBER.
10:28:32 I'M GOING TO FOLLOW THE DOLLAR.
10:28:34 I WANT TO KNOW WHAT TOOK PLACE, HOW IT TOOK PLACE AND
10:28:36 WHEN IT TOOK PLACE.
10:28:37 WHAT'S GOING ON NOW, IT'S JUST SAD.
10:28:40 WE'RE LOOKING AT GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL, HAVING PEOPLE
10:28:43 COME HERE, AND YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO
10:28:46 LIVE, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, I DON'T CARE WHAT THE
10:28:49 CITIZENS SAY, 3 MILLION, 4 MILLION, WHATEVER THE -- IT
10:28:54 DOES NOT MATTER.
10:28:55 YOU'RE GOING TO DO THE ROUNDABOUT.
10:28:57 SO STOP PLAYING WITH PEOPLE'S EMOTIONS.
10:28:59 WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE DONE.
10:29:01 SO WHY ARE WE HERE?
10:29:03 WHY IS IT ON THE AGENDA?
10:29:05 WHY ARE YOU PLAYING WITH PEOPLE WHEN YOU KNOW THAT YOU
10:29:13 HAVE NO POWER TO DO ANYTHING.
10:29:15 YOU HAVE NO POWER.
10:29:15 THE MAYOR HAS SPOKEN.
10:29:16 THE QUEEN SAY IT WILL BE DONE AND THEN SHE HAD HER WOMEN
10:29:24 COME IN HERE AND PAT HER ON THE BACK SAYING THEY GOT SOME
10:29:26 AWARDS, AND THAT'S WHY THEY ARE SUPPORTING IT, BUT ASK
10:29:30 THEM HOW MANY NIGHTS THEY DON'T HAVE A ROOF OVER THEIR
10:29:33 HEAD.
10:29:34 ASK THEM HOW MANY NIGHTS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A CAR TO
10:29:36 RIDE IN.
10:29:37 ASK THEM IF THEY MISS A MEAL.
10:29:40 THE ANSWER CAN I TELL YOU ALREADY, THEY EAT WELL, THEY
10:29:43 DRIVE LOVELY AND THEY DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM.
10:29:45 BUT I'M GOING TO DO, WE'RE GOING TO SPEAK OUT WHETHER YOU
10:29:49 CARE ABOUT IT OR NOT, WHETHER YOU LISTEN AT US OR NOT,
10:29:52 THERE WILL BE THOSE OF US THAT WILL SPEAK OUT.
10:29:56 COUNCILMAN CARLSON, I THANK YOU EVERY DAY.
10:29:58 I APPLAUD YOU EVERY DAY FOR BEING THAT VOICE NO MATTER
10:30:01 WHAT YOUR OTHER COLLEAGUES, WHETHER THEY VOTE OR NOT.
10:30:04 YOU'VE BEEN SAYING WHAT WE'VE BEEN SAYING AND WE CAN GET
10:30:06 IT DONE.
10:30:08 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
10:30:09 NEXT, PLEASE.
10:30:10 AGAIN, PLEASE NO CLAPPING OR SPEAKING DURING COMMENT.
10:30:13 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:30:14 MY NAME IS REGINA VIRGIL.
10:30:18 RIGHT NOW I'M COORDINATOR FOR EAST HILLSBOROUGH HEIGHTS
10:30:21 CRIME WATCH GROUP IN THE AREA.
10:30:22 MY GRID IS 40th STREET, HILLSBOROUGH, OSBORNE AND NORTH
10:30:27 30th.
10:30:28 BUT 34th STREET LIES IN THE CENTER OF THE GRID.
10:30:31 I AM BOUNCING OFF WHAT FRAN TATE SAID.
10:30:37 I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF ROUNDABOUTS.
10:30:39 WHEN THE CITY CONTACTED MY ORGANIZATION REGARDING THE
10:30:41 ROUNDABOUTS ON 40th AND NORTH 34th STREET, I HAD
10:30:45 MEETINGS.
10:30:45 I GAVE NOTICE OF VACATION TO THE RESIDENTS THAT FALL IN
10:30:49 THAT GRID.
10:30:50 I ALWAYS SAY THAT WHEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, WHOEVER
10:30:53 IT IS, WHEN THEY ASK US TO COME TO THE TABLE, IT IS FOR A
10:30:59 REASON.
10:30:59 THEY WANT OUR INPUT.
10:31:01 THAT WAS TWO YEARS AGO.
10:31:02 THREE YEARS AGO I HAD D.O.T. AT MY MEETINGS AND THE CITY.
10:31:05 AT THAT TIME, THEY SHOWED US THE POTENTIAL, WHAT IT WAS
10:31:08 GOING TO BE LIKE AND WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE AFTER THE
10:31:10 PROJECT IS DONE.
10:31:11 SO MY TAKE IS WE'RE IN FULL SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT.
10:31:14 YOU HAVE MY OKAY, GO AHEAD WITH IT.
10:31:16 WE NEED THE SOFTENING BECAUSE THERE ARE TOO MANY
10:31:21 SPEEDERS.
10:31:21 TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
10:31:23 FRUSTRATED OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA CALLING ME UP ALL
10:31:25 TIMES OF THE DAY, WHEN I'M ON VACATION, WHEN I'M TRYING
10:31:28 TO ENJOY MY TIME TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE SPEEDING, AS
10:31:31 RECENTLY AS THIS MORNING.
10:31:33 I'M GETTING TEXTS NOW.
10:31:34 I'M TIRED OF IT.
10:31:36 ROUNDABOUTS WORK.
10:31:37 I WANT THEM.
10:31:37 THANK YOU.
10:31:40 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
10:31:40 AGAIN, PLEASE, NO STATEMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE, PLEASE.
10:31:43 THANK YOU.
10:31:43 NEXT PLEASE.
10:31:45 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:31:47 I'M HERE TO BE AN ADVOCATE TODAY -- MY NAME IS CHRIS.
10:31:52 RESIDENT OF TAMPA.
10:31:53 >>LUIS VIERA: YOUR LAST NAME.
10:31:55 >> SELMON.
10:31:56 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:31:57 >> I'M HERE TODAY TO BE AN ADVOCATE FOR BABIES IN THE
10:32:00 WOMB HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
10:32:01 I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THE TRUTH IN LOVE AND TRUTH IS
10:32:05 ABORTION IS MURDER OF ANOTHER HUMAN BEING.
10:32:07 IT IS NOT THE TERMINATION OF A POTENTIAL LIFE.
10:32:10 IT IS NOT THE REMOVAL OF TISSUE OR THE REMOVAL OF A CLUMP
10:32:13 OF CELLS.
10:32:14 IT IS THE KILLING OF AN INNOCENT HUMAN BEING.
10:32:16 THE BELIEF THAT LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR AMERICAN SLAVERY
10:32:18 AND THE JEWISH HOLOCAUST OF WORLD WAR II IS THE SAME
10:32:22 BELIEF THAT ALLOWED THE REPREHENSIBLE RULING OF
10:32:26 ROE V. WADE.
10:32:27 AND THAT IS THE BELIEF THAT ONE LIFE IS MORE VALUABLE
10:32:27 THAN ANOTHER.
10:32:28 TODAY'S CULTURE SAYS THAT BABIES IN THE WOMB ARE NOT
10:32:31 CONSIDERED HUMAN EVEN THOUGH THIS DEFIES OUR GOD GIVEN
10:32:34 CONSCIENCE AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE.
10:32:36 AS A RESULT, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT BABIES
10:32:38 ACROSS THIS NATION EVERY YEAR ARE MURDERED, RIPPED OUT OF
10:32:40 THE MOTHER'S WOMB AND DISCARDED LIKE EVERYDAY TRASH.
10:32:44 WE MUST STAND AGAINST THE SUPREME COURT'S RULING AND
10:32:46 UPHOLD THE CLEAR AND OBVIOUS TRUTH THAT FULLY HUMAN LIFE
10:32:50 BEGINS AT CONCEPTION, IS EQUALLY VALUABLE, AND DESERVES
10:32:53 THE SAME RIGHTS AS ANY OTHER HUMAN BEING.
10:32:55 TERMS LIKE A ZYGOTE, EMBRYO, FETUS, INFANT, CHILD,
10:33:01 ADOLESCENT, ADULT, ALL THESE TERMS REFER TO A HUMAN JUST
10:33:04 AT A DIFFERENT STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT.
10:33:06 ALTHOUGH THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND A LEVEL OF
10:33:08 DEPENDENCY MAY BE DIFFERENT AT EACH STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT,
10:33:12 AT NO STAGE IS A LIFE LESS HUMAN OR LESS VALUABLE.
10:33:16 THERE MUST BE A CALL FOR THE IMMORAL KILLING OF INNOCENT
10:33:19 LIFE TO CEASE, AND THERE IS NO REASON WHY IT CAN'T START
10:33:22 WITH OUR CITY LEADERS.
10:33:24 THANK YOU.
10:33:25 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:33:26 NEXT, PLEASE.
10:33:35 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:33:35 MY NAME IS NOREEN MILLER.
10:33:38 I LIVE IN SOUTHEAST SEMINOLE HEIGHTS.
10:33:40 I'M HERE THIS MORNING TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE
10:33:43 ROUNDABOUTS, AND I DO NOT THINK THAT ROUNDABOUTS IS A
10:33:47 GOOD IDEA AND I DO NOT SUPPORT THE ROUNDABOUTS.
10:33:50 I LOOK AT THE ROUNDABOUT AS YOU'RE ENTERING 22nd
10:33:54 STREET, WHERE IT SAYS 1911, ON 22nd, THAT ROUNDABOUT
10:33:58 GOES AROUND AND GOES BACK TO ALL THOSE NEW HOUSES THAT
10:34:01 THEY ARE BUILDING THAT WE WON'T BE ABLE TO AFFORD.
10:34:04 I JUST THINK THAT IT'S VERY DANGEROUS.
10:34:07 A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN HIT ON 40th STREET.
10:34:11 MY THING IS THIS, I KNOW WE HAVE 75 RETENTION PONDS IN
10:34:14 EAST TAMPA.
10:34:15 SO ARE WE TRYING TO PUT 75 ROUNDABOUTS IN EAST TAMPA?
10:34:19 I CHALLENGE TO YOU TELL ME ONE COMMUNITY IN THE CITY THAT
10:34:24 HAS ROUNDABOUTS IN IT.
10:34:28 OKAY.
10:34:29 AND I LOVE WHAT SARAH PRESENTED THIS MORNING FROM CDC.
10:34:32 I WAS HOME WATCHING THAT AND IT JUST ENCOURAGED ME TO GET
10:34:35 UP, GET DRESSED AND COME DOWN AND SAY WE CAN DO THAT IN
10:34:38 OUR COMMUNITY.
10:34:39 I THOUGHT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THAT, ENGAGING THE
10:34:42 COMMUNITY.
10:34:42 THE COMMUNITY IS NOT BEING HEARD.
10:34:45 WE HAD TO KEEP TALKING AND SAYING NO, NO, NO ABOUT
10:34:48 FLORIBRASKA.
10:34:50 FINALLY HEARD THAT.
10:34:51 SO WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER COMMUNITIES.
10:34:54 WE'RE COMPARING AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE MODELS OUT
10:34:56 THERE.
10:34:56 FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I CAN'T FIND IN THE INNER CITY
10:34:59 ROUNDABOUTS, BUT IN EAST TAMPA, IT'S ABOUT 10 AT LEAST
10:35:04 ALREADY GOING UP.
10:35:06 40th STREET, IT'S VERY DANGEROUS DOWN THERE.
10:35:09 PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN KILLED ON THE ROUNDABOUTS.
10:35:12 AND THEN WE LOOK AT 34th AND LAKE.
10:35:15 CAN YOU IMAGINE ALL THE KIDS IN THAT AREA?
10:35:19 AND THEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OSBORNE AND 34th.
10:35:22 FIRST OF ALL, 34th NEEDS SO MUCH WORK DONE TO THE ROAD,
10:35:26 THE STREET, THE POTHOLES.
10:35:28 AND THEN AS SOMEONE WAS SAYING ABOUT THE SPEEDERS, I LIVE
10:35:32 ON CHELSEA.
10:35:33 YOU WANT TO SEE SPEED, COME DOWN CHELSEA, YOU THINK
10:35:36 YOU'RE ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY.
10:35:38 YOU THINK IT'S LIKE MLK.
10:35:40 THEY SPEED ALL DAY LONG, BUT GUESS WHAT, WE DON'T HAVE
10:35:43 ROUNDABOUTS AND AS LONG AS I PAY MY TAXES IN SOUTHEAST
10:35:46 SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, WE WILL NOT HAVE ROUNDABOUTS.
10:35:48 WHAT I ASK THIS COUNCIL, PLEASE, DO NOT PUT ANY MORE
10:35:52 ROUNDABOUTS IN EAST TAMPA.
10:35:54 THANK YOU.
10:35:54 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
10:35:55 WE APPRECIATE IT.
10:35:56 NEXT, PLEASE.
10:35:57 IF I'M CORRECT, AFTER THIS GENTLELADY, THIS GENTLEMAN IS
10:36:03 THE LAST SPEAKER.
10:36:05 MAKING SURE.
10:36:05 GO AHEAD, MA'AM.
10:36:06 >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
10:36:07 VERLENE DRAYTON.
10:36:10 I'LL GO BACK TO SARAH COMBS.
10:36:13 I'VE BEEN COMING HERE FOR SOME MONTHS.
10:36:19 TODAY, SARAH COMBS SAID EVERYTHING THAT I'VE BEEN ASKING
10:36:22 FOR.
10:36:23 EVERYTHING I KNOW WE NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY AND A
10:36:26 ROUNDABOUT IS NOT IT.
10:36:27 A ROUNDABOUT IS NOT OUR PRIORITY AND I STAND IN
10:36:31 OPPOSITION OF THAT ROUNDABOUT.
10:36:32 NOW, TODAY, WITH THIS ROUNDABOUT AND STANDING IN
10:36:36 OPPOSITION OF IT AND WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BECAUSE
10:36:39 WE'RE GOING TO MIX IT UP.
10:36:41 THAT'S WHAT SARAH CAME HERE TALKING ABOUT.
10:36:43 MY LIVING CONDITIONS, AND IT SAYS THE GOVERNMENT HAS THE
10:36:48 OBLIGATION TO GUARANTEE THAT I, AND MY PEOPLE HAVE
10:36:54 SECURITY, PEACE, AND DIGNITY.
10:36:57 WELL, TODAY, THIS IS WHAT SECURITY LOOKS LIKE.
10:37:00 MASK.
10:37:01 DOUBLE EAR INFECTION.
10:37:03 PEACE, THERE IS NO PEACE.
10:37:06 SO I WANT TO KNOW HERE TODAY, WHAT PART OF THIS
10:37:09 GOVERNMENT HERE IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
10:37:15 BETTER LIVING CONDITIONS, BECAUSE A ROUNDABOUT DOES NOT
10:37:20 PROVIDE THAT FOR ME AND MY PEOPLE.
10:37:24 NOW, AGAIN, SARAH MENTIONED $800 A MONTH RENT FOR A HOME.
10:37:34 I CAN AFFORD THAT.
10:37:35 I WILL HAVE THESE ELEMENTS TODAY.
10:37:43 I BEG YOU, PLEASE, PLEASE -- THEY SAY DON'T COME DOWN
10:37:52 HERE BEGGING, BUT I GOT TO BEG.
10:37:55 BECAUSE SOME OF MY PEOPLE WHO CAN'T GET DOWN HERE AND BEG
10:37:59 YOU, TOO, SO I'M GOING TO KEEP BEGGING YOU.
10:38:02 I'M GOING TO KEEP BEGGING YOU.
10:38:07 AND I'M GOING TO KEEP COMING DOWN HERE ASKING.
10:38:12 A ROUNDABOUT IS NOT THE SUGGESTION FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
10:38:16 FAIR OAKS NEED A NEW BUILDING.
10:38:18 MOLD AND MILDEW, COCKROACHES, DANGEROUS CRIME.
10:38:21 WE DO NOT WANT THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
10:38:25 A ROUNDABOUT DOES NOT STOP ANY OF THAT.
10:38:29 SO WE NEED A CHANGE AND A ROUNDABOUT IS NOT IT.
10:38:34 A ROUNDABOUT IS NOT IT.
10:38:36 A ROUNDABOUT IS NOT IT.
10:38:40 A ROUNDABOUT IS NOT IT.
10:38:42 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.
10:38:44 NEXT, PLEASE.
10:38:55 >> MY NAME IS JOHN MOL, WATER HARVESTING HOMESTEADER.
10:39:00 I'VE BEEN CALLED A LOT OF THINGS BESIDE THAT, TOO.
10:39:03 I'M ALSO A MINIMALIST.
10:39:04 I JUST GOT MY RECENT DRINKING WATER BILL, AND YOU CAN SEE
10:39:12 BACK IN NOVEMBER THE HISTORY I WAS USING 7,000 GALLONS
10:39:16 AND WENT DOWN TO FOUR, TWO, ONE, AND I'VE BEEN ZEROED OUT
10:39:19 EVER SINCE THAT.
10:39:21 I THINK SOME OF YOU ALSO ZEROED OUT ON THE DRINKING WATER
10:39:25 BILL.
10:39:26 HOW DID I DO THAT?
10:39:28 WELL, DOES ANYBODY WANT TO KNOW?
10:39:33 PERHAPS THAT'S AVAILABLE TO OTHER PEOPLE AND THEY DON'T
10:39:36 HAVE TO GO TO ALTERNATE SOURCES OF DRINKING WATER IF
10:39:40 EVERYBODY WENT DOWN TO ZERO FROM THE CITY, I STILL HAVE
10:39:44 DRINKING WATER, BUT WHERE DO I GET IT FROM?
10:39:50 AND I DIDN'T KILL THE GRASS.
10:39:53 ANYBODY CURIOUS AS TO HOW YOU CAN ZERO OUT A WATER BILL?
10:39:57 WELL, IF YOU NOTICE, THERE IS A NEW CHARGE ON THERE.
10:40:02 NO EXPLANATION OF IT ON THE BACK.
10:40:04 IT IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN IT.
10:40:06 IT SAYS -- I GUESS I CAN LOOK RIGHT HERE.
10:40:09 WATER CHARGE, BASE CHARGE FIVE SLASH EIGHT.
10:40:16 ONE METER, TWO DOLLARS.
10:40:18 WHAT IS THAT?
10:40:19 CAN ANYBODY TELL ME?
10:40:25 IT HAS INFORMATION ON THE BACK BUT IT'S NOT LISTED.
10:40:31 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I BELIEVE THE $2 CHARGE IS FOR
10:40:35 EVERYONE THAT USES THE CITY OF TAMPA WATER.
10:40:37 THAT'S TO HAVE A LESS DEBT AMOUNT WHEN YOU FINANCE THE
10:40:42 REPLACEMENT OF ALL PIPES UNDERGROUND THAT ARE NEEDED THAT
10:40:46 HASN'T BEEN DONE IN 60, 70, 80, A HUNDRED YEARS.
10:40:50 THAT'S WHAT THE CHARGE IS FOR.
10:40:51 ALSO A CHARGE IN THE PASS-THROUGH, NOT THE PASS-THROUGH
10:40:55 THERE BUT THE CHARGE ON LINES OF RECLAIMED WATER THAT
10:40:58 TAKES THE WATER WE USE, CLEANED OUT FROM THE TOILET, FROM
10:41:01 THE SINK OR ANY OTHER PLACE THAT GOES THROUGH THE HOWARD
10:41:03 CURREN PLANT.
10:41:04 IF THEY HAD DONE THIS 20 YEARS AGO, AS I SUGGESTED, IT
10:41:08 WOULD HAVE HAD OVER A FEW HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS TO DO
10:41:11 IT RIGHT.
10:41:11 BUT IT TOOK ME 25 YEARS TO GET IT DONE.
10:41:13 HERE WE ARE.
10:41:14 FRONT LOADED, LIKE 60 SOME PERCENT FRONT LOADED, AND THE
10:41:18 REST OF IT WILL HAVE TO BE -- OUT WHEN THE TIME ARRIVES.
10:41:23 >> IS THE CITY GOING TO TAKE OUT A LOAN TO DO ALL THIS
10:41:25 INFRASTRUCTURE, MAYBE?
10:41:26 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THE CITY WILL HAVE A LOAN OF 2.9
10:41:29 BILLION SOMEWHERE BUT WE'RE TRYING TO EASE THE COST OF
10:41:32 FINANCING BECAUSE ONCE YOU FINANCE SOMETHING, HALF OF THE
10:41:35 PROJECT DOESN'T GET DONE.
10:41:36 WE'RE FRONT LOADING IT TO GET THE AMOUNT THAT WE NEED TO
10:41:39 GET FORWARD, AND THAT'S WHAT THAT $2 IS FOR, YOURS, MINE,
10:41:43 EVERYBODY'S BILL WILL BE THE SAME, I SUPPOSE.
10:41:47 >> THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION AND RESPONDING TO ME.
10:41:49 THANK YOU.
10:41:50 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:41:51 WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
10:41:53 OKAY.
10:41:53 NOW WE'RE AT THE END OF PUBLIC COMMENT, ARE THERE ANY
10:41:57 REQUESTS BY THE PUBLIC FOR RECONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATIVE
10:41:59 MATTERS?
10:41:59 THERE BEING NONE, ITEM NUMBER 5, I APOLOGIZE.
10:42:03 I MISSED THIS IN THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
10:42:04 I BELIEVE THIS IS GOING TO BE REMOVED.
10:42:08 MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO REMOVE ITEM 5?
10:42:10 MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
10:42:12 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:42:14 ALL IN FAVOR?
10:42:15 ANY OPPOSED?
10:42:15 NEXT WE MOVE TO STAFF REPORTS.
10:42:18 THE FIRST ONE BEING ITEM 24.
10:42:24 IF ANYONE IS HERE FOR 24.
10:42:27 BEING APPARENTLY NONE, WE'LL COME BACK TO 24.
10:42:35 39.
10:42:36 ANYONE HERE FOR 39?
10:42:37 HOW ABOUT 83?
10:42:40 IS ANYBODY HERE FOR 83?
10:42:48 IS ANYBODY HERE FOR 83?
10:43:00 >>MARTIN SHELBY: JUST A REMINDER --
10:43:06 >>LUIS VIERA: GO AHEAD.
10:43:07 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:43:09 GREG SPEARMAN, DIRECTOR OF PURCHASING HERE WITH THE CITY.
10:43:11 ALSO WITH ME IS OCEA LATTIMORE WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF
10:43:18 LOGISTICS AND ASSET MANAGEMENT --
10:43:20 >>LUIS VIERA: MR. SPEARMAN, IF I MAY, WHAT ITEM ARE YOU
10:43:23 HERE FOR?
10:43:25 >>GREG SPEARMAN: 83 AND 90.
10:43:27 ONE DEALS WITH THE REPORT THAT COUNCIL ASKED US TO COME
10:43:31 BACK ON.
10:43:32 THE OTHER ITEM DEALS WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT
10:43:35 FOR RENEWAL FOR THE -- OPERATED PARKS.
10:43:41 WHAT WE WANT TO DO FIRST IS GIVE YOU THE REPORT YOU ASKED
10:43:44 US TO PROVIDE.
10:43:45 IF I COULD HAVE THE CCTV TEAM BRING UP THE PowerPoint,
10:43:49 PLEASE.
10:43:53 WE WANT TO GIVE YOU THIS REPORT OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THE
10:43:57 CONTRACT.
10:43:58 THIS IS A CONTRACT THAT WE WENT TO IN JANUARY OF 2015.
10:44:03 IT IS A FIVE-YEAR BASED PERIOD WITH FIVE ONE-YEAR
10:44:07 OPTIONS.
10:44:08 THE CONTRACT PRICING IS BASED ON TWO COMPONENTS.
10:44:11 A FIXED PRICE FOR SERVICE, WHICH INCLUDES LABOR,
10:44:15 EQUIPMENT, INVENTORY COSTS AND PROFIT.
10:44:18 AND ALSO PARTS AT ZERO MARKUP.
10:44:21 THE FIXED PRICE FOR THIS SPECIFIC CONTRACT IS LESS THAN
10:44:24 10% OF THE PARTS COST.
10:44:27 TYPICALLY IN THIS INDUSTRY, YOU SEE THAT THE FIXED PRICE
10:44:31 IS ANYWHERE BETWEEN 10, 20 TO 30 PERCENT.
10:44:35 WE ARE AT 10% OF THE LESS THAN 10% OF THE PARTS COST.
10:44:40 THE NEXT SLIDE ACTUALLY SHOWS YOU AN EVALUATION WHEN THEY
10:44:47 TOOK OVER THE CONTRACT.
10:44:48 THEY LOOKED AT APPROXIMATELY 500 ITEMS AT THE TIME.
10:44:52 150 ITEMS HAVE LOWER PRICE THAN THE INITIAL INVENTORY
10:44:58 PURCHASE FROM 2015.
10:44:59 AND 200 OF THOSE ITEMS HAVE A LOWER PRICE AFTER THE CPI
10:45:04 ADJUSTMENT FROM 2015.
10:45:07 WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT IN 2015, OF THOSE 500 ITEMS, THEY
10:45:11 TOTAL ABOUT $80,504.
10:45:15 BUT THE CURRENT PRICE OF THOSE SAME ITEMS IS $77,362 OR
10:45:21 ABOUT 3.9% LOWER THAN THE PERIOD OF TIME OF THE CONTRACT
10:45:28 WAS INITIALLY TAKEN OVER.
10:45:30 THAT WAS THEIR ANALYSIS IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT 500 ITEMS
10:45:35 THAT WERE A PART OF THE CITY'S INVENTORY DURING THAT
10:45:37 TIME.
10:45:37 NOW, THE NEXT SLIDE DEALS WITH THE BATTERY PRICING.
10:45:44 PRIOR TO THE MANCON CONTRACT, TAMPA BATTERY WAS THE
10:45:52 PROVIDER.
10:45:53 WE HAD A GOOD PRICE BUT VERY POOR SERVICE AND LOW QUALITY
10:45:59 IN TERMS OF PRODUCT.
10:46:00 WARRANTIES WERE NOT BEING HONORED.
10:46:02 THE BATTERIES WERE DEAD WHEN INSTALLED.
10:46:05 WE HAD POOR QUALITY BATTERIES, LOW SERVICE LEVELS AND AN
10:46:08 UNKNOWN COUNTRY OF ORIGIN IN TERMS OF THE SOURCE OF THE
10:46:13 BATTERY.
10:46:14 THE CURRENT SUPPLIER IS TAMPA BAY BATTERY, WHICH IS A
10:46:17 LOCAL TAMPA COMPANY.
10:46:19 THEY PROVIDE FOR THE CITY OR FLEET MAINTENANCE A HIGHER
10:46:22 QUALITY BATTERY WITH A HIGH SERVICE LEVEL.
10:46:26 THEY HAVE WEEKLY BATTERY DELIVERIES.
10:46:29 THEY ENSURE ALL BATTERIES IN STOCK HAVE A FULL CHARGE.
10:46:31 THEY ROTATE THE BATTERIES TO ENSURE THE MOST REQUIRED
10:46:36 BATTERIES ARE IN STOCK AND THEY PICK UP THE -- THEY HONOR
10:46:40 THE WARRANTIES WHEN NEEDED AND BATTERY SERVICE LIFE IS
10:46:43 EXTENDED MAKING THE CURRENT VENDOR PRICING LESS EXPENSIVE
10:46:46 AND THESE BATTERIES ARE MADE IN THE USA.
10:46:48 BY GOING TO A COMPANY THAT OFFERED US A BETTER PRODUCT, A
10:46:51 BETTER SERVICE, WE ACTUALLY ENDED UP IN TERMS OF SAVING
10:46:55 IN THAT REGARD.
10:46:56 SO THE PRICING FOR A GROUP 65 BATTERIES AT THE TIME THE
10:47:01 CONTRACT WAS TAKEN OVER, UNDER THE PREVIOUS $50.
10:47:04 TODAY WE PAY 70.
10:47:06 THE GROUP PRICING FOR GROUP 31 WAS $55.
10:47:14 WE'RE GETTING A MUCH HIGHER QUALITY BATTERY WITHOUT
10:47:17 HAVING THE ISSUES WE WERE HAVING BEFORE.
10:47:18 SO LET'S LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE.
10:47:22 THIS IS THE WAY THE STOCKROOM LOOKED FROM THE CITY
10:47:30 OPERATED.
10:47:30 PRIOR TO THE CONTRACT, WE ONLY HAD ABOUT 44% STOCK
10:47:35 AVAILABILITY.
10:47:35 ONLY 44%.
10:47:37 WE HAD A VERY LOW INVENTORY LEVEL.
10:47:41 UNFORTUNATELY, THE STOCKROOM WAS NOT WELL ORGANIZED AND
10:47:45 WE DID NOT HAVE ANY BIN LOCATIONS FOR ITEMS THAT WE HAD
10:47:51 ANY MATERIAL OUT AT FLEET.
10:47:53 THIS IS NOT THE BUSINESS THE CITY IS IN, SO THIS IS ONE
10:47:56 OF THE REASONS WHY WE CONTRACTED OUT THIS OPERATION.
10:48:00 LET'S LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE TO SHOW YOU THE COMPARISON
10:48:02 AND DIFFERENCE.
10:48:03 TODAY, THIS IS WHAT THE INVENTORY STOCKROOM LOOKS LIKE
10:48:09 OUT AT FLEET.
10:48:11 WE CURRENTLY HAVE A 97% AVAILABILITY OF PARTS.
10:48:17 NOW, CONTRAST THAT FOUR YEARS, FIVE YEARS AGO, WE ONLY
10:48:20 HAD 44%.
10:48:21 TODAY IT'S 97%.
10:48:23 SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
10:48:25 HIGH PRODUCTIVITY FOR THE FLEET OPERATION.
