CITY OF TAMPA COUNCIL MEETING
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2020
9:00 A.M.
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09:06:00
09:06:10 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
09:06:12 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:06:12 GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
09:06:15 I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO
09:06:17 ORDER.
09:06:18 IF WE COULD HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
09:06:20 >>THE CLERK: YES, VIERA?
09:06:23 >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
09:06:25 >>THE CLERK: GUDES?
09:06:27 >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE.
09:06:30 >>THE CLERK: CARLSON?
09:06:31 >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
09:06:31 >>THE CLERK: DINGFELDER?
09:06:34 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I'M HERE.
09:06:36 GOOD MORNING.
09:06:37 >>THE CLERK: GOOD MORNING.
09:06:38 THANK YOU.
09:06:38 CITRO?
09:06:39 >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE.
09:06:39 >>THE CLERK: MIRANDA?
09:06:42 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
09:06:44 >>THE CLERK: MANISCALCO?
09:06:46 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
09:06:47 MR. SHELBY, GO AHEAD, SIR.
09:06:51 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:06:56 THANK YOU.
09:06:56 MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, MARTIN SHELBY, THE CITY COUNCIL
09:06:59 ATTORNEY.
09:06:59 GOOD MORNING.
09:06:59 TODAY IS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3rd, 2020.
09:07:03 AND THIS VIRTUAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL IS BEING HELD
09:07:06 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECLARATIONS AND PROVISIONS OF THE
09:07:09 GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER 20-69 AND 20-193, AS THEY MAY BE
09:07:17 FURTHER EXTENDED AND EMERGENCY RULES OF PROCEDURE AS ADOPTED
09:07:20 AND AMENDED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
09:07:22 BEING CONDUCTED BY AUDIO TELECONFERENCING ONLY WITH VIDEO
09:07:26 PRESENTATIONS.
09:07:26 REMOTE PARTICIPATION, WHICH IS REFERRED TO BY THE STATE OF
09:07:29 FLORIDA STATUTES AND RULES AS COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA
09:07:33 TECHNOLOGY.
09:07:35 THE MEETING IS AVAILABLE TO BE VIEWED BY THE PUBLIC ON CABLE
09:07:38 TV AND THE INTERNET.
09:07:40 WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED HAVE BEEN
09:07:45 DISTRIBUTED TO CITY COUNCIL.
09:07:46 THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN ABLE TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT PRERECORDED,
09:07:52 WHICH WILL BE PLAYED, AND ALSO TO BE ABLE TO APPEAR ON PHONE
09:07:57 LIVE.
09:07:58 AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA TECHNOLOGY, THEY
09:08:01 CAN USE THE FACILITIES AT THE TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER.
09:08:04 THAT BEING SAID, MR. CHAIRMAN, I TURN THE MEETING TO YOU.
09:08:08 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:08:09 IF YOU ALL COULD PLEASE MUTE YOURSELVES IF YOU'RE NOT
09:08:13 SPEAKING AT THIS TIME.
09:08:14 INSTEAD OF AN INVOCATION THIS MORNING, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO
09:08:18 TAKE A MOMENT OF, I GUESS, PERSONAL PRIVILEGE AND EXPRESS MY
09:08:21 SINCEREST CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY AND REPRESENTATIVE
09:08:26 DIANNE HART ON THE PASSING OF HER SON, WHICH WAS A FEW DAYS
09:08:31 AGO.
09:08:32 I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY CONDOLENCES.
09:08:35 I'M SURE THAT CITY COUNCIL FEELS THE SAME WAY.
09:08:40 WE'RE WITH HER IN PRAYER AND IN OUR THOUGHTS IN THIS VERY,
09:08:44 VERY DIFFICULT TIME.
09:08:45 BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT.
09:08:47 NEXT, WE'LL GO TO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
09:08:49 IF YOU COULD JOIN ME, PLEASE.
09:08:51 AND IF YOU'RE ABLE TO STAND.
09:08:54 I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF
09:08:56 AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION
09:08:59 UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
09:09:02 OKAY.
09:09:02 THAT SETTLES THAT.
09:09:02 WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
09:09:06 WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO TO THE LIVE SPEAKER FIRST.
09:09:09 MADAM CLERK.
09:09:13 >>THE CLERK: YES, SIR.
09:09:16 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HOW MANY DO WE HAVE?
09:09:17 >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A TOTAL OF SEVEN THAT REQUESTED TO
09:09:19 SPEAK.
09:09:22 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I HAVE A TIMER HERE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO
09:09:25 BEGIN, I'M READY TO GO.
09:09:27 >>THE CLERK: THE FIRST PERSON I HAVE IS GARY GOULD.
09:09:34 IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, PLEASE UNMUTE YOUR LINE.
09:09:37 YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
09:09:39 >> HI.
09:09:40 I'M GARY GOULD.
09:09:42 I'M HERE TODAY AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN OF THIS GREAT COMMUNITY.
09:09:46 [AUDIO INTERFERENCE] I'M GOING TO BEGIN WITH A STORY THIS
09:09:55 MORNING ABOUT THE BRILLIANT SCHOLAR RABBI HILLEL IN THE
09:10:02 FIRST -- [NO SOUND]
09:10:17 >> MR. CHAIRMAN?
09:10:18 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
09:10:19 DID WE LOSE HIM?
09:10:27 >>THE CLERK: WE CANNOT HEAR HIM, BUT HE'S STILL ON.
09:10:29 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
09:10:29 LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SPEAKER AND WE'LL GO BACK TO HIM.
09:10:32 PERHAPS HE HAS JUST A CONNECTION ERROR.
09:10:42 >>THE CLERK: THE NEXT PERSON WE HAVE IS JOSEPH PROBASCO.
09:10:46 IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
09:10:48 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:10:49 CAN YOU HEAR ME?
09:10:50 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, WE CAN.
09:10:51 GO AHEAD, SIR.
09:10:52 >> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS JOE PROBASCO.
09:10:54 I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPRESS MY PERSONAL SUPPORT AND
09:10:57 THE SUPPORT OF TAMPA'S JEWISH COMMUNITY FOR COUNCILMAN
09:11:01 ORLANDO GUDES RECONCILIATION RESOLUTION WHICH I BELIEVE IS
09:11:05 ITEM 33 ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
09:11:06 MY FAITH TEACHES ME THAT WE ARE ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR OWN
09:11:11 ACTIONS, AND IF WE COMMIT AN ACTION WHICH IS WRONG, WE MUST
09:11:16 SEEK FORGIVENESS FROM THOSE WE HAVE HARMED OR HURT.
09:11:19 THE TOPICS ADDRESSED IN COUNCILMAN GUDES' MOTION ARE
09:11:22 COMPLICATED AND UPSETTING.
09:11:24 BUT I DO BELIEVE THEY ARE REFLECTIVE OF THE CONVERSATIONS
09:11:27 OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, AND COLLEAGUES HAVE
09:11:31 BEEN ATTEMPTING TO HAVE WITH US FOR MANY YEARS BUT SADLY
09:11:37 FALLEN ON DEAF EARS.
09:11:39 I'M HOPEFULLY TODAY IS THE DAY THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY TRULY
09:11:42 START TO LISTEN.
09:11:43 I FULLY APPRECIATE THAT LISTENING MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES
09:11:46 BECAUSE WHAT WE HEAR WILL BE PAINFUL AND WILL MAKE US
09:11:49 UNCOMFORTABLE.
09:11:50 BUT AS A COMMUNITY, WE NEED TO GET COMFORTABLE HAVING
09:11:54 UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS IF WE EVER DESIRE TO TRULY TAKE
09:11:58 A MEANINGFUL STEP FORWARD.
09:12:00 HISTORY CONFIRMS THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE MOTION AND THE
09:12:04 RECENT REPORT PUBLISHED BY THE TAMPA BAY PARTNERSHIP EXPOSES
09:12:07 THE GROSS INEQUITIES THAT CONFRONT OUR TAMPA AFRICAN
09:12:10 AMERICAN COMMUNITY ACROSS ALL FACETS ON A DAILY BASIS.
09:12:15 THESE ARE COMPLEX ISSUES.
09:12:16 THERE'S NO QUICK FIX, BUT I KNOW EACH OF YOU WILL AGREE THAT
09:12:20 TAMPA DESERVES BETTER, AND WITH THE RIGHT MIND-SET, WE CAN
09:12:24 CONQUER THESE CHALLENGES AS A COMMUNITY.
09:12:27 I APPLAUD COUNCILMAN GUDES FOR SPONSORING THIS MOTION AND
09:12:30 OUR CITY COUNCIL FOR HEARING IT THIS MORNING.
09:12:33 A VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS RESOLUTION WOULD BE A BOLD AND
09:12:35 COURAGEOUS STEP FORWARD, A FIRST AND NECESSARY STEP ON THE
09:12:40 LONG ROAD TO FORGIVENESS AND RECONCILIATION.
09:12:43 I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S TIME THIS MORNING.
09:12:45 THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.
09:12:46 THANK YOU.
09:12:54 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
09:12:55 IS THE FIRST GENTLEMAN ON THE LINE?
09:12:57 >>THE CLERK: HE IS STILL THERE.
09:12:59 MR. GARY GOULD, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, PLEASE UNMUTE YOUR LINE.
09:13:08 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CAN YOU HEAR US, SIR?
09:13:09 ALL RIGHT.
09:13:10 WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
09:13:11 >>THE CLERK: ALL RIGHT.
09:13:12 THE NEXT ONE WE HAVE IS CHRIS VELA.
09:13:16 IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, PLEASE UNMUTE YOUR LINE.
09:13:18 YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
09:13:20 >> THANK YOU.
09:13:21 THIS IS CHRIS VELA, 33605.
09:13:23 I WANTED TO TALK ON ITEMS 2, 4, 31, 36, IF I HAVE TIME, 33.
09:13:29 FOR ITEM NUMBER 2, YOU'LL BE GETTING A PRESENTATION ABOUT
09:13:34 PROPERTY FROM 1970s TO TODAY.
09:13:37 JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THIS,
09:13:41 PRESIDENT LYNDON HAD THE WAR ON POVERTY WHICH WAS BORNE FROM
09:13:46 THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT OF 1964.
09:13:48 HOWEVER, IN THE 1970s, WE SAW THAT SOME CERTAIN
09:13:51 REPUBLICANS DURING THE TIME WERE CUTTING BACK ON A LOT OF
09:13:54 PROGRAMS THAT WERE HURTING CHILDREN AND SO FORTH.
09:13:57 WE'VE SEEN THAT ONGOING AND ONGOING, ESPECIALLY WITH FEDERAL
09:14:01 FUNDING TO POLICE AND PERSECUTE PEOPLE OF COLOR IN A WRONG
09:14:06 WAY.
09:14:06 WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER PROBLEM.
09:14:08 WE LOVE CARS.
09:14:10 WE LIKE TO BUILD HIGHWAYS ON TOP OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
09:14:13 AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS REPORT, YOU WILL SEE THAT THE
09:14:16 NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THE DOWNTOWN INTERCHANGE HAVE REMAINED
09:14:20 VIRTUALLY STATIC.
09:14:21 I HAVE COME TO YOU GUYS VERY, VERY OFTEN TO TELL YOU THAT
09:14:25 HIGHWAYS ARE A HORRIBLE POLICY.
09:14:28 THEY PUT POOR PEOPLE IN THE WRONG SPOT AND THEY CAUSE CAR
09:14:31 DEPENDENCE.
09:14:32 PLEASE CONSIDER THAT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS
09:14:34 PRESENTATION.
09:14:35 ON ITEM NUMBER 4, WE HAVE GARAGES COMPETING WITH SURFACE
09:14:41 LOTS, STREETS, AND WE JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BALANCE
09:14:47 THE ECOSYSTEMS IN THE CITY.
09:14:49 IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR A CITY PARKING GARAGE TO COMPETE
09:14:52 WITH A PRIVATE LOT, JUST LIKE USING A STREET FOR PARKING TO
09:14:55 COMPETE WITH ALL THOSE THINGS.
09:14:57 SO TAKE THAT IN CONSIDERATION.
09:14:58 AND ALSO PUSH FOR PERMITS.
09:15:01 WE NEED ADMINISTRATIVE FEES BECAUSE ENFORCING COSTS A LOT OF
09:15:04 MONEY.
09:15:05 CONSOLIDATING ENFORCEMENT IS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE.
09:15:08 ITEM 31, I'M EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED WITH THREE COUNCIL
09:15:12 MEMBERS ON HERE.
09:15:12 TWO SERVE ON THE MPO.
09:15:14 YOU GUYS SHOULD KNOW BETTER TO PUT BILLBOARD SIGNS IN
09:15:19 CRAs.
09:15:19 YOU KNOW IT CAUSES BLIGHT.
09:15:21 YOU KNOW IT HURTS OUR ECONOMY AND CRAs TO SUPPORT HIGHWAYS
09:15:25 AND PUT THESE HORRIFIC BRIGHT SIGNS IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.
09:15:28 HOW DARE YOU GUYS, ALL OF YOU ALL ACTUALLY SUPPORTED THIS ON
09:15:31 THE FIRST READING.
09:15:32 IT'S RIDICULOUS.
09:15:32 YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS IN YOUR CAMPAIGNS, AND THEN
09:15:35 YOU FALL APART WHEN YOU COME TO VOTE ON THE TABLE.
09:15:38 THEN NUMBER 36, WE NEED TO HAVE EQUITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL
09:15:42 JUSTICE.
09:15:43 WE CAN TALK ABOUT BAYSHORE AND SPEED ALL DAY LONG, BUT IF WE
09:15:46 DON'T HAVE EQUITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN
09:15:49 TRANSPORTATION, WE'RE ONLY GOING TO STILL BE DOING A LOT OF
09:15:51 HARM AGAIN TO MINORITIES.
09:15:52 BECAUSE WE'RE BREATHING ALL THIS STUFF.
09:15:55 WE NEED TO REDUCE LANES.
09:15:57 WE NEED TO REDUCE CARS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND QUICK
09:15:59 STATISTIC HERE IS THAT TAMPA IS ONLY GROWING BY 51%.
09:16:03 OUR HIGHWAYS RIGHT NOW ARE 108 CAPACITY, EVEN WITH ALL THIS
09:16:08 CAPACITY, THIS ADDITIONAL ONE, WE ARE ACTUALLY GETTING 147%
09:16:12 DELAY.
09:16:12 THIS IS IN A TRANSPORTATION FOR AMERICA REPORT THAT WAS JUST
09:16:17 RELEASED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.
09:16:18 WHAT THIS MEANS, YOU GUYS ARE SUPPORTING MORE CARS.
09:16:21 SUPPORTING TBX AND GETTING US IN TRAFFIC JAMS, HURTING OUR
09:16:25 LUNGS, HURTING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, HURTING OUR QUALITY OF
09:16:28 LIFE.
09:16:28 THINK ABOUT EVERYTHING I SAID HERE.
09:16:30 THANK YOU.
09:16:30 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: -- VERY MUCH, SIR.
09:16:33 ALL RIGHT.
09:16:33 NEXT SPEAKER.
09:16:34 >>THE CLERK: ALL RIGHT, CHAIR THAT WOULD CONCLUDE THE
09:16:37 COMMENT -- PUBLIC COMMENT SPEAKERS.
09:16:41 SAMANTHA SHEPHERD, JUSTIN COFFIE, ERRDAISHA FLOYD AND TETRA
09:16:44 REDDY.
09:16:45 IF WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE TAMPA CONVENTION
09:16:48 CENTER, WE HAVE TWO THERE.
09:16:50 THEN I'LL GET MR. GOULD ON THE LINE.
09:16:52 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
09:16:53 GO TO TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER, YES.
09:16:55 >>THE CLERK: ALL RIGHT.
09:16:56 THANK YOU, SIR.
09:17:00 >> THIS IS ALEXANDER ENGELMANN -- BAYSHORE.
09:17:06 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL, MAYOR CASTOR, AND
09:17:08 MOBILITIES -- AND THE FANTASTIC STAFF FOR THE EFFORTS AND
09:17:10 OPPORTUNITIES CREATED TO TALK ABOUT BAYSHORE BOULEVARD AND
09:17:14 SAFETY ACROSS THE CITY.
09:17:15 I COME TO YOU IN REPRESENTATION OF THE OVER 9,240
09:17:18 INDIVIDUALS WHO SUPPORT CHANGE ON BAYSHORE WITH SIMPLE
09:17:21 GOALS.
09:17:24 WEEKEND VEHICULAR CLOSURE OF BAYSHORE BOULEVARD AND LONG
09:17:29 TERM REDESIGN OF THE PARK.
09:17:31 FOR PEDESTRIANS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES ON BAYSHORE BOULEVARD
09:17:38 AND MANY MORE PEDESTRIANS ARE STAGE KILLED ACROSS THE CITY.
09:17:41 I RECOGNIZE THE SIGNIFICANT EFFORT TO MAKE IT SAFER.
09:17:44 A YEAR-TO-DATE ON BAYSHORE TO TELL THE STORY OF ENHANCED
09:17:50 PATROL EFFORTS.
09:17:51 PROJECTED 140% INCREASE IN TRAFFIC, MAKE IT CLEAR THAT
09:17:56 DESPITE TRAGEDY, NUMEROUS CONTROL EFFORTS TO DATE AND EVEN
09:17:59 IN THE MIDST OF COVID-19, DRIVERS STILL SPEED ON BAYSHORE.
09:18:03 THIS RAD IS STILL DANGEROUS BY DESIGN.
09:18:06 UNTIL STRUCTURAL AND USAGE CHANGES ARE MADE, IT'S STILL
09:18:09 UNSAFE FOR PEDESTRIANS.
09:18:11 THIS DISCUSSION AS IN ALL ASPECTS OF OUR LIVES HAS BEEN
09:18:14 RE-SHAPED BY THE CORONAVIRUS.
09:18:15 DURING THOSE DARK, EARLY DAYS OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC,
09:18:18 IT WAS BAYSHORE LINEAR PARK THAT REMAINED A LIFELINE FOR
09:18:22 NATURE, WELLNESS, SANITY, COUNTLESS PEOPLE ACROSS OUR CITY.
09:18:26 BAYSHORE CAN BECOME A SAFE PLACE OF NATURAL REFUGE AND
09:18:28 PHYSICAL WELL-BEING IN THE POST-PANDEMIC AREA.
09:18:31 THIS COUNCIL AND MAYOR CASTOR HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO --
09:18:35 RESILIENCE MUST -- [AUDIO DISTORTED] -- 24/7/365.
09:18:43 BAYSHORE CAN CLOSE TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC EVERY WEEKEND WHILE
09:18:46 STILL REMAINING AN IMPORTANT WEEKDAY TRAFFIC ARTERY.
09:18:49 THE TIME TO DO THIS IS NOW.
09:18:51 CURRENT CDC GUIDELINES -- CURRENT CDC GUIDELINES -- STATES
09:18:54 THAT PARKS, TRAILS AND OPEN SPACES CAN PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES
09:18:57 FOR PHYSICAL OPPORTUNITY WHILE ALSO PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES
09:18:59 FOR A BREAK, HEALTH AND WELLNESS.
09:19:01 PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED TO USE PARKS, TRAILS AND OPEN SPACES
09:19:05 SAFELY WHILE FOLLOWING CURRENT GUIDELINES TO PREVENT THE
09:19:07 SPREAD OF COVID-19.
09:19:09 SCHOOLS ARE REOPEN.
09:19:10 BUSINESSES REOPENED.
09:19:12 IT'S TIME FOR BAYSHORE TO CLOSE.
09:19:14 BAYSHORE MUST CLOSE TO VEHICLES 7 A.M. SATURDAY TO 7 P.M.
09:19:17 SUNDAY, EVERY WEEKEND.
09:19:19 WE MUST DO THIS NOW IF WE WANT TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN THE
09:19:23 NEXT GENERATION OF BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS THAT VALUE SAFE,
09:19:26 RESILIENT, NATURAL PUBLIC SPACES.
09:19:28 I ASK CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR CASTOR TO CHARGE WITH THE TASK OF
09:19:33 ENACTING WEEKEND VEHICULAR CLOSURE OF BAYSHORE BOULEVARD BY
09:19:35 THE END OF THIS YEAR AND STUDY OF LONG-TERM REDESIGN AND
09:19:38 ENSURE BAYSHORE REMAINS NATURAL AND PUBLIC RESOURCE IT WAS
09:19:41 MEANT TO BE.
09:19:42 THANKS TO YOU AND COMMITMENT TO OUR CITY'S FUTURE, ALEXANDER
09:19:46 ENGELMANN.
09:19:47 THANK YOU.
09:19:47 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
09:19:49 NEXT SPEAKER.
09:19:50 WE HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER AT THE TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER.
09:20:02 YOU MAY SPEAK AT THIS TIME.
09:20:04 PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU HAVE THREE
09:20:06 MINUTES.
09:20:08 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:20:09 MY NAME IS JOSHUA HOLTON.
09:20:11 1910 EAST HAMILTON AVENUE, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
09:20:14 WHY NOT TAMPA BAY?
09:20:17 BIG CITY AMENITIES, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS WITH HOSPITALS,
09:20:22 AND NEVER-ENDING LIST OF ENTERTAINMENT OPTIONS, YET MAINTAIN
09:20:26 A SMALL-TOWN FEEL BY HELPING BUSINESSES SUCCEED, WELCOMING
09:20:29 NEWCOMERS.
09:20:30 COMPANIES AND INDIVIDUALS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD
09:20:32 TAMPA AND LEAVE THEIR MARK.
09:20:35 THIS WAS WRITTEN BY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.
09:20:37 YOU MAY RECOGNIZE IT.
09:20:39 IT'S AN ENTITY THAT RECEIVES HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN
09:20:42 FUNDING FROM THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:20:44 WHAT IS THE CITY DOING TO HELP GOOD BUSINESS OWNERS, LIKE
09:20:47 THE OWNER OF THE CROWBAR AS RESTAURANTS HAVE BEEN PERMITTED
09:20:51 TO REOPEN, SERVE LIQUOR, ATTRACT SIZABLE CROWDS, MUSIC-ONLY
09:20:56 VENUES LIKE TOM'S HAS BEEN FORCED TO STAY CLOSED OR RISK
09:21:01 LOSING A LIQUOR LICENSE.
09:21:04 -- ENOUGH TO CLOSE DURING THIS PANDEMIC HAS PROLONGED THE
09:21:08 VIRUS, ANY POSSIBILITY FOR MANY VENUES TO OPEN FULL CAPACITY
09:21:12 AT ANY TIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
09:21:13 TOM'S CALENDAR HAS BEEN CLEARED UNTIL NEXT SUMMER.
09:21:15 THIS KILLS CREATIVITY AND CULTURE.
09:21:18 TOM HOSTED EVENTS THAT BENEFIT OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY RADIO
09:21:22 STATION, EVEN HOSTED CHILDREN'S RECITALS AT THE VENUE AND
09:21:26 ENCOURAGE ARTISTS OF OUR FUTURE.
09:21:29 WHILE HE HAS FOLLOWED THE LAW, THE TAMPA POLICE AND CITY OF
09:21:32 TAMPA HAVE FAILED TO PREVENT HUGE EVENTS SUCH AS THE 400
09:21:34 PERSON CROWD AT THE CUBAN CROWD LAST WEEKEND.
09:21:37 THE LACK OF CONSEQUENCES FOR SUCH EVENTS FURTHER EMBOLDENS
09:21:40 MORE LAWLESSNESS AND PUTS LIVES AT RISK.
09:21:43 TOM HAS DISCUSSED IT AND HE ASKED ME TO SHARE THIS MESSAGE
09:21:46 WITH COUNCIL.
09:21:46 HE SAYS, WHEN THEY TELL ME TO NOT QUIT ON TAMPA, REMEMBER,
09:21:50 THEY NEVER EVEN FOUGHT FOR ME IN THE BEGINNING.
09:21:52 HE ALSO SAID, I DIDN'T QUIT MY AREA.
09:21:55 MY AREA QUIT ON ME.
09:21:56 NOW, ME PERSONALLY, I'M FROM TAMPA.
09:21:58 I WENT TO COLLEGE IN NEW ORLEANS.
09:22:00 I LOVE THE MUSIC AND CULTURE OF NEW ORLEANS.
09:22:02 YBOR CITY IS TAMPA AS THE FRENCH QUARTER IS TO NEW ORLEANS.
09:22:05 THE WORLD WOULD NOT BE THE SAME WITHOUT JAZZ OR NEW ORLEANS
09:22:09 AND TAMPA IS NOT THE SAME WITHOUT YBOR CITY.
09:22:12 TOM HAS WORKED FOR THE LAST DECADE TO ENRICH YBOR AND BY
09:22:17 EXTENSION THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:22:18 I DON'T THINK TAMPA OR CDC SHOULD DARE TALK ABOUT ATTRACTING
09:22:23 NEW BUSINESSES TO THE AREA WHEN WE CANNOT SUCCEED RETAINING
09:22:26 THE ONES WE'VE ALREADY HAD GOING -- WITH THE HOPE OF KEEPING
09:22:30 OUR CULTURE ALIVE.
09:22:31 I ASK COUNCIL TO WORK WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND THE STATE
09:22:33 OF FLORIDA TO ENFORCE LAWS ON RESTAURANTS THAT ARE VIOLATING
09:22:36 OUR REOPENING GUIDELINES.
09:22:38 PLEASE, ISSUE A MORATORIUM ON RENT, MORTGAGES, UTILITY
09:22:41 PAYMENTS, BARS AND LIVE MUSIC VENUES SO THEY CAN SAFELY
09:22:45 REOPEN.
09:22:45 CHICAGO STUDY ESTIMATED THAT A DOLLAR SPENT AT A SMALL VENUE
09:22:50 RESULTED IN $12 OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY FOR NEIGHBORING
09:22:53 RESTAURANTS, HOTELS AND RETAIL.
09:22:54 I URGE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL TO PLEASE SAVE OUR STAGES.
09:22:57 THE SENATE RECONVENES ON SEPTEMBER 8.
09:22:59 THE HOUSE RETURNS TO SESSION ON SEPTEMBER 14.
09:23:02 PLEASE ENDORSE THE RESTART ACT AND THE SAVE OUR STAGES ACT
09:23:06 WHICH PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO VENUES THROUGH GRANTS,
09:23:09 EXTENDING PPP.
09:23:11 LET'S COME TOGETHER AS A CITY TO CALL ON CONGRESS TO SUPPORT
09:23:15 SMALL VENUES.
09:23:16 ALSO AS HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NOT JUST SUPPORT BIG ONES LIKE
09:23:19 THE STRAZ AND AMALIE ARENA, THE SAVE OUR STAGES ACT WOULD
09:23:23 GIVE $10 BILLION IN SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS TO VENUES, THE
09:23:26 RESTART ACT WOULD EXTEND THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM.
09:23:29 LET'S GET CREATIVE AS A CITY TO PROTECT CREATIVITY AND
09:23:33 CULTURE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:23:34 THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:23:35 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:23:41 ALL RIGHT.
09:23:41 WE HAVE NO OTHER SPEAKERS AT THE TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER.
09:23:44 IF THERE ARE NO OTHER SPEAKERS, WE GO TO THE RECORDED PUBLIC
09:23:47 COMMENT.
09:23:48 MADAM CLERK, HOW MANY RECORDINGS DO WE HAVE?
09:23:51 >>THE CLERK: SIR, BEFORE WE GO TO THE RECORDED COMMENTS,
09:23:54 THERE ARE ACTUALLY 16, BUT I DO HAVE MR. GARY GOULD ON THE
09:23:59 LINE TO GIVE HIS THREE MINUTES.
09:24:01 >> IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD.
09:24:03 SIR, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
09:24:05 PLEASE SAY YOUR NAME.
09:24:07 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:24:07 I'M GARY GOULD.
09:24:09 I APOLOGIZE FOR THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES I WAS HAVING
09:24:13 EARLIER.
09:24:14 I'M HERE TODAY AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN OF THIS GREAT COMMUNITY.
09:24:18 I WANT TO BEGIN WITH A STORY.
09:24:20 THE BRILLIANTLY -- SAGE RABBI HILLEL IN THE FIRST CENTURY
09:24:26 BCE WAS KNOWN AS BEING A BIT LONG-WINDED AND HE WAS
09:24:29 CHALLENGED BY HIS STUDENTS ONCE TO SEE IF HE COULD POSSIBLY
09:24:34 STAND ON ONE FOOT AND SUMMARIZE THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES, THE
09:24:38 TORAH.
09:24:39 THE GREAT RABBI SURPRISED EVERYONE AND VERY EASILY STOOD ON
09:24:45 ONE FOOT AND SAID, WHAT IS HATEFUL TO YOU, DO NOT DO UNTO
09:24:49 OTHERS.
09:24:50 THE REST, MY STUDENTS, IS JUST COMMENTARY.
09:24:53 THE GOLDEN RULE.
09:24:54 I'M JEWISH, AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF THE
09:24:59 OLDEST HATE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME, ANTI-SEMITISM.
09:25:03 IN RECENT YEARS, JEWS HAVE EXPERIENCED MORE HATE CRIMES THAN
09:25:06 ANY OTHER GROUPS.
09:25:08 I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I WANT TO PRACTICE THE GOLDEN RULE
09:25:12 AND JOIN THE FIGHT WITH THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND
09:25:16 OTHER GROUPS AGAINST ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION.
09:25:20 I COMMEND COUNCILMAN GUDES ON HIS RESOLUTION AND THOSE
09:25:24 UNSUNG HEROES WHO HELPED HIM.
09:25:27 I KNOW MANY OF YOU ON COUNCIL.
09:25:28 I KNOW YOUR COMMITMENT TO FAIRNESS, YOUR PASSION FOR THIS
09:25:32 COMMUNITY AND YOUR INTEGRITY.
09:25:34 I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THIS RESOLUTION IS GOING TO PASS.
09:25:37 THE CHALLENGE WILL BE AFTER IT DOES, FORMING A COMMISSION
09:25:41 AND WORKING WITH THE MAYOR AND THE COUNTY COMMISSION TO MAKE
09:25:44 THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY BY THE BAY A SHINING EXAMPLE FOR THE
09:25:49 ENTIRE COUNTRY.
09:25:51 I WISH YOU GODSPEED.
09:25:52 PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF I CAN HELP IN ANY WAY.
09:25:55 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:25:56 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:25:57 ALL RIGHT.
09:25:59 MADAM CLERK, YOU SAID WE HAD 16 RECORDED PUBLIC COMMENTS.
09:26:02 >>THE CLERK: THAT IS CORRECT.
09:26:08 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: READY WHEN YOU ARE.
09:26:09 >>THE CLERK: I'LL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN.
09:26:11 >> HI.
09:26:11 MY NAME IS ALEXIA HANNAH.
09:26:13 I LIVE AT 3328 WEST NAPOLEON AVENUE IN TAMPA.
09:26:17 [DISTORTED AUDIO] -- THE OVERBUILDING IS BECOMING A REALLY
09:26:33 BIG ISSUE.
09:26:34 IT SEEMS THAT EVERY EMPTY LOT -- (INDISCERNIBLE) -- WE ARE
09:26:45 ALREADY OVERPOPULATED IN RELATIVELY SMALL AREA.
09:26:50 I THINK THAT SOG -- AND THE BUILDING SHOULD GO ELSEWHERE.
09:27:00 WE'RE CONCERNED WITH FLOODING.
09:27:01 THE MORE THEY BUILD DOWN HERE, THEY BUILD UP THEIR NEW
09:27:06 BUILDINGS.
09:27:08 BUT THE OLD AND ESTABLISHED HOMES AND BUILDINGS HERE AREN'T
09:27:12 BUILT UP AS HIGH SO WE EXPERIENCE THE FLOODING.
09:27:16 ROADS ARE CROWDED AND CONGESTED.
09:27:23 THEY ARE JUST NOT TAKEN CARE OF AS WELL AS THEY SHOULD BE.
09:27:27 IMAGINE ADDING MUCH MORE TRAFFIC TO THAT.
09:27:33 RAILROAD TRACKS ARE JUST NOT CARED FOR.
09:27:37 CONCERNED WITH THAT AS WELL.
09:27:40 WE JUST WANTED TO -- STOP OVERBUILDING SOG.
09:27:50 THANK YOU.
09:27:50 BYE-BYE.
09:27:51 >> HELLO TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THANK YOU FOR
09:27:56 FOCUSING ON THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU WILL HAVE LATER IN THE
09:27:59 DAY ABOUT SAFETY FOR WALKING AND BIKING IN OUR COMMUNITY,
09:28:04 THE SPEED STUDY.
09:28:05 THIS IS CHRISTINE ACOSTA OF WALK BIKE TAMPA AND PEDAL POWER
09:28:10 PROMOTERS.
09:28:12 I WISH TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE TO THE CITY OF TAMPA MOBILITY
09:28:16 DEPARTMENT FOR PUTTING THE INFORMATION TOGETHER AND FOR SOME
09:28:20 OF THE NEW AND EXCITING INFORMATION THAT IS CONTAINED
09:28:24 WITHIN.
09:28:25 I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO A COUPLE OF
09:28:31 ADJUSTMENTS.
09:28:32 FIRSTLY, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD INSTALL COUNTERS ON
09:28:37 OUR TRAIL SYSTEMS AND HEAVY BIKE FACILITIES.
09:28:42 WE KNOW FROM OUR FRIENDS AT THE OFFICE OF GREENWAYS AND
09:28:45 TRAILS AND ALSO FROM PINELLAS COUNTY THAT WHERE COUNTERS ARE
09:28:50 INSTALLED, WE HAVE REAL DATA AND DURING THE PANDEMIC, TRAIL
09:28:54 USAGE IS UP TWO AND THREE HUNDRED PERCENT ACROSS THE BOARD
09:29:00 IN SOME CASES.
09:29:01 SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT DATA, AND IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO
09:29:05 HAVE THE DATA NOT ONLY FOR BAYSHORE BUT ALSO FOR RIVERWALK
09:29:10 AND OTHER PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHERE WE HAVE HEAVY, ACTIVE
09:29:15 TRANSPORTATION AND RECREATIONAL USE.
09:29:18 THE SECOND REQUEST THAT I RESPECTFULLY MAKE IS THAT THE CITY
09:29:25 CONSIDER ADOPTING A TOOL THAT ENABLES RESIDENTS TO QUICKLY
09:29:30 AND EASILY DOCUMENT AND RECORD THEIR SITUATIONS THAT WARRANT
09:29:37 ATTENTION THROUGH A PLATFORM CALLED SEE, CLICK, FIX.
09:29:42 THIS NOT ONLY ALLOWS RESIDENTS TO DOCUMENT SITUATIONS AND
09:29:47 PROBLEM SPOTS, WE HAVE A TOOL LIKE THAT ALREADY IN TAMPA,
09:29:50 THIS SYSTEM SEE, CLICK, FIX ENABLES MUNICIPALITIES TO
09:29:56 COLLECT DATA AND AGGREGATE WHERE TROUBLE SPOTS ARE REPORTED
09:30:01 FREQUENTLY SO THAT RESOURCES CAN BE ALLOCATED IN A WAY THAT
09:30:08 VALUE SOLVING THE MOST NUMBER OF PROBLEMS WITH THE FEWEST
09:30:12 NUMBER OF DOLLARS.
09:30:14 AGAIN, CITY COUNCIL, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR
09:30:16 TIME AND YOUR ENERGY ON THESE ISSUES.
09:30:20 >> HELLO.
09:30:21 MY NAME IS DAVID LARSON.
09:30:23 I AM A 21-YEAR RESIDENT OF TAMPA LIVING IN THE NEW TAMPA
09:30:27 AREA.
09:30:30 MY AREA OF CONCERN IS WITH THE DOUBLE STANDARD THAT I SEE
09:30:37 WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS FAR AS HOW IT TREATS
09:30:43 PROTESTORS THAT ARE PROTESTING FOR EQUALITY AND TO POLICE
09:30:53 ABUSE OF PEOPLE OF COLOR VERSUS PROTESTORS OR OTHERS THAT
09:31:00 APPEAR TO BE MORE SUPPORTIVE OF THE POLICE.
09:31:05 THERE CAN'T BE A DOUBLE STANDARD BECAUSE A DOUBLE STANDARD
09:31:09 LIKE THAT ONLY FURTHER ERODES TRUST IN THE TAMPA POLICE
09:31:15 DEPARTMENT.
09:31:18 I KNOW MANY TAMPA POLICE OFFICERS, AND I KNOW THEY WANT TO
09:31:28 BE TRUSTED BY THEIR COMMUNITY.
09:31:31 THEY WANT TO BE KNOWN AS GUARDIANS OF THE COMMUNITY.
09:31:34 HOWEVER, THAT'S NOT REALLY POSSIBLE WHEN DOUBLE STANDARD IS
09:31:44 ON DISPLAY FOR ALL TO SEE.
09:31:47 FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN PEOPLE WITHOUT A PERMIT BLOCK THE STREET
09:31:53 IN FRONT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND PAINT A MURAL,
09:32:01 ILLEGALLY, NOTHING IS DONE THAT IS INDICATIVE OF WHAT WE'RE
09:32:17 SEEING WEEK AFTER WEEK IN TAMPA.
09:32:19 THAT HAS TO STOP.
09:32:25 I'M ALSO CONCERNED WITH THE INCREASE IN THE POLICE BUDGET.
09:32:31 WHEN I FEEL THE FUNDS COULD BE SPENT BETTER IN OTHER WAYS,
09:32:35 THERE'S A LOT OF TALK OF DEFUNDING THE POLICE AND WHAT THAT
09:32:39 REALLY MEANS IS DIVERTING SOME OF THE MONEY THAT CURRENTLY
09:32:42 GOES TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, TO OTHER THINGS WHERE THE
09:32:46 MONEY COULD BE SPENT BETTER, OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE BETTER
09:32:52 EQUIPPED TO SERVICE THE CALLS, SOME OF THE CALLS ON THE CITY
09:33:00 PAYROLL.
