TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2020
9:00 A.M. WORKSHOPS
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09:06:13 [SOUNDING GAVEL]
09:06:14 >> INVOCATION.
09:06:17 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I HAVE THE DISTINCT PLEASURE OF
09:06:18 INTRODUCING THE PASTOR OF THE CHURCH OF 22ND STREET.
09:06:25 I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THAT CHURCH ON SEVERAL
09:06:28 OCCASIONS AND ENJOYED THE SERVICES THERE.
09:06:30 HE IS A FLORIDA NATIVE RAISED BY A SINGLE MOTHER IN
09:06:33 ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, WHO THROUGHOUT HIS CHILDHOOD
09:06:36 THERE WAS NO DOUBT HE SHOWED EVIDENCE OF BEING A UNIQUE
09:06:39 INDIVIDUAL AND A GIFT FROM GOD TO THE PEOPLE.
09:06:42 AFTER KING HIGH SCHOOL CONTINUED STUDY AT AMERICAN
09:06:45 BAPTIST COLLEGE IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, AND THEN BIBLE
09:06:50 INSTITUTE IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
09:06:51 IN 2001 HE ACCEPTED A CALL TO BECOME THE LEAD PASTOR AT A
09:06:57 CHURCH IN PUNTA GORDA, FLORIDA.
09:06:59 HE HAS HAD MANY SUCH SCHOOLINGS.
09:07:08 HIS FIRST BOOK IS CALLED MAMA-MIA.
09:07:13 THE GRASS IS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE.
09:07:15 AND THE EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE WORM.
09:07:21 HE PASTORS AT 5111 WEST 22ND STREET IN TAMPA WHERE HE
09:07:27 TEACHES.
09:07:27 THE CHURCH IS WHERE YOU ARE.
09:07:33 I WELCOME YOU.
09:07:37 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:07:39 >> LET US ALL PRAY.
09:07:43 FATHER GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, THANK YOU
09:07:47 FOR THIS DAY, FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THIS COLLECTION OF
09:07:49 GREAT MINDS OF MEN AND WOMEN AS WE COME TOGETHER FOR
09:07:52 SOLUTIONS TO ALL OF THESE HORRIFIC ISSUES IN OUR COUNTRY,
09:07:57 IN THE COUNTRY AND THE CITY.
09:07:58 WE ASK YOU TO COME TOGETHER AND OUR CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE
09:08:03 MAY COME TOGETHER FOR A GREATER CAUSE AS WE LEAD THE
09:08:09 SOLUTIONS FOR OUR CITY AS WELL AS OUR COUNTRY.
09:08:11 WE ASK TO BUILD US UP SO WE CAN STRENGTHEN US, TO GIVE
09:08:16 YOU ALL THE PRAISE AND ALL THE GLORY AND ALL THE HONOR.
09:08:18 WE THANK YOU RIGHT NOW.
09:08:20 WE ALL SAY AMEN.
09:08:21 [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ]
09:08:30 >>LUIS VIERA: ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
09:08:42 >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE.
09:08:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
09:08:44 >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE.
09:08:45 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
09:08:46 >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
09:08:48 >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
09:08:49 A COUPLE OF HOUSEKEEPING ISSUES.
09:08:51 NUMBER ONE, I HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY THE ADMINISTRATION,
09:08:53 AND THEY ARE REQUESTING TO BRIEF COUNCIL ON THE ISSUES
09:08:56 SURROUNDING YESTERDAY'S CSX DEBACLE, ISSUE, I GUESS IF
09:09:02 YOU WILL, AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT.
09:09:03 SO THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT, JUST FYI.
09:09:08 NEXT WE HAVE PUBLIC DEFENDER JULIE HOLT WHO WILL BE HERE
09:09:14 WITH TPD AND HILLARY CLINTON SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
09:09:17 THERE ARE SOME TIMING ISSUES WITH SOME OF OUR GUESTS
09:09:20 TODAY AND I AM GOING TO BE, UNLESS ANYONE HAS ANY
09:09:23 STRENUOUS OBJECTION, MOVING THIS ITEM TO OCCUR AFTER
09:09:26 CEREMONIAL TODAY.
09:09:27 ANY OBJECTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ACCOMMODATE THIS?
09:09:31 THANK YOU.
09:09:31 LET'S GO TO CEREMONIAL ACTIVITIES.
09:09:34 I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
09:09:35 >>MARTIN SHELBY: AND I BELIEVE YOUR OFFICE HAS RECEIVED
09:09:37 A REQUEST FROM THOM SNELLING TO ADD SOMETHING TO THE
09:09:40 AGENDA THIS MORNING.
09:09:41 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, YES.
09:09:43 OH, YES, SORRY.
09:09:45 A REQUEST FROM THE ADMINISTRATION FOR A WALK-ON
09:09:47 PRESENTATION REGARDING TAMPA'S POPULATION PROJECTIONS AND
09:09:51 THE EFFECT ON DECISION MAKING FOR GROWTH IN THE FUTURE IN
09:09:53 ADVANCE OF JOINT BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSION, CITY OF
09:09:57 TAMPA WORKSHOP ON THE TOPIC ON MARCH 25th.
09:10:00 MR. SHELBY, DO WE NEED A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT?
09:10:03 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, IF YOU CAN.
09:10:05 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
09:10:07 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, THE FINE GENTLEMAN IN
09:10:11 THE LOVELY SWEATER.
09:10:12 ALL IN FAVOR?
09:10:14 ANY OPPOSED?
09:10:15 THANK YOU.
09:10:16 AND MAY I ALSO HAVE A -- STRIKE THAT -- A CONTINUANCE IS
09:10:21 REQUESTED FOR 5, 6 AND 7 BY THOM SNELLING OF PLANNING AND
09:10:25 DEVELOPMENT.
09:10:26 >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF WE CAN, IF I CAN ADDRESS THAT,
09:10:29 PERHAPS WE CAN TAKE THAT UP AT THE END OF THE MEETING.
09:10:31 PEOPLE WILL BE ON NOTICE THAT 5, 6 AND 7 WILL NOT BE
09:10:35 DISCUSSED TODAY.
09:10:36 THEY WILL BE CONTINUED.
09:10:37 BUT I WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT WE HAVE TO
09:10:41 TALK ABOUT THE DATE BECAUSE THAT CONFLICTS WITH BRIEFINGS
09:10:46 FROM THE ADMINISTRATION FOR WORKSHOPS IN APRIL, MAY AND
09:10:53 JUNE WHICH HAVE BEEN SET AND WE CAN ADDRESS THAT AT THE
09:10:55 END.
09:10:56 >>LUIS VIERA: NO WORRIES, BUT FYI TO THE PUBLIC, ITEMS 5,
09:10:59 6 AND 7 ARE BEING CONTINUED TO A DATE TO BE STATED.
09:11:03 LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD TO CEREMONIAL ACTIVITIES.
09:11:06 COUNCILMAN CITRO.
09:11:08 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
09:11:17 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AS YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY IS ONE
09:11:22 OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ROLES IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, AND
09:11:27 TODAY WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE TWO OFFICERS BE GIVEN THIS
09:11:33 COMMENDATION AS OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
09:11:35 CHIEF, HOW DO WE WANT TO HANDLE THIS?
09:11:38 DO WE WANT TO TAKE THEM ONE AT A TIME SO THEY GET THEIR
09:11:40 DUE GRATITUDE OR DO BOTH OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME?
09:11:44 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:11:47 THANK YOU.
09:11:51 WE MISSED OFFICER DOUD LAST MONTH.
09:11:54 GET OVER HERE.
09:11:56 I WANT TO THANK YOU.
09:11:58 THIS OFFICER WAS GIVING TRAINING LAST TIME, TEACHING
09:12:02 OFFICERS HOW TO BETTER THEMSELVES, AND LADIES AND
09:12:06 GENTLEMEN, I WENT THROUGH THE POLICE ACADEMY, THE
09:12:10 CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY, AND THIS MAN TAUGHT ME SO MUCH.
09:12:15 HE WASN'T THE ONE THAT TASED ME.
09:12:17 I WON'T HOLD THAT AGAINST HIM.
09:12:19 BUT HE TAUGHT ME SO MUCH OF THE INTRICACIES THAT GO ON
09:12:23 WITH THE EVERYDAY LIVES OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE TAMPA
09:12:27 POLICE DEPARTMENT.
09:12:29 I CAN ALSO SAY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ON TV, LADIES AND
09:12:32 GENTLEMEN HERE, IF YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT THESE OFFICERS GO
09:12:36 THROUGH EACH AND EVERY DAY, GO TO THE TAMPA CITIZENS
09:12:42 POLICE ACADEMY.
09:12:44 BUT ENOUGH ABOUT ME.
09:12:45 CHIEF, TAKE IT OVER.
09:12:48 SEE WHY THIS MAN IS GETTING THIS OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
09:12:51 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:12:53 SENIOR CORPORAL JERROD DOUD HAS BEEN EMPLOYED WITH THE
09:12:56 TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT SINCE 1994.
09:12:59 HE'S LED THE DEPARTMENT'S TRAINING UNIT SINCE JANUARY
09:13:02 2015.
09:13:03 DURING THAT TIME, HE'S DEMONSTRATED A VISIONARY APPROACH
09:13:06 TO IMPROVING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE TAMPA POLICE
09:13:09 DEPARTMENT AND THE CITIZENS THAT IT SERVES.
09:13:13 ONE SUCH INITIATIVE THAT WAS EXPANDING ON THE CHIEF'S
09:13:17 REQUEST WAS OUR CITIZENS ACADEMY.
09:13:20 BECAUSE OF CORPORAL DOUD'S EXPERIENCE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
09:13:24 POLICIES AND EXPERTISE, AND THE TAMPA CITIZENS ACADEMY,
09:13:29 HE WAS GRACIOUSLY ACCEPTED THIS COMMITMENT, AND TOOK ON
09:13:32 THIS ENDEAVOR.
09:13:34 THIS CITIZENS ACADEMY ALLOWS CITIZENS A CHANCE TO GO
09:13:37 BEHIND THE SCENES AND GET A REALISTIC LOOK AT
09:13:41 UNDERSTANDING HOW THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT FUNCTIONS
09:13:44 IN THE COMMUNITY.
09:13:46 ONE OF THE MAIN FACTORS THAT MAKES THIS ACADEMY SO
09:13:48 EFFECTIVE IS THE FACT THAT IT IS LED BY CORPORAL DOUD.
09:13:52 HE BRINGS THE RIGHT MIX OF HUMOR AND THE ABILITY TO TAP
09:13:56 INTO OTHER STRENGTHS.
09:13:57 HE ALSO THINKS OUTSIDE THE BOX.
09:14:00 IN DOING SO HE HAS CREATED AND SUSTAINED A WIDELY
09:14:03 SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM.
09:14:04 ON TOP OF THAT, WE HAVE EXPANDED THE CITIZENS ACADEMY TO
09:14:07 GO FOR JUST YOUTH IN THE CITIZENS.
09:14:11 AND EVEN FURTHERMORE, WE HAVE EXPANDED THE CITIZENS
09:14:14 ACADEMY FOR SPOUSES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
09:14:17 WE FEEL IT'S JUST AS IMPORTANT THAT THE FAMILY OF LAW
09:14:20 ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE WHAT THE OFFICERS DO AS WELL.
09:14:22 AND THAT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS.
09:14:24 IN ADDITION TO THE ACADEMY, CORPORAL DOUD OVERSEES OUR
09:14:28 IN-SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT.
09:14:30 HE BUILDS OUT THE ENTIRE CURRICULUM TO ENSURE THAT EACH
09:14:34 PERSON IS LEARNING THE MOST UP TO DATE METHODS.
09:14:37 HE'S A LEAD INSTRUCTOR FOR ALL THE NEW POLICE OFFICERS
09:14:39 AND IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE TRAINING AND DEPLOYMENT
09:14:42 PROGRAM FOR OUR NEWLY FIRED RIFLES.
09:14:45 SO HIS LOYALTY AND PASSION IS NOT ONLY FOR THE BETTERMENT
09:14:48 OF THE CITIZENS OF THE DEPARTMENT BUT THE OFFICERS, THEIR
09:14:51 FAMILIES, AND OUR YOUTH.
09:14:54 FOR THIS REASON CORPORAL DOUDS HAS BEEN SELECTED OFFICER
09:14:56 OF THE MONTH FOR JANUARY 2020.
09:14:58 CONGRATULATIONS.
09:14:59 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:15:00 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:15:08 JIMMY OWENS, VICE PRESIDENT, TAMPA POLICE BEEN HE HAVE
09:15:11 LEAPT ASSOCIATION, AND OUR TREASURE.
09:15:15 OUR PRESIDENT COULDN'T MAKE IT TODAY BECAUSE SHE'S IN
09:15:17 TRAINING.
09:15:18 AS MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE ARE DEEPLY IN
09:15:21 GRATITUDE FOR HIS SERVICE TO OUR POLICE OFFICERS, AND
09:15:25 THAT TRANSCENDS TO THE STREETS WITH THE TRAINING THAT OUR
09:15:28 POLICE OFFICERS GET.
09:15:29 ON BEHALF OF THE TAMPA PBA WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU
09:15:32 WITH THIS PLAQUE.
09:15:33 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:15:38 >> JIM CARSON, BILL CURRIE FORD.
09:15:42 ON BEHALF OF THE CURRIE FAMILY AND MYSELF WE WOULD LIKE
09:15:45 TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO AND PUT
09:15:47 PEOPLE THROUGH ... HELL.
09:15:49 BUT I WOULDN'T MIND GOING THROUGH THE ACADEMY.
09:15:51 SO WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A BRAND NEW CAR.
09:15:53 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:15:59 >> CASS PARSE COMPANY, McDONALD'S RESTAURANTS.
09:16:04 I THOUGHT I HAD A PRETTY IMPRESSIVE CAREER, BUT MINE
09:16:07 LOOKS BLEAK COMPARED TO YOURS.
09:16:09 WE REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO.
09:16:10 WE JUST HOSTED TPD AT ONE OF OUR LOCATIONS YESTERDAY WITH
09:16:13 15 OFFICERS.
09:16:14 WE APPRECIATE YOU, THE PARTNERSHIP, WHAT YOU GUYS DO.
09:16:18 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING.
09:16:20 AND A LITTLE GOODY BAG.
09:16:25 THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:16:26 >> MARY LOU BAILEY HERE ON BEHALF OF ZOO TAMPA.
09:16:30 I HAVE BEEN TO THE ACADEMY.
09:16:31 HOPEFULLY YOU REMEMBER ME.
09:16:33 I HAD THE COMMON SENSE, UNLIKE OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, NOT
09:16:37 TO BE TASED AFTER THE FIRST ONE.
09:16:41 I THOUGHT, OKAY, I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT.
09:16:43 BUT SERIOUSLY, THANK YOU FOR THE ACADEMY IT WAS EYE
09:16:46 OPENING.
09:16:48 I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SHARE A LOT OF THINGS WITH MY
09:16:50 NEIGHBORHOOD.
09:16:51 BUT ON BEHALF OF ZOO TAMPA, WE HOPE YOU ARE MOTIVATED TO
09:16:54 LOVE WILDLIFE AND NATURE AS MUCH AS WE ARE ON THE BOARD
09:16:56 OF DIRECTORS AND GIVING YOU A FAMILY MEMBERSHIP TO ZOO
09:16:59 TAMPA, GOOD FOR THE WHOLE YEAR.
09:17:01 CONGRATULATIONS.
09:17:02 >> MICHAEL KILGORE, GONZMART TAMPA FAMILY RESTAURANTS AND
09:17:10 COLUMBIA.
09:17:10 THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.
09:17:11 A $115 GIFT CARD TO THE COLUMBIA REPRESENTING 115 YEARS
09:17:18 OF FAMILY OWNERSHIP.
09:17:20 THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:17:21 >> DONNA McFRY REQUEST STRAZ CENTER.
09:17:26 I'M SO HAPPY TO ALL THAT YOU DO WITH OUR CITY AND KEEPING
09:17:32 US SAFE.
09:17:34 ON BEHALF OF STRAZ THEATER, WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU
09:17:38 TO THE UPCOMING PRODUCTION.
09:17:43 >>ARE DOUBLETREE TAMPA AIRPORT.
09:17:50 THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
09:17:51 WE HAVE A TWO NIGHT STAY FOR YOU AT THE DOUBLETREE HOTEL.
09:17:56 ENJOY IT.
09:17:57 >> MICHAEL PARKER, STEPP'S TOWING SERVICE.
09:18:08 CONGRATULATIONS FOR A JOB WELL DONE.
09:18:10 TAKE A BREAK, TIME OFF.
09:18:12 OWN BEHALF OF TODD STEPPS, A $50 BASS PRO GIFT CARD AND A
09:18:18 NIGHT OUT IN THE LIMOUSINE.
09:18:20 TAKE TIME OUT AND ENJOY IT.
09:18:22 >> BUSCH GARDENS.
09:18:33 AS I SAY EVERY MONTH THAT WE HOLD THIS EVENT, I LIKE TO
09:18:37 THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT IN RECOGNIZING THE
09:18:40 OUTSTANDING EFFORTS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY,
09:18:43 AND FOR ALLOWING US AT BUSCH GARDENS TO BE PART OF THAT
09:18:46 PROCESS.
09:18:47 WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE KNOWN JERROD
09:18:51 FOR 20-SOMETHING YEARS, AND AS AN EXEMPLARY LAW
09:18:55 ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AS HE IS, HE IS A BETTER HUMAN BEING,
09:18:58 AND I VALUE HIS FRIENDSHIP.
09:19:00 HE CONTINUES TO TRAIN THE WEAPONS OFFICERS AT BUSCH
09:19:02 GARDENS SO WE HAVE A CONTINUED RELATIONSHIP THERE AND I
09:19:05 AM APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
09:19:06 AS A TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU
09:19:08 FOUR TICKETS FOR YOUR FAMILY TO COME TO BUSCH GARDENS
09:19:15 WHEN YOU HAVE THE LIMOUSINE.
09:19:16 >> CARLOS RAMOS, TAMPA HILLSBOROUGH EXPRESSWAY AUTHORITY,
09:19:27 AND OFFICER 25 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR CITY, AND FOR
09:19:31 TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF OFFICERS FOR OUR
09:19:34 CITIZENS.
09:19:34 ON BEHALF OF THE EXPRESSWAY AUTHORITY WE HAVE A GIFT CARD
09:19:37 TO OUTBACK AND OTHER GOODIES AS WELL.
09:19:39 >> LYNN EARHART REPRESENTING TAMPA THEATRE.
09:19:55 CONGRATULATIONS.
09:19:56 WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO FOR US IN DOWNTOWN TAMPA
09:20:01 AND SURROUNDING AREA.
09:20:03 A TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION, HOPEFULLY YOUR SUPERIORS
09:20:10 WILL LET YOU COME JOIN US.
09:20:18 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:20:20 >> BRYAN SHORE WITH THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS.
09:20:25 THANK YOU AGAIN FOR SUPPORT OF THIS PROGRAM, CORPORAL.
09:20:28 ON BEHALF OF GLAZER FAMILY AND OUR ENTIRE ORGANIZATION,
09:20:31 THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY'S SACRIFICE, EXTENDED
09:20:35 EFFORTS.
09:20:35 WE HAVE A LITTLE TRADITION OUT AT ONE BUC.
09:20:37 ANYBODY THAT GOES OVER AND ABOVE, THEY GET A LITTLE GAME
09:20:40 BALL.
09:20:41 HEARING YOUR STORY AND WHAT YOU FOR EVERYONE, YOU DESERVE
09:20:44 THIS.
09:20:45 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:20:45 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:20:49 >>STEVE MICHELINI: WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO ASK THE BUCS
09:20:56 IS, WHAT IS THE SECRET ANSWER TO THE QUARTERBACK
09:20:58 QUESTION?
09:21:01 THEY PROMISED TO TELL US THIS MORNING, BUT WE ARE GOING
09:21:03 TO WAIT AND SEE IF THAT HAPPENS.
09:21:13 ON BEHALF OF YUMMY HOUSE CHINA BISTRO, WE ARE GOING TO
09:21:17 PROVIDE YOU WITH A GIFT CERTIFICATE SO YOU CAN GO ENJOY
09:21:19 YOURSELF FOR LUNCH OR DINNER.
09:21:21 ON BEHALF OF FORBICI MODERN ITALIAN, ENJOY YOURSELF
09:21:26 AGAIN, LUNCH OR DINNER.
09:21:29 ON BEHALF OF THE CICCIO'S RESTAURANT GROUP, YOU CAN ENJOY
09:21:32 YOURSELF BREAKFAST, LUNCH OR DINNER.
09:21:36 ON BEHALF OF PRESTIGE PORTRAITS, WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE
09:21:39 YOU WITH A FAMILY PORTRAIT SO YOU CAN GO HAVE YOUR
09:21:42 PORTRAITS DONE.
09:21:43 AND WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED WITH ALL OF THAT, YOU CAN GO
09:21:45 WORK OUT AT THE Y.
09:21:46 [ LAUGHTER ]
09:21:48 CONGRATULATIONS.
09:21:49 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:22:04 >> FIRST TIME TO WORK THIS SO BEAR WITH ME.
09:22:10 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IS THE NEXT CITIZENS POLICE
09:22:12 ACADEMY THAT'S COMING UP.
09:22:13 PLEASE TAKE NOTE.
09:22:16 EVERYONE CAN GET TRAINING THE SAME WAY THAT I DID WITH
09:22:19 THIS OFFICER.
09:22:24 OFFICER, IT'S YOUR TURN UP HERE.
09:22:25 >> WELL, IT'S JUST VERY HUMBLING.
09:22:31 IT'S LIKE CHRISTMAS.
09:22:32 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:22:33 I APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
09:22:35 BUT WITH MOST SUCCESSES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, IT ONLY COMES
09:22:39 AS A RESULT OF TEAMWORK.
09:22:40 EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED HAS BEEN A RESULT OF
09:22:42 THE INCREDIBLE STAFF THAT WE HAVE OUT IN THE ACADEMY, AND
09:22:47 THE SUPPORT THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE CHIEF, STAFF, AND
09:22:51 CHAIN OF COMMAND, IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT
09:22:54 EVERYBODY'S WORK TOGETHER.
09:22:56 AS WITH ALL THINGS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, WE HOPE TO
09:22:59 CONTINUE THAT.
09:23:00 THANK YOU.
09:23:01 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
09:23:01 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:23:04 ANYONE ON COUNCIL?
09:23:07 COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:23:09 >>ORLANDO GUDES: TRAINING IS IMPORTANT.
09:23:12 IT HELPS SAVE OFFICERS LIVES AND THE CITIZENS.
09:23:19 WHEN I LOOK AT TRAINING, I LOOK AT THIS COUNCIL,
09:23:24 COUNCILMAN CITRO HAS GONE THROUGH IT.
09:23:26 HOPEFULLY THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE,
09:23:32 ESPECIALLY GIVE YOU A REAL INDICATION OF WHAT IT'S LIKE
09:23:38 TO BE NO SITUATION.
09:23:39 SO GOOD JOB.
09:23:41 KEEP IT UP.
09:23:41 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I HAD THE PLEASURE OF GOING THROUGH
09:23:48 THE CITIZENS ACADEMY THREE YEARS AGO, I BELIEVE.
09:23:50 AND I THINK YOU MAY HAVE DRIVEN THE POLICE CAR THROUGH
09:23:52 THE CHASE AND PURSUIT, AND I RECORDED THE VIDEO AND ADDED
09:23:58 BANJO MUSIC TO MAKE IT MORE EXCITING.
09:24:00 I HAVE IT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT.
09:24:02 BUT IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.
09:24:03 I DID NOT GET TASED, SADLY.
09:24:06 BUT IT WAS NICE TO SEE WHAT YOU GUYS DEAL WITH ON A DAILY
09:24:11 BASIS.
09:24:12 OUR GROUP GOT A GREATER APPRECIATION BECAUSE IT'S NOT
09:24:15 JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY PULL OVER FOLKS FOR A SPEEDING
09:24:18 TICKET.
09:24:18 THERE'S SO MUCH MORE TO IT.
09:24:20 AND IT INCREASED MY RESPECT FOR YOU GUYS, ALL OF YOU, MEN
09:24:24 AND WOMEN IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE SACRIFICES THAT
09:24:26 YOU MAKE AND WHAT YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH DAY IN AND DAY
09:24:29 OUT BECAUSE IT IS NOT AN EASY JOB.
09:24:31 HIGH STRESS.
09:24:32 YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.
09:24:33 EVERY DAY IS DIFFERENT.
09:24:34 WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICE AND YOUR COURAGE AND HARD
09:24:36 WORK AND DEDICATION TO KEEP US SAFE EVERY DAY.
09:24:39 THANK YOU.
09:24:40 >>LUIS VIERA: ANYONE ELSE?
09:24:41 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR, FOR YOUR SERVICE.
09:24:44 I WILL CONFESS, I HAVE NEVER GONE THROUGH THE PROGRAM.
09:24:47 SO I'M SURE THERE'S A COUPLE OF INDIVIDUALS THERE WHO
09:24:50 WILL WANT ME TO DO THAT.
09:24:53 HOPEFULLY MY EXPERIENCES WILL BE BETTER THERE THAN IN THE
09:24:56 FIRE PROGRAM WHICH I MADE IT THROUGH HALF OF.
09:25:00 GOD WILLING IT WILL BE DIFFERENT.
09:25:01 I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR SACRIFICE AND THAT
09:25:04 INCLUDES YOU AS WELL AS YOUR LOVED ONES WHO SUPPORTED YOU
09:25:06 THROUGHOUT ALL OF YOUR DIFFERENT PROFESSIONAL ENDEAVORS.
09:25:09 WE ARE ALL IN YOUR DEBT.
09:25:11 THANK YOU, SIR, AND GOD BLESS YOU.
09:25:16 >>JOSEPH CITRO: BESIDES YOUR TPD FAMILY, DO YOU HAVE ANY
09:25:18 OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE?
09:25:23 BECAUSE OF YOUR DEDICATION TO SERVICE, COMMITMENT OF
09:25:25 EXCELLENCE AND GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY,
09:25:27 YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FOR THIS MARK OF DISTINCTION AS
09:25:30 OFFICER OF THE MONTH, TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
09:25:32 YOUR PEERS, SUPERIORS, WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR
09:25:36 DEDICATION AND DILIGENCE.
09:25:37 WE RECOGNIZE YOUR HARD WORK IN TRAINING TAMPA POLICE
09:25:41 FINEST BY OVERSEEING THE IN-SERVICE TRAINING AND IN
09:25:44 BUILDING STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY THROUGH
09:25:49 THE ACADEMY AND POSSIBLE YOUTH ACADEMY AND CITIZENS
09:25:52 ACADEMY, IN HONOR OF THIS, THE CITY OF TAMPA COUNCIL
09:25:55 PRESENTS SENIOR CORPORAL JERROD DOUD WITH THE
09:25:58 COMMENDATION ON THIS THE 30th DAY OF JANUARY 2020.
09:26:01 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:26:17 >>JOSEPH CITRO: CONGRATULATIONS.
09:26:18 CHIEF?
09:26:21 DETECTIVE FELDMAN.
09:26:24 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE ANOTHER FINE AND
09:26:31 DISTINGUISHED OFFICER THAT WE ARE RECOGNIZING TODAY.
09:26:34 BUT I THINK IT'S FITTING THAT THE CHIEF HERE EXPLAIN THE
09:26:39 REASONS WHY YOU ARE HERE TODAY.
09:26:40 CHIEF.
09:26:40 >> MY HONOR.
09:26:45 DETECTIVE CHARLES FELDMAN HAS BEEN EMPLOYED WITH THE
09:26:48 POLICE DEPARTMENT SINCE 2013.
09:26:51 HE'S WORKED IN DISTRICT 1 IN PATROL.
09:26:54 HE WAS A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER, A STREET ANTI-CRIMES
09:26:57 OFFICER, AND RECENTLY PROMOTED TO DETECTIVE BACK IN
09:27:00 SEPTEMBER, AS YOU CAN SEE BY HIS UNIFORM.
09:27:04 HE CONTINUES TO DISPLAY A STRONG WORK ETHIC, PERFORMS
09:27:08 THOROUGH INVESTIGATIONS, CAREFULLY MONITORS HIS ASSIGNED
09:27:11 AREA, AND USES HIS RESOURCES TO COMBAT PROBLEMS WHILE
09:27:14 TAKING THE INITIATIVE TO IDENTIFY PROLIFIC OFFENDERS.
09:27:19 AS YOU ARE GOING TO SEE FROM WHAT I HIGHLIGHT HERE, IF
09:27:21 YOU DID ANYTHING WRONG YOU WOULD NOT WANT HIM TO BE THE
09:27:24 DETECTIVE ASSIGNED TO THE CASE.
09:27:25 DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS DETECTIVE FELDMAN WORKED A
09:27:28 NUMBER OF AUTO BURGLARIES.
09:27:29 HE IDENTIFIED SIX SUSPECTS THAT WERE SHARING A RESIDENCE
09:27:33 TO HANG OUT, STORE THE STOLEN PROPERTY, AND COMMIT THE
09:27:36 AUTO BURGLARIES.
09:27:37 HE DILIGENTLY REVIEWED VIDEO FOOTAGE AND WAS ABLE TO LINK
09:27:41 ONE OF THE SUSPECTS TO THE AUTO BURGLARY.
09:27:44 DETECTIVE FELDMAN CONTACTED THE SUSPECT'S PROBATION
09:27:47 OFFICER WHO GAVE A POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION THAT ENABLED
09:27:51 DETECTIVE FELDMAN TO MAKE THE ARREST.
09:27:53 DIDN'T STOP THERE, THOUGH.
09:27:54 DETECTIVE FELDMAN DISCOVERED THAT THE SUSPECTS WERE ALSO
09:27:57 SELLING SPICE, TAKING OWNERSHIP OF THE INVESTIGATION, HE
09:28:01 DEVELOPED THE SOURCE THAT COULD PURCHASE THE SPICE FROM
09:28:03 THE RESIDENTS.
09:28:04 HE CONTINUED TO CONTROL THIS PURCHASE OF THE SPICE FROM
09:28:09 THE RESIDENTS, AND THEN HE AUTHORED A SEARCH WARRANT FOR
09:28:13 THAT LOCATION.
09:28:14 AND WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF HIS FELLOW DETECTIVES, HE WAS
09:28:17 ABLE TO EXECUTE THAT SEARCH WARRANT SAFELY.
09:28:21 DURING THE INVESTIGATION DETECTIVE FELDMAN OBSERVED THAT
09:28:23 ONE OF THE SUSPECTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA HAD A SUSPENDED
09:28:28 DRIVER'S LICENSE AND WAS DRIVING, AND ALSO HE WAS OUT ON
09:28:31 BOND FOR STABBING AN INDIVIDUAL.
09:28:33 HE RESPONDED TO THE AREA, SPOTTED THE VEHICLE AND STOPPED
09:28:36 THE CAR.
09:28:37 THE DRIVER WHO WAS A PROLIFIC OFFENDER WAS FOUND TO BE IN
09:28:40 POSSESSION OF 60 GRAMS OF METH AND 2.5 POUNDS OF SPICE.
09:28:49 HE CONTACTED THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO ENSURE THAT
09:28:51 HIS BOND WAS REVOKED AND TO KEEP THIS OFFENDER OFF OF OUR
09:28:54 STREETS.
09:28:55 DETECTIVE FELDMAN IS A PROBLEM SOLVER AND INVALUABLE
09:28:58 MEMBER OF OUR CRIME FIGHT AND IN RECOGNITION FOR HIS HARD
09:29:02 WORK HE IS AWARDED THE OFFICER OF THE MONTH FOR FEBRUARY
09:29:06 2020.
09:29:07 CONGRATULATIONS.
09:29:07 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:29:09 >> I HAVE THE PLEASURE TO SUPERVISE CHARLEY, ALBEIT FOR A
09:29:17 SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
09:29:18 I KNEW HE WAS DEFINITELY A SPECIAL POLICE OFFICER AT THE
09:29:20 TIME AND SINCE THEN HAS BEEN PROMOTED.
09:29:22 CHARLIE, YOU DO A GREAT JOB FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
09:29:25 ON BEHALF OF THE TAMPA PBA, WE ISSUE THIS PLAQUE.
09:29:29 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:29:35 >> CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE TAMPA BAY PARKS, AND JERRY AS
09:29:46 WELL, INVITE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY OVER FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND
09:29:52 EVERYTHING SO YOU CAN HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS.
09:29:55 >> DUSTIN PORTILLA, CASS PARSE COMPANY AGAIN.
09:30:04 I DON'T NOT WHY ANYBODY WOULD COMMIT A CRIME BUT I THINK
09:30:07 HAVING YOU ON THE STREETS WE ARE DOING PRETTY WELL.
09:30:09 THERE ARE SOME GOODIES IN HERE FOR YOU.
09:30:11 THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
09:30:12 >> JIM CARSON, BILL CURRIE FORD.
09:30:20 A HELL OF A JOB YOU HAVE DONE.
09:30:21 WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO.
09:30:23 WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU ALSO A BRAND NEW POLICE CAR.
09:30:27 WISH IT WAS AN UNDERCOVER ONE BUT IT'S A MARKED VEHICLE.
09:30:30 THANK YOU.
09:30:30 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:30:35 >> MICHAEL KILGORE, COLUMBIA RESTAURANT, GONZMART FAMILY
09:30:40 OF RESTAURANTS, A $115 GIFT CARD FOR ULELE, ONE OF OUR
09:30:45 RESTAURANTS.
09:30:45 THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
09:30:47 CONGRATULATIONS.
09:30:47 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:30:51 >> DONNA McFRY, STRAZ CENTER AGAIN.
09:30:54 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK.
09:30:55 THANK YOU FOR BEING OUT THERE.
09:30:57 AND THANK YOU FOR PURSUING ALL OF THE CRIME IT TAKES THAT
09:31:01 EXTRA EFFORT AND ENDANGERING YOUR LIFE TO KEEP US SAFE.
09:31:05 WE HAVE FROM THE STRAZ CENTER TWO TICKETS TO AN UPCOMING
09:31:09 PRODUCTION OF JERSEY BOYS.
09:31:12 THANK YOU.
09:31:12 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:31:14 >> CARLOS RAMOS, TAMPA HILLSBOROUGH EXPRESSWAY AUTHORITY.
09:31:21 AND ON BEHALF OF A GRATEFUL CITY, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT
09:31:25 TO YOU A GIFT CARD TO OUTBACK AND A COUPLE OF OTHER
09:31:28 GOODIES FROM THE EXPRESSWAY AUTHORITY.
09:31:30 THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:31:30 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:31:33 >> DOUBLETREE TAMPA AIRPORT.
09:31:37 THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.
09:31:38 AND TWO NIGHT STAY FOR YOU AT AND OUR DOUBLETREE COOKIES.
09:31:44 ENJOY.
09:31:45 THANK YOU.
09:31:45 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:31:47 >> EARHART, TAMPA THEATRE.
09:31:53 THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:32:02 IT'S A GIFT CARD TO THE TAMPA THEATRE.
09:32:04 >> ZOO TAMPA, CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU.
09:32:12 I PARTICULARLY APPRECIATE THE PROBLEM SOLVING, AND
09:32:16 EVERYTHING, THAT'S REALLY COOL.
09:32:17 I HOPE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY WILL ENJOY THE ZOO FOR A YEAR.
09:32:20 YOU CAN COME TO SPECIAL EVENTS AS WELL AS TO THEIR
09:32:23 AWESOME PARK AND HELP US SAVE WILDLIFE.
09:32:26 CONGRATULATIONS.
09:32:26 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:32:30 >> THANK YOU FOR A JOB WELL DONE.
09:32:37 ON BEHALF OF TODD STEPPS, I PRESENT YOU A NIGHT OUT IN
09:32:41 OUR COMPANY LIMOUSINE.
09:32:43 A BASS PRO GIFT CARD.
09:32:52 AND A LIMO.
09:32:53 >> BUSCH GARDENS, FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR
09:32:58 RECENT PROMOTION.
09:32:59 THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
09:33:00 YOU HAVE AN INCREDIBLE BIO.
09:33:01 AND I APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUED WORK.
09:33:03 I LIVE OVER THAT WAY.
09:33:04 I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR EFFORTS IN THAT AREA.
09:33:07 ON BEHALF OF BUSCH GARDENS TAMPA BAY, WE ARE GOING TO
09:33:09 GIVE YOU A FAMILY OF FOUR TICKETS TO BUSCH GARDENS.
09:33:13 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:33:18 >>STEVE MICHELINI: GOOD MORNING, SIR.
09:33:22 I THINK YOU ALREADY KNOW ALL THE STUFF YOU ARE GOING TO
09:33:24 GET HERE.
09:33:25 BUT I'LL GO THROUGH IT AGAIN.
09:33:28 CICCIO'S RESTAURANT GROUP, GOING TO PROVIDE WITH YOU
09:33:31 BREAKFAST, LUNCH OR DINNER.
09:33:33 ON BEHALF OF FORBICI, A GIFT CERTIFICATE TO GO ENJOY
09:33:40 YOURSELF FOR LUNCH OR DINNER.
09:33:41 YUMMY HOUSE CHINA BISTRO, A GIFT CERTIFICATE.
09:33:45 AND I ALWAYS UNDERSTAND THAT THE CHIEF WANTS THAT ONE.
09:33:51 PRESTIGE PORTRAITS, I AM NOT SURE IF YOU ARE GOING TO USE
09:33:54 YOUR REAL FACE ON THIS PHOTOGRAPH OR NOT BUT IT'S
09:33:56 AVAILABLE OF THE SO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO.
09:33:58 THEN THE YMCA PROVIDING YOU WITH A MEMBERSHIP SO YOU CAN
09:34:01 GO ENJOY YOURSELF OVER AT THE Y.
09:34:03 SO CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:34:06 AND I KNOW JIM CARSON IS REALLY HAPPY THAT YOU ARE
09:34:09 RECOVERING THOSE CARS, BECAUSE THEY ARE HIS.
09:34:11 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:34:24 >>JOSEPH CITRO: NOW, I AM GOING TO PRESENT YOU THIS.
09:34:25 BUT OTHER THAN YOUR TPD FAMILY, I'M SURE THERE'S SOMEBODY
09:34:28 THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE NO PICTURE LATER ON.
09:34:36 BECAUSE OF YOUR DEDICATION TO SERVICE, COMMITMENT TO
09:34:38 EXCELLENCE, AN AND GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF
09:34:41 DUTY, YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN -- THIS MARK OF DISTINCTION
09:34:46 OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
09:34:47 TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, YOUR PEERS AND YOUR SUPERIORS, WOULD
09:34:50 LIKE TO COMMEND YOU FOR THE DEDICATION AND DILIGENCE.
09:34:54 WE RECOGNIZE YOUR COMMITMENT TO MEETING THE CHALLENGES IN
09:34:57 THE COMMUNITY, BEING DEVOTED INVESTIGATOR, SKILLED
09:35:01 PROBLEM SOLVER, AND INVALUABLE MEMBER OF DISTRICT ONE
09:35:05 TEAM.
09:35:06 IT IS THE HONOR OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL TO PRESENT
09:35:08 DETECTIVE CHARLES FELDMAN WITH THIS COMMENDATION ON THE
09:35:12 27th DAY OF FEBRUARY 2020.
09:35:14 CONGRATULATIONS.
09:35:15 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:35:28 THANK YOU.
09:35:28 IT'S YOURS NOW.
09:35:29 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:35:38 I WANT TO START OFF BY THANKING THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL,
09:35:41 CHIEF DUGAN, CHIEF BURKEHOFF, THE REST OF TPD STAFF AND
09:35:46 THE ORIGINALS THAT SUPPORT THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT
09:35:48 AND MAKE THIS AWARD SO SPECIAL.
09:35:51 I AM TRULY HUMBLED AND HONORED TO BE NAMED THE TAMPA
09:35:53 POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
09:35:56 THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THIS AWARD THAT IS GIVEN TO
09:35:59 AN INDIVIDUAL PERSON, ANYONE IN THIS ROOM WHO IS A POLICE
09:36:02 OFFICER KNOWS TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS CAREER, YOU CANNOT
09:36:05 SIMPLY FUNCTION AS AN INDIVIDUAL BUT IT TAKES A TEAM.
09:36:09 (BABY FUSSING)
09:36:11 THAT'S MY SON SO IT'S OKAY.
09:36:14 IN DISTRICT ONE DLS UNIT WITH A GREAT LEADER IN SERGEANT
09:36:17 BAILEY WHO PUSHES ME TO BE BETTER THAN I WAS BEFORE.
09:36:20 LASTLY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY I WANT TO THANK MY WIFE WHO
09:36:23 JUST STEPPED OUT, MELISSA, FOR UNWAVERING SUPPORT, AND TO
09:36:28 MY PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL LIFE, EVEN WHEN I GET CALLED
09:36:31 OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AS A DETECTIVE OR THE DIVE
09:36:35 TEAM.
09:36:36 I AM HUMBLED BY THIS AWARD AND CONTINUE TO WORK HARD FOR
09:36:38 THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA.
09:36:40 THANK YOU.
09:36:40 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:36:42 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
09:36:43 ANYONE ON COUNCIL?
09:36:49 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WELL, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING
09:36:53 THAT IS HONORABLE YOU GET REWARDED.
09:36:55 THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WERE HONORABLE TO GET AWARDED.
09:37:04 I REMEMBER I GOT THAT AWARD FIVE OR SIX YEARS IN MY
09:37:07 CAREER.
09:37:08 SO CONGRATULATIONS.
09:37:09 >>LUIS VIERA: ANYONE ELSE?
09:37:11 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
09:37:12 AND I'M GLAD THAT YOUR WIFE AND SON WERE HERE SO THAT
09:37:16 THEY CAN JUST SEE SOME OF THE HONOR THAT YOU GET FOR THE
09:37:21 HARD WORK THAT HAD YOU PUT IN.
09:37:22 WE ARE ALL AWARE OF HOW DIFFICULT YOUR JOB IS AND WHAT A
09:37:25 STRESS IT IS TO YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES, AND THAT'S WHAT
09:37:28 THIS AWARD IS ALL ABOUT.
09:37:29 IT'S NOT JUST TO YOU BUT IT'S ALSO THOSE PEOPLE WHO STAND
09:37:32 BEHIND YOU.
09:37:33 SO GOD BLESS YOU.
09:37:35 THANK YOU.
09:37:35 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:37:40 NEXT, WE MOVE AS PREVIOUSLY STATED FOR ITEM NUMBER 3.
09:37:49 IS MS. HOLT HERE?
09:38:17 AND I WILL YIELD TO COUNCILMAN CITRO WHO MOTIONED FOR
09:38:24 ITEM NUMBER 3.
09:38:28 >>JOSEPH CITRO: IN THE CITY OF TAMPA WE HAVE SOME MAJOR
09:38:29 EVENTS COMING UP.
09:38:31 WWE WRESTLING.
09:38:34 WE ALSO HAVE SUPER BOWL COMING.
09:38:36 AND MANY OF MY CONSTITUENTS HAD VOICED THEIR CONCERNS OF
09:38:41 HUMAN TRAFFICKING THAT MAY BE ENTERING THE AREA BECAUSE
09:38:46 OF THOSE BIG EVENTS.
09:38:48 TODAY I HAVE ASKED SEVERAL PEOPLE TO BE HERE.
09:38:56 DEPUTY CHIEF -- HE'S HERE, TPD.
09:39:00 DEPUTY -- CHIEF DEPUTY, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, DOTTIE
09:39:08 ROBBER SKIPPER, HUMAN TRAFFICKING REPORT.
09:39:10 EXCUSE ME.
09:39:11 HEATHER CURRY.
09:39:12 AND MRS. HOLT WILL BE JOINING US LATER.
09:39:16 SO I WANT THIS TO BE INFORMATIONAL OF WHAT OUR LOCAL LAW
09:39:21 ENFORCEMENT IS GOING TO BE DOING, HOW WE CAN EDUCATE THE
09:39:26 PUBLIC.
09:39:27 AND IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK IS JUST NOT
09:39:29 RIGHT, HOE YOU CAN CALL, WHO YOU CAN TELL, HOW WE CAN GET
09:39:36 HELP FOR THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING USED AGAINST THEIR
09:39:41 WILL.
09:39:41 SO, CHIEF, WOULD YOU LIKE TO START OUT, PLEASE?
09:39:44 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:39:51 ASSISTANT CHIEF LEE BURKEHOFF.
09:39:57 BOTH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CITY OF TAMPA AND ALL OUR
09:40:00 STAKEHOLDERS ARE WELL AHEAD OF THE CURVE AND ARE PLANNING
09:40:04 IN PREPARATION.
09:40:04 IT IS IMPORTANT TO MENTION THAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS A
09:40:07 365 DAY A YEAR PROBLEM AND NOT JUST A MAJOR EVENT
09:40:13 PROBLEM.
09:40:13 IN FACT, NUMEROUS ACADEMIC STUDIES HAVE FAILED TO LINK
09:40:17 THE PERCEIVED PHENOMENA OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING TO THE SUPER
09:40:20 BOWL INCLUDING POLARIS, WHICH IS A LEADING ONLINE
09:40:25 ORGANIZATION THAT COORDINATES THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING
09:40:28 HOTLINE.
09:40:29 HOWEVER, TO THIS POINT, THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT
09:40:32 ACTIVELY PARTICIPANTS IN NUMEROUS TASK FORCES.
09:40:40 >>LUIS VIERA: OH, SORRY.
09:40:41 >> ARE YOU TALKING TO ME?
09:40:42 >>LUIS VIERA: NO, SIR, SORRY.
09:40:43 GO AHEAD.
