TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
EMERGENCY MEETING
TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 2020
11:00 A.M.
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11:05:19 >>LUIS VIERA: GREETINGS EVERYONE.
11:05:36 THIS IS CHAIRMAN OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL LUIS VIERA FOR AN
11:05:42 EMERGENCY MEETING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF COVID-19.
11:05:45 BEFORE WE BEGIN, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A PAUSE FOR FIVE
11:05:53 SECONDS FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE BEFORE WE BEGIN.
11:05:56 AND WE WILL BEGIN NOW.
11:06:00 (MOMENT OF SILENCE)
11:06:02 OKAY.
11:06:02 AND NOW WHEREVER YOU ARE AT, WE WILL BEGIN WITH OUR
11:06:06 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE VIA TELEPHONE AND LET US BEGIN.
11:06:09 [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ]
11:06:17 OKAY.
11:06:34 LET'S GO AHEAD AND BEGIN.
11:06:35 BEFORE WE BEGIN, I WANT TO RESTATE THE PUBLIC NOTICE
11:06:38 PROVISIONS FOR THIS MEETING. PURSUANT TO RULE 3-F OF THE
11:06:43 TAMPA CITY COUNCIL RULES OF PROCEDURE AN EMERGENCY
11:06:46 MEETING IS CALLED.
11:06:46 THE PURPOSE OF THIS SPECIAL CALL IS ACTION TAKEN IN
11:06:49 RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 VIRUS EPIDEMIC. THIS MEETING IS
11:06:54 HELD IN ACCORDANCE WITH DECLARATIONS AND PROVISIONS OF
11:06:56 THE GOVERNOR AND EXECUTIVE ORDER 20-69.
11:07:01 IT SHALL BE CONDUCTED BY REMOTE PARTICIPATION OF
11:07:04 TELECONFERENCING.
11:07:05 WHAT IS REFERRED TO BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA RULES OF
11:07:08 COMMUNICATION, MEDIA TECHNOLOGY.
11:07:11 NO OFFICIAL ACTION WILL BE TAKEN.
11:07:12 I WANT TO REMIND ALL INDIVIDUALS TODAY TO PLEASE MUTE
11:07:17 YOUR LINE IF YOU ARE NOT SPEAKING.
11:07:19 I WANT TO BEGIN BY JUST GOING OVER BRIEFLY, I WANTED TO
11:07:23 FIRST THANK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR PUTTING THIS MEETING
11:07:26 TOGETHER TODAY AND I WANTED TO THANK CHIEF JOHN BENNETT
11:07:29 AND ALL OF THE STAFF WITH US TODAY.
11:07:32 WE HAVE MANY, MANY STAFF INDIVIDUALS HERE FROM CASTOR'S
11:07:37 ADMINISTRATION, WE HAVE MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE IN A
11:07:40 CRISIS AND ARE TAKING THEIR TIME OUT FOR US, A
11:07:44 ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME CRISIS, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK,
11:07:48 DEDICATION, SACRIFICE AND PUBLIC SERVICE.
11:07:50 WE REALLY APPRECIATE HAVING YOU ALL HERE.
11:07:53 SECOND FOR PROCEDURES TODAY, THAT PUTS TIME CONSTRAINTS
11:08:00 AND REQUIRES ORGANIZATION AND GROUND RULES.
11:08:03 FIRST, CHIEF BENNETT IS GOING TO DO A PRESENTATION WHICH
11:08:06 WILL LAST ABOUT 25 TO 30 MINUTES.
11:08:10 CLEARLY, THERE WILL BE NO QUESTIONS DURING THE
11:08:12 PRESENTATION, BUT AFTERWARDS, FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS.
11:08:16 OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
11:08:17 THE ADMINISTRATION IS GIVING US VALUABLE TIME TODAY.
11:08:21 LIKE WATER IN A DESERT, THEIR TIME IS VERY, VERY VALUABLE
11:08:25 AND WE ALL APPRECIATE THAT, AND WILL RESPECT THAT, UNLESS
11:08:28 IT'S DIRECTED OTHERWISE IN TERMS OF TIME.
11:08:31 AFTERWARDS, I WANT TO GIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOUR MINUTES
11:08:35 ROUGHLY EACH TO ASK QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS, AND I WILL
11:08:39 GO IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER STARTING WITH COUNCILMAN CARLSON
11:08:43 CITRO, DINGFELDER, GUDES, MANISCALCO, MIRANDA AND MYSELF.
11:08:47 WE WILL HOLD TO THAT AND I WOULD ASK IF ANY COUNCIL
11:08:50 MEMBER HAS THE FLOOR, NOBODY ELSE EXCLUDING MYSELF IN A
11:08:54 VERY RARE CIRCUMSTANCE OR MR. SHELBY WILL INTERVENE OR
11:08:57 INTERRUPT AND THAT COUNCIL MEMBER WILL HAVE THE FLOOR.
11:09:00 QUESTIONS WILL ONLY GO TO CHIEF BENNETT AND THEN HE WILL
11:09:05 FORWARD THEM.
11:09:06 THIS WOULD TAKE US TO THE ONE-HOUR MARK AND THEN WE CAN
11:09:09 END AND THEN WE CAN EXPLAIN OUR ADDITIONAL MEETING ON
11:09:13 THURSDAY.
11:09:17 AT THIS MEETING THERE WILL BE NO VOTE.
11:09:19 WE ARE LEGALLY NOT PERMITTED TO DO SO.
11:09:21 THE PURPOSE FOR THIS EMERGENCY MEETING IS FOR COUNCIL TO
11:09:23 RECEIVE AN UPDATE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION SO WE CAN TAKE
11:09:27 THIS INFORMATION BACK TO OUR CONSTITUENTS.
11:09:29 CHIEF BENNETT, BATTER UP AND GO FORTH, SIR.
11:09:36 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: POINT OF ORDER, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:09:38 DINGFELDER.
11:09:41 I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR US TO TAKE ROLL CALL.
11:09:46 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
11:09:48 THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:09:50 I APPRECIATE THAT.
11:09:51 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I THINK YOU CAN DO IT, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:09:58 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, AND I WILL.
11:09:59 COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:10:02 >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
11:10:05 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I'M HERE.
11:10:07 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
11:10:11 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HERE, THANK YOU.
11:10:12 >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:10:17 >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE.
11:10:21 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
11:10:24 >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN VIERA IS HERE.
11:10:26 CHIEF BENNETT, GO FORTH, SIR.
11:10:28 >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN, COUNCIL, PUBLIC.
11:10:32 WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE CITIZENS
11:10:35 THROUGH CITY COUNCIL --
11:10:43 [NO AUDIO]
11:10:59 -- THAT WE ARE FACING THE COVID CHALLENGE IN THE CITY OF
11:11:11 TAMPA.
11:11:12 IT STARTED WITH A POSITIVE CASE, AND NOW YOU CAN SEE IT'S
11:11:16 GROWN THROUGHOUT THE STATE, AND OF COURSE THE NATION.
11:11:19 OUR FRONT LINES AS THE CHAIRMAN MENTIONED HAVE BEEN
11:11:22 EXTREMELY BUSY DOUBLING DOWN ON THEIR WORK, THEIR
11:11:25 CALENDARS, AND THEIR OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE THE PUBLIC.
11:11:29 THAT SAID, SHORTLY AFTER OUR FIRST POSITIVE CASE, THE
11:11:33 CITY OF TAMPA UNDER MAYOR CASTOR'S DIRECTION HAD PUT OUT
11:11:36 A COVID PLAN FOR OUR PERSONNEL, OUR FACILITIES, AND OUR
11:11:40 LEVELS OF SERVICE TO ADAPT TO THE CHALLENGES FACED BY THE
11:11:44 EMERGENCY.
11:11:45 THE MAYOR ALSO ADOPTED A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT STARTED WITH
11:11:50 SANITIZING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE IN YOUR WORK SPACE AND IN
11:11:54 YOUR ENVIRONMENT TO CREATE THAT WORKPLACE AND PHYSICAL
11:11:58 DISTANCING OF 24 HOURS 7 DAYS A WEEK IN OUR COMMUNITY, TO
11:12:03 MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WAS MONITORING THEIR WELLNESS AND
11:12:05 GETTING TESTED APPROPRIATELY TO HELP QUARANTINE AND STOP
11:12:10 THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 AND LASTLY A STRONG MESSAGE ABOUT
11:12:14 STAYING CALM AND BEING NICE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AS
11:12:17 WE TRY AND SUPPORT OUR FELLOW CITIZENS.
11:12:20 BEFORE WE GO TO THE STAFF I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO
11:12:23 OUR INCIDENT COMMANDER OF THIS OPERATION, WHICH IS CHIEF
11:12:27 FIRE CHIEF NICK LOCICERO WHO SERVES AS OUR MANAGER FOR
11:12:33 THE CITY.
11:12:35 CHIEF LOCICERO.
11:12:36 >> GOOD MORNING, CHIEF OF STAFF, COUNCIL CHAIR, COUNCIL
11:12:41 AND CITIZENS.
11:12:42 IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO HAVE THE TIME TO SPEAK
11:12:46 TO YOU TODAY.
11:12:47 I WOULD LIKE TO CONTEXTUALLY PROVIDE YOU SOME INFORMATION
11:12:51 FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
11:12:55 MANAGE MANAGEMENT PROVIDERS A COORDINATED MANAGEMENT
11:12:59 PLATFORM FOR PLANNING, RESPONSE AND MITIGATION OF EVENTS
11:13:03 OF CONSEQUENCE.
11:13:05 WE CERTAINLY ARE DEALING WITH THAT TODAY.
11:13:07 FURTHERMORE, IT BRINGS TOGETHER INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM,
11:13:11 ICS, AND AS THE INCIDENT CHANGES, SO DO THE ELEMENTS OF
11:13:17 RESPONSE REQUIRING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.
11:13:20 THESE ELEMENTS OF SUPPORT MANIFEST THEMSELVES AS
11:13:24 EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUNCTIONS, OR ESFs.
11:13:29 IN OUR CURRENTS SITUATION, THESE ESFs REPRESENT VERY
11:13:33 IMPORTANT ELEMENTS THAT OFTEN ARE NOT SEEN FROM THE
11:13:38 FOREFRONT.
11:13:39 ELEMENTS SUCH AS REVENUE, FINANCE, HUMAN RESOURCES, AND
11:13:45 PURCHASING ARE VERY, VERY INTRICATE TO THE OVERALL
11:13:49 SUCCESS OF THE MISSION THAT WE PROVIDE.
11:13:52 FURTHERMORE, AND TO ELABORATE ON WHAT THE CHIEF OF STAFF
11:13:56 STARTED, IT BEGAN WITH INCREASED INFORMATION AND CONCERN
11:14:01 WITH RESPECT TO INFORMATION RELATING TO COVID-19.
11:14:04 ON 3-12, THE MAYOR SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER DECLARING A
11:14:08 LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY.
11:14:11 ALSO ON THAT DAY, DAILY CALLS WERE INITIATED WITH
11:14:15 ADMINISTRATIVE AND DIRECTORS IN RESPONSE TO RAMP UP FOR
11:14:19 THE VIRUS RESPONSE.
11:14:22 ON 3-17, THE CITIZEN INFORMATION CENTER CALL LINES WERE
11:14:25 ACTIVATED AT 4 P.M., AND WE TRANSITIONED THE VERY NEXT
11:14:29 DAY TO AN 8 A.M. TO 8 P.M. SHIFT.
