CITY OF TAMPA
SPECIAL-CALL VIRTUAL WORKSHOP
MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 2020, 9 A.M.
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09:01:23 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
09:01:24 I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS VIRTUAL MEETING TO
09:01:27 ORDER.
09:01:28 IF I CAN GET ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
09:01:35 >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
09:01:36 >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE.
09:01:40 >>THE CLERK: CARLSON?
09:01:41 DINGFELDER?
09:01:44 CITRO?
09:01:45 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I'M HERE.
09:01:47 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
09:01:51 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
09:01:53 ALL RIGHT.
09:01:54 BEFORE WE BEGIN, JUST A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
09:01:56 TODAY IS THE BIRTHDAY OF COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO GUDES.
09:02:00 COUNCILMAN GUDES, HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
09:02:03 WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU FOR THAT.
09:02:07 I KNOW 39 YEARS OLD, IT'S A BIG BIRTHDAY.
09:02:12 WE WANT TO WISH YOU --
09:02:14 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
09:02:16 MR. CHAIRMAN, I THANK GOD FOR BEING HERE.
09:02:18 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
09:02:19 MARTY, GO AHEAD IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK.
09:02:23 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:02:25 GOOD MORNING.
09:02:26 GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
09:02:27 HAPPY BIRTHDAY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:02:29 BECAUSE OF TODAY'S CONTINUING COVID-19 STATE OF EMERGENCY,
09:02:34 THIS VIRTUAL WORKSHOP MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL IS BEING
09:02:37 HELD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECLARATIONS AND PROVISIONS OF
09:02:39 THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER 20-69, AS EXTENDED BY EO
09:02:44 20-179.
09:02:46 AND BY CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NUMBER 2020-225 AND AS
09:02:52 AMENDED.
09:02:53 IT WILL BE CONDUCTED BY REMOTE PARTICIPATION OR
09:02:55 TELECONFERENCING, WHICH IS REFERRED TO BY THE STATE OF
09:02:58 FLORIDA STATUTES AND RULES AS COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA
09:03:01 TECHNOLOGY.
09:03:01 THE PURPOSE OF THE WORKSHOP IS TO RECEIVE DEPARTMENTAL
09:03:04 BRIEFINGS FROM THE ADMINISTRATION THAT WERE RESCHEDULED DUE
09:03:07 TO THE COVID-19 STATE OF EMERGENCY AS WELL AS TO CONDUCT ANY
09:03:10 OTHER NEW BUSINESS.
09:03:12 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:03:13 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
09:03:15 ALL RIGHT.
09:03:16 BEFORE WE BEGIN, I'D LIKE TO MOVE BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT,
09:03:25 UNLESS THERE'S ANY OBJECTION, THAT WE TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AT
09:03:27 THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING TODAY, EVEN THOUGH IT IS
09:03:31 TECHNICALLY A WORKSHOP, JUST TO MAKE IT EASIER ON THE CLERK
09:03:34 AND WHATNOT.
09:03:35 IS THERE ANY OBJECTION FROM ANYBODY HERE ON THAT, THAT WE
09:03:38 TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST?
09:03:39 ALL RIGHT.
09:03:42 HEARING NONE, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME,
09:03:47 CLERK?
09:03:48 >>THE CLERK: CHAIR, WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY REQUESTS FOR
09:03:50 PUBLIC COMMENTS NOR RECORDINGS.
09:04:01 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO BEGIN THIS
09:04:03 AGENDA.
09:04:04 WHOMEVER WOULD LIKE TO KICK IT OFF, THAT WOULD BE CHIEF OF
09:04:07 STAFF JOHN BENNETT.
09:04:08 >>JOHN BENNETT: GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN, GOOD MORNING,
09:04:12 COUNCIL, PUBLIC AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY, COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:04:14 WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING SOME TIME THIS EARLY MONDAY MORNING
09:04:18 FOR OUR RESCHEDULING BACK IN JUNE OF REALLY THREE
09:04:24 PORTFOLIOS.
09:04:25 YOU'LL HEAR FROM TWO PRESENTERS TODAY.
09:04:27 WE BUDGETED TWO HOURS.
09:04:28 I'D APPRECIATE YOUR GRACIOUS TIME ON THAT.
09:04:30 WE THINK THIS HAS SOME VALUE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND
09:04:34 COUNCIL TO HAVE A SENSE OF CLARITY FROM OUR REORGANIZATION
09:04:40 BACK IN FEBRUARY AND ALL THE FUNCTIONS AND BANDWIDTH OF
09:04:44 THESE THREE DIFFERENT PORTFOLIOS.
09:04:47 TODAY, YOU'LL HEAR FIRST FROM THE ADMINISTRATOR OCEA WYNN
09:04:52 RELEVANT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
09:04:54 PORTFOLIO.
09:04:55 AND THEN WHEN SHE'S DONE, WE WILL BRIEFLY TAKE SOME
09:04:59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, AND THEN I WILL FOLLOW UP FROM OCEA'S
09:05:02 PRESENTATION AND I WILL COVER THE MAYOR'S DIRECT REPORT
09:05:06 PORTFOLIO AS WELL AS THE CHIEF OF STAFF OFFICE.
09:05:09 JUST TO GIVE CONTEXT, THERE ARE ABOUT A HUNDRED SLIDES.
09:05:18 WE'RE NOT GOING TO READ EVERY WORD.
09:05:23 WE'LL HIGHLIGHT KEY FACETS OF ALL OF THE HARD WORK OF ALL OF
09:05:27 THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND MANAGERS AND FUNCTIONAL LEADERS ON
09:05:32 THE CALL TODAY.
09:05:33 YOU'LL SEE A THEME WITH ALL OF THE SLIDES.
09:05:35 IT'S REALLY BASED ON THE INPUTS OR THE RESOURCES THAT EACH
09:05:39 DEPARTMENT OR DIVISION HAS TO WORK WITH, FOLLOWED BY THEIR
09:05:44 VARIOUS OUTPUTS.
09:05:45 NEXT, THEIR OUTCOMES, AND THEN LASTLY WHAT THEY ARE FOCUSED
09:05:48 ON ON CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
09:05:52 WE KNOW COUNCIL IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE DEPARTMENTS, BUT
09:05:54 SOMETIMES WHEN WE UNPACK THEIR DELIVERABLES, WE REALIZE
09:05:57 THAT, AGAIN, THEIR FUNCTIONS AND THEIR BANDWIDTH ARE
09:06:00 STRETCHED VERY BIG IN A CITY OF THIS DYNAMISM, IF YOU WILL.
09:06:07 WITH THAT, I WILL PAUSE AND HAND THE MIKE OVER TO OCEA WYNN,
09:06:11 OUR ADMINISTRATOR OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
09:06:13 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:06:16 GO AHEAD.
09:06:17 AND WELCOME TO THE MEETING.
09:06:18 >>OCEA WYNN: GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
09:06:21 THANK YOU, CHIEF.
09:06:22 GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
09:06:23 AS CHIEF BENNETT HAS MENTIONED, I AM OCEA WYNN,
09:06:28 ADMINISTRATOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
09:06:33 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:06:34 WITHIN MY PORTFOLIO, THERE ARE SIX DIFFERENT AREAS, ARTS AND
09:06:43 CULTURAL AFFAIRS, NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT, COMMUNITY
09:06:47 PARTNERSHIPS, EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD
09:06:50 ENGAGEMENT.
09:06:52 THERE'S ONE ADDITIONAL AREA THAT I WILL SPEAK ABOUT AT THE
09:06:56 END OF THIS PRESENTATION, AND THAT IS ON THE CUSTOMER
09:06:59 EXPERIENCE.
09:07:01 AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE EACH OF THE MANAGERS THAT ARE
09:07:10 REPRESENTED ON THE SLIDES.
09:07:12 ONE AREA THAT'S ON HERE, THAT'S NOT ON HERE THAT SHOULD BE
09:07:16 ON HERE IS PARKS AND RECREATION.
09:07:19 AS YOU ALL KNOW, RECENTLY, PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR
09:07:26 PAUL DIAL RETIRED.
09:07:28 I'VE BEEN GETTING QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF DO WE HAVE AN
09:07:32 INTERIM?
09:07:33 AND JUST TO PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE, I'M LOOKING AT WHAT THE
09:07:37 SKILL SETS ARE, WHAT'S NEEDED FOR THAT POSITION BEFORE WE
09:07:40 APPOINT AN INTERIM OR SELECT A PERMANENT DIRECTOR.
09:07:45 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, HOWEVER, THAT PERTAINS TO PARKS
09:07:49 AND RECREATION, YOU CAN DIRECT THOSE DIRECTLY TO LENORA
09:07:53 ROBERSON, THE EXECUTIVE AIDE FOR PARKS AND REC, AND THEN SHE
09:07:59 WILL GET THOSE TO ME OR FUNNEL THEM THROUGH THE PROPER
09:08:03 CHANNELS OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF AND THEN COMING TO ME AS WELL
09:08:08 AND I CAN ADDRESS OR ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
09:08:10 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:08:12 THIS SLIDE GIVES YOU THE OVERALL FINANCIAL OVERVIEW OF THE
09:08:21 FY '20 BUDGET.
09:08:24 THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS PORTFOLIO HAS ABOUT
09:08:30 $66 MILLION OF THE GROSS BUDGET.
09:08:34 IN TERMS OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, OUT OF THE --
09:08:40 [INAUDIBLE] -- DOLLARS IN PROJECTS, 8.5 MILLION OF THOSE
09:08:44 DOLLARS ARE FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND PRIMARILY IN THE PARKS
09:08:48 AND RECREATION AREA.
09:08:50 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:08:52 THIS GIVES A BREAKDOWN OF THE FTEs WITHIN OUR PORTFOLIO.
09:09:03 FOR PARKS AND RECREATION, WE HAVE ABOUT 444 FTEs WHICH
09:09:11 MAKES UP ALMOST 10% OF THE CITY'S TOTAL 10 FTEs.
09:09:17 THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT $53 MILLION.
09:09:21 ALL OF THE OTHER AREAS HAVE A NUMBER OF LESS FTEs -- NEXT
09:09:32 SLIDE, PLEASE -- OTHER THAN CODE ENFORCEMENT OR NEIGHBORHOOD
09:09:35 ENHANCEMENT, WHICH HAS ABOUT 110, MAKING UP 2.3% OF THE
09:09:42 GENERAL FUND -- OR THE CITY'S FTEs AND LESS THAN, 10% --
09:09:48 OR 1%, I'M SORRY, OF THE CITY'S OVERALL BUDGET AMOUNT IN THE
09:09:56 GENERAL FUND.
09:09:56 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:09:59 NEIGHBORHOOD AND ENHANCEMENT OF CODE ENFORCEMENT.
09:10:06 COVER A NUMBER OF AREAS.
09:10:07 AS YOU ALL KNOW THIS PORTFOLIO, THIS DIVISION IS RESPONSIBLE
09:10:13 FOR ENFORCING THE CITY CODE.
09:10:18 WE LOOK AT ENVIRONMENTAL AND PROPERTY MAINTENANCE.
09:10:21 WE LOOK AT THE STRUCTURAL STANDARDS, ZONING, WE ASSIST
09:10:26 STORMWATER AND TRANSPORTATION WITH THE TREES.
09:10:31 AS YOU WELL KNOW ALSO AS OF LAST WEEK, WE HAD THE FIRST
09:10:35 READING OF THE ENFORCEMENT OR ALLOWING CODE ENFORCEMENT THE
09:10:41 ABILITY TO WRITE PARKING CITATIONS.
09:10:44 THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE FOR THE AREAS THAT ARE NOT
09:10:48 COVERED BY THE PARKING DIVISION, SINCE WE HAVE CODE OFFICERS
09:10:54 THAT ARE OUT IN THE PUBLIC AND SEE NONCOMPLIANCE OR
09:10:58 VIOLATIONS, THEY WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO WRITE THOSE WHILE
09:11:02 THEY ARE OUT IN THE PUBLIC.
09:11:04 SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL ENHANCEMENT CREWS
09:11:08 DO, OF COURSE, THEY REMOVE THE ILLEGAL DUMPING.
09:11:12 WE REMOVE A LOT OF GRAFFITI IN WHICH WE SAW QUITE A BIT OF
09:11:16 IT DURING THE RECENT PROTESTS AND CIVIL UNREST.
09:11:23 WE DO EMERGENCY CLEANUP PROJECTS AS WELL.
09:11:26 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:11:28 THIS JUST GIVES A VISUAL OF SOME OF THE THINGS AND SOME OF
09:11:35 THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE.
09:11:37 THE LOWER LEFT PICTURE AS WELL AS THE TOP RIGHT, SOME OF THE
09:11:44 BLIGHTED AREAS THAT WE WOULD TYPICALLY SEE AND CLEAN UP IN
09:11:49 CODE ENFORCEMENT.
09:11:49 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:11:55 TO GIVE YOU SOME PERSPECTIVE IN TERMS OF THE STATS AND THIS
09:12:00 IS DATA TAKEN FROM 2019, WE HAD ALMOST 41,000 CODE
09:12:07 INSPECTIONS THAT WERE COMPLETED.
09:12:09 WE REMOVED ALMOST 3200 TONS OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
09:12:17 AND WE HAD ALMOST 2200 WORK ORDERS THAT WERE COMPLETED.
09:12:23 ONE AREA THAT WE -- I WOULD SAY THEY ARE THE UNSUNG HEROES
09:12:28 IN CODE ENFORCEMENT, AND THAT'S OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE TEAM.
09:12:33 OVER THE LAST YEAR, THEY ANSWERED AND RESPONDED TO OVER
09:12:40 61,000 CALLS.
09:12:44 AND THIS INCLUDED THE 28,000, ALMOST 29,000 MESSAGE CENTER
09:12:49 CONCERNS AND THE RESPONSES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THEM AS
09:12:55 WELL AS GENERATED 2200 WORK ORDERS.
09:12:58 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:13:04 ONE AREA THAT WE LIKE TO REALLY TOUT IS OUR OPERATION WINS,
09:13:09 AND THAT'S WORKING IN NEIGHBORHOODS.
09:13:12 THIS IS PART OF THE FAIR'S INVESTING IN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE
09:13:15 WE PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY AND USE THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICE
09:13:19 WORKERS TO WORK ON PROJECTS THAT WOULD TYPICALLY BE
09:13:26 CONDUCTED OR PERFORMED OR COMPLETED BY OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT
09:13:29 TEAM.
09:13:30 BUT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE, WE'RE
09:13:38 ABLE TO OFFSET THAT COST FOR THE TAXPAYERS.
09:13:42 AND THEY FOCUSED ON THE ALLEY CLEANUP, THE ILLEGAL DUMPINGS,
09:13:48 ABANDONING PROPERTY CLEANUPS.
09:13:54 SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY DO A
09:13:57 LOT OF WORK FOR US.
09:13:58 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:13:59 THE NEXT AREA IS PARKS AND RECREATION.
09:14:07 WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMPA, WE HAVE ALMOST 200 PARKS WITH A
09:14:10 NUMBER OF AMENITIES, FROM THE NUMBER OF REC CENTERS,
09:14:17 PLAYGROUNDS, EVENT CENTERS, INTERACTIVE WATER FEATURES, GYM
09:14:24 AND DANCE, OUR PARKS KEEP US BUSY, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE
09:14:31 SERVICES THAT THE PUBLIC HAS REALLY COME TO DEPEND ON FROM
09:14:35 THE CITY, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT WE DELIVER IN THIS
09:14:39 AREA.
09:14:39 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:14:41 CHIEF BENNETT MENTIONED THE INPUTS, OUTPUTS AND OUTCOMES,
09:14:52 THIS PROVIDES SOME STATS ON SOME OF THE DATA OF THE
09:14:56 ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF WHAT WE EXPERIENCE OVER THE LAST YEAR.
09:15:01 WE OFFER OVER 4500 SWIM LESSONS AND WE SAW 97% INCREASE IN
09:15:09 WATER SAFETY SKILLS.
09:15:12 AND THE REASON THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE THAT
09:15:16 DECREASES THE DROWNINGS.
09:15:19 WE'RE ABLE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF WATER SAFETY THROUGH
09:15:23 THE EDUCATION THAT WE HAVE AS PART OF THE SWIM LESSONS.
09:15:30 THE SAME HOLDS TRUE FOR ATHLETICS.
09:15:34 WE HAVE 34 YOUTH SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PERMITTED.
09:15:38 THESE ARE THE LEGAL ONES THAT ARE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH OUR
09:15:41 PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF.
09:15:45 WE SAW 5400 PARTICIPANTS AND OVER A THOUSAND VOLUNTEERS IN
09:15:51 THE SPORTS SEASON.
09:15:55 AND THEN ONE OF THE OUTCOMES OF THAT IS THAT THIS PROVIDES A
09:15:59 SAFETY ENVIRONMENT -- A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR YOUTH
09:16:05 PARTICIPANTS AND THE MENTORING AND COACHING THAT'S NEEDED
09:16:08 FOR A NUMBER OF OUR KIDS IN OUR REC CENTERS.
09:16:10 IN TERMS OF ADMINISTRATION, WE HAD ALMOST 750 SUMMER
09:16:18 PARTICIPANT SCHOLARSHIPS FOR LAST YEAR, WHICH RESULTED IN
09:16:25 $43,000 IN SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING.
