TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2020
9:00 A.M. VIRTUAL MEETING
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09:05:48 [SOUNDING GAVEL]
09:05:49 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
09:05:49 I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO
09:05:51 ORDER.
09:05:52 WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST WITH US TODAY TO GIVE THE
09:05:56 INVOCATION.
09:05:56 MISSY SHOULD BE ON THE LINE, WITH MACFARLANE PARK, A TAMPA
09:06:02 NATIVE BORN AND RAISED.
09:06:04 HER FAMILY GOES BACK MANY, MANY GENERATIONS, HAS BEEN
09:06:07 INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND PROPERTY
09:06:12 ISSUES, NO STRANGER TO TAMPA CITY COUNCIL AND TAMPA CITY
09:06:15 HALL.
09:06:16 WE WELCOME HERE TODAY TO GIVE THE INVOCATION.
09:06:18 IF YOU ARE ON THE LINE, MISSY.
09:06:20 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, AND THANK YOU FOR
09:06:24 HAVING ME HERE TODAY.
09:06:25 IT'S AN HONOR TO DELIVER THIS INVOCATION.
09:06:27 DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS
09:06:30 ON THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ELECTED TO LEAD OUR COMMUNITY
09:06:33 AND THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:06:34 WE ASK THAT YOU GUIDE THEM.
09:06:37 BECAUSE WE ALL FORGET FROM TIME TO TIME ESPECIALLY IN THE
09:06:40 NOISE OF WHAT HAPPENS FOR POLITICAL DEBATE TODAY, WE ASK
09:06:43 THAT YOU REMIND US THAT WE ARE NOT ONLY LEADERS BUT ALSO
09:06:46 SERVANTS, AND THAT IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND YOURS TO
09:06:50 SERVE THE COMMON GOOD OF ALL.
09:06:53 GRANT THEM AND US THE WISDOM, COURAGE AND PATIENCE TO KNOW
09:06:56 AND DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND GOOD.
09:06:59 MAY WE ALWAYS BE GUIDED BY THE SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY AND NOT
09:07:02 BY INDIVIDUAL GAINS OR POLITICAL WHIM.
09:07:05 WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO CARRY US THROUGH THESE OFTEN
09:07:08 CHAOTIC AND UNCERTAIN TIMES, AND THAT YOU SHOW US WHAT IT
09:07:11 MEANS TO COME TOGETHER AS ONE FOR THE GREATER GOOD AND TO
09:07:14 FIND A COMMON GROUND EACH IF IT MEANS NOT WINNING.
09:07:18 WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU REMIND US THAT JOY STILL EXISTS, AND
09:07:22 THAT THESE UNCERTAIN TIMES WILL PASS IF WE REMEMBER TO LOVE,
09:07:26 RESPECT AND HOLD EACH OTHER UP.
09:07:29 SOME IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE HURTING MORE THAN USUAL RIGHT NOW.
09:07:32 WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP THEM IN YOUR FAVOR AND THAT YOU HELP US
09:07:35 LIVE AND LEAD BY EXAMPLE SO THAT WE CAN HELP LIFT THOSE WHO
09:07:39 NEED LIFTING, AND PROVIDE THEM THE TOOLS AND SKILLS TO HELP
09:07:43 THEMSELVES.
09:07:44 IN THIS WE PRAY IN THE NAME OF ALL THAT WE HOPE AND ALL THAT
09:07:48 WE HOPE GOOD AND TRUE.
09:07:49 AMEN.
09:07:50 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AMEN.
09:07:52 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:07:52 WE WILL GO TO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
09:07:54 IF YOU ARE ABLE TO, PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE.
09:07:59 [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ]
09:08:10 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:08:13 WE'LL HAVE ROLL CALL.
09:08:14 >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
09:08:26 >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE.
09:08:29 >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
09:08:30 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HERE.
09:08:32 >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE.
09:08:35 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
09:08:37 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
09:08:39 ALL RIGHT.
09:08:41 WITH US TODAY IS MAYOR JANE CASTOR WITH THE BUDGET
09:08:46 PRESENTATION.
09:08:47 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD.
09:08:48 >>MAYOR CASTOR: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:08:53 IT IS SO EXCITING AND SO WONDERFUL TO BE STANDING BEFORE YOU
09:08:57 THIS MORNING TO PRESENT OUR PROPOSED FY 2021 BUDGET.
09:09:03 A BUDGET THAT IS THOUGHTFUL, BALANCED AND I FEEL WILL SERVE
09:09:10 OUR COMMUNITY VERY, VERY WELL.
09:09:11 I WANT TO BEGIN THIS MORNING BY SAYING THANK YOU TO EACH AND
09:09:15 EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND ALSO
09:09:19 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND ALSO -- TO ACCOMPLISH
09:09:24 OVER THE LAST YEAR.
09:09:25 NOW, CLEARLY, WE HAVE SEEN OBSTACLES UNFORESEEN AND
09:09:32 UNPRECEDENTED IN THE LAST YEAR, BUT WE WILL STILL BEEN ABLE
09:09:34 TO ACCOMPLISH A GREAT DEAL.
09:09:37 I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS PRESENTATION IS GOING TO BE
09:09:40 SOMEWHAT A HYBRID IN THAT WE ARE GOING TO LOOK BACK AT SOME
09:09:45 OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHALLENGES THAT BROUGHT US HERE
09:09:47 TODAY, BUT WE ARE ALSO GOING TO CLEARLY LOOK INTO THE
09:09:53 FUTURE.
09:09:53 SO AGAIN, THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
09:10:03 THIS BALANCED BUDGET, I HOPE YOU FIND IT AS FULL AS I DO,
09:10:07 AND I JUST WANT TO BE SAY THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF
09:10:10 YOU.
09:10:11 AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO TRANSFORMING TAMPA.
09:10:18 >> I THINK WE ARE GOING TO AVOID OWE NOW.
09:10:29 >> WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT LAY AHEAD.
09:10:35 COVID-19 HAS PRESENTED UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES IMPACTING
09:10:38 OUR ECONOMY AND CALLING ON OUR COMMUNITY TO GROW STRONGER
09:10:41 TOGETHER EVEN WHILE WE WERE APART.
09:10:46 TIMES LIKE THIS REMIND US WHY IT'S CRITICAL THAT AS A CITY,
09:10:49 WE PRACTICE --
09:10:51 >> PLEASE MUTE YOUR MICROPHONES.
09:10:52 >> OUR TAXPAYERS NEED TO KNOW THAT THEY CAN COUNTS ON US TO
09:10:55 PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES, ESPECIALLY DURING A CRISIS.
09:11:00 OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, NOT ONLY HAVE WE KEPT OUR CITY
09:11:04 RUNNING, BUT WE ALSO LENT A HELPING HAND TO THOSE IN NEED
09:11:09 FOR PROGRAMS LIKE ONE TAMPA AND LIFT UP LOCALLY.
09:11:13 IN GOOD TIMES AND BAD, OUR COMMUNITIES HAS SHOWN MORE THAN
09:11:17 RESILIENCE.
09:11:18 WE HAVE CELEBRATED TOGETHER.
09:11:19 WE HAVE OVERCOME OBSTACLES TOGETHER.
09:11:22 WE THANKED OUR HEROES AND HELPED OUR NEIGHBORS.
09:11:25 THIS PAST YEAR, WE ALSO MADE STRIVES TOWARDS TRANSFORMING
09:11:31 TAMPA'S TOMORROW, AND THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
09:11:34 FROM NEW COMMUNITY TRADITION LIKE BOOM BY THE BAY, TO
09:11:38 GETTING DOWN TO WORK FIXING OUR ROADS, RENEWING OUR PIPES
09:11:42 AND SHINING A LIGHT ON EVERY CORNER OF OUR CITY.
09:11:46 WE WORKED HARD.
09:11:47 WE PLAYED HARD.
09:11:48 AND WE GREW STRONGER TOGETHER.
09:11:51 EVEN NOW AS WE CONTINUE TO FACE COVID-19, I HAVE NEVER BEEN
09:11:55 MORE HOPEFUL FOR OUR CITY'S FOUGHT.
09:11:58 BECAUSE IF THERE IS ONE THING THAT I KNOW TO BE TRUE IT'S
09:12:01 THAT TAMPA HAS GRIT.
09:12:04 WE STILL HAVE ROADS TO PAVE, BIG DREAMS TO FULFILL AND
09:12:07 UNFORGETTABLE MEMORIES TO MAKE TOGETHER.
09:12:10 AND WE ARE NOT SLOWING DOWN.
09:12:12 >> I BELIEVE TAMPA'S RICH NARRATIVE IS ONLY AS COMPELLING
09:12:24 AND RELEVANT AS THE COLLECTION OF INDIVIDUAL NARRATIVES THAT
09:12:28 DRIVE OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY.
09:12:30 TO THIS END, A SERIES OF ADVISORY TEAMS WERE DEVELOPED
09:12:33 CONSISTING OF SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS AND MANY INTERESTED AND
09:12:37 KNOWLEDGEABLE INDIVIDUALS.
09:12:40 THROUGH THE COMMUNITY HEROES PROGRAM, CITY OF TAMPA
09:12:42 EMPLOYEES CAN RECEIVE UP TO $5,000 IN DOWN PAYMENT
09:12:45 ASSISTANCE.
09:12:55 IT HAS BEEN THE BACKBONE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:12:59
09:13:03 >> THIS BUDGET REFLECTS THE OPTIMISM AND HOPE THAT I HAVE
09:13:07 FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA'S FUTURE.
09:13:14 THIS IS A TIME TO WRITE OUR NEXT CHAPTER BY TRANSFORMING
09:13:18 TAMPA'S TOMORROW.
09:13:22 WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER TO ENSURE THERE IS SUFFICIENT
09:13:25 HOUSING OPTIONS FOR ALL TAMPANIANS.
09:13:31 CITY EMPLOYEES WILL BE PAID $15 AN HOUR.
09:13:33 TODAY WE ARE RELEASING THE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM
09:13:37 OUR TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY TEAM.
09:13:42 RE-UP THE ARTS AND SAFETY WITH CROSSWALKS PROGRAM, TO ENSURE
09:13:46 THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MORE THROWN OUT INTO THE BAY.
09:13:52 ALL DEPARTMENTS ARE COMING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE WE CREATE A
09:13:55 SAFER ENVIRONMENTS FOR ALL.
09:13:57 HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IS A COMMUNITY-WIDE ISSUE THAT WILL
09:14:01 REQUIRE A COMMUNITY WIDEST.
09:14:10 WE ARE AS PREPARED AS POSSIBLE TO DEAL WITH THIS DISEASE IF
09:14:14 AND WHEN IT ARRIVES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
09:14:18 OUR COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO THESE INCIDENTS MAKES US
09:14:22 STRONGER AND MORE RESILIENT WHEN IT COMES TO RESPONDING.
09:14:27 WE MUST TAKE THE APPROACH OF NOT IF BUT WHEN.
09:14:32 ONE TAMPA RELIEF NOW RISE TOGETHER IS THE COVID-19 RELIEF
09:14:38 PLAN THAT WILL PROVIDE CRITICAL SUPPORT.
09:14:44 WE WANT TO LIFT UP OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND HELP THEM REOPEN
09:14:47 RESPONSIBLY.
09:14:50 TO HELP MINIMIZE THE SPREAD, I HAVE ISSUED A FACE COVERING
09:14:54 MANDATE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA REQUIRING INDIVIDUALS TO WEAR
09:14:57 FACE COVERINGS.
09:14:59 CODE ENFORCEMENT AND PARKS AND REC DISTRIBUTED OVER 400,000
09:15:04 FACE COVERINGS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
09:15:06 >> IT'S UP TO US TO CHANGE.
09:15:12 IT'S UP TO US TO MAKE CHANGES.
09:15:15 >> AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO FY 20-21, I KNOW THAT WE CAN
09:15:29 CONTINUE MOVING FULL STEAM AHEAD.
09:15:31 LASER FOCUSED ON ACHIEVING OUR GOALS AND FULFILLING OUR
09:15:35 VISION TO BUILD A CITY WE ALL WANT TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY
09:15:38 IN.
09:15:39 OUR COMMUNITY IS BIGGER THAN ANY OBSTACLES, AND TOGETHER WE
09:15:45 ARE UNSTOPPABLE.
09:15:46 LET'S CONTINUE TRANSFORMING TAMPA'S TOMORROW TO CREATE A
09:15:50 BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
09:15:53 THIS IS THE GREATEST CITY IN THE WORLD.
09:15:55 AND TOGETHER, WE WILL LEAD TAMPA INTO OUR NEXT CHAPTER.
09:16:03 WHEN WE TOOK OFFICE A MERE 15 MONTHS AGO, NONE OF US COULD
09:16:09 HAVE IMAGINED THAT WE WOULD BE HOLDING THIS MEETING
09:16:11 VIRTUALLY INSTEAD OF IN OLD CITY HALL.
09:16:15 THIS PAST YEAR, OUR CITY HAS HAD TO OVERCOME UNEXPECTED
09:16:19 CHALLENGES DUE TO COVID-19.
09:16:23 BUT AS YOU JUST SAW, WE ALSO ACHIEVED SO MUCH TOGETHER
09:16:26 DESPITE EVERY OBSTACLE, AND THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
09:16:30 FIGHTING COVID AND PROTECTING THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND LIVES
09:16:34 OF OUR COMMUNITY HAS DRAMATICALLY CHANGED, NOT ONLY THE
09:16:37 ISSUES THAT WE FACE AS A CITY TODAY AND HOW WE TACKLE THIS,
09:16:42 BUT IT HAS GIVEN NEW URGENCY TO DEALING WITH THE GREATEST
09:16:45 CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED FOR YEARS.
09:16:48 I KNOW THAT THE PAST FEW MONTHS HAVEN'T BEEN EASY FOR MANY
09:16:51 IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT THAT'S WHY THIS BUDGET IS SO VALUABLE.
09:16:57 THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO INVEST BACK IN OUR
09:17:01 COMMUNITY THROUGH QUALITY SERVICES THAT WILL LIFT UP EVERY
09:17:05 NEIGHBORHOOD TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN COME OUT OF THIS CRISIS
09:17:09 STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE.
09:17:12 DESPITE THE CHALLENGES IN RECENT MONTHS, I AM OPTIMISTIC AND
09:17:16 HOPEFUL FOR OUR CITY'S FOUGHT AS I WAS WHEN I GAVE THIS
09:17:20 PRESENTATION LAST YEAR, BECAUSE TAMPA IS RESILIENT.
09:17:25 PRIOR TO COVID-19 WE STARTED WORKING WITH A GROUP OF
09:17:29 INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED RESILIENCE EXPERTS FROM THE
09:17:31 RESILIENCE CITY CAPITAL, A SPINOFF OF THE ROCKEFELLER
09:17:36 FOUNDATION TO DEVELOP A RESILIENT ROAD MAP FOR THE CITY OF
09:17:39 TAMPA.
09:17:40 OUR GOAL WAS TO PREPARE FOR SHOCKS AND STRESSES THAT DISRUPT
09:17:45 ANY COMMUNITY FROM REACHING ITS FULL POTENTIAL.
09:17:48 THAT ONGOING EFFORT IS NOW MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER, AND IN
09:17:52 THE COMING WEEKS, EVERYONE IN TAMPA WILL BE INVITED TO
09:17:56 CONTRIBUTE TO THAT ROAD MAP.
09:17:59 A CORE PART OF BUILDING RESILIENCE IS COMMUNITY SPIRIT.
09:18:03 WHEN FACED WITH HARDSHIPS, WE LEAN ON EACH OTHER AND LIFT UP
09:18:06 OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
09:18:09 BUT IT'S ALSO DUE TO OUR COMMITMENT TO STRONG FINANCIAL
09:18:13 RESPONSIBILITY AND PLANNING AHEAD.
09:18:16 TIMES LIKE THESE REMIND US WHY IT'S CRITICAL THAT AS A CITY
09:18:21 WE PRACTICE GOOD FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP.
09:18:23 OUR TAXPAYERS NEED TO KNOW THAT THEY CAN COUNT ON US TO
09:18:27 PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES, ESPECIALLY DURING A CRISIS, AND
09:18:32 THIS HAS BEEN A TRUE DISPLAY OF JUST THAT.
09:18:37 WHEN WE BEGAN THE PROCESS TO DEVELOP THE FY 20-21 BUDGET IN
09:18:42 FEBRUARY, WE STARTED WITH A BUDGET THAT WAS BALANCED WITH A
09:18:45 LITTLE OVER $1.2 MILLION BEING RETURNED TO RESERVES.
09:18:50 AS I BEGIN MY DISCUSSION OF THE IMPACTS OF COVID-19, I WANT
09:18:54 TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT DIRECT FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO COVER
09:18:57 REVENUE LOSS IS CRITICAL TO TAMPA AND TO ALL CITIZENS.
09:19:03 THE CARES ACT PROVIDED SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT TO THE COUNTY,
09:19:06 AIRPORT, HART, AND OUR SCHOOLS, BUT ONLY ONE CITY IN FLORIDA
09:19:11 QUALIFIED FOR FUNDING BASED ON ITS POPULATION OF OVER
09:19:15 500,000 RESIDENTS.
09:19:17 WHILE CONGRESS FOR CITIES AND STATES COMB THROUGH STATES AND
09:19:22 COUNTIES, IT'S CLEAR THAT DIRECT AID FROM THE FEDERAL
09:19:25 GOVERNMENT IS THE ONLY WAY TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE
09:19:27 SUPPORT WE NEED TO RECOVER FROM COVID.
09:19:31 WHEN FACED WITH A REVENUE LOSS OF NEARLY $24 MILLION DUE TO
09:19:36 COVID-19, WE WORKED TOGETHER TO RESTRUCTURE EXISTING DEBT TO
09:19:40 ADDRESS THE SHORTFALL AND FOR THAT I THANK YOU.
09:19:46 AS A RESULT OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY BUDGETING PHILOSOPHY AND
09:19:49 THE ACTIONS WE HAVE TAKEN, WE HAVE MITIGATED TO THE BEST OF
09:19:53 OUR ABILITY THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE FY 20-21 BUDGET.
09:19:59 FOR EXAMPLE, WE FACE AND ARE STILL FACING DECREASES IN MANY
09:20:03 OF OUR MAIN REVENUES, INCLUDING SALES TAXES, ELECTRIC
09:20:08 FRANCHISE FEES, ELECTRIC UTILITY TAXES, AND BUSINESS TAXES.
09:20:14 SO TO DEVELOP A BALANCED BUDGET IN 20-21, WE SCRUBBED OUR
09:20:18 NUMBERS TO REDUCE EXPENDITURES PROPOSING MORE THAN $12
09:20:22 MILLION IN REDUCTIONS.
09:20:24 DESPITE THE SETBACK OF COVID-19, I AM SO PROUD OF ALL THE
09:20:29 GREAT THINGS OUR CITY HAS ACCOMPLISHED.
09:20:32 WHEN KIDS HAD NO PLACE ELSE TO GO THIS SUMMER TAMPA PARKS
09:20:36 AND REC ADOPTED SUMMER CAMPS TO INCREASE SAFETY MEASURES AND
09:20:39 OFFER A SAFE PLACE FOR OUR YOUTH TO LEARN AND PLAY.
09:20:42 BUT ALSO PROVIDED MUCH NEEDED RELIEF FOR PARENTS AND
09:20:46 GUARDIANS AND ENABLED MANY OF THEM TO REJOIN THE WORKFORCE.
09:20:50 WHEN COVID-19 CAUSED MANY OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES TO SHUT
09:20:54 DOWN, WE LAUNCHED ONE TAMPA TO LIFT THEM BACK UP.
09:20:58 AND ONCE THEY BEGAN REOPENING RESPONSIBLY, WE INTRODUCED THE
09:21:02 LIFT-UP LOCAL PROGRAM ENABLING RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL SHOPS
09:21:06 TO EASILY EXPAND INTO OUTDOOR SPACE TO OFFSET THEIR CAPACITY
09:21:11 LIMITS AND GIVE THEM MORE SPACE TO SERVE CUSTOMERS SAFELY.
09:21:15 OUR HARD WORKING TEAM ALWAYS STEPPED UP ACROSS ALL
09:21:18 DEPARTMENTS TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
09:21:21 AND THAT LEADS ME TO MY NEXT TOPIC WHICH CONCERNS A CITY
09:21:25 DEPARTMENT THAT ALL OF YOU KNOW IS VERY CLOSE TO MY HEART,
09:21:28 HAVING SPENT MORE THAN 30 YEARS SERVING ALONGSIDE THEM.
09:21:33 I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS THE BEST IN
09:21:36 THE UNITED STATES.
09:21:38 I CAN SAY THAT BASED ON THREE SPECIFIC VALUE-BASED LEADERS.
09:21:44 FIRST IS THAT OVER THE PAST 17 YEARS, WE HAVE WORKED HARD TO
09:21:48 FORGE POLICE-COMMUNITY TRUST WHICH SHOWS ITSELF IN THE OVER
09:21:53 1 MILLION CALLS FOR SERVICE IN AND OUT OF OUR 911 PUBLIC
09:21:57 SAFETY CENTER.
09:21:58 THIS COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND THE
09:22:01 POLICE DEPARTMENT IS THE REASON THAT TAMPA HAS LOWERED THE
09:22:04 CRIME RATE BY 80% AS OF THE LAST YEAR, AND IS OVER 50% LOWER
09:22:11 THAN THE AVERAGE OF THE OTHER MAJOR CITIES IN FLORIDA.
09:22:14 BY MAKING THE SAFER, OFFICERS HELPED PAVE THE WAY FOR OUR
09:22:19 CITY'S ECONOMIC SUCCESS AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR
09:22:23 TAMPA RESIDENTS.
09:22:25 SECOND AS THE POPULATION IN TAMPA HAS INCREASED, CORRECT ME
09:22:29 IF I AM WRONG HAS DRAMATICALLY DECREASED.
09:22:31 OFFICERS HAVE WORKED WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO MAKE THIS ONE
09:22:35 OF THE SAFEST CITIES IN THE NATION.
09:22:38 IN ADDITION, THE DEPLOYMENT OF OFFICERS HAS BEEN
09:22:41 STRATEGICALLY BALANCED OVER THE YEARS TO GIVE THE SAME HIGH
09:22:45 LEVEL OF SERVICE TO EACH NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALIGN THE OFFICERS
09:22:51 TO CITIZEN RATIO. WE ARE NOT GOING TO DEFUND THE POLICE.
09:22:54 I AM NOT SAYING THIS OUT OF PRIDE OR ARROGANCE BECAUSE WE
09:22:57 STILL HAVE MORE WORK TO DO.
09:23:00 I'M SAYING IT BECAUSE OF THE VALUE OF THIS HIGH LEVEL OF
09:23:03 SERVICE THAT IS VIRTUALLY UNMATCHED.
09:23:08 WE WILL FOCUS ON INVESTING, NOT DIVESTING, TO INCREASE
09:23:14 TRAINING FOR POLICE AND ALL DEPARTMENTS.
09:23:17 WE WILL INVEST IN PROVIDING QUALITY OF LIFE SERVICES THAT
09:23:20 ARE KEY TO TRANSFORMING TAMPA'S TOMORROW.
09:23:23 OUR CITY-WIDE STRATEGY WILL FOCUS ON LIFTING UP
09:23:27 NEIGHBORHOODS WITH IMPROVED HOUSING, MOBILITY,
09:23:31 INFRASTRUCTURE AND WORKFORCE.
09:23:33 THIS WILL IMPROVE SERVICE, STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY, AND
09:23:37 REDUCE THE OVERRELIANCE ON OUR POLICE WHO ARE ALREADY ASKED
09:23:43 AND TASKED TO DO TOO MUCH.
09:23:45 AS WE GROW AS A COMMUNITY, MY HOPE IS THAT WE HAVE FEWER CAR
09:23:50 CRASHES, OVERDOSES, DOMESTIC DISPUTES, LESS RUNAWAYS AND
09:23:55 MISSING PERSON SEARCHES, HIGH RISK MENTAL ILLNESS CALLS AND
09:23:58 HOMELESS OUTREACH, ALL OF WHICH HAPPENED AROUND THE CLOCK IN
09:24:03 EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD.
09:24:05 OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY CALLS ARE TYPICALLY DISPATCHED WITHIN
09:24:08 94 SECONDS AND OFFICERS ARE ON THE SCENE WITHIN MINUTES.
09:24:13 BASED ON LEAN OPERATING COSTS WITH OFFICERS ASSIGNED EVENLY
09:24:17 THROUGHOUT THE CITY, A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF POLICE
09:24:19 OFFICERS COULD IMPACT ANY NEIGHBORHOOD AT ANY HOUR OF THE
09:24:24 DAY AND PLACE THIS HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICE IN TREMENDOUS
09:24:28 JEOPARDY.
09:24:30 IN ORDER TO BUILD THAT BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR ALL, WE RECOGNIZE
09:24:34 THAT SOCIAL ACTIONS AND ART HAVE VALUE.
09:24:37 THE CITY PROVIDES MORE THAN $1 MILLION PER YEAR TO ABOUT TWO
09:24:42 DOZEN SMALLER NONPROFITS WHICH ARE LARGELY COMMITTED TO
09:24:45 IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE SOCIAL ARTS SECTORS OF OUR
09:24:49 COMMUNITY.
09:24:50 WHILE THIS IS A GOOD THING TO DO, ESPECIALLY NOW WHEN SO
09:24:54 MANY ARE SO FINANCIALLY CHALLENGED, IN THE COMING YEAR, WE
09:24:57 WILL INTRODUCE A NEW LEVEL OF STRATEGIC ACCOUNTABILITY TO
09:25:02 ACCOMPLISH TWO GOALS:
09:25:04 FIRST, WE ARE COMMITTED TO EXERCISING FINANCIAL
09:25:07 RESPONSIBILITY FOR EVERY SINGLE TAXPAYER DOLLAR AND MUST
09:25:12 ENSURE THAT WE ACHIEVE APPROPRIATE OUTPUT AND OUTCOMES FROM
09:25:16 THESE ORGANIZATIONS, WHILE ALSO ENCOURAGING THE USE OF OTHER
09:25:21 SOURCES SUCH AS GRANTS.
09:25:22 SECOND, BY INCREASING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ALL FUND
09:25:25 RECIPIENTS, THE CITY CAN SEEK TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL
09:25:29 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
09:25:31 FOR FISCAL YEAR 20-21, WE ARE PROPOSING TO MAINTAIN THE
09:25:36 COMMITMENTS MADE TO THESE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE PRIOR YEAR.
09:25:40 HOWEVER, MOVING FORWARD, WE WILL MONITOR PERFORMANCE AND
09:25:44 QUARTERLY FUNDING WILL BE DEPENDENT ON EACH ORGANIZATION
09:25:47 ACHIEVING ITS OBJECTIVES AND OUTCOMES.
09:25:51 DESPITE THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF COVID-19, OUR CITY HAS
09:25:55 REMAINED STEADFAST IN ITS COMMITMENT TO STRONG FISCAL
09:25:59 STEWARDSHIP.
09:26:01 LAST YEAR, WE PRESENTED THE FIRST BUDGET STARTING IN THE
09:26:04 BLACK SINCE THE GREAT RECESSION, AND THIS YEAR WE RECEIVED A
09:26:09 AAA BOND RATING FROM THE CITY'S WEIGHT/WEIGHT WATER SYSTEM
09:26:14 FROM MOODY'S, S AND P AND FITCH.
09:26:17 OUR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY HAS POSITIONED US TO BETTER FACE
09:26:19 THE CHALLENGES AHEAD, NONE OF WHICH WE COULD HAVE PREDICTED.
09:26:24 OUR STABLE FINANCIAL OUTPUT REFLECTED BY THESE STRONG
09:26:28 RATINGS ARE THE RESULT OF A DECADE OF HARD WORK AND
09:26:31 INGENUITY WHICH WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN EVERY YEAR.
09:26:36 AS PART OF OUR STRATEGIC CORE, WE STRIVE TO RESPONSIBLY
09:26:39 MANAGE THE CITY'S FINANCIAL RESOURCES BY KEEPING EXPENSES IN
09:26:43 LINE WITH RECURRING REVENUES AND MAINTAINING HIGH CREDIT
09:26:47 RATINGS TO ENSURE LOW COSTS.
09:26:51 THE CITY WILL ALSO MAINTAIN STRONG RESERVES AND FUND
09:26:53 BALANCES FOR UNFORESEEN NEEDS AND EMERGENCIES, SOMETHING WE
09:26:58 ARE ALL TOO FAMILIAR WITH IN RECENT MONTHS.
09:27:01 WE ALSO WANT TO CONTINUE PLANNING AHEAD AND PREPARING FOR
09:27:04 THE CITY'S FINANCIAL FUTURE BY ADJUSTING RATES, FEES AND
09:27:08 CHARGES NECESSARY TO REFLECT THE COST OF SERVICES AND
09:27:13 INFLATION.
09:27:13 WE WILL DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN LONG-RANGE FORECAST MODELS TO
09:27:17 ENSURE WE ARE BUDGETING EFFECTIVELY FOR OUR GROWING CITY AS
09:27:22 WE WORK TO TRANSFORM TAMPA'S TOMORROW.
09:27:25 TO ACHIEVE OUR VISION, WE WILL ALSO COLLABORATE WITH
09:27:29 REGIONAL AGENCIES AND EXTERNAL PARTNERS AS WELL AS THE
09:27:32 PRIVATE SECTOR TO FINANCE MAJOR PROJECTS AND ENSURE A
09:27:37 FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE TAMPA.
09:27:39 OUR CITY IS ON THE RISE, AND AS WE KEEP GROWING, WE NEED TO
09:27:43 ENSURE WE ARE BUILDING A STRONGER CITY FROM THE GROUND UP.
09:27:48 AND THAT INCLUDES INVESTING IN OUR CITY STRUCTURE.
09:27:52 THE CITY WILL LEDGE INVESTMENT AND TECHNOLOGY TO MOVE
09:27:55 TOWARDS A MORE SUSTAINABLE WORKFORCE THAT IS SAFE AND
09:27:59 SECURE, AND WE WILL PREPARE SOUND MAINTENANCE AND
09:28:02 REPLACEMENT PROGRAMS FOR CITY EQUIPMENT AND ASSETS,
09:28:06 INCLUDING VEHICLES.
09:28:10 WITH THIS STRATEGIC CORE APPROACH, I KNOW THAT WE CAN ALIGN
09:28:14 OUR BUDGETARY NEEDS TO MEET OUR MISSION OF DELIVERING
09:28:16 OUTSTANDING CITY SERVICES AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE
09:28:20 WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
09:28:22 THE FY 2021 BUDGET IS NEARLY 1.3 BILLION, WHICH IS 212
09:28:29 MILLION MORE THAN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
09:28:32 IT PROVIDES FUNDING FOR ESSENTIAL GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES.
09:28:36 HOWEVER, WE HAVE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO INCLUDE FUNDS TO START
09:28:39 ADDRESSING SEVERAL KEY REQUESTS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND FROM
09:28:43 CITY COUNCIL.
09:28:45 FIRST IS FAIROAKS PARK WHERE WE WILL START THE PROCESS OF
09:28:49 PROGRAMMING AND DESIGNING WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS AT THAT
09:28:53 PARK.
09:28:53 WE ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT FUNDS TOWARDS
09:28:57 REDEVELOPING THIS PARK TO A CULTURAL AND ATHLETIC
09:29:00 DESTINATION FOR EAST TAMPA RESIDENTS, YOUNG AND YOUNG AT
09:29:04 HEART.
09:29:05 SECOND IS RIVERCREST PARK, WHERE WE WILL REPLACE AND
09:29:10 REINFORCE THE SEAWALL, CONSTRUCT BOARD WALKS, AND A DOCK,
09:29:14 AND BUILD SIDEWALKS.
09:29:16 IN NEW TAMPA, WE WILL INVEST IN DEVELOPING AN INCLUSIVE
09:29:20 PLAYGROUND SO THAT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY CAN TAKE PART IN
09:29:24 THESE AMENITIES.
09:29:25 AND WE WILL PROVIDE 12 ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR RESCUE 16 WHICH
09:29:29 WILL PROVIDE SERVICE TO EAST TAMPA AND FOR RESCUE 24 WHICH
09:29:34 WILL BE ASSIGNED TO STATION 13.
09:29:36 THIS FUNDING WILL ALSO INCLUDE A NEW RESCUE SQUAD.
09:29:39 WE WILL ALSO INVEST IN PRESERVING OUR CITY'S RICH HISTORY.
09:29:44 WE WILL PROVIDE 150,000 TO ASSIST IN SAVING THE JACKSON
09:29:48 HOUSE, AND $50,000 FOR ZION CEMETERY MEMORIAL.
09:29:53 WE WILL ALSO INVEST IN OUR CITY'S FUTURE BY DEVELOPING A
09:29:57 CLIMATE ACTION AND EQUITY PLAN FOCUSED ON CLIMATE
09:30:00 PREPAREDNESS, ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
09:30:04 FOR ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
09:30:06 IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT WE ENHANCE OUR EMPLOYEES' TRAINING
09:30:09 WHICH IS WHY WE ARE SETTING ASIDE FUNDING FOR BIAS TRAINING
09:30:13 FOR ALL CITY EMPLOYEES.
09:30:15 AND FINALLY, THE CITY HAS ALLOCATED $1 MILLION TO SECURE
09:30:20 FIRE RESCUE SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS, AND WE HOPE
09:30:26 TO MATCH THAT IN SEPTEMBER WITH GRANT FUNDING.
09:30:30 OTHER ITEMS TO NOTE ABOUT THIS BUDGET, THIS IS THE 8th
09:30:33 CONSECUTIVE YEAR THAT THE CITY'S PROPERTY TAX VALUES HAVE
09:30:37 INCREASED.
09:30:38 THIS IS ADVANTAGEOUS TO OUR RESIDENTS AND ALSO HELPS TO
09:30:42 OFFSET NEGATIVE IMPACTS WE ARE EXPERIENCING TO OTHER REVENUE
09:30:46 SOURCES.
09:30:48 THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE WILL SEE TBA AND IFF MEMBERS DEPART THE
09:30:54 CITY'S HEALTH PROGRAM WITH THEIR OWN HEALTH CARE TRUST.
09:30:57 THE CITY WILL CONTINUE OUR PROGRESSIVE HEALTH CARE PROGRAM
09:31:00 WHICH HAS RESULTED IN REDUCING THE PERCENTAGE OF CLAIMS
09:31:04 FILED COMPARED TO NATIONAL AVERAGES.
09:31:10 WE ARE EXPLORING LAUNCHING A THIRD CARE ATC FOR CITY STAFF.
09:31:14 THE CITY'S TWO PENSION PROGRAMS ARE VERY WELL FUNDED.
09:31:19 THE GENERAL EMPLOYEES PENSION PROGRAM IS 88 .3% FUNDED AND
09:31:23 THE FIRE AND POLICE PENSION IS 94.5% FUNDED.
09:31:28 THE CITY'S LONG-TERM FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE BUDGETING
09:31:31 PRACTICES RESULTED IN 13 CONSECUTIVE CREDIT RATING INCREASES
09:31:36 DURING THE LAST ADMINISTRATION.
09:31:39 AND MAINTAINING THAT IMPRESSIVE TRACK RECORD, I AM PROUD TO
09:31:41 ANNOUNCE THAT WE ACHIEVED OUR FIRST RATING INCREASE WHEN
09:31:45 MOOD Y'S RECENTLY AWARDED AN A RATING ON OUR WATER AND -- A
09:31:52 AA RATING ON OUR WASTEWATER BOND.
09:31:56 AND HAS A TRIPLE A RATING FROM ALL THREE PROVIDERS.
09:32:00 LET ME SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME.
09:32:01 AND THE CITY IS NOW ONE OF ONLY TWO LOCALITIES IN FLORIDA
09:32:04 WHICH HAS A TRIPLE A RATING FROM ALL THREE PROVIDERS.
09:32:10 WE COULD NOT HAVE ACHIEVED THIS WITHOUT THE COMMITMENT OF
09:32:14 TWO MAYORS AND TWO CITY COUNCILS WHO HAD THE VISION AND
09:32:17 UNDERSTANDING THAT BOTH THE WATER AND WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT
09:32:21 NEEDED FUNDS TO FIX AND MAINTAIN OUR STRUCTURE.
09:32:26 OUR AIM REMAINS FOCUSED.
09:32:29 WE WANT TO CREATE A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR ALL WHO LIVE, WORK
09:32:32 AND PLAY IN TAMPA.
09:32:34 SHAPING A STRONGER, MORE RESILIENT CITY THAT CAN RISE ABOVE
09:32:38 THE CHALLENGES AND OVERCOME ANY OBSTACLES, A CITY THAT CAN
09:32:42 KEEP UP WITH ITS STRATEGIC GROWTH, NOT STAND IN ITS WAY.
09:32:47 WHEN NO NEIGHBORHOOD IS LEFT BEHIND, AND WHERE EVERYONE HAS
09:32:51 A SEAT AT THE TABLE.
09:32:52 WE KNOW THAT MANY IN OUR CITY ARE STRUGGLING ACROSS THE
09:32:56 COMMUNITY.
09:32:57 AND WE WANT TO WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE WE ARE LIFTING UP
09:33:01 LOCAL WHILE REOPENING RESPONSIBLY.
09:33:04 TO ACHIEVE OUR VISION WE HAVE IDENTIFIED FIVE STRATEGIC
09:33:07 GOALS THAT WILL GUIDE US FORWARD AS WE TACKLE THE ISSUES
09:33:11 FACING OUR CITY AND TRANSFORM TAMPA'S TOMORROW FOR
09:33:15 GENERATIONS TO COME.
09:33:17 THE FIVE STRATEGIC GOALS INCLUDE STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY
09:33:22 CENTRIC SERVICES, ENHANCING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT,
09:33:25 INCREASING HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE
09:33:29 AND MOBILITY, ESTABLISHING SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE.
09:33:34 THE FIRST PRONG OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN INVOLVES STRENGTHENING
09:33:38 COMMUNITY SERVICES.
09:33:39 OUR PRIMARY FUNCTION IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS TO MEET THE
09:33:43 NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH IS WHY THIS STRATEGIC GOAL IS
09:33:47 CENTRAL TO EVERYTHING WE DO ACROSS DEPARTMENTS.
09:33:50 WE STRIVE TO PROVIDE CUSTOMER CENTRIC QUALITY SERVICES THAT
09:33:54 MAKE IT EASY FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO INTERACT WITH THE CITY AND
09:33:58 TO GET THE SERVICES THEY NEED.
09:34:01 TO ENHANCE COMMUNITY CENTRIC QUALITY SERVICES WE PLAN TO
09:34:05 HIRE A COMMUNITY EXPERIENCED DIRECTOR THAT WILL HELP
09:34:09 EVERYONE NAVIGATE COMMUNITY SERVICES AND EXPERIENCES.
09:34:13 WE ALSO WANT TO ENSURE OUR CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE IS MEETING
09:34:16 THE NEEDS OF EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY BY INVESTING IN
09:34:20 SOFTWARE THAT WILL HELP US TRACK AND MONITOR THE LEVEL OF
09:34:23 SERVICE WE PROVIDE TO RESIDENTS AND CREATE AN ONLINE
09:34:28 PLATFORM TO STREAMLINE ACCESS TO CITY SERVICES.
09:34:32 LASTLY, WE WANT TO ENSURE WE ARE REACHING EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD
09:34:35 BY STRENGTHENING OUR ABILITY TO CONNECT CITY HALL TO TAMPA
09:34:40 RESIDENTS.
09:34:40 TO DO SO, WE WILL ENHANCE THE WORK DONE BY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
09:34:44 COORDINATORS TO FACILITATE COMMUNICATION IN COLLABORATION
09:34:48 WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS TO UPLIFT
09:34:52 AND NURTURE COMMUNITIES ACROSS OUR CITY.
09:34:55 OUR SECOND STRATEGIC GOAL IS TO ENHANCE WORKFORCE
09:34:59 DEVELOPMENT.
09:34:59 TAMPA'S WORKFORCE IS THE BACKBONE OF OUR ECONOMY.
09:35:03 IT'S WHAT EMPLOYS OUR FAMILY MEMBERS, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS.
09:35:07 IT'S WHAT DRIVES OUR CITY FORWARD TOWARD A BRIGHTER FUTURE.
09:35:11 NOW MORE THAN EVER, WE NEED TO INVEST IN OUR WORKFORCE TO
09:35:15 ENSURE OUR ECONOMY CAN BOUNCE BACK FROM COVID-19 AND OUR
09:35:21 RESIDENTS CAN CONTINUES WORKING HARD AND DREAMING BIG.
09:35:24 IT'S MY GOAL TO BUILD A CITY WHERE HARD WORK PAYS OFF AND
09:35:28 THE MIDDLE CLASS IS WITHIN REACH REGARDLESS OF YOUR ZIP
09:35:32 CODE.
09:35:33 WHERE STUDENTS CAN SEE A CLEAR PATH TO A BRIGHTER FUTURE
09:35:37 AND WHERE ANYONE CAN SET THEIR MIND TO IT CAN ENHANCE THEIR
09:35:41 SKILLS THROUGH EDUCATION AND TRAINING.
09:35:43 AND ONCE THEY HAVE THAT DIPLOMA IN HAND OR CERTIFICATION
09:35:46 UNDER THE BELT, A GOOD PAYING JOB IS WAITING FOR THEM ON THE
09:35:50 OTHER SIDE.
09:35:51 TO ACHIEVE THIS VISION, WE HAVE TO ENSURE JOB SEEKERS HAVE
09:35:55 ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO SUCCEED.
09:35:58 WE NEED TO CONNECT EMPLOYERS WITH SKILLED WORKERS.
09:36:02 THE FIRST STEP IS FORMULATING A WORKFORCE COMMUNITY
09:36:06 COLLABORATIVE BY WORKING WITH PARTNERS LIKE CAREER SOURCE IN
09:36:10 ESTABLISHING A MAYOR'S WORKFORCE COUNCIL.
09:36:13 THIS COUNCIL WILL HELP MANAGE OUR PIPE LINE BY ENHANCING OUR
09:36:17 WORKFORCE PROGRAM WORKING WITH SOME OF THE CITY'S LARGEST
09:36:21 EMPLOYERS, AND FINDING SOLUTIONS TO BREAK DOWN SOME OF THE
09:36:24 EXISTING BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT.
09:36:27 NEXT, WE WILL ALSO WORK WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO SUPPORT
09:36:31 AND ENHANCE OUR PATHWAYS TO PROFESSION MODEL THAT INFORMS
09:36:36 RESIDENTS OF CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, TRAINING OPTIONS AND
09:36:40 COMMUNITY RESOURCES IN TAMPA'S HIGH-GROWTH EMPLOYMENT
09:36:43 SECTOR.
09:36:44 LASTLY, TO ENHANCE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, WE WILL ALIGN
09:36:48 EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF JOB SEEKERS IN
09:36:51 OUR COMMUNITY.