09:33:01 ONLY 5% OF CALLS TO THE POLICE -- LESS THAN A THIRD OF
09:33:06 POLICE OFFICERS' TIME ON DUTY IS CRIME RELATED.
09:33:11 THESE CAN BE HANDLED, TWO-THIRDS OF THESE CASES CAN BE
09:33:16 HANDLED IN OTHER WAYS.
09:33:17 SO I AM NOT IN SUPPORT OF INCREASING.
09:33:22 >> DEBRA ELLICOTT.
09:33:27 WE LIVE ON WYOMING AVENUE.
09:33:30 WE LIVED HERE FOR 34 YEARS.
09:33:32 AND THE BUILDING IN SOUTH TAMPA HAS GOT TO STOP.
09:33:36 THERE ARE WAY TOO MANY APARTMENTS AND TOWN HOUSES THAT
09:33:40 YOU'RE TAKING UP ALL THE LAND.
09:33:43 THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
09:33:45 THE RENTS ARE GOING UP.
09:33:46 PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE IN SOUTH TAMPA ANYMORE BECAUSE
09:33:50 THE DEVELOPERS ARE JUST RAISING THE RIGHTS TO AN EXORBITANT
09:33:54 AMOUNT.
09:33:54 YOU'VE GOT TO LEAVE SOME GREENSPACE IN SOUTH TAMPA.
09:33:57 THANK YOU.
09:33:59 >> HI.
09:34:00 MY NAME IS EVAN LAWSON.
09:34:01 MY ADDRESS IS 4219 EAST ELLICOTT.
09:34:06 ON THE AGENDA I'M ADDRESSING RIGHT NOW IS THE RACIAL
09:34:09 RECONCILIATION THAT COUNCILMAN ORLANDO GUDES HAS SUBMITTED.
09:34:11 I BELIEVE IT'S TIME FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD IN ACKNOWLEDGING
09:34:14 THE WRONGDOING FROM THE PAST IS A GREAT START.
09:34:18 YES, I SUPPORT COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:34:20 THANK YOU.
09:34:20 HAVE A GREAT DAY.
09:34:23 >> HELLO.
09:34:25 GERALDINE ROGERS.
09:34:26 4306 NORTH 39th STREET, TAMPA.
09:34:30 I AM FOLLOWING UP ON ROUNDABOUTS CONCERNS.
09:34:33 ROUNDABOUTS MIGHT REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC CRASH
09:34:36 FATALITIES, BUT THEY CREATE OTHER ROAD HAZARDS.
09:34:39 IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT MEASURES ARE IMPLEMENTED TO IMPROVE
09:34:43 COMMUTER SAFETY IN THE AREAS WHERE ROUNDABOUTS ARE LOCATED.
09:34:47 PLEASE CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATION: ONE,
09:34:52 PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT EXPLAINING
09:34:55 HOW TO APPROPRIATELY DRIVE THROUGH ROUNDABOUTS IS
09:34:58 RECOMMENDED.
09:34:59 TWO, PEDESTRIAN CROSSING SYSTEMS ARE NEEDED AT ROUNDABOUTS
09:35:04 TO IMPROVE ROADWAY SAFETY FOR PEDESTRIANS AND MOTORISTS.
09:35:09 THIS METHOD WILL ALERT MOTORISTS WHEN A CROSSWALK IS BEING
09:35:13 OCCUPIED.
09:35:14 THREE, 40th STREET HAS THEE ROUNDABOUTS BETWEEN
09:35:17 HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE AND BUSCH BOULEVARD.
09:35:21 HOWEVER, THERE IS ONLY ONE TRAFFIC LIGHT AND ONE PEDESTRIAN
09:35:24 CROSSWALK LIGHT FOR APPROXIMATELY A THREE-MILE STRETCH FOR A
09:35:28 ROAD HEAVILY TRAVELED.
09:35:31 PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS SHOULD BE -- SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED
09:35:35 TO JAYWALK OR ENDANGER THEMSELVES PLAYING RUSSIAN ROULETTE
09:35:40 WITH THEIR LIVES TO SAFELY CROSS THESE STREETS.
09:35:43 FOUR, THERE APPEARS TO BE IMPLICIT BIAS IN DETERMINING WHERE
09:35:47 ROUNDABOUTS ARE INSTALLED.
09:35:50 SINCE SAFETY IS REQUIRED AS THE PRIMARY REASON FOR
09:35:54 INSTALLING ROUNDABOUTS, THE ROUNDABOUTS SHOULD EXIST
09:35:57 THROUGHOUT THE CITY WITH PRIORITY GIVEN TO THE MOST
09:36:00 DANGEROUS ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS.
09:36:01 THE UNFORTUNATE NUMBER OF ROUNDABOUTS ARE BEING INSTALLED IN
09:36:07 DISTRICT FIVE, ESPECIALLY IN THE EAST TAMPA AREA, IN
09:36:10 COMPARISON TO OTHER COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE CITY.
09:36:13 THERE SHOULD BE A MORATORIUM PUT ON INSTALLING ADDITIONAL
09:36:17 ROUNDABOUTS IN THE EAST TAMPA AREA UNTIL A THOROUGH
09:36:20 EVALUATION IS COMPLETED TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER PREDOMINANTLY
09:36:24 BLACK COMMUNITIES ARE RECEIVING DISPARATE TREATMENT.
09:36:27 IN CONCLUSION, THE CITY OF TAMPA ARCHIVES WILL SUBSTANTIATE
09:36:33 WHETHER THERE ARE DISCREPANCIES IN HOW THE TRANSPORTATION
09:36:37 DEPARTMENT CONDUCTS BUSINESS.
09:36:39 FOR EXAMPLE, THE CHANNELSIDE DISTRICT RESIDENTS WERE GIVEN
09:36:43 MULTIPLE OPTIONS ON HOW THEY WANTED TO SOLVE TRANSPORTATION
09:36:47 PROBLEMS.
09:36:48 THERE ARE SEVERAL ROUNDABOUTS OR CIRCLES IN NEW TAMPA ON
09:36:53 PRIVATE ROADS, ONLY RESULTING IN MINIMAL PRIVATE RESIDENCE
09:36:58 TRAVEL IN RELATION TO THE HIGH-VOLUME TRAVEL THROUGH THE
09:37:00 ROUNDABOUTS PRESENT IN EAST TAMPA'S PUBLIC ROADS.
09:37:05 THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN THIS MATTER.
09:37:08 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:37:09 THIS IS JANET SCHERBERGER.
09:37:12 ADDRESS IS 3821 WEST SAN LUIS STREET, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
09:37:16 I AM A MEMBER OF THE BOARDWALK, BIKE TAMPA.
09:37:19 I AM CALLING TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED CHANGES
09:37:24 THAT YOU'RE MAKING TO BAYSHORE BOULEVARD, MAKING IT A SAFE
09:37:32 STREET PROPOSAL.
09:37:32 AND TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I RECEIVED A LETTER AS A MEMBER OF
09:37:34 THE BOARD MEMBER OF WALK, BIKE, TAMPA FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
09:37:38 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICE OF GREENWAYS AND TRAILS, THE
09:37:40 STATE OFFICE OF GREENWAYS AND TRAILS.
09:37:42 AND THEY ALSO SUPPORT THESE IMPROVEMENTS.
09:37:45 THEY LET US KNOW THAT THE BAYSHORE BOULEVARD GREENWAY IS
09:37:48 UNIQUE WITH AN ESTIMATED PEDESTRIAN SHED OF 10,000 PEOPLE
09:37:53 AND IT CONNECTS SOME OF TAMPA'S MOST DENSE, VIBRANT,
09:37:56 HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE URBAN CORE.
09:37:58 IT'S AN IMPORTANT GREENWAY AND TRAIL FOR THE REGION, AND
09:38:01 NEEDS SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN ENJOY IT IN THE
09:38:05 MANNER THAT IT WAS MEANT TO BE USED.
09:38:06 >> THIS IS LAUREEN JAFFE.
09:38:10 MY ADDRESS IS 3501 BAYFAIR PLACE, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33629.
09:38:18 I AM CALLING IN SUPPORT OF AGENDA ITEM 33, SPECIFICALLY THE
09:38:23 RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGING TAMPA'S HISTORY RELATED TO RACIALLY
09:38:28 MOTIVATED DISCRIMINATION.
09:38:30 I AM A MEMBER OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY, AND I AM A LAWYER,
09:38:34 AND I HAVE BEEN ACTIVE IN MANY ISSUES RELATED TO JUSTICE
09:38:38 CAUSES.
09:38:40 IN MY ROLE THAT I HOLD IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES IN THE JEWISH
09:38:44 COMMUNITY, WE FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT THIS RESOLUTION IN
09:38:49 FAVOR OF IT.
09:38:50 THIS IS THE MONTH OF ELUL ON THE JEWISH CALENDAR, WHICH IS A
09:38:55 MONTH THAT IS A TIME OF INWARD REFLECTION.
09:38:58 IT IS A TIME OF -- REPENTANCE, FAITH AND HIS MERCY.
09:39:04 IT REALLY IS A TIME WHERE GOD WILL MAKE US WHOLE.
09:39:09 I THINK IT'S NOT A SMALL THING THAT THIS IS BEING BROUGHT
09:39:12 BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL.
09:39:14 IT'S TIME WE HAVE SUCH A TREMENDOUS HISTORY -- IN OUR STATE
09:39:20 AND OUR NATION, GREAT PAIN AND TRAUMA TO VARIOUS PEOPLE.
09:39:24 AND I THINK TO OUR BLACK COMMUNITIES AND AFRICAN AMERICANS.
09:39:29 THIS IS THE FIRST STEP OF RECONCILIATION AND HEALING SO WE
09:39:32 CAN COME TO A PLACE OF RESTORATION.
09:39:35 I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LOOK AT THIS.
09:39:40 NOT PART OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY, I FEEL VERY STRONGLY
09:39:43 TOWARDS IT AND WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO HAVE AN OPEN MIND
09:39:47 AND RECOGNIZE THAT THE ONLY WAY WE'LL BECOME A PROSPEROUS
09:39:52 COMMUNITY AS WELL AS PEACE IS TO TAKE THESE VERY BOLD AND
09:39:58 COURAGEOUS STEPS.
09:39:59 I APPLAUD YOU FOR WHAT I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO.
09:40:03 I APPLAUD YOU FOR YOUR BOLDNESS AND COURAGE IN THIS TIME,
09:40:06 ESPECIALLY DURING THIS SPECIAL MONTH OF ELUL.
09:40:09 WE'RE LOOKING FOR GOD'S MERCY AND GRACE AS WE ENTER INTO
09:40:13 ROSH HASHANAH.
09:40:16 THANK YOU AGAIN.
09:40:16 WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION AND AGENDA
09:40:20 ITEM NUMBER 33.
09:40:25 >> MY NAME IS MARGARET DIXON.
09:40:29 D-I-X-O-N.
09:40:31 3623 OHIO AVENUE, TAMPA, 33611.
09:40:36 WHICH IS SOUTH OF GANDY BOULEVARD.
09:40:40 I'M CALLING TO TELL YOU TO PLEASE, PLEASE STOP THE BUILDING
09:40:45 AND OVERBUILDING IN OUR AREA.
09:40:48 IT HAS BECOME UNBEARABLE, COMPLETELY UNBEARABLE TO MOTIVATE,
09:40:55 TO MOVE, TO DO ANYTHING IN THIS AREA OF TOWN.
09:40:59 THERE'S JUST TOO, TOO MUCH OVER, OVER BUILDING.
09:41:06 IT HAS TO STOP SOMEWHERE.
09:41:08 AND I THINK IT COULD STOP WITH YOU.
09:41:10 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:41:11 GOOD-BYE.
09:41:14 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:41:15 THIS IS MARY JANE RICKLES.
09:41:17 MY ADDRESS IS 1042 SOUTH STERLING AVENUE IN TAMPA.
09:41:21 33629.
09:41:24 I'M COMMENTING ON BEHALF OF WALK, BIKE TAMPA.
09:41:28 AS PRESIDENT, WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE CHANGES AND THE
09:41:33 PROPOSED PLANS TO PROVIDE AN OPEN STREET CONCEPT.
09:41:43 WE LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE ABOUT THIS, AND WE ARE IN
09:41:46 FULL SUPPORT OF IT.
09:41:47 AS FOR THE VISION ZERO FOR THE SPEEDING ON BAYSHORE, WE ARE
09:41:52 ALSO IN SUPPORT OF THE STUDIES THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING AND
09:41:55 ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT SEEING MORE CHANGES TO DECREASE THE
09:42:00 SPEED OF THAT ROADWAY AND TO IMPROVE -- TO SUPPORT VISION
09:42:10 ZERO AS WELL AS FAR AS LESS ACCIDENTS AND LESS DEATHS.
09:42:15 WAY TO GO, GUYS.
09:42:17 LET'S SEE SOME MORE.
09:42:18 OKAY?
09:42:19 HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.
09:42:20 BYE-BYE.
09:42:21 >> HELLO.
09:42:21 MY NAME IS PATTY WORKMAN.
09:42:23 I LIVE AT 6351 SOUTH LANSDALE CIRCLE, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33616.
09:42:31 I AM A RESIDENT OF THE SOUTH OF GANDY COMMUNITY.
09:42:35 I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN WITH THE OVERBUILDING
09:42:39 THAT IS HAPPENING IN MY AREA.
09:42:41 WE HAVE MULTIPLE APARTMENT COMPLEXES GOING UP.
09:42:45 WE DO NOT HAVE THE ROAD SURFACES TO SUPPORT THAT.
09:42:50 THE FLOODING IS ATROCIOUS DOWN HERE.
09:42:52 WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO GET THIS UNDER CONTROL AND STOP
09:42:55 SOME OF THE OVERBUILDING IN SOUTH TAMPA.
09:42:58 I REALLY AM CONCERNED THAT YOU ARE NOT LISTENING TO THE
09:43:01 CITIZENS AND NOT DOING THE THINGS THAT WE NEED AND WANT FOR
09:43:05 OUR COMMUNITY.
09:43:07 THANK YOU.
09:43:10 >> THIS IS RABBI JASON ROSENBERG.
09:43:13 I LIVE AT 4725 WINDFLOWER CIRCLE IN TAMPA.
09:43:18 I'M THE RABBI OF CONGREGATION BETH AM HERE IN TAMPA, AS WELL
09:43:24 AS CHAIR OF THE HILLSBOROUGH CHAPTER -- INTERFAITH
09:43:26 MULTIRACIAL SOCIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATION.
09:43:29 I'M CALLING TO OFFER MY ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT TO A RESOLUTION
09:43:34 ACKNOWLEDGING TAMPA'S HISTORY OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND
09:43:36 SUPPORTING THE CREATION OF --
09:43:40 CROSS ROADS OF AMERICAN HISTORY.
09:43:42 AS OUR COUNTRY COMES TO TERMS WITH THE TERRIBLE RACISM THAT
09:43:48 UNDERGIRDS OUR SOCIETY AND THE EFFECTS OF THE RACISM STILL
09:43:52 FELT DEEPLY TO THIS DAY.
09:43:54 UNTIL WE ARE WILLING TO LOOK -- AND HAVE DIFFICULT
09:43:58 CONVERSATIONS IN THE PRESENT, WE WILL NEVER HAVE ANY HOPE OF
09:44:01 HEALING THE WOUNDS OR RIGHTING THE WRONGS OF OUR PAST.
09:44:04 THOSE OF US LIKELY -- BENEFITED FROM A SYSTEM WHICH HAS LONG
09:44:08 EXPLOITED THE LIVES OF PEOPLE OF COLOR HAVE TO BE WILLING TO
09:44:11 TAKE OWNERSHIP OF OUR PLACE IN THAT SYSTEM.
09:44:14 IN THE WORDS OF RABBI ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHL IN A FREE
09:44:18 SOCIETY, SOME ARE GUILTY, ALL ARE RESPONSIBLE.
09:44:20 I URGE YOU TO VOTE FOR THIS RESOLUTION WHICH TAKES ONE LONG
09:44:25 OVERDUE BUT DESPERATELY NEEDED STEP TOWARDS THE ASSUMPTION
09:44:28 OF THAT RESPONSIBILITY.
09:44:29 THANK YOU.
09:44:32 >> THIS IS ROBERT WORKMAN.
09:44:34 6351 SOUTH LANSDALE CIRCLE.
09:44:37 I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT IN SOUTH TAMPA SINCE 1967.
09:44:41 I HAVE LIVED THERE ALL MY LIFE.
09:44:43 RECENTLY, I HAVE BOUGHT A HOUSE, LANSDALE CIRCLE AND LIVED
09:44:50 HERE FOR THE LAST 23 YEARS.
09:44:54 I'VE SEEN PLENTY OF GROWTH THROUGHOUT SOUTH TAMPA AND MOST
09:44:59 OF THE GROWTH HAS BEEN LIMITED TO RECENTLY APARTMENTS.
09:45:03 AND THERE IS NOT ENOUGH TRAFFIC LANES LEAVING TAMPA, LEAVING
09:45:12 SOUTH TAMPA, AND THE CONGESTION IS JUST OVERWHELMING AT
09:45:15 TIMES.
09:45:16 I DO BELIEVE IT IS A BIT MUCH.
09:45:18 IT TAKES ME FOUR OR FIVE LIGHT CYCLES TO GET FROM MANHATTAN
09:45:22 TO THE GANDY BOULEVARD LIGHT AND ANY OTHER LIGHT FOR THAT
09:45:27 MATTER, NOT TO INCLUDE WHEN WE HAVE TRAFFIC CRASHES AND
09:45:29 EVERYTHING ELSE THAT JUST CAUSES IT MORE.
09:45:32 I JUST WANTED TO VOICE MY CONCERNS ABOUT ALL THE OVERGROWTH
09:45:36 IN SOUTH TAMPA AND THE APPROVAL AND IT APPEARS TO BE QUICK
09:45:40 APPROVAL OF APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT CONTINUE TO SPRING UP.
09:45:43 YES, THEY MAY ONLY BE 800 APARTMENTS, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER 600
09:45:48 CARS ON ROADS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN IMPROVED IN MANY YEARS.
09:45:53 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
09:45:55 I HOPE THIS REACHES THE RIGHT PERSON.
09:45:57 THANK YOU.
09:46:00 >> MY NAME IS ROBIN LOCKETT.
09:46:02 MY ADDRESS IS 16401 ENCLAVE VILLAGE DRIVE, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
09:46:07 I'M CALLING TO MAKE A COMMENT IN REGARDS TO THE RACIAL
09:46:12 RESOLUTION THAT COUNCILMAN ORLANDO GUDES PRESENTED LAST
09:46:16 WEEK.
09:46:17 I WANT TO SAY THAT I AM IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS.
09:46:20 I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GREAT BEGINNING, ACKNOWLEDGMENT,
09:46:26 APOLOGY, BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF HEALING THAT NEEDS TO
09:46:31 HAPPEN IN TAMPA, AND THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE.
09:46:36 I THINK THAT ALTHOUGH MANY OF US WERE NOT BORN OR BACK IN
09:46:46 THOSE DAYS, BUT THE SYSTEMIC RACISM, THE RACISM, THE
09:46:51 MISTREATMENT, EVERYTHING STILL IS GOING ON TODAY.
09:46:56 AND I THINK IN REGARDS TO THIS RESOLUTION, THIS RACIAL
09:47:00 RESOLUTION -- I'M SORRY, RACIAL RECONCILIATION, IT PROVIDES
09:47:03 AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD IN A DIFFERENT WAY, TO
09:47:11 START BUILDING.
09:47:11 LIKE I SAID, IT'S A BEGINNING BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY THINGS
09:47:15 THAT ARE GOING ON, AND PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT FEELINGS ABOUT
09:47:19 THIS.
09:47:20 BUT I THINK THAT IT'S A GREAT BEGINNING.
09:47:25 THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN GUDES, FOR PRESENTING IT.
09:47:27 I HOPE THAT EVERY COUNCILMAN FINDS IT, THAT IT IS A
09:47:33 UNANIMOUS VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THIS.
09:47:35 AND LIKE I SAID, WE NEED TO START THE HEALING, AND IT TAKES
09:47:41 TIME, ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE WRONGDOING IS A GREAT START.
09:47:45 THANK YOU AGAIN, COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:47:46 AGAIN, ROBIN MARKET.
09:47:48 THANK YOU.
09:47:50 >> HELLO.
09:47:50 MY NAME IS STANLEY GRAY.
09:47:52 I RESIDE AT 3020 WEST HARBORVIEW AVENUE, TAMPA, FLORIDA,
09:47:57 33611.
09:48:00 WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT OUR CITY IF WE CAN'T ADOPT A
09:48:05 RECONCILIATION RESOLUTION?
09:48:06 QUESTION MARK.
09:48:08 DOES IT SPEAK FOR OUR ABILITY OR DESIRE FOR TRUE EQUITY AND
09:48:14 EQUALITY?
09:48:15 QUESTION MARK.
09:48:20 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:48:21 THIS IS REVEREND WILLIE G. DIXON WITH THE COACH FOUNDATION.
09:48:24 MY BUSINESS ADDRESS IS 3411 NORTH 34th STREET.
09:48:30 SUITE D, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
09:48:32 I WANT TO LIST MY SUPPORT FOR THE RESOLUTION BY COUNCILMAN
09:48:39 GUDES TOMORROW.
09:48:41 I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF HIS RESOLUTION OFFERING REPARATION.
09:48:47 AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF I COULD ADD SOMETHING TO THAT, TO
09:48:52 AMEND THAT TO SHOW THAT ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS,
09:48:56 THAT THE PROPERTIES THAT WERE TAKEN FROM BLACKS IN TAMPA
09:49:02 HEIGHTS AND OTHER AREAS, THEY SHOULD BE GIVEN SOME TYPE OF
09:49:05 CONSIDERATION, IN PARTICULAR, WE HAVE EIGHT LOTS FROM THE
09:49:12 FOUNDATION THAT WE NEVER RECEIVED CONSIDERATION.
09:49:14 I WISH THAT WOULD BE ADDED TO IT IN ORDER TO BUILD SEVERAL
09:49:17 TAMPA HOMES WITHIN THE AREA AND TO ALSO ADD $30,000 DOWN
09:49:23 PAYMENT ASSISTANCE FOR EACH OF THE RECIPIENTS THAT WE GIVE
09:49:25 HOMES TO AND TO BUILD AN OFFICE IN THE AREA TO HELP PEOPLE
09:49:30 IN THAT AREA, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE VETERANS AND
09:49:33 EX-OFFENDERS.
09:49:34 THANK YOU AND HAVE A BLESSED DAY.
09:49:39 >>THE CLERK: CHAIR THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC AGENDA
09:49:41 RECORDINGS.
09:49:42 WE DO HAVE MS. REDDY BACK ON THE LINE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
09:49:47 GO BACK TO HER FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
09:49:49 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IF WE COULD, AND THEN THAT WILL CONCLUDE
09:49:52 PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE AGENDA.
09:49:54 GO AHEAD.
09:49:54 I'LL START THE TIME WE ARE THREE MINUTES.
09:49:56 IF SHE WOULD UNMUTE HERSELF AND STATE HER NAME AND GO AHEAD.
09:49:59 >>THE CLERK: MS. SHYSTRA REDDY, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
09:50:06 YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
09:50:14 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MS. REDDY, IF YOU CAN UNMUTE YOURSELF,
09:50:17 YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SPEAK.
09:50:19 YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
09:50:20 ARE YOU THERE?
09:50:29 >>THE CLERK: SHE IS STILL SELF-MUTED.
09:50:32 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IF YOU COULD PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND
09:50:35 YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SPEAK.
09:50:45 ALL RIGHT.
09:50:46 >>THE CLERK: ALL RIGHT.
09:50:46 WELL, THAT WOULD CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE
09:50:50 AGENDA.
09:50:50 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
09:50:53 WE WILL NOW MOVE FORWARD TO APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AND
09:50:59 ADDENDUM TO THE AGENDA.
09:51:02 CAN WE GET A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT?
09:51:04 >> MOTION TO APPROVE.
09:51:06 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN?
09:51:08 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR, MR. SHELBY.
09:51:10 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, THANK YOU.
09:51:11 I BELIEVE A COUPLE OF THINGS.
09:51:13 NUMBER ONE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS COUNCIL MEMBER DINGFELDER
09:51:16 HAS A REQUEST.
09:51:17 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEMS NUMBER 8 AND 27 TO BE PULLED FOR
09:51:22 DISCUSSION, IS THAT CORRECT, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER?
09:51:25 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: CORRECT.
09:51:25 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:51:26 THANK YOU, MR. SHELBY.
09:51:32 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YOU HAVE TWO MATTERS OF NEW BUSINESS.
09:51:35 DID YOU WANT TO TAKE THEM UP EARLY OR TAKE THEM UP AT THE
09:51:39 END OF THE AGENDA?
09:51:40 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S TAKE THEM UP AT THE END OF THE
09:51:42 AGENDA.
09:51:43 I HAVE THEM HERE.
09:51:45 ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW WHAT?
09:51:47 THEY SHOULD BE PRETTY EASY, IF WE WANT TO TAKE THEM UP NOW
09:51:51 ONCE WE APPROVE THE AGENDA AND THE ADDENDUM, WE'LL TAKE THEM
09:51:55 UP QUICKLY.
09:51:56 I DON'T THINK THEY ARE COMPLICATED.
09:51:58 ALL RIGHT.
09:51:58 OTHER THAN THAT, CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE --
09:52:02 >> SO MOVED, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:52:04 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN
09:52:05 MIRANDA.
09:52:06 I BELIEVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES.
09:52:09 ANY OPTION?
09:52:14 UNANIMOUS CONSENT WE HAVE APPROVED THIS AGENDA.
09:52:17 FOR CEREMONIAL ACTIVITIES AND PRESENTATIONS AT THE
09:52:20 BEGINNING, A MEMORANDUM FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA REQUESTING
09:52:23 THAT ITEM NUMBER 1 BE REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA.
09:52:26 CAN I GET A MOTION TO REMOVE THAT FROM THE AGENDA?
09:52:30 >> SO MOVED.
09:52:30 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN
09:52:32 MIRANDA.
09:52:33 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:52:35 ANY OBJECTION?
09:52:36 HEARING NONE --
09:52:37 >>LUIS VIERA: MR. CHAIR --
09:52:39 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM, COUNCILMAN VIERA.
09:52:40 GO AHEAD, SIR.
09:52:41 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
09:52:43 I WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK THE CASTOR ADMINISTRATION FOR
09:52:46 WORKING WITH US ON THIS.
09:52:48 WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME ALTERNATIVE MEASURES TO HONOR THE LIFE
09:52:52 OF THE LATE MICHAEL PHILLIPS, THE SON OF WONDERFUL KAREN
09:52:56 CLAY, INCLUDING A MEMORIAL STREET NAMING FOR MR. PHILLIPS
09:53:01 THAT WOULDN'T BE EXACTLY AMENABLE TO MY REQUEST, BUT IT GETS
09:53:03 THE JOB DONE.
09:53:04 SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.
09:53:05 BUT I WANTED TO AGAIN THANK THE CASTOR ADMINISTRATION FOR
09:53:08 THE WORK WITH US ON THIS.
09:53:10 MY HAT'S OFF TO THEM.
09:53:12 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
09:53:13 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:53:13 ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR ANY OBJECTION?
09:53:16 I HEAR NONE.
09:53:17 THE MOTION WAS COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, SECOND FROM COUNCIL
09:53:20 MEMBER GUDES BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, WE HAVE REMOVED ITEM
09:53:23 NUMBER 1.
09:53:24 NOW, BEFORE WE GO TO ITEM NUMBER 2, WE HAD THOSE TWO WALK-ON
09:53:30 ITEMS.
09:53:30 I THINK THEY WILL BE QUICK.
09:53:32 ONE IS SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING.
09:53:33 ONE IS A MEMORANDUM FROM SUSAN JOHNSON-VELEZ REQUESTING TO
09:53:37 SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING ON OCTOBER 8, 2020 AT 6 P.M.
09:53:41 REGARDING THE REVISED APPLICATION OF KR TAMPA TRASK 2109 LLC
09:53:46 FOR REZ 19-94.
09:53:48 MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO SET THAT PUBLIC HEARING?
09:53:51 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:53:54 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
09:53:56 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
09:53:58 IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID OR
09:54:00 ASKED ABOUT THIS?
09:54:01 I HEAR NONE.
09:54:03 IS THERE ANY OBJECTION?
09:54:06 ALL RIGHT.
09:54:06 BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, THAT PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN SET.
09:54:11 THE SECOND NEW BUSINESS ITEM IS A MEMORANDUM FROM OUR CFO,
09:54:17 DENNIS ROGERO REQUESTING TO WALK ON A GRANT AGREEMENT AND
09:54:21 AUTHORIZE RESOLUTION THAT APPROPRIATES $41,920 FOR TPD
09:54:27 TRESPASSING PREVENTION INITIATIVE.
09:54:30 ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR IS MR. ROGERO ON THE LINE AND
09:54:35 WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?
09:54:42 >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
09:54:43 THIS IS DENNIS, I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
09:54:47 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: QUICK QUESTION.
09:54:48 DINGFELDER.
09:54:49 SINCE IT CAME AS A WALK-ON, I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO READ
09:54:54 THROUGH THIS 30-PAGE DOCUMENT CAREFULLY, BUT SINCE IT'S FROM
09:54:58 THE FEDERAL RAILWAY ADMINISTRATION, I ASSUME THIS IS FOR US
09:55:08 TO PATROL RAILWAY PROPERTY.
09:55:11 >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, SIR, PARTICULARLY TRESPASSING UPON
09:55:15 RAILWAY PROPERTY.
09:55:19 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY.
09:55:20 THANKS.
09:55:21 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
09:55:22 ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS?
09:55:26 WE'LL NEED A ROLL-CALL VOTE ON THIS BECAUSE OF THE DOLLAR
09:55:29 AMOUNT.
09:55:29 CAN WE GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM?
09:55:32 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:55:33 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
09:55:37 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
09:55:38 ROLL-CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
09:55:39 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
09:55:40 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
09:55:41 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
09:55:45 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
09:55:48 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
09:55:51 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
09:55:53 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
09:55:56 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
09:55:57 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
09:56:01 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
09:56:02 THAT CONCLUDES THE WALK-ON ITEMS.
09:56:05 WE NOW GO TO ITEM NUMBER 2 WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION
09:56:08 STAFF.
09:56:08 IT IS A TEN-MINUTE PRESENTATION.
09:56:11 I KNOW A PowerPoint WAS SENT AND APPROVED.
09:56:15 IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS ON THE LINE, YOU HAVE TEN
09:56:18 MINUTES FOR THIS ITEM.
09:56:19 I WILL TIME IT, AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND BEGIN,
09:56:23 PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
09:56:26 >> TERRY EAGAN, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
09:56:29 GOOD MORNING.
09:56:30 I'M HERE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO THE CONCENTRATIONS IN
09:56:35 POVERTY REPORT.
09:56:36 WE PREPARED ONE A FEW YEARS AGO.
09:56:38 WE HAVE RECEIVED NEW CENSUS DATA SO WE UPDATED IT TO THE
09:56:40 YEAR 2018.
09:56:42 THE MAIN GOAL OF THIS REPORT AND PROJECT WAS TO DETERMINE IN
09:56:48 WHAT EXTENT, CIRCUMSTANCES IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WITH
09:56:51 RESPECT TO THE CONCENTRATIONS OF POVERTY, SHIFTS IN POVERTY
09:56:55 AWAY FROM DOWNTOWN ARE REFLECTED AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL AND
09:56:59 IN THE COUNTY LEVEL.
09:57:00 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:57:01 SO TO START OFF, JUST A QUICK REVIEW OF MEASURING POVERTY,
09:57:10 THERE ARE THREE INTERRELATED WAYS WE MEASURE POVERTY.
09:57:13 THERE ARE POVERTY THRESHOLDS.
09:57:15 THERE ARE POVERTY GUIDELINES.
09:57:17 AND THEN THERE IS THE RATIO OF INCOME TO POVERTY.
09:57:20 POVERTY THRESHOLDS ARE WHAT WAS USED IN THIS REPORT.
09:57:25 IT'S A VERY COMPLICATED KIND OF MATRIX, 48 CELLS, THAT
09:57:30 IDENTIFY POVERTY, BOTH ON HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION AND INCOME.
09:57:35 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:57:39 IT'S BEFORE TAX MONEY INCOME.
09:57:41 IT'S ADJUSTED ANNUALLY.
09:57:43 IT'S A FORMULA THAT THIS RECEIVES SOME CRITICISM BECAUSE THE
09:57:45 FORMULA ITSELF HASN'T BEEN UPDATED SINCE THE 1960s.
09:57:49 THERE ARE PROPONENTS THAT FEEL A NEWER METHODOLOGY NEEDS TO
09:57:53 BE CREATED, ONE MORE REFLECTIVE OF THE WAY PEOPLE OF TODAY.
09:57:59 LASTLY, THE SAME VALUES ARE ASSIGNED EVERYWHERE.
09:58:01 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:58:02 SO THIS IS WHAT POVERTY THRESHOLDS LOOK LIKE.
09:58:07 LIKE I SAID, IT IS A 48-CELL MATRIX.
09:58:09 HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION BY THE NUMBER OF DEPENDENTS RUNS LEFT
09:58:13 TO RIGHT.
09:58:13 AND THEN THE SIZE OF THE FAMILY UNIT RUNS NORTH TO SOUTH.
09:58:18 DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE IN TERMS OF HAVING A TWO HOUSE
09:58:23 HOLDER AND TWO DEPENDENTS, YOUR POVERTY INCOME WOULD BE
09:58:28 ROUGHLY AROUND 26,000 -- $25,926.
09:58:32 ONE OF THE CRITICISMS AGAINST POVERTY THRESHOLDS OR THIS
09:58:37 PARTICULAR FORMULA IS THAT THIS THRESHOLD IS APPLIED
09:58:40 UNIFORMLY ACROSS THE U.S.
09:58:41 SO NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE IN THE COUNTRY, WHETHER IT'S
09:58:44 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, OR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY,
09:58:46 NEW HAMPSHIRE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE USING THE SAME MATRIX FOR
09:58:50 INCOME.
09:58:51 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:58:52 THESE ARE WHAT THE POVERTY GUIDELINES LOOK LIKE.
09:58:57 THEY ARE STRICTLY USED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES TO
09:59:00 ADMINISTER POLICY, FEDERAL FUNDS, QUALIFYING FOR PROGRAMS.
09:59:07 IT'S A SIMPLIFIED VERSION OF THE POVERTY THRESHOLDS.
09:59:10 OFTENTIMES PEOPLE CONFLATE THE TWO, BUT POVERTY THRESHOLDS
09:59:15 AND GUIDELINES ARE NOT EXACTLY SYNONYMOUS.
09:59:21 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:59:23 AND THEN THE LAST WAY OF PEOPLE MEASURING POVERTY,
09:59:25 REPRESENTING POVERTY, THIS HAS BECOME VERY COMMON OF LATE.
09:59:29 THE RATIO OF INCOME TO POVERTY, WHERE NEAR POVERTY IS
09:59:35 MEASURED ON A RATIO BETWEEN 100 AND 125 PERCENT OF THE
09:59:39 POVERTY THRESHOLD AND IN POVERTY AND DEEP POVERTY HAVE THEIR
09:59:44 OWN RATIOS.
09:59:45 THIS BECAME MUCH MORE COMMON OF LATE.
09:59:48 THERE WAS A BOOK PUBLISHED CALLED "GETTING BY ON $2 A DAY,"
09:59:52 WHERE THE AUTHOR PROPOSED A NEW QUANTIFICATION AS THEY WERE
09:59:55 ABLE TO IDENTIFY SOME ONE MILLION HOUSEHOLDS OR ONE MILLION
10:00:00 PEOPLE IN THE U.S. THAT GET BY ON ROUGHLY $2 A DAY.
10:00:04 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:00:07 SO TO MEASURE POVERTY AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL, WE USE
10:00:10 CENSUS TRACTS AS SURROGATES FOR NEIGHBORHOODS.
10:00:12 CENSUS TRACTS ARE THE PREFERRED GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARY
10:00:17 MEASUREMENT TOOL FROM THE UNITED STATES CENSUS.
10:00:19 IF YOU THINK OF THE ZIP CODE, IT'S KIND OF SIMILAR TO THAT.
10:00:22 IT IS THE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARY WITH AN ASSIGNED NUMERIC CODE,
10:00:27 HOWEVER, THEY REMAIN THE SAME FOR TEN YEARS AT A TIME.
10:00:31 TO DO THIS RESEARCH, WE USE A SET OF DATA AND ANALYSIS OUT
10:00:34 OF BROWN UNIVERSITY WHERE THEY TOOK 2010 CENSUS TRACTS AND
10:00:41 USED THEM -- REASSIGNED DATA TO 1970 SO WE COULD DO A
10:00:45 COMPARISON OF LIKE GEOGRAPHIES OVER 50 YEARS.
10:00:52 WE SELECTED TRACTS WHERE 40% OR MORE OF THE RESIDENTS ARE
10:00:56 POOR.
10:00:56 NEXT SLIDE.
10:00:57 WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE IN THE CONCENTRATION OF POVERTY REPORT,
10:01:04 ARE THERE DISPERSIONS FROM THE CITY CENTERS AND OUR
10:01:07 DOWNTOWN?
10:01:07 IS THERE ANY ENCROACHMENT INTO THE SUBURBS?
10:01:10 AND DID THIS TREND BEGIN BEFORE THE GREAT RECESSION?
10:01:14 WHICH IS WHAT SOME OF THE LITERATURE POSITED.
10:01:18 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:01:18 JUST TO GIVE YOU A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW, THIS IS WHAT THE
10:01:22 HISTORICAL POVERTY RATES LOOK LIKE OVER TIME.
10:01:25 SO IN 1960, YOU CAN SEE IT WAS QUITE HIGH.
