CITY OF TAMPA SPECIAL CALL VIRTUAL MEETING
THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2020
9:00 A.M.
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09:02:45 >> THE BROADCAST IS NOW STARTING.
09:02:47 ALL ATTENDEES ARE IN LISTEN-ONLY MODE.
09:02:50 >>LUIS VIERA: HELLO, EVERYBODY.
09:02:52 THIS IS TAMPA CITY COUNCILMAN LUIS VIERA.
09:02:54 I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO OUR SPECIAL CALL VIRTUAL
09:02:57 SESSION.
09:02:58 BEFORE WE BEGIN FORMALLY, I'D LIKE TO BEGIN WITH AN
09:03:02 INVOCATION.
09:03:03 WE USUALLY HAVE SOMEONE DO ONE, BUT IN THESE VIRTUAL
09:03:06 MEETINGS, WE'RE HAVING A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
09:03:08 IF YOU WOULD PLEASE JOIN ME AT THIS TIME.
09:03:10 [MOMENT OF SILENCE]
09:03:15 OKAY.
09:03:16 NOW, I WOULD ASK IF YOU ARE ABLE TO STAND WHERE YOU ARE AT,
09:03:20 PLEASE STAND AND DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WITH ME, IF YOU
09:03:22 COULD.
09:03:23 [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
09:03:35 OKAY.
09:03:35 MADAM CLERK, IF YOU DON'T MIND DOING THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
09:03:39 >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU, CHAIR.
09:03:40 DINGFELDER?
09:03:42 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HERE.
09:03:44 >>THE CLERK: GUDES?
09:03:44 >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE.
09:03:46 >>THE CLERK: MANISCALCO?
09:03:47 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
09:03:48 >>THE CLERK: CITRO?
09:03:49 >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE.
09:03:51 >>THE CLERK: MIRANDA?
09:03:52 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
09:03:53 >>THE CLERK: CARLSON?
09:03:54 >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
09:03:56 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
09:03:57 >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
09:03:58 OKAY.
09:03:59 AGAIN, THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR JOINING US FOR THE SPECIAL
09:04:03 CALL MEETING.
09:04:04 WE'LL BE DISCUSSING TWO ITEMS, ONE WHICH WILL TAKE A LOT
09:04:07 LESS THAN THE OTHER, I ANTICIPATE.
09:04:08 THE CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR AND THEN SPEEDING ACROSS THE CITY
09:04:13 INCLUDING AREAS OF BAYSHORE BOULEVARD AND OTHER AREAS OF THE
09:04:16 CITY.
09:04:16 INFORM THE PUBLIC OF THE CITY CALENDAR AFFECTS OUR MEETING
09:04:21 LIVE WITHIN THE FUTURE.
09:04:22 SO WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING THAT RIGHT NOW.
09:04:27 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN?
09:04:28 MR. CHAIRMAN?
09:04:30 YOU SOUND A LITTLE MUFFLED.
09:04:32 I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW.
09:04:34 >>LUIS VIERA: OH, THANK YOU.
09:04:36 PROBABLY ON THE WRONG EAR.
09:04:37 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:04:38 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THAT'S BETTER.
09:04:39 >>LUIS VIERA: I ACTUALLY GOT TWO TEXTS TO THAT.
09:04:41 IF THAT WAS JOHN, THANK YOU, JOHN.
09:04:43 BEFORE THAT, WE'LL GET A VERY BRIEF COVID-19 UPDATE FROM OUR
09:04:48 FRIEND, CHIEF OF STAFF JOHN BENNETT.
09:04:50 CHIEF BENNETT, YOU MAY GO, SIR.
09:04:52 >>JOHN BENNETT: GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN.
09:04:54 GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:04:55 GOOD MORNING, PUBLIC, BOTH PARTICIPATING AND IN LISTENING OR
09:04:58 VIEWING MODE.
09:04:59 AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF TAMPA IN CONJUNCTION WITH
09:05:03 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS STILL IN A STATE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY
09:05:07 SURROUNDING COVID-19.
09:05:08 PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU COULD DO AS A CITIZEN
09:05:11 OF THE CITY OR COUNTY IS PAY ATTENTION TO THE 1:30 P.M.
09:05:16 EXECUTIVE POLICY GROUP MEETING RUN BY HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
09:05:20 WITH ALL THE PARTNERS, OF COURSE, INCLUDING MAYOR JANE
09:05:25 CASTOR REPRESENTING THE CITY OF TAMPA AND ALL OF THE OTHER
09:05:29 POLITICAL LEADERSHIP, INCLUDING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR,
09:05:31 MIKE MERRILL AT 1:30, TO GET THE MOST IMPORTANT UPDATE AS IT
09:05:36 RELATES TO THE GOVERNOR'S ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY ABOUT
09:05:37 REOPENING THE STATE AND HOW THAT PARLAYS INTO THE CITY OF
09:05:42 TAMPA AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
09:05:43 OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK WE'RE FARING WELL UNDER THE STATE
09:05:47 OF EMERGENCY.
09:05:47 I APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT, COLLABORATION, AND EFFORT BOTH
09:05:52 FROM CITY COUNCIL AND THE ADMINISTRATION WORKING TOGETHER TO
09:05:56 KEEP THE CITY MOVING AS WELL AS HANDLE THE STATE OF
09:06:00 EMERGENCY FOR OUR CITIZENS.
09:06:02 WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO YOU, CHAIRMAN.
09:06:05 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
09:06:06 ANY BRIEF QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS?
09:06:09 I WOULD THINK NOT, BUT JUST WANT TO GIVE FOLKS THE COURTESY.
09:06:13 ANYBODY?
09:06:13 OKAY.
09:06:14 BEING NONE, WE MOVE FORWARD.
09:06:16 I JUST WANTED TO STATE MY PIECE, WHICH IS I JUST WANTED TO
09:06:19 ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO, IF YOU CAN, GET TESTED FOR COVID-19.
09:06:23 I KNOW THAT OUR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY EMERGENCY POLICY GROUP
09:06:27 HAS FORWARDED THE IDEA THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE SYMPTOMS
09:06:32 ANYMORE NOW TO BE TESTED.
09:06:34 YOU DON'T NEED A NOTE FROM A DOCTOR.
09:06:36 I'D ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO DO SO, TO GET
09:06:40 TESTED BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW IF YOU HAVE IT.
09:06:43 THAT IS MY PERSONAL OPINION.
09:06:44 I AM NOT A MEDICAL DOCTOR.
09:06:45 JUST MY OPINION.
09:06:46 OKAY.
09:06:47 WE GO FORWARD NOW FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT OVERVIEW FROM MR.
09:06:50 SHELBY.
09:06:51 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF
09:06:53 CITY COUNCIL, MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
09:06:55 BECAUSE OF THE COVID-19 STATE OF EMERGENCY, THIS SPECIAL
09:06:58 CALL MEETING THIS MORNING WILL BE HELD IN ACCORDANCE WITH
09:07:03 THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER 20-69.
09:07:06 AND IT MEANS THAT IT IS BEING CONDUCTED BY WHAT THE STATE
09:07:09 CALLS COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA TECHNOLOGY.
09:07:11 WHAT'S COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS VIRTUALLY OR REMOTELY.
09:07:15 THERE ARE WAYS FOR THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE.
09:07:20 WE ARE OPERATING UNDER THE EMERGENCY RULES OF PROCEDURE
09:07:23 ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CONDUCT OF MEETING WITH THE
09:07:26 USE OF COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA TECHNOLOGY.
09:07:29 RESOLUTION-2020-225, AND FOR THE PUBLIC'S INFORMATION, THAT
09:07:36 RESOLUTION, WITH THOSE RULES, ALONG WITH THE MEANS OF
09:07:40 PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY ARE ON THE CITY COUNCIL'S WEBSITE AT
09:07:46 TAMPAGOV.NET/CITY-COUNCIL.
09:07:51 THERE YOU WILL FIND BOTH THE RULES AND THE DIRECTIONS FOR
09:07:54 THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.
09:07:57 TODAY'S MEETING DID REQUIRE PEOPLE TO REGISTER NO LATER THAN
09:08:02 9 A.M. YESTERDAY, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29.
09:08:06 WE DO HAVE A LIST.
09:08:08 WE WILL BE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
09:08:10 MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT'S ALL I HAVE RIGHT NOW.
09:08:12 THANK YOU.
09:08:13 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. SHELBY.
09:08:15 WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK.
09:08:16 OKAY.
09:08:17 NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS FROM STAFF.
09:08:20 THE FIRST ONE WILL BEGIN WITH OUR WONDERFUL HARDWORKING CITY
09:08:24 ATTORNEY, GINA GRIMES, ON THE CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR.
09:08:28 MS. GRIMES, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN.
09:08:30 AS ALWAYS, OBVIOUSLY, CITY COUNCIL, NO INTERRUPTIONS OR
09:08:33 QUESTIONS UNTIL MS. GRIMES IS FINISHED AND ANYONE ELSE IS
09:08:37 FINISHED.
09:08:37 AFTER THAT I WILL LAY DOWN THE RULES FOR THAT.
09:08:41 GO AHEAD, MA'AM.
09:08:41 >>GINA GRIMES: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
09:08:43 GINA GRIMES, CITY ATTORNEY.
09:08:45 AT YOUR LAST MEETING, YOU ASKED ME TO PREPARE A FORMAL
09:08:49 SCHEDULE REGARDING QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTERS AND PLAN
09:08:52 AMENDMENTS.
09:08:53 AND YOU GAVE ME SOME DIRECTIVES.
09:08:55 YOU ASKED ME TO BE FLEXIBLE AND TO MOVE SOME ITEMS AROUND SO
09:08:59 THAT THE MEETINGS WOULD BE MORE BALANCED AS FAR AS THE
09:09:04 NUMBER OF CASES.
09:09:06 YOU ALSO AUTHORIZED THAT ADDITIONAL DATES BE ESTABLISHED.
09:09:10 OUR GOAL WAS TO RESUME CONDUCTING QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARINGS IN
09:09:17 JUNE, AND DOING SO WHEN ALL PARTICIPANTS WOULD BE PHYSICALLY
09:09:24 PRESENT.
09:09:25 THAT WAS BASED ON MY LEGAL ADVICE TO YOU THAT WE NEED TO
09:09:28 HAVE AND ALLOW ALL PARTICIPANTS TO BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT.
09:09:32 EVEN THOUGH THEY WOULD BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT, WE WOULD STILL
09:09:36 BE COMPLYING WITH ALL SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES AND
09:09:40 REQUIREMENTS.
09:09:42 SO THAT GOES ACTUALLY WITHOUT SAYING.
09:09:45 BUT I HAVE PROPOSED TO YOU A SCHEDULE, AND THAT SCHEDULE
09:09:51 ALLOWS YOU TO CATCH UP WITH ALL OF THE CANCELED
09:09:56 QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARINGS AND PLAN AMENDMENT HEARINGS FROM
09:10:00 MARCH, APRIL, AND MAY.
09:10:03 WITH THE SCHEDULE THAT I'VE PROPOSED, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO
09:10:08 CATCH UP AND RESUME THOSE MEETINGS IN JUNE.
09:10:11 CATCH UP BY THE END OF JUNE.
09:10:12 THAT MEANS THAT ALL OF THE MEETINGS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH,
09:10:15 APRIL, AND MAY WOULD BE CONDUCTED IN JUNE.
09:10:18 WITH THE SCHEDULE THAT I GAVE YOU, YOU WOULD BE MEETING
09:10:24 EVERY THURSDAY EVENING IN JUNE TO CONDUCT PLAN AMENDMENT
09:10:31 HEARINGS, REZONINGS, SPECIAL USE 2s AND APPEAL HEARINGS
09:10:37 FROM VRB MATTERS OR DESIGN EXCEPTION MATTERS, AND ALCOHOLIC
09:10:42 BEVERAGE PETITIONS AS WELL.
09:10:45 IN ORDER TO BALANCE EVERYTHING AND TO NOT HAVE ANY ONE
09:10:52 MEETING BE TOO LONG, I HAD TO ADD ALSO ONE DAYTIME SESSION,
09:10:59 AND THAT WAS ON TUESDAY, JUNE 23rd.
09:11:02 THE PURPOSE OF THAT WAS TO CONDUCT THE REVIEW OR APPEAL
09:11:06 HEARING.
09:11:06 WITH THAT, I SENT YOU THE SCHEDULE.
09:11:11 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT OR
09:11:14 NOT.
09:11:14 IT'S PRETTY WELL BALANCED AS FAR AS EACH HEARING IS
09:11:17 CONCERNED.
09:11:18 JUNE 4 YOU WOULD HAVE 20 PLAN AMENDMENT HEARINGS.
09:11:21 15 OF THOSE ARE FOR AMENDMENTS TO CITY PARKS.
09:11:25 SO THERE ARE 15 CITY PARK AMENDMENTS AND THEN 5 REGULAR PLAN
09:11:30 AMENDMENT APPLICATIONS.
09:11:31 ON JUNE 11, YOU WOULD HAVE 14 QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARINGS,
09:11:36 MEANING REZONINGS AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE APPLICATIONS AND
09:11:39 SPECIAL USE 2s.
09:11:40 ON THURSDAY, JUNE 11, YOU WOULD HAVE 15 QUASI-JUDICIAL
09:11:44 HEARINGS.
09:11:45 AND THEN JUNE 18th, I'M SORRY.
09:11:49 THURSDAY, JUNE 18th, 15 QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING.
09:11:53 THURSDAY, JUNE 25 IN THE EVENING YOU WOULD HAVE 13
09:11:56 QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARINGS.
09:11:57 THEY ARE PRETTY WELL BALANCED SOMEWHAT CONSISTENTLY THE
09:12:03 NUMBER OF CASES YOU HEAR.
09:12:04 MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN YOU TYPICALLY HAVE.
09:12:07 THEN ON TUESDAY, JUNE 23rd, WHICH IS A DAYTIME MEETING,
09:12:11 YOU WOULD HAVE SCHEDULED 8 REVIEW OR APPEAL HEARINGS TO BE
09:12:15 HEARD ON THAT DAY.
09:12:16 IT'S YOUR COUNCIL'S SCHEDULE AND CALENDAR.
09:12:23 YOU CAN MODIFY AS YOU DEEM APPROPRIATE.
09:12:26 AGAIN, MY GOAL WAS TO ALLOW YOU TO CATCH UP AND RESUME THE
09:12:30 HEARINGS AND CATCH UP WITH ALL THE ONES THAT WERE CANCELED.
09:12:35 I KNOW ALL OF YOU WANTED TO USE YOUR BEST EFFORT TO
09:12:39 FACILITATE THE LOCAL REAL ESTATE ECONOMY, AND I THINK THIS
09:12:42 ACCELERATED SCHEDULE DOES JUST THAT.
09:12:44 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I AM AVAILABLE.
09:12:48 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
09:12:49 ANYONE ELSE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THIS PRESENTATION?
09:12:52 OKAY.
09:12:54 BEING NONE, I'LL GO THROUGH THE LINE.
09:12:56 I'LL GIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS A FEW MINUTES.
09:12:58 I WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING BEFOREHAND, IF I MAY.
09:13:01 THE TALK THAT MS. GRIMES JUST GAVE RIGHT NOW IS SOMETHING
09:13:05 THAT CAME AFTER A LOT OF WORK FROM ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS,
09:13:10 TECHNOLOGY STAFF, THE CHIEF OF STAFF, CITY LEGAL PUTTING IN
09:13:13 LOTS AND LOTS OF HOURS.
09:13:15 OUR HARDWORKING ATTORNEY, MR. SHELBY.
09:13:17 MY OFFICE, INCLUDING MY WONDERFUL LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT
09:13:20 BRANNON JORDANLAZO, ALL DONE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
09:13:24 DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY TO GET US BACK ON TRACK AS A
09:13:27 COMMUNITY.
09:13:27 TO ALL OF THEM, I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK IN
09:13:31 MAKING THIS HAPPEN.
09:13:32 THIS HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT PROCESS FRAUGHT WITH A LOT OF
09:13:35 LEGAL LAND MINES.
09:13:36 WE'RE DOING IT TO GET OUR CITY MOVING BACK BIGGER AND TO DO
09:13:40 IT THE RIGHT WAY WITH REGARDS TO REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
09:13:43 AND DIFFERENT PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT THE PUBLIC HAS BEFORE US.
09:13:46 THE SCHEDULE MAY BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT, BUT IT'S FAR
09:13:48 FROM IMPOSSIBLE, AND IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT I
09:13:51 SUPPORT.
09:13:52 I WANT TO SEE IT AS I SAID MANY, MANY TIMES EARLY ON.
09:13:55 OBVIOUSLY, AT THE TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER, I THINK WE NEED
09:13:58 TO HAVE A SAFE SPACE SO TO SPEAK, TO DO THIS IN.
09:14:03 I'VE ALWAYS BEEN ADAMANT ABOUT THAT.
09:14:05 I JUST WANTED TO STATE BEFOREHAND, THANK YOU, MS. GRIMES AND
09:14:08 TO YOU AND ALL YOUR ATTORNEYS AND EVERYBODY WHO HAS PUT A
09:14:11 LOT OF TIME ON THIS.
09:14:12 THIS HASN'T BEEN EASY.
09:14:13 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:14:14 GO AHEAD, SIR.
09:14:19 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I BELIEVE WE OUGHT TO OPEN THE PUBLIC --
09:14:22 THE MEETING.
09:14:24 >>LUIS VIERA: OH, YOU KNOW WHAT?
09:14:27 THANK YOU.
09:14:27 FROM OUR ESTEEMED CHARLIE MIRANDA.
09:14:31 THANK YOU.
09:14:32 IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT -- OR STRIKE THAT.
09:14:35 CAN SOMEBODY MOVE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING?
09:14:37 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED, MR. CHAIRMAN TO OPEN THE
09:14:40 HEARING ON APRIL 30, 2020.
09:14:43 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
09:14:44 THANK YOU COUNCILMAN MIRANDA FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AS WELL,
09:14:46 SIR.
09:14:47 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
09:14:49 ALL IN FAVOR?
09:14:52 ALL -- ACTUALLY, WE NEED TO TAKE ROLL CALL.
09:14:54 DON'T WE?
09:14:56 >>MARTIN SHELBY: I BELIEVE ROLL CALL WAS TAKEN.
09:14:58 >>LUIS VIERA: NO, I MEAN ROLL CALL ON THIS VOTE.
09:15:00 >>MARTIN SHELBY: OH, WELL, WHY DON'T WE JUST INQUIRE OF
09:15:05 MS. LUCAS IF THERE IS ANY PARTICULAR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS
09:15:08 PARTICULAR ITEM THAT SHE'S AWARE OF.
09:15:11 >>THE CLERK: NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.
09:15:15 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
09:15:16 GREAT.
09:15:17 THANK YOU FOR THAT, COUNCILMAN.
09:15:19 COUNCILMAN CARLSON, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, SIR?
09:15:23 >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH, THE ONLY QUESTION OR COMMENT I HAVE IS
09:15:27 -- AND THANK YOU, LIKE YOU SAID, FOR ALL THE HELP FROM THE
09:15:30 LEGAL TEAM AND EVERYONE WORKING ON THIS.
09:15:32 BUT THE BIG QUESTION I HAVE, LAST YEAR, WHEN WE STARTED, THE
09:15:36 BUDGET WAS IN PROCESS ALREADY.
09:15:37 WE TOLD OURSELVES AND THE ADMINISTRATION THAT WE WOULD TRY
09:15:40 TO START EARLIER TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET SO WE WOULDN'T END
09:15:44 UP IN A LAST-MINUTE SITUATION WHERE THERE WAS LAST-MINUTE
09:15:47 NEGOTIATING.
09:15:48 WE TALKED ABOUT STARTING IN APRIL.
09:15:49 THAT WAS SET BACK BECAUSE OF THE SCHEDULE.
09:15:52 I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE US TO SET A TIME, SEVERAL TIMES ON
09:15:55 THE SCHEDULE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE BUDGET AS SOON
09:15:58 AS POSSIBLE SO WE DON'T END UP DISCUSSING IT LAST MINUTE.
09:16:03 >>JOHN BENNETT: MR. CHAIRMAN, THIS IS JOHN BENNETT, CHIEF OF
09:16:06 STAFF.
09:16:07 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
09:16:07 >>JOHN BENNETT: GOOD MORNING AGAIN, COUNCIL.
09:16:09 JOHN BENNETT, CHIEF OF STAFF.
09:16:11 JUST TO ADDRESS COUNCILMAN CARLSON'S POINT, WHICH IS WELL
09:16:15 TAKEN, AS YOU KNOW, WE WERE VALIANTLY IN AN ATTEMPT TO GIVE
09:16:19 COUNCIL PORTFOLIO BRIEFINGS FROM ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS FOR
09:16:22 THE FISCAL YEAR '21 UPCOMING BUDGET PROCESS TO DO EXACTLY
09:16:26 WHAT WAS SAID, IS TO HAVE A SMOOTHER DEVELOPMENT SIDE TO THE
09:16:33 BUDGET FOR FY '21 WHICH HAS NOW BEEN DISRUPTED BY COVID-19.
09:16:38 I MET WITH THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER YESTERDAY, MR. DENNIS
09:16:41 ROGERO, AND WE'RE PUTTING A PLAN TOGETHER TO KIND OF
09:16:44 CONDENSE THAT ORIGINAL PROCESS HERE FORTHCOMING HOPEFULLY IN
09:16:51 THE MONTH OF MAY.
09:16:52 >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH, THANK YOU.
09:16:53 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
09:16:55 >>BILL CARLSON: FINAL COMMENT.
09:16:56 DOING THIS IN ADVANCE I THINK WAS MOSTLY TO HELP THE MAYOR'S
09:17:01 OFFICE BECAUSE YOU ALL DID A LOT OF WORK AND STAFF DID A LOT
09:17:03 OF WORK LEADING INTO IT.
09:17:05 SEVERAL OF US WERE NEW AND WE HAD LAST-MINUTE COMMENTS.
09:17:08 THE EARLIER WE CAN START, I THINK THE BETTER FOR EVERYBODY.
09:17:10 THANK YOU, ALL.
09:17:11 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
09:17:14 VERY GOOD POINT.
09:17:15 COUNCILMAN CITRO.
09:17:16 GO AHEAD, SIR.
09:17:16 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
09:17:19 I DO APPRECIATE.
09:17:19 THANK YOU TO LEGAL STAFF.
09:17:20 YES, I FEEL THAT THE SOONER WE GET BACK TO OUR
09:17:24 QUASI-JUDICIAL CASES THE BETTER FOR US, THE BETTER FOR THE
09:17:28 CITY, THE BETTER FOR THE ECONOMY.
09:17:29 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
09:17:32 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.
09:17:33 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, ANYTHING, SIR?
09:17:37 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:17:38 MR. CARLSON, FUNNY COINCIDENCE, I WAS COMMUNICATING WITH
09:17:47 CHIEF BENNETT THIS MORNING ABOUT THE SAME THING AND LOOKING
09:17:49 FORWARD TO HAVING HIS DEPARTMENT HEADS START BRIEFING US
09:17:52 ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR DEPARTMENT LEADING UP TO THE
09:17:56 BUDGET.
09:17:57 I GUESS OUR MINDS ARE THINKING ALIKE.
09:18:02 THAT'S A LITTLE SCARY.
09:18:03 IN REGARD TO THE SCHEDULE, I APPRECIATE MS. GRIMES AND HER
09:18:06 TEAM AND EVERYBODY WORKING ON THIS DILIGENTLY.
09:18:11 I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY FOR A
09:18:16 VARIETY OF REASONS.
09:18:17 I HAVE ONE QUESTION WHICH WAS TO MR. SHELBY.
09:18:19 I SAW HIS NAME REFERENCED ON THE MEMO.
09:18:22 I WANTED TO CHIME IN AND LET HIM KNOW HE'S COMFORTABLE WITH
09:18:25 THE SCHEDULE WORKED OUT.
09:18:26 OTHERWISE, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
09:18:27 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
09:18:29 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.
09:18:30 MR. SHELBY.
09:18:31 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:18:33 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO MS. GRIMES AND
09:18:36 THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
09:18:38 WE DID HAVE A CHANCE TO WORK TOGETHER ON IT.
09:18:42 I DID HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT BEFORE IT WAS SENT OUT TO
09:18:45 COUNCIL.
09:18:45 I'M IN FULL AGREEMENT WITH IT, AND I APPRECIATE THE
09:18:49 OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT ON
09:18:51 THIS.
09:18:54 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
09:18:55 COUNCILMAN GUDES, ANYTHING, SIR?
09:18:58 >>ORLANDO GUDES: GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:18:59 THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AGAIN, SIR.
09:19:01 SHOUT-OUT TO THE STAFF, MS. GRIMES AND HER TEAM, GREAT JOB
09:19:06 ON THIS PROJECT.
09:19:06 I'M HAPPY WITH IT.
09:19:08 MY ONLY CONCERN IS MAKING SURE THAT WE GET THE CONVENTION
09:19:11 CENTER SO WE CAN BE IN A PUBLIC SETTING.
09:19:13 THESE ARE A LOT OF ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR EACH ONE OF THESE
09:19:17 DATES.
09:19:18 I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IN A SETTING THAT THE PUBLIC CAN
09:19:21 BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO IT.
09:19:22 I YIELD BACK.
09:19:23 THANK YOU, SIR.
09:19:24 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.
09:19:25 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, GO AHEAD, SIR.
09:19:30 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
09:19:31 I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR HARD WORK IN THIS.
09:19:35 THAT'S IT.
09:19:35 I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING ALL THIS DONE.
09:19:37 THANKS.
09:19:39 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
09:19:40 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, ANYTHING, SIR?
09:19:42 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NOTHING AT ALL.
09:19:43 THANK YOU.
09:19:44 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.
09:19:46 OKAY.
09:19:48 JUST IN CLOSING, I GUESS WE'LL LIKELY NEED A MOTION TO
09:19:53 ADOPT.
09:19:55 I WANT TO SAY AS AN ADDITIONAL ISSUE I SPOKE ABOUT BEFORE,
09:19:59 MAYBE I'M SENSITIVE TO THIS BECAUSE I'M AN ATTORNEY, BUT
09:20:01 MANY OF THE ATTORNEYS WHO HAVE BEEN ON THIS JUST STARTED A
09:20:03 COUPLE OF MONTHS BEFORE, SO THEY REALLY HAD TRIAL BY FIRE.
09:20:07 I'M CERTAINLY APPRECIATIVE OF THIS.
09:20:10 I WOULD SAY IN MY ROLE AS A COUNCILMAN, WHILE WE'RE IN THIS
09:20:14 PANDEMIC, I'M ADAMANT THAT THE MEETINGS AT TAMPA CONVENTION
09:20:17 CENTER SHOULD BE FOR NECESSARY MEETINGS WHILE WE'RE IN
09:20:20 SOCIAL DISTANCING.
09:20:20 THAT IS QUASI-JUDICIALS, MATTERS WHERE WE HAVE TO BE THERE
09:20:24 LIVE BECAUSE PUBLIC SAFETY COMES FIRST, AND WE WANT TO LEAD
09:20:27 BY EXAMPLE.
09:20:28 THAT'S MY OPINION.
09:20:30 DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT AN AMENDED CALENDAR AS
09:20:32 SUGGESTED?
09:20:33 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:20:34 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND, MR. MANISCALCO.
09:20:37 >>GINA GRIMES: MR. CHAIRMAN, THIS IS GINA GRIMES.
09:20:39 I HAVE JUST ONE QUESTION.
09:20:40 ON THURSDAY, JUNE 4th, I PROPOSE THAT THE PLAN AMENDMENT
09:20:48 HEARINGS BEGIN AT 6 P.M.
09:20:50 TYPICALLY YOU START THOSE HEARINGS AT 5:01.
09:20:53 I JUST WANTED TO OFFER YOU THAT ALTERNATIVE.
09:20:56 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO BEGIN AT 5:01 OR IT WOULD BE
09:21:00 BETTER FOR ALL OF YOUR SCHEDULES TO BEGIN AT 6.
09:21:08 >>LUIS VIERA: ANYBODY HAVE THOUGHTS ON THAT?
09:21:11 I'M FINE WITH 5.
09:21:13 6 IT MATTERS NOT TO ME.
09:21:15 ANY THOUGHTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS?
09:21:19 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH EITHER TIME, MR.
09:21:21 CHAIRMAN.
09:21:22 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
09:21:23 THE MAKER OF THE MOTION.
09:21:25 ANYBODY HAVE AN OBJECTION?
09:21:26 IT APPEARS 5 IS FINE.
09:21:29 ANY OTHER COMMENTS, MS. GRIMES?
09:21:32 >>GINA GRIMES: NO.
09:21:34 THAT'S IT.
09:21:35 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, MARTIN SHELBY.
09:21:36 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR, GO AHEAD.
09:21:37 >>MARTIN SHELBY: A QUESTION, AND MAYBE MS. GRIMES CAN OPINE
09:21:42 BECAUSE JUST FOR COUNCIL'S KNOWLEDGE, OBVIOUSLY COUNCIL IS
09:21:48 AWARE, ALL THESE MEETINGS, AT LEAST THE QUASI-JUDICIALS,
09:21:52 WILL REQUIRE PUBLIC NOTICE.
09:21:54 WHICH MEANS IT HAS TO GO BACK.
09:21:55 WE HAVE TO BACKDATE IT TO ALLOW 30 DAYS' PUBLIC NOTICE.
09:21:59 IS IT NECESSARY OR IMPORTANT FOR THE LOCATION TO BE DIRECTED
09:22:04 BY CITY COUNCIL AT THIS TIME, MS. GRIMES?
09:22:09 AT LEAST THERE'S DIRECTION TO THE ADMINISTRATION AS TO THE
09:22:13 LOCATION OF THE QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARINGS.
09:22:14 >>GINA GRIMES: YES, SIR.
09:22:15 >>LUIS VIERA: THAT IS A VERY GOOD POINT.
09:22:16 MS. GRIMES, IF YOU WANT TO RESPOND, YOU MAY.
09:22:21 >>GINA GRIMES: YES, MR. SHELBY IS CORRECT.
09:22:23 ALL OF THESE HEARINGS WILL HAVE TO BE RENOTICED.
09:22:26 ONCE COUNCIL APPROVES THE SCHEDULE, THEN THE CITY STAFF WILL
09:22:30 NOTIFY ALL THE APPLICANTS TO SEND THE NOTICE ON THE DATE
09:22:34 THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED.
09:22:36 MR. SHELBY IS ALSO CORRECT THAT THE LOCATION OF THE HEARINGS
09:22:39 WILL NEED TO BE INCLUDED ON THE NOTICE.
09:22:41 THE FIRST HEARINGS ARE SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 4th. SO THAT
09:22:45 MEANS THE NOTICES WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT MAY 4th.
09:22:49 THOSE FIRST SET OF HEARINGS ARE FOR PLAN AMENDMENTS, SO THE
09:22:56 STAFF ALREADY HAS THOSE NOTICES PREPARED FOR THE PLAN
09:22:59 AMENDMENTS.
09:22:59 THEY WOULD BE -- ONLY OUR CITY STAFF WOULD BE AFFECTED BY
09:23:04 THE FIRST SET OF HEARINGS.
09:23:05 THE NEXT SET OF HEARINGS STARTING ON JUNE 11 WOULD HAVE TO
09:23:09 GO OUT BY MAY 11, AND THAT'S WHEN -- THAT WOULD GIVE
09:23:14 APPLICANTS 11 DAYS FROM TODAY IN WHICH TO PREPARE THEIR
09:23:18 NOTICES AND TO MAIL THEM.
09:23:21 THAT'S MORE THAN SUFFICIENT TIME.
09:23:22 GOING BACK TO THE QUESTION, YES, WE WOULD HAVE TO RENOTICE
09:23:26 AND, YES, THE LOCATION OF THE MEETING WOULD HAVE TO BE
09:23:29 IDENTIFIED IN THE NOTICE.
09:23:33 MR. BENNETT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE ON THE PHONE, IF YOU
09:23:35 WANT TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.
09:23:37 >>JOHN BENNETT: JOHN BENNETT, CHIEF OF STAFF.
09:23:39 THANK YOU.
09:23:40 GOOD QUESTION.
09:23:41 I DID A TOUR OF THE TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER LAST SATURDAY
09:23:43 MORNING WITH THEIR STAFF LED BY DIRECTOR UNA GARVEY.
09:23:49 AND IT IS CONFIGURED.
09:23:50 THE TECHNOLOGY IS BEING FINALIZED.
09:23:54 THERE WERE SOME FINAL MANEUVERS BETWEEN OUR TECHNOLOGY AND
09:23:57 INNOVATION DEPARTMENT AND MS. BAUMAN'S SHOP AS WELL AS THE
09:24:01 CONVENTION CENTER TO MAKE SURE WE CAN NOT ONLY HANDLE THE
09:24:04 MEETING INTERNALLY, BUT WE'RE SET UP FOR BROADCAST.
09:24:07 I'M VERY CONFIDENT IN STAFF'S LEVEL OF EFFORT TO BE READY
09:24:11 FOR JUNE.
09:24:16 >>LUIS VIERA: GREAT.
09:24:17 SO IT IS PRESENTLY CONTEMPLATED THAT THESE MEETINGS WOULD BE
09:24:20 HELD AT THE TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER, CORRECT?
09:24:26 >>GINA GRIMES: THAT'S CORRECT.
09:24:27 >>JOHN BENNETT: THAT'S THE LEGAL REQUIREMENT AND FOR THE
09:24:30 SPACE ALLOCATION, THE CONVENTION CENTER WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR
09:24:36 JUNE.
09:24:39 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, MARTIN SHELBY.
09:24:40 IT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION THEN THAT THE LOCATION BE
09:24:43 INCLUDED IN THE MOTION.
09:24:45 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
09:24:46 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, ARE YOU OKAY WITH DOING THAT, SIR?
09:24:49 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES, I AM, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:24:50 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:24:50 I INCLUDE THAT.
09:24:51 JUNE THE 4th, I THINK WE OUGHT TO BE SPECIFIC THAT IT
09:24:54 STARTS AT 5:01 THEN.
09:24:56 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
09:24:58 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WITH THE MEETING PLACE BEING AT THE TAMPA
09:25:00 CONVENTION CENTER, OF ALL THE MEETINGS, THE FIVE DATES THAT
09:25:04 ARE PUT HERE.
09:25:06 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
09:25:07 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, I ASSUME YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT?
09:25:10 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
09:25:10 >>LUIS VIERA: AS THE SECOND?
09:25:11 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
09:25:12 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
09:25:13 WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
09:25:16 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
09:25:17 ALL IN FAVOR?
09:25:21 ANY OPPOSED?
09:25:23 >>MARTIN SHELBY: A ROLL CALL PLEASE, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:25:26 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
09:25:27 >>THE CLERK: DINGFELDER?
09:25:29 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
09:25:30 >>THE CLERK: GUDES?
09:25:32 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
09:25:34 >>THE CLERK: MANISCALCO?
09:25:35 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
09:25:35 >>THE CLERK: CITRO?
09:25:38 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
09:25:40 >>THE CLERK: MIRANDA?
09:25:41 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
09:25:42 >>THE CLERK: CARLSON?
09:25:44 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
09:25:45 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
09:25:48 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
09:25:48 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED WITH MIRANDA BEING THE MAKER
09:25:53 OF THE MOTION AND MANISCALCO SECONDING THE MOTION.
09:25:58 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SULING.
09:26:00 WE APPRECIATE THAT.
09:26:01 OKAY, BEING NOTHING ELSE ON ITEM NUMBER 1, WE MOVE TO ITEM
09:26:05 NUMBER 2.
09:26:06 SPEEDING ON BAYSHORE AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:26:08 I LEAVE THIS TO CHIEF BENNETT.
09:26:11 SO TO GIVE FOLKS KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S GOING TO
09:26:15 HAPPEN, THERE'S GOING TO BE A PRESENTATION BY THE
09:26:18 ADMINISTRATION AND OTHERS.
09:26:20 CHIEF BENNETT AND OTHERS ON THIS TOPIC.
09:26:23 THEN CITY COUNCIL WILL BE ASKING QUESTIONS OF THE STAFF
09:26:26 BECAUSE MUCH OF THE STAFF WILL BE LEAVING AFTER THE
09:26:31 PRESENTATION.
09:26:31 SO THE FIRST ROUND OF COUNCIL COMMENTS ARE GOING TO BE
09:26:35 LIMITED TO QUESTIONS TO THE STAFF ON THE ITEM AT HAND, NOT
09:26:40 STATEMENTS.
09:26:40 WE WILL THEN HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
09:26:43 AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT, THEN WILL COME MORE EXTENSIVE
09:26:46 STATEMENTS.
09:26:46 I WANT TO RESPECT STAFF'S TIME WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY VALUABLE
09:26:49 IN THE MIDST OF THE PANDEMIC, SO I WANT TO APPORTION IT OUT
09:26:52 THAT WAY.
09:26:53 WE WILL DO PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER THIS, EACH SPEAKER, AND I
09:26:56 BELIEVE WE HAVE 47 SPEAKERS AND UP TO 3 MINUTES, YOU DO NOT
09:27:01 HAVE TO USE YOUR THREE MINUTES, OF COURSE, YOU MAY.
09:27:05 WE'LL HEAR YOU OUT AND WE EXPECT EVERYBODY'S TIME AND
09:27:08 OPINION.
09:27:08 CHIEF BENNETT, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO, YOU MAY, SIR.
09:27:11 >>JOHN BENNETT: GOOD MORNING AGAIN, CHAIRMAN, COUNCIL, AND
09:27:14 PUBLIC, JOHN BENNETT, CHIEF OF STAFF.
09:27:16 ESSENTIALLY, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND MOBILITY PORTFOLIO LED
09:27:23 BY ADMINISTRATOR JEAN DUNCAN IS GOING TO TAKE THE LEAD.
09:27:28 HER STAFF AS WELL AS TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT STAFF AND TAMPA
09:27:32 FIRE RESCUE STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE, AS YOU MENTIONED.
09:27:35 SO FOR NOW, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JEAN DUNCAN WHO
09:27:39 WILL KICK OFF THE PRESENTATION WITH DIRECTOR VIK BHIDE.
09:27:45 >>JEAN DUNCAN: GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
09:27:47 GOOD MORNING CITY COUNCIL CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MEMBERS
09:27:50 OF OUR PUBLIC.
09:27:51 WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL TUNING IN THIS MORNING FOR THIS
09:27:54 IMPORTANT CONVERSATION.
09:27:56 I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TEAM THAT
09:28:00 WORKS BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE CITY OF TAMPA, BETWEEN OUR
09:28:03 ENGINEERING TEAM, OUR TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT, LEGAL STAFF
09:28:07 AND OTHERS, MANY OF US HAVE WORKED ON SPEED ISSUES AND
09:28:13 ISSUES PARTICULARLY ON BAYSHORE.
09:28:17 FOR MANY YEARS, WE'RE HAPPY THAT OUR PARTNERS AT THE
09:28:20 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND I KNOW THE COUNTY HAS TUNED
09:28:24 IN TO HEAR THE COMMENTS TODAY FROM THE PUBLIC.
09:28:27 WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A
09:28:30 FRAMEWORK BRIEFLY ABOUT TEN MINUTES' WORTH OF INFORMATION TO
09:28:34 SHARE WITH YOU.
09:28:36 YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG WITH SOME SLIDES THAT WE'LL BE PUTTING
09:28:40 UP ON THE SCREEN.
09:28:41 THIS WILL GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION TO MANY OF YOU
09:28:43 THAT PROBABLY HAVE SOME OF YOUR OWN THOUGHTS BUT GIVE A
09:28:47 SENSE OF WHAT'S GOING ON CURRENTLY AND HOW WE APPROACH
09:28:52 TRANSITIONING AND EVOLVING OUR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK BEING
09:28:57 THAT IT'S A COMPLEX SYSTEM OF ENGINEERING AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR
09:29:03 AND DECISION MAKING.
09:29:04 SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW MOBILITY DIRECTOR,
09:29:08 VIK BHIDE.
09:29:10 WE HAD SOME RECENT REORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES RIGHT BEFORE THE
09:29:14 COVID-19 VIRUS CAME ALONG, AND VIK IS NOW AT THE REINS OF
09:29:20 OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, WHICH WE'VE NOW RENAMED AS
09:29:24 OUR MOBILITY DEPARTMENT TO GIVE THE MESSAGE THAT WE ARE
09:29:29 LOOKING AT MOBILITY FROM A MULTIFACETED VIEWPOINT, WALKING,
09:29:35 BIKING, DRIVING, PARKING, MICROMOBILITY, WHICH IS BICYCLES
09:29:39 AND SCOOTERS, ET CETERA.
09:29:42 WE HAVE A VERY COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH WE TAKE WITH OUR
09:29:45 MOBILITY DEPARTMENT.
09:29:47 I WON'T BELABOR ANY MORE COMMENTS.
09:29:50 WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE VIK TO GET US STARTED WITH SHARING
09:29:54 INFORMATION WITH YOU ALL THAT I THINK WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL
09:29:56 AS WE THEN GO INTO HEARING THE PUBLIC'S THOUGHTS ABOUT
09:29:59 SPEEDING AROUND THE CITY AND ON BAYSHORE BOULEVARD
09:30:03 SPECIFICALLY.
09:30:03 VIK, WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU
09:30:10 WILL SHARE.
09:30:12 >>VIK BHIDE: THANK YOU, JEAN, AND THANK YOU COUNCIL FOR
09:30:16 HOSTING THIS VIRTUAL CALL ON A VERY CRITICAL TOPIC.
09:30:19 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN, JUST A POINT OF ORDER, MR.
09:30:22 CHAIRMAN.
09:30:26 >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, GO AHEAD.
09:30:28 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU.
09:30:29 FORMER COUNCILWOMAN LINDA SAUL-SENA SAID THEY CANNOT SEE THE
09:30:34 SCREEN.
09:30:36 I GUESS IF THERE'S ANY PRESENTATION COMING, THAT THE VIEWERS
09:30:41 OUT THERE CAN'T SEE THE SCREEN.
09:30:42 I JUST ASK OUR TECHNICAL PEOPLE TO TAKE A DOUBLE LOOK AT
09:30:47 THAT ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC, IF THERE ARE ANY SCREEN SHOTS
09:30:50 COMING FROM STAFF OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
09:30:53 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
09:30:54 BRANNON, MY WONDERFUL AIDE IS LISTENING.
09:30:57 I'LL TEXT HER TO INQUIRE WITH TECH ON THAT.
09:31:00 THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
09:31:02 THANK YOU, SIR.
09:31:03 OKAY.
09:31:04 GO AHEAD.
09:31:05 >>VIK BHIDE: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.
09:31:08 AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THE PRESENTATION BECAUSE I
09:31:12 WILL BE FOLLOWING THE SLIDES AS WE SEE IT ON THE TELEVISION.
09:31:17 SO THE PRESENTATION MAY HAVE A SECOND OR TWO OF DELAY.
09:31:21 BUT THAT'S REALLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE BROADER PUBLIC.
09:31:25 SO IF WE COULD START THE PRESENTATION.
09:31:27 THANK YOU.
09:31:30 SO, GOOD MORNING, AGAIN.
09:31:32 I'M GOING TO BE DISCUSSING SPEED MANAGEMENT AND SPEEDING
09:31:36 ISSUES AROUND THE CITY.
09:31:39 AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS REALLY CRITICAL
09:31:44 TO THE CITY.
09:31:45 WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON TRAFFIC SAFETY PROJECTS, BUT
09:31:48 PARTICULARLY WITH MAYOR CASTOR'S ADMINISTRATION AND THROUGH
09:31:53 HER TRANSFORMING TAMPA'S TOMORROW INITIATIVE, TRANSPORTATION
09:31:58 HAS BEEN ELEVATED WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION AND HENCE YOU SEE
09:32:05 JEAN AND I REALLY ADDRESSING THIS AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS
09:32:10 WITHIN THE CITY.
09:32:12 TRANSPORTATION, MAYBE AS PART OF THE T3 INITIATIVE PUT FORTH
09:32:20 SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS.
09:32:22 A KEY RECOMMENDATION RELATIVE TO OUR DISCUSSION TODAY WAS
09:32:26 THAT THE CITY ADOPT VISION ZERO PRINCIPLES.
09:32:31 VISION ZERO IS THE IDEA THAT ONE DEATH IS TOO MANY ON OUR
09:32:36 ROADWAYS.
09:32:38 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ADOPTED.
09:32:40 IT IS ALSO AN IDEA THAT ROAD DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE THROUGH
09:32:45 DESIGN, ENGINEERING, EDUCATION, AND ENFORCEMENT.
09:32:50 THE WAY WE MANIFEST THESE CONCEPTS IS THROUGH OUR TAMPA
09:32:56 M.O.V.E.S. PROGRAM.
09:32:58 THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM THAT WILL DEVELOP A
09:33:00 FRAMEWORK FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS OF OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
09:33:03 AND M.O.V.E.S. IS AN ACRONYM THAT STANDS FOR "MOBILITY FOR
09:33:10 ALL."
09:33:11 THAT MEANS ALL ABILITIES AND ALL USERS.
09:33:14 ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
09:33:18 A VISION FOR TRANSFORMING OUR PUBLIC SPACES.
09:33:21 EQUITY ACROSS TAMPA.
09:33:24 AND SAFETY.
09:33:25 WHICH IS WHERE VISION ZERO COMES IN.
09:33:27 AGAIN, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:33:31 ADVANCE THE SLIDE PLEASE.
09:33:37 THANK YOU.
09:33:37 SO IN SPEAKING ABOUT SAFETY, SPEED IS A NUMBER ONE FACTOR
09:33:43 WHEN IT COMES TO SAVING LIVES.
09:33:46 AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE GRAPHIC TO THE LEFT, A LOT OF RESEARCH
09:33:50 HAS GONE INTO IT.
09:33:52 THIS IS ALSO INTUITIVE.
09:33:55 BUT THE CHANCE OF SURVIVAL FOR A PEDESTRIAN FROM A COLLISION
09:33:59 WITH A VEHICLE IS EXPONENTIALLY HIGHER AT LOWER SPEEDS, LIKE
09:34:05 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 20 MILES AN HOUR, 30, AND 40
09:34:09 MILES AN HOUR.
09:34:09 OUR EFFORTS THROUGH ALL OF OUR PROJECTS HAS BEEN TO ADDRESS
09:34:16 SPEEDING FIRST.
09:34:17 WE HAVE SEVERAL STRATEGIES THAT WE IMPLEMENT THROUGH ALL OF
09:34:22 OUR PROJECTS, THROUGH ALL OF OUR EFFORTS.
09:34:25 THIS INCLUDES EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT IN COOPERATION WITH
09:34:29 OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, TPD AND REGIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
09:34:36 AGENCIES AND PARTNERS.
09:34:38 WE HAVE SEVERAL INITIATIVES TO GET EDUCATION OUT THERE
09:34:43 WITHIN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT SAFETY, ABOUT SPEEDING, AND THEN
09:34:47 THERE'S ENGINEERING WHICH IS THE DESIGN OF OUR PUBLIC
09:34:51 FACILITY AND WHAT WE DO TO MANAGE THOSE SPEEDS.
09:34:56 SOME OF THOSE STRATEGIES ARE REDUCING LANE WIDTHS, WHICH
09:35:01 STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT IT REDUCES THE COMFORTABLE SPEED AT
09:35:06 WHICH PEOPLE DRIVE.
09:35:10 ROAD DIETS WHICH IS LANE ELIMINATION OR MAKING A FACILITY
09:35:14 MORE MULTIMODAL BY REALLOCATING PUBLIC SPACE, ADDING CROSS
09:35:20 WALKS, ADDING SIGNALS FOR ADDITIONAL CONTROL AND BREAKING
09:35:25 TRAFFIC.
09:35:26 AND THEN ROUNDABOUTS, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY MEASURE
09:35:30 OR VERTICAL DEFLECTION, LIKE RAISED CROSSWALKS.
09:35:36 ADVANCE THE SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:35:38 SO WE'VE IMPLEMENTED SEVERAL PROJECTS, AS I MENTIONED, OVER
09:35:46 THE YEARS, THAT ADOPT AND USE THESE VISION ZERO CONCEPTS,
09:35:51 AND WE CONTINUE TO DO SO.
09:35:54 WE DO DEPEND SIGNIFICANTLY ON F.D.O.T. FUNDING TO AUGMENT
09:36:00 OUR LIMITED RESOURCES, AND WE THANK THE STATE FOR THEIR
09:36:04 EFFORTS AS WELL.
09:36:06 THE TABLE ON YOUR RIGHT SHOWS THE LIST OF ROADS THAT WE HAVE
09:36:10 REDUCED SPEED LIMITS ON RECENTLY.
09:36:13 AGAIN, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT OUR WORK OVER THE YEARS IN
09:36:18 PRIORITY, TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS IS A CONTINUUM.
09:36:23 THIS IS A LONG-TERM TRANSFORMATION OF OUR PUBLIC SPACES.
09:36:27 WE ARE COMMITTED TO IT AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL WITHIN THE CITY.
09:36:33 THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
09:36:43 HERE IS A LIST OF OUR TOP 20 HIGH-INJURY CORRIDORS WITHIN
09:36:47 THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:36:49 THESE CORRIDORS, AS YOU CAN SEE, HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED BY THE
09:36:54 HILLSBOROUGH MPO AS PART OF THEIR HIGH INJURY NETWORK.
