TUESDAY MAY 19, 2020
9:00 A.M. VIRTUAL MEETING
TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
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09:00:23 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS VIRTUAL
09:00:26 SPECIAL CALLED SESSION TO ORDER.
09:00:27 IF WE CAN BEGIN WITH THE INVOCATION WHICH WILL JUST BE A
09:00:30 MOMENT OF SILENCE.
09:00:31 [ MOMENT OF SILENCE ]
09:00:35 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:00:35 IF YOU COULD PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
09:00:39 [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ]
09:00:42 ALL RIGHT.
09:00:49 THANK YOU.
09:00:50 WE WILL HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
09:00:51 >>THE CLERK: GOOD MORNING.
09:00:53 >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
09:00:58 >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE.
09:01:03 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HERE.
09:01:04 >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
09:01:07 >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE.
09:01:10 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
09:01:12 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
09:01:14 ALL RIGHT.
09:01:14 BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT, FROM SHELBY, YOU HAVE THE
09:01:17 STATEMENT FOR THIS SPECIAL CALL SESSION DURING THIS STATE
09:01:21 OF EMERGENCY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ.
09:01:23 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:01:25 GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
09:01:26 MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
09:01:29 AS THE CHAIRMAN DID STATE THIS MORNING'S VIRTUAL SPECIAL
09:01:32 CALL MEETING IS BEING HELD DURING THE COVID-19 STATE OF
09:01:36 EMERGENCY.
09:01:36 IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNOR DESANTIS EXECUTIVE ORDER 2069
09:01:42 EXTENDED BY EO 20-123.
09:01:46 AND BY CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 2020, DASH 225, WHICH
09:01:51 ESTABLISHED EMERGENCY RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR THE CONDUCT
09:01:54 OF MEETINGS SUCH AS THIS USING COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA
09:01:57 TECHNOLOGY.
09:01:59 LINKS TO BOTH DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY
09:02:00 COUNCIL'S WEB PAGE AT TAMPAGOV.NET FORWARD SLASH TAMPA
09:02:08 CITY COUNCIL ALONG WITH A LINK TO INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUBLIC
09:02:10 COMMENT.
09:02:11 AND THOSE INSTRUCTIONS ARE ALSO CONTAINED WITHIN THE
09:02:14 AGENDA WHICH IS ALSO AVAILABLE THROUGH THE LINK ON THE
09:02:17 CITY'S WEB PAGE.
09:02:19 THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:02:21 THANK YOU.
09:02:21 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:02:23 MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT?
09:02:27 CLERK GOOD MORNING, CHAIR.
09:02:28 WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS MORNING.
09:02:31 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
09:02:32 THANK YOU.
09:02:32 WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA WHICH IS THE MULTI-PARK
09:02:37 PRESENTATION WHICH YOU SHOULD ALL HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU.
09:02:40 IT WAS SENT OUT AT THE FY 2020 MIDYEAR REVIEW ALONG WITH
09:02:46 THE PARKS FUNDING, AND OTHER ITEMS, AS WELL AS COVID-19
09:02:52 ISSUES.
09:02:53 PLEASE RESERVE ALL COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS TILL THE END OF
09:02:55 THE PRESENTATION SO WE CAN MOVE THROUGH THIS AS QUICKLY
09:02:58 AS POSSIBLE.
09:02:59 IF STAFF WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN WITH THE PRESENTATION, YOU
09:03:02 CAN GO AHEAD NOW.
09:03:03 >>JOHN BENNETT: CHIEF OF STAFF.
09:03:11 THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME OUT THIS MORNING AS A COUNCIL
09:03:13 TO GO THROUGH THIS AGENDA TYPICALLY AS A SPECIAL SESSION.
09:03:19 I JUST HAVE THREE QUICK OPENING COMMENTS.
09:03:22 THREE THINGS TO WATCH FOR AND THEN ONE SUGGESTION.
09:03:25 BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AT
09:03:28 THE BUDGET OFFICE.
09:03:30 FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT OUR MAYOR, MAYOR
09:03:34 CASTOR, STRONG LEADERSHIP TOWARDS FISCAL AND FINANCIAL
09:03:37 SUSTAINABILITY, WITH COUNCIL SUPPORT IN FY 20, HAS HELPED
09:03:42 US TO BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT LEADING INTO COVID-19.
09:03:46 THE MAYOR ALSO REMIND US THAT WE ARE NEARING THE END OF
09:03:50 THE BEGINNING AND NOT THE BEGINNING OF THE END.
09:03:53 BUT WE DO HAVE A PLAN FOR HOPE AS WE TRANSFORM TAMPA'S
09:03:57 TOMORROW.
09:03:57 AND THEN LASTLY, THE MAYOR HAS BEEN SETTING OUR BUDGETARY
09:04:01 RISKS ON A DAILY BASIS, NOT ONLY KEPT THE DATA IN THE
09:04:05 STATE OF MILLIMETER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IN PLACE, SHE HAS
09:04:09 ALSO THROUGH COUNCIL'S SUPPORT IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING
09:04:12 INTELLIGENT FINANCIAL MOVES WHICH PROVIDE US THE
09:04:15 SUSTAINABILITY INTO THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE TO MANAGE
09:04:19 THOSE STRESSORS THAT MAKE OUR CITY GREAT.
09:04:22 THREE THINGS TO WATCH FOR THROUGH THE PRESENTATION THIS
09:04:25 MORNING IS MY SUGGESTION.
09:04:28 STARTING OUT FY 20 IN A CONSERVATIVE MANNER HAS KEPT US
09:04:31 RESILIENT INTO THE COVID-19 EMERGENCY.
09:04:34 SECONDLY, HOW THE RESERVE STATUS HAS GIVEN US A GREAT
09:04:37 FOUNDATION TO SUSTAIN OUR KIOSKS FOR EMPLOYEES TO
09:04:42 CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE TO MEET THE
09:04:44 MISSION, VISION AND VALUES OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:04:47 AND THEN LASTLY, IN THE PRESENTATION ON THE PIPES PLAN,
09:04:51 PLEASE LOOK FORWARD TO HOW IT'S PRESENTED THROUGH THE
09:04:54 BUDGET OFFICE AS WELL AS MS. DUNCAN'S SECTION AS RELATES
09:04:59 TO THE EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY WHICH IS SUPERVISED BY
09:05:04 MS. WYNN AND HER STAFF.
09:05:06 MY LAST SUGGESTION AS WE GO THROUGH THE SLIDE, PLEASE
09:05:09 KEEP TRACK OF THE SLIDE NUMBERS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO
09:05:11 BACK TO THOSE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AT THE END SINCE ALL THE
09:05:14 QUESTIONS WILL BE HELD TILL THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
09:05:17 AND WITH THAT I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THE CHIEF
09:05:19 FINANCIAL OFFICER AND THE BUDGET OFFICE DENNIS ROGERO.
09:05:23 >> THANK YOU, CHIEF.
09:05:25 GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:05:27 GOOD MORNING.
09:05:27 THIS IS DENNIS ROGERO, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
09:05:30 THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HAVING ME AND STAFF HERE THIS MORNING
09:05:33 FOR OUR FISCAL YEAR 2020 MIDYEAR REVIEW.
09:05:37 OBVIOUSLY, THERE REMAINS A GREAT DEAL OF UNCERTAINTY FOR
09:05:40 THE CITY OF TAMPA AND OTHER LOCALITIES, BUT DESPITE THIS
09:05:44 AS YOU HEARD THE CHIEF SAY, WE ARE GOING TO KEEP FOCUSING
09:05:47 ON A FEW TRIED AND TRUE PRINCIPALS, MAINTAINING OUR SOLID
09:05:51 FISCAL RESILIENCY WITH OUR STRONG SAVINGS AND RESERVES
09:05:54 AND KEEPING WITH THE CONSERVATIVE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
09:05:57 THAT THE CITY IS KNOWN FOR.
09:05:59 WE THINK THIS IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO BOTH KEEP THE CITY
09:06:02 GOVERNMENT PROVIDING DATABASED SERVICES DURING THE
09:06:05 EMERGENCY, AND HELP US BE IN A BETTER POSITION TO BOUNCE
09:06:08 BACK QUICKLY WHEN THIS IS OVER, CONTINUING WITH OUR CHIEF
09:06:12 PROGRAM, OUR PIPES PROGRAM, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
09:06:16 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:06:23 YOU SEE ON SCREEN THE AGENDA.
09:06:24 AND OF COURSE THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIT DIFFERENT FROM
09:06:28 PREVIOUS YEARS FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.
09:06:30 BUT WE WILL DISCUSS SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CURRENT
09:06:32 FISCAL YEAR PRIOR TO THE CRISIS AND HOW OUR PREVIOUS
09:06:35 DECISIONS HAVE PUT US ON A VERY SOUND FOOTING TO TACKLE
09:06:39 THE FINANCIAL CHALLENGES AHEAD.
09:06:41 THEN YOU SEE WE'LL DISCUSS THE FINANCIAL RISKS ASSOCIATED
09:06:44 WITH THE EMERGENCY AND HOW VIA THE ONE TAMPA PROGRAM HOW
09:06:49 THE CITY HAS BEEN AGGRESSIVE IN PROVIDING OUR RESIDENTS
09:06:52 WITH SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE.
09:06:54 FROM THERE WE'LL GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL
09:06:57 PICTURE FOR THE APPROXIMATELY 3 BILLION-DOLLAR PIPES
09:07:01 PROGRAM, WE ARE CONTINUING FORWARD PROGRESS WITH THAT
09:07:04 ALONG WITH PLANNING AND FINANCING.
09:07:06 WE ARE NOT STOPPING ON THAT.
09:07:07 AND FINALLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU ALL AN OPPORTUNITY
09:07:10 TO ASK QUESTIONS, SHARE YOUR CONCERNS, AND GIVE US SOME
09:07:15 INSIGHT INTO YOUR PRIORITY FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL 2021
09:07:19 BUDGET.
09:07:19 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:07:25 THANK YOU.
09:07:25 WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
09:07:27 OF COURSE, AS A REFRESHER, HERE IS THE TOTAL OF THE
09:07:30 BUDGET YOU ADOPTED BACK IN SEPTEMBER.
09:07:32 AGAIN, JUST OVER A BILLION DOLLARS WITH THE PRIMARY
09:07:36 COMPONENTS, THE ONES WE TALK MOST OFTEN ABOUT, THE
09:07:39 GENERAL FUND AND THE ENTERPRISE FUND, WHICH TOGETHER MAKE
09:07:42 UP OVER THREE QUARTERS OF THE ENTIRE BUDGET.
09:07:46 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:07:49 AND HERE ARE THE PRIMARY EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES FOR EACH
09:07:52 OF THOSE FUNDS WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY, PARKS AND
09:07:55 RECREATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND SUPPORT OPERATIONS
09:07:59 MAKING UP THE BULK OF THE GENERAL FUND AND THE UTILITY
09:08:04 DEPARTMENT COMPRISING THE ENTERPRISE FUND YOU SEE THERE.
09:08:08 A NOTE ON EXPENDITURES.
09:08:09 YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR CONTINUES TO CLOSELY SCRUTINIZE
09:08:12 EXPENDITURES, EMPHASIZING WHAT IS CRITICAL AS WE SAID FOR
09:08:16 OPERATIONS, ESPECIALLY PARKS AND OPERATIONS, PUBLIC
09:08:20 SAFETY AND PUBLIC WORKS.
09:08:23 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:08:27 HERE ARE THE EXPENDITURES -- I'M SORRY.
09:08:29 I APOLOGIZE.
09:08:31 I GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF.
09:08:33 AND HERE WE SHOW YOU, AS WE DISCUSSED BEFORE, THE IMPACT
09:08:36 OF THE TRANSFER TO COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES,
09:08:41 PROPERTY TAX REVENUE, AND HOW THE COSTS OF POLICE AND
09:08:43 FIRE ALONE ECLIPSE WHAT WE RECEIVE IN PROPERTY TAXES.
09:08:48 I SHOW THIS BECAUSE THE BOTTOM LINE IS WHILE THE GENERAL
09:08:50 FUND IS THE MONEYS THE MAYOR HAS THE MOST FLEXIBILITY IN
09:08:53 SPENDING, IT'S ALSO OUR MOST BURDENED REVENUE BECAUSE IT
09:08:58 HAS SO MANY DEMANDS PLACED UPON IT.
09:09:00 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:09:04 COUNCIL, YOU WILL RECALL SOME OF OUR PROUDEST MOMENTS
09:09:06 EARLY IN THE FISCAL YEAR WHERE THE AGREEMENTS, COLLECTIVE
09:09:10 BARGAINING UNIT, ON THREE NEW CONTRACTS FOR EACH ONE.
09:09:13 AND FOR POLICE AND FIRE, A HEALTH CARE TRUST ALL THEIR
09:09:17 OWN.
09:09:17 AS YOU KNOW, BOTH OF THESE ENTAIL A GREAT DEAL OF
09:09:20 DISCUSSION, RESEARCH, AND NEGOTIATION.
09:09:24 WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, THIS YEAR 20 STARTED OUT VERY,
09:09:27 VERY WELL IN TERMS OF US GETTING TO WHERE WE WANTED TO GO
09:09:30 IN TERMS OF OUR GOALS.
09:09:33 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:09:37 COUNCIL, YOU WILL ALSO RECALL UNDOUBTEDLY THE DISCUSSION
09:09:40 REGARDING AN OVERARCHING CITY-WIDE PARKS MASTER PLAN AS
09:09:43 PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR 20 PROCESS, AND YOU SEE HERE THE
09:09:47 DEPARTMENT ANTICIPATES A DRAFT IN THE NEAR FUTURE, THE
09:09:49 MAYOR'S REVIEW, AND POTENTIAL CONSIDERATION OF THE PLAN
09:09:53 IN ITS ENTIRETY LATER IN THIS FISCAL YEAR.
09:09:57 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:10:01 ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT YOU SEE HERE AGAIN AS WE CONTINUE TO
09:10:04 EMPHASIZE THE BROAD-BASED AND CONSISTENT PERSPECTIVE, WE
09:10:09 DEVELOPED FOR THE FIRST TIME A COHESIVE GRANT PLANNING
09:10:12 AND SUBMISSION PROGRAM CITY-WIDE, WHEREIN WE ARE PURSUING
09:10:16 TOGETHER NEARLY 50 GRANTS TOTAL WILLING NEARLY 80
09:10:23 MILLION-DOLLAR.
09:10:24 WE CAN SELECTIVELY POOL OUR RESOURCES THROUGH ADDITIONAL
09:10:28 FUNDING THAT MEET OUR SHORT AND LONG-TERM GOALS.
09:10:30 AS OPPOSED TO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND GIVE AGENCIES
09:10:34 PURSUING DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES.
09:10:36 WE ANTICIPATE THAT'S GOING TO PAY OFF VERY WELL GOING
09:10:39 FORWARD.
09:10:40 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:10:46 SO WE HAVE HAD SOME -- I SHOW THIS SLIDE THAT YOU HAVE
09:10:50 SEEN BEFORE TO REMIND YOU AND THE VIEWING PUBLIC THE
09:10:52 STRONG FINANCIAL DECISION THE CITY WAS AND REMAINS IN AS
09:10:56 WE TALK NEXT ABOUT THE COVID RISKS.
09:11:00 I'M NOT SAYING THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE CHALLENGES.
09:11:03 THE CITY OF TAMPA LIKE EVERYONE ELSE WILL OVERCOME THE
09:11:06 CHALLENGES THIS YEAR AND NEXT, BUT NO ONE IS GOING TO BE
09:11:09 IMMUNE TO THE IMPACT OF RECORD UNEMPLOYMENT.
09:11:12 THAT MEANS PEOPLE BEING UNABLE TO PAY THEIR BILLS,
09:11:15 INCLUDING CITY BILLS, REDUCE CONSUMER SPENDING, AND SALES
09:11:22 TAXES WE WON'T BE GETTING, THE STATE WON'T BE GETTING.
09:11:25 YOU ALREADY HEARD AND READ ABOUT THE ACROSS THE BOARD
09:11:27 CANCELLATION THAT TOURISM MONEY THAT WE RELY ON THAT WE
09:11:31 ARE NOT GOING TO GET, AND OF COURSE UNDOUBTEDLY YOU HEARD
09:11:34 AND READ ABOUT THE ROLLER COASTER STOCK MARKET.
09:11:39 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:11:44 AND NOW ONTO THE COVID FISCAL RISKS.
09:11:48 YOU SEE HERE OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES AS WE HAVE GONE
09:11:53 FORWARD TRYING TO MEET THESE CHALLENGES.
09:11:55 THEY ARE SHORT AND TO THE POINT.
09:11:57 PROTECT THE PUBLIC.
09:11:58 OBVIOUSLY THAT IS ALWAYS PARAMOUNT FROM THE CITY AND THE
09:12:00 MAYOR'S PERSPECTIVE.
09:12:02 PROTECTING OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR CITY ASSETS, AGAIN
09:12:06 ABSOLUTELY PARAMOUNT AS WE GO FORWARD MEETING THIS
09:12:11 CHALLENGE.
09:12:11 REDUCING EXPENDITURES TO SUPPORT CRITICAL CORE FUNCTIONS
09:12:15 THAT I DISCUSSED, PARKS AND RECREATION, PUBLIC WORKS,
09:12:19 PUBLIC SAFETY, AND AGAIN MAINTAINING THAT STRONG FUND
09:12:22 BALANCE.
09:12:22 THOSE SAVINGS ACCOUNT WILL ALLOW US TO WEATHER THIS
09:12:26 STORM.
09:12:28 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:12:33 HELPING US MEET THE CHALLENGES WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
09:12:37 OVER A SERIES OF CURRENT AND POTENTIAL ASSISTANCE FROM
09:12:39 THE FEDERAL, STATE AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS, INCLUDING
09:12:43 FEMA.
09:12:44 NOW, MOST OF US ARE FAMILIAR WITH FEMA AND THE CITY IS
09:12:47 HEAD HAS HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL HISTORY WITH THAT
09:12:50 ORGANIZATION GETTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR OUR EXPENDITURES.
09:12:53 BUT WE HAVE ALSO GOT SOME NEW FUNDING SOURCES TO TAKE
09:12:56 ADVANTAGE OF THAT I AM SURE YOU HAVE HEARD AND READ
09:12:59 ABOUT, AND WE'LL GET INTO THAT IN A LITTLE BIT MORE
09:13:02 DETAIL LATER.
09:13:03 FOR RIGHT NOW I WANT YOU TO KNOW THE MAYOR'S LEGISLATIVE
09:13:06 TEAM CONTINUES TO WORK VERY HARD WITH OUR STATE AND
09:13:09 FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES PURSUING FUNDING FOR REVENUE
09:13:13 RECOVERY.