10:48:27 THE CONTRACT REQUIRES AN 80% AVAILABILITY, BUT THE VENDOR
10:48:32 IS 17% ABOVE WHAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO DO.
10:48:36 THEY ARE REQUIRED AT 80% BUT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A 97%
10:48:40 AVAILABILITY IN TERMS OF PARTS.
10:48:42 IN TERMS OF NON-STOCKED ITEMS, WE HAVE A 95%
10:48:47 AVAILABILITY, AND THAT'S WITHIN THREE DAYS.
10:48:52 WE HAVE A VERY WELL ORGANIZED, STOCKROOM AND ALL ITEMS
10:48:55 ARE ASSIGNED TO A BIN.
10:48:58 YOU CAN AGAIN CONTRAST THE DIFFERENCE BEFORE AND AFTER
10:49:01 AND SEE THAT WE ARE MUCH BETTER FIT.
10:49:05 LET'S MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
10:49:06 THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT RENT.
10:49:08 TAMPA OFFERED THE EXISTING STOCKROOM AT NO COST IN TERMS
10:49:11 OF RENT.
10:49:12 THERE ARE SIMILAR CONTRACTS IN PLACE WITH CAPE CANAVERAL,
10:49:16 PASCO COUNTY, POLK COUNTY, JACKSONVILLE, WHO ALSO OFFER
10:49:20 THEIR STOCK ROOMS AT NO COST.
10:49:22 BECAUSE THAT'S THE BENEFIT TO THE CITY IN TERMS OF THE
10:49:25 SERVICE WE GET WITH REGARD TO THE PROVIDER.
10:49:29 SO THERE ARE NO KNOWN SIMILAR CONTRACT CHARGES FOR
10:49:31 STOCKROOM USAGE.
10:49:32 SO BY CONTRACT TERMS, TAMPA IS THE ONLY CUSTOMER TO BE
10:49:37 SUPPORTED FROM THE STOCKROOM, THUS ANY RENTAL COSTS WOULD
10:49:41 HAVE BEEN CHARGED BACK TO THE CUSTOMER, CITY OF TAMPA,
10:49:45 PROBABLY WITH THE MARKUP, WHICH WOULD HAVE REALLY
10:49:48 INCREASED THE FIXED OPERATING COST OF THE CONTRACT.
10:49:51 SO WHAT ABOUT ALL THE BENEFITS?
10:49:56 THE CITY HAS DECREASED THE PARTS SUPPLIER CONTRACT TO A
10:49:59 SINGLE CONTRACT, A SINGLE CONTRACT.
10:50:04 WE AVOID BIDDING, ADMINISTERING, AND MANAGING COSTS FOR
10:50:09 MULTIPLE CONTRACTS AND PURCHASE ORDERS.
10:50:12 PREVIOUSLY, WE HAD OVER 30 SEPARATE CONTRACTS.
10:50:15 30.
10:50:17 30 BIDS.
10:50:18 30 ADVERTISEMENTS ON MULTIPLE PURCHASE ORDERS.
10:50:23 MULTIPLE REQUISITIONS.
10:50:25 MULTIPLE INVOICES AND MULTIPLE CHECKS TO BE CUT.
10:50:28 SO THE EFFICIENCY WAS NOT ONLY IN THE AREA OF FLEET BUT
10:50:33 ALL THROUGHOUT THE ADMINISTRATION IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE
10:50:35 THAT WE'RE OPERATING IN A VERY EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE
10:50:39 MANNER.
10:50:39 ALL INVENTORY FLEET IS ONLY PURCHASED BY MANCON.
10:50:44 WHEN THEY TOOK THE FLEET OVER IN 2015, WE HAD $286,890 IN
10:50:50 INVENTORY.
10:50:50 TODAY, WE HAVE ONE -- OVER $1.5 MILLION IN INVENTORY OUT
10:50:58 AT FLEET MAINTENANCE.
10:51:01 SO THAT'S FIVE TIMES THE INVENTORY THAT WE HAD WHEN THE
10:51:05 CITY OWNED THE OPERATION 2015.
10:51:10 MANCON IS ABLE TO SHOP FOR THE BEST PRICE AT ANY TIME
10:51:12 PROVIDING BETTER PRICING TO TAMPA.
10:51:14 MANCON IS USING LOCAL SOURCES FOR PARTS TOTALING
10:51:18 APPROXIMATELY $4.5 MILLION.
10:51:20 IN 2018, 59 SUPPLIERS WERE USED LOCALLY FOR OVER
10:51:28 $3 MILLION.
10:51:29 ABOUT 66% OF THE TOTAL CONTRACT PURCHASE.
10:51:33 AND IN 2018, 37 FLORIDA SUPPLIERS WERE UTILIZED FOR
10:51:40 $1.1 MILLION, ABOUT 25%.
10:51:43 IN TOTAL, ABOUT 91% OF THE ITEMS PURCHASED AND STORED AT
10:51:46 THE FLEET WAREHOUSE COMES FROM LOCAL AND FLORIDA VENDORS.
10:51:52 LET'S LOOK AT THE NEXT CHART.
10:51:54 WHY DID WE DO THIS?
10:51:55 NOW, THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS FROM HAVING GONE TO A
10:52:02 PARTS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
10:52:04 LET'S START IN THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER.
10:52:07 YOU SEE THE PURPLE ON MY SLIDE.
10:52:08 NUMBER ONE, WE INCREASED OUR FILL RATE.
10:52:12 SECONDLY, WE BOOST TECHNICIAN PRODUCTIVITY.
10:52:18 PRIOR TO THIS CONTRACT, OUR TEXT WERE RUNNING TO THE
10:52:22 PARTS STORE, BUYING PARTS, MAKING SURE THEY COULD GET
10:52:25 VEHICLES FIXED.
10:52:27 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
10:52:28 LOST TIME FROM HAVING TO GO OUT AND FIX THE VEHICLES
10:52:32 BECAUSE THEY WERE TRYING TO SOURCE PARTS THEMSELVES.
10:52:34 WE ARE ALSO ABLE TO CONTROL OUR PARTS COST THROUGH BULK
10:52:37 PURCHASES THROUGH THE CONTRACT.
10:52:39 WE ELIMINATED INVENTORY INVESTMENT.
10:52:43 WE HAD ABOUT 286 ON THE SHELF.
10:52:46 THEY HAVE 1.5 MILLION.
10:52:48 THAT INVENTORY IS NOT CHARGED TO THE CITY UNTIL THE WORK
10:52:51 ORDER IS DEVELOPED AND THAT PART COMES ACROSS THE
10:52:56 COUNTER.
10:52:56 OTHERWISE IT SITS ON THE SHELF AND BELONGS TO MANCON.
10:52:59 WE STREAMLINE THE PURCHASING PROCESS.
10:53:01 I MENTIONED TO YOU THAT WE ELIMINATED OVER 30 SEPARATE
10:53:04 BIDS AND CONTRACTS.
10:53:05 THAT'S A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT ON PURCHASING AND, QUITE
10:53:08 FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN EFFICIENCY MOVE THAT REALLY
10:53:12 HELPS THE CITY IN A NUMBER OF WAYS.
10:53:15 WE ALSO LEVERAGE OUR SUPPLIER BUYING POWER.
10:53:19 WE LESSEN ADMINISTRATIVE TIME IN TERMS OF MULTIPLE
10:53:22 REQUISITIONS, MULTIPLE PURCHASE ORDERS, MULTIPLE INVOICE,
10:53:27 MULTIPLE CHECKS THAT HAVE TO BE CUT.
10:53:29 WE'VE IMPROVED OUR PARTS AVAILABILITY.
10:53:31 WE'VE GONE FROM 44% AVAILABILITY TO 97%, WHICH ENABLES
10:53:35 THE FLEET MAINTENANCE TO KEEP THE FLEET ON THE ROAD AND
10:53:40 ALSO REDUCED OPERATIONAL COST.
10:53:42 THE OTHER THING I WANT TO POINT OUT, THIS CONTRACT HAS
10:53:45 BEEN AUDITED BY INTERNAL AUDIT AND THERE WERE NO MAJOR
10:53:49 FINDINGS, OUR INTERNAL AUDIT DEPARTMENT.
10:53:52 THE LAST SLIDE, BASICALLY SHOWS YOU THAT THROUGHOUT THE
10:53:58 COUNTRY, THERE ARE SEVERAL OF THESE GOVERNMENT FLEETS
10:54:01 WHICH OUTSOURCE THEIR PARTS DEPARTMENT.
10:54:04 AND THERE ARE TWO MAJOR PLAYERS.
10:54:06 NAPA AND MANCON.
10:54:08 YOU SEE NAPA IN THE YELLOW AND MANCON IN THE GREEN.
10:54:13 THERE'S BEEN A 22% INCREASE IN TERMS OF THIS TYPE OF
10:54:18 CONTRACT THAT ACTUALLY EXISTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
10:54:21 JUST IN THE BAY AREA ALONE, WE HAVE THREE ENTITIES.
10:54:26 WE HAVE CITY OF TAMPA.
10:54:27 WE HAVE PASCO COUNTY.
10:54:28 WE HAVE PALM BEACH, AND IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA IN
10:54:31 ADDITION TO THOSE THREE, WE HAVE THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL
10:54:34 AND WE ALSO HAVE THE CITY OF MELBOURNE.
10:54:37 SO WITH THAT, I AM HERE ALONG WITH OCEA LATTIMORE AND
10:54:43 WITH RICK CLARK FROM MANCON TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
10:54:46 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:54:48 COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:54:49 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I'M AN OLD-TIME CITY EMPLOYEE.
10:54:53 I CAN REMEMBER BACK IN THE DAY WHEN I HAD MY POLICE CAR
10:54:56 AND WE'D PULL UP IN THE MAINTENANCE AND YOU'RE IN AND
10:55:01 OUT.
10:55:01 SERVICE WAS EXCELLENT BACK IN THOSE DAYS, AND THEN WE
10:55:05 CAME ALONG AND WE CUT JOBS.
10:55:09 SERVICE WENT DOWN.
10:55:12 SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PARTS, AND I LOOK AT NOW WHEN I
10:55:15 GET PHONE CALLS ABOUT OUR FLEET BEING DOWN, AND PEOPLE
10:55:20 SITTING AROUND THE WATER COOLER WAITING FOR TRUCKS TO BE
10:55:23 MAINTAINED AND FIXED.
10:55:25 AND THEN PEOPLE WERE GETTING OFF WORK LATE, LATE AT NIGHT
10:55:29 BECAUSE THEY WERE WORKING EXTRA HOURS OVERTIME BECAUSE WE
10:55:34 DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE WORKING TO GET THE TRUCKS ON THE
10:55:39 ROAD.
10:55:39 HAVE YOU HEARD THOSE THINGS?
10:55:40 >>GREG SPEARMAN: COUNCILMAN GUDES, LET ME ADDRESS THE
10:55:43 FIRST PART OF YOUR QUESTION.
10:55:44 WE DID NOT LAY ANYBODY OFF WHEN WE WENT TO THIS CONCEPT.
10:55:50 NOT ONE SINGLE PERSON LOST THEIR JOB.
10:55:53 WE HAD VACANCIES IN OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY AND ALL OF
10:55:57 THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE SUCCESSFULLY PLACED SO NO ONE, NOT
10:56:01 ONE SINGLE PERSON LOST THEIR JOB.
10:56:03 IN TERMS OF YOUR SECOND QUESTION, I WOULD HAVE TO ASK
10:56:06 MS. LATTIMORE TO ADDRESS THAT.
10:56:11 >> OCEA WYNN, DEPARTMENT OF LOGISTICS AND ASSET
10:56:12 MANAGEMENT.
10:56:15 YOUR QUESTION WAS ABOUT AVAILABILITY OF THE FLEET, SIR?
10:56:19 >>ORLANDO GUDES: AVAILABILITY, MORE OR LESS MAKING SURE
10:56:21 THAT THE MAINTENANCE OF THE FLEET IS ADEQUATE, AND MAKING
10:56:26 SURE THAT THE DOWN TIME OF THE FLEET THAT EMPLOYEES CAN
10:56:29 GET TO THEIR JOB SITES TO DO THEIR JOBS.
10:56:33 MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE FLEET IS CONSTANTLY DONE, SO IS
10:56:36 THAT DUE TO A LACK OF MANPOWER?
10:56:39 IS THAT DUE TO A LACK OF NOT HAVING PARTS OR BOTH?
10:56:43 >>OCEA WYNN: WE ARE ADDRESSING THAT IN TERMS OF FLEET
10:56:46 AVAILABILITY.
10:56:47 AS GREG MENTIONED, NO ONE WAS LAID OFF IN TERMS OF THIS
10:56:51 CONTRACT.
10:56:51 BUT IF YOU RECALL AND I'M NOT SURE WHEN YOU WERE HERE --
10:56:55 >>ORLANDO GUDES: 1990.
10:56:56 >>OCEA WYNN: 1990, SO THAT WAS PRIOR TO THE DOWNTURN IN
10:57:00 THE ECONOMY.
10:57:01 DURING THAT --
10:57:03 >>ORLANDO GUDES: 2016.
10:57:04 SO I WAS HERE A LONG TIME.
10:57:06 >>OCEA WYNN: OKAY.
10:57:07 DURING THAT TIME, DURING THE DOWNTIME OF THE ECONOMY, WE
10:57:11 DID EXPERIENCE SOME -- WE ELIMINATED THE VACANT POSITIONS
10:57:16 TO HELP US WITH THE BUDGET.
10:57:18 WE'RE IN THE PROCESS NOW OF ACTUALLY RIGHT-SIZING ALL OF
10:57:22 THAT TO MAKE IT BETTER, TO MAKE US MORE EFFICIENT IN
10:57:26 TERMS OF GETTING THE VEHICLES OUT.
10:57:28 NOW, IN TERMS OF WHAT WE DO HAVE IN THE VEHICLE
10:57:33 AVAILABILITY, WE ARE STREAMLINING OUR INTERNAL PROCESSES
10:57:37 SO WE HAVE ACTUALLY SHOWN SOME IMPROVEMENT IN THAT
10:57:41 PARTICULAR AREA.
10:57:42 WE ARE GETTING BETTER.
10:57:43 WE HAVE AREAS WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE, BUT WE ARE GETTING
10:57:47 BETTER.
10:57:49 >>ORLANDO GUDES: IF WE'RE GOING WITH THIS PARTS SYSTEM,
10:57:51 ARE THE VEHICLES JUST BEING PATCHED, PATCHED, PATCHED TO
10:57:54 KEEP THEM ON THE ROAD OR ARE WE LOOKING AT THE WHOLE
10:57:57 FLEET AS WELL?
10:57:58 >>OCEA WYNN: SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THE WHOLE FLEET.
10:58:00 THEY ARE NOT BEING PATCHED TO JUST KEEP THEM ON THE ROAD.
10:58:05 OUR METHODOLOGY IS TO SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING -- IF YOU
10:58:10 BRING A VEHICLE IN FOR ONE ITEM, JUST DO A COMPLETE LOOK
10:58:16 AT THE VEHICLE OR PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TO MAKE SURE WE GET
10:58:19 ALL OF THE MAJOR ITEMS FIXED AND REPAIRED AT ONE TIME.
10:58:28 YES, WE DO HAVE A COMPLETE PM.
10:58:30 WE HAVE PM AS WELL AS REACTIVE MAINTENANCE ON THEM AS
10:58:32 WELL.
10:58:32 >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:58:36 AND THEN COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
10:58:38 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:58:40 I READ SOME STUFF ON THE INFORMATION I RECEIVED THIS
10:58:44 MORNING.
10:58:45 NO REFLECTION OF MR. SPEARMAN OR MS. LATTIMORE, ANYONE
10:58:48 WHO WORKS IN THE DIVISION, I NEVER VOTED FOR THIS
10:58:52 CONTRACT.
10:58:52 LET ME TELL YOU WHY.
10:58:53 FIRST OF ALL IT SAYS THAT MANCON PURCHASED THE INVENTORY
10:58:56 LIKE THEY DID US A FAVOR.
10:58:59 WHEN YOU MAKE A DEAL -- AND I'M NOT DONALD TRUMP, BUT
10:59:02 WHEN YOU MAKE A DEAL YOU MAKE IT THAT WHATEVER INVENTORY
10:59:06 YOU HAVE, YOU BOUGHT A BUILDING OR BOUGHT A COMPANY, AT
10:59:09 THE TIME YOU WERE MAKING THE PURCHASE, YOU BOUGHT THE
10:59:11 INVENTORY OF THE COMPANY THAT YOU WERE BUYING, AM I
10:59:14 CORRECT, IN MOST PLACES?
10:59:16 IN ESSENCE WHAT THEY DID IS BUY THE CONTRACT, BUY THE
10:59:20 EQUIPMENT, AND INVENTORY THAT WE HAD AT THAT TIME.
10:59:23 SO I'M GOING TO ERASE THAT, MANCON DID NO ONE A FAVOR.
10:59:30 THE WAY IT'S PRESENTED THEY MADE THE DEAL AND WANTED TO
10:59:33 BUY IT.
10:59:34 NO, THAT WAS PART OF THE DEAL TO CONSUMMATE THE DEAL.
10:59:37 WHEN I LOOK AT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SAME PAGE, TAMPA
10:59:40 OFFERED USE OF EXISTING STOCKROOM AT NO COST.
10:59:43 LET ME TAKE A PAUSE AND SAY THAT WAS A TAXPAYER BUILDING
10:59:48 THAT WAS BOUGHT BY THE TAXPAYERS WITH TAXPAYER MONEY,
10:59:52 NUMBER ONE.
10:59:53 NUMBER TWO, WHEN YOU HAVE A BUILDING, NONE WHAT THE
10:59:57 SQUARE FOOTAGE IS.
10:59:58 I DON'T WANT WHAT THE COST PER SQUARE FOOTAGE IS FOR
11:00:00 COMMERCIAL.
11:00:01 THAT IS A COMMERCIAL BUILDING, WHAT YOU'LL BE CHARGED.
11:00:04 [ENCODER DROP]
11:00:09 -- STOCKED AT SUCH A LOW, LOW AMOUNT OF PRODUCTIVITY, AND
11:00:39 WHEN YOU KNOW YOU HAVE HIGH DEMAND BY WHAT COUNCILMAN
11:00:42 GUDES SAID, WE FAULTED OURSELVES.
11:00:48 WE FAULTED OURSELVES.
11:00:49 WHEN I SEE A STOCKROOM THAT'S FULL OF ITEMS, OF COURSE,
11:00:52 YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE BETTER SERVABILITY AND BETTER
11:00:55 TURNAROUND TIME BECAUSE IT'S THERE.
11:00:57 IF I'VE GOT TO GO BUY A CAR, IT'S THE SAME THING.
11:01:01 THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE STOCK AVAILABLE FOR ME AT ANY
11:01:03 DEALERSHIP.
11:01:03 BUT IF YOU HAVE A DEALERSHIP WITHOUT CARS, HOW CAN YOU
11:01:06 BUY ONE?
11:01:07 IT IS THE SAME THING WE DID TO OURSELVES.
11:01:10 SHAME ON US.
11:01:11 I GO BACK AND I CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THIS THING AND I DID
11:01:15 -- 1.5 MILLION IN INVENTORY.
11:01:17 YOU KNOW WHY?
11:01:18 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY ARE GOING TO USE IT.
11:01:22 IF WE DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE GOING TO USE IT, AGAIN, SHAME
11:01:24 ON US.
11:01:25 WHEN I LOOK AT THESE THINGS -- AND I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
11:01:29 TIME TO GO THROUGH ALL THIS, BECAUSE I JUST READ IT --
11:01:34 HERE IS THE EMPTY STOCKROOM AND HERE'S ONE THAT'S FULL.
11:01:37 LIKE BUILDING AN APARTMENT BUILDING WHERE NO ONE IS
11:01:41 MOVING IN.
11:01:42 YOU CAN'T RENT IT.
11:01:43 BUT WHEN YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE AVAILABILITY,
11:01:46 YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD AN APARTMENT BUILDING.
11:01:48 SO THAT'S WHAT I LOOK AT.
11:01:49 I LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT'S FORGOTTEN, SO SIMPLE, CALLED
11:01:52 COMMON SENSE, THAT SOMETIMES -- I QUESTION MYSELF OF
11:01:56 EVERYTHING I DO.
11:01:57 I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU.
11:01:58 THEN WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT WHERE YOU HAVE COMPLETED NO
11:02:01 EMPLOYEES.
11:02:02 I AGREE WITH THAT.
11:02:03 MORE THAN LIKELY YOU'RE RIGHT.
11:02:04 HOWEVER, LET'S GO BACK TO THE EMPLOYEES.
11:02:07 WHERE DO THE EMPLOYEES FOR MANCON COME FROM?
11:02:10 WHAT BENEFITS DO THEY HAVE?
11:02:12 WHAT HEALTH INSURANCE DO THEY HAVE?
11:02:16 WHAT VACATION PACKAGE DO THEY HAVE?
11:02:18 IS IT COMPARABLE TO THE SAME THING WE'RE PAYING OUR
11:02:20 EMPLOYEES?
11:02:21 TO ME THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
11:02:22 WHEN I'M COMPARING FRUIT TO FRUIT, I DON'T GO APPLES TO
11:02:27 PEARS.
11:02:28 I GO APPLES TO APPLES, PEARS TO PEARS.
11:02:30 THIS IS DONE WELL.
11:02:31 I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REAL COST IS BECAUSE THEY ARE
11:02:34 JUST HIGHLIGHTS.
11:02:35 IT DOESN'T MAKE COMPARISON ABOUT WHAT WAS BEFORE AND WHAT
11:02:38 WAS AFTER.
11:02:39 WHO IS WORKING THERE, WHAT THEIR SALARIES ARE COMPARED TO
11:02:41 OURS.
11:02:42 SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I LOOK AT.
11:02:44 I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT.
11:02:46 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU DO OR NOT.
11:02:48 PRICING IS ONE THING, AND YOU TALK ABOUT THE BATTERIES,
11:02:52 PURE QUALITY OF BATTERIES THAT WE'RE BUYING.
11:02:54 AGAIN, SHAME ON ME.
11:02:56 SHAME ON ANYBODY THAT BOUGHT THE BATTERIES FROM UNITED
11:03:00 AND I GUESS IT WAS A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WHEN WE
11:03:04 KICKED UNITED OUT.
11:03:05 I DON'T KNOW THAT TO BE A FACT AND I'M NOT QUESTIONING
11:03:08 ANYONE'S AUTHORITY OR WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IN THE PAST.
11:03:10 I DON'T KNOW WHO UNITED BATTERY IS, I DON'T KNOW WHERE
11:03:13 THEY ARE LOCATED.
11:03:14 I DON'T KNOW WHAT TAMPA BAY BATTERY IS.
11:03:16 TO ME THEY ARE TWO NAMES.
11:03:17 IT MAY BE THE SAME PERSON, I DON'T KNOW.
11:03:19 SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I CREATE TO MYSELF AND I
11:03:22 QUESTION MYSELF WITH AS I'M MOVING AROUND LOOKING AT ALL
11:03:25 THESE ITEMS AT ONE TIME.
11:03:27 THE PRICING IS FINE.
11:03:29 THE PRICING OF PRODUCT IS FINE, BUT I STILL HAVE DOUBT
11:03:34 THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA CAN DO IT LIKE THEY DID BEFORE,
11:03:40 UNLESS THERE WERE HOLES IN THERE AND THINGS WERE
11:03:42 VANISHING.
11:03:43 SO I DON'T KNOW IT ALL. I TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT COMES
11:03:46 BEFORE ME IN WRITING AND IN PRICING, AND, YOU KNOW,
11:03:51 ESTIMATING PRICING FROM INVENTORY PURCHASES TO CURRENT
11:03:54 PRICE, APPROXIMATELY -- THAT'S FINE.
11:03:58 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE.
11:03:59 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COSTS WERE.
11:04:01 NOTHING EXPLANATORY IN THIS OTHER THAN SUMMARIES OF
11:04:03 SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED.
11:04:04 I'M NOT QUESTIONING WHAT HAPPENED, BUT I'D CERTAINLY LIKE
11:04:07 TO HAVE IT IN BLACK AND WHITE.
11:04:09 WHAT YOU'RE PURCHASING NOW, WHAT THE COST WAS.
11:04:11 WHAT THE COST WILL BE, WHAT THEY ARE PAYING THEIR
11:04:14 EMPLOYEES.
11:04:14 HOW MANY DO THEY HAVE?
11:04:15 DO THEY HAVE MORE THAN WE DID?
11:04:17 DO THEY HAVE LESS THAN WE DID?
11:04:19 I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.
11:04:20 THOSE ARE THE THINGS THROUGH MY ONE-CELL MIND GOES
11:04:23 THROUGH REAL QUICKLY AND SOMETIMES I ERROR MYSELF.
11:04:26 I ADMIT THAT I'M A HUMAN BEING.
11:04:29 SORRY TO SAY THAT.
11:04:30 BUT I'D LIKE TO HAVE A COMPLETE EVALUATION.
11:04:33 AUDIT ONLY LOOKS AT THE PERFORMANCE OF WHAT YOU HAVE NOW.
11:04:38 DOESN'T GO TO THE PROBLEM.
11:04:39 WHAT MANCON DOES, HOW THEY PURCHASE AND HOW THEY PAY THE
11:04:43 EMPLOYEES, THAT IS AN AUDITING SIDE OF ANY AUDIT.
11:04:47 IT'S ONLY WHAT THEY ARE SPECIFICALLY TOLD TO AUDIT.
11:04:49 THE SCOPE OF THE AUDIT DETERMINES THE OUTCOME OF THE
11:04:52 SCOPE OF THE AUDIT.
11:04:53 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:04:54 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
11:04:55 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:04:58 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN AND THANKS TO
11:05:00 THE TWO OF YOU FOR YOUR REPORT.
11:05:02 JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER QUESTIONS, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME
11:05:08 WE BID THIS?
11:05:10 AND WHEN WOULD WE EXPECT TO BID IT AGAIN?
11:05:12 I KNOW TODAY IS JUST ABOUT A RENEWAL BECAUSE THE CONTRACT
11:05:19 IS EXPIRING LOOKS LIKE DECEMBER 19.
11:05:22 >>GREG SPEARMAN: INITIAL TERM WAS FIVE YEARS AND WE HAVE
11:05:24 FIVE ONE-YEAR RENEWALS.
11:05:26 AND THIS IS THE FIRST RENEWAL.
11:05:27 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WE'VE ALREADY BEEN IN IT FOR FIVE.
11:05:30 >>GREG SPEARMAN: BEEN IN IT FOR FIVE AND FIVE ONE-YEAR
11:05:33 OPTIONS TO RENEW.
11:05:35 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THIS IS A ONE-YEAR RENEWAL.
11:05:38 >>GREG SPEARMAN: CORRECT.
11:05:40 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ARGUABLY, THINGS CHANGE, INDUSTRY
11:05:43 CHANGES.
11:05:43 I'M LOOKING AT YOUR UNITED STATES MAP HERE THAT SPEAKS TO
11:05:47 NAPA AS BEING A HEALTHY COMPETITOR OF MANCON.
11:05:50 >>GREG SPEARMAN: THAT IS CORRECT.
11:05:51 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MAYBE BY NEXT DECEMBER, WE MIGHT BE
11:05:54 LOOKING OR NEXT FALL, WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT PUTTING IT
11:05:57 BACK OUT TO BID AND SEEING HOW NAPA AND ANY OTHERS MIGHT
11:06:01 STACK UP.
11:06:02 >>GREG SPEARMAN: THAT IS A POTENTIAL, AND WE WILL
11:06:05 CERTAINLY LOOK TO DIRECTOR OF ASSET MANAGEMENT.
11:06:12 THE COUNTY IS CURRENTLY USING NAPA.
11:06:15 WHEN WE PUT THIS CONTRACT OUT TO BID, NAPA WAS ONE OF THE
11:06:18 PLAYERS.
11:06:18 THEY WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL.
11:06:19 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YEAH, I FIGURED.
11:06:21 THINGS CHANGE.
11:06:21 PEOPLE SHARPEN THEIR PENCILS.
11:06:24 I AGREE COMPLETELY WITH WHAT MR. MIRANDA AND MR. GUDES
11:06:34 SAID.
11:06:35 CHARLIE YOU MADE SOME EXCELLENT POINTS.
11:06:38 AND, GUDES, YOU'VE LIVED IT.
11:06:41 HERE'S MY CONCERN IN REGARD TO WHAT HAPPENED -- AND I
11:06:49 DON'T LIKE TO LOOK BACKWARDS, BUT SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO.
11:06:52 YOU SHOWED EMPTY SHELVES.
11:06:54 I THINK WE HAD EMPTY WAREHOUSES WITHOUT MANY PEOPLE
11:06:57 WORKING IN IT.
11:06:58 AND, OF COURSE, SERVICE IS GOING TO BE BAD.
11:07:00 GREG, I BELIEVE YOU COMPLETELY WHEN YOU SAY WE DIDN'T LAY
11:07:04 ANYBODY OFF, WE SWITCHED THEM TO OTHER PLACES.
11:07:06 THAT'S GREAT.
11:07:07 THAT'S HUMAN.
11:07:08 BUT ONE OF YOU GUYS MENTIONED THAT WE DID HAVE VACANCIES,
11:07:14 AND THOSE VACANCIES PROBABLY STARTED BUILDING UP.
11:07:17 SO WE HAD EMPTY POSITIONS.
11:07:20 WELL, OF COURSE, AND THEN AS CHARLIE MENTIONED, WE HAD A
11:07:23 REDUCED AMOUNT OF STOCK IN OUR INVENTORY.
