CITY OF TAMPA - CRA MEETING
THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 2020
9:00 A.M.
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09:01:04 >>ORLANDO GUDES: GOOD MORNING, CITIZENS OF TAMPA AND BOARD
09:01:06 MEMBERS.
09:01:06 THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR AUGUST 13, 2020, WILL
09:01:12 NOW COME TO ORDER.
09:01:13 OUR INVOCATION PRAYER WILL BE LED THIS MORNING DONE BY
09:01:16 DR. JEFFERY ALEX JAMES JOHNSON, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF
09:01:18 ALLEGIANCE.
09:01:19 IF YOU ARE ABLE TO STAND, PLEASE DO SO.
09:01:21 DR. JOHNSON IS A PASTOR AT CONNECTIONS COMMUNITY CHURCH, ONE
09:01:25 CHURCH IN TWO CITIES -- TAMPA, FLORIDA AND LAKE WALES.
09:01:27 HE IS THE FLORIDA STATE BISHOP UNDER THE UNITED COVENANT
09:01:31 CHURCHES OF CHRIST AND CITY MANAGER OF NEIGHBORHOOD
09:01:33 INITIATIVES FOR UNITED WAY OF SUNCOAST.
09:01:35 DR. JOHNSON IS ALSO A SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE FOR DISTRICT 7.
09:01:40 DR. JOHNSON, YOU MAY BEGIN, SIR.
09:01:42 >> OUR GOD, OUR HELP AGES IN PAST, OUR HOPE FOR YEARS TO
09:01:49 COME, OUR SHELTER FROM THE STORMY PATH, AND OUR ETERNAL
09:01:53 HOME.
09:01:54 BENEATH THE SHADOW OF THY THRONE, THY SAINTS HAVE DWELT
09:01:59 SECURE.
09:02:00 SUFFICIENT IS THINE ARM ALONE, OUR DEFENSE IS SURE.
09:02:02 KIND FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE BOUNTY OF YOUR BLESSING
09:02:07 AND HOW WONDERFUL AND HOW KIND YOU HAVE BEEN TO ALL OF US,
09:02:12 YOUR CREATIVE CHILDREN.
09:02:13 WE THANK YOU FOR OUR CITY.
09:02:15 WE THANK YOU FOR OUR LEADERS.
09:02:17 WE THANK YOU FOR OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS.
09:02:19 WE THANK YOU FOR THOSE WHO RISK THEIR LIVES EVERY DAY
09:02:23 EMOTIONALLY, MENTALLY, AND EVEN PHYSICALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT
09:02:27 OUR CITY IS SAFE AND SECURE.
09:02:30 TODAY, FATHER, WE ASK FOR YOUR HAND OF BLESSING, YOUR HAND
09:02:34 OF KNOWLEDGE, YOUR HAND OF WISDOM AND PEACE ON US ALL, AND
09:02:41 WE THANK YOU.
09:02:42 IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.
09:02:45 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, DR. JOHNSON.
09:02:47 IF YOU'RE ABLE TO STAND, PLEASE DO SO.
09:02:50 [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
09:02:58 GOOD MORNING, BOARD MEMBERS.
09:02:59 MR. MASSEY, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH OUR ROLL CALL.
09:03:03 IF YOU WOULD READ THE RULES AND REGULATIONS AS IT RELATES TO
09:03:07 PUBLIC COMMENT -- I'M SORRY.
09:03:08 WE NEED TO READ THE ROLL.
09:03:10 MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
09:03:12 >>THE CLERK: YES, CHAIR.
09:03:13 VIERA?
09:03:13 >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
09:03:16 >> DINGFELDER?
09:03:16 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HERE.
09:03:21 >> MANISCALCO?
09:03:22 CARLSON?
09:03:23 >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
09:03:24 >> CITRO?
09:03:25 >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE.
09:03:27 >>THE CLERK: MIRANDA?
09:03:28 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
09:03:28 >>THE CLERK: GUDES?
09:03:30 >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE.
09:03:31 MADAM CHAIR -- MADAM CLERK, FOR THE RECORD, COUNCILMAN
09:03:36 MANISCALCO WILL BE CALLING IN A FEW MINUTES LATE, FOR THE
09:03:38 RECORD.
09:03:39 >>THE CLERK: OKAY.
09:03:40 THANK YOU.
09:03:41 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MASSEY, IF YOU WOULD, WOULD YOU READ
09:03:43 THE RULES AND REGULATIONS AS IT PERTAINS TO PUBLIC COMMENT,
09:03:46 SIR?
09:03:47 >>MORRIS MASSEY: YES, SIR.
09:03:48 THIS MEETING OF THE CITY OF TAMPA CRA IS BEING CONDUCTED
09:03:50 VIRTUALLY THROUGH THE USE OF COMMUNICATION MEDIA TECHNOLOGY
09:03:56 IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNOR DESANTIS' EXECUTIVE ORDER 20-69
09:04:00 AS MODIFIED AND EXTENDED BY HIS EXECUTIVE ORDER 20-179,
09:04:04 RECENTLY BY EXECUTIVE ORDER 20-193 AND THE CRA'S EMERGENCY
09:04:11 RULES OF PROCEDURE ADOPTED PER CRA RESOLUTION NUMBER
09:04:16 2020-07.
09:04:19 IN CONNECTION WITH THIS MEETING, ALL SUBSTANTIVE VOTES OF
09:04:23 THE CRA BOARD SHOULD OCCUR BY WAY OF ROLL-CALL VOTE.
09:04:27 ALL SPEAKERS MUST BE RECOGNIZED BY THE CRA CHAIR BEFORE
09:04:30 SPEAKING.
09:04:30 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE GIVEN A REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY
09:04:33 TO BE HEARD BEFORE THE CRA BOARD TAKES ANY OFFICIAL ACTION
09:04:36 DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
09:04:39 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS ALLOWED BY WAY OF WRITTEN
09:04:42 COMMUNICATION RECEIVED BY E-MAIL OR REGULAR MAIL, VOICE MAIL
09:04:45 OR LIVE COMMENT DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF THIS
09:04:48 HEARING.
09:04:49 PUBLIC COMMENT IS GENERALLY LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES AND
09:04:51 SHOULD ALSO BE LIMITED TO MATTERS ON TODAY'S CRA AGENDA.
09:04:56 THAT IS ALL, COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:04:58 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, ATTORNEY MASSEY.
09:05:00 THANK YOU, SIR.
09:05:01 WE'LL OPEN UP ITEM NUMBER 1.
09:05:03 MONTHLY REPORT FROM CAC REPRESENTATIVE.
09:05:08 MS. VAN LOAN?
09:05:17 >> IS NATASHA ON THE PHONE?
09:05:25 >> I'M HERE.
09:05:28 >> GOOD MORNING, MS. GOODLEY.
09:05:30 >>NATASHA GOODLEY: GOOD MORNING.
09:05:37 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU MAY BEGIN ANYTIME, MS. GOODLEY.
09:05:40 WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
09:05:41 >>NATASHA GOODLEY: I'M SORRY.
09:05:42 I THOUGHT MICHELLE WAS STARTING.
09:05:44 I APOLOGIZE.
09:05:45 I AM HERE WITH THE EAST TAMPA CRA PRESENTATION FOR WHAT
09:05:52 WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AND WHAT SOME OF OUR PLANS ARE AND
09:05:56 SOME OF OUR CHALLENGES.
09:06:00 WE JUST ENDED OUR SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM.
09:06:04 36 YOUTH PARTICIPATE IN THIS EVERY YEAR.
09:06:07 AND AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, WE'VE EXPANDED IT TO INCLUDE FIVE
09:06:15 YOUTH THAT ARE 18 OR OLDER WHO PRETTY MUCH AGED OUT OF THE
09:06:19 SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM WHO WILL WORK IN PART-TIME POSITIONS
09:06:23 WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA SO THAT THEY ARE CONSIDERED CITY OF
09:06:26 TAMPA EMPLOYEES AND HAVE A FIRST-ROUND CHOICE IN ANY
09:06:32 POSITIONS THAT MIGHT COME AVAILABLE.
09:06:36 THE YOUTH LOVE THAT PROGRAM AND WOULD LIKE FOR US TO EXPAND
09:06:39 IT, AND IT WAS VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE THE KIDS ACTUALLY
09:06:42 WANTED TO WORK -- SINCE SCHOOL WAS DELAYED, THEY WANTED TO
09:06:48 WORK UP UNTIL THEN.
09:06:50 OF COURSE, WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE TIME TO GO BACK AND VOTE
09:06:53 ON IT AND TRY TO EXTEND IT, UNFORTUNATELY.
09:06:56 BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, WE ALSO
09:06:59 HAVE LIKE A TESTIMONIAL FROM TWO OF THE YOUTH ON OUR
09:07:03 Facebook PAGE, WHICH IS AT THE EAST TAMPA COMMUNITY
09:07:08 REVITALIZATION PARTNERSHIP Facebook PAGE.
09:07:10 SO THAT PROGRAM IS STILL GOING VERY WELL.
09:07:16 WE ALSO STILL HAVE OUR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
09:07:19 WE FINISHED THE FIRST PROGRAM RIGHT BEFORE COVID HAPPENED.
09:07:26 AND WE'RE LOOKING TO START THE SECOND COHORT SHORTLY, WHICH
09:07:32 WILL BE DONE VIRTUALLY.
09:07:34 WE ARE LOOKING TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021
09:07:38 AND, OF COURSE, THE IDEA WITH OUR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE
09:07:41 PROGRAM IS TO HELP MAKE HOUSING MORE ATTAINABLE FOR
09:07:45 INDIVIDUALS.
09:07:46 AND I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT OUR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE
09:07:51 REACHES A BIT FURTHER THAN THE CITY'S, BECAUSE WE ALSO
09:07:55 INCLUDE 203K MORTGAGES, WHICH ALLOWS AN INDIVIDUAL TO
09:08:01 PURCHASE A FIXER-UPPER AND ACTUALLY INCLUDE THE PRICE OF
09:08:06 FIXING THE HOME UP INTO THE MORTGAGE.
09:08:09 SO MANY OF THE HOMES, ESPECIALLY LIKE IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS,
09:08:12 IT'S A REALLY BIG THING THERE, AND I SUPPORT 203K MORTGAGES
09:08:17 BECAUSE I ACTUALLY PURCHASED MY HOME THAT WAY.
09:08:19 SO WE TRIED TO MAKE IT WHERE IT INCLUDES ABILITIES FOR ALL
09:08:25 HOMEOWNERS.
09:08:26 AND ON TOP OF THAT, YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE HABITAT FOR
09:08:30 HUMANITY.
09:08:32 THAT'S BUILDING WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.
09:08:35 I BELIEVE THEY HAVE ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE HOMES.
09:08:38 DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT, THAT ARE BEING BUILT WITHIN OUR
09:08:42 FOOTPRINT RIGHT NOW.
09:08:43 AND IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, THOSE HOMES ARE INTEREST-FREE.
09:08:50 MORTGAGES ARE TYPICALLY UNDER $800 AND THAT INCLUDES TAXES
09:08:53 AND INSURANCE.
09:08:54 SO IT MAKES THE HOMES VERY AFFORDABLE FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
09:08:58 WE ALSO HAVE OUR TREE-TRIMMING GRANT.
09:09:03 IT FINALLY STARTED AND GOT UNDERWAY.
09:09:05 I BELIEVE WE'VE HAD OVER 130 APPLICANTS SO FAR.
09:09:10 AND WE'RE WORKING TO INCLUDE MORE MINORITY CONTRACTORS INTO
09:09:14 THAT PIECE.
09:09:15 BUT THE TREE-TRIMMING GRANT IS A SUCCESS, AS YOU CAN SEE.
09:09:19 OVER 130 APPLICANTS HAVE APPLIED TO HAVE PROBLEM TREE EITHER
09:09:25 TRIMMED OR CUT DOWN ON THEIR PROPERTY.
09:09:30 WE STILL HAVE THE OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAM THAT WE'VE
09:09:35 PUT MONEY TOWARDS.
09:09:37 WE ALSO HAVE THE FACADE GRANT THAT WE'VE FUNDED AND CONTINUE
09:09:43 TO FUND.
09:09:44 WE'VE APPROVED HIRING A MARKETING PERSON OR MARKETING FIRM
09:09:48 TO ASSIST US WITH BETTER REACHING THE COMMUNITY AND MAKING
09:09:55 CERTAIN THAT PEOPLE KNOW MORE OF WHAT WE ARE DOING.
09:09:58 WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING OUR STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN.
09:10:04 THAT HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY APPROVED.
09:10:06 WE'VE MET WITH THE COMPANY THAT WILL BE DOING IT, AND WE
09:10:11 HOPE TO GET UNDERWAY EVEN DURING COVID.
09:10:16 WE ALSO GAVE HALF A MILLION TO THE ONE TAMPA RELIEF FOR
09:10:22 SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE.
09:10:23 AND WE STARTED OUR FIRST ART MURAL, STREET ART MURAL
09:10:28 PROJECT, AND WE ARE LOOKING TO HOPEFULLY DO MORE IN
09:10:33 DIFFERENT AREAS THROUGHOUT OUR FOOTPRINT.
09:10:36 AND THE FIRST ONE IS ON 21st AVENUE AND 15th STREET IN
09:10:43 EAST TAMPA.
09:10:43 IT'S A KENTE CLOTH MURAL THAT WE SPONSORED.
09:10:52 SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE AND ARE
09:10:55 CONTINUING TO WORK ON TO MAKE SOME EFFECTIVE CHANGES WITHIN
09:11:00 EAST TAMPA.
09:11:02 SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ACTUALLY PROBABLY NEED A LITTLE
09:11:04 BIT MORE ASSISTANCE WITH IS INCREASING IMPLEMENTATION TIME.
09:11:12 IT TAKES A VERY LONG TIME TO IMPLEMENT OUR PROGRAMS AND THE
09:11:17 SUGGESTIONS THAT WE HAVE, THE TREE TRIMMING GRANT HAS
09:11:20 PROBABLY BEEN A YEAR IN THE MAKING.
09:11:24 IF WE COULD INCREASE THE IMPLEMENTATION TIME, WE COULD DO
09:11:28 MORE, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A LOT OF WORK BEHIND THE
09:11:34 SCENES, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAVE CRAs HAVE A SUNSET
09:11:41 TIME AS WELL.
09:11:42 SO TIME IS NOT ON OUR SIDE.
09:11:44 I FEEL AS THOUGH WE SHOULD PUT A LITTLE MORE EFFORT IN
09:11:48 TRYING TO IMPLEMENT AND GET THINGS PROCESSED MUCH QUICKER
09:11:52 THAN WE CURRENTLY ARE.
09:11:55 AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE SUPPORT THAN
09:12:01 NEGATING WHAT WE ARE WORKING TO DO.
09:12:08 EXAMPLE WOULD BE THE SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF THAT WE TRIED TO
09:12:13 DO.
09:12:13 YOU ALL MIGHT RECALL JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO ME COMING BEFORE
09:12:21 THIS VERY BOARD TO TALK ABOUT THE SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF THAT
09:12:25 THE CRA WANTED TO DO OURSELVES.
09:12:30 AND IT WAS ULTIMATELY REJECTED, DEFLATED AND NEGATED.
09:12:38 SO WE ENDED UP JUST GOING FORWARD WITH WHAT THE CITY WAS
09:12:44 PROPOSING.
09:12:46 WE WENT FORWARD BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE WERE TOLD THAT
09:12:49 FUNDS WOULD REACH SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS BY THE FIRST WEEK OF
09:12:53 MAY.
09:12:54 SO THIS MEETING WE HAD, OF COURSE, WAS IN APRIL.
09:12:58 AND IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, SOME OF THE BUSINESSES HAVE JUST
09:13:00 RECEIVED FUNDING TOWARDS THEIR BILLS THIS MONTH, WHICH IS
09:13:04 AUGUST.
09:13:07 OUR PROGRAM, NOT SAYING OUR PROGRAM WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER
09:13:11 OR OUR PROGRAM COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH TIMELIER.
09:13:15 I'M NOT SAYING EITHER OF THOSE, BUT I'M SAYING IT WAS AN
09:13:19 OPTION THAT JUST WAS NOT LOOKED INTO AND WAS NEGATED FROM
09:13:23 THE BEGINNING.
09:13:29 OUR PROGRAM WAS ULTIMATELY UPDATED TO INCLUDE OUR INITIAL
09:13:34 PLAN OF ACTION -- WELL, THE PROGRAM, THE ONE TAMPA RELIEF
09:13:38 PROGRAM WAS ULTIMATELY UPDATED TO INCLUDE PARTS OF OUR
09:13:42 INITIAL PLAN OF ACTION WITHOUT ANY CREDIT TO THE CAC FOR
09:13:48 ORGANIZING SOME OF THOSE UPDATED OPTIONS THAT WE WANTED TO
09:13:52 SEE EVEN IN OUR OWN THAT ENDED UP BECOMING PART OF THE ONE
09:13:57 TAMPA RELIEF.
09:14:00 AND PHASE THREE IS DOING WHAT WE INITIALLY SUGGESTED FOR THE
09:14:05 PHASE ONE, BUT WE WERE TOLD IT WAS ILLEGAL AND COULD NOT
09:14:11 HAPPEN.
09:14:12 SO MY WHOLE PICK WITH THAT WOULD BE WHEN WE BRING IDEAS,
09:14:17 IT'S ALWAYS A NO FIRST.
09:14:19 IT'S ILLEGAL, WE CAN'T DO IT.
09:14:21 NO.
09:14:22 INSTEAD OF HOW CAN WE MAKE IT HAPPEN.
09:14:27 I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US WORK MORE WITH TRYING TO DO WHAT THE
09:14:31 COMMUNITY IS TRYING TO DO.
09:14:34 MAYBE NOT THE EXACT 100% IMPLEMENTATION OF HOW WE ARE
09:14:40 BRINGING IT, BUT LET'S LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN DO TO POSSIBLY
09:14:47 TAKE THE MEAT OF WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR AND IMPLEMENT IT.
09:14:55 BECAUSE IF YOU ALSO RECALL, I ARGUED TO EXPAND THE UTILITIES
09:15:03 -- [DISTORTED AUDIO] -- DID END UP GETTING EXPANDED.
09:15:07 HOPEFULLY WE COULD WORK A LITTLE BIT MORE TOWARDS TRYING TO
09:15:13 MAKE THE THINGS HAPPEN THAT THE CRAs ARE WANTING INSTEAD
09:15:18 OF IT BEING FROWNED UPON.
09:15:23 THE CITY'S IDEAS AND PLANS FOR THE CRA ARE TYPICALLY
09:15:27 CELEBRATED AND BROUGHT TO US WITH GLEE, BUT WHEN IT COMES
09:15:32 FROM THE CRA TO THE CITY, IT'S TYPICALLY FROWNED UPON.
09:15:37 SO I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN FIX THAT RELATIONSHIP SO THAT
09:15:41 WE COULD DO A LOT MORE IN A LOT FASTER TIME FRAME AND AFFECT
09:15:47 A LOT MORE PEOPLE WITHIN OUR FOOTPRINT.
09:15:50 I BELIEVE THAT'S THE PURPOSE AND THE IDEA BEHIND HOW THE
09:15:56 CRAs ARE SUPPOSED TO WORK IN THE FIRST PLACE.
09:15:59 I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH THAT.
09:16:03 BUT THAT'S MY UPDATE.
09:16:06 I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING ANY OF THE PROGRAMS
09:16:11 WE'VE DONE OR LOOKING TO DO, OR ANY UPDATES OR SUGGESTIONS
09:16:15 REGARDING TRYING TO MOVE A LITTLE BIT FASTER WITH
09:16:19 IMPLEMENTATION.
09:16:25 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MRS. GOODLEY FOR YOUR REPORT.
09:16:28 DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
09:16:29 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: DINGFELDER HAS A QUESTION UNLESS SOMEBODY
09:16:33 WANTS TO GO FIRST.
09:16:35 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
09:16:36 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:16:38 THANK YOU, MS. GOODLEY, FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
09:16:41 I THINK SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS PROBABLY FEEL YOUR PAIN.
09:16:45 MAYBE YOU'RE IN TRAINING TO BE A COUNCIL MEMBER AND BE
09:16:50 IGNORED AND TOLD YOU COULDN'T DO THINGS.
09:16:53 I DO FEEL YOUR PAIN.
09:16:54 ON A SERIOUS NOTE, I DID HAVE A QUESTION, A FOLLOW-UP
09:17:01 QUESTION IN REGARD TO THE EAST TAMPA YOUTH PROGRAM.
09:17:07 I THINK IT'S BEEN A GREAT PROGRAM OVER THE YEARS THAT I CAN
09:17:11 SEE.
09:17:13 I WAS WONDERING IF THAT OR THE CAC EVER DOES ANY SORT OF
09:17:21 LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP.
09:17:23 IN OTHER WORDS, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS
09:17:26 PROGRAM FOR 14 YEARS AND HELPED A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE.
09:17:29 I JUST WONDER IF WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE
09:17:34 AND MAYBE THEY'VE GONE TO COLLEGE AND HAVE GOOD THINGS TO
09:17:41 SAY ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND THAT SORT OF THING OR MAYBE THEY
09:17:45 HAVE SUGGESTIONS ON HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THE PROGRAM NOW THAT
09:17:47 THEY ARE YOUNG ADULTS.
09:17:48 THAT WAS QUESTION NUMBER ONE.
09:17:53 QUESTION NUMBER TWO IS PROBABLY MORE TO MICHELLE.
09:18:01 I THINK THAT YOUTH PROGRAM IS SO GOOD, I WONDER IF WE
09:18:04 SHOULDN'T THINK ABOUT EXPANDING IT, IF WE HAVEN'T ALREADY,
09:18:07 TO WEST TAMPA AND MAYBE YBOR CITY, IF THERE ARE YOUTH LIVING
09:18:14 WITHIN YBOR CITY.
09:18:16 WE KNOW THERE'S PLENTY OF THEM IN WEST TAMPA.
09:18:18 ANYWAY, MS. GOODLEY, YOU OR ED JOHNSON, THAT'S THE FIRST
09:18:22 QUESTION RELATED TO FOLLOW-UP.
09:18:25 AND THEN MS. VAN LOAN, TO YOU, ON THE EXPANSION OF THAT
09:18:30 PROGRAM.
09:18:30 I'LL MUTE MYSELF NOW, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:18:32 THANK YOU.
09:18:32 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MR. DINGFELDER.
09:18:35 MS. GOODLEY OR MS. VAN LOAN.
09:18:39 >>NATASHA GOODLEY: I PERSONALLY HAVE NOT TALKED TO ANY OF
09:18:44 THE YOUTH THAT HAVE COMPLETED THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM MAYBE
09:18:48 FIVE, TEN YEARS AGO.
09:18:50 I WOULD DEFINITELY BE INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT THEY ARE DOING,
09:18:52 AND IF THEY ARE INTERESTED IN POSSIBLY DOING A "WHERE ARE
09:18:56 THEY NOW?"
09:18:58 I WROTE THAT DOWN IN MY NOTES TO REACH OUT.
09:19:01 I THINK THAT IS AN EXCELLENT IDEA BECAUSE EVERYONE I'VE
09:19:04 TALKED TO HAS COMPLETED THE PROGRAM PROBABLY THREE YEARS AGO
09:19:08 OR LESS.
09:19:08 AND ALL OF THEM ARE JUST ECSTATIC ABOUT BEING IN THE
09:19:13 PROGRAM.
09:19:13 I WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD HAVE MADE THAT MUCH OF
09:19:16 AN IMPACT ON THESE KIDS, BUT IT HAS.
09:19:21 SO I'M DEFINITELY INTERESTED TO DO A "WHERE ARE THEY NOW?"
09:19:26 ON SOME OF THE OLDER ONES.
09:19:34 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: GOOD MORNING.
09:19:34 MICHELLE VAN LOAN, COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
09:19:37 THAT'S ALSO THE CONCEPT OF "WHERE ARE THEY NOW?"
09:19:42 MOST OF OUR CONTACT WITH THE YOUTH ARE ANECDOTAL OR WHEN
09:19:47 THEY COME BACK TO US.
09:19:48 WE HAVE HAD INSTANCES AFTER THE EIGHT WEEKS THAT THEY WORK
09:19:51 WITH US IN THE SUMMER WHEREBY SOME OF OUR YOUTH HAVE GONE ON
09:19:56 TO WORK FULL-TIME WITH THE CITY, EITHER WITH OUR
09:19:59 NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT TEAM, OUR PARKS AND REC AND OTHER
09:20:02 DEPARTMENTS.
09:20:02 WE DO HAVE A YOUNG LADY WHO WAS WITH US IN 2010 AS PART OF
09:20:09 THE YOUTH PROGRAM, AND SHE IS STILL WITH US TODAY WITH THE
09:20:12 NEIGHBORHOOD ENRICHMENT AND ENHANCEMENT TEAM.
09:20:15 AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF HER WORK WITH US IN THAT SHE STARTED
09:20:21 THROUGH THE YOUTH PROGRAM.
09:20:23 SHE ORIGINALLY USED TO GIVE US TESTIMONIALS AND WANTED TO BE
09:20:27 THE POSTER CHILD FOR THE SUCCESS OF OUR PROGRAM, AND WOULD
09:20:30 TALK ABOUT HOW PRIOR TO OUR SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM, SHE WAS
09:20:34 NOT EXACTLY HANGING OUT WITH SOME OF THE BEST KIDS, AND THE
09:20:39 YOUTH PROGRAM HELPED HER SEE THAT THERE WERE ALTERNATIVES TO
09:20:42 LIFESTYLE AND TO UNDERSTAND THE VALUE AND APPRECIATE EARNING
09:20:49 HER OWN MONEY AND BEING ABLE TO MAKE HER WAY IN THE WORLD.
09:20:53 AND THEN SHE REALLY LOVED WORKING WITH THE CITY SO MUCH,
09:20:56 THAT, LIKE I SAID, SHE'S ONE OF OUR FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.
09:20:59 WE CAN CERTAINLY WORK WITH HR FOR THAT CONTACT INFORMATION
09:21:03 TO LOOK AT, AGAIN, AS COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER AND NATASHA
09:21:09 SUGGESTED, SORT OF WHERE ARE THEY NOW.
09:21:12 WE CAN EVEN TURN IT INTO A NEWSLETTER AND START TRACKING
09:21:15 SOME OF THE E-MAILS AND REACHING OUT.
09:21:17 SO WE WILL CERTAINLY LOOK AT THAT.
09:21:19 AS REGARDS TO EXPANDING THE PROGRAM, WE CAN CERTAINLY BRING
09:21:23 THAT UP TO THE CACs AND TALK WITH MORRIS ABOUT DOING THAT
09:21:29 UNDER CURRENT LEGISLATION AND OUR CURRENT COMMUNITY
09:21:33 REDEVELOPMENT PLANS AND SO FORTH.
09:21:34 SO WE'LL CERTAINLY BRING THAT UP AND HAVE THEM REVIEW THAT
09:21:38 OPTION.
09:21:41 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU TO THE BOTH OF YOU FOR YOUR
09:21:43 RESPONSE.
09:21:44 IN REGARD TO EXPANSION, I WOULD THINK THAT, ESPECIALLY WEST
09:21:49 TAMPA WOULD BE REALLY PRIME FOR THIS, AND I THINK WE HAVE
09:21:53 HAD GOOD SUCCESS OVER THE YEARS WITH THE EAST TAMPA PROGRAM.
09:21:58 I WOULD THINK THAT WEST TAMPA COULD MODEL THAT.
09:22:01 I WOULD HOPE THAT THE WEST TAMPA CAC, AT A MINIMUM, WOULD
09:22:04 EMBRACE IT.
09:22:05 AND MAYBE EVEN YBOR CITY.
09:22:08 I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH RESIDENTIAL, LOWER INCOME RESIDENTIAL
09:22:14 YBOR EMBRACES ANYMORE, BUT PERHAPS A SMATTERING.
09:22:19 ANYWAY, THAT'S IT.
09:22:20 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:22:21 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BOARD MEMBERS?
09:22:25 >>BILL CARLSON: THIS IS CARLSON.
09:22:26 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED, SIR.
09:22:28 >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU.
09:22:29 MS. GOODLEY, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD IN ONE OR MORE OF THE
09:22:32 PREVIOUS MEETINGS, I HAD THE SAME CONCERNS YOU DID ABOUT THE
09:22:35 DEFINITION OF WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THE CRA MONEY.
09:22:41 I ASKED LIKE A YEAR AGO, MAYBE I GOT THE IDEA FROM YOU
09:22:44 ORIGINALLY, I DON'T REMEMBER.
09:22:45 BUT I HAD ASKED IF IT WAS POSSIBLE TO USE IT FOR HELPING
09:22:48 SMALL BUSINESSES AND HELPING WITH CAPACITY BUILDING AND
09:22:52 OTHER KINDS OF THINGS.
09:22:54 AND THE ANSWER WAS NO.
09:22:55 AND THEN THE LEGAL DEFINITION WE GOT FOR THE ONE TAMPA WAS
09:22:59 VERY NARROW AND SINGULAR IN ITS USE.
09:23:06 YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT BY BRINGING THIS UP AGAIN.
09:23:09 MAYBE WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS TRY TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE IN
09:23:14 ANTICIPATION OF SOME OTHER EVENT LIKE THIS.
09:23:17 THE STAFF AT THE CITY I THINK DID A GREAT JOB.
09:23:21 LOOKING BACKWARDS, WALK ALWAYS CRITIQUE WHAT THEY DID.
09:23:25 THEY ASSEMBLED QUICKLY.
09:23:27 PUT TOGETHER THE BEST PLAN THEY COULD.
09:23:29 THEY ACTED QUICKLY.
09:23:30 BUT NOW THAT WE HAVE THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT, MAYBE WE CAN
09:23:34 LOOK AND SEE WHAT IS THE UNIQUE ROLE OF THE CRA?
09:23:37 SINCE WE'RE CUSTODIANS OF THIS MONEY THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE
09:23:40 USED A PARTICULAR WAY, MAYBE WE CAN GO AHEAD AND PRESET SOME
09:23:43 PROGRAMMING THAT WE COULD PUT IN PLACE AS CRAs WHEN AN
09:23:48 EVENT LIKE THAT HITS.
09:23:49 ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
09:23:53 IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS, I WOULD BE GLAD TO
09:23:56 SUPPORT THEM.
09:23:58 THANK YOU.
09:23:59 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS?
09:24:03 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN, ONE OTHER FOLLOW-ON IDEA.
09:24:08 MY WIFE -- I'LL GIVE THIS ONE TO MY WIFE BECAUSE SHE JUST
09:24:12 THOUGHT OF IT.
09:24:12 AS THESE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE SORT OF AGING OUT OF OUR TRAINING
09:24:18 PROGRAM AND OUR SUMMER HEALTH PROGRAM, I WAS THINKING, MR.
09:24:28 JOHNSON, MS. GOODLEY, ET CETERA, AS SHE WAS THINKING, AND I
09:24:32 THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA THAT THEY MIGHT -- WE MIGHT BE ABLE
09:24:35 TO REFER THEM INTO THE UNION TRAINING PROGRAM, THOSE UNION
09:24:42 APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS.
09:24:43 IF THERE'S ANY COST INVOLVED, MAYBE THE CRA AND OR THE CITY
09:24:48 COULD EVEN ASSIST WITH SOME OF THOSE COSTS.
09:24:51 I THINK WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH SOME OF THOSE GREAT UNION
09:24:55 TRAINING PROGRAMS.
09:24:56 A LOT OF THEM OUT THERE ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN, TOWARD
09:25:00 THAT PART OF THE COUNTY.
09:25:02 AND THEN THEY COULD TRAIN ON TO BE WELDERS, ELECTRICIANS,
09:25:08 PLUMBERS, SKILLED LABOR AND EVEN GET HIGHER PAY WHEN THEY
09:25:12 ENTER THE WORKFORCE.
09:25:13 SO JUST ANOTHER GREAT IDEA FROM MY BRIDE.
09:25:20 >>LUIS VIERA: MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY.
09:25:22 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED, SIR.
09:25:24 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, THAT IS A GOOD IDEA TO
09:25:30 LYNN DINGFELDER OR COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER I SHOULD SAY.
09:25:33 LAST WEEK AT CITY COUNCIL, I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST WEEK, I
09:25:35 DIRECTED CITY STAFF TO DRAW UP AN ORDINANCE TO ENCOURAGE THE
09:25:38 USE OF APPRENTICESHIPS WITHIN CITY CONTRACTS.
09:25:43 AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, WE ALREADY ENCOURAGE THAT FOR CERTAIN
09:25:46 CRA PROJECTS.
09:25:48 I'M PROBABLY WEARING MY CITY COUNCIL HAT HERE, BUT I'M
09:25:51 LOOKING AT TRANSFERRING SOME FORM OF MUTUALLY AGREEABLE
09:25:54 ORDINANCE SIMILAR IN A WAY TO WHAT WE ALREADY DO IN CRA, WE
09:26:00 WERE IT COMES TO ENCOURAGEMENT OF APPRENTICESHIPS.
09:26:03 I THINK COUNCIL MEMBERS, I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE MAY
09:26:07 HAVE BEEN BRIEFED ON THIS FROM SOME OF THE LABOR
09:26:11 ORGANIZATIONS AND WHAT'S BEEN TRYING TO BE PUSHED THROUGH.
09:26:14 BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PUSH THROUGH WITH
09:26:16 GREAT VIGOR ON THE CITY SIDE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THESE YOUNG
09:26:21 PEOPLE WHO ARE 18, 19 YEARS OLD AND MAYBE A LOT OF THEM
09:26:25 DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO WITH THEIR LIVES.
09:26:27 YOU PUT THEM INTO AN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.
09:26:30 IT COULD BE WITH A UNION.
09:26:31 IT COULD BE WITH ABC.
09:26:32 IT COULD BE WITH WHOEVER, STATE CERTIFIED APPRENTICESHIP
09:26:36 PROGRAM, AND YOU PUT THEM ON THE PATH TO BE WELDERS.
09:26:39 YOU PUT THEM ON THE PATH TO BE A CARPENTER, ELECTRICIAN,
09:26:42 STEEL WORKER, AND YOU PUT THEM ON A PATH TO ECONOMIC
09:26:46 SECURITY, TO BETTER HEALTH SECURITY, BETTER PENSION AND
09:26:50 RETIREMENT SECURITY AND REALLY ON A PATHWAY TO THE MIDDLE
09:26:52 CLASS.
09:26:53 SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE WORKING ON UNDER THE CITY,
09:26:58 AND THE CRA ALREADY DOES DO SOME ENCOURAGEMENT IN THAT.
09:27:02 I THINK IT WAS IN 2015, COUNCILMAN SUAREZ, AS I RECALL, LED
09:27:08 THE CHARGE IN THAT.
09:27:08 I JUST WANTED TO SALUTE YOU ON THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS
09:27:11 A GREAT IDEA.
09:27:12 WE'RE RUNNING ON THAT WITH VIGOR IN TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
09:27:15 I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO GET REPORTS BACK ON THAT OCTOBER
09:27:18 2nd FROM CITY LEGAL BECAUSE THERE'S OBVIOUSLY RIGHT NOW
09:27:23 LITIGATION OCCURRING IN PINELLAS COUNTY ON A SIMILAR,
09:27:28 SOMEWHAT SIMILAR ORDINANCE.
09:27:29 THERE ARE DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN WHAT I'M PROPOSING AND THIS
09:27:33 LITIGATED ORDINANCE.
09:27:34 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS MOVING FORWARD.
09:27:35 I THINK THAT GIVING THESE YOUNG PEOPLE A PATHWAY TO THE
09:27:38 MIDDLE CLASS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE WITH
09:27:40 GREAT VIGOR.
09:27:41 SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THAT, SIR.
09:27:43 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
09:27:45 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
09:27:46 ANYONE ELSE.
09:27:47 ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.
09:27:49 YES, MS. VAN LOAN.
09:27:54 >>NATASHA GOODLEY: SORRY.
09:27:56 THIS IS NATASHA.
09:27:57 I JUST WANTED TO RESPOND.
09:27:58 WE ARE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO DO AND IMPLEMENT
09:28:02 SOME PROGRAMS FOR THE KIDS THAT COULD NOT GET IN OUR SUMMER
09:28:07 YOUTH PROGRAM.
09:28:10 EVEN FOR THE FIVE POSITIONS THAT WE CREATED, I KNOW SEVERAL
09:28:15 OF THEM WERE HELD UP FOR QUITE SOME TIME WITH THEIR
09:28:18 BACKGROUND.
09:28:19 SO WE TALKED ABOUT ESTABLISHING A PROGRAM FOR THE YOUTH THAT
09:28:24 COULD NOT PARTICIPATE BECAUSE OF BACKGROUND CHALLENGES AS
09:28:29 WELL AS SOME ADULTS.
09:28:32 WE DISCUSSED IT AT THE LAST CAC MEETING.
09:28:36 WE'RE HAVING INFORMATION BROUGHT BACK TO US TO LOOK OVER.
09:28:41 AND THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT'S IN THE WORKS THAT WE ARE
09:28:43 LOOKING TO TRY TO EXPAND.
09:28:45 SO I WOULD DEFINITELY LOVE TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND IT TO DOING
09:28:51 UNION APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS.
09:28:52 THANK YOU.
09:28:54 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MS. GOODLEY.
09:28:55 ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS' COMMENTS.
09:28:59 SEEING NONE, LET ME JUST CHIME IN.
09:29:01 MS. GOODLEY, I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR A WHILE.
09:29:04 I KNOW HOW CRA, CAC TAMPA WORKS.
09:29:07 I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD.
09:29:08 YOU'VE BEEN DOING A FINE JOB OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS MOVING
09:29:11 THE EAST TAMPA CRA.
09:29:12 IT'S REALLY STARTING TO MOVE.
09:29:13 YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
09:29:16 AS IT RELATES TO JOBS, I'M JUST LOOKING AT EVERY KID MAY NOT
09:29:22 WANT TO WORK OUT IN THE SUN.
09:29:24 IF WE CAN EXTEND THAT PROGRAM TO MAYBE OTHER ASPECTS OF THE
09:29:27 WORKFORCE WITHIN THE CITY AS WELL TO HELP OUT WITH OUR YOUNG
09:29:30 PEOPLE, IT WOULD BE MOST APPRECIATIVE TO LOOK INTO THAT.
09:29:34 JUST TAKE THAT BACK TO YOUR CAC BOARD FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.
09:29:39 THANK YOU.
09:29:42 >>NATASHA GOODLEY: THAT'S SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT TRYING
09:29:45 TO CREATE SOME TYPE OF JOB OR PROGRAM WHERE IT'S NOT JUST
09:29:52 OUTSIDE AND KEEPING THE NEIGHBORHOOD CLEAN.
09:29:58 FOR MYSELF, I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING.
09:30:01 THE CAC WASN'T ABLE TO.
09:30:03 SO THE UNION APPRENTICESHIP SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT SEGUE FOR
09:30:08 THEM.