09:13:14 YOU KNOW, WE ARE PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT MUCH OF OUR
09:13:16 EXPENDITURES ARE GOING TO BE RECOVERED THROUGH THESE
09:13:18 FUNDING SOURCES, BUT RATE NOW THERE'S NO TRIED AND TRUE
09:13:22 SOURCE FOR REVENUE RECOVERY, AND AS YOU WILL SEE, REVENUE
09:13:26 REDUCTIONS ARE GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT.
09:13:30 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:13:33 AND HERE IT IS.
09:13:34 YOU SEE THIS FISCAL YEAR.
09:13:36 WE ANTICIPATE WE ARE GOING TO -- WE COULD LOSE NEARLY $23
09:13:42 MILLION IN LEAVE REVENUE, AND PRIMARILY SOME OF OUR MOST
09:13:46 VALUABLE REVENUE, THE GENERAL FUND AND THE COMMUNITY
09:13:48 INVESTMENT TAX.
09:13:51 WE WILL GET INTO A LITTLE MOWER DETAIL NO MOMENT.
09:13:53 ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, YOU SEE THE CITY HAS ALREADY
09:13:56 SPENT NEARLY $12 MILLION, AND WITH MORE TO COME.
09:14:00 WE HAVE GIVEN YOU A COMPARISON OF EXPENDITURES FOR
09:14:02 HURRICANE IRMA JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT AS TO THE
09:14:07 SCOPE OF WHAT WE ANTICIPATE OUR EXPENDITURES WILL BE.
09:14:12 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:14:16 AND HERE YOU SEE THE DETAIL OF OUR MAJOR REVENUE LOSSES.
09:14:20 FROM NEARLY $6 MILLION AT THE CONVENTION CENTER, AGAIN
09:14:25 THAT'S NEARLY HALF THE REVENUE GONE, TO NEARLY ONE
09:14:29 MILLION DOLLARS IN STATE REVENUE SHARING.
09:14:32 COUNCIL UNDOUBTEDLY RECALLS THAT TYPICALLY THE CONVENTION
09:14:36 CENTER IS A PROFIT CENTER FOR THE CITY.
09:14:39 CONTRIBUTING AROUND $3 MILLION TO THE GENERAL FUND LAST
09:14:42 YEAR.
09:14:44 THAT IS OBVIOUSLY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR.
09:14:47 THAT HURT.
09:14:49 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:14:53 AT THE TOP OF THE LIST YOU SEE OUR COMMUNITY INVESTMENT
09:14:57 TAX.
09:14:59 20% OR ABOUT ONE FIFTH THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET.
09:15:03 THIS IS A VERY VALUABLE REVENUE SOURCE FOR US, USE IT FOR
09:15:06 VEHICLES, PARKING PROJECTS, AND AGAIN THIS IS A RESULT OF
09:15:10 CONSUMERS NOT SPENDING MONEY AND IT NOT MAKING IT INTO
09:15:14 THE ECONOMY.
09:15:15 AND THEN DOWN BELOW, OF COURSE, THIS SHOULD NOT COME AS A
09:15:18 SURPRISE IF YOU READ OR HEARD ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN
09:15:20 THE OIL MARKET.
09:15:21 YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY OUR PRICE IS LOW WHICH IS GREAT, BUT
09:15:25 NOBODY IS BUYING THE FUEL SO OUR REVENUES FROM THE FUEL
09:15:28 TAX PERSPECTIVE ARE ALSO GOING DOWN.
09:15:33 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:15:37 MOVING ONTO EXPENDITURES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EMERGENCY.
09:15:41 YOU SEE THE DETAIL OF HOW THE CITY HAS PULLED OUT ALL THE
09:15:44 STOPS, BOTH PROTECTION AND CREATING A BUFFER FOR OUR
09:15:47 RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.
09:15:49 AS YOU SEE HERE AGAIN FROM VARIOUS BULK SUPPLIES TO
09:15:54 SANITIZING, DISINFECTANTS, TO GETTING MANY OF OUR
09:15:59 EMPLOYEES OFF SITE FOR THEIR PROTECTION, ENSURING OUR
09:16:02 CONSTRUCTION SITES ARE SAFE.
09:16:06 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
09:16:07 AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN ALL THE WAY TO HELPING OUR
09:16:09 HOMELESS POPULATION, LEAVE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COVID
09:16:15 EMERGENCY, THE USE OF OVERTIME TO RESPOND TO THIS
09:16:17 EMERGENCY, AND THEN AGAIN YOU SEE OVER $8 MILLION FOR
09:16:21 INDIVIDUAL AND BUSINESS ASSISTANCE.
09:16:26 BASICALLY, THIS HAS BEEN AN ACCELERATED AND IN LARGE PART
09:16:31 ARMY OF EMPLOYEES IN CONCERT WITH OUR STATE AND OTHER
09:16:36 LOCALITIES IN RESPONSE TO THIS.
09:16:38 AGAIN, TO THE TUNE OF NEARLY $12 MILLION, AND THAT'S ONLY
09:16:41 GOING TO INCREASE.
09:16:43 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:16:45 THE BOTTOM LINE FROM A FISCAL YEAR 20 PERSPECTIVE IS WE
09:16:52 ARE GOING TO GO FROM A POSITION OF BEING WELL AHEAD OF
09:16:54 THE GAME, AS YOU SEE HERE IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET COLUMN,
09:16:59 WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE WE ANTICIPATE WE HAVE OVER
09:17:02 $6.5 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
09:17:06 TO PUT IN PART TOWARDS OUR FUND BALANCE OUR CITY'S
09:17:10 SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.
09:17:11 WHAT WE HAVE GONE FROM THAT TO OVER ON THE RIGHT A LOSS
09:17:15 OF ALMOST $8 MILLION IN OUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT.
09:17:19 THAT'S OVER A $14 MILLION SWING.
09:17:22 THAT'S A BIG IMPACT.
09:17:26 AS YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, ALSO IN THE
09:17:28 ADOPTED BUDGET, WE THOUGHT WE WOULD END WITH A 24% FUND
09:17:32 BALANCE.
09:17:32 YOU HEARD US TALK MANY TIMES ABOUT OUR DESIRE, PERCENTAGE
09:17:36 FOR A FUND BALANCE, AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN A
09:17:39 MOMENT, TO JUST OVER 21%.
09:17:41 WHEN YOU ARE TALKING THAT MUCH MONEY, 3%, THAT'S A BIG
09:17:45 SWING.
09:17:47 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:17:51 AS I SAID, HERE IS OUR FUND BALANCE GRAPHIC.
09:17:54 YOU CAN SEE FROM THE RED LINE THAT THE GOOD NEWS IS WE
09:17:57 CONTINUE TO EXCEED OUR POLICY OF 20%.
09:18:01 BUT AS WE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST, BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN SO
09:18:05 SUCCESSFUL IN MAINTAINING OUR FUND BALANCE, WE ARE
09:18:09 CONCERNED ABOUT DECREASE.
09:18:11 NOT ONLY ARE WE CONCERNED ABOUT A DECREASE FROM A
09:18:14 SECURITY PERSPECTIVE, FROM A SAVINGS ACCOUNT PERSPECTIVE
09:18:17 IN THE FACE OF THIS UNCERTAINTY, BUT ALSO, AS WE
09:18:21 DISCUSSED BEFORE, FROM A CREDIT RATING PERSPECTIVE.
09:18:26 THE EXPERTS, FROM WHAT I HAVE READ, ANTICIPATE GOING
09:18:29 FORWARD, THERE WILL BE A GREAT DEAL OF SCRUTINY BY THE
09:18:33 CREDIT AGENCIES ON EVERYBODY'S FINANCES, SIMILAR TO WHAT
09:18:36 FOLLOWS THE GREAT RECESSION, A DROP IN OUR FUND BALANCE,
09:18:40 OUR GENERAL FUND BALANCE CONCERNS US.
09:18:43 WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT ALSO.
09:18:46 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:18:49 SO WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT IT?
09:18:53 WELL, FOR STARTERS WE ARE CUTTING THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET
09:18:55 OVER $12 MILLION.
09:18:57 AS YOU SEE HERE, WE ARE FREEZING POSITIONS, ELIMINATING A
09:19:01 FEW POSITIONS, DEFERRING SOME MAJOR PURCHASES, AND
09:19:05 RESTRUCTURING SOME OF OUR DEBT.
09:19:08 I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ALTHOUGH IT'S
09:19:11 GOING TO HELP OUR BOTTOM LINE, WE ARE NOT ELIMINATING THE
09:19:15 TWO POSITIONS YOU SEE HERE OUT OF NECESSITY.
09:19:17 WE ARE NOT THAT BAD A SHAPE.
09:19:22 THERE ARE TWO VACANT ATTORNEY POSITIONS BEING ELIMINATED
09:19:25 FROM AN EFFICIENCY PERSPECTIVE AS OPPOSED TO A NECESSITY.
09:19:28 IT'S GOING TO HELP US BUT WE ARE NOT DOING IT BECAUSE WE
09:19:30 JUST NEED THE MONEY.
09:19:31 IT'S AN EFFICIENCY THING.
09:19:33 AND I'LL SPEAK A LITTLE MORE IN JUST A BIT AS TO WHY WE
09:19:37 DON'T FEEL THE FURLOUGH LAYOFF EMPLOYEES.
09:19:40 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:19:45 I'LL SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT OF GOOD NEWS AND BRINGS
09:19:48 US BACK TO REVENUE FOR A MOMENT.
09:19:50 YOU SEE HERE PROPERTY TAXES, OUR LARGEST SINGLE SOURCE OF
09:19:53 CITY REVENUE.
09:19:54 ACTUALLY A BIT MORE THAN WE BUDGETED THIS YEAR.
09:19:56 AND THAT'S GREAT NEWS, BECAUSE AS WE TALKED BEFORE,
09:20:00 ADVERSE IMPACTS TO PROPERTY TAXES TYPICALLY LAG DUE TO
09:20:05 EVALUATIONS AND COLLECTION SCHEDULES.
09:20:06 SO THIS IS GREAT NEWS RIGHT NOW.
09:20:08 WE ARE GOING TO BE PAYING VERY CLOSE ATTENTION OVER THE
09:20:13 NEXT TWO FISCAL YEARS.
09:20:14 YOU SEE FROM THE GRAPH THIS IS THE 7th YEAR NO ROW
09:20:18 PROPERTY TAXES HAVE GONE UP AGAIN CONTRIBUTING TO OUR
09:20:21 VERY STABLE FINANCIAL OUTLOOK.
09:20:24 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:20:25 ON THE UNFORTUNATE SIDE YOU SEE ELECTRIC FRANCHISE FEES
09:20:32 WILL BE BROUGHT TO THEIR LOWEST LEVEL, WE ANTICIPATE IN
09:20:34 EIGHT YEARS.
09:20:36 NEXT SLIDE.
09:20:37 OUR HALF CENT SALES TAX REVENUES, WE ANTICIPATE WILL BE
09:20:43 BACK TO 2017 LEVELS.
09:20:47 NEXT SLIDE.
09:20:50 AND THESE TWO REVENUES ARE ELECTRIC, UTILITY SERVICES TAX
09:20:54 AND COMMUNICATION SERVICES TAX.
09:20:56 THE ELECTRIC UTILITIES SERVICES TAX WILL BE BACK TO IF WE
09:21:01 USE 16 LEVELS, AND COMMUNICATION SERVICES TAX CONTINUES A
09:21:06 DOWNWARD TREND TO ITS LOWEST LEVEL IN OVER A DECADE.
09:21:12 NEXT SLIDE.
09:21:13 THANK YOU.
09:21:14 MOVING TO ONE OF THE CITY'S BIGGEST EXPENDITURES, BECAUSE
09:21:18 LET'S FACE IT, NOTHING GETS DONE WITHOUT PEOPLE.
09:21:21 AND AGAIN A LITTLE BIT OF GOOD NEWS.
09:21:23 OUR PERSONNEL COSTS ARE ANTICIPATED TO COME IN MILLIONS
09:21:26 LESS DUE TO SOME OF THE ACTIONS WE ARE TAKING NOW.
09:21:29 THE HIRING FREEZES, EVERYBODY SCRUTINIZING THEIR
09:21:32 EXPENDITURES.
09:21:34 SO THAT'S GOING TO HELP BUT IT'S A GREAT DEAL OF EXPENSE
09:21:37 FUNDING.
09:21:39 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:21:42 SPEAKING OF PERSONNEL COSTS, AND THE CITY'S COMPLEMENT OF
09:21:47 EMPLOYEES, YOU HAVE SEEN THIS SLIDE BEFORE.
09:21:49 AND OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS THE CITY'S RATIO OF EMPLOYEES
09:21:53 TO CITIZENS, WE SERVE HAS CONTINUED TO DECREASE.
09:21:58 WE ARE THE GREEN BAR IN THOSE YEARS.
09:21:59 IT'S DECREASED TO THE POINT WHERE WE ARE TIED WITH
09:22:02 ST. PETERSBURG FOR THE LOWEST RATIO.
09:22:05 AND AS I SAID EARLIER, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE DON'T
09:22:08 FEEL THAT WE'LL NEED TO FURLOUGH OR LAYOFF EMPLOYEES.
09:22:12 ESSENTIALLY, THE CITY HAS STAYED RIGHT SIZED.
09:22:15 AND FRANKLY IN SOME AREAS A BIT UNDERSIZED.
09:22:19 SINCE RECOVERY FROM THE GREAT RECESSION, AGAIN PART OF
09:22:22 THE CONTINUING CONSERVATIVE FISCAL MANAGEMENT THAT HAS
09:22:25 REALLY BECOME OUR HALLMARK.
09:22:28 NEXT SLIDE.
09:22:32 I'LL TAKE A QUICK MOMENT NOW TO TALK ABOUT OUR PENSION
09:22:35 PROGRAMS.
09:22:35 I'M CERTAIN YOU HAVE READ AND HEARD A GREAT DEAL ABOUT
09:22:39 STATE AND LOCAL PENSION LIABILITIES IN THIS GLOBAL
09:22:42 EMERGENCY.
09:22:43 AND FRANKLY AVERAGE A TERRIBLE SHAPE SOME PENSION
09:22:48 PROGRAMS ARE IN.
09:22:49 WELL THAT'S NOT US.
09:22:50 WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE, AND YOU WILL NOTICE I DIDN'T SAY
09:22:54 LUCKY, BUT WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE SOME OF THE MOST
09:22:56 SOLIDLY FUNDED PENSION PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY.
09:22:59 AND THAT'S GOOD FISCAL STEWARDSHIP AND THAT'S CONTINUING
09:23:02 THROUGH THE YEARS WITH OUR PENSION OBLIGATION.
09:23:05 YOU SEE HERE THE FAIR AND POLICE PENSION PROGRAM HAS BEEN
09:23:09 RELATIVELY STABLE CONTRIBUTION AMOUNTS, AND HAS FUNDED IN
09:23:12 EXCESS OF 95%.
09:23:15 THAT IS AN ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING PERCENTAGE.
09:23:18 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:23:21 THE GENERAL EMPLOYEE PENSION PROGRAM HAS BEEN A BIT LESS
09:23:24 STABLE IN TERMS OF CONTRIBUTIONS, BUT AGAIN, KEEPING
09:23:29 OBLIGATIONS GOING WHETHER IT'S GOOD TIMES OR BAD TIMES
09:23:32 HAS RESULTED IN THIS FUND ALSO BEING FUNDED THROUGH A
09:23:36 LEVEL OF NEARLY 95%, AGAIN AN OUTSTANDING LEVEL FOR BOTH
09:23:41 OUR PENSION PROGRAMS.
09:23:43 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:23:45 MOVING ONTO OUR ENTERPRISE FUND, YOU SEE HERE THAT THE
09:23:49 PARKING DEPARTMENT IS GOING FROM ANTICIPATED BAD YEAR
09:23:52 THROUGH AN ANTICIPATED WORSE YEAR.
09:23:55 OVER ON THE RIGHT THERE, THE 6.5 MILLION DECREASE IN
09:23:59 FUNDING -- EXCUSE ME, IN THEIR FUND BALANCE WILL PRETTY
09:24:02 MUCH DEPLETE THEIR FUND BALANCE OF OVER $7 MILLION.
09:24:06 WE'LL HAVE TO ADDRESS THIS EITHER WITH CUTS AND/OR
09:24:11 SUPPLEMENTS FROM THE GENERAL FUND WHICH AS I HAVE ALREADY
09:24:13 SHARED WITH YOU AND WE'LL TALK MORE IS ALREADY BURDENED,
09:24:16 OR A REVENUE INCREASE FROM ANOTHER SOURCE.
09:24:20 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:24:23 THE SOLID WASTE FUND WILL HAVE A BETTER YEAR THAN
09:24:26 ANTICIPATED PRIMARILY DUE TO EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH A
09:24:30 MACKAY BAY TRANSFER, WASTE TO ENERGY FACILITIES BEING
09:24:34 LESS THAN PROJECTED.
09:24:36 AND THAT'S A GOOD THING BUT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT BOTTOM
09:24:38 THEY ARE STILL GOING TO EAT INTO THEIR FUND BALANCE TO
09:24:41 THE TUNE OF OVER $10 MILLION BUT IT'S BETTER THAN WE
09:24:44 THOUGHT.
09:24:44 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:24:48 WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT WILL FINISH AHEAD BUT LESS AHEAD
09:24:51 THAN ANTICIPATED.
09:24:52 THEY REMAIN IN VERY SOUND FINANCIAL SHAPE.
09:24:56 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:24:59 AND THE WATER DEPARTMENT WILL FINISH WELL AHEAD, BETTER
09:25:02 THAN ANTICIPATED PRIMARILY DUE TO PURCHASING LESS WATER
09:25:06 FROM TAMPA BAY WATER THAN WE ANTICIPATED.
09:25:10 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:25:15 I WANT TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CITY'S HEALTH CARE
09:25:18 PROGRAM.
09:25:18 OF COURSE, THIS IS A WORLDWIDE HEALTH EMERGENCY.
09:25:21 YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE STEPS WE HAVE TAKEN TO RELIEVE
09:25:24 THE BURDEN FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.
09:25:26 BULLET NUMBER 3, UNSURPRISINGLY OUR HEALTH CARE
09:25:30 CONSULTANT HAS PLACED OUR RISK FACTOR ABOVE AVERAGE.
09:25:33 AGAIN NOT SURPRISING.
09:25:35 WE HAVE A LOT OF FIRST RESPONDERS AND FRONT-LINE
09:25:38 EMPLOYEES OUT THERE.
09:25:39 SO FAR, THE CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE FOR HOW IT'S GOING TO
09:25:42 IMPACT THIS FISCAL YEAR IS ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF A
09:25:46 MILLION DOLLARS, AND WE WILL CONTINUE KEEPING OUR EYE OWN
09:25:50 THAT.