10:01:28 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS JUST BEGINNING TO GET A HANDLE ON
10:01:32 QUANTIFYING POVERTY BEFORE THE MID '60s, THERE WAS NO
10:01:36 UNIFORM STANDARD OF MEASURING POVERTY IN THE U.S.
10:01:39 PRESIDENT JOHNSON INITIATED A NUMBER OF WAR ON POVERTY
10:01:45 PROGRAMS.
10:01:45 YOU CAN SEE HOW THE POVERTY RATES DECLINED FROM 1960 TO
10:01:48 1970, AND THEN DEPENDING ON WHEN THE DECENNIAL CENSUS IS
10:01:55 TAKEN, IF IT CORRESPONDS WITH A RECESSION OR SIGNIFICANT
10:02:00 ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE HIGHER POVERTY RATES.
10:02:05 IN THE CASE OF THE YEAR 2000, WE HAD A BOOMING ECONOMY, SO
10:02:09 THE POVERTY RATES WERE MUCH LOWER.
10:02:11 RIGHT NOW, THE MOST CURRENT DATA WE HAVE SHOWED HILLSBOROUGH
10:02:15 COUNTY RIGHT AROUND 16% POVERTY RATE.
10:02:18 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
10:02:20 SO THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE 1970 POVERTY CONCENTRATION.
10:02:26 IT'S KIND OF A LARGE MAP BECAUSE WE HAD TO INCLUDE PLANT
10:02:29 CITY.
10:02:29 THIS WAS THE ONLY TIME PLANT CITY HAD A TRACT THAT EXCEEDED
10:02:34 40% OF THE POVERTY RATE, BUT YOU CAN LOOK AND DOWNTOWN TAMPA
10:02:39 IS A FAIRLY CONSISTENT AREA AS HIGH TRACTS OF CONCENTRATION,
10:02:48 AND UP TO A LITTLE BIT NORTH OF THE DOWNTOWN.
10:02:50 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:02:52 IN 1980, PLANT CITY DROPS OUT, AND DOWNTOWN BECOMES MOSTLY
10:03:01 CONCENTRATED WITH THE HIGH CONCENTRATION OF POVERTY TRACTS.
10:03:05 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:03:07 1990, IT SHIFTED A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT'S STILL FAIRLY
10:03:13 CONSISTENT.
10:03:15 AND THEN AS I POINTED OUT EARLIER, WHEN WE GO TO THE YEAR
10:03:18 2000 -- NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:03:21 YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE MANY FEWER TRACTS THAT HAVE A HIGH
10:03:27 CONCENTRATION OF POVERTY.
10:03:30 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:03:31 WHEN WE GET INTO THE YEARS 2010 TO 2014, WE HAD TO USE AN
10:03:41 ALTERNATE DATA SET BECAUSE THE CENSUS DID NOT ASK FOR INCOME
10:03:44 DATA IN THE 2010 CENSUS, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE DISPERSION HAS
10:03:49 BEGUN, WHICH WAS BEING DISCUSSED IN A LOT OF THE RESEARCH
10:03:52 LITERATURE.
10:03:52 IT'S HEADING EAST AND THEN SOUTH INTO THE PALM RIVER AREA,
10:03:56 AND IT HAS MOVED NORTH INTO THE AREA AROUND THE UNIVERSITY
10:03:59 OF SOUTH FLORIDA.
10:04:01 THIS WAS TAKEN RIGHT AROUND THE END OF THE GREAT RECESSION,
10:04:05 SO WE HAVE A LOT MORE TRACTS THAT ARE REGISTERING AS HIGH
10:04:09 POVERTY.
10:04:10 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:04:11 NOW, 2014 TO 2018, WE CAN SEE IT HAS DIMINISHED SOMEWHAT.
10:04:21 WE STILL HAVE TRACTS APPEARING UP TOWARDS THE UNIVERSITY OF
10:04:23 SOUTH FLORIDA, SOUTH INTO PALM RIVER AND CONTINUING INTO THE
10:04:29 DOWNTOWN AREA.
10:04:30 I BELIEVE THOSE ARE ALL MY SLIDES.
10:04:33 NEXT SLIDE.
10:04:35 SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
10:04:39 I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
10:04:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN?
10:04:45 DINGFELDER, GUDES, CARLSON, MIRANDA, ANYONE?
10:04:47 VIERA?
10:04:52 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: DINGFELDER, QUICK QUESTION.
10:04:55 YOU MIGHT HAVE MENTIONED THIS PREVIOUSLY, TERRY.
10:05:01 THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION.
10:05:02 DOES THE CENSUS THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW HAVE A FINANCIAL
10:05:10 DISCLOSURE, A REQUEST, NUMBER ONE?
10:05:13 NUMBER TWO, IS WHEN WOULD THE NEXT UPDATE BE BASED UPON THAT
10:05:19 CENSUS?
10:05:22 >>TERRY EAGAN: WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, THE CENSUS STOPPED
10:05:24 ASKING ANY INCOME DATA QUESTIONS AFTER THE 2000 CENSUS.
10:05:29 SO THEY ARE USING THE ALTERNATE SURVEY TOOL, THE AMERICAN
10:05:33 COMMUNITY SURVEY, WHICH HAS AN ANNUAL PUBLICATION, WHICH
10:05:37 WILL HAVE SOME INCOME DATA IN IT, BUT THAT WON'T BE
10:05:41 AVAILABLE UNTIL DECEMBER.
10:05:43 BUT WE'LL PROBABLY SEE A REFLECTION OF SOME OF WHAT HAS
10:05:48 OCCURRED THIS PAST YEAR REPORTED IN THAT UPDATE.
10:05:56 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
10:05:57 COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
10:05:58 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:06:00 I WANTED TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR ALLOWING US TO DO THIS
10:06:03 PRESENTATION.
10:06:04 THANK YOU TO TERRY AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR DOING IT.
10:06:06 YOU ALL WERE GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO LET ME PRESENT THE TAMPA
10:06:09 SCORECARD A FEW MONTHS AGO, WHICH PEOPLE CAN SEE AT TAMPA
10:06:13 SCORECARD.COM.
10:06:15 IT SHOWS THAT POVERTY IS ONE OF THE TOP ISSUES FOR THE CITY
10:06:17 OF TAMPA.
10:06:18 WHAT TERRY HAS JUST SHOWN, THERE HAS BEEN A MIGRATION
10:06:21 OUTSIDE THE CITY WHICH IS NOT NECESSARILY GOOD BECAUSE IT
10:06:24 CREATES MORE TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS AND IT CONTINUES THE
10:06:29 DENSE AREAS OF POVERTY.
10:06:32 FOR ANYBODY WATCHING, THIS IS NOT A POLITICAL ISSUE.
10:06:35 IT IS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUE.
10:06:37 WE'VE HAD PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS WITH MOEZ LIMAYEM,
10:06:39 THE DEAN OF THE MUMA COLLEGE OF BUSINESS FROM USF.
10:06:45 AND HE AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO WATCH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
10:06:49 CLEARLY SAY THAT THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST PEOPLE AND THE BEST
10:06:51 COMPANIES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO LOCATE HERE AND KEEP HERE,
10:06:54 THEY SEE OUR REAL NUMBERS, NOT THE NUMBERS THAT WE WANT TO
10:06:57 PRESENT.
10:06:57 THE OLD-STYLE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WAS TO RECRUIT
10:07:00 NEW YORK COMPANIES THAT WANTED TO PAY LOW TAXES AND LOW
10:07:03 WAGES AND THEN SUBSIDIZE THEM.
10:07:05 THE NEW STYLE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS ATTRACTING AND
10:07:07 RETAINING THE BEST PEOPLE AND ENTREPRENEURS WHO WANT TO
10:07:09 BUILD THEIR BUSINESSES HERE.
10:07:10 AND POVERTY IS ONE OF OUR TOP ISSUES.
10:07:14 WE'RE ONE OF THE WORST IN THE STATE IN POVERTY.
10:07:16 WHAT I WAS HOPING WITH THIS IS THAT WE COULD CONTINUE TO DIG
10:07:19 DOWN DEEP NEAR THIS ISSUE.
10:07:22 SO THANK YOU TO TERRY FOR DOING THIS.
10:07:24 WE'LL GET HIM TO COME BACK AND CONTINUE TO UPDATE US.
10:07:27 THE OTHER THING I WANT TO DO IS THANK MY COLLEAGUES AGAIN
10:07:30 FOR HELPING US MOVE FORWARD THE ECONOMIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
10:07:33 THAT COMMITTEE HAD ITS SECOND MEETING YESTERDAY.
10:07:36 THE MAYOR AND CAROLE POST NOW ARE LEADING THAT, WORKING WITH
10:07:40 THE MUMA COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AT USF AND TAMPA BAY
10:07:43 PARTNERSHIP AND OTHERS.
10:07:44 AND THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH REALLY DEEP DETAILED DATA,
10:07:47 SIMILAR TO THIS.
10:07:49 AND THEY HAVE FOUR MORE MEETINGS.
10:07:51 BY THE END OF THAT, WE HOPE THAT THEY WILL COME UP WITH SOME
10:07:54 SOLUTIONS THAT THEY CAN RECOMMEND BACK TO US IN A COUPLE OF
10:07:57 MONTHS ON HOW TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.
10:07:58 AGAIN, BECAUSE WE WANT TO GROW OUR ECONOMY AND WE NEED OUR
10:08:01 NUMBERS TO BE BETTER IF WE WANT TO DO THAT.
10:08:04 THANK YOU.
10:08:06 >>LUIS VIERA: VIERA, IF I MAY, MR. CHAIR.
10:08:08 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, SIR.
10:08:09 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
10:08:11 FIRST, I WANTED TO THANK COUNCILMAN CARLSON FOR BRINGING
10:08:16 FORWARD THIS.
10:08:17 I THANK COUNCILMAN CARLSON FOR THAT.
10:08:19 I WANTED TO BUILD ON THOSE WELL-THOUGHT-OUT REMARKS AND JUST
10:08:23 TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT OUR CITY AND OUR CITY
10:08:26 COUNCIL IN WORKING WITH THE MAYOR ARE DOING ON MATTERS OF
10:08:28 HUMAN RIGHTS, MATTERS OF POVERTY, MATTERS OF ECONOMIC
10:08:32 DEVELOPMENT AND AREAS WHERE NEED A RISING TIDE TO LIFT ALL
10:08:36 BOATS.
10:08:37 YOU TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT WE'VE BEEN PUSHING
10:08:40 IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS WITH OUR CIVILIAN REVIEW
10:08:43 BOARD, POLICE BODY CAMERAS, MAJOR CHANGES IN POLICY WITH
10:08:48 REGARD TO THE COMMUNITY.
10:08:50 A BIG ISSUE.
10:08:50 IN THIS BUDGET, WE'LL BE TAKING A LOOK AT TONIGHT, WE HAVE
10:08:53 WHAT I BELIEVE IS AN $18 MILLION INVESTMENT IN RECREATIONAL
10:08:57 ACTIVITIES IN EAST TAMPA.
10:08:59 SOMETHING THAT'S VERY HISTORIC.
10:09:01 WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT AN INNOVATION DISTRICT AND -- FOR
10:09:07 THE USF, FOWLER, BUSCH AREA.
10:09:11 SOMETHING THAT WE CAN REALLY DO THAT TAKES SUCH A TARGETED
10:09:13 HIT ON THE ISSUE OF POVERTY AND WANT WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
10:09:17 IN OCTOBER, WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING A LOOK AT SOMETHING
10:09:21 THAT IS SUCH A HUGE ISSUE ON UPWARD MOBILITY.
10:09:24 STATE CERTIFIED APPRENTICESHIPS, TRYING TO SEE TO IT THAT
10:09:28 OUR CONTRACTING PROCESS HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA FOR OUR
10:09:31 CITY OF TAMPA LARGER CONTRACTS ENCOURAGE AND PUSH FOR STATE
10:09:36 CERTIFIED APPRENTICESHIPS SO THAT SO MANY OF OUR YOUNG
10:09:39 PEOPLE CAN HAVE A PATHWAY TO THE MIDDLE CLASS AND ECONOMIC
10:09:42 SECURITY.
10:09:43 WE'RE LOOKING AT THROUGH DIFFERENT PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE
10:09:45 PRIVATE SECTOR, OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, IDEAS ON
10:09:48 AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT ARE VERY SIGNIFICANT AND ROBUST, AND
10:09:53 WE'RE LOOKING AT A BUDGET THAT SPENDS A GREAT DEAL IN A TIME
10:09:57 WHEN PEOPLE ARE CUTTING BACK BECAUSE WE HAVE OVER 10%
10:10:01 UNEMPLOYMENT.
10:10:02 WE'RE INVESTING IN PEOPLE.
10:10:04 SOMETHING THAT I CERTAINLY THINK MAKES SENSE.
10:10:06 GOD WILLING, DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS IN TALLAHASSEE, WE
10:10:10 CAN LOOK AT ROBUST MASS TRANSIT AND OTHER TRANSPORTATION
10:10:15 INVESTMENTS IN TERMS OF HELPING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE AT,
10:10:18 $130 MILLION I BELIEVE THE NUMBER IS TO OUR HART BUS SYSTEM
10:10:22 TO OFFER TRANSPORTATION.
10:10:24 IF THAT GOES DOWN, WE'LL BE BACK IN 2022 TO GET IT DONE
10:10:29 RIGHT.
10:10:30 MY POINT IS, WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE HISTORIC
10:10:33 IN THIS CITY COUNCIL, WORKING WITH THE CASTOR ADMINISTRATION
10:10:36 IN VERY DIFFICULT TIMES.
10:10:38 THIS IS A WHOLE LIST I'VE JUST RUN THROUGH OFF THE TOP OF MY
10:10:41 HEAD AND THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING WORKING WITH THE
10:10:44 ADMINISTRATION AND IN A TIME WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH A
10:10:46 PANDEMIC, WHEN SOMETHING LIKE A THIRD, I BELIEVE IT IS, OF
10:10:49 OUR CITY WORKERS HAVE BEEN OUT, AND I THINK IT'S MORE THAN A
10:10:53 THIRD, BUT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER, DUE TO COVID, WE'RE PUSHING
10:10:56 THIS FORWARD, INCLUDING PUSHING IT FORWARD FOR PEOPLE WHO
10:10:59 HISTORICALLY HAVEN'T HAD A VOICE IN THE PROCESS.
10:11:02 I THINK THAT'S A GOOD RECORD THAT WE HAVE TO COMPLETE AND
10:11:05 BUILD ON AND I THINK IS WORTH MENTIONING.
10:11:07 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
10:11:11 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:11:12 ANYBODY ELSE?
10:11:12 ALL RIGHT.
10:11:15 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:11:16 WE APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
10:11:19 THANK YOU.
10:11:19 WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER 3 WITH
10:11:23 MR. JOSEPH JOHNSON.
10:11:27 DO WE HAVE MR. JOHNSON ON THE LINE?
10:11:33 >>JOSEPH JOHNSON: I'M HERE, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:11:35 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
10:11:36 HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED TO PRESENT OR SPEAK?
10:11:41 >>JOSEPH JOHNSON: I'LL DO MY BEST NOT TO TAKE UP A LOT OF
10:11:45 TIME.
10:11:46 MAYBE 15 -- I WOULD SAY ANYWHERE BETWEEN 15 TO 20 MINUTES,
10:11:52 MAYBE LESS.
10:11:54 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE WOULD PREFER 10 MINUTES, BUT TRY TO
10:11:59 KEEP IT UNDER 15.
10:12:05 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO.
10:12:07 >>JOSEPH JOHNSON: WILL DO, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:12:09 WITH THAT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
10:12:12 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:12:12 GO.
10:12:14 >>JOSEPH JOHNSON: OKAY.
10:12:15 SO BEFORE I BEGIN, I WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, GO AHEAD AND,
10:12:19 AGAIN, THANK MY COLLEAGUES THAT SIT ON THE BUDGET AND
10:12:23 FINANCE COMMITTEE AND JUST RECOGNIZE THEM.
10:12:27 THAT WOULD BE VICE-CHAIRMAN CRAIG NEWMAN, WHO WAS APPOINTED
10:12:30 BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON, DISTRICT 4.
10:12:32 JEFF NIETUPSKI, WHO WAS APPOINTED BY JOE CITRO, DISTRICT 1.
10:12:37 STEPHEN LYTLE, APPOINTED BY CHARLIE MIRANDA, DISTRICT 2.
10:12:41 VIBHA SHEVADE, APPOINTED BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER DISTRICT
10:12:47 3.
10:12:47 MISSY MARTIN, APPOINTED BY YOURSELF, MR. CHAIRMAN, DISTRICT
10:12:50 6.
10:12:51 AND JOE FARRELL, APPOINTED BY LUIS VIERA, DISTRICT 7.
10:12:57 AS YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE, CITY OF TAMPA, FISCAL YEAR 2021
10:13:05 SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET RECOMMENDATION.
10:13:07 THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO COUNCILMAN CARLSON'S QUESTION BACK ON
10:13:11 AUGUST 20 DURING OUR REGULAR PRESENTATION AND RECOMMENDATION
10:13:14 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021.
10:13:18 IF I MAY, I'LL GO AHEAD AND GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW AND THEN
10:13:21 GET INTO THE SLIDES.
10:13:22 AS I STATED, COUNCILMAN CARLSON ASKED THE QUESTION DURING
10:13:26 THE LAST SESSION AS IT PERTAINS TO SAVINGS IN THE BUDGET.
10:13:30 I FELT AS CHAIRMAN OF THE CITIZEN BUDGET AND FINANCE
10:13:32 COMMITTEE AND APPOINTEE OF DISTRICT FIVE BY COUNCILMAN
10:13:35 GUDES, IT WAS MY OBLIGATION TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE
10:13:38 OVERALL BUDGET TO FIND SAVINGS AND TO PRESENT IN FY '21
10:13:43 BUDGET.
10:13:43 WITH THE HELP OF MY TEAM, WE WERE ABLE TO GO BACK THREE
10:13:46 YEARS AND COMPARE BUDGET NUMBERS TO FISCAL YEAR '21.
10:13:50 DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS, WE DID A SEMI DIVE THROUGH FY '21
10:13:55 BUDGET AND IDENTIFIED TWO AREAS IN THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET
10:13:58 BREAKDOWN THAT STOOD OUT IMMEDIATELY.
10:14:01 THOSE AREAS ARE CONTRACTUAL SERVICES AND OTHER SERVICES AND
10:14:05 CHARGES, WHICH WE'LL GET INTO IN THE PowerPoint
10:14:09 PRESENTATION.
10:14:10 IN ANALYZING EACH DEPARTMENT NUMBERS AS IT PERTAINS TO
10:14:13 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, WE NOTICED AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF
10:14:17 FUNDS BEING USED EACH YEAR.
10:14:18 YEAR OVER YEAR SINCE FISCAL YEAR 18, THE BUDGET AMOUNT
10:14:22 EITHER INCREASED TREMENDOUSLY OR STAYED THE SAME AS THE
10:14:24 PRIOR YEAR.
10:14:25 WE BELIEVE THERE IS A BIG OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE A LOT OF FUNDS
10:14:28 WITH CONTRACTUAL SERVICES FOR FY '21.
10:14:31 DURING OUR -- OF THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, WE MET
10:14:35 WITH SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS.
10:14:36 AND ONLY TWO OR THREE EXPRESSED THE USE OF CONTRACTUAL
10:14:39 SERVICES OR THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL STAFF.
10:14:42 THERE'S NO REASON FOR EVERY DEPARTMENT TO HAVE A NEED FOR
10:14:47 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES.
10:14:48 IN THE BUDGET BREAKDOWN, IT WILL SHOW WHAT IS NEEDED FOR
10:14:52 EACH DEPARTMENT AND WHAT WILL BE SPENT FOR EACH DEPARTMENT,
10:14:56 FROM SUPPLIES TO THE REVENUE EXPENSE REPORT SHOWING
10:14:59 ADDITIONAL COSTS.
10:15:00 HOWEVER, THERE ARE FUNDS ALLOCATED, OTHER SERVICES AND
10:15:04 CHARGES AND YEAR OVER YEAR, THERE'S NO BREAKDOWN FOR WHAT
10:15:07 THESE FUNDS ARE BEING USED FOR.
10:15:09 NOW WE'LL TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO THE BREAKDOWN OF EACH
10:15:13 DEPARTMENT SLIDE.
10:15:14 IF WE CAN GO TO SLIDE NUMBER 4, PLEASE.
10:15:17 DO YOU SEE SLIDE NUMBER 4?
10:15:33 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CAN EVERYONE SEE THE SLIDE?
10:15:37 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:15:39 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
10:15:39 >>JOSEPH JOHNSON: IF YOU LOOK AT SLIDE NUMBER 4, WHAT WE
10:15:43 DID, CITY OF TAMPA NET BUDGET AND GENERAL FUND, BETWEEN
10:15:48 FISCAL YEAR 2018 TO FISCAL YEAR 2021, JUST KIND OF BREAK
10:15:52 DOWN WHERE THE CITY'S BUDGET HAS BEEN.
10:15:54 THE NET BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 18 WAS 947,000.
10:15:59 FISCAL YEAR 19 IT WENT UP TO 1 BILLION.
10:16:03 FISCAL YEAR 20, IT WENT UP TO A BILLION 41.
10:16:09 FISCAL YEAR 21 IT'S AT $1.2 BILLION.
10:16:12 THE GENERAL FUND WAS AT $399,300,000 AND YOU LOOK AT FISCAL
10:16:19 YEAR '19, WENT UP 412.
10:16:22 FISCAL YEAR '20, 435.
10:16:25 FISCAL YEAR '21, 457.
10:16:27 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:16:29 WE DID A COMPARATIVE AROUND OTHER CITIES THAT KIND OF
10:16:39 COMPARED TO TAMPA, BUT A LITTLE LARGER.
10:16:42 MIAMI'S BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR '21 WAS AT 1.9 BILLION.
10:16:46 ORLANDO RIGHT AT 1.4.
10:16:48 TAMPA IS IN AT 1.2 BILLION AND FT. LAUDERDALE IS AT $853
10:16:53 MILLION.
10:16:55 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021.
10:16:59 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:17:00 LOOKING AT THE AREAS THAT WE IDENTIFIED CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
10:17:09 AND OTHER SERVICES AND CHARGES, AS YOU CAN SEE, FISCAL YEAR
10:17:12 18 WE WERE AT 16.5 MILLION.
10:17:15 FISCAL YEAR 19, WE WERE AT 18 MILLION.
10:17:18 FISCAL YEAR 20, WE'RE AT 22.6 MILLION.
10:17:21 AND FOR FISCAL YEAR '21, WE DROPPED DOWN TO 19.3 MILLION.
10:17:27 IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER SERVICES AND CHARGES, FISCAL YEAR '18
10:17:31 WAS AT 35 MILLION.
10:17:33 FISCAL YEAR '19, AT 34.
10:17:36 FISCAL YEAR '20, WE'RE AT 36.6.
10:17:38 AND FISCAL YEAR '21, WE'RE DOWN TO 34.4 MILLION.
10:17:43 NEXT SLIDE.
10:17:44 NOW WE GO INTO THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, AND WE'RE GOING TO
10:17:49 START WITH MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS.
10:17:51 AGAIN, WE LOOKED AT FISCAL YEAR 2018 FOR CONTRACTUAL
10:17:55 SERVICES.
10:17:55 THEY ARE AT $63,999.
10:17:59 FISCAL YEAR 2019, THEY DROPPED DOWN TO 59,000, CLOSE TO
10:18:05 60,000.
10:18:06 FISCAL YEAR 2020, THEY WENT UP TO 82, AND IN FISCAL YEAR --
10:18:12 WELL, THEY PROJECTED 82,000, AND THEY ADOPTED 83,000 FOR
10:18:17 FISCAL YEAR 20.
10:18:18 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021, THEY DROPPED A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
10:18:23 IF YOU LOOK DOWN BELOW AND LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS, WE WENT
10:18:27 TO SEE WHERE WE CAN SAVE, AND WE DID THIS BASED ON AN
10:18:31 AVERAGE.
10:18:32 WE KIND OF LOOKED AT WHERE THE ADMINISTRATIONS HAVE BEEN AND
10:18:37 WE TRIED TO GET IT AS CLOSE TO FISCAL YEAR 18.
10:18:40 WE DID THAT BECAUSE WE'RE IN CHALLENGING TIMES WITH
10:18:43 COVID-19.
10:18:45 SO WE REALLY DON'T KNOW THE CERTAINTY OF IF WE'RE GOING TO
10:18:48 GET BACK TO NORMAL OPERATING CAPACITY.
10:18:52 SO THERE ARE SOME AREAS TO SAVE.
10:18:55 I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, NUMBER 8,
10:18:58 PLEASE.
10:18:58 CONVENTIONS AND TOURISM.
10:19:02 WE LOOK AT THE CONVENTION CENTER.
10:19:04 FISCAL YEAR 2018 THEY USED 2.5 MILLION.
10:19:07 FISCAL YEAR 19, THEY WERE RIGHT AT 3.2.
10:19:11 FISCAL YEAR 20, THEY PROJECTED 2.5, ADOPTED 3.2.
10:19:16 FISCAL YEAR 21, WE'RE AT 3.1.
10:19:19 SO, AGAIN, USING THE AVERAGE, WHAT WE LOOKED AT WAS, OKAY,
10:19:25 THERE'S NOT A LOT OF ACTIVITY GOING ON AT THE CONVENTION
10:19:28 CENTER, SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE ON CONTRACTUAL
10:19:32 SERVICES, OTHER SERVICES AND CHARGES.
10:19:34 WE DID THIS THROUGHOUT EVERY DEPARTMENT.
10:19:36 I KNOW THERE'S A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME, SO I WON'T GO
10:19:39 THROUGH EVERY SLIDE.
10:19:41 SO I WILL FAST-FORWARD TO SLIDE NUMBER -- GIVE ME ONE SECOND
10:19:48 HERE -- WE'LL GO TO SLIDE NUMBER 32, GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE
10:19:55 HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME.
10:19:58 I WON'T HOLD THE COMMITTEE.
10:20:00 BUT IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT FISCAL YEAR 2021 FOR BUDGETED
10:20:04 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES AND OTHER SERVICES AND CHARGES, THEY
10:20:06 ARE RIGHT AT $59.9 MILLION.
10:20:10 CLOSE TO $60 MILLION.
10:20:12 WE PROPOSE CUTTING THAT BY 29% AND DROPPING IT DOWN TO 42
10:20:18 MILLION, SAVING 17,513,000 DOLLARS, AND WE CAN TAKE THE
10:20:27 FUNDS AND ALLOCATE IT EITHER TO THE RESERVES OR WE CAN
10:20:30 ALLOCATE IT TO OUR PROGRAMS.
10:20:32 LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
10:20:35 I'LL GO TO MY RECOMMENDATIONS AND MY CLOSING NOTE.
10:20:42 YEAR OVER YEAR -- FOR THE TWO AREAS SHOW THE CHALLENGE AND
10:20:44 BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY OR ACCOUNTABILITY.
10:20:45 AND THIS IS JUST MY TEAM TAKING A LOOK AT THESE TWO AREAS.
10:20:49 THERE ARE DEFINITELY MORE AREAS IN THE BUDGET WHERE WE CAN
10:20:52 CUT AND SAVE MORE MONEY TO PUT IN RESERVE.
10:20:55 EACH DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO BE HELD TO A BUDGETARY AUDIT
10:20:58 RESPONSIBILITY AND METRIC.
10:21:00 IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE CITY INTERNAL AUDIT
10:21:02 DEPARTMENT MOVE TO THE STAGE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL LEVEL,
10:21:06 MEANING HAVING THE FREEDOM TO AUDIT DEPARTMENT'S FINANCES
10:21:09 WHEN ASKED TO DO SO BY CITY COUNCIL OR AT RANDOM.
10:21:13 AS MENTIONED IN THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
10:21:15 RECOMMENDATION PRESENTATION AUGUST 20th, A QUARTERLY
10:21:18 REVIEW AND CONTROL PLAN SHOULD BE IN PLACE PERTAINING TO
10:21:22 EACH CITY DEPARTMENT'S APPROVED BUDGET.
10:21:25 IF THE DEPARTMENT OR MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS CONTINUOUSLY
10:21:28 INCREASE THIS, THERE IS NO REGULATION WITHOUT BUDGETARY
10:21:32 REGULATIONS, THE CITY IN EACH DEPARTMENT'S ABILITY TO THRIVE
10:21:35 IS AFFECTED.
10:21:37 THERE IS A DISCONNECT IN HOW THE DEPARTMENT IS BEING RAN AS
10:21:39 A WHOLE.
10:21:40 A DEPARTMENT THAT IS IRRESPONSIBLE IN THEIR SPENDING IS
10:21:43 GUARANTEED TO NOT BE FUNCTIONING AND THRIVING IN OTHER
10:21:47 AREAS.
10:21:48 BUDGETARY RESPONSIBILITY IS THE LIVELIHOOD OF THE CITY'S
10:21:52 LONG-TERM GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.
10:21:53 EACH DEPARTMENT MUST HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY TO
10:21:58 UNDERSTAND GROWTH AND BUDGETARY RESPONSIBILITY IN A WAY THAT
10:22:02 LEAVES SMALL ROOM FOR ERROR.
10:22:04 IF THERE IS NO TARGET BUDGET AND THE BUDGET CONTINUOUSLY
10:22:07 INCREASES FOR EVERY DEPARTMENT, THE VARIATION IN SPENDING
10:22:12 MIGRATES FURTHER AWAY FROM THE CORE FISCAL BUDGET.
10:22:16 A CITY SHOULD HAVE A CORE FISCAL BUDGET THAT ITS DEPARTMENTS
10:22:20 OPERATE FROM AND ADDITIONAL FUNDS SHOULD BE THERE FOR NEW
10:22:23 PROGRAMS AND TO AID IN THE CITY'S GROWTH.
10:22:25 TO BEAUTIFY A CITY THAT INTERNALLY ITS DEPARTMENTS ARE NOT
10:22:31 HELD TO NO METRIC WILL KEEP EACH DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY FROM
10:22:34 REACHING ITS POTENTIAL LEVEL OF GROWTH.
10:22:37 FINALLY, WHETHER I COULD TELL YOU TO BE A MEMBER OF THIS
10:22:41 COMMITTEE OR NOT, IT IS MY RECOMMENDATION THAT ALL
10:22:44 APPOINTEES SHOULD HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF FISCAL PROFIT AND
10:22:48 LOSS KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING, AS THIS IS A COMMITTEE
10:22:51 THAT IS ALL ABOUT THE NUMBERS FOR CITY COUNCIL AND FOR THE
10:22:54 CITY OF TAMPA.
10:22:57 ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
10:22:59 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM BOARD
10:23:01 MEMBERS?
10:23:01 ANY QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS?
10:23:04 >>BILL CARLSON: MR. CHAIR?
10:23:05 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CHAIR.
10:23:06 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON AND THEN COUNCILMAN
10:23:09 GUDES.
10:23:09 GO AHEAD, COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
10:23:13 >>BILL CARLSON: I HOPE THAT WE'LL GET THAT WHOLE
10:23:15 PRESENTATION, THAT IT WILL BE POSTED ON THE CITY WEBSITE SO
10:23:17 EVERYONE CAN SEE IT AND IDEALLY ON THE CITY'S Facebook
10:23:20 PAGE, TOO.
10:23:21 FIRST, I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN GUDES FOR APPOINTING MR.
10:23:24 JOHNSON.
10:23:24 I DID NOT KNOW MR. JOHNSON BEFORE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
10:23:27 IT'S GREAT TO HAVE SUCH A BRILLIANT VOLUNTEER TO DO THIS
10:23:37 AMOUNT OF WORK TO ASSIST US.
10:23:39 THE BUDGET IS DENSE.
10:23:40 THE MORE FEEDBACK WE CAN GET, ESPECIALLY SPECIFIC FEEDBACK,
10:23:44 I THINK THE BETTER WE ALL ARE.
10:23:46 AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE'LL BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT ANY OF
10:23:49 THESE IDEAS OR NOT.
10:23:51 BUT IT'S GREAT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS WHOLE COMMITTEE,
10:23:55 THANKS TO ALL OF THEM FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
10:23:57 ONE THING I THINK WE SHOULD ALL SERIOUSLY LOOK AT THE
10:24:02 RECOMMENDATIONS, AND I HOPE THE ADMINISTRATION WILL LOOK AT
10:24:04 IT, TOO.
10:24:05 REMEMBER, MY CONCERN LAST YEAR WAS ANTICIPATING A RECESSION
10:24:08 AT SOME POINT, WE SHOULD PUT AS MUCH AS WE COULD INTO THE
10:24:13 GENERAL FUND RESERVE.
10:24:13 THIS YEAR, I THINK WE NEED TO DO THE SAME.
10:24:15 THE ECONOMISTS THAT I'M HEARING ARE SAYING, I THINK
10:24:18 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA ALSO WARNED US ABOUT THIS, THAT THE
10:24:21 ECONOMY IS GOING TO GET WORSE NEXT YEAR WHEN THE EVICTION
10:24:27 PROHIBITIONS ARE LIFTED, THERE ARE GOING TO BE MORE AND MORE
10:24:30 HOMELESS PEOPLE.
10:24:32 WHO KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH PROPERTY TAXES.
10:24:36 JUST BECAUSE PROPERTY TAXES HAPPEN TO GO UP LAST YEAR
10:24:41 DOESN'T MEAN WE SPEND ALL THE MONEY THIS YEAR.
10:24:43 WE CAN TAKE AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND PUT IN RESERVES FOR NEXT
10:24:46 YEAR.
10:24:46 WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT TONIGHT.
10:24:48 I WANT TO THANK THE COMMITTEE AND THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN
10:24:50 GUDES.
10:24:51 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN GUDES, GO AHEAD.
10:24:52 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
10:24:55 THIS MORNING.
10:24:55 AGAIN, LET ME THANK THE COMMITTEE ON THE WORK THEY HAVE DONE
10:24:58 ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS WITHOUT PAY.
10:25:00 LET ME TELL YOU, MR. JOHNSON, I KNOWN YOU A LONG TIME.
10:25:04 PLAY BALL FOR ME AT THE POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE AND YOU'VE
10:25:09 GROWN AT A LEVEL OF SIMPLIFICATION AND KNOWLEDGE OF FINANCES
10:25:14 WITH THE SEVERAL BUSINESSES YOU RUN AND KNOW HOW TO COUNT
10:25:17 THE NUMBERS.
10:25:17 I'M VERY GRATEFUL WHAT YOU PRESENTED.
10:25:19 I THINK IT'S VERY DETAILED, AND I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL IS
10:25:22 VERY PLEASED WITH THE WORK YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES HAVE DONE
10:25:25 TO GIVE US GOOD, HARD FACTS AND THINGS TO LOOK AT AND MAYBE
10:25:29 QUESTION AND ASK THE ADMINISTRATION ABOUT.
10:25:30 AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE THINGS YOU HAVE DONE.
10:25:33 I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MR. SHELBY A QUESTION, PLEASE.
10:25:38 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR, MR. GUDES.
10:25:39 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. SHELBY, IF YOU CAN TELL ME, I KNOW LAST
10:25:43 TIME, MR. JOHNSON DID MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION, YOU DID COME
10:25:46 BACK AND GIVE US INFORMATION ABOUT THE --
10:25:50 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, I REVIEWED THE RESOLUTIONS RELATING TO
10:25:53 THIS BOARD, AND I SEE NOTHING THAT PREVENTS IT FROM MEETING,
10:25:56 SETTING UP ITS MEETING SCHEDULE.
10:25:58 HOWEVER IT SO DESIRES, OF COURSE, SUBJECT TO WORKING WITH
10:26:01 THE ADMINISTRATION AND ITS SCHEDULE.
10:26:05 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CHAIR, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE
10:26:06 INTERESTED IN ENTERTAINING A MOTION NOW OR I CAN DO IT
10:26:09 DURING NEW BUSINESS, I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN THIS COUNCIL
10:26:12 LOOK AT THE QUARTERLY MEETINGS AS SUGGESTED.
10:26:15 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S BRING IT UP DURING NEW BUSINESS SO
10:26:17 WE CAN KEEP THE AGENDA MOVING AND WE'LL BRING IT UP THEN.
10:26:21 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, MR. CHAIR.
10:26:23 THANK YOU.
10:26:23 I YIELD BACK.
10:26:24 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:26:25 ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS?
10:26:27 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: DINGFELDER.
10:26:29 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, SIR.
10:26:31 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:26:32 THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON AND YOUR COMMITTEE FOR PUTTING IN ALL
10:26:36 THIS WORK AND EFFORT.
10:26:40 A WHILE BACK WELL, LET'S SAY DURING THE RECESSION, IT BECAME
10:26:45 VERY OBVIOUS THAT THE CITY WAS LAYING OFF A LOT OF CITY
10:26:49 EMPLOYEES IN ORDER TO MAKE ITS BUDGET.
10:26:52 I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBER, ULTIMATELY THE NUMBER OF
10:26:55 POSITIONS THAT WERE ELIMINATED, PEOPLE WERE LAID OFF,
10:26:58 ET CETERA.
10:27:00 I THINK IT WAS IN THE HUNDREDS.
10:27:02 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 750, I THINK.
10:27:06 I MIGHT BE WRONG.
10:27:08 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING.
10:27:10 IN THE HIGH HUNDREDS.
10:27:15 AND MOST OF THOSE FOLKS WERE ATU EMPLOYEES THAT WE LOST AND
10:27:23 THOSE POSITIONS WERE LOST.
10:27:24 EITHER DURING THAT TIME OR SUBSEQUENTLY, THE JOBS THEY WERE
10:27:29 DOING WERE REPLACED WITH CONTRACTUAL LABOR.
10:27:32 AND THERE'S A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THAT.
10:27:35 I WON'T GO INTO IT IN GREAT DETAIL, BUT THE CITY LOSES THE
10:27:40 ABILITY TO CLOSELY SUPERVISE FOLKS LIKE THAT.