11:07:28 BETWEEN THE TWO, WE SET OURSELVES UP FOR FAILURE, IN MY
11:07:31 OPINION, AND I DO RECALL SOME OF THOSE DAYS BECAUSE
11:07:35 EARLIER ON IN 2010 WHEN I WAS STILL HERE, I REMEMBER SOME
11:07:38 OF THOSE ISSUES AND SOME OF THE LAYOFFS AND SOME OF THE
11:07:41 FREEZING OF POSITIONS AND THAT SORT OF THING AS THE
11:07:43 RECESSION BEGAN TO GROW.
11:07:45 I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT TODAY
11:07:50 BECAUSE WE'RE OBVIOUSLY DEEP INTO THIS WHOLE DIFFERENT
11:07:53 THING.
11:07:54 IF WE WENT THE OTHER DIRECTION AND TOOK OVER THAT
11:07:56 BUILDING AND THAT PROCESS AGAIN, WE'D HAVE TO START FROM
11:08:00 SCRATCH.
11:08:03 THAT'S A BIG UNDERTAKING AND I'M NOT NECESSARILY
11:08:06 ADVOCATING THAT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S INVOLVED IN
11:08:08 IT.
11:08:09 BUT LOOKING AT IT RETROSPECTIVELY, I THINK WE SET
11:08:13 OURSELVES UP FOR FAILURE AND HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE
11:08:17 TODAY.
11:08:17 I THINK THE CITY OF TAMPA CAN HANDLE THAT TYPE OF
11:08:20 WAREHOUSE AND INVENTORY AND EVERYTHING ELSE JUST AS GOOD
11:08:24 AS THE PRIVATE VENDOR AND PROBABLY AT THE END OF THE DAY,
11:08:27 SAVE MONEY.
11:08:27 BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON, WE DIDN'T PRIORITIZE IT.
11:08:34 YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T LAY OFF POLICE AND FIRE BECAUSE THOSE
11:08:37 ARE OUR PRIORITIES.
11:08:40 BUT THIS WAREHOUSING AND INVENTORY OBVIOUSLY WAS LOWER ON
11:08:43 THE PRIORITY LIST AND SORT OF DRIFTED AWAY.
11:08:47 SO THAT'S MY STUMP THERE.
11:08:49 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:08:50 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
11:08:51 ANYBODY ELSE?
11:08:52 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:08:53 WOULD HE APPRECIATE IT.
11:08:54 83 AND 89.
11:08:55 BEFORE WE PROCEED, WE HAD NOTICED THAT THERE WERE TWO
11:08:59 PINELLAS COUNTY OFFICERS IN THE BACK.
11:09:01 WE HAVE LEARNED THROUGH OUR FORMER POLICE OFFICER HERE,
11:09:04 COUNCILMAN GUDES, THAT YOU FOLKS ARE HERE FOR ITEM 22.
11:09:07 IF YOU WANT TO COME UP AND DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE, THAT
11:09:10 THIS ITEM HAS NOT BEEN PULLED BUT IF YOU WANT TO STATE
11:09:14 YOUR NAMES.
11:09:15 I ASSUME THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE HERE TO DO.
11:09:17 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I MAY ASK COUNCIL IF
11:09:19 IT'S WILLING TO AT THIS POINT CONSIDER THE RESOLUTION FOR
11:09:22 NUMBER 83 AND CROSS THAT OFF THE AGENDA, BECAUSE THAT
11:09:25 DOES REQUIRE COUNCIL ACTION.
11:09:28 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO MOVED.
11:09:30 >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO,
11:09:32 A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:09:33 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:09:34 ANY OPPOSED?
11:09:35 THANK YOU.
11:09:39 >> LIEUTENANT JOSEPH, PINELLAS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE,
11:09:41 SPECIAL OPERATIONS DIVISION.
11:09:43 SERGEANT RON, OUR SPECIAL EVENTS UNIT.
11:09:46 WE JUST CAME IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS IN REFERENCE TO
11:09:50 BARRIERS --
11:09:51 >>LUIS VIERA: ON 22.
11:09:54 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: JUST A PASS-THROUGH?
11:09:56 >>LUIS VIERA: I AGREE.
11:09:57 I BELIEVE THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, GENTLEMEN.
11:09:59 NO QUESTIONS AT ALL, THAT SHOULD GO THROUGH, BUT I JUST
11:10:03 WANT TO BRING YOU ALL UP IN CASE YOU HAVE TO LEAVE OR
11:10:06 ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.
11:10:07 I THINK YOU HAVE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO VERY LIKELY.
11:10:10 >> THANK YOU, SIR.
11:10:11 APPRECIATE IT.
11:10:11 >>LUIS VIERA: HAVE A GREAT DAY AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
11:10:16 SERVICE.
11:10:17 NEXT WE MOVE ONWARD TO NUMBER 24.
11:10:20 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
11:10:21 MY NAME IS MONICA AMMANN.
11:10:23 I AM THE REAL ESTATE DIVISION MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF
11:10:25 TAMPA.
11:10:26 I'M HERE TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS ON ITEM NUMBER 24 WITH
11:10:31 REGARD TO LICENSE AGREEMENT AT THE TAMPA CONVENTION
11:10:33 CENTER.
11:10:35 >>LUIS VIERA: ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
11:10:38 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES, MR. CHAIRMAN. I PULLED THAT
11:10:40 ITEM.
11:10:41 MR. BENNETT AND I HAD A SHORT DISCUSSION ON THAT ITEM
11:10:44 WHICH BASICALLY -- AND YOU CAN EXPLAIN IT BETTER THAN I
11:10:46 CAN, BUT AS I READ IT, IT'S AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN US AND
11:10:50 NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS COMPANY AS THE SUCCESSOR TO AT&T
11:10:58 WIRELESS.
11:10:58 IT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS A CONTRACT ISSUE.
11:11:02 WE ARE PAID $42,000 BY THE COMPANY, ACCORDING TO WHAT I'M
11:11:09 READING.
11:11:11 >> THAT'S CORRECT.
11:11:11 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: TO ALLOW THEM TO HANG THEIR WIRELESS
11:11:13 EQUIPMENT IN OUR BUILDING AND I GUESS THEY PROFIT FROM
11:11:19 HAVING THAT EQUIPMENT IN OUR BUILDING.
11:11:21 OBVIOUSLY, WE PROFIT FROM PROVIDING OUR CUSTOMERS GOOD
11:11:26 WIRELESS SERVICE IN THE BUILDING.
11:11:28 TELL ME WHEN I'M WRONG.
11:11:30 >> THAT'S CORRECT.
11:11:31 IT'S ALL CORRECT.
11:11:32 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: BUT MY BIG QUESTION WAS, IN A FIELD
11:11:36 LIKE THIS, THAT'S NOT DAY-TO-DAY DRIVEN LIKE PURCHASING,
11:11:40 LIKE GREG SPEARMAN CAN TELL US HOW MUCH NUTS AND BOLTS
11:11:44 COST, WE'RE NOT IN THIS BUSINESS VERY MUCH.
11:11:46 HOW DO WE KNOW THAT $42,000 IS A GOOD DEAL?
11:11:50 >> WELL, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS A REINSTATEMENT OF THE
11:11:53 LICENSE AGREEMENT.
11:11:54 THE VENDOR APPARENTLY SENT A NOTIFICATION OF TERMINATION,
11:12:00 WHICH WAS ALLOWED IN THE LICENSE AGREEMENT, IN ERROR.
11:12:02 SO WE RECEIVED THAT IN JANUARY.
11:12:05 WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PROVIDER AS WELL AS
11:12:08 WITH THE TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER ABOUT REINSTATING OR NOT
11:12:11 REINSTATING.
11:12:12 WE CONSIDERED ALL OUR OPTIONS.
11:12:15 AND THE TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER FELT IT WAS IN THE CITY'S
11:12:18 BEST INTEREST TO GO AHEAD AND REINSTATE THE LICENSE
11:12:22 AGREEMENT.
11:12:23 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WHAT OTHER OPTIONS DID WE HAVE?
11:12:25 >> SINCE IT WAS A NOTIFICATION TO TERMINATE, WE COULD
11:12:27 HAVE ALLOWED THEM TO TERMINATE.
11:12:29 WE TOOK THE RISK, OF COURSE, OF NOT HAVING THE SERVICE
11:12:32 LEVEL THAT WE WOULD HAVE FOR OUR VISITORS TO THE TAMPA
11:12:34 CONVENTION CENTER.
11:12:35 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THEN WE WOULD REPLACE THEM BY A
11:12:38 DIFFERENT BID OR SOMETHING?
11:12:39 HOW DOES THAT WORK?
11:12:40 >> WELL, WE HAVE NOT BID THIS OUT --
11:12:43 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I'M SAYING IN TERMS OF WHAT OUR
11:12:45 OPTIONS WERE LAST JANUARY WHEN YOU GOT THE NOTIFICATION.
11:12:50 >> WELL, WE HAVE OTHER PROVIDERS IN THE BUILDING, BUT THE
11:12:52 LEVEL OF SERVICE MAY HAVE GONE DOWN.
11:12:55 THIS PARTICULAR PROVIDER CONTINUED TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE
11:12:58 BECAUSE THEY, LIKE I SAID, IT WAS INADVERTENT, SO THEY
11:13:01 CONTINUED TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE TO THE TAMPA CONVENTION
11:13:03 CENTER, AND THEY WERE CURRENT IN THE RENT.
11:13:06 THEY HAD PAID THAT IN ADVANCE AS WELL.
11:13:09 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: DO WE RECEIVE THE SAME $42,000 FROM
11:13:11 ALL THE VENDORS?
11:13:14 >> IN THAT RANGE, YES.
11:13:15 SOME PROVIDERS PAY A LITTLE LESS.
11:13:17 SOME PAY A LITTLE MORE.
11:13:19 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: AGAIN, GOING BACK TO MY INITIAL
11:13:21 QUESTION, HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT'S A GOOD DEAL?
11:13:25 HOW DO WE KNOW WE SHOULDN'T BE GETTING A HUNDRED THOUSAND
11:13:27 DOLLARS?
11:13:28 HOW DO WE KNOW?
11:13:29 >> THEY USUALLY DON'T ACCEPT OUR OFFER OF A HUNDRED
11:13:31 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
11:13:32 THE DEFINITION OF MARKET, OF COURSE, WHATEVER THE TENANT
11:13:36 OR THE BUYER WILL PAY YOU TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE.
11:13:40 SO WE HAD THAT TO CONSIDER.
11:13:44 WE HAD THAT TO CONSIDER THE LEVEL OF SERVICE AT THE TAMPA
11:13:47 CONVENTION CENTER BECAUSE THE EQUIPMENT IS VERY SPECIFIC
11:13:49 TO THAT PARTICULAR STRUCTURE.
11:13:51 IT'S USED FOR HOSPITALS, MALLS, AND LARGE BUILDINGS LIKE
11:13:56 THE TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE.
11:13:58 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MY LAST QUESTION THEN, DID WE COMPARE
11:14:01 WHAT WE'RE RECEIVING THERE TO OTHER PLACES LIKE
11:14:04 ST. PETERSBURG, IF THEY HAVE A CONVENTION CENTER OR
11:14:08 LAKELAND CONVENTION CENTER, WHAT HAVE YOU.
11:14:12 >> WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, SIR, THAT IS THE CHALLENGE IN
11:14:14 THIS, FINDING THE MARKET RATE FOR THIS BECAUSE IT'S VERY
11:14:18 LOCATION SPECIFIC AND VERY SERVICE SPECIFIC, AND IT'S
11:14:21 ALSO VERY EVOLVING DATA BECAUSE IT'S CONSTANTLY CHANGING.
11:14:28 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ALL RIGHT.
11:14:30 YOU'VE ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS SORT OF BUT MAYBE NEXT TIME
11:14:34 WE SEE THIS ITEM, MAYBE WE CAN HAVE A LITTLE MORE
11:14:37 COMPARISON IN TERMS OF WHAT'S BEING PAID ELSEWHERE.
11:14:41 WHAT DO THEY PAY IN MIAMI?
11:14:42 YOU KNOW, THAT SORT OF THING.
11:14:44 OTHERWISE, IT'S KIND OF LIKE THEY MAKE US AN OFFER, WE
11:14:48 SAY, EHH, OKAY.
11:14:50 >> THANK YOU, SIR.
11:14:51 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
11:14:52 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I CAN MOVE ITEM 24, IF YOU WISH OR
11:14:55 LEAVE IT THERE.
11:14:56 >>LUIS VIERA: WE'LL WAIT UNTIL THE TIME, IF WE MAY.
11:14:58 NEXT MOVE ON WARD TO ITEM 39, MR. GREGORY HART OR
11:15:02 MR. SPEARMAN.
11:15:13 >> GOOD MORNING, MARK WILFALK, DEPARTMENT OF SOLID WASTE
11:15:17 ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT HERE TO ANSWER ANY
11:15:19 QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ON THE ITEM INVOLVING THE
11:15:21 RENOVATION OF OUR SOLID WASTE CONTAINER SHOP OVER AT --
11:15:26 [INAUDIBLE]
11:15:27 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN, I'LL CUT TO THE CHASE,
11:15:30 IF YOU WISH.
11:15:31 ITEM 39, YEAH, THANK YOU, MARK AND GREG.
11:15:36 THIS IS SORT OF, I GUESS, THE FINISHING UP OF HOPEFULLY
11:15:40 THE CONTRACT TO REBUILD THIS BUILDING, WHICH IS GREAT.
11:15:44 GLAD WE'RE DOING IT.
11:15:45 OBVIOUSLY NEEDED.
11:15:46 IT IS A 1.1 MILLION -- NOW WE'RE UP TO $1.1 MILLION
11:15:50 ACCORDING TO WHAT I READ.
11:15:53 AND THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS AN ADDITIONAL $209,000 TO GET
11:15:57 US THERE.
11:15:57 ALL GREAT.
11:16:00 MY STANDARD REGULAR QUESTION TWO OR THREE DAYS AGO WAS
11:16:05 OUT OF THE 1.1 MILLION, WHAT IS OUR PERCENTAGE OF MBE
11:16:09 MINORITY BUSINESS OR SBE SMALL BUSINESS, AND I THINK THE
11:16:13 DOCUMENT I GOT FROM MR. BENNETT INDICATED 2.6%.
11:16:20 AND THAT'S WHY I PULLED IT, JUST SO WE COULD CONTINUE TO
11:16:24 HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.
11:16:26 I'D LOVE SOMEDAY NOT TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.
11:16:29 2.6%.
11:16:30 MR. HART.
11:16:32 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL, GREGORY HART, EQUAL BUSINESS
11:16:35 OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM MANAGER.
11:16:36 YOU ARE CORRECT.
11:16:39 THE PARTICIPATION IS APPROXIMATELY 2.6% ON THIS
11:16:43 PARTICULAR PROJECT.
11:16:44 THE APPROVED GOAL WAS 2.7%.
11:16:47 THIS PROJECT IS ESSENTIALLY CONSTRUCTION OF A
11:16:50 PREMANUFACTURED BUILDING, AND THE AVAILABILITY AND
11:16:55 OPPORTUNITY EXISTED IN SOME OF THE PLUMBING WORK AND
11:16:58 ELECTRICAL WORK.
11:17:00 AND IN THOSE CATEGORIES -- AND SOME FLOORING -- WE DID
11:17:03 ACHIEVE PARTICIPATION.
11:17:04 SO THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY WAS ESSENTIALLY 2.73%.
11:17:10 WE HAVE OBTAINED WHAT WE EXPECTED AND THOSE CONTRACTORS
11:17:17 DID PERFORM AND HAVE BEEN PAID, SIR.
11:17:23 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I DON'T KNOW HOW EVERYBODY ELSE FEELS
11:17:24 ABOUT IT.
11:17:25 TO ME, A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT LIKE THIS, JUST TO ME JUST
11:17:33 SORT OF LENDS ITSELF TO ADDITIONAL PARTICIPATION.
11:17:37 I UNDERSTAND A PREFAB BUILDING, PROBABLY A LOT OF MONEY
11:17:41 IN THE METAL AND THE BUILDING ITSELF, AND THAT SORT OF
11:17:45 THING, BUT 2.7% IS OUR GOAL.
11:17:52 THEY CAN BARELY EVEN MEET THAT.
11:17:55 I DON'T KNOW.
11:17:55 I JUST THINK WE NEED TO REALLY PUSH PEOPLE HARDER AND GET
11:18:00 OUR GOALS HIGHER.
11:18:05 >>LUIS VIERA: IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN FURTHER ENCOURAGE
11:18:09 IT WITHIN THIS PARTICULAR ENDEAVOR?
11:18:11 WE HAVE NO OTHER OPTIONS AT OUR DISPOSAL OR --
11:18:15 >> WELL, WE DID LOOK AT THAT SPECIFICALLY THIS CHANGE
11:18:17 ORDER.
11:18:18 THIS CHANGE ORDER ESSENTIALLY A SETTLEMENT ARRANGEMENT
11:18:22 FOR SOME UNFORESEEN ITEMS THAT OCCURRED ON-SITE.
11:18:26 THERE WERE SOME CODE ISSUES WITH REGARD TO CREATING SOME
11:18:29 CONTROLS FOR THE EYE WASH.
11:18:32 THERE WAS AN ISSUE THAT SURFACED WITH REGARD TO THE METAL
11:18:36 BUILDING.
11:18:37 IT WAS DISFIGURED.
11:18:39 AND SO THIS IS ESSENTIALLY FUNDING TO RECONCILE THE COST
11:18:44 ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE IN THE FIELD, UNFORESEEN
11:18:50 CIRCUMSTANCES THAT DID ARISE.
11:18:52 THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF PLUMBING RELATED TYPE OF WORK
11:18:58 THAT HAD TO BE DONE AS WELL.
11:19:00 THE CERTIFIED PLUMBER ON THE JOB, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
11:19:08 OFFERED TO THAT PARTICULAR CERTIFIED COMPANY, HOWEVER,
11:19:10 THEY DO NOT POSSESS THE REQUISITE LICENSE TO DO THE GAS
11:19:15 LINE, THIS PARTICULAR PLUMBER.
11:19:17 WE ALWAYS VET AND LOOK AT EXTENDED OPPORTUNITY.
11:19:20 IT JUST WAS NOT HERE.
11:19:22 >>LUIS VIERA: ANYBODY ELSE?
11:19:23 COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:19:24 >>BILL CARLSON: JUST RELATED.
11:19:25 I KNOW THAT YOU AND THE MAYOR ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO TRY
11:19:27 TO ADDRESS MINORITY PARTICIPATION SYSTEMICALLY BY GOING
11:19:32 OUT IN THE FIELD.
11:19:33 THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
11:19:33 WHEN DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO GIVE US AN
11:19:36 UPDATE ON THAT?
11:19:37 ARE YOU READY WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS OR WAIT A
11:19:40 FEW MONTHS?
11:19:41 >> IF I RECALL, SIR, I BELIEVE WE'RE SCHEDULED TO COME
11:19:46 BACK TO COUNCIL QUARTERLY OR MAYBE THERE IS A DECEMBER
11:19:50 DATE TO DO A SPECIFIC UPDATE.
11:19:53 I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT WHEN I WAS BEFORE YOU IN OCTOBER,
11:19:56 I THINK THAT WAS THE 24th, DID PROVIDE A VERY UP TO
11:20:00 DATE AND CURRENT OVERVIEW OF PARTICIPATION TO DATE AND
11:20:05 OVER THE PAST THREE OR SO YEARS.
11:20:10 >>BILL CARLSON: I KNOW YOU ALL ARE DOING A LOT OF
11:20:11 EFFORTS, OUTREACH, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HEAR HOW IT'S
11:20:15 GOING.
11:20:15 THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:20:16 >>LUIS VIERA: ANYONE ELSE?
11:20:17 COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:20:19 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE
11:20:22 PROCESS, AND THE PROCESS IS KEY.
11:20:25 I THINK WE'RE MISSING SOME KEY ELEMENTS IN THE PROCESS
11:20:28 STILL.
11:20:31 I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP, MR. CARLSON.
11:20:33 I'M HOPING WHEN THE REPORT COMES BACK THAT WE TALK ABOUT,
11:20:36 WHEN WE START TO FINISH AND DON'T LEAVE ANY MIDDLE OUT,
11:20:42 HOW MANY STARTED THAT PROCESS ALONG THE WAY AND HOW MANY
11:20:47 COMPLETE?
11:20:48 THAT WAY WE CAN MEASURE THE OUTCOMES, BECAUSE IF WE'RE
11:20:52 NOT HAVING COMPLETION, THEN WE'RE NOT GETTING OUTCOMES.
11:20:55 AND THAT TELLS YOU THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE MIDDLE
11:20:57 PORTION OF THE PROJECT.
11:20:58 TALK ABOUT THE RFP PROCESS ALL THE TIME.
11:21:02 THE LANGUAGE, AND I THINK IT'S HOW WE PUT THINGS OUT, AND
11:21:06 I THINK WE'RE MISSING A PIECE OF THE PROCESS.
11:21:10 I HEAR IT ALL THE TIME IN THE COMMUNITIES.
11:21:13 WE'RE STILL MISSING THAT PIECE.
11:21:16 I'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT PIECE IS, BUT WE'RE
11:21:19 MISSING THAT PIECE.
11:21:20 I THINK I KNOW WHAT IT IS BECAUSE I'M SEEING OTHER PLACES
11:21:23 THAT ARE GETTING BETTER RESULTS THAN WE ARE.
11:21:26 I'M SEEING OTHER CITIES GETTING TREMENDOUS RESULTS.
11:21:31 THEY HAVE A PROCESS, YOU AIN'T GETTING THE CONTRACT EVERY
11:21:33 TIME.
11:21:34 YOU GO TO THE BOTTOM.
11:21:35 THERE ARE OTHER PROCESSES IN PLACE AND WE'VE GOT TO LOOK
11:21:38 AT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING.
11:21:39 THAT'S WHY PEOPLE ARE UPSET AND COMPLAINING.
11:21:42 HAD A BUNCH OF PEOPLE YESTERDAY ABOUT CONSTRUCTION
11:21:45 SERVICES.
11:21:45 I JUST THINK IT'S THE PROCESS.
11:21:47 I'M HOPING WHEN YOU BRING THAT REPORT BACK THAT WE HAVE
11:21:50 EVERY PIECE SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHY WE ARE NOT GETTING
11:21:53 THAT PARTICIPATION OR WHY WE'RE NOT GETTING PEOPLE
11:21:57 CERTIFIED.
11:21:59 >>LUIS VIERA: ANYONE ELSE?
11:22:01 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GENTLEMEN.
11:22:01 WE APPRECIATE IT.
11:22:02 NEXT WE MOVE TO ITEM 84, MS. DUNCAN.
11:22:20 >>JEAN DUNCAN: GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, JEAN
11:22:23 DUNCAN, TRANSPORTATION AND STORMWATER SERVICES
11:22:25 DEPARTMENT.
11:22:26 I DO HAVE A PowerPoint HERE FOR YOU.
11:22:30 HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET THAT GOING HERE.
11:22:33 CUES HERE FROM THE TECHNOLOGY FOLKS.
11:22:41 YOU HAVE IT, OKAY?
11:22:59 I WISH I HAD IT ON MY SCREEN.
11:23:01 THAT WOULD BE NICE.
11:23:02 WE'LL DO THE BEST WE CAN HERE.
11:23:06 THAT'S ACTUALLY THE LAST SLIDE.
11:23:27 >>ORLANDO GUDES: FOR MY AIDE TO BE LISTENING, LOOK ON THE
11:23:30 E-MAIL.
11:23:30 I JUST GOT AN E-MAIL FROM F.D.O.T. IF YOU COULD BRING
11:23:33 THAT TO ME, PLEASE.
11:23:43 >>JEAN DUNCAN: CAN OUR CTTV FOLKS HELP ME OUT HERE?
11:23:49 IT'S A PowerPoint, YES.
11:23:52 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
11:23:59 IT APPEARS TO BE.
11:24:01 ROUNDABOUTS, 34th STREET PROJECT.
11:24:06 >>JEAN DUNCAN: THE AUDIENCE ISN'T SEEING IT NOR AM I.
11:24:09 >>LUIS VIERA: DO YOU WANT A PAPER COPY?
11:24:12 >>JEAN DUNCAN: I HAVE ONE HERE.
11:24:13 I APOLOGIZE FOR THE DIFFICULTIES HERE.
11:24:25 >>LUIS VIERA: SHOULD WE PROCEED TO ANOTHER ITEM?
11:24:27 >>JEAN DUNCAN: I'LL PROCEED, YES.
11:24:28 MY INTENT WITH THE PowerPoint WAS TO GIVE A LITTLE
11:24:32 BACKGROUND BRIEFLY ON THE SAFETY OF ROUNDABOUTS.
11:24:36 I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION OUT THERE THAT'S
11:24:38 JUST NOT CORRECT.
11:24:40 AND I ALSO WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
11:24:42 THIS PROJECT ON 34th STREET.
11:24:44 THIS IS A CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, FOR APPROVING THE
11:24:48 ENTIRE CORRIDOR, TWO-MILE LENGTH OF THE CORRIDOR WITH NOT
11:24:52 ONLY THE THREE ROUNDABOUTS AT THREE INTERSECTIONS, BUT
11:24:55 WITH LANDSCAPING, WITH NEW SIDEWALKS, WITH STREET
11:24:58 LIGHTING, RESURFACING THE ROADS.
11:25:02 POTHOLES WON'T BE THERE ANYMORE.
11:25:03 THE STRIPING WILL BE UPGRADED.
11:25:05 THE INTERSECTIONS WILL BE UPGRADED.
11:25:07 SO IT'S A FULL-BLOWN CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT FOR THE ENTIRE
11:25:11 LENGTH OF THE ROADWAY AND NOT JUST THE THREE ROUNDABOUTS
11:25:15 AT THREE INTERSECTIONS.
11:25:16 IT LOOKS LIKE WE MIGHT BE READY TO GO HERE.
11:25:20 THANK YOU.
11:25:20 AGAIN, I WON'T 2011 ON THE SLIDES.
11:25:25 BASICALLY, WHAT THIS IS SHOWING, IF YOU LOOK AT CRASHES
11:25:28 IN SEVERAL CATEGORIES, SERIOUS CRASHES.
11:25:32 BASICALLY THOSE ARE THE ANGLE OR WHAT IS CALLED T-BONE,
11:25:35 LEFT CRASHES, LEFT-TURN CRASHES AND THE SIDE SWIPES,
11:25:40 WHICH ARE THE LESSER SEVERE OF THOSE THREE.
11:25:43 THE MAJORITY OF THE FATAL INJURY CRASHES ARE DUE TO A
11:25:46 LEFT TURN OR ANGLE CRASHES, AND THOSE OCCUR AT THE
11:25:52 INTERSECTION MAJORITY OF THE TIME.
11:25:54 BASICALLY WHAT THIS GRAPHIC IS SHOWING IS AT A REGULAR
11:26:08 FOUR-LEGGED INTERSECTION, IF YOU HAVE A STOP SIGN OR IF
11:26:10 YOU HAVE A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION, IF IT'S A STOP SIGN,
11:26:15 70% OF THOSE CRASHES THAT ARE FATAL ARE DUE TO THE ANGLE
11:26:19 CRASHES.
11:26:21 43% OF THE FATAL CRASHES AT A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION ARE
11:26:24 DUE TO ANGLE CRASHES.
11:26:26 THE POINT BEING --
11:26:53 THANK YOU.
11:26:53 AGAIN, POINT BEING THAT IF WE COULD REMOVE THE DANGEROUS
11:26:57 PORTION OF THE INTERSECTION, WHICH IS THAT CENTER PIECE,
11:27:01 WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE FATAL OR INJURY CRASHES ARE
11:27:04 OCCURRING, WE CAN GO FROM DIFFERENT STATISTICS DEPENDING
11:27:07 ON IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION OR A
11:27:10 STOP INTERSECTION, 70%, 43%, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ABOUT A
11:27:15 3% LEVEL OF FATAL OR INJURY CRASHES BY HAVING JUST THAT
11:27:19 SIDE-SWIPE CONDITION OCCURRING AND NOT THE CENTER
11:27:23 INTERSECTION CRASHES OCCURRING, WHICH ARE THE MOST
11:27:26 DANGEROUS AND BAD RESULTS OCCURRING FROM THEM.
11:27:29 AGAIN, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER SLIDE TO SHOW YOU THAT,
11:27:36 NATIONALLY OUR DATA IS SHOWING US THAT IF WE CAN CONVERT
11:27:39 A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION OR A STOP-CONTROLLED
11:27:41 INTERSECTION, WE COULD REDUCE THE CRASHES GENERALLY BY
11:27:45 ABOUT 40% -- 48%, EXCUSE ME, AND REDUCE FATAL AND INJURY
11:27:50 CRASHES BY ABOUT 60%.
11:27:52 THE SAME THING IF WE LOOK AT THE TWO-WAY STOP CONDITION
11:27:55 INTERSECTION, DRAMATIC RESULTS OF REDUCING NOT ONLY THE
11:27:58 NUMBER OF CRASHES, BUT THE TYPE OF SEVERE INJURY CRASHES
11:28:02 IF WE CAN MAKE THOSE CHANGES WITH THE ROUNDABOUT VERSUS
11:28:05 THE SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION OR A STOP-CONDITION
11:28:09 INTERSECTION.
11:28:10 A COUPLE MORE QUICK SLIDES HERE JUST TO SHOW YOU, GET A
11:28:14 SENSE OF WHAT THE ROUNDABOUTS ARE DOING AT INTERSECTIONS.
11:28:17 WITH A TYPICAL FOUR-LEGGED INTERSECTION ON THE LEFT
11:28:19 THERE, WE CAN COUNT 32 CONFLICT POINTS,
11:28:23 VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE CONFLICT POINTS.
11:28:25 32 OPPORTUNITIES FOR VEHICLES TO CRASH INTO EACH OTHER AT
11:28:28 A FOUR-LEGGED INTERSECTION.
11:28:31 THEY ARE GENERALLY GOING AT HIGHER SPEEDS, SEVERELY
11:28:35 ANGLES AND HIGH ENERGY.