09:25:51 THERE MAY BE OTHER AREAS AND WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN AND
09:25:56 IF THAT HAPPENS.
09:25:58 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:25:59 THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
09:26:03 I AM NOW GOING TO TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO CAROLE
09:26:05 POST, OUR ADMINISTRATOR FOR DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC
09:26:08 OPPORTUNITY.
09:26:10 YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
09:26:11 OH, I'M SORRY.
09:26:12 THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:26:14 THERE YOU GO.
09:26:17 TO TALK ABOUT AS YOU SEE HERE OUR ONE-TAMPA RELIEF FUND.
09:26:21 MS. POST.
09:26:21 >>CAROLE POST: GOOD MORNING.
09:26:27 THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CHAIR, AND MEMBERS OF
09:26:30 THE PUBLIC.
09:26:31 I'M PLEASED TO BE HERE THIS MORNING, AND PROVIDE A REPORT
09:26:34 ON OUR ONE-TAMPA RELIEF FUND.
09:26:36 I KNOW THERE'S A LOT TO COVER SO I WILL JUST JUMP RIGHT
09:26:39 IN.
09:26:40 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:26:41 I WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF REFRESHER
09:26:45 BACKGROUND TO ENSURE THAT FOLKS THAT ARE NOT FAMILIAR
09:26:50 PARTICULARLY FROM THE PUBLIC PERSPECTIVE JUST TO RESET
09:26:52 WHAT THE PROGRAM IS, AND WHERE IT STANDS NOW.
09:26:56 A REMINDER THAT THE ONE-TAMPA RELIEF FUND WAS DEVELOPED
09:27:04 TO BE A QUICK UNDERTAKING THAT THE CITY COULD DO TO
09:27:10 PROVIDE RELIEF TO ITS MOST VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS AND
09:27:14 SMALL BUSINESSES.
09:27:16 AND ON SUGGESTIONS FROM IN FACT THE MEMBERS OF OUR CRA
09:27:21 BOARD, WE POSITIONED THIS TO BE GRANT RELIEF VERSUS A
09:27:26 LOAN, SO IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO BE REPAID.
09:27:29 AND IT IS DIRECTLY PAID TO RECIPIENTS OF RENT, MORTGAGE
09:27:35 AND UTILITY PAYMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE RELIEF RECIPIENT.
09:27:40 AND THE IDEA BEHIND IT WAS AGAIN TO BE A VERY FAST
09:27:47 REACTIVE ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS AND SMALL BUSINESSES
09:27:52 THAT WOULD BE THAN CURING LOSSES OR INABILITY TO PAY SOME
09:27:58 OF THEIR MOST ESSENTIAL BILLS WHILE THEY WERE AWAITING
09:28:02 SOME OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS TO COME THROUGH.
09:28:06 AND THIS WAS DONE RELATIVELY QUICKLY AND AT THE TIME THAT
09:28:12 WE WERE DOING IT, IT WAS LARGELY RELIANT ON THE USE OF
09:28:16 CDBG FEDERAL FUNDS WHICH HAS MANY LIMITING RESTRICTIONS.
09:28:20 AND I WILL COVER THAT IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL.
09:28:23 BUT THOSE LIMITATIONS IN SOME PART REFLECT IN OUR
09:28:26 PRELIMINARY OUTPUT, WHICH YOU WILL REPORT ON TODAY.
09:28:29 NEXT SLIDE.
09:28:33 THE NATURE OF THE RELIEF WAS GEARED TOWARD WHAT WE
09:28:36 THOUGHT WAS THE MOST BASIC NEEDS OF INDIVIDUAL AND SMALL
09:28:40 BUSINESSES TO ENSURE THAT THEY COULD PRESERVE BASICALLY
09:28:44 SHELTER, SO IT WAS TO PAY A RENT, MORTGAGE, OR LEASE
09:28:52 PAYMENT, AND UTILITY.
09:28:55 YOU SEE THE VALUES HERE UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLAR FOR RENT
09:28:58 AND MORTGAGE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL FAMILY AND UP TO 250 FOR
09:29:03 UTILITIES AND TO 4,000 FOR RENT OR MORTGAGE AND A
09:29:07 THOUSAND FOR UTILITIES.
09:29:08 IN BOTH CASES, BASED ON OUR PROJECTED BUDGET, WE HAD A
09:29:14 TARGET OF THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
09:29:18 THAT WE WANTED TO TRY TO ENSURE BECAUSE BENEFITS FROM THE
09:29:24 RELIEF ON THE INDIVIDUAL SIDE, IT WAS 2500, AND ON THE
09:29:27 SMALL BUSINESS SIDE IT WAS 800.
09:29:31 NEXT SLIDE.
09:29:34 I WILL FOCUS FIRST ON THE INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM JUST TO GIVE
09:29:37 AGAIN A REMAINDER OF THE PROCESS THAT WE UNDERTOOK, AND
09:29:41 IN THE BLUE BOX, A REFRESHER OF WHAT THE ELIGIBILITY
09:29:45 CRITERIA WAS.
09:29:47 AND AGAIN, MOST OF THOSE POINTS WERE TIED TO CDBG
09:29:53 REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS.
09:29:55 WE STARTED THE APPLICATION PROCESS ON A FRIDAY AFTERNOON,
09:29:59 APRIL 17th, WITH A TARGET TO HAVE UP TO 2500
09:30:04 INDIVIDUAL RECIPIENTS.
09:30:06 BY SATURDAY, LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON, WE HAD RECEIVED
09:30:11 JUST SLIGHTLY OVER THE 2500 TARGET.
09:30:13 SO WE CLOSED THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
09:30:17 AT THAT TIME THERE WERE ABOUT 6,000, MORE THAN 6,000
09:30:21 PARTICIPANTS OR INDIVIDUALS THAT HAD ATTEMPTED TO
09:30:23 INITIATE THE PROCESS.
09:30:25 WHEN WE BEGAN THE REVIEW, AS EARLY AS THAT SUNDAY, WE
09:30:29 BEGAN REVIEWING APPLICATIONS, AND IT BECAME APPARENT THAT
09:30:33 NOT WITHSTANDING THERE BEING SOME GUIDANCE MATERIALS AND
09:30:38 A MAP TRACKER, WE HAD ALMOST HALF OF THE APPLICANTS, NOT
09:30:42 ACTUALLY LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMITS.
09:30:44 SO THEY WERE IMMEDIATELY DEEMED TO BE INELIGIBLE,
09:30:49 UNFORTUNATELY.
09:30:50 I WILL SPEAK ABOUT THAT IN JUST ANOTHER MOMENT.
09:30:53 AS A QUICK BREAKDOWN OF THE TYPE OF RELIEF THAT WAS
09:30:57 REQUESTED, JUST AS FYI, AT THIS POINT AS WE ARE GETTING
09:31:01 THROUGH THE PROCESS OF COMPLETING THE PAYOUTS WE ARE
09:31:06 SEEING THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF APPLICANTS ARE SEEKING
09:31:09 BOTH RENT AND UTILITIES, A SMALLER PERCENTAGE ARE SEEKING
09:31:13 MORTGAGE AND UTILITIES, AND THEN THERE WAS A COHORT THAT
09:31:17 WAS SEEKING ONLY RENT, SOME SEEKING ONLY MORTGAGE, AND
09:31:20 SOME SEEKING ONLY UTILITIES.
09:31:23 SO LET ME JUST GIVE AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE IN SERVING
09:31:27 THOSE APPLICANTS.
09:31:28 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:31:31 AS I SAID, OUT OF THE 2500, IT TURNED OUT THAT THERE WAS
09:31:35 JUST ABOUT 1400 APPLICANTS WHO WERE LOCATED WITHIN THE
09:31:40 CITY OF TAMPA, AND THEREFORE ELIGIBLE FOR THE RELIEF.
09:31:45 OF THOSE, AND SO WE HAVE BEGUN TO PROCESS THOSE.
09:31:48 WE HAVE CONTACTED EACH OF THEM AND THEY ARE IN VARIOUS
09:31:52 STAGES OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
09:31:55 AS OF FRIDAY AFTERNOON, WE HAD MADE PAYMENT OUT TO 665 OF
09:32:03 THEM, 48%, ALMOST HALFWAY THROUGH, MAKING DIRECT PAYMENT
09:32:07 TO THEIR LANDLORD, LENDER OR UTILITY PROVIDER.
09:32:10 WE HAVE ABOUT 76 THAT ARE READY FOR PAYMENT.
09:32:14 WE MOVED THESE IN CHUNKS THROUGH THE PROCESS.
09:32:18 TRYING TO DO ABOUT ANYWHERE FROM 70 TO 100 EACH PAYMENT
09:32:23 CYCLE TO MAKE OUR WAY THROUGH IT.
09:32:25 SO WE STILL HAVE ABOUT 650 THAT ARE WAITING FOR FINAL
09:32:29 APPROVAL.
09:32:30 IN MANY CASES WE ARE ACTUALLY WAITING ON DOCUMENTATION
09:32:33 FROM THEM, OR FROM THEIR LANDLORD, OR LENDER, TO ENSURE
09:32:38 THAT WE CAN FINALIZE THE PROCESS.
09:32:41 AT THIS POINT WE HAVE PAID OUT $623,000, ON BEHALF OF
09:32:46 INDIVIDUAL RELIEF.
09:32:47 AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE RUNNING SOMEWHAT BELOW BUDGET,
09:32:50 WHICH IS A POSITIVE THING, THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
09:32:53 ASSIST THESE INDIVIDUALS BELOW THE CAP MAX WHICH WAS 1250
09:33:00 PER INDIVIDUAL.
09:33:01 I WOULD COMMENT ON THIS THAT PART OF OUR PROCESS HAS BEEN
09:33:04 A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CRISIS CENTER OF TAMPA BAY.
09:33:07 WE PARTNERED WITH CRISIS CENTER OF TAMPA BAY BECAUSE THEY
09:33:10 ALREADY HAD THE MECHANICS IN PLACE TO MAKE THESE KIND OF
09:33:13 DIRECT PAYMENTS OUT TO LENDERS AND LANDLORDS AND
09:33:16 UTILITIES, AND THAT'S BEEN QUITE HELPFUL FOR US.
09:33:19 WE ARE DOING THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND THE REVIEW
09:33:22 PROCESS, BUT WHEN THE FUND ARE READY TO BE REMITTED, THE
09:33:28 CRISIS CENTER HAS BEEN THE CONDUIT FOR US, AND THAT'S
09:33:31 BEEN VERY HELPFUL SO THAT WE DID NOT HAVE TO REINVENT
09:33:34 THAT WHEEL.
09:33:35 THAT BEING SAID, THE REVIEW PROCESS IS A MANUAL ONE.
09:33:39 WE HAVE A NUMBER OF TECHNICAL STAFF THAT HAVE TO TAKE
09:33:45 EACH INDIVIDUAL APPLICATION, REVIEW THROUGH THE
09:33:48 ELIGIBILITY, AND THEN CORRESPOND WITH EITHER THE
09:33:50 RECIPIENT OR WITH THE APPLICANT, AND OBVIOUSLY ALSO
09:33:57 WHETHER IT'S A LANDLORD, A LENDER, OR IN THIS CASE SOME
09:34:00 OF THE UTILITIES.
09:34:01 SO IT'S A TEDIOUS PROCESS, WHICH IS ONE THAT'S RESULTED
09:34:05 IN US BEING TAKING AS I SAID, A FULL PROCESS TO GET
09:34:11 THROUGH IT.
09:34:12 BUT WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF VERY POSITIVE STORIES.
09:34:16 WE HAVE HAD INCREDIBLE GRATITUDE AND REACTION FROM
09:34:20 INDIVIDUALS WHO RECEIVED THE PAYMENTS, AND IT'S QUITE
09:34:25 GRATIFYING TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE PROCESS THROUGH FROM
09:34:29 START TO END.
09:34:31 I WOULD INDICATE, AS WE SAID, THAT IN THIS CASE OUR
09:34:35 TARGET WAS TO ASSIST UP TO 2500 INDIVIDUALS.
09:34:40 THIS FIRST COHORT WILL BE JUST ABOUT 1400.
09:34:43 SO OUR PLAN FOR THE NEXT STEP IS TO RETURN TO THAT
09:34:47 APPLICANT POOL, AS I SAID WE HAD AT THE TIME WE CLOSED
09:34:50 THE APPLICATION PROCESS, WE STILL HAD ABOUT 6,000 IN THE
09:34:54 QUEUE.
09:34:55 WE HAVE ALREADY COMMUNICATED TO THAT GROUP OF APPLICANTS
09:34:58 A LARGE NUMBER OF THEM AGAIN WERE NOT ACTUALLY RESIDENTS
09:35:02 OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:35:05 THERE ARE ABOUT 2,000 THAT ARE ELIGIBLE AS CITY RESIDENTS
09:35:09 THAT WE ARE GOING TO WORK WITH THEM TO HAVE THEM COMPLETE
09:35:12 THEIR APPLICATIONS, AND THAT SHOULD DRIVE US TO THAT 2500
09:35:17 TARGET.
09:35:20 ONE BIT OF GOOD NEWS ON THE SIDE IS THAT SHORTLY AFTER WE
09:35:24 INITIATED THIS INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
09:35:30 INITIATED A SIMILAR PROGRAM. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH
09:35:33 THEM TO ENSURE THAT WE COULD TRANSFER THE NON-CITY
09:35:35 RESIDENT APPLICANTS TO THE COUNTY AND HAVE THEM TAKE
09:35:41 ADVANTAGE OF THE COUNTY'S PROGRAM WHICH WAS A VERY
09:35:43 SIMILAR PROGRAM.
09:35:43 SO WE ARE HOPING THAT NOT TOO MANY OF THESE APPLICANTS
09:35:46 WILL GET LEFT BEHIND.
09:35:48 LET ME TURN THEM THEN TO THE BUSINESS RELIEF PROGRAM.
09:35:52 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:35:54 SAME THING.
09:35:54 I WILL JUST PROVIDE A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE PROCESS.
09:35:58 WE ROLLED THIS OUT A WEEK OR SO AFTER THE INDIVIDUAL
09:36:01 PROCESS.
09:36:01 WE HAD SOME LESSONS LEARNED, PARTICULARLY THAT WE WANTED
09:36:05 TO HAVE THE STEP 2 PROCESS SO WE COULD PRESCREEN THE
09:36:09 APPLICANTS AND MAKE SURE THEY MET AT LEAST A MINIMUM --
09:36:17 [ AUDIO DROP ]
09:36:33 ... GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION.
09:36:38 WE WOULD THEN CONTINUE THEM TO THE NEXT STEP FOR
09:36:42 COMPLETING THE FULL APPLICATION.
09:36:44 WITH THAT PROCESS BEGAN ON FRIDAY, APRIL 24th.
09:36:48 WE HAD 687 SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WENT THROUGH THE
09:36:52 PREAPPLICATION PROCESS AND WERE PRESCREENED FOR
09:37:00 GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION.
09:37:01 ONLY 204 WERE PREAPPROVED TO PUSH THROUGH TO THE FULL
09:37:05 APPLICATION PROCESS.
09:37:06 AND THAT DIFFERENTIAL IS LARGELY AGAIN BASED ON
09:37:11 BUSINESSES THAT WERE NOT LOCATED EITHER WITHIN THE CITY
09:37:13 OF TAMPA OR FURTHER WITHIN A LOW-INCOME CENSUS TRACK OR A
09:37:18 CRA WHICH IS ONE OF THE QUALIFYING REQUIREMENTS.
09:37:21 OF THE 204 THAT DID MEET THAT GEOGRAPHICAL LIMITATION OR
09:37:25 CONSTRAINT, WE HAD ONLY 138 THAT COMPLETED THE FULL
09:37:29 APPLICATION PROCESS.
09:37:31 FOR THE BALANCE, WE HAD OUR CARE ADVISORS E-MAILING,
09:37:38 TELEPHONING.
09:37:39 THERE WAS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF EXCHANGE THAT WENT BACK
09:37:42 AND FORTH REALLY TRYING TO ASSIST THESE BUSINESSES TO BE
09:37:46 ABLE TO PROVIDE AND COMPLETE THE FULL APPLICATION BUT
09:37:49 SOME OF THEM SIMPLY DIDN'T QUALIFY.
09:37:53 SO WE ENDED UP WITH 138 COMPLETED APPLICATIONS.
09:37:57 AND AGAIN THAT'S ON A PRELIMINARY BASIS FOR THAT
09:37:59 GEOGRAPHICAL STEP POINT.
09:38:03 ONCE WE STARTED TO ENGAGE WITH THE 138 IN TERMS OF
09:38:08 OBTAINING MORE SUBSTANTIAL DOCUMENTATION AROUND THE
09:38:12 REVENUE FOR THEIR BUSINESSES, THE TAX RETURNS RELATIVE TO
09:38:17 THEIR LOSSES, WHICH WAS ANOTHER QUALIFYING CRITERIA AND
09:38:23 THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES WHICH WAS A CDBG REQUIRED
09:38:27 CRITERIA, IT RESULTED IN 90 OF THOSE 138 NOT MEETING THE
09:38:31 FULL ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND LARGELY SOME OF THAT BEING
09:38:35 CDBG REQUIREMENTS.
09:38:37 SO ULTIMATELY, WE ARE NOW WORKING WITH JUST SLIGHTLY MORE
09:38:42 THAN 50 BUSINESS APPLICANTS WHO HAVE FULLY MET THE
09:38:45 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, AND ARE IN THE PROCESS FOR PAYMENT.
09:38:50 ABOUT HALF OF THOSE HAVE ACTUALLY RECEIVED THE PAYMENT
09:38:54 AND ARE COMPLETED THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THE REST ARE
09:38:56 CONTINUING AS WE SPEAK.
09:38:58 ON THIS PROCESS WE PARTNERED WITH THE TAMPA BAY BLACK
09:39:02 BUSINESS INVESTMENT CORPORATION.
09:39:04 THEY HAVE BEEN AN INCREDIBLE ASSISTANCE TO US TO CONDUCT
09:39:07 THE REVIEW AND BASICALLY THE UNDERWRITING PROCESS,
09:39:11 PARTICULARLY AROUND REVIEW OF TAX RETURNS AND
09:39:15 BUSINESS-RELATED FINANCIAL DOCUMENTATION.
09:39:20 SO WITHOUT QUESTION, WE HAVE MORE WORK TO DO HERE AHEAD
09:39:23 OF US.
09:39:24 AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE ON OUR VERY NEAR-TERM HORIZON.
09:39:27 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:39:30 OUR PLAN NOW IS TO TURN AND REVISIT THE BUSINESS RELIEF
09:39:34 PIECE OF THIS.