10:27:45 WHEN WE LOSE CITY EMPLOYEES, THOSE INDIVIDUALS LOSE THEIR
10:27:50 BENEFITS, THEIR INSURANCE, THEIR HEALTH CARE.
10:27:53 THEIR FAMILIES LOSE THEIR HEALTH CARE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
10:27:56 I THINK IT WAS A BAD TREND.
10:27:58 IT WAS A BAD DECISION.
10:28:00 BUT NOW WE HAVE A LOT OF CONTRACTUAL SERVICES.
10:28:04 MY QUESTION TO YOU, MR. JOHNSON, ARE YOU ADVOCATING CUTTING
10:28:07 BACK ON CONTRACTUAL SERVICES BUT REPLACING SOME OF THOSE
10:28:11 FUNCTIONS WITH CITY EMPLOYEES?
10:28:15 OR ARE YOU JUST SAYING WE SHOULD ELIMINATE THOSE FUNCTIONS
10:28:18 PERIOD?
10:28:20 >>JOSEPH JOHNSON: THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, COUNCILMAN
10:28:22 DINGFELDER.
10:28:23 SO, AGAIN, IN GOING BACK IN AND SCOURING THE BUDGET AND
10:28:30 THOSE TWO AREAS STANDING OUT, CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, AS YOU
10:28:33 WILL SEE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BREAKDOWN OF EACH DEPARTMENT
10:28:35 THAT WE DID, YOU WILL SEE A GRADUAL INCREASE EVERY YEAR.
10:28:40 YOU HAVE DEPARTMENTS THAT REALLY HAVE NO NEED FOR
10:28:43 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES THAT ARE BEING FUNDED WITH CONTRACTUAL
10:28:47 SERVICES.
10:28:47 AND THIS IS NO SLIGHT ON THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.
10:28:50 I MEAN, THIS HAS JUST BEEN ONGOING PRACTICES.
10:28:53 AND WE WENT BACK FOUR YEARS.
10:28:55 WE WENT BACK TO 2018.
10:28:57 HAD WE GONE BACK -- AGAIN, WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GO
10:29:01 BACK TO 2015 TO CURRENT DAY, BUT I WILL ADVOCATE THAT
10:29:06 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES NEEDS TO BE SCALED BACK.
10:29:10 AND INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT IT FROM A NUMBERS STANDPOINT, WE
10:29:12 NEED TO LOOK AT IT FROM AN ACTIVITY STANDPOINT WHEN YOU'RE
10:29:16 DOING CONTRACTS.
10:29:18 EVERYTHING IS NOT ABOUT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.
10:29:21 EVERYTHING SHOULD BE ABOUT THE ACTIVITY.
10:29:25 AND I THINK THAT WHEN THE CITY REALIZES THAT, NOT JUST FROM
10:29:29 AN ADMINISTRATIVE STANDPOINT, BUT FROM A COUNCIL STANDPOINT
10:29:34 AND BOTH SIDES WORKING TOGETHER TO IDENTIFY WHAT IS THE TRUE
10:29:39 BUDGET THAT IS NEEDED FOR THE OPERATION OF TAMPA, THEN WE
10:29:44 WILL BE ABLE TO OPERATE AT A CAPACITY WHICH WE SHOULD NEVER
10:29:48 HAVE TO LAY OFF CITY EMPLOYEES.
10:29:51 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES IS AN AREA THAT NEEDS TO BE SCALED BACK
10:29:56 AND ALSO WE NEED AN EXPLANATION AS IT PERTAINS TO OTHER
10:30:03 SERVICES AND CHARGES.
10:30:04 THAT JUST ADDITIONAL MONEY THAT BASICALLY UNACCOUNTED FOR
10:30:10 AND NEEDS TO BE LINE ITEM TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE FUNDS ARE
10:30:15 ALLOCATED FOR.
10:30:16 IF YOU GO TO EVERY DEPARTMENT BY LOOKING AT THE SLIDES,
10:30:18 YOU'LL SEE IT CLEAR AS DAY, YOU'LL SEE THE TRENDS, UP DOWN,
10:30:21 UP, DOWN.
10:30:23 IT'S NOT PEAKING AND VALLEY.
10:30:25 IT'S CONTINUALLY PEAKING EVERY YEAR.
10:30:28 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WITH THAT, THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON.
10:30:30 MR. CHAIRMAN, IF MR. BENNETT OR SOMEBODY ON HIS TEAM WOULD
10:30:33 LIKE TO RESPOND, I THINK A RESPONSE IS APPROPRIATE AT THIS
10:30:36 TIME.
10:30:37 MY ONLY RESPONSE IS AT THE CITY, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A
10:30:45 LOT OF THINGS THAT NEED TO GET DONE.
10:30:47 AND THEY EITHER GET DONE BY OUR STAFF OR THEY GET DONE BY
10:30:51 PEOPLE ON THE OUTSIDE THROUGH CONTRACTS.
10:30:55 WE HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH QUALITY OF LIFE AND CERTAIN
10:30:59 STANDARDS THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS EXPECTING.
10:31:06 MR. BENNETT AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS ON SEVERAL
10:31:08 OCCASIONS OVER THE LAST YEAR, AND I'VE BEEN PUSHING THEM TO
10:31:13 INCREASE THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES AND DECREASE THE
10:31:17 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES.
10:31:19 ANYWAY, IF MR. BENNETT HAS ANYTHING, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR
10:31:23 FROM HIM.
10:31:25 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. BENNETT, DO YOU HAVE ANY RESPONSE TO
10:31:27 THAT?
10:31:29 >>BRAD BAIRD: BRAD BAIRD, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
10:31:33 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:31:34 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WAS GOING TO WAIT AND SEE -- I DON'T
10:31:37 KNOW IF THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SPOKEN.
10:31:39 I WAS GOING TO ASK, MR. ROGERO AND MR. BENNETT, REGARDING
10:31:43 THESE THINGS.
10:31:44 BUT GOING BACK TO 2008, UNDER THE IORIO ADMINISTRATION, WE
10:31:50 HAD TO MAKE VERY DIFFICULT CHOICES AS WE WILL UNDER MY
10:31:53 PESSIMISTIC VIEW OF THINGS, AS I WAS QUOTED ONCE IN THE
10:31:56 PAPER, SAYING THAT WE WERE GOING TO LOSE ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF
10:31:59 MONIES AND SO FAR, HATE TO ADMIT FOR ONCE THAT I WAS RIGHT
10:32:02 WHEN I REALLY WANT TO BE WRONG.
10:32:05 WHEN I LOOK AT THINGS LIKE THIS, I'VE HEARD STATEMENTS MADE,
10:32:09 WHICH ARE FACTUAL AND TRUE, BUT ONE FACT THAT CAUGHT ME
10:32:12 RIGHT AWAY IS THAT WE SHOULD NEVER LOSE CITY EMPLOYEES.
10:32:17 THAT'S THE QUICKEST WAY OF GOING BROKE WHEN YOU ALREADY HAVE
10:32:22 FUNDING CUT NOT BY NECESSITY, BY MEANS OF NECESSITY OF THE
10:32:25 ENVIRONMENT THAT THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS IN.
10:32:27 THIS IS NOT UNIQUE TO THE CITY OF TAMPA.
10:32:30 IT WASN'T THE CITY OF TAMPA AND THE REST OF THE WORLD AND
10:32:31 THE REST OF THE CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES THIS GREAT
10:32:34 COUNTRY WAS DOING WELL, IT WAS THAT WE WERE ONE OF EVERY
10:32:38 CITY, EVERY COUNTY AND EVERY GOVERNMENT OF STATE IN THIS
10:32:41 GREAT COUNTRY THAT WAS GOING THROUGH A SUFFERING OF FACT.
10:32:45 AND THE FACT IS, WE WERE IN A RECESSION.
10:32:48 AND IF YOU THINK 2020 IS NOT SO GOOD, 2021 IS GOING TO BE
10:32:54 SO-SO, MY OPINION IS IN 2022, WHEN THIS THING HITS AND THE
10:32:59 TRIM NOTICES GO OUT, YOU'RE GOING TO FACE A DOWNFALL MORE
10:33:03 THAN LIKELY GREATER THAN THE GREAT RECESSION BECAUSE OF MANY
10:33:07 FACTORS IN LIFE.
10:33:08 A DIVIDED COUNTRY.
10:33:09 INSTEAD OF BEING FOR THE PEOPLE, IT'S DIVIDED WHETHER YOU
10:33:12 ARE AN R, A D, OR AN I.
10:33:14 AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE TROUBLING ME AND I'M SURE
10:33:17 TROUBLING ALL OF US.
10:33:18 SO WHEN I LOOK BACK AND I SIT AND I WATCH AND I LISTEN, AND
10:33:23 YOU CANNOT HAVE MORE EMPLOYEES AND LESS MONEY COMING IN TO
10:33:28 GIVE THE SERVICES OF THE GREAT PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA
10:33:31 SO DULY DESERVE.
10:33:34 BY THE WAY, I BELIEVE THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA FROM THE TIME
10:33:36 I'VE BEEN ON TO NOW HAS TRIED TO DO THE BEST IT CAN TO MAKE
10:33:39 SURE THAT ALL THE GOODS AND SERVICES WERE NEEDED.
10:33:42 AND WE'VE HAD SHORTFALLS, OF COURSE, WE HAVE.
10:33:45 RIGHT NOW BEEN IN LITIGATION, NOT YOU AND I AGAINST THE
10:33:48 WORLD, BUT THE TAX THAT WE PASSED TO GET THAT MONEYS IN FOR
10:33:53 BETTER ROADS AND SITUATIONS -- SUPREME COURT WITHOUT A
10:33:56 RULING YET.
10:33:57 I'M AFRAID IF THAT THING GOES DOWN, WHICH HAS A 50-50 CHANCE
10:34:02 OF DOING, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN TURMOIL OF WHAT WE'RE GOING
10:34:06 TO DO WITH THE ROADS WE NEED.
10:34:11 WE CAN'T DO ALL OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH THE MONIES THAT
10:34:14 WE HAVE PASS, $2.9 BILLION IN THE PIPES PROGRAM THAT THIS
10:34:19 COUNCIL SO DULY AND SO BRAVELY WENT ON AND TOOK THE BIG STEP
10:34:23 OF FIXING THINGS YOU DON'T SEE.
10:34:24 WHEN YOU DON'T SEE SOMETHING, YOU DON'T REALIZE IT'S GOING
10:34:28 BAD.
10:34:29 SO WE DON'T SEE PIPES.
10:34:32 YOU DON'T SEE THE UNDERGROUND, BUT WITHOUT THE UNDERGROUND,
10:34:35 THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN BUILD, NOTHING YOU CAN MAINTAIN
10:34:38 ABOVEGROUND.
10:34:38 SO WHEN I LOOK AT THESE THINGS -- MYSELF SAYING, HOW CAN I
10:34:44 DO SOMETHING WHEN I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY?
10:34:46 YOU CANNOT GO OUT AND DO THE PIPES PROGRAM NOW, BECAUSE IF
10:34:49 YOU DO, YOU'RE GOING TO BE OPENING AND CLOSING THE SURFACE
10:34:52 OF THOSE STREETS NOT ONCE, NOT TWICE, BUT MANY MORE TIMES.
10:34:56 WE CANNOT PAVE THE STREETS THAT WE WANT TO PAVE IF WE HAD
10:34:59 THE MONEY TODAY UNTIL WE HAVE THE MONEY TO DO IT ALL BECAUSE
10:35:03 YOU CAN'T START A PROGRAM, CLOSE A STREET, PUT THE PIPE IN,
10:35:07 AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, NOW YOU HAVE TO OPEN IT UP BECAUSE
10:35:09 YOU NEED MORE MONEY TO CONTINUE THE JOB.
10:35:12 AND YOU HAVE THE MONEY COMING IN FOR THE PIPES PROGRAM.
10:35:17 SO THESE THINGS, IN MY OPINION, VERY NECESSITY TO LOOK AT
10:35:20 THE FUTURE OF THIS GREAT CITY.
10:35:22 IT'S NOT ABOUT ME.
10:35:24 NOT ABOUT US.
10:35:25 IT'S ABOUT ALL OF US.
10:35:26 ALL OF US, ALL OF THE FUTURE OF OUR GRANDKIDS, GREAT
10:35:29 GRANDKIDS, AND EVERYONE THAT'S IN TAMPA.
10:35:35 WHY IS TAMPA IN NEED OF THINGS?
10:35:37 NOT TOO LONG AGO, OUR KIDS WOULD GO TO SCHOOL, COLLEGES ALL
10:35:40 OVER THE WORLD.
10:35:41 GUESS WHAT, MOST OF THEM DIDN'T COME BACK.
10:35:44 I'M VERY PROUD TO SAY THAT IN MY FAMILY AND IN YOUR FAMILY
10:35:49 AND IN MOST OF THE FAMILIES IN THIS GREAT CITY THAT WE LIVE
10:35:52 IN, THEY MAY GO TO SCHOOL OUT-OF-STATE, BUT MOST OF THEM ARE
10:35:56 COMING BACK.
10:35:56 THAT'S WHAT'S MAKING IT SO VIBRANT SO UNIQUE.
10:36:01 THE LAST CENSUS THAT I REMEMBERED IN CITIES THAT WERE RANKED
10:36:04 1, 2, 3 AND SO ON IN THE COUNTRY, TAMPA FINISHED SECOND.
10:36:08 THE LARGEST CITY THAT WAS GROWING FASTER THAN TAMPA WAS
10:36:12 PHOENIX, ARIZONA.
10:36:13 BUT EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, TAMPA WAS NUMBER ONE.
10:36:18 IT MIGHT HAVE CHANGED SINCE THE LAST ITEM WAS DONE.
10:36:22 GEOGRAPHICALLY, OTHER STUDIES WERE DONE TO CALCULATE THE
10:36:25 FIGURES AND THE FACTS.
10:36:26 AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, IF POSSIBLE, THESE
10:36:29 THINGS WERE BROUGHT UP.
10:36:31 I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS SLIDE UNTIL I'VE SEEN IT TODAY.
10:36:33 I NEVER KNEW THIS WAS ON UNTIL I REALIZED THAT SOMEBODY TOLD
10:36:37 ME THERE WAS A SLIDE SHOW.
10:36:39 I SAID I DON'T HAVE A SLIDE.
10:36:41 I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE.
10:36:42 I'M SURE THAT IT WAS DONE IN GREAT DIGNITY AND GREAT RESPECT
10:36:48 AND THIS TIME WHEN YOU HAVE TO GET THINGS DONE WITHIN A
10:36:51 CERTAIN CRITERIA OF TIME, I DON'T BLAME THEM AT ALL FOR
10:36:54 DOING WHAT THEY DID.
10:36:56 IF IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, I BELIEVE THESE
10:36:58 QUESTIONS SHOULD BE ANSWERED BY MR. ROGERO, MR. BENNETT, THE
10:37:01 CHIEF OF STAFF AND THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE CITY,
10:37:03 IF I MAY.
10:37:05 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:37:07 I BELIEVE MR. BAIRD WAS GOING TO SPEAK.
10:37:15 >>BRAD BAIRD: CAN YOU HEAR ME?
10:37:16 [ECHOING]
10:37:21 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HEAR YOU WITH AN ECHO.
10:37:23 BACKGROUND --
10:37:25 >>BRAD BAIRD: OKAY.
10:37:27 I TURNED OFF THE PHONE.
10:37:28 BRAD BAIRD, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
10:37:34 I WOULD DEFER TO MR. ROGERO OR MR. BENNETT TO ANSWER ANY
10:37:40 QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
10:37:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE MR. ROGERO AND MR. BENNETT ON
10:37:48 THE PHONE?
10:37:50 >>JOHN BENNETT: GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN, GOOD MORNING,
10:37:53 COUNCIL.
10:37:53 GOOD MORNING, MR. JOHNSON AND THE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
10:37:57 AGAIN, JOHN BENNETT, CHIEF OF STAFF.
10:37:59 I HAVE WITH ME MR. ROGERO, THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, AND
10:38:03 OUR BUDGET DIRECTOR, MIKE PERRY AS WELL.
10:38:08 FIRST, LIKE COUNCIL DID, I WANT TO THANK MR. JOHNSON AND THE
10:38:11 BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THEIR VOLUNTEER EFFORTS IN
10:38:15 LOOKING AT OUR FY '21 PROPOSED BUDGET.
10:38:18 AS COUNCIL KNOWS, UPON THE ADOPTION OF THE FY '20 BUDGET, IT
10:38:23 WAS THIS ADMINISTRATION'S GENUINE EFFORT TO WORK WITH
10:38:27 COUNCIL NOT JUST LEADING INTO THE BUDGET FOR FY '21, BUT
10:38:33 BEGINNING THE DAY AFTER FY '20 WENT INTO EFFECT.
10:38:37 AND AS COUNCIL KNOWS, WE DID THAT WITH A SERIES OF STAFF
10:38:41 PRESENTATIONS, OPEN ARMS TO THE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO
10:38:44 COME IN AND MEET WITH THE INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS AND
10:38:48 ADMINISTRATORS AS IT RELATES TO THEIR UTILIZATION OF THE
10:38:51 BUDGET.
10:38:52 I, TOO, APOLOGIZE THAT THE FIRST TIME THAT I WAS MADE AWARE
10:38:56 OF THIS SLIDE SHOW WAS AT 6 P.M. LAST NIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF
10:39:01 A TOWN HALL MEETING WITH VM YBOR ALONGSIDE THE MAYOR, WHICH
10:39:05 LASTED TILL ALMOST 9 P.M.
10:39:08 I TOOK A DEEPER DIVE INTO IT ABOUT 4 A.M. THIS MORNING.
10:39:12 WENT THROUGH IT, AND AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE DILIGENCE OF
10:39:17 THE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF BRINGING THESE
10:39:20 OPPORTUNITIES FORWARD.
10:39:23 AS THE FINANCE CHAIR, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA SAID, AS WELL AS
10:39:28 THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, TAKING A LOOK AT THIS FROM THE
10:39:33 TWO CATEGORIES THAT WERE PRESENTED.
10:39:35 BUT THE ONE THING THAT DID TRIGGER ME THIS MORNING, AND I
10:39:38 SENT AN OPPORTUNITY SLIDE JUST TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT BASED ON
10:39:43 WHAT I COULD SEE WITH THE DATA, NOT SO MUCH AS IT PERTAINED
10:39:46 TO THE INTRICACIES OF EACH DEPARTMENT AND BUDGET, BUT I DID
10:39:49 PUT A SLIDE TOGETHER, AGAIN, JUST BEFORE 6:00 THIS MORNING,
10:39:54 TO GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT ON THE COMPARISON CITIES
10:39:58 THAT WERE USED, WHICH WERE MIAMI, ORLANDO, AND
10:40:01 FT. LAUDERDALE.
10:40:03 AND I SENT THAT TO SULING IN CASE WE NEEDED TO SHOW THAT.
10:40:07 IF SHE COULD BRING THAT UP REAL QUICK, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE
10:40:11 COUNCIL -- [AUDIO BREAKS UP] -- GO FURTHER HAD I --
10:40:20 [SILENCE] -- IF COUNCIL CAN SEE THIS, WHAT I DID IS I
10:40:26 GRABBED THE CITIES THAT MR. JOHNSON'S PRESENTATION WAS
10:40:29 COMPARING TO, AND I DROPPED IN THE 2019 CENSUS POPULATION,
10:40:34 AND I USED THE TOTAL BUDGET PROPOSED FOR FY '21 FOR EACH OF
10:40:38 THOSE CITIES AND CAME UP WITH A PER CAPITA COST.
10:40:42 AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE PER CAPITA COSTS ON THE RIGHT, AND IF
10:40:46 YOU LOOK AT THE AVERAGE OF THOSE, WHICH IS LINE FOUR, IT
10:40:48 CAME OUT TO $4,605 PER CAPITA FOR THOSE THREE COMPARISON
10:40:56 CITIES.
10:40:56 THEN I PLUGGED IN TAMPA'S NUMBERS, AND WE CAME OUT AT $3,138
10:41:00 PER CAPITA, WHICH IS ALMOST SHY OF $1500 PER CAPITA LOWER
10:41:07 THAN THOSE THREE OTHER CITIES, WHICH IS A 31.8% DROP, IF YOU
10:41:13 WILL, OF THE AVERAGE OF THOSE THREE CITIES THAT WERE USED IN
10:41:16 THE COMPARISON.
10:41:16 TO SAY IT DIFFERENTLY, THOSE BUDGET AVERAGES ARE 46.7%
10:41:23 HIGHER THAN WHAT WAS PROPOSED BY THE CITY.
10:41:27 SO THAT WAS MY FIRST POINT OF REFERENCE THAT I COULD GET MY
10:41:30 HEAD AROUND THIS MORNING AND GIVE SOME IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK IN
10:41:34 CONTEXT TO THE OVERALL PRESENTATION.
10:41:36 AND BELOW THIS GRAPHIC, I PUT IN THE ACTUAL 2019 CENSUS
10:41:41 ESTIMATES BELOW AS A REFERENCE.
10:41:42 AND THE ONLY REASON I BROUGHT THAT UP IS, AGAIN, I DIDN'T
10:41:45 HAVE TIME TO GO BACK AND TALK TO ALL THE ADMINISTRATORS, ALL
10:41:49 THE DIRECTORS BETWEEN THE TIME I SAW THAT DATA, BUT I DO
10:41:53 HAVE MR. ROGERO AND MR. PERRY HERE, BUT I WILL SAY, WORKING
10:41:57 IN THE CITY FOR 31 YEARS AND BEING INVOLVED IN
10:42:00 BILLION-DOLLAR BUDGETS, AND SEEING THE DIFFERENT EBBS AND
10:42:05 FLOWS OF THE ECONOMY, THERE IS A HEALTHY DEBATE AROUND
10:42:09 HAVING YOUR CORE PERSONNEL AND USING THE CONTRACTUAL EBBS
10:42:13 AND FLOWS TO GET THE LEVEL OF SERVICES DONE IN THE COMMUNITY
10:42:17 AT A HIGH STANDARD, AND THEN USING THOSE TO THROTTLE UP AND
10:42:21 DOWN AS THE ECONOMY EBBS AND FLOWS TO NOT AFFECT SOMEBODY'S
10:42:25 CAREER PATH.
10:42:26 AND THAT'S JUST THE EXPERIENCE THAT I'M USED TO.
10:42:28 I'M ALWAYS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE
10:42:31 ADMINISTRATION.
10:42:32 BUT THAT'S MY INITIAL FEEDBACK ON WHAT I PICKED UP IN THE
10:42:37 PRESENTATION OVERNIGHT.
10:42:38 SO WITH THAT, I TURN IT BACK TO COUNCIL, OR IF THERE ARE ANY
10:42:42 QUESTIONS FOR MR. ROGERO OR MR. PERRY, WE ARE AVAILABLE.
10:42:45 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:42:47 WE ARE 30 MINUTES INTO THIS PRESENTATION.
10:42:51 ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS BEFORE WE WRAP IT
10:42:53 UP?
10:42:56 I HEAR NO QUESTIONS.
10:42:58 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:42:58 I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES HAD A MOTION, BUT WE'LL HOLD
10:43:05 IT FOR THE END OF THE AGENDA.
10:43:10 ALL RIGHT.
10:43:10 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. JOHNSON.
10:43:12 >>BILL CARLSON: MR. CHAIRMAN, THIS IS CARLSON.
10:43:16 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
10:43:18 YES, SIR.
10:43:18 >>BILL CARLSON: TO CHIEF BENNETT AND CFO, ANY HELP YOU ALL
10:43:25 CAN GIVE US IN LOOKING THROUGH THESE AND SERIOUSLY ANALYZING
10:43:30 WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
10:43:31 SINCE THE BUDGET WAS ANNOUNCED AND WITH THE HEADLINE THAT
10:43:35 IT'S THE LARGEST BUDGET IN THE HISTORY OF TAMPA, I'VE BEEN
10:43:39 FLOODED WITH CALLS AND PEOPLE HAVE REACHED OUT AND ASKED WHY
10:43:43 IS THE CITY SPENDING SO MUCH?
10:43:45 I'M SURE THERE'S GREAT JUSTIFICATION FOR ALL OF IT, BUT
10:43:48 CONSIDERING THE ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS AHEAD THAT ECONOMISTS ARE
10:43:54 PREDICTING, THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY WE WOULDN'T -- WHY
10:43:58 OUR BUDGET IS INCREASING AT WHAT LOOKS LIKE A HIGHER
10:44:02 PERCENTAGE THAN INFLATION, AND WHY THE CITY CAN'T EITHER
10:44:08 ROLL BACK TO SOME EXTENT OR TO GIVE SOME TAX RELIEF TO
10:44:14 CITIZENS WHO ARE HURTING OR PUT -- AND/OR PUT MORE INTO THE
10:44:18 GENERAL FUND RESERVES.
10:44:21 AS WE GO INTO THE BUDGET HEARINGS, ANY ADVICE OR HELP YOU
10:44:24 MIGHT BE ABLE TO GIVE US ON THAT WOULD BE GREATLY
10:44:27 APPRECIATED.
10:44:28 THANK YOU.
10:44:30 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:44:30 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN?
10:44:32 DINGFELDER.
10:44:34 JUST A QUICK RESPONSE.
10:44:36 I'VE HAD THAT QUESTION POSED TO ME AS WELL.
10:44:40 I THINK THE CLEAR ANSWER IS, YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET, THE TOTAL
10:44:44 BUDGET, THE GENERAL REVENUE BUDGET IS BARELY INCHING UP,
10:44:49 JUST LIKE IT ALWAYS DOES IN GOOD TIMES.
10:44:50 JUST GOES UP 5 MILLION, 10 MILLION AS THE TAX ROLLS
10:44:54 INCREASE, AS MR. MIRANDA POINTED OUT.
10:44:56 BUT WE HAVE A $250 MILLION INCREASE.
10:45:00 I THINK THAT'S CLEARLY BECAUSE OF THE PIPES SPENDING, WHICH
10:45:03 IS FINE.
10:45:04 WE ALL AGREED THAT THE PIPES PROGRAM IS IMPORTANT.
10:45:08 WE BORROWED MONEY LONG TERM TO MAKE THE PIPES PROGRAM WORK,
10:45:12 AND RIGHT NOW AND OVER THE NEXT YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO BE
10:45:16 SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY ON THE PIPES PROGRAM.
10:45:18 AND I BELIEVE, AND MR. ROGERO OR BENNETT CAN CORRECT ME, BUT
10:45:23 I BELIEVE THAT'S WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THAT ADDITIONAL $250
10:45:26 MILLION IS.
10:45:27 SO WHEN THE NEWSPAPER SAYS IT'S A RECORD BUDGET, YEAH, IT'S
10:45:31 A RECORD BUDGET BECAUSE WE BORROWED FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS
10:45:35 FOR THE UNDERGROUND -- REPLACE THE UNDERGROUND SYSTEMS.
10:45:39 THANK YOU.
10:45:39 >>LUIS VIERA: MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY.
10:45:44 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
10:45:46 A REMINDER, WE DO HAVE A BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT THAT
10:45:49 WE CAN ASK ALL THESE QUESTIONS.
10:45:51 COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:45:51 >>LUIS VIERA: WELL SAID, MR. CHAIR.
10:45:57 I'LL TRIM MY REMARKS SIGNIFICANTLY.
10:45:58 I APPRECIATE THAT REMINDER.
10:46:00 IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WE'RE LOOKING IN THE COMING YEAR
10:46:02 FUNDING $8 MILLION FOR BODY CAMERAS.
10:46:04 I BELIEVE NUMBER IS $8 MILLION.
10:46:06 $18 MILLION IN INVESTMENTS IN EAST TAMPA, SOMETHING THAT
10:46:08 MANY OF US, MANY MEMBERS OF COUNCIL PUSH FOR ON MANY, MANY
10:46:14 FRONTS, LED OBVIOUSLY BY COUNCILMAN GUDES FOR HIS DISTRICT.
10:46:18 THINGS WHERE THE CITY OF TAMPA IS LOOKING TO HELP PEOPLE IN
10:46:22 TIMES OF ECONOMIC DESPAIR.
10:46:24 I'LL REPEAT, WHEN PEOPLE ARE HURTING, GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE
10:46:28 THERE TO HELP AND ASSIST AND WHATNOT.
10:46:31 JUST MY, I GUESS, PHILOSOPHICAL VIEWPOINT, I GUESS, IF YOU
10:46:35 WILL.
10:46:35 WE'LL EXPLORE THAT LATER.
10:46:38 I THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR COMMENTS AND THANK YOU, MR.
10:46:39 CHAIR, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
10:46:40 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:46:43 THAT CONCLUDES ITEM NUMBER 3.
10:46:46 WE THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON, FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
10:46:49 WE WILL NOW GO TO REQUESTS BY THE PUBLIC FOR RECONSIDERATION
10:46:52 OF LEGISLATIVE MATTERS.
10:46:53 I HEAR NONE.
10:46:56 ALL RIGHT.
10:46:57 WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM NUMBER 4.
10:46:59 WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE HERE REGARDING THE CITY'S CODE
10:47:02 ENFORCEMENT DUTIES.
10:47:03 DO WE HAVE ANYONE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 4 BEFORE WE READ
10:47:06 THE SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE?
10:47:14 ANYONE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 4?
10:47:17 WE HAVE A MEMO FROM JULIE HARDY REQUESTING THAT THE
10:47:22 SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE BE READ.
10:47:24 ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
10:47:26 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ONLY ONE, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:47:28 I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE ONE THAT COUNCILMAN CARLSON
10:47:32 WORKED SO DILIGENTLY ON AND REALLY DID THE YEOMAN'S WORK IN
10:47:37 THE BEGINNING OF THIS.
10:47:38 WITH YOUR PERMISSION, MR. CHAIRMAN, I WISH HE WOULD READ THE
10:47:42 SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE.
10:47:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:47:44 COUNCILMAN CARLSON, WOULD YOU REMIND READING THE SUBSTITUTE
10:47:47 ORDINANCE FOR ITEM NUMBER 4, THE SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE?
10:47:52 >>BILL CARLSON: SURE.
10:47:53 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, AND THANK YOU, MR. MIRANDA.
10:47:55 I MOVE AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, RELATING
10:47:59 TO -- AM I STARTING IN THE RIGHT PLACE?
10:48:04 SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR -- SUBSTITUTE
10:48:07 ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR -- I MOVE A SUBSTITUTE
10:48:11 ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION,
10:48:13 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, RELATING TO THE
10:48:15 SCOPE OF AUTHORITY OF THE CITY'S CODE ENFORCEMENT DIRECTOR
10:48:18 AND DUTIES OF CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS; MAKING REVISIONS TO
10:48:21 THE CITY OF TAMPA CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 19 (PROPERTY
10:48:25 MAINTENANCE AND STRUCTURAL STANDARDS); AMENDING ARTICLE I.
10:48:30 IN GENERAL, DIVISION 1.
10:48:32 GENERAL PROVISIONS, ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY; SECTION 19-4.
10:48:37 DEPARTMENT OF CODE ENFORCEMENT; DUTIES AND SCOPE OF
10:48:39 AUTHORITY OF THE DIRECTOR BY EXPANDING THE POWERS, DUTIES
10:48:42 AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIRECTOR AND
10:48:43 THEIR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO ADMINISTER AND ENFORCE
10:48:46 CITY CODE CHAPTER 15 (PARKING); AMENDING CITY OF TAMPA CODE
10:48:50 OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 15 (PARKING), SECTIONS 15-3, 15-54,
10:48:56 AND 15-122 TO DEFINE DULY AUTHORIZED CODE ENFORCEMENT
10:49:00 OFFICERS AND AUTHORIZE SAME TO ENFORCE CHAPTER 15
10:49:03 PROVISIONS; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES
10:49:06 IN CONFLICT THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING
10:49:11 AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:49:12 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:49:13 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:49:14 WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
10:49:17 MR. SHELBY, DO WE NEED A ROLL-CALL VOTE ON THIS OR NO?
10:49:20 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, SIR, PLEASE, A ROLL-CALL VOTE.
10:49:24 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: TAKE A ROLL-CALL VOTE ON ITEM NUMBER 4.
10:49:26 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
10:49:27 >>LUIS VIERA: I VOTE YES.
10:49:29 THANK YOU.
10:49:29 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:49:32 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:49:35 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:49:38 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:49:41 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:49:43 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:49:45 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:49:48 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON OCTOBER 1st,
10:49:51 2020 AT 9:30 A.M.
10:49:55 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:49:55 WE'LL NOW MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 5.
10:49:58 IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 5, OR ARE THERE
10:50:01 ANY QUESTIONS ON ITEM NUMBER 5?
10:50:07 >>JAN McLEAN: MR. CHAIR, THIS IS JAN McLEAN WITH THE
10:50:09 OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY FOR ITEM NUMBER 5.
10:50:12 IF I COULD PLEASE, SIR, WITH YOUR INDULGENCE, THIS ITEM IS A
10:50:14 RESULT OF A PRESENTATION THAT WAS ALSO PROVIDED TO THE CITY
10:50:18 COUNCIL ON AUGUST THE 6th.
10:50:22 LAST YEAR, AS YOU RECALL, WHEN STAFF BROUGHT THE REQUEST FOR
10:50:26 INCREASES FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER RATES, THERE WAS A
10:50:29 REQUEST MADE OF STAFF TO LOOK AT HOW GROWTH COULD PAY FOR
10:50:35 ITS IMPACT TO THE CITY, AND THIS IS A RESULT OF THAT
10:50:38 REQUEST, WHICH IS AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST
10:50:41 READING TODAY, PROPOSING AN INCREASE TO THE WATER AND
10:50:46 WASTEWATER CAPACITY FEES.
10:50:48 HOWEVER, WE ARE ASKING THAT THE FIRST READING BE CONTINUED
10:50:53 UNTIL NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING, SEPTEMBER THE 17th, AS A
10:51:00 NUMBER OF QUESTIONS HAVE ARISEN VERY RECENTLY THAT WE WOULD
10:51:04 LIKE TO RESOLVE.
10:51:06 AND I BELIEVE WE COULD RESOLVE THEM.
10:51:08 THEREFORE YOU WOULD HAVE THE CORRECTED ORDINANCE IN FRONT OF
10:51:10 YOU FOR FIRST READING AT SEPTEMBER THE 17th.
10:51:12 I ALSO HAVE BRAD BAIRD ON THE LINE IF THERE ARE ANY
10:51:16 QUESTIONS.
10:51:18 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:51:18 IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE WOULD
10:51:21 THEN NEED A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEM NUMBER 5.
10:51:23 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:51:25 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SO MOVED.
10:51:26 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: -- 17, YEAR 2020 AT A 9:00 HEARING.
10:51:30 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:51:32 I BELIEVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:51:35 LET'S TAKE A ROLL-CALL VOTE.
10:51:38 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
10:51:40 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:51:40 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:51:43 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:51:46 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:51:48 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:51:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:51:52 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:51:54 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:51:58 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHTY.
10:51:59 WE NOW GO TO SOME COMMITTEE REPORTS HERE.
10:52:03 WE HAVE COUNCILMAN CITRO WITH ITEM NUMBER 6.
10:52:06 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
10:52:08 I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ITEM NUMBER 6.
10:52:10 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
10:52:14 >> SECOND.
10:52:14 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN
10:52:15 MIRANDA, UNLESS THERE'S ANY OPPOSITION OR OBJECTION --
10:52:23 >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF WE CAN, MR. CHAIRMAN, IF WE CAN, ROLL
10:52:29 CALL.
10:52:29 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ROLL-CALL VOTE FOR ITEM NUMBER 6.
10:52:31 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
10:52:32 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:52:33 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:52:35 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:52:38 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:52:41 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:52:43 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:52:45 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:52:47 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:52:52 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:52:53 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:52:53 NEXT UP WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 7, COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES.
10:53:00 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOVE ITEM NUMBER 7, MR. CHAIR.
10:53:04 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
10:53:05 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:53:07 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:53:08 ROLL-CALL VOTE, PLEASE?
10:53:09 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
10:53:10 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:53:13 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:53:14 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:53:15 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:53:19 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:53:22 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:53:24 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:53:28 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:53:31 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:53:31 NEXT UP WE HAVE ITEMS 8-13, BUT COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER
10:53:39 REQUESTED TO PULL ITEM NUMBER 8.
10:53:41 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS
10:53:44 ON THAT?
10:53:45 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:53:49 ON ITEM NUMBER 8 -- WELL, FIRST OFF, IT IS A $23 MILLION
10:53:54 ITEM, SO I WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY WHO PUTS TOGETHER THE
10:53:58 AGENDA THAT I THINK BY COUNCIL RULE, ITEMS OVER $3 MILLION
10:54:02 ARE SUPPOSED TO AUTOMATICALLY BE UNDER STAFF REPORTS SO THEY
10:54:06 GET EXTRA SCRUTINY.
10:54:09 THAT WAS MY FIRST QUESTION.
10:54:11 MY SECOND QUESTION WAS, I HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF
10:54:14 DURING THE WEEK ABOUT THE EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, WMBE,
10:54:21 WOMEN AND MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES OPPORTUNITIES THAT
10:54:25 ARE GOING TO ARISE IN THIS $23 MILLION CONTRACT.
10:54:31 I DON'T KNOW IF MR. HART OR MR. SPEARMAN OR WHO MR. BENNETT
10:54:36 HAS ON THE LINE TO QUICKLY RESPOND TO THAT WMBE ISSUE FOR
10:54:42 ITEM 8.
10:54:46 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, SIR.
10:54:49 >>GREGORY HART: THIS IS GREGORY HART, MANAGER OF THE EQUAL
10:54:52 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM.
10:54:53 AND I AM AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
10:54:57 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THAT'S A QUESTION, GREG, I THINK YOU SAID
10:55:03 THERE IS SOMETHING LIKE 16% WMBE ON THIS.
10:55:07 I SPECIFICALLY WAS ASKING ALSO WHAT THE BREAKOUT IS FOR
10:55:11 BLACK BUSINESS ENTERPRISES AS WELL.