11:14:34 ON 3-19, THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER ACTIVATED LEVEL
11:14:38 2, AND CURRENTLY TODAY, CASES OF REPORTED BY THE STATE
11:14:43 THIS MORNING LEVEL AT 5,704 WITH 265 CASES IN THE COUNTY.
11:14:56 PRIMARILY, THE CITY OF TAMPA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT GOALS
11:15:00 ARE THESE.
11:15:03 ASCRIBE TO A LINE WITH RESPONSE TO COVID-19, WE STRIVE TO
11:15:07 ENSURE RESPONSE RESOURCES ARE MET WHILE ACHIEVING AND
11:15:12 COMMUNICATING WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER
11:15:14 STAKEHOLDERS.
11:15:16 WE PROACTIVELY ENGAGED IN UNIFIED RELATIONSHIP WITH
11:15:19 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND OTHER FIRST
11:15:22 RESPONDERS THROUGH INTEGRATED EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
11:15:25 APPROACH, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD WE DO ON A REGULAR
11:15:29 BASIS SPEAK WITH THE COUNTY AND CHIEF JONES AT THE COUNTY
11:15:34 EMERGENCY MANAGER ON MANY TIMES DURING THE WEEK SO THAT
11:15:37 COMMUNICATION LINE IS OPEN, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY
11:15:40 SUMMARY.
11:15:40 >> THANK YOU, CHIEF LOCICERO.
11:15:47 NOW I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO GINA GRIMES, CITY
11:15:49 ATTORNEY, TO GIVE COUNCIL A BRIEF ON THE TIMELINE OF OUR
11:15:53 LEGAL ORDERS AND POLICY UPDATES.
11:15:55 MS. GRIMES.
11:15:58 >>GINA GRIMES: GOOD MORNING.
11:15:58 CITY ATTORNEY.
11:15:59 I WANTED TO BEGIN BY PROVIDING A FRAMEWORK OF THE LAW
11:16:03 REGARDING EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND IT STARTS WITH THE
11:16:06 STATE LAW CHAPTER 252 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND NOT JUST
11:16:13 GOVERNOR BUT ALSO TO CITY AND COUNTY AUTHORITY UNDER THE
11:16:17 STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT LAW.
11:16:19 THE STATE LAW NOT ONLY AUTHORIZES THE CITY TO CREATE
11:16:23 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANS BUT IT ALSO ENCOURAGES US TO
11:16:25 DO SO.
11:16:27 SO MY OFFICE, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, DEVELOPS A
11:16:31 COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF NOT JUST THE STATE LAW BUT
11:16:34 ALSO THE COUNTY CODE REGARDING IMAGINE MANAGEMENT AND
11:16:39 THAT INCLUDES THE POWERS OF THE COUNTY EMERGENCY POLICY
11:16:42 GROUP OR THE EPG.
11:16:44 WE HAVE EVALUATED THE COUNTY MACHINING MANAGEMENT PLAN
11:16:48 REGARDING EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THE CITY'S EMERGENCY
11:16:52 MANAGEMENT PLAN AND WE DID ALL OF THAT -- THE COUNTY
11:17:13 ISSUED THE FIRST ORDER DECLARING A LOCAL STATE OF
11:17:15 EMERGENCY.
11:17:15 THE CITY FOLLOWED SUIT THAT SAME DAY WITH MAYOR CASTOR
11:17:19 EXECUTING -- USUAL UGH AN EXECUTIVE ORDER DECLARING A
11:17:24 LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY PURSUANT TO CITY CODE.
11:17:30 REQUIRED TO RENEW THAT STATE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY ORDER
11:17:35 EVERY SEVEN DAYS.
11:17:36 THE EXECUTIVE ORDER ONCE INVOKED ALLOWS HER TO EXERCISE
11:17:40 CERTAIN LIMITED EMERGENCY POWER.
11:17:42 THEY ARE NOT POWERS THAT ARE PARTICULARLY DICTATED BY
11:17:46 CODE BUT INSTEAD OUTLINED BY STATE STATUTE AND I WILL
11:17:50 REFER TO SOME OF THOSE POWERS OF CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT
11:17:52 POWERS.
11:17:54 THEY WAIVE THE PROCEDURAL -- THE VARIOUS PROCEDURES
11:18:00 REQUIRED BY LAW OR ORDINANCE AND ALLOW THE MAYOR WITHOUT
11:18:04 COUNCIL APPROVAL TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS, PERFORM PUBLIC
11:18:07 WORKS, INCUR CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS, ET CETERA, ALLOWING THE
11:18:10 GOVERNMENT TO CONTINUE ON, WHICH WE HAVE IN FACT INVOKED.
11:18:20 ONE OF THEM IS ANTI-PRICE GOUGING.
11:18:23 ANOTHER IS CLOSING THE CITY OF TAMPA BEACHES, REST
11:18:26 FACILITIES AND PARKS.
11:18:29 SO FOLLOWING THE FEW DAYS AFTER THE SEPARATION OF THE
11:18:32 STATE OF EMERGENCY, OUR OFFICE VERY QUICKLY EVALUATED
11:18:35 NUMEROUS EXECUTIVE ORDERS FROM CITY AND STATES ACROSS THE
11:18:38 COUNTRY, AND CITIES IN FLORIDA, AND WE DID THIS TO GAIN A
11:18:42 BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE MEASURES THAT WERE IMPOSED BY
11:18:45 OTHER JURISDICTIONS THAT EXPERIENCED THE COVID VIRUS
11:18:49 BEFORE US AND TO LEARN WHAT WAS REASONABLE AND EFFECTIVE.
11:18:53 FROM MARCH 12th TO TODAY, WHICH IS ONLY 18 DAYS, WE
11:18:56 HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN A VERY FAST PACED PROCESS OF
11:18:59 REVIEWING AND DRAFTING VARIOUS EXECUTIVE ORDERS.
11:19:03 IN FACT THE COUNT NOW IS UP TO 27 EXECUTIVE ORDERS ISSUED
11:19:06 IN THE LAST 18 DAYS.
11:19:07 THE GOVERNOR HAS ISSUED 13.
11:19:09 THE COUNTY EMERGENCY POLICY GROUP HAS ISSUED THREE.
11:19:13 THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR HAS ISSUED SIX AND THE CITY HAS
11:19:16 ISSUED FIVE.
11:19:17 EACH TIME, ANY ONE OF US, THE GOVERNOR, ECG, COUNTY
11:19:23 ADMINISTRATOR OR THE MAYOR ISSUE AN EXECUTIVE ORDER IT
11:19:25 TRIGGERS THE IMMEDIATE NEED FOR INTERPRETATION TO ADDRESS
11:19:28 THE QUESTIONS FROM THE CITY STAFF, FROM CITY RESIDENTS
11:19:31 AND FROM BUSINESSES.
11:19:33 AND EACH STEP OF THE WAY WHENEVER WE DID SO, WE
11:19:36 COORDINATED WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO ENSURE
11:19:38 THAT OUR INTERPRETATIONS OF THE DIFFERENT EXECUTIVE
11:19:41 ORDERS WERE CONSISTENT.
11:19:43 WE ALSO BEGAN DRAFTING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
11:19:49 WHAT WE CALL GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS, WE RECEIVED MANY, MANY
11:19:53 QUESTIONS AT A FAST PACE FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND
11:19:55 BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY WANTING TO KNOW WHAT THE
11:19:58 VARIOUS EXECUTIVE ORDERS MEANT AND HOW IT IMPACTED THEM.
11:20:03 IN ADDITION TO DRAFTING GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS, WE DRAFTED
11:20:05 LEGAL BULLETINS FOR TPD.
11:20:08 THEY OF COURSE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENFORCING THE VARIOUS
11:20:11 EXECUTIVE ORDERS, SO THEY NEEDED TO HAVE PRECISE
11:20:15 INTERPRETATIONS OF THESE VARIOUS EXECUTIVE ORDERS SO THAT
11:20:18 THE OFFICERS WOULD BE PREPARED EACH NIGHT TO IMPLEMENT
11:20:21 AND ENFORCE.
11:20:22 WE ALSO FINALLY DRAFTED FREQUENTLY-ASKED QUESTIONS FOR
11:20:26 OUR CALL CENTER AND FOR CITY DEPARTMENTS.
11:20:29 WE SHARED THOSE WITH THE COUNTY TOWARDS THE END OF THE
11:20:31 PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ALL CONSISTENT WITH
11:20:35 RESPONSES THAT WE WERE GIVING.
11:20:50
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11:21:08 I NEED TO REVIEW EACH OF THE 27 ORDERS CURRENTLY IN
11:21:11 PLACE.
11:21:11 AS NOW, THEY RANGED FROM INITIAL RESTRICTIONS ON
11:21:15 RESTAURANTS AND BARS TO EVENTUAL CLOSURE OF RESTAURANTS
11:21:18 AND BARS, AND OTHER BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS.
11:21:25 IT CULMINATED AS YOU KNOW LAST WEEK IN A STAY SAFER AT
11:21:30 HOME ISSUE THAT WAS ORDERED AND BECAME EFFECTIVE LAST
11:21:33 FRIDAY NIGHT.
11:21:34 DURING THIS TIME, OUR ATTORNEYS ALSO PERFORMED OTHER
11:21:37 IN-HOUSE DUTIES RELATING TO THE EMERGENCY SITUATIONS SUCH
11:21:41 AS CONTRACT SERVICES FOR SANITATION, AGREEMENTS WITH
11:21:46 VARIOUS ENTITIES FOR TESTING SITES FOR THE COVID VIRUS
11:21:50 AND ALSO AGREEMENTS RELATED TO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE HOMELESS
11:21:54 SHELTER PROGRAM.
11:21:55 SO IN CONCLUSION, I BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED MOST
11:21:59 OF THIS INFORMATION VIA THE PROCESS THAT WE ESTABLISHED
11:22:03 AT THE OUTSET WITH MR. SHELBY.
11:22:05 HE WAS OUR POINT OF CONTACT, DISSEMINATED ALL INFORMATION
11:22:10 TO COUNCIL.
11:22:11 BUT I WILL BE AVAILABLE OBVIOUSLY AT THE END OF THIS CALL
11:22:15 FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
11:22:17 THANK YOU.
11:22:17 >> THANK YOU, GINA. I APPRECIATE THAT.
11:22:24 NOW I AM GOING TO BRING BACK THE PUBLIC SAFETY LEADERS OF
11:22:26 THE FIRST CHIEF BRIAN DUGAN FROM TPD TO TALK ABOUT OR
11:22:29 BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT THE CHALLENGES HE'S FACING UNDER
11:22:33 COVID-19 RESPONSE.
11:22:35 CHIEF DUGAN.
11:22:37 >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
11:22:39 SO AS OF A TOTAL AS OF MARCH 13, WE HAD 68 OFFICERS OR
11:22:49 EMPLOYEES TOTALLY, 68 HAVE BEEN MONITORED, 41 OF THEM
11:22:54 HAVE BEEN CLEARED BACK TO WORK.
11:22:55 WE CURRENTLY HAVE 27 UNDER MONITORING AND 21 OF THEM ARE
11:23:01 QUARANTINED.