09:39:35 WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A PLAN ON THE INDIVIDUAL SIDE TO
09:39:38 MEET OUR TARGET IN A COMPACT WAY.
09:39:41 ON THE BUSINESS RELIEF SIDE, WE HAVE SEEKING TO REVISIT
09:39:44 THIS AND REVISIT THE CRITERIA AND ELIGIBLE.
09:39:48 PARTICULARLY NOW THAT WE HAVE THE BENEFIT OF AND THE
09:39:52 GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION OF OUR CRA TO HELP EXPAND THE
09:39:57 FOOTPRINT AS WELL AS THE ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS.
09:40:02 SO OUR PLAN IS TO REMAIN FOCUSED ON THE MOST VULNERABLE
09:40:06 OF OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE FALL
09:40:09 THROUGH THE CRACKS.
09:40:10 SO WE WILL MAINTAIN THE LOW INCOME CENSUS TRACKS AND THE
09:40:14 CRA GEOGRAPHICAL LIMITATIONS.
09:40:16 AND WE WOULD LIKE TO REMAIN FOCUSED ON PROVIDING SUPPORT
09:40:19 FOR RENT, MORTGAGE AND UTILITIES, WE FEEL THOSE ARE THE
09:40:22 ESSENTIAL NEEDS, IN ANY BUSINESS IF YOU CAN'T KEEP THE
09:40:25 BUSINESS ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD, THERE IS PROBABLY NO OTHER
09:40:31 POINT.
09:40:32 SO WE FEEL LIKE WE WANT TO BE THE SAFETY NET FOR THAT
09:40:35 MOST ESSENTIAL ELEMENT.
09:40:36 BUT WE ARE VERY MUCH SEEKING TO EXPAND THE CRITERIA AND
09:40:40 EXPAND THE BENEFIT ITSELF.
09:40:42 THE LESSONS THAT WE LEARNED FROM THAT FIRST ROUND, A
09:40:46 COUPLE OF KEY THINGS.
09:40:47 ONE, THE TWO MOST LIMITING FACTORS THAT RESULTED IN A
09:40:52 BUSINESS NOT MEETING ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, THE FIRST WAS
09:40:55 THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES.
09:40:57 THAT WAS A CDBG REQUIREMENT THAT REQUIRED A BUSINESS TO
09:41:01 NOT HAVE MORE THAN FIVE EMPLOYEES.
09:41:04 WE FIND THAT KNOCKED OUT, MANY, MANY, MANY BUSINESSES,
09:41:07 UNFORTUNATELY.
09:41:09 SO WE ARE ACTUALLY ELIMINATING THAT REQUIREMENT ENTIRELY.
09:41:12 THE OTHER WAS THE REQUIREMENT THAT A BUSINESS ESTABLISHED
09:41:17 THAT IT HAD LOST AT LEAST 50% OF REVENUE AS A DIRECT
09:41:22 RESULT OF THE COVID PANDEMIC.
09:41:25 AND THIS WAS JUST A VERY DIFFICULT ITEM TO MARK.
09:41:28 NOT ONLY WAS IT DIFFICULT TO ESTABLISH THAT POINT, BUT
09:41:32 THERE WAS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF DOCUMENTATION BACK AND
09:41:35 FORTH WHICH MADE IT ONEROUS ON THE BUSINESS AS WELL AS
09:41:38 OURSELVES AND DRAGGED THE PROCESS OUT.
09:41:40 LONGER THAN ANY OF US WOULD LIKE.
09:41:42 SO WE ARE ELIMINATING THAT AS WELL.
09:41:45 SO WE ARE GOING TO EXPAND THE CRITERIA. WE ARE GOING TO
09:41:47 SIMPLIFY THE DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS.
09:41:49 AND WE ARE ALSO GOING TO STREAMLINE THE REVIEW PROCESS.
09:41:52 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:41:54 THIS WILL BE THE NEW EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS FOR
09:41:59 ROUND TWO, IF YOU WILL.
09:42:01 WE WOULD LIKE TO REDUCE THE TIME AND BUSINESS REQUIREMENT
09:42:04 WHICH HAD BEEN ALREADY REDUCED TO TWO YEARS.
09:42:07 WE WOULD LIKE TO REDUCE IT ONE MORE YEAR SO THAT THE
09:42:10 BUSINESS NEED ONLY IN BUSINESS FOR ONE YEAR FROM PRIOR TO
09:42:15 FEBRUARY 1st.
09:42:16 AS I SAID, WE HAVE COMPLETELY ELIMINATED THE NUMBER OF
09:42:20 EMPLOYEES, MAXIMUM CRITERIA, DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY
09:42:23 EMPLOYEES ANY BUSINESS HAS, THAT WILL NOT BE A CRITERIA
09:42:26 TO BE REVIEWED.
09:42:29 WE ARE ALSO ELIMINATING THE REQUIREMENT TO DOCUMENT
09:42:33 REDUCED REVENUE.
09:42:35 OUR RATIONALE HERE IS BECAUSE WE ARE MAINTAINING THE FACT
09:42:38 THAT THE BUSINESS MUST BE ONE OF THE CRITICALLY IMPACTED
09:42:41 BUSINESSES, WHICH ARE THOSE THAT WERE EITHER ORDERED TO
09:42:48 BE CLOSED BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR, OR OTHERWISE THE DOOR
09:42:54 CLOSED BECAUSE OF THE INABILITY TO NORMALLY CONDUCT
09:42:56 BUSINESS.
09:42:57 AND WE HAVE THAT LIST OUTLINED ON OUR WEBSITE.
09:42:59 OUR RATIONALE WAS THAT IF YOU ARE ONE OF THESE CRITICALLY
09:43:02 IMPACTED BUSINESSES, OR IF YOU WERE DEFINITIVELY CLOSED
09:43:07 BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR, THEN YOU SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL
09:43:11 LOSSES AND YOU DO NOT NEED TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF
09:43:14 FILING TAX RETURNS AND SO ON TO ESTABLISH THAT PARAGRAPH,
09:43:17 THAT WE HAVE JUST ELIMINATED THAT.
09:43:18 WE ALSO INCREASED THE ...
09:43:27 [ AUDIO DROPPED ]
09:43:45 [ NO AUDIO ]
09:49:50 [ NO AUDIO ]
09:46:25 PROBABLY THE MOST CRITICAL PART.
09:50:09 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE SLIDE I BELIEVE ARE POSTED TO THE
09:50:13 CTTV LIVE WEB PAGE.
09:50:16 THEY SHOULD BE THERE AS WE SPEAK.
09:50:18 THEY WERE RECENTLY POSTED SO THOSE PEOPLE WHO CANNOT SEE
09:50:21 THE SLIDES SHOULD BE ABLE TO PULL THEM UP THAT WAY.
09:50:24 AND AGAIN, THIS IS ALSO BEING RECORDED.
09:50:27 AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS IS GOING OVER CTTV.
09:50:34 I HEARD TALK ABOUT FACEBOOK LIVE BUT I HAVE BEEN
09:50:38 PARTICIPATING THROUGH THE GO-TO WEBINAR.
09:50:43 APP AND EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE WORKING PROPERLY FROM WHAT
09:50:45 I CAN SEE HERE.
09:50:46 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE AUDIO IS BACK ON THE FACEBOOK
09:50:50 LIVE VIDEO.
09:50:51 SO EVERYTHING HAS BEEN DELAYED.
09:50:53 THE SLIDE IS BACK ON.
09:50:56 WITH SLIDE 43 SHOWING.
09:51:00 AS LONG AS WE HAVE THE OKAY FOR EVERYONE ELSE, WE SHOULD
09:51:02 BE BACK IN BUSINESS.
09:51:03 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CHAIR, I SEE IT ON THE TELEVISION
09:51:08 AS WELL.
09:51:08 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
09:51:09 >>MARTIN SHELBY: ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT, MR. BENNETT?
09:51:14 >>JOHN BENNETT: YES.
09:51:15 WE ARE READY TO START.
09:51:17 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD AND TAKE IT AWAY FROM THIS
09:51:18 SLIDE SHOWING ROUND TWO WHERE MS. POST LEFT OFF.
09:51:22 >>CAROLE POST: WE ARE READY TO GO.
09:51:25 AT THE RISK OF ANYONE BREAKING IN, I WILL RECONVENE.
09:51:28 THANK YOU.
09:51:29 AND THIS IS ACTUALLY MY LAST SLIDE.
09:51:31 AND HIGHLIGHTING THE FACT THAT AS WELL AS EXPANDING
09:51:34 ELIGIBILITY, WE EXPANDED THE BENEFITS.
09:51:36 I THINK I MADE THE REFERENCE TO BUSINESS OWNERS THAT WE
09:51:41 FELT LIKE WE WERE UNABLE TO FULLY HELP BECAUSE OF THE WAY
09:51:47 WE STRUCTURED THE PROGRAM.
09:51:48 MANY GREAT LESSONS LEARNED ON OUR PART.
09:51:51 THE WAY THIS ROUND TWO WILL WORK IS THAT BUSINESSES WILL
09:51:55 BE ABLE TO AVAIL THEMSELVES UP TO $4,000 FOR ALL RENT,
09:52:01 LEASE OR MORTGAGE PAYMENTS THAT THEY MAY EITHER BE IN
09:52:05 ARREARS ON, OR FOR THE NEXT AVAILABLE.
09:52:08 SO OUR DESIRE IS TO USE THOSE FUND TO HELP EACH BUSINESS
09:52:14 GET TO A STATE OF EXPANDING FOR THEIR RENT OR LEASE.
09:52:20 LIKEWISE, UTILITIES, WE ARE EXPANDING THE BENEFIT TO BE
09:52:22 FOR MULTIPLE MONTHS IF THE BUSINESSES ENDED UP IN MORE
09:52:27 ARREARS, AND ALSO TO EXPAND BEYOND ESSENTIAL UTILITIES
09:52:31 WHICH WERE ELECTRIC, GAS, AND WATER.
09:52:34 WE ALSO ARE NOW INCLUDING WI-FI AND INTERNET PROVIDERS
09:52:39 AND OTHER ESSENTIAL BUSINESS SERVICES THAT WE BE ELIGIBLE
09:52:45 FOR THAT UTILITY PAYMENT.
09:52:46 SO WE ARE REALLY EAGER TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN REACH THAT
09:52:53 GOAL OF 800 BUSINESSES BEING SERVED BY THE EXPANDED
09:52:57 BENEFIT.
09:52:57 WE ARE -- FOR THE LAST PIECE OF BUSINESS THAT WE WILL
09:53:02 STREAMLINE THE APPLICATION AND THE REVIEW PROCESS AND
09:53:04 MAKE IT AN ONGOING ROLLING PROCESS STARTING WITH A
09:53:08 PREQUALIFICATION THAT WILL RUN FOR ONE WEEK.
09:53:10 AND THE IDEA IS THAT AS SOON AS APPLICATIONS START COMING
09:53:13 IN, OUR TEAMS AND THE TAMPA BAY BLACK BUSINESS INVESTMENT
09:53:17 CORPORATION TEAL WILL BEGIN THE UNDERWRITING AND THE
09:53:20 REVIEW IMMEDIATELY THERE.
09:53:22 WILL BE LESS DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED SO THAT WILL BE A
09:53:25 HELPFUL STEP.
09:53:26 AND AS SOON AS A BUSINESS IS DEEMED ELIGIBLE IT MOVES ON
09:53:29 WITH THE PAYMENT CYCLE.
09:53:31 IF IT IS UNFORTUNATELY DEEMED INELIGIBLE, WE WILL BE ABLE
09:53:36 SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THAT APPLICATION -- SO WE HAVE 800
09:53:41 ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.
09:53:43 SO WITH THAT, I WILL PAUSE ON THE PROGRAMMATIC SIDE AND
09:53:48 TURN IT OVER FOR A QUICK UPDATE ON FINANCIAL AND BUDGET
09:53:52 SIDE OF THE PROGRAM.
09:53:55 MR. ROGERO.
09:53:56 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BEFORE YOU BEGIN, IF I COULD ASK
09:53:59 EVERYONE TO MUTE YOUR PHONES.
09:54:01 THERE'S SOME BACKGROUND NOISES THAT'S CAUSING
09:54:04 INTERRUPTION.
09:54:05 ALL RIGHT.
09:54:07 THANK YOU.
09:54:07 MR. ROGERO, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED.
09:54:09 >> ROGERO: THIS IS DENNIS ROGERO AGAIN.
09:54:14 I WANT TO GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE FINANCING
09:54:17 STRUCTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE RELIEF PROGRAM.
09:54:19 YOU SEE HERE BEFORE YOU IN THAT FIRST COLUMN, THE GENERAL
09:54:22 REVENUE, THE $2 MILLION, AND YOU WILL RECALL THAT
09:54:26 ORIGINATES WITH OUR EMERGENCY RESERVE.
09:54:29 I'LL POINT OUT THAT THAT $350,000 YOU SEE AS A LOAN WAS
09:54:33 THE IMMEDIATE UPFRONT PAYMENT OF 211 CRISIS CENTER SO
09:54:38 THEY COULD START IMMEDIATELY TO PAY INDIVIDUAL BILLS AND
09:54:43 WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR A TRANSITION OF FUNDING.
09:54:45 WE WILL GET THAT BACK.
09:54:47 IN TOTAL ABOUT $2 MILLION FROM OUR RESERVE.
09:54:50 YOU CAN SEE IN THE SECOND COLUMN ARE DONATIONS EITHER
09:54:54 RECEIVED OR PLEDGED TO DATE ALMOST $1.3 MILLION.
09:54:58 VERY, VERY PLEASED WITH.
09:54:59 THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED BEFORE THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
09:55:02 BLOCK GRANT FUNDING, AND THE CRA INTEREST FUNDING.
09:55:06 AS WE SAID EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION, OVER $8.5 MILLION
09:55:11 TOWARDS THIS EFFORT.
09:55:12 JUST A GREAT PROGRAM, BUILT FAST AND BUILT LEAN.
09:55:17 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:55:20 AND THAT WILL CONCLUDE THIS PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION
09:55:25 REGARDING THE ONE-TAMPA RELIEF PROGRAM.
09:55:28 AND WE WILL MOVE ON NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:55:32 TO A PROGRAMMATIC FINANCIAL UPDATE FOR THE PIPES PROGRAM.
09:55:36 I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR BUDGET OFFICER MIKE
09:55:39 PERRY TO WALK YOU THROUGH THAT.
09:55:41 MR. PERRY.
09:55:41 >> MIKE PERRY: THANK YOU, DENNIS.
09:55:44 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:55:46 JUST AS A REMINDER.
09:55:49 LAST SEPTEMBER, TAMPA CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A 20-YEAR ONE
09:55:54 AND WEIGHT WATER PLAN IN ORDER TO 2.9 BILLION CAPITAL
09:56:02 YEAR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
09:56:03 THOSE RATES WENT INTO EFFECT ON NOVEMBER 1st, 2020.
09:56:07 ONE OF THE FIRST ACTIVITY WE DID FEELING THE ACTIVATION
09:56:13 WAS TO REQUEST TAMPA CITY COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE A
09:56:18 REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION.
09:56:19 WHAT A REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES STAFF TO DO IS
09:56:24 TO START AWARDING CONTRACTS BASED ON A PENDING DEBT
09:56:30 ISSUE.
09:56:31 SO WE HAVE ISSUED CONTRACTS AGAIN PENDING THOSE BOND
09:56:36 PROCEEDS THAT WE HOPE TO ISSUE SOMETIME THIS SUMMER.
09:56:41 ON THE SLIDE ON PAGE 47, THAT WE HAVE AWARDED CLOSE TO
09:56:46 $52 MILLION UNDER FIVE CONTRACTS, FOR DESIGN AND/OR
09:56:51 CONSTRUCTION WORK.
09:56:52 AND SO THESE PROJECTS ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.
09:56:57 NEXT SLIDE.
09:56:58 I'M SORRY.
09:57:00 YES, NEXT SLIDE.
09:57:02 PAGE 548.
09:57:06 THE CITY HAS SELECTED THESE THREE FIRMS TOTALING $750
09:57:09 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS.
09:57:12 THROUGH THE CCNA PROCESS.
09:57:15 AND WE ARE CURRENTLY IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THESE THREE
09:57:18 FIRMS ON THE INITIAL GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE, PRIMARILY
09:57:22 FOR THE DESIGN COMPONENT OF THE WORK BEING ASSIGNED.
09:57:28 NEXT SLIDE.
09:57:31 AND THEN WE HAVE THREE PROJECTS TOTALING THAT $39 MILLION
09:57:36 THAT WE ARE ON HOLD PENDING CCNA UNTIL THE COVID-19
09:57:43 INCIDENT IS MITIGATED AND WE CAN START HOLDING THE CCNA
09:57:47 SELECTION PROCESS, MAINTAINING SOCIAL DISTANCING.
09:57:53 OVERALL, PIPES PROJECTS EQUAL $850 MILLION OF PROJECTS
09:58:00 AWARDED, OF THE 2.9 BILLION DOLLARS WITHIN THE 20-YEAR
09:58:06 PROGRAM.
09:58:07 WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES THE PIPES UPDATE.
09:58:09 >> DENNIS ROGERO: THIS IS DENNIS AGAIN, MR. CHAIR.
09:58:15 A FINAL NOTE ON THE PIPES PROGRAM.
09:58:18 YOU HEARD THE SCALE OF THIS PROJECT.
09:58:19 IT'S GOING TO BE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT DEBT ISSUES, AND
09:58:24 TO THAT END WE HAVE NOT STOPPED BEHIND THE SCENES.
09:58:26 WE HAVE SELECTED OUR TEAM FOR THE FIRST ISSUANCE, WHICH
09:58:30 WE ESTIMATE IS GOING TO BE ABOUT $200 MILLION.
09:58:33 SO BEHIND THE SCENES, YOU KNOW, WE ARE CONTINUING TO
09:58:37 PURSUE THAT DEBT ISSUANCE.
09:58:39 AS YOU HEARD FROM MIKE, WE HOPE TO EFFECT THAT SOMETIME
09:58:43 THIS SUMMER.
09:58:44 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:58:46 FINALLY, IN THE FORMAL PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION,
09:58:54 COUNCIL, YOU SEE THE MILESTONES THAT WE WILL BE PURSUING
09:58:59 OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
09:59:00 AS YOU ARE AWARE, WE HAVE GOT SOME WORKSHOPS AT THE END
09:59:03 OF THIS MONTH AND NEXT MONTH.
09:59:05 THE MAYOR'S BUDGET PRESENTATION FOR CITY COUNCIL IS
09:59:10 AUGUST 6th.
09:59:11 WE'LL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL WORKSHOP IN AUGUST AND THEN THE
09:59:13 PUBLIC HEARING IN SEPTEMBER.