10:55:14 >>GREGORY HART: YES, SIR.
10:55:17 AND I BELIEVE WE PROVIDED A RESPONSE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE
10:55:21 CONCLUSIVE CALCULATION IN OUR MATRIX FOR SETTING GOALS, I
10:55:26 CAN CONFIRM THAT IF BROKEN OUT, IT WOULD REPRESENT ABOUT A
10:55:31 15% BLACK BUSINESS GOAL EXPECTATION WITH THE REMAINING 1% OF
10:55:37 SMALL LOCAL BUSINESS GOAL EXPECTATION FOR AN OVERALL GOAL OF
10:55:43 16%.
10:55:48 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MY LAST QUESTION, MR. HART, THANK YOU FOR
10:55:51 THAT.
10:55:51 I THINK 15% IS PRETTY GOOD FOR BLACK BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.
10:55:57 MY ONLY OTHER QUESTION, IN THE RESPONSE BACK TO ME BY E-MAIL
10:56:02 YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT WE CAN ASSUME 15%.
10:56:08 AND I GUESS CAN WE BE ASSURED OF 15%?
10:56:13 HOW DO WE WORK THOSE TWO WORDS?
10:56:16 >>GREGORY HART: YES.
10:56:17 I BELIEVE I USED THE TERM WHEN BROKEN OUT, IT INFERS 15% AND
10:56:22 1% FLBE.
10:56:24 WHAT I MEANT BY THAT IS THAT THE EMPIRICAL DATA, WHEN WE
10:56:28 STRIP IT OUT, AS YOU REQUESTED, THE DATA SUMMED AS 15% IS
10:56:37 EXPECTED FOR OUTREACH OR BLACK BUSINESS PARTICIPATION AND 1%
10:56:42 IS THE OUTREACH EXPECTATION FOR SMALL LOCAL BUSINESS.
10:56:45 SO THAT IS THE GOAL.
10:56:47 AND BASED ON THE DATA, WE EXPECT THAT KIND OF OUTREACH AND
10:56:51 RESULT BASED ON THE AVAILABILITY OF FIRMS AND HOPEFULLY THE
10:56:57 DESIRE ON THOSE FIRMS TO BE AVAILABLE TO QUOTE THE
10:57:02 SUBCONTRACT WORK THAT THE PRIME CONTRACTOR WILL PRESENT TO
10:57:05 THAT CATEGORY OF CERTIFIED FIRMS.
10:57:10 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY.
10:57:13 AND SO I ASSUME THIS IS PART OF THE PIPES PROGRAM, AND
10:57:17 YOU'RE COMING BACK TO US EVERY SIX MONTHS WITH A PIPES
10:57:20 UPDATE ON WMBE AND BBE OPPORTUNITIES?
10:57:25 >>GREGORY HART: YES, SIR.
10:57:27 I BELIEVE THAT IS THE SCHEDULE AND COLLECTIVELY WITH THE --
10:57:32 WATER AND WASTEWATER AS WELL AS OUR DEPARTMENT, WE WILL BE
10:57:35 PROVIDING THOSE UPDATES AS SCHEDULED.
10:57:37 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:57:41 UNLESS SOMEBODY ELSE HAS A QUESTION, I'LL BE GLAD TO MOVE
10:57:44 ITEM 8 THROUGH 13.
10:57:46 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CHAIR?
10:57:48 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN GUDES, GO AHEAD.
10:57:51 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I HEAR THE GOAL.
10:57:52 I JUST WANT TO KNOW THE MONITORING OF THE GOAL.
10:57:58 I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THAT.
10:58:01 MR. HART TO TELL ME, AGAIN, WHAT IS THE PLAN TO MAKE SURE WE
10:58:05 ARE ACHIEVING THIS GOAL AND WHO IS GOING TO BE MONITORING TO
10:58:09 MAKE SURE WHO WE GIVE THESE CONTRACTS TO THAT WHAT WE'RE
10:58:15 PROPOSING, WHAT WE'RE ASKING WILL BE ON THOSE JOB SITES?
10:58:21 >>GREGORY HART: GREGORY HART SPEAKING ONCE AGAIN.
10:58:23 EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY.
10:58:26 MONITORING INVOLVES SEVERAL STEPS.
10:58:27 ONE OF WHICH IS FOR EACH PAY APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY THE
10:58:33 PRIME, IT IS ACCOMPANIED BY A PAYMENT FORM THAT LISTS ALL
10:58:39 SUBS THAT ARE UTILIZED, AND THAT IS AUDITED AND VALIDATED.
10:58:44 ONE OF THE OTHER STEPS IS THAT THE PRIME CONTRACTOR MUST
10:58:48 ENGAGE OUR AUTOMATED CONTRACT COMPLIANCE PAYMENT SYSTEM,
10:58:56 WHEREBY THEY ENTER INTO THAT -- THE PAYMENT THEY RECEIVED
10:59:00 FROM THE CITY.
10:59:01 AND THEN THE SYSTEM WILL NOTIFY ALL THE SUBS THAT THAT PRIME
10:59:04 HAS RECEIVED A PAYMENT AND EACH OF THE SUBS MUST CONFIRM
10:59:08 RECEIPT OF THEIR PAYMENT AS IT RELATES TO THAT WHICH WAS
10:59:11 APPROVED AND PAID TO THE PRIME.
10:59:13 AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHER STEPS THAT INCLUDE AN
10:59:19 AFFIDAVIT FROM THE SUBS, A COPY OF THEIR SUBCONTRACT OR
10:59:25 LETTER OF INTENT.
10:59:26 SO IN SUMMARY, THERE ARE MULTIPLE STEPS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN
10:59:29 THE MONITORING AND COMPLIANCE OF THE COMMITTED PARTICIPATION
10:59:34 BETWEEN THE PRIME AND THE SUB.
10:59:36 I HOPE THAT HELPS SOMEWHAT.
10:59:42 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I'M TALKING ABOUT SITE.
10:59:45 MAKING SURE IF WE HAVE A PROJECT GOING ON, WE HAVE SOMEBODY
10:59:48 GO TO THE SITES AND MAKE SURE WHAT THEY SAY THEY ARE DOING
10:59:51 THEY ARE DOING.
10:59:51 THAT IS THE PREMISE OF THE WHOLE THING.
10:59:54 >>GREGORY HART: AT PRESENT, AND I'LL LET MR. BAIRD OR ANYONE
11:00:00 ELSE FROM THE DEPARTMENT ALSO COMMENT.
11:00:04 AT PRESENT, WE DO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE USER DEPARTMENT'S
11:00:09 CONSTRUCTION INSPECTOR ON-SITE TO VALIDATE WHO IS ON-SITE,
11:00:14 AT WHAT PHASE OF THE PROJECT AND WHICH ONE OF THOSE ON-SITE
11:00:18 SUBCONTRACTORS IS A REQUIRED CITY CERTIFIED FIRM AS
11:00:24 PREVIOUSLY APPROVED.
11:00:30 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
11:00:32 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM
11:00:34 COUNCIL MEMBERS?
11:00:34 I HEAR NONE.
11:00:38 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, YOU PULLED THAT ITEM.
11:00:40 SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE ITEMS 8-13 AND
11:00:45 WE CAN DO IT ALL AS ONE, SIR?
11:00:48 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES, SIR, SO MOVED, 8-13.
11:00:50 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND?
11:00:54 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
11:00:55 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECOND.
11:00:55 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN
11:00:57 MIRANDA.
11:00:58 ROLL-CALL VOTE.
11:00:58 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
11:01:01 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:01:04 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:01:05 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
11:01:06 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:01:09 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:01:11 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:01:13 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:01:16 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:01:21 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
11:01:21 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:01:22 NEXT UP, WE HAVE THE FINANCE, WHICH IS COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:01:27 DO YOU HAVE A MOTION FOR 14-19?
11:01:29 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES, SIR, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:01:30 MOVE ITEMS 14 THROUGH 19.
11:01:32 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND.
11:01:33 CITRO.
11:01:34 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CITRO.
11:01:37 ROLL-CALL VOTE.
11:01:38 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
11:01:39 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:01:40 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:01:42 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
11:01:44 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:01:47 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:01:49 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:01:52 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:01:54 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:01:59 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
11:02:00 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:02:01 NEXT UP WE HAVE BUILDING, ZONING, AND PRESERVATION
11:02:03 COMMITTEE, ITEMS 20 THROUGH 25.
11:02:07 COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
11:02:09 >>BILL CARLSON: YES, MR. CHAIR.
11:02:11 I'D LIKE TO MOVE ITEMS 20 THROUGH 25, PLEASE.
11:02:13 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:02:16 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN
11:02:17 MIRANDA.
11:02:18 ROLL-CALL VOTE, PLEASE?
11:02:19 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
11:02:21 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:02:21 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:02:24 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
11:02:26 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:02:31 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:02:32 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:02:34 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:02:35 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:02:39 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:02:40 NEXT UP IS THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, HOWEVER, COUNCIL
11:02:43 MEMBER DINGFELDER PULLED ITEM 27 FOR DISCUSSION.
11:02:48 COUNCIL MEMBER DINGFELDER?
11:02:50 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
11:02:51 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:02:53 ITEM 27 IS $149,000 CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IN
11:02:59 CONNECTION WITH DITCH REHABILITATION BY THE STORMWATER
11:03:04 DEPARTMENT.
11:03:04 SAME QUESTION TO MR. HART.
11:03:10 ABOUT THE EBO PERCENTAGES, EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
11:03:15 PERCENTAGES, BLACK BUSINESS PERCENTAGES FOR THIS TYPE OF
11:03:19 WORK.
11:03:20 MR. HART COMMUNICATED BACK TO ME YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE
11:03:25 AND PRE-PROMPTLY AND PROFESSIONALLY AND SAID THAT THIS
11:03:31 PARTICULAR CONTRACT, THE CONTRACTOR WAS NOT EXPECTED TO
11:03:35 PROVIDE MUCH IN THE WAY OF EBO PERCENTAGE, BUT THEY WERE
11:03:41 DOING 1%.
11:03:44 THEY HAD 1% FOR TREE REMOVAL.
11:03:46 I JUST THOUGHT 1% IS PRETTY INADEQUATE.
11:03:49 SO THAT'S MY QUESTION TO MR. HART.
11:03:55 >>GREGORY HART: GREGORY HART SPEAKING.
11:03:56 EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY OFFICE.
11:03:58 I ALSO INDICATED THAT THE 1% REPRESENTED, IF NEEDED, A TREE
11:04:09 REMOVAL STEP, BUT THAT WOULD BE DEPENDENT ON THE SITE AND
11:04:15 WHETHER OR NOT THE SITE WHERE THE WORK AND RESTORATION WAS
11:04:23 TO BE DONE REQUIRED ANY NAVIGATION OF TREES IN THE SITE
11:04:29 PATH.
11:04:29 THE 1% REPRESENTED THE MAXIMUM HISTORICAL COST ASSOCIATED
11:04:39 WITH ANY KIND OF UNFORESEEN OBSTACLES SUCH AS TREES IN THE
11:04:46 PATH OF THE SITE WORK.
11:04:47 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, SIR?
11:04:58 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO MR. HART, HE DOES
11:05:00 A GREAT JOB AND I APPRECIATE HIM AS WELL AS I DO ALL STAFF.
11:05:04 I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT ITEM 27.
11:05:06 I THINK 1% IS TOTALLY INADEQUATE.
11:05:08 THIS IS FOR DITCH CLEARING, DITCH REHABILITATION.
11:05:11 IT INVOLVES CLEARING OUT THE DITCH.
11:05:14 I READ THE SUMMARY.
11:05:16 IT'S CLEARING OUT THE DITCH.
11:05:18 REMOVING TREES AND OBSTACLES, THEN SODDING, PUTTING DOWN SOD
11:05:28 OR SEED AND THAT SORT OF THING AND THEN REHABILITATING THE
11:05:32 DITCH.
11:05:33 I FEEL LIKE THAT IS THE KIND OF THING THAT IF SOMEBODY TOOK
11:05:37 THE EFFORT, IF A CONTRACTOR REALLY TOOK THE EFFORT AND
11:05:40 REALLY WANTED TO GET ON BOARD WITH OUR EBO PROGRAM, THAT
11:05:44 THEY COULD FIND SUBS THAT COULD DO THIS TYPE OF WORK, SOME
11:05:47 PORTION OF THIS TYPE OF WORK.
11:05:50 WE'VE GOT A LOT OF MONEY THAT THE CITY IS SPENDING AND WE
11:05:52 NEED TO SPREAD IT AROUND TO ALL PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
11:05:56 WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO THE ADMINISTRATION, I WILL NOT BE
11:06:00 SUPPORTING ITEM 27.
11:06:01 THANK YOU.
11:06:01 >>GREGORY HART: MR. CHAIRMAN?
11:06:02 THIS IS GREGORY HART ONCE AGAIN.
11:06:07 IF I MIGHT CLARIFY, UNLESS I'M INCORRECT, THIS ITEM IS NOT
11:06:13 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE RESTORATION OR DITCH WORK.
11:06:19 THIS ITEM IS ACTUALLY FOR AN ENGINEER TO PROVIDE THE
11:06:26 SCHEMATICS AND THE DESIGN NECESSARY FOR THE PROJECT TO THEN
11:06:30 BE BID OUT TO A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY TO PERFORM THE WORK.
11:06:35 SO THIS IS NOT -- I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT MR. DINGFELDER HAS
11:06:40 STATED, BUT I BELIEVE IT IS BEING CONFUSED WITH THE ACTUAL
11:06:45 CONSTRUCTION VERSUS THIS ITEM WHICH IS HIRING AN ENGINEER
11:06:49 DESIGN FIRM TO DO THE SCHEMATICS NECESSARY FOR THE
11:06:53 CONTRACTOR TO GO ABOUT DOING THE CONSTRUCTION ONCE THAT IS
11:06:57 BID.
11:07:01 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MY ONLY COMMENT BACK, MR. CHAIRMAN, WOULD
11:07:03 BE I STAND CORRECTED.
11:07:04 I APPRECIATE THAT.
11:07:06 BUT EVEN SO, IF THEY ARE AN ENGINEERING FIRM, THEN THEY ARE
11:07:10 GOING TO NEED SURVEYORS, THEY ARE GOING TO NEED OTHER PEOPLE
11:07:14 TO ASSIST.
11:07:14 THEY CAN HIRE SUBCONTRACTORS, SUBCONTRACT ENGINEERING FIRMS.
11:07:21 I STAND BY MY OBJECTIONS REGARDLESS OF THE FIELDS THAT WE'RE
11:07:25 TALKING ABOUT.
11:07:26 THANK YOU.
11:07:28 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:07:29 ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
11:07:31 GO AHEAD, SIR.
11:07:36 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I HAVE TO -- MR. DINGFELDER.
11:07:44 WHEN I FIRST LOOKED AT IT, I'M THINKING DITCH DIGGING.
11:07:47 MR. HART NOW SAYS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS.
11:07:52 WELL, I GET THAT SAME QUESTION ASKED TO ME ALL THE TIME, HOW
11:07:56 COME MINORITIES AREN'T GETTING A CHANCE TO GET BIDS AS
11:07:58 ENGINEERS OR ARCHITECTS ON SOME OF THESE PROJECTS.
11:08:03 SAME THING OVER AND OVER.
11:08:05 I THINK WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT AS WELL, START PROMOTING
11:08:08 THAT AS WELL.
11:08:09 I'M GOING TO AGREE WITH MR. DINGFELDER AND I WILL NOT BE
11:08:13 SUPPORTING THIS, TOO.
11:08:16 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:08:19 >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
11:08:22 I'M ON THE SAME PAGE.
11:08:24 THE COMMUNITY IS GIVING US AN EARFUL, THEY FEEL LIKE THEY
11:08:28 HAVE NOT BEEN PROPERLY REACHED OUT TO FOR PROBABLY DECADES.
11:08:34 AND THEY FEEL LIKE IT'S TIME THAT WE HAVE EQUITY IN
11:08:37 CONTRACTS, I KNOW THE ADMINISTRATION IS TRYING HARD TO REACH
11:08:41 OUT.
11:08:42 BUT DESPITE ALL THAT, THE COMMUNITY STILL IS VERY UPSET
11:08:45 ABOUT THE LOW PERCENTAGES, AND THEY FEEL LIKE WE ALL SHOULD
11:08:48 DO MORE TO MAKE SURE THAT MINORITY IN PARTICULAR,
11:08:52 BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES QUALIFY THAT THEY HAVE THE CORRECT
11:08:57 CERTIFICATES AND INSURANCE AND EVERYTHING, AND THAT WE
11:08:59 ACTIVELY REACH OUT TO THEM TO MAKE SURE THEY BID AND HELP
11:09:02 THEM WIN CONTRACTS.
11:09:05 LOOKING AT THE MINORITY PERCENTAGES IS ONE THING, BUT IF YOU
11:09:08 LOOK AT THE PERCENTAGE OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN OUR
11:09:12 COMMUNITY, THE PERCENTAGE OF BUSINESS DOESN'T ADD UP TO THAT
11:09:16 EITHER.
11:09:16 ANYWAY, I'M ON THE SAME PAGE OF MY TWO COLLEAGUES.
11:09:19 THANK YOU.
11:09:21 >>LUIS VIERA: MR. CHAIR, THIS IS VIERA.
11:09:23 VIERA, IF I MAY.
11:09:25 YEAH, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF CONCERN HERE AMONG COUNCIL
11:09:29 MEMBERS.
11:09:29 AND MY QUESTION IS, CAN THIS ITEM BE CONTINUED FOR TWO WEEKS
11:09:34 OR A MONTH TO GIVE THE ADMINISTRATION TIME TO POTENTIALLY
11:09:39 REMEDY THIS ISSUE OR SHOW OTHER PROPOSALS THAT CAN REMEDY
11:09:45 CONCERNS?
11:09:46 I'D HATE TO HAVE A MESSAGE SENT WITH OBJECTIONS LIKE THIS ON
11:09:49 THIS ITEM.
11:09:51 JUST MY SENTIMENT PERSONALLY.
11:09:55 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:09:55 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. VIERA, I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO
11:09:58 SUGGEST THAT AS WELL, SO I'M GLAD WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.
11:10:01 MR. VIERA, THIS IS YOUR DEPARTMENT, SO MAYBE YOU CAN PULL IT
11:10:04 AND CONTINUE IT.
11:10:06 I THINK THEY USUALLY LIKE TO HAVE A MONTH BECAUSE OTHERWISE
11:10:09 IT JUST COMES RIGHT AROUND AND BITES THEM.
11:10:12 I WOULD SUPPORT THAT, MR. VIERA.
11:10:14 THANK YOU.
11:10:14 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
11:10:15 SO HAVING SAID THAT, LET'S -- WE'LL DO A SEPARATE VOTE ON
11:10:19 ITEM 27 OF CONTINUANCE, SHOULD THAT BE THE CASE.
11:10:22 AND WE'LL MOVE ITEMS 26, 28, AND 29.
11:10:26 CAN WE GET A MOTION, COUNCILMAN VIERA?
11:10:29 >>LUIS VIERA: SO MOVED, SIR.
11:10:31 26, 28, 29.
11:10:32 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: EXACTLY.
11:10:34 DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
11:10:35 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
11:10:36 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN
11:10:37 MIRANDA.
11:10:38 ROLL-CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
11:10:39 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
11:10:41 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:10:42 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:10:44 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
11:10:46 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:10:49 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:10:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:10:53 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:10:55 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:10:57 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
11:10:59 AND REGARDING ITEM NUMBER 27 AS A SEPARATE VOTE, I'M LOOKING
11:11:03 AT THE CALENDAR.
11:11:04 WE HAVE AN OCTOBER 15th REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.
11:11:11 >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, MR. CHAIR, I WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK
11:11:14 BECAUSE WE HAD A SIMILAR ISSUE COME UP.
11:11:17 I WANT TO MAKE SURE BY CONTINUING THIS, THIS DOESN'T APPEAR
11:11:20 TO BE ANYTHING REMARKABLE OR ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO GO NOW.
11:11:23 OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, I JUST WANTED TO BE DOUBLE
11:11:26 CHECK THAT WITH THE ADMINISTRATION BEFORE PROCEEDING AGAIN.
11:11:29 JUST OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION.
11:11:34 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WOULD THINK IT WOULD GO TO THE
11:11:36 TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE FOR THAT OCTOBER 15 AND THEN
11:11:40 QUESTIONS GET ANSWERED IN THE MEANTIME.
11:11:43 MR. BENNETT OR ANYBODY FROM THE ADMINISTRATION, ANY COMMENT
11:11:46 OR QUESTION ON THAT FOR ITEM NUMBER 27, CONTINUING IT?
11:11:51 >>JOHN BENNETT: THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.
11:11:52 I WOULD DEFER THAT QUESTION TO MS. JEAN DUNCAN OR MR. BAIRD,
11:11:56 WHO IS ON THE LINE, AND THEN, OF COURSE, I UNDERSTAND THAT
11:12:02 MR. HART GAVE A RESPONSE, VERY FOCUSED ON THIS ONE ITEM.
11:12:06 BUT I KNOW THAT IN THE SIMILAR SPACE, THERE HAS BEEN ROUTINE
11:12:13 REPORTS ABOUT -- PIPES PROGRAM.
11:12:16 AGAIN, FROM A SENSE OF URGENCY AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO THE
11:12:19 COMMUNITY, I WOULD DEFER THAT TO MS. DUNCAN AND MR. BAIRD.
11:12:25 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. BAIRD OR MS. DUNCAN, IF YOU'RE ON
11:12:27 THE LINE AND WISH TO ANSWER.
11:12:31 >>BRAD BAIRD: THIS IS BRAD BAIRD, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR OF
11:12:33 INFRASTRUCTURE.
11:12:33 THIS IS A DITCH REHABILITATION EFFORT.
11:12:42 SO IT WOULD BE JUST LAYING THE MAINTENANCE AND
11:12:46 REHABILITATION OF STORMWATER DITCHES -- DELAYING THE
11:12:51 MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION OF STORMWATER DITCHES BY A
11:12:53 MONTH.
11:12:54 IT'S NOTHING EXTRAORDINARY.
11:12:55 MAYBE DELAY OUR RESPONSIVENESS AND SERVICE LEVEL.
11:13:09 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:13:10 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF THIS WAS AN ITEM
11:13:12 THAT WAS ADVERTISED TO BID OR HOW DID THIS COME ABOUT?
11:13:18 IN OTHER WORDS, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A GROUP THAT SOLELY
11:13:22 BIDS ON THIS.
11:13:23 WAS THIS A PUBLIC ADVERTISED ITEM FOR COMPANIES TO BID ON?
11:13:26 I DON'T KNOW.
11:13:30 >>BRAD BAIRD: THIS IS BRAD BAIRD AGAIN.
11:13:32 THIS WAS NOT A BID ITEM.
11:13:36 IT'S PROFESSIONAL SERVICES --
11:13:38 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT'S WHAT I GATHERED.
11:13:40 THANK YOU.
11:13:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:13:44 DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE ITEM, ITEM 27 TO THE
11:13:47 OCTOBER 15 MEETING?
11:13:48 COUNCILMAN VIERA?
11:13:49 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SO MOVED, YES, SIR.
11:13:50 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
11:13:52 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:13:54 SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:13:56 ROLL-CALL VOTE.
11:13:58 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
11:14:00 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:14:00 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:14:01 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
11:14:03 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:14:06 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:14:08 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:14:11 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:14:12 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:14:16 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
11:14:17 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:14:18 WE HAVE NOW ARRIVED AT OUR 9:30 PUBLIC HEARINGS.
11:14:22 ITEMS 30 AND 31, CAN I GET A MOTION TO OPEN THESE TWO ITEMS?
11:14:26 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:14:27 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO OPEN FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:14:29 DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
11:14:33 >> SECOND.
11:14:34 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES, I
11:14:36 BELIEVE.
11:14:36 NO OBJECTION.
11:14:40 HEARING NONE BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT WE HAVE NOW OPENED ITEMS
11:14:44 30 AND 31.
11:14:46 ITEM NUMBER 30.
11:14:51 >>JULIE HARDY: THIS IS JULIE HARDY.
11:14:54 I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ON THIS ORDINANCE,
11:14:57 WHICH ALLOWS A PERSON REQUESTING A HEARING TO CONTEST A
11:15:03 PARKING TICKET TO PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE FORM OF
11:15:06 IDENTIFICATION TO SCHEDULE THE HEARING.
11:15:09 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
11:15:10 DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON ITEM NUMBER 30?
11:15:13 SEEING THAT THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING -- WHO IS THAT?
11:15:19 COUNCILMAN GUDES?
11:15:21 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I JUST WANT TO SAY I WANT TO THANK THE
11:15:25 ADMINISTRATION, ESPECIALLY MS. GRIMES, FOR REALLY WORKING ON
11:15:27 THIS.
11:15:27 THERE WERE SOME ISSUES THAT SEEMED UNFAIR TO OUR CITIZENS.
11:15:32 I'M GLAD THEY WERE ABLE TO COME TO SOME RESOLUTIONS ON THIS
11:15:35 AND NOW HAVE A POSITIVE ORDINANCE GOING TO BE PUT FOR VOTE.
11:15:39 THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION.
11:15:39 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:15:40 IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WITH QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
11:15:43 BEING THAT THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, MR. SHELBY, DO WE HAVE
11:15:46 PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY OF THIS OR ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT OR
11:15:50 NO?
11:15:51 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, WE ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE
11:15:53 INQUIRE OF THE CLERK IF THERE'S ANYTHING -- IF THERE'S
11:15:57 ANYBODY WHO IS WAITING ONLINE OR SOMEBODY AT THE TAMPA
11:16:01 CONVENTION CENTER.
11:16:02 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING TO RECEIVE
11:16:03 AND FILE ON ITEM NUMBER 30?
11:16:05 >>THE CLERK: THERE IS NOTHING TO RECEIVE AND FILE ON THIS
11:16:08 PARTICULAR ITEM.
11:16:08 AND NO PUBLIC COMMENT REQUESTS.
11:16:11 AND THERE'S NO ONE AT THE TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER AT THIS
11:16:13 TIME.
11:16:15 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
11:16:16 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:16:16 GET A MOTION TO CLOSE ITEM NUMBER 30 PUBLIC HEARING?
11:16:23 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:16:24 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM MR. MIRANDA.
11:16:28 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO.
11:16:30 ANY OBJECTION?
11:16:31 UNANIMOUS CONSENT.
11:16:32 THE HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
11:16:34 COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND TAKING ITEM
11:16:37 NUMBER 30.
11:16:37 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:16:39 ITEM NUMBER 30, FILE NUMBER E2020-8, CHAPTER 15, MOVE AN
11:16:45 ORDINANCE FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE OF
11:16:48 THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, RELATING TO CONTESTING PARKING
11:16:51 TICKETS; MAKING REVISIONS TO THE CITY OF TAMPA CODE OF
11:16:53 ORDINANCES CHAPTER 15 (PARKING); AMENDING ARTICLE II,
11:16:59 REGULATIONS; PERMITS; PENALTIES, DIVISION 4, PENALTIES AND
11:17:03 ENFORCEMENT, SECTION 15-121, ISSUANCE OF PARKING TICKETS;
11:17:07 PAYMENT OR CONTESTING TICKETS; PENALTIES FOR PARKING
11:17:11 VIOLATIONS; REQUESTING A PARKING DIVISION REVIEW; REPEALING
11:17:15 ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH;
11:17:19 PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:17:21 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND.
11:17:23 CITRO.
11:17:23 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN
11:17:25 MIRANDA.
11:17:26 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO.
11:17:27 ROLL-CALL VOTE.
11:17:28 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
11:17:30 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:17:31 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:17:34 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
11:17:37 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:17:42 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:17:43 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:17:45 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:17:48 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:17:52 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
11:17:53 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:17:54 ITEM NUMBER 31, WHICH IS ALREADY OPEN.
11:17:57 ITEM NUMBER 31.
11:18:01 >>LaCHONE DOCK: GOOD MORNING COUNCIL, LaCHONE DOCK,
11:18:04 PLANNING DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
11:18:06 COUNCIL, IF I COULD PLEASE HAVE THE PRESENTATION UP?
11:18:10 OKAY.
11:18:10 THANK YOU.
11:18:11 I'M HERE TO PRESENT ITEM 31.
11:18:13 THIS IS A PRIVATELY INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENT.
11:18:15 THIS IS A PART OF THE JULY 2019 AMENDMENT CYCLE.
11:18:19 THE APPLICANT ON THIS AMENDMENT -- PRESSMAN.
11:18:24 IF I COULD HAVE THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
11:18:26 SO THIS REQUEST IS AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 27 TO THE ZONING
11:18:31 CODE AS IT RELATES TO THE BILLBOARD SIGNS.
11:18:33 THIS IS SECTION 27-289.15 OF THE CODE.
11:18:39 JUST AS A BRIEF BACKGROUND ON THIS REQUEST, I'D LIKE TO JUST
11:18:44 REVIEW WITH YOU A COUPLE OF ITEMS.
11:18:46 ONE IS THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.
11:18:49 THERE IS A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IN PLACE.
11:18:53 IT'S BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE TWO LARGER SIGN COMPANIES.
11:18:56 CLEAR CHANNEL IS ONE OF THEM.
11:18:57 THAT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT DETAILS REQUIREMENTS FOR
11:19:01 REPLACEMENT, RELOCATION, AND ALSO -- INVENTORY REQUIREMENTS.
11:19:08 IT ALSO STATES THAT THE CITY SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS.
11:19:12 THOSE REGULATIONS WERE ADOPTED.
11:19:15 IT ALSO ANTICIPATED FUTURE CONVERSIONS TO ELECTRONIC SIGNS
11:19:23 AND THAT'S THE BILLBOARD SIGNAGE CONVERTING TO ELECTRONIC
11:19:26 SIGNS.
11:19:28 AND THAT ACTUALLY WAS COMPLETED WITHIN THE REVISION OF THE
11:19:33 CODE.
11:19:35 AND WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU NOW IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE
11:19:37 BILLBOARD SIGN CODE UNDER THAT SECTION OF THE CODE.
11:19:40 I'VE ALSO INCLUDED FOR YOU TWO ROADWAY ABBREVIATIONS
11:19:47 REFERENCED IN THE CODE SECTION.
11:19:48 FAP AND FAI ROADWAY DESIGNATIONS WITHIN THE CODE TO FOLLOW.
11:19:54 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
11:19:55 WHAT I'VE DONE IS I'VE PROVIDED A BREAKDOWN OF THE REVISIONS
11:20:01 PROPOSED IN THE THREE SECTIONS.
11:20:04 I ALSO SENT OUT A DOCUMENT THAT WAS A SUPPORTING DOCUMENT.
11:20:08 PDF DOCUMENT.
11:20:09 IT CONTAINED THE ENTIRE SECTION OF THE CODE FOR THE
11:20:11 BILLBOARD SIGN, AND THIS PRESENTATION WILL ONLY REVIEW JUST
11:20:16 THE SECTIONS FOR THE CHANGE PROPOSED.
11:20:19 THE FIRST AREA FOR CHANGE IS THE DESIGNATED ROADWAYS.
11:20:22 I'LL JUST REVIEW THE REQUEST PROPOSED FROM THE APPLICANT.
11:20:29 WHEREVER THERE IS AN UNDERLINE, THAT'S LANGUAGE THAT WOULD
11:20:31 BE ADDED TO THE CODE.
11:20:33 ANY STRIKE-THROUGH IS LANGUAGE THAT WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE
11:20:36 CODE.
11:20:36 SO THE FIRST CHANGE REQUESTED IS TO ADD MacDILL AVENUE
11:20:41 AS THE EASTERN BOUNDARY ON THE HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE ROADWAY.
11:20:45 SO IN HILLSBOROUGH, THE BOUNDARY ON THE WEST WOULD BE
11:20:47 VETERANS EXPRESSWAY, THE BOUNDARY ON THE EAST WOULD BE
11:20:50 MacDILL AVENUE INSTEAD OF DALE MABRY.
11:20:53 THE NEXT CHANGE IS TO ADD DALE MABRY HIGHWAY FROM
11:20:56 HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE TO KENNEDY BOULEVARD, JUST NOTING ALSO
11:21:01 THAT WITHIN THE WESTSHORE OVERLAY, ONLY EXISTING LOCATIONS
11:21:07 ARE ELIGIBLE FOR UPGRADE TO ELECTRONIC BILLBOARDS AND THEY
11:21:09 ARE SUBJECT TO PROVISIONS IN THE CODE.
11:21:12 THE NEXT ADDITION IS THE GANDY BOULEVARD ROADWAY, AND THAT'S
11:21:17 FROM DALE MABRY HIGHWAY TO WESTSHORE.
11:21:22 ELECTRONIC SIGN FACES ALSO SHALL BE ELEVATED AND ORIENTED TO
11:21:25 THE TOP DECK OF THE GANDY EXTENSION AND IT SHALL BE SHIELDED
11:21:31 FROM SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL USES.
11:21:33 LIMITED TO UTILIZING ONLY LOCATIONS PERMITTED AND INSTALLED
11:21:37 PRIOR TO THE INSTALLATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE GANDY
11:21:39 EXTENSION.
11:21:40 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
11:21:43 THE NEXT CHANGE PROPOSED IS IN SUBSECTION B-2.
11:21:48 THIS CONTAINS SOME CLEANUP ITEMS.
11:21:50 IT ALSO REFERS TO CHANGES PROPOSED REGARDING EXISTING
11:21:54 LOCATIONS.
11:21:56 YOU'LL SEE THAT WE REMOVED COMMERCIAL OUT OF WESTSHORE
11:21:59 OVERLAY DISTRICT, AND THEN WE TOOK OUT THE REFERENCE, THE
11:22:03 GENERAL REFERENCE TO CHAPTER 27 CODE OF ORDINANCES AND MADE
11:22:06 IT MORE SPECIFIC TO THE WESTSHORE OVERLAY BY INCLUDING
11:22:09 SECTION 27-238.
11:22:13 AND THEN THE REQUEST IS TO ADD RECOGNITION FOR THE EXISTING
11:22:17 LOCATIONS WHICH WERE JUST REFERENCED IN THE PRIOR SLIDE.
11:22:21 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
11:22:23 THE NEXT SECTION FOR CHANGE IS SUBSECTION C-4, AND THIS IS
11:22:29 REGARDING THE NUMBER OF SIGN FACES.
11:22:31 SO IF YOU HAVE A STANDARD BILLBOARD POLE, AND IF YOU HAVE A
11:22:35 SIGN THAT'S ON EITHER SIDE OF THE POLE, EACH SIGN, EACH SIDE
11:22:40 OF THAT SIGN IS A SIGN FACE.
11:22:42 SO WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED IS UNDER SECTION A, THE MAXIMUM
11:22:48 ALLOWED IS CHANGED FROM 5% TO 10%.
11:22:52 AND THAT IS NOT TO EXCEED 16 ELECTRONIC BILLBOARD SIGN
11:22:56 FACES.
11:22:56 THAT'S ON FAP AND FAI ROADS.
11:22:59 THE NEXT CHANGE PROPOSED IS TO CHANGE FROM 5 TO 10 PERCENT.
11:23:05 AND NOT TO EXCEED 6.
11:23:07 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF 6 ELECTRONIC BILLBOARD SIGN FACES ON
11:23:12 NON-FAP AND NON-FAI DESIGNATED ROADWAYS.
11:23:16 THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
11:23:18 WHAT I'VE DONE IS PROVIDED A MAP JUST TO SHOW THE ROADWAY
11:23:24 DESIGNATIONS, THE ROADWAY THAT'S LISTED IN THE CODE.
11:23:27 SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS THE AERIAL, AND THE GREEN LINE
11:23:33 IS HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE.
11:23:35 SO THIS IDENTIFIES THE HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE SECTION.
11:23:38 THE AREAS IN YELLOW ARE THE ZONING DISTRICT.
11:23:40 THE PINK -- THE PINK STRIPE IS ACTUALLY THE WESTSHORE
11:23:45 OVERLAY DISTRICT.
11:23:47 SO YOU'LL SEE THAT HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE RUNS THAT WESTERN
11:23:51 BOUNDARY IS THE EXPRESSWAY.
11:23:53 THE EASTERN BOUNDARY IS MacDILL VERSUS DALE MABRY
11:23:57 BRINGING THAT EASTERN BOUNDARY.
11:23:59 AND THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
11:24:01 THE NEXT CORRIDOR TO SHOW YOU IS THE DALE MABRY.
11:24:06 SO DALE MABRY, THE GREEN LINE IS DALE MABRY HIGHWAY, AND
11:24:10 AGAIN, THE YELLOW IS THE ZONING DISTRICT.
11:24:15 WITHIN THAT AREA, THE PINK STRIPE IS THE WESTSHORE OVERLAY
11:24:18 AND THE DALE MABRY AGAIN RUNS FROM HILLSBOROUGH TO KENNEDY.
11:24:22 AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
11:24:24 THE LAST SECTION IS GANDY BOULEVARD.
11:24:29 THE GREEN LINE IS GANDY BOULEVARD IN THE CENTER OF THE MAP.
11:24:33 THE YELLOW IS THE ZONING DISTRICT.
11:24:35 AND YOU'LL SEE THE WESTERN BOUNDARY IS WESTSHORE BOULEVARD,
11:24:39 AND THEN THE EASTERN BOUNDARY IS SOUTH DALE MABRY HIGHWAY.
11:24:42 THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
11:24:44 CITY STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE REQUEST AND HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO
11:24:50 THE REQUEST.
11:24:52 THERE'S ONE REVIEW I FORGOT TO ADD INTO THE SLIDE, AND I
11:24:56 WOULD LIKE TO MENTION.
11:24:57 THIS WAS ROUTED TO F.D.O.T. AND TO THEA AND RECEIVED NO
11:25:01 OBJECTIONS TO THE REQUEST.
11:25:03 THIS WAS HEARD BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT A PUBLIC
11:25:06 HEARING JANUARY 13th.