11:23:02 FIVE OF THOSE 21, THERE WERE THREE OFFICERS, PERFORMED
11:23:08 CPR ON A 71-YEAR-OLD FEMALE WHO DIED OF COVID-19 AND TWO
11:23:13 OTHER OFFICERS ALSO PERFORMED CPR ON A 91 YEAR OLD
11:23:16 FEMALE, NO KNOWN CAUSE OF DEATH AT THIS POINT.
11:23:21 ALL FIVE OF THEM ARE ON QUARANTINE BECAUSE OF THOSE
11:23:24 ACTIONS.
11:23:24 WE HAVE ONE OFFICER TEST POSITIVE.
11:23:27 OVERALL, OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE DOWN.
11:23:31 EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE GOING AS GOOD AS IT CAN GO UNDER
11:23:34 THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
11:23:35 THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
11:23:35 >>JOHN BENNETT: THANK YOU CHIEF DUGAN.
11:23:39 I AM GOING TO TURN IT BACK TO CHIEF NICK LOCICERO TO TALK
11:23:45 ABOUT COVID-19 CHALLENGES.
11:23:48 >> THANK YOU, SIR.
11:23:49 ONCE AGAIN, WHEN THE INFORMATION STARTED TO INCREASE,
11:23:52 WITH REGARD TO COVID-19, SOME OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS
11:23:55 WERE ENACTED BY TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
11:23:58 WE IMMEDIATELY CONDUCTED COMMUNICATIONS AND PLANNING
11:24:02 DISCUSSION WAS ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, CONTINUED CORE
11:24:04 SERVICES AND ENSURED THAT THE DEPARTMENT NEEDS FOR THE
11:24:07 COMMUNITY ARE MET.
11:24:09 WE INITIATED 911 COMMUNICATIONS PRESCREENING QUESTIONS TO
11:24:15 FURTHER ENHANCE DETECTION OF PATIENTS WITH SYMPTOMS, WE
11:24:20 CEASED ALL PUBLIC EVENTS FOR EXPOSURES, WE INITIATED AN
11:24:25 ENHANCED TO CALL PROCESS FOR PERSONS AS WELL AS
11:24:28 INDIVIDUALS RETURNING FROM TRAVEL BOTH DOMESTIC AND
11:24:31 ABROAD.
11:24:32 WE PROVIDED ENHANCED DIRECTION FOR PERSONAL PROTECTIVE
11:24:36 MEASURES, SOCIAL DISTANCING, AND DIRECTIONS FOR FACILITY
11:24:40 AND IMPLEMENT DECONTAMINATION (BEE MONITOR RESOURCE
11:24:50 REQUESTS FOR TPD, FIRE RESCUE NEEDS AND CONTINUE TO
11:24:53 SUPPORT CONTROL PROCEDURES FOR FIRST RESPONDERS.
11:24:56 THAT CONCLUDE MY SUMMARY.
11:24:57 >>JOHN BENNETT: THANK YOU, CHIEF LOCICERO.
11:25:03 NOW I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO ADMINISTRATOR WYNN OVER
11:25:07 OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ABOUT HOW WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO SERVE
11:25:10 OUR COMMUNITY IN THE RESPONSE.
11:25:12 >>OCEA WYNN: GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE AGAIN.
11:25:16 WHAT WE HAVE DONE ON MARCH 18th, WE OPENED OUR CALL
11:25:20 CENTER.
11:25:21 OVER THE PAST 12 DAYS, WE HAD AN AVERAGE OF 105 CALLS PER
11:25:26 DAY.
11:25:27 WE ARE LOOKING AT THE TREND AND PATTERNS TO DETERMINE HOW
11:25:32 WE NEED TO RESOURCE THE CALL CENTER ACCORDINGLY.
11:25:36 WHAT WE HAVE NOTICED IS THAT AFTER THE SAFER AT HOME
11:25:40 ORDER THAT WENT INTO EFFECT OVER THE WEEKEND THAT WE HAD
11:25:45 A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN CALLS.
11:25:47 AND WE WOULD LIKE TO A TRIBUTE THAT TO THE INFORMATION
11:25:50 THAT WE ARE PUSHING OUT TO THE PUBLIC, NOT ONLY ARE WE
11:25:54 UTILIZING OUR WEBSITE WITH INFORMATION REGARDING
11:26:01 COVID-19, BUT ALSO WE HAVE REACHED OUT DIRECTLY TO
11:26:06 COMMUNITY LEADERS.
11:26:07 WE WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THE INFORMATION
11:26:10 TRANSLATED NOT ONLY INTO SPANISH BUT ALSO INTO FRENCH,
11:26:16 AND WE REACHED OUT TO THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY AND THE
11:26:20 FRENCH SPEAKING COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD THE
11:26:23 INFORMATION.
11:26:27 AS WAS ALREADY MENTIONED, PARKS AND RECREATION CENTERS
11:26:30 ARE CLOSED.
11:26:33 WE ESTABLISHED A PROGRAM THROUGH OUR STAFF WHERE WE CALL
11:26:40 SENIORS TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE SAFE, MAKING SURE THAT
11:26:44 THEY HAVE RESOURCES, AND WE CAN DIRECT THEM TO SOME OF
11:26:48 THE COUNTY RESOURCES IF AND WHEN NEEDED.
11:26:57 AT THIS TIME, THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR OUR UPDATE.
11:27:01 >>JOHN BENNETT: THANK YOU, OCEA.
11:27:05 NEXT IS OUR ADMINISTRATOR OVER DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC
11:27:08 OPPORTUNITY, CAROL POST.
11:27:11 CAROL.
11:27:11 >> GOOD MORNING, HAVE BEEN.
11:27:13 THANK YOU, COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
11:27:15 I HAVE THREE BRIEF UPDATES TO PROVIDE, ONE AROUND OUR
11:27:19 DEVELOPING CONSTRUCTION SERVICES ACTIVITIES, ONE BRIEFLY
11:27:21 AROUND OUR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES,
11:27:24 AND THEN A QUICK UPDATE ON SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THE
11:27:27 CITY HAS UNDERTAKEN AROUND ECONOMIC RECOVERY EFFORTS.
11:27:31 STARTING WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES,
11:27:33 AS MANY FOLKS KNOW, THE SAFER AT HOME ORDER THAT WAS
11:27:37 ISSUED ON FRIDAY NIGHT, INFRASTRUCTURE AND CONSTRUCTION
11:27:42 ARE SERVICE SERVICES.
11:27:44 SO THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO FUNCTION.
11:27:47 EVEN BEFORE THAT WAS DETERMINED THAT WE HAD ALREADY
11:27:49 CONVERTED OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, PUBLIC CENTER, TO A
11:27:53 VIRTUAL SERVICE THE PRIOR WEEK SO THAT WE COULD CONTINUE
11:27:56 TO MAINTAIN SERVICES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.
11:28:04 AT THIS POINT WE ARE ABLE TO CONDUCT PROCESSING PLAN
11:28:07 REVIEW, PERMITTING AND MOST INSPECTIONS DIGITALLY WITH
11:28:10 ALL CUSTOMER SERVICE BEING DONE VIA TELEWORK, BY PHONE,
11:28:14 E-MAIL OR OTHER DIGITAL METHODS.
11:28:16 WE ARE ALSO MANAGING REQUESTS FOR VARIANCES, RITES AND
11:28:22 OTHER STANDARD ACTIVITY IN THE CONSTRUCTION REALM THROUGH
11:28:25 DIRECT CUSTOMER SERVICE PROVIDED VIRTUALLY.
11:28:29 IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT FOR INSPECTIONS THAT ARE DONE
11:28:33 FOR OCCUPIED PREMISES, WE DISCONTINUED THOSE OR CONVERTED
11:28:37 THOSE TO VIRTUAL MORE THAN A WEEK AGO.
11:28:40 AGAIN, TO LIMIT ANY SORT OF HUMAN INTERACTION.
11:28:46 AT THIS POINT, MOST OF OUR SITE INSPECTIONS WILL BE
11:28:49 CONVERTED TO VIRTUAL STARTING TOMORROW MORNING.
11:28:52 WE HAVE A NUMBER OF METHODS IN PLACE TO ACCOMMODATE ALL
11:28:56 DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY AT ANY SCALE OR
11:29:00 SCOPE, AND FOR THOSE THAT FALL OUTSIDE OF FOLKS THAT
11:29:03 WOULD BE CHALLENGED TO HAVE A DIGITAL INTERACTION, WE
11:29:06 WILL HANDLE THOSE ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS.
11:29:09 ONE LAST THING ON DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS THAT WE ARE
11:29:12 ALSO IMPLEMENTING STARTING NEXT WEEK AN ADDITIONAL LAYER
11:29:17 OF PROTECTION FOR OUR LARGE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT
11:29:21 HAVE A HIGHER NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES OR WORKERS ON THOSE
11:29:25 SITES, INCLUDING PROTECTIVE MEASURES SUCH AS SPOT CHECK
11:29:29 INSPECTIONS BY OUR OCCUPATIONAL PROVIDER TEAM THAT'S BEEN
11:29:33 ENGAGED.
11:29:34 THAT IS A QUICK UPDATE ON DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION
11:29:36 SERVICES.
11:29:37 OH IT HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FRONT, LIKE OUR
11:29:41 OTHER SERVICE CENTER, OUR LEMON STREET CENTER WHICH
11:29:43 PROVIDES A NUMBER OF GREAT RANGE OF SERVICES TO THE
11:29:46 PUBLIC HAS BEEN OPERATING VIRTUALLY FOR MORE THAN A WEEK,
11:29:50 RELATIVELY SEAMLESSLY AND ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE
11:29:53 AVAILABLE VIA TELEWORK.
11:29:55 ONE OF THE BEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM THAT GROUP HAS BEEN
11:29:58 THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HILLSBOROUGH HEALTH EMERGENCY
11:30:02 SHELTER THAT CAME ONLINE MONDAY.
11:30:04 IT'S A SAFE AND SECURE PLACE FOR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS TO
11:30:08 RECEIVE SHELTER, FOOD, MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND OTHER BASIC
11:30:11 NEEDS.
11:30:12 THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GREAT COVERAGE ABOUT IT.
11:30:15 I WON'T GO INTO DETAIL BUT HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF
11:30:17 THERE ARE ANY.
11:30:18 AND LASTLY, ON OUR ECONOMIC RECOVERY EFFORT, ON MARCH
11:30:23 16th, JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WE CONVENED TWO
11:30:27 COLLABORATION GROUPS WHICH HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER
11:30:30 SINCE THEN COMMUNICATING ACROSS MANY DIFFERENT SUPPORT
11:30:33 INITIATIVES.
11:30:34 ONE OF THOSE TEAMS IS --
11:30:38 [NO AUDIO]
11:30:57 -- AND WHAT SUPPORT SERVICES MEET THEIR NEEDS, ON
11:31:11 ECONOMIC SUPPORT TEAM LIKEWISE, WE HAVE TRIED TO PRESENT
11:31:14 A CLEARINGHOUSE OF INFORMATION TO READ THROUGH.
11:31:17 THE GOOD NEWS, THAT THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT SUPPORT
11:31:19 SERVICES AVAILABLE TO BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE
11:31:22 BEEN DISPLACED FROM WORK, BUT IT'S SOMETIMES CHALLENGING
11:31:26 TO FIND THEM SO WE ARE CREATING A METHOD AND WE HOPE A
11:31:31 PLATFORM TO CONNECT BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS TO THE
11:31:36 SERVICES THAT MOST FIT THEIR NEEDS.