09:59:17 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:59:19 THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
09:59:23 AGAIN THIS CONCLUDES THE FORMAL PORTION OF THE
09:59:25 PRESENTATION.
09:59:26 AGAIN, WE SET ASIDE TIME TO GIVE YOU ALL AN OPPORTUNITY
09:59:29 TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION, AND ALSO
09:59:32 PROVIDE US WITH SOME GUIDANCE AS TO MORE PRIORITIES AND
09:59:37 WHAT YOU ARE THINKING AS WE CONTINUE WITH THE FISCAL YEAR
09:59:41 20-21 BUDGET PROCESS.
09:59:44 SO MR. CHAIR.
09:59:45 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. ROGERO FOR
09:59:48 THAT PRESENTATION AND EVERYBODY ELSE INVOLVED.
09:59:50 I WILL GO TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR QUESTIONS OR
09:59:53 COMMENTS AND I WILL JUST GO DOWN DID LINE.
09:59:55 WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DINGFELDER.
09:59:56 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:00:03 I HAVE GOT QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS.
10:00:07 MR. CHAIRMAN, WOULD YOU DEFER ME TOWARD THE END OR AT THE
10:00:09 END?
10:00:10 THAT WAY HOPEFULLY OTHER COUNCILMEN WILL TAKE MY
10:00:13 QUESTIONS.
10:00:13 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
10:00:16 COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES.
10:00:17 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP TODAY.
10:00:20 LOOKING AT THE SLIDE, MY BIGGEST CONCERN RIGHT NOW IS THE
10:00:24 ONE-TAMPA, AS YOU KNOW.
10:00:26 I STILL FEEL STRONGLY, I KNOW THE COUNCILMEN AS WELL,
10:00:31 THIS WEEKEND TALKING ABOUT BUSINESS OWNERS ARE TAKING
10:00:34 SOME OF -- AND DISCUSSED ABOUT SOME BEING UNDER THE GUN
10:00:40 WHO HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS MAYBE ELEVEN MONTHS, MAYBE SIX
10:00:42 MONTHS, THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BUT WE ARE STILL HOPING
10:00:49 THAT IT WAS T ONE YEAR WOULD GO AWAY.
10:00:52 I DON'T SEE THE NEED FOR THAT.
10:00:53 IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE IF I WAS DOING WELL WHEN THE COVID
10:00:59 STARTED AND I GOT SHUT DOWN, YOU DON'T FEEL I SHOULD BE
10:01:02 PUNISHED.
10:01:03 I FEEL I SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE PART OF THE PROCESS,
10:01:05 BECAUSE IT WAS A PANDEMIC WHEN IT STARTED, EVERYBODY WAS
10:01:11 AFFECTED AND I SHOULD BE PART OF THAT PROCESS.
10:01:13 BUT I DON'T UPPER THE ONE YEAR.
10:01:15 JUST DOESN'T SIT WELL WITH ME.
10:01:17 I JUST WANT TO HEAR FROM MRS. POST AGAIN.
10:01:19 I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM OTHER COUNCILMEN WHAT THEY FEEL
10:01:22 ABOUT THIS.
10:01:23 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MS. POST, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS
10:01:26 THAT COMMENT, QUESTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES?
10:01:28 >>CAROLE POST: SURE, HAPPY TO.
10:01:31 AND I APPRECIATE IT, COUNCILMAN GUDES AND I HAVE TALKED
10:01:34 ABOUT THIS POINT, AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE HIS
10:01:37 PERSPECTIVE 100%.
10:01:39 IN AN IDEAL WORLD, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO TRY TO HELP EVERY
10:01:42 BUSINESS OUT THERE REGARDLESS OF ANY CRITERIA.
10:01:45 AS WE KNOW, THERE ARE A SERIES OF CONSTRAINTS THAT --
10:01:53 SOME OF THESE FUNDS. IN THIS CASE, I THINK OUR RATIONALE
10:01:56 IS MORE ABOUT THE NATURE OF WE ORIGINALLY STARTED TO HELP
10:02:01 BUSINESSES IN THE COVID PANDEMIC, AND BY THEIR ABILITY.
10:02:13 AND NOT TO SAY A NEW BUSINESS THAT'S ABOUT AROUND FOUR
10:02:18 MONTHS OR SIX MONTHS OR ELEVEN MONTHS, THEY WILL HAVE
10:02:21 MUCH MORE CHALLENGING TIMES SEEING THEIR WAY THROUGH THIS
10:02:23 THAN AN ESTABLISHED LONG STANDING BUSINESS.
10:02:27 AND I THINK LIMITED FUNDS AS WE COULD TO HELP A BUSINESS
10:02:35 THAT IS MORE LIKELY THAN NOT TO SEE THIS THROUGH, THIS
10:02:42 SMALL CONTRIBUTION.
10:02:43 VERSUS A BUSINESS THAT MAY STILL BE CHALLENGED.
10:02:46 IT MAY NOT ACTUALLY MAKE IT THROUGH TO THE FULL LONG-TERM
10:02:52 SOLUTION.
10:02:52 >>ORLANDO GUDES: AGAIN, I APPRECIATE YOUR RATIONALE ON
10:02:57 THAT.
10:02:58 BUT AS I GO OUT THIS PAST WEEKEND, I TALKED TO A GELATO
10:03:06 ICE CREAM OWNER, AND SHE SAYS SHE CAN'T GET IT, OR THE
10:03:10 GENTLEMAN IN WEST TAMPA WHO HAS OPENED UP A CRAFT BEER,
10:03:14 AND NOT ELIGIBLE BECAUSE HE'S RIGHT UNDER THE WINDOW
10:03:19 THERE AND HE WAS DOING WELL AND SPENT A LOT MONEY TRYING
10:03:22 TO OPEN.
10:03:22 THAT'S MY CONCERN, FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE OUT THERE
10:03:25 WORKING WHO ARE THERE, THAT ARE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND
10:03:29 THEY ARE TRYING TO, NOW, BRING ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THEIR
10:03:33 AREA.
10:03:34 THAT'S MY CONCERN.
10:03:35 AND I JUST FEEL WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT.
10:03:40 AND IT'S PERSONAL WITH ME.
10:03:41 I YIELD BACK, MR. CHAIR.
10:03:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:03:43 COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
10:03:45 >>LUIS VIERA: SORRY.
10:03:50 GETTING MYSELF OVER MUTE THERE.
10:03:52 THANKS VERY MUCH, CHAIR.
10:03:53 I APPRECIATE IT, SIR.
10:03:54 THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, MR. ROGERO FOR YOUR REMARKS AND
10:03:59 YOUR HARD WORK.
10:04:00 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:04:01 WE APPRECIATE IT.
10:04:02 YOU KNOW, FOR ME, THE BUDGET, IT'S GOOD FOR US TO BEGIN
10:04:07 HAVING DIALOGUE ON THE BUDGET.
10:04:09 IN A REGULAR YEAR IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO BEGIN HAVING
10:04:12 DIALOGUE ON THE BUDGET AT THIS TIME IF NOT EARLIER AS WE
10:04:16 HAVE DISCUSSED BEFORE.
10:04:17 BUT ESPECIALLY NOW WHEN WE ARE HAVING A DIALOGUE WITH A
10:04:20 LOT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE FORCED TO HAVE.
10:04:23 IT'S FRANKLY NIGHT AND DAY.
10:04:27 WHERE WE WERE A FEW MONTHS AGO ON THE BUDGET, WE WERE
10:04:30 TALKING ABOUT THEIR CAPITAL PROJECTS, UNEMPLOYMENT
10:04:33 HOVERING AT ABOUT 4%.
10:04:35 AND GOOD TIMES PERSPECTIVELY AHEAD.
10:04:39 AND THEN WE HAD THIS PANDEMIC, JUST NIGHT AND DAY CHANGES
10:04:44 WITH REGARDS TO WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING WITH OUR
10:04:48 BUDGET FORECAST.
10:04:49 A NEW CHAPTER FRANKLY IS BEGINNING.
10:04:52 I THINK IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
10:04:54 AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THIS CHAPTER IS GOING TO LAST.
10:04:56 BUT I THINK THAT OUR BUDGET SHOULD REFLECT THIS LASTING
10:05:00 FOR SOME TIME.
10:05:02 THIS IS SOMETHING AGAIN THAT A LOT OF COMMUNITIES ARE
10:05:06 HAVING IN TERMS OF THE DIALOGUE.
10:05:07 IT'S REALLY FRUSTRATING FOR ME BUT WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE
10:05:11 THAT FRUSTRATION, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS THE YEAR --
10:05:17 WHEN NEIGHBORHOODS ARE GOING TO LOOK TOWARDS HAVING LOCAL
10:05:23 GOVERNMENT ATTENTION IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
10:05:25 WE START HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA BEGINNING TO DO THAT
10:05:28 IN 2017 WITH INVESTMENTS MADE AT VILLA BROTHERS PARK,
10:05:34 WILLIAMS PARK, NEW TAMPA REC CENTER, THE CUSCADEN POOL,
10:05:39 THROUGH TAMPA CITY COUNCIL AND WORKING THROUGH THE CITY
10:05:42 OF TAMPA.
10:05:43 AND WE WERE LOOKING TO BUILD ON THAT.
10:05:46 IT'S IMPORTANT TO BUILD ON THAT FRUSTRATION, I THINK THAT
10:05:50 WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AS A BODY.
10:05:52 JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO WE WERE LOOKING AT NOT ONLY A
10:05:56 DECENT ECONOMY BUT POTENTIALLY ONE WAY OR ANOTHER
10:06:00 TRANSPORTATION MONEY.
10:06:00 SO WE COULD BE AT A POINT WHERE WE ARE NOT JUST GOING TO
10:06:04 BE WITHOUT THOSE FUNDS, BUT PROSPECTIVELY, RIGHT?
10:06:09 BUT WITH LESS THAN WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT HAVING.
10:06:11 IT'S FRUSTRATING BUT THAT'S OUR REALITY RIGHT NOW.
10:06:14 SO WHEN I LOOK AT THIS BUDGET, TO ME, THIS IS NOT GOING
10:06:18 TO BE A LYNDON JOHNSON BUDGET.
10:06:21 THIS IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE A CALVIN COOLIDGE BUDGET.
10:06:25 A LOT OF GREEN AND REALLY, REALLY HEALTHY.
10:06:30 WE MADE TOUGH DECISIONS IN THE PAST AND WE ARE GOING TO
10:06:32 HAVE TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS IN THE NEAR FUTURE BECAUSE
10:06:34 OF THIS.
10:06:35 TO ME THERE'S A COUPLE OF PRINCIPLES THAT WE HAVE THIS
10:06:38 YEAR WHENEVER IT COMES TO OUR BUDGET.
10:06:40 MORE CRITICAL CITY SERVICES HAVE TO BE PROTECTED.
10:06:44 WE HAVE TO PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY.
10:06:45 AND I REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE THIS, WHICH IS WE HAVE TO
10:06:49 REMEMBER THE CITY WORKER WHO PROVIDES THOSE CORE CRITICAL
10:06:53 CITY SERVICES, WHO WORK SO HARD THROUGH OUR COVID-19
10:06:58 PUTTING THEMSELVES AT RISK, PUTTING THEMSELVES AT RISK,
10:07:02 BEING IN FRONT DOING CORE CRITICAL CITY SERVICES.
10:07:10 WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT.
10:07:10 BY CORE CRITICAL SERVICES, I REFER TO NOT ONLY THINGS
10:07:14 LIKE KEEPING OUR PARKS OPEN, TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS,
10:07:20 NOT LOSING SIGHT OF THE CORE CRITICAL SERVICES THAT WE
10:07:23 PROVIDE TO THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE A VOICE.
10:07:25 YOU KNOW, THE OTHER AMERICA, THE OTHER TAMPA, THESE ARE
10:07:30 CORE CRITICAL SERVICES THAT EXIST THAT WE HAVE TO
10:07:34 PROSECUTE PROTECT.
10:07:35 SO IT'S A TIME FOR RESTRAINT, FOR RESPONSIBILITY, AND
10:07:37 MORE THAN ANYTHING FOR LEADERSHIP.
10:07:39 NOBODY LIKES TO DO THIS, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO.
10:07:44 THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE.
10:07:45 NATIONALLY WE ARE LOOKING AT UNEMPLOYMENT AT ABOUT ONE IN
10:07:49 SIX, ONE IN SEVEN AMERICANS, AND SO FOLKS THINK THE
10:07:53 NUMBER IS HIGHER.
10:07:55 IT'S CERTAINLY GOING TO GO HIGHER OF UNEMPLOYED.
10:08:00 WE TALK ABOUT LAG TO THE MUNICIPALITY, LOOKING TO THE
10:08:05 STATE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR SHORT-TERM HEALTH.
10:08:07 WHEN WE LAD AT THE FISCAL STATE OF THE FEDERAL
10:08:09 GOVERNMENT, LIKE NOW I REMIND PEOPLE, WE BEGAN THIS
10:08:12 CRISIS ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL WITH A BUDGET DEFICIT OF
10:08:19 COVID-19 OF OVER A TRILLION DOLLARS.
10:08:21 THAT IS BEFORE THIS CRISIS HIT WE WERE SPENDING A
10:08:25 TRILLION DOLLARS MORE THAN WHAT WE TOOK IN.
10:08:27 NOW THAT'S GOING TO GO UP TO 3, 4 TRILLION DOLLARS OF
10:08:30 THIS YEAR'S MUCH NEEDED RELIEF PACKAGES.
10:08:33 SO IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FEDERAL
10:08:35 GOVERNMENT, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE THERE.
10:08:40 YOU ARE ENTITLED TO YOUR OWN OPINION BUT NOT TO YOUR OWN
10:08:43 FACTS, AND THE FACTS AS WE SEE THEM RATE NOW WITH REGARDS
10:08:46 TO BUDGET NUMBERS, ECONOMIC NUMBERS, UNEMPLOYMENT
10:08:48 NUMBERS, ARE VERY, VERY HARSH ECONOMIC NUMBERS.
10:08:51 SO WE HAVE TO LEAD ALL OF US ONE BY ONE, AND TAMPA CITY
10:08:58 COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE ADMINISTRATION, SUPPORT FISCAL
10:09:01 RESPONSIBILITY, FISCAL RESTRAINT, PROTECTION OF OUR CORE
10:09:04 CRITICAL SERVICES.
10:09:06 THAT'S WHAT THIS TIME IS ALL ABOUT.
10:09:09 WE ALL HAD PROJECTS AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT
10:09:12 WE WANTED TO SEE IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
10:09:15 AGAIN, A NEW REALITY HAS COME UPON US AND I KNOW THAT WE
10:09:19 ARE ALL GOING TO BE MEETING THAT CHALLENGE OF LEADERSHIP
10:09:22 RIGHT NOW.
10:09:22 I HAVE FAITH THAT ALL OF US WILL AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO
10:09:26 PROTECT OUR CORE CRITICAL CITY SERVICES.
10:09:29 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:09:29 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:09:31 MOVE NEXT TO COUNCILMAN CITRO.
10:09:33 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WELL SAID, COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:09:40 I JUST HAVE TWO QUICK QUESTIONS TO OUR BUDGET PEOPLE.
10:09:45 AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN GET SOME SORT OF ANSWER.
10:09:48 AND I KNOW IT'S HARD TO PREDICT ANYTHING.
10:09:51 HOW LONG IS IT EXPECTED TO RECOVER FROM THIS?
10:09:56 AND I KNOW THIS CANNOT BE DEFINITE ANSWERS.
10:10:00 BUT AT RECOVERY TIME, DO WE FORESEE ANY TYPE OF CUTS,
10:10:05 WHETHER IT BE PERSONNEL OR OTHERWISE?
10:10:08 THAT'S QUESTION ONE.
10:10:11 AND TO COUNCILMAN VIERA'S POINT, AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
10:10:16 WILL THIS CRISIS, WILL THE LOSS OF REVENUE AFFECT OUR
10:10:21 PUBLIC SAFETY, TPD OR FIRE?
10:10:25 GO AHEAD.
10:10:26 IF YOU WANT TO JUMP IN THERE AND ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS,
10:10:29 I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
10:10:30 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
10:10:31 >> THIS IS DENNIS ROGERO.
10:10:37 I WOULD ADDRESS THE FIRST QUESTION FIRST REGARDING THE
10:10:40 LENGTH OF THIS EMERGENCY AND POTENTIAL FUTURE CUT.
10:10:45 I THINK IT IS SIMPLY UNKNOWN.
10:10:47 AND I'M SURE I AM NOT SAYING ANYTHING NEW WITH YOU BUT NO
10:10:52 MATTER WHAT SOURCES YOU TURN TO, NO MATTER WHAT EXPERTS
10:10:55 YOU TURN TO, AND THEIR ADVICE, THE LEVEL OF UNCERTAINTY.
10:10:59 AND YOU HEARD THIS DESCRIPTION BEFORE, IT'S ABSOLUTELY
10:11:00 UNPRECEDENTED.
10:11:02 NOW, YOU HAVE HEARD SOME OF THE STEPS WE ARE TAKING IN
10:11:04 THE CURRENT YEAR, AND BASED ON NEW INPUT AND GOING
10:11:08 FORWARD, AND THE REVENUE RECEIPTS THAT WE'LL CONTINUE
10:11:12 GETTING AND THE REVENUE INFORMATION WE'LL CONTINUE
10:11:14 GETTING, THE ACTION OF BOTH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND
10:11:16 THE FEDERAL RESERVE, AND KEEPING AN EYE OWN OUR
10:11:21 EXPENDITURES FURTHER TO YOUR SECOND POINT, THOSE CRITICAL
10:11:24 SERVICES, PARKS AND RECREATION AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND
10:11:27 PUBLIC WORKS.
10:11:28 BOTTOM LINE, WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO LAST.
10:11:31 WE DON'T KNOW THE EXTENT OF ANY FUTURE CUTS YET.
10:11:34 THAT'S WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.
10:11:36 BUT WITH OUR EMPHASIS ON PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS AND
10:11:39 RECREATION, AND PUBLIC SAFETY, NO, WE DO NOT FORESEE
10:11:46 REDUCTIONS IN PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES.
10:11:48 AND I WISH I COULD PROVIDE YOU MORE CERTAIN INFORMATION,
10:11:50 BUT AGAIN, PREDICTIONS ARE A DIME OF DOZEN.
10:11:57 WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS ALL OVER THE MAP.
10:11:59 THAT'S THE BEST WE CAN SHARE WITH YOU RIGHT NOW.
10:12:01 >>JOSEPH CITRO: IF I MAY, MR. CHAIR.
10:12:10 WE DO REALIZE THERE'S NO CERTAINTY IN THE FUTURE.