09:40:43 >> THE TASK FORCE WITH THE U.S. ATTORNEYS TASK FORCE,
09:40:47 TAMPA BAY AREA, TRAFFICKING, THE FLORIDA ATTORNEY
09:40:49 GENERAL, ASHLEY MOODY, STATE WIDE COUNCIL ON HUMAN
09:40:53 TRAFFICKING, AND WHAT YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT LATER ON, THE
09:40:56 NEWLY FORMED HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COMMISSION ON HUMAN
09:40:58 TRAFFICKING WHERE I SIT AS A BOARD MEMBER.
09:41:02 IN ADDITION, IN OUR SUPER BOWL PLANNING, WE HAVE A HUMAN
09:41:06 TRAFFICKING SUBCOMMITTEE WHICH FOLLOWS UNDERNEATH OUR
09:41:09 INTELLIGENCE BRANCH FOR THE COORDINATION OF THE EVENT.
09:41:13 THIS SUBCOMMITTEE HAS MANY OF THE SAME MEMBERS THAT SIT
09:41:17 ON THOSE TASK FORCES SO WE ALREADY HAVE THAT CLOSE
09:41:20 WORKING RELATIONSHIP.
09:41:21 AND THAT'S NOT ONLY WITH SPECIAL EVENT PLANNING, IT'S
09:41:24 WITH REGULAR PLANNING.
09:41:25 YOU WILL HEAR FROM THE CHIEF DEPUTY AND HEAR FROM OTHER
09:41:28 ORGANIZATIONS, AND WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT THIS AREA IS WHETHER
09:41:31 IT'S A SUPER BOWL, WHETHER IT'S A GASPARILLA, WE HAVE
09:41:35 THAT RELATIONSHIP ALREADY IN EXISTENCE.
09:41:37 FURTHERMORE, THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT, HILLSBOROUGH
09:41:41 COUNTY SHERIFFS, ARE ONE OF THE FEW ORGANIZATIONS THAT
09:41:44 ACTUALLY SENT OFFICERS TO A SUPER BOWL IN MIAMI, NOT JUST
09:41:49 TO OBSERVE BUT ACTUALLY EMBEDDED IN THEIR ORGANIZATION
09:41:52 SPECIFICALLY FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
09:41:56 THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY OF TAMPA HAVE
09:41:59 ALREADY MADE PLANS TO INCORPORATE HUMAN TRAFFICKING
09:42:01 AWARENESS TRAINING FOR BOTH SWORN AND NONSWORN EMPLOYEES.
09:42:07 IN ADDITION WE ARE EXPLORING OPTIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY
09:42:10 PARTNERS.
09:42:10 WE ARE ALSO APPLYING FOR $100,000 GRANT TO SUPPLEMENT OUR
09:42:15 RESOURCES AND OUR GOALS IN THIS ENDEAVOR.
09:42:18 WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THE INTERNAL ASSOCIATION OF HUMAN
09:42:21 TRAFFICKING INVESTIGATORS WHO WILL BE PROVIDING FREE
09:42:24 AWARENESS TRAINING AND INVESTIGATIVE TRAINING COMING UP
09:42:28 IN THE MONTH OF APRIL.
09:42:31 THAT'S THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE OVERVIEW.
09:42:33 AND I WILL LET OUR CHIEF DEPUTY COME UP NOW.
09:42:36 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:42:39 ON BEHALF OF SHERIFF, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MEMBERS OF
09:42:43 THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY.
09:42:45 THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE --
09:42:47 >> MAY I HAVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD?
09:42:49 >> DONNA ROZINSK'S, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
09:42:54 THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE
09:42:57 PROACTIVE IN COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN HILLSBOROUGH
09:43:00 COUNTY.
09:43:00 WE STARTED PREPARATIONS EARLY IN 2019 BASED ON CONCERNS
09:43:04 FROM SOME OF THE CITIZENS THAT WE SERVE, AS WELL AS WHAT
09:43:07 WE SAW IN THE SUPER BOWL IN ATLANTA.
09:43:10 WE HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING OPERATIONS AS THE CHIEF SAID,
09:43:13 IT'S NOT JUST A SUPER BOWL EVENT.
09:43:15 IT'S 365 DAYS A YEAR.
09:43:18 SO WE HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING OPERATIONS AT RESIDENCES,
09:43:21 HOTELS AND ROADWAYS WHERE POTENTIAL VICTIMS OF HUMAN
09:43:24 TRAFFICKING MIGHT BE FREQUENTING.
09:43:25 AND DURING 2019 WE MADE OVER 199 ARRESTS FOR PROSTITUTION
09:43:31 RELATED CHARGES.
09:43:32 OVER 65% OF THOSE WERE RELATED TO THE JOHNS, THE MEN, THE
09:43:37 TRAFFICKERS THAT ARE TRAFFICKING THESE WOMEN.
09:43:41 THROUGH ADVANCED TRAINING, AND INCREASED FOCUS ON
09:43:44 DETECTING AND STOPPING HUMAN TRAFFICKING, SIX OF THOSE
09:43:47 ARRESTS WERE FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING CHARGES.
09:43:50 AND MORE IMPORTANTLY WE SAW THE EFFORTS THAT WE MADE
09:43:53 BECAUSE IN PREVIOUS YEARS, ANY ARRESTS FOR HUMAN
09:43:57 TRAFFICKING.
09:43:58 A MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR THAT WE ASSISTED IN RECOVERING
09:44:02 FOUR VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, AND THAT IS OUR
09:44:04 ULTIMATE GOAL, TO HELP THESE PEOPLE, WHETHER IT'S ADULTS,
09:44:07 CHILDREN, MALE OR FEMALE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE
09:44:09 GETTING THE HELP THEY NEED.
09:44:12 OUR OFFICE HAS ADDITIONALLY INCREASED EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY
09:44:14 AND ARREST ADULTS WHO ARE PREYING ON OUR YOUTH.
09:44:18 OUR DETECTIVES HAVE RECENTLY RECEIVED OVER 80 HOURS OF
09:44:22 TRANCE ADVANCED TRAINING ON UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS
09:44:26 RELATING TO SUBJECTS PREYING ON YOUTH FOR SEXUAL ACTS.
09:44:29 OUR DETECTIVES, TPD, OUR INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN
09:44:34 CERTIFIED SO THEY CAN CONDUCT THESE INVESTIGATIONS.
09:44:36 DURING 2019 OUR DETECTIVES MADE FIVE ARRESTS FOR SUBJECTS
09:44:40 THAT WERE TRAVELING TO OUR COUNTY OR CITY TO ENGAGE IN
09:44:44 SEXUAL ACTS WITH CHILDREN.
09:44:46 AND WE EXPECT THAT TO INCREASE OVER THE TIME PERIOD.
09:44:49 WITH SUPER BOWL 55 IN TAMPA OUR PERSONNEL AND TPD WILL
09:44:54 WORK HAND IN HAND, ARE CONTINUING TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL
09:44:56 TRAINING TO KEEP UPDATE WITH CURRENT TRENDS AND TO ASSIST
09:45:00 WITH IDENTIFYING TRAFFICKERS OR VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING.
09:45:04 OUR DETECTIVES WILL BE WORKING WITH THE TAMPA POLICE
09:45:06 DEPARTMENT, OUR VARIOUS FEDERAL AGENCIES, AS WELL AS THE
09:45:09 VARIOUS TASK FORCES THAT WE ALL PARTICIPATE ON TO CONDUCT
09:45:13 MULTI-FACETED OPERATIONS AS WE LEAD INTO THE SUPER BOWL.
09:45:18 THESE OPERATIONS WILL FOCUS ON DETERRING THE DEMAND FOR
09:45:21 PROSTITUTES AND RESCUING VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
09:45:24 OUR DETECTIVES HAVE ALSO FORGED RELATIONSHIPS WITH LOCAL
09:45:27 NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS TO BE INCLUDE CREATIVE --
09:45:32 FREEDOM.
09:45:32 THESE GROUPS HAVE BEEN VITAL IN PROVIDING SERVICES AND
09:45:35 SAFE PLACES FOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING OR WOMEN IN
09:45:38 NEED OF SPECIFIC SERVICES.
09:45:40 AND WE'LL HAVE REPRESENTATIVES WITH THOSE WHEN WE CONDUCT
09:45:42 THE OPERATIONS TO ENSURE THAT IF WE COME INTO CONTACT
09:45:45 WITH VICTIMS, WE CAN HELP THEM AND TRY TO BREAK THAT
09:45:48 CYCLE BETWEEN THE TRAFFICKERS AND THE VICTIMS.
09:45:51 WE HAVE ALSO PARTNERED WITH SEATTLE AGAINST SLAVERY WITH
09:45:56 OUR EFFORTS.
09:45:57 THEY ASSIST WITH REDUCING HUMAN TRAFFICKING THROUGH
09:46:00 EDUCATION, ADVOCACY, MOBILIZATION AND TECHNOLOGY, AND WE
09:46:04 USE THEM AS A TEST AS WE GO INTO WWE WRESTLING EVENT,
09:46:12 WRESTLEMANIA AND SUPER BOWL 55 AND OUR FOCUS IS TO DETER
09:46:18 AND PREVENT THIS. WE BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME SUCCESS WITH
09:46:18 THESE OPERATIONS.
09:46:21 WE MONITOR WEBSITES WHERE THE JOHNS, THE PEOPLE THAT PICK
09:46:24 UP THE PROSTITUTES AND THE TRAFFICKERS PARTICIPATE AND WE
09:46:27 HAVE SEEN THEM PUT OUT WARNINGS WHEN WE ARE DOING
09:46:29 UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS, THEY WILL TELL WHAT AREA OF TOWN
09:46:32 WE ARE IN, WHAT THE DECOYS LOOK LIKE, WHAT OUR UNDERCOVER
09:46:36 OFFICERS LOOK LIKE AND HOW THEY CAN TRY TO FIND OUT IF
09:46:39 THEY ARE LAW ENFORCEMENT.
09:46:40 WE HAVE SEEN POSTINGS SAYING, AND I WILL QUOTE THIS ONE,
09:46:44 SHERIFF CHAD IS NO LONGER LENDING SITES ON HOOKERS, NOW
09:46:47 HE HAS ANNOUNCED HIS INTENT TO GO MORE AFTER JOHNS,
09:46:50 MEANING ALL OF US COULD BE NEXT, QUOTE.
09:46:52 SO WE KNOW WE ARE MAKING AN IMPACT.
09:46:54 AGAIN, OUR OFFICE, LIKE TPD, THE TASK FORCE, WE ALL
09:47:00 PARTICIPATE ON THOSE.
09:47:01 AND THE OUTSTANDING RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE AND THE
09:47:04 COMMUNICATION WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS, WE KNOW
09:47:07 WE WILL BE UP TO A DEPRESS THIS FROM A NUMBER OF
09:47:09 DIFFERENT ANGLES.
09:47:10 AS THE CHIEF SAID, ONE OF OUR SUBCOMMITTEES IS HUMAN
09:47:13 TRAFFICKING, AND THAT IS A PRIORITY FOR US.
09:47:16 AND WE FEEL THAT WITH THE STEPS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY
09:47:18 TAKEN AND UPCOMING ADVANCED TRAININGS THAT THE SHERIFF'S
09:47:22 OFFICE AND ALL OUR PARTNERS ARE PREPARED TO IDENTIFY AND
09:47:24 TAKE ANY NECESSARY ACTION COMING UP DURING THE SUPER
09:47:27 BOWL.
09:47:28 AND I CAN ALWAYS BE A POINT OF CONTACT IF THERE'S
09:47:31 FOLLOW-UP AS WELL AS ONE OF OUR MAJORS JEFFREY HAAS.
09:47:38 >>JOSEPH CITRO: IF I MAY FOLLOW UP.
09:47:40 CHIEF, MOST OF US, AND I AM NOT TALK BEING COUNCIL, I AM
09:47:43 TALKING ABOUT CITY OF TAMPA, ARE IGNORANT TO HUMAN
09:47:47 TRAFFICKING.
09:47:50 I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE
09:47:55 BROUGHT INTO THIS AREA THROUGH INDENTURED SERVANTS.
09:47:59 FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA, FROM SOUTH AMERICA.
09:48:06 IS AT SOME POINT AN ARREST WHERE THE PROSTITUTES, THE
09:48:11 PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING USED, GET ARRESTED WHILE THE JOHNS
09:48:16 ARE GOING OUT AND HAVING ANOTHER COCKTAIL?
09:48:19 IS THERE SOME POINT WHERE THE PERSON THAT IS BEING USED
09:48:23 HAS A DECISION OR CAN MAKE A DECISION TO GO TO JAIL, OR
09:48:30 GO AND INFORM SOMEBODY WITHOUT FEAR OF BRUTALITY OR
09:48:36 WITHOUT FEAR OF BEING DEPORTED BACK TO THEIR COUNTRY OR
09:48:40 WITHOUT FEAR OF HAVING TO BE BAILED OUT AND GO WORK ON
09:48:43 THE STREETS AGAIN?
09:48:44 IS THERE SOME OPPORTUNITY WHERE A PERSON WHO IS BEING
09:48:48 HELD AGAINST THEIR WILL BEING MADE TO SERVE, IS THERE
09:48:53 SOME OPPORTUNITY WHERE THEY CAN MAKE A CHOICE?
09:48:55 >> ABSOLUTELY.
09:48:56 WHEN WE DO THOSE OPERATIONS, WE HAVE DETECTIVES DEBRIEF
09:48:59 THEM AND THEN SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS I MENTIONED,
09:49:02 BECAUSE THEY OFTEN ARE FORMER VICTIMS OF HUMAN
09:49:05 TRAFFICKING, SO SOMETIMES, IT'S A VICIOUS CYCLE.
09:49:09 THEY HAVE A LOT OF CONTROL OF THOSE PEOPLE.
09:49:11 SO WE DO GIVE THEM AN OPTION.
09:49:13 IF THEY ARE BEING TRAFFICKED AND THEY TELL US THAT, WE
09:49:15 WILL NOT ARREST THEM, WE WILL GET THEM THE SERVICES AND
09:49:18 HOOK THEM UP WITH AN ORGANIZATION SO THAT THEY CAN
09:49:21 HOPEFULLY GET OUT OF THAT PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR AND GET THE
09:49:24 HELP THEY NEED.
09:49:25 BECAUSE THAT IS OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO GET THEM OUT OF
09:49:27 THAT PROCESS.
09:49:29 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANYMORE FEAR THAT EVEN IF AN ARREST IS
09:49:31 MADE, AND THE PERSON WANTS TO GET OUT OF THIS, THAT
09:49:35 THERE'S A CLEAR PATH FOR THEM, BECAUSE MOST OF THEM ARE,
09:49:39 AGAIN, HELD AGAINST THEIR WILL AND WILL BE BAILED OUT
09:49:42 WITHIN 24, 48 HOURS, AND JUST FORCED TO GO WORK IN THIS
09:49:47 INDUSTRY AGAIN.
09:49:47 >> ABSOLUTELY.
09:49:48 WE JUST HAD ONE RECENTLY.
09:49:50 AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT.
09:49:51 A LOT OF THEM ARE DEPENDENTS ON DRUGS, AND THAT'S HOW
09:49:54 THEY MANIPULATE THEM.
09:49:56 WE JUST HAD AN INDIVIDUAL.
09:49:57 WE DID NOT ARREST HER WE HAD ASSISTANCE, PUT HER IN A
09:50:03 TREATMENT PROGRAM.
09:50:04 AND THAT'S WHAT WE PREFER TO DO.
09:50:05 WE KNOW WE CAN'T ARREST OUR WAY OUT OF THE SITUATION.
09:50:08 BUT THAT'S HOW WE HAVE TO GET IN CONTACT WITH SOME OF
09:50:11 THESE WOMEN, IS TO SET UP THESE OPERATIONS.
09:50:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THERE IS HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS ALSO
09:50:16 MAKING EFFORTS, AND I AM HOPING THAT WE THE CITY OF TAMPA
09:50:20 CAN JOIN IN WITH KIMBERLY OVERMAN AND OTHER PEOPLE.
09:50:24 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, IS THERE A PLACE WHERE CITIZENS
09:50:27 WITHIN THE COUNTY CAN CALL AND SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M SEEING
09:50:31 SOMEBODY THAT JUST DOESN'T FIT THE DESCRIPTION OF A
09:50:34 MARTIN, OR A BOYFRIEND.
09:50:36 I FEAR THAT SOMEBODY IS BEING HELD AGAINST -- IS THERE A
09:50:39 HOTLINE THAT CAN BE CALLED?
09:50:40 >> THERE IS A HUMAN TRAFFICKING HOTLINE.
09:50:42 WE CAN GET YOU THAT INFORMATION, AS WELL AS THEY CAN CALL
09:50:45 LAW ENFORCEMENT AT ANY TIME AND AS KEITH SAID, WE ARE
09:50:49 WORKING TO GET MORE INFORMATION OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AS
09:50:53 THINGS PROGRESS SO PEOPLE KNOW WHAT TO LOOK INFORM.
09:50:56 LIKE YOU SAID, NOT EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF WHAT IS GOING ON
09:50:59 SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AS WELL.
09:51:02 >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION.
09:51:03 THOSE PEOPLE ARE IN FEAR OF CALLING LAW ENFORCEMENT.
09:51:06 CAN IT BE DONE ANONYMOUSLY?
09:51:09 >> ABSOLUTELY.
09:51:10 THEY JUST HAVE TO PROVIDE US SOME SPECIFIC INFORMATION
09:51:12 THAT WE CAN ACT ON IT.
09:51:18 >>JOSEPH CITRO: BEFORE COUNCILMAN CARLSON ASKS A
09:51:20 QUESTION, CHIEF, CAN YOU COME BACK?
09:51:22 I AM GOING TO ASK YOU SIMILAR QUESTIONS AND MAYBE YOU CAN
09:51:24 ANSWER THEM BEFORE I EVEN ASK.
09:51:25 >> OKAY.
09:51:28 >>JOSEPH CITRO: DO WE HAVE A HOTLINE FOR THE CITY OF
09:51:29 TAMPA?
09:51:29 DO WE HAVE SOMETHING ON OUR WEBSITE THROUGH TPD?
09:51:32 >> IT'S A NATIONAL HOTLINE THAT WE GO THROUGH AND THEN
09:51:35 THEY RELAY THAT INFORMATION TO US IN ADDITION TO OUR
09:51:38 REGULAR -- WHETHER IT'S A TEXT, WHETHER IT'S AN E-MAIL.
09:51:41 SO WE HAVE OUR REGULAR PROCESS TO MAKE ANY TYPE OF
09:51:44 COMPLAINT, BUT SPECIFICALLY THERE'S A NATIONAL HOTLINE
09:51:47 FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
09:51:49 >>JOSEPH CITRO: AS THE CHIEF ALLUDED TO EARLIER, WHAT IS
09:51:51 THE SPECIFIC INFORMATION THAT SOMEBODY CAN GIVE YOU,
09:51:54 DESCRIPTION, PLACE, TIME OF DAY, THAT TYPE OF THING?
09:51:58 >> YES, AND ACTUALLY TO BE HONEST, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE
09:52:01 THAT CALL ARE THE VICTIMS THEMSELVES.
09:52:02 AND THEY ARE NO POSITION WHERE THEY ARE AT THE
09:52:06 COMPROMISING POINT AND THEY WILL CALL AND REACH OUT TO
09:52:08 US.
09:52:08 SO A LOT OF THAT IS FOR THEM TO DEAL WITH, FOR THEM TO
09:52:12 FEEL SAFE WHERE SOMEBODY CAN'T LOOK OVER THEIR SHOULDER.
09:52:16 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
09:52:18 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.
09:52:20 I HEAR A LOT ABOUT THE LATENT WORK OF DETECTIVES.
09:52:23 ARE WE HAVING SOME TYPE OF TRAINING FOR THOSE GUYS THAT
09:52:26 GET OUT THERE FIRST, THOSE OFFICERS OUT THERE FIRST, THE
09:52:30 COMMUNITY OFFICERS, AND I AM WONDERING, ARE WE TRAINING
09:52:38 THE SO, TRAINING THE OFFICERS ON THE STREET TO KNOW THOSE
09:52:43 SIGNS AND COMBAT SOME OF THE ISSUES?
09:52:45 >> YES.
09:52:45 THEY HAVE ALL HAD THE STANDARD TRAINING BUT WE ARE
09:52:47 STEPPING THAT UP IN APRIL AND DOING SPECIFIC AWARENESS
09:52:50 TRAINING FOR ALL SWORN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THAT WILL BE
09:52:52 PROVIDED BY THE WHOLE REGION THROUGH THE TASK FORCE.
09:52:55 IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE DOING ADVANCED TRAINING A IT
09:53:01 IS CHIEF TALKED ABOUT FOR THE INVESTIGATORS.
09:53:02 WE ARE DOING IT FOR THE FIRST LINE OFFICERS AND THE
09:53:05 INVESTIGATORS THAT ARE WORKING THESE.
09:53:07 >>ORLANDO GUDES: IS PLANT CITY AND TEMPLE TERRACE ON THE
09:53:09 TASK FORCE AS WELL?
09:53:10 >> THEY WILL BE PROVIDED IN THE REGION.
09:53:12 IT'S FOR THE ENTIRE REGION.
09:53:15 >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
09:53:17 >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CITRO, FOR BRINGING
09:53:19 UP THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE.
09:53:21 AGAIN IF YOU ALL IDEAS, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
09:53:23 THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMUNITY HAS COMMUNICATED I THINK WITH
09:53:27 ALL OF US, BUT I KNOW I HAVE GOTTEN LOTS OF MESSAGES OVER
09:53:30 THE LAST YEAR OR TWO ABOUT THIS ISSUE, AND IN PARTICULAR
09:53:33 THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF THE
09:53:36 VICTIMS, AND THAT WE TRY TO HELP THEM IN EVERY WAY WE
09:53:39 CAN.
09:53:39 I WONDER IF EITHER OF YOU, ARE THERE ANY ORDINANCES OR
09:53:42 RULES OR MOTIONS THAT WE SHOULD BE MAKING, ANYTHING THAT
09:53:45 WE SHOULD BE DOING TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF VICTIMS AND
09:53:47 TO HELP THEM TO BE DISCOVERED FASTER?
09:53:50 >> THE FEDERAL LAW AND THE STATE LAWS ARE ALREADY ON THE
09:53:53 BOOKS FOR THAT, AND THEY ARE ALREADY ENHANCING THOSE
09:53:56 LAWS, AS SOMEONE ALLUDED TO EARLIER.
09:53:59 AT THIS POINT I THINK WE ARE WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
09:54:02 BUST IF SOMETHING COMES UP IN ANY ONE OF THOSE TASKS
09:54:04 FORCES THAT THE COUNCIL CAN ASSIST WITH, WE WILL LET YOU
09:54:07 KNOW.
09:54:09 >>BILL CARLSON: PLEASE LET US KNOW.
09:54:10 THANK YOU.
09:54:11 >>LUIS VIERA: ANYONE ELSE HE IS?
09:54:12 AND IF I MAY, ONE QUESTION.
09:54:13 AND THIS I GUESS WOULD APPLY TO ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT
09:54:17 AGENCIES.
09:54:17 AND I WAS GONE FOR THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES SO THIS MAY
09:54:20 HAVE COME UP.
09:54:21 THIS IS WHY IT'S STOW IMPORTANT THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE
09:54:23 A HUMANE POLICY BECAUSE I THINK THE CITY OF TAMPA DOES
09:54:26 WITH REGARDS TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE UNDOCUMENTED AND OVER
09:54:30 HERE, BECAUSE THERE ARE QUITE OFTEN INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
09:54:33 RIPE FOR EXPLOITATION, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT
09:54:36 THAT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE A COMPASSION OPEN DOOR
09:54:40 POLICY WITH THAT COMMUNITY SO THESE FOLKS DON'T FEEL
09:54:43 AFRAID TO COME OUT BECAUSE OFTEN THEY ARE THE FIRST IN
09:54:46 LINE TO BE EXPLOITED.
09:54:47 AND WE HAVE GOT TO GET THE BAD GUYS NO MATTER WHO THEY
09:54:51 EXPLOIT.
09:54:51 SO I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW, IF IT
09:54:55 WASN'T COVERED BEFORE.
09:54:56 BUT THANK YOU, SIR.
09:54:58 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, CHIEF AND DEPUTY CHIEF.
09:55:01 I WOULD LIKE TO ASK DOTTIE SKIPPER TO COME UP, PLEASE.
09:55:04 MS. SKIPPER HAS BEEN IN THE FOREFRONT OF HELPING
09:55:09 AWARENESS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
09:55:11 SHE HAS HAD MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
09:55:13 CAN YOU PLEASE TELL US SOME OF THE THINGS THAT OUR
09:55:16 CITIZENS CAN DO AND HOW YOU ARE HELPING?
09:55:19 >> YES.
09:55:20 THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CITRO, FOR INVITING ME HERE TODAY.
09:55:24 THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE
09:55:26 AND FOR MAKING THIS AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT WE NEED TO
09:55:31 DO AS A CITY.
09:55:32 I AM DOTTIE SKIPPER.
09:55:35 I HAVE BEEN IN THE TRENCHES WITH HUMAN TRAFFICKING,
09:55:37 ACTUALLY ANTI-TRAFFICKING FOR OVER 30 YEARS, EARNED EVERY
09:55:42 SINGLE WRINKLE ON THIS FACE.
09:55:44 BUT I GUESS ONE THING THAT I WANT TO JUST HIGHLIGHT IS
09:55:51 SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CAN CONTINUE
09:55:54 DOING IS I KNOW WE WORKED HARD.
09:55:58 I THINK MIKE SUAREZ WHEN HE WAS OTHER COUNCIL WORKED HARD
09:56:01 WITH THE BATH HOUSE ORDINANCE.
09:56:04 AND I THINK IT'S JUST ENFORCING THE ORDINANCE AND THE
09:56:08 LAWS THAT ARE ALREADY ON THE BOOKS WITH CITY COUNCIL.
09:56:11 I THINK THAT WOULD HELP TREMENDOUSLY.
09:56:14 ESPECIALLY TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF THE VICTIMS, BECAUSE
09:56:18 THAT WAS OUR CONCERN, I GUESS, WITH A LOT OF THE
09:56:23 EVERYTHING GOING ON WITH THE MASSAGE PARLORS AND THE BATH
09:56:26 HOUSES A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THAT THE WOMEN WERE GOING
09:56:29 FURTHER UNDERGROUND INSTEAD OF REALLY COMING OUT AND
09:56:32 GETTING HELP.
09:56:33 SO I THINK ENFORCING THE LAWS THAT ARE ALREADY ON THE
09:56:37 BOOKS IN THE CITY WOULD BE VERY, VERY BENEFICIAL AND
09:56:40 HELPFUL.
09:56:43 ALSO, THERE WAS A MURAL DOWNTOWN, THE TAMPA JUNIOR LEAGUE
09:56:48 HAD HELPED TO PUT THIS MURAL, PRICELESS MURAL, IT WAS ON
09:56:53 A BUILDING RIGHT BY THE BUS STATION AND A NEW OWNER CAME
09:56:56 INTO THAT BUILDING AND PAINTED OVER THE MURAL LESS THAN A
09:56:59 YEAR AFTER IT WAS PUT UP.
09:57:01 SO THOSE KIND OF THINGS, IF WE COULD IDENTIFY OTHER
09:57:04 PLACES TO HAVE MURALS PUT UP, I BELIEVE THAT WE COULD DO
09:57:08 SOME FUNDRAISING TO GET THE MURALIST TO PUT THOSE BACK
09:57:11 UP.
09:57:12 PERHAPS BUS WRAPS FOR THE CITY, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS
09:57:16 WOULD BE VERY, VERY BENEFICIAL AND HELPFUL IN HELPING TO
09:57:19 SPREAD AWARENESS OF THIS ISSUE.
09:57:22 I DO WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S IMPORTANT NOT TO OVERLOOK THAT
09:57:27 BOYS AND MEN ARE ALSO TRAFFICKED.
09:57:30 NOT ONLY FOCUSING ON THE GIRLS AND THE WOMEN BUT TO BE ON
09:57:33 THE LOOKOUT FOR BOYS AND MEN THAT ARE ALSO TRAFFICKED.
09:57:37 AND MANY TIMES MADE TO PROSTITUTE.
09:57:43 I'M VERY, VERY HONORED TO BE APPOINTED BY ATTORNEY
09:57:46 GENERAL ASHLEY MOODY TO THE STATE WIDE COUNCIL ON HUMAN
09:57:49 TRAFFICKING, LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT DO SUCH AN INCREDIBLE
09:57:53 JOB, ALSO ARE PART OF THAT.
09:57:55 THERE IS A NEW COMMISSION THAT JUST STARTED, AND HEATHER
09:57:58 WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT, JUST YESTERDAY THROUGH THE
09:58:00 COUNTY.
09:58:01 AND THEN I AM HONORED, I NEED TO LEAVE HERE SHORTLY
09:58:05 BECAUSE WE ARE LAUNCHING A NEW COLLABORATIVE CALLED THE
09:58:08 SAFE COLLABORATIVE WHICH WILL BE A FUNDRAISING MACHINE
09:58:11 FOR ISSUES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT NEED
09:58:16 FUNDING THE GAPS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
09:58:18 SO THAT NEW INITIATIVE IS BEING LAUNCHED TODAY.
09:58:24 MY CO-CHAIR BRYAN ROBINSON IS WITH ME WITH THAT.
09:58:28 AND I THINK FOR THE SUPER BOWL, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
09:58:33 GO DOWN TO MIAMI AND WAS INVOLVED IN THE OUTREACH EFFORTS
09:58:37 DOWN IN MIAMI, AND THE COMMUNITY, THERE IS AN
09:58:41 ORGANIZATION CALLED THE WOMEN'S FUND WHO WAS THE NFL HOST
09:58:46 COMMITTEE'S OFFICIAL PARTNER, AND THEY REALLY RALLIED THE
09:58:50 ENTIRE MIAMI COMMUNITY, SOUTH FLORIDA, WITH OUTREACHES
09:58:53 SUCH AS OUTREACHES TO THE CONVENIENCE STORES, TAKING IN
09:58:56 INFORMATION, OUTREACHES TO THE HOTELS AND THE MOTELS
09:58:59 TAKING IN INFORMATION ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING, AND IN
09:59:03 BETWEEN THOSE TWO OUTREACHES, IN MIAMI, THERE ARE OVER 20
09:59:07 MISSING CHILDREN IDENTIFIED BECAUSE THEY TAKE IN MISSING
09:59:10 CHILDREN FROM THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND
09:59:14 EXPLOITED CHILDREN.
09:59:15 OVER 20 KIDS WERE IDENTIFIED AND FOUND THROUGH THAT
09:59:19 OUTREACH.
09:59:19 AND WE KNOW MANY OF THESE MISSING CHILDREN ARE PRIME
09:59:22 TARGETS FOR THE TRAFFICKING.
09:59:23 SO THOSE ARE THE KIND OF OUTREACHES THAT I WOULD LOVE TO
09:59:26 SEE.
09:59:27 AND I KNOW THESE TWO ORGANIZATIONS WHO HEADED UP THOSE
09:59:30 OUTREACHES ARE PLANNING ON BEING HERE.
09:59:33 ALSO, OUTREACHES INTO THE STRIP CLUBS.
09:59:36 I HAVE AN ORGANIZATION, GOING TO THE STRIP CLUBS AND THE
09:59:40 BROTHELS AND WE HAVE IDENTIFIED TRAFFICKING VICTIMS
09:59:43 BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IT HAPPENS, IN THOSE ESTABLISHMENTS.
09:59:47 SO HAVING A ROBUST OUTREACH INTO THE STRIP CLUBS AND
09:59:53 BROTHELS WOULD BE TREMENDOUS.
09:59:55 AND I AM HAPPY TO HELP ORGANIZE THESE OUTREACHES FOR THE
10:00:00 CITY OF TAMPA AND OUR COMMUNITY.
10:00:07 I THINK THAT'S IT.
10:00:12 >>JOSEPH CITRO: DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS ON HOW THE
10:00:14 CITY CAN BE HELPFUL?
10:00:16 IN YOUR EFFORTS, COMBINED EFFORTS, INTERAGENCIES, TO HELP
10:00:20 THE CITIZENS BECOME AWARE?
10:00:21 >> YES.
10:00:23 I THINK THESE AWARENESS OUTREACHES, AND I KNOW THAT THERE
10:00:27 IS AN OUTREACH COMING UP, AN ORGANIZATION CALLED NO MORE,
10:00:30 WHERE THEY WILL BE GOING INTO THE HOTELS AND THE MOTELS
10:00:32 AND DISTRIBUTING INFORMATION.
10:00:34 BUT I THINK AS MANY AWARENESS TRAININGS AS MAYBE THE CITY
10:00:39 COULD DO FOR THE GENERAL POPULATION, I THINK, WOULD BE
10:00:43 EXTREMELY HELPFUL.
10:00:44 AND I AM HAPPY TO HELP CONNECT TO THOSE RESOURCES AS
10:00:48 WELL.
10:00:49 AND I DO HAVE THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING HOTLINE NUMBER, THE
10:00:52 NATIONAL NUMBER.
10:00:53 IT'S 1-888-373-7888.
10:00:58 ALSO, MIAMI HAD A SEPARATE HOTLINE NUMBER, JUST SPECIFIC
10:01:03 TO MIAMI, FOR A RAPID RESPONSE NUMBER.
10:01:07 SO I HAVE NO IDEA IF ANYTHING LIKE THAT IS BEING PLANNED.
10:01:09 BUT I THINK IT WAS VERY, VERY HELPFUL.
10:01:12 SOMETIMES IT TAKES A WHILE FOR THE NATIONAL HOTLINE
10:01:14 NUMBER TO TRICKLE DOWN TO THE RIGHT LAW ENFORCEMENT
10:01:19 AGENCY TO GO CHECK THINGS OUT.
10:01:21 SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT PERHAPS WOULD BE GOOD.
10:01:25 >>JOSEPH CITRO: PLEASE KEEP THE MEMBERS INFORMED SO IF
10:01:27 OUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, WE CAN
10:01:30 RELAY YOUR MESSAGE.
10:01:31 >> ABSOLUTELY.
10:01:33 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:01:38 NOW, FROM THE CRISIS CENTER, MRS. KLOEPTKE.
10:01:49 >> I'M KATHLEEN KLOEPTKE.
10:01:54 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I'M FROM CHICAGO AND I REMEMBER PUTTING
10:01:56 AN S IN FRONT OF THE K.
10:01:58 I APOLOGIZE.
10:01:58 >> I'M THE CITY DIRECTOR OF THE TRAUMA CENTER FOR THE
10:02:01 CRISIS CENTER OF TAMPA BAY.
10:02:03 I'M ALSO ON THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
10:02:06 AND I'M HERE TODAY TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE
10:02:09 ARE DOING AT THE CRISIS CENTERMOST OF WHAT WE DO EVERY
10:02:13 DAY JUST LIKE LAW ENFORCEMENT.
10:02:15 WE HAVE TWO ON ONE AT THE CRISIS CENTER WHICH IS THE
10:02:18 GATEWAY TO CENTERS IN TAMPA BAY AS YOU KNOW.
10:02:22 WE DEAL WITH THE TOUGH SUBJECTS, SUICIDE, SEXUAL ASSAULT,
10:02:26 VIOLENCE, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, AND THE SEVERE FINANCIAL
10:02:30 CRISIS PEOPLE FACE, AND MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
10:02:34 ISSUES.
10:02:34 WE DON'T JUST DO SUPPORT.
10:02:36 WE HAVE RESOURCES.
10:02:38 BUT ONGOING SERVICES INCLUDING ADEQUACY, COORDINATION AND
10:02:44 TRAUMA THERAPY.
10:02:45 ONGOING ADVOCACY FOR THOSE WHO ARE VICTIMS OF SEXUAL
10:02:48 VIOLENCE AS A CERTIFIED RAPE CRISIS CENTER FOR
10:02:51 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
10:02:52 TRAUMA COUNSELING AT FOUR LOCATIONS AND SPECIALIZED CARE
10:02:56 COORDINATION WHICH IS A VICTIM CENTERED APPROACH TO
10:03:01 HANDLING THE NEEDS OF SOMEONE WITH LIFE CHANGING TRAUMA
10:03:03 SUCH AS SUICIDAL IDEATION, MILITARY AND VETERANS ISSUES,
10:03:07 HUMAN TRAFFICKING, AND THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE
10:03:11 TRANSITIONING TO ADULTHOOD.
10:03:14 THE VOLUME OF CALLS, THERE'S THOUSANDS EVERY YEAR, AND
10:03:18 CLIENTS WE SEE MAKE US KEENLY AWARE THAT MANY OF THE
10:03:21 POPULATIONS WE SERVE ARE AT RISK FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
10:03:26 SOME YOU DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT.
10:03:28 TEENS, LGBT, YOUTH, STUDENTS, PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM
10:03:34 MENTAL BEHAVIOR HEALTH ISSUES, CHILDREN, PEOPLE WHO ARE
10:03:38 DISABLED, UNDOCUMENTED, AND PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS.
10:03:42 ALL OF THOSE WHO WOULD NEVER TELL OR UNABLE TO TELL.
10:03:48 THE CRISIS CENTER HAS BEEN PROVIDING 24/7 SERVICES FORCE
10:03:51 OVER 40 YEARS.
10:03:53 WE DO OUTREACH COMMUNITY GROUPS, WEEKLY, TO INCREASE
10:03:56 AWARENESS OF ALL THE CITIZENS THAT WE HAVE.
10:04:02 THE STANDARDS PROGRAM TEACHES OUR COMMUNITY TO RESPOND TO
10:04:06 VIOLENCE.
10:04:07 SEXUAL ASSAULT ADVOCATES ARE AVAILABLE 24/7 TO ASSIST LAW
10:04:11 ENFORCEMENT WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES AND HUMAN
10:04:13 TRAFFICKING VICTIMS OF RESCUE.
10:04:19 THE ADVOCATES HAVE UNIQUE TRAINING AND SKILLS PROVIDED
10:04:22 FOR SOME CRISIS INTERVENTION, SUPPORT AND RESOURCES.
10:04:26 IF THE SEXUAL ASSAULT HAPPENED WITHIN 120 HOURS, THE
10:04:29 CRISIS CENTER CAN PROVIDE A MEDICAL EXAM.
10:04:33 IF THE VICTIMIZATION IS PAST THAT TIME, SUPPORT SERVICES,
10:04:37 CARE COORDINATION, TRAUMA THERAPY, ASSISTANCE WITH CRIME
10:04:41 VICTIMS COMPENSATION, AND SOME OTHER SERVICES ARE
10:04:44 AVAILABLE.
10:04:46 TRAUMA THERAPY IS FREE ON A SLIDING SCALE, SIX DAYS A
10:04:50 WEEK.
10:04:52 ALONG WITH ONGOING TRAUMA SERVICES, WE CONNECT VIA
10:04:57 COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR ASSISTANCE IN SHELTER,
10:05:00 IMMIGRATION, MEDICAL, LEGAL AND DENTAL SERVICES,
10:05:03 SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT.
10:05:06 THE ADVOCATE OR CARE COORDINATOR CAN PROVIDE A CONSISTENT
10:05:09 CONNECTION BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE VICTIM.
10:05:13 THE SUPPORT CAN LEAD TO SURVIVORS BEING BETTER VICTIM
10:05:18 WITNESSES FOR THE PROGRESSES VICTIMS.
10:05:20 WE ANTICIPATE SERVICES FOR EVENTS LIKE THE SUPER BOWL, WE
10:05:27 SEE SUBJECTS ALL THE TIME, BEGINNING AT THE FALL SEMESTER
10:05:30 FOR LOCAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, THE HOLIDAY.
10:05:34 GASPARILLA, SPRING BREAK, OR EVEN A HIGH PROFILE SUICIDE
10:05:40 INCREASES OUR CALLS.
10:05:43 I'M GRATEFUL TO THE PARTNERSHIPS THE CRISIS CENTER HAS
10:05:47 WITH GOVERNMENTAL AND NONGOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES IN THE
10:05:49 TAMPA BAY AREA.
10:05:51 IT ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE MYRIAD SERVICES NEEDED TO
10:05:55 VICTIMS, ALL OF OUR VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
10:05:58 WE HAVE FORMAL AND INFORMAL AGREEMENTS WITH LAW
10:06:00 ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, POLICE
10:06:04 DEPARTMENTS, MacDILL AND UNIVERSITY LAW ENFORCEMENT,
10:06:07 THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE JUDGE ADVOCATES.
10:06:11 THESE AGREEMENTS INCLUDE PROVIDING 24/7 MEDICAL FORENSIC
10:06:15 EXAMS, COLLECTING, PRESERVING AND STORING THE FORENSIC
10:06:18 EVIDENCE, PROVIDING ADVOCATES TO SUPPORT THE VICTIMS AND
10:06:22 PROVIDE LEGAL ADVOCACY SUCH AS INJUNCTIONS AND
10:06:25 ACCOMPANYING TO COURT AND NURSE EXAMINERS TO TESTIFY TO
10:06:29 THE VALIDITY OF THE EVIDENCE COLLECTED.
10:06:33 WE HAVE FORMAL AND INFORMAL AGREEMENTS WITH AGENCIES,
10:06:36 SCHOOLS, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
10:06:42 WITH PROVIDING 24/7 CRISIS INTERVENTION, ADVOCACY, CARE
10:06:47 COORDINATION, HOWEVER, WE RELY ON OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH
10:06:52 THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT HAVE EXPERTISE WITH THE
10:06:56 AT-RISK POPULATIONS I MENTIONED EARLIER.
10:06:59 THESE AGREEMENTS ENSURE WE ARE ASSISTING HUMAN
10:07:02 TRAFFICKING VICTIMS IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY BY CONNECT
10:07:06 THEM TO THE EXPERTS WHILE PROVIDING CONSISTENT CARE.
10:07:11 WE KNOW HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS NEED MANY, MANY
10:07:14 RESOURCES, AND THEY ARE OFTEN OVERWHELMED BY WHAT LIES
10:07:19 BEFORE THEM.
10:07:20 HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS LIKE ALL VICTIMS WE DEAL WITH
10:07:23 AT THE CRISIS CENTER DESERVE A SEAMLESS IF NOT EFFORTLESS
10:07:27 EXPERIENCE FOR SAFETY AND HEALTH.
10:07:30 I DID A QUICK LITTLE SEARCH.
10:07:32 I BROUGHT UP 25 AGENCIES IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA THAT
10:07:36 PROVIDE SERVICES TO VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
10:07:39 THIS IS IMPRESSIVE.
10:07:41 IT COULD BE OVERWHELMING FOR A VICTIM.
10:07:45 I AM HOPEFUL THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SERVICE PROVIDERS
10:07:48 WILL UNITE, IN ONE NETWORK TO PROVIDE THOSE SEAMLESS
10:07:52 SERVICES ALONG WITH THE STANDARD OF CARE AND BEST
10:07:56 PRACTICES, AND AGREEMENTS BY THOSE IN THE NETWORK TO
10:07:59 FOLLOW THOSE STANDARDS, AND WRITTEN PROCEDURES ON HOW TO
10:08:03 BEST ACCESS AND PRIORITIZE CARE HUMAN TRAFFICKING
10:08:09 SURVIVORS.
10:08:09 AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT TAMPA BAY WILL NO LONGER TOLERATE
10:08:14 HUMAN TRAFFICKING, AND THAT IT ISN'T A SUPER BOWL ISSUE,
10:08:20 BUT IT'S AN ONGOING ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO BE PART OF
10:08:23 EVERY DAY.
10:08:25 FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME PERSONALLY AT THE CRISIS CENTER
10:08:28 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
10:08:31 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY.
10:08:32 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:08:35 IN YOU HAVE NOT BEEN TO THE CRISIS CENTER, PLEASE GO,
10:08:37 TAKE A TOUR, SEE THE AMAZING WORK THAT THESE PEOPLE DO.
10:08:42 AGAIN, I ASK THE QUESTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND I AM
10:08:47 GOING TO ASK YOU, TOO, DO YOU OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
10:08:51 ANYBODY THAT IS INVOLVED IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND WORKING
10:08:56 WHETHER IT BE IN THE STREETS, IN THE HIGH-END HOTELS OR
10:08:59 WHEREVER, IF THEY CALL YOU AND SAY, I WANT OUT OF THIS,
10:09:02 CAN YOU HELP ME, ARE YOU THERE FOR THEM?
10:09:04 >> YES.
10:09:07 >>JOSEPH CITRO: DOWN AT ORIENT STREET JAIL, SAY I WANT
10:09:10 OUT OF THIS, PLEASE, CAN THEY CONTACT YOU FOR THAT?
10:09:12 >> ABSOLUTELY.
10:09:13 AND WE ARE ADVOCATES.
10:09:15 WE CAN GO TO THE JAIL AND TALK TO THEM.
10:09:20 AND SOMETIMES IT TAKES SEVERAL TIMES FOR SOMEONE TO
10:09:25 LEAVE.
10:09:27 IT'S OVERWHELMING.
10:09:28 IT'S NOT EASY.
10:09:29 AND SO OUR ADVOCATES AND OUR CARE COORDINATORS AND
10:09:33 THERAPISTS ARE AWARE OF THAT.
10:09:34 AND WE WILL WORK WITH THEM UNTIL THEY GET WHAT THEY NEED.
10:09:38 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
10:09:40 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
10:09:41 ANYONE ELSE?
10:09:44 >>JOSEPH CITRO: NOW WE HAVE MS. HEATHER CURRY WHO IS WITH
10:09:48 THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COMMISSION AND SHE'S PART OF THE
10:09:50 COMMISSION ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
10:09:52 MS. CURRIE, I'M HOPING THAT THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, CITY
10:09:55 OF TAMPA, CAN WORK VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY ON
10:09:59 THE EVENTS THAT ARE COMING UP, AND FULL TIME.