11:25:07 IT WAS FOUND CONSISTENT WITH THE IMAGINE 2040 COMPREHENSIVE
11:25:11 PLAN.
11:25:11 THIS WAS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ON JULY 23rd.
11:25:14 AND IT WAS FOUND CONSISTENT.
11:25:16 AND IT IS BEFORE YOU TODAY, COUNCIL, FOR SECOND READING AND
11:25:20 ADOPTION.
11:25:20 I AM AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANT
11:25:25 IS ALSO AVAILABLE.
11:25:27 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME?
11:25:30 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:25:34 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:25:35 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU.
11:25:36 EARLIER THIS MORNING, ONE OF THE SPEAKERS WAS CRITICIZING US
11:25:42 FOR ADOPTING THESE AMENDMENTS TO THE BILLBOARD ORDINANCE.
11:25:45 I WAS A BIG PART OF THE ORIGINAL BILLBOARD SETTLEMENT, AS
11:25:50 WAS MS. SAUL-SENA BACK IN THE DAY.
11:25:53 IT WAS A GOOD SETTLEMENT.
11:25:55 IF LEGAL IS AVAILABLE AND WANTS TO CHIME IN, BUT BASICALLY
11:26:00 THE ORIGINAL SETTLEMENT WAS TO HAVE A TRADE-OFF WITH THE
11:26:04 BILLBOARD -- WHERE THE BILLBOARD INDUSTRY WOULD AGREE TO
11:26:07 REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TRADITIONAL SIGNS, SIGN FACES, IN
11:26:11 RETURN -- AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT RATIO, IN RETURN
11:26:18 FOR PUTTING UP A DIGITAL SIGN FACE.
11:26:21 AT THE TIME, MS. SAUL-SENA AND THE REST OF COUNCIL AGREED.
11:26:26 PROBABLY UNANIMOUSLY, THAT THAT WAS A GOOD TRADE-OFF AND
11:26:30 OVERALL WE WERE REDUCING BILLBOARD AND VISUAL CLUTTER IN OUR
11:26:36 COMMUNITY, AND WE WERE TRADING OFF DIGITAL, BUT WE MADE SURE
11:26:41 WHEN THEY PUT IN THE LARGE DIGITAL BILLBOARDS, I'M NOT
11:26:44 TALKING ABOUT THE LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD SIGNS, I'M TALKING
11:26:46 ABOUT THE LARGE DIGITAL BILLBOARDS, THAT WE LIMITED THEM TO
11:26:50 DO IT IN COMMERCIAL AREAS.
11:26:53 THE ONLY THING THAT I CAN SEE THAT THIS ORDINANCE DOES IS IT
11:26:57 TWEAKS UP SOME OF THOSE COMMERCIAL AREAS, EXPANDING THEM
11:27:02 SLIGHTLY, BUT WE'VE MADE SURE THAT THEY DON'T IMPOSE ON THE
11:27:07 RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
11:27:08 THAT'S WHY I'M COMFORTABLE SUPPORTING IT.
11:27:10 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
11:27:11 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:27:12 ANYBODY ELSE?
11:27:14 >>BILL CARLSON: MR. CHAIR, THIS IS CARLSON.
11:27:16 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, SIR.
11:27:18 >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU.
11:27:18 YEAH, TO THE SAME COMMENT, YOU KNOW, MUTUAL FRIEND OF MANY
11:27:22 OF US SPOKE OUT THIS MORNING ABOUT THIS.
11:27:25 I'M NOT SOMEBODY WHO REGULARLY WOULD PROMOTE BILLBOARDS, AND
11:27:32 MAYBE NOT LIGHTED BILLBOARDS, ALTHOUGH I HAVE USED THEM AND
11:27:37 I'M IN THE MARKETING INDUSTRY WHERE WE USE THEM.
11:27:39 BUT THE TRADE-OFF AS I REMEMBER IT WAS 10:1.
11:27:43 SO THERE ARE A LOT OF BILLBOARDS THAT NEIGHBORHOODS DON'T
11:27:46 LIKE THAT ARE COMING DOWN IN EXCHANGE FOR THESE.
11:27:48 I THINK THAT THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS WORKED OUT YEARS AGO
11:27:53 WAS A GOOD ONE, AND THIS JUST TAKES IT FURTHER.
11:27:55 THERE'S A LOT OF VISUAL CLUTTER THAT WILL BE MOVED AS A
11:27:59 RESULT OF THIS.
11:28:00 AND SO IT ENDS UP BEING A GOOD THING FOR LOTS OF
11:28:03 COMMUNITIES.
11:28:04 THANK YOU.
11:28:04 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:28:05 ANYBODY ELSE?
11:28:06 ALL RIGHT.
11:28:10 WE HAVE THE PETITIONER ON THE LINE, MR. PRESSMAN, I BELIEVE
11:28:13 IT IS.
11:28:13 ARE YOU THERE, SIR?
11:28:21 PETITIONER?
11:28:22 >>THE CLERK: MR. PRESSMAN, YOU CAN UNMUTE YOURSELF.
11:28:30 >>TODD PRESSMAN: OKAY.
11:28:31 I FOUND IT.
11:28:32 CAN YOU HEAR ME?
11:28:33 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, WE CAN.
11:28:34 PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
11:28:35 >>TODD PRESSMAN: TODD PRESSMAN, 2nd AVENUE SOUTH,
11:28:40 ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA.
11:28:41 MR. CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE APPRECIATE YOUR
11:28:44 ATTENTION TODAY IN MOVING THIS TO THE FINAL PHASE.
11:28:47 AS YOU HAVE HEARD ALL THE REVIEWING AGENCIES AND PERSONS
11:28:50 HAVE BEEN IN SUPPORT.
11:28:53 AS MR. DINGFELDER REFERRED, JUST FOR CLEAR CHANNEL ALONE,
11:28:57 148 FACES OR 53,000 SQUARE FEET OF PAPER BILLBOARDS HAVE
11:29:02 BEEN REMOVED FROM THE CITY UNDER THIS PROGRAM.
11:29:05 AND THAT WILL CONTINUE AT THE SAME RATE.
11:29:08 THERE'S NO CHANGE OF ANY RULES OR REGULATIONS OR
11:29:10 RESTRICTIONS IN TERMS OF PLACEMENT OF BILLBOARDS.
11:29:12 THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN IN EFFECT WITH THE CITY FOR 10, 12
11:29:16 YEARS.
11:29:16 WE HAVE PERSONALLY NEVER RECEIVED A SINGLE COMPLAINT UP
11:29:20 UNTIL THIS HEARING OR CONCERN.
11:29:23 IT'S BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP FOR NONPROFITS, PARTNERSHIP
11:29:27 WITH THE CITY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, FBI, SHERIFF'S OFFICE, U.S.
11:29:33 MARSHAL, AND FOR SMALL BUSINESS.
11:29:36 FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, SMALL BUSINESS CAN GET INTO THE
11:29:41 MARKET FOR A DAY, HALF DAY, HOUR AT SPECIFIC LOCATIONS, AND
11:29:45 THAT'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS SUPPORT FOR SMALL BUSINESS.
11:29:48 SO AS LaCHONE REALLY DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB PRESENTING
11:29:53 THIS TO YOU, THIS IS A SMALL INCREASE IN ROADWAYS.
11:29:55 YOU'LL STILL HAVE THE TAKE-DOWNS.
11:29:58 IN THE WESTSHORE AREA, THIS WOULD ONLY BE A CONVERSION OF
11:30:02 EXISTING SIGNS.
11:30:03 IT WOULD NOT BE NEW SIGNS.
11:30:04 IT WOULD JUST BE A CONVERSION WITH A RESTRICTED NUMBER.
11:30:08 WITH THAT, WE APPRECIATE THE STAFF'S GOOD WORK AND WE
11:30:11 APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION AND SUPPORT ON FIRST READING.
11:30:13 THANK YOU.
11:30:15 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:30:17 DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, ANYBODY AT THE TAMPA
11:30:22 CONVENTION CENTER FOR THIS ITEM?
11:30:23 >>THE CLERK: YES, SIR.
11:30:24 WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE AT THE TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER;
11:30:27 HOWEVER, I DO HAVE FOUR PEOPLE REGISTERED TO SPEAK AND ONE
11:30:29 RECORDING.
11:30:31 I WILL MOVE ON TO MR. THOMAS O'NEILL.
11:30:34 I BELIEVE HE IS AN APPLICANT AS WELL.
11:30:36 IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, MR. O'NEILL, YOU CAN UNMUTE.
11:30:39 >> YES, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
11:30:41 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, WE CAN.
11:30:41 GO AHEAD.
11:30:43 >> YES.
11:30:44 THOMAS O'NEILL, CLEAR CHANNEL.
11:30:47 AS MR. PRESSMAN STATED, I THINK THE PRESENTATION WAS
11:30:51 EXCELLENT BY THE CITY ATTORNEY STAFF.
11:30:55 I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITH HIS COMMENTS AND SOME OF THE
11:30:57 COUNCIL COMMENTS THAT I THINK THIS WAS A PRAGMATIC APPROACH
11:31:00 TO THE SETTLEMENT AND HAS DONE NOTHING BUT REDUCE THE
11:31:07 OVERALL FOOTPRINT FOR BILLBOARDS IN THE AREA AND THE DIGITAL
11:31:09 TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN A GREAT IMPROVEMENT AND WE CERTAINLY
11:31:13 APPRECIATE THE CONSIDERATION TO ADD THIS SMALL TWEAK TO THE
11:31:17 LOCATIONS AND TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DO MORE DIGITAL
11:31:21 CONVERSIONS.
11:31:25 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:31:26 NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
11:31:27 >>THE CLERK: I'LL MOVE ON TO MARILYN HEALY.
11:31:31 SHE ALSO HAS HER CLIENT, RUSTY MCCLELLAND WITH HER.
11:31:35 >> HI, GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN AND COUNCILMAN, MARILYN
11:31:39 HEALY, REPRESENTING OUTFRONT MEDIA, AND I HAVE RUSTY
11:31:42 McCLELLAND, OUR GENERAL REGIONAL MANAGER WITH ME TODAY.
11:31:46 WE WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL FOR THIS ORDINANCE.
11:31:49 IT HAS REALLY RESULTED IN ALLOWING THE BILLBOARD COMPANIES
11:31:53 TO TAKE DOWN A LOT OF THE STATIC BOARDS OUT OF NEIGHBORHOOD
11:31:58 AREAS, AND BASICALLY MOBILIZE THEM IN INDUSTRIAL AND
11:32:03 COMMERCIAL APPROPRIATE AREAS.
11:32:05 WITH THAT, WE HAVE HAD ABSOLUTELY NO ISSUES OVER THE PAST 11
11:32:10 YEARS SINCE WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS.
11:32:13 I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMITMENT, THOUGH.
11:32:16 ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS -- I BELIEVE IT WAS A PRESIDENT,
11:32:19 ACTUALLY, OF NORTH BON AIR, JIM MOSBAUGH, WAS WORRIED THAT
11:32:26 ONE OF THE BOARDS THAT HE COULD SEE -- I DON'T KNOW -- ABOUT
11:32:30 A THOUSAND FEET AWAY FROM HIS HOME WOULD IMPACT HIM IF
11:32:35 OUTFRONT CONVERTED THAT TO DIGITAL.
11:32:38 WE HAVE CONFIRMED WITH HIM THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO THAT.
11:32:42 THAT BOARD IS 49715A.
11:32:48 THE REASON I'M SAYING THAT IS JUST SO IT'S ON THE RECORD.
11:32:51 WE WILL ADJUST OUR INVENTORY WITH THE CITY STAFF AND THE
11:32:57 CITY ATTORNEY JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT COMMITMENT IS
11:33:01 FOLLOWED.
11:33:03 WITH THAT, WE REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL, AND WE'RE HERE TO
11:33:06 ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
11:33:10 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:33:11 YOU HAD SOMEBODY ELSE WITH YOU THAT'S GOING TO SPEAK
11:33:13 SEPARATELY OR JUST TO BE NOTED?
11:33:16 >> RUSTY IS HERE IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY DETAILED QUESTIONS
11:33:18 ABOUT OUR INVENTORY.
11:33:19 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
11:33:21 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:33:21 NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
11:33:23 >>THE CLERK: OKAY.
11:33:24 THE ONLY OTHER PERSON WE HAVE SIGNED UP WAS CHRIS VELA, BUT
11:33:28 HE'S NO LONGER LOGGED IN.
11:33:29 AND THAT WOULD CONCLUDE THE LIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
11:33:32 I HAVE ONE RECORDING TO BE PLAYED.
11:33:34 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD.
11:33:37 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
11:33:39 I'M ANN KULIG, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE WESTSHORE ALLIANCE,
11:33:43 3109 WEST DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BOULEVARD, REGARDING
11:33:48 ITEM 31 ON YOUR SEPTEMBER 3rd AGENDA.
11:33:51 WE ARE OPPOSED TO THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE CITY CODE
11:33:55 REGARDING DIGITAL BILLBOARDS.
11:33:57 IN PARTICULAR, WE DO NOT WANT DIGITAL BILLBOARDS ALLOWED
11:34:01 ALONG DALE MABRY HIGHWAY.
11:34:04 TEN YEARS AGO WHEN CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A CODE CHANGE TO
11:34:07 ALLOW DIGITAL BILLBOARDS IN TAMPA, IT CERTAINLY DIDN'T
11:34:11 HAPPEN EASILY.
11:34:12 I PARTICIPATED IN MANY MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS OVER MULTIPLE
11:34:16 YEARS WITH CITY STAFF, NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTATIVES, AND
11:34:20 REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE BILLBOARD COMPANIES, INCLUDING
11:34:23 CLEAR CHANNEL, TO CRAFT AN ORDINANCE THAT GAVE RIGHTS TO THE
11:34:26 BILLBOARD COMPANIES BUT ALSO HAD PROTECTIONS FOR
11:34:29 NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS.
11:34:30 IT INVOLVED A LOT OF COMPROMISE, BUT THE WESTSHORE ALLIANCE
11:34:34 ULTIMATELY SUPPORTED THE ORDINANCE THEN BECAUSE DIGITAL
11:34:37 BILLBOARDS IN WESTSHORE WERE LIMITED TO LOCATIONS ADJACENT
11:34:40 TO THE INTERSTATE AND VETERANS EXPRESSWAY WHERE THEY ARE
11:34:44 EASILY DIVERTED FROM RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THEY
11:34:47 PROHIBITED THEM ON OTHER STREETS IN WESTSHORE.
11:34:51 THE CHANGE BEING PROPOSED TODAY WILL NOT ONLY ADD TO VISUAL
11:34:55 BLIGHT ALONG DALE MABRY AND OTHER CORRIDORS IN THE CITY, BUT
11:34:58 IN WESTSHORE'S CASE, WILL IMPACT RESIDENTS OF CARVER CITY,
11:35:02 OF NORTH BON AIR, OAKFORD PARK, MANY OF WHOM LIVE WITHIN A
11:35:07 BLOCK OF DALE MABRY HIGHWAY THAT COULD HAVE DIGITAL
11:35:10 BILLBOARDS NOW SHINING INTO THEIR HOMES IF THIS CHANGE IS
11:35:13 APPROVED.
11:35:13 I ASK SIMPLY THAT YOU STICK WITH THE COMPROMISE REACHED A
11:35:17 DECADE AGO AND RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU DENY THIS
11:35:20 CHANGE TO THE DIGITAL BILLBOARD ORDINANCE.
11:35:23 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
11:35:26 >>THE CLERK: THAT WOULD CONCLUDE --
11:35:29 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
11:35:29 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:35:32 DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS?
11:35:40 I HEAR NONE.
11:35:42 DO WE HAVE A MOTION -- WELL, DO WE HAVE ANY RESPONSE OR
11:35:45 REBUTTAL FROM THE PETITIONER HERE?
11:35:49 >>TODD PRESSMAN: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:35:50 I WOULD JUST SAY AGAIN IN THE WESTSHORE AREA, WE HAD QUITE A
11:35:53 FEW DISCUSSIONS, BUT THE END RESULT IS THAT THERE WILL BE NO
11:35:59 NEW BOARDS IN THE WESTSHORE ALLIANCE.
11:36:01 IT WOULD JUST BE A CONVERSION OF THE -- THANK YOU.
11:36:04 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:36:04 ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS?
11:36:07 I HEAR NONE.
11:36:08 CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING?
11:36:11 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:36:12 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:36:15 WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES, I BELIEVE.
11:36:17 ANY OBJECTION?
11:36:18 ALL RIGHT.
11:36:19 BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
11:36:21 COUNCILMAN CITRO, WOULD YOU MIND READING ITEM NUMBER 31, THE
11:36:25 SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE?
11:36:26 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
11:36:27 FILE NUMBER E2020-8, CH 15, A SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE BEING
11:36:37 PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
11:36:41 TAMPA, FLORIDA, RELATING TO BILLBOARDS, MAKING REVISIONS TO
11:36:45 CITY OF TAMPA CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 27 (ZONING AND
11:36:48 LAND DEVELOPMENT); AMENDING SECTION 27-289.15, BILLBOARD
11:36:55 SIGNS; REPEALING ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN
11:37:00 CONFLICT THEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN
11:37:05 EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:37:07 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
11:37:07 DO WE HAVE A SECOND, PLEASE?
11:37:12 >>LUIS VIERA: VIERA, SECOND.
11:37:14 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:37:16 DO WE HAVE A ROLL-CALL VOTE ON THIS NOW?
11:37:19 >>THE CLERK: YES.
11:37:20 VIERA?
11:37:20 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:37:21 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:37:23 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
11:37:25 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:37:28 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:37:31 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:37:33 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:37:35 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:37:41 >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
11:37:41 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU, SIR.
11:37:42 ALL RIGHT.
11:37:43 WE MOVE ON TO STAFF REPORTS AND UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
11:37:46 ITEM NUMBER 32, $22 MILLION ITEM.
11:37:50 WE HAVE A MEMO FROM OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
11:37:59 >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, SIR.
11:37:59 THIS IS DENNIS ROGERO.
11:38:01 GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN.
11:38:02 YOU HAVE THE ITEM BEFORE YOU, OF COURSE, AND YOU HAVE MY
11:38:04 COVER MEMO.
11:38:05 IN SUMMARY, THIS TAKES ADVANTAGE OF FIRM MARKET CONDITIONS
11:38:09 TO DO A COUPLE OF THINGS.
11:38:10 REFUND THE EXISTING COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TAX OR CIP DEBT AND
11:38:14 RECOGNIZE SOME SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS.
11:38:17 WE ANTICIPATE THE SAVINGS WILL BE OVER 10% OF NET PRESENT
11:38:21 VALUE, GIVING US NEW MONEY OF OVER $2.5 MILLION.
11:38:24 THIS NEW MONEY WOULD BE WELCOME.
11:38:27 AS YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, WE'RE FACING MILLIONS IN REVENUE AND
11:38:30 EXPENDITURE REDUCTIONS.
11:38:32 WE'D LIKE TO USE THIS NEW MONEY FOR CAPITAL EXPENSES.
11:38:36 IN SUM, THE DEBT TIME FRAME WILL REMAIN THE SAME AND THE
11:38:40 DEBT PAYMENTS WILL REMAIN THE SAME ALSO.
11:38:43 THIS WILL BE A COMPETITIVE SALE AND WE'LL AWARD IT TO THE
11:38:46 BIDDER THAT GIVES US THE BEST TRUE INTEREST COST.
11:38:51 I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
11:38:53 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
11:38:54 DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN?
11:38:57 ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS?
11:38:58 I HEAR NO QUESTIONS --
11:39:03 >>BILL CARLSON: MR. CHAIR?
11:39:04 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I JUST WANT TO THANK HIM VERY MUCH FOR
11:39:07 THE -- THAT WHEN YOU HAVE A CHANCE AND THE TIME TO DO IT,
11:39:12 THIS IS THE TIME TO DO THIS.
11:39:13 >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU, SIR.
11:39:19 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY ELSE?
11:39:21 >>BILL CARLSON: CARLSON.
11:39:22 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON, GO AHEAD, SIR.
11:39:24 >>BILL CARLSON: MR. ROGERO, WITH THIS RESTRUCTURING AND ALSO
11:39:28 THE ONE THAT WE DID A FEW MONTHS AGO, ANY CONCERNS ABOUT
11:39:32 KIND OF PUSHING LIABILITIES OUT TO THE FUTURE OR FOR
11:39:36 INCREASING LONG-TERM DEBT?
11:39:38 I KNOW THERE IS A SHORT-TERM CASH FLOW BENEFIT, BUT ANY
11:39:42 LONG-TERM CONCERNS?
11:39:45 >>DENNIS ROGERO: THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
11:39:48 UNLIKE THE RESTRUCTURING WE DID A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, THIS
11:39:52 WILL MAINTAIN OUR DEBT PROFILE.
11:39:54 AGAIN, THE DEBT WILL END WHEN IT WAS GOING TO END AND THE
11:39:57 PAYMENT WILL REMAIN THE SAME.
11:39:58 WE'RE SIMPLY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT'S CHEAPER TO BORROW
11:40:03 MONEY.
11:40:03 >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU.
11:40:04 JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT.
11:40:07 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
11:40:10 AS YOU ALL KNOW, I'M SURE THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE
11:40:13 UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'S ONE MORE BITE AT THIS COMMUNITY
11:40:16 INVESTMENT TAX, AND IT ENDS IN 2027, SO WE BETTER BE FRUGAL
11:40:22 AGAIN WITH OUR MONEY BECAUSE THE MONIES THAT WE'VE BEEN
11:40:26 USING TO DO THIS MAINLY IS FOR BRINGING IN THE FUNDS TO BUY
11:40:31 NEW VEHICLES FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA, AND WE USE A LOT OF FIRE
11:40:35 ENGINES AND AMBULANCES START GOING UP IN COST.
11:40:38 SO WE BETTER START THINKING LONG TERM.
11:40:40 AFTER 2027, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
11:40:42 THAT'S ALL.
11:40:42 JUST A CAUTION THING.
11:40:43 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:40:45 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
11:40:47 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:40:47 IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, WHO WOULD LIKE
11:40:49 TO MOVE THIS RESOLUTION?
11:40:51 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:40:52 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:40:54 DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
11:40:55 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND, CITRO.
11:40:57 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO.
11:40:59 ROLL-CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
11:41:00 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
11:41:02 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:41:03 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:41:06 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
11:41:07 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:41:10 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:41:13 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:41:16 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:41:19 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:41:20 [AUDIO DECLINED IN QUALITY]
11:41:27 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:41:28 LOOKING AT THE AGENDA HERE, WE MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 33.
11:41:32 ITEM NUMBER 33.
11:41:33 [POOR AUDIO]
11:41:41 COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:41:42 [POOR AUDIO]
11:41:49 >>ORLANDO GUDES: LET ME SAY TO THIS COUNCIL -- [INAUDIBLE]
11:41:53 -- ONE THING I LEARNED THROUGH MY TENURE AS CITY COUNCIL IS
11:42:01 THAT MISTAKES HAVE AND WILL BE MADE.
11:42:07 WHAT YOU DO AFTER A MISTAKE IS MADE IS WHAT MATTERS.
11:42:10 LESS THAN A YEAR AGO, CAME BEFORE YOU WITH MY SINCEREST
11:42:14 APOLOGIES.
11:42:16 HOW THINGS SHOULD BE DONE.
11:42:18 HEARD PEOPLE APOLOGIZE.
11:42:19 IN OUR CITY MADE NATIONAL NEWS.
11:42:26 STEP FORWARD ACKNOWLEDGING OUR PAST AND CREATING A MORE -- I
11:42:33 WOULD LIKE TO PUT BEFORE YOU IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR
11:42:44 RESOLUTION TO BE APPROVED BY THIS COUNCIL.
11:42:51 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?
11:42:54 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT'S IT, SIR.
11:43:00 >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO SECOND THAT, IF I MAY.
11:43:06 I FIRST -- YOU KNOW, WANTED TO THANK COUNCILMAN GUDES, OUR
11:43:11 FRIEND AND OUR COLLEAGUE FOR HIS LEADERSHIP IN PUSHING THIS
11:43:13 ISSUE FORWARD.
11:43:14 YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN GUDES MADE REFERENCE TO AN INCIDENT
11:43:17 THAT HAPPENED SOME TIME AGO.
11:43:20 I THANK HIM FOR HIS HUMILITY AND FOR HIS JUST HONESTY ON
11:43:27 THIS ISSUE.
11:43:27 I ALSO, THE TAMPA JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS AND FEDERATION,
11:43:30 WE HEARD FROM MY COLLEAGUE IN THE LAW, JOE PROBASCO, THERE
11:43:36 WAS GARY GOULD, RABBI JASON ROSENBERG AND OTHERS JUST WANTED
11:43:41 TO THANK EVERYBODY INVOLVED WITH THIS ISSUE, BUT ESPECIALLY
11:43:44 THANK COUNCILMAN GUDES FOR THE PATH YOU'VE TAKEN.
11:43:49 I'VE ALWAYS COUNTED YOU AS A FRIEND.
11:43:51 I REMEMBER WHEN WE MET IN 2000 -- WHAT -- 16 RUNNING AGAINST
11:43:55 ONE ANOTHER.
11:43:56 I'M ALWAYS VERY SENTIMENTAL WITH YOU.
11:43:58 CAN'T HELP IT.
11:43:59 I REALLY WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THIS.
11:44:01 THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT MANY OF US ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT.
11:44:05 I'VE ALWAYS BEEN PASSIONATE ABOUT AMERICAN HISTORY, AND BY
11:44:08 THAT, I MEAN ALL OF OUR HISTORY, INCLUDING THE IGNORED PARTS
11:44:11 OF OUR HISTORY.
11:44:13 THE GOOD THAT INSPIRES US TO DO BETTER, THE BAD THAT SHOULD
11:44:17 ALSO INSPIRE US TO DO BETTER.
11:44:19 HISTORY CAN SERVE A LOT OF PURPOSES.
11:44:21 IT CAN SERVE TO GUIDE, AND IT CAN SERVE TO INSPIRE, BUT
11:44:26 ESPECIALLY -- ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT HISTORY WITH A
11:44:30 LINK OR CONNECTION TO THE TRAGEDIES THAT WE STILL SEE TODAY,
11:44:35 THEN THAT HISTORY REALLY SERVES A LARGER PURPOSE.
11:44:37 HISTORY, WHEN PROPERLY UNDERSTOOD CAN REALLY HELP US BUILD
11:44:42 BRIDGES TODAY.
11:44:44 I BELIEVE IN THAT PASSIONATELY BUT NO MORE SUBJECT IN
11:44:49 AMERICAN HISTORY IS MORE RIPE TODAY THAN IGNORED BLACK
11:44:53 HISTORY, INCLUDING IN TAMPA AND THAT CONNECTION TO THE
11:44:57 TRAGEDIES AND THE FRUSTRATIONS THAT WE SEE TODAY.
11:45:01 A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK, AND I'VE HAD THIS QUESTION POSED, WHY
11:45:05 ARE YOU ALL DOING THIS?
11:45:06 WHY DO YOU ALL TAKE A LOOK AT THINGS?
11:45:09 A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, WELL, IT WILL MAKE PEOPLE ANGRY.
11:45:12 OTHERS SAY, WELL, HISTORY IS HISTORY.
11:45:14 LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY.
11:45:17 I'VE ALWAYS RESPECTFULLY DISAGREED WITH BOTH.
11:45:19 I THINK TELLING THE TRUTH SHOULDN'T RESULT IN ANGER AS SEEN.
11:45:24 IT SHOULD RESULT IN A CHANCE FOR REDEMPTION, AND YOU CAN'T
11:45:27 LOOK AT INJUSTICE OF TODAY WITHOUT LOOKING AT HOW THAT
11:45:30 HISTORY OF INJUSTICE IS ROOTED IN UGLY, SHAMEFUL, AND
11:45:35 IGNORED -- I EMPHASIZE IGNORED HISTORY.
11:45:38 WE LIVE IN VERY, VERY HISTORICAL TIMES.
11:45:42 TIMES WHEN BIAS AND PREJUDICE IS OUTSIDE OF THE CLOSET, SO
11:45:45 TO SPEAK, BEING YELLED OUT AT QUITE OFTEN IN WAYS THAT I,
11:45:50 MYSELF -- I SPEAK FOR MYSELF -- HAVE NEVER SEEN IT PUBLICLY.
11:45:54 THINGS ARE ACCEPTED THAT JUST TEN YEARS WOULD BE
11:45:59 UNACCEPTABLE AND IMMORAL.
11:46:01 IT MAKES ME FRUSTRATED WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT MAKES
11:46:04 AMERICA GREAT.
11:46:06 HISTORICALLY, IT'S BEEN OUR CAPACITY TO GROW CLOSER TO
11:46:10 TAKING THAT ORIGINAL IDEA OF LIBERTY AND EXPANDING IT TO
11:46:13 MORE PEOPLE.
11:46:13 WE'VE DONE IT FOR ALMOST 240, 250 YEARS.
11:46:17 WE RECOGNIZE HURT AND BUILD ON WHAT WE CAN DO FOR
11:46:21 REDEMPTION.
11:46:22 I'M GLAD THAT FAITH PLAYS SUCH A BIG ROLE IN THIS.
11:46:25 I'M A CATHOLIC.
11:46:26 I'M A CHRISTIAN.
11:46:27 I BELIEVE IN FORGIVENESS AND REDEMPTION AND ALSO IN
11:46:29 PENITENCE.
11:46:31 HISTORY I ALWAYS SAY HAS BEEN CONNECTED -- [GARBLED AUDIO]
11:46:35 -- MINNEAPOLIS WITH MR. FLOYD.
11:46:39 WE HAVE CHARLOTTESVILLE, TREE OF LIFE SYNAGOGUE, ORLANDO
11:46:43 PULSE, MOTHER EMANUEL AME, ET CETERA, GENERATIONS AGO WE HAD
11:46:49 INCIDENTS IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, SELMA.
11:46:53 ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
11:46:54 ALL OF THE INCIDENTS IN HISTORY ARE CONNECTED TO TODAY, AND
11:46:58 THAT'S ESPECIALLY TRUE IN TAMPA.
11:47:00 A CITY WITH GIANTS IN NAMES LIKE FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ, ROBERT
11:47:04 SAUNDERS, DELANO STEWART, ARTHENIA JOYNER AND SO MANY
11:47:08 OTHERS, BUT WE HAVE A PAINFUL PATH THAT'S CONNECTED TO
11:47:10 TRAGEDIES TODAY.
11:47:11 HECK, YOU ALL CHECK OUT A MAN NAMED ROBERT JOHNSON.
11:47:17 JANUARY 30, 1934.
11:47:19 HE WAS LYNCHED HERE IN TAMPA.
11:47:20 THE LAST KNOWN RACIAL LYNCHING IN JIM CROW ERA IN TAMPA.
11:47:25 PART OF THE INCIDENT WITH HIM OCCURRED NEAR CITY HALL.
11:47:29 THAT IS THE TRANSFER OF HIM FROM ONE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO
11:47:32 ANOTHER.
11:47:32 THEN HE WAS ULTIMATELY TAKEN ON HARRISON STREET IN DOWNTOWN
11:47:37 TAMPA BY A LYNCH MOB, PUT NEAR THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER OFF
11:47:41 SLIGH AND ULTIMATELY LYNCHED THERE.
11:47:46 A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T KNOW ABOUT ROBERT JOHNSON.
11:47:48 WE GET TO KNOW ABOUT, NUMBER ONE, WHAT HAPPENED IN OUR PAST
11:47:51 AND HOW IT'S CONNECTED TO TODAY.
11:47:53 I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS.
11:47:54 I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT IT.
11:47:56 AGAIN, I THANK MY FRIEND, COUNCILMAN GUDES, FOR HIS
11:48:00 LEADERSHIP AND HIS HONESTY AND HIS HUMILITY AND HIS SERVICE
11:48:05 HEART.
11:48:05 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
11:48:06 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
11:48:08 I WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING BEFORE I GO ON TO OTHER
11:48:11 COUNCIL MEMBERS.
11:48:11 LOOKING AT THE WORDING OF THIS ITEM, IT SAYS TAMPA'S
11:48:15 HISTORY.
11:48:15 I LOOK BACK AT TAMPA'S HISTORY, AGAIN, I LOVE TAMPA'S
11:48:18 HISTORY AND I MENTION IT BUT LOOK AT HERE IN THE CITY.
11:48:23 MOUNT ZION CEMETERY, SOMETHING THAT PAUL GUZZO WITH THE
11:48:26 TAMPA BAY TIMES UNCOVERED ESSENTIALLY WITH THE WORK OF OTHER
11:48:30 PEOPLE.
11:48:30 AND PUT IT OUT THERE IN THE MEDIA AND PEOPLE NOW KNOW AND
11:48:34 LOOK AT WHAT'S BEING DONE RIGHT HERE IN ROBLES PARK.
11:48:37 THE INJUSTICES THERE ON A CEMETERY.
11:48:41 IT'S NOT THAT THERE WAS ENOUGH HATRED, DISCRIMINATION AND
11:48:44 RACISM WHILE THESE PEOPLE WERE ALIVE, EVEN IN DEATH, THEY
11:48:48 WERE BEING TRAMPLED ON IN MANY WAYS.
11:48:50 YOU LOOK AT 1967 WITH MARTIN CHAMBERS, AN INCIDENT THAT
11:48:54 SPARKED RIOTS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA ON CENTRAL AVENUE.
11:48:56 YOU LOOK AT 1987 WITH MELVIN HAIR, WITH THE BANNING OF THE
11:49:01 CHOKEHOLD AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH THE MURDER OF
11:49:04 ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE SEE AS AN INNOCENT MAN.
11:49:07 I KNOW RACISM IS DISCUSSING THIS DISCRIMINATION BY THE COLOR
11:49:19 OF THEIR SKIN OR THEIR RELIGION OR WHO THEY LOVE.
11:49:22 WE SEE IT WITH PEOPLE IN THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY.
11:49:26 WE SEE IT IN PEOPLE BY THE GOD THEY WORSHIP, THE RELIGION
11:49:31 THEY PRACTICE.
11:49:31 WE HAVE TO REMEMBER A LATIN PHRASE.
11:49:35 MEMENTO MORI, WHICH MEANS REMEMBER THAT WE ARE GOING TO DIE.
11:49:40 IF WE THINK ABOUT THIS, AND NOT TO GET TOO PHILOSOPHICAL, AS
11:49:43 I TEND TO RAMBLE A LOT, YOU KNOW, WHY DO WE WASTE SO MUCH
11:49:48 TIME IN DIVIDING OURSELVES HISTORICALLY?
11:49:52 DISCUSSING THE HISTORY OF SLAVERY IN THIS COUNTRY, THE
11:49:57 HISTORY OF DISCRIMINATION, WHETHER IT BE SOMEONE WHO IS
11:49:59 JEWISH OR SOMEONE WHO IS AN ITALIAN IMMIGRANT OR IRISH
11:50:03 IMMIGRANT.
11:50:03 I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
11:50:04 I SEE US ALL AS AMERICANS.
11:50:06 I SEE US ALL AS TAMPANIANS AND TAMPEÑOS, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO
11:50:15 SAY IT.
11:50:16 I AGREE AND I SUPPORT THIS BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES.
11:50:16 SOME PEOPLE SAY, WELL, WHY ARE YOU STIRRING THE POT?
11:50:20 WHY ARE YOU SUPPORTING SOMETHING THAT COULD BE
11:50:22 CONTROVERSIAL?
11:50:22 WHY NOW?
11:50:24 WHY NOT?
11:50:25 WE AVOIDED THE CONVERSATION FOR SO LONG.
11:50:28 THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT THINK, WELL, AFTER LYNDON JOHNSON AND
11:50:30 CIVIL RIGHTS AND VOTING RIGHTS AND MARTIN LUTHER KING AND
11:50:33 ALL THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW, RACISM DIED BACK THEN.
11:50:38 YOU KNOW, IN 1968, AFTER ALL THE CIVIL UNREST, IT DIED.
11:50:38 IT DIDN'T DIE BACK THEN.
11:50:40 SOME PEOPLE SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS ELECTED
11:50:43 PRESIDENT.
11:50:44 NOW, THINGS HAVE CHANGED.
11:50:46 THINGS STILL DON'T CHANGE.
11:50:48 I HEAR AND I SEE RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION, AND I HEAR
11:50:52 COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE, AND I HEAR ALL THESE LITTLE THINGS
11:50:55 THAT, FIRST, I THOUGHT, WELL IT'S GOING TO DIE OFF WITH MY
11:50:59 GRANDMOTHER'S GENERATION.
11:51:01 NOW MY GRANDMOTHER IS DEAD.
11:51:02 THAT GENERATION IS NOW IN THEIR 90s.
11:51:04 THEY ARE A HUNDRED YEARS OLD OR MORE.
11:51:06 IT'S STILL ALIVE.
11:51:07 WE SEE IT.
11:51:08 WE SEE IT IN THE DIVISION WHEN WE SEE NEWS STORIES, WHEN WE
11:51:12 SEE SOCIAL MEDIA.
11:51:13 IT'S ON AND ON AND ON.
11:51:15 I WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW, WELL WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO WITH IT?
11:51:19 MY FAMILY CAME HERE IN 1961.
11:51:22 MY DAD CAME HERE IN 1981.
11:51:25 WE HAVEN'T BEEN HERE HUNDREDS OF YEARS.
11:51:27 IT DOESN'T MATTER.
11:51:28 AT THE END OF THE DAY WE'RE AMERICANS.
11:51:30 AT THE END OF THE DAY WE NEED TO DO BETTER.
11:51:32 AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE NEED TO LOOK AT NOT JUST EQUALITY,
11:51:35 BUT EQUITY ALL ACROSS THE BOARD.
11:51:37 IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO YOU LOVE, WHAT RELIGION YOU PRACTICE,
11:51:40 THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN, WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.
11:51:43 AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE GOING TO DIE.
11:51:45 IT DOESN'T MATTER YOUR TITLE, YOUR SOCIAL STATUS, HOW MUCH
11:51:49 MONEY YOU HAVE.