11:31:40 RECOGNIZE THERE'S NO ONE SIZE THAT FITS ALL BUT IF WE CAN
11:31:44 CREATE A CONDUIT TO FIND SERVICES THAT SUPPORT THEM,
11:31:48 THAT'S HELPFUL AND THEN ANY GAPS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE
11:31:50 TO IDENTIFY.
11:31:52 SO I WILL CONCLUDE WITH THAT AND HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS
11:31:54 WHEN WE WRAP UP.
11:31:55 >>JOHN BENNETT: THANK YOU, MS. POST.
11:31:59 I APPRECIATE THAT BRIEFING.
11:32:01 CHAIRMAN, WE ARE PROBABLY ABOUT TEN MINUTES AWAY FROM
11:32:03 FINISHING OUR BRIEF OR LESS.
11:32:05 AND THEN WE WILL MAKE SURE -- WE HEAR YOUR QUESTIONS.
11:32:10 NEXT UP IS JEAN DUNCAN, OUR ADMINISTRATOR OVER
11:32:15 INFRASTRUCTURE AND MOBILITY.
11:32:16 >>JEAN DUNCAN: GOOD MORNING CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND
11:32:20 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
11:32:21 THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS UNDER THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND
11:32:24 MOBILITY UMBRELLA ARE CONTINUING TO PROVIDE THE ESSENTIAL
11:32:27 SERVICES TO OUR CITIZENS ONE PROJECT IS WORKING WITH THE
11:32:34 TAMPA FIRE AND TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT TO SUPPORT THE
11:32:38 RAYMOND JAMES TESTING SITE.
11:32:40 CURRENTLY, APPOINTMENTS ARE BEING TAKEN TODAY FOR TESTING
11:32:43 TO START TOMORROW AND EXTEND THROUGH FRIDAY.
11:32:47 WE WILL CONTINUE THIS OPERATION AS TESTING KITS BECOME
11:32:51 AVAILABLE, AND EBB AND FLOW DEPENDING ON MOBILITY IF WE
11:32:56 CAN GET AS MANY TESTS COMPLETED AS POSSIBLE.
11:32:59 WE HAVE HAD GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR AREA HEALTH CARE
11:33:03 COMPANIES AS WELL AS THE COUNTY TO MAKE THIS A SUCCESS SO
11:33:09 FAR.
11:33:09 AS MENTIONED ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE CONTINUING TO
11:33:12 WORK UNDER THE NEW CONDITIONS.
11:33:15 WE HAVE BECOME CREATIVE WITH WORK SCHEDULES,
11:33:19 TELECOMMUNICATING AND ALSO TAKING PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR
11:33:23 OUR EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE TO BE ON THE JOB TO MAKE SURE
11:33:28 THEY ARE SAFE.
11:33:29 SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE DISINFECTED 215 OF OUR CITY
11:33:33 BUILDINGS.
11:33:35 WE HAVE DISINFECTED ALL OF OUR FIRE AND RESCUE UNITS.
11:33:41 526 CITY VEHICLES.
11:33:42 AND WE CONTINUE TO FREQUENTLY DISINFECT HIGH TRAFFIC
11:33:47 BUILDINGS SUCH AS THE CITY HALL, OLD CITY HALL AND
11:33:51 11th OFFICES TO MAKE SURE OUR WORKERS ARE SAFE AS
11:33:55 THEY COME INTO WORK.
11:33:57 WE HAVE ALL OF OUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS CONTINUING TO
11:33:59 MOVE FORWARD, AND KEEPING THINGS ON BUDGET AND ON
11:34:04 SCHEDULE TO THE BEST EXTENT POSSIBLE.
11:34:07 WE ARE TAKING CARE OF OUR CRITICAL WORKERS THAT OFTEN ARE
11:34:11 WORKING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY, FOR EXAMPLE, WE ARE EXPECTING
11:34:14 ABOUT 5,000 MASKS TO BE DELIVERED AS NEEDED FOR OUR PLANT
11:34:18 STAFF THAT WORK IN SOME CLOSE PROXIMITY.
11:34:22 WE DO HAVE SOME SCREENING UNDERWAY FOR PLANT STAFF TO
11:34:25 ENSURE THAT THEY ARE SAFE UNDER THE WORKING CONDITIONS.
11:34:29 AND WE ARE ALSO CONTINUING THE IMPORTANT MACKAY BAY WASTE
11:34:36 ENERGY PLANT TRANSITION TO MAKE SURE THAT STAYS ON
11:34:41 SCHEDULE AND WE KEEP THAT PROJECT MOVING FORWARD.
11:34:44 THAT CONCLUDES THE REPORT.
11:34:47 THANK YOU.
11:34:47 >>JOHN BENNETT: THANK YOU, MS. DUNCAN.
11:34:51 COUNCIL, OUR NEXT REPORT COMES FROM OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL
11:34:54 OFFICER MR. DENNIS ROGERO.
11:34:59 >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
11:35:02 SIMILAR TO THE EMERGENCY ACTIONS YOU HEARD ABOUT THE
11:35:05 MAYOR HAS BEEN AHEAD ON THE CURVE ON THE COVID-19
11:35:09 FINANCIAL PLANNING.
11:35:09 WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING THE FINANCIAL RISK FACTORS AND
11:35:11 POTENTIAL REMEDIES EARLY ON.
11:35:13 YOU WILL RECALL FROM LAST YEAR'S BUDGET PROCESS THAT
11:35:16 CONSERVATIVE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN AT THE HEART
11:35:19 OF OUR DECISION MAKING.
11:35:21 FOR EXAMPLE, OUR EMPHASIS ON RESERVES AND MAINTAINING A
11:35:24 FUND BALANCE GREATER THAN WHAT OUR POLICY REQUIRES.
11:35:28 THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T ANTICIPATE CHALLENGES FOR THE
11:35:31 REMAINDER OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
11:35:34 FEW IF ANY LOCALITIES ARE GOING TO BE IMMUNE TO THE
11:35:37 ROLLER COASTER STOCK MARKET ANTICIPATING REDUCED CONSUMER
11:35:41 PURCHASING, AND REMEMBER THOSE ARE SALES TAX REVENUES
11:35:43 THAT WE WON'T GET, AND ACROSS THE BOARD EVENT
11:35:47 CANCELLATIONS.
11:35:48 REMEMBER AGAIN THESE EVENTS ARE PURSUING FURTHER IMPACTS,
11:35:54 IMPACTS THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO EXPERIENCE.
11:35:55 AS WE DISCUSS SOLUTIONS TO THESE ISSUES AND DEPENDING ON
11:35:58 HOW BAD THESE ISSUES GET, AND THE EXTENT OF CURRENT AND
11:36:02 FUTURE ASSISTANCE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, NOTHING IS
11:36:05 OFF THE TABLE.
11:36:06 THANK YOU.
11:36:06 >>JOHN BENNETT: THANK YOU.
11:36:17 OUR LAST BRIEF COMES FROM THE DIRECTOR OF MARKETING
11:36:19 COMMUNICATIONS.
11:36:20 BEFORE MY WRAP UP.
11:36:21 ASHLEY BOWMAN.
11:36:23 >> GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
11:36:26 I WANT TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF RECAP OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN
11:36:28 DOING TO COMMUNICATE TO CITY OF TAMPA RESIDENT IN THE
11:36:31 REGION, GIVEN WE ARE SITTING IN THE LARGEST MEDIA MARKET
11:36:34 IN THE STATE.
11:36:35 SINCE FEBRUARY 27, WITH HE THE COVERAGE OF COVID-19 WE
11:36:42 HAD OVER 2300 EARNED MEDIA HITS WITH A REACH OF 736.2
11:36:47 MILLION REGIONAL RESIDENTS IN THE MEDIA MARKET WITH A
11:36:50 TOTAL PUBLIC VALUE OF $2.8 MILLION.
11:36:53 THESE PLATFORMS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TV, PRINT
11:36:56 AND RADIO.
11:36:57 MARKETING, COMMUNICATIONS HAVE BEEN IN CONSTANT
11:37:00 COMMUNICATION WITH OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS TO ENSURE NOT
11:37:02 ONLY STREAMLINED COMMUNICATION WITH RESIDENTS BUT ALSO
11:37:04 THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION AS WE BRIEF INCOMING
11:37:08 QUESTIONS ON ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS.
11:37:11 THESE PLATFORMS INCLUDE OUR WEBSITE, OUR FACEBOOK THAT
11:37:14 HAS 74,000 FOLLOWERS, OUR TWITTER WITH 189,000 FOLLOWERS,
11:37:19 INSTAGRAM WITH 51,000, NEXT DOOR WITH 72,000 RESIDENTS
11:37:23 AND OUR TIP-TOP WHICH IS A NEW PLATFORM WE ARE TESTING
11:37:28 OUT BUT IT IS REACHING OUR YOUTH AND THAT IS ONE OF OUR
11:37:31 BEST DEMOGRAPHICS TO COMMUNICATE.
11:37:33 OUR WEBSITE USE HAS BEEN UP EXPONENTIALLY WITH OUR
11:37:39 TAMPAGOV.NET/COVID-19, AND OUR SECOND MOST HIT IS OUR
11:37:46 SAFER AT HOME AT 141,000.
11:37:49 MOVING FORWARD, I WILL SAY THAT OUR PLATFORM WHICH IS OUR
11:37:55 TEXT PLATFORMS HAVE BEEN ON AN UPTICK.
11:37:58 TAMPA READY AT 81,355, TAMPA LINKS AT JUST UNDER 5,000
11:38:02 AND TAMPA BIDS AT AROUND 5,000.
11:38:06 BEYOND OUR TRADITIONAL COMMUNICATIONS EFFORTS WE HAVE
11:38:08 BEEN HOSTING FACEBOOK LIVE UPDATES EVERY DAY, ON I-HEART
11:38:16 RADIO STATIONS AND WORK WITH OUR PROFESSIONAL SPORTS
11:38:20 ATHLETES FROM AROUND THE REGION.
11:38:21 WE HAVE ALSO USED DIGITAL BILLBOARDS, AND USING AN AERIAL
11:38:26 DIGITAL BILLBOARD ADVERTISING.
11:38:30 THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
11:38:30 >>JOHN BENNETT: AS I WRAP UP REAL QUICK, YOU CAN SEE
11:38:35 THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA IS GOING THROUGH A DIFFERENT
11:38:37 CHAPTER OF REALTIME RESILIENCY THROUGH MITIGATION AND
11:38:41 ADAPTIVE STRATEGIES.
11:38:42 IN OUR LEGAL AREAS, OUR OPERATIONAL AREAS AND OF COURSE
11:38:46 OUR LOGISTICAL FUSION WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE PANDEMIC
11:38:50 SUBSIDES.
11:38:50 AS I MENTIONED AS I OPENED UP, THE FIRST THING WE LOOKED
11:38:53 AT IS TAKING CARE OF OUR PERSONNEL, OUR FACILITIES, AND
11:38:57 OUR LEVELS OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY UNDER THESE
11:38:59 CONDITIONS.
11:39:01 BY EXAMPLE, OUR TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION DEPARTMENT HAS
11:39:05 SERVICED OVER 1200 TELEWORKERS, TO HAVE CONTINUITY OF
11:39:10 GOVERNMENT WHILE WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE PANDEMIC AND
11:39:12 REDUCE THE RISK OF COVID-19.
11:39:15 WITH THAT, CHAIRMAN, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU AND
11:39:17 COUNCIL FOR QUESTIONS.