09:16:31 SINCE 2013, WE HAD $375,000 THAT WE'VE GIVEN IN
09:16:40 SCHOLARSHIPS.
09:16:40 NOW, AS OF THIS PAST SUMMER, BECAUSE OF COVID AND
09:16:45 UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PARENTS WHO WERE
09:16:52 UNDEREMPLOYED YET NEEDED RESOURCES OR DIDN'T HAVE THE NEEDED
09:16:59 RESOURCES TO SEND THEIR KIDS TO A SUMMER PROGRAM, WE OFFER
09:17:01 THE SCHOLARSHIPS FREE SUMMER PROGRAM TO ALL OF THE
09:17:06 PARTICIPANTS IN OUR PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAM.
09:17:08 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:17:11 OUR FORESTRY.
09:17:19 WE PLANT THE TREES ANNUALLY AS PART OF THE TREMENDOUS TAMPA
09:17:23 PROGRAM.
09:17:24 WE'RE CURRENTLY NOW WORKING ON HOW DO WE ACTUALLY EXPAND
09:17:27 THIS PROGRAM TO INCLUDE OTHER AREAS, MAKING SURE IT'S
09:17:34 ALL-INCLUSIVE OF THE AREAS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:17:41 AS YOU WELL MAY KNOW, ONE OF THE ATTRACTIONS TO
09:17:46 NEIGHBORHOODS ARE THE TREES AND THE TREE CANOPIES.
09:17:50 WE LIKE TO PUT A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON THIS, ON NOT ONLY
09:17:54 PLANTING THE TREES BUT ALSO MAINTAINING THE TREES AS WELL.
09:17:57 WE OFTENTIMES HEAR THAT TAMPA DOESN'T LIKE AN EVENT -- IT IS
09:18:05 NOT AN EVENT THAT TAMPA DOESN'T LIKE, AND THIS HOLDS TRUE IF
09:18:10 YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF PERMITTED EVENTS FOR 2019, WE HAD
09:18:15 332 PERMANENT EVENTS, WHICH EQUATES TO OVER 480 EVENT DAYS.
09:18:28 IF WE HAD TO EXPAND THE EVENTS, WE HAD MORE THAN ONE EVENT A
09:18:32 DAY THROUGHOUT THE PAST YEAR.
09:18:36 AND THE SPECIAL EVENTS, WHEN WE START LOOKING AT OUR
09:18:43 SHELTERS, WE RENTED 4,661 RENTALS WERE PROCESSED IN THE LAST
09:18:50 FISCAL YEAR.
09:18:51 PARKS AND RECREATION HAS RECEIVED THE GOLD MEDAL AWARD
09:19:03 FINALIST.
09:19:06 THIS IS A HIGH HONOR WITHIN THE PARKS FIELD.
09:19:08 THIS IS TO SAY THAT THE CERTIFICATIONS AND ALL THE CRITERIA
09:19:17 THAT THE CITIES WHO PARTICIPATE IN THIS AWARD, THEY HAVE MET
09:19:21 THOSE, HAVE MET VERY HIGH STANDARD IN DOING THAT.
09:19:25 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:19:30 OUR NEXT AREA IS OUR ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS, WHICH IS LED
09:19:35 BY ROBIN NIGH.
09:19:39 THE ARTS AND CULTURE AFFAIRS AREA FOCUSES ON THE PUBLIC ART,
09:19:44 PUBLIC ART AND PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT, LIGHTS ON TAP, ART ON
09:19:49 THE BLOCK, AS WELL AS PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.
09:19:55 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:19:57 IN HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE AREAS OF SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT
09:20:05 THE ARTS DEPARTMENT HAS WORKED ON.
09:20:08 CURRENTLY, THE PROJECT IS UNDERWAY FOR THE CHANNELSIDE DRIVE
09:20:14 TUNNEL.
09:20:15 THE SOUND INSTALLATION IN YBOR.
09:20:20 THE EAST TAMPA ROUNDABOUTS AND PAINTED CROSSWALKS.
09:20:26 WE HAVE ART ON THE BLOCK WITHIN THE RICH HOUSE.
09:20:30 AND THEN WE HAVE A NUMBER OF MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY FOR ARTS
09:20:35 DEPARTMENT.
09:20:36 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:20:37 OUR EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY.
09:20:44 YOU KNOW, WE OFTEN COME BEFORE YOU, COUNCIL, AND WE PRESENT
09:20:50 OUR DATA FOR EBO.
09:20:53 I DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE
09:20:56 EXACTLY WHAT ARE THOSE SPECIFIC AREAS THAT WE DO, THOSE
09:21:00 FUNCTIONAL AREAS WITHIN EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.
09:21:04 SO AS YOU CAN SEE, UNDER OUR PROGRAM METRICS AND ANALYTICS,
09:21:14 WE REGULATE THE REPORTING, WE MAKE SURE THERE IS VISIBILITY
09:21:17 AND AVAILABILITY OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR EBO.
09:21:22 WITHIN THIS AREA IS WHERE WE PERFORM THE ACTUAL DISPARITY
09:21:27 STUDY.
09:21:28 THE PROGRAM OUTREACH AND CERTIFICATION SERVICES, THIS IS
09:21:34 JUST WHAT IT SAYS.
09:21:35 IT IS THE OUTREACH ARM OF EBO.
09:21:40 WE HAVE A NUMBER OF WMBE AND SLBE WORKSHOPS.
09:21:47 IF THERE'S ANY TYPE OF CONFLICTS, WE HAVE THE RESOLUTIONS.
09:21:52 WE HAVE MEETINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE RESOLVED.
09:21:55 THIS IS WHERE WE PROCESS THE CERTIFICATION APPLICATIONS AS
09:22:01 WELL AS OUR EXPENSE OF OUTREACH AND RECRUITING.
09:22:06 THE PROGRAM COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING, THAT'S WHERE WE
09:22:08 ACTUALLY HAVE -- WE WORK WITH OUR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT AND
09:22:13 MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH WITH LOOKING
09:22:19 AT OUR SHELTERED MARKETS AND ENSURING THAT OUR BID AND RFP
09:22:26 EVALUATION PROCESSES ARE IN PLACE.
09:22:30 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:22:34 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST YEAR IS OUR
09:22:38 BRIDGES TO BUSINESS VENDOR CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.
09:22:41 AND THIS IS THE ACTUAL PROGRAM WHERE WE TAKE GOVERNMENT TO
09:22:45 THE COMMUNITIES, AND WE HOPE THOSE VENDORS UNDERSTAND HOW TO
09:22:50 DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA, WHAT'S NEEDED TO BE
09:22:55 CERTIFIED, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY MAY HAVE FOR US.
09:23:02 THIS HAS BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL BECAUSE THEY ARE ABLE TO PUT A
09:23:05 FACE TO THE NAME AS WE WORK DIRECTLY WITH THEM.
09:23:12 THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN SET UP OR WILL CONTINUE TO BE SET UP TO
09:23:16 WHERE WE REACH OUT TO EACH QUADRANT IN THE CITY, EACH
09:23:21 DISTRICT, COUNCIL DISTRICT TO CONDUCT ONE OF THE BRIDGES TO
09:23:28 BUSINESS WORKSHOPS.
09:23:30 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:23:34 OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AFFAIRS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.
09:23:38 THE NEIGHBORHOOD AFFAIRS IS, THE MANAGER IN THAT AREA IS
09:23:42 MIRAY HOLMES AND THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP IS JANELLE
09:23:49 McGREGOR.
09:23:51 IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AFFAIRS, WE HAVE 85 IDENTIFIED
09:23:57 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND 75 OF THOSE ARE ACTIVE.
09:24:03 WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING TO TARGET THOSE AREAS, THOSE
09:24:08 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WITHOUT ACTIVE PARTICIPATION.
09:24:12 AND WE WILL BE REACHING OUT TO YOU, COUNCIL, TO SEE WHAT
09:24:17 RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO HELP US IDENTIFY
09:24:23 INDIVIDUALS WHO COULD SERVE IN THOSE ROLES.
09:24:27 WE MAINTAIN A LIST OF ALL OF OUR PARTICIPANTS WHO HAVE
09:24:32 PARTICIPATED IN THE MAYOR'S NEIGHBORHOOD UNIVERSITY, AND WE
09:24:36 WILL GO THROUGH THAT LIST.
09:24:37 BUT WE WOULD DEFINITELY NEED YOUR HELP TO HELP US SELECT
09:24:43 LEADERS.
09:24:44 OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE ALL OF THE ASSOCIATIONS ACTIVE AS WE
09:24:51 REDEFINE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY.
09:24:56 WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S FAIR AND EQUAL
09:24:59 REPRESENTATION IN ALL OF THE DIFFERENT AREAS.
09:25:02 WE HAVE WORKED AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR
09:25:07 NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH LEADERS, AGAIN, TO ENHANCE THAT COMMUNITY
09:25:12 ENGAGEMENT.
09:25:13 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:25:18 NEIGHBORHOOD UNIVERSITY.
09:25:21 WE WILL CONTINUE THIS 12-WEEK COURSE.
09:25:24 WE'RE IN THE PROCESS NOW OF TRYING TO REDEFINE WHAT THIS
09:25:28 LOOKS LIKE IN THE TERMS OF COVID.
09:25:36 WE HAVE PRESENTED FROM THE ADMINISTRATION WHAT EACH
09:25:40 PORTFOLIO DOES IN MNU.
09:25:44 ONE OF THE BENEFITS AND FROM THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GET FROM
09:25:47 THE PARTICIPANTS IS, GOING TO THE DIFFERENT AREAS WITHIN THE
09:25:51 CITY, PUTTING A VISUAL ON, I DID NOT KNOW THIS IS WHERE THIS
09:25:59 DEPARTMENT IS OR I DID NOT KNOW THIS IS THE SERVICE THAT YOU
09:26:02 PROVIDE.
09:26:05 THAT WE'RE TRYING TO COLLATE TO SEE HOW DO WE MAKE THAT
09:26:09 INTERACTIVE PIECE POSSIBLE SHOULD WE HAVE TO CONTINUE IN THE
09:26:14 CURRENT STATE THAT WE'RE IN IN COVID.
09:26:17 SO WE'RE WORKING ON REDEFINING AND ADDRESSING SOME OF THESE
09:26:20 ISSUES.
09:26:21 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:26:27 I MENTIONED AS I STARTED THE PRESENTATION ON THE CUSTOMER
09:26:31 EXPERIENCE.
09:26:31 THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE IS AN AREA THAT THE MAYOR HAS
09:26:34 MENTIONED THAT WE WILL FOCUS ON DURING THE NEXT YEAR.
09:26:41 AND WE ACTUALLY STARTED DEFINING WHAT THE CUSTOMER
09:26:45 EXPERIENCE IS.
09:26:47 THIS IS TO ENHANCE THE OVERALL PUBLIC CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT
09:26:55 WITH THE CITY.
09:26:56 OUR INTENT IS TO STREAMLINE THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE
09:27:00 RESIDENTS AND THE CITY AND DEPARTMENTS.
09:27:04 WE WOULD USE THIS BY HAVING A CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE DIRECTOR
09:27:10 OR MANAGER, SOMEONE WHO WILL OVERSEE NOT ONLY THE PROCESSES
09:27:14 OF HOW DO WE MAKE THIS HAPPEN, BUT THE TECHNOLOGY PIECE AS
09:27:20 WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A SEAMLESS FLOW OF
09:27:24 INFORMATION BOTH WAYS FROM THE RESIDENTS AND TO THE CITY.
09:27:27 YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THE MESSAGE CENTER COMPLAINTS
09:27:32 SYSTEM THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
09:27:34 WELL, THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE WILL TAKE THAT CURRENT SYSTEM
09:27:41 AND EXPAND UPON IT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE FAR REACHES WITHIN
09:27:45 THE DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INFORMATION WE'RE
09:27:50 PRESENTING TO THE PUBLIC IS CURRENT.
09:27:52 WE RESPOND TO CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS TIMELY AND ACCURATELY, AND
09:27:58 THAT WE CAN MEET THE CUSTOMER NEEDS.
09:28:04 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:28:05 THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW.
09:28:06 WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE?
09:28:09 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY
09:28:12 COUNCIL MEMBERS AT THIS TIME?
09:28:13 >>BILL CARLSON: MR. CHAIR, THIS IS CARLSON, CAN I ASK A
09:28:17 QUICK QUESTION?
09:28:18 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR, GO AHEAD.
09:28:19 >>BILL CARLSON: FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO YOUR
09:28:22 DEPARTMENT.
09:28:22 I THINK YOUR DEPARTMENT AND TRANSPORTATION ARE THE TWO WE
09:28:24 CALL ON THE MOST FOR CONSTITUENT ISSUES.
09:28:26 THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO STEPPED UP.
09:28:29 MY BIG QUESTION IS I HAVE A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS
09:28:32 ASKING ABOUT THE PARK MASTER PLAN.
09:28:34 WHO IS THE POINT PERSON IN THE INTERIM ON THAT?
09:28:37 WHO SHOULD WE BE POINTING WITH TO DIRECT NEIGHBORHOOD
09:28:41 ASSOCIATIONS TO SPEAK WITH?
09:28:43 >>OCEA WYNN: OKAY.
09:28:45 IF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WOULD SPEAK TO -- ALL OF
09:28:50 THE CONTACT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS SHOULD BE
09:28:53 DIRECTED THROUGH MIRAY HOLMES.
09:28:59 THEN HE WILL CONTACT OUR INTERNAL POINT OF CONTACT AND THAT
09:29:02 IS BRAD SUDER IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
09:29:06 WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT ONE FUNNEL OF INFORMATION TO OUR
09:29:09 NEIGHBORHOODS.
09:29:14 IF WE FIND THAT THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT ARE COMMON, THEN WE
09:29:18 CAN HAVE -- PUT OUT COMMUNICATION TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE
09:29:24 HEARS THE SAME THING FROM ONE VOICE.
09:29:28 SO DIRECT THEM THROUGH MIRAY HOLMES.
09:29:31 BUT, INTERNALLY, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, BRAD SUDER IS THAT
09:29:35 POINT OF CONTACT.
09:29:36 >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU.
09:29:37 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
09:29:38 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:29:39 ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANY OTHER COUNCIL
09:29:42 MEMBERS?
09:29:43 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: CHARLIE MIRANDA.
09:29:44 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, SIR.
09:29:46 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: LET ME SAY THIS, ALTHOUGH I UNDERSTAND, I
09:29:49 THINK WHAT IS WRITTEN IN TODAY'S AUGUST 10, 2020
09:29:52 PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL, I THINK -- AND I DON'T
09:29:54 WANT TO BE A PESSIMIST.
09:29:56 I'VE ALREADY BEEN ACCUSED OF BEING ONE, WHICH IS FINE TO ME.
09:30:00 A PESSIMIST TO ME IS A REALIST.
09:30:02 I'M LOOKING AT A TEN-YEAR PROGRAM I USED TO LIVE BY.
09:30:07 BECAUSE OF MY AGE I LOOK AT A DAILY PROGRAM.
09:30:09 WHAT I'M LOOKING ABOUT IS NOT ABOUT 2020 OR 2021, BUT I'M
09:30:13 INTO 2022.
09:30:18 WHEN YOU MAKE ALL THESE PLANS, WHAT HAPPENS IF PLAN A, PLAN
09:30:21 B OR PLAN D OR PLAN D DOES NOT MEET THAT PLATEAU?
09:30:25 AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN 2022?
09:30:28 WHAT I SAY ABOUT THIS IS THAT EXPERIENCING FROM THE FIRST
09:30:32 DECLINE IN REVENUES TO THE CITY BACK IN 2008 ALL THROUGH,
09:30:37 WHEN YOU NOTICE AND UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN THE PROPERTY
09:30:40 ASSESSOR DOES HIS PRO RATA RATING ON WHAT THE TAXES SHOULD
09:30:47 BE ACCORDING TO THE VALUE, WE'VE CERTAINLY SEEN AN INCREASE
09:30:51 IN THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS THAT WAS VERY GOOD FOR THE
09:30:55 CITIZENS AND FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA AS FAR AS GOODS AND
09:30:57 SERVICES WERE RECEIVED FROM THIS GREAT CITY.
09:30:59 HOWEVER, WHEN YOU LOOK AT 2022, 2021 IS GOING TO BASE ON THE
09:31:04 TAXES THAT THE PROPERTY APPRAISER DOES WHEN HE SENDS OUT THE
09:31:08 TRIM NOTICES.
09:31:09 BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT 2022, THE DOWNFALL IS NOT GOING TO BE
09:31:13 NEXT YEAR, IT'S GOING TO BE TOWARD THE END OF NEXT YEAR.
09:31:15 WHEN HE SENDS THOSE TAXES OUT -- AND I HOPE I'M WRONG --
09:31:19 WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN YOU HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 20 OR 30
09:31:21 OR 40, 50 MILLION DOLLAR DECREASE IN THE VALUES OF THE
09:31:25 PROPERTIES?
09:31:26 ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HOLD EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE
09:31:29 WRITING ABOUT IN 2020 TO 2022 AND 2023?
09:31:33 THOSE ARE THE THINGS I LOOK AT NOT ONLY IN BUSINESS BUT IN
09:31:37 MY OWN LIFE.
09:31:38 LIKE I SAID EARLIER, I NEVER PLAN FOR TOMORROW.
09:31:41 I ALWAYS PLAN FOR TEN YEARS FROM NOW.