09:36:53 WE WANT TO UPLIFT OUR YOUTH AND JOB SEEKERS OF ALL AGES BY
09:36:59 EMPOWERING THEM TO EXPLORE POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION, MORE
09:37:03 SKILLS TRAINING, SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE ON A PATH TOWARDS
09:37:06 A PROSPEROUS FUTURE.
09:37:08 TAMPA IS A FAST GROWING CITY.
09:37:10 OUR SKYLINE IS RAPIDLY CHANGING AS MORE PEOPLE ARE MOVING
09:37:14 HERE EVERY DAY.
09:37:15 ACCORDING TO THE LATEST CENSUS, TAMPA IS THE THIRD MOST
09:37:19 POPULACE CITY IN FLORIDA, AND IT'S NOT HARD TO SEE WHY, WITH
09:37:24 OUR BEAUTIFUL WEATHER, OUR VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOOD, AND OUR
09:37:27 ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT, WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO PLANT THEIR
09:37:30 ROOTS AND WATCH THEM GROW IN OUR CITY?
09:37:33 THE POPULATION GROWTH CAN OFTEN RESULT IN UNINTENDED
09:37:38 CHALLENGES SUCH AS LIMITED SUPPLY AND HIGH DEMAND FOR
09:37:40 HOUSING AND RISING HOUSING COSTS, WHICH BRINGS US TO OUR
09:37:44 NEXT STRATEGIC GOAL, INCREASING HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.
09:37:48 AS A LIFE-LONG THE RESIDENT, I BELIEVE EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE
09:37:52 THE CHANCE TO LIVE IN A PLACE THEY ARE PROUD TO CALL HOME.
09:37:56 AND THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHETHER THEY CAN
09:37:58 CONTINUE TO AFFORD THE L A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS. IF WE
09:38:01 WANT TO AVOID THE PITFALLS OF OTHER CITIES WHERE IT'S NEARLY
09:38:05 IMPOSSIBLE TO AFFORD A ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT, MUCH LESS OWN
09:38:09 A HOME, WE HAVE TO ACT NOW, AND WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO
09:38:13 ENSURE THAT THERE ARE SUFFICIENT HOUSING OPTIONS FOR
09:38:17 TAMPANIANS AT ALL INCOME LEVELS.
09:38:20 AS OUR POPULATION GROWS, WE NEED TO BALANCE THE SCALES
09:38:23 BETWEEN HOUSING SUPPLY AND DEMAND.
09:38:26 TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, WE WILL WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS
09:38:29 TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL 10,000 HOUSING UNITS BY THE END OF
09:38:35 2027.
09:38:36 ESTABLISHING THIS AMBITIOUS GOAL REINFORCES OUR MISSION TO
09:38:41 BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR DRIVING TANGIBLE OUTPUT.
09:38:45 IT ALSO REQUIRES US TO WORK CREATIVELY ACROSS MANY
09:38:49 STAKEHOLDERS TO ACHIEVE WIDE CHANGING RESULTS.
09:38:54 IN ADDITION TO DEVELOPING NEW HOUSING UNITS, THE CITY CAN
09:38:57 ALSO PRIORITIZE THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF EXISTING
09:39:00 AFFORDABLE UNITS.
09:39:02 ANOTHER WAY WE PLAN TO INCREASE AND SUSTAIN HOUSING
09:39:05 AFFORDABILITY IS BY INITIATING THE ONE TAMPA COMMUNITY LAND
09:39:10 TRUST.
09:39:11 THIS LAND TRUST WILL BE A NEW TOOL FOR THE CITY TO ACHIEVE A
09:39:15 SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION TO HOUSING AFFORDABILITY WHILE
09:39:19 PRESERVING THE CHARACTER OF OUR UNIQUE NEIGHBORHOODS.
09:39:22 THESE PAST MONTHS, OUR ONE TAMPA PROGRAM WAS INCREDIBLY
09:39:26 SUCCESSFUL IN HELPING UPLIFT RESIDENTS DURING THE EARLY STAY
09:39:30 AT HOME PERIOD OF COVID-19 BY ACTIVATING QUICKLY TO HELP PAY
09:39:36 RENT, MORTGAGE AND ESSENTIAL UTILITY BILLS.
09:39:39 NOW WE WILL EXPAND UPON THAT UPLIFTING MISSION BY HELPING TO
09:39:44 DEVELOP ONE TAMPA AS A NONPROFIT 501(C)3 ORGANIZATION TO BE
09:39:50 THE FOUNDATION UNDER WHICH THE LAND TRUST WILL BE GOVERNED.
09:39:54 THE ONE TAMPA COMMUNITY LAND TRUST WILL ENABLE US TO MORE
09:39:59 EFFECTIVELY MANAGE, ACQUIRE AND DISTRIBUTE BUILDINGS AND
09:40:02 HOMES TO MEET THE LONG-TERM HOUSING NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
09:40:06 FOR MANY, OWNING A HOME IS A PART OF THEIR AMERICAN DREAM.
09:40:10 IT'S A WAY FOR THEM TO PLANT THEIR ROOTS AND WATCH THEM
09:40:13 GROW.
09:40:14 WE WANT TO INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GENERATIONAL WEALTH BY
09:40:18 PROVIDING A REALISTIC AND OBTAINABLE PATH TO HOME OWNERSHIP
09:40:22 THROUGH A WIDE RANGE OF PROGRAMS, WORKSHOPS, AND SERVICES.
09:40:27 BY INVESTING IN THESE PROGRAMS, WE CAN MAKE THE DREAM OF
09:40:30 HOME OWNERSHIP ATTAINABLE FOR COUNTLESS TAMPANIANS WHO LIVE,
09:40:35 WORK AND PLAY IN OUR GREAT CITY.
09:40:38 THESE PAST FEW MONTHS, COVID-19 HAS UNDERSCORED THE FACT
09:40:41 THAT HOUSING AND SHELTER ARE SOME OF OUR MOST BASIC NEEDS.
09:40:45 BUT WHILE MANY OF US WERE HUNKERING DOWN AT HOME WITH LOVED
09:40:49 ONES DURING THE SAFER AT HOME ORDER, OTHERS IN OUR COMMUNITY
09:40:52 HAD NO PLACE TO GO.
09:40:54 THE NEED FOR HOMELESS SERVICES HAS BEEN UNDENIABLE DURING
09:40:59 COVID-19.
09:41:00 AND WE WERE GRATEFUL TO WORK WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES AND
09:41:03 OTHER COMMUNITIES PARTNERS TO ESTABLISH HILLSBOROUGH HOME, A
09:41:06 TEMPORARY HOMELESS SHELTER FOR THOSE WITH NOWHERE ELSE TO
09:41:10 GO.
09:41:11 THE SHELTER PROVIDED LIFE SAVING RESOURCES TO COUNTLESS
09:41:14 HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
09:41:17 IN FACT, ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS STAYING AT HILLSBOROUGH HOPE
09:41:21 WAS HIRED BY ASHLEY FURNITURE, ONE OF THE PARTNERS THAT
09:41:24 SUPPLIED MATTRESSES FOR THIS INCREDIBLE INITIATIVE.
09:41:28 WHILE THIS PROJECT MADE A DIFFERENCE, THE REALITY IS THAT
09:41:31 HOMELESSNESS WILL NOT GO AWAY WITH THIS PANDEMIC.
09:41:36 WE ARE STILL FACING A SCARCITY OF RESOURCES AND OVERCROWDING
09:41:40 IN MANY OF OUR LOCAL SHELTERS.
09:41:42 TO HELP LIFT UP THE MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF OUR
09:41:44 COMMUNITY, THE CITY WILL WORK WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND
09:41:48 NONPROFIT PARTNERS TO ESTABLISH MULTIPLE SHELTER SOLUTIONS.
09:41:53 WE WILL BEGIN WITH SHORT-TERM SHELTERS, WITH WRAP AROUND
09:41:57 SERVICES, AS A PATHWAY TO PERMANENT HOUSING.
09:42:00 OUR GOAL IS TO IDENTIFY LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS TO HOMELESSNESS
09:42:04 AND TO ELIMINATE HOUSING AND SECURITY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
09:42:08 TO ACHIEVE ALL OF THESE CRITICAL HOUSING AND SHELTER GOALS,
09:42:11 WE HAVE CREATED A NEW LEADERSHIP ROLE RESPONSIBLE FOR
09:42:16 MANAGING AND GROWING THE CITY'S COMMUNITY HOUSING INITIATIVE
09:42:19 AND THE DOZENS OF PROGRAMS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF
09:42:23 SUPPORT THAT FLOW THROUGH THE CITY.
09:42:25 OUR NEXT STRATEGIC GOAL HAS TO DO WITH SOMETHING I HAVE BEEN
09:42:29 PASSIONATE ABOUT SINCE DAY ONE, AND THAT'S IMPROVING OUR
09:42:32 INFRASTRUCTURE AND MOBILITY.
09:42:34 IT'S NO SECRET THAT TRANSPORTATION --
09:42:39 I OFTEN SAY WE ARE SO FAR BEHIND WE THINK WE ARE FIRST.
09:42:42 AS OUR CITY CONTINUES TO GROW, WE NEED TRANSIT THAT CAN KEEP
09:42:46 UP.
09:42:47 BECAUSE WORLD CLASS CITIES DESERVE WORLD CLASS
09:42:50 TRANSPORTATION.
09:42:54 TO KEEP OUR CITY MOVING FORWARD TOWARDS A BRIGHTER FUTURE WE
09:42:57 HAVE TO ADDRESS OUR GROWING TRANSPORTATION NEEDS.
09:43:03 IN FY 20-21 WE PLAN TO SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVE THE CITY-WIDE
09:43:07 MOBILITY PLAN.
09:43:08 THIS PLAN WILL SERVE AS A ROAD MAP THAT WILL IDENTIFY ALL
09:43:11 THE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS OVER THE NEXT 25 YEARS.
09:43:15 PROJECTS WILL FOCUS ON IMPROVING SAFETY, INCREASING ECONOMIC
09:43:19 OPPORTUNITY, PROMOTING SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE, MAKING
09:43:24 EQUITABLE INVESTMENTS ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY, AND ADDRESSING
09:43:28 ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION, ESPECIALLY WALKING, BIKING, AND
09:43:33 HIGH QUALITY TRANSIT SERVICES.
09:43:35 THIS PLAN WILL BE DEVELOPED USING A GRASSROOTS PROCESS AND
09:43:39 LISTEN-FIRST APPROACH TO RESIDENT INPUT, BECAUSE WE WANT A
09:43:44 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE IN OUR
09:43:47 COMMUNITY.
09:43:48 TO BUILD A BETTER CONNECTED CITY, WE ALSO NEED TO CREATE
09:43:53 PREMIUM TRANSIT CORRIDORS ALONG MAJOR TRANSPORTATION LINES
09:43:58 IN OUR COMMUNITY.
09:43:58 THIS WILL ALLOW US TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN MAJOR ECONOMIC
09:44:01 HUBS INCLUDING WESTSHORE TO DOWNTOWN, AND DOWNTOWN TO THE
09:44:06 UNIVERSITY AREA. IN TERMS OF THE DOWNTOWN TO UNIVERSITY
09:44:12 CORRIDOR, ONE OPPORTUNITY WOULD BE TO EXTEND AND MODERNIZE
09:44:15 THE TAMPA STREETCAR.
09:44:17 THE CITY WILL SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR STATE AND FEDERAL
09:44:21 GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE STREETCAR
09:44:24 MODERNIZATION AND EXTENSION PROJECT AND COMMENCE THE
09:44:27 ENGINEERING DESIGN PHASE.
09:44:30 ALONG THE SAME CORRIDOR, HART WILL COMPLETE THE ONGOING BUS
09:44:34 RAPID TRANSIT STUDY AND BEGIN DESIGN FOR THE BRT PROJECT.
09:44:39 THE CITY IS ALSO WORKING WITH HART TO COMPLETE A TRANSIT
09:44:42 ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT STUDY THAT WILL GUIDE LAND USE
09:44:46 SURROUNDING THIS CORRIDOR.
09:44:49 AS OUR CITY CONTINUES TO GROW AND MORE PEOPLE TRAVEL ON OUR
09:44:52 STREETS, WE ALSO NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IS UNDERNEATH,
09:44:58 HEALTHY STRUCTURE IS THE FOUNDATION OF A STRONG CITY, AND
09:45:01 IT'S TIME WE START TAKING THAT SERIOUSLY.
09:45:04 LAST YEAR WE MADE HISTORY TOGETHER BY PASSING PIPE, THE
09:45:10 LARGEST WASTE AND WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN IN OUR
09:45:13 CITY'S HISTORY.
09:45:14 PIPES IS ALLOWING US TO FINALLY REPLACE OUR AGING
09:45:17 INFRASTRUCTURE AFTER NEARLY 100 YEARS OF USE.
09:45:21 THIS WILL HELP MINIMIZE TRAFFIC INTERRUPTIONS DUE TO WATER
09:45:24 MAIN BREAKS AND ALLOW US TO TAKE A BIG STEP FORWARD TOWARDS
09:45:27 A MORE SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT FUTURE.
09:45:31 IN FY 20-21 WE'LL CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT PIPES AND MAKE
09:45:35 PROGRESS FOR TRANSFORMING TAMPA'S TOMORROW.
09:45:39 AND SPEAKING OF SUSTAINABILITY, WE ALSO WANT TO SUPPORT
09:45:43 GREEN MOBILITY SOLUTIONS.
09:45:45 WHEN WE THINK ABOUT TRANSIT, WE AUTOMATICALLY THINK ABOUT
09:45:48 CARS AND BUSES, BUT THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER WAYS TO GET
09:45:51 AROUND.
09:45:53 BY INTEGRATING OUR EXISTING TRAILS AND GREENWAYS INTO OUR
09:45:57 TRANSPORTATION NETWORK, WE CAN PROVIDE A SAFE AND CONVENIENT
09:46:00 ALTERNATIVE TO DRIVING A CAR.
09:46:03 GREENWAYS AND TRAILS ORGANICALLY LINK OUR COMMUNITY, AND I
09:46:06 BELIEVE THAT IN FLORIDA WE SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ANY
09:46:10 OPPORTUNITY TO BE OUTDOORS, TO TAKE A WALK AND RIDE A BIKE.
09:46:15 TO BETTER INTEGRATE OUR EXISTING TRAILS AND GREENWAYS, THE
09:46:18 CITY HAS SUBMITTED AND IS ADVOCATING FOR A FEDERAL GRANT
09:46:21 APPLICATION FOR AN EXTENSION OF 2.6 MILES OF MULTIMODAL
09:46:26 FACILITIES IN THE TAMPA RIVERWALK ON THE WEST BANK OF THE
09:46:30 HILLSBOROUGH RIVER WHICH WILL RESULT IN OVER 12 MAILS OF
09:46:35 CONTIGUOUS TRAILS CONNECTING GANDY TO YBOR CITY.
09:46:40 WE WILL ALSO CONSTRUCT THE NEXT TWO PHASES OF THE GREEN
09:46:44 SPINE AND CONTINUE PLANNING AND DESIGN OF FUTURE PHASES,
09:46:48 GREEN ARTERY AND OTHER MOBILITY PROJECTS LIKE FLORIBRASKA
09:46:52 WHICH WILL FEATURE AND OFF-STREET TRAIL.
09:46:56 AS WE EXPLORE NEW AND EXPANDED MEANS OF MOBILITY, WE WILL
09:46:59 ALSO NEED TO FOCUS ON IMPROVING SAFETY ON OUR ROADWAYS.
09:47:03 THAT'S WHY WE ARE INTEGRATING VISION ZERO INTO ALL PROJECTS.
09:47:08 OUR GOAL IS TO ELIMINATE TRAFFIC DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURY,
09:47:14 AS NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO FEAR FOR THEIR LIVES ON ONE OF OUR
09:47:17 ROADS OR CROSSING ONE OF OUR STREETS.
09:47:19 THIS IS A MOLD PLAN, BUT IT'S A PLAN WE ARE FULLY COMMITTED
09:47:23 TO BECAUSE SAFETY HAS TO BE A OPERATOR.
09:47:27 BY PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTING COMPLETE STREETS WITH PROVEN
09:47:31 SAFETY ELEMENTS, WE CAN CREATE A SAFER TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
09:47:34 FOR ALL.
09:47:36 WE HAVE A NUMBER OF GOALS TO IMPROVE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND
09:47:39 MOBILITY, BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES
09:47:43 FACING OUR CITY TODAY.
09:47:45 TO HELP US ACHIEVE OUR GOALS, WE WILL DEPLOY TECHNOLOGY
09:47:48 SOLUTIONS TO MOBILITY CHALLENGES SUCH AS SMART PARKING AND
09:47:52 URBAN MOBILITY.
09:47:54 BY EMBRACING INNOVATION AND LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY, WE CAN
09:47:57 MOVE FORWARD TOWARDS A SMARTER TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FIT FOR
09:48:02 A 21st CENTURY.
09:48:04 WE HAVE COVERED A LOT OF TOPICS HERE TODAY, AND I KNOW WE
09:48:08 STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO TOGETHER.
09:48:10 BUT IF WE TRULY WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND TRANSFORM
09:48:14 TAMPA'S TOMORROW, THEN WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE BIGGER
09:48:16 PICTURE.
09:48:18 AND THAT BRINGS ME TO OUR LAST STRATEGIC GOAL,
09:48:21 SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE.
09:48:24 I OFTEN SAY THAT SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE IS THE THING
09:48:31 THAT KEEPS IT ALL TOGETHER AND IT'S TRUE.
09:48:33 IF WE WANT TO BUILD A STRONGER MORE SUSTAINABLE CITY, THEN
09:48:36 WE HAVE TO ENSURE THE FOUNDATION IS IN PLACE TO WEATHER ANY
09:48:41 STORM, MEET OUR GROWING NEEDS AND LIFT UP EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD
09:48:44 IN OUR CITY AS WE RISE TOGETHER.
09:48:48 THROUGH SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE, WE STRIVE TO PROMOTE
09:48:51 CONNECTED, HEALTHY AND VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOODS.
09:48:54 CLIMATE CHANGE IS SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF
09:48:57 US.
09:48:59 AND OUR VULNERABLE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE ESPECIALLY IMPACTED.
09:49:02 TO TACKLE THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE, THE CITY WILL DEVELOP A
09:49:06 CLIMATE ACTION AND EQUITY PLAN FOCUSED ON CLIMATE
09:49:09 PREPAREDNESS, ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ENVIRONMENTAL
09:49:11 PROTECTION.
09:49:13 WE WILL ALSO BE REVIEWING ALL CITY-OWNED REAL ESTATE AND
09:49:17 IDENTIFYING AREAS FOR TARGETED SUSTAINABILITY USES INCLUDING
09:49:21 GREEN SPACE, COMMUNITY GARDENS, SOLAR ALTERNATIVES AND MUCH,
09:49:26 MUCH MORE, BECAUSE IF YOU LEAD BY EXAMPLE, OTHERS WILL
09:49:29 FOLLOW.
09:49:30 THAT'S WHY I ASKED OUR STAFF TO REVIEW AND OFFER
09:49:34 RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY BUILDING CODE AND PERMITTING
09:49:36 PROCESS THAT REFLECT CHANGING HAZARDS AND FIND INNOVATIVE
09:49:41 WAYS TO INCENTIVIZE GREEN BUILDING PRACTICES.
09:49:44 WE WANT OUR BUILDINGS TO BE HEALTHY AND RESILIENT PLACES.
09:49:48 AND SPEAKING OF LEADING BY EXAMPLE, WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT
09:49:52 OUR OWN INTERNAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
09:49:55 A STRONG CITY VALUES ITS EMPLOYEES HEALTH, SAFETY AND
09:49:59 WELFARE TO BEST SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
09:50:01 A STRONG CITY ALSO CARES INFORM TAXPAYER ACCESS WHICH
09:50:05 SUPPORT HIGH-QUALITY SERVICES.
09:50:08 IN AN EFFORT TO INTEGRATE SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY, WE
09:50:11 WILL PROVIDE TRAINING AND ORIENTATIONS TO CITY OF TAMPA
09:50:15 STAFF AND IMPLEMENT INTERNAL POLICIES THAT ENSURE DECISIONS
09:50:19 AND PURCHASES THROUGH THE LENS OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
09:50:24 RESILIENCE.
09:50:24 THE CITY WILL ALSO TAKE STEPS TO INCREASE SUSTAINABILITY
09:50:27 THROUGH OUR SERVICES AND AT OUR FACILITIES.
09:50:31 ONE WAY WE WILL DO THIS IS BY INCREASING WATER CONSERVATION
09:50:35 AND IMPROVING WATER SECURITY THROUGH OUR WATERWISE
09:50:39 COLLABORATION.
09:50:40 AS EVIDENCE OF THIS, THE CITY IS WORKING TOWARDS A LEED CITY
09:50:46 CERTIFICATION BY THE END OF THE YEAR ON THE TAMPA CONVENTION
09:50:47 CENTER IS ALSO PURSUING THIS DESIGNATION.
09:50:51 AND FINALLY, IN ORDER TO BUILD A STRONG CITY AND PLANS FOR
09:50:55 OUR FUTURE, WE WILL STRENGTHEN OUR REGIONAL COLLABORATION
09:50:58 RESILIENCY.
09:51:01 WE ARE ALSO TRAINED TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES CAUSED BY
09:51:04 HURRICANES AND FLOODING, COVID-19 TAUGHT US WE HAVE TO
09:51:07 PREPARE FOR THE UNEXPECTED.
09:51:08 THE CITY WILL INCREASE THE COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION
09:51:11 BETWEEN REGIONAL PARTNERS THAT HAVE SHARED INTERESTS AND
09:51:15 RISKS SUCH AS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND HOMELAND DEFENSE AND
09:51:19 SECURITY.
09:51:20 THE CITY OF TAMPA WILL WORK WITH KEY STAKEHOLDERS TO
09:51:24 REIMAGINE PREPAREDNESS EFFORTS THROUGH PREVENTION,
09:51:27 MITIGATION, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY PLANNING.
09:51:31 WE WILL ALSO IMPROVE CONNECTIVITY WITH ACADEMIC AND
09:51:34 PRACTITIONER PARTNERS THROUGH ROBUST INTERN PROGRAMS, GRANT
09:51:38 OPPORTUNITIES, AND TECHNICAL TRAINING.
09:51:41 ALL OF THESE EFFORTS WILL SUPPORT OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE
09:51:44 PLANNING AND HELP US BUILD A STRONGER, MORE RESILIENT CITY.
09:51:49 I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL ONCE AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR THE
09:51:53 IMPORTANT ROLE YOU PLAY IN TRANSFORMING TAMPA'S TOMORROW.
09:51:57 I KNOW THAT WE ARE ALL MORE COMMITTED THAN EVER TO TAKING
09:52:01 ACTION ON THE BIG ISSUES IMPACTING OUR COMMUNITY.
09:52:04 AND WITH YOUR HELP, WE CAN LIFT UP EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD AND
09:52:07 ENSURE WE CONTINUE RISING TOGETHER.
09:52:11 DESPITE EVERY CHALLENGE, OUR CITY HAS ALREADY MADE MAJOR
09:52:14 STRIDES TO TRANSFORMING TAMPA'S TOMORROW, AND THIS IS JUST
09:52:18 THE BEGINNING.
09:52:19 I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU TO ACHIEVE OUR VISION AND
09:52:22 CREATE A BETTER FUTURE FOR ALL WHO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY IN
09:52:26 OUR GREAT CITY.
09:52:28 THANK YOU.
09:52:29
09:52:42 >> JOHN BENNETT: GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN.
09:53:01 GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:53:02 GOOD MORNING, PUBLIC.
09:53:04 WE ARE GOING TO TRANSFORM NOW TO THE CONTENT OF THE BUDGET.
09:53:07 AND THIS IS JOHN BENNETT, CHIEF OF STAFF.
09:53:10 AND I WILL BE JOINED BY DENNIS ROGERO, AND OUR BUDGET
09:53:15 OFFICER MIKE PERRY.
09:53:18 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:53:22 AS YOU SAW TODAY, THE THEME OF LIFT UP LOCAL IS NOW IN OUR
09:53:31 VALUE STATEMENT GOING INTO FY 20-21.
09:53:35 YOU WILL SEE THAT DURING THE PRESENTATION.
09:53:37 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:53:39 SO THE AGENDA FORTHCOMING IS, I FIRST WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
09:53:44 MAYOR'S STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE GOALS THAT WILL BE SET
09:53:48 STARTING WITH FISCAL YEAR 21.
09:53:50 AND THEN I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MR. ROGERO AND MR. PERRY TO
09:53:54 TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN BRIEFED
09:53:56 UPON THAT INCLUDES THE COVID-19 RISK FACTORS, AND OF COURSE
09:54:01 WE WANT TO KEEP OUR EYE ON OPPORTUNITIES GOING FORWARD, WE
09:54:04 WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE REPROGRAMMING OF THIS FISCAL YEAR'S
09:54:07 RECOMMENDATION OF THE SOCIAL ACTION AND ARTS FUND NORMALLY
09:54:10 KNOWN AS THE NONDEPARTMENTAL 200 FUNDS IN THE PAST THAT
09:54:16 SERVE OUR NONPROFIT COMMUNITIES AND MR. ROGERO AND MR. PERRY
09:54:21 WILL TALKE ABOUT OUR BOND RATINGS, AND THEN FINALLY WE WILL
09:54:25 WALK THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 RECOMMENDED BUDGET, AND
09:54:30 HAVE AN ELECTRONIC LINK, AS I REMEMBER COUNCIL ASKED AS
09:54:35 RECENTLY AS LAST COUNCIL MEETING, TO GO GREEN.
09:54:40 FIRST I WANT TO POINT OUT THIS INFO GRAPHIC THAT KIND OF
09:54:46 TIES TOGETHER THE CITY'S MISSION STATEMENT, THE VISION, AND
09:54:50 OF COURSE THE VALUES THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT LIFTING UP
09:54:53 OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY, AND OUR FIVE STRATEGIC GOALS THAT THE
09:54:57 MAYOR JUST WALKED THROUGH IN HER SPEECH, ALL UNDERSCORED IN
09:54:59 THE BOTTOM BY A STRONG FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITY AND
09:55:04 RESPONSIBILITY PROGRAM THAT SERVES THIS GREAT CITY OF TAMPA.
09:55:08 AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THOSE FIVE STRATEGIC GOALS THAT WE
09:55:12 START WITH OUR SERVICE, WHICH IS REALLY WHY WE ALL EXIST.
09:55:17 STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY CENTRIC SERVICE, AND THEN WE GO INTO
09:55:20 THOSE TRANSFORMING TAMPA TOMORROW ITEMS, WORKFORCE
09:55:24 DEVELOPMENT, INCREASING OUR HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, IMPROVING
09:55:27 OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND MOBILITY, AND THE NICE WRAP AROUND OR
09:55:31 WHAT STAFF HAS CALLED THE BORDER TO ALL OF THESE PEACES OF
09:55:34 THE MOSAIC, SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE.
09:55:41 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:55:46 YOU CAN SEE THAT EACH OF THESE STRATEGIC GOALS HAVE MULTIPLE
09:55:51 SUBGOALS, IF YOU WILL, THAT LEAD US TO THESE DELIVERABLES,
09:55:54 AND THE WAY I WOULD LIKE YOU TO THINK ABOUT THIS, AT LEAST
09:55:57 METAPHORICALLY, WE TALK ABOUT THE BUSINESS, WHAT'S CALLED
09:56:01 THE IRON TRIANGLE WHERE YOU TAKE TIME, RESOURCES AND QUALITY
09:56:06 AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE BALANCED.
09:56:07 AND WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO AS YOUR GOVERNMENT IN THE
09:56:11 COMMUNITY IS TO CREATE A TRIANGLE WITH OUR BUDGET OR OUR
09:56:18 FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, WHICH REALLY TRANSLATES TO RESOURCES,
09:56:22 IS TIED TO A STRONG STRATEGIC PLAN, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY AS
09:56:25 COUNCIL HAS HEARD US SAY ALL ALONG, A GOOD ENTERPRISE
09:56:30 PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT.
09:56:31 SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A LINE
09:56:34 BETWEEN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THE RESOURCES THAT CITY COUNCIL
09:56:37 APPROVES, HOPEFULLY APPROVES AS WE GO FORWARD, TO SUPPORT
09:56:41 THE COMMUNITY, AND THEN WE WANT TO MEASURE THAT.
09:56:44 AND BY DOING THAT WE WILL STAY EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE AND
09:56:47 EQUITABLE FOR ALL NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE COMMUNITY.
09:56:50 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:56:56 WITH THAT I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MR. ROGERO WHO IS
09:56:59 GOING TO TALK THROUGH SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT YOU HEARD
09:57:01 OVER THE LAST FOUR TO FIVE MONTHS THAT THE CITY HAS FACED.
09:57:07 THANK YOU.
09:57:07 >>DENNIS ROGERO: THIS IS DENNIS ROGERO, CHIEF FINANCIAL
09:57:12 OFFICER.
09:57:13 AS YOU KNOW, FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE, THE BUDGET PROCESS FOR A
09:57:16 CITY OF THIS SIZE IS ALWAYS CHALLENGING.
09:57:19 BUT AS YOU HEARD THE MAYOR SAY, THIS BUDGET PROCESS HAS
09:57:23 ENTAILED SOME EXTRA CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PANDEMIC.
09:57:27 HERE WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO SOME DETAIL ABOUT HOW ITS
09:57:30 IMPACTED US, HOW WE THINK IT WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT US, AND
09:57:33 WHAT WE ARE DOING ABOUT IT.
09:57:34 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:57:39 YOU HAVE SEEN THIS SLIDE BEFORE DURING THE MIDYEAR
09:57:41 PRESENTATION IN MAY, AND IT'S STILL JUST AS APPLICABLE.
09:57:48 FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE BEDROCK
09:57:50 DEALING WITH A PANDEMIC.
09:57:52 PROTECTING THE PUBLIC IS THE NUMBER ONE GOAL.
09:57:54 PROTECTING YOU, ME, US, ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES, AND OUR
09:57:57 ASSETS.
09:57:58 REDUCING OUR EXPENSES WHEN NECESSARY TO SUPPORT CRITICAL
09:58:01 CORE FUNCTIONS AND MAINTAINING THAT STRONG FUND BALANCE AND
09:58:05 STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION THAT WE HAVE ENJOYED FOR SO MANY
09:58:08 YEARS.
09:58:09 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:58:15 AGAIN, AS A REFRESHER, WE HAVE APPLIED OVER $11 MILLION IN
09:58:19 BUDGET REDUCTIONS IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR IN AN EFFORT TO
09:58:22 BOLSTERING THAT FINANCIAL POSITION.
09:58:24 YOU SEE HERE THE FREEZING OF POSITIONS AND EQUIPMENT
09:58:28 PURCHASES, AND IN THE CURRENT YEAR, FISCAL YEAR 20, WE ARE
09:58:32 JUST BEGINNING TO ENJOY THE FRUITS OF THAT DEBT
09:58:36 RESTRUCTURING THAT COUNCIL APPROVED TWO MONTHS AGO.
09:58:38 AS YOU HEARD THE CHIEF OF STAFF SAY THE FISCAL YEAR 21, THAT
09:58:42 RESTRUCTURING IS GOING TO BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DOG
09:58:48 PADDLING AND DROWNING AND IT WILL ASSIST US IN FISCAL YEAR
09:58:53 2022.
09:58:55 THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN.
09:58:56 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
09:58:57 WE SEE HERE OUR LOSSES COMPARED TO WHAT WE SPENT ON
09:59:01 HURRICANE IRMA JUST A SHORT TIME AGO.
09:59:03 WE HAVE ALREADY NEARLY DOUBLED THE EXPENSES AND THE REVENUE
09:59:07 LOSSES ARE NEAR DOUBLING AGAIN, TOTALING OVER $40 MILLION OF
09:59:12 ADVERSE IMPACTS TO THIS FISCAL YEAR ALONE.
09:59:15 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:59:18 AND THIS SUMS IT UP FROM FISCAL YEAR 20 PERSPECTIVE. THIS
09:59:24 PANDEMIC HAS COME WITH SOME HEAVY HITS AND THE HITS ARE
09:59:26 LIKELY TO GET HEAVIER.
09:59:28 OUR COLLECTIVE ADVERSE IMPACT JUST FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL
09:59:31 YEAR IN OUR REVENUE IS ALMOST $24 MILLION.
09:59:36 AND IT'S NOT JUST THE $24 MILLION LOSS IN REVENUES.
09:59:42 IT'S A LOSS OF REVENUES IN THE GENERAL FUND, AS YOU KNOW, IS
09:59:45 OUR UNRESTRICTED FUND, SO WE CAN SPEND ON JUST ABOUT
09:59:49 ANYTHING WE WANT.
09:59:50 THAT'S GOING DOWN.
09:59:51 THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TAX IS ANOTHER MAJOR REVENUE SOURCE
09:59:56 ON PROJECTS SUCH AS PARKS, SIDEWALKS, AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
10:00:01 YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT ANTICIPATED IMPACT OF OVER $55
10:00:06 MILLION THIS YEAR ALONE.
10:00:07 NOW YOU HEARD ME SAY BEFORE AND I WILL SAY IT AGAIN, WE ARE
10:00:10 VERY CONFIDENT WE GET REIMBURSED FOR MOST OF OUR EXPENSES
10:00:15 IT'S PAST $20 MILLION SO FAR AND VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
10:00:19 WE WILL BE BRINGING A STATE AND PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GRANT
10:00:22 AGREEMENT BEFORE YOU IN THE NEAR FOUGHT FOR THAT
10:00:24 REIMBURSEMENT.
10:00:26 HOWEVER, AS YOU HEARD THE MAYOR SAY EARLIER, REVENUE
10:00:30 RECOVERY IS GOING TO BE VITAL, AND RIGHT NOW CANDIDLY IT'S
10:00:34 VERY, VERY IFFY, AS TALKS TAKE PLACE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
10:00:39 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:00:43 NEXT YEAR, FISCAL YEAR 2021 MORE OF THE SAME UNFORTUNATELY
10:00:48 AND LIKELY TO GET WORSE OVERALL.
10:00:50 AGAIN THE LOSS OF OUR MOST VALUABLE REVENUE, AND AGAIN WE
10:00:56 ARE DEFERRING SOME THINGS WE WANTED TO DO, AND NOT SOME
10:01:00 OTHERS AS YOU SEE HERE, TECHNOLOGY, VEHICLE REPLACEMENT AND
10:01:04 PERSONNEL COSTS ARE SIMPLY NOT FUNDED.
10:01:07 AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT, ANTICIPATED 72 MILLION-DOLLAR IMPACT
10:01:12 NEXT YEAR AND AT THE BOTTOM FOR TOTAL TWO YEAR IMPACT OF
10:01:15 OVER $127 MILLION.
10:01:18 THIS HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT.
10:01:23 NEXT SLIDE.
10:01:27 SOCIAL ACTION AND ARTS FUND.
10:01:29 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:01:32 AS YOU HEARD THE MAYOR SAY EARLIER, WE PARTNERED FOR YEARS
10:01:35 WITH MANY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO THE TUNE OF OVER $1
10:01:40 MILLION ANNUALLY.
10:01:42 WE ARE GOING TO KEEP DOING THAT, OF COURSE.
10:01:43 THEY ARE VERY VALUABLE PARTNERSHIPS.
10:01:47 AT LEAST INITIALLY WE HAVE SUBMITTED FUNDING AT THE SAME
10:01:49 AMOUNTS.
10:01:50 BUT MOVING FORWARD, WE ARE GOING TO TREAT THESE MORE LIKE
10:01:58 GRANTS, MONITORING ONLY AS THOSE AGENCIES ACHIEVE THEIR
10:02:02 OBJECTIVES AND OUTCOMES.
10:02:03 THIS IS SIMPLY GOOD BUSINESS PRACTICE.
10:02:06 AND IT'S CONSISTENT WITH OUR GOALS, ACCOUNTABILITY,
10:02:08 FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND POTENTIALLY, POTENTIALLY
10:02:12 OPENING UP OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.
10:02:14 BUT THOSE NONPROFITS OUT THERE THAT HAVE NOT ENJOYED THE
10:02:19 SAME.
10:02:19 BOTTOM LINE, IT'S ALL ABOUT WHAT RETURN ARE WE GETTING FOR
10:02:22 OUR INVESTMENT?
10:02:23 AND IS WHAT THEY ARE DOING CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S
10:02:25 MISSION AND STRATEGIC PLAN?
10:02:28 ALTERNATIVELY, THE CHIEF OF STAFF HAS SOME COMMENTS.
10:02:32 >>MARK BENTLEY: AS THE MAYOR -- AND YOU HEARD DENNIS TALK
10:02:37 ABOUT THE SOCIAL ACTION ARTS FUND, THIS IS A PROJECT WE HAVE
10:02:40 BEEN WORKING ON SOMETIME ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE ADOPTION OF
10:02:44 THE FY 20 BUDGET.
10:02:46 AND WE KNOW THAT OUR NONPROFITS HAVE BEEN HIT HARD DURING
10:02:51 THE COVID CHALLENGES, AND THE MAYOR HAS DIRECTED US TO DO
10:02:54 EVERYTHING WE COULD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TRY AND KEEP THE
10:02:57 NONPROFITS AFLOAT SO YOU WILL SEE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES STILL
10:03:01 EXIST FOR OUR OPPORTUNITY PARTNERS.
10:03:03 BUT AT THE SAME TIME, AS YOU HEARD MR. ROGERO SAY, WE WANT
10:03:07 TO ADD SOME SUPPORT AND ACCOUNTABILITY TOTAL PROCESS.
10:03:10 AND SO WHAT WE ARE PRESENTING YOU TODAY IS KIND OF A LIVING
10:03:14 LIST.
10:03:14 AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT AS THE PARTNERS APPLY AND
10:03:18 PROVIDE ACCOUNTABILITY THOSE SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT ALIGN
10:03:22 WITH THE CITY'S MISSION AND STRATEGIC PLAN, WE WILL LOOK TO
10:03:26 EITHER ADD OR MASSAGE FUNDS AS PEOPLE PRESENT WHAT WE CALL
10:03:30 LOGIC MODELS WHICH IS A VERY SIMPLE FORM TO FILL OUT THAT
10:03:34 TALKS ABOUT SOME OF THE REVENUE STREAMS GOING BACK TO THE
10:03:37 RESOURCES, AND HOW OUR MONEY OR YOUR DOLLARS AS TAXPAYERS
10:03:41 WILL SUPPORT THESE NONPROFITS, AND THEN MOVE INTO THOSE
10:03:45 DELIVERABLES, THE OUTPUTS AND OUTCOMES, WILL THEY SHOW OVER
10:03:49 EACH QUARTER?
10:03:50 SO AS COUNCIL GETS APPROACHED BY SOME OF THE NONPROFITS, BE
10:03:55 CONFIDENT THAT YOU CAN SEND THEM TO US, AND WE CAN HELP
10:03:58 LAUNCH THAT PROCESS.
10:04:00 AND AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS WILL BE A LIVING LIST.
10:04:03 SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH COUNCIL ON THIS.
10:04:05 AND I WILL TURN IT BACK OVERTON MR. ROGERO.
10:04:08 >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU, CHIEF.
10:04:12 I'LL TURN THE PRESENTATION NOW OVER TO OUR BUDGET OFFICER
10:04:15 MIKE PERRY FOR CREDIT RATINGS AND DEBT.
10:04:19 MIKE?
10:04:26 >>MICHAEL PERRY: GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
10:04:28 MIKE PERRY, CITY BUDGET OFFICER.
10:04:31 THOSE CREDIT RATINGS LOOK REALLY GOOD.
10:04:34 IT'S TAKEN A LONG TIME AND A LOT OF HARD WORK TO ACHIEVE
10:04:37 THAT.
10:04:38 AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF HARD WORK TO MAINTAIN THOSE
10:04:42 CREDIT RATING AGENCIES.
10:04:46 THE VERY TOP ONE, ISSUER CREDIT RATING IS REALLY THE REPORT
10:04:52 CARD OF THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STABILITY, WHERE WE ARE NOW.
10:04:57 YOU CAN SEE THAT WE RECEIVED ONE AAA FROM S&P WHICH IS THE
10:05:03 HIGHEST RATING A GOVERNMENT CAN ACHIEVE, AND MOODY'S AND
10:05:08 FITCH HAS ASSIGNED ONE CREDIT BELOW.
10:05:10 AGAIN IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF HARD WORK AND EFFORT TO BE
10:05:13 ABLE TO SUSTAIN THAT.
10:05:15 RECENTLY, WE JUST CLOSED ON A WATER AND SEWER BOND DEAL.
10:05:20 IT WAS THE FIRST UPGRADE FOR THIS ADMINISTRATION WHEN
10:05:24 MADDY'S AWARDED US AN AAA.
10:05:27 YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE AAA RATINGS ACROSS THE BOARD, AND
10:05:30 OUR WATER AND SEWER BONDS.
10:05:32 WE ARE ONE OF TWO FLORIDA UTILITIES TO HAVE THREE AAA
10:05:39 RATINGS AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THAT.
10:05:40 OF COURSE, THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL.
10:05:43 THANK THE PRIOR CITY COUNCIL, AND MAYOR CASTOR AND
10:05:47 ADMINISTRATION AND THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION FOR SEEING
10:05:49 THE NEED TO RAISE RATES AND IMPLEMENT THE BASE FEE IN ORDER
10:05:57 FOR US TO ACHIEVE THOSE CREDIT RATING AGENCIES, AND FOR THE
10:06:01 ABILITY TO ISSUE A BOND WHICH CLOSED ON RECENTLY.
10:06:08 NEXT SLIDE.
10:06:08 THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL.
10:06:15 FROM THE OUTSIDE WHAT THAT IS TELLING YOU IS WE HAVE A VERY
10:06:18 GOOD DEBT PROFILE.
10:06:19 THE GREEN LINE REFLECTS THE RECENTLY ISSUED WATER AND
10:06:25 WASTEWATER BONDS AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S A VERY SMOOTH SPIN
10:06:30 DOWN GOING AFTER 2054 WHICH IS WHEN THE TERM ENDS ON THE
10:06:34 MOST RECENT BOND.
10:06:35 AND THE BLUE LINE REPRESENTS THE GOVERNMENTAL BONDS.
10:06:37 AND YOU CAN SEE WE ARE PAYING OFF MORE DEBT IN THE FIRST
10:06:41 NINE YEARS BETWEEN NOW AND FISCAL YEAR 30 THAN WE ARE GOING
10:06:46 AT 2046.
10:06:47 BUT THIS ALSO SHOWS THAT OUR DEBT CAPACITY, IN ORDER TO
10:06:54 ACHIEVE THOSE GREAT THINGS THE CITY WANTS TO DO.
10:06:56 NEXT SLIDE.
10:07:02 AGAIN, THIS REFLECTS THE DEBT PROFILE FOR THE CITY.
