CITY OF TAMPA COUNCIL MEETING
THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 2020
9:00 A.M. VIRTUAL MEETING
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09:01:22 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
09:01:23 I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO
09:01:26 ORDER.
09:01:27 JOINING ME TODAY FOR THE INVOCATION IS MS. SANDY SANCHEZ OF
09:01:31 ARMORY GARDENS HERE IN WEST TAMPA, HERE IN DISTRICT 6.
09:01:35 A FRIEND TO MANY OF US, VERY, VERY INVOLVED IN THE
09:01:40 NEIGHBORHOOD.
09:01:41 VERY, VERY INVOLVED IN BRINGING POSITIVE CHANGE TO HER
09:01:44 NEIGHBORHOOD AND TO THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY WITH VILA
09:01:46 BROTHERS PARK AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.
09:01:50 WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT SHE DOES.
09:01:52 SANDY, IF YOU'RE ON THE LINE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN THE
09:01:56 INVOCATION.
09:01:57 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:01:57 CAN YOU HEAR ME?
09:01:59 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, WE CAN.
09:02:00 GO AHEAD.
09:02:01 >> PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS.
09:02:02 LORD, BLESS THIS CITY COUNCIL AND ALL PARTICIPANTS ON
09:02:07 TODAY'S AGENDA.
09:02:08 GIVE THEM GUIDANCE TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION AND THE COURAGE
09:02:13 TO CHALLENGE ADVERSITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR COMMUNITY AND
09:02:17 THE CITY OF TAMPA, AMEN.
09:02:21 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:02:21 I APPRECIATE IT.
09:02:23 IF YOU ARE ABLE TO AND IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAND FOR THE
09:02:26 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AT THIS TIME.
09:02:27 I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF
09:02:31 AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE
09:02:33 NATION, UNDER GOD, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
09:02:37 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:02:37 ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
09:02:43 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
09:02:45 >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
09:02:46 >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE.
09:02:47 >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
09:02:50 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HERE.
09:02:53 >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE.
09:02:55 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
09:02:57 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
09:03:01 BEFORE I BEGIN, JUST A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, I WANT
09:03:04 TO WISH MY SISTER A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
09:03:06 I KNOW SHE IS LISTENING AND WATCHING.
09:03:09 SHE IS A BIG FAN OF OUR SHOW.
09:03:11 HAPPY 34th BIRTHDAY.
09:03:13 SORRY I CAN'T JOIN EVERYONE TONIGHT.
09:03:15 I HAVE A CITY COUNCIL MEETING, BUT I HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR
09:03:18 DAY.
09:03:23 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, GOOD MORNING.
09:03:25 MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
09:03:26 I'M MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
09:03:29 TODAY'S VIRTUAL MEETING, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 2020, IS BEING
09:03:33 HELD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECLARATIONS AND PROVISIONS OF
09:03:36 THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER 20-69 AND 20-193 AS THEY MAY
09:03:40 BE FURTHER EXTENDED AND EMERGENCY RULES OF PROCEDURE AS
09:03:44 ADOPTED AND AMENDED BY THE CITY COUNCIL BY RESOLUTION
09:03:47 2020-490.
09:03:49 IT'S BEING CONDUCTED BY AUDIO TELECONFERENCING ONLY WITH
09:03:52 VIDEO PRESENTATIONS TODAY.
09:03:55 REMOTE PARTICIPATION, WHICH IS REFERRED TO BY THE STATE OF
09:03:58 FLORIDA STATUTES AND RULES AS COMMUNICATION MEDIA
09:04:01 TECHNOLOGY.
09:04:02 THE PUBLIC AND THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA WILL BE ABLE TO WATCH,
09:04:05 LISTEN, AND VIEW THIS MEETING ON CABLE TV AND THE INTERNET
09:04:09 AT HTTPS://www.TAMPAGOV.NET/LIVESTREAM, AND I BELIEVE IT
09:04:18 IS ALSO BEING AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S Facebook PAGE.
09:04:24 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:04:24 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:04:26 WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AND THE ADDENDUM.
09:04:30 AND IN THAT, IF YOU NOTICE THAT ITEM NUMBER 2, WHICH WAS
09:04:37 ADDISON DAVIS, OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
09:04:41 SCHOOLS, IS GOING TO NOT PRESENT TODAY.
09:04:43 WE'LL CONTINUE THAT TO SEPTEMBER 17TH.
09:04:52 AND THEN YOU SEE THE REST OF THE CHANGES HERE FOR THE
09:04:52 AGENDA.
09:04:52 ALSO, THERE IS ALSO A WALK-ON ITEM WHICH I BELIEVE WE HAVE
09:04:54 TO TAKE FOR A SEPARATE VOTE.
09:04:56 THIS WILL COME IMMEDIATELY AFTER WE DO THIS, A MEMO FROM
09:04:59 ANDREA ZELMAN.
09:05:01 IT WILL BE QUICK.
09:05:01 IF I CAN GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AND THE ADDENDUM
09:05:05 TO THE AGENDA.
09:05:06 >> SO MOVED.
09:05:07 >> SECOND.
09:05:07 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN?
09:05:10 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
09:05:11 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
09:05:12 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, SIR.
09:05:14 I HAD MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY STAFF, BUT I STILL HAD ONE
09:05:20 OUTSTANDING QUESTION ON ITEM 43.
09:05:22 SO IF WE COULD MOVE THAT TO THE END.
09:05:26 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT'S FINE.
09:05:28 OKAY.
09:05:28 WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES, I BELIEVE, WITH A
09:05:31 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
09:05:33 ROLL-CALL VOTE.
09:05:34 CHARACTER CLERK VIERA?
09:05:38 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
09:05:39 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
09:05:41 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
09:05:43 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
09:05:45 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
09:05:48 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
09:05:52 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
09:05:53 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
09:05:56 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
09:05:59 FOR THIS WALK-ON ITEM, WE HAVE A MEMO FROM ANDREA ZELMAN.
09:06:03 DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT OF TYLER
09:06:06 HUDSON AS CITY'S REPRESENTATIVE FOR HART.
09:06:09 ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT?
09:06:17 IF NOT, WE CAN TAKE IT TO A VOTE TO GET A MOTION TO APPROVE
09:06:21 IT.
09:06:21 >> SO MOVED.
09:06:22 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. CARLSON, WAS THAT YOU?
09:06:24 >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH.
09:06:25 I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO TYLER FOR ALL HIS HARD WORK ABOUT
09:06:30 THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUE, AND THERE'S NOT MANY PEOPLE THAT
09:06:33 WOULD POSSIBLY BE BETTER THAN HIM ON THAT BOARD.
09:06:35 THANK YOU.
09:06:38 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SECOND.
09:06:39 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, IT'S MARTIN SHELBY.
09:06:42 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, SIR.
09:06:43 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE
09:06:45 RECORD, I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE'S ANYBODY AT THE
09:06:48 CONVENTION CENTER WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM.
09:06:51 IT WAS ON THE AGENDA.
09:06:52 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ANYBODY AT THE CONVENTION
09:06:54 CENTER THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?
09:07:00 >>THE CLERK: CHAIR, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THERE IS NO ONE
09:07:04 PRESENT AT THE CONVENTION CENTER.
09:07:06 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AT ALL?
09:07:09 >>THE CLERK: THAT IS CORRECT.
09:07:09 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:07:10 MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS WALK-ON ITEM?
09:07:15 >> SO MOVED.
09:07:15 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:07:19 VIERA WITH THE SECOND.
09:07:21 ROLL-CALL VOTE.
09:07:23 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
09:07:24 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
09:07:25 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
09:07:28 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
09:07:31 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
09:07:36 >>THE CLERK: MIRANDA?
09:07:38 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
09:07:39 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
09:07:42 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
09:07:44 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
09:07:45 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:07:46 WE HAVE THE CITIZENS BUDGET ADVISORY BOARD THAT'S GOING TO
09:07:49 BE PRESENTING.
09:07:51 BUT BEFORE I GET TO THAT, SULING, HOW MUCH DO WE HAVE IN
09:07:55 PUBLIC COMMENT?
09:07:56 >>THE CLERK: WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT REQUEST
09:07:59 TO SPEAK LIVE.
09:08:01 HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE TWO RECORDINGS THAT WE CAN PLAY.
09:08:04 IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF MINUTES TOGETHER.
09:08:06 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
09:08:07 LET'S GET THOSE OUT OF THE WAY SINCE IT'S SHORT.
09:08:10 IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND PLAY THOSE AND THEN WE'LL GO
09:08:13 TO THE CITIZENS BUDGET ADVISORY BOARD FOR THEIR
09:08:15 PRESENTATION.
09:08:16 GO AHEAD AND PLAY THOSE COMMENTS.
09:08:17 >>THE CLERK: YES, SIR.
09:08:19 >> HI.
09:08:20 MY NAME IS MATT.
09:08:21 I'M WITH THE TAMPA FIGHT FOR 2030 CAMPAIGN.
09:08:24 TODAY, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE MEDIA ACTION THAT NEEDS TO
09:08:26 BE TAKEN TO A -- UNTOLD AMOUNT OF FINANCIAL DAMAGE.
09:08:31 EVERY DAY WE DELAY TAKING ACTION IS ANOTHER DAY CLOSER TO
09:08:34 THIS REALITY.
09:08:34 TAMPA IS IN THE UNIQUE SITUATION THAT SEA LEVEL RISE WILL
09:08:38 AFFECT FAR MORE THAN MOST AREAS AROUND THE WORLD.
09:08:42 EFFECTS CAN ALREADY BE SEEN ARE AROUND TAMPA AS AN EXAMPLE.
09:08:46 DAVIS ISLAND BECOMES INUNDATED WITH WATER ANYTIME WE HAVE A
09:08:50 HEAVY RAIN.
09:08:54 [SILENCE]
09:09:00 THREE AND A HALF FOOT RISE BY 2060 AND 8 AND A HALF FOOT
09:09:04 RISE BY 2100.
09:09:05 THIS RISE IN SEA LEVEL WILL HAVE PROFOUND EFFECTS ON THE
09:09:08 TAMPA BAY AREA.
09:09:09 LOW-LYING PLACES LIKE DAVIS ISLAND, TGH, MACDILL AIR FORCE
09:09:13 BASE, BAYSHORE BOULEVARD, CHANNELSIDE AND DOWNTOWN TAMPA
09:09:16 WILL BE UNDERWATER.
09:09:17 THIS WILL HAVE DEVASTATING EFFECTS ON THE FINANCIAL AND
09:09:22 TOURISM INDUSTRY IN TAMPA BUT ALSO CREATE SERIOUS ISSUES FOR
09:09:25 OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
09:09:26 WITHOUT APPROPRIATE ACTION, THIS INCREASE IN THE WATER TABLE
09:09:29 WILL CAUSE SERIOUS BACKUPS ALL ALONG OUR SEWAGE AND DRAINAGE
09:09:33 SYSTEMS.
09:09:36 STANDING WATER DAYS AT A TIME AFTER ANY RAINSTORM.
09:09:39 WE ALL KNOW THAT STANDING WATER CAN LEAD TO MANY PUBLIC
09:09:42 HEALTH ISSUES FURTHER STRAINING OUR FINANCIAL STANDING.
09:09:45 OUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE AND WE CAN NO LONGER WAIT TO PUT IT
09:09:48 OUT.
09:09:48 THE THREAT OF SEA LEVEL RISE IS TOO GREAT TO IGNORE AND
09:09:52 CANNOT SIMPLY BE FIXED BY BUILDING A WALL.
09:09:54 BY TAKING ACTION NOW TO REDUCE THE PROJECTED SEA LEVEL RISE
09:09:57 ONLY ABOUT TWO FEET BY 2100 AND PREVENT FINANCIAL DISASTER
09:10:01 FOR TAMPA.
09:10:02 THIS COUNCIL CAN SET AN EXAMPLE FOR THE REST OF THE COUNTRY
09:10:05 AND CREATE A LASTING LEGACY BY PROTECTING TAMPA'S FUTURE.
09:10:10 THIS IS WHY I'M ASKING THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL TO PASS A
09:10:12 RESOLUTION ADVANCING TAMPA TO 100% CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY BY
09:10:18 2030.
09:10:19 THANK YOU.
09:10:20 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
09:10:21 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:10:22 MY NAME IS NATALIA.
09:10:25 I'M HERE AS PART OF THE TAMPA FIGHT FOR 2030 MOVEMENT WHICH
09:10:28 IS WORKING TOWARD TRANSITIONING TAMPA TO OBTAIN RENEWABLE
09:10:35 ENERGY BY THE YEAR 2030.
09:10:36 I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE CHILDREN WHO ARE INHERITING THE
09:10:39 MESS THAT WE HAVE HELPED CREATE.
09:10:41 I'M GOING TO START BY POINTING OUT WHAT WE HAVE DONE WRONG
09:10:44 SO FAR.
09:10:46 FOR THE LAST 50 OR 70 YEARS, BUILDING A SYSTEM THAT ALMOST
09:10:50 GUARANTEES THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR
09:10:53 CHILDREN.
09:10:53 FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS, WE'VE BEEN IN COMPLETE DENIAL BECAUSE
09:10:57 EVEN THOUGH WE NOW HAVE THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE IMPACT OUR
09:11:00 LIFESTYLE IS BRINGING TO OUR PLANET AND MORE SPECIFICALLY
09:11:03 FOR THE -- CITY OF TAMPA, CONTINUE TO POSTPONE SOLUTIONS
09:11:08 THAT WOULD, IF NOT STOP, AT LEAST AVOID WORST-CASE
09:11:12 SCENARIOS.
09:11:12 WE HAVE ALLOWED OUR UTILITIES, FOSSIL FUEL, BURNING SYSTEMS
09:11:18 OF ENERGY, EVEN THOUGH WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT ACTION WOULD
09:11:21 BRING TO THE FUTURE.
09:11:22 OUR POLICIES HAVE ALMOST WITHOUT EXCEPTION IGNORED THE
09:11:26 SCIENCE FOR FEAR WE WILL OFFEND THE BIG MONEYMAKERS.
09:11:29 WE HAVE CREATED AN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT -- [INAUDIBLE] -- IN
09:11:35 ORDER TO BENEFIT THE MOST -- [INAUDIBLE] AND EVERY
09:11:38 OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE REJECTED COMMONSENSE POLICIES LIKE A
09:11:41 SIMPLE BAN ON PLASTICS, FOR EXAMPLE, IN ORDER TO GIVE THE
09:11:45 BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT, CORPORATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD
09:11:48 ENCOURAGE -- WHEN ENCOURAGED TO DO THE RIGHT THING HAVE NOT
09:11:54 DONE THAT.
09:11:54 IT'S TIME TO CHANGE THE ATTITUDE AND HOW WE'LL LEAD THIS
09:11:58 PLANET FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
09:11:59 IT'S TIME TO THINK WHAT WE CAN DO RIGHT.
09:12:01 WE CAN LEAVE A LEGACY OF CHANGE TO A MORE SUSTAINABLE WAY OF
09:12:05 LIFE AND THIS CITY COUNCIL CAN GET THE CREDIT FOR LEADING
09:12:08 THAT LEGACY, IF YOU PASS A RESOLUTION THAT ENSURES THAT
09:12:11 TAMPA MOVES TO CLEAN RENEWABLE -- ENERGY -- RESOLUTION THAT
09:12:18 PUSHES OUR UTILITIES COMPANY TO SWITCH TO CLEAN ENERGY THAT
09:12:22 POWERS ITS BUILDINGS WITH RENEWABLE ENERGY BUT HELPS THE
09:12:27 MOST VULNERABLE WITH THE WEATHERIZATION OF THEIR HOME, THAT
09:12:30 PROVIDES INFRASTRUCTURE TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, THAT USES
09:12:33 CLEAN ENERGY AND REDUCES THE NUMBER OF CARS ON THE ROAD.
09:12:37 A RESOLUTION THAT PUTS THE COMMUNITY AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE
09:12:41 SITE TO A MORE JUST AND EQUITABLE -- TO 100% CLEAN ENERGY.
09:12:46 WE CAN LEAVE A LEGACY OF DESTRUCTION AND SHAME FOR FUTURE
09:12:50 GENERATIONS OR LEAVE THE LEGACY AND BOLD AND INTELLIGENT,
09:12:53 COMMONSENSE SOLUTIONS FOR A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR TAMPA BAY.
09:12:56 IT'S UP TO YOU.
09:12:57 PASS A RESOLUTION TO MOVE TAMPA TO 100% CLEAN RENEWABLE
09:13:01 ENERGY BY 2030 AND WHAT A LEGACY YOU WILL LEAVE.
09:13:06 >>THE CLERK: CHAIR, THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR PUBLIC COMMENT
09:13:10 PORTION OF THE AGENDA.
09:13:11 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT WAS GREAT.
09:13:12 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:13:13 MR. SHELBY, I BELIEVE I MISSED AN ITEM.
09:13:15 I BELIEVE 53, MORE HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS FOR THE AGENDA.
09:13:19 GO AHEAD, SIR.
09:13:20 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, WE CAN DO THE
09:13:22 HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS NOW, IF YOU'D LIKE.
09:13:24 ITEM NUMBER 2, AS YOU SAID, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
09:13:27 BEING CONTINUED TO SEPTEMBER 17th OF 2020.
09:13:30 THAT COULD BE DONE BY A MOTION NOW AND REMOVE IT FROM THE
09:13:33 AGENDA.
09:13:33 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
09:13:34 WE HAVE A MOTION TO REMOVE THAT ITEM?
09:13:36 IT WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 17.
09:13:38 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SO MOVED.
09:13:40 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:13:43 DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
09:13:44 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND, MIRANDA.
09:13:45 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN
09:13:46 MIRANDA.
09:13:48 WE'LL TAKE A ROLL-CALL VOTE.
09:13:49 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
09:13:51 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
09:13:52 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
09:13:54 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
09:13:55 >>THE CLERK: DINGFELDER? DINGFELDER?
09:14:04 CITRO?
09:14:04 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
09:14:05 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
09:14:09 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
09:14:10 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED WITH DINGFELDER BEING ABSENT
09:14:14 AT VOTE.
09:14:18 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, ITEM NUMBER 53 -- OR -- I
09:14:22 THINK THAT'S RIGHT.
09:14:24 THAT IS THE REPORT REGARDING HOLDING THE APPEAL AND REVIEW
09:14:29 HEARINGS IN THE EVENING.
09:14:30 THAT ITEM HAS ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED BY COUNCIL.
09:14:33 IT CAN BE REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA, AND I DISCUSSED THAT WITH
09:14:37 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
09:14:43 >> SO MOVED.
09:14:44 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, YES, YOU CAN.
09:14:46 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:14:48 DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
09:14:51 WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON, I BELIEVE.
09:14:54 IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, WE'LL PASS WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT.
09:15:00 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:15:00 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:15:02 MARTIN SHELBY.
09:15:04 I APOLOGIZE.
09:15:05 ONE LAST ITEM, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:15:07 ITEM 52 IS A NEARLY $4 MILLION AGREEMENT THAT'S PLACED ON
09:15:14 THE STAFF REPORTS PURSUANT TO THE HIGH DOLLAR AMOUNT.
09:15:20 THERE IS NO PRESENTATION.
09:15:21 COUNCIL CAN TAKE IT UP WITHOUT HAVING THE STAFF HAVE TO BE
09:15:26 PRESENT UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
09:15:28 UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FOR 52, THEY ARE AVAILABLE AT
09:15:34 THE TIME.
09:15:35 OTHERWISE, HE CAN BE RELEASED IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS AND
09:15:37 GO BACK TO HIS OTHER DUTIES.
09:15:40 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM 52, $3.9 MILLION AGREEMENT WITH THE
09:15:46 CITY AND SKIDATA.
09:15:48 ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM?
09:15:51 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MR. CHAIRMAN, CHARLIE MIRANDA.
09:15:54 DID SOMEONE SAY 52?
09:15:56 I THOUGHT THAT WAS ITEM 53.
09:15:58 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO, 52 IS WHAT IT SHOWS UP ON THE
09:16:01 AGENDA.
09:16:02 $3.9 MILLION.
09:16:03 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO PROBLEM.
09:16:07 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, I WANT TO RESOLVE IF THERE'S
09:16:09 ANY CONFUSION.
09:16:10 THE NUMBERING BETWEEN THE DRAFT AGENDA AND THE FINAL AGENDA
09:16:14 I BELIEVE WAS CHANGED.
09:16:15 SO THAT MAY BE THE RESULT OF PEOPLE HAVING DIFFERENT
09:16:19 NUMBERING FOR DIFFERENT ITEMS FOR THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA.
09:16:22 I JUST WANT TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
09:16:24 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I PRINTED MY AGENDA AN HOUR AGO, SO IT
09:16:28 MAY HAVE BEEN UPDATED SINCE.
09:16:30 IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON THAT ITEM, WE WILL
09:16:35 LET VIK GO ABOUT HIS DAY.
09:16:38 WHEN WE GET TO IT, WE'LL VOTE ON IT THEN.
09:16:41 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:16:42 THAT'S IT FOR ME.
09:16:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:16:44 WE CLEARED ALL THAT UP.
09:16:46 NOW WE WILL GO TO THE CITIZENS BUDGET ADVISORY BOARD.
09:16:49 I BELIEVE WE HAVE A GENTLEMAN PRESENTING.
09:16:51 ARE YOU ON THE LINE, SIR?
09:16:59 >>THE CLERK: MR. JOSEPH JOHNSON IS THE PRESENTER.
09:17:02 I DO SHOW HIM BEING ON THE LINE.
09:17:05 HE JUST NEEDS TO UNMUTE HIMSELF.
09:17:07 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SIR, IF YOU WOULD UNMUTE YOURSELF.
09:17:09 FOR THE CITIZENS BUDGET ADVISORY BOARD.
09:17:18 IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE SPEAKING ON THIS, IF YOU WOULD UNMUTE
09:17:21 YOURSELF, PLEASE.
09:17:22 YOU ARE ON THE LINE, BUT YOU ARE STILL MUTED AND WE CAN'T
09:17:30 HEAR YOU.
09:17:31 I DON'T HEAR ANYTHING.
09:17:46 >>THE CLERK: MR. JOHNSON, IF YOU'RE HAVING ISSUES
09:17:50 CONNECTING, PLEASE GIVE ME A CALL.
09:17:53 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
09:17:55 WHAT WE'LL DO, WE CAN GO AHEAD WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA AND
09:18:06 THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO THE GENTLEMAN FOR THE PRESENTATIONS.
09:18:09 WE CAN KEEP THE MEETING MOVING ALONG.
09:18:11 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, IT'S MARTIN SHELBY AGAIN.
09:18:18 I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
09:18:19 I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR FOR THE RECORD THAT WRITTEN
09:18:24 DOCUMENTATION RELATIVE TO TODAY'S MEETING HAS BEEN
09:18:26 DISTRIBUTED TO COUNCIL.
09:18:28 ALSO, MR. CHAIRMAN, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR FOR THE RECORD
09:18:30 THAT THERE IS NOBODY PRESENT AT THE CONVENTION CENTER.
09:18:34 I BELIEVE THE CLERK MENTIONED THAT BEFORE.
09:18:36 I WANT TO CONFIRM FOR THESE PARTICULAR ITEMS FOR THE CONSENT
09:18:40 BEFORE THEY ARE MOVED.
09:18:41 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: VERY GOOD.
09:18:42 WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT OR SPEAKERS THERE.
09:18:44 DO WE HAVE ANY REQUESTS FROM THE PUBLIC FOR RECONSIDERATION
09:18:47 OF LEGISLATIVE MATTERS?
09:18:48 WE GOT THROUGH THAT.
09:18:50 ALL RIGHT.
09:18:50 ITEM NUMBER 3, AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST
09:18:54 READING.
09:18:54 WHO IS HERE SPEAKING ON THIS ITEM?
09:18:56 IS ANYBODY HERE SPEAKING ON ITEM NUMBER 3?
09:19:05 >> MR. CHAIR, WE HAVE RACHEL PETERKIN FROM THE LEGAL
09:19:08 DEPARTMENT HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.
09:19:11 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR NUMBER 3?
09:19:15 ANY QUESTIONS ON ITEM NUMBER 3?
09:19:19 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, IT'S MARTIN SHELBY.
09:19:22 COUNCIL, THIS IS ULTIMATELY GOING TO REQUIRE AN APPOINTMENT,
09:19:27 FRANKLY.
09:19:29 MAYBE IT'S BEST THAT WE HAVE A LITTLE INTRODUCTION FOR IT
09:19:33 BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A DECISION POINT OF COUNCIL AS TO
09:19:36 WHO IS GOING TO BE APPOINTED TO THE BOARD.
09:19:38 IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE DONE TODAY, BUT IF COUNCIL DOES MAKE
09:19:41 THIS DECISION, WHEN IT COMES BACK ON SECOND READING AND
09:19:44 ADOPTION -- [AUDIO CUTS OUT] -- ADOPTION ON THE DAY OF
09:19:53 SECOND READING.
09:19:55 PERHAPS MAYBE IF MS. PETERKIN CAN GIVE A LITTLE INTRODUCTION
09:20:00 OF WHAT IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED BY CITY COUNCIL AND WHY CITY
09:20:03 COUNCIL HAS TO DO THIS.
09:20:05 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY, IF MS. PETERKIN IS ON THE LINE, IF
09:20:08 YOU WOULD LIKE TO JUST GIVE A BRIEF SUMMARY OF WHAT THIS IS
09:20:11 ABOUT.
09:20:11 >>RACHEL PETERKIN: HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
09:20:15 THIS IS RACHEL PETERKIN, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY WITH THE
09:20:20 CITY OF TAMPA'S CITY ATTORNEY OFFICE.