10:10:04 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
10:10:05 >> ABSOLUTELY.
10:10:06 I'M HEATHER CURRY, THE LEAD STAFF FOR THE HILLSBOROUGH
10:10:08 COUNTY COMMISSION ON HUMAN TRANSFERRING, WHICH JUST HAD
10:10:11 ITS INAUGURAL MEETING YESTERDAY AT 1:00 P.M. AND IT WAS A
10:10:15 PRETTY OUTSTANDING FOLKS, AND I THINK IT POINT TO THE
10:10:18 POSSIBILITY THAT COLLABORATION WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND I
10:10:20 THINK YOU HEARD THAT REPEATEDLY FOR THE LAST
10:10:23 PRESENTATIONS.
10:10:25 THE NEED FOR COLLABORATION AND THE POSSIBILITY OF THE
10:10:27 PREVIOUS NETWORKING TOGETHER AT THIS PARTICULAR JUNCTURE.
10:10:31 MORE IMPORTANTLY, I THINK THAT BEYOND THE SUPER BOWL,
10:10:33 WHICH IS GREAT LEVERAGE FOR PAYING ATTENTION TO THE ISSUE
10:10:36 BUT CAN'T BE THE ONLY THING WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO.
10:10:38 IT'S A RATHER SHORT SIGHTED APPROACH SO HOW DO WE HAVE A
10:10:43 LONG-TERM APPROACH TO REALLY CONTINUE THAT COORDINATION
10:10:45 OVER TIME?
10:10:46 AND THE COMMISSION IS ONE WAY IN WHICH WE CAN DO THAT.
10:10:50 WE HAD SEVERAL EFFORTS, THE POLICE PRESENTATION.
10:10:54 WE CAN DO THAT FOR THE NEXT ONE.
10:10:55 SO A FEW POINTS.
10:10:56 YOU GIVE ME 60 MINUTES, 120, SOMEWHERE IN THERE PERFECT?
10:11:01 SO I NARROWED IT DOWN TO ONE SLIDE ACTUALLY.
10:11:05 WE ESTABLISH THE COMMISSION.
10:11:06 BUT IN ADDITION WE HAVE THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
10:11:10 PROGRAMMING AND DEPUTY CHIEF BURKEHOFF AND I WERE TALKING
10:11:14 ABOUT NOT JUST LAW ENFORCEMENT.
10:11:17 LAW ENFORCEMENT HAD THEIR OWN TRAINING THAT'S MUCH MORE
10:11:19 SPECIALIZE.
10:11:21 WE ARE NOT JUST EMPLOYEES.
10:11:22 WE ARE ALSO COMMUNITY MEMBERS, NEIGHBORS.
10:11:25 AND WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHAT IT IS WE ARE LOOKING AT.
10:11:27 SOMETHING POPS UPPER IN OUR PERIPHERAL VISION, RIGHT?
10:11:31 WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT.
10:11:32 SO THIS CREATES AWARENESS OF WHAT ARE THE PARTICULAR
10:11:34 SIGNS THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR?
10:11:36 SO WE PAIRED UP WITH JEREMY LEWIS, THE PRESIDENT AND CE RO
10:11:41 OF INTERNATIONAL AGENCY OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
10:11:43 INVESTIGATORS.
10:11:44 HE WAS AN INVESTIGATOR IN PINELLAS COUNTY FOR A LONG
10:11:46 TIME.
10:11:49 AND SO HE'S BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH US TO DEVELOP
10:11:51 THAT TRAINING.
10:11:52 SO THAT IS BEING OFFERED TO THE HILLSBOROUGH HEROES
10:12:01 AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
10:12:02 AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH BUSINESSES, WITH KNOWN PROFITS,
10:12:06 WITH VARIOUS AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS IN TOWN.
10:12:09 TO PROVIDE THE 50 MINUTE TRAINING FREE OF COST, AND CAN
10:12:19 INVOLVE VERY SUCCINCT BUT VERY THOROUGH GOING OF
10:12:22 KNOWING -- LEARNING TO SEE WHAT IT IS WE ARE SEEING.
10:12:25 I STUMBLED THROUGH THAT ONE.
10:12:27 OKAY.
10:12:30 THERE'S ALSO A COUNTYWIDE ONE, OFFERED TO 5,000 COUNTY
10:12:35 EMPLOYEES, LOOKS VERY SIMILAR, BUT OUT IN THE COMMUNITY
10:12:39 HAVE SOME GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF THE ISSUE.
10:12:43 AND KNOWING HOW TO READ THE SITUATION DIFFERENTLY.
10:12:47 A LOT OF TIMES WE KNOW WE THINK WE ARE SEEING SOMETHING
10:12:50 LIKE PROSTITUTION, AND WE ARE GOING TO SEE MORE THAN WE
10:12:56 THINK WE SEE.
10:12:56 BUT IF THERE'S GREATER COMMUNITY AWARENESS WE KNOW HOW TO
10:12:59 ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS AND LOOK WITH A GREATER SENSE OF
10:13:02 NOT SKEPTICISM BUT TOTAL OF THAT SITUATION.
10:13:05 THEN WE CAN ASK SOME QUESTIONS AT THAT POINT, IF THIS IS
10:13:09 WHAT WE THINK WE ARE SEEING OR IS IT SOMETHING ELSE
10:13:11 ENTIRELY?
10:13:12 SO WE OFTEN HAVE CHANGES TO AN ORDINANCE, WHICH EXTEND
10:13:15 THE LANGUAGES IN THE PREVIOUS ORDINANCE, AND ALLOW
10:13:18 GREATER CAPACITY TO GO IN AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE
10:13:21 BEING UPHELD.
10:13:22 AND SO ANY DOMINANT LANGUAGE OF THAT PARTICULAR BUSINESS.
10:13:30 FINALLY, AND THIS IS WHAT I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, THIS
10:13:32 IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT, THE COLLABORATIVE
10:13:35 POSSIBILITIES.
10:13:36 HAS ANYBODY BEEN TO COLLABORATIVE LAB?
10:13:41 IT'S USUALLY FOUR OH FIVE HOURS USUALLY AND THE IDEA THAT
10:13:45 YOU ARE CREATING NOT JUST A GROUP PROCESS STUFF WHICH IS
10:13:48 GREAT, BUT YOU ARE ACTUALLY WALKING OUT WITH A WORKABLE
10:13:50 SET OF PRODUCTS AND INITIATIVES.
10:13:52 AND THEN THERE'S AN ONGOING SUPPORT NETWORK IN THE
10:13:54 AFTERMATH.
10:13:55 SO THERE WAS ONE ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO.
10:13:58 WE ARE LOOKING AT CREATING ONE AT SOME POINT, OBVIOUSLY,
10:14:00 TO DETERMINE THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF PARTNERSHIP AND
10:14:03 COLLABORATION, BUT THE IDEAS THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING
10:14:07 TO FOLLOW UP.
10:14:10 SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
10:14:12 I THINK THERE'S A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR PARTNERSHIP
10:14:14 RIGHT NOW.
10:14:16 SO WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE?
10:14:21 >>LUIS VIERA: ANY QUESTIONS?
10:14:22 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIR.
10:14:23 AGAIN, HOW CAN I AS A COUNCILMAN, HOW CAN ANY OF THE
10:14:26 COUNCILMEN, HOW CAN ANYBODY BECOME PART OF THIS?
10:14:30 DO YOU HAVE ANY TELEPHONE NUMBERS?
10:14:31 DO YOU HAVE A WAYS FOR US TO COMMUNICATE TO OUR
10:14:34 CONSTITUENTS ON THIS?
10:14:36 >> I ACTUALLY HAVE MY CONTACT INFO.
10:14:39 SO TO CONVEY INFORMATION AS IT COMES OUT.
10:14:42 I THINK ALSO THERE'S A PUBLIC MEETING, THE COMMISSION
10:14:46 MEETINGS.
10:14:46 SO WE WELCOME PARTICIPATION.
10:14:48 DURING THE PUBLIC MEETING.
10:14:50 BUT ALSO, ANYTIME THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT FURTHER
10:14:53 COLLABORATION, IT'S FORMATIVE RIGHT NOW, RIGHT?
10:14:56 AND THIS MOMENT OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE
10:14:59 COUNTY IS INCREDIBLY RICH AND DESERVE AS LOT OF ATTENTION
10:15:04 BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT ARCHITECTURE YET.
10:15:06 A WE NEED A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW THAT WILL LOOK
10:15:09 LIKE.
10:15:10 >>JOSEPH CITRO: CAN YOU PLEASE KEEP THE COUNCIL INVOLVED
10:15:12 IN YOUR EFFORTS?
10:15:13 I WOULD PERSONALLY LIKE TO MEET WITH YOU AND COMMISSIONER
10:15:15 OVERMAN AND SEE IF WE CAN FURTHER DISCUSS THIS AND HOW
10:15:18 THE CITY OF TAMPA AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY CAN WORK
10:15:20 TOGETHER ON THIS.
10:15:21 >> HEATHER: GREAT.
10:15:22 AND IF SOMEBODY CAN COME TO REPORT WHAT THE COUNCIL IS
10:15:27 DOING, WE CAN HAVE AN EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE
10:15:29 POSSIBILITIES BEING BUILT IN.
10:15:31 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, YES.
10:15:31 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
10:15:32 >> THANK YOU MUCH.
10:15:37 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIRMAN, I SEE THAT WE HAVE OUR
10:15:40 PUBLIC DEFENDER IN THE AUDIENCE RIGHT NOW, MS. JULIANNE
10:15:46 HOLT.
10:15:46 DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THIS?
10:15:49 >> JULIANNE HOLT, PUBLIC DEFENDER.
10:15:52 THE ONLY THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IS THAT WE ALSO ARE
10:15:55 WORKING WITHIN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM WITH ALL THE
10:15:57 PARTNERS AND ALL THE PROVIDERS THAT YOU HEARD SPEAK HERE
10:16:00 THIS MORNING TO YOU.
10:16:02 AND OUR PRIMARY FOCUS IN OUR OFFICE, WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY
10:16:05 PUT IN PLACE THROUGH OUR CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
10:16:08 MECHANISMS BY WHICH TO IDENTIFY VICTIMS OF THIS TYPE OF
10:16:12 ACTIVITY.
10:16:13 AND THEY ARE WHAT WE ARE ALSO TRYING TO DO IS MEET
10:16:16 OBVIOUSLY WITH THE CHIEF JUDGE, AND BOTH THE JUVENILE
10:16:20 ARENA AS WELL AS THE ADULT BECAUSE THERE ARE VICTIMS OF
10:16:22 THIS ACTIVITY THAT ARE IN THE JUVENILE COURTS.
10:16:25 WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS FIND A WAY TO NOT USE HOWEVER
10:16:28 THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM UNTIL WE VICTIMIZE THESE
10:16:31 PARTICULAR INDIVIDUALS, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WHAT PEOPLE
10:16:34 WANT TO DO IS THEY WANT TO INTERVENE, REMOVE THEM FROM
10:16:37 THIS LIFESTYLE, WANT TO PROVIDE THEM SERVICES, BUT
10:16:39 OBVIOUSLY MY ROLE IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS TO
10:16:42 ENSURE THAT THE RIGHT INDIVIDUALS ARE BEING PROSECUTED,
10:16:46 AND THAT IF YOU HAVE A VALID DEFENSE TO THE SITUATION
10:16:50 THEY ARE FOUND IN, WE ARE ONLY GOING TO NOT ALLOW THE
10:16:53 SYSTEM HOWEVER TO BE USED AS A MECHANISM TO REMOVE PEOPLE
10:16:56 FROM THE TYPE OF LIFESTYLE.
10:16:57 SO IT'S A VERY SENSITIVE BALANCE, OBVIOUSLY, BUT IT IS
10:17:00 SOMETHING THAT WE ARE WORKING ON AND MOVING FORWARD AND
10:17:03 THE CHIEF JUDGE IS EXTREMELY AWARE OF THE COMMUNITY'S
10:17:07 INTEREST IN THIS PARTICULAR SUBJECT MATTER, AND WE
10:17:09 OBVIOUSLY HAVE BEEN PARTNERS AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE
10:17:12 PARTNERS WITH EVERYONE IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS A BETTER
10:17:14 COMMUNITY AND TO PROVIDE PEOPLE A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE.
10:17:19 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
10:17:19 IF I MAY, MR. CHAIR.
10:17:20 I MADE THAT MENTION, THAT I DON'T WANT TO SAY ONE SIDED,
10:17:25 BUT THE PROSTITUTES ARE ARRESTED AND THE JOHNS GOING OUT
10:17:29 AND HAVING COCKTAILS AFTERWARDS.
10:17:31 THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT.
10:17:33 I THINK WE NEED TO AGAIN NOT REVICTIMIZE THE PEOPLE THAT
10:17:36 ARE BEING HUMAN TRAFFICKED.
10:17:39 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
10:17:40 >> I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY I WILL
10:17:43 TELL YOU JUST THIS WEEK, WE FOUND THE FIVE VICTIMS THAT
10:17:46 WE CALL VICTIMS, THE PROSTITUTES, THEY WERE ALL STILL IN
10:17:49 JAIL, EVERY SINGLE JOHN OBVIOUSLY HAD ALREADY BONDED OUT.
10:17:55 SO YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
10:17:56 THANK YOU.
10:17:58 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCIL AND MR. CHAIR, THANK YOU VERY
10:18:00 MUCH.
10:18:01 I THINK THIS WAS INVALUABLE INFORMATION FOR OUR CITIZENS
10:18:06 TO CALL, GO DO LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND HELP THESE PEOPLE
10:18:11 THAT ARE BEING VICTIMIZED, HELD AGAINST THEIR WILL, AND
10:18:16 DOING GOD-AWFUL THINGS THAT NO PERSON SHOULD HAVE TO DO.
10:18:20 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR, CITY COUNCIL.
10:18:23 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:18:23 [BELL SOUNDS]
10:18:24 THANKS EVERYBODY WHO CAME HERE TODAY INCLUDING MY
10:18:26 COLLEAGUE MS. HOLT.
10:18:29 NOW WE MOVE FORWARD TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:18:31 SO WE GET AN IDEA OF HOW MANY FOLKS ARE HERE FOR PUBLIC
10:18:33 COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU INTEND ON
10:18:35 SPEAKING.
10:18:36 OKAY, GREAT.
10:18:37 COME FORWARD.
10:18:38 THREE MINUTES AT A TIME.
10:18:39 PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:18:40 AND THEN AFTER THAT WE'LL HAVE THE CITY'S BRIEFING ON THE
10:18:43 CSX ISSUE.
10:18:45 >> MY NAME IS PASTOR FRANK WILLIAMS, LOCATED AT 1112 EAST
10:19:14 SCOTT STREET.
10:19:15 IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA.
10:19:17 YOU KNOW, WE HEAR A LOT OF COMMENTS COMING FROM THE
10:19:20 POLICE OFFICE AND EVERYTHING ELSE, AND WE WORRY ABOUT THE
10:19:24 SUPER BOWL.
10:19:26 WHY DON'T WE WORRY ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT'S ALREADY HERE?
10:19:29 THE HOMELESS PEOPLE AND ALL THIS GOOD STUFF.
10:19:32 BUT I GOT THE HOLY BIBLE HERE.
10:19:37 AND THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS, HOLY BIBLE.
10:19:40 AND I'M A BELIEVER IN GOD AND BELIEVER IN JESUS CHRIST.
10:19:43 THE THING ABOUT IT, I AM GOING TO READ SOME SCRIPTURE TO
10:19:46 YOU ALL OUT OF THE BOOK OF 1st CORINTHIANS.
10:19:57 COMING OUT OF 1ST CORINTHIANS, THE SIXTH CHAPTER.
10:19:59 AND I WAS GOING TO -- I GUESS I WAS AT ABOUT THE 14th
10:20:07 VERSE.
10:20:08 BECAUSE I TRIED TO HURRY UP BECAUSE YOU ALL DON'T GIVE ME
10:20:10 MUCH TIME.
10:20:11 YOU ONLY GIVE ME ABOUT THREE SECONDS.
10:20:13 AND GOD HATH BOTH RAISED UP THE LORD, AND WILL ALSO RAISE
10:20:19 US UP BY HIS OWN POWER.
10:20:20 KNOW YE NOT THAT YOUR BODIES ARE THE MEMBERS OF CHRIST?
10:20:28 SHALL I THEN TAKE THE MEMBERS OF CHRIST, AND MAKE THEM
10:20:34 THE MEMBERS OF AN HARLOT? GOD FORBID. WHAT? KNOW YE
10:20:38 NOT THAT HE WHICH IS JOINED TO AN HARLOT IS ONE BODY, FOR
10:20:43 TWO, SAITH HE, SHALL BE ONE FLESH. BUT HE THAT IS JOINED
10:20:49 UNTO THE LORD IS ONE SPIRIT.
10:20:52 FLEE FORNICATION. EVERY SIN THAT A MAN DOETH IS WITHOUT
10:21:00 THE BODY, BUT HE THAT COMMITTETH FORNICATION SINNETH
10:21:05 AGAINST HIS OWN BODY.
10:21:08 THE REASON I AM READING THIS SCRIPTURE HERE, NO YE NOT
10:21:12 THAT YOUR BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY GHOST, WHICH IS
10:21:18 IN YOU, WHICH YE HAVE OF GOD, FOR YE ARE NOT YOUR OWN?
10:21:24 FOR YE ARE BOUGHT WITH A PRICE: THEREFORE GLORIFY GOD IN
10:21:24 YOUR BODY, AND IN YOUR SPIRIT, WHICH ARE GOD'S.
10:21:26 THEREFORE, GLORIFY GOD IN YOUR BODY AND IN YOUR SPIRIT,
10:21:31 WHICH IS OF GOD.
10:21:32 YOU KNOW, WE ACT LIKE WE OWN OUR OWN BODY.
10:21:37 OUR BODY IS THE SPIRIT OF GOD.
10:21:38 AND WE MUST RESPECT THE SPIRIT OF GOD.
10:21:41 [BELL SOUNDS]
10:21:42 OUR BODY IS HOLY.
10:21:44 AND WE MUST NOT DO ALL THESE SINFUL THINGS.
10:21:47 AND GOT TO UNDERSTAND, GAYS, HOMOSEXUALS, AND LOVERS OF
10:21:54 MEN, LOVERS OF WOMEN AND ALL THIS STUFF, IT NEEDS TO BE
10:21:57 ABOLISHED, WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT.
10:22:05 WITH THESE KINDS OF ATTITUDES AND THESE KINDS OF
10:22:08 POSSIBILITIES.
10:22:08 WE MUST UNDERSTAND.
10:22:09 THE SUPER BOWL CAN COME HERE, AND ONCE IT'S COME HERE AND
10:22:12 IT'S GONE, BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE HERE.
10:22:14 [BELL SOUNDS]
10:22:15 AND WE HAVE TO RESPECT GOD ALMIGHTY FOREVER AND EVER.
10:22:18 >>LUIS VIERA: I APPRECIATE IT.
10:22:20 >> OUR BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF GOD.
10:22:22 PLEASE REMEMBER THAT.
10:22:23 >>LUIS VIERA: NEXT, PLEASE.
10:22:23 THANK YOU.
10:22:24 >> MENTESNOT, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
10:22:30 I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FIRST AND SPEAK EARLY BECAUSE WHAT
10:22:33 I LIKE TO DO IS I LIKE TO INSPIRE AFRICAN PEOPLE.
10:22:36 I LIKE TO INSPIRE OLDER PEOPLE AND IN INTO YOU.
10:22:39 I LIKE TO INSPIRE MIDDLE AGED PEOPLE.
10:22:41 I LIKE TO SEE THEM SEE A REAL AFRICAN, NOTE A COWARD, NOT
10:22:46 A BULLY, BUT A REAL AFRICAN.
10:22:48 AND THAT'S WHAT THIS CITY COUNCIL IS,
10:22:55 A BUNCH OF COWARDS AND BULLIES, NOTHING MORE, NOTHING
10:22:58 LESS.
10:22:59 WE ARE 26% OF THE POPULATION.
10:23:00 THEY SAY CALL SOMEONE.
10:23:03 CALL THE HOTLINE ON ALL THE PIMPING THAT ALL OUR
10:23:08 POLITICIANS, THE BLACK COMPETITIONS AND THE BLACK UNCLE
10:23:11 TOMS GET TO THE LAST 100 YEARS IN THIS CITY.
10:23:15 WE ARE GETTING MORE HUMAN TRAFFICKING THAN ANYBODY ELSE.
10:23:18 PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
10:23:20 WHITE PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE ALL THE SINS.
10:23:22 BUT THEY EVIL AND DECEITFUL.
10:23:25 REMEMBER FOUR YEARS AGO, WHEN THE OLYMPICS WAS IN BRAZIL,
10:23:31 THEY HAD A SOUTH AMERICAN VIRUS.
10:23:34 KILLING THE PEOPLES ECONOMY.
10:23:36 AND RIGHT NOW, THE OLYMPICS IN THE ORIENT, NOW THEY GOT A
10:23:40 NEW VIRUS, CORONAVIRUS.
10:23:43 WHITE PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE ALL THE SINS.
10:23:45 WHEN YOU BRING IT TO THEIR ATTENTION THEY WANT TO DO YOU
10:23:49 WRONG WHEN THEY BRING IT TO THEIR ATTENTION, THEY WANT TO
10:23:52 SHUT YOU UP, FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
10:23:53 MR. CITY ATTORNEY, HOW YOU SPEAK AND HOW YOU ADDRESS THE
10:23:59 COUNCIL, A GARBAGE COUNCIL, A BUNCH OF COWARDS, PLAIN AND
10:24:02 SIMPLE.
10:24:02 THEY SEND A BUDGET UP THERE FOR A BILLION DOLLARS AND THE
10:24:06 COWARDS DO WHAT?
10:24:08 GIVE THE BLACK PEOPLE SOME PAINT, AND MFING PARK.
10:24:15 A BUNCH OF COWARDS.
10:24:16 26% OF THE POPULATION, AND WE WANT 26% OF THIS BUDGET.
10:24:22 WE HAVE A BLACK POPULATION THAT HAS BEEN OPPRESSED FOR
10:24:25 600 YEARS AND WE WANT OUR 600 TRILLION DOLLARS IN
10:24:29 REPARATION.
10:24:30 WE DON'T WANT THIS GARBAGE TALK YOU ALL BE TALKING, HUMAN
10:24:32 TRAFFICKING, AND WHO GOT A STOLEN CAR AND WHO STOLE SPICE
10:24:36 AND WHO IS THIS AND WHO HAS BEEN PROSTITUTED AND WE ARE
10:24:40 26% OF THE POPULATION AND NOTHING FOR US.
10:24:43 YEAH, I WANT TO BE SO SMART, THE WHITE FOLKS WANT TO HAVE
10:24:46 ALL THE SINS.
10:24:47 AND WHEN BLACK PEOPLE TRY TO BRING IT TO YOU ALL
10:24:50 AWARENESS, ALL DOING US WRONG, SHUT UP, DO THIS, GO TO
10:24:56 JAIL, BE ARRESTED.
10:24:58 AIN'T NO COWARD AND I WILL NEVER BE.
10:25:00 I WILL ALWAYS BE AN INSPIRATION TO AFRICAN PEOPLE.
10:25:03 AND YOU A COWARD.
10:25:04 AND THE SEVEN COWARDS UP THERE.
10:25:06 BECAUSE YOU ALL SCARED OF A MAYOR.
10:25:07 AND EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU ALL SCARED OF THE MAYOR.
10:25:10 YOU ALL COWARDS AND BULLIES.
10:25:14 COWARDS AND BULLIES.
10:25:15 NOTICING MORE, NOTHING LESS.
10:25:17 HUMAN TRAFFIC.
10:25:21 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:25:22 NEXT, PLEASE.
10:25:22 >> MY IN MY NATIVE TONGUE HEBREW, THAT MEANS MERCIFUL TO
10:25:33 US, GIFT OF GOD.
10:25:34 ALL TRY TO RAPE ME IN MY OWN HOUSE, JUST THIS LAST YEAR
10:25:40 IN OCTOBER.
10:25:41 MY FACEBOOK PAGE IS PUBLIC FOR THE WHOLE WORLD TO SEE.
10:25:45 ALL OF YOU ALL ARE MY FRIENDS INCLUDING THE SUPREME
10:25:47 COURT, THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE FBI.
10:25:50 I GOT RECORDED THAT I PUT ON THERE WHERE YOU ALL HAVE
10:25:57 CALL THE SHERIFF, THE DEPUTY TO NO AVAIL, ON LAW
10:26:02 ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION DAY, I WENT TO THE RIVER CHURCH
10:26:04 WHERE THEY HAD A FESTIVAL AND WHO LAUGHED IN MY FACE
10:26:08 ABOUT THE WHOLE ORDEAL.
10:26:11 I AM A DISABLED INDIVIDUAL.
10:26:13 MY DAD A MILITARY VETERAN.
10:26:14 HE SERVED FOR THIS UNITED STATES.
10:26:18 CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS CAME AND FOUNDED AMERICA.
10:26:21 WHAT GOD CAN, HE CALLED, BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE STATE,
10:26:29 THIS NATION THAT CRIES WITH THE BLOOD OF OUR ANCESTORS.
10:26:32 THERE'S SO MUCH WICKEDNESS THAT WENT ON IN THIS NATION
10:26:35 THAT GOD, HE BROUGHT IT FROM THE EAST TO THE WEST.
10:26:42 YEAH.
10:26:44 THE SUNRISE IN THE WEST BUT HE GOING TO SET IN THE WEST.
10:26:47 THIS NATION OF BABYLON, THE GREAT JEZABEL.
10:26:53 YES, HE IS GOING TO WIPE YOU ALL CLEAN AND WHICH I WILL
10:26:58 WITNESS.
10:26:58 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:27:02 NEXT, PLEASE.
10:27:03 >> HARD ACT TO FOLLOW.
10:27:06 MY NAME IS JOEL MANSON, CITIZENS IN ACTION, A NONPROFIT
10:27:12 ORGANIZATION AND FOUNDER OF THE CLEAN UP KENNEDY
10:27:13 INITIATIVE.
10:27:14 I SPENT THE LAST FEW YEARS DELVING DEEPLY INTO SPECIFIC
10:27:18 TYPE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING THAT OCCURS ALL AROUND OUR
10:27:20 COUNTRY AND UNFORTUNATELY IS VERY PREVALENT HERE IN TAMPA
10:27:22 BAY.
10:27:23 THAT'S WHAT WE CALL THE ILLICIT MASSAGE BUSINESS.
10:27:26 VERY BRIEFLY, THIS INVOLVES SETTLING UP A BUSINESS FRONT,
10:27:29 WHICH ALL OF THE CORPORATIONS RENTING SPACE, SECURING
10:27:32 BUSINESS LICENSES, MASSAGE LICENSES AND EVERYTHING YOU WE
10:27:35 NEED TO RUN A LEGITIMATE MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENT, AND THEN
10:27:39 USING THAT LOCATION TO ENGAGE IN COMMERCIAL SEXUAL
10:27:42 EXPLOITATION.
10:27:43 IN 2007 MY GROUP WORKED WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY
10:27:46 ATTORNEY, TO DRAFT AND PASS AN ORDINANCE NANCE WHOSE
10:27:51 GOALS WERE TO MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO OPERATE IN THE CITY.
10:27:54 THE COUNTY FOLLOWED SUIT AND PASSED A COMPLEMENTARY
10:27:57 ORDINANCE.
10:27:57 BECAUSE OF THE GREAT WORK OF OUR CITY COUNCIL AND THE
10:28:00 EAGERNESS TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, I WAS ASKED TO COME TO
10:28:04 DC RECENTLY AND SILT ON A PANEL OF A SUMMIT FOR TWO DAYS
10:28:08 OF EXPERTS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY, LAW ENFORCEMENT,
10:28:11 SERVICE PROVIDERS, VICTIM SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND OTHER
10:28:14 CITIZEN ACTIVISTS WHERE WE BRAINSTORMED AND CREATED
10:28:18 TOOLS, WORKING GROUPS, AND BEST PRACTICES TO BE USED IN
10:28:21 CRACKING DOWN ILLICIT MASSAGE BUSINESSES IN OUR CITIES.
10:28:25 I WOULD LIKE TO BE A RESOURCE AS WE CONTINUE WORKING IN
10:28:29 TAMPA, WITH THE SUPER BOWL COMING, I KNOW THERE'S SOME
10:28:36 CONFLICT ON WHETHER THE SUPER BOWL INCREASES HUMAN
10:28:38 TRAFFICKING OR NOT.
10:28:39 I HEARD PEOPLE SAYING STUDIES SHOW THAT IT DOESN'T REALLY
10:28:42 INCREASE THAT MUCH.
10:28:43 BUT WE DO HAVE STORIES FROM VICTIMS WHO SAY THAT THEY
10:28:46 WERE BROUGHT TO CITIES FOR CERTAIN EVENTS, INCLUDING THE
10:28:49 SUPER BOWL.
10:28:49 SO THERE'S AT LEAST ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE FOR THAT.
10:28:53 SO AFTER ALL OF OUR GREAT WORK A FEW YEARS AGO, SEVERAL
10:28:56 OF THE ILLICIT MASSAGE BUSINESSES DID SHUT DOWN HERE IN
10:28:59 TAMPA BUT UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE STILL MANY ACTIVE.
10:29:04 SO MY ORGANIZATION IS PREPARED THE FIRST OF MANY OPEN
10:29:08 SOURCE INTELLIGENCE REPORTS ON THE SUSPECTED ILLICIT
10:29:11 MASSAGE BUSINESSES STILL OPERATING IN THIS AREA OF TAMPA.
10:29:14 A COPY WILL BE SENT TO ALL OF YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESSES LATER
10:29:17 ON TODAY AND WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE IN THE CLEAN-UP
10:29:20 KENNEDY WEBSITE.
10:29:21 JUST CLEAN UP KENNEDY.ORG.
10:29:23 I WILL WARN THAT THE REPORTS DO HAVE SOME SEMI GRAPHIC
10:29:28 MATERIAL THAT IS SEXUAL IN NATURE.
10:29:29 I TRIED TO SENSOR IT AS MOST AS I COULD, AND I WILL PUT A
10:29:33 WARNING ABOUT ANY LINKS THAT ARE IN THE REPORT TO PLEASE
10:29:36 USE CAUTION WHEN OPENING THOSE LINKS AS WELL.
10:29:38 [BELL SOUNDS]
10:29:39 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
10:29:41 AND I'M JOE MANSON, CLEAN UP KENNEDY.
10:29:46 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:29:47 NEXT, PLEASE.
10:29:47 >> I'M JOHN JOHNSON.
10:29:56 I FEEL WE HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING
10:29:59 SPECIAL HERE IN TAMPA, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AS BEING IN
10:30:07 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
10:30:08 I THINK WE COME DOWN EACH WEEK TO BASH AND WHAT HAVE YOU
10:30:12 BUT I THINK THE CITY IS VERY MUTUAL AND IT SHOULD BE BUT
10:30:15 WE HAVE A LOT TO DO, AND I JUST WROTE SOMETHING.
10:30:18 WE SUPPOSED TO BE FIGHTING FOR THE SAME -- WE SUPPOSED TO
10:30:22 BE FIGHTING FOR THE SAME HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, TAMPA, I'M
10:30:25 SAYING.
10:30:26 DON'T TELL ME YOU LOVE THE CITY WHEN MY SIDE OF TOWN IS
10:30:29 UGLY AND YOURS IS PRETTY.
10:30:31 WE COME DOWN EVERY WEEK ASKING FOR THINGS YOU KNOW WE
10:30:33 ALREADY NEED, A NEW SIDEWALKS AND A POT-HOLE-FREE
10:30:39 STREETS.
10:30:39 LIKE 22ND, HILLSBOROUGH.
10:30:41 IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE, TAKE TIME OUT AND COME AND SEE.
10:30:44 NOW THE PLACE.
10:30:47 YOU DON'T WANT TO ALLOW YOUR FAMILY TO BE EAST TAMPA, END
10:30:51 UP IN THE DUST FOR BEING PASSIVE AND GETTING TOO MUCH
10:30:54 TRUST.
10:30:55 RED LINE GENTRIFICATION, AFFORDABLE HOUSES AND NOT LISTEN
10:30:59 TO US GOT US TO FUSS.
10:31:03 COUNCILMAN, DINGFELDER, MIRANDA, CITRO, GUDES, CARLSON,
10:31:11 VIERA.
10:31:11 WE THE PEOPLE YOU WORK FOR, DON'T YOU KNOW.
10:31:14 I LOVE THIS CITY, BORN AND RAISED FOR SHO'.
10:31:19 I WANT TO HELP YOU TO MAKE IT GROW.
10:31:20 WE CAN'T LEAVE OUT EAST TAMPA.
10:31:22 THAT'S A NO-NO.
10:31:23 AS PEOPLE WITH PRIDE THAT LIVE THEIR WHOLE LIFE, THEY PAY
10:31:26 TAXES, NOT ASKING FOR A FREE RIDE, JUST DEMAND RESPECT
10:31:31 WITH INTEGRITY AND NO MORE LIES.
10:31:33 OR YOU JUST WANT US TO CLOSE OUR MOUTH, LAY DOWN AND DIE.
10:31:37 WELL, AS LONG AS WE HAVE BREATH IN OUR BODY, WE ARE GOING
10:31:43 TO MAKE SURE EAST TAMPA STRIVES.
10:31:48 IT'S TIME, COUNCILMAN, OPEN YOUR HEARTS, SOUL AND MIND.
10:31:51 LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO TAKE EAST TAMPA FROM THE BACK OF
10:31:54 THE LINE TO THE FRONT.
10:31:56 AND THAT MEAN ALL OF US COME TOGETHER DOING SOMETHING
10:31:59 PRODUCTIVE, TO SIT DOWN HERE EVERY WEEK AND YELL AND
10:32:02 CHOKE EACH OTHER OUT, ABOUT YOU IF NO PROGRESS IS, MADE,
10:32:08 WE HAVE TO LEARN AND LISTEN TO EACH OTHER TO PROGRESS.
10:32:10 THIS IS ONE BIG CITY.
10:32:11 WE ALL WORK UNDER THE SAME UMBRELLA.
10:32:14 AGAIN, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO ALLOW YOUR FAMILY TO RIDE TO
10:32:17 EAST TAMPA HOW THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BY ALL OF US COMING
10:32:21 TOGETHER TO MAKE SOME TYPE OF POSITIVE MOVEMENT,
10:32:24 LISTENING, HAVING INTEGRITY, UNDERSTANDING ALL OF US IS
10:32:30 OF THE HUMAN RACE.
10:32:31 [BELL SOUNDS]
10:32:33 WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.
10:32:34 ALL OF YOU ALL AGREE.
10:32:35 I APPRECIATE THE ONES THAT DO TAKE TIME TO COME OUT AND
10:32:37 SEE COME DOWN HERE AND FUSS ABOUT, BECAUSE IT'S RELEVANT.
10:32:41 IT'S THINGS YOU CAN SEE AND PUT YOUR HANDS ON AND SEE
10:32:45 WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND CHANGED.
10:32:46 IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US IN COMMUNICATION.
10:32:48 SO WE ALL NEED TO JUST CALM DOWN, GET OUR ACTS TOGETHER
10:32:52 AND DO WHAT THE CITIZENS AND THE CONSTITUENTS WANT US TO
10:32:55 DO AND MOVE THIS CITY FORWARD AS ONE.
10:32:58 I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
10:32:59 [BELL SOUNDS]
10:33:00 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:33:00 I APPRECIATE IT.
10:33:01 NEXT, PLEASE.
10:33:01 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:33:04 I'M ZOEY RAMOS WITH SEX WORKERS OUTREACH PROJECT AND
10:33:11 LOCAL TAMPA COLLECTIVES, WORKERS SOLIDARITY NETWORK MOST
10:33:15 OF WHICH HAVE A LOT LINE WHERE WE RECEIVE CALLS DIRECTLY
10:33:18 FROM SEX WORKERS WHO DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE CALLING LAW
10:33:22 ENFORCEMENT.
10:33:24 LAST YEAR THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT FACED A LAWSUIT FOR
10:33:27 EXCESSIVE FORCE AFTER AN OFFICER RAN OVER A LOCAL FATHER
10:33:31 WHO LEFT A SIX-YEAR-OLD CHILD BEHIND.
10:33:35 AFTER FACING MULTIPLE REPORTS OF EXCESSIVE FORCE FROM
10:33:38 RESIDENTS IN YBOR CITY AND THROUGHOUT TAMPA, LAST YEAR.
10:33:43 ALSO IN 2019, A SUIT WAS FILED AGAINST A DEPUTY IN
10:33:48 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SHERIFF CHRONISTER BY A WOMAN WHO WAS
10:33:52 SHOT BY HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SHERIFFS DETECTIVE DURING AN
10:33:55 UNDERCOVER OPERATION IN BRANDON.
10:33:58 IN NOVEMBER OF 2019, THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SHERIFF'S
10:34:01 DEPARTMENT TARGETED AND RAIDED THE WORKPLACE OF 28 WOMEN
10:34:05 AND GIRLS WHO ABOUT SELLING SECONDS OR IN THE LATTER CASE
10:34:09 BEING TRAFFICKED AS THEY WERE UNDERAGE TO. MY KNOWLEDGE
10:34:12 ALL 28 WERE PUT IN CAGES AND ARE BEING PROSECUTED AND
10:34:16 MANY OF THOSE WOMEN AND GIRLS WILL SUBSEQUENTLY HAVE A
10:34:20 PROSTITUTION RECORD WHICH WILL LOWER THEIR LEGAL JOB
10:34:22 PROSPECTS AND ARE LIKELY TO SUBJECT THEM TO MORE IN THE
10:34:27 FUTURE.
10:34:27 WORKERS AND SEX TRAFFIC BEING VICTIMS ALIKE, THEY DESERVE
10:34:30 BETTER.
10:34:31 THEY DESERVE AMNESTY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ACCESSIBLE
10:34:35 MEDICAL CARE AND THE LIKE.
10:34:38 SECONDS WORK IS A NONVIOLENT SURVIVAL STRATEGY AND WE
10:34:41 SHOULD BE GIVING -- WE SHOULD NOT BE GIVING FUNDS AND
10:34:46 POWER TO INSTITUTIONS LIKE TPD AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
10:34:49 SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT THAT CONTINUE TO PUT OUR LIVES IN
10:34:52 DANGER DUE TO THEIR IMPLICIT BIAS, LACK OF CULTURAL
10:34:56 COMPETENCY TRAINING AND LACK OF DEESCALATION TRAINING.
10:34:59 CRIMINALIZING SEX WORKERS WHO ARE CONSENTING ADULTS
10:35:03 CONDUCTING INDEPENDENT BUSINESS HARMS SEX TRAFFICKING
10:35:07 VICTIMS WHO ARE BEING FORCED, COERCED OR UNDERAGE.
10:35:12 IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY EASIER TO IDENTIFY AND PROVIDE
10:35:14 ASSISTANCE TO GENUINE VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING WHEN THEY
10:35:17 ARE NO LONGER AFRAID THAT SEEKING THAT ASSISTANCE FROM
10:35:21 LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL GET THEM THROWN IN A CAGE FOR
10:35:24 PROSTITUTION.
10:35:25 THERE ARE MANY CASES THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY WHERE ONE
10:35:27 SEX WORKER WILL GET CHARGED FOR TRAFFICKING ANOTHER,
10:35:31 AFTER CALLING POLICE FOR HELP, AFTER BEING ASSAULTED BY A
10:35:35 VIOLENT CLIENT.
10:35:37 SEX WORKERS AND SEX TRAFFICKING VICTIMS NEED
10:35:39 COMPREHENSIVE LABOR RIGHTS AND MEDICAL AMNESTY, NOT
10:35:43 RESCUED BY ILL INFORMED LAW ENFORCEMENT.
10:35:47 THEY TOO COULD REPORT WHEN THEY DISCOVERED AN UNDERAGE
10:35:50 TRAFFICKING VICTIM WHEN THEY WERE JUST SEEKING A
10:35:54 CONSENSUAL SEX WORKER.
10:35:55 IN ADDITION INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS LIKE AMNESTY
10:35:58 INTERNATIONAL AND OTHER GROUPS, THEY SUPPORT FULL
10:36:00 DECRIMINALIZATION AND THIS KEEPING EVERYONE SAFER
10:36:03 INCLUDING THE WORLD'S HEALTH ORGANIZATION, UN AIDS AND
10:36:06 THE NATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION.
10:36:08 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I SENT YOU ALL AN E-MAIL
10:36:10 YESTERDAY THAT YOU ARE WELCOME TO FOLLOW UP AND THANK YOU
10:36:13 SO MUCH.
10:36:13 >>LUIS VIERA: WE APPRECIATE IT.
10:36:14 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:36:15 NEXT, PLEASE.
10:36:15 >> CONNIE BURTON.
10:36:20 AS THIS NATION COME TO A CLOSE OF RECOGNIZING AFRICAN
10:36:25 HISTORY, JUST THE WHISTLING FROM A CHILD LED TO THE
10:36:34 LYNCHING AND MURDER, THE BRUTALIZATION OF EMMITT TILL.
10:36:42 SO WE NOW HAVE THE ANTI-LYNCHING LEGISLATION 65 YEARS
10:36:48 LATER.
10:36:50 THE JUBILEE, THE MARCH ON THE EDMOND PETTIS BRIDGE IS IN
10:37:00 FULL GEAR THIS WEEK.
10:37:01 PART OF THAT HISTORY OF THOSE THAT JUST WANTED VOTING
10:37:06 RIGHTS IS MARCHING OVER THE BRIDGE TO BE FACED WITH,
10:37:14 POLICE OFFICERS, SO OUR RELATIONSHIP WILL ALWAYS BE
10:37:17 DIFFERENT.
10:37:18 SO WHEN YOU SEE US THIS MORNING IN YOUR CELEBRATION, IT'S
10:37:23 KIND OF ALMOST LIKE A WHITE CITIZEN COUNCIL, BECAUSE
10:37:28 THINGS HAVE NOT BEEN RESOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY IN REGARDS
10:37:32 TO COMMUNITY POLICE RELATIONS.
10:37:34 THAT'S THE REALITY.
10:37:37 BUT WHY I AM DOWN HERE THIS MORNING IS BECAUSE OF ITEM
10:37:40 NUMBER 2.
10:37:41 AND WHEN THAT REPORT IS GIVEN, IT IS NOT A SHELL GAME.
10:37:46 JUST RECENTLY ON TOP OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY MOVING NOW
10:37:51 TO DEMOLISH ROBLES PARK, THEY GOT THE PLAN FOR THAT, THEY
10:37:55 GOT A PILE OF DIRT OVER THERE IN WEST TAMPA, AND THEY CAN
10:37:59 GIVE A REPORT OF HOW THEY ARE ADVANCING MORE AVAILABLE
10:38:03 HOUSING WITH, AND THEY ARE DOING MORE THAN THE ONE FOR
10:38:08 ONE ENCASEMENT BUT THEY HAVE A WAITING LIST OF 20,000.
10:38:12 THAT'S PEOPLE WHO EVEN SHOW UP.
10:38:14 ON SO ON TOP OF THAT, AND WE ALL KNOW, DON'T TAKE US TO
10:38:17 BE STUPID.
10:38:19 THEY SAW THIS COMING SO YOU KNOW WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN.
10:38:21 THE ELIMINATION OF PEOPLE THAT'S IN PROXIMITY TO WHERE
10:38:25 THIS GREAT VACUUM OF ECONOMIC WEALTH EXISTS OR YOU WANT
10:38:30 IT TO EXIST IN YBOR CITY.
10:38:33 350 FAMILIES IN TAMPA PARK APARTMENTS THAT WILL NOT
10:38:37 RECEIVE ANY TYPE OF FEDERAL SUBSIDY, UNLESS YOU HAVE A
10:38:41 PLAN.
10:38:43 YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN NOW.
10:38:45 350 PEOPLE JUST AT THE CRUX OF THE SUPER BOWL HAVE TO
10:38:50 FIND HOUSING WHERE?
10:38:51 THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS ALREADY IDENTIFIED THAT THEY
10:38:54 ONLY HAVE VOUCHERS FOR 32 FAMILIES.
10:38:57 SO WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR IS THAT WE GOT DOWN PAYMENT
10:39:01 ASSISTANCE, WHEN PEOPLE ARE GOING TO NEED WAY MORE THAN
10:39:05 THAT.
10:39:06 WE NEED FOR THIS CITY COUNCIL, THIS MAYOR, TO MOVE FAST,
10:39:10 QUICKLY, NO HURRY, SO WE CAN PROVIDE A HOUSING THAT WILL
10:39:18 ENSURE PEOPLE THAT'S WORKING SOME OF THESE JOBS THAT'S
10:39:20 GOING TO SWEEP THE FLOORS AT SUPER BOWL AND CLEAN THE
10:39:23 BATHROOMS --
10:39:25 [BELL SOUNDS]
10:39:25 >> I WILL GIVE YOU 20 SECOND.
10:39:26 >> WE NEED TO HAVE SOMEWHERE TO LIVE.
10:39:28 THANK YOU.
10:39:29 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.
10:39:30 NEXT, PLEASE.
10:39:33 AND IF I MAY, MA'AM, AFTER BISHOP PATTI, IS ANYONE ELSE
10:39:38 HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT?
10:39:39 OKAY, ONE MORE.
10:39:40 >> BISHOP MICHELLE PATTI.