10:07:06 YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE BLUE LINES WHICH REPRESENT THE
10:07:10 GOVERNMENTAL DEBT START DECREASING AND REALLY GOES DOWN TO
10:07:14 ABOUT THE $10 MILLION LEVEL STARTING IN 2030.
10:07:17 AND THAT REALLY SHOWS WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT DEBT CAPACITY
10:07:21 STARTING IN 2030, AND IN 2046, RIGHT NOW, BASED ON THE
10:07:26 CURRENT DEBT, WE WILL PAY OFF ALL OUR GOVERNMENTAL DEBT, AND
10:07:30 WITH THAT I WILL PASS -- I'M SORRY, NEXT SLIDE.
10:07:36 I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.
10:07:39 I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE HAD SOME RECENT
10:07:43 DEBT ISSUANCES IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
10:07:47 WE DID THE NON-AD VALOREM NOTE WHICH HAS BEEN MENTIONED
10:07:51 BEFORE, THAT $13 MILLION AND THAT $45.3 MILLION, THAT WAS
10:07:59 SIGNIFICANT, IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT PROVIDED US CASH FLOW
10:08:03 SAVINGS, SO THAT WE COULD FUND THOSE CRITICAL MISSIONS WE
10:08:10 NEEDED TO DO IN THE 2021 BUDGET AND WILL GIVE US SOME
10:08:13 SIGNIFICANT CASH OR SUFFICIENT CASH AS WE GO AND START
10:08:17 PLANNING THE 2022 BUDGET WHICH THERE ARE A LOT OF UNKNOWNS.
10:08:21 MAYOR CASTOR TALKED ABOUT ELECTRIC UTILITY TAX AND SALES
10:08:24 TAX.
10:08:25 THE BIGGEST UNKNOWN FUNDING IN 2022 IS WHAT IMPACT COVID-19
10:08:29 WILL HAVE, IF ANY, ON THE PROPERTY TAXABLE VALUES.
10:08:35 AS A REMINDER, AND DENNIS WILL TALK ABOUT THIS AS TAXABLE
10:08:39 VALUES, WENT UP 9% THIS PAST YEAR.
10:08:41 WE DON'T KNOW WHAT COVID-19'S IMPACT WILL HAVE ON THE 2022
10:08:47 TAXABLE VALUE.
10:08:49 AND THEN YOU SEE THE ISSUANCE OF $450 MILLION OF WATER AND
10:08:55 WASTEWATER BONDS, $347 MILLION NEW MONEY, AND REFUNDING OF
10:09:04 THAT $91 MILLION SAVED US OVER $14 MILLION IN INTEREST
10:09:10 PAYMENTS.
10:09:11 THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS, SO WE ARE REAL PROUD OF THE
10:09:15 TEAM THAT WE WORKED WITH TO ISSUE THE BONDS, THAT GUIDED US,
10:09:19 THAT WORKED WITH US, IN ORDER TO KEEP THOSE SAFE.
10:09:23 WE HAVE TWO DEBT ISSUANCES COMING UP IN THE NEAR FOUGHT.
10:09:27 WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING THE REFUNDING, AND SOME NEW MONEY ON
10:09:32 THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TAX.
10:09:34 THAT WILL BE OCCURRING SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, AND
10:09:38 THEN IN THE FALL -- I'M SORRY, THIS SPRING, WE ARE LOOKING
10:09:42 AT DOING ANOTHER STORMWATER OF $55 MILLION.
10:09:48 COMING UP OPEN YOUR AUGUST 20th MEETING, YOU WILL
10:09:51 ACTUALLY BE ASKED TO APPROVE A REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION FOR
10:09:57 STORMWATER PROGRAM THAT WILL ALLOW STAFF TO GO OUT FOR $110
10:10:03 MILLION OF STORMWATER PROJECTS.
10:10:05 NO IS NORMALLY PARTICIPATION OF THE DEBT ISSUANCE AND
10:10:09 REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION WILL COVER $55 MILLION AND IN THE
10:10:14 FUTURE $55 MILLION AS THE PROGRAM IN ABOUT TWO TO THREE
10:10:18 YEARS.
10:10:21 AND WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO MR. ROGERO.
10:10:24 >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU, MIKE.
10:10:30 THIS IS DENNIS AGAIN.
10:10:31 YOU KNOW, AS MR. PERRY SHARED WITH YOU, THERE HAS BEEN A
10:10:34 GREAT DEAL OF ACTIVITY VERY RECENTLY IN DEBT ISSUANCES, JUST
10:10:38 OVER HALF A BILLION DOLLARS.
10:10:40 WHEN THE ISSUANCES THAT WE WILL BE FUNDING.
10:10:42 I WANT TO REITERATE, WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT, AND WILL
10:10:46 CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO ISSUE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF
10:10:48 MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ADDITION DEBT OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS
10:10:52 BECAUSE OF OUR CREDIT RATINGS AND OUR STRONG FINANCIAL
10:10:55 POSITION.
10:10:56 MORE OVER, WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT FOR LESS MONEY.
10:11:01 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:11:05 AND NOW, COUNCIL, OUR FISCAL YEAR 2021 RECOMMENDED BUDGET.
10:11:12 IT IS BIG.
10:11:14 AS NEARLY 1.3 BILLION, AS YOU HEARD THE MAYOR SAY EARLIER,
10:11:18 IT'S THE CITY'S BIGGEST YET, AND AT A 20% INCREASE COMPARED
10:11:22 TO THE CURRENT YEAR, IT'S THE CITY'S BIGGEST INCREASE IN AT
10:11:25 LEAST A DECADE.
10:11:27 PRIMARILY DUE TO THINGS SUCH AS EXPANSION OR UTILITIES
10:11:30 CAPITAL PROJECT PROGRAM, NEGOTIATED LABOR CONTRACT,
10:11:35 ADDITIONAL STAFFING TO SUPPORT PARKS AND RECREATION
10:11:38 PROGRAMS, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.
10:11:41 INCREASE OPERATING AND CAPITAL EQUIPMENT SPENDING FOR PUBLIC
10:11:44 SAFETY, AND THE ADDITIONAL REQUIRED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
10:11:47 COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA.
10:11:49 I THINK THIS BUDGET FURTHER CONFIRMS IF ANY CONFIRMATION
10:11:55 WERE NEEDED THAT DESPITE THE CHALLENGES, WE ARE CONTINUING
10:11:57 TO MOVE AMBITIOUSLY FORWARD WITH OUR GOALS.
10:12:00 YOU SEE HERE I BREAK OUT THE MAJOR FUNDS, AND OF COURSE THE
10:12:04 BIGGEST ONES REMAIN THE GENERAL FUND AND THE ENTERPRISE
10:12:07 FUND.
10:12:07 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:12:10 AND HERE WE BREAK THOSE FUND OUT AS WE TYPICALLY DO INTO
10:12:15 THEIR PROSPECTIVE MAJOR COMPONENT.
10:12:17 ON THE LEFT, PUBLIC SAFETY, VERY LARGE PORTION OF THE
10:12:19 GENERAL FUND, PARKS AND RECREATION, ANOTHER SUBSTANTIAL
10:12:24 PORTION.
10:12:25 ROUNDED UP, PUBLIC WORKS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND CENTRAL
10:12:29 GOVERNMENT.
10:12:30 ON THE RIGHT, OF COURSE, AS PART OF THE ENTERPRISE FUND, WE
10:12:32 HAVE OUR UTILITY, PARKING, SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT, A GREAT
10:12:37 DEAL GOING ON.
10:12:38 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:12:42 ZEROING IN ON THE GENERAL FUND, AS YOU KNOW, NEAR AND DEAR
10:12:48 TO OUR HEARTS IS THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE.
10:12:49 A KEY INDICATOR OF FINANCIAL HEALTH AND AN IMPORTANT
10:12:52 BENCHMARK FOR RATING AGENCIES.
10:12:55 YOU SEE HERE ALONG THE BOTTOM WE PROJECT WE WILL HAVE TO USE
10:12:59 SOME OF OUR TO GET US THROUGH THIS FISCAL YEAR.
10:13:02 BUT WE HAVE MANAGED TO CRAFT A BUDGET NEXT YEAR THAT ALLOWS
10:13:05 US TO MAINTAIN THAT IMPORTANT 23% OF EXPENDITURES RATHER
10:13:09 THAN CONTINUING TO SPEND IT DOWN.
10:13:12 AND THIS IS I THINK WORTH NOTING.
10:13:17 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:13:19 HERE YOU SEE OUR FUND BALANCE HISTORICALLY HOVERING BETWEEN
10:13:23 23 AND 24% FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, AND INTO FISCAL YEAR
10:13:27 21.
10:13:29 IT'S A NICE PICTURE OF STABILITY.
10:13:31 WE HAVE CONTINUED TO REFERENCE, AND WE REFERENCE THAT WITH
10:13:34 THE RATING AGENCIES, AND THEY APPRECIATE THAT SAVINGS
10:13:39 ACCOUNT.
10:13:41 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:13:45 COUNCIL, THE NEXT FEW SLIDES HIGHLIGHT OUR 3-YEAR AGREEMENTS
10:13:49 WITH THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING UNIT.
10:13:51 YOU SEE HERE THE AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNITION, THE MERIT PAY
10:13:57 RAISE, $15 AN HOUR MINIMUM PAY, WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THAT,
10:14:00 AND AT THE BOTTOM, OVERWHELMING CONTRACT APPROVAL RATING.
10:14:04 YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THOSE ENTHUSIASTIC APPROVALS FOR ALL
10:14:08 THREE.
10:14:09 AND I THINK THAT REFLECTS VERY WELL ON THE DISCUSSIONS,
10:14:11 NEGOTIATIONS AND THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE ALL NURTURED LAST
10:14:15 YEAR, THIS YEAR, AS WE HAVE LOCKED IN THESE THREE-YEAR
10:14:20 CONTRACTS FOR ALL THE UNIONS.
10:14:22 VERY SUCCESSFUL DIALOGUE.
10:14:24 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:14:29 NEXT UP, THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS AND
10:14:32 THEIR AGREEMENT HIGHLIGHTS.
10:14:34 YOU SEE THEIR NEGOTIATED STEP PAY INCREASES, THE HEALTH CARE
10:14:39 TRUST THAT THEY ARE VENTURING INTO, THE PBA THAT WILL KICK
10:14:42 OFF NEXT YEAR, SPECIAL PAY INCREASES AND REIMBURSEMENT, AND
10:14:46 ONCE AGAIN A VERY SUCCESSFUL APPROVAL RATING TO THE
10:14:49 CONTRACT.
10:14:50 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:14:58 IS THE POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION AND THEIR HIGHLIGHTS.
10:15:01 THEIR PAY INCREASES, SPECIAL PAY, INCLUSION OF LEAVE,
10:15:07 SPECIAL EVENTS, AND THE CONTRACT APPROVAL RATING.
10:15:10 I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THESE ALSO BECAUSE THESE ARE MULTIYEAR
10:15:13 CONTRACTS.
10:15:14 THEY INVOLVE THE SPECIAL PAYS AND THE INCREASES THAT THE
10:15:19 MAYOR DISCUSSED THAT YOU SEE.
10:15:20 IT'S GOING TO COST MORE MONEY GOING FORWARD, BUT THE FACT
10:15:24 THAT WE HAVE GOT A BLUEPRINT, AND WE KNOW WHAT THOSE
10:15:27 INCREASES ARE GOING TO BE FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
10:15:38 (NO AUDIO).
10:15:42 NEXT UP IS OUR GRANTS PROGRAM.
10:16:02 THIS PROGRAM HAS REALLY MATURED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS AS
10:16:05 WE ALIGNED OUR EFFORTS NOT ONLY WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION BUT
10:16:08 AS YOU SEE ALSO WITH OUR STRATEGIC GOAL.
10:16:10 AND IT'S AN AMBITIOUS PROGRAM.
10:16:13 WE PLAN ON NEARLY $282 MILLION WORTH OF GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
10:16:18 NEXT YEAR.
10:16:18 THIS YEAR WE ARE AWAITING NOTIFICATION OF AWARDS FOR $42
10:16:22 MILLION THAT WE HAVE ALREADY APPLIED FOR.
10:16:24 AGAIN, IT'S COORDINATING INTERNALLY AND LEVERAGING THOSE
10:16:28 EFFORTS WITH POTENTIAL OUTSIDE PARTNERS.
10:16:32 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:16:36 AS YOU KNOW, BALANCING THIS BUDGET AND MAINTAINING HOUR FUND
10:16:40 BALANCE DOESN'T COME WITHOUT SOME TRADEOFFS.
10:16:43 BEEN FORCED TO REDUCE IN SOME OF THESE AREAS.
10:16:45 YOU SEE THE SLIDES, FREEZING POSITIONS, REDUCING CONTRACTUAL
10:16:49 SERVICES, REDUCING TRAVEL AND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE LIKE
10:16:53 TO DO BUT WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO IN FISCAL YEAR 21.
10:16:56 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:16:58 THESE ARE THE DEFERRALS, THINGS WE HOPE TO FUND, AS WE SEE
10:17:05 WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND THE REVENUE
10:17:08 RECOVERY.
10:17:08 YOU SEE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE DOING
10:17:12 RIGHT NOW WITH TECHNOLOGY, VEHICLE REPLACEMENT, PERSONNEL
10:17:16 COSTS.
10:17:17 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:17:22 WE TURN OUR ATTENTION TO THE PENSION FUNDS NEXT.
10:17:26 AS YOU HEARD THE MAYOR SAY, WE ARE CONTINUING THE HISTORY,
10:17:29 THE CITY'S HISTORY OF COMMITMENT TO OUR PENSION FUNDS, FULLY
10:17:32 FUNDING THE ANNUAL REQUIRED CONTRIBUTION AS WE ALWAYS HAVE
10:17:37 AND ALWAYS WILL.
10:17:38 YOU HEARD US SAY BEFORE THAT WE HAVE NEVER TAKEN A PENSION
10:17:42 HOLIDAY, WHICH INVOLVES SKIPPING AN ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION, AND
10:17:46 ESPECIALLY IN TIMES LIKE THIS, CANDIDLY, THE TEMPTATION,
10:17:50 IT'S THERE, BECAUSE THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY.
10:17:54 AS A RESULT, FROM THE STEWARDSHIP, THOUGH, THE FIRE, POLICE
10:17:58 PENSION FUND REMAINS IN GREAT SHAPE AT NEARLY 95 FUNDED.
10:18:02 THIS PUTS IT AT THE UPPER ECHELON OF PENSION FUNDS ACROSS
10:18:05 THE COUNTRY.
10:18:06 YOU SEE IT'S COSTING US MOWER NEXT YEAR, AS WHAT WE
10:18:10 CONTRIBUTE IS SUBJECT TO A NUMBER OF FACTORS INCLUDING
10:18:13 RETURN ON INVESTMENTS.
10:18:14 THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE WATCH THE MARKETS.
10:18:18 ACT ACTUARIAL COMPLICATIONS AND -- COMPENSATIONS AND COSTS.
10:18:23 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:18:25 YOU SEE HERE THE GENERAL EMPLOYEES PENSION FUND, ALSO VERY
10:18:28 WELL FUNDED AT NEARLY 90% AND REMAINS OWN LEVEL NEXT YEAR.
10:18:34 I WANT TO REEMPHASIZE OUR PENSION FUNDS ARE VERY
10:18:37 WELL-ROUNDED AND WE HAVE A HISTORY, REALLY DO, OF VERY GOOD
10:18:41 STEWARDSHIP.
10:18:43 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:18:46 ANNUAL HEALTH CARE COSTS.
10:18:48 AS WE HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS,
10:18:52 AGAIN HIGHLIGHT OUR CITY HEALTH PLAN SUCCESSES.
10:18:55 YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS CHART FROM PREVIOUS YEARS, AND
10:18:58 OUR COMPARISON TO THE NATIONAL HEALTH CARE COSTS IS VERY
10:19:05 POPULAR.
10:19:05 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:19:10 OUR CONTINUING EMPHASIS PENSIONS FOR OUR FAMILY CONTINUES TO
10:19:19 PAY OFF.
10:19:20 YOU HEARD THE PHRASE, PROBABLY A LITTLE TOO OFTEN THESE
10:19:24 DAYS, BUT THIS IS TRULY A WIN-WIN PROPOSITION.
10:19:28 IT SAVES CITY MONEY.
10:19:29 IT SAVES OUR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES MONEY.
10:19:31 AND IT CONTRIBUTES TO AN IMPROVED HEALTH AND WELL-BEING.
10:19:37 AT THE BOTTOM YOU SEE OUR CONTINUING EFFORT TO OPENING A
10:19:40 THIRD CLINIC TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE SERVICES MORE OFTEN.
10:19:44 OUR CLINICS ARE VERY POPULAR, AND THEY PAID OFF.
10:19:47 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:19:53 AND YOU SEE SOME OF THE STATISTICS THERE.
10:19:55 I WILL DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION IF I MAY TO THE LOWER HALF, THE
10:19:58 IMPROVEMENTS IN HEALTH AS I HAD FADE BY METRICS.
10:20:03 BODY MASS INDEX, DIABETES LEVELS, BLOOD PRESSURE, BAD
10:20:08 CHOLESTEROL, VERY IMPRESSIVE AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THAT.
10:20:11 HOPE YOU ARE, TOO.
10:20:13 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:20:16 EMPLOYEE POPULATION RATIO COMPARISON.
10:20:18 YOU SEE HERE THAT SINCE THE GREAT RECESSION, THE CITY HAS
10:20:21 CONTINUED TO REDUCE OUR RATIO OF EMPLOYEES TO POPULATION TO
10:20:26 THE LOWEST NOW AMONG SOME SIMILAR CITIES INCLUDING OUR GOOD
10:20:30 FRIEND ACROSS THE BAY, DOWN THE I-4 CORRIDOR TO ORLANDO,
10:20:33 FT. LAUDERDALE, AND TALLAHASSEE.
10:20:35 NOW, THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF COURSE, AND NOT BY ANY MEANS AN
10:20:40 EXHAUSTIVE PICTURE.
10:20:42 BUT AS WE CONTINUE TO SAY WE ARE DOING MORE WITH LESS, I
10:20:45 THINK THIS PAINTS A VERY SUPPORTIVE PICTURE OF THEM.
10:20:48 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:20:51 AND YOU SEE THAT JUST PRIOR TO THE GREAT RECESSION, 2007, WE
10:20:59 WERE OVER 5,000 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES, AND THEN OF COURSE AS
10:21:04 THE GREAT RECESSION HIT WE DRASTIC LIP REDUCED THE NUMBER OF
10:21:07 POSITIONS.
10:21:08 WE STAYED STABLE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND YOU CAN SEE 2018,
10:21:13 2019, ESPECIALLY 2020 AND 2021, THEY START GOING UP.
10:21:18 THE CURRENT YEAR, 2020, THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IS
10:21:22 PRIMARILY ASSOCIATED WITH OUR TAKEOVER OF THE WASTE TO
10:21:26 ENERGY FACILITY AT MACKAY BAY.
10:21:29 NOT TO MENTION, WE JUST ISSUED ALL OF THAT DEBT.
10:21:32 WE ARE GOING TO NEED RESOURCES AND PEOPLE TO CONTINUE WITH
10:21:35 THE PIPES PROGRAM.
10:21:37 SO THAT UPTICK IS PRIMARILY ASSOCIATED WITH OUR EXPANSION
10:21:40 AND OUR CONTINUING ADDITIONS TO DO WHAT WE PUT OFF FOR SO
10:21:45 LONG.
10:21:47 IN 2021, THE INCREASE THERE IS PRIMARILY ASSOCIATED WITH
10:21:52 FIRE DEPARTMENT, FIREFIGHTERS, AND SERVICE PERSONNEL AT
10:21:56 PARKS AND RECREATION AS WE TRY TO PROVIDE, AS YOU HEARD THE
10:22:00 CHIEF OF STAFF SAY, AN INCREASING LEVEL OF SERVICE FOR THE
10:22:03 MANY ACTIVITIES WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
10:22:06 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:22:10 HERE IS A POSITION SUMMARY.
10:22:11 AGAIN, EVEN THOUGH IF YOU GO TO THE FILE FISCAL 20-21,
10:22:17 4,666.
10:22:19 IT IS STILL NECESSARILY 400 POSITIONS LESS THAN PRIOR TO THE
10:22:23 GREAT RECESSION AT THE TOP THERE IN 2007.
10:22:28 I WILL TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF OF STAFF NOW FOR COMMENT ON
10:22:32 POSITIONS.
10:22:33 >>MARK BENTLEY: CHIEF OF STAFF.
10:22:35 I JUST WANT TO OFFER CITY COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC, I KNOW ON
10:22:40 THE AGENDA LATER TODAY, WHICH I WILL BE ADDRESSING THAT
10:22:43 ITEM, THAT COUNCIL HAD MADE A MOTION FOR CHIEF DIVERSITY
10:22:47 OFFICER.
10:22:48 I JUST WANTED TO CALL OUT THAT THAT POSITION IS NOT IN THIS
10:22:51 SUMMARY AT THIS TIME BECAUSE THE FTE COUNT HAD SEVERAL AS
10:22:55 PART OF THE BUDGET PRESENTATION WHEN THE MOTION WAS MADE, SO
10:22:57 I WILL ADDRESS THAT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE
10:23:02 TRANSPARENT ABOUT THAT POSITION THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED LATER
10:23:05 THIS AFTERNOON, AND WE KNOW THAT THE BUDGET PROCESS GOES
10:23:08 FROM NOW ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE UPPER HEARINGS.
10:23:11 SO I WANTED TO CALL ATTENTION TO THAT POSITION AND HONOR
10:23:14 COUNCIL'S MOTION THAT I WILL ADDRESS LATER TODAY.
10:23:16 THANK YOU.
10:23:17 AND I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO MR. ROGERO.
10:23:19 >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU, CHIEF.
10:23:22 COUNCIL, THIS IS DENNIS AGAIN.
10:23:23 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:23:27 AND FINALLY, BEFORE YOU IS OUR RECOMMENDED $1.3 BILLION FIVE
10:23:33 YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
10:23:35 THE TO GO ALONG WITH OUR NEARLY 1.3 BILLION RECOMMENDED
10:23:39 BUDGET.
10:23:40 AS YOU HEARD US SAY, THERE IS A GREAT DEAL TAKING PLACE, AND
10:23:43 YET TO TAKE PLACE IN THIS CITY.
10:23:48 AS I AM SURE YOU EXPECTED IT WILL BE NO SURPRISE THE
10:23:50 EMPHASIS IS OVERWHELMINGLY ON INFRASTRUCTURE, WASTEWATER,
10:23:54 WATER, STORMWATER, SOLID WASTE, FACILITY MANAGEMENT.
10:23:59 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:24:02 AS WE HAVE DONE FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS, AND WILL CONTINUE TO
10:24:06 DO, WE AGAIN PROVIDED MAPS FOR ALL FOUR DISTRICTS, AND
10:24:11 TAKING PLACE NEXT FISCAL YEAR IN EACH OF THEM.
10:24:15 THE FIRST DISTRICT 4, AND AS WITH EACH DISTRICT, VARIOUS
10:24:19 PROJECTS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE AT THE
10:24:22 TOP.
10:24:23 AND ALSO A GREAT DEAL OF FLOODING AND MOBILITY.
10:24:26 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:24:30 IN DISTRICT 5, THE PROJECT THE MAYOR SHOW ABOUT, ALSO THE
10:24:34 CONVENTION CENTER AND OLD CITY HALL.
10:24:38 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:24:41 DISTRICT 6, THE RIVER CREST BOARDWALK, SEAWALL AND DOCK
10:24:46 PROJECT AND MOBILITY AND STORMWATER PROJECT.
10:24:49 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:24:53 AND IN DISTRICT 7, THE INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND, FOREST HILLS,
10:24:57 THE BABIES ZAHARIAS GOLF COURSE AND MOBILITY AND FIRE
10:25:02 STATION NUMBER 24.
10:25:03 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:25:08 AS CHIEF OF STAFF SAID EARLIER IN OUR CONTINUING EFFORTS AT
10:25:11 SUSTAINABILITY AND GOING GREEN, THE BUDGET BOOKS ARE
10:25:13 AVAILABLE HERE AT THIS SITE.
10:25:16 JUST A QUICK SUMMARY.
10:25:17 WE APPRECIATE COUNCIL'S EFFORTS DURING THIS YEAR'S
10:25:20 CHALLENGES.
10:25:20 WE REALLY DO THANK YOU.
10:25:23 WE HAVE AS YOU HAVE SEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE
10:25:25 CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PANDEMIC, BUT WE ARE IN
10:25:29 BETTER SHAPE THAN SO MANY OTHER LOCALITIES OUT THERE.
10:25:32 WE REALLY ARE.
10:25:34 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, COUNCIL.
10:25:35 THAT ENDS THE PRESENTATION.
10:25:39 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CHAIR.
10:26:29 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:26:31 WE WILL CONTINUE NOW.
10:26:32 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I CAN.
10:26:33 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD.
10:26:35 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU.
10:26:36 GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
10:26:39 MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
10:26:41 I WOULD LIKE TO STATE FOR THE RECORD THAT BECAUSE OF THE
10:26:45 COVID-19 STATE OF EMERGENCY, THIS VIRTUAL MEETING, YOUR
10:26:48 FIRST VIDEO MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, IS BEING HELD IN
10:26:51 ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECLARATIONS AND PROVISIONS OF THE
10:26:53 GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER 20-69 AS EXTENDED BY EO 179 AND
10:27:01 BY CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NUMBER 2020-25.
10:27:05 IT IS CONDUCTED BY REMOTE PARTICIPATION OF TELECONFERENCING
10:27:10 WHICH IS REFERRED TO BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA STATUTES AND
10:27:12 RULES AS COMMUNICATION MEDIA TECHNOLOGY.
10:27:18 THE PUBLIC HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE ALTERNATIVE METHODS
10:27:21 THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR PARTICIPATING IN TODAY'S
10:27:25 MEETING, TO OFFER PUBLIC COMMENT, AND COMMENTS AS
10:27:30 NON-QUASI-JUDICIAL PUBLIC HEARINGS, SCHEDULED FOR THIS
10:27:34 MORNING.
10:27:35 YOU WILL HEAR FROM THE CITY CLERK WILL PROVIDE THE LIVE
10:27:39 COMMENTS AND THE APPRAISE RECORDED VOICE MAIL, E-MAILS AND
10:27:44 OTHER WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO CITY
10:27:46 COUNCIL, AND WILL BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD OF TODAY'S
10:27:54 MEETINGS.
10:27:54 COUNCIL, WITH REGARD TO PUBLIC COMMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO
10:27:59 REMIND SPEAKERS WHO ARE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING THE ITEMS ON
10:28:06 THE AGENDA THAT AT THE START OF THE MEETING WILL ONLY BE
10:28:10 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO COMMENT ON
10:28:12 ANY OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT ARE SCHEDULED THIS MORNING,
10:28:15 PLEASE HOLD YOUR COMMENTS UNTIL PUBLIC HEARING IS OPENED AND
10:28:18 YOU WILL THEN BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
10:28:22 COUNCIL, I BELIEVE THAT IS IT.
10:28:24 THERE ARE SOME CHANGES TO THE AGENDA.
10:28:30 THESE CORRECTIONS NEED TO BE MADE.
10:28:32 WHEN YOU GET TO THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THAT WITH
10:28:35 YOU.
10:28:35 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:28:36 WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:28:39 WE WILL START WITH ANYONE THAT IS LIVE AT THE TAMPA
10:28:40 CONVENTION CENTER FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:28:45 YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK, IF WE COULD CONNECT DO
10:28:48 THAT FEED, I WILL BE BEGIN THE CLOCK, MONITOR THE TIME AT
10:28:54 THREE MINUTES.
10:28:56 CLERK?
10:28:57 >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT SPEAKER AT THE
10:29:00 CONVENTION CENTER.
10:29:01 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
10:29:09 IF THE FIRST PERSON WILL STATE YOUR NAME.
10:29:12 I WILL BEGIN THE CLOCK.
10:29:13 YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
10:29:14 >> MY NAME IS RANISHA FLOYD, BORN AND RAISED HERE IN TAMPA.
10:29:24 I WOULD LIKE TO CALL FOR THE DEFUNDING OF THE TPD BUDGET.
10:29:47 I HAVE THEM IN WRITING BUT AFTER THE MAYOR'S PRESENTATION, I
10:29:51 HAVE SOME OTHER WORDS BUT I GUESS I CAN STATE THEM NOW AS
10:29:56 WELL.
10:29:58 YOUR FACILITIES HAVE EVERYTHING TO DO WITH YOUR INABILITY
10:30:07 WHERE BLACK PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY CONCERNED.
10:30:09 YOUR INABILITY TO IMAGINE A WORLD WITHOUT POLICE HAS
10:30:12 EVERYTHING TO DO WITH YOUR INABILITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE A ROLE
10:30:15 FOR BLACK PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY TAKEN CARE OF.
10:30:18 THAT'S WHAT THAT IS.
10:30:20 YOU ARE IN A POSITION NOW WHERE PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE ME ARE
10:30:26 FULLY TAKEN CARE OF AND YOU DON'T NEED PUBLIC CONSENSUS FOR
10:30:36 THAT.
10:30:37 THE POLICE WITH THEIR HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICE, BECAUSE
10:30:47 (DISTORTION).
10:30:49 YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I AM UP AGAINST.
10:30:56 YOU CANNOT EVEN THINK BEYOND YOUR LITTLE OFFICE FOR ONE
10:30:59 SECOND FOR THE WAY THE COUNTRY IS UP RIGHT NOW WILL NEVER BE
10:31:04 ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF US.
10:31:05 AND WHITE SUPREMACY SO MUCH SO THAT YOU HAVE THE AUDACITY,
10:31:15 AND DON'T SAY ANYTHING -- OUR LIVES.
10:31:23 MINE THE POLICE ARE NOT EQUIPPED.
10:31:29 YOU SAID YOURSELF YOU ARE TASKED -- (DISTORTION)
10:31:37 PROBABLY MORE ABOUT HOW THEY ARE EQUIPPED TO END VIOLENCE.
10:31:41 HOW ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE 30 MILLION FROM THE POLICE
10:31:47 DEPARTMENT, BUT YOU ARE NOT FOOLING ME.
10:31:51 NONE OF YOU ARE.
10:31:54 YOU CONTINUE THE SUPPRESSION OF BLACK PEOPLE, AND LET'S BE
10:31:58 CLEAR, THE BUDGET THAT MAYOR CASTOR HAS PRESENTED DOES THE
10:32:07 EXACT SAME THING.
10:32:19 ME, A BLACK WOMAN, I KNOW
10:32:29 BUT I HOPE YOU ARE AWARE OF THE DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE.
10:32:40 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:32:45 ALL RIGHT.
10:32:46 NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
10:32:47 I BELIEVE YOU SAID THERE WAS ONLY ONE LIVE SPEAKER AT TCC SO
10:32:55 WE WILL GO TO THE PEOPLE REGISTERED TO CALL IN.
10:32:58 IS THAT CORRECT?
10:32:59 >>THE CLERK: THAT'S CORRECT.
10:33:00 THE NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE IS CRAIG FOX.
10:33:04 IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, PLEASE UNMUTE YOUR LINE.
10:33:06 YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
10:33:06 >> THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
10:33:09 SO REALLOCATION IS SOMETHING WE ALL NEED TO PAY ATTENTION
10:33:19 TO.
10:33:20 IN 1967 IN PENNSYLVANIA DISTRICT THE FREEDOM HOUSE SERVICE
10:33:24 WAS THE VERY FIRST EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE CREATED IN
10:33:26 AMERICA, AND CREATED WERE FRUSTRATED FROM MOST RECENT
10:33:34 BECAUSE OF NO MEDICAL TRAINING REQUIRED.
10:33:36 SO THAT WAS -- AND A 12 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, A SIMILAR
10:33:41 INCIDENT, WORKED WITH THE COMMUNITY, MANY WHO HAD NO HIGH
10:33:46 SCHOOL DIPLOMA AND TRAINED THEM.
10:33:50 IT WAS SO GOOD AT THE TIME THAT THE POLICE OFFICERS
10:33:53 REQUESTED THEIR SERVICE TO RESPOND TO MEDICAL INCIDENTS IN
10:33:56 THE BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:33:57 UNFORTUNATELY, FIRE DEPARTMENTS LACK MEDICAL TRAINING STATE
10:34:02 WIDE AND THE CITY HAS TO REALLOCATE STATE FUND.
10:34:06 CITY HAS TO REALLOCATE FUNDS TO CREATED A SEPARATE SERVICE.
10:34:10 SO LET ME TALK ABOUT REALLOCATION.
10:34:13 WE HAVE PLENTY OF EXAMPLES GOING NATIONWIDE NOW.
10:34:17 IN CALIFORNIA, THE OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY, ABOUT $12
10:34:22 MILLION A YEAR, REDUCED VIOLENCE BY 60%.
10:34:26 BY 60%.
10:34:28 BY WORKING WITH THE BLACK YOUTH, AND WORK WITH THE BLACK AND
10:34:33 BROWN YOUTH, AND IT REDUCED GUN VIOLENCE BY 60%.
10:34:38 ANOTHER EXAMPLE IN OREGON, IT ONLY COST CITIZEN 2 MILLION A
10:34:42 YEAR, REDUCED 20% 911 CALLS AND MEDICALLY TRAINED
10:34:50 RESPONDERS.
10:34:51 ANOTHER EXAMPLE IN BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, REPLACED THEIR
10:34:55 POLICE WITH UNARMED CITIZENS.
10:34:57 WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT BLACK LIVES LIKE SANDRA BLACK, LIKE
10:35:02 CASTEEL, LIKE SO MANY BLACK PEOPLE.
10:35:11 OF THE PREVIOUS CALLER, REDUCE THE POLICE BUDGET AND REDUCE
10:35:16 COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAM, YOU ALL NEED TO REDUCE THE GENERAL
10:35:21 POPULATION BY REDUCING UNNECESSARY ARRESTS FOR NONVIOLENT
10:35:24 OFFENSES AND TPD OFFICERS, BECAUSE YOU ALL NEED TO REPLACE
10:35:32 THE CURRENT POLICE CHIEF, BECAUSE HAS RESULTED IN A 40%
10:35:37 INCREASE AND 24% INCREASE AND A 223% INCREASE IN USE OF
10:35:44 CHEMICAL AGENTS ON CITIZENS.
10:35:46 JUST BECAUSE VIOLENT CRIME HAS GONE DOWN DOES NOT MEAN YOU
10:35:49 SHOULD VOTE ON.
10:35:51 THERE ARE OTHER NONVIOLENT WAYS.
10:35:54 I LOVE EAST TAMPA.
10:35:55 I LOVE MY COMMUNITY.
10:35:56 I WOULD HOPE THAT EVERYBODY DOESN'T TAKE THE BUDGET AND
10:36:01 RUBBER STAMP IT.
10:36:02 I LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING WITH YOU FURTHER WITH THIS.
10:36:05 THANK YOU.
10:36:05 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:36:07 NEXT SPEAKER.
10:36:08 >>THE CLERK: THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ANGEL D'ANGELO.
10:36:12 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:36:13 MY NAME IS ANGEL D'ANGELO AND I WAS BORN IN TAMPA, FLORIDA.
10:36:19 I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE CITY, BY THE WAY.
10:36:21 SOME OF YOU ARE UPSIDE DOWN.
10:36:23 I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED IN MAYOR CASTOR'S PRESENTATION BUT NOT
10:36:26 SURPRISED.
10:36:27 I REALLY THOUGHT THE LAST MAYOR THAT WAS ELECTED AS A WHITE
10:36:32 MUNICIPAL PARTY, BUT JANE CASTOR HAS REVISED THAT.
10:36:35 I AM NOT SURPRISED.
10:36:36 JANE CASTOR SAID A LOT OF WONDERFUL THINGS, LEAD BY EXAMPLE.
10:36:40 LET'S HOPE THIS CITY COUNCIL WILL BE BOLD AND COURAGEOUS AND
10:36:43 LEAD BY EXAMPLE.
10:36:45 YOU ARE LEGACY AND HISTORY IS DETERMINED NOW.
10:36:48 DON'T LOOK BACK IN TIME TO SAY WHAT YOU DID OR DIDN'T DO
10:36:52 BECAUSE IT WILL BE SHORT TO TELL YOUR LEGACY TO YOUR
10:36:56 GRANDKIDS.
10:36:57 JANE CASTOR, I GUESS ARTHUR GREEN JR. DIDN'T GET THAT WHEN
10:37:05 SHE WAS POLICE CHIEF NOR DID SIDNEY RICHARDSON UNDER DUGAN
10:37:09 OR UNDER JANE CASTOR -- (AUDIO DISTORTION).
10:37:19 AND JANE CASTOR KNOWS THAT BECAUSE SHE RAN THE MOST RACIST
10:37:23 POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTRY.
10:37:27 LESS THAN 40% OF VIOLENT CRIMES OF MURDER, RAPE, ET CETERA.
10:37:32 WHAT THEY ARE BEING PAID TO DO IS HARASS BLACK AND BROWN,
10:37:35 POOR DISABLED AND TRANS PEOPLE.
10:37:37 WE ARE CALLING FOR AT LEAST 19% OF THE BUDGET BEING
10:37:41 ALLOCATED AND TPD TO BE MOVED INTO COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, AND
10:37:44 YOU AS CITY COUNCIL NEED TO DO THE WORK FOR THE BLACK AND
10:37:48 BROWN COMMUNITY, NOT JUST SHOW UP AND SAY THINGS THAT YOU
10:37:51 LIKE, BUT I DO ASK THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT WE HAVE BEEN
10:37:57 TALKING ABOUT.
10:38:00 DREAM DEFENDERS AS WELL AS BLM AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TALKING
10:38:05 TO YOU ALL SO YOU ARE NOT SURPRISED, YOU ARE NOT SHOCKED,
10:38:08 THIS ISN'T NEW.
10:38:10 WE HAVE ALTERNATIVES.
10:38:11 WE NEED TO GET RID OF POLICE CHIEF DUGAN.
10:38:14 HE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE.
10:38:18 PROTESTORS AND ACTIVISTS AND USE OF FORCE UP 24% SINCE HE'S
10:38:23 BEEN POLICE CHIEF.
10:38:24 I AM TIRED OF PAYING MY TAX DOLLARS FOR POLICE CHIEF.
10:38:34 DO WHAT YOU WERE ELECTED TO DO.
10:38:44 LOITERING, PUBLIC INTOXICATION, IT IS NOT A CRIME.
10:38:50 IT IS A WASTE OF OUR MONEY AND TIME, AND YOURS AS WELL.
10:38:54 YOU NEED TO TAKE SOME BOLD ACTION NOW.
10:38:56 THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE A TAMPA THAT WE CAN BE PROUD OF, NOT
10:39:00 ASHAMED.
10:39:01 WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THE BEACON OF DIVERSITY, AND WE ARE
10:39:03 NOT.
10:39:04 WE HAVE TWO TAMPAS.
10:39:05 WE HAVE -- I WANT TO HAVE ONE TAMPA WHERE EVERYBODY THRIVES.
10:39:16 WE ARE NOT BOLD ENOUGH TO SPEAK UP AGAINST MAYOR JANE
10:39:19 CASTOR.
10:39:24 DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THIS CITY AND IF WE ARE GOING TO SEE
10:39:30 THESE CHANGES IN THIS WORLD ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
10:39:32 REMEMBER THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
10:39:34 A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT WE WOULDN'T WIN.
10:39:36 AND WHAT ARE WE SAYING ABOUT HIM NOW?
10:39:39 WHO DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS?
10:39:43 THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:39:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:39:44 NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
10:39:45 >>THE CLERK: THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JOSEPH McLENNAN.
10:39:52 IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, PLEASE UNMUTE YOUR LINE.
10:39:54 YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
10:39:55 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD.
10:40:03 JOSEPH McLENNAN.
10:40:05 >>THE CLERK: HIT UNMUTE.
10:40:17 WE'LL GO BACK TO HIM.
10:40:18 WE HAVE JUSTIN COFFIE.
10:40:24 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:40:25 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND SERVICE.
10:40:28 I COME TO YOU AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN.
10:40:32 THE THREE SPEAKERS, THEY MENTIONED NAMES THINGS THAT I
10:40:34 DEFINITELY AGREE WITH.
10:40:35 THE RHETORIC THAT WAS EXPRESSED TODAY BY THE MAYOR ABOUT US
10:40:39 WORKING TOGETHER, LEADING BY EXAMPLE, BEING COMMUNITY
10:40:42 CENTRIC, THESE ARE ALL IMPORTANT THINGS.
10:40:44 BUT IF WE ARE REALLY LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE AND FOCUSING ON
10:40:48 THEIR DEMANDS, WE KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
10:40:51 AND A STATEMENT THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO DEFUND POLICE IS
10:40:55 NOT THE ANSWER.
10:40:56 SO THE DEMANDS THAT I AM PROPOSING TODAY IS A HIRING FREEZE
10:41:02 ON TPD, SWORN OFFICER CAP OF 900 OFFICERS, A 5% CUT TO THE
10:41:11 PAY SCALE MINIMUMS, AND MAXIMUMS AT EACH POSITION, AND THE
10:41:16 ESTIMATED SAVINGS TO THESE PROPOSALS ARE 100 LESS OFFICERS
10:41:21 WOULD RESULT IN A RANGE OF 7.5 MILLION TO 10 MILLION JUST IN
10:41:26 SALARY SAVINGS, NOT INCLUDING PENSION, AND BENEFITS.
10:41:30 SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, REDUCING THE JAIL POPULATION, WHICH
10:41:36 IS WHAT THE OTHER SPEAKER SAID, AND I THINK THAT A FOCUS ON
10:41:43 TRANSPORTATION, HOME OWNERSHIP, INFRASTRUCTURE AND MOBILITY,
10:41:48 THESE ARE ALL GREAT THINGS, BUT THIS ALL HAS TO BE DONE WITH
10:41:52 THE PEOPLE IN LINE WITH THE PEOPLE'S INPUT, THE PEOPLE
10:41:56 CANNOT BE PART OF CHANGES BEING MADE, THE CHANGES TO THE
10:42:05 BUDGET IS UNACCEPTABLE AND AS THE MAYOR SAID THE POLICE ARE
10:42:09 BEING ASKED TO DO TOO MUCH.
10:42:10 SO I THINK WE NEED TO REALLOCATE TO SOCIAL SERVICES SUCH AS
10:42:16 AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, ET CETERA.
10:42:21 ANOTHER CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS MAKING VOTING SAFE FOR PEOPLE
10:42:30 AND I WANT TO PUT THAT ON RECORD, THINK ABOUT WAYS TO
10:42:32 INCREASE THE SAFETY FOR PEOPLE GOING TO VOTE, AND WITH THAT,
10:42:36 I YIELD MY TIME.
10:42:37 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:42:40 NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
10:42:42 >>THE CLERK: NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE IS DEBBIE KING.