09:20:23 AS MR. SHELBY MENTIONED, BEFORE YOU, YOU HAVE A PROPOSED
09:20:26 ORDINANCE WHICH MAKES CHANGES TO OUR CODE, CHAPTER 17.5,
09:20:31 SPECIFICALLY REGARDING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY
09:20:33 COMMITTEE.
09:20:35 THESE CHANGES ARE IN RESPONSE TO HOUSE BILL 1339, WHICH WAS
09:20:39 ADOPTED AND SIGNED INTO LAW AS PART OF THE 2020 FLORIDA
09:20:43 LEGISLATIVE SESSION AS CHAPTER 2020-27 OF THE LAWS OF
09:20:48 FLORIDA.
09:20:49 AND THE NEW REQUIREMENT SPECIFICALLY OF ISSUE WHICH WILL
09:20:52 REQUIRE YOU TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT IS THAT BY OCTOBER 1 OF
09:20:57 2020, THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE MUST
09:21:01 INCLUDE A LOCALLY ELECTED OFFICIAL.
09:21:04 SO TO SUPPORT THE EFFICIENT TRANSITION OF THAT COMMITTEE
09:21:09 WITH AS LITTLE DISRUPTION AS POSSIBLE, WHAT WE DID IS WE
09:21:13 WENT AHEAD AND REPLACED A PRESENTLY VACANT POSITION WITHIN
09:21:17 THE COMMITTEE THAT'S APPOINTED BY CITY COUNCIL WITH THE
09:21:19 LOCALLY ELECTED OFFICIAL POSITIONS.
09:21:24 THAT LOCALLY ELECTED OFFICIAL WILL ALSO HAVE TO ATTEND A
09:21:28 BIENNIAL REGIONAL WORKSHOP THAT'S CONVEYED AND ADMINISTERED
09:21:34 UNDER THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CATALYST PROGRAM.
09:21:37 AND THE REVIEWS AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL BE MADE BY THE
09:21:41 ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAVE BEEN SWITCHED FROM BEING A TRIENNIAL
09:21:46 EVENT TO BEING AN ANNUAL EVENT.
09:21:48 THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF
09:21:52 THAT LOCALLY ELECTED OFFICIAL.
09:21:56 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
09:21:57 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:21:58 ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS?
09:22:02 >>LUIS VIERA: MR. CHAIR, VIERA, IF I MAY.
09:22:04 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR, GO AHEAD.
09:22:05 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
09:22:07 IT BROKE UP A LITTLE BIT THERE.
09:22:09 DOES IT HAVE TO BE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL APPOINTED TO THIS, I
09:22:12 HEARD?
09:22:13 >>RACHEL PETERKIN: YES, IT MUST BE A LOCALLY ELECTED
09:22:16 OFFICIAL.
09:22:16 >>LUIS VIERA: THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
09:22:21 >> WITHIN THE CITY?
09:22:22 >>RACHEL PETERKIN: I'M SORRY.
09:22:23 JUST TO CLARIFY, IT IS A LOCALLY ELECTED OFFICIAL THAT IS
09:22:25 APPOINTED BY CITY COUNCIL TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY
09:22:30 COMMITTEE.
09:22:30 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
09:22:32 THANK YOU.
09:22:33 I WAS GOING TO SAY, JUST FOR MY THOUGHTS, I MEAN, IF IT'S
09:22:37 GOING TO BE -- I'M JUST TALKING OFF THE CUFF HERE FROM US,
09:22:41 WE OFTEN HEAR A LOT ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING FROM COUNCILMAN
09:22:44 GUDES, COUNCILMAN CARLSON, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER JUST THE
09:22:48 MOST, JUST MY THOUGHTS.
09:22:49 I DON'T KNOW IF THE CHAIRMAN APPOINTS OR IF A MAJORITY OF
09:22:53 COUNCIL, BUT JUST MY THOUGHTS ON OUR COLLEAGUES WHO ARE MOST
09:22:56 VOCAL ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
09:22:57 BUT THANK YOU, MA'AM.
09:23:00 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:23:02 ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME?
09:23:04 I AGREE WITH WHAT COUNCILMAN VIERA SAID AND THE MEMBERS THAT
09:23:09 HE MENTIONED.
09:23:10 WE HAVE SOME VERY PASSIONATE BOARD MEMBERS HERE WHO I THINK
09:23:14 WOULD MAKE GREAT CANDIDATES FOR THIS.
09:23:17 SO HAVING SAID THAT AND SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS, WHO WOULD
09:23:21 LIKE TO READ THIS ORDINANCE?
09:23:26 DO YOU HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU, SIR?
09:23:30 >>BILL CARLSON: DID YOU SAY CARLSON?
09:23:32 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
09:23:32 >>BILL CARLSON: IT CUT OUT FOR A SECOND.
09:23:34 THIS IS FILE NUMBER E2020-8, CHAPTER -- OR CH 17.5.
09:24:02 CORRECT?
09:24:04 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT IS, SIR.
09:24:06 >>BILL CARLSON: ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING
09:24:10 CONSIDERATION.
09:24:10 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MAKING REVISIONS
09:24:12 TO CITY OF TAMPA CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 17.5,
09:24:16 AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SUSTAINABILITY AND CONCURRENCY
09:24:18 MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO BRING IT INTO COMPLIANCE WITH CHAPTER
09:24:21 2020-27, LAWS OF FLORIDA, INCLUDING TO REQUIRE THAT ONE
09:24:24 LOCALLY ELECTED OFFICIAL SERVE ON THE CITY'S AFFORDABLE
09:24:26 HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND CLEAN UP REFERENCES TO THE
09:24:28 CITY'S GROWTH MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT
09:24:31 SPECIFICALLY AMENDING SECTIONS 17.5-2, 17.5-5, 17.5-10,
09:24:39 17.5-12, AND 17.5-50.
09:24:43 CITY OF TAMPA CODE, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF
09:24:46 ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH, PROVIDING FOR
09:24:49 SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING EFFECTIVE DATE.
09:24:51 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
09:24:52 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:24:53 DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
09:24:54 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
09:24:55 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECOND.
09:24:56 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN
09:24:57 MIRANDA.
09:24:58 ROLL-CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
09:24:59 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
09:25:02 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
09:25:03 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
09:25:05 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
09:25:06 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
09:25:09 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
09:25:12 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
09:25:14 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
09:25:17 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
09:25:21 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 17,
09:25:24 2020, AT 9:30 A.M.
09:25:26 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, MARTIN SHELBY.
09:25:31 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. SHELBY.
09:25:32 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, THANK YOU.
09:25:34 COUNCIL, DID YOU WANT TO TAKE UP -- AND MR. CHAIRMAN, DO YOU
09:25:36 WANT TO TAKE UP ANY DISCUSSION AS TO THE APPOINTMENT?
09:25:41 I WANT TO KNOW, IS THERE A DEADLINE FOR COUNCIL TO TAKE
09:25:44 ACTION ON THIS, MS. PETERKIN?
09:25:48 >>RACHEL PETERKIN: THE STATUTE SAYS THAT THE POSITION THAT
09:25:53 MEMBER NEEDS TO BE ON THE BOARD BY OCTOBER 1 OF 2020.
09:25:56 SO WE WOULD NEED TO ACT WITHIN THAT TIME FRAME.
09:26:00 >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF COUNCIL WISHES TO TAKE IT UP IN TERMS OF
09:26:05 A CONSENSUS, I CAN HAVE A RESOLUTION WITH THE SAME FOR
09:26:10 COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION ON THE 17th OR YOU CAN TAKE IT UP
09:26:13 ON THE 17th.
09:26:14 IT'S COUNCIL'S PLEASURE.
09:26:15 >>BILL CARLSON: MR. CHAIR, THIS IS MR. CARLSON.
09:26:19 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DID I HEAR MR. MIRANDA'S VOICE OR NO?
09:26:22 OKAY.
09:26:24 MR. CARLSON.
09:26:25 >>BILL CARLSON: SORRY.
09:26:27 SOMETIMES THE PHONE IS GOING IN AND OUT.
09:26:29 IT'S HARD TO HEAR MY NAME.
09:26:33 THANK YOU TO COUNCILMAN VIERA AND OTHERS FOR MENTIONING MY
09:26:37 NAME.
09:26:37 I THINK THAT MR. DINGFELDER OR MR. GUDES WOULD BE MORE
09:26:42 QUALIFIED THAN I WOULD TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS.
09:26:46 AND SO I WOULD GLADLY SUPPORT SOMEBODY ELSE, BUT I AM VERY
09:26:50 INTERESTED IN THE SUBJECT, AS YOU ALL SAID, AND I WANT TO
09:26:52 MAKE SURE THAT WE GET --
09:27:00 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MR. CHAIRMAN?
09:27:01 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR, GO AHEAD.
09:27:09 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE MR. SHELBY IS GIVING
09:27:11 US A HINT THAT WE SHOULD MAKE A MOTION.
09:27:13 I'M GOING TO SUGGEST THAT, JUST LIKE SO MANY OF OUR OTHER
09:27:15 BOARD REPRESENTATIONS, THAT WE HAVE A RESOLUTION THAT SAYS
09:27:18 THAT THE CHAIR WILL MAKE THIS APPOINTMENT.
09:27:20 WOULD THAT BE APPROPRIATE, MR. SHELBY?
09:27:22 >>MARTIN SHELBY: I DON'T BELIEVE IT IS IN THE CASE OF THE
09:27:24 STATUTE.
09:27:25 WE CAN TALK WITH MS. PETERKIN ABOUT THIS.
09:27:28 I KNOW THE CITY COUNCIL DOES MAKE ALL OF ITS APPOINTMENTS
09:27:32 VIA RESOLUTION TO THE ADVISORY BOARD, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
09:27:36 ADVISORY BOARD.
09:27:37 I BELIEVE THIS IS A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT -- CORRECT ME IF
09:27:41 I'M WRONG, MS. PETERKIN.
09:27:42 >>RACHEL PETERKIN: THIS IS MS. PETERKIN.
09:27:45 YOU ARE CORRECT, MR. SHELBY.
09:27:47 THIS IS REQUIRED TO BE AN APPOINTMENT BY THE BOARD AND ALL
09:27:50 APPOINTMENTS OF CITY COUNCIL TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
09:27:52 ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAVE BEEN DONE BY RESOLUTION IN THE PAST,
09:27:55 CONSISTENT WITH THAT STATUTE.
09:28:01 [OVERLAPPING CONVERSATION]
09:28:04 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ALONG WITH MR. DINGFELDER'S
09:28:06 RECOMMENDATION, I WOULD IMAGINE IT WOULD MEET THE STATUTE'S
09:28:10 REQUIREMENT IF THE CHAIRMAN ASKS SOMEONE TO BE ON THAT BOARD
09:28:13 AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTE ON IT, THEN THAT MEANS THE CITY
09:28:16 COUNCIL MEMBERS AGREED.
09:28:20 >>MARTIN SHELBY: AS LONG AS IT'S ULTIMATELY IN THE FORM OF A
09:28:22 RESOLUTION THAT'S PASSED BY AT LEAST FOUR MEMBERS OF
09:28:24 COUNCIL, THAT WOULD SATISFY THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENT.
09:28:27 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT SPECIFIES THE
09:28:31 STATUTORY REQUIREMENT.
09:28:32 I AGREE WITH MR. DINGFELDER, BUT I ALSO AGREE THE COUNCIL AS
09:28:35 A WHOLE SHOULD VOTE ON IT.
09:28:38 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:28:39 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHOEVER IS SHUFFLING PAPERS, PLEASE MUTE
09:28:43 YOUR PHONE.
09:28:48 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
09:28:49 I AGREE WITH WHAT WAS STATED ABOUT YOU APPOINTING IT.
09:28:52 ANOTHER POINT MIGHT BE THAT COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER AND
09:28:56 COUNCILMAN GUDES IF THEY ARE GOING TO BE CONSIDERED MAY ALSO
09:28:59 WANT TO LOOK AT THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BOARD BECAUSE IT
09:29:01 APPEARS TO HAVE TIME DEMANDS, ET CETERA.
09:29:05 IT MAY VERY WELL BE BETTER SUITED TO DECIDE BY THE NEXT
09:29:10 MEETING WHERE THEY CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
09:29:13 JUST MY THOUGHT, FOR WHATEVER IT'S WORTH.
09:29:15 THANK YOU, SIR.
09:29:16 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
09:29:17 ANYBODY ELSE?
09:29:18 ANYBODY ELSE?
09:29:25 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN, IN LIGHT OF THE OCTOBER
09:29:28 DEADLINE AND IN LIGHT OF THE ADVICE FROM MR. SHELBY,
09:29:33 ET CETERA, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION THAT AT
09:29:39 THE SECOND READING, AFTER THE SECOND READING OF THIS CHANGE,
09:29:43 THIS ORDINANCE CHANGE, THAT YOU BRING BACK YOUR -- OR, NO.
09:29:48 THAT WE GIVE YOU THE AUTHORITY AS CHAIRMAN TO BRING BACK A
09:29:53 RECOMMENDATION FOR AN APPOINTMENT, AND THAT RECOMMENDATION
09:29:58 BE ADDED TO THE COUNCIL AGENDA AS A RESOLUTION.
09:30:03 I GUESS THAT WOULD MEAN YOU WOULD WORK WITH THE CLERK AND
09:30:06 MR. SHELBY TO PUT TOGETHER A RESOLUTION WITH YOUR
09:30:09 RECOMMENDATION.
09:30:10 THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION FOR TODAY, IF APPROPRIATE, MR.
09:30:13 SHELBY.
09:30:14 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. SHELBY, THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
09:30:17 WHAT DO YOU THINK?
09:30:18 >>MARTIN SHELBY: SURE THAT WOULD BE FINE.
09:30:20 THAT WOULD FOLLOW THE SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF THIS
09:30:23 ORDINANCE.
09:30:24 IF IT COULD BE A MOTION, THAT WOULD BE GREAT, THANK YOU.
09:30:27 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN
09:30:29 DINGFELDER.
09:30:30 DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
09:30:31 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
09:30:32 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM CITRO?
09:30:35 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MIRANDA.
09:30:36 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MIRANDA WITH THE SECOND.
09:30:37 ROLL-CALL VOTE.
09:30:39 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
09:30:41 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
09:30:42 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
09:30:44 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
09:30:46 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
09:30:49 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
09:30:51 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
09:30:53 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
09:30:56 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
09:30:59 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
09:31:00 WE HAVE THE GENTLEMAN ON THE LINE FOR THE CITIZENS ADVISORY,
09:31:04 THE BUDGET ADVISORY GROUP TO BE PRESENTING.
09:31:07 SIR, ARE YOU ON THE LINE AND CAN YOU HEAR ME?
09:31:09 >> I AM ON THE LINE, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:31:11 CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
09:31:13 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, WE CAN.
09:31:14 HOW LONG DO YOU THINK FOR YOUR PRESENTATION THAT YOU NEED?
09:31:18 >> IT SHOULDN'T TAKE THAT LONG, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:31:20 NO MORE THAN 15 MINUTES, IF THAT.
09:31:24 AGAIN, I DO APOLOGIZE.
09:31:26 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL DO THE PRESENTATION 15 MINUTES AND
09:31:29 THEN ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYBE ANOTHER 5
09:31:31 MINUTES, IF WE NEED TO.
09:31:33 SO WE'LL KEEP IT WITHIN A 20-MINUTE TIME FRAME.
09:31:36 ALL RIGHT.
09:31:37 GO AHEAD, SIR, IF YOU'D LIKE TO PRESENT.
09:31:39 I KNOW YOU HAD A PowerPoint, IF WE COULD BRING THAT UP ON
09:31:42 THE SCREEN AND GO FROM THERE.
09:31:43 YOU MAY BEGIN WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
09:31:46 >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:31:47 JOSEPH JOHNSON.
09:31:49 I REPRESENT DISTRICT 5.
09:31:51 I WAS APPOINTED BY ORLANDO GUDES IN 2019 TO JOIN THE
09:31:55 CITIZENS BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.
09:31:56 THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR ON THE COMMITTEE, AND WITH IT BEING
09:32:00 MY SECOND YEAR, I'M NOW THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE.
09:32:04 AND WITH THAT, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT VICE-CHAIR,
09:32:07 MR. CRAIG NEWMAN, WHO WAS APPOINTED BY BILL CARLSON,
09:32:11 DISTRICT FOUR.
09:32:12 JEFFREY NIETUPSKI, WHO WAS APPOINTED BY JOE CITRO IN
09:32:13 DISTRICT ONE.
09:32:16 STEPHEN LYTLE, WHO IS A VETERAN OF OUR COMMITTEE AND FORMER
09:32:20 CHAIRMAN; HE WAS APPOINTED BY CHARLIE MIRANDA, DISTRICT TWO.
09:32:23 VIBHA SHEVADE, THIS IS HER SECOND YEAR; SHE WAS APPOINTED BY
09:32:27 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, DISTRICT THREE.
09:32:31 MISSY MARTIN, AGAIN, ANOTHER VETERAN OF THE COMMITTEE; SHE
09:32:34 WAS APPOINTED BY YOURSELF, MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. MANISCALCO,
09:32:38 DISTRICT SIX.
09:32:42 AND JOE FARRELL APPOINTED BY LUIS VIERA, DISTRICT SEVEN.
09:32:44 IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WHICH IS SLIDE NUMBER 3, JUST
09:32:47 KIND OF BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WE MET WITH,
09:32:49 GO OVER THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WE MET WITH.
09:32:52 WE MET WITH THE CITY GRANT SPECIALIST, SOLID WASTE
09:32:55 DEPARTMENT, STORMWATER ENGINEER, TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER,
09:32:59 PARK DIVISION, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION, HUMAN RESOURCE,
09:33:03 PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY,
09:33:06 WASTEWATER, WATER DEPARTMENT, NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT,
09:33:08 PARKS AND RECREATION.
09:33:10 AND MEETING WITH A NUMBER OF THESE DEPARTMENTS, WE TOOK AWAY
09:33:14 A LOT OF INFORMATION, AND AS YOU SEE, AS WE GO TO SLIDE
09:33:18 NUMBER FOUR, WE WANT TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE
09:33:21 PREVIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE BY PRIOR
09:33:24 COMMITTEE MEMBERS SINCE 2015.
09:33:27 AS YOU SEE THE YEARS GO ON, YOU SEE SOME OF THE ITEMS WE
09:33:33 RECOMMEND FALL OFF THE LIST AND YOU MAY SEE SOME
09:33:37 REOCCURRING.
09:33:38 IN 2015, SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE RECOMMENDED WAS CITY
09:33:42 FLEET, CITY APPRENTICESHIP, PARKS AND RECREATION, CODE
09:33:45 ENFORCEMENT, AUTOMATED WATER READING, ENTERPRISE MASTER
09:33:49 PLAN.
09:33:49 AND THEN WHEN YOU JUMP OVER TO 2016, YOU SEE CITY FLEET
09:33:53 AGAIN, THE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM, PARKS AND REC,
09:33:56 STORMWATER.
09:33:57 SO WE SAW CODE ENFORCEMENT FALL OFF.
09:33:59 WE SAW AN AUTOMATED WATER READING FALL OFF, WHICH MEANS IT
09:34:04 WAS SOMETHING ENACTED.
09:34:05 THE ENTERPRISE MASTER PLAN FELL OFF, SO THAT WAS SOMETHING
09:34:09 THAT WAS ENACTED AS WELL.
09:34:10 WE JUMP TO 2017, AGAIN, WE LOOK AT CITY FLEET REPAIR AND
09:34:15 MAINTENANCE, AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, ASSET/PROPERTY
09:34:19 MANAGEMENT.
09:34:21 PARKS AND REC DISAPPEARS, STORMWATER DISAPPEARS ALONG WITH
09:34:24 AGING INFRASTRUCTURE.
09:34:26 WE JUMP INTO 2018, WE SEE THAT THE MILLAGE RATE WAS ONE OF
09:34:29 THE ITEMS THAT WAS RECOMMENDED.
09:34:31 PARKING AUDIT ALSO AGAIN PARKS AND RECREATION BACK ON THERE,
09:34:36 AND THEN MAINTENANCE FEES.
09:34:38 WHEN WE JUMP INTO 2019, AGAIN THE MILLAGE RATE FELL OFF,
09:34:43 PARKING AUDIT WAS BACK ON THERE.
09:34:45 PARKS AND REC FELL OFF AND THE MAINTENANCE FEES FELL OFF.
09:34:50 IT WAS REPLACED WITH WASTEWATER AND MASTER PLANS, NORTH
09:34:55 TAMPA EMPLOYEE HEALTH CLINIC, PARKING AUDIT, HUMAN RESOURCES
09:34:59 AND PERSONNEL COSTS.
09:35:01 IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:35:03 AGAIN, WE LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE SUCCESSFUL COMMITTEE
09:35:06 RECOMMENDATIONS.
09:35:06 AS YOU CAN SEE FISCAL YEAR 16-17, THE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
09:35:10 WAS APPROVED.
09:35:12 ASSET PROPERTY MANAGEMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 17-18.
09:35:16 CODE ENFORCEMENT INCREASED HEAD COUNT FOR FISCAL YEAR 17-18.
09:35:19 NORTH TAMPA EMPLOYEE HEALTH CLINIC WAS APPROVED FOR FISCAL
09:35:22 YEAR 20.
09:35:23 ENTERPRISE DEPARTMENT MASTER PLAN FISCAL YEAR 19.
09:35:27 FLEET MAINTENANCE FISCAL YEAR 17.
09:35:30 PARKING RATE STUDY FOR FISCAL YEAR 20.
09:35:33 STORMWATER MAINTENANCE REPAIR AND IMPROVEMENT FISCAL YEAR
09:35:36 16.
09:35:37 P CARD PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 AND POLICE BODY CAMERAS
09:35:40 FOR FISCAL YEAR 20.
09:35:41 NOW WE GO INTO THE NEXT SLIDE, WHICH IS SLIDE NUMBER 6,
09:35:45 GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.
09:35:46 TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE CITY OF TAMPA IN ITS GROWTH AND
09:35:52 DEVELOPMENT.
09:35:52 SLIDE NUMBER 7, WE'LL BREAK IT DOWN.
09:35:54 IF WE LOOK AT 2016 TO 2018, THIS WAS A TOTAL OF 66,000
09:35:59 PEOPLE THAT WORKED IN DOWNTOWN.
09:36:00 TOTAL OF 8,000 PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN DOWNTOWN AND HARBOR
09:36:03 ISLANDS COMBINED.
09:36:05 WE HAD 18 NEW BUILDINGS BEING CONSTRUCTED IN DOWNTOWN BY
09:36:09 WATER STREET.
09:36:10 1,800 NEW RESIDENTIAL UNITS THAT OPENED BETWEEN 2016 AND
09:36:16 2018.
09:36:16 WE FAST-FORWARD TO 2018-2020, WE HAVE 12 NEW PARKS -- 12
09:36:23 PUBLIC PARKS IN DOWNTOWN.
09:36:24 WE HAVE OVER 522,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE SPACE UNDER
09:36:31 CONSTRUCTION.
09:36:31 WE HAVE ABOUT 12,000 PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN DOWNTOWN CURRENTLY.
09:36:35 WE HAVE 9 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF TOTAL DEVELOPMENT SLATED
09:36:38 FOR COMPLETION ON WATER STREET BY 2021.
09:36:41 WE HAVE 72,000 PEOPLE THAT WORK IN DOWNTOWN.
09:36:44 WE HAVE ABOUT 1,664 NEW UNITS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
09:36:49 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:36:50 SO NOW WE COME TO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS.
09:36:54 THIS REALLY STOOD OUT WITH US AS WE MET WITH VARIOUS
09:36:58 DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE PAST THREE MONTHS, AND A FEW OF
09:37:03 THE AREAS THAT STOOD OUT TO US, KEY TOPIC WAS COMMUNITY
09:37:07 DEVELOPMENT NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT.
09:37:09 THE GRANT DEPARTMENT AND ALSO PARKING RATE INCREASE.
09:37:13 LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
09:37:15 WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD
09:37:18 ENHANCEMENTS, WE'RE LOOKING AT CREATE COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENTS
09:37:21 DEPARTMENT WITH THREE ENHANCEMENT REPRESENTATIVES.
09:37:24 WE DON'T NEED TO CREATE A DEPARTMENT.
09:37:25 WE LIKE TO ADD ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL.
09:37:27 I KNOW IN THE MAYOR'S BUDGET, SHE PRESENTED -- CREATED A
09:37:32 COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT DIRECTOR.
09:37:35 WELL, INSTEAD OF CREATING A COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT DIRECTOR,
09:37:39 WE LIKE TO SEE COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT REPRESENTATIVES THAT
09:37:41 CAN GET OUT THERE AND REPRESENT EACH DISTRICT, IF NOT EACH
09:37:47 DISTRICT REPRESENT TWO DISTRICTS COMBINED AND GATHER
09:37:51 INFORMATION FROM THE RESIDENTS OF THE HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS
09:37:55 IN THAT COMMUNITY AND BRING BACK INFORMATION THAT CAN BECOME
09:37:59 ACTUAL ITEMS THAT CAN ACTUALLY HELP ENHANCE THE
09:38:03 NEIGHBORHOOD.
09:38:03 AS YOU SEE, WE BREAK DOWN THE DISTRICTS INTO THREE PARKS
09:38:08 WITH EACH REPRESENTATIVE WORKING WITH NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS
09:38:10 TO ENHANCE THE NEIGHBORHOOD, LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY, AND
09:38:13 WE'LL DO THIS BY HAVING THE REPRESENTATIVES SOLICIT MORE
09:38:16 COMMUNITY MEMBERS' INVOLVEMENT.
09:38:17 WE LOOKED DOWN AT AID IN HELPING GRANT WRITING.