11:39:18 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU CHIEF.
11:39:21 AND THANK EVERYBODY FOR YOUR BRIEFINGS.
11:39:23 NEXT WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
11:39:26 I WANT TO HOLD SO THAT WE CAN GET EVERYBODY IN TIMEWISE,
11:39:31 EACH COUNCIL MEMBER TO ABOUT FOUR MINUTES.
11:39:33 THAT INCLUDES ANSWERS.
11:39:34 WE WILL PLAY IT BY EAR BUT ANTICIPATE HOLDING TO THAT ONE
11:39:38 TIME CONSTRAINT AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S COURTESY AND
11:39:40 COOPERATION.
11:39:41 AND ALSO WANTED TO BRIEFLY REMAINED COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT
11:39:44 THURSDAY'S MEETING WILL INCLUDE A BRIEFING FROM STAFF,
11:39:51 FUTURE LAND USE HEARINGS, CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, PUBLIC
11:39:55 HEARINGS, ET CETERA.
11:39:55 SO YOU CAN ASK WHAT YOU WISH BUT THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED
11:40:00 IN A SEPARATE MEETING.
11:40:01 OKAY, WE BEGIN WITH COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:40:07 >>BILL CARLSON: I AM GOING TO SAVE MY QUESTIONS FOR
11:40:09 CONVERSATIONS UP WITH ON ONE OR IN FUTURE MEETINGS SO WE
11:40:12 DON'T TAKE UP ALL THE TIME TODAY.
11:40:14 BUT I WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY PUTTING
11:40:17 THIS EFFORT TOGETHER AND PARTICULARLY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR
11:40:20 ORGANIZING IT AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC
11:40:22 TO HEAR ALL OF THIS AND TO GET E-MAIL REPORTS BUT IT
11:40:24 BRINGS THE INFORMATION TO LIGHT AND I THINK COMFORT THAT
11:40:29 YOU ALL ARE ON TOP OF EVERYTHING.
11:40:32 I HAVE HEARD COMPLAINTS HERE AND THERE ABOUT DIFFERENT
11:40:34 THINGS WHICH I PASSED ON TO --
11:40:37 [NO AUDIO]
11:40:47 -- CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO THE COMMENTS MADE BY MY
11:41:10 FELLOW COUNCIL PERSON, MR. CARLSON.
11:41:13 I THINK THE STAFF IS DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB IN KEEPING US
11:41:16 INFORMED.
11:41:17 AND IN THIS BRIEFING I BELIEVE THAT ALL THESE DEPARTMENT
11:41:19 HEADS HAVE KEPT US INFORMED.
11:41:22 MOST OF MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ASKED.
11:41:24 I AM WONDERING IF WITHIN THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS IF THERE'S
11:41:28 GOING TO BE ANY CHANGE IN THE CRITICAL BUSINESSES.
11:41:31 I TOO AM GETTING LETTERS FROM CONSTITUENTS AND SMALL
11:41:34 BUSINESS OWNERS ESPECIALLY.
11:41:37 I LOOK FORWARD TO THURSDAY'S MEETING, AND AGAIN I WILL
11:41:41 HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AS CHAIR OF CRA DURING THAT MEETING.
11:41:46 THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. CHAIR, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
11:41:48 THANK YOU, CHIEF BENNETT, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, ALL THE
11:41:51 LEGAL STAFF, AND OF COURSE THE MAYOR.
11:41:53 THESE ARE TRYING TIMES BUT OF COURSE WE WILL ALL GET
11:41:56 THROUGH IT TOGETHER.
11:41:58 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
11:41:59 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CITRO.
11:42:01 WE APPRECIATE THAT.
11:42:02 NEXT, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:42:08 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: GOOD MORNING.
11:42:10 THANKS TO EVERYBODY.
11:42:11 THANKS TO THE MAYOR, FOR LEADERSHIP AND ALL THE STAFF
11:42:14 STARTING WITH CHIEF BENNETT AND EVERYBODY DOWN THE LINE
11:42:19 AND EVERYBODY WHO IS NOT.
11:42:21 THREE QUICK QUESTIONS.
11:42:23 AND JOHN, YOU PROBABLY HAVE ABOUT A MINUTE TO ANSWER EACH
11:42:28 ONE.
11:42:29 DENNIS, IN REGARD TO BUDGET SHIFT, OBVIOUSLY YOU SURVIVED
11:42:33 THROUGH THE RECESSION, BUT YOU DID NOT SPEAK TO A
11:42:39 REDUCTION IN SALES TAX.
11:42:42 I WOULD ANTICIPATE -- I MEAN IN PROPERTY TAX, SALES TAX,
11:42:47 PROPERTY TAX.
11:42:48 I WOULD ANTICIPATE WE MIGHT BE EXPERIENCING THAT.
11:42:51 AND I HOP WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT PROJECTION.
11:42:55 THAT'S QUESTION NUMBER ONE.
11:42:57 QUESTION NUMBER TWO, AND I KNOW IT'S SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC,
11:43:00 MR. CHAIRMAN, BUT AS RELATED TO THE CRA, I THINK THERE'S
11:43:03 A OPPORTUNITY DOWN THE ROAD PERHAPS IN THE CRA TO SHIFT
11:43:08 SOME OF OUR BUDGETS TO LOOK AT SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE.
11:43:14 I DON'T KNOW IF WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT YET, MR. BENNETT,
11:43:17 BUT I HOPE THAT YOU AND MICHELLE ARE.
11:43:19 MY THIRD QUESTION IS, IN REGARD TO THE BIG PICTURE
11:43:22 LOCALLY IN HILLSBOROUGH, ARE WE FLATTENING THE CURVE AS
11:43:26 EVERYBODY HAS SPOKEN TO?
11:43:29 HOW EFFECTIVE IS OUR SAFE AT HOME AS RELATED TO OUR
11:43:33 FLATTENING OUR OWN HILLSBOROUGH CURVE?
11:43:36 WE CAN'T CONTROL THE COUNTRY BUT WE SURE AS HECK CAN
11:43:40 CONTROL HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
11:43:41 HOW DO OUR HEALTH CARE FOLKS THINK WE ARE DOING
11:43:45 FLATTENING THE CURVE?
11:43:46 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
11:43:47 >>JOHN BENNETT: FOR THE FIRST ANSWER, I WILL QUICKLY
11:43:52 TURN IT OVER TO DENNIS ROGERO, OUR CHIEF THAN FINANCIAL
11:43:56 OFFICER.
11:43:57 >> WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR MAJOR REVENUE IN TERMS OF
11:44:02 POTENTIAL REDUCTION.
11:44:05 I POINTED OUT A FEW OF THE MAJOR ONES AND WE ARE TAKING A
11:44:10 HOLISTIC LOOK AT BOTH REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.
11:44:18 >>JOHN BENNETT: THANK YOU, DENNIS.
11:44:20 MICHELLE VAN LOAN, ARE YOU ON THE LINE AND ABLE TO TALK
11:44:23 TO WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT AHEAD OF THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY
11:44:26 WITH THE CRA?
11:44:27 >> MICHELLE VAN LOAN HERE.
11:44:31 YES, I AM.
11:44:32 WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH MORRIS MASSEY, OUR CRA
11:44:35 ATTORNEY, AND ALL OF THE CRA MANAGERS HAVE BEEN GOING
11:44:39 THROUGH THEIR COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLANS COMING UP
11:44:42 WITH THE LANGUAGE TO BE ABLE TO SHIFT TO THOSE GRANTS,
11:44:45 AND WE PLAN TO HAVE A RESPONSE FOR COUNCIL FOR THIS
11:44:50 THURSDAY AND NEXT WEEK FOR ANY APPROVALS AND MOVEMENT
11:44:53 THAT MAY NEED TO HAPPEN.
11:44:54 SO, YES, WE HAVE BEEN DILIGENTLY WORKING TO FIGURE OUT
11:44:57 HOW WE CAN FIGURE THE GAP FROM WHAT IS BEING PROVIDED AT
11:45:00 THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL.
11:45:01 THANK YOU.
11:45:01 >> THANK YOU, MICHELLE.
11:45:06 FOR THE LAST QUESTION, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, I WILL TAKE
11:45:08 PART OF IT.
11:45:09 THE ASSERTIVE SAFER AT HOME ACTION WAS DESIGNED TO FLAT
11:45:12 TEN CURVE AS OUR MISSION.
11:45:13 INSIDE THE CITY THROUGH MAYOR CASTOR'S LEADERSHIP AND THE
11:45:18 SUPPORT OF THE COUNTY AND OF COURSE IN SOME PROCESSES THE
11:45:21 STATE.
11:45:21 BUT FOR THE META DATA ON THAT I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER
11:45:25 TO CHIEF NICK LOCICERO WHO IS IN CONTACT WITH THE COUNTY
11:45:33 DOCTOR.
11:45:33 NICK.
11:45:34 >> THANK YOU, SIR.
11:45:36 WELL, TO ECHO ONE OF THE MAYOR'S COMMENTS, REALLY TO
11:45:39 FLATTEN THAT CURVE, AND WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON
11:45:43 IS PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY, WITH THE SAFER AT HOME
11:45:48 INITIATIVE IT WILL NOT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT AS FAR AS
11:45:51 FLATTENING THE CURVE, AND WE DON'T NEED TO LOSE SIGHT OF
11:45:54 WHAT THE END GOAL IS.
11:45:55 WE NEED TO PERSEVERE AND WE NEED TO MOVE THROUGH.
11:46:00 THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIGHTEN UP IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN
11:46:03 THE SHORT TERM.
11:46:07 SOME OF THE MODELING HAS SHOWED, AND IT CHANGED SOME THIS
11:46:12 MORNING, AS A MATTER OF FACT, BUT SOME OF THE MODELING
11:46:13 HAS SHOWED THAT WE MATE NOT SEE THE PEAK LOCALLY UNTIL
11:46:17 THE FIRST PART OF MAY.
11:46:18 SO THOSE LEVELS DO HAVE A TENDENCY TO CHANGE.
11:46:22 IT IS PERSEVERANCE ON THE GUIDELINES THAT ARE SET AND
11:46:27 MAKING SURE PEOPLE ADHERE TO THOSE GOALS.
11:46:29 WITH THAT, WE MIGHT SEE SOME FLATTENING OF THAT CURVE.
11:46:33 BUT IT IS PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.
11:46:35 THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY ON THAT TOPIC.
11:46:37 THANK YOU.
11:46:42 >>JOHN BENNETT: JUST AS A FOOTNOTE, WE HAVE TO NOTE IN
11:46:46 THE STATE OF FLORIDA THERE ARE SEVEN URBANIZED COUNTIES
11:46:49 THAT ARE ALWAYS DRIVEN BY LARGE MUNICIPALITIES SUCH AS
11:46:51 TAMPA.
11:46:52 SO OUR DENSITY IS GOING TO BE HIGHER THAN THAT OF THE
11:46:56 SUBURBAN AREAS AND THE RURAL AREAS.
11:46:58 SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS FROM ITALY AND HOW FAST
11:47:01 THINGS WENT THERE, THE SAFER AT HOME AS CHIEF LOCICERO
11:47:06 MENTIONED STARTS WITH PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, IN SUPPORT
11:47:10 WITH GOVERNMENT IN COOPERATION WITH OUR UNIFIED COMMAND.
11:47:14 CHAIRMAN.