09:36:58 WE COORDINATE WITH THE MPO, THE COUNTY, AND THE STATE WHO
09:37:03 OWN VARIOUS FACILITIES WITHIN THE CITY TO MONITOR THESE,
09:37:07 PRIORITIZE PROJECTS AND DEPLOY THEM ACCORDINGLY.
09:37:10 AS YOU CAN SEE, IN THIS LIST OF PRIORITIES, WE HAVE BAYSHORE
09:37:18 BOULEVARD AT NUMBER 15.
09:37:20 IT IS A PRIORITY CORRIDOR.
09:37:22 THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:37:25 SPEAKING OF BAYSHORE BOULEVARD, IT IS A SIGNATURE FACILITY
09:37:33 WITHIN TAMPA, AND IT SERVES MULTIPLE PURPOSES.
09:37:39 WE RECOGNIZE THAT.
09:37:39 IT IS A ROADWAY CLASSIFIED AS AN ARTERIAL, UP TO 30,000
09:37:44 VEHICLES A DAY ON IT.
09:37:45 IT'S A MAJOR LINEAR PARK, A PLACE FOR RECREATION, A PLACE
09:37:50 FOR GATHERING.
09:37:52 THIS IS WHERE GASPARILLA HAPPENS.
09:37:55 IT'S ALSO, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT, A PLACE THAT IS
09:37:59 VULNERABLE TO CLIMATE CHANGE, INCLEMENT WEATHER AND
09:38:04 ULTIMATELY SEA LEVEL RISE.
09:38:07 SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THIS FACILITY AND ITS FUTURE, IT'S
09:38:13 IMPORTANT TO NOTE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT USES; WE CERTAINLY
09:38:15 DO.
09:38:16 IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS A COUNTY-OWNED
09:38:19 FACILITY MAINTAINED UNDER AGREEMENT AND OPERATED UNDER
09:38:22 AGREEMENT BY THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:38:25 WE COORDINATE WITH THE COUNTY ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF BAYSHORE
09:38:29 BOULEVARD.
09:38:30 THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:38:32 HAVING SAID THAT, THE CITY HAS INVESTED QUITE A BIT OVER THE
09:38:42 YEARS TOWARDS ENHANCING SAFETY ON BAYSHORE.
09:38:47 THIS GOES BACK MANY YEARS THROUGH TWO DIFFERENT BAYSHORE
09:38:52 SAFETY ACTION PLANS.
09:38:54 AND WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING FROM ADDING FEEDBACK SIGNS,
09:38:59 NARROWING LANE WIDTHS, CHANGING SPEED LIMITS, ADDING
09:39:04 ADDITIONAL CROSSWALKS FOR PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE ACCESS, AND
09:39:08 SEVERAL REPAIRS.
09:39:10 HAVING SAID THAT, THIS IS A CONTINUOUS PROCESS.
09:39:14 OUR WORK IS NOT DONE.
09:39:16 WE RECOGNIZE THAT, AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON BAYSHORE.
09:39:20 THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:39:21 SO OUR WORK THUS FAR HAS YIELDED SOME POSITIVE RESULTS.
09:39:34 WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REDUCE AVERAGE SPEED BY UP TO 7 MILES
09:39:39 PER HOUR ON VARIOUS SEGMENTS ALONG BAYSHORE AND HAVE
09:39:45 INCREASED ACCESS, GENERALLY, FOR BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS
09:39:50 OVER THE YEARS.
09:39:51 THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:39:54 IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT TRAGEDIES ON BAYSHORE, AND WE
09:40:04 RECOGNIZE THAT AND ARE SADDENED BY IT, WE DO HAVE SOME
09:40:08 SHORT-TERM ACTIONS PLANNED AS WELL.
09:40:10 THESE ARE PART OF PREVIOUS PLANS.
09:40:15 AGAIN, IT'S PART OF THE CONTINUUM.
09:40:17 WE ARE LOOKING AT FURTHER REDUCING POSTED SPEED LIMITS ALONG
09:40:21 CERTAIN SECTIONS OF BAYSHORE.
09:40:24 WE WILL BE SIGNALIZING THE INTERSECTIONS OF EUCLID AND ROME.
09:40:30 IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH BAYSHORE, THE FIRST IS SOUTH OF BAY
09:40:34 TO BAY AND THE OTHER IS NORTH OF HOWARD.
09:40:38 THE PRIMARY PURPOSE FOR INSTALLING THESE TWO TRAFFIC SIGNALS
09:40:44 IS TO BREAK TRAFFIC IN THE NORTHBOUND DIRECTION.
09:40:47 THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO SIGNIFICANT SEGMENTS ALONG BAYSHORE
09:40:53 NORTHBOUND WHERE THERE'S UNINTERRUPTED OR UNCONTROLLED
09:40:58 TRAFFIC FLOW FOR UP TO TWO MILES.
09:41:01 THIS DOES PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SPEEDING, AND DATA
09:41:07 SUGGESTS THAT HAS BEEN A FACTOR IN MANY OF THE MOST CRITICAL
09:41:12 INCIDENTS ALONG THIS ROADWAY.
09:41:16 BOTH OF THESE INTERSECTIONS HAVE BEEN GIVEN STUDIED
09:41:20 CONSIDERATION.
09:41:21 WE'VE LOOKED AT SEVERAL OPTIONS ON HOW TO AND WHAT MEASURES
09:41:24 TO IMPLEMENT OUT THERE.
09:41:27 AND SIGNALIZATION AS A MEASURE TO STOP TRAFFIC HAS BEEN
09:41:33 FOUND TO BE MOST EFFECTIVE.
09:41:34 WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE ANY OF OUR STUDIES WITH THE PUBLIC AS
09:41:38 NEEDED ON THAT.
09:41:39 ADDITIONALLY, WE WILL ADJUST SIGNAL TIMINGS ALONG THIS
09:41:46 CORRIDOR, AGAIN, TO PRIORITIZE PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS,
09:41:49 BUT ALSO TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS FACILITY OPERATES
09:41:52 DIFFERENTLY BETWEEN THE PEAK AND THE OFF-PEAKS OR WEEKENDS.
09:41:56 SO ANY OPERATIONAL CHANGES NEEDED TO FACILITATE THAT WE WILL
09:42:05 PROVIDE.
09:42:05 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:42:06 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:42:18 I GUESS WE'RE HAVING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY WITH THE NEXT
09:42:26 SLIDE.
09:42:27 I CAN'T SEE IT ON THE TELEVISION.
09:42:29 THE NEXT SLIDE IS ABOUT OUR EFFORTS CITYWIDE WITH VISION
09:42:34 ZERO, AND SOME OF OUR NEXT STEPS.
09:42:37 THE FIRST IS TO DEVELOP A VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN.
09:42:42 AND THIS IS UNDERWAY.
09:42:43 THE ACTION PLAN WILL FURTHER GUIDE OUR PROJECTS.
09:42:47 IT WILL GUIDE OUR PHILOSOPHY, AND IT WILL GUIDE OUR
09:42:50 OUTREACH.
09:42:51 AS PART OF THE M.O.V.E.S. EFFORT, WE'LL ALSO BE CONDUCTING
09:42:57 CITYWIDE OUTREACH AND EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS, SOME OF WHICH
09:43:02 HAVE ALREADY STARTED AND ARE UNDERWAY AND WE WORK WITH ALL
09:43:05 OF OUR PARTNERS TOWARDS THAT.
09:43:07 WE WILL BE IMPLEMENTING ADDITIONAL SPEED MANAGEMENT
09:43:10 STRATEGIES CITYWIDE, EXPANDING OUR NETWORK OF TRAILS AND
09:43:14 GREENWAYS, HIRING A VISION ZERO CHAMPION WHOSE SOLE JOB WILL
09:43:20 BE TO COORDINATE WITH VARIOUS PARTNERS AND AGENCIES TO
09:43:24 ENSURE THAT VISION ZERO IS CONSIDERED IN ALL OF OUR EFFORTS.
09:43:29 WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND OUR WALK AND BIKE NETWORK AS WELL
09:43:34 THROUGH OUR GREEN SPINE PROJECT AND SEVERAL OTHER PROJECTS.
09:43:37 FINALLY, IMPLEMENT TACTICAL URBANISM, WHICH USES LOW-COST,
09:43:45 BUT HIGH-IMPACT TYPE EVENTS AND MATERIALS TO TEST AND
09:43:52 IMPLEMENT TEMPORARY MEASURES THAT CAN INFORM LONG-TERM
09:43:56 ACTIONS AND IMPROVE SAFETY IN THE SHORT-TERM AS WELL.
09:44:02 AT THIS POINT, I WILL PASS IT ALONG TO JEAN.
09:44:05 >>JEAN DUNCAN: VIK, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
09:44:07 THIS INFORMATION WILL BE PUT ONLINE IF ANYONE WANTED TO GO
09:44:10 BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT THESE SLIDES.
09:44:12 I JUST WANTED TO ALSO MENTION
09:44:16 THAT WE HAVE OUR STAFF, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,
09:44:19 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, WE ARE ALL PLANNING TO BE TUNED INTO
09:44:24 THIS WORKSHOP TODAY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRETY OF IT.
09:44:29 WE WANT TO HEAR THE COMMENTS THE PUBLIC HAS TO MAKE.
09:44:32 WE'VE READ WHAT'S ONLINE SO FAR AND JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT
09:44:37 POINT THAT WE ARE OBVIOUSLY -- MANY THINGS GOING ON AT THE
09:44:40 CITY, BUT THIS IS IMPORTANT.
09:44:42 WE PLANNED THE TIME TODAY TO LISTEN AND GET SOME GOOD
09:44:46 FEEDBACK, AND WEAVE THAT INTO OTHER ACTIONS WE'RE PLANNING
09:44:51 TO TAKE NOT ONLY ON BAYSHORE BUT AT A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS
09:44:56 THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT ARE EXPERIENCING REALLY A NATIONAL
09:45:01 ISSUE THAT WE ARE CHALLENGED WITH, WHICH IS SPEED MANAGEMENT
09:45:05 AND FINDING WAYS TO MITIGATE THAT.
09:45:08 WITH THAT, I'LL HAND THINGS BACK OVER TO THE CHAIR TO
09:45:13 CONTINUE ON WITH THE DISCUSSION.
09:45:14 THANK YOU.
09:45:17 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. DUNCAN.
09:45:19 SO NO OTHER PRESENTATION FROM ANY OTHER STAFF?
09:45:26 >>JEAN DUNCAN: CHAIR, I BELIEVE OUR TAMPA FIRE RESCUE AND
09:45:29 TPD BOTH HAVE INFORMATION TO SHARE.
09:45:34 I BELIEVE OUR TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS UP NEXT TO SHARE
09:45:37 SOME INFORMATION.
09:45:38 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
09:45:39 I'M SORRY.
09:45:40 I THOUGHT YOU WERE YIELDING BACK AND THAT YOUR PRESENTATION
09:45:42 WAS DONE.
09:45:43 OKAY.
09:45:44 GO AHEAD.
09:45:49 >> THIS IS LIEUTENANT PAT MESSMER WITH TAMPA POLICE
09:45:54 DEPARTMENT, SPECIAL OPERATIONS.
09:45:56 VIK WENT THROUGH A LOT OF IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE
09:45:59 TRAFFIC SAFETY ISSUE.
09:46:00 I WANTED TO GO OVER A FEW POINTS FROM THE POLICE
09:46:02 DEPARTMENT'S PERSPECTIVE.
09:46:05 THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO REALLY VIEW THE POLICE
09:46:08 DEPARTMENT'S ROLE IN SPEEDING AND REALLY IN TRAFFIC SAFETY
09:46:12 IN GENERAL IS JUST AS TICKET WRITERS.
09:46:14 AND IN REALITY, WE REALLY EMBRACE THE WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT
09:46:18 APPROACH IN HOW WE ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM.
09:46:21 WE WORK VERY CLOSELY, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE MOBILITY
09:46:25 DEPARTMENT, WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
09:46:28 WE HAVE MEMBERS OF OUR TRAFFIC UNIT WHO ARE ON THE
09:46:31 PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE SAFETY COALITION.
09:46:36 WE ATTEND MEETINGS AND REALLY GET AN IDEA OF A LOT OF THE
09:46:39 BEST PRACTICES WE CAN USE IN ORDER TO ENGAGE IN THE
09:46:43 THREE-PRONG APPROACH, MAINLY ON OUR PART AS EDUCATION
09:46:49 ENFORCEMENT.
09:46:50 WE ALSO PARTNER WITH A LOT OF THE NONGOVERNMENTAL
09:46:51 ORGANIZATIONS, ON BIKES AS ONE EXAMPLE.
09:46:54 TO REALLY DO COMMUNITY OUTREACH, HELP DO HELMET GIVEAWAYS
09:47:01 WHICH CAN REALLY REDUCE THE CHANCE OF SERIOUS INJURY IN A
09:47:05 BICYCLE CRASH.
09:47:07 THAT WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT APPROACH I THINK IS IMPORTANT AND
09:47:09 THE COLLABORATION THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS WITH THE
09:47:13 OTHER INVOLVED STAKEHOLDERS RATHER THAN JUST SIMPLY ALWAYS
09:47:17 GOING OUT THERE AND WRITING TICKETS, BECAUSE THERE IS
09:47:22 DEFINITELY AN INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY, ENFORCEMENT IS
09:47:25 IMPORTANT, THE THREE Es THAT VIK WAS TALKING ABOUT.
09:47:31 FOR EXAMPLE, NOT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO RESPOND TO EDUCATION.
09:47:34 FOR THOSE PEOPLE, WE HAVE ENFORCEMENT.
09:47:36 NOT EVERYBODY IS ALWAYS GOING TO RESPOND TO ENFORCEMENT.
09:47:40 THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO ENGAGE IN ENGINEERING PRACTICES.
09:47:43 WE DEFINITELY HAVE A ROLE IN ENFORCEMENT.
09:47:48 JUST TO GO OVER A LITTLE BIT OF OUR TRAFFIC COMPLAINT
09:47:51 OVERVIEWS, WHEN WE HAVE TRAFFIC COMPLAINTS THAT COME IN,
09:47:54 EITHER THROUGH THE CUSTOM SERVICE CENTER OR WHEN OFFICERS
09:47:58 ARE AT NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH OR OTHER COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND
09:48:00 GET NOTIFIED OF A TRAFFIC COMPLAINT, THOSE ARE ALL MANAGED
09:48:04 BOTH THROUGH THE VARIOUS DISTRICT COMMAND STAFFS AND ALSO
09:48:09 THE TRAFFIC UNIT.
09:48:10 JUST LAST YEAR, WE HAD I BELIEVE OVER 116 SPECIFIC
09:48:16 COMPLAINTS THAT THE TRAFFIC UNIT HANDLED.
09:48:18 SOME OF THE LARGE LOCATIONS, BIGGEST SPEEDING COMPLAINT
09:48:24 LOCATION IS ON THE COURTNEY CAMPBELL CAUSEWAY.
09:48:27 BAYSHORE BOULEVARD IS NUMBER TWO, FOLLOWED BY SLIGH AVENUE,
09:48:31 HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE AND THEN DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING
09:48:33 BOULEVARD.
09:48:35 SO WE HANDLE THESE COMPLAINTS ALL THE TIME.
09:48:37 WE ASSIGN AN OFFICER, A TRAFFIC OFFICER TO EACH COMPLAINT.
09:48:41 THEY ARE LOGGED.
09:48:42 THOSE OFFICERS HAVE TO GO OUT THERE AND ASSESS THE COMPLAINT
09:48:45 TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT IT CAN BE QUICKLY ADDRESSED OR WHETHER
09:48:48 OR NOT IT'S GOING TO BE AN ONGOING PROJECT THAT WE'LL HAVE
09:48:52 TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON.
09:48:54 FOR EXAMPLE, ON BAYSHORE, JUST LAST YEAR IN 2019, THERE WERE
09:48:59 368 INDIVIDUAL SPECIAL OPERATIONS BY OUR TRAFFIC UNIT OUT ON
09:49:05 BAYSHORE BOULEVARD.
09:49:06 AN AVERAGE OF MORE THAN ONE A DAY.
09:49:09 JUST SPECIFICALLY ON BAYSHORE.
09:49:11 IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO USE SEVERAL DIFFERENT GRANTS
09:49:16 THAT ARE FUNDED BY F.D.O.T.
09:49:19 ONE OF THEM IS A SPECIFIC GRANT FOR PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE
09:49:23 SAFETY.
09:49:25 THAT'S A DATA-DRIVEN GRANT.
09:49:28 F.D.O.T. REALLY IDENTIFIES THE ROADWAYS BASED ON THE CRASH
09:49:31 STATISTICS WHERE WE CAN OPERATE.
09:49:35 MAINLY HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE, DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING
09:49:37 BOULEVARD, BUSCH BOULEVARD, FOWLER AVENUE, NEBRASKA AVENUE,
09:49:41 AND ALSO OUR CORE STREETS DOWNTOWN.
09:49:44 AND AFTER THE FACILITY OF THIS JANUARY ON BAYSHORE
09:49:47 BOULEVARD, WE PETITIONED F.D.O.T. AND REQUESTED THAT THEY
09:49:54 ADD BAYSHORE BOULEVARD TO THAT LIST OF STREETS, AND THEY
09:49:59 GRACIOUSLY DID THAT.
09:50:00 WE'RE NOW ABLE TO USE THAT PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE TRAFFIC
09:50:03 SAFETY GRANT MONEY TO DO EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS
09:50:07 ON BAYSHORE BOULEVARD.
09:50:09 THAT IS BOTH A TWO-PRONGED EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT.
09:50:13 WE ACTUALLY ISSUE MORE WARNINGS THAN WE DO CITATIONS.
09:50:18 IT'S NOT JUST TO DRIVERS.
09:50:20 IT'S ALSO THE PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS.
09:50:23 THEY WILL REQUIRE SOME EDUCATION AS WELL BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH
09:50:25 A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO ROADWAYS, WE STILL
09:50:29 HAVE INSTANCES WHERE PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS DON'T USE
09:50:35 THOSE PIECES OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WERE PROVIDED TO MAKE
09:50:37 THINGS SAFER FOR THEM.
09:50:39 WE HAVE TO EDUCATE THEM ON WHY IT'S IN THEIR BEST INTEREST
09:50:43 TO DO SO.
09:50:44 IN ADDITION TO THAT, A COUPLE OF OTHER SPECIFIC SPEEDING
09:50:47 GRANTS.
09:50:48 ONE IS FOR WORK ZONE SAFETY, WHICH SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES
09:50:52 SPEEDING IN WORK ZONES.
09:50:54 AGAIN, THAT'S ANOTHER D.O.T. GRANT THAT'S RUN THROUGH THE
09:50:58 TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT, THE TRAFFIC UNIT.
09:51:00 WE HAVE A MOTORCYCLE SAFETY GRANT.
09:51:02 BOTH AN ENFORCEMENT AND AN EDUCATION ASPECT.
09:51:07 WE DO HAVE MOTORCYCLE CRASHES FREQUENTLY THAT SOMETIMES THE
09:51:11 RESULTS OF HIGH SPEED.
09:51:15 SOMETIMES THE RESULT OF DRIVERS NOT SEEING THE MOTORCYCLISTS
09:51:21 AND VIOLATE THE MOTORCYCLIST'S RIGHT-OF-WAY.
09:51:24 SERGEANT PRIZER AND OUR TRAFFIC OFFICERS HAVE DEVELOPED A
09:51:29 PRETTY INGENIOUS CITIZEN OUTREACH CLASS WHERE WE WILL
09:51:32 ACTUALLY TAKE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY OUT TO OUR DRIVING
09:51:35 PAD AND WE WILL PUT THEM THROUGH A MOTORCYCLIST SAFETY
09:51:39 COURSE AND TEACH THEM SKILLS ON HOW TO AVOID CRASHES.
09:51:43 THERE IS ALSO AN ENFORCEMENT ARM TO THAT GRANT AS WELL.
09:51:46 WE ALSO HAVE A DUI GRANT.
09:51:48 DUIs ARE OBVIOUSLY A LARGE PROBLEM.
09:51:52 WE DO CATCH A LOT OF DUI DRIVERS WHO ARE ALSO SPEEDING.
09:51:56 NOW, THERE ARE SOME UNFORTUNATE ISSUES WITH COVID-19.
09:52:00 OBVIOUSLY, WE CAN'T HAVE OUR MOTORCYCLE SAFETY CLASS BECAUSE
09:52:03 OF SOCIAL DISTANCING REQUIREMENTS.
09:52:06 SOME OF THESE HAVE BEEN PUT ON HOLD FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS
09:52:11 UNTIL THE COVID-19 SITUATION IS UNDER CONTROL.
09:52:13 WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME ADDITIONAL GRANTS.
09:52:17 THERE IS AN AGGRESSIVE DRIVING GRANT THAT WILL BE COMING OUT
09:52:20 SOON.
09:52:24 THAT SPECIFICALLY DOES RELATE TO SPEEDING.
09:52:26 I'VE GOT SOME STATISTICS.
09:52:28 I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO BELABOR THE POINT AND TAKE TOO
09:52:33 MUCH OF COUNCIL'S TIME, BUT IF THERE ARE ANY SPECIFIC
09:52:37 QUESTIONS TO HOW WE ADDRESS OUR SPEEDING ISSUES TO THE
09:52:41 PARTNERSHIPS WE HAVE OR TO ANY SPECIFIC ENFORCEMENT
09:52:44 STATISTICS BY COUNCIL, I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ADDRESS
09:52:47 ANY OF THEM.
09:52:52 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CHAIR?
09:52:54 >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN GUDES, WE'RE NOT TAKING QUESTIONS
09:52:57 JUST YET.
09:52:58 WE'RE WAITING TILL THE WHOLE PRESENTATION IS DONE AND THEN
09:53:02 WE CAN DO INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS.
09:53:03 I WANT TO MAKE SURE, WAS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT HAD A
09:53:08 PRESENTATION WITH THE ADMINISTRATION BEFORE WE GO INTO
09:53:11 QUESTIONS?
09:53:11 >> YES.
09:53:12 THIS IS MARK BOGUSH, TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
09:53:17 ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF.
09:53:20 JUST REAL QUICK, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT SPECIFICALLY
09:53:24 SOME OF THE IMPORTANCE OF BAYSHORE BOULEVARD TO THE FIRE
09:53:28 RESCUE AND OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC.
09:53:33 OVER THE YEARS, BAYSHORE HAS SEEN SOME VERY NICE
09:53:37 IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ROADWAY IN GENERAL, AND SOME OF THE
09:53:44 LIMITED INTERRUPTIONS HAVE BEEN SMOOTHED OUT, WHICH PROVIDES
09:53:50 A GOOD NORTH-SOUTH ROUTE FOR US IN RESPONSE TIMES.
09:53:56 I UNDERSTAND THAT RESPONSE TIMES ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO
09:53:58 THE FIRE RESCUE.
09:53:59 AND OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE SERVICE.
09:54:03 WE KNOW ALL OF THE MECHANICS BEHIND THE IMPORTANCE OF
09:54:08 GETTING THESE FIRST RESPONSE UNITS THERE FOR PEOPLE,
09:54:12 NONBREATHERS, CARDIAC ARREST, SO FORTH AND SO ON.
09:54:16 OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE HAD MANY OF OUR ACCESS ROUTES THAT
09:54:19 HAVE BEEN SOMEWHAT LIMITED DUE TO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES,
09:54:25 SUCH AS SPEED BUMPS -- SPEED BUMPS IN PARTICULAR.
09:54:30 THEY HAMPER OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO RESPOND IN A GREAT SORT OF
09:54:39 WAY.
09:54:39 EACH AND EVERY TIME YOU HAVE TO SLOW DOWN FOR A SPEED BUMP,
09:54:43 IT ADDS MANY SECONDS TO THE TOTAL RESPONSE TIME.
09:54:46 AND DEPENDING ON THE LENGTH OF THE RESPONSE, IT CAN BE
09:54:50 TOTALED OUT IN MINUTES.
09:54:51 AND THOSE MINUTES ARE THE THINGS THAT COST PEOPLE THEIR
09:54:54 LIVES AND HAMPERS OUR ABILITY TO SAVE LIVES.
09:54:58 BAYSHORE BOULEVARD, AS IT STANDS TODAY, OF COURSE, IS A
09:55:02 LIFESAVER FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT RESIDE IN SOUTH TAMPA AND
09:55:06 THAT ENTIRE PENINSULA THERE.
09:55:08 IT'S A MAJOR FEEDER INTO THE TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL, WHICH
09:55:11 IS ONE OF OUR PRIMARY.
09:55:12 IT IS A LEVEL 1 TRAUMA CENTER.
09:55:15 IT IS A BURN CENTER.
09:55:16 SO WE TRANSPORT QUITE A FEW PATIENTS TO TAMPA GENERAL
09:55:21 HOSPITAL.
09:55:22 MANY OF THE PATIENTS MAY BE TRAUMA PATIENTS THAT ARE
09:55:25 STRAPPED TO BACK BOARDS, BACK IN THE RESCUE OF THE CAR,
09:55:28 THREE, FOUR FIRE RESCUES IN THE BACK OF THE RESCUE CAR,
09:55:32 STANDING UP, WORKING ON THE PATIENTS.
09:55:35 ANY TYPES OF SPEED BUMPS OR THINGS THAT CHANGE THE
09:55:39 SMOOTHNESS OF THE ROADWAY IS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TO THOSE
09:55:42 INDIVIDUALS.
09:55:43 THE FIREFIGHTER STANDING UP AS WELL AS THOSE POOR PATIENTS
09:55:48 THAT ARE STRAPPED DOWN.
09:55:49 WE CERTAINLY SUPPORT ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO MAKE OUR ROADWAYS
09:55:53 SAFER, BUT SOMETIMES HAMPERING THE ABILITY OF YOUR FIRST
09:55:57 RESPONDERS TO GET TO AN EMERGENCY IN A RAPID SORT OF FASHION
09:56:01 IS NOT NECESSARILY MAKING A ROADWAY OR A NEIGHBORHOOD SAFER.
09:56:06 SO WE'RE NOT IN FAVOR OF ANY TYPE OF CHANGES TO THE BAYSHORE
09:56:10 BOULEVARD THAT WOULD HAMPER OUR ABILITY TO RESPOND IN A
09:56:15 RAPID SORT OF FASHION OR EVEN TRANSPORT PATIENTS UP THAT
09:56:19 ROADWAY AS WELL.
09:56:20 BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH OUR INTERNAL
09:56:23 STAKEHOLDERS SUCH AS TPD, INFRASTRUCTURE AND MOBILITY AND
09:56:26 WORK WITH THEM TO TRY TO ENHANCE THE SAFETY OF THE BAYSHORE,
09:56:31 WHICH ALSO HELPS OUT THE TAMPA FIRE RESCUE AS WELL.
09:56:34 THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
09:56:36 THANK YOU.
09:56:39 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:56:40 ANYONE ELSE?
09:56:41 CHIEF BENNETT, NO ONE ELSE MAKING A PRESENTATION TODAY?
09:56:51 I'M MAKING SURE BEFORE WE GO TO QUESTIONS.
09:56:53 OR MS. DUNCAN.
09:56:54 >>JEAN DUNCAN: WE WILL YIELD TO YOU NOW AND GO FORWARD FROM
09:56:57 THERE.
09:56:58 THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:56:59 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
09:57:00 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:57:00 NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO DOWN THE LINE AND INQUIRE SOLELY ON
09:57:06 QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
09:57:09 IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A SMALL STATEMENT IN THERE, I'LL LET YOU
09:57:11 SNEAK THAT IN.
09:57:12 I WOULD ASK THAT THE BULK OF YOUR STATEMENTS GO AFTER PUBLIC
09:57:16 COMMENT FOR PURPOSES OF TIME SO WE CAN MOVE THE PUBLIC
09:57:18 COMMENT BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WAITING FOR PUBLIC
09:57:21 COMMENT.
09:57:21 I'LL BEGIN ALPHABETICALLY STARTING WITH COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
09:57:26 I'LL ASK TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES, IF YOU NEED TO GO MORE,
09:57:29 THAT'S FINE.
09:57:31 JUST BE AWARE OF TIME.
09:57:32 COUNCILMAN, YOU MAY BEGIN.
09:57:33 >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU.
09:57:34 THANK YOU TO ALL OF STAFF.
09:57:35 THIS WAS A HEAVY LIFT I KNOW PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND
09:57:38 OBVIOUSLY AN IMPORTANT ISSUE DURING THE TIME THAT WE'RE
09:57:40 DEALING WITH A LOT OF OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES.
09:57:42 THANK YOU TO EVERYONE, FROM THE CHIEF OF STAFF TO VIK AND
09:57:45 JEAN AND POLICE, ET CETERA.
09:57:47 JUST IN CASE ANYBODY DOESN'T KNOW WHO IS WATCHING, THE
09:57:50 PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING IS SO WE COULD GET PUBLIC INPUT AND
09:57:52 THEN THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT MOBILITY DEPARTMENT IS
09:57:55 GOING TO TAKE IT BACK AND LOOK AT IT AND COME UP WITH SOME
09:57:58 IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS AND COME BACK TO US AND PRESENT LATER.
09:58:02 AS I UNDERSTAND ANYWAY, THE PURPOSE IS NOT TO MAKE ANY
09:58:05 CONCLUSIONS TODAY.
09:58:06 IT'S TO COLLECT INFORMATION AND FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC.
09:58:08 I'VE GOT CONSTITUENTS WHO WANT TO CLOSE BAYSHORE COMPLETELY.
09:58:12 I HAVE CONSTITUENTS WHO WANT TO CLOSE HALF OF BAYSHORE AND I
09:58:15 HAVE CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE MAD THAT WE REDUCED THE SPEED
09:58:17 LIMIT DOWN TO 35 MILES PER HOUR.
09:58:19 THERE'S A BROAD SPECTRUM THAT WE'LL PROBABLY HEAR FROM IN A
09:58:22 MINUTE.
09:58:22 THIS ISSUE FOR ME IS ESPECIALLY VERY PERSONAL BECAUSE MY
09:58:25 SON, WHO IS ON THE TRACK TEAM AT PLANT HIGH SCHOOL, RUNS ON
09:58:28 BAYSHORE TWICE A DAY.
09:58:29 HE AND I, I'VE HAD FRIENDS WHO HAVE BEEN HIT ON BAYSHORE.
09:58:34 WE'VE HAD FRIENDS ALMOST HIT ON BAYSHORE AND A FRIEND WHOSE
09:58:38 SON PASSED AWAY A FEW WEEKS AGO FROM AN ACCIDENT.
09:58:43 MY SON'S FRIEND WAS HIT BY A BICYCLE WHILE HE WAS RUNNING ON
09:58:47 BAYSHORE BECAUSE THE BICYCLES ARE AFRAID TO RIDE IN THE
09:58:50 ROAD.
09:58:51 I HAVE THREE QUICK QUESTIONS.
09:58:52 ONE IS WHEN MY SON GOES UP TO THE FLASHING LIGHTS, HE HAS
09:58:56 THE WHOLE PLANT TEAM WITH HIM.
09:58:58 THEY PUSH THE BUTTON FOR THE LIGHT.
09:58:59 THEY ASSUME THAT NOBODY IS GOING TO STOP.
09:59:02 HE SAID FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE REGULARLY GOING ON BAYSHORE, THEY
09:59:06 MAY NOT KNOW NOT TO EXPECT THAT CARS WILL NOT STOP.
09:59:09 ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN DO?
09:59:11 SOME CARS ASKED ABOUT RED LIGHT INSTEAD OF YELLOW LIGHTS?
09:59:14 ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN DO ON THE FLASHING LIGHTS?
09:59:17 I'LL ASK MY OTHER TWO QUESTIONS AND YOU ALL CAN ANSWER.
09:59:24 THE SECOND QUESTION IS ABOUT BICYCLE SAFETY.
09:59:27 IS IT POSSIBLE AND WHAT IDEAS CAN WE HAVE IF THE BICYCLES,
09:59:30 IN THE RUNNERS AND WALKERS ON THE SIDEWALK FEEL UNSAFE
09:59:34 BECAUSE THE BICYCLES ARE ON THE SIDEWALK AND THEN THE
09:59:36 DRIVERS FEEL UNSAFE BECAUSE THEY MIGHT HIT THE BICYCLES.
09:59:40 THE BICYCLE RIDERS FEEL UNSAFE.
09:59:42 IS THERE SOME SOLUTION THERE REGARDING BICYCLES?
09:59:45 THE LAST ONE IS -- I'VE GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND IDEAS OR
09:59:49 THOUGHTS, BUT JUST HAD A CONSTITUENT THIS MORNING COMPLAIN
09:59:52 ABOUT RACING AGAIN LAST NIGHT.
09:59:54 WHEN I LIVED ON BAYSHORE YEARS AGO, EVERY MIDNIGHT ON FRIDAY
09:59:57 NIGHT, THERE WERE MOTORCYCLES RACING.
10:00:00 IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S STILL CONTINUING 20-PLUS YEARS LATER.
10:00:04 IS THERE SOMETHING IN PARTICULAR WE CAN DO ABOUT RACING?
10:00:07 THOSE ARE MY THREE QUESTIONS.
10:00:09 THANK YOU.
10:00:10 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
10:00:11 ADMINISTRATION, YOU MAY GO.
10:00:16 >>VIK BHIDE: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:00:18 VIK BHIDE.
10:00:19 ON THE BICYCLE ISSUE, IF I CAN ADDRESS THAT FIRST, WE
10:00:25 EARLIER THIS YEAR DID TEST MEASURES ON THE EXISTING
10:00:30 FOOTPRINT TO SEPARATE BICYCLISTS FURTHER FROM THE ROADWAY
10:00:34 USING FLEX POSTS.
10:00:37 THESE POSTS ENHANCE SOME COMFORT BUT ALSO PROVIDE A VISUAL
10:00:44 SEPARATION FOR DRIVERS.
10:00:45 AGAIN, SPEED MANAGEMENT IS VERY CRITICAL ON THIS FRONT AS
10:00:51 WELL.
10:00:52 WE CAN LOOK AT FURTHER BUFFERING THE BICYCLE LANES, BUT
10:00:56 ULTIMATELY THE BEST OPTION IS A FULL SEPARATION OR A MEDIAN
10:01:03 SEPARATION.
10:01:04 THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS THAT WE'VE ALSO DISCUSSED WITH
10:01:08 VARIOUS COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUT, AGAIN, WE LOOK AT THE BEST
10:01:11 WAY TO TREAT BICYCLISTS WITHIN THE EXISTING FACILITY AND ARE
10:01:19 LOOKING AT VARIOUS OPTIONS.
10:01:22 ON THE ISSUE OF RACING, ALSO RELATED TO SPEED MANAGEMENT.
10:01:30 AND THERE ARE TWO ASPECTS HERE.
10:01:31 ONE IS THE DESIGN OF THE FACILITY.
10:01:35 DOES IT MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO SPEED?
10:01:40 AND, UNFORTUNATELY, IN THE NORTHBOUND DIRECTION, BECAUSE OF
10:01:43 THOSE TWO-MILE STRETCHES, THERE WAS THAT OPPORTUNITY THAT
10:01:48 WE'RE TAKING AWAY WITH ENGINEERING.
10:01:51 BUT SPEED ALSO HAS AN AWARENESS COMPONENT.
10:01:56 WE'VE GOT FEEDBACK SIGNS ALONG THE ROADWAY THAT TELL YOU IF
10:02:02 YOU'RE SPEEDING OR NOT.
10:02:03 SO THERE IS A PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY COMPONENT, AND THERE'S
10:02:07 CERTAINLY A COMPONENT OF ENFORCEMENT WHICH I WILL LET OUR
10:02:13 POLICE DEPARTMENT ADDRESS.
10:02:19 >> LIEUTENANT PAT MESSMER WITH SPECIAL OPERATIONS AGAIN.
10:02:24 WE DO REALLY USE OUR OFFICERS TO ADDRESS ALL TYPES OF
10:02:29 SPEEDING ON BAYSHORE AND ON OTHER ROADS AROUND THE CLOCK.
10:02:32 IT'S NOT JUST DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS.
10:02:35 AT NIGHT, WE DO HAVE OUR DUI SQUAD, FOR EXAMPLE, WORKS OUT
10:02:38 OF OUR DIVISION, AND THEY DO HANDLE BAYSHORE BOULEVARD AND
10:02:41 THEY DO SPEED ENFORCEMENT DOWN THERE IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
10:02:44 WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL ASSUME THAT A
10:02:50 SPEEDING VEHICLE IS AUTOMATICALLY RACING.
10:02:52 RACING IS A VERY, VERY SPECIFIC STATUTORILY DEFINED
10:02:57 SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE TO BE TRYING TO OUTPACE ANOTHER
10:03:01 VEHICLE ALSO RACING WITH YOU.
10:03:03 WHILE THERE HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF RACING FROM TIME TO
10:03:06 TIME ON BAYSHORE, IT'S RELATIVELY SPORADIC.
10:03:11 EVEN OUR OFFICERS WHO WORK NIGHTS AND CONDUCT SPEED
10:03:15 ENFORCEMENT AT NIGHT ON BAYSHORE WILL TELL US THAT.
10:03:17 THEY DO HAVE SPEEDERS, BUT THE RACING IS A DIFFERENT ISSUE.
10:03:21 IT'S VERY SPORADIC.
10:03:22 THE COURTNEY CAMPBELL CAUSEWAY IS ACTUALLY OUR BIGGEST
10:03:25 LOCATION WHERE WE GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT STREET
10:03:28 RACING.
10:03:30 THAT IS OUR HIGHEST -- OUR BIGGEST LOCATION FOR ACTUALLY
10:03:36 WRITING TRAFFIC CITATIONS AND CONDUCTING TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT
10:03:40 AT NIGHT IS ON THE COURTNEY CAMPBELL CAUSEWAY BECAUSE IT IS
10:03:43 A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE WITH RACING.
10:03:44 WE'VE TAKEN SOME OTHER STEPS TO TRY TO ADDRESS BY CLOSING
10:03:48 CERTAIN ACCESS ROADS AT NIGHT, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
10:03:51 RACING CAN BE A DIFFICULT THING FOR US TO ADDRESS.
10:03:55 WE HAVE TO USE -- I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO A LOT OF TACTICS
10:04:00 HERE, BUT SOMEBODY JUST RUNNING RADAR OR RUNNING LASER AND
10:04:04 TRYING TO CONDUCT A TRAFFIC STOP ON A RACER, THAT'S REALLY
10:04:08 NOT GOING TO WORK BECAUSE THAT RACER PROBABLY WON'T STOP.
10:04:11 FLEE FROM THE OFFICER.
10:04:12 PURSUITS ARE OBVIOUSLY VERY DANGEROUS FOR BOTH THE OFFICER
10:04:15 AND THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL, AND THIS IS PEOPLE IN THE
10:04:18 COMMUNITY AND WE DON'T WANT TO ENGAGE IN A PURSUIT IN
10:04:20 SITUATIONS LIKE THAT.
10:04:22 WE HAVE TO GET CREATIVE AND USE SOME OF OUR OTHER RESOURCES
10:04:25 TO TRY TO IDENTIFY AND ARREST THOSE RACERS, WHICH WE DO.
10:04:30 WE HAVE A VERY LOW TOLERANCE FOR RACING.
10:04:35 NOBODY GETS A WARNING.
10:04:37 WE ARREST THE RACER, IMPOUND THE CAR.
10:04:39 STATUTE GIVES PRETTY SIGNIFICANT PENALTIES AS FAR AS
10:04:42 IMPOUNDS GO, IF THE VEHICLE IS INVOLVED IN RACING.
10:04:45 IT IS A SPORADIC ISSUE.
10:04:48 IT'S AN ISSUE SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH, BUT WE DO TRY
10:04:52 OUR BEST TO ADDRESS ANY KIND OF RACING ISSUES, JUST LIKE WE
10:04:55 DO WITH SPEED ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER TARGETED OPERATIONS AND
10:05:02 THOSE HIGH INSTANCE LOCATIONS FOR RACING.
10:05:08 >>VIK BHIDE: COUNCILMAN, WAS THERE A THIRD QUESTION?
10:05:10 I'M SORRY IF I MISSED IT.
10:05:12 >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
10:05:16 >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH, THE FLASHING LIGHT.
10:05:18 DID YOU ANSWER THAT PART?
10:05:20 CAN THEY BE CHANGED TO RED OR DO THEY HAVE TO STAY YELLOW?
10:05:23 WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THAT?
10:05:25 >>VIK BHIDE: THANK YOU.
10:05:26 SORRY.
10:05:26 SHORT ANSWER IS THE RFB RAPID RECTANGULAR FLASHING BEACONS
10:05:34 CANNOT BE CHANGED TO RED CURRENTLY BECAUSE THEY DO NOT MEET
10:05:39 STATE OR NATIONAL STANDARDS.
10:05:42 THIS WAS DISCUSSED RECENTLY WITHIN THE LEGISLATURE AS WELL.
10:05:48 AN INCREMENTAL EFFORT BEYOND THE EXISTING YELLOW RAPID
10:05:54 RECTANGULAR FLASHING BEACON WOULD BE EITHER HAWKS OR
10:06:00 SIGNALIZATION, BOTH OF WHICH ARE CAPITAL INTENSIVE BUT NOT
10:06:06 OUT OF CONSIDERATION.
10:06:07 BUT HAVING SAID THAT, THE RFBs HAVE BEEN RESEARCHED RIGHT
10:06:12 HERE IN OUR BACKYARD IN ST. PETE WITH THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY
10:06:15 ADMINISTRATION, AND THEY HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO IMPROVE
10:06:20 PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
10:06:21 IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY ELIMINATE CRASHES ALTOGETHER,
10:06:26 WHICH IS SOMETHING WE WORK TOWARDS, BUT THEY ARE A VERY GOOD
10:06:32 SOLUTION FOR CROSSING TWO LANES OR LESSER AT A TIME.
10:06:38 >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU ALL.
10:06:40 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
10:06:41 THANK YOU.
10:06:41 COUNCILMAN CITRO, ANY QUESTIONS, SIR, OR VERY SHORT
10:06:47 COMMENTS?
10:06:48 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I WILL TRY TO KEEP MY QUESTIONS VERY, VERY
10:06:50 SHORT.
10:06:51 MY FIRST QUESTIONS GO TO VIK AND MS. DUNCAN.
10:06:54 CONSTITUENTS HAVE BEEN CALLING ME ABOUT WALKING NIGHTTIME AT
10:06:59 THESE FLASHING CROSSINGS.
10:07:00 ALTHOUGH THE FLASHING DOES GET TRAFFIC TO STOP, THEY ARE
10:07:04 ASKING FOR MORE AND BRIGHTER LIGHTS ALONG THESE CROSSINGS,
10:07:10 NOT THE FLASHING CROSSINGS, THE STREETLIGHTS.
10:07:12 SOME FEAR THAT THEY CANNOT BE SEEN WHEN THEY ARE CROSSING
10:07:16 THE STREET BECAUSE CARS DO NOT ALWAYS STOP AND STAY STOPPED
10:07:23 UNTIL THE LIGHTS STOP FLASHING.
10:07:25 THAT'S NUMBER ONE.
10:07:26 NUMBER TWO, THE CAMERAS, SPEEDING CAMERAS.
10:07:30 SOME OF MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT.
10:07:33 I'LL ACCEPT ANSWERS FROM EITHER YOU OR TPD.
10:07:37 PLEASE, GO AHEAD.
10:07:38 AND THEN I'LL HAVE A QUESTION FOR TPD AND FIRE AFTER.
10:07:42 THANK YOU.
10:07:45 >>JEAN DUNCAN: GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMAN CITRO.
10:07:48 I APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTIONS.
10:07:49 THIS IS JEAN DUNCAN.
10:07:50 I WANTED TO ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE STREET LIGHTING.
10:07:53 THAT'S AN EXCELLENT OBSERVATION FROM YOU AND YOUR
10:07:56 CONSTITUENTS ABOUT STREET LIGHTING.
10:07:58 BESIDES SPEED MANAGEMENT BEING ONE OF THE MOST IMPACTFUL
10:08:02 THINGS WE CAN DO TO SAVE LIVES, STREET LIGHTING IS THE OTHER
10:08:05 THING THAT HAS THE HIGHEST WHAT WE CALL COST-BENEFIT RATIO
10:08:11 OF IMPROVING THE SAFETY OF OUR ROADWAYS.
10:08:13 WE ARE CONTINUING WITH OUR BRIGHT LIGHTS, SAFE NIGHT PROGRAM
10:08:19 UNDER MAYOR CASTOR TO PUT ADDITIONAL STREET LIGHTING
10:08:26 AVAILABILITY FOR PARTICULARLY INTERSECTIONS AND PLACES OF
10:08:32 CROSSINGS.
10:08:33 THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AS WELL IS DOING A LOT MORE
10:08:36 RECENTLY WITH FUNDING THIS PARTICULAR INITIATIVE, AND WE
10:08:40 WORKED CLOSELY WITH THEM TO ADDRESS ADDITIONAL LIGHTING
10:08:44 THROUGHOUT OUR CORRIDORS.
10:08:45 TECO HAS ALSO RECOGNIZED THAT THERE'S A BENEFIT FOR THEM AS
10:08:51 A CORPORATION, BUT ALSO FOR US AS SAFETY TO CONVERT THEIR
10:08:56 EXISTING STREETLIGHTS TO WHAT WE CALL LED, WHICH IS A
10:08:59 BRIGHTER, CLEARER LIGHT.
10:09:01 IT IS MUCH SAFER AND PROVIDES MORE VISIBILITY.
10:09:05 SO THAT'S AN ONGOING PROGRAM IN PARALLEL WITH A NUMBER OF
10:09:10 OTHER THINGS AS WE CONTINUE TO LAYER IMPROVEMENTS IN
10:09:15 MULTIMODAL OPPORTUNITIES ON ALL OF OUR CITY STREETS.
10:09:18 IF YOU HAVE ANY LOCATIONS IN PARTICULAR YOU WOULD LIKE US TO
10:09:22 ADDRESS, WE CERTAINLY ARE ALWAYS APPRECIATING THE PUBLIC'S
10:09:26 INPUT BECAUSE THEY ARE OUT THERE OBSERVING THINGS ON A
10:09:30 REGULAR BASIS.
10:09:31 ON THE SPEED CAMERA ITEM, I'LL TOSS THAT OVER TO MAJOR
10:09:36 MESSMER TO MAYBE MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR ITEM.
10:09:40 THANK YOU.
10:09:43 >>JOSEPH CITRO: BEFORE YOU START, MS. DUNCAN MY QUESTION WAS
10:09:46 PARTICULARLY TO THE CROSSWALKS THAT ARE ON BAYSHORE
10:09:48 BOULEVARD.
10:09:50 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, MY
10:09:54 QUESTION.
10:09:55 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES, SIR, WE'LL -- SPECIFICALLY.
10:09:58 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MAJOR, SINCE YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE
10:10:01 SPEED CAMERAS, I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU AND FIRE RESCUE FOR
10:10:04 EVERYTHING YOU DO IN OUR COMMUNITY.
10:10:06 I WANT EVERYONE TO STAY SAFE AND BE HEALTHY IN YOUR DIVISION
10:10:10 AND IN FIRE RESCUE.
10:10:11 THANK YOU FOR COMMENTING ON THE SPEED BUMPS AND SPEED HUMPS.
10:10:15 I DO APPRECIATE THAT.
10:10:17 BUT I'M ALSO GOING TO ASK YOU IF BAYSHORE IS CLOSED DOWN TO
10:10:23 TWO LANES, LIKE SOME PEOPLE WERE THINKING, HOW MUCH OF THE
10:10:27 RESPONSE TIME WOULD THAT ELIMINATE OR HURT TO EITHER THE
10:10:36 HOSPITALS OR TO A CRIME SCENE FOR YOU IF YOU HAVE TO TAKE
10:10:40 MacDILL, HIMES, OR DALE MABRY?
10:10:42 MAJOR, THANK YOU.
10:10:43 AND THEN I'LL HEAR FROM FIRE RESCUE.
10:10:46 >> SIR, THANK YOU.
10:10:47 PAT MESSMER AGAIN WITH TPD.
10:10:50 FIRST, SIR, TO ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION ABOUT SPEED CAMERAS,
10:10:54 CURRENTLY, THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ACT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
10:10:58 TO ALLOW RED LIGHT CAMERAS, THAT WAS SPECIFIC TO RED LIGHT
10:11:03 CAMERAS.
10:11:03 CURRENTLY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, SPEED CAMERAS ARE NOT
10:11:07 ALLOWED TO BE USED FOR AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT.
10:11:12 UNFORTUNATELY, AT THIS TIME, WE CAN'T REALLY ENGAGE IN THAT.
10:11:16 I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE BIT UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE SPEED
10:11:21 CAMERAS HAVE BEEN SHOWN IN QUITE A FEW STUDIES TO WORK.
10:11:24 I THINK OUR RED LIGHT CAMERA PROGRAM DEFINITELY WORKS.
10:11:26 IT WORKS TO PREVENT THOSE T-BONE CRASHES AT THE
10:11:30 INTERSECTIONS.
10:11:30 IT WORKS TO CHANGE DRIVER BEHAVIOR BECAUSE OUR RECIDIVISM
10:11:33 RATE IS PRETTY LOW.
10:11:35 BUT UNFORTUNATELY, AT THIS TIME, WE CAN'T REALLY DO MUCH AS
10:11:38 FAR AS SPEED CAMERAS GO.