09:30:08 BUT IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER IDEAS OF POSITIONS THAT THEY
09:30:12 COULD DO, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY WHATEVER THEY ARE DOING SHOULD
09:30:14 BE BENEFITING OUR FOOTPRINT.
09:30:18 THE KIDS DOING THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM ARE CLEANING UP
09:30:22 RIGHT-OF-WAYS AND TRIMMING OVERHANGING LIMBS IN THE STREET
09:30:26 AND PICKING UP TRASH.
09:30:28 SO, OF COURSE, THAT GOES TOWARDS THE MISSION OF OUR CRA, BUT
09:30:34 IF WE COULD THINK OF A POSITION THAT THEY COULD DO THAT
09:30:37 STILL WOULD MOVE TOWARDS THAT MISSION, I'M DEFINITELY OPEN
09:30:43 TO ANY SUGGESTIONS.
09:30:46 >>ORLANDO GUDES: AGAIN, THANK YOU, MS. GOODLEY, FOR YOUR
09:30:49 LEADERSHIP.
09:30:50 MR. MASSEY.
09:30:51 >>MORRIS MASSEY: YES, SIR.
09:30:55 RELATIVE TO THESE VARIOUS INITIATIVES, WE CERTAINLY WILL
09:30:57 LOOK AT THEM FROM THE LEGAL STANDPOINT.
09:30:59 THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE CRA, THOUGH, IS FOR REDEVELOPMENT
09:31:02 ACTIVITIES.
09:31:03 SO HOW CRA FUNDS ARE EXPENDED NEED TO BE TIED TO
09:31:09 REDEVELOPMENT OF EAST TAMPA OR THE VARIOUS DIFFERENT CRA
09:31:13 AREAS THAT ARE DESIGNATED.
09:31:15 WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL HOW WE DO THAT, BUT WE CERTAINLY WILL
09:31:20 LOOK AT THAT.
09:31:21 I'M HAPPY TO DISCUSS THIS FURTHER, MAYBE AT NEXT MONTH'S
09:31:26 CRA, AFTER WE'VE HAD SOME TIME TO TALK INTERNALLY AND SEE
09:31:31 WHAT WE CAN DO CREATIVELY WITH THIS AND FEEL LEGALLY CAN BE
09:31:35 SUPPORTED.
09:31:36 THAT IS THE PRIMARY ISSUE.
09:31:37 AS I THINK YOU ALL ARE AWARE, UNFORTUNATELY, THE FLORIDA
09:31:40 LEGISLATURE HAS AMENDED THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT LAWS
09:31:45 OVER TIME, RECENTLY AS 2019, TO REALLY LIMIT WHAT WE CAN USE
09:31:50 CRA DOLLARS FOR.
09:31:52 AND THEY HAVE BEEN PRETTY EXPRESSED ABOUT THAT.
09:31:55 AGAIN, WE WILL LOOK AT IT AND WE'LL BE AS CREATIVE AS WE
09:31:58 POSSIBLY CAN.
09:31:59 AND IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR
09:32:03 MS. GOODLEY, I DO THINK WE NEED TO GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT
09:32:08 NEXT, MR. CHAIR.
09:32:11 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT IS CORRECT.
09:32:12 I WAS GOING BACK TO THAT.
09:32:14 PUBLIC, PLEASE ACCEPT MY APOLOGIES.
09:32:18 WE'LL GET TO THAT NOW.
09:32:20 MADAM CLERK, HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE HAVE ON THE LINE WAITING?
09:32:25 >>THE CLERK: RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SIX PEOPLE ON THE LINE AND
09:32:28 ONE RECORDING.
09:32:29 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE CAN BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY.
09:32:30 >>THE CLERK: THE FIRST SPEAKER IS TINA SWAIN.
09:32:33 IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, PLEASE UNMUTE YOUR LINE AND YOU HAVE
09:32:36 THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
09:32:38 >> ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR ME?
09:32:39 HELLO?
09:32:41 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
09:32:44 >> I'M TINA SWAIN.
09:32:45 I'M CEO FOR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
09:32:47 I'M COMING TODAY TO JUST GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE
09:32:51 WEALTH GAP AND HOW HABITAT HELPS TO CLOSE THE GAP.
09:32:55 IN HER BOOK "THE COLOR OF MONEY: BLACK BANKS AND THE RACIAL
09:33:01 WEALTH GAP," AUTHOR MEHRSA BARADARAN SUGGESTS THAT THE
09:33:03 WEALTH GAP WHERE HISTORIC INJUSTICE BREEDS PRESENT
09:33:06 SUFFERING.
09:33:07 INDEED, WE CONTINUE TO SEE THIS IN OUR OWN COMMUNITIES YEAR
09:33:10 AFTER YEAR.
09:33:11 NEARLY A THIRD OF BLACK RENTERS MAY MORE THAN HALF OF THEIR
09:33:14 INCOME ON HOUSING, HIGHER THAN ANY OTHER RACIAL OR ETHNIC
09:33:17 GROUP, LEAVING LITTLE IN THE BUDGET FOR FOOD, HEALTH CARE,
09:33:21 TRANSPORTATION OR SAVINGS.
09:33:22 IN EARLY 2020, BROOKINGS RELEASED DATA INDICATING THAT THE
09:33:25 NET WORTH OF A TYPICAL WHITE FAMILY AT $171,000 IS NEARLY
09:33:30 TEN TIMES GREATER THAN THE NET WORTH OF THE TYPICAL BLACK
09:33:33 FAMILY $17,150.
09:33:35 THESE ARE SOBERING NUMBERS.
09:33:37 AS A RESULT, BLACK PARENTS HAVE DRAMATICALLY LESS WEALTH,
09:33:41 ASSETS AND ECONOMIC SECURITY TO PASS ON TO THEIR CHILDREN,
09:33:44 DRIVING ECONOMIC, EDUCATIONAL, AND HOUSING DISPARITIES FOR
09:33:47 THE NEXT GENERATION AS WELL.
09:33:48 NOT SURPRISINGLY, THE GAP IN HOME OWNERSHIP RATES BETWEEN
09:33:52 WHITE FAMILIES AT 71.9% AND [AUDIO SKIPS] FAMILIES AT 41.8%
09:33:56 IS A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTOR TO THE WEALTH GAP.
09:34:00 HOME OWNERSHIP CONTINUES TO BE THE PRIMARY MECHANISM THAT
09:34:03 AMERICAN FAMILIES USE TO BUILD WEALTH.
09:34:06 AN ANALYSIS OF HABITAT FOR HUMANITY HILLSBOROUGH HOMES THAT
09:34:09 WERE SOLD FROM JULY 2012 TO JUNE OF 2018, TOOK CURRENT
09:34:15 ONLINE VALUES AND COMPARED THEM TO THE VALUE AT THE TIME OF
09:34:17 PURCHASE, IT SHOWED US THAT THE AVERAGE WEALTH ACCUMULATED
09:34:20 FROM THE HOMES THAT WERE BUILT DURING THAT PERIOD IS $53,175
09:34:26 PER HOUSEHOLD.
09:34:27 THE INCREASE WEALTH ACCUMULATED BY HOMEOWNERS FROM THE
09:34:31 HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AFFORDABLE HOUSING STRATEGY IS
09:34:34 NARROWING THE WEALTH GAP FOR MINORITIES IN HILLSBOROUGH
09:34:36 COUNTY.
09:34:36 BLACK HABITAT FOR HUMANITY HOME BUYERS WHO ARE THE MAJORITY
09:34:39 OF HILLSBOROUGH HOME BUYERS ARE BUILDING EQUITY AND
09:34:44 GENERATIONAL WEALTH.
09:34:45 LOCAL PUBLIC OFFICIALS CAN PLAY A ROLE IN BUILDING
09:34:48 WEALTH-BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MINORITY FAMILIES THROUGH
09:34:51 A VARIETY OF PUBLIC POLICIES.
09:34:52 WHEN MAKING ALLOCATIONS OF HOUSING-RELATED FUNDS, ELECTED
09:34:55 OFFICIALS SHOULD CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE ROLE THAT HOME
09:34:57 OWNERSHIP PLAYS IN WEALTH BUILDING.
09:34:59 WITH STRONG POPULATION GROWTH PROJECTED FOR THE FORESEEABLE
09:35:04 FUTURE, IT'S REASONABLE FOR US TO ASSUME THAT RESIDENTIAL
09:35:06 REAL ESTATE WILL CONTINUE A WEALTH-BUILDING ASPECT.
09:35:09 BY CONTRAST, RENTERS WILL NOT SHARE IN THE WEALTH BUILDING
09:35:12 ENJOYED BY OWNERS OF RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE.
09:35:14 GIVEN THE RECENT FOCUS ON SOCIAL INJUSTICES THROUGHOUT THE
09:35:18 NATION, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO BLACK FAMILIES, IT IS
09:35:20 IMPERATIVE THAT SOLUTIONS TO SOLVING THE WEALTH GAP BE
09:35:23 EXAMINED.
09:35:23 THE EXTENT IN WHICH BLACK FAMILIES PARTICIPATE IN HOME
09:35:26 OWNERSHIP WEALTH BUILDING WILL BE IMPACTED BY LOCAL HOUSING
09:35:29 POLICIES AND FUNDING ALLOCATIONS.
09:35:32 PUBLIC OFFICIALS SHOULD CONSIDER THE POSITIVE ROLE THAT THEY
09:35:34 CAN PLAY IN PROMOTING HOME OWNERSHIP WEALTH BUILDING AND
09:35:37 SHOULD CORRESPONDINGLY ENSURE THAT A CONSIDERABLE PORTION OF
09:35:42 HOUSING FUNDING IS AIMED AT HOME OWNERSHIP.
09:35:44 AFTER THIS MEETING, I WILL SEND EACH ONE OF YOU A MORE
09:35:49 SPECIFIC -- ACTION IDEAS ON HOW WE CAN LOOK AT POLICY, BUT I
09:35:53 THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU
09:35:56 ARE DOING TO HELP CLOSE THE WEALTH GAP.
09:35:59 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
09:36:01 >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU.
09:36:01 THE NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE IS ARDACIA FLOYD.
09:36:05 IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, PLEASE UNMUTE YOUR LINE AND YOU HAVE
09:36:08 THREE MINUTES.
09:36:09 ALL RIGHT.
09:36:16 WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER WHO IS JUSTIN COFFEE.
09:36:21 IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, PLEASE UNMUTE YOUR LINE.
09:36:23 YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
09:36:24 >> HELLO, CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME?
09:36:26 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
09:36:27 >> PERFECT.
09:36:28 GOOD MORNING.
09:36:30 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
09:36:31 MY NAME IS JUSTIN COFFIE.
09:36:33 I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF BY GIVING A SPECIAL THANKS TO
09:36:36 CHAIRMAN ORLANDO GUDES FOR MAKING HIMSELF AVAILABLE OUTSIDE
09:36:39 OF THESE FORMAL MEETINGS TO HEAR FROM CONSTITUENTS.
09:36:42 I'M HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT COUNCILMAN BILL CARLSON'S MOTION
09:36:48 ON STAFF REPORT 3 TO STUDY THE EFFECT OF PLACING A CAP ON
09:36:51 THE DOWNTOWN CRA -- RESULT IN EXCESS MONEY BEING PLACED IN
09:36:58 THE GENERAL FUND AND REDIRECTED TO CRAs OF GREATER NEED
09:37:01 FOR THE PURPOSES OF RELIEVING SLUM, BLIGHT, POVERTY AND THE
09:37:08 AFFORDABLE HOUSING SHORTAGE.
09:37:09 -- THE IMPORTANCE OF TAKING AN ALL-ENCOMPASSING APPROACH
09:37:12 WHEN ASSESSING HOW THIS MONEY CAN BENEFIT COMMUNITIES IN
09:37:15 NEED.
09:37:15 THERE MUST BE A CONSIDERATION OF RENT, TRANSPORTATION, AND A
09:37:17 QUALITY OF LIVING.
09:37:19 SAFE, SECURE HOUSING CONNECTED TO OPPORTUNITY SHOULD NOT BE
09:37:23 TREATED AS A MARKET COMMODITY.
09:37:26 IT'S A BASIC HUMAN NEED, A RIGHT, AND A CORNERSTONE OF A
09:37:29 PROSPEROUS, INCLUSIVE SOCIETY.
09:37:31 AS NOTED BY THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE OF THE
09:37:35 HIGH COMMISSIONER, HOUSING HAS COME TO BE VIEWED AS A
09:37:38 FINANCIAL VEHICLE FOR WEALTHY INVESTORS INSTEAD OF A SOCIAL
09:37:41 GOOD OR SIMPLY A PLACE TO LIVE.
09:37:43 UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW, ACCORDING TO THE HIGH COMMISSIONERS
09:37:48 OFFICE, TO BE ADEQUATELY HOUSED MEANS HAVING SECURE TENURE,
09:37:51 NOT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT BEING EVICTED OR HAVING HOME OR
09:37:56 LAND TAKEN AWAY.
09:37:57 IT MEANS LIVING SOMEWHERE THAT IS IN KEEPING WITH YOUR
09:38:00 CULTURE AND HAVING ACCESS TO APPROPRIATE SERVICES, SCHOOLS
09:38:02 AND EMPLOYMENT.
09:38:02 SO I'D LIKE TO ECHO THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER BEFORE ME ABOUT
09:38:07 HOME OWNERSHIP.
09:38:08 I THINK THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
09:38:11 SUCH HOUSING NEEDS WOULD BE LOCATED NEAR PUBLIC MASS TRANSIT
09:38:15 TO HELP LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS SAVE MONEY, ACCESS BETTER JOBS,
09:38:20 IMPROVE HEALTH AND REACH CRITICAL COMMUNITY SERVICES.
09:38:24 AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONTRIBUTES TO SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC
09:38:26 IMPACTS, INCLUDING INCREASE IN LOCAL PURCHASING POWER, JOB
09:38:31 CREATION AND NEW TAX REVENUES.
09:38:33 IT ALSO FREES UP FUNDS WITH FAMILIES WITH TIGHT BUDGETS TO
09:38:38 SPEND ON HEALTH CARE AND FOOD.
09:38:40 I'M CALLING FOR GREATER EFFORTS FOR INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY
09:38:43 REDEVELOPMENT.
09:38:44 I BELIEVE THAT FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS SHOULD BE ABLE TO
09:38:46 LIVE IN ANY AREA AND NOT BE SEGREGATED BY INCOME.
09:38:52 AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO ME MEANS A PLACE OF DWELLING THAT IS
09:38:55 MAINTAINED IN QUALITY AND CENTER OF LIVING AND COMFORTABLE
09:39:01 SPACE FOR ITS OCCUPANTS.
09:39:04 I NOTICED FOR THE FISCAL YEAR OF 2020, DOWNTOWN CRA FUNDING
09:39:09 WAS NEARLY $15 MILLION.
09:39:13 AND CURRENTLY, ONLY 400,000 OF THE CRA'S BUDGET GOES TOWARDS
09:39:19 AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
09:39:20 THAT'S ALARMING TO ME.
09:39:26 YES, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REITERATE THAT I DO SUPPORT
09:39:30 COUNCILMAN BILL CARLSON'S STUDY.
09:39:32 I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CENTERED ON EQUAL ACCESS
09:39:36 AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY.
09:39:38 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
09:39:39 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MR. COFFIE.
09:39:44 >>THE CLERK: THE NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE IS RACHEL HOWELL.
09:39:49 PLEASE UNMUTE YOUR LINE.
09:39:51 YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
09:39:52 >> HELLO.
09:39:52 GOOD MORNING.
09:39:53 LIKE SHE SAID, MY NAME IS RACHEL HOWELL.
09:39:56 LIKE JUSTIN, I WANT TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR TODAY'S AGENDA
09:40:00 ITEM NUMBER 3 THAT PROPOSES TO ANALYZE THE POSSIBILITY OF
09:40:03 PLACING A CAP ON THE DOWNTOWN CRA FURTHER AND THAT THIS CAP
09:40:08 WOULD BE REDIRECTED TO EAST TAMPA, SULPHUR SPRINGS AND THE
09:40:11 UPTOWN INNOVATION DISTRICT.
09:40:14 WHILE I THINK DEVELOPING THE DOWNTOWN AREA IS GREAT, WE
09:40:18 CAN'T FORGET TAMPA'S OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS.
09:40:20 MANY PEOPLE THAT WORK DOWNTOWN DON'T ACTUALLY LIVE THERE.
09:40:24 THEY LIVE IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS AND COMMUTE TO THE CITY.
09:40:26 AND THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS DESERVE FUNDING AS WELL TO CREATE
09:40:31 BETTER PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, AFFORDABLE AND QUALITY
09:40:34 HOUSING, AND ACCESS TO NUTRITIONAL FOODS SUCH AS GROCERY
09:40:39 STORES.
09:40:39 SUPPORTING THESE NEIGHBORHOODS WILL BENEFIT TAMPA AS A WHOLE
09:40:42 WHEN WE SEE TAMPA AS MORE THAN JUST DOWNTOWN.
09:40:45 SO I BELIEVE THE PROPOSED CAP FUNDS SHOULD BE -- THOSE
09:40:51 CHALLENGES.
09:40:51 I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR BRINGING THIS MOTION
09:40:54 FORWARD.
09:40:54 I THINK IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO HELP BRING TAMPA'S IDEAL
09:40:57 TOMORROW TO MORE RESIDENTS THAN IT WOULD IF IT WERE TO JUST
09:41:00 BE USED IN DOWNTOWN.
09:41:02 IN CONCLUSION, I SUPPORT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 3.
09:41:04 I URGE THE COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
09:41:06 THANK YOU.
09:41:12 >>THE CLERK: THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MEGAN THOMAS.
09:41:14 PLEASE UNMUTE YOUR LINE.
09:41:16 YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
09:41:17 >> HI.
09:41:18 CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME?
09:41:20 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE CAN HEAR YOU.
09:41:22 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
09:41:24 MY NAME IS MEGAN.
09:41:26 I'M A LOCAL ADVOCATE.
09:41:28 I'M CALLING IN TO SUPPORT PLACING A CAP ON DOWNTOWN CRA AND
09:41:31 USING THE EXCESS FUNDING TO ACTUALLY ADDRESS AFFORDABLE
09:41:35 HOUSING AND POVERTY IN THE AREAS THAT NEED IT.
09:41:39 FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT HOW CRAs ARE FUNDED.
09:41:43 I'M NOT SURE WHO WOULD BE IN CHARGE OF CHANGING THIS, BUT AT
09:41:46 THE LEAST, WE CAN EXPOSE IT.
09:41:48 THE FACT THAT CRA FUNDING IS DEPENDENT ON PROJECTED TAX
09:41:52 REVENUE INCREASES IS A PROBLEM WITHIN ITSELF.
09:41:56 IT'S A VICIOUS CYCLE OF FUNDING BECAUSE, OF COURSE, THE MORE
09:41:59 DEVELOPED AREAS HAVE HIGHER PROPERTY VALUES AND WILL BE
09:42:04 PROJECTED TO SEE HIGHER INCREASES IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUE,
09:42:08 MEANING THAT THE POOR AREAS WILL NEVER SEE THE INVESTMENT
09:42:11 THEY NEED BECAUSE THE AMOUNT CRA INVESTS IS DEPENDENT ON THE
09:42:15 LOWER PROPERTY TAX REVENUE OF THESE MORE DISTRESSED AREAS.
09:42:19 IT'S JUST ANOTHER BROKEN PART OF A BROKEN SYSTEM THAT NEEDS
09:42:23 TO CHANGE.
09:42:24 SECOND, IF WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THE EXCESS MONEY TO THESE
09:42:28 AREAS, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT ACTUALLY BENEFITS THE
09:42:32 COMMUNITIES THAT ALREADY LIVE THERE.
09:42:35 PROJECTS LIKE THE UPTOWN STRATEGIC PLAN'S INNOVATION PROJECT
09:42:38 IS NOT IT.
09:42:40 AS MY COLLEAGUE ARDACIA ONCE POINTED OUT BEFORE, THE
09:42:45 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THIS PROJECT, MARK SHARPE, HE CLAIMED
09:42:47 THAT THE UPTOWN INNOVATION PROJECT IS TO, QUOTE, LIFT UP THE
09:42:51 UNIVERSITY AREA AND THEN CONTRADICTS HIMSELF BY SAYING THAT
09:42:56 THE UNIVERSITY AREA IS, QUOTE, OUR GATEWAY FOR PEOPLE COMING
09:42:59 TO TAMPA FOR THE FIRST TIME.
09:43:01 MEANING, THEY ARE JUST TRYING TO ATTRACT WEALTHY TOURISTS
09:43:05 AND NOT ACTUALLY BENEFIT THE PEOPLE WITHIN THESE
09:43:07 COMMUNITIES.
09:43:08 CRA MONEY SHOULD BE CAREFULLY ALLOCATED TO INCREASE THE
09:43:12 QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS INSTEAD OF
09:43:17 INVESTING IN MASSIVE COMMERCIAL PROJECTS THAT ALREADY HAVE
09:43:20 PLENTY OF PRIVATE INVESTMENT AND DISPROPORTIONATELY BENEFIT
09:43:24 THE RICH.
09:43:25 WE MUST STOP INCREASING THE LUXURIES OF THE RICH AND START
09:43:29 INCREASING THE NECESSITIES OF THE POOR.
09:43:31 THANK YOU.
09:43:34 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
09:43:34 >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU.
09:43:36 THE NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE IS ROZELL COFFIE.
09:43:43 >> HI, COUNCIL.
09:43:44 MY NAME IS ROZELL COFFIE.
09:43:47 THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME VOICE MY OPINIONS.
09:43:49 I AM ALSO IN SUPPORT OF THIS MOTION THAT EVERYONE ELSE HAS
09:43:55 JUST BROUGHT UP.
09:43:56 WHEN WE THINK OF TAMPA'S TOMORROW, WE HAVE TO CONSIDER THE
09:43:59 CITY AS A WHOLE.
09:44:00 HOW CAN WE MOST EFFECTIVELY ENSURE THAT EACH NEIGHBORHOOD
09:44:05 REPRESENTS TAMPA?
09:44:06 LACK OF TRANSPORTATION, EMERGING FOOD DESERTS AND A SHORTAGE
09:44:10 OF QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THESE ARE A FEW OF THE
09:44:14 ISSUES THAT ARE CURRENTLY THE SHORT COMINGS OF TAMPA'S
09:44:17 TOMORROW.
09:44:18 THESE BLIGHTS EXIST JUST OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN, AND I KNOW
09:44:23 IT'S A CHALLENGE WE CAN STEP UP TO.
09:44:26 NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE SULPHUR SPRINGS AND EAST TAMPA NEED
09:44:29 ATTENTION.
09:44:30 WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE MUST BE SURE TO
09:44:33 INCLUDE QUALITY IN FRONT OF IT.
09:44:36 I WAS RECENTLY REMINDED OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT DETAIL.
09:44:39 WE WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO HAVE QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
09:44:42 SOMETHING PEOPLE WILL NOT ONLY LIVE IN, BUT WILL OWN.
09:44:47 INVESTING IN OUR PEOPLE IS THE SAME THING AS INVESTING IN
09:44:50 OUR CITY.
09:44:51 ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS ANOTHER HUGE FACTOR IN
09:44:54 IMPROVING THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, ENSURING THAT PEOPLE COULD
09:44:57 MAKE IT TO SCHOOL AND WORK.
09:45:00 EVERYONE COULD SLEEP BETTER KNOWING THEY HAVE A RELIABLE AND
09:45:03 SAFE TRANSPORTATION.
09:45:04 QUALITY FOOD OPTIONS ARE ALSO A NEED OF COMMUNITIES OUTSIDE
09:45:10 OF DOWNTOWN.
09:45:11 THERE ARE FOOD DESERTS ALL THROUGHOUT TAMPA.
09:45:18 THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN ADDRESS NOW, AND I FEEL THIS
09:45:23 CAP THAT CARLSON AND MANISCALCO BROUGHT UP, IT'S A STEP IN
09:45:28 THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
09:45:29 SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND I HOPE WE CAN GET THAT
09:45:35 GOING.
09:45:36 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
09:45:39 >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU.
09:45:40 I WILL GO BACK TO ARDASHA FLOYD.
09:45:46 PLEASE UNMUTE YOUR LINE AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
09:45:49 ALL RIGHT, CHAIR.
09:45:54 I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
09:45:56 SHE IS ON, BUT SHE'S NOT UNMUTING HERSELF.
09:45:58 SO I DO WANT TO ADD THAT WE HAD TWO OTHER SPEAKERS THAT
09:46:03 REQUESTED TO SPEAK LIVE, HOWEVER, THEY DID NOT ATTEND THE
09:46:05 WEBINAR, AND THAT IS JOSEPH McCLENNON AND ALICIA SASTRAY.
09:46:11 CHAIR THAT WOULD CONCLUDE THE LIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND I'LL
09:46:15 PROCEED WITH PLAYING THE RECORDED MESSAGE.
09:46:19 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:46:19 MY NAME IS SOPHIA.
09:46:21 I LIVE IN THE SULPHUR SPRINGS NEIGHBORHOOD IN TAMPA.
09:46:24 I AM CALLING IN SUPPORT OF STAFF REPORT 3 TO PROVIDE A
09:46:26 REPORT TO ANALYZE THE POSSIBILITY OF PLACING A CAP ON
09:46:31 DOWNTOWN CRA SPENDING, SHIFTING EXTRA MONEY TO AREAS LIKE
09:46:34 EAST TAMPA, UPTOWN AND SULPHUR SPRINGS TO ADDRESS AN
09:46:37 AFFORDABLE HOUSING SHORTAGE.
09:46:38 UP UNTIL NOW, TAMPA HASN'T DONE ENOUGH TO ADDRESS POVERTY.
09:46:42 INSTEAD OF HELPING CITIZENS MAINTAIN THEIR WAY OF LIFE AFTER
09:46:45 HARD TIMES LIKE THE 2008 RECESSION, TAMPA ALLOWED RENTS TO
09:46:49 SKYROCKET AND DISPLACE THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS FROM PUBLIC
09:46:52 HOUSING.
09:46:52 WE SAW SLUM AND BLIGHT SHIFT FROM ONE AREA OF THE MAP TO
09:46:56 ANOTHER.
09:46:57 SOME OF THESE NEWLY POPULATED AREAS CONTINUOUSLY UNDERFUNDED
09:47:01 HAVE A 40% POVERTY RATE.
09:47:03 RENT IS STILL ONLY INCREASING.
09:47:05 OVERALL, TAMPA CURRENTLY HAS A 19% POVERTY RATE.
09:47:09 ARE WE GOING TO SEE ANOTHER POVERTY EXPLOSION ON THE MAP
09:47:11 AFTER COVID HAS FINISHED STALLING THE AMERICAN ECONOMY?
09:47:17 I THINK STAFF REPORT 3 IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE RIGHT
09:47:19 DIRECTION TO HELP CITIZENS MAINTAIN THEIR WAY OF LIFE.
09:47:21 I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY MORE TAMPANIANS DISPLACED.
09:47:25 I'M SUPPORTING THIS MOTION WITH THE HOPES OF EXTRA FUNDING
09:47:29 GOING TOWARD QUALITY AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS IN THE
09:47:31 FUTURE.
09:47:31 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
09:47:34 >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU, CHAIR.
09:47:35 I DO WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT JOSEPH McCLENNON HAS JOINED THE
09:47:38 WEBINAR.
09:47:39 I'M GOING TO CALL ON HIM.
09:47:40 IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, PLEASE UNMUTE YOUR LINE.
09:47:43 YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
09:47:44 MR. McCLENNON, PLEASE UNMUTE YOUR LINE.
09:48:02 >>ORLANDO GUDES: CALL HIM ONE MORE TIME, DEPUTY CLERK.
09:48:05 >>THE CLERK: MR. McCLENNON, PLEASE UNMUTE YOUR LINE, YOU
09:48:11 HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
09:48:17 >>ORLANDO GUDES: IT SOUNDS LIKE MR. McCLENNON IS HAVING
09:48:20 DIFFICULTIES.
09:48:21 DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE?
09:48:22 >>THE CLERK: THAT WOULD CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION
09:48:25 OF THE AGENDA.
09:48:26 >>ORLANDO GUDES: OKAY.
09:48:26 WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 2.
09:48:28 MS. VAN LOAN.
09:48:33 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: GOOD MORNING AGAIN, MR. CHAIR, AND CRA
09:48:35 BOARD MEMBERS.
09:48:36 MICHELLE VAN LOAN, COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
09:48:39 THIS MORNING, FOR OUR STAFF REPORT, ED JOHNSON IS EXCUSED
09:48:45 FROM THIS MORNING'S MEETING.
09:48:47 ED IS THE OPENING SPEAKER AT A JOINT -- BROWNFIELD AND
09:48:53 FLORIDA REDEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION SEMINAR THIS MORNING.
09:48:56 SO HE WON'T BE ABLE TO JOIN US.
09:48:58 JEANETTE FENTON WILL ALSO NOT BE ABLE TO JOIN US THIS
09:49:03 MORNING.
09:49:03 I DID WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO PUBLICLY THANK JEANETTE
09:49:08 FENTON FOR COMING BACK AND ASSISTING US THE PAST FIVE
09:49:12 MONTHS.
09:49:13 NOT ONLY WAS SHE ABLE TO DO SO BECAUSE OF HER OBVIOUS PAST
09:49:16 ASSOCIATION AND HOLDING THE JOB AND EVERYTHING THAT SHE'S
09:49:20 DONE FOR WEST TAMPA AND DREW PARK, BUT ALSO MOSTLY BECAUSE
09:49:23 OF HER PARTICIPATION AND REMAINING INVOLVED IN OUR WEST
09:49:27 TAMPA AND DREW PARK COMMUNITIES, ATTENDING MEETINGS, EVEN
09:49:31 ATTENDING OUR SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS THAT HER INTEREST AND
09:49:35 SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITIES HAS NOT WANED AT ALL IN THE PAST
09:49:40 THREE YEARS.
09:49:41 JEANETTE WAS ABLE TO SEAMLESSLY COME IN AND SUPPORT US ALL
09:49:45 WHILE WE TRANSITIONED TO A NEW MARKING FOR THAT POSITION.
09:49:48 AT THE END OF THIS REPORT, WE WILL INTRODUCE OUR NEW DREW
09:49:52 PARK AND WEST TAMPA CRA MANAGER, AND WE'LL LET HIM INTRODUCE
09:49:56 HIMSELF TO ALL OF YOU.
09:49:57 WITH THAT SAID, I WILL BE STARTING OFF OUR MONTHLY STAFF
09:50:02 REPORT.
09:50:02 WE'LL START WITH WEST TAMPA.
09:50:04 AS MENTIONED, OUR SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS IN WEST TAMPA HAVE
09:50:09 BEEN HAPPENING MONTHLY.
09:50:10 WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT VIRTUALLY AND OUR SUBCOMMITTEES ARE
09:50:14 ALSO MEETING AGAIN VIRTUALLY.
09:50:15 WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY WITH THE OVERLAY DISTRICT, I
09:50:21 WANT TO THANK CARLOS RAMIREZ AND HIS SUBCOMMITTEE TEAM AND
09:50:24 THE PUBLIC THAT HAS BEEN ATTENDING THOSE MEETINGS.
09:50:29 THEY DID ANOTHER PRESENTATION AT OUR LAST WEST TAMPA CAC
09:50:33 MEETING LAST WEEK ABOUT WHAT THOSE CHANGES ARE.
09:50:37 THEY'VE BEEN WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY WITH OUR LAND USE AND
09:50:40 DEVELOPMENT FOLKS TO KEEP MOVING THE OVERLAY UPDATES THROUGH
09:50:44 OUR AMENDMENT CYCLE.
09:50:47 AND THE FIRST SET OF THOSE AMENDMENTS WILL BE ON THE NEXT
09:50:50 CYCLE FOR APPROVAL.
09:50:52 AND THEN THEY WILL HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS THAT WILL
09:50:56 COME AFTER THAT IN THE CYCLE AFTER THAT TO ADDRESS SOME OF
09:50:58 THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLES AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
09:51:01 AS NOTED, WEST TAMPA IS A HISTORIC DISTRICT, AND WE HAVE A
09:51:05 LOT OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND CONTRIBUTING BUILDINGS, AND WE
09:51:08 WANT VERY MUCH FUTURE REDEVELOPMENT TO BE IN ALIGNMENT AND
09:51:14 COMPLEMENT THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT WITHIN WEST TAMPA.
09:51:16 WITH THE ONE TAMPA FUND, NEXT MONTH I'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE ALL
09:51:24 THE FINAL FIGURES.
09:51:25 THE CRAs DON'T GET CHARGED UNTIL EVERYTHING HAS BEEN PAID
09:51:28 OUT.
09:51:28 ONE APPLICANT HAS A BILL STILL HASN'T BEEN PAID OUT OR A
09:51:35 LANDLORD THAT HASN'T SUBMITTED ALL THE PAPERWORK YET, WE
09:51:38 DON'T SEE ALL THOSE CHARGES YET.
09:51:39 BY OUR SEPTEMBER 10 MEETING, I WILL HAVE THE FINAL REPORT OF
09:51:44 THE BUSINESSES AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO TRUE UP ALL THOSE LAST
09:51:47 NUMBERS.
09:51:48 WE ARE ALSO WORKING REGULARLY, AS WE DO EVERY MONTH, IN
09:51:52 COMMUNICATING WITH ALL OUR CACs AND OUR E-MAIL
09:51:55 DISTRIBUTION LISTS AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS TO GET OUT
09:51:58 INFORMATION ABOUT SUPPORT, BOTH AT THE COUNTY AND THE CITY
09:52:02 LEVEL AND ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS AT THE STATE LEVEL AND ANY
09:52:06 UPDATES THAT THE CITY SENDS OUT, WE'RE CONSTANTLY SENDING
09:52:09 OUT TO OUR COMMUNITIES.
09:52:11 HOPEFULLY THEY ARE NOT STARTING TO GET E-MAIL FATIGUE AS WE
09:52:14 KEEP TRYING TO REACH OUT TO THEM AND KEEP THEM UPDATED.
09:52:17 WE ARE FINALIZING THE CONTENT FOR OUR VERY FIRST WEST TAMPA
09:52:22 CRA NEWSLETTER.
09:52:23 BIG SHOUT-OUT TO YOUNG FOR HELPING US WITH THAT AND TAKING
09:52:31 THE LEAD.
09:52:32 SHE HAS TO SPEND A PHENOMENAL -- SHE HAS BEEN A PHENOMENAL
09:52:38 MEMBER OF OUR CAC IN LEADING THAT EFFORT AND WE'RE GREATLY
09:52:42 APPRECIATIVE OF HER EFFORTS THERE ALSO.
09:52:44 SOME OF THE INDIRECT ACTIVITIES IN WEST TAMPA, TECO IS
09:52:46 STARTING PHASE ONE OF AN UNDERGROUND DISTRIBUTION LIST THAT
09:52:48 IS RUNNING ALONG ROME.
09:52:50 IT WILL GO FROM NASSAU AND END AT THE WEST RIVER.
09:52:54 THAT PROJECT WILL BE STARTING SHORTLY.
09:52:56 AND THEN IN THE FALL, THEY WILL START REPLACING THE POLES
09:53:00 ALONG HABANA AVENUE.
09:53:02 AND, AGAIN, AS ANY TRAFFIC INTERRUPTIONS DUE TO THE TRUCKS
09:53:06 BEING OUT ON THE ROADWAY TO REPLACE THOSE POLES, WE WILL
09:53:09 KEEP THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND THE PEOPLE IN NEIGHBORHOODS UP
09:53:12 TO DATE ABOUT THE TIMING OF THE TRAFFIC CHANGES.
09:53:16 TAMPA HEIGHTS -- TAMPA HOUSING AUTHORITY CONTINUES THEIR
09:53:21 CONSTRUCTION ON THEIR SEVEN-STORY APARTMENT BUILDING AT THE
09:53:23 WEST RIVER PROJECT.
09:53:24 WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT ALL OF THE APARTMENTS THAT WILL BE
09:53:29 COMING ON.
09:53:29 AND THESE ARE MIXED USE.
09:53:31 SO MANY OF THE BUILDINGS HAVE RETAIL AND DIFFERENT SPACES ON
09:53:35 THE FIRST FLOOR THAT CAN BE USED BY COUNTY SERVICES ALONG
09:53:38 WITH THE SUPPORT SERVICES NEEDED BY THE RESIDENTS THERE, AND
09:53:43 WE'RE HOPING THAT BY GOING INTO FALL OF NEXT YEAR, WE'LL
09:53:46 HAVE NEARLY 400 NEW FAMILIES THAT WILL BE A MIX OF
09:53:50 AFFORDABLE AND MARKET RATE ARGUMENTS, OCCUPYING THOSE
09:53:54 SPACES, WHICH WILL ALSO AGAIN HELP SUPPORT OUR LOCAL
09:53:58 BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY ALONG MAIN STREET.
09:54:01 MANY OF OUR WEST TAMPA SMALL BUSINESSES DID SUFFER WHEN WE
09:54:04 SAW SO MANY RESIDENTS LEAVE THE AREA.
09:54:06 WE ARE NOW SEEING THE SITE PREP WORK CONTINUING FOR THE
09:54:11 CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW 200 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT IS
09:54:17 ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE GLAZER JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER
09:54:20 AND THE VILA BROTHERS PARK.
09:54:22 SO WEST TAMPA IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW WE ARE SEEING AN
09:54:28 INCREDIBLE MIX OF HOUSING AT ALL LEVELS OF THE MARKET.
09:54:37 LASTLY, WE HAVE THE PHASE TWO OF THE GREEN SPINE CYCLE
09:54:40 TRACK.
09:54:41 IT IS THE 2.6 MILES THAT WILL GO FROM CASS STREET.
09:54:45 IT WILL CONNECT THROUGH DOWNTOWN, AND IT WILL CONNECT WEST
09:54:47 TAMPA AND EAST TAMPA ENDING UP AT CUSCADEN PARK.
09:54:54 THAT CYCLE TRACK, WE'RE IN THE SECOND PHASE.
09:54:55 THE THIRD PHASE WILL THEN BE THE PART THAT GOES UP NUCCIO,
09:55:03 UP TO CUSCADEN PARK.
09:55:05 LASTLY, OUR CYPRESS STREET OUTFALL STORMWATER PROJECT IS
09:55:05 CURRENTLY BETWEEN WILLOW AND ROME, AND, AGAIN, THE
09:55:07 CONTRACTOR IS DOING A GREAT JOB OF NOTIFYING THE PEOPLE IN
09:55:11 THE BLOCKS AFFECTED BY ANY STREET CLOSURES OR STREET TRAFFIC
09:55:15 DISRUPTIONS IN THE AREA.
09:55:16 IF WE CAN HAVE THE PowerPoint ADVANCE UP TO DREW PARK.
09:55:23 THANK YOU.
09:55:24 SO BEFORE I MOVE ON TO DREW PARK, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS
09:55:29 ABOUT WEST TAMPA?
09:55:35 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU'RE RECOGNIZED, MR. DINGFELDER.
09:55:37 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, SIR.