09:31:44 BUT BECAUSE OF MY AGE, I ONLY PLAN FOR TOMORROW NOW.
09:31:47 IF YOU CAN ANSWER THAT, I'D APPRECIATE IT.
09:31:54 >>OCEA WYNN: YES, SIR.
09:31:55 WITH EVERYTHING WITHIN THIS PORTFOLIO AND STILL COMFORTABLE
09:31:59 STAYING WITHIN THE CITY, WE LOOK AT OUR CURRENT PROJECTIONS
09:32:02 AS WELL AS BASE OUR PROGRAM AND PROGRAMMING AND PROJECTS ON
09:32:06 OUR FUTURE PROJECTIONS AS WELL BUT ON THE TRENDS AND WHAT
09:32:13 WE'RE SEEING THAT'S HAPPENING.
09:32:14 SO EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED HAS BEEN PRESENTED IN
09:32:19 THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY WITH NO FLUFF.
09:32:26 JUST DOING THE BARE BONES YET DELIVERING QUALITY SERVICES TO
09:32:31 THE PUBLIC.
09:32:34 SO, YES, WE ARE, IN FACT, LOOKING AT THAT, AND WE'RE NOT
09:32:36 INCREASING PROGRAMMING OR INCREASING POSITIONS OR SERVICES
09:32:45 BASED ON WHAT WE THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.
09:32:50 WE'RE PRESENTING ON WHAT WE KNOW WE HAVE NOW, AND THEN WE
09:32:56 HAVE POSTURED OURSELVES OR POSITIONED OURSELVES IN SUCH A
09:32:59 WAY WITHIN OUR PORTFOLIOS TO ADJUST ACCORDINGLY.
09:33:04 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, OCEA.
09:33:07 THAT SOUNDS GREAT.
09:33:08 BUT SOMEBODY IN 2022, I DON'T KNOW WHO, WHERE, HOW, IF MY
09:33:12 PROJECTIONS ARE RIGHT IS GOING TO BE BYE-BYE.
09:33:14 THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO MAKING SURE THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS
09:33:17 COMING ON, THAT YOU SOMEHOW EXPLAIN WHAT'S HAPPENING AND
09:33:21 BECAUSE OF THE VIRUS AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN
09:33:24 THE COUNTRY, THERE ARE OVER 40 MILLION HOMES, AS I
09:33:27 UNDERSTAND IT, THAT MAY BE IN THE AUCTION BLOCK IN THE NEXT
09:33:32 YEAR AND A HALF.
09:33:33 THAT'S NOT MY STANDARD.
09:33:35 THAT'S WHAT I'VE SEEN ON THE TELEVISION, WHAT I'VE READ IN
09:33:38 LOCAL NEWSPAPERS.
09:33:39 BASED ON THAT ALONE, I'M VERY HESITANT TO GO PAST 2020
09:33:45 BECAUSE WHATEVER HAPPENS IN 2020 AND 2021 MAY NOT MEET THE
09:33:51 STANDARD OF THE LIFESTYLE THAT WE'RE USED TO IN THE PRIOR
09:33:53 YEARS.
09:33:54 HOWEVER, LET ME SAY ANOTHER THING.
09:33:56 WHEN WE -- AND I THINK, COUNCILMAN CARLSON ASKED A QUESTION
09:34:00 ABOUT WHO DO WE GO TO.
09:34:02 WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
09:34:05 THERE WAS A STREETCAR.
09:34:06 NOW THERE IS NO STREETCAR TO SPEAK OF OTHER THAN THE ONE WE
09:34:10 PUT IN WITH LIMITED SUCCESS.
09:34:12 WHAT I'M SAYING IS THIS, EVERY PARK HAS A CITY EMPLOYEE,
09:34:15 MALE, AND A CITY EMPLOYEE PARK.
09:34:21 AND ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD KNEW EXACTLY WHERE TO GO, TO THAT
09:34:23 PERSON THAT WORKED IN THE PARK, BOTH MALE AND FEMALE, AND
09:34:27 WHAT THEIR NEEDS AND THEY THOUGHT SHOULD BE ASSESSED.
09:34:29 THAT WAS ALL VANISHED BY LITTLE LEAGUE.
09:34:32 LITTLE LEAGUE CAME ON AND TOOK OVER THE SYSTEM OF THAT PARK
09:34:35 WITHIN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
09:34:37 HOWEVER, LITTLE LEAGUE DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO ANSWER FOR
09:34:40 THE CITY.
09:34:41 SO NOW YOU HAVE TO GO CENTRALIZED INTO THE PARK SYSTEM TO
09:34:46 FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
09:34:47 I'M NOT SAYING YOU SHOULD CHANGE, BUT REALISTICALLY, THIS
09:34:51 WOULD NOT HAPPEN IF YOU HAD INDIVIDUALS THAT WORKED IN THE
09:34:56 PARK THAT WERE CITY EMPLOYEES.
09:34:57 I'M NOT ADVOCATING FOR THAT NOW.
09:34:59 BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS GROWING UP IN THAT SYSTEM, WE KNEW
09:35:05 EXACTLY WHO TO GO.
09:35:06 EVERYBODY DID THAT.
09:35:08 THAT DOESN'T MEAN NOW YOU HAVE LITTLE LEAGUE PRESIDENTS,
09:35:10 THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER.
09:35:11 AND I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE SYSTEM.
09:35:15 WELL, WHY DO WE HAVE TRAVEL BALL?
09:35:19 YOU HAVE TRAVEL BALL BECAUSE EVERY PARENT THINKS THAT THEIR
09:35:22 SONS AND DAUGHTERS ARE GOING TO BE PROFESSIONAL IN WHATEVER
09:35:25 SPORT THEY PLAY.
09:35:26 YOU KNOW WHAT?
09:35:28 THAT'S NOT A BAD THING AT ALL.
09:35:29 IT'S A GOOD THING.
09:35:30 HOWEVER, WHEN YOU LOOK AT TRAVEL BALL COMPARED TO WHAT'S
09:35:33 HAPPENING NOW, IF YOU GO BACK AND DO AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF
09:35:36 WHAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THE LAST 15, 20 YEARS, YOU SEE AN
09:35:39 ENORMOUS DECLINE.
09:35:41 I DON'T KNOW THAT TO BE A FACT, IN PARTICIPATION, IN SPORTS
09:35:43 AND PARKS, IN MOST OF THE SPORTS.
09:35:49 WHY IS THAT?
09:35:50 WELL, TIMES HAVE CHANGED.
09:35:52 WE DIDN'T HAVE NO TV.
09:35:53 CERTAINLY DIDN'T HAVE A CELL PHONE.
09:35:57 CERTAINLY YOU DIDN'T HAVE A COMPUTER.
09:36:00 ALL WE HAD WAS A PARK.
09:36:01 SO ALL THE KIDS WOULD GO WHERE?
09:36:03 TO THE PARK.
09:36:04 WE LEARN HOW TO SOCIALIZE WITH PEOPLE WE DIDN'T KNOW.
09:36:07 SOME WE KNEW.
09:36:08 THAT'S WHAT MADE YOU A PERSON.
09:36:10 WE ALSO HAD PORCHES.
09:36:11 AND HAVING THE PORCH, YOU SAW COMMUNICATION WITH PEOPLE
09:36:15 WALKING UP THE STREET.
09:36:16 IF YOU PUT A PORCH ON THE HOUSE NOW, YOU'RE SPENDING YOUR
09:36:20 MONEY FOR NOTHING.
09:36:21 YOU DON'T KNOW WHO YOUR NEIGHBOR IS, BECAUSE WE ALSO DIDN'T
09:36:23 HAVE AIR-CONDITIONING.
09:36:25 I'M TRYING TO OPEN THE EYES.
09:36:27 MAYBE I DON'T NEED TO OPEN THE EYES.
09:36:29 MAYBE ALL OF US UNDERSTAND THAT OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF WE
09:36:32 HAVE A DOWNFALL IN THE ECONOMY.
09:36:35 THE PROJECTIONS THAT I'VE SEEN -- AND THESE ARE NOT MINE,
09:36:38 REALLY -- ARE SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WE'RE GOING
09:36:42 TO GET OUT OF THIS HOLE RIGHT AWAY.
09:36:45 THEY ARE NOT MY PROJECTIONS, IN MY ONE-CELL MIND, I'M
09:36:49 CALCULATING WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
09:36:51 ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE THE THINGS TO DO CERTAIN THINGS WITH?
09:36:54 TRAVEL BALL IS WHAT'S KEEPING THE PARKS NOW GOING IN A WAY.
09:36:57 IF TRAVEL BALL LEAVES, ALL THEY ARE GOING TO DO IS FIND
09:37:01 SOMEWHERE ELSE, WHETHER IT'S AT NIGHT OR WHETHER WHEN THE
09:37:04 LEAGUE AIN'T PLAYING OR WHATEVER, TO MAKE THE THINGS HAPPEN
09:37:07 FOR THE KIDS, FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS.
09:37:09 NOW YOU HAVE SO MANY MORE COMPETITIONS THAT WHEN YOU AND I
09:37:14 HAD -- NOT YOU, OCEA, YOU'RE MUCH YOUNGER THAN ME.
09:37:18 HAD WHEN THEY ARE GROWING UP, IT'S AMAZING.
09:37:20 THEY EACH YOU EVERYTHING NOW, WHICH IS GREAT FOR THE KID.
09:37:23 BUT HOW DO YOU SUSTAIN THAT WHEN YOU HAVE A DROP IN REVENUE
09:37:26 IN 2022 AND ON IF I'M CORRECT.
09:37:29 THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.
09:37:30 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, OCEA.
09:37:34 >>OCEA WYNN: YES, SIR.
09:37:34 WE WILL LOOK AT THAT.
09:37:35 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CHAIRMAN?
09:37:37 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:37:40 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WHAT I WOULD SAY OF ONE POINT IN MR.
09:37:43 MIRANDA'S COMMENTS IS HE'S RIGHT AS IT RELATES TO YOUTH
09:37:49 ATHLETICS.
09:37:51 YOU KNOW, ONCE UPON A TIME WHEN HAD YOU CITY EMPLOYEES
09:37:57 WORKING WITH THE YOUTH PROGRAMS, LESS PROBLEMS IN THE CITY,
09:38:06 STAFF KIND OF CONTROLLED KIDS MORE AND THEY UNDERSTOOD MOM
09:38:09 AND DAD AND EVERYONE.
09:38:12 SO A PERSON WHO HAS COACHED YOUTH ATHLETICS A LONG TIME,
09:38:16 YOUTH ATHLETICS HAS CHANGED.
09:38:19 BECOME A MONEY-MISSING BUSINESS NOW.
09:38:21 THAT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN OVER THE
09:38:24 YEARS.
09:38:25 EVERYONE IS MAKING MONEY OFF KIDS, IT'S KIND OF CHANGED THE
09:38:29 DIRECTION OF YOUTH ATHLETICS.
09:38:31 I'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT WE SHOULD BE A PART -- OUR PARKS, WE
09:38:38 SHOULD BE A PART OF THE PROCESS FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
09:38:41 IT GOES BACK TO COMMUNITY POLICING.
09:38:44 ONCE UPON A TIME, POLICE OFFICERS ON DUTY, GET OFF, COACHING
09:38:49 KIDS.
09:38:49 THEY UNDERSTOOD WHO THE KIDS WERE, THE PARENTS.
09:38:52 YOU HAD A BETTER SYSTEM IN PLACE.
09:38:54 AND WE KIND OF GOT AWAY FROM THAT.
09:38:56 PAL WAS IN EVERY PARK AT THAT TIME.
09:39:01 WE'VE GOTTEN AWAY FROM THAT.
09:39:02 AGAIN, BRINGS ON A BETTER MENTORSHIP, WE GET MORE QUALITY
09:39:08 COACHES.
09:39:11 YOU LOOK AT WHO IS COACHING THE KIDS.
09:39:14 AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY I SEE YOUTH ATHLETICS.
09:39:18 IT'S TURNED INTO A MONEY MARKET SCHEME.
09:39:20 WORK TO GET THAT BACK, ESPECIALLY YOUTH FOOTBALL.
09:39:26 TRAVEL BALL IS A BIG ONE, TOO, BUT YOUTH FOOTBALL IS
09:39:26 BECOMING AS WELL.
09:39:30 BACK TO YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:39:32 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
09:39:33 ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS?
09:39:34 ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS?
09:39:38 HEARING NONE, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO STATE THAT WE HAVE A MEMO
09:39:45 FROM COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER WHO WILL NOT BE ABLE TO
09:39:48 PARTICIPATE THIS MORNING DUE TO A CONFLICT BUT HE WILL BE
09:39:50 FOLLOWING ALONG WITH THE RECAP AND WATCH EVERYTHING OR
09:39:55 LISTEN TO EVERYTHING.
09:39:56 ALL RIGHT.
09:40:01 NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
09:40:06 >>JOHN BENNETT: THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.
09:40:07 JOHN BENNETT, CHIEF OF STAFF.
09:40:09 IF YOU CAN BRING UP THE MAYOR'S OFFICE PRESENTATION, PLEASE.
09:40:13 THANK YOU FOR THAT.
09:40:26 COUNCIL, BEFORE I GET STARTED, I KIND OF WANTED TO AUGMENT
09:40:30 SOME OF THE RESPONSES FROM MS. WYNN AS IT RELATED TO JUST
09:40:34 ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT COUNCIL GAVE FEEDBACK ON, BUT
09:40:37 SPECIFICALLY ON TWO THINGS.
09:40:40 ONE AND, OF COURSE, IN THE Q & A PERIOD I DO HAVE MR. ROGERO
09:40:45 CLOSE BY FOR ANY SPECIFICS.
09:40:47 HOWEVER, WHAT I WANTED TO FOCUS ON REAL QUICK IS THAT WHEN
09:40:50 THE MAYOR UNVEILED HER STRATEGIC PLAN GOING INTO THIS FISCAL
09:40:54 YEAR BUDGET RECOMMENDATION, THE FOUNDATION OF THAT BUDGET OR
09:40:57 THE CENTERPIECE, IF YOU WILL, IS FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITY AND
09:41:03 RESPONSIBILITIES.
09:41:04 AND THIS IS WHERE SOME OF THAT RESILIENCY, IF YOU WILL,
09:41:10 SHOWS ITSELF.
09:41:10 I'LL GIVE TWO QUICK EXAMPLES.
09:41:13 ONE WAS WHEN REVENUE AND FINANCE UNDER THE CFOs LEADERSHIP
09:41:18 BROUGHT YOU THE REFINANCING OF THOSE BONDS THAT ALLOWED US
09:41:23 TO CHANGE OUR FINANCE STRUCTURE AND ADAPT TO THE CURRENT
09:41:28 PROBLEMS.
09:41:28 ANOTHER THING, TOO, JUST SO YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME A POSITION
09:41:33 OR EQUITY ALIGNMENT OR SOMETHING IS BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION
09:41:36 OF THE CITY, IT GOES THROUGH A THREE- AND A FIVE-YEAR
09:41:42 FORECAST ANALYSIS BEFORE IT GETS TO MY DESK.
09:41:45 PART OF THAT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY PERSONNEL HIRE SHOWS
09:41:51 THAT WE CAN AT LEAST FORECAST THAT OUT BEYOND THE CURRENT
09:41:55 DATE AND TIME.
09:41:56 AND ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE RESILIENT TO THE ECONOMY
09:42:00 AND WE FIND THE RIGHT BANDWIDTH OF OUR -- WORKFORCES.
09:42:05 SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT THROUGH BOTH FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITY
09:42:08 AND RESPONSIBILITY FOUNDATION, AND THEN THROUGH OUR
09:42:11 SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY PROGRAM WHICH KIND OF WRAP
09:42:16 AROUND ALL THAT WE DO IN THE CITY WITH YOUR GUIDANCE AND
09:42:19 LEADERSHIP AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC SUPPORT.
09:42:21 SO WITH THAT, I WILL KICK OFF THE OFFICES OF THE MAYOR.
09:42:25 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:42:27 ALL RIGHT.
09:42:33 FIRST, YOU SEE A CROSS SECTION HERE.
09:42:34 AGAIN, I'M GOING TO GO VERY FAST BECAUSE WE HAVE ABOUT 80%
09:42:39 OF THE SLIDES LEFT IN THESE TWO BIG PORTFOLIOS.
09:42:43 I'M JUST GOING TO HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS.
09:42:45 AGAIN, YOU HAVE THESE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS AND WE'RE ALWAYS
09:42:48 AVAILABLE FOR FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS.
09:42:49 BUT AS YOU LOOK DOWN THE FAR LEFT COLUMN, YOU COULD SEE THE
09:42:54 PORTFOLIOS AND OFFICES THAT REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE MAYOR.
09:42:57 YOU CAN SEE DOWN ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT, IT REPRESENTS ABOUT
09:43:00 13.5% OF THE CITY'S RESOURCES FROM A FUNDING PERSPECTIVE.
09:43:05 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:43:07 FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO START OUT WITH MS. GRIMES' OFFICE.
09:43:20 AS CITY ATTORNEY, YOU NOTICE SHE HAS TWO DEPUTY CITY
09:43:24 ATTORNEYS, ANDREA ZELMAN AND MORRIS MASSEY.
09:43:27 THEY ARE ALSO SUPPORTED BY TWO CHIEF ASSISTANT CITY
09:43:29 ATTORNEYS, CATE WELLS AND URSULA RICHARDSON.