10:11:40 TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE NARROWING OF BAYSHORE, CHIEF
10:11:49 BOGUSH CAN CHIME IN FROM HIS POINT.
10:11:53 WHILE I'M NOT A TRAFFIC ENGINEER, I DID SPEND THREE YEARS AS
10:11:57 TRAFFIC HOMICIDE DETECTIVE.
10:11:58 I DO KEEP UP ON A LOT OF DATA AND REFRESH ABOUT TRAFFIC
10:12:01 ISSUES.
10:12:02 I FULLY SUPPORT CHIEF BOGUSH'S POSITION ON SPEED BUMPS.
10:12:06 RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT EACH SPEED BUMP, EACH INDIVIDUAL
10:12:09 BUMP CAN REDUCE EMERGENCY VEHICLE RESPONSE TIME UP TO 10
10:12:13 SECONDS.
10:12:13 IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BAYSHORE THAT HAS 4.4 MILES BETWEEN
10:12:17 PLATT STREET AND GANDY, YOU'LL HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF SPEED
10:12:22 BUMPS IN ORDER FOR THAT TO BE EFFECTIVE.
10:12:24 THAT WOULD SEVERELY, SEVERELY IMPACT OUR RESPONSE TIME AND
10:12:28 TAMPA FIRE RESCUE'S RESPONSE TIME.
10:12:29 AS FAR AS CLOSING IT DOWN TO A TWO-LANE ROADWAY, I REALLY
10:12:35 DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WOULD IMPACT THE RESPONSE TIMES.
10:12:39 OBVIOUSLY, THERE WOULD NEED TO BE ENOUGH SPACE WHERE IF
10:12:43 CITIZENS WHO WERE DRIVING SEE AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE COMING,
10:12:46 THEY WOULD NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE SPACE TO PULL OFF THE
10:12:52 ROAD TO GIVE SPACE TO THE EMERGENCY VEHICLE.
10:12:55 IF YOU'RE GOING DOWN A TWO-LANE ROADWAY WITH A DIVIDED
10:12:59 MARKER, YOU'LL BE HALFWAY INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC.
10:13:02 THE EMERGENCY VEHICLE WILL PROBABLY BE DRIVING SIGNIFICANTLY
10:13:04 SLOWER DOWN BAYSHORE BOULEVARD THAN THEY WOULD IF IT WAS NOT
10:13:07 A TWO-LANE ROAD AND THEY WERE ABLE -- THEY DID NOT HAVE TO
10:13:11 GO INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC.
10:13:13 I THINK IT WOULD IMPACT THINGS.
10:13:14 I KNOW, PERSONALLY, WHEN I USED TO WORK IN SOUTH TAMPA, IF I
10:13:18 HAD TO GO FROM GANDY BOULEVARD UP TO DAVIS ISLANDS, BAYSHORE
10:13:22 BOULEVARD WAS THE BEST ROUTE TO TAKE.
10:13:26 WHEN YOU GO ON MacDILL, WHEN YOU GO ON DALE MABRY, YOU
10:13:31 END UP GETTING INTO MORE TRAFFIC.
10:13:33 THERE ARE MORE LIGHTS.
10:13:34 THERE'S MORE OF A POSSIBILITY THAT YOU'RE EITHER GOING TO
10:13:37 CRASH OR CAUSE A CRASH.
10:13:38 IT'S GOING TO TAKE LONGER.
10:13:40 I AGREE WITH CHIEF BOGUSH THAT BAYSHORE IS A VERY, VERY
10:13:47 IMPORTANT ROAD FROM EMERGENCY RESPONSE, BOTH POLICE SIDE AND
10:13:50 THE FIRE SIDE.
10:13:54 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF.
10:13:57 >> YES, MARK BOGUSH, TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
10:13:59 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION.
10:14:00 CAPTAIN MESSMER WAS RIGHT ON TARGET THERE.
10:14:04 THERE ARE A LOT OF VARIABLES THAT GO INTO PLAY WHEN YOU'RE
10:14:07 TALKING ABOUT A TWO-LANE ROAD VERSUS A FOUR-LANE.
10:14:12 OF COURSE, TIME OF DAY PLAYS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN
10:14:15 THAT AND THE TRAFFIC LOAD, DEPENDING ON THE TIME OF DAY.
10:14:19 AS HE SUGGESTED, HOW THAT TWO-LANE STREET IS SET UP.
10:14:23 IF THERE IS NO PLACE FOR AUTOMOBILES TO PULL OVER TO THE
10:14:28 RIGHT, SUCH AS EMERGENCY LANES OR SOME TYPE OF SPACE OR --
10:14:34 OR A TURN LANE DOWN THE MIDDLE THAT EMERGENCY TRAFFIC CAN
10:14:38 UTILIZE TO GET DOWN THE ROADWAY, THEN THEY ARE FORCED TO GO
10:14:41 INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANES.
10:14:45 AND THAT PROVIDES A BIT OF A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR BOTH
10:14:48 THE RESPONDERS AND THE PUBLIC AS WELL.
10:14:51 SO, REALLY, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION AS TO
10:14:57 HOW MUCH TIME IT WOULD ADD.
10:14:58 YES, OF COURSE, IT WOULD ADD TIME DEPENDING ON THE TIME OF
10:15:01 DAY, BUT THOSE OTHER ISSUES ARE PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT
10:15:06 ISSUES AS FAR AS DANGER TO THE PUBLIC AND DANGER TO THE
10:15:10 RESPONDING UNITS AS WELL.
10:15:12 THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
10:15:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
10:15:16 NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
10:15:17 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
10:15:19 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, ANY QUESTIONS OR SHORT COMMENTS?
10:15:23 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:15:24 GOOD MORNING, ALL.
10:15:26 A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
10:15:30 IN REGARD TO THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC AND PROBABLY ON OCCASION
10:15:36 THE SPEED OF THE TRAFFIC, I THINK THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
10:15:39 IS MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE.
10:15:43 OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE VERY PROUD TO HAVE MacDILL.
10:15:46 WE'RE GOOD PARTNERS WITH MacDILL, CIVILIANS AND MILITARY
10:15:50 THAT ARE OUT THERE.
10:15:51 I'M NOT POINTING MY FINGER, BUT THE REALITY IS, ESPECIALLY
10:15:55 DURING PEAK HOUR, A GOOD PORTION OF THE 39,000 JUST TODAY
10:16:01 COMES OR GOES FROM MacDILL ON ITS WAY TYPICALLY OUT TO
10:16:07 BRANDON, VALRICO.
10:16:08 I'M WONDERING IF -- I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYBODY FROM THE
10:16:12 EXPRESSWAY AUTHORITY AND/OR FROM MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE ON
10:16:15 THIS CALL, AND I THINK WE SHOULD THE NEXT TIME WE DISCUSS
10:16:20 THIS.
10:16:20 I KNOW JEAN AND HER STAFF WORK CLOSELY WITH BOTH THE BASE
10:16:26 AND THE EXPRESSWAY AUTHORITY.
10:16:28 I THINK THOSE ARE TWO CRITICAL PARTNERS THAT CAN HELP US
10:16:31 WITH THIS ISSUE FOR AT LEAST THE LAST 20 YEARS, I'VE BEEN
10:16:34 URGING THE BASE AND THE EXPRESSWAY AUTHORITY TO FIGURE OUT A
10:16:38 WAY TO GET THOSE FOLKS UP ON THE EXPRESSWAY.
10:16:43 AS THE OFFICER POINTED OUT, WHEN YOU'RE COMING FROM GANDY
10:16:47 GOING DOWNTOWN, THE BEST ALTERNATIVE IS TO GET UP ON THE
10:16:52 EXPRESSWAY.
10:16:53 I'VE HEARD A RUMOR THAT THE EXPRESSWAY AUTHORITY IS NOW
10:16:58 LOOKING AT A POSSIBLE PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE THE BASE FOLKS TO
10:17:04 GET UP THERE.
10:17:06 IF ANYBODY HAS INFORMATION ON THAT, MS. DUNCAN, OR YOUR
10:17:09 TEAM, MAYBE YOU CAN FILL US IN ON THAT.
10:17:12 THAT'S QUESTION NUMBER ONE.
10:17:15 JEAN DUNCAN, QUESTION NUMBER TWO IS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
10:17:21 SPOKE TO IT.
10:17:22 YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER THIS WEEK IN REGARD TO
10:17:25 SOME POSSIBLE RECREATIONAL OPENING NOT ONLY ON THE BAYSHORE,
10:17:31 BUT SOME OTHER NICE BOULEVARDS THAT WE HAVE AROUND THE
10:17:35 COMMUNITY.
10:17:36 IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THAT IN A GENERIC WAY, THAT WOULD BE
10:17:41 GOOD.
10:17:41 THE THIRD QUESTION I HAVE RELATES TO THE TECO ISSUE.
10:17:45 I GUESS I WOULD ENCOURAGE OUR LEGAL STAFF AND OUR POLICY
10:17:51 FOLKS TO PERHAPS START AN INITIATIVE WITH THE PUBLIC SERVICE
10:17:55 COMMISSION STATEWIDE WITH ALL OF OUR BRETHREN IN THE LEAGUE
10:18:01 OF CITIES TO WORK WITH THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION AND GET
10:18:04 THE TECOs AND THE OTHER UTILITIES AROUND THE STATE, ALLOW
10:18:10 THEM TO INCREASE LIGHTING.
10:18:13 MR. CITRO POINTED OUT, IF WE HAD BETTER LIGHTING AT OUR
10:18:17 INTERSECTIONS AND TECO COULD BE THE ONE TO DO THAT, THEN WE
10:18:22 WOULD HAVE SAFER INTERSECTIONS.
10:18:24 HOWEVER, TECO CAN'T NECESSARILY PAY FOR THAT UNLESS THE
10:18:27 PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ALLOWS THEM A RATE CHANGE.
10:18:30 ANYWAY, THOSE ARE MY THREE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
10:18:35 PERHAPS, GINA, YOU COULD CHIME IN ON THE TECO PSC ONE.
10:18:42 >>JEAN DUNCAN: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, JEAN DUNCAN HERE.
10:18:46 I'LL START OUT ON YOUR QUESTIONS.
10:18:47 THE FIRST ONE REGARDING THEA, THE EXPRESSWAY AUTHORITY, THEY
10:18:56 DO HAVE A PROGRAM THAT THEY STARTED TO TRY TO INCENTIVE
10:19:02 FOLKS TO UTILIZE THE CROSSTOWN MORE EXTENSIVELY.
10:19:08 IT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC STARTING IN JULY.
10:19:12 WE ENCOURAGE THE WORD TO GET OUT AND FOLKS TRAVELING TO THE
10:19:15 BASE TO TAKE A LOOK AND SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD
10:19:17 BE AMENABLE TO THEM IN TERMS OF THE COST OF HAVING TO PAY
10:19:25 FOR USING THE CROSSTOWN AS WELL AS FOR THE TRIP THAT THEY
10:19:29 ARE MAKING TO THE AIR FORCE BASE.
10:19:32 ON YOUR QUESTION NUMBER TWO, REGARDING WHAT WE CALL OPEN
10:19:36 STREETS, MAKING CERTAIN ROADWAYS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC,
10:19:41 PARTICULARLY ON THE WEEKEND, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE
10:19:44 VERY INTERESTED IN.
10:19:47 THAT WAS ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUT OF MAYOR
10:19:51 CASTOR'S TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY TEAM AS PART OF HER T-3
10:19:57 INITIATIVE.
10:19:58 T-3 BEING TRANSFORMING TAMPA'S TOMORROW.
10:20:00 WE'RE CERTAINLY INTERESTED IN WORKING TOGETHER AND POSSIBLY
10:20:07 IN THE FUTURE WITH SPONSORSHIPS TO MAKE OPEN STREETS
10:20:12 AVAILABLE NOT JUST ON BAYSHORE AS A POTENTIAL LOCATION, BUT
10:20:17 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY BECAUSE WE BELIEVE
10:20:21 THAT THIS IS A GREAT TRANSPORTATION OPTION WE CAN GIVE
10:20:28 PEOPLE.
10:20:29 WE DO BELIEVE AS PEOPLE UTILIZE THE STREETS IN THIS MANNER,
10:20:32 WHEN THEY DO GET BEHIND THE WHEEL TO ACTUALLY DRIVE ON THE
10:20:37 ROADWAYS, IT GIVES THEM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE AND
10:20:40 HOPEFULLY THAT TRANSLATES INTO SOME MORE GOOD AND POSITIVE
10:20:44 BEHAVIOR.
10:20:45 YOUR THIRD ITEM REGARDING TECO, CERTAINLY GINA GRIMES CAN
10:20:49 CHIME IN.
10:20:50 CURRENTLY, WE ARE WORKING WITH TECO AS THE DEPARTMENT OF
10:20:52 TRANSPORTATION IS AS WELL TO PUT ADDITIONAL STREET LIGHTING
10:20:58 OUT ON OUR ROADWAYS.
10:21:00 THAT'S A SERVICE WE PAY TECO FOR AND ANY MODIFICATIONS OF
10:21:07 WHERE TECO WOULD BE PAYING FOR THAT WOULD BE QUITE
10:21:09 INTERESTING.
10:21:10 CURRENTLY, I DON'T THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS IN THE
10:21:12 WORKS.
10:21:14 WE DO HAVE A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH TECO AND ARE
10:21:18 WORKING TO GET MORE STREETLIGHTS OUT STRATEGICALLY AND WITH
10:21:22 THE LED LIGHTING THAT WOULD MAKE THINGS SAFER FOR THE
10:21:25 ROADWAYS.
10:21:26 I'LL STOP THERE AND MAYBE GINA GRIMES WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK
10:21:31 ABOUT YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.
10:21:33 THANK YOU.
10:21:45 >>LUIS VIERA: I DON'T THINK MS. GRIMES IS HERE.
10:21:49 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THAT'S FINE.
10:21:50 I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH HER INDIVIDUALLY.
10:21:51 JUST ONE FOLLOW-UP QUESTION TO MS. DUNCAN.
10:21:56 JEAN, YOU ALLUDED TO SOME OTHER NICE BOULEVARDS THAT WE
10:22:00 MIGHT BE ABLE TO OPEN UP.
10:22:03 FOR PEOPLE LISTENING, CAN YOU IDENTIFY SOME OF THE ONES
10:22:05 YOU'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT OR LOOKING AT THAT HAVE
10:22:08 POTENTIAL, LIKE THE BAYSHORE?
10:22:11 >>JEAN DUNCAN: WELL, ANOTHER ONE THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT IS
10:22:17 NUCCIO PARKWAY.
10:22:19 IT'S IDEAL IF WE CAN FIND A ROADWAY THAT HAS A MEDIAN WHERE
10:22:25 WE CAN HAVE A MORE SIMPLIFIED MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC OR
10:22:27 DETOUR OPPORTUNITY.
10:22:31 WE'VE ALSO LOOKED AT NEW TAMPA BOULEVARD UP IN NEW TAMPA, SO
10:22:36 WE'RE LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE COULD HAVE MINIMAL,
10:22:41 IF ANY, TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT REQUIREMENTS, BECAUSE THAT
10:22:48 REDUCES THE COST.
10:22:50 WE WOULD ALSO WANT TO REDUCE THE DETOURING THAT WOULD BE
10:22:53 ASSOCIATED WITH THESE SO WE DON'T CREATE ONE OPPORTUNITY
10:22:57 WHICH THEN RESULTS IN MAYBE A DIFFERENT PROBLEM.
10:23:01 SO WE HAVE SOME LOCATIONS IN ALL EAST TAMPA, WEST TAMPA, NEW
10:23:05 TAMPA, NORTH TAMPA, SO THOSE ARE A WORK IN PROGRESS.
10:23:09 WE'RE NOT REALLY READY TO PUBLISH A LIST, PER SE.
10:23:12 BUT IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE ARE WORKING ON AND HAVE A
10:23:18 HIGH EXPECTATION THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THESE AS
10:23:23 WE GO INTO OUR DIFFERENT PHASES OF COVID-19 WHERE THIS WOULD
10:23:27 BE AN APPROPRIATE TYPE OF ACTIVITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
10:23:33 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
10:23:34 OKAY.
10:23:36 NEXT, COUNCILMAN GUDES, YOU MAY GO, SIR.
10:23:38 ANY QUESTIONS OR BRIEF COMMENTS?
10:23:41 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I'LL DO MY COMMENTS TOWARD THE END AFTER
10:23:45 PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:23:46 I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS THAT I THINK THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW
10:23:48 OR MAYBE MS. DUNCAN CAN TELL THEM.
10:23:52 MS. DUNCAN, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU COULD TELL THE
10:23:58 PUBLIC WHAT AN ARTERIAL ROAD IS AND WHY IT'S UTILIZED.
10:24:03 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES, COUNCILMAN GUDES, SO YOUR QUESTION IS,
10:24:06 WHAT IS AN ARTERIAL ROAD AND WHAT WAS THE SECOND PART OF
10:24:10 THAT?
10:24:10 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WHAT IS AN ARTERIAL ROAD AND WHY DO WE HAVE
10:24:14 THEM?
10:24:16 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES, THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
10:24:19 WE HAVE BASICALLY OUR ROADWAYS HAVE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS.
10:24:23 AND A LOT OF THAT IS OBVIOUS TO THE LAYPERSON.
10:24:28 SOME OF IT IS NOT.
10:24:30 WE HAVE A HIERARCHY OF ROADWAYS IN THE ROADWAY NETWORK.
10:24:34 AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, OUR INTERSTATE SYSTEM WHERE YOU HAVE
10:24:37 AN EXPECTATION OF HIGH-SPEED TRAFFIC, POSSIBLY LOTS OF
10:24:41 TRAFFIC, AND VERY LIMITED ACCESS OR INTERFACE AS YOU'RE
10:24:46 DRIVING ON THAT SYSTEM.
10:24:49 AND THEN THE NEXT LEVEL OF A ROADWAY IS WHAT WE CALL AN
10:24:52 ARTERIAL.
10:24:53 AND THOSE WOULD BE OUR ROADWAYS THAT ARE FOR LONGER TRIPS,
10:24:59 TYPICALLY.
10:25:00 THEY USUALLY HAVE HIGHER SPEEDS AT HIGHER CAPACITY THAN A
10:25:04 CITY STREET, A RESIDENTIAL STREET, BUT THEY CARRY HIGHER
10:25:08 VOLUMES OF TRAFFIC AND OFTEN CAN BE IDENTIFIED IN THE CITY
10:25:14 OF TAMPA AS OUR STATE ROADS.
10:25:15 OUR HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE, BRUCE B. DOWNS, MARTIN LUTHER KING
10:25:20 BOULEVARD -- EXCUSE ME, DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD.
10:25:24 THOSE WOULD BE WHAT WE CALL ARTERIALS.
10:25:27 THE NEXT LEVEL OF ROADWAY DOWN FROM THAT IS WHAT WE CALL OUR
10:25:30 COLLECTORS.
10:25:31 AND THE COLLECTORS ARE ROADS THAT ARE SORT OF AN INTERFACE
10:25:35 BETWEEN A RESIDENTIAL STREET AND A HIGHER SPEED STATE ROAD
10:25:40 SUCH AS BUSCH BOULEVARD.
10:25:41 FOR EXAMPLE, IN SOUTH TAMPA, THOSE WOULD BE AZEELE STREET,
10:25:45 LOIS AVENUE, ROADS THAT CARRY TRAFFIC THAT IS NOT GOING,
10:25:53 CIRCULATING IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IT'S GOING FROM A
10:25:56 NEIGHBORHOOD TO ANOTHER LOCATION OUTSIDE OF THE
10:25:59 NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:26:02 THEN THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A STREET IS OBVIOUSLY A RESIDENTIAL
10:26:05 STREET.
10:26:05 SO WE WANT THE ROADS TO FUNCTION IN THOSE HIERARCHY LEVELS,
10:26:10 AND WE DESIGN THEM FOR THAT PURPOSE, AND WE WANT TO
10:26:13 ENCOURAGE THROUGH OUR DESIGN THE UTILIZATION OF THOSE
10:26:18 ROADWAYS IN THAT MANNER SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE,
10:26:21 LOTS OF TRAFFIC CUTTING THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN THAT IS
10:26:24 NOT DESIRABLE OR TRUCKS GOING THROUGH AN AREA WHERE THERE
10:26:31 ARE SCHOOLS THAT IS A SAFETY ISSUE.
10:26:33 THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
10:26:34 I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
10:26:39 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I KNEW THE ANSWER.
10:26:40 I WANTED THE PUBLIC TO KNOW WHAT IT WAS AND WHILE I STILL
10:26:43 HAVE YOU, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP FOR THE ENTIRE
10:26:46 CITY AND ALSO BAYSHORE, WE LOOK AT 40th STREET.
10:26:49 WE LOOK AT HANNA.
10:26:51 YOU TELL THE PUBLIC, BECAUSE I HAD SOME PEOPLE TEXT ME ABOUT
10:26:53 IT.
10:26:54 WHAT ARE THOSE ROADS?
10:26:57 >>JEAN DUNCAN: 40th STREET IS AN ARTERIAL STREET.
10:27:03 PROBABLY WHAT WE WOULD CALL A MINOR ARTERIAL, BUT IT'S A
10:27:06 VERY IMPORTANT ROADWAY THAT CONNECTS A GOOD DISTANCE UP FROM
10:27:11 NORTH TAMPA DOWN TO SOUTH TAMPA.
10:27:14 HANNA AVENUE IS WHAT WE WOULD CALL A COLLECTOR STREET.
10:27:20 IT IS A MIX OF TRAFFIC THAT'S TRAVELING THROUGH FROM A POINT
10:27:24 A TO A POINT B IN THE GENERAL AREA OF EAST TAMPA AND A MIX
10:27:30 OF RESIDENTIAL TRAFFIC THAT IS SEEKING A DESTINATION.
10:27:35 SO 40th STREET IS WHAT WE CALL A HIGHER FUNCTIONING STREET
10:27:38 THAN HANNA AVENUE AND WOULD HAVE HIGHER TRAFFIC VOLUMES AND
10:27:44 MORE THRU TRAFFIC ON IT THAN HANNA AVENUE WOULD BE.
10:27:50 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MS. DUNCAN.
10:27:53 I THINK THE NEXT ONE IS FOR MR. MESSMER.
10:27:56 WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, WHAT ARE THE
10:27:59 MANPOWER HOURS SPENT ON BAYSHORE BOULEVARD AND ESPECIALLY ON
10:28:03 40th STREET.
10:28:04 THAT IS A BIG CONCERN IN MY DISTRICT AND I KNOW COUNCILMAN
10:28:07 CARLSON.
10:28:07 WHAT ARE THE MANPOWER HOURS AS IT RELATES TO SPEED?
10:28:15 >> I DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC DATA ON MANPOWER HOURS.
10:28:18 I KNOW LAST YEAR WE HAD 368 SPECIFIC SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS ON
10:28:24 BAYSHORE.
10:28:28 74,000 TRAFFIC STOPS ON BAYSHORE.
10:28:33 I DON'T HAVE ANY DATA IN FRONT OF ME SPECIFICALLY ON 40th
10:28:37 STREET.
10:28:38 THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE CAN PULL AND WE CAN GET.
10:28:43 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
10:28:44 THE WORKSHOP WAS FOR ALL OF TAMPA AND BAYSHORE IS A HOT ITEM
10:28:50 FOR THAT.
10:28:50 [INAUDIBLE]
10:28:54 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:28:55 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, ANY QUESTIONS OR SHORT COMMENTS, SIR?
10:28:59 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO, NO QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
10:29:01 I'M GOING TO RESERVE MY COMMENTS FOR AFTER WE HEAR FROM THE
10:29:04 PUBLIC AND THEN I'LL GO FROM THERE.
10:29:06 THANK YOU.
10:29:07 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.
10:29:08 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, ANY QUESTIONS OR SHORT COMMENTS, SIR.
10:29:16 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN
10:29:17 PARTICIPATING AND THOSE WHO ARE WAITING TO SPEAK.
10:29:20 WE HAVE GOTTEN COUNTLESS OF HUNDREDS OF E-MAILS AND PHONE
10:29:24 CALLS IN THIS OFFICE.
10:29:24 JUST LIKE COUNCILMAN CARLSON SAID, WE HAVE THE SAME THREE
10:29:27 AREAS THAT HE SPOKE ABOUT.
10:29:29 HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, SPEED GOT EQUAL -- SOME CONSEQUENCE.
10:29:33 WHEN YOU DRIVE AROUND THE CITY, YOU SEE SOME SIGNS THAT
10:29:40 VIOLATION SPEEDS DOUBLE THE TICKET PRICE WHILE MEN AND WOMEN
10:29:42 ARE WORKING.
10:29:43 I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S POSSIBLE TO HAVE THE LEGISLATURE.
10:29:46 GINA GRIMES AND MAYOR CASTOR TO START A MOVEMENT TO PICK THE
10:29:54 AREAS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA THAT HAVE THE HIGH TRAFFIC AND
10:29:58 DEATH CONSEQUENCES BECAUSE OF SPEED AND HAVE THOSE IN THE
10:30:03 SAME AREAS THAT FALL UNDER THE REPAIRING WORK DONE, FINES
10:30:08 DOUBLED.
10:30:09 IF SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE THAT'S INNOVATIVE, THAT'S
10:30:13 DIFFERENT, BECAUSE IN THIS COUNTRY, IN THIS CITY AND THIS
10:30:17 NATION, ALL OF IT IS BASED ON SPEED.
10:30:20 HOW FAST CAN YOU RUN SPORTS?
10:30:22 HOW FAST CAN YOU CLIMB A HILL?
10:30:24 HOW FAST DOES YOUR MOTORCYCLE GO?
10:30:26 LET'S RIDE DOWN THE STREET AND SEE WHAT THE CAR CAN DO.
10:30:30 NOT ONE OF US LISTENING OR SEEING THIS CAN'T TELL ME THEY
10:30:33 HAVE NOT SEEN ONE CAR A WEEK TAKE A RED LIGHT.
10:30:37 I SEE THEM ALL THE TIME, ONE AT LEAST A DAY ON A MOTORCYCLE,
10:30:41 DRIVING, PASSING, ZOOM BETWEEN TRAFFIC, WEAVING IN AND OUT.
10:30:46 JUST BASED ON SPEED, ON TIME.
10:30:48 IT'S GOT TO CHANGE.
10:30:49 AND WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE CULTURE OF THESE THINGS HAPPENING.
10:30:53 THAT'S WHY SPEED HAS TO BE PART OF A NEW CULTURE TAUGHT FROM
10:31:00 DAY ONE WHEN THEY START KINDERGARTEN ALL THE WAY THROUGH
10:31:03 HIGH SCHOOL, SO WHEN YOU LEAVE THERE, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT
10:31:05 THAT KEY IS A KEY TO YOUR FREEDOM, TO LEAVE AND GO WHEN YOU
10:31:10 WANT, BUT ALSO AS A CONSEQUENCE, IF YOU VIOLATE THE LAWS.
10:31:13 AND THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE NOT TAUGHT.
10:31:15 THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT I NEED, IN MY OPINION, ANYWAY,
10:31:18 HAVE TO BE REMEMBERED ON A CONSTANT BASIS SO WE FALL IN LINE
10:31:24 WITH THE IDEA THAT WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN
10:31:28 ANY CONSEQUENCE OF SPEED THAT KILLS SOMEONE.
10:31:31 WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS COUNTRY IS A SHAME.
10:31:34 IT HAPPENS EVERY SINGLE DAY IN AMERICA.
10:31:37 SPEED CAUSES SOMEBODY TO GET KILLED.
10:31:39 IT'S GOT TO CHANGE.
10:31:42 I'M GLAD THAT THESE THINGS ARE COMING OUT.
10:31:44 I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE GETTING THESE THINGS IN THE FOREFRONT OF
10:31:48 THE AGENDA SO WE CAN TRY TO WORK SOMETHING OUT, NOT ONLY TO
10:31:52 SOLVE THE CONSEQUENCES OF SPEED ON THE BAYSHORE, BUT
10:31:54 CONSEQUENCES OF SPEED THROUGHOUT THE GREAT CITY.
10:31:57 I THINK THAT WOULD HELP ALL OF US.
10:31:58 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:32:02 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMAN.
10:32:04 BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT, JUST ME BRIEFLY.
10:32:07 I HAVE NO QUESTIONS BUT I WANTED TO STATE SOMETHING WHICH I
10:32:09 THINK IS THE OBVIOUS, THAT WHEN IT COMES TO DESIGN, WHEN IT
10:32:13 COMES TO HELPING BICYCLISTS, WHEN IT COMES TO PEDESTRIANS,
10:32:17 WHEN IT COMES TO ROAD PROJECTS, THEY ARE GOING TO PROTECT
10:32:20 THOSE PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS THAT WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT
10:32:24 HERE TODAY WITH REGARDS TO SPEEDING.
10:32:27 THE TREMENDOUS THREATS THAT WE FACE AS A CITY AND A
10:32:31 COMMUNITY THROUGH NOT ONLY POTENTIAL LOWER REVENUE IN A
10:32:34 POST-COVID-19 ECONOMY, BUT UP TO $300 MILLION LOST AS WELL
10:32:40 DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH ALL FOR TRANSPORTATION.
10:32:43 SO CERTAINLY THAT TRAIN FOR 2020, IF WE LOSE IN THE SUPREME
10:32:48 COURT, HAS APPARENTLY LEFT THE STATION.
10:32:50 BUT IF WE DO LOSE THAT PARTICULAR CASE IN THE SUPREME COURT,
10:32:54 THE TWO CASES, I SHOULD SAY, WILL TAKE SUCH A TREMENDOUS HIT
10:32:59 WITH REGARDS TO SAFETY TO OUR STREETS.
10:33:02 I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE AFT FUNDS, WHICH IS WHY I LOBBIED
10:33:06 THE COMMISSION TO GIVE US MORE TIME TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY
10:33:09 REPLACEMENT TAX.
10:33:11 WE ARE WHERE WE ARE.
10:33:12 WE'RE LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF MAJOR HITS AS A COMMUNITY,
10:33:16 MAJOR HITS WHENEVER IT COMES TO SAFETY ON OUR ROADS.
10:33:19 WE AS ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CONCERNED CITIZENS WHO ARE
10:33:23 LISTENING, WE'VE GOT TO BE VIGILANT ON THAT, VERY, VERY
10:33:25 AWARE.
10:33:26 AND I KNOW EVERYBODY IS.
10:33:27 WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BAYSHORE AND WE TALK ABOUT PLACES LIKE
10:33:30 HIMES, BUSCH, ARMENIA, MLK, HILLSBOROUGH, FOWLER, HOWARD,
10:33:35 ET CETERA, ET CETERA, THESE ARE ALL GOING TO HAVE INCREASED
10:33:38 CHALLENGES BECAUSE OF WHAT COULD TRANSPIRE.
10:33:41 AND THAT'S A SHAME.
10:33:42 OKAY.
10:33:43 NEXT, WE MOVE FORWARD TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:33:47 I BELIEVE -- MS. SULING, I BELIEVE WE HAVE 47 INDIVIDUALS
10:33:54 SIGNED UP.
10:33:55 BUT PRIOR TO THAT, I BELIEVE WE ARE GOING TO HEAR THE
10:33:58 MESSAGES, CORRECT?
10:34:00 >>THE CLERK: THAT IS CORRECT, CHAIR.
10:34:02 WE'LL DEFINITELY BEGIN WITH THE VOICE MAIL MESSAGES.
10:34:04 THE FIRST PERSON ON THE LIST IS JOHN ACOSTA.
10:34:10 >> JOHN ACOSTA.
10:34:13 2402 WEST MORRISON AVENUE, UNIT NUMBER 3, TAMPA, FLORIDA,
10:34:19 33629. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING MY COMMENTS.
10:34:23 I AM ASKING OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ON CITY COUNCIL TO ADDRESS
10:34:27 THE SAFETY OF OUR ROADS, ESPECIALLY BAYSHORE BOULEVARD.
10:34:31 THERE ARE TOO MANY CRASHES ON OUR CITY STREETS DUE TO THE
10:34:34 SPEEDING, AND WE CAN NO LONGER PASS IT OFF AS A LONE
10:34:38 INDIVIDUAL BREAKING THE LAW.
10:34:39 TAMPA IS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS CITIES FOR
10:34:43 PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS IN AMERICA.
10:34:46 YOU EITHER ATTRIBUTE THIS TO THE PEOPLE WHO RESIDE IN TAMPA
10:34:49 OR THE DESIGN OF OUR ROADWAYS.
10:34:51 I FOR ONE DO NOT BELIEVE IT IS THE PEOPLE AND I SINCERELY
10:34:56 HOPE OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS DO NOT BLAME THE PEOPLE WHO
10:34:58 ELECTED THEM.
10:34:59 I TRUST YOU WILL DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION AND EFFORTS TOWARD
10:35:02 THE SAFETY OF OUR ROAD DESIGNS, ESPECIALLY WITH BAYSHORE
10:35:05 BOULEVARD.
10:35:06 WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT OUR CITY AND THE ELECTED OFFICIALS
10:35:09 WHEN THE MOST POPULAR AND WELL-RECOGNIZED PART OF OUR
10:35:13 BEAUTIFUL CITY, BAYSHORE BOULEVARD, CONTINUES TO HAVE
10:35:18 PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS FATALITIES DUE TO SPEEDING CRASHES
10:35:21 AND OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS DO ALMOST NOTHING TO ADDRESS THE
10:35:24 ISSUE AND MAKE BAYSHORE SAFER.
10:35:27 HOW MANY PEOPLE NEED TO BE KILLED BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL
10:35:31 REALIZES THE STATUS QUO IS UNACCEPTABLE?
10:35:35 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
10:35:36 GOOD-BYE.
10:35:41 >>THE CLERK: THE SECOND PERSON ON THAT LIST IS JOSEPH
10:35:45 DESENTA.
10:35:59 [NO AUDIO]
10:36:04 >> 712 WEST TRIBLEY STREET, 33603.
10:36:08 I'M CALLING IN REGARDS TO THURSDAY MORNING'S MEETING ABOUT
10:36:13 SPEEDING ON BAYSHORE BOULEVARD.
10:36:15 I JUST WANT TO STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT SHOULD THE SPEED
10:36:22 BUMPS OR SPEED TABLES BE CONSIDERED, THEY NOT GO IN THE BIKE
10:36:28 LANES.
10:36:29 BIKES DON'T NEED TO BE SLOWED DOWN AND THE TABLES ARE REALLY
10:36:36 AWFUL.
10:36:37 THANK YOU.
10:36:41 >>THE CLERK: OKAY.
10:36:41 THE NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE LINDA BECKER.
10:36:48 >> LINDA BECKER, 345 BAYSHORE BOULEVARD.
10:36:51 SPEEDING ON THE BAYSHORE.
10:36:54 I HAVE LIVED ON BAYSHORE FOR 36 YEARS, FIRST AT THE DIPLOMAT
10:36:59 AND CURRENTLY AT 345.
10:37:02 IT HAS BEEN A BEAUTIFUL AREA TO LIVE IN.
10:37:04 UNFORTUNATELY, AS OF LATE, WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THE
10:37:08 RACE OF MOTORCYCLES AND CARS UP AND DOWN THE BAYSHORE AT ALL
10:37:12 HOURS, BUT PARTICULARLY IN THE EVENING.
10:37:14 THIS HAS CAUSED THE TRAGIC DEATHS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE JUST
10:37:18 TRYING TO WALK OR RIDE THEIR BICYCLES, WHICH IS THEIR RIGHT.
10:37:22 THEY WERE LAW-ABIDING, FOLLOWING THE RULES.
10:37:25 THIS SPEED LIMIT HAS BEEN REDUCED AND CROSSWALKS HAVE BEEN
10:37:28 INSTALLED.
10:37:30 THE SITUATION HAS NOT CHANGED.
10:37:32 I BELIEVE THE ONLY ANSWER IS TO HAVE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ON
10:37:36 THE SCENE.
10:37:37 PLEASE, LET'S STOP THESE UNNECESSARY DEATHS AND BREAKING OF
10:37:41 OUR LAWS.
10:37:42 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.
10:37:44 LINDA BECKER.
10:37:49 >>THE CLERK: THE NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE PAMELA PAPPICE.
10:37:55 >> HELLO.
10:37:56 MY NAME IS PAMELA PAPPIS.
10:38:00 RESIDENT OF ELEMENT APARTMENT BUILDING IN THE ARTS DISTRICT
10:38:03 OF TAMPA.
10:38:05 DESPITE LIVING ON ONE OF THE UPPER FLOORS OF THE BUILDING,
10:38:07 THE NIGHTLY DRAG RACING AND REVVING OF ENGINES ON THE
10:38:12 STREETS OF TAMPA WAKES ME FROM A SLEEP AND RATTLES THE
10:38:15 WINDOWS OF MY APARTMENT.
10:38:16 THE NOISE OCCURS BETWEEN 8 P.M. AND 4 A.M. EVERY SINGLE
10:38:20 NIGHT.
10:38:21 BESIDES A SLEET DISRUPTION AND A DANGEROUS TO PEDESTRIANS,
10:38:24 IT IS A DETERRENT FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO MAINTAIN A CIVIL
10:38:27 LIVING ARRANGEMENT IN DOWNTOWN TAMPA.
10:38:29 THIS IS OUR HOME.
10:38:30 I IMAGINE IF ANY ONE OF YOU HAD MULTIPLE LOUD SPEEDING
10:38:33 VEHICLES TRAVERSING THE FRONT OF YOUR HOME AT ALL HOURS OF
10:38:36 THE NIGHT YOU WOULD NOTIFY AUTHORITIES, CONSIDER THE
10:38:39 POTENTIAL AND EVEN RELOCATE TAKING YOUR SPENDING MONEY TO A
10:38:42 DIFFERENT CITY.
10:38:43 THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS BEEN TRYING TO CHANGE IMAGE FROM URBAN
10:38:48 CENTER TO THRIVING CULTURE COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE CAN EAT,
10:38:51 WORK AND PLAY.
10:38:52 I CHOOSE TO LIVE AT THE ELEMENT TO SUPPORT THE CITY'S
10:38:55 EFFORTS TO TRACT -- AND ATTRACTING HIGHER INCOME EARNERS TO
10:39:00 THE DOWNTOWN AREA MEANS BUSINESSES, ARTS, SHOPS, RESTAURANTS
10:39:06 CAN THRIVE AND TRANSFORM TAMPA INTO A CITY PEOPLE WANT TO
10:39:09 LIVE IN.
10:39:10 WITHOUT THE CASH FLOW OF URBAN RESIDENTS INFUSED INTO TAMPA,
10:39:13 THE CITY WILL SUFFER MONETARY LOSS AND STREETS RETURN TO
10:39:17 FORMER CONDITIONS OF OUTDOOR HOMELESS SHELTER.
10:39:21 I'VE LIVED IN TAMPA FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS.
10:39:25 THIS TOWN COULD BE ON THE BRINK OF A MASSIVE TRANSFORMATION.
10:39:28 IS THIS HOW YOU WANT TO TREAT THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LIVE IN
10:39:33 THE CITY?
10:39:34 HOW DO YOU EXPECT US TO LIVE IN A CACOPHONY?
10:39:37 BETWEEN THE DEAFENING TRAIN WHISTLE, HELICOPTERS SHOUTING
10:39:39 FROM THE STREETS, CONSTRUCTION AND TRAFFIC, THE DOWNTOWN
10:39:42 RESIDENTS ARE ALREADY ASKING -- [ECHOEY AUDIO]
10:39:48 MORE THAN THE NOISE COMPLAINT, CONSIDER THE ECONOMIC
10:39:51 REPERCUSSIONS -- BY A SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION THAT DOESN'T
10:39:55 CONTRIBUTE TO THE FINANCIAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURE VISION
10:39:57 THAT TAMPA HAS WORKED SO HARD TO ESTABLISH.
10:39:59 I PERSONALLY WILL BE MOVING OUT OF TAMPA IF I CANNOT GET A
10:40:02 REASONABLE AMOUNT OF PEACE AND QUIET DURING THE NIGHT.
10:40:05 THANK YOU.
10:40:06 [ECHOEY AUDIO]
10:40:10 >>THE CLERK: THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ROBERT MOODY.
10:40:18 >> MY NAME IS ROBERT MOODY.
10:40:21 345 BAYSHORE BOULEVARD, UNIT 511.
10:40:24 THIS IS ON THE SUBJECT OF SPEEDING ON BAYSHORE BOULEVARD.
10:40:28 I LIVE ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF OUR BUILDING AND OUR BALCONY
10:40:32 OVERLOOKS BAYSHORE BOULEVARD ON THE STREETS LEADING ON AND
10:40:37 OFF DAVIS ISLAND.
10:40:38 I HAVE READ ABOUT THE SPEEDING AND DRAG RACING AND
10:40:41 ASSOCIATED NOISE POLLUTION TO CURRENT MAYOR CASTOR ON TWO
10:40:44 OCCASIONS AND SPOKEN TO HER SECRETARY ONCE.
10:40:47 I WROTE TO OUR PREVIOUS MAYOR BUCKHORN ON TWO OCCASIONS.
10:40:51 MAYOR BUCKHORN REFERRED MY REQUEST FOR SOME ACTION ON
10:40:54 BAYSHORE AUDIO TO THE TAMPA POLICE.
10:40:56 I THEN HEARD FROM A CORPORAL ON THE TAMPA POLICE WHO TOLD ME
10:40:59 HE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE OFFICERS THAT CONTROL THE BAYSHORE
10:41:02 BOULEVARD AREA.
10:41:03 THE CORPORAL SAID THEY HAD WRITTEN OVER 500 TICKETS IN HIS
10:41:07 AREA OVER THE PAST YEAR.
10:41:09 I MARKED THAT THIS WAS LESS THAN TWO TICKETS A DAY AND WAS
10:41:12 OBVIOUSLY NOT ENOUGH TO STOP THE PROBLEM OF DRAG RACING,
10:41:15 SPEEDING, AND ASSOCIATED NOISE POLLUTION.
10:41:17 REALLY, NOTHING OF ANY CONSEQUENCE HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT
10:41:20 THE SPEEDING PROBLEM.
10:41:22 I REALIZED THAT AFTER THE LOSS OF A MOTHER AND HER BABY ON
10:41:26 MAY 23rd, 2018, WHICH WAS 23 DAYS AFTER I WROTE THE FIRST
10:41:30 LETTER TO MAYOR BUCKHORN, THAT THE SPEED LIMIT WAS REDUCED
10:41:34 ON BAYSHORE TO 35 MILES AN HOUR.
10:41:39 CROSSWALKS WITH YELLOW WARNING LIGHTS WERE INSTALLED.
10:41:42 UNFORTUNATELY, THESE COSTLY STEPS REALLY DID NOTHING TO STOP
10:41:45 SPEEDERS, DRAG RACING AND THE NEGOTIATED NOISE POLLUTION
10:41:48 CAUSED BY THESE UNLAWFUL ACTIONS AND MUFFLER SYSTEMS
10:41:52 TAMPERED WITH TO ATTRACT ATTENTION.
10:41:54 AS YOU PROBABLY ARE AWARE, WE HAD ANOTHER FATALITY ON APRIL
10:41:58 4th OF THIS YEAR ON BAYSHORE BETWEEN A MOTORCYCLIST WHO
10:42:01 WAS PART OF A GROUP OF THREE MOTORCYCLES, ONE OF WHICH WAS
10:42:04 RIDING ON ITS BACK WHEEL AND A BICYCLIST WHO WAS CROSSING IN
10:42:08 A MARKED CROSSWALK NEAR ROME STREET.
10:42:11 BOTH THE BICYCLIST AND THE MOTORCYCLIST WERE KILLED IN THIS
10:42:14 HORRIFIC ACCIDENT.
10:42:15 HERE'S WHAT THE TAMPA TIMES HAD TO SAY WAS MAYOR CASTOR'S
10:42:21 REACTION.
10:42:22 SHE ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING THAT SHE HAS ORDERED THE CHIEF
10:42:25 OF POLICE TO CRACK DOWN ON SPEEDING AND DANGEROUS DRIVING.
10:42:28 NO LOSS OF LIFE ON OUR STREETS IS ACCEPTABLE, THE MAYOR
10:42:31 SAID.
10:42:32 REQUIRE IT AND CALL ME, I CAN GET YOU AN ADDITIONAL COPY OF
10:42:39 THE LETTER THAT I SENT TO MAYOR BUCKHORN ON APRIL 30th,
10:42:43 2018.
10:42:44 AS A BOARD MEMBER IN OUR BUILDING FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS AT
10:42:49 345 BAYSHORE I HAVE RECEIVED COMPLAINTS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS
10:42:52 FROM RESIDENTS IN OUR BUILDING REFERRING TO DRAG RACING AND
10:42:55 SPEEDING ON BAYSHORE BOULEVARD DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF OUR
10:42:58 BUILDING.
10:42:58 I AM SO GLAD THAT HOPEFULLY OUR VOICES WILL FINALLY BE HEARD
10:43:01 BY OUR CURRENT MAYOR AND THAT OUR TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT
10:43:04 WILL FINALLY DO SOMETHING MEANINGFUL TO STOP THE DRAG RACING
10:43:08 AND SPEEDING AND SAVE LIVES OF CITIZENS AND GUESTS OF TAMPA
10:43:13 WHO ARE SIMPLY TRYING TO ENJOY BAYSHORE BOULEVARD.
10:43:15 RESPECTFULLY, BOB MOODY.
10:43:21 >>THE CLERK: LASTLY, WE HAVE VALERIE JONES.
10:43:27 >> HI.
10:43:27 YES.
10:43:28 MY NAME IS VALERIE JONES.
10:43:29 I AM THE MOTHER OF ALEXIS MIRANDA WHO WAS HIT BY A CAR BY
10:43:35 CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL IN 2015.
10:43:40 I AM CALLING IN REGARDS TO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT
10:43:43 ABOUT THE SPEEDING ISSUE WE HAVE HERE.
10:43:46 I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT OUR SPEEDING
10:43:52 REGULATIONS AND TRYING TO FIX THOSE.
10:43:54 I FEEL LIKE IT'S AN ONGOING ISSUE, NOT ONLY ON BAYSHORE, BUT
10:43:59 THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTY.
10:44:02 I JUST CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR CHANGES TO BE MADE IN AREAS THAT
10:44:07 ARE AT HIGH RISK.
10:44:09 AS WE KNOW, BAYSHORE IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE
10:44:14 PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTY WITH THAT.
10:44:16 I KNOW WE ARE IMPLEMENTING THE VISION ZERO, OR IT SEEMS LIKE
10:44:20 WE ARE.
10:44:21 AND I'M HAPPY ABOUT THAT AND I'M HOPING TO SEE SOME CHANGES
10:44:25 REAL SOON.
10:44:26 AS YOU ALL KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S DEAR TO MY HEART.
10:44:29 SPEEDING WAS INVOLVED IN MY DAUGHTER'S ACCIDENT, ALTHOUGH
10:44:33 THEY DON'T LIKE TO LOOK AT THAT, IT DEFINITELY WAS.
10:44:38 JUST HOPING FOR SOME CHANGE.
10:44:40 I THOUGHT I WOULD CALL AND SEE IF MY VOICE WOULD BE HEARD AS
10:44:43 WELL.
10:44:43 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
10:44:45 THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING.
10:44:47 I'M HOPING TO SEE SOME CHANGES, POSITIVE CHANGES.
10:44:50 THANK YOU.
10:44:53 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
10:44:53 THAT BEING THE LAST ONE, SULING, NOW WE MOVE TO REGISTRANTS,
10:44:58 CORRECT, TO SPEAK?
10:45:01 BEFORE THAT, I WANTED TO SAY A WORD ABOUT OUR LAST SPEAKER.
10:45:04 I KNOW VALERIE JONES.
10:45:07 HER DAUGHTER LEXY MIRANDA I BELIEVE WOULD HAVE TURNED 22
10:45:11 THIS WEEK, IN FACT.
10:45:12 I KNOW VALERIE.
10:45:13 SHE IS A REALLY GOOD WOMAN.
10:45:15 A WOMAN OF STRENGTH AND TREMENDOUS FAITH.
10:45:17 SHE'S GONE THROUGH HELL, QUITE FRANKLY, AND I JUST WANTED TO
10:45:21 SAY THANK YOU FOR HER SPEAKING OUT ON OTHER EXPERIENCES AND
10:45:27 REACHING OUT.
10:45:28 SHE IS A SAFETY ACTIVIST IN TAMPA AND WEARS HER HEART ON HER
10:45:31 SLEEVE.
10:45:31 THANK YOU, VALERIE, AND GOD BLESS YOU, IF YOU ARE LISTENING.
10:45:34 WE MOVE TO THE WEBINAR REGISTRANTS.
10:45:36 EACH INDIVIDUAL -- THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, HAS UP TO THREE
10:45:40 MINUTES TO SPEAK.
10:45:42 THESE DO NOT -- PLEASE DO NOT GO BEYOND THE THREE MINUTES.
10:45:47 YOU DO NOT HAVE TO GO UP TO THE THREE MINUTES, BUT YOU HAVE
10:45:51 UP TO THREE MINUTES.
10:45:52 I KNOW EVERYBODY IS LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT
10:45:54 EVERYBODY HAS TO SAY.
10:45:55 SULING, SHALL WE BEGIN?
10:45:57 >>THE CLERK: WE SHALL.
10:45:58 JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, CHAIR, WE'LL SET A TIMER.