09:55:39 MICHELLE, I THINK I EITHER READ OR YOU JUST SPOKE TO THE CAC
09:55:47 WORKING ON THE REVISIONS TO THE OVERLAY.
09:55:50 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: YES, SIR.
09:55:52 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I KNOW THAT EVENTUALLY THEY'LL COME TO
09:55:57 COUNCIL AS DRAFT CHANGES AND THAT SORT OF THING.
09:56:01 BUT I WAS WONDERING IF THERE'S ANYTHING OF SIGNIFICANCE THAT
09:56:06 JUMPS OUT AT YOU THAT YOU COULD MENTION OR ARE THESE JUST
09:56:11 LITTLE MINOR TWEAKS?
09:56:15 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: RIGHT NOW, IT'S CONSISTENCY AND MINOR
09:56:18 TWEAKS.
09:56:18 SOME OF IT ADDRESSES FENCING, TRYING TO ADDRESS CHAIN-LINK
09:56:23 FENCING IN FRONT YARDS.
09:56:25 EVERYTHING, OBVIOUSLY, WILL BE GRANDFATHERED IN, BUT IT'S
09:56:29 STARTING TO WORK TOWARDS A MORE UNIFORM LOOK AND TO
09:56:33 CODIFYING A MORE UNIFORM LOOK.
09:56:35 SOME OF IT IS ABOUT ALLEYWAYS, WHERE LOCATION OF CONSISTENCY
09:56:41 OF LOCATION OF -- SORRY, GIVE ME A SECOND FOR THE WORD --
09:56:46 GARAGES AND CARPORTS.
09:56:49 SORRY, I'M STILL IN SLO-MO.
09:56:53 SO THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES TO
09:56:57 FOLLOW THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN THAT IS CONSISTENT WITHIN THE
09:57:00 NEIGHBORHOODS.
09:57:01 AND CARLOS HAS -- MR. RAMIREZ HAS A WONDERFUL SUMMARY, AND
09:57:06 WE CAN CERTAINLY FORWARD THAT TO YOU.
09:57:10 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY.
09:57:11 THANK YOU.
09:57:11 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:57:21 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: MOVING ON TO DREW PARK.
09:57:22 THE TAMPA BAY BOULEVARD LINEAR PARK CONSTRUCTION, WE'RE
09:57:26 RIGHT AT THE END.
09:57:28 WE DID A WALK-THROUGH OF THE PUNCH LIST.
09:57:30 WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PARK BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THE
09:57:34 GREATER MASTER STREETSCAPING PLAN WE COMPLETED A FEW YEARS
09:57:37 AGO, WHICH WAS A BIG COMMUNITY EFFORT TO DEVELOP THAT FOR
09:57:40 THE DREW PARK COMMUNITY.
09:57:41 THE TAMPA BAY LINEAR PARKS CONNECT THE NORTH-SOUTH LINEAR
09:57:47 BEAUTIFUL PARK AREA AND SIDEWALKS OF AIR CARGO ROAD AND THEN
09:57:52 COMING DOWN TO TAMPA BAY BOULEVARD AND THEN GOING BACK TO
09:57:57 THE WONDERFUL WORK WE DID TO REDO LOIS, WHEN WE ALSO ADDED
09:58:02 THE WIDER SIDEWALKS, THE BIKEWAYS, THE PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING
09:58:06 AND THE LANDSCAPING.
09:58:09 WE WILL HAVE THIS WONDERFUL U-SHAPED CONNECTIVITY FOR
09:58:13 ANYBODY WHO WANTED TO BIKE RIDE, JOG, OR TAKE ANY OTHER WAY
09:58:18 OF EXERCISING OR ENJOYING THOSE AREAS WHEREAS BEFORE YOU
09:58:22 WERE TRAVERSING THESE LITTLE NARROW STREETS THAT ARE HEAVY
09:58:28 COMMERCIALIZED, INDUSTRIALIZED, A LOT OF OPEN DITCHES THAT
09:58:31 WERE NOT VERY CONDUCIVE TO ANYBODY EITHER WALKING FOR WORK
09:58:35 OR JUST USING THE AREA FOR LEISURE AND PARKS AND RECREATION.
09:58:41 SO THIS PIECE OF THE PUZZLE CONNECTS THE BOTTOM OF THE U.
09:58:46 SO IT IS A VERY KEY PIECE TO CONNECTING THE LONGER TRAIL
09:58:50 THAT THE COMMUNITY PLANNED FOR ITSELF.
09:58:53 ON THE DREW PARK STRATEGIC ACTION UPDATE, AS MENTIONED, EAST
09:58:56 TAMPA IS CURRENTLY DOING THEIRS AND DREW PARK IS ALSO.
09:58:59 WE HAVE OUR FIRST VIRTUAL COMMUNITY MEETING PLANNED FOR
09:59:03 AUGUST 27.
09:59:04 AND OUR CONSULTANT IS ALSO DEVELOPING AN INTERACTIVE WEBSITE
09:59:08 TO ALSO BE ABLE TO ADD EXTRA INTERCONNECTIVITY TO OUR
09:59:14 COMMUNITY AND ADD WAYS TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT, MAKE THE
09:59:18 PRESENTATION, AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO GIVE US BACK THEIR
09:59:20 COMMENTS AND THEIR FEEDBACK.
09:59:22 ALSO, AGAIN, COMMUNICATION WITH OUR CACs, NOW THAT WE ARE
09:59:29 GETTING BACK WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE AND WE HAVE
09:59:32 PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD, WE ARE SEEING OUR CAC MEMBERS IN
09:59:35 THE COMMUNITY STARTING TO REGAUGE AGAIN.
09:59:38 IT HAD BEEN A LITTLE SLOW DURING THE COVID AS MANY OF OUR
09:59:42 DREW PARK MEMBERS, VERY SMALL BUSINESS PEOPLE WHO RUN THEIR
09:59:45 OWN BUSINESSES, AND THEIR ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR
09:59:49 COMMUNITY OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS HAS BEEN CHALLENGING.
09:59:52 WE'RE GLAD TO SEE MORE OF THEM BEING ABLE TO BE ENGAGED AS
09:59:55 WE MOVE FORWARD, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE.
09:59:59 LASTLY, WE DID HAVE FIVE DREW PARK BUSINESSES SO FAR THAT
10:00:02 PARTICIPATED IN THE ONE TAMPA BUSINESS RELIEF PROGRAM PART
10:00:08 TWO.
10:00:09 FOR INDIRECT, WE ARE NOW SEEING CONSTRUCTION OF CAE.
10:00:14 WE'RE VERY EXCITED.
10:00:15 THIS IS ON AIR CARGO ROAD, AND WHILE IT IS OUTSIDE THE CRA,
10:00:20 IT IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM OUR CRA BOUNDARY AND WILL BRING
10:00:23 600 PEOPLE COMING TO AND FROM AND GOING THROUGH OUR DREW
10:00:26 PARK COMMUNITY.
10:00:28 SO WE HOPE THAT AT LEAST SOME OF THESE EMPLOYEES WILL FIND
10:00:31 SOME OF OUR WONDERFUL SMALL RESTAURANTS AND LITTLE COFFEE
10:00:35 SHOPS AND SOME OF THE BUSINESSES THAT HELP SUPPORT BUILDING
10:00:40 MATERIALS AND CAR SUPPLIES AND FIX-IT SHOPS AND THAT OUR
10:00:43 SMALL BUSINESSES WILL FIND A NEW CUSTOMER BASE WITH THE
10:00:47 ADDITION OF ALL THE EMPLOYEES COMING TO AND FROM THAT
10:00:50 LOCATION.
10:00:50 SO WHILE IT ISN'T A CRA BUSINESS, WE'RE HOPING THAT BEING
10:00:54 ADJACENT TO THE CRA WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR SMALL
10:00:58 BUSINESSES.
10:00:58 LASTLY, WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE TWO SHEPHERDS TAPROOM.
10:01:05 IF ANYONE HASN'T GONE AND SEEN THE PICTURES ONLINE, IT IS AN
10:01:08 INDOOR/OUTDOOR DOG PARK.
10:01:10 IT IS OUR ONLY ONE THAT'S CONNECTED WITH A BAR.
10:01:13 SO FAR EVEN WITH COVID, WE'VE BEEN VERY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT
10:01:17 THAT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE DREW PARK
10:01:21 COMMUNITY.
10:01:22 WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT DREW
10:01:24 PARK.
10:01:25 HEARING NONE, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO COURTNEY ORR TO DISCUSS
10:01:40 OUR YBOR UPDATES.
10:01:42 >>COURTNEY ORR: THIS IS COURTNEY ORR, CRA MANAGER FOR YBOR
10:01:45 CITY CRA ONE AND TWO.
10:01:48 WE'VE BEEN PUTTING EFFORT INTO MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS
10:01:51 TO THOSE WITHIN AND OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE
10:01:54 UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE OPEN.
10:01:56 THERE ARE BUSINESSES OPEN.
10:01:58 OBVIOUSLY, NOT THE BARS AND THE NIGHTCLUBS, HOWEVER
10:02:00 RESTAURANTS, RETAIL, WE'RE STILL OPEN.
10:02:03 LIGHTS ARE ON.
10:02:04 SO A COUPLE OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WE'VE PUT FORTH JUST IN
10:02:08 THIS LAST WEEK, WE HAVE MAILED APPROXIMATELY 1100 POSTCARDS
10:02:12 TO RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES ALL AROUND OUR YBOR CRA ONE AND
10:02:19 TWO, ENCOURAGING THEM THAT THEY REGISTER TO START TO RECEIVE
10:02:22 OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND REGISTER ON YBOR CITY ONLINE.COM SO
10:02:26 THAT THEY CAN START TO SEE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING AND
10:02:30 ALL THE COVID-19 RESOURCES THAT WE POST ON A DAILY BASIS,
10:02:36 BASICALLY.
10:02:36 BUT WE ARE CONSISTENTLY REACHING OUT VIA FLASH, DAILY SOCIAL
10:02:40 MEDIA POSTINGS.
10:02:42 ANOTHER ASPECT THAT WE HAVE DONE, THERE WAS A REQUEST BY A
10:02:45 BOARD MEMBER, YCDC BOARD MEMBER TO THANK OUR FRONT LINE
10:02:51 WORKERS.
10:02:51 AND WE DEVELOPED MOTIVATIONAL MONDAY, VIA SOCIAL MEDIA, AND
10:02:56 WHAT WE DO IS WE ARE POSTING HISTORICAL PHOTOS EVERY MONDAY
10:02:59 WITH SOME SORT OF INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE TO RECOGNIZE THAT YBOR
10:03:05 HAS BEEN THROUGH TOUGH TIMES BEFORE BUT WE'VE PROSPERED.
10:03:08 WE -- THIS ONE SEEMS TO BE A HIT THAT LAUNCHED YESTERDAY.
10:03:13 WE ARE ASKING FOR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OPERATORS TO SEND
10:03:20 PHOTOS OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE OUTSIDE OF THEIR WINDOW.
10:03:23 SO IF THEY ARE JUST ON THE INSIDE OF THEIR BUSINESS OR THE
10:03:26 INSIDE OF THEIR HOME, THEY TAKE A PICTURE OF WHAT VIEW THEY
10:03:30 ARE SEEING OUTSIDE THEIR WINDOW OR A VIDEO.
10:03:35 SO WE'VE LAUNCHED IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND VERY QUICKLY GOT
10:03:40 SOME BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHS.
10:03:41 WE'LL START TO DISPLAY THOSE.
10:03:43 THE WHOLE POINT BEING THAT PEOPLE UNFORTUNATELY CANNOT COME
10:03:46 TO VISIT US RIGHT NOW.
10:03:47 SO WE'LL TRY TO BRING THE VIEWS OF YBOR CITY TO THEM.
10:03:51 YOU'LL START TO HEAR MORE AND MORE ABOUT THE ARCHWAY LIGHT
10:03:55 PROJECT.
10:03:56 WE'RE CONTINUING TO MOVE THAT FORWARD, AND WE SHOULD
10:04:00 HOPEFULLY BE IN FRONT OF THE BARRIO LATINO COMMISSION I'M
10:04:03 HOPING IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
10:04:05 BUT BY THE END OF 2020 TO GET APPROVAL OF THE ARCHWAY LIGHT
10:04:10 PROJECT TO FINALLY MOVE IT FORWARD DIRECTLY AFTER SUPER
10:04:13 BOWL.
10:04:14 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:04:16 WE'VE BEEN, AGAIN, COMMUNICATING EVERY EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT
10:04:22 COMES OUT.
10:04:22 WE HAVE AN AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, SO THE AMBASSADOR HAS BEEN
10:04:27 OUT HAND DELIVERING THINGS JUST TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE GETTING
10:04:31 THE NOTICES OUT, IF PEOPLE AREN'T GETTING THEM VIA
10:04:36 ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING IT IN AN
10:04:41 IN-PERSON DELIVERY.
10:04:42 OUR MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION SERVICES RFP THAT YOU ALL
10:04:48 WERE ABLE TO REVIEW BEFORE IT WENT OUT ON THE STREET, DID
10:04:52 HAVE A DEADLINE.
10:04:53 AND WE HAVE RECEIVED FIVE INTERESTED FIRMS THAT WOULD LIKE
10:04:57 TO BE OUR YBOR CITY CRA MARKETING AND PR CONTRACTOR.
10:05:01 SO WE'LL BE REVIEWING THE FIVE AND EVALUATING THOSE.
10:05:04 OUR FIRST MEETING WITH INTERNAL STAFF TO DISCUSS AND TRY TO
10:05:09 SELECT THE BEST ONE IS AUGUST 24.
10:05:13 SO THAT'S TO BE COMING FORWARD TO GET APPROVAL BY CITY
10:05:18 COUNCIL DUE TO ITS EXPENDITURE AMOUNT.
10:05:22 IN OUR PLANNING INFRASTRUCTURE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
10:05:27 SUBCOMMITTEE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BRICK STREETS.
10:05:29 BRICK STREETS ARE A HOT TOPIC FOR THE GROUP RIGHT NOW.
10:05:33 AND THEY ARE TRYING TO JUST EVALUATE HOW WE CAN BRING BRICK
10:05:41 BACK AND WHAT FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITIES THERE ARE, IF IT'S
10:05:44 GRANTS OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, HOW MAYBE OTHER CITIES
10:05:47 HAVE APPROACHED SOURCING BRICK AND THE CORRECT BRICK AND
10:05:52 AFFORDING THE COST OF TRYING TO BRING BRICK BACK INTO THE
10:05:57 DISTRICT.
10:05:58 THERE ARE 20 SPECIAL EVENT COSPONSORSHIP GRANTS THAT WERE
10:06:03 RECEIVED.
10:06:03 WE HAD A DEADLINE OF JULY 27, AND 20 EVENT APPLICATIONS WERE
10:06:09 RECEIVED.
10:06:10 THIS AFTERNOON, ACTUALLY, FROM 1 TO 5:00, JUST LIKE WE DO ON
10:06:14 AN ANNUAL BASIS, WE HAVE A COMMITTEE FROM OUR BOARD THAT
10:06:16 SITS AND DISCUSSES IN A VERY TRANSPARENT FORMAT.
10:06:22 WE HAVE ALL THE APPLICANTS COME IN WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME IN
10:06:26 AND LISTEN TO THE DISCUSSION.
10:06:27 AND THEN IF THE GROUP HAS ANY QUESTIONS, THEY'LL ASK THE
10:06:30 QUESTIONS TO THE APPLICANT DIRECTLY, IF THEY ARE PRESENT.
10:06:34 AT THE END, WE DETERMINE WHICH SPECIAL EVENTS DO QUALIFY AND
10:06:38 THEN HOW MUCH OF FUNDING -- HOW MUCH OF THE FUNDING THAT'S
10:06:41 AVAILABLE DO THEY RECEIVE BASED ON THE REQUEST THAT WAS
10:06:44 MADE.
10:06:45 THAT'S, AGAIN, THIS AFTERNOON.
10:06:46 WE'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING LIFT UP LOCAL INFORMATION.
10:06:51 IT WAS EXTENDED TO AUGUST 31st, AS YOU KNOW.
10:06:54 WE DID COMMUNICATE THAT IMMEDIATELY SO THAT THE RESTAURANTS
10:06:57 WOULD KNOW TO CONTINUE USING THE SIDEWALK, WHICH THEY VERY
10:07:01 MUCH APPRECIATE.
10:07:02 FINAL SLIDE, WE MET WITH THEM, ACTUALLY, THE YBOR MERCHANTS
10:07:13 ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE BOARD ASKED FOR A MEETING WITH THE
10:07:16 MAYOR TO DISCUSS THE DISTRICT HOLIDAY SEASON THAT'S ON
10:07:18 EVERYONE'S RADAR.
10:07:19 BEING MID AUGUST.
10:07:22 PLANNING STARTS USUALLY FOR THE SNOW ON 7th PARADE.
10:07:29 SO THERE WAS JUST CONCERN FROM THE GROUP THAT SHOULD EFFORT
10:07:31 BE PUT INTO THAT MONUMENTAL TASK IF, IN FACT, PARADES AND
10:07:35 OTHER EVENTS STILL ARE NOT ABLE TO BE PERMITTED.
10:07:38 SO WE HAVE A DISCUSSION IN HOW WE CAN PROCEED WITH THE
10:07:41 HOLIDAY SEASON, EFFECTIVELY TO STILL BRING SOME GOOD SPIRIT
10:07:44 FOR THE DISTRICT.
10:07:45 THAT PRETTY MUCH CONCLUDES.
10:07:53 THERE WAS A PRESENTATION.
10:07:56 WE ASKED A COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE TO SPEAK TO THE RAPID
10:08:02 RESPONSE RECOVERY PROGRAM.
10:08:03 WE'RE TRYING TO LET THE BUSINESSES KNOW OF WHAT THE CITY OF
10:08:06 TAMPA OPPORTUNITIES ARE FOR FUNDING AND ALSO THE COUNTY.
10:08:11 WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT SO PEOPLE
10:08:14 TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
10:08:17 IF YOU GET A CHANCE, THERE IS A BEAUTIFUL NEW BLOCK RIGHT
10:08:22 ACROSS FROM THE NEW HOTEL THAT IS ANTICIPATED TO OPEN
10:08:26 SEPTEMBER 24th, HOTEL HAYA.
10:08:32 THAT SHOULD BE OPENING SEPTEMBER 24, AS I HEARD AS OF
10:08:35 YESTERDAY.
10:08:36 ON THE SOUTH SIDE, DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET, ALL THE
10:08:40 HEXAGON AND RED BRICK PAVERS WERE REPLACED.
10:08:47 IT'S BEAUTIFUL LOOKING STREET OR BLOCK, I MEAN, AND WE HOPE
10:08:52 TO REPLICATE THAT FURTHER DOWN 7th AVENUE AS MONIES ARE
10:08:58 AVAILABLE.
10:08:59 THAT WILL BE ANOTHER ENHANCEMENT PROJECT, INFRASTRUCTURE
10:09:02 ENHANCEMENT PROJECT WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE.
10:09:04 IF YOU GET A CHANCE, CHECK IT OUT.
10:09:06 THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
10:09:08 THANK YOU.
10:09:08 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
10:09:17 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF COURTNEY
10:09:19 BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO EAST TAMPA?
10:09:23 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU'RE RECOGNIZED, MR. CITRO.
10:09:25 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
10:09:27 MS. ORR, AT THE GATEWAY ON THE EAST SIDE, IS MS. FRAN
10:09:33 COSTANTINO HAPPY ABOUT THIS?
10:09:41 >>COURTNEY ORR: EXTREMELY.
10:09:42 SHE WANTED IT DONE IN HER LIFETIME.
10:09:44 SO FAR SO GOOD.
10:09:45 SHE'S STILL WITH US.
10:09:48 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WE ALL KNOW IF FRAN IS HAPPY, EVERYBODY IS
10:09:51 HAPPY.
10:09:52 THANK YOU, MS. ORR.
10:09:53 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
10:09:54 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
10:09:56 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED, SIR.
10:09:59 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: GOOD MORNING, COURTNEY.
10:10:03 YOU PROBABLY HEARD THE DISCUSSION EARLIER ABOUT THE EAST
10:10:08 TAMPA YOUTH PROGRAM AND THE POSSIBILITY OF EXPANDING IT,
10:10:15 COURTNEY.
10:10:19 DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT?
10:10:24 DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE THAT TYPE OF USE AT THAT AGE IN YOUR
10:10:30 DISTRICT, MAYBE OVER ON THE EAST END OR WHATEVER, PERHAPS AT
10:10:33 THE NORTH END THAT MIGHT BENEFIT FROM THAT?
10:10:36 AND HOW DO YOU THINK THE CAC MIGHT ACCEPT THAT IDEA?
10:10:42 >>COURTNEY ORR: YEAH, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH -- I'D HAVE TO
10:10:45 LOOK BACK AT OUR LAST RESIDENT WORKER SURVEY TO SEE ACTUALLY
10:10:48 HOW MANY FAMILIES THERE ARE WITH CHILDREN.
10:10:50 I DON'T THINK IT'S A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER.
10:10:55 HOWEVER, SHORE ELEMENTARY IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
10:10:57 DISTRICT.
10:11:00 THERE'S GOT TO BE A LOT OF FAMILIES THAT LIVE ON THE
10:11:03 PERIPHERY OR DIRECTLY WITHIN THE DISTRICT THAT SEND THEIR
10:11:06 CHILDREN TO SHORE ELEMENTARY.
10:11:08 SO THERE COULD BE SOME GOOD CANDIDATES AND THEY HAVE
10:11:13 SIBLINGS.
10:11:14 THERE COULD BE SOME POTENTIAL CANDIDATES FOR YOUTH-RELATED
10:11:17 PROGRAM.
10:11:18 I'M SURE OUR CAC WOULD THINK THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE I KNOW
10:11:23 THAT WE DO WANT MORE FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT.
10:11:30 WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TRYING TO GET PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT
10:11:33 SOMEPLACE IN THE DISTRICT WHENEVER WE CAN ACQUIRE SOME OPEN
10:11:36 SPACE AND SOME GREENSPACE.
10:11:39 I THINK THAT THEY WOULD DEFINITELY BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT TO
10:11:43 HELP EMPOWER OUR YOUTH, AS LONG AS WE HAVE THE PARTICIPATING
10:11:48 DEMOGRAPHICS, I THINK SO.
10:11:54 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HOW FAR TO THE EAST DOES THE -- DO ONE OF
10:11:58 THOSE CRAs EXTEND?
10:12:01 >>COURTNEY ORR: TO 26th.
10:12:02 26th STREET.
10:12:03 REFERENTIAL POCKETS.
10:12:06 OUR CRA 2 IS DEFINITELY WHAT WE CONSIDER TO BE MORE OF OUR
10:12:11 RESIDENTIAL CRA, SO THAT WOULD HAVE ALL THE HOUSING OVER ON
10:12:15 THE FAR EAST SIDE, UP TO 26th STREET AND THEN THE POCKET
10:12:19 UP AROUND THE VM YBOR, CUBAN AMERICAN CLUB AND SOUTH OF
10:12:29 4th AND 5th.
10:12:30 WE HAVE SO MANY RESIDENTIAL UNITS ALSO ONLINE THAT WE DON'T
10:12:36 KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING TO HELP BRING IN REGARD TO A YOUNGER
10:12:40 DEMOGRAPHIC IN OUR DISTRICT.
10:12:42 BUT WE'RE HOPEFUL FOR THAT.
10:12:44 WE THINK WITH ALL THESE UNITS ONLINE, THAT WE'RE INEVITABLY
10:12:49 GOING TO HAVE MORE YOUTH IN THE DISTRICT.
10:12:51 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY.
10:12:54 THANK YOU.
10:12:57 >>COURTNEY ORR: YOU'RE WELCOME.
10:13:02 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: MOVING ON TO EAST TAMPA.
10:13:04 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:13:05 AS MS. GOODLEY TALKED ABOUT AND HAS BROUGHT UP, WE DO HAVE
10:13:12 OUR EAST TAMPA CLEAN TEAM AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM FOR
10:13:15 THE SUMMER. WE HIRED 42 YOUTH THIS YEAR.
10:13:19 IT IS OUR 14th YEAR.
10:13:20 YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE STATS OF HOW THESE YOUNG ADULTS ARE
10:13:25 HELPING US WITH EAST TAMPA AND HELPING TO MEDIATE SLUM AND
10:13:29 BLIGHT IN EAST TAMPA.
10:13:32 WE HAVE BEEN CONTINUING OUR CAC AND SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS
10:13:35 VIRTUALLY THROUGHOUT THE COVID.
10:13:37 AND WE DO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE DEVELOPERS AND POTENTIAL
10:13:42 HOUSING PROJECTS, AND WE ARE HOPING THIS FALL THAT THERE
10:13:46 WILL BE A NEW PROJECT IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR ANNOUNCED.
10:13:50 EVEN WITH COVID, WE ARE STILL SEEING THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS
10:13:55 STILL COMING AND TALKING TO US AND MOVING FORWARD AND STILL
10:13:59 CAPITAL OUT THERE.
10:14:00 WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT OUR TREE-TRIMMING PROGRAM.
10:14:03 IN 2020, WE FUNDED 100,000, AND THAT IS NOWHERE NEAR GOING
10:14:07 TO BE ENOUGH FOR THE VOLUME THAT WE'RE AT, AT 200
10:14:12 APPLICANTS, WE WOULD BE AT 500,000.
10:14:15 AT THE LAST CAC MEETING FOR EAST TAMPA, THEY DID VOTE TO ADD
10:14:21 400,000 AND REPROGRAM IT FOR A TOTAL OF 500,000, THAT WE
10:14:26 WILL DEFINITELY GO PAST THE 100,000 BEFORE THE FISCAL YEAR
10:14:30 IS UP.
10:14:30 SO THEIR MEETING WAS AFTER OUR PRIOR DEADLINE.
10:14:34 AT THE SEPTEMBER MEETING, WE WILL BE COMING BACK WITH THAT
10:14:36 REPROGRAMMING.
10:14:38 NOW SINCE ED PUT THIS TOGETHER TWO WEEKS AGO, WE DO HAVE
10:14:44 APPROXIMATELY 200 APPLICATIONS OF PEOPLE FROM EAST TAMPA.
10:14:47 YOU SEE A LOT OF THOSE OTHER INQUIRIES.
10:14:51 ED HAS BEEN HAVING TO GO THROUGH WELL OVER 400 APPLICATIONS
10:14:54 THAT WE GET ALL THE WAY FROM LUTZ AND VALRICO AND RIVERVIEW.
10:14:58 SO ANYONE HEARD ABOUT THE PROGRAM, JUST LIKE WITH ANY OTHER
10:15:03 INCENTIVE, A LOT OF PEOPLE, IF IT'S AN EASY APPLICATION,
10:15:06 EVERYONE JUST DECIDES IT'S WORTH THE FIVE OR TEN MINUTES
10:15:09 JUST TO SEE WHAT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET.
10:15:11 BUT ED DOES HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE, VERIFY THE
10:15:14 ADDRESSES WHEN WE DO GET THOSE.
10:15:16 WE HAVE APPRECIATED ALL THE EFFORTS BY CODE ENFORCEMENT AND
10:15:20 OUR OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN HELPING US GET THE
10:15:23 WORD OUT.
10:15:24 AND ALSO GOING AND LOOKING AT THE TREES AND ALSO LOOKING AT
10:15:27 WHO MAY HAVE CODE VIOLATIONS BECAUSE OF TREES AND YARD
10:15:32 OVERGROWTH, THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN LETTING THOSE
10:15:36 RESIDENTS KNOW ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
10:15:40 AND AS DISCUSSED EARLIER, WE HAVE BEEN OVERWHELMED WITH THE
10:15:45 RESPONSE.
10:15:46 IT CAME VERY FAST AND VERY FURIOUS.
10:15:49 AND THE CURRENT CITY CONTRACT DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH VENDORS
10:15:52 ON IT, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND THAT VENDOR POOL, AND AT
10:15:56 THE SAME TIME, ALSO SEE HOW WE CAN ALSO HELP SOME OF OUR
10:16:00 MINORITY AND AT-RISK BUSINESSES.
10:16:03 THE WAY THE CURRENT PROGRAM READS, IT SAYS THAT WE ARE USING
10:16:07 THE CITY CONTRACT AND EAST TAMPA TREE-TRIMMING BUSINESSES.
10:16:12 UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE MANY LANDSCAPING COMPANIES OUT
10:16:14 THERE, BUT NOT ALL THE LANDSCAPING COMPANIES PROVIDE THE
10:16:19 SERVICES NEEDED FOR TREE TRIMMING AND TREE REMOVAL.
10:16:22 SO I AM REQUESTING THAT THE CRA BOARD PASS A MOTION THAT
10:16:28 ALLOWS US TO EXPAND OUR BUSINESS VENDOR POOL TO OUR WMBE AND
10:16:33 SMALL BUSINESSES BEYOND THE EAST TAMPA CRA IN ORDER TO
10:16:36 INCREASE OUR POOL TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS IN A
10:16:38 TIMELY MANNER.
10:16:39 AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I DO BELIEVE THAT WE MIGHT
10:16:43 HAVE GREG SPEARMAN ON THE LINE.
10:16:46 PURCHASING HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US AND GREGORY HART AND
10:16:49 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT TO REACH OUT TO OUR MINORITY
10:16:53 BUSINESSES TO FIND OUT WHO IS OUT THERE, WHO TRULY DOES TREE
10:16:57 TRIMMING SERVICES TO SEE WHAT THAT POOL WOULD BE.
10:17:00 IF CRA BOARD SHOULD PASS THE MOTION, PURCHASING AND MINORITY
10:17:05 BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OFFICE ARE READY TO GO OUT WITH A
10:17:08 SHELTERED SOLICITATION FOR WMBE AND SMALL BUSINESSES TO BE
10:17:12 ABLE TO GET ON A CITY CONTRACT TO PROVIDE THE TREE TRIMMING
10:17:15 SERVICES FOR THIS PROGRAM.
10:17:17 SO THEY ARE READY TO DO THAT WITHIN A DAY OR TWO OF CRA
10:17:22 BOARD MAKING THAT MOTION.
10:17:25 BEFORE THIS MEETING GETS OUT, I WILL REQUEST THAT THAT
10:17:28 MOTION BE AT LEAST MADE FOR CONSIDERATION.
10:17:32 LASTLY, IN EAST TAMPA, OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM, WE
10:17:36 HEARD MANY SPEAKERS EARLIER DURING PUBLIC COMMENT TALK ABOUT
10:17:39 THE IMPORTANCE OF HOME OWNERSHIP.
10:17:42 THROUGH THE URBAN 360 PROGRAM AND THE PARTNERSHIP WITH
10:17:45 DOMAIN HOMES, 74 HOUSES HAVE BEEN BUILT.
10:17:49 OF THOSE 74, 63 OF THOSE HOMES HAVE ALREADY BEEN PURCHASED
10:17:53 AND CLOSED.
10:17:54 10 UNITS HAVE BEEN SOLD AND ARE CURRENTLY UNDER
10:17:57 CONSTRUCTION.
10:17:58 AND ONE UNIT IS FOR SALE.
10:17:59 SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THOSE NUMBERS AND HOW QUICKLY THOSE
10:18:04 HOMES ARE IN THE HANDS NOW OF FAMILIES AND HOME OWNERSHIP.
10:18:09 THERE ARE A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT, OKAY, BUT WHO IS BUYING
10:18:12 THESE HOMES?
10:18:13 OF THOSE 63 HOMES ALREADY PURCHASED AND CLOSED ON --
10:18:16 ACTUALLY, 73, OVER 74% OF THE HOMEOWNERS ARE AFRICAN
10:18:20 AMERICAN, AND AT LEAST 20% OF THOSE ARE 20% AMI OR BELOW.
10:18:28 WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOMES, IT TRULY IS PEOPLE WHO
10:18:32 ARE BENEFITING FROM OUR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE AND OUR
10:18:35 OTHER HOUSING PROGRAMS TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THESE HOMES AND
10:18:38 TO BRING SOME OF OUR LOWER INCOME PEOPLE INTO HOME OWNERSHIP
10:18:44 AND AGAIN BUILDING THAT WEALTH OVER TIME FOR THEMSELVES AND
10:18:47 THEIR FAMILY.
10:18:48 HABITAT HOMES HILLSBOROUGH HAS ALSO SOLD EIGHT HOMES AND
10:18:53 THEY HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL ONES UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
10:18:55 THE CDC OF TAMPA ALSO COMPLETED AND SOLD THREE HOMES AND TWO
10:19:00 ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
10:19:01 AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, DOMAIN HOMES, WE TALKED SO MUCH
10:19:06 ABOUT EAST TAMPA AND WHAT WOULD THE PRIVATE SECTOR DO
10:19:09 WITHOUT INCENTIVES, ON TOP OF THE HOMES THAT DOMAIN BUILT
10:19:12 UNDER THEIR 360 PROGRAM, THEY PURCHASED AN ADDITIONAL 41
10:19:16 PROPERTIES ON THEIR OWN AS PART OF THE PRIVATE MARKET TO
10:19:20 CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN EAST
10:19:23 TAMPA.
10:19:24 IN THE PAST 12 OR 14 MONTHS OR SO, WE HAVE SEEN AN
10:19:28 INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF SINGLE-FAMILY HOME BUILDING IN THE EAST
10:19:32 TAMPA AND MORE THAN WE'VE SEEN IN ABOUT THE PAST TEN YEARS.
10:19:36 THIS IS A VERY EXCITING TIME RIGHT NOW FOR EAST TAMPA.
10:19:39 NEXT SLIDE.
10:19:39 34th STREET PROJECT, WHICH GOES FROM COLUMBUS TO EAST
10:19:46 HILLSBOROUGH, THAT IS A CITY CONTRACT.
10:19:51 THAT HAS BEEN GOING ALONG VERY QUICKLY.
10:19:53 WE'VE BEEN VERY HAPPY WITH THE PROGRESS.
10:19:57 THE FASTER IT GOES, THE LESS DISRUPTION TO THE PEOPLE MOVING
10:20:00 THROUGH THE AREA AND THE RESIDENTS AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
10:20:02 SO THIS CONSTRUCTION BEGAN ON MARCH 2nd.
10:20:06 NOW AT THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST, THEY HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED
10:20:10 THE ROUNDABOUT AT EAST 21st AVENUE INTERSECTION, AND IT IS
10:20:15 NOW OPEN.
10:20:16 AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE ROUNDABOUTS AT EAST
10:20:19 LAKE AVENUE AND OSBORNE.
10:20:23 WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FROM OUR SUPPORT FOR ROBIN NIGH AND
10:20:31 MELISSA DAVIES.
10:20:32 THEY HAVE WORKING WITH THE CAC TO DEVELOP PUBLIC ART FOR THE
10:20:36 THREE ROUNDABOUTS AND LOOKING AT ARTISTS THAT CAN BRING US
10:20:40 ARTWORK THAT IS REFLECTIVE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND FITS INTO
10:20:43 THE CULTURE AND HERITAGE OF OUR EAST TAMPA COMMUNITY.
10:20:48 WE ARE ABOUT 50% COMPLETE ON CONSTRUCTION.
10:20:50 WE DO EXPECT SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION.
10:20:53 WE'RE STILL ON SCHEDULE FOR DECEMBER 2020 WITH FINAL
10:20:56 CONTRACT CLOSEOUT IN FEBRUARY.
10:20:58 LASTLY, OUR EAST TAMPA STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN UPDATE, OUR
10:21:04 CONTRACTOR REENGAGED NOW AFTER DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE
10:21:07 WITH OUR CAC, LAYING OUT OUR NEXT STEPS AND OUR PROCESS, AND
10:21:13 WE'RE SETTING UP ALL THE MEETINGS WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND
10:21:16 OUR INTERNAL DEPARTMENTS SO THE CONTRACTOR CAN GET UP TO
10:21:19 DATE WITH WHAT THE CITY DEPARTMENTS HAVE PLANNED IN THE
10:21:22 C.I.P. OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, AND TO DO AN ASSESSMENT OF
10:21:28 THE CONDITION OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUR LAND USE AND
10:21:32 ZONING AND HOW ALL THAT TIES IN.
10:21:34 SO THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS WILL BE SPENT ON ALL OF THAT.
10:21:37 SO WITH THAT, I'LL COMPLETE EAST TAMPA, AND CAN I ANSWER ANY
10:21:41 QUESTIONS.
10:21:44 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MS. VAN LOAN, THE PROJECT, THE ROUNDABOUT
10:21:49 PROJECT, I CAN TELL YOU, I KNOW THERE WAS A LITTLE
10:21:51 OPPOSITION TO IT, BUT A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN THE
10:21:54 AREA HAVE CONTACTED ME AND SAY IT HAS MADE A TRANSITION TO
10:21:59 THE COMMUNITY.
10:22:01 IT IS BEAUTIFYING THE AREA.
10:22:03 I'VE DRIVEN THROUGH THERE MYSELF AND SEEN THE ACTUAL
10:22:08 BEAUTIFICATION OF THE AREA.
10:22:10 I'LL BE GLAD WHEN THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED WITH A LOT OF
10:22:13 FLOWERS AND ARTWORK TO REALLY MAKE THE AREA POP.
10:22:17 I THINK IT IS REALLY MAKING A DIFFERENCE HAVING THAT PROJECT
10:22:20 ON 34th STREET.
10:22:23 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO A WONDERFUL
10:22:26 FEBRUARY DAY WHEN WE CAN ALL SHOW UP FOR A DEDICATION OF OUR
10:22:32 NEW ROADWAY AND ROUNDABOUT AND WE'LL PLAN FOR GREAT WEATHER
10:22:35 AND SEEING OUR CRA BOARD THERE FOR THAT.
10:22:37 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
10:22:38 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED, SIR.
10:22:46 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN?
10:22:47 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
10:22:51 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU.
10:22:51 YEAH, MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU READ MY MIND.
10:22:59 I KNOW IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT MEETINGS, BOTH AT THE CITY
10:23:03 AND THE CRA, WE SPOKE TO THE FACT THAT THE BAYSHORE FOR
10:23:12 MANY, MANY YEARS HAS BEEN LANDSCAPED, BEAUTIFIED, FLOWERS
10:23:22 YEAR ROUND THAT SORT OF THING.
10:23:23 I THINK COUNCIL MADE IT ABUNDANTLY CLEAR, THAT ESPECIALLY
10:23:26 WITH THE HELP OF SOME OF THE STATE MONEY AS WELL AS OUR OWN
10:23:31 LOCAL MONEY, THAT AT THE END OF THESE PROJECTS THAT NOT ONLY
10:23:39 FOR THE SHORT-TERM, BUT FOR THE LONG-TERM, THAT THOSE
10:23:45 PROJECTS IN EAST TAMPA HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF AMAZING
10:23:49 BEAUTIFICATION, FLOWERS, SHRUBBERY, ET CETERA, MAINTAINED BY
10:23:59 THE CITY FOREVER.
10:24:01 I HOPE THAT THAT'S PART OF THE PROJECT.
10:24:07 I HOPE THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HEADED.