09:38:23 GATHERING INFORMATION FROM THE HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS BY
09:38:26 ATTENDING THEIR MEETINGS AND SEEING WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING TO
09:38:28 DO IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, THIS WOULD ENACT THAT COMMUNITY
09:38:31 REPRESENTATIVE TO TAKE THAT INFORMATION, GO BACK TO THE
09:38:34 GRANTS WRITING DEPARTMENT AND SEE HOW THE GRANTS WRITING
09:38:37 DEPARTMENT CAN ASSIST THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WITH
09:38:40 OBTAINING FUNDS TO HELP WITH PROJECTS THAT THEY ARE LOOKING
09:38:43 TO BUILD IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
09:38:47 IF WE GO DOWN TO THE NEXT BULLET, THEY WILL ALSO INCREASE
09:38:51 EFFORTS TO PROVIDE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BY UTILIZING THE
09:38:54 CITY OF TAMPA'S HOME OWNERSHIP DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE
09:38:58 PROGRAM.
09:38:59 WE CAN USE IT TO EDUCATE OUR RESIDENTS ON THIS, WHICH THIS
09:39:03 FUND -- IT'S FUNDED BY THE STATE -- THE STATE APPROPRIATES
09:39:08 FUNDS BUT BECAUSE OF COVID-19 THEY WERE UNABLE TO DO SO THIS
09:39:11 YEAR BECAUSE THEY HAD TO USE THE FUNDS FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
09:39:14 WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY LOOK TO ALLOCATE SOME FUNDS
09:39:17 FROM THE BUDGET FOR HOME OWNERSHIP DOWN PAYMENT, FOR THE
09:39:21 HOME OWNERSHIP DOWN PAYMENT PROGRAM.
09:39:23 LET'S GO TO SLIDE NUMBER 10, PLEASE.
09:39:26 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT, IT GOES
09:39:29 BACK TO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT ON SLIDE NUMBER 9.
09:39:32 LET'S TALK ABOUT PERFORMANCE AND EDUCATE.
09:39:36 THE CITY HAS THE DATA ON THE DREAM, THE DARE PROGRAM AS IT
09:39:39 PERTAINS TO HOME OWNERSHIP PROGRAM.
09:39:41 A LOT OF RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, THEY KNOW NOTHING
09:39:43 ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.
09:39:45 WE NEED TO REALLY BE HIGHLIGHTING THIS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
09:39:49 AND THAT'S WHERE THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTATIVES WOULD
09:39:52 COME INTO PLAY.
09:39:53 THEY CAN INFORM THE RESIDENTS AS IT PERTAINS TO THE DARE TO
09:39:58 DREAM PROGRAM.
09:39:59 WE HAVE THE PROGRAM IN PLACE AS IT PERTAINS TO EDUCATION, SO
09:40:02 WE EDUCATE THE CITY OF TAMPA RENTAL RESIDENT.
09:40:05 WE USE THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION, AND
09:40:08 THROUGH HOUSING COUNSELING AGENCY PARTNERS, WE'LL BE
09:40:12 PROVIDING HOME BUYERS EDUCATION CLASSES IN BOTH ENGLISH AND
09:40:16 SPANISH.
09:40:16 LET'S GO DOWN TO SLIDE NUMBER 11.
09:40:19 LET'S TALK ABOUT THE GRANTS DEPARTMENT EXPANSION.
09:40:22 CURRENTLY, WE HAVE CATHERINE HAYNES WHO IS A GRANT
09:40:27 SPECIALIST SUPERVISOR.
09:40:28 WITH CATHERINE HAYNES, I THINK SHE'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS ASSET
09:40:33 TO THE CITY.
09:40:34 AS WE CAN SEE, THERE ARE 50 APPLICATIONS THAT TOTAL
09:40:39 $45,889,775.
09:40:42 OF THAT, THE CITY HAS RECEIVED $10 MILLION IN FEDERAL GRANT
09:40:48 DOLLARS, AND THERE IS ANOTHER 35 MILLION THAT'S PENDING.
09:40:54 WE RECOMMEND THAT CATHERINE HAYNES OVERSEE A GRANT WRITING
09:41:01 TEAM.
09:41:01 WE BELIEVE THAT WITH EXPANDING A GRANT WRITING DEPARTMENT,
09:41:06 THIS WILL HELP THE CITY TREMENDOUSLY IN OBTAINING ADDITIONAL
09:41:10 FUNDS.
09:41:10 AS YOU CAN SEE, I PUT IN A FEW EXAMPLES THAT I CAN
09:41:14 HIGHLIGHT.
09:41:15 SO, LIKE, EXAMPLE ONE, GRANT WRITERS WILL FOCUS ON COMMUNITY
09:41:19 ENHANCEMENT, GUIDE NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTATIVES ON OBTAINING
09:41:22 FUNDS TO SUPPORT NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECTS.
09:41:23 IF WE LOOK AT EXAMPLE NUMBER TWO, IT WILL HAVE A GRANT
09:41:26 WRITER THAT WILL ASSIST TPD AND TFR IN OBTAINING VARIOUS
09:41:32 MATCHED AND UNMATCHED FUNDS THROUGH FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS SUCH
09:41:34 AS DOD, DOH, AND DOJ FOR TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT FUNDS AS IT
09:41:39 PERTAINS TO ANTI- AND COUNTERTERRORISM ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT
09:41:42 THE CITY OF TAMPA, SUCH AS PORTS, CONVENTION CENTERS,
09:41:45 ET CETERA.
09:41:45 THOSE ARE JUST A FEW GRANTS OUT THERE THAT WE USE AS AN
09:41:50 EXAMPLE.
09:41:51 NOW LET'S BRING THIS TO ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT REALLY
09:41:56 STOOD OUT TO US, AND THAT WAS THE PARKING DEPARTMENT.
09:41:59 AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PARKING RATE
09:42:03 INCREASE.
09:42:03 WE'RE LOOKING TO REVISE THE PARKING DIVISION SO IT CAN
09:42:07 REALLY THRIVE AS A TRUE ENTERPRISE DEPARTMENT.
09:42:09 CURRENTLY, THE PARKING DEPARTMENT IS DOWN 1.7 MILLION IN
09:42:13 REVENUE, AND IT'S BEING SUPPORTED BY THE CITY'S GENERAL
09:42:16 FUND.
09:42:17 THERE'S A 45% REVENUE LOSS DUE TO COVID-19.
09:42:21 144 MILLION NEEDED IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS FOR NECESSARY
09:42:27 PROJECTS.
09:42:27 AS WE LOOK AT THE IMMEDIATE NEED, APPROXIMATELY 18 MILLION.
09:42:31 WE'RE LOOKING TO CONVERT PARKING LOTS INTO A CONTACTLESS
09:42:36 APPROACH, INCLUDE SUN PASS OPTIONS, PURCHASE VEHICLES WITH
09:42:39 TAG READERS.
09:42:42 WITH THIS, LET ME TOUCH ON THAT, WHEN I TALK ABOUT PURCHASE
09:42:45 VEHICLES WITH TAG READERS.
09:42:48 CURRENTLY, THE CITY HAS A VEHICLE THAT CAN PERFORM THIS
09:42:53 CAPABILITY, AND WHAT THIS TAG READER DOES, IT GOES AROUND
09:42:57 THE CITY, WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, AND IT SCANS VEHICLES'
09:43:01 TAGS TO SEE IF ANY OF THESE MOTOR VEHICLES HAVE ANY UNPAID
09:43:08 PARKING TICKETS.
09:43:09 IN DOING THIS, THIS WILL HELP THE CITY CAPTURE LOST REVENUE
09:43:12 OR REVENUE THAT'S JUST FLOATING OUT THERE.
09:43:16 THIS WILL -- BY DOING THIS, IT WILL INCREASE THE REVENUE BY
09:43:19 25%.
09:43:20 WE NEED TO ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADDING BOOTS ON THE
09:43:24 TRUCKS.
09:43:25 SO IF THERE ARE OUTSTANDING TICKETS, OUR PARKING ENFORCERS
09:43:30 CAN BOOT THE VEHICLES SO THE CITY CAN CAPTURE THE REVENUE
09:43:33 THAT'S CURRENTLY JUST FLOATING AND SHOWING UP AS LOSS.
09:43:37 THEY ARE LOOKING TO BECOME A MULTI-MOBILE SCOOTER USE,
09:43:41 TROLLEY, UBER PLATFORM TO CAPTURE EVENT REVENUE.
09:43:45 LET'S LOOK AT THE PARKING RATE INCREASE.
09:43:48 LOOKING TO INCREASE PARKING RATES BY 20%.
09:43:50 WE CAN EXTEND THE PAID PARKING HOURS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
09:43:53 FROM 7 A.M. TO 8 P.M., AND THIS INCLUDES THE WEEKENDS.
09:43:57 CAN INCREASE PAID PARKING ZONES THROUGH DOWNTOWN NORTH OF
09:44:00 KENNEDY BOULEVARD ON WEEKENDS AND WEEK NIGHTS.
09:44:03 WE CAN ALSO EXPAND CITY PARKING ZONES TO COINCIDE WITH NEW
09:44:07 DEVELOPMENTS.
09:44:09 NOW, WHAT WE DID IS WE LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS FOR FOUR OF THE
09:44:13 SURROUNDING CITIES.
09:44:14 WE LOOKED AT THE CITY OF FT. LAUDERDALE.
09:44:16 WE LOOKED AT THE CITY OF MIAMI, AND WE LOOKED AT ORLANDO.
09:44:20 AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE LOOKED AT BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE.
09:44:23 AND, OF COURSE, AS YOU SEE ON THE GRAPH, THE PRIVATE SECTOR
09:44:26 OUTNUMBERS THE PUBLIC SECTOR BY BETWEEN 8 AND -- BETWEEN 7
09:44:34 AND 8 DOLLARS.
09:44:35 IF YOU LOOK AT THE CITY OF TAMPA, CURRENTLY WE'RE IN THE ONE
09:44:38 DOLLAR RANGE.
09:44:38 YOU LOOK AT ORLANDO, THEY ARE RIGHT ABOUT TWO DOLLARS, RIGHT
09:44:42 ALONG WITH ST. PETE.
09:44:43 MIAMI IS MIAMI.
09:44:45 THEY ARE UP THERE IN BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR DOLLARS, ALMOST
09:44:49 FIVE.
09:44:49 AND FT. LAUDERDALE IS JUST RIGHT ABOUT THREE DOLLARS.
09:44:56 WE NEED TO REALLY FOCUS ON THE PARKING DEPARTMENT BECAUSE
09:45:01 THE PARKING DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW IS REALLY NOT FUNCTIONING
09:45:05 AND OPERATING AS A TRUE ENTERPRISE DEPARTMENT BEING HELD
09:45:08 AFLOAT BY THE GENERAL FUND.
09:45:11 LET'S GO TO THE LAST SLIDE, WHICH WOULD BE 14.
09:45:15 SO WE TALK ABOUT THE COMMITTEE ROLE ENHANCEMENT.
09:45:20 WE NEED TO BECOME MORE OF AN ACTIVE COMMITTEE.
09:45:22 RIGHT NOW WE'RE MORE OF A SEASONAL COMMITTEE.
09:45:25 WE FORM WHEN THE BUDGET IS BEING PUT TOGETHER AND FINALIZED
09:45:30 BY THE MAYOR AND HER TEAM.
09:45:31 WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE MORE OF AN
09:45:36 INSIGHT TO MAKE SOUND RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL AND WE'RE
09:45:39 LOOKING TO HAVE QUARTERLY MEETING WITH DEPARTMENTS TO HAVE
09:45:42 ONGOING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND IN MEETING WITH
09:45:44 THESE DEPARTMENTS, AS IT PERTAINS TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
09:45:47 PROJECTS, WE CAN SEE EXACTLY HOW FAR THEY HAVE ADVANCED.
09:45:51 SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE NEXT FISCAL'S BUDGET, WE HAVE MORE
09:45:57 OF AN INSIGHT AND WE CAN MAKE MORE SOUND RECOMMENDATIONS AS
09:46:01 IT PERTAINS TO THE NUMBERS.
09:46:06 THIS COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL.
09:46:10 ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
09:46:13 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:46:14 THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT PRESENTATION.
09:46:17 DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS AT THIS TIME
09:46:20 FOR THE GENTLEMAN?
09:46:25 >>BILL CARLSON: THIS IS CARLSON.
09:46:26 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I JUST WANT TO SAY TO MR. JOHNSON AND THE
09:46:29 OTHER SIX MEMBERS, KUDOS TO ALL OF YOU FOR THE GREAT WORK
09:46:32 THAT YOU'VE DONE, NOT ONLY THIS YEAR, BUT IN THE PAST.
09:46:35 YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH 13 DEPARTMENTS VERY THOROUGHLY, AND YOU
09:46:38 CERTAINLY MADE A COMPARISON OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE BETWEEN 2015
09:46:41 TO 2019, WHICH IS AN EXCELLENT IDEA TO SHOW THE PROGRESS
09:46:46 THAT'S BEEN MADE OR THE LACK OF ON OUR PART.
09:46:49 AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND WE'LL TAKE THESE VERY
09:46:54 SERIOUSLY.
09:46:54 I KNOW MYSELF AND I'M SURE THAT OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL,
09:46:58 MAYBE ALL OF THEM, ALREADY HAD CONTACT WITH THE PARKING
09:47:01 DEPARTMENT IN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER REGARDING YOUR
09:47:04 RECOMMENDATIONS.
09:47:04 WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF EVERYTHING YOU, SIR, HAVE DONE
09:47:08 ALONG WITH YOUR COMMITTEE.
09:47:10 I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH YOUR SERVICES.
09:47:11 THANK YOU.
09:47:11 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:47:12 WHO ELSE HAD ANY QUESTIONS?
09:47:15 >>LUIS VIERA: VIERA, IF I MAY.
09:47:16 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I THINK EVERYBODY HAS SOMETHING.
09:47:19 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL GO GUDES, VIERA, DINGFELDER.
09:47:22 COUNCILMAN GUDES, I HEARD YOUR VOICE FIRST.
09:47:25 VERY QUICKLY.
09:47:25 GO AHEAD, SIR.
09:47:26 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, FOR YOUR
09:47:28 LEADERSHIP THIS MORNING.
09:47:29 MR. JOHNSON, I LOOK AT THE GRANT WRITING.
09:47:32 HOW MANY GRANT WRITERS DOES THE CITY HAVE?
09:47:35 I'VE ASKED THAT QUESTION IN THE PAST AND I'M REAL BIG ON
09:47:37 GRANTS.
09:47:38 DO YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE THAT NUMBER?
09:47:40 >> RIGHT NOW, WE CURRENTLY HAVE CATHERINE HAYNES AS GRANT
09:47:45 WRITING SPECIALIST.
09:47:47 WE MET WITH HER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE BUDGET AND FINANCE
09:47:50 COMMITTEE.
09:47:52 JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT SHE TALKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WAS
09:47:58 JUST OUTSTANDING.
09:47:58 I THINK THAT IF WE EXPAND ON THAT DEPARTMENT, WE CAN CAPTURE
09:48:04 SO MUCH MORE REVENUE FROM THE FEDERAL AND STATE DEPARTMENT.
09:48:09 SO RIGHT NOW, WHAT I KNOW IS WE HAVE ONE GRANT WRITER.
09:48:14 I THINK MIKE PERRY MIGHT BE ON THE LINE, AND HE CAN SPEAK TO
09:48:17 THIS.
09:48:18 MR. PERRY, ARE YOU ON THE LINE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, SIR?
09:48:23 >> YES, GOOD MORNING.
09:48:24 THIS IS MIKE PERRY, CITY OF TAMPA BUDGET OFFICE.
09:48:29 WE HAVE EXPANDED THAT STAFF FROM CATHERINE HAYNES, WHO HAS
09:48:37 BEEN SELECTED TO BE THE SUPERVISOR.
09:48:39 WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING APPLICANTS TO
09:48:41 FILL THREE GRANT SPECIALIST POSITIONS.
09:48:43 SO THE GRANTS TEAM WILL GO FROM ONE TO FOUR POSITIONS.
09:48:47 ANY QUESTIONS?
09:48:49 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THOSE POSITIONS WOULD BE EQUALLY SPLIT,
09:48:52 DIVIDED WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS OR ONE OFFICE FOR ANY
09:48:56 GRANT THAT COMES INTO THE CITY?
09:48:58 >> THEY WILL BE WITHIN THE BUDGET OFFICE, AND THEY'LL BE
09:49:02 ASSIGNED AREAS OF SPECIALTIES -- PUBLIC SAFETY, HOUSING,
09:49:06 SOCIAL SERVICES, ET CETERA.
09:49:07 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
09:49:15 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:49:15 THE NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE IS COUNCILMAN VIERA.
09:49:18 THEN COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, AND THEN WE HAVE COUNCILMAN
09:49:21 CITRO.
09:49:22 GO AHEAD, MR. VIERA.
09:49:23 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
09:49:25 THANK YOU AGAIN.
09:49:26 I ECHO THE COMMENTS OF THE WONDERFUL IN-DEPTH, VERY, VERY
09:49:30 DETAILED PRESENTATION.
09:49:31 THERE'S A LOT OF CITIZEN BOARDS OUT THERE, AND WE LISTEN TO
09:49:36 ALL OF THEM, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THEM.
09:49:38 AT LEAST IT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE IN THREE AND A HALF OR SO
09:49:41 YEARS ON COUNCIL, THAT THIS IS ONE THAT WE PLACE A LOT OF
09:49:44 STOCK IN AND THAT WE APPRECIATE THAT SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH,
09:49:48 WHATEVER IT IS PAIR OF EYES TAKING A LOOK AT THE BUDGET AND
09:49:52 NOT JUST THE BUDGET, BUT WHAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING IN THE
09:49:55 FUTURE.
09:49:56 I REMEMBER IN '17, MY FIRST BUDGET, WE WERE LOOKING AT A
09:50:00 MILLAGE RATE, AKA, A TAX INCREASE, AND, YOU ALL CAME OUT
09:50:04 WITH A POSITION ON IT.
09:50:08 NOT EASY THINGS TO DO WHEN THERE ARE DISPUTES, ET CETERA.
09:50:11 SO MY HAT IS ALWAYS OFF.
09:50:13 JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS I ALWAYS WANTED TO EMPHASIZE IN THIS
09:50:17 BUDGET -- AND I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS, ESPECIALLY
09:50:20 ON THE ADVISORY BOARD -- THAT THIS IS -- MAYOR CASTOR'S
09:50:24 FISCAL YEAR 2021 BUDGET IS PROBABLY, I WOULD SUGGEST, THE
09:50:28 MOST PRO-DISABILITY BUDGET, WHENEVER IT COMES TO RECREATION
09:50:32 THAT WE'VE SEEN HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:50:33 WE HAVE FUNDS IN COUNCILMAN GUDES' DISTRICT FOR A DISABILITY
09:50:37 FRIENDLY PARK, WHICH IS A MAJOR STEP FORWARD FOR OUR
09:50:40 COMMUNITY.
09:50:41 WE HAVE FUNDS FOR THE SO-CALLED AUTISM SENSORY FRIENDLY
09:50:45 DISABILITY PARK, AND IT CONTINUES TO MAKE INVESTMENTS IN
09:50:49 MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ON THE STEPS TO MAKING SURE ALL OUR
09:50:53 PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES HAVE DISABILITY ACCESSIBLE
09:50:57 EQUIPMENT.
09:50:57 THIS IS A BUDGET THAT REALLY, REALLY PUTS THAT VERY, VERY
09:51:01 SPECIAL ISSUE FORWARD.
09:51:02 SOMETHING WE HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IN LOOKING AT THE FUTURE
09:51:05 IN OUR BUDGETS IS PUBLIC SAFETY.
09:51:08 I THINK IT WAS ON MONDAY, I REMADE MY MOTION IT HAD TO GET
09:51:12 SET ASIDE BECAUSE OF COVID-19 FOR TAKING A LOOK AT A MASTER
09:51:16 PLAN FOR PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES, JUST THIS COUNCIL IN THE LAST
09:51:20 YEAR, WE'VE HAD TO DO PATCHWORK, SO TO SPEAK, PIECE MEAL
09:51:25 WITH PUBLIC SAFETY CHALLENGES INVOLVING FIRE, FIRST IN EAST
09:51:29 TAMPA, THEN IN NORTH TAMPA.
09:51:32 AND IN ADDRESSING THESE BIT BY BIT, LOOKING AT MONEY IN THE
09:51:36 BUDGET, JUST ON A SPORADIC, REACTIVE BASIS, AND MY POINT IS
09:51:41 THAT WE OUGHT TO HAVE A CITYWIDE APPROACH, JUST LIKE WE'RE
09:51:45 DOING FOR PARKS, WHEN IT COMES TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS
09:51:49 WHERE WE KNOW WHERE THE DEFICITS ARE WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC
09:51:53 SAFETY.
09:51:53 THAT'S FIRE, E.M.S., LAW ENFORCEMENT, SO THAT WE CAN KNOW
09:51:57 WHERE THE INVESTMENTS NEED TO BE MADE ON A CITYWIDE BASIS.
09:52:00 THAT WAS THE OBVIOUS INTENTION OF THE MOTION AND THE IDEA SO
09:52:05 THAT WE CAN HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE VIEW.
09:52:07 BECAUSE YOU TAKE, FOR EXAMPLE, IN NORTH TAMPA, STATION 13,
09:52:11 THE BUSIEST STATION IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, ALWAYS AMONG THE
09:52:15 50, 60 BUSIEST STATIONS WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
09:52:21 ACCORDING TO CERTAIN STUDIES DONE.
09:52:23 THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE ALWAYS OUGHT TO TAKE A LOOK
09:52:26 AT.
09:52:27 OBVIOUSLY, THE NEXT FEW YEARS, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE
09:52:29 GOING TO BE GOING FISCALLY.
09:52:32 WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, YEARS ARE GOING TO
09:52:34 HOLD.
09:52:35 IS THERE GOING TO BE A SIMILAR CARES ACT.
09:52:38 I DON'T WANT TO CALL IT A BAILOUT BUT ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL
09:52:41 GOVERNMENTS AND MUNICIPALITIES LIKE WE'VE SEEN, AND WE
09:52:45 APPRECIATE THE BIPARTISAN HELP THAT'S COME THROUGH
09:52:49 WASHINGTON AND WE CERTAINLY HOPE THAT WILL CONTINUE.
09:52:51 BECAUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE AND
09:52:53 WE HOPE AND PRAY THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO DO SO.
09:52:57 AGAIN, JUST IN CLOSING, THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR
09:53:00 HARD WORK.
09:53:01 YOU GUYS DON'T GET PAID A DIME FOR THIS, AND WE APPRECIATE
09:53:04 EVERYBODY.
09:53:04 I'M GLAD, SIR, THAT YOU HAD ALSO MENTIONED ALL OF OUR
09:53:08 APPOINTMENTS BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE MAN AND WOMAN ON THAT
09:53:11 BOARD WORKS HARD AND IS DEDICATED.
09:53:14 WE APPRECIATE IT.
09:53:15 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
09:53:16 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:53:16 NEXT UP, WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER DINGFELDER FOLLOWED BY
09:53:21 COUNCIL MEMBER CITRO.
09:53:22 COUNCILMAN CARLSON, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AFTER CITRO?
09:53:26 >>BILL CARLSON: YES, PLEASE.
09:53:27 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, SIR.
09:53:30 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON AND TO YOUR
09:53:33 COMMITTEE.
09:53:34 YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB THIS YEAR.
09:53:40 THAT GRANT ISSUE IS DEFINITELY OF INTEREST.
09:53:42 SOMETIMES IT TAKES A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY TO MAKE A LITTLE
09:53:45 EXTRA MONEY, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT GRANTS ARE ALL ABOUT.
09:53:51 MR. PERRY OR MR. BENNETT, IF YOU'RE STILL ON THE LINE, IN
09:53:57 REGARD TO THOSE THREE OR FOUR POSITIONS, MR. PERRY, THAT YOU
09:54:01 MENTIONED, ARE THOSE NEW POSITIONS OR ARE THOSE POSITIONS
09:54:04 THAT WERE JUST VACANT BECAUSE BY ATTRITION OR WHAT HAVE YOU
09:54:11 OVER THE YEARS?
09:54:13 THAT'S MY INITIAL QUESTION.
09:54:15 >> THOSE ARE BRAND-NEW POSITIONS.
09:54:17 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WE HAVE THREE BRAND-NEW POSITIONS
09:54:21 UNDERNEATH THE SUPERVISOR?
09:54:25 >> YES, SIR.
09:54:26 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY.
09:54:28 WELL, THAT'S EXCELLENT.
09:54:29 >>JOHN BENNETT: THIS IS JOHN BENNETT, CHIEF OF STAFF.
09:54:34 TO MR. PERRY'S POINT, THE MAYOR RECOGNIZED EARLY IN THE
09:54:38 ADMINISTRATION THAT EVERYTHING THAT COUNCIL HAS BEEN SAYING
09:54:40 WAS A NEED TO SUPPORT GRANTS, AND IF YOU GO BACK TO THE
09:54:45 PRESENTATION FOR THE BUDGET FOR FY '21, THE CENTERPIECE OR
09:54:49 THE FOUNDATION WAS FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITY AND RESPONSIBILITY.
09:54:53 AND WE KNOW, AS COUNCIL DOES, NOT ALL RESOURCES COME FROM
09:54:58 THE TAX BASE, AND WE HAVE TO LOOK TO GRANTS AND OTHER MEANS,
09:55:02 AND THIS WAS PART OF THE VISION OF THAT.