10:46:02 ONCE THEY HEAR THE RING, THE TIME WILL BE UP AND THEY WILL
10:46:06 BE PLACED ON MUTE.
10:46:07 THE FIRST PERSON I HAVE IS CHRISTINE ACOSTA.
10:46:12 CHRISTINE, IF YOU'RE ON THE LINE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF?
10:46:35 >>LUIS VIERA: NOW, SULING, THIS IS LUIS VIERA.
10:46:39 I HAVE HERE A LIST OF WEBINAR REGISTRANTS.
10:46:42 I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR LIST IS THE SAME AS MINE.
10:46:45 MY FIRST ONE IS ROCHELLE REBACK.
10:46:48 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT LIST.
10:46:53 >>THE CLERK: WE'RE MOVING BACKWARDS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT
10:46:55 WE'RE GOING BY WHO REGISTERED FIRST.
10:46:58 UNFORTUNATELY, OUR WEBINAR GAVE ME A LIST OF MOVED LAST.
10:47:02 SO WE'RE MOVING BACKWARDS.
10:47:08 >>LUIS VIERA: WERE PEOPLE TOLD THEY WERE GOING IN A
10:47:10 PARTICULAR ORDER?
10:47:11 >>THE CLERK: YES.
10:47:12 I SENT THE E-MAIL OUT.
10:47:13 THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ORDER THEY WERE GOING IN.
10:47:16 GOING BY THE WAY THEY WERE REGISTERED.
10:47:18 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
10:47:19 GO AHEAD.
10:47:20 >>THE CLERK: BEING THAT CHRISTINE IS STILL ON MUTE --
10:47:25 >> I'M SORRY.
10:47:25 I AM NOW AVAILABLE.
10:47:26 MAY I SPEAK?
10:47:27 >>THE CLERK: YES, YOU MAY.
10:47:29 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, MA'AM.
10:47:29 >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN AND CITY COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING
10:47:32 THIS SPECIAL WORKSHOP TO BE HELD DURING THE CORONAVIRUS
10:47:36 SAFER AT HOME ORDER.
10:47:37 MY NAME IS CHRISTINA COSTA.
10:47:39 I LIVE AT 2402 WEST MORRISON AVENUE IN TAMPA.
10:47:43 I'M THE BUSINESS OWNER/OPERATOR OF A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE THAT
10:47:49 FOCUSES ON ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND BICYCLE COMMUTING.
10:47:54 I HAVE WORKED WITH OVER 100 COMPANIES IN THE REGION TO
10:47:56 CERTIFY THEM AS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED BICYCLE FRIENDLY
10:47:59 BUSINESSES.
10:48:00 I AM AN ACCREDITED WRITING AND SAFETY INSTRUCTOR.
10:48:03 I PROVIDE TOURS OF BICYCLE FACILITIES TO PLANNERS AND
10:48:07 ENGINEERS.
10:48:08 I HAVE PERSONALLY BIKED IN OVER 30 CITIES IN TEN COUNTRIES.
10:48:11 I'M THE FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF WALK, BIKE, TAMPA,
10:48:17 WHICH IS WIDELY CREDITED FOR BRINGING VISION ZERO TO OUR
10:48:20 COMMUNITY FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF LEXY MIRANDA, AND YOU JUST
10:48:23 HEARD HER MOM SPEAK.
10:48:24 LEXY WOULD HAVE BEEN 22 THIS WEEK.
10:48:28 MY ADVOCACY RESULTS FROM TWO EXPERIENCES: CARING FOR MY
10:48:32 FATHER AT THE END OF HIS LIFE WHILE HE WAS BOUND TO A
10:48:35 WHEELCHAIR AND BEING A 45-YEAR-OLD BIKE COMMUTER ATTENDING
10:48:39 HCC.
10:48:41 I BIKE TO HCC ON DALE MABRY.
10:48:44 THESE THINGS REALLY CHANGE THE WAY I SEE OUR BUILT
10:48:49 ENVIRONMENT.
10:48:49 TODAY'S MEETING WILL FOCUS ON MOTORISTS' SPEEDS.
10:48:54 AS YOU LISTEN AND LEARN, CONSIDER THESE VERSIONS OF THE WORD
10:48:57 "SPEED."
10:48:59 SPEED LIMITS ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SYSTEM CREATORS.
10:49:02 WHILE DESIGNED SPEED IS THE SPEED A DRIVER NATURALLY TRAVELS
10:49:07 AS A RESULT OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.
10:49:10 SPEEDING IS SOMETHING THAT SYSTEM USERS OFTEN DO.
10:49:15 I'M SURE YOU'VE ALL GLANCED AT YOUR SPEEDOMETER AND NOTICED
10:49:21 YOU ARE WAY ABOVE THE SPEED LIMIT AND THIS IS WHEN YOU
10:49:23 SUCCUMB TO DESIGN SPEED.
10:49:24 IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, 70% OF THE TOP 20 HIGH-CRASH
10:49:28 CORRIDORS HAVE SPEED LIMITS FIVE TO TEN MILES AN HOUR ABOVE
10:49:32 THE NATIONAL BEST PRACTICE.
10:49:35 AN ADDITIONAL 15% ARE POSTED 15 TO 20 MILES ABOVE THE
10:49:41 RECOMMENDED BEST PRACTICE.
10:49:43 THESE HIGH SPEEDS HAVE ENORMOUS NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON EVERY
10:49:48 SINGLE ASPECT OF LIFE IN TAMPA: SAFETY, ACCESS TO JOBS AND
10:49:53 EDUCATION, TRANSIT USE, RECREATION AND HEALTH, AND
10:49:56 DISPROPORTIONATELY SO FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR AND OUR
10:49:59 SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
10:50:03 OUR ROADWAYS TELL THE STORY OF OUR VALUES.
10:50:07 COUNCIL MEMBERS, PLEASE LOOK TO ROADWAY DESIGNERS, THE
10:50:11 VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION AT ALL GOVERNMENT
10:50:14 LEVEL AND APPLY YOUR POLITICAL SUPPORT AND ASK MAYOR CASTOR
10:50:17 FOR THE SAME TO REMEDY OUR HIGH-SPEED PROBLEM.
10:50:22 THANK YOU.
10:50:30 >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU.
10:50:32 THE NEXT SPEAKER I HAVE IS SEAN YUSKADIS.
10:50:38 >> HELLO.
10:50:38 GOOD MORNING.
10:50:39 MY NAME IS SEAN.
10:50:41 903 SOUTH PACKWOOD AVENUE IN HYDE PARK.
10:50:44 I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS TAKING THE TIME TODAY TO BRING
10:50:47 US ALL TOGETHER, BECAUSE THIS IS A REAL ISSUE AROUND
10:50:49 SPEEDING AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, ESPECIALLY AROUND BAYSHORE
10:50:53 LINEAR PARK.
10:50:55 I'M HERE AS A RESIDENT TODAY.
10:50:57 I'M ALSO HERE AS A BOARD MEMBER FOR HISTORIC HYDE PARK
10:51:00 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
10:51:01 I WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF OUR BOARD THAT WE ARE ALL
10:51:05 COMMITTED TO IMPROVING PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND REDUCING
10:51:08 SPEEDING.
10:51:09 BOTH ON BAYSHORE AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
10:51:12 I'M VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.
10:51:14 I FOUNDED ONE OF OUR LARGEST RUNNING CLUBS AND BIKING CLUBS
10:51:18 HERE IN TAMPA.
10:51:19 TRANSPORTATION AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY CRISIS IS REAL.
10:51:25 IT'S NOT PAUSING FOR COVID NOR ANYTHING ELSE.
10:51:27 WE CONTINUE TO RANK AS ONE OF THE WORST AND MOST DANGEROUS
10:51:30 AREAS IN THE COUNTRY WHEN IT COMES TO THIS.
10:51:32 WE AS PARENTS, I'VE GOT TWO YOUNG KIDS, WE CURRENTLY WORRY
10:51:36 ABOUT OUR CHILDREN AS THEY GO OUT, AS THEY WALK, AS THEY
10:51:39 BIKE, AS THEY GO TO SCHOOL.
10:51:40 WE WORRY ABOUT FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES AS THEY GO OUT TO
10:51:43 EXERCISE.
10:51:44 JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WE WATCHED AS ONE OF OUR FRIENDS
10:51:47 WAS RIPPED APART ON THE ROAD AND ANOTHER FRIEND TOOK HIS
10:51:51 SHIRT AND WRAPPED IT AROUND HIS LEG THAT WAS SEVERED.
10:51:54 WE NEED TO CHALLENGE THIS FICTITIOUS BELIEVE THAT WE HEARD
10:51:57 TODAY THAT WE CAN'T DO SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY, BECAUSE WE
10:51:59 CAN.
10:51:59 MANY GREAT CITIES ACROSS OUR NATION HAVE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED
10:52:02 SPEED TABLES ON ROADS LIKE BAYSHORE.
10:52:05 CALL IT A SPEED PILLOW, OFFSET SPEED HUMP.
10:52:09 WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO INNOVATE.
10:52:11 WE'VE GOT THE TECHNOLOGY.
10:52:12 WE HAVE TO THROW AWAY OUR FOOLISH BELIEFS THAT WE CAN'T DO
10:52:15 SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE WE THINK WE CAN'T.
10:52:19 WHILE POLICE PRESENCE HELPS REDUCE SPEEDS, SOMETIMES MAYBE,
10:52:24 YOU KNOW, WE SEE THESE OFFICERS, WE KNOW WHERE THEY SIT.
10:52:27 SAME PLACE.
10:52:28 ALWAYS AT ROME OR DAKOTA.
10:52:30 WHEN YOU'RE ON A BIKE AND GOING DOWN THE ROAD ON A CURVE,
10:52:33 CARS ARE SPEEDING BY AND THEY KNOW TO SLOW DOWN BEFORE THEY
10:52:36 GET TO WHERE THE OFFICERS WILL BE, WHEN THEY ARE RARELY
10:52:39 THERE.
10:52:40 ONCE A DAY, YES, FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS, YES, MAYBE, WHEN YOU
10:52:43 ADD IT ALL UP, BUT DOING NOTHING MOST OF THE TIME.
10:52:46 LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.
10:52:47 I LIVED AROUND THE WORLD.
10:52:48 I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE HOW CITIES DEALT WITH THIS IN NUMEROUS
10:52:53 WAYS.
10:52:54 I MOVED TO TAMPA 15 YEARS AGO.
10:52:56 THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE AND IT'S NOT JUST ON BAYSHORE.
10:53:00 BACK FROM A HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION STANDPOINT, I GET CALLS
10:53:03 PRETTY MUCH EVERY WEEK.
10:53:04 CAN YOU SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC ON ROME, MORRISON, WILLOW.
10:53:07 I'M SURE YOU GUYS DO, TOO, AS BILL MENTIONED EARLIER.
10:53:10 THE CURRENT MODEL IS NOT WORKING.
10:53:13 WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY.
10:53:14 WE NEED TO BEGIN TO PILOT THINGS.
10:53:16 WE NEED DATA TO SUPPORT OUR DECISION BUT WE -- [AUDIO DROPS]
10:53:58 [NO AUDIO]
10:54:19 [NO AUDIO] -- BY OVER 150 PARTICIPANTS, IF YOU WERE LIVE AND
10:54:39 IN PERSON, YOU WOULD SEE A PACKED ROOM.
10:54:41 I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT BAYSHORE IS NOT OUR AREA'S
10:54:44 MOST DANGEROUS STREET BUT ONE OF THE MOST PUBLIC AND VISIBLE
10:54:47 WAYS FOR THIS COUNCIL, FOR THE COUNTY, THE MAYOR TO START TO
10:54:51 CHANGE OUR BEHAVIOR.
10:54:52 I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR THE MEETING AND CITY AND TPD
10:54:56 AND FIRE RESCUE FOR EFFORTS TO KEEP US ALL SAFE AND
10:54:59 RECOGNIZE CHIEF BOGUSH'S CONCERNS THAT ANY CHANGES WE MAKE
10:55:03 MUST KEEP OUR HEROES IN MIND AND PERSONALLY OPPOSE SPEED
10:55:08 BUMPS AS THE SOLUTION.
10:55:09 WE DO NEED A SOLUTION.
10:55:10 OUR METRO AREA IS NUMBER TWO IN THE NATION, WHOLE NATION FOR
10:55:14 PEDESTRIAN DEATHS PER CAPITA.
10:55:16 IT'S A HORRIBLE RECORD.
10:55:18 BAYSHORE IS A PRIORITY CORRIDOR AS MENTIONED BY FANTASTIC
10:55:22 VIK BHIDE.
10:55:24 SECOND SOURCE OF SPEEDING AND SOURCE OF OUTRAGE.
10:55:27 FOUR PEDESTRIANS DIED IN UNDER TWO YEARS AND COUNTLESS MORE
10:55:30 INJURED ON WHAT IS A PUBLIC PARK AND SHOULD BE OUR AREA'S
10:55:33 MOST AMAZING NATURAL RESOURCE, NOT A FATAL HIGHWAY.
10:55:36 WE NEED A SOLUTION, AND YOU HAVE IN YOUR E-MAILS PART OF
10:55:40 PUBLIC RECORD, THE 506 PAGES OF INDIVIDUAL SIGNIFICANCE THAT
10:55:44 MAKE UP THE NEARLY 9,000 PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SEE A SAFER
10:55:48 BAYSHORE.
10:55:49 THE GOALS OF THE MOVEMENT ARE, ONE, FURTHER REDUCTION IN
10:55:51 SPEED LIMITS HAPPENED OVERNIGHT IN PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION.
10:55:55 IT CAN HAPPEN AGAIN.
10:55:56 ALTERNATIVE USE OF BAYSHORE.
10:55:58 VIK MENTIONED THAT BAYSHORE OPERATES DIFFERENTLY AT
10:56:01 DIFFERENT TIMES.
10:56:02 IT SHOULD BE USED DIFFERENTLY AT DIFFERENT TIMES.
10:56:04 WE SHOULD JOIN THE COUNTLESS CITIES ACROSS OUR COUNTRY AND
10:56:07 ACROSS THE WORLD THAT DURING THIS CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC HAS
10:56:10 ADOPTED SLOW STREET POLICIES THAT REDUCE TRAFFIC LANES,
10:56:14 REDUCE SPEED LIMITS TO ALLOW PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS TO
10:56:17 SAFELY USE THAT SPACE BUT STILL ALLOW FIRE RESCUE TO GET BY
10:56:21 AND THE WHOLE CITY TO FUNCTION.
10:56:23 I'M A PROPONENT AND THE PEOPLE WHO SIGNED THIS PETITION ARE
10:56:26 PROPONENTS OF AN OPEN STREET POLICY ON BAYSHORE TO CLOSE --
10:56:31 FOR THE WEEKEND.
10:56:32 STRONG ADVOCATE FOR OFF REDESIGN ONCE AND IF FUNDS BECOME
10:56:36 AVAILABLE.
10:56:36 BAYSHORE CAN SERVE ALL NEEDS AND CAN SERVE OUR EMERGENCY
10:56:42 SERVICES AND OUR HEROES ON MacDILL WHILE STILL CREATING
10:56:45 A TRUE WATERFRONT PARK WITH RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE
10:56:49 LANDSCAPING THAT PROTECTS PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS FROM
10:56:52 TRAFFIC FATALITIES.
10:56:53 WE NEED LONG-TERM VISION.
10:56:55 WE NEED TO COMMISSION REDESIGN OPTIONS THROUGH THE CITY WITH
10:56:59 PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP AND PARTICIPATION.
10:57:02 WE NEED ALTERNATIVE USE NOW.
10:57:03 BAYSHORE SHOULD BE CLOSED ON THE WEEKENDS, AT LEAST THE
10:57:06 WATER SIDE LANES SO PEOPLE CAN USE IT AS A PARK, AND WE
10:57:09 SHOULD IMPLEMENT SLOW STREET POLICIES LIKE MANY OF OUR
10:57:13 NEIGHBORS ARE DOING.
10:57:13 WE HAVE TO BE AHEAD OF THE CURVE IN TERMS OF INNOVATION FOR
10:57:16 THE CORONAVIRUS RECOVERY, AND WE NEED TO FURTHER REDUCE
10:57:19 SPEED LIMITS.
10:57:20 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR THIS MATTER.
10:57:21 I APPRECIATE YOUR ADVOCACY.
10:57:25 >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU, MR. ENGELMAN.
10:57:27 NEXT UP IS TAYLOR RALPH.
10:57:33 >> THANK YOU.
10:57:34 THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CARLSON AND OTHERS FOR BRINGING THIS
10:57:39 -- BRINGING ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
10:57:41 I WANT TO GET RIGHT TO IT.
10:57:43 I THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS
10:57:46 A SPEEDING AND UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITION THROUGHOUT OUR CITY,
10:57:51 BUT I DO THINK THAT BAYSHORE REQUIRES SPECIAL TREATMENT OR
10:57:54 AT LEAST SPECIAL FOCUS BECAUSE IT IS A PLACE THAT ALL OF OUR
10:57:59 CITY CAN USE AS A PLACE OF RESPITE ALONG THE WATER, A PLACE
10:58:02 TO CONNECT WITH NATURE, WITH THEIR COMMUNITY AND EXERCISE
10:58:05 AND ENJOY THE BEAUTIFUL WATERFRONT OF OUR CITY.
10:58:08 IT FEEDS DIRECTLY INTO OUR DOWNTOWN AND CONNECTS TO OUR
10:58:13 RIVERWALK.
10:58:14 IT CONNECTS IN CERTAIN COMMUNITIES SOUTH OF GANDY IN THE
10:58:18 BALLAST POINT AREA TO DOWNTOWN.
10:58:20 SO I BELIEVE WE DO NEED TO DO NO HARM.
10:58:24 THAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU TRY AND DO IS NO HARM.
10:58:28 RIGHT NOW, BAYSHORE IS DESIGNED AS A HIGHWAY, A DIVIDED
10:58:33 HIGHWAY WITH TWO LANES GOING IN THEIR OWN DIRECTION.
10:58:37 ESSENTIALLY, WE HAVE TWO ONE-WAY ROADS ON BAYSHORE IN A
10:58:42 PLACE WHERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE RECREATE ON A DAILY BASIS,
10:58:46 AND THAT IS A HUGE PROBLEM.
10:58:48 I WANT TO ADDRESS A FEW OF THE COMMENTS FROM THE POLICE
10:58:52 REPRESENTATIVE AND THE FIRE REPRESENTATIVE.
10:58:55 I COMPLETELY AGREE WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT OUR FIRST
10:58:59 RESPONDERS ARE ABLE TO DO THEIR JOB EFFECTIVELY.
10:59:01 BUT I DO DISAGREE THAT THERE ARE NO OTHER SOLUTIONS
10:59:05 AVAILABLE.
10:59:05 THERE ARE TONS OF STUDIES AND INFORMATION ON THE FEDERAL
10:59:10 HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION WEBSITE ABOUT HOW YOU CAN INSTALL
10:59:15 SPEED-REDUCING IMPLEMENTATIONS WITHOUT AFFECTING EMERGENCY
10:59:21 RESPONSE TIMES.
10:59:22 I ENCOURAGE THE CITY STAFF, THE CITY TRANSPORTATION STAFF TO
10:59:26 WORK WITH THE POLICE AND FIRE AND AMBULANCE REPRESENTATIVES
10:59:30 TO HELP EDUCATE THEM ON THE ABILITY TO DO THESE THINGS
10:59:35 WITHOUT AFFECTING DRIVE TIMES FOR THEM.
10:59:40 IT IS PRETTY EDUCATIONAL TO HEAR THAT THEY USE BAYSHORE AS A
10:59:43 QUICK NORTH-SOUTH ROUTE TO GET PLACES, SO THAT'S THE
10:59:47 PROBLEM.
10:59:48 THE HIERARCHY OF THE THREE Es, I THINK THAT EDUCATION AND
10:59:52 ENFORCEMENT ARE IMPORTANT, BUT THE FIRST ONE THAT YOU FOCUS
10:59:55 ON IS ENGINEERING.
10:59:56 AND UNFORTUNATELY OR FORTUNATELY, THE REAL REASON WE HAVE
11:00:01 ISSUES ON BAYSHORE IS ITS DESIGN.
11:00:05 SPEEDING WILL CONTINUE ON BAYSHORE UNTIL THE DESIGN
11:00:08 IMPROVES.
11:00:09 AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE COGNIZANT THAT A FEW VERTICAL
11:00:14 DELINEATORS AS A CASE TEST ON THE NON-WATER SIDE OF BAYSHORE
11:00:19 IS COMPLETELY IGNORING THE PROBLEM OF THE THOUSANDS OF
11:00:23 PEOPLE THAT ARE WALKING ALONG THE BAYFRONT.
11:00:26 PLEASE, IMPLEMENT THOSE VERTICAL DELINEATORS AT A MORE RAPID
11:00:31 PACE ON THE WATER SIDE WHERE PEOPLE ARE RECREATING.
11:00:33 THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
11:00:36 HEARING MORE COMMENTARY.
11:00:39 >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU.
11:00:40 THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JOSH FRANK.
11:00:44 >> GOOD MORNING, STAFF.
11:00:46 AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
11:00:47 JOSH FRANK, 1003 EAST HAMILTON AVENUE.
11:00:50 I AM AN URBAN DESIGNER, PRINCIPAL AT WIDE OPEN OFFICE.
11:00:54 OUR OFFICE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH MANY MEMBERS OF
11:00:57 THE BAYSHORE COMMUNITY YOU'VE HEARD TODAY TO RAISE AWARENESS
11:01:00 AND EDUCATION ON HOW TO DESIGN SAFE STREETS.
11:01:03 WE DO THIS FOR A LIVING.
11:01:05 MANY OF THE PROJECTS YOU'LL SEE OUT OF THE TAMPA M.O.V.E.S.
11:01:10 PROGRAM WILL COME TO POTENTIALLY OUR OFFICE FOR DESIGN.
11:01:13 WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO SAFE
11:01:15 STREETS.
11:01:16 WE SAID IT THEN AND I HAVE TO REPEAT IT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE A
11:01:20 SPEEDING PROBLEM.
11:01:21 WE HAVE A DESIGN PROBLEM.
11:01:22 BAYSHORE AND ALL OUR NUMEROUS DANGEROUS ROADWAYS ARE
11:01:26 ENGINEERED FOR ONE FAST, EFFICIENT, AND CONCENTRATED
11:01:31 PURPOSE, TO MOVE MORE CARS AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.
11:01:34 WE OWE IT TO OUR CITIZENS, OUR CHILDREN, OUR CITY'S HEALTH
11:01:38 AND ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS TO DESIGN OUR LIMITED PUBLIC
11:01:43 REALM FOR ALL USERS AND FOR MOVING ALL PEOPLE, NOT JUST
11:01:47 CARS.
11:01:48 I'M GLAD TO HEAR THE CITY MOVE TO ELEVATE THE CONVERSATION
11:01:51 BUT, FRANKLY, THE MEASURES AND METHODS DISCUSSED TODAY BY
11:01:53 STAFF AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM TPD AND TAMPA FIRE ARE BEYOND
11:01:57 INADEQUATE.
11:01:58 PAINT AND TALK ARE CHEAP AND DO NOT SAVE LIVES.
11:02:02 CONVERSATIONS LIKE WHAT I JUST HEARD FROM STAFF ARE WHY WE
11:02:06 LEAD THE STATE AND THE NATION IN PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLIST
11:02:09 FATALITIES.
11:02:10 THEY ARE WHOLLY CAR CENTRIC.
11:02:12 CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE IMPLEMENTING GREATER CHANGE BY
11:02:15 THE MILE, WEEKLY, AND IT TAKES US DECADES TO RESTRIPE ONE
11:02:20 CORRIDOR.
11:02:21 WE CANNOT ACHIEVE VISION ZERO WITH ZERO VISION.
11:02:24 I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO PROVIDE SOME PERSPECTIVE FOR ALL OUR
11:02:28 ELECTED OFFICIALS.
11:02:29 TO THIS DATE, COVID-19 HAS TRAGICALLY TAKEN 21 OF OUR FELLOW
11:02:34 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY CITIZENS, ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL
11:02:36 REPORTING AT THIS POINT.
11:02:37 EVEN IF THAT NUMBER IS UNDERREPORTED, AS IT MOST CERTAINLY
11:02:41 IS, WE HAVE SEEN SWIFT AND DRASTIC ACTION TO KEEP THAT
11:02:45 NUMBER FROM GROWING FURTHER, UNPRECEDENTED, BIPARTISAN,
11:02:49 COALITION BASED, PREVENTIVE, FAST ACTION.
11:02:52 GOOD ACTION.
11:02:55 ACTION WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY.
11:02:58 BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY LAST
11:03:01 YEAR WAS MORE THAN TRIPLE THAT NUMBER, TOTALING 70 LIVES.
11:03:04 LIKE OUR CURRENT SITUATION, THIS IS A LARGELY PREVENTABLE
11:03:08 EPIDEMIC THAT WILL OCCUR EVERY YEAR.
11:03:13 YET WE CONTINUE TO LABOR OUR RESPONSE AND ACTION IN THIS
11:03:16 REGARD.
11:03:17 NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE CHANGE AND TREAT THIS WITH THE
11:03:20 URGENCY IT DESERVES.
11:03:22 DO NOT DISMISS THIS ANY LONGER.
11:03:25 THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW.
11:03:26 REDESIGN BAYSHORE BOULEVARD.
11:03:28 REDESIGN 40th STREET.
11:03:29 REDUCE SPEED LIMITS WITHIN THE URBAN CORE.
11:03:32 REDUCE PARKING MINIMUMS.
11:03:34 YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO ALL OF THIS AS CITY COUNCIL.
11:03:37 TAKE THIS APPROACH ACROSS ALL OUR ROADWAYS AND FLATTEN THIS
11:03:42 CURVE AS WELL.
11:03:43 THANK YOU.
11:03:45 >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU.
11:03:46 NEXT WE HAVE LINDA SAUL-SENA.
11:03:50 >> HELLO.
11:03:51 THIS IS LINDA SAUL-SENA.
11:03:53 I AM THRILLED YOU'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.
11:03:57 IT'S SO TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT.
11:03:59 I THINK THAT WE NEED TO IMMEDIATELY LOOK AT LOWERING THE
11:04:02 SPEED LIKE IMMEDIATELY AND THEN LOOK AT CREATING WHAT ALEX
11:04:07 ENGELMAN SPOKE OF, THE NORTHBOUND AREA BEING CLOSED TO
11:04:13 CREATE ADDITIONAL RECREATION WHILE WE'RE IN THIS PANDEMIC
11:04:17 AND THEN AFTERWARDS ON THE WEEKENDS.
11:04:20 I TALKED ABOUT IT 25 YEARS AGO, IF NOT 30, 35 YEARS AGO.
11:04:26 IT'S BEEN A WHILE.
11:04:29 WE NEVER HAD AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE THIS BOTH IN TERMS OF THE
11:04:32 NEED AND THE PUBLIC OUTCRY FOR IT.
11:04:36 IN YOUR ROLE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, I LOOK FORWARD TO YOU
11:04:39 TAKING ACTIONS THAT JOSH FRANK JUST OUTLINED.
11:04:42 ALSO, THE GOOD NEWS IS, THE COUNTY COMMISSION WHO USED TO BE
11:04:47 RESISTANT TO SHARING DECISION MAKING WITH THE CITY, HAS
11:04:49 PUBLICLY SAID THE ROADS ALL IN THE CITY WILL GIVE YOU MONEY
11:04:53 BUT YOU-ALL NEED TO MAKE THE DECISION.
11:04:55 THAT'S REALLY A STEP FORWARD.
11:04:57 ANYWAY, THANKS AGAIN FOR TODAY'S HEARING.
11:04:59 I LOOK FORWARD TO CONCRETE ACTION.
11:05:01 THANK YOU.
11:05:01 BYE.
11:05:04 >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU.
11:05:05 THE NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE IS JUNE KITTAY.
11:05:12 >> HELLO.
11:05:12 CAN YOU HEAR ME?
11:05:14 >>THE CLERK: YES.
11:05:15 YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SPEAK.
11:05:16 >> THANK YOU.
11:05:17 MY NAME IS JUNE KITTAY.
11:05:19 I LIVE AT 3301 BAYSHORE BOULEVARD NEAR BAY TO BAY.
11:05:25 I WALK EVERY MORNING ON THE BAYSHORE.
11:05:29 I OFTEN WALK ON THE EVENINGS, AND I OVERLOOK THE BAYSHORE.
11:05:33 WHAT IS GOING ON IS HORRENDOUS.
11:05:36 I KNOW THAT THE BICYCLERS -- THIS WEEKEND I WENT ON A
11:05:42 BICYCLE RIDE WITH MY DAUGHTER UP IN HER NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH
11:05:45 WAS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.
11:05:46 BUT THE BICYCLERS AND THE ROLLERBLADERS AND PEDESTRIANS ON A
11:05:52 SIX-FOOT SPANS OF SIDEWALK IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS.
11:05:58 MY VERY DEAR FRIEND LAST WEEK WAS HIT BY A BICYCLER.
11:06:03 SPENT TWO DAYS AT TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL.
11:06:07 HAS PROBLEMS WITH HER HEAD AND HER SHOULDERS, AND I KNOW
11:06:11 YOU'RE LOOKING AT FATALITIES, BUT HOW ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE
11:06:17 THAT NOW ARE REALLY AFRAID TO GO ON TO THE BAYSHORE AS A
11:06:23 PEDESTRIAN BECAUSE OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE WALKERS AND
11:06:25 THE BICYCLERS.
11:06:26 A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, I ATTENDED VIRTUALLY THIS MEETING ON
11:06:32 BICYCLE SAFETY, AND THERE WERE FOUR CLASSES OF BICYCLERS.
11:06:37 LET ME TELL YOU, ALL FOUR OF THEM ARE ON THE BAYSHORE TRYING
11:06:41 TO SHARE THAT ROAD WITH THE PEDESTRIANS.
11:06:44 I GET ALL THE TIME IN THE MORNING BECAUSE I'M ON Facebook,
11:06:47 THEY ARE AFRAID TO WALK ON THE BAYSHORE.
11:06:50 THEY ARE AFRAID -- THE BICYCLERS ARE AFRAID TO DRIVE ON THE
11:06:54 BAYSHORE BECAUSE OF THE CARS.
11:07:00 I SEE BICYCLERS WITH NO HANDS ON THEIR CELL PHONES, GOING
11:07:06 BETWEEN PEOPLE ON EITHER SIDE OF THE SIDEWALKS.
11:07:10 IT'S RIDICULOUS.
11:07:14 I THINK WE HAVE TO TALK NOT ONLY ABOUT SPEED BUT DENSITY.
11:07:19 I DON'T THINK THE BAYSHORE WAS SET UP FOR THE AMOUNT OF
11:07:22 DENSITY THAT IS NOW GOING ON THERE.
11:07:24 AFTER THE CORONAVIRUS, YOU'D STILL HAVE THAT KIND OF
11:07:29 DENSITY.
11:07:30 AS OUR CITY GROWS, WE HAVE TO ADDRESS DENSITY AND IT HAS TO
11:07:35 BE REDESIGNED.
11:07:36 IT'S JUST NOT MADE FOR WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR GREAT CITY.
11:07:41 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:07:46 >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU.
11:07:46 NEXT WE HAVE DAVID McGRISTLE.
11:07:52 >> HELLO, EVERYBODY.
11:07:53 THIS IS DAVID McGREASEO.
11:07:55 THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY.
11:07:57 I THINK EVERYBODY'S INPUT HAS BEEN FANTASTIC.
11:07:59 QUICK BACKGROUND, I'VE LIVED IN TAMPA FOR 30 YEARS.
11:08:03 I DID MOVE TO SOUTH TAMPA FROM WESTCHASE SPECIFICALLY TO
11:08:08 ENJOY BAYSHORE AND THE BENEFITS OF LIVING IN SOUTH TAMPA.
11:08:11 I ALSO MOVED MY OFFICE.
11:08:13 I HAVE MULTIPLE COMPANIES.
11:08:14 I MOVED MY OFFICE TO DOWNTOWN.
11:08:16 I HAVE TWO YOUNG DAUGHTERS, AND I HAVE A QUICK STORY TO
11:08:24 TELL.
11:08:25 I THINK IT'S VERY RELEVANT TO WHAT EVERYBODY IS TALKING
11:08:27 ABOUT.
11:08:28 I WAS BIKING WITH MY DAUGHTERS GOING SOUTHBOUND ON BAYSHORE
11:08:31 CLOSE TO SWANN, AND ONE OF MY DAUGHTERS LOST CONTROL OF HER
11:08:36 BIKE AND ALMOST GOT HIT BY A CAR GOING NORTHBOUND.
11:08:39 EVER SINCE THAT DAY, MY DAUGHTERS ARE SCARED TO DEATH TO BE
11:08:45 ON BAYSHORE.
11:08:46 SO WE HAVE NOW MOVED TO SOUTH TAMPA AND HAVE NOT ENJOYED
11:08:52 BAYSHORE ONE TIME FOR OVER TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
11:08:55 THAT'S A TRAGEDY AND IT'S A TRAGEDY THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING
11:08:59 HURT AND KILLED FREQUENTLY.
11:09:02 I'VE SPOKEN TO JEAN DUNCAN AND TPD, AND EVERYBODY IS VERY
11:09:06 COOPERATIVE AND VERY HAPPY TO SPEAK.
11:09:10 I'M PERSONAL FRIENDS WITH ROCKY RADCLIFFE FROM TPD.
11:09:15 I THINK EVERYBODY IS ON THE SAME PAGE.
11:09:17 EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE SAFE.
11:09:19 HOWEVER, MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE.
11:09:21 RIGHT NOW, WITH COVID, THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
11:09:25 FLOCKING TO BAYSHORE, EVEN MORE SO THAN THERE USED TO BE.
11:09:29 WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING, THIS IS GOING TO BE A PERMANENT PART
11:09:32 OF OUR LIVES, AND THERE NEEDS TO BE A PERMANENT SOLUTION.
11:09:35 TAMPA HAS A LOT OF DANGEROUS ROADS, BUT BAYSHORE IS UNIQUE.
11:09:42 BAYSHORE IS A 4.4-MILE LINEAR PARK.
11:09:46 THAT IS NOT LIKE ANY OTHER PART OF TAMPA.
11:09:48 IT NEEDS TO BE TREATED DIFFERENTLY.
11:09:50 PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE AT STAKE HERE.
11:09:56 THERE NEEDS TO BE A BETTER SHORT-TERM SOLUTION.
11:09:59 I SEE TPD OUTSIDE OF BAYSHORE A LOT, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE
11:10:03 HAPPENING EVEN MORE.
11:10:05 I HEAR MOTORCYCLES SPEEDING AND RACING NIGHTLY, DAILY.
11:10:13 AS EVERYBODY MENTIONED, THERE NEEDS TO BE A PHYSICAL DESIGN
11:10:17 MODIFICATION IN ORDER TO STOP IT.
11:10:19 I HAVE PERSONALLY CAUGHT MYSELF SPEEDING ON BAYSHORE AS MUCH
11:10:23 AS I'M AN ADVOCATE FOR EVERYBODY NOT SPEEDING.
11:10:25 THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE NATURAL TENDENCIES OF PEOPLE TO WANT
11:10:30 TO GO FAST ON A STRAIGHTAWAY ROAD.
11:10:32 PERSONALLY, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE BAYSHORE CONVERTED INTO A
11:10:37 TWO-LANE ROAD.
11:10:38 I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE TWO LANES ON THE WATER SIDE CLOSED
11:10:42 TO NORTHBOUND.
11:10:43 I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS BEEN ON SANTA MONICA.
11:10:47 SANTA MONICA HAS DEDICATED BIKE LANES THAT GO EACH WAY.
11:10:52 YOU CAN REPURPOSE THE LANES FOR BIKING AND RUNNING AND THEN
11:10:55 DEDICATE THE SIDEWALK FOR WALKING, STROLLERS, AND DOGS.
11:10:59 [RINGING]
11:11:01 AND THEN I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE CROSSTOWN CONVERTED FOR
11:11:05 COMMUTERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS.
11:11:06 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:11:10 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
11:11:16 >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU.
11:11:17 THE NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE IS JOHN REISINGER.
11:11:20 >> MY NAME IS JOHN REISINGER.
11:11:22 2938 WEST KNIGHTS AVENUE.
11:11:24 I AM JESSICA'S UNCLE WHO ALONG WITH HER 20-MONTH-OLD
11:11:28 DAUGHTER LILLIA WERE VICTIMS TO TEEN RACING ON BAYSHORE
11:11:32 ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO.
11:11:34 FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITIZEN FIRST RESPONDERS
11:11:37 AND TAMPA FIRE RESCUE FOR GETTING LILLIA TO TGH
11:11:41 EXPEDITIOUSLY WHERE SHE WOULD BECOME AN ORGAN DONOR GIVING
11:11:46 LIFE TO OTHERS.
11:11:46 ALSO, THANK YOU TO JEAN DUNCAN, THE TRANSPORTATION
11:11:49 DEPARTMENT, JACKIE TOLEDO FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN PLACING
11:11:52 CROSSWALK AT KNIGHTS AND BAYSHORE.
11:11:55 A QUESTION FOR THE TPD SPECIAL OPS MAJOR.
11:11:59 UNDERSTANDING THE LEGAL RESTRICTIONS ON USING SPEED CAMERAS
11:12:02 TO CITE VIOLATORS, GIVEN THE CHANGES TO THE STATE LAWS
11:12:07 REGARDING RACING WHICH ALLOWS FOR VIDEO CAMERA EVIDENCE FROM
11:12:11 EYEWITNESSES, COULDN'T PUBLICLY OWNED SPEED CAMERAS ALLOW
11:12:16 FOR RACING INVITATIONAL EVIDENCE ON BAYSHORE AS WELL AS ON
11:12:19 THE COURTNEY CAMPBELL CAUSEWAY TO BE CAPTURED ALLOWING FOR
11:12:23 THE TARGETING BY YOUR UNITS OF REPETITIVE VIOLATORS?
11:12:27 THE LAST QUESTION IS, WHAT EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS AND SUPPORT
11:12:33 FOR TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION OF VOLUNTARY SPEED MONITORING APPS
11:12:38 BY FAMILIES FOR THEIR TEEN DRIVERS IS UNDER CONSIDERATION?
11:12:45 AND ARE WE CONSIDERING IMPROVING OUR DRIVING SIMULATOR
11:12:49 PROGRAMS IN OUR COUNTY DRIVER TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR TEENS TO
11:12:54 ENCOURAGE THEM NOT TO BE RACERS AND TO ADHERE TO THE LAWS OF
11:12:58 THE ROAD?
11:12:59 THANK YOU.
11:13:01 >>LUIS VIERA: AND THIS IS COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:13:04 SIR, BEFORE YOU GET OFF, YOU ASKED A SERIES OF QUESTIONS.
11:13:08 IF YOU WANT TO REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE, WE CAN WORK TO GET
11:13:12 ANSWERS FOR YOU FROM THE APPROPRIATE ENTITIES.
11:13:15 YOU CAN E-MAIL ME OR JUST LOOK ME UP.
11:13:18 LUIS VIERA, V-I-E-R-A, AND WE WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO
11:13:24 HELP YOU, SIR.
11:13:25 >> THANK YOU, LUIS.
11:13:26 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
11:13:27 GOD BLESS YOU AND THANK YOU FOR COMING ON FOR YOUR WORDS.
11:13:30 THANK YOU.
11:13:30 >> THANK YOU.
11:13:30 THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY TO OUR FAMILY.
11:13:34 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
11:13:35 WE GOT YOUR BACK.
11:13:36 THANK YOU.
11:13:37 >> THANK YOU.
11:13:40 >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU.
11:13:41 THE NEXT SPEAKER IS KEVIN McGWIRE.
11:13:45 >> GOOD MORNING.
11:13:46 MY NAME IS KEVIN McGWIRE.
11:13:47 I LIVE AT 777 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE.
11:13:51 I'M COMING TO YOU TODAY TO DISCUSS THE EPICENTER OF THE
11:13:55 SPEEDING AND THE DRAG RACING.
11:13:58 WHILE THE FOCUS IS ON BAYSHORE BOULEVARD, THE SPEEDING AND
11:14:03 DRAG RACING IS RAMPANT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
11:14:07 IT ALL STARTS IN THE POE PARKING GARAGE NIGHTLY FROM 7 P.M.
11:14:14 TO 4 A.M. EVERY NIGHT.
11:14:16 THERE ARE PEOPLE CONGREGATING IN THERE.
11:14:22 THERE ARE PEOPLE DOING BURNOUTS.
11:14:23 THEY ARE DRAG RACING THROUGH THE PARKING GARAGE.
11:14:26 THE ROAD THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF THE PARKING GARAGE HAS PEOPLE
11:14:32 LOITERING, CONGREGATING, AND IS JUST A STAIN ON DOWNTOWN IS
11:14:38 THE ONLY WAY TO EXPLAIN IT.
11:14:39 WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH SEVERAL ENTITIES.
11:14:46 ALLIED SECURITY COMPANY HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL WITH PEOPLE
11:14:52 THAT ARE LOITERING IN THE PARKING GARAGE.
11:14:55 THE PROBLEM IS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY ENFORCEMENT ON POLK
11:15:00 STREET WHICH IS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE GARAGE WHERE PEOPLE ARE
11:15:03 CONGREGATING.
11:15:04 JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON THERE, THEY ARE
11:15:08 MEETING THERE WITH ALL OF THEIR HIGH-PERFORMANCE CARS AND
11:15:11 MOTORCYCLES.
11:15:12 THEY ARE LEAVING THERE.
11:15:13 THEY ARE GOING DOWN ASHLEY DRIVE STREET RACING, AND THEN
11:15:17 THEY ARE ENDING UP ON BAYSHORE.
11:15:19 I KNOW I HAVE FRIENDS THAT LIVE ON BAYSHORE, AND THAT'S
11:15:21 WHERE THEY ARE ALL ENDING UP.
11:15:23 THEY ARE COMING BACK THROUGH THE CITY IN THE OTHER
11:15:25 DIRECTION.
11:15:25 THE POE PARKING GARAGE HAS KIDS JUMPING ON TRAINS.
11:15:30 THERE ARE PEOPLE FILMING SEX ACTS ON THE ROOF.
11:15:35 THEY ARE STANDING ON TOPS OF CARS, RIDING THEM AROUND IN THE
11:15:38 PARKING GARAGE.
11:15:39 THEY ARE THROWING SCOOTERS OFF OF THE ROOF OF THE PARKING
11:15:43 GARAGE.
11:15:43 WE'VE HAD A MEETING IN THE PAST WITH THE DRANA PEOPLE,
11:15:52 DOWNTOWN RIVER ARTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
11:15:54 WE'VE HAD THE MEETING WITH TPD AND ORLANDO GUDES, AND WE'VE
11:15:58 SEEN NOTHING.
11:16:00 THERE'S BEEN ABSOLUTELY NO CHANGE OF ACTIVITIES IN THE POE
11:16:03 GARAGE OR THE STREET RACING ON ASHLEY DRIVE AND TAMPA
11:16:07 STREET.
11:16:08 TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, LAST WEEKEND, THERE WERE THREE CALLS
11:16:14 TO TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR STREET RACING, BURNOUTS IN
11:16:18 THIS GARAGE AND ON ASHLEY STREET.
11:16:22 WHEN T PD ARRIVED, THERE WERE 41 CARS IN THE BOTTOM OF THAT
11:16:27 PARKING GARAGE.
11:16:28 ALL OF THOSE CARS ARE GOING DOWN TO BAYSHORE BOULEVARD FROM
11:16:31 THE POE PARKING GARAGE.
11:16:32 TWO WEEKS AGO ON A SATURDAY AT 4:00, THERE WERE MORE THAN 50
11:16:38 DIRT BIKES, FOUR-WHEELERS GOING THROUGH THE CITY ON
11:16:42 SIDEWALKS, CHASING PEOPLE OFF SIDEWALKS, ON WHEELIES.
11:16:50 THESE VEHICLES AREN'T EVEN LICENSED TO BE ON THE ROADWAY.
11:16:53 THEY ARE COMING FROM NORTH BOULEVARD AND GOING DOWN CASS
11:16:55 STREET THROUGH THE POE PARKING GARAGE.
11:17:00 >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, SIR.
11:17:03 SULING, DOES THAT MEAN HIS TIME WAS UP?
11:17:07 >>THE CLERK: YES, SIR.
11:17:07 >>LUIS VIERA: YOUR TIME IS UP.
11:17:09 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
11:17:10 IT WAS ACCORDING TO OUR WATCH.
11:17:15 THAT WAS THREE MINUTES, RIGHT, SULING?
11:17:17 >>THE CLERK: THAT IS CORRECT.
11:17:18 >>LUIS VIERA: SORRY, SIR, IF YOU WISH TO FURTHER DISCUSS
11:17:21 THIS, I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SPEAK WITH YOU OUTSIDE
11:17:24 OF THIS LATER ON TODAY.
11:17:25 YOU CAN CONTACT MY OFFICE, LUIS VIERA.
11:17:28 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
11:17:29 NEXT PLEASE.
11:17:29 >>THE CLERK: THE NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE IS KIMBERLY McGWIRE.
11:17:37 >> HI.
11:17:38 MY NAME IS KIMBERLY McGWIRE.
11:17:39 I LIVE AT 777 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE.
11:17:42 IN THE SKYPOINT BUILDING, DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM CURTIS HIXON
11:17:47 PARK AND THE POE PARKING GARAGE THAT KEVIN WAS JUST SPEAKING
11:17:51 ABOUT.
11:17:51 JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT HE WAS SAYING, WE REGULARLY SEE
11:17:57 THIS SORT OF ACTIVITY GOING ON HERE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
11:18:02 I UNDERSTAND CONCERNS FOR BAYSHORE VERY MUCH.
11:18:04 BUT I THINK THAT A LOT OF THE ACTIVITY AND THE RECKLESS
11:18:08 DRIVERS THAT ARE ENDING UP ON BAYSHORE BOULEVARD ARE
11:18:11 BEGINNING HERE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
11:18:15 JUST LIKE BAYSHORE, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE IN THE
11:18:18 DOWNTOWN AREA COMING TO CURTIS HIXON PARK, COMING TO EVENTS
11:18:23 AND COMING TO ENJOY THE PARK AND THE RIVERWALK.
11:18:27 THIS BEHAVIOR BY THE DRIVERS IS JUST REALLY DISTURBING TO
11:18:34 ALL OF US THAT LIVE HERE AND TO PEOPLE WHO COME TO VISIT
11:18:37 THIS AREA.
11:18:38 THE PARKING GARAGE IS BECOMING A NUISANCE PROPERTY WITH
11:18:43 THESE GANGS OF HIGH PERFORMANCE AND MODIFIED CARS COMING
11:18:47 HERE AND TEARING UP THE CITY'S STREETS, DRIVING
11:18:53 AGGRESSIVELY, CAUSING A NUISANCE ON ALL OF OUR ROADS FOR
11:18:58 PEDESTRIANS AND OTHER DRIVERS.
11:18:59 IT'S DISRUPTIVE TO OUR GENERAL ENJOYMENT OF LIFE HERE IN THE
11:19:07 CITY AS WELL, AND WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF FRIENDS WHO LIVE IN
11:19:09 THIS DOWNTOWN AREA WHO ARE OR ARE CONSIDERING MOVING OUT OF
11:19:13 THE AREA, WHICH I THINK IS JUST A REALLY SAD THING.
11:19:18 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CITY.
11:19:19 WE HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR A REALLY ENJOYABLE LIFESTYLE
11:19:25 DOWN HERE.
11:19:25 FOR THE CITY HOPING TO DRAW MORE AND MORE RESIDENTS TO THE
11:19:29 AREA, I THINK THIS IS A REAL DETERRENT.
11:19:33 STREET RACING, SPEEDING AND RECKLESS DRIVING IN GENERAL IS
11:19:38 NOT JUST A PROBLEM ON BAYSHORE BOULEVARD.
11:19:40 IT'S SOMETHING OCCURRING ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
11:19:43 THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AND GROWING PROBLEM, AND IT'S NOT
11:19:46 BEING ADDRESSED PROPERLY.
11:19:48 BUT WE NEED, I THINK IS NOT NECESSARILY MORE SIGNAGE, MORE
11:19:53 ROADWAY ADJUSTMENTS, BUT WE NEED ENFORCEMENT OF WHAT IS
11:19:56 ALREADY IN PLACE.
11:19:58 IF DRIVERS ARE CONTINUALLY OPERATING VEHICLES WITH NO REGARD
11:20:02 TO POSTED SPEED LIMITS, SIGNAGE ON THE ROADS, TRAFFIC LAWS
11:20:07 WITHOUT PENALTY, THEN WE'RE IN EFFECT ENDORSING THIS
11:20:11 BEHAVIOR AND ENCOURAGING IT TO CONTINUE.
11:20:14 WHAT WE NEED IS A BETTER POLICE PRESENCE ON THE STREETS
11:20:18 ENFORCING THOSE TRAFFIC LAWS.
11:20:20 THEY NEED TO BE HOLDING DRIVERS ACCOUNTABLE AND TICKETING
11:20:25 THEM, HITTING THEM WHERE IT MAKES THEM THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY
11:20:28 ARE DOING AND THAT'S IN THEIR WALLET.
11:20:31 THEY DON'T HAVE REGARD FOR OTHER PEOPLE FOR OUR SAFETY, FOR
11:20:37 ENJOYMENT OF OTHER PEOPLE OF ANYTHING.