09:43:32 YOU CAN SEE AS THAT UNPACKS ITSELF, THERE IS A LAND USE AND
09:43:35 REAL ESTATE PRACTICE GROUP, GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AND
09:43:38 INFRASTRUCTURE PRACTICE GROUP.
09:43:41 LITIGATION PRACTICE GROUP AND PUBLIC SAFETY PRACTICE GROUP.
09:43:44 YOU CAN SEE THE RESPECTIVE SUPPORT ATTORNEYS UNDER EACH ONE
09:43:47 OF THOSE DIVISIONS.
09:43:49 I CAN TELL YOU FROM WORKING CLOSELY WITH MS. GRIMES, LOOKING
09:43:52 AT THE WORKLOAD AND THE RESOURCES AND CASE MANAGEMENT AS
09:43:57 WELL AS THE EFFICIENCIES AND SUPPORTING TECHNOLOGY, IT'S
09:44:02 GOING THROUGH A GREAT STATE OF REVAMPING, AND SHE IS ALSO
09:44:05 AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
09:44:06 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:44:09 YOU CAN SEE FROM AN OUTPUT PERSPECTIVE, BEYOND THE
09:44:17 RESOURCES, WHICH IS LARGELY PERSONNEL, HIGHLIGHTED BY THE
09:44:22 DIFFERENT DIVISIONS, IF YOU WILL, LITIGATION PRACTICE GROUP
09:44:26 AND THE LAND USE AND REAL ESTATE PRACTICE GROUP, THAT SECOND
09:44:31 MACRO BULLET, IF YOU WILL, IF YOU ADDED IT UP, THAT SHOWS TO
09:44:35 BE ABOUT 710 CASES.
09:44:38 THE FOOTNOTE BELOW, MOST EVERYTHING IS 2019 TOTALS UNLESS
09:44:43 THERE IS AN ASTERISK.
09:44:44 YOU CAN SEE THE NEXT TWO DIVISIONS UNPACK THEMSELVES.
09:44:55 AGAIN, 561 CASES UNDER GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AND
09:44:58 INFRASTRUCTURE PRACTICE GROUP, AND THEN LITERALLY, IF YOU
09:45:02 ADDED UP EVERYTHING DOWN BELOW, IT'S WELL OVER 4600.
09:45:06 IF YOU ADDED THEM ALL UP, I CAME UP TO OVER 6,000 CASES
09:45:10 DIVIDED BY 20 PEOPLE, WHICH IS A LITTLE OVER 300 PER PERSON
09:45:14 IF EVERYBODY HAD AN EQUAL LOAD AND THIS DOESN'T COUNT THE
09:45:18 ADMIN SUPPORT AND THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CRA BUSINESS AS
09:45:22 WELL THAT IS OFFERED AS IN-KIND IN THAT RELATIONSHIP.
09:45:24 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:45:28 SO THIS IS AT LEAST FROM THE SIDE CHAIR, THIS HAS BEEN
09:45:37 EXCITING TO WATCH UNDER MS. GRIMES' OFFICE.
09:45:39 HIGHLIGHTING IN THE FIRST BULLET, REDUCING STAFF BY 18%,
09:45:42 RECLASSIFYING EMPLOYEES, AGAIN, ORGANIZATION.
09:45:45 NEXT BULLET TALKS ABOUT AUTOMATION.
09:45:48 THE THIRD ONE, DIVERSITY IN HIRING AND PROMOTIONS.
09:45:53 FOURTH BULLET, CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMITTEE.
09:45:55 I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
09:45:57 WHAT THAT DOES, IT ALSO TEACHES OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS HOW TO
09:46:00 LOOK AT RISK MANAGEMENT AND WHAT CAN WE DO IN A TRAINING AND
09:46:05 EDUCATIONAL WAY INTERNALLY, REDUCE CLAIMS AND SETTLEMENTS.
09:46:09 THE FIFTH BULLET, AGAIN, WE'RE GOING INTO MEASURING
09:46:14 CRITERIA.
09:46:14 WE TALKED ABOUT OUR ENTERPRISE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
09:46:18 PROGRAM.
09:46:18 EVERYBODY WILL BE FEEDING INTO THAT, BOTH IN AN INTERNAL
09:46:21 CUSTOMER SENSE AS WELL AS A SENSE OF COMMUNITY OUTWARD
09:46:26 FACING.
09:46:26 TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, ASSIGNMENT
09:46:31 TRACKER, CREATED CITY COUNCIL CRA MOTION TRACKER TO MAKE
09:46:35 SURE THAT WE KEEP UP WITH THE MOTIONS IN A TIMELY MANNER TO
09:46:39 SUPPORT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC.
09:46:44 AN EXTERN PROCESS FOR LAW STUDENTS AND A GOAL TO OVERHAUL
09:46:47 OUTSIDE COUNSEL HIRING PROCESS AND IMPLEMENT AN RFQ PROCESS
09:46:52 FOR THAT.
09:46:53 NEXT SLIDE.
09:46:58 NOW I'M PIVOTING TO THE CFOs OFFICE AND REVENUE AND
09:47:02 FINANCE UNDER MR. ROGERO.
09:47:03 YOU CAN SEE BY THE ORG CHART HIS DIRECT REPORTS ARE MR.
09:47:07 HOSTETLER AND MR. PERRY, AND THEY ARE THE SUPPORT TEAM BELOW
09:47:12 OF MR. HOSTETLER AND MR. PERRY ARE SHOWN AS WELL.
09:47:16 AND THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT TEAM TO WORK WITH, ESPECIALLY
09:47:20 THROUGH THE BUDGET AND THE RELIEF PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY HAS
09:47:24 OFFERED.
09:47:24 AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S SOME ADMINISTRATION FAST FACTS THAT
09:47:34 THE TEAM HAS PUT TOGETHER.
09:47:36 I'LL LET YOU PERUSE THAT AGAIN.
09:47:38 YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IT ALREADY.
09:47:40 QUICKLY, LOOKING AT THE BOLD, INVESTING, FISCAL ANALYSIS,
09:47:44 BUDGETING, DEBT AND ASSET MANAGEMENT, ACCOUNTING AND PAYROLL
09:47:46 FUNCTIONS, FISCAL POLICIES, PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES AND THE
09:47:50 REVENUE AND FINANCE, OF COURSE, FINANCIAL STRUCTURE BASED ON
09:47:52 THE PUBLIC SECTOR ON THOSE BEST PRACTICES.
09:47:55 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:47:56 ALL RIGHT.
09:48:04 AS YOU SEE THIS DATA, COLLABORATE WITH CITY AGENCIES AND
09:48:08 EXTERNAL PARTNERS.
09:48:09 WHEN YOU GO BACK TO THAT UNDERLYING STRATEGIC FOUNDATION I
09:48:14 TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT AGO, THAT'S ONE OF THE VALUE
09:48:17 POINTS IS WHEN WE DO PARTNER, WE CAN LOOK AT BROADER
09:48:21 OPPORTUNITIES THAN JUST WHAT WE HAVE.
09:48:23 EXAMPLE, THERE WAS A COMPREHENSIVE GRANT SLIDE IN THE BUDGET
09:48:26 PRESENTATION LAST WEEK THAT SHOWS HOW THE ADMINISTRATION IS
09:48:30 SEEKING GRANTS TO OFFSET SOME OF OUR OTHER REVENUE
09:48:34 CHALLENGES OR FUNDING CHALLENGES.
09:48:35 BELOW THAT, YOU SEE LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY WHICH IS GOING TO
09:48:38 BE A THEME THROUGH THIS ADMINISTRATION THAT WE WILL LOOK TO
09:48:41 USE SOLID, SUPPORTING TECHNOLOGY.
09:48:44 AND ALSO, GIVE A PUBLIC-FACING SELF-SERVICE WAY THROUGH OUR
09:48:48 OPEN GOV PLATFORM SOON TO COME SO THE PUBLIC CAN LOOK AT
09:48:53 THINGS AND UNPACK THEM WITHOUT CONTACTING NECESSARILY CITY
09:48:57 STAFF.
09:48:58 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:48:59 AS FAR AS THE OUTPUTS, YOU KNOW RECENTLY, BASED ON THE
09:49:06 PRESENTATION, $1.3 BILLION IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM OF
09:49:11 APPROXIMATELY 500 MILLION.
09:49:13 YOU CAN SEE THAT 58,000 PAYMENTS TO VENDORS AND CONTRACTORS
09:49:18 TOTALING OVER 400 MILLION.
09:49:20 PAYROLL OF OVER 300 MILLION.
09:49:23 GRANTS, AGAIN, WHAT'S COMING HERE IS SOON TO BE 80 MILLION,
09:49:29 BUT CURRENTLY 20 MILLION OVER 20 PROGRAMS.
09:49:34 LOOKING AND MANAGING AND BALANCING OVER 120 FUNDS AND THEN,
09:49:39 OF COURSE, PROCESS, APPROXIMATELY $13 MILLION IN FEMA AND
09:49:43 OTHER EMERGENCY GRANT MANAGEMENT RECOVERIES, IF YOU WILL.
09:49:47 NEXT SLIDE.
09:49:47 ALL RIGHT.
09:49:54 SO I THINK THIS IS A SLIDE OF PRIDE, IF YOU WILL, FOR THE
09:49:59 DEPARTMENT.
09:50:01 2019 GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED
09:50:04 STATES AND CANADA AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL
09:50:08 REPORTING.
09:50:10 THAT'S A TESTIMONY I'M SURE MR. ROGERO AND TEAM WOULD LIKE
09:50:13 TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE VERY
09:50:18 ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE GOVERNMENT'S FINANCIAL ASSETS, IF YOU
09:50:20 WILL.
09:50:21 YOU CAN SEE THIS CONTINUES, DISTINGUISHED BUDGET
09:50:24 PRESENTATION OF 2019.
09:50:27 TIMELY PAY FOR OVER 4400 EMPLOYEES.
09:50:32 OF COURSE, OUR RETIREES, THE GROUP THAT HAS SERVED THE CITY
09:50:37 FOR SO MANY YEARS ARE WELL PROTECTED THROUGH THIS OFFICE.
09:50:40 YOU CAN SEE THAT AS YOU GO DOWN THE LIST, OVERSIGHT OF THE
09:50:44 OUTSTANDING DEBT, THE CASH AND INVESTMENTS.
09:50:47 AND, OF COURSE, YOU'VE HEARD VERY WELL ABOUT THE HIGH CREDIT
09:50:50 RATINGS IN THE LAST BUDGET PRESENTATION LAST WEEK.
09:50:53 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:50:55 AGAIN, A REMINDER THAT THE SLIDES WERE PUT TOGETHER AHEAD OF
09:51:03 THE BUDGET PRESENTATION BACK IN JUNE, BUT IT'S ALWAYS WORTH
09:51:08 RESHARING, IF YOU WILL, THE GREAT OUTCOMES OF THE BOND
09:51:12 RATINGS THAT GIVES THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE CITY COUNCIL
09:51:15 FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE POWER TO USE THESE RATINGS
09:51:19 TO SERVE THE CITY.
09:51:20 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:51:21 AGAIN, ONE OF THE SLIDES NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART IS THE
09:51:31 CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT THAT WE'RE ALL LOOKING FOR.
09:51:34 YOU CAN SEE DOWN TOWARDS THE BOTTOM A NEW PENSION AND BUDGET
09:51:37 SYSTEM, ENHANCE GRANT TEAM AND GRANT SEEKING EFFORTS, TO TRY
09:51:42 AND DRAW MORE OF THOSE GRANT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES TOWARD
09:51:45 THE CITY AND INCREASE OUR PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS TO
09:51:48 MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE GOOD SUSTAINMENT WITHIN OUR PERSONNEL
09:51:53 RESOURCES.
09:51:53 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:51:54 AS WE PIVOT TO THE CITY CLERK DEPARTMENT OF LEADERSHIP, YOU
09:52:02 CAN SEE IT'S LED BY MS. SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES AND SHE IS
09:52:05 SUPPORTED BY SANDY MARSHALL, SULING LUCAS AND JENNIFER
09:52:15 DIETZ.
09:52:16 AS MS. SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES ORGANIZATIONAL CHART UNFOLDS,
09:52:22 YOU CAN SEE THE VARIOUS DIVISIONS WHERE THEY HAVE CITY
09:52:25 COUNCIL DIVISIONS, CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION, ADMINISTRATIVE
09:52:29 DIVISION, AND DIGITIZATION AS WELL AS THE CLERK SUPPORT
09:52:36 TECHNICIAN AS WELL AS THE INVENTORY TECHNICIAN SPACES AND
09:52:41 SUPPORTING STAFF.
09:52:42 NEXT SLIDE.
09:52:43 WHAT STUCK OUT TO ME IN PREPARATION FOR THIS PRESENTATION
09:52:52 WAS THE THIRD BULLET, OVER A MILLION DOCUMENTS AND
09:52:55 HISTORICAL PHOTOS ANNUALLY.
09:52:58 ROUGHLY 250 WORKDAYS.
09:53:00 THAT'S ABOUT 4,000 TOUCH POINTS A DAY.
09:53:03 SO YOU CAN SEE THE VOLUMINOUS AMOUNT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO
09:53:07 THE OUTPUTS OF ARCHIVES AND RECORDS.
09:53:10 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:53:11 HERE'S JUST A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION, IF YOU WILL.
09:53:20 IN THE BEFORE AND AFTER TO SHOW THE PRIDE IN THE DIVISION'S
09:53:26 EFFORTS IN KEEPING OUR RECORDS IN GOOD STATE OF REPOSITORY.
09:53:33 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:53:34 AGAIN, ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES HERE, EXHIBITS AT THE ROBERT W.
09:53:43 SAUNDERS LIBRARY AND THE HENRY B. PLANT MUSEUM.
09:53:48 THIS GIVES, AGAIN, ONE OF THE VISIONS OF THE CITY IS ALWAYS
09:53:51 TO TRY AND BRING SOME OF OUR SERVICES AND OUR EFFORTS OUT TO
09:53:54 THE PUBLIC SPACE WITHOUT COMING INTO THE MAIN OFFICE
09:53:58 BUILDING OR OLD CITY HALL.
09:54:01 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:54:02 ALL RIGHT.
09:54:08 IN ARCHIVES AND RECORDS, AGAIN SOME OF THE CONTINUOUS
09:54:11 IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS.
09:54:13 YOU CAN SEE TECHNOLOGY SHOWING UP IN THE FIRST BULLET.
09:54:15 ONLINE RECORDS MANAGEMENT TRAINING COURSE, REDUCE OUR
09:54:19 SCANNING BACK LOG.
09:54:22 COMPLETE THE BOOK REPAIR OF AT LEAST 40 HISTORICAL BOOKS.
09:54:25 INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS, DISPOSE OF AT LEAST 2,000 BOXES THAT
09:54:29 HAVE MET RETENTION LEVELS AND ADD ADDITIONAL PHOTOS TO THE
09:54:34 DIGITAL COLLECTION SITE.
09:54:35 AND, UNFORTUNATELY, THIS EVENT HAS COME AND GONE SINCE WE
09:54:46 WERE SUPPOSED TO PRESENT IN THE MIDDLE TO LATE JUNE, BUT,
09:54:50 OBVIOUSLY, THE CITY SUPPORTS THE ARCHIVES AWARENESS WEEK,
09:54:55 AND IT WENT VIRTUAL THIS YEAR DUE TO COVID.
09:54:57 A QUICK HIGHLIGHT HERE, THE SECOND BULLET, 60 AGENDA, 60
09:55:08 ACTION SUMMARIES.
09:55:10 HANDLING MINUTES FOR THE YEAR FOR CITY COUNCIL.
09:55:13 YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER BOARDS AND COMMITTEES RELATED TO THAT.
09:55:17 THE FOURTH BULLET TALKS ABOUT THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF REQUESTS
09:55:22 AS IT RELATES TO PUBLIC RECORDS, IT'S AT LEAST ONE PER WORK
09:55:27 DAY, AND, OF COURSE, SOME OF THOSE ARE VERY VOLUMINOUS.
09:55:30 THERE'S BEEN, YOU CAN SEE WELL OVER 1500 MULTI-DEPARTMENTAL
09:55:36 PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS.
09:55:37 THE FIFTH BULLET OBVIOUSLY THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE'S EFFORTS.
09:55:43 AND YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL AMOUNT COLLECTED APPLIED OVER THE
09:55:46 LAST YEAR AT THE BOTTOM.
09:55:47 NEXT SLIDE.
09:55:49 AND, OF COURSE, LIKE OCEA MENTIONED EARLIER, ONE OF OUR
09:55:59 GOALS IS OBVIOUSLY TO MAKE OUR CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE THROUGH
09:56:04 SERVICE AT A HIGHER STANDARD AND, OF COURSE, REACH THE
09:56:10 COMMUNITY IN A VERY AGILE WAY THROUGH TECHNOLOGY AND
09:56:16 DIFFERENT POINTS OF SERVICE BUT YET GETTING A STANDARDIZED
09:56:20 RESPONSE.
09:56:20 AND THIS ACCENTUATES THAT IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
09:56:26 NEXT SLIDE.
09:56:27 AGAIN, IF YOU SCAN THROUGH THE BULLETS, THINGS THAT HAVE
09:56:34 STUCK OUT FOR US, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO THE STRATEGIC
09:56:38 PLAN, HAVING MORE EFFICIENT, SMARTER WAYS OF COMPLETING THE
09:56:42 AGENDA AND MINUTES IN A TIMELY MANNER.