10:42:44 IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, PLEASE UNMUTE YOUR LINE.
10:42:47 YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
10:42:49 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DEBBY KING.
10:42:57 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
10:42:59 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:43:00 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:43:01 IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL.
10:43:05 I AM DEBBIE KING, WITH FAMILIA BOCA, NONPROFIT, AND WE WORK
10:43:14 ON ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY.
10:43:17 SO I'M SURE YOU KNOW THIS.
10:43:20 IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE PRIORITIES NO SOCIETY YOU GO TO THE
10:43:23 BUDGET.
10:43:24 AND WHO IS INCLUDED IN MAKING THOSE BUDGETING DECISIONS.
10:43:27 I AM HERE TO URGE YOU TO LISTEN TO ALL RESIDENTS OF TAMPA
10:43:30 AND NOT PRIORITIZE THE RICH OR PRIVILEGED.
10:43:34 SO MAYOR CASTOR MENTIONED SAFETY A LOT.
10:43:37 THE SAFETY IS A PRIORITY, THAT OUR BUDGET MILITARIZES THE
10:43:43 POLICE, AND DOES NOT GO FAR ENOUGH TO ADDRESS CLIMATE
10:43:47 CHANGE.
10:43:48 SO WE SUPPORT THE OTHER COMMENTERS INFORMATION ON WHAT
10:43:53 DEFUNDING THE POLICE IS.
10:43:55 AND TO BE CLEAR FOR FOLKS WHO ARE SCARED OF THAT, DEFUNDING
10:43:59 POLICE IS SIMPLY SHRINKING THE SCOPE OF POLICE
10:44:02 RESPONSIBILITIES TO THEIR TRUE MEANING, AND MOST OF WHAT THE
10:44:05 CITY DOES FOR SAFETY TO MEET THOSE NEEDS.
10:44:11 SO WE NEED TO MOVE AT LEAST 19% OF THE BUDGET, SERVICES THAT
10:44:15 ARE RECOMMENDED BY BLACK INDIGENOUS AND OTHER PEOPLE OF
10:44:18 COLOR LIKE ARTISIA.
10:44:23 WE ARE AT A REFLECTION POINT, FROM THE UNITED NATIONS
10:44:26 INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE CALLS FOR GLOBAL
10:44:29 CO2 EMISSIONS TO START TO DECLINE WELL BELOW 2040 TO AVOID
10:44:36 THE MOST SEVERE EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
10:44:38 WE ARE IN TAMPA.
10:44:39 WE ARE ONE OF THE MOST THREATENED CITIES IN THE COUNTRY.
10:44:42 BY DELAYING ACTION, ANY ACTION BEYOND 2030, WASTING TIME,
10:44:47 WONDERING IF IT'S POSSIBLE, WHICH SEEMS TO BE A COMMON THEME
10:44:50 IN POLITICIANS, AS ARTISIA MENTIONED, DOING WHAT'S POSSIBLE
10:44:57 TO KEEP US SAFE IS THREATENING OUR FUTURE AND THREATS TO OUR
10:45:02 CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.
10:45:03 SO WE NEED A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA, IN
10:45:07 THIS BUDGET TO DO A JUST TRANSITION TO 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY
10:45:14 SO BY 2030, IT IS DOABLE, CITIES ARE ALREADY AT 100% CLEAN
10:45:20 ENERGY ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, AND RENTERS MUST BE INCLUDED.
10:45:24 WE CANNOT FOCUS ON HOMEOWNERS, WHICH IS WHERE A LOT OF THE
10:45:28 WORK HAS BEEN DONE.
10:45:28 IT'S BEEN GREAT WORK BUT WE NEED TO INCLUDE OTHER
10:45:31 COMMUNITIES.
10:45:32 CONTRACTS AND LIVING WAGE JOBS MUST BE PROACTIVELY GIVEN TO
10:45:36 BLACK PEOPLE, BROWN PEOPLE, WOMEN AND OTHER NON-BINARY
10:45:41 GENDERS.
10:45:41 SO I LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING TO ALL OF YOU FURTHER ABOUT
10:45:43 THIS.
10:45:44 AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
10:45:46 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:45:47 >>THE CLERK: NEXT WE HAVE IS BROOKE ERRETT.
10:45:54 >> MY NAME IS BROOKE ERRETT, AND I AM THE FLORIDA ORGANIZER
10:45:58 WITH FOOD AND WATER ACTION AND CLEANER WATER WATCH.
10:46:01 THANKS FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING.
10:46:02 I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF OUR NEARLY 2700 TAMPA RESIDENTS
10:46:06 MEMBERS AND I ECHO THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER DEBBIE KING'S
10:46:09 COMMENTS, AND FOR THE INTERSECTION OF CLIMATE CHANGES,
10:46:15 RACIAL INJUSTICE AND AIR POLLUTION PANDEMIC HAVE NEVER BEEN
10:46:19 MORE APPARENT.
10:46:20 OUR BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES ALREADY STRUGGLING WITH
10:46:23 POLICE VIOLENCE AND ECONOMIC INSECURITY ARE THE SAME FOLKS
10:46:26 WHO ARE MOST IMPACTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE, WITH COAST
10:46:30 PANDEMIC, UTILITIES SHUTOFF AND LACK OF ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL
10:46:34 PROGRAMS.
10:46:35 IMMEDIATE ACTION IS NEEDED TO PROTECT OUR MOST VULNERABLE
10:46:38 POPULATIONS FROM CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES.
10:46:42 IT IS TIME TO REINVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY, TO ENSURE THE
10:46:45 FUTURE OF TAMPA.
10:46:47 AND THAT IS WHY WE MUST SUPPORT THE LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET
10:46:49 FOR A CLIMATE ACTION AND EQUITIES TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR A
10:46:54 CITY COUNCIL DRIVEN PLAN FOR A JUST AND EQUITABLE TRANSITION
10:46:58 TO 100% CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY FROM SOLAR, WIND AND TITLE
10:47:02 SOURCES BY 2030.
10:47:04 THE LONGER WE ALLOW CLIMATE INJUSTICE TO REIN IN TAMPA, THE
10:47:08 LONGER WE ARE LABELING THOSE RESIDENTS WE ARE STRUGGLING AS
10:47:12 DISPOSABLE. NO ONE IS DISPOSABLE.
10:47:15 ONLY A TRANSITION WILL PROTECT THE HEALTH SAFETY AND
10:47:19 WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY.
10:47:20 A TRANSITION THAT PROVIDES PROGRAMS FOR ALL TAMPA RESIDENTS,
10:47:23 NOT JUST --
10:47:25 A TRANSITION THAT INVESTS IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE MOST
10:47:28 HEAVILY IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOODS, A TRANSITION THAT EXPANDS
10:47:31 STRONG FAMILY SUSTAINING OPPORTUNITIES AND JOBS IN THAT
10:47:34 TRANSITION, A COMMITMENT FOR A JUST AND EQUITABLE MOVE TO
10:47:38 100% CLEAN ENERGY NEEDS TO ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY AND
10:47:43 COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
10:47:44 OUR FRONT LINE LOW INCOME BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES MUST
10:47:47 NOT ONLY BE INCLUDED IN THE PROCESS, THEY MUST LEAD IT AND
10:47:52 ONLY THROUGH A COUNCIL-LIKE RESOLUTION WILL WE ENSURE THAT
10:47:55 THAT TRANSPARENT SWIFT AND EQUITABLE TRANSITION IS MADE TO
10:47:59 100% BY 2030.
10:48:01 ALSO, IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, WE MUST SUPPORT HAVING A
10:48:04 CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER FOR THE CITY.
10:48:07 OUR MUNICIPAL WORKERS NEED TO HAVE THE ASSURANCE AND
10:48:09 TRAINING TO ENSURE THAT DIVERSITY AND JUSTICE ARE AT THE
10:48:13 FOREFRONT OF ANY WORK OR ANY PLAN, FOR THE CHIEF DIVERSITY
10:48:18 OFFICER THE CITY IS INVESTING AND PREPARING A WORKFORCE THAT
10:48:21 WILL MAKE DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION A OPERATOR.
10:48:24 TAMPA IS ONE OF THE TEN MOST VULNERABLE CITIES IN THE WORLD,
10:48:28 AND WE ARE POSED TO BE THE LEADER THROUGH A SWIFT AND JUST
10:48:32 TRANSITION TO A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE.
10:48:35 AND THAT IS WHY I CALL ON YOU TO SUPPORT THE LINE ITEMS IN
10:48:39 THE BUDGET FOR CLIMATE ACTION AND EQUITY PLAN TO PROVIDE
10:48:42 FUNDING FOR A CITY COUNCIL DRIVEN RESOLUTION TO A JUST AND
10:48:46 EQUITABLE TRANSITION TO 100% CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY BY 2030.
10:48:51 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
10:48:54 YOU.
10:48:54 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:48:56 NEXT SPEAKER.
10:48:57 >>THE CLERK: YES, SIR.
10:48:59 THE NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO JOSEPH.
10:49:05 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD.
10:49:06 YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
10:49:07 >> MY NAME IS JOSEPH McLENNAN FROM SULPHUR SPRINGS.
10:49:12 I WANT TO SAY GOOD MORNING TO CITY COUNCIL AND SUPPORT
10:49:14 STAFF.
10:49:15 I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR BEING PATIENT WITH MANY OF US
10:49:17 THAT ARE NEW TO LOCAL POLITICS.
10:49:21 WE TAKE NOTE OF YOUR ACTIONS BOTH GOOD AND BAD SUCH AS
10:49:24 COUNCILMAN VIERA AT CRB MEETING TO MAKE HIS PRESENCE KNOWN,
10:49:31 GUIDO MANISCALCO FOR PROTESTING WITH THE PEOPLE, COUNCILMAN
10:49:32 CARLSON FOR CREATING AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL TO HELP
10:49:36 ADDRESS INEQUALITY, JOHN DINGFELDER FOR HIS CONSISTENT
10:49:37 CONCERN OVER CIVIL LIBERTIES, AND COUNCILMAN GUDES FOR HIS
10:49:40 EFFORTS TO REPLACE THE FAIROAKS COMMUNITY CENTER.
10:49:44 OVER THE LAST THREE OR FOUR MONTHS YOU HEARD ABOUT DEFUNDING
10:49:48 THE POLICE AND WHAT ST. PETERSBURG HAS RECENTLY DONE.
10:49:55 I'M HERE TO PROPOSE THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA CONDUCT A
10:49:59 FEASIBILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION STUDY THIS UPCOMING FISCAL
10:50:03 YEAR IN ORDER FOR THE NEED OF THIS TASK FORCE BASED ON HOW
10:50:08 MANY CALLS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, CRISIS CENTER, RECEIVES IN
10:50:11 A YEAR, AND OVERDOSE AND OTHER TOPICS.
10:50:21 FURTHER, AS A SOCIAL WORKER.
10:50:28 THIS COMES FROM CALIFORNIA, WHERE A CITY COUNCIL -- -- TO
10:50:39 TAKE THE BURDEN FROM THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
10:50:41 THE STUDY SHOWED THAT INDEPENDENT TASK FORCE THEY ARE
10:50:45 CURRENTLY BUDGETING, SETTING UP TO START IN 2021.
10:50:53 IT THERE IS NO REASON TO NOT CONDUCT A STUDY TO STUDY THE
10:50:59 COST EFFECTIVENESS IN THE COMMUNITY.
10:51:01 I CLEARLY BELIEVE THERE'S A NEED FOR THE TASK FORCE, AND
10:51:06 THAT TPD IS ALREADY DOING TOO MUCH.
10:51:10 I HAVE A LINK TO THE OPEN STUDY THAT I WILL E-MAIL TO YOU
10:51:14 AFTER THIS MEETING.
10:51:16 THANK YOU AND I YIELD MY TIME.
10:51:17 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:51:20 NEXT SPEAKER.
10:51:20 >>THE CLERK: THE NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE IS PHILIP COMPTON.
10:51:31 YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
10:51:32 >> PHIL COMPTON, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE ACTIVE MEMBERS OF
10:51:39 THE TAMPA BAY SIERRA CLUB.
10:51:41 WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THE MAYOR'S POINT ON SUSTAINABILITIES
10:51:44 AND RESILIENCE AND HER LINE ITEM BUDGET PROPOSED FOR CLIMATE
10:51:47 ACTION AND EQUITIES PLAN THAT WILL PROVIDE FUNDING TO PLAN
10:51:51 THE CITY'S TRANSITION TO 100% CLEAN ENERGY.
10:51:54 WE ALSO SUPPORT A RESOLUTION BY COUNCIL TO ATTAIN THIS GOAL
10:51:57 BY 2030 AND A PLANNING PROCESS THAT TAKES PLACE IN A
10:52:01 TRANSPARENT WAY TO INCLUDE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, AND WE ALSO
10:52:05 SUPPORT CREATING A CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER FOR THE CITY.
10:52:10 165 CITIES AROUND THE UNITED STATES HAVE ALREADY PASSED SUCH
10:52:14 100% CLEAN ENERGY FOR ALL RESOLUTIONS AND ARE NOW WELL ON
10:52:18 THEIR WAY TO A 100% CLEAN ENERGY FUTURES FOR.
10:52:22 ST. PETE, LARGO, DUNEDIN, SAFETY HARBOR, SARASOTA AND
10:52:25 ORLANDO ARE JUST SOME OF THE CITIES WHO WE CAN WORK WITH TO
10:52:29 HELP FIND OUR WAY TO TAMPA CLEAN AIR FUTURE.
10:52:32 OVER 50 U.S. CITIES ARE NOW FULLY OPERATING THEIR
10:52:36 COMMUNITIES ON CLEAN AIR ENERGY FOR ALL THEIR CITIZENS.
10:52:40 WE MUST DO THE SAME.
10:52:41 THOUSANDS OF OUR BLACK AND BROWN CITIZENS NOW FACE LOSING
10:52:45 THEIR ELECTRICAL SERVICE NEXT MONTH DUPE TO THEIR INABILITY
10:52:48 TO PAY THEIR TECO BILL.
10:52:51 BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE WITH LOW INCOMES IRONICALLY GET THE
10:52:55 HIGHEST ENERGY BILLS.
10:52:56 WE MUST FACE IMPROVING THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF HOMES IN OUR
10:52:59 LOWER INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS BOTH HOMEOWNERS AND RENTAL
10:53:02 PROPERTIES A TOP PRIORITY OF OUR CLIMATE ACTION INEQUITY
10:53:07 PLAN.
10:53:07 IT'S THE QUICKEST EASIEST AND CHEAPEST WAY TO CREATE SOCIAL
10:53:10 AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, AND TO MOVE OUR CITY AS QUICK
10:53:14 QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO END OUR USE OF FOSSIL FUELS.
10:53:17 WE CAN MORE QUICK LIP REPLACE THE REDUCED ENERGY DEMAND THAT
10:53:20 WE ACHIEVE WITH MORE EFFICIENT HOMES AND BUSINESSES WITH
10:53:23 SOLAR ENERGY AND HELP ENSURE THAT NO ONE LOSES POWER BECAUSE
10:53:26 THEY CAN'T PAY A BIG BILL.
10:53:28 HOUSING WON'T BE AFFORDABLE AND TAMPA WON'T BE SUSTAINABLE
10:53:32 OR EQUITABLE UNTIL PEOPLE HAVE HOMES THAT DON'T WASTE ENERGY
10:53:36 AND STICK THEM WITH HIGH BILLS.
10:53:38 THAT'S WHY TAMPA'S BLACK LINE COMMUNITIES, OUR BLACK AND
10:53:42 BROWN NEIGHBORHOODS, WHOSE VOICES ARE TOO OFTEN NOT HEARD
10:53:46 HERE AT CITY HALL, MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE CLIMATE ACTION
10:53:49 AND EQUITY PLANNING PROCESS.
10:53:52 AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR'S
10:53:54 OFFICE.
10:53:54 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:53:58 NEXT SPEAKER.
10:53:59 >>THE CLERK: NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE IS ALISON DATE.
10:54:03 IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, PLEASE UNMUTE YOUR LINE.
10:54:05 YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
10:54:10 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:54:10 MY NAME IS ALISON DATE.
10:54:13 AND I REQUESTED SEVERAL OF THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS,
10:54:20 WE STRONGLY SUPPORTING THE LINE ITEMS THAT REFLECT OUR
10:54:24 POSITION TO 100% CLEAN ENERGY IN 2030, AND THAT'S BASED ON
10:54:31 BEING INCLUSIVE OF DIVERSITY AND JUSTICE.
10:54:35 AND IN RELATION TO THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS VISION
10:54:42 TOWARD SUSTAINABILITY REALLY REFLECT TWO GROUPS THAT ARE
10:54:48 OFTEN OVERLOOKED AS DECISIONS ARE MADE DURING THIS TIME OF
10:54:52 TRANSITION OF DEVELOPMENT.
10:54:54 FIRST, WITH ECONOMICALLY INSECURE AND OFTEN LOWEST
10:55:00 COMMUNITIES NEED TO BE GIVEN ADEQUATE CONSIDERATION AND
10:55:03 REPRESENTATION AS THEY TEND TO BEAR MOST OF THE NEGATIVE
10:55:07 CONSEQUENCES OF ANY KIND OF THE UNHEALTHY CONSEQUENCES OF
10:55:13 DEVELOPMENT AND UNDESIRABLE RESULTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
10:55:21 SECONDLY, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER AND PROTECT AND
10:55:25 GIVE A VOICE TO OUR UNDEVELOPED PUBLIC LANDS AND WILDLIFE
10:55:30 HABITATS.
10:55:31 THESE ENVIRONMENTS SHOULD BE GUARDED FOR ALL THEIR
10:55:34 IRREPLACEABLE BENEFITS TO OUR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING.
10:55:38 AND SO I WAS HAPPY TO HEAR OF A PLAN TO EXPAND GREEN SPACES
10:55:43 THROUGHOUT THE CITY BY THE MAYOR.
10:55:47 REUSING VACANT AND ALREADY DEVELOPED REAL ESTATE SHOULD BE
10:55:50 THE PREFERABLE OPTION FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT, NOT USING
10:55:54 UNDEVELOPED LAND.
10:55:56 WHICH I DON'T SEE ENOUGH OF THAT HAPPENING HERE.
10:55:58 SO MUCH REAL ESTATE THAT'S NOT BEING USED, AND JUST SITS
10:56:03 THERE FOR YEARS.
10:56:04 SO MAYBE THAT COULD BECOME A PRIORITY FOR FURTHER
10:56:11 DEVELOPMENT.
10:56:12 AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT SOMETHING THAT
10:56:16 I JUST LEARNED ABOUT, THAT THE GOVERNOR ACTUALLY HAS
10:56:21 APPROVED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TECO PROJECT TO REBUILD
10:56:26 THEIR FACILITY.
10:56:29 AND I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE SERIOUSLY RECONSIDERED.
10:56:33 I UNDERSTAND THE BUILDING HAS BEGUN, BUT NATURAL GAS,
10:56:41 ALTHOUGH IT'S CLEANER THAN COAL, IT'S STILL FOSSIL FUEL AND
10:56:44 HAS SOME VERY NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, PRODUCTION IN
10:56:51 TRANSPORTATION.
10:56:51 THIS IS NOT A FORM OF CLEAN ENERGY, SO IT GOES AGAINST THE
10:56:55 CLEAN ENERGY PLAN.
10:56:56 THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES IN THE BUILDING, IN THE
10:57:00 PRESENT LOCATION, THAT ALSO LEADS TO ENVIRONMENTAL
10:57:05 CONSEQUENCES.
10:57:06 AND I WONDER IF THERE'S BEEN AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY
10:57:11 DONE ON THAT, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IN THE PRESENT LOCATION,
10:57:16 THERE COULD BE SOME DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES ON THE TAMPA
10:57:19 BAY COMMUNITY DUE TO THE SEVERE -- DUE TO SEVERE BETH
10:57:23 WEATHER AND RISING WATER LEVELS.
10:57:25 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:57:27 >> THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.
10:57:31 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
10:57:32 NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
10:57:32 >>THE CLERK: NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE IS MARY ELIZABETH
10:57:36 ESTRADA.
10:57:38 IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, PLEASE UNMUTE YOUR LINE.
10:57:40 YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
10:57:42 >> THANK YOU.
10:57:43 HI COUNCIL.
10:57:44 THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS TIME TO SPEAK THIS MORNING.
10:57:46 MY NAME IS MARY ELIZABETH ESTRADA, WITH THE CLEAR INSTITUTE
10:57:52 WHICH IS A NONPROFIT DEDICATED TO CLIMATE EDUCATION
10:57:55 ENGAGEMENT AND ADVOCACY, AND ALSO ON BEHALF OF THE TAMPA BAY
10:57:59 CLIMATE ALLIANCE.
10:58:00 I CURRENTLY LIVE IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, AND ALTHOUGH I AM NOT
10:58:04 A TAMPA NATIVE MY PARENTS WERE BOTH RAISED HERE, THEY ARE
10:58:08 USF ALUM.
10:58:14 MANY OF YOU ALREADY KNOW THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
10:58:16 FOR THOSE OF UP WHO DON'T, I WILL SHARE WITH YOU ALL IF WE
10:58:21 DO NOT INVEST IN CLIMATE CRISIS NOW.
10:58:24 OUR ECONOMY, INDUSTRY, PUBLIC HOUSING PROPERTY, FOOD
10:58:29 SECURITY, DISPLACEMENT OF VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES, STRONGER
10:58:32 HURRICANE AND STORM SURGES, WOULD BE THE MAIN FOCUS OF MY
10:58:36 GENERATION.
10:58:37 TO TOP IT ALL OFF, BLACK, INDIGENOUS AND BROWN COMMUNITIES
10:58:42 ARE GOING TO BE THE WORST IMPACTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE,
10:58:44 ECONOMIC INEQUALITY, AND THE INABILITY TO RECOVER QUICKLY
10:58:48 FROM HURRICANE AND FLOODING.
10:58:51 AND AS WE HAVE HEARD OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS,
10:58:53 COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND SPECIFICALLY BLACK COMMUNITIES ARE
10:58:56 FACING ISSUES LIKE POLICE BRUTALITY AND REGIONAL INEQUALITY
10:59:00 WHICH IS WHY I SUPPORT A CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER FOR THE
10:59:03 CITY OF TAMPA.
10:59:05 THE BURDEN OF CLIMATE CHANGE HAS BEEN PUT ON YOUNG PEOPLE
10:59:09 LIKE ME TO SOLVE THIS CRISIS, WHEN WE COULD HAVE BEEN
10:59:12 INVESTING IN IT YEARS AGO.
10:59:14 THE SOLUTIONS ARE AVAILABLE.
10:59:15 IT'S JUST A MATTER OF IMPLEMENTATION AND STRATEGIC VOTE. AT
10:59:19 THIS TIME.
10:59:20 THE SOLUTION TO THIS IS INVESTING IN AN EQUITABLE AND JUST
10:59:24 FUTURE FOR ALL COMMUNITIES IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, IN PART BY
10:59:27 TRANSITIONING TO 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY BY 2030.
10:59:31 THE IMPACT OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS ARE NOT IN 10 OR 30 YEARS,
10:59:39 THEY ARE HERE AND NOW.
10:59:40 THEY HAVE BEEN HERE.
10:59:40 WE ALREADY SEE FLOODING.
10:59:42 WE WILL BE SEE EXTREME HEAT.
10:59:43 AND WE SEE FOOD INSECURITY EXACERBATED BY HOTTER
10:59:48 TEMPERATURES.
10:59:48 WHAT WE DO NOW WILL IMPACT NOT ONLY OUR CURRENT SOCIETY BUT
10:59:52 ALSO GENERATIONS TO COME.
10:59:54 THAT IS WHY A CLIMATE PLAN AND I WILL WORK TO ACTIVELY
11:00:01 ADDRESS THE CLIMATE IMPACTS WE ARE FACING TODAY.
11:00:03 THANK YOU.
11:00:03 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:00:06 NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
11:00:07 >>THE CLERK: NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE IS LISANDRA MORALES.
11:00:13 IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, PLEASE UNMUTE YOUR LINE.
11:00:15 YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
11:00:16 >> HI.
11:00:20 CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME?
11:00:22 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES WE CAN.
11:00:23 YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
11:00:24 >> MY NAME IS LISANDRA MORALES, AND I AM WITH THE CLEAR
11:00:31 INSTITUTE.
11:00:32 CLEAR IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT EMPOWERS COMMUNITIES ACROSS
11:00:35 ALL LEVELS OF SOCIETY WITH CLIMATE EDUCATION AND DEMAND
11:00:40 CLIMATE POLICIES FROM OUR ELECTED LEADERS. WITH HUNDREDS OF
11:00:43 MEMBERS HERE IN THE CITY, WE HIGHLIGHT THE URGENCY OF
11:00:45 CLIMATE ACTION WHILE CHAMPIONING SOLUTIONS INFORM A
11:00:48 RESILIENT FOUGHT.
11:00:50 I AM HERE TO APPLAUD WHAT MAYOR CASTOR SAID TOWARD SOLVING
11:00:53 THE CLIMATE CRISIS WITH A NEW EQUITY PLAN.
11:00:58 I HAVE LIVED IN TAMPA FOR THE BETTER HALF OF MILL
11:01:00 ADOLESCENCE AND IN MY TIME HERE CLIMATE CHANGE HAS BECOME
11:01:04 MORE AND MORE A CHALLENGE.
11:01:06 I'M ASTHMATIC, MEANING THAT THE AIR QUALITY LEVELS ARE A
11:01:08 THREAT TO MY HEALTH DEPENDING AND MY ASTHMA, AND FROM MY
11:01:14 COMMUNITY, CLIMATE CHANGE HAS NEVER BEEN A STORY ABOUT ICE
11:01:18 CAPS MELTING IN THE ARCTIC.
11:01:20 IT'S IN WATER POLLUTION, FOOD SECURITY, INCREASINGLY VIOLENT
11:01:25 STORMS OVER THE YEARS AND WILL SOON DRIVE TAMPA RESIDENTS
11:01:27 OUT OF THEIR HOMES DUE TO RISING SEA LEVELS.
11:01:31 IMMEDIATE ACTION IS NEEDED TO PROTECT OUR VULNERABLE
11:01:33 POPULATIONS FROM CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE, AND
11:01:36 BEING THAT TAMPA IS ONE OF THE MOST VULNERABLE CITIES IN THE
11:01:38 WORLD, WE COULD START TO BE A LEADER IN MAKING THINGS RIGHT.
11:01:41 SO WHILE THIS PLAN IS A POSITIVE STEP IN OUR PLAN AGAINST
11:01:45 CLIMATE CHANGE, THE FIRST GOAL OF TAMPA ACTION SHOULD
11:01:48 INCLUDE MOVING FORWARD WITH FUNDING FOR THE CITY'S TRANSFER
11:01:52 TO 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY BY 2030.
11:01:55 OUR BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES ARE ALREADY STRUGGLING WITH
11:02:00 ECONOMIC INSECURITY, ARE THE SAME FOLKS WHO ARE MOST
11:02:02 IMPACTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE.
11:02:04 OUTRAGEOUS UTILITY BILLS AND LACK OF ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL
11:02:07 PROGRAMS.
11:02:08 SWITCHING TO EFFICIENT ENERGY IS THE QUICKEST, EASIEST AND
11:02:11 CHEAPEST WHAT I WANT TO LOWER BOTH ENERGY DEMAND BUT WE NEED
11:02:16 MONEY IN THE BUDGET TO HELP THE CITY DEVELOP A PLAN TO GET
11:02:18 US THERE.
11:02:19 ON TOP OF THAT, THE COMMITMENT FOR A JUST AND EQUITABLE MOVE
11:02:23 TO 100% CLEAN ENERGY NEEDS TO ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY AND
11:02:27 COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, WHICH IS ALSO WHY I SUPPORT POINTING
11:02:30 A CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER FOR THE CITY.
11:02:33 THOSE WHO WILL BE MAKING 100% JUST TRANSITIONS TO CREATE
11:02:37 ENERGY NEEDS TO HAVE THE TRAINING TO IDENTIFY JUSTICE ARE AT
11:02:45 THE FAR FRONT.
11:02:46 WITH THE CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER, THAT WILL MAKE DIVERSITY,
11:02:52 EQUITY AND INCLUSION A PRIORITY.
11:02:54 THE TIME FOR DELIBERATING IS OVER AND THE AFTERMATH OF YOUR
11:02:57 DECISION WILL BE FELT HARDEST BY MY GENERATION AND THOSE
11:03:00 AFTER ME.
11:03:01 SO PLEASE START TO EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THE CLIMATE TODAY AND
11:03:06 THOSE IN THE FUTURE.
11:03:07 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
11:03:09 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:03:11 NEXT SPEAKER.
11:03:11 >>THE CLERK: NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE IS SHIVAM SHUKLA.
11:03:22 PLEASE UNMUTE AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
11:03:26 >> I WAS HERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, ABOUT DEFUNDING THE
11:03:30 TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND FIRST OFF JUST A QUICK THANK
11:03:32 YOU TO COUNCILMAN CARLSON HERE FOR HIS SUPPORT.
11:03:36 I'M HERE LOOKING FOR -- WE ARE GOING TO KEEP COMING BACK
11:03:40 UNTIL THAT NUMBER IS WHERE WE WANT IT.
11:03:42 HOW MUCH MONEY HAVE YOU DEFUNDED TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT BY?
11:03:46 ONE SPEAKER HAS BEEN ARRESTED, PEPPER SPRAYED, AND IF YOU
11:03:52 ALL SUPPORT THE TPD BUDGET THAT MAYOR CASTOR PROPOSED --
11:03:58 NOW, I FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT DEFUNDING THE POLICE SOUNDS
11:04:01 RADICAL, EVEN SCARY, BUT ONE OF MY FRIENDS ASKED YOU ALL
11:04:05 TO --
11:04:08 PEOPLE LIKE ANGELA DAVIS BUT I UNDERSTAND GIVE YOU VERY
11:04:14 SIMPLE EXAMPLES OF WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE.
11:04:17 YOU ARE EXPERIENCING AN INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE.
11:04:20 SO YOU CALL THE NUMBER AND INFORM A TRAUMA
11:04:25 INTERVENTIONALIST, AND AN HOUR LATER WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER
11:04:29 TO MAKE A PLAN TO KEEP THEM SAFE FOR THE LONG-TERM.
11:04:31 IMAGINE YOU SEE SOMEONE IN PUBLIC HOUSING, YOU ARE CONNECTED
11:04:37 TO A SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICE AND SUPPORTED TO HELP THE
11:04:43 OUTCOME.
11:04:45 IMAGINE YOU ARE ON THE BUS AND SEE SOMEONE BEHAVING
11:04:49 ERRATICALLY AND IS IN HARM'S WAY SO YOU CHECK THE NUMBER AND
11:04:53 UPON URGENT RESPONDER TRAINING IN MENTAL HEALTH, AN HOUR
11:04:59 LATER THAT PERSON IS SAFE AND GETTING THE SUPPORT THAT THEY
11:05:02 NEED.
11:05:02 IMAGINE YOU OWN A CONVENIENCE STORE AND CATCH SOMEONE
11:05:05 STEALING FOOD TO FEED THEIR FAMILY.
11:05:08 SO YOU CONNECT THEM TO A NETWORK FOR IMMEDIATE HELP AND THEY
11:05:11 WORK WITH THE FINANCIAL TASK FORCE TO HELP THEM
11:05:14 ECONOMICALLY.
11:05:14 IMAGINE, DRIVING DOWN I-75 AND REALIZE THAT YOUR BRAKE
11:05:19 LIGHTS ARE BROKEN.
11:05:20 SO A CITY EMPLOYEE SIGNALS FOR YOU TO PULL OVER AND SAYS,
11:05:25 HIGH, HOW ABOUT I REPLACE THOSE LIGHTS FOR YOU SO NO ONE
11:05:29 GETS MOTHER?
11:05:30 AN HOUR LATER BOTH LIGHTS ARE WORKING AND YOU ARE AT HOME
11:05:33 SAFE.
11:05:33 IMAGINE, INCIDENTS OF GUN VIOLENCE ARE RISING IN YOUR
11:05:37 NEIGHBORHOOD SO A TRAUMA INFORMED CRISIS TEAM ARRIVES AND
11:05:43 THE PEOPLE DOING HARM ARE CONNECTED TO SERVICES THAT ADDRESS
11:05:46 UNDERLYING SYSTEMIC ISSUES.
11:05:49 IMAGINE YOU SEE PEOPLE SLEEPING ON A BEVERAGE AT CURTIS
11:05:52 HIXON PARK.
11:05:53 SO A TAMPA EMPLOYEE COMES BAY TO CHECK IF THEY NEED A PLACE
11:05:57 TO SLEEP, FOOD OR WATER.
11:06:00 AN HOUR LATER THEY HAVE A PLACE TO REST AND ARE CONNECTED
11:06:03 WITH ECONOMIC ADVISORS.
11:06:05 NOW, I KNOW THAT TAMPA DOESN'T NEED ALL THE MONEY WE ARE
11:06:08 ALLOCATING SO TO DEFUND SHOULD BE EASY, JUST AN EXAMPLE.
11:06:13 THEY HAVE A $3,000 RIGHT NOW FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE
11:06:16 PERSON WHO SPILLED PAINT ON THAT UGLY POLICE MURAL.
11:06:20 IF THEY HAVE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS HANGING AROUND TO USE TO
11:06:24 WORK FOR A VICTIMLESS CRIME THEN IT'S CLEAR THAT THE BUDGET
11:06:27 NEEDS TO BE SCRUTINZED.
11:06:31 SO LET'S VOTE NO ON THIS BUDGET.
11:06:33 THANK YOU.
11:06:33 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
11:06:35 NEXT SPEAKER.
11:06:35 >>THE CLERK: NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE IS CORY WECKERLE.
11:06:40 >> HELLO.
11:06:44 FOR MOST PEOPLE, TODAY IS NOT A NORMAL DAY.
11:06:48 IT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE WE ARE DOING ALL OF THIS VIRTUALLY
11:06:52 INSTEAD OF IN PERSON.
11:06:53 PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT GOING OUT IN PUBLIC.
11:06:55 PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT LOSING THEIR HOME.
11:06:58 PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE.
11:07:01 PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT LOSING THEIR JOBS WITHOUT
11:07:04 WARNING.
11:07:05 PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT VIOLENCE IN THE STREET,
11:07:07 SPECIFICALLY COMING FROM THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TASKED TO
11:07:09 PROTECT THEM.
11:07:10 PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS BEING VIOLATED.
11:07:14 FOR ME PERSONALLY, I'M A BLACK MAN LIVING IN AMERICA, SO ALL
11:07:18 OF THIS IS NORMAL. THIS IS JUST NORMAL DAY.
11:07:23 MY NAME IS CORY WECKERLE EARLY AND I AM PART OF THE POLICY
11:07:26 COMMITTEE FOR BLACK LIVES MATTER TAMPA AND WE WANTS TO TAKE
11:07:28 A MOMENT TODAY TO DISCUSS THE BUDGET PROCESS FOR 2020, A
11:07:31 PROCESS WE CAN GUARANTEE THAT WE'LL BE A PART OF.
11:07:34 WE WILL NOT ONLY BE FOLLOWING DEVELOPMENTS ON THIS BUDGET
11:07:37 CLOSELY, BUT IN THE COMING DAYS, WE'LL BE PROPOSING OUR OWN
11:07:40 BUDGET INITIATIVE AND REALIGN THIS CITY'S PRIORITIES WITH
11:07:45 THE AMERICAN PROMISE OF THE RIGHT TO LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE
11:07:48 PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
11:07:49 WE WILL BE ADDRESSING BASIC NEEDS MADE MORE SCARCE BECAUSE
11:07:52 OF COVID.
11:07:53 WE WILL SIMULTANEOUSLY BE ENGAGING OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO
11:07:57 CORRECT THE DISPARITIES THAT HAVE LONG BEEN BEFORE THE FACE
11:08:02 MASKS BECAME PART OF OUR FASHION.
11:08:04 WE HAVE TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT WE DO NOT ACCEPT THE MYTH
11:08:10 OF SCARCITY, THAT THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE BEEN THE RESOURCES
11:08:12 TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.
11:08:14 WE DO NOT ACCEPT THAT THE CITY IS UNABLE TO FEED HUNGRY
11:08:17 CHILDREN OR PROVIDE PROGRAMS TO HELP UPLIFT THE MARGINALIZE
11:08:20 DOLLARS.
11:08:21 FURTHER, WE REJECT THE IDEA THAT IT IS WAYS TO SPEND $170
11:08:26 MILLION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LESS THAN HALF OF THAT ON
11:08:30 ADDRESSING THE ACTUAL ROOT CAUSES OF CRIME.
11:08:33 THE AVERAGE AMERICAN COMES TO THESE CONCLUSIONS EVERY SINGLE
11:08:36 DAY, AND I AM WONDERING WHY OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVEN'T.
11:08:41 WE ARE NOT AFRAID TO SWEAT DETAILS LIKE YESTERDAY THE NOW
11:08:44 INFAMOUS BLACK AND BLUE MONTREAL WHICH WAS PAINTED WITHOUT A
11:08:48 PERMIT WHILE ILLEGALLY BLOCKING OFF A CITY STREET WAS
11:08:52 VANDALIZED AND NOW WE HEAR THAT THE APPLICATION ARE PUTTING
11:08:55 THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS INTO LOOKING INFORM THE VANDALS,
11:08:58 QUOTE-UNQUOTE, BUT NOT THE PEOPLE WHO BROKE THE LAW TO PAINT
11:09:01 IT.
11:09:02 AND WE DON'T CARE ABOUT SYMBOLS AS MUCH AS YOU THINK WE DO
11:09:05 BUT THE IRONY IS NOT LOST ON US, TRUST ME.
11:09:07 IF ANYBODY AT CITY COUNCIL CAN SAY THAT THIS IS JUST AND
11:09:11 THIS IS FAIR, I STRONGLY QUESTION YOUR MORAL JUDGMENT.
11:09:17 TODAY ISN'T NORMAL.
11:09:18 NEITHER WILL TOMORROW BE.
11:09:20 AND THIS BUDGET PROCESS WILL NOT BE NORMAL EITHER.
11:09:23 BUT IF YOU HAVE THE POLITICAL WILL, AND WE HAVE THE FRAME OF
11:09:27 REFERENCE FOR NEW IDEAS, WE SHOULD BE WORKING TOGETHER TO
11:09:30 EMBRACE THE ABNORMALITY THAT OUR LIVES HAVE BECOME.
11:09:36 MAYA ANGELOU REMINDED US IF YOU ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO BE
11:09:40 NORMAL YOU WILL NEVER KNOW HOW AMAZING YOU CAN BE.
11:09:44 THIS CITY NEEDS TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE COMMUNITY
11:09:47 ORGANIZERS AND THE COMMUNITY ITSELF SO THAT WE CAN ALL BE
11:09:51 AMAZING TOGETHER.
11:09:53 THANK YOU.
11:09:53 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:09:56 NEXT SPEAKER.
11:09:56 >>THE CLERK: NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE IS ROZELL COFFIE.
11:10:03 IF YOU HEAR ME, PLEASE UNMUTE YOUR LINE.
11:10:05 YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
11:10:06 >> MY NAME IS ROZELL COFFIE.
11:10:09 THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO USE MY VOICE.
11:10:12 WHEN DRAFTING A BUDGET, CITIZENS PROPOSALS AT MINIMUM BE
11:10:17 CONSIDERED OR HIGHLY PRIORITIZED.
11:10:19 WITH THAT BEING SAID, DO YOU THINK THE PROPOSED ALLOCATION
11:10:21 OF THE CITY'S BUDGET ANNOUNCED TODAY SUFFICIENTLY DOES SO?
11:10:25 COMING INTO THIS MEETING, I THINK WE ALL WANTED TO SEE THE
11:10:28 BUDGET CHANGED.
11:10:29 THE ISSUE IS WHERE WE DIFFER ON WHAT SHOULD BE CHANGED.
11:10:34 ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS HOLDING BACK THE POTENTIAL OF THE
11:10:37 PUBLIC SAFETY AND BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN THE PEOPLE AND
11:10:40 THE POLICE IS THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT IS NOT QUALIFIED FOR
11:10:43 EVERY TASK THAT WE ASK THEM TO TAKE ON.
11:10:47 WE ARE ASKING TOO MUCH OF OUR OFFICERS.
11:10:49 MANY OF THESE SITUATIONS IN WHICH THEY ARE CALLED UPON, THEY
11:10:53 DO NOT HAVE THE CORRECT TOOLS TO EVEN BEGIN TO ASSESS THE
11:10:55 SITUATION.
11:10:56 I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY NONVIOLENT CALLS, IF ANY, NEED TO BE
11:10:59 APPROACHED WITH A GUN ON THE HIP.
11:11:02 THAT'S WHERE OTHER FORMS OF RESPONDERS COME INTO PLAY, FOR
11:11:07 SITUATIONS LAW ENFORCEMENT IS CLEARLY OVEREQUIPPED TO
11:11:10 HANDLE.
11:11:11 ONE THING I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THE PEOPLE ARE ASKING
11:11:14 FOR A THIRD PARTY IN ALL KIND OF SITUATIONS, NOT JUST THE
11:11:19 LAW ENFORCEMENT REALLOCATING PERSONNEL.
11:11:21 JUST NEXT DOOR, ST. PETE IS WORKING WITH COMMUNITY
11:11:24 ASSISTANCE LIAISON POSITIONS.
11:11:27 TAMPA SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST TO ADOPT THESE KIND OF
11:11:29 PARTNERSHIPS.
11:11:30 THAT IS THE KIND OF ACTION WE NEED TO HELP BRIDGE THE GAP.
11:11:33 TRUST YOUR COMMUNITY.
11:11:36 AND IN ORDER FOR THE COMMUNITY TO TRUST YOU, WE NEED
11:11:39 TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND WE NEED CONSISTENCY.
11:11:43 IF SOMEONE VANDALIZES A CITY ROAD WITHOUT A PERMIT EVEN IF
11:11:47 INTENTIONS WERE GOOD, THAT DOES NOT EXEMPT THEM FROM ANY
11:11:50 KIND OF DISCIPLINE.
11:11:51 WE NEED TO BE CONSISTENT AND WE NEED TO BE EQUAL ACROSS THE
11:11:54 BOARD.
11:11:54 I APPRECIATE EVERYONE DEDICATING THEIR TIME HERE.
11:11:57 AND I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE WITH AN OPEN DIALOGUE IN
11:12:00 ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD IS FOLLOWED BY ACTION.
11:12:05 TAMPA'S TOMORROW WILL LOOK LIKE TAMPA'S YESTERDAY IF WE
11:12:07 DON'T DEFUND THE POLICE.
11:12:09 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
11:12:10 >>THE CLERK: NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE IS RYANN LYNN.
11:12:19 IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, PLEASE UNMUTE YOUR LINE.