11:20:41 SO WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT IN A TICKETING MANNER, MAKING THEM
11:20:47 ACCOUNTABLE.
11:20:49 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
11:20:50 WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND THOUGHTS.
11:20:52 SULING, NEXT, PLEASE.
11:20:54 >>THE CLERK: YES.
11:20:55 THE NEXT SPEAKER I HAVE ON THE LIST IS RICHARD JEWEL.
11:20:59 >> HI.
11:20:59 THANK YOU.
11:21:00 THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MEMBERS OF LAW
11:21:04 ENFORCEMENT, OUR TAMPA FIRE AND SAFETY PEOPLE.
11:21:06 I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR YOUR
11:21:09 SERVICE.
11:21:09 MY WIFE AND I MOVED TO TAMPA.
11:21:11 I RESIDE AT 1202 SOUTH -- IN HYDE PARK.
11:21:16 I WOULD LIKE IT TO PARTICULARLY SAY HELLO TO COUNCIL MEMBER
11:21:19 MIRANDA WHO AS A 27-YEAR VETERAN OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
11:21:23 IN STATE OF MICHIGAN I SERVED WITH WHEN HE WAS THERE AS A
11:21:26 RACING STEWARD FOR THE -- GOOD TO SEE HIM AND TO BE HERE
11:21:31 WITH YOU.
11:21:32 WE LIVED IN CHICAGO AND DETROIT PRIOR TO HERE.
11:21:35 IN CHICAGO, I WAS A MEMBER OF A BIKING CLUB AND I BIKED AND
11:21:39 I FELT SAFER BIKING IN CHICAGO THAN I DID IN FLORIDA ON
11:21:43 BAYSHORE.
11:21:44 WE USE BAYSHORE REGULARLY.
11:21:48 I CAN TELL YOU THE HUNDREDS OF TIMES I'VE ALMOST BEEN HIT,
11:21:51 TRYING TO CROSS THE STREET, BIKING ON THE STREET.
11:21:54 THE SPEED LIMITS THAT ARE IN EFFECT ARE INEFFECTIVE.
11:21:59 THE TOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED ARE NOT REDUCING THE
11:22:04 MEDIAN SPEED OF VEHICLES ON BAYSHORE.
11:22:08 AND MY HEART GOES OUT TO THOSE OF OUR ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
11:22:12 WHO ARE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN.
11:22:13 I ALSO TAUGHT CRIMINAL JUSTICE AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
11:22:16 FOR NINE YEARS, AND I UNDERSTAND THE RESEARCH, THE EDUCATION
11:22:22 NEED FOR REENGINEERING AND THE NEED FOR ENFORCEMENT.
11:22:25 IN MY OPINION, I THINK THE ONLY TOOL THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT
11:22:32 IMMEDIATELY WOULD BE TO REDUCE THE SPEED, WOULD BE REDUCE
11:22:36 THE SPEED LIMIT AGAIN, AND IMPLEMENT SOMETHING THAT I DO NOT
11:22:40 LIKE, BUT I THINK IN THIS CASE IT'S NECESSARY, AND THAT'S
11:22:42 THE USE OF SPEED CAMERAS SO THAT THOSE WHO ARE SPEEDING ARE
11:22:46 TICKETED.
11:22:48 AND THE AWARENESS OF THESE SPEED CAMS IS POSTED SO THAT
11:22:52 PEOPLE WILL SLOW DOWN.
11:22:53 NOWHERE HAVE I SEEN SPEED LIMITS QUITE LIKE TAMPA AND IN
11:22:58 FLORIDA.
11:22:58 I HAVE DRIVEN ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY AND OTHER PLACES IN THE
11:23:01 WORLD, AND IT IS A SPEED ZONE IN FLORIDA.
11:23:06 IT'S JUST KNOWN.
11:23:08 I HOPE WE CAN ALTER THAT PERCEPTION.
11:23:10 BECAUSE THE PERCEPTION OF SAFETY IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE
11:23:12 DEALING WITH.
11:23:13 PEOPLE ARE FEELING UNSAFE.
11:23:16 THE FORMER COMMENTS FROM MY FELLOW CITIZENS.
11:23:20 AND SADLY, I WAS FRIENDS WITH TWO OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE
11:23:23 KILLED ON BAYSHORE.
11:23:24 IT'S HORRENDOUS TO HAVE TO SEE FAMILIES SUFFER FOR THAT.
11:23:31 MY WIFE WORKS AT TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL.
11:23:33 THAT'S WHY WE MOVED HERE.
11:23:35 SHE'S CHAPLAIN IN THE TRAUMA AND SHE SEES DAILY THE TRAVESTY
11:23:40 THAT IS CAUSED BY VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS.
11:23:43 AGAIN, I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, COUNCIL
11:23:47 MEMBERS, POLICE AND FIRE.
11:23:51 I HOPE WE CAN COME TO QUICK AND POSITIVE IMPLEMENTATIONS OF
11:23:56 PROCEDURES, POLICIES AND ENGINEERING THAT WILL REDUCE THE
11:23:59 SPEED ON BAYSHORE.
11:24:00 THANK YOU.
11:24:05 >>THE CLERK: THE NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE IS TYTRA READY.
11:24:14 >> HI.
11:24:15 GOOD MORNING.
11:24:15 CAN YOU HEAR ME?
11:24:16 >>THE CLERK: YES.
11:24:17 YOU CAN SPEAK.
11:24:18 >> GOOD MORNING.
11:24:18 MY NAME IS DR. READY.
11:24:21 I LIVE ONE BLOCK OFF BAYSHORE BOULEVARD ON HARBORVIEW
11:24:26 AVENUE.
11:24:27 I WOULD LIKE TO SAY MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO
11:24:30 EVERYONE WHO HAS REACHED OUT TO ME THE PAST COUPLE OF
11:24:34 MONTHS, PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED, THEIR FAMILIES, PET OWNERS,
11:24:38 PEOPLE ARE STILL ALIVE BUT HAVE BEEN HIT.
11:24:43 ANYWAY, THE LINEAR PARK, HOW IS THAT CONSIDERED A PARK IF
11:24:48 IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF A HIGHWAY WHERE PEOPLE CLOCK AT 70 AND
11:24:53 80 MILES AN HOUR?
11:24:54 I'M NOT REALLY SURE HOW THAT COULD BE A PARK.
11:24:59 ANOTHER THING IS THAT WE UNFORTUNATELY HAVE AN EPIDEMIC OF
11:25:05 OBESITY WITH OUR CHILDREN AND ADULTS AND AN EPIDEMIC OF
11:25:08 LONELINESS.
11:25:10 HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES IF PEOPLE HAVE
11:25:15 NO PLACE TO CONGREGATE THAT IS SAFE.
11:25:17 I HAVE A FIVE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.
11:25:18 I'M TERRIFIED TO LET HER BIKE RIDE ON THESE STREETS HERE.
11:25:22 PEOPLE CANNOT CONGREGATE.
11:25:24 PEOPLE CANNOT RUN.
11:25:26 CHILDREN CANNOT WALK.
11:25:29 EVERYBODY IS LOOKING AWAY.
11:25:30 WHEN ARE WE GOING TO STOP LOOKING AWAY?
11:25:34 BAYSHORE NEEDS TO BE RETHOUGHT.
11:25:35 THE CROSSWALK CURRENTLY, MY BROTHER WAS VISITING FROM NEW
11:25:39 YORK CITY, AND HE WAS LIKE, WHAT IS THAT?
11:25:44 WE WERE BORN AND RAISED IN NEW YORK CITY AND WE HAVE NEVER
11:25:47 EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
11:25:48 THE FLASHING YELLOWS, THAT UNIVERSALLY ALL AROUND THE WORLD
11:25:54 MEANS SLOW DOWN.
11:25:55 IT DOES NOT MEAN STOP.
11:25:57 PEOPLE VISITING FROM OUTSIDE OF TAMPA HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT
11:26:03 MEANS.
11:26:04 HE EASILY COULD HAVE HIT SOMEBODY.
11:26:07 IT WAS DARK AND HE COULDN'T SEE THE LINES.
11:26:10 REALLY, THE WHOLE OF BAYSHORE BOULEVARD NEEDS TO BE REHAULED
11:26:16 AND MADE TO BE A SAFE AND SECURE PLACE FOR OUR FAMILIES AND
11:26:22 OUR CHILDREN, DRIVERS, BIKERS, WALKERS, PET OWNERS, AND
11:26:26 EVERYONE ELSE WHO HAS A RIGHT TO ENJOY THIS BEAUTIFUL AREA
11:26:33 IN THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY.
11:26:34 THANK YOU.
11:26:36 >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU.
11:26:37 THE NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE IS BETH DATES.
11:26:43 BETH, IF YOU'RE ON THE LINE, CAN YOU PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF
11:26:52 SO YOU CAN SPEAK?
11:27:02 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
11:27:03 LET'S MOVE.
11:27:05 >>THE CLERK: THE NEXT SPEAKER I HAVE IS DAVID STARNER.
11:27:12 >> GOOD MORNING.
11:27:13 MY NAME IS DAVID STARNER.
11:27:15 THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
11:27:18 I HAVE LIVED AT 3325 BAYSHORE BOULEVARD FOR FIVE YEARS.
11:27:22 I RIDE MY BIKE AND WALK REGULARLY ON BAYSHORE.
11:27:28 OVER THESE LAST FIVE YEARS, I HAVE WATCHED CITY CREWS TWICE
11:27:32 REPLACE SECTIONS OF THE CONCRETE WALL THAT VEHICLES HAVE
11:27:37 CRASHED INTO.
11:27:38 UNFORTUNATELY, THE LAST TIME A JOGGER LOST HIS LIFE WHEN
11:27:43 THIS HAPPENED, AND IT IS REPORTED THAT THE DRIVER WAS HIGH
11:27:46 ON DRUGS AND ALCOHOL, BUT HE WAS NOT SPEEDING.
11:27:50 HE JUST CAME OFF OF A SIDE STREET AND DROVE ACROSS A SECTION
11:27:56 THERE AND STRUCK A JOGGER AND TORE OUT THAT CONCRETE.
11:28:00 I CERTAINLY WOULD ENDORSE SPEED BUMPS, BUT WE NEED TO GO
11:28:06 BEYOND THAT.
11:28:06 I REALLY BELIEVE WE NEED TO COMPLETELY HAVE A SEPARATION OF
11:28:10 THE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC FROM THE VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.
11:28:14 A PERMANENT BARRIER IS NEEDED BETWEEN THESE TWO GROUPS.
11:28:20 AT McDILL AIR FORCE BASE, THEY HAVE A CABLE SYSTEM RUNNING
11:28:25 ALONG THEIR SIDEWALKS TO PREVENT VEHICLES FROM GETTING INTO
11:28:28 SENSITIVE AREAS.
11:28:31 THERE'S LOTS OF WAYS OF GETTING THIS ACCOMPLISHED.
11:28:34 A PERMANENT BARRIER WOULD ASSURE THE HUNDREDS OF PEDESTRIANS
11:28:37 THAT USE BAYSHORE EACH DAY THIS THEY WOULD BE SAFE.
11:28:41 MY GIRLFRIEND IS JUST FEARFUL TO GO OUT THERE NOW AFTER WHAT
11:28:47 IS HAPPENING BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN.
11:28:50 SHE FEELS VERY UNSAFE, EVEN THOUGH SHE'S LIVED HERE FOR 15
11:28:55 YEARS.
11:28:55 ONE DAY THIS WINTER, I COUNTED 422 PEOPLE USING THIS ICONIC
11:29:00 STRETCH OF SIDEWALK.
11:29:03 I'M ASKING YOU TO TAKE THE STEPS NEEDED TO ENSURE THE SAFETY
11:29:06 OF EVERY ONE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS.
11:29:08 THANK YOU.
11:29:13 >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU.
11:29:14 THE NEXT SPEAKER IS KAREN CREST.
11:29:17 >> HI.
11:29:18 IT'S KAREN CREST.
11:29:19 7513 VIVI LANE.
11:29:22 I'VE ENJOYED LISTENING TO ALL THE ROCK-STAR ADVOCATES IN OUR
11:29:25 COMMUNITY AND AGREE WITH THE COMMENTS.
11:29:27 I'D LIKE TO ADD MY VOICE TO THIS CHOIR.
11:29:30 SO MANY PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING DURING THIS UNIQUE TIME.
11:29:33 FINDING THE SILVER LINING CAN BE TRICKY.
11:29:36 HELPING TO SOLVE A LONG-STANDING PROBLEM IN OUR COMMUNITY,
11:29:39 SAFETY ON OUR STREETS IS THE RIGHT MOVE RIGHT NOW.
11:29:42 WE'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY PEOPLE SLOWING DOWN TO EXPLORE
11:29:45 THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS ON FOOT OR BIKE.
11:29:48 IT'S ACTUALLY TRICKY TO MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING WITH SUCH
11:29:52 NARROW SIDEWALKS AND NEIGHBORHOODS LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE
11:29:55 THEM.
11:29:55 BIKE SHOPS ARE RUNNING LOW ON INVENTORY, BUT OUR CITIZENS
11:29:59 TYPICALLY DON'T EVEN KNOW THE BASIC RULES OF THE ROAD.
11:30:02 OUR DRIVERS ARE FINDING ROADS WITHOUT CONGESTION.
11:30:06 SINCE OUR ROADS ARE DESIGNED FOR SPEED, WHETHER THEY INTEND
11:30:09 TO OR NOT, DRIVERS FIND THEMSELVES SPEEDING.
11:30:11 IT'S NOT THE BEST APPROACH TO DESIGN WIDE-OPEN ROADS, THEN
11:30:16 PUNISH PEOPLE FOR USING THEM AS DESIGNED.
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11:32:08 -- ON BAYSHORE BOULEVARD.
11:32:09 SO CLEARLY, BEING ON THE 20th FLOOR, I SEE A LOT THAT GOES
11:32:12 ON ON BAYSHORE.
11:32:13 I HAVE LIVED ON BAYSHORE BOULEVARD SINCE 2001.
11:32:16 SINCE THEN, I HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN RACING, EXCESSIVE
11:32:20 SPEEDING BY ALL TYPES OF VEHICLES.
11:32:21 GROUPS OF CARS, MOTORBIKES TYPICALLY ON A FRIDAY AND A
11:32:26 SATURDAY BETWEEN 10 P.M. AND 11 P.M.
11:32:30 THEY RACE ON BAYSHORE IN LARGE GROUPS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.
11:32:33 THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE.
11:32:36 I FEEL STRONG THAT THE CITY HAS LOST CONTROL OF BAYSHORE
11:32:40 BOULEVARD.
11:32:41 THE SPEEDING EVENTS ARE NOT SPORADIC BUT ONGOING.
11:32:44 IN ADDITION, JUST LAST WEEK, MY HUSBAND AND I WITNESSED FIVE
11:32:48 GROUPS OF SIX CARS ROLLING DOWN BAYSHORE WITH CARS RACING
11:32:52 FOR SHORT DISTANCES AND THEN GO BACK TO THEIR GROUPS.
11:32:55 I ASSUME THEY ARE CLUBS OR GROUPS.
11:32:57 WHEN THERE IS A SITUATION OR ACCIDENT ON BAYSHORE BOULEVARD,
11:33:02 I FEEL THE POLICE IS PRESENT FOR A VERY SHORT SPACE OF TIME.
11:33:05 SURELY, THERE SEEMS TO BE NO POLICE FOR A WHILE.
11:33:07 IN THE EVENING, WE SEE NO POLICE WHATSOEVER.
11:33:10 I JUST FEEL THERE'S NO SENSE OF URGENCY IN THIS MATTER.
11:33:13 WE'VE LOST LIVES.
11:33:14 HOW MANY MORE LIVES IS IT GOING TO TAKE FOR US TO TAKE
11:33:17 ACTION?
11:33:18 MOTOR BIKES AND CYCLISTS NEED TO USE THE SIDEWALKS AND -- WE
11:33:23 SEE MANY MISSES WITH MOTHERS, CHILDREN AND ADULTS.
11:33:25 INCREASE IN CONSTRUCTION AND INCREASE IN NEW RESIDENTS, WE
11:33:29 HAVE NOT CREATED AN EFFECTIVE PROCESS TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.
11:33:32 MY FEAR IS THESE ACCIDENTS WILL CONTINUE.
11:33:34 IF YOU STAND IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL OF THE HOLY ACADEMY
11:33:39 SCHOOL AND WATCH TRAFFIC FROM SOUTH TO NORTH, PEOPLE ARE
11:33:42 SPEEDING AND TEXTING.
11:33:43 WHEN YOU WITNESS THIS, THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT DO NOT
11:33:47 FEEL COMFORTABLE, INCLUDING MYSELF, TO BASICALLY WALK ON
11:33:50 BAYSHORE.
11:33:51 AND WHAT WE STARTED TO DO IS START TO TAKE THE SIDEWALKS.
11:33:54 THAT'S VERY, VERY SAD WHEN YOU THINK WE MOVED TO BAYSHORE TO
11:33:58 ENJOY BAYSHORE.
11:34:00 JUNE KITTAY MENTIONED SHE DOESN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WALKING
11:34:03 ON BAYSHORE.
11:34:04 A GENTLEMAN MENTIONED MOVED FROM WESTCHASE TO BAYSHORE AND
11:34:08 NOT EVEN ENJOYING WESTCHASE.
11:34:10 I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF CLOSING DOWN NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC FOR
11:34:13 BICYCLISTS, PEDESTRIANS, DOGS AND CHILDREN SO THIS WOULD BE
11:34:16 THE EXTENSION OF THE DOWNTOWN PROJECT SO THEY CAN ENJOY
11:34:20 BAYSHORE.
11:34:21 THERE HAVE BEEN MANY AREAS THAT HAVE DONE THIS AND BEEN
11:34:24 VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL.
11:34:25 ON A FINAL NOTE, BAYSHORE HAS NEVER BEEN A MAIN ROAD LIKE
11:34:31 DALE MABRY, AND I FEEL THAT'S WHAT IT IS BECOMING.
11:34:35 WE CAN'T AFFORD TO USE ANY MORE LIVES.
11:34:37 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
11:34:39 I HOPE TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE BAYSHORE A PLACE WHERE FAMILIES
11:34:42 CAN ENJOY AND FEEL SAFE.
11:34:43 THANK YOU.
11:34:46 >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU.
11:34:47 THE NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE IS CONNIE GIABATE.
11:34:52 >> HELLO.
11:34:52 CAN YOU HEAR ME?
11:34:55 >>THE CLERK: YES, WE CAN.
11:34:56 GO AHEAD AND SPEAK.
11:35:02 >> HELLO?
11:35:04 >>THE CLERK: GO AHEAD, CONNIE.
11:35:05 >> HI.
11:35:06 THANK YOU, SULING.
11:35:07 HI.
11:35:07 MY NAME IS CONNIE GIABATE.
11:35:10 I LIVE ON DAVIS ISLANDS.
11:35:12 AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE ALSO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH SPEED.
11:35:17 I'M KIND OF THE ANTISPEED ADVOCATE FOR DAVIS ISLANDS, BUT
11:35:21 OUR HOUSEHOLD ALSO USES BAYSHORE.
11:35:24 SO WE'RE VERY UNDERSTANDING THAT WHATEVER IS HAPPENING ON
11:35:27 BAYSHORE WITH RACING MOTORCYCLES AND VEHICLES ARE ALSO
11:35:31 COMING TO OUR DAYTONA 500 CIRCLE THAT IS PART OF THE DESIGN
11:35:35 OF OUR ROAD ON DAVIS ISLANDS.
11:35:37 SO I FULLY SUPPORT THE TAKE BACK BAYSHORE AND THE VISION
11:35:42 ZERO EFFORTS TO MAKE BAYSHORE AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS
11:35:46 ALL OVER THE CITY COMPATIBLE AND SAFER FOR ALL USERS.
11:35:51 I'M AN ACTION PERSON, SO I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT
11:35:58 AMONGST ALL THE PLANNING, BECAUSE THAT TAKES TIME AND
11:36:02 RESOURCES THAT SOMETIMES GET REALLOCATED AWAY FROM THEIR
11:36:07 ORIGINAL INTENT.
11:36:09 SO I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA COMMIT
11:36:12 TO A MAJOR EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT CAMPAIGN IN JUNE, THIS
11:36:18 JUNE, FOR THE NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL'S RECOGNIZED NATIONAL
11:36:22 SAFETY MONTH.
11:36:24 THE CAMPAIGN CAN INCLUDE THE INVOLVEMENT OF RESIDENTS, USE
11:36:29 OF YARD SIGNS AND BANNERS IN THE FRONT YARDS AND BUSINESSES
11:36:33 AND WITH THE HELP OF SULING, I BELIEVE I HAVE SUBMITTED THE
11:36:37 YARD SIGN THAT I HAVE ALREADY MADE FOR MY FRONT YARD, AND MY
11:36:43 BANNER IS READY TO GO.
11:36:44 I ALSO RECOMMEND THAT WE USE NEW JERSEY'S VERY, VERY
11:36:48 SUCCESSFUL ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM THAT WAS A FULL MONTH OF
11:36:52 FOCUSED ENFORCEMENT THAT GENERATED A LARGE AMOUNT OF
11:36:56 ADDITIONAL REVENUE, ALSO PROVIDE FLYERS, BROCHURES, AND
11:37:02 SOCIAL MEDIA POSTINGS THAT DESCRIBES MEASURES THAT CITIZENS
11:37:06 CAN TAKE USING TECHNOLOGY AND THE CITY RESOURCES TO REDUCE
11:37:11 THE INCIDENTS OF SPEEDING VEHICLES.
11:37:15 IN OTHER WORDS, CHANGE THE CULTURAL BY -- CHANGE THE CULTURE
11:37:21 BY EMPOWERING THE CITIZENS.
11:37:23 ALSO TRY TO CHANGE THE CULTURE BY EDUCATING THE PEOPLE TO
11:37:25 USE THE WORD "CRASH" INSTEAD OF "ACCIDENTS."
11:37:29 BECAUSE THESE TRAGEDIES ARE NOT ACCIDENTS.
11:37:33 THEY ARE PREPLANNED BY SOMEBODY PREPLANNING TO SPEED.
11:37:36 I BELIEVE THERE ARE OTHER PREVENTIVE PROGRAMS THAT CAN BE
11:37:41 DEVELOPED, BUT A COMMITMENT TO MOVE TO ACTION THIS JUNE
11:37:45 WOULD BE A GOOD START AND VERY MUCH APPRECIATED BY A LOT OF
11:37:48 THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA.
11:37:50 THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:37:54 >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU.
11:37:55 THE NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE IS LISA SHASTEEN.
11:38:01 >> HI.
11:38:01 CAN YOU HEAR ME?
11:38:03 >>THE CLERK: YES.
11:38:04 YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SPEAK.
11:38:05 >> THANK YOU.
11:38:05 MY NAME IS LISA SHASTEEN, 2920 WEST HARBORVIEW AVENUE,
11:38:12 TAMPA, FLORIDA.
11:38:13 THANKS TO EVERYBODY IN THE CITY WHO ARE CONTINUING TO
11:38:18 ADDRESS THIS DIFFICULT ISSUE, AND I HAVE TO SAY MY HEART
11:38:21 GOES OUT TO VALERIE JONES AND TO THE GENTLEMAN ON BAYSHORE,
11:38:27 JOHN, WHO LOST LILLIA AND HIS FAMILY.
11:38:30 IT'S A TRAGIC SITUATION.
11:38:34 I'VE BEEN AFFECTED BY, YOU KNOW, FIRSTHAND RIGHT HERE AT THE
11:38:38 EPICENTER OF THE CRASHES.
11:38:42 BAYSHORE IS A VERY DIFFICULT ISSUE.
11:38:46 I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS AN ARTERIAL.
11:38:48 IT IS A PARK.
11:38:49 IT IS A SHOWPIECE.
11:38:51 IT IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE GO FOR EXERCISE.
11:38:53 IT IS A SOCIAL GATHERING PLACE.
11:38:55 IT IS ALL OF THESE THINGS.
11:38:58 AS MR. BHIDE POINTED OUT, IT SERVES MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS THAT
11:39:05 I WOULD SUGGEST WE LOOK AT THAT WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE THE
11:39:09 FUNCTIONS.
11:39:09 I THINK THAT'S WHAT ALL THE CALLERS ARE TALKING ABOUT AND I
11:39:13 ECHO ALL OF THE PREVIOUS COMMENTS.
11:39:16 THE PRIMARY PURPOSE FOR ME FOR BAYSHORE, BECAUSE IT OCCUPIES
11:39:24 SUCH A UNIQUE POSITION IN OUR TOWN, IS THAT IT IS A VERY
11:39:29 SPECIAL PLACE.
11:39:29 IT'S A PARK.
11:39:30 IT'S SOMEPLACE WHERE WE ENJOY THINGS, AND WE ARE TRYING TO
11:39:36 GET IT TO DO TOO MANY JOBS SIMULTANEOUSLY.
11:39:40 BECAUSE IT IS SO UNIQUE, MAYBE WE OUGHT TO TREAT THAT
11:39:43 UNIQUELY.
11:39:44 IT USED TO BE SIMPLY AN ARTERIAL AND YES THE DIFFERENT
11:39:48 GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES, THE COUNTY, D.O.T., TAMPA, THEY ALL
11:39:52 HAD SOME SAY-SO AS TO WHAT HAPPENED ON BAYSHORE.
11:39:57 I'M GLAD TO HEAR FROM LINDA SAUL-SENA THAT THAT DECISION
11:40:02 MAKING HAS BEEN HANDED TO THE CITY.
11:40:04 I ECHO THE GENTLEMAN WHO SAID THAT HE WAS THE SECOND CALLER
11:40:08 THAT WE DO NEED TO START THINKING DIFFERENTLY AND WE CAN.
11:40:12 WE DON'T HAVE TO BE BOUND UP WITH ALL THESE PREVIOUS RULES.
11:40:16 I'M A LAWYER.
11:40:17 I COMPLETELY RESPECT THE LAW, BUT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO
11:40:22 BREAK OUT OF SOME OF THESE THINGS.
11:40:24 THE ISSUE WITH STREET RACING, I HAVE TO SAY IT IS A PLANNED
11:40:29 EVENT.
11:40:29 THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS.
11:40:31 HOW CAN WE NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS?
11:40:34 IT HAPPENS REGULARLY.
11:40:35 IT HAPPENS ON TIME.
11:40:37 PEOPLE GET TOGETHER.
11:40:38 IT'S NOT A SECRET.
11:40:39 THEY ARE THERE.
11:40:40 TPD IS RIGHT DOWNTOWN.
11:40:42 NOT TO CRITICIZE TPD AT ALL, BUT I'M JUST SAYING THIS IS
11:40:46 SOMETHING THAT COULD, IF WE PRIORITIZED IT, WE COULD ADDRESS
11:40:50 IT.
11:40:50 BUT IF BAYSHORE IS GOING TO BE THE JEWEL OF OUR CITY, THAT
11:40:54 PHOTO THAT EVERYBODY SEES AS THE CITY OF TAMPA, INEVITABLY
11:41:00 THE FUTURE IS BAYSHORE.
11:41:02 WE DON'T GO TAKE A PICTURE OF WESTSHORE MALL AND SAY THIS IS
11:41:05 OUR CITY.
11:41:06 WE TAKE A PICTURE OF BAYSHORE.
11:41:08 THIS AREA, THIS PARK, THIS BEAUTIFUL PLACE, IT OCCUPIES A
11:41:15 SPECIFIC FUNCTION.
11:41:16 SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
11:41:17 I APPRECIATE THAT.
11:41:20 >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU.
11:41:21 THE NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE IS ALLISON GATE.
11:41:29 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
11:41:30 >>THE CLERK: YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW.
11:41:35 >> NOW YOU CAN HEAR ME.
11:41:37 >>THE CLERK: YES.
11:41:38 >> HI.
11:41:39 I'M ALLISON.
11:41:40 I LIVE OFF OF BAYSHORE ON CHICAGO AVENUE.
11:41:43 I CAME HERE FROM LIVING OVERSEAS AND DO NOT HAVE A CAR.
11:41:51 SO I WALK AND BIKE EVERYWHERE JUST ABOUT OR USE PUBLIC
11:41:55 TRANSPORTATION.
11:41:55 I HAVE BEEN APPALLED -- I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS BECAUSE
11:42:01 IT'S AN ISSUE THAT I THINK IS SO IMPORTANT TO THE CITY.
11:42:04 MY WHOLE WEEK HAS BEEN DEALING WITH DIFFERENT AGENCIES.
11:42:09 AND THERE ARE SO MANY AGENCIES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH TRAFFIC.
11:42:15 I'M TRYING TO HELP WITH AN UNDERPASS, WITH THEA, AND THEN
11:42:18 THERE'S MODA TRYING TO DO THE TOLL ROADS THROUGH THE CENTER
11:42:24 PART OF FLORIDA AND NOW THIS.
11:42:25 I'M REALLY HAPPY BECAUSE OF BEING NEAR BAYSHORE.
11:42:29 I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THOSE POSTS THAT ARE PUT IN FOR THE
11:42:32 BIKES ARE REALLY GOOD IDEA.
11:42:35 THEY ARE ONLY IN ONE LITTLE SECTION, BUT I FEEL SO MUCH
11:42:38 SAFER HAVING THOSE THERE.
11:42:40 I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A LOT MORE EDUCATION EVEN OF
11:42:45 PEDESTRIANS.
11:42:45 BECAUSE PEDESTRIANS ARE NOT USING THE WALKWAYS.
11:42:48 THEY RUN ACROSS IN FRONT OF CARS.
11:42:51 SO THAT HAS TO WORK.
11:43:00 THE TRAFFIC HERE AND BECAUSE OF THE WAY SOUTH TAMPA IS,
11:43:03 THEY'VE GOT THESE OLD STREETS THAT ARE TOO NARROW.
11:43:05 THEY CANNOT BE EXPANDED.
11:43:07 AND THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING ON IS JUST ASTOUNDING.
11:43:13 AND THERE'S NO COORDINATION BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT
11:43:16 DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY.
11:43:18 THEY DON'T LIKE TALK TO EACH OTHER OR SOMETHING, OR THEY
11:43:22 COMPETE WITH EACH OTHER.
11:43:23 SO YOU'VE GOT TO STOP THE DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THERE'S NO
11:43:27 ROOM AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE HERE IS ANTIQUATED.
11:43:29 IT NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED, WHICH INCLUDES THE ROADS.
11:43:32 SO THAT'S WHERE MONEY NEEDS TO BE GOING AND A MASS TRANSIT
11:43:36 SYSTEM.
11:43:37 WHY AREN'T THERE NO BUSES TO GO ON BAYSHORE?
11:43:41 WHY CAN'T THE PEOPLE GOING TO MacDILL HAVE A BUS SYSTEM?
11:43:47 THEY LEAVE THEIR CARS SOMEWHERE AND GET ON BUSES AT REGULAR
11:43:51 TIMES AND GO, LIKE SOME OF THE PEOPLE GO TO THE HOSPITAL
11:43:54 THAT WAY, THAT THAT SHOULD BE HAPPENING.
11:43:57 ALSO, I THINK TAMPA IN GENERAL NEEDS A SKYWAY KIND OF THING
11:44:04 FOR THE MASS TRANSIT, GET IT OFF THE GROUND, BECAUSE WE
11:44:10 DON'T HAVE ANY MORE ROOM IN THE STREETS.
11:44:14 REDUCING THE TRAFFIC, THAT'S GREAT.
11:44:17 I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE CITY CAN'T CHANGE THE VIDEO
11:44:25 THING FOR RECORDING WHO IS SPEEDING.
11:44:28 THAT SHOULD BE DONE.
11:44:31 I DON'T CARE WHAT IT TAKES.
11:44:32 THERE'S NO REASON WHY WE CAN'T DO THAT IN THAT AREA, BECAUSE
11:44:36 TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIED THERE.
11:44:38 IT'S LIKE BECOMING A COMMON THING.
11:44:40 EVERY MONTH, SOMEBODY IS GETTING KILLED ON BAYSHORE.
11:44:44 YOU DON'T WANT THAT.
11:44:44 SO PUT SOME -- ANYWAY, THANK YOU.
11:44:48 I'M GLAD THIS ISSUE HAS COME UP.
11:44:50 THERE'S A LOT TO DO HERE.
11:44:52 A LOT OF WORK TO DO HERE.
11:44:53 THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING IT.
11:44:54 >>THE CLERK: OKAY.
11:44:55 THANK YOU.
11:44:56 THE NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE IS JOHN OWENS.
11:44:59 I'M GOING TO NEED TO YOU UNMUTE YOURSELF IF YOU CAN HEAR ME.
11:45:07 >> YES, I CAN HEAR YOU.
11:45:09 THIS IS JOHN AND LAILA OWENS.
11:45:10 WE LIVE AT 815 BAYSHORE BOULEVARD.
11:45:13 MY FAMILY HAS LIVED ON BAYSHORE FOR JUST ABOUT OVER FIVE
11:45:17 YEARS.
11:45:18 THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC, AS WE'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS
11:45:21 JUST WAY TOO HIGH, AND IT'S A DANGEROUS ROAD FOR
11:45:25 PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS, MOTORISTS AND IT'S WAY TOO LOUD FOR
11:45:29 RESIDENTS.
11:45:29 YOU'VE ALL SEEN THE STATS, THE ACCIDENT STATS AND HAVE HEARD
11:45:34 THE COMPLAINTS.
11:45:35 SO WE'RE HOPING FROM THIS HEARING THAT HOPEFULLY THE CITY
11:45:38 PUTS MORE EMPHASIS AND A SENSE OF URGENCY ON MAKING BAYSHORE
11:45:42 SAFE.
11:45:43 I'VE SEEN MANY PICTURES OF BAYSHORE FROM THE PAST, AND THE
11:45:48 CITY AND RESIDENTS HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB OF MAKING
11:45:51 BAYSHORE A DESTINATION FOR MANY TO SEE AND ENJOY, AND IT IS
11:45:54 A BEAUTIFUL ROAD.
11:45:55 HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF ITS MIXED USE AND THE POPULATION GROWTH,
11:46:01 IT'S BECOME DANGEROUS BY DESIGN.
11:46:03 WE NEED A SOLUTION TO MAKE BAYSHORE SAFE NOW AND FOR YEARS
11:46:10 TO COME FOR PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS, AND RESIDENTS.
11:46:15 THE REDUCED SPEED LIMIT TO 35 WAS NOT ENOUGH.
11:46:18 THE CROSSING ZONES AND LIGHTS ARE AN IMPROVEMENT, BUT
11:46:22 SIGNALIZATION ALONE IS NOT EFFECTIVE.
11:46:25 WE'D LIKE TO SEE THE SPEED LIMIT REDUCED TO 25 OR UNDER.
11:46:28 I BELIEVE THE PRESENTATION ON SAFETY THROUGH SPEED
11:46:31 MANAGEMENT REINFORCES THIS NEED.
11:46:34 WE'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE A PROGRAM CREATED TO REDUCE THE PRICE
11:46:41 ON THE SELMON TO MAKE IT MORE AFFORDABLE FOR MILITARY
11:46:45 PERSONNEL AND CLOSE DOWN BAYSHORE TO TWO LANES ON THE
11:46:48 WEEKENDS, I THINK THAT WOULD PROMOTE A HEALTHY CITY AND ALSO
11:46:53 WOULD ACCOMMODATE THE INCREASING AMOUNT OF PEDESTRIANS AND
11:46:58 CYCLISTS AND THE PUBLIC THAT ARE CURRENTLY OVERWHELMING THE
11:47:03 SIX-FOOT-WIDE WALKING PATH.
11:47:05 ALSO, MORE POLICE PRESENCE THAT WOULD BE CONSISTENT.
11:47:10 SINCE THE CAMERAS AREN'T AN OPTION, IF WE COULD HAVE A
11:47:12 CONSISTENT POLICE PRESENCE IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS WOULD BE A
11:47:16 MAJOR IMPROVEMENT.
11:47:17 AND ALSO IMPROVING THE LIGHTING AT NIGHT AROUND THE
11:47:20 CROSSWALKS AS WELL.
11:47:22 ALSO, TEXTING AND DRIVING SIGNS, TEXTING WHILE DRIVING IS
11:47:29 SIX TIMES MORE LIKELY TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT THAN DRIVING
11:47:32 UNDER THE INFLUENCE.
11:47:33 FINALLY, THE SIGNALIZATION SHOWS EFFORT FROM THE CITY, BUT
11:47:39 IT'S NOT EFFECTIVE WITHOUT REDUCED SPEED LIMITS.
11:47:41 A STRONGER ENFORCEMENT EFFORT AND DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS TO THE
11:47:46 ROAD.
11:47:47 WE'D LIKE TO SEE A MORE AGGRESSIVE STRATEGY TO MAKE BAYSHORE
11:47:52 SAFE.
11:47:52 UNTIL A LONG-TERM STRATEGY IS ESTABLISHED, I DON'T SEE WHY
11:47:55 WE CAN'T REDUCE THE SPEED LIMIT TO 25 OR UNDER NOW.
11:47:57 INCREASE THE POLICE PRESENCE AND HAVE A MORE CONSISTENT
11:48:00 POLICE PRESENCE, AND THEN CLOSE DOWN THE LANES CLOSEST TO
11:48:04 THE WATER ON THE WEEKENDS TO ACCOMMODATE PEOPLE EXERCISING
11:48:06 DURING COVID-19 THAT ARE CURRENTLY OVERWHELMING THE
11:48:09 SIDEWALKS.
11:48:11 [RINGING]
11:48:16 THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME.
11:48:17 >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU.
11:48:18 THE NEXT SPEAKER I HAVE IS ELIZABETH CORWIN.
11:48:22 >> HI.
11:48:23 I'M ELIZABETH CORWIN.
11:48:24 2521 WEST MARYLAND AVENUE IN BAYSHORE GARDENS.
11:48:28 I'VE BEEN LIVING HERE SINCE 2012, AND I'VE BEEN CONCERNED
11:48:31 ABOUT SAFETY ON BAYSHORE SINCE 2012, PARTICULARLY IN
11:48:37 REFERENCE TO THE SAFETY OF THE YOUNG, THE OLD, AND THE
11:48:40 DISABLED WHO MIGHT WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SIDEWALKS.
11:48:45 AS VIK BHIDE SAID TODAY, SPEED KILLS.
11:48:51 EASIER FOR VEHICLES TO SPEED, THE MORE FATALITIES WE WILL
11:48:54 SEE.
11:48:55 FATAL CRASHES DON'T HAPPEN DURING RUSH HOUR.
11:48:57 THE FOUR FATALITIES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE MOST RECENTLY,
11:49:04 DAYTIME CRASHES, LATE MORNING, NOT DURING RUSH HOUR.
11:49:07 IN THE LONG RUN, WE NEED TO EITHER SLOW NON-RUSH HOUR
11:49:11 TRAFFIC WITH OBSTACLES OR BY CLOSING LANES WHEN TRAFFIC IS
11:49:14 LIGHT.
11:49:14 IN THE SHORT RUN, WHY DON'T WE USE THE COVID-19 PERIOD AS A
11:49:19 PILOT FOR CLOSING LANES IN THE LONG TERM.
11:49:23 MANY OTHER CITIES CLOSE MAJOR STREETS IN THE LAST MONTH IN
11:49:26 ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE COVID-19 GUIDELINES AND FACILITATE
11:49:33 RESIDENTS THAT EXERCISE.
11:49:34 THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND THE FIRST RESPONDERS,
11:49:37 CLOSING A COUPLE OF LANES DOESN'T MEAN EMERGENCY VEHICLES
11:49:41 COULDN'T USE THEM.
11:49:42 THEY COULD BE CLOSED TO NONEMERGENCY VEHICLES BUT STILL
11:49:45 AVAILABLE FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
11:49:49 WE CAN FOLLOW OTHER CITIES IN DOING THIS.
11:49:50 THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING THIS CONVERSATION TODAY.
11:49:53 I'VE LEARNED A LOT.
11:49:55 I HOPE THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF RAPID ACTION TO MAKE SOME
11:49:59 SENSIBLE AND LIFESAVING CHANGES.
11:50:02 THANK YOU.
11:50:06 >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU.
11:50:07 THE NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE IS DAN REISINGER.
11:50:13 >> YES, THIS IS DAN REISINGER.
11:50:15 MY UNCLE, JOHN, SPOKE EARLIER ON THE DEATH OF MY DAUGHTER
11:50:23 AND MY NIECE JESSICA AND LILLIA COMING UP ON TWO YEARS NOW.
11:50:32 MY HOPES AND PRAYERS WERE THAT I WOULD GET CLOSURE AND SOME
11:50:37 ACTION WOULD BE TAKEN AND THAT IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN,
11:50:39 THAT NO FAMILY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHAT WE DID.
11:50:43 I KNOW IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP EVERYONE FROM SPEEDING, AND
11:50:47 IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY THAT THERE WILL NEVER BE A FATALITY
11:50:50 ON BAYSHORE AGAIN BECAUSE ACCIDENTS DO HAPPEN.
11:50:54 BUT THE LACK OF CHANGE THAT I'VE SEEN FROM TAMPA GOVERNMENT
11:50:59 DESPITE MY E-MAILS, SOCIAL MEDIA, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON
11:51:05 POSTS HAS BEEN EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING.
11:51:09 I APPRECIATE THIS EFFORT TODAY.
11:51:13 I APPRECIATE THE FIRST RESPONDERS WHO NEED BAYSHORE AS AN
11:51:22 ACCESS POINT.
11:51:23 I DO AGREE WITH SOME OF THE CALLERS THAT SPEED BUMPS AREN'T
11:51:27 AN OPTION FOR THE FIRST RESPONDERS, THAT THERE HAS TO BE
11:51:30 ANOTHER SOLUTION.
11:51:32 IF THAT'S REDESIGNING BAYSHORE, THEN MAYBE THAT'S WHAT NEEDS
11:51:35 TO OCCUR.
11:51:36 I WOULD SAY AS FINANCIAL LEADERS IN A GOVERNMENT POSITION,
11:51:42 YOU HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT COSTS.
11:51:44 I WOULD ASK YOU WHAT THE COST IS OF MY SISTER'S LIFE AND THE
11:51:49 OTHERS THAT HAVE BEEN KILLED ON BAYSHORE.
11:51:53 MY SISTER AND MY NIECE.
11:51:55 TO ME, THERE IS NO COST ON THAT.
11:51:57 IF YOU HAVE AN ECONOMIC COST AND A REASON TO NOT DO THAT, I
11:52:03 WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HEAR THAT RESPONSE AND HAVE THAT
11:52:06 CONVERSATION.
11:52:06 BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO RESPONSE VIA E-MAIL OR SOCIAL MEDIA
11:52:13 FROM THE CITY OF TAMPA IN ANY WAY.
11:52:15 I LIVE IN CLEVELAND.
11:52:17 I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED TO GO DOWN THERE.
11:52:20 BUT I HEAR EVERYONE ON THIS CALL WHO IS SAYING THEY DON'T
11:52:23 FEEL SAFE ON BAYSHORE.
11:52:25 I UNFORTUNATELY ASSOCIATED THAT WITH ALL OF TAMPA EVEN
11:52:29 THOUGH I HAVE FAMILY THAT LIVED THERE, FRIENDS THAT WANT TO
11:52:33 GO THERE.
11:52:34 I AM RECOMMENDING THAT THEY DON'T.
11:52:36 IT WILL BE A VERY LONG TIME BEFORE I COME BACK TO TAMPA
11:52:39 UNLESS CHANGE IS MADE.
11:52:40 I WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE FOR PUTTING THIS MEETING
11:52:45 TOGETHER, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN SEE SOME CHANGE AND HOPEFULLY
11:52:50 THAT CAN BE ACCELERATED.
11:52:51 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
11:52:56 >>LUIS VIERA: SIR, THIS IS CHAIRMAN VIERA.
11:52:58 I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORDS.
11:53:00 THEY ARE VERY HEARTFELT, AND EVERYBODY HERE IS HEARING AND
11:53:03 LISTENING TO YOU.
11:53:04 I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE MEMORY OF
11:53:07 YOUR SISTER AND YOUR NIECE.
11:53:09 GOD BLESS YOU FOR WHATEVER IT'S WORTH FROM ME AND FROM ALL
11:53:12 OF US, SIR.
11:53:13 THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORDS.
11:53:17 >> THANK YOU.
11:53:18 I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND HOPEFULLY YOU AND OTHERS CAN
11:53:22 PUSH FORWARD TO MAKE CHANGE HAPPEN SOONER THAN OTHER SO NO
11:53:27 OTHER FAMILIES HAVE TO DEAL WITH WHAT WE'VE DEALT WITH.
11:53:30 THANK YOU.
11:53:30 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
11:53:31 THANK YOU, SIR.
11:53:32 >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU.
11:53:32 THE NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE IS EMILY WAGNER.
11:53:39 >> I'M EMILY WAGNER, 502 SUWANNEE CIRCLE.
11:53:43 I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT ONGOING RECKLESS DRIVING ISSUES ON
11:53:47 DAVIS ISLANDS WHICH ARE INTERCONNECTED WITH THE BAYSHORE
11:53:50 ISSUES AND DOWNTOWN ISSUES.
11:53:51 THEY ALL NEED TO BE ADDRESSED TOGETHER IF WE'RE GOING TO
11:53:54 SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.
11:53:55 THE PROBLEMS ARE CONCENTRATED ON EAST AND WEST DAVIS AND
11:53:58 SEVERN AROUND THE PARKS.
11:54:00 THAT MEANS THE PROBLEMS ARE THE WORST WHERE WE HAVE THE MOST
11:54:03 PEDESTRIANS AND BIKERS AND KIDS.
11:54:05 SECONDARILY, OF COURSE, THE NOISE FACTOR IS AN ISSUE BECAUSE
11:54:07 SO MANY OF THOSE PROBLEM VEHICLES ARE ILLEGALLY MODIFIED.
11:54:11 I CAN SPEAK TO THE SEVERITY AND THE FREQUENCY OF THE GENERAL
11:54:13 PROBLEM, BUT SPECIFICALLY TO AN INCIDENT I WITNESSED THIS
11:54:16 PREVIOUS SATURDAY WHERE THERE WAS A WRONG-WAY DRIVER IN THE
11:54:20 DI VILLAGE WITH A PASSENGER HANGING OUT OF THE CAR PROBABLY
11:54:25 TRAVELING ABOVE 60 MILES AN HOUR, CERTAINLY WELL ABOVE THE
11:54:28 40 THAT WE WERE SHOWED OF POSITIVE DEATHS IN MORE THAN 90%
11:54:32 OF THE PEDESTRIAN CRASHES THAT OCCUR.
11:54:34 THERE'S ACTUALLY A VERY GOOD VIDEO OF THIS.
11:54:36 UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S NOT ABLE TO BE SHOWN DURING THIS
11:54:38 MEETING.
11:54:39 IF YOU NEED IT OR WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT, YOU CAN E-MAIL ME AT
11:54:43 EMILYWAGNER206@GMAIL.
11:54:47 I'M HAPPY TO SHARE IT WITH YOU.
11:54:51 IT IS CONSTANT, AND IT'S NOT A MINOR NUISANCE.
11:54:51 IT'S A MAJOR PROBLEM.
11:54:51 THIS PART IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
11:54:54 WE AREN'T TALKING ABOUT SPEEDING THAT CAN BE FIXED BY
11:54:56 AWARENESS OR EDUCATION OR FEEDBACK SIGNS BECAUSE THESE
11:55:01 DRIVERS ARE SPEEDING INTENTIONALLY.
11:55:03 CONSIDER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAY THERE ARE ONLY, QUOTE,
11:55:06 SPORADIC PROBLEMS WHEN WE CAN ALL CLEARLY SEE THIS IS
11:55:09 OBVIOUSLY OCCURRING EVERY SINGLE DAY.
11:55:11 IT SUPPORTS THE AREA'S CONCERN THAT CITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
11:55:14 ARE STRANGELY UNRESPONSIVE HERE.
11:55:16 FROM THE CITY SPECIFICALLY, THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION BUT
11:55:22 NO MOVEMENT EVIDENT TO THE TYPICAL CONSTITUENT THAT THERE'S
11:55:26 NO APPARENT MOVEMENT TOWARD MITIGATION, LIKE SPEED TABLES
11:55:29 AND CAMERAS HAPPENING.
11:55:30 FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT, POLICE ARE RESPONSIVE TO CALLS BUT
11:55:35 THAT PRESENCE IS MOSTLY PASSIVE.
11:55:38 THE ENFORCEMENT THAT IS HAPPENING, IT'S JUST NOT SUFFICIENT
11:55:40 TO DECREASE THE PROBLEM.
11:55:42 IT'S BEING TREATED LIKE A NUISANCE RATHER THAN A MAJOR
11:55:45 PROBLEM.
11:55:45 SO THE PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE.
11:55:47 THE GENERAL FEELING IS WE'D LIKE TO SEE LAW ENFORCEMENT
11:55:50 CONDUCT A VISIBLE CONCERTED EFFORT TO ENFORCE AND DETER THIS
11:55:55 WITH MUCH HIGHER CONSEQUENCES THAN CURRENTLY EXISTS.
11:55:58 TO SUM IT UP IN A SENSE, I THINK RESIDENTS ARE FRUSTRATED
11:56:02 WITH THE PROBLEMS GOING ON AND ON WITH NO IMPROVEMENT AND
11:56:05 JUST GETTING WORSE.