09:56:44 MORE EFFICIENT WAY OF PUBLIC RECORDS, AGAIN WITH SUPPORTING
09:56:48 TECHNOLOGY.
09:56:48 A SMARTER, NOT HARDER APPROACH.
09:56:50 WORKING WITH LAND DEVELOPMENT FOR WAYS OF TAKING IN
09:56:54 AFFIDAVITS.
09:56:55 STREAMLINING THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION AGENDA.
09:56:58 WORKING ON E-SIGNATURES THROUGH OUR TECHNOLOGY AND
09:57:02 INNOVATION OFFICE.
09:57:04 CONTINUE TO WORK ON SOME OF THE QUALITATIVE ASPECTS OF ORAL
09:57:07 HISTORIES, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OTHER SIGNIFICANT FOLKS THAT
09:57:09 HAVE SERVED THE CITY AND CONTINUE TO WORK TO PRESERVE THE
09:57:13 CITY'S HISTORY.
09:57:14 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:57:16 AS WE MOVE INTO THE INTERNAL AUDIT DEPARTMENT, AGAIN,
09:57:23 REPORTING DIRECTLY TO THE MAYOR, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE
09:57:25 DIRECTOR, MS. CHRISTINE GLOVER, AND I WORK CLOSELY WITH HER
09:57:30 OFFICE ON DAILY OPERATIONS, IF YOU WILL, AND SHE IS
09:57:36 SUPPORTED BY FIVE AUDITORS.
09:57:39 WE HAD ADDED AN AUDITOR LAST YEAR TO HELP WITH OUR DATA
09:57:43 RELIABILITY AND HOLDING THE DEPARTMENTS MORE ACCOUNTABLE AS
09:57:47 IT COMES TO PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT.
09:57:50 JUST AS A HIGHLIGHT, MS. GLOVER IS ALSO ONE OF THE EXECUTIVE
09:57:55 SPONSORS OF THE FIVE DIMENSIONS OF OUR ENTERPRISE
09:57:58 PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT OVERSEEING DATA RELIABILITY FOR THE
09:58:03 CITY.
09:58:04 NEXT SLIDE.
09:58:06 AS YOU LOOK AT THIS TABLE GOING BACK TO FY '13, YOU CAN SEE
09:58:16 THAT THE WORKLOAD HAS INCREASED KIND OF ORGANICALLY OVER THE
09:58:21 PERIOD IN THOSE DIFFERENT ROWS.
09:58:23 AUDITS COMPLETED, POST AUDIT REVIEWS, NON-AUDIT SERVICES,
09:58:27 AUDITS IN PROGRESS AND HOTLINE CASES.
09:58:31 HER OFFICE OBVIOUSLY STAYS BUSY.
09:58:35 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:58:36 AND, OF COURSE, THIS FOLLOWS UP WITH DIRECT TO AVAILABLE
09:58:44 TIME.
09:58:44 AUDITS TO TOTAL TIME PERCENTAGES.
09:58:46 AGAIN, THIS EXPANDS SINCE FY '13 ALL THE WAY THROUGH FY '19.
09:58:53 AND, AGAIN, IT'S INDICATIVE OF THE DATA PERFORMANCE THAT
09:58:57 WE'RE LOOKING FOR AS IT RELATES TO INTERNAL CUSTOMER SERVICE
09:59:01 AND QUALITY CONTROL, AS YOU SEE DOWN ON THE BOTTOM.
09:59:04 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:59:05 WHEN I FIRST MET WITH CHRISTINE, OBVIOUSLY, I WAS VERY
09:59:13 ENAMORED IN THE WAY THAT SHE RUNS HER SHOP WITH HER SUPPORT
09:59:17 STAFF AND A LOT OF THIS CENTERS AROUND COMPLIANCE.
09:59:21 HER AND I HAVE -- AND THROUGH MS. ROTOLO'S SEAT IN MY
09:59:27 OFFICE -- PROCESSED THE AUDITS IN A TIMELY MANNER AND MAKE
09:59:30 SURE THAT AS WE LOOK AT THE PROJECTIONS FOR RISK-BASED
09:59:35 ANALYSIS GOING FORWARD, THAT IT'S IN LINE WITH THE
09:59:37 DEPARTMENT'S STRATEGIC VISION TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
09:59:40 AND YOU CAN SEE AS THIS UNPACKS, A LOT OF IT IS ABOUT
09:59:44 QUANTITATIVE PROJECT MANAGEMENT, IF YOU WILL.
09:59:47 NEXT SLIDE.
09:59:54 NOW WE WILL JUMP INTO MS. ASHLEY BAUMAN'S AREA, MARKETING
09:59:58 AND COMMUNICATIONS.
09:59:58 YOU CAN SEE HER LEAD SUPPORT TOM DEA AND JEREMY REX ON THE
10:00:06 ORGANIZATIONAL ASPECT AND THEY ARE SUPPORTED BY THE FOLKS
10:00:08 BELOW.
10:00:09 EACH OF THOSE MEMBERS.
10:00:10 AND YOU CAN RECALL RECENTLY IN A STAFF REPORT WE HAD JUST
10:00:15 GONE THROUGH SOME OF THE SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS OUT OF
10:00:18 MS. BAUMAN'S OFFICE.
10:00:20 AS WE ALL KNOW, TELLING TAMPA'S STORY IS IMPORTANT AND
10:00:31 HAVING ACCESS TO EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY, YOU CAN SEE
10:00:34 WHAT MS. BAUMAN IS HIGHLIGHTING AS PART OF HER OUTPUTS,
10:00:38 EARNED MEDIA PRESS RELEASES, SOCIAL MEDIA, GRAPHIC DESIGN
10:00:42 AND VIDEO PRODUCTION.
10:00:45 NEXT SLIDE.
10:00:46 AGAIN, THESE OUTCOMES UNPACK CONTINUALLY, ESPECIALLY USING
10:00:55 COVID-19 AS AN EXAMPLE.
10:00:57 AND YOU CAN READ SOME OF THE VALUE-DRIVEN METRICS AS IT
10:01:02 RELATES TO THAT TYPE OF COMMUNICATION.
10:01:04 I'M SURE THIS TRANSPOSES TO EVERY CATEGORY NO MATTER WHAT
10:01:08 FUNCTION WE'RE TRYING TO TALK TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT.
10:01:10 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:01:11 ONE OF THE THEMES THAT MS. BAUMAN AND I HAVE TALKED TO WITH
10:01:20 THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS IS IT'S HARD FOR
10:01:22 US TO SHARE WHAT WE DON'T KNOW.
10:01:24 AND ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN YOU HAVE WELL OVER TWO DOZEN
10:01:28 DEPARTMENTS OUT THERE OPERATING FOR SERVING THE CITIZENS IS
10:01:32 TRYING TO GET THAT INFORMATION UP AND INTO MARKETING AND
10:01:36 COMMUNICATIONS SO IT CAN BE SHARED EITHER PROACTIVELY OR
10:01:40 REACTIVELY WITH THE PUBLIC.
10:01:41 CREATING THOSE BETTER LINES OF COMMUNICATIONS AND JUST LIKE
10:01:44 MS. BAUMAN HAS GIVEN CITY COUNCIL A SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT,
10:01:48 SHE HAS ALSO RECIPROCATED WITH THAT INTERNALLY AND WE'RE
10:01:52 LOOKING FORWARD TO BUILDING THOSE STRONG LINES OF
10:01:54 COMMUNICATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING AS MUCH AS
10:01:58 POSSIBLE TO GET INFORMATION INTO THE FRONT LINES OF THE
10:02:01 CITIZENS.
10:02:01 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:02:03 ALL RIGHT.
10:02:08 AS WE MOVED INTO MS. MARLEY WILKES AREA OF STRATEGIC
10:02:13 INITIATIVES AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AND LEADERSHIP AND
10:02:16 ORGANIZATION, YOU CAN SEE THAT MARLEY DOES A LOT WITH A
10:02:20 SMALL BANDWIDTH, IF YOU WILL, OF SUPPORT.
10:02:24 HER AND IAN WHITNEY AND TOGETHER THEY WORK UNDER THE FEDERAL
10:02:30 REPRESENTATION OF THOSE CONTRACTORS, THE STATE
10:02:33 REPRESENTATION AND, OF COURSE, THE LOCAL REPRESENTATION.
10:02:35 AND I KNOW CITY COUNCIL HAS HAD A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH
10:02:40 BOTH MARLEY AND IAN OVER THE YEAR AND ACTUALLY LONGER THAN
10:02:44 THE YEAR.
10:02:45 AND THEY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE ADMINISTRATION AND COUNCIL
10:02:49 HAS NEEDED.
10:02:51 NEXT SLIDE.
10:02:55 IT WAS MARLEY'S OFFICE THAT KIND OF LED THE HELM ON
10:03:00 REDRAFTING -- I SHOULD SAY REDRAFT -- ACTUALLY COMPILE OUR
10:03:06 STRATEGIC PLAN IN A MORE ACTIONABLE AND ALIGNED PROCESS TO
10:03:09 GO WITH THE BUDGET AND ENTERPRISE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT.
10:03:12 SO YOU CAN SEE THAT FIRST BULLET KIND OF ALIGNS WITH THAT
10:03:16 EFFORT.
10:03:18 AS FAR AS HELPING THE ADVISORY TEAMS KICK OFF, AND NOW WE
10:03:26 ARE LAUNCHING THE SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE, AND, OF
10:03:28 COURSE, I KNOW SHE HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH MS. CAROLE POST
10:03:33 ON THE ECONOMIC ADVISORY PORTION OF THE NEXT PLAN THAT'S
10:03:37 COMING OUT IN SERVING COUNCIL SUPPORT AS WELL AS MS. POST'S
10:03:42 AREA.
10:03:42 YOU SEE THE THIRD BULLET, THE ONE TAMPA RELIEF FUND, ABOUT
10:03:46 RAISING FUNDING FOR SUPPORT IN THE COMMUNITY, THE
10:03:51 LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND STRATEGY, AND YOU CAN SEE THE
10:03:55 MONITORING OF THE LEGISLATION OVER 3500 AND 83 BILLS IN
10:04:02 ADDITION AND HUNDREDS OF AMENDMENTS THROUGHOUT THE
10:04:05 LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
10:04:06 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:04:07 AGAIN, AS YOU CAN SEE READ THE VARIOUS DATA POINTS, FUNDING
10:04:15 FOR SEVEN PROJECTS TOTALING 1.5 MILLION.
10:04:19 FACILITATED 22 ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS AS IT RELATES TO THE
10:04:23 ELECTED OFFICIALS AND TALLAHASSEE AND D.C. ON BEHALF OF THE
10:04:27 CITY.
10:04:29 MONITORING AND IMPLEMENTING THE BOARD APPOINTMENTS.
10:04:32 YOU CAN SEE THOSE UNPACK ON THE THIRD BULLET.
10:04:35 41 INTERNAL/EXTERNAL BOARD AND COMMITTEES OF APPOINTING
10:04:40 THAT.
10:04:40 AGAIN, A LOT OF CREDIT TO IAN WHITNEY FOR SUPPORTING THAT.
10:04:43 AND THEN THE LAST BULLET IS POLICY, RESEARCH, AND
10:04:46 RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY STAFF.
10:04:49 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:04:51 YOU CAN SEE THIS FURTHER IMPACTS THAT DATA.
10:05:01 I'LL LET YOU PERUSE THAT AS YOU SEE FIT.
10:05:03 BUT THIS SUPPORTS THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.
10:05:06 NEXT SLIDE.
10:05:07 VERY SIMILAR ON THE FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE OUTCOMES, YOU CAN
10:05:16 SEE THE SUPPORT AND, OF COURSE, THE LAST BULLET, A LOT OF US
10:05:21 ARE STILL OBVIOUSLY FOCUSED ON THE CARES ASPECT, AND THAT
10:05:26 HASN'T GONE AWAY SINCE THE PRESENTATION WAS BUILT BACK
10:05:29 BEFORE JUNE.
10:05:30 NEXT SLIDE.
10:05:31 IN THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, AGAIN, FOUR RELEASED REPORTS
10:05:42 ON THE KEY ADVISORY TEAM RECOMMENDATIONS.
10:05:45 WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE KICKOFF OF OUR RESILIENCE CITY
10:05:49 CATALYST.
10:05:50 I KNOW MARLEY HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THAT.
10:05:53 BEFORE WHIT REMER ARRIVED.
10:05:59 WE TALKED ABOUT THE RAISING OF THE ONE TAMPA FUNDS AND THE
10:06:03 STRATEGIC SUPPORT TO THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.
10:06:05 NEXT SLIDE.
10:06:07 AGAIN, SUPPORTING THE CITY ON THE CARES DISTRIBUTION
10:06:14 EFFORTS, JUST ABOUT A REPORT EVERY MORNING AT 8:00 ON THE
10:06:19 EOC CALL COMES FROM MR. ROGERO AND OBVIOUSLY MARLEY AND IAN
10:06:25 ARE MONITORING THAT CLOSELY AND PROVIDE RELEVANT FEEDBACK
10:06:29 FOR DECISION SUPPORT.
10:06:30 AS YOU SEE THE REST OF THE BULLETS, ONE OF MY FAVORITES IS
10:06:34 THE PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.
10:06:36 THERE IS A SAYING WITH PARTNERS WE CAN DO MORE, AND
10:06:39 OBVIOUSLY, THEY ARE KEY IN SUPPORTING OUR PARTNERS IN THE
10:06:43 REGION.
10:06:43 YOU CAN SEE THE ADDITIONAL BULLETS FIGHTING PREEMPTION AND
10:06:49 INCREASE THE LOCAL APPROPRIATIONS AND STATE AND FEDERAL
10:06:52 BUDGETS.
10:06:54 ALL RIGHT.
10:06:54 NEXT SLIDE.
10:07:02 IF YOU CAN BRING UP THE NEXT PRESENTATION.
10:07:05 MR. CHAIRMAN, I'LL GO THROUGH BOTH OF THESE AND THEN WE CAN
10:07:09 DO QUESTIONS IF THAT'S THE PLEASURE.
10:07:11 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
10:07:12 THAT'S FINE.
10:07:23 >>JOHN BENNETT: ALL RIGHT.
10:07:23 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:07:25 THE PERSON WORTH HIGHLIGHTING HERE IS SENIOR EXECUTIVE AIDE
10:07:32 DEBBIE ROTOLO.
10:07:38 I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WOULD DO WITHOUT DEBBIE.
10:07:40 I CAN TELL YOU BETWEEN THE AGENDAS, JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING
10:07:41 YOU'VE SEEN IN BOTH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AREA AS WELL AS WHAT
10:07:44 YOU'RE GOING TO SEE UNDER THE CHIEF OF STAFF'S OFFICE COMES
10:07:48 THROUGH DEBBIE'S DESK.
10:07:49 SHE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR PUTTING A LOT OF THIS PRESENTATION
10:07:54 IN THE ORDER THAT YOU SEE AND COLLECTING THE CONTENT.
10:07:56 WE'RE VERY THANKFUL THAT DEBBIE IS ON OUR TEAM.
10:07:59 I'M SURE COUNCIL AND THEIR LEGISLATIVE AIDES FEEL THE SAME.
10:08:03 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:08:10 THE LARGEST THING -- AGAIN, THIS WAS PRESENTED BACK OR BUILT
10:08:13 BACK IN JUNE.
10:08:19 BASICALLY, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THIS SLIDE HAS CULMINATED
10:08:21 IN THAT STRATEGIC PLAN ROLLOUT WITH THE BUDGET.
10:08:23 AGAIN, YOU PROBABLY SAW TWO-THIRDS OF IT.
10:08:26 WE ARE STILL FINESSING HOW THE FIRST TWO-THIRDS UNPACK THE
10:08:31 MACRO AND KIND OF THE MIDDLE AND THEN THE MICRO.
10:08:34 A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE SEEN WITH THE ADVISORY,
10:08:38 ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO WORKFORCE, HOUSING, MOBILITY,
10:08:44 INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE FINANCIAL
10:08:45 OPPORTUNITIES AND RESPONSIBILITY AND THE CUSTOMER-CENTRIC OR
10:08:50 CITIZEN AND COMMUNITY-CENTRIC SERVICES WILL ALL WRAP AROUND
10:08:55 AND COME TOGETHER.
10:08:56 THAT'S BEEN A KEY FOCUS ON MY OFFICE, IF YOU WILL, IN LINE
10:08:59 WITH DEVELOPING THE BUDGET AND ROLLING OUT THE PERFORMANCE
10:09:03 MEASUREMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING AS WE SAY WE DO.
10:09:07 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:09:08 VERY SIMILAR TO HOW I KICKED OFF THE LAST PRESENTATION.
10:09:16 ON THE FAR LEFT COLUMN, YOU CAN SEE THE DEPARTMENTS AND
10:09:20 DIVISIONS THAT REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE CHIEF OF STAFF'S
10:09:24 OFFICE, AND THEY REPRESENT SLIGHTLY UNDER 10% OF THE CITY'S
10:09:30 FUNDS.
10:09:31 AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE IN THE CENTER OF THE FUNDING SOURCE.
10:09:34 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:09:35 ALL RIGHT.