11:47:14 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTIONS, COUNCILMAN
11:47:19 DINGFELDER.
11:47:20 NEXT COUNCILMAN GUDES:
11:47:26 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
11:47:27 I WANT TO GIVE MY PRAYERS AND BLESSINGS TO ALL OF OUR
11:47:31 CITY EMPLOYEES WHO ARE WORKING HARD EVERY DAY.
11:47:33 I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR METROPOLITAN AND WOMEN AND
11:47:36 ESPECIALLY OUR FIRE AND POLICE OUT THERE ON THE FRONT
11:47:39 LINES WHICH I KNOW HOW HARD THAT IS TO BE.
11:47:42 AGAIN, ALL OF THE CITIZENS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
11:47:46 THEY ARE FOLLOWING THE RULES AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.
11:47:49 CHIEF OF STAFF, ALSO OCEA WYNN AND ANSWERING ALL PHONE
11:47:58 CALLS.
11:48:00 NUMBER ONE, I HEARD SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES TALK ABOUT CRA
11:48:04 WHICH IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT -- OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
11:48:11 I LOOK AT THE BUSINESS PLAN, AND WHEN I READ A LOT OF IT,
11:48:15 IT'S NOT GOING TO HELP EVERYONE, IT'S NOT GOING TO -- I
11:48:18 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WORKING ON OUR CRA, THAT WE
11:48:22 HAVE A PLAN THAT'S GOING TO HELP PEOPLE, NOT JUST SAY
11:48:26 CRITERIA, I WANT A CRITERIA THAT'S GOING TO HELP PEOPLE
11:48:29 IN THOSE CRACKS AND HELP THEM GET BACK TO WORK, THEIR
11:48:33 EMPLOYEES AND GET THEIR BUSINESSES UP AND RUNNING.
11:48:35 THAT'S THE PLAN I AM LOOKING FOR, A PLAN THAT'S GOING TO
11:48:38 BE ABLE TO MOVE VERY QUICKLY.
11:48:41 NUMBER TWO, MY QUESTION IS ABOUT THE CRITERIA, AND MAKING
11:48:50 SURE THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS, AND LAST I GOT A BUNCH OF
11:48:53 CALLS IN REFERENCE TO THE SCHOOL BUS, PARKS AND REC, AND
11:48:59 OF COURSE OUR PARKS AND REC ARE CLOSED SO TO RECEIVE
11:49:03 CALLS AND.
11:49:05 >>JOHN BENNETT: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:49:12 I AM GOING TO HAVE CAROL POST TO DISCUSS THE BUSINESS
11:49:14 OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE UNFOLDING IN REALTIME TO SUPPORT
11:49:16 OUR COMMUNITY.
11:49:19 >> GREAT QUESTION.
11:49:22 AS I REFERENCED IN MY UPDATE, WE STARTED EARLY TO TRY TO
11:49:26 TACKLE SOME OF THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY EFFORTS TARGETED
11:49:29 TOWARD THE BUSINESSES AND EMPLOYEES DISPLACED BY THE
11:49:33 SPECIFIC CLOSURES.
11:49:35 AS THE SITUATION HE INVOLVED RELATIVELY QUICKLY, WE KNEW
11:49:39 THAT MANY BUSINESSES WOULD CONTINUE TO SUFFER EVEN IF
11:49:43 THEY WERE NOT SPECIFICALLY CLOSED BY ORDER OF THE CITY OR
11:49:47 THE STATE.
11:49:47 AND FURTHERMORE, AS THE SITUATION CONTINUED TO EVOLVE
11:49:52 EACH FURTHER, WE RECOGNIZED THAT THERE WAS AT LEAST AS OF
11:49:57 THROUGH MONDAY MORNING A TREMENDOUS GAP FOR
11:50:00 MICROBUSINESSES, SMALL BUSINESSES WITH LESS THAN TWO
11:50:04 EMPLOYEES, INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS, SOLE PROPRIETORS OR
11:50:09 SELF-EMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS.
11:50:10 WE ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON FILLING THE GAPS FOR THOSE THAT
11:50:14 DID NOT HAVE AN JUT LET FOR OTHER BENEFITS.
11:50:17 AND DOING SO, AS YOU KNOW YOU KNOW AND WITH SO MUCH HAS
11:50:20 GONE ON WITH THIS SITUATION, THE SITUATION HAS BEEN VERY
11:50:23 FLUID, AND WE NOW HAVE SUPPORT SERVICES THROUGH BOTH THE
11:50:28 STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE NEW ACT
11:50:32 WHICH DOES PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES FOR ALMOST EVERY
11:50:35 SECTOR OF --
11:50:36 [NO AUDIO]
11:50:41 -- AND YOU WILL SEE A PROGRAM FROM THE CITY IN THE NEXT
11:51:09 FEW WEEKS THAT WILL PROVIDE SOME ON THE GROUND RESOURCES
11:51:13 TO MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT DO NOT OTHERWISE HAVE AN
11:51:17 IMMEDIATE ABILITY TO FILL THOSE GAPS.
11:51:20 SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE.
11:51:22 ON THE EMERGENCY SHELTER THAT YOU ASKED ABOUT, I CAN
11:51:26 AGAIN PROVIDE WHATEVER DETAILS YOU MAY NEED THAT
11:51:31 HILLSBOROUGH HOPE IS ACTUALLY MODELED ALMOST WORD FOR
11:51:35 WORD, IF YOU WILL, OFF OF THE PINELLAS HOPE STRUCTURE
11:51:39 THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR MANY YEARS.
11:51:41 WE HAVE BEEN CONTEMPLATING DOING THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY,
11:51:45 AND FOR WHATEVER REASON HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
11:51:47 DO THAT.
11:51:48 THIS IS NOW TO SOME EXTENT A CATALYST FOR IT AND THE
11:51:53 EMERGENCY SHELTER PROVIDES A RANGE OF SERVICES AS WE SET
11:51:56 FORTH.
11:51:57 THERE IS A CRITERIA FOR ITS MISSION.
11:52:02 I CAN SHARE SOME OF THOSE DETAILS WITH YOU, BUT VANESSA
11:52:07 McCLEARY DESERVES ALL OF THE CREDIT TO BRING THIS
11:52:11 ONLINE WITH THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MANY MEMBERS OF OUR
11:52:14 COMMUNITY WHO ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE MATERIALS AND
11:52:17 SUPPLIES THAT WILL MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
11:52:18 AS OF TODAY THE SHELTER IS NOW AT CAPACITY.
11:52:20 THERE ARE 100 OCCUPANTS THAT HAVE CHECKED IN AND ARE
11:52:23 RECEIVING THE BENEFITS.
11:52:25 SO WE THINK THAT'S A VERY POSITIVE OUTCOME.
11:52:27 AND IN TERMS OF PROVIDING A GREATER LEVEL, TO CONNECT
11:52:33 WITH YOU OR OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WITH VANESSA TO
11:52:37 COVER WHATEVER DETAILED INFORMATION YOU MAY DESIRE.
11:52:39 >>JOHN BENNETT: THANK YOU, CAROL, FOR THAT.
11:52:43 BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO OCEA WYNN TO TALK ABOUT SCHOOL
11:52:47 BUSES, I WANT TO MENTION BEHIND US TODAY SIT TWO PEOPLE,
11:52:52 MARLY WILSON AND WHITNEY, TO SUPPORT SOME OF THE
11:52:58 DECISIONS THAT YOU JUST HEARD CAROL TALK ABOUT.
11:53:00 SO I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEIR EFFORTS.
11:53:03 THEY ARE NOT PARTICIPANTS ON THE CALL BUT THEY ARE
11:53:07 STEADILY WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO RESEARCH THE BEST
11:53:10 PRACTICES NOT ONLY NATIONWIDE BUT WORLDWIDE.
11:53:12 I WANT THANK THEM FOR THAT PUBLICLY.
11:53:15 NOW I TURN IT OVER TO OCEA WYNN TO TALK ABOUT THE SCHOOL
11:53:18 BUS INFORMATION IF SHE HAS THAT CAPABILITY.
11:53:20 >>OCEA WYNN: YES, I DO.
11:53:22 SO REGARDING THE SCHOOL BUSES, THAT ISSUE HAS BEEN
11:53:26 RESOLVED, AND ANY QUESTIONS CAN BE ANSWERED, BUT THE
11:53:33 LOCATIONS WERE PUT IN PLACE WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HAD
11:53:40 ALREADY PUT IN PLACE LAST WEEK.
11:53:42 AND THIS IS TARGETING THE CHILDREN IN THE AREAS WHO DID
11:53:48 NOT READILY GET TO THOSE ESTABLISHED LOCATIONS WITH SOME
11:53:52 OF THE SCHOOLS.
11:53:53 SO THIS PROGRAM WAS TO ALLOW THE SCHOOL BUSES TO STOP ON
11:53:59 THE EXTERIOR OF OUR PARKS SO THE PARKS ARE STILL LOCKED
11:54:03 AND CLOSED BUT THEY ARE INVISIBLE LOCATIONS SO THAT THE
11:54:07 CHILDREN WHO ARE RECEIVING LOW-INCOME AND FREE LUNCHES
11:54:11 CAN ACCESS THE BUSES FOR 30 MINUTES, IN EACH LOCATION.
11:54:18 SO THEY WERE NOT ONLY USING PARKS AND RECS LOCATION FOR
11:54:22 SOME OF THEM, THEY WERE ALSO USING CHURCH PARKING LOTS AS
11:54:25 WELL AS COMMERCIAL LOTS SO THAT CHILDREN CAN GO AND GET
11:54:29 THE FREE MEALS.
11:54:36 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CHAIRMAN, I JUST HAVE ONE MORE
11:54:38 THING.
11:54:38 >>LUIS VIERA: GO FOR IT.
11:54:44 AND COUNCILMAN, WE COULDN'T HEAR YOUR LAST STATEMENT.
11:54:48 GO FORTH.
11:54:55 >>ORLANDO GUDES: (AUDIO BREAK-UP).
11:54:58 >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN, I DON'T KNOW -- WE COULDN'T
11:55:01 HEAR WHAT YOU SAID.
11:55:04 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU LOST ME AGAIN?
11:55:05 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
11:55:11 >> I THINK WE GOT A BAD SPOT.
11:55:13 >>OCEA WYNN: SO IF THE QUESTION WAS, AND I THOUGHT I
11:55:16 HEARD PART OF IT, ARE WE SHARING THAT INFORMATION OR
11:55:19 WORKING ON GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC,
11:55:22 THEN THE ANSWER IS YES.
11:55:24 WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK.
11:55:31 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE CHURCHES.
11:55:32 WE HAVE A LOT IN MY DISTRICT.
11:55:34 >>OCEA WYNN: YES, SIR.
11:55:36 WE ARE WORKING ON THAT AS WE ARE SPEAKING.
11:55:38 WE CAN TALK OFFLINE.
11:55:40 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT WILL BE FINE.
11:55:43 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU COUNCILMAN.
11:55:44 NEXT, COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:55:45 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:55:49 JUST BRIEFLY, I WANT TO THANK GINA GRAHAMS, MARTIN
11:55:53 SHELBY, CHIEF OF STAFF JOHN BENNETT, EVERYBODY THAT'S
11:55:56 BEEN KEEPING US IN THE LOOP.
11:55:58 I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE WORKING TIRELESSLY NON-STOP, AND
11:56:03 COMMUNICATION, ALL DAY LONG FROM ALL OF YOU AND THE MAYOR
11:56:07 OUT THERE AND TRYING TO GET THROUGH THIS.