10:39:44 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU COUNCILMAN GUIDO MANISCALCO FOR
10:39:48 COMING WITH OUR BLACK HISTORY, LETTING ME KNOW THAT YOU
10:39:51 ARE INTERESTED IN WHO WE ARE.
10:39:55 ON THE BACKS OF THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE SOME
10:39:58 SUGGESTION.
10:39:58 THIS COUNCIL CAN FREEZE ANY MORE BUILDING UNTIL WE CAN
10:40:02 MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE.
10:40:06 YOU CAN DO WHAT COUNCILMAN FRANK REDDICK DID WHEN THESE
10:40:11 SAME PEOPLE WERE BEING FORCED OUT OF THEIR HOME.
10:40:13 HE CROSSED PARTY LINE.
10:40:14 HE WAS ABLE TO GET STATE REPRESENTATIVE AT THAT TIME
10:40:19 SHAWN HARRISON TO WRITE A LETTER TO HUD.
10:40:25 WHAT I AM SAYING THIS COUNCIL DO, YOU CAN DO THE SAME
10:40:27 THING AND SAY THAT NO MORE, NO TEAR DOWNS IN PUBLIC
10:40:31 HOUSING UNTIL WE CAN BE ASSURED THAT PEOPLE ARE PLACED IN
10:40:35 HOMES.
10:40:36 THE REASON I'M HERE TO SOUND OFF THIS WARNING BECAUSE
10:40:39 PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO JUST SIMPLY LAY DOWN AND DIE
10:40:43 BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO PLACE TO LIVE.
10:40:46 THEY WILL TAKE TO THE STREETS.
10:40:48 THERE WILL BE A REVOLT.
10:40:50 THEY WILL PREFER TO GO TO JAIL SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE A
10:40:53 PLACE, A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD.
10:40:55 SO WE CAN GET IN FRONT OF THIS RIGHT NOW, THIS COUNCIL,
10:40:59 YOU CAN SAY, WE PUTTING A FREEZE ON EVERYTHING UNTIL THE
10:41:03 CITIZENS HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE.
10:41:06 THERE'S A MOTHER SAYS SHE HAS A THREE BEDROOM APARTMENT,
10:41:09 SHE'S PAYING $900 IN TAMPA PARK.
10:41:11 I KNOW YOU HAVE NO CONTROL OVER WHAT PRIVATE CITIZENS DO
10:41:15 TO SELL THEIR PROPERTY, BUT YOU CAN CONTROL WHAT HAPPENS
10:41:20 AROUND US.
10:41:21 SO WHEN PEOPLE COME SAYING THEY WANT TO BUILD, YOU SAY,
10:41:24 WELL, HOW MUCH IS THAT?
10:41:25 HOW MANY UNITS OR WHATEVER IS GOING TO BE SET ASIDE SO
10:41:29 THAT PEOPLE CAN FIND A DECENT PLACE TO LIVE?
10:41:32 NOW, MANY PEOPLE WILL NOT HAVE CREDIT, GOOD CREDIT, THESE
10:41:38 300 SOME PEOPLE THAT'S BEEN THROWN OUT.
10:41:40 THEY DON'T HAVE THE CREDIT.
10:41:41 THEY DON'T HAVE THE DOWN PAYMENT.
10:41:42 THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
10:41:44 BUT WHAT THEY DO HAVE IS LIFE IN THEIR BODY MEANING THEM
10:41:49 AND THEIR CHILDREN NEED A SAFE PLACE TO STAY.
10:41:52 SO THIS COUNCIL, WE ARE ASKING YOU TO GET IN FRONT OF IT
10:41:58 LIKE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, BASEBALL, WE CAN FIND MONEY,
10:42:01 WE CAN TALK ABOUT SUPER BOWL, BEAUTIFYING THE CITY OF
10:42:03 TAMPA.
10:42:04 THEN IT'S A SHAME, IT'S A CRYING SHAME THAT WE WILL SIT
10:42:07 HERE AND ALLOW FAMILIES TO BE PUT OUT ON THE STREET.
10:42:12 BUT I WILL MAKE IT VERY CLEAR.
10:42:13 BECAUSE I DON'T EVEN FEEL GOOD TODAY.
10:42:15 I NEED TO BE IN MY BED.
10:42:17 BUT WHEN I WOKE UP AND SEEN THE TRAVESTY OF WHAT IS GOING
10:42:21 ON AND NOBODY IS SAYING ANYTHING, THERE'S A PROBLEM HERE
10:42:26 IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
10:42:27 WE ARE NOT THE NEXT GREAT CITY, BUT WE CAN BE IF WE
10:42:31 DECIDE THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO NOT JUST FOR ONE BUT FOR
10:42:35 ALL.
10:42:35 SO CITY COUNCIL, GET IN FRONT OF IT.
10:42:38 DO IT NOW.
10:42:39 THE MAYOR ALREADY KNOW, WE NEED SOME HOMES AND WE DON'T
10:42:43 NEED JUST RHETORIC.
10:42:46 THANK YOU.
10:42:46 [BELL SOUNDS]
10:42:47 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
10:42:48 NEXT, PLEASE.
10:42:48 >> MARY LOU BAILEY. THIS IS REALLY COMPLICATED
10:42:53 DEHUMANIZING CONNECTED SET OF ISSUES.
10:42:55 IT'S REALLY, REALLY TROUBLING.
10:42:57 THE COMMENT I WANT TO MAKE AS A CITIZEN IS WHERE ARE THE
10:43:01 INVITED SPEAKERS? THEY ARE ALL GONE.
10:43:03 WHY DIDN'T THEY STAY AND LISTEN TO PUBLIC COMMENT?
10:43:07 COULD COUNCIL PLEASE TELL THEM THAT IS SENDING A BIG
10:43:09 MESSAGE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH RESPECT TO SIT HERE
10:43:12 AND LISTEN TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ISSUES THAT THEY SAY
10:43:15 THEY ARE SO IMPASSIONED ABOUT.
10:43:17 I'M REALLY TROUBLED BY THAT.
10:43:18 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:43:20 OKAY.
10:43:21 NOW WITH PUBLIC COMMENT BEING FINISHED, IS MS. DUNCAN
10:43:26 HERE, IF YOU WISH TO COME FORWARD WITH YOUR STAFF?
10:43:28 >>JEAN DUNCAN: INFRASTRUCTURE MOBILITY.
10:43:35 THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A FEW MOMENTS TO COME IN THIS
10:43:38 MORNING.
10:43:38 I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A SITUATION REPORT BASED ON ALL OF
10:43:43 THE --
10:43:45 >>LUIS VIERA: MS. DUNCAN, I APOLOGIZE.
10:43:46 JUST WE WILL TAKE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS AFTER THE
10:43:49 COMPLETION OF MS. DUNCAN'S PRESENTATION.
10:43:51 I KNOW COUNCILMAN CARLSON WISHES TO SAY SOMETHING
10:43:55 AFTERWARDS.
10:43:56 SO YOU CAN GO FORTH.
10:43:57 >>JEAN DUNCAN: AND I WILL BE BRIEF.
10:44:00 JUST WANTED TO GIVE SOME FEEDBACK TO YOU ALL BECAUSE OF
10:44:02 THE GREAT CONCERNS MANY OF US HAD ABOUT EXPERIENCES MANY
10:44:07 OF US HAD YESTERDAY WITH JUST REALLY UNACCEPTABLE TRAFFIC
10:44:11 CONGESTION THAT WE EXPERIENCED IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE
10:44:15 CITY, PARTICULARLY SOUTH TAMPA, BECAUSE OF ROAD CLOSURES
10:44:18 THAT OCCURRED.
10:44:20 BUT I DO WANT TO SAY WE HAVE GOT SOME GOOD NEWS.
10:44:22 WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY MAKE SOME HEADWAY WITH THE CSX
10:44:27 LEADERSHIP YESTERDAY OF REALLY EMPHASIZING THE NEED TO
10:44:30 WORK TOGETHER WITH THAT AGENCY AND HAVE BETTER
10:44:32 COORDINATION CLEARLY THAT'S NEEDED AFTER WHAT MANY OF US
10:44:37 EXPERIENCED YESTERDAY, SOME OF WHICH IS STILL GOING ON
10:44:39 TODAY.
10:44:41 JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE TO ACCELERATE SOME OF
10:44:44 THE ROADWAY OPENINGS THAT WERE VERY TROUBLING,
10:44:47 PARTICULARLY EUCLID, EL PRADO, BAY TO BAY.
10:44:51 THOSE ARE ALL OPEN NOW.
10:44:52 WE HAD SOME OTHER OPENINGS SOUTH OF GANDY WITH IOWA AND
10:44:58 OKLAHOMA.
10:44:58 WE ASKED FOR CLEVELAND ONE WAY REPAIR TO BE PRIORITY
10:45:03 THAT'S BEING PAVED TODAY.
10:45:04 WE ARE GOING TO GET AN UPDATE A LITTLE LATER TODAY ON
10:45:07 WHEN THAT WILL BE OPEN.
10:45:08 SHOULD BE SOMETIME TOMORROW BUT WE'LL GET THE DETAILS ON
10:45:11 THAT.
10:45:13 PEARL, SOUTH OF GANDY TO BE A PRIORITY.
10:45:16 SO I WILL HAVE A FEW MORE UPDATES.
10:45:18 WE PUT OUT A TRAFFIC ADVISORY WITH ALL THE INFORMATION
10:45:21 THIS MORNING OF ALL THE OPENINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE NOW,
10:45:24 AND WE WILL WORK WITH CSX TO SEE THE COMPLETION OF THE
10:45:29 OPENINGS OF THE HANDFUL OF ROADWAYS THAT ARE STILL
10:45:31 CLOSED.
10:45:32 BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU MY FULL ASSURANCE THAT WE ARE
10:45:35 GOING TO GO BACK AND LOOK AND SEE HOW DO WE GET TO THIS
10:45:40 POINT WITH THIS COORDINATION, BUT WITH A FRAGILE CRACKS
10:45:45 IN THE PROCESS THAT WE CAN SHORE UP ON AND FILL THOSE
10:45:48 GAPS, WE DO NOT WANTS THIS CURRENT SITUATION HAPPENING
10:45:51 AGAIN.
10:45:52 IT'S OBVIOUSLY CLEARLY HEALTH, WELFARE SAFETY ISSUE FOR
10:45:56 ALL OF US, UNACCEPTABLE GRIDLOCK.
10:45:59 AND ALSO WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN WORK AS
10:46:01 CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE WITH CVX, AND ANY OTHER AGENCY THAT
10:46:05 COMES IN SORRY PEOPLE BEING INCONVENIENCED OR IN A WORSE
10:46:18 SITUATION GETTING HOME AND GET MEDICATION OR WHATEVER THE
10:46:21 CASE MAY BE.
10:46:21 SO I AM COMMITTING THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO BETTER, WORK
10:46:26 CLOSELY AND CONTINUES THE UPDATES, PUTTING THOSE OUT
10:46:29 THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND OUR
10:46:33 TAMPAGOV WEBSITE.
10:46:35 WITH THAT I WILL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY
10:46:37 HAVE.
10:46:39 >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN CARLSON, DINGFELDER, MANISCALCO,
10:46:43 MIRANDA.
10:46:44 GO AHEAD, SIR.
10:46:45 >>BILL CARLSON: I THINK THERE WAS A PROBLEM IN MY MIKE SO
10:46:47 IF I GO OUT IF SOMEBODY COULD WAVE AT ME, PLEASE.
10:46:55 I WENT TO TAKE MY KIDS TO SCHOOL A COUPLE MORNINGS AGO
10:46:57 AND I FACED THE SAME THING OTHERS FACED, WE WERE TWO
10:47:01 HOURS LATE PICKING THEM UP.
10:47:03 SOMEBODY CALLED THIS CARMAGEDDON.
10:47:09 THERE WERE ACCIDENTS, PEOPLE STUCK, THE IMPACT WAS HUGE.
10:47:13 IT ABSOLUTELY SHOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN AND WE NEED TO MAKE
10:47:16 SURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
10:47:17 BUT THE THING I WOULD CAUTION US ALL TO DO IS NOT START
10:47:19 THE BLAME GAME THAT WE START BLAMING CSX OR THE CITY OR
10:47:23 WHOMEVER.
10:47:24 WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET TO THE SOLUTION.
10:47:25 THE SOLUTION IS THAT THIS IS A COMMUNICATION PROBLEM.
10:47:28 AND TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO EVERYBODY, THE RESIDENTS IN SOUTH
10:47:34 TAMPA ASKED US, ASKED THE CITY TO ASK CSB TO DO THIS
10:47:39 WORK.
10:47:39 THE PROBLEM WAS THE COORDINATION OF WHEN AND WHEN IT WAS
10:47:42 STAGED AND THE COMMUNICATION WITH RESIDENTS.
10:47:45 AND THE WORK HAD TO BE DONE BECAUSE TIRES WERE GETTING
10:47:50 POPPED BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE GETTING SPLINTERS, AND THE
10:47:53 RAILROAD TIES WERE COMING OUT.
10:47:55 IT WAS A HUGE PROBLEM FOR DRIVERS ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF
10:47:58 GANDY.
10:47:58 THEY COULD BARELY DRIVE OVER THEIR RAILROAD TRACKS.
10:48:01 SO IT HAD TO BE DONE.
10:48:04 I HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF E-MAILS AND CALLS AND YOU SHOULD
10:48:07 TOO THAT WE SHOULD BLAME CSX.
10:48:10 CSX IS A PARTNER.
10:48:13 WE WANTED THEM TO DO IT AND THE RESIDENTS WANTED THEM TO
10:48:15 DO IT SO WE SHOULD BE THANKING THEM BUT WE SHOULD ALSO
10:48:19 ASK THEM TO COMMUNICATE BETTER WITH US AND WE NEED THE
10:48:21 CITY TO COMMUNICATES.
10:48:22 I HAD A COUPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH CHIEF OF STAFF LAST
10:48:25 NIGHT AND I COULDN'T COME THIS MORNING, BUT THERE IS A
10:48:28 PROCESS THAT HE USED IN PINELLAS COUNTY WHERE YOU SET UP
10:48:31 AN E-MAIL SO THAT A PARTNER LIKE CSX CAN E-MAIL AND IT
10:48:35 WILL GO TO SEVERAL CITY EMPLOYEES AT THE SAME TIME.
10:48:38 THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE WAY CSX DID NOTIFY THE CITY IN
10:48:43 ADVANCE.
10:48:43 IT WASN'T PROBABLY ENOUGH NOTICE, AND WHAT HAPPENED IS
10:48:46 THE WAY THE E-MAIL LOOKED, I HAVEN'T SEEN IT BUT
10:48:49 APPARENTLY THE WAY THE E-MAIL LOOKED, IT DID NOT RISE TO
10:48:53 THE LEVEL OF IMPORTANCE THAT IT SHOULD HAVE BECAUSE OF
10:48:55 THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN AND HAD SOMEBODY FROM CSX CALLED
10:48:58 AND SAID, HEY, THIS IS POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE A BIG
10:49:01 PROBLEM, WE ARE GOING TO DO ALL OF THEM AT ONCE, I'M SURE
10:49:03 CITY STAFF WOULD HAVE ASKED THEM NOT TO DO THAT AND IT
10:49:08 WOULD HAVE BEEN HANDLED DIFFERENTLY.
10:49:09 THE CSX AND CHIEF OF STAFF WILL WORK WITH THEM MORE
10:49:14 CLOSELY.
10:49:16 WE HAVE TALKED OVER AND OVER AGAIN ABOUT THE NEED FOR
10:49:18 COMMUNICATION IN OTHER THINGS BESIDES THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
10:49:21 THE COMMUNICATION TEAM AROUND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE DOES A
10:49:24 FANTASTIC JOB.
10:49:26 THEY COMMUNICATE REGULARLY.
10:49:27 THERE'S LOTS OF INFORMATION GOING OUT.
10:49:28 THE PROBLEM IS -- AND YOU KNOW THIS IS MY INDUSTRY SO I
10:49:31 LOOK AT CITIES AND GOVERNMENTS AND SEE WHAT THEY NEED.
10:49:35 THE PROBLEM IS WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH COMMUNICATION PEOPLE.
10:49:38 THE COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT IS NOT ROBUST ENOUGH. IN
10:49:41 PARTICULAR WE NEED COMMUNICATION PROCESSES SPECIFICALLY
10:49:43 DEDICATED TO PUBLIC WORKS.
10:49:46 WE HAVE 3 BILLION DOLLARS IN PROJECTS JUST WITH THE PIPES
10:49:50 PROGRAM AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT IS THE STORMWATER, A
10:49:52 COUPLE BILLION MORE?
10:49:54 IF WE DO PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND PUBLIC INFORMATION IN THE
10:49:58 RIGHT WAY, IT WILL CAUSE US SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS TO
10:50:00 OUTSOURCE THAT.
10:50:01 WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS SET UP A PUBLIC WORKS COMMUNICATION
10:50:05 DEPARTMENT THAT'S A ROBUST DEPARTMENT THAT REPORTS TO
10:50:09 JEAN, AND THIS IS FOR WATER AND TRANSPORTATION, SO THAT
10:50:14 WE CAN RESPOND QUICKLY SO THAT WE CAN WORK WITH OUR
10:50:16 PARTNERS TO GET INFORMATION OUT THERE.
10:50:18 AND WHAT WE NEED IS COMMUNICATION ACCESS.
10:50:22 WE NEED LINK TO WEBSITE POSTS, WE NEED GRAPHICS, WE NEED
10:50:26 DIAGRAMS OF WHAT THINGS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE, AND WHEN
10:50:29 THE COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT DOES A GREAT JOB WITH THAT,
10:50:33 IN THIS CASE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF, A LARGE ENOUGH
10:50:36 TEAM DEDICATED TO PUBLIC WORKS AND WE CAN'T RESPOND AS
10:50:39 WELL AS WE COULD IN EMERGENCIES IF WE HAD THAT TEAM.
10:50:42 SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION, BUT I WANT
10:50:45 TO MAKE A MOTION AT THE END THAT WE ASK THE CITY TO LOOK
10:50:49 INTO CREATING A COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT DEDICATED TO
10:50:52 PUBLIC WORKS.
10:50:53 TO WORK WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT
10:50:57 FOR BRANDING AND EVERYTHING.
10:50:59 BUT WE DESPERATELY NEED TO COMMUNICATE MORE EFFECTIVELY
10:51:01 WITH THE COMMUNITY, AND WE NEED TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS
10:51:04 TO COMMUNITY, AND WE AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS NEED ASSETS
10:51:07 TO COMMUNITY AS WELL.
10:51:09 >>LUIS VIERA: AND COUNCILMAN, I USUALLY TAKE MOTIONS AT
10:51:11 THE END BUT GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS ISSUE YESTERDAY,
10:51:15 I CAN TAKE THAT NOW.
10:51:16 WE CAN TAKE IT AT THE END OF DISCUSSION.
10:51:18 THAT'S WAY WAS GOING TO SAY, AT THE END OF DISCUSSION BUT
10:51:21 WE'LL TAKE YOUR MOTION.
10:51:22 THAT'S FINE.
10:51:23 NEXT IS COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
10:51:26 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: GOOD MORNING, JEAN.
10:51:27 THANKS FOR COMING OVER TO DISCUSS THIS VERY IMPORTANT
10:51:30 MATTER.
10:51:31 REALLY, A MATTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
10:51:33 BECAUSE THANK GOODNESS THESE INTERSECTIONS ARE OPENING
10:51:38 BACK UP AND I HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT ANYTHING TRAGIC YET.
10:51:41 BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN.
10:51:43 I THINK WE HAVE SKATED BY ON THIS ONE.
10:51:48 ON JANUARY 28th, AND YOU HAVE SEEN THIS E-MAIL, I'M
10:51:52 SURE, AND VIC AS WELL, ON JANUARY 28, CSX SENT AN E-MAIL
10:51:56 TO THE CITY, AND I GOT A COPY OF IT.
10:51:59 I THINK THAT'S THE ONE THAT BILL IS ALLUDING TO AS WELL.
10:52:03 EIGHT CITY EMPLOYEES, NOT INCLUDING YOU AND NOT INCLUDING
10:52:07 VIC, SO YOU GUYS ARE OFF THE HOOK AS FAR AS I'M
10:52:10 CONCERNED, BUT EIGHT CITY EMPLOYEES GOT A COPY OF THAT.
10:52:13 AND UNFORTUNATELY, AND I WANT TO USE SOMETHING THAT WE
10:52:18 SEE AT THE AIRPORTS AND ELSEWHERE, IS LIKE SEE SOMETHING
10:52:21 SAY SOMETHING.
10:52:23 BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
10:52:27 AND I'M SURE THAT GOOD HARD WORKING PEOPLE IN YOUR
10:52:30 DEPARTMENTS AND ELSEWHERE WHO LOOKED AT THAT PROBABLY
10:52:34 SHRUGGED THEIR SHOULDERS AND THOUGHT SOMEBODY ELSE WAS
10:52:36 GOING TO HANDLE IT.
10:52:37 BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY REACHED
10:52:40 OUT TO CSX LIKE THEY SHOULD HAVE ON JANUARY 28th AND
10:52:45 SAID, WOW, THIS IS PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE WE REALIZE THAT WE
10:52:51 ARE HAVING IT DONE AS BILL MENTIONED, BUT TO CLOSE DOWN
10:52:54 VIRTUALLY EVERY SINGLE CROSSING FROM YBOR CITY, IT'S NOT
10:52:58 JUST SOUTH TAMPA.
10:53:00 I WAS REMINDED BY A FRIEND OF MINE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES
10:53:02 WE GET SOUTH TAMPA CENTRIC.
10:53:05 IT'S NOT JUST SOUTH TAMPA.
10:53:07 IT'S YBOR CITY THROUGH DOWNTOWN, AND THEN INTO SOUTH
10:53:09 TAMPA AND SOUTH OF KENNEDY.
10:53:11 THIS AFFECTED HOW -- AT LEVEL HALF OF THE CITY I.WAS
10:53:17 STUCK IN INTERSTATE TRAFFIC THIS MORNING THAT I BELIEVE
10:53:19 WAS PROBABLY RELATED TO THIS.
10:53:21 SO NOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FEDERAL STUFF.
10:53:24 BUT ANYWAY, JEAN, I KNOW YOU, I KNOW WE HAVE WORKED
10:53:27 TOGETHER FOR MANY YEARS, I KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO GET TO
10:53:29 THE BOTTOM OF THIS AND I KNOW IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN.
10:53:33 BUT I WOULD JUST URGE ALL CITY EMPLOYEES, IT'S BETTER TO
10:53:37 SAY SOMETHING.
10:53:38 IT'S BETTER WHEN YOU HAVE A QUESTION, YOU KNOW, STEP UP
10:53:41 TO THE PLATE AND SAY SOMETHING, AND IT'S BETTER TO SAY
10:53:46 SOMETHING AND THEN HAVE A SUPERVISOR SAY, YEAH, WE GOT
10:53:50 THAT COVERED, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
10:53:51 BUT IN THIS CASE NOBODY DID.
10:53:53 NOBODY STEPPED UP AND SAID SOMETHING.
10:53:54 AND THAT'S WHY WE ENDED UP WITH QUITE THE MESS.
10:53:58 QUITE THE MESS.
10:53:59 THANK YOU.
10:54:00 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:54:01 COUNCILMAN CITRO WITHDREW SO COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO,
10:54:06 MIRANDA, AND THEN GUDES.
10:54:08 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:54:09 OF COURSE, LIKE ALL OF US UP HERE, I RECEIVED MANY PHONE
10:54:13 CALLS.
10:54:13 ONE PERSON SAID THIS IS WORSE THAN GASPARILLA TRAFFIC.
10:54:16 AND HE WAS TRYING TO LEAVE HIS BUSINESS ON KENNEDY.
10:54:18 I'M GLAD THERE WERE NO ISSUES WITH EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND
10:54:21 LIFE AND DEATH SITUATIONS BECAUSE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
10:54:24 INEVITABLE.
10:54:25 EVEN IF THERE WAS NO WAY OUT, AS I LEFT CITY HALL, I SAW
10:54:29 HOW KENNEDY WAS, AND I JUST STAYED AWAY.
10:54:33 YOU KNOW, IT WAS POOR COMMUNICATION.
10:54:36 I'M NOT BLAMING ANYBODY HERE.
10:54:37 BUT THOSE THAT DID SEE THE E-MAIL SHOULD HAVE KNOWN ALL
10:54:40 THESE CROSSINGS ARE BEING CLOSED ALL ON THE ONCE, YOU
10:54:43 KNOW.
10:54:44 THAT'S A RECIPE FOR DISASTER AND IT WAS, BECAUSE PEOPLE,
10:54:47 IT TOOK THEM HOURS TO GET HOME.
10:54:49 SO WE CAN LEARN FROM THIS.
10:54:51 NEXT TIME WE HAVE TO BE PROACTIVE RATHER THAN REACTIVE.
10:54:55 BECAUSE AGAIN IT COULD HAVE BEEN A LIFE AND DEATH
10:54:57 SITUATION.
10:54:57 THANKFULLY IT WAS NOT.
10:54:58 BUT THERE WAS NO ESCAPE.
10:55:01 IT WAS GRIDLOCK.
10:55:03 IT WAS TAMPA'S PARKING LOT YESTERDAY, WORSE THAN
10:55:06 GASPARILLA.
10:55:06 FROM WHAT I HEARD AND FROM WHAT I SAW.
10:55:08 SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
10:55:10 THANKFULLY, THIS IS A SHORT EVENT.
10:55:13 I KNOW THAT ROADS WERE OPENING UP AT 6 A.M.
10:55:17 AND I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE TWITTER FEED, CITY OF TAMPA
10:55:22 TRAFFIC AND RETWEETING THAT INFORMATION.
10:55:24 SO IN SAYING, IT'S A LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
10:55:27 THANK YOU.
10:55:28 >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:55:29 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:55:32 YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY IN THE AFTERNOON I RECEIVED A CALL
10:55:34 FROM A FORMER INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER FROM A TV STATION.
10:55:37 AND HE ASKED ME THE SAME QUESTION.
10:55:39 DO YOU REALIZE WHAT'S GOING ON?
10:55:41 I SAID REALIZE WHAT'S GOING ON ABOUT WHAT?
10:55:43 AND HE SAID, WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
10:55:46 AND I STILL DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE
10:55:48 HE HADN'T EXPLAINED IT.
10:55:49 AND WHEN HE TOLD ME WHAT WAS GOING ON, I COULDN'T BELIEVE
10:55:52 THE LACK OF COMMON SENSE ON ONE PARTY AND THE
10:55:56 DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION OF THE OTHER PARTY.
10:55:59 SO BLAME, I AM KNOW IT POINTING FINGERS AT NO ONE.
10:56:02 BUT WHAT I AM SAYING IS, HOW CAN YOU SEND JUST E-MAILS
10:56:06 AND YOU DON'T CALL NOBODY ON THE PHONE?
10:56:08 ARE WE GETTING TO THE POINT IN LIFE OF WHERE WE ARE GOING
10:56:11 TO RELY ON E-MAILS FOR EVERYTHING?
10:56:16 WHAT ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY?
10:56:18 IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN, AND MORE LIKELY COULD HAVE
10:56:21 HAPPENED, MAYBE IT DID HAPPEN, AND WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT
10:56:23 IT, THAT SOMEONE HAD A CONDITION WHERE HE OR SHE HAD TO
10:56:27 BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.
10:56:28 HOW DO YOU GET IN THERE?
10:56:29 HOW DO YOU GET OUT?
10:56:31 YOU GET IN, HOW DO YOU GET OUT?
10:56:35 THE LACK OF TIME AND SAFETY IS THE FIRST PRIORITY OF ALL
10:56:38 OF US.
10:56:39 AND WHEN I REALIZE THAT PEOPLE HAVE A HEART CONDITION,
10:56:49 AND THEY WERE ALSO THE SAME POINT AS I WAS.
10:56:53 THEY WERE TAKEN TO BY SURPRISE, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
10:56:55 AND THEY TRADE TO SOLVE IT IMMEDIATELY.
10:56:58 BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF CHAOTIC SITUATION WHERE
10:57:02 JUST MAYBE A MILE FROM HERE THERE'S A SCHOOL AND IT TAKES
10:57:05 YOU AN HOYER AND A HALF, TWO HOURS TO GET TO THE KID WHEN
10:57:09 AT 6:00, YOUR SON OR DAUGHTER, IT BECOMES MORE THAN JUST
10:57:13 PUBLIC SAFETY.
10:57:14 SO CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS CITY IF WE DON'T
10:57:18 HAVE ANY INFORMATION?
10:57:20 AND IF YOU IMAGINE IF YOU ONLY RELY ON ONE INFORMATION,
10:57:24 WHICH IS THE INTERNET OR SENDING AN E-MAIL, AND SOMETHING
10:57:27 GOES WRONG AND YOU CAN'T COMMUNICATE, WE MUST HAVE MORE
10:57:31 COMMUNICATION THAN JUST E-MAIL.
10:57:34 THERE'S GOT TO BE A DIRECTIVE GIVEN FROM THE DO DOWN ON A
10:57:38 SYSTEM WHERE YOU HAVE TO DO THIS, ALL THE DEPARTMENTS,
10:57:42 INCLUDING MAYBE THE CHAIRMAN OR OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE
10:57:45 VISIONED OF, AT LEAST ADVISED, AND EVEN A PHONE CALL TO
10:57:49 SOMEBODY TO DISSEMINATE MORE OF THAT INFORMATION.
10:57:52 AND IT JUST TAKES A LITTLE MORE COMMON SENSE, WHICH IS
10:57:55 SOMETHING THEY DON'T TEACH AT SCHOOL.
10:57:57 I HATE TO SAY THAT.
10:57:58 THERE'S NO UNIVERSITY THAT GIVES YOU A DEGREE IN COMMON
10:58:00 SENSE.
10:58:01 AND ALL I AM ASKING IS FOR BOTH SIDES TO UNDERSTAND THOSE
10:58:05 THAT RECEIVE AND THOSE THAT SEND, THAT THERE'S MORE
10:58:09 COMMUNICATION IN LIFE THAN JUST SENDING AN E-MAIL, WHICH
10:58:12 SOMETIMES ANYBODY THAT SENDS AN E-MAIL.
10:58:17 THANK YOU.
10:58:22 >>ORLANDO GUDES: GENTLEMEN, YOU ALL BROUGHT UP GOOD
10:58:23 POINTS AND I SAID THIS FROM DAY ONE ON THE COUNCIL.
10:58:25 WE HAVE A LACK OF COMMUNICATION PROBLEM IN THE CITY.
10:58:31 IN ALL DEPARTMENTS.
10:58:33 AS THE ELECTED BODY FOR A DISTRICT, CONSTITUENTS AS WELL.
10:58:40 I GET KNOCK IT AT MY DOOR, COUNCIL, WHAT'S GOING ON AT
10:58:44 34th AND HILLSBOROUGH?
10:58:45 I GET PHONE CALLS, 7:00 IN THE MORNING, COUNCIL, WE GOT A
10:58:48 DEAD BODY.
10:58:53 BUT WE HAVEN'T INVESTIGATED FOR HOURS.
10:59:03 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE NEXT MORNING IN THE PAPER.
10:59:06 WE DON'T SAY, WE HAD A SHOOTING.
10:59:09 BUT THERE WAS SHOTS FIRED IN THE AREA.
10:59:19 WE HAVE A CITY COUNCIL.
10:59:20 WE HAVE A DISTRICT.
10:59:22 AND WHEN INCIDENTS HAPPEN IN OUR DISTRICT, WE NEED TO BE
10:59:25 NOTIFIED.
10:59:26 YES, WE UNDERSTAND THAT, WE UNDERSTAND THAT.
10:59:30 BUT WHEN INCIDENTS HAPPEN, WE SHOULD BE GETTING A
10:59:34 TELEPHONE, A TEXT, THAT SAYS COUNCILMAN, THIS IS
10:59:37 HAPPENING IN YOUR DISTRICT, SO WE DON'T GET PHONE CALLS.
10:59:42 I DON'T EVEN KNOW THE SCOPE OF IT.
10:59:44 I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW, YES, SOMEONE WAS SHOT AND SUCH AND
10:59:49 SUCH AND THEY DIED.
10:59:51 BUT I CAN TELL, YES, THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON, IT'S
10:59:55 SAFE, THEY HAVE GOT THINGS UNDER CONTROL.
10:59:57 BECAUSE I ASKED MR. SHELBY, HE WAS MEETING WITH MRS.
11:00:04 GRIMES ABOUT COMMUNICATION.
11:00:06 BUT THINGS HAPPEN.
11:00:07 AND AGAIN, AT THE END, ASKED ME, WE HAVE TO HAVE A SYSTEM
11:00:12 THAT THIS COUNCIL IS NOTIFIED WHEN MAJOR INCIDENTS HAPPEN
11:00:15 IN THIS CITY, WITH POLICE, FIRE AND ALL DEPARTMENTS.
11:00:18 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
11:00:20 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
11:00:22 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
11:00:23 I AM GOING TO ECHO EVERYTHING THAT MY COMRADES HERE SAID,
11:00:27 MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS.
11:00:34 IT'S ONE THING THAT WE ASKED THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA TO
11:00:42 THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME SORT OF CONSTRUCTION FOR
11:00:44 PEOPLE AROUND THEM TO GIVE NOTICE.
11:00:46 I THINK THIS COULD HAVE BEEN VERY EASILY HANDLED HAD CSX
11:00:53 GIVEN NOTICE, BETTER NOTICE, NOT TO US, EXCUSE ME, MORE
11:00:57 ESPECIALLY TO US, BUT ALSO TO THE CITIZENS.
11:01:02 THEY THOUGHT THIS IS HOW THINGS ARE GOING TO GO, WE NEED
11:01:05 TO DO WORK ON THIS, THIS AND THIS.
11:01:07 SORRY TO INCONVENIENCE YOU.
11:01:10 BUT THESE ARE NECESSARY REPAIRS.
11:01:12 JUST LIKE OUR CITIZENS OF TAMPA ARE MADE TO DO, IF THEY
11:01:16 ARE GOING TO DO ANY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION.
11:01:18 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
11:01:21 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:01:22 AND BEFORE WE TAKE COUNCILMAN CARLSON'S MOTION, SOME
11:01:26 THINGS, I ECHO A LOT OF WHAT WAS SAID HERE ENTIRELY,
11:01:30 COLLECTIVELY, AND COUNCILMAN MIRANDA BEGAN ON SOMETHING
11:01:33 WHICH WASN'T NOTICED.
11:01:36 THE ONLY THING WE CAN SPEAK OF AT THIS TIME IS THE
11:01:38 JANUARY 20th E-MAIL.
11:01:39 I THINK THAT'S IT?
11:01:41 >>JEAN DUNCAN: I DON'T HAVE ALL THE PARTICULARS OF THE
11:01:44 COMMUNICATION BUT I BELIEVE THERE CERTAINLY WAS AN E-MAIL
11:01:46 ON THAT DATE.
11:01:47 WHAT TRANSPIRED FROM THAT POINT ON SPECIFICALLY, I HAVE
11:01:52 ASKED TO SEE WHAT THAT PROCESS WAS.
11:01:56 WE ARE CLEARLY GOING TO IMPROVE THAT PROCESS.
11:01:58 AND I AGREE WITH ALL OF YOU IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATION.
11:02:01 WE HAVE GOT TO IMPROVE INTERNAL, EXTERNAL WITH OTHER
11:02:05 AGENCIES, AS WELL AS OUR STAKEHOLDERS, AND KEY
11:02:09 STAKEHOLDERS.
11:02:10 SO WE ARE LOOKING BACK TO SEE WHAT WOULD THAT PROCESS
11:02:13 WOULD OCCUR FROM THAT FIRST E-MAIL IS NOW WELL KNOWN, ONE
11:02:19 OF THOSE GAPS THAT OCCUR, AND WE WILL MAKE CHANGES AND WE
11:02:21 WILL GET IT IMPROVED.
11:02:23 ABSOLUTELY.
11:02:24 >>LUIS VIERA: AND I ASK THAT BECAUSE WHEN SOMETHING IS
11:02:26 GOING TO HAPPEN LIKE THAT, THAT'S SO SIGNIFICANT, I THINK
11:02:30 ENTITIES LIKE CSX OWE A DUTY TO FOLLOW UP, YOU KNOW, TO
11:02:34 FOLLOW UP.
11:02:35 I AM AN ATTORNEY.
11:02:36 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER IS AN ATTORNEY.
11:02:37 AND WE HAVE HANDLED I'M SURE TIME LIMITED CASES ON WHERE
11:02:42 THERE'S A DEMAND LETTER SENT AND THEN YOU NEVER HEAR BACK
11:02:45 FROM THE ATTORNEY BECAUSE THEY ARE TRYING TO SET YOU UP,
11:02:47 OBVIOUSLY, OBVIOUSLY.
11:02:48 IT'S NOT HAPPENING WITH CSX.
11:02:50 BUT YOU SEND ONE LETTER, THEY MAKE A DEMAND, IT'S GOT TO
11:02:54 BE MET BY X DATE AND YOU NEVER HEAR FROM THEM AGAIN
11:02:57 BECAUSE YOU WANT THEM TO NOT RESPOND PROPERLY.
11:03:01 GIVEN WHAT HAPPENED, FOLLOW-UP CALLS NEED TO HAPPEN.
11:03:04 FOLLOW-UP E-MAILS GOING, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE NEVER HEARD
11:03:07 BACK FROM THE CITY OF TAMPA.
11:03:08 I WONDER IF IT WAS MAYBE MISSED.
11:03:10 SO CERTAINLY FOLLOW-UP SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED, I THINK, ON
11:03:13 THE PARTLY OF CSX, WITH DID INFORMATION THAT I SEE, AND I
11:03:18 AM COMMENTING ON THE INFORMATION AS I KNOW IT TODAY, HERE
11:03:21 TODAY.
11:03:22 BUT I WAS JUST SURPRISED THAT THERE WAS NO ADDITIONAL
11:03:25 FOLLOW-UP.
11:03:26 YES, SIR.
11:03:28 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: JUST TO CLARIFY.
11:03:29 TWO E-MAILS I HAVE SEEN WAS TO THE CITY, WAS JANUARY
11:03:33 20th AND FEBRUARY 3rd.
11:03:36 AND IN REGARD TO CSX, I AGREE, THEY SHOULD TREAT US
11:03:43 BETTER.
11:03:44 BUT THE REALITY IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOD, THERE'S UNITED
11:03:49 STATES OF AMERICA, AND THEN THERE'S THE RAILROADS.
11:03:52 AND THE STATES AND CITIES FALL UNDER IT.
11:03:56 UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S BEEN THE WAY IT'S BEEN FOR A COUPLE
11:03:59 OF HUNDRED YEARS SINCE THEY INVENTED RAILROADS.
11:04:02 I THINK THAT GOES TO THEIR HEADS.
11:04:03 SO IT'S UNFORTUNATE.
11:04:04 AND MAYBE JEAN JUST TOLD ME THIS MORNING THAT CSX HAS
11:04:09 SOME NEW CORPORATE OFFICERS, APPARENTLY THERE'S ALREADY,
11:04:12 AS OF YESTERDAY, BETTER COMMUNICATION.
11:04:15 SO I'LL GIVE CSX THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.
11:04:19 MAYBE THEY ARE GOING TO IMPROVE.
11:04:20 BUT I WOULDN'T HOLD OUR BREATH.
11:04:21 SO WE HAVE TO DO OUR PART TO BE PROACTIVE, AND WITH CSX
11:04:26 ON THESE ISSUES.
11:04:28 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR, WELL SAID.
11:04:29 COUNCILMAN CARLSON, IF YOU WISH TO MAKE YOUR MOTION, SIR.
11:04:33 OH, I'M SORRY.
11:04:33 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ALONG THE SAME ROUTE.
11:04:36 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE VOLUME OF CLOSING OF THOSE STREETS,
11:04:40 ALL AT THE SAME TIME, THAT HAD TO AFFECT 150, 200,000
11:04:45 TRIPS OF AUTOMOBILES, JUST TAKING THAT ANYWHERE.
11:04:48 LIKE CLOSING DOWN I-75.
11:04:51 HAPPENS?
11:04:52 AND THEY ARE EXPECTING A YES?
11:04:58 THAT'S THE MENTALITY WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY?
11:05:00 I CAN TELL YOU OTHER THINGS, AND I WILL NOW THAT I
11:05:02 THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
11:05:05 I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE TO DO THINGS FOR THE CITY TO PUT
11:05:08 SEWERS AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.
11:05:11 BUT WHEN YOU CLOSE THE CITY FOR A PRIVATE PRACTICING
11:05:13 INDIVIDUAL FOR SEVEN MONTHS WITHOUT TELLING ANYBODY, YOU
11:05:17 SHOULDN'T BE WORKING IN THE CITY.
11:05:19 THAT'S HAPPENED.
11:05:21 BUT WHAT I AM SEEING NOW IS THE LACK OF BOTH ENTITIES,
11:05:25 NOT SO MUCH A CITY, I AM NOT BLAMING THE CITY AND I AM
11:05:28 NOT BLAMING THE OTHER ENTITY, BUT WHEN YOU SEND ONE
11:05:31 E-MAIL OR THE SAME E-MAIL FOR A WEEK, AND YOU DON'T GET
11:05:33 AN ANSWER, YOU SHOULDN'T CALL SOMEBODY?
11:05:37 WITH 150, 200,000 CARS, CAN'T.
11:05:41 YOU KNOW, FRUSTRATION PEOPLE GET?
11:05:45 PEOPLE HAVE -- PEOPLE SITTING IN A CAR, WHAT ARE YOU
11:05:51 GOING TO DO?
11:05:52 THEY ARE GOING TO GO NUTS BECAUSE EVERYBODY WANTS THE
11:05:55 THING DONE NOW, RIGHT NOW.
11:05:58 IT CAN'T HAPPEN THAT WAY.
11:06:00 AND I APPRECIATE IT, BUT IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, MS.
11:06:04 DUNCAN, TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DISSEMINATION OF FACTS IS
11:06:08 GIVEN TO EVERYONE.
11:06:10 I GUESS YOU ARE THE CHIEF NOW OF THIS DIVISION.
11:06:12 SO WELCOME TO THE NEW WORLD.
11:06:14 AND I APPRECIATE YOU.
11:06:15 I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IN THE PAST.
11:06:17 BUT IN THE FUTURE, JUST FOR CLARITY, THE STAKEHOLDERS ON
11:06:22 BOTH SIDES HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING.
11:06:24 AND NOW YOU HAVE CHAOS.
11:06:25 AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.
11:06:26 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:06:28 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
11:06:28 COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:06:32 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I WAS GOING TO SECOND YOUR MOTION.
11:06:35 >>BILL CARLSON: TWO QUICK COMMENTS AND A MOTION.
11:06:37 AGREEING WITH MY COLLEAGUE MR. MIRANDA.
11:06:45 THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNICATION THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
11:06:47 WE ARE GOING TO BE SPENDING 4 BILLION OR WHATEVER TO RIP
11:06:51 UP MOST OF THE STREETS OF TAMPA, ESPECIALLY SOUTH TAMPA
11:06:53 OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS AND WE NEED A ROBUST
11:06:56 COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT TO REACH OUT TO THEM.
11:06:57 THAT'S GOING TO BE ALL ON US.
11:06:59 I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS YOU HAVE THIS POSITION IS YOU
11:07:01 WILL LOOK AT IT IN AN INTEGRATED WAY AND MAKE SURE THAT
11:07:03 THE ROADS AND THE UNDERGROUNDING AND EVERYTHING WORKS
11:07:06 TOGETHER.
11:07:06 THE SECOND COMMENT IS, COUNCILMAN GUDES TALKED ABOUT
11:07:10 INFORMING US, AND HAPPY TO ACCEPT A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
11:07:15 BUT YESTERDAY, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA MENTIONED THAT OUR
11:07:19 FORMER REPORTER, I DON'T KNOW IF HE GOT A CALL FROM THE
11:07:21 SAME ONE BY I GOT A CALL FROM MIKE DIESEN, AND THE WAY
11:07:27 THAT I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE TRAFFIC WAS I GOT STUCK IN IT
11:07:30 MYSELF.
11:07:30 BUT THEN I HAD TONS OF CALLS, FRIEND AND CONSTITUENTS
11:07:33 CALLING ME.
11:07:34 AND THERE HAS TO BE SOME RESPONSE MECHANISM.
11:07:37 YOU MENTIONED FIRE AND OTHER THINGS.
11:07:39 I SAW IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE
11:07:41 SUPPOSED TO DO ABOUT IT.
11:07:43 THERE HAS TO BE, WE CREATE A NEW COMMUNICATION
11:07:47 DEPARTMENT, THERE HAS TO BE SOME MECHANISM TO INFORM US
11:07:50 AND GIVE US THE ASSETS WE CAN USE DO INFORM OUR
11:07:52 CONSTITUENTS.
11:07:53 I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ASK STAFF TO STUDY THE
11:07:55 POSSIBILITY OF CREATING A PUBLIC WORKS COMMUNICATION
11:07:58 DEPARTMENT THAT WOULD REPORT TO THE ADMINISTRATOR OF
11:08:01 INFRASTRUCTURE, MOBILITY, THE COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT
11:08:03 WOULD FOCUS ON -- SORRY, PUBLIC WORKS COMMUNICATION
11:08:08 DEPARTMENT WOULD FOCUS ON PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, PUBLIC
11:08:10 EDUCATION, PUBLIC INFORMATION, AND CUSTOMER
11:08:13 COMMUNICATION.
11:08:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND.
11:08:15 >>LUIS VIERA: AND COUNCILMAN GUDES, DOES THAT SATISFY
11:08:17 YOUR FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, SIR?
11:08:19 >> NO, SIR.