10:24:09 I HOPE THERE'S GOOD IRRIGATION, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A
10:24:16 CRITICAL COMPONENT IN FLORIDA TO KEEP THOSE FLOWERS LOOKING
10:24:19 AMAZING.
10:24:19 I HOPE THERE IS A LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE PLAN.
10:24:26 MR. BENNETT, I THINK, HAS SPOKEN TO EQUITY ON NUMEROUS
10:24:28 OCCASIONS, AND I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF EQUITY.
10:24:35 SO, MICHELLE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT?
10:24:40 THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
10:24:44 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:24:46 >>BILL CARLSON: MR. CHAIR, THIS IS CARLSON.
10:24:48 CAN I ADD TO THAT?
10:24:49 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU'RE RECOGNIZED, SIR.
10:24:50 >>BILL CARLSON: JUST FOR ANYBODY WHO IS LISTENING WHO MIGHT
10:24:53 NOT HAVE HEARD THESE DISCUSSIONS BEFORE, THERE IS AN
10:24:56 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REASON TO MAKE SURE THERE'S EQUITY,
10:24:58 THERE IS A HUMANITARIAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS PERSPECTIVE, BUT
10:25:01 THERE'S ALSO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ONE.
10:25:03 AND FROM WHAT I CAN SEE IN THE NEWS, WE'RE STILL SLATED TO
10:25:08 HAVE THE SUPER BOWL COME.
10:25:10 WHEN PEOPLE COME FROM OUT-OF-TOWN, THEY WALK AROUND AND LOOK
10:25:13 AT OUR CITY.
10:25:14 IN PARTICULAR, THEY LIKE PEOPLE WHO VISIT A CITY LIKE TO
10:25:17 LOOK AT THE BEST PARTS OF THE CITY AND WHAT MIGHT BE
10:25:19 CONSIDERED THE WORST PARTS.
10:25:21 WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL PARTS OF OUR CITY LOOK GOOD.
10:25:25 AND IN PARTICULAR, SUPER BOWLS I THINK DRAW A LOT OF AFRICAN
10:25:28 AMERICAN ENTREPRENEURS, AND WE WANT THEM TO INVEST IN OUR
10:25:33 COMMUNITY, AND WE WANT PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD WHO ARE
10:25:36 COMING TO INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY.
10:25:38 WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY LOOKS GOOD.
10:25:41 I HAD THE PRIME MINISTER OF SINGAPORE VISIT YEARS AGO, WHEN
10:25:49 WE WERE TAKING THE BUS, AS WE WERE DRIVING THROUGH CERTAIN
10:25:51 AREAS, WE HAD TO TRY TO DISTRACT THE PEOPLE BECAUSE NOT
10:25:55 EVERY AREA LOOKS AS GOOD AS OTHER AREAS.
10:25:57 WE CAN'T PRESENT ONE FACE.
10:25:58 WE NEED TO ASSUME -- IT'S A FREE COUNTRY.
10:26:01 THEY CAN DRIVE WHEREVER THEY WANT AND THEY ARE GOING TO SEE
10:26:03 WHATEVER THEY WANT.
10:26:04 IF WE SPEND A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY MAKING OUR CITY LOOK
10:26:09 GOOD, IT HELPS OUR RESIDENTS, FIRST OF ALL, TO FEEL PROUD
10:26:12 ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO IT WILL HELP ATTRACT
10:26:16 INVESTMENT.
10:26:17 THANK YOU.
10:26:17 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:26:18 ANYONE ELSE?
10:26:21 MR. VAN LOAN, YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO COME BACK WITH THE TREE
10:26:30 NOTION A LITTLE LATER ON OR NOW?
10:26:32 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: IF YOU'RE READY TO DO IT NOW, THAT'S
10:26:35 PERFECTLY FINE WHILE WE'RE ON THE TOPIC OF EAST TAMPA.
10:26:38 THANK YOU.
10:26:41 >>ORLANDO GUDES: CAN I GET ANYONE TO MAKE A MOTION IN
10:26:44 REFERENCE TO MS. VAN LOAN'S REQUEST TO THE AMENDMENT TO THE
10:26:49 CURRENT CONTRACT -- MOTION BY MR. DINGFELDER.
10:26:54 ANY SECOND?
10:27:02 >> SECOND.
10:27:04 SECOND CARLSON.
10:27:05 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION BY MR. DINGFELDER.
10:27:08 SECONDED BY MR. CARLSON.
10:27:10 ANY DISCUSSION?
10:27:10 ANY DISCUSSION?
10:27:12 MS. VAN LOAN, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE
10:27:16 HAVING A GOOD EFFORT IN REFERENCE TO LOOKING FOR MINORITY
10:27:20 CONTRACTORS WITHIN THIS NEW AMENDMENT, CORRECT?
10:27:25 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: YES, SIR.
10:27:26 >>ORLANDO GUDES: DO WE HAVE MR. HART OR MR. SPEARMAN ON THE
10:27:29 LINE?
10:27:31 >>GREGORY HART: GREGORY HART, EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, ON
10:27:34 THE LINE.
10:27:35 >>GREG SPEARMAN: GOOD MORNING.
10:27:36 GREG SPEARMAN IS ALSO ON THE LINE.
10:27:39 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU TWO ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE STREET GRANT.
10:27:42 I WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOUR POSITION IS ON IT AND HOW WE WILL
10:27:45 GO FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
10:27:49 >>GREGORY HART: THIS IS GREGORY HART, EQUAL BUSINESS
10:27:51 OPPORTUNITY.
10:27:52 WE HAVE ALREADY GENERATED A VERY ROBUST LIST OF FIRMS
10:27:58 CERTIFIED BY THE CITY AS BEING SMALL AND OR MINORITY OWNED.
10:28:02 SO THAT WILL BE A GREAT RESOURCE TO REFER TO ADDITIONALLY.
10:28:10 AND MR. SPEARMAN CAN SPEAK TO THIS, THERE'S ALREADY BEEN AN
10:28:15 OUTREACH PLAN CRAFTED AND ACTUALLY UNDERWAY.
10:28:22 I'LL LET MR. SPEARMAN SPEAK TO THAT AS WELL, WHEREBY
10:28:26 PURCHASING IS IDENTIFYING THE REQUISITE CRITERIA, LICENSES,
10:28:32 ET CETERA, THAT WILL BE NECESSARY TO DO TREE TRIMMING.
10:28:35 I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT FROM THE EBO OFFICE STANDPOINT, CAN
10:28:40 I TELL YOU THAT A BIG ROADBLOCK FOR SMALL AND MINORITY
10:28:43 BUSINESSES ALIKE IS THAT THERE WAS AND MAY STILL BE A
10:28:46 REQUIREMENT TO HAVE A LICENSED ARBORIST.
10:28:51 WE WOULD BE HARD-PRESSED TO FIND MANY, IF ANYBODY, IN THE
10:28:56 UNDERREPRESENTED ZIP CODES OR DATABASE THAT WILL HAVE THE --
10:29:02 AN ARBORIST ON THEIR STAFF IF THEY ARE A SMALL BUSINESS.
10:29:08 IF THAT REMAINS A REQUIREMENT, I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW WHETHER
10:29:11 OR NOT A CITY ARBORIST OR SOMEONE CAN BE MADE AVAILABLE OR
10:29:16 IDENTIFIED FOR THE SMALL AND MINORITY BUSINESSES TO UTILIZE
10:29:19 TO AUGMENT THEIR MEETING THE CRITERIA, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT
10:29:24 BE.
10:29:25 JUST A SIDEBAR COMMENT THERE.
10:29:31 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I SEE THAT AS A ROADBLOCK ALREADY, MR.
10:29:34 HART.
10:29:34 I THINK, MS. VAN LOAN, YOU GUYS NEED TO GET TOGETHER IN
10:29:38 REFERENCE TO THAT SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT PARTICULAR ROADBLOCK
10:29:40 SO WE CAN GO FORWARD.
10:29:41 MR. DINGFELDER.
10:29:46 YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
10:29:46 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WHY DON'T WE JUST INCLUDE IT AS AN
10:29:49 ADDITIONAL -- I THINK IT'S A GOOD POINT, MR. HART, AND WE
10:29:53 APPRECIATE IT.
10:29:54 WHY DON'T WE INCLUDE IT IN THE MOTION THAT THE CITY ARBORIST
10:30:04 -- YOU KNOW, FOR THE EBO COMMUNITY OR MAYBE FOR THE ENTIRE
10:30:11 COMMUNITY FOR THIS PROGRAM, THE CITY ARBORIST WOULD ASSIST,
10:30:18 AND WE COULD WAIVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR PRIVATE ARBORIST.
10:30:23 JUST SORT OF MODIFY THE PROGRAM ON THE FLY LIKE THAT.
10:30:30 >>GREG SPEARMAN: MR. CHAIR, THIS IS GREG SPEARMAN,
10:30:32 PURCHASING DIRECTOR.
10:30:33 I WANT TO ECHO WHAT MR. HART HAS SAID WITH REGARD TO THE
10:30:37 LIST THAT HIS OFFICE HAS DEVELOPED THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY
10:30:42 ISSUE THE REQUIREMENTS TO BECOME A CITYWIDE TREE TRIMMER.
10:30:48 HE HAS A RATHER COMPREHENSIVE LIST, AND HE IS ABSOLUTELY
10:30:52 CORRECT.
10:30:53 THERE IS AN ARBORIST REQUIREMENT IN THE EXISTING CONTRACT WE
10:30:59 HAVE FOR TREE TRIMMING.
10:31:00 AND THESE ARE REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE DEVELOPED BY THE CITY
10:31:03 OF TAMPA PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, NOT ONLY DOES IT
10:31:07 INCLUDE THE ARBORIST REQUIREMENTS, WHICH PROBABLY WILL BE A
10:31:10 BIG CHALLENGE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE OTHER REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS
10:31:13 OF EXPERIENCE WITH EQUIPMENT, PERMITTING, THOSE KIND OF
10:31:18 THINGS.
10:31:18 WE ARE PREPARED TO WORK TO MOVE FORWARD TO BRING ABOUT
10:31:27 COMMUNITY FIRMS AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, WORKING WITH OUR PARKS
10:31:30 AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IN TERMS OF ANY ADJUSTMENTS THAT
10:31:34 WE CAN MAKE IN THE REQUIREMENTS.
10:31:37 THE MAIN THING IS WE WANT TO BE CLEAR OF IS THESE FIRMS DO
10:31:42 HAVE EXPERIENCE, THEY DO HAVE EQUIPMENT, THEY DO HAVE THE
10:31:46 LABOR.
10:31:47 AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THAT THEY DO HAVE INSURANCE.
10:31:50 BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO BE CUTTING TREES AND TRIMMING
10:31:54 TREES UNDER THE CITY'S PROGRAM, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AT
10:31:57 LEAST THOSE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS ARE IN PLACE AS THEY MOVE
10:32:02 FORWARD.
10:32:03 WITH THAT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND YIELD TO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON
10:32:07 THIS TOPIC.
10:32:12 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYONE ELSE ON DISCUSSION?
10:32:13 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN, WHAT DO YOU THINK OR WHAT
10:32:17 DOES STAFF OR MR. MASSEY THINK ABOUT POSSIBILITY JUST FOR
10:32:23 THE PURPOSES -- WE HAVE A VERY UNIQUE PROGRAM, SORT OF
10:32:27 PROTOTYPICAL PROGRAM FROM THE CRA THAT MR. CHAIRMAN CREATED
10:32:33 OR STARTED, AND I THINK MAYBE WE CAN JUST MODIFY IT WITHOUT
10:32:38 MESSING WITH THE ENTIRE CITY'S PROGRAM, WHICH IS JUST MODIFY
10:32:41 OUR PROGRAM TO SPECIFICALLY REQUIRE OR REQUEST THAT THE CITY
10:32:51 STAFF ARBORIST PARTICIPATE IN THIS, AND WE WOULD WAIVE THE
10:32:55 REQUIREMENT FOR THE PRIVATE COMPANIES TO HAVE THEIR OWN
10:33:00 ARBORIST.
10:33:01 I WOULD THINK, MR. MASSEY, THAT WE COULD MODIFY OUR PROGRAM
10:33:09 SPECIFICALLY ALONG THOSE LINES WITHOUT -- I WOULD HOPE
10:33:13 WITHOUT COMING BACK TO COUNCIL JUST BY MOTION TODAY.
10:33:17 >>MORRIS MASSEY: THIS IS MORRIS MASSEY.
10:33:22 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, I THINK CERTAINLY THE CRA COULD
10:33:25 REQUEST THE CITY LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION OFFICE,
10:33:29 NATURAL RESOURCES SECTION WHO HAS THE ARBORIST ON STAFF,
10:33:34 WHETHER THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO ASSIST AND PARTICIPATE IN
10:33:36 THE PROGRAM, IF THEY HAVE THAT CAPACITY.
10:33:42 I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU COULD DO TODAY.
10:33:45 I DON'T THINK WE CAN REQUIRE THAT OR TELL THE NATURAL
10:33:49 RESOURCES SECTION THAT THEY WILL DO THAT.
10:33:51 BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY ASK, AND WE'LL NEED TO TALK TO THEM AND
10:33:55 SEE WHAT THEIR CAPACITY IS.
10:33:58 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WITH THAT, MR. CHAIRMAN, I'LL TAKE THE
10:34:01 ORIGINAL MOTION AS SUGGESTED BY MS. VAN LOAN AND JUST ADD ON
10:34:05 THE ADDITIONAL CLAUSE THAT WE WILL ASK THE CITY ARBORIST TO
10:34:12 PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM, AND IF THEY ARE ABLE TO, IN
10:34:16 THAT CASE, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO WAIVE THAT REQUIREMENT FOR
10:34:19 THE PRIVATE ARBORIST.
10:34:23 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MASSEY, ONE QUESTION ON THAT, SIR.
10:34:25 >>MORRIS MASSEY: YES, SIR.
10:34:29 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE NUMBER OF
10:34:31 APPLICATIONS WE HAVE AT THIS POINT.
10:34:34 >>MORRIS MASSEY: I HEAR YOU.
10:34:35 I'M NOT SURE WE DO HAVE THAT INTERNAL CAPACITY TO HANDLE
10:34:43 THAT.
10:34:43 AND, UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN'T WAIVE THE TREE CODE EITHER, THE
10:34:47 CRA BOARD CAN'T DO THAT.
10:34:49 WE WILL CERTAINLY, IF THERE ARE SOME GAPS WE CAN FILL IN AND
10:34:53 ASSIST IN SOME WAY, WE CAN ASK TO SEE IF THERE'S SOME
10:34:56 CAPACITY TO DO THAT.
10:34:58 BUT I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT'S GOING TO BE FEASIBLE OR NOT.
10:35:06 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: THIS IS MICHELLE VAN LOAN.
10:35:08 IT'S ALSO NOT AN ALL-OR-NOTHING PROPOSITION.
10:35:12 SOME WILL BE AND SOME CAN GO THROUGH THE SELF-CERTIFIED
10:35:16 ARBORIST PROGRAM.
10:35:17 I THINK OUR PEOPLE WILL CERTAINLY HELP.
10:35:20 COMPANIES GO THROUGH THERE, SO AS LONG AS WE HAVE A FIX, OUR
10:35:24 ARBORIST -- THEY CAN'T DO IT ALL, BUT IF WE CAN GET A MIX OF
10:35:29 COMPANIES THAT MAY OR MAY NOT NEED THAT AND GET A HYBRID
10:35:34 MODEL, I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT -- WE'D HAVE TO TALK TO LAND
10:35:38 USE.
10:35:38 WE'D HAVE TO TALK TO PURCHASING AND FIND OUT WHAT THE
10:35:40 IMPLICATIONS ARE TO TRY AND SEE IF WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
10:35:45 AS MANY COMPANIES AS POSSIBLE.
10:35:47 BUT I DON'T THINK OUR ARBORIST, WITH JUST A FEW ON STAFF IN
10:35:51 ADDITION TO THEIR CURRENT JOBS CAN TAKE ON A LIST OF 200
10:35:56 PROPERTIES AND GROWING ALL THE TIME.
10:35:58 SO WE'D HAVE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH THEM.
10:36:00 BUT WE WILL CERTAINLY HAVE THAT DISCUSSION TO SEE HOW
10:36:04 CREATIVE AND WHAT KIND OF A HYBRID MODEL WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO
10:36:08 COME UP WITH.
10:36:12 >>GREG SPEARMAN: THIS IS GREGORY SPEARMAN, PURCHASING
10:36:14 DIRECTOR.
10:36:15 WE CURRENTLY HAVE AN EXISTING CITYWIDE TREE CONTRACT IN
10:36:20 PLACE, AND THIS MAY HELP TO AUGMENT OR SUPPLEMENT SOME OF
10:36:24 THE NEEDS THAT MAY BE IN EXISTENCE WITH SOME OF THE
10:36:28 APPLICATIONS TO GET THOSE OUT OF BACKLOG.
10:36:31 WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR FIRMS THAT ARE COVERED UNDER
10:36:34 CONTRACT.
10:36:35 PETE AND RON'S TREE SERVICE, PAYNE'S ENVIRONMENTAL, WHICH
10:36:40 HAPPENS TO BE A CITY OF TAMPA CERTIFIED SMALL LOCAL BUSINESS
10:36:42 ENTERPRISE.
10:36:42 WE HAVE -- TREE SERVICE AND WE ALSO HAVE ARBOR PRO.
10:36:48 I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEIR CAPACITY IS AT THIS POINT IN TERMS
10:36:51 OF HOW THEY ARE BEING UTILIZED BY THE CITY.
10:36:54 WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT.
10:36:55 IF IT WOULD HELP IN THE INTERIM TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE
10:36:58 BACKLOG ON THE APPLICATION THIS MAY BE A GOOD ALTERNATIVE
10:37:02 WHILE WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT
10:37:07 OTHER FIRMS THAT WE MAY BRING INTO THE PROGRAM.
10:37:13 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MR. SPEARMAN.
10:37:15 MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS MAKING SURE WE'RE ADVERTISING TO SOME
10:37:20 OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN BUSINESSES.
10:37:23 I'M HEARING COMPLAINTS THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE
10:37:25 PROGRAM, HOW THEY CAN GET INVOLVED.
10:37:27 THERE'S NOTHING ON THE WEBSITE, SEEING HOW THEY CAN GET
10:37:30 INVOLVED TO BE A PART OF THIS PROJECT.
10:37:32 SO THAT'S ONE CONCERN I HAD, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY
10:37:36 GETTING THE WORD OUT FOR THOSE SMALL MINORITY AFRICAN
10:37:40 AMERICAN COMPANIES, PART OF THE PROGRAM.
10:37:43 NUMBER TWO, IF IT IS GOING TO BE AN EAST TAMPA PROGRAM AND
10:37:45 WE ARE BACKLOGGED AND YOU CAN HELP AND MAYBE THE CITY
10:37:49 ARBORIST CAN HELP, I THINK MAYBE THE CAC LOOK AT ALSO WITHIN
10:37:54 THAT GRANT, LOOKING AT AN ARBORIST AS WELL, PART-TIME
10:37:57 ARBORIST OR SOMEBODY TO BE ABLE TO HELP WITH THE BACKLOG.
10:38:00 THE APPLICATIONS ARE STILL COMING IN.
10:38:02 I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER THAT MONEY WILL LAST.
10:38:04 BUT I KNOW THERE IS A BIG, BIG BACKLOG OF PEOPLE THAT ARE
10:38:08 WAITING, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET THIS
10:38:11 THING MOVING AS FAST AS WE CAN.
10:38:12 STORMS ARE COMING, AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WAITING A LONG, LONG
10:38:15 TIME.
10:38:16 I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN GET THIS THING MOVING AS FAST AS
10:38:19 WE CAN.
10:38:19 >>GREG SPEARMAN: UNDERSTOOD.
10:38:20 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. SPEARMAN.
10:38:21 >> YES, I'M HERE.
10:38:31 I UNDERSTAND YOU, COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:38:34 WE'LL WORK WITH PARKS AND RECREATION, THE ARBORIST, LAND
10:38:38 USE.
10:38:38 BASED ON THE COMMENTS MADE BY MR. MASSEY AND MS. VAN LOAN TO
10:38:44 MOVE AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
10:38:47 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:38:48 ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?
10:38:50 >>BILL CARLSON: MR. CHAIR, I'M OKAY WITH THE CHANGES THAT
10:38:52 MR. DINGFELDER PUT FORWARD.
10:38:55 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:38:56 >>BILL CARLSON: IN MY SECOND.
10:38:58 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?
10:39:00 ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?
10:39:02 MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU TAKE THE ROLL?
10:39:08 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:39:14 >>THE CLERK: GUDES?
10:39:16 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:39:19 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:39:22 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:39:25 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:39:28 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:39:31 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:39:33 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
10:39:37 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
10:39:39 WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 3, STAFF REPORT.
10:39:44 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: CHAIR, WE HAVE DOWNTOWN AND ROB
10:39:46 ROSNER'S REPORT TO FINISH UP AND THEN WE CAN MOVE ON TO
10:39:49 NUMBER 3.
10:39:50 THANK YOU.
10:39:50 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I'M SORRY.
10:39:51 GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE.
10:39:56 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: ROB?
10:40:13 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. ROSNER, ARE YOU THERE?
10:40:19 >>ROB ROSNER: YES, MY DESK PHONE WASN'T WORKING SO I
10:40:23 SWITCHED TO ANOTHER.
10:40:24 MY APOLOGIES.
10:40:24 OKAY.
10:40:25 WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:40:27 GOOD MORNING, I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT ON THE DOWNTOWN FIRST.
10:40:32 THE FIRST ITEM WE HAVE, THE TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER
10:40:38 RENOVATIONS.
10:40:38 WE RECEIVED NINE SUBMITTALS FROM THE COMMITTEE.
10:40:42 THE SKANSKA TEAM WAS SELECTED.
10:40:45 THEY ARE THE DESIGN-BUILD FIRM FOR ALL THE RENOVATIONS.
10:40:48 THAT KICKOFF MEETING HAPPENED A WEEK AGO AND WE'RE WORKING
10:40:54 WITH CONTRACTS ADMIN TO DO THE INITIAL AGREEMENT PAPERWORK
10:40:57 AND GETTING THE SCOPE OF WORK STARTING TO BE CLEARLY
10:41:01 DEFINED, AND THAT PAPERWORK WILL BE COMING TO YOU PROBABLY
10:41:04 IN THE FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER, IF NOT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER.
10:41:08 RIGHT NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT A FAIR AMOUNT OF WORK TO
10:41:11 DO TO GET THE SCOPE COMPLETELY WRITTEN IN DETAIL.
10:41:17 WITH THAT, MOVE ON TO THE RIVERWALK AT THE STRAZ.
10:41:21 I DON'T HAVE ANY PHOTOS FOR YOU AT THE MOMENT THAT WOULD BE
10:41:24 INTERESTING ENOUGH TO LOOK AT.
10:41:25 BUT THE WALL THAT WAS APPROVED, OR THE WALL THAT WE APPROVED
10:41:29 THE ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR IS BEING CONSTRUCTED RIGHT NOW AS
10:41:32 OF A WEEK AGO.
10:41:34 THE REBAR WAS IN PLACE AND THE FORMING FOR THE WALLS WAS
10:41:40 BEING DONE.
10:41:41 I'M SURE IT'S BEEN POURED BY NOW.
10:41:43 I HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE THIS WEEK.
10:41:45 WITH THAT, THEY ARE ON SCHEDULE WITH ALL THE OTHER PIECES OF
10:41:49 IT.
10:41:50 WE HAVE HAD PROBABLY ABOUT A TWO-WEEK DELAY BECAUSE OF JUST
10:41:53 NORMAL COVID ISSUES AND LABOR ISSUES WITH PEOPLE NOT BEING
10:41:58 ABLE TO COME OR THEY GOT QUARANTINED OR SOMETHING TO THAT
10:42:00 EFFECT.
10:42:01 FOR THE MOST PART, WE'RE STILL ON SCHEDULE TO BE DONE WITH
10:42:03 ALL OF THE ROAD WORK AND ALL THE PHASES IN MID -- LATE
10:42:11 OCTOBER TO MID NOVEMBER.
10:42:12 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:42:14 INDIRECT ACTIVITIES.
10:42:18 WATER STREET TAMPA.
10:42:20 THE JW MARRIOTT IS ON TRACK TO BE OPEN BY SUPER BOWL.
10:42:24 THEY INTEND TO HAVE THEIR CO COMPLETE BY DECEMBER.
10:42:29 THEY'LL HAVE THINGS THAT THEY WILL BE WORKING ON UP TO THE
10:42:34 DAY OF SUPER BOWL, I'M SURE, BUT THEY'LL GET THEIR
10:42:36 SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION AND THEIR CO UP ON SUPER BOWL.
10:42:40 THEY ARE TURNING IT OVER TO MARRIOTT TO START OUTFITTING IN
10:42:45 SEPTEMBER, SO MOST OF THE FLOORS ARE COMPLETE.
10:42:48 OF COURSE, MARRIOTT HAS THEIR OWN QUALITY STANDARDS THAT
10:42:51 THEY MAKE SURE THINGS ARE BEFORE THEY HAVE ANYBODY STAY AT
10:42:54 THE HOTEL.
10:42:55 ONE OF THE TWO CRANES IS NOW BEING DISMANTLED, IF YOU DIDN'T
10:43:00 GET A CHANCE TO SEE SOME OF THAT.
10:43:01 WHEN THEY DISMANTLE CRANES IT USUALLY TAKES A WHOLE DAY AND
10:43:05 WE HAVE TO CLOSE STREETS FOR DOING THAT.
10:43:07 1001 OFFICE BUILDING AND GARAGE NEXT DOOR HAVE BOTH POPPED
10:43:12 OUT STRUCTURALLY.
10:43:13 AND THEY ARE SKINNING THE BUILDING NOW.
10:43:17 AND THEY SHOULD BE DRIED IN AND THEY ARE ON SCHEDULE FOR
10:43:20 THAT.
10:43:20 A COUPLE OF THESE BUILDINGS WILL BE ONLINE SHORTLY AFTER
10:43:25 SUPER BOWL, BETWEEN MARCH AND JUNE, DEPENDING ON WHICH
10:43:28 PORTIONS THEY RELEASE FIRST.
10:43:31 BUT THEY ARE COMMUNICATING WITH US ON A WEEKLY BASIS ABOUT
10:43:34 WHEN THEY'LL HAVE CERTAIN COs DONE WHEN SOME OF THE PUBLIC
10:43:38 REALM WILL BE COMPLETED AND WHERE THEY ARE AT WITH THE
10:43:44 MASTER INFRASTRUCTURE.
10:43:45 WE ARE STARTING TO TALK ABOUT PHASE THREE OF THEIR MASTER
10:43:47 PLAN WHICH IS THE MILL SITE, AND WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO
10:43:51 THERE NEXT.
10:43:52 THEY HAD SOME PRELIMINARY PLANS, BUT THEY ARE STILL WORKING
10:43:54 ON MORE CONCRETE PLANS NOW AND WEIGHING OUT OPTIONS.
10:43:58 SO THAT'S THE AREA JUST NORTH OF CUMBERLAND THAT WE'RE
10:44:04 TALKING ABOUT.
10:44:04 THE RESIDENTIAL TOWER FOR THE H-1 BLOCK IS HEAD OF SCHEDULE,
10:44:09 AND THEY ARE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
10:44:12 I'LL MOVE ON.
10:44:13 NEXT DOOR TO HYATT HOUSE AND HYATT PLACE HOTEL NEXT DOOR
10:44:17 FROM CITY HALL HERE, THEY TOOK THEIR CRANE DOWN AS WELL.
10:44:21 IF YOU HADN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SEE HOW MUCH THAT BLOCKED
10:44:24 JACKSON STREET -- I MEAN, FLORIDA STREET.
10:44:26 FLORIDA AVENUE BETWEEN JACKSON STREET AND KENNEDY BOULEVARD.
10:44:29 THAT CLOSED THE ROAD FOR ABOUT FIVE DAYS, AND THEY HAD TO
10:44:34 GET A TALLER CRANE TO TAKE THE OTHER CRANE DOWN.
10:44:37 THAT WENT SMOOTHLY.
10:44:39 THANKS TO COVID, IT WAS VERY LOW TRAFFIC AND LOW IMPACT.
10:44:43 I'M SURE THERE WAS A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T LIKE IT.
10:44:48 WE CAN'T PLEASE EVERYBODY.
10:44:49 THEY ARE PLANNING TO BE OPEN BY SUPER BOWL, PROBABLY ON A
10:44:51 VERY SIMILAR SCHEDULE, MAYBE NOT EVERY ROOM IS 100%, BUT
10:44:55 THEY'LL BE OPEN AND HAVE THEIR CO COMPLETED.
10:44:59 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:45:05 THE HENRY TOWER, WHICH IS THE FORMER TYLER RESIDENCE.
10:45:08 THEY FINALLY GAVE IT A NAME.
10:45:10 DEVELOPMENT VENTURE PROGRESSED SIGNIFICANTLY ON THE VERTICAL
10:45:16 STRUCTURE OF THE FLOORS.
10:45:17 I THINK THEY ARE ALMOST TOPPED OUT AS OF THE LAST WEEK.
10:45:19 THEY ARE PROJECTED TO HAVE ABOUT 188 APARTMENTS FOR 537
10:45:25 RESIDENTS.
10:45:25 OF COURSE, THEY HAVE ABOUT SEVEN FLOORS OF PARKING, AND
10:45:28 THEY'LL HAVE A STATE-OF-THE-ART SECURITY SYSTEMS.
10:45:31 THEY'LL HAVE GATHERING SPACES ON EACH FLOOR, AND THEIR
10:45:36 AMENITY DECK WILL HAVE A POOL OVERLOOKING THE CAMPUS.
10:45:39 THIS IS WELL-SUITED TO LOOK TOWARDS UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA,
10:45:42 WHICH THEY BELIEVE WILL BE THEIR MAIN FOCUS FOR THE
10:45:47 RESIDENTS THAT THEY EXPECT FOR CONSTITUENTS.
10:45:52 THE DEVELOPMENT IS PROJECTED TO OPEN IN THE FALL OF 2021.
10:45:55 SO THEY ARE A GOOD 11 TO 14 MONTHS OUT FROM BEING COMPLETE
10:46:01 AND BEGINNING TO RENT.
10:46:02 MR. GUDES, TO RESPOND TO YOUR REQUEST FOR AN UPDATE ON KID
10:46:09 MASON RECREATION CENTER, I ACTUALLY RECEIVED AN E-MAIL THIS
10:46:14 MORNING ABOUT IT, BUT THEY ARE ABOUT AT 30%, AND THEY ARE
10:46:18 GOING OVER THE CONCEPTS WITH THE ARCHITECTS.
10:46:20 SO THEY ARE SCHEDULING THAT THIS COMING WEEK, AS I
10:46:24 UNDERSTAND.
10:46:25 CHRIS THOMPSON FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS THE POINT OF
10:46:28 CONTACT ON THAT.
10:46:29 AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT.
10:46:34 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:46:35 SO THE NEXT SLIDE IS MODERA TAMPA.
10:46:42 YOU CAN SEE, I'M TAKING A PICTURE FROM THE POE GARAGE HERE.
10:46:49 I'M LOOKING BACK TO WHERE THE FORMER ANNEX USED TO BE.
10:46:52 NOW YOU CAN SEE THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO BUILDINGS IN THIS
10:46:53 PHOTO.
10:46:54 YOU'RE SEEING IN THE FOREGROUND WITH THE CRANES ON IT IS
10:46:57 MODERA TAMPA.
10:46:59 IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE TIMES BUILDING.
10:47:00 THE HENRY IS OFF TO THE RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
10:47:06 LIBRARY.
10:47:06 AS YOU CAN SEE, THE WORK IS PROGRESSING.
10:47:09 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:47:11 THE HYATT HOTEL, THIS IS WHAT'S ACROSS THE STREET.
10:47:17 YOU CAN SEE THIS WAS TAKEN RIGHT BEFORE THE CRANE WAS BEING
10:47:19 DISASSEMBLED.
10:47:21 THEY ARE STARTING TO USE THIS TOWER CRANE, WHICH IS ATTACHED
10:47:25 TO THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
10:47:28 THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE REPLACING.
10:47:28 AND THIS IS ON TRACK.
10:47:29 IT'S STARTING TO LOOK VERY GOOD.
10:47:32 THEY ARE DOING SOME OF THE ROOMS CURRENTLY TO VERIFY THAT
10:47:35 FINISHES ARE WORKING OUT THE WAY THEY ARE EXPECTING, AND
10:47:38 SINCE THIS PHOTO, ALMOST ALL OF THE UPPER FLOORS OF EXTERIOR
10:47:45 HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
10:47:46 THEY'LL BE COMING AND WORKING THEIR WAY BACK DOWN AND
10:47:49 WORKING OUT OF THE LOBBY.
10:47:50 MOST OF THE TIMES THESE GUYS ARE MOVING TO DO TOP-DOWN WHEN
10:47:52 IT COMES TO ROOM FINISHES BECAUSE OF THE EXPENSE AND TIME
10:47:54 AND ALSO HAVING ACCESS TO THE EXTRA ELEVATORS.
10:47:58 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:47:59 THE ALV ROADWAY PROJECT PHASE TWO.
10:48:07 YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PHOTO THEY ALREADY DEMOLISHED THE WHOLE
10:48:10 INTERSECTION HERE.
10:48:12 THIS PHOTO IS SHOWING GRADING -- THE EQUIPMENT OUT THERE FOR
10:48:18 PUTTING IN THE LARGE STORM SEWER THAT GOES HERE.
10:48:23 MOST OF DOWNTOWN DRAINS TO THIS OUTLET THAT GOES OUT TO THE
10:48:25 RIVER HERE, AND THERE IS A 72-INCH PIPE HERE THAT'S BEEN
10:48:29 THERE SINCE 1946.
10:48:30 WE HAD TO TAP INTO THAT AND PUT A LARGE STRUCTURE TO CONNECT
10:48:33 THE REST OF THE STORM SEWER TO THE AREA.
10:48:35 THAT TOOK A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME.
10:48:38 THAT WAS PART OF THE TWO-WEEK DELAY.
10:48:41 WITH THAT, THIS PICTURE IS NOT SHOWING IT VERY WELL, BUT THE
10:48:44 ASPHALT HAS BEEN LAID FOR THE BASE.
10:48:46 THE SOILS IN THIS AREA WERE LOWER THAN AVERAGE, SO WE WENT
10:48:50 WITH AN ASPHALT BASE INSTEAD OF A STONE BASE.
10:48:53 THAT WAS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WAS IN THE LIST THAT WAS
10:48:55 APPROVED LAST TIME.
10:48:56 THE LONGEVITY OF THESE ROADS WILL PROBABLY BE SOME OF THE
10:49:00 BEST IN THE CITY BECAUSE THE LOCATION AND IS ACCESS TO GET
10:49:04 TO THESE WON'T BE THAT EASY AND WE WANT TO MINIMIZE
10:49:07 DISRUPTION TO OUR PARTNERS AT THE STRAZ AND THE LIBRARY AND
10:49:12 THE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE MOVING INTO THE AREA.
10:49:13 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:49:16 BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO CHANNEL DISTRICT, ARE THERE ANY
10:49:20 QUESTIONS FOR DOWNTOWN?
10:49:28 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED, SIR.
10:49:30 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:49:33 THANK YOU, ROB.
10:49:33 I DON'T KNOW IF I HAD A CHANCE TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR
10:49:38 PROMOTION.
10:49:38 >>ROB ROSNER: THANK YOU.
10:49:39 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I GUESS WE WILL SEE YOU WITH ANOTHER HAT
10:49:43 ON, BOTH CAPACITIES.
10:49:45 MY QUESTION, ROB, AS RELATED TO THE CONVENTION CENTER IS
10:49:51 OBVIOUSLY THESE PROPOSED RENOVATIONS AND PLANS IN THE WORKS
10:49:55 FOR A LONG TIME, BUT NOW WE HAVE COVID AND ALL THE BIG
10:50:02 FACILITIES AND INSTITUTIONS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE
10:50:04 MODIFICATIONS, ET CETERA, ESPECIALLY SOME PLACE LIKE THE
10:50:09 CONVENTION CENTER, TO ENCOURAGE AND ACCOMMODATE FUTURE
10:50:15 GUESTS.
10:50:16 SO I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK THAT THERE MUST BE A BIG PROJECT
10:50:20 IN THE WORKS OR IN THE PLANS ALONG THOSE LINES FOR COVID
10:50:26 RENOVATIONS, ESPECIALLY ALSO AS RELATED TO THE -- ANY
10:50:31 CHANGES TO THE HVAC SYSTEM.
10:50:35 I THINK YOU MENTIONED THE CHILLER SYSTEM, BUT I WOULD THINK
10:50:38 THAT THE FILTERS MIGHT HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED AS WELL.
10:50:42 SO WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT?
10:50:46 AND ARE THERE ANY PRICE TAGS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT?
10:50:49 WILL THEY BE COMING BACK TO THE CRA FOR ADDITIONAL MONEY IN
10:50:53 THE NEAR FUTURE?
10:50:58 >>ROB ROSNER: THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.
10:51:00 THANK YOU.
10:51:01 WE DO HAVE THE DISCUSSION FOR THE CONVENTION -- THE
10:51:04 CONVENTION CENTER DOES HAVE A CONTRACT RIGHT NOW FOR GBAC,
10:51:07 WHICH IS FOR PROVIDING THE NECESSARY CHANGES FOR
10:51:14 COVID-RELATED STUFF IN THE NEAR TERM.
10:51:16 OBVIOUSLY, THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN PLANNING FOR A WHILE WILL
10:51:19 HAVE SOME ADJUSTMENTS IN THOSE AS WE REVISE THE DESIGN TO
10:51:23 ACCOMMODATE.
10:51:23 OBVIOUSLY, WE'LL BE USING DIFFERENT KINDS OF FABRICS, THINGS
10:51:26 THAT ARE COVID FRIENDLY OR, YOU KNOW, CLEANING FRIENDLY SO
10:51:30 WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE.
10:51:32 BUT THERE IS A SEPARATE CONTRACT THAT IS BEING DONE RIGHT
10:51:36 NOW THAT WILL BE LOOKING TO BE ACCOMMODATED THROUGH THE
10:51:40 CARES ACT.
10:51:40 SOME OF THAT WAS REQUIRED THROUGH A STUDY AND THOSE PIECES.
10:51:45 AGAIN, I'M NOT AN EXPERT IN THAT AREA SO I CAN'T GIVE YOU A
10:51:49 BETTER REPORT THAN THAT AT THE MOMENT.
10:51:51 BUT WE DID APPROVE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY TO GO AHEAD AND GET
10:51:55 THE CONSULTANTS TELL US WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO GET THOSE
10:51:58 THINGS DONE.
10:51:59 I CAN LEAVE THAT TO GARVEY TO REPORT ON A MORE SPECIFIC ONE
10:52:04 AS SHE'S LEADING THE EFFORT ON MAKING THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS
10:52:07 AT THE CONVENTION CENTER.