09:55:05 WE'RE GLAD THAT COUNCILMAN GUDES BROUGHT IT UP AND WE'RE
09:55:08 GLAD THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET THOSE THREE POSITIONS GOING.
09:55:13 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME THAT THIS
09:55:17 ADMINISTRATION IS HEADED IN THAT DIRECTION.
09:55:19 TPD HAS ALWAYS BEEN A LEADER IN LOOKING FOR GRANTS AND
09:55:23 FINDING GRANTS.
09:55:28 WITH YOUR ALL'S BACKGROUND AT TPD, IT MAKES GOOD SENSE, AND
09:55:34 I APPRECIATE THAT.
09:55:36 WE'RE KIND OF SPREADING THAT ACROSS OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
09:55:39 MR. BENNETT, WHAT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES OTHER THAN LAW
09:55:44 ENFORCEMENT DOES THE CITY SEE IN TERMS OF SEEKING GRANTS.
09:55:53 I HEARD MR. PERRY SAY THEY WERE GOING TO BE SPREAD OUT
09:55:57 ACROSS ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, BUT DO WE SEE A PARTICULAR FOCUS
09:56:00 OR OPPORTUNITY IN CERTAIN AREAS LIKE PARKS AND REC, YOU
09:56:07 KNOW, THE UTILITIES OR WHAT?
09:56:15 >>JOHN BENNETT: THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
09:56:16 EVERYTHING YOU JUST MENTIONED.
09:56:17 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MR. ROGERO PRESENTED AS WELL WAS HE
09:56:20 KIND OF -- I BELIEVE HE PUT UP THERE -- MR. PERRY CAN
09:56:24 CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON THE NUMBER -- CLOSE TO $80
09:56:27 MILLION WORTH OF GRANTS THAT ARE IN VIEW, IF YOU WILL.
09:56:30 AND ALSO LEVERAGING OUR PARTNERSHIPS.
09:56:32 WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM IN MARLEY WILKES AND IAN WHITNEY WHO
09:56:37 ARE CANVASSING THE REGION AND BEYOND, OF COURSE, THE FEDERAL
09:56:43 OPPORTUNITIES, SO ALL OF THOSE WILL BECOME FEEDERS.
09:56:47 WHIT REMER, THE SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE OFFICER, HAS A
09:56:50 TREMENDOUS BACKGROUND IN GRANTS AS IT RELATES TO CLIMATE.
09:56:52 WE HEARD OUR TWO CALLERS TODAY TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT SEA
09:56:56 LEVEL RISE.
09:56:56 SO ALL OF THESE QUALITY-OF-LIFE THINGS AS THEY FLOW THROUGH
09:57:01 THE STRATEGIC PLAN, REVAMPED THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE
09:57:04 BUDGET, IS ALL GOING TO BE LOOKED FOR, FOR GRANTS AND
09:57:09 OPPORTUNITIES, AS DISCUSSED.
09:57:10 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:57:13 THANK YOU, MR. BENNETT.
09:57:15 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT UP, COUNCIL MEMBER CITRO AND THEN
09:57:18 COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
09:57:19 GO AHEAD.
09:57:20 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
09:57:21 MR. JOHNSON, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS REPORT.
09:57:25 YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB.
09:57:30 I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S NOT REALLY SEXY, BUT
09:57:33 IT IS VERY IMPORTANT, AND YOU HIT THE NAIL RIGHT ON THE HEAD
09:57:35 WHEN YOU SAID ABOUT PARKING RATE INCREASES.
09:57:37 THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS LONG OVERDUE FOR THE CITY OF
09:57:40 TAMPA.
09:57:40 A CITY OF OUR SIZE DOESN'T CHARGE AN EQUAL AMOUNT AS OTHER
09:57:44 CITIES THAT ARE OUR SIZE.
09:57:46 BUT I DO WANT TO BRING UP A COUPLE OF POINTS.
09:57:51 WE HAVE SO MUCH PARKING, UNDERUTILIZED PARKING IN THE CITY
09:57:55 OF TAMPA.
09:57:56 I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH VIK BHIDE WHO IS WITH MOBILITY AND
09:58:01 ALSO THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP.
09:58:02 TO GO HAND IN HAND WITH ALL THIS PARKING, WE'RE GOING TO
09:58:05 NEED TO HAVE AN APP TO SHOW PEOPLE WHEN THEY COME INTO THE
09:58:10 DOWNTOWN AREA, WHERE THEY CAN PARK, TO HOLD A PARKING SPACE
09:58:14 FOR THEM.
09:58:14 BUT THE MAJOR THING IS, IS WE ALSO NEED TO HAVE THAT FIRST
09:58:19 MILE, LAST MILE.
09:58:20 PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO PARK FURTHER AWAY FROM THEIR OFFICE,
09:58:23 BUT WITH A DOWNTOWNER, IN A CONTINUOUS LOOP OR TWO DIFFERENT
09:58:28 TYPES OF LOOPS, BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT FROM A PARKING SPACE
09:58:31 THAT MAY BE FARTHER AWAY INTO TOWN CLOSER TO THEIR OFFICE.
09:58:35 AGAIN, THIS HAS BEEN AN EXCELLENT REPORT.
09:58:38 I'M GLAD YOU TALKED ABOUT THE UNSEXY PARKING, BUT IT'S
09:58:41 SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
09:58:43 MR. JOHNSON, THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
09:58:45 MR. CHAIR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:58:47 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:58:48 MR. CARLSON.
09:58:51 >>BILL CARLSON: YES, I WANT TO ECHO WHAT MY COLLEAGUE SAID.
09:58:54 THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES FOR ALL THE HARD WORK
09:58:57 AND SPECIFICITY AND ALSO DEEP RESEARCH THAT YOU ALL DID.
09:59:01 IT'S GREAT TO HAVE VOLUNTEERS LOOKING OVER EVERYTHING LIKE
09:59:05 THAT.
09:59:06 JUST ONE BIG QUESTION, AND SORRY IF THIS PUTS YOU ON THE
09:59:10 SPOT.
09:59:10 A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHEN THE CITY PRESENTED THE PROPOSED
09:59:13 BUDGET, THE LINE THAT WAS RELEASED IN THE PRESS RELEASE AND
09:59:18 EVERYTHING IS THAT THIS IS THE LARGEST BUDGET EVER IN THE
09:59:21 HISTORY OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:59:22 SO I GOT A BUNCH OF CALLS AFTER THAT WITH PEOPLE ASKING WHY
09:59:26 WOULD THE CITY OF TAMPA LAUNCH THE LARGEST BUDGET EVER
09:59:28 DURING THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC?
09:59:30 SO PEOPLE STARTED ASKING ME -- THEY SAID THERE MUST BE ROOM
09:59:36 TO SAVE MONEY SOMEWHERE.
09:59:38 WHY CAN'T WE CUT THE BUDGET SOMEWHERE?
09:59:40 HAS YOUR COMMITTEE LOOKED AT PLACES THAT WE COULD
09:59:42 POTENTIALLY SAVE MONEY?
09:59:44 IF SO, IS THERE ANY PLACE THAT WE CAN PROPOSE TO SAVE MONEY
09:59:47 AS THE BUDGET HEARINGS COME UP?
09:59:51 >> WITH COVID-19, WE WERE ABLE TO TALK WITH A NUMBER OF THE
09:59:57 DEPARTMENTS, AND A LOT OF THE THEMES THAT CAME UP WITHIN THE
10:00:00 DEPARTMENTS WAS HEAD COUNT BEING DOWN.
10:00:05 ALSO, WE DISCUSSED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
10:00:09 IF YOU LOOK AT MY CLOSING SLIDE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I
10:00:13 TOUCHED ON IS WE NEED TO TAKE A MORE EXPANDED ROLE AND
10:00:18 REALLY AS A COMMITTEE, IT'S A CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD, BUT
10:00:24 AT THE SAME TIME, WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB IN PLAYING A MUCH
10:00:29 BETTER ROLE IF WE CAN DO MORE OF A DEEP DIVE INTO THE
10:00:33 DEPARTMENTS TO SEE EXACTLY WHERE WE CAN SAVE.
10:00:35 NOW, ONE OF THE AREAS THAT I NOTICED, AND IF YOU GO BACK TO
10:00:40 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ENHANCEMENT, I SAID THAT THE MAYOR
10:00:44 REQUESTED A COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT DIRECTOR POSITION.
10:00:49 WE'RE TOP HEAVY, IN MY OPINION, IN THE CITY.
10:00:52 WE HAVE DIRECTORS AND WE HAVE ADMINISTRATORS.
10:00:55 WHILE WE'RE SAVING MONEY ON THE FTE SIDE IN SOME
10:01:00 DEPARTMENTS, HE COULD WITH BE SAVING AT THE MANAGERIAL LEVEL
10:01:06 AS WELL.
10:01:07 I THINK WE CAN GET MORE DONE WITH MORE BOOTS ON THE GROUND
10:01:10 RATHER THAN MORE INDIVIDUALS SITTING IN A CHAIR.
10:01:14 SO WHEN IT COMES TO WHERE WE CAN SAVE MONEY, I THINK THIS
10:01:20 YEAR WAS A LITTLE CHALLENGING BECAUSE OF COVID.
10:01:23 SO NEXT YEAR, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO A MORE THOROUGH AND
10:01:28 IN-DEPTH JOB IN ANALYZING WHERE WE CAN SAVE MONEY FOR THE
10:01:33 CITY AS IT PERTAINS TO THE BUDGET, BUT -- I THINK WE CAN
10:01:42 TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE TOP-HEAVY POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE
10:01:47 IN THE CITY IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT SAVING MONEY, THAT
10:01:50 MIGHT BE FTE LEVEL.
10:01:51 >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:01:52 IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT YOU ALL TAKING A
10:01:55 DEEPER DIVE, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
10:01:57 IN CASE YOU ALL AREN'T MEETING AGAIN BEFORE OUR BUDGET
10:02:00 HEARINGS, IF ANY OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY HAVE ANY IDEAS, PLEASE
10:02:03 CALL OR E-MAIL ME.
10:02:05 WOULD LOVE TO HEAR WHATEVER INSIGHTS YOU HAVE AND ANYBODY
10:02:07 ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO IS DEEPLY LOOKING INTO THE BUDGET,
10:02:11 PLEASE LET US KNOW.
10:02:12 THANK YOU.
10:02:12 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS THAT IT FOR QUESTIONS?
10:02:19 COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:02:19 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THIS IS A QUESTION FOR MR. SHELBY.
10:02:21 MR. SHELBY?
10:02:28 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, SIR.
10:02:28 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:02:34 MR. JOHNSON ALLUDED TO THEIR COMMITTEE MEETING MORE.
10:02:38 IS THAT A PURVIEW OF COUNCIL OR IS THAT A MAYOR'S BOARD?
10:02:45 >>MARTIN SHELBY: ACTUALLY, THAT IS A BOARD THAT WAS CREATED
10:02:47 BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
10:02:48 I HAVE NOT LOOKED OVER THE RESOLUTION THAT CREATED THAT
10:02:55 BOARD.
10:02:58 CERTAINLY, THAT BOARD -- THAT BOARD'S EFFECTIVENESS
10:03:05 DEPENDENT ON THE COLLABORATION WITH THE ADMINISTRATION.
10:03:08 OBVIOUSLY, THAT BOARD DOES CREATE STAFF INTERACTION AND
10:03:16 STAFF PREPARATION.
10:03:17 SO I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
10:03:19 I BELIEVE IT'S SOMETHING THAT CERTAINLY IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO
10:03:23 TAKE A LOOK AT AND GET BACK TO COUNCIL ON, CERTAINLY, THE
10:03:28 CHIEF OF STAFF IS LISTENING IN AND CERTAINLY HEARS THAT
10:03:31 REQUEST.
10:03:31 THE QUESTION IS WHETHER SUCH A THING CAN BE ARRANGED WITHOUT
10:03:34 HAVING COUNCIL TO TAKE SPECIFIC ACTION.
10:03:38 I'M WILLING TO LOOK INTO THAT IF THAT'S YOUR PLEASURE.
10:03:42 >>ORLANDO GUDES: IF YOU WOULD DO SO, SIR.
10:03:44 >>MARTIN SHELBY: I WILL DO SO, AND I WILL REPORT BACK TO
10:03:47 COUNCIL.
10:03:48 WOULD YOU LIKE THAT ON A SPECIFIC DATE OR SHOULD I BRING IT
10:03:50 UP AT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING UNDER NEW BUSINESS?
10:03:53 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU CAN BRING IT BACK UNDER NEW BUSINESS.
10:03:57 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:03:58 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:03:59 ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS?
10:04:01 HEARING NONE, THANK YOU AGAIN, SIR.
10:04:04 THAT WAS A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION, TO YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE
10:04:08 COMMITTEE FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK EVERY YEAR.
10:04:11 WE ALWAYS HAVE GREAT PRESENTATIONS.
10:04:12 YOU REALLY FOCUSED ON THE DETAILS.
10:04:15 YOU DO YOUR HOMEWORK.
10:04:17 YOU VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME WITH THE VERY VALUABLE.
10:04:22 IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU BELIEVE IN AND THAT'S WHAT WE CAN
10:04:24 ALL AGREE IS WE LOVE OUR CITY VERY, VERY MUCH, AND WE TAKE
10:04:29 PLEASURE IN SERVING.
10:04:30 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:04:31 ALL RIGHT.
10:04:32 HAVING SAID THAT, WE WILL GO TO COMMITTEE REPORTS AND THE
10:04:37 CONSENT AGENDA.
10:04:38 I VERIFIED TO SEE -- INSTEAD OF DOING ROLL CALL VOTES DO
10:04:44 UNANIMOUS CONSENT, WE CANNOT BECAUSE THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF
10:04:46 MONEY BEING MOVED.
10:04:47 WE WILL START WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, WHICH IS
10:04:52 CHAIRMAN JOSEPH CITRO.
10:04:55 ITEMS 4-10.
10:04:56 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
10:04:57 I MOVE ITEMS 4-10.
10:04:59 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
10:05:02 >> SECOND.
10:05:02 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A SECOND FROM I BELIEVE
10:05:04 COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:05:05 ROLL-CALL VOTE.
10:05:06 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
10:05:07 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:05:08 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:05:10 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:05:13 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:05:15 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:05:18 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:05:21 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:05:25 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:05:26 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:05:27 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:05:28 WE GO NEXT TO PARKS, REC AND CULTURAL COMMITTEES, THAT IS
10:05:32 CHAIRMAN GUDES.
10:05:33 ITEMS 11 AND 12.
10:05:35 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE ITEMS 11 AND 12.
10:05:38 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND, MIRANDA.
10:05:40 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON, YOU HAVE A QUESTION?
10:05:47 >>BILL CARLSON: IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION I WOULD LIKE TO
10:05:50 RECUSE MYSELF FROM ITEMS 11 AND 12 AND I WILL FILE PAPERWORK
10:05:55 FOR THAT.
10:05:55 THANK YOU.
10:05:55 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. SHELBY, DID YOU HEAR THAT?
10:05:58 >>MARTIN SHELBY: ITEMS 11 AND 12.
10:06:02 IS THERE A BASIS FOR THAT ABSTENTION, SIR?
10:06:07 >>BILL CARLSON: YES, I THINK I MIGHT HAVE -- MY COMPANY MAY
10:06:10 HAVE CLIENT ISSUES RELATED TO THOSE TWO.
10:06:12 IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION I'D LIKE TO RECUSE MYSELF.
10:06:15 THANK YOU.
10:06:16 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU.
10:06:16 I'LL WORK TO PREPARE THE FORMS FOR YOU TO GET FILED WITH THE
10:06:20 CLERK.
10:06:21 THANK YOU.
10:06:21 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:06:22 WE HAVE A MOTION THEN FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES, A SECOND
10:06:25 FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
10:06:26 I KNOW CARLSON WILL BE ABSTAINING FROM THIS.
10:06:29 ROLL-CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
10:06:30 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
10:06:31 VIERA?
10:06:36 GUDES?
10:06:40 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: VIERA'S CALL JUST DROPPED.
10:06:42 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:06:46 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:06:46 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:06:49 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:06:53 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:06:55 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA BEING ABSENT AT
10:06:58 VOTE AND CARLSON ABSTAINING.
10:07:01 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:07:02 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:07:03 NEXT UP WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE, AND THAT IS
10:07:06 COUNCIL MEMBER CHAIRMAN DINGFELDER ITEMS 13 THROUGH 26.
10:07:11 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:07:12 I MOVE THOSE ITEMS 13 THROUGH 26.
10:07:15 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND, MR. CHAIRMAN, MIRANDA.
10:07:17 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
10:07:19 MIRANDA.
10:07:20 ROLL-CALL VOTE.
10:07:20 >>LUIS VIERA: VIERA?
10:07:22 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:07:22 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:07:25 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:07:28 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:07:30 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:07:32 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:07:34 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:07:37 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:07:40 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:07:42 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:07:42 NEXT UP IS CHAIRMAN MIRANDA, ITEMS 27 THROUGH 29.
10:07:46 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:07:49 MOVE ITEMS 27 THROUGH 29.
10:07:51 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND, CITRO.
10:07:53 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MIRANDA.
10:07:55 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
10:07:58 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: QUESTION ON THE MOTION.
10:07:59 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER DINGFELDER.
10:08:02 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU.
10:08:03 I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO STAFF IN REGARDS TO
10:08:07 ITEM 28 AND 29 WHICH IS -- WHICH APPEARS TO BE APPROXIMATELY
10:08:13 A $6 MILLION REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR
10:08:17 COVID-RELATED EXPENSES.
10:08:19 I KNOW THAT STAFF AT EVERY LEVEL, INCLUDING THE MAYOR, HAS
10:08:23 BEEN WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RESPOND TO COVID VERY
10:08:28 EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY, WHICH I BELIEVE THE CITY HAS TO
10:08:32 THE WEST OF OUR ABILITY AND TO TRY AND GET REIMBURSED FOR
10:08:36 THAT RESPONSE, ALSO TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY FROM THE
10:08:43 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THROUGH THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
10:08:46 KUDOS TO THE MAYOR AND STAFF TO KEEP US FISCALLY SOLVENT
10:08:53 THROUGH THIS COVID -- VERY EXPENSIVE COVID PROBLEMS.
10:08:56 THANK YOU.
10:08:57 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:08:59 MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA WITH A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN
10:09:03 CITRO.
10:09:03 ROLL-CALL VOTE.
10:09:04 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
10:09:06 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:09:07 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:09:08 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:09:08 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:09:16 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:09:17 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:09:21 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:09:22 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:09:24 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:09:26 NEXT UP, BUILDING, ZONING AND PRESERVATION.
10:09:29 REMEMBER, WE REMOVED WITH THE ADDENDUM ITEM NUMBER 39, SO
10:09:34 COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, IF YOU CAN MOVE ITEMS 30 THROUGH 38
10:09:38 AND THEN 40 THROUGH 44.
10:09:43 >>BILL CARLSON: 30 THROUGH 38 AND 40 THROUGH 44.
10:09:47 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN, BEFORE WE MOVE ALL THOSE
10:09:49 ITEMS, I HAD REQUESTED IN REGARD TO 43 AT THE BEGINNING OF
10:09:53 THE MEETING.
10:09:57 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
10:09:59 43, IF THERE'S ANYBODY HERE FOR THE CORONA RELIEF FUND
10:10:02 AGREEMENT.
10:10:03 GO AHEAD, SIR.
10:10:03 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SO I WAS COMMUNICATING WITH STAFF AND
10:10:07 SPECIFICALLY WITH MS. CAROLE POST.
10:10:09 I DON'T KNOW IF CAROLE IS ON THE LINE, AS TO HOW WE'RE GOING
10:10:14 TO USE AN ADDITIONAL MILLION DOLLARS -- YOU KNOW WHAT?
10:10:19 NOW 43.
10:10:23 YEAH, 43.
10:10:24 HOW WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT ADDITIONAL MILLION DOLLARS FROM
10:10:27 THE STATE.
10:10:30 MS. POST INDICATED THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
10:10:34 DISTRIBUTE THAT TO THE CITIZENS, AND THEN SHE SAID SHE HOPES
10:10:40 IT WILL BE CITYWIDE.
10:10:42 I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF WE HAD ANY MORE INFORMATION TO
10:10:48 ENSURE THAT IT WOULD BE CITYWIDE AS OPPOSED TO DISTRICT BY
10:10:51 DISTRICT.
10:10:52 IS MS. POST ON?
10:10:57 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE MS. POST ON THE LINE BY ANY
10:11:00 CHANCE?
10:11:02 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ALL RIGHT.
10:11:11 >>CAROLE POST: GOOD MORNING, THIS IS CAROLE.
10:11:14 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: JUST ON ITEM 43, I JUST WANTED YOU TO
10:11:19 BASICALLY PUT ON THE RECORD WHAT YOU HAD TOLD ME BY E-MAIL
10:11:22 IN REGARD TO THE ADMINISTRATION'S INTENT WITH THE MILLION
10:11:26 DOLLARS OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR ITEM 43.
10:11:32 >>CAROLE POST: YES, SIR, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO.
10:11:34 WE WERE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED TO RECEIVE THE FUND.
10:11:38 THE INTEREST IS TARGETED TO REFRESH THE INDIVIDUAL RELIEF
10:11:42 PROGRAM THAT THE CITY HAD INITIATED STARTING IN APRIL.
10:11:47 IF THE COUNCIL RECALLS, WE INITIATED RELIEF VERY RAPIDLY AS
10:11:53 SOON AS THE PANDEMIC HAD HIT UPON US, AND THE FIRST RELIEF
10:11:59 PROGRAM WAS TARGETED TO INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS, AND IT WAS TO
10:12:04 PROVIDE BENEFITS FOR RENT, MORTGAGE, AND UTILITY RELIEF.
10:12:09 WE HAD TREMENDOUS DEMAND FOR THAT, SO MUCH SO THAT WE HAD TO
10:12:14 AT A CERTAIN POINT CUT OFF THAT RELIEF PROGRAM.
10:12:20 SINCE THAT AND SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE
10:12:23 INITIATED A NUMBER OF BUSINESS RELIEF PROGRAMS.
10:12:26 WE HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO RETURN TO INDIVIDUAL RELIEF.
10:12:29 AND SO THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFRESH THAT,
10:12:33 PARTICULARLY AT A TIME WHEN WE FEEL THE THREAT OF EVICTIONS
10:12:37 AND THE LIKE ARE ON THE HORIZON.
10:12:39 SO IT WOULD DEFINITELY BE OUR INTENTION TO REFRESH THE
10:12:42 INDIVIDUAL RELIEF PROGRAM AND TO TARGET LIKELY RENT,
10:12:48 MORTGAGE AND UTILITY RELIEF.
10:12:50 WE DO HAVE SOME OPTIONS THAT THIS ALLOCATION PROVIDES.
10:12:54 SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING THROUGH THE CRITERIA AND THE
10:12:57 ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS FOR IT.
10:13:00 BUT AS WITH THE PRIOR INDIVIDUAL RELIEF, WHICH WAS CITYWIDE,
10:13:05 THERE WERE NO GEOGRAPHICAL LIMITATIONS.
10:13:08 THERE ARE INCOME LIMITATIONS AND SOME OTHER STANDARDS THAT
10:13:11 APPLY, BUT NO GEOGRAPHICAL.
10:13:14 THAT'S WHY MY ASSUMPTION AND I'M CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC, BUT
10:13:19 FAIRLY CERTAIN THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE -- THAT WOULD BE A
10:13:22 CITYWIDE PROGRAM.
10:13:26 JUST ONE OTHER ITEM TO NOTE, AS WE KNEW, THE CITY'S PROGRAMS
10:13:33 WERE ALWAYS INTENDED TO BE A GAP FILLER UNTIL OTHER FEDERAL
10:13:39 FUNDS BECAME AVAILABLE, MANY OF WHICH ARE NOW AVAILABLE.
10:13:42 AGAIN, POINTING OUT THAT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY NOW HAS A
10:13:48 NUMBER OF OPTIONS PROVIDED BY THE COUNTYWIDE CARES ACT, AND
10:13:52 WE ARE STRONGLY EMPHASIZING THAT OUR BUSINESSES TAKE
10:13:55 ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
10:13:56 AGAIN, WANTING TO USE THIS ADDITIONAL ALLOCATION FOR OUR
10:14:00 INDIVIDUALS AND INTENDING THAT TO BE CITYWIDE.
10:14:04 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MS. POST.
10:14:09 THAT DOES ANSWER MY QUESTION.
10:14:11 I THINK THAT WE ALL READ AND HEAR ABOUT THE CONTINUING
10:14:16 UNEMPLOYMENT, ACTUALLY, RISING UNEMPLOYMENT, INEVITABLY,
10:14:21 THAT'S GOING TO BE RISING, EVICTIONS AND FORECLOSURES.
10:14:26 TO THE EXTENT THAT THE CITY CAN HELP WITH THAT IS A GREAT
10:14:32 THING.
10:14:33 AND I APPRECIATE YOU -- THAT IT IS OUR GOAL TO BE CITYWIDE.
10:14:38 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PROBLEMS IN EVERY POSSIBLE -- EVERY
10:14:42 POSSIBLE CORNER OF THE CITY.
10:14:43 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:14:45 THANK YOU, MS. POST.
10:14:46 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:14:47 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CHAIRMAN?
10:14:49 MS. POST?
10:14:54 >>CAROLE POST: YES.
10:14:55 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THE EXTRA DOLLARS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
10:14:57 NOW, THE PREVIOUS DOLLARS, HAVE ALL THOSE BEEN ALLOCATED OUT
10:15:01 TO THE BUSINESSES, THE RESIDENTS?
10:15:03 HAS THAT MONEY BEEN DEPLETED, NUMBER ONE?