11:28:36 IF WE HAVE A ROUNDABOUT IN PLACE, WE REDUCE THE CONFLICT
11:28:40 POINTS DOWN TO EIGHT POINTS OF POTENTIAL CONFLICT,
11:28:42 VEHICLE TO VEHICLE.
11:28:44 AND AGAIN, ROUNDABOUTS ARE GENERALLY SIGNED FOR 20 MILES
11:28:48 AN HOUR.
11:28:49 SO IF THERE IS A CRASH, IT'S OCCURRING AT A LOWER SPEED
11:28:52 AT A MORE -- A BETTER ANGLE WHERE THERE IS LESS INJURY OR
11:28:59 FATALITY AND LOWER ENERGY AS WELL.
11:29:02 PEDESTRIAN TO VEHICLE, SIMILAR THING.
11:29:06 ON THE LEFT, A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING A FOUR LEGGED
11:29:09 INTERSECTION, THERE ARE 24 OPPORTUNITIES TO CONFLICT WITH
11:29:12 THAT VEHICLE THAT'S EITHER GOING STRAIGHT, THROUGH, LEFT,
11:29:16 OR RIGHT THROUGH THE INTERSECTION.
11:29:18 WITH THE ROUNDABOUT, WE CAN REDUCE THOSE CONFLICT POINTS
11:29:21 DOWN TO EIGHT.
11:29:23 AGAIN, MINIMIZING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT INTERSECTION
11:29:26 AND THAT CRASH OPPORTUNITY FROM HAPPENING.
11:29:28 I JUST WANT TO PUT OUT THERE THAT THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT
11:29:31 IMPROVEMENT TO OUR INTERSECTION, IF WE'RE ABLE TO APPLIED
11:29:35 A ROUNDABOUT TREATMENT.
11:29:36 WE CAN'T PUT ROUNDABOUTS AT EVERY SINGLE INTERSECTION.
11:29:38 THEY DON'T ALWAYS WORK BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC VOLUMES, BUT
11:29:40 WHERE THEY DO WORK, THEY PROVIDE A SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT
11:29:44 SAFETY-WISE AND ALSO AN AESTHETIC BENEFIT AS WELL.
11:29:47 SO JUST A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ROUNDABOUTS.
11:29:54 GENERALLY, THEY GIVE A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
11:29:57 THEY PROVIDE A REFUGE ISLAND FOR PEDESTRIANS WHO ARE
11:30:00 CROSSING.
11:30:01 THE SPEEDS ARE LOWER THROUGH THE ROUNDABOUTS.
11:30:03 20 MILES AN HOUR.
11:30:06 YOU CANNOT RUN A ROUNDABOUT.
11:30:07 YOU CAN PUT A SIGNAL UP OR STOP SIGN UP.
11:30:10 IF SOMEONE CHOOSES TO IGNORE THAT, THEY CAN RUSH THROUGH,
11:30:13 SPEED THROUGH AND CREATE AN ACCIDENT OR A CRASH.
11:30:16 IF YOU HAVE A ROUNDABOUT IN PLACE, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE
11:30:20 THE SAME OUTCOME.
11:30:21 AGAIN, AESTHETICS IS ANOTHER BENEFIT OF THE ROUNDABOUTS.
11:30:23 WE'RE PLANNING TO DO SOME PUBLIC ART WITH THE THREE
11:30:26 ROUNDABOUTS ON 34th STREET.
11:30:29 WE WANT TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC IN THAT PROCESS, AND I THINK
11:30:32 THAT'S GOING TO BE A VERY GREAT OUTCOME OF A REALLY
11:30:36 AESTHETICALLY PLEASING ARTWORK THAT THEY'LL HAVE IN THE
11:30:40 NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN WE GET DONE WITH THAT ART ENCOUNTER
11:30:45 WITH THE ARTISTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO HIRE.
11:30:47 REDUCED EMISSIONS.
11:30:49 WE DON'T HAVE CARS SITTING AND JUST SPEWING OUT THEIR
11:30:52 SMOKE.
11:30:52 THEY ARE JUST TRAVELING THROUGH SO WE HAVE REDUCED
11:30:54 EMISSIONS.
11:30:56 HURRICANE IRMA STRUCK, WE HAD ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF OUR
11:30:59 SIGNALS WENT OUT THROUGH THE CITY OF TAMPA.
11:31:02 HAD TO BRING GENERATORS OUT, FUEL THOSE GENERATORS WITH
11:31:05 GASOLINE.
11:31:07 WE DIDN'T HAVE STREETLIGHTS WORKING.
11:31:09 SO IT WAS A VERY UNSAFE CONDITION AT OUR INTERSECTIONS.
11:31:12 IF WE HAVE ROUNDABOUTS, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL
11:31:14 OF THAT EFFORT TO FUEL AND GENERATE THE INTERSECTIONS TO
11:31:19 GET THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS ONLINE.
11:31:21 WE HAVE A RESISTANCE TREATMENT THAT WILL BE THERE IF
11:31:28 THERE'S A STORM OR NOT.
11:31:29 LESS CONGESTION WITH THE ROUNDABOUTS.
11:31:30 TRAFFIC CAN FLOW THROUGH.
11:31:32 THERE'S NO STOP CONDITION.
11:31:33 LESS MAINTENANCE COST.
11:31:34 DO NOT HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE POWER AND MAINTAIN THE
11:31:37 TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
11:31:38 APOLOGIES.
11:31:45 MY CLICKER IS NOT COOPERATING HERE.
11:31:47 CTTV, I NEED YOU.
11:31:54 >>LUIS VIERA: MORE HELP FOR MS. DUNCAN, PLEASE.
11:31:58 >>JEAN DUNCAN: CAN YOU HELP ME PROGRESS THE SLIDES?
11:32:02 JUST HAVE A FEW MORE.
11:32:07 I APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAY.
11:32:17 >>LUIS VIERA: IF YOU WANT TO GO FROM YOUR OWN AND THEN WE
11:32:20 CAN CATCH UP.
11:32:22 >>JEAN DUNCAN: I'LL KEEP GOING.
11:32:23 I'M SO SORRY.
11:32:24 MY NEXT SLIDE WAS BASICALLY ABOUT THE SPECIFIC 34th
11:32:27 STREET PROJECT.
11:32:28 WE WILL HAVE THREE INTERSECTIONS BEING CONVERTED TO A
11:32:32 ROUNDABOUT CONDITION, WHICH WE CONSIDER THAT TO BE THE
11:32:35 SAFEST TREATMENT WE CAN PLACE AT AN INTERSECTION.
11:32:38 WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A CONTINUOUS SECTION THROUGHOUT THIS
11:32:42 CORRIDOR OF TWO MILES.
11:32:44 RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE SECTIONS THAT ARE FOUR LANE AND TWO
11:32:46 LANE.
11:32:47 IT'S GOING TO BE A CONTINUOUS CROSS-SECTION TO MINIMIZE
11:32:52 ANY CONFUSION.
11:32:53 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CROSSWALKS.
11:32:55 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FLASHING BEACONS AT ALL OF THE
11:32:58 ROUNDABOUTS WHERE A PEDESTRIAN CAN ACTIVATE THE BEACON
11:33:02 AND HAVE THE FLASHERS COME ON TO ADD ANOTHER ELEMENT OF
11:33:06 SAFETY FOR THE CROSSING.
11:33:09 REDUCING THE SPEED LIMIT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR
11:33:11 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR.
11:33:12 HERE IS THE SLIDE I'M SPEAKING TO YOU NOW.
11:33:15 THANK YOU.
11:33:15 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE NEW BICYCLE FACILITIES, NEW
11:33:20 SIDEWALKS, NEW STREETLIGHTS.
11:33:21 WE'LL IMPROVE SOME DRAINAGE ISSUES OUT THERE ON THE
11:33:24 CORRIDOR.
11:33:25 AGAIN, WE'RE WORKING WITH ED JOHNSON AND ROBIN NYE FOR
11:33:30 HIRING THREE DIFFERENT ARTISTS WHO WILL BE WORKING WITH
11:33:33 THE COMMUNITY TO SELECT SOME ARTWORK FOR EACH OF THE
11:33:36 THREE ROUNDABOUTS.
11:33:36 THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
11:33:41 WE HAD TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS AND EXTENSIVE COORDINATION
11:33:44 THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS WITH THE EAST TAMPA CRA AND
11:33:48 COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS.
11:33:50 THIS SLIDE IS NOT MATCHING WHAT I'M SPEAKING ABOUT HERE.
11:33:57 THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF OTHER ROUNDABOUTS THROUGHOUT
11:33:59 THE CITY.
11:34:00 HERE WE GO.
11:34:01 THANK YOU.
11:34:02 THE QUESTION IS, WHY ARE WE PUTTING ROUNDABOUTS ON 34th
11:34:07 STREET?
11:34:08 WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS ABOUT 2013, THERE HAD BEEN A
11:34:10 NUMBER OF FATAL ACCIDENTS -- CRASHES, EXCUSE ME, ALONG
11:34:15 THE 34th STREET CORRIDOR.
11:34:16 ONE IN PARTICULAR WAS AT 34th AND CHELSEA WHERE THREE
11:34:20 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN JUST THAT ONE ACCIDENT.
11:34:22 THE PUBLIC DEMANDED WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT ALL THE
11:34:25 INJURIES AND DEATHS OCCURRING ON 34th STREET.
11:34:30 THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE DID.
11:34:31 AGAIN, WE HAVE LIMITED GAS TAX DOLLARS, WHICH, BY THE
11:34:35 WAY, THIS PROJECT IS BEING -- IS USING GAS TAX MONIES AND
11:34:39 MONEY FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
11:34:41 NEITHER OF WHICH CAN BE USED FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE OTHER
11:34:45 THAN TRANSPORTATION.
11:34:46 SO WE DON'T HAVE THE LIBERTY TO TAKE THIS MONEY AND PUT
11:34:48 IT ON ANOTHER PROJECT OF ANY TYPE BECAUSE THOSE MONIES
11:34:51 ARE DEDICATED FOR TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES.
11:34:55 SO WE REACHED OUT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
11:34:57 BECAUSE THERE WAS A DEMAND FOR ACTION.
11:35:01 THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN THAT THIS ROAD WAS BEING
11:35:04 OVERLOOKED.
11:35:06 AND SO THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED ON THIS JOURNEY OF TRYING
11:35:08 TO IMPROVE THIS CORRIDOR IN THIS AREA.
11:35:11 THERE'S ALSO BEEN SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ROUNDABOUTS IN
11:35:20 THE CITY OF TAMPA.
11:35:22 THEY ARE NOT ONLY IN EAST TAMPA.
11:35:24 WE HAVE 28 ROUNDABOUTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF TAMPA.
11:35:27 THERE IS A MAP IN YOUR PACKET.
11:35:29 IT DOESN'T TRANSLATE TOO WELL ON THE ELMO, SO I WON'T
11:35:32 SHOW IT.
11:35:33 WE HAVE 28 EXISTING ROUNDABOUTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF
11:35:35 TAMPA, AND WE HAVE 23 MORE THAT WE'RE PLANNING IN ALL
11:35:39 AREAS OF OUR CITY -- SOUTH TAMPA, NEW TAMPA, ALL OVER THE
11:35:43 CITY OF TAMPA, BECAUSE THIS IS THE BEST TREATMENT WE
11:35:46 COULD APPLY TO GIVE THE SAFEST CONDITION FOR OUR
11:35:49 RESIDENTS WHO ARE DRIVING AROUND, AND IT'S A HUGE BENEFIT
11:35:52 TO MINIMIZE INJURIES AND FATALITIES.
11:35:55 THAT'S OUR WHOLE MISSION, TO MAKE OUR ROADWAYS SAFER FOR
11:35:58 EVERYONE TO USE, AND WE ARE REALLY EXCITED WE'RE ABLE TO
11:36:01 DO THIS ON 34th STREET, BECAUSE THERE IS A REAL NEED TO
11:36:04 IMPROVE THAT ROADWAY AND MAKE IT SAFER AND MORE BEAUTIFUL
11:36:07 FOR EVERYONE.
11:36:08 >>ORLANDO GUDES: CAN YOU NAME A FEW OF THE COMMUNITIES
11:36:10 THAT HAVE ROUNDABOUTS PRESENTLY?
11:36:12 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES, SIR.
11:36:13 I HAVE A MAP ATTACHED.
11:36:15 I WILL PUT THAT ON THE ELMO, IF YOU'D LIKE.
11:36:18 IT IS A LITTLE LIGHT COLORED, SO IT'S MAYBE NOT EASY TO
11:36:24 SEE.
11:36:25 IF YOU CAN SEE THE DOTS ON IT AT LEAST.
11:36:27 YOU'LL SEE THE DOTS ARE ALL OVER THE CITY.
11:36:38 >>MARTIN SHELBY: ASK THE CONTROL ROOM TO PUT ON THE
11:36:40 OVERHEAD PROJECTOR, PLEASE.
11:36:44 >> I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE UPGRADE ...
11:36:56 >>MARTIN SHELBY: IT'S ON -- THEIR MONITORS ARE NEXT.
11:37:00 THANK YOU.
11:37:02 >>JEAN DUNCAN: AGAIN, WE SHOW THE WHOLE THING AT ONCE.
11:37:04 THIS UPPER BOX IS THE NEW TAMPA AREA, AND THEN I'LL SLIDE
11:37:09 IT UP SO YOU CAN SEE THE REST OF THE CITY.
11:37:11 YOU SEE THE DOTS ALL OVER THE CITY OF TAMPA THERE, JUST
11:37:15 TO GIVE YOU A SENSE THAT ALL THE WAY DOWN TOWARDS MACDILL
11:37:18 AIR FORCE BASE AND ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH THE CITY.
11:37:26 WE HAVE THEM PLANNED AND HAVE THEM EXISTING THROUGHOUT
11:37:32 THE CITY.
11:37:33 WE'D LIKE TO DO MORE BECAUSE OUR NATIONAL DATA, OUR STATE
11:37:37 DATA, EVERYTHING IS POINTING TO THIS TYPE OF TREATMENT AS
11:37:40 BEING THE BEST WAY THAT WE CAN MINIMIZE FATAL INJURIES
11:37:45 AND ALSO GIVE A BETTER EXPERIENCE FOR PEDESTRIANS TO
11:37:49 CROSS AND ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AESTHETICS AND
11:37:53 LANDSCAPING.
11:37:54 AND LANDSCAPING, I DON'T HAVE ANY DATA TO SHARE WITH YOU
11:37:57 TODAY, BUT WE KNOW LANDSCAPING TRANSLATES TO TRAFFIC
11:38:01 CALMING.
11:38:02 WE CAN HAVE LANDSCAPED AREAS WITHIN OUR ROADWAYS, IT
11:38:05 GIVES YOU MORE OF A SENSE, IN A COMMUNITY, IN A
11:38:07 NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY NEED TO WATCH THEIR SPEED LIMITS.
11:38:11 ALL THOSE THINGS ARE GOING TO HELP TO HAVE LESS
11:38:14 SITUATIONS GOING ON WHERE PEOPLE ARE GETTING HURT,
11:38:17 WHETHER DRIVING OR TRYING TO WALK ALONG THE ROADWAY.
11:38:20 SO MY LAST SLIDE, AND THEN I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, IF I
11:38:25 CAN GET IT TO PROGRESS, IS JUST OUR SCHEDULE.
11:38:30 THIS SHOWS HOW WE STARTED OUT WITH DOING A CONCEPT,
11:38:35 WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, GOING INTO
11:38:38 THE DESIGN PHASE.
11:38:39 WE HAD TO PURCHASE SOME PROPERTIES ALONG THE WAY.
11:38:42 NOW WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO TO CONSTRUCTION.
11:38:45 THE PROJECT HAS ALREADY BEEN BID.
11:38:48 A BIDDER HAS BEEN SELECTED.
11:38:50 AND THAT BID WILL BE COMING BEFORE YOU IN THE NEXT FEW
11:38:53 WEEKS FOR APPROVAL TO GET STARTED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION
11:38:54 OF THE CORRIDOR.
11:38:55 I WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
11:38:58 I APOLOGIZE FOR THE DISRUPTIVE PRESENTATION.
11:39:05 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU ANSWERED MY FIRST QUESTION.
11:39:08 THAT IS, COULD WE SHIFT THE MONIES TO ANOTHER PROJECT, TO
11:39:12 AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT.
11:39:14 WHATEVER WAS SAID IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY AND YOU SAID
11:39:17 KNOW, BECAUSE THESE FUNDS, GAS TAX MONEY AND EVERYTHING
11:39:20 ARE ALLOCATED STRICTLY FOR THIS.
11:39:23 OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, I BUMPED INTO SEVERAL
11:39:25 PEOPLE FROM THE EAST TAMPA COMMUNITY THAT I SAID WE DON'T
11:39:28 WANT ROUNDABOUTS.
11:39:29 HELP US FIGHT THIS.
11:39:30 WE DON'T WANT ROUNDABOUTS.
11:39:31 IT'S EITHER WE DO NOTHING AND THE MONEY GOES BACK TO
11:39:34 WHEREVER, OR, AS YOU HAVE SHOWN, THE REDUCTION IN
11:39:38 PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES AND WHATNOT AND PUBLIC SAFETY
11:39:41 ISSUES.
11:39:41 NOW, I WILL TELL YOU THIS, THAT WITH THE PREVIOUS
11:39:44 COUNCIL, WHEN COUNCILMAN REDDICK WAS REPRESENTING THE
11:39:48 SEAT, SEVERAL TIMES I HEARD AND I REMEMBER ONE IN
11:39:51 PARTICULAR DAY DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE DO SOMETHING
11:39:54 ABOUT THE SPEEDING ON 34th STREET.
11:39:56 34th STREET IS DANGEROUS.
11:39:58 I DRIVE MARTIN LUTHER KING AND I CROSS THROUGH THE AREA
11:40:00 ALL THE TIME, AND IT LOOKED AS IT DOES, 34th STREET,
11:40:05 FOR 60 YEARS, 50 YEARS.
11:40:07 IT'S VERY -- IT HASN'T BEEN UPGRADED.
11:40:11 BEING THAT TAMPA AND THIS AREA IS KNOWN AS THE MOST
11:40:15 DANGEROUS IN THE COUNTRY FOR PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE
11:40:17 FATALITIES, THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
11:40:21 I THINK, AGAIN, AS IN MANY OTHER ISSUES, OUR HANDS ARE
11:40:25 TIED WITH THE FUNDING.
11:40:26 WE CAN EITHER DO NOTHING, WHICH IS FOOLISH, BUT WE HAVE
11:40:29 THIS MONEY DEDICATED FOR THESE PROJECTS.
11:40:31 I SEE THE BENEFIT.
11:40:32 IT'S GOING TO IMPROVE THE AESTHETICS.
11:40:34 IT'S GOING TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY FOR PEOPLE ON FOOT, ON
11:40:37 BICYCLE.
11:40:37 WE NEED THIS.
11:40:38 PEOPLE TALK ABOUT, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO PAVE OUR ROADS?
11:40:42 YOU'LL SEE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, LIGHTING
11:40:44 IMPROVEMENTS.
11:40:45 LESS MAINTENANCE AS YOU HAVE MENTIONED IF WE DON'T HAVE
11:40:47 THAT FOUR-WAY STOP.
11:40:48 I WANT TO SAY DON'T DO ANYTHING AND PEOPLE DON'T WANT
11:40:54 THIS COMMUNITY DOESN'T WANT THIS, AGAIN, I SEE THE NEED
11:40:57 FOR IT AND I REMEMBER HOW MANY TIMES FOLKS HAVE COME HERE
11:41:00 THROUGH THE YEARS AND THROUGH COUNCILMAN REDDICK'S
11:41:03 OFFICE, DO SOMETHING ABOUT 34th STREET.
11:41:06 IN BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE.
11:41:09 I HAVE TO HAVE A LIST OF ALL THE PHRASES.
11:41:12 I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE NECESSITY IS AND THE BENEFIT IS.
11:41:15 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
11:41:16 COUNCILMAN GUDES AND THEN COUNCILMAN CARLSON AND
11:41:19 COUNCILMAN CITRO AND THEN COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:41:24 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I HAVE A BIG ROCK, YOU KNOW.
11:41:26 MS. DUNCAN, THANK YOU.
11:41:27 WE MET PREVIOUSLY.
11:41:28 I TOLD YOU SOME OF THE CONCERNS AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE
11:41:32 THAT YOU CAME AND GIVE A PRESENTATION.
11:41:36 SO PEOPLE CAN SEE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.
11:41:38 I DID RECEIVE A CALL FROM MY PREDECESSOR'S AIDE IN
11:41:44 REFERENCE TO THE ROUNDABOUT ISSUE.
11:41:45 HE'S WAY UP THERE AND HEARD ABOUT IT AND HE WANTED ME TO
11:41:48 KNOW HOW THIS CAME ABOUT.
11:41:50 MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE WERE SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS
11:41:52 PER HIS CONVERSATION BACK IN 2012 IN REFERENCE TO THIS
11:41:56 ISSUE.
11:41:57 APPARENTLY, COUNCILMAN REDDICK AT THAT TIME WANTED TO
11:42:00 MAKE SURE THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY KIND OF CONFUSION WITH
11:42:03 THIS PROJECT BECAUSE OF THE 40th STREET PROJECT IN
11:42:10 DISTRICT 5.
11:42:11 THERE WERE SEVERAL MEETINGS PERTAINING TO THE ROUNDABOUT
11:42:12 WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS IN REFERENCE TO THAT.
11:42:20 NOW WE'RE FAST-FORWARDING TODAY.
11:42:22 AND YOU HAVE SOME CITIZENS WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
11:42:25 ROUNDABOUTS, AND THEN WE HEARD FROM A LOT OF ACTUAL
11:42:28 STAKEHOLDERS WHO LIVE IN THAT COMMUNITY, SOME OF THE
11:42:31 NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENTS WHO LIVE THERE WHO WERE SAYING
11:42:34 THAT WHAT THEY WANT AS WELL.
11:42:36 SO I HAVE TO SHOW A BALANCE OF, OKAY, WHO LIVES THERE
11:42:39 VERSUS THE GENERAL PUBLIC SAYING, WELL, WE HAVE HOUSING
11:42:42 ISSUES, CONCERNS.
11:42:43 SO IT'S A JUGGLING ACT.
11:42:45 I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS THAT WERE SENT TO ME.
11:42:47 I WANT TO MAKE SURE -- AND COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO TALKED
11:42:49 ABOUT WHERE THAT MONEY WAS COMING FROM.
11:42:51 THAT MONEY IS COMING FROM A GAS TAX AND F.D.O.T., WHICH
11:42:55 F.D.O.T. GAVE -- I BELIEVE $1 MILLION TO THE PROJECT, IS
11:43:01 THAT CORRECT?
11:43:02 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES, LET ME CHECK --
11:43:04 >>ORLANDO GUDES: IF YOU CAN RUN DOWN THE FUNDING, EACH
11:43:07 PROJECT, KNOW WHERE THE MONEY IS AT AND COMING FROM, NOT
11:43:10 CRA DOLLARS, FOR ACTUAL BRICK AND MORTAR.
11:43:14 IT'S NOT COMING FROM ANY GENERAL FUND MONEY, WHERE IS
11:43:16 THIS MONEY COMING FROM?
11:43:18 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES, THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDS HAVE COME
11:43:21 FROM A GRANT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CALLED
11:43:23 THE HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
11:43:25 AND IT IS A VERY RIGOROUS PROCESS ITSELF TO GO THROUGH TO
11:43:28 DEMONSTRATE THE NEED FOR THE PROJECT BECAUSE WE'RE
11:43:31 COMPETING AGAINST LOCATIONS ALL OVER THE STATE OF FLORIDA
11:43:34 FOR THIS MONEY.
11:43:35 AND SO WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO MAKE OUR CASE WITH THE
11:43:38 COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS AND ALL THE INFORMATION WE HAD
11:43:41 ABOUT THE CORRIDOR AND THEN GRANTED THE FUNDS TO US TO
11:43:44 FUND THE DESIGN -- PORTIONS OF THE DESIGN, PROPERTY
11:43:49 ACQUISITION, AND CONSTRUCTION.
11:43:50 THE CITY IS ALSO PUTTING IN FUNDS AS WELL, A MILLION
11:43:54 PLUS, BUT THOSE FUNDS ARE GAS TAX DOLLARS.
11:43:58 THEY ARE NOT CRA DOLLARS.
11:44:00 AND, AGAIN, THE GAS TAX DOLLARS AND THE HIGHWAY SAFETY
11:44:05 IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM MONIES HAVE STRINGS ON THEM.
11:44:08 THE STRINGS ARE, THEY HAVE TO BE FOR TRANSPORTATION
11:44:13 SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND NOT JUST A BIG POT OF
11:44:15 MONEY WITH DOLLARS IN IT AND YOU CAN PULL THEM OUT FOR
11:44:18 WHATEVER PURPOSE.
11:44:19 WE DO BELIEVE, THOUGH, THAT IF YOU HAVE A SAFE CORRIDOR,
11:44:23 HAVE A SAFE ROADWAY AND AESTHETICALLY PLEASING, THAT'S
11:44:27 GOING TO TRANSLATE TO BETTER THINGS IN TERMS OF THE
11:44:29 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INTEREST FOLKS MIGHT WANT TO
11:44:32 HAVE TO LIVE OR BUILD OR DEVELOP NEAR THESE ROADWAYS.
11:44:38 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WHAT IS THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE PROJECT?
11:44:40 >>JEAN DUNCAN: THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS $5.2 MILLION FOR THE
11:44:46 DESIGN, PROPERTY ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION AND
11:44:49 CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING INSPECTION.
11:44:50 >>ORLANDO GUDES: NONE OF THOSE DOLLARS ARE COMING FROM
11:44:52 ANY CRA FUNDS, STRICTLY FROM THE GAS TAX THAT HAS TO BE
11:44:56 UTILIZED FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS AND A STATE GRANT THAT
11:45:00 CAME FROM F.D.O.T., CORRECT?
11:45:02 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES, SIR.
11:45:03 >>ORLANDO GUDES: JUST A FEW MORE, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:45:04 WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE MEETINGS, AND I SEE MR. JOHNSON IS
11:45:08 BACK THERE, DID YOU ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS, MR. JOHNSON?
11:45:23 >> ED JOHNSON, EAST TAMPA CRA MANAGER.
11:45:25 A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS AT THE NFL
11:45:31 YET CENTER WHERE WE INVITED ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS ALONG
11:45:34 THAT CORRIDOR.
11:45:35 AND THERE WERE A NUMBER OF THEM THAT ATTENDED THAT
11:45:38 MEETING.
11:45:38 OF COURSE, THERE WERE FOLKS THAT WERE THERE SPEAKING IN
11:45:40 OPPOSITION TO THE ROUNDABOUTS.
11:45:42 BUT THE INTERESTING THING THAT I PICKED UP MORE THAN
11:45:45 ANYTHING OUT OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS WERE THE RESIDENTS THAT
11:45:49 LIVED ALONG THE 40th STREET CORRIDOR ACTUALLY CAME TO
11:45:53 THE MEETING AND WERE ADVOCATING TO THE RESIDENTS ALONG
11:45:56 34th STREET THAT THEY SHOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF THEM, AND
11:45:59 THEY GAVE THEIR REASONS WHY AND HOW THEY HAVE BEEN SO
11:46:03 NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY LACK OF TRANSPORTATION ISSUES IN
11:46:06 THE 40th STREET CORRIDOR, AND WHEN THE ROUNDABOUTS WERE
11:46:10 BUILT, IT WAS THEIR SAVING GRACE.
11:46:12 AND THEY IMPARTED THAT INFORMATION TO THE FOLKS ALONG --
11:46:15 THAT LIVED AND WORKED ALONG THAT 34th STREET CORRIDOR,
11:46:19 AND THEY REALLY APPRECIATE THAT HAPPENED.
11:46:21 I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE IMPETUSES THAT ENCOURAGED
11:46:25 PEOPLE TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE ROUNDABOUTS WAS FROM OTHER
11:46:29 TESTIMONY.
11:46:31 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MS. DUNCAN, THE CONTRACTS, YOU SAY THEY
11:46:35 ARE DUE TO COME TO COUNCIL, CORRECT?
11:46:37 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES.
11:46:38 >>ORLANDO GUDES: NOW WITH THE CONTRACTS, DO WE HAVE A
11:46:40 SPECIFIC GOAL WE'RE TRYING TO MEET WITH MINORITY HIRES IN
11:46:43 THE CONTRACT AND HAVE WE NAMED A CONTRACTOR FOR THIS
11:46:45 PROJECT?
11:46:46 >>JEAN DUNCAN: WE'VE NAMED THE CONTRACTOR.
11:46:49 I'M NOT 100% SURE IF THAT'S READY FOR PRIME-TIME, SO TO
11:46:57 SPEAK, BECAUSE IT'S GOING THROUGH THE NEGOTIATION
11:46:59 PROCESS.
11:47:01 BUT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE LOW BIDDER.
11:47:03 WE'RE NEGOTIATING WITH THE LOW BIDDER, AND WE WILL BE
11:47:08 PRESENTING THAT FINAL NEGOTIATIONS -- NEGOTIATED CONTRACT
11:47:13 TO YOU VERY SHORTLY.
11:47:14 WE'RE, OF COURSE, WORKING WITH MR. HART, AS WE ALWAYS DO,
11:47:17 TO INCORPORATE AS MUCH OF THE MINORITY PARTICIPATION AS
11:47:21 POSSIBLE.
11:47:24 >>ORLANDO GUDES: A ROADWAY, THAT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF I
11:47:26 CALL BRICK AND MORTAR TYPE OF WORK.
11:47:28 AND MR. HART ALWAYS TALKS ABOUT, A LOT OF BRICK AND
11:47:32 MORTAR.