10:52:09 BUT I DO RECALL THAT WE DID HAVE A CONSULTANT THAT WAS GOING
10:52:12 THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO TELL US WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
10:52:15 ALSO, THE CERTIFICATION AS PART OF THAT PROCESS IS TO LET
10:52:22 OUR FOLKS KNOW THAT OUR CUSTOMERS THERE, CONVENTIONEERS KNOW
10:52:30 THAT, HEY, WE ARE SAFE TO COME.
10:52:32 THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE EFFORT, AND IT'S FOR THE
10:52:34 BUSINESS OF THE CONVENTION CENTER.
10:52:37 BEYOND THAT, I WOULD LEAVE THAT TO GARVEY TO GIVE A MORE
10:52:42 SPECIFIC REPORT ON THAT AT A DIFFERENT TIME.
10:52:45 AS FOR THE RENOVATIONS, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE THINGS THAT
10:52:49 WILL STILL NEED TO BE DONE BEFORE WE STOP THE WORK WITH THE
10:52:52 PREVIOUS CONTRACTOR AND STARTING WITH THIS ONE.
10:52:55 THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH TO ARTICULATE THOSE
10:53:00 CHANGES AND HOW THOSE WILL BE ACCOMMODATED.
10:53:02 WE ARE INCORPORATING MORE SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY
10:53:06 EFFORTS IN IT.
10:53:08 THE IDEA OF PUTTING SOLAR ON TOP OF THE CONVENTION CENTER IS
10:53:11 A BIG TOPIC, HOW THAT WILL BE ACCOMMODATED, WHAT WILL IT
10:53:15 LOOK LIKE?
10:53:16 THERE ARE DIFFERENT FORMS OF DOING THAT.
10:53:17 OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING LEED CERTIFICATION FOR THE
10:53:22 CONVENTION CENTER AS WELL, AND THAT IS A PIECE THAT'S BEING
10:53:25 LED BY OUR NEW SRO, WHIT REMER, AND THAT PROCESS IS UNDERWAY
10:53:36 AS WE SPEAK.
10:53:36 DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, SIR?
10:53:37 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES, AND MAYBE WITH YOUR OTHER HAT ON,
10:53:39 YOU MIGHT WANT TO SUGGEST TO CAROLE POST AND TO UNA GARVEY
10:53:45 THAT THEY INITIATE SOME KIND OF REPORT TO COUNCIL IN THE
10:53:50 NEAR FUTURE ABOUT THOSE ISSUES, BECAUSE, OBVIOUSLY, THOSE
10:53:54 ARE GOING TO BE BIG-TICKET ITEMS AND LONG-TERM DISCUSSIONS.
10:53:58 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:54:06 >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE START ON CHANNEL DISTRICT?
10:54:09 IF NOT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED ON CHANNEL DISTRICT.
10:54:16 SO THE CHANNEL DISTRICT PROJECT TEAM IS CONTINUING TO ENGAGE
10:54:19 PROPERTY OWNERS.
10:54:19 WE'RE WRAPPING UP A NUMBER OF THE LAST ONES WITH COVID.
10:54:23 WE'VE HAD TO NOT BE ABLE TO MEET IN PERSON.
10:54:27 PLANNING PEOPLE'S SCHEDULES AND BEING ABLE TO SHARE PLANS ON
10:54:30 VIRTUAL HAS BEEN HELPFUL, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT'S A LITTLE HARDER
10:54:33 TO READ PEOPLE'S REACTIONS WHEN THEY ARE NOT IN THE ROOM
10:54:36 WITH YOU.
10:54:37 WE'VE HAD VERY POSITIVE RESPONSES THROUGH THE ENGAGEMENT
10:54:41 WE'VE HAD AND MOST PEOPLE ARE HAPPY TO SEE IT.
10:54:44 THE MAJORITY OF IT IS HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE AND WHEN WILL MY
10:54:48 DRIVEWAY OR THE FRONT OF MY BUSINESS MIGHT BE AFFECTED WHILE
10:54:53 WE DO THOSE RENOVATIONS.
10:54:54 WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE ON TO OUR LIST HERE.
10:54:58 GIVE THE STATUS AS OF THE END OF JULY.
10:55:01 ON THE DESIGN, WE'RE ABOUT 73% COMPLETE OVERALL.
10:55:05 WE'VE BEEN WRAPPING UP SOME OF THE LARGER ONES THAT ARE
10:55:09 BEING DONE.
10:55:10 CONSTRUCTION IS JUST UNDERWAY.
10:55:12 I DO HAVE AN UPDATE ON ONE OF THE PIECES FOR 11th STREET.
10:55:16 IT'S MUCH FURTHER, THE IRRIGATION AND LANDSCAPING HAS BEEN
10:55:22 COMPLETE.
10:55:22 I HAVEN'T BEEN OUT TO INSPECT THIS WEEK YET, BUT THAT WORK
10:55:26 HAS BEEN PUSHED A LOT FURTHER IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS WHILE I
10:55:30 WAS WRITING THIS REPORT.
10:55:31 WE ALSO ARE WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY FOR CUMBERLAND AND, I'M
10:55:38 SORRY, TWIGGS AND 12th STREET.
10:55:40 WE HAVE TWO DEVELOPMENTS UP THERE.
10:55:42 ONE IS ECI, CHANNEL CLUB 2.
10:55:45 AND THE OTHER IS DANIEL CORPORATION.
10:55:49 THAT IS REQUIRING US TO DO A CONTRACT WITH TECO TO MOVE SOME
10:55:54 OF THE OVERHEAD LINES TO MAKE THESE PARCELS BUILDABLE AND AS
10:55:58 WELL AS TO GET THEM OUT OF THE WAY FOR OTHER DEVELOPMENTS.
10:56:01 SO WE'RE INCORPORATING THOSE RELOCATIONS INTO THOSE TWO
10:56:06 PROJECTS.
10:56:06 BUT WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO
10:56:11 WITH A CONTRACT WITH TECO TO DO ABOUT $650,000 OF THAT
10:56:16 PROJECT FOR DOING THE TECO RELOCATION.
10:56:19 WE JUST RECEIVED THE DOCUMENTATION FROM TECO AND MORRIS HAS
10:56:25 THAT, AND WE'RE REVIEWING THAT TO PREPARE IT FOR A LATER
10:56:29 DATE.
10:56:30 BEYOND THAT, WE'RE CONTINUING WITH CONSTRUCTION.
10:56:35 CHANNELSIDE DRIVE PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD.
10:56:38 THEY ARE DOING THEIR MOT PERMITS RIGHT NOW, AND DOING THEIR
10:56:41 ORDERING OF STRUCTURES AND PIPES, AND DOING VERIFICATION OF
10:56:45 UNDERGROUND UTILITIES WHERE THEY ARE ABOUT TO DIG, AND WE
10:56:50 SHOULD START SEEING CONSTRUCTION LATER THIS MONTH OR MID
10:56:55 SEPTEMBER IN A MORE REAL SENSE.
10:56:56 WITH THAT, I'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
10:57:02 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:57:06 LAST MONTH, SINCE YOU SPOKE, THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN AND
10:57:10 COMMUNITY PLAN UPDATE.
10:57:12 WE SENT A DRAFT SCOPE TO CONTRACTS ADMIN BASED ON YOUR INPUT
10:57:16 AND THE CAC INPUT.
10:57:20 WE DID HAVE A SPECIAL-CALLED CAC MEETING THE PRIOR WEEK.
10:57:25 WE SENT IT TO CONTRACTS ADMIN.
10:57:26 WE PUT THAT OUT FOR THE PICK THREE PROCESS THAT WE'VE TALKED
10:57:29 ABOUT, AND WE'RE GETTING RESPONSES OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
10:57:33 WE RECEIVED, I GUESS, BETWEEN 10 AND 12 RESPONSES OF THE 30
10:57:39 THAT WERE ELIGIBLE AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WATCH FOR THOSE AS
10:57:43 CONTRACTS ADMIN GETS THOSE IN.
10:57:46 INDIRECT ACTIVITIES, CHANNEL CLUB TWO, WE WERE NEGOTIATING
10:57:50 THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE RELOCATION.
10:57:52 PART OF THAT WAS THE BONUS PROVISION AGREEMENT, WHICH IS
10:57:56 BEING TAKEN CARE OF BY CATE WELLS FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
10:58:00 BUT THEY ARE ALSO A PARTY TO MOVING THESE POLLS AS WELL.
10:58:05 SO THAT IS PART OF THAT AGREEMENT.
10:58:07 THE DANIEL CORPORATION, WHICH I MENTIONED EARLIER, IS AT
10:58:11 12th AND TWIGGS IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER, WHICH IS KNOWN AS
10:58:14 THE FORMER DEMARCAY PARCEL.
10:58:20 THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD AND WOULD LIKE CONSTRUCTION IN MID
10:58:22 TO LATE SEPTEMBER.
10:58:23 THEY ARE STILL IN FOR FOUNDATION PERMITS RIGHT NOW.
10:58:26 SO THE TIMING OF GETTING THE TECO WORK DONE IS -- OBVIOUSLY,
10:58:31 IT NEEDS TO BE COORDINATED WITH THEM.
10:58:33 SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH THEM MULTIPLE TIMES EACH WEEK TO
10:58:37 GET THESE THINGS RESOLVED.
10:58:39 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:58:41 BEFORE I MOVE ON TO TAMPA HEIGHTS, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY
10:58:46 OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHANNEL DISTRICT?
10:58:48 IF NOT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON WITH TAMPA HEIGHTS
10:58:58 RIVERFRONT.
10:58:58 WE HAVE NO DIRECT ACTIVITY SINCE THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE,
10:59:02 SINCE IT HASN'T BEEN THAT LONG.
10:59:03 THE CDD HAS SUBMITTED THEIR FIRST ANNUAL PAYMENT, WHICH WE
10:59:07 PAID.
10:59:07 I MENTIONED THAT AT THE LAST TIME WE MET.
10:59:09 THE FIRST TWO ROUNDABOUTS ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
10:59:14 I THINK I HAVE A PHOTO FOR YOU IN A LITTLE BIT FROM THAT.
10:59:18 IT WAS TAKEN THREE WEEKS AGO.
10:59:19 THE HEIGHTS MARKET IS WORKING WITH THE FOOD VENDORS TO
10:59:23 REMAIN OPEN AND ATTRACTING BUSINESSES DURING THE COVID-19
10:59:27 RESTRICTION.
10:59:27 I HAVEN'T HEARD TOO MANY COMPLAINTS AND I DO SEE CARS OVER
10:59:31 THERE.
10:59:32 AGAIN, I HAVEN'T EATEN THERE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS BECAUSE
10:59:35 I'M BACK AND FORTH AS WELL.
10:59:37 SOHO CAPITAL IS FINALIZING THE TECO TRANSFORMS AND SWITCH
10:59:41 GEARS THAT WILL GO ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF HENDERSON NEAR
10:59:46 BURDICK PARK.
10:59:47 THAT'S BEING WRAPPED UP AND THE REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT IS
10:59:49 TAKING CARE OF THAT.
10:59:50 SOHO CAPITAL IS ALSO COORDINATING WITH THE UTILITY COMPANIES
10:59:53 SUCH AS VERIZON AND FRONTIER FOR OTHER LOCATIONS AND WE'VE
10:59:57 BEEN WORKING WITH THEM TO GET THE PERMITS DONE.
10:59:59 PART OF THAT IS ALSO VERIZON IS DROPPING A LOT OF POLES AS
11:00:02 WELL AS A NUMBER OF THE OTHER CELL PROVIDERS, AND THEY ARE
11:00:06 GETTING THEIR PERMITS IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
11:00:08 I'M SURE THIS IS A WHOLE OTHER TOPIC THAT I'M SURE YOU'VE
11:00:13 HEARD OF, BUT THEY ARE AFFECTING SOME OF OUR PROJECTS.
11:00:15 WHILE WE'RE IN CONSTRUCTION, SOMEONE SHOWS UP AND DROPS A
11:00:18 POLE IN THE MIDDLE AND THEY GET THE PERMIT.
11:00:21 WE'RE TRYING TO WORK ON THAT, AND CAROL LED AN EFFORT TO DO
11:00:25 A TOWN HALL MEETING WITH ALL THE VENDORS TO GIVE THEM SOME
11:00:28 HELP AND GUIDANCE OF HOW TO MAKE THAT GO MORE SMOOTHLY.
11:00:33 THE HEIGHTS UNION BUILDING IS MOVING VERY SMOOTHLY.
11:00:37 WORK TO COMPLETE THE CLADDING.
11:00:38 IT'S GOING VERY CLEANLY.
11:00:40 IT WILL BE A VERY ATTRACTIVE BUILDING.
11:00:43 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
11:00:45 THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE ROUND ABOUT BEING CONSTRUCTED.
11:00:50 ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO.
11:00:51 I BELIEVE THE PAVERS AND EVERYTHING ARE DONE.
11:00:53 THE CENTER ISLAND HAS BEEN GRADED OUT.
11:00:56 THEY ARE WORKING ON ADA RAMPS AND GETTING THIS OPEN.
11:00:59 PART OF THE REASON THIS HAS TAKEN AS LONG AS IT HAS, BECAUSE
11:01:04 THE WHOLE AREA WAS KNOWN AS WATER WORKS PARK, A LOT OF
11:01:10 ARTESIAN WELLS AND SHALLOW PIPES TO CONNECT AND AS WE RUN
11:01:14 INTO THOSE WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THOSE.
11:01:17 WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE WATER DEPARTMENT WHEN THOSE
11:01:18 THINGS COME UP, ABOUT BEST PRACTICE TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE.
11:01:23 SOME OF THOSE THINGS HAVE DELAYED CONSTRUCTION.
11:01:25 THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU WORK IN A VERY HISTORIC AREA
11:01:29 THAT HAS LOTS OF WATER PIPES IN THE AREA.
11:01:31 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
11:01:36 ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT TAMPA HEIGHTS BEFORE I MOVE ON?
11:01:38 OKAY.
11:01:43 I'LL MOVE ON TO CENTRAL PARK.
11:01:45 THE MEACHAM URBAN FARM PROJECT HAS BEEN GOING VERY WELL.
11:01:52 I RECEIVED PHOTOS THIS MORNING SHOWING ME WHERE THEY ARE ON
11:01:55 THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PORTIONS THAT WE HELP FUND AS WELL
11:01:59 AS THE GREEN HOUSES THAT THEY ARE PUTTING UP.
11:02:03 THOSE ARE MOVING ALONG VERY SMOOTHLY.
11:02:08 THEY ARE MOVING ALONG.
11:02:09 ENCORE TAMPA IS NEGOTIATING WITH LOT TEN RIGHT NOW, AND
11:02:13 YOU'LL SEE SOME PHOTOS ABOUT THE ENCORE AND INDEPENDENT,
11:02:17 WHICH ARE TWO PROJECTS BY TWO DIFFERENT DEVELOPERS, BUT THEY
11:02:20 ARE USING THE SAME CONTRACTOR TO BUILD BOTH.
11:02:23 THERE'S APPARENTLY AN EFFICIENCY THERE, AND YOU'LL SEE SOME
11:02:27 PHOTOS HERE IN A MOMENT ABOUT THAT.
11:02:29 TRANSWESTERN IS ABOUT 30% DONE WITH THE PARKING PORTION OF
11:02:33 THEIR GARAGE.
11:02:33 THAT WAS ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO.
11:02:35 SINCE THEN, I THINK THEY ARE ABOUT 80% DONE BECAUSE IT'S A
11:02:39 PRECAST GARAGE.
11:02:40 THE LEGACY PARTNERS HAVE BROKEN GROUND ON THE FOUNDATION FOR
11:02:45 224 RESIDENTIAL UNIT ON LOT 11.
11:02:48 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
11:02:51 SO THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE INDEPENDENT TAKEN FROM CASS
11:02:57 STREET.
11:02:57 YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THEIR PRECAST GARAGE, AND THEY WILL BE
11:03:00 BUILDING THE REST OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT TO TIE TO THIS IN THE
11:03:03 VERY NEAR FUTURE.
11:03:05 IT'S PRECAST GARAGE.
11:03:07 THAT'S WHERE THEY ARE AT.
11:03:09 HAVING NO MORE SLIDES, I'LL CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.
11:03:13 CAN I TAKE ANY QUESTIONS?
11:03:17 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MR. ROSNER.
11:03:20 >>ROB ROSNER: HAPPY TO DO IT.
11:03:30 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: THIS IS OUR LAST SLIDE.
11:03:33 BEFORE I GO INTO MINE, I WANT TO TURN IT OVER VERY QUICKLY
11:03:36 TO MORRIS MASSEY TO UPDATE YOU ON THE HERMAN MASSEY PARK.
11:03:41 >>MORRIS MASSEY: GOOD MORNING, CRA BOARD, MORRIS MASSEY, I
11:03:46 WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE REGARDING HERMAN MASSEY PARK
11:03:49 QUICKLY.
11:03:50 AS YOU WILL RECALL IN JUNE, YOU ALL AGREED TO MOVE FORWARD
11:03:58 WITH LOOKING AT THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE PLANS FOR THE
11:04:00 HERMAN MASSEY PARK IMPROVEMENTS BASED ON THE COMMITMENT OF
11:04:04 THE OWNER OF THE ADJOINING BUILDING TO CONTRIBUTE ABOUT
11:04:08 $42,000 TO THAT EFFORT.
11:04:11 I WAS DIRECTED TO DRAFT AN AGREEMENT TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.
11:04:17 I HAVE DRAFTED THAT AGREEMENT.
11:04:19 IT WAS FINALIZED IN EARLY JULY.
11:04:22 I'VE SENT IT TO THE ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNER AND HER
11:04:24 REPRESENTATIVE, MR. De MAYO FOR REVIEW.
11:04:27 I HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THEM.
11:04:29 THEY ARE REVIEWING THE AGREEMENT NOW.
11:04:31 THEY DID HAVE -- THERE WERE -- THEY'VE HAD SOME PERSONAL
11:04:34 ISSUES, PERSONAL HEALTH ISSUES AND SOME OTHER THINGS COME UP
11:04:37 WHICH HAS DELAYED THE REVIEW OF THE AGREEMENT.
11:04:40 BUT THEY HAVE PROMISED ME THEIR COMMENTS HERE SO THAT WE
11:04:43 HOPEFULLY CAN BRING THAT AGREEMENT BACK TO THE CRA BOARD IN
11:04:45 SEPTEMBER FOR APPROVAL.
11:04:47 SO THAT'S THE STATUS OF THE HERMAN MASSEY PARK SITUATION.
11:04:51 IF THERE AREN'T ANY QUESTIONS, THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE
11:04:56 TO BRIEFLY MENTION TO YOU ALL, I SENT TO YOU ALL VIA
11:04:59 MEMORANDUM YESTERDAY A DRAFT PROPOSED POLICY FOR A COMMUNITY
11:05:04 BENEFITS AGREEMENT IN CONNECTION WITH CERTAIN CRA MAJOR
11:05:09 PROJECTS WHERE WE ARE PROVIDING FINANCIAL INCENTIVES OF
11:05:14 BENEFITS TO PRIVATE DEVELOPERS.
11:05:16 A COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT IS AN AGREEMENT NOT WITH THE
11:05:20 CRA DIRECTLY, BUT IT'S AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PRIVATE
11:05:21 DEVELOPER AND A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION IN ORDER TO ADDRESS
11:05:24 THE IMPACTS OF THAT DEVELOPMENT ON THE ADJACENT COMMUNITY
11:05:29 AND TO HOPEFULLY ARRIVE AT SOME INCENTIVES OR SOME BENEFITS
11:05:33 THAT WOULD DIRECTLY BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OR THE BUSINESSES
11:05:37 NEARBY.
11:05:40 I DON'T WANT YOU ALL TO ADOPT OR DO ANYTHING WITH THIS.
11:05:42 I SUBMIT IT TO YOU ALL FOR REVIEW.
11:05:45 SOME OF THE TERMS THAT I CAME UP WITH, I'VE DONE IN
11:05:50 CONNECTION WITH DISCUSSIONS WITH MS. VAN LOAN AND MR.
11:05:53 ROSNER, BUT I THINK OBVIOUSLY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I
11:05:59 EXPECT THE CRA BOARD MAY WANT TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE TERMS
11:06:03 AND WE COULD HAVE A FURTHER DISCUSSION.
11:06:05 I WOULD RECOMMEND MAYBE WE PUT IT ON THE SEPTEMBER AGENDA TO
11:06:07 REVIEW IN MORE DETAIL AND PERHAPS REFINE IT AFTER THAT,
11:06:10 BASED ON YOUR COMMENT.
11:06:11 OR OCTOBER.
11:06:15 SEPTEMBER, WE'LL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET.
11:06:17 SO MAYBE OCTOBER.
11:06:18 BUT YOU ALL HAVE A DRAFT, AND I'M HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN
11:06:22 INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS, AND THEN WE CAN SCHEDULE IT IN THE
11:06:26 NEAR FUTURE FOR FINAL REVISIONS AND HOPEFULLY FOR ADOPTION
11:06:30 AS A POLICY OF THE CRA BOARD GOING FORWARD.
11:06:35 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MR. MASSEY, FOR YOUR WORK.
11:06:37 >>MORRIS MASSEY: SURE.
11:06:38 ABSOLUTELY.
11:06:39 UNLESS THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I WILL GIVE THIS BACK
11:06:41 TO MS. VAN LOAN FOR HER FINAL UPDATES HERE.
11:06:47 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: THANK YOU, MORRIS.
11:06:49 MICHELLE VAN LOAN.
11:06:50 I WANTED TO UPDATE YOU ON OUR STAFFING UPDATE.
11:06:53 JESUS NINO IS OUR NEW DREW PARK AND WEST TAMPA CRA MANAGER.
11:06:58 I SENT YOU ALL HIS BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
11:07:01 TODAY IS OFFICIALLY HIS FIRST DAY.
11:07:03 I'LL TURN IT OVER TO HIM IN A MINUTE SO THAT HE MAY
11:07:06 INTRODUCE HIMSELF TO YOU AND YOU'LL GET A CHANCE TO HEAR
11:07:08 FROM HIM DIRECTLY.
11:07:09 MIKE CALLAHAN, WHO CURRENTLY WORKS IN OUR PLANNING AND
11:07:13 DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WILL BE STARTING WITH US ON AUGUST
11:07:16 31st.
11:07:17 HE'S CURRENTLY HELPING, HE'S GOING TO SPEND A COUPLE OF
11:07:20 WEEKS TRAINING AND WORKING WITH HIS REPLACEMENT AND WE'LL
11:07:25 CONTINUE TO BE ACCESSIBLE BY PLANNING AND LAND USE
11:07:30 DEVELOPMENT AS NEEDED.
11:07:31 MIKE IS JOINING US TO HELP WITH THE TRANSITION FROM
11:07:38 FULL-TIME CRA MANAGER TO PART-TIME CRA MANAGER AS HE TAKES
11:07:42 ON HIS NEW RESPONSIBILITIES AND NEW ROLE AS DIRECTOR OF
11:07:46 ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
11:07:47 SO MIKE WILL BE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE FOUR CRAs THAT
11:07:52 ROB CURRENTLY OVERSEES.
11:07:54 MIKE IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH MANY OF THESE PROJECTS AND HAS
11:07:58 BEEN INVOLVED WITH A LOT OF THE DOWNTOWN TAMPA HEIGHTS AND
11:08:01 CHANNEL DISTRICT PROJECTS.
11:08:04 HE'S INTIMATELY INVOLVED WITH THE PLANNING OF THIS AND HAS
11:08:07 BEEN WORKING WITH ROB OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS ON THESE
11:08:10 PROJECTS.
11:08:10 SO WE'RE GLAD THAT HE HAS A VERY LOW LEARNING CURVE IN
11:08:15 COMING IN TO WORK ON THESE PROJECTS AND WE'RE EXCITED TO
11:08:17 HAVE HIM AS PART OF OUR TEAM.
11:08:19 AS WE MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, MY PREVIOUS POSITION OF ECONOMIC
11:08:22 DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST HAD BEEN MULTIPLE POSITIONS PRIOR TO
11:08:27 THE RECESSION.
11:08:29 DURING THE RECESSION, MIKE TOOK ON MULTIPLE CRAS, AND WE ARE
11:08:36 GOING BACK TO SPLITTING THAT POSITION.
11:08:37 THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST THAT WILL BE DEDICATED
11:08:39 TO DREW PARK AND WEST TAMPA IS CURRENTLY IN BACKGROUND
11:08:42 CHECK, AND AS SOON AS THAT'S COMPLETED, HOPEFULLY IN THE
11:08:45 NEXT FEW DAYS, THE HR DEPARTMENT WILL THEN HAVE ALL THE
11:08:51 PAPERWORK IN HAND AND SHE WILL BE OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED AND
11:08:55 SHE WILL BE STARTING BY EARLY SEPTEMBER.
11:08:57 EAST TAMPA ECONOMIC SPECIALIST POSITION, AGAIN THAT WOULD BE
11:09:05 DEDICATED FULL-TIME TO EAST TAMPA JUST LIKE I WAS WHEN I WAS
11:09:10 FIRST HIRED.
11:09:11 WE HAVE AN OFFER PENDING WITH THAT POSITION.
11:09:15 AS SOON AS THAT GETS FINALIZED THIS WEEK, THEY WILL GO
11:09:18 THROUGH ALL THEIR BACKGROUND NEXT WEEK, AND AGAIN WE EXPECT
11:09:20 THAT THEY WILL START BY THE END OF AUGUST, EARLY SEPTEMBER.
11:09:23 SO BY THE TIME WE COME BACK TO SEPTEMBER 10, WE SHOULD HAVE
11:09:27 OUR FULL COMPLEMENT OF OUR STAFF.
11:09:29 AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO INTRODUCE THEM TO YOU.
11:09:32 WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO JESUS NINO, OUR
11:09:38 NEWEST CRA MANAGER AND LET HIM INTRODUCE HIMSELF TO YOU.
11:09:43 >>JESUS NINO: HELLO.
11:09:47 JESUS NINO.
11:09:48 I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE.
11:09:49 I'M GOING TO KEEP THIS VERY SHORT SINCE YOUR AGENDA IS
11:09:49 PRETTY PACKED THERE.
11:09:50 BUT I'M EXCITED.
11:09:50 I'M EXCITED TO WORK HERE WITH THE TEAM, WITH THE COMMUNITY
11:09:52 AND ALL OF YOU.
11:09:53 AND I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST FOR THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA, WEST
11:09:57 TAMPA AND DREW PARK AND JUST FOR THE CITY IN GENERAL.
11:10:01 THANK YOU.
11:10:02 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
11:10:03 WELCOME ABOARD.
11:10:04 THANK YOU.
11:10:06 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN?
11:10:08 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED, MR. DINGFELDER.
11:10:10 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: JESUS, I DON'T THINK I GOT A CHANCE TO
11:10:16 LOOK AT YOUR RESUMÉ, BUT IF YOU COULD GIVE US 30 SECONDS OR
11:10:21 THEREABOUTS ON WHERE DID YOU COME FROM AND WHAT HAD YOU BEEN
11:10:25 DOING?
11:10:26 >>JESUS NINO: WELL, I DID MY UNDERGRADUATE UNIVERSITY OF
11:10:28 SOUTH FLORIDA THERE WITH HUMANITIES AND CULTURAL STUDIES AND
11:10:31 URBAN GEOGRAPHY.
11:10:33 THEN I ALSO DID THE URBAN STUDIES PROGRAM WHERE I DECIDED
11:10:36 WHAT I WANT TO DO WITH MY CAREER, WHICH TOOK A FIELD TRIP
11:10:39 OVER TO WEST TAMPA, AND THAT WAS IT.
11:10:41 I WENT UP TO MICHIGAN STATE, AND THAT'S WHERE I GOT MY
11:10:46 MASTER'S DEGREE IN URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING,
11:10:48 CONCENTRATION IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, URBAN POLICY.
11:10:52 THEN MY YOUNGER CAREER WAS IN LONG-RANGE PLANNING AND
11:10:56 STRATEGIC PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW.
11:10:58 THEN SWITCHED OVER TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THEN STARTED
11:11:01 DOING CRA STUFF AND GOT HIRED BY THE CITY OF BRADENTON DOING
11:11:06 -- GOT HIRED BY THE CITY OF BRADENTON CENTRAL COMMUNITY
11:11:09 REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AS THEIR CRA MANAGER FOR A FEW YEARS.
11:11:13 THEN CITY OF BRADENTON TOOK ME OVER TO THEIR CITY HALL AND I
11:11:17 BECAME THEIR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
11:11:19 ALSO, THEIR CRA MANAGER FOR THEIR THREE CRAs.
11:11:22 I HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE, BUT AS I LEARNED OVER THE YEARS,
11:11:26 EVERY ATTORNEY HAS THEIR OWN INTERPRETATION OF THINGS, AND
11:11:29 YOU HAVE TO BE RESPECTFUL TO THAT, AND TAMPA HAS THEIR WAYS.
11:11:32 I'LL DO MY BEST WITH MY KNOWLEDGE HERE AND I'LL LEARN A LOT
11:11:36 FROM THE CITY AS WELL.
11:11:39 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WELCOME ABOARD.
11:11:40 THANK YOU.
11:11:46 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MS. VAN LOAN.
11:11:49 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: YES, SIR.
11:11:50 >>ORLANDO GUDES: BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 3, I'VE
11:11:52 RECEIVED SEVERAL E-MAILS FROM NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS IN
11:11:54 THE EAST TAMPA AREA IN REFERENCE TO THE ROUNDABOUT.
11:11:58 SOME KIND OF MISINTERPRETED IT OR WANT MORE CLARIFICATION.
11:12:03 WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE ART PROJECT AND CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS
11:12:08 GOING TO BE DESIGNING.
11:12:09 THEY ARE WONDERING IF THEY MISSED THE MEETINGS IN REFERENCE
11:12:14 TO BEING INVOLVED IN WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE IN THEIR
11:12:17 COMMUNITY.
11:12:17 I HAVE MS. FRAN TATE, FRANKY JONES, I GUESS THEY ARE
11:12:23 LISTENING TO THE BROADCAST AND THEY HAVE SOME CONCERNS THAT
11:12:26 THEY HAVEN'T BEEN NOTIFIED VERSUS SOMEONE IS GOING TO DO
11:12:30 ARTWORK AND WHAT THE ARTWORK WILL LOOK LIKE.
11:12:33 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: WE'RE NOT THAT FAR ALONG WITH.
11:12:36 I'M SORRY IF I WAS OVERLY GENERAL.
11:12:39 AGAIN.
11:12:40 I'M FILLING IN FOR ED ON SOME OF THESE DETAILS.
11:12:43 [AUDIO DROP]
11:13:06 -- AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE -- THEY'LL GET INPUT ON WHAT
11:13:12 THEY WANT ACROSS THE STREET.
11:13:14 IS IT A THEME, ONE INDIVIDUAL, ONE ARTIST?
11:13:17 NO DECISIONS WHATSOEVER HAVE BEEN MADE YET.
11:13:20 THIS IS ALL DISCUSSION AND PLANNING.
11:13:22 AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE KNEW THE ARTWORK IS THE VERY LAST
11:13:26 PIECE AND WE WOULD HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO FIGURE OUT THE
11:13:29 ARTWORK AS THE PROJECT COMPLETES AND ALL THE LANDSCAPING AND
11:13:33 EVERYTHING ELSE.
11:13:34 SO DECISIONS ON THE ARTWORK AND THE PLANNING FOR THE ARTWORK
11:13:39 WILL BE A STEP THEY MOVE INTO THIS FALL.
11:13:41 I APOLOGIZE IF MY VAGUENESS IN MY COMMENT LED TO ANY
11:13:45 CONFUSION.
11:13:46 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT'S OKAY.
11:13:47 WE HAVE AN EXPLANATION NOW, SO THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE
11:13:50 LISTENING KNOW THAT THEY WILL BE INCLUDED AND THE PROJECT IS
11:13:54 ONGOING.
11:13:55 IF YOU'RE FINISHED WITH ITEM NUMBER 2.
11:13:59 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: I LEFT ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE FOR
11:14:01 ALL OF YOU, THIS IS EVERYTHING WE HAVE ON THE SEPTEMBER
11:14:04 AGENDA COMING UP.
11:14:05 SO THERE ARE A FEW EXTRA ITEMS AND WE'LL HAVE OUR
11:14:08 TRADITIONAL APPROVALS.
11:14:10 AND THEN AS MORRIS MENTIONED, IF IT IS ALL RIGHT AND,
11:14:14 PLEASE, MR. CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING THE BENEFITS
11:14:16 ORDINANCE IN OCTOBER JUST SO THAT WE CAN GET THROUGH THE
11:14:19 BUDGET PROCESS IN SEPTEMBER FOR DISCUSSION IN OCTOBER.
11:14:22 AND WITH THAT, THAT WOULD CONCLUDE OUR MONTHLY REPORT.
11:14:26 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WITH NO OBJECTION OF ANY OTHER COUNCIL
11:14:29 MEMBERS, WE CAN MOVE ON.
11:14:33 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: IF MS. SULING COULD BRING UP THE
11:14:37 SECOND PowerPoint ON ITEM NUMBER 3 AND GO TO THE SECOND
11:14:41 SLIDE.
11:14:42 THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:14:44 LUCKILY, THIS IS VERY SHORT COMPARED TO OUR DISCUSSION LAST
11:14:49 MONTH AND THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION WE PROVIDED BECAUSE NOW
11:14:52 YOU'VE ALREADY GOT THE BACKGROUND, BOTH FROM A LEGAL
11:14:56 STANDPOINT AS FAR AS AMENDING OUR COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
11:15:00 PLANS AND SO FORTH SHOULD ANY CHANGES BE MADE.
11:15:03 AS I INDICATED WITH THE PARTNER MOTION TO THIS ONE, WE ARE
11:15:10 ONLY ADDRESSING THE FIRST HALF OF THE MOTION, WHICH IS THE
11:15:15 POTENTIAL TO COME UP AND DEVELOP A CAP FOR THE DOWNTOWN CRA.
11:15:19 THE SECOND PART OF THE MOTION WOULD HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED
11:15:24 BETWEEN THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE CITY COUNCIL DURING YOUR
11:15:27 BUDGET.
11:15:28 AND I JUST WANT TO EXPOUND ON THAT A LITTLE MORE THAN WE DID
11:15:31 LAST MONTH TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO CONFUSION ABOUT HOW TIF
11:15:35 FUNDING COMES TO THE CRA.
11:15:37 THE CITY COUNCIL OF TAMPA, ESTABLISHED THROUGH THE
11:15:40 INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND THE CURRENT CONTRIBUTION FOR
11:15:43 DOWNTOWN, IS 95% OF THE INCREMENT.
11:15:46 SO OVER THE BASE YEAR, ALL PROPERTY TAXES THAT WOULD HAVE
11:15:49 BEEN GENERATED PREVIOUS TO THE BASE YEAR DO GO TO THE
11:15:53 GENERAL FUND, AND 95% OF THE PROPERTY TAXES GENERATED AFTER
11:15:59 THE BASE YEAR GO TO THE CRA TIF ACCOUNT AND 5% STILL GOES TO
11:16:04 THE GENERAL FUND.
11:16:05 I POINT THIS OUT SO THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CAPPING, IT IS
11:16:10 NOT THAT THE CRA AGENCY IS GIVING MONEY BACK TO THE GENERAL
11:16:15 FUND.
11:16:15 AND THE SEMANTICS HERE IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF HOW YOU MOVE
11:16:20 FORWARD LEGALLY.
11:16:21 SO SHOULD THERE BE A CAP, THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND
11:16:25 FOLLOWING ALL OF THE PROCESS THAT MORRIS LAID OUT LAST
11:16:28 MONTH, BUT THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WOULD BE ADJUSTED TO
11:16:32 REFLECT NO LONGER 95%.
11:16:34 IT WOULD REFLECT THAT CAP.
11:16:36 WHAT THAT MEANS THEN IS THE PROPERTY APPRAISER ONLY SENDS TO
11:16:40 THE CRA THAT NEW LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIF.
11:16:44 SO IT IS NOT AS IF THAT FULL 95% GETS GIVEN TO THE CRA AND
11:16:49 THEN THE CRA GIVES BACK TO THE CITY OF TAMPA.
11:16:52 SO ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS WITH THOSE FUNDS THAT GO DIRECTLY
11:16:57 NOW FROM THE PROPERTY APPRAISER TO THE GENERAL FUND ARE 100%
11:17:02 UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, CITY COUNCIL, AND
11:17:08 ADMINISTRATION AS PART OF YOUR GENERAL CITY OF TAMPA
11:17:11 GOVERNANCE AND BUDGETING PROCESS.
11:17:13 THE CRA IS NO LONGER A PARTY OR HAS ANY KIND OF JURISDICTION
11:17:19 OVER THOSE FUNDS WHEN IT GOES DIRECTLY FROM THE PROPERTY
11:17:22 APPRAISER TO THE CITY OF TAMPA GENERAL FUND.
11:17:26 THE CRA ONLY HAS JURISDICTION ON THAT PORTION THAT COMES TO
11:17:31 THE CRA.
11:17:32 SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT DISTINCTION, THAT
11:17:35 WHATEVER CHANGE YOU MAKE TO CAP THIS, AS THE CRA AGENCY,
11:17:39 YOUR JURISDICTION IS STRICTLY OVER THE MONEY THAT COMES INTO
11:17:43 THE CRA AND ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS WOULD BE HANDLED AT CITY
11:17:48 COUNCIL AND DISCUSSIONS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION.
11:17:49 I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS NO CONFUSION ABOUT THAT.
11:17:53 I ALSO WANTED TO REITERATE JUST BECAUSE OF SOME COMMENTS
11:17:57 THAT WERE MADE ON THE FIRST HALF OF THIS MEETING ABOUT WHERE
11:18:01 THE CRA MONEY IS INVESTED, DURING OUR REPORTS, WE TALK ABOUT
11:18:05 DIRECT AND INDIRECT ACTIVITIES.
11:18:08 ROB ROSNER'S REPORT ON CHANNEL DISTRICT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE.
11:18:12 WHEN YOU LOOKED AT THAT CHART THAT ROB HAD UP THERE, AND YOU
11:18:15 LOOK DOWN THOSE BUDGETED ITEMS THAT THE CRA IS INVESTING IN,
11:18:20 YOU WILL NOTICE IT SAYS STREET, STREET, STREET, AVENUE,
11:18:23 DRAINAGE DITCHES, TECO LIGHTING, THE CRA DOLLARS ARE GOING
11:18:28 INTO INFRASTRUCTURE ON PUBLIC LANDS, AND WE ARE NOT
11:18:32 CONTRIBUTING OR GIVING MONEY TO DEVELOPERS OR COMMERCIAL
11:18:38 PROJECTS OR ANYTHING OF THAT LIKE.
11:18:40 AS WE GO INTO THE NEXT SLIDE, AGAIN, I POINT THAT OUT, THE
11:18:44 TYPE OF INVESTMENTS THAT WE ARE DOING IN DOWNTOWN WITH THE
11:18:47 CRA DOLLARS ARE ON CITY INFRASTRUCTURE.