10:12:12 SO WE AS A COUNCIL, AND THE ADMINISTRATION, WE BOTH HAVE
10:12:16 TO WORK WITH THE PEOPLE AND REALIZE THAT THIS IS GOING TO
10:12:19 BE A TIME OF DEALING WITH THE BASIC NECESSITATES, MAKING
10:12:24 SURE THAT THE CITIZENS OF THE GET THEIR WATER, GET THEIR
10:12:28 FIRE, GET THEIR POLICE, GET THEIR SOLID WASTE PICKUP.
10:12:32 SO THANK YOU, MR. ROGERO.
10:12:34 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO
10:12:38 ASK THESE QUESTIONS.
10:12:39 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:12:40 NEXT UP, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:12:42 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:12:45 I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.
10:12:47 I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE INVOLVED.
10:12:50 IN THE SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, JUST LOOK AT ALL THE
10:12:53 SPEAKERS THAT WE HAD TODAY, AND THE PROGRAMS THAT WE PUT
10:12:55 UP, AND ALL OF THEM HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED SOONER BECAUSE
10:12:59 WHEN THERE'S TWO WORDS THAT WERE SAID HERE THAT REALLY
10:13:02 CAUGHT MY EAR, KNOWN AND UNKNOWN.
10:13:05 IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, THERE IS NO KNOWN.
10:13:07 THE KNOWN BECOMES THE UNKNOWN AND YOU REALIZE WHAT THE
10:13:12 FACTS ARE, THEN THAT IS A KNOWN.
10:13:14 AND EVERY DAY, BECAUSE A SITUATION NOT ONLY IN THIS
10:13:17 COUNTRY BUT IN THIS WORLD, THE UNKNOWN BECOMES A REAL
10:13:21 DANGER AND A REAL FACTOR.
10:13:23 WHEN YOU LOOK AT POSITIONS, THERE WERE 26 POSITIONS
10:13:28 OCTOBER 1st AND TWO WERE ELIMINATED, I BELIEVE, IN
10:13:31 THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
10:13:36 THIS IS UNDERSTANDABLE, THE ADMINISTRATION PRESENTED; AN
10:13:41 EXCELLENT LOOK INTO THE FUTURE. THIS IS NOT A KNOWN
10:13:43 FUTURE. THIS IS AN UNKNOWN FUTURE.
10:13:45 THERE WILL HAVE TO BE FURTHER ADJUSTMENTS MADE, AND I'M
10:13:49 AFRAID THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE IN OUR FAVOR.
10:13:52 GOING BACK TO THE PIPES PROGRAM, THE PIPES PROGRAM WAS
10:13:57 53% SELF-FUNDING PAY AND 47% BONDED, IF I RECALL.
10:14:04 OF THE 846 MILLION, 2,325 THAT WE ALREADY ACCOUNTED FOR
10:14:11 THAT WE ARE GOING TO SPEND ON THIS FIRST GO-AROUND,
10:14:14 IS THAT COMING FROM THE PAY OR FROM THE BONDED PART?
10:14:17 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO ANSWER THAT
10:14:23 QUESTION?
10:14:24 MR. ROGERO?
10:14:26 >> MIKE PERRY.
10:14:29 THIS IS MIKE PERRY, THE BUDGET OFFICER.
10:14:31 CAN YOU RESTATE THE QUESTION?
10:14:35 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THE 846 MILLION THAT WE HAVE PUT ON
10:14:37 THE SHELF ON THE PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH DIFFERENT
10:14:41 COMPANIES, AND ALL THOSE WHO HAVE DONE BUSINESS IN THE
10:14:44 CITY IN THE PAST, AND AS I RECALL THEY HAVE ALL DONE AN
10:14:47 EXCELLENT JOB, THE 53%, IS THAT SELF PAY?
10:14:50 IS THIS 846 MILLION OUT OF THE SELF PAY OR OUT OF THE 47%
10:14:57 THAT WAS GOING TO BE BONDED OUT TOWARDS THE END?
10:15:01 >> MIKE PERRY: IF $846 MILLION WE IDENTIFIED TODAY,
10:15:05 APPROXIMATELY 500 MILLION WILL BE DEBT UNTIL WE GET
10:15:10 FURTHER INTO THE RATE INCREASE.
10:15:12 WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PAY GO UP FRONT TO DO PAY-GO.
10:15:17 AS WE GET FURTHER INTO THE PROGRAM, AND REVENUES WILL GO
10:15:22 MORE INTO THE PAY-GO.
10:15:24 I WILL SAY THAT THE MARKETS ARE LOOKING VERY FAVORABLY AS
10:15:27 FAR AS INTEREST RATES.
10:15:29 SO IF WE ARE EVER GOING TO ISSUE DEBT, NOW IS THE TIME TO
10:15:34 ISSUE DEBT.
10:15:36 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: OKAY.
10:15:39 CAN YOU ADDRESS TO US THE UNDERSTANDING, I THINK PUTTING
10:15:45 $2 IN ON WASTEWATER AND $2 IN ON DRINKING WATER, AM I
10:15:50 CORRECT, A MONTH?
10:15:52 >> YES.
10:16:00 NO, I'LL LET YOU FINISH THE QUESTION, SIR.
10:16:03 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I FINISHED.
10:16:04 WHAT IS IT WE COLLECT EVERY MONTH ON THAT TWO AND TWO AND
10:16:08 FOUR DOLLARS A MONTH?
10:16:08 I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER.
10:16:10 THAT'S THE REASON I'M ASKING.
10:16:11 >> MIKE PERRY: YES, SIR.
10:16:13 THE NEW CUSTOMERS ARE NOW CHARGED A BASE FEE OF $2 PER
10:16:17 MONTH PER ERU AND ERUs CURRENTLY IS A RESIDENTIAL UNIT.
10:16:23 SO THEIR BILL CAN CONSIST OF A $2 BASE FEE FOR WATER, $2
10:16:29 FOR WASTEWATER.
10:16:30 YOU HAVE THE NORMAL WASTEWATER CONSUMPTION RATES THAT IS
10:16:36 MITIGATED BY THE SEWER CAP, AND THEN ON THE WATER SIDE
10:16:39 YOU HAVE THE SHEER RATE STRUCTURE UP TO TIER 4 ON THE
10:16:46 RESIDENTIAL SIDE.
10:16:47 SO IT'S GOING TO BE BASED ON --
10:16:51 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: BUT THE ONLY MONEY THAT GOES INTO THE
10:16:53 PAY OF DEBT IS ONE DOLLAR AND TWO DOLLARS ON THE -- WATER
10:17:00 AND WASTEWATER?
10:17:01 >> NO, SIR, THAT'S NOT CORRECT.
10:17:03 IT'S THE TOTAL REVENUES COMING INTO THE SYSTEM.
10:17:05 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: OKAY.
10:17:06 ALL RIGHT THEN.
10:17:07 I GOT MY ANSWER ON THE FIRST PART.
10:17:09 THAT'S 500 OF IT IS DEBT.
10:17:12 500 MILLION.
10:17:13 THAT LEADS 436 MILLION SELF-PAY.
10:17:17 AM I CORRECT?
10:17:17 >> GENERALLY SO, THAT'S CORRECT.
10:17:20 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE
10:17:22 WORK YOU HAVE DONE IN PUTTING THOSE NUMBERS TOGETHER.
10:17:24 LIKE ALWAYS IN THE PAST YOU HAVE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB
10:17:27 AND I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
10:17:29 I'M FINISHED.
10:17:29 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
10:17:32 COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
10:17:33 >>BILL CARLSON: I WANT TO ECHO WHAT MY COLLEAGUE JUST
10:17:38 SAID.
10:17:38 THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFF FOR TAKING THE TIME TO PUT
10:17:40 THIS TOGETHER AND ALSO FOR WORKING PROACTIVELY TO GET ALL
10:17:43 THE NUMBERS TOGETHER.
10:17:44 JUST FROM A PHILOSOPHICAL POINT OF VIEW, YOU ALL KNOW
10:17:47 THAT ONE OF MY CONCERNS WAS THAT THE KIND OF RECKLESS
10:17:54 SPENDING OVER THE LAST ADMINISTRATION, DURING THE GREAT
10:17:56 RECESSION, AND MAYOR IORIO SAVED ABOUT 5:01 MILLION IN
10:18:00 THE GENERAL FUND RESERVE, AND THAT WAS I THINK JUST BELOW
10:18:04 100 MILLION WHEN WE STARTED AND I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT BE
10:18:08 THAT BECAUSE USUALLY YOU SAY SAVE DURING THE BOOM TIMES
10:18:13 AND SPEND AND ONE MAYOR SAVED DURING THE GOOD TIMES AND
10:18:18 THE OTHER MAYOR SPENT DURING THE BAD TIMES.
10:18:20 SO WHERE HE MAYOR CASTOR CAME TO ME A YEAR AGO AND SAID
10:18:23 WHAT PROJECTS DO YOU WANT TO SPEND ON, I SAID THE ONLY
10:18:26 THING I IS TO PUT GENERAL FUND RESERVE, AND THANK
10:18:29 GOODNESS SHE AND ALL OF YOU HER STAFF WERE IN FAVOR OF
10:18:33 THAT AND YOU ALL HAD THE SAME IDEA AND GOALS.
10:18:35 AND SO WE PUT SOME MONEY AWAY BUT WE ALL ANTICIPATED THAT
10:18:41 WE DIDN'T REALIZE THE RECESSION WOULD HIT THIS FAST AND
10:18:44 THIS HARD AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL NOT LAST VERY LONG.
10:18:46 ONE OTHER PHILOSOPHICAL STATEMENT.
10:18:48 I THINK WE OUGHT TO SWITCH, SHIFT QUICKLY FROM THIS
10:18:53 ONE-TAMPA PROGRAM TO A LONGER LASTING MORE SUSTAINABLE
10:18:57 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
10:18:58 AGAIN, IF YOU TALK TO ANY ECONOMISTS OR LOOK AT TAMPA'S
10:19:03 SCORECARD, TAMPA'S ECONOMY WAS WE HAD TOO MUCH POVERTY
10:19:09 AND TOO MANY OTHER PROBLEMS.
10:19:10 SO WE HAVE A CHANCE TO REMAKE OUR ECONOMY AND WE HAVE GOT
10:19:14 SOME DRIVERS WORKING TOWARDS THAT AND THE MAYOR'S
10:19:17 EXCELLENT STAFF TO TRY TO ADDRESS THAT.
10:19:19 I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS BUT I WILL JUST ASK ONE FOR
10:19:22 TIME MR. ROGERO, HAVE YOU DONE SOME KIND OF SENSITIVITY
10:19:25 TESTS LIKE THE PROJECTIONS YOU HAVE SHOWN?
10:19:28 IS THAT -- DO YOU HAVE LIKE 20% SENSITIVITY EITHER
10:19:33 DIRECTION, OR WHAT KIND OF PROJECTIONS DO YOU DO TO TRY
10:19:38 TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE LIKELY COURSE?
10:19:43 >> DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU.
10:19:46 THIS IS A GOOD QUESTION. THIS IS THE INFORMATION THAT WE
10:19:48 ARE MOST COMFORTABLE WITH RIGHT NOW BASED ON PROJECTIONS
10:19:51 AND WE ARE LOOKING AT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SOURCES.
10:19:53 OF COURSE WE ARE DOING OUR IN-HOUSE CALCULATIONS.
10:19:56 WE ARE LOOKING AT OTHER LOCALITIES.
10:20:00 DISCUSSING THIS WITH OUR PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS.
10:20:03 THEN OF COURSE SEEING WHAT THE EXPERTS ARE SAYING ON ANY
10:20:06 NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FINANCIAL SOURCES.
10:20:10 AGAIN, I CAN GUARANTEE YOU ONLY ONE THING, THAT THESE ARE
10:20:13 NOT CORRECT.
10:20:14 THEY ARE WHAT WE GOT -- BUT THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE GOT THE
10:20:17 MOST COMPETENCE IN RIGHT NOW.
10:20:20 AND OF COURSE WE WILL CONTINUE AND ARE CONTINUING TO
10:20:23 REFINE THEM LITERALLY ON A DAILY BASIS.
10:20:26 >>BILL CARLSON: SIMILAR TO MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILMAN
10:20:32 MIRANDA, I HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN YOU ALL, THE
10:20:35 PROJECTIONS YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SHOW AND THE NUMBERS
10:20:37 YOU HAVE SHOWN OVER THE LAST YEAR HAVE BEEN EXCELLENT.
10:20:39 SO HOPEFULLY THESE ARE WORST CASE SCENARIOS.
10:20:43 ONE LAST THING.
10:20:44 YOU ALSO MENTIONED COUNCILMAN MIRANDA ALSO MENTIONED THE
10:20:47 PIPES PROGRAM.
10:20:47 I'M HOPEFUL THAT THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE DRIVERS TO PULL
10:20:52 US OUT OF THEIR RECESSION.
10:20:54 AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING NEW.
10:20:55 WE APPROVED AT YEAR AGO.
10:20:57 SO I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF MOVING FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS
10:21:00 POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THAT AND NOT HOLDING ANY OF IT UP
10:21:03 BECAUSE IT WILL BRING JOBS AND MONEY BACK TO OUR ECONOMY.
10:21:05 THANK YOU ALL.
10:21:06 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:21:09 WE WILL GO BACK TO, AND WITH OUR FINAL SPEAKER BEFORE,
10:21:14 WRAP UP, IS COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
10:21:16 GO AHEAD.
10:21:16 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:21:20 AND OF COURSE THANKS TO ALL OF OUR CITY EMPLOYEES, FRONT
10:21:25 LINE, AS WELL AS EVERYBODY WHO PUT TOGETHER THIS GOOD
10:21:31 PRESENTATION.
10:21:31 I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
10:21:36 EVERYBODY BEAR WITH ME.
10:21:37 MR. BENNETT, IF WE COULD DO IT AS A LIGHTNING ROUND, A
10:21:40 QUICK QUESTION, A QUICK ANSWER AND THEN MOVE TO THE NEXT
10:21:43 ONE.
10:21:44 MR. BENNETT AND MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:21:46 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR, GO AHEAD.
10:21:49 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ALL RIGHT.
10:21:52 WITH REGARD TO THE PROPERTY TAX DROPS THAT WE MIGHT SEE,
10:22:06 HAS ANYBODY LOOKED AT THE COMPARISON OF COMMERCIAL OFFICE
10:22:11 VERSUS RESIDENTIAL?
10:22:15 MY GUT TELLS ME RESIDENTIAL MIGHT HOLD FIRM FOR A WHILE,
10:22:21 COMMERCIAL OFFICE PROPERTY VALUES MIGHT BE DROPPING
10:22:24 PRECIPITOUSLY AS WE LOOK AT VACANCIES.
10:22:28 DENNIS, HAS THAT BEEN PART OF THE EVALUATION?
10:22:31 >> THE POTENTIAL HAS BEEN.
10:22:35 BUT THE LAG ON PROPERTY TAXES WHETHER IT'S RESIDENTIAL OR
10:22:38 COMMERCIAL IS SO LONG.
10:22:39 YOU KNOW, IF YOU RECALL FROM THE GREAT RECESSION, IT TOOK
10:22:42 SOME TIME FOR PROPERTY TAXES TO FEEL THE IMPACT OF THAT.
10:22:45 AND IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR US TO SEE AN IMPACT IN
10:22:50 THIS GO AROUND.
10:22:51 SO ALL WE CAN DO RIGHT NOW IS LOOK AT SOME OF THE
10:22:55 TANGENTIAL DATA, MORTGAGE DEFAULTS, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN
10:22:58 THE REAL ESTATE, BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL REAL
10:23:02 ESTATE MARKETS.
10:23:03 BUT IT'S SIMPLY TOO EARLY TO TELL TO WHAT EXTENT PROPERTY
10:23:06 TAXES WILL BE HIT.
10:23:07 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: GOING TO MR. CITRO'S QUESTION IN
10:23:12 TERMS OF THE LENGTH OF IMPACT, SOME OF THESE IMPACTS
10:23:17 MIGHT BE LAGGING OUT A COUPLE OF YEARS ESPECIALLY RELATED
10:23:20 TO PROPERTY TAXES.
10:23:21 NEXT QUESTION.
10:23:22 IN REGARDS TO SALES TAX REVENUE.
10:23:25 AND YOU MIGHT HAVE SAID THIS, DENNIS.
10:23:29 DO WE HAVE ANY EARLY RESULTS?
10:23:35 AND WHAT SORT OF PERCENTAGE DROPS ARE WE LOOKING AT IN
10:23:37 SALES TAX THAT'S COMING OUR WAY?
10:23:39 >> AGAIN, IN A CONCRETE EVIDENCE YET.
10:23:45 OUR GENERAL PROJECTION IS ABOUT A 25% DECREASE AGAIN
10:23:49 BASED ON TANGENTIAL ACTIVITY.
10:23:53 YOU ARE SEEING THE DROP IN RETAIL SPENDING.
10:23:56 ACROSS THE ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT.
10:23:58 MONEY IS SIMPLY NOT BEING SPENT.
10:24:00 AND IF MONEY IS NOT BEING SPENT THEN IT'S GOING TO HIT
10:24:04 THE SALES TAX REVENUE.
10:24:05 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WE ARE STILL BUYING A LOT OF
10:24:11 GROCERIES BUT WE DON'T HAVE SALES TAX ON IT.
10:24:14 >> WELL SAID.
10:24:16 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: IN REGARD TO THE PIPES PROGRAM, AND I
10:24:19 DON'T KNOW IF IT'S MR. PERRY, BUT OUR UTILITY REVENUES, I
10:24:25 THINK I WAS TALKING TO BRAD OR SOMEBODY THE OTHER DAY.
10:24:28 IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE ALREADY HAVING SOME INITIAL UTILITY
10:24:31 REVENUE DROPS.
10:24:39 >> THIS IS MIKE PERRY.
10:24:41 RIGHT NOW, WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT ANY DECREASE IN UTILITY
10:24:45 REVENUES.
10:24:48 MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE METHOD OF ACCOUNTING THAT WE GET TO
10:24:52 ACCRUE IN BOTH REVENUES, WHEN THE UTILITY BILLS ARE USED.
10:24:58 WE ONLY HAVE ONE MONTH COMPARISON.
10:25:01 I THINK WE HAVE THE MONTH OF MARCH WHERE WE COMPARED
10:25:07 REVENUE -- I MEAN, WATER COMING OUT OF THE WATER PLANT
10:25:10 FROM 2019 TO 2018, AND WAS COMPARABLE.
10:25:14 I HAVE TO GET THE UPDATED REPORT FOR APRIL, REVENUE IS
10:25:18 PRETTY COMPARABLE TO WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR --
10:25:22 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MIKE, LET ME INTERRUPT THAT.