11:47:33 WE SHOULDN'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH HAVING A HIGH STANDARD IF
11:47:36 THIS GOES THROUGH WITH THE COUNCIL, HAVE A HIGH STANDARD
11:47:39 OF MINORITIES ON THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT.
11:47:42 SO -- BECAUSE IF IT GOES, I WON'T ACCEPT ANYTHING LOW OR
11:47:48 A GOOD-FAITH EFFORT.
11:47:50 IT MUST BE THIS IS THE GOAL WE NEED TO MEET BECAUSE FOR
11:47:53 ME TO TAKE HEAT ON A PROJECT THAT MAY PASS AND GO
11:47:57 THROUGH, I DON'T NEED TO HEAR THAT THERE ARE NO AFRICAN
11:47:59 AMERICANS WORKING ON 34th STREET IN OUR COMMUNITY.
11:48:02 SO I WANT TO MAKE THAT PERFECTLY CLEAR.
11:48:04 I JUST DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT.
11:48:06 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES.
11:48:08 WHEN WE HAND THESE PROJECTS OFF TO BE CONSTRUCTED, OUR
11:48:14 CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT WORKS WITH GREG HART'S
11:48:16 OFFICE TO FOLLOW THE APPROPRIATE PROCESSES TO MAKE SURE
11:48:19 THAT WE NEGOTIATE APPROPRIATELY, WE INCLUDE THE MINORITY
11:48:22 PARTICIPATION APPROPRIATELY.
11:48:23 THAT'S THE STATUS WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW WITH THE PROJECT.
11:48:27 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I RECEIVED THE E-MAIL, LIKE I STATED
11:48:30 EARLIER, ONE OF THE PROMINENT LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, I
11:48:34 GUESS HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH F.D.O.T. AND HAS BEEN IN
11:48:39 CONTACT WITH MR. McKINNEY OF F.D.O.T.
11:48:41 APPARENTLY, THEY ARE ASKING, OR WE'RE ASKING F.D.O.T.,
11:48:46 COULD THERE BE ANY OTHER MODIFICATIONS TO THE PROJECT?
11:48:51 I WANT TO MAKE SURE I PUT THAT OUT THERE TO ASK THAT
11:48:54 QUESTION.
11:48:54 I GUESS THE RESPONSE HERE IS THAT THEY COULD DO ANYTHING
11:48:57 BUT THE CITY HADN'T APPROACHED THEM WITH ANY OTHER TYPE
11:48:59 OF MODIFICATIONS.
11:49:01 I'M JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE TO YOU AND WHAT'S YOUR TAKE
11:49:04 ON THAT.
11:49:04 >>JEAN DUNCAN: AGAIN, I'M NOT SURE HOW THE QUESTION WAS
11:49:07 DEPOSITS TO MR. McKINNEY.
11:49:09 BUT GENERALLY, WE HAVE A VERY RIGID PROTOCOL WE FOLLOW IN
11:49:15 THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
11:49:16 THEY DON'T ALLOW ONE STEP TO GO TO THE NEXT LEVEL UNLESS
11:49:19 ALL THE BOXES HAVE BEEN CHECKED BASICALLY, BECAUSE THEY
11:49:22 HAVE TO STAY CONSISTENT WITH THE WORK PROGRAM.
11:49:26 THE WORK PROGRAM IS HOW THEY ARE JUDGED BY THE STATE
11:49:29 SECRETARY, AND SO THEIR GOAL IS ALWAYS TO KEEP PRODUCTION
11:49:33 ON TRACK.
11:49:34 SO WE'VE GOT THE GREEN LIGHT TO GO TO DESIGN PHASE.
11:49:38 GREEN LIGHT TO GO TO ACQUISITION.
11:49:40 NOW, THE GREEN LIGHT TO GO TO CONSTRUCTION MEANING
11:49:42 EVERYTHING IS SET FOR WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING.
11:49:45 SO TO GO BACK TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND
11:49:49 WANT TO CHANGE THE DESIGN WHICH WOULD PRECEDE THE
11:49:52 ACQUISITION AND THE CONSTRUCTION, I DOUBT THAT THAT'S
11:49:54 GOING TO GO WELL WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
11:49:57 IF WE DON'T STICK WITH THEIR RULES, OUR ABILITY TO GET
11:50:03 MORE GRANTS FROM THEM GOING FORWARD IS CERTAINLY
11:50:06 DIMINISHED.
11:50:06 THAT'S ALWAYS OUR GOAL TO STAY ON TRACK WITH WHAT THE
11:50:10 REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR THE MONEY THAT THEY GIVE US.
11:50:14 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MY LAST QUESTION.
11:50:15 THIS IS A HOT ITEM.
11:50:16 >>LUIS VIERA: GO AHEAD.
11:50:18 >>ORLANDO GUDES: AS IT RELATES TO THE CONTRACT, IT'S
11:50:21 COMING BEFORE THIS COUNCIL.
11:50:22 IF THIS COUNCIL DECIDED NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE
11:50:27 PROJECT, THAT MEANS THE PROJECT WOULD BE DEAD IN THE
11:50:29 WATER, IS THAT CORRECT?
11:50:31 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES, LIKELY THE DEPARTMENT OF
11:50:33 TRANSPORTATION WOULD DECIDE TO TAKE THE GRANT MONEY BACK
11:50:37 AND REALLOCATE IT TO ANOTHER PROJECT THAT'S ALREADY IN
11:50:40 THE PIPELINE FOR CONSIDERATION, AND THEN OUR GAS TAX
11:50:45 WOULD JUST GET REAPPROPRIATED TO ANOTHER PROJECT
11:50:48 ELSEWHERE.
11:50:49 SO IT WOULD BE A HUGE LOST OPPORTUNITY, IN MY OPINION, IF
11:50:55 WE DIDN'T GO FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT.
11:50:59 WE DO TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, WHATEVER WE DO, THERE'S
11:51:04 ALWAYS THOSE THAT ARE NOT 100% IN FAVOR.
11:51:07 IT'S HARD TO SATISFY EVERYONE WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION
11:51:11 PROJECTS.
11:51:12 EVERY TIME THERE'S SOMETHING CHANGING, THERE'S
11:51:14 ANTICIPATION AND ANXIETY THAT PEOPLE HAVE.
11:51:16 WE DO OUR BEST TO TRY TO WORK THROUGH THAT, BUT IT'S JUST
11:51:21 ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOME
11:51:23 ANTICIPATION WHEN THINGS ARE CHANGING.
11:51:25 BUT WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A HUGE
11:51:28 BENEFIT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, A MUCH SAFER CONDITION, AND
11:51:32 THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WE DO THE PROJECTS IS TRY TO MAKE
11:51:34 THINGS BETTER AND SAFER FOR EVERYONE.
11:51:36 THAT'S OUR GOAL AND NOTHING ELSE.
11:51:39 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I APPRECIATE YOU COMING AND GIVING THE
11:51:41 INFORMATION.
11:51:42 I WANT TO BE CLEAR SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS THE PROS AND CONS
11:51:46 TO THIS PROJECT AND UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS IF THINGS
11:51:50 DON'T GO THROUGH, WE MAY NOT GET ANOTHER CHANCE OR IT
11:51:53 MIGHT BE THE BEST THING.
11:51:54 I DON'T KNOW, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW THAT I
11:51:56 WAS ABLE TO GET THEIR QUESTIONS OUT THERE TO THEM.
11:52:01 WHENEVER IT COMES, THAT WILL BE THIS BODY TO DECIDE WHAT
11:52:05 WE WANT TO DO AT THAT TIME.
11:52:06 BUT I THANK YOU FOR GIVING US YOUR TIME.
11:52:09 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES, SIR.
11:52:10 >>LUIS VIERA: NEXT, COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:52:12 LET'S TRY TO MOVE THROUGH, IF I MAY.
11:52:13 COUNCILMAN GUDES BEING HIS DISTRICT, OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF
11:52:16 QUESTIONS THERE.
11:52:17 BRISKLY, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE ONE, TWO, THREE MORE
11:52:20 STAFF REPORTS THAT I WANT TO GET DONE BEFORE LUNCH.
11:52:23 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN, ON STAFF REPORTS, UNLESS
11:52:25 THERE'S OBJECTION, 86 AND 87 I THINK WERE BOTH MY
11:52:34 THOUGHT, MY IDEAS.
11:52:35 I'M OKAY TO DEFER THOSE PROBABLY OUT TILL FEBRUARY.
11:52:39 BECAUSE NEITHER OF THEM ARE IN A RUSH.
11:52:41 >>LUIS VIERA: DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION IN THAT
11:52:43 REGARD, SIR?
11:52:44 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: IF THAT'S OKAY WITH HER.
11:52:46 YEAH.
11:52:46 I'M SORRY YOU SAT HERE SO LONG, CATHY.
11:52:48 I'LL MOVE 86, 87 TO FEBRUARY 20th.
11:52:54 IS IT STAFF REPORTS?
11:52:58 YES, STAFF REPORT IS FINE.
11:53:00 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
11:53:01 WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER FOR 86 AND 87.
11:53:04 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:53:06 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:53:07 ANY OPPOSED?
11:53:07 THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:53:09 NEXT, WE HAVE COUNCILMAN CARLSON AND THEN COUNCILMAN
11:53:12 CITRO AND THEN COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:53:14 GO AHEAD, SIR.
11:53:16 >>BILL CARLSON: JUST SOME THOUGHTS.
11:53:21 CAFE CON TAMPA A FEW YEARS AGO WE HAD A SPEAKER WHO SPOKE
11:53:24 EXTENSIVELY ABOUT WHAT WE CALLED MODERN ROUNDABOUTS.
11:53:27 AND I THINK IN THE POSITIONING OF THIS, IT MIGHT BE GOOD
11:53:29 TO ADD ANOTHER WORD LIKE THAT TO CALL THEM MODERN
11:53:33 ROUNDABOUTS.
11:53:34 PEOPLE THINK ABOUT CLEARWATER OR THE ONES OVERSEAS THEY
11:53:36 RUN INTO AND THEY THINK THEY ARE THESE BIG THINGS THAT
11:53:40 WILL CAUSE ACCIDENTS.
11:53:42 AS YOU DESCRIBE THE MODERN ROUNDABOUTS, WHICH YOU HIT
11:53:45 BRIEFLY HERE, THEY SEEM TO MAKE SENSE.
11:53:47 ON THE SURFACE, I'M IN FAVOR OF THEM.
11:53:48 I THINK THE ISSUE HERE IS THAT THERE IS A LOW AWARENESS
11:53:52 AND UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE ROUNDABOUTS WORK.
11:53:56 AND BESIDES JUST PUBLIC OUTREACH FOR THE AREAS THAT ARE
11:54:01 BEING IMMEDIATELY AFFECTED, I WISH THERE WAS SOME KIND OF
11:54:04 PUBLIC OUTREACH CITYWIDE SO THAT PEOPLE WOULD UNDERSTAND
11:54:07 WHAT THEY ARE.
11:54:09 THE OTHER ISSUE IS, YOU'VE DONE PUBLIC OUTREACH BUT SOME
11:54:12 PEOPLE IN FAVOR OF IT AND SOME PEOPLE AGAINST IT.
11:54:15 WE HAVE THE TOUGH DECISION OF TRYING TO WADE THROUGH THAT
11:54:18 AND LISTEN TO THE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE.
11:54:20 THE BIGGEST ISSUE I THINK IN THIS THAT I HEAR FROM EAST
11:54:24 TAMPA, IT'S AN ISSUE OF EQUITY.
11:54:27 THE QUESTION IS, WHY ARE YOU GIVING THESE TO US FIRST?
11:54:31 IN SOME WAYS, WE WANT TO GIVE THE THINGS TO EAST TAMPA
11:54:36 FIRST, BUT THESE ARE THINGS PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT, THEY
11:54:39 HAVEN'T REALLY EXPERIENCED THEM AND THEY FEEL THAT THEY
11:54:41 ARE BEING EXPERIMENTED ON A LITTLE BIT.
11:54:44 I WONDER IF WE APPROVE THIS, IF THIS IS FAR DOWN THE ROAD
11:54:49 AND THERE IS A LOT OF MONEY AND OTHER THINGS RIDING ON
11:54:52 IT, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE SAFETY ISSUES AND THE PEOPLE
11:54:54 THAT HAD DIED BEFORE AND YOU WERE TRYING TO FIND A
11:54:57 SOLUTION, BUT IF WE'RE TRYING TO -- IF WE'RE TRYING TO
11:55:01 ADDRESS THE LONG-TERM ISSUES, I WONDER IF IT'S POSSIBLE
11:55:04 AFTER THIS TO MAYBE SLOW DOWN OR PUT A HOLD ON THE ONE IN
11:55:08 EAST TAMPA AND MOVE TO OTHER PLACES.
11:55:10 THE BIGGEST QUESTION I GET IS, IF YOU LIKE ROUNDABOUTS,
11:55:13 WHY DON'T YOU PUT THEM IN SOUTH TAMPA.
11:55:15 I ONLY SEE THREE OR FOUR IN SOUTH TAMPA, MAYBE A COUPLE
11:55:18 MORE.
11:55:18 IN SOUTH TAMPA OR ANY OTHER PLACE THAT WANTS THEM, IT
11:55:22 SEEMS LIKE IF WE COULD GO INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD OR AREA
11:55:24 THAT WANTS THEM AND INVITES THEM, I KNOW LOTS OF AREAS OF
11:55:27 SOUTH TAMPA THAT WERE BEGGING ME FOR STOP SIGNS AND
11:55:30 BEGGING ME TO SOLVE PROBLEMS OF SPEEDING THROUGH FOUR-WAY
11:55:34 STOPS.
11:55:34 IF WE COULD FIND THESE SOLUTIONS AND PUT THEM IN AND
11:55:37 PROVE THAT THEY WORK, THEN MAYBE THE REST OF THE CITY
11:55:40 WOULD SEE THAT THE DECISION IS EQUITABLE AND THAT THEY
11:55:42 ARE A GOOD SOLUTION.
11:55:44 JUST SOME THOUGHTS AND IDEAS.
11:55:45 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:55:49 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIRMAN, VERY QUICKLY.
11:55:51 THANK YOU, MS. DUNCAN, FOR YOUR THOROUGH REPORT ON THIS.
11:55:54 I'VE BEEN THROUGH MANY A ROUNDABOUT THAT ARE IN THE CITY,
11:55:57 SOUTH TAMPA, FOREST HILLS, TO GIVE YOU PRIME EXAMPLES.
11:56:00 THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT LAND ACQUISITION FOR THESE.
11:56:03 HOW MUCH LAND WAS ACTUALLY ACQUIRED?
11:56:05 WHAT TYPE OF LAND WAS IT?
11:56:07 WAS IT PRIVATE HOUSING?
11:56:10 WAS IT BUSINESS?
11:56:10 JUST GIVE ME A BALLPARK FIGURE OF THIS SO WE CAN HAVE AN
11:56:14 ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION THAT WAS POSED EARLIER.
11:56:16 >>JEAN DUNCAN: I'LL TELL YOU AS MUCH AS I CAN AT THE
11:56:18 MOMENT.
11:56:19 WE DO HAVE A FULL BREAKDOWN OF ALL THE PURCHASES THAT I
11:56:22 COULD PROVIDE TO YOU.
11:56:23 GENERALLY, WE SPENT ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS ACQUIRING
11:56:30 MOSTLY CORNER CLIPS, AS WE CALL THEM, IN THE AREA OF THE
11:56:33 ROUNDABOUT WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE QUITE ENOUGH SPACE WITHIN
11:56:37 THE EXISTING RIGHT-OF-WAY AND WE NEEDED A LITTLE EXTRA
11:56:40 PIECE OF LAND.
11:56:44 I DO BELIEVE THAT SOME OF THE PROPERTIES WE ACQUIRED WERE
11:56:48 FROM JACKSON'S MARKET, BUCCANEER LINEN AND THE CHURCH OF
11:56:55 GOD.
11:56:55 I JUST KNOW THAT FROM THE MEETINGS THAT I HAVE ON MY LIST
11:56:58 HERE.
11:56:58 I DON'T HAVE A FULL LIST OF THOSE PURCHASES WITH ME, BUT
11:57:01 THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT COULD BE PROVIDED TO YOU
11:57:03 IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT.
11:57:05 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MY POINT, MS. DUNCAN, IS HOUSES COULD NOT
11:57:09 BE BUILT ON THESE LITTLE CUT CORNERS.
11:57:11 >>JEAN DUNCAN: OH, NO.
11:57:13 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WERE THESE PROPERTIES BOUGHT AT THE
11:57:15 OWNER'S CONSENT?
11:57:17 MEANING --
11:57:21 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES, WE WENT THROUGH A PROCESS.
11:57:23 IT WAS UNDER WHAT IS CALLED THE EMINENT DOMAIN PROCESS,
11:57:26 BUT THERE WAS NEGOTIATING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND
11:57:30 THEY WERE STIPULATED, WHICH MEANS SETTLED.
11:57:33 SO THERE'S NOT ANY ISSUE OUTSTANDING WHERE THE PROPERTY
11:57:36 OWNERS DON'T FEEL THAT THEY WERE NOT COMPENSATED OR THAT
11:57:38 THEIR PROPERTY WAS TAKEN FROM THEM.
11:57:41 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MS. DUNCAN, THANK YOU.
11:57:43 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
11:57:45 >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, YOU'RE NEXT.
11:57:45 COUNCILMAN GUDES HAD A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION QUICKLY.
11:57:47 DO YOU MIND HIM GOING BEFORE YOU, SIR?
11:57:50 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THE NAMES YOU NAMED, THE PROPERTY, YOU
11:57:52 SAID JACKSON STORE?
11:57:53 >>JEAN DUNCAN: I BELIEVE SO.
11:57:57 >>ORLANDO GUDES: 34th AND OSBORNE.
11:57:59 THAT IS A CONGREGATE PLACE WHERE PEOPLE HANG AT JACKSON
11:58:03 STORE.
11:58:04 AND YOU SAID CHURCH OF GOD.
11:58:08 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES.
11:58:08 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT'S THE CORNER OF REVEREND SCOTT'S
11:58:08 CHURCH, IS IT NOT?
11:58:08 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES.
11:58:09 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE AGAIN?
11:58:11 >>JEAN DUNCAN: BUCCANEER LINEN.
11:58:13 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT MEANS ALL THE FOLKS IN THAT
11:58:15 COMMUNITY HAD TO BE NOTIFIED.
11:58:17 >>JEAN DUNCAN: OH, YES --
11:58:19 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THEY PROBABLY WERE ON BOARD BECAUSE THEY
11:58:21 SOLD THEIR PROPERTY FOR THE PROJECT.
11:58:23 >>JEAN DUNCAN: OH, YES.
11:58:24 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
11:58:28 >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:58:29 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: RIGHT.
11:58:30 TO CLARIFY, WHEN THEY DO THAT, NIP OFF A LITTLE CORNER OF
11:58:33 THE PROJECT SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE SHUTTING DOWN THE
11:58:36 BUSINESSES OR THE CHURCH.
11:58:38 WE'RE TAKING THAT LITTLE EDGE SO YOU CAN MAKE THAT
11:58:40 CIRCLE.
11:58:41 LET ME JUST GET A LITTLE CLARIFICATION ON THE DOLLAR
11:58:45 FIGURES, JEAN, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME CITY -- THERE IS
11:58:49 SOME CITY FUNDING -- I THINK YOU SAID IT COMES STRICTLY
11:58:55 OUT OF THE GAS TAX, REIMBURSEMENTS.
11:58:58 WE HAVE DISCRETION IF THAT'S HOW WE WANT TO USE CITY
11:59:03 FUNDS.
11:59:04 WE GET MONEY BACK FROM TALLAHASSEE ON THE GAS TAX, AND
11:59:09 THEN WE DECIDE WHAT WE WANT TO USE IT FOR TO IMPROVE
11:59:12 SAFETY, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE TESTIFIED TO.
11:59:14 DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OUT OF THE $5.2 MILLION, HOW MUCH OF
11:59:18 THAT OR WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT COMES FROM THE CITY'S
11:59:22 PORTION?
11:59:24 >>JEAN DUNCAN: I CAN GIVE YOU AN EXACT BREAKOUT.
11:59:29 BUT JUST LOOKING AT THE LIST HERE, GOSH, I'D HAVE TO
11:59:34 GUESS.
11:59:34 I APOLOGIZE I DON'T HAVE IT BROKEN OUT WITH THE CITY
11:59:34 PIECES.
11:59:34 THE MAJORITY IS THE STATE OF FLORIDA FUNDS.
11:59:34 I'D BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE WHAT THE CITY PORTION IS.
11:59:43 I JUST DON'T HAVE THAT --
11:59:45 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OUT OF THE 5.2 MILLION, OUR PORTION
11:59:47 MIGHT BE, WHAT, A MILLION OR SOMETHING, 2 MILLION?
11:59:50 >>JEAN DUNCAN: PROBABLY LESS THAN THAT.
11:59:52 I DIDN'T BRING THE GRANULAR DETAILS WITH ME, BUT I'M
11:59:59 HAPPY TO SHARE THAT.
12:00:00 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: LET'S TALK ABOUT OLDER ROUNDABOUTS
12:00:01 THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOREVER.
12:00:03 OUT AT THE BASE OF DAVIS ISLAND, DOWN BY THE AIRPORT
12:00:06 WHERE SOUTH DAVIS MEETS WEST DAVIS, AND THERE'S ANOTHER
12:00:09 SMALL STREET THAT COMES IN THERE, TOO, MIGHT BE SEVERN,
12:00:13 THAT ROUNDABOUT HAS BEEN THERE PROBABLY 50 PLUS YEARS, AS
12:00:18 FAR BACK AS I CAN REMEMBER, AND PEOPLE NEGOTIATE IT.
12:00:21 THOSE AREN'T AS BUSY ROADS AS 34th STREET.
12:00:25 BUT PEOPLE FIGURE IT OUT.
12:00:27 THEY FIGURE IT OUT.
12:00:27 IT'S JUST SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
12:00:29 BUT ONCE YOU GET USED TO IT, IT'S ACTUALLY BETTER,
12:00:32 BECAUSE IF YOU COME DOWN THOSE STREETS -- AND 40th
12:00:34 STREET IS A GOOD EXAMPLE.
12:00:36 OTHERWISE, YOU'D HAVE TO STOP AT ALL THE INTERSECTIONS,
12:00:40 EITHER FOR A STOP SIGN OR A RED LIGHT.
12:00:41 BUT WHEN YOU COME TO A CIRCLE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO STOP.
12:00:44 YOU SAFELY SLOW DOWN AND NEGOTIATE GOING THROUGH IT.
12:00:49 I GUESS I SPEAK AS SOMEBODY WHO ACTUALLY -- EVEN THOUGH I
12:00:55 WAS BORN HERE, I GOT MY DRIVER'S LICENSE IN NEW JERSEY.
12:00:57 I THINK THE STATE BIRD OF NEW JERSEY IS THE ROUNDABOUT.
12:01:01 AND WE HAD SO MANY, AND YOU JUST GET USED TO IT, AND
12:01:04 ULTIMATELY I DO BELIEVE IT'S MUCH SAFER THAN THE
12:01:04 ALTERNATIVE.
12:01:04 LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT SAFETY.
WE HAVE SO MANY, AND YOU JUST GET USED TO IT, AND
ULTIMATELY I DO BELIEVE IT'S MUCH SAFER THAN THE
ALTERNATIVE.
12:01:05 LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT SAFETY.
12:01:07 YOU MIGHT HAVE MENTIONED THIS WHEN I HAD TO STEP OUT OF
12:01:09 THE ROOM.
12:01:10 I WOULD ASSUME THAT YOU HAVEN'T INVENTED THE SAFETY
12:01:15 ISSUE.
12:01:16 THIS IS PROBABLY A WELL-STUDIED NATIONAL THING OF TRAFFIC
12:01:21 SAFETY ENGINEERING, RIGHT?
12:01:24 >>JEAN DUNCAN: ABSOLUTELY.
12:01:25 WE DON'T EXPERIMENT WITH OUR RESIDENTS WITH SAFETY.
12:01:28 WE USE TESTED AND APPROVED TOOLS IN THE TOOL BOX, IF YOU
12:01:33 WANT TO CALL IT THAT, FROM THE STATE AND FROM THE FEDERAL
12:01:36 HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION.
12:01:38 THEY ARE THE ONES THAT DO THE TESTING AND LET US KNOW
12:01:41 WHAT IS GOING TO WORK AND WHAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK.
12:01:44 AND ROUNDABOUTS ARE JUST A RESOUNDING YES AT ALL LEVELS.
12:01:52 THE SAFEST UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
12:01:54 THEY DON'T WORK EVERYWHERE.
12:01:56 WE HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT'S THE BEST SOLUTION TO THE
12:01:58 PROBLEM, SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING WHERE PEOPLE COULD COME IN
12:02:02 AND SAY, WE WANT A ROUNDABOUT.
12:02:04 WE SAY, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM YOU WANT TO SOLVE AND WE'LL
12:02:07 LET YOU KNOW WHETHER THAT'S THE BEST TREATMENT OR NOT.
12:02:09 IN THE THIS PARTICULAR CASE IT IS THE BEST TREATMENT AND
12:02:11 WE COULD APPLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THIS ROADWAY.
12:02:13 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY, AND
12:02:17 COUNCILMAN GUDES, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THIS UP, IS IN
12:02:20 REGARD TO WMBE, SB, PB, WHAT HAVE YOU, YOU ARE
12:02:25 NEGOTIATING RIGHT NOW WITH THIS VENDOR.
12:02:27 THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO PUSH THEM SUPER HARD ON
12:02:32 THE MINORITY PART OF THIS COMPONENT.
12:02:36 AND WHATEVER PHASE IS APPROPRIATE OR, OKAY, BUT MR.
12:02:45 HARTMAN TELLING ME, THE ADMINISTRATION, MR. BENNETT AND
12:02:48 ALL OF THEM, COME BACK TO US WITH A FANTASTIC MINORITY
12:02:52 PERCENTAGE ON THIS ONE.
12:02:54 SHOW US THAT WE CAN REALLY PUSH AND MAKE GOOD PROGRESS,
12:02:57 YOU KNOW, AS OPPOSED TO 2.6% THAT WE SAW EARLIER TODAY.
12:03:04 AND THEN I'M SURE YOU WILL HAVE OUR STRONG SUPPORT.
12:03:07 THANK YOU.
12:03:07 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
12:03:11 COUNCILMAN GUDES?
12:03:14 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MS. DUNCAN, SHE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT
12:03:17 SAFETY FOR THE CHILDREN.
12:03:18 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES.
12:03:20 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I HAVE GIVEN HER MY CARD AND I AM GOING
12:03:22 TO HAVE MY AIDE GIVE INFORMATION AND TO YOU SO SHE WILL
12:03:27 BE COMFORTABLE IN REFERENCE TO THE CHILDREN IN THE
12:03:30 PARTICULAR SCHOOL.
12:03:31 I DO KNOW KIDS WALK TO A COMMUNITY PARK DOWN THE STREET.
12:03:35 WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
12:03:36 SO SHE WILL KNOW THAT, HEY, HOWEVER TO GO FORWARD THAT
12:03:41 SHE KNOWS WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE FOR THE CHILDREN.
12:03:45 >>JEAN DUNCAN: I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT.
12:03:47 WE ARE UPGRADING THE SAFETY ZONE ALONG POTTER ELEMENTARY
12:03:52 AND WE HAVE FOLKS TODAY DOING THE GREAT AMERICAN TEACH-IN
12:03:56 AND I BELIEVE SOME OF THEM ARE TALKING ABOUT ROADWAY
12:03:58 SAFETY AND ROUNDABOUTS.
12:04:00 SO WE ARE HAPPY TO OFFER ANYTHING WE CAN TO DISCUSS WITH
12:04:04 THESE FOLKS SO THEY CAN ASK QUESTIONS AND WE CAN GIVE
12:04:09 THEM MORE INFORMATION.
12:04:10 >>LUIS VIERA: AND JUST IN CLOSING MYSELF, YOU KNOW, I'M
12:04:13 REMINDED, I THINK IT WAS ABRAHAM LINCOLN WHO SAID IT YOU
12:04:17 CAN PLEASE SOME OF THE PEOPLE ALL OF THE TIME, YOU CAN
12:04:19 PLEASE ALL OF THE PEOPLE SOME OF THE TIME AND YOU CAN'T
12:04:22 PLEASE ALL OF THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, I BELIEVE IT
12:04:24 ENDED.
12:04:25 AND BEING IN PUBLIC OFFICE MYSELF, IN A DISTRICT COUNCIL
12:04:29 MEMBER, I KNOW I HAVE ENCOUNTERED ISSUES WHERE I KNOW YOU
12:04:32 ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE A STAND, AND YOU ARE GOING TO
12:04:34 HAVE SOME PEOPLE TO SUPPORT YOU AND SOME PEOPLE THAT
12:04:37 DON'T SUPPORT YOU AND YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE HEAT.
12:04:39 AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS.
12:04:41 AND COUNCILMAN GUDES, I APPRECIATE YOUR BRINGING THIS UP.
12:04:44 I KNOW IT'S A VERY CONTESTED ISSUE IN YOUR DISTRICT SO I
12:04:47 APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS UP.
12:04:48 IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING.
12:04:50 FOR ME, ROUNDS ABOUT, THERE'S NO DEBATE, THEY ARE PRO
12:04:53 SAFETY.
12:04:54 THEY ARE THERE NOT TO ENTANGLE THE COMMUNITY IN STRIFE,
12:04:59 THEY ARE THERE NOT TO TAKE AWAY PEOPLE'S PROPERTY.
12:05:02 THE TAKING OF PROPERTY HAS BEEN EXTREMELY MINIMAL BY ALL
12:05:07 APPEARANCES.
12:05:08 THEY ARE HERE TO PROMOTE SAFETY.