11:51:51 IF YOU GET SICK, IF YOU GET CANCER, IF YOU GET WHATEVER IT
11:51:54 IS, WE'RE GOING TO DIE.
11:51:55 THAT ALONE SHOULD MAKE US UNDERSTAND THAT WE REALLY ARE
11:51:58 EQUAL, BUT WE DON'T ACT LIKE IT.
11:52:00 WE DON'T ACT AND WE DON'T TREAT EACH OTHER WITH THAT KIND OF
11:52:03 EQUITY AND EQUALITY.
11:52:04 I'M DONE RAMBLING.
11:52:05 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:52:06 ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?
11:52:09 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, DINGFELDER.
11:52:11 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, GO AHEAD.
11:52:13 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, SIR.
11:52:15 I APPRECIATE THE GREAT WORDS BY COUNCILMAN VIERA, BY OUR
11:52:22 CHAIRMAN, AND BY MR. GUDES -- COUNCILMAN GUDES FOR BRINGING
11:52:26 THIS FORWARD.
11:52:27 I APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY WHICH
11:52:31 I'M A PART OF.
11:52:33 ONE THING I WANTED TO SAY IS, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE HAVE
11:52:38 RESPONDED AND SAID, YOU KNOW, THAT -- YOU KNOW, WHAT -- WHAT
11:52:43 MORE CAN COUNCIL DO?
11:52:44 I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, SOME OF THESE MORE OUTRAGEOUS EVENTS,
11:52:49 THANK GOODNESS, ARE IN OUR DISTANT HISTORY.
11:52:51 SOME ISSUES ARE IN OUR CURRENT HISTORY AND I THINK WE'RE
11:52:56 WORKING, YOU KNOW, CLOSELY WITH OUR -- WITH OUR MAYOR AND
11:53:00 OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT -- THAT NO
11:53:03 ATROCITIES HAPPEN IN THE CITY OF TAMPA THE WAY THEY'VE
11:53:07 HAPPENED ELSEWHERE.
11:53:09 BUT IN REGARD TO CITY COUNCIL -- AND THIS IS ONE REASON I
11:53:12 BRING IT UP PRETTY MUCH EVERY WEEK IN OUR MEETINGS -- IS I
11:53:16 BELIEVE THAT WHAT WE CAN AFFIRMATIVELY DO IS MAKE SURE THAT
11:53:20 -- THAT OUR EBO, OUR EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM, OUR
11:53:24 WMBE PROGRAM, AND SPECIFICALLY OUR BLACK BUSINESS PROGRAM
11:53:29 THRIVES.
11:53:30 AND I'M REALLY PLEASED THAT WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE
11:53:33 COOPERATION WE'VE BEEN GETTING IN THAT REGARD, I THINK
11:53:36 THERE'S A RENEWED EMPHASIS ON THAT.
11:53:38 BUT I THINK IT'S -- IT'S IMPORTANT THAT COUNCIL REMAIN
11:53:41 VIGILANT.
11:53:42 AS LONG AS WE'RE HERE FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS OR MORE ON
11:53:45 THAT SUBJECT BECAUSE I THINK MR. VIERA SAID IT ABOUT ALL
11:53:50 BOATS RISING.
11:53:51 AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT -- YOU KNOW, THAT ONE OF THE KEYS TO
11:53:57 EQUALITY IS ECONOMIC EQUALITY.
11:53:59 AND OUR PART -- I BELIEVE OUR PART IS DONE THROUGH THE --
11:54:06 THROUGH THE MINORITY VENDING AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR
11:54:09 MINORITY VENDORS ARE INCLUDED IN THE PROCESS.
11:54:14 WE CAN'T BE PASSIVE ABOUT IT.
11:54:15 YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T JUST CROSS OUR FINGERS AND HOPE IT
11:54:18 HAPPENS BECAUSE IT WON'T HAPPEN.
11:54:21 WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS BE VERY, VERY ACTIVE AND AGGRESSIVE ON
11:54:23 IT, AND I'M PROUD OF WHERE WE ARE.
11:54:25 WE'RE DOING MUCH BETTER THAN WE WERE A YEAR AGO AND I'M
11:54:28 CONFIDENT OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS WE'LL BE EVEN DOING
11:54:30 BETTER.
11:54:30 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:54:32 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
11:54:33 ANYBODY ELSE?
11:54:37 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR COUNCILMAN GUDES
11:54:40 AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE SPOKEN.
11:54:43 I THINK OPPORTUNITY IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE GIVEN TO
11:54:46 ALL, AND I WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE PARENTS THAT I'VE
11:54:50 HAD, THE GRANDPARENTS THAT I'VE HAD.
11:54:52 REALLY, I WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO BE RAISED IN THE TAMPA
11:54:54 HOUSING AUTHORITY WHEN WE HAD KIDS TO PLAY WITH.
11:54:58 YOU HAD DIFFERENT THINGS.
11:54:59 WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT RACISM WAS AT THAT TIME.
11:55:03 IT WASN'T REALLY UNTIL I OPENED MY EYES ONE DAY IN HIGH
11:55:07 SCHOOL AND I LOOKED AROUND AND SAID EVERYBODY HERE IS THE
11:55:09 SAME COLOR, WHERE I COME FROM, THEY WERE ALL MIXED.
11:55:12 AND EVEN THOUGH IT WAS PREDOMINANTLY HISPANIC, YOU KNOW,
11:55:16 SCHOOL, JEFFERSON AT THAT TIME WAS EUCLID AND HIGHLAND, AND
11:55:21 IT WAS A DIFFERENT LIFESTYLE.
11:55:22 IT WAS A DIFFERENT WAY OF LIFE, AND WE'VE GOTTEN SO SMART
11:55:26 AND SO INTELLIGENT, WE'VE BECOME DUMBER.
11:55:29 I HATE TO SAY IT THAT WAY.
11:55:31 WE RELY ON EVERYTHING THAT'S TECHNICAL.
11:55:33 WE DON'T LOOK AT THE ENVIRONMENT.
11:55:35 WE DON'T CARE WHAT WE DO IN GENERAL.
11:55:37 SOME OF US DO, AND I'M NOT BLAMING OTHERS.
11:55:39 DON'T GET ME WRONG.
11:55:40 BUT WHEN YOU KEEP DESTROYING THINGS AROUND YOU, WHEN YOU
11:55:44 DON'T REALIZE WHAT A STRAW CAN DO TO THE ENVIRONMENT,
11:55:49 PLASTIC OR A BAG OR DIFFERENT THINGS, STYROFOAM OR OIL INTO
11:55:53 THE SEEPAGE OF THE WATER SYSTEM, EVERYTHING YOU LOOK AT, AND
11:55:57 IT -- IT'S GOING TO BE HARDER AND HARDER FOR THE FUTURE
11:56:01 GENERATIONS TO COME AFTER US IF WE DON'T START REMEDYING
11:56:05 SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS TODAY.
11:56:06 AND I THINK THIS ADMINISTRATION IS DOING THE RIGHT STEPS.
11:56:10 YOU CAN'T GET OFF RUNNING BECAUSE YOU'LL STUMBLE.
11:56:13 AND THEY ARE DOING THINGS AT A GOOD PACE WHERE WE'RE GOING
11:56:15 TO HAVE A BETTER AREA AND WHEN TAMPA LEADS, THE REST OF THE
11:56:19 AREA FOLLOWS.
11:56:20 I KNOW THEY DON'T LIKE TO HEAR THAT, BUT THAT'S A FACT.
11:56:23 I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN GUDES AGAIN.
11:56:25 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:56:27 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
11:56:27 ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS?
11:56:30 >>BILL CARLSON: MR. CHAIR?
11:56:31 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:56:33 >>BILL CARLSON: CARLSON.
11:56:35 JUST -- I AGREE WITH THE COMMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES, AND
11:56:37 THANK YOU TO COUNCILMAN GUDES, SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO
11:56:40 FOCUS ON.
11:56:42 AND WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
11:56:47 BUT I WANT EVERYBODY WHO IS WATCHING TO KEEP IN MIND THAT
11:56:49 THIS IS NOT JUST THE DISTANT PAST.
11:56:52 JUST FIVE YEARS AGO, THE U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CONDEMNED
11:56:54 THE CITY OF TAMPA FOR CIVIL RIGHTS ABUSES REGARDING BIKING
11:56:57 WHILE BLACK THAT THE TIMES WROTE EXTENSIVELY ABOUT.
11:57:03 I CAN GIVE A LOT OF OTHER EXAMPLES.
11:57:05 BUT THINK ABOUT THE FIGHT OVER THE JACKSON HOUSE.
11:57:07 THINK ABOUT THE FIGHT OVER THE BRO BOWL.
11:57:11 THINK ABOUT THE FIGHT OVER THE FAIR OAKS COMMUNITY CENTER
11:57:13 AND ON AND ON AND ON, INCLUDING THE MINORITY BUSINESS
11:57:16 PARTICIPATION.
11:57:17 THERE -- THERE ARE SYSTEMIC ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE
11:57:23 ADDRESSED, AND WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THEM EVERY WEEK, AND
11:57:25 WE APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY HELPING US TO ADDRESS THESE TO
11:57:28 TRY TO LOOK FORWARD AND, AS SOMEONE SAID, MAKE TAMPA AN
11:57:32 EXAMPLE THAT OTHER CITIES CAN FOLLOW.
11:57:33 THANK YOU.
11:57:35 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:57:36 ANYBODY ELSE?
11:57:37 ANOTHER COMMENT THAT I WANT TO ADD QUICKLY, BECAUSE I SAW AN
11:57:43 ARTICLE FROM THE TIMES, AND THERE WAS A QUOTE IN THERE FROM
11:57:47 YVETTE LEWIS, THE HEAD OF THE NAACP.
11:57:50 IT SAYS HOW ABOUT OUR LEADERS SAY THEY ARE SORRY THAT PAST
11:57:53 LEADERS LOOKED THE OTHER WAY WHEN CEMETERIES WERE DESTROYED?
11:57:58 IF I'M CORRECT, SOME OF THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND WHOEVER
11:58:00 WAS MAYOR AT THE TIME IN THAT ERA, I KNOW WHERE SOME OF THEM
11:58:05 ARE BURIED.
11:58:06 I CAN TELL YOU THIS, NO ONE IS GOING TO PAVE OVER WHERE THEY
11:58:09 ARE BURIED.
11:58:10 I DON'T WANT TO SAY I APOLOGIZE ON THEIR BEHALF, BUT I'D
11:58:14 RATHER CALL THEM OUT AND SAY SHAME ON THEM FOR ALLOWING
11:58:18 SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO HAPPEN.
11:58:19 THIS IS A CEMETERY.
11:58:21 AT THAT POINT, YOU ASK YOURSELF, IS NOTHING SACRED AT THIS
11:58:24 POINT?
11:58:25 OBVIOUSLY NOT BECAUSE HERE WE ARE, ALMOST A HUNDRED YEARS
11:58:28 LATER, 80, 90 YEARS LATER, UNCOVERING AND REDISCOVERING THIS
11:58:33 AND TRYING TO RIGHT THE WRONGS OF HISTORY AND THE LACK OF
11:58:39 LEADERSHIP OF THOSE THAT WERE IN ELECTED OFFICE BEFORE US.
11:58:45 I'M GLAD THAT THINGS ARE BEING DONE TO CHANGE THAT AND
11:58:49 CORRECT THAT AND RIGHT THOSE WRONGS.
11:58:51 EVEN IF IT REALLY IS RIGHTING A WRONG, BECAUSE WHAT CAN YOU
11:58:54 DO AT THIS POINT WITH THIS GROSS, YOU KNOW, NEGLIGENCE AND
11:58:58 LACK OF RESPECT?
11:58:59 SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT.
11:59:01 ANYBODY ELSE?
11:59:01 ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS AT THIS TIME?
11:59:03 IF NOT, I'LL GO BACK TO COUNCILMAN GUDES WHO WAS THE MAKER
11:59:06 OF THIS MOTION.
11:59:07 COUNCILMAN GUDES, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING AT THIS TIME SINCE
11:59:18 THIS WAS YOUR MOTION, SIR?
11:59:21 >>ORLANDO GUDES: AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THIS
11:59:24 COUNCIL FOR THE HEARTFELT WORDS.
11:59:27 THERE'S ONE GENTLEMAN I HAVE TO THANK, MR. JOE PROBASCO.
11:59:33 HIM AND SOME OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND MYSELF AND I AGREE
11:59:36 WITH ATTORNEY MR. SHELBY WHO HELPED US CRAFT THIS
11:59:39 RESOLUTION.
11:59:41 IT'S REALLY HEARTFELT.
11:59:42 I GET CHOKED UP WHEN I READ AND LOOK OVER SOME OF THE
11:59:46 PASSAGES IN THE RESOLUTION THAT REALLY STAND OUT, BOLD BUT
11:59:52 FRUITFUL, AND I HOPE WE CAN GET A CONSISTENT VOTE ON THIS
11:59:56 RESOLUTION AND MOVE FORWARD, MR. CHAIRMAN.
12:00:01 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, A FORMAL MOTION TO MOVE THE
12:00:04 RESOLUTION, PLEASE.
12:00:05 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN GUDES, YOU DO MAKE THE FORMAL
12:00:07 MOTION FOR THIS RESOLUTION?
12:00:10 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, SIR.
12:00:12 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND BY CITRO.
12:00:14 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WAS GOING TO PASS YOU THE GAVEL, BUT
12:00:16 YOU HAVE THE SECOND.
12:00:17 WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN -- THE SECOND WAS FROM
12:00:24 COUNCILMAN CITRO.
12:00:26 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU.
12:00:26 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
12:00:27 LET'S GET A ROLL-CALL VOTE ON THIS.
12:00:29 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
12:00:31 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:00:32 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:00:34 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ENTHUSIASTICALLY YES.
12:00:41 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:00:44 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:00:44 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:00:47 THANK YOU TO MY COUNCILMEN, MY FRIEND, COUNCILMAN GUDES,
12:00:51 YES.
12:00:53 >>THE CLERK: MIRANDA?
12:00:53 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:00:55 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
12:00:57 >>BILL CARLSON: THIS IS CARLSON.
12:01:02 IF I COULD SAY ONE MORE THING, I THINK THIS GOES WITHOUT
12:01:05 SAYING, BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REITERATE TO EVERYBODY THAT
12:01:09 THE POSITION WE'RE IN NOW, ALTHOUGH WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE
12:01:13 EVENTS OF THE PAST, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE DO EVERYTHING WE
12:01:16 CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT NO FUTURE COUNCIL HAS TO APOLOGIZE FOR
12:01:20 ANYTHING WE DID OR DIDN'T DO.
12:01:22 SO LET'S MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO BE WATCHFUL.
12:01:24 I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S PERSISTENCE AND DILIGENCE IN
12:01:28 WATCHING OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ABIDE BY THE RIGHT
12:01:31 PRINCIPLES.
12:01:32 THANK YOU.
12:01:34 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:01:38 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CHAIRMAN, SINCE THE MOTION HAS PASSED,
12:01:44 THE PORTION OF THE COMMISSION THAT IS IN THE RESOLUTION,
12:01:49 RATHER ME SPEAK TO THAT NOW OR DURING MOTION TIME?
12:01:54 BECAUSE I THINK THE CHAIRMAN LES MILLER OF THE COUNTY SPOKE
12:01:57 YESTERDAY IN REFERENCE TO WHAT'S GOING ON, AND MAYBE WE CAN
12:02:01 GET SOMETHING ON THE FLOOR TO SEE IF WE CAN HAVE A JOINT
12:02:03 COMMISSION WITH THE COUNTY AS WELL.
12:02:06 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S WAIT UNTIL NEW BUSINESS SO WE CAN
12:02:08 GET THROUGH THE AGENDA AND GET EVERYTHING ELSE OUT OF THE
12:02:11 WAY AND THEN WE'LL DO ALL THAT AT ONE TIME, IF THAT'S ALL
12:02:14 RIGHT.
12:02:15 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
12:02:16 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:02:17 WE NOW GO TO ITEM NUMBER 34.
12:02:20 ITEM NUMBER 34, WE HAVE THE CHIEF OF STAFF TO DISCUSS THE
12:02:24 CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER POSITION.
12:02:25 MR. BENNETT, IF YOU'RE ON THE LINE, TAKE IT AWAY.
12:02:29 >>JOHN BENNETT: GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN, COUNCIL.
12:02:33 BEFORE I DIVE INTO ITEM NUMBER 34, I JUST WANT TO
12:02:37 CONGRATULATE COUNCIL AND ESPECIALLY COUNCILMAN GUDES FOR
12:02:40 BRINGING THAT EMOTIONAL BUT EFFECTIVE RESOLUTION FORWARD.
12:02:43 I KNOW MAYOR CASTOR HAS PERSONALLY SPOKEN TO COUNCILMAN
12:02:47 GUDES AND SHE WAS APPRECIATIVE AS WELL AND EMBRACES ALL THE
12:02:51 CONTENT IN THE RESOLUTION.
12:02:52 WITH THAT SAID, I KNOW WHEN THE BUDGET WAS PRESENTED BACK IN
12:02:58 EARLY AUGUST, THE REQUEST TO EXAMINE THE CHIEF DIVERSITY
12:03:03 OFFICER WAS BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE ADMINISTRATION,
12:03:05 AND WE EMBRACED THAT MOTION.
12:03:09 WE LOOKED AT IT.
12:03:10 I KNOW I GAVE SOME INITIAL FEEDBACK BASED ON THE FUNCTIONS
12:03:14 THAT A POSITION LIKE THAT WOULD PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY BRING
12:03:18 OUR CITY WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE, WHICH IS WHY MANY OF US CAME
12:03:21 BACK TO GOVERNMENT TO DO THESE VERY THINGS.
12:03:24 YOU CAN SEE THAT MUCH LIKE I DID THIS MORNING, NOT A
12:03:29 PRESENTATION, BUT A QUICK OVERHEAD, JUST WANT TO BRING THAT
12:03:33 CONVERSATION FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING TO A VISUAL.
12:03:37 AND WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS IN CONVERSATION WITH
12:03:41 COUNCILMAN GUDES AND HOPEFULLY EMBRACED BY THE REST OF
12:03:45 COUNCIL, WAS THAT IF YOU CAN SEE THE COLOR-CODED
12:03:52 ORGANIZATIONAL CHART, WE COULD CALL IT THE BEGINNING OF A
12:03:57 PILOT GOING INTO THE BUDGET.
12:04:00 HOWEVER, THE CITY WAS REORGANIZED IN FEBRUARY, RIGHT BEFORE
12:04:03 COVID.
12:04:05 AND ONE OF OUR KEY DIRECTORS WAS ELEVATED TO A POSITION OF
12:04:12 ADMINISTRATOR OVER NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, AND
12:04:17 THAT'S MS. OCEA WYNN.
12:04:19 SHE HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB FROM A COLLEAGUE'S PERSPECTIVE
12:04:22 OF MINE WITH THIS NEW POSITION WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH
12:04:26 INCLUDES PARKS AND REC, CODE ENFORCEMENT, AND OTHER
12:04:31 FUNCTIONS.
12:04:33 AND WE, COINCIDENTALLY, THROUGH THAT HAVE REVAMPED THE
12:04:38 STRATEGIC PLAN GOING INTO THE BUDGET.
12:04:40 WE'VE ADDED ENTERPRISE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT, WHICH IS THE
12:04:42 DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HOLDING
12:04:44 OURSELVES AND OUR STAFF ACCOUNTABLE.
12:04:46 AND THE REASON FOR THAT BACKGROUND IS WHEN I SPOKE LAST TIME
12:04:49 TO THIS MOTION, I MENTIONED THREE THINGS.
12:04:54 I THINK THE THINGS THAT WILL TURN THE CORNER FOR THE CITY
12:04:57 COME DOWN TO RECRUITING TO GET OUR STAFF AND THE CITY AS
12:05:01 CLOSELY ALIGNED AS POSSIBLE WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE
12:05:06 IN ALL DEPARTMENTS.
12:05:07 TRAINING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADVANCE OUR UNDERSTANDING AND
12:05:12 ACKNOWLEDGE OUR BIASES AND OUR APPROACHES TOWARDS OUR
12:05:15 RELATIONSHIPS, BOTH INWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY TO THE COMMUNITY.
12:05:19 AND THEN LASTLY, THE TOPIC THAT WE BRING UP ALL THE TIME IS
12:05:23 ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH EFFICIENCY, EFFECTIVENESS AND MOST
12:05:27 IMPORTANT, EQUITY.
12:05:28 AND I TALK ABOUT THOSE IN DELIVERABLES, BUT AGAIN, WITHOUT
12:05:31 THE OPPORTUNITY OF THE ORG CHART.
12:05:34 WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS BUILD THE PROGRAM UNDER THE
12:05:36 OVERSIGHT OF MS. OCEA WYNN, WHO IS ON THE LINE AND CAN SPEAK
12:05:40 HERE MOMENTARILY, WHO IS A DIRECT REPORT AUTOMATICALLY TO
12:05:46 THE MAYOR.
12:05:46 WE HAVE THE POSITIONAL AUTHORITY IN PLACE.
12:05:48 AND THEN WE AS A CITY WANT TO SUPPORT HER LEADERSHIP IN
12:05:52 THOSE CATEGORIES THAT I SPOKE OF.
12:05:55 IN THE RECRUITING SPACE, THE MAYOR HAS AUTHORIZED, WHICH IT
12:05:59 IS A CHANGE OR AN AMENDMENT TO THE BUDGET PRESENTATION, YOU
12:06:03 CAN SEE THE GREENSPACE IS TO BE HIRED DIVERSITY RECRUITER.
12:06:08 WHILE THAT PERSON WILL REPORT TO MR. SWAIN AND WHO
12:06:11 ULTIMATELY REPORTS TO HR, MS. KELLY AUSTIN, THAT PERSON
12:06:15 WOULD BE THE FIRST FORWARD-FACING DIVERSITY RECRUITER TO
12:06:19 BRING QUALIFIED APPLICANTS TOWARDS THE CITY OF TAMPA TO HELP
12:06:23 CHANGE OUR DIVERSITY MAKEUP IN THE CITY AND SERVE THE CITY,
12:06:29 AS I DISCUSSED BEFORE.
12:06:31 NEXT TO MR. SWAIN IS OUR LEAD TRAINER, MS. KAY HUNTER. SO
12:06:37 SHE WOULD BRING THE TRAINING PROGRAMS.
12:06:40 SHE TOUCHES EVERY EMPLOYEE AS THEY ENTER THE CITY OF TAMPA,
12:06:44 AND WE WOULD BUILD OUR TRAINING PROGRAM AND CONTINUE OUR
12:06:47 TRAINING PROGRAM UNDERNEATH HER LEADERSHIP AND REPORT BACK
12:06:50 TO MS. OCEA WYNN ON THAT.
12:06:52 THEN THE RED BOXES ARE EXAMPLES OF OUR ENTERPRISE
12:06:55 PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT THAT IS UNDERWAY AND IS GOING TO ROLL
12:07:00 UP INTO THE DASH BOARDS THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING TO YOU ABOUT
12:07:05 WHICH IS CALLED OPEN GOV.
12:07:06 NOT ONLY WILL YOU SEE THE BUDGET ITEMS WE TALKED ABOUT
12:07:09 EARLIER IN A MUCH MORE TACTICAL AND TRANSPARENT WAY GOING
12:07:11 FORWARD, BUT YOU WILL ALSO SEE ALL THE OTHER DATA
12:07:15 PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT ALIGN THEMSELVES WITH THE BUDGET
12:07:18 AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
12:07:20 IN THAT CATEGORY, WE HAVE JEAN DUNCAN WHO IS OVERSEEING THE
12:07:26 EFFICIENCY, EFFECTIVENESS, AND EQUITY SECTION AS AN
12:07:29 EXECUTIVE SPONSOR.
12:07:30 AND UNDER HER, SHE HAS AN EQUITY COMPONENT SUBGROUP OR
12:07:34 WORKING GROUP, IF YOU WILL.
12:07:36 MY POINT IS THAT ALL OF THESE TOUCH POINTS IN THE CITY, WE
12:07:40 EVEN HAVE A HUMAN RIGHTS DIVISION UNDER CAROLE POST'S SHOP.
12:07:44 THERE IS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT DIVERSITY FROM A
12:07:47 FUNCTIONAL, PRACTICAL, DELIVERABLE, ACCOUNTABLE MANNER, AND
12:07:50 REPORT THIS IN A STANDARDIZED WAY BACK TO MS. OCEA WYNN ON A
12:07:55 MONTHLY BASIS.
12:07:56 AND OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO EMPLOY THIS MODEL AND USE THE
12:08:00 POSITIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO HIRE THIS DIVERSITY RECRUITER,
12:08:04 WHICH I HAVE DISCOVERED IN WORKING WITH MS. AUSTIN AS A NEW
12:08:08 HR DIRECTOR IN MR. SWAIN, THIS IS ONE OF OUR WEAK POINTS
12:08:12 THAT WE COULD FILL IMMEDIATELY AS OF OCTOBER 1st WITH THE
12:08:16 APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET, AND WE COULD START RIGHT
12:08:19 AWAY.
12:08:20 IN THE MEANTIME, WE COULD BUILD THIS PROGRAMMATIC ENERGY
12:08:23 UNDER MS. OCEA WYNN AND REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL IN SIX MONTHS
12:08:28 AND THEN SHOULD WE NEED TO ADVANCE INTO A TRUE POSITION OF A
12:08:31 SEPARATE DIVERSITY -- CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER TO CONTINUE
12:08:35 THAT MOMENTUM, WE WOULD REPORT BACK AT SUCH.
12:08:38 BUT BEFORE I FINISH, I WOULD LIKE TO HAND IT OFF TO OCEA
12:08:42 WYNN TO AUGMENT HER COMMENTS AND HER THOUGHTS IN THIS
12:08:45 OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.
12:08:47 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
12:08:49 >>OCEA WYNN: THANKS, CHIEF BENNETT.
12:08:52 GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
12:08:53 THANK YOU FOR -- THIS IS OCEA WYNN, ADMINISTRATOR OF
12:08:57 NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
12:08:58 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT
12:09:03 THE OVERALL PROCESS AND THE PROPOSAL THAT'S BEFORE YOU
12:09:08 REGARDING THE CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER.
12:09:11 I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO STRESS IS THAT THERE ARE
12:09:16 CERTAIN THINGS THAT AS WE PULLED TOGETHER THIS PROGRAM THAT
12:09:19 WE CANNOT OVERLOOK.
12:09:21 WE CANNOT OVERLOOK THE FACT THAT WE DO HAVE NOT ONLY A CITY
12:09:28 OF TAMPA CULTURE WITHIN THE RESIDENTS, BUT WE HAVE A CULTURE
12:09:33 INTERNALLY WITH OUR EMPLOYEES.
12:09:36 WE CANNOT OVERLOOK THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A FAMILIARITY WITH
12:09:38 THE EMPLOYEES AND THAT BECAUSE OF THAT FAMILIARITY, WE ARE
12:09:46 HEARING SOME OF THE CONCERNS, SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS, OR
12:09:51 SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE.
12:09:56 WITH THAT BEING SAID, WITH THE PROPOSAL THAT'S BEFORE YOU, I
12:09:59 THINK WE DO HAVE A GOOD START OF A FRAMEWORK THAT WE CAN
12:10:05 REALLY PUSH FORWARD TO ACTUALLY DEVELOP A CHIEF DIVERSITY
12:10:10 OFFICER OR THE CHIEF DIVERSITY PROGRAM WITHIN THE CITY OF
12:10:15 TAMPA.
12:10:15 SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IN THIS
12:10:21 LEAD AS WELL AS THE OPPORTUNITY THAT I HAVE TO OVERCOME SOME
12:10:26 OF THOSE LEARNING CURVES THAT WE KNOW WE WILL BE CHALLENGED
12:10:31 WITH, AND SOME OF THOSE LEARNING CURVES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE
12:10:41 -- REGARDING THE CULTURE AND THE EMPLOYEES AND HOW FAMILIAR
12:10:45 THEY ARE WITH THIS GROUP AS WELL AS WE ARE WITH THEM.
12:10:49 SO THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE FOR NOW, AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY
12:10:56 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, SHOULD YOU HAVE THEM.
12:10:58 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
12:10:59 ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS AT THIS
12:11:02 TIME?
12:11:02 COUNCILMAN GUDES, THIS WAS YOUR MOTION.
12:11:06 DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
12:11:09 >>ORLANDO GUDES: NO.
12:11:11 I'VE TALKED WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ABOUT THIS AND THEY HAVE
12:11:14 GIVEN ME A COMMITMENT IN REFERENCE TO HOW WE CAN PROCEED ON
12:11:18 A COMMON GROUND, REPORT BACK IN SIX MONTHS AS TO HOW THE
12:11:25 PROGRAM IS WORKING, HOW WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT ALL
12:11:28 DEPARTMENTS -- TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THE BEST PEOPLE
12:11:33 HIRED AND GIVING OPPORTUNITIES TO THOSE TO COME IN.
12:11:36 A LOT OF TIMES THEY ARE MISSING CHALLENGES WITH HR
12:11:40 DEPARTMENT ABOUT SOME MINORITIES BEING ABLE TO GET HIRED.
12:11:44 I KNOW FIRSTHAND FROM EXPERIENCE DEALING WITH HR IN
12:11:47 REFERENCE TO ETHNICITY.
12:11:49 I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE COVER ALL BASES AND GIVE A THOROUGH
12:11:53 REPORT IN MAKING SURE WE HAVE A DIVERSIFIED WORKFORCE.
12:11:59 >>LUIS VIERA: MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY?
12:12:01 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
12:12:02 YES.
12:12:02 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
12:12:03 LIKE LAST TIME, AGAIN, WANTED TO COMMEND COUNCILMAN GUDES
12:12:06 FOR HIS WORK ON THIS, WITH ISSUES LIKE THIS, WHAT IS THE OLD
12:12:09 SAYING?
12:12:09 A POUND OF PREVENTION IS -- NO, AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS
12:12:13 WORTH A POUND OF CURE.
12:12:14 BUT, ADDITIONALLY, THAT OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS ALSO MORALLY
12:12:18 THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
12:12:19 THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN GUDES, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AGAIN.
12:12:26 >>BILL CARLSON: ONE PIECE OF FEEDBACK I GOT FROM THE
12:12:31 COMMUNITY WAS THAT IN SOME ORGANIZATIONS, CHIEF DIVERSITY
12:12:37 OFFICERS OR SIMILAR POSITIONS DON'T HAVE ANY POWER.
12:12:41 TWO THINGS, THEY THAT -- THIS POSITION NEEDS TO HAVE A LEVEL
12:12:45 OF AUTONOMY TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN PASS ON AND EFFECT CHANGE.
12:12:50 NUMBER TWO, THERE NEEDS TO BE AN ANONYMOUS SYSTEM OR A
12:12:53 SYSTEM THAT PROTECTS PEOPLE WHO HAVE COMPLAINTS OR FEEL LIKE
12:12:56 THEY'VE BEEN DISCRIMINATED AGAINST.
12:12:58 THANK YOU.
12:12:59 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:13:00 ANYBODY ELSE?
12:13:00 ALL RIGHT.
12:13:04 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:13:06 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:13:07 IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE FROM CHIEF BENNETT OR OCEA, WE'LL
12:13:12 MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 35.
12:13:15 ITEM NUMBER 35 IS A REQUEST AND A MEMO FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA
12:13:20 THAT THE ITEM BE CONTINUED FOR 45 DAYS.
12:13:23 45 DAYS, GIVE OR TAKE, WILL BE OCTOBER 15th, OUR REGULAR
12:13:27 COUNCIL MEETING THERE.
12:13:30 CAN I GET A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEM NUMBER 35 TILL OCTOBER
12:13:35 15?
12:13:37 >> SO MOVED.
12:13:38 >> SO MOVED.
12:13:39 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO
12:13:40 WITH A SECOND I BELIEVE FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
12:13:43 ANY OBJECTION?
12:13:44 HEARING THAT THERE'S NO OBJECTION, IT PASSES BY UNANIMOUS
12:13:51 CONSENT.
12:13:51 RESCHEDULED OR CONTINUED TO OCTOBER 15th.
12:13:55 ALL RIGHT.
12:13:55 WE HAVE THREE ITEMS LEFT, BUT DON'T GET EXCITED BECAUSE NEXT
12:13:59 UP IS BAYSHORE BOULEVARD.
12:14:02 WE HAVE A PowerPoint CALLED SPEED MANAGEMENT UPDATE.
12:14:06 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN WITH THAT.
12:14:08 ITEM NUMBER 36.
12:14:13 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL, GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR.
12:14:20 >> I'LL WAIT FOR THE PRESENTATION TO BE BROUGHT UP.
12:14:22 THE CURRENT PRESENTATION IS A FOLLOW-UP FROM THE ORIGINAL
12:14:32 MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON AND COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER ON
12:14:38 APRIL 30th AND THE SUBSEQUENT MEETING ON MAY 21st.
12:14:43 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
12:14:53 NEXT SLIDE. SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION TODAY IS TO
12:14:57 PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE CITY IS DOING TO MANAGE
12:15:03 SPEED ON OUR ROADWAYS.
12:15:05 SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON TO HIGHLIGHT IS
12:15:10 METHODOLOGY.
12:15:11 AND FINALLY, IN PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON BAYSHORE, OR
12:15:19 WORKSHOPS, AND NEXT STEPS.
12:15:25 SO ALL OF OUR ACTIONS ARE GUIDED BY THE TRANSFORMING TAMPA'S
12:15:29 TOMORROW STRATEGY.
12:15:31 IT'S A MULTI-PRONGED STRATEGY THAT LOOKS AT TRANSPORTATION,
12:15:39 BUT ALSO CONSIDER HOW THE WORKFORCE MEETING TO KEEP OUR CITY
12:15:46 RUNNING AND HEALTHY, HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, WHICH IS A
12:15:52 FACTOR AS WELL IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE, AND SUSTAINABILITY
12:15:59 AND RESILIENCY.
12:16:04 CLIMATE CHANGE, RESILIENCE IN TERMS LIKE CONGESTION, LIKE
12:16:12 ROADWAY SAFETY.
12:16:14 BUT SPECIFICALLY, WE HAVE EMBARKED ON A JOURNEY CALLED
12:16:21 MOVES.
12:16:21 THIS IS A CITY-WIDE TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT WAS DEFINED,
12:16:27 THE DESIGN OF OUR STREETS OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS.
12:16:30 AND THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
12:16:35 WE HAVE INITIATED THAT PROGRAM THIS YEAR THROUGH A
12:16:38 PROCUREMENT, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THE PLAN.
12:16:43 THE KEY TENETS ARE MOBILITY FOR ALL, MEANING ALL PEOPLE, AND
12:16:49 PERSONS OF ALL ABILITIES AS WELL.
12:16:52 ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, AGAIN THAT FACTORS INTO OUR
12:16:58 CALCULATION.
12:16:59 AND SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE.
12:17:02 EQUITY, WHICH IS A KEY INITIATIVE AS WELL.
12:17:05 AND FINALLY SAFETY.
12:17:07 AND SAFETY IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO FOCUS ON.
12:17:12 WE HAVE ADOPTED A VISION FOR OUR CITY LAST MOVE NOVEMBER,
12:17:17 AND IT IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT THAT DRIVES ALL OF OUR
12:17:22 ACTION.
12:17:22 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
12:17:30 SO SOME OF THE TENETS THAT WE LOOKED AT ARE SPEED
12:17:34 MANAGEMENT, SPEED AND THE HIGH CORRELATION, THE HIGH INJURY,
12:17:38 THAT'S VERY WELL DOCUMENTED.
12:17:42 WE LOOK AT PROVIDING A SAFE TRANSPORTATION, ALL OTHER TYPES
12:17:51 OF MODE AS WELL, PEDESTRIAN, BIKING, AND OTHERS.
12:18:00 EQUITY AND EFFICIENCY IS CRITICAL IN CONSIDERING HOW WE --
12:18:08 TRYING OUT NEW IDEAS, THE CITY AS A LAB.
12:18:11 THIS IS VERY CRITICAL ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF LIMITED BUDGET
12:18:15 BUT ALSO IN CHANGE IN OUR ENVIRONMENT.
12:18:23 IF THEY ARE GOOD, WE USE THEM. IF NOT WE MOVE ON.
12:18:27 WE MENTIONED SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE.
12:18:30 DESIGN FLEXIBILITY. THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AS WELL.
12:18:33 ENTERING THE SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEIR NEEDS.
12:18:36 AND THIS IS A SLIGHT DEPARTURE FROM THE CITY-WIDE PLAN THAT
12:18:40 MOST CITIES HAD IN THE 90s AND EARLY 2000S.
12:18:46 NOW WE HAVE THAT PLAN AS WELL IN CONNECTIVITY BUT WE GO TO
12:18:50 NEIGHBORHOODS AND SAY, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WANT TO SEE
12:18:53 THERE, AND PRESENT AN EXAMPLE.
12:18:57 AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
12:18:59 WE HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT OF ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY AND
12:19:02 UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE DOING THIS.
12:19:05 AND A KEY REASON WHY WE ARE DOING THIS IS HILLSBOROUGH
12:19:10 COUNTY PER CRASH HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST OR SIGNIFICANT
12:19:16 INJURY RATES IN THE NATION.
12:19:18 THIS IS BORNE BY DATA AND WORK DONE BY THE MPO.
12:19:23 SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE A TOP PRIORITY.
12:19:27 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
12:19:29 SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST TO HIGHLIGHT HOW SPEED FACTORS INTO
12:19:37 PROBABILITY OF SURVIVAL.
12:19:41 AS YOU CAN SEE, AT 40 MILES PER HOUR, THE RATE OF SURVIVAL
12:19:46 IS DISMAL, ONLY ONE OUT OF TEN PEDESTRIANS WILL SURVIVE A
12:19:50 DIRECT IMPACT.