11:12:21 >> MY NAME IS RYANN LYNN, CLEAN ENERGY, A STATE WIDE MEMBER
11:12:28 OF A SUPPORTED ORGANIZATION THAT PROTECTS CLEAN AIR, CLEAN
11:12:31 WATER, AND SPACE.
11:12:33 WE ARE BASED IN TAMPA AND HAVE THOUSANDS OF MEMBERS ACROSS
11:12:35 THE CITY.
11:12:36 WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR TAMPA TO LEAD ON
11:12:40 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.
11:12:41 SPEAKING TODAY IN SUPPORT OF FUNDING OF CLIMATE ACTION AND
11:12:44 EQUITY PLANS PROPOSED IN THE BUDGET.
11:12:48 I'M SURE YOU ALREADY KNOW AND A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE
11:12:51 MENTIONED THAT MILLIONS OF FLORIDIANS ARE ALREADY
11:12:53 EXPERIENCING THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE FROM HAIR
11:12:55 TEMPERATURES, TO RISING SEA LEVEL, TO MORE FREQUENTS STORMS,
11:13:00 AND TAMPA IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE OF IMPACT BECAUSE OF
11:13:06 THE TOPOGRAPHY, AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
11:13:11 YOU KNOW, THE EXPERTS AGREED THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
11:13:13 WE CAN DO TO MITIGATE THE WORK IN CLIMATE CHANGE IS TO END
11:13:18 OUR RELIANCE ON FOSSIL FUEL AND TRANSITION INSTEAD TO 100%
11:13:22 CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY.
11:13:24 THIS TRANSITION OBVIOUSLY LOOKS DIFFERENT IN EVERY
11:13:26 COMMUNITY, AND IT'S VITAL THAT WE CREATE A ROAD MAP THAT
11:13:29 INCLUDES MEASURES FOR A JUST AND EQUITABLE TRANSITION, THE
11:13:32 CLIMATE ACTION PLAN WILL ALLOW US TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST
11:13:35 WAYS FOR TAMPA SPECIFICALLY TO ACHIEVE A CLEANER AND
11:13:38 HEALTHIER FUTURE POWERED BY RENEWABLE ENERGY, FOR EVERY
11:13:42 RESIDENT AND GUARANTEE THAT COMMUNITIES IN TAMPA ARE NOTE
11:13:47 LEFT BEHIND.
11:13:47 THIS PLAN WILL DRAFT THE OUTLINE FOR HOW TAMPA CAN LEAD ON
11:13:52 THIS ISSUE, AND WE CAN TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES
11:13:54 TO ADDRESS ENERGY EFFICIENCY, TRANSITIONAL, RENEWABLE
11:13:59 SOURCES AND INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY TO CLEAN ELECTRIC
11:14:05 TRANSPORTATION.
11:14:05 THERE IS NO TIME TO WASTE.
11:14:14 THIS PAST JUNE, TAMPA REACHED 99º, WHICH TIES THEIR ALL TIME
11:14:19 HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR ANY DATE.
11:14:23 AND WE HAVE ALSO BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT COVID-19.
11:14:26 THE PANDEMIC HAS CREATED MANY CHALLENGES.
11:14:29 RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM THESE
11:14:31 STRUGGLES AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR RECOVERY EFFORTS SERVE A
11:14:34 HEALTHY AND SAFE ECONOMY FOR THE LONG-TERM.
11:14:37 SO ON BEHALF OF THE ENVIRONMENT FLORIDA I URGE COUNCIL TO
11:14:41 FUND THE ACTION PLAN.
11:14:42 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
11:14:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:14:45 NEXT SPEAKER.
11:14:45 >>THE CLERK: NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE IS AARON VARGAS.
11:14:52 IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, UNMUTE YOUR LINE.
11:14:55 >> GOOD MORNING.
11:14:56 MY WIFE AND I LIVE IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS.
11:14:58 AND I FELT COMPELLED TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT THIS MORNING TO
11:15:02 STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
11:15:05 TAMPA IS LIKE A BEACON AS MAYOR CASTOR SAID.
11:15:09 AROUND THE STATES, CITIZENS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE ALL
11:15:12 RELOCATING TO OUR CITY AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING TAMPA TO
11:15:15 GROW AND TO THRIVE.
11:15:17 BUT AS DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT CONTINUES TO SPREAD, WE
11:15:20 CANNOT TURN A BLIND EYE TO GENTRY FAKES.
11:15:25 THE ONE TAMPA LAND TRUST ARE ALL GREAT INITIATIVES.
11:15:28 THAT SAID, WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT GENTRY FAKES IS A
11:15:32 SUBSET OF A HOUSING CRISIS THAT REQUIRES SPECIFIC LOCALIZED
11:15:36 TARGETED POLICIES TO PREVENT FAMILIES FROM BEING DISPLACED.
11:15:40 COMBATING NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF GENTRY FAKES IS NOT EASY.
11:15:44 DISCUSSING TRANSFORMATION AND DISPLACEMENT IS ALREADY
11:15:47 HAPPENING BUT THE CITY HAS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY.
11:15:50 AND THAT'S AT ROBLES PARK.
11:15:52 AS I'M SURE MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR THIS IS A 433 UNIT
11:15:56 PROPERTY SITTING ON OVER 35 ACRES OF LAND.
11:15:58 THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IS IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING A TEN
11:16:01 YEAR DEVELOPMENT PLAN AT ROBLES.
11:16:02 DUE TO ITS SIZE AND ITS LOCATION BETWEEN TAMPA HEIGHTS AND
11:16:06 SEMINOLE HEIGHTS THIS REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT IS GOING TO BE
11:16:08 SQUALL IN SETTING THE TONE FOR HOW DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE
11:16:11 TO SPREAD THROUGH OUR CITY.
11:16:13 I'M HERE THIS MORNING BECAUSE I WANT TO URGE MAYOR CASTOR
11:16:16 AND THE CITY OF TAMPA TO USE YOUR RESOURCES AND INFLUENCE TO
11:16:19 ENSURE THE INCLUSION OF ANTI-DISPLACEMENT MEASURES THROUGH
11:16:22 THE HOUSING AUTHORITY MAKES PLANS FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF
11:16:25 ROBLES PARK.
11:16:26 POLICIES LIKE THE ONE TAMPA LAND TRUST IS A GREAT START BUT
11:16:29 WE ALSO NEED FUNDING SOURCES FOR MITIGATING GENTRIFICATION
11:16:32 AND NEGATIVE EFFECTS.
11:16:34 FUNDING SOURCE FOR STABILIZATION VOUCHERS, INCREASING THE
11:16:38 REHAB PROGRAM, PROTECTIONS FOR SENIORS, ALL OF THESE ARE
11:16:42 POLICIES THAT CAN HELP FAMILIES KEEP HOMES THEY HAVE LIVED
11:16:45 IN FOR DECADE.
11:16:46 I STRONGLY RECOMMEND CREATING A REDEVELOPMENT ZONE AROUND
11:16:49 ROBLES PARK THAT INCLUDES AFFORDABLE HOUSING IMPACT FEES FOR
11:16:52 REDEVELOPMENT.
11:16:53 THIS WILL NOT ONLY INCENTIVIZE INCREASE UNITS FOR LOW AND
11:16:57 MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLD BUT ALSO CREATE A REVENUE STREAM
11:17:00 THAT CAN HELP REACH HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND GOALS.
11:17:04 LASTLY THE CITY WOULD BE WISE TO INVEST IN LEE SEVEN
11:17:07 PARTNERSHIPS, SPECIFIC GENTRY FAKES TO ANALYZE WHAT POLICIES
11:17:10 ACROSS THE COUNTRY WORK, AND WHICH ONES HAVEN'T.
11:17:13 RESEARCH TO GAIN A MORE PRECISE UNDERSTANDING OF PROPERTY
11:17:18 VALUE CHANGES DURING THE REDEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
11:17:19 THE GOAL IS NOT TO STOP VALUES FROM INCREASING BUT TO
11:17:23 UNDERSTAND THE EXTENTS BY WHICH THEY GROW DURING
11:17:27 REDEVELOPMENT.
11:17:28 IT WILL GIVE US A MUCH BETTER CHANCE OF IMPLEMENTING
11:17:31 EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE POLICY.
11:17:33 WITH THE NEW FISCAL YEAR APPROACHING AND THE COMMUNITY READY
11:17:36 FOR CHANGE, NOW IS THE TIME TO LEAN INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING
11:17:40 GOALS BOTH AS POLICYMAKERS AND CITIZENS.
11:17:42 AS TAMPA GROWS, POTENTIAL OF MOST VULNERABLE CITIZENS ARE
11:17:46 NOT LEFT BEHIND.
11:17:48 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
11:17:49 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:17:50 NEXT SPEAKER.
11:17:50 >>THE CLERK: NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE IS KRISTINA BERG.
11:17:55 IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, PLEASE UNMUTE YOUR LINE.
11:17:57 YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
11:18:03 >> GOOD MORNING.
11:18:04 I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT THIS MEETING.
11:18:08 I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN MY COMMENT BY SAYING THAT THIS METHOD
11:18:12 OF MORE ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC COMMENT VIA VIRTUAL CALL-IN IS AN
11:18:17 ACCOMMODATION FOR CITIZENS THAT I BELIEVE SHOULD MOVE
11:18:21 FORWARD INTO A POST COVID STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.
11:18:24 I'M AN EDUCATOR AND ACTIVE CITIZEN OF THIS COMMUNITY, AND MY
11:18:28 CHILDREN GO TO SCHOOL HERE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS
11:18:30 TIME TO ADDRESS THE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE, THE CITY COUNCIL
11:18:35 BUDGET.
11:18:37 MAYOR CASTOR'S PRESENTATION THIS MORNING ALMOST IMMEDIATELY
11:18:40 BEGAN WITH A STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO NOT REALLOCATING THE
11:18:46 BUDGET FOR TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY
11:18:49 STATING CUTS TO OTHER ASPECTS.
11:18:53 THE FACT THAT THIS WAS HER LEADING POINT IN HER PRESENTATION
11:19:00 BUDGET SHOULD TELL US SOCK.
11:19:01 IT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE.
11:19:02 IT'S AN ISSUE THAT MANY IN THE COMMUNITY ARE CALLING FOR
11:19:08 RESOLUTION ON.
11:19:09 THIS IS AN UNCONSCIONABLE STANCE FOR THE MAYOR, THE
11:19:12 COMMUNITY HAS DEMANDED TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND
11:19:15 REALLOTMENT OF THOSE FUNDS.
11:19:18 WHY DOES EVERY OTHER AGENCY OF OUR COMMUNITY HAVE TO ACCOUNT
11:19:21 FOR THE UNPRECEDENTED EVENT OF 2020 BUT THE POLICE
11:19:25 DEPARTMENT IS SOMEHOW EXEMPT FROM BEING FLEXIBLE IN HELPING
11:19:30 TO BETTER THE COMMUNITY?
11:19:33 PUBLIC SAFETY SPENDING IS SOMETHING WE HOPE WE CAN DO IN OUR
11:19:36 BUDGET RIGHT NOW, BUT OUR PRIORITIZING IS AN ISSUE.
11:19:40 WE NEED TO HAVE BETTER STREETLIGHTS AND SIDEWALK ACCESS IN
11:19:43 OUR MOST MARGINALIZED NEIGHBORHOODS.
11:19:47 THE SIGNIFICANT DROP IN CRIME STATISTICS OVER THE PAST FEW
11:19:50 YEARS IS NOT SOLELY CONTINGENT ON OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
11:19:54 WE KNOW THAT CRIME AS DEFINED BY LOCAL LEGAL CODES DECREASES
11:19:59 WHEN WE AS A COMMUNITY ARE AGGRESSIVELY PROACTIVE ABOUT
11:20:03 ADDRESSING THE SOCIETAL ILLS THAT LEAD TO INFECTIONS.
11:20:08 I AM CONCERNED THAT MAYOR CASTOR ATTRIBUTES THE SAFETY OF
11:20:11 OUR COMMUNITY TO A MILLION DISPATCH CALLS, BUT IS OUR
11:20:14 COMMUNITY REALLY SAFE WHEN OUR POLICE CHIEF ON THE MEDIA IS
11:20:18 ARGUABLY ADVOCATING FOR VIGILANT JUSTICE AGAINST PEACEFUL
11:20:24 PROTESTORS?
11:20:25 AND OUR CHIEF OF POLICE LACKS TRANSPARENCY ABOUT THE
11:20:28 DEPLOYMENT OF LESS THAN LETHAL AMMUNITION ROUNDS THAT STRIKE
11:20:34 PEOPLE IN THE BACK.
11:20:36 ADDITIONALLY THE POLICE ON OUR STREET AND GOVERNMENT
11:20:38 BUILDINGS ARE ROUTINELY NOT SEEN FOLLOWING MASK MANDATES OR
11:20:42 SOCIAL DISTANCING.
11:20:43 A TRULY ENGAGED POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE MOTIVATED TO SEE
11:20:47 THE COMMUNITY THRIVE.
11:20:49 RIGHT NOW OUR COMMUNITY IS NOT THRIVING.
11:20:52 WE FACE A CHRONIC SHORTAGE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND
11:20:55 SERIOUS LACK OF PUBLIC TRANSACTION INFRASTRUCTURE.
11:20:59 THE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO SPEAK COLLABORATIVE AND
11:21:03 CAN DO SO WITH A SMALLER BUDGET.
11:21:06 IF A SAFE COMMUNITY IS WHAT THEY ULTIMATELY WANT.
11:21:09 WE CAN CREATIVELY REIMAGINE A DEESCALATION IN POLICE
11:21:13 MILITARIZATION, HOW MANY CALLS CAN WE REDUCE BY ADDRESSING
11:21:17 BASIC NEEDS OF OUR MOST MARGINALIZED?
11:21:20 LAST YEAR CITY COUNCIL APPROVED BODY CAMERA FUNDING, AND
11:21:26 HAVE WE SEEN MOVEMENT ON THIS PROJECT?
11:21:30 THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DIRECTLY INTO OUR MOST MARGINALIZED
11:21:34 NEIGHBORHOODS WE CAN BUILD AND EQUITABLE CITY.
11:21:36 >> THANK YOU.
11:21:47 >>THE CLERK: RACHEL HOWELL.
11:21:50 PLEASE UNMUTE YOUR LINE.
11:21:52 >> GOOD MORNING. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
11:21:54 SPEAK.
11:21:55 MY NAME IS RACHEL HOWELL.
11:21:56 AND I HAVE BEEN A CITIZEN OF TAMPA FOR NECESSARILY 20 YEARS.
11:22:00 TODAY I WANT TO COMMENT ON THE PROPOSED CITY BUDGET.
11:22:03 I APPRECIATE THE EMPHASIS ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION,
11:22:06 SUSTAINABILITY AND GREEN ENERGY AND A EMPOWERING LOCAL
11:22:10 NEIGHBORHOODS BUT TODAY I WANT TO COMMENT ON THE PORTION OF
11:22:12 THE BUDGET ALLOCATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
11:22:14 I WANT TO ECHO WHAT MY OTHER FELLOW CITIZENS HAVE BROUGHT UP
11:22:17 THIS MORNING, AND URGE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR CASTOR TO
11:22:21 SERIOUSLY CONSIDER EVERYTHING EVERYONE HAS ALREADY BROUGHT
11:22:23 UP.
11:22:25 I ESPECIALLY WANT TO ECHO THE SENTIMENT OF ROZELL COFFIE
11:22:29 SAYING IN THESE BUDGET PROPOSALS SHOULD BE GIVEN PRIORITY.
11:22:33 AND MAYOR CASTOR'S BUDGET PRESENTATION EARLIER TODAY, SHE
11:22:36 FOCUSED ON THE GOAL OF UPLIFTING TAMPA BAY AND TRANSFORMING
11:22:40 TAMPA'S TOMORROW.
11:22:40 AND I HOPE NOT ONLY MY COMMENTS BUT EVERYONE'S COMMENTS
11:22:43 TODAY UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT SAME TONE THAT WE ARE ALL WORKING
11:22:47 TO MAKE A BETTER TAMPA BAY.
11:22:49 I BELIEVE THAT A PORTION OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGET SHOULD
11:22:51 BE ALLOCATED TO NON-POLICE CRISIS INTERVENTION SERVICES.
11:22:56 NOW MORE THAN EVER, BOTH LOCALLY AND NATIONWIDE, WE ARE
11:22:59 HEARING FOR CALLS FOR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF POLICE
11:23:03 IN OUR SOCIETY.
11:23:04 AND I WANT TO ADD MY VOICE TO THAT CALL.
11:23:07 MAYOR CASTOR SAID IN A RECENT ENTER VIEW AND EVEN IN HER
11:23:11 BUDGET PROPOSAL THIS MORNING THAT WE ARE ASKING TOO MUCH OF
11:23:13 OUR POLICE, AND I AGREE WITH HER.
11:23:15 WE ARE ASKING TOO MUCH OF OUR POLICE.
11:23:18 THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO RESPOND TO NONCRIMINAL CALLS AND
11:23:22 SHOULD BE RESERVED FOR ONLY THOSE CALLS THAT ARE TRULY
11:23:24 NEEDED.
11:23:26 OTHER CITIES HAVE IMPLEMENTED SIMILAR SYSTEMS WHICH OTHER
11:23:28 PEOPLE BROUGHT UP TODAY BUT I WANT TO REEMPHASIZE.
11:23:31 SERVICES SUCH AS TELEPHONE CAHOOTS PROGRAM IN EUGENE, OREGON
11:23:38 WHERE THEY SAVE THEIR CITY AN ESTIMATED $15 MILLION EACH
11:23:43 YEAR.
11:23:43 ALSO RIGHT NEXT DOOR IN ST. PETE, I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE
11:23:46 BROUGHT THIS UP AS WELL BUT AGAIN I WANT TO REEMPHASIZE THAT
11:23:49 THEY HAVE ANNOUNCED THEIR NEW COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE LIAISON
11:23:52 PROGRAM WHICH WILL RESPOND SOCIAL SERVICES CALLS.
11:23:57 THEIR OWN STATED GOALS FROM THEIR CHIEF OF POLICE IS TO,
11:24:00 ONE, DECREASE STRAIN ON POLICE RESOURCES, TWO, REDUCE RISK
11:24:04 TO MEMBER OFFICERS, AND, THREE, BETTER OUTCOMES FOR OUR MOST
11:24:09 VULNERABLE CITIZENS.
11:24:10 SO AS YOU CAN SEE, BOTH CITIZENS AND POLICE AGREE THAT THESE
11:24:14 PROGRAMS CAN BENEFIT EVERYONE INVOLVED, TO BRING BACK MY
11:24:18 ORIGINAL POINT OF REIMAGINING THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
11:24:21 OF POLICE IN OUR SOCIETY, WE HAVE TO START THINKING OF THESE
11:24:25 OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHANGE LIKE THE COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE
11:24:28 LIAISON PROGRAM AS A WAY TO BENEFIT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
11:24:32 SO I URGE THIS CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR JANE CASTOR TO
11:24:36 CONSIDER USING PART OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGET TO IMPLEMENT
11:24:39 SIMILAR PROGRAMS IN TAMPA FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021.
11:24:42 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
11:24:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:24:44 NEXT SPEAKER.
11:24:45 >>THE CLERK: NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE IS BROOKE BONSACK.
11:24:52 IF YOU CAN HEAR ME YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
11:24:54 >> THANK YOU COUNCILMAN FOR MEETING WITH US TODAY.
11:24:58 I WANTED TO GO OVER THE COMMENTS OF THE OTHER SPEAKERS A
11:25:04 LITTLE BIT.
11:25:05 I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID SO FAR.
11:25:07 SPECIFICALLY, WITH THE DEMANDS FOR THE POLICE BUDGET.
11:25:16 I WANT TO SECOND JOSEPH, HIS STUDY, IN THE SAME THING AS THE
11:25:21 MACRO OR CAHOOTS PROGRAMS THAT TAKING PLACE IN OAKLAND, AND,
11:25:28 I THINK -- OH, IN EUGENE.
11:25:31 I ALSO WANT TO REITERATE THE FOUR DEMANDS THAT WE HAVE.
11:25:39 REDUCE THE JAIL POPULATION BY REDUCING UNNECESSARY ARRESTS.
11:25:43 AND THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT IN A TIME OF COVID.
11:25:48 TARGETING OF TAMPA ACTIVISTS AND PROTESTORS.
11:25:50 I HAVE BEEN ONE OF THEM.
11:25:51 I HAVE BEEN ARRESTED.
11:25:52 NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD GET ARRESTED BUT HERE I AM.
11:25:54 FIRE TAMPA POLICE CHIEF BRIAN DUGAN.
11:25:58 AND I AM ALSO SYMPATHETIC TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND HOUSING
11:26:01 COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE.
11:26:04 I JUST WANT TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT WHAT WE SAY
11:26:09 PAYING OFFICERS LESS, IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T APPRECIATE SOME
11:26:12 OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO, OR THAT IT'S BECAUSE WE WANT TO
11:26:16 GIVE THEM POVERTY PAY RATES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
11:26:18 WE ARE ALREADY PAYING OUR OFFICERS AS A CITY A LOT MORE THAN
11:26:23 OTHER CITIES IN FLORIDA, UP TO I THINK ABOUT 5,000 MORE FOR
11:26:29 THE BASE SALARY FOR THE STANDARD OFFICER, AND LIKE MAYBE
11:26:35 20,000 MORE FOR LIEUTENANTS.
11:26:41 SO WHEN WE SAY, AND ALSO WHEN WE SAY THAT WE WANT TO BECOME
11:26:44 THE POLICE -- NOT THAT WE ARE GOING TO ASK FOR ANYONE TO BE
11:26:47 UNDER THE MEDIAN LEVEL EVER FOR SALARY, NOR DO WE WANT TO
11:26:52 ACTUALLY CUT PEOPLE'S PAY WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN GUARANTEED
11:26:56 THAT RATE.
11:26:57 IT WOULD ONLY BE GRANDFATHERED IN AND ONLY GOING FORWARD.
11:27:02 I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXPRESS MY DISAPPOINTMENT IN MAYOR
11:27:06 JANE'S RESISTANCE TO DEFUNDING POLICE.
11:27:10 I THINK WE HAVE MADE IT CLEAR OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT THESE
11:27:13 ARE AREN'T CRAZY DEMANDS.
11:27:15 16 MILLION MORE IS WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING.
11:27:18 WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN PROPOSED IN THIS NEW BUDGET.
11:27:20 THAT IS A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY.
11:27:22 ESPECIALLY IN A CLIMATE WHERE OTHER CITIES WHICH WE COULD
11:27:26 JOIN HAVE NOT ONLY FROZEN THEIR BUDGET BUT DECREASED IT BY A
11:27:31 LOT.
11:27:33 AND I ALSO -- I HAVE A SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND.
11:27:36 I DON'T BRING THIS UP A LOCALITY BUT I HAVE OVER A DOZEN
11:27:39 PAPERS THAT I AUTHORED, SO MY DANDER GOES UP A LITTLE BIT
11:27:44 WHEN I HEAR CLAIMS ABOUT HOW SHE HAS OR HOW TAMPA HAS
11:27:48 REDUCED THEIR CRIME RATE BY 80% AND THAT WE HAVE 50% LESS
11:27:53 CRIME THAN OTHER CITIES.
11:27:54 THAT'S GREAT.
11:27:54 I'M HAPPY FOR THAT.
11:27:56 BUT HOW DO WE KNOW THAT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH OUR POLICE
11:27:58 DEPARTMENT?
11:27:59 MAYBE I'M CRAZY BUT I DON'T THINK THAT POLICE -- I'M SURE
11:28:02 THERE ARE CASES WHERE POLICE HAVE PREVENTED CRIMES, BUT I
11:28:05 THINK THEIR MAIN JOB IS IDENTIFYING CRIMES, RIGHT?
11:28:09 SO HOW DOES THAT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH SAYING THAT WE
11:28:12 NEED TO THEN PAY MORE FOR OUR POLICE FORCE WHEN THERE'S
11:28:16 ALREADY LESS CRIME THAN OTHER PLACES?
11:28:20 IF ANYTHING, THAT MEANS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE LESS.
11:28:24 LET ME SEE.
11:28:25 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:28:25 >> THANK YOU.
11:28:29 >> NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
11:28:31 >>THE CLERK: NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE IS ALICIA BACSTRA.
11:28:36 YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
11:28:37 >> HI.
11:28:39 CAN YOU HEAR ME?
11:28:40 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, WE CAN.
11:28:41 GO AHEAD.
11:28:41 >> GOOD MORNING COUNCILMEN.
11:28:43 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
11:28:47 COUNCILMAN GUDES, MANISCALCO, CARSON, VIERA AND DINGFELDER,
11:28:54 JUST SHOWING YOUR SUPPORT RECENTLY, AND IN THE COMMUNITY
11:28:59 IT'S NOT GONE UNNOTICED.
11:29:02 GUDES FOR BRINGING BACK COMMUNITY POLICING, MANISCALCO FOR
11:29:06 WILLINGNESS TO STAY INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY, WITH THE SAME
11:29:13 ISSUES WITH THE BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITY IN TAMPA.
11:29:17 FOR COUNCILMAN VIERA, I WAS THERE ON JUNE 23rd, AND YOU
11:29:24 SHOWED UP,
11:29:28 AND DINGFELDER, YOUR COMMENTS AT THE LAST WORKSHOP.
11:29:33 AGAIN IT DID NOT GO UNNOTICED OR UNAPPRECIATED.
11:29:37 THE NEXT THING I WANT TO SAY IS I AM BORN AND RAISED IN
11:29:46 TAMPA, BORN AT UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, HAVE THAT
11:29:50 TAMPA CULTURE, BORN AND RAISED, PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS
11:29:54 COMMUNITY.
11:29:59 AND BECOMING AWARE.
11:30:03 IT'S PROBABLY ALREADY BEEN SAID, IS THAT JANE IS VERY
11:30:08 TELLING, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THE MAYOR STATED IS SHE'S
11:30:13 NOT GOING TO DEFUND THE POLICE AND A LOT OF WHAT WE ARE
11:30:16 BRINGING UP IS JUST A STUDY.
11:30:21 BEEN DONE, ON OUR COMMUNITY.
11:30:22 FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, 52% OF OUR GENERAL FUND, AND SPECIFICALLY
11:30:28 THE POLICE DEPARTMENT USE IT IS BULK OF THOSE FUNDS, AND ONE
11:30:33 OF THE THINGS WE CAN DO WOULD BE TO FREEZE HIRING TPD.
11:30:38 WE ALREADY HAVE 35 MORE OFFICERS COMPARED TO SIMILAR CITIES,
11:30:46 PUT THE CAP AT 900 OFFICERS, CONDUCT A 5% PAY CUT, MAXIMUM
11:30:52 PAYROLL, 100 LESS OFFICERS AGAIN, THIS WOULD SAVE 7.5 TO 10
11:31:01 MILLION ALONE.
11:31:03 THOSE CHANGES ALONE IS ONLY ABOUT $14 MILLION, WHICH IS
11:31:08 ABOUT 5% OF THE GENERAL FUND, TO FUND THE GENERAL FUND.
11:31:15 WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR RADICAL CHANGE.
11:31:17 WE ARE JUST ASKING FOR YOU TO GIVE US A SHOT, TO GIVE OUR
11:31:22 CITY A SHOT, SEEING WHAT CHANGE ASK DO.
11:31:25 OUR COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, WE PRIDE OURSELVES IN SAYING THAT
11:31:35 WE HAVE PUBLIC SAFETY IN MIND.
11:31:36 ONE OF THE THINGS, IT DOESN'T COST MORE.
11:31:41 OUR COPS ARE ALREADY BEING PAID MORE THAN THE AVERAGE.
11:31:46 IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO INCREASE THEIR BUDGET.
11:31:49 SOMETHING ELSE REAL QUICK.
11:31:54 SO RIGHT NOW, THE MEDIAN PAY FOR A POLICE OFFICER IS $50,000
11:32:00 GIVE OR TAKE.
11:32:00 RIGHT NOW WE ARE PAYING 55,000.
11:32:03 A LITTLE OVER THAT.
11:32:04 FOR SERGEANT 75,000 OVER THAT.
11:32:06 WE ARE PAYING 89,000, A LITTLE OVER THAT.
11:32:10 FOR LIEUTENANT, 87,308 IS THE MEDIAN. WE ARE PAYING
11:32:14 110,000, IS NO REASON FOR US TO INCREASE THE PAY.
11:32:20 WE SHOULD BE ALLOCATING THESE FUNDS ELSEWHERE.
11:32:23 AS OTHER PEOPLE SAID, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
11:32:25 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
11:32:27 >> THEY ARE ALREADY SEEING THEIR VERSION OF -- I DON'T SEE
11:32:32 WHY WE HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE HOW IT GOES FOR THEM.
11:32:37 WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING THIS OURSELVES AND PAVING THE WAY.
11:32:41 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:32:43 NEXT SPEAKER.
11:32:44 >>THE CLERK: NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE IS ZULEMA RAMOS, IF YOU
11:32:49 CAN HEAR ME PLEASE UNMUTE YOUR PHONE.
11:32:50 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
11:32:52 MY NAME IS ZULEMA WITH THE TAMPA BAY HOUSING JUSTICE
11:32:57 COMMITTEE REPRESENTING OVER 150 COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
11:33:00 THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
11:33:02 AND JUST TO BEGIN, JANE CASTOR HERSELF, AS YOU KNOW HER
11:33:06 HISTORY, NOT A CREDIBLE SOURCE OF INFORMATION.
11:33:09 SHE IS A WELL DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF COUNTING MULTIPLE CRIMES
11:33:13 AS ONE, TO MULTIPLY CRIME RATES, HOLDS HER OFFICERS TO
11:33:19 DOWNGRADE CRIMES TO BOOST STATISTICS AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR
11:33:26 THE EXECUTION AND MURDER OF ARTHUR GREEN JR.
11:33:31 IN ADDITION ACCORDING TO INTERNAL TPD REPORTS, USE OF FORCE
11:33:35 UNDER POLICE CHIEF BRIAN DUGAN HAS INCREASED 24% AND UP BY
11:33:41 223%.
11:33:43 AMONG ILLEGAL ACTIONS AND VIOLATIONS DOCUMENTED BY LEGAL
11:33:47 OBSERVERS AND ORDERED BY THE ACLU.
11:33:51 SO YOU ALL HAVE AS CITY COUNCIL, WE NEED TO HAVE MAYOR
11:33:55 CASTOR TO FIRE HIM.
11:34:00 WE ALSO ASK THAT THE CITY REALLOCATE 100% OF POLICE FUNDING,
11:34:05 AND REPLACE THEM WITH COUNSELORS FROM PLACES LIKE THE CRISIS
11:34:09 CENTER OF TAMPA BAY.
11:34:11 ME MYSELF HAVE HAD A SERIOUS SITUATION IN WHICH THE CRISIS
11:34:19 CENTER OF TAMPA BAY.
11:34:20 TPD CAME IN AND TEN OFFICERS SURROUNDED HIM WITHOUT A MASK,
11:34:25 WITH THEIR HANDS ON WEAPONS.
11:34:26 THAT IS NOT COMMUNITY SAFETY.
11:34:28 THAT IS NOT PUBLIC SAFETY.
11:34:30 BOTH TPD OFFICERS CAN'T EVEN FOLLOW BASIC PUBLIC HEALTH
11:34:34 GUIDELINES, LIKE WEARING A MASK EVEN THOUGH IT'S A
11:34:37 COUNTYWIDE MANDATE.
11:34:39 RIGHT NOW, MORE CITY RESIDENTS ARE AT RISK OF HELPLESSNESS
11:34:43 AND HUNGER THAN ANY TIME EVER IN MY LIFETIME, BECAUSE OF OUR
11:34:48 NATIONAL SYSTEMA AND THIS PANDEMIC.
11:34:52 IF WE DON'T CHANGE OUR WAYS AS A CITY, IT WILL GET EVEN
11:34:55 WORSE AFTER.
11:34:56 AND PEOPLE DO NOT VOTE FOR YOU AND EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC
11:35:04 HIT AT LEAST 19% OF CITY RESIDENTS WERE ALREADY LIVING AT OR
11:35:07 BELOW THE POVERTY LINE.
11:35:09 IT'S TIME TO INVEST IN FREE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, COMPLETE
11:35:14 STREETS, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE, PUBLIC TRANSIT TO
11:35:18 ACCESS EVERY PART OF THE CITY, MARGINALIZED OWNED BUSINESS
11:35:22 DEVELOPMENT, THE 100% CLEAN ENERGY WE NEED RIGHT NOW IF WE
11:35:26 ARE GOING TO SURVIVE AS A CITY.
11:35:29 JUST TO POINT OUT A LAST THING FROM A GREAT NEW YORK TIMES
11:35:33 ARTICLE BY MARIO MECABLA.
11:35:37 THE FIRST THING TO POINT OUT IS POLICE OFFICERS DON'T DO
11:35:40 WHAT YOU THINK THEY DO.
11:35:41 THEY SPEND MOST OF THEIR TIME RESPONDING TO NOISE
11:35:44 COMPLAINTS, PARKING, TRAFFIC CITATIONS AND OTHER NONCRIMINAL
11:35:47 ISSUES AND AREN'T CATCHING BANK ROBBERS AND SERIAL KILLERS
11:35:51 AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF POLICE OFFICERS MAKE ONE FELONY
11:35:54 ARREST A YEAR.
11:35:56 AND SO WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS THAT AS A SOCIETY,
11:36:00 WE HAVE BEEN SO INDOCTRINATED WITH THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE TO
11:36:04 SOLVE PROBLEMS BY POLICING AND CAGING PEOPLE THAT MANY DO
11:36:08 NOT IMAGINE HOW BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL THE WORLD COULD BE
11:36:12 WITHOUT POLICE, WITHOUT PRISONS, WITHOUT ALTERNATIVE
11:36:17 SOLUTIONS THAT CAUSE VIOLENCE AND HARM.
11:36:20 IMAGINE WHAT THE WORLD WOULD LOOK LIKE IF WE HAD THE MONEY
11:36:22 WE REALLY NEEDED FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE FOOD AND TO NOT HAVE TO
11:36:31 STEEL, FOR EVERYONE TO HAVE THE EDUCATION THEY NEED TO GET
11:36:34 THE JOB THEY DESERVE, FOR EVERYONE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE
11:36:38 PUBLIC TRANSIT THEY NEED TO GET TO THAT JOB, AND FOR THEM TO
11:36:41 BE ABLE TO GET TO THAT JOB ONCE THEY FINALLY GET IT SAFELY
11:36:44 WITHOUT BEING SEXUALLY OR PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED BY A POLICE
11:36:48 OFFICER.
11:36:48 ACCORDING TO A 2009 STUDY, WHICH IS OVER A DECADE AGO, WHICH
11:36:54 MEANS A LOT, EVERY FIVE DAYS AN OFFICER IN THE UNITED STATES
11:37:01 IS REPRIMANDED FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT. IF WE ARE GOING TO TALK
11:37:04 ABOUT BASIC THINGS LIKE KEEPING WOMEN SAFE, KEEP CHILDREN
11:37:08 SAFE, WE NEED TO DO BETTER THAN ANY SENDING POLICE TO THEIR
11:37:13 HOMES, WITH GUNS AND TASERS, TO PLACES WHERE PEOPLE NEED
11:37:18 UNDERSTANDING AND PROFESSIONAL --
11:37:22 >>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:37:22 >> THANK YOU.
11:37:24 >>THE CLERK: I DO WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAD FOUR MUST BE
11:37:34 COMMENTS REQUESTS BUT THEY DID NOT LOG ONTO THE WEBINAR.
11:37:38 AND I WILL ANNOUNCE THEIR NAMES.
11:37:40 GRAHAM, SHEELER, PRYOR, WHITE, BAILEY, AND SAFARI. AND NOW
11:37:48 ON TO THE RECORDED PUBLIC COMMENTS.
11:37:49 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BEFORE YOU BEGIN, CLERK, COUNCIL
11:37:53 MEMBERS, ONCE WE FINISH THE RECORDED PUBLIC COMMENTS, WOULD
11:37:55 YOU LIKE TO TAKE A 10 OR 15-MINUTE BREAK, BEING THAT THIS IS
11:38:01 VIRTUAL AND THIS IS NEW, WE CAN'T DO A LUNCH BREAK, BUT IF
11:38:06 WE DO THIS REMEMBER YOU DO NOT LOG OUT OF THE GO-TO MEETING.
11:38:09 YOU JUST PUT YOUR CAMERA ON PAUSE AND MUTE YOUR MICROPHONE.
11:38:14 BUT IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS, UNLESS THERE'S
11:38:17 ANY OBJECTION.
11:38:20 ALL RIGHT.
11:38:20 HEARING NONE.
11:38:21 SO WE'LL TAKE A BREAK AFTER THE RECORDED PUBLIC COMMENTS.
11:38:24 LET'S TAKE 15 MINUTES.
11:38:26 REMEMBER, DO NOT LOG OUT OF THE MEETING.
11:38:27 AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE THE MEETING.
11:38:29 CLERK, GO AHEAD WITH YOUR RECORDED COMMENTS.
11:38:32 AND HOW MANY DO WE HAVE, WERE THERE ELEVEN PEOPLE?
11:38:36 THE CLERK: YES, APPROXIMATELY 10 OR 11.
11:38:38 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD.
11:38:39 THANK YOU.
11:38:39 >>THE CLERK: I WILL BE PLAYING ONE AFTER THE NEXT.
11:38:43 OKAY?
11:38:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY, THANK YOU.
11:38:44 >>THE CLERK: UH-HUH.
11:38:46 >> (RECORDINGS) MY NAME IS ANDERS CAREY. I LIVE AT 2312
11:38:52 NORTH AMELIA STREET, APARTMENT B.
11:38:55 I'M CALLING ON ISSUES WITH THE SAFETY BUDGET, THE GENERAL
11:39:02 FUND EXPENDITURES, TRANSPORTATION IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, AND
11:39:15 PUBLIC PARKS ARE UNDERFUNDED.
11:39:17 AND TRANSPORTATION FOR OTHER CITIES LIKE BOSTON, PUBLIC
11:39:23 TRANSPORTATION SERVICE, AND BUDGET WAS CUT AND SERVICE
11:39:32 ITSELF CUT BACK, AND WE ARE NOT -- (AUDIO LOST).
11:39:48 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE AUDIO CUT OUT FOR THAT.
11:39:49 >> -- FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
11:39:55 THANK YOU.
11:39:56 >> MY NAME IS BRIANNA HOLMES, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33603. (AUDIO
11:40:02 DISTORTION)
11:40:04 I AM CALLING TO LEAVE MY PUBLIC COMMENT TO EXPRESS MY
11:40:08 CONCERN OVER THE FACT THAT OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS
11:40:13 WITH ALL THE THINGS GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY, WE ARE
11:40:16 CONTINUING TO WHERE THE MONEY IN THIS CITY GOES, AND FUNDING
11:40:28 MORE PROGRAMS TO HELP UNDERPRIVILEGED COMMUNITIES, IN THE
11:40:34 CITY AS OPPOSED TO FUNNELING MONEY TOWARDS POLICE DOLLARS
11:40:39 AND KEEPING THOSE CITIZENS FEELING LIKE THEY ARE IN APPLIES
11:40:43 STATED.
11:40:43 THIS IS NOT RIGHT. THIS IS NOT JUST.
11:40:45 THIS IS NOT THE WAY WE AS TAMPA RESIDENTS SHOULD LOOK TOWARD
11:40:50 OUR FUTURE OF THIS CITY.
11:40:53 AND WE ARE LOOKING AT TAMPA, HOW WE WANT THIS CITY TO --
11:41:03 NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL FOR BUSINESSES, TECH LEADERSHIP,
11:41:08 ART, EVERYTHING.
11:41:14 HOW WE STRUCTURE OUR CITY AND WHERE THE MONEY GOES AND
11:41:19 BECOME A LEADER IN THAT AREA.
11:41:23 I PLEASE ASK YOU TO THINK ABOUT WHERE YOU WANT THE CITY TO
11:41:29 BE 10 YEARS, 20 YEARS, 30 YEARS, AND HOW OUR BUDGET
11:41:35 CURRENTLY AFFECTS THAT.
11:41:40 INSTEAD OF ARTS, INSTEAD OF HOUSING, INSTEAD OF PUBLIC
11:41:45 EDUCATION, DOES THAT TRULY HELP THE CITY?
11:41:47 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
11:41:52 >> MY NAME IS DIANA SHANKS.
11:42:01 I AM A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
11:42:02 I LIVE IN BAYSHORE.
11:42:04 AND I AM CALLING TO EXPRESS THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE BUDGET.
11:42:10 I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US REDUCING TPD BUDGET, AT LEAST 90% TO
11:42:19 SAFETY COMMUNITY PROGRAM, THERE NEEDS TO BE AN END TO
11:42:25 ANTI-PROTEST POLICE VIOLENCE AND TARGETING, THAT MEANS TO
11:42:29 START WITH THE FARING OF CHIEF POLICE BRYAN DUGAN.
11:42:32 I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AS WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET TO
11:42:35 PRIORITIZE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, MENTAL HEALTH CARE, CHILD
11:42:38 CARE, INVESTMENT IN BLACK BUSINESSES, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION,
11:42:44 AND TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY SAFER.
11:42:46 THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:42:47 HAVE A GOOD DAY.
11:42:48 >> HI.
11:42:50 MY NAME IS EMILY BAKER.
11:42:52 I LIVE IN TOWN AND COUNTRY.
11:42:54 OUT HOPE EVERYONE IS FEELING OKAY.
11:42:56 I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM.
11:43:01 SO I BELIEVE THAT ANY INDECISION AND PROTECTION OF THE
11:43:06 POLICE BUDGET IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE TREATMENT OF
11:43:12 PROTESTORS.
11:43:13 THIS INCLUDES ALLOWING THE TARGETING OF RACIAL JUSTICE
11:43:19 ACTIVISTS.
11:43:21 THE USE OF CHEMICAL WARFARE, REGARDING POTENTIALLY -- THEN
11:43:30 YOU HEAR WHEN INDIVIDUALS, SOME SYMBOLS OF WHITE SUPREMACY,
11:43:38 ON STREETS DOWNTOWN.
11:43:39 THE MAYOR, THE CITY COUNCIL, WE ARE ALL CONFLICTED.
11:43:45 SOME MORE THAN OTHERS.
11:43:47 UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES NOT --
11:43:58 (DISTORTION)
11:44:00 BOTH RACIAL AND VIOLENCE JUSTICE GROUPS BUT BLACK AND
11:44:05 INDIGENOUS TO MAKE YOUR CITY BETTER.
11:44:10 TAMPA REALLY NEEDS A CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER.
11:44:21 YOUR SILENCE IS DEAFENING.
11:44:23 I BELIEVE ANY ACTION TAKEN THAT IS NOT DIRECTED TOWARDS THIS
11:44:26 COURSE OF ACTION IS A DIRECT ACT AGAINST THE PEOPLE AND
11:44:30 SHOWS -- OF HUMAN RIGHTS.