11:08:19 WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL DEPARTMENTS, POLICE, FIRE,
11:08:24 WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOTIFIED WHEN THINGS HAPPEN
11:08:27 IN THEIR DISTRICT, AND WHEN CITIZENS NOTIFY US THE NEXT
11:08:31 DAY.
11:08:32 BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY BEFORE I MAKE THE AMENDMENT, I
11:08:34 WOULD LIKE TO THANK CHIEF JOHN BENNETT.
11:08:36 HE DID SEND A TEXT OUT.
11:08:38 SO HE WAS ON IT.
11:08:39 HE WAS ON, HE GETS ON IT SO HE DID SEND A TEXT TO LET US
11:08:43 KNOW THERE WAS A PROBLEM IN THE CITY.
11:08:45 SO YOU WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO HIM FOR DOING WHAT HE
11:08:48 DID BECAUSE I HAD NO IDEA UNTIL I STARTED GETTING ALL
11:08:50 THOSE CALLS ABOUT IT SO I WANT TO THANK HIM.
11:08:53 BUT I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND IT TO ALL DEPARTMENTS NOTIFYING
11:08:59 US TO MATTERS THAT PERTAIN TO THE CITY AND THE DISTRICT.
11:09:05 WE STILL NEED TO GO WHAT'S GOING ON.
11:09:08 >>BILL CARLSON: IF WE ADD TO THE AMENDMENT TO SAY
11:09:10 SOMETHING LIKE TO NOTIFY COUNCIL MEMBERS IN A PROMPT
11:09:14 MANNER SO --
11:09:16 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: COUNCIL MEMBERS, INCLUDING COUNCIL
11:09:19 MEMBERS.
11:09:21 >>BILL CARLSON: AND TO NOTIFY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND
11:09:25 DEPARTMENTS IN A TIMELY WAY.
11:09:36 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:09:36 I SAID JUST DID OTHER DAY, SIT ON 43rd STREET.
11:09:42 WE HAD A TO OF CITIZENS OUT THERE.
11:09:44 I WENT OUT THERE TO THE SCENE SO IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT
11:09:49 PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT, YES, WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT
11:09:54 HOUSES.
11:09:54 THOSE KIND OF COME TOGETHER.
11:09:56 PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
11:09:57 THAT'S WHO THEY CALL.
11:09:59 SO I CAN TAKE THAT MOTION AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL
11:10:03 DEPARTMENTS NOTIFY POLICE, FIRE, NOTIFY US WHEN THERE ARE
11:10:05 INCIDENCES OCCUR IN THE CITY.
11:10:07 >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON
11:10:11 WITH A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GUDES,
11:10:14 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
11:10:16 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:10:16 ANY OPPOSED?
11:10:18 THANK YOU, MA'AM.
11:10:19 I APPRECIATE IT.
11:10:22 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MS. DUNCAN, THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR
11:10:24 TAKING THIS HEAT.
11:10:25 >>JEAN DUNCAN: THANK YOU.
11:10:35 >>LUIS VIERA: WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE TAKEN PUBLIC
11:10:37 COMMENT BEFORE THE VOTE.
11:10:38 MA'AM, GO AHEAD.
11:10:40 ANYONE ELSE HERE?
11:10:41 >> GOOD MORNING.
11:10:44 MY NAME IS FORENO AND I WANT TO GIVE MY TWO CENTS ABOUT
11:10:49 WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY.
11:10:50 YESTERDAY WAS ASH WEDNESDAY.
11:10:52 IF YOU ARE CATHOLIC IT'S A HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION.
11:10:56 I WAS GOING TO ATTEND THE 10 TO 12 MASS ON CHRIST THE
11:11:01 KING.
11:11:01 I LIVE ON DAVIS ISLAND.
11:11:03 I LEFT AT 11:00.
11:11:04 I AM WENT DOWN CLEVELAND TO GOT AS FAR AS WILLOW.
11:11:08 AND ALL THE CARS ARE TURNING AROUND.
11:11:10 I SEE THESE HUGE CHUNKS OF CONCRETE RIGHT BEFORE THE
11:11:13 RAILROAD TRACKS.
11:11:15 I JUST GO DOWN WILLOW TO SWANN.
11:11:18 SO I WENT TO SWANN.
11:11:19 SWANN WAS CLOSED.
11:11:20 THEN EVERYBODY STARTS FOLLOWING THE LEAD CAR.
11:11:23 WE ARE ABOUT TEN CARS FOLLOWING HOPING HE KNOWS WHERE
11:11:25 HE'S GOING.
11:11:26 WE WOUND UP ON MORRISON.
11:11:29 I FINALLY WENT DOWN MORRISON TO BAYSHORE ALL THE WAY DOWN
11:11:33 EL PRADO.
11:11:33 IT TOOK ME AN HOUR.
11:11:35 I WAS BEGINNING TO THINK I AM NOT GOING TO MAKE THE MASS,
11:11:37 YOU KNOW.
11:11:38 AND IT WAS JUST UNBELIEVABLE.
11:11:40 ON THE WAY HOME, I WENT DOWN SWANN.
11:11:42 I GOT OFF SWANN TO MacDILL.
11:11:44 BY THE TIME I GOT TO THE RAILROAD CROSSING THERE ON
11:11:49 MacDILL, RIGHT BY ANTONY, THE BARRIER WAS -- YOU HAD
11:12:00 A LINE OF CARS FROM SWANN ALMOST TO BAYSHORE IN BOTH
11:12:03 DIRECTIONS.
11:12:04 AND I'M THINKING, YOU ALL MAY NOT WANT TO LAY BLAME, BUT
11:12:07 I WOULD LIKE TO LAY BLAME ON CSX BECAUSE WHAT BRIGHT
11:12:12 LIGHT OVER THERE THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO CLOSE THAT
11:12:15 WHOLE LINE.
11:12:16 LIKE CHARLIE MIRANDA SAID.
11:12:18 THE WHOLE LINE, WHO THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA?
11:12:22 IRK SEE MAYBE ONE HERE AND ONE THERE AND THEN THE NEXT
11:12:24 WEEKEND ANOTHER ONE HERE, ANOTHER ONE THERE.
11:12:26 BUT THE WHOLE LINE?
11:12:28 AND I WAS GOING TO COME UP AND SUGGEST THAT YOU ALL FINE,
11:12:31 I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS IN YOUR CAPABILITY, BUT SOMEBODY
11:12:33 NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS.
11:12:35 TO ME CSX SHOULD BE FINED IF IT'S IN YOUR POWER TO DO
11:12:39 THAT, BECAUSE I LIVED IN TAMPA ALL MY LIFE.
11:12:42 I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
11:12:44 AND TO THINK THAT THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA, THAT SOMEBODY
11:12:47 CAME UP AND THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO CLOSE ALL
11:12:49 THOSE RAILROAD CROSSINGS?
11:12:51 I MEAN, WHAT DID THEY THINK PEOPLE WERE GOING TO DO TO
11:12:55 GET TO WHERE THEY WERE GOING.
11:12:57 >> ANYWAY, I JUST THINK THAT SOMEBODY SHOULD BE HELD
11:13:00 ACCOUNTABLE, BOTH THE CITY AND CSX.
11:13:03 BECAUSE LIKE MR. MIRANDA SAID, IT WAS THOUSANDS AND
11:13:06 THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO WERE PUT OUT.
11:13:08 THAT WAS JUST ONE EXPERIENCE OF MINE.
11:13:11 THANK YOU.
11:13:11 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
11:13:12 DID YOU MAKE IT TO CHURCH?
11:13:14 >> I GOT THERE JUST AS MASS WAS STARTING.
11:13:17 >>LUIS VIERA: GOOD.
11:13:18 I'M GLAD.
11:13:19 >> AN HOUR.
11:13:22 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I HOPE YOU PRAYED FOR US, TOO.
11:13:24 [ LAUGHTER ]
11:13:26 >>LUIS VIERA: ANYONE ELSE?
11:13:26 NEXT WE MOVE ONWARD TO ITEM NUMBER 2 FOR WORKSHOPS.
11:13:30 >> I BELIEVE THIS IS AN ITEM DEALING WITH THE HOUSING,
11:13:46 SINCE WE SWITCHED.
11:13:47 IT'S NUMBER 2, YES, HOUSING, CONTRACTING.
11:13:50 THIS DEALS WITH THE PRIOR WORKSHOP YOU ALL HAD REGARDING
11:13:55 WHAT THE CITY CAN DO TO ASSIST WITH THE REENTRY OR SECOND
11:13:59 COMMANDS FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND,
11:14:04 CONVICTED OF A CRIME OR HAD SOME CONVICTION IN THEIR
11:14:07 PAST.
11:14:07 AND I KNOW YOU ALL HAD A DISCUSSION AT YOUR LAST
11:14:10 WORKSHOP.
11:14:11 I HAVE INVITED SEVERAL MEMBERS FROM THE CITY
11:14:13 ADMINISTRATION HERE THIS MORNING, AND HR, HOUSING AND
11:14:17 CONTRACTING TO EDUCATE YOU ALL AND TO KIND OF DISCUSS
11:14:21 WHAT THE CITY'S CURRENT ORDINANCES AND POLICIES AND
11:14:23 GUIDELINES ARE, AND WHAT WE ARE DOING TO TRY TO ASSIST
11:14:28 FOLKS, TO HAVE A SECOND CHANCE.
11:14:30 AND ALSO TO DISCUSS WHERE WE MAY BE ABLE TO IMPROVE THOSE
11:14:34 THINGS.
11:14:40 I WOULD SAY AT THE OUTSET THIS SARASOTA S FAIRLY
11:14:44 COMPLICATED AREA AND WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL IN LEGISLATING
11:14:47 OR COMING UP WITH POLICIES OR GUIDELINES THAT WE DON'T
11:14:50 END WITH UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THAT COULD HAVE A
11:14:52 NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR CITIZENS OR OUR CONTRACTING
11:14:55 PROCESS OR HIRING PROCESS.
11:14:57 AND THIS ALSO DOVETAILS INTO SEVERAL OF THE MAYOR'S
11:15:01 INITIATIVES THAT HAVE COME OUT FOR THE HOUSING
11:15:03 AFFORDABILITY AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
11:15:05 SO WE WILL BE COMING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE WITH CONCRETE
11:15:10 CHANGES TO ORDINANCES AND OTHER THINGS TO FACILITATE
11:15:13 THAT, BECAUSE THIS DOVETAILS ON SEVERAL OF THE MAYOR'S
11:15:16 INITIATIVES, AS WELL.
11:15:17 WE DO NOT HAVE THOSE THIS MORNING BECAUSE IT IS A COMPLEX
11:15:20 ISSUE.
11:15:20 BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO COUNCIL TO HEAR WHAT
11:15:24 WE ARE DOING NOW AND WHAT WE ARE THINKING ABOUT TWEAKING
11:15:27 IN THE NEAR FUTURE. SO I AM GOING TO ASK VANESSA
11:15:30 McCLEARY TO COME UP FIRST AND DISCUSS THE CURRENT
11:15:33 HOUSING PROGRAM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
11:15:36 >>LUIS VIERA: AND MR. MASSEY, IF YOU DON'T MIND STATING
11:15:38 YOUR NAME.
11:15:40 >>MORRIS MASSEY: I'M SORRY.
11:15:41 MORRIS MASSEY.
11:15:42 I WILL DO THIS QUICKLY BECAUSE MRS. McCLEARY NEEDS TO
11:15:44 GET OUT BY 11:30.
11:15:46 >>VANESSA MCCLEARY: HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
11:15:49 MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA.
11:15:51 SO WITHIN THE HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION, WE
11:15:54 HAVE THE OFFICE OF HUMAN RIGHTS WITH OUR COMMUNITY
11:15:58 DEVELOPMENT SECTION, WE ARE HOUSING FOLKS THAT HAVE
11:16:02 CRIMINAL BACKGROUNDS, A LOT OF THEM END UP BEING HOMELESS
11:16:06 BECAUSE OF THEIR CRIMINAL BACKGROUNDS, SO WE DO
11:16:08 UNDERSTAND THAT ISSUE WITHIN THE OFFICE OF HUMAN RIGHTS,
11:16:12 WE ARE ENFORCE BEING THE FAIR HOUSING REQUIREMENTS
11:16:16 BECAUSE WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO
11:16:18 DO FAIR HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION CASES.
11:16:22 WE CAN TAKE THOSE FOR CASES WITHIN THE CITY.
11:16:28 FOR FAIR HOUSING, YOU HAVE DISPARATE IMPACT UNDER THE
11:16:34 FEDERAL LEVEL WHICH UNDER THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION IS
11:16:36 BEING ROLLED BACK BUT BECAUSE OF THE DISPARATE IMPACT WE
11:16:42 TALK WITH LANDLORDS AND SAY YOU CAN'T JUST DENY SOMEONE
11:16:44 HOUSING BECAUSE THEY HAVE A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND.
11:16:46 YOU REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT THAT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND, AND
11:16:49 SEE, DOES IT REALLY MAKE SENSE FOR YOU TO NOT HAVE THAT
11:16:54 PERSON LIVING IN YOUR COMPLEX, OR IN YOUR HOME OR YOUR
11:16:59 RENTAL UNIT?
11:17:00 SO WITH THESE WORKSHOPS WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET
11:17:05 LANDLORDS TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT FOLKS THAT HAVE
11:17:07 CRIMINAL BACKGROUNDS TO ACTUALLY ASK QUESTIONS.
11:17:12 WE ARE CONTINUING TO HAVE THOSE WORKSHOPS EVEN THOUGH AT
11:17:14 THE FEDERAL LEVEL THEY ARE KIND OF ROLLING THAT BACK.
11:17:17 WE ARE JUST MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.
11:17:18 WE HAVE A FAIR HOUSING SYMPOSIUM THAT'S GOING TO BE
11:17:22 COMING UP IN APRIL WHERE WE ARE EDUCATING PROPERTY
11:17:24 MANAGERS, REALTORS, PROPERTY OWNERS, BANKERS, ON FAIR
11:17:31 HOUSING RIGHTS.
11:17:35 WITH OUR PROGRAMS, WE PROVIDE RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
11:17:37 WE HELP FOLKS TO FIND UNITS TO RENT WHEN THEY HAVE
11:17:41 CRIMINAL BACKGROUNDS.
11:17:42 WE WORK WITH McCONEY AND DO AN EXPUNGEMENT CLINIC WHERE
11:17:48 WE TRY TO GET PEOPLE'S CRIMINAL RECORDS EXPUNGED SO IT
11:17:51 DOESN'T HAVE AN IMPACT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT CRIMINAL
11:17:53 HISTORY HAS A MAJOR IMPACT ON A PERSON'S QUALITY OF LIFE.
11:17:58 THEY CAN STOP THEM FROM GETTING HOUSING.
11:18:00 THEY CAN STOP THEM FROM GETTING EMPLOYMENT.
11:18:02 AND REALLY CAUSES RECIDIVISM.
11:18:04 SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO WORK ON NOW, AND WE ARE
11:18:07 LOOKING AT MAKING SOME CHANGES TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS
11:18:11 ORDINANCE AND DOING SOME UPDATES AND WE WILL BE COMING
11:18:14 BACK TO YOU TO TALK AT A LATER DATE.
11:18:16 >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:18:19 >>ORLANDO GUDES: QUESTION.
11:18:20 WHERE IS THE HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE LOCATED AT?
11:18:23 WHO KNOWS ABOUT IT?
11:18:25 AS FAR AS THE COMMUNICATION FOR OUR RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY
11:18:29 IF YOU LOOK AT THE CITY, WHO IS MOSTLY AFFECTED, SO I
11:18:33 WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE IS IT LOCATED AT?
11:18:36 HOW ARE WE GET DIAGNOSIS WORD OUT TO THE PEOPLE?
11:18:38 AND I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THESE WORKSHOPS TO EDUCATE THESE
11:18:42 LANDLORDS OR THESE PROPERTY MANAGERS AND WHERE THEY ARE
11:18:45 HELD, AND DOES THE CITY NEED TO PUT IN SOME TYPE OF
11:18:48 ORDINANCE THAT MANDATES THAT PROPERTY MANAGERS OR LOAN
11:18:52 PEOPLE ALREADY COME TO A WORKSHOP TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE
11:18:54 RIGHTS OF THOSE WHO ARE TRYING TO GET HOUSING?
11:18:57 >>VANESSA MCCLEARY: SO THE OFFICE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IS
11:19:00 LOCATED AT LEMON STREET, IT'S WITHIN THE HOUSING AND
11:19:04 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION.
11:19:06 WE HAVE BROCHURES, FLYERS.
11:19:08 WE HAVE DONE COMMERCIAL ADS.
11:19:09 WE HAVE EVEN HAD ADS IN THE MOVIE THEATERS.
11:19:15 WE ARE CONSTANTLY THERE AT ALL OF THE COMMUNITY EVENTS
11:19:19 THAT WE DO.
11:19:19 AND IT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH COMMUNITY
11:19:22 DEVELOPMENT.
11:19:22 A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS UNTIL THEY
11:19:25 ACTUALLY NEED THEM.
11:19:26 SOME PEOPLE COULD BE SITTING RIGHT IN FRONT OF A
11:19:29 BILLBOARD AND NOT KNOW THAT THIS IS WHAT WE DO.
11:19:33 IT'S UNTIL SOMEONE NEEDS THE SERVICES, BUT IF YOU REACH
11:19:36 OUT, AND WE WORK WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITY
11:19:39 PARTNERS TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT.
11:19:41 WE PAY FOR NEWSPAPER ADS, BUT YOU KNOW THAT THOSE ARE
11:19:44 EXPENSIVE.
11:19:45 TV ADS ARE ALSO EXPENSIVE.
11:19:47 BUT WE PUSH IT OUT NOW THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.
11:19:52 AND THANKS TO COUNCIL AND TO THE NEW ADMINISTRATION, WE
11:19:55 HAVE AN OUTREACH PERSON, SO WE ARE WORKING ON SOME BETTER
11:19:58 MEANS OF OUTREACH.
11:19:59 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WHAT ABOUT THESE WORKSHOPS, THE
11:20:03 LANDLORDS OR THE PROPERTY MANAGERS OF PROPERTIES?
11:20:08 >>VANESSA MCCLEARY: SO WE DO -- THEY ARE SCHEDULED.
11:20:10 THEY ARE ON OUR WEBSITE.
11:20:11 WE HAVE JUST -- THE HUMAN RIGHTS INVESTIGATION
11:20:15 SUPERVISOR, PATRICIA NEWTON, SHE WAS DOING A LOT OF THOSE
11:20:19 WORKSHOPS.
11:20:20 SHE LEFT IN JULY, AND WE WERE JUST RECENTLY ABLE TO HIRE,
11:20:25 SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO DO TODAY WAS INTRODUCE
11:20:28 MAURICE FOSTER WHO IS THE NEW HUMAN RIGHTS INVESTIGATION
11:20:31 SUPERVISOR.
11:20:32 SO WE WILL BE RAMPING UP ON OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS NOW THAT
11:20:36 HE IS ON BOARD.
11:20:39 HAVE YOU BEEN HERE A MONTH?
11:20:42 YES, HE'S ONE MONTH ON THE JOB.
11:20:48 >>JOSEPH CITRO: LASTLY BLAH
11:20:52 >>ORLANDO GUDES: LASTLY WHEN WILL WE HAVE LEGAL LOOKING
11:20:55 INTO IF WE HAVE SOME TYPE OF ORDINANCE POLICY, IF YOU ARE
11:20:58 A LANDLORD OR RENTER, MUST GO TO A WORKSHOP BEFORE YOU
11:21:01 CAN BE RENTING?
11:21:08 DO YOU ANY THEY WILL NOBODY THE RIGHTS THEY HAVE AS A
11:21:10 LANDLORD OR PROPERTY MANAGER AND THE RIGHTS OF CITIZENS?
11:21:14 >>VANESSA MCCLEARY: AT ONE POINT, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT
11:21:18 HAD A RENTAL REGISTRY, AND LANDLORDS WERE REQUIRED TO
11:21:25 REGISTER THEIR PROPERTIES AND GO THROUGH THE CLASS.
11:21:29 AND WE HAD DIFFICULTY WITH IMPLEMENTING THAT PROGRAM.
11:21:33 WHAT I WOULD -- WOULD I LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
11:21:37 YES, BUT THERE WOULD BE THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE OF
11:21:40 THERE ARE SO MANY RENTAL UNITS WITHIN TAMPA, YOU WOULD
11:21:44 NEED QUITE A FEW STAFF PEOPLE JUST TO DO THAT TRAINING,
11:21:48 JUST TO MANAGE ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD COME
11:21:52 THROUGH THERE, AS WELL AS THE LANDLORDS THAT WOULD HAVE
11:21:55 TO GO THROUGH THAT.
11:21:57 THAT WOULD BE A MAJOR UNDERTAKING.
11:22:01 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU ARE SAYING YES BUT YOU SAY WE NEED
11:22:04 TO DO MORE THINGS.
11:22:05 IF WE DO A LOT OF OUTSOURCING IN THE CITY, MAYBE THAT
11:22:08 WOULD HAVE A CAVEAT, TOO, THEN.
11:22:10 >>VANESSA MCCLEARY: SO THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT YOU
11:22:15 WOULD SPEND TO OUTSOURCE THAT COULD MEAN SEVERAL HOUSES
11:22:19 OR RENTAL UNITS OR PEOPLE, AND I WOULD RATHER PUT PEOPLE
11:22:25 INTO UNITS.
11:22:25 I THINK -- BECAUSE IF YOU ARE GOING TO PUT SOMETHING LIKE
11:22:28 THAT, YOU CAN'T BE DISCRIMINATORY WHICH MEANS YOU HAVE TO
11:22:31 PUT IT ON ALL THE UNITS.
11:22:32 SO WHETHER IT'S $4,000 A MONTH OR IT'S $500 A MONTH,
11:22:36 WOULD YOU NEED TO PUT IT ON ALL OF THEM.
11:22:38 WE HAVE A LOT OF RENTALS.
11:22:41 WE OFFER THE WORKSHOPS WHEN WE OFFER RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
11:22:45 THE FOLKS THAT GO THROUGH OUR RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
11:22:47 ARE MANDATED TO GO THROUGH THOSE WORKSHOPS.
11:22:51 THE LANDLORDS THAT WE WORK WITH, WE HAVE BEEN EDUCATING
11:22:53 THEM.
11:22:55 I WOULD RATHER HAVE THE RESOURCES DO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE
11:22:58 THE ASSISTANCE, AND THROUGH THAT ASSISTANCE, THERE WE DO
11:23:01 MANDATE THAT TRAINING.
11:23:02 AND I WOULD RATHER DO IT THAT WAY.
11:23:05 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I AM JUST LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I
11:23:07 HEAR IN COMMUNITIES, I CAN'T GET A PLACE BECAUSE I HAVE A
11:23:10 SMALL DISCRETION.
11:23:13 AND AGAIN, WHEN I LOOK AT THE ASSETS THAT WE DO HAVE IN
11:23:17 THE CITY, WHEN I TALK ABOUT A REHAB, WE LOOK AT OUR CRA
11:23:22 PROPERTIES, I THINK SOME OF THOSE THINGS COME INTO PLAY
11:23:26 WHERE YOU GET PEOPLE IN HOUSING WHO HAVE PAST
11:23:28 INDISCRETIONS BECAUSE WE OWN THE PROPERTY, WE OWN THE
11:23:31 LAND.
11:23:31 AND I JUST THINK THAT WE HAVE GOT TO FIND ANOTHER WAY.
11:23:35 TO ME, REHASH IS A WAY TO DO A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS, BUT
11:23:39 WE JUST HAD A CONVERSATION OUT THERE, AND I JUST THINK
11:23:43 THAT FOR OUR PROGRAM IN THE CITY, AND I KNOW YOU BELIEVE
11:23:47 IT'S WORKING, I BELIEVE IT'S WORKING FOR A FEW, BUT NOT
11:23:51 WORKING FOR THE MASS.
11:23:53 AND I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE CAN
11:23:56 FIND A WAY TO KIND OF CURTAIL DOLLARS TO THE SEPARATE
11:24:00 FUND THAT WE HAVE.
11:24:01 AND THEN WE CAN HELP THIS PROBLEM OF PEOPLE NOT BEING
11:24:04 ABLE TO GET A PLACE BECAUSE NOW WE DO THINGS TO GET
11:24:07 HOUSING TO GET THEM OFF FROM BEING HOMELESS.
11:24:10 DO YOU AGREE?
11:24:11 >>VANESSA MCCLEARY: I AGREE.
11:24:12 THE ISSUE IS FUNDING.
11:24:13 >>LUIS VIERA: ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?
11:24:17 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:24:18 THEN COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:24:23 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MY ISSUE IS NOT SPECIFICALLY ON POINT
11:24:25 THAT IS RELATED TO VANESSA, SO GO AHEAD.
11:24:31 >>BILL CARLSON: I THINK MINE IS, TOO.
11:24:32 WHEN YOU AND I FIRST MET IN THE BEGINNING, YOU SAID THE
11:24:35 SAME THING YOU JUST SAID TO COUNCILMAN GUDES, WHICH IS
11:24:37 THE ISSUE IS FUNDING, AND WE MADE A MOTION TO STUDY THE
11:24:42 POSSIBILITY OF USING CRA MONEY FOR HOUSING.
11:24:46 AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.
11:24:47 I THINK IT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT CRA MEETING.
11:24:51 WE CAN BRING IT UP AGAIN LATER, BUT DID OTHER THING I WAS
11:24:55 TALKING ABOUT WITH MICHELLE VAN LOAN AND CAROL POST, WE
11:24:58 JUST HAD ONE OF THE CRA MANAGERS LEAVE, AND I DIDN'T KNOW
11:25:01 UNTIL AFTERWARDS THAT HE ACTUALLY WAS A HOUSING EXPERT.
11:25:04 AND IT GAVE ME THE IDEA, IF POSSIBLE, COULD WE -- I KNOW
11:25:09 YOU NEED STAFF, TOO.
11:25:10 IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD HIRE WITH CRA MONEY A
11:25:13 HOUSING PERSON WHO CAN SPECIFICALLY HELP WITH THE CRA
11:25:16 HOUSING ISSUES?
11:25:17 BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS MORE CRA MONEY ON THAT.
11:25:21 I KNOW THE IDEAS ARE JUST BATTING AROUND.
11:25:23 BUT I WANT TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO SUPPORT YOU.
11:25:26 AND I KNOW AS YOU GO THROUGH THE MAYOR'S BUDGET, SHE SENT
11:25:28 IT AS A PRIORITY AND A PLAN, THE COMMITTEE CAME BACK WITH
11:25:31 LOTS OF GOOD IDEAS.
11:25:32 BUT FROM THE THINGS THAT WE MIGHT CONTROL MORE LIKE CRA,
11:25:34 I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE THINK SUPPORT YOU TOO.
11:25:36 SO PLEASE GIVE US ALL YOUR BEST IDEAS SO WE CAN ORGANIZE
11:25:39 THAT.
11:25:39 THANK YOU.
11:25:39 >>VANESSA MCCLEARY: AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING A LOT WITH
11:25:42 MICHELLE AND THE CRAs SO THAT'S BEEN GREAT
11:25:44 INTERACTION IN THEIR FUNDING.
11:25:46 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
11:25:48 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:25:49 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU.
11:25:50 VANESSA, I HEARD, I THINK, YOU HAD TO LEAVE SO THAT'S WHY
11:25:55 I WANT TO BRING THIS UP BEFORE YOU LEFT.
11:25:57 THE TAMPA PARK APARTMENTS, I'M SURE YOU KEPT UP ON ALL
11:26:00 THIS, AND APPARENTLY THEY ARE BEING OR HAVE BEEN SOLD.
11:26:04 AND THERE'S EVICTION NOTICES FOR 350 RESIDENTS AND SOME
11:26:08 OF THEM IN THE PAST, I GUESS, WERE TAMPA HOUSING
11:26:11 AUTHORITY CLIENTS, SECTION 8, THAT SORT OF THING.
11:26:16 I KNOW THAT'S NOT CITY PROPERTY.
11:26:18 I KNOW WE ARE NOT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
11:26:20 BUT DO WE HAVE ANY WAY OF INJECTING OURSELVES AND HELPING
11:26:24 THESE FOLKS OVER AND ABOVE THE NORMAL?
11:26:30 >>VANESSA MCCLEARY: SO WHEN PROPERTIES COME OFF LINE
11:26:32 LIKE THAT, WE USUALLY GET NOTIFIED, AND SO BETWEEN THE
11:26:36 CITY, THE COUNTY, THI, WE START REACHING OUT TO THE
11:26:40 RESIDENTS TO SEE IF WE CAN HELP THEM TO BE HOUSED,
11:26:43 BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THEM TO SHALL HOMELESS.
11:26:45 WE DO HAVE A RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
11:26:48 WE WILL BE PUTTING ADDITIONAL DOLLARS INTO THAT PROGRAM,
11:26:51 REACHING OUT AND SEEING IF WE CAN HELP THEM WITH FINDING
11:26:55 PLACES.
11:26:58 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WHAT IS OUR OUTREACH PROGRAM
11:26:59 SPECIFICALLY OVER THERE?
11:27:00 I KNOW THERE'S A GREAT LIBRARY RIGHT THERE WITH A BIG
11:27:03 MEETING ROOM.
11:27:07 MAYBE WE COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT, AND SEND FLYERS OR
11:27:10 DROP FLYERS, AND ORGANIZE A MEETING SPECIFICALLY
11:27:13 BEFORE -- I MEAN, I THINK I READ THEY HAD NOVEMBER BUT
11:27:19 THAT'S GOING TO CREEP UP ON THEM PRETTY QUICKLY.
11:27:21 SO MAYBE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS?
11:27:23 >>VANESSA MCCLEARY: WE WILL PROBABLY TRY TO PULL
11:27:26 TOGETHER A SPEED LEASING EVENT.
11:27:28 AND SO WE BRING IN A BUNCH OF LANDLORDS THAT HAVE
11:27:31 PROPERTIES, AND WE HAVE OUR COUNSELORS THAT WILL GET THEM
11:27:34 APPROVED FOR VOUCHERS, AND THEN HELP THEM TO MOVE INTO A
11:27:39 PLACE.
11:27:40 BUT WIRE COORDINATING TO PULL THAT TOGETHER.
11:27:44 THE GOOD THING WITH THIS ONE IS WE HAVE TIME.
11:27:47 WE HAVE GOTTEN NOTICES WHERE THE END OF THE MONTH PEOPLE
11:27:50 HAVE TO BE MOVED OUT.
11:27:53 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I USED TO TEACH OVER THERE AT BOOKER
11:27:55 T, WHICH IS LITERALLY A STONE'S THROW FROM THOSE
11:27:58 APARTMENTS AND THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS IN THERE, A LOT OF
11:28:00 FAMILIES.
11:28:01 THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
11:28:02 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
11:28:03 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: TIME IS ONLY ABOUT NINE MONTHS AT
11:28:06 MOST.
11:28:08 NOW TO NOVEMBER.
11:28:09 AND IT FLIES BY REAL QUICK.
11:28:13 JUST YESTERDAY I WAS 12 YEARS OLD.
11:28:14 [ LAUGHTER ]
11:28:15 I'M ONLY 15.
11:28:18 SO WHAT I AM TRYING TO TELL YOU IS PUTTING IT IN
11:28:20 PERSPECTIVE, THIS SOUND LIKE SOMETHING THAT TAKE R THAT
11:28:24 IS DOABLE BUT YOU HAVE THE MOST DIFFICULT TASK AND THIS
11:28:29 IS ONE OF THE HARDEST ASSIGNMENTS ANYONE HAD.
11:28:31 BECAUSE THIS IS A PROBLEM OF NOT FAILURE, BUT THIS IS A
11:28:34 PROBLEM OF SUCCESS.
11:28:35 AND WHEN YOU HAVE SUCCESS, YOU START TO GET SOME
11:28:38 FAILURES, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T KEEP UP WITH ALL THE
11:28:41 SUCCESSES.
11:28:41 SO IF SOMETHING IS GOING TO GO WRONG, AND IT'S YOUR
11:28:44 RESPONSIBILITY TO FIX THAT THAT GO GOES WRONG AND YOU ARE
11:28:48 GOING TO BE MORE ENTAILED IN WORKING THAN YOU HAVE EVER
11:28:50 BEEN IN YOUR WHOLE LIFE.
11:28:52 TAKE IT FROM ME.
11:28:53 SO WHEN YOU HAVE SUCCESS, THIS IS A RESULT OF SUCCESS.
11:29:00 AS SOMETHING BECOMES MORE VALUABLE THAN WHAT IT WAS
11:29:02 INTENDED FOR ORIGINALLY, AND THEREFORE SOMEBODY IS BEING
11:29:06 SUCCESS AND SOMEBODY IS FALLING IN YOUR LAP, 350 OF THEM.
11:29:11 AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND, EVERYBODY THOUGHT, WELL, WE
11:29:16 ARE GOING TO BUILD SOME HOUSES.
11:29:17 HOW MUCH PROPERTY DOES THE CITY HAVE THAT'S BUILDABLE?
11:29:21 NOT MUCH.
11:29:21 >>VANESSA MCCLEARY: NOT MUCH.
11:29:25 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HOW MUCH MONEY DO WE HAVE IN THE
11:29:27 KITTY?
11:29:28 NOT MUCH.
11:29:28 SO I SAID IT BEFORE AND I AM GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN.
11:29:31 THIS CITY OR NO OTHER CITY CAN DO THIS WITHOUT
11:29:34 COOPERATIVE ACTION OF OTHER AGENCIES AND PRIVATE
11:29:37 INDIVIDUALS.
11:29:38 WHERE THEY CAN GET A RETURN ON THEIR MONEY FOR THE SAME
11:29:41 CHARGES A BANK IS GIVING AND THEY ARE KILLING TO GIVE UP
11:29:45 THAT MONEY TO HELP SOMEBODY GET A PLACE TO LIVE.
11:29:48 BUT THE MOTTO THAT WE HAVE WITH ME IS CHEWABLE BUT IT'S
11:29:52 NOT SWALLOWABLE.
11:29:59 WHEN THEY SELL A HOUSE FOR 180, 179-9, WHATEVER.
11:30:06 I COME FROM A GREAT PLACE, THE CONDOMINIUMS OF TAMPA.
11:30:12 BEFORE IT WAS INVENTED THE WORD CONDO, IT WAS THE TAMPA
11:30:15 HOUSING AUTHORITY BUT IT WAS SO NICE TO ME THAT I THOUGHT
11:30:18 IT WAS A CONDOMINIUM.
11:30:20 YOU HAD HOT WATER.
11:30:21 YOU HAD A BRICK HOME.
11:30:22 YOU HAD A LOT OF KIDS TO PLAY. WHAT MORE COULD I ASK
11:30:25 FOR?
11:30:26 I HAD THE GREATEST LIFE IN THE WORLD.
11:30:28 SO WHAT I AM SAYING IS THAT THESE ARE THE PROBLEMS THAT
11:30:31 YOU HAVE WHERE YOU ARE SUCCESSFUL, NOT WHEN YOU FAIL.
11:30:34 SO WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH ALL THIS LAND AND WHO IS
11:30:37 GOING TO BUY THE HOUSE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BUILD?
11:30:39 YOU SAY NO ONE.
11:30:40 NOW JUST THE REVERSE HAPPENS.
11:30:42 YOU ARE SUCCESSFUL. I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH HOUSING AND I
11:30:44 DON'T HAVE A PLAN.
11:30:46 THAT'S THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE IN SOCIETY.
11:30:48 NOT ONLY HERE BUT ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES.
11:30:52 YOU LOOK AT THE WORLD AND YOU LOOK AT ALL THE IMMIGRANTS,
11:30:55 LOOK AT SYRIA, LOOK AT THE PROBLEMS THEY HAVE THERE.
11:30:59 COMPARED TO US.
11:31:00 WE ARE JUST STARTING.
11:31:04 BUT I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ARE DOING BUT YOU HAVE GOT A
11:31:06 YEOMAN'S WORK AHEAD OF YOU.
11:31:08 CONGRATULATIONS FOR VOLUNTEERING.
11:31:10 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
11:31:12 COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:31:17 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MS. McCLEARY, I KNOW YOU ARE WORKING
11:31:19 HARD AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS SINCE I HAVE BEEN ON
11:31:22 THIS COUNCIL.
11:31:23 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE HOUSING CONGRATULATIONS.
11:31:27 WE HAVE ANOTHER CLASS STARTING UP.
11:31:35 OVER THE NEXT 30 DAYS, I WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH YOU AND
11:31:37 THE HUMAN RIGHTS DIRECTOR IN REFERENCE TO POLICIES, IN
11:31:40 REFERENCE TO FOLKS GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET INTO
11:31:46 RENTAL UNITS.
11:31:47 THAT'S A BIG THING FROM ME I HEAR ALL THE TIME.
11:31:50 SECONDLY, WE NEED TO SCHEDULE A SESSION FOR THE TAMPA
11:31:52 PARKS DEPARTMENT, I THINK COUNCIL NEEDS TO BE NOTIFIED
11:31:56 WHEN THAT IS GOING TO OCCUR.
11:31:58 I WOULD LIKE TO BE THERE.
11:32:00 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:32:01 ANYTHING ELSE?
11:32:01 THANK YOU.
11:32:09 >>MORRIS MASSEY: DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY.
11:32:10 I ALSO HAVE KELLY AUSTIN AND MIKE SWAIN FROM THE HUMAN
11:32:13 RESOURCES CITY OF TAMPA DEPARTMENT.
11:32:15 BEFORE THEY GET UP, I DO WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR ON THE
11:32:17 RECORD, WE ARE ONE OF ONLY 12 COMMUNITIES OR LOCAL
11:32:21 GOVERNMENTS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA THAT WE HAVE BEEN
11:32:23 ABLE TO DISCOVER WHO ARE EITHER ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE OR
11:32:27 HAVE A POLICY WHERE WE DO NOT INQUIRE AS TO ANYONE'S
11:32:32 CRIMINAL RECORD IN CONNECTION WITH THE INITIAL JOB
11:32:34 APPLICATION.
11:32:35 THERE IS A BACKGROUND CHECK THAT'S DONE AFTER THE INITIAL
11:32:39 REVIEW OF THE JOB APPLICATION IS MADE, AND DISCUSS HOW
11:32:43 THEY REVIEW THAT AND THEIR GUIDELINES IN PLACE, BUT THIS
11:32:47 IS CALLED BAN THE BOX, WE ADOPTED AN ORDINANCE IN 2013
11:32:51 AND WE ARE ONE OF ONLY 12 COMMUNITIES IN THE ENTIRE STATE
11:32:54 THAT DOES HAVE A BAN THE BOX POLICY IN PLACE.
11:32:56 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
11:32:58 >> KELL WILL YOU AUSTIN, MIKE SWAIN FROM HUMAN RESOURCES.
11:33:12 JUST TO BACK UP A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT MR. MASSEY WAS
11:33:15 ELABORATING ON, WE ARE ONE OF 12 MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN
11:33:17 THE STATE THAT ADOPTED AND GOES BY BAN THE BOX, MEANING
11:33:22 WHEN YOU FILL OUT YOUR APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENT, YOUR
11:33:25 CRIMINAL BACKGROUND, SHOULD YOU HAVE ONE, IS NOT BEING
11:33:28 INQUIRED ABOUT, IT IS NOT INQUIRED ABOUT THROUGHOUT THE
11:33:32 ENTIRE INTERVIEW AND HIRING PROCESS UNTIL YOU ARE THE
11:33:36 CANDIDATE THAT IS GOING TO BE POTENTIALLY SELECTED FOR
11:33:38 THE JOB.
11:33:39 SO THIS AVOIDS ANY SORT OF PRECONCEIVED OPINION OF THE
11:33:43 HIRING DEPARTMENT.
11:33:44 IT IS ONLY ASKED IF THE CANDIDATE IS SELECTED AND THEN
11:33:49 THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH A BACKGROUND CHECK AND DRUG
11:33:51 SCREEN PRIOR TO FULL EMPLOYMENT WITH DID CITY OF TAMPA.
11:33:55 I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO START THERE SO THAT WE KNOW,
11:33:59 THERE IS THE ABILITY TO BE VERY, VERY OBJECTIVE WHEN YOU
11:34:03 ARE HIRING BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OF THESE
11:34:06 PRECONCEIVED DECISIONS BASED ON SOMETHING THAT YOU
11:34:08 ALREADY KNOW.
11:34:08 AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
11:34:12 IF AN EMPLOYEE, THEIR CANDIDATE IS GOING TO BE SELECTED
11:34:14 FOR EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CITY, THEY ARE PROVIDED WITH A
11:34:17 BACKGROUND INFORMATION FORM THAT THEY HAVE TO FILL OUT
11:34:21 AGREEING THAT THEY ARE BEING TRUTHFUL AND THAT THEY ARE
11:34:23 NOT FALSIFYING ANY INFORMATION AND PROVIDE ALL RELEVANT
11:34:26 INFORMATION BASED ON THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE ASKED.
11:34:30 BECAUSE YOU HAVE A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND THAT IS NOT
11:34:33 AUTOMATICALLY EXCLUDE YOU FROM EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CITY
11:34:35 OF TAMPA.
11:34:36 SO YOU THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT THERE AS WELL.
11:34:42 THERE ARE VARYING CIRCUMSTANCES AND SITUATIONS THAT HAVE
11:34:44 TO BE CONSIDERED WHEN REVIEWING A CANDIDATE'S BACKGROUND,
11:34:48 SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT -- AND MIKE IS
11:34:52 DEFINITELY THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT BUT SOME OF THE
11:34:54 THINGS WE WOULD LOOK AT IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
11:34:57 EMPLOYMENT, HOW DO WE LOOK AT THAT AGAINST WHAT IS THE
11:35:00 SPECIFIC POSITION THAT THE CANDIDATE IS APPLYING FOR
11:35:05 RELATIVE TO ANY CRIMINAL OFFENSE THAT THEY HAVE OR HAD,
11:35:08 WHAT IS THE DISTANCE OF TIME BETWEEN THAT OFFENSE AND THE
11:35:11 PRESENT DAY, WHERE THEY ARE APPLYING FOR THE POSITION,
11:35:14 WHAT POTENTIALLY COULD BE ANY IMPACT OR REPERCUSSIONS TO
11:35:18 EXISTING EMPLOYEES THAT THEY WORK TO THE CITIZENS THAT
11:35:22 THEIR JOB POTENTIALLY WOULD ENACT FOR THEM TO INTERACTED
11:35:26 WITH, IS IT A DRIVING POSITION, IS IT KNOW IT A DRIVING
11:35:28 POSITION?
11:35:28 SO WE CAN'T ONE-STOP-SHOP AND SAY IF THIS, THEN THAT.
11:35:34 NOW, WE DO HAVE SOME BROAD GUIDELINES THAT WE LOOKED AT,
11:35:37 AND IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT COMES BACK ON A BACKGROUND
11:35:40 CHECK, MIKE'S ORGANIZATION IS GOING TO LOOK AT THAT
11:35:45 SPECIFICALLY AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS
11:35:47 SOMEBODY WHO CAN MOVE FORWARD TO EMPLOYMENT, OR IF WE
11:35:50 HAVE TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND LOOK AT THEM.
11:35:52 WE TRY TO BE PROGRESSIVE AND GO ALONG WITH THE TIMES.
11:35:56 YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME CHANGES GOING ON AS RELATES DO
11:35:58 MARIJUANA INFRACTIONS WHERE IT COULD BE A CITATION NOW
11:36:02 JUST LIKE IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE YOUR DOG ON A LEASH OR YOU
11:36:06 WATERED YOUR GRASS ON A WRONG DAY, AND THAT'S NOT GOING
11:36:10 TO PRECLUDE YOU WHAT HAPPENS A MONTH AGO AS LONG AS YOU
11:36:14 DO WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DO, PAY THE CITATION, AGREE
11:36:17 TO FOLLOW UP WITH ANY APPROPRIATE THINGS THAT WERE
11:36:19 MANDATED FOR YOU TO TRY TO DO.
11:36:21 SO WE TRY TO STAY RELEVANT TO THE TIMES.
11:36:23 HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE TO LOOK AT INFRACTIONS AND WEIGH
11:36:26 THOSE AGAINST WHAT THE POSITION IS SUPPLYING FOR AND WHAT
11:36:30 IF ANY LIABILITY OR RISK WE WOULD BE SUBMITTING OURSELVES
11:36:34 TO, BECAUSE AGAIN WE ARE SELF-FUNDED, SELF-INSURED CITY.
11:36:37 SO THOSE THINGS HAVE TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
11:36:40 I WOULD ALSO ADD, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME DIALOGUE ABOUT
11:36:44 PEOPLE APPROACHING COUNCIL AND SAYING, I WASN'T
11:36:47 CONSIDERED FOR EMPLOYMENT.
11:36:49 WE WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE, A, ANY CANDIDATE WHO HAS ANY
11:36:53 QUESTIONS TO PLEASE REACH OUT TO US.
11:36:55 WE WANT TO PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT PATHS AND OPPORTUNITIES.
11:36:58 THAT'S ONE OF OUR MAYOR'S INITIATIVES.
11:37:00 BUT ALSO, WE WOULD ASK COUNCIL TO, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS,
11:37:04 REACH OUT TO US, BECAUSE MANY TIMES, PERHAPS THE
11:37:07 COMMUNICATION OF THE CANDIDATE MIGHT NOT BE EXACTLY WHAT
11:37:12 NECESSARILY WAS THE DECIDING FACTORY AS TO WHY WE WEREN'T
11:37:15 ABLE TO OFFER THEM EMPLOYMENT, AND IT COULD BE FOLLOWED
11:37:18 UP WITH, BUT EMPLOYMENT IS AVAILABLE TO YOU WITHIN THE
11:37:20 SIX-MONTH PERIOD SHOULD THERE BE A POSITION YOU WANT TO
11:37:23 APPLY FOR AGAIN, OR A THREE-YEAR PERIOD OR FIVE-YEAR
11:37:26 PERIOD.