10:15:05 AND WITH THIS EXTRA MONEY COMING, I KNOW I RECEIVED A LOT OF
10:15:09 CALLS IN REFERENCE TO PAYMENTS THAT HAD NOT BEEN MADE.
10:15:12 WHEN THE PROGRAM FIRST STARTED UP UNTIL NOW.
10:15:15 I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE DOING NOW WITH THE
10:15:17 PROGRAM.
10:15:18 ARE WE UP TO DATE NOW?
10:15:20 ARE WE STILL BEHIND?
10:15:21 HOW ARE WE WORKING WITH THIS?
10:15:23 >>CAROLE POST: I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION.
10:15:25 AS I STATED, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS IN FLIGHT.
10:15:28 IN REFERENCE TO THE INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM, THAT PROGRAM HAS
10:15:32 BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE.
10:15:35 WE ULTIMATELY ASSISTED ABOUT 1200 INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS FROM
10:15:40 AROUND THE CITY.
10:15:44 I BELIEVE WE'VE COMPLETED PAYMENT OUT TO, IF YOU RECALL, THE
10:15:48 PAYMENTS WENT DIRECTLY TO LANDLORDS AND TO LENDERS.
10:15:52 SO THAT ADDED A STEP TO THE PROCESS.
10:15:55 THERE WERE A NUMBER OF FORMS AND EXCHANGES THAT HAD TO OCCUR
10:16:00 TO MAKE THAT TRANSACTION COMPLETE VERSUS BEING ABLE TO PAY
10:16:03 DIRECTLY TO THE RESIDENT.
10:16:04 BUT THAT PROCESS HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE.
10:16:09 YOU KNOW, IN FULL DISCLOSURE, IF THERE MAY BE ONE OR TWO OR
10:16:12 A DOZEN OR SO LEFT, WE NEEDED TO GET W-9 FORMS FROM
10:16:17 LANDLORDS OR VENDORS, BUT WE'VE BEEN CHASING THEM DOWN.
10:16:20 WE EVEN HAD FOLKS FROM THE LAW DEPARTMENT ASSISTING US TO
10:16:23 REALLY TRY TO EXPEDITE AND CONCLUDE THAT.
10:16:26 THE INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM IS COMPLETED.
10:16:28 ON THE BUSINESS PROGRAM, SIMILARLY, WE HAD A NUMBER OF
10:16:34 MODIFICATIONS TO THE PROGRAM, DEPENDING ON THE SOURCE.
10:16:39 IF THE COUNCIL RECALLS, WE STARTED USING HUD, CDBG FUNDS,
10:16:44 THERE WERE A NUMBER OF CONSTRAINTS INVOLVED IN USING THOSE
10:16:47 RESTRICTED DOLLARS.
10:16:48 WE THEN HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, THANK YOU TO THE CRA BOARD TO
10:16:52 TAP INTO CRA FUNDS.
10:16:55 LIKEWISE, THERE WERE SOME LIMITATIONS WITH THAT, BUT WE'VE
10:16:59 WORKED THROUGH MOST OF THOSE CHALLENGES AND THEN ULTIMATELY
10:17:03 WE INITIATED A STIMULUS-TYPE PROGRAM THAT ENABLED --
10:17:11 [SILENCE] -- US TO MORE EFFECTIVELY FLOW FUNDS DIRECT TO
10:17:22 BUSINESS RECIPIENT.
10:17:25 BROUGHT RELIEF AT A CERTAIN TIME AND TO A CERTAIN RECIPIENT,
10:17:28 THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL.
10:17:29 IN ALL CASES, THEY WERE INTENDED TO BE A BRIDGE UNTIL THE
10:17:32 FEDERAL CARES ACT FUNDS BEGAN TO FLOW FROM THE COUNTY.
10:17:36 THAT STARTED ABOUT 30 DAYS AGO.
10:17:41 THE PROGRAM IS NOW UP AND RUNNING AND THE CITY IS ADVOCATING
10:17:44 FOR ALL BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS, BUT MOSTLY FOR
10:17:48 BUSINESSES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A RANGE OF RELIEF OPTIONS
10:17:51 THAT ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE COUNTY.
10:17:52 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
10:17:55 >>CAROLE POST: DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION?
10:17:59 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YEAH.
10:18:00 AGAIN, I HAD CALLS IN REFERENCE TO FOLKS TALKING ABOUT HOW
10:18:03 LONG IT WAS TAKING.
10:18:04 I KNOW THE COUNTY WHEN THEY CAME UP WITH THEIR PROGRAM, THEY
10:18:06 WERE MUCH FASTER.
10:18:07 I THINK THE COUNTY HAD A DIFFERENT TYPE OF SYSTEM.
10:18:10 I'M HOPING IN THE FUTURE, I KNOW WE'LL HAVE A PROBLEM AGAIN
10:18:16 BECAUSE THE ECONOMY WILL DO WHAT IT DOES.
10:18:18 MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL AVENUES AND GET THESE OUT TO THE FOLKS
10:18:21 IN A TIMELY FASHION.
10:18:23 I APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO.
10:18:24 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:18:25 ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
10:18:26 COUNCILMAN CARLSON, ON ITEM NUMBER 39, BEFORE YOU MOVE THE
10:18:32 CONSENT AGENDA, CAN WE GET A MOTION TO REMOVE ITEM NUMBER
10:18:35 39?
10:18:38 >>BILL CARLSON: MOTION TO REMOVE ITEM 39.
10:18:41 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO REMOVE ITEM 39.
10:18:44 I THINK THE SECOND WAS FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES, CORRECT?
10:18:46 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:18:48 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:18:48 ROLL-CALL VOTE TO REMOVE ITEM 39.
10:18:51 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
10:18:53 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:18:54 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:18:56 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:18:58 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:19:00 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:19:04 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:19:08 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:19:10 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:19:13 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:19:15 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:19:16 MR. CARLSON, IF YOU WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE ITEMS 30-38
10:19:22 AND 40 THROUGH 44.
10:19:24 >>BILL CARLSON: MOTIONS TO MOVE 30-38 AND 40 THROUGH 44.
10:19:28 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN
10:19:30 CARLSON, SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES.
10:19:34 ROLL-CALL VOTE.
10:19:35 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
10:19:36 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:19:37 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:19:39 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:19:41 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:19:44 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:19:46 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:19:49 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:19:51 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:19:53 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:19:55 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:19:56 WE NOW MOVE ON TO CHAIRMAN VIERA WITH THE TRANSPORTATION
10:20:03 COMMITTEE, ITEMS 45-48.
10:20:06 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
10:20:09 IF I WAS ABSENT FOR A VOTE, I THINK I WAS BEFORE MY PHONE
10:20:13 DROPPED OR THE LINE DROPPED, I SHOULD SAY FOR A MINUTE, SO
10:20:16 MY APOLOGIES AND REGRETS.
10:20:19 MR. CHAIR, I MOVE ITEMS 45 THROUGH 48.
10:20:22 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND, CHARLIE.
10:20:24 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA, SECOND BY
10:20:29 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:20:31 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:20:32 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:20:33 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:20:35 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:20:37 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:20:38 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:20:42 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:20:43 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:20:46 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:20:47 SO ITEM NUMBER 49, WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SET
10:20:50 THIS REVIEW HEARING FOR OCTOBER 22, 2020 AT 5:01 P.M.
10:20:54 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:20:56 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:20:58 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:21:00 ROLL-CALL VOTE.
10:21:01 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
10:21:02 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:21:03 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:21:05 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:21:07 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:21:10 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:21:13 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:21:15 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:21:17 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:21:21 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:21:22 WE NOW GO INTO PUBLIC HEARINGS, THEY ARE NON-QUASI-JUDICIAL.
10:21:29 ITEM NUMBER 50 --
10:21:31 >>MARTIN SHELBY: CAN WE TAKE THEM SEPARATE?
10:21:35 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
10:21:37 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:21:39 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND, CITRO.
10:21:41 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO.
10:21:44 UNLESS THERE'S ANY OBJECTION, WE'LL OPEN THOSE BY UNANIMOUS
10:21:50 CONSENT.
10:21:51 ITEM NUMBER 50.
10:21:52 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN, AS A POINT OF ORDER, DID WE
10:21:56 DO 49?
10:21:57 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, WE DID.
10:21:58 WE SET THE PUBLIC HEARING.
10:21:59 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY.
10:22:00 THANK YOU.
10:22:01 SORRY.
10:22:06 >>JAN McLEAN: GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:22:06 THIS IS JAN MCLEAN, OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY.
10:22:09 I'M HERE FOR ITEM NUMBER 50, THE CONSIDERATION OF THE
10:22:12 ADOPTION OF A NON-AD VALOREM SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE
10:22:15 DOWNTOWN SPECIAL SERVICES DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
10:22:19 AS WE'VE DONE PREVIOUSLY, WE NEED TO HAVE YOU CONSIDER THE
10:22:24 ADOPTION OF THE ANNUAL ROLL WITHIN THE PUBLIC HEARING YOU
10:22:28 JUST OPENED TO TAKE THAT VOTE BEFORE THE HEARING IS CLOSED.
10:22:32 IN ADDITION TO DOING THAT, I HAVE A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE
10:22:37 DOWNTOWN SPECIAL ASSESSMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
10:22:41 CITY AND THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP, WHICH I WOULD ALSO
10:22:44 RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU APPROVE DURING THE PUBLIC
10:22:48 HEARING.
10:22:49 AT THIS TIME, I ALSO HAVE LYNDA REMUND, THE PRESIDENT AND
10:22:54 CEO OF THE TAMPA DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP ON THE LINE, WHO WOULD
10:22:57 LIKE TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS.
10:22:59 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LYNDA.
10:23:02 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:23:03 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MR. SHELBY.
10:23:04 >>MARTIN SHELBY: I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT IN AN ABUNDANCE
10:23:07 OF CAUTION, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE COUNCIL AFFIRM BY A
10:23:11 ROLL-CALL VOTE THE OPEN OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
10:23:13 THIS IS FOR A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.
10:23:15 I DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY ISSUES DOWN THE ROAD.
10:23:19 SO IN THE ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, I'D APPRECIATE COUNCIL
10:23:22 TAKING THE TIME TO DO THAT.
10:23:23 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:23:24 WHO MADE THE MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING?
10:23:26 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA WITH A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES I
10:23:30 BELIEVE.
10:23:30 COULD WE GET A ROLL-CALL VOTE?
10:23:33 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
10:23:34 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:23:35 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:23:37 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:23:39 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:23:42 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:23:44 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:23:46 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:23:49 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:23:52 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:23:54 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:23:54 LYNDA, GO AHEAD.
10:23:56 >> THANK YOU.
10:23:56 I APPRECIATE THAT.
10:23:57 GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR AND CITY COUNCILMEN.
10:24:00 AS YOU KNOW, I'M LYNDA REMUND, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE
10:24:06 TAMPA DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP.
10:24:07 WE HAVE OPERATIONS AT 400 NORTH ASHLEY STREET, SUITE 2125.
10:24:12 WE REPRESENT 240 MEMBERS AND 49 BOARD MEMBERS AND OVER 3,000
10:24:18 PROPERTY OWNERS.
10:24:18 I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL AND CONTINUATION OF
10:24:24 THE SPECIAL SERVICES DISTRICT FOR DOWNTOWN TAMPA, AND THE
10:24:27 SPECIAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMPA AND THE
10:24:30 TAMPA DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP.
10:24:31 OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS, WE'VE MET WITH MOST OF YOU, AND
10:24:36 ALL OF YOU SHOULD HAVE A PACKET WHICH HAS OUR WORK PLAN AND
10:24:40 BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 21.
10:24:43 IN THAT WORK PLAN INCLUDES PROGRAMS AND SERVICES IN THE
10:24:46 REALM OF MAINTENANCE AND SAFETY, MARKETING, TRANSPORTATION
10:24:49 AND PLANNING, AND BEAUTIFICATION AND URBAN DESIGN, INCLUDING
10:24:53 PLACE-MAKING AND ACTIVATION FOR DOWNTOWN.
10:24:57 JUST TO RECAP, THE DISTRICT WAS FORMED IN 1994 TO PROVIDE
10:25:01 SERVICES ABOVE AND BEYOND CITY SERVICES, AND THE ASSESSMENT
10:25:05 BEGAN AT 1.0 CHANGING TO 1.1 IN 1996.
10:25:11 AND I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT WITH DOWNTOWN'S CONTINUED
10:25:15 GROWTH, WE'RE PROPOSING A CHANGE IN THE ASSESSMENT RATE FOR
10:25:17 FISCAL YEAR '21 TO 1.0285 PER THOUSAND DOLLARS OF ASSESSED
10:25:24 PROPERTY VALUE RESULTING IN AN OVERALL BUDGET OF
10:25:28 APPROXIMATELY 3,284,000.
10:25:31 I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY.
10:25:34 THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
10:25:37 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:25:38 DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS?
10:25:43 >> YES.
10:25:46 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE TO TAKE TWO SEPARATE VOTES.
10:25:53 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN, DID I HAVE A QUESTION FOR
10:25:56 LYNDA.
10:25:58 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, SIR.
10:26:00 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MS. REMUND, LAST YEAR, PROBABLY EXACTLY
10:26:05 THIS TIME, WE HAD A RATHER CONTROVERSIAL HEARING ON THE
10:26:11 ISSUE UP THERE BY THE ARMATURE WORKS AT THE HEIGHTS.
10:26:17 AND AT THE TIME, THAT AREA WAS INCLUDED IN THE DOWNTOWN
10:26:24 SPECIAL SERVICES DISTRICT.
10:26:29 THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE INCLUDED, BUT COUNCIL INCLUDED THEM.
10:26:33 WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THAT NOW?
10:26:37 >> YES, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
10:26:38 SO THE PROPERTIES ASSOCIATED WITH SOHO CAPITAL, WHICH
10:26:42 INCLUDES ARMATURE WORKS, HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE DISTRICT
10:26:46 BOUNDARIES.
10:26:47 IT ENCOMPASSED JUST UNDER 12 BLOCKS, I BELIEVE.
10:26:53 AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT WAS MAINLY BECAUSE SOHO CAPITAL HAS
10:26:59 CREATED THEIR OWN CDD, OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, SO
10:27:02 THEY ARE PROVIDING THE SERVICES BASICALLY THAT THE
10:27:05 PARTNERSHIP WOULD HAVE BEEN PROVIDING IN THAT AREA.
10:27:09 SO THEY WERE RESPECTFULLY REMOVED FROM THE DISTRICT FOR THIS
10:27:13 FISCAL YEAR GOING FORWARD.
10:27:14 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ISN'T THAT THE SAME THING THEY SAID LAST
10:27:21 YEAR?
10:27:23 THAT THEY WERE ALREADY PROVIDING THE SERVICES?
10:27:26 >> THAT IS CORRECT.
10:27:27 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WHOSE DECISION WAS IT TO GRACEFULLY ALLOW
10:27:35 THEM TO LEAVE?
10:27:38 >> ULTIMATELY, IT IS THE DECISION OF CITY COUNCIL.
10:27:42 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WAS IT A BOARD DECISION OR A STAFF
10:27:45 DECISION ON YOUR-ALL'S PART?
10:27:48 >> IT WAS A REQUEST MADE BY MR. ADAM HARDEN TO THE CITY TO
10:27:54 BE REMOVED FROM THE DISTRICT.
10:27:59 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU.
10:28:00 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:28:01 >> THANK YOU.
10:28:01 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
10:28:02 ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS?
10:28:04 OKAY.
10:28:08 HEARING NONE, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM?
10:28:12 ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?
10:28:18 >>THE CLERK: CHAIR, THERE WERE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED.
10:28:21 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:28:22 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO CLOSE.
10:28:26 >> [OVERLAPPING CONVERSATION]
10:28:29 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, MARTIN SHELBY.
10:28:31 COULD WE ALSO INQUIRE OF THE CONVENTION CENTER AND HAVE THAT
10:28:35 ON THE RECORD AND ALSO SEE IF THE CLERK HAS ANY WRITTEN
10:28:39 COMMENTS?
10:28:39 I BELIEVE SOME WERE, AT LEAST I'M FAMILIAR WITH AT LEAST ONE
10:28:43 WRITTEN COMMENT THAT WAS RECEIVED.
10:28:44 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, WRITTEN
10:28:47 DOCUMENTS, ANYBODY IN THE CONVENTION CENTER ON THIS ITEM?
10:28:51 >>THE CLERK: YES.
10:28:52 THERE WAS ONE WRITTEN COMMENT RECEIVED THAT HAS BEEN FILED
10:28:55 AND ALSO THERE'S NO ONE LEFT AT THE CONVENTION CENTER AT
10:28:57 THIS TIME.
10:28:58 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:29:02 MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THE FIRST RESOLUTION?
10:29:07 DO I HAVE A MOTION?
10:29:08 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:29:09 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND, THIS IS CITRO.
10:29:12 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: -- COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:29:17 ROLL-CALL VOTE.
10:29:18 >>THE CLERK: YES, VIERA?
10:29:20 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:29:21 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:29:23 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:29:25 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:29:27 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:29:29 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:29:34 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:29:35 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:29:38 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
10:29:40 NOW MAY WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE SECOND RESOLUTION?
10:29:42 DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT?
10:29:44 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SO MOVED, CITRO.
10:29:46 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND, MIRANDA.
10:29:47 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CITRO AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
10:29:52 MIRANDA.
10:29:52 ROLL-CALL VOTE.
10:29:53 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
10:29:55 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:29:55 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:29:57 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:30:00 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:30:03 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:30:06 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:30:08 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:30:12 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:30:15 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:30:16 NOW, CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE THIS ITEM NUMBER 50 --
10:30:21 CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING --
10:30:24 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SO MOVED.
10:30:26 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND, MIRANDA.
10:30:27 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY GUDES.
10:30:30 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA TO CLOSE.
10:30:32 ROLL-CALL VOTE.
10:30:34 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
10:30:36 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:30:37 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:30:39 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:30:40 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:30:43 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:30:49 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:30:52 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:30:54 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:30:58 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:30:59 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:30:59 NOW MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN ITEM 51, SAME SETUP WITH TWO
10:31:05 RULES?
10:31:06 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:31:07 MIRANDA.
10:31:08 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO OPEN BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:31:10 SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES.
10:31:12 ROLL-CALL VOTE TO OPEN THE HEARING.
10:31:18 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:31:19 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:31:21 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:31:22 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:31:25 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:31:28 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:31:30 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:31:32 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:31:34 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:31:36 ALL RIGHT.
10:31:36 ITEM NUMBER 51, JAN McLEAN.
10:31:40 >>JAN McLEAN: GOOD MORNING AGAIN, JAN McLEAN WITH THE
10:31:43 OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY.
10:31:44 WE'RE HERE TODAY FOR THREE ITEMS UNDER ITEM NUMBER 51, FILE
10:31:49 E2020-8.
10:31:51 WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU FIRST IS A SECOND READING OF
10:31:55 REVISIONS TO THE ORDINANCE FOR CHAPTER 24.5 REGARDING THE
10:32:02 TOURISM MARKETING DISTRICTS.
10:32:04 AS YOU MAY RECALL, THIS ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED BACK IN 2017.
10:32:11 IT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY CHALLENGED BY THE SPEAKER, THE THEN
10:32:16 CURRENT SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE AND HAS GONE THROUGH LITIGATION
10:32:21 AND -- [AUDIO CUTS OUT] -- WHAT WAS PROPOSED AND AT FIRST
10:32:25 READING BEFORE YOU, WHICH YOU APPROVED WAS REVISIONS TO THE
10:32:28 ORDINANCE, WHICH WOULD COMPLY WITH THE ITEMS THAT WERE
10:32:31 BROUGHT TO ISSUE BY THEN SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
10:32:35 SO YOU HAVE THOSE REVISIONS UNDER SECOND READING FOR YOUR
10:32:39 APPROVAL HERE TODAY.
10:32:41 IN ADDITION, WE HAVE TWO RESOLUTIONS.
10:32:44 THE FIRST BEING, IS A DECLARATION OF THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT
10:32:48 BECAUSE THE COLLECTION OF THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FOR THIS
10:32:50 YEAR WILL BE DONE WITH THE ALTERNATIVE METHOD AS AUTHORIZED
10:32:54 BY CHAPTER 170 OF FLORIDA STATUTES.
10:32:57 SO IT WOULD NEED YOU TO APPROVE THAT ALTERNATIVE METHOD
10:33:00 DECLARATION RESOLUTION.
10:33:02 AND THE LAST ITEM, WHICH IS A RESOLUTION, WHICH WOULD SET A
10:33:06 TIME AND DATE FOR HEARING FOR THE ADOPTION FOR THE ROLL FOR
10:33:09 THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FOR THIS YEAR, AND THAT IS THE THIRD
10:33:13 RESOLUTION.
10:33:14 AND THOSE WOULD, OF COURSE, BE CONTINGENT ON YOUR APPROVAL
10:33:18 OF THE ORDINANCE UNDER SECOND READING.
10:33:20 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I HAVE MR. TOM CLOUD, WHO IS A
10:33:24 PARTNER WITH GRAY ROBINSON, WHO REPRESENTS THE HILLSBOROUGH
10:33:27 COUNTY HOTEL AND MOTEL ASSOCIATION ON THE LINE.
10:33:30 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE
10:33:32 GENTLEMAN ON THE LINE?
10:33:35 ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS?
10:33:36 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:33:37 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD.
10:33:40 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:33:40 IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THE CITY OF TAMPA IS JUST A
10:33:44 PASS-THROUGH FOR THIS, CORRECT?
10:33:49 >>JAN McLEAN: YES.
10:33:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:33:53 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:33:54 DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS?
10:34:00 I HEAR NONE.
10:34:02 ALL RIGHT.
10:34:03 BEFORE WE GO TO READING THE ORDINANCE AND SETTING THE
10:34:07 RESOLUTIONS, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES
10:34:09 TO SPEAK?
10:34:11 ANYBODY AT THE CONVENTION CENTER?
10:34:12 ANY WRITTEN DOCUMENTS?
10:34:13 ANYTHING AT ALL?
10:34:15 >>THE CLERK: CHAIR, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY WRITTEN DOCUMENTS NOR
10:34:17 DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS LIVE.
10:34:22 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
10:34:22 BEFORE WE CLOSE THE HEARING, WE HAVE TO READ THE ORDINANCE
10:34:25 AND PASS THESE RESOLUTIONS.
10:34:28 COUNCILMAN CITRO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THE ORDINANCE BEING
10:34:32 PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION?
10:34:35 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES, MR. CHAIR.
10:34:37 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:34:38 FILE NUMBER E2020-8, CH 24.5.
10:34:43 AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND
10:34:46 ADOPTION.
10:34:46 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, RELATING TO
10:34:49 TOURISM MARKETING DISTRICTS; AMENDING THE CITY OF TAMPA CODE
10:34:53 OF ORDINANCES; REVISING AND RESTATING CHAPTER 24.5, SECTIONS
10:34:59 24.5-1 THROUGH 24.5-23 PROVIDING FINDINGS; MODIFYING THE
10:35:07 DOWNTOWN/HISTORIC YBOR TOURISM MARKETING DISTRICT;
10:35:11 ESTABLISHING THE SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED WITHIN THE
10:35:15 DISTRICT; PROVIDING A LEVY AND PROCESS FOR COLLECTION OF
10:35:18 SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS TO FUND THE SERVICES PROVIDED WITHIN THE
10:35:21 DISTRICT; PROVIDING AN ALTERNATIVE OR A UNIFORM METHOD OF
10:35:26 COLLECTION OF SUCH SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS; PROVIDING FOR A
10:35:30 SEPARATE ACCOUNTING FUND; PROVIDING FOR AMENDMENTS TO THIS
10:35:34 ORDINANCE, THE COLLECTION OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS AND THE
10:35:37 INCREASE IN SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS BEYOND MAXIMUM RATE
10:35:41 AUTHORIZED; PROVIDING FOR CORRECTIONS OF ERRORS AND
10:35:44 OMISSIONS IN THE ASSESSMENT ROLL; PROVIDING FOR
10:35:47 SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR AN
10:35:51 EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:35:52 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE A SECOND TO THIS --
10:35:56 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:35:58 MIRANDA.
10:35:58 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
10:36:00 IF WE CAN HAVE A ROLL-CALL VOTE, PLEASE?
10:36:03 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
10:36:04 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:36:05 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:36:06 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:36:10 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:36:12 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:36:14 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:36:17 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:36:20 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED --
10:36:25 >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
10:36:26 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, CLERK.
10:36:28 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:36:31 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:36:32 NEXT WE HAVE TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
10:36:34 THIS IS THE FIRST RESOLUTION.
10:36:35 WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE THAT?
10:36:38 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:36:40 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:36:43 DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
10:36:44 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECOND.
10:36:45 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES.
10:36:47 ROLL-CALL VOTE.
10:36:48 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
10:36:50 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:36:50 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:36:52 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:36:54 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:36:57 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:37:00 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:37:03 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YEAH.
10:37:06 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:37:09 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:37:10 NOW MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THE SECOND RESOLUTION, WHICH
10:37:13 IS TO SET THE TIME AND DATE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING?
10:37:21 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SO MOVED.
10:37:21 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND, MIRANDA.
10:37:22 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES.
10:37:25 SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
10:37:28 ROLL-CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
10:37:30 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
10:37:31 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:37:31 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:37:34 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:37:36 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:37:38 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:37:42 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:37:44 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:37:48 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:37:54 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:37:55 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:37:56 MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING?
10:37:58 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:38:00 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SO MOVED.
10:38:00 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
10:38:03 SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES.
10:38:04 ROLL-CALL VOTE.