11:44:37 TO PROTECT INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES, EVEN IN THE FACE OF
11:44:42 TRAUMA.
11:44:47 THAT YOU ARE TRAUMA AND CALLING IT JUSTICE, YOU ARE
11:44:49 CONFLICTED.
11:44:50 IF WE ARE AMERICA AND WE ARE GREAT -- KNOWN TO CONTINUE TO
11:45:00 OFFER REASSURANCES BUT BE EXPLICIT THAT IT'S TIME TO TAKE
11:45:05 THE NEXT STEP.
11:45:09 I HOPE YOU ARE ALL ASKING YOURSELVES, WHERE IS THE EVIDENCE?
11:45:15 THE POLICE BUDGET MAKING OUR COMMUNITY ANY BETTER?
11:45:18 WHERE ARE THE RESULTS?
11:45:20 (DISTORTION)
11:45:22 AND WHILE I MAY HAVE MISSED LOOKING THROUGH YOUR BUDGET
11:45:26 ITEM, I DIDN'T SEE ANY -- NUMBERS FOR HALF A CENTURY.
11:45:32 REFUND YOUR COMMUNITY.
11:45:33 >> MY NAME IS EMILY WISENBERGER AND I'M AN EMPLOYEE AT USF.
11:45:42 I ASK THAT YOU ALLOCATE FUND TO THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT
11:45:50 TO THE COMMUNITY.
11:45:51 POLICE OFFICERS CAN RESPOND ONLY TO -- YOU CAN STOP ASKING
11:45:59 AND RESPECTING THEM TO.
11:46:01 INVEST PLEASE IN CHILD CARE ADULT EDUCATION, HOUSING, JUST
11:46:07 TO NAME A FEW HOW COUNTY HELP THE COMMUNITIES, AND DEEPLY
11:46:12 TROUBLED BY THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CHIEF DUGAN.
11:46:22 THE DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO STOP TARGETING PROTESTORS FOR
11:46:25 STANDING UP FOR THEIR RIGHTS.
11:46:27 >> MY NAME IS JEN NATION. I LIVE IN PASCO COUNTY.
11:46:34 I WORK IN TAMPA.
11:46:38 I HAVE SEEN ONLINE THE PICTURES OF THE BLACK AND BLUE
11:46:43 WRITING, PAINTING THAT WAS NOT AUTHORIZED BY THE CITY OF
11:46:45 TAMPA, TO BE IN OUR DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.
11:46:49 THIS IS WHERE I WORK.
11:47:07 VIOLENCE IN THIS CITY IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO AVOID RIGHT
11:47:09 NOW.
11:47:10 IT NEEDS TO GO.
11:47:11 THANK YOU.
11:47:11 >> MY NAME IS KELSEY TRESSLER, AND I LIVE IN SEMINOLE
11:47:17 HEIGHTS IN TAMPA, AND I AM CALLING ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 1.
11:47:20 I AM EXPRESSING MY SUPPORT FOR FREEZING THE TAMPA PD BUDGET,
11:47:25 THAT ULTIMATELY HELPS PREVENT AND REDUCE CRIME WHICH GIVING
11:47:30 TO POLICE DOESN'T DO.
11:47:31 IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO REDUCE THE JAIL POPULATION FOR
11:47:36 PRISONERS DUE TO COVID-19 FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY.
11:47:45 AND RESPOND TO PROTESTORS, POLICE BRUTALITY, WHICH BRINGS
11:47:51 PEOPLE TO PROTEST IN THE FIRST PLACE.
11:47:53 IT ONLY ESCALATES THE VIOLENCE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
11:47:57 LASTLY, I BELIEVE -- (DISTORTION) FOR POLICE CHIEF.
11:48:06 THANK YOU.
11:48:07 BYE.
11:48:07 >> MY NAME IS LAUREN ADRIAANSEN.
11:48:10 I LIVE ON NORTH RIVER HEIGHTS AVENUE AT SEMINOLE HEIGHTS.
11:48:15 I AM CALLING TO REMOVE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS TO THE TAMPA
11:48:22 POLICE DEPARTMENT.
11:48:26 WE HAVE SEEN WHAT WE NEED ARE MORE COMMUNITY MEASURES, AND I
11:48:32 THINK THE CITY OF TAMPA NEEDS TO SHOW THAT IT'S LEADING --
11:48:38 IN THE FUTURE.
11:48:42 WE NEED A FREEZE ON HIRING AND JUST 20% OF THE TAMPA POLICE
11:48:45 DEPARTMENT TO GO INTO COMMUNITY PROGRAMS.
11:48:48 SOMETHING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, TAMPA HOUSING, TRANSIENT,
11:48:57 THINGS THAT ACTUALLY HELP PEOPLE AND PREVENT CRIME MOVING
11:49:00 FORWARD.
11:49:02 I ALSO URGE YOU -- TO REDUCE OUR JAIL POPULATION AS WE GO
11:49:10 THROUGH COVID-19 AND THE PROBLEMS -- AND LESS THAN SANITARY.
11:49:24 I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT WAY FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD.
11:49:27 IN THE MEANTIME, TARGETED FOR VIOLENCE, AND TAMPA POLICE
11:49:40 DEPARTMENT ALLOWS ONLY BLACK ACTIVITIES THAT THEY LIKE
11:49:44 LITERALLY ON THEIR DOOR STEPS.
11:49:45 THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT LEGAL ACTIVITY THAT THEY DON'T
11:49:50 LIKE IS MORE PROTECTIVE, NOT LESS.
11:49:52 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:49:53 >> MY NAME IS ROWAN STANLEY, WEST TAMPA BAY.
11:50:03 I AM CALLING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT AGENDA ITEM 1, AND CONCERNED
11:50:12 WITH THE ACTIONS OF TPD, AND THERE NEED TO BE A SERIOUS
11:50:18 CHANGE IN THE WAY THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FUNCTIONS.
11:50:22 SPECIFICALLY, I THINK THE TAMPA BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET
11:50:26 NEEDS TO BE FROZEN AND REALLOCATED TO A HEALTH AND SAFETY
11:50:32 PROGRAM.
11:50:33 WE NEED TO REDUCE THE JAIL POPULATION, REDUCING UNNECESSARY
11:50:37 ARRESTS FOR THINGS LIKE NONVIOLENT OFFENSES, VANDALISM,
11:50:42 LOITERING, YOU KNOW, BY POLICE THAT ARE NOT WEARING MASKS,
11:50:48 WE NEVER SEE A TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT WEARING A MASK ON THE
11:50:52 JOB, HANDLING PEOPLE, PUTTING THEM IN UNSAFE CONDITIONS, DUE
11:50:59 TO COVID-19.
11:51:01 IN ADDITION TO THAT, I ALSO THINK TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT
11:51:07 MUST STOP TARGETING ACTIVISTS.
11:51:10 THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE CASES WHERE PEOPLE WHERE PROTESTORS
11:51:16 HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED BY THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY
11:51:17 HAVE TAKEN NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS.
11:51:20 AND ALLOWED PEOPLE TO DRIVE CARS INTO PROTESTORS, AND IT IS
11:51:33 ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR.
11:51:37 IT NEEDS TO STOP IMMEDIATELY.
11:51:39 AND CHIEF BRIAN DUGAN SHOULD STEP DOWN IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE
11:51:43 HE OBVIOUSLY IS NOTE COMPETENT.
11:51:45 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:51:45 >> HI.
11:51:49 MY NAME IS SOPHIA.
11:51:51 I LIVE IN SULPHUR SPRINGS.
11:51:53 THIS NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET LOOKS LIKE THE 2020 BUDGET I AM
11:51:57 ASKING YOU TO DEFUND THE POLICE.
11:52:01 BY REEXAMINING DECREASE BY 5% BY PLACING A HIRING FREEZE ON
11:52:11 THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
11:52:12 IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET OFFICERS STARTED AT $55,000 SO
11:52:17 ANYTHING MUCH MORE THAN THAT, MOST OFFICERS MAKING $89 THAT
11:52:20 YOU.
11:52:22 IN BOTH LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, LIEUTENANT, SERGEANT, MAJOR,
11:52:27 CHIEF, MAKE WELL ABOVE SIX FIGURES.
11:52:30 WHY SHOULD POLICE OFFICERS SALARIES BE $48,000 ABOVE TAMPA'S
11:52:34 MEDIAN INCOME?
11:52:35 ALL PAY SCALES ABOVE THE MEDIAN INCOME LEVEL OF $51,000
11:52:40 SHOULD BE DECREASED BY 5% WITH CURRENT OFFICERS BEING
11:52:44 GRANDFATHERED IN.
11:52:49 WHAT IF WE ONLY HAD 900 OFFICERS?
11:52:53 TO SUGGEST A HIRING FREEZE BUT WE NEED TO HEAD IN THAT
11:52:58 DIRECTION.
11:52:58 WE CAN START BY A STUDY INTO POSITION PROGRAMS THAT
11:53:02 COMPLEMENT PROGRAMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
11:53:07 IN ORGAN ABOUT 20% OF CALLS ARE ANSWERED BY A SOCIAL WORKER
11:53:12 RATHER THAN AN ARMED OFFICER.
11:53:14 THOSE 24,000 CALLS TRACKED, ONLY 150 REQUESTED ADDITIONAL
11:53:18 OFFICER BACKUP.
11:53:20 THIS SAVED THE CITIES $15 MILLION.
11:53:24 IT IS TIME FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA TO START LOOKING FOR OTHER
11:53:26 CITIES FOR EXAMPLES BECAUSE WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE IS NOT
11:53:29 WORKING FOR THE 70,000 CITIZENS LIVING IN POVERTY.
11:53:34 THANK YOU.
11:53:34 >> MY NAME IS PHILIP REGISTER BAKER.
11:53:41 I LIVE AT 12352 RIVER RIDGE DRIVE, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33624.
11:53:52 I AM CALLING IN REGARD REGARDING ITEM NUMBER 1 FOR THE
11:53:58 AGENDA IN THE MEETING AND ASKING YOU TO REALLOCATE FUNDING
11:54:10 FOR TAMPA POLICE AND STATING A HIRING FREEZE OF 19% OF THE
11:54:16 TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET TO GO BACK INTO THE
11:54:19 COMMUNITY, INTO AREAS LIKE AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS, HEALTH
11:54:24 CARE, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, MENTAL HEALTH, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
11:54:29 TREATMENT.
11:54:30 AND ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION WITH A SMARTER, STRONGER, AND
11:54:38 CONNECTED COMMUNITY, A SAFER ONE WITH LESS FOR VIOLENT
11:54:51 OFFENSES, AND FIRING CHIEF DUGAN BY HIS WAY OF POWER USE OF
11:54:58 FORCE ESPECIALLY IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
11:54:59 THANK YOU.
11:55:00 >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU.
11:55:02 THAT WILL CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE AGENDA.
11:55:06 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:55:08 FOR ORGANIZING ALL OF THAT.
11:55:10 I APPRECIATE IT.
11:55:10 WE ALL APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK.
11:55:12 COUNCIL MEMBERS, IT'S 11:55.
11:55:16 IF WE CAN TAKE A BREAK UNTIL 12:15 SHARP, PLEASE DO NOT
11:55:19 LEAVE THE MEETING.
11:55:21 JUST PAUSE YOUR CAMERAS, YOUR WEB CAM, AND MUTE YOUR
11:55:26 MICROPHONE.
11:55:27 SO WE'LL STAY WITHIN THE MEETING AND WON'T HAVE TO RELOG ON
11:55:31 WE WILL STAY ON TRACK.
11:55:34 AT 12:15 WE'LL RECONVENE.
11:55:37 THEREFORE, WE ARE IN RECESS UNTIL THEN.
11:55:39 AGAIN, PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE THE MEETING.
11:55:43 (CITY COUNCIL RECESS.)
11:55:46
12:16:32 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT, I CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
12:16:38 ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
12:16:39 >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
12:16:42 >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE.
12:16:44 >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
12:16:46 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HERE.
12:16:49 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I'M HERE.
12:16:52 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
12:16:54 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
12:16:55 ALL RIGHT.
12:16:56 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:16:56 WE NOW GO TO THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
12:17:01 THERE IS AN ITEM TO COME AFTER ITEM 57, REQUESTED BY THE
12:17:09 LEGAL DEPARTMENT REGARDING K BAR PROPERTY.
12:17:14 AND A MEMO WAS SENT OUT.
12:17:16 THAT WILL BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA.
12:17:18 IF THERE IS NO QUESTIONS, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE
12:17:23 AGENDA AND THE ADDENDUM?
12:17:25 >> SO MOVED.
12:17:27 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN?
12:17:33 A CORRECTION ON THE AGENDA.
12:17:36 WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS A LISTING OF A MEMO FROM
12:17:40 CITY ATTORNEY JAN MCLEAN RELATIVE TO THE STORMWATER CAPITAL
12:17:44 IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENT ROLL.
12:17:45 THAT IS NOT ITEM 24.
12:17:48 THAT IS ITEM NUMBER 59.
12:17:50 SO THAT'S MISNUMBERED.
12:17:51 JUST TO REMIND YOU THAT ITEM 59 IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE RESO.
12:17:55 THE RESO ON THE AGENDA IS THE ONE THAT NEEDS TO BE MOVED.
12:18:00 SO OTHER THAN THAT, YOU ALSO HAVE ADDITIONAL NEW BUSINESS TO
12:18:04 TAKE UP AT THE END OF THE MEETING.
12:18:07 THANK YOU.
12:18:07 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:18:10 DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, THE ADDENDUM?
12:18:14 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED, MR. CHAIRMAN.
12:18:16 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA WITH A
12:18:19 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
12:18:21 ROLL CALL VOTE.
12:18:22 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:18:28 >>ORLANDO GUDES: (NO RESPONSE).
12:18:32 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:18:34 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
12:18:35 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:18:37 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:18:39 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:18:40 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES
12:18:44 ABSENT AT VOTE.
12:18:45 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
12:18:49 REQUESTS BY THE PUBLIC FOR ADMINISTRATION MATTERS.
12:18:52 WE HAVE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
12:18:54 THEREFORE WE BEGIN WITH ITEM NUMBER 2 WHICH IS AN ORDINANCE
12:18:57 FOR FIRST READING.
12:19:01 WHOEVER WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THAT.
12:19:03 GO AHEAD.
12:19:03 >>VIK BHIDE: DIRECTOR OF BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
12:19:10 CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME?
12:19:12 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, WE CAN.
12:19:14 >>VIK BHIDE: SO THIS IS AN ITEM TO MOVE THE PROCESS FOR THE
12:19:22 COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
12:19:22 IT'S 60-1 -- SECTION 15-121-G, AND FOR PERSONS TO CONTEST A
12:19:35 PARKING TICKET.
12:19:36 CURRENTLY THERE IS NOT ANY -- TO FURNISH A DRIVER'S LICENSE
12:19:43 AND VEHICLE REGISTRATION.
12:19:47 AND EXPANDING -- WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF EXPANDING OTHER I
12:19:53 HAD FAKES OUT THERE.
12:19:54 SO WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE APPROVAL, THEY WILL BE
12:20:00 ABLE TO USE BILLS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
12:20:07 AND THEN THE AMENDMENT LANGUAGE, WHICH INCLUDES OTHER
12:20:15 DOCUMENTS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
12:20:20 AND LEGAL AND I ARE HERE TO ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS.
12:20:26 >> DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS?
12:20:31 ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS?
12:20:35 ALL RIGHT.
12:20:35 HEARING OR SEEING NONE, WHO WOULD LIKE TO READ THIS
12:20:39 ORDINANCE?
12:20:39 COUNCILMAN CITRO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THIS?
12:20:44 ITEM NUMBER 2.
12:20:44 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:20:52 AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING
12:20:54 CONSIDERATION.
12:20:55 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA RELATING TO
12:20:59 CONTESTING PARKING TICKETS, MAKING REVISION TO THE CITY
12:21:03 TAMPA OF CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 15 PARKING AMENDING
12:21:05 ARTICLE 2, REGULATIONS, PERMITS, PENALTIES, DIVISION 4,
12:21:11 PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT, SECTION 15-121, ISSUANCE OF PARK
12:21:17 TICKETS, MAKING OR CONTESTING TICKETS, PENALTIES FOR PARKING
12:21:22 VIOLATIONS, RESULTING IN PARKING DIVISION REVIEW, REPEALING
12:21:27 ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH,
12:21:33 PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
12:21:35 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
12:21:38 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
12:21:40 CITRO WITH A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:21:43 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
12:21:47 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:21:48 >>ORLANDO GUDES: (NO RESPONSE)
12:21:51 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:21:53 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
12:21:55 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:21:58 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:22:00 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:22:03 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES BEING
12:22:06 ABSENT AT VOTE.
12:22:07 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER
12:22:09 3rd, 2020 AT 9 A.M.
12:22:17 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE GO TO ITEM NUMBER 3.
12:22:19 VIK WILL BE SPEAKING ON THIS, OUR DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION
12:22:22 AND STORMWATER DEPARTMENT.
12:22:23 GO AHEAD, SIR.
12:22:24 >>VIK BHIDE: THANK YOU, CHAIR.
12:22:26 AND THANK YOU COUNCIL.
12:22:29 VIK BHIDE, MOBILITY DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR AGAIN.
12:22:31 SO THE BACKGROUND OF THIS ITEM IS ON FEBRUARY 5, 2020,
12:22:40 COUNCIL PASSED A MOTION TO RECEIVE A STAFF REPORT AT ITS
12:22:44 MARCH 5th MEETING REGARDING SCOPE OF AUTHORITY OF CITY
12:22:52 CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ON ACTING ITEMS.
12:22:58 NOW, THE GOAL OF THIS CHANGE THAT WE ARE PROPOSING AND CODE
12:23:04 AMENDMENTS 15 AND 19 IS TO HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
12:23:09 RESPOND TO PARKING CONCERNS.
12:23:11 THIS WILL INCREASE OUR THROUGHPUT AND BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE
12:23:17 PARKING CHALLENGES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THESE
12:23:22 AMENDMENTS -- TO CLARIFY HOW THEY WILL RESPOND TO THESE,
12:23:30 CURRENTLY CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS PATROL DID YOU HAVE
12:23:37 ZONES SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE A REGULAR OBSERVATION AND
12:23:40 ACTION ON PARKING RELATED ITEMS.
12:23:43 WHEN IT COMES TO SPECIFIC PROBLEM AREAS WITH PARKING,
12:23:49 TYPICALLY IT'S A COMBINATION OF EITHER CODE OR LAW
12:23:52 ENFORCEMENT THAT RESPONDS TO THESE ISSUES.
12:23:56 BUT AGAIN, THE GOAL IS THROUGH PUT AND PROVIDE BETTER
12:24:01 SERVICES TO THE CITY.
12:24:03 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CHAIR, POINT OF ORDER.
12:24:10 I GOT KNOCKED OUT SO UM NOT SURE WHICH ITEM WE ARE ON.
12:24:14 IS THIS ITEM NUMBER 2 STILL OR 3?
12:24:16 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM NUMBER 3.
12:24:18 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE CAN PROCEED, MR. CHAIR.
12:24:20 BUT AFTER THIS, I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER 2.
12:24:23 I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT FORTH FOR THE RECORD.
12:24:26 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR, GO AHEAD.
12:24:28 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ON ITEM 2, I WANT TO THANK THE LEGAL
12:24:31 DEPARTMENT MS. GRIMES FOR ADDRESSING THIS ISSUES R ISSUE
12:24:33 WITH THE CONSTITUENTS WITH REFERENCE TO IDs, REQUESTING
12:24:38 FLORIDA IDs AND I'M GLAD THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO
12:24:42 COME UP WITH A BETTER WAY AND BETTER SYSTEM FOR OUR
12:24:45 CONSTITUENTS WHO MAY NOT HAVE A FORM OF I HAD FAKES, MAY NOT
12:24:48 WANT TO USE THEIR PHOTO ID TO IDENTIFY AS FAR AS OUR POLICY
12:24:53 SO I AM GLAD THAT POLICY CHANGED.
12:24:55 I UNDERSTAND THE VOTE WAS TAKEN.
12:24:57 I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT PASSED OR NOT.
12:24:58 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT DID.
12:25:00 IT DID.
12:25:00 IT WAS UNANIMOUS -- WELL, IT PASSED WITH NO OPPOSITION.
12:25:04 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
12:25:09 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
12:25:11 >>ORLANDO GUDES: NO, SIR.
12:25:12 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I KNOW COUNCILMAN CARLSON DID MAKE A
12:25:15 MOTION.
12:25:15 THIS CAME UP WHEN IT CAME UP.
12:25:18 BECAUSE WE DO GET COMPLAINTS FROM SOME CONSTITUENTS HOW
12:25:22 VEHICLES ARE PARKED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WHATNOT.
12:25:25 AND THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES THAT NOT ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
12:25:31 BUT THE AUTHORITY OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THAT ARE
12:25:34 DRIVING AROUND NEIGHBORHOODS AND IT OFFERS A BETTER BALANCE,
12:25:38 AN EXTRA SET OF EYES TO KEEP SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IN
12:25:41 BETTER ORDER BECAUSE AGAIN WE DO GET THESE COMPLAINTS.
12:25:43 WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
12:25:46 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:25:47 ROLL CALL VOTE.
12:25:47 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:25:53 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:25:57 >> I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY.
12:25:58 COUNCILMAN CARLSON, GO AHEAD AND READ THE ORDINANCE.
12:26:01 >>BILL CARLSON: FILE NUMBERS E 2020-8 CHAPTER 15 AND E
12:26:07 2020-8 CHAPTER 19.
12:26:09 ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION.
12:26:12 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA RELATING TO THE
12:26:14 SCOPE OF AUTHORITY OF THE CITY'S CODE ENFORCEMENT AND DUTIES
12:26:17 OF CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MAKING REVISIONS TO THE CITY OF
12:26:20 TAMPA CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 19, PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
12:26:23 AND STRUCTURAL STANDARDS, AMENDING ARTICLE 1, IN GENERAL
12:26:35 PROVISIONS ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY, SECTION 19-4,
12:26:38 DEPARTMENT OF CODE ENFORCEMENT, DAUGHTERS AND SCOPE OF
12:26:40 AUTHORITY OF THE DIRECTOR BY EXPANDING THE POWERS DAUGHTERS
12:26:45 AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIRECTOR AND
12:26:48 THEIR CODE ENFORCEMENT ENFORCE.
12:26:52 OFFICERS TO ADMINISTER AND ENFORCE CITY CODE CHAPTER 15
12:26:57 PARKING SECTION 15-3, 15-54 AND 15-122 TO DEFINE DULY
12:27:02 AUTHORIZED CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND AUTHORIZE SAME TO
12:27:05 ENFORCE CHAPTER 16 PROVISIONS, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR
12:27:09 PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH PROVIDING FOR
12:27:12 SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
12:27:13 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON. MIRANDA
12:27:16 DID SECOND IT.
12:27:16 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:27:19 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:27:23 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:27:26 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:27:27 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:27:29 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER
12:27:31 BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
12:27:33 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER
12:27:36 3rd, 2020 AT 9 A.M.
12:27:37 >>BILL CARLSON: LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS AND CHIEF
12:27:45 BENNETT FOR MOVING THIS FORWARD.
12:27:47 THIS HAS BEEN A BIG CONCERN OF CONSTITUENTS ALL OVER THE
12:27:49 CITY, BUT IN PARTICULAR IN SOUTH TAMPA AND HISTORIC HYDE
12:27:52 PARK AREA, AND DAVIS ISLAND, OTHERS, SO THIS IS A WAY OF
12:27:59 TRYING TO ALLEVIATE THE PARKING PROBLEMS WITHOUT HAVING TO
12:28:02 RELY ON POLICE.
12:28:03 THANK YOU.
12:28:03 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
12:28:06 WE NOW GO TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE CHAIRED BY COUNCIL
12:28:09 MEMBER CITRO.
12:28:10 IF YOU ARE READY, GO AHEAD AND TAP THAT.
12:28:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I MOVE ITEMS 4 THROUGH 9.
12:28:16 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CITRO. SECOND
12:28:20 FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:28:22 ROLL CALL VOTE.
12:28:22 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:28:30 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:28:31 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:28:34 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: (NO RESPONSE).
12:28:37 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:28:38 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:28:40 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:28:40 >>THE CLERK: MOTION PASSED.
12:28:47 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT UP PARKS, REC AND CULTURAL
12:28:49 COMMITTEE, COUNCILMAN GUDES AS CHAIR.
12:28:51 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I MOVE ITEMS NUMBER 10 THROUGH 13, CHAIR.
12:28:55 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
12:28:57 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:28:59 ROLL CALL VOTE.
12:28:59 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:29:06 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:29:07 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:29:10 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: (NO RESPONSE).
12:29:12 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:29:15 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:29:17 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:29:19 NEXT UP IS PUBLIC WORKS.
12:29:23 >>THE CLERK: MOTION PASSED WITH DINGFELDER ABSENT AT VOTE.
12:29:27 >> COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER IS NO LONG WE ARE US AT THE MEETING
12:29:30 SO WE GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, 14 THROUGH 23.
12:29:33 >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD MOVE 14 THROUGH 23.
12:29:37 >> SECOND.
12:29:39 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN
12:29:41 CARLSON.
12:29:42 SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES.
12:29:43 ROLL CALL VOTE.
12:29:44 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:29:50 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:29:50 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:29:53 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: (NO RESPONSE).
12:29:55 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:29:58 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:30:01 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:30:03 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DINGFELDER
12:30:05 BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
12:30:07 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
12:30:07 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:30:08 NEXT UP WE HAVE THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER
12:30:11 MIRANDA.
12:30:12 WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THOSE ITEMS?
12:30:14 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE ITEMS 24 THROUGH 35.
12:30:16 >> SECOND.
12:30:19 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:30:21 SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CITRO.
12:30:22 ROLL CALL VOTE.
12:30:23 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:30:30 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:30:31 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:30:34 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: (NO RESPONSE).
12:30:35 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:30:37 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:30:39 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:30:40 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DINGFELDER
12:30:44 BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
12:30:46 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:30:50 AND I MENTIONED IT BRIEFLY BEFORE WE CONTINUED BUT COUNCIL
12:30:54 MEMBER DINGFELDER DID HAVE TO LEAVE THE MEETING.
12:30:57 HE WILL BE REJOINING US THIS EVENING FOR THE EVENING
12:31:00 MEETING.
12:31:01 NEXT UP WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
12:31:07 >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ITEMS 36 THROUGH 53.
12:31:14 >> SECOND.
12:31:15 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON WITH A
12:31:17 SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:31:20 ROLL CALL VOTE.
12:31:20 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:31:23 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:31:30 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:31:31 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: (NO RESPONSE).
12:31:33 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:31:35 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:31:36 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:31:37 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DINGFELDER
12:31:40 BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
12:31:41 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT UP IS THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
12:31:44 WITH COUNCIL MEMBER LUIS VIERA.
12:31:47 >>LUIS VIERA: I DO HEREBY MOVE ITEMS 54, 55 AND 56.
12:31:52 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
12:31:56 SECOND BY COUNSEL MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:31:59 ROLL CALL VOTE.
12:32:00 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:32:06 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:32:08 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:32:13 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: (NO RESPONSE).
12:32:15 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:32:17 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:32:17 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:32:17 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DINGFELDER
12:32:22 BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
12:32:23 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:32:25 ITEM NUMBER 57, PETITION FOR REVIEW SCHEDULED FOR 21st
12:32:32 AT 5:01 P.M.
12:32:39 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MAY I BE HEARD ON THAT?
12:32:41 THAT WAS ORIGINALLY THE REQUEST SEPTEMBER 21st FOR THE
12:32:48 REVIEW HEARING.
12:32:49 HOWEVER, I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW WITH STAFF THE
12:32:52 SCHEDULE OF SEPTEMBER 21st.
12:32:55 THAT IS NOT APPROPRIATE TO SET ANY ADDITIONAL HEARINGS.
12:33:01 IT IS QUITE FULL.
12:33:02 WE ARE REQUESTING THAT BE SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 22ND OF
12:33:05 2020.
12:33:06 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE ITEM 57 FOR REVIEW HEARING TO BE
12:33:11 SCHEDULED OCTOBER 22ND, 2020, IS THAT 5:01 OFFER 6?
12:33:19 5:01.
12:33:19 >> SECOND.
12:33:20 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
12:33:22 MIRANDA FOR ITEM 57.
12:33:24 SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES.
12:33:26 ROLL CALL VOTE.
12:33:26 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:33:31 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:33:36 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:33:37 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: (NO RESPONSE).
12:33:40 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:33:42 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:33:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:33:45 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DINGFELDER
12:33:47 BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
12:33:49 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO OPEN ITEMS 58 THROUGH 61.
12:33:53 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEN MIRANDA
12:33:56 WITH A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
12:33:58 ROLL CALL.
12:33:58 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:34:02 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:34:07 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:34:09 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: (NO RESPONSE)
12:34:11 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:34:12 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:34:13 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:34:16 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DINGFELDER
12:34:18 BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
12:34:20 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE THIS --
12:34:26 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, I WANTED TO MENTION THAT WAS
12:34:28 RESOLVED.
12:34:30 WE APPROVED IT DURING THE ADDENDUM.
12:34:32 >> DID NOT, SIR.
12:34:36 >>MARTIN SHELBY: WHEN YOU APPROVED THE AGENDA, YOU APPROVED
12:34:41 THE ADDENDUM BUT DON'T --
12:34:44 >> NO, NO, I'M SAYING AFTER ITEM NUMBER 57.
12:34:48 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES.
12:34:49 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHO FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT IS HERE
12:34:51 TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM THAT THEY REQUESTED TO PUT ON?
12:34:57 >>JAN MCLEAN: THIS IS JAN McLEAN.
12:34:59 YOU HAVE THE ITEMS OPEN FOR ITEM 58 THROUGH 61.
12:35:02 ARE YOU GOING TO BE TAKING A DIFFERENT ITEM, MR. SHELBY,
12:35:08 ONCE YOU HAVE THESE PUBLIC HEARINGS OPEN?
12:35:15 AND THAT'S OKAY.
12:35:15 I JUST WANT TO MAKE CLEAR YOU ARE TAKING SOMETHING DIFFERENT
12:35:18 THAN ITEMS 58 THROUGH 61.
12:35:21 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT'S TRUE.
12:35:25 AFTER WE DO THIS IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A CLEAN RECORD, IF THAT
12:35:28 WOULD BE PREFERRED, MS. MCLEAN.
12:35:30 >>JAN MCLEAN: THAT'S WHAT I WOULD PREFER, SINCE THE
12:35:35 HEARINGS WERE OPENED FOR THOSE FOUR ITEMS.
12:35:37 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, WHY DON'T WE HOLD THAT, IF
12:35:43 YOU CAN, WITH INDULGENCE.
12:35:46 HOLD THESE UNTIL AFTER WE CONDUCT THE PUBLIC HEARING.
12:35:48 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THEN WE WILL GO TO ITEM NUMBER 58 AND
12:35:51 THEN COME BACK TO THE K-BAR ITEM THAT THE DEPARTMENT
12:35:55 REQUESTED.
12:35:56 ITEM NUMBER 58.
12:36:01 >>JAN MCLEAN: GOOD AFTERNOON.
12:36:02 WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY IS ITEM NUMBER 58, IS THE
12:36:05 ADOPTION OF THE ANNUAL STORMWATER SERVICE ASSESSMENT ROLE.
12:36:11 MAY I REMAINED YOU THAT NOW THAT THE HEARING IS OPEN, THAT
12:36:15 YOU HAVE THE PUBLIC COMMENT, AND FROM ANYONE WHO WISHES TO
12:36:20 MAKE THAT COMMENT THAT YOU TAKE YOUR VOTE, WHILE THE HEARING
12:36:24 IS OPEN, AND THEN CLOSE THE HEARING.
12:36:26 I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANYBODY WHO IS REGISTERED TO SPEAK.
12:36:29 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE DO HAVE SOMEONE AT THE CONVENTION
12:36:32 CENTER THAT IS REGISTERED TO SPEAK FOR THIS ITEM NUMBER 58.
12:36:35 >>THE CLERK: YES.
12:36:41 WE DO HAVE ONE PERSON THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
12:36:44 AND I HAVE THEM TO GO AHEAD.
12:36:47 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
12:36:50 IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 58, PLEASE STATE
12:36:52 YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO
12:36:54 SPEAK.
12:36:55 >> MY NAME IS LARRY, WISCONSIN AVENUE.
12:37:05 I'M HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE STORMWATER ASSESSMENT.
12:37:16 AT THIS TIME THERE'S A PANDEMIC AND UNREST.
12:37:22 TRYING TO GIVE US A DISCOUNT ON THINGS.
12:37:39 AS A CITY OF TAMPA RESIDENT, TRYING TO DO SOMETHING THEY
12:37:48 WILL NEVER GET RIGHT.
12:37:49 THEY CAN'T GET THIS RIGHT.
12:37:57 TRIED A MINIMUM OF THREE TIMES THAT I KNOW OF ON THE CORNER
12:38:00 OF EDISON AND DALE MABRY AND HAVE NEVER SUCCEEDED.
12:38:06 THEY HAVE A BUDGET OF $14 MILLION.
12:38:12 THAT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST BUDGETS THERE IS IN THE CITY.
12:38:16 AND PROBABLY THIS YEAR I WILL BE PUTTING IN -- (AUDIO CUTS
12:38:26 OUT) $147 THAT IS STORMWATER, AND IT WOULD JUST BE LOST
12:38:38 MONEY.
12:38:38 THERE ARE MANY OTHER CITY RESIDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE
12:38:42 DOING THE SAME THING AS I.
12:38:46 THEY WON'T GET ANY BENEFIT.
12:39:11 TAMPA IS A WONDERFUL PLACE.
12:39:15 THAT'S WHY A LOT OF PEOPLE -- ONLY THING IS WITH THE WINTER,
12:39:23 YOU GET HEAVY RAINS, AND WE GET HIGH TIDES.
12:39:28 WHEN WE HAVE HIGH TIDES, THE WATER GETS INTO LOW AREAS AND
12:39:37 WE HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT.
12:39:51 I WAS AGAINST IT WHEN IT FIRST STARTED.
12:39:56 AND IT COSTS A BUNCH OF MONEY EVERY YEAR.
12:40:12 WHEN I FIRST WANTED TO COME DOWN, I CALLED UP, AND -- COMING
12:40:21 TO THE MEETING TO SPEAK.
12:40:24 THEY SAID THE ONLY WAY I COULD DO IT IF I HAD E-MAIL.
12:40:32 I DON'T HAVE IT.
12:40:42 THAT I COULD COME DOWN HERE AND SPEAK ON IT.
12:40:53 I'M SORRY I'M SO NERVOUS BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT IS.
12:40:58 IN OTHER WORDS, I HOPE CITY COUNCIL WILL SEE IT MY WAY AND
12:41:04 VOTE AGAINST THIS ADOPTION BECAUSE IT COSTS LOTS OF MONEY
12:41:09 AND WE CAN'T FIX IT.
12:41:10 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
12:41:15 ALL RIGHT.
12:41:15 IS THERE ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ISSUE?
12:41:20 >>THE CLERK: THERE IS NO ONE ELSE PRESENT FOR PUBLIC
12:41:26 COMMENT.
12:41:26 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
12:41:27 ANY DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS?
12:41:28 ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
12:41:30 >>MARTIN SHELBY: JUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE VIRTUAL
12:41:36 MEETING, IF YOU COULD JUST ANNOUNCE THAT ITEM NUMBER AGAIN
12:41:39 AND THE SUBJECT.
12:41:39 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
12:41:41 THIS IS THE ANNUAL STORMWATER SERVICE ASSESSMENT ITEM NUMBER
12:41:44 58.
12:41:46 ITEM NUMBER 58.
12:41:48 IS ANYONE FROM LEGAL, JAN MCLEAN, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
12:41:53 AT THIS POINT?
12:41:53 >>JAN MCLEAN: NO, SIR.
12:41:58 IT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL.
12:42:00 IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FROM THEM.
12:42:01 OTHERWISE, THE VOTE IS TO BE TAKEN WHILE THE HEARING IS
12:42:05 OPEN, PLEASE.
12:42:06 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
12:42:08 WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO MOVE THIS RESOLUTION ITEM NUMBER 58?
12:42:13 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 58, E 2020-8
12:42:18 CHAPTER 21.
12:42:19 >> SECOND.
12:42:20 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:42:22 SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
12:42:23 ROLL CALL VOTE.
12:42:24 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:42:29 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:42:32 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:42:35 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: (NO RESPONSE).
12:42:37 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:42:46 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:42:49 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:42:49 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH MEMBER DINGFELDER BEING
12:42:54 ABSENT AT VOTE.
12:42:54 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:42:56 MR. SHELBY, I DO NOT HAVE TO CLOSE OUT THIS PUBLIC HEARING
12:42:59 FOR THIS ITEM, DO I?
12:43:00 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, DO YOU SIR.
12:43:02 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE NUMBER 58.
12:43:06 >> SECOND.
12:43:07 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:43:09 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
12:43:11 ROLL CALL VOTE.
12:43:12 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:43:14 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:43:15 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:43:21 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:43:22 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:43:24 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:43:27 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DINGFELDER
12:43:29 BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
12:43:30 >> ALL RIGHT.
12:43:34 SINCE WE HAVE ALL THESE PUBLIC HEARINGS OPEN, ITEM NULL 59.
12:43:37 59.
12:43:37 >>JAN MCLEAN: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THIS IS ITEM NUMBER
12:43:43 59.
12:43:43 AND AS YOU INDICATED, THIS HEARING HAS BEEN OPENED.
12:43:46 THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR
12:43:49 THE STORMWATER AD VALOREM IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENT AND AS
12:43:54 INDICATED PREVIOUSLY, I SUBMITTED A MEMO WITH TWO PEACES OF
12:43:58 CORRESPONDENCE MAKING COMMENT AND OBJECTION TO THIS
12:44:03 PARTICULAR ASSESSMENT, MAKE THEM PART OF THE RECORD, PLEASE.
12:44:07 WITH THE WHAT APPROVAL OF THE ADDENDUM.
12:44:10 AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE IS REGISTERED TO SPEAK ON THIS
12:44:14 PARTICULAR ITEM.
12:44:15 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON ITEM NUMBER
12:44:19 59?
12:44:20 >>THE CLERK: NO, SIR, WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY REGISTRATION
12:44:23 TO SPEAK NOR IS ANYONE ELSE AT TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER.
12:44:29 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL
12:44:31 MEMBERS FOR ITEM NUMBER 59?
12:44:33 HEARING AND SEEING NONE ---
12:44:35 >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I CAN.
12:44:36 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
12:44:37 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU.
12:44:39 WE GOT A REQUEST FROM LEGAL STAFF, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU MAKE
12:44:42 A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE BOTH DOCUMENTS AND MAKE THEM
12:44:46 PART OF THIS HEARING.
12:44:47 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
12:44:48 MAY I HAVE A MOTION BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE?
12:44:54 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED TO RECEIVE THE DOCUMENTS FOR
12:44:57 NUMBER 59.
12:44:58 >> SECOND.
12:44:58 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND BY MR. GUDES.
12:45:01 ROLL CALL VOTE.
12:45:02 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:45:03 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:45:05 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:45:07 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:45:12 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:45:14 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:45:16 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
12:45:18 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH DINGFELDER BEING ABSENT AT
12:45:21 VOTE.
12:45:21 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO -- WHO WOULD
12:45:24 LIKE TO READ THIS RESOLUTION?
12:45:28 OR MOVE THE RESOLUTION, I'M SORRY.
12:45:29 >> MOVE THE RESOLUTION NUMBER 59, E-2020-8-CHAPTER 21,
12:45:35 RESOLUTION ON NUMBER 59.
12:45:36 >> SECOND.
12:45:39 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
12:45:41 ROLL CALL VOTE.
12:45:42 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:45:46 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:45:49 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:45:56 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:46:00 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:46:01 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:46:04 >> YES.
12:46:05 >> MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER BEING ABSENT AT
12:46:09 VOTE.
12:46:12 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO CLOSE NUMBER 59.
12:46:13 >> SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
12:46:16 ROLL CALL VOTE.
12:46:16 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:46:21 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:46:23 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:46:28 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:46:31 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:46:33 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:46:35 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER
12:46:38 BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
12:46:39 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:46:42 ITEM NUMBER 60.
12:46:44 ITEM NUMBER 60.
12:46:46 WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS?
12:46:51 >>JAN MCLEAN: OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY AGAIN.
12:46:52 WE ARE HERE TODAY FOR THE ANNUAL ADOPTION OF NON-AD VALOREM
12:46:56 ASSESSMENT ROLL PER THE DOWNTOWN AND YBOR CITY AREAS OF THE
12:47:01 CITY OF TAMPA FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING A PORTION OF THE
12:47:04 OPERATING COST OF THE TAMPA YBOR HISTORIC STREET CAR
12:47:07 PROJECT.
12:47:10 THIS IS THE SAME PROCEDURE AS WE HAVE JUST DONE WITH THE
12:47:13 STORMWATER ASSESSMENT, TAKE COMMENT.
12:47:16 I DO HAVE MR. MICHAEL ENGLISH WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE
12:47:20 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF TAMPA HISTORIC STREET CAR WHO MAY WANT
12:47:24 TO MAKE A COMMENT.
12:47:25 HE'S ON THE LINE.
12:47:26 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
12:47:31 MR. ENGLISH, GO AHEAD.
12:47:32 >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
12:47:36 I CAN BE VERY BRIEF.
12:47:40 THIS IS AN ANNUAL APPEARANCE FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO EXTEND OUR
12:47:45 SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT.
12:47:47 AS YOU KNOW, IT'S CRITICAL.
12:47:52 AND WE WOULD HOPE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE YOUR SUPPORT.
12:47:55 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:47:55 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:47:57 DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM?
12:48:05 ALL RIGHT.
12:48:05 HEARING NONE, SEEING NONE, MAY I HAVE SOMEONE MOVE --
12:48:12 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE NUMBER 630, E-2020-8 CHAPTER 24.
12:48:16 MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
12:48:17 >> SECOND.
12:48:18 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
12:48:21 MIRANDA, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES.
12:48:23 ROLL CALL VOTE.
12:48:23 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:48:25 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:48:29 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:48:32 >>JOSEPH CITRO: IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, YES.
12:48:36 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:48:39 >> YES.
12:48:40 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DINGFELDER
12:48:43 BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
12:48:45 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO CLOSE NUMBER 60, MR. CHAIRMAN.
12:48:47 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:48:52 DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
12:48:53 COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES.
12:48:54 ROLL CALL VOTE.
12:48:55 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:48:59 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:49:00 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:49:06 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:49:09 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:49:11 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:49:12 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DINGFELDER
12:49:15 BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
12:49:16 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
12:49:17 WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 61.
12:49:20 61.
12:49:21 GO AHEAD.
12:49:21 >>JAN MCLEAN: OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY AGAIN.