11:37:26 SO WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT -- IF WE HAVE TO
11:37:29 SAY NO, WE ARE SAYING NOT NOW.
11:37:32 WE ARE NOT SAYING NEVER, THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME.
11:37:34 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
11:37:39 COUNCILMAN GUDES, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:37:44 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
11:37:46 JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
11:37:48 AGAIN, YOU SAY WE GET APPROACHED A LOT OF TIMES BY PEOPLE
11:37:51 SAYING I DIDN'T GET AN OPPORTUNITY.
11:37:52 A LOT OF TIMES, WITH OUR YOUTH SERVICES, LAST SUMMER
11:37:56 THERE WERE A BUNCH OF KIDS THAT APPLIED, DIDN'T GET THE
11:38:00 JOB FOR CERTAIN REASONS OR WHATEVER.
11:38:05 COMMUNICATION ON OUR WEBSITE ISN'T CLEAR ENOUGH, TO SAY
11:38:08 THIS IS THE JOB, THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE, THESE ARE
11:38:11 DISQUALIFIERS.
11:38:12 THIS IS A CERTAIN TIME LIMIT.
11:38:15 SO PEOPLE THAT WALK THROUGH THE DOOR, A WEEK LATER, YOU
11:38:32 ARE CRUSHED AGAIN.
11:38:34 I MADE A MISTAKE IN MY LIFE, GOT A SECOND CHANCE, AND NOW
11:38:37 I AM CRUSHED AGAIN.
11:38:38 THAT'S THE PROBLEM I AM TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE GIVE
11:38:40 OPPORTUNITIES.
11:38:50 WHEN I WOULD COACH, A GUY SAID I WANT YOU TO TAKE THIS
11:38:54 CLASS.
11:38:54 YOU COMPLETE THAT CLASS, THAT SHOWS YOUR COMMITMENT THAT
11:38:57 YOU WANT IT.
11:38:58 AND NOW, WHEN A POSITION COMES AVAILABLE, I AM GOING DO
11:39:03 BUMP YOU UP BECAUSE NOW YOU TOOK THE EFFORT.
11:39:05 I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE CITY NEEDS TO DO IS TO HAVE SOME
11:39:07 TYPE OF CLASS OR OUTSOURCE CLASS SO WHEN SOMEONE DOESN'T
11:39:11 MEET THE GUIDELINE, SAY I WENT TO THE CITY'S PROGRAM OR
11:39:14 SECOND CHANCE PROGRAM AND I WENT THROUGH ALL THESE
11:39:17 DIFFERENT STEPS TO SAY I'M A CREDIBLE PERSON TO BE ABLE
11:39:19 TO WORK WITH THE CITY, BECAUSE I WANT A CITY JOB.
11:39:22 IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT A PAYCHECK.
11:39:24 IT'S ABOUT BENEFITS.
11:39:26 AND WHEN YOU GOT BENEFITS, THAT'S THE GOLDEN TICKET TO
11:39:29 EVERYTHING.
11:39:30 SO THAT'S WHY I LOOK AT PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE OPPORTUNITY
11:39:33 WITH BENEFITS TO MAKE IT.
11:39:35 BUT YOU CAN GET A SMALL PAYING JOB OR WHATEVER.
11:39:39 BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY IF YOU DON'T HAVE HEALTH CARE,
11:39:42 YOU DON'T HAVE LIFE INSURANCE, YOU DON'T HAVE DISABILITY
11:39:44 OR OTHER THINGS, WE OFFER DENTAL, WE OFFER EYE EXAM.
11:39:51 I THOUGHT I DIDN'T HAVE IT.
11:39:52 BUT I HAD TO HAVE BOTH -- I GOT A GOOD DISCOUNT.
11:39:58 THOSE THINGS ARE AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE.
11:40:00 THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SEE, TO BE ABLE TO GIVE SOMEBODY AN
11:40:03 OPPORTUNITY TO WHERE HE SAYS YOU CAN'T GET IT THIS TIME
11:40:07 BUT IF YOU GO TO OUR CLASS THAT WE OFFER, NOW YOU CAN SAY
11:40:09 WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY NOW THE NEXT TIME, AND WE KNOW
11:40:13 THAT YOU ARE COMMITTED AND YOU WANT TO BE A CITY
11:40:15 EMPLOYEE.
11:40:16 THAT'S WHY I TALK ABOUT SECOND CHANCE AND GIVING AN
11:40:19 OPPORTUNITY.
11:40:20 A LOT OF TIMES, SUPERVISORS SAY, HEY, WE NEED TO HIRE
11:40:24 PEOPLE, BUT CHARGE YOU FOR LETTING THEM COME THROUGH THE
11:40:28 DOOR.
11:40:29 I KNOW PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO SAY THINGS, BUT I THINK THAT
11:40:34 WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, WAY, OKAY, THAT WE HAVE
11:40:38 GOT DEPARTMENTS SAYING WE HAVE GOT PEOPLE NOT GETTING
11:40:41 THROUGH THE DOOR, AND LET'S FIND ANOTHER AVENUE TO GET
11:40:44 THEM SOME HELP, TO GET THOSE GUYS AND GALS AN OPPORTUNITY
11:40:48 AND A SECOND CHANCE COURSE OR SOMETHING TO SAY, OKAY, YOU
11:40:51 HAVE COMPLETED, AND WE THINK WE CAN GIVE YOU AN
11:40:54 OPPORTUNITY I KNOW.
11:40:55 >> I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.
11:40:58 AND MIKE AND I CHATTED A LITTLE BIT.
11:41:00 WE HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE COULD PUT SOME
11:41:02 INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE.
11:41:05 BUT WHAT I WOULD CAUTION IS, I DON'T WANT TO COMMIT TO
11:41:09 SOMETHING THAT IS SO, SO PRESCRIPTIVE, SO IF THIS THEN
11:41:14 THAT, BECAUSE THERE ARE INDIVIDUAL FACTORS THAT GO IN
11:41:17 EVERYONE'S CASE, AND THAT COULD BE A GAME CHANGER, YOU
11:41:20 KNOW.
11:41:21 BUT COULD WE EDUCATE A LITTLE BIT MORE?
11:41:24 MIKE AND I HAVE CHATTED ABOUT IT.
11:41:25 I THINK MAYBE THERE'S SOME OVER ARCHING THINGS THAT WE
11:41:28 COULD SHARE ON THE JOB WHEN WEBSITE BUT I DON'T WANT TO
11:41:34 DISCOURAGE ANYONE FROM APPLYING WITH THE CITY.
11:41:38 WE ARE AN EMPLOYER OF CHOICE.
11:41:39 WHEN I SAY NOT NOW, NOT NEVER, THAT'S BECAUSE WE DO
11:41:42 BELIEVE IN SECOND CHANCES.
11:41:43 WE EXHIBIT THAT WITH OUR EXISTING EMPLOYEES.
11:41:47 WE HAVE EXISTING EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE AN INFRACTION FOR
11:41:50 DRUG OR ALCOHOL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
11:41:52 WE HAVE PROGRAMS THAT WE PUT THEM INTO, RIGHT?
11:41:54 SO WE DEFINITELY BELIEVE IN THE SECOND CHANCES.
11:41:56 BUT THERE'S ALSO WE HAVE TO BALANCE THAT VERY CAREFULLY
11:41:59 WITH THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES FOR PEOPLE'S ACTIONS.
11:42:02 I MEAN, WE HAVE LAWS AND RULES, AND WE ARE NO DIFFERENT
11:42:06 THAN ANYONE ELSE.
11:42:07 AND WE APPRECIATE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN INFRACTION
11:42:11 THAT A JUVENILE MAKES AND AN INFRACTION THAT AN ADULT
11:42:15 MAKES.
11:42:15 SO THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT AND
11:42:19 THINK ABOUT.
11:42:19 BUT I COMMIT TO YOU, WE LOOK AT IT FROM A PLACE OF, IS
11:42:23 THIS PERSON EMPLOYABLE FOR THE CITY?
11:42:26 AND IF WE ARE NOT LOOKING JUST TO THROW PEOPLE OUT.
11:42:28 AND THAT'S WHY THAT DOESN'T EVEN COME UP UNTIL THEY HAVE
11:42:31 BEEN THE CANDIDATE THAT'S SELECTED, AND THEN IT'S ONLY
11:42:35 DETERMINED THROUGH A BACKGROUND.
11:42:36 AND THEN THERE'S STILL DIALOGUE THAT HAPPENS.
11:42:39 BUT WE ARE ALL ABOUT SECOND CHANCES.
11:42:41 AND DEPENDING ON THE SPECIFICS OF THE INFRACTION, THAT
11:42:44 SECOND CHANCE COULD COME IN SIX MONTHS, THAT SECOND
11:42:47 CHANCE MIGHT NEVER COME IN IF IT'S SOMETHING VERY
11:42:50 EGREGIOUS.
11:42:51 YOU KNOW, AS IT RELATES TO CHILDREN OR A VIOLENT ASSAULT
11:42:55 OF SOME SORT.
11:42:56 BUT THE MAJORITY OF CANDIDATES THAT ARE PROBABLY SPEAKING
11:42:59 WITH YOU OR NOT VIOLENT OFFENDERS, THEY ARE PROBABLY
11:43:03 PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD SOME SORT OF INFRACTION THAT'S
11:43:05 OCCURRED IN THEIR LIFE AND MAYBE IT HAPPENED FOUR YEARS
11:43:09 AGO.
11:43:09 SO MAYBE IN 12 MONTHS THEY BECOME ELIGIBLE AGAIN FOR
11:43:13 EMPLOYMENT, AS LONG AS THEIR RECORD HAS NO OTHER
11:43:16 SITUATIONS.
11:43:17 I JUST DON'T WANT US TO COMMIT TO SOMETHING THAT'S SO IF
11:43:20 THIS THEN THAT, BECAUSE I THINK POTENTIALLY THAT COULD
11:43:24 DISCOUNT SOME PEOPLE THAT MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY GET
11:43:26 DISCOUNTED.
11:43:27 BUT I THINK WE COULD IMPROVE SOME OF THE COMMUNICATION ON
11:43:30 OUR WEBSITE THAT MAYBE WOULD ALLAY SOME OF THE CONCERNS
11:43:33 OR FIERCE.
11:43:35 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I CAN AGREE WITH SOME OF WHAT YOU ARE
11:43:37 SAYING, AND I CAN AGREE WE HAVE TO CAREFUL, THAT WE DO
11:43:40 EMPLOY EGREGIOUS THINGS AND THAT.
11:43:42 BUT I STILL SAY TO YOU, WE HAVE TO STILL GIVE SOMETHING
11:43:45 TO THE PUBLIC, SOMETHING TO THE PEOPLE, BETTER
11:43:48 COMMUNICATION ON OUR WEBSITE ABOUT THE JOB SITE, BETTER
11:43:50 COMMUNICATION ABOUT THIS INFRACTION, BUT I SAY HERE IS A
11:43:58 COURSE WE DO TAKE THAT YOU HAVE, BUT YOU CAN SAY, HEY, WE
11:44:03 HAVE GOT SOME OPENINGS HERE, THIS PERSON NEEDS TO DO THIS
11:44:06 AND THAT, AND I THINK YOU CAN STILL GIVE OPPORTUNITY
11:44:09 WHERE OPPORTUNITY IS.
11:44:09 AND I STILL CONTEND TO SAY WE COULD STILL LOOK AT DOING
11:44:13 SOMETHING TO HELP THE PEOPLE.
11:44:15 WE HAVE TO SAY WHAT CAN WE DO.
11:44:17 AND THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR, WHAT CAN WE DO.
11:44:19 AND THAT MAKES US A GREAT CITY.
11:44:21 >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCIL.
11:44:25 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:44:27 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: COUNCILMAN GUDES, WELL STATED.
11:44:31 TWO THINGS.
11:44:32 ONE, I WANTED TO REINFORCE WHAT COUNCILMAN WAS SAYING.
11:44:38 LET'S SAY FOR ARGUMENT SAKE THAT THE POSITION IS DRIVING
11:44:43 POSITION, IF THE PERSON DRIVES IN THAT TRUCK OR SOMETHING
11:44:48 ALL DAY LONG AND YOU GUYS KNOW THAT YOU HAVE CERTAIN
11:44:50 CRITERIA THAT'S GOING TO KNOCK SOMEBODY OUT AT THE TAIL
11:44:53 END.
11:44:53 [BELL SOUNDS]
11:44:54 YOU KNOW, A DUI WITHIN THE LAST THREE YEARS, WHATEVER
11:45:00 YOUR CRITERIA IS THAT YOU KNOW YOU JUST CAN'T FLEX, YOU
11:45:03 HAVE A POLICY.
11:45:05 BUT I GET WITH COUNCILMAN GUDES COMPLETELY, THAT ON THAT
11:45:08 SPECIFIC ITEM, DRIVER, YOU SHOULD HAVE A LITTLE
11:45:14 PARENTHETICAL AT THE TOP THAT SAYS, BY THE WAY, IF YOU
11:45:19 GOT A DUI THE LAST THREE YEARS OR WHATEVER YOUR CRITERIA
11:45:23 IS, DON'T BOTHER, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO WASTE PEOPLE'S
11:45:26 TIME AND GET THEIR HOPES UP.
11:45:28 SO AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE.
11:45:35 SEX OFFENDER NEED NOT APPLY TO A REC CENTER. ANYWAY, I
11:45:39 SHOULDN'T -- THAT'S SERIOUS STUFF.
11:45:41 BUT THAT SORT OF THING.
11:45:43 THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS -- THAT WAS A STATEMENT AND
11:45:47 THIS IS A QUESTION.
11:45:49 I'M GLAD THAT THE PRIOR COUNCIL, MR. MIRANDA AND ANYBODY
11:45:52 ELSE WHO IS HERE, MAYBE MR. MANISCALCO, DID BAN THE BOX.
11:46:00 I'M PROUD.
11:46:01 I'M PROUD THAT THE CITY DID THAT AND THAT THE MAYOR AT
11:46:03 THE TIME, MAYOR BUCKHORN DID THAT.
11:46:05 I THINK THESE A POSITIVE PROGRESSIVE MOVE.
11:46:08 BUT MY QUESTION IS, HAVE WE QUANTIFIED, AND DO YOU HAVE
11:46:13 STATISTICS OR NUMBERS TO SHOW THAT SAY SINCE WE HAVE DONE
11:46:17 THAT, HOW MANY PEOPLE GOT TO THE POINT OF OFFERING THEM A
11:46:22 JOB, BUT THEN GOT KNOCKED OUT BECAUSE OF -- AND I AM NOT
11:46:26 LOOKING FOR NAMES OR DETAILS, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE RUDE
11:46:31 AND IMPOSITIONAL OF THEIR PRIVACY.
11:46:34 BUT WHAT I AM SAYING IS, DO WE HAVE NUMBERS?
11:46:38 ARE THERE NUMBERS TO SHOW THAT OUT OF THESE 300 DIFFERENT
11:46:43 SITUATIONS, 10% GOT KNOCKED OUT BECAUSE WE HAD TO KNOCK
11:46:49 THEM OUT AND WHY?
11:46:51 DO WE QUANTIFY THAT AT ALL?
11:46:53 >> I CAN TELL YOU JUST PERSONALLY WITHIN THE SHORT TIME I
11:46:56 HAVE BEEN WITH THE CITY, I HAVE ONLY HAD TWO SITUATIONS
11:46:59 BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION WHERE IT REQUIRED CONSIDERATION
11:47:04 OUT OF ALL THE HIRING IN THE SHORT TERM I HAVE BEEN HERE.
11:47:07 BUT MIKE MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE MORE DETAIL OR CONCRETE
11:47:09 INFORMATION.
11:47:10 >> MIKE SWAIN, PUBLIC SERVICES MANAGER.
11:47:13 WE CERTAINLY HAVE STATS THAT WE COULD PROVIDE TO COUNCIL
11:47:18 WHEN IT RELATES TO HOW MANY PEOPLE DIDN'T MAKE IT THROUGH
11:47:20 THE HIRING PROCESS.
11:47:23 I'M NOT SURE HOW DIFFERENT THOSE NUMBERS WOULD LOOK AT
11:47:27 COMPARED TO BEFORE WE WENT INTO THE BAN THE BOX MODE.
11:47:32 BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE STILL GETTING DISQUALIFIED
11:47:33 BEFOREHAND.
11:47:35 PEOPLE STILL GET DISQUALIFIED NOW.
11:47:37 SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE GESTURE IN GETTING RID
11:47:45 OF THE BAN THE BOX IS TO ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO APPLY.
11:47:49 AND WE CERTAINLY -- WE ARE PROBABLY A LITTLE UNDER 25,000
11:47:54 APPLICATIONS THAT WE ARE SEEING PER YEAR.
11:47:56 SO WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE WANT TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF
11:47:58 TAMPA.
11:48:01 THE SAME TYPES OF DISQUALIFICATIONS ARE SIMILAR NOW AS IT
11:48:04 WAS BEFORE BAN THE BOX.
11:48:06 I THINK PEOPLE OVERWHELMINGLY WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS
11:48:11 ORGANIZATION.
11:48:12 WE CONTINUE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS WE SEE THE NEED WITH
11:48:17 CHANGES, AS KELLY SAID, WITH THE MARIJUANA ORDINANCE
11:48:20 THAT'S BEEN ENACTED RECENTLY AND IN TALK TOGETHER OTHER
11:48:24 MUNICIPALITIES.
11:48:24 WE ARE VERY SIMILAR IN HOW WE REVIEW THAT NOW.
11:48:28 IT USED TO BE A MISDEMEANOR CHARGE IN MOST CASES.
11:48:31 IT'S I KNOW AN ORDINANCE VIOLATION.
11:48:32 SO JUST AS WE TREAT AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAD A DOG LEASH
11:48:37 VIOLATION OR LAWN MOWING VIOLATION, WE LOOK AT THOSE
11:48:41 INDIVIDUALS THE SAME.
11:48:42 WHEN IT COMES TO DUIs, IT WAS A SITUATION WHERE ALL
11:48:45 APPLICANTS WERE DISQUALIFIED, NO MATTER WHAT POSITION YOU
11:48:48 WERE APPLYING FOR.
11:48:49 YOU WERE DISQUALIFIED.
11:48:52 WE NOW APPLY THAT TO A DRIVER'S POSITION.
11:48:56 IF YOU APPLY TO BE A CLERICAL STAFF AND YOU HAVE A DUI,
11:48:59 AS LONG AS YOUR FINES ARE PAID, IT WILL NOT STOP YOU.
11:49:03 SO WE CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AS THINGS CHANGE IN SOCIETY.
11:49:06 AND WE THINK WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO WHAT OTHER
11:49:10 MUNICIPALITIES ARE DOING BASED ON RYE SEARCH THAT WE HAVE
11:49:22 DONE.
11:49:23 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: DO WE HAVE THAT KIND OF DETAIL THAT
11:49:24 SAYS X NUMBER OF PEOPLE MADE IT TO THAT JOB OFFER, BUT
11:49:28 THEN GOT KNOCKED OUT SINCE THE BAN THE BOCA CIEGA?
11:49:34 BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY I DON'T WANT DETAILS ON THOSE PEOPLE OR
11:49:38 INVADE THEIR PRIVACY.
11:49:39 BUT I WOULD BE VERY CURIOUS.
11:49:41 BECAUSE I DON'T WANT US TO PAT OURSELVES ON THE BACK AND
11:49:44 SAY, HEY, WE DID BAN THE BOX AND THAT'S IT BECAUSE IF WE
11:49:46 ARE STILL TURNING A LOT OF PEOPLE DOWN AT THAT FINAL
11:49:49 PHASE THEN MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE THAT WE
11:49:57 CAN DO ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT COUNCILMAN ALLUDED TO.
11:50:00 BUT MY FIRST QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE THAT KIND OF
11:50:03 DETAILED INFORMATION?
11:50:06 IF NOT IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN START COLLECTING DOWN THE
11:50:08 ROAD?
11:50:09 >> WELL, WHEN IT COMES OH TO BACKGROUND FAILURES, ALL OF
11:50:12 THEM WHEN THEY COME TO US HAVE BEEN MADE AN OFFER SO THE
11:50:22 STATS I CAN GET YOU IS ANYBODY WHO FAILED A BACKGROUND
11:50:25 COLLECT ONCE THEY COME TO US AS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE
11:50:28 DEPARTMENT.
11:50:28 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
11:50:34 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: AND THAT BACKGROUND COLLECT IS
11:50:36 TYPICALLY CRIMINAL?
11:50:38 >> WELL, A BACKGROUND COLLECT FOR ALL INDIVIDUALS.
11:50:40 JUST DO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT PROCESS, AS KELLY
11:50:43 MENTIONED, THE APPLICATION, AS LONG AS AN INDIVIDUAL IS
11:50:47 DEEMED QUALIFIED, WILL BE CERTIFIED TO THE HIRING
11:50:51 DEPARTMENT BY MY OFFICE.
11:50:53 NO DISCUSSION, NO INFORMATION ABOUT THIS.
11:50:57 IT IS KNOWN AS THAT CHECK GOES TO THE DEPARTMENT. THE
11:51:00 HIRING DEPARTMENT SAYS, I WOULD LIKE TO SELECT JOHN JONES
11:51:03 FOR THIS POSITION.
11:51:05 IT COMES DO MY OFFICE.
11:51:07 WE THEN START THE BACKGROUND COLLECT.
11:51:09 SO THAT IS WHEN THAT PROCESS BEGINS.
11:51:13 IT IS OUTSIDE OF THE DEPARTMENT'S HANDS.
11:51:17 BASED ON THE RESULTS THAT COME BACK FROM THAT CRIMINAL
11:51:19 HISTORY, THAT'S WHEN WE REALLY LOOK AT IT ON A
11:51:21 CASE-BY-CASE BASIS TO DETERMINE IS THIS PERSON A FIT FOR
11:51:24 THE CITY OF TAMPA?
11:51:26 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU A LOT OF WORK
11:51:27 TO DO, BUT I WOULD THINK YOU GUYS WOULD FIND IT
11:51:30 INTERESTING AS WELL TO SEE WHAT PERCENTAGE THAT IS THAT
11:51:36 GET KNOCKED OUT OF THAT VERY LAST STEP.
11:51:38 BUT MAYBE IF YOU ALL JUST LOOK AT 2019.
11:51:40 >> WE DEFINITELY DO FROM 16 ON, IT'S MUCH EASIER BECAUSE
11:51:46 WE ARE IN AN ELECTRONIC TRACKING SYSTEM, A LOT EASIER.
11:51:55 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE SEE WHAT
11:51:57 DIRECTION THAT LINE IS HEADED.
11:51:59 I GUESS I WILL JUST FORMALIZE THAT, IF MR. CHAIRMAN WILL
11:52:03 ACCEPT, I WILL DO IT IN THE FORM OF A MOTION.
11:52:05 >>LUIS VIERA: SURE.
11:52:05 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I'M COMFORTABLE WITH JUST A WRITTEN
11:52:07 REPORT BACK TO CITY COUNCIL ON THAT.
11:52:11 >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION.
11:52:12 WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:52:14 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:52:15 ANY OPPOSED?
11:52:16 OKAY.
11:52:16 ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS?
11:52:19 >>ORLANDO GUDES: [OFF MICROPHONE] YOU CAME TO THE CITY
11:52:27 FIRST AND THEN THE CITY GOES OVER TO THE POLICE
11:52:28 DEPARTMENT.
11:52:29 IS THAT STILL STANDARD NOW?
11:52:32 >> YES, SIR.
11:52:33 ALTHOUGH WE HAVE ALL APPLICATIONS COMING TO OUR OFFICE,
11:52:35 WE SCREEN THOSE FOR MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND THEN FILE
11:52:38 THOSE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
11:52:41 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I LOOK AT THE MINORITIES THAT ARE AT THE
11:52:44 POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE.
11:52:46 WHEN I CAME IN WHAT THAT NUMBER WAS AND I LOOK AT NOW
11:52:49 WHAT THAT NUMBER IS, WHY IS THAT NUMBER NOT INCREASING?
11:52:53 IS IT BECAUSE THEY ARE FAILING BACKGROUND CHECKS OR WHAT
11:52:55 HAVE YOU?
11:52:56 I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR OFFICE HAD THAT STATS OR THE POLICE
11:52:59 DEPARTMENT HAS THE STATS, BUT I AM REALLY CURIOUS ABOUT
11:53:01 WHY THAT INCREASE IS FLOAT HAPPENING, THAT REALLY BOTHERS
11:53:04 ME.
11:53:05 I KNOW WHEN CHIEF FORWARD WAS HERE, HIS NUMBERS INCREASED
11:53:14 FOR WHATEVER NUMBER.
11:53:16 NOW THEY ARE KIND OF HERE NOW.
11:53:17 I AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, I HOPE YOU GET THE INFORMATION
11:53:20 TO ME, THAT WHY ARE THOSE NUMBERS AT THIS LOW LEVEL HERE?
11:53:24 WHY ARE THEY NOT INCREASING?
11:53:27 WHAT IS IT WE MAY NOT BE DOING, OR GETTING THE WORD OUT
11:53:30 OF WHAT'S GOING TO MAKE THEM QUALIFY, BECAUSE FOR YEARS
11:53:33 THAT'S BOTHERED ME.
11:53:34 AND THOSE NUMBERS ARE STILL HERE.
11:53:36 AND I THINK THEY NEED TO BE UP A LITTLE BIT.
11:53:38 WHEN I CAME ON LESS THAN A HUNDRED, NOW I THINK WE HAVE
11:53:43 JUST OVER A HUNDRED, THOSE NUMBERS ARE VERY, VERY LOW FOR
11:53:46 THIS TIME.
11:53:47 I'M TALKING ABOUT 1989, 1990, TO WHEN I CAME ON IN 2020.
11:53:51 SO WHAT IS IT THAT WE CAN DO?
11:53:53 IS IT CRITERIAWISE, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT CHANGED SOME
11:53:57 OF THEIR CRITERIA TO GET THEIR NUMBERS UP AND LOOK AT
11:54:00 WHAT THEY ARE DOING AS WELL PERHAPS?
11:54:02 I AM JUST TRYING TO SEE HOW WE CAN GET THOSE NUMBERS UP
11:54:04 AND IF YOU CAN HELP ME WITH THAT.
11:54:07 >> I WILL CERTAINLY HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH TPD.
11:54:09 TPD IS THE ONLY AREA THAT DOES THEIR OWN BACKGROUND
11:54:11 CHECKS BECAUSE THEY ARE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SO I
11:54:14 WILL PARTNER WITH THEM AND SEE IF WE CAN GET YOU SOME
11:54:16 DATA ON THAT.
11:54:17 HOWEVER, I WILL SAY, HAVING BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS FOR A
11:54:20 LONG TIME, OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ARE STRUGGLING WHEN IT
11:54:23 COMES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SWORN FIRE POSITIONS, WE ARE
11:54:26 NOT THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE FACING SOME OF THESE
11:54:29 CHALLENGES.
11:54:29 IT'S REALLY A NATIONWIDE ISSUE.
11:54:32 AND ALL MUNICIPALITIES ARE REALLY STRUGGLING WITH TRYING
11:54:35 TO FIND OUT HOW WE REACH A BROADER AUDIENCE AND CREATE
11:54:39 THAT INTEREST.
11:54:42 SOME OF THEM HAVE NOW STARTED TO CREATE MORE OF THOSE
11:54:44 AWARENESS POSITIONS WHERE YOU ARE TRYING TO REACH
11:54:46 INDIVIDUALS AT A YOUNGER AGE, SO THAT THEY STAY OUT OF
11:54:50 TROUBLE, STAY AWAY FROM DRUGS, AND HOPEFULLY THEY ARE
11:54:52 CONVINCED TO GO INTO OUR PROGRAM ON THE POLICE AND FIRE
11:55:00 SIDE.
11:55:01 IT'S NOT THE ONLY CURE BUT THOUSANDS ARE SOME OF THE
11:55:03 THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.
11:55:04 >>LUIS VIERA: ANYONE ELSE?
11:55:05 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK.
11:55:06 ONE THING I WAS THINKING OF IS A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY
11:55:09 PARTNERS ON THESE ISSUES WORKING WITH THE INITIATIVE TO
11:55:18 GET A MEMORIAL MARKER FOR THE TAMPA AREA, AND JIM POLERA
11:55:26 IS ABE BROWN MINISTRIES, MR. ROBERT BROWN, WHO IS A
11:55:30 TREMENDOUS INDIVIDUAL AND THEY DO SUCH A GREAT JOB, AND
11:55:32 IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THE CITY -- I SPEAK FROM IGNORANCE,
11:55:36 BUT COULD WORK WITH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THAT, THAT TAKE
11:55:39 PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD CHALLENGING PATHS AND DO HOLISTIC
11:55:45 REHABILITATION OF NOT JUST FEEDING THE STOMACH BUT
11:55:48 HEALING THE SOUL.
11:55:49 THEY JUST DO A GREAT JOB.
11:55:50 MY HAT IS ALWAYS OFF TO THEM.
11:55:52 JUST AN IDEA.
11:55:53 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:56:02 I SAT NEXT TO ROBERT AS PART OF THE COMMITTEE, SO I KNOW
11:56:05 HIM.
11:56:05 AND I THINK AS WE START TO GO FURTHER DOWN THAT PATH, WE
11:56:11 WILL SEE SOME OPPORTUNITIES AND BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
11:56:13 OF THOSE TO HELP THE CITY AS WELL.
11:56:18 >>LUIS VIERA: GREAT.
11:56:18 HE'S A TREMENDOUS PERSON.
11:56:20 THANK YOU INVESTMENT.
11:56:23 MR. MASSEY, ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS ITEM?
11:56:26 >>MORRIS MASSEY: ONE LAST THING BEFORE I MOVE TO THE LAST
11:56:28 ITEM.
11:56:28 I ACTUALLY WILL A CONVERSATION WITH ROBERT ON THIS ISSUE
11:56:33 AND HE PROVIDED A LOT OF HELPFUL INFORMATION.
11:56:35 AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS ONE OF HIS MAJOR CONCERNS AT THIS
11:56:38 POINT IN TIME AND HE INVITED ME AND OTHERS FROM THE
11:56:41 ADMINISTRATION AND YOU ALL, IF YOU HAVE TICKETS FOR ABE
11:56:44 BROWN MINISTRIES AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH LIMB ON HOW
11:56:47 WE CAN PARTNER WITH THEM, AND I THINK THAT IS REALLY AN
11:56:50 IMPORTANT STEP THAT WE SHOULD TAKE.
11:56:53 I ALSO AM HERE BECAUSE OF ANOTHER QUESTION THAT CAME UP
11:56:56 IN THIS AREA IS CITY CONTRACTING ORDINANCES, POLICY
11:57:00 PROCEDURES.
11:57:04 FOLKS FROM GREG SPEARMAN, GREG HART, WHO CAN TALK ABOUT,
11:57:09 IF YOU WANT, OUR CONTRACTING 9.
11:57:13 >>LUIS VIERA: AND BEFORE WE GO, WE ARE APPROACHING NOON.
11:57:15 COUNCIL MEMBERS, HOW ARE YOU ALL?
11:57:19 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ONE MINUTE AND THAT'S IT FOR ME.
11:57:21 >>LUIS VIERA: AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A BREAK UNTIL 1:30.
11:57:32 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: DO WE HAVE THAT MUCH?
11:57:33 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, BECAUSE WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 4, ITEM
11:57:35 NUMBER 8, AND THEN WE HAVE A WALK-ON.
11:57:41 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THIS CONTRACTING, IF WE NEED TO BREAK
11:57:43 NOW, I GUESS THEY CAN COME BACK IF THAT WOULD BE OKAY.
11:57:49 >>MORRIS MASSEY: THEY HAVE BEEN HERE ALL MORNING WAITING
11:57:50 TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT ISSUE SO YOU IF YOU COULD GIVE
11:57:54 THEM A FEW MINUTES.
11:57:54 I DID WANT TO SAY AT THE OUTSET WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE ON
11:57:57 THE BOOKS THAT DOES ASK IN EVERY COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT
11:58:00 PROCESS WE HAVE WHETHER THE BIDDER HAS A SIMILAR BAN THE
11:58:04 BOX TYPE OF PROCESS THAT WE DO HAVE.
11:58:06 WE DO ASK THAT THERE'S NO PENALTY IF THEY DON'T.
11:58:09 BUT IT IS KIND OF AN EDUCATIONAL PROCESS THAT WE ARE
11:58:12 TRYING TO INSTITUTE
11:58:25 DO YOU WANT TO COME UP AND TALK ABOUT CONTRACTING?
11:58:27 WE DO WANT TO WORK AND TRY TO ENCOURAGE SECOND CHANCE
11:58:30 FOLKS BEING EMPLOYED BY THE FOLKS THAT WE CONTRACT WITH.
11:58:36 BUT WE DO HAVE A HOST OF REQUIREMENTS, AS YOU ALL KNOW,
11:58:40 EVERY DAY, WE GET -- WHEN YOU HAVE A REGULAR AGENDA YOU
11:58:43 HAVE A SLEW OF SINGLE SOURCE TYPE OF CONTRACTS.
11:58:45 PART OF THAT PROBLEM IS THE NUMBER OF REQUIREMENTS WE
11:58:48 IMPOSE WENT UP TO BIDDING ON OUR CONTRACTS AT THIS POINT
11:58:52 IN TIME GIVEN THE ECONOMY AND WHERE WE ARE AT.
11:58:54 IT'S A DIFFICULT ISSUE IN THE CONTRACTING CONTEXT.
11:58:57 >>LUIS VIERA: AND COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:59:00 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WHILE GREG IS COMING UP, I JUST WANTED
11:59:03 TO HELP COUNCIL A LITTLE BIT AND CLEAR OUT ITEMS 5
11:59:06 THROUGH 7 WITH A MOTION TO CONTINUE.
11:59:07 I TALKED TO MR. SNELLING, TO CONTINUE THEM TO OUR JULY
11:59:10 30th WORKSHOP AND CONSOLE DAYLIGHT ALL THREE AS ONE
11:59:16 AGENDA ITEM IN THE WORKSHOP ITSELF.
11:59:19 >>LUIS VIERA: DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
11:59:20 WE HAVE A MOTION.
11:59:21 AND THAT'S 5 THROUGH 7, SIR?
11:59:24 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
11:59:25 >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF THEY ARE ALL TOGETHER, WE CAN SET
11:59:27 THEM EACH FOR 9:30 A.M.
11:59:32 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: JUST CONSOLIDATE THEM AS ONE SINGLE
11:59:35 ITEM.
11:59:35 AND WHATEVER MR. SHELBY SUGGESTS.
11:59:38 >>LUIS VIERA: SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:59:40 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:59:41 ANY OPPOSED?
11:59:43 GO AHEAD.
11:59:49 >>GREG SPEARMAN: AS WE FOLLOW THE LEAD FROM HUMAN
11:59:51 RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, A LEGAL TEAM IN TERMS OF PUTTING
11:59:56 REQUIREMENTS AND BIDS AND RFPs, THE CONTRACT IS TO
12:00:00 FOLLOW THE CITY'S PROCESS WITH REGARD TO HIRING AND
12:00:03 SCREENING THE APPLICANTS.
12:00:04 SO WE FEEL THAT PROCESS IS WORKING WELL.
12:00:08 BUT AGAIN WE PUT THOSE -- AND THAT'S WHAT WE EXPECT OUR
12:00:14 CONTRACT.
12:00:14 AND WE BELIEVE WE ARE DOING THAT.
12:00:16 ON OCCASION WHEN SOMEONE DOES HAVE TO WORK ON CITY
12:00:19 PROPERTY, WE DO HAVE THOSE INDIVIDUALS VETTED THROUGH OUR
12:00:24 POLICE DEPARTMENT, THROUGH FDLE, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY
12:00:28 MEET THE REQUIREMENTS BEFORE THEY COME ON CITY PLOT.
12:00:31 WE DO FOLLOW THE ORDINANCE AS DESCRIBED BY THE CITY IN
12:00:35 ALL OUR BIDS AND ALL OUR FEES.
12:00:38 >> GREGORY HART, SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.
12:00:45 I DO WANT TO ENSURE COUNCIL THAT PER OUR CITY CODE OF
12:00:48 ORDINANCE, SPECIFICALLY CHAPTER 26.5 WHICH GOVERNS THE
12:00:52 EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM, DOES NOT PRECLUDE
12:00:56 INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY HAVE MISDEMEANOR RECORDS OR CRIMINAL
12:01:00 RECORDS FROM ONE, BEING CERTIFIED AS A SMALL MINORITY,
12:01:07 NOR DOES IT PRECLUDE ANY OF THE VENDORS, CONTRACTORS WHO
12:01:09 DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY FROM HAVING EMPLOYEES THAT
12:01:14 MIGHT HAVE A MISDEMEANOR OR CRIMINAL RECORDS.
12:01:17 SO I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT.
12:01:19 AS A MATTER OF FACT, A FEW OF OUR PRIME CONTRACTORS AT
12:01:25 PRESENT DO HAVE SECOND CHANCE EMPLOYEE POLICIES, AND SOME
12:01:32 OF WHOM HAVE TAKEN UNDER THEIR WINGS TO THE PROTEGE
12:01:38 PROGRAM INDIVIDUALS OR EMPLOYEES WHO DO HAVE MISDEMEANOR
12:01:41 RECORDS OR CRIMINAL RECORDS.
12:01:43 SO DON'T KNOW TO WHAT EXTENT IT'S A PROBLEM UNDER THE
12:01:49 EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM.
12:01:51 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:01:53 ANY QUESTIONS?
12:01:53 NO?
12:01:55 ALL RIGHT.
12:01:55 ANYBODY ELSE ON THIS ITEM?
12:02:00 DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK
12:02:02 ON THIS ITEM?
12:02:06 IF SO, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
12:02:07 NO?
12:02:08 SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ONTO NUMBER 4.
12:02:25 >>MORRIS MASSEY: DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY.
12:02:26 BEFORE WE GO INTO THIS WORKSHOP, KATHY BECK IS HERE TO
12:02:32 PRESENT ANSWERS TO YOUR VERY VARIOUS QUESTIONS THAT CAME
12:02:34 UP IN CONNECTION WITH THIS WORKSHOP.
12:02:36 ONE OF WHICH WAS HOW MANY TREES HAVE BEEN REMOVED UNDER
12:02:38 THE NEW STATE STATUTE.
12:02:40 AND THEY DO HAVE STATISTICS FOR YOU BASED ON THE
12:02:42 INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE.
12:02:44 WE MAY NOT KNOW EVERYTHING TO BE HONEST, OUT THERE.
12:02:46 I DO WANT TO CAUTION COUNCIL THAT WE ARE STILL IN
12:02:50 CONTROVERSY, POTENTIAL LITIGATION, ON SEVERAL ISSUES THAT
12:02:54 RELATE TO THAT STATE STATUTE.
12:02:56 SO WE WOULD PREFER, I WOULD CAUTION YOU NOT TO GO INTO
12:03:00 DISCUSSION ABOUT THE STATE STATUTE AND THIS APPLICATION.
12:03:05 BUT WE DO HAVE STATISTICS FOR YOU AS PART OF THIS
12:03:07 WORKSHOP.
12:03:09 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. MASSEY, BEFORE YOU STEP AWAY, I DO
12:03:12 WANT DO ASK ABOUT STATE STATUTE GENERALLY, OKAY, IN A
12:03:15 VERY BROAD SENSE.
12:03:20 IS LEGISLATURE STILL IN SESSION?
12:03:22 >>MORRIS MASSEY: YES.
12:03:23 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I KNOW WE HAVE A -- OR MORE THAN ONE
12:03:27 LOBBYIST UP THERE.
12:03:28 WHAT IF ANYTHING ARE WE DOING TO MODIFY OR AMEND THAT
12:03:32 STATUTE?
12:03:33 >>MORRIS MASSEY: FRANKLY, WHAT I HEARD RECENTLY IS THERE
12:03:36 WERE AMENDMENT PROPOSED THAT WOULD BE FURTHER DETRIMENTAL
12:03:39 TO OUR ABILITY TO REGULATE THE REMOVAL OF TREES.
12:03:44 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HAVE WE PUT ANY --
12:03:46 >>MORRIS MASSEY: WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MAKE ANY -- I
12:03:48 DON'T THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE ANY OTHER CHANGES IN THE
12:03:50 STATUTE.
12:03:51 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: DID WE PROPOSE --
12:03:53 >>MORRIS MASSEY: I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT
12:03:54 QUESTION, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
12:03:56 I HAVE TO FIND OUT.
12:03:57 UNFORTUNATELY, AND I DON'T MEAN TO SAY THAT WE ARE
12:04:02 REACTIVE, BUT TO SOME DEGREE UP IN TALLAHASSEE, THE LOCAL
12:04:06 GOVERNMENTS ARE TRYING -- ARE MORE ON DEFENSE AT THIS
12:04:09 POINT IN TIME BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE AND MORE EFFORTS TO
12:04:11 TAKE AWAY YOUR ABILITY TO REGULATE CERTAIN AREAS.
12:04:15 AND SO I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A PROPOSAL TO FURTHER CHANGE
12:04:19 THAT STATUTE THAT WOULD HAVE FURTHER LIMITED OUR ABILITY
12:04:22 TO REGULATE THIS AREA, AND THAT WAS FENDED OFF
12:04:25 SUCCESSFULLY.
12:04:26 I THINK THAT WAS A MAJOR EFFORT.
12:04:31 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:04:33 >>KATHY BECK: NATURAL RESOURCES COORDINATOR.
12:04:37 I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE BRIAN KNOX WHO WILL BE ASSUMING
12:04:41 MY ROLE ON AN INTERIM BASIS STARTING MONDAY.
12:04:45 SO THAT COMES WITH A LIFE OF PROFESSIONAL INTEGRITY AND
12:04:49 SKILL.
12:04:50 HE'S ALSO HANDED ALL OF YOU A REPORT THAT WE ARE GOING TO
12:04:53 BE DISCUSSING THIS AFTERNOON.
12:04:56 AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR MOTION, IT WAS TO
12:05:02 PROVIDE YOU WITH A REPORT ON THE TREES THAT HAVE BEEN
12:05:04 REMOVED UNDER THE NEW ORDINANCE AND A COMPARISON OF TREES
12:05:08 IN THE PRIOR YEAR AND TO DISCUSS THE NUMBER OF TREES LOST
12:05:12 UNDER HB 1159.
12:05:15 I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH YOUR FIRST QUESTION EXPLAINING
12:05:18 THE TREE ORDINANCE WITH A REPORT ON THE TREES THAT HAVE
12:05:20 BEEN REMOVED UNDER THE NEW ORDINANCE.
12:05:23 JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION ON JUNE 1st, AS YOU KNOW,
12:05:25 THE TREE CODE WAS ADOPTED.
12:05:28 ON JUNE 21st, WE WERE ABLE TO PROGRAM ACCELA TO START
12:05:33 CAPTURING TREE REMOVAL INFORMATION THAT IS DONE MANUALLY
12:05:36 BY OUR FORESTER EXAMINERS.
12:05:39 AND THE INFORMATION I AM PRESENTING TO YOU TODAY IS FROM
12:05:43 THE TIME FRAMES OF JUNE 21st, 2019 TO DECEMBER
12:05:47 31st, 2019.
12:05:50 WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS AFTERNOON IS TO REVIEW THE
12:05:52 RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDING PERMIT INFORMATION
12:05:55 AND THE TREE REMOVAL ZONE ELIGIBLE LOT REVIEWS.
12:05:59 FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY NEED A REFRESHER ON THE TREE
12:06:03 REMOVAL ZONE, WHICH WAS A NEW PART OF OUR CODE, IN JUNE,
12:06:09 I WILL REFER YOU TO EXHIBIT C WHERE YOU HAVE GOT YOUR
12:06:12 DEFINITION OF A TREE REMOVAL ZONE ELIGIBLE LOT, AND YOU
12:06:17 CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT TO REFRESH YOUR MEMORY.
12:06:20 THAT PORTION OF A LOT THAT REMAINS AFTER THE PRINCIPAL
12:06:25 STRUCTURE OR SETBACKS PLUS FIVE FEET ON THE FRONT AND
12:06:27 SIDES AND CORNER YARDS AND TEN FEET IN THE REAR, AND IF
12:06:30 YOU LOOK AT EXHIBIT B, IT'S A PLAN VIEW OF THAT TREE
12:06:36 REMOVAL ZONE.
12:06:37 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION,
12:06:39 MR. CHAIRMAN?
12:06:40 >>KATHY BECK: SURELY.
12:06:42 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
12:06:43 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: BEFORE YOU GO ON.
12:06:44 I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER IF I MADE THIS MOTION.
12:06:57 THE LAST PART OF THE MOTION SPEAKS TO THE LOSS, AND MAYBE
12:07:00 THIS IS WHAT MORRIS WAS ALLUDING TO, THE NEW STATUTE.
12:07:05 DO WE HAVE ANY ABILITY TO QUANTIFY THAT?
12:07:08 >>KATHY BECK: I HAVE GOT THAT INFORMATION, IN YOUR THIRD
12:07:12 BULLET.
12:07:13 I'M JUST TAKING YOU THROUGH THE ORDER THAT THE MOTION WAS
12:07:15 MADE.
12:07:16 YES, SIR.
12:07:20 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I SEE IT.
12:07:21 I APOLOGIZE.
12:07:21 >>KATHY BECK: THAT'S QUITE ALL RIGHT.