10:38:05 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
10:38:06 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:38:07 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:38:09 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:38:11 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:38:15 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:38:19 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:38:19 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:38:22 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:38:25 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:38:26 THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC HEARING.
10:38:27 WE'LL GO TO STAFF REPORTS AND UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
10:38:30 ITEM NUMBER 52, THAT WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, ALL I NEED IS A
10:38:35 MOTION TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
10:38:36 MAY I HAVE THAT MOTION?
10:38:39 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVE, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:38:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
10:38:45 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:38:49 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:38:51 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:38:52 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:38:54 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:38:55 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:38:57 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:39:04 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:39:05 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:39:07 WE HANDLED ITEM NUMBER 53, WHICH WAS REMOVED.
10:39:09 SO WE GO TO ITEM NUMBER 54.
10:39:12 ITEM NUMBER 54 REGARDING FAIR OAKS COMMUNITY CENTER.
10:39:16 WHO WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN.
10:39:20 >>OCEA WYNN: GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
10:39:22 OCEA WYNN, NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
10:39:25 YES, I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF FAIR OAKS AND
10:39:29 WHAT WAS PRESENTED LAST WEEK AT THE COMMUNITY OPENING.
10:39:36 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:39:41 TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY OF THE BUILDING, IT WAS
10:39:43 ORIGINALLY BUILT IN 1974 WITH AN ADDITIONAL ADD-ON IN 1992.
10:39:51 WE HAD SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BUILDING WITHIN THE LAST TEN
10:39:56 YEARS AS WELL AS SOME INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS IN
10:40:01 2013.
10:40:04 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:40:07 THIS IS ONE OF OUR ACTIVE BUILDINGS IN THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER
10:40:13 OF ATTENDEES ATTENDING THE CENTER.
10:40:17 WE HAVE WEEKLY USAGE OF THE FITNESS CENTER AS WELL AS SUMMER
10:40:23 CAMPS, THE NO SCHOOL CAMPS FOR THE STUDENTS WHO ARE -- FOR
10:40:29 THE TEACHER IN-SERVICE DATES AS WELL AS SPRING BREAK CAMP.
10:40:36 THIS FACILITY IS ALSO USED -- [AUDIO CUTS OUT] -- INCLUDING
10:40:41 WEEKLY CHURCH SERVICE PRIOR TO COVID, AS WELL AS YOUTH
10:40:45 SPORTS PROGRAMS.
10:40:46 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:40:53 SO TO MANAGE EXPECTATIONS AND TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT
10:40:58 CAN BE EXPECTED IS WE WILL BE GOING INTO THE DESIGN PHASE OF
10:41:04 THE CONCEPTUAL PROJECT IN 2021.
10:41:10 IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDES, I'LL GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THAT
10:41:14 CONCEPT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
10:41:16 ADDITIONALLY, AFTER WE HAVE THE DESIGN DONE, WE'RE LOOKING
10:41:19 AT HAVING THE CONSTRUCTION TO START IN 2022 AS WELL AS THE
10:41:25 PROJECT COMPLETION IN 2024.
10:41:29 WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT THE PROJECTED COST FOR THIS PROJECT
10:41:34 WILL BE AROUND $18 MILLION.
10:41:38 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:41:40 SO, SOME OF THE PROJECT DETAILS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING, AND I
10:41:49 WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS THE CONCEPT THAT WE ARE PROPOSING
10:41:54 IN ORDER FOR US TO REALIZE SUCCESS, WE WILL HAVE TO GET
10:41:59 COMMUNITY INPUT AND COMMUNITY BUY-IN.
10:42:02 BUT FOR THE CONCEPTS FOR THE DESIGN OR FOR WHAT -- TO
10:42:07 PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE CENTER TEN LOOKS LIKE, WE
10:42:13 WILL BE RENOVATING THE EXISTING COMMUNITY CENTER.
10:42:17 WE WILL BE LOOKING AT ADDING NEW FOOTBALL AND SOFTBALL
10:42:22 FIELDS WITH BASKETBALL COURTS.
10:42:26 WE ARE PROPOSING A TODDLER LOT AND SPLASH PADS, AS WELL AS
10:42:31 AN INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND AS WHAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER IN
10:42:36 COUNCIL THIS MORNING.
10:42:39 OUR SHELTERS WILL BE COVERED SHELTERS TO PROTECT NOT ONLY
10:42:43 THE CHILDREN BUT THE SENIORS WHO WILL BE USING THE
10:42:47 FACILITIES FROM THE FLORIDA SUMMER HEAT AND THE RAIN, AS
10:42:51 WELL AS A LIGHTED WALKING PATH AND EXPANDED PARKING.
10:42:56 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:42:57 SO THIS, AGAIN, PROVIDES SOME OF THE CONCEPTS IN A LITTLE
10:43:07 BIT CLOSER VIEW.
10:43:09 RENOVATING WHAT'S EXISTING THERE IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER AS
10:43:16 WELL AS BUILDING AN EXPANSION OF A 7300 SQUARE FOOT
10:43:22 FACILITY.
10:43:25 WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS TO BE A MULTIUSE FACILITY, IF THAT'S
10:43:30 WHAT THE COMMUNITY DEEMS NECESSARY BASED ON THE INPUT.
10:43:35 THIS GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A CLOSER VISUAL FOR THE
10:43:39 TODDLER LOT, SPLASH PADS AND THE BALL FIELD.
10:43:45 THE EXPANDED PARKING WILL BE LOOKING AT VACATING BOTH
10:43:51 CARACAS AS WELL AS -- THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE -- WILDER
10:44:05 STREETS.
10:44:06 TO PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE, THE REASON WE HAVE LOCATED THIS
10:44:13 FACILITY IS BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT ONLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE
10:44:19 AN EXISTING BUILDING AND EXISTING STRUCTURE, BUT WE HAVE AN
10:44:25 OPPORTUNITY TO FILL SOME OF THE PROXIMITY GAPS OF WHAT THE
10:44:30 RESIDENTS IN EAST TAMPA WOULD HAVE TO TRAVEL IN TERMS OF
10:44:35 GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN GYM AND DANCE IN OTHER AREAS WITHIN
10:44:41 THE CITY.
10:44:43 WAYNE PAPY IS ABOUT FOUR MILES AWAY.
10:44:47 NEW TAMPA REC CENTER IS ABOUT 12.5 MILES AWAY FOR THE
10:44:51 RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE PROGRAMS.
10:44:54 IN TERMS OF THE EXISTING SENIOR CENTERS AND SENIOR PROGRAMS,
10:44:58 BARKSDALE AT MacFARLANE PARK IS EIGHT MILES AWAY AND THE
10:45:04 RAGAN CENTER IS 2.5 MILES.
10:45:07 SO THIS CENTER WILL ALLOW THOSE PARTICIPANTS TO USE THE
10:45:15 FACILITIES AND THE AMENITIES THERE WITHOUT HAVING TO LEAVE
10:45:18 THE EAST TAMPA AREA AND TO FILL SOME OF THOSE NEEDS IN THAT
10:45:24 COMMUNITY.
10:45:25 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:45:26 IN ORDER FOR US TO MAKE THIS CONCEPT A REALITY, ONE OF THE
10:45:37 THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING IS -- PENNY SAVER
10:45:42 PROPERTY WHICH IS SOUTH OF THE EXISTING BUILDING, SOUTH OF
10:45:47 THE DETENTION AREA.
10:45:50 THIS FACILITY BUILDING WILL BE MODELED AFTER BARKSDALE.
10:45:54 AND THEN FOR THE GYM AND DANCE, WE'LL BE USING THE 7300
10:46:02 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING THAT RECENTLY JUST MENTIONED FOR THE
10:46:08 GYM AND DANCE PROGRAMS.
10:46:11 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:46:13 SO THE CENTER, THIRTEEN HUNDRED SQUARE-FOOT BUILDING, THIS
10:46:26 IS THE SAME SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AT
10:46:31 BARKSDALE.
10:46:34 THE PLAN, AS I MENTIONED, HAVE THE EXPANDED PARKING VACATING
10:46:41 THE STREET AND PROVIDING A LIGHTED WALKING PATH AROUND THE
10:46:47 PERIMETER OF THIS WHOLE COMPLEX.
10:46:52 WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR THE SENIORS INSTALLING THE SHUFFLEBOARD
10:46:56 COURTS WHICH WILL BE COVERED AS WELL.
10:46:59 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
10:47:01 THIS IS THE LAYOUT OF WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOR BARKSDALE,
10:47:08 WHICH WILL PROVIDE A REALISTIC EXPECTATION OF WHAT THE
10:47:12 BUILDING WILL LOOK LIKE, CAN LOOK LIKE FOR THE NEW SENIOR
10:47:18 CENTER.
10:47:19 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:47:26 IN ORDER FOR THIS TO BE A SUCCESS, COMMUNITY INPUT IS, IN
10:47:30 FACT, CRITICAL.
10:47:32 WHAT WE ARE PROVIDING IS WHAT THE PROJECT COULD LOOK LIKE.
10:47:38 HOWEVER, WE WILL NEED THE COMMUNITY TO LET US KNOW WHAT IT
10:47:43 IS THEY WANT AND WE WILL MEET IN THE AREAS WHERE WE NEED TO
10:47:51 NEGOTIATE, WE WILL MEET THE NEEDS SO THAT EVERYONE --
10:47:57 THROUGH NEGOTIATION, PROVIDE INPUT AND WE CAN SEE WHAT WE
10:48:01 CAN ACTUALLY INCLUDE IN THE PROGRAM, INCLUDE IN THE CENTER.
10:48:06 AS THE DESIGN PHASE TAKES PLACE, THAT'S WHEN WE WILL START
10:48:10 THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SO THAT THE IDEAS CAN BE INCLUDED
10:48:17 IN THE FRONT END INSTEAD OF WAITING AS WE GET DOWN INTO THE
10:48:23 PROJECT TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES.
10:48:25 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
10:48:27 THIS PROVIDES THE OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING FOR FAIR
10:48:34 OAKS COMMUNITY CENTER.
10:48:38 I WOULD ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS.
10:48:45 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CHAIRMAN?
10:48:47 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR, COUNCILMAN GUDES, GO AHEAD.
10:48:50 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED ON THE DESIGN
10:48:54 MODELS.
10:48:55 I WANT TO ASK MS. OCEA IF SHE CAN CLARIFY.
10:48:58 I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE POSSIBLE PENNY SAVER
10:49:02 WOULD BE WHERE THE MULTICULTURAL CENTER WOULD BE AND WOULD
10:49:06 INCLUDE THE SENIOR CENTER AND GYMNASTICS.
10:49:10 I WASN'T AWARE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING GYMNASTICS
10:49:14 ON 7300-SQUARE-FOOT EXPANSION.
10:49:17 I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BIG ENOUGH FOR GYM AND DANCE TO BE IN
10:49:21 THAT CENTER.
10:49:23 I DON'T KNOW IF MR. SUDER IS ON THE PHONE TO EXPLAIN THAT.
10:49:27 I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE SENIOR CENTER WOULD BE A
10:49:33 COLLABORATION AS A MULTICULTURAL CENTER WITH THE GYMNASTICS
10:49:37 AT THE PENNY SAVER LOT.
10:49:40 I GUESS I NEED TO GET A LITTLE CLARIFICATION ON THAT.
10:49:42 THAT IS A BIG DEAL FOR ME.
10:49:44 I LOOK AT NEW TAMPA AND JUST MAKES ME JUMP UP AND DOWN WHEN
10:49:48 I SEE HOW BEAUTIFUL INSIDE THAT CENTER IS AND SEEING THOSE
10:49:53 KIDS JUMP UP AND DOWN AND BEING ABLE TO DO DANCE AND
10:49:56 GYMNASTICS.
10:49:57 I KNOW IN OUR COMMUNITY, IT WILL BE A BIG IMPACT.
10:50:01 IF I CAN GET AN EXPLANATION ON THOSE TWO BUILDINGS.
10:50:04 BARKSDALE IS A NICE CENTER, BUT IT IS OUTDATED, THOUGH.
10:50:07 I'M JUST WONDERING ABOUT THAT.
10:50:09 >>OCEA WYNN: COUNCILMAN GUDES, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, SO,
10:50:14 YES, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS PROPOSING -- AGAIN, THIS IS
10:50:19 ALL IN THE CONCEPTUAL PHASE, AS A MULTIUSE CENTER.
10:50:25 MEANING, IF, IN FACT, THE 7300 SQUARE FOOT SPACE IS NOT
10:50:33 ADEQUATE OR WE COULD HAVE THAT AS AN ALTERNATE USE, THEN
10:50:40 THAT'S AN OPTION.
10:50:42 YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
10:50:45 WHEN WE DISCUSSED THIS, WE DISCUSSED USING THE SENIOR CENTER
10:50:50 AS THE LOCATION FOR THE GYM AND DANCE, AND ALL OF THIS WILL
10:50:59 BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, AS WE GO
10:51:03 INTO THE DESIGN PHASE.
10:51:05 SO THESE ARE CONCEPTUAL IDEAS ONLY.
10:51:10 >>ORLANDO GUDES: AGAIN, I'M GRATEFUL TO THE CHIEF OF STAFF
10:51:14 AND YOU AND THE MAYOR FOR US TO COME TOGETHER AS A COUNCIL
10:51:18 AND AS AN ADMINISTRATION.
10:51:20 AND AGAIN, TO BRIDGE THE COMMUNITIES IN MY DISTRICT TOGETHER
10:51:24 SO THERE'S NO INFIGHTING, WE WERE ABLE TO COME TO A
10:51:30 COMPROMISE.
10:51:31 AND EVERYBODY SEEMS HAPPY AND OVERJOYED WITH THE COMPROMISE
10:51:34 OF TRYING TO GET THE GYMNASTICS, SENIOR CENTER, FAIR OAKS
10:51:38 RENOVATED AND THE OTHER AMENITY TO THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN IS
10:51:42 WONDERFUL.
10:51:43 PEOPLE ARE READY FOR THE WORK TO BEGIN.
10:51:45 I'M GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO COME TO A RESOLUTION WITH EVERYONE
10:51:48 INVOLVED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
10:51:49 IT IS A BIG PROJECT FOR EAST TAMPA.
10:51:51 EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT IT.
10:51:52 IT'S ALL OVER THE TOWN.
10:51:53 ALL THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, SOMETHING BIG IS COMING.
10:51:56 THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY COMING THROUGH THE EAST TAMPA AREA IS
10:51:59 SIGNIFICANT, AND WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK THAT'S
10:52:02 BEING PUT INTO THIS.
10:52:03 I YIELD BACK TO THE CHAIRMAN.
10:52:05 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:52:06 ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
10:52:11 >>BILL CARLSON: THIS IS CARLSON.
10:52:13 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CARLSON AND THEN CITRO.
10:52:15 GO AHEAD, MR. CARLSON.
10:52:16 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:52:17 I WANT TO STATE THE SAME THING.
10:52:19 THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR TAKING A SERIOUS LOOK AT THIS AND
10:52:24 FOR ANY CONSTITUENTS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY WHO MAY BE
10:52:27 WATCHING.
10:52:29 PRIOR REPORTS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN SHOWED THAT THIS FACILITY
10:52:33 WAS NOT WELL MAINTAINED AND WAS NOT KEPT UP TO THE STANDARDS
10:52:39 AS COMMUNITY CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE CITY.
10:52:42 SO ALTHOUGH PARKS IN SOUTH TAMPA AND OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY
10:52:46 HAVE PROBLEMS AS WELL, THIS ONE WAS WAY BEHIND MANY OF THE
10:52:49 OTHER ONES.
10:52:51 IT'S GREAT TO BE BRINGING IT UP TO STANDARD AND ALSO
10:52:54 MATCHING MANY OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON WITH OTHER
10:52:57 PARKS.
10:52:58 I WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION.
10:53:01 THE GENESIS OF MY AWARENESS OF THIS ANYWAY, A YEAR, YEAR AND
10:53:04 A HALF AGO, WAS THAT PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY CAME AND
10:53:08 TALKED ABOUT RATS BEING IN THIS FACILITY AND THAT THE PAPER
10:53:14 HAS INFAMOUSLY WRITTEN ABOUT IT AS WELL.
10:53:17 BUT THAT WAS THE FIRST THAT I HEARD ABOUT IT BECAUSE THE
10:53:19 COMMUNITY CAME AND SAID, OUR SENIORS AND OUR KIDS CAN'T GO
10:53:22 PLAY THERE BECAUSE THERE ARE RAT HAIRS FALLING ON US.
10:53:25 WE MADE A MOTION AT CITY COUNCIL AND ASKED THE RATS BE TAKEN
10:53:28 OUT, AND THE STAFF CAME BACK AND RECORDED THAT ONE RAT WAS
10:53:32 FOUND SUBSEQUENTLY.
10:53:33 AND THEN THE COMMUNITY AT THAT MEETING AND THEN AT THE
10:53:37 PUBLIC MEETING WE HELD A SHORT TIME THEREAFTER SAID THERE
10:53:40 WERE STILL RATS EVEN WHEN WE WERE STANDING IN THE ROOM, THEY
10:53:43 SAID THERE WERE STILL RATS THERE.
10:53:44 JUST CURIOUS, IS THERE ANY UPDATE ON THE SITUATION?
10:53:48 THE PAPER SAID THAT THE RATS HAVE SINCE BEEN REMOVED AND
10:53:50 THERE'S NO MORE PROBLEM, CAN WE CONFIRM THAT AND THAT
10:53:53 THERE'S BEEN NO MORE COMPLAINTS FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT
10:53:55 RATS?
10:53:58 >>OCEA WYNN: YES, SIR, COUNCILMAN.
10:53:59 WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMPLAINTS SINCE THE LAST REPORTING
10:54:06 OF THE RATS IN THE BUILDING.
10:54:07 AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE ENGAGED NOT ONLY OUR FACILITY
10:54:11 MANAGEMENT TEAM THROUGH ASSET MANAGEMENT, BUT ALSO HIRED A
10:54:20 -- AN EXTERMINATOR CONTRACTOR OR COMPANY TO ENSURE THAT ALL
10:54:25 OF THE OPENINGS IN THE BUILDING WERE CLOSED, THAT ALL OF THE
10:54:29 LOW-HANGING TREES OR BRANCHES WERE CUT BACK AND REMOVED.
10:54:35 SO WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY RECENT COMPLAINTS, BUT I CAN FOLLOW
10:54:41 UP TO SEE IF THAT STILL HOLDS TRUE.
10:54:43 >>BILL CARLSON: GREAT.
10:54:45 THANK YOU.
10:54:45 JUST ONE FINAL COMMENT.
10:54:47 YOU KNOW, CITIZENS OF COMMUNITIES GET FRUSTRATED SOMETIMES
10:54:49 BECAUSE THEY THINK GOVERNMENT ISN'T LISTENING.
10:54:51 THIS IS A CASE WHERE CITY COUNCIL LISTENED, THE MAYOR'S
10:54:54 OFFICE LISTENED, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE, I WAS PLEASED TO HEAR
10:54:58 IN YOUR CONVERSATION THAT YOU PLAN TO CONTINUE LISTENING AND
10:55:01 WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY ON THIS.
10:55:02 SO TO EVERYONE WHO HAS AN ISSUE WHERE THEY ARE FRUSTRATED,
10:55:05 PLEASE KNOW THAT WE ARE LISTENING AND WE'RE TRYING TO WORK
10:55:08 TO HELP FURTHER THE COMMUNITY.
10:55:09 THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
10:55:12 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:55:12 COUNCILMAN CITRO.
10:55:13 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
10:55:15 MS. OCEA, THIS IS A VERY, VERY GOOD REPORT.
10:55:19 I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS.
10:55:21 TO COUNCILMAN CARLSON'S POINT, YES, COUNCILMAN GUDES,
10:55:25 COUNCILMAN CARLSON AND MYSELF WERE AT FAIR OAKS WHEN THE
10:55:28 COMMUNITY CAME OUT AND SPOKE, AND WE, THE CITY COUNCIL,
10:55:31 HEARD THEM VERY, VERY LOUD AND CLEAR.
10:55:35 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF THAT HAD
10:55:39 HEARD THE CONCERNS AND HEARD THE VOICES OF THE COMMUNITY,
10:55:43 BUT I ALSO LIKE TO THANK MR. PAUL DIAL WHO IS THE HEAD OF
10:55:49 PARKS AND RECREATION.
10:55:51 I THANK HIM FOR HIS HELP, BUT ACTUALLY, ALL THE KUDOS GO TO
10:55:56 COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:55:57 COUNCILMAN GUDES, THANK YOU FOR BEING A REPRESENTATIVE OF
10:56:00 YOUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR DISTRICT AND CONGRATULATIONS FOR
10:56:04 THIS BIG PROJECT THAT IS GOING TO COME TO FRUITION BECAUSE
10:56:09 OF YOUR HARD WORK.
10:56:10 THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:56:11 MR. CHAIR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:56:12 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:56:13 ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
10:56:16 >>LUIS VIERA: VIERA, IF I MAY.
10:56:18 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. VIERA, GO AHEAD.
10:56:20 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:56:23 I WANTED TO ECHO WHAT A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES ARE SAYING.
10:56:27 I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY MEETING, COUNCILMAN
10:56:29 CITRO, COUNCILMAN CARLSON OBVIOUSLY BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN
10:56:34 THIS ISSUE.
10:56:35 BUT I THINK WE ALL AGREE IN SALUTING COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:56:38 WE ALL REMEMBER A YEAR AGO AT THAT BUDGET HEARING WHEN
10:56:42 COUNCILMAN ORLANDO SURPRISED US ALL BY ASKING FOR A MILLION
10:56:44 DOLLARS.
10:56:45 I REMEMBER DURING OUR BREAK GOING UP TO OUR FRIEND JOE GRECO
10:56:48 AND GOING, "THIS IS CRAZY. WHAT'S GOING ON?"
10:56:53 BUT WHAT WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY ACCOUNT FOR WAS FOR A
10:56:57 COUNCILMAN COMING IN LIKE A WRECKING BALL FOR HIS COMMUNITY
10:57:00 AND FOR HIS DISTRICT.
10:57:02 SO I REALLY JUST WANTED TO SALUTE COUNCILMAN GUDES FOR HIS
10:57:05 WORK IN THIS REGARD AND CERTAINLY THE MAYOR FOR -- AND THE
10:57:10 ADMINISTRATION FOR WORKING WITH THE COUNCILMAN ON THIS
10:57:14 ISSUE.
10:57:14 IT'S A GREAT VICTORY FOR ALL OF THE CITY OF TAMPA AS FAR AS
10:57:17 I'M CONCERNED.
10:57:19 AND ALSO WHAT COUNCILMAN CITRO SAID, AND THANK YOU,
10:57:22 COUNCILMAN CITRO, FOR BRINGING UP MR. PAUL DIAL IN WORKING
10:57:25 WITH PAUL DIAL, I ALWAYS FOUND HIM TO BE A NICE GENTLEMAN
10:57:29 WHO LISTENED, AND I KNOW THAT HE WORKED ON THIS AS WELL.
10:57:33 THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CITRO, FOR MENTIONING THAT.
10:57:35 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
10:57:37 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:57:40 ANYBODY ELSE?
10:57:40 WELL, COUNCILMAN GUDES, THIS IS A HUGE VICTORY, NOT JUST FOR
10:57:46 YOURSELF, BUT FOR THE PEOPLE OF YOUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR
10:57:48 DISTRICT.
10:57:49 I CALLED DISTRICT FIVE THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT, BUT UNDER
10:57:54 YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOU'RE CHANGING THAT.
10:57:56 YOU'RE CHANGING THE NARRATIVE AND YOU'RE DELIVERING TO THE
10:57:59 COMMUNITY, AND IT'S AN AREA OF THE CITY THAT'S BEEN
10:58:03 NEGLECTED FOR MORE ABOUT HALF A CENTURY, IF NOT EVEN LONGER.
10:58:07 BUT WITH YOUR DETERMINATION AND HARD WORK, YOU'RE MAKING
10:58:11 PROGRESS AND GETTING THINGS DONE, NOT IN A SMALL WAY, BUT IN
10:58:15 A BIG SIGNIFICANT WAY THAT WILL AFFECT NOT THIS GENERATION
10:58:19 BUT THE NEXT ONE AS WELL.
10:58:21 MS. OCEA WYNN, ANYTHING MORE AT THIS TIME?
10:58:25 DO YOU HAVE MORE FOR THE PRESENTATION?
10:58:26 >>OCEA WYNN: NO, THAT'S IT FOR NOW.
10:58:28 THANK YOU.
10:58:28 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:58:29 THAT CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA.
10:58:31 AT 10:58 A.M.
10:58:35 10:58 A.M.
10:58:36 IT SEEMS LIKE THE OLD DAYS.
10:58:38 HAVING SAID THAT, SEEING THAT THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, WE'LL GO
10:58:41 TO INFORMATION REPORTS AND NEW BUSINESS FROM COUNCIL
10:58:43 MEMBERS.
10:58:43 I'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING
10:58:46 AT THIS TIME, SIR?
10:58:48 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, NOTHING AT ALL.
10:58:50 YOU KNOW, I WAS GOING TO ENCOURAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO DO
10:58:53 THIS, JUST THINKING OF THIS OFF THE CUFF, SO TO SPEAK, I HAD
10:58:57 INTRODUCED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, A MOTION WITH REGARD TO AN
10:59:05 APPRENTICESHIP ORDINANCE, AND I WAS GOING TO BE TAKING A
10:59:08 TOUR OF AN APPRENTICESHIP FACILITY THAT'S RUN BY SOME OF OUR
10:59:12 LABOR ORGANIZATIONS, AND, OBVIOUSLY, WE CAN'T DO IT
10:59:16 TOGETHER, BUT I JUST WANT TO FORMALLY ENCOURAGE ALL COUNCIL
10:59:20 MEMBERS TO TOUR, IF YOU HAVE TIME IN THE COMING MONTHS,
10:59:23 WEEKS, WHAT HAVE YOU, THE APPRENTICESHIP FACILITIES THAT SO
10:59:29 MANY OF OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVE HERE.