10:09:41 ONE OF OUR BIGGEST DEPARTMENTS UNDER THE CHIEF OF STAFF IS
10:09:44 OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT LED BY MS. KELLY AUSTIN AS
10:09:49 THE DIRECTOR, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE SIX RESPECTIVE
10:09:52 MANAGERS, KIMBERLY SULLIVAN, MIKE SWAIN, DAVE BLASEWITZ,
10:09:56 VALERIE HORTON-RAKES, KAY HUNTER, AND FREDA GARDNER AS IT
10:10:02 RELATES TO SUPPORTING KELLY AND HER OFFICE AND THE OVER --
10:10:07 WHAT WILL SOON TO BE 4600 EMPLOYEES, WHICH INCLUDES
10:10:07 FULL-TIME, PART-TIME, SEASONAL, AND CONTRACT SUPPORT IN CITY
10:10:13 POSITIONS, TEMPORARY POSITIONS.
10:10:20 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:10:21 IF YOU LOOK AT THIS LIST AND TAKE A DEEP BREATH, YOU CAN
10:10:26 REALIZE HOW MUCH EFFORT AND WEIGHT IS PUT ON THE HUMAN
10:10:29 RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.
10:10:31 ALL BENEFITS PROGRAMS, I KNOW COUNCIL RAN PARALLEL WITH US
10:10:34 UNDER THE NEGOTIATIONS OF THE THREE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS,
10:10:38 SPECIFICALLY THE HEALTH CARE TRUST AND EVERY NEW EMPLOYEE
10:10:43 COMES THROUGH THIS LEVEL OF ORIENTATION, TRAINING FOR THE
10:10:47 ENTIRE CITY.
10:10:47 TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
10:10:49 BUT IT'S EVERYTHING THAT CAN TOUCH ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES AS
10:10:54 IT RELATES TO NOT ONLY THEM, BUT ALSO THEIR BENEFITS AND
10:10:58 THEIR DEPENDENTS AS WELL.
10:11:01 NEXT SLIDE.
10:11:02 I'LL LET YOU SCAN THESE OUTCOMES, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE
10:11:11 FMLA CASES, PARENTAL LEAVE CASES, GRIEVANCES, CIVIL SERVICE
10:11:15 CASES, ARBITRATIONS, EEO CASES, PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS,
10:11:21 APPLICATIONS, MEDICAL BENEFITS AND REIMBURSEMENTS, YOU CAN
10:11:23 SEE THERE'S A PLETHORA OF THINGS THAT ARE DYNAMICALLY GOING
10:11:27 ON IN HUMAN RESOURCES AS IT RELATES TO OUTCOMES.
10:11:31 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:11:33 ONE OF THE GOALS THAT KELLY AND I HAD WORKED ON WHEN I FIRST
10:11:40 ARRIVED, AS WELL AS WITH MR. ROGERO'S SHOP AND MIKE PERRY'S
10:11:45 SHOP, WAS TRYING TO STANDARDIZE OUR VACANCY RATES.
10:11:49 COUNCIL APPROVES A BUDGET TO DELIVER SERVICES AND WE WANT TO
10:11:52 RECRUIT THE MOST DIVERSE, THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST, CAPABLE
10:11:58 WORKFORCE POSSIBLE, AND IT'S OUR OBLIGATION TO TRY AND KEEP
10:12:05 IT AT 5% ATTRITION RATE.
10:12:07 NOT AN EASY THING TO DO, BUT EVERY DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON
10:12:09 THAT IN THEIR RESPECTIVE SPACE.
10:12:12 I KNOW MS. AUSTIN TEAM'S IS WORKING ON THE PERSONNEL MANUAL
10:12:16 AND, OF COURSE, WE'RE CONSTANTLY UPDATING OUR TRAINING
10:12:21 SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON ETHICS AND DIVERSITY.
10:12:23 NEXT SLIDE.
10:12:24 YOU CAN SEE A MYRIAD OF LINKS AS IT RELATES TO THE
10:12:34 AGREEMENTS.
10:12:34 PERSONNEL MANUAL, THE ETHICS CODE, LOBBYIST AND VISITOR LOG,
10:12:40 ET CETERA.
10:12:41 AGAIN, ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SEE ALL THE TOUCH POINTS IN
10:12:44 HUMAN RESOURCES.
10:12:45 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:12:46 AS WE MOVE INTO OUR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT LED BY MR. GREGORY
10:12:54 SPEARMAN, TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE SUPPORTED BY MR.
10:12:58 KEVIN FRYE AND DEANNA MARSHALL AS WELL AS MICHAEL ASHBY,
10:13:04 BETWEEN THE MANAGEMENT AND THE SUPERVISORY REALM OF THAT
10:13:08 DEPARTMENT.
10:13:09 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:13:10 AND YOU CAN SEE MR. SPEARMAN'S ORG CHART UNFOLD, SUPPORT YOU
10:13:17 HAD BY EXECUTIVE AIDE MICHELLE BLIZZARD.
10:13:21 YOU CAN SEE THE VARIOUS POSITIONS THAT SUPPORT THE
10:13:24 PURCHASING DEPARTMENT.
10:13:26 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:13:29 UNDER PURCHASING, I JOKE WITH MR. SPEARMAN, YOU SEE THE WORD
10:13:38 "ROUTINE," I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYTHING IS ROUTINE IN
10:13:41 GOVERNMENT PURCHASING AND PROCUREMENT, BUT YOU CAN SEE ALL
10:13:43 THE DIFFERENT TOUCH POINTS AS IT RELATES TO THE BID PROCESS,
10:13:48 RESOLUTION, PREPARATION, CONTRACT DEVELOPMENT, SUPPORTING
10:13:52 OUR EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY THAT MS. WYNN TALKED ABOUT
10:13:56 EARLIER, SUPPORTING EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT.
10:14:00 YOU THINK ABOUT THE COVID SUPPLIES.
10:14:02 NOW WE'RE MOVING INTO THE DYNAMIC PART OF OUR HURRICANE
10:14:06 SEASON.
10:14:06 EVERYTHING FROM SANDBAGS AND THAT KIND OF PROCUREMENT HAS TO
10:14:09 HAPPEN TO SUPPORT THE DEPARTMENTS AND THE CITIZENS.
10:14:15 OTHER MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS, AND YOU CAN SEE INVENTORY
10:14:18 MANAGEMENT, ORACLE ACCESS REQUESTS.
10:14:21 THERE'S JUST A LOT GOING ON IN MR. SPEARMAN'S SPACE.
10:14:25 NEXT SLIDE.
10:14:26 SOME OF THE TERMS I TEND TO USE, AND I APPRECIATE MR.
10:14:34 SPEARMAN PUTTING HIS BULLETS UNDER EACH ONE.
10:14:37 THE COMPLICATED ISSUES, THE COMPLEX ISSUES, AND THEN THE
10:14:40 MORE CHALLENGING ISSUES, AS GOVERNMENT TRIES TO CONTINUE TO
10:14:45 IMPROVE THE PURCHASING PROCESS, IF YOU WILL.
10:14:48 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:14:51 IN A QUANTITATIVE REALM, THOSE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE ON THE
10:15:00 RIGHT COLUMNS ARE IN THE MILLIONS, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT AS
10:15:05 THE FAR LEFT COLUMN UNPACKS ITSELF FROM THE TOTAL DOLLARS
10:15:10 PURCHASED, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE PROJECTED FOR FY '20, YOU
10:15:15 CAN SEE HOW MANY THINGS AND PRODUCTS AND SUPPLIES,
10:15:20 ET CETERA, AND AS IT RELATES TO EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
10:15:25 PERCENTAGES AND EFFORTS.
10:15:26 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:15:27 SO IN THE BIDS AND QUOTES AREA, AGAIN, ANOTHER QUANTITATIVE
10:15:38 VIEW OF SOME OF THE EFFORTS THAT COME OUT OF MR. SPEARMAN'S
10:15:41 OFFICE FOR YOUR REVIEW.
10:15:43 NEXT SLIDE.
10:15:44 AGAIN, IN THE OUTCOME SPACE, YOU CAN SEE THAT JUST USING
10:15:54 WHAT WE CALL P CARD, PURCHASING CARD TRANSACTIONS, AND
10:15:59 TRYING TO INCREASE THE ANNUAL REBATES.
10:16:02 IT'S BEEN AN EFFORT THAT WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING.
10:16:05 THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS AREA, AND MR. SPEARMAN HAS
10:16:08 BEEN INNOVATIVE IN LOOKING AT THAT.
10:16:10 NEXT SLIDE.
10:16:11 THIS SLIDE PARTICULARLY, WE JUST HAD A BIG DIESEL FUEL ITEM
10:16:22 ON THE AGENDA LAST WEEK THAT LED TO A STAFF REPORT.
10:16:26 I PICKED UP ON MR. MIRANDA'S COMMENTS TALKING ABOUT
10:16:29 HOPEFULLY OUR FUEL WILL GO DOWN, BOTH IN DIESEL AND REGULAR,
10:16:33 AS WE START TO MOVE TO MORE HYBRID AND ELECTRICAL VEHICLES.
10:16:37 I KNOW PERSONALLY DRIVING A HYBRID, IT'S DOUBLED MY GAS
10:16:42 MILEAGE, IF YOU WILL OR FUELING UP ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS.
10:16:46 WE HAVE ELECTRIC VEHICLES COMING ON BOARD THROUGH OUR FLEET
10:16:49 DIVISION, AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SHARING THOSE
10:16:52 DELIVERIES WITH COUNCIL FROM THE ADMINISTRATION.
10:16:55 NEXT SLIDE.
10:16:56 AS PART OF ACCOUNTABILITY, IF YOU WILL, OUR INVENTORY
10:17:11 STATISTICS ARE SHOWN THERE.
10:17:12 AGAIN, I WON'T WALK THROUGH EVERYTHING, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT
10:17:16 WHATEVER WE PURCHASED AND PROCURED NEEDS TO BE INVENTORIED
10:17:20 AND ASSET MANAGED, AND THAT'S PART OF THE CITY'S
10:17:25 RESPONSIBILITY AS GOOD STEWARDS OF THE TAXPAYERS' DOLLARS.
10:17:28 NEXT SLIDE.
10:17:29 YOU CAN SEE AS YOU WALK THROUGH THE INITIATIVES, THERE'S
10:17:35 BEEN A LOT OF EFFORTS TO SUPPORT EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
10:17:39 THROUGH JOB ORDER CONTRACTING, SHELTER MARKETING, AND OTHER
10:17:44 SMALL LOCAL BUSINESS AND MINORITY BUSINESS OPTIONS TO
10:17:48 INCREASE THOSE PERCENTAGES BASED ON OUR STRATEGIC GOALS AND
10:17:53 AGAIN SHARING THOSE NUMBERS TRANSPARENTLY WITH COUNCIL AND
10:17:59 THE PUBLIC.
10:17:59 NEXT SLIDE.
10:18:00 YOU CAN SEE ADDITIONAL BULLETS FOLLOW THROUGH THERE.
10:18:07 I WILL SAY THAT TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE, FOLLOWING
10:18:11 MR. SPEARMAN AND MS. DUNCAN'S OFFICE, WATCHING THE MCKAY BAY
10:18:16 WASTE TO ENERGY PLANT TRANSITION SUPPORT AND THE NUMBER OF
10:18:19 CONTRACTS GOING FROM PRIVATE MANAGEMENT TO PUBLIC MANAGEMENT
10:18:23 WAS DAUNTING.
10:18:24 I KNOW THEY WORKED EXTREMELY HARD NOT ONLY JUST IN THE
10:18:27 TRANSITION BUT UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF COVID AND INFORMATION
10:18:30 GATHERING TO MAKE THAT TRANSFER HAPPEN.
10:18:34 JUST A CALL-OUT FOR THEM ON THAT.
10:18:35 NEXT SLIDE.
10:18:42 AGAIN, YOU SEE A THREAT OF TECHNOLOGICAL SUPPORT IN THESE
10:18:47 BULLETS.
10:18:48 A LOT OF IT RELATES TO BAR CODE SCANNING, IF YOU WILL,
10:18:51 ONLINE MEETINGS, ELECTRONIC SOLICITATIONS.
10:18:53 THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS JUST IN THE YEAR THAT I
10:18:56 HAVE BEEN HERE IN THIS AREA OF SUPPORTING TECHNOLOGY, SO WE
10:19:02 APPRECIATE THE DEPARTMENT DOING THAT.
10:19:04 AND WE WILL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:19:06 WE ARE MOVING NOW INTO TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION.
10:19:15 THE LEADERSHIP TEAM UNDER MR. HAUPERT.
10:19:20 WE HAVE, OBVIOUSLY, A BUSINESS APPLICATION PORTFOLIO, AND
10:19:24 THAT UNPACKS UNDERNEATH.
10:19:25 YOU HAVE OUR CHANGE MANAGEMENT TEAM LED BY DIANE JAMAI.
10:19:34 INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES WITH ERIC HAYDEN.
10:19:36 ERIC WAS LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WORKLOAD AS IT RELATES
10:19:39 TO THE VIRTUAL CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
10:19:42 SO A QUICK SHOUT-OUT TO HIM.
10:19:42 MARTIN ZINAICH WORKED WITH VERY CLOSELY OVER THE YEARS IN
10:19:45 OUR ENTERPRISE SECURITY.
10:19:46 MARTIN DOES AN AMAZING JOB, IF YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE DATA
10:19:51 POINTS THAT ARE AT RISK IN THE CITY, AND THERE'S A LOT OF
10:19:53 PRESSURE ON MARTIN, WHO HANDLES IT VERY WELL, IN MY
10:19:59 PROFESSIONAL OPINION.
10:20:00 RICK METZ ON THE WEB SERVICES AND MS. KERRY WRIGHT AS IT
10:20:04 RELATES TO GIS.
10:20:05 I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT WITH GIS TO TRY
10:20:10 AND MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC HAS VISUAL INFORMATION AS IT
10:20:12 RELATES TO CUSTOMER SERVICE AND PROJECTS IN THE FIELD SO
10:20:16 THEY CAN HAVE A QUICK UNDERSTANDING, AND KERRY HAS BEEN VERY
10:20:19 ADAPTIVE TO SUPPORTING THAT EFFORT.
10:20:22 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:20:23 AGAIN, MY QUICK MATH, UNPACKING THE FAST FACTS THAT
10:20:33 RUSSELL'S TEAM HAS PUT TOGETHER, IF YOU LOOK AT IT, THERE'S
10:20:36 ABOUT 171 SERVICE REQUESTS PER DAY LEADING TO OVER 43,000 OR
10:20:42 APPROXIMATELY 43,000 PER YEAR.
10:20:44 MANAGING THE DATA CENTERS AND THE CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE, THE
10:20:48 NETWORK FACILITIES, THE BUSINESS APPLICATIONS.
10:20:50 YOU CAN SEE THE OPEN PROJECTS THAT ARE WELL MANAGED TO
10:20:55 SUPPORT ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.
10:20:56 OF COURSE, WE HAVE FIELD RADIOS, FIRE, POLICE, CODE
10:21:01 ENFORCEMENT, AND YOU CAN SEE THE HARDWARE THAT HAS TO BE
10:21:04 MANAGED AS IT RELATES TO OUR MOBILE TECHNOLOGY.
10:21:07 NEXT SLIDE.
10:21:08 OF COURSE, ONE OF THE BIG TERMS IN THIS SPACE IS UP TIME.
10:21:15 IT TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SOLID UP
10:21:21 TIME.
10:21:22 YOU KNOW, AS THE SLIDES UNFOLD, I JUST WOULD LIKE COUNCIL
10:21:26 AND THE PUBLIC TO THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE VIRTUAL TECHNOLOGY
10:21:29 THAT HAD TO BE IMPLEMENTED TO KEEP THE CITY GOING DURING THE
10:21:33 COVID CRISIS AND THE SHELTER OR THE SAFER AT HOME PROCESS TO
10:21:37 KEEP OUR EMPLOYEES SAFE BUT YET KEEP SERVICES MOVING AT THE
10:21:42 FULL VALUE.
10:21:43 AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE EFFICIENCIES AND EFFECTIVENESS IN
10:21:48 THIS SLIDE.
10:21:48 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:21:50 I CAN TELL FROM FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE SINCE I HAD BEEN BACK
10:21:58 TO THE CITY, AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT THIRD BULLET
10:22:02 TRANSITIONING 1500 EMPLOYEES TO TELEWORK, PUTTING UP A
10:22:07 REMOTE CALL CENTER DURING THE INITIAL ONSET OF COVID TO MAKE
10:22:11 SURE THAT OUR STAFF COULD ANSWER THE PHONES REMOTELY TO
10:22:16 SERVE THE CITIZENS.
10:22:18 YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF VIRTUAL MEETINGS SUPPORTED.
10:22:21 ALL OF THESE THINGS REQUIRE TREMENDOUS BANDWIDTH AND
10:22:24 ADAPTABILITY WITHIN THAT DEPARTMENT.
10:22:27 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:22:28 ONE OF OUR CROWN JEWELS IN THE CITY IS THE MAYOR'S YOUTH
10:22:38 ORGANIZATION.
10:22:38 MOLLY BIEBEL WORKS DIRECTLY FOR OUR OFFICE AND THE CHIEF OF
10:22:42 STAFF, AND SHE SUPPORTS REALLY TWO DIVISIONS -- THE MAYOR'S
10:22:46 YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR'S YOUTH CORPS.
10:22:50 I CAN TELL YOU FROM WORKING WITH MOLLY, THIS IS AN AMAZING
10:22:54 EFFORT THAT TOUCHES OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AS THEY PROGRESS FROM
10:23:00 HIGH SCHOOL INTO A LOT OF THEIR SECONDARY AND POSTSECONDARY
10:23:03 ACTIVITIES.