12:49:25 WE ARE HERE TODAY FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE NON-AD VALOREM
12:49:30 ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR THE WESTSHORE AREA OF THE CITY OF TAMPA
12:49:34 FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE PROVISION OF CERTAIN ENHANCED
12:49:38 SERVICES IN THE AREA.
12:49:40 AGAIN THIS IS THE SAME PROCESS AS THE PREVIOUS
12:49:43 NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENTS.
12:49:45 AND I HAVE ANNE COOLLY, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
12:49:49 WESTSHORE ALLIANCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS,
12:49:53 AND SHE IS ON THE LINE.
12:49:53 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:49:55 GO AHEAD, ANNE.
12:49:56 >> THANK YOU CHAIRMAN MANISCALCO.
12:49:59 I WILL BE BRIEF EVERYONE.
12:50:00 AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU THAT THIS SPECIAL
12:50:04 ASSESSMENT HAS BEEN IN PLACE SUNS AT WHAT TIME.
12:50:06 IT IS FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS ONLY AND THE ASSESSMENT
12:50:12 RATE HAS ACTUALLY BEEN REDUCED LAST YEAR.
12:50:15 LAST YEAR IT WAS 15 BE CENTS.
12:50:17 THIS YEAR IT'S 13.8 PER THOUSAND ASSESSED.
12:50:20 WE DID HOLD A PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING AND WORKSHOP LAST
12:50:24 WEEK AND INVITED ALL AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS, HAD SEVERAL
12:50:27 ATTEND WITH NO OBJECTIONS.
12:50:28 WITH THAT SAID, I WILL THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME AND
12:50:31 RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU APPROVE THIS ITEM AND THE
12:50:34 SUBSEQUENT AGREEMENT WITH THE LINES FOR PROVISION OF
12:50:37 SERVICES.
12:50:37 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:50:38 DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKERS?
12:50:42 >>JAN MCLEAN: THIS IS JAN MCLEAN AGAIN.
12:50:48 THANK YOU, MRS. COOLIDGE.
12:50:50 I WANTED TO MACH SURE THAT COUNCIL RECOGNIZES THERE ARE TWO
12:50:52 ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE APPROVED UNDER THIS, THE RESOLUTION
12:50:57 ADOPTING THE NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT ROLL AND THE
12:50:59 RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT SERVICES
12:51:02 AGREEMENT.
12:51:03 SO TWO --
12:51:06 >>> WE'LL TAKE THEM UP SEPARATELY.
12:51:08 MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION FOURTH
12:51:11 NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT ROLL, THE FIRST PART?
12:51:15 WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
12:51:17 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:51:18 ROLL CALL VOTE.
12:51:19 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:51:26 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:51:27 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:51:30 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:51:33 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:51:34 >> YES.
12:51:35 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DINGFELDER
12:51:38 BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
12:51:40 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT WE HAVE --
12:51:45 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO CLOSE NUMBER 61, THE FIRST PART,
12:51:48 AD VALOREM.
12:51:49 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WAIT UNTIL IT'S COMPLETED ALL OF 61
12:51:52 BEFORE WE CLOSE.
12:51:53 >>JAN MCLEAN: YES, SIR.
12:51:56 THEN YOU NEED BOTH CLOSED.
12:51:59 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IF WE CAN GET A MOTION TO MOVE THIS
12:52:01 RESOLUTION FOR THE SPECIAL SERVICES A AGREEMENT FOR
12:52:04 WESTSHORE.
12:52:06 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED.
12:52:07 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:52:08 SECOND BY COUNSELING MEMBER GUDES.
12:52:10 ROLL CALL VOTE.
12:52:11 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:52:14 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:52:17 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:52:21 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:52:23 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:52:26 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:52:27 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DINGFELDER
12:52:30 BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
12:52:31 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:52:33 >>BILL CARLSON: JUST A COMMENT.
12:52:36 YOU ALL KNOW THAT I AM AGAINST THESE CONTINUING DOWNTOWN AN
12:52:42 CHANNEL DISTRICT CRAS AND WILL CONTINUE ON THAT MANTRA.
12:52:45 I THINK THIS MODEL WHERE AN AREA CAN TAX ITSELF IS A MUCH
12:52:48 BETTER MODEL BECAUSE THEN THE MONEY THAT'S COLLECTED IS
12:52:51 THEIR MONEY, THEY ARE COLLECTING IT, AND TO INCREASE -- IN
12:52:58 AREAS WHERE THE REST OF THE CITY AND THE PARTICULAR SOUTH
12:53:00 TAMPA IS SUBSIDIZING DOWNTOWN AND CHANNELSIDE.
12:53:03 I HOPE THAT THE OTHERS WILL MOVE TO A MODEL LIKE THIS.
12:53:09 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:53:10 ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CLOSE?
12:53:13 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO CLOSE 61 AS FILE NUMBER E 2020-8
12:53:19 CHAPTER 24, THE NON-AD VALOREM TAX, AND THEN THE ASSESSMENT
12:53:24 OF AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT.
12:53:28 >> SECOND.
12:53:29 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA WITH A
12:53:31 SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES.
12:53:33 ROLL CALL VOTE.
12:53:33 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:53:36 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:53:38 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:53:43 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:53:45 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:53:48 >> YES.
12:53:49 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DINGFELDER
12:53:52 BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
12:53:53 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
12:53:55 MS. MCLEAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO BRING UP THAT ITEM THAT LEGAL
12:53:59 REQUESTED THAT WE TAKE AFTER ITEM 57?
12:54:08 MR. SHELBY, GO AHEAD.
12:54:09 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, COUNCIL.
12:54:11 THIS IS BASED ON A MEMORANDUM FROM SUSAN JOHNSON-VELEZ
12:54:18 ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY.
12:54:19 WHAT YOU HAVE IS A RESOLUTION SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR
12:54:22 THE NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT FOR K-BAR RANCH E AND F.
12:54:27 ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
12:54:29 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
12:54:31 DO WE NEED -- JUST TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION, SIR?
12:54:35 DO WE NEED PUBLIC COMMENT?
12:54:37 >>JAN MCLEAN: YOU JUST NEED TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
12:54:39 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
12:54:41 DO WE GET A MOTION TO MOVE THIS RESOLUTION?
12:54:47 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA?
12:54:48 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: DOES IT HAVE A FILE NUMBER?
12:54:56 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO.
12:54:56 THIS WOULD NORMALLY APPEAR UNDER THAT CONSENT ITEM SETTING
12:55:02 PUN HEARINGS, ITEMS SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
12:55:04 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: OKAY.
12:55:10 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I'LL MOVE IT.
12:55:12 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA TO
12:55:14 MOVE THIS RESOLUTION.
12:55:15 ROLL CALL VOTE.
12:55:16 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:55:19 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:55:20 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:55:25 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:55:27 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:55:29 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:55:31 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER
12:55:34 BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
12:55:35 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:55:37 NEXT WE HAVE ITEM 62 THROUGH 66.
12:55:39 IF WE CAN GET A MOTION.
12:55:43 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO OPEN 62 THROUGH 66.
12:55:45 >> SECOND.
12:55:46 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CITRO.
12:55:48 ROLL CALL VOTE.
12:55:48 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:55:55 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:55:58 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:55:59 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:56:01 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:56:03 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:56:06 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DINGFELDER
12:56:10 BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
12:56:11 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:56:13 YES, SIR.
12:56:13 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THESE ITEMS REQUIRE HOUSEKEEPING.
12:56:16 I BELIEVE HAVE LEGAL COME IN AND ASK COUNCIL FOR ACTION ON
12:56:27 THESE.
12:56:29 IS HE PRESENT?
12:56:30 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS ANYONE FROM LEGAL PRESENT ON ITEMS
12:56:33 62 OR 63 OR DO THEY WISH TO BE PULLED OR DISCUSSED?
12:56:37 ANYONE FROM LEGAL ON THESE ITEMS?
12:56:39 >> I BELIEVE THE MEMORANDUM ASKED THEY BE REMOVED FROM THE
12:56:46 AGENDA AND RENOTICED ON 62, 63, AND 64.
12:56:51 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
12:56:53 IF WE CAN GET A MOTION TO PULL THOSE F.WE COULD HAVE A
12:56:57 MOTION TO PULL 62, 3 AND 4, AND THEN THEY WILL BE RENOTICED
12:57:01 AND OF COURSE COME BACK AT A FUTURE DATE.
12:57:03 IF WE CAN GET A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT.
12:57:06 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CHAIR, MOVE TO REMOVE 62, 63 AND 64
12:57:12 FROM THE AGENDA.
12:57:13 >>MARTIN SHELBY: CAN WE HOLD THAT FOR A MINUTE?
12:57:15 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
12:57:17 >>MARTIN SHELBY: I BELIEVE LEGAL DEPARTMENT IS MUTED.
12:57:19 I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S MUTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR.
12:57:21 >> LEGAL, CAN YOU HEAR US?
12:57:28 >> ANDREA, CAN YOU HEAR US NOW?
12:57:36 >> YES, WE CAN.
12:57:37 WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT ON THESE ITEMS?
12:57:41 >>ANDREA ZELMAN: SOME OF THEM WILL NOT BE RESCHEDULED
12:57:43 TODAY.
12:57:44 FOR INSTANCE, NUMBER 62, 63 COULD NOT BE RESCHEDULED TODAY.
12:57:50 OUR OFFICE IS WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT.
12:57:54 BUT 64, 65, 66 CAN BE RESCHEDULED AS PER THE AGENDA.
12:58:03 >> FOR CLARIFICATION, ITEM 62 AND 63 ARE PULLED AND IT WILL
12:58:09 COME BACK AT A FUTURE DATE.
12:58:12 WE DON'T KNOW.
12:58:13 DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT, COUNCILMAN GUDES?
12:58:15 YOU MADE THE MOTION.
12:58:16 62 AND 63.
12:58:20 MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
12:58:22 YES, SIR?
12:58:23 ARE YOU GOOD, COUNCILMAN GUDES?
12:58:26 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, I'M GOOD.
12:58:28 THANK YOU.
12:58:28 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
12:58:30 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:58:31 ROLL CALL VOTE FOR 62 AND 63.
12:58:33 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:58:35 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:58:38 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:58:43 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:58:46 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:58:47 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:58:49 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DINGFELDER
12:58:52 BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
12:58:53 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
12:58:56 WE NOW GO TO ITEM 64.
12:58:58 AND THIS IS TO BE MOVED TO SEPTEMBER 10th.
12:59:00 MR. SHELBY.
12:59:01 DOES THAT SEPTEMBER 10th DATE AT 6 P.M. STILL STAND?
12:59:05 >>MARTIN SHELBY: AS I RECALL, I HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY
12:59:10 TO REVIEW THESE. I BELIEVE THESE DATES MAY HAVE BEEN
12:59:13 PREVIOUSLY SET BY CITY COUNCIL RESCHEDULING THEM ON 23rd
12:59:20 OF JULY.
12:59:21 CAN ANYBODY FROM LEGAL CONFIRM ME IF I AM WRONG?
12:59:26 >>ANDREA ZELMAN: THAT'S CORRECT, MR. SHELBY. THIS IS
12:59:27 ANDREA ZELMAN.
12:59:29 DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD?
12:59:33 >> SEPTEMBER 10th CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.
12:59:36 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:59:39 IF I MAY HAVE A MOTION AT THIS TIME FOR ITEM NUMBER 64 THAT
12:59:42 IS PUBLIC HEARING BE MOVED TO SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 AT 6 P.M.
12:59:48 >> PARDON ME.
12:59:49 THIS IS RON VILA, IT SHOULD BE 5:00 INSTEAD OF 6:00.
12:59:57 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
12:59:59 MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO CHANGE THAT TO SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 AT
13:00:05 5:01.
13:00:05 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE VAC 20-12 TO SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 AT
13:00:15 5:01 P.M.
13:00:16 >> SECOND.
13:00:17 >> SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES.
13:00:19 ROLL CALL VOTE.
13:00:20 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
13:00:21 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
13:00:25 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
13:00:29 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
13:00:31 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
13:00:33 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
13:00:36 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DINGFELDER
13:00:38 BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
13:00:39 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM NUMBER 65 NEEDS TO BE RESCHEDULED
13:00:43 TO SEPTEMBER 21st AT 5:01 P.M.
13:00:47 MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT?
13:00:51 COUNCILMAN CITRO?
13:00:52 >>JOSEPH CITRO: FILE E 2020-8 CHAPTER 27, I MOVE THAT WE
13:00:59 RESCHEDULE THAT TO SEPTEMBER 21st, 2020 AT 5:01 P.M.
13:01:05 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CITRO. SECOND BY
13:01:08 COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
13:01:09 ROLL CALL VOTE.
13:01:10 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
13:01:12 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
13:01:16 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
13:01:18 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
13:01:20 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
13:01:22 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
13:01:25 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DINGFELDER
13:01:27 BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
13:01:28 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
13:01:30 ITEM NUMBER 66 TO BE RESCHEDULED TO SEPTEMBER 21st, 2020
13:01:35 AT 5:01 P.M.
13:01:36 MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT?
13:01:40 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ITEM NUMBER 66, FILE E 2020-8 CHAPTER 27,
13:01:44 MOVE TO RESCHEDULE TO SEPTEMBER 217, 2020 AT 5:01 P.M.
13:01:48 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECOND.
13:01:50 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES.
13:01:53 ROLL CALL VOTE.
13:01:53 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
13:01:57 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
13:01:59 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
13:02:04 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
13:02:06 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
13:02:08 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
13:02:10 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DINGFELDER
13:02:12 BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
13:02:13 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 67.
13:02:19 WE HAVE A MEMO FROM MR. SPEARMAN.
13:02:22 ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON
13:02:25 THIS $8.3 MILLION ITEM, ITEM NUMBER 67?
13:02:30 >>MARK BENTLEY: CHIEF OF STAFF.
13:02:38 WE WERE HOPING THE MEMO WOULD SPACE.
13:02:41 IT WAS ONLY MOVED TO STAFF REPORTS DUE TO THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.
13:02:43 BUT AS YOU NOTICE, THE INCREASE IS BASED ON $400 THAT YOU SO
13:02:48 IT WAS ISSUED FOR TRANSPARENCY AND FOLLOWED UP BY A MEMO
13:02:52 FROM MR. SPEARMAN F.THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS I WILL SEE IF HE'S
13:02:55 AVAILABLE.
13:02:56 >> ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS?
13:03:03 HEARING NONE, SEEING NONE, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE IT?
13:03:07 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MR. CHAIRMAN, THIS IS ITEM 67, 2020-405.
13:03:13 SOONER OR LATER UNDER THIS GUIDANCE OF MAYOR CASTOR, MR.
13:03:17 BENNETT, SOME OF THESE NUMBERS REALLY GO DOWN IN THE NEXT
13:03:22 YEAR.
13:03:23 I WOULD LIKE TO -- THERE WILL BE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN
13:03:27 THE CITY THAT WE HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE AND I AM LOOKING
13:03:29 FORWARD TO THAT.
13:03:30 I MOVE NUMBER 67, MR. CHAIR.
13:03:32 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECOND.
13:03:34 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA AND
13:03:36 SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES.
13:03:37 ITEM NUMBER 67.
13:03:38 MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE.
13:03:40 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
13:03:42 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
13:03:46 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
13:03:48 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: (NO RESPONSE).
13:03:51 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I AM IN TOTAL AGREEMENT WITH COUNCILMAN
13:03:54 MIRANDA.
13:03:54 YES.
13:03:56 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
13:03:58 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
13:03:59 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DINGFELDER
13:04:01 BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
13:04:02 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM NUMBER 68.
13:04:06 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SO MOVED MR. CHAIRMAN.
13:04:17 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A POWER POINT PRESENTATION
13:04:18 HERE, REPORT FROM STAFF.
13:04:20 ITEM NUMBER 68.
13:04:21 WHO FROM STAFF IS HERE?
13:04:23 THIS WOULD BE FROM WATER AND WASTEWATER.
13:04:26 >>BRAD BAIRD: CAN YOU HEAR ME?
13:04:35 THIS IS BRAD BAIRD, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
13:04:40 AND PLEASED TO PROVIDE THIS PRESENTATION ON WATER AND
13:04:42 WASTEWATER CAPACITY, PROPOSALS.
13:04:48 IT'S AN INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATION WITH NO ACTION REQUIRED.
13:04:52 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
13:04:58 AS YOU WILL RECALL, WE CONDUCTED A RATE AND FEE FOR WATER
13:05:03 AND WASTEWATER.
13:05:04 IT WAS THREE PART.
13:05:05 IT HAD CONSUMPTION RATES AS PART 1.
13:05:08 THE BASE CHARGE CONSIDERATION IS ITEM 2.
13:05:11 AND THEN THE THIRD PART OF IT WAS WITH REGARD TO IMPACT
13:05:17 FEES.
13:05:18 AND THIS THIRD PART FOR REVIEW OF THE IMPACT FEES HAD NOTE
13:05:22 BEEN LOOKED AT SINCE 1987.
13:05:30 THEY CAN PARTS OF THE STUDY WAS COMPLETED LAST FALL AFTER
13:05:33 THE START OF THE PAPERS PROGRAM, IF YOU RECALL.
13:05:35 AS PART OF THIS STUDY, THE ACTUAL COST TO DESIGN AND
13:05:40 CONSTRUCT THE TRANSMISSION AND TREATMENT FACILITY IS
13:05:44 DETERMINED, WHICH IS DIVIDED BY THE NUMBER OF EQUIVALENT
13:05:47 RESIDENTIAL CONNECTIONS TO PROVIDE THE CURRENT COST PER ERC
13:05:52 THAT YOU SEE ON THIS SLIDE.
13:05:58 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
13:06:00 SO THIS SLIDE COMPARES THE ACTUAL COST SEAN ON THE LAST
13:06:10 SLIDE.
13:06:11 WITH WATER INCREASED, AND A NEW EBC WITH OTHER COSTS
13:06:23 ASSOCIATED WITH SYSTEM CAPACITY.
13:06:24 AND UNDER WASTEWATER, WERE A SINGLE ERC OR FOR A
13:06:30 SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, THE FEES WOULD ACTUALLY GO DOWN
13:06:34 TO MATCH THE ACTUAL COST.
13:06:37 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
13:06:40 THESE MAPS, THE MAP ON THE LEFT SHOWS THE BOUNDARIES OF THE
13:06:44 EXISTING CONTRIBUTION AND AID OF CONSTRUCTION OR CIAC AREAS
13:06:50 FOR THE WATER DEPARTMENT.
13:06:53 THE AREA IN GREEN IS THE SOUTH TAMPA CIAC, AND THEN THE AREA
13:06:58 IN PINK IS CONSIDERED THE NORTHEAST CIAC AREA.
13:07:03 AND THEN THE AREAS SHOWN IN BLUE DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE
13:07:10 IMPACT FEE ASSOCIATED WITH IT, BUT IT IS THE REMAINDER OF
13:07:15 THE CITY, OR REMAINDER OF THE SERVICE AREA.
13:07:18 EXCUSE ME.
13:07:20 AND THEN THE MAP ON THE RIGHT SHOWS THE SEVEN CAPACITY
13:07:25 DISTRICTS FOR THE WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT, THE AMOUNTS OF THE
13:07:29 FEES ARE VERY CLOSE.
13:07:31 OUR CONSULTANT IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE SIMPLIFY THAT FEE
13:07:34 INTO ONE CAPACITY, THE 1250 SO DOLLARS PER ERC, WHICH GIVES
13:07:43 A REDUCTION FOR A SINGLE-FAMILY.
13:07:50 NEXT SLIDE.
13:07:50 WE ACTUALLY POSTPONED THIS PRESENTATION TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK
13:07:55 FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
13:07:57 IF YOU REMEMBER, WE ACTUALLY DID IT TWICE BECAUSE OF COVID.
13:08:02 BUT WE HELD TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS, ONE IN MARCH AND ONE IN
13:08:05 JOHN.
13:08:06 AND THIS GIVES US THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE
13:08:13 DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC.
13:08:18 AND THE FIRST ISSUE THAT WAS RAISED ACTUALLY IN THE FIRST
13:08:21 MEETING WAS TO HAVE REDUCED FEES OR PROVIDE A BREAK FOR
13:08:28 AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
13:08:32 THEN THE SECOND ITEM WAS TO RECORD THE FEES ON THE PROPERTY
13:08:37 SO THAT HOMEOWNERS COULD PAY OVER TIME, AND THAT DEVELOPERS
13:08:43 WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE INCLUDE THAT UPFRONT IN THEIR PACKAGE.
13:08:48 THEN THE THIRD ITEM THAT THEY ASKED US TO REVISIT THE
13:08:52 SUNSETTING OF THE CIAC FEES WHICH ARE REVENUE AND FINANCE
13:08:56 DEPARTMENT DID THAT.
13:08:57 THEY TOOK A LOOK AT THAT.
13:08:59 THEN NEXT, AND THIS WAS A BIG ONE, THEY WANTED THE NOTICE TO
13:09:04 BE MORE THAN THE 950 MINIMUM REQUIRED BY LAW.
13:09:10 FOR THE IMPACT FEE.
13:09:13 THEN LASTLY, THEY ASKED US IF WE COULD CONSIDER PHASING IN
13:09:17 THE FEES OVER TIME IN CONSIDERATION OF OTHER FEES THEY HAVE
13:09:21 TO PAY IN THE COUNTY.
13:09:24 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
13:09:31 MIKE PERRY WAS ABLE TO STAY ON.
13:09:33 HE HAD A CONFLICT.
13:09:34 MIKE, ARE YOU ON?
13:09:38 HEARING NOTHING, I WILL GO AHEAD.
13:09:39 HE WAS GOING TO PRESENT THESE NEXT THREE SLIDE AND I WILL GO
13:09:43 AHEAD AND PRESENT.
13:09:46 IN TAKING THE FEEDBACK FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, WE
13:09:49 LOOKED AT THREE OPTIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CAPACITY
13:09:53 FEES.
13:09:55 I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF NUMBERS ON THIS SPREADSHEET.
13:09:58 BUT YOU CAN USE THIS PRESENTATION LATER IN MORE DETAIL IF
13:10:03 YOU WOULD LIKE.
13:10:04 ALL THREE OPTIONS PHASE IN THE FEES AS REQUESTED BY THE
13:10:09 DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
13:10:15 THIS OPTION HAS A WASTEWATER REDUCTION FOR MOST
13:10:21 DEVELOPMENTS.
13:10:21 IF THE FEE IS REDUCED, BUT THERE ARE SOME DEVELOPMENTS WITH
13:10:26 THE OLD METHODOLOGY UNDER THE LEADER WILL HAVE TO PAY MORE.
13:10:36 THE OPTION IMPLEMENTS WASTEWATER FEE REDUCTION AFTER 90 DAYS
13:10:41 NOTICE, AND PHASES IN THE WATER DEPARTMENT INCREASE OVER
13:10:44 THREE YEARS AT 60, 70% AND 80% OF THE RECOMMENDED FEE
13:10:49 AMOUNTS TO COVER ACTUAL COSTS.
13:10:51 AND THIS IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR A MUNICIPALITY TO IMPLEMENT
13:10:56 FEES LESS THAN THE AMOUNT TO COVER THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH
13:11:00 GROWTH.
13:11:01 THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER, WITH THIS OPTION IS THAT GROWTH WOULD
13:11:06 NOT BE PAYING 100% OF ITS OWN WEIGHT.
13:11:10 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
13:11:14 IN OPTION 2, IMPLEMENTS A WASTEWATER FEE REDUCTION AGAIN
13:11:18 AFTER 90 DAYS NOTICE AND PHASES IN THE WATER DEPARTMENT
13:11:22 INCREASE OVER THREE YEARS AT 60%, 80% AND 100% OF THE
13:11:27 RECOMMENDED FEE AMOUNTS TO COVER ACTUAL COSTS.
13:11:31 AND THOSE ARE PHASED IN ACTUALLY STARTING MARCH OF NEXT
13:11:37 YEAR, AND THEN AGAIN IN MARCH OF 2022 AND MARCH OF 2023, YOU
13:11:45 SEA ON THE CHART THERE.
13:11:46 SO AGAIN WE ARE PHASING IN THE WATER FEE, OR AT LEAST THIS
13:11:54 OPTION POSES TO PHASE IN THE FEE AS PROPOSED BUILT
13:11:58 DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
13:11:59 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
13:12:01 THIS AGAIN COMPLEMENTS TAMPA WASTEWATER FEE AFTER 90 DAYS OF
13:12:05 NOTICE AND PHASES IN THE WATER DEPARTMENT INCREASE OVER FIVE
13:12:08 YEARS AT 60%, 70%, 80%, 90% AND 100% OF THE RECOMMENDED FEE
13:12:16 AMOUNT TO COVER ACTUAL COSTS.
13:12:22 SO AS YOU CAN SEE, IN THOSE LAST TWO OPTIONS OF GROWTH WOULD
13:12:26 ULTIMATELY DO A COUPLE THINGS.
13:12:33 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
13:12:34 SO TO ADDRESS THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AS YOU SAW IN THE
13:12:43 FEEDBACK FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, THEY ASKED AS A
13:12:48 MINIMUM TO HAVE A REDUCTION IN WATER AND WASTEWATER CAPACITY
13:12:51 FEE ASSOCIATED WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
13:12:54 WELL, HERE IS A RELATIVELY NEW FLORIDA STATUTE THAT ALLOWS
13:13:03 AN EXCEPTION OR WAIVER OF IMPACT FEES WITHOUT REQUIRING A
13:13:07 MUNICIPALITY TO MAKE IT UP FROM THE REVENUE SOURCES.
13:13:11 SO KEEPING WITH THE MAYOR'S HOUSING AFFORDABILITY
13:13:17 INITIATIVE, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE FEES BE WAIVED FOR
13:13:22 HOUSING THAT FOLLOWS UNDER THE STATE'S DEFINITION OF
13:13:27 AFFORDABLE.
13:13:28 AND HERE IS THE DEFINITION OF AFFORDABLE IN THE STATE
13:13:32 STATUTE.
13:13:32 SO THERE IS NO AMBIGUITY AS TO WHAT QUALIFIES AND WHAT
13:13:36 DOESN'T.
13:13:39 A CORRECTION TO MY PREVIOUS STATEMENT HERE, I SAID BE
13:13:41 WAIVED, BUT WE'LL RECOMMEND AS YOU WILL SEE IN THE NEXT
13:13:46 SLIDE TO SET THE FEE AT ZERO DOLLARS.
13:13:49 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
13:13:51 SO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE LISTED HERE.
13:13:59 OUR FIRST RECOMMENDATION IS TO PROCEED WITH OPTION 2, AND
13:14:03 THAT'S TO PHASE IN THE FEES AT 60%, 80% AND 100% OVER THREE
13:14:10 YEARS.
13:14:16 ISSUE NOTICE ON AUGUST 21st WITH THE NEW WATER FEES
13:14:19 STARTING MARCH 1st OF 2021 WHICH PROVIDES 192 DAYS
13:14:24 NOTICE, WHICH IS ANOTHER REQUEST FROM THE DEVELOPMENT
13:14:27 COMMUNITY.
13:14:30 THEN MAKE THE WASTEWATER CAPACITY FEE EFFECTIVE 90 DAYS
13:14:34 AFTER ADOPTION, BECAUSE FOR THE MOST PART IT DOES INCLUDE A
13:14:38 REDUCTION, SO WE WANTED DO GET THAT OUT THERE AS FAST AS WE
13:14:41 CAN.
13:14:43 THEN THE FEES TO BE PAID AT TIME OF PERMIT APPLICATION
13:14:47 RATHER THAN WHAT WE DO WITH THE CIAC FEES, THE 50-50
13:14:54 APPROACH.
13:14:54 HOWEVER, THAT WILL STILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE CIAC, WILL
13:15:00 STILL REMAIN AN OPTION WITH CIAC FEES.
13:15:04 THEN WE'LL SET AS I SAID A MINUTE AGO, SET THE AFFORDABLE
13:15:07 MINIMUM HOUSING FEE EQUAL TO ZERO.
13:15:10 AND THEN FINALLY WE'LL UPDATE THE FEE STUDY EVERY FIVE
13:15:14 YEARS.
13:15:15 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
13:15:19 FINALLY, THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE BEFORE Q AND A.
13:15:24 THIS IS THE SCHEDULE THAT WE SET FORTH, PRESENTATION OF
13:15:29 COURSE IS TODAY, WITH NOTICE TO BE TOTALLY TRANSPARENT.
13:15:36 WE ARE NOT REQUIRED TO NOTICE OF THIS, BUT TO BE TOTALLY
13:15:40 TRANSPARENT, WE ARE PUTTING AN AD IN THE PAPER ON AUGUST
13:15:45 21st THAT THERE WILL BE A FIRST READING AND SECOND
13:15:49 READING FOR THE ORDINANCE CHANGES, TO EFFECT THESE CHANGES.
13:15:56 FIRST READING WOULD BE SEPTEMBER 3rd.
13:15:59 AND THE SECOND READING SEPTEMBER 17th.
13:16:02 THEN THE WASTEWATER CAPACITY FEE WOULD BECOME EFFECTIVE ON
13:16:07 DECEMBER 16th OR 90 DAYS AFTER THE SECOND READING.
13:16:12 AND THEN THE FOLLOWING MARCH DATES ARE THE PHASE-IN OF THE
13:16:18 WATER CAPACITY FEE.
13:16:19 AND THEN WE WOULD ALSO, ANY CLEANUP IN THE ORDINANCE, WE
13:16:28 WOULD SETH SUNSET THE GRANDFATHERED WASTEWATER CAPACITY
13:16:32 FEES.
13:16:33 AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
13:16:34 AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
13:16:36 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. BAIRD.
13:16:39 ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS AT THIS TIME?
13:16:48 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ON AUGUST 23rd, LOOKING AT THE
13:16:49 CALENDAR, I DON'T NOT WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO USE BUT IT'S
13:16:57 ONLY WEDNESDAYS AND SUNDAYS AND THE OTHERS ARE WEEKLY OR
13:17:00 BIWEEKLY.
13:17:01 I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE ADMINISTRATION COME WITH A BETTER
13:17:06 CONCRETE AS TO MAKE SURE THAT PUBLIC NOTICE SUFFICES FOR THE
13:17:13 SEPTEMBER 3rd HEARING WHICH IS THE FIRST HEARING OF THIS
13:17:15 ORDINANCE.
13:17:16 >>BRAD BAIRD: THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
13:17:20 THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT.
13:17:21 WE ONLY HAVE PAPER COPIES ON WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY.
13:17:28 OKAY.
13:17:29 WE'LL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
13:17:30 THANK YOU FOR THAT.
13:17:34 >>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
13:17:35 ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH ANY QUESTIONS?
13:17:37 NO?
13:17:38 SEEING NONE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. BAIRD.
13:17:39 >>BRAD BAIRD: YOU ARE VERY WELCOME.
13:17:42 THANK YOU.
13:17:42 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM NUMBER 68.
13:17:44 WE NOW GO TO ITEM NUMBER 69.
13:17:47 REGARDING CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA.
13:17:53 AND WHO WOULD LIKE TO TAKE US?
13:17:55 IS OUR CHIEF OF STAFF -- WHO IS GOING SPEAK?
13:17:58 >>MARK BENTLEY: CHIEF OF STAFF JOINED BY KELLY AUSTIN, OUR
13:18:05 HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR.
13:18:07 AND WE'LL SPEAK TO ITEM NUMBER 69 BEFORE I GET STARTED, I
13:18:16 THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER WITH THE ABSENCE OF COUNCILMAN
13:18:19 DINGFELDER WHO SECONDED THE MOTION, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE
13:18:20 THE PLEASURE OF CHAIRMAN AND COUNCILMAN GUDES IS ALSO THE
13:18:24 MAKER OF THE MOTION AND WANT ME TO CONTINUE WITH MR.
13:18:28 DINGFELDER'S ABSENCE.
13:18:29 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES, ANY QUESTIONS OR
13:18:32 COMMENTS?
13:18:32 WOULD YOU LIKE HIM TO GO AHEAD WITH THIS?
13:18:34 HOW DO YOU WISH TO PROCEED, SIR?
13:18:37 >>ORLANDO GUDES: LET'S SEE THE CHIEF'S PRESENTATION.
13:18:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, CHIEF BENNETT.
13:18:44 >>MARK BENTLEY: SINCE WE ARE VIRTUAL, I WANT TO RESTATE THE
13:18:53 MOTION BEFORE I MAKE ANY COMMENTS.
13:18:55 ITEM NUMBER 69 WAS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO EMPLOY A CHIEF
13:19:00 DIVERSITY OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA WHO WILL ANSWER
13:19:03 DIRECTLY TO THE MAYOR AND WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE UPCOMING
13:19:06 BUDGET.
13:19:07 AND AGAIN MOTION INITIATED BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
13:19:10 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
13:19:12 AND THIS WAS ON JULY 23rd, 2020.
13:19:15 AS I MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE BUDGET PRESENTATION, AS THE
13:19:20 PRESENTATION UNFOLDED TODAY, WITH MR. ROGERO'S OFFICE, THE
13:19:26 FTE'S BUDGET FOR 21 SETTLED AND WE HONOR AND RECOGNIZE THIS
13:19:32 MOTION IN LIGHT OF THE SETTLEMENT OF THOSE FTEs FOR THE
13:19:35 INITIAL PRESENTATION.
13:19:36 WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE BUDGET IS A PROCESS, PUBLIC HEARINGS,
13:19:40 SO WE HAVE A JOURNEY AHEAD OF US TO HONOR THE REQUEST OF
13:19:44 COUNCIL FOR THIS SPECIFIC POSITION REQUEST.
13:19:48 THAT SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO SECONDLY OFFER SOME DISCUSSIONS
13:19:53 ABOUT THE DELIVERABLE CONCEPTS FOR THIS POSITION AS
13:19:57 REQUESTED BY TITLE AS A NEW EMPLOYMENT.
13:20:02 AND AGAIN, I AM JUST GOING TO TALK EXPERIENTIALLY FOR A
13:20:06 MOMENT.
13:20:06 IN 30 YEARS OF CITY OF TAMPA GOVERNMENT, I HAD THE FORTUNATE
13:20:11 OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH HUMAN DIVERSITY AND PROFESSIONAL
13:20:14 GOVERNMENT ETHICS FOR YEARS AS A LEAD INSTRUCTOR WITH SOME
13:20:17 OF MY PARTNERS TO THE CITY.
13:20:20 THIS IS GOING BACK 20, 25 YEARS AGO.
13:20:23 AND THE THREE CATEGORIES THAT I WOULD HOPE TO SEE AS
13:20:26 DELIVERABLES ON A POSITION LIKE THIS, AND ASSUMING I WILL
13:20:29 GET FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL AND THEIR AGREEMENT, OR AT LEAST
13:20:33 AMEND WHAT I AM OFFERING, IS FIRST OF ALL RECRUITING TO MAKE
13:20:36 SURE THAT WE HAVE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY PROGRAMMING
13:20:40 FOR THE CITY, WITH OUR DIVERSIFIED CITY OF TAMPA.
13:20:45 THE SECOND METRIC THAT WE WOULD LOOK TO DO IS TRAINING.
13:20:49 AND I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE MAYOR PUT $150,000.
13:20:54 IT WASN'T ITEMIZED IN THE BUDGET PRESENTATION TODAY, YOU
13:20:57 DON'T BELIEVE, BUT SHE PUT $150,000 AWAY FOR THE IMPLICIT
13:21:00 BIAS TRAINING BASED ON HER OTHER DISCUSSIONS AND COUNSEL.
13:21:05 THEN LASTLY, THE OTHER DELIVERABLE IS ACCOUNTABILITY.
13:21:09 WE HAVE TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO OUR PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AS
13:21:11 IT RELATES TO RECRUITING, TRAINING, AND OUR PERSONNEL
13:21:15 MANUAL.
13:21:16 AND I BELIEVE THOSE THREE DELIVERABLES WOULD MAKE A HEALTHY
13:21:20 CITY AS IT RELATES TO PROVIDING THE OUTCOMES OF A CHIEF
13:21:24 DIVERSITY OFFICER.
13:21:26 SO I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER A PROPOSAL CONCEPT, AGAIN.
13:21:31 THERE'S TIME TO DISCUSS THIS BETWEEN NOW AND THE ADOPTION OF
13:21:33 THE BUDGET, OR ADOPTION OF THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET.
13:21:37 AND I WILL LET MS. AUSTIN JUMP IN REQUEST ME HERE IN A
13:21:41 SECOND.
13:21:41 BUT FIRST OF ALL, THE CITY HAS BEEN DISCUSSING FOR SOME TIME
13:21:44 NOW THE ADDITION OF A DIVERSITY RECRUITING OFFICER.
13:21:48 AND WHAT DOES THAT MANY?
13:21:50 WELL, WE KNOW THAT IN HUMAN RESOURCES ONE OF THE JOBS IS TO
13:21:54 BRING NEW EMPLOYEES ONTO THE CITY.
13:21:57 AND WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT EXPANDING THAT PROGRAM FOR SOME
13:22:00 TIME.
13:22:01 AND I WILL TOUCH ON ANOTHER FACET OF THAT IN A MINUTE.
13:22:04 BUT SPECIFICALLY, LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL OF DIVERSITY
13:22:09 RECRUITER.
13:22:09 SO BEYOND RECRUITING FOR THE POSITIONS THAT ARE OPEN, I
13:22:12 WOULD LIKE MS. AUSTIN TO TALK WHAT THAT POSITION WOULD DO
13:22:17 FOR US IF WE -- [RUSTLING PAPERS] IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET
13:22:23 PROPOSAL.
13:22:23 KELLY.
13:22:24 >>KELLY AUSTIN: AS CHIEF OF STAFF TOLD YOU, WE HAVE BEEN
13:22:28 HAVING SOME CONVERSATIONS FROM A STAFFING PERSPECTIVE AS TO
13:22:31 HOW WE COULD ENHANCE EXISTING EMPLOYEES AND OPPORTUNITIES
13:22:36 FOR UPWARD OR LATERAL MOVEMENT AS WELL AS GOING OUT AND
13:22:41 IMPROVING OUR RECRUITMENT EFFORTS, AND WHAT WE BELIEVE WE
13:22:45 CAN DO IS FORGE SOME PARTNERSHIPS WITH HIGH SCHOOLS AND
13:22:48 VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS THAT HAVE SKILLED WORKER PROGRAMS THAT
13:22:52 COINCIDE WITH POTENTIAL CITY OF TAMPA EMPLOYMENT
13:22:55 OPPORTUNITY, AND GO RIGHT TO THE SOURCE WHERE THAT CANDIDATE
13:22:59 BASE IS TO ENHANCE AND IMPROVE OUR CHANCES TO RECRUIT
13:23:04 DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY.
13:23:08 ALSO, WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND OUR OUTREACH TO COLLEGE AND
13:23:12 UNIVERSITIES, TO HAVE THE RECRUITER PARTICIPATE IN
13:23:17 RECRUITMENT EVENTS AND BE ABLE TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT
13:23:19 CITY OF TAMPA EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH DIVERSE STUDENT
13:23:23 GROUPS ON CAMPUS, TO INCREASE OUR APPLICANT POOL.
13:23:28 PERSONALLY WHAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IS FOSTERING SOME
13:23:31 FORMAL OR INFORMAL MENTORING RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE CITY
13:23:34 TO ENCOURAGE EMPLOYEES FROM ALL DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS TO CREATE
13:23:39 INTERNAL PATHS TO SPEAK OF MOBILITY, WHETHER THAT'S LATERAL
13:23:43 OR THROUGH ADVANCEMENT THAT ALLOWS BETTER OPPORTUNITIES TO
13:23:46 MOVE WITHIN THE CITY SO THAT YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO
13:23:50 LEAVE CITY EMPLOYMENT IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A DIFFERENT CAREER
13:23:52 PATH OR UPWARD MOBILITIES.
13:23:54 THOSE WERE SOME OF THE RECRUITING CONCEPTS THAT WE HAD
13:23:56 TALKED ABOUT.
13:23:59 >>MARK BENTLEY: THANK YOU, MS. AUSTIN.
13:24:03 NOW TO TALK ABOUT THE TRAINING ASPECT, I JUST WANT TO SHARE
13:24:05 WITH COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC THAT IN MS. AUSTIN'S DEPARTMENT,
13:24:10 HUMAN RESOURCES, WE HAVE A HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGER DEVOTED TO
13:24:14 TRAINING WHO IS A DIVERSE FADE STAFF MEMBER, HAS BEEN WITH
13:24:18 THE CITY A LONG TIME.
13:24:20 SO HE ACTUALLY TOUCHES EVERY EMPLOYEE AND THAT IS NOT PUBLIC
13:24:27 SAFETY.
13:24:27 THE PUBLIC SAFETY HAS ITS OWN ONBOARDING, WHAT WE WOULD CALL
13:24:31 HOLDOVER TRAINING, AND THEY ALSO HAVE THEIR OWN RECRUITING
13:24:34 OPPORTUNITIES, AND FOR YEARS THEY HAVE BEEN USING THESE
13:24:39 TOOLS, IF YOU WILL, TOE HELP WITH SCHOLARSHIPS FOR
13:24:43 ACADEMIES, AND THEY MONITOR THE DIVERSIFIED STAFF THROUGH
13:24:49 THOSE MECHANISMS AS WELL AS TRAINING.
13:24:51 AND AGAIN, WE ARE TRYING TO BRING ALL THESE BEST PRACTICES
13:24:54 INTO THE CITY THROUGH THESE DIFFERENT AVENUES.
13:24:57 BUT AFTER THE TRAINER, THAT IS CURRENTLY IN THE CITY AS A
13:25:02 LADY TRAINER AGAIN WHO HAS A DIVERSIFIED BACKGROUND, HAS
13:25:06 BEEN WITH THE CITY A LONG TIME.
13:25:08 AND THEN THE OTHER TWO THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE
13:25:11 ORGANIZATION RELATE TO THAT ACCOUNTABILITY ITEM I TALKED
13:25:14 ABOUT EARLIER.
13:25:17 ONE OF THE CONCEPTS THAT'S SOCIALIZED INTERNALLY IS TO
13:25:21 AUGMENT OUR MAYOR'S ADVISORY COUNCILS, BOTH THE AFRICAN
13:25:25 AMERICAN ADVISORY COUNCIL AND HISPANIC ADVISORY COUNCIL.
13:25:29 MS. AUSTIN MADE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE CREATE A COUNTER
13:25:31 POINT INTERNALLY OF EMPLOYEES TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL DIVERSE
13:25:36 FADE EMPLOYEES WERE ACTUALLY REPRESENTED IN THAT COUNCIL AND
13:25:44 TOWARDS OUR ACCOUNTABILITY WITHIN THE CITY, AS IT RELATES TO
13:25:47 OUR DATA, OUR RECRUIT NUMBERS ARE TRAINING METRICS.