10:59:31 IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE IT -- I MEAN, I DID IT A COUPLE OF YEARS
10:59:34 AGO, BUT JUST TO GET A GOOD FIRSTHAND VIEW OF WHAT, GOODNESS
10:59:38 WILLING, WE'RE GOING TO BE PUSHING THROUGH AND DEALING WITH
10:59:40 IN THE CITY IN TERMS OF CREATING ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
10:59:45 FOR UPWARD MOBILITY FOR SO MANY OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND
10:59:48 OTHER PEOPLE IN THE CITY, JUST WANTED TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS IN
10:59:50 THAT REGARD.
10:59:51 BUT NOTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE VOTED ON.
10:59:53 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
10:59:55 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:59:56 COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES.
10:59:57 >>ORLANDO GUDES: NOTHING TODAY, SIR.
11:00:00 THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
11:00:00 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:00:02 COUNCIL MEMBER DINGFELDER?
11:00:05 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:00:06 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, SIR.
11:00:08 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: IN REGARD TO ALL FOR TRANSPORTATION, WE
11:00:16 PASSED THAT REFERENDUM, I THINK IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS AGO, AND
11:00:20 IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CITY IS NOW IN RECEIPT OF I
11:00:26 THINK ABOUT $60 MILLION THAT'S JUST SITTING IN OUR TREASURY,
11:00:30 GATHERING INTEREST, BUT NOT BEING USED, LIKE THE CITIZENS
11:00:34 ASKED FOR.
11:00:35 I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LAWSUIT PENDING.
11:00:38 I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S NO INJUNCTION TO KEEP US FROM
11:00:41 SPENDING THAT MONEY.
11:00:42 WHAT I WOULD LIKE IS -- STAFF AND LEGAL ON THE STATUS OF THE
11:00:49 LAWSUIT, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY ON THE STATUS OF THE MONEY
11:00:52 THAT'S --
11:00:53 THE PEOPLE SPOKE, THEY SAID COLLECT OUR MONEY.
11:00:56 USE IT FOR TRANSPORTATION, AND YET TWO YEARS HAVE PASSED,
11:01:02 COLLECTING TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND HAVEN'T DONE
11:01:04 ANYTHING WITH IT.
11:01:06 I THINK IN SOME WAYS THAT'S BREACHING OUR RESPONSIBILITY.
11:01:12 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANDREA?
11:01:13 >>ANDREA ZELMAN: YES, I'M SORRY.
11:01:15 THIS IS ANDREA ZELMAN, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY.
11:01:18 I JUST WANTED TO ADVISE MR. DINGFELDER, WE WOULD BE GLAD TO
11:01:22 DISCUSS THIS ISSUE OFFLINE.
11:01:25 YOU KNOW THAT AS A GENERAL RULE, A GENERAL POLICY, WE DO NOT
11:01:28 LIKE TO, AND WE DON'T DISCUSS MATTERS THAT ARE IN LITIGATION
11:01:33 IN A PUBLIC FORUM SUCH AS THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
11:01:37 THIS IS A LEGAL ISSUE.
11:01:38 IT WAS A LEGAL DECISION AS TO WHETHER THE MONEY COULD BE
11:01:43 SPENT PENDING THE -- THE SAME LEGAL DECISION WAS MADE BY THE
11:01:47 COUNTY AND BY HART.
11:01:49 I'M GLAD TO DISCUSS OFF-LINE WITH MR. DINGFELDER OR WITH ANY
11:01:54 OTHER MEMBER OF COUNCIL AND OUR OFFICE, I SHOULD SAY, IS
11:01:57 GLAD TO DISCUSS WITH YOU THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE
11:02:00 LITIGATION AND THE STATUS OF THOSE FUNDS.
11:02:02 BUT WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU NOT REQUEST THAT AT A PUBLIC FORUM
11:02:10 SUCH AS A COUNCIL MEETING OR PUBLIC REPORT.
11:02:13 THANK YOU.
11:02:13 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I KNOW THAT -- WELL, I'LL CONTINUE WITH
11:02:16 MY STATEMENT.
11:02:17 I KNOW THAT IS THE CITY ATTORNEY'S POSITION.
11:02:20 I THINK THAT POSITION IS TOO CONSERVATIVE.
11:02:22 I THINK THAT THE PUBLIC VOTED FOR THIS.
11:02:24 THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO KNOW, A, WHAT'S GOING ON.
11:02:28 B, MORE IMPORTANTLY, I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE A COMMUNITY
11:02:30 DISCUSSION ON WHETHER WE SPEND THE MONEY.
11:02:33 JUST BECAUSE SOME COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS GOT TOGETHER WITH
11:02:37 THE MAYOR, GOT TOGETHER WITH HART, AND AMONG THOSE
11:02:42 NONELECTED OFFICIALS MADE SOME KIND OF DECISION NOT TO SPEND
11:02:46 THE MONEY, I THINK THAT'S, FRANKLY, A POLICY DECISION THAT
11:02:51 COUNCIL NEEDS TO DISCUSS AND THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO DISCUSS.
11:02:54 >>GINA GRIMES: THIS IS GINA GRIMES, THE CITY ATTORNEY.
11:02:57 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: IF I COULD FINISH.
11:03:00 >>GINA GRIMES: YOU'RE STATING FACTS THAT ARE INCORRECT.
11:03:05 I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD FOLLOW THE ADVICE
11:03:08 OF THE CITY ATTORNEY AND NOT DISCUSS MATTERS THAT ARE IN
11:03:10 LITIGATION.
11:03:11 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, MARTIN SHELBY.
11:03:16 MR. CHAIRMAN, POINT OF ORDER.
11:03:19 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: POINT OF ORDER.
11:03:20 MR. SHELBY.
11:03:21 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I HAD THE FLOOR.
11:03:23 I HAD THE FLOOR.
11:03:28 >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I CAN, MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I CAN BRING IT
11:03:32 TO THE CHAIR'S ATTENTION, AS WELL AS COUNCIL, BUT I THINK
11:03:37 IT'S IN THE PURVIEW OF THE CHAIR, MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT YOU BE
11:03:40 AWARE OF RULE 4-J OF COUNCILS RULES OF PROCEDURE AND THAT
11:03:47 COUNCIL SHOULD AVOID ANY DISCUSSION OF MATTERS AT A PUBLIC
11:03:51 MEETING WHERE THE CITY IS OR IS LIKELY TO BE A PARTY IN
11:03:54 LITIGATION WITHOUT THE CONCURRENCE OF COUNCIL.
11:03:56 MY POINT IN INTERRUPTING MR. DINGFELDER IS TO BRING THAT TO
11:03:59 THE CHAIR'S ATTENTION IN CASE HE WASN'T AWARE OR HAD THE
11:04:03 RULES VIRTUALLY AT HIS FINGERTIPS.
11:04:07 I WANT TO APPRISE HIM OF THAT AS WELL COUNCIL.
11:04:10 SORRY FOR INTERRUPTING.
11:04:11 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:04:11 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I HAD THE FLOOR.
11:04:13 IF I COULD ASK A QUESTION TO MS. GRIMES.
11:04:15 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD AND ASK YOUR QUESTION, SIR.
11:04:18 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY.
11:04:19 I THINK I'VE READ MOST OF THE LITIGATION, CORRECT ME IF I'M
11:04:24 WRONG, BUT I DON'T RECALL THE LITIGATION SPECIFICALLY
11:04:28 ADDRESSING WHAT HAPPENS TO THE MONEY WHILE DURING THE
11:04:33 PENDING LITIGATION.
11:04:36 I DON'T RECALL THERE BEING AN INJUNCTION AGAINST FROM US
11:04:39 SPENDING THAT MONEY.
11:04:40 I'M WELL AWARE OF THE LITIGATION.
11:04:42 I'M WELL AWARE OF THE MEAT OF THE LITIGATION.
11:04:48 I DON'T RECALL WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN, SHOULD, OR WILL SPEND
11:04:51 THE MONEY AND WHEN AS PART OF THE LITIGATION.
11:04:54 CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
11:04:56 >>GINA GRIMES: AS I SAID EARLIER -- GINA GRIMES, CITY
11:05:01 ATTORNEY.
11:05:01 AS I SAID EARLIER, I AM NOT DISCUSSING THIS ISSUE IN A
11:05:05 PUBLIC FORUM.
11:05:06 I'M HAPPY TO BRIEF YOU.
11:05:07 HAPPY TO HAVE OUR STAFF BRIEF YOU ON ALL OF THE VARIOUS
11:05:11 DIFFERENT LAWSUITS THAT ARE PENDING RIGHT NOW.
11:05:13 BUT THIS MATTER IS IN LITIGATION AND THE ISSUE YOU ARE
11:05:16 RAISING IS A LEGAL ISSUE.
11:05:18 AND IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE TO DISCUSS IT.
11:05:20 YOU EVEN HAVE A RULE THAT SAYS IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE TO
11:05:22 DISCUSS IT.
11:05:24 I'M SORRY TO TAKE SUCH A HARD-LINE POSITION, BUT WE'VE TAKEN
11:05:28 THIS POSITION FOR DECADES NOW, AND YOU HAVE A LEGITIMATE
11:05:32 QUESTION.
11:05:33 IT'S JUST THIS ISN'T THE APPROPRIATE FORUM TO DISCUSS IT.
11:05:39 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:05:41 ANYTHING ELSE, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER?
11:05:45 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I GUESS I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE HESITANCY
11:05:49 TO ANSWER MY QUESTION.
11:05:51 HAS THE FINANCIAL PART OF THIS BEEN LITIGATED?
11:05:54 IF IT HAS, I'M TOTALLY FINE WITH NOT TALKING ABOUT IT IN
11:05:57 PUBLIC.
11:05:57 BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN IN THE PAPERWORK, IN THE ORDERS, IN THE
11:06:02 MOTIONS, ET CETERA, THAT THE MONEY PART OF IT, WHAT DO YOU
11:06:06 DO WITH THE MONEY IN THE MEANTIME HAS BEEN LITIGATED.
11:06:11 I WILL DISCUSS THAT WITH MS. GRIMES OFF-LINE AND BRING IT
11:06:13 BACK AT A LATER DATE, IF APPROPRIATE.
11:06:16 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:06:16 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:06:18 I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE DECIDING ON THAT BEING THAT MATTERS
11:06:22 THAT ARE IN LITIGATION, I, MYSELF, I GO BY -- YOU KNOW, I'D
11:06:27 RATHER NOT SAY ANYTHING IF SOMETHING IS PENDING AND KEEP IT
11:06:31 THAT WAY.
11:06:31 YOU DISCUSS IT PRIVATELY.
11:06:33 AND THEN IN THE FUTURE, IF APPROPRIATE, WE CAN BRING IT UP
11:06:35 AGAIN.
11:06:36 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
11:06:37 MOVING ON TO COUNCILMAN CARLSON, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR
11:06:39 NEW BUSINESS?
11:06:40 >>BILL CARLSON: YES, IF YOU DON'T MIND, MR. CHAIR AND
11:06:42 COLLEAGUES.
11:06:43 THANK YOU.
11:06:44 A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, YOU ALL APPROVED A RESOLUTION FOR A
11:06:47 TAMPA UNION STATION.
11:06:49 JUST FOR BACKDROP, I'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM FOR
11:06:53 MANY, MANY YEARS AND HAVE BEEN HELPFUL BEHIND THE SCENES IN
11:06:56 SUPPORTING THEIR EFFORTS TO SUPPORT AND MAINTAIN THAT
11:06:59 BEAUTIFUL BUILDING THAT WE HAVE.
11:07:00 AS YOU KNOW, THE RESOLUTION WE PASSED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO
11:07:03 WAS TO ASK AMTRAK TO RETURN TO THEIR REGULAR SERVICES THAT
11:07:07 THEY HAD BECAUSE THEY CUT BACK.
11:07:08 BUT THE OTHER THING THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING TO THEM ABOUT FOR
11:07:13 SEVERAL YEARS IS ACTIVATING THE BUILDING MORE, IN PARTICULAR
11:07:15 THE UPSTAIRS BUILDING.
11:07:16 A FEW YEARS AGO I WENT WITH THE TAMPA CHAMBER TO DENVER, AND
11:07:21 DENVER UNION STATION IS A GIANT COFFEE SHOP, THINK ABOUT TEN
11:07:25 TIMES THE OXFORD EXCHANGE, IT IS A COFFEE SHOP BUT KIND OF
11:07:29 LIKE AN INCUBATOR.
11:07:31 IT HAS A SPACE FOR ENTREPRENEURS TO GET TOGETHER AND MINGLE.
11:07:34 RIGHT NOW DURING COVID-19, IT MAY NOT MAKE SENSE, BUT IN THE
11:07:37 FUTURE IT MAY MAKE SENSE TO DO THAT AGAIN AND THERE'S PLENTY
11:07:40 OF PARKING AT TAMPA UNION STATION.
11:07:42 IN CONVERSATION WITH TAMPA UNION STATION, THEY ASKED ME TO
11:07:45 MAKE THE FOLLOWING MOTION.
11:07:46 I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ASK STAFF TO STUDY THE
11:07:50 POSSIBILITY OF HOLDING AN RFP TO ADD A PROFESSIONAL COFFEE
11:07:53 SHOP AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SPACE, SLASH, INCUBATOR AT TAMPA
11:07:57 UNION STATION AND REPORT BACK ON NOVEMBER 5th.
11:08:01 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE A SECOND ON THAT MOTION?
11:08:07 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I'LL GIVE HIM A SECOND.
11:08:08 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
11:08:09 WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES.
11:08:12 I DON'T THINK WE NEED A ROLL-CALL VOTE.
11:08:15 IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE MOTION?
11:08:18 >>MARTIN SHELBY: WHAT WAS THE MOTION AGAIN IN A NUTSHELL,
11:08:20 MR. CHAIR? I MISSED THE ENTIRETY.
11:08:24 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HE ASKED THAT CITY STAFF PROVIDE A
11:08:27 REPORT TO COME BACK NOVEMBER 5th REGARDING UNION STATION,
11:08:32 THE TRAIN STATION JUST OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN, PUTTING LIKE AN
11:08:34 INCUBATOR, A COFFEE SHOP, MAKE IT MORE OF, I WOULD ASSUME,
11:08:40 WHERE FOLKS CAN COME AND WORK AND WORK ON THEIR COMPUTERS
11:08:43 AND WHATNOT, HAVE COFFEE, KIND OF IN A WAY LIKE WHAT OXFORD
11:08:48 EXCHANGE HAS ON THEIR SECOND FLOOR WITH THE COMMERCE CLUB.
11:08:51 IS THAT CORRECT, COUNCILMAN CARLSON?
11:08:54 >>BILL CARLSON: YES, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
11:08:59 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT CAN BE -- [AUDIO GARBLED]
11:09:02 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CHAIRMAN?
11:09:05 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
11:09:05 >>ORLANDO GUDES: A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO MR. CARLSON'S
11:09:08 MOTION.
11:09:09 I BELIEVE THAT TRAIN STATION IS IN A CRA ZONE, SO IF WE'RE
11:09:14 GOING TO ASK STAFF, WE MAY NEED TO ASK THE CRA TO BE
11:09:18 INVOLVED AS WELL BECAUSE IT IS IN A CRA ZONE THAT TRAIN
11:09:21 STATION.
11:09:22 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
11:09:24 DO YOU WANT TO WAIT FOR THE CRA MEETING AND MAKE THE MOTION
11:09:26 THERE AND KEEP IT WITHIN THE CRA DISCUSSION?
11:09:28 >>BILL CARLSON: I THINK IF I COULD AMEND IT BASED ON WHAT HE
11:09:31 SAID TO ASK CITY STAFF AND CRA STAFF TO REPORT BACK.
11:09:34 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
11:09:37 THEN WE'LL DO THAT FOR NOVEMBER 5th.
11:09:39 WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:09:41 SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES.
11:09:43 IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THIS MOTION?
11:09:48 HEARING NONE, THE MOTION PASSES BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT.
11:09:51 ANYTHING ELSE, MR. CARLSON?
11:09:53 >>BILL CARLSON: NO.
11:09:55 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:09:55 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CITRO, CHAIR PRO TEM CITRO,
11:09:59 DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING AT THIS TIME?
11:10:00 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIR, NOTHING TODAY.
11:10:01 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
11:10:03 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:10:04 COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:10:05 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:10:06 I NEED TO RATIFY AND CONFIRM THE COMMENDATION I GAVE TO THE
11:10:12 COUNCIL FOR 22 YEARS OF SERVICE TO ROBERT ROSE AT THE
11:10:16 CONVENTION CENTER.
11:10:17 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
11:10:19 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND, CITRO.
11:10:20 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CITRO.
11:10:25 ANY OBJECTION TO THAT?
11:10:28 HEARING NONE, BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, THAT IS APPROVED.
11:10:31 COUNCILMAN CITRO, I'M GOING TO HAND YOU THE GAVEL.
11:10:33 DID YOU GET IT?
11:10:34 YOU HAVE THE GAVEL NOW.
11:10:35 I'D LIKE TO MAKE A FEW MOTIONS HERE.
11:10:37 THIS IS ON BEHALF OF DISCUSSION WITH CAROLE POST, AND IN
11:10:43 RESPONSE TO A MEMORANDUM THAT WAS DATED AUGUST 10, 2020,
11:10:48 WITH REGARD TO PRIOR CITY COUNCIL MOTIONS RELATING TO
11:10:51 HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.
11:10:52 MY MOTION IS THAT -- AND I HAVE THIS PRINTED AND I WILL
11:10:54 SUBMIT THIS TO THE CLERK.
11:10:55 I MOVE THAT THE FOLLOWING RELATED MOTION TOPICS BE PLACED ON
11:10:59 THE AUGUST 27th WORKSHOP AGENDA.
11:11:03 2020.
11:11:04 IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR COMPREHENSIVE DISCUSSION OF HOUSING
11:11:06 AFFORDABILITY ISSUES.
11:11:08 NUMBER ONE, THE CITY'S ABILITY TO USE NONPROFIT
11:11:12 ORGANIZATIONS TO RAISE PRIVATE FUNDS TO CREATE A POOL OF
11:11:15 MONEY TO SUPPORT AND PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ASSISTANCE
11:11:19 OR PROGRAMS.
11:11:21 NUMBER TWO, THE STATUS OF LAND BANKING BY THE CITY OF TAMPA
11:11:25 FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF CREATING AN ORDINANCE FOR ADOPTION.
11:11:29 NUMBER THREE, THE USE OF INCENTIVE ALTERNATIVES FOR
11:11:34 AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
11:11:35 NUMBER FOUR, A REPORT ON THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING SMALLER
11:11:38 ZONING LOTS.
11:11:40 NUMBER FIVE, AN UPDATE ON THE CONTRACT PROGRAM WITH DOMAIN
11:11:44 HOMES AND THE CDC OF TAMPA.
11:11:47 THIS IS MY FIRST MOTION.
11:11:48 AGAIN, I WILL PROVIDE THIS TO THE CLERK LATER THIS
11:11:51 AFTERNOON.
11:11:51 I HAVE IT PRINTED OUT.
11:11:52 AND THAT'S IT, IF I COULD GET A SECOND.
11:11:54 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:11:56 SECOND, MIRANDA.
11:11:59 HELLO?
11:12:04 SECOND.
11:12:05 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CITRO --
11:12:07 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I'M HERE.
11:12:08 I APOLOGIZE.
11:12:09 THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:12:11 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:12:14 WITHOUT OBJECTION, MOTION PASSES.
11:12:18 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:12:20 >>MARTIN SHELBY: BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, MR. CHAIR PRO TEM?
11:12:24 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES, CORRECT.
11:12:25 BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT.
11:12:28 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU.
11:12:29 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I HAVE A SECOND MOTION.
11:12:30 THIS IS RELATED TO LAND USE AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT.
11:12:35 SCHEDULE A NUMBER OF AGENDA ITEMS AT ANY ONE MEETING TO
11:12:38 ALLOW FOR A COMPREHENSIVE DISCUSSION OF RELATED ITEMS AT ONE
11:12:42 WORKSHOP.
11:12:42 MY MOTION IS -- AND I HAVE THIS PRINTED AND WILL SUBMIT IT
11:12:46 TO THE CLERK.
11:12:46 I MOVE THAT THE FOLLOWING RELATED MOTIONS BE PLACED ON A
11:12:51 WORKSHOP AGENDA AT THE OCTOBER 22nd WORKSHOP.
11:12:56 NUMBER ONE, DISCUSSION OF THE CITY'S BONUS DENSITY
11:13:01 PROVISION.
11:13:02 PRESENTLY SCHEDULED FOR THE AUGUST 27 WORKSHOP.
11:13:05 I'D LIKE TO MOVE THIS TO THE OCTOBER 22.
11:13:08 NUMBER TWO, DISCUSSION OF PLANNING MATTERS RELATED TO DAVIS
11:13:12 ISLANDS AND THE WESTSHORE PALMS NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:13:14 THOSE ARE PRESENTLY SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 27.
11:13:16 I WOULD LIKE TO PUSH THOSE TO OCTOBER 22nd.
11:13:20 NUMBER THREE, POSSIBLE CODE CHANGES TO ALLOW FOR ANY -- FOR
11:13:25 AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS TO APPROVE DEVELOPMENT OF LOTS
11:13:28 WITHIN 5% OF ZONING CODE DIMENSIONAL CRITERIA.
11:13:33 THIS IS PRESENTLY SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 27 WORKSHOP.
11:13:36 I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT TO THE OCTOBER 22nd.
11:13:43 AND HAVING SAID THAT, I'D ALSO LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT
11:13:46 THE PENDING MOTION RELATED TO GROWTH MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING
11:13:49 FOR AREAS IN WHICH GROWTH IS AND IS NOT ENCOURAGED, WHICH IS
11:13:53 PRESENTLY SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 22nd, NOW THAT I'VE MOVED
11:13:57 THESE ITEMS FOR THAT DAY, I ASK THAT THOSE ITEMS BE
11:14:00 CONTINUED -- AND THIS IS AT THE REQUEST OF THE LEGAL
11:14:02 DEPARTMENT -- TO A DATE THAT WE WILL DETERMINE IN THE
11:14:05 FUTURE.
11:14:06 WHAT IS PRESENTLY SCHEDULED UNDER GROWTH MANAGEMENT FOR
11:14:08 OCTOBER 22nd THAT WILL BE RESCHEDULED.
11:14:11 WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT LATER.
11:14:12 THESE ITEMS I LISTED, WHICH AGAIN, I HAVE WRITTEN DOWN, BE
11:14:15 PLACED ON THE OCTOBER 22nd WORKSHOP.
11:14:18 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:14:20 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WE HAVE A MOTION --
11:14:24 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MAY I MAKE SOME INQUIRY?
11:14:27 I'M LOOKING AT COUNCIL'S APPROVED CALENDAR UPDATED FOR
11:14:31 AUGUST 19, 2020, WHICH CAME OUT AT 4:30 P.M.
11:14:36 I'M LOOKING AT THE OCTOBER 22nd DATE OF WORKSHOPS.
11:14:41 DID YOU SAY -- I ONLY SEE ONE ITEM ON THE OCTOBER 22nd
11:14:45 WORKSHOP ON THE CALENDAR THAT CAME OUT YESTERDAY.
11:14:49 ARE THERE ADDITIONAL ITEMS YOU SAY YOU WERE MOVING FROM THE
11:14:52 22nd?
11:14:54 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHAT DO YOU HAVE ON OCTOBER 22nd?
11:14:58 IS IT JUST POLICE CHIEF DUGAN.
11:15:00 >>ANDREA ZELMAN: MR. SHELBY, I THINK THE CONFUSION, IS THAT
11:15:05 MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS PAST MONDAY NIGHT, AUGUST 17th,
11:15:09 COUNCILMAN CARLSON MADE A MOTION TO MOVE THAT GENERAL GROWTH
11:15:15 MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION OF WHERE GROWTH SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT
11:15:19 BE ENCOURAGED, MY UNDERSTANDING IS HE MADE A MOTION MONDAY
11:15:23 NIGHT TO MOVE THAT FROM THE SEPTEMBER 24th AGENDA TO THE
11:15:26 OCTOBER 22nd AGENDA.
11:15:28 I DON'T BELIEVE THE CALENDAR HAS BEEN UPDATED YET TO REFLECT
11:15:32 THAT.
11:15:32 BUT OUR OFFICE HAS ASKED THE CHAIR, AS HE JUST STATED TO
11:15:38 YOU, THAT WE HOLD THAT ONE OFF.
11:15:41 WE'RE WAITING FOR SOME PENDING LITIGATION TO BE SETTLED
11:15:45 BEFORE WE HAVE THAT DISCUSSION COME BEFORE COUNCIL.
11:15:48 SO WE WANTED TO WAIT.
11:15:51 AND WHEN WE WERE CERTAIN OF A DATE, COME BACK TO COUNCIL
11:15:54 WITH A DATE FOR THAT.
11:15:59 >> I UNDERSTAND.
11:16:01 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WHO IS SPEAKING?
11:16:04 >>BILL CARLSON: THIS IS CARLSON.
11:16:06 THERE WERE TWO DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD SET UP.
11:16:10 ONE WHICH I THINK HAS SOMEHOW DROPPED OFF THE CALENDAR WAS A
11:16:14 DISCUSSION OF SOUTH OF GANDY.