10:25:24 I DON'T WANT TO CONFUSE WHAT WE ARE BILLING WITH WHAT WE
10:25:27 ARE COLLECTING.
10:25:28 MAYBE WHEN BRAD AND I WERE TALKING THE OTHER DAY, MAYBE
10:25:32 THERE WAS AN ISSUE BUT COLLECTION.
10:25:34 >> MIKE PERRY: ONE OF THE ISSUES, YOU KNOW, THE
10:25:39 ONE-TAMPA PROGRAM WILL HELP US MITIGATE A BAD DEBTOR A
10:25:44 DEFAULT POSITION.
10:25:48 SO BECAUSE ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE ARE HELPING ASSISTING
10:25:52 PEOPLE IN ARE THE UTILITY BILL SO THE ONE TAMPA SHOULD
10:25:56 HELP THE CITY SOMEWHAT MITIGATE THAT.
10:25:59 WE WILL HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE BAD DEBTS, AND OUR
10:26:06 AGING REPORT AS WE GO THROUGH.
10:26:09 AS A BENCHMARK, WE GENERALLY COLLECTED ABOUT 97 AND 99%
10:26:15 OF WHATEVER WE BILL.
10:26:16 SO WE'LL HAVE TO CONTINUE LOOKING AT THAT AND GOING INTO
10:26:18 THE FUTURE.
10:26:19 >> THIS IS DENNIS ROGERO.
10:26:22 I BELIEVE MR. BAIRD IS ON THE LINE.
10:26:24 BRAD, DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING DO THAT?
10:26:26 >>BRAD BAIRD: YES, THIS IS BRAD BAIRD, DEPUTY
10:26:29 ADMINISTRATOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
10:26:32 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, I WAS REFERRING TO OTHER UTILITIES
10:26:36 ARE SEEING SOME DROP IN WATER AND WASTEWATER REVENUES.
10:26:40 AND SO FAR, WE ARE NOT SEEING THAT.
10:26:43 SO FAR SO GOOD.
10:26:46 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: GRAY, GREAT.
10:26:48 I'M SORRY I MISUNDERSTOOD.
10:26:51 I HOPE IT HOLD UP.
10:26:54 IN REGARDS TO THE PENSION, DENNIS, I THINK YOU SPOKE TO
10:27:00 THE PENSION.
10:27:01 THE STOCK MARKET, I DON'T FOLLOW IT VERY TIGHTLY BUT I
10:27:04 KNOW IT'S UP AND DOWN AND UP AND DOWN.
10:27:07 BUT OVERALL I THINK IT'S HAD PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DROPS
10:27:10 SINCE THE FIRST OF THE YEAR SINCE MARCH.
10:27:13 WHAT SORT OF IMPACT IS THAT ON THE PENSION FUND?
10:27:16 I KNOW YOU SAID WE ARE 95 FUNDED BUT DOWN THE ROAD, STOCK
10:27:21 MARKET CONTINUES TO DROP OR LAG AND WE HAVE TO MAKE UP
10:27:25 THE DIFFERENCE, RIGHT?
10:27:27 AND HAVE WE LOOKED AT THAT AND WHAT SORT OF IMPACT IS
10:27:30 THAT GOING TO BE ON OUR GENERAL FUND?
10:27:32 >> DENNIS ROGERO: THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. THIS IS
10:27:37 DENNIS.
10:27:37 YES, WE ARE CONTINUING TO REVIEW THAT ON THE POLICE SIDE
10:27:41 AND PENSION SIDE.
10:27:42 WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ASSETS INVESTED.
10:27:44 ABOUT $2 BILL OWN ON THE FIRE AND POLICE PENSION SIDE AND
10:27:47 A LITTLE LESS THAN ONE BILLION DOLLARS ON THE GP PENSION
10:27:52 SIDE.
10:27:52 YES, IT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE STOCK MARKET.
10:27:55 ALTHOUGH AS YOU REFERENCED, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD,
10:27:59 IT'S A ROLLER COASTER RIGHT NOW.
10:28:01 YOU SEE WHAT THE IMPACT WILL BE.
10:28:04 FROM A BETTING MAN IT'S GOING TO BE NEGATIVE.
10:28:07 BUT WE'LL PROVIDE YOU MORE DETAILED INFORMATION,
10:28:11 DEFINITIVE DETAILED INFORMATION WHEN WE HAVE IT.
10:28:13 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. BENNETT, THIS ONE PROBABLY IS
10:28:17 MORE FOR YOU BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE MORE POLITICAL THAN IT
10:28:20 IS NUMBER CRUNCHING.
10:28:23 WE ALL READ THE COUNTY IS RECEIVING LIKE A QUARTER
10:28:30 BILLION DOLLARS FROM THE FEDS, AND THEN THEY IN TURN ARE
10:28:36 PROBABLY GOING TO DIVVY THAT OUT.
10:28:39 WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT REVENUE LOSSES, WE HAVE LOSSES ACROSS
10:28:45 THE BOARD.
10:28:46 I KNOW THAT WE ARE IN DISCUSSION WAS THE COUNTY.
10:28:51 HOW ARE THOSE AND DO WE HAVE ANY PROGRESS?
10:28:54 >> I THINK WE CAN SHARE THE RESPONSE.
10:29:10 FIRST OF ALL I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH MR. MERRILL, THE
10:29:12 COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, AND DENNIS WILL PROBABLY SHARE THAT
10:29:14 HE'S WORKING WITH BONNIE WISE OVER THERE.
10:29:18 AS WE KNOW, WE LOOKED AT THE SOURCE OF THE MONEY AND THE
10:29:21 GUIDANCE, AND OF COURSE IT COMES FROM A COUNTY-WIDE
10:29:25 PERSPECTIVE WHICH INCLUDES OUR POPULATION.
10:29:29 AND OF COURSE OUR STAFF, AS DENNIS MENTIONED EARLIER,
10:29:33 THAT OUR LEGISLATIVE TEAM, MARLEY WILSON, HE AND WHITNEY
10:29:37 HAVE BEEN WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES TO UNDERSTAND THOUGH
10:29:41 THE GUIDANCE AND THE OPPORTUNITIES TO USE THAT MONEY FOR
10:29:44 THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE.
10:29:45 DENNIS HAS HAD MORE INTIMATE DISCUSSION WAS BONNIE WISE
10:29:49 AROUND THAT.
10:29:50 AND THE CITY ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF ARE WORKING
10:29:52 INTERNALLY TO MESH WITH THE COUNTY ON THOSE REQUESTS.
10:29:56 DENNIS, DO YOU WANT TO AUGMENT THAT A LITTLE?
10:29:59 >> THIS IS DENNIS.
10:30:01 AS THE CHIEF SAID, MRS. WISE AND I ARE DIALOGUING ABOUT
10:30:05 THE PARTICULAR COMPONENTS OF WHAT THE CARES ACT ALLOWS.
10:30:10 OF COURSE I WILL REMIND EVERYBODY THAT UNDER THE CURRENT
10:30:12 GUIDELINES, IT DOESN'T ALLOW FOR A DIRECT BENEFIT TO THE
10:30:15 CITY.
10:30:15 WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE COUNTY.
10:30:17 SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR RESPONSE IS NOT ONLY
10:30:20 COORDINATED TOGETHER TO THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
10:30:24 ULTIMATELY THE COUNTY WILL HAVE TO DEFEND THE
10:30:26 NECESSITATES AND REASONABLENESS OF THESE EXPENDITURES,
10:30:29 BUT ALSO ON PAR WITH THE DIFFERENT PARTICULAR
10:30:32 REQUIREMENTS OF THE TREASURY GUIDELINES.
10:30:35 SO IT'S MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AND WE ARE JUST
10:30:39 TRYING TO REFINE IT, GETTING TO THE A POINT WHERE WE ARE
10:30:42 ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND WE CAN GET THAT FUNDING FROM THE
10:30:45 FEDS.
10:30:45 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: AND SORT OF HEARING THAT SAME ANSWER
10:30:50 FOR ABOUT A MONTH.
10:30:51 WHEN DO WE EXPECT THAT TO BE RESOLVED, AND TO COME TO A
10:30:57 HEAD ONE WAY OR THE OTHER?
10:31:00 >> I APPRECIATE THAT, SIR.
10:31:01 IN PART, AS WE PROBABLY SHARED WITH YOU, AND YOU PROBABLY
10:31:04 READ, YOU KNOW, THE LEGISLATION WAS PASSED WITHOUT ANY
10:31:07 GUIDANCE.
10:31:08 SO THE GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO BE RELEASED OVER TIME.
10:31:15 SO ALL LOCALITIES AND STATE HAS TO RESPOND AS IT BECOMES
10:31:21 MORE REFINED.
10:31:22 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY.
10:31:24 NEXT QUESTION RELATES TO CONTRACTS AND PURCHASES.
10:31:28 I'M CONFIDENT -- AND I HAVE SEEN WITNESS TO THE FACT THAT
10:31:33 WE ARE CUTTING BACK ON SOME OF OUR CONTRACTS.
10:31:36 THE BIG ONE OF COURSE WAS THE POLICE, YOU KNOW, ON CAMERA
10:31:43 CONTRACTS, WHICH WAS A GOOD SIGNIFICANT CUTBACK.
10:31:47 I'M SURE BEHIND THE SCENES CUTBACKS.
10:31:50 BUT I'M WONDERING, MR. BENNETT, IF COUNCIL -- WE'LL NEVER
10:31:55 SEE THE CUTBACKS BECAUSE THEY WON'T COME TO US.
10:31:59 I'M JUST WONDERING IF COUNCIL GETS LIKE A QUARTERLY LIST
10:32:04 OF SOMETHING OF THINGS THAT WE NORMALLY SEE IN PURCHASING
10:32:07 OR CONTRACTING FOR THAT WE ARE CUTTING BACK ON.
10:32:11 >>JOHN BENNETT: CHIEF OF STAFF.
10:32:21 UNDERSTOOD.
10:32:23 AND AS WE HAVE TRANSPIRED OTHER FUND DOLLARS, WE CAN VERY
10:32:26 EASILY LET YOU KNOW SOME OF THE EFFICIENCY MOVES THAT
10:32:29 HAVE OCCURRED, ESPECIALLY IN THE FY 20, NEXT FIVE MONTHS.
10:32:33 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY.
10:32:36 MR. CHAIRMAN, I WILL ANSWER ANOTHER QUICKIE.
10:32:41 CAROLE POST, I CALCULATED 38% OF THE FUND FOR THE ONE
10:32:48 TAMPA PROGRAM EITHER FROM THE GENERAL FUND RESERVE OR
10:32:51 FROM DONATIONS.
10:32:53 VERY GENEROUS DONATIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY.
10:32:55 I THINK THERE WAS 2 MILLION FROM RESERVES AND A MILLION
10:32:58 PLUS FROM THESE DONATIONS.
10:33:01 AND AGAIN, THREE WEEKS AGO, AND I THINK MYSELF ALONG WITH
10:33:04 SELF OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE SAID, WHY NOT CITY-WIDE?
10:33:09 THERE ARE SMALL BUSINESSES IN EVERY LITTLE CORNER OF THE
10:33:11 CITY WHO ARE OWNED BY FOLKS WHO ARE WORKING AS HARD AS
10:33:16 THEY WORK IN THE CRA DISTRICT, AND THEN IN THE CDBG
10:33:22 DISTRICT, THAT ARE HURTING JUST AS MUCH.
10:33:24 IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THE BUSINESS OWNER MIGHT LIVE IN
10:33:29 LUTZ.
10:33:30 OR WHATEVER.
10:33:30 BUT IF THEIR LITTLE BUSINESS HAPPENS TO BE IN SOUTH
10:33:34 TAMPA, THEN UNDER PHASE ONE, THEY HAVE GOT ELIMINATED
10:33:39 FROM CONSIDERATION.
10:33:41 I WAS HOPING THAT UNDER PHASE TWO THAT WE MIGHT PICK UP
10:33:46 THAT CONSIDERATION.
10:33:50 SO I KNOW THAT THE COUNTY MIGHT BE PICKING UP SOME OF
10:33:54 THAT SLACK, AND THAT'S ALL FINE AND GOOD, BUT I STILL
10:33:57 DON'T UNDERSTAND THE LOGIC OF WHY WE AS A CITY WOULD BE
10:34:00 LEAVING BEHIND THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES IN THOSE NON-AREAS,
10:34:06 NON-CRA CDBG AREAS.
10:34:13 >>CAROLE POST: I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION.
10:34:14 AND WE DID IN FACT LOOK BACK AT THAT.
10:34:16 I THINK WE FEEL LIKE YOU DO, THAT WE REALLY IN THE BEST
10:34:21 CASE SCENARIO DO NOT WANT TO LEAVE ANY BUSINESS BEHIND,
10:34:24 IF THAT'S HOW WE ARE GOING TO CHARACTER RISE IT.
10:34:26 WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE DATA OF CITY-WIDE, OUR CONCERN WAS
10:34:32 THAT NOT WITHSTANDING THE VERY GENEROUS DONATIONS THAT
10:34:37 HAVE HELPED BEING CONTRIBUTED TO FOR THE ONE-TAMPA FUND,
10:34:41 AND WILL HELP US ACHIEVE THE GOALS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT
10:34:45 AS I HAVE DESCRIBED, IF WE WERE TO EXPAND THAT CITY-WIDE,
10:34:49 FOR THE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF
10:34:51 BUSINESSES THAT EXIST ACROSS THE CITY, WE FELT LIKE IT
10:34:56 MAY END UP BEING TOO SMALL OF A RELIEF AMOUNT FOR ANY
10:35:01 BUSINESS THAT QUALIFIED FOR THAT WOULD REALLY MAKE A
10:35:06 DIFFERENCE.
10:35:06 AND AS I BELIEVE ONE OF THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS
10:35:10 REFERENCED, THE IDEA OF COMMITTING TO THIS ONE-TAMPA
10:35:14 RELIEF, WHICH ITS ORIGINAL INTENT WAS FOCUSED ON THE MOST
10:35:20 VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT MAY NOT OTHERWISE HAVE
10:35:24 ASKED FOR OTHER RESOURCES.
10:35:26 WE FELT LIKE WE SHOULD STAY ON TASK, STAY COMMITTED TO
10:35:29 OUR ORIGINAL PLAN, AND AT THE SAME TIME AS WE WERE
10:35:31 DIGESTING THAT, THE FEDERAL FUNDS, THE $250 MILLION WAS
10:35:38 COMING THROUGH, AND I JOINED JOHN AND DEPUTIES AND OTHERS
10:35:43 IN NUMEROUS DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COUNTY, INCLUDING THIS
10:35:50 ONGOING PLANNING MEETING AROUND HOW TO BEST ALLOCATE AND
10:35:54 DISTRIBUTE THOSE FUNDS, THAT WOULD BE COUNTYWIDE, AND BY
10:35:58 THAT WE MEAN GEOGRAPHICALLY SO THOSE FUNDS WILL FLOW TO
10:36:03 CITY OF TAMPA BUSINESSES.
10:36:06 SO WE FELT LIKE THAT WAS IN FACT A POINT OF ONE-TAMPA WAS
10:36:09 TO BRIDGE UNTIL OTHER FUNDS MATERIALIZED, AND IN FACT
10:36:15 THEY DID, THEY ARE TRACKING BEHIND US BUT WE KNOW THERE'S
10:36:18 MORE COMING.
10:36:19 SO I DO APPRECIATE IT.
10:36:20 AND IF WE COULD HAVE DESIGNED THIS IN A WAY TO HELP EVERY
10:36:24 BUSINESS, THAT WOULD BE IDEAL.
10:36:26 BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO KEEP THE ORIGINAL INTENTION
10:36:29 AND THEN TURN OUR FOCUS TO THAT CONCEPT, THE COUNTYWIDE
10:36:34 AND CARES FUND TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS DIRECTED
10:36:38 ACCORDING TO THE CITY BUSINESSES THAT WILL BE MOST
10:36:42 BENEFITED BY IT.
10:36:43 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WELL, I AM GOING TO GIVE A QUICK
10:36:49 REBUTTAL.
10:36:50 BUT I THINK YOU CAN GET AROUND THE ISSUE.
10:36:54 I THINK WE HAVE A FUNDAMENTAL FAIRNESS ISSUE.
10:36:57 AND THE SMALL BUSINESS HERE IS THE SAME AS A SMALL
10:37:03 BUSINESS THERE.
10:37:06 SMALL BUSINESSES ARE OFFERED, AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT
10:37:08 PART OF THE CITY THEY ARE IN.
10:37:12 NUMBER ONE.
10:37:12 NUMBER TWO IS, TO ME IT'S FIRST COME FIRST SERVED.
10:37:19 IF WE GET TO A CERTAIN POINT WHEN WE USE UP THE MONEY,
10:37:22 THEN WE USED UP THE MONEY.
10:37:24 BUT I THINK EVERY SMALL BUSINESS IN THE CITY SHOULD BE
10:37:27 TREATED THE SAME.
10:37:29 I THINK WE HAVE A WEEK TO MODIFY THAT, IMPLEMENT IT.
10:37:32 I THINK COUNCIL STRESSED THAT.
10:37:38 YOU SAID THERE WASN'T TIME WHICH WAS A REASONABLE
10:37:40 EXPLANATION THEN.
10:37:40 NOW WE CAN TWEAK.
10:37:44 THE LAST ONE IS TO MR. BENNETT.
10:37:47 AND THIS GOES BACK TO THE FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE OF THE HEALTH
10:37:49 OF OUR COUNTY.
10:37:52 IT'S HARD TO REALLY UNDERSTAND AND EVALUATE WHAT IS GOING
10:37:56 ON WITH THE VIRUS IN THE COUNTY AND THE BAY AREA, BECAUSE
10:38:00 TESTING INCREASES, THEREFORE THE NUMBERS INCREASE OF
10:38:05 CASES, ET CETERA.
10:38:08 MR. BENNETT, YOU ARE PART OF THE DISCUSSION IN A VERY
10:38:12 BROAD WAY.
10:38:12 I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR YOUR TAKE ON THE CURVE, OUR COUNTY
10:38:16 AND THE BAY AREA.
10:38:17 TO ME IT LOOKS LIKE WE CAN SORT OF FLATTEN DOWN BUT WE
10:38:20 ARE NOT NECESSARILY DROPPING.
10:38:21 AND MY CONCERN IS THAT NOW THAT EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE
10:38:24 RUNNING AROUND AND ACTING SOMEWHAT NORMAL AND NOT WEARING
10:38:28 THEIR MASKS, DO WE HAVE GREAT CONCERN THAT THAT CURVE IS
10:38:32 GOING TO START GOING UP?
10:38:34 >>JOHN BENNETT: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
10:38:39 JOHN BENNETT, CHIEF OF STAFF.
10:38:40 I WILL GIVE A HIGH-LEVEL RESPONSE.