12:05:11 AND TALKS ON ROUNDABOUT IN NEW TAMPA.
12:05:15 I KNOW OBVIOUSLY FOREST HILLS HAS A VERY WELL KNOWN AT
12:05:20 THE COUNTRY CLUB AND THOSE THINGS SAVE LIVES.
12:05:23 AND I THINK IT MAY HAVE BEEN COUNCILMAN CARLSON, THE
12:05:26 FAMOUS ONE OVER IN CLEARWATER, AND THAT CERTAINLY COLORS
12:05:30 A LOT OF PEOPLE'S VIEWS.
12:05:31 AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT.
12:05:33 BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OBJECTIVE FACTS ON IT, THEY ALL
12:05:36 LEAD TO ONE DIRECTION, IN MY HUMBLE OPINION.
12:05:39 SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.
12:05:40 WE APPRECIATE IT.
12:05:41 >>JEAN DUNCAN: I DO APPRECIATE THE ONE MODERN
12:05:47 ROUNDABOUT.
12:05:49 WE COLLECTIVELY LEARNED HOW TO DESIGN THEM BETTER OVER
12:05:52 TIME.
12:05:52 AGAIN, THESE ARE TWO-LANE ROUNDS ABOUT, UNLIKE THE 40TH
12:05:56 STREET ROUNDABOUT WHICH HAS TWO LANES IN BOTH DIRECTIONS,
12:06:00 ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION, WHICH MAKES THEM A LITTLE
12:06:02 EASIER TO NEGOTIATE THROUGH.
12:06:05 BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND I DO APOLOGIZE FOR
12:06:09 THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH THE PRESENTATION.
12:06:12 >>LUIS VIERA: THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
12:06:13 THANK YOU, MA'AM.
12:06:14 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION?
12:06:16 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: [OFF MICROPHONE]
12:06:18 >> SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:06:21 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:06:22 COUNCILMAN GUDES?
12:06:30 >>ORLANDO GUDES: [OFF MICROPHONE]
12:06:32 >>LUIS VIERA: GOOD.
12:06:37 HE DIED APRIL 65.
12:06:44 SO WE MOVE TO NUMBER 85.
12:06:48 >>THOM SNELLING: PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. THIS MOTION
12:06:51 THAT WAS IN FRONT OF YOU WAS MADE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO
12:06:54 BY THEN COUNCILMAN SUAREZ, AND HE DID THAT TO HAVE
12:07:03 OFFICERS REPORT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
12:07:06 IT WAS SO POPULATED BY THE CLERK'S OFFICE, IN OCTOBER DUE
12:07:10 TO THAT UPDATE.
12:07:11 SO MY REQUEST IS THAT YOU JUST REMOVE THIS MOTION
12:07:14 ALTOGETHER FROM THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND COUNCIL'S AGENDA,
12:07:18 AND THEN SUSTAINABILITY IS BROUGHT ONBOARD, JUST TO START
12:07:26 TO MATCH UP WITH THE MOTIONS OF THAT FIRST REPORT AND GO
12:07:29 FORWARD LIKE THAT.
12:07:30 >> SO MOVED.
12:07:32 >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
12:07:33 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
12:07:35 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:07:39 >>THOM SNELLING: I DID NOT HAVE A POWER POINT.
12:07:40 >>MARTIN SHELBY: JUST SOME CLARIFICATION FOR THE CLERK.
12:07:43 THERE WILL BE NO NEXT ANNUAL REPORT SCHEDULED ON NOVEMBER
12:07:46 19, 2020 AS A RESULT OF THIS MOTION.
12:07:48 IS THAT CORRECT?
12:07:48 >> CORRECT.
12:07:51 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU.
12:07:55 >>LUIS VIERA: NOW MS. FELDMAN, NUMBER 89, IS THAT GOING
12:07:59 TO BE TAKEN AT THE END?
12:08:00 I SEE MS. GRIMES HERE.
12:08:02 ARE YOU HERE FOR 89, MA'AM?
12:08:05 IF YOU WISH TO COME FORWARD, YOU MAY.
12:08:09 IT WOULD APPEAR SO.
12:08:19 >>GINA GRIMES: CITY ATTORNEY.
12:08:20 I'M HERE FOR ITEM 89 ON THE AGENDA, WHICH WAS A REQUEST
12:08:23 FOR A RESOLUTION OPPOSING PREEMPTION.
12:08:27 IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN ALTERNATIVE
12:08:31 PROPOSED, A LETTER, INSTEAD OF A RESOLUTION.
12:08:35 AND I BELIEVE MR. CITRO, DO YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN WHERE YOU
12:08:40 WERE COMING FROM ON THAT?
12:08:42 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES, THANK YOU, MS. GRIMES.
12:08:45 YOU ALL HAVE THE LETTER THAT I AM PROPOSING THAT WE SEND
12:08:48 TO THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DECLARATION.
12:08:54 IT IS WITH MY HOPE THAT THROUGH THIS LETTER, IF WE DO
12:08:58 SEND IT OUT, THAT WE WILL GET MORE COLLABORATION, NOT
12:09:02 ONLY FROM SURROUNDING CITIES, BUT FROM THE LEAGUE OF
12:09:04 CITIES HERE IN FLORIDA.
12:09:07 ALSO, WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
12:09:12 NOT ONLY WITH THE TREE SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING, BUT ALSO
12:09:16 THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OPPOSED TO ANY TYPE OF GROW HOUSES IN
12:09:21 THE EAST TAMPA NEIGHBORHOOD.
12:09:24 RESOLUTIONS ARE A WONDERFUL THING, BUT I FEEL THAT WE CAN
12:09:27 GET MUCH MORE TRACTION AS A CITY COUNCIL ASKING THE
12:09:34 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION TO PLEASE WORK
12:09:38 WITH US, APPROACH US BEFORE THEY MAY DO ANYTHING IN THE
12:09:41 FUTURE, AND CHECK WITH OUR CODE AND ORDINANCES SO THAT WE
12:09:47 ARE NOT BOUND IN THE FUTURE.
12:09:49 AND I HOPE THAT I CAN GET YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS LETTER.
12:09:52 >>LUIS VIERA: ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS BY COUNCIL?
12:09:55 AND JUST SOMETHING THAT TRADITIONALLY MOST, I THINK,
12:10:01 PEOPLE IN OUR DELEGATION HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE.
12:10:05 I MAY BE A MISSING A PERSON OR TWO.
12:10:10 I REMEMBER A FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE, SHAWN HARRISON
12:10:13 WHO COMES FROM THE MAJORITY PARTY, TYPICALLY WOULD
12:10:18 OPPOSE, I THINK, MANY PREEMPTION ISSUES, NOT ALL BUT
12:10:21 MANY.
12:10:22 SO I THINK THAT WE HAVE SOME GOOD FRIENDS, SO THIS WILL
12:10:27 ENCOURAGE OUR FRIENDS AND THOSE WHO USE, FOR EXAMPLE,
12:10:30 STATE REPRESENTATIVE BELTRAN AND OTHERS.
12:10:35 SO I WOULD SUPPORT THIS.
12:10:38 DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE?
12:10:41 >>JOSEPH CITRO: IS IT TO BE READ IN ITS ENTIRETY?
12:10:44 >>MARTIN SHELBY: BASICALLY, IF YOU CAN, IT'S PRESENTED
12:10:47 TO COUNCIL.
12:10:49 DOES THE CLERK HAVE A COPY YET?
12:10:54 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THE CLERK DOES HAVE A COPY.
12:10:55 >>MARTIN SHELBY: SO TAKING UP THIS ITEM, WE ARE GOING TO
12:10:58 HAVE TO SEE WHAT THE EFFECT ON NUMBER 89 IS BUT IF THAT'S
12:11:01 THE CASE, THE OTHER THING, MR. CHAIRMAN, IS NORMALLY A
12:11:04 LETTER FROM CITY COUNCIL, AS THE WAY IT'S ADDRESSED NOW,
12:11:08 THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SHARE OUR COLLECTIVE
12:11:10 CONCERNS.
12:11:10 NORMALLY THAT IS SENT OUT UNDER THE CHAIR.
12:11:16 IS THAT THE INTENT OF THE MAKER OF THE MOTION?
12:11:19 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THAT IS MY INTENTION.
12:11:23 IF IT IS COMING FROM THE FULL CITY COUNCIL, MR. CHAIR, I
12:11:26 WOULD HAVE YOU SIGN IT.
12:11:27 >>LUIS VIERA: I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO.
12:11:30 >>MARTIN SHELBY: AND THAT WILL BE FINE.
12:11:33 IF THAT'S THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL, THEN THAT'S THE
12:11:38 MOTION.
12:11:40 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: TWO QUESTIONS, MS. GRIMES.
12:11:42 HAVE YOU ALL HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE LETTER?
12:11:45 >>GINA GRIMES: YES.
12:11:46 YES, I HAVE.
12:11:47 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: AND YOU ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THE
12:11:48 LETTER?
12:11:50 >>GINA GRIMES: I GAVE SOME FURTHER MODIFICATIONS TO MR.
12:11:52 CITRO THIS MORNING WITH RESPECT TO THE LETTER.
12:11:54 AND SO WITH THOSE EDITS, I'M FINE.
12:11:57 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THE LETTER THAT WAS CIRCULATED TO US
12:11:59 AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING IS THE ONE YOU HAVE SEEN?
12:12:03 >>GINA GRIMES: IT'S THE ONE I SAW AND REVIEWED, BUT I DID
12:12:06 MODIFY THAT LETTER THAT YOU RECEIVED YESTERDAY.
12:12:09 >>MARTIN SHELBY: AND WHAT YOU RECEIVED YESTERDAY HAS
12:12:11 BEEN MODIFIED FROM WHAT YOU RECEIVED THIS MORNING.
12:12:15 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: AND THE CLERK HAS A COPY OF WHAT WE
12:12:16 ARE TALKING ABOUT IF WE ARE ABOUT TO VOTE ON IT?
12:12:19 THANK YOU.
12:12:26 >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CITRO, I
12:12:28 BELIEVE SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:12:30 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:12:32 ANY OPPOSED?
12:12:42 >>JOSEPH CITRO: DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO SAY?
12:12:43 >>MARTIN SHELBY: NO, JUST ONCE THIS ITEM IS COMPLETE
12:12:46 THEN WE GO BACK TO WHAT HAPPENS WITH NUMBER 89.
12:12:51 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I'LL STRIKE 89 THEN IN LIGHT OF WHAT
12:12:55 ACTION WE JUST TOOK.
12:12:56 >> SECOND.
12:12:58 >>LUIS VIERA: SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
12:13:00 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:13:01 ANY OPPOSED?
12:13:02 THANK YOU, MA'AM.
12:13:04 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCIL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING
12:13:06 ME IN THIS.
12:13:06 I DO APPRECIATE IT.
12:13:07 I MUST GIVE THANKS -- THANK YOU, MS. GRIMES, FOR YOUR
12:13:12 HELP IN THIS.
12:13:14 I AM AN IDEAS PERSON, I AM NOT A WORDS SMITH.
12:13:17 SO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY AIDE, MR. TIM HEBERLEIN FOR
12:13:21 PUTTING THIS LETTER TOGETHER.
12:13:22 HE IS THE ONE THAT CRAFTED IT AND WORDED IT SO WELL.
12:13:25 THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
12:13:26 >>LUIS VIERA: NOW WE MOVE TO COMMITTEE REPORTS.
12:13:27 COUNCILMAN CITRO, PUBLIC SAFETY.
12:13:29 >>MARTIN SHELBY: A QUESTION THAT WAS RAISED, RATHER THAN
12:13:36 DOING COMMITTEE REPORTS, IF YOU WANT TO DO 9:30 SECOND
12:13:40 READINGS.
12:13:40 >>LUIS VIERA: THE COMMITTEE REPORTS TAKE TWO MINUTES.
12:13:45 WE'LL RACE THROUGH ALL THOSE AS FAST AS WE CAN.
12:13:47 LET'S PROCEED WITH ALL LIBERTY.
12:13:51 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE AGENDA ITEMS NUMBER
12:13:52 6 THROUGH 19.
12:13:54 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CITRO. SECONDED BY
12:13:57 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:13:58 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:13:59 ANY OPPOSED?
12:14:00 >> DID YOU SAY 19?
12:14:04 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I'M SORRY.
12:14:05 THROUGH 23.
12:14:07 >>LUIS VIERA: ALL IN FAVOR?
12:14:08 ANY OPPOSED?
12:14:08 COUNCILMAN GUDES, PARKS AND REC.
12:14:13 >>ORLANDO GUDES: [OFF MICROPHONE]
12:14:15 >>LUIS VIERA: SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CITRO. COUNCILMAN
12:14:18 DINGFELDER, PUBLIC WORKS.
12:14:19 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
12:14:20 I WILL MOVE ITEMS 27 THROUGH 40.
12:14:29 >> SECOND.
12:14:30 >>LUIS VIERA: SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CITRO. ALL IN
12:14:32 FAVOR?
12:14:32 ANY OPPOSED?
12:14:33 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, FINANCE.
12:14:34 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: [OFF MICROPHONE]
12:14:37 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:14:38 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
12:14:40 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:14:41 ANY OPPOSED?
12:14:42 COUNCILMAN CARLSON, BUILDING ZONING.
12:14:44 >> MOVE ITEMS 48 THROUGH 63.
12:14:47 >> MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
12:14:49 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:14:51 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:14:52 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, TRANSPORTATION.
12:14:53 >> I MOVE ITEMS 64 THROUGH 69.
12:14:57 >> SECOND.
12:14:58 >>LUIS VIERA: SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CITRO. ALL IN
12:15:00 FAVOR?
12:15:01 ANY OPPOSED?
12:15:02 NEXT IF I MAY, WE HAVE --
12:15:06 >> MOVE TO SET ITEM 71, 72, TO BE SCHEDULED COLLECTIVELY
12:15:12 HERE, JANUARY 23rd, 2019 AT 10:30 A.M. FOR ITEM 70.
12:15:16 FEBRUARY 6, 2020, 10:30 A.M. FOR 71, AND 72, FEBRUARY 6,
12:15:21 2020 AT 10:30 A.M.
12:15:24 >>LUIS VIERA: SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:15:26 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:15:27 ANY OPPOSED?
12:15:27 OKAY.
12:15:28 WE HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS?
12:15:32 MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:15:33 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
12:15:36 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:15:37 ANY OPPOSED?
12:15:37 IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK IN A QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING,
12:15:40 PLEASE SPEAK IF YOU ARE ABLE TO DO SO.
12:15:44 PREPARE TO BE SWORN IN.
12:15:45 (OATH ADMINISTERED BY CLERK).
12:15:57 >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE ITEMS 73.
12:15:59 IS ANYBODY HERE FOR 73?
12:16:02 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: ITEM 73 THROUGH 78, THESE ARE ALL
12:16:06 SECOND READINGS FROM YOUR FIRST READINGS ON THE EVENING
12:16:09 MEETING OF OCTOBER 24, 2019.
12:16:14 ALL REQUIRED CHANGES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AT THE CITY
12:16:16 CLERK'S OFFICE.
12:16:17 >>LUIS VIERA: THAT YOU CAN.
12:16:18 ANY QUESTIONS?
12:16:18 OKAY.
12:16:19 ANYONE HERE FROM THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER 73?
12:16:21 IF SO, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
12:16:23 SEEING NONE DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE?
12:16:26 OH, I'M SORRY.
12:16:28 COME FORWARD.
12:16:29 >> LESLIE HUDAK, 401 EAST JACKSON STREET, TAMPA, FLORIDA
12:16:36 ON BEHALF OF GREEN COMPANY.
12:16:39 WE ARE HERE TO REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE.
12:16:44 WE HAVE MADE ALL THE CHANGES THAT WERE REQUESTED BY STAFF
12:16:47 TO THE SITE PLAN.
12:16:48 AND WE REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL.
12:16:51 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
12:16:52 WE APPRECIATE IT.
12:16:53 ANY QUESTIONS?
12:16:54 OKAY.
12:16:55 ANYBODY HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM 73?
12:16:58 MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:17:00 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
12:17:01 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:17:02 ANY OPPOSED?
12:17:03 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, CAN YOU TAKE ITEM 73?
12:17:09 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: IN REGARDS TO ITEM AB 2-19-20, I'LL
12:17:13 MOVE THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE FOR SECOND READING AND
12:17:16 ADOPTION.
12:17:29 AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT S-2 FOR
12:17:31 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES LARGE VENUE CONSUMPTION ON
12:17:33 PREMISES AND PACKAGE SALES OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION, AND
12:17:38 MAKING LAWFUL THE SALE OF BEVERAGES REGARDLESS OF
12:17:40 ALCOHOLIC CONTENT BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR AT OR FROM THAT
12:17:43 CERTAIN LOT, PLOT OR TRACT OF LAND LOCATED AT 11111 NORTH
12:17:48 30th STREET, TAMPA, FLORIDA AS MORE PARTICULARLY
12:17:50 DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2 THAT ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF
12:17:52 ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT ARE REPEALED, PROVIDING AN
12:17:55 EFFECTIVE DATE.
12:17:57 >> SECOND.
12:17:57 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
12:18:00 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:18:01 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:18:03 OH, I'M SORRY.
12:18:05 PLEASE VOTE.
12:18:06 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
12:18:17 >>LUIS VIERA: 74.
12:18:27 >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
12:18:28 MY NAME IS TERRY HALEY REPRESENTING THE ASTET BREWING AND
12:18:34 WE ARE SEEKING APPROVAL FOR OUR INITIAL READING ON THE
12:18:37 24th OF OCTOBER.
12:18:38 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:18:40 ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PETITIONER?
12:18:43 SEEING NONE, IS ANYBODY HERE FROM THE MUST BE TO SPEAK ON
12:18:45 ITEM 74?
12:18:46 IF SO, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
12:18:48 MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:18:50 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:18:51 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:18:52 ANY OPPOSED?
12:18:53 COUNCILMAN GUDES, CAN YOU TAKE 74?
12:18:57 >>ORLANDO GUDES: [OFF MICROPHONE] AB 2-19-23.
12:19:00 ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND A
12:19:03 ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A SPECIAL USE S-2 FOR
12:19:07 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES SMALL VENUE CONSUMPTION ON
12:19:10 PREMISES AND PACKAGE OFF PREMISES CONSUMPTION AND MAKING
12:19:14 LAWFUL THE SALE OF BEER AND WINE AT OR FROM THAT CERTAIN
12:19:19 LOT, PLOT OR TRACT OF LAND LOCATED AT 1951 ADAMO DRIVE
12:19:23 UNIT B TAMPA, FLORIDA AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
12:19:27 SECTION 2 PROVIDING THAT ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF
12:19:30 ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT ARE REPEALED PROVIDING AN
12:19:32 EFFECTIVE DATE.
12:19:33 >>LUIS VIERA: SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:19:35 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
12:19:36 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
12:19:40 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
12:19:41 NEXT ITEM 75.
12:19:43 >>STEVE MICHELINI: REPRESENTING THE PETITIONER.
12:19:50 WE HAVE MET ALL THE BURDENS THAT THE CITY HAS REQUESTED,
12:19:53 AND WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL.
12:19:57 >>LUIS VIERA: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PETITIONER?
12:19:59 IS ANYBODY HERE TO PUBLICLY COMMENT ON ITEM 75?
12:20:03 IF SO, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
12:20:04 MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:20:06 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:20:07 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:20:08 ANY OPPOSED?
12:20:09 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, IF YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE READING
12:20:11 75.
12:20:12 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I HAVE A SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE
12:20:15 PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE
12:20:17 REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 3123 AND
12:20:21 3125 WEST OAKELLAR AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA
12:20:25 AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING
12:20:28 DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS-50 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY
12:20:32 TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY
12:20:34 DETACHED PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
12:20:36 >>LUIS VIERA: SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:20:37 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
12:20:38 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH -- VOTING NO.
12:20:52 >>LUIS VIERA: NEXT WE MOVE TO ITEM 76.
12:20:54 >> LESLIE HUDAK, 401 EAST JACKSON STREET, TAMPA, FLORIDA
12:21:03 HERE ON BEHALF OF PETITIONER WITH RESPECT TO ITEM NUMBER
12:21:08 76.
12:21:10 WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE.
12:21:12 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
12:21:13 ANY QUESTIONS?
12:21:14 OKAY.
12:21:15 ANYBODY HERE FROM THE MUST BE TO COMMENT ON 76?
12:21:18 IF SO, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
12:21:19 MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:21:21 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:21:22 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:21:23 ANY OPPOSED?
12:21:24 COUNCILMAN CITRO, CAN YOU TAKE 76.
12:21:28 >>JOSEPH CITRO: [OFF MICROPHONE] FILE REZ 19-74.
12:21:31 AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND
12:21:33 ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL
12:21:35 VICINITY OF 11111 NORTH 30th STREET IN THE CITY OF
12:21:41 TAMPA, FLORIDA MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1
12:21:43 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION IH INDUSTRIAL HEAVY
12:21:47 TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, HEAVY MANUFACTURING,
12:21:50 MICROBREWERY, RESTAURANT, RETAIL SALES, SPECIALTY GOODS,
12:21:54 PRIVATE CULTURAL FACILITY, BAR/LOUNGE, HOTEL/MOTEL,
12:22:00 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND THE PETITIONER HAS MET
12:22:02 THE BURDEN OF PROOF THROUGH COMPETENT, SUBSTANTIAL
12:22:04 EVIDENCE AND INCLUDING THE SITE REVISION PLAN.
12:22:10 >>LUIS VIERA: SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:22:12 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
12:22:13 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
12:22:22 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
12:22:22 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: [OFF MICROPHONE]
12:22:31 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:22:32 SECOND BY WHOM?
12:22:34 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:22:35 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:22:36 ANY OPPOSED?
12:22:37 OKAY.
12:22:37 GO AHEAD, SIR.
12:22:38 >> 77?
12:22:45 GREG BRICKLEMYER, 601 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE.
12:22:48 WE HAVE MADE THE REVISIONS THAT WERE REQUESTED BY STAFF
12:22:50 AND WE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
12:22:54 >>LUIS VIERA: ANY QUESTIONS BY COUNCIL?
12:22:56 THANK YOU, SIR.
12:22:56 ANYONE HERE TO PUBLICLY COMMENT ON ITEM 77?
12:23:00 MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:23:03 SECOND, I BELIEVE FIRST BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
12:23:05 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:23:06 ANY OPPOSED?
12:23:07 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:23:09 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: [OFF MICROPHONE] FILE 77, REZ-19-76.
12:23:15 AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND
12:23:17 ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL
12:23:20 VICINITY OF 710 AND 712 WEST DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
12:23:24 BOULEVARD IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE
12:23:25 PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT
12:23:28 CLASSIFICATION RO-1 RESIDENTIAL OFFICE TO PD PLANNED
12:23:31 DEVELOPMENT, MEDICAL OFFICE AND BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL
12:23:34 OFFICE, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
12:23:34 >> SECOND.
12:23:37 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:23:39 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
12:23:41 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
12:23:42 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED -- [OFF MICROPHONE] VOTING
12:23:51 NO.
12:23:53 >>LUIS VIERA: NEXT WE MOVE ONWARD TO ITEM 78.
12:23:55 >> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL MEMBERS.
12:24:02 655 NORTH FRANKLIN STREET, TAMPA, FLORIDA, HERE TO
12:24:07 RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE.
12:24:09 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
12:24:10 ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PETITIONER ON 78?
12:24:13 OKAY.
12:24:14 PUBLIC COMMENT.
12:24:15 ANYBODY HERE TO PUBLICLY COMMENT ON 78?
12:24:17 IF SO, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
12:24:19 MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:24:21 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:24:23 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:24:24 ANY OPPOSED?
12:24:24 COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
12:24:28 >>BILL CARLSON: MOVE FILE SU-2-19-06.
12:24:31 ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND
12:24:33 ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT S-2
12:24:36 APPROVING PARKING OFF-STREET, COMMERCIAL IN AN RM-16
12:24:41 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY ZONING DISTRICT IN THE GENERAL
12:24:45 VICINITY OF 111 SOUTH FREMONT AVENUE IN THE CITY OF
12:24:48 TAMPA, FLORIDA AND AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
12:24:50 SECTION 1 HEREOF PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
12:24:52 >> SECOND.
12:24:54 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON: L.
12:24:56 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:24:59 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
12:25:00 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH -- [OFF MICROPHONE]
12:25:06 >> NEXT WE HAVE ITEM 79 WHICH I THINK WE CAN GET THROUGH
12:25:09 BY 12:30.
12:25:12 OH, THIS IS THE ONE.
12:25:17 >>BILL CARLSON: I HAVE TO ABSTAIN.
12:25:18 MY COMPANY HAS A CLIENT RELATED POSITION.
12:25:21 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
12:25:23 >> JUSTIN VASKE, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
12:25:31 THIS IS AN IRS-REQUIRED TEFLA HEARING FOR THE ISSUE OF
12:25:37 TAX EXEMPT PRIVATE ACTIVITY BOND BY THE PUBLIC FINANCE
12:25:40 AUTHORITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE MEDICAL ACADEMY.
12:25:44 THE CITY IS NOT ISSUING BONDS HERE NOR IS THE CITY BEING
12:25:47 ASKED TO SERVE AS A CONDUIT ISSUER.
12:25:49 THE CITY'S NAME WILL NOT APPEAR ON THE BOND NOR THE
12:25:52 CITY'S CREDIT BE INVOLVED WITH THIS BOND.
12:25:54 THIS IS MERELY AN ACCOMMODATION TO ULTIMATE MEDICAL
12:25:58 ACADEMY, A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION LOCATED IN THE CITY
12:26:01 OF TAMPA THAT EDUCATES AND TRAINS STUDENTS IN THE HEALTH
12:26:04 CARE FIELD.
12:26:04 SECTION 147-F OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE REQUIRES THE
12:26:09 ISSUANCE OF PRIVATE ACTIVITY BONDS SUCH AS THESE BE
12:26:12 APPROVED, AND IN THIS CASE BY A RESOLUTION.
12:26:17 BY THE GOVERNMENTAL UNIT HAVING JURISDICTION OVER THE
12:26:19 AREA IN WHICH THE PRIVATE ACTIVITY BOND FINANCE FACILITY
12:26:22 IS LOCATED, AND AFTER A NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING.
12:26:27 IN THIS CASE, ULTIMATE MEDICAL ACADEMY IS LOCATED WITHIN
12:26:32 THE CITY AND THIS HEARING WAS NOTICED AS REQUIRED BY THE
12:26:35 IRS CODE.
12:26:35 I AM HERE, A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ULTIMATE MEDICAL
12:26:41 ACADEMY ARE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
12:26:43 THANK YOU.
12:26:44 >>LUIS VIERA: ANY QUESTIONS?
12:26:45 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
12:26:47 >>LUIS VIERA: OH, I APOLOGIZE.
12:26:49 IS ANYBODY HERE FROM THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON ITEM 79?
12:26:52 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE THE RESOLUTION 79.
12:26:55 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:26:56 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:26:58 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:26:59 ANY OPPOSED?
12:27:00 OKAY.
12:27:00 >> MOTION TO CLOSE.
12:27:04 >>LUIS VIERA: SECOND BY WHOM?
12:27:05 MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:27:07 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:27:08 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:27:09 ANY OPPOSED?
12:27:10 OKAY.
12:27:10 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON
12:27:18 ABSTAINING.
12:27:20 >>LUIS VIERA: GENTLEMEN, IS EVERYBODY GOOD TO GO TO LUNCH
12:27:22 RIGHT NOW?
12:27:22 WE'LL TAKE A RECESS UNTIL 1:30 WHEN WE WILL RETURN FOR
12:27:25 THE REMAINING THREE HEARINGS AND ANY OTHER ITEMS AND
12:27:29 MOTIONS.
12:27:30 THANK YOU.
12:27:32 (CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN RECESS UNTIL 1:30 P.M.)
12:28:05
12:28:21 (THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING RECONVENES.)
01:26:30
01:32:44 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: TAMPA CITY COUNCIL IS BACK IN
01:32:46 SESSION.
01:32:46 ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
01:32:50 >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE.
01:32:50 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
01:32:53 >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE.
01:32:53 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
01:32:57 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE ARE GOING TO START BACK UP WITH
01:32:59 OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.
01:33:01 >> MOVE TO OPEN.
01:33:03 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THEY ARE OPEN, OKAY?
01:33:06 >>MARTIN SHELBY: I WOULD ASK NUMBER 82 BE CALLED UP.
01:33:09 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
01:33:10 NUMBER 82.
01:33:11 >>MARTIN SHELBY: COUNCIL, I BELIEVE THE CLERK RECEIVED
01:33:13 NOTIFICATION FROM THE PETITIONER ON ITEM NUMBER 82
01:33:15 REGARDING A REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE.
01:33:18 MRS. KERT IS HERE TO DISCUSS THAT FURTHER.
01:33:34 WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST A CONTINUANCE FOR FILE
01:33:36 E-2019-E-CHAPTER 27 TO BE HEARD BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL
01:33:42 ON NOVEMBER 21st, AT 10:30 A.M. WE REQUEST
01:33:47 CONTINUANCE TO THE NEXT AVAILABLE TIME IN THE CYCLE OF
01:33:49 HEARINGS.
01:33:49 PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF FURTHER INFORMATION IS NEEDED.
01:33:54 IT'S FROM ATTORNEY AMANDA BREWER.
01:33:57 THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE
01:34:01 HERE ABOUT THAT, AND THAT BEING THE CASE, MRS. KERT, IS
01:34:04 THERE ANYTHING YOU NEED TO ADD?
01:34:06 >>REBECCA KERT: LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
01:34:08 THIS WAS A REQUEST FOR A REVIEW HEARING ON A SUBSTANTIAL
01:34:11 CHANGE REQUEST TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT A CHANGE OF
01:34:14 REZONING WAS GOING TO BE A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE TO REQUIRE
01:34:17 A NEW REZONING, OR ABLE TO GO FORWARD.