11:16:15 I KNOW THAT ONE WAS BEING HELD BACK DUE TO CURRENT
11:16:19 LITIGATION.
11:16:19 BUT THE OTHER ONE WAS A GENERIC CONVERSATION ABOUT GROWTH
11:16:22 AND NO GROWTH THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
11:16:25 MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE WERE GOING TO TRY TO MOVE THIS TO
11:16:29 NOVEMBER.
11:16:30 ALREADY, WE WERE MOVING IT FROM SEPTEMBER TO OCTOBER.
11:16:32 BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF VERY, VERY, VERY ANGRY NEIGHBORHOOD
11:16:37 LEADERS.
11:16:37 AND IF WE DO NOT HOLD THIS MEETING SOON, WE ARE GOING TO
11:16:40 HAVE ANGRY SPEAKERS AND LETTERS AT EVERY MEETING.
11:16:45 THEY ARE HOLDING BACK ONLY BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT WE HAVE
11:16:48 THIS CONVERSATION GOING UP.
11:16:50 EVERY DAY WE'RE GETTING MORE AND MORE E-MAILS FROM ANGRY
11:16:54 NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS.
11:16:54 IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT SPECIFIC LAND USE ISSUES, IT'S ABOUT
11:16:57 OVERALL PLANNING.
11:17:00 AND THEY SEE OUR DELAY IN THIS DISCUSSION AS A FAILURE TO
11:17:03 PLAN AND THINK IN THEIR BEST INTEREST.
11:17:05 I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I THINK WE SHOULD HOLD IT AS SOON AS
11:17:08 POSSIBLE.
11:17:09 BECAUSE OF SCHEDULING COVID, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE COULDN'T
11:17:12 HAVE IT UNTIL MAYBE OCTOBER, BUT THERE'S GOT TO BE A WAY WE
11:17:15 CAN HAVE THIS CONVERSATION SOONER WITHOUT PUTTING US AT RISK
11:17:18 WITH LITIGATION.
11:17:19 AT LEAST WE CAN HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC, CAN'T WE?
11:17:22 >>ANDREA ZELMAN: MR. CARLSON, THIS IS ANDREA ZELMAN, DEPUTY
11:17:25 CITY ATTORNEY AGAIN, I SPOKE WITH CATE WELLS, OUR PRACTICE
11:17:29 GROUP LEADER FOR LAND USE, AND SHE SAID NOVEMBER WOULD BE AN
11:17:32 APPROPRIATE DATE TO SCHEDULE THAT DISCUSSION.
11:17:35 >>BILL CARLSON: OKAY.
11:17:37 THANK YOU.
11:17:37 >>MARTIN SHELBY: A REMINDER, COUNCIL, PRESENTLY YOU HAVE NO
11:17:42 WORKSHOPS SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER.
11:17:44 AND THAT'S TRADITIONAL BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAYS.
11:17:46 SO THAT WOULD REQUIRE YOU TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT IF YOU
11:17:50 WANT TO SCHEDULE SOMETHING.
11:17:52 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:17:57 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, SIR.
11:17:58 MR. SHELBY.
11:18:04 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES.
11:18:08 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: COUNCILMAN OR CHAIRMAN GUIDO HAS MADE TWO
11:18:13 DIFFERENT MOTIONS, INCLUDING THE ONE THAT'S PENDING THAT
11:18:17 APPEAR TO HAVE COME FROM STAFF AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S
11:18:22 DEPARTMENT.
11:18:24 WERE YOU PRIVY TO EITHER OF THESE PRIOR TO TODAY'S
11:18:28 DISCUSSION?
11:18:30 >>MARTIN SHELBY: SIR, I WAS PRIVY TO THE MOTION -- EXCUSE
11:18:33 ME, THE REQUEST FROM CAROLE POST BY MEMORANDUM.
11:18:37 I BELIEVE IT WAS REFERRED TO DATED AUGUST 10, REQUESTING
11:18:40 COUNCIL TO CHANGE AUGUST 27 FOR A DATE.
11:18:45 I WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR.
11:18:48 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY.
11:18:50 COUNCIL AND STAFF AND LEGAL, WE HAVE A CITY COUNCIL
11:18:57 ATTORNEY.
11:18:58 ONE OF HIS JOBS, IT APPEARS HE DOES VERY, VERY WELL DAY IN
11:19:04 AND DAY OUT IS ORGANIZE OUR SCHEDULE, HELP ORGANIZE OUR
11:19:07 SCHEDULE AND HELP ORGANIZE OUR WORKSHOP.
11:19:09 LET'S PLEASE INCLUDE HIM IN THESE DISCUSSIONS IN ADVANCE OF
11:19:12 COUNCIL MEETINGS.
11:19:13 I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE BREAKDOWN IS.
11:19:15 THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY FOR TODAY.
11:19:18 THANK YOU.
11:19:18 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:19:20 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY.
11:19:25 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU HAVE THE GAVEL.
11:19:27 I'M STILL -- I MADE THE MOTION --
11:19:30 >>JOSEPH CITRO: AND THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING.
11:19:32 THERE'S STILL A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR COUNCIL, MADE BY
11:19:35 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:19:36 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:19:40 WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE MOTION PASSES WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT.
11:19:48 IS THAT ALL, COUNCILMAN, MANISCALCO?
11:19:51 >>BILL CARLSON: I THINK THERE WAS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO
11:19:53 MOVE THAT ONE GROWTH MANAGEMENT MEETING TO NOVEMBER.
11:19:58 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
11:20:01 THEN THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT ONE -- [GARBLED AUDIO]
11:20:08 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MARTIN SHELBY, IF I CAN CLARIFY, I DON'T
11:20:11 BELIEVE THAT AMENDMENT WAS PART OF THE MOTION.
11:20:13 IF THAT'S A SEPARATE MOTION, IT SHOULD BE MADE SEPARATE.
11:20:16 >>JOSEPH CITRO: AS I REMEMBER, NO, IT WASN'T PART.
11:20:19 IF MR. CARLSON WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT OR AMEND THAT, FINE.
11:20:22 >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE
11:20:26 MOTION THAT WE MOVE THE LAND USE -- OR, SORRY, THE GROWTH,
11:20:30 NO GROWTH DISCUSSION UNTIL NOVEMBER.
11:20:35 [OVERLAPPING CONVERSATION]
11:20:37 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO IS THAT ACCEPTABLE TO
11:20:40 YOU AND YOUR MOTION?
11:20:41 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHEN ARE WE GOING TO DO IT BECAUSE THERE
11:20:43 ARE NO WORKSHOPS IN NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER DUE TO THE
11:20:45 HOLIDAYS.
11:20:53 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNSEL, MARTY, DO YOU HAVE ANY INPUT ON THE
11:20:56 SCHEDULING TIME?
11:20:57 >>MARTIN SHELBY: WELL, COUNCIL, NOVEMBER DATES, YOU HAVE ONE
11:21:02 REGULAR MEETING ON THE 5th OF NOVEMBER AND A SECOND ONE ON
11:21:06 THE 19th OF NOVEMBER.
11:21:08 THOSE ARE YOUR TWO REGULAR MEETINGS.
11:21:10 YOU HAVE NO NIGHT MEETINGS PRESENTLY SCHEDULED FOR THOSE
11:21:13 DAYS.
11:21:13 IF YOU WANT TO GO INTO THE AFTERNOON ON THAT, YOU WON'T RUN
11:21:18 UP AGAINST AN EVENING MEETING.
11:21:19 YOUR EVENING MEETING IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER IS ONLY
11:21:21 SCHEDULED PRESENTLY FOR THE EVENING OF THE 12th.
11:21:24 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON, WHICH WOULD YOU PREFER,
11:21:30 THE 5th OR THE 19th?
11:21:32 >>BILL CARLSON: ELECTION DAY IS RIGHT AROUND THERE, RIGHT?
11:21:37 >>MARTIN SHELBY: ONE IS BEFORE ELECTION DAY AND THE OTHER I
11:21:40 SUSPECT IS AFTER ELECTION DAY.
11:21:41 >>BILL CARLSON: WHY DON'T WE GO WITH THE 5th THEN.
11:21:44 I THINK WE NEED TO DO IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, IF YOU DON'T
11:21:47 MIND.
11:21:48 >>MARTIN SHELBY: HERE IS MY QUESTION TO YOU, COUNCIL.
11:21:51 DO YOU WANT THAT SET AS A STAFF REPORT?
11:21:54 DO YOU WANT THAT SET AS A WORKSHOP WITHIN THE COUNCIL
11:21:57 MEETING?
11:21:57 DO YOU WANT IT SET FOR A TIME CERTAIN STARTING PERHAPS IN
11:22:00 THE AFTERNOON?
11:22:02 OF COURSE, THAT WOULD MEAN PERHAPS IF WE'RE STILL VIRTUAL,
11:22:05 AND I CAN'T SAY AT THIS POINT.
11:22:08 THAT WOULD BE A BREAK BETWEEN THE REGULAR MEETING PERHAPS
11:22:11 AND THE AFTERNOON MEETING.
11:22:12 IT'S COUNCIL'S PLEASURE.
11:22:14 OF COURSE, WE HAVE TO PREDICT THE FUTURE, WHICH IS
11:22:17 IMPOSSIBLE.
11:22:17 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:22:21 >>BILL CARLSON: THE OTHER THING IS MAKING IT CONVENIENT FOR
11:22:24 NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS WHO TEND NOT TO BE AVAILABLE MIDDAY.
11:22:28 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SOLUTION IS.
11:22:29 I WISH WE COULD DO IT TOMORROW.
11:22:31 BUT WAITING UNTIL JANUARY I THINK IS NOT GOING TO BE GOOD.
11:22:34 WE'RE GOING TO GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS.
11:22:37 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON, IF WE'RE GOING TO MOVE
11:22:45 THIS TO A NOVEMBER DATE, WE HAVE THE 15th AND THE 19th.
11:22:48 AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN ABOUT --
11:22:49 >> 5th.
11:22:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO: -- THE TIMING OF IT.
11:22:56 >>BILL CARLSON: IS THERE A WAY TO PUT IT FIRST THING IN THE
11:22:58 MORNING ON ONE OF THOSE DATES?
11:23:01 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I DON'T KNOW HOW BUSY THAT CALENDAR WILL
11:23:03 BE IN A REGULAR SESSION.
11:23:05 IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY LENGTHY DISCUSSION.
11:23:08 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YOU COULD SCHEDULE IT -- MR. CHAIRMAN, A
11:23:14 SUGGESTION, IF COUNCIL WANTS, OBVIOUSLY, COUNCIL HAS THE
11:23:17 ABILITY TO SET A SEPARATE DAY.
11:23:20 AS WE STAND NOW, MADAM CLERK, HAVE THOSE ITEMS, AS A RESULT
11:23:25 OF THE LAST MOTION, FALLEN OFF THE AGENDA NOW?
11:23:32 ARE THEY STILL ON THE AGENDA, THE WORKSHOP?
11:23:34 >>THE CLERK: YES, CORRECT.
11:23:35 YES, IT IS.
11:23:35 >>MARTIN SHELBY: IN ORDER FOR THOSE ITEMS TO COME OFF, THERE
11:23:39 DOES HAVE TO BE A MOTION MADE AND SHOULD BE A DATE CERTAIN
11:23:42 AT LEAST, WOULD YOU AGREE?
11:23:44 >>THE CLERK: THAT IS CORRECT.
11:23:45 >>MARTIN SHELBY: OKAY.
11:23:48 COUNCIL, IF YOU WANT TO SET IT FOR AN AFTERNOON AT 1:30, IF
11:23:52 YOU WANT TO SET IT FOR AN EVENING MEETING, OF COURSE, THAT
11:23:55 MEANS THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT NOT ONLY THAT, IT ALSO MEANS THE
11:23:58 STAFF WOULD HAVE TO BE AVAILABLE AND PRESENT.
11:24:02 YOUR OTHER OPTION IS TO SET ANOTHER DAY OF THE WEEK.
11:24:06 MIND YOU, THE LOGISTICS INVOLVED, PARTICULARLY WITH VIRTUAL
11:24:09 MEETINGS, ARE SUBSTANTIAL.
11:24:15 IT'S COUNCIL'S PLEASURE.
11:24:16 THE ONLY THING I WOULD RECOMMEND, COUNCIL, IS PLEASE
11:24:20 REMEMBER THAT YOUR REGULAR MEETINGS BOTH ON THE 5th AND
11:24:23 19th THERE ARE TO DO PUBLIC BUSINESS, THERE FOR APPROVALS,
11:24:28 THERE TO MOVE THINGS ALONG AS OPPOSED TO POLICY DISCUSSIONS
11:24:31 WHICH, FRANKLY, YOU HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE TIME.
11:24:34 MY RECOMMENDATION TO YOU, COUNCIL, IS ALWAYS GET YOUR
11:24:37 OFFICIAL PUBLIC BUSINESS OUT OF THE WAY EARLY, AS SOON AS
11:24:40 YOU CAN.
11:24:40 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON?
11:24:46 MR. GUDES, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
11:24:49 MR. GUDES, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
11:24:51 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SEEING AS THOUGH MR. CARLSON FEELS THIS IS
11:24:55 A PRESSING ISSUE AND HE FEELS THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO
11:24:58 REALLY TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND THESE DATES ARE KIND OF
11:25:03 CONFLICTING, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE SAYING AFTERNOON OR EARLY
11:25:08 MORNING, MOST CITIZENS, COMMUNITY PEOPLE, THEY ARE WORKING.
11:25:14 I DON'T KNOW -- AGAIN, I DIDN'T HEAR THE PORTION OF THE
11:25:17 REFERENCE OF EVENING, TRYING TO SET IT FOR EVENING.
11:25:20 IF THERE IS AN EVENING DATE, THAT WAY THE PUBLIC CAN BE
11:25:24 INVITED TO PARTICIPATE, IF THAT'S WHAT MR. CARLSON IS
11:25:29 LOOKING TO DO.
11:25:30 HE'S APPARENTLY LOOKING FOR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.
11:25:31 COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS PARTICIPATION.
11:25:34 ARE THERE ANY EVENING DATES?
11:25:42 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MARTY, CAN I ASK A QUESTION, PLEASE?
11:25:44 >>MARTIN SHELBY: CERTAINLY, SEPTEMBER, COUNCIL, I'M GOING TO
11:25:47 REMIND YOU IS JAM-PACKED PARTICULARLY BECAUSE OF THE
11:25:51 ALL-IMPORTANT BUDGET ISSUES AND THE BUDGET HEARINGS AND
11:25:55 BUDGET ADOPTION.
11:25:59 I CAN'T IN GOOD CONSCIENCE THINK OF A DATE RIGHT NOW IN
11:26:02 SEPTEMBER.
11:26:03 BUT WITH REGARD TO OCTOBER, IF YOU WANT TO ADD AN EVENING
11:26:06 MEETING TO YOUR OCTOBER 15th DAY MEETING AND TAKE IT UP AT
11:26:12 5:00 OR 6:00, WHATEVER COUNCIL'S PLEASURE IS ON THE 15th
11:26:16 AND THEN BE CONSCIOUS OF NOT ADDING TOO MUCH TO YOUR OCTOBER
11:26:20 15th AGENDA, THEN THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.
11:26:25 >>CATE WELLS: THIS IS CATE WELLS, IF I MAY, ONE OF THE
11:26:28 REASONS OUR DEPARTMENT IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE GROWTH
11:26:30 MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP BE SCHEDULED IN NOVEMBER IS IT WOULD
11:26:33 ALLOW, HOPEFULLY, FOR ALL THE PENDING LAND USE LITIGATION TO
11:26:37 BE CONCLUDED AND TO LOOK AT DATES EITHER IN SEPTEMBER OR THE
11:26:42 EARLIER PART OF OCTOBER WOULD NOT BENEFIT US IN THAT MANNER.
11:26:48 IF COUNCIL WISHES TO SCHEDULE AN EVENING MEETING, EITHER ON
11:26:53 THE 5th OR THE 19th WE'RE CERTAINLY AVAILABLE FOR THAT.
11:26:58 IF YOU WANT TO SCHEDULE A DIFFERENT DATE ALTOGETHER, WE'RE
11:27:01 AVAILABLE FOR THAT.
11:27:02 BUT WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT COUNCIL FOCUS ON THE MONTH OF
11:27:06 NOVEMBER.
11:27:06 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. WELLS.
11:27:08 MR. SHELBY, IT SEEMS AS IF WE'RE KIND OF SPINNING OUR WHEELS
11:27:14 RIGHT HERE.
11:27:15 CAN COUNCILMAN CARLSON AND YOU GET TOGETHER ON CERTAIN DATES
11:27:19 AND HIS MOTION, OR HIS AMENDMENT BE BROUGHT UP IN THIS
11:27:22 EVENING'S SESSION?
11:27:27 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES.
11:27:28 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
11:27:29 >>MARTIN SHELBY: BUT AS OF NOW, WITHOUT A MOTION, THOSE
11:27:33 ITEMS REMAIN ON NEXT WEEK'S WORKSHOP, IS THAT CORRECT, MADAM
11:27:37 CLERK?
11:27:39 >>THE CLERK: THAT IS CORRECT.
11:27:40 >>BILL CARLSON: NO, THE GROWTH AND NO GROWTH SESSION LAST
11:27:45 WEEK WE MOVED TO OCTOBER 22nd.
11:27:47 >>THE CLERK: CORRECT.
11:27:50 IT JUST HASN'T BEEN PUT ON THE CALENDAR AS OF YET BECAUSE
11:27:52 THE ACTION SUMMARY HASN'T BEEN DISTRIBUTED.
11:27:55 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CARLSON, CAN YOU PLEASE SPEAK WITH MR.
11:28:03 SHELBY AND FIGURE OUT A TIME -- AND STAFF, TO FIGURE OUT A
11:28:07 TIME AND DATE IN NOVEMBER AND BRING IT BACK UP AT THIS
11:28:12 EVENING'S DISCUSSION?
11:28:14 >>BILL CARLSON: SURE, OF MY COLLEAGUES, IF YOU ALL DISAGREE
11:28:17 WITH ME AND THINK THIS IS NOT URGENT, LET ME KNOW.
11:28:21 IF YOU THINK IT IS SUFFICIENT TO SCHEDULE A SPECIAL TIME,
11:28:25 THEN WE CAN DO THAT.
11:28:28 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:28:33 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:28:34 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE WHOLE WORLD IS ON PAUSE OR DELAYED.
11:28:38 I WAS LOOKING AT EVEN JANUARY'S WORKSHOP, HAVING IT ON AN
11:28:42 ALREADY SCHEDULED WORKSHOP HEARING BECAUSE EVERYTHING HAS
11:28:44 BEEN DELAYED AND UP IN THE AIR THIS YEAR.
11:28:48 I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DISCUSSION, BUT, YOU
11:28:52 KNOW, IT'S NOT SO URGENT THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT BASICALLY A
11:28:59 SPECIAL CALL MEETING OR SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
11:29:05 >>BILL CARLSON: THIS IS CARLSON AGAIN.
11:29:07 WHY DON'T WE PUT IT ON THE JANUARY WORKSHOP THEN AND SEE
11:29:10 WHAT FEEDBACK WE GET FROM THE COMMUNITY TO SEE IF THAT'S
11:29:13 SUFFICIENT.
11:29:14 THAT WAY WE CAN MOVE IT NOW.
11:29:17 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
11:29:18 WE CAN DO THAT.
11:29:19 AMENDING THE MOTION THAT I MADE FOR THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT
11:29:22 ITEMS THAT ARE PRESENTLY SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 22, THAT THEY
11:29:25 BE RESCHEDULED OR CONTINUED TO THE JANUARY 28th WORKSHOP
11:29:31 SESSION.
11:29:31 I THINK THIS IS FINE BECAUSE HOPEFULLY THINGS GET SETTLED.
11:29:36 HOPEFULLY WE'RE NOT MEETING VIRTUALLY BY THEN.
11:29:38 HOPEFULLY THE SITUATION -- GETS BETTER.
11:29:46 IT IS A SET AND CERTAIN DATE FOR THAT EVENING, AND WE DON'T
11:29:48 HAVE TO DELAY IT ANYMORE.
11:29:49 WE CAN TELL THE PUBLIC AND OUR CONSTITUENTS WE ARE HAVING
11:29:55 THIS DISCUSSION.
11:29:56 IT IS A VERY INTRICATE AND DETAILED DISCUSSION, SO WE'RE NOT
11:29:58 RUSHING ANYTHING, AND HOWEVER LONG THAT WORKSHOP TAKES THAT
11:30:00 DAY IN JANUARY, WE WILL BE ADDRESSING --
11:30:01 THAT'S MY MOTION.
11:30:02 AGAIN, CLERK, I WILL PROVIDE YOU A COPY OF THESE MOTIONS IN
11:30:05 WRITING LATER THIS AFTERNOON SO YOU HAVE EVERYTHING.
11:30:08 >>ANDREA ZELMAN: MR. CHAIR, THIS IS ANDREA ZELMAN.
11:30:13 I APOLOGIZE.
11:30:14 WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE FOLLOWING.
11:30:16 JUST TO BE CLEAR THE MOTION SCHEDULING THE AFFORDABLE
11:30:19 HOUSING ITEMS TO AUGUST 27th WILL REMAIN THE SAME, BUT NOW
11:30:25 IS IT MY UNDERSTANDING YOU'VE MADE THE DECISION TO MOVE ALL
11:30:28 OF THE OTHER ITEMS, BOTH THE GROWTH AND NO GROWTH ISSUE AND
11:30:32 THEN THE OTHER GROWTH MANAGEMENT THINGS TO JANUARY OR JUST
11:30:36 THE GROWTH AND NO GROWTH.
11:30:37 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO.
11:30:39 I HAVE THE WRITTEN MOTION HERE WHERE IT SAYS -- THE ITEMS
11:30:43 SCHEDULED FOR LAND USE AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT, THESE ITEMS
11:30:47 THAT ARE NOW ON THE AUGUST 27th WORKSHOP, THAT THEY BE
11:30:53 SCHEDULED TO OCTOBER 22nd.
11:30:56 NOW, THE ITEMS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED OF GROWTH
11:31:00 MANAGEMENT ON THE OCTOBER 22nd, THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE
11:31:04 SCHEDULED NOW, BEFORE THIS MOTION THAT I MAKE, THOSE ITEMS
11:31:07 BE MOVED TO THE JANUARY 28th WORKSHOP AT 9 A.M.
11:31:18 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: CHAIRMAN CITRO.
11:31:19 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:31:20 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:31:21 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: CHAIRMAN, I HAD YOU HAD A GREAT IDEA.
11:31:24 WE SEEM TO BE GOING ROUND AND ROUND.
11:31:26 NO COUNCILMAN HAS SEEN THIS MOTION IN WRITING AND IT'S
11:31:30 PRETTY COMPLICATED.
11:31:32 SOMEBODY SEND THE MOTION TO US IN WRITING SO WE CAN LOOK AT
11:31:35 IT DURING THE DAY AND WE CAN TAKE IT UP TONIGHT, IF THAT'S
11:31:38 OKAY WITH --
11:31:41 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S DO THAT.
11:31:43 THIS DISCUSSION HAS GONE OUT OF CONTROL.
11:31:47 THE SECOND MOTION HERE THAT IS PENDING, I WILL RETRACT IT.
11:31:50 I ASK THAT THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT SEND THIS OUT TO ALL COUNCIL
11:31:54 MEMBERS, LOOK AT IT THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND I'LL BRING IT UP
11:31:56 THIS EVENING.
11:31:57 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:32:03 THANK YOU COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:32:04 YOU HAVE WITHDRAWN YOUR MOTION.
11:32:06 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
11:32:07 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:32:08 I HAND THE GAVEL BACK TO YOU, MR. CHAIR.
11:32:11 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:32:13 IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, CAN I GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND
11:32:18 FILE ALL DOCUMENTS?
11:32:20 >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, MR. CHAIR.
11:32:22 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
11:32:23 I APOLOGIZE.
11:32:23 JUST REALLY, REALLY QUICK, I WANTED TO ALSO CONGRATULATE
11:32:27 MIKE STOUT, WHO IS NOW THE MAJOR WITH TAMPA POLICE
11:32:29 DEPARTMENT OVER IN DISTRICT 2 FOR HIS PROFESSIONALISM.
11:32:33 I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HIM, FOR HIS PROFESSIONAL
11:32:36 ACHIEVEMENT, I SHOULD SAY.
11:32:38 I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HIM.
11:32:40 ADDITIONALLY, I'LL SEND A MEMO, BUT THIS EVENING I MAY BE --
11:32:44 MAY BE 15, 20 MINUTES LATE ON THIS DAY, 72 YEARS AGO MY
11:32:49 MOTHER WAS BORN IN HERSHEY, CUBA, SO I WILL BE CELEBRATING
11:32:53 HER BIRTHDAY EARLY ON WITH HER AND MY FAMILY.
11:32:55 BUT I MAY BE A LITTLE BIT LATE.
11:32:57 SO JUST FYI.
11:32:59 THANK YOU.
11:33:00 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SURE.
11:33:01 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HER.
11:33:02 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
11:33:03 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CAN I GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE
11:33:05 ALL DOCUMENTS?
11:33:07 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE, CITRO.
11:33:09 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
11:33:13 >>BILL CARLSON: SECOND, CARLSON.
11:33:14 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:33:16 IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THAT PASSES BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO
11:33:19 RECEIVE AND FILE ALL DOCUMENTS.
11:33:21 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:33:21 WE ARE ADJOURNED.
11:33:22 WE WILL BE BACK AT 6:00 THIS EVENING FOR OUR EVENING COUNCIL
11:33:26 SESSION.
11:33:26 THANK YOU.
11:33:26 [ADJOURNED]
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