11:56:10 I APPRECIATE ALL THE UPDATES YOU ARE KEEPING US IN THE
11:56:13 LOOP AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
11:56:15 AND I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
11:56:17 THANK YOU.
11:56:17 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU FOR THAT, COUNCILMAN.
11:56:21 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:56:22 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR, CHIEF OF
11:56:27 STAFF, EVERY DEPARTMENT HEAD, AND ALL THE EMPLOYEES OF
11:56:29 THE CITY OF TAMPA.
11:56:30 AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT THE POLICE AND FIRE
11:56:34 DEPARTMENT ARE DOING IN THE WAY AND BEYOND.
11:56:38 BUTT THIS IS A TIME IN HISTORY THAT WE WILL ALL REMEMBER,
11:56:41 NOT ONLY THOSE IN GOVERNMENT BUT EVERY PERSON IN THE
11:56:43 WORLD IN HOW WE HANDLE THIS.
11:56:45 THE FUTURE OF ALL OF US DEPENDS ON HOW WE HANDLE THIS.
11:56:49 STAY AT HOME IS THE ONLY AVENUE WE HAVE TO STOP THIS
11:56:54 VIRUS FROM CONTINUE TO SPREADING.
11:56:55 AND WHAT I SEE AND READ AND HERE IN THE MEDIA FOR ALL OF
11:57:00 US WE ARE IN TIMES IN HISTORY THAT WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO
11:57:03 GET OUT, FROM YOU WILL ALL OF THE EXPERTS, IN THE MEDICAL
11:57:06 FIELD, AND THE FINANCIAL FIELD, THERE'S GOING TO BE 45,
11:57:10 MAYBE 45 MILLION INDIVIDUALS IN THE UNITED STATES WITHOUT
11:57:13 A JOB.
11:57:14 I AM NOT TRYING TO BE DOOM AND GLOOM.
11:57:16 I AM JUST READING THE FACTS THAT I HEARD.
11:57:19 AND WE HAVE GOT TO GET PREPARED.
11:57:23 DENNIS ROGERO MENTIONED ABOUT THE FINANCES OF THE CITY.
11:57:26 AND MY OPINION IS WHAT HAPPENED IN '08 WILL BE FOLLOWED
11:57:31 BY WHAT'S COMING UP NOW, IN 2000, AND MORE AND MORE
11:57:41 PEOPLE RESOLVED BECAUSE EVERYBODY FROM SPOKANE,
11:57:43 WASHINGTON, TAMPA, MAINE, KEY WEST, WE FEED OFF EACH
11:57:51 OTHER.
11:57:52 THAT CHAIN IS GOING TO BE BROKEN BY THIS VIRUS.
11:57:55 WE MUST HAVE TRUST IN EACH OTHER.
11:57:57 WE HAVE GOT TO FEEL LICK WE ARE NOT ALONE.
11:57:59 AND YOU HAVE GOT TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS
11:58:03 ADMINISTRATION IS DOING AND MAKE SURE THAT THE VIRUS
11:58:06 STOPS.
11:58:08 IF ALL GOES WELL, WE WILL STICK TOGETHER AND GET THROUGH
11:58:11 THIS PERIOD IN HISTORY, THE CITY OF TAMPA WAS THE SECOND
11:58:15 LARGE EARTH CITY IN THE UNITED STATES, FIRST EAST OF THE
11:58:20 MISSISSIPPI RIVER, THAT WILL CONTINUE, BUT AT A MUCH
11:58:22 SLOWER RATE, IN MY OPINION.
11:58:24 SO WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO HAND OUT AND PUSH UP AND
11:58:28 MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS ON THE SAME TRAIN HEADING TO
11:58:33 NORMALITY, WHATEVER THAT WAS, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE ARE
11:58:36 NOT IN NORMAL.
11:58:37 AMERICANS ARE NOT USED TO DOING WHAT WE HAVE TO GO
11:58:39 THROUGH.
11:58:40 WE ARE USED TO HAVING OUR WAY, THE FREEDOM TO SPEAK.
11:58:43 YOU WILL HAVE THAT FREEDOM TO MOVE AROUND IF SOMEONE HAS
11:58:47 BEEN HINDERED THE FREEDOM TO SPEND BECAUSE THERE ARE VERY
11:58:51 FEW PLACES TO SPEND NOW.
11:58:53 THE FUTURE, TO PROTECT EVERYBODY FROM THOSE WHO HAVE,
11:58:58 THOSE WHO HAVE NOT, THOSE WHO ARE TALL, SLIM, WHATEVER.
11:59:01 EVERYBODY IS IN THE SAME BOAT TOGETHER.
11:59:04 AND TOGETHER, WE WILL WIN.
11:59:05 AND IF WE DIVIDE WE WILL HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME.
11:59:09 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:59:09 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU FOR THAT, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA
11:59:12 I.WANTED TO THANK ALL MY FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES FROM CITY
11:59:15 COUNCIL FOR YOUR REMARKS INCLUDING ON THIS VERY
11:59:20 UNORTHODOX FORMAT THAT WE HAVE.
11:59:22 REALLY BRIEFLY, I WANT TO ECHO WHAT COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER
11:59:26 SAID WITH REGARDS TO THE CRA.
11:59:27 I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT IN TERMS OF PRIORITY.
11:59:30 AND LIKE EVERYBODY, I WANTED TO JUST SALUTE THE
11:59:33 ADMINISTRATION FOR THEIR HARD WORK, SALUTE MAYOR CASTOR
11:59:36 FOR STANDING UP.
11:59:37 SHE REPRESENTS HER CITY.
11:59:39 SHE'S THE FACE OF THE CITY.
11:59:41 AND AS I SEE RIGHT NOW THE CITY NEVER HAD MORE COURAGE
11:59:44 AND LEADERSHIP IN A TIME WHEN THE COMMUNITY NEEDS THAT
11:59:47 COURAGE AND LEADERSHIP THAN WHEN MAYOR CASTOR FOUGHT FOR
11:59:50 THAT.
11:59:53 -- TAMPA IS DOING THE RIGHT THING AND ALL TOO OFTEN DOING
11:59:56 THE RIGHT THING DOESN'T MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY.
11:59:58 BUT THAT'S WHAT LEADERSHIP IS ALL ABOUT.
12:00:01 IT'S STANDING UP AND DOING THE RIGHT THING BECAUSE WE
12:00:02 KNOW IT'S THE RIGHT THING AND THAT'S WHAT THIS
12:00:04 ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN DOING.
12:00:06 THE ADMINISTRATION AND CITY STAFF ARE WORKING AROUND THE
12:00:09 CLOCK.
12:00:09 THESE ARE PUBLIC SERVANTS, THEMSELVES WITH FAMILIES, AND
12:00:18 GOING 150 MILES AN HOUR IN A 60 MILE-AN-HOUR ZONE.
12:00:22 VERY, VERY LITTLE NOTICE.
12:00:24 ALL HANDS ARE ON DECK.
12:00:25 ALL HEARTS ARE ON DECK.
12:00:27 AND THAT MEANS EVERYBODY INCLUDING -- AND I KNOW
12:00:30 COUNCILMAN CARLSON AND OTHERS REFERENCED THE FIRST
12:00:32 RESPONDERS.
12:00:34 THE ACUTE SITUATION.
12:00:35 [NO AUDIO]
12:01:01 -- AND IF THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ANSWERED WE ALL SEVEN HAVE
12:01:09 FAITH IN THIS SITUATION THAT THEY WILL BE ANSWERED
12:01:12 BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE BEST THAT
12:01:14 THEY CAN, AND WE ARE ALL VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT.
12:01:17 LIKE COUNCILMAN MIRANDA SAID, THIS IS AN HISTORICAL TIME
12:01:21 IN OUR COUNTRY.
12:01:21 AND HOW WE ACT RIGHT NOW WILL BE REMEMBERED, WITHOUT A
12:01:26 DOUBT, WITHOUT A DOUBT.
12:01:27 AND WE ARE NOT ACTING AS REPUBLICANS OR DEMOCRATS BUT AS
12:01:33 AMERICANS, AND I DON'T RECALL, BUT I THINK IT MAY HAVE
12:01:36 BEEN COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER WITH REGARDS TO THE BUDGET.
12:01:39 YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO
12:01:41 TAKE A LOOK AT IN THE COMING MONTHS.
12:01:44 OCTOBER WILL BE HERE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT.
12:01:45 AND HOW WILL THIS CRISIS AFFECT OUR BUDGET?
12:01:53 AS WE TRANSFORM OUR BUDGET PRIORITIES AND THAT'S
12:01:56 SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL HAS TO GET AHOLD OF.
12:01:59 JUST A COUPLE OF BRIEF COMMENTS.
12:02:00 I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE ADMINISTRATION AND COUNCIL MEMBERS
12:02:04 TO HAVE -- AND I HAVEN'T DONE THIS, BY THE WAY -- BUT IN
12:02:10 DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES INCLUDE THE RELIGIOUS DIFFERENT
12:02:14 COMMUNITIES, ET CETERA, AND ALSO A NOTE TO EVERYBODY TO
12:02:19 MAKE SURE YOU SUPPORT YOUR CHURCHES AND YOUR HOUSES OF
12:02:21 WORSHIP.
12:02:22 THESE ARE INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE RIGHT NOW HAVING TO DO A
12:02:26 LOT MORE WITH A LOT LESS.
12:02:29 JUST MAKE SURE TO SUPPORT THEM.
12:02:31 AND THAT'S ALL THAT I HAD TO SAY, JUST VERY, VERY
12:02:34 BRIEFLY.
12:02:35 CHIEF BENNETT, ANYTHING ELSE FROM YOU, SIR?
12:02:37 >>JOHN BENNETT: THE ADMINISTRATION OF COURSE THROUGH THE
12:02:41 LEADERSHIP OF MAYOR CASTOR JUST WANTS TO THANK CITY
12:02:43 COUNCIL FOR THE WILLINGNESS TO GET BACK IN LINE IN FRONT
12:02:46 OF THE PUBLIC.
12:02:47 WE LOOK FORWARD TO THURSDAY'S MEETING TO FIGURE OUT WHO
12:02:50 IS SUPPORTING TECHNOLOGY AND PROCESS, HOW WE WILL BE ABLE
12:02:54 TO BE EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE AND EQUITABLE, BUT MOST
12:02:59 IMPORTANTLY TRANSPARENT TO OUR PUBLIC THROUGH OUR
12:03:01 PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND CITY COUNCIL.
12:03:04 AND I LOOK FORWARD TO A BRIEFING AROUND THAT.
12:03:09 WANT TO THANK THE LEGAL TEAM TOGETHER FOR WORKING ON THE
12:03:12 PROCESS AS WELL AS OUR TECHNOLOGY AND MARKETING
12:03:14 COMMUNICATIONS STAFF FOR BEING ABLE TO BRING THIS ONE
12:03:17 HOUR BRIEFING TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH CITY COUNCIL'S
12:03:21 HANDS.
12:03:21 AND THAT IS IT.
12:03:22 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
12:03:25 AND I WANTED TO INCLUDE ALSO THANK MY LEGISLATIVE
12:03:30 ASSISTANT BRANNON, I MEAN THE AMOUNT OF TIME TO PUT THIS
12:03:34 TOGETHER HAS BEEN ENORMOUS, AND OUR CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY
12:03:37 MARTY SHELBY WHO HAS BEEN WORKING OVERTIME ON THIS AND
12:03:42 MANY, MANY OTHER THINGS.