11:56:06 WE WANT TO SEE SERIOUS CHANGES IN HOW THIS IS HANDLED.
11:56:09 I WOULD LIKE TO CONCLUDE BY POSING TWO QUESTIONS TO THE
11:56:11 COUNCIL.
11:56:12 ONE, REGARDING COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY AND LAW
11:56:14 ENFORCEMENT TO US.
11:56:15 WE NEED MORE THAN JUST TALK ABOUT IT.
11:56:17 WE NEED ACCOUNTABILITY.
11:56:18 SO WHERE CAN ANY AVERAGE RESIDENT SEE AND TRACK THE PLANS TO
11:56:23 ADDRESS THIS IN OUR AREA?
11:56:25 AS FAR AS COMMUNICATING TO YOU, WE DON'T WANT EMPTY
11:56:28 PLATITUDES WHEN WE REACH OUT TO YOU.
11:56:30 HOW CAN RESIDENTS DO A BETTER JOB OF EFFECTIVELY REPORTING
11:56:33 AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE CITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TO
11:56:34 PROVOKE MEANINGFUL ACTION?
11:56:36 THANK YOU FOR HOLDING THIS TODAY.
11:56:38 I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IT'S MY FIRST TIME TO PARTICIPATE IN
11:56:41 SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
11:56:42 I'M TELLING YOU THAT TO SHOW THAT IT IS A SERIOUS ENOUGH
11:56:47 ISSUE THAT WE COME TO THE TABLE.
11:56:50 I THINK THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS IS SIGNIFICANT AND SHOULD
11:56:52 BE CONSIDERED A MANDATE FOR SWIFT AND AGGRESSIVE ACTION.
11:56:55 THANK YOU.
11:56:59 >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU.
11:57:00 THE NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE IS CHRIS VELA.
11:57:04 >> HEY, EVERYBODY.
11:57:05 MY NAME IS CHRIS VELA.
11:57:07 I LIVE IN YBOR CITY.
11:57:11 I FEEL LIKE THESE WORKSHOPS ARE LIKE GROUNDHOG'S DAY.
11:57:15 WE'VE HAD A COUPLE.
11:57:17 LOT OF COMMENTS SAID.
11:57:19 PEOPLE STILL DIE ON THE ROAD AND IT'S VERY, VERY
11:57:21 AGGRAVATING.
11:57:22 I MET WITH THE CITY STAFF, JEAN, CALVIN, AT TIMES I TALKED
11:57:31 TO VIK AND I PROVIDED THEM WHY NEW F.D.O.T. EXITS DUMPING
11:57:36 INTO HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO MY
11:57:39 NEIGHBORHOOD IN YBOR CITY.
11:57:40 CAN YOU BELIEVE I HAVE TO EXPLAIN THAT TO THESE EXPERIENCED
11:57:44 FOLKS?
11:57:45 WHILE D.O.T. WAS HAVING PUBLIC MEETINGS ABOUT THIS PROJECT,
11:57:49 UNAWARE TO RESIDENTS IN EAST TAMPA, OUR OWN YCDC SPENT MONEY
11:57:54 DEVELOPING A SURVEY FOR THIS PROJECT WITH NO OPTION TO SAY
11:57:57 NO, WHICH IS INCREDIBLE.
11:57:59 AND THIS IS EXACTLY HOW F.D.O.T. AND THEA PLAYED TAMPA WITH
11:58:05 -- ROADS.
11:58:05 IF YOU DON'T WANT THEM, THEY'LL DO FUNDING THREATS TO
11:58:09 WITHHOLD ANY TYPE OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
11:58:12 TO DATE, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING FROM VIK OR ORLANDO ABOUT
11:58:15 THE TRAFFIC DATA THAT I PROVIDED TO SHOW THAT THIS EXIT WILL
11:58:20 BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
11:58:22 IN 2016, THE CITY D.O.T. TOLD US DURING A MEETING THAT IF WE
11:58:28 DON'T ACCEPT INTERSTATE WIDENING WE WON'T GET -- THAT'S WHY
11:58:35 I SAY A LOT OF THE DECISIONS THAT COME OUT OF THE COUNTY AND
11:58:37 CITY ARE ONES THAT ARE BASED ON PROMOTIONS AND PENSIONS AND
11:58:40 NOT FOR THE WELFARE OF OUR CITIZENS.
11:58:42 AND WHY IS THIS A LOCAL ISSUE TO THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION?
11:58:46 WELL, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE CAUSED A -- SHOULDN'T HAVE CARS
11:58:49 FROM 60 MILES AN HOUR FROM AN EXPRESSWAY INTERSTATE
11:58:52 INTERFACING WITH OLD NEIGHBORHOODS WITH GRIDS OR
11:58:54 NEIGHBORHOODS WITH PARKS OR CIVIC SPACES WHERE WE NEED TO
11:58:57 HAVE SAFE ROADS.
11:58:59 THIS IS STRAIGHT UP COMMON SENSE.
11:59:02 NOR FOUR, SIX LANE ROADS IN NEIGHBORHOODS OR FAST MULTIPLE
11:59:05 ONES CUTTING THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS.
11:59:07 THIS IS A BIG REASON WHY WE ARE IN THE TOP TEN UNDER STREET
11:59:11 BLOCKS DANGEROUS BY DESIGN.
11:59:13 THIS IS SIMPLY A BIG RED X ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE HAVE
11:59:22 DANGEROUS ROADS.
11:59:27 THE PROBLEM STOPS THERE WHEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY LEAVING
11:59:31 US STRANDED.
11:59:33 SO DEADLY WITH BEHAVIOR CONTROL OVER INTUITION WHICH CAN BE
11:59:39 ADDRESSED BY BETTER ROAD DESIGN.
11:59:41 VIK SHOULDN'T LIMIT HIMSELF TO SPEED.
11:59:44 TRANSPORTATION SHOULD BE BASED ON CARBON FOOTPRINT
11:59:47 REDUCTIONS.
11:59:48 IT LITERALLY CONTROLS SPEED, PROMOTES EQUITY WITH
11:59:51 TRANSPORTATION MODES AND, YES, HELPS WITH SPEED.
11:59:54 TRANSPORTATION ALSO HAS A CENTER POINT.
11:59:57 THAT IS PEOPLE OF ALL AGES ALWAYS COME FIRST, NOT CARS, NOT
12:00:02 VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED AND NOT CAR LEVEL OF SERVICE.
12:00:05 TAMPA, WE HAVE AN OBSESSION OF GETTING THE LARGEST SUVs
12:00:09 AND TRUCKS.
12:00:10 IT ISN'T JUST ABOUT PERFORMANCE.
12:00:11 IT'S GEOMETRY.
12:00:13 THERE'S NO REASON TO OWN A CAR.
12:00:16 [RINGING]
12:00:17 ALL RIGHT.
12:00:18 THANK YOU.
12:00:19 >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU.
12:00:20 THE NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE IS LOUIS VILA ROSA.
12:00:24 IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, PLEASE UNMUTE YOUR LINE.
12:00:31 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
12:00:33 >>THE CLERK: YES, WE CAN.
12:00:34 >> I THINK MY INITIAL COMMENT WAS TO PROMOTE IN THE VERY
12:00:39 FUTURE OF CLOSING DOWN WATERSIDE LANES ON BAYSHORE ON
12:00:48 WEEKENDS.
12:00:49 I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT.
12:00:51 SPEEDING IS NOT THE ONLY ISSUE.
12:00:53 TEXTING IS A MAJOR ISSUE I HAD TWO FRIENDS HIT IN BROAD
12:00:58 DAYLIGHT BY SOMEONE RUNNING A RED LIGHT WHILE THEY WERE
12:01:01 DISTRACTED BY SOME KIND OF DEVICE IN THEIR CAR.
12:01:03 I DON'T KNOW WHERE SPEED WOULD HELP THAT ON BAYSHORE.
12:01:07 I THINK IT HAS TO BE CLOSED DOWN.
12:01:08 I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT --
12:01:17 [OVERLAPPING AUDIO]
12:01:20 >>LUIS VIERA: I'M SORRY.
12:01:21 LET'S STOP THE CLOCK.
12:01:22 I THINK SOMEBODY ISN'T MUTING THEIR PHONE.
12:01:24 THIS IS LUIS VIERA.
12:01:27 ORLANDO, I THINK THAT'S YOU, BUDDY.
12:01:33 LET'S HOLD JUST ONE MINUTE.
12:01:57 YOU KNOW WHAT?
12:02:13 SO WE DON'T HEAR COUNCILMAN GUDES' CONVERSATION, GO AHEAD,
12:02:16 SIR.
12:02:17 I'LL GIVE YOU THE FULL THREE MINUTES JUST TO MAKE UP FOR
12:02:21 THAT.
12:02:21 GO AHEAD, SIR.
12:02:22 SULING, START THE CLOCK OVER.
12:02:30 YOU CAN CONTINUE, SIR.
12:02:32 >> ARE YOU TALKING TO MR. VILA ROSA?
12:02:34 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
12:02:35 LOUIS.
12:02:39 >> I CERTAINLY WOULD WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT WE LOOK STRONGLY
12:02:43 INTO CLOSING DOWN THE WATERSIDE LANES OF BAYSHORE ON A
12:02:48 WEEKEND BASIS.
12:02:50 SPEEDING PROBLEM, OTHER PROBLEMS.
12:02:53 I'VE HAD TWO FRIENDS THAT WERE HIT BY PEOPLE WHO WERE
12:02:58 DISTRACTED BY SOME DEVICE ON THEIR VEHICLE.
12:03:01 THIS WAS IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.
12:03:02 SO SPEEDING IS NOT THE ONLY PROBLEM.
12:03:05 TEXTING IS A MAJOR PROBLEM AND OTHER DISTRACTIONS IN THE
12:03:10 VEHICLE.
12:03:10 I HOPE THAT THE CITY WILL STRONGLY LOOK AT CLOSING DOWN THE
12:03:14 WATERSIDE LANES ON BAYSHORE.
12:03:17 I THINK THAT'S THE ULTIMATE SOLUTION.
12:03:19 I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
12:03:20 OKAY.
12:03:26 I'M DONE.
12:03:27 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
12:03:28 WE THANK YOU.
12:03:29 SULING, ARE YOU THERE?
12:03:31 >>THE CLERK: YES, THANK YOU.
12:03:32 THE NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE IS ERIN ELSER.
12:03:36 >> HI.
12:03:36 CAN YOU HEAR ME?
12:03:38 >>THE CLERK: YES, WE CAN.
12:03:39 >> GOOD MORNING.
12:03:40 ACTUALLY, GOOD AFTERNOON.
12:03:40 MY NAME IS ERIN ELSER.
12:03:42 2519 CROWDER LANE RIGHT BEHIND FRED BALL PARK.
12:03:46 MY FAMILY AND I WILL CELEBRATE OUR 20-YEAR ANNIVERSARY IN
12:03:49 TAMPA THIS JULY.
12:03:51 I AM VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.
12:03:53 MY FAMILY RUNS A LOCAL TITLE INSURANCE AGENCY HERE AS WELL
12:03:56 AND THEY, TOO, REMAIN VERY ENGAGED LOCALLY.
12:03:59 MY FATHER SERVES AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AT
12:04:01 TAMPA/HILLSBOROUGH EXPRESSWAY AUTHORITY.
12:04:02 HE, TOO, IS ON THE CALL TODAY AND UNDERSTANDS THE CONCERNS
12:04:05 AND SHARES THE DESIRE TO CHANGE THE TRAFFIC FLOW.
12:04:08 NEWS TO REPORT WHEN ROAD USAGE RETURNS TO NORMAL.
12:04:11 MOST IMPORTANTLY, I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE WE LOVE OUR
12:04:14 BAYSHORE BOULEVARD.
12:04:15 I SAY "WE" REFERRING TO MYSELF, MY HUSBAND, MY NINE-YEAR-OLD
12:04:19 STEP DAUGHTER, MY PARENTS AND MY SISTER.
12:04:22 WE CONSUME BAYSHORE DAILY WHETHER RUNNING, WALKING, BIKING
12:04:26 OR SHORT DRIVE TO THE OFFICE OR ON THE WAY TO OUR HOMES.
12:04:29 WE HAVE PURPOSELY CHOSEN OUR HOMES AND OFFICE TO BE CLOSE TO
12:04:33 BAYSHORE AS IT IS TRULY A TREASURE AND ONE BLESSED TO HAVE
12:04:36 IN THE BACKYARD.
12:04:37 BAYSHORE IS A PARK.
12:04:38 NOT A HIGHWAY, DESPITE HOW DESIGNED AND TREATED.
12:04:41 PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED IN THE LONG STRETCHES AS YOU KNOW OF
12:04:43 UNINTERRUPTED PAVEMENT WELCOMES SPEEDING AND PERPETUATES
12:04:47 DANGEROUS BEHAVIORS BY OUR DRIVERS.
12:04:49 IN MAY OF 2018, MY MOTHER WITNESSED A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT
12:04:53 UNFOLD BY HER EYES AS JESSICA AND LILLIA WERE STRUCK.
12:05:01 I RECEIVED MY MOTHER'S HORRIFYING CALLS, UNABLE TO MAKE
12:05:05 SENSE WHAT HAPPENED, I RAN DOWN TO BAYSHORE TO FIND HER.
12:05:08 INSTEAD WHAT I FOUND WAS THE MOST HORRIFYING SCENE.
12:05:12 LIFELESS BODIES OF JESSICA AND HER BABY GIRL AND THREE VERY
12:05:17 VISIBLY SHAKEN AND SHELL-SHOCKED TEENAGERS SITTING IN THE
12:05:18 MEDIAN.
12:05:19 NOW, ME LIKE OTHERS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SHAKE THAT IMAGE
12:05:23 FROM MY MIND.
12:05:24 I FEAR ONE DAY IT COULD BE ME OR ONE OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS OR
12:05:29 FRIENDS.
12:05:29 WHEN THE RECENT FLASHING CROSSWALKS WERE INSTALLED AND THE
12:05:33 SPEED LIMIT WAS LOWERED I WAS HAPPY.
12:05:34 I THOUGHT, OKAY, THIS IS A START.
12:05:36 MAYBE BAYSHORE WILL START TO FEEL A BIT SAFER.
12:05:39 IT'S NOT.
12:05:39 IT'S FAR FROM IT.
12:05:41 I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I PUSH THAT SIGNAL, I WAIT,
12:05:43 BUT I STILL WATCH CARS FLY THROUGH THE CROSSWALK IN AN
12:05:47 EFFORT TO BEAT THE SIGNAL BEFORE I START TO CROSS WITH MY
12:05:50 NINE-YEAR-OLD IN TOW.
12:05:52 FAST-FORWARD TO NOT ONE BUT TWO MORE FATAL.
12:05:58 TWO.
12:06:01 GEORGE GAGE AND HAL FLOWERS JUNIOR.
12:06:04 I AM DISHEARTENED AND FEARFUL.
12:06:05 OUR BEAUTIFUL BAYSHORE IS TURNING INTO A MORGUE AND I NO
12:06:09 LONGER FEEL SAFE OR FEEL THE SAME SENTIMENTS OF JOY AND
12:06:13 SAFETY THAT I ONCE FELT.
12:06:14 NOW, I MAY NOT HAVE ALL OF THE ANSWERS, AND TRUST ME, I AM
12:06:15 WELL AWARE THERE ARE OTHER AREAS IN TAMPA THAT EXPERIENCED
12:06:19 FAR MORE ACCIDENTS DAILY BUT BAYSHORE NEEDS TO REMAIN A PARK
12:06:25 AND FEEL SAFE IN DOING SO.
12:06:26 AN INCREASED POLICE PRESENCE ON BAYSHORE AND I'M GRATEFUL
12:06:30 FOR THAT UNTIL WE DESIGN THE BAYSHORE AND CULTURE AND CHANGE
12:06:33 HOW IT IS TREATED WE WILL INEVITABLY FACE FURTHER TRAGEDY.
12:06:36 I'M CALLING ON OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS
12:06:39 TODAY TO RALLY TOGETHER IN SUPPORT OF REIMAGINING BAYSHORE
12:06:42 WITH LOWER SPEED LIMITS, INCREASED PATROLLING, MORE TRAFFIC
12:06:42 LIGHTS, SEPARATION BETWEEN VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS, IN AN
12:06:46 IDEAL WORLD CLOSING THE WATERSIDE LANES.
12:06:49 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
12:06:50 >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU.
12:06:52 THE NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE IS ALEXANDER HERNANDEZ.
12:06:57 >> HOW DO YOU DO?
12:06:58 CAN YOU HEAR ME?
12:06:59 >>THE CLERK: YES, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SPEAK.
12:07:02 >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
12:07:02 MY NAME IS ALEX HERNANDEZ.
12:07:05 10063 CARDERO.
12:07:07 LET ME START BY SAYING THAT I DO OCCASIONALLY DRIVE ON
12:07:10 BAYSHORE BOULEVARD HEADED INTO MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE.
12:07:13 I RECOGNIZE THE BEAUTY IT PROVIDES TO OUR CITY AND THE
12:07:17 IMPORTANCE AS AN ECONOMIC AESTHETIC TO TAMPA BAY.
12:07:20 THE TRUTH TO THE MATTER IS THAT SPEEDING IS IN AND OF ITSELF
12:07:23 A DANGER, BUT A REAL LOOK TO HOW IT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED
12:07:27 BEFORE ANY SOLUTIONS ARE AGREED UPON OR ECONOMIC IMPACT IS
12:07:32 FELT.
12:07:32 VEHICLES ARE ONLY ONE ASPECT OF WHAT SHOULD BE DISCUSSED.
12:07:36 PEOPLE ON FOOT OR BIKES OR SADLY SOMETIMES JUST AS MUCH THE
12:07:41 CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM.
12:07:42 CITIZENS USE THE THOROUGHFARE FOR TWO REASONS, PRACTICAL
12:07:46 UTILIZATION AND/OR SCENIC ROUTE TO GET SOMEWHERE.
12:07:49 IF WE VALUE THE VIEW OF THE ROUTE OVER THE SAFETY OF ALL
12:07:54 CITIZENS, WE LIMIT OUR ABILITY TO ACT.
12:07:56 THE TRUTH IS, THOSE PEDESTRIANS WHO LIVE CLOSE DON'T WANT TO
12:08:00 CHANGE THE VIEW FROM THE INNER SIDE, AND I PRESUME LIKE THE
12:08:05 IDEA OF ONE HUGE CROSSWALK TO GET NEAR THE WATER AT ANY
12:08:09 POINT THEY CHOOSE.
12:08:10 THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE AS THE ONLY INDIVIDUALS
12:08:12 WHO DO NOT HAVE TO CROSS THE BOULEVARD LIVE AT THE FURTHEST
12:08:16 END TO BE ON THE WATERSIDE.
12:08:17 DRIVERS EQUALLY WANT TO ENJOY THE DRIVE BUT ARE NOW THE
12:08:26 AUTOMATIC VILLAIN AND CAN NO LONGER ENJOY THE SCENE NO
12:08:30 MATTER HOW LOW YOU PUT THE SPEED LIMIT AND UNFORTUNATELY USE
12:08:33 THE ROAD HASTILY TO GET WHERE THEY ARE GOING.
12:08:37 ADDITIONALLY, BAYSHORE IS USED BECAUSE STREETS INLAND HAVE
12:08:40 CARS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET THAT MAKE THE LANES TOO
12:08:43 NARROW TO BE USED AS AN ALTERNATE TO THE BOULEVARD.
12:08:46 DEFINITELY WHEN CARS ARE GOING BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH.
12:08:49 IF SPEEDING IS THE ONLY ISSUE AT HAND, YOU CAN ADD ROAD
12:08:53 BUMPS, BLOCK OFF ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION, SET UP CAMERAS
12:08:57 TO TICKET SPEEDERS, CLEAR OTHER STREETS TO ALLOW FOR
12:09:01 ALTERNATE ROUTES.
12:09:03 IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THE DANGERS TO PEDESTRIANS, YOU CAN
12:09:06 BUILD A SMALL WALL ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD THAT ALLOWS FOR
12:09:09 ENTRY AT ALREADY DESIGNATED CROSSWALKS AND/OR CAMERAS TO
12:09:14 TICKET THEM AS WELL.
12:09:15 MAYBE BUILD A BRIDGE TO GET TO THE WATERSIDE.
12:09:18 MAYBE ALLOW FOR BAYSHORE PROPERTY, ROADS INCLUDED, TO BE
12:09:22 BOUGHT.
12:09:23 DECIDE IF THE VIEW OR SAFETY IS REALLY THE ISSUE HERE.
12:09:26 I ONLY ASK THAT THE SITUATION AND ITS SOLUTIONS BE HOLISTIC
12:09:30 AND TRANSPARENT IN WHAT IS IT TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, SUCH AS
12:09:36 CONTINUE TO SHOW THE BEAUTY OF TAMPA BAY FOR ENJOYMENT AS
12:09:40 WELL AS ECONOMIC MARKETING AND USE THE TIME OF MINIMIZED
12:09:43 TRAFFIC TO MAKE ANY CONSTRUCTION CHANGES.
12:09:45 THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
12:09:48 AS ALWAYS, STAY SAFE.
12:09:51 >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
12:09:52 NEXT WE HAVE ROCHELLE REBACK.
12:09:54 ROCHELLE, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, PLEASE UNMUTE YOUR LINE.
12:10:09 >>LUIS VIERA: ROCHELLE, ARE YOU THERE?
12:10:13 >>THE CLERK: OKAY, CHAIR.
12:10:15 SHE WAS HAVING TECHNICAL ISSUES EARLIER, SO SHE DID SEND HER
12:10:19 COMMENT TO ME DIRECTLY AND ASKED IF I COULD READ HER
12:10:21 STATEMENT IF SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO GET ON THE LINE.
12:10:24 >>LUIS VIERA: OF COURSE, YOU MAY.
12:10:26 GO FOR IT.
12:10:28 >>THE CLERK: MY NAME IS ROCHELLE REBACK.
12:10:30 I HAVE LIVED ON VARIOUS STREETS IN SOUTH TAMPA ALL ADJACENT
12:10:33 TO THE BAYSHORE FOR 35 YEARS.
12:10:35 OVER THE YEARS, THE BAYSHORE, THE JEWEL OF TAMPA'S PARKS,
12:10:38 HAS BECOME NOW A DEADLY AND DANGEROUS ROADWAY IN NEED OF
12:10:42 CHANGE.
12:10:42 THAT RECOGNITION HAS TO BE OUR STARTING POINT.
12:10:47 IRONICALLY, AS I LISTEN TO THIS HEARING, TPD SAYS THAT DRAG
12:10:52 RACING IS NOT A BIG ISSUE ON BAYSHORE, YET EVERY SPEAKER SO
12:10:57 FAR WHO LIVES NEAR THE BAYSHORE HAS TALKED ABOUT
12:11:00 EXPERIENCING SPEEDING AND HEARING THE MOTORCYCLE RACING ON
12:11:03 BAYSHORE EVERY MONTH.
12:11:05 IT MAY BE ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE BUT IT IS STILL TRUE.
12:11:08 I BELIEVE THE BAYSHORE SHOULD BE TREATED AS THE LINEAR PARK
12:11:13 IT IS, NOT AS THE COMMUTER HIGHWAY AND SPEEDWAY.
12:11:17 I LOST MY SPOT HERE.
12:11:21 GIVE ME A SECOND.
12:11:22 IT HAS BECOME.
12:11:23 IT SHOULD BE REFORMED IN WAYS THAT ENHANCE THE CHARTER AS A
12:11:27 PARK -- CHARACTER AS A PARK AND ENCOURAGES ITS USE AS A PARK
12:11:31 WHICH MEANS IMPROVING IT FOR THE USE OF BICYCLE COMMUTERS
12:11:33 AND RECREATION FIRST.
12:11:35 AND FOR SAFE VEHICLE TRAFFIC SECOND.
12:11:37 IF WE FOLLOW THESE PRIORITIES, WE WILL NATURALLY ADDRESS THE
12:11:41 SPEEDING AND DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS THAT THE CURRENT
12:11:44 CONFIGURATION OF THE ROAD ENCOURAGES.
12:11:46 WITH THAT IN MIND, WE NEED TO CLOSE THE TWO NORTHBOUND
12:11:49 WATERSIDE LANES, AND THAT SPACE WE SHOULD ADD A PROTECTED
12:11:53 TWO-WAY BIKE LANE ADJACENT TO THE MEDIAN THAT SEPARATES
12:11:57 BIKERS FROM PEDESTRIANS ADJACENT TO THE WATER.
12:11:59 RIGHT NOW, THE SIDEWALK IS OVERCROWDED WITH BIKES AND
12:12:03 STROLLER AND PEDESTRIANS BECAUSE THE BICYCLISTS ARE AFRAID
12:12:06 TO RIDE INTO THE ROADWAY AND THERE IS TOO MUCH COMPETITION
12:12:10 FOR THE NARROW SIDEWALK.
12:12:11 A PROTECTED BIKE PATH COULD ALSO BE USED AND ONLY SHARED
12:12:22 WITH EMERGENCY VEHICLES HEADED TO TGH.
12:12:25 NOW, EMERGENCY VEHICLES SHARE THE ROADS WITH CARS.
12:12:28 THEY USE A SIREN AND CARS MOVE ASIDE.
12:12:31 BIKES COULD DO THE SAME.
12:12:32 PREFERABLY THIS NEW BICYCLE PARKWAY SHOULD BE CREATED USING
12:12:35 SOME SORT OF -- MATERIAL TO HELP WITH FLOODING.
12:12:39 WE SHOULD LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT TO 25 MILES PER HOUR AND THE
12:12:42 REMAINING TWO NORTH, SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC LANES, THOSE LANES
12:12:47 SHOULD BE THEN TWO ONE-WAY LANES.
12:12:50 EACH GOING NORTH AND SOUTH.
12:12:51 THIS WOULD ENCOURAGE COMMUTERS TO USE THE CROSSTOWN AS THEY
12:12:55 SHOULD MAKING BAYSHORE TRAFFIC SUBJECT TO ONE LANE TRAVEL
12:12:58 EACH WAY WHILE STILL ALLOWING EMERGENCY VEHICLES A WAY TO
12:13:01 GET TO TGH QUICKLY ON THE BIKE PATH.
12:13:04 EASILY DECREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF SPEEDING AND PASSING.
12:13:08 ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES AND CROSSWALKS WOULD ALSO
12:13:11 HELP.
12:13:11 MAKING THE SOUTHBOUND LANES INTO ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC EACH
12:13:15 WAY WOULD DO THE MOST TO DECREASE SPEEDING.
12:13:17 WE SHOULD EXPAND THE WIDTH OF THE WATERSIDE SIDEWALK FOR
12:13:22 PEDESTRIANS, ROLLERBLADERS, STROLLER, POWER WALKERS AND THE
12:13:26 LIKE.
12:13:26 WE SHOULD INCREASE THE NUMBERS OF CROSSWALKS DOWN THE
12:13:29 BAYSHORE.
12:13:30 SIMPLY ADD AN ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC LIGHT WOULD NOT SOLVE THE
12:13:33 SPEEDING PROBLEMS AS EXPLAINED IN MANY ARTICLES SPECIFICALLY
12:13:36 BY A PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH.
12:13:39 WE LITERALLY -- WHO LITERALLY WROTE THE BOOK ON TRAFFIC
12:13:43 CALMING.
12:13:44 STOP SIGNS AND TRAFFIC LIGHTS TEND TO INCREASE DRIVERS SPEED
12:13:50 BETWEEN THEM.
12:13:51 TO MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME.
12:13:52 IN ALL WE SHOULD REMAKE AND RECONFIGURE THE BAYSHORE WITH
12:13:56 PRIORITIES FOR SAFE RECREATION AND BICYCLE COMMUTING FIRST
12:13:59 AND FOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC SECOND.
12:14:01 THIS WOULD ENHANCE ITS VALUE TO THE CITY AS A SIGNATURE
12:14:04 RECREATION AREA AND ALSO SERVE TO REDUCE THE VEHICLE SPEED
12:14:08 OF THE VEHICLES WHO USE IT.
12:14:09 THANK YOU.
12:14:12 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SULING, FOR READING THAT.
12:14:15 I JUST WANTED TO SAY, BEFORE YOU GO FORWARD, SULING, YOU'RE
12:14:19 DOING A GREAT JOB.
12:14:20 THANK YOU.
12:14:21 GO AHEAD.
12:14:22 >>THE CLERK: NO PROBLEM.
12:14:23 NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO BETH -- HER LAST NAME IS
12:14:27 SPELLED B-A-T-R.
12:14:33 I'LL SEE IF SHE WILL SELF-UNMUTE.
12:14:38 BETH, IF YOU COULD HEAR ME, PLEASE UNMUTE YOUR LINE.
12:14:45 >>LUIS VIERA: ARE YOU THERE, BETH?
12:14:52 >>THE CLERK: THOSE ARE ALL THE SPEAKERS THAT HAVE LOGGED ON.
12:14:59 >>LUIS VIERA: THAT'S ALL THE SPEAKERS THAT WE HAVE?
12:15:04 >>THE CLERK: THAT IS CORRECT.
12:15:05 EVERYONE HAS NOT LOGGED IN.
12:15:07 WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 17 REGISTERED THAT DID NOT LOG IN --
12:15:11 >> EXCUSE ME.
12:15:12 I JUST UNMUTED.
12:15:14 THIS IS BETH.
12:15:14 I'M NOT VERY ASTUTE AT THIS MACHINE I'VE GOT IN FRONT OF ME.
12:15:23 BETH DARR.
12:15:25 3301 BAYSHORE BOULEVARD, UNIT 1207, TAMPA, 33629.
12:15:31 I THANK YOU ALL WHO PARTICIPATED TODAY, AND THANK YOU FOR
12:15:35 LETTING ME PUT MY TWO CENTS IN.
12:15:37 I DON'T HAVE VERY MUCH TO SAY EXCEPT TO COMMEND THOSE WHO SO
12:15:41 ELOQUENTLY HAVE SPOKEN.
12:15:43 THE TWO THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THAT I BELIEVE THAT
12:15:51 THE EDUCATION IS GOOD, BUT I THINK IT IS FAR OUTWEIGHTED BY
12:15:56 THE NEED FOR US TO HAVE ENFORCEMENT.
12:15:58 YOU CAN'T MAKE PEOPLE BE LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE IF THEY DON'T
12:16:06 WANT TO.
12:16:06 I THINK THAT THE DETERRENT WOULD BE A LITTLE HEALTHY FEAR OF
12:16:11 GETTING A TICKET.
12:16:12 I AGREE WITH INCREASING THE TICKET.
12:16:15 I WOULDN'T MIND BAYSHORE BOULEVARD BEING KNOWN AS A SPEED
12:16:19 TRAP.
12:16:20 I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD BE ENTAILED IN THAT.
12:16:22 AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD BE AGAINST THAT, BUT I REALLY DO
12:16:24 THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE MORE PATROLLING AND MORE
12:16:29 STRINGENT PUNISHMENT FOR THAT.
12:16:32 THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO JUST USE IT AS A SHOW-OFF
12:16:36 PLACE TO SAY, "OH, LOOK HOW FAST I CAN GO.
12:16:39 LOOK HOW MUCH NOISE I CAN MAKE."
12:16:41 I KNOW THEY ENJOY HEARING THE ECHO OFF THE CONDOS ON
12:16:45 BAYSHORE.
12:16:46 I UNDERSTAND 500 TICKETS HAVE BEEN ISSUED THIS PAST YEAR,
12:16:49 AND THAT WAS LESS THAN TWO PER DAY.
12:16:52 I THINK WARNINGS ARE WONDERFUL, BUT I STILL THINK WE NEED A
12:16:56 HEALTHY DETERRENT TO MAKE PEOPLE STOP AND SLOW DOWN.
12:17:00 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME PUT MY TWO CENTS IN.
12:17:04 THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR ALL THAT YOU ARE DOING TOWARD MAKING
12:17:06 OUR AREA.
12:17:08 ONE MORE THING, I UNDERSTAND SEVERAL YEARS AGO THAT A
12:17:12 PRIVATE CITIZEN DONATED 19 MOTORCYCLES TO THE POLICE
12:17:16 DEPARTMENT TO USE -- TO CURTAIL SPEEDING ON BAYSHORE, AND
12:17:22 THAT THEY WERE USED HEAVILY.
12:17:26 AFTER THEN, THERE WAS ALMOST NO INCIDENT OF ANYTHING BAD
12:17:31 HAPPENING ON BAYSHORE.
12:17:32 I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MOTORCYCLES OR HOW LONG
12:17:34 AGO IT WAS OR EVEN IF IT WASN'T TRUE, BUT I'VE BEEN TOLD BY
12:17:37 SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT IT WAS TRUE.
12:17:39 ANY MERIT IN US TAKING UP A COLLECTION FOR MOTORCYCLES FOR
12:17:46 THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND PAY SOME PEOPLE TO UTILIZE THEM.
12:17:51 I WOULD BE WILLING TO CONTRIBUTE A HEFTY SUM FOR THAT.
12:17:54 THANK YOU AGAIN.
12:17:57 BYE-BYE.
12:17:57 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
12:17:58 SULING, SO NOBODY ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT?
12:18:02 >>THE CLERK: NO, SIR.
12:18:03 EVERYONE ON THE LIST HAS BEEN SPOKEN FOR EXCEPT FOR THOSE
12:18:07 THAT DID NOT LOG ON.
12:18:09 >>BILL CARLSON: CHELSEA JOHNSON TEXTED ME AND SAID SHE'S
12:18:14 WAITING.
12:18:15 I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S ON THE LIST.
12:18:16 >>THE CLERK: SHE IS NOT ON THE LIST.
12:18:19 >>LUIS VIERA: IS ANYBODY ELSE WAITING?
12:18:26 >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE 17 PEOPLE THAT DID NOT SPEAK, BUT THEY
12:18:29 DID NOT LOG IN.
12:18:31 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
12:18:31 IF CHELSEA WANTS TO SPEAK FOR TWO MINUTES, IF -- I WANT TO
12:18:36 MAKE SURE, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO IS WAITING TO SPEAK WHO
12:18:42 HAS NOT REGISTERED?
12:18:43 >>THE CLERK: IF THAT'S THE CASE, WE HAVE CHELSEA JOHNSON AND
12:18:47 MARIA COSTELLO ALSO REQUESTING TO SPEAK THAT IS NOT ON THE
12:18:52 LIST.
12:18:52 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
12:18:53 SINCE WE HAD SO MANY NO-SHOWS, I'LL LET THOSE TWO FOLKS
12:18:58 SPEAK.
12:18:58 THREE MINUTES APIECE.
12:19:00 I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
12:19:01 >>THE CLERK: CHELSEA JOHNSON, YOU MAY SPEAK NOW FOR THREE
12:19:07 MINUTES.
12:19:07 >> HI.
12:19:08 CHELSEA JOHNSON, 3313 HOME COURT IN BAYSHORE BOULEVARD.
12:19:12 I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF SOUTH TAMPA, AND I'VE LIVED IN
12:19:16 BAYSHORE BEAUTIFUL FOR ALMOST FIVE YEARS NOW.
12:19:19 I DID REGISTER TO SPEAK, AND I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN ON THIS CALL
12:19:24 SINCE IT STARTED.
12:19:25 I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME SOME TIME BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN
12:19:28 WAITING FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS.
12:19:30 I'VE LISTENED TO ALL THE COMMENTS, AND I HAVE A FEW THINGS
12:19:35 THAT I WANTED TO ADD.
12:19:36 IN MY CAPACITY AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT, I
12:19:43 GET COMPLAINTS ABOUT TRAFFIC AND SPEEDERS, AND ALSO
12:19:48 CYCLISTS.
12:19:50 MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS LAUNCHING SOMETHING CALLED
12:19:53 BELLS ON BIKES.
12:19:56 WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.
12:19:58 WE'RE JUST GETTING IT OFF THE GROUND WITH A VOLUNTEER THAT'S
12:20:01 VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS THAT FEELS THAT CYCLISTS ARE NOT
12:20:08 ALERTING PEDESTRIANS OF THEIR PRESENCE AND SOMETIMES THEY
12:20:11 ARE GOING VERY FAST.
12:20:12 SO WE DO WANT TO WORK WITH THE CYCLISTS TO INCREASE THE
12:20:16 SAFETY FOR PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS AS WELL.
12:20:20 THE BAYSHORE BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HAS
12:20:25 DISCUSSED WITH THE ELECTED OFFICIALS CLOSING BAYSHORE
12:20:27 BOULEVARD DATING ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1995.
12:20:33 AT THAT TIME, COUNCILMAN BOB BUCKHORN THAT WAS PROPOSING
12:20:37 THAT THE CITY CLOSE LANES ON BAYSHORE BOULEVARD ON SUNDAYS.
12:20:40 OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OPPOSED THIS IN 1995.
12:20:45 THE REASONS WERE TRAFFIC, LACK OF PARKING, LACK OF
12:20:50 NEIGHBORHOOD AND PARK AMENITIES THAT PEOPLE EXPECT WITH A
12:20:54 PARK SUCH AS RESTROOMS AND PARKING AND OTHER AMENITIES THAT
12:20:59 YOU ASSOCIATE WITH A PARK.
12:21:01 IT IS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
12:21:04 IT ACCOMMODATES TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CARS EVERY SINGLE DAY,
12:21:08 AND OUR CONCERN AS NEIGHBORS OF BAYSHORE BOULEVARD IS WHERE
12:21:14 THAT TRAFFIC WILL GO IF STREETS ARE CLOSED DOWN, IF THE
12:21:20 SPEED LIMIT IS DECREASED.
12:21:22 CURRENTLY MacDILL WAS 35 MILES PER HOUR.
12:21:24 IF BAYSHORE BOULEVARD IS REDUCED TO 30 MILES PER HOUR, THOSE
12:21:27 CARS WILL CHOOSE THE 35 MILES PER HOUR ROUTE ON MacDILL,
12:21:32 WHICH IS VERY NARROW, DOES NOT HAVE SIDEWALKS, DOES NOT HAVE
12:21:35 CURBS, AND HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN THE SAFETY ATTENTION THAT
12:21:38 BAYSHORE BOULEVARD HAS BEEN GIVEN.
12:21:40 OUR RESIDENTS SUFFER DAILY TRYING TO CROSS MacDILL AND
12:21:44 HIMES.
12:21:45 IT HAS BECOME UNSAFE TO DO SO ON FOOT.
12:21:48 I KNOW I PERSONALLY USE MY CAR BECAUSE I FEEL SAFER IN THE
12:21:53 CAR IF I'M GOING TO GET HIT BY A SPEEDING VEHICLE.
12:21:56 WE DO ASK OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THE PROFESSIONALS TO
12:22:02 EVALUATE MacDILL AND HIMES WHILE THEY ARE DEALING WITH
12:22:05 THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS OF BAYSHORE BOULEVARD.
12:22:09 ULTIMATELY, OUR NARROW STREETS WILL BE SHOULDERING THAT
12:22:12 EXTRA TRAFFIC.
12:22:13 THANK YOU.
12:22:15 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
12:22:17 >>THE CLERK: CHAIR, WE DO HAVE RICK FERNANDEZ WAS ABLE TO
12:22:20 LOG IN, SO HE WOULD BE THE NEXT SPEAKER.
12:22:23 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
12:22:24 GO AHEAD.
12:22:24 MR. FERNANDEZ.
12:22:25 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
12:22:28 ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR ME?
12:22:30 >>THE CLERK: YES.
12:22:31 >>LUIS VIERA: SIR, WE ARE.
12:22:33 >> THANK YOU.
12:22:34 I APPRECIATE IT.
12:22:35 I HAD AN EMERGENCY THIS MORNING AND WASN'T ABLE TO LOG IN AT
12:22:38 THE FRONT END.
12:22:38 I APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO GET IN LATE.
12:22:40 I HAVE NOT HEARD ALL OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
12:22:43 IN FACT, I ONLY HEARD ABOUT THE LAST TEN MINUTES' WORTH.
12:22:47 I AM A BIT BEHIND THE POWER CURVE.
12:22:50 I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW WHAT JOSH FRANK SAID TO YOU
12:22:52 FOLKS EARLIER IN THE DAY.
12:22:53 I DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO ASSOCIATE MYSELF WITH THOSE
12:22:57 COMMENTS.
12:22:58 I'LL SIMPLY SAY AS A REPRESENTATIVE AND A RESIDENT OF THE
12:23:02 TAMPA HEIGHTS COMMUNITY IN DISTRICT THREE AT-LARGE, THAT WE
12:23:08 SEE EVERY DAY THE RESULTS OF ROADS THAT ARE DESIGNED FOR
12:23:13 SPEED.
12:23:15 THEY ARE GOING TO RESULT IN DEATH.
12:23:20 THEY ARE ALSO DESIGNED TO KILL.
12:23:23 THAT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT WE SEE THE REALITIES OF IT EVERY
12:23:26 SINGLE DAY, AND WE CERTAINLY SEE THAT REALITY IN TERMS OF
12:23:29 THE NATIONAL STATISTICS AND WHERE IT IS WE STAND AMONG OUR
12:23:34 PEER METROPOLITAN AREAS WHEN IT COMES TO FATALITIES.
12:23:38 THAT'S ON US.
12:23:39 THAT'S ON THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE WATCH, AND WE'RE ALL ON
12:23:42 THE WATCH IF WE'RE BEING RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS.
12:23:45 IN TAMPA HEIGHTS IN PARTICULAR, WE'RE LOOKING AT FLORIDA
12:23:49 AVENUE, TAMPA, COLUMBUS.
12:23:52 I-275 THAT RUNS RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF US, OBVIOUSLY.
12:23:56 ON EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE THOROUGHFARES ON ANY GIVEN DAY,
12:24:01 ESPECIALLY NOW WHEN DEMAND HAS BEEN REDUCED AND ALL OF THOSE
12:24:05 ROADS HAVE BECOME SOMETHING AKIN TO A RACETRACK, WE'RE
12:24:09 SEEING TRAFFIC RUNNING THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AT FREEWAY
12:24:13 SPEEDS ON THE ARTERIALS, AND ON THE INTERSTATE, I HEAR THEM
12:24:18 RUNNING THROUGH AT DAYTONA SPEEDWAY SPEEDS.
12:24:22 THE MOTORCYCLES ARE COMING THROUGH AT SPEEDS I HAVE TO
12:24:27 APPROXIMATE A HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR AND MORE.
12:24:29 AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, THERE'S LITTLE OR NO ENFORCEMENT GOING
12:24:33 ON ON ANY OF THOSE THOROUGHFARES.
12:24:35 FINALLY, IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE HAVE GOOD INFRASTRUCTURE IN
12:24:40 PLACE FOR FIRST-MILE, LAST-MILE TYPE OF TRANSPORTATION IN
12:24:44 THIS COMMUNITY.
12:24:46 THAT THAT MEANS WALKING.
12:24:47 THAT MEANS BICYCLING.
12:24:48 THAT MEANS SCOOTERS.
12:24:50 AND ANYONE USING ONE OF THOSE MODES IN THIS ENVIRONMENT IS
12:24:54 TAKING THEIR LIVES IN THEIR HANDS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
12:24:57 WE HAVE TO MAKE THINGS SAFE FOR THEM OR OUR ENTIRE TRANSIT
12:25:03 INFRASTRUCTURE, SUCH AS IT IS, IS GOING TO COLLAPSE.
12:25:07 I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
12:25:08 I HOPE WE CAN GET SOME ACTUAL RESULTS FROM THIS MEETING
12:25:11 GOING FORWARD.
12:25:12 I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE EACH OF YOU.
12:25:14 THANK YOU.
12:25:15 I'LL CEDE WHATEVER TIME IS LEFT.
12:25:19 >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU.
12:25:20 THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MARIA COSTELLO.
12:25:24 >> HI.
12:25:25 I'M MARIA COSTELLO.
12:25:28 3318 WEST PALMETTO STREET.
12:25:31 I'M CALLING IN AS A TAMPA RESIDENT, ALSO AS THE PRESIDENT OF
12:25:36 MacFARLANE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
12:25:38 I AGREE WITH MY FELLOW NEIGHBORS THAT SPEEDING IS AN ISSUE
12:25:49 THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY.
12:25:50 WHAT I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT, WHILE WE HAVE HAD MANY
12:25:53 CALLERS MENTION BAYSHORE THAT WE DO NOT FORGET ABOUT OUR
12:25:58 OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS.
12:25:59 THESE ISSUES ARE NOT ONLY IN MacFARLANE PARK, BUT WE KNOW
12:26:03 THESE ISSUES ARE IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS AND EAST TAMPA.
12:26:07 ONE THING THAT IS PARTICULAR TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS THAT WE
12:26:12 ARE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF HIMES AVENUE AS WELL AS THE
12:26:18 INTERSTATE AND ARMENIA.
12:26:21 IN OUR SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD, WE HAVE EXIT RAMPS TO THE
12:26:26 HIGHWAY.
12:26:26 WE HAVE IMPROVEMENTS, OR SO-CALLED IMPROVEMENTS, HIMES, THAT
12:26:33 ARE NOW FORCING VEHICLES GOING AT A HIGH SPEED TO CUT
12:26:36 THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BECAUSE THERE ARE ONLY CERTAIN
12:26:38 STREETS THEY CAN TURN.
12:26:39 WITHIN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD YOU HAVE THREE SCHOOLS, A SENIOR
12:26:43 CENTER, AND A PARK.
12:26:44 I KNOW MANY OF OUR CALLERS STATED THAT THEY JUST NOW NO
12:26:48 LONGER USE BAYSHORE OR NO LONGER USE THESE STREETS, BECAUSE
12:26:53 THEY ARE SCARED.
12:26:54 BUT WHAT HAPPENS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE YOU HAVE OLDER
12:26:57 RESIDENTS WHO DO NOT HAVE THAT OPTION OF JUST USING A
12:27:01 DIFFERENT STREET OR NOT BIKING ANY LONGER OR NOT DRIVING
12:27:05 THEIR CAR?
12:27:06 THEY HAVE TO WALK.
12:27:08 WE DO NOT HAVE SIDEWALKS, AND WE HAVE VERY NARROW STREETS
12:27:11 THAT PEOPLE ARE SPEEDING THROUGH THAT SOME ARE FLANKED BY
12:27:16 VERY DEEP DITCHES.
12:27:18 SO WE'RE MAKING THIS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, NOT TO MENTION WE
12:27:22 ARE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE TO THE STADIUM, WHICH MEANS WE
12:27:27 ARE HAVING LARGE EVENTS CONSTANTLY.
12:27:28 WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT SUPER BOWL.
12:27:30 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EVERY BUCS GAME, EVERY USF GAME, THE
12:27:34 TRACTOR PULLS, THIS IS CONSTANT.
12:27:37 NOW WE KNOW IN JUST A MATTER OF A VERY SHORT TIME, WE ARE
12:27:42 GOING TO HAVE A HUGE DEVELOPMENT CALLED MIDTOWN.
12:27:45 CONTINUE TO HAVE PEOPLE --
12:27:48 I KNOW ON THE FIRST SLIDE, SOMEONE DID A PRESENTATION.
12:27:51 THEY DID SHOW THAT SOME OF THE STREETS THAT WERE ON THERE
12:27:56 THAT THEY KNOW ARE PROBLEM AREAS, A LOT OF THOSE ARE US.
12:27:59 THAT'S ARMENIA, COLUMBUS, THAT'S US, THAT'S MacDILL.
12:28:03 THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO -- IS THAT WE HAVE REACHED OUT.
12:28:06 WE'VE MET WITH VISION ZERO, SIDEWALK STOMPERS.
12:28:11 WE'VE MET WITH PEOPLE FROM THE TRAFFIC SAFETY, TPD.
12:28:16 WE'VE ASKED FOR MOTORCYCLES.
12:28:17 SO WE'VE BEEN VERY VOCAL, AND WE'VE BEEN VERY PROACTIVE.
12:28:22 I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND OTHER
12:28:24 NEIGHBORHOODS ARE NOT -- AS WELL.
12:28:26 I UNDERSTAND THIS WAS ABOUT BAYSHORE, BUT THIS IS A PROBLEM
12:28:29 EVERYWHERE.
12:28:31 [RINGING]
12:28:37 I HEARD THE BUZZER.
12:28:40 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
12:28:42 >>THE CLERK: CHAIR THAT IS ALL.
12:28:44 >>LUIS VIERA: SULING, WAS THAT THE LAST ONE?
12:28:46 >>THE CLERK: THAT IS THE LAST ONE.
12:28:47 I DID GO THROUGH THE LIST I HAVE LEFT AND MAKE SURE THEY
12:28:51 WERE NOT LOGGED IN, AND THEY WERE NOT.
12:28:53 SO THAT IS IT.
12:28:56 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
12:28:57 GREAT.
12:28:57 WE'LL GO THROUGH EACH COUNCIL MEMBER.
12:28:59 WE'LL GO IN REVERSE ORDER THIS TIME.
12:29:01 I'LL GIVE EACH PERSON LET'S SAY UP TO SEVEN MINUTES, EIGHT
12:29:06 MINUTES.
12:29:06 IF YOU WANT A LITTLE BIT MORE, WE CAN PLAY BALL.
12:29:09 AND FOR DISCUSSIONS, COMMENTS, ET CETERA, LIKE ALWAYS, I
12:29:14 WOULD ASK THAT WHEN A COUNCIL MEMBER IS SPEAKING, NOBODY
12:29:17 CHIME IN.