10:23:03 NEXT SLIDE.
10:23:06 YOU CAN SEE MOLLY'S EFFORTS, LEADERSHIP WORKSHOPS,
10:23:14 EDUCATIONAL EVENTS, WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF
10:23:18 CITIES AND NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES TO GET THAT POLICY
10:23:21 EFFORT GOING WITH THE STUDENTS.
10:23:24 OBVIOUSLY, WORKING ON CAPITOL HILL, HAS A MOBILE JOURNALISM
10:23:28 TEAM.
10:23:31 COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES.
10:23:32 I CAN TELL YOU THAT MOLLY'S TEAM WAS ENGAGING WITH A LOT OF
10:23:36 THE COVID RELIEF EFFORTS.
10:23:38 OPEN FORUMS WITH THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, AS YOU'VE BEEN
10:23:41 AWARE OF, DISCUSSIONS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND I'M GRATEFUL
10:23:47 THAT OUR OFFICE GETS TO DO A BLOCK RELATED TO CITY
10:23:51 GOVERNMENT SEMINAR.
10:23:52 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:23:54 OBVIOUSLY, THE KEY OUTCOMES ARE TO GAIN THOSE LIFE SKILLS,
10:24:03 ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY EVENTS, MAKE CONNECTIONS NOT ONLY
10:24:08 LOCALLY, BUT BEYOND, IN THE U.S. AND MAYBE EVEN BEYOND THAT.
10:24:11 MEET WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS, PRODUCE VIDEO SEGMENTS, GIVE
10:24:16 BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
10:24:17 PROVIDE INPUT FOR CHANGE FROM OUR YOUNG FUTURE LEADERS, BE
10:24:22 PARTICIPANTS IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AND UNDERSTAND THE
10:24:25 ROLES OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES.
10:24:27 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:24:28 I CAN TELL YOU MS. BIEBEL'S PASSION OF GIVING BACK TO THE
10:24:37 COMMUNITY THROUGH HER LEADERSHIP EXTENDS INTO THESE
10:24:40 STUDENTS.
10:24:41 I'VE SEEN IT.
10:24:42 IT'S AN AMAZING EFFORT TO ALLOW THESE YOUNG PARTICIPANTS TO
10:24:46 BECOME LEADERS IN THE PUBLIC AND HOPEFULLY STAY RIGHT HERE
10:24:48 IN THE CITY AS THEY JOURNEY THROUGH THEIR NEXT CHAPTERS.
10:24:54 POSSIBLY INSPIRE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CAREER IN PUBLIC
10:24:57 SERVICE, UNDERSTAND HOW TO NAVIGATE THE COMPLEXITIES AND
10:25:02 LIMITATIONS.
10:25:03 SOME OF THE THINGS THAT COUNCILMAN GUDES, COUNCILMAN
10:25:04 MIRANDA, AND COUNCILMAN CARLSON MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE
10:25:08 COMMENTS ARE THOSE THINGS THAT MOLLY POINTS TO, TO MAKE SURE
10:25:11 THAT WE DO HAVE A SUSTAINING GENERATION BEHIND US TO TRY AND
10:25:15 BRING THOSE QUALITY-OF-LIFE SERVICES INTO THE COMMUNITY.
10:25:20 EXPAND RACIAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC DIVERSITY OF THE PROGRAM
10:25:23 THAT MOLLY RUNS, AND OFFER ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR
10:25:27 STUDENTS TO BECOME INVOLVED IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
10:25:30 NEXT SLIDE WILL GIVE YOU SOME PHOTOGRAPHIC HIGHLIGHTS OF
10:25:34 WHAT MOLLY'S AREA DOES.
10:25:36 YOU CAN SEE A GOOD CROSS-FUNCTIONAL MIX OF EFFORTS WITH HER
10:25:42 TEAMS.
10:25:43 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:25:45 MOST OF YOU KNOW RAQUEL PANCHO IS OUR ADA COORDINATOR.
10:25:55 YOU CAN SEE THAT, AGAIN, THROUGH THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ENERGY
10:26:00 HERE THAT SHE WORKS NOT ONLY WITH THE MAYOR'S ALLIANCE AND
10:26:02 THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ALLIANCE WITH PERSONS WITH
10:26:05 DISABILITIES, BUT SHE ALSO SUPPORTS THE AUTISM FRIENDLY OF
10:26:09 TAMPA.
10:26:10 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:26:11 HER SPECIFIC OUTPUTS, NETWORKING WITH CITIZENS WITH
10:26:19 DISABILITIES, ADDRESSING ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS.
10:26:24 COLLABORATING WITH CITY COLLEAGUES TO ASSURING ADA AND 504
10:26:27 COMPLIANCE.
10:26:28 CONDUCT ADA TRAINING SESSIONS AND SERVE ON ADVISORY BOARDS
10:26:32 TO SUPPORT THOSE WITH DISABILITIES.
10:26:34 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:26:35 YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE DELIVERABLES.
10:26:43 THE CAPTIONED VIDEOS, MAKE SURE THAT TRANSPORTATION AND
10:26:47 STORMWATER SUPPORTING AT LEAST LEVEL GROUND AREAS OF THE
10:26:54 COMMUNITY.
10:26:54 I KNOW SHE'S GONE THROUGH PARKS PLAN WITH MS. WYNN.
10:26:57 AND WHEN MR. DIAL WAS HERE AND WE HAD MEETINGS ABOUT MAKING
10:27:01 OUR PARKS ACCESSIBLE, AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THAT IN THE
10:27:04 FUTURE PROJECTS, BUT A LOT OF THE EFFORTS THAT SHE PICKS UP
10:27:09 ON PROACTIVELY AS A DEPARTMENT'S AGENDA MOVES ALONG ARE
10:27:13 COMING THROUGH HER OFFICE.
10:27:14 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:27:15 SO, AGAIN, ANOTHER DESCRIPTIVE SLIDE RELATING TO
10:27:25 MS. PANCHO'S WORK, CONTINUING TO NETWORK AND SUPPORT THE
10:27:29 OUTREACH OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH DISABILITIES, COLLABORATE
10:27:32 WITH THE COLLEAGUES EVEN MORE AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND
10:27:36 RESEARCH THE BEST PRACTICES.
10:27:37 I CAN TELL YOU SPECIFICALLY I HAVE MET WITH RAQUEL AND
10:27:42 TALKED ABOUT WORKING ON SOME AGING FRIENDLY PROGRAMS.
10:27:46 THEY ARE VERY BENEFICIAL TO OUR SENIORS, AND THEY ARE A
10:27:50 MULTIPRONGED APPROACH TO GIVING HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE TO OUR
10:27:54 SENIOR COMMUNITY.
10:27:55 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:27:56 AS WE START TO WRAP UP, I KNOW YOU'VE ALL MET WHIT REMER.
10:28:06 WE'VE HAD ONE-ON-ONE CALLS WITH COUNCIL AS YOU SEE THE NEW
10:28:09 OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE MOVE ALONG.
10:28:12 THERE WILL BE TWO MAJOR PROJECTS.
10:28:14 THERE IS A LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET FOR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN,
10:28:17 AS WELL AS THE RESILIENT CITY CATALYST.
10:28:22 YOU CAN SEE THAT PROGRAM WILL BE COMING TOGETHER UNDER THE
10:28:26 ADVISORY GROUP, AGAIN, WORKING WITH MARLEY'S OFFICE.
10:28:30 BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY IS WHIT HAS GONE THROUGH ALL OF THE
10:28:33 DEPARTMENTS WITH A SURVEY AND EITHER SITUATIONAL OR
10:28:38 PROGRESSIVE AND PROACTIVE MEETINGS.
10:28:42 I KNOW VARIOUS COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH
10:28:45 WHIT IN SOME OF THE RESPECTIVE AREAS OF PROGRESS IN
10:28:50 SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE FROM THEIR LENS AND THEIR
10:28:52 DISTRICTS.
10:28:53 SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
10:28:54 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:28:55 AGAIN, BEING A KEY COMPONENT OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN OF THE
10:29:05 MAYOR, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WHIT HAS ALREADY
10:29:07 DELVED INTO AND WILL BE DELVING INTO AS IT RELATES TO
10:29:11 RENEWABLE ENERGY, COMMUNITYWIDE MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS, AND WE
10:29:16 ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE CLIMATE ACTION AND EQUITY PLAN.
10:29:18 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE.
10:29:20 PROTECTING OUR NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER CONSERVATION.
10:29:23 GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND, YOU KNOW, AS IT RELATES TO OUR
10:29:27 COMMUNITY, MAKING SURE WORK WITH ALL HAZARD PARTNERS BOTH
10:29:33 LOCALLY AND REGIONALLY.
10:29:36 WITH THAT I BELIEVE THAT WAS OUR LAST SLIDE.
10:29:38 WE ARE HAPPY TO OPEN UP WITH QUESTIONS.
10:29:40 AS WE MENTIONED, WE SHOULD HAVE MOST, IF NOT ALL DEPARTMENT
10:29:43 HEADS AND ADMINISTRATORS ON THESE TWO PORTFOLIOS AVAILABLE
10:29:45 FOR QUESTIONS.
10:29:47 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:29:48 ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY MEMBERS OF COUNCIL?
10:29:52 ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME?
10:29:54 >>BILL CARLSON: CARLSON, MR. CHAIR.
10:29:57 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD.
10:29:57 >>BILL CARLSON: CHIEF BENNETT, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
10:30:02 HAVING YOU IN PLACE HELPS ME SLEEP BETTER AT NIGHT.
10:30:06 WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF COMPLAINTS FROM CONSTITUENTS ABOUT THE
10:30:12 CITY, BUT WHEN I TALK TO PEOPLE, MOST OF THE BAD EXPERIENCES
10:30:17 THEY HAD WERE BEFORE YOU TOOK OVER.
10:30:19 AND THE ONES THAT WE STILL HAVE -- [INAUDIBLE] -- I WANT TO
10:30:25 THANK YOU FOR BRINGING HIGHER LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM AND
10:30:28 ACCOUNTABILITY AND MEASUREMENT TO THE CITY AND ALSO RAISING
10:30:32 ALL OF OUR EXPECTATIONS OF WHERE WE SHOULD GO.
10:30:35 ONE SUGGESTION IS THAT, I THINK THAT THE COMMUNICATION OR
10:30:40 PERCEPTION OF THE CUSTOMER SERVICE LEVEL HAS NOT CAUGHT UP
10:30:45 WITH THE REALITY.
10:30:45 I KNOW YOU'RE HUMBLE ABOUT IT.
10:30:47 YOU MAY NOT WANT TO RAISE EXPECTATIONS RIGHT NOW, BUT I
10:30:50 THINK THE PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THE CUSTOMER SERVICE
10:30:54 LEVEL NOW ARE, FOR THE MOST PART, VERY HAPPY.
10:30:57 FOR THE PEOPLE WHO TRY TO -- IT WOULD BE GOOD MAYBE FOR THEM
10:31:01 TO KNOW THE HIGHER QUALITY.
10:31:05 THANKS FOR YOUR HELP.
10:31:06 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:31:07 ARE THERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS?
10:31:11 >>LUIS VIERA: VIERA, IF I MAY.
10:31:12 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, SIR.
10:31:14 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, I APPRECIATE IT.
10:31:16 THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION, CHIEF BENNETT AND EVERYBODY
10:31:19 FOR YOUR PRESENTATIONS.
10:31:20 VERY MUCH SO APPRECIATED.
10:31:21 GOES WITHOUT SAYING.
10:31:23 I WANTED TO, ADDITIONALLY, I KNOW EVERYBODY WHO HAS GIVEN
10:31:27 DEFERENCE TO SAY WHAT A PLEASURE IT'S ALWAYS BEEN TO WORK
10:31:31 WITH RAQUEL AND WITH THE OFFICE OF DISABILITIES.
10:31:34 RAQUEL HAS TAKEN SUCH A LEAD IN THE AUTISM SENSORY FRIENDLY
10:31:37 PROGRAM THAT WAS STARTED BEFORE BY THE PRIOR ADMINISTRATION.
10:31:41 AND BUT I'M ESPECIALLY GLAD TO SEE THE IMPROVEMENT THAT
10:31:46 WE'VE SEEN AND THE SCOPE OF IT.
10:31:48 IT'S FUNNY, I HAD MISSPOKE AND THEN I THOUGHT I MISSPOKE IN
10:31:51 THE LAST TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON THE PROSPECTIVE EAST
10:31:56 TAMPA PARK THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING UP.
10:31:59 IT APPEARS THERE IS GOING TO BE ACTUALLY, PROPOSED AT LEAST,
10:32:03 DISABILITY ACCESSIBLE AND FRIENDLY EQUIPMENT AND A
10:32:07 PLAYGROUND THERE FOR CHILDREN.
10:32:08 WHAT I SEE, THANKS TO THE LEADERSHIP OF THE MAYOR, CHIEF
10:32:12 BENNETT AND THE DIVISION OF RAQUEL AND THEIR HARD WORK DAY
10:32:17 TO DAY IS THAT WE'RE BUILDING ON AN ORIGINAL VISION THAT
10:32:20 STARTS OFF WITH CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.
10:32:23 AND THIS SORT OF CONNECTS TO PARKS AND REC THAT WE WERE
10:32:26 TALKING ABOUT BEFORE, THAT IT STARTS OFF WITH CHILDREN WITH
10:32:30 AUTISM.
10:32:32 BEING IN THAT COMMUNITY A LOT, A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK ME, WHICH
10:32:36 IS NORMAL, HEY, I HAVE A CHILD WHO'S INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED
10:32:44 OR DOWN SYNDROME OR CEREBRAL PALSY, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, AND
10:32:47 PEOPLE WANTED TO SEE THAT VERY MORAL VISION EXPANDED.
10:32:50 I'M GLAD TO SEE WITH THE AUTISM PARK, A COMMITMENT TO
10:32:54 BUILDING ON THAT IDEA AND MAKING ALL OF OUR CITY PARKS
10:33:00 HAVING PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT THAT IS ACCESSIBLE TO CHILDREN
10:33:03 WITH DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL NEEDS.
10:33:04 AND THEN THAT ADDITIONAL COMMITMENT IN EAST TAMPA.
10:33:08 I, AGAIN, JUST WANTED TO COMMEND THIS ADMINISTRATION FOR
10:33:12 BUILDING ON THAT RECORD AND THAT LEGACY, ESPECIALLY FOR
10:33:17 RAQUEL WHO I THINK DOES A GREAT JOB.
10:33:19 I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH HER AT MANY DIFFERENT
10:33:24 FUNCTIONS, AND SHE'S ALWAYS THERE IN THE COMMUNITY AT SO
10:33:26 MANY DIFFERENT DISABILITY RELATED EVENTS, WHETHER IT'S BEST
10:33:30 BUDDIES, SENSORY FRIENDLY EVENTS, WHATEVER IT MAY BE,
10:33:36 REPRESENTING THE CITY OF TAMPA TO LET THOSE PARENTS RAISING
10:33:40 CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS KNOW THAT WE MAY HAVE LIMITED
10:33:42 RESOURCES IN THE CITY, THAT WE'VE GOT THEIR BACK AND
10:33:45 CERTAINLY THEIR PLIGHT IS ALWAYS FIRST ON OUR MIND.
10:33:49 CHIEF BENNETT, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THAT, SIR.
10:33:52 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
10:33:53 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:33:54 ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL?
10:33:57 COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:33:58 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP THIS MORNING.
10:34:01 SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT PEOPLE IN POSITION.
10:34:06 I WANT TO COMMEND THE MAYOR FOR BRINGING JOHN BENNETT ON AS
10:34:08 THE CHIEF OF STAFF.
10:34:09 WE'VE SEEN A DRAMATIC CHANGE OF CHIEF OF STAFF AND THE
10:34:14 ADMINISTRATION ACTUALLY WORKING WITH COUNCIL.
10:34:17 I WASN'T A PART OF THE LAST ADMINISTRATION, BUT I HEARD SOME
10:34:19 OF THE STORIES, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY WHENEVER YOU CAN MAKE
10:34:24 COMPROMISE AND WHENEVER YOU CAN WORK TOGETHER WITH PEOPLE IT
10:34:26 MAKES IT BETTER FOR THE CITY, IT MAKES IT BETTER FOR THE
10:34:29 EMPLOYEES AND ALL AROUND.
10:34:30 I WANT TO COMMEND JOHN BENNETT FOR WORKING.
10:34:32 I KNOW HIS GUYS ARE WORKING HARD ALL THE TIME TRYING TO GET
10:34:36 THINGS MOVING.
10:34:37 I'M GRATEFUL THAT SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT HE HASN'T SAID
10:34:41 NO.
10:34:42 LET'S WORK TO SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN AND I'M GLAD
10:34:44 WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER AGAIN.
10:34:46 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
10:34:47 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:34:47 ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WISH TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME?
10:34:51 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CHIEF
10:34:56 FOR HIS STRAIGHTFORWARD PRESENTATION ON ALL THE FACTUAL
10:34:59 MATTERS IN THE CITY.
10:35:00 MOVING FORWARD, I KNOW ONE THING, WHEN I COME TO WORK EARLY,
10:35:03 THAT WHITE CAR IS STILL HERE BEFORE I GET HERE.