11:18:50 SO IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
11:18:53 THANK YOU.
11:18:54 STAY RIGHT THERE ON THE BUDGET.
11:18:55 THIS AGAIN IS A PLANNING BUDGET.
11:18:59 IT DOES REFLECT RIGHT NOW ESTIMATED BUT IT'S BEEN UPDATED
11:19:02 SINCE WE DEVELOPED THIS.
11:19:04 THIS IS THE SAME BUDGET I GAVE YOU AND HANDED OUT LAST MONTH
11:19:07 IN ANTICIPATION OF THIS DISCUSSION.
11:19:09 SO WE PLAN ON STARTING FY '21.
11:19:12 I'VE HIGHLIGHTED IT WITH THAT 16 MILLION.
11:19:15 I'M SORRY, THE BEGINNING FUND BALANCE OF 18 MILLION.
11:19:18 I HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW THAT 16 MILLION.
11:19:20 THAT IS WHAT THE CITY PROPERTY TAX CONTRIBUTION IS TO THE
11:19:28 DOWNTOWN CRA.
11:19:29 AND THEN YOU SEE COUNTY.
11:19:30 THERE ARE A COUPLE OF COUNTIES.
11:19:32 THOSE ARE BASICALLY PASSED THROUGH.
11:19:34 WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE REVENUES ARE FOR THE DOWNTOWN, YOU
11:19:37 CAN'T LOOK AT THAT TOTAL 24 MILLION BECAUSE THAT 7 MILLION
11:19:40 YOU SEE FROM THE TWO COUNTY CONTRIBUTIONS GO DIRECTLY BACK
11:19:44 OUT PER AGREEMENT.
11:19:46 SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT THE REVENUE IS TO THE DOWNTOWN
11:19:51 CRA, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT CITY PORTION, AND THEN YOU
11:19:54 SEE THAT PORT PORTION AND THAT LITTLE BIT THAT WILL BE
11:19:59 ENDING WITH THE CHILDREN'S BOARD THAT WILL EXPIRE.
11:20:03 SO THE MAIN PORTION OF THE REVENUE THAT WE WOULD BE
11:20:05 DISCUSSING WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TAP WHICH IS CURRENTLY WHAT IS
11:20:09 REFLECTED IS THE 16 MILLION.
11:20:11 THE FIRST PART OF EXPENSES YOU SEE COMMITTED.
11:20:14 THESE ARE THE EXPENSES THAT WE HAVE COMMITTED TO EITHER
11:20:18 BECAUSE WE ARE IN DESIGN OF PROJECTS, THEY ARE UNDER
11:20:21 CONSTRUCTION OF PROJECTS, OR THERE IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT.
11:20:25 SO THE BIG LEGAL AGREEMENT THAT EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF IS OUR
11:20:28 DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE SPP FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
11:20:33 IT'S REFERRED TO AS THE MASTER INFRASTRUCTURE AGREEMENT.
11:20:35 THIS IS AN AGREEMENT BY THE COUNTY, THE CITY, THE CRA BOARD,
11:20:41 AND SPP, THAT THE CITY -- OR THE CRA AND THE COUNTY WILL
11:20:46 CONTRIBUTE UP TO HUNDRED MILLION.
11:20:48 THAT'S 50 MILLION SHARED EQUALLY BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE
11:20:51 CRA, TO HELP WITH INFRASTRUCTURE IN AND AROUND AND PUBLIC
11:20:56 SPACE IN AND AROUND THE SPP DEVELOPMENT.
11:21:00 AS MANY HAVE SEEN AND ROB HAS TALKED ABOUT OVER THE PAST
11:21:04 COUPLE OF YEARS, WE HAVE A LOT OF STREETS WHERE THE GRID IS
11:21:06 NOT IN ALIGNMENT.
11:21:07 IF YOU LOOK AT AN AERIAL OF DOWNTOWN, YOU CAN SEE WE ALMOST
11:21:10 LOOK LIKE A SPOKE WHEEL.
11:21:12 WE COME IN AT AN ANGLES, STREETS THEN STRAIGHTEN OUT.
11:21:17 SO A LOT OF THE WORK THAT ROB HAS BEEN DOING IS TO BETTER
11:21:20 ALIGN THESE STREETS THROUGH TRAFFIC, THROUGH CONNECTING THE
11:21:23 DOWNTOWN TO THE CHANNEL DISTRICT AND ON THAT SOUTHEASTERN
11:21:25 SIDE OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
11:21:28 SO THESE ARE THE ESTIMATED YEARS THAT THE ALLOCATIONS WOULD
11:21:34 BE MADE BASED ON WHEN WE WOULD CONTRACT FOR THE WORK.
11:21:37 AGAIN, AS SOON AS THAT MONEY IS CONTRACTED, WE HAVE TO SET
11:21:41 THAT MONEY ASIDE.
11:21:42 IT IS ENCUMBERED, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY GET SPENT OVER A COUPLE
11:21:46 OF YEARS BASED ON THE SIZE OF THESE PROJECTS.
11:21:49 AS YOU CAN SEE, A GOOD CHUNK OF THIS MONEY, AS WE DISCUSSED
11:21:52 EARLIER IS THE CONVENTION CENTER REMODELING AND UPGRADE.
11:21:56 CHILLER, HVAC, NEW MEETING ROOMS, ALL OF THAT WORK THAT HAS
11:22:01 BEEN IN DISCUSSION FOR THE PAST 18 MONTHS, THEY ARE
11:22:04 CURRENTLY IN CONTRACT NEGOTIATION FOR THAT PROJECT AND IT
11:22:09 WOULD BE UP TO THREE YEARS, ROB?
11:22:11 IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT THREE YEARS TO IMPLEMENT THAT PROJECT.
11:22:13 THEN YOU SEE THE POTENTIAL.
11:22:15 THESE ARE LOOKING OUTWARD AT PROJECTS LOOKED AT OR TALKED
11:22:20 ABOUT IN THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN OR BEEN TALKED
11:22:22 ABOUT AT THE CAC, FUTURE STREET ALIGNMENT THAT WE WOULD DO
11:22:29 AFTER WE HANDLE THE MAJOR ONES WE'VE COMMITTED TO.
11:22:32 ALL WE HAVE DONE IS TRIED TO PLACE THEM IN YEARS TO GIVE YOU
11:22:35 AN IDEA ABOUT TOTAL EXPENDITURE AMOUNTS.
11:22:38 AGAIN, NONE OF THESE HAVE TO BE WITHIN THE SPECIFIC YEARS,
11:22:43 ESPECIALLY POTENTIAL.
11:22:43 WE'RE TRYING TO ARRIVE AT WHAT ANNUAL EXPENDITURES COULD BE.
11:22:49 OFF ON THE RIGHT IN THAT BOX, THESE ARE ADDITIONAL PROJECTS
11:22:53 THAT WOULD GO OUT BEYOND 2026.
11:22:56 AGAIN, THEY HAVE NOT HAD FOR ANY OF THE POTENTIAL PROJECTS,
11:22:59 PRIORITIZATION DISCUSSIONS AT THE CAC YET WITH THESE
11:23:03 PROJECTS OR WITH YOU AS THE CRA BOARD, BUT WE DID WANT YOU
11:23:07 TO KNOW HERE ARE ALL THE POTENTIAL PROJECTS AND ALL THE
11:23:10 NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE STILL FOR THE DOWNTOWN CRA.
11:23:13 I HIGHLIGHTED IN SOME COLORS, I JUST WANTED TO EXPLAIN WHAT
11:23:18 THE COLORS MEAN.
11:23:20 AT THE TOP, YOU CAN SEE THE CITY REVENUE FOR FY '22, '23,
11:23:24 '24 IS A PEACH COLOR.
11:23:26 THOSE REVENUE ESTIMATES, NORMALLY WE ESTIMATE AS CITY
11:23:30 PRACTICE A 5% INCREASE.
11:23:31 THOSE THREE YEARS ROB ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH AND LOOKED AT
11:23:36 BUILDINGS ALREADY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, PROJECTS ALREADY UNDER
11:23:39 CONSTRUCTION, ESTIMATING WHAT THE PROPERTY TAXES WOULD BE
11:23:42 GENERATED FOR THE CRA.
11:23:45 SO THOSE REVENUES INCLUDE 5% PLUS ROB'S ANALYSIS OF WHAT
11:23:51 THOSE NEW BUILDINGS COMING ONLINE IN THOSE YEARS WOULD BRING
11:23:55 US ADDITIONAL REVENUE.
11:23:56 AND THEN AS WE GET INTO '25 AND '26, WE START GETTING INTO
11:24:02 GUESSING.
11:24:02 WE'VE GONE BACK AS STANDARD 5% FOR THOSE TWO YEARS.
11:24:05 SO THESE NUMBERS COULD GO UP OR DOWN.
11:24:07 AGAIN, WE'RE NOT AWARE OF WHAT COVID MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE ANY
11:24:11 LONG-TERM EFFECT ON OUR PROPERTY VALUES.
11:24:14 AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, THE TWO YELLOW HIGHLIGHTED
11:24:17 BALANCES, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT AT YOUR CURRENT REVENUES
11:24:20 AND CURRENT COMMITTED PROJECTS, WE HAVE VERY SMALL FUND
11:24:25 BALANCES DUE TO ALL OF THESE COMMITMENTS.
11:24:28 SO ANY CHANGES THAT YOU MAKE TO REVENUE, SHOULD YOU CHANGE
11:24:32 FY '21 OR '22, JUST BE AWARE THAT WE WOULD THEN HAVE TO,
11:24:37 ESPECIALLY IN FY '22, BECAUSE IT WOULD TAKE US TIME TO MAKE
11:24:43 CHANGES, ANY VOTES YOU TAKE AS MORRIS POINTED OUT LAST
11:24:47 MONTH, THE PROCESS IS TO GO AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO
11:24:51 COUNCIL.
11:24:51 COUNCIL HAS TO THEN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE PLANNING
11:24:54 COMMISSION.
11:24:55 WE HAVE TO TALK TO THE COUNTY AND WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT
11:24:57 PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS.
11:24:58 SO WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT A CAP IN FY '21.
11:25:02 THE EARLIEST YEAR YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT IS FY '22.
11:25:08 I WANT TO POINT OUT THOSE LOW BALANCES FOR THOSE TWO YEARS.
11:25:12 ONCE WE GET INTO FY '23 AND SOME OF THE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN
11:25:14 ENCUMBERED AND START COMING OFF OUR PLATE, YOU CAN START TO
11:25:18 SEE THAT THE BALANCES START TO GROW AGAIN.
11:25:22 AND THERE IS SOME WIGGLE ROOM.
11:25:24 NEXT SLIDE.
11:25:26 JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.
11:25:32 WE TALK A LOT ABOUT -- AND THERE'S A LOT OF SORT OF
11:25:36 CHARACTERIZATIONS ABOUT CRA REVENUE AND WHAT THESE
11:25:39 INVESTMENTS ARE, AND AT ITS MOST BASIC, THERE'S A LOT OF
11:25:44 TALK AS IF THE CRAs ARE SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO
11:25:48 THE CITY.
11:25:48 I JUST WANTED TO PUT THIS BACK IN CONTEXT.
11:25:49 CRA REVENUE WAS A DECISION BY THE CITY OF TAMPA TO TARGET
11:25:54 REVENUE WITHIN THE DISTRICT TO AN INVESTMENT WITHIN THE
11:25:56 DISTRICT.
11:25:57 SO THE MONEY IS INVESTED ON BEHALF OF THE CITY INTO CITY
11:26:02 INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROGRAMS.
11:26:06 THE MONEY GENERATED AS COUNCILMAN CARLSON POINTED OUT, IT'S
11:26:10 NOT INVESTED IN OTHER AREAS, BUT IT IS INVESTED IN THE
11:26:13 INFRASTRUCTURE AND INTO CITY PROJECTS WITHIN THE CRA.
11:26:16 IF YOU CAP, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE PROCESS, BUT THERE ARE
11:26:22 TWO DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU CAN CAP THE REVENUES FOR THE
11:26:25 CRA.
11:26:25 AS MENTIONED, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE THROUGH THE
11:26:31 INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF AMENDING
11:26:33 THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.
11:26:34 BUT YOU HAVE TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR HOW YOU COULD CAP.
11:26:37 AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE CURRENTLY AT 95% OF INCREMENT ABOVE
11:26:41 BASE YEAR.
11:26:42 YOU COULD REDUCE THAT 95% STARTING AT A SPECIFIC YEAR BASED
11:26:48 ON YOUR DISCUSSIONS TO A LOWER AMOUNT OR TO A STEP-DOWN
11:26:52 AMOUNT.
11:26:53 IF YOU WANTED TO GO 90, 85, 80 UNTIL YOU REACHED A CERTAIN
11:26:58 YEAR, OR YOU COULD SAY THAT LOOKING AT OUR PROJECTS, YOU
11:27:01 FEEL THAT 20, 21, 22, 23 MILLION, YOU COULD PICK A HARD
11:27:06 DOLLAR AMOUNT AND STATE THAT ANY REVENUES ABOVE THAT DOLLAR
11:27:10 AMOUNT THAT IS WHAT THE CRA WOULD GET.
11:27:13 THERE ARE PROS AND CONS TO BOTH SIDES.
11:27:16 IF YOU DO IT AT A PERCENTAGE, YOU WOULD IMMEDIATELY START
11:27:20 REDUCING THE REVENUES, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE CRA REVENUE
11:27:25 CAN GROW ALONG WITH THE PERCENTAGE THAT GOES TO THE GENERAL
11:27:31 FUND.
11:27:31 SO IF YOU KEEP IT AS A PERCENTAGE, AS THE PROPERTY VALUES
11:27:35 INCREASE, THE ACTUAL DOLLAR AMOUNT WOULD INCREASE FOR BOTH
11:27:38 THE GENERAL FUND AND THE CRA AFTER THAT INITIAL HIT WHEN YOU
11:27:42 REDUCE THE PERCENTAGE.
11:27:44 IF YOU DO A SET DOLLAR CAP, SHOULD WE EVER RUN INTO ISSUES
11:27:50 WITH RECESSIONS, ECONOMIC HARD TIMES, YOU CAN MAKE SURE THAT
11:27:55 THE REVENUES ARE ALWAYS A MINIMUM TO HANDLE THE CRA
11:27:59 PROJECTS, AND IF YOU SET THAT -- AS A CAP PROJECT, IT ALSO
11:28:06 ALLOWS YOU TO POTENTIALLY HAVE DOLLARS FOR FLEXIBILITY.
11:28:08 NEXT SLIDE.
11:28:10 THIS IS OUR LAST SLIDE.
11:28:17 WITH YOUR CURRENT BUDGET CHALLENGES, AS MENTIONED, WE HAVE
11:28:21 SEVERAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING BID OUT IN THE
11:28:25 NEXT 12 MONTHS.
11:28:26 UNTIL THOSE PROJECTS ARE BID OUT, WE WON'T KNOW WHAT THE
11:28:30 ACTUAL CONTRACT AMOUNTS WILL BE AND WHAT THOSE COSTS WILL
11:28:32 BE.
11:28:32 WE STILL DON'T KNOW THE IMPACT OF COVID, AND ASIDE FROM
11:28:36 PROPERTY VALUES AND OUR BUSINESSES, AS WE POINTED OUT IN
11:28:40 THAT BUDGET, THE CITY, OR THE COUNTY CONTRIBUTES TO PROJECTS
11:28:44 IN DOWNTOWN, JOINTLY WITH THE CRA, AND SOME OF THOSE
11:28:50 REVENUES COME FROM THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT TAX.
11:28:52 AND BECAUSE OF HOW HARD HIT OUR TOURIST DEVELOPMENT DOLLARS
11:28:57 ARE, WE ARE UNABLE AT THIS TIME AND THE COUNTY IS VERY
11:29:04 CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THOSE REVENUES WILL BE AND WHEN THEY
11:29:09 START COMING BACK AT LEVELS THAT WILL ACTUALLY ALLOW THEM TO
11:29:12 CONTRIBUTE AGAIN TO THE TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER AND THE
11:29:16 TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER UPGRADE AND REMODEL.
11:29:19 THAT IS A BIG UNKNOWN FOR US OVER THE NEXT SIX TO 12 MONTHS
11:29:23 FOR A PROJECT THAT WE ARE NOW COMMITTING TO MOVING FORWARD
11:29:26 WITH.
11:29:26 AND USING THE SLOWDOWN DURING COVID MAKES IT THE PERFECT
11:29:31 TIME TO START MAKING THOSE RENOVATIONS AS WE DISRUPT
11:29:35 ACTIVITY AT THE CONVENTION CENTER, MINIMALLY FOR ANY
11:29:38 POTENTIAL CLIENTS AND GET THIS DONE WHILE WE ARE IN THIS
11:29:42 UNFORTUNATE SLOW PERIOD OF ACTIVITY IN TAMPA.
11:29:46 LASTLY, AS I POINTED OUT, YOUR FY '21 AND 22 BALANCES RIGHT
11:29:52 NOW HAVE VERY LIMITED FLEXIBILITY.
11:29:54 IF YOU DO IMPLEMENT A CAP, AGAIN, ANY MONEY THAT GOES BACK
11:30:00 IS NO LONGER -- WILL BE GOING INTO THE DOWNTOWN AS
11:30:04 DISCUSSED.
11:30:05 WE WILL HAVE TO FUND ON A PRIORITY BASIS BASED ON THE
11:30:08 DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS, WHICH ARE LEGAL AGREEMENTS WE HAVE
11:30:12 WITH SPP AND WITH THE TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER CONTRACT.
11:30:15 AFTER THAT, WE WOULD HAVE TO START PRIORITIZING WHICH
11:30:18 PROJECTS WE WOULD DO WITH THE BALANCE OF THE FUNDING.
11:30:21 IF YOU DO PROVIDE A CAP, YOU WOULD REDUCE YOUR FLEXIBILITY
11:30:26 TO RESPOND TO UNFORESEEN SITUATIONS.
11:30:29 ONE EXAMPLE WOULD BE IS WE HAVE A MOTION WHERE WE'RE COMING
11:30:31 BACK IN SEPTEMBER TO TALK ABOUT HOW CAN THE CRA ASSIST THE
11:30:36 CULTURAL ASSETS THAT ARE ON CITY PROPERTY AND RETROFITTING
11:30:39 AND THE EXPENSES TO RETROFIT THEIR FACILITIES AND THEIR
11:30:45 BUILDINGS IN ORDER TO OPEN BACK UP SAFELY TO THE PUBLIC.
11:30:49 MANY OF THESE ARE NONPROFITS AND SUDDENLY DURING A TIME OF A
11:30:54 SLOWDOWN FOR THEIR ATTENDEES AND OTHER, WHEN OTHER
11:30:58 BUSINESSES ARE CUTTING BACK, THEIR NEED NOW FOR CAPITAL TO
11:31:02 MAKE THE RETROFITS IS VERY CHALLENGING FOR THEM.
11:31:04 SO AS THE CRA BOARD, THESE ARE YOUR DOLLARS TO USE FOR SOME
11:31:09 OF THESE SITUATIONS IF YOU SO DESIRE.
11:31:11 LASTLY, AGAIN, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE CRA AGENCY, YOU HAVE
11:31:18 DIRECT CONTROL OVER THE CRA DOLLARS.
11:31:20 WHEN YOU TAKE THAT MONEY AND PUT IT IN THE GENERAL FUND, YOU
11:31:23 ARE NOW DEALING WITH THE ENTIRE SYSTEM OF THE CITY BUDGET
11:31:27 AND PARTNERING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION.
11:31:29 SO THAT'S THE FRAMEWORK AND CONTEXT.
11:31:33 WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO QUICKLY TURN IT OVER TO MORRIS FOR
11:31:36 ANY COMMENTS BEFORE YOU START YOUR DISCUSSION.
11:31:38 THANK YOU.
11:31:41 >>MORRIS MASSEY: GOOD MORNING.
11:31:43 JUST BRIEFLY I WANT TO REVIEW SOME OF THE THINGS WE
11:31:46 DISCUSSED AT LAST MONTH'S CRA REGARDING THE POTENTIAL
11:31:50 TERMINATION OF THE CHANNEL DISTRICT CRA AND SOME OF THESE --
11:31:54 WHAT WE DISCUSSED THEN ARE STILL APPLICABLE.
11:31:57 WE HAVE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
11:32:00 IN FACT, WE HAVE ANOTHER AGREEMENT WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
11:32:02 THAT PERTAINS SPECIFICALLY WITH THE WATER STREET PROJECT FOR
11:32:06 SPP, AS MS. VAN LOAN MENTIONED.
11:32:13 I DO NOT BELIEVE IT OBLIGATES THE CITY TO FUND THE DOWNTOWN
11:32:18 CRA AT THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF 95% OF THE INCREMENT THAT
11:32:22 MS. VAN LOAN WENT OVER, BUT IT DOES REFERENCE THAT IN
11:32:26 SEVERAL PLACES IN THAT AGREEMENT.
11:32:28 SO WE WOULD HAVE TO REVISIT THAT AGREEMENT WITH HILLSBOROUGH
11:32:30 COUNTY.
11:32:31 OBVIOUSLY, THE COUNTY AND SPP'S CONCERN IS THAT WHATEVER
11:32:36 ACTION YOU WOULD TAKE TO POTENTIALLY CAP HOW MUCH OF THE
11:32:41 INCREMENT GOES INTO THE DOWNTOWN CRA DOES NOT IMPACT OUR
11:32:45 LEGAL OBLIGATIONS UNDER OUR AGREEMENT WITH SPP.
11:32:49 THE WAY THAT AGREEMENT IS WRITTEN IS THAT BOTH THE COUNTY
11:32:53 AND THE CITY PUT IN 50% -- CRA AND THE COUNTY PUT IN 50% ON
11:33:00 EQUAL FOOTING AT ALL TIMES.
11:33:04 NO ONE IS REALLY OUT OF BALANCE.
11:33:06 SO THAT'S ONE ASPECT THAT WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT, I DON'T
11:33:10 THINK IT'S INSURMOUNTABLE.
11:33:13 WE ALSO WOULD HAVE TO REVIEW THE TWO DOWNTOWN CRA PLANS TO
11:33:16 MAKE SURE THERE'S NOTHING THAT HAS TO BE AMENDED THERE.
11:33:18 THE OTHER ITEM THAT I DID NOT MENTION IN THE CHANNEL
11:33:20 DISTRICT DISCUSSIONS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO, YOU
11:33:25 ESTABLISHED THE TIF FOR THE DOWNTOWN CRA BY ORDINANCE.
11:33:29 AND THAT ORDINANCE, WHEN IT WAS ADOPTED, IN FACT, THERE ARE
11:33:33 TWO ORDINANCES FOR DOWNTOWN.
11:33:35 TWO CRAs CREATED FOR DOWNTOWN.
11:33:38 PROVIDED FOR A MAXIMUM CONTRIBUTION FROM THE CITY AT 95% OF
11:33:43 THE TIF.
11:33:45 SO THAT ORDINANCE WOULD HAVE TO BE AMENDED AS PART OF THIS
11:33:51 PROCESS.
11:33:52 LASTLY, OBVIOUSLY, WHATEVER ACTION WE TAKE HERE REGARDING A
11:33:55 POTENTIAL CAP, THE CITY AND THE CRA IS LEGALLY OBLIGATED TO
11:34:01 CONTINUE TO FUND THE TRUST FUND ANNUALLY AT LEAST A LEVEL
11:34:05 REQUIRED TO FUND ALL LOANS, ADVANCES, INDEBTEDNESS OR
11:34:10 CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS OF THE CRA.
11:34:12 THAT'S THE OTHER ITEM THAT WE NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF IN THE
11:34:16 CAP DISCUSSION.
11:34:17 WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
11:34:23 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MR. MASSEY.
11:34:25 MS. VAN LOAN, ANYTHING ELSE?
11:34:30 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: NO.
11:34:31 WE'RE GOOD.
11:34:31 THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:34:35 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU'RE RECOGNIZED, SIR.
11:34:38 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I WANTED TO THANK STAFF AND LEGAL FOR
11:34:43 THEIR PRESENTATIONS.
11:34:45 I HAD A FEW COMMENTS.
11:34:52 MR. CARLSON, I GIVE YOU KUDOS FOR ALWAYS THINKING OUTSIDE
11:34:59 THE BOX, AND I APOLOGIZE LAST MONTH FOR NOT BEING TOO VERY
11:35:06 ENTHUSIASTIC ON CHANNELSIDE FOR THE REASONS THAT I
11:35:10 MENTIONED, BUT I WON'T GO BACK INTO TODAY.
11:35:13 BUT ON THE FLIP SIDE, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND
11:35:17 ESPECIALLY THIS MONTH, I'M SEEING THE POSITIVES OF YOUR
11:35:23 SUGGESTION, MR. CARLSON.
11:35:26 ON THIS IDEA.
11:35:29 I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE STILL ON BOARD WITH YOUR ORIGINAL IDEA.
11:35:35 IN TERMS OF HOW WE ACTUALLY PULL THIS OFF AND WHETHER OR NOT
11:35:40 WE DO A PERCENTAGE OR A DOLLAR CAP, I THINK THAT WE CAN
11:35:48 WRESTLE WITH THAT.
11:35:50 IT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT HAPPENING OVERNIGHT.
11:35:51 I WANT TO REMIND COUNCIL OF AN IDEA, AND MAYBE, MR. CARLSON,
11:35:54 THIS WILL GO HAND IN HAND WITH YOUR THOUGHT.
11:35:56 I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE OUR CITY HAT ON, AND I KNOW THERE'S A
11:36:00 LOT OF PROCEDURAL ISSUES AND THESE ARE PROBABLY MORE CITY
11:36:04 ISSUES, BUT I WANTED TO THROW IT OUT BECAUSE IT'S RELEVANT.
11:36:08 A WHILE BACK, TONY AND SOME OTHERS STOOD IN FRONT OF US
11:36:12 BEFORE COVID.
11:36:13 PROBABLY LAST SUMMER OR LAST FALL, AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
11:36:16 AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
11:36:17 CHLOE AND SOME OTHERS SUGGESTED WHAT WE REALLY NEED IN THIS
11:36:22 COMMUNITY, LIKE THEY HAVE DONE IN MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES, IS
11:36:25 TO CREATE A PERMANENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND.
11:36:28 I'D LIKE TO MAKE A PROPOSITION, NOT A MOTION OR ANYTHING,
11:36:36 BUT JUST TOSS IT OUT FOR DISCUSSION.
11:36:39 LIKE I SAY, IT'S PROBABLY ALSO A CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION,
11:36:44 THAT IF AND WHEN WE DO GENERATE THIS EXCESS MONEY OUT OF THE
11:36:49 DOWNTOWN, THAT WE WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO TAKE THAT
11:36:54 MONEY AND INSTEAD OF JUST PLOPPING IT IN THE GENERAL FUND,
11:36:59 BUT CONSIDER PUTTING IT INTO AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST
11:37:02 FUND AND THAT WE COULD GROW THAT TRUST FUND YEAR AFTER YEAR,
11:37:06 YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR WILL GROW VERY
11:37:09 QUICKLY.
11:37:10 WE COULD HOOK UP WITH THE BANKING COMMUNITY AND THE
11:37:15 PHILANTHROPY COMMUNITY TO SAY, LOOK, WE'VE GOT THIS TRUST
11:37:19 FUND.
11:37:20 IT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
11:37:22 WHY DON'T YOU CONSIDER DONATING?
11:37:25 WE COULD REALLY BUILD THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND
11:37:27 INTO SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ALL BE PROUD OF.
11:37:31 I JUST WANTED TO TOSS THAT OUT.
11:37:33 THE OTHER SUGGESTION ON A PROCEDURAL SIDE AND I'VE RUN THIS
11:37:37 BY MR. MASSEY A LITTLE BIT, IS MAYBE WE COULD DO THIS ON AN
11:37:44 ANNUAL BASIS.
11:37:46 MR. MASSEY SAID IT MIGHT NEED TO BE DONE BY ORDINANCE, BUT
11:37:49 MAYBE EVERY YEAR THE CRA BY ORDINANCE ADJUSTS HOW MUCH MONEY
11:37:56 IS AVAILABLE FROM THE DOWNTOWN FOR THE SUBSEQUENT YEAR.
11:38:00 IT'S JUST PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS.
11:38:01 SO THAT WAY IF THOSE MONIES RISE OR FALL OR THE NEEDS RISE
11:38:07 OR FALL DOWNTOWN, WE COULD HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY ON A
11:38:14 YEAR-TO-YEAR BASIS INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING PERMANENTLY IT'S
11:38:18 GOING TO BE 20 MILLION OR PERMANENTLY IT'S GOING TO BE 80%
11:38:23 OR WHATEVER.
11:38:30 AND I --
11:38:31 >>MORRIS MASSEY: MR. DINGFELDER, I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT.
11:38:33 WE DID HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS.
11:38:34 BUT THE WHOLE IDEA BEHIND COMING UP WITH A PERCENTAGE OR
11:38:36 AMOUNT THAT WOULD BE FUNDED INTO THE TIF IS SO THERE COULD
11:38:38 BE SOME CERTAINTY FOR PLANNING PURPOSES SO THAT YOU CAN
11:38:40 BUDGET, SO THE CRA CAN BUDGET OUT OVER TIME HOW -- TO MAKE
11:38:44 SURE IT CAN MEET ITS VARIOUS OBLIGATIONS AND WHAT IT CAN DO
11:38:50 AND WHAT IT CAN PLAN FOR WITH THE CRA DOLLARS.
11:38:53 I DON'T THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE COULD VARY EVERY YEAR.
11:38:58 IT IS DONE BY ORDINANCE.
11:38:58 THAT'S HOW THIS IS DONE.
11:38:59 IT'S REQUIRED BY STATUTE TO BE DONE BY ORDINANCE, WHICH
11:39:02 MEANS IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DONE ON A MORE PERMANENT BASIS.
11:39:07 THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT IF YOU DO DECIDE TO GO FORWARD WITH
11:39:10 A CAP, THAT'S EITHER A PERCENT OR A DOLLAR FIGURE, AND TEN
11:39:13 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD OR FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, SOMETHING
11:39:16 HAPPENS AND BOTH THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CRA BOARD --
11:39:19 ACTUALLY, CITY COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE,
11:39:22 BUT THERE IS A DECISION TO ADJUST THE CAP FOR SOME REASON,
11:39:25 YOU COULDN'T DO THAT, YES, I THINK YOU COULD DO THAT.
11:39:28 BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD TYPICALLY DO EVERY
11:39:30 YEAR AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS BECAUSE IT REALLY JUST
11:39:33 DOESN'T WORK I THINK FROM A PLANNING PROCESS FOR PURPOSES OF
11:39:39 THE CRA.
11:39:42 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ALL RIGHT.
11:39:42 I APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT.
11:39:43 I'M NOT SURE THAT'S THE LEGAL CONCLUSION, BUT MAYBE THAT'S
11:39:48 JUST A POLICY NUDGE.
11:39:51 ANYWAY.
11:39:51 LIKE I SAY, THOSE ARE KIND OF THE DETAILS WE CAN WORK ON
11:39:55 DOWN THE ROAD, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CRA HAVE SOME
11:39:59 FLEXIBILITY TO ADDRESS POTENTIAL CONTINGENCIES DOWN THE
11:40:05 ROAD.
11:40:05 LIKE YOU SAY, MR. MASSEY, ORDINANCE JUST LIKE ANY OTHER
11:40:09 ORDINANCE, IT COULD BE MODIFIED AND AMENDED IF THE NEED
11:40:12 ARISES.
11:40:13 BUT THE BIGGEST POINT I WANTED TO MAKE, MR. CHAIRMAN TO MR.
11:40:18 CARLSON IS THAT I'M TENTATIVELY SUPPORTIVE OF HIS IDEA OF
11:40:24 SOME TYPE OF CAP, AND THEN A SECOND IDEA, WHICH IS PERHAPS
11:40:31 AS THE CITY, WE COULD DIRECT THAT MONEY INTO AN AFFORDABLE
11:40:35 HOUSING TRUST FUND AS OPPOSED TO JUST THE GENERAL FUND.
11:40:39 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:40:42 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MR. CHAIRMAN?
11:40:44 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED, MR. MIRANDA.
11:40:46 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:40:48 MR. CHAIRMAN, I'M SO HAPPY THAT MR. DINGFELDER BROUGHT THAT
11:40:50 UP BECAUSE I WAS JUST READING A MEMO DATED AUGUST 10, 2020,
11:40:54 FROM CAROLE POST REGARDING ITEMS THAT ARE COMING UP IN
11:41:02 COUNCIL.
11:41:04 I THINK IT IS RELATED TO CRAs.
11:41:06 LET ME READ ONE LITTLE PARAGRAPH HERE.
11:41:08 RAISING PUBLIC FUNDS TO SUPPORT HOUSING PROGRAMS STARTED IN
11:41:11 NOVEMBER 21st, 2019, WHEN WE ASKED THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO
11:41:14 RESEARCH AND PROVIDE A STAFF REPORT TO COUNCIL REGARDING
11:41:17 CITY'S ABILITY TO USE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION TO RAISE MONEY
11:41:22 TO SECURE A POOL OF MONEY TO SUPPORT AND PROVIDE AFFORDABLE
11:41:25 HOUSING ASSISTANCE OR PROGRAMS.
11:41:29 IT WAS ORIGINALLY STARTED -- MOVED BY MYSELF AND MR. CITRO
11:41:33 NOVEMBER 21, 2019.
11:41:35 ORIGINAL MOTION TO RESCHEDULE SAID AGENDA TO MARCH 19, 2020.
11:41:40 INITIATED BY MR. MIRANDA AND MR. MANISCALCO.
11:41:42 ON FEBRUARY 13, 2020, STAFF MEMO PROVIDED 3/11/20,
11:41:48 REQUESTING A 60-DAY CONTINUANCE.
11:41:50 DUE TO MANY OTHER THINGS, CERTAINLY THE COVID-19 HAS TO DO
11:41:54 WITH THE DELAY IN THESE THINGS, BUT I BRING IT UP LATER ON,
11:41:57 BUT I'M GLAD HE BROUGHT IT UP.
11:41:59 I WAS JUST READING MY MAIL COMING IN TODAY AS I'M LISTENING
11:42:02 TO THE CONVERSATION AT THE SAME TIME AS WHY AND WHERE WE'RE
11:42:05 AT.
11:42:06 I'LL SPEAK TO IT LATER ON, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:42:08 THANK YOU.
11:42:09 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
11:42:11 ANYONE ELSE?
11:42:14 >>BILL CARLSON: DO YOU WANT ME TO GO NEXT, CARLSON?
11:42:18 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED, SIR.
11:42:20 >>BILL CARLSON: WE WENT THROUGH THE ARGUMENTS OF THIS LAST
11:42:22 TIME.
11:42:23 I THINK THE BIG DIFFERENCE HERE IS, AT LEAST TO MY
11:42:25 KNOWLEDGE, THERE'S NO OPPOSITION TO IT.
11:42:28 I'VE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SPP PEOPLE, AS HAVE
11:42:32 STAFF, AND STAFF HAVE BEEN TALKING TO THEM AND THEIR NEEDS
11:42:39 ARE COVERED IN THE FUTURE.
11:42:40 BY THE WAY, THE NEEDS OF THE OTHER CRA WE TALKED ABOUT LAST
11:42:44 TIME WERE COVERED IN THE FUTURE, TOO.
11:42:46 WE'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT IN SIX MONTHS.
11:42:49 TO MY KNOWLEDGE THERE'S NO OPPOSITION TO IT.
11:42:54 IT'S NOT LIKE THIS MONEY GOES AWAY.
11:42:55 THE DIFFERENCE, AS MS. VAN LOAN SAID, IS THAT IT GOES INTO
11:42:59 THE CITY.
11:43:02 SO TECHNICALLY BY CHARTER, CITY COUNCIL CONTROLS IT, SO WITH
11:43:05 OUR OTHER HAT ON, WE COULD DIRECT IT.
11:43:07 HOWEVER, AS YOU KNOW IN PRACTICE, THE MAYOR, ADMINISTRATION,
11:43:11 HELPED DIRECT IT.
11:43:12 I THINK IT'S A NEGOTIATION WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, BUT I
11:43:16 THINK THE MAYOR, AT LEAST THIS MAYOR'S GOALS ARE ALIGNED
11:43:19 WITH WHERE WE WANT TO GO.
11:43:23 ANOTHER ARGUMENT, QUOTE, UNQUOTE, LOSE THE COUNTY MONEY, BUT
11:43:25 THE COUNTY HAS A LIMITED AGREEMENT ON THIS ONE ANYWAY, AND
11:43:28 IT'S VERY SPECIFICALLY TARGETED, AND WE CAN SIGN IT THROUGH
11:43:35 AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, WE CAN SIGN ANOTHER INTERLOCAL
11:43:38 AGREEMENT AND GET THE COUNTY TO PUT MONEY IN.
11:43:40 IF WE NEED MONEY FOR SOMETHING LIKE THE CONVENTION CENTER,
11:43:42 WHATEVER, WE CAN DO THAT.
11:43:43 I THINK, MS. VAN LOAN, DID YOU PUT MONEY IN THERE IN
11:43:50 ANTICIPATING THAT WE MIGHT INCLUDE SOME BUDGET FOR THE ARTS?
11:43:53 IN OUR NEXT MEETING?
11:43:56 DID YOU ALREADY INCLUDE THAT AS ONE OF THE SCENARIOS?
11:43:58 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: NO, WE'RE REPORTING BACK NEXT MONTH, SO
11:44:03 THIS HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED BECAUSE THE BUDGET IS -- THE DRAFT
11:44:07 BUDGET, AGAIN, WAS THE MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT WE
11:44:10 HAD ONLINE.
11:44:12 AND WE HAVEN'T COMPLETED THAT REVIEW YET TO REPORT BACK IN
11:44:15 SEPTEMBER AS TO WHAT THE AVAILABILITY AND WHERE WE COULD
11:44:19 HAVE THAT MONEY COME FROM.
11:44:22 >>BILL CARLSON: ALL THIS REALLY DOES, WE'RE NOT GETTING RID
11:44:24 OF MONEY.
11:44:25 WE'RE NOT GIVING UP MONEY.
11:44:26 THE MONEY WILL JUST SHIFT TO A DIFFERENT BOX.
11:44:30 ALL WE'RE DOING IS CREATING MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR HOW TO
11:44:33 SPEND THE MONEY.
11:44:34 WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO SPEND IT IN A CERTAIN AREA.
11:44:36 AND THEN AS I SAID LAST TIME, THE CRAs ARE KIND OF A VIP
11:44:42 PATH TO FUNDING.
11:44:43 THERE ARE SOME AREAS OF THE CITY THAT NEED IT, BUT IN THE
11:44:46 CASE OF THIS ONE AND CHANNEL DISTRICT, THEY SUCCEEDED IN
11:44:50 THEIR GOALS.
11:44:51 AND THERE'S LOTS OF MONEY COMING OUT, AND WE DESPERATELY
11:44:55 NEED MONEY IN OUR GENERAL FUND.