12:29:18 AND YOU WAIT YOUR TURN AND THEN WHEN WE GO THROUGH EACH
12:29:24 PERSON AND REACH COUNCILMAN CARLSON AND MYSELF, SOMEBODY HAS
12:29:28 TO MAKE AN ADDITIONAL POINT, THAT'S FINE.
12:29:31 SULING, I SAID IT BEFORE AND SAY IT AGAIN, DID YOU A BANG-UP
12:29:35 JOB.
12:29:35 THANK YOU FOR THAT.
12:29:36 THAT TOOK A LOT OF WORK ON YOUR END RUNNING THE PUBLIC
12:29:38 COMMENT.
12:29:39 EVERYBODY WHO SPOKE TODAY, WE APPRECIATED ALL YOUR WORDS.
12:29:41 WE'RE TAKING EVERYTHING TO HEART.
12:29:43 YOU CERTAINLY HAVE MY WORD AND THE WORD OF ALL MY COLLEAGUES
12:29:46 ON THAT.
12:29:46 I ALSO WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO SPOKE TODAY FOR YOUR
12:29:50 COOPERATION AND YOUR PATIENCE BECAUSE THIS IS A NEW FORMAT.
12:29:54 AND IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING WE APPRECIATE IT.
12:29:56 OUR FRIEND, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, YOU WILL START FIRST, GO
12:30:00 AHEAD?
12:30:06 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
12:30:07 I HAVE TAKEN IN ALL THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE, NOT ONLY BY
12:30:10 PHONE AND THOSE THAT CAME IN BY E-MAIL AND THE OVERWHELMING
12:30:15 DIFFERENT TYPES OF IDEAS.
12:30:16 AND I THINK TO DIGEST THAT, IT WILL TAKE AT LEAST A FEW MORE
12:30:20 DAYS BEFORE I CAN COME UP WITH SOME TYPE OF RESOLUTION ON
12:30:24 HOW TO HANDLE THAT PROBLEM AND TRY TO WORK IT OUT.
12:30:26 I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A FURTHER MEETING BETWEEN THE COUNCIL
12:30:29 AND THE ADMINISTRATION TO SEE WHERE THEY ARE AT AND WHAT'S
12:30:33 HAPPENING ON THE BAYSHORE AND OTHER AREAS THAT WERE
12:30:36 MENTIONED IN THE CITY.
12:30:37 RIGHT NOW, I DON'T HAVE A COMMENT TO MAKE SPECIFICALLY TO
12:30:40 THE BAYSHORE PROJECT.
12:30:41 I'M IN THE PROCESS OF DIGESTING EVERYTHING THAT I HEARD.
12:30:45 THIS IS WHERE I'M AT, MR. CHAIRMAN.
12:30:52 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
12:30:53 WE APPRECIATE THAT.
12:30:54 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:30:55 YOU MAY GO SO.
12:30:57 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
12:30:59 I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT WHAT WAS SAID DURING PUBLIC
12:31:02 COMMENT.
12:31:03 I APPRECIATE FOLKS CALLING IN AND LEAVING RECORDED MESSAGES.
12:31:07 I MEAN, BEING A TAMPA NATIVE, BORN AND RAISED HERE, I'VE
12:31:12 KNOWN BAYSHORE MY WHOLE LIFE.
12:31:14 I HAVE NOT LIVED IN THE AREA, BUT I'VE TRAVELED BAYSHORE
12:31:17 MANY, MANY TIMES AND I DO ON A REGULAR BASIS.
12:31:20 I REMEMBER AND I'VE TOLD THIS STORY BEFORE, BUT I REMEMBER
12:31:24 MY MOTHER TELLING ME ONE TIME THAT SHE WAS GOING TO DRIVE
12:31:27 DOWN TO BAYSHORE TO GO WALKING.
12:31:32 THE CRINGING AND THE TERROR THAT I FELT, NOT THAT I DON'T
12:31:34 TRUST MY MOTHER, BUT JUST IMAGINING HER TRYING TO CROSS THE
12:31:38 STREET TO GET TO THE SIDEWALK SIDE, TO THE WATER SIDE AND
12:31:43 WALKING AND MAKING IT SAFELY, THINKING TO MYSELF, MAYBE
12:31:46 OVERTHINKING, BUT GOD FORBID SOMETHING HAPPENS.
12:31:51 GOD FORBID A SPEAKER.
12:31:53 AND WE KNOW OF CASES, THEY WERE MENTIONED TODAY, AND WE'RE
12:31:56 VERY FAMILIAR WITH THEM, PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN KILLED
12:31:59 RECENTLY.
12:32:00 I DON'T EVEN TRUST MY MOTHER GOING DOWN TO BAYSHORE.
12:32:07 WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF THE CITY OF TAMPA AND PEOPLE WHO USE
12:32:09 THE AREA ON A DAILY BASIS?
12:32:13 I KNOW THAT SOME IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE.
12:32:15 THE SPEED LIMIT WAS LOWERED AND CROSSWALKS HAVE BEEN ADDED
12:32:18 OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
12:32:19 AND I APPRECIATE IT.
12:32:20 BUT I THINK ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE STREET ON BAYSHORE.
12:32:23 IT'S USUALLY WELL PAVED AND TAKEN CARE OF.
12:32:27 OR IT'S PAVED AT A REGULAR -- A MORE REGULAR SCHEDULE THAN
12:32:30 OTHER STREETS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
12:32:32 ALTHOUGH I'VE SAID IN THE PAST AND WHEN I FIRST GOT ELECTED
12:32:36 FIVE YEARS AGO, I WISH I COULD PAVE ALL THE STREETS IN THE
12:32:39 CITY OF TAMPA.
12:32:39 THERE IS A PRO AND A CON TO IT.
12:32:41 ONE IS, YOU WANT THE STREETS TO BE NICE AND SAFE, BUT
12:32:46 ANYTIME I POST ON Facebook OR I TELL SOMEONE, HEY, WE'RE
12:32:49 GOING TO GET THE STREET PAVED, HEY, THIS STREET IS GOING TO
12:32:51 BE PAVED SOON, MANY TIMES PEOPLE RESPOND NOT THANK YOU FOR
12:32:57 GETTING IT PAVED, THEY SAY, GREAT, NOW IT WILL BECOME A
12:33:01 SPEEDWAY.
12:33:02 AGAIN, WHEN YOU HAVE A ROAD WELL PAVED OR FRESHLY PAVED,
12:33:06 IT'S A PLEASURE TO DRIVE ON, AND PEOPLE WILL GO QUICKER.
12:33:09 IT'S A SMOOTHER ROAD.
12:33:13 NO POTHOLE.
12:33:14 IT'S FRESH.
12:33:15 YOU WANT TO DRIVE AT A QUICKER SPEED AND PEOPLE DO.
12:33:18 SO THE SOLUTION IS NOT PAVING THE ROAD OR ADDING CROSSWALKS
12:33:24 OR BASICALLY PUTTING PAINT ON A STREET.
12:33:26 WE HAVE TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
12:33:28 WHAT I THOUGHT OF WITH BAYSHORE IS YOU HAVE A NORTHBOUND AND
12:33:32 SOUTHBOUND LANE.
12:33:34 IN THE TIMES THAT THERE HAVE BEEN POTHOLES THAT I'VE SEEN,
12:33:37 YOU SEE THE EXPOSED BRICK UNDERNEATH.
12:33:39 I KNOW THIS IS TAKING IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL, BUT THERE'S BRICK
12:33:43 UNDERNEATH THE STREETS -- UNDERNEATH ALL THAT AS FAULT,
12:33:47 GOING BACK TO WHEN THE ROAD WAS INITIALLY LAID OUT.
12:33:49 I PULLED UP PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE 1920s AND 30s AND YOU
12:33:53 CAN SEE CARS ON BRICK STREETS ON THE NORTHBOUND LANE WHICH
12:33:56 IS CLOSEST TO THE WATER SIDE.
12:33:57 IN A PERFECT WORLD I'D HAVE THE ASPHALT MILLED DOWN TO THE
12:34:05 BRICK WHICH, OF COURSE, IS A NATURAL TRAFFIC CALMER, WHICH,
12:34:07 OF COURSE, ALLOWS FOR WATER TO DRAIN AT AN EASIER AND A
12:34:12 BETTER RATE, BECAUSE BRICK, OF COURSE, IS INDIVIDUALLY LAID.
12:34:16 IT'S A LITTLE MORE PERMEABLE AND NOT LIKE AS FAULT WHERE
12:34:19 IT'S SITTING THERE.
12:34:20 BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE QUESTION OF, WELL, IT WOULDN'T BE SAFE
12:34:23 FOR BICYCLISTS IF YOU EXPOSE ALL THE BRICK STREETS.
12:34:26 IT WOULD SLOW DOWN EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND WHATNOT.
12:34:29 BUT IF WE COULD DO THAT AND TAKE IT DOWN TO THE ORIGINAL
12:34:31 BRICK, NOT ONLY DOES IT LOOK GOOD, BECAUSE BRICK IS
12:34:37 BEAUTIFUL, IN MY OPINION, AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD
12:34:40 AGREE WITH THAT, BUT IT IS A NATURAL TRAFFIC CALMER.
12:34:44 YOU COULD LOOK AT EXPOSING MOST OF THE BRICK STREET.
12:34:47 THIS IS AN OPTION THAT I'M JUST RAMBLING ABOUT NOW, EXPOSE
12:34:51 MOST OF THE BRICK STREET AND HAVE A PROTECTED BIKE LANE THAT
12:34:54 IS AS FAULT.
12:34:56 THE STRIP ON THE SIDE THAT IS SEPARATED BY A CONCRETE
12:34:59 BARRIERS THAT WOULD PREVENT CARS FROM DEVIATING OFF THE ROAD
12:35:04 AND GOING INTO A BICYCLIST, PROTECTIVE IN SOME WAYS.
12:35:07 MY PREFERRED OPTION WHICH MANY PEOPLE WOULD NOT AGREE WITH,
12:35:14 CLOSE DOWN THE NORTHBOUND LANE OF BAYSHORE AND DEDICATE THAT
12:35:18 TO BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC ONLY.
12:35:20 YOU HAVE THAT CENTER BARRIER, THE CENTER MEDIAN, I MEAN,
12:35:24 WHERE IT'S GRASS THAT SEPARATES THE NORTH AND SOUTH LANES.
12:35:27 THAT'S THE BUFFER TO PROTECT THE NEWLY CLOSED NORTHBOUND
12:35:31 LANE THAT ALLOWS FOR WALKING, RUNNING, AND BICYCLING AND
12:35:35 ROLLERBLADING AND EVERYTHING ELSE PEOPLE DO.
12:35:38 WE COULD DO THAT, BUT THEN YOU'RE NARROWING BAYSHORE DOWN TO
12:35:40 TWO LANES.
12:35:41 ONE NORTH AND ONE SOUTH BY USING THE EXISTING SOUTHBOUND
12:35:46 LANE.
12:35:47 ANOTHER THING WE COULD DO IS DO A MORE COMPLETE STREET
12:35:50 PROJECT AND THEN LOOKING AT -- I ALWAYS BRING THIS UP
12:35:53 BECAUSE IT IS MY FAVORITE EXAMPLE.
12:35:55 NEBRASKA AVENUE, SOUTH OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, IT USED TO BE
12:35:57 TWO LANES NORTH AND TWO LANES SOUTH.
12:36:00 NOW IT'S ONE LANE NORTH AND ONE LANE SOUTH WITH A CENTER
12:36:03 TURN MEDIAN AND THERE'S AN AREA FOR THE BUS TO PULL OVER ON
12:36:08 NEBRASKA AVENUE.
12:36:09 IF WE COULD DO THAT AND DO A ROAD DIET WHERE WE NOW MAKE IT
12:36:14 ONE LANE NORTH AND ONE LANE SOUTH WITH PROTECTED CONCRETE
12:36:18 SEPARATION FOR THE BIKE LANES, WE CAN DO THAT.
12:36:21 THAT WOULD NOT INHIBIT THE MOVEMENT OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
12:36:26 IF NEED BE, THEY CAN GO DOWN THE ENTIRE LANE EXCEPT THE BIKE
12:36:31 LANE.
12:36:31 THEY ARE FREE TO MOVE.
12:36:33 THE NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND LANES ARE WIDE ENOUGH THAT IF YOU
12:36:36 WERE TO REDUCE THEM TO ONE LANE EACH, EACH WAY, THERE'S
12:36:41 PLENTY OF ROOM TO, IF THERE'S VEHICLE TRAFFIC FOR AN
12:36:45 AMBULANCE OR FIRE TRUCK TO PASS BY IN AN EMERGENCY
12:36:48 SITUATION.
12:36:49 THESE ARE THINGS WE NEED TO DO.
12:36:50 THE CROSSWALKS I APPRECIATE.
12:36:52 REDUCING THE SPEEDING LIMIT -- THE SPEED LIMIT I APPRECIATE,
12:36:56 BUT PEOPLE ARE STILL DYING.
12:36:59 AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, WHY ARE PEOPLE GETTING KILLED?
12:37:03 PEOPLE ARE GETTING KILLED BECAUSE OF RECKLESS,
12:37:06 IRRESPONSIBLE, PEOPLE ON MOTORCYCLES, AS HAPPENED RECENTLY,
12:37:10 OR TEENAGERS RACING THEIR CARS.
12:37:15 YOU KNOW, BAYSHORE, THE WAY IT'S DESIGNED NOW, IT MAKES IT
12:37:18 TOO EASY FOR THIS KIND OF RECKLESSNESS.
12:37:21 IT'S A LONG SPAN OF COMFORTABLE DRIVING BECAUSE YOU PAY
12:37:25 ATTENTION TO THE WATER, TO THE VIEWS, TO THE BEAUTIFUL
12:37:29 HOMES, TO THE RESIDENTIAL TOWERS AND WHATNOT.
12:37:32 THE ROADS ARE NICELY PAVED.
12:37:35 IT'S EASY TO GO FASTER.
12:37:37 SOMEBODY MENTIONED, YOU LOOK DOWN AT YOUR SPEEDOMETER AND
12:37:44 YOU'RE GOING TEN MILES PER HOUR FASTER THAN YOU THOUGHT YOU
12:37:48 WERE BECAUSE YOU GET LOST IN THE DRIVING.
12:37:50 PEOPLE ARE DYING.
12:37:52 WE TALK ABOUT AND WE SAY WE EMBRACE VISION ZERO.
12:37:56 WHICH VISION ZERO IS ZERO DEATHS AND WE DON'T HAVE ZERO
12:37:59 DEATHS.
12:38:00 WE HAD A MOTHER AND CHILD GET KILLED.
12:38:01 A WELL-RESPECTED GENTLEMAN IN THE COMMUNITY ON HIS BICYCLE
12:38:04 GET KILLED RECENTLY.
12:38:05 ANOTHER GENTLEMAN HIT BY A TRUCK.
12:38:09 ALSO, A BELOVED MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY.
12:38:14 THERE'S NO NEED FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING OUT FOR A WALK,
12:38:17 RIDING THEIR BIKE, GETTING THEIR DAILY EXERCISE, TO HAVE TO
12:38:21 RISK THEIR LIVES JUST TO DO BASIC THINGS THAT WE ALL HAVE
12:38:25 THE RIGHT TO DO.
12:38:27 AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE PAST ADMINISTRATION IN MAKING SOME
12:38:31 CHANGES.
12:38:32 WHATEVER WE DO THAT'S MAJOR, WHETHER WE DO A ROAD DIET,
12:38:36 WHETHER WE STRIP THE ASPHALT OFF AND LEAVE THE BRICK WHICH,
12:38:39 OF COURSE, IS THE MOST EXTREME MEASURE, SOMEONE WILL HAVE TO
12:38:43 COMPLAIN.
12:38:43 I OFTEN USE THE TERM YOU CAN WALK ON WATER AND PEOPLE WILL
12:38:46 CRITICIZE YOU THAT YOU CAN'T SWIM.
12:38:48 NO MATTER WHAT, YOU WILL GET PUSH-BACK IN WHATEVER SENSE.
12:38:51 THIS IS LIFE AND DEATH.
12:38:52 A GENTLEMAN SPOKE ABOUT HIS SISTER WHO WAS KILLED.
12:38:58 I WORRY ABOUT MY MOTHER GOING -- JUST GOING FOR A WALK ON A
12:39:03 SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
12:39:05 THIS IS NOT NORMAL.
12:39:07 THIS IS NOT RIGHT.
12:39:08 THAT IN THE CITY WITH SO MUCH OUTCRY.
12:39:10 I'VE BEEN HERE FOR FIVE YEARS, AND I'VE SEEN COUNTLESS
12:39:15 INDIVIDUALS COMING OUT, TAKING TIME OUT OF THEIR DAY TO
12:39:21 SPEAK OUT ASKING FOR CHANGES TO BE MADE, BUT WE'RE NOT DOING
12:39:26 ENOUGH.
12:39:27 YOU CAN PUT PAINT ON A STREET.
12:39:29 YOU CAN PUT SOME CROSSWALKS BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH.
12:39:32 WE NEED TO DO MORE.
12:39:33 I THINK WE NEED TO DO MORE DRASTIC MEASURES.
12:39:36 IF THERE'S POLITICAL PUSH-BACK, FINE.
12:39:40 IF THERE'S PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT LIKE IT, I UNDERSTAND.
12:39:43 THERE'S NOTHING PERFECT.
12:39:44 BUT WE HAVE TO TAKE DRASTIC STEPS TO CHANGE THE DESIGN OF
12:39:50 THIS ROAD, EMBRACE VISION ZERO EXACTLY AS IT IS AND WHAT IT
12:39:54 TRULY MEANS, AND BRING THESE PEDESTRIAN DEATHS DOWN TO ZERO.
12:39:59 ONE DEATH IS ONE DEATH TOO MANY.
12:40:01 WE ARE ONE OF THE WORST IN THE COUNTRY.
12:40:04 THAT'S AN EMBARRASSMENT.
12:40:05 ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE SO MUCH GOING ON.
12:40:08 TAMPA HAS BEEN ON THE MAP AND SO MANY PEOPLE ARE MOVING
12:40:10 HERE.
12:40:11 YOU'RE HEARING PEOPLE SAY THAT THEY MAY WANT TO LEAVE AND
12:40:14 THEY CAN'T DEAL WITH THE TRAFFIC AND THE THIS AND THAT.
12:40:18 THAT'S FINE.
12:40:19 THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
12:40:19 IT'S OUR DUTY AS AN ELECTED BODY AND AS THE ELECTED CITY
12:40:23 COUNCIL MEMBERS, HERE, AS WELL AS THE MAYOR AND WHATNOT, TO
12:40:27 REALLY NOT MAKE AN EFFORT, TO BRING CHANGE, AND WE CAN DO
12:40:31 IT, AND THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN.
12:40:33 AND PEOPLE ARE DYING, AND THAT'S COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE.
12:40:38 I APPRECIATE THIS TIME.
12:40:39 I'M SORRY IF I WENT LONGER THAN I SHOULD.
12:40:41 BUT THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT MATTER, NOT JUST TO BAYSHORE
12:40:44 BUT TO THE ENTIRE CITY OF TAMPA.
12:40:46 BAYSHORE IS THE NAME ON THE WORKSHOP TODAY, BUT WE HAVE TO
12:40:50 LOOK AT THE CITY AS A WHOLE AND EMBRACE VISION ZERO AND MOVE
12:40:54 FORWARD FROM THERE.
12:40:54 THANK YOU.
12:40:55 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU FOR YOUR PASSIONATE WORDS,
12:40:57 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:40:58 WE APPRECIATE IT AS ALWAYS, SIR.
12:41:00 NEXT, COUNCILMAN GUDES.
12:41:01 GO AHEAD, SIR.
12:41:03 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
12:41:04 AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
12:41:07 THANK COUNCILMAN CARLSON TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO BRING THE
12:41:11 ISSUE UP AT A WORKSHOP.
12:41:13 I'M GLAD HE TALKED ABOUT THE WHOLE CITY AS A WHOLE AND NOT
12:41:17 JUST BAYSHORE.
12:41:18 MR. CHAIRMAN, AS A PERSON WHO HAS INVESTIGATED DEATHS,
12:41:22 TRAFFIC CRASHES, WHO HAS RUN LASERS AND RADARS IN THE CITY
12:41:28 OF TAMPA, WE HAVE TO KEEP ONE THING IN MIND, NO MATTER WHAT
12:41:31 STREET DESIGN YOU CHANGE, NO MATTER HOW MANY SIGNS YOU MAY
12:41:35 PUT, HOW MANY FLASHING LIGHTS YOU PUT, WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE
12:41:39 WHO HAVE BAD BEHAVIOR, THEY CREATE TRAGEDIES FOR OTHERS.
12:41:45 WHEN YOU DRINK AND DRIVE AND GET BEHIND THE WHEEL, HAS
12:41:51 NOTHING TO DO WITH SPEED.
12:41:53 IT'S THE PERSON WHO DID NOT THINK AND GOT BEHIND THE WHEEL.
12:41:58 WHEN YOU HAVE FOLKS ON A CONSTANT BASIS WHO SPEED, I CAN
12:42:03 TELL YOU, I SIT UP EVERY MORNING BY LOCKHART ELEMENTARY,
12:42:07 BROWARD, AND RUN A LASER.
12:42:09 I SEE THE SPEED LIMIT AT 15 MILES PER HOUR, MR. CHAIRMAN.
12:42:13 PEOPLE STILL SPEED WITH A CROSSING GUARD TRYING TO PUT OUT
12:42:20 THE STOP SIGN TO STOP IT.
12:42:22 FOR ME, IT'S MORE OR HE IS WE EDUCATE, DO MORE ENFORCEMENT.
12:42:28 HINDER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO GET
12:42:35 SERVICES TO PEOPLE, GET THEM TO A HOSPITAL.
12:42:38 I'VE BEEN IN THE BACK OF AN AMBULANCE WHEN GOING OVER SPEED
12:42:41 BUMPS AND YOU HIT THE TOP OF THE CAR, FALL, LOSE YOUR
12:42:44 BALANCE AND YOU STRAP A PATIENT DOWN TO GET THEM TO THE
12:42:48 HOSPITAL FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH.
12:42:49 THERE IS NO PERFECT SYSTEM.
12:42:51 NO MATTER WHAT WE DO, THERE ARE STILL GOING TO BE
12:42:56 COMPLAINERS.
12:42:56 I'M WILLING TO GO WITH ANY SOLUTION, BUT IT HAS TO BE
12:43:02 THROUGHOUT THE CITY IN MAKING SURE WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE
12:43:04 PLAN FOR ALL THE ROADS.
12:43:06 I CAN TELL YOU, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BAYSHORE NOW, BUT I CAN
12:43:09 TELL YOU MY 26 YEARS, I CAN LOOK AT HOW MANY FATALITIES
12:43:13 WE'VE HAD AND BICYCLE ACCIDENTS WE'VE HAD ON THE OTHER SIDE
12:43:16 OF TOWN THAT NEVER GET REPORTED BY NEWS MEDIA.
12:43:20 STILL HAPPENING NOW.
12:43:21 BECAUSE BAYSHORE IS A POPULAR AREA, OUR HALLMARK OF THE CITY
12:43:25 OF TAMPA, SOUTH TAMPA, BAYSHORE AREA, THAT GETS ATTENTION.
12:43:28 AND YOU HAVE FOLKS WHO HAVE VOICES WHERE PEOPLE IN OTHER
12:43:33 COMMUNITIES FEEL NO ONE WILL LISTEN TO THEM.
12:43:35 THEY GET ON THE BANDWAGON WITH OTHER AREAS AND START TALKING
12:43:39 LIKE NOW.
12:43:39 SO MANY CALLS, WHAT ABOUT 40th STREET?
12:43:44 FATALITIES HAPPEN THERE CONSTANTLY IN FRONT OF THE ELDERLY
12:43:48 CENTER.
12:43:48 SO FOR ME, IT'S EQUITY, QUALITY FOR EVERYBODY.
12:43:53 AND WHATEVER WE DO, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT'S A BALANCE, BUT
12:43:57 I CAN TELL YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE TO HAVE ENFORCEMENT.
12:44:01 OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, WE ARE AT A CRUNCH RIGHT NOW.
12:44:05 WE COULD USE MORE OFFICERS TO HELP OUT WITH ENFORCEMENT.
12:44:08 I COULD HELP MORE.
12:44:11 BAD BEHAVIOR IS THE CAUSE OF A LOT OF OUR ISSUES.
12:44:14 I'LL YIELD BACK, LISTEN TO THE OTHER COUNCILMEN.
12:44:17 IF THERE IS A DECISION TO BE MADE IN THE FUTURE, I'LL MAKE
12:44:21 IT SO IT'S EQUITABLE AND FAIR TO EVERYBODY.
12:44:24 I YIELD BACK.
12:44:25 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU AS ALWAYS FOR YOUR WORDS AND
12:44:27 PASSION, COUNCILMAN GUDES.
12:44:29 NEXT WE MOVE TO COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
12:44:32 GO AHEAD, SIR.
12:44:34 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
12:44:37 I WANT TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT-OUT TO EVERYBODY WHO WAITED
12:44:41 PATIENTLY AND GAVE SUCH A FANTASTIC ARTICULATE INPUT ON
12:44:46 THESE IMPORTANT ISSUES.
12:44:49 I DO WANT TO REPEAT SEVERAL OF MY PEERS WHO SAID THIS IS NOT
12:44:53 JUST ABOUT THE BAYSHORE.
12:44:54 THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE TWO OR THREE TRAGIC DEATHS THAT
12:44:59 ARE IN OUR MINDS AND IN OUR HEARTS THAT HAPPEN ON THE
12:45:03 BAYSHORE BUT THE DOZENS AND DOZEN THAT HAPPEN EVERY YEAR ALL
12:45:07 ACROSS THE CITY.
12:45:08 AS COUNCILMAN GUDES SAID, SOME OF THEM HARDLY END UP IN THE
12:45:12 NEWSPAPER AT ALL.
12:45:13 BUT THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE -- BUT THEY ARE STILL PEOPLE JUST
12:45:20 LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE SO WE HAVE TO MAKE OUR ENTIRE CITY
12:45:23 SAFER.
12:45:23 MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT BUSCH BOULEVARD, FOWLER
12:45:26 AND FLETCHER.
12:45:27 THOSE ARE HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE BOULEVARDS WITH LOTS OF
12:45:30 PEDESTRIANS AND LOTS OF TRAGEDIES.
12:45:32 SO LET'S NOT LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT IT IS A CITYWIDE
12:45:37 ISSUE.
12:45:37 GOING BACK TO BAYSHORE AND PERHAPS A COUPLE OF OTHER OF THE
12:45:42 AREAS THAT JEAN DUNCAN SPOKE TO, LET ME POINT OUT TO
12:45:51 EVERYBODY WHO IS LISTENING AND I'M NOT DODGING THE BULLET
12:45:54 AND BEING BUREAUCRATIC.
12:45:55 THERE ARE A COUPLE OF CONSTRAINTS.
12:45:57 NUMBER ONE, AS MS. DUNCAN INDICATED, THIS IS A COUNTY ROAD
12:46:01 AND THE CITY MANAGES IT UNDER AN AGREEMENT AND WE DON'T
12:46:04 HARDLY GET ANY FUNDING AT ALL FROM THE COUNTY, SO WE SORT OF
12:46:09 HAVE TO DO THESE IMPROVEMENTS ON OUR OWN.
12:46:11 BUT I'M NOT BEING BUREAUCRATIC IN PASSING THE BUCK.
12:46:15 WE CAN DO THINGS ON OUR OWN UNDER THAT CONTRACT AND UNDER
12:46:17 THAT AGREEMENT.
12:46:18 IF AT SOME POINT IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET
12:46:22 OUT FROM THAT AND TELL THE COUNTY WE'LL TAKE IT OVER SO WE
12:46:25 CAN HAVE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BAYSHORE, I THINK THAT
12:46:28 WOULD BE A BETTER IDEA.
12:46:30 WE SHOULD LOOK TO DO THAT ALL OVER THE CITY WHEREVER
12:46:34 POSSIBLE.
12:46:35 I KNOW THERE ARE FINANCES INVOLVED.
12:46:37 BUT THE OTHER CONSTRAINT OF CITY COUNCIL IS TYPICALLY ON A
12:46:44 DAY-TO-DAY BASIS, THE CITIES AND THE STREETS AND LAW
12:46:48 ENFORCEMENT IS RUN BY THE MAYOR.
12:46:49 WE HAVE A STRONG MAYOR FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
12:46:52 WE CAN ONLY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AND URGE THE MAYOR AND THE
12:46:55 STAFF TO DO THINGS AND DO THE RIGHT THINGS, AND WE DO THAT
12:46:59 ALL THE TIME.
12:47:00 WE COULD POSSIBLY PASS AN ORDINANCE ABOUT THE BAYSHORE AND
12:47:07 MAYBE CLOSE IT DOWN TO TWO LANES, BUT THAT WOULD BE PRETTY
12:47:10 EXTREME UNLESS WE HAD THE MAYOR ON BOARD.
12:47:13 WHAT I THINK WE CAN DO AS A COUNCIL, AND I'M GOING TO MAKE A
12:47:16 MOTION RIGHT NOW, IF MR. SHELBY AND MS. GRIMES ALLOW ME TO,
12:47:21 FROM THE LEGAL SIDE IS BY RESOLUTION URGE THE MAYOR TO START
12:47:30 CLOSING DOWN THE BAYSHORE AND NUCCIO AND NEW TAMPA BOULEVARD
12:47:35 AND WHATEVER OTHER BOULEVARDS THAT STAFF HAS BEEN LOOKING
12:47:40 AT, CLOSING THOSE DOWN PARTIALLY ONE DAY A MONTH.
12:47:48 I THINK IT'S A GREAT STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
12:47:53 LOOKING AT BAYSHORE, WHICH I HAVE A LIFETIME OF EXPERIENCE
12:47:55 WITH, HAVING BEEN BORN AT TAMPA GENERAL AND RAISED ABOUT
12:48:00 FIVE BLOCKS OFF THE BAYSHORE IN PALMA CEIA.
12:48:05 I KNOW THE BAYSHORE INTIMATELY, AND I DO BELIEVE ON ONE
12:48:09 SUNDAY A MONTH, WE COULD CLOSE THE BAYSHORE AND JUST TRY IT
12:48:12 OUT.
12:48:13 LET'S TRY IT OUT.
12:48:14 LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
12:48:15 LET'S SEE HOW IT WORKS.
12:48:17 LET'S SEE WHERE THE PARKING GOES.
12:48:18 LET'S SEE WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE.
12:48:20 LET'S SEE WHAT THE TOILET PROBLEMS ARE.
12:48:22 BUT IF WE DON'T MAKE A POSITIVE STEP LIKE THAT IN THE RIGHT
12:48:27 DIRECTION, WITH THE BAYSHORE, WITH NUCCIO, WITH SOMEWHERE IN
12:48:31 EAST TAMPA, SOMEWHERE IN NEW TAMPA, THEN WE'RE NOT GOING TO
12:48:34 GET ANYWHERE.
12:48:35 SO MY MOTION, MR. CHAIRMAN, AND I'LL TRY AND BE A LITTLE
12:48:39 MORE CONCISE AND LOOK FOR A SECOND, IS TO, BY RESOLUTION,
12:48:44 THAT THIS COUNCIL WOULD URGE THE MAYOR AND STAFF TO,
12:48:50 STARTING IN JUNE, HOPEFULLY THE COVID SITUATION WILL START
12:48:54 EASING UP WHERE EVERYTHING IS MORE COMFORTABLE, BUT STARTING
12:48:58 IN JUNE TO OPEN UP THOSE THREE OR FOUR BOULEVARDS THAT I
12:49:02 JUST MENTIONED, ACTUALLY, CLOSE THEM DOWN TO TRAFFIC, AT
12:49:09 LEAST IN PART AND ALLOW THEM TO OPEN UP ON SUNDAYS FOR
12:49:16 PEDESTRIANS.
12:49:17 WE DO IT FOR PARADES.
12:49:18 WE DO IT FOR RUNS.
12:49:20 WE DO IT FOR ALL SORTS OF EVENTS, AND THERE'S NO REASON THAT
12:49:24 WE CAN'T DO IT FOR THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND THE COMMUNITY
12:49:29 AS A TRUE LINEAR PARK.
12:49:32 THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION IN THE FORM OF A RESOLUTION, MR.
12:49:35 CHAIRMAN.
12:49:36 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I SECOND.
12:49:37 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:49:42 >>LUIS VIERA: WHEN IT COMES TO MOTIONS, LET'S DO IT AT THE
12:49:44 END.
12:49:45 WE CAN LEAVE THAT ON THE TABLE, COUNCILMAN AND THEN WE CAN
12:49:48 DISCUSS IT SEPARATELY.
12:49:48 MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
12:49:52 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I GOT A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:49:55 OTHER THAN THAT, I'M GETTING A TEXT FROM STAFF TO REQUEST
12:50:03 THAT WE LEAVE IT A LITTLE MORE OPEN IN TERMS OF LOCATIONS.
12:50:06 SO I'M WILLING TO DO THAT.
12:50:10 I'D LIKE TO SAY DEFINITELY BAYSHORE, BECAUSE THAT IS THE
12:50:13 TOPIC OF THIS PARTICULAR DISCUSSION, AND I'LL LEAVE IT TO
12:50:17 STAFF AND TO THE MAYOR TO IDENTIFY OTHER AS COUNCILMAN GUDES
12:50:22 SAID EQUITABLY TO IDENTIFY OTHER LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE
12:50:26 CITY THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
12:50:28 THEY LOVE ACRONYMS DOWN THERE AT THE CITY.
12:50:33 THEY CAN CALL IT P.S., PEDESTRIAN SAFETY SUNDAY.
12:50:37 P.S.S. OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
12:50:39 BUT HAVE IT BE ALL OVER THE CITY.
12:50:42 I'LL MODIFY MY MOTION, MR. MANISCALCO, TO SAY BAYSHORE AND
12:50:46 ANY OTHER ROAD THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE ACCORDING TO STAFF.
12:50:59 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I'M MAKING MY SECOND ON THAT.
12:51:01 CAN WE DISCUSS IT OR WAIT UNTIL THE END?
12:51:04 >>LUIS VIERA: SINCE THERE MAY BE DISCUSSION, LET'S WAIT
12:51:07 UNTIL WE RUN THROUGH ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS AND WE'LL BRING
12:51:09 THIS BACK.
12:51:11 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
12:51:15 FEEL FREE, SIR.
12:51:16 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: NO.
12:51:17 THE COMMENTS WE GOT FROM THE COMMUNITY ARE JUST TREMENDOUSLY
12:51:23 ARTICULATE.
12:51:23 WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE THIS FORMAT FOR ALL OF OUR WORKSHOPS
12:51:26 BECAUSE MAYBE IT'S EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO CALL IN THAN IT IS
12:51:30 FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY COME DOWN TO CITY HALL.
12:51:32 WE SHOULD PROBABLY CONSIDER THAT IN THE FUTURE.
12:51:34 I REALIZE A LOT MORE PEOPLE ARE HOME ALSO, WHICH ALSO IS A
12:51:38 FACTOR.
12:51:39 BUT ANYWAY, NO, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN AND THANKS TO THE
12:51:42 COMMUNITY.
12:51:42 THANKS TO THE STAFF.
12:51:43 BYE-BYE.
12:51:44 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
12:51:46 THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
12:51:47 COUNCILMAN CITRO, GO AHEAD, SIR.
12:51:49 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
12:51:51 FIRST, I'D LIKE TO THANK SOME OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS, MS. JEAN
12:51:58 DUNCAN AND VIK, THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
12:52:02 TPD AND FIRE RESCUE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
12:52:04 I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK MR. ALEX ENGELMAN WHO WAS ON THE
12:52:10 PROGRAM YESTERDAY WITH OUR MAYOR, DISCUSSING BAYSHORE
12:52:17 BOULEVARD.
12:52:19 BEFORE I GO ON, MR. CHAIR, TO THE BOULEVARD THAT I LIVE ON,
12:52:27 I THINK IT'S ONLY FAIR TO DISCUSS THAT THERE ARE OTHER
12:52:31 STREETS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS THAT ARE SEEING TROUBLE.
12:52:38 40th STREET.
12:52:39 BEARSS, BUSCH, DALE MABRY, ARMENIA, HOWARD, KENNEDY, BRUCE
12:52:44 B. DOWNS.
12:52:48 DAVIS ISLANDS BOULEVARD.
12:52:50 VIOLET STREET.
12:52:54 THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS MANY TROUBLED STREETS.
12:53:00 AND HUMAN LIFE IS PRICELESS AND ONE DEATH IS FAR TOO MANY.
12:53:05 I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME THINGS DONE THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.
12:53:08 I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, ELIMINATING ONE-WAY
12:53:12 STREETS.
12:53:12 RETURNING THEM TO TWO-WAY STREETS.
12:53:15 I HAVE ALWAYS SAID THIS.
12:53:19 SIDEWALKS ARE NEEDED SO THAT MOTHERS DO NOT HAVE TO PUSH
12:53:25 THEIR BABY STROLLERS IN THE STREETS SO STUDENTS DO NOT HAVE
12:53:29 TO WALK TO SCHOOL IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR STREETS.
12:53:35 BACK IN 1981 WHEN I FIRST DECIDED TO MOVE TO SOUTH TAMPA,
12:53:45 BAYSHORE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A DREAM OF MINE TO LIVE ON.
12:53:49 15 YEARS AGO, I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO PURCHASE A CONDOMINIUM.
12:53:54 BAYSHORE IS MY FRONT STREET.
12:54:00 NOW, I HAVE LISTENED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE EITHER
12:54:03 E-MAILED IN OR HAVE CALLED IN.
12:54:05 I THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR DOING SO.
12:54:08 THIS IS WHAT MAKES OUR CITY GREAT.
12:54:10 IT'S PUBLIC INPUT.
12:54:11 I AGREE WITH MR. JAMES SHIRK AND JAMIE SANDERSON.
12:54:16 I AGREE THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME SORT OF BARRICADES ON
12:54:20 BAYSHORE BETWEEN THE TRAFFIC LANES AND THE BICYCLE LANES TO
12:54:24 MAKE THE BICYCLISTS SAFER.
12:54:25 BUT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE, LIKE JANET CRUZ -- EXCUSE ME,
12:54:30 JESSICA CRUZ, THAT CALL IN THAT DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE
12:54:34 SPEED SHOULD BE REDUCED ON BAYSHORE.
12:54:36 I THANK CHELSEA JOHNSON FOR CALLING IN AND HER CONCERN ABOUT
12:54:42 MAJOR SHIFTS FROM THE TRAFFIC GOING DOWN BAYSHORE TO GOING
12:54:46 DOWN TO MacDILL OR HIMES, STREETS THAT I TRAVEL ALL THE
12:54:50 TIME.
12:54:51 EVERY DAY THAT I DRIVE UP BAYSHORE TO GO TO WORK, WHETHER IT
12:54:57 BE HERE TO CITY HALL OR TO MY PLACE OF BUSINESS, WHETHER
12:55:00 IT'S ON MY MOTORCYCLE OR WHETHER IT'S IN MY VEHICLE, I GO
12:55:06 35, AND I STILL SEE PEOPLE WHIZZING BY ME.
12:55:10 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MUCH LIKE THIS CORONAVIRUS, WE'RE IN
12:55:16 IT TOGETHER.
12:55:17 AND SAFETY CAN BE ACHIEVED ON BAYSHORE IF WE ALL CARE ABOUT
12:55:23 ONE ANOTHER.
12:55:24 PUT DOWN THE CELL PHONE.
12:55:28 IF YOU'RE GOING TO CROSS THE STREET, DO IT FROM CORNER TO
12:55:32 CORNER.
12:55:32 WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING, IF YOU SEE SOMEBODY CROSSING THE STREET
12:55:37 AT THESE FLASHING LIGHTS, WAIT UNTIL THE LIGHTS STOP
12:55:42 FLASHING BEFORE YOU PROCEED.
12:55:43 AND NOT EVERYONE -- NOT EVERYONE IS A CONSIDERATE BICYCLIST
12:55:52 LIKE MS. CHRISTINA COSTA.
12:55:56 BICYCLISTS, YOU MUST FOLLOW THE RULES OF THE ROAD.
12:56:00 MR. CHAIR, IF IT WERE MY VOTE TODAY, I WOULD LOVE TO CLOSE
12:56:08 THE NORTHBOUND LANES, BUT AS MR. DINGFELDER HAD PUT IT, IT
12:56:15 IS TIME THAT WE TEST, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN
12:56:21 ALSO.
12:56:22 WE NEED TO REDUCE THE SPEED ON BAYSHORE.
12:56:25 WE NEED MORE ENFORCEMENT.
12:56:28 AND IF POSSIBLE, SPEEDING CAMERAS.
12:56:31 BUT WE HEARD FROM TPD.
12:56:33 NOW, WITH ALL THE E-MAILS AND ALL THE LETTERS ON MY DESK, I
12:56:38 JUST WANT TO READ A COUPLE OF THINGS.
12:56:40 THE FIRST ONE IS FROM WALK BIKE TAMPA.ORG.
12:56:45 AND THE PROBLEM THEY ARE POINTING OUT IS BAYSHORE IS A JEWEL
12:56:49 OF TAMPA AND ATTRACTS PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLISTS BUT FUNCTIONS
12:56:55 AS A HIGHWAY.
12:56:56 BAYSHORE IS A JEWEL OF TAMPA.
12:56:59 I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT AS A TRUE LINEAR PARK, BUT THERE ARE
12:57:03 PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANT IT THAT WAY.
12:57:06 MUCH LIKE COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, I WOULD LIKE TO GET MORE
12:57:10 FACTS.
12:57:11 I WOULD LIKE TO GET MORE INPUT FROM THE CITY.
12:57:15 PEOPLE HAVE HEARD HOW I FEEL.
12:57:16 I WANT TO GET MORE INFORMATION.
12:57:18 MR. CHAIR, AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
12:57:21 I THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME VOICE MY OPINION.
12:57:25 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR WORDS,
12:57:28 COUNCILMAN CITRO.
12:57:29 LAST, BEFORE I GO, COUNCILMAN CARLSON, GO AHEAD, SIR.
12:57:34 >>BILL CARLSON: YES, THANK YOU.
12:57:35 JUST A STATEMENT.
12:57:36 THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT AS THE FAMILY MEMBERS MENTIONED
12:57:39 SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
12:57:40 THE LAST MAYOR ESSENTIALLY SWEPT THIS UNDER THE RUG,
12:57:44 EXPECTING THAT IT WOULD GO AWAY BECAUSE DISCUSSING DIFFICULT
12:57:48 ISSUES REQUIRES LEADERSHIP AND IT REQUIRES TO BRING THE
12:57:52 COMMUNITY TOGETHER, TO HEAR ALL DIFFERENT SIDES OF AN ISSUE
12:57:55 LIKE WE HEARD TODAY.
12:57:56 SINCE THAT TIME, SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN PART BECAUSE
12:57:58 NOTHING WAS DONE.
12:57:59 WE CAN'T IGNORE THIS.
12:58:01 WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.
12:58:03 I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR PUTTING THIS ALL TOGETHER.
12:58:06 IT TOOK A LOT OF TIME.
12:58:08 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, AND THE ADMINISTRATION FOR AGREEING TO
12:58:11 DO IT, ESPECIALLY DURING THESE DIFFICULT TIMES.
12:58:13 THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR HAVING THE GUTS TO DISCUSS
12:58:20 THIS.
12:58:20 THANKS ALSO TO COUNCILMAN GUDES FOR AMENDING THE MOTION I
12:58:22 MADE ORIGINALLY TO EXPAND IT TO BE CITYWIDE, WHICH IT SHOULD
12:58:24 BE NOT JUST BAYSHORE.
12:58:25 I WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR THEIR COMMENTS
12:58:27 AND FOR WAITING PATIENTLY.
12:58:29 AS I SAID, THIS IS PERSONAL TO ME.
12:58:31 MY SON RUNS ON BAYSHORE TWICE A DAY, AS DO A LOT OF SCHOOL
12:58:35 GROUPS.
12:58:36 MY YOUNGER SONS RIDE THEIR BIKES ON BAYSHORE OCCASIONALLY,
12:58:39 BUT THEY RIDE THEIR BIKES THROUGH THE STREETS OF SOUTH TAMPA
12:58:42 JUST AS OTHER LITTLE KIDS RIDE THEIR BIKES THROUGHOUT
12:58:46 NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
12:58:48 THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT
12:58:51 SPEEDING AND CRAZY DRIVING AND ROADS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN
12:58:53 PROPERLY PREPARED.
12:58:54 AS I SAID, SEVERAL OF MY FRIENDS HAVE BEEN HIT IN AND AROUND
12:58:58 BAYSHORE AND A SON OF MY FRIEND PASSED AWAY AS A RESULT OF
12:59:04 AN ACCIDENT.
12:59:05 WE CAN TALK ABOUT ACRONYMS, ALLITERATIONS AND PROMOTE ALL
12:59:10 KIND OF THINGS WE WANT.
12:59:10 WE CAN TALK ABOUT COMPLETE STREETS AND VISION ZERO, AND WE
12:59:13 CAN ALL ASPIRE TO THOSE THINGS.
12:59:16 BUT WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO PUT A PLAN IN PLACE TO MAKE IT
12:59:18 HAPPEN.
12:59:19 WITHOUT ADDITIONAL MONEY, IT'S GOING TO BE MORE CHALLENGING
12:59:21 THAN EVER, BUT WE HAVE TO START WITH SOME STREETS TO LOOK AT
12:59:24 HOW WE CAN MAKE THEM SAFER.
12:59:26 SO WHEN WE GET TO THE MOTION TIME, I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION
12:59:29 THAT WE ASK CITY STAFF TO REVIEW THIS PUBLIC INPUT AND
12:59:32 REPORT BACK TO CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS
12:59:36 FOR HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEMS ON BAYSHORE AND SPEEDING
12:59:38 THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
12:59:39 THIS WAS NEVER INTENDED TO BE A MEETING WHERE WE WOULD SOLVE
12:59:42 ALL THE PROBLEMS.
12:59:43 IT WAS INTENDED TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC AND HEAR ALL SIDES
12:59:45 OF THE PUBLIC.
12:59:46 AND NOW WE NEED THE EXPERTS TO GO BACK WITH THAT INPUT AND
12:59:48 COME BACK TO US WITH RECOMMENDATIONS.
12:59:50 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
12:59:52 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU FOR THAT, COUNCILMAN CARLSON, FOR
12:59:54 YOUR WORDS AND LEADERSHIP, SIR.
12:59:56 YOU KNOW, JUST IN CLOSING, I'VE HAD -- ALL OF US HAVE HAD
01:00:02 FOLKS THAT GO, LISTEN, WHY ARE YOU ALL TALKING ABOUT
01:00:05 BAYSHORE?
01:00:06 WHY ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT BAYSHORE?
01:00:09 SAYING WE SHOULDN'T FOCUS ON BAYSHORE.
01:00:10 I ALWAYS RESPOND BY GOING, BAYSHORE IS A SYMBOL OF THIS
01:00:14 CITY.
01:00:14 IT'S ONE OF THE ONLY STREETS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA WHERE BY
01:00:17 VIRTUE OF ITS LOCATION, IT IS PROMOTED FOR LIBERAL USE BY
01:00:22 THE CITY OF TAMPA.
01:00:24 IT'S AN ATTRACTION.
01:00:25 GIVEN THE WAY THAT OUR CITY EFFECTIVELY ATTRACTS BAYSHORE
01:00:30 FOR PEDESTRIANS, FOR BICYCLISTS, FOR FOLKS OUTSIDE OF TOWN,
01:00:33 ET CETERA, WE CERTAINLY HAVE A DUTY TO ACT.
01:00:35 I'M FINE WITH A UNIQUE EMPHASIS ON BAYSHORE.
01:00:37 IT IS A UNIQUE SYMBOL IN TAMPA, A SYMBOL OF WHERE WE WANT
01:00:40 PEOPLE TO GO.
01:00:41 I THINK THAT SENSE OF URGENCY IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT I
01:00:43 SUPPORT.
01:00:43 AS ALL OF US, ALL SEVEN OF US WOULD AGREE, THERE'S ALSO
01:00:47 OTHER SYMBOLS HERE IN TAMPA THAT AREN'T SO BEAUTIFUL.
01:00:50 THAT AREN'T SO POSITIVE.
01:00:52 MAYBE EVEN SYMBOLS OF WHERE TAMPA DOESN'T WANT TO SHOW OFF,
01:00:56 SO TO SPEAK.
01:00:57 THOSE AREAS MATTER.
01:00:58 THEY MATTER JUST AS MUCH.
01:01:01 I KNOW WE ALL AGREE ON THAT.
01:01:02 IT'S IMPORTANT THAT BUSCH MATTERS.
01:01:04 MLK, HILLSBOROUGH, NEBRASKA, BAYSHORE, WEST KENNEDY, STREETS
01:01:08 SOUTH OF GANDY.
01:01:11 EVERYWHERE, EVERY SINGLE PART OF THE CITY MATTERS 110%.
01:01:14 THIS REQUIRES NOT ONLY A CHANGE IN BEHAVIOR, AND WE'VE GOT
01:01:17 TO USE THE BULLY PULPIT, EVERY LAST ONE OF US, TO MAKE SURE
01:01:21 THOSE FOLKS WHO SAY I CAN'T DRIVE 55, THEY ARE WRONG, RIGHT?