10:35:07 WHEN I LEAVE, THE CAR IS STILL HERE.
10:35:09 I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE SLEEPS AT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU HE
10:35:12 DOESN'T SLEEP MUCH BECAUSE HE'S ALWAYS DOING SOMETHING FOR
10:35:16 THE CITY.
10:35:16 I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK MR. BENNETT HAS DONE IN THE
10:35:19 PAST AND CONTINUES TO DO TODAY AND WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO DO
10:35:23 IN THE FUTURE.
10:35:23 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF.
10:35:25 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:35:30 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
10:35:33 CHIEF, YOU'VE BEEN WORKING HARD FOR THIS ADMINISTRATION, AND
10:35:39 I KNOW THAT YOU'VE HELPED ME OUT QUITE A BIT.
10:35:42 AND I DO THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
10:35:44 WITH OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
10:35:48 IT'S A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH THEM, AND WHENEVER I HAVE ASKED
10:35:53 FOR SMALL THINGS, THEY HAVE ALWAYS COME THROUGH FOR ME.
10:35:57 I'M GLAD TO BE A PART OF THE FAMILY THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA
10:36:04 HAS.
10:36:04 IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU AND EVERYBODY
10:36:07 IN THE CITY.
10:36:08 I MUST ALSO SEND KUDOS TO MS. MOLLY.
10:36:13 SHE WAS IN D.C. WHEN I WAS THERE AT THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF
10:36:15 CITIES WITH TAMPA YOUTH CORPS, AND SHE IS A GREAT
10:36:21 REPRESENTATIVE FOR OUR CITY.
10:36:23 AGAIN, CHIEF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:36:25 I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
10:36:27 NOTHING MORE, MR. CHAIR.
10:36:29 THANK YOU.
10:36:29 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:36:30 ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM ANY OF THE COUNCIL
10:36:33 MEMBERS?
10:36:33 HEARING NONE, MR. BENNETT, I THINK IT'S BEEN SAID ALREADY BY
10:36:42 THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT YOU'RE WONDERFUL.
10:36:45 YOU'RE EXTREMELY HARDWORKING.
10:36:46 AS COUNCILMAN MIRANDA SAID, WHEN YOU GET THERE IN THE
10:36:49 MORNING, THE WHITE CAR IS THERE, WHEN WE LEAVE AT NIGHT, THE
10:36:51 WHITE CAR IS THERE.
10:36:53 WHEN YOU SLEEP, IF YOU SLEEP, AND WHERE YOU SLEEP, WE DON'T
10:36:55 KNOW BECAUSE YOU'RE ALWAYS ON THE GO, BUT WE APPRECIATE
10:36:58 EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
10:36:58 EVERYTHING THAT YOUR STAFF DOES.
10:37:00 EVERYBODY.
10:37:01 EVERYBODY THAT TAKES PART AND ESPECIALLY GOING VIRTUAL IN
10:37:05 THIS TIME, WHICH WE'RE IN UNCHARTED TERRITORY, BUT WE'RE
10:37:08 MAKING THE BEST OF IT AND TRYING TO MOVE THE CITY FORWARD.
10:37:10 WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S HARD WORK.
10:37:12 I KNOW THAT YOU REALLY ARE A LEADER, AND YOU SHOW THAT.
10:37:16 COUNCILMAN CITRO JUST MENTIONED IT, YOU KNOW, NO MATTER HOW
10:37:20 SMALL, YOU'RE ALWAYS THERE, YOU'RE ALWAYS RESPONSIVE.
10:37:24 YOU'RE ALWAYS ON TOP OF THINGS, AND WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE
10:37:27 YOU.
10:37:28 SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:37:30 >>JOHN BENNETT: THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.
10:37:31 IN RESPONSE GLOBALLY TO EVERYBODY'S COMMENT.
10:37:34 FIRST, I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND
10:37:36 MANAGERS THAT ARE ON.
10:37:37 WITHOUT THEM THIS PRESENTATION WOULDN'T HAVE COME TOGETHER
10:37:39 AS IT IS.
10:37:40 USING MR. MIRANDA'S COMMENTS ABOUT STRAIGHTFORWARD, THEY ARE
10:37:45 STRAIGHTFORWARD.
10:37:46 THE MAYOR BUILDS, AND SHE HAS BUILT CONSISTENTLY STRONG
10:37:49 TEAMS THAT HAVE BEEN WELL NETWORKED AND WORK IN A
10:37:53 COLLABORATIVE AND COLLEGIAL MANNER WITH NOT ONLY A LOCAL
10:37:57 LENS BUT A REGIONAL AND GLOBAL LENS.
10:37:59 SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD AS COUNCILMAN CITRO SAID, GROWING
10:38:03 THE FAMILY AND BUILDING THESE RELATIONSHIPS AS WE GO
10:38:05 FORWARD.
10:38:06 BUT I COULDN'T BE MORE HONORED TO BE BACK AT THE CITY
10:38:09 WORKING WITH SUCH AN AMAZING TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS AND
10:38:12 ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO FINALIZING NEXT
10:38:18 YEAR'S PLAN AND WORKING WITH YOU THROUGH THE BUDGET HEARINGS
10:38:21 AND THE ADOPTION.
10:38:22 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:38:24 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:38:25 ALL RIGHT.
10:38:26 ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?
10:38:28 ANYTHING THAT ANYBODY ELSE WISHES TO SAY AT THIS POINT?
10:38:32 DOES THIS COMPLETE OR CONCLUDE ALL THE PRESENTATIONS THIS
10:38:40 MORNING?
10:38:41 >>JOHN BENNETT: YES, SIR, IT DOES.
10:38:42 AND, OF COURSE, THROUGH OUR OFFICE, WE ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE
10:38:46 TO RESPOND TO SOMETHING AFTER THE FACT AND WORK, AGAIN,
10:38:51 THROUGH YOUR RESPECTIVE OFFICES TO GET THINGS DONE.
10:38:54 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:38:55 AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S ABILITY TO RESCHEDULE THIS TO
10:38:59 TODAY.
10:38:59 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:39:01 AGAIN, THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR TAKING PART IN THIS, FOR
10:39:04 EVERYBODY'S HARD WORK, ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, ALL THE
10:39:07 SPEAKERS, WE APPRECIATE YOU.
10:39:08 SEEING THAT THIS CONCLUDES THE AGENDA, WE WILL THEN NOW GO
10:39:11 TO ANY NEW BUSINESS FROM ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
10:39:15 I'LL START WITH COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:39:17 DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING AT THIS TIME, SIR?
10:39:19 >>LUIS VIERA: NO, MR. CHAIR.
10:39:20 GOOD MEETING.
10:39:21 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:39:21 BUT NOTHING AT ALL.
10:39:23 THANK YOU, SIR.
10:39:23 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:39:24 COUNCILMAN GUDES, THE BIRTHDAY MAN OF THE HOUR.
10:39:28 >>ORLANDO GUDES: NOTHING, MR. CHAIR.
10:39:29 THANK YOU, SIR.
10:39:30 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:39:31 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, OF COURSE, DID SEND A MEMO THAT HE
10:39:35 WAS NOT ABLE TO BE A PART THIS MORNING.
10:39:38 OF COURSE, HE'S GOING TO WATCH EVERYTHING -- WATCH THE
10:39:40 RECAP.
10:39:40 COUNCILMAN CARLSON, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING, SIR?
10:39:43 >>BILL CARLSON: THANKS AGAIN TO ALL THE STAFF WHO PUT THE
10:39:47 HARD WORK TOGETHER, PUT THIS TOGETHER.
10:39:48 JUST FOR THE PUBLIC WATCHING, THIS IS PART OF THE
10:39:51 TRANSPARENCY THAT AS ADMINISTRATION AND THE MAYOR AND THE
10:39:55 CITY COUNCIL WANT TO PUT FORWARD SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN
10:39:58 UNDERSTAND MORE OF THE DETAILS OF WHAT GOES ON BEHIND THE
10:40:03 BUDGET AND HOW THE CITY OPERATES.
10:40:05 THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR THE WORK AND THE DETAIL AND HELPING
10:40:07 TO BRING THE PUBLIC ALONG TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC
10:40:10 UNDERSTANDS WHAT WE'RE SPENDING MONEY ON.
10:40:12 THANK YOU.
10:40:12 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:40:13 COUNCILMAN CITRO.
10:40:17 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
10:40:18 FIRST, I'D LIKE TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY FRATERNAL
10:40:23 BROTHER.
10:40:24 COUNCILMAN GUDES, I HOPE YOUR BIRTHDAY IS GOING TO BE VERY
10:40:26 GOOD FOR YOU.
10:40:27 AGAIN, CHIEF BENNETT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:40:30 THANK YOU TO ALL THE CITY STAFF FOR GETTING THIS
10:40:34 PRESENTATION FOR US.
10:40:36 I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING FORWARD INTO THIS YEAR.
10:40:40 NOTHING MORE, MR. CHAIR.
10:40:41 THANK YOU.
10:40:42 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:40:43 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:40:44 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING.
10:40:46 I KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE A THREE BROCHURES OF -- IT TAKES AN
10:40:53 ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF TIME AND ENERGY TO PUT IT TOGETHER.
10:40:55 I'M GOING TO LEAVE YOU WITH SOMETHING I JUST WROTE TO
10:40:58 MYSELF.
10:40:58 TOMORROW IS TOMORROW WITH YESTERDAY'S RESULTS.
10:41:00 SO MAKE SURE YOU DO IT RIGHT TODAY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE
10:41:04 TOMORROW.
10:41:05 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ALL OF YOU.
10:41:06 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: VERY GOOD.
10:41:07 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:41:07 ONE FINAL THING THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP, UNLESS THERE IS
10:41:12 ANY OBJECTION, AND I WOULD LIKE UNANIMOUS CONSENT, UNLESS
10:41:15 THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION, ALL MORNING MEETINGS WHICH ARE
10:41:18 NON-QUASI-JUDICIAL, I'D LIKE THEM TO GO TO AUDIO ONLY.
10:41:22 I'LL TELL YOU WHY.
10:41:23 LAST THURSDAY WAS A TEST GOING VIDEO WITH THE MAYOR'S
10:41:28 PRESENTATION AND EVERYBODY CONNECTING AND WHATNOT.
10:41:31 IT DID GO WELL, BUT IT'S AN ENORMOUS STRAIN ON A LOT OF THE
10:41:35 STAFF, A LOT OF THE TECHNICAL FOLKS BEHIND THE SCENES THAT
10:41:38 MAKE THESE MEETINGS POSSIBLE.
10:41:40 UNLESS THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION OR ANY OBJECTION, I WOULD LIKE
10:41:43 THAT THE MORNING MEETINGS BE AUDIO ONLY.
10:41:46 DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR OBJECTION ON THAT.
10:41:50 COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:41:51 >>LUIS VIERA: DO YOU NEED A MOTION FOR THAT, SIR?
10:41:55 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IF THERE'S ANY OBJECTION ON IT, MR.
10:41:58 SHELBY, WOULD WE NEED AN OFFICIAL MOTION?
10:42:01 >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF YOU WANT -- GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN,
10:42:06 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, IF YOU WANT TO DO IT BY UNANIMOUS
10:42:08 CONSENT WITHOUT OBJECTION, YOU CERTAINLY CAN.
10:42:10 THAT WILL BE SUFFICIENT DIRECTION TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND
10:42:12 TO STAFF TO PREPARE THAT WAY.
10:42:14 IF YOU WANT TO MAKE IT MORE FORMAL IN THE FORM OF A MOTION
10:42:16 AND A SECOND AND A VOTE THAT WILL DEFINITELY PUT IT TO BED.
10:42:20 IT'S YOUR PLEASURE, CITY COUNCIL.
10:42:24 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
10:42:26 I THINK THAT IS A WISE CHOICE, MR. CHAIR.
10:42:28 THE EXTRA ADDITIONAL WORK THAT GOES INTO HAVING VIDEO
10:42:33 CONFERENCE AND MEETINGS ARE DONE FOR A VERY NARROWLY
10:42:37 TAILORED PURPOSE, GENERALLY, AND THAT'S GENERALLY
10:42:40 QUASI-JUDICIAL.
10:42:41 OTHERWISE, I REALLY DON'T SEE THE NECESSITY FOR THAT, TO BE
10:42:45 HONEST.
10:42:45 IT IS BENEFICIAL, BUT JUST GIVEN THE EXTRA TIME, I DON'T
10:42:50 THINK IT'S YOU EFFORT WOULD THE BENEFIT, ALL THINGS
10:42:53 CONSIDERED.
10:42:54 I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.
10:42:55 I'LL MOVE, IF A MOTION IS NECESSARY.
10:42:59 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR ANY
10:43:01 OBJECTION TO THIS?
10:43:03 ANYBODY ELSE?
10:43:10 >>ORLANDO GUDES: NO OBJECTION FROM ME.
10:43:11 I'M LOOKING FOR CRA TO DO THE SAME THING.
10:43:14 GO AUDIO AS WELL, SIR.
10:43:14 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU'RE CHAIRING THAT ON THURSDAY.
10:43:16 SO THAT'S PER YOUR DIRECTION, TOO.
10:43:22 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN?
10:43:23 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. SHELBY.
10:43:25 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU.
10:43:26 IF THE CLERK THEN COULD NOTATE THAT IS THE DIRECTION OF
10:43:29 COUNCIL BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THOSE PRESENT AT TODAY'S
10:43:32 MEETING.
10:43:33 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:43:34 IF WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.
10:43:35 IF THE CLERK CAN NOTE THAT.
10:43:38 THIS IS BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT MORNING MEETINGS, WHICH
10:43:40 ARE NON-QUASI-JUDICIAL, BE AUDIO ONLY.
10:43:47 >>BILL CARLSON: THIS IS CARLSON.
10:43:48 I AGREE STRONGLY WITH THAT, TOO.
10:43:53 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:43:54 ANOTHER THING, BECAUSE IT IS AUDIO, BECAUSE WE ARE
10:43:57 VIRTUALLY, IF ANY COUNCIL MEMBER IS LEAVING THE MEETING, YOU
10:44:01 KNOW, JUST USING THE RESTROOM, PUTTING THEIR PHONE ON MUTE,
10:44:05 WHATEVER IT IS, PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SO WE KNOW IN CASE
10:44:08 THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION OR WHATNOT, JUST FOR THE RECORD.
10:44:12 SHOULD ANYBODY NOT BE TAKING PART IN THE MEETING FOR
10:44:15 WHATEVER PORTION TO STEP BACK WHATEVER, JUST LET US KNOW
10:44:18 AHEAD OF TIME.
10:44:19 NOT BY TEXT MESSAGE, NOT BY E-MAIL, JUST ANNOUNCE IT HERE
10:44:23 OVER AUDIO SO IT'S ON THE RECORD AND WE KNOW.
10:44:27 IT'S PUBLICLY NOTED.
10:44:30 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN?
10:44:32 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR, MR. SHELBY.
10:44:33 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:44:35 BECAUSE THIS IS A VIRTUAL MEETING AND BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE
10:44:41 SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO LEAVE THE MEETING, COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO
10:44:45 LEAVE THE MEETING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MEETING, PLEASE
10:44:48 ANNOUNCE TO THE CHAIR AND TO THE CLERK AND TO THE PUBLIC SO
10:44:50 THAT THAT IS ON THE RECORD, NUMBER ONE, AND, NUMBER TWO, IT
10:44:55 WILL BE CLEAR THAT YOU ARE NOT PRESENT BECAUSE OF TECHNICAL
10:44:59 ISSUES THAT HAVE YET TO BE RESOLVED.
10:45:01 IF YOU COULD DO THAT AND GET INTO THAT HABIT, THAT WOULD BE
10:45:04 VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.
10:45:05 THANK YOU.
10:45:05 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. SHELBY, DO WE NEED A MOTION TO
10:45:09 RECEIVE AND FILE ALL DOCUMENTS SEEING THAT THERE WAS A
10:45:11 PowerPoint PRESENTATION?
10:45:13 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, YOU DO, SIR.
10:45:14 BUT BEFORE YOU DO THAT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A FINAL
10:45:17 REMINDER, YOU DO HAVE THE CRA MEETING THIS WEEK, THIS
10:45:21 THURSDAY MORNING, AND THAT IS, AS THE CHAIR OF THE CRA,
10:45:26 COUNCILMAN GUDES STATED, THAT IS AUDIO ONLY.
10:45:29 YOUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, CITY COUNCIL, WILL BE -- PLEASE
10:45:32 MAKE A NOTE, IT IS NEXT MONDAY NIGHT.
10:45:37 NEXT MONDAY NIGHT, AUGUST 17, BEGINNING AT 5:01 P.M.
10:45:42 AND THAT IS FOR ISSUES RELATED TO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
10:45:50 AMENDMENTS, LAND USE MATTERS, AND IT IS QUASI-JUDICIAL.
10:45:53 SO THAT WILL BE VIDEO.
10:45:56 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:45:59 RECEIVE AND FILE IS IN ORDER.
10:46:00 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
10:46:02 MIRANDA.
10:46:03 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:46:05 SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES.
10:46:09 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:46:10 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:46:12 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:46:16 >> DINGFELDER?
10:46:17 CITRO?
10:46:19 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:46:21 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:46:24 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:46:26 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DINGFELDER
10:46:29 BEING ABSENT.
10:46:30 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:46:31 WE ARE ADJOURNED.
10:46:32 THANK YOU.
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