01:34:20 UPON REVIEW OF THIS APPLICATION, EARLIER THIS WEEK, WHEN
01:34:24 I GOT THE STAFF REPORT, THIS APPLICATION CAN'T GO FORWARD
01:34:27 AS IS.
01:34:28 THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE DAVID SINGER WAS NOTIFIED
01:34:30 OF THAT.
01:34:31 AND I AM NOT SURE IF HE'S HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO
01:34:34 HIS CLIENT OR NOT.
01:34:35 WE DID RECEIVE LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON A REQUEST TO HAVE
01:34:38 IT CONTINUED.
01:34:39 IT WAS TOO LATE TO GET IT ON YOUR ADDENDUM.
01:34:43 BUT IT CAN'T GO FORWARD AS IS BUT HE HAS REQUESTED A
01:34:47 CONTINUANCE I GUESS TO IDENTIFY HIS OPTIONS.
01:34:49 >>MARTIN SHELBY: COUNSELING, IF I CAN, JUST TO REVIEW
01:34:53 YOUR AGENDA -- WELL, THIS IS A REVIEW HEARING SO I DON'T
01:35:00 KNOW WHERE IN THE PROCESS IT STATES.
01:35:04 YOU HAVE DECEMBER.
01:35:05 YOU HAVE JANUARY.
01:35:06 IT IS FOR A REVIEW.
01:35:09 I DON'T KNOW WHAT MR. SINGER OR MS. BREWER CONTENDS.
01:35:16 TECHNICALLY, COUNCIL, YOU CAN MAKE IT AS EARLY AS
01:35:19 DECEMBER 5th, OR DECEMBER 19th, WHICH IS THE LAST
01:35:23 HEARING, THE LAST --
01:35:26 >>LUIS VIERA: OUR CHALLENGE I THINK IS AREN'T THOSE
01:35:28 DECEMBER AGENDAS TYPICALLY SLAMMED?
01:35:31 >>MARTIN SHELBY: FRANKLY, IF THIS COULD BE AS
01:35:33 COMPLICATED AS MS. KERT INDICATES, IT MIGHT NEED MORE
01:35:36 TIME THAN THIS, SO YOUR SUGGESTION?
01:35:44 >>LUIS VIERA: I CAME IN LATE.
01:35:45 I DON'T KNOW.
01:35:46 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
01:35:50 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU FOR THAT.
01:35:53 WHAT IS THE NEXT AVAILABLE DATE AFTER FEBRUARY 6th?
01:35:56 20th?
01:35:57 DO WE HAVE ANY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE PETITIONER
01:35:59 WOULD BE PREJUDICED BY SUCH A LATE DATE?
01:36:03 >>MARTIN SHELBY: NO, BUT IF I MAY EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC
01:36:06 THEN, THIS WOULD BE CONTINUED TO THE 20th OF
01:36:08 FEBRUARY.
01:36:11 AND I GUESS IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT SOMEBODY HAS
01:36:13 AN ISSUE WITH THAT PARTICULAR DATE, AND YOU WERE HERE THE
01:36:16 ENTIRE MORNING, YOU WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS
01:36:18 COUNCIL.
01:36:19 OTHERWISE, A MOTION COULD BE MADE BY CITY COUNCIL.
01:36:22 AND THE ONLY NOTICE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE WOULD BE THE
01:36:24 NOTICE THAT YOU GET TODAY HEARING IT AS TO THE NEXT DATE
01:36:28 AND TIME.
01:36:30 >>LUIS VIERA: SO IF ANYBODY IS HERE FROM THE PUBLIC TO
01:36:31 COMMENT ON THE CONTINUANCE ONLY FOR ITEM 82, YOU MAY COME
01:36:36 FORWARD.
01:36:37 BUT JUST -- YOU ARE GOOD?
01:36:42 OKAY.
01:36:43 LET THE RECORD REFLECT A THUMBS-UP.
01:36:45 >>MARTIN SHELBY: SO --
01:36:50 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE ITEM 82 OR I WILL SECOND IT.
01:36:56 >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN CITRO, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN
01:36:59 MIRANDA.
01:36:59 ALL IN FAVOR COUNCILMAN MIRANDA?
01:37:03 TIME 10:30.
01:37:04 THE AYES HAVE IT.
01:37:06 THAT IS THE NOTICE YOU WILL RECEIVE SO IT'S FEBRUARY
01:37:08 20th AT 10:30 A.M. THANK YOU.
01:37:13 OKAY.
01:37:14 WE MOVE NOW TO ITEM 80.
01:37:17 >>REBECCA KERT: ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY.
01:37:23 I AM HERE ON ITEM 80.
01:37:25 THIS IS A PETITION FOR REVIEW OF A REQUEST FOR A DESIGN
01:37:28 EXCEPTION, THAT'S APPEALING, CITY STAFF REVIEWED THE CASE
01:37:34 AND FOUND THE APPLICANT OR THE PETITIONER HAD NOT MET THE
01:37:38 APPLICABLE STANDARDS, SO THIS IS A DE NOVO REVIEW SO YOU
01:37:41 WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE ALL NEW EVIDENCE.
01:37:43 HOWEVER, YOU WILL HAVE TO APPLY THE SAME CRITERIA THAT
01:37:47 THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR APPLIED ON PAGE 2 OF YOUR STAFF
01:37:51 REPORT AND I WILL BE HANDING OUT SAMPLE MOTIONS TO YOU
01:37:54 ALL.
01:37:55 >> I HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY SWORN.
01:38:07 >>LUIS VIERA: IF ANYBODY IS HERE TO SPEAK TODAY THAT HAS
01:38:09 NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY SWORN IN, PREPARE TO BE SWORN IN.
01:38:13 (OATH ADMINISTERED BY CLERK)
01:38:14 >> ERIC COTTON, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.
01:38:23 THIS IS FOR AN INCREASE IN A SITE FOR PROPERTY AT 6303
01:38:29 BAYSHORE BOULEVARD.
01:38:30 THE PROPERTY IS -- THIS IS CASE E-2019-E-CH 27.
01:38:36 THE PROPERTY IS ON BAYSHORE BOULEVARD.
01:38:42 I WILL GET A GENERAL OVERSIGHT MAP OF THE PROPERTY.
01:38:47 REQUESTING 6 FEET TO 12 FEET.
01:38:49 MR. MICHELINI HAS INDICATED THAT THEY MAY BUILD SHORTER 9
01:38:55 FEET INSTEAD OF 12 FEET.
01:38:56 I'LL LET MR. MICHELINI WHEN HE COMES UP EXPLAIN HIS
01:39:01 REQUEST.
01:39:02 THE PROPERTY IS ZONED RS-60, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY,
01:39:05 AND RS-60, THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT FOR FENCE IS 6 FEET.
01:39:13 BACK IN 1994, I DID RECEIVE A BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT CASE
01:39:19 CONSIDERED A VARIANCE FROM 6 FEET TO 8 FEET.
01:39:21 THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED.
01:39:23 THE FENCE HEIGHT IS IN THIS AREA.
01:39:27 BACK OVER TO HERE.
01:39:34 BACK IN THE BACK, THERE'S A TENNIS COURT.
01:39:35 I THINK THERE'S A BASKETBALL COURT AND THE PAL AREA IS
01:39:38 BACK THERE.
01:39:39 THERE WAS A DETERMINATION BY THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR AT
01:39:43 THE TIME TO SUPPORT THE INCREASE OF THE HEIGHT OF A FENCE
01:39:48 BASICALLY DOUBLING 100% INCREASE FROM 6 TO 12.
01:39:52 THIS IS A VIEW OF THE PROPERTY FROM BAYSHORE.
01:39:54 THAT'S THE FRONT ENTRANCE.
01:39:58 AND THIS REFLECTS THE FENCE ITSELF.
01:40:06 YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT IN THE BACK.
01:40:07 YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE BALL COURT OR THE TENNIS COURT.
01:40:11 AND THIS IS THE FENCE.
01:40:13 IN MY OPINION AT THE TIME WHEN I WAS REVIEWING IT, IT WAS
01:40:16 100% INCREASE IS A VERY LARGE TALL FENCE WITHOUT
01:40:20 JUSTIFICATIONS TO SUPPORT IT.
01:40:21 THE APPLICANT AT THE TIME HAD NOT SUBMITTED ANY
01:40:24 ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE.
01:40:26 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WHAT YOU ARE SHOWING NOW, IS THAT THE 6
01:40:28 OR 8?
01:40:30 >> THIS IS AS IT IS RIGHT NOW.
01:40:31 THE FENCE IS ALREADY UP.
01:40:33 THE FENCE IS AT 12 FEET.
01:40:34 OR I BELIEVE THIS FENCE IS AT 9.
01:40:37 SO THE FENCE IS ALREADY EXISTING.
01:40:39 >>ORLANDO GUDES: IT'S EXISTING ALREADY?
01:40:42 >>ERIC COTTON: YES, SIR.
01:40:52 >>ORLANDO GUDES: IS THAT WHAT IT IS?
01:40:56 WHAT IS THAT FENCE AT NOW, 12?
01:41:01 >>ERIC COTTON: MR. MICHELINI WILL CLARIFY BUT I THINK HE
01:41:03 SAID IT'S AT 9 FEET, NOT 12 FEET.
01:41:05 BUT THERE IS ANOTHER -- SOMEBODY BEHIND SAYS IT IS
01:41:08 ACTUALLY 12 FEET. SO IT'S A QUESTION TO CORROBORATE
01:41:15 THAT.
01:41:16 ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
01:41:18 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
01:41:19 >>STEVE MICHELINI: REPRESENTING JOHN AND ELIZABETH
01:41:30 DIAPOLIS.
01:41:33 THEY ARE THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
01:41:34 I AM GOING TO GO THROUGH A SERIES OF PICTURES AND SITE
01:41:37 PLANS SHOWING YOU EXACTLY WHAT IS EXISTING ON THIS SITE
01:41:39 RIGHT NOW.
01:41:40 BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IS THIS IS A
01:41:45 THROUGH LOT.
01:41:45 IT GOES ALL THE WAY FROM BAYSHORE TO ALICE.
01:41:48 AND THEY OWN APPROXIMATELY 88,000 SQUARE FEET WHICH IS
01:41:53 NEARLY TWO ACRES OF PROPERTY.
01:41:57 AND THEIR ISSUE INVOLVES -- LET ME SHOW YOU HERE.
01:42:09 THIS IS THE SUBDIVISION.
01:42:11 AND THEY OWN ALL OF THESE PROPERTIES.
01:42:16 THIS IS THE MAIN PROPERTY WHERE THEIR HOUSE IS LOCATED.
01:42:19 HE ALSO OWNS THIS LOT WITH A HOUSE, THIS LOT WITH A
01:42:23 HOUSE, THIS IS A VACANT LOT THAT THEY OWN, AND THIS
01:42:26 PROPERTY HERE HAS A HOUSE ON IT.
01:42:34 THIS IS A SECTION THAT -- THE TWO RED LINES, THAT'S THE
01:42:42 SECTION THAT HAS A SCREEN ON TOP OF THE WALL.
01:42:44 THE EXISTING WALL FROM HERE DOWN IS 8 FEET.
01:42:49 AND THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED.
01:42:50 SO THAT PART IS NOT IN VIOLATION.
01:42:56 THIS PART FROM HERE DOWN TO BE THIS WAY IS 8 FEET SO THAT
01:42:59 PART IS NOT IN VIOLATION.
01:43:00 THERE'S A SECTION RIGHT IN HERE WHERE THEY ADDED A SCREEN
01:43:06 ON TOP OF THE WALL.
01:43:07 THERE'S A GRADE DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN THE INSIDE AND
01:43:09 OUTSIDE BUT THE OUTSIDE MEASUREMENT FOR HERE IS ABOUT 9
01:43:13 FEET 6 INCHES AND YOU CAN SEE ALICE DRIVE IS RIGHT HERE.
01:43:17 SO THE WALL DOESN'T CREATE A SITE OBSTRUCTION.
01:43:21 IT DOESN'T CREATE ANY ADVERSE IMPACT ON ANYBODY ELSE.
01:43:24 IT'S NOT EVEN VISIBLE FROM ANYBODY ELSE EXCEPT WHEN YOU
01:43:28 ARE LOOKING STRAIGHT AT THE DRIVEWAY.
01:43:32 I AM GOING TO SHOW YOU THE PICTURES THAT DEMONSTRATE
01:43:35 THAT.
01:43:37 THIS IS A REPRESENTATION OF THE PROPERTIES THAT THEY OWN.
01:43:45 AND THIS IS ELLIS DRIVE RIGHT HERE WHICH TAKES A
01:43:51 90-DEGREE TURN TO THE NORTH.
01:43:54 THIS IS A DEPICTION OF ELLIS DRIVE AND THE REST OF THE
01:43:58 PLAT, AND THEIR OWNERSHIP SO THAT WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING
01:44:03 DOWN ELLIS TO THE EAST, THIS IS WHAT YOU SEE.
01:44:14 SO THIS IS ELLIS DRIVE.
01:44:17 IT TAKES A TURN NORTH.
01:44:19 THIS IS THE EXISTING WALL.
01:44:20 AS I SAID, THIS SECTION OF THE WALL IS AT 8 FEET.
01:44:24 THIS IS A CLOSE-UP, A LITTLE BIT CLOSER OF THE SAME VIEW.
01:44:39 THIS IS A PHOTOGRAPH LOOKING SOUTH ALONG ELLIS DRIVE.
01:44:43 THIS SECTION OF THE WALL IS ALL AT 8 FEET SO THAT'S NOT
01:44:46 PART OF THIS PETITION.
01:44:48 AND YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE, MAYBE YOU CAN SEE IT RIGHT
01:44:52 THERE --
01:44:57 [NO ENCODER]
01:44:59 [NO ENCODER]
01:45:06 ALL THIS OTHER STUFF FLYING OVER THE BALL, AND THEY WERE
01:45:09 CONCERNED ABOUT THAT IMPACTING DRIVERS ON THIS ROADWAY
01:45:13 OVER HERE.
01:45:16 THIS IS A STRAIGHT-ON SHOT.
01:45:21 THERE ARE EIGHT GRAND TREES IMMEDIATELY ON THE INSIDE OF
01:45:23 THIS FENCE, THIS WALL.
01:45:25 AND ONE OF THE TREES EXTENDS UP AND OVER THE WALL, AND
01:45:33 THAT'S WHERE THEY ADDED THREE FEET OF SCREENING.
01:45:38 THIS IS ANOTHER VIEW OF ELLIS.
01:45:42 NOW, THIS HOUSE RIGHT HERE IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY
01:45:46 OWN.
01:45:46 THEY OWN THE NEXT TWO HOUSES OVER HERE.
01:45:49 SO THERE IS NO IMPACT ON ANY ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER.
01:45:53 THIS WAS A VIEW LOOKING SOUTH.
01:45:56 AND AGAIN THEY OWN THIS HOUSE.
01:45:58 AND I MET WITH THE GENTLEMAN, THE RENTER THERE, AND HE
01:46:04 WAS VERY HAPPY TO BE THERE.
01:46:06 HE'S A MEMBER OF ARMED FORCES OUT AT MacDILL.
01:46:11 THERE IS A SIGN INDICATING, THIS IS LOOKING SOUTH ON
01:46:14 ELLIS, INDICATING A 90-DEGREE TURN THAT GOES TO THE WEST
01:46:19 AND THEN GOES INTO THE ADJACENT OTHER RESIDENTIAL AREA.
01:46:26 AND HERE IS WHERE YOU SEE THE STAIR STEPPING OCCURS.
01:46:29 THIS IS AT 8 FEET HERE.
01:46:32 THIS IS AT 9 FEET.
01:46:34 A LITTLE OVER 9 FEET HERE.
01:46:36 AND THIS IS A SCREEN THAT GOES UP ANOTHER 3 FEET.
01:46:40 AND THEN THAT SCREEN IS THERE INSTEAD OF A WALL, BECAUSE
01:46:44 THIS OAK TREE, THIS WAS A GRAND OAK, EXTENDS OUT AND OVER
01:46:48 THE WALL.
01:46:48 SO THEY WERE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING THAT WAS LESS
01:46:53 INTRUSIVE.
01:46:53 THIS IS A CLOSER VIEW.
01:46:55 YOU CAN SEE THE SCREEN HERE THAT'S ATTACHED TO THE TOP OF
01:46:58 THE WALL, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY HAVE CUT THIS OUT SO
01:47:03 IT GOES AROUND THE OAK TREE THAT GOES TO THE PROPERTY.
01:47:14 ALL OF THIS WALL, IT MEETS THE 8 FEET, AND NONE OF THAT
01:47:22 ENCROACHES INTO WHAT WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED.
01:47:26 HERE IS ANOTHER VIEW TO SHOW YOU THAT THE TRAFFIC IS
01:47:30 ACTUALLY DRIVING AWAY FROM THE WALL, SO IT DOESN'T CREATE
01:47:34 SITE OBSTRUCTION, IT DOESN'T CREATE ANY ADVERSE IMPACTS
01:47:37 ON TRANSPORTATION OR THE DRIVEWAY OR ACCESS OF ANY KIND.
01:47:47 THEY HAVE INSTALLED SECURITY CAMERAS ON TOP OF THE WALL,
01:47:51 AND I HAVE A LETTER FROM ADT WHO MONITORS ALL OF THIS FOR
01:47:56 THEM, AND IT WAS ADT WHO RECOMMENDED THEY PUT THE SCREEN
01:48:00 AND ADDITIONAL ONE AND A HALF FEET ON TOP OF THE WALL TO
01:48:05 HELP PREVENT PEOPLE FROM CLIMBING OVER, WHICH IS WHAT
01:48:07 THEY WERE DOING, APPARENTLY CLIMBING OVER.
01:48:11 FROM THIS TREE AND CLIMBING OVER AND DROPPING DOWN ON THE
01:48:13 OTHER SIDE.
01:48:16 THEY HAVE HAD INCIDENCES, THEY DIDN'T TELL ME HOW MANY,
01:48:19 BUT THEY FOUND SOME.
01:48:22 THEY HAVE ALSO INSTALLED ADDITIONAL SECURITY PERIMETER
01:48:25 LIGHTING BECAUSE THIS IS A REMOTE PART OF THEIR PROPERTY.
01:48:28 AND THERE ARE SEVERAL LIGHT POLES THAT THEY PUT IN AT
01:48:32 THEIR OWN EXPENSE IN THAT SECTION OF THE PROPERTY.
01:48:38 AND THAT'S ALL ADJACENT TO THE PORTION THAT'S NOW 12 FEET
01:48:43 WITH THE SCREEN.
01:48:44 REMEMBER, THIS IS NOT A HARD WALL.
01:48:48 IT IS 9 AND A HALF FEET OF HARD WALL AND THREE FEET OF
01:48:51 SCREEN.
01:48:55 I'LL READ YOU THE LETTER BASICALLY, THE LETTER FROM ADT
01:49:00 WHICH SAYS THEY HAVE MET, THAT THEY RECOMMENDED EXTENDING
01:49:02 THE HEIGHT OF THE WALL, THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME
01:49:05 INCIDENCES, THAT THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE BUS
01:49:08 MONITORING, AND THAT THE PHYSICAL BARRIER WAS ACTING AS A
01:49:12 DETERRENT.
01:49:14 AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE DEFINITIONS IN THE CITY CODE
01:49:17 FROM A FENCE AND A WALL, IT'S A PARTITION GREATER THAN 12
01:49:20 INCHES ABOVE GRADE ERECTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENCLOSING A
01:49:24 PIECE OF LAND TO DIVIDE OR PEDIATRICIAN OF LAND FOR
01:49:26 DISTINCT PORTIONS TO CREATOR MAINTAIN A SELF-ENCLOSURE
01:49:30 FOR THE BUFFER, ANY USE FROM ANY OTHER USE, FOR THE QUIET
01:49:34 ENJOYMENT OF THE PROPERTY.
01:49:36 I HAVE A NUMBER OF PHOTOGRAPHS FOR OFF-SITE EXAMPLES.
01:49:43 AND I CONSIDER THE ONE THAT WE HAVE AS UNIQUE.
01:49:45 AND ALSO WE ARE GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME PHOTOGRAPHS OF
01:49:48 OTHER UNIQUE SITUATIONS.
01:49:49 AND THEY ARE THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHERE THEY HAVE
01:49:51 INCREASED THE HEIGHT OF WALLS.
01:49:55 THIS ONE IS 12 FEET, AND THAT'S IN TAMPA HEIGHTS.
01:50:00 THIS IS UT ON KENNEDY BOULEVARD.
01:50:03 AND THEY HAVE PERMISSION TO GO UP TO 75 FEET.
01:50:07 THIS IS AN ENCLOSURE IN TAMPA HEIGHTS
01:50:11 FOR TECO.
01:50:16 IT'S 12 FEET.
01:50:23 THIS IS MacDILL AND EL PRADO, 12 FEET.
01:50:27 ANOTHER PICTURE OF UT, AND THEY HAVE PERMISSION TO GO UP
01:50:32 TO 75 FEET.
01:50:34 THE WALL THAT THEY HAVE IN THE FRONT IS 8 TO 10 FEET HIGH
01:50:37 AND THEN THE SCREENING GOES UP.
01:50:38 THEY HAVE PERMISSION TO GO UP TO 75 FEET.
01:50:42 THIS IS MacDILL JUST NORTH OF GANDY.
01:50:45 THAT'S THE 12-FOOT WALL.
01:50:49 THIS IS HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE, BOTH SIDES.
01:50:53 THAT'S 10 FEET, GOES UP 10 FEET, GOES UP TO 12 FEET.
01:50:58 THAT'S ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF HILLSBOROUGH. THIS IS ON THE
01:51:01 NORTH SIDE OF HILLSBOROUGH.
01:51:03 IT VARIES FROM 8 FEET TO 12 FEET.
01:51:11 LET ME GO THROUGH THE CRITERIA FOR YOU VERY QUICKLY.
01:51:14 IT'S LOCATED ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE PROPERTY AT THE
01:51:18 RIGHT-OF-WAY OF ELLIS, MAKES A 90-DEGREE TURN TO THE
01:51:21 NORTH.
01:51:21 IT DOES NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT OR PHYSICALLY IMPAIR THE
01:51:25 TRANSPORTATION ASPECTS OF THIS PROPERTY OR ANY OTHER
01:51:28 TRAVERSING PROPERTY OF VEHICLES WITH THE INDIVIDUALS
01:51:32 TRAVELING ON ELLIS EASTBOUND.
01:51:36 IT DOES HAVE A REGARD FOR THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE
01:51:40 PROPERTY.
01:51:41 THE WESTERN MOST EDGE IS REMOTE AND DIFFICULT TO MONITOR.
01:51:44 SO WHEN THEY ARE TRYING TO DEAL WITH THE PROPERTY ALONG
01:51:49 THE FAR WESTERN EDGE OF THEIR PROPERTY, THEY RUN INTO
01:51:53 SOME DIFFICULTIES.
01:51:55 AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS PHOTOGRAPH, ON THIS
01:52:05 PHOTOGRAPH IT'S EXTREMELY A LARGE PARCEL.
01:52:08 IT'S REALLY AN ESTATE, AND IT'S ALL UNDER SINGLE
01:52:12 OWNERSHIP.
01:52:12 SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS LITTLE CORNER IN HERE AT 33
01:52:17 FEET LONG, AND THERE'S 167 FEET OF RUN ACROSS THAT
01:52:24 PROPERTY LINE, SO THERE'S 130 SOME ODD FEET THAT IS IN
01:52:29 COMPLIANCE AND 33 FEET THAT'S NOT.
01:52:34 THE GENERAL INTENT OF THE CODE HAS BEEN MET IN TERMS OF
01:52:37 THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THAT THIS IS A VERY LARGE PARCEL
01:52:41 OF LAND, IT'S A REMOTE SECTION OF THE PROPERTY, IT'S VERY
01:52:44 HARD TO SECURE AND MAINTAIN.
01:52:46 THEY HAVE A CONSTANT MONITORING SERVICE WITH A SECURITY
01:52:49 COMPANY, AND THE SECURITY COMPANY HAS INDICATED THAT THEY
01:52:52 DO HAVE INTRUSION ISSUES ALONG THAT SIDE.
01:52:56 THEIR MAIN ENTRANCE IS OVER HERE, AND THE HOUSE SITS
01:52:59 HERE, SO IT SITS IN THE VERY REAR BACK PORTION OF THEIR
01:53:03 PROPERTY.
01:53:07 THE EXCEPTION THAT'S BEING REQUESTED IS DUE TO EXISTING
01:53:10 SITE CONDITIONS AND IS A REASONABLE CONSIDERATION BASED
01:53:14 UPON THE SIZE OF THE PROPERTY THAT THEY OWN, AND THE
01:53:17 ISSUES THAT THEY ARE DEALING WITH.
01:53:23 THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL INCLUDE THE LOCATION AT THE
01:53:25 END OF THE 90-DEGREE TURN OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND THE
01:53:28 POTENTIAL LIABILITY CREATED BY THE PRIVATE RECREATIONAL
01:53:30 FACILITIES.
01:53:32 REMOTE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY AND LACK OF ADJACENT
01:53:34 OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS IS 15 FEET AWAY FROM THE EDGE OF
01:53:38 PAVEMENT ON ELLIS, SO IT'S NOT SITTING RIGHT UP ON THE
01:53:41 EDGE OF THE PAVEMENT.
01:53:42 SO THEREFORE IT DOES NOT CREATE OBSTRUCTIONS THAT MIGHT
01:53:45 BE A CONCERN OF OTHER PROPERTIES.
01:53:49 THERE ARE SAFETY AND SECURITY CONCERNS, AND AS INDICATED
01:53:53 BY THE ADT LETTER, THEY HAVE HAD INTRUSION ISSUES.
01:53:56 THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH ALL THE APPLICABLE
01:53:58 STANDARDS AND SPECIFIC PLANS FOR THE PROPERTY.
01:54:01 AND THIS IS A UNIQUE SITUATION.
01:54:04 I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY THERE ARE VERY FEW PROPERTIES
01:54:07 ANYWHERE THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT ARE THIS LARGE AND HAVE
01:54:10 REMOTE CONDITIONS THAT HAVE THAT MANY TREES, THAT THEY
01:54:13 ARE WORKING AROUND.
01:54:14 SO THEY HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF TRYING TO PRESERVE THE
01:54:17 TREES, WORK AROUND THEM, AND ALSO CREATE A SAFETY
01:54:20 ENCLOSURE FOR THEIR FAMILY.
01:54:23 THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS, THEY OWN ANOTHER PARCEL.
01:54:27 YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER PARCEL HERE.
01:54:30 THEY ARE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO SECURE THIS WHOLE AREA FOR
01:54:33 THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILY.
01:54:36 AND THEY HAVE DONE THE BEST JOB THAT THEY CAN DO TO TRY
01:54:39 TO CREATE A SAFE ATMOSPHERE FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND
01:54:42 GUESTS.
01:54:44 THERE IS A CLOSE-UP PICTURE OF THE SECURITY LIGHTING THAT
01:54:48 THEY HAVE INSTALLED OUTSIDE THE WALL, AND THAT'S ALL
01:54:52 ALONG THE WALL.
01:54:53 THEY HAVE INSTALLED THEIR OWN LIGHTS TO KIND OF MINIMIZE
01:54:57 THE ABILITY OF PEOPLE TO CLIMB OVER.
01:55:02 BUT YOU CAN SEE THE LIMBS OF THIS GRAND OAK RIGHT HERE.
01:55:04 THEY GO ACROSS THE WALL.
01:55:06 AND THAT'S WHERE THE SCREEN BEGINS, RIGHT AT THE EDGE OF
01:55:09 THAT LIMB.
01:55:09 AND IT EXTENDS 33 FEET THIS WAY.
01:55:13 I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
01:55:15 I BELIEVE WE HAVE MET THE BURDEN OF PROOF AS APPLIED BY
01:55:19 THE CITY CODE.
01:55:20 AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS OTHER EXAMPLES THAT ARE UNIQUE
01:55:22 THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHERE THEY HAVE APPLIED SAFETY
01:55:26 CONSIDERATIONS AND CONCERNS.
01:55:28 AND THEY HAVE GONE TO EXTRAORDINARY LENGTHS TO TRY TO
01:55:35 MINIMIZE THE IMPACT.
01:55:36 IT'S NOT VISIBLE TO ANY OTHER PROPERTY OWNER EXCEPT
01:55:39 DRIVING STRAIGHT DOWN THE STREET, AND IN THAT PORTION OF
01:55:41 THE 8 FEET, NOT THE 12 FEET.
01:55:43 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
01:55:45 COUNCILMAN CITRO, THEN COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
01:55:49 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. MICHELINI, YOU KEEP REPEATEDLY SAYING
01:55:52 PEOPLE HAVE COME ACROSS.
01:55:54 DO YOU HAVE POLICE REPORTS?
01:55:57 >>STEVE MICHELINI: I HAVE AN ADT REPORT AND THAT'S ALL I
01:56:00 HAVE.
01:56:01 >>JOSEPH CITRO: NO POLICE REPORTS?
01:56:02 >>STEVE MICHELINI: NO, SIR.
01:56:04 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU SHOWED SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF OTHER
01:56:07 WALLS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
01:56:08 I THINK YOU SHOWED THE SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ON HILLSBOROUGH.
01:56:12 THAT WAS INSTALLED AFTER THE WIDENING OF THE ROAD AND
01:56:14 THEN UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA, WHICH IS UNIQUE BECAUSE IT'S A
01:56:18 PLAYING FIELD.
01:56:19 >>STEVE MICHELINI: EXACTLY.