01:01:25 THIS WOULD ALSO REQUIRE, LIKE COUNCILMAN CARLSON JUST SAID,
01:01:28 MONEY.
01:01:29 I CONTINUE TO BEAT ON THE DRUM OF THE IDEA THAT IF AFT GOES
01:01:32 DOWN, WE HAVE TO MOBILIZE AS A COMMUNITY IMMEDIATELY.
01:01:36 THAT MONEY POTENTIALLY LOST WILL SAVE LIVES.
01:01:41 IT WILL SAVE LIVES.
01:01:42 I'M JUST GOING TO BE BLUNT ABOUT IT.
01:01:44 IT WILL SAVE LIVES.
01:01:46 IT PREVENTS A GREAT DEAL OF PAIN.
01:01:49 SOME OF THE PAIN WE HEARD ABOUT HERE TODAY WITH TALKING
01:01:52 ABOUT YOUNG JESSICA AND DAUGHTER LILLIA WOULD BE THE BROTHER
01:01:57 OF JESSICA AND I BELIEVE IT WAS THE UNCLE BEING HERE, NOT
01:02:00 TOO DARN LONG AGO ON BAYSHORE, HAL FLOWERS, A COLLEAGUE,
01:02:08 FINE ATTORNEY, DIED AS WELL ON BAYSHORE.
01:02:10 WE'VE GOT TO HAVE A SENSE OF URGENCY AND NOT BE ARRIVING TO
01:02:15 IT.
01:02:15 WE ALSO HAVE TO HIGHLIGHT THE EXPERIENCES OF ALL OF THE CITY
01:02:19 OF TAMPA.
01:02:19 I REMEMBER A CRASH THAT HAPPENED ON BOUGAINVILLEA.
01:02:24 IT WAS THE DAY AFTER HALLOWEEN.
01:02:26 THE DAY AFTER HALLOWEEN 2018 WHERE THREE YOUNG KIDS,
01:02:30 HISPANIC YOUNG KIDS WERE WALKING, I RECALL, WITH THEIR
01:02:34 PARENTS, GOING TO SCHOOL, WAITING FOR A SCHOOL BUS.
01:02:38 AND A DRIVER HIT THEM.
01:02:39 THOSE THREE KIDS WERE BADLY INJURED.
01:02:42 I MET WITH THEM AND DID A TOWN HALL, CINDY STUART, SCHOOL
01:02:46 BOARD MEMBER AND MYSELF, ALONG WITH CITY STAFF AND OTHERS,
01:02:50 DID A TOWN HALL OVER AT A SPANISH-SPEAKING CHURCH NEAR WHERE
01:02:54 THIS TRAGIC INCIDENT HAPPENED.
01:02:57 THOSE KIDS, THEIR LIVES MATTER 110%.
01:02:59 FOLKS LIKE HAL FLOWERS AND HIS FAMILY, THEY MATTER 110%, ALL
01:03:06 THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WE ALL HAVE A SENSE OF URGENCY ON IT.
01:03:09 WE ALL HAVE A SENSE AS ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT WE'RE SICK AND
01:03:12 TIRED OF BEING REACTIVE.
01:03:16 WE WANT TO BE PROACTIVE AND LOOK DOWN THE ROAD.
01:03:18 THAT WILL TAKE NOT ONLY A CHANGE IN BEHAVIOR BUT A WHOLE LOT
01:03:20 OF MONEY.
01:03:21 AND WE'VE GOT TO HAVE ALL OF US CONTINUE TO HAVE THE
01:03:24 LEADERSHIP TO DEMAND THAT THAT MONEY IS THERE SO THAT OUR
01:03:29 NEEDS ARE MET SO WE WON'T HAVE ANY MORE PAIN LIKE WE'VE SEEN
01:03:32 AND WE CAN PREVENT THAT.
01:03:33 I HEARD A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
01:03:38 >>THE CLERK: COUNCILMAN CARLSON MADE A MOTION.
01:03:41 I DO NOT BELIEVE IT WAS SECONDED.
01:03:43 >>LUIS VIERA: HE HASN'T GOTTEN THERE YET.
01:03:46 WE'LL FIRST DO COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER'S MOTION AND THEN
01:03:50 COUNCILMAN CARLSON AND ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO DO
01:03:53 MOTIONS.
01:03:54 LET'S FIRST DO COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER'S MOTION.
01:03:56 SIR, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RESTATE THAT, YOU MAY.
01:03:59 NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
01:04:04 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SURE.
01:04:05 THAT BY RESOLUTION, CITY COUNCIL WOULD URGE THE MAYOR AND
01:04:13 THE ADMINISTRATION TO START IN JUNE WITH CLOSING DOWN HALF
01:04:23 OF THE BAYSHORE, THE NORTHBOUND SIDE ON A SUNDAY.
01:04:30 AND ALSO ANY OTHER BOULEVARDS AROUND THE CITY THAT THEY
01:04:36 BELIEVE SHOULD APPROPRIATELY BE CLOSED DOWN ON JUST AN
01:04:43 EXPERIMENTAL BASIS.
01:04:46 HOPEFULLY ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
01:04:51 AND TO LOOK TO ANY REVENUE SOURCES POSSIBLE BECAUSE IT WILL
01:04:55 COST A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY IN TERMS OF STAFF AND TIME TO DO
01:04:57 THAT.
01:04:59 SO THAT'S THE SUM AND SUBSTANCE OF MY MOTION.
01:05:03 I CAN CLEAN IT UP WITH THE CLERK AFTERWARDS.
01:05:08 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MARTIN SHELBY HERE.
01:05:10 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
01:05:10 >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I CAN INQUIRE, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER
01:05:15 STATED TO DO IT IN THE FORM OF A RESOLUTION.
01:05:18 DOES THE COUNCIL REQUIRE THIS TO BE A WRITTEN RESOLUTION
01:05:21 WITH WHEREAS CLASSES AND IT BE DRAFTED AND BROUGHT BACK TO
01:05:24 COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL AT A MEETING OR COUNCIL WISH TO TAKE
01:05:28 THIS IN THE ACTION OF A FORM OF A MOTION TO BE ABLE TO BE
01:05:31 FORWARDED TO THE ADMINISTRATION?
01:05:33 WHAT IS THE TIMELINE THAT COUNCIL WISHES FOR THIS?
01:05:35 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: PERSONALLY, I DON'T HAVE ANY DESIRE FOR
01:05:38 IT TO BE IN WRITING AND FORMALITY AND THAT SORT OF THING.
01:05:43 I THINK IF IT'S IN THE FORM OF A MOTION THAT WE RESOLVE BY
01:05:46 AT LEAST A MAJORITY VOTE TO URGE THE ADMINISTRATION TO DO
01:05:50 WHAT I SAID.
01:05:52 >>MARTIN SHELBY: OKAY.
01:05:52 I UNDERSTAND THAT.
01:05:53 THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
01:05:57 >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN GUDES, GO AHEAD, SIR.
01:06:01 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THE MAKER OF THE MOTION, IF YOU'RE SAYING
01:06:05 SHUTTING DOWN ONE PORTION OF BAYSHORE IS THAT INCLUDING WHEN
01:06:08 YOU DO THAT OR IF STAFF FEELS THEY CAN DO THAT, DOES THAT
01:06:11 MEAN THEY'LL HAVE STREET FESTIVALS ON THE OTHER SIDE, CARS
01:06:15 ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OR SHUTTING DOWN ONE PORTION OF
01:06:19 BAYSHORE TO SEE HOW THIS WILL WORK?
01:06:21 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I WILL LEAVE IT UP TO STAFF'S DISCRETION
01:06:25 IN TERMS OF HOW THE WHOLE THING WOULD WORK.
01:06:28 I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE IT TOO BIG IN TERMS OF STREET
01:06:31 FESTIVALS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
01:06:32 I'M SAYING FOR PURPOSES OF PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES THAT
01:06:35 THEY COULD USE THE NORTHBOUND -- THE TWO NORTHBOUND LANES OF
01:06:38 BAYSHORE ON A GIVEN SUNDAY ONCE A MONTH STARTING IN JUNE,
01:06:45 AND THEN WE WOULD GO FROM THERE.
01:06:47 OBVIOUSLY, THE MOTION ALSO INCLUDES TO URGE THE
01:06:51 ADMINISTRATION TO LOOK AT OTHER SIMILAR BOULEVARDS THAT
01:06:56 WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE SAME TYPE OF ACTION AROUND THE
01:06:59 CITY.
01:06:59 THEY HAVE ASKED ME NOT TO SPECIFY BECAUSE I GUESS THEY
01:07:03 HAVEN'T REALLY STUDIED THEM THAT DEEPLY YET.
01:07:05 I'M SURE FROM AN EQUITABLE PERSPECTIVE, THEY'LL LOOK AT
01:07:08 THREE OR FOUR OTHERS.
01:07:11 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT WAS MY POINT.
01:07:12 I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GO WITH THIS MOTION THAT
01:07:16 WHATEVER BAYSHORE IS DOING SHOULD BE COMPATIBLE, THAT THE
01:07:20 OTHER PEOPLE WOULD BE ABLE AS WELL.
01:07:23 IF ONE DOES SOMETHING, WE'LL HEAR ABOUT THAT.
01:07:25 I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL AVENUES ARE CLEAR IF WE'RE
01:07:28 GOING FORWARD WITH THIS IDEA.
01:07:29 >> AS THE MAKER OF THE MOTION, ABUNDANTLY CLEAR I'LL MENTION
01:07:36 BAYSHORE BY NAME, BUT WE WOULD ALSO URGE THEM TO DO THE SAME
01:07:40 THING FOR THREE OR FOUR OTHER BOULEVARDS SCATTERED
01:07:44 THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
01:07:44 .
01:07:47 DINGFELDER
01:07:48 AND THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE MOTION.
01:07:49 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM MANISCALCO.
01:07:50 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION.
01:07:54 >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, GO AHEAD, SIR.
01:07:57 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: UNFORTUNATELY, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO
01:07:59 SUPPORT THE MOTION.
01:07:59 THE MOTION IS, IN MY OPINION, NOT SATISFACTORY TO THE WAY I
01:08:06 PROCESS WITH IDEAS THAT COME ABOUT.
01:08:07 THE MOTION IS JUST ONE AREA OF CLOSING, CLOSEST PASS TO THE
01:08:13 WATER ON SUNDAYS OR EVERY OTHER SUNDAY, WHATEVER, TO SEE HOW
01:08:17 IT GOES.
01:08:18 HOWEVER, WHEN YOU VOTE LIKE THAT, YOU MUST HAVE THE
01:08:22 INFORMATION OF HOW MUCH TRAFFIC HAS TRAVELED ON THAT ROAD ON
01:08:25 SUNDAY OR WHATEVER DAY OF THE WEEK IT IS.
01:08:27 WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH THE TRAFFIC?
01:08:29 WHERE IS IT GOING?
01:08:30 WHERE WILL THE TRAFFIC CUT THROUGH, IN CASE OF EMERGENCIES?
01:08:36 EMERGENCY VEHICLES BE ABLE TO COME THROUGH AND HELP, WHOEVER
01:08:38 NEEDS IT. I'M A LITTLE APPREHENSIVE IN THE FORM OF
01:08:44 INFORMATION THAT I DO NOT HAVE NOR ANYONE HAS, THAT WE WOULD
01:08:48 BE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE RAMIFICATIONS ARE.
01:08:50 ANYTIME THERE IS AN ACCIDENT, THERE IS ALWAYS A REACTION.
01:08:53 I WANT TO KNOW FROM PUBLIC SAFETY AND I WANT TO KNOW FROM
01:08:55 THE TRAFFIC COUNT AND I WANT TO KNOW FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS,
01:08:58 ALL THE ASSOCIATION NEIGHBORHOODS, HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT WHERE
01:09:01 THE TRAFFIC IS GOING TO GO.
01:09:03 WE HEARD SOME PEOPLE TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC.
01:09:05 EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND WANTS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
01:09:09 THE OTHER QUESTION IS -- IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS AND OTHER
01:09:12 STREETS, I THINK WHEN YOU TALK THAT WAY, YOU HAVE TO NAME
01:09:15 THEM.
01:09:16 SO THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE SOMEHOW IMPACTED KNOW
01:09:20 WHAT'S COMING.
01:09:21 THAT'S NOT THE WAY I OPERATE.
01:09:24 THAT'S THE REASON I'M NOT SUPPORTING THE MOTION.
01:09:26 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I COULD RESPOND BRIEFLY?
01:09:28 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR, YOU MAY.
01:09:30 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: JOHN DINGFELDER.
01:09:32 MR. MIRANDA, YOU AND I ARE VERY SIMILAR.
01:09:34 I THINK WE ARE METHODICAL THINKERS AND WE LIKE TO GET THE
01:09:37 INFORMATION AND THE FACTS AND I RESPECT YOUR COMMENT.
01:09:40 THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY, MR. MIRANDA IS THAT I TALKED TO
01:09:43 MS. DUNCAN AT LENGTH EARLIER IN THE WEEK ABOUT THIS.
01:09:48 AND THIS IS NOT MY IDEA.
01:09:50 THIS IS AN IDEA THAT STAFF HAS BEEN RESEARCHING AND LOOKING
01:09:54 AT FOR QUITE A WHILE.
01:09:55 I TRUST THEM COMPLETELY TO DEAL WITH THE LOGISTICS, JUST
01:10:02 LIKE THEY DO WHEN THERE IS A RUN, A GASPARILLA RUN OR THE
01:10:05 DOZEN OTHER RUNS THAT WE APPROVE EVERY YEAR ON THE BAYSHORE.
01:10:09 THEY KNOW HOW TO CLOSE DOWN -- BAYSHORE AND I TRUST THAT
01:10:16 THEY CAN DO THAT.
01:10:17 ALL THIS MOTION IS, THIS COUNCIL LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY
01:10:21 WHO I WOULD SAY 95% OF THEM URGED US TO DO SOMETHING WE
01:10:29 LISTENED TO THEM AND WE'LL TAKE A VERY SMALL ACTION AND URGE
01:10:33 THE MAYOR TO DO THIS.
01:10:34 MR. MIRANDA, YOU KNOW AS ALWAYS, I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT
01:10:37 AND YOUR THOUGHTS.
01:10:40 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I DON'T WANT TO HAVE A DEBATE ON THE
01:10:42 LINE, BUT THE ADMINISTRATION NEVER MENTIONED TO THE COUNCIL
01:10:49 BUT YOURSELF.
01:10:51 THEREFORE I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT IT UNTIL I KNOW ALL THE
01:10:54 FACTS.
01:10:54 I DON'T DO THINGS WITHOUT KNOWING ALL THE FACTS AND I DON'T
01:10:56 HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION TO MAKE A JUSTIFIABLE DECISION.
01:11:00 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
01:11:01 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I MAY SPEAK.
01:11:06 I SECONDED THIS MOTION AND, OF COURSE, I'M SUPPORTING IT.
01:11:09 IF WE DON'T TRY, WE DON'T KNOW.
01:11:11 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS TEMPORARY.
01:11:14 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS BASICALLY AN EXPERIMENT BECAUSE WE
01:11:18 ARE RESPONDING TO DEATH.
01:11:19 WE ARE RESPONDING TO WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS COME OUT TO SPEAK
01:11:22 IN REGARDS TO BAYSHORE AND OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
01:11:25 I THINK IT'S A NOBLE EFFORT AND REQUEST.
01:11:29 BY DOING THIS WE'LL SEE -- WE'LL GET THE DATA, WE'LL SEE HOW
01:11:34 TRAFFIC AND PEOPLE AND WHATEVER REACTS.
01:11:37 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE NEW AND SOMETHING THAT WE'RE
01:11:40 LIVING IN RIGHT NOW.
01:11:42 WE HAVE A SAFER AT HOME ORDER, STAY AT HOME ORDER.
01:11:45 RESTAURANTS ARE SHUT DOWN.
01:11:46 RETAIL BUSINESSES ARE SHUT DOWN.
01:11:49 THE WORD THAT'S BEEN USED IS BUSINESSES HAVE HAD TO PIVOT.
01:11:54 PEOPLE HAVE HAD TO RECONFIGURE THINGS AND HOW THEY GO MOVING
01:11:58 FORWARD.
01:11:59 THE POINT THAT I'M MAKING IS WE'VE HAD TO MAKE CHANGES
01:12:04 BECAUSE OF CERTAIN SITUATIONS REGARDING COVID-19.
01:12:07 WE ARE WORKING TO MAKE CHANGES AND TRY TO LEARN AND FIGURE
01:12:11 OUT NEW SOLUTIONS BECAUSE WE HAVE PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES ON
01:12:15 BAYSHORE AND OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY AND WE WANT TO MAKE IT
01:12:18 SAFER FOR OUR PEDESTRIANS.
01:12:20 WE'VE HAD THE DISCUSSIONS IN THE PAST AT LEAST SINCE I'VE
01:12:22 BEEN HERE, AND WE REALLY NEED TO NOT JUST MAKE AN EFFORT,
01:12:26 BUT WE NEED TO BRING ABOUT LEGITIMATE AND REAL CHANGES
01:12:29 BECAUSE PEOPLE CONTINUE TO DIE.
01:12:31 AGAIN, I SUPPORT THIS, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S COMMENTS.
01:12:34 THANK YOU.
01:12:37 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.
01:12:38 ANYONE ELSE?
01:12:40 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MAY I ASK COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER IF THIS
01:12:46 MOTION IS TO SHUT DOWN BAYSHORE ENTIRELY OR JUST THE
01:12:51 NORTHBOUND LANES?
01:12:55 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: NO.
01:12:57 THE INTENT OF THE MOTION IS TO REQUEST THE ADMINISTRATION
01:12:59 WOULD SHUT DOWN THE TWO NORTHBOUND LANES.
01:13:01 THE TWO NORTHBOUND LANES.
01:13:05 NOT ALL FOUR LANES AT ALL.
01:13:07 IT WOULD ONLY BE TO START ONE SUNDAY A MONTH TO START.
01:13:17 I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD EXPERIMENT.
01:13:19 AS FAR AS EMERGENCIES ARE CONCERNED, THEY KNOW THAT THEY'LL
01:13:26 GET NOTICE.
01:13:26 THE THREE FIRE STATIONS ALONG THERE WILL GET NOTICE AND
01:13:31 THEY'LL KNOW THEY NEED TO TAKE MacDILL, THE EXPRESSWAY,
01:13:34 DALE MABRY, OR HIMES TO GO NORTH-SOUTH TO GET TO WHERE THEY
01:13:37 NEED TO GO.
01:13:37 ANYWAY, YES, MR. CITRO, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION AND
01:13:42 CLARIFICATION.
01:13:43 JUST THE TWO OUT OF THE FOUR LANES IS THE INTENT OF THE
01:13:46 MOTION.
01:13:46 OBVIOUSLY, IF THE CITY COMES UP WITH OTHER IDEAS, THEN
01:13:49 THAT'S THEIR PREROGATIVE.
01:13:52 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER,
01:13:55 ARE YOU PROPOSING THAT THE SOUTHBOUND LANE STAY ONE
01:14:00 DIRECTION OR GO TO TWO DIRECTIONS, NORTH AND SOUTH?
01:14:04 I HOPE YOU'RE UNDERSTANDING MY QUESTION.
01:14:08 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SURE.
01:14:09 FRANKLY, I'M SURE MS. DUNCAN IS STILL ON THE LINE AND I'LL
01:14:12 ACCEPT HER INPUT ON THIS.
01:14:14 IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IN HAVING THAT CONVERSATION I REFERRED
01:14:17 TO EARLIER WITH MS. DUNCAN AND HER STAFF THAT WHEN THEY WERE
01:14:20 CONTEMPLATING THIS, THAT THEY LEAVE THE SOUTHBOUND TWO LANES
01:14:28 GOING SOUTHBOUND DURING THAT EIGHT-HOUR WINDOW OR WHATEVER
01:14:33 PERIOD WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
01:14:35 AND PEOPLE WHO NEED TO GO NORTHBOUND HAVE TO FIGURE OUT SOME
01:14:40 OTHER WAY.
01:14:44 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING IS PEOPLE WHO NEED TO
01:14:46 GO NORTHBOUND CAN EITHER TAKE MacDILL -- [AUDIO DROP]
01:14:54 [NO AUDIO]
01:15:13 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR, GO AHEAD, SIR.
01:15:19 >>BILL CARLSON: I JUST WANT TO SAY TO THE ADMINISTRATION, I
01:15:21 WILL VOTE FOR THIS TO GO FORWARD IF THE ADMINISTRATION WANTS
01:15:24 TO COME BACK AT SOME POINT WITH A SPECIFIC PLAN AND GET OUR
01:15:28 REAFFIRMATION OF IT, I WOULD WELCOME THAT.
01:15:31 I KNOW TALKING TO CONSTITUENTS, THEY ARE PROBABLY EVENLY
01:15:35 SPLIT.
01:15:35 THERE ARE MANY THAT ARE VERY, VERY IN FAVOR OF THIS AND WANT
01:15:38 IT TO HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY AND FOR IT TO HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE
01:15:41 TIME THAT WE HAVE SAFER AT HOME, AND AT LEAST ONE SUNDAY A
01:15:45 MONTH, AND THERE ARE CONSTITUENTS WHO DON'T WANT IT TO
01:15:47 HAPPEN AT ALL.
01:15:48 SO MY POINT IS THAT IF THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD LIKE TO COME
01:15:52 BACK AT SOME POINT AND LET THE PUBLIC HAVE FEEDBACK ON THIS
01:15:58 FROM ALL SIDES, I WOULD WELCOME THAT.
01:16:06 >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN CITRO, GO AHEAD.
01:16:08 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
01:16:09 I WOULD LIKE TO ASK COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, IF HE WOULDN'T
01:16:16 MIND MAYBE POSTPONING THIS AND HAVING THE ADMINISTRATION,
01:16:19 HAVING STAFF GIVE US THREE OPTIONS ON HOW TO ACTUALLY CLOSE
01:16:25 DOWN THE NORTHBOUND LANES ON A SUNDAY A MONTH AND GIVE US
01:16:29 THE FEASIBILITIES OF THIS PROCEDURE.
01:16:33 JUST ASKING.
01:16:37 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CITRO, MR. CARLSON, I THINK YOU BOTH
01:16:40 HAVE GOOD IDEAS.
01:16:41 LET ME RESHAPE IT.
01:16:42 I'M GOING TO LEAVE THE MOTION IN PLACE SUBJECT TO MR.
01:16:45 MANISCALCO'S CONTINUING SECOND.
01:16:47 WHAT I WILL DO IS ADD TO THE MOTION THAT STAFF WOULD COME
01:16:53 BACK TO US, SINCE WE'RE ASKING THEM TO START IN JUNE, THAT
01:17:00 STAFF WOULD COME BACK TO US WITH A STAFF REPORT AT OUR --
01:17:03 LET'S SEE, IS IT MAY 19th WE HAVE A REGULAR MEETING,
01:17:06 MR. CHAIRMAN?
01:17:11 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YOUR JUNE REGULAR MEETINGS PER YOUR
01:17:15 CALENDAR ARE JUNE 4th AND JUNE 25th.
01:17:18 >>LUIS VIERA: WE'RE LOOKING AT MAY.
01:17:20 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YOUR MAY MEETING, THAT WOULD BE MAY 21st.
01:17:25 YOU HAVE A MAY 7 AND MAY 21.
01:17:29 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. SHELBY.
01:17:31 MR. CITRO, MR. CARLSON, GOOD IDEAS.
01:17:34 I'LL ADD TO MY MOTION THAT STAFF COME BACK MAY 21st TO OUR
01:17:41 REGULAR MEETING WITH A BRIEF STAFF REPORT WITH STAFF'S
01:17:48 RESPONSE TO OUR MOTION.
01:17:50 OBVIOUSLY, STAFF -- MANAGEMENT'S RESPONSE MAY BE, NO, WE
01:17:56 CAN'T DO IT NOW.
01:17:57 THEY MIGHT DO THAT OR THEY MIGHT GIVE US DETAILS ON HOW THEY
01:18:00 CAN DO IT AND WHEN THEY CAN DO IT.
01:18:02 I HOPE THAT HELPS A LITTLE BIT.
01:18:08 I'LL AMEND MY MOTION SLIGHTLY TO ASK STAFF FOR A STAFF
01:18:11 REPORT ON THE 21st OF MAY AND ASK FOR A SECOND ON MY
01:18:14 AMENDMENT.
01:18:16 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU HAVE A SECOND FROM ME, MANISCALCO.
01:18:18 YES.
01:18:22 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
01:18:23 ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?
01:18:24 AS FOR ME IN MY HOUSE, I WAS GOING TO BE VOTING YES ON THIS
01:18:29 BASED ON THE NUMBER OF ASSUMPTIONS THAT CITY STAFF WOULD, OF
01:18:32 COURSE, DO THE -- STUDY FOR SAFETY AND THAT ALSO INCLUDES,
01:18:39 THIS IS ALL AN ASSUMPTION ON MY PART, SOCIAL DISTANCING,
01:18:42 THAT THE AREAS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE OPEN OR SET ASIDE,
01:18:45 INCLUDING ON BAYSHORE, WOULD HAVE SOCIAL DISTANCING
01:18:49 CAPABILITIES AND IT WOULDN'T BE SEEN AS A PUBLIC HEALTH OR
01:18:53 SAFETY EXPOSURE, CONSULTATION WITH NEIGHBORHOODS AND VOTING
01:18:58 YES ALSO ON THE ASSUMPTION AS WELL THAT WE GET A THUMBS UP
01:19:01 FROM POLICE AND FIRE.
01:19:04 WE ALL ASSUME THIS, THEY MUST BE CONSULTED ON THIS.
01:19:08 IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING.
01:19:09 YOU KNOW, LOOKING TO DO THIS AS AN EXPERIMENT ONCE A MONTH
01:19:13 WITH THE PROPER PREDICATE OR PREFACE OF A DISCUSSION AND
01:19:17 STUDY BY STAFF, I'M FINE WITH THAT.
01:19:19 LET'S DO IT.
01:19:22 SULING, MR. SHELBY, DO WE HAVE TO TAKE A ROLL CALL FOR THIS?
01:19:26 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, SIR.
01:19:27 ON EVERY VOTE.
01:19:28 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
01:19:30 LET'S DO IT.
01:19:31 SULING, ROLL CALL.
01:19:33 >> IT WILL BE DANIELLE.
01:19:35 >>LUIS VIERA: I'M SORRY.
01:19:36 DANIELLE, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
01:19:37 >>THE CLERK: DINGFELDER?
01:19:39 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
01:19:40 >>THE CLERK: GUDES?
01:19:43 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
01:19:44 >>THE CLERK: MANISCALCO?
01:19:46 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
01:19:47 >>THE CLERK: CITRO?
01:19:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH
01:19:52 FOR THAT.
01:19:52 YES, I AM VOTING FOR IT.
01:19:55 >>THE CLERK: MIRANDA?
01:19:56 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO.
01:19:58 >>THE CLERK: CARLSON?
01:19:59 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
01:20:01 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
01:20:02 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
01:20:04 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED WITH MIRANDA VOTING NO.
01:20:12 AND COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO SECONDING THE MOTION.
01:20:17 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
01:20:19 NOW, BEFORE I GO TO COUNCILMAN CARLSON'S MOTION, JUST SO
01:20:22 THAT I KNOW, DOES ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER WISH TO MAKE A
01:20:26 MOTION TODAY?
01:20:27 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO.
01:20:28 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
01:20:29 BEING NONE, COUNCILMAN CARLSON, YOU MAY GO AHEAD, SIR.
01:20:34 >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU, SIR.
01:20:35 I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ASK CITY STAFF TO
01:20:38 REVIEW THE PUBLIC INPUT GATHERED TODAY AND REPORT BACK TO
01:20:41 CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW TO FIX
01:20:44 THE PROBLEMS ON BAYSHORE AND SPEEDING THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
01:20:48 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: DINGFELDER.
01:20:51 SECOND.
01:20:53 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
01:20:53 ANY DISCUSSION?
01:20:54 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN?
01:20:56 >>LUIS VIERA: I MAY HAVE MISSED THAT.
01:20:58 I'M SORRY, SOMEBODY, MR. SHELBY?
01:21:00 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, MARTIN SHELBY.
01:21:02 SORRY, MR. CHAIRMAN.
01:21:03 JUST WONDERING, ARE YOU ASKING THAT TO COME BACK ON A
01:21:07 PARTICULAR DAY?
01:21:08 WOULD IT BE THE MAY 21st DATE?
01:21:11 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
01:21:12 I WAS GOING TO INQUIRE ON THAT AS WELL.
01:21:14 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU.
01:21:14 >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN CARLSON, WERE YOU LOOKING AT A
01:21:17 PARTICULAR DATE, SIR?
01:21:18 >>BILL CARLSON: WELL, I DON'T KNOW FROM CITY STAFF HOW LONG
01:21:20 IT WOULD TAKE THEM TO REVIEW THIS.
01:21:22 CAN WE PUT IN THE MOTION THAT CITY STAFF WOULD SET A DATE IN
01:21:25 COORDINATION WITH THE CHAIR?
01:21:26 OR WE CAN PICK A TIME --
01:21:31 >>LUIS VIERA: SOUNDS GOOD HERE.
01:21:33 THE SECOND, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, ARE YOU GOOD WITH THAT,
01:21:36 SIR, I WOULD ASSUME?
01:21:38 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
01:21:39 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
01:21:40 ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION?
01:21:44 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YEAH, MR. CHAIR.
01:21:46 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
01:21:47 COUNCILMAN GUDES, GO AHEAD, SIR.
01:21:49 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I APPRECIATE THE MAKER OF THE MOTION, BUT
01:21:52 WE'VE ALREADY GOT THE ORIGINAL MOTION.
01:21:54 THEY ARE ALREADY DOING WHAT MR. CARLSON IS ASKING, CORRECT
01:21:57 OR AM I INCORRECT ON THAT?
01:22:02 >>BILL CARLSON: THIS IS ABOUT COMING BACK WITH
01:22:04 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR US ON WHAT THEY THINK WE SHOULD DO.
01:22:09 TODAY WAS JUST ABOUT GATHERING PUBLIC INPUT.
01:22:12 THEY GAVE US SHORT PRESENTATIONS BUT THE IDEA WAS THEY WOULD
01:22:16 LISTEN.
01:22:16 NOW WE NEED THE EXPERTS TO GO BACK HAVING LISTENED TO THE
01:22:19 PUBLIC AND GIVE US RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT THEY THINK WE
01:22:22 SHOULD DO.
01:22:23 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT'S IN CONJUNCTION TO THE BOULEVARD
01:22:27 BEING CLOSED OR SEPARATE FROM THE BAYSHORE --
01:22:29 >>BILL CARLSON: NO, SORRY.
01:22:31 THIS IS FOR THE SPEEDING ON BAYSHORE AND THE SPEEDING
01:22:34 THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
01:22:35 SO THE ORIGINAL MOTION THAT YOU AND I MADE A FEW MONTHS AGO.
01:22:41 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MR. CHAIRMAN, MAY I SPEAK TO THE MOTION?
01:22:44 >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, ONE SECOND, IF I MAY.
01:22:47 COUNCILMAN CARLSON, YOU WERE GOING TO SAY, SIR?
01:22:51 >>BILL CARLSON: I WAS GOING TO SAY THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S
01:22:53 MEETING WAS TO GATHER PUBLIC INPUT WITH THE IDEA THAT THE
01:22:56 STAFF WOULD TAKE THE INPUT AND COME BACK TO US.
01:22:58 ALL THIS MOTION IS DOING IS SAYING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO GO
01:23:01 AHEAD AND SCHEDULE THAT MEETING.
01:23:04 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
01:23:04 THANK YOU, SIR.
01:23:05 COUNCILMAN GUDES, DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, SIR?
01:23:09 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, SIR, IT DOES.
01:23:11 THANK YOU.
01:23:11 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
01:23:12 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
01:23:13 GO AHEAD, SIR.
01:23:14 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION BECAUSE
01:23:16 THIS MOTION I LIKE.
01:23:17 THE FIRST MOTION WAS ASKING FOR INPUT AND HOW AND WHEN AND
01:23:20 WHAT THE FACTS ARE.
01:23:22 THE OTHER MOTION WAS JUST THIS IS WHAT WE WANT WITHOUT ANY
01:23:25 INFORMATION.
01:23:26 THAT'S WHY I'M GOING TO SUPPORT MR. CARLSON'S MOTION.
01:23:30 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.
01:23:31 ANYONE ELSE?
01:23:32 OKAY, SULING -- I'M SORRY.
01:23:37 DANIELLE.
01:23:38 LET'S CALL UP THE VOTE.
01:23:39 ROLL CALL.
01:23:40 >>THE CLERK: DINGFELDER?
01:23:42 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
01:23:43 >>THE CLERK: GUDES?
01:23:45 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
01:23:46 >>THE CLERK: MANISCALCO?
01:23:49 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
01:23:50 >>THE CLERK: CITRO?
01:23:52 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
01:23:53 >>THE CLERK: MIRANDA?
01:23:55 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
01:23:56 >>THE CLERK: CARLSON?
01:23:57 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
01:23:59 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
01:24:00 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
01:24:01 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON BEING THE MAKER
01:24:04 OF THE MOTION AND DINGFELDER SECONDING THE MOTION.
01:24:08 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
01:24:08 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
01:24:09 NOW WE'LL GO DOWN THE LINE JUST FOR ONE MINUTE, IF ANYONE
01:24:14 HAS ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS, COMMUNITY EVENTS, ANYTHING OF THAT
01:24:17 NATURE.
01:24:18 WE'LL START ALPHABETICALLY GOING THE OTHER WAY NOW WITH
01:24:21 COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
01:24:22 GO AHEAD, SIR, IF ANYTHING.
01:24:23 >>BILL CARLSON: I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY AGAIN FOR
01:24:26 PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
01:24:27 ONE OTHER THING, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL SAW, BUT I
01:24:30 INTERVIEWED THE CUBAN AMBASSADOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.
01:24:34 TODAY, THIS MORNING, EARLY THIS MORNING, THE CUBAN EMBASSY
01:24:37 IN WASHINGTON, D.C. WAS ATTACKED BY GUNFIRE.
01:24:41 THE ALLEGED PERPETRATOR HAS BEEN APPREHENDED, BUT AS I WOULD
01:24:47 SAY, IN THE UNITED STATES, WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF
01:24:51 SPEECH BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO SHOOT PEOPLE IN
01:24:54 PLACES.
01:24:54 I WON'T ASK FOR A MOTION, BUT I JUST HOPE THAT THIS PERSON
01:24:58 OR PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THAT ARE APPREHENDED.
01:25:01 WE NEED TO HAVE CIVIL DISCOURSE IN THE UNITED STATES ABOUT
01:25:04 OUR OWN FREEDOMS AND WE CAN HAVE CIVIL DISCOURSE ABOUT THE
01:25:07 FREEDOMS AND RIGHTS IN OTHER COUNTRIES, BUT WE CAN'T SHOOT
01:25:10 PEOPLE AND WE CAN'T BURN DOWN BUILDINGS.
01:25:13 SIX YEARS AGO, A TRAVEL AGENCY IN CORAL GABLES WAS BURNED
01:25:16 DOWN APPARENTLY FOR POLITICAL REASONS.
01:25:18 AND THE DEFINITION OF THAT IS TERRORISM.
01:25:20 WE CANNOT ALLOW DOMESTIC TERRORISM BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T
01:25:24 AGREE WITH OTHER PEOPLE'S POLITICAL BELIEFS.
01:25:27 THANK YOU ALL.
01:25:29 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.
01:25:30 I REMEMBER GOING TO THAT EMBASSY A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER IT
01:25:34 OPENED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND BEING THERE WITH MY SON IN A
01:25:37 VERY HISTORIC MOMENT.
01:25:40 I'M SURE THAT WE ALL CONDEMN THOSE COWARDLY, TERRIBLE
01:25:43 ACTIONS THAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED.
01:25:46 THANK YOU, SIR.
01:25:47 NEXT, COUNCILMAN CITRO.
01:25:48 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
01:25:50 I WISH TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT WAS INVOLVED WITH THE
01:25:52 WORKSHOP.
01:25:52 EVERYBODY FROM STAFF, TPD, FIRE, EVERYBODY INVOLVED.
01:25:58 JUST ONE LAST THING THAT I DID NOT MENTION.
01:26:04 WE HAVE AN INTERSECTION IN THIS TOWN, I-4 AND 275.
01:26:11 AND IN 2016, THERE WERE 1,073 ACCIDENTS.
01:26:22 MR. CHAIR, I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
01:26:25 I THANK EVERYBODY INVOLVED.
01:26:27 EVERYBODY STAY SAFE.
01:26:28 STAY HEALTHY.
01:26:29 STAY NICE, AND I CANNOT WAIT TO GET BACK TO MEETING FACE TO
01:26:33 FACE.
01:26:34 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
01:26:36 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU FOR THAT, COUNCILMAN CITRO.
01:26:38 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
01:26:41 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
01:26:42 GREAT MEETING.
01:26:43 I WANTED TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT-OUT TO FORMER COUNCILWOMAN
01:26:48 LINDA SAUL-SENA AND TO CURRENT COUNCILMAN BILL CARLSON,
01:26:53 DISTRICT 4, FOR PUSHING THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE.
01:26:59 I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH REALLY STRANGE TIMES.
01:27:05 I THINK -- I SAW THE RIVERWALK THE OTHER DAY WAS JUST SO
01:27:10 PACKED WITH PEOPLE WHO JUST WANT TO GET OUT AND GET SOME
01:27:13 EXERCISE AND WALK AND SEE OTHER PEOPLE.
01:27:15 I THINK BY OPENING UP THE BAYSHORE ON A LIMITED BASIS FOR
01:27:21 PEDESTRIANS AND SOME OTHER COMPARABLE, NICE BOULEVARDS
01:27:24 AROUND THE CITY, I THINK THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE RESPONDING TO
01:27:29 THE SAFETY ISSUE THAT'S ALWAYS WITH US, BUT I THINK WE'RE
01:27:33 ALSO RESPONDING TO THE COVID ISSUE BY GIVING PEOPLE A
01:27:36 WONDERFUL PLACE TO RECREATE AND START SEEING THEIR FRIENDS
01:27:39 AND NEIGHBORS AGAIN ON A SOCIAL DISTANCE BASIS.
01:27:44 THANK YOU TO BILL AND LINDA FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
01:27:47 MR. CHAIRMAN, THANKS FOR A GREAT MEETING AND THANKS TO THE
01:27:50 COMMUNITY FOR YOUR TREMENDOUS INPUT AND FOR INSPIRING US AND
01:27:54 HOPEFULLY THE MAYOR TO START DOING SOMETHING.
01:27:57 THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.
01:27:59 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
01:28:00 IS IT LINDA SAUL-SENA'S BIRTHDAY TODAY?
01:28:04 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
01:28:06 >>LUIS VIERA: WELL, HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, IF SHE'S
01:28:09 LISTENING, I GUESS.
01:28:10 THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
01:28:13 AMEN.
01:28:14 COUNCILMAN GUDES, GO AHEAD, SIR.
01:28:17 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
01:28:18 AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THE MEETING TODAY AS
01:28:22 ALWAYS.
01:28:23 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MS. SAUL-SENA.
01:28:24 SHE'S ALWAYS A FIGHTER ON ALL ISSUES IN THE CITY, NOT JUST
01:28:28 TODAY BUT OTHER ISSUES THAT OCCUR.
01:28:29 I'M GLAD THAT SHE'S STILL A PERSON IN THE FIGHT TO HELP ALL
01:28:33 COMMUNITIES.
01:28:34 AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA FOR BEING A
01:28:37 PART OF THIS MEETING, GIVING US YOUR IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS.
01:28:40 LOOKING FORWARD TO STAFF BRINGING BACK GOOD SOLUTIONS TO
01:28:44 MAYBE SOLVE OR CUR VEIL SOME OF THE PROBLEMS -- CURTAIL SOME
01:28:48 OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE WITH TRAFFIC IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
01:28:50 THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
01:28:51 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN GUDES.
01:28:54 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, SIR?
01:28:56 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU HAD ALREADY MENTIONED I WAS GOING TO
01:28:58 WISH FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER LINDA SAUL-SENA A VERY HAPPY
01:29:01 BIRTHDAY.
01:29:01 I APPRECIATE ALL HER EFFORTS AND HOW ACTIVE SHE CONTINUES TO
01:29:05 BE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
01:29:07 SHE HAS A HEART OF GOLD AND ALWAYS PUTS PEOPLE FIRST AND
01:29:10 REALLY, REALLY CARES.
01:29:11 I HOPE SHE ENJOYS HER BIRTHDAY.
01:29:14 THAT'S IT.
01:29:14 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
01:29:16 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA?
01:29:17 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE CITIZENS WHO
01:29:20 SPOKE TODAY AND E-MAILED TODAY AND PRESENTED THEIR IDEAS TO
01:29:25 THIS COUNCIL.
01:29:26 IT'S A PLEASURE TO SERVE AND THAT'S WHY THEY ARE GOOD PEOPLE
01:29:29 EVEN THOUGH SOMETIMES WE HAVE LITTLE DISAGREEMENTS HERE AND
01:29:32 THERE, THEY UNDERSTAND AND THEY STATE THEIR MINDS AND HOW
01:29:37 THEY FEEL ABOUT ISSUES.
01:29:38 FOR THAT, I CONGRATULATE THEM FOR COMING.
01:29:43 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
01:29:45 JUST IN CLOSING, IT LOOKS LIKE OUR MEMBERS MEETING IS GOING
01:29:48 TO BE ON MAY 7th.
01:29:49 WE'RE ON A GOOD PATH AS A COUNCIL THAT HELPS US REALLY PUT
01:29:53 OUR CITY BACK TO WORK.
01:29:55 SINCE MID MARCH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD WITH THE
01:29:58 ADMINISTRATION TO FIRST BEGIN TO HAVE VIRTUAL MEETINGS.
01:30:02 I AGAIN WANTED TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND
01:30:06 YOUR COOPERATION WITH THESE VIRTUAL MEETINGS, BECAUSE THESE
01:30:08 THINGS COULD REALLY EASILY BLOW UP AND THEY HAVEN'T.
01:30:12 IT'S BECAUSE ALL OF US HAVE COOPERATED AND BEEN VERY, VERY
01:30:15 PATIENT.
01:30:16 I REALLY WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR YOUR PATIENCE ON
01:30:20 THESE VIRTUAL MEETINGS.
01:30:21 EVERYBODY HAS HAD TO CUT BACK ON A LOT OF THINGS.
01:30:23 I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
01:30:24 NOW WE'RE LOOKING IN JUNE TO HAVE LIVE MEETINGS AT THE TAMPA
01:30:28 CONVENTION CENTER.
01:30:29 THIS IS AN ENDEAVOR THAT TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND WHATNOT.
01:30:33 I JUST WANTED TO THANK AGAIN STAFF FOR DOING THAT.
01:30:38 SO NEXT WEEK, WE WILL BE MEETING ON MAY 7th --
01:30:42 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN?
01:30:43 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
01:30:45 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MARTIN SHELBY, WHILE YOU'RE ON THE SUBJECT
01:30:48 AND BEFORE YOU CLOSE UP THE MEETING, A FEW HOUSEKEEPING
01:30:52 MATTERS.
01:30:52 YOU DID RECEIVE SEVERAL -- QUITE A BIT, ACTUALLY, OF WRITTEN
01:30:59 COMMENTS RELATING TO TODAY'S SUBJECT, WHICH --
01:31:03 >>LUIS VIERA: MR. SHELBY, I WASN'T FINISHED SPEAKING.
01:31:06 >>MARTIN SHELBY: OH, I AM SO SORRY.
01:31:10 >>LUIS VIERA: I WASN'T FINISHED.
01:31:12 JUST A SECOND.
01:31:13 NO, NO, YOU'RE FINE, BUDDY.
01:31:16 YOU'RE FINE.
01:31:16 NEXT WEEK, WE WILL BE HAVING OUR MAY 7th MEETING.
01:31:21 IN TERMS OF THE VENUE OF THE MAY 7th MEETING, WE'VE HAD
01:31:24 DISCUSSIONS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ON IT.
01:31:26 WHAT I'M TRYING TO WORK FOR US TO GET THAT DONE IS TO HAVE
01:31:31 IT BY VIDEO.
01:31:33 I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT SO THAT WE DON'T DO THIS BY
01:31:36 PHONE.
01:31:37 ESPECIALLY, I'LL BE FRANK, FOR THE ELECTION OF CHAIR AND
01:31:39 VICE-CHAIR, INCLUDING OF CRA, I THINK IT'S GOOD TO BE ABLE
01:31:43 TO DO THAT BY VIDEO, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.
01:31:46 SO I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A DRY RUN BEFORE THAT THAT
01:31:50 WE'LL BE WORKING THROUGH, AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THE
01:31:54 BALL ROLLING WITH THAT.
01:31:55 WE'LL BE DOING THAT AND THEN I BELIEVE VOTING ON THE CONSENT
01:31:58 AGENDA.
01:31:59 THANKS TO THE HARD WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH THE
01:32:03 ADMINISTRATION, WITH MR. SHELBY WITH TECHNOLOGY AND WITH
01:32:05 OTHER FOLKS, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD STEP BY STEP TOWARDS
01:32:09 NORMALCY FOR TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
01:32:11 SO WE'RE ALL VERY, VERY HAPPY FOR THAT.
01:32:13 MR. SHELBY, GO AHEAD, SIR.
01:32:17 >>MARTIN SHELBY: JUST A REMINDER TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC,
01:32:20 YOU DID MENTION THE ELECTIONS THAT ARE SCHEDULED.
01:32:24 NEXT WEEK IS, BY COUNCIL'S MOTION, YOUR FIRST REGULAR
01:32:29 MEETING, BUT AS YOU SAID, MR. CHAIRMAN, IT --
01:32:36 IT IS USING COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA TECHNOLOGY, WHICH MEANS
01:32:40 THERE IS NO MEETING OF THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK
01:32:42 REGARDING THIS.
01:32:43 IT HAS TO BE DONE THROUGH THE PROCESSES WHICH ARE SET FORTH
01:32:46 TO EITHER, AS THEY DID TODAY, BY VOICE MAIL OR BY WRITTEN
01:32:50 COMMUNICATION, OR BY REGISTERING FOR THE WEBINAR IN ADVANCE
01:32:55 TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK AT THE MEETING.
01:32:57 SO I JUST WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT PER COUNCIL'S RULES,
01:33:01 THE DEADLINE HAS BEEN -- [AUDIO DROP]
01:33:10 >>LUIS VIERA: MR. SHELBY, ARE YOU THERE?
01:33:15 >>MARTIN SHELBY: OH, SORRY.
01:33:15 MR. CHAIRMAN, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
01:33:18 >>LUIS VIERA: YOU SAID THE DEADLINE HAD BEEN AND THEN BLANK.
01:33:21 >>MARTIN SHELBY: I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENED.
01:33:23 BUT THE DEADLINE IS 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE.
01:33:25 IF YOU WISH TO REGISTER FOR THE WEBINAR SO YOU HAVE THE
01:33:29 OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK DURING THE MEETING.
01:33:31 SO I JUST WANTED TO REMIND THE PUBLIC OF THAT.
01:33:36 AND ALSO, COUNCIL, JUST A QUESTION WITH REGARD TO STAFF
01:33:39 REPORTS.
01:33:40 YOU'VE BEEN RECEIVING MEMORANDUM, MEMORANDA FROM THE STAFF
01:33:48 ON THOSE ITEMS.
01:33:49 IS THAT IN LIEU OF AN APPEARANCE FOR NEXT WEEK?
01:33:55 >>LUIS VIERA: THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING.
01:33:58 YES, THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING.
01:34:00 >>MARTIN SHELBY: VERY GOOD.
01:34:01 I JUST WANTED THAT CLARIFIED AS WELL.
01:34:04 I THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
01:34:06 MY APOLOGIES.
01:34:06 >>LUIS VIERA: NO, YOU'RE FINE.
01:34:08 ANYTHING ELSE, MR. SHELBY?
01:34:09 >>MARTIN SHELBY: NO, SIR.
01:34:10 THANK YOU.
01:34:10 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY, GREAT.
01:34:11 MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE?
01:34:15 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED.
01:34:17 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
01:34:18 >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
01:34:20 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
01:34:21 ALL IN FAVOR?
01:34:22 ROLL CALL.
01:34:30 >>THE CLERK: YES, I'M HERE.
01:34:31 DINGFELDER?
01:34:33 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
01:34:35 >>THE CLERK: GUDES?
01:34:36 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
01:34:38 >>THE CLERK: MANISCALCO?
01:34:39 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
01:34:40 >>THE CLERK: CITRO?
01:34:42 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
01:34:44 >>THE CLERK: CARLSON?
01:34:45 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
01:34:47 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
01:34:48 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
01:34:49 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED WITH THE MAKER OF THE MOTION
01:34:53 BEING COUNCILMAN MIRANDA SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
01:34:57 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU AGAIN, DANIELLE.
01:34:59 THANK EVERYBODY FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
01:35:00 AGAIN, A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE STAFF, TO ALL
01:35:03 THE PUBLIC LISTENING AND TO ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
01:35:06 I'M SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT GETTING THESE MEETINGS TAKES A
01:35:09 LOT OF WORK OF A LOT OF PEOPLE BEHIND THE SCENES.
01:35:11 SO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY.
01:35:13 EVERYBODY STAY SAFE.
01:35:14 THANK YOU AGAIN.
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