12:03:43 SO THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU ALL FOR DOING THAT.
12:03:47 WE APPRECIATE IT.
12:03:47 AND NOW MR. BENNETT, THIS WILL JUST TAKE FIVE MINUTES,
12:03:55 JUST THAT PART OF IT IS OVER.
12:03:58 I JUST WANT TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS OR
12:04:02 CHIEF BENNETT IF HE WANTS TO FOR ANY PUBLIC SERVICE
12:04:04 ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ON MAYBE TELEPHONIC
12:04:09 HEARINGS OR CONFERENCE CALLS THAT WILL BE OPEN TO THE
12:04:12 PUBLIC, CHARITABLE ENDEAVORS, ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.
12:04:19 IF ANYBODY WANTS TO DO SO.
12:04:21 AND WE WILL GO BACKWARDS.
12:04:23 I GUESS STARTING WITH COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:04:25 ANYTHING, SIR?
12:04:31 HELLO?
12:04:34 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NOT AT THIS POINT, MR. CHAIRMAN.
12:04:38 NO, I AM JUST WILLING TO BE PART OF THE TEAM TO GET THIS
12:04:42 OVER THE HUMP AND WORK TOGETHER.
12:04:45 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
12:04:48 AS ALWAYS.
12:04:49 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:04:49 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NOTHING AT THIS POINT.
12:04:54 THANK YOU.
12:04:55 >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN GUDES?
12:05:01 >>ORLANDO GUDES: (AUDIO BREAK-UP).
12:05:04 >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN, I THINK YOU ARE IN THAT BAD
12:05:06 SPOT AGAIN.
12:05:08 CAN YOU HEAR US, COUNCILMAN GUDES?
12:05:14 >>ORLANDO GUDES: INTERNATIONAL GOING TO USE ANOTHER
12:05:15 COMPUTER NEXT TIME.
12:05:18 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
12:05:19 GO FORWARD.
12:05:21 WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW.
12:05:22 >> JUST GOD BLESS TO EVERYBODY.
12:05:25 >>LUIS VIERA: BACK AT YOU MY FRIEND.
12:05:27 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER?
12:05:29 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN AND THANKS TO
12:05:32 ALL THE STAFF FOR THE BRIEFING.
12:05:33 VERY HELPFUL.
12:05:34 I WANT TO REITERATE AND EMPHASIS WHAT CHIEF LOCICERO SAID
12:05:39 ABOUT THE FACT THAT EVEN THOUGH WE ARE DOING GOOD LOCALLY
12:05:42 WITH OUR SAFE AT HOME, WE CAN'T REST ON OUR LAURELS.
12:05:48 WE NEED TO STAY VIGILANT.
12:05:49 WE HAVE BEEN ONLY BEEN AT IT FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS AND
12:05:52 UNDER THE BEST SCENARIO CHIEF LOCICERO SAID WE WILL BE AT
12:05:56 THIS AT LEAST ANOTHER MONTH SO EVERYBODY STAY HUNKERED
12:05:59 DOWN, DO THE RIGHT THING, STAY SELF-DISCIPLINED AND
12:06:03 THANKS TO ALL.
12:06:04 >>LUIS VIERA: AND WE THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER,
12:06:06 ALSO FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN SUPPORTING THAT DIRECTIVE
12:06:08 TODAY.
12:06:11 THANK YOU, SIR.
12:06:11 COUNCILMAN CITRO, ANYTHING, SIR?
12:06:16 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFF.
12:06:18 AND I THINK WHEN WE SEE OUR MEDICAL NURSES, OUR PEOPLE
12:06:24 WHO ARE FIRST RESPONDERS, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THEM SQUARE
12:06:28 IN THE EYE AND SAY THANK YOU FOR HELPING US IN THIS TIME
12:06:30 OF TROUBLE.
12:06:31 IF THERE IS ANY SILVER LINING TO THIS, THE CITY OF TAMPA
12:06:35 WILL BE PREPARED FOR THE NEXT CRISIS THAT WE FACE,
12:06:38 WHETHER IT BE ANOTHER PANDEMIC OR WHETHER IT BE A
12:06:41 HURRICANE.
12:06:42 LET'S HOPE THOSE DAYS DO NOT COME.
12:06:44 BUT THIS IS A LEARNING PERIOD FOR US, AND OUR CITY IS
12:06:48 DOING A GREAT JOB.
12:06:50 NOTHING FURTHER, MR. CHAIR.
12:06:51 THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
12:06:53 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU COUNCILMAN.
12:06:56 COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
12:07:00 >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU TO YOU, MR. CHAIR AND TO
12:07:02 BRANNON AND EVERYONE WHO PUT THIS TOGETHER.
12:07:04 I THINK MY GOAL WOULD BE TO JUST PROVIDE AN EXTRA LAYER
12:07:09 OF TRANSPARENCY TO THE PUBLIC SO THE PUBLIC CAN SEE THE
12:07:11 INNER WORKINGS OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND SEE WHAT THE CITY
12:07:16 STAFF HAS BEEN DOING, AND FOR CREDIT FOR ALL THE WORK
12:07:21 THEY DID PROVIDES A LEVEL OF COMFORT THAT THE CITY IS ON
12:07:25 TOP OF IT.
12:07:26 THANKS AGAIN TO EVERYBODY FOR DOING IT.
12:07:27 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
12:07:30 AND TRANSPARENCY IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
12:07:35 THANK YOU FOR THAT, SIR.
12:07:36 JUST TWO THINGS BRIEFLY.
12:07:41 MYSELF AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CONA WILL HAVE A SPECIAL
12:07:46 TAMPA CITY COUNCIL HALL, HOW TO DEAL WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
12:07:49 ASSISTANCE AT THIS TIME, PLEASE E-MAIL US, AND THEN ON
12:07:55 FOWLER WHICH IS WHERE THE OLD TOYS R US WILL BE HAVING AN
12:08:01 OPPORTUNITY THIS FRIDAY, SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED PLEASE
12:08:05 E-MAIL ME FOR RELIEF FOR ANY FAMILY.
12:08:09 THEN I JUST WANTED -- WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT ONE MINUTE HERE,
12:08:13 TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THURSDAY'S MEETING.
12:08:15 IT'S ESSENTIALLY GOING TO BE A FEASIBILITY MEETING.
12:08:22 SINCE THEN THE MAYOR HAS BEEN OPERATING UNDER
12:08:24 ADMINISTRATOR ORDER TO MOVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS FORWARD,
12:08:30 AND NOT THIS FRIDAY BUT THE FRIDAY BEFORE, OBVIOUSLY A
12:08:34 GAME CHANGER.
12:08:37 COUNCILMAN, CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS FOR A MONTH.
12:08:40 BUT NOW IT COMES TO ONE OF FEASIBILITY.
12:08:43 THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE HURTING NOW IN OUR COMMUNITY.
12:08:48 WE WILL CONTINUE TO VISIT WITH COUNCIL.
12:08:51 AND I WANTED TO CALL THIS MEETING SO WE CAN HAVE A REALLY
12:08:54 ROBUST DISCUSSION IN RELYING ON THE EXPERTS TO PROVIDE
12:08:58 INFORMATION TO US AN HOW TO CONDUCT FUTURE MEETINGS AND
12:09:01 THOSE EXPERTS WILL OPINE ON HOW WE CAN PROCEED AS
12:09:07 COUNCIL, TECHNOLOGICAL FEASIBILITY OF PUBLIC HEARINGS AND
12:09:10 I AM THRILLED THAT IT ALL WENT THROUGH OKAY, BY THE WAY.
12:09:14 STAFF FEASIBILITY AND MOVING FORWARD ON CERTAIN ITEMS,
12:09:17 BECAUSE STAFF RIGHT NOW HAS ALL HANDS ON DECK.
12:09:19 THEN LEGAL FEASIBILITY ON MOVING FORWARD, PUBLIC AND
12:09:23 QUASI-JUDICIAL PUBLIC HEARINGS.
12:09:25 ALL OF THESE REQUIRE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SCRUTINY AND
12:09:28 ANALYSIS WILL BE REQUIRED BY STAFF SO WE ARE GOING TO BE
12:09:31 DISCUSSING THAT ON THURSDAY.
12:09:35 SO THERE YOU GO.
12:09:36 I WANTED TO THANK ALL MY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COLLEAGUES
12:09:39 FOR YOUR PATIENCE TODAY BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A COUNCIL
12:09:44 MEETING.
12:09:45 I THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT AND ALL THE STAFF
12:09:48 MEMBERS AND I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY IS WORKING OVERTIME
12:09:51 RIGHT NOW.
12:09:51 OKAY.
12:09:54 THANK YOU.
12:09:55 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, I'M SORRY.
12:10:01 HI.
12:10:04 I JUST WANTED TO ADD WHILE WE ARE HERE, IF YOU ARE GOING
12:10:07 TO HAVE A MEETING ON THURSDAY, THE PUBLIC NOTICE REALLY
12:10:10 NEEDS TO GO OUT.
12:10:11 I AM WONDERING, MR. CHAIRMAN, IF YOU WISH TO SEEK
12:10:15 CONSENSUS FROM COUNCIL, NOT TAKING A VOTE, BUT CONSENSUS
12:10:18 ABOUT WHAT TIME ON THURSDAY AND WHEN TO SET THE MEETING.
12:10:22 >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCIL MEMBERS, LET'S GO WITH TIME.
12:10:28 DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY TIME RESTRICTIONS FOR THURSDAY IN
12:10:32 TERMS OF A TIME?
12:10:33 LET'S SAY THIS.
12:10:40 (NO AUDIO).
12:10:43 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MY ONLY TERM OF DURATION TO ERR ON
12:11:13 THE LONGER SIDE.
12:11:14 WE CAN ALWAYS CUT OUT EARLY, BUT TO SET TWO OR THREE
12:11:17 HOURS ON THE LONG SIDE, SO WE DON'T FEEL AS TIME
12:11:20 CONSTRAINED AS WE DID TODAY. SO LET'S DO IT ON THE
12:11:25 LONGER SIDE.
12:11:27 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
12:11:27 AND COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, WE WILL INQUIRE WITH THE
12:11:30 STAFF, BUT I AGREE WITH THAT.
12:11:32 WE WILL NEED MORE FLEXIBILITY.
12:11:34 I AGREE WITH THAT 100%.
12:11:37 DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ELEVEN?
12:11:40 OKAY.
12:11:41 SO WHAT WE'LL DO THEN IS WE WILL PROCEED AT ELEVEN.
12:11:44 WE WILL INQUIRE WITH STAFF AS TO THEIR ABILITY.
12:11:48 AND WE WILL CERTAINLY CALENDAR MORE TIME THAN HAS BEEN
12:11:52 NOTICED AND DESIGNATED TODAY.
12:11:54 AND THANK YOU, MR. SHELBY, FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
12:11:58 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU, SIR.
12:12:01 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
12:12:01 OKAY, HAVE BEEN.
12:12:02 SO WE ARE ADJOURNED.
12:12:04 I THANK EVERYBODY.
12:12:05 STAY SAFE AND GOD BLESS EVERYBODY.
12:12:07 THANK YOU AGAIN.
12:12:10 THANK YOU.
12:12:13 (MEETING ADJOURNED)
12:12:15
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