12:07:25 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THE OTHER QUESTION IS, THESE
12:07:26 STATISTICS STARTED OUT ABOUT A YEAR AGO WHEN WE STARTED
12:07:29 WITH THE ACCELA?
12:07:31 IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING?
12:07:32 DO WE HAVE ANY BASELINE IN TERMS OF KNOWLEDGE?
12:07:36 YOU HAVE PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE BUT DO WE HAVE ANY
12:07:38 STATISTICAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE EARLIER YEARS AND HOW
12:07:42 THAT COMPARES TO POST ORDINANCE?
12:07:46 >>KATHY BECK: NO, WE DO NOT, UNFORTUNATELY.
12:07:48 IN ORDER TO CAPTURE THE INFORMATION ON TREE REMOVAL NEAR
12:07:51 NEW CONSTRUCTION, WE HAD TO REPROGRAM ACCELA TO BE ABLE
12:07:55 TO CAPTURE IT SO WE COULD REPORT TO YOU TODAY.
12:07:58 THAT INFORMATION HAS TO BE ENTERED BY THE FORESTERS
12:08:02 MANUALLY ON EACH AND EVERY PERMIT THEY REVIEW, AFTER THE
12:08:05 SITE INSPECTION AND PLAN REVIEW PROCESS HAS TAKEN PLACE.
12:08:08 SO IT'S A TIME-CONSUMING PROCESS BUT WE GOT THE
12:08:11 INFORMATION FOR YOU HERE.
12:08:13 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU.
12:08:14 >>KATHY BECK: NATURAL RESOURCES STAFF, THIS INFORMATION
12:08:18 RELATES TO WHAT NATURAL RESOURCES STAFF HAS REVIEWED.
12:08:21 DURING THE TIME PERIOD FROM JUNE 21, 2019 TO DECEMBER
12:08:26 31st, 2019 WE REVIEWED A TOO LATE OF 393 NEW
12:08:30 CONSTRUCTION BUILDING PERMITS -- PERMITS THAT HAD THE
12:08:33 FOLLOWING ANALYSIS.
12:08:34 THERE WERE 188 LOTS INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL
12:08:37 THAT MET THE TREE REMOVAL ZONE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA WHICH
12:08:41 AGAIN IS REFERENCED ON EXHIBIT C IN YOUR REPORT.
12:08:47 OF THOSE 188 LOTS, ELIGIBLE LOTS, 24 GRAND TREES WERE
12:08:52 PERMITTED FOR REMOVAL AND 70 PROTECTED TREES WERE
12:08:55 PERMITTED FOR REMOVAL.
12:08:57 THE OTHER 205 LOTS THAT WERE NON-TRZ ELIGIBLE THERE WERE
12:09:03 28 GRAND TREES REMOVED AND 34 SPECIMEN OR TREES OVER 24
12:09:08 INCHES IN DIAMETER.
12:09:10 A COMPARISON AGAIN TO THE YEAR PRIOR WAS NOT ABLE TO BE
12:09:13 MADE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROGRAM ACCELA
12:09:16 OR ENTER THAT DATA FROM THE PREVIOUS YEARS.
12:09:19 NOW MOVING ONTO NUMBER 3, THE NUMBER OF TREES LOST DUE TO
12:09:24 THE HB 1159 STATE STATUTE IS ONLY REFLECTIVE OF WHAT WE
12:09:30 KNOW ABOUT.
12:09:31 AGAIN, THE STATUTE DOESN'T REQUIRE ANYBODY TO INFORM US.
12:09:36 THAT THEY ARE DOING THIS.
12:09:38 SO WE RESPONDED TO 37 TREE REMOVAL COMPLAINTS.
12:09:43 THOSE WERE COMPLAINTS THAT CAME INTO OUR OFFICE STATING
12:09:45 THAT -- INQUIRING WHETHER PEOPLE HAD TREE REMOVAL PERMITS
12:09:50 TO REMOVE THE DEGREES.
12:09:52 A TOTAL OF 117 TREES WERE DETERMINED TO BE -- TO HAVE
12:09:57 BEEN REMOVED UNDER THE STATE STATUTE.
12:09:59 OF THOSE 117 TREES, 35 WERE GRAND TREES AND 82 WERE
12:10:06 PROTECTED.
12:10:07 AND IF YOU WILL NOTICE, THAT NUMBER IS HIGHER THAN THE
12:10:09 NUMBER THAT WE APPROVED UNDER THE NEW ORDINANCE OR THE
12:10:13 TREE REMOVAL ZONE.
12:10:18 >>JOSEPH CITRO: OF THE TREES THAT YOU FOUND WERE REMOVED
12:10:20 UNDER THE STATE ORDINANCE, HOW MANY OF THOSE WERE
12:10:21 MITIGATED?
12:10:23 >>KATHY BECK: NONE OF THEM, SIR.
12:10:26 >>JOSEPH CITRO: AM I GOING OUT OF MY BOUNDS?
12:10:30 I THOUGHT I WAS BEING VAGUE ENOUGH.
12:10:31 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE STATE STATUTE BASICALLY SAYS THEY
12:10:35 ARE ALLOWED TO REMOVE THAT TREE.
12:10:38 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I AM GOING TO GET TO ANOTHER POINT IN A
12:10:42 SECOND.
12:10:44 >>MORRIS MASSEY: AND THERE WAS A BILL INTRODUCED TO
12:10:46 REPEAL THAT STATUTE BUT IT NEVER GOT TO COMMITTEE.
12:10:50 SO THERE WAS AN EFFORT MADE TO REPEAL IT BUT DID NOT MAKE
12:10:55 IT TO COMMITTEE.
12:10:56 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:10:58 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I APPRECIATE AND I KNOW THAT HE WITH
12:11:00 YOU SPEAK -- BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN I SEE
12:11:06 THESE STATISTICS, CAN YOU TELL US IN A VAGUE WAY OR
12:11:11 INDIRECT WAY OF ALL YOUR FIGURES, THESE COME MAINLY FROM
12:11:19 REMOVAL SITES OR INDIVIDUAL SITES?
12:11:22 >>KATHY BECK: BOTH.
12:11:23 BOTH.
12:11:23 THERE WAS TYPICALLY NUMEROUS TREES REMOVED ON THE
12:11:26 COMPLAINT WHEN WE RECEIVED A COMPLAINT, THEY COULD HAVE
12:11:28 BEEN VERY LARGE SITES WHERE NUMEROUS TREES WERE REMOVED,
12:11:32 UP TO 28 OR 30.
12:11:33 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AND I KNOW THERE'S A LAWSUIT SO I AM
12:11:36 NOT GOING THERE BUT SOMETHING HAPPENED IN THE SOUTHERN
12:11:39 AREA OF THE CITY THAT WERE THOSE LOTS, THOSE TREES
12:11:44 INCLUDED IN THIS?
12:11:44 >>KATHY BECK: YES, SIR.
12:11:45 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I JUST WANTED TO GET CLEAR IN MY MIND
12:11:48 HOW THESE NUMBERS CAME ABOUT.
12:11:50 >>KATHY BECK: YES, SIR.
12:11:51 THE REMAINDER WERE PRETTY MUCH SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.
12:11:54 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ONE OTHER QUESTION, MR. CHAIRMAN.
12:12:00 THE TRUST FUND OF THE TREES, IS THE IS THERE TREES BEING
12:12:06 PLANTED IN AND OUT SO WE CAN TELL IF ALL THE MONEYS THAT
12:12:09 CAME BACK IN WERE PUT IN TO PUT THE TREES BACK UP?
12:12:13 >>KATHY BECK: YES.
12:12:14 WE NOW HAVE FIVE TREE TRUST FUND AND WE STILL HAVE MONEY
12:12:17 LEFT OVER IN THE OLD TREE TRUST FUNDS.
12:12:21 I MET WITH PARKS AND RECREATION AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING
12:12:23 THEY HAVE NOT UTILIZED THE NEW TREE TRUST FUND FOR
12:12:26 PLANTING.
12:12:28 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SOMETIME BACK IN HISTORY, ELECTRIC
12:12:31 LINES, WE ARE NOT DOING THAT, A.
12:12:34 AND B, I BELIEVE I KNOW INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS CAN APPLY
12:12:37 FOR A TREE TO BE PLANTED AT THEIR HOUSE.
12:12:40 BEFORE YOU COULDN'T DO THAT.
12:12:41 >>KATHY BECK: THAT'S CORRECT.
12:12:43 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO I PROMISED SOME PEOPLE, IF THEY
12:12:45 ARE LISTENING YOU CAN CALL AND ASK FOR THEM.
12:12:48 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:12:49 >>KATHY BECK: YOU ARE VERY WELCOME.
12:12:51 ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
12:12:52 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
12:13:00 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY WHAT MR. MIRANDA
12:13:02 WAS SAYING.
12:13:03 YOU ARE SAYING WE HAVE AN EXISTING TREE TRUST FUND AND
12:13:05 THEN WE HAVE A NEW TRUST FUND THAT HAS FIVE DIFFERENT
12:13:08 ACCOUNTS?
12:13:08 >>KATHY BECK: FIVE DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS, YES, SIR, TO
12:13:10 REFLECT THE PLANNING DISTRICT IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
12:13:14 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: FOR CLARITY, EVERYBODY GOT TREES, NOT
12:13:19 THAT IT WAS IN ONE AREA OR THE OTHER.
12:13:21 >>KATHY BECK: SO IF YOU REMOVE A TREE, LET'S SAY, IN IT
12:13:25 SOUTH PLANNING DISTRICT, YOU MITIGATE THE TREE IN THE
12:13:28 SOUTH PLANNING DISTRICT.
12:13:29 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT'S WHAT IT'S FOR.
12:13:37 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I'M WAITING IN LINE.
12:13:38 >>KATHY BECK: MY REPORT IS DEPLETED, SIR.
12:13:45 >>JOSEPH CITRO: UNDER STATE STATUTE, WE DON'T HAVE TO
12:13:46 RECEIVE MITIGATION.
12:13:47 BUT I STILL FEEL THAT'S MEDIATED BECAUSE THAT IS
12:13:51 PREEMPTED BY THE STATE THAT AFFECTS EVERY CITIZEN IN THIS
12:13:56 CITY.
12:14:01 HOW CAN WE GET THE STATE TO CLARIFY THIS STATE ORDINANCE?
12:14:07 BESIDES RAISING OUR VOICE AND WAVING OUR HAND AND WRITING
12:14:10 LETTERS.
12:14:13 I PERSONALLY FEEL THIS PREEMPTION IS HURTING THE CITIZENS
12:14:17 OF OUR GREAT CITY.
12:14:19 AND I FEEL LIKE AGAIN HANDS ARE TIED.
12:14:24 >>MORRIS MASSEY: COUNCIL COULD ADOPT A RESOLUTION ASKING
12:14:25 THAT THE STATUTE BE RESCINDED.
12:14:27 WE COULD SEND THAT ON.
12:14:28 I THINK WORKING WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION MAYBE MAY
12:14:31 BE AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO DEAL WITH IT BECAUSE THEY ARE THE
12:14:33 ONES IN TALLAHASSEE THAT PROPOSE LEGISLATION.
12:14:36 BUT YOU CAN -- UNFORTUNATELY, THEY HAVE PREEMPT EACH TIFF
12:14:42 THAT'S RIGHT AND THEY HAVE OCCUPIED THAT FIELD TO SOME
12:14:44 EXTENT OF PASSING THE STATUTE.
12:14:47 THAT'S SOMEWHAT A CONTROVERSY AND I DON'T WANT TO GET
12:14:50 INTO HOW MUCH THAT PREEMPTION IS, OR CONVERSATION LIKE
12:14:53 THAT.
12:14:53 BUT IF YOU WANT CLARIFICATIONS OR CHANGES TO THAT, WE
12:14:56 REALLY NEED TO WORK THROUGH OUR LOCAL LEGISLATIVE
12:14:58 DELEGATION.
12:15:01 >>JOSEPH CITRO: LET ME GO A DIFFERENT ANGLE.
12:15:03 JUST BECAUSE AN ARBORIST COMES IN AND SAYS, NO, THAT TREE
12:15:07 NEEDS TO BE TAKEN DOWN THAT TREE IS DEAD, WHAT RECOURSE
12:15:10 DOES THE CITY HAVE WITH THE ARBORIST?
12:15:14 >>MORRIS MASSEY: RIGHT NOW THAT'S THE SUBJECT OF SOME OF
12:15:16 THE CONTROVERSY SO I WOULD RATHER NOT GET INTO THAT RIGHT
12:15:18 NOW.
12:15:21 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ALL RIGHT.
12:15:22 I HEAR YOU.
12:15:24 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SADLY ENOUGH, IT'S BEING ABUSED.
12:15:29 THAT'S ALL I WILL SAY ON THAT ONE.
12:15:33 I DON'T WANT TO REITERATE OUR APPRECIATION FOR YOUR MANY,
12:15:36 MANY DECADES OF SERVICE, KATHY, TO THE CITY AND TO OUR
12:15:39 TREE CANOPY.
12:15:40 >>KATHY BECK: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
12:15:43 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I DON'T WANT TO MINIMIZE THE LOSS OF
12:15:46 THESE GRAND TREES, WHETHER IT'S A LOSS UNDER THE STATUTE
12:15:51 OR LOSS UNDER THE ORDINANCE.
12:15:52 BUT I AM CURIOUS.
12:15:55 WE HAVE DONE AN INVENTORY, I THINK EVERY FIVE OR TEN
12:15:59 YEARS, AND I KNOW WE DID ONE FAIRLY RECENTLY IN THE LAST
12:16:02 YEAR OR TWO.
12:16:03 >>KATHY BECK: YES, SIR.
12:16:04 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: IN REGARD TO THAT INVENTORY, DO YOU
12:16:06 HAVE ANY RECOLLECTION OF HOW MANY GRAND TREES THERE ARE
12:16:10 IN THE CITY?
12:16:11 >>KATHY BECK: THE ANALYSIS DOESN'T GIVE US SPECIFIC
12:16:14 NUMBERS OF GRAND TREES.
12:16:15 THEY GIVE US PERCENTAGES OF TREE SIZE.
12:16:19 AND THE TREE SIZE FOR GRAND TREES IS 32 INCHES.
12:16:23 AND THE REPORT, THE 2016 REPORT HAS INDICATED THAT THERE
12:16:27 ARE LESS THAN 2% OF OUR OVERALL CANOPY THAT IS 32 INCHES
12:16:31 AND OVER.
12:16:35 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HOW DOES THAT EQUATE INTO NUMBERS OF
12:16:38 TREES?
12:16:39 >>KATHY BECK: WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT ANALYSIS, SIR.
12:16:45 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: 32% OF WHAT?
12:16:46 >>KATHY BECK: THE NUMBER OF TREES.
12:16:48 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YOU SAID 2%?
12:16:50 >>KATHY BECK: LESS THAN 2%.
12:16:52 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: BUT IN ORDER TO DO THE MATH THAT I AM
12:16:54 LOOKING FOR WHAT'S THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TREES?
12:16:57 >>KATHY BECK: THEY ARE IN THE MILLIONS. I DON'T HAVE
12:16:58 THE REPORT IN FRONT OF ME.
12:17:00 BUT YOU HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN THEY INVENTORY THE
12:17:03 TREES, THERE'S TWO WAYS WE DO IT.
12:17:05 IT'S DONE THROUGH A SPATIAL ANALYSIS, THROUGH USF AND
12:17:09 IT'S DONE THROUGH REINVENTORY OF 200 PERMANENT PLATS
12:17:13 THROUGHOUT THE CITY SO THERE'S NOT AN EXACT ACCOUNTING OF
12:17:16 EVERY SINGLE TREE IN THE CITY.
12:17:17 IT'S DONE THROUGH THOSE TWO METHODS.
12:17:19 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I CAN REMEMBER WALKING NEIGHBORHOODS
12:17:21 20 YEARS AGO, SOMEBODY TAUGHT US HOW TO DO IT, AND WE
12:17:25 ACTUALLY WERE DOING A PHYSICAL COUNTING, INVENTORY OF
12:17:31 GRAND TREES.
12:17:31 >>KATHY BECK: YES.
12:17:33 THAT WAS DONE AS PART OF A GRANT.
12:17:34 AND MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.
12:17:38 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I WAS A VOLUNTEER.
12:17:40 THEY MAKE ME DO IT AS A COUNCILMAN.
12:17:44 >>KATHY BECK: THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING.
12:17:46 BUT WE HAVE A SCOPE OF OUR 2021 ANALYSIS AND IF THERE'S
12:17:49 ANYTHING CITY COUNCIL SPECIFICALLY WANTED THE
12:17:50 UNIVERSITIES TO STUDY, WE COULD ENTER DEIGN THAT IN THE
12:17:53 SCOPE.
12:17:57 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WELL, PERSONALLY, I THINK THE GRAND
12:17:59 TREES HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN EXTRA
12:18:01 CONCERNED ABOUT, AND OBVIOUSLY FOR GOOD REASON.
12:18:03 IT'S ONLY 2% OF THE TOTAL TREES WE HAVE.
12:18:06 AND TYPICALLY, IT MIGHT TAKE A TREE 30, 40 YEARS OR MORE
12:18:12 TO GET TO THAT POINT OF BEING A GRAND TREE.
12:18:15 >> KATHY BECK: THAT'S CORRECT.
12:18:16 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: DEPENDING ON THE SPECIES.
12:18:19 SO I GUESS IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW AT WHAT RATE WE ARE
12:18:32 LOSING THEM.
12:18:32 I THINK THAT WOULD BE PRETTY IMPORTANT FOR US TO
12:18:34 DETERMINE.
12:18:36 AND FRANKLY IF WE CAN GO TO THE LEGISLATURE WITH THAT
12:18:38 SORT OF QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION, MAYBE IT WOULD HELP OUR
12:18:45 POSITION.
12:18:48 >>KATHY BECK: I CAN CERTAINLY DISCUSS THAT IN THE SHORT
12:18:51 TIME THAT I HAVE, AND MR. KNOX.
12:18:56 NOW THAT WE ARE CAPTURING INFORMATION PARCEL BY PARCEL
12:18:58 FOR THIS -- FOR YOUR REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, THEY ARE
12:19:03 GOING TO BE DOING AN ANALYSIS OF THAT CANOPY BEFORE THE
12:19:08 DEVELOPMENT, AND AFTER.
12:19:10 SO MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD INCORPORATE IN THERE.
12:19:14 NOW THAT WE HAVE GOT THE PARCEL BY PARCEL INFORMATION.
12:19:16 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:19:17 COUNCILMAN CITRO.
12:19:21 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCIL MEMBERS, PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR
12:19:23 THIS BUT MY FRUSTRATION LEVEL IS VERY, VERY LOW.
12:19:26 MS. BECK, YOU ALONG WITH OTHER PEOPLE LIKE KRISTIN MORA,
12:19:32 CITY STAFF, THE NEIGHBORHOODS, THE NEIGHBORHOODS, THE
12:19:35 BUILDING ASSOCIATION, CAME UP WITH A GREAT ORDINANCE.
12:19:38 >>KATHY BECK: YES, SIR.
12:19:39 THANK YOU.
12:19:42 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ECOLOGY BINDING ORDINANCE THAT I HAVE
12:19:43 SEEN.
12:19:44 AND AGAIN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THAT MAY BE WATCHING
12:19:48 THIS, IT'S NOT OUR HANDS THAT ARE TIED, IT'S YOUR HANDS.
12:19:53 I'M ASKING THAT YOU CALL YOUR STATE LEGISLATORS AND HAVE
12:19:56 THEM DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE PREEMPTION THAT WE ARE HAVING
12:20:00 ON THIS.
12:20:01 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
12:20:02 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:20:05 WOULD ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?
12:20:10 IF YOU DO, PLEASE APPROACH THE LECTERN, STATE YOUR NAME
12:20:13 AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES PER PERSON.
12:20:14 GO AHEAD.
12:20:14 >> I'M STILL MARY LOU BAILEY.
12:20:20 I WORKED TIRELESSLY ON THIS TREE ORDINANCE AS A VOLUNTEER
12:20:23 FOR WELL OVER TWO YEARS, VOLUNTEER EFFORTS.
12:20:25 I AM STILL OUTRAGED THAT THE STATE TOOK THIS POWER AWAY
12:20:29 FROM US TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES.
12:20:35 I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE COUNCIL TO MAKE A MOTION WE ARE
12:20:37 GOING TO FIGHT IT, WITH SOME HIRED LEGAL GUNS, LOBBYISTS,
12:20:42 WHATEVER, A LOT OF PASSIONATE PEOPLE WILL GO TO
12:20:44 TALLAHASSEE.
12:20:44 BUT THIS THING NEEDS TO BE REPEALED. IF WE CAN'T REPEAL
12:20:47 IT THEN WE NEED TO MODIFY IT SO THERE'S REPORTING AND
12:20:50 MITIGATION.
12:20:51 IF NOT, OKAY.
12:20:51 FOR THEM TO COME AND AFFECT OUR HEALTH AND I WANT YOU TO
12:21:01 DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO OVERTURN THIS THING OR AT LEAST
12:21:04 GET THE REPORTING AND THE MITIGATION.
12:21:05 MY SECOND REQUEST IS THAT WE SHOULD CLARIFY THIS, BECAUSE
12:21:12 IT GIVES WIDE SWEEPING POWERS ALREADY, BUT I HAVE SEVERAL
12:21:15 INSTANCES WHERE I KNOW IT WAS ABUSED FURTHER, WHERE
12:21:18 PEOPLE THINK YOU CAN JUST DO WHATEVER YOU WANT, WITHOUT A
12:21:22 BUILDING PERMIT EVEN, WHICH HAPPENS ACROSS THE STREET
12:21:24 FROM ME.
12:21:25 SO WE NEED PUBLIC CLARITY AND EDUCATION ON WHAT PEOPLE
12:21:30 CAN AND CAN'T DO WHILE WE SIMULTANEOUSLY WORK TO REPEAL
12:21:34 OR AMEND THIS THING TO PROTECT THE WELL-BEING AND HEALTH
12:21:38 OF OUR COMMUNITY.
12:21:40 THANK YOU.
12:21:40 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
12:21:47 NEXT SPEAKER.
12:21:48 >>STEVE MICHELINI: I TOO WORKED ON THAT ORDINANCE A VERY
12:21:50 LONG TIME, AND I THINK WE EXHAUSTED CHELSEA JOHNSON'S
12:21:54 LIVING ROOM, AND ALL OF HER REFRESHMENTS.
12:21:58 BUT REGARDLESS.
12:21:59 I THINK THAT THIS CODE REALLY HASN'T HAD A CHANCE TO WORK
12:22:02 YET.
12:22:04 IT'S STILL BEING IMPLEMENTED.
12:22:06 AND SOME OF THE STAFF MEMBERS THE CITY NEEDS TO ASSIST IN
12:22:09 REGULATING THE AREAS THAT CAN BE REGULATED, IS JUST I
12:22:14 KNOW OCCURRING.
12:22:16 I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE
12:22:22 TREE PLANTING PROGRAM AND THE TREE TRUST FUND MONEYS.
12:22:25 PART OF THIS PROCESS, WE AGREED AT SIX MONTHS, WHICH IS
12:22:28 NOW, ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT LATER THAN THAT, BUT TO LOOK
12:22:32 AT SOME OF THE PROVISIONS IN THAT CODE THAT NEED TO BE
12:22:35 ADJUSTED.
12:22:36 AND A COUPLE OF THEM THAT ARE CAUSING ISSUES ARE THAT
12:22:41 THERE'S A $40 CHARGE IN THERE FOR TRIMMING TREES FOR ALL
12:22:45 PROPERTY OWNERS.
12:22:46 AND I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY THAT KATHY CAN PROBABLY TELL
12:22:49 YOU, THERE'S BEEN ONE OR TWO PERMITS THAT ARE PULLED AND
12:22:52 YET TREE TRIMMING OCCURS ALL THE TIME.
12:22:55 IT'S UNENFORCEABLE.
12:22:57 IT PLACES A HARDSHIP ON INDIVIDUALS.
12:23:00 AND IT SHOULD BE LOOKED AT AND PERHAPS CONSIDERED TO BE
12:23:02 REMOVED.
12:23:06 THE OTHER ISSUE HAS TO DO WITH RIGHT-OF-WAY TREES AND
12:23:08 NOTICE THAT IS PROVIDED FOR THEM I WOULD ASK THAT THIS
12:23:14 COUNCIL CONSIDER REQUIRING THAT THE CITY, WHEN IT'S IN
12:23:18 THIS PROCESS OF REMOVING TREES, THAT THEY BE REQUIRED TO
12:23:21 NOTIFY THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED ON THE
12:23:24 REGISTRY.
12:23:27 SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE A VESTED INTEREST
12:23:29 PERSONALLY AS IN NEW SUBURB BEAUTIFUL.
12:23:35 THEY BOUGHT AND PAID FOR THE TREES THAT ARE INSTALLED
12:23:37 THERE SO THEY HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN MAINTAINING THEM
12:23:39 AND PROLONGING THEIR LONGEVITY.
12:23:42 SO THE NOTICE ISSUE WAS LEFT UNDONE.
12:23:47 IT IS NOT RESOLVED, AND THE NOTICE IS NOT REQUIRED WHEN
12:23:50 YOU ARE REMOVING RIGHT-OF-WAY TREES.
12:23:52 THEY MAY BE REQUIRED TO BE REMOVED BECAUSE THEY ARE
12:23:54 DANGEROUS.
12:23:55 AND IF THEY ARE DANGEROUS, THAT'S FINE.
12:23:57 BUT THE ORGANIZATION THAT ARE LISTED IN THE CITY REGISTRY
12:24:02 SHOULD BE NOTIFIED.
12:24:03 AGAIN, I THINK THE STAFF HAS DONE A REMARKABLE JOB AT
12:24:06 TRYING TO IMPLEMENT A VERY COMPLEX NEW CODE, AND WE ARE
12:24:10 JUST NOW BEGINNING TO SEE HOW IT'S GOING TO FUNCTION.
12:24:14 SO THANKS TO KATHY BECK AND HER STAFF FOR ALL THEY HAVE
12:24:18 DONE, AND THERE'S A FEW TWEAKS IN THERE, BUT I THINK THAT
12:24:21 WE ARE ON A GOOD PATH.
12:24:22 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:24:24 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
12:24:25 >> LORRAINE CARENO, SOUTH TAMPA.
12:24:34 YOU KNOW, 117 TREES IN SIX MONTHS IS 20 TREES A MONTH.
12:24:39 YES, 20 TREES A MONTH.
12:24:40 THAT'S A LOT.
12:24:41 THAT AFFECTS OUR AIR POLLUTION, OUR WATER STORAGE, OUR
12:24:45 SHADE, OUR NATURAL HABITAT FOR ANIMALS, NATIVE ANIMALS,
12:24:52 INSECTS, BUTTERFLIES.
12:24:57 CATHY HAS BEEN A REAL ASSET TO THE NATURAL RESOURCES
12:24:59 DEPARTMENT IN HER YEARS THAT SHE'S BEEN THERE.
12:25:02 I UNDERSTAND THAT SHE'S RETIRING NEXT YEAR -- NEXT WEEK.
12:25:05 I THINK YOU ALL SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT SHE'S REPLACED WITH
12:25:08 ANOTHER TREE ADVOCATE WHO HAS DONE JUST AS GOOD A JOB AS
12:25:11 SHE HAS AND MONITOR THAT, AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT
12:25:14 POSITION IS ADVERTISED AND FILLED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE
12:25:18 BECAUSE WE ARE IN A PRECARIOUS SITUATION HERE.
12:25:21 THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS SINCE WE ARE
12:25:23 LOSING SO MANY TREES WITH NO MITIGATION, I THINK IT'S
12:25:29 IMPORTANT FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, CITY PARKS DEPARTMENT
12:25:32 TO PLANT TREES WHEREVER THERE'S SPACE FOR THAT.
12:25:35 THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT CAN PLANT TREES IN
12:25:38 TRANSPORTATION CIRCLES, WHERE THERE'S NO POSSIBILITY OF
12:25:42 PUTTING A LITTLE PARK THERE, POCKET PARK.
12:25:45 THEY WILL STILL PLANT TREES THERE.
12:25:46 WHEN I SEE TREES, I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT PALM TREES,
12:25:49 BECAUSE PALM TREES ARE CONSIDERED GRASSES.
12:25:51 THEY HAVE NO BENEFICIAL EFFECT ON THE ECOLOGY.
12:25:56 THEY ARE JUST A TOURIST THING.
12:25:58 SO ENCOURAGE THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO PLANT TREES WHEREVER
12:26:01 THEY CAN.
12:26:05 THE TREE TREMENDOUS CAN HELP OUT WITH THAT, AND THE TREE
12:26:09 BANK CAN HELP OUT WITH THAT.
12:26:10 AND THE TREE CODE IMPOSES STANDARDS ON PEOPLE BEFORE THEY
12:26:19 CAN CUT A TREE DOWN OR HAVE A TREE REMOVED.
12:26:23 I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THAT
12:26:25 THOSE STANDARDS ARE FOLLOWED.
12:26:27 AND THAT NOT ANY ARBORIST CAN JUST COME IN AND SAY THAT
12:26:31 HEALTHY GRAND TREE OVER THERE NEEDS TO BE REMOVED BECAUSE
12:26:33 SOME DEVELOPER WANTS TO BUY THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY.
12:26:36 SO FOLLOW THE STANDARDS THAT WE WORKED SO HARD TO CREATE
12:26:40 AND IMPOSE IN THE TREE CODE.
12:26:43 SO ALL THESE THINGS CAN HELP TO MITIGATE A TREMENDOUS --
12:26:46 I MEAN, A TERRIBLE HB 1159 IN DEVASTATING THE TREE CANOPY
12:26:52 IN THE WHOLE STATE OF FLORIDA.
12:26:53 ON THE LOCAL LEVEL, WE CAN DO THINGS, ENCOURAGE MORE
12:26:56 TREES TO BE PLANTED BY THE CITY, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT,
12:27:00 TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, ADHERE TO THE RULES THAT ARE
12:27:02 ALREADY IN PLACE, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP A HEALTHY
12:27:08 NATURAL RESOURCES STAFF AS IT HAS BEEN TO MAKE SURE THAT
12:27:12 THESE THINGS ARE GETTING DONE.
12:27:14 THANK YOU.
12:27:15 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:27:18 SEE HOW IRREPLACEABLE YOU ARE?
12:27:20 YOU ARE LOVED.
12:27:21 NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
12:27:22 >> NANCY STEPHENS.
12:27:25 I WANT TO THANK KATHY FOR ALL SHE'S DONE, AND IT'S
12:27:28 WONDERFUL TO HAVE THIS COUNT NOW, COUNTING THE TREES TO
12:27:32 KEEP TRACK OF WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT WE ARE LOSING AND
12:27:34 PUTTING TOGETHER TO CODE.
12:27:35 IT'S A VERY STRONG CODE THAT SHE WORKED VERY HARD AND A
12:27:39 BUNCH OF US WORKED VERY HARD IN BUILDING AND THERE'S
12:27:42 STILL THINGS IN THE CODE THAT HE CAN WITH USE.
12:27:46 WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO ENFORCE THE CODE THAT WE HAVE, AS
12:27:49 MUCH AS WE CAN, AND CONTINUE HAVING A STRONG NATURAL
12:27:52 RESOURCES DEPARTMENT TO PROTECT OUR TREES AND DO WHAT
12:27:55 THEY CAN, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, KATHY, FOR ALL YOU HAVE
12:27:59 DONE.
12:27:59 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANKS VERY MUCH.
12:28:01 ANYBODY ELSE?
12:28:02 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
12:28:04 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I JUST WANT TO GIVE ONE LITTLE QUICK
12:28:06 ANECDOTE ABOUT THE TREES AND MR. MASSEY, I WILL TRY TO
12:28:11 TREAD LIGHTLY.
12:28:14 SO ABOUT A MONTH OR TWO AGO, I HAVE A PALM TREE AND IT
12:28:18 NEEDED PRUNING, YOU KNOW, JUST CLEANING OUT.
12:28:21 SO I HIRED A TREE GUY.
12:28:23 AND HE COMES OUT TO DO THE PALM TREE, WHICH I DON'T THINK
12:28:27 REQUIRES A PERMIT.
12:28:28 AT LEAST I HOPE NOT.
12:28:29 OTHERWISE I'M IN TROUBLE.
12:28:32 AND WHILE HE'S THERE, HE LOOKED AT THIS BEAUTIFUL GRAND
12:28:36 OAK, LIVE GRAND OAK THAT I HAVE OVER MY HOUSE, IT'S BEEN
12:28:41 THERE, LORD KNOWS, PROBABLY A HUNDRED YEARS, IT'S
12:28:45 MASSIVE, IT'S HANGING OVER MY HOUSE, AND I LOVE IT.
12:28:50 AND HE LOOKED AT IT AND HE GOES, HE KIND OF WHISPERS TO
12:28:53 ME AND HE SAYS, HE DIDN'T KNOW WHO I WAS, WELL, NOT THAT
12:28:56 THAT MATTERS, BUT HE DIDN'T KNOW I WORKED FOR THE CITY,
12:28:59 AND HE SAID, BY THE WAY, HE SAID, WE CAN TAKE THAT TREE
12:29:02 OUT NOW WITHOUT DOING ANYTHING.
12:29:05 AND THAT TREE WAS TOTALLY HEALTHY.
12:29:08 I MEAN, YOU COME TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
12:29:10 IT'S ONE OF THE HEALTHIEST GRAND OAKS IN SOUTH TAMPA.
12:29:13 JUST A BEAUTIFUL GRAND OAK PROVIDING SHADE, YOU KNOW,
12:29:18 SQUIRRELS, BIRDS, THE WHOLE NINE YARDS, AND NOT JUST
12:29:23 SHADE FOR ME BUT SHADE FOR MY NEIGHBORS, TOO.
12:29:26 BUT HE KIND OF WHISPERS TO ME AND HE SAYS, YOU KNOW, THE
12:29:30 CITY CAN'T ENFORCE ANYTHING ANYMORE, AND WE CAN TAKE THAT
12:29:33 OUT WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM.
12:29:35 AND THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON.
12:29:37 THAT'S THE AGGRESSIVE NATURE OF THE TREE INDUSTRY, NOT
12:29:40 ALL OF THEM, I'M SURE, BUT THERE ARE SOME BAD APPLES.
12:29:43 I WILL NEVER CALL HIM AGAIN, BECAUSE I KNOW WHERE HE
12:29:46 STANDS.
12:29:48 AND THAT TO ME IS A BIG PROBLEM WITH THE STATUTE ALSO.
12:29:52 IF THERE'S AN INHERENT CONFLICT BETWEEN THE VENDOR WHO
12:29:55 GOES OUT THERE TO DO, LOOK AT, AND THE FACT THAT HE'S
12:30:01 GOING TO BE MAKING MONEY.
12:30:02 SO IT'S AN INHERENT FINANCIAL CONFLICT.
12:30:04 YES, SIR, I'M SORRY.
12:30:05 >> ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY.
12:30:16 >>JERROD SIMPSON: I WANT TO INFORM BUT THE PROGRESSES I
12:30:19 HAVE BEEN WORKING ON AND IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE CITY
12:30:22 ATTORNEY OFFICE TO PURSUE ANY ARBORIST THAT WOULD ABUSE
12:30:25 THE STATUTE AND WE DO INTEND TO ENFORCE THE CITY'S CODE
12:30:28 TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THAT WE FEEL THAT WE CAN UNDER THE
12:30:31 LAW.
12:30:32 THOSE CASES WERE HEARD YESTERDAY AT CODE ENFORCEMENT.
12:30:35 WE HAD A FOUR-HOUR HEARING WHERE WE MADE MANY ARGUMENTS,
12:30:40 THE ARGUMENT THAT YOU JUST MADE, THAT WAS DISCUSSED AND
12:30:44 DON'T WANT TO GIVE TOO MUCH IN THE DETAILS.
12:30:46 WE DO ANTICIPATE LITIGATION ON THAT BUT I WAS GIVEN
12:30:50 PERMISSION TO AT LEAST REASSURE YOU THAT THE CITY
12:30:52 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DOES INTEND TO PURSUE EVERY AVENUE THAT
12:30:55 WE HAVE, BOTH IN THE LEGAL ARENA AS WELL AS IN THE
12:31:01 LOBBYING IN THE LEGISLATURE TO TRY TO FIGHT FOR THE
12:31:03 CITY'S ORDINANCE.
12:31:04 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:31:07 I HOPE YOU GIVE HIM A BUSINESS CARD.
12:31:11 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OH, AFTER HE SAID THAT?
12:31:12 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CITRO.
12:31:17 >>JOSEPH CITRO: JERROD, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK
12:31:19 ESPECIALLY IN THIS MATTER.
12:31:20 YOU HAVE HELPED OUT THE CITY IN TREMENDOUS WAYS.
12:31:22 IF I MAY, I AM SAD TO SEE THAT YOU ARE LEAVING.
12:31:27 AND I WISH YOU ALL THE SUCCESS IN YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS
12:31:34 IN LAKELAND?
12:31:36 >>JERROD SIMPSON: RIGHT.
12:31:37 THANK YOU.
12:31:44 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
12:31:46 MR. KNOX, YOU HAVE HELPED ME OUT BEFORE WITH VARIANCE
12:31:49 REVIEW BOARD, AND I AM SURE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO AN
12:31:52 EXCELLENT JOB TRYING TO FILL THE HIGH HEELS OF KATHY.
12:32:00 >>BILL CARLSON: CAN WE MAKE A MOTION NOW OR DO WE HAVE TO
12:32:02 WAIT?
12:32:04 CAN I MAKE A QUICK MOTION, SEE IF YOU GUYS LIKE IT?
12:32:07 LISTENING TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND MARY LOU BAILEY IN
12:32:12 PARTICULAR.
12:32:12 I THINK WHEN WE WRITE RESOLUTIONS TO GET TO OTHER
12:32:17 GOVERNMENTS, IT'S NICE SYMBOLICALLY.
12:32:20 I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ASK THAT THE
12:32:22 ADMINISTRATION UTILIZE CITY GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
12:32:24 RESOURCES TO PARTNER WITH THE COMMUNITY AND OUR PARTNERS
12:32:27 TO PUSH FOR A REPEAL OF THE STATE TREE PREEMPTION.
12:32:35 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I'LL SECOND THAT.
12:32:39 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MORRIS, ARE THERE ANY LEGAL ISSUES?
12:32:43 >>MORRIS MASSEY: YOU CAN CERTAINLY ASK THE ADMINISTRATION
12:32:44 IN ITS LOBBYING EFFORTS TO REPEAL THE STATE STATUTE THAT
12:32:48 DEALS WITH WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH THE REMOVAL OF TREES.
12:32:53 >>BILL CARLSON: IF THE CITY LOBBYIST WORK WITH THE
12:32:55 COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO CAN RALLY A BUNCH OF PEOPLE, WE
12:33:00 MIGHT ACTUALLY HAVE A THAN IMPACT. IF WE WRITE A
12:33:02 RESOLUTION IT MAY DO NOTHING.
12:33:06 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECONDED FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO.
12:33:08 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:33:09 ANY OPPOSED?
12:33:10 NO?
12:33:10 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:33:11 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: GO TO LUNCH.
12:33:13 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE ARE IN RECESS UNTIL 1:30.
12:33:17 (CITY COUNCIL RECESS)
12:33:24
13:35:36 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO
13:39:57 ORDER IF WE CAN HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
13:40:06 >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE.
13:40:07 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
13:40:10 >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE.
13:40:14 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
13:40:15 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE ARE ON ITEM NUMBER 8.
13:40:17 WHO WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN?
13:40:19 >> MIKE CHUCRAN, CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT, TO
13:40:26 TALK ABOUT THE BID AND RFQ PROCESS AS WELL AS ESTIMATES
13:40:31 AND HOW THEY ARE DERIVED, AND ALSO HOW CONTRACT
13:40:34 ADMINISTRATION WORKS WITH THE EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
13:40:36 OFFICE FOR HELPING THEM DEVELOP THE SUBCONTRACTING GOAL.
13:40:43 SO BEFORE CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION PUTS A CONTRACT OUT FOR
13:40:46 BID, WE HAVE A CONSTRUCTION COST ESTIMATE.
13:40:51 THIS CONSTRUCTION COST ESTIMATE COMES FROM MULTIPLE
13:40:54 SOURCES.
13:40:55 THIS CAN COME FROM A DESIGN CONSULTANT THAT WAS HIRED BY
13:40:57 THE CITY TO PROVIDE THAT DESIGN, IT CAN COME FROM A
13:41:01 DESIGN BUILD TEAM THAT IS UNDER GMP TO DO THAT, IT ALSO
13:41:06 COMES FROM THE CITY ENGINEERS, FROM THE UTILITY
13:41:09 DEPARTMENTS, THE WATER, WASTEWATER, TRANSPORTATION,
13:41:11 STORMWATER DEPARTMENTS.
13:41:13 SO WE DID THE CONSTRUCTION COST ESTIMATE, A LOT OF ITEMS
13:41:18 ON THERE, THAT IS BROKEN DOWN INTO SUBCONTRACTING TASKS.
13:41:22 AND THERE ARE SUBCONTRACTING ITEMS ON THERE.
13:41:25 AND THIS DONE ON WHAT'S CALLED A PROJECT TASK WORK SHEET,
13:41:30 WHICH AFTER ALL THE SUBCONTRACT ENDS ARE NOTED, IS
13:41:33 SUBMITTED TO THE EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY OFFICE, SO
13:41:36 FROM THERE, THIS IS WHERE BECKHART AND HIS TEAM MATCH
13:41:43 THIS, AND MATCH THOSE IDENTIFIED WITH SMALL LOCAL WOMEN
13:41:46 AND MINORITY BUSINESSES THAT ARE CERTIFIED WITH THE CITY,
13:41:50 AND IF THERE ARE TWO OR MORE FIRMS THAT ARE CABLE OF
13:41:54 DOING THAT SUBCONTRACTING WORK THEN THAT BECOMES PART OF
13:41:56 THE GOAL SETTING.
13:41:57 SO GREG AND HIS TEAM GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROJECT TASK
13:42:01 WORK SHEET AND IDENTIFY ALL THE SUBCONTRACT TASKS AND
13:42:05 THEY WILL ESTABLISH THE GOAL.
13:42:06 SO THAT WILL BE A GOAL SET.
13:42:09 AND WITH THAT TO THE CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
13:42:13 ALONG WITH THE CONTACT LIST OF ALL THE FIRMS THAT WERE
13:42:15 IDENTIFIED TO DO THAT WORK.
13:42:17 SO WHEN CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION GETS THIS, THIS BECOMES
13:42:20 PART OF THE BID PACKAGE THAT GOES OUT, BECAUSE IT'S
13:42:23 ADVERTISED.
13:42:24 AND AS PART OF THE INSTRUCTION TO BIDDERS, ANY
13:42:30 PROSPECTIVE BIDDER IS REQUIRED TO SOLICIT EACH AND EVERY
13:42:33 FIRM IDENTIFIED ON THAT CONTACT LIST.
13:42:36 SO THEY ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO PROVIDE ALL DOCUMENTATION OF
13:42:41 THEIR OUTREACH.
13:42:42 SO IT'S E-MAILS, FAXES, PHONE CALLS, WHATEVER THEY DID,
13:42:46 THAT'S PART OF THEIR BID PACKAGE THAT'S GOING TO BE
13:42:48 SUBMITTED.
13:42:52 BID OPENING DAY, CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION OPENS THESE BID.
13:42:54 WE GET THE APPARENT LOW BIDDER, WE TAKE THAT BID PACKAGE,
13:42:58 SUBMIT THAT UP TO GREG AND HIS TEAM.
13:43:00 AND THEY WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THIS TO MAKE A
13:43:02 DETERMINATION, AND THEY MAKE ONE OF THREE DETERMINATIONS.
13:43:06 ONE IS THAT THAT CONTRACTOR MET THE GOAL, CONTRACTOR MADE
13:43:11 GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO REACH THE GOAL, OR, THREE, THEY DID
13:43:14 NOT MEET THE GOAL AND DID NOT MAKE SUFFICIENT GOOD FAITH
13:43:17 EFFORT.
13:43:17 SO CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DOES NOT MOVE ON THIS UNTIL WE
13:43:20 RECEIVE A DETERMINATION MEMO FROM GREG WITH ONE OF THOSE
13:43:24 DETERMINATIONS.
13:43:26 IF THAT DETERMINATION WAS THAT THEY MET THE GOAL OR THEY
13:43:29 MADE GOOD FAITH EFFORT, THEN CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION GETS
13:43:32 THAT MEMO AND WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE AWARD PROCESS.
13:43:37 GOES ON SIRE, GETS ON THE AGENDA AND COMES BEFORE CITY
13:43:40 COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
13:43:41 IF THAT WAS THE THIRD OPTION THAT THEY DID NOT MEET THE
13:43:43 GOAL AND DID NOT MAKE GOOD FAITH EFFORT, THEN THEY ARE
13:43:46 DETERMINED, THAT CONTRACTOR WILL BE DETERMINED
13:43:48 NONRESPONSIVE DUE TO NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THE EQUAL
13:43:53 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM, AND AS SUCH CONTRACT
13:43:56 ADMINISTRATION WILL THEN TAKE THE APPARENT SECOND LOW
13:43:58 BIDDER, SUBMIT THAT BID PACKAGE UP TO GREG WHERE THEY
13:44:02 AGAIN START THAT REVIEW PROCESS.
13:44:03 SO THAT'S THE BID PROCESS IN GENERAL.
13:44:06 RFQ PROCESS, SIMILAR BUT THERE ARE A FEW DIFFERENCES.
13:44:10 THE DIFFERENCES ARE THAT THIS CONTRACTING TEAM IS ALREADY
13:44:13 SELECTED.