10:38:43 AND THEN I WILL TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF LOCICERO WHO IS
10:38:47 TECHNICALLY OUR UNIFIED INCIDENT COMMANDER WITH THE
10:38:50 COUNTY OVER THE STATE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY IN CONJUNCTION
10:38:53 WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
10:38:55 BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE WENT INTO THIS WITH A CONCEPT
10:38:58 OF FIRST THE MAYOR'S EDICT WAS TO PROTECT LIVES, AND WE
10:39:06 DID THAT WITH THE CITY WORKING WITH THE COUNTY, AND OF
10:39:08 COURSE IN THE REGION JUST AS A POINT OF REFERENCE,
10:39:13 JURISDICTION TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PROTECTION OF LIVES
10:39:15 PLAN, IF YOU WILL, WAS A STANDARDIZED AS POSSIBLE SO WE
10:39:19 GAVE THE SAME LEVELS OF SERVICE IN THE CITY, SUGGESTIONS
10:39:24 IN THE COUNTY AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES, BUT WE FEEL
10:39:27 LIKE THAT WORKED REALLY WELL BECAUSE JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY
10:39:31 ON THE CONVERSATION WITH USF PUBLIC HEALTH, TAMPA GENERAL
10:39:34 HOSPITAL, OTHER HOSPITAL PROVIDERS, OUR FIELD TESTING
10:39:39 CENTERS, AND OF COURSE YOU SEE THAT THROUGH THE DAILY
10:39:42 SITUATION REPORTS, AND YOU HEAR COMMENTARY EVERY MONDAY
10:39:45 AND THURSDAY WITH THE EPG FOR THE COUNTY.
10:39:50 IT INCLUDES THE MAYOR.
10:39:52 AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE CURVE, THE PUBLIC
10:39:55 HEALTH FEEDBACK THAT WE GET IS THAT WE HAVE DONE
10:39:58 EXTREMELY WELL, BUT AS I STATED IN THE BEGINNING, AS THE
10:40:03 MAYOR REMINDS US, IS THAT WE ARE AT THE END OF THE
10:40:06 BEGINNING, NOT THE BEGINNING OF THE END AT THIS POINT.
10:40:09 SO WE HAVE A JOURNEY TO GO.
10:40:11 WE HAVE OPENED UP EVERY COVID SITUATION REPORT TO CITY
10:40:15 COUNCIL WITH A COMMON THEME PROTECTING LIVES, AND NOW OF
10:40:19 COURSE PROTECTING LIVELIHOODS AS WE TRY TO RECOVERY AND
10:40:24 USING THE GOVERNOR'S GUIDANCE AS IT RELATES TO OUR OWN
10:40:27 BACKYARD OF DENSITY AND RISK FACTORS.
10:40:32 AND I THINK YOU WILL HEAR FROM THE ACHIEVE ABOUT WHAT
10:40:34 SOME OF THOSE ARE HERE IN A SECOND.
10:40:36 BUT AS WE MOVE ALONG AND WORK WITH THESE KEY PARTNERS AND
10:40:40 DO THE SYNDROMIC SURVEILLANCES WHICH ARE MULTI-FACETED
10:40:47 COMING IN FROM JUST ABOUT EVERY DIRECTION, OUR GOAL IS TO
10:40:51 KEEP THE CURVE AS FLAT AS POSSIBLE, KNOWING THAT THE
10:40:53 COUNTY AND THE REGION AS A WHOLE HAS FARED VERY WELL
10:40:56 BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE SEEN AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND IN
10:40:59 SOME CASE AS ROUND THE STATE.
10:41:00 A LOT OF THAT IS DUE TO TAKING THAT PERSONAL
10:41:03 RESPONSIBILITY IN THE COMMUNITY AFTER THE GUIDANCE HAS
10:41:07 COME OUT FROM THE MAYOR AND OTHER LEADERS TO, LIKE YOU
10:41:11 SAID EARLIER, COUNCILMAN, TO WEAR THE MASK AND MAKE SURE
10:41:14 THAT YOU ARE FOLLOWING THOSE BEST PRACTICES, AS YOU
10:41:19 REOPEN RESPONSIBLY, AND YOU HAVE SEEN THAT WITH SOME OF
10:41:22 OUR REOPENING PLANS.
10:41:24 AS THE PERCENTAGE OF OCCUPANCY INCREASES FROM 25 TO 50 TO
10:41:29 75 AND EVENTUALLY 100%, WE OBVIOUSLY WERE GOING TO HAVE
10:41:32 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT ANY HOT SPOTS IN
10:41:35 CONJUNCTION WITH THE COUNTY, AND ENSURE THAT WE ARE
10:41:38 APPLYING THOSE RESOURCES, BECAUSE WHEN A GENERALIZED
10:41:42 POLICY HITS THE COUNTY, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE DIFFERENT
10:41:47 DATA POINTS OF DENSITY.
10:41:48 I CALL IT THE DENSITY BY DESIGN, WHICH IS HOW DENSE WE
10:41:54 LIVE AND DENSITY BY DESCRIPTION IS HOW WE MOVE AROUND.
10:41:58 BETWEEN THOSE TWO DATA APPOINTS WORKING WITH THE SCHOOLS
10:42:02 AND EVEN SOME OF OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS, WE ARE MONITORING
10:42:04 THAT DATA CLOSELY.
10:42:05 AND I WOULD WELCOME CHIEF LOCICERO'S FEEDBACK AS WELL.
10:42:09 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CHIEF IS ON THE PHONE.
10:42:14 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
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10:43:56 THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
10:44:05 OUR RESPONDERS.
10:44:06 PARTNERSHIPS.
10:44:07 OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT.
10:44:08 EMS, FIRE RESCUE, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALL
10:44:11 COLLECTIVELY DOING THE BEST PRACTICES IN ENSURING THAT WE
10:44:14 ARE TAKING THE BEST MEASURES APPROPRIATELY.
10:44:17 SO IT WILL CHANGE.
10:44:19 WE DO HAVE TO MAKE DATA DECISIONS.
10:44:23 AND WE ARE TRYING TO GRAPPLE WITH THE BEST THINGS THAT WE
10:44:27 CAN.
10:44:27 I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE ARE VERY AKIN TO LOOKING AT THE
10:44:30 HOSPITAL DATA.
10:44:31 WE ARE DOING A GOOD JOB.
10:44:32 WE ARE NOT THERE YET AT ALL.
10:44:35 WE ARE DOING A GOOD JOB WITH FLATTENING THE CURVE BUT WE
10:44:39 KEENLY ARE AWARE OF THE STRESS ON THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
10:44:42 AND MAKING SURE THAT THE HOSPITALS ARE NOT OVERWHELMED,
10:44:45 AND WE CONTINUE TO DO A FAIRLY GOOD JOB OF THAT.
10:44:47 BUT IT IS ABOUT PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.
10:44:50 IT IS ABOUT UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE NOT OUT OF THIS AT
10:44:54 ALL IN THE PROTECTIVE MEASURES, SOCIAL DISTANCING ALL
10:44:57 HAVE TO BE KEPT UP, AND WE HAVE TO LEAN FORWARD INTO
10:45:02 THAT.
10:45:02 THAT'S MY SUMMARY.
10:45:03 I'LL TAKE SOME QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM.
10:45:05 THANK YOU.
10:45:10 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: JUST A QUICK FOLLOW-UP QUESTION AND
10:45:12 THEN I AM DONE.
10:45:12 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE, MR. CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL.
10:45:15 IN REGARD TO -- MY WIFE AND I ACTUALLY SEE THIS FIRST
10:45:21 HAND, WE GO TO VISIT MY MOTHER IN HER ASSISTIVE LIVING.
10:45:25 SHE'S BEEN ON LOCKDOWN FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
10:45:28 NOT THROUGH ANY PERSONAL BAD BEHAVIOR.
10:45:31 BUT, ANYWAY, WHEN WE GO TO SEE HER, IT DOES CONFIRM
10:45:38 GREATLY ABOUT THE HEALTH CARE WORKERS THAT COME AND GO
10:45:40 FROM THAT FACILITY.
10:45:41 I HAVE HEARD THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, CHIEF, THAT OTHER
10:45:45 PLACES ARE TESTING THOSE FACILITY WORKERS TWO OR THREE
10:45:50 TIMES A WEEK, WHICH OBVIOUSLY SEEMS TO ASSESS -- I AM
10:45:59 JUST WONDERING, ARE WE LOOKING AT DOING THAT AT TPG
10:46:04 ADDRESSING THAT?
10:46:05 >> CHIEF LOCICERO: YES, SIR.
10:46:10 THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
10:46:12 IT WAS ALLUDED TO YESTERDAY.
10:46:13 BUT THERE IS A PROCESS OF TESTING, NOT ONLY THE PATIENTS,
10:46:18 BUT THE STAFF THAT WORKS THERE, THE GOVERNOR PUT OUT AN
10:46:22 EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT IF AN INDIVIDUAL WORKS THERE, THEY
10:46:26 CAN'T REFUSE, THEY HAVE TO BE ALLOWED ENTRY IN WORKING
10:46:30 THROUGH THE STATE AND THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS.
10:46:33 THEY ARE TESTING AND CONTINUE TO TEST THOSE WORKERS AND
10:46:38 PATIENTS THERE TO ENSURE THEIR SAFETY IN COMPLIANCE WITH
10:46:40 ALL HEALTH RULES.
10:46:42 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SO HOW OFTEN ARE THEY BEING TESTED
10:46:47 NOW?
10:46:48 AND CAN WE INCREASE THAT AT LEAST ON A CITY-WIDE BASIS IF
10:46:52 NOT COUNTY?
10:46:53 >> WELL, I SAID THAT BROADLY, BUT THERE IS MUCH FOCUS ON
10:47:00 CITY FACILITIES THERE, MORE FACILITIES IN THE COUNTY THAN
10:47:03 THERE ARE IN THE CITY.
10:47:04 BUT IT INCLUDES CITY FACILITIES.
10:47:07 AND WHAT THEY HAVE DONE, THEY HAVE DONE AN EDUCATIONAL
10:47:12 PRO HE IS SEES AND DONE SOME INITIAL TESTING BUT I DON'T
10:47:14 KNOW THE EXACT SCHEDULE ON RETESTS.
10:47:16 BUT ALL OF THOSE FACILITIES ARE CALLED AT LEAST TWO TIMES
10:47:20 A WEEK TO FOLLOW UP.
10:47:23 THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN TESTED ONCE.
10:47:24 BUT THEY ARE CALLED TWO TIMES A WEEK AND THEY HAVE
10:47:27 MULTIPLE VISITS.
10:47:28 AND IF ANYTHING THAT ARISES ON SOME OF THE TELEPHONE
10:47:35 DISCUSSIONS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE WITH THE HEALTH
10:47:37 DEPARTMENT AT A CERTAIN STATE, THEN THEY GO IN AND TEST
10:47:40 AGAIN.
10:47:41 SO THEY ARE TESTED MULTIPLE TIMES.
10:47:43 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY.
10:47:46 WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.
10:47:47 THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
10:47:47 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
10:47:49 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:47:50 BEFORE I GO TO CHIEF JOHN BENNETT, I THINK THE QUESTIONS
10:47:56 I AM GOING TO ASK, THE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE, I
10:47:59 APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S INPUT FOR THIS SPECIAL CALL.
10:48:02 I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY IS WORKING VERY, VERY HARD.
10:48:04 THE BUDGET OF COURSE IS WE LOOKED AT THE LAST TEN YEARS,
10:48:09 AND JUST WHEN WE THOUGHT WE WERE OUT, THEY PULL US BACK
10:48:12 IN.
10:48:12 OF COURSE, MICHAEL CORLIONE IN "GODFATHER III."
10:48:20 WE GET HIT WITH SOMETHING THAT CATCHES US COMPLETELY
10:48:24 OFFGUARD AND WE SEE THE PROJECTED LOSSES.
10:48:26 HOPEFULLY THEY ARE NOT AS BAD AS WE SAW TODAY.
10:48:29 BUT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD.
10:48:31 I KNOW WE ARE DOING THE BEST WE CAN.
10:48:33 I APPRECIATE OUR BUDGET DEPARTMENT, OUR MAYOR AND
10:48:36 EVERYONE THAT'S WORKING HARD ON THIS. HAVING SAID THAT,
10:48:38 CHIEF BENNETT.
10:48:39 >>JOHN BENNETT: THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR TAKING THE TIME
10:48:43 OUT THIS MORNING FOR THIS IMPORTANT SPECIAL SESSION.
10:48:47 ONE OF THE TEAMS THAT I HEARD FROM COUNCIL THROUGH ALL OF
10:48:49 THE Q AND A PART WAS A FOCUS ON OUR EMPLOYEES.
10:48:53 AND WE KNOW THAT THAT'S OUR GREATEST ASSET.
10:48:58 AND WE ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS FROM ALL OF YOU
10:49:01 AS IT RELATES TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL.
10:49:04 I WILL TELL YOU THAT IN THE MONITORING THAT'S BEEN GOING
10:49:09 ON, YOU HEARD US CELEBRATE THE NAME OF TIFFANY KLEIN OUT
10:49:13 THAT WORKS WITH CHIEF LOCICERO IN OUR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
10:49:17 CENTER, AND THERE'S BEEN OVER 10% OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY
10:49:20 EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE BEEN IN SOME SORT OF MONITORING PHASE
10:49:22 OR AT RISK THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS AS FIRST RESPONDERS.
10:49:26 NOT TO MENTION OF COURSE ALL THE GENERAL EMPLOYEES.
10:49:29 AND I WANT TO POINT OUT SOME THINGS THAT YOU MAY OR MAY
10:49:31 NOT BE AWARE OF, POLICYWISE THAT HAS COME THROUGH WHERE
10:49:37 THE MAYOR ADOPTED A PRESUMPTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY WORKERS,
10:49:40 SHOULD THEY COME DOWN WITH COVID AS BEING CONSIDERED ON
10:49:42 THE JOB, AS WELL AS ALL GENERAL EMPLOYEES WHO MAY HAVE
10:49:46 CONTRACTED COVID, IF THEY DO, THAT ALL CO-PAYS AND
10:49:51 DEDUCTIBLES HAVE BEEN WAIVED UP TO 30 DAYS AFTER A LOCAL
10:49:54 STATE OF EMERGENCY ENDS, WHICH IS STILL IN EFFECT.
10:49:57 SO IN BROADENING THOSE POLICIES THAT RELATES TO THE
10:50:02 HEALTH CARE RELATED TO EMPLOYEES.
10:50:04 THE LAST COUPLE THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT IS WE ARE
10:50:07 FORTUNATE TO HAVE AN ADMINISTRATION SPECIFICALLY LED BY
10:50:09 THE MAYOR WHO HAS GONE THROUGH THE GREAT RECESSION AS A
10:50:13 LEADER OF THE LARGEST BUDGET IN THE CITY, THE POLICE
10:50:15 DEPARTMENT, AND OF COURSE THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF
10:50:17 PERSONNEL.
10:50:18 WE WENT THROUGH A SUPER BOWL PLANNING SESSION IN THE
10:50:22 MIDDLE OF THE RECESSION AND DID WELL.
10:50:24 WE CAME OUT OF THE RECESSION, PLANNING THE REPUBLICAN
10:50:27 NATIONAL CONVENTION.
10:50:28 AND WE DID ALL OF THAT, AND I FELT THAT WE DID GOOD AS A
10:50:33 CITY, NOT LOOKING OUT JUST FOR AN INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT
10:50:35 BUT THE COLLECTIVE DEPARTMENTS.
10:50:37 AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING TRANSPARENT WITH YOU
10:50:40 THROUGH THE BUDGET PLANNING CYCLE AND THE REPORTING
10:50:43 MEMOS, ET CETERA, THAT WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET TO YOU
10:50:46 ITERATIVELY WHILE WE ARE STILL WORKING IN THE EMERGENCY.
10:50:51 AND MY LAST COMMENT CONCERNS PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY OF
10:50:54 THE PUBLIC.
10:50:55 I THINK IF WE HAD ONE REQUEST, SUPPORTED BY COUNCIL TO
10:50:58 THE CONSTITUENTS WOULD BE, ONE, PLEASE WEAR A MASK
10:51:01 WHEREVER YOU GO, BECAUSE THE STUDIES HAVE SHOWN WEARING A
10:51:07 MASK NOT ONLY FOR YOUR OWN GOOD BUT OF COURSE THE
10:51:10 PROTECTION OF TRANSMISSION ESPECIALLY AS IT GOES TO OUR
10:51:13 HIGH RISK POPULATIONS.
10:51:15 OUR YOUTH MAY GO OUT AND DO GROCERY SHOPPING AND THINGS
10:51:18 AND THEN COME HOME TO AN ELDERLY OR MULTI-GENERATIONAL
10:51:22 FAMILY UNIT AND WEARING A MASK IS A BIG PREVENTIVE OPTION
10:51:26 THERE.
10:51:26 SECONDLY, THE SOCIAL DISTANCING, IF YOU ARE GOING TO
10:51:32 ENTERTAIN, GO OUT AND PATRONIZE OUR RESTAURANTS AND THE
10:51:37 THINGS THAT ARE STARTING TO REOPEN, PLEASE PRACTICE THE
10:51:39 SOCIAL DISTANCING, WHICH IS AGAIN ANOTHER GREAT
10:51:43 OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP THE CURVE FLAT.
10:51:46 AND LASTLY, GET TESTED.
10:51:48 THE NUMBERS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD FROM EPG SUGGEST THAT WE
10:51:51 TEST OVER 2,000 A DAY.
10:51:54 2,250 TO BE IMPACT BASED ON THE BEST PRACTICES.
10:51:59 AND THOSE NUMBERS ARE NOT ONLY THE FIELD TESTING SITES
10:52:02 BUT THE PRIVATE PRACTITIONERS AND OUR HOSPITALS.
10:52:05 SO BETWEEN ALL OF THEM COLLECTIVELY, IF WE CAN HIT THOSE
10:52:08 MARKS, WE CAN KEEP THAT CURVE FLAT THROUGH TESTING AND
10:52:11 QUARANTINING, AND WE CAN COME OUT OF THIS STRONG AS WE
10:52:14 HAVE DONE SO FAR AS A CITY, A COUNTY AND A REGION.
10:52:19 THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.
10:52:19 THAT'S IT.
10:52:20 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:52:22 THAT CONCLUDES THIS SPECIAL CALL MEETING.
10:52:24 WE WILL BE BACK AT 9 A.M. THURSDAY FOR ANOTHER VIRTUAL
10:52:26 MEETING.
10:52:27 I APPRECIATE EVERYONE TAKING PART IN THIS TODAY.
10:52:30 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.
10:52:31 THANKS.
10:52:35
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