01:56:21 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BUT CONSIDERING THIS IS A TWO ACRE
01:56:23 PROPERTY WHICH IS NOT COMMON FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IN
01:56:25 THE CITY OF TAMPA, CONSIDERING THE UNIQUENESS OF THE LOT
01:56:28 AND THAT 90-DEGREE ANGLE THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT,
01:56:31 WHERE THE WALL IS AT, NOT CLOSE TO THE PROPERTY LINE,
01:56:34 IT'S SET FARTHER BACK, WITH THAT TREE THAT'S GOING IN.
01:56:37 SO AS A SECURITY ISSUE YOU, I CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE
01:56:40 SOMEONE CAN CLIMB THAT TREE AND HOP OVER THE FENCE.
01:56:42 WHY THEY WOULD NEED THAT EXTENSION OF THE HEIGHT.
01:56:49 ALSO, IT'S A DARK POORLY LIT AREA SO AS IT SITS PEOPLE
01:56:55 CAN HIDE THERE, HOP OVER THE FENCE, AND POTENTIALLY BREAK
01:56:58 IN.
01:56:59 I DON'T KNOW HOW THEIR SECURITY IS.
01:57:00 BUT I THINK IT'S A UNIQUE SITUATION.
01:57:02 I THINK IT MEETS THE GENERAL STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE IN
01:57:06 OUR CODE.
01:57:09 I DON'T SEE AN ISSUE WITH IT CONSIDERING -- I DON'T KNOW,
01:57:13 IT'S HIGHLY UNCOMMON TO OTHER RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES IN
01:57:17 THE CITY OF TAMPA.
01:57:18 THAT'S IT.
01:57:19 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
01:57:20 COUNCILMAN CITRO.
01:57:22 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. CHAIR.
01:57:23 MR. MICHELINI, DO YOU HAVE ANY LETTERS OF OPPOSITION OR
01:57:25 ANY LETTERS IN FAVOR BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD?
01:57:29 >>STEVE MICHELINI: WELL, THEY ARE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
01:57:31 SO I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY PHONE CALLS.
01:57:33 AND I HAVE NOT BEEN ADVISED BY LETTER OR OTHERWISE,
01:57:38 E-MAILS OF ANY OBJECTIONS TO THIS.
01:57:40 I DID MEET WITH A COUPLE OF THE NEIGHBORS WHEN I WAS OUT
01:57:44 THERE, POSTING THE SIGN, AND TAKING PICTURES AND ALL
01:57:48 THAT, AND THEY WERE JUST CURIOUS, AND THEY SAID WHY, IS
01:57:51 SOMEBODY OBJECTING TO THIS WALL?
01:57:53 WE ARE HAPPY WITH IT.
01:57:54 SO I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT.
01:57:56 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
01:57:58 >>LUIS VIERA: ANYONE ELSE?
01:57:58 IS ANYONE HERE FROM THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON ITEM 80?
01:58:02 IF SO, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
01:58:03 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
01:58:05 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
01:58:08 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CITRO. ALL IN FAVOR?
01:58:10 ANY OPPOSED?
01:58:12 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO
01:58:14 OVERTURN THE ZONING ADMINISTRATION -- ADMINISTRATOR'S
01:58:18 DENIAL OF THE DESIGN EXCEPTION FOR APPLICATION FILE
01:58:21 NUMBER E-2019-CHAPTER 27 BECAUSE THE PETITIONER HAS
01:58:26 DEMONSTRATED THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE APPLICABLE
01:58:29 GENERAL STANDARDS SET FORTH HEREIN, IN SECTION 27-65, THE
01:58:36 APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED PLENTY OF DOCUMENTATION,
01:58:39 COMPARISONS OF OTHER PROPERTIES IN THE CITY AND HAS
01:58:42 PROVEN THE UNIQUENESS OF THIS RESIDENTIAL PARCEL.
01:58:47 >> SECOND.
01:58:49 >>MARTIN SHELBY: FOR THE MAKER OF THE MOTION, IS THAT
01:58:52 SPECIFICALLY TO DE 1 --- [PAPERS RUSTLING]
01:58:58 >> I'M SORRY, I READ THE FILE NUMBER. DE 1-19-87.
01:59:02 I APOLOGIZE.
01:59:03 >>LUIS VIERA: SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CITRO. ALL IN
01:59:06 FAVOR?
01:59:06 ANY OPPOSED?
01:59:09 YOU MAY BUILD YOUR WALL AND MAKE BAYSHORE BEAUTIFUL
01:59:12 SAFER.
01:59:13 >>STEVE MICHELINI: THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
01:59:15 I APPRECIATE YOUR HELP AND CONSIDERATION.
01:59:16 I WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY THANKSGIVING.
01:59:19 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
01:59:20 YOU TOO, MY FRIEND.
01:59:21 NEXT WE MOVE ON TO ITEM 81.
01:59:23 >>REBECCA KERT: ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY.
01:59:26 I AM HERE ON ITEM 81.
01:59:27 81 IS ANOTHER REVIEW HEARING WHICH MEANS IT'S ALSO
01:59:31 DE NOVO HEARING.
01:59:32 YOU WILL BE HEARING EVIDENCE.
01:59:33 THIS IS A TYPE OF PETITION, HOWEVER. THIS IS A SPECIAL
01:59:36 USE REQUEST AS OPPOSED TO DESIGN EXCEPTION.
01:59:38 AS YOU WILL RECALL, A SPECIAL USE REQUEST IS A REQUEST
01:59:41 THAT IS A PERMITTED USE IN THE AREA IF IT MEETS CERTAIN
01:59:45 CRITERIA.
01:59:46 THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVED EXCEPT IT
01:59:48 DID NOT MEET ONE OF THE CRITERIA. THEREFORE IT HAS TO
01:59:50 COME TO YOU FOR A WAIVER, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE
01:59:53 CONSIDERING TODAY.
01:59:53 I WOULD CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT THIS IS A CRITERIA
01:59:56 THAT CITY COUNCIL HAS PREVIOUSLY, I BELIEVE, MADE A
01:59:59 MOTION TO HAVE CHANGED.
02:00:00 HOWEVER, THAT HASN'T HAPPENED YET SO THEY STILL HAVE TO
02:00:02 COME BEFORE YOU FOUR A WAIVER. THIS IS FOR ACCESSORY
02:00:05 DWELLING UNIT.
02:00:06 AND I WILL HAVE STAFF EXPLAIN THE REQUEST IN MORE DETAIL.
02:00:09 BUT I WILL PASS OUT SAMPLE MOTIONS FOR YOU TO CONSIDER.
02:00:13 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
02:00:15 >>ERIC COTTON: PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.
02:00:19 THIS IS A PETITION FOR REVIEW FOR SPECIAL USE CASE
02:00:22 SU-1-19-36 FOR PROPERTY AT 4405 NORTH LYNN AVENUE.
02:00:34 THIS IS IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS. THIS IS A PROPERTY IN
02:00:37 QUESTION.
02:00:39 THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE WITH ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT IS
02:00:44 DETACHED GARAGE IN THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY.
02:00:49 I'LL SHOW YOU THE SUBMITTED SITE PLAN.
02:00:53 THE REASON FOR THE DENIAL, ONE OF THE CRITERIA FOR
02:00:59 ACCESSORY USE DWELLING UNITS IT CAN'T BE NO PLACE THAT'S
02:01:06 NONCONFORMING. THIS IS ONLY .7 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY
02:01:09 LINE AND NEEDS TO BE 3 FEET, THEREFORE IS NOT CONFORMING.
02:01:13 AT THE STAFF LEVEL WE HAVE GOT TO DENY THE REQUEST
02:01:15 BECAUSE IT CAN'T BE A SPECIAL USE CRITERIA AND THEY COME
02:01:18 BEFORE COUNCIL FOR REVIEW.
02:01:24 THE FRONT STRUCTURE OF THE HOUSE, THAT'S THE ACCESSORY
02:01:32 STRUCTURE.
02:01:35 IN THE STAFF REPORT I HAVE THE SAME PICTURE BUT THE NORTH
02:01:38 AND SOUTH PROPERTIES WHICH IS NOT CORRECT.
02:01:39 SO THIS IS THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY.
02:01:42 IT'S ADJACENT TO HER.
02:01:43 THIS IS THE NORTHERN PROPERTY.
02:01:45 BOTH RANCH STYLES.
02:01:46 HER HOUSE IS A BUNGALOW.
02:01:48 AND DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOU WANT ME TO
02:01:54 ANSWER FOR YOU?
02:01:55 >>LUIS VIERA: ANY QUESTIONS?
02:01:55 THANK YOU, SIR.
02:01:58 PETITIONER?
02:01:59 >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
02:02:05 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
02:02:06 I'M KELLY SANTOS, THE OWNER OF 4405 NORTH LYNN AVENUE.
02:02:12 MY INTENT IS CONVERT MY GARAGE TO A ONE BEDROOM
02:02:15 KITCHEN-BATH APARTMENT.
02:02:17 IT'S 508 SQUARE FEET.
02:02:19 IT'S A DETACHED GARAGE.
02:02:23 THERE ARE TWO ISSUES THAT I AM ASKING, OR APPEALING.
02:02:26 THE FIRST IS THE SUB PLAT.
02:02:29 I AM ASKING THAT THERE BE A DESIGN EXCEPTION TO REDUCE
02:02:32 THE SOUTH SIDE SETBACK, A GARAGE FROM 2 FEET TO EXISTING
02:02:36 CONDITION.
02:02:37 THIS GARAGE WAS BUILT IN 1964 AND HAS BEEN AS IS FOR 55
02:02:44 YEARS.
02:02:44 THE SECOND IS PARKING.
02:02:47 MY BOUNDARY SURVEY SHOWINGS TWO LEGAL PARKING SPACES, AND
02:02:50 I AM ASKING FOR A WAIVER TO REDUCE THE REQUIRED PARKING
02:02:53 SPACES FROM 3 TO 2.
02:02:55 MY REASONING IS THIS.
02:02:59 I AM THE ONLY PERSON THAT LIVES IN THE HOME.
02:03:01 I HAVE ONE CAR.
02:03:01 I PLAN TO LIVE THERE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
02:03:04 DUE TO THE NATURE, THE FOOTPRINT OF THE HOME BEING 1080
02:03:09 SQUARE FEET I THINK IT'S PROBABLY BEST SUITED FOR A
02:03:13 SINGLE PERSON, A COUPLE OR COUPLE WITH A SMALL CHILD.
02:03:18 AGAIN, IF I DID, THE OBVIOUS THING IF I DID AN ANNUAL
02:03:21 RENTAL OF THE GARAGE, I WOULD WANT TO RENT TO A SINGLE
02:03:24 PERSON OR A COUPLE.
02:03:25 SO THAT REDUCES THE NUMBER OF CARS ALSO.
02:03:27 IT'S QUITE A LONG DRIVEWAY, 88 FEET.
02:03:33 IN ADDITION, I MET WITH MY COMMUNITY.
02:03:34 I MET WITH MY NEIGHBORS TO THE SIDE AND ACROSS THE STREET
02:03:39 AND ALL ARE SUPPORTING THIS.
02:03:41 I TRIED TO MEET WITH THE NEIGHBOR ON MY SOUTH SIDE BUT
02:03:44 THEY ONLY SPEAK SPANISH SO I HAD A CHALLENGE WITH THAT.
02:03:48 AND THAT'S IT.
02:03:48 >>LUIS VIERA: ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
02:03:55 ANY QUESTIONS?
02:03:56 OKAY.
02:03:57 IS ANYBODY HERE FROM THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER
02:03:59 81?
02:04:00 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO CLOSE.
02:04:02 >> SECOND.
02:04:02 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
02:04:04 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
02:04:06 ALL IN FAVOR?
02:04:07 ANY OPPOSED?
02:04:07 WHAT'S THE-
02:04:14 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO
02:04:15 GRANT THIS SU-1 PERMITAND THE MOTION IS TO REVERSE THE
02:04:20 ZONING ADMINISTRATOR'S DENIAL OF A SPECIAL PERMIT
02:04:23 APPLICATION SU-1-19-36 BECAUSE THE PETITIONER HAS
02:04:28 DEMONSTRATED THE PETITION IF THE WAIVER IS GRANTED IS
02:04:31 CONSISTENT WITH THE APPLICABLE GENERAL STANDARDS SET
02:04:34 FORTH IN SECTION 27-129 AT THE TIME PERMITTING THE SITE
02:04:38 PLAN MUST MEET ALL APPLICABLE CODE AND TECHNICAL
02:04:41 STANDARDS, SEE ALSO SECTION 27-61-D AND 27-127-B-2, AND
02:04:49 BEING THAT THIS IS IN THE SEMINOLE HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD I
02:04:51 KNOW THERE ARE SEVERAL ACCESSORY STRUCTURES THAT ARE
02:04:54 RESIDENTIAL IN THIS WAY GOING BACK 70, 80 YEARS, THAT HI
02:05:01 EVEN PULLED UP MAPS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THOSE
02:05:03 STRUCTURES ARE THERE, AND THEY WERE RESIDENTIAL BACK
02:05:06 BEFORE THE INTERSTATE CAME THROUGH AND WHATNOT.
02:05:08 HISTORICALLY SPEAKING THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT IS
02:05:11 SEEN AND HAS BEEN SEEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE THE
02:05:13 BIRTH OF SEMINOLE HEIGHTS WHICH WAS SOMETIME AFTER THE
02:05:18 WORLD WAR.
02:05:18 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
02:05:21 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
02:05:23 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
02:05:24 ALL IN FAVOR?
02:05:25 ANY OPPOSED?
02:05:26 OKAY.
02:05:26 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:05:27 NEXT WE MOVE TO -- OH, MR. SHELBY, OUR LAST ITEM, IF YOU
02:05:33 WISH TO.
02:05:33 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU. THIS WAS YOUR MOTION AND
02:05:42 THIS IS YOUR RESOLUTION, ITEM NUMBER 88.
02:05:46 I HAVE PROVIDED HARD COPIES TO CITY COUNCIL THIS MORNING.
02:05:52 AND I BELIEVE MS. JORDAN LAZZOS HAS PROVIDED THEM TO YOUR
02:06:00 AIDE, PUT INTO YOUR BOOK.
02:06:02 I AM PROVIDING THE ORIGINAL TO THE CLERK AND IT IS FOR
02:06:04 YOUR PRESENTATION.
02:06:07 >>LUIS VIERA: AND VERY NONCONTROVERSIAL WITH THIS
02:06:09 COUNCIL, BUT THE GENESIS OF THIS, LIKE WITH ME WITH SO
02:06:12 MANY THINGS THAT ROSE OUT OF A TRIP, I WENT WITH MY SON
02:06:16 TO MISSISSIPPI, THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY TO LOUISVILLE,
02:06:19 MISSISSIPPI, AND WENT DOWN THE DELTA AND PASSED BY WHAT
02:06:22 USED TO BE KNOWN AS PARCHMAN PRISON WHICH IS NOW THE
02:06:26 MISSISSIPPI STATE PENITENTIARY, AND THAT REMINDED ME OF
02:06:28 BOOKS THAT I READ BEFORE ...
02:06:35 [NO ENCODER]
02:06:38 [NO ENCODER]
02:06:51 OF THESE KIND OF INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE PRONE TO
02:06:53 EXPLOITATION IN OUR TIME.
02:06:55 IN 2016, THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HAD MOVED TO CURTAIL
02:07:00 THE USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR PRIVATE PRISON LABOR, AND
02:07:05 THEY HAVE BEEN VASTLY EXPANDED UNDER THE PRESENTED A
02:07:07 MANAGERS.
02:07:09 AND I JUST WANTED TO DO EVERYTHING THAT I CAN TO OPPOSE
02:07:13 THESE.
02:07:14 I FEEL VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.
02:07:15 IN TERMS OF WE HAD HAD SOME NICE FOLKS COME AND TALK
02:07:18 ABOUT AN ORDINANCE.
02:07:21 AT THIS POINT I WOULD WANT TO MAKE WOULDN'T WANT CITY
02:07:25 STAFF TO WORK ON AN ORDINANCE BUT IT'S SOMETHING I THINK
02:07:27 AS SYMBOLIC AS IT GETS, JUST MY OPINION HERE.
02:07:30 SO I HEREBY PRESENT THIS AND GO FROM THERE.
02:07:32 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN
02:07:35 VIERA.
02:07:36 DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
02:07:37 FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO. ALL IN FAVOR?
02:07:40 ALL RIGHT.
02:07:40 MOTION PASSES.
02:07:41 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU GENTLEMEN.
02:07:42 OKAY.
02:07:43 AND I THINK THAT'S IT.
02:07:44 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: DID WE TAKE CARE OF 83?
02:07:49 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, WE DID THE JOINT.
02:07:51 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I MUST HAVE MISSED THAT VOTE. DID I
02:07:54 MISS THAT VOTE?
02:07:57 >>LUIS VIERA: DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT?
02:07:58 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO, I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.
02:08:00 IF I DID, I WOULD VOTE AGAINST IT.
02:08:02 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. MIRANDA, DID YOU WANT TO --
02:08:07 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'M LOOKING AT THIS AND I MIGHT HAVE
02:08:09 MADE A MISTAKE.
02:08:10 >> WOULD YOU LIKE TO RETRACT YOUR VOTE?
02:08:13 >>MARTIN SHELBY: WOULD SOMEBODY MAKE A MOTION TO
02:08:16 RECONSIDER NUMBER 83?
02:08:17 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO RECONSIDER NUMBER 83.
02:08:20 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I APOLOGIZE TO THE COUNCIL.
02:08:23 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
02:08:25 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
02:08:28 ALL IN FAVOR?
02:08:29 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I JUST LOOKED AT IT AND HONESTLY I
02:08:31 MISSED THE VOTE BECAUSE IF I VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, I
02:08:34 HAVE NOT VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE OF THIS FROM THE
02:08:36 BEGINNING.
02:08:36 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE THIS
02:08:39 RESOLUTION.
02:08:41 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
02:08:42 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CITRO. ALL IN FAVOR?
02:08:45 ANY OPPOSED?
02:08:46 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AYE.
02:08:47 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
02:08:48 OKAY.
02:08:48 NEXT --
02:08:50 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH MIRANDA VOTING NO AND
02:08:54 DINGFELDER ABSENT AT VOTE.
02:08:57 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
02:08:59 MOTIONS AND NEW BUSINESS?
02:09:01 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON
02:09:08 GETTING THE UNIVERSITY TO COME BEFORE US TODAY.
02:09:12 AS THE YOUNG LADY GAVE HER PRESENTATION, A LOT OF ITEMS
02:09:16 THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT I HAVE BEEN BRINGING TO
02:09:19 LIGHT ON THIS BOARD, THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD AND DOING.
02:09:23 AND THAT TELLS ME THAT I THINK WE ARE DOWN THE RIGHT
02:09:27 ROAD.
02:09:28 WE HAVE JUST GOT TO PAVE IT AND MAKE SURE WE CAN GET
02:09:31 THERE.
02:09:31 SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING HER TO COME HERE
02:09:34 AND SHARE THE IDEAS.
02:09:41 LAND BANKING, AND A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT THEY ARE
02:09:43 TRYING TO DO FOR THAT COMMUNITY, WHICH IS REALLY
02:09:48 PROSPERING AS YOU SEE.
02:09:50 SO FOLKS DO A LOT OF WORK.
02:09:54 THESE ARE PRESSING TIMES RIGHT NOW, AND PEOPLE ARE
02:09:57 DEMANDING ANSWERS AND WANTING CHANGE.
02:09:59 AND WE HAVE TO CHANGE WITH IT.
02:10:03 SO AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE
02:10:05 REAL ESTATE DIVISION AND LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO BRING A
02:10:08 DETAILED REPORT BEFORE COUNCIL ON LAND BANKING FOR THE
02:10:10 CITY OF TAMPA FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF CREATION OF AN
02:10:14 ORDINANCE FOR ADOPTION.
02:10:14 I WOULD LIKE THIS TO BE PRESENTED AT A MEETING ON MARCH
02:10:18 26, 2020.
02:10:20 THAT'S A WORKSHOP DAY.
02:10:21 >> SECOND.
02:10:25 >>MARTIN SHELBY: SORRY, MR. CHAIRMAN.
02:10:26 WHEN WE DO THE WORKSHOPS, I TRY TO SET TIMES IF WE CAN.
02:10:29 DO YOU WANT THAT AT 9:00?
02:10:32 THAT'S THE FIRST ONE IN MARCH.
02:10:33 >> I WANTED TO CLARIFY, LAND BANKING FOR THE PURPOSE OF
02:10:39 AFFORDABLE HOUSING?
02:10:40 BECAUSE THERE ARE SOMETIMES LAND BANKS CREATED FOR
02:10:43 OTHER --
02:10:47 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MS. ZELMAN, WHAT WE CAN BRING FORWARD IN
02:10:50 THIS CITY.
02:10:50 IT CAN BE LOUSING.
02:10:51 IT CAN BE WHATEVER.
02:10:52 I JUST WANT TO DETAIL WHAT LAND BANKING IS SO PEOPLE CAN
02:10:57 KNOW WHAT LAND BANKING IS.
02:10:58 WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF IT, HOW CAN IT BE UTILIZED, HOW
02:11:01 CAN THE CITY UTILIZE IT AND HOW CAN THE COMMUNITY?
02:11:05 >>ANDREA ZELMAN: GOT IT.
02:11:06 >>MARTIN SHELBY: 9 A.M. ON MARCH 26th, 2020 AT THE
02:11:09 WORKSHOP.
02:11:10 >> SECOND.
02:11:11 >>CHAIRMAN: ALL IN FAVOR?
02:11:12 ANY OPPOSED?
02:11:15 >>MARTIN SHELBY: COUNCILMAN GUDES, IF I COULD REMAINED
02:11:18 YOU AND THE OTHER MEMBERS THAT ON JANUARY 30 YOU HAVE A
02:11:22 WORKSHOP SCHEDULED AT 10 A.M. FOR THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO
02:11:26 BRING BACK SOMETHING TO THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THE
02:11:28 COMMUNITY BENEFIT ORDINANCE.
02:11:31 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT'S CORRECT SIR.
02:11:32 >>LUIS VIERA: ANYTHING ELSE?
02:11:33 THANK YOU.
02:11:34 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WOULD LIKE TO WISH EVERYONE A
02:11:41 HAPPY AND SAFE THANKSGIVING.
02:11:43 WE WON'T BE HERE NEXT THURSDAY SO YOU WILL BE HOPEFULLY
02:11:47 WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS ENJOYING A DELICIOUS MEAL.
02:11:54 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIRMAN, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, I WISH
02:11:58 TO THANK YOU IN JOINING ME ON THIS LETTER TO OUR
02:12:01 LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION ABOUT PREEMPTION.
02:12:05 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:12:05 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
02:12:07 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION.
02:12:09 AND AGAIN THANK YOU, TIM HHEBERLEIN, MY AIDE, FOR
02:12:13 DRAFTING THIS UP.
02:12:13 NOTHING MORE TODAY.
02:12:15 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
02:12:16 TWO ITEMS.
02:12:17 ONE REGARDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUEST.
02:12:19 THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO RESEARCH THE CITY'S ABILITY
02:12:23 TO USE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION TO RAISE PRIVATE FUND TO
02:12:26 CREATE A POOL OF MONEY TO SUPPORT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
02:12:30 A ASSISTANCE OR PROGRAMS AND REPORT BACK TO US ON
02:12:33 FEBRUARY 20 OF 2020.
02:12:35 >> SECOND.
02:12:35 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
02:12:37 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CITRO. ALL IN FAVOR?
02:12:39 ANY OPPOSED?
02:12:41 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NUMBER TWO, OPPORTUNITY ZONE, REQUEST
02:12:43 THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO RESEARCH AND PREPARE A
02:12:45 PRESENTATION TO CITY COUNCIL REGARDING CREATION,
02:12:48 OPERATION AND BENEFITS OF OPPORTUNITY ZONES AND TO
02:12:51 INCLUDE ANY PRIVATE COMPANIES OR PERSONS WHO HAVE CREATED
02:12:53 OR USED OPPORTUNITY ZONES AND THE RESULTS AND ADVANTAGES,
02:12:57 AND TO REPORT BACK AND MAKE A PRESENTATION ON FEBRUARY 6,
02:13:00 2020.
02:13:02 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND.
02:13:02 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
02:13:04 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
02:13:06 ALL IN FAVOR?
02:13:06 ANY OPPOSED?
02:13:07 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT'S IT.
02:13:09 HAVE A NICE THANKSGIVING.
02:13:10 >>LUIS VIERA: YOU TOO MY FRIEND.
02:13:12 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CARLSON, WITH REGARD TO A VOTE YOU
02:13:18 TOOK LAST WEEK YOU ARE FILING?
02:13:20 I WILL GIVE IT TO YOU TO FILE.
02:13:21 >>LUIS VIERA: AND BRIEFLY, IF I MAY, JUST TWO SMALL
02:13:25 THINGS.
02:13:25 A MOTION FOR COMMENDATION.
02:13:29 2019 WILL BE THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF AN ORGANIZATION I
02:13:33 LOVE A LOT -- THE JEWISH WAR VETERANS OF AMERICA.
02:13:37 THEY WERE STARTED TO COME BACK ANTI-SEMITISM, PROMOTE THE
02:13:40 PATRIOTISM OF OUR JEWISH AMERICANS WHO SERVED IN COMBAT,
02:13:44 THAT IDEA THAT WE STILL FIGHT TODAY, DUAL LOYALTY.
02:13:47 AND I MOTION THAT THAT BE HELD AT REGULAR COUNCIL ON
02:13:51 MARCH 19th OF 2019.
02:13:52 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
02:13:55 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CITRO. ALL IN FAVOR?
02:13:58 >>LUIS VIERA: BRIEFLY, THERE'S JOHN PHELPS, THE GOOD
02:14:01 SAMARITAN WHO INTERVENED WHEN A HART BUS DRIVER WAS
02:14:06 ATTACKED BY A BOX CUTTER.
02:14:08 I MOTION THAT THE COMMENDATION BE PRESENTED AT THE NEXT
02:14:12 BOARD MEETING.
02:14:13 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
02:14:15 ALL IN FAVOR?
02:14:16 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
02:14:17 AND --
02:14:19 >>MARTIN SHELBY: I'M SORRY.
02:14:20 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER HAD TO LEAVE BECAUSE HIS FATHER WAS
02:14:22 ILL, AND HE HAS ASKED ME TO BRING TO COUNCIL SOME
02:14:27 AMENDMENT THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT MAYBE COUNCIL
02:14:29 CAN MOVE.
02:14:31 IF I CAN.
02:14:32 I APOLOGIZE.
02:14:34 BUT IN HIS ABSENCE THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT ARE COMING
02:14:37 UP, ACTUALLY ONE ITEM COMING UP ON THE DECEMBER 5th
02:14:41 WHICH IS YOUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING WHICH IS A LEGAL
02:14:45 DEPARTMENT TO PREPARE AND PROVIDE OPTIONS AS RELATED TO
02:14:48 CHAPTER 14 OF THE CITY OF TAMPA ORDINANCES, SPECIFICALLY
02:14:50 ADDRESSING HOURS OF OPERATION, AMPLIFIED OUTDOOR SOUND,
02:14:55 AS WELL AS DISTANCE SEPARATION.
02:14:57 HE IS REQUESTING COUNCIL TO MAKE A MOTION, PLEASE, TO
02:15:01 TAKE THAT OFF THE DECEMBER 5th, 2019 AGENDA AND PUT
02:15:06 THAT AT 10 A.M. WHEN CATHERINE COYLE IS GOING TO BE
02:15:10 PRESENT AND CREATE A 10 A.M. WORKSHOP FOR THAT SPECIFIC
02:15:14 ITEM.
02:15:16 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.
02:15:19 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND THAT MOTION.
02:15:20 >>LUIS VIERA: ALL IN FAVOR?
02:15:21 ANY OPPOSED?
02:15:22 ANYTHING ELSE?
02:15:23 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, SIR, THERE IS ONE DIM THING.
02:15:25 HE MADE TWO MOTIONS TODAY FOR THE CONTINUANCES OF ITEMS
02:15:30 NUMBER 83 AND 84.
02:15:40 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:15:42 WHAT HE'S ASKING --
02:15:47 >> 86 AND 87.
02:15:50 >>MARTIN SHELBY: I AM JUST SO AGREEABLE.
02:15:52 IS IT 86 AND 87?
02:15:54 YES.
02:15:54 THE CHAPTER 27, THE 5% OF THE DIMENSIONAL CRITERIA, AND
02:16:00 NUMBER 87 IS THE DISCUSSION AND HISTORY OF THE BONUS
02:16:03 DENSITY PROS AND CONS.
02:16:05 HE'S ASKING EACH ONE OF THOSE ITEMS ALSO BE SET AS A
02:16:07 WORKSHOP EACH AT 10 A.M. BECAUSE CATHERINE COYLE WILL BE
02:16:13 HERE THAT MORNING TO CHANGE THAT DATE TO THE WORKSHOP ON
02:16:15 FEBRUARY 27th.
02:16:16 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.
02:16:19 >> SECOND.
02:16:19 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
02:16:21 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
02:16:24 ALL IN FAVOR?
02:16:25 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
02:16:30 >>LUIS VIERA: BEFORE THAT IF I MAY I WISH TO -- WISH TO
02:16:35 WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY THANKSGIVING AND BEGIN THIS
02:16:37 COUNCIL MEETING WITH OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHIZE TO THE STRAZ
02:16:40 FAMILY.
02:16:42 MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
02:16:43 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
02:16:45 ALL IN FAVOR?
02:16:45 ANY OPPOSED?
02:16:46 OKAY.
02:16:46 THANK YOU.
02:16:48 HAPPY THANKSGIVING.
02:16:48 WE ARE ADJOURNED.
02:16:49 THANK YOU AGAIN.
02:17:00 [ MEETING ADJOURNED ]
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