11:44:56 THIS IS DISCRETIONARY MONEY THAT WE COULD USE TO FIX ISSUES
11:44:59 THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE ACTUAL PRACTICE
11:45:03 OF IT AND MS. GOODLEY TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER, SOMETIMES THE
11:45:07 CRA MONEY IS USED TO SUPPLEMENT THINGS THE CITY WOULD HAVE
11:45:10 PAID FOR ANYWAY.
11:45:11 WHAT I THINK IS WE SHOULD CELEBRATE THAT IT ACCOMPLISHED ITS
11:45:18 GOAL.
11:45:18 IF WE NEED TO PUT AN ADDITIONAL BUDGET IN FOR THE ARTS
11:45:24 GROUPS, FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE'RE
11:45:29 ALLOWED TO DO, THEN I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THAT.
11:45:31 THAT'S KIND OF THE LAST PIECE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
11:45:34 IF WE COULD MAKE A DECISION NOW BASED ON MS. VAN LOAN'S
11:45:40 SUGGESTION, WE COULD MAYBE ADD AN ADDITIONAL BUDGET ON IT,
11:45:43 IF YOU ALL WANT TO WAIT A MONTH UNTIL AFTER THAT
11:45:46 PRESENTATION AND VOTE ON IT, I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
11:45:48 FOR ANYBODY STILL LISTENING, WE AS CRA CANNOT FOCUS THE
11:45:54 MONEY IN OTHER AREAS.
11:45:56 MY ORIGINAL MOTION WAS TO TRY TO PUSH IT INTO EAST TAMPA,
11:46:01 SULPHUR SPRINGS AND NEW TAMPA.
11:46:03 I GOT A LOT OF FLACK FROM THAT IN SOUTH TAMPA BECAUSE WE
11:46:06 HAVE PARKS FALLING APART.
11:46:08 I TOOK A TOUR OF A PARK NEXT TO MacDILL THAT PROBABLY
11:46:11 HAS A CAMP OF HUNDRED HOMELESS PEOPLE WITH DRUG DEALING AND
11:46:14 HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SEX TRAFFICKING.
11:46:16 IT'S ONE OF THE WORST PARKS I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE AND
11:46:19 IT'S RIGHT IN THE CORE OF SOUTH TAMPA.
11:46:21 WE DESPERATELY NEED MONEY THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO SOLVE
11:46:26 PROBLEMS.
11:46:27 WHAT WE CAN DO -- WHAT THIS WOULD DO, IT WOULD SET A CAP IN
11:46:32 THE FUTURE SO AFTER THAT POINT, IF WE NEED SOMETHING IN
11:46:35 DOWNTOWN, IT WOULD JUST GO INTO THE PRIORITY LIST ALONG WITH
11:46:38 EVERYTHING ELSE.
11:46:38 I'LL LISTEN TO WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE SAYS.
11:46:41 IF SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION, LET'S DO THAT.
11:46:44 OTHERWISE, WHAT I WOULD DO IS MAYBE ASK MS. VAN LOAN OUT OF
11:46:47 ALL THE OPTIONS WHAT HER SUGGESTION WOULD BE AND THEN I CAN
11:46:50 MAKE A MOTION.
11:46:50 THANK YOU.
11:46:53 >>LUIS VIERA: MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I MAY -- OH, MIRANDA CAN GO.
11:46:59 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT WAS MANISCALCO.
11:47:00 I HAVE TO LOG OFF FROM THE CALL AT 12 P.M. TODAY.
11:47:05 I HAVE A CONFLICT.
11:47:06 I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW ON THE RECORD.
11:47:10 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
11:47:12 WAS THAT MR. MIRANDA WHO WANTS TO SPEAK?
11:47:16 >>LUIS VIERA: VIERA.
11:47:19 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU'RE RECOGNIZED, SIR.
11:47:20 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
11:47:21 I APPRECIATE IT.
11:47:22 YEAH, I THINK EVERYBODY'S CONTRIBUTIONS AND THOUGHTS,
11:47:27 INCLUDING EVERYBODY, MIRANDA, DINGFELDER, OBVIOUSLY
11:47:29 COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:47:30 YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THIS, I THINK SOME OF THE DETRIMENT AND
11:47:34 I WANT CITY STAFF TO PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, SOME OF
11:47:37 THE DETRIMENT WE LOOKED AT LAST MONTH DOESN'T NECESSARILY
11:47:41 EXIST.
11:47:41 IF I'M HEARING THINGS RIGHT AND LOOKING AT THINGS RIGHT,
11:47:44 WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE LOSING THE FUNDS ON THE SCALE THAT WE
11:47:47 WERE TO BE LOOKING AT LAST MONTH UNDER CHANNELSIDE.
11:47:52 AGAIN, I WANT TO BE CORRECTED IF I'M WRONG IN THAT REGARD.
11:47:55 IF WE'RE GOING TO PUSH THIS THING FORWARD.
11:47:58 NUMBER TWO IS, YOU KNOW, I THINK -- I BELIEVE IT WAS
11:48:01 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER'S IDEA -- IS GREAT IF WE CAN
11:48:07 APPROPRIATE MONEY INTO THAT, BUT IT'S KIND OF LIKE GETTING
11:48:10 MARRIED.
11:48:10 YOU NEED TO HAVE CONSENT FROM THE OTHER PERSON.
11:48:13 I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS BUY-IN FROM THE
11:48:16 ADMINISTRATION ON THIS.
11:48:17 AGAIN, WE CAN PUSH THIS FORWARD, BUT I THINK THE NEXT THING
11:48:21 AND MAYBE WE HAVE TO DO THIS WHEN WE'RE WEARING OUR COUNCIL
11:48:24 HATS IS FORMALLY ASK THE ADMINISTRATION BUY IN BECAUSE IF
11:48:28 THE FUNDS GO TO THE GENERAL FUND, THEN THEY ARE SPENT ON
11:48:31 TOILET PAPER, WHO KNOWS WHAT, WE WANT IT TO GO TO THE
11:48:35 DIRECTION THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW FOR AFFORDABLE
11:48:37 HOUSING, IN THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS, INCLUDING EAST TAMPA,
11:48:40 SULPHUR SPRINGS, THE USF, NORTH TAMPA COMMUNITY, ET CETERA.
11:48:45 I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONFIRM THAT.
11:48:48 BUT I WANTED TO CONFIRM THE FIRST SECTION.
11:48:54 NOTHING IS FREE.
11:48:55 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET BENEFIT WITHOUT POTENTIALLY GIVING
11:48:58 UP SOMETHING.
11:48:59 I WANT TO FIND OUT, WHAT ARE WE GIVING UP?
11:49:01 THAT'S IT.
11:49:02 WHAT ARE WE GIVING UP?
11:49:04 I THINK IT'S A GOOD SENSIBLE QUESTION TO ASK.
11:49:06 THAT'S IT.
11:49:07 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:49:08 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
11:49:10 ANYONE ELSE?
11:49:12 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES, MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY.
11:49:15 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED, MR. CITRO.
11:49:17 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ALL OF DOWNTOWN IS GOING TO EXPERIENCE
11:49:23 GROWTH THAT THIS DOWNTOWN HAS NOT SEEN IN MANY, MANY YEARS.
11:49:26 AND FOR THAT GROWTH TO HAPPEN, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED THE
11:49:31 SERVICE INDUSTRY PERSONNEL TO BE ABLE TO NOT ONLY WORK
11:49:36 DOWNTOWN BUT LIVE DOWNTOWN.
11:49:38 WE'RE LOOKING -- I'M LOOKING FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING TO COME
11:49:44 AND CHANNELSIDE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT.
11:49:47 HOWEVER, YOU HAVE SOMETHING HAS TO GO HAND IN HAND AND
11:49:51 THAT'S TALKING ABOUT PARKING REQUIREMENTS TO GO ALONG WITH
11:49:55 WORKFORCE HOUSING.
11:49:56 ANOTHER AREA IS CHANNELSIDE DESPERATELY NEEDS COMMUNITY
11:50:05 RECREATION PARKS.
11:50:06 I'M WONDERING IF THESE CAN STILL BE USED FROM THE FUNDS
11:50:11 CORRECTED FOR THE CRAs.
11:50:13 THOSE ARE TWO CONCERNS ABOUT MINE ABOUT THE CHANNELSIDE CRA.
11:50:16 I JUST HAD TO VOICE THAT.
11:50:18 I THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
11:50:23 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, MS. VAN LOAN.
11:50:25 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: I WANT TO RESPOND BECAUSE IT'S NOT
11:50:27 SHOWN ON HERE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T SHOW THE FY '21 BUDGET.
11:50:30 FY '21 BUDGET FOR THE DOWNTOWN CRA HAS A RESERVE OF $5
11:50:35 MILLION FOR AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT.
11:50:41 AND EARLY -- I BELIEVE IT WAS LIKE THE JANUARY MEETING OF
11:50:43 THE DOWNTOWN CAC, IT WAS EITHER DECEMBER OR JANUARY, ROB
11:50:48 CAME TO THE CAC AND ASKED THEM, IF THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY
11:50:53 TO BUY LAND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WERE THEY AMENABLE TO
11:50:58 THAT?
11:50:59 AND THEY HAD ALSO RAISED UP THE $5 MILLION TO LOOK AT THAT.
11:51:03 AND THEN YOU'LL SEE A COMPLEMENTARY $2 MILLION FOR
11:51:08 AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS IN THAT BUDGET I GAVE YOU IN THE
11:51:09 POWERPOINT FOR FY '21, THAT IF THERE WAS NEEDED, AGAIN,
11:51:14 ADJACENT STREET WORK OR ANY INFRASTRUCTURE WORK OR ANYTHING
11:51:17 THAT WENT ALONG WITH AN ACQUISITION AND WE ARE STILL HOPING
11:51:23 WITHIN A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME THAT THERE WILL BE THAT
11:51:27 OPPORTUNITY AND ABILITY TO DO A MAJOR, AT LEAST ONE MAJOR
11:51:32 AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT DOWNTOWN, AND THEN YOU WILL SEE
11:51:36 WE ALSO TRIED TO PLAN IN THE FUTURE FOR ANOTHER LARGE OUTLAY
11:51:41 FOR AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DOWNTOWN.
11:51:44 GIVEN THE CURRENT STATE OF DEVELOPMENT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF
11:51:49 DOWNTOWN, ESPECIALLY THE PROPERTIES ALONG THE HIGHWAY AND
11:51:53 ALONG OUR MAJOR TRANSPORTATION ROUTE, WE DO BELIEVE THERE
11:51:55 ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO PURSUE SOME MULTIFAMILY AFFORDABLE
11:52:00 HOUSING PROJECTS IN THE DOWNTOWN CRA.
11:52:04 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THIS IS CHARLIE.
11:52:05 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU'RE RECOGNIZED, MR. MIRANDA.
11:52:07 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:52:09 ALONG WITH WHAT MS. VAN LOAN JUST SAID, WHAT I INTERPRET IS
11:52:15 THAT THERE ARE FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FROM ABOUT THE CRA
11:52:20 TO CREATE BUYING OF LAND AND POSSIBLY GIVING SOME ASSISTANCE
11:52:25 TO BUILDING THE HOMES.
11:52:26 AND IF THERE'S $5 MILLION, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CRA IS,
11:52:29 THAT'S UP TO THEM TO DECIDE WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO WITH
11:52:33 IT BEFORE THEY PRESENT IT TO US.
11:52:35 I DON'T WANT TO BE FORCEFUL IN ANY WAY OR ANY WAY SAY YOU
11:52:38 HAVE TO SPEND IT ON THIS.
11:52:39 THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THE CRA BOARDS TO DO THAT, BRING IT UP
11:52:42 TO US.
11:52:42 WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IF THAT IS A CAUSE, AND I THINK THAT'S
11:52:45 ONE OF THE AVENUES THAT YOU CAN USE TO CREATE WORK STYLE,
11:52:51 AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHATEVER WORD COMES TO IT, BECAUSE IT
11:52:54 MEANS SO MANY THINGS TO SO MANY PEOPLE.
11:52:57 AND THERE'S THE EQUITY PART, WHICH I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH.
11:53:01 THAT'S HOW PEOPLE BUILD EQUITY AS THEY GO THROUGH LIFE.
11:53:05 YOU CAN SELL AT ANY TIME YOU'D LIKE.
11:53:09 IT'S YOUR HOUSE.
11:53:10 IF THAT'S THE CASE, THAT'S ONE AVENUE THAT ALL THE CRAs,
11:53:13 IF ONE CAN DO IT, THEY CAN ALL DO IT.
11:53:16 I KNOW WE GAVE AN EYE, BUT THE CRAs VOLUNTEERED, ONE TAMPA
11:53:22 CREATED AMOUNTS OF MONEY WE COULD HAVE USED FOR SOMETHING
11:53:25 ELSE.
11:53:25 AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS A NECESSITY TO KEEP THE SMALL
11:53:28 BUSINESSES GOING, AND THAT'S A VERY HONORABLE THING TO DO.
11:53:31 SO LATER ON, AGAIN, I THINK I'M GOING TO BRING BACK UP THE
11:53:36 ITEM THAT CAME BACK IN NOVEMBER OF '19 AND HOW WE CAN DO
11:53:40 THAT, HOW WE CAN CREATE THAT AND POSSIBLY OUT OF THAT ONE
11:53:44 TAMPA FUND THAT THEY HAVE, AND THAT'S A FUND THAT YOU CAN
11:53:48 PUT MONEY TO AND DO THINGS WITH, LIKE THE MAYOR DID IN
11:53:53 HELPING THE SMALL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, OFF THAT POSSIBLY
11:53:58 SAME ONE TAMPA.
11:54:00 THESE ARE THINGS YOU DO ONE BY ONE.
11:54:02 REGARDING ITEM 3, I KNOW THAT THERE'S -- I FORGOT THE NAME
11:54:06 OF IT, BUT TALLAHASSEE, THE CRAs ARE HANDLED -- I DON'T
11:54:10 KNOW IF IT IS THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OR THE STATE
11:54:14 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THAT RUNS UNDER THE STATE GOVERNMENT, THEY
11:54:20 CAN TELL US WHAT WE CAN DO AND WHAT WE CANNOT DO IN THE CRA.
11:54:24 AND BEFORE I MAKE A JUDGMENT ON ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, I
11:54:27 WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS BOARD SEND TO OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT A
11:54:32 REQUEST FOR THEM TO LOOK AT THE STATEMENT THAT'S ONLINE NOW,
11:54:38 THAT MR. CARLSON SAID IT, I'M NOT AGAINST A STATEMENT.
11:54:42 I WANT TO HAVE CLARITY THAT WE CERTAINLY HAVE THE RIGHT TO
11:54:44 DO THAT BEFORE I VOTE ON SOMETHING.
11:54:45 THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING FOR.
11:54:47 THAT SHOULDN'T TAKE MORE THAN 30 OR 60 DAYS, I WOULD
11:54:50 IMAGINE.
11:54:50 I'M NOT TRYING TO SIDE LINE ANYTHING.
11:54:53 I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WITHIN THE
11:54:56 STATUTES OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA WHEN THEY CREATED THE
11:54:59 CRAs.
11:55:00 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:55:03 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, SIR.
11:55:05 ANYONE ELSE?
11:55:09 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: BILL, BEFORE YOU DO, MR. CHAIRMAN --
11:55:14 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER.
11:55:15 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED, SIR.
11:55:17 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, BILL.
11:55:18 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:55:19 I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ONE OTHER THING, AND MR. CITRO, I
11:55:24 DEFINITELY AGREE WITH YOU THAT PEOPLE WHO WORK DOWNTOWN
11:55:27 SHOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO LIVE CLOSE BY.
11:55:34 AND I COMMEND YOU FOR SUGGESTING THAT A WHILE BACK.
11:55:39 NOW IT'S A PART OF THE CRA SORT OF LOOSELY IN THE CRA PLAN.
11:55:44 BUT I WANT TO SUGGEST THAT IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH MR.
11:55:48 CARLSON'S IDEA IN SOME FORM, I'VE BEEN A REALTOR NOW, BEEN A
11:55:54 LAWYER FOR 30 YEARS, I'VE BEEN A REALTOR FOR ABOUT SEVEN
11:55:58 YEARS.
11:55:58 IT DOESN'T TAKE A REALTOR TO KNOW THAT YOU CAN GET A LOT
11:56:03 MORE FOR YOUR MONEY OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN IN TERMS OF PROPERTY
11:56:09 AND THE POTENTIAL FOR BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
11:56:12 IT'S NOT REALLY GOING TO IMPACT MR. CARLSON'S MOTION.
11:56:19 BUT I JUST WANTED TO THROW THIS OUT IN TERMS OF THE
11:56:23 CONVERSATION, THAT, MICHELLE, WHILE WE MIGHT HAVE THE $5
11:56:25 MILLION IN THAT DOWNTOWN BUDGET, IF MR. CARLSON'S MOTION
11:56:29 PASSES, IT'S POSSIBLE WE COULD TAKE THAT $5 MILLION AND TURN
11:56:33 IT INTO 10 MILLION DOLLARS' WORTH OF LAND IF WE GO A LITTLE
11:56:37 BIT NORTH INTO TAMPA HEIGHTS OR A LITTLE BIT EAST INTO EAST
11:56:41 TAMPA AND BE ABLE TO BUY A LOT MORE LAND AND DO A LOT MORE
11:56:47 FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING SLIGHTLY OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN.
11:56:51 I WANT US TO BE FLEXIBLE ON THAT, AS WE GO DOWN THE ROAD.
11:56:55 EVEN THOUGH WE PUT THAT IN THE BUDGET TO KNOW THAT UNDER MR.
11:56:58 CARLSON'S PLAN WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SHIFT IT OUT OF THE
11:57:01 BUDGET AND DO A LOT MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHIN A FEW
11:57:05 MILES OF DOWNTOWN.
11:57:06 THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
11:57:08 THANK YOU, GENTLEMAN.
11:57:10 >>BILL CARLSON: MR. CHAIR, I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T MADE YOUR
11:57:12 COMMENTS YET.
11:57:13 COULD I JUST MAKE A QUICK COMMENT AND THEN --
11:57:17 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, I'LL LET YOU MAKE YOUR COMMENTS AND I
11:57:20 WANT TO COMMENT.
11:57:20 I HAVE THREE AREAS THAT I WANT TO DISCUSS.
11:57:23 GO AHEAD, SIR.
11:57:23 >>BILL CARLSON: I KNOW MR. MANISCALCO IS LEAVING IN THREE
11:57:26 MINUTES.
11:57:27 THE MOTION THAT I WOULD MAKE WOULD BE TO PROPOSE THAT CITY
11:57:31 STAFF COME BACK WITH AN ORDINANCE EITHER AT THE NEXT CRA
11:57:35 MEETING WHERE WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THE ARTS GROUPS OR THE
11:57:40 ONE FOLLOWING THAT, THAT WOULD HAVE GIVEN THEM PLENTY OF
11:57:42 TIME TO LOOK AT THE ARTS GROUP AND ALSO TO DO WHATEVER
11:57:45 ANALYSIS MR. MIRANDA MENTIONED.
11:57:47 AND JUST COME BACK TO US WITH THEIR BEST RECOMMENDATION OF
11:57:50 AN ORDINANCE THAT WE COULD PUT FORWARD.
11:57:52 WE WOULD ASK THEM TODAY JUST TO GO FORWARD WITH PROPOSING AN
11:57:56 ORDINANCE, AND THEN WE COULD VOTE ON THE UP OR DOWN ON THE
11:57:59 MERITS OF THAT EITHER IN A MONTH OR TWO MONTHS.
11:58:03 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I SECOND THAT, MANISCALCO.
11:58:10 >>ORLANDO GUDES: CLARIFICATION FROM MR. MASSEY.
11:58:12 I DON'T THINK WE CAN MAKE ANY ORDINANCES DURING A CRA
11:58:14 MEETING.
11:58:14 THAT HAS TO BE DONE IN A CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
11:58:16 >>MORRIS MASSEY: YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
11:58:18 THE ORDINANCE WOULD BE A CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE.
11:58:20 I THINK WHAT WE COULD COME BACK, IF THE GENERAL CONSENSUS OF
11:58:24 THE CRA BOARD IS TO PROPOSE A CAP ON THE DOWNTOWN CRA, IS
11:58:31 FOR YOU TO DIRECT STAFF AND LEGAL TO COME UP WITH THE PLAN
11:58:36 -- YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WOULD PROPOSE THAT CAP TO BE AND
11:58:41 DISCUSS WITH YOU, AND HAVE TO IMPLEMENT THAT.
11:58:43 I THINK THAT WOULD BE -- OCTOBER WOULD BE THE DATE TO DO
11:58:46 THAT.
11:58:46 BUT THE STEPS TO IMPLEMENT IT WOULD REQUIRE CITY COUNCIL
11:58:51 ACTION ON SEVERAL FRONTS, INCLUDING A POSSIBLE AMENDMENT,
11:58:56 INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND THE
11:58:58 ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE CAPPING THE TIF.
11:59:00 AND THAT WOULD ALL HAVE TO BE DONE BY CITY COUNCIL, NOT THE
11:59:03 CRA.
11:59:03 YOU WOULD MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
11:59:08 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY?
11:59:10 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CITRO, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
11:59:12 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
11:59:13 JUST VERY BRIEFLY, I THANK COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER FOR HIS
11:59:19 INPUT.
11:59:20 HOWEVER, WHEN I MENTION WORKFORCE HOUSING IN DOWNTOWN, I
11:59:23 ALSO MENTION PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
11:59:24 IF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING DOWNTOWN, I UNDERSTAND
11:59:27 THAT LAND IS CHEAPER OUT NORTH, BUT YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER
11:59:31 ALSO IS PEOPLE HAVE TO HAVE VEHICLES.
11:59:34 BECAUSE ALL FOR TRANSPORTATION MAY BE IN LIMBO, AND THIS
11:59:37 COUNTY HAS NOT DONE THE GREATEST JOB, ESPECIALLY WITH
11:59:40 F.D.O.T., IN GETTING SOME SORT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR PEOPLE
11:59:43 TO GET TO AND FROM EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NORTH TAMPA.
11:59:47 IF WE CHANGED OUR PARKING REQUIREMENTS, WORKFORCE HOUSING
11:59:51 DOWNTOWN, THEN PEOPLE WOULDN'T HAVE TO DRIVE THEIR CAR.
11:59:53 THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE MAINTENANCE, INSURANCE, UPKEEP,
11:59:56 THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
11:59:58 I'M ACTUALLY STILL TRYING TO GET PEOPLE THAT WORK DOWNTOWN
12:00:03 TO LIVE DOWNTOWN.
12:00:04 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
12:00:06 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYONE ELSE?
12:00:08 BEFORE YOU MAKE YOUR MOTION, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A FEW POINTS,
12:00:14 IF YOU MIGHT?
12:00:18 >>BILL CARLSON: PLEASE, GO AHEAD.
12:00:19 SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU EARLIER.
12:00:20 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK FOR ME, THREE POINTS.
12:00:21 CRAs ARE UNDER SIEGE IN TALLAHASSEE.
12:00:25 AND I WANT US TO BE CAUTIOUS, SEVERAL STATE REPRESENTATIVES
12:00:27 HAVE CONTACTED ME IN REFERENCE TO WE NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS
12:00:31 ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IF WE WANT TO TRY TO SET A PRECEDENCE
12:00:34 BECAUSE IT COULD BE A DETRIMENT TO OTHER CRAs THAT WE HAVE
12:00:37 IN OUR CITY.
12:00:39 THOSE COULD BE BIG ISSUES.
12:00:41 THAT'S NUMBER ONE.
12:00:42 NUMBER TWO, WHEN I LOOK AT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING MONEY
12:00:47 AWAY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THOSE DEBTS ARE GOING TO BE
12:00:49 CLEARED.
12:00:50 FROM WHAT I'M HEARING AND WAY MS. VAN LOAN EXPLAINED TO ME,
12:00:55 WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE ALL DEBTS ARE PAID, WE DON'T OWE
12:00:58 NOBODY, NOBODY WILL SUE US BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY
12:01:01 TO PAY.
12:01:02 WE MIGHT BE IN A RECESSION IN ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO.
12:01:05 I'M LEERY ABOUT THAT.
12:01:07 AND THE BIGGEST POINT IS, WE ALL KNOW THAT -- STRONG MAYOR
12:01:13 FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
12:01:14 IF WE CAP AND GIVE A PERCENTAGE TO THE GENERAL FUND, WHAT
12:01:17 GUARANTEE DO WE HAVE THAT THAT WILL BE UTILIZED WHERE WE SAY
12:01:21 WE WANT IT TO BE UTILIZED?
12:01:25 I REALLY TUMBLE WITH UNDERSTANDING IF WE DO MAKE A CAP,
12:01:29 WE'RE SAYING GO SOMEWHERE, WILL THE ADMINISTRATION USE IT TO
12:01:32 GO THERE?
12:01:33 THOSE ARE THE THINGS I THINK WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT AND BE
12:01:36 ABLE TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH AND SEE HOW THAT WILL WORK.
12:01:40 THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF POINTS I HAVE ON IT.
12:01:44 I'M STILL LOOKING FOR MORE INFORMATION TO BE SURE I'M CLEAR
12:01:47 ON IT.
12:01:47 THE BIGGEST POINT MR. MIRANDA HAD, MAYBE HAVING -- STATE,
12:01:52 SOMEONE COME AND EXPLAIN TO US THE REAL DOS AND DON'TS OR
12:01:55 LEGAL GET WITH THEM TO MAKE A PRESENTATION TO US, WHAT OUR
12:01:58 DOS AND DON'TS ARE BEFORE WE GO DOWN A PATH THAT MIGHT BE
12:02:01 THE WRONG ROAD THAT WE'RE GOING DOWN.
12:02:04 THOSE ARE JUST MY POINTS.
12:02:07 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MR. CHAIRMAN, MAY I SPEAK?
12:02:08 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, SIR.
12:02:09 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS VERY MUCH.
12:02:11 I'M ALL FOR DOING THINGS THAT WILL HELP INDIVIDUALS WHO
12:02:16 REALLY NEED THE HELP TO GET AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
12:02:19 I'M NOT A LAWYER AND CERTAINLY I'M NOT A REALTOR, BUT, YES,
12:02:23 THE COST OF LAND DOWNTOWN IS MAYBE FIVE TIMES MORE OR TEN
12:02:27 TIMES MORE THAN OUTSIDE THE RIM OF DOWNTOWN.
12:02:29 BUT WHERE CAN YOU BUILD -- IF YOU BUILD SINGLE-FAMILY UNITS,
12:02:33 YOU'RE FINE.
12:02:34 BUT IF YOU DO A SEMI HIGH-RISE, SEVEN, EIGHT, TEN FLOORS
12:02:39 HIGH, THEN THE LAND IS DIVIDED BY 40 OR 50 UNITS, NOT 10.
12:02:47 WHAT EVERYBODY IS SAID IS FACTUAL.
12:02:49 IF YOU LIVE CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN, YOU CAN WALK TO WORK.
12:02:51 IF YOU LIVE AWAY FROM DOWNTOWN AND YOU WORK IN DOWNTOWN,
12:02:54 YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO EITHER BUY A CAR OR WAIT ON PUBLIC
12:02:57 TRANSPORTATION, WHICH SOMETIMES IS GREAT AND SOMETIMES NOT
12:03:00 SO GREAT.
12:03:01 SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT THE INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED THE
12:03:03 MOST HELP ARE LOOKING AT.
12:03:06 A, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE TRANSPORTATION.
12:03:08 IF YOU WORK CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN WITHIN A MILE, HALF A MILE,
12:03:12 YOU WALK LIKE YOU DO IN EXERCISE.
12:03:15 GO TO WORK AND COME BACK AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEND 1500,
12:03:19 $2,000 A YEAR ON INSURANCE PLUS THE MAINTENANCE OF THE CAR,
12:03:22 PLUS THE PURCHASE OF THE CAR, PLUS THE TAG OF THE CAR.
12:03:26 YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 4, 5 THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR TO OWN
12:03:29 A CAR.
12:03:30 THAT'S WHAT IT COMES OUT TO.
12:03:32 THESE THINGS HAVE TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
12:03:35 IF YOU HAVE THE ABILITY IN DOWNTOWN TO EVEN THE CRA OR THE
12:03:40 DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO GO OUT AND HAVE YOUR
12:03:43 LITTLE CARS AND PICK UP PEOPLE AND BRING THEM IN, YOU DON'T
12:03:47 EVEN HAVE TO WALK.
12:03:48 IF WE HAD ANY TYPE OF RAIL, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO WALK.
12:03:52 BUT THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH WALKING.
12:03:53 WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT IT NEEDS TO HAVE THE AUTHORITY OF
12:04:00 THOSE WHO HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO GIVE US THE RIGHT TO DO WHAT
12:04:02 MR. CARLSON SAID.
12:04:04 I'M NOT AGAINST IT, BUT FOR ME TO VOTE FOR SOMETHING THAT I
12:04:06 DON'T KNOW IF IT'S LEGAL OR NOT LEGAL, IT'S PUTTING THE CITY
12:04:09 AND OTHER CRAs, LOOK WHAT TAMPA IS DOING.
12:04:13 WHAT'S WRONG WITH THEM?
12:04:15 THAT'S WHAT I DON'T WANT TO START.
12:04:16 I'M NOT AGAINST THE MOTION.
12:04:18 I'M SAYING THAT I -- TALLAHASSEE SAYING YES, YOU CAN DO
12:04:22 THIS.
12:04:22 NO, YOU CANNOT DO THIS.
12:04:24 THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER AVENUES HOW TO DO IT.
12:04:27 IF THE DOWNTOWN AUTHORITY, DOWNTOWN CRA OR OTHER CRAs WANT
12:04:32 TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING, I SEE NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
12:04:34 THAT'S WHAT THE CRAs ARE FOR.
12:04:37 TO HELP THE BLIGHTED AREA CREATE SOME TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT SO
12:04:40 IT CAN FESTER ITSELF AND DO MUCH BETTER WITHIN ITS OWN
12:04:45 CONFINE.
12:04:46 THAT'S WHAT LIFE IS ALL ABOUT, HELPING SOMEBODY ELSE, GIVING
12:04:48 A HAND UP, NOT PUSHING SOMEBODY DOWN.
12:04:52 THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE BEFORE I CAN VOTE
12:04:56 YEA.
12:04:57 I DON'T WANT TO VOTE NAY.
12:04:58 BUT I KIND OF HAVE THE AUTHORITY FROM THE PEOPLE.
12:05:00 CRA IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE JURISDICTION, BUT WE DON'T
12:05:03 CREATE THE LAWS ON HOW IT FUNCTIONS.
12:05:05 THAT COMES FROM THE LEGISLATURE.
12:05:06 AND YOU'RE RIGHT, MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT THOSE PEOPLE CALLED
12:05:10 YOU, THAT ARE IN THE LEGISLATURE CAUTIONING US TO BE CAREFUL
12:05:16 DO THE RIGHT THING.
12:05:17 IT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE MANY DAYS.
12:05:20 I WOULD IMAGINE WITH 60 DAYS YOU HAVE IT, YOU HAVE CLARITY.
12:05:23 AND THEN YOU'RE ON THE ROAD ON WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
12:05:26 BUT THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TO SAY, MR. CHAIRMAN.
12:05:29 THANK YOU.
12:05:31 >>MORRIS MASSEY: THIS IS MORRIS MASSEY.
12:05:34 I'M HAPPY TO TALK TO FOLKS IN TALLAHASSEE TO CONFIRM THE
12:05:40 PROCEDURE FOR CAPPING THE TRUST FUND.
12:05:41 THERE IS A STATE STATUTE ABOUT THE REDEVELOPMENT TRUST FUND.
12:05:45 SECTION 163.387 FLORIDA STATUTES.
12:05:49 IT DOES SAY THAT THE GOVERNING BODY, WHICH WOULD BE TAMPA
12:05:52 CITY COUNCIL, MAY IN THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE FUNDING
12:05:56 OF A TRUST FUND ESTABLISH WITH RESPECT TO ANY COMMUNITY
12:05:59 REDEVELOPMENT AREA, DETERMINE THE AMOUNT TO BE FUNDED BY
12:06:03 EACH TAXING AUTHORITY ANNUALLY, SHALL BE LESS THAN 95%, BUT
12:06:10 IN NO EVENT SHALL SUCH AMOUNT BE LESS THAN 50% OF THE
12:06:17 INCREMENT.
12:06:17 THAT'S WHAT THE STATUTE SAYS.
12:06:19 I'M HAPPY TO GO BACK AND TALK WITH THE ATTORNEY FOR THE
12:06:21 COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT -- FRA, FLORIDA COMMUNITY
12:06:25 REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY REGARDING HOW THAT WOULD APPLY IN
12:06:28 THIS CASE, AND WHETHER WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT.
12:06:30 IF YOU WANT US TO GO FURTHER, WE COULD GO TO THE FLORIDA
12:06:33 ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALTHOUGH I'D LIKE TO TALK TO THE CITY
12:06:38 ATTORNEY BEFORE WE DID THAT.
12:06:40 THAT'S SOMETHING WE TYPICALLY DON'T NECESSARILY DO, UNLESS
12:06:43 WE REALLY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IT.
12:06:45 WHERE I THINK THE MAJOR ISSUE OF CONCERN THAT I'M HEARING IS
12:06:52 WHETHER YOU CAP, IF YOU DO GO FORWARD WITH CAPPING, THE
12:06:56 COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT FUND FOR THE DOWNTOWN CRA, WHETHER
12:07:00 THAT MONEY CAN BE DIRECTED SOMEHOW, SPECIFICALLY IN ANOTHER
12:07:04 WAY.
12:07:05 THE ANSWER TO THAT IS IT WOULD GO AUTOMATICALLY INTO THE
12:07:09 GENERAL FUND OF THE CITY AND WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE BUDGET
12:07:11 PROCESS.
12:07:11 AND THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT, AS THE CRA, YOU
12:07:20 CAN'T DETERMINE THAT AS THE CRA BOARD.
12:07:21 YOU ALSO ARE THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA.
12:07:24 WITH YOUR CITY COUNCIL HAT ON, YOU DO APPROVE THE BUDGET FOR
12:07:27 THE CITY OF TAMPA, AND YOU DO HAVE AUTHORITY, AND THAT
12:07:30 PROCESS TO DIRECT HOW FUNDS ARE SPENT.
12:07:33 SO THAT WOULD BE HOW YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT ISSUE.
12:07:36 THAT'S MY LEGAL ADVICE TODAY.
12:07:40 I'M HAPPY TO MAKE INQUIRIES WITH THE COUNCIL FOR THE FLORIDA
12:07:44 COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IN TALLAHASSEE, THOUGH,
12:07:47 AND COME BACK IN SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER WITH FURTHER
12:07:51 CLARIFICATION BEFORE YOU TAKE ACTION, IF THAT'S HOW YOU
12:07:53 WOULD LIKE TO --
12:07:59 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
12:08:02 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YEAH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT GOES WITHOUT
12:08:05 SAYING, BUT IN HAVING MORRIS MASSEY BEING OUR ATTORNEY HERE,
12:08:10 WE HAVE ONE OF THE SHARPEST MINDS IN THE CITY AND PERHAPS
12:08:13 THE STATE WHEN IT COMES TO THESE KIND OF ISSUES AND
12:08:16 SPECIFICALLY REAL ESTATE MATTERS, NOT TO MENTION MS. GRIMES
12:08:21 AND THE REST OF THE STAFF.
12:08:22 I DON'T HAVE ANY DOUBT THAT WE'RE ON GOOD LEGAL FOOTING OR
12:08:27 THEY WOULDN'T HAVE LET THE CONVERSATION GET THIS FAR.
12:08:30 BUT WE CAN ALWAYS BE CAREFUL AND MR. MASSEY WILL CONTACT THE
12:08:37 FRA ATTORNEY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT STEPPING OUT OF BOUNDS.
12:08:40 I THINK THE CONCERN -- I WOULD GUESS THAT THE CONCERN OF THE
12:08:44 LEGISLATORS OR OTHER FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY IS THAT PERHAPS
12:08:48 IF WE'RE GOING TO CAP DOWNTOWN, THEN THE NEXT THING THEY ARE
12:08:53 WORRIED ABOUT IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO CAP EAST TAMPA OR WE'RE
12:08:56 GOING TO CAP WEST TAMPA, SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS.
12:09:00 IT'S SORT OF APPLES AND ORANGES.
12:09:03 DOWNTOWN AND CHANNELSIDE ARE TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM THESE
12:09:06 OTHER ONES.
12:09:07 THESE ARE AREAS -- I'LL JUST SPECIFICALLY MENTION DOWNTOWN.
12:09:15 DOWNTOWN HAS BEEN AROUND FOR, I THINK, WHAT IS IT, CHARLIE?
12:09:16 LIKE THREE DECADES, AS THE CRA, IT'S VERY SUCCESSFUL.
12:09:22 IT LOOKS LIKE IT DOES HAVE SOME EXCESS MONEY.
12:09:26 AND THE LEGISLATURE COULDN'T POSSIBLY BE MAD AT US FOR
12:09:29 TAKING THE EXCESS MONEY AND PUTTING IT BACK WHERE IT CAME
12:09:32 FROM, WHICH IS THE GENERAL FUND TO START WITH.
12:09:34 SO ANYWAY, I THINK PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY -- MAYBE THEY ARE
12:09:43 GETTING CONFUSED.
12:09:48 MAYBE THEY ARE MIXING APPLES AND ORANGES.
12:09:48 I THINK MR. CARLSON'S SUGGESTION IS A SOUND ONE, AND
12:09:48 DEPENDING ON WHAT HIS MOTION SOUNDS LIKE, I THINK WE NEED TO
12:09:52 TEMPER THE MOTION TO WHAT MR. MASSEY SAID, WHICH IS TO MOVE
12:09:56 SLOWLY, ASK STAFF TO COME BACK IN OCTOBER WITH ALL THE
12:10:01 INSTRUMENTS AND REPORTS THAT WE NEED AND PROGRESS FROM
12:10:05 THERE.
12:10:07 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ONE LAST POINT BEFORE
12:10:10 WE TAKE ANY MOTIONS.
12:10:12 MY BIGGEST CONCERN, IF YOU DO A CAP THAT GOES BACK TO THE
12:10:18 CITY COUNCIL, FROM THAT POINT, TAKING MONEY TO GO SOMEPLACE
12:10:22 ELSE, WE'VE GOT NO GUARANTEE, YES, WE CONTROL FOR A BALANCED
12:10:27 BUDGET FOR THE CITY, BUT THERE'S NO GUARANTEE WE ASK TO PUT
12:10:31 THE MONEY, THE MONEY WILL BE UTILIZED TO GO WHERE IT NEEDS
12:10:33 TO GO.
12:10:34 THAT IS THE CONCERN I HAVE TO WE THROW IT IN THE GENERAL
12:10:37 FUND, WHATEVER THE MAYOR DECIDES TO DO WITH THEIR BUDGET, IT
12:10:42 IS NOT ALLOCATED WHERE WE SAY.