13:25:51 SOME OF THE OTHER SERVICES THAT HELP US SHOW TO THE
13:25:55 COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE OPERATING IN A MANNER THAT'S DECENT TO
13:26:01 THE WAY THE CITY HAS REPRESENTED ITSELF ESPECIALLY IN
13:26:03 CURRENT TAMES.
13:26:04 AND THEN LASTLY, I HAVE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IN THE BUDGET
13:26:09 ABOUT THE THIRD LEG OF OUR TRIANGLE WHICH IS ENTERPRISE
13:26:13 PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT.
13:26:14 AND ONE OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES WHICH IS RUN BY JEAN DUNCAN,
13:26:18 OUR ADMINISTRATOR, IS OVER OUR EFFICIENCY EFFECTIVENESS,
13:26:22 EQUITY, AND ONE OF HER WORKING GROUPS UNDER EQUITY IS
13:26:25 DIVERSIFIED STAFF WHO ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THESE
13:26:28 PERFORMANCE METROS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU APPLY EQUITY NOT
13:26:33 ONLY INTERNALLY THROUGH SERVICE DELIVERY BUT EXTERNALLY
13:26:36 THUMB THE PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY AND THIS IS GOING TO ROLL
13:26:39 TO THE ENTERPRISE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT.
13:26:43 AND THEN VERY LAST THE MAYOR HAS AUTHORIZED TO US LOOK AT A
13:26:47 PROGRAM WHICH SHE SPOKE OF IN HER SPEECH, NOT ONLY
13:26:52 PROFESSIONS TO AGAIN TO AUGMENT WHAT MS. AUSTIN SAID ABOUT
13:26:54 THE RECRUITING FOR OPPORTUNITIES AND OUR WORKPLACE, AND
13:26:58 OTHER WORKPLACE OUTSIDE THE CITY, BUT WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT
13:27:02 PROGRESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES WHO WANT TO CLIMB
13:27:07 THE LADDER INSIDE CITY GOVERNMENT, AND NOT REMAIN IN THEIR
13:27:11 INITIAL HIRE POSITION, GIVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
13:27:14 AND SHE SPOKE ABOUT MENTORING, ET CETERA.
13:27:17 BUT ALSO, WE HAVE FOUND THAT AS WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE
13:27:21 APPLICATION PROCESS FOR EMPLOYEES THAT WE FEIGNED FOLKS THAT
13:27:26 OCCASIONALLY BECOME DISQUALIFIED BASED ON BACKGROUND.
13:27:29 AND WE ARE LOOKING AT A PROGRAM TO HELP BRIDGE THAT GAP
13:27:32 BETWEEN THAT BACKGROUND, IF YOU WILL, INTO A JOB OR INTO A
13:27:37 CAREER WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA.
13:27:39 AND WE ARE WORKING ON THE METHODOLOGY AS WE SPEAK.
13:27:42 AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THE MAYOR HAS APPROVED US TO LOOK
13:27:45 AT, TO ALLOW A PATHWAY FOR SOMEBODY TO GET A JOB IN THE
13:27:48 CITY, AND HISTORICALLY AS MAY BE DISQUALIFIED THROUGH A
13:27:55 BACKGROUND CHECK.
13:27:55 SO THOSE ARE THE FUNCTIONAL DELIVERABLES THAT KIND OF WRAP
13:27:59 AROUND THE IDEA OF WHAT WE WOULD HOPE WOULD A -- A CHIEF
13:28:03 DIVERSITY OFFICER WOULD PERFORM BUT NOT NECESSARILY WITH
13:28:06 ADDING AN FTE.
13:28:08 WE ARE KIND OF HOPEFUL THAT THE FTE COULD GO INTO THE ACTUAL
13:28:11 RECRUITING PROCESS AND BE ABLE TO -- OUR RECRUITMENT NUMBERS
13:28:18 AS MS. AUSTIN MENTIONED.
13:28:20 HOWEVER, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE OFFERED THIS COMPREHENSIVE
13:28:23 FEEDBACK TO COUNCIL AS THEY CONTINUE TO DISCUSS THIS WITH
13:28:26 ADMINISTRATION.
13:28:27 AND LASTLY, I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT INSIDE THE MOTION
13:28:31 THAT WAS A DIRECT REPORT TO THE MAYOR, AND WE DO JUST BY
13:28:36 EXAMPLE HAVE A CHIEF ETHICS OFFICER WHICH IS MS. KIMBERLY
13:28:41 SULLIVAN, AND LOOKING AT THE CHART, THERE IS ON THOSE
13:28:44 POSITIONS THAT HOLD THAT RESPONSIBILITY, THERE IS A DOTTED
13:28:48 LINE, SO TO SPEAK, TO THE TOP OF THE ADMINISTRATION, AND
13:28:53 THIS CAN BE APPLIED THE SAME WAY.
13:28:55 WE COULD IDENTIFY A CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER WHO HAS A DOTTED
13:29:00 LINE TO THE MAYOR IN SUPPORT OF THIS ADVISORY COUNCIL THAT I
13:29:04 SPOKE OF, AS A HYBRID BETWEEN THE CURRENT ADVISORY GROUPS
13:29:08 AND AUGMENTED INTERNAL ADVISORY GROUP.
13:29:11 I KNOW THAT'S A LOT.
13:29:12 AND I KNOW COUNCIL IS PROBABLY GOING TO QUANTITY TO GIVE
13:29:14 FEEDBACK.
13:29:15 SO I WILL PAUSE FOR A MOMENT FOR THAT.
13:29:18 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
13:29:18 DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME FROM
13:29:21 COUNCIL MEMBERS?
13:29:26 COUNCILMAN GUDES, WE CAN'T HEAR YOUR VOICE.
13:29:32 >>ORLANDO GUDES: HOW ABOUT NOW?
13:29:34 CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
13:29:37 >> YES, SIR.
13:29:37 GO AHEAD, SIR.
13:29:38 >>ORLANDO GUDES: AGAIN, I MADE THIS PRESENTATION, ASKED
13:29:44 COUNCIL TO GIVE ME A SECOND AND A VOTE ON IT AND WE DID
13:29:47 THAT.
13:29:48 I LIKE A LOT OF THINGS THAT THE CHIEF IS TALKING ABOUT.
13:29:52 AND I KNOW WE ARE STINGY ON BUDGETS AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.
13:29:57 BUT I AM STILL LOOKING AT MAKING SURE THAT WE STILL HAVE A
13:30:03 PERSON WHO WILL BE THE HEAD PERSON AND ANSWER DIRECTLY TO
13:30:08 THE MEASURE AND MAKING SURE NOT JUST SAYING A PERSON COMES
13:30:14 TO HR.
13:30:15 I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
13:30:16 HE DON'T WANT THAT PERSON UNDER HR'S CONTROL VERSUS -- THEY
13:30:21 CAN WORK WITH HR BUT LAG AT A DIVERSE WORKFORCE WHERE THEY
13:30:27 HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE AND CAN HAVE THESE OTHER SYSTEMS THAT
13:30:30 THE CHIEF IS TALKING ABOUT THAT CAN BE UNDER THEIR CONTROL,
13:30:33 BUT JUST MAKING SURE THAT PERSON ISN'T CONTROLLED.
13:30:36 THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE MAYOR, SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH MY
13:30:39 THING AS RELATES TO THE CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER.
13:30:43 WHETHER IT'S IN-HOUSE OR OUTHOUSE, THIS PERSON, THAT THEY
13:30:49 HAVE CONTROL OVER WHERE DIVERSITY IS ADMINISTERED IN THE
13:30:54 CITY OF TAMPA.
13:30:58 I YIELD BACK, MR. CHAIR.
13:30:59 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
13:31:00 ALL RIGHT.
13:31:01 ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO COMMENT?
13:31:07 HEARING NONE, ANY FOLLOW-UP ON COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES'
13:31:13 COMMENT?
13:31:15 >>MARK BENTLEY: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN GUDES.
13:31:16 I'LL TAKE THIS FEEDBACK BACK TO THE ADMINISTRATION.
13:31:19 AND AGAIN WE'LL REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL AS THE BUDGET PROCESS
13:31:22 CONTINUES.
13:31:23 I JUST WANT TO PUT OUT IN FTE CALCULATIONS THAT WE WERE
13:31:29 HOPEFUL TO GAIN THE ADMINISTRATION'S SUPPORT FOR THAT EXTRA
13:31:33 POSITION TO DO THE RECRUITING, AND THEN IDENTIFY A CHIEF
13:31:38 DIVERSITY OFFICER WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION THAT HIGH PRESSURE
13:31:41 FOLLOWED THE FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES THAT WERE DISCUSSED
13:31:45 FROM BOTH COUNCIL AND MY FEEDBACK AND STILL REPORTING TO THE
13:31:50 MAYOR ON THOSE ISSUES, BUT WITHOUT DOUBLE INCREASING OUR
13:31:54 FTEs AS OPPOSED TO ONE THAT WOULD BE IDENTIFIED FOR A
13:31:57 POTENTIAL RECRUITER.
13:31:59 BUT I WILL TAKE BACK COUNCILMAN GUDES' COMMENTS AND THE
13:32:02 MOTION BACK TO THE ADMINISTRATION, AND REPORT BACK TO THE
13:32:05 BUDGET PROCESS.
13:32:06 >>ORLANDO GUDES: AND AGAIN, FTE, IF YOU HAVE THAT
13:32:12 PARTICULAR PERSON WITH THAT FTE THAT COULD BE ELEVATED, I
13:32:15 DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT.
13:32:16 I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO HAS THE
13:32:19 CONTROL AND BE ABLE TO BE WITH THE MAYOR AND MAKE THESE
13:32:22 RECOMMENDATIONS AND DECISIONS AND BE ABLE TO MOVE THE CITY.
13:32:25 THAT'S JUST MY PER RESPECTIVE ON IT.
13:32:28 >>MARK BENTLEY: UNDERSTOOD.
13:32:31 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMAN.
13:32:32 AND AGAIN I WILL WORK WITH YOU DIRECTLY.
13:32:35 AND I WILL BRING BACK THE FEEDBACK TO COUNCIL AS A WHOLE.
13:32:39 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
13:32:42 >>LUIS VIERA: MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY.
13:32:44 I JUST WANTED TO THANK COUNCILMAN GUDES FOR HIS LEADERSHIP
13:32:48 ON THIS ISSUE.
13:32:49 THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN GUDES.
13:32:50 WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP IN BRINGING THIS ISSUE
13:32:53 FORWARD. WE ALL BELIEVE THAT PREVENTION OF THESE KIND OF
13:32:57 ISSUES IS VERY IMPORTANT.
13:32:59 AND I THINK THAT ALL SEVEN OF US AGREE, ALL SEVEN OF US
13:33:04 AGREE ON THE SENTIMENT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR
13:33:07 YOUR LEADERSHIP, SIR, FOR THE WORK, SUPPORTED IN ONE WAY OR
13:33:11 ANOTHER OF MOVING THIS FORWARD, WHETHER IT'S FROM WITHIN,
13:33:15 YOU KNOW, ALLOCATING A DIFFERENT STAFF PERSON, WHATEVER IT
13:33:20 MAY BE.
13:33:23 I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
13:33:26 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
13:33:26 ANYBODY ELSE?
13:33:27 ALL RIGHT.
13:33:28 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
13:33:30 CHIEF OF STAFF, JOHN BENNETT, FOR THAT.
13:33:33 WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD.
13:33:35 ITEM NUMBER 70.
13:33:37 WE HAVE A REQUEST FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO CONTINUE THIS
13:33:40 ITEM FOR 60 DAYS, OCTOBER 15th.
13:33:44 MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEM 70 TO OCTOBER 15th?
13:33:48 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SO MOVED.
13:33:49 >> SECOND.
13:33:50 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
13:33:52 SECOND BRING COUNCILMAN CITRO.
13:33:54 ROLL CALL VOTE.
13:33:55 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
13:33:59 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
13:34:01 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
13:34:05 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
13:34:11 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: (NO AUDIBLE RESPONSE)
13:34:15 >> YOU ARE MUTED.
13:34:18 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
13:34:19 YES.
13:34:19 >> YES.
13:34:21 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH DINGFELDER BEING ABSENT AT
13:34:27 VOTE.
13:34:27 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
13:34:28 ITEM 71 ALSO IS A REQUEST BY THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO
13:34:33 CONTINUE THIS TO SEPTEMBER 17th.
13:34:35 MAY I HAVE A MOTION CONTINUING FOR ITEM NUMBER 71?
13:34:37 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED, MR. CHAIRMAN, 71, FILE
13:34:42 F-2020-203, MOVE TO SEPTEMBER 17, THE YEAR 2020, AND WHAT
13:34:47 TIME DO THEY WANT, 6:00?
13:34:49 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO, IT'S UNDER STAFF REPORTS.
13:34:54 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: UNDER STAFF REPORTS.
13:34:55 >>> YES, SIR.
13:34:56 MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
13:34:57 I HEARD COUNCILMAN GUDES' VOICE EARLY.
13:35:01 ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
13:35:02 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
13:35:05 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
13:35:07 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
13:35:10 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
13:35:13 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
13:35:15 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
13:35:17 >>THE CLERK: CLERK MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCILMAN
13:35:20 DINGFELDER BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
13:35:22 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
13:35:24 ITEM NUMBER 72.
13:35:26 VIK, DIRECTOR OF MOBILITY DEPARTMENT, HAS TRANSMITTED A ONE
13:35:30 REPORT.
13:35:31 ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THIS ITEM,
13:35:36 ITEM NUMBER 72?
13:35:41 IS VIK ON THE LINE JUST IN CASE?
13:35:43 >>VIK BHIDE: YES, I AM ON THE LINE AND READY TO ANSWER ANY
13:35:49 QUESTIONS.
13:35:55 THERE WAS A REQUEST ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND WE HAVE BEEN
13:35:57 TRANSMITTING IT SUNS.
13:35:58 IT PROVIDES A REPORT BY STORMWATER AND I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER
13:36:07 ANY QUESTIONS.
13:36:08 >> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME FOR THIS GENTLEMAN?
13:36:10 HEARING NONE, SEEING NONE, THIS CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA.
13:36:14 WE'LL NOW GO TO INFORMATION REPORTS AND NEW BUSINESS BY
13:36:18 COUNCIL MEMBERS.
13:36:19 I WILL BEGIN WITH COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES, COUNCIL MEMBER
13:36:23 GUDES, DO YOU HAVE ANY NEW BUSINESS DIFFICULTY?
13:36:27 BEFORE YOU BEGIN, I'M SORRY, SIR, BECAUSE OF THE -- THE
13:36:32 LEGAL DEPARTMENT, THE CLERK AND WHATNOT, WHEN YOU MAKE
13:36:34 MOTIONS, UNLESS IT'S ABSOLUTELY URGENT, IF WE COULD HOLD OFF
13:36:37 ON AT LEAST THROUGH THE MONTH OF AUGUST, BECAUSE THERE IS A
13:36:42 LOT TO DO CONVERTING TO VIRTUAL.
13:36:44 SO IF YOUR MOTION IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT ABSOLUTELY URGENT
13:36:49 AT THIS TIME, IF YOU COULD PLEASE HOLD OFF.
13:36:53 I AM HOLDING OFF ON PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING UNLESS ABSOLUTELY
13:36:57 NECESSARY.
13:36:57 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO MEMBER GUDES, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING?
13:37:01 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
13:37:04 TODAY, ALL MY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
13:37:06 A HISTORICAL MOVEMENT MADE YESTERDAY IN EAST TAMPA.
13:37:10 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM THE
13:37:16 BEGINNING WHEN WE FIRST GOT ON THIS COUNCIL AND HEARING THE
13:37:19 VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY.
13:37:26 I TELL PEOPLE, I URGE ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
13:37:33 I THANK MR. CARLSON FOR BEING A PART OF THIS EVENT.
13:37:38 YOU KNOW, IT BECAME A BATTLE BETWEEN SOMETIMES THE TOTAL
13:37:43 COMMUNITY, IF YOU DON'T WORK WITH IT, WE HAD THAT GOING ON.
13:37:48 SO I AM GLAD THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD KIND OF MAKE SOME
13:37:54 CONCESSIONS AND WE MADE SOME CONCESSIONS TO MAKE SURE WE
13:37:57 COULD BRING OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY OUR SENIORS.
13:37:59 I MADE A COMMITMENT THROUGH THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL THAT WE NEED
13:38:03 TO GET THAT SENIOR CENTER.
13:38:04 THAT'S GOING TO COME TRUE NOW.
13:38:07 WE NEED GYMNASTICS JUST LIKE TAMPA HAS IT, UP HERE WATCHING
13:38:12 THE FACILITIES.
13:38:13 IT'S SOMETHING WE NEEDED TO HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE
13:38:15 OUR KIDS ARE OUTSIDE IN THE HEAT DOING STEP PRACTICE DANCE,
13:38:18 AND THEY NEED TO BE INSIDE WHERE THEY CAN BE ABLE TO DO WHAT
13:38:21 THEY NEED TO DO.
13:38:22 THEN AGAIN, FAIROAKS, THE RENOVATION.
13:38:25 A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF FOOTBALL PLAYERS WENT UP THERE
13:38:30 THAT PROGRAM, NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP PROGRAMS.
13:38:32 SO I AM JUST GLAD NOW THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WAS ABLE TO
13:38:37 GIVE A GOOD CONCEPT AND TALK WITH ME BEHIND CLOSED DOORS TO
13:38:40 GET THESE THINGS BONDED, AND THE COMMUNITY IS SATISFIED.
13:38:43 THEY ARE HAPPY AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE THEY SEE SOMETHING
13:38:45 THAT'S GOING TO BE AGAIN A HISTORIC EVENT IN OUR COMMUNITY
13:38:50 TO HAVE THOSE TYPES OF BUILDINGS AND COME INTO OUR COMMUNITY
13:38:57 WHAT WE HAVE NOW.
13:38:58 AND I THINK THAT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ECONOMIC IMPACT ON OUR
13:39:04 COMMUNITY.
13:39:05 THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOTE.
13:39:06 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CITRO?
13:39:11 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
13:39:15 FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO AGAIN CONGRATULATE COUNCILMAN
13:39:19 GUDES ON HIS HARD WORK ON GETTING THE FAIROAKS UP AND GOING.
13:39:25 COUNCILMAN GUDES, YOU WANTED TO GET THIS REC CENTER, THE
13:39:28 COMMUNITY SPOKE OUT.
13:39:30 CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, SIR.
13:39:32 MR. CHAIR, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK CITY STAFF, ESPECIALLY
13:39:36 THE I.T. DEPARTMENT AND LEGAL FOR PREPARING THIS TYPE OF
13:39:40 FORMAT WITH OUR VIRTUAL MEETING.
13:39:44 I THINK IT CAME OFF WITHOUT A HITCH.
13:39:46 I WOULD ALSO ASK THAT UM FEELING THAT GOVERNOR DESANTIS WILL
13:39:54 NOT EXTEND HIS EXECUTIVE ORDER FOR VIRTUAL MEETINGS SO I AM
13:39:58 HOPING WE CAN GET SOME SORT OF COMMITMENT FROM COUNCIL
13:40:01 MEMBERS SOON IN CASE WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO IN PERSON
13:40:07 QUASI-JUDICIAL MEETINGS.
13:40:10 AGAIN, I FEEL THAT GOVERNOR DESANTIS IS NOT GOING TO GO AND
13:40:15 PEOPLE NEED TO BE NOTIFIED BUT COMMISSIONERS AND COMMUNITIES
13:40:18 IN THE NECESSARY EVENT THAT WE'LL NOT HAVE THEM.
13:40:22 I MOVE TO HAVE THE DIRECTOR TO PRESENT BEFORE CITY COUNCIL
13:40:28 HIS EFFORTS TO PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS
13:40:34 BY CITY OF TAMPA AND IF WE COULD HAVE THIS ON OCTOBER 15,
13:40:38 2020, AND I BELIEVE 10 A.M. WILL BE APPROPRIATE.
13:40:44 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO.
13:40:46 DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
13:40:48 >>LUIS VIERA: SECOND.
13:40:50 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL ATTORNEY SHELBY.
13:40:54 >>MARTIN SHELBY: WHEN YOU HAVE A 10:00, IS THAT STILL --
13:41:04 THAT WOULD BE AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT?
13:41:09 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THAT'S THE REASON I DID NOT SAY NINE,
13:41:13 COUNSEL.
13:41:14 BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DIRECT ME ON WHAT TIME YOU FEEL
13:41:16 WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
13:41:17 >>MARTIN SHELBY: I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE TIME CERTAIN IN
13:41:25 QUESTION.
13:41:31 (AUDIO DISTORTION)
13:41:33 >>LUIS VIERA: MR. CHAIR?
13:41:35 >>JOSEPH CITRO: IT'S YOUR DIRECTION.
13:41:41 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IF IT WILL BE VIRTUAL, STILL VIRTUAL AT
13:41:45 THE TIME OR NOT, TO HAVE THAT PERSON STAND BY?
13:41:47 WE DON'T KNOW.
13:41:50 BEING THAT PUBLIC COMMENT IS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE AGENDA,
13:41:54 TIME CERTAIN OR NOT, LET'S SAY WE HAVE AN HOUR AND A HALF OF
13:41:57 PUBLIC COMMENT, EITHER WAY.
13:42:01 THE PERSON WOULD BE STANDING BY.
13:42:05 UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES AN EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
13:42:06 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
13:42:10 >> WE CAN PUT IT FIRST ON THE AGENDA AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT.
13:42:13 EITHER WAY, IT WILL STILL BE THERE.
13:42:15 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
13:42:18 >> MOTION BY MR. VIERA.
13:42:23 COUNCILMAN VIERA, DID YOU SECOND THAT?
13:42:25 >>LUIS VIERA: NO.
13:42:29 I THINK I DO, THOUGH.
13:42:32 [ LAUGHTER ]
13:42:33 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ROLL CALL VOTE.
13:42:34 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
13:42:35 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
13:42:38 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
13:42:39 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
13:42:41 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
13:42:46 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: (NO AUDIBLE RESPONSE)
13:42:51 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, YOU ARE MUTED.
13:42:57 HE'S SAYING YES.
13:43:02 WE NEED SUBTITLES.
13:43:03 >>MARTIN SHELBY: IS HE MUTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR?
13:43:10 CAN WE UNMUTE COUNCILMAN MIRANDA?
13:43:15 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I CAN READ LIPS.
13:43:16 HE SAID YES.
13:43:18 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
13:43:18 >> THERE WE GO.
13:43:20 >> YES.
13:43:24 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER
13:43:26 BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
13:43:27 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
13:43:28 ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?
13:43:30 COUNCILMAN CITRO?
13:43:31 >>JOSEPH CITRO: NOTHING.
13:43:33 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
13:43:34 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
13:43:35 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING?
13:43:37 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO, SIR.
13:43:38 NONE.
13:43:39 THANK YOU.
13:43:39 >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
13:43:42 FIRST, ALSO CONGRATS TO COUNCILMAN GUDES ON THE GREAT WIN
13:43:47 FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA.
13:43:49 IT IS BIGGER AND BETTER THAN ANY OF US --
13:43:56 [AUDIO INTERFERENCE]
13:43:58 IT IS BIGGER AND BETTER THAN WE THOUGHT.
13:44:01 BUT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK LEFT TO DO TO BRING EQUITY
13:44:05 THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
13:44:06 THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
13:44:08 LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT BRINGING DISPARATE AUDIENCES TOGETHER
13:44:12 AND COMING UP WITH SOLUTIONS.
13:44:14 THANK YOU.
13:44:14 THE OTHER THING IS, WE HAD SOME PEOPLE SPEAK OUT THIS
13:44:16 MORNING AND WEIGHED SOME PEOPLE MAYBE STILL WATCHING FOR THE
13:44:18 FIRST TIME.
13:44:19 I JUST WANT TO BE SAY TO EVERYONE, I HAVE BEEN ON THIS
13:44:22 COUNCIL A YEAR AND A HALF, AND SOME OF US HAVE BEEN AROUND
13:44:24 FOR A WHILE, AND SOME ARE RELATIVELY NEW, AND THIS COUNCIL,
13:44:28 THOUGH, SINCE I HAVE BEEN HERE THE LAST 18 MONTHS, HAS
13:44:33 WORKED REALLY HARD ON CIVIL LIBERTIES, CIVIL RIGHTS, EQUITY
13:44:36 ISSUES, AND OTHERS, AND I WOULD JUST ASK ANYBODY WATCHING OR
13:44:41 ANYBODY WHO SPOKE OUT THIS MORNING OR ANYBODY WHO IS
13:44:43 INTERESTED IN THE ISSUES DISCUSSED, PLEASE LOOK AT OUR
13:44:46 RECORD OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF.
13:44:47 IF YOU DON'T SEE IT, LOOK AT OUR AGENDA THE NEXT FEW MONTHS
13:44:50 AND YOU WILL SEE THAT WE PUT OUR THOUGHTS IN IMPORTANT
13:44:54 PLACES BY PUTTING THEM ON THE AGENDA, AND THE AGENDA ITEMS
13:44:57 WE HAVE COMING UP OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS ARE REALLY
13:45:00 IMPORTANT ISSUES ADDRESSING THE ISSUES THAT THE COMMUNITY
13:45:02 HAS INTERESTED CONCERN ABOUT, AND AFTER LOOKING, IF YOU
13:45:08 STILL WANT ANY QUESTIONS ANSWERED, WANT TO HAVE A
13:45:11 DISCUSSION, CALL MY OFFICE, E-MAIL ME.
13:45:12 I'M HAPPY, I'M SURE MY COLLEAGUES WOULD BE HAPPY.
13:45:15 WE WANT TO HAVE CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE.
13:45:18 SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
13:45:19 ALSO, CHIEF BENNETT, IF YOU ARE STILL WATCHING, WE CAN HAVE
13:45:22 AN OFFLINE CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS.
13:45:24 I LOOKED AT THE FIVE STRATEGIC GOALS, AND I WISH THE ECONOMY
13:45:29 WAS THERE.
13:45:29 I WISH WE HAD ECONOMIC DRIVERS THAT WE COULD MEASURE.
13:45:33 AND MAYBE WE CAN COME UP WITH A MATRIX LUKE TAMPA, THE
13:45:40 SPECIFIC GOALS OF THE CITY.
13:45:41 DOESN'T HAVE CONTROL OF ALL THE DRIVERS OF THOSE ECONOMIC
13:45:43 MEASURES, BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT BECAUSE IT
13:45:46 AFFECTS OUR ECONOMY.
13:45:47 AND IF WE CAN IMPROVE OUR ECONOMY, IMPROVE THE JOBS, HELP
13:45:50 ENTREPRENEURS WITH THEIR BUSINESSES, WE IMPROVE THIS
13:45:53 SITUATION FOR EVERYONE.
13:45:54 LASTLY, I MENTIONED TO YOU ALL LAST WEEK AND THEN I HAVE
13:45:58 BEEN AROUND A RESOLUTION THAT WAS SENT TO ME BUTT FRIEND OF
13:46:01 TAMPA UNION STATION, AND I WOULD APPRECIATE IF WE COULD
13:46:06 APPROVE THAT NOW.
13:46:08 MR. SHELBY, WHAT DO I NEED TO DO?
13:46:10 DO I NEED TO READ THE WHOLE THING OR JUST SEND THIS TO
13:46:16 SULING?
13:46:21 IT'S A RESOLUTION URGING THE RETURN OF DAILY TRAIN SERVICE
13:46:27 BY AMTRAK TO TAMPA STATION AS SOON AS PRACTICAL,
13:46:27 UNDERSCORING THE IMPORTANCE OF AMTRAK SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE
13:46:29 OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
13:46:31 >>MARTIN SHELBY: AND THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DISTRIBUTED TO
13:46:35 CITY COUNCIL AND TO THE CLERK, CORRECT?
13:46:39 >> YES.
13:46:40 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT'S APPROPRIATE IF COUNCIL IS PREPARED
13:46:42 TO ACCEPT THAT.
13:46:44 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
13:46:46 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
13:46:48 ROLL CALL VOTE.
13:46:49 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
13:46:50 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
13:46:52 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
13:46:55 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
13:47:04 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: (NO AUDIBLE RESPONSE)
13:47:08 >> I HEAR HIM THROUGH THE WALLS.
13:47:14 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
13:47:14 I SAID YES. I HIT UNMUTE THREE TIMES.
13:47:16 I CAN'T HELP IT ANYMORE.
13:47:17 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
13:47:18 >> MOTION CARRIED WITH DINGFELDER BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
13:47:22 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
13:47:24 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, FOR RUNNING A GREAT
13:47:27 MEETING.
13:47:27 I WANTED TO JOIN IN ON THE COMMENTS OF COUNCILMAN GUDES AND
13:47:32 OTHER MEMBERS.
13:47:33 I KNOW THAT COUNCILMAN CARLSON AND CITRO HAVE ALSO BEEN
13:47:36 INVOLVED WITH FAIROAKS, AND JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY
13:47:41 FOR THEIR HARD WORK, ESPECIALLY COUNCILMAN CARLSON AND
13:47:45 COUNCILMAN GUDES.
13:47:46 YOU ALL WOULD COME IN LIKE A WRECKING BALL.
13:47:49 I AM GOING TO NICKNAME YOU "WRECKING BALL."
13:47:51 THERE YOU GO.
13:47:52 I HOPE THAT STICKS.
13:47:53 IT'S A COMPLIMENT.
13:47:54 AND ALSO WANT TO ECHO WHAT COUNCILMAN CARLSON SAID, WHICH AS
13:48:01 WE MOVE FORWARD ON A LOT OF ISSUES, IT'S VERY SIMPLE.
13:48:03 [BACKGROUND INTERFERENCE]
13:48:03 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CAN WE MUTE THAT?
13:48:20 >>LUIS VIERA: JUST LAST WEEK, WE BEGAN TO MOVE FORWARD ON
13:48:23 IMPLICIT BIAS TRAINING FOR ALL CITY EMPLOYEES DONE BY
13:48:26 OUTSIDE ENTITIES, SOMETHING THAT IS VERY BIG. WE HAVE BODY
13:48:31 CAMERAS.
13:48:31 SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY, REALLY BIG.
13:48:33 WE ARE MAKING CHANGES TO THE POLICE REVIEW BOARD INCLUDING
13:48:36 GETTING THEIR OWN ATTORNEY.
13:48:41 WITH REGARDS TO INVESTIGATION, ET CETERA.
13:48:43 MOVING FORWARD, COUNCILMAN CARLSON, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
13:48:51 COMMITTEE WHICH GOES FAR, A LOT OF DIFFERENT ISSUES THAT WE
13:48:53 REALLY MOVED FORWARD ON IN JUST A YEAR AND A HALF.
13:48:56 SO I THINK -- I JUST HAVE TWO QUICK MOTIONS, IF I MAY.
13:49:05 ONE OF THEM, I MOTIONED FOR LEGAL TO -- AN APPRENTICESHIP
13:49:14 ORDINANCE AND REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL WITH AN UPDATE FOR SAID
13:49:16 ORDINANCE ON OCTOBER 1st.
13:49:23 ALSO BACKGROUND ON THIS, WE HAVE SOME PRETTY GOOD MOVES WITH
13:49:28 CRA.
13:49:29 I WOULD LIKE FOR THE CITY LEGAL TO WORK WITH STAKEHOLDERS,
13:49:32 THAT INCLUDES GROUPS, OUR NUMEROUS LABOR UNIONS AND GROUPS
13:49:38 REPRESENTING WORKING FAMILIES TO COME FORTH WITH AN
13:49:41 ORDINANCE, OBVIOUSLY THE BIG ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
13:49:43 IS ST. PETERSBURG ORDINANCE WHICH IS RIGHT NOW IN CIRCUIT
13:49:47 COURT IN PINELLAS COUNTY, AND OBVIOUSLY I STILL BELIEVE THAT
13:49:54 WE COULD DO WELL.
13:49:55 OVER THE LAST SIX OR SEVEN MONTHS I HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH
13:49:58 CITY LEGAL ON THIS ISSUE AS WELL AS MEETING SEPARATELY IN
13:50:01 ONE MEETING WITH OUR FRIEND IN THE LABOR MOVEMENT AS WELL AS
13:50:08 INDIVIDUALS, OR ONE INDIVIDUAL, MR. CONA, SCHOOL BOARD
13:50:13 MEMBER CONA, WITH ADC AND I BELIEVE WE CAN MOVE THIS
13:50:17 FORWARD.
13:50:18 WE HAVE TROUBLE WITH MOBILITY AND LOOKING FOR JOBS WITH
13:50:25 DIGNITY AND THERE'S NO BETTER WAY TO DO THAT THAN ENCOURAGE
13:50:28 APPRENTICESHIPS.
13:50:30 SO I BUTT THAT FORWARD, IF I MAY, MR. CHAIR.
13:50:32 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CITY COUNCILMAN VIERA HAS A MOTION --
13:50:41 >>LUIS VIERA: OCTOBER 1st.
13:50:42 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO.
13:50:47 ROLL CALL VOTE.
13:50:48 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
13:50:51 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
13:50:54 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
13:50:56 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: (NO AUDIBLE RESPONSE).
13:51:00 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
13:51:01 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
13:51:03 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
13:51:05 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DINGFELDER
13:51:08 BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
13:51:09 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
13:51:12 >>LUIS VIERA: JUST VERY QUICK IF I MAY.
13:51:14 I MOTION FOR STAFF TO PURSUE RENAMING THE ALBANY PARK IN
13:51:19 FOREST HILLS WHICH IS NEARLY NAMED PERRY AND ALBANY BECAUSE
13:51:23 THOSE ARE THE STREETS, THERE'S NO SPECIAL PURPOSE TO THE
13:51:27 HISTORIC FOREST HILLS PARK OR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
13:51:31 YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES, A
13:51:33 RELATIVELY NEW NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, HARD WORKING
13:51:35 PEOPLE, AND THEY LIKE TO SEE THAT. I FURTHER MOVE THAT
13:51:38 STAFF REPORT BACK TO US ON SEPTEMBER 3rd, 2020 ON THE
13:51:42 NAME CHANGE, AND COUNTY GO FORWARD.
13:51:48 A WRITTEN REPORT IS FINE.
13:51:49 I DON'T WANT ANY TIME ADDITIONALLY.
13:51:51 IF THEY ARE NOT AMENABLE, THEN I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHY.
13:51:54 BUT IF THEY ARE, A WRITTEN REPORT IS FINE.
13:51:56 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
13:52:01 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
13:52:03 ROLL CALL VOTE.
13:52:04 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
13:52:07 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
13:52:10 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
13:52:15 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
13:52:17 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
13:52:20 >> YES.
13:52:21 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DINGFELDER
13:52:24 BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
13:52:25 >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, ONE SMALL THING, MR. CHAIR.
13:52:30 I APOLOGIZE.
13:52:30 I KNOW WE ARE LATE FOR LUNCH.
13:52:37 AS FAR AS DISABILITY ISSUES, I KNOW IT'S PART OF THE EAST
13:52:39 TAMPA PARKS PROGRAM.
13:52:40 THERE'S GOING TO BE AN INCLUSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK WHICH IS
13:52:44 WONDERFUL, SO COUNCILMAN GUDES, CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.
13:52:47 AND WE ARE FINALLY GOING TO SEA MOVEMENT ON THE NEW TAMPA
13:52:50 AUTISM FRIENDLY PARK, AND THAT'S A BIG DEAL.
13:52:54 SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH
13:52:58 SENSORY PROGRAM AND EXPANDED TO PEOPLE WITH ALL
13:53:02 DISABILITIES.
13:53:03 I JUST WANT TO MAKE A NOTE ON THAT AND THANK THE
13:53:06 ADMINISTRATION FOR WORKING WITH US ON THAT.
13:53:08 NOTHING FURTHER, SIR.
13:53:09 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
13:53:10 THAT LEAFS ME.
13:53:12 COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES, IT'S BEEN SAID BY OUR COLLEAGUES HERE
13:53:15 ON THE BOARD, CONGRATULATIONS ON A HUGE ACHIEVEMENT FOR YOUR
13:53:20 DISTRICT.
13:53:21 ONE DISTRICT THAT YOU HAVE BEEN FAITHING FOR SINCE BEFORE
13:53:24 YOU GOT ELECTED.
13:53:25 AND YOU ARE KNOWN AND EXPECTED IN THE COMMUNITY AS ONE TO
13:53:30 FAITH, AND HERE AS A BOARD MEMBER YOU ARE ONE THAT GETS
13:53:33 THINGS DONE.
13:53:33 AND WE ARE HAPPY TO SEE YOUR SUCCESS, AND WE ARE HAPPY TO --
13:53:41 YOUR DISTRICT HAS NEEDS SO MUCH, AND YOU ARE GETTING THINGS
13:53:43 DONE.
13:53:44 JUST A COUPLE MUCH ITEMS.
13:53:47 FIRST, ADD YOU SON DAVIS, THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL
13:53:50 SUPERINTENDENT, WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
13:53:53 I WANT TO INVITE HIM HERE AUGUST 20 FOR A 10-MINUTE REPORT
13:53:58 REGARDING THE REOPENING OF SCHOOLS.
13:54:00 IF YOU TALK TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, IF YOU HEAR WHAT
13:54:03 THEY SAY, A LOT OF FOLKS THINK THAT CITY COUNCIL HAS
13:54:06 SOMETHING TO DO WITH DICTATING THE SCHOOLS OPEN OR NOT.
13:54:09 THERE'S SOME CONFUSION WESTBOUND THAT.
13:54:11 THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE OPINIONS WHETHER IT'S SAFE OR NOT
13:54:14 CONSIDERING THE COVID SITUATION.
13:54:16 SO I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT AUGUST
13:54:20 20th, RIGHT AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT, TO A TEN-MINUTE REPORT
13:54:25 AND JUST GIVE AN UPDATE FOR CLARIFICATION.
13:54:29 AND I WILL PASS THE GAVEL HERE TO CHAIR PRO TEM CITRO.
13:54:33 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YOU HEARD A MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN
13:54:36 MANISCALCO.
13:54:36 IS THERE A SECOND?
13:54:37 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
13:54:39 ALL IN FAVOR, ROLL CALL.
13:54:40 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
13:54:43 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
13:54:45 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
13:54:49 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
13:54:51 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
13:54:53 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
13:54:55 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DINGFELDER
13:54:58 BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
13:54:59 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
13:55:01 ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST REMIND FOLKS THAT MONDAY, THIS
13:55:06 MONDAY, I BELIEVE IT'S AUGUST 10, FROM 9 A.M. TO 11 A.M., WE
13:55:12 ARE GOING TO HAVE A VIRTUAL MEETING FOR THE DEPARTMENTAL
13:55:15 BRIEFING, TWO HOURS, THE CHIEF OF STAFF, TO GET THOSE DONE.
13:55:23 THERE'S NO MOTION NEEDED.
13:55:24 AND OF COURSE TODAY IS THE 55th ANNIVERSARY OF THE
13:55:28 SIGNING BY PRESIDENT JOHNSON OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT.
13:55:32 I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA IS A HISTORIAN AND BIG FAN, AND
13:55:37 BEING THAT EARLY VOTING HAS BEGUN AND THE DISCUSSION ON
13:55:42 MAIL-IN BALLOTS AND WHATNOT AND EVERYTHING HANG, A BIG
13:55:45 ELECTION YEAR, THIS IS OF COURSE SIGNIFICANT, AND WITH THE
13:55:48 CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN THE 1960s, WHICH REALLY CONTINUES
13:55:53 TODAY, IN A DIFFERENT WAY, BUT THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
13:55:55 REALLY -- AND I ECHO WHAT COUNCILMAN CARLSON SAID, IN
13:56:00 LOOKING AT WHAT THIS BOARD HAS DONE OR TRADE TO DO OR
13:56:03 ACHIEVE SINCE WE HAVE STARTED THIS TERM TOGETHER, AND OF
13:56:06 COURSE WE LIKE TO DISCUSS A LOT OF THE -- LIKE TO DISCUSS
13:56:12 TOGETHER AND A LOT OF VERY IMPORTANT ISSUES.
13:56:15 I WOULD LIKE TO PASS IT ON TO MR. SHELBY WHO WOULD LIKE TO
13:56:18 DISCUSSION AN ITEM.
13:56:19 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD LIKE TO RAISE TO
13:56:23 COUNCIL THE ITEM ON YOUR ADDENDUM, A WALK-ON THAT I AM
13:56:26 REQUESTING.
13:56:27 IT'S A RESOLUTION THAT IS A MODIFICATION TO THE EMERGENCY
13:56:30 RULES FOR COMMUNICATION, MEDIA TECHNOLOGY MEETINGS, AND
13:56:35 THAT'S TO QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BEGIN
13:56:41 GOING VIRTUAL TONIGHT AT THE 6 P.M. MEETING.
13:56:43 SO THIS IS A STEP IN THAT DIRECTION.
13:56:45 IT'S ALSO A STEP IN THE DIRECTION OF ADDRESSING THE CONCERNS
13:56:48 RAISED BY COUNCILMAN CITRO WITH REGARD TO THE GOVERNOR'S
13:56:53 EXECUTIVE ORDER.
13:56:53 WITH THAT, I HAVE DISTRIBUTED, COUNCIL HAS HOPEFULLY SEEN
13:56:57 IT, FOR TONIGHT AND MOVE THAT RESOLUTION.
13:57:02 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
13:57:04 WE HAVE THIS RESOLUTION THAT NEEDS TO BE MOVED.
13:57:09 MR. SHELBY.
13:57:11 DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THIS?
13:57:12 MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CITRO. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES.
13:57:18 ROLL CALL VOTE.
13:57:19 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
13:57:21 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
13:57:24 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
13:57:28 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
13:57:34 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
13:57:36 >> YES.
13:57:36 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DINGFELDER
13:57:39 BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
13:57:40 >> MR. SHELBY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE?
13:57:44 >>MARTIN SHELBY: NO, SIR OF THE JUST TO RECEIVE AND FILE,
13:57:46 PLEASE.
13:57:47 >>LUIS VIERA: MR. CHAIR, MAY I MAKE A QUICK CORRECTION?
13:57:51 I MISREAD SOMETHING.
13:57:53 I THINK WITH THE ADDITION OF THE TAMPA TAMES IT SAID IT WAS
13:57:57 AN INCLUSIVE PARK IN EAST TAMPA.
13:57:59 I THINK I MAY HAVE MISSPOKEN.
13:58:01 SO THE FIRST EDITION.
13:58:06 I MISSPOKE.
13:58:06 >> ALL RIGHT.
13:58:10 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
13:58:11 MR. SHELBY, I THINK THAT'S IT.
13:58:13 SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE ALL DOCUMENTS.
13:58:17 MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CITRO. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
13:58:20 ROLL CALL VOTE.
13:58:20 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
13:58:23 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
13:58:24 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
13:58:28 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
13:58:31 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
13:58:32 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
13:58:33 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DINGFELDER
13:58:37 ABSENT AT VOTE.
13:58:38 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
13:58:39 THAT CONCLUDES THE AGENDA.
13:58:40 WE ARE ADJOURNED UNTIL 6:00 P.M. THIS EVENING.
13:58:53
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