13:44:15 THEY ARE SELECTED THROUGH FLORIDA STATUTE 287.055, THE
13:44:20 NEGOTIATIONS ACT, CCNA, THE MAYOR MAKES THAT SELECTION.
13:44:24 THEY ARE UNDER AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE THE CITY GUARANTEED
13:44:28 MAXIMUM PRICE.
13:44:30 NOW, WE WILL GET A CONSTRUCTION COST ESTIMATE WHEN THE
13:44:34 CONTRACTOR REACHES THE 60% DESIGN MAIL STONE, AND AT THAT
13:44:38 POINT, WE START THAT PROCESS OVER AGAIN WITH THE BREAKING
13:44:42 IT DOWN INTO SUBCONTRACTING ITEMS ON THE PROJECT TASK
13:44:47 WORK SHEET.
13:44:48 THIS PROJECT TASK WORK SHEET IS AGAIN SUBMITTED TO GREG
13:44:51 AND HIS TEAM, WHERE THEY MATCH THAT UP WITH CITY
13:44:54 CERTIFIED FIRMS.
13:44:56 THE GOAL IS ESTABLISHED AS WELL AS THE CONTACT LIST IS
13:44:59 PROVIDED TO THAT CONTRACTOR, AND THE SAME SITUATION THAT
13:45:04 THEY ARE REQUIRED TO SOLICIT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE
13:45:09 ON THAT LIST.
13:45:09 SO THAT'S THE BID RFQ PROCESS IN GENERAL.
13:45:14 SO HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
13:45:15 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I GUESS WHAT I AM LOOKING AT, I ALWAYS
13:45:21 HEAR THE WORD GOOD FAITH.
13:45:23 AND AS YOU SAW MR. DINGFELDER TALKING ABOUT THAT, ENTLY
13:45:31 SEPTEMBER SOME STUFF BACK ASKING FOR HIRING NUMBERS.
13:45:34 SO I AM JUST LOOKING AT IF WE ARE DOING AN RFP, WHO IS
13:45:38 ACTUALLY WRITING THESE RFPs?
13:45:40 WHO IS ACTUALLY LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THAT -- YOU SAY IT
13:45:45 GOES TO MR. HART.
13:45:47 I GUESS MY POINT, MY UNDERSTANDING, IF IT'S GOING TO MR.
13:45:51 HART AND WE ARE LOOKING AT THESE WMBEs BUT THE NUMBERS
13:45:55 ARE STILL LOW WE HAVE A PROBLEM, BECAUSE I AM LOOKING AT
13:45:57 THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, BUT WE HAVE THIS LOW NUMBER, WITH THIS
13:46:04 HIGH DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR WORK.
13:46:05 SO I AM JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I AM MISSING, IT
13:46:10 SEEMS LIKE WE LOOK AT THE SCOPE OF WORK, IS HOW WE ARE
13:46:14 WRITING THE RFP.
13:46:16 AND THE WAY WE ARE WRITING IT SOMETIMES IS EXCLUDING
13:46:20 PEOPLE FROM BEING A PART OF THE PROCESS.
13:46:23 SO I DON'T KNOW IF -- IS THERE A WHOLE TEAM THAT IS
13:46:28 REVIEWING THE RFP, OR RF, OR JUST ONE ARE TWO PEOPLE THAT
13:46:32 WRITE IT AND IT JUST GOES TO ONE PERSON WE LOOK AT, OR IS
13:46:35 THERE A COMMITTEE THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS AT THE RFP TO MAKE
13:46:38 SURE ALL THE GOALS ARE ACTUALLY BEING MET AND QUESTION
13:46:42 WHEN THOSE GOALS AREN'T MET.
13:46:44 >> THE RFQs THAT WE WRITE, THEY ARE WRITTEN PRETTY
13:46:49 GENERAL IN NATURE SO THERE'S NOT DETAILED SCOPE INVOLVED.
13:46:51 AND ALSO THE COMPANY THE DESIGN BUILD CONTRACT HAS A
13:46:56 PACKAGE GOES INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL OF THE SCOPE, BUT
13:46:59 IT'S A GENERALIZED SCOPE.
13:47:01 THAT IS WHAT WE PUT OUT, BECAUSE THIS IS A
13:47:04 QUALIFICATION-BASED SELECTION.
13:47:06 SO THEY ARE BASING THAT ON SIMILAR TYPE WORK THAT THEY
13:47:10 HAVE DONE IN THE PAST, AND THAT'S WHAT THE SELECTION IS
13:47:13 BASED ON.
13:47:13 SO THERE IS NO -- THE DETAILS WILL BE DEVELOPED AFTER
13:47:17 THEY ARE SELECTED AND WHEN THEY ARE DEVELOPING THE GNP.
13:47:22 WE DO NOT DO RFPs.
13:47:25 THAT'S PURCHASING.
13:47:25 CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DOES RFQs.
13:47:32 >> THAT'S A BIG CONCERN FOR ME IS OHIO THE RFP IS BEING
13:47:36 WRITTEN FOR THE SCOPE OF WORK AND THEN IT SEEMS LIKE WE
13:47:39 HAVE GOT -- THE RFP BEING WRITTEN, THE SCOPE OF WORKS,
13:47:44 BUT IT'S OUTSIDE WHERE THE OTHERS AREN'T ABLE TO BID, THE
13:47:48 SAME BIDDERS ARE BIDDING ALL THE TIME AND GETTING THE JOB
13:47:51 VERSUS THESE OTHER FOLKS ALWAYS BEING LEFT OUT.
13:47:54 I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.
13:47:57 I HAVE MET WITH SO PRIME MINORITY BUSINESSES IN REFERENCE
13:48:02 TO CONTRACTS THAT HAVE NEVER GOT BUSINESS, YET THEY MET
13:48:05 AND HAVE ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS, BUT STILL HAVE NOT GOT
13:48:10 WORK.
13:48:10 SO I AM JUST WONDERING, AGAIN, IT'S THE RFP.
13:48:14 I STILL BELIEVE IT'S HOW THE RFP IS BEING WRITTEN OR WHO
13:48:17 IS GETTING WORK.
13:48:19 CAN YOU ELABORATE?
13:48:21 >> WELL, WE DO NOTE DO RFPs.
13:48:29 >>ORLANDO GUDES: DO YOU READ THE RFPs?
13:48:32 >>GREGORY HART: EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, SMALL
13:48:33 BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.
13:48:34 I CAN TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ON THAT PROCESS.
13:48:36 I THINK MIKE DID A COMPLETELY GOOD JOB WITH THE HIGH
13:48:39 LEVEL OVERVIEW.
13:48:41 EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY OFFICE DOES NOT ENGAGE IN THE
13:48:44 ACTUAL COMPOSING OR WRITING OF EITHER THE RFP OR RFQ
13:48:51 WHICH CONTAINS SPECIFICATIONS, MEANING OF COURSE AS YOU
13:48:53 KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS THE WORK THAT IS DESIGNED TO BE
13:49:00 PROSECUTED.
13:49:01 WE DON'T INVOLVE OURSELVES IN THAT.
13:49:02 IT COMES FROM THE UNIT DEPARTMENTS AND THE SUBJECT MATTER
13:49:05 EXPERTS.
13:49:07 ONE THING I THINK THAT GOT OVERLOOKED IN TERMS OF PROCESS
13:49:10 IS WHEN AN RFP COMES IN, OR RFQ, THROUGH CONTRACT
13:49:14 ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT, THERE IS A TECHNICAL REVIEW
13:49:17 TEAM THAT IS COMPRISED OF FIVE OR SIX CITY SUBJECT MATTER
13:49:24 EXPERTS, AS WELL AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF MY OFFICE.
13:49:29 I AM REQUIRED TO ASSIGN A PROGRAM ANALYST TO THAT
13:49:33 TECHNICAL REVIEW COMMITTEE.
13:49:35 SOME OF MIKE'S FOLKS, THEY ARE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE
13:49:40 ENGINEERING TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THE RFQ, WHEREAS MY
13:49:44 REPRESENTATIVE IS GOING TO HONE IN ON WHAT THEIR MINORITY
13:49:48 SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION PLAN ADDRESSED IN THE RFQ.
13:49:53 AND THERE IS AN EVALUATION POINT PROCESS ASSIGNED TO AN
13:50:01 RFQ OF WHICH 20 OF THOSE POINTS OUT OF 100 ARE RESERVED
13:50:06 FOR THE EVALUATION OF THAT PROPOSER'S PLAN FOR INCLUDING
13:50:11 MINORITY WOMEN, SMALL BUSINESSES.
13:50:13 AND SO OUR ROLE IS TO ASSIGN ANYWHERE FROM ZERO POINTS TO
13:50:19 20 DEPENDING UPON THE SUBSTANCE OF THEIR PROPOSAL THAT
13:50:25 ADDRESSES THE INCLUSION OF SMALL MINORITY BUSINESSES.
13:50:32 AND I MIGHT SAY AS WELL -- I'M SORRY -- THE END OF THAT
13:50:35 REVIEW PROCESS, AS MIKE ALLUDED TO, THE TECHNICAL REVIEW
13:50:41 COMMITTEE STEPS, ONCE COMPLETE, WILL ALLOW THE SELECTION
13:50:53 COMMITTEE PER STATE STATUTE TO SHORT LIST BASED ON THE
13:50:55 OUTCOME OF THE NUMERICAL GRADING.
13:50:58 AND ONCE SHORT LISTED, THERE IS A SELECTION COMMITTEE
13:51:01 THAT CONVENES AND ENTERTAINS BY THE SHORT LISTED FIRM AT
13:51:08 THE END OF WHICH A RECOMMENDATION IS FORWARDED TO THE
13:51:15 MAYOR FOR THE FINAL AND ABSOLUTE DETERMINATION OF
13:51:18 AWARDING A CONTRACT.
13:51:20 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
13:51:25 ANYBODY ELSE?
13:51:26 ANYBODY ELSE?
13:51:29 ANYTHING FURTHER?
13:51:32 >> THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
13:51:34 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
13:51:34 NOW WE GO TO THIS WALK-ON ITEM AND WE HAVE THE PLANNING
13:51:37 COMMISSION HERE, I BELIEVE.
13:51:38 >> MELISSA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PLANNING
13:51:51 COMMISSION.
13:51:53 WE HAVE SOME HANDOUTS.
13:51:57 MR. SNELLING HAD ASKED US TO COME OVER AND SHARE WITH YOU
13:52:01 ALL SOME INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH THE
13:52:04 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABOUT IN SOME WORKSHOPS
13:52:07 WITH THEM IN PREPARATION FOR WHAT I BELIEVE A JOINT
13:52:10 MEETING WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING WITH THEM ON THIS TOPIC
13:52:13 IN MARCH ON THE 25th.
13:52:15 SO SOME OF YOU WHO ARE ON THE MPO MAY HAVE SEEN SOME OF
13:52:20 THIS INFORMATION BEFORE.
13:52:25 WE PRODUCE EVERY FIVE YEARS POPULATION AND EMPLOYMENT
13:52:29 PROJECTIONS AND ALLOCATIONS OF WHERE THAT GROWTH WILL GO
13:52:33 THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY BASED ON OUR ADOPTED
13:52:36 COMPREHENSIVE PLANS.
13:52:43 THESE POPULATION PROJECTIONS ARE SOMETIMES USED FOR
13:52:45 PLANNING PURPOSES.
13:52:46 THEY ARE NOT SOMETHING THAT IS EVER ADOPTED, BUT TO GIVE
13:52:49 YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND IN THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE USED,
13:52:53 WE UPDATE THESE, AS I SAID, EVERY FIVE YEARS.
13:52:55 SO NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT 2045.
13:53:00 AS PART OF OUR PROCESS WE LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE DEMOGRAPHIC
13:53:04 TRENDS, THE REAL ESTATE MARKET TRENDS, TO UNDERSTAND WHERE
13:53:07 GROWTH IS GOING WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
13:53:09 AND IN THIS CASE, WE LOOKED AT THREE SCENARIOS OF HOW
13:53:14 GROWTH COULD PROGRESS IN THE FUTURE, AND WE GOT INPUT
13:53:17 FROM ALL FOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND THE COMMUNITY,
13:53:20 THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY WIDE SURVEY, AND ULTIMATELY
13:53:23 DEVELOPED A HYBRID ALLOCATION THAT IS USED TO INFORM OUR
13:53:28 PLANNING.
13:53:31 AND STATE LAW DOES SPEAK TO US UTILIZING THE -- THANK
13:53:37 YOU -- THE BUREAU OF ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS RESEARCH
13:53:41 CREATES POPULATION PROJECTIONS, AND THEY SPEAK TO OUR
13:53:46 COMPREHENSIVE PLANS UTILIZING THOSE PROJECTIONS AND
13:53:51 PLANNING FOR AT LEAST A TEN-YEAR PLAN.
13:53:56 AND THE PROJECTIONS ARE THEN USED TO UNDERSTAND WHERE AND
13:53:59 HOW THE CITY MIGHT GROW, HOW WE MIGHT PLAN FOR THINGS
13:54:03 LIKE TRANSPORTATION FACILITY, SCHOOL FACILITIES, OTHER
13:54:05 FORMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
13:54:09 THE FIVE-YEAR CYCLE IN WHICH WE UPDATE THESE COINCIDE
13:54:12 WITH THE MPO'S LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN BECAUSE
13:54:15 THEY UTILIZE THIS AS AN INPUT INTO THEIR TRANSPORTATION
13:54:18 MODELING.
13:54:21 SO COUNTYWIDE, THE BUREAU OF ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS
13:54:26 RESEARCH PROJECTION FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS TO BE AT
13:54:30 JUST OVER 2 MILLION PEOPLE BY THE YEAR 2045.
13:54:33 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
13:54:36 WE ARE GOING TO LOSE OUR QUORUM IN ABOUT TEN MINUTES.
13:54:39 >> OKAY.
13:54:40 I AM GOING TO TALK REALLY FAST.
13:54:42 HOW ABOUT THAT?
13:54:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I APPRECIATE IT.
13:54:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SURE THING.
13:54:44 AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HAS BEEN
13:54:47 ADDING ABOUT 23,000 PEOPLE ON AVERAGE EACH YEAR.
13:54:50 THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS BEEN ADDING JUST OVER 6,000 PEOPLE
13:54:54 ON AVERAGE EACH YEAR.
13:54:56 BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT JUST IN THE LAST YEAR, BETWEEN 18
13:54:59 AND 2019, THAT JUMPED UP A GOOD BIT TO OVER 11,000.
13:55:03 SO WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF GROWTH RECENTLY.
13:55:06 AND I KNOW YOU HEAR FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS ABOUT THAT.
13:55:10 WE LOOKED AS I SAID AT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TREND.
13:55:13 SOME OF THEM ARE HOW WE HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING.
13:55:16 HERE IS ON AVERAGE WHAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ALLOWS,
13:55:19 ALLOWABLE DENSITIES, AND THEN ON AVERAGE WHAT EACH OF THE
13:55:23 JURISDICTIONS HAS BEEN DEVELOPING AT.
13:55:24 SO WE ARE NOT BUILDING ON AVERAGE OF THE MAXIMUM THAT THE
13:55:31 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ALLOWS.
13:55:32 SIMILARLY, WE ARE NOT BUILDING AT THE MAXIMUMS THAT THE
13:55:35 FLOOR AREA RATIOS ALLOW IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PERMIT
13:55:38 EITHER.
13:55:41 CERTAINLY, THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS WHERE WE ARE HITTING
13:55:43 THOSE TARGETS.
13:55:44 BUT ON AVERAGE, WE ARE NOT.
13:55:46 IN TERMS OF WHERE RESIDENTIAL GROWTH IS HAPPENING, THIS
13:55:51 MAP SHOWS THE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS
13:55:56 OF MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT, MUCH OF THAT BEING WITHIN
13:55:58 CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
13:56:02 FROM 2011 TO 2017 WE IDENTIFIED SORT OF THE HOT SPOTS FOR
13:56:06 RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PERMITS, AND YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE
13:56:10 MAJOR CLUSTERS AROUND DOWNTOWN, WESTSHORE AND IN THE
13:56:13 BRANDON AREA.
13:56:15 FOR NONRESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT DURING THAT SAME TIME
13:56:17 FRAME, WESTSHORE, DOWNTOWN, AND THE AIRPORT AREA POP UP
13:56:22 AS HOT SPOTS.
13:56:24 AND THEN IN TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT GROWTH, YOU CAN SEE FROM
13:56:29 2010 TO 2015 WE HAD A 16% INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT.
13:56:33 AND THEN THE MAP SHOWS AREAS, THE NUMBER OF JOCKS PER
13:56:35 ACRE.
13:56:36 SO THE DARKER THE COLOR, THE HIGHER THE CONCENTRATION OF
13:56:39 JOBS.
13:56:42 IT IS USED TO INFORM WHERE WE MIGHT BE HEADING IN TERMS
13:56:45 OF FUTURE GROWTH.
13:56:48 WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE SCENARIO AND WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF
13:56:52 WE CONTINUED TO DEVELOP THE WAY WE HAVE NOW.
13:56:55 IT WOULD CAUSE A NEED TO LOOK AT EXPANDING INTO THE RURAL
13:57:01 AREAS OF THE COUNTY.
13:57:04 THERE WOULD CONTINUE TO BE SOME MARKET DRIVEN
13:57:06 REDEVELOPMENT, BUT IN THIS SCENARIO, IT WOULDN'T
13:57:10 NECESSARILY BE AN INTENSIFICATION THAT WOULD SUPPORT SOME
13:57:13 OF THE OTHER GOALS OF THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LIKE
13:57:17 TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.
13:57:20 >>ORLANDO GUDES: EXCUSE ME, MR. CHAIR.
13:57:21 I HAVE JUST A FEW CONCERNS.
13:57:25 WE HAVE A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING THAT WAS AN ADD-AND
13:57:29 SHE'S GIVING A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION.
13:57:31 WE HAVE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE MISSING WHO ARE
13:57:34 ADEPT AT LAND USE, AND WE HAVE THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS
13:57:41 MISSING.
13:57:43 WE HAVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION HERE.
13:57:44 SO I WOULD ASK THAT WE HAVE THEM COME BACK.
13:57:47 >> SURE.
13:57:51 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SO THEY CAN HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON.
13:57:53 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE MISSING.
13:57:58 I KNOW THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE QUESTIONS AND THERE'S A LOT
13:57:59 OF INFORMATION.
13:58:00 I KNOW YOU WAITED HERE.
13:58:02 BUT JUST TO BE FAIR TO EVERYONE.
13:58:06 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WHAT DO WE HAVE THAT WE CAN GET THEM ON?
13:58:08 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CAN WE MAKE A MOTION FOR A CRA?
13:58:13 >> IT HAS TO BE A COUNCIL MEETING?
13:58:16 >>MARTIN SHELBY: WELL, IT DEPENDS WHEN YOU WANT TO DO
13:58:19 IT.
13:58:20 THIS IS IN ANTICIPATION OF YOUR MARCH 25th JOINT
13:58:24 MEETING WITH THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
13:58:26 DO YOU WANT TO DO IT BEFORE MARCH?
13:58:28 BECAUSE IT WILL BE RELEVANT.
13:58:35 YOUR MARCH 5th CALENDAR HAS NINE STAFF REPORTS.
13:58:39 YOUR MARCH 19 CALENDAR HAS EIGHT STAFF REPORTS.
13:58:42 YOUR MARCH WORK SESSION REALLY HAS TO BE RESCHEDULED.
13:58:45 WE'LL TAKE THAT UP AT THE END BECAUSE YOU HAVE THAT
13:58:49 TWO-HOUR -- YOU HAVE THAT TWO-HOUR -- AND THAT'S AFTER
13:58:54 THE MARCH 26th.
13:58:56 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE CAN DO MARCH 5th.
13:58:58 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT'S TRUE.
13:59:00 IF YOU WANT TO DO IT FOR A TIME CERTAIN OF 1:30, OR
13:59:05 EITHER WAY, YOU ARE GOING TO GO INTO THE AFTERNOON ON
13:59:08 MARCH 5th.
13:59:09 AS IT IS RIGHT NOW YOU ARE PROBABLY GOING TO GO IN THE
13:59:11 AFTERNOON ON MARCH 5th.
13:59:13 SO IRRESPECTIVE OF WHAT YOU DO, WITH NINE STAFF REPORTS,
13:59:16 AND WHATEVER HEARING SECOND READINGS ARE GOING TO BE
13:59:19 COMING BACK.
13:59:19 SO YOUR CALL AS TO WHEN YOU WANT TO SET IT.
13:59:22 DO YOU WANT TO MAKE IT AT A TIME CERTAIN AND STOP THE
13:59:26 MEETING AT A TIME CERTAIN TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THOSE UP?
13:59:29 >>LUIS VIERA: AND I APOLOGIZE.
13:59:30 I WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR COMING IN LATE.
13:59:32 I WAS AT MY LAW OFFICE AND I WAS ENTRENCHED IN DRAFTING A
13:59:35 PLEADING AND I LOOK UP AND IT'S 1:30 AND, OH, MY GOSH, I
13:59:40 RAN OVER HERE. SO MY APOLOGIES.
13:59:42 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WHAT, MOVING THIS ITEM TO MARCH
13:59:45 5th.
13:59:45 >>MARTIN SHELBY: WELL, NOW THAT YOU ARE HERE, THERE WAS
13:59:49 CONCERN THAT -- [OFF MICROPHONE]
13:59:57 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA IS LEAVING.
13:59:58 I HAVE TO GET OUT BY 2:30.
14:00:01 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE QUESTION IS WHEN?
14:00:05 WHAT YOU CAN DO IS YOU CAN SCHEDULE THIS IF YOU LIKE FOR,
14:00:09 LET'S SAY, YOU HAVE A CRA SET FOR THE 12th.
14:00:15 AND YOU HAVE A NIGHT MEETING, PRESENTLY 8 HEARINGS.
14:00:21 YOU COULD DO IT AFTER THE CRA.
14:00:24 I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THE CRA WILL TAKE BUT YOU COULD SET
14:00:28 UP 1:30 IN THE AFTERNOON OF THE 12TH.
14:00:30 YOU COULD SET IT FOR 1:30 TIME CERTAIN ON MARCH 5th.
14:00:34 OR YOU COULD SET IT FOR WHATEVER TIME YOU WANT TO.
14:00:37 >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY INQUIRE.
14:00:42 WE ARE LOOKING TO --
14:00:49 >> YES.
14:00:50 >>LUIS VIERA: WHAT'S GOOD FOR YOU GUYS?
14:00:58 WHAT IS THE LAST DATE THAT WE CAN DO THIS?
14:01:01 >>MARTIN SHELBY: OWN A REGULAR CALENDAR YOU CAN DO THIS
14:01:03 ON THE 19th IN THE AFTERNOON IF YOU WISH.
14:01:06 WHICH IS A TUESDAY.
14:01:08 YOU HAVE EIGHT STAFF REPORTS.
14:01:09 AND TWO REVIEW HEARINGS.
14:01:15 AND SECOND READINGS.
14:01:16 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: LET ME ASK A QUESTION OF THE CHAIR.
14:01:19 WHICH OF THE MEETINGS DO WE NOT HAVE A NIGHT MEETING?
14:01:22 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE 19th OR THE 5th.
14:01:27 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO EITHER ONE WILL BE ALL RIGHT WITH
14:01:29 US.
14:01:29 >> I AM OUT OF TOWN ON THE 19th SO MY --
14:01:35 >>> LET'S MAKE A MOTION TO RESCHEDULE THIS FOR 1:30 ON
14:01:39 THE 5th.
14:01:42 >>LUIS VIERA: MR. MR. SHELBY, IS THERE A CONCERN THAT WE
14:01:44 HAVE TOO MANY ITEMS?
14:01:45 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE CONCERN AT 1:30 IS YOU MAY NOT HAVE
14:01:50 GOTTEN THROUGH ALL YOUR SECOND READINGS AND/OR STAFF
14:01:53 REPORTS BY LUNCH TIME AND WHEN YOU COME BACK AT 1:30 YOU
14:01:56 HAVE TO TAKE UP THIS ITEM.
14:01:57 >>LUIS VIERA: WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES AND IF WE NEED
14:02:02 PEOPLE TO REMOVE STAFF REPORTS FOR OTHER DATES, WE'LL
14:02:04 COME BACK.
14:02:05 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION, SIR.
14:02:07 THE OTHER POINT IS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER DINGFELDER IS THE
14:02:14 ONLY ONE, BUT IF YOU WANT A FULL COUNCIL, YOU HAVE TO
14:02:16 MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER CONFLICTS AT 1:30
14:02:20 IN THE AFTERNOON ON THE 5th.
14:02:22 >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION.
14:02:22 I'M SORRY, WHO MADE THAT?
14:02:23 AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
14:02:25 ALL IN FAVOR ARE? ANY OPPOSED?
14:02:28 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
14:02:29 WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND PATIENCE.
14:02:33 OKAY.
14:02:34 INFORMATION REPORTS AND MOTIONS.
14:02:35 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IF I MAY SINCE I HAVE TO LEAVE.
14:02:40 THERE'S THREE COMMENDATIONS.
14:02:41 I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE PRESENT A
14:02:43 COMMENDATION TO THE WATER DEPARTMENT RECOGNIZING APRIL
14:02:46 WATER CONSERVATION MONTH, PRESENTED AT THE REGULAR
14:02:49 COUNCIL MEETING ON MARCH 19th.
14:02:51 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
14:02:52 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
14:02:54 ALL IN FAVOR?
14:02:55 ANY OPPOSED?
14:02:57 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: TWO MORE INDIVIDUALS DEPARTING THE
14:02:59 CITY, PEOPLE THAT HAVE DONE YEOMAN'S WORK.
14:03:03 I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PRESENT TO SHARON FOX,
14:03:07 COORDINATOR WHO WILL BE RETIRING IN MARCH AFTER 37 YEARS
14:03:10 OF SERVICE.
14:03:11 THE COMMENDATION WILL NOT BE MADE AT THE COUNCIL.
14:03:14 >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
14:03:17 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
14:03:19 ALL IN FAVOR?
14:03:20 ANY OPPOSED?
14:03:21 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NEXT A COMMENDATION PRESENTATION TO
14:03:24 TERESA ROGERS, DISABILITY SPECIALIST, WHO WILL BE
14:03:27 RETIRING IN MARCH, WITH 35 YEARS OF SERVICE.
14:03:32 AGAIN NOT MADE AT COUNCIL MEETING.
14:03:35 >>LUIS VIERA: SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
14:03:37 ALL IN FAVOR?
14:03:37 ANY OPPOSED?
14:03:38 THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
14:03:43 COUNCILMAN CARLSON, ANYTHING, SIR?
14:03:45 >>BILL CARLSON: ON MARCH 5th WE HAVE AN ITEM TO ASK
14:03:48 STAFF, IN PARTICULAR CAROL POST, TO TALK ABOUT THE ROI OF
14:03:52 THE EDC.
14:03:53 I JUST HAD LUNCH WITH HER, AND IT'S NOT FAIR TO PUT THAT
14:03:56 IN FRONT OF HER RIGHT NOW BECAUSE SHE'S JUST STARTED.
14:03:59 AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE THAT FROM THE AGENDA AND
14:04:03 INDEFINITELY POSTPONE IT.
14:04:05 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
14:04:06 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
14:04:07 ALL IN FAVOR?
14:04:08 ANY OPPOSED?
14:04:10 >>BILL CARLSON: ALSO, I MET WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION,
14:04:15 AND THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF IDEAS THAT THEY HAVE THAT I
14:04:17 THINK WE SHOULD COME BACK AT SOME POINT AND HAVE TEN
14:04:20 MINUTE PRESENTATIONS ON SO WE CAN ALL DISCUSS SOME OF THE
14:04:23 ISSUES TOGETHER.
14:04:24 I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE HAVE -- THAT
14:04:26 PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF PRESENT A TEN-MINUTE
14:04:29 PRESENTATION TO US ON THEIR UPDATED POVERTY ANALYSIS FOR
14:04:33 TAMPA AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
14:04:35 >>LUIS VIERA: I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THAT DATE?
14:04:37 >>BILL CARLSON: I DIDN'T PICK A DATE YET.
14:04:40 >>LUIS VIERA: DO YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE?
14:04:42 >>BILL CARLSON: MARTY, IS THERE A QUESTION TO PUT IT ON?
14:04:48 >>MARTIN SHELBY: [OFF MICROPHONE] JUNE.
14:04:54 IF YOU LOOK IN JUNE YOU HAVE A WORKSHOP WITH THE PLANNING
14:04:57 COMMISSION COMING IN TO APPEAR, WAYS OF HOW TO PLAN THE
14:05:03 GROWTH.
14:05:05 >>BILL CARLSON: THIS IS SEPARATE.
14:05:06 THIS IS A POVERTY ANALYSIS.
14:05:08 SO WHEN IS A TIME WE CAN DO A TEN MINUTE STAFF REPORT?
14:05:11 >>MARTIN SHELBY: A TEN MINUTE STAFF REPORT?
14:05:15 >>BILL CARLSON: APRIL 16th?
14:05:16 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES.
14:05:17 YOU ONLY HAVE THREE STAFF REPORTS ON APRIL 16th.
14:05:26 >>CHAIRMAN: WE HAVE THAT DATE APRIL 16th ALREADY.
14:05:29 A TEN-MINUTE PRESENTATION BY SOUTHERN ALLIANCE FOR CLEAN
14:05:32 ENERGY AND SOLAR ENERGY.
14:05:36 >>BILL CARLSON: HOW ABOUT MAY 14th?
14:05:39 NO, MAY 21st?
14:05:42 >>LUIS VIERA: LOOKS GOOD.
14:05:43 IS THAT OKAY?
14:05:44 THANK YOU.
14:05:45 WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
14:05:48 SECONDED BY --
14:05:53 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THIS IS THE PLANNING COMMISSION, IS
14:05:54 THAT CORRECT?
14:05:57 >>BILL CARLSON: THIS IS A MEMBER OF THE PLANNING
14:05:58 COMMISSION WHO WILL BE GIVING AN UPDATE ON THEIR POVERTY
14:06:01 ANALYSIS.
14:06:01 >>MARTIN SHELBY: WALK ON BY STAFF.
14:06:04 THANK YOU.
14:06:06 >>BILL CARLSON: ONE LAST THING.
14:06:06 LAST YEAR I THINK MAY 1st ON THE FIRST DAY WE VOTED
14:06:10 FOR CHAIR AND OFFICERS, I AM GETTING AN AWARD OR
14:06:14 RECOGNITION AT AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN LONDON ON
14:06:20 MAY 7th SO I WON'T BE HERE ON MAY 7th F.THAT'S
14:06:24 THE DAY WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THE ELECTION, I WOULD
14:06:26 REQUEST THAT COUNCIL GIVE ME PERMISSION TO EITHER CALL IN
14:06:29 OR THAT WE HAVE ELECTION ON ANOTHER DAY.
14:06:33 >>LUIS VIERA: HOW DO WE HANDLE THAT, MR. SHELBY?
14:06:39 >>BILL CARLSON: EITHER CALL IN OR HOLD IT ON A DIFFERENT
14:06:41 DAY.
14:06:42 >>MARTIN SHELBY: WELL, LET ME GIVE YOU, IF COUNCIL
14:06:45 WISHES TO GRANT REMOTE PARTICIPATION, ALL IT TAKES IS A
14:06:50 VOTE BY COUNCIL PRIOR TO PARTICIPATION, THAT A MEMBER
14:06:55 MAKE THAT REQUEST AND VOTE ON IT AT THAT TIME.
14:06:59 >>BILL CARLSON: WOULD YOU RATHER PHONE OR A DIFFERENT
14:07:00 DATE?
14:07:01 >> I WAS GOING TO REMIND YOU ALL OF A SPECIFIC DATE --
14:07:09 >>MARTIN SHELBY: I DON'T THINK THAT'S A CHARTER
14:07:11 PROVISION.
14:07:11 I BELIEVE THAT'S A COUNCIL PROVISION.
14:07:12 LET ME DOUBLE CHECK.
14:07:13 I KNOW THAT YOUR ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING MUST TAKE PLACE
14:07:16 IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE COUNCIL IS SWORN IN ON AN ELECTION
14:07:23 DAY.
14:07:23 >> WE MAY HAVE MADE SOME CHANGES TO THAT PROVISION.
14:07:26 I MAY BE WRONG.
14:07:31 >>BILL CARLSON: WE WERE ON THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION
14:07:32 TOGETHER BUT I DON'T REMEMBER.
14:07:33 WE CHANGED IT BECAUSE THE STATE MADE US CHANGE --
14:07:39 >>MORRIS MASSEY: I DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE MADE CHANGES
14:07:41 EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER OR NOT.
14:07:43 THAT'S THE QUESTION I HAVE.
14:07:43 >>MARTIN SHELBY: CAN WE HOLD THAT AND I'LL GET THAT
14:07:49 ANSWER?
14:07:50 IF THE CHOICE IS DO IT REMOTELY, THAT CAN BE DONE.
14:07:57 >>MORRIS MASSEY: THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY.
14:07:58 >>MARTIN SHELBY: IT'S JUST A REQUEST OF COUNCIL TO
14:08:02 APPEAR REMOTELY.
14:08:03 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
14:08:07 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
14:08:10 ALL IN FAVOR?
14:08:11 ANY OPPOSED?
14:08:12 AND SAID MOTION, IN CASE THERE'S ANY ELECTRONIC SNAFUS,
14:08:15 THAT WE WILL NOT TAKE THE VOTE WITHOUT COUNCILMAN
14:08:18 CARLSON.
14:08:20 YOU NEVER KNOW.
14:08:24 ANYTHING ELSE, SIR? OKAY.
14:08:26 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: REAL QUICK.
14:08:30 THE "TAMPA BAY TIMES" PUT OUT AN ARTICLE YESTERDAY ABOUT
14:08:35 THE TIMES, FULL TIME EMPLOYEES GETTING THEIR SALARIES CUT
14:08:41 A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE THE NEXT FEW MONTHS OR SO, OR FEW
14:08:45 PAYCHECKS.
14:08:45 AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE THAT HAS NOT SUBSCRIBED TO
14:08:49 THE DIGITAL SERVICE FOR THE TIMES, PLEASE DO SO.
14:08:51 IT'S CHEAP.
14:08:52 IT'S JUST A COUPLE DOLLARS A MONTH.
14:08:54 YOU ARE HELPING, YOUR SUPPORTING LOCAL JOURNALISM, OUR
14:08:59 NEWSPAPER FOR THIS CITY.
14:09:00 AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WATCHING AT HOME, ANYONE
14:09:03 WHO HAS NOT DONE SO, TO SUBSCRIBE AND GO ONLINE AND SHOW
14:09:10 YOUR SUPPORT.
14:09:11 >>LUIS VIERA: AND LOCAL JOURNALISM IS IMPORTANT FOR MANY
14:09:13 ISSUES, NOT JUST TO KNOW ABOUT THE NEWS BUT TO HOLD US
14:09:16 ALL ACCOUNTABLE.
14:09:19 THAT'S JUST SO IMPORTANT.
14:09:21 SO I SECOND THAT.
14:09:22 ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?
14:09:26 OH, IF I MAY VERY QUICKLY, JUST THREE ITEMS.
14:09:28 I MOVE THAT ON MAY 21, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE GOLD
14:09:33 STAR FAMILIES COME TO SPEAK ABOUT MEMORIAL DAY.
14:09:37 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION BY CHAIRMAN VIERA.
14:09:40 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO GUDES.
14:09:42 ALL IN FAVOR?
14:09:43 ALL RIGHT.
14:09:44 ANY OPPOSED?
14:09:44 ALL RIGHT.
14:09:45 NEXT.
14:09:46 >>LUIS VIERA: ALSO, I MOTION FOR -- STRIKE THAT.
14:09:50 I MOTION FOR A STAFF REPORT, NOT AN APPEARANCE, ON LET'S
14:09:56 SAY MAY 7th FROM TAMPA FIRE RESCUE AND THE
14:10:05 ADMINISTRATION ON POTENTIAL DESIGN PLANS IN THE COMING
14:10:09 YEARS, OBVIOUSLY NOT REQUESTING IT IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET
14:10:12 OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE, JUST FOR THE FEASIBILITY OF
14:10:14 ANOTHER FIRE STATION FOR THE NORTH TAMPA AREA, TO HELP
14:10:18 THEM LESSEN THE LOAD IN THAT AREA.
14:10:21 I DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE STATISTICS LAST WEEK, A 24 HOUR
14:10:27 DAILY UNIT FOR STATION 13 WHICH WAS A HUGE WIN FOR
14:10:31 CITIZENS HERE, AND MY HOT IS OFF AS ALWAYS TO THE
14:10:34 ADMINISTRATION FOR PUTTING PUBLIC SAFETY FIRST.
14:10:38 BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE AREA -- AND I AM
14:10:41 CERTAINLY NOT A PUBLIC SAFETY SPECIALIST, THAT'S FOR DARN
14:10:44 SURE.
14:10:44 BUT WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE AREAS THAT THIS STATION
14:10:47 COVERS, IT'S VERY, VERY VAST, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO
14:10:51 SEE THE FEASIBILITY OF THE THAT, THE POTENTIAL OF THAT,
14:10:55 ET CETERA.
14:10:56 SO MY MOTION FOR THAT.
14:10:57 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY CHAIRMAN VIERA.
14:10:59 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
14:11:02 ALL IN FAVOR?
14:11:03 >>LUIS VIERA: LASTLY I AM GOING TO REQUEST A LEGAL STUDY
14:11:06 FOLLOWING THE PRESENT LEGAL STATUS OF THE ENCOURAGEMENT
14:11:09 OF FLORIDA CERTIFIED APPRENTICESHIPS IN OUR CITY OF TAMPA
14:11:14 CONTRACTS AND WHAT STEPS THE CITY OF TAMPA CAN TAKE TO
14:11:18 ENCOURAGE THE USE BY OUR CONTRACTORS OF FLORIDA CERTIFIED
14:11:21 APPRENTICESHIPS IN OUR CONTRACTING PROCESS FOR CONTRACTS
14:11:24 WORTH OVER $1 MILLION.
14:11:26 I DO THIS BECAUSE IN OUR CONTRACTING PROCESS, THERE ARE
14:11:29 CERTAIN THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE TO ENCOURAGE UPWARD
14:11:33 MOBILITY FOR FAMILIES. THIS IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THEM.
14:11:35 I'M VERY WELL AWARE OF THE FACT THAT OUR FRIENDS IN
14:11:38 ST. PETERSBURG, THERE IS A CIVIL ACTION REGARDING
14:11:43 SOMETHING WITH REGARDS TO APPRENTICESHIPS TO. THAT
14:11:46 EXTENT, I HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH MY FRIEND, WHO IS A
14:11:49 SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER AS WELL AS THE HEAD OF ASSOCIATED
14:11:51 BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, MR. STEVE CONA WHOSE
14:11:55 ORGANIZATION IS PURSUING THAT AND WORK ALSO WITH NUMEROUS
14:11:57 UNIONS SO THAT WE HAVE A WORKFORCE SO WE BECAUSE THAT'S
14:12:03 THE LAST THING WE THINK WANT.
14:12:05 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM CHAIRMAN VIERA WITH
14:12:08 SECOND FROM COUNCIL GUDES.
14:12:10 >>LUIS VIERA: I'M SORRY, SIXTY DAYS.
14:12:11 THAT'S APRIL.
14:12:13 SO LET'S DO MAY 7th.
14:12:15 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM CHAIRMAN VIERA WITH A
14:12:17 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
14:12:18 ALL IN FAVOR?
14:12:20 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
14:12:21 YES, SIR?
14:12:22 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I DID FORGET SOMETHING.
14:12:23 I THOUGHT IT WAS IN HERE BUT SHEET DIDN'T BRING IT OUT.
14:12:27 THERE IS A LONG-TIME PIONEER WHO PASSED AWAY, MR. EDDIE
14:12:31 SMITH, JR., ROGERS PARK, 1952, OUT THERE FOR DECADE.
14:12:42 NATIONAL REGARDING AL ROGERS PARK.
14:12:44 I WOULD LIKE TO GET A COMMENDATION FROM CITY COUNCIL FROM
14:12:49 HIM AND HIS FAMILY AND GIVE TO THE HIM AT HIS SERVICES
14:12:52 THIS WEEKEND.
14:12:54 >>LUIS VIERA: SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
14:12:56 ALL IN FAVOR?
14:12:57 ANY OPPOSED?
14:12:57 OKAY.
14:12:58 MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, SECONDED BY -- ALL IN
14:13:04 FAVOR?
14:13:06 YES, SIR?
14:13:06 >>MARTIN SHELBY: SOMETHING OF EXTREME IMPORTANCE THAT I
14:13:09 WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.
14:13:10 YOU HAVE THE CALENDARS IN FRONT OF YOU.
14:13:12 ON FEBRUARY 6th, COUNCIL MADE A MOTION TO THE
14:13:19 ADMINISTRATION REQUEST, GAVE YOU SEVERAL OPTIONS, COUNCIL
14:13:22 CHOSE OPTION TWO FOR A TWO-HOUR PRESENTATION IN EACH OF
14:13:29 FOUR WORKSHOPS AT A TIME CERTAIN AT 10 A.M. ON MARCH,
14:13:35 APRIL, MAY AND JUNE.
14:13:37 WHAT THAT REQUIRES OF COUNCIL, PARTICULARLY FOR THE MARCH
14:13:41 AND APRIL WORKSHOP DATES, IS TO RESCHEDULE THOSE ITEMS,
14:13:46 EITHER AS A REPORT ONLY, RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT, OR AS
14:13:51 A STAFF REPORT, OR PERHAPS AT 1:30 IN THE AFTERNOON.
14:13:55 I'M NOT ASKING COUNCIL TO TAKE ACTION TODAY, BUT THIS IS
14:13:58 SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT'S
14:14:01 COUNCIL'S INTENTION THAT WHEREVER THEY ARE AT 10:00, THEY
14:14:04 WILL STOP WHAT THEY ARE DOING, OR COMPLETE, NECESSARILY,
14:14:09 AND THEN WORK TILL NOON TO ALLOW THE ADMINISTRATION THEIR
14:14:13 FULL TWO HOURS.
14:14:14 SO I AM ASKING COUNCIL FOR HOUSEKEEPING PURPOSES TO ADD
14:14:18 TO NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA -- I KNOW IT'S A ONE-WEEK MOTION.
14:14:21 I APOLOGIZE TO THE CLERK.
14:14:23 OR WE CAN JUST DO IT AS AN ADD-ON UNDER HOUSEKEEPING.
14:14:27 EITHER WAY, TO BE ABLE TO CLEAN UP THE PARTICULARLY THE
14:14:30 MARCH AND THE APRIL WORKSHOPS.
14:14:33 AND I ASK THAT TO BE DONE UNDER UNFINISHED BUSINESS AT
14:14:36 THE END OF NEXT WEEK'S MEETING.
14:14:39 >>LUIS VIERA: SO WHAT YOU ARE ESSENTIALLY ASKING US TO
14:14:40 DO, MR. SHELBY, IS INDIVIDUALS WHO REQUESTED WORKSHOPS ON
14:14:44 THESE TWO DATES TO LOOK AT THEM AND SEE WHAT CAN BE
14:14:47 CONVERTED TO --
14:14:49 >>MARTIN SHELBY: EITHER RECEIVE AND FILE, A REPORT ONLY,
14:14:53 OR A STAFF REPORT, OR ANYTHING AFTER, LET'S SAY, IN JULY,
14:14:57 AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, A WORKSHOP, REQUIRES A WORKSHOP.
14:15:00 >>LUIS VIERA: SO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT EVERYBODY.
14:15:02 AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN MOVE, LET'S MOVE IT.
14:15:04 >> AND OF COURSE YOU DO HAVE THE OPTION ON WORKSHOPS --
14:15:09 AND ALSO, YOU DO HAVE THE OPTION IF YOU WANT TO COME BACK
14:15:12 AT 1:30 TO MOVE THOSE TO THE 1:30 AND AFTER TIME.
14:15:16 BUT THAT'S A COUNCIL OPTION AS WELL.
14:15:18 >>LUIS VIERA: ANYTHING ELSE, COUNCIL MEMBERS?
14:15:20 OKAY.
14:15:21 AND THIS EVENING AT 6:00.
14:15:24 >>MARTIN SHELBY: I DIDN'T ASK FOR A MOTION TO BE MADE,
14:15:29 UNLESS -- DO YOU REQUIRE A MOTION TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION
14:15:34 TO DISCUSS IT NEXT WEEK?
14:15:36 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR A REMINDER.
14:15:40 DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THAT MOTION, NEXT WEEK SCHEDULING THE
14:15:44 WORKSHOPS?
14:15:46 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOVE TO SCHEDULE THE WORKSHOPS FOR --
14:15:50 >>LUIS VIERA: I'M SORRY.
14:15:51 DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION NEXT WEEK AT THE END OF OUR
14:15:54 ITEMS WE DISCUSS RESCHEDULING THE WORKSHOPS?
14:15:57 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MAKE A MOTION AT NEXT WEEK'S COUNCIL
14:16:00 MEETING WE DISCUSS AND REWORK THE DATES FOR THE CITY
14:16:04 ADMINISTRATION.
14:16:06 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
14:16:07 DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
14:16:08 SECONDED BY -- MADE BY COUNCILMAN GUDES, SECONDED BY
14:16:11 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
14:16:12 ALL IN FAVOR ARE? ANY OPPOSED?
14:16:13 OKAY.
14:16:16 WE RECEIVED AND FILED.
14:16:17 WE ARE ADJOURNED UNTIL 6:00.
14:16:19 (MEETING ADJOURNED)
14:16:24
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