12:10:44 THAT'S MY BIGGEST CONCERN, TAKING MONEY FROM SOMEWHERE AND
12:10:46 WE DON'T HAVE ANY GUARANTEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO
12:10:48 GET THE BANG FOR OUR BUCK.
12:10:51 WOULD YOU AGREE, MR. MASSEY?
12:10:53 OR HOW WOULD YOU CHARACTERIZE WHAT WE COULD DO IF IT WAS
12:10:56 CITY COUNCIL BOARD TO DICTATING SOME MONEY.
12:11:03 >>MORRIS MASSEY: PARDON ME, COUNCILMAN GUDES.
12:11:04 COULD YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION?
12:11:07 I APOLOGIZE.
12:11:07 >>ORLANDO GUDES: IF YOU TAKE DOLLARS TO GO TO THE GENERAL
12:11:09 FUND, YOU'VE GOT NO GUARANTEE WHERE THAT MONEY WILL GO, IF
12:11:16 AS A CITY COUNCIL WE'RE SAYING DIRECT IT GO HERE GO THERE,
12:11:19 CORRECT?
12:11:20 >>MORRIS MASSEY: YOU ARE PART OF THE BUDGET APPROVAL
12:11:25 PROCESS.
12:11:26 YOU MUST APPROVE THE ANNUAL BUDGET BY ORDINANCE.
12:11:28 YOU CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS IN THE BUDGET, AND SO THAT'S WHERE
12:11:32 YOUR LEVEL OF CONTROL AS CITY COUNCIL WOULD COME.
12:11:36 OBVIOUSLY, THE BUDGET IS PROPOSED BY THE MAYOR, SO THE
12:11:39 ADMINISTRATION AND THE MAYOR WOULD PROPOSE THE BUDGET TO YOU
12:11:42 ALL.
12:11:42 YOU COULD ASK -- I THINK AT CITY COUNCIL YOU COULD ASK FOR A
12:11:46 REPORT OF HOW MUCH MONEY RESULTED FROM CAPPING THE DOWNTOWN
12:11:51 CRA, HOW MUCH OF THAT MONEY WENT INTO THE GENERAL FUND, AND
12:11:56 HOW THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY IS BEING SPENT IN THE BUDGET OR
12:12:00 THAT THE AMOUNT BE SPENT IN A CERTAIN WAY AND ASK THAT THEY
12:12:03 SHOW THAT AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT YOU COULD ASK
12:12:06 THAT WITH YOUR CITY COUNCIL HAT ON.
12:12:08 NOW, AS THE CRA, ONCE YOU HAVE CAPPED IT, IT'S REALLY
12:12:12 OUTSIDE OF THE CRA'S CONTROL.
12:12:14 >>ORLANDO GUDES: NOW, COULD THAT BE DONE BY ORDINANCE ON THE
12:12:17 CITY COUNCIL, WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED?
12:12:19 >>MORRIS MASSEY: I DON'T BELIEVE BY ORDINANCE, BUT YOU COULD
12:12:22 ASK THAT THEY LOOK AT IT.
12:12:24 I MEAN, THE BUDGET PROCESS IS CONTROLLED LARGELY BY CHARTER
12:12:27 AND STATUTE.
12:12:28 BUT YOU COULD ASK FOR THE ADMINISTRATION REPORT THAT AND
12:12:32 THAT YOU EXPECT THAT TO BE DONE.
12:12:34 >>ORLANDO GUDES: OKAY.
12:12:35 ALL RIGHT.
12:12:38 SIR.
12:12:38 THANK YOU.
12:12:38 YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION.
12:12:40 ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE MR. CARLSON PUTS HIS MOTION ON
12:12:42 THE FLOOR?
12:12:44 >>BILL CARLSON: CAN I MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS?
12:12:46 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, SIR.
12:12:46 >>BILL CARLSON: I THINK TO THE POINT ABOUT WHETHER WE HAVE
12:12:49 CONTROL OR NOT, I THINK BY CHARTER, WE WERE ON THE CHARTER
12:12:51 REVIEW COMMISSION TOGETHER, I THINK CITY COUNCIL HAS SOME
12:13:02 CONSENSUS ABOUT WHAT IT WANTS, I THINK IT CAN NEGOTIATE.
12:13:05 REMEMBER LAST YEAR, YOU MADE SOME BOLD MOVES REGARDING THE
12:13:09 BUDGET AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WORKED WITH US.
12:13:12 WE CAN'T GUARANTEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE NEXT
12:13:14 ADMINISTRATION, BUT IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS ANYWAY, WE COULD
12:13:18 TRY TO REDIRECT THIS.
12:13:20 AS TO THE OTHER THING, I HEARD THE SAME CONCERNS FROM SOME
12:13:25 LEGISLATORS AND OTHERS.
12:13:26 I'VE ALSO TALKED TO THE OTHER SIDE.
12:13:29 YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS -- THAT I THINK CRAs ARE
12:13:34 IMPRECISE TOOL.
12:13:35 THEY MAINLY FOCUS ON REAL ESTATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THE
12:13:40 TRAP FUNDS.
12:13:41 WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO USE THE MONEY FOR SERVICES THAT ARE
12:13:44 BADLY NEEDED IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE NEED THEM.
12:13:48 AND SO IT'S A WAY OF KEEPING IT.
12:13:51 ALSO, ENCOURAGES OR IS PAID OR FUNDED BY REAL ESTATE
12:13:57 DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS REALLY CONNECTED TO GENTRIFICATION.
12:14:00 BUT I'M NOT -- I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO ANYBODY LISTENING,
12:14:03 I'M NOT GOING TO PROPOSE CHANGES TO ANY OF THE OTHER CRAs.
12:14:06 I WILL FIGHT VEHEMENTLY ANY NEW PROPOSED CRAs, WHICH IS
12:14:11 ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I'M PUSHING THIS.
12:14:13 I THINK INSTEAD OF CREATING ONE IN UPTOWN, FOR EXAMPLE, WE
12:14:15 COULD TRY TO REDIRECT MONEY UP THERE.
12:14:17 AND IT IS AWKWARD IN THE WAY WE WOULD DO IT, BUT IT JUST
12:14:23 TAKES US FROM ONE HAT TO ANOTHER.
12:14:24 THE CONCERN ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN TALLAHASSEE I THINK IS
12:14:27 A GOOD REASON TO DO THIS.
12:14:29 I THINK THE FEAR OF TOUCHING ANY CRAs IS ADDING FUEL TO
12:14:33 THE FIRE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GET RID OF CRAs IS THE
12:14:37 OPPOSITE OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN.
12:14:42 DOWNTOWN CRA AND CHANNEL DISTRICT CRAs ARE EXAMPLES OF THE
12:14:45 KINDS OF CRAs THAT MANY LEGISLATORS WANT TO GET RID OF.
12:14:52 WHY IS IT FAIR IN SOUTH TAMPA, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE GOT
12:14:56 TERRIBLE DRUG DEALING, HUMAN TRAFFICKING GOING ON IN A BIG
12:14:59 PARK RIGHT NEXT TO CENTCOM WHEN -- AND UP UNTIL RECENTLY, WE
12:15:05 HAD RATS IN A COMMUNITY CENTER WHEN WE GET GOLD-PLATED
12:15:10 AMENITIES IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
12:15:12 WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE -- IF THE MONEY GOES INTO THE
12:15:16 GENERAL FUND, THEN WE CAN MAKE THE DECISION.
12:15:18 WE CAN STILL PUT IT IN DOWNTOWN AND WE CAN APPLY IT TO
12:15:20 WHATEVER WE WANT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, WITH
12:15:24 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, BUT IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING, THEN THESE
12:15:28 ARE THE KINDS OF CRAs THAT LET CERTAIN LEGISLATORS WILL
12:15:32 USE AS EXAMPLES AS TO WHY THEY SHOULD SHUT DOWN ALL OF THEM.
12:15:36 I THINK IT'S PRUDENT TO PUT A CAP ON IT.
12:15:38 TAMPA CAN BE SEEN AS A LEADER.
12:15:40 IF WE POSITION IT RIGHT, WE'LL DECLARE IT A SUCCESS STORY.
12:15:44 CITY OF TAMPA PUSHED THESE FORWARD, THEY SUCCEEDED.
12:15:47 LOOK AT ALL THE DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING IN DOWNTOWN.
12:15:48 YOU SAW THE PICTURES LAST WEEK THAT ONE OF THE DEVELOPERS
12:15:50 SHOWED.
12:15:51 IT'S A GREAT SUCCESS.
12:15:52 LET'S CELEBRATE AND MOVE ON.
12:15:55 WITH THE COMMENTS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT MOTION I CAN MAKE NOW,
12:15:57 MR. MASSEY.
12:15:58 CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO PUT THIS -- TO HAVE YOU ALL COME BACK
12:16:01 WITH A PROPOSED ORDINANCE IN TWO MONTHS OR NOT?
12:16:06 DO I HAVE TO DO THAT IN CITY COUNCIL?
12:16:08 WHAT MOTION CAN I MAKE TODAY?
12:16:12 >>MORRIS MASSEY: I THINK THE APPROPRIATE MOTION TO MAKE,
12:16:14 COUNCILMAN CARLSON, IS ASK ME AS YOUR LEGAL COUNCIL AND
12:16:20 MS. VAN LOAN COME FORWARD WITH YOU IN OCTOBER WITH A PLAN,
12:16:26 BOTH A TIMELINE AND THE VARIOUS STEPS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN
12:16:30 TO CAP THE DOWNTOWN CRA AND PROPOSE TO YOU EITHER PERCENTAGE
12:16:35 OR DOLLAR FIGURE FOR THAT CAP FOR YOU ALL TO AFFIRMATIVELY
12:16:41 RECOMMEND TO CITY COUNCIL.
12:16:42 AND THEN A LOT OF THE ACTIONS, FORMAL ACTIONS ABOUT ANY
12:16:47 CHANGES TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT OR COMMUNITY
12:16:48 REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR DOWNTOWN OR THE ORDINANCE RELATIVE TO
12:16:53 THE FUNDING OF THE TIF WOULD HAVE TO BE ACTUALLY ADOPTED BY
12:16:58 CITY COUNCIL.
12:16:58 BUT THE FIRST STEP WOULD BE FOR THE CRA BOARD TO -- FOR US
12:17:02 TO PRESENT FORMALLY TO THE CRA BOARD EXACTLY WHAT NEEDS TO
12:17:05 BE DONE, THE SEQUENCE, THE TIMING OF IT, HAVE YOU ALL
12:17:08 RECOMMEND THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, AND THEN WE'LL
12:17:10 START MOVING DOWN THAT AND PRESENTING THOSE THINGS AND
12:17:16 HAVING PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE YOU AS CITY COUNCIL, IF THAT'S
12:17:18 YOUR WILL.
12:17:19 >>BILL CARLSON: HOW IS THIS, MR. CHAIR?
12:17:21 CAN I MAKE A MOTION?
12:17:22 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, SIR.
12:17:23 >>BILL CARLSON: SO I MOVE THAT CITY AND CRA STAFF COME BACK
12:17:30 TO CRA BOARD AT THE MEETING IN TWO MONTHS TO PRESENT A
12:17:36 SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION FOR PUTTING A CAP ON THE DOWNTOWN
12:17:42 CRA AND ANY PROPOSED MOTIONS OR ORDINANCES THAT WE WOULD
12:17:49 NEED TO RECOMMEND TO -- THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVE.
12:17:57 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I'LL SECOND THAT, MANISCALCO.
12:17:58 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: DINGFELDER SECONDS.
12:18:03 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION FROM MR. CARLSON.
12:18:05 SECONDED BY MR. DINGFELDER.
12:18:09 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: A FRIENDLY SUGGESTION ON THAT, MR.
12:18:12 CARLSON, SO IT'S ABUNDANTLY CLEAR TO SOME OF THESE
12:18:18 SIGNIFICANT STAKEHOLDERS IS THAT THERE'S NO INTENT TO IMPACT
12:18:25 THE EXISTING CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT AS RELATED TO SPP, THE
12:18:31 COUNTY, THE CONVENTION CENTER.
12:18:34 >>BILL CARLSON: MAYBE JUST AN ADDENDUM TO -- IN LINE WITH
12:18:43 THE FIRST MOTION, WHICH WAS TO PLACE A CAP AFTER ALL
12:18:52 EXISTING AND ANTICIPATED OBLIGATIONS ARE MET.
12:18:57 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I THINK I WANT TO BE CAREFUL ON THE USE
12:18:59 OF OBLIGATIONS BECAUSE STAFF MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT IDEA ON
12:19:03 WHAT AN OBLIGATION IS, BUT I'M SPECIFICALLY CONCERNED ABOUT
12:19:07 THE SPP AND THE CONVENTION CENTER AND THE COUNTY OBLIGATION.
12:19:11 I THINK SOME OF THE OBLIGATIONS --
12:19:13 >>ORLANDO GUDES: POINT OF ORDER.
12:19:14 MR. CARLSON, ARE YOU CHANGING THE VERBIAGE OF YOUR ORIGINAL
12:19:19 MOTION SET FORTH?
12:19:21 >>BILL CARLSON: I TRIED AND I'M NOW LISTENING TO MR.
12:19:26 DINGFELDER.
12:19:26 I THINK THE ORIGINAL MOTION WAS TO AFTER ALL OF THOSE
12:19:31 OBLIGATIONS, ANTICIPATED OBLIGATIONS WERE MET, THEN
12:19:36 RECOMMEND A CAP ON TOP OF THAT.
12:19:38 IF YOU WANT TO WORD IT ANOTHER WAY, WE CAN.
12:19:43 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: AS LONG AS IT INCLUDES THE FACT THAT
12:19:45 WE'RE GOING TO HONOR EXISTING CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS, I'M
12:19:48 GOOD WITH IT.
12:19:49 MY MOTION WILL STAND.
12:19:53 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION BY MR. CARLSON.
12:19:55 SECONDED BY MR. DINGFELDER.
12:19:58 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I NEED THE MOTION TO BE READ AGAIN BY MR.
12:20:01 CARLSON.
12:20:02 I APOLOGIZE.
12:20:03 BUT ALSO, LET ME JUST, CALL ME PESSIMISTIC, CALL ME WHATEVER
12:20:08 THEY WANT, I'M GOING TO SAY THIS AGAIN.
12:20:11 NOT IN 2021, BUT IN 2022, IS WHEN THIS CITY AND THIS COUNTY,
12:20:17 THIS STATE AND THIS COUNTRY IS GOING TO REALLY FEEL THE
12:20:20 PINCH OF COVID-19.
12:20:22 WHEN THINGS ARE HAPPENING, AND THEY HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING
12:20:26 NOW BECAUSE HOLDING BACK AND HOLDING BACK ON THESE
12:20:29 INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE GOING TO POSSIBLY LOSE THEIR HOMES AND
12:20:32 BUSINESSES ARE GOING OUT OF BUSINESS BECAUSE BUSINESS IS
12:20:35 JUST NOT THERE ANYMORE FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER.
12:20:40 HAPPEN IN 2022 WHEN THE TAX ASSESSOR DOES HIS TRIM NOTICES,
12:20:44 GET THEM IN OCTOBER FOR THE NOVEMBER START, IT'S NOT GOING
12:20:47 TO REFLECT MUCH DIFFERENCE.
12:20:49 BUT WHEN THEY DO THIS TRIM NOTICE WHEN WE'RE IN 2021, GOING
12:20:53 INTO '22, HOLD ON TO YOUR WALLET BECAUSE I THINK SOMETHING
12:20:58 IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
12:20:59 THIS IS GOING TO HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF EFFECT NOT ONLY IN
12:21:02 THIS CRA, BUT IN EVERY CRA WE HAVE AND I HOPE I'M WRONG, BUT
12:21:08 FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN READING AND STUDYING FROM ECONOMIST, NOT
12:21:12 FROM ME, IT'S SAYING THAT IN 2022 IS WHEN THE WAVE OF
12:21:17 DOWNFALL IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
12:21:19 ALREADY WE'VE HAD THE LAST QUARTER, 30 SOME PERCENT LOSS.
12:21:22 THE HIGHEST SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION.
12:21:26 ALL I'M SAYING IS THE FACTS.
12:21:27 THESE ARE NOT MY FACTS.
12:21:28 THESE ARE WHAT I'VE SEEN AND WHAT I'VE READ.
12:21:31 I MAY BE A PESSIMIST, BUT I CALL MYSELF A REALIST.
12:21:34 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
12:21:38 >>LUIS VIERA: MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY.
12:21:40 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED, SIR.
12:21:42 >>LUIS VIERA: THE WAY I SEE THIS MOTION, IT PUSHES IT
12:21:45 FORWARD FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION FOR AN IDEA THAT OBVIOUSLY
12:21:48 I THINK 7-0 AGREE HAS A LOT OF MERIT.
12:21:51 THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT NEED TO BE FLESHED OUT FROM
12:21:54 LEGAL, OBVIOUSLY, FROM ADMINISTRATION BUY-IN AS INDICATED.
12:21:58 I THINK THIS PUSHES IT FORWARD.
12:21:59 AND THAT'S FINE.
12:22:00 AND WHATNOT.
12:22:02 I ALSO WANTED TO ECHO COUNCILMAN MIRANDA'S PESSIMISM.
12:22:06 I DON'T THINK IT'S PESSIMISM.
12:22:07 I THINK IT'S REALITY JUST FOR WHATEVER IT COUNTS.
12:22:11 YOU TAKE A LOOK AT OUR CITY BUDGETS, A LOT OF US -- A LOT OF
12:22:14 CITIES HAVE BEEN BAILED OUT BY CARES ACT FUNDING WHICH COMES
12:22:19 ABOUT DUE TO THREE, FOUR TRILLION DOLLARS ANNUAL DEBTS NOW
12:22:23 THAT WE HAVE.
12:22:23 FAST-FORWARD A YEAR OR TWO, WHOEVER IS THE NEXT PRESIDENT
12:22:27 THAT CONTINUES TO BE OUR PRESENT PRESIDENT OR FORMER VICE
12:22:30 PRESIDENT, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME REALLY UGLY SCENARIOS
12:22:34 THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE A MASSIVE, NEGATIVE TRICKLE-DOWN
12:22:36 EFFECT IN OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
12:22:38 SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S UNNECESSARILY PESSIMISM.
12:22:43 AND THAT'S UNFORTUNATE.
12:22:44 BUT JUST MY THOUGHTS ON THE MOTION.
12:22:46 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
12:22:50 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THE MAKER OF THE MOTION WILL PLEASE RESTATE
12:22:53 THE MOTION.
12:22:54 >>BILL CARLSON: SURE.
12:22:56 I MOVE THAT THE CRA BOARD ASK CITY AND CRA STAFF TO RETURN
12:23:01 TO THE CRA BOARD MEETING IN TWO MONTHS TO REPORT THEIR BEST
12:23:05 RECOMMENDATION ON CAPPING THE DOWNTOWN CRA DISTRICT,
12:23:09 ASSUMING THAT ALL CURRENT AND ANTICIPATED OBLIGATIONS ARE
12:23:11 MET, AND THAT STAFF PROPOSE ANY ACTIONS OR ORDINANCES THAT
12:23:15 THE CRA BOARD WOULD NEED TO RECOMMEND TO CITY COUNCIL.
12:23:21 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
12:23:25 MR. DINGFELDER SECONDED THE MOTION.
12:23:26 IS THAT CONCURRENT WITH YOU, MR. DINGFELDER?
12:23:31 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES, THE SECOND STANDS.
12:23:33 THANK YOU.
12:23:33 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIR?
12:23:35 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CITRO, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED, SIR.
12:23:37 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
12:23:40 MR. MASSEY, YOU AND I ARE NOT ONLY COLLEAGUES, BUT WE'RE
12:23:43 FRIENDS.
12:23:44 I DO TRUST IN YOUR LEGAL OPINION.
12:23:46 I HOPE THIS IS GOING TO ALSO INCLUDE WHAT COUNCILMAN MIRANDA
12:23:50 BROUGHT FORWARD ABOUT THE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS WITH THE STATE
12:23:53 OF FLORIDA.
12:23:54 WILL THAT ALSO BE INCLUDED IN YOUR REPORT, MR. MASSEY?
12:23:57 >>MORRIS MASSEY: I PROMISE IN OCTOBER I WILL HAVE DISCUSSED
12:24:02 THIS WITH THE GENERAL COUNSEL FOR THE FLORIDA COMMUNITY
12:24:03 REDEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION AND WILL LET YOU KNOW WHAT HIS
12:24:07 THOUGHTS ARE ON OUR LEGAL ABILITY TO CAP -- PASS AN
12:24:11 ORDINANCE OR CITY COUNCIL PASSING AN ORDINANCE CAPPING THE
12:24:14 CITY'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE DOWNTOWN TIF.
12:24:19 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. MASSEY, I THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:24:22 THE CITY OF TAMPA CRA BOARD IS, IN MY OPINION, ONE OF THE
12:24:28 BEST IN THE STATE AFTER GOING TO SUCH PLACES AS LEAGUE OF
12:24:32 CITIES FOR FLORIDA, JUST BECAUSE OTHER CITIES AND OTHER
12:24:36 CRAs WITHIN THE STATE HAD SOME, SHALL WE JUST SAY, SOME
12:24:40 WRONGDOINGS WITHIN THEIR CRAs, WE ARE A SHINING EXAMPLE OF
12:24:45 CRA ASSOCIATIONS.
12:24:47 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MASSEY.
12:24:48 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
12:24:51 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
12:24:52 ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE THE VOTE?
12:24:54 ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE THE VOTE?
12:24:57 MADAM CLERK, ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
12:25:00 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
12:25:02 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:25:04 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:25:05 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
12:25:08 >> MANISCALCO?
12:25:10 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:25:12 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:25:14 >>THE CLERK: CITRO?
12:25:18 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:25:20 >>THE CLERK: MIRANDA?
12:25:21 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:25:22 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
12:25:27 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.
12:25:28 WE'LL MOVE TO REQUIRED APPROVALS.
12:25:31 ITEM NUMBER 4.
12:25:36 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: YES, SIR, MICHELLE VAN LOAN.
12:25:38 THIS IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING LIEN SUBORDINATION FOR A
12:25:42 FACADE GRANT APPLICANT WHO RECEIVED A GRANT TWO YEARS AGO.
12:25:46 HE IS NOW REQUESTING TO TAKE OUT A SECOND SMALL LOAN ON THE
12:25:50 PROPERTY.
12:25:51 AND IT WOULD MOVE US INTO THE THIRD POSITION AS FAR AS LIENS
12:25:55 BEHIND THE FIRST TWO MORTGAGORS.
12:25:58 OUR ONLY RISK IS SHOULD THE COMPANY GO INTO FORECLOSURE,
12:26:02 THEN OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD BE IN THE THIRD POSITION BEHIND THE
12:26:05 BANKS OF THE 110 PLUS FACADE GRANTS THAT WE'VE ISSUED, WE'VE
12:26:09 ONLY EVER HAD ONE GO INTO FORECLOSURE AND THAT WAS DURING
12:26:12 THE RECESSION.
12:26:12 SO WE'RE ASKING APPROVAL OF THIS SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT.
12:26:16 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MOVE THE AGREEMENT.
12:26:17 DINGFELDER.
12:26:18 >>ORLANDO GUDES: DINGFELDER.
12:26:20 >>LUIS VIERA: SECOND, VIERA.
12:26:21 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECONDED BY MR. VIERA.
12:26:23 ANY DISCUSSION?
12:26:26 ANY DISCUSSION?
12:26:26 ROLL-CALL VOTE, MADAM CLERK.
12:26:30 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:26:30 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:26:32 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
12:26:35 >>THE CLERK: MANISCALCO?
12:26:39 MANISCALCO?
12:26:41 CARLSON?
12:26:41 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:26:44 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:26:45 >>THE CLERK: AND MIRANDA?
12:26:49 MIRANDA?
12:26:50 THE MOTION CARRIED WITH MANISCALCO BEING ABSENT AT VOTE AND
12:26:55 MIRANDA BEING ABSENT AT VOTE AS WELL.
12:26:58 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:26:58 WELL ...
12:27:07 >>THE CLERK: OKAY.
12:27:08 RESTATED.
12:27:09 THE MOTION CARRIED WITH MANISCALCO BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
12:27:21 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU.
12:27:23 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ITEM NUMBER 5.
12:27:24 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: ITEM NUMBER 5 IS THE REPROGRAMMING OF
12:27:27 THE FUNDING FOR THE ANNUAL PAYMENT ACCORDING TO THE TAMPA
12:27:30 HEIGHTS REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
12:27:35 >>ORLANDO GUDES: DO I HAVE A MOTION?
12:27:37 TO APPROVE?
12:27:40 >>LUIS VIERA: SECOND, VIERA.
12:27:42 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY HEAR THE MOTION.
12:27:44 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED.
12:27:45 MIRANDA.
12:27:47 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION MADE BY MR. VIERA, SECONDED BY MR.
12:27:52 MIRANDA.
12:27:52 DISCUSSION?
12:27:53 MADAM CLERK, ROLL CALL.
12:27:58 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:27:58 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:28:01 >>THE CLERK: DINGFELDER?
12:28:03 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
12:28:04 >>THE CLERK: MANISCALCO?
12:28:08 CARLSON?
12:28:09 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:28:10 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:28:11 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:28:13 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED WITH MANISCALCO BEING ABSENT
12:28:16 AT VOTE.
12:28:18 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
12:28:19 ITEM NUMBER 6.
12:28:20 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: ITEM NUMBER 6 IS THE REPROGRAMMING
12:28:22 WITHIN THE CENTRAL PARK COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
12:28:25 THIS IS FOR THE MEACHAM FARMS URBAN FARM.
12:28:28 OUR CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THEIR EDUCATIONAL BUILDING THAT ROB
12:28:32 DID A PRESENTATION ON EARLIER THIS YEAR.
12:28:34 THANK YOU.
12:28:34 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SO MOVED.
12:28:38 >>LUIS VIERA: SECOND VIERA.
12:28:39 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOVED BY MR. CITRO.
12:28:40 SECONDED BY MR. MIRANDA, I BELIEVE.
12:28:43 ANY DISCUSSION?
12:28:43 ANY DISCUSSION?
12:28:45 ROLL-CALL VOTE, MADAM CLERK.
12:28:49 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
12:28:50 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:28:51 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:28:53 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
12:28:55 >>THE CLERK: DINGFELDER?
12:28:59 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
12:29:00 >>THE CLERK: MANISCALCO?
12:29:03 MR. CARLSON.
12:29:06 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:29:08 >>THE CLERK: CITRO?
12:29:11 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:29:14 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:29:14 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED WITH MANISCALCO BEING ABSENT
12:29:17 AT VOTE.
12:29:19 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
12:29:20 ITEM NUMBER 7.
12:29:22 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: OUR LAST ITEM THIS MORNING IS THE SLATE
12:29:24 OF CANDIDATES FOR THE EAST TAMPA COMMUNITY ADVISORY
12:29:27 COMMITTEE.
12:29:28 AS A REMINDER, IN EAST TAMPA, THE GENERAL PARTNERSHIP OF THE
12:29:32 ETCRP VOTES AT CAC MEMBERS.
12:29:37 WE HAVE SIX OPENINGS.
12:29:38 SINCE I STARTED DOING THIS IN '07, THIS IS THE LARGEST SLATE
12:29:42 OF CANDIDATES AT 17 WE'VE EVER HAD.
12:29:44 WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU APPROVE THE SLATE OF CANDIDATES THAT
12:29:46 THEN WOULD BE VOTED TO THE CAC AT THE EAST TAMPA MEETING IN
12:29:50 SEPTEMBER.
12:29:53 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION TO APPROVE?
12:29:54 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED.
12:29:55 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND.
12:29:58 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION MOVED BY MR. MIRANDA.
12:30:00 SECONDED BY MR. CITRO.
12:30:02 DISCUSSION?
12:30:04 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY?
12:30:06 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, SIR.
12:30:07 YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
12:30:07 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, VERY MUCH, ALONG WITH
12:30:10 MS. VAN LOAN, I AM ALSO HAPPY TO SEE THAT THESE MANY PEOPLE
12:30:14 HAVE APPLIED TO BECOME PART OF THE CRA.
12:30:17 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
12:30:19 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
12:30:19 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE THE VOTE?
12:30:23 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: QUESTION ON THE MOTION.
12:30:26 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
12:30:28 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU.
12:30:31 MICHELLE, AS MR. CITRO INDICATED, IT'S VERY EXCITING TO HAVE
12:30:37 THAT KIND OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THE CRA.
12:30:44 DO THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOLKS WHO DON'T ACTUALLY MAKE
12:30:46 IT ONTO THE BOARD TO BE ON SOME OTHER SUBCOMMITTEES OR
12:30:52 ANYTHING LIKE THAT SO WE DON'T TURN GOOD PEOPLE AWAY?
12:30:57 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: YES, SIR.
12:30:58 WE HAVE BOTH THE PARTNERSHIP THAT PEOPLE CAN ATTEND, AND WE
12:31:02 HAVE, I BELIEVE WE HAVE SIX TO SEVEN -- I HAVEN'T COUNTED
12:31:06 RECENTLY -- SUBCOMMITTEES, FROM EVERYTHING FROM HOUSING TO
12:31:09 LAND USE, TO AESTHETICS AND BEAUTIFICATION IN THE EAST TAMPA
12:31:13 CAC.
12:31:15 SO PEOPLE ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND CAC MEETINGS.
12:31:18 THEY ARE WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE ON THE SUBCOMMITTEES, AND
12:31:20 ALSO TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EAST TAMPA COMMUNITY
12:31:23 REDEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP.
12:31:28 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THEY CAN BE MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE
12:31:29 WITHOUT BEING MEMBERS OF THE CAC.
12:31:31 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: YES, SIR.
12:31:32 OUR CAC WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT MANY
12:31:34 SUBCOMMITTEES WITHIN ITS OWN MEMBERSHIP.
12:31:38 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: EXCELLENT.
12:31:40 LET'S MAKE SURE THEY DON'T GET TURNED AWAY AND DISCOURAGED.
12:31:42 THANK YOU.
12:31:45 >>BILL CARLSON: MR. CHAIR, COULD I SAY SOMETHING?
12:31:47 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED, SIR.
12:31:49 >>BILL CARLSON: JUST FOR THE RECORD FOR ANYBODY WATCHING,
12:31:52 CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENS NOW IF WE APPROVE THIS LIST,
12:31:54 WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT.
12:31:56 EACH ONE OF THESE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
12:31:58 AND THIS WAS AN EXISTING ORGANIZATION I THINK THAT WE
12:32:01 PARTNERED WITH.
12:32:03 HOW DOES THE DECISION GO ON FROM HERE?
12:32:05 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: THE EAST TAMPA COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
12:32:08 PARTNERSHIP EXISTED PRIOR TO THE CRA BOARD ESTABLISHING A
12:32:12 CAC OR COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE POLICY THAT EACH CRA
12:32:16 WOULD HAVE A CAC.
12:32:18 IN ORDER TO NOT HAVE COMPETING GROUPS WITH EAST TAMPA AND
12:32:23 WITHIN YBOR, THE CAC POLICY RECOGNIZES THE GOVERNING BOARDS
12:32:28 OF THE TWO EXISTING GROUPS TO ACT AS THE CAC.
12:32:31 THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE PARTNERSHIP THEN BECAME THE CAC.
12:32:36 WE ELECT OUR CAC MEMBERS ACCORDING TO THE BYLAWS OF THE EAST
12:32:40 TAMPA COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP, WHICH WERE ALSO
12:32:43 AMENDED TO BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CRA BOARD CAC POLICY.
12:32:48 WE SIMPLY, WHEN WE ADVERTISE EVERY YEAR FOR HALF OF OUR CAC
12:32:53 TURN OVER, EVERY TWO YEARS ARE THE TERM LIMITS, WE BRING ALL
12:32:57 OF THE PEOPLE THAT QUALIFIED PER THE PARTNERSHIP BYLAWS,
12:33:00 THEY GET VETTED BY AN AD HOC COMMITTEE OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS,
12:33:04 AND WE THEN BRING THAT SLATE OF CANDIDATES TO THE CRA BOARD
12:33:08 TO CONFIRM THAT SLATE OF CANDIDATES.
12:33:10 WE THEN GO EVERY YEAR AT OUR SEPTEMBER PARTNERSHIP MEETING
12:33:13 AND WE HOLD AN ACTUAL PAPER BALLOT VOTE.
12:33:17 RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE RESERVED RAGAN, AND IT IS OUR INTENTION
12:33:21 TO HAVE LONG PERIODS OF TIME WHERE PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO
12:33:26 COME IN AND CAST A PAPER BALLOT WITHOUT HAVING EVERYONE IN
12:33:30 THE ROOM ALL AT ONCE.
12:33:31 WE'LL BE HAVING HOURS BOTH IN THE DAYTIME AND IN THE EVENING
12:33:34 FOR ANYBODY WHO WORKS.
12:33:37 >>BILL CARLSON: WHO GETS TO VOTE?
12:33:38 WHO IS QUALIFIED TO VOTE?
12:33:41 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: MEMBERS OF EAST TAMPA COMMUNITY
12:33:42 REVITALIZATION PARTNERSHIP AND THE ONLY REQUIREMENT TO BE A
12:33:48 PARTICIPANT AND TO VOTE IS TO HAVE PARTICIPATED AND ATTENDED
12:33:51 AT LEAST ONE PARTNERSHIP MEETING DURING THE PAST 12 MONTHS.
12:34:00 >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
12:34:01 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYONE ELSE?
12:34:03 ANYONE ELSE?
12:34:04 LET ME SAY THIS BEFORE WE TAKE THE ROLL-CALL VOTE.
12:34:09 PERSON WHO SAT ON THE CAC OF EAST TAMPA.
12:34:12 MEMBERS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN DOWN, BUT FOR ME TO SEE THIS NUMBER
12:34:15 INCREASE TELLS ME THAT PEOPLE BELIEVE IN THE PARTNERSHIP
12:34:19 NOW.
12:34:20 THEY WANT TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING THAT'S MOVING.
12:34:22 A LOT OF PROGRAMS ARE GOING ON IN EAST TAMPA WITH OUR
12:34:24 AFFORDABLE HOUSING, TREE TRIMMING AND OTHER PROGRAMS WITH
12:34:27 OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, PEOPLE SEE THINGS ARE TURNING SO THEY WANT
12:34:30 TO BE INVOLVED.
12:34:30 THE BIGGEST THING I USED TO HEAR ABOUT THE CAC EAST TAMPA
12:34:36 PARTNERSHIP, THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING OR ARGUING ALL THE TIME
12:34:38 AND I DON'T HAVE TIME TO WASTE MY TIME.
12:34:40 I THINK THINGS ARE GETTING DONE AND THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL
12:34:42 THING THAT PEOPLE ARE SEEING THINGS BEING DONE AND WANT TO
12:34:45 BE A PART OF FOSTERING A BETTER CAC BOARD, FOSTERING A
12:34:50 BETTER EAST TAMPA.
12:34:51 I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
12:34:52 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
12:34:53 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AGREE WITH YOUR SENTIMENTS,
12:34:55 MR. CHAIRMAN.
12:34:56 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
12:34:57 ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?
12:34:58 MADAM CLERK, ROLL-CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
12:35:03 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:35:05 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:35:08 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
12:35:11 >>THE CLERK: MANISCALCO?
12:35:12 CARLSON?
12:35:15 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:35:15 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WHOLEHEARTEDLY YES.
12:35:19 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:35:21 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH MANISCALCO BEING ABSENT AT
12:35:25 VOTE.
12:35:27 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
12:35:29 OKAY, WE'LL MOVE TO INFORMATION REPORTS AND NEW BUSINESS.
12:35:33 MR. VIERA?
12:35:34 >>LUIS VIERA: NONE TODAY.
12:35:36 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
12:35:36 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER?
12:35:39 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: NOTHING TODAY.
12:35:40 GREAT MEETING.
12:35:41 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
12:35:42 THANK YOU, MR. CARLSON.
12:35:44 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK MR. MANISCALCO HAS ALREADY LEFT.
12:35:47 WE'LL GO TO MR. CITRO.
12:35:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIR, NOTHING EXCEPT I WOULD LIKE TO
12:35:52 CONGRATULATE FOUR OF MY COLLEAGUES.
12:35:56 MR. CARLSON, MR. VIERA, MR. MANISCALCO, AND YOU, YOURSELF,
12:36:00 MR. GUDES, FOR GETTING ON THE QUALIFICATION OF THE BEST
12:36:05 POLITICIAN IN THE BAY AREA POLL BY CREATIVE LOAFING.
12:36:11 CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU FOUR.
12:36:12 NOTHING FURTHER.
12:36:13 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
12:36:19 MR. CARLSON.
12:36:22 >>BILL CARLSON: I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE
12:36:25 FOR MOVING THIS AGENDA ITEM FORWARD, AND FOR BEARING WITH
12:36:29 ALL THE LONG DISCUSSIONS.
12:36:31 I THINK LONG-RUN DISCUSSIONS ARE BETTER FOR EVERYBODY IN THE
12:36:35 COMMUNITY.
12:36:36 ALSO IN PARTICULAR, THANKS TO THE STAFF FOR ALL THE HOURS
12:36:39 AND HOURS AND HOURS OF TIME THEY PUT TOGETHER ON IT.
12:36:41 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
12:36:45 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
12:36:45 MR. MIRANDA?
12:36:47 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NOTHING, SIR.
12:36:48 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:36:50 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WELL, WE'VE COME TO ANOTHER FINE CONCLUSION
12:36:52 OF A MEETING THAT HAD GOOD DISCUSSION, GOOD ADVICE THAT CAME
12:36:57 BACK FROM LEGAL AND MS. VAN LOAN.
12:37:01 I THINK THE COMMUNITY SEES AND APPRECIATES WHAT WE'RE TRYING
12:37:03 TO DO, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK.
12:37:05 WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT ALL THE DUCKS IN A ROW TO
12:37:08 MAKE SURE WE'RE ON POINT WITH WHATEVER WE DO.
12:37:10 I APPRECIATE THIS COUNCIL FOR WORKING TOGETHER AND HAVING
12:37:12 SOME HARMONY TO BE ABLE TO GET THINGS MOVED FOR GOOD
12:37:15 DISCUSSION AND POSITIVE DISCUSSION.
12:37:17 I THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL YOUR LEADERSHIP, WHAT YOU DO.
12:37:20 CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE?
12:37:22 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
12:37:24 >>LUIS VIERA: SECOND, VIERA.
12:37:25 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION BY MR. MIRANDA.
12:37:27 SECONDED BY MR. VIERA.
12:37:28 ROLL CALL, PLEASE?
12:37:33 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:37:33 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:37:35 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
12:37:38 >>THE CLERK: MANISCALCO?
12:37:39 CARLSON?
12:37:44 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:37:45 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:37:47 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:37:50 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED WITH MANISCALCO BEING ABSENT
12:37:52 AT VOTE.
12:37:54 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK, FOR THE WORK THAT
12:37:56 YOU DO.
12:37:58 >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU.
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