12:19:52 AND THAT IS LOWERED AS YOU LOWER THE SPEED SO WE ARE LOOKING
12:19:58 AT DIFFERENT WAYS OF LOWERING AND CALMING STREETS.
12:20:02 THERE ARE VARIOUS STRATEGIES THAT WE ADOPT.
12:20:07 AWARENESS IN TERMS OF EDUCATION, AND IN TERMS OF
12:20:10 CONSEQUENCES ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
12:20:13 ON THE ENGINEERING SIDE, REDESIGNING OUR STREETS IS
12:20:18 SOMETHING THAT HAS SHOWN TO BE EFFECTIVE ACROSS THE BOARD.
12:20:21 AND WE DO THIS IN MANY WAYS.
12:20:26 OPERATING OUR SIGNALS DIFFERENTLY, GIVING PEDESTRIANS MORE
12:20:29 OPPORTUNITY, REDUCING LANES, AND AGAIN ADDING CROSSWALKS.
12:20:34 SO THE THING ABOUT REDUCING THE NUMBER OF LANES IS
12:20:41 PEDESTRIANS CROSS FEWER LANES, SAFETY INCREASES.
12:20:46 THE CHANCE OF CRASH DECREASES.
12:20:48 AND THEN IT HAS TO BE BALANCED WITH MOBILITY NEEDS OVER THE
12:20:54 CORRIDOR, AND AGAIN THIS IS AS MUCH AS IT IS IMPROVING THE
12:21:02 IMPROVEMENT OF OUR ROADWAYS, WE MAY SEE THE SAME NUMBER OF
12:21:10 PEOPLE OVERALL.
12:21:10 THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT, AND OF COURSE CONGESTION
12:21:13 MANAGEMENT AS WELL.
12:21:16 WE ALSO FIND ESPECIALLY SEPARATING BICYCLISTS WITH RIGID OR
12:21:30 FLEXIBLE MATERIALS, OR BEHIND PARKING LANES, OR SEPARATING
12:21:35 PEDESTRIANS LIKE WE HAVE BEEN USING SIDEWALKS.
12:21:40 BUT ALSO IN ROADWAYS, LEFT TURN LANE, FOR EXAMPLE.
12:21:45 THAT IS ONE WAY.
12:21:47 ANOTHER WAY TO DO IT IS BY CHANGING POTENTIAL ANGLES OF
12:21:51 IMPACT.
12:21:51 SO RIGHT ANGLE CRASHES, MUCH MORE INJURY AND HARM, THAN
12:22:01 THOSE THAT ARE DIFFERENT ANGLES, AND THAT'S WHERE
12:22:03 ROUNDABOUTS ARE VERY EFFECTIVE AS WELL.
12:22:08 A COMBINATION OF EFFORTS.
12:22:10 NEXT SLIDE.
12:22:20 ANOTHER THING WE ARE LOOKING AT NOT JUST REDESIGNING
12:22:24 FACILITIES BUT LOOKING AT PROGRAMS LIKE WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR
12:22:30 OUR LOCAL ROADS.
12:22:31 AND ON A NARROW LOCAL ROAD, SPEEDS OF 20 MILES PER HOUR FOR
12:22:38 PEDESTRIANS, IS MUCH HIGHER.
12:22:43 SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE ARE WORKING ON.
12:22:47 OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE EVALUATED THE ENTIRE STREET NETWORK
12:22:51 IN TAMPA AND THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT.
12:22:57 OF COURSE, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE SPEED LIMIT OR THE POSTED
12:23:01 SPEED LIMIT.
12:23:02 IT HAS TO BE VERY GOOD DESIGN.
12:23:03 AND THAT IS A COMPONENT OF OUR VISION ZERO PROGRAM.
12:23:07 NEXT SLIDE.
12:23:15 ANOTHER SIMPLE BUT VERY POWERFUL THING IS FOUR WAY STOPS.
12:23:23 WE HAVE A LOT OF STOPS WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND
12:23:25 SOMETIMES THAT SORT OF SPEED OR THAT SORT OF CONTROL, SO
12:23:39 REDUCE INJURIES BY UP TO 80%.
12:23:42 SO BY THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR 2020, WE WILL BE
12:23:46 CONVERTING TO INTERSECTIONS IS ALREADY UNDERWAY IN TAMPA
12:23:53 WITH STOP CONTROLS.
12:23:56 AGAIN, THIS IS A LOW-COST WAY OF IMPROVING THIS AND MANAGING
12:24:00 SPEEDS WITHIN NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL.
12:24:04 IT DOES NOT ADD DELAY AT ALL BUT MAKES LIFE MUCH SAFER AND
12:24:08 QUALITY OF LIFE BETTER FOR PEDESTRIANS ANDS BICYCLISTS,
12:24:12 ESPECIALLY ON STREETS WHERE WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE SIDEWALKS,
12:24:15 AND SO THIS MAKES IT A MUCH MORE MULTIMODAL.
12:24:23 NEXT SLIDE.
12:24:27 THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF SOME PROJECTS, AND ALL OF OUR WORK IS
12:24:32 DATA DRIVEN IN TERMS OF ROI OR IN TERMS OF VARIOUS FACTORS,
12:24:37 INCLUDING CONDITION OF FACILITIES, MOBILITY NEEDS AND
12:24:46 MAINTENANCE.
12:24:47 SO AGAIN WITH LIMITED BUDGET, PARKING AREAS.
12:25:16 AND OF COURSE IN TAMPA AROUND 34th STREET, ADDING A
12:25:21 ROUNDABOUT, WHICH WILL ENHANCE SAFETY, THE CROSSWALKS ON THE
12:25:27 ROUNDABOUT APPROACHES WILL HAVE -- THIS IS WHAT KNOWN
12:25:34 MEASURE OF REDUCING CRASHES BY UP TO 90%.
12:25:38 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
12:25:43 A COUPLE OF OTHER PROJECTS.
12:25:45 THE ONE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT AT THE TO LEFT WHICH
12:25:51 IS COMPLETE STREETS.
12:25:54 WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT DESIGNING STREETS FOR SPECIFIC
12:25:57 NEIGHBORHOODS.
12:25:58 SO WE WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY HERE, AND YOU HAVE GOT A GREAT
12:26:02 TEAM.
12:26:03 WE CONDUCTED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INITIALLY, THIS FACILITY
12:26:09 WAS CREATED FOR SEPARATED BICYCLE SPACE BUT THE COMMUNITY
12:26:13 WANTED MORE LANDSCAPING AND WANTED WIDER SIDEWALKS.
12:26:17 SO WE ELIMINATED THE BIKE LANE BUT WE STILL GET NARROW
12:26:23 STREETS, AND AGAIN WHERE WE WANT TO GO IN TERMS OF -- BUT WE
12:26:31 CHANGED OUR DESIGN.
12:26:33 AND HISTORICALLY, WE DIDN'T GO TO THE COMMUNITIES UNTIL WE
12:26:39 HAD AN IDEA OF WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO, AND WE ARE ASKING
12:26:45 NEIGHBORHOODS QUESTIONS.
12:26:49 FLORIBRASKA, ANOTHER CORRIDOR.
12:26:51 A ROUNDABOUT IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, WE ARE WORKING ON THAT.
12:26:57 BROREIN BRIDGE, EXPANSION OF SIDEWALKS THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE
12:27:01 MORE MULTIMODAL TRAFFIC, EXTENDING THE RIVERWALK ACROSS THE
12:27:06 BRIDGE, ELIMINATING ONE LANE ON THE BRIDGE TO MAKE ROOM FOR
12:27:12 SIDEWALKS, SO THE BROREIN STREET BRIDGE, THAT PEOPLE ARE
12:27:32 TRYING TO GET OVER, BUT SINGLE LANES, LEFT AND RIGHT LANES,
12:27:46 AND WE ARE ACCOMMODATING MORE PEOPLE.
12:27:48 SO THESE ARE SOME STRATEGIES.
12:27:49 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
12:27:59 THIS IS DEVELOPED BY MPO HIGH INJURY NOTE WORK CORE --
12:28:05 VISION ZERO PRIORITY CORRIDORS.
12:28:08 WE LOOKED AT THE FACILITY IN TERMS OF HIGH INJURY CRASHES,
12:28:11 AND PRIORITIZE OUR PROJECTS BASED ON THAT.
12:28:14 A LOT OF THESE ARE OF COURSE STATE AND COUNTY FACILITIES.
12:28:18 SO WE WORK WITH THE STATE IN BEST PRACTICES, AND WITH THE
12:28:25 COUNTY AS WELL.
12:28:25 AND YOU WILL SEE SOME UPCOMING PROJECTS AT HOWARD AND
12:28:28 ARMENIA, PARTICULARLY SAFE SYSTEM DESIGN OR APPROACH OF
12:28:38 TRANSPORTATION.
12:28:38 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
12:28:50 THIS SHOWS YOU DIFFERENT RESOURCES THAT THE CITY HAS WITH
12:28:54 OTHER JURISDICTIONS BASED ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
12:28:57 BUDGET OF THE STATE, THE COUNTY, AND THE CITY.
12:29:07 INVESTMENTS COME BACK TO THE CITY, BUT JUST, PER LANE, WE
12:29:15 HAVE ABOUT $4,000 TO SPEND IN OUR BUDGET, AND OTHER
12:29:24 FACILITIES LIKE BRIDGES, WE HAVE 115,000.
12:29:29 MY ONLY POINT HERE IS WE ARE TRYING TO MAXIMIZE OUR
12:29:33 AVAILABLE FUNDING, AND WE CONTINUE AS THE SURTAX PASS.
12:29:47 NEXT SLIDE.
12:29:48 NOW LET'S MOVE OUR FOCUS TO BAYSHORE BOULEVARD OF THE
12:29:53 ORIGINAL MOTION WHICH IS WHAT HAVE WE DONE, PRESENTED WHAT
12:29:56 WE ARE GOING TO DO.
12:29:57 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
12:30:05 THIS IS OUR PLAN IN THE SHORT TERM, YOU KNOW, TO ADD NEW
12:30:08 TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT EUCLID AND ROME, AND THIS IS APRIL.
12:30:16 WE ARE HERE IN EARLY SEPTEMBER, AND WE ARE GOING TO MAKE
12:30:22 TRAFFIC SIGNAL MODIFICATIONS, AND JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THESE
12:30:34 SIGNALS, AT EUCLID AND ROME, ARE MEANT TO CREATE -- GRID IN
12:30:52 TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND TRAFFIC WILL HAVE TO STOP MORE, AND THIS
12:30:55 IS A KNOWN MEASURE.
12:30:56 THERE ARE SOME OTHER ACTIONS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.
12:31:02 AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT ON MONITORING,
12:31:07 AND ENFORCING SPEEDING.
12:31:10 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
12:31:23 GET DEBRIS OUT OF OUR BIKE LANE, BECAUSE BIKES ARE A LOT
12:31:27 MORE VULNERABLE THAN VEHICLES.
12:31:29 EVEN A SMALL AMOUNT OF DEBRIS IMPACTS THEM.
12:31:32 SO I THINK WE WILL HAVE EQUIPMENT BUILT SPRING OF NEXT YEAR.
12:31:41 BUT THESE ARE SMALLER IN GETTING THE BAKE LANES, AND THAT
12:31:46 WAY WE CAN INTRODUCE MORE DESIGN FOR BIKE CONTROLS ON OUR
12:31:54 ROADWAYS.
12:31:55 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
12:31:59 WE HAVE UPGRADED A LOT OF THE SIGNAGE TO MAKE IT A LITTLE
12:32:04 MORE INTUITIVE.
12:32:08 PICTURES GENERALLY ARE BETTER THAN WORDS ON SIGNAGE.
12:32:11 SO THE BUSH BUTTON SIGNS, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM WILL BE
12:32:15 REMOVED, AND NEWER ONES THAT ADD ADDITIONAL ATTENTION -- IN
12:32:22 FACT, I THINK THESE HAVE BEEN INSTALLED, 114 OF THEM ALONG
12:32:30 BAYSHORE.
12:32:30 NEXT SLIDE.
12:32:33 THIS IS A PICTURE OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
12:32:37 THEY WENT INTO OPERATION LAST MONTH.
12:32:39 NEXT SLIDE.
12:32:44 THIS IS A SUMMARY OF ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES ALONG BAYSHORE,
12:32:52 AND IN TERMS OF CITATIONS, IN TERMS OF WARNINGS.
12:32:55 THIS HAS TO BE LOOKED AT WITH DECREASE IN TRAFFIC FROM THE
12:33:04 PANDEMIC AS WELL.
12:33:05 BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.
12:33:08 WE HAVE ENFORCEMENT ON THE CORRIDORS AND WE ARE MONITORING.
12:33:12 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
12:33:19 THIS IS A SUMMARY OF OUR RECENT ACTION, AND WE WILL CONTINUE
12:33:22 TO WORK ON BAYSHORE TO MAKE SURE IT'S A SAFE MULTIMODAL
12:33:30 CORRIDOR AND, YOU KNOW, WORK ON FINDING OUT HOW WE CAN
12:33:35 CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THIS ROADWAY FOR MULTIPLE PURPOSES.
12:33:39 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
12:33:52 THIS IS ONLY AN EXERCISE TO UNDERSTAND AND IT IS IN RESPONSE
12:33:54 TO SOME OF THE REQUESTS FROM THE COMMUNITY IN THE PAST.
12:33:58 AGAIN, WE ARE JUST WORKING WITH D.O.T. AND THEA TO
12:34:07 UNDERSTAND BETTER HOW THIS PROGRAM WILL OPERATE WITH TWO
12:34:10 LANES VERSUS FOUR.
12:34:12 WE DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION YET.
12:34:17 NEXT SLIDE.
12:34:19 WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR STREET ACTIVATION,
12:34:27 THE CALM STREET, BY REPURPOSING THEM ESPECIALLY AROUND SIGNS
12:34:36 OR IN EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES LIKE A PANDEMIC.
12:34:38 WE HAVE DONE A PRESENTATION ON THIS BEFORE SO I WILL MOVE TO
12:34:41 THE NEXT SLIDE.
12:34:48 THERE IS THE CROSSWALKS TO CLASSROOMS.
12:34:54 TO GET THE COMMUNITY ENGAGED AT THE SAME TIME, AND IN HAVING
12:34:59 PUBLIC SPACES.
12:35:04 NEXT SLIDE.
12:35:05 AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW.
12:35:08 HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
12:35:09 AND THANK YOU AGAIN.
12:35:10 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:35:12 I'LL START WITH COUNCILMAN CARLSON SINCE THIS IS YOUR
12:35:15 MOTION.
12:35:15 DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS?
12:35:18 >>BILL CARLSON: YES, MR. CHAIR.
12:35:21 THANK YOU, VIK AND YOUR TEAM FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
12:35:25 JUST SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS, BY CHARTER CITY COUNCIL AMENDMENT,
12:35:32 WE DON'T SEE THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT, WE CAN GET INPUTS AND
12:35:36 IDEAS AND PASS ON IDEAS BUT IN THIS CASE THE ADMINISTRATION
12:35:39 WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO ALLOW US TO HOLD TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS
12:35:42 ON IT.
12:35:43 WE HAD ONE SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.
12:35:44 WE TOOK FOUR HOURS OF PUBLIC INPUT AND THEN WE HAVE THIS ONE
12:35:48 WITH SOME INTERIM IDEAS AND PROGRESS REPORTS ARE BEING MADE.
12:35:51 I TALKED TO VIK ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY.
12:35:53 AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS OR IDEAS REGARDING
12:35:56 BAYSHORE, YOU CAN GO THROUGH CITY COUNCIL BUT THE BEST ROUTE
12:36:00 IS GO STRAIGHT TO VIK.
12:36:02 HE'S VERY OPEN TAKING PUBLIC INPUT AND HE WILL CONTINUE TO
12:36:05 WORK ON THIS, AND AS THE TITLE SAYS, IT'S ALSO ABOUT
12:36:09 SPEEDING THROUGHOUT THE CITY, NOT JUST BAYSHORE.
12:36:11 AND IT LOOKS LUKE EVERYBODY IN ADMINISTRATION IS COMMITTED
12:36:14 TO TRYING TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN WHEN BUDGETS ARE AVAILABLE.
12:36:17 SO PLEASE CONTINUE TO SEND IDEAS TO VIK AND HE WILL KEEP US
12:36:21 UPDATED.
12:36:22 THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
12:36:23 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:36:24 IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE?
12:36:29 ANYBODY ELSE?
12:36:32 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:36:32 WE APPRECIATE THAT PRESENTATION.
12:36:33 WE APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
12:36:37 ALL RIGHT.
12:36:37 WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 37.
12:36:43 AND WE HAVE -- I BELIEVE WE HAVE A REPORT HERE FROM MR. WHIT
12:36:48 REMER.
12:36:50 AND IF YOU ARE ON THE LINE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN WITH
12:36:53 THIS ITEM.
12:36:53 >>WHIT REMER: CAN YOU MORNING, GENTLEMEN.
12:36:56 CAN YOU HEAR ME?
12:36:57 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, WE CAN.
12:36:58 >>WHIT REMER: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
12:37:00 GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN.
12:37:01 THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME ON AND
12:37:04 PRESENT TODAY ABOUT THIS ITEM.
12:37:06 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
12:37:10 TODAY, THIS IS A STAFF REPORT WITH AN ATTACHMENT OF A DRAFT
12:37:14 RESOLUTION TO DISCUSS AND ENCOURAGE THE RESTRICTION OF
12:37:19 SINGLE USE PLASTICS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
12:37:24 THANKS TO COUNCIL FOR GIVING ME A LITTLE TIME TO GET ON
12:37:26 BOARD IN MY POSITION AS SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER FOR THE CITY
12:37:31 OF TAMPA.
12:37:32 AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS TIMELINE, THE ISSUE, I APPRECIATE
12:37:38 YOU GIVING ME A COUPLE EXTRA MONTHS TO GET SITUATED TO COME
12:37:41 UP WITH A WORKABLE, PRACTICAL AND USABLE SOLUTION.
12:37:45 SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
12:37:48 IN JANUARY, THERE WAS A MOTION MADE TO STUDY THE CITY OF
12:37:57 ORLANDO'S SINGLE USE PLASTICS RESTRICTION, WITH THE HELP OF
12:38:03 LEGAL COUNSEL, I WAS ABLE TO LOOK AT SEVERAL CITIES, AND
12:38:08 DETERMINE HOW CITIES HAVE APPROACHED THIS ISSUE.
12:38:14 WE KNOW THAT SINGLE USE PLASTICS DEGRADE OUR ENVIRONMENT,
12:38:18 ARE OFTEN ONLY USED FOR SEVERAL MINUTES, AND CAN TAKE MANY
12:38:23 FORMS, BOTH POLYSTYRENE, WHICH IS STYROFOAM, STRAWS, PLASTIC
12:38:31 BAGS, OR A NUMBER OF THESE SINGLE USE PLASTICS.
12:38:36 AND THE CITY OF ORLANDO'S POLICY WAS ADOPTED THROUGH THE
12:38:39 CITY OPERATIONS COMMITTEE WHICH THEN WAS ADOPTED BY THE CITY
12:38:43 COUNCIL AND INSTRUCTED THE ADMINISTRATION TO COME UP WITH A
12:38:48 WORKABLE POLICY, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'LL SUGGEST TODAY.
12:38:52 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
12:38:56 SO THE PROPOSED APPROACH FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA IS THAT THE
12:39:00 CITY COUNCIL ADOPT A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE
12:39:02 ENVIRONMENTAL USE OF SINGLE USE PLASTICS, AND IMPLEMENT A
12:39:07 POLICY THAT IS LEGALLY SOUND, ADDRESSES THE MAJOR OF
12:39:10 VENDORS, RECOGNIZES THE LIMITATIONS OF IMPLEMENTATION,
12:39:15 PREEMPTION BY STATE LAW AND HONOR IT IS GROUNDWORK OF
12:39:18 CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS IN THE GRASSROOTS EFFORTS.
12:39:25 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
12:39:27 SO LEGALLY SOUND.
12:39:28 THIS WAS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST RESEARCH COMPONENT OF
12:39:34 DETERMINING THE RESTRICTIONS OF SINGLE USE PLASTICS BY
12:39:40 PREEMPTION.
12:39:41 STATE LAW ALLOWS CITIES TO RESTRICT CERTAIN TYPES OF SINGLE
12:39:44 USE PLASTICS ON CITY PROPERTY THROUGH CITY CONTRACTS AND
12:39:49 DEPARTMENTS.
12:39:50 THAT'S A PRETTY CLEAR LEGAL LINE THAT THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT
12:39:55 GAVE TO ME AS I RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE.
12:39:59 AND THAT IS THE ROUTE THAT WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD
12:40:04 WITH.
12:40:05 STATE LAW CURRENTLY PREEMPTS RECYCLABLE CONTAINERS, AND IN
12:40:11 THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION THERE WAS A BILL THAT WOULD
12:40:15 HAVE PREEMPTED THE USE OF PLASTIC STRAWS, THAT WAS VETOED BY
12:40:19 GOVERNOR DESANTIS.
12:40:21 I WILL ALSO ADD THERE IS A NEW LAW THAT PREEMPTS CERTAIN
12:40:25 RESTRICTIONS ON FOOD TRUCKS.
12:40:29 NEXT SLIDE.
12:40:33 SO THIS SLIDE MIGHT BE A LITTLE CONFUSING, BUT HERE IS
12:40:36 WHAT -- WE BY CURRENT LAW ARE ALLOWED TO REGULATE THE USE OF
12:40:42 POLYSTYRENE ON CITY PROPERTY SO WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THAT
12:40:46 APPROACH WITH CITY COUNCIL'S BLESSING.
12:40:49 THERE IS THE ABILITY TO REGULATE THE USE OF PLASTIC STRAWS
12:40:53 CITY-WIDE.
12:40:54 HOWEVER, AFTER A LOT OF CONSIDERATION AND CONVERSATIONS WITH
12:40:59 STAKEHOLDERS, THE CITY IS NOT GOING TO -- THE ADMINISTRATION
12:41:03 IS THOUGHT GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT CITY COUNCIL ADOPT A
12:41:08 PLASTIC STRAW BAN RIGHT NOW.
12:41:10 AND THERE ARE SEVERAL CONSIDERATIONS WHICH I CAN WALK
12:41:14 THROUGH.
12:41:15 THE FIRST AND FOREMOST BEING THAT OUR SERVICE INDUSTRY AND
12:41:18 RESTAURANTS RIGHT NOW ARE OPERATING AT 50% CAPACITY AND ON
12:41:22 VERY, VERY THIN MARGINS, AND WE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS
12:41:26 INSENSITIVE GIVEN THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC AND THE FINANCIAL
12:41:30 CONSTRAINTS OF MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE UNDER TO COME IN
12:41:35 WITH SOMEWHAT OF A HEAVY HAND AND REGULATE PLASTIC STRAWS
12:41:40 WOULDN'T BE PRUDENT RIGHT NOW.
12:41:42 HOWEVER, WE WILL CONTINUE TO CONSIDER MOVING FORWARD, AND
12:41:50 PRETTY CLEAR LEGAL GUIDANCE THAT REGULATE PLASTIC STRAWS
12:41:53 PREEMPTED BY STATE LAW, SO NOT GOING TO GO THERE.
12:41:56 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
12:41:58 SO ADDRESSING MAJOR VENDORS, SOME POLYSTYRENE, IF THE CITY
12:42:04 COUNCIL DOES MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION
12:42:09 DIRECTING THE ADMINISTRATION TO RESTRICT SINGLE USE
12:42:14 PLASTICS, OUR PROPOSAL WOULD BE TO IMPLEMENT AN OUTRIGHT BAN
12:42:19 ON FOAM POLYSTYRENE, ALSO KNOWN AS STYROFOAM, ON CITY
12:42:24 PROPERTY THROUGH CITY CONTRACT AND PERMITS, AND SO THE
12:42:28 REASON THAT WE ARRIVED AT THAT WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS LEGAL
12:42:32 ADVICE THAT SOMETHING WE DID RESTRICT WITH THE EXCEPTIONS
12:42:37 PROVIDED BY STATE EXEMPTION LAW, AND THERE ARE REASONABLE
12:42:40 ALTERNATIVES TO SOME POLYSTYRENE OR STYROFOAM, AND WE KNOW
12:42:46 THAT THIS TYPE OF PLASTIC IS THOUSANDS OF YEARS IN THE
12:42:51 ENVIRONMENT, AND THIS WAS A PRETTY EASY ONE AND A MINOR
12:42:55 INCONVENIENCE FOR BOTH VENDORS AND PATRONS TO LIVE WITH.
12:43:00 SO IF THE COUNCIL DOES MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RESOLUTION, THE
12:43:06 CITY IS READY AND PREPARED TO IMPLEMENT A BAN ON SOME
12:43:11 POLYSTYRENE OR STYROFOAM.
12:43:15 NEXT SLIDE.
12:43:17 SO JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ON STRAWS.
12:43:20 THERE WERE A LOT OF CONSIDERATIONS GIVEN HERE TO NOT MOVE
12:43:25 FORWARD WITH AN OUTRIGHT BAN ON PLASTIC STRAWS HERE IN THE
12:43:28 CITY OF TAMPA.
12:43:29 THERE ARE ADA CONSIDERATIONS, AS I MENTIONED, WANTED TO BE
12:43:33 SENSITIVE TO THE RESTAURANTS THAT ARE OPERATING AND HAVE
12:43:36 CURRENT SUPPLIES IN THEIR CURRENT VENDOR CONTRACTS.
12:43:42 ENFORCEMENT IS VERY DIFFICULT ON THIS.
12:43:44 IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME, WHICH ISN'T IN AND OF ITSELF A GOOD
12:43:49 REASON NOT TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT WE THOUGHT THAT MORE TIME
12:43:53 NEEDS TO BE GIVEN TO AN OUTREACH PLAN FOR ALL RESTAURANTS
12:43:58 AND FOOD VENDORS THAT ARE OPERATING IN THE CITY LIMITS.
12:44:01 AND FINALLY, THERE ARE CERTAIN FOOD AND BEVERAGE TYPES THAT
12:44:07 WE WOULD NEED TO COME UP WITH WORKABLE SOLUTIONS THAT
12:44:10 ALTERNATIVE STRAWS LIKE METAL AND PAPER DIDN'T SEEM TO BE A
12:44:15 GOOD FIT, BUT THERE'S MORE RESEARCH THAT WE CAN DO THERE.
12:44:19 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
12:44:23 FINALLY NOTE ON THE PLASTIC BAGS.
12:44:26 WE THINK THAT THERE SHOULD BE MOVEMENT BOTH AT THE STATE
12:44:29 LEVEL AND THE CITY LEVEL AT SOME POINT TO REGULATE PLASTIC
12:44:32 STRAWS, BUT WE RECOGNIZE -- EXCUSE ME, PLASTIC BAGS, BUT WE
12:44:37 DO RECOGNIZE THAT PLASTIC BAGS ARE TECHNICALLY RECYCLABLE
12:44:41 AND THEREFORE PREEMPTED BY STATE LAW.
12:44:44 SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH OUR STATE PARTNERS ON A
12:44:47 PLASTIC BAG RESTRICTION IN THE FUTURE.
12:44:49 BUT RATE NOW RECOGNIZE THAT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING.
12:44:58 NEXT SLIDE.
12:44:59 THE FINAL THING I WANT TO MENTION IS THE GREAT BACKGROUND
12:45:04 WORK OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORKED DILIGENTLY IN FLORIDA ON
12:45:07 THIS ISSUE, PARTICULARLY THE RISE ABOVE PLASTICS COALITION.
12:45:12 THEY HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB BOTH IN THE AREA ABOUT THE
12:45:20 NEEDS TO MAKE A TRANSITION FROM ALL TYPES OF SINGLE USE
12:45:23 PLASTICS, NOT ONLY STRAWS.
12:45:25 I JUST WANT TO GIVE THEM A SHOUTOUT.
12:45:27 THEY HAVE DONE INCREDIBLE WORK.
12:45:29 SO THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION FOR COUNCIL'S
12:45:37 CONSIDERATION.
12:45:38 IF COUNCIL DOES ADOPT THE RESOLUTION TODAY, I THINK THEY
12:45:41 MIGHT HAVE THAT OPTION, OR THEY CAN PUT IT ON THE NEXT
12:45:44 COUNCIL AGENDA.
12:45:45 THAT WOULD BE FINE AS WELL, IF THERE'S FEEDBACK.
12:45:48 AND AS SOON AS THIS RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED, THE
12:45:50 ADMINISTRATION -- ENACT IMMEDIATELY A POLICY WHICH WILL
12:45:57 MATCH THE PRESENTATION TODAY ON POLYSTYRENE STRAWS AND WE
12:46:05 LOOK FORWARD TO BUILDING THIS PROGRAM OUT AS WE MOVE
12:46:07 FORWARD.
12:46:08 SO THANK YOU.
12:46:08 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT VERY
12:46:12 DETAILED PRESENTATION.
12:46:13 WE APPRECIATE THAT.
12:46:15 ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS AT
12:46:18 THIS TIME?
12:46:18 COUNCILMAN CITRO, YOU MADE THIS MOTION.
12:46:21 WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND SPEAK?
12:46:24 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:46:25 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
12:46:28 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THIS PRESENTATION TODAY.
12:46:32 I AGREE WITH YOU THAT THIS IS TIME THE CITY TAKES A LEAD ON
12:46:36 SINGLE USE PLASTICS AND THE BANNING OF SINGLE USE PLASTICS
12:46:40 AND TO ASK THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESSES WITHIN THE CITY OF
12:46:45 TAMPA TO FOLLOW OUR LEAD.
12:46:48 WE HAVE MADE -- YOU HAVE MADE SOME GREAT COMMENTS TODAY, AND
12:46:51 WE CAN ALWAYS MAKE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FUTURE.
12:46:55 HOWEVER, TODAY WILL BE THE DAY TO MAKE THE START.
12:46:59 AND MR. CHAIR, AFTER I HEAR FROM OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, I
12:47:04 WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE HAVE CONSENSUS TO MOVE THE
12:47:08 RESOLUTION TODAY.
12:47:09 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
12:47:10 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:47:12 AND REAL QUICK, STYROFOAM WAS BROUGHT UP.
12:47:16 I THINK STYROFOAM IS GROSS.
12:47:22 YOU THINK ABOUT THE LONG LASTING EFFECTS IN THE
12:47:24 ENVIRONMENTS.
12:47:25 IT'S GOING -- STYROFOAM IN THE ENVIRONMENT OUTLIVES US.
12:47:29 IT'S GOING TO EXIST LONGER THAN WE ARE ALIVE.
12:47:32 AND SITTING THERE IN THE ENVIRONMENT DOING NOTHING.
12:47:34 STYROFOAM, CONTAINER THAT WE USE FOR A FEW MINUTES TO EAT A
12:47:38 MEAL, WHATNOT, BUT CERTAINLY WE HAVE OTHER OPTIONS WITH THE
12:47:48 STRAWS, PAPER STRAWS, BAMBOO STRAWS, METAL STRAWS, PLASTIC
12:47:53 BAGS.
12:47:53 YOU DON'T USE PLASTIC BAGS.
12:47:55 I USE THE RENEWABLE ONES.
12:47:57 I HAVE A BUNCH OF THEM IN MY OFFICE.
12:47:59 I KEEP THEM THERE.
12:48:01 I AM GLAD THAT WE ARE STARTING TO TAKE THE INITIATIVE HERE.
12:48:07 ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THIS?
12:48:11 HEARING NONE, COUNCILMAN CITRO, YOU WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND
12:48:15 MAKE A MOTION TODAY?
12:48:20 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN, I APPRECIATE YOU CALLING
12:48:21 MY NAME AND YOU ARE A MIND READER.
12:48:23 I DID HAVE A QUESTION TO WHIT.
12:48:26 HE MIGHT HAVE MENTIONED IT.
12:48:27 IF HE DID, I APOLOGIZE I MISSED IT.
12:48:31 WHIT, DOES THIS INCLUDE THE CITY RIGHT-OF-WAY, ESPECIALLY AS
12:48:35 RELATED TO LARGE EVENTS WHEN WE SHUT DOWN 7th AVENUE FOR
12:48:41 VARIOUS PARADES OR SHUT DOWN THE BAYSHORE FOR GASPARILLA,
12:48:47 THAT SORT OF THING?
12:48:49 HAVE WE LOOKED INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF INCLUDING THE BAN ON
12:48:54 STYROFOAM FOR THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS?
12:48:57 >>WHIT REMER: THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, COUNCILMAN
12:49:02 DINGFELDER.
12:49:02 I HAVE WRITTEN -- THIS POLICY WOULD NOT EXTEND THOSE
12:49:06 RIGHTS-OF-WAY.
12:49:06 HOWEVER IT WOULD EXTEND TO PERMITS.
12:49:08 AND THE REASON RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT WRITTEN WITHIN
12:49:11 RIGHTS-OF-WAY IS BECAUSE UNDER THE INTERLOCAL PROGRAM THERE
12:49:14 ARE SEVERAL RESTAURANTS OPERATING ON CITY SIDEWALKS.
12:49:18 SO YOU GET INTO A LITTLE BIT OF A GRAY AREA.
12:49:21 AND IF THERE'S -- I KNOW THAT PROGRAM IS TEMPORARY BUT IT'S
12:49:26 LOOKED AT BEING EXTENDED.
12:49:28 HOWEVER, FOR AN EVENT SUCH AS BAYSHORE, THERE IS A MASTER
12:49:32 PERMIT THAT IS ISSUED FOR THAT EVENT.
12:49:34 AND OUR INTENTION IS THE PERMIT AND THE RESTRICTIONS THAT
12:49:39 WOULD APPLY TO THAT MASTER PERMIT WOULD TRICKLE DOWN INTO
12:49:43 VENDORS THAT ARE OPERATING.
12:49:45 SO PART OF A MIXED ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION THERE, BUT THE
12:49:50 RIGHTS-OF-WAY CAN GET A LITTLE BIT TRICKY.
12:49:53 I ALSO DO WANT TO MENTION THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT AN
12:49:57 EXCEPTION FOR EVENTS THAT ARE UNDER 100 PEOPLE.
12:50:01 SO IF THERE ARE SMALL BIRTHDAY PARTIES OR SMALL FAMILY
12:50:09 GATHERINGS, THAT STYROFOAM IS BROUGHT ONTO CITY PROPERTY
12:50:14 WHERE THERE'S UNDER 100 PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE AN EXCEPTION
12:50:17 THERE.
12:50:17 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY.
12:50:19 I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THIS.
12:50:22 I APPRECIATE THE MAYOR AND STAFF BEING CONCERNED AS WELL.
12:50:28 I THINK TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY VERY LARGE EVENTS
12:50:35 LIKE WE SPOKE TO, INCLUDING GASPARILLA, THAT WE TRY OUR BEST
12:50:40 TO ENCOURAGE OR ENFORCE THE PROHIBITION OF STYROFOAM.
12:50:46 BECAUSE INEVITABLY SOME OF THAT STYROFOAM IS GOING END UP
12:50:49 OUT IN THE BAY AS WELL.
12:50:51 I MEAN DIRECTLY OUT IN THE BAY, WITHOUT EVEN GOING TO THE
12:50:54 LANDFILL, ET CETERA. ANYWAY, I LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING ON
12:50:58 MR. CITRO'S MOTION.
12:51:00 THANK YOU.
12:51:00 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:51:02 ANYBODY ELSE?
12:51:02 >> AND COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, WITH THE HEAVY RAINS AND DAM
12:51:13 RELEASE UP THE RIVER, WE HAVE NOTICED TRASH FLOW ALONG THE
12:51:18 BAYFRONT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THE ADMINISTRATION ATTENTION
12:51:21 AND THERE ARE SEVERAL EFFORTS RIGHT NOW TO WORK ON
12:51:23 ADDITIONAL SWEEPING EFFORTS.
12:51:25 SO WHILE THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION HOPEFULLY GETS AT THE
12:51:28 ROOT CAUSE, PLEASE DO KNOW THAT WE ARE COMMITTED ALSO TO
12:51:35 MAKING SURE THAT TRASH DOESN'T END IN THE WATERWAYS WITH
12:51:39 PARTNERSHIPS AFTER THIS PROGRAM IS IN PLACE.
12:51:41 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:51:44 AND BEFORE WE MOVE ON THAT ITEM, WHIT, I WANT TO SAY THAT I
12:51:49 AM GLAD YOU ARE ONBOARD.
12:51:51 NOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.
12:51:52 YOU KNOW YOUR STUFF.
12:51:53 YOU ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THESE ISSUES.
12:51:55 AND I AM GLAD THAT WE HAVE YOU HERE WITH US BECAUSE YOU
12:51:58 TRULY DO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING.
12:52:00 COUNCILMAN CITRO HAS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
12:52:02 IS THERE A SECOND?
12:52:04 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
12:52:05 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:52:07 LET'S GET A ROLL CALL VOTE.
12:52:09 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:52:13 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:52:16 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
12:52:19 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:52:22 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:52:24 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:52:27 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:52:29 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
12:52:30 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, MARTIN SHELBY.
12:52:34 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
12:52:35 >>MARTIN SHELBY: JUST WANT TO CONFIRM WITH THE CLERK THAT
12:52:41 IS THE SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION.
12:52:42 IS THAT CORRECT?
12:52:43 >>THE CLERK: THAT IS CORRECT.
12:52:44 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:52:46 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:52:48 WE GO NOW TO OUR FINAL ITEM.
12:52:52 THEN WE GO TO NEW BUSINESS.
12:52:54 WE ARE ALMOST THERE.
12:52:55 FINAL ITEM HERE IS REGARDING OUR VIRTUAL MEETINGS AND HOW WE
12:53:00 MOVE FORWARD AND WHATNOT IN THE FUTURE.
12:53:02 WHO WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN THIS?
12:53:03 WE HAVE A MEMO FROM MR. DENNIS FERNANDEZ, INTERIM DIRECTOR
12:53:07 OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.
12:53:08 IF YOU ARE ON THE LINE, SIR. IF NOT --
12:53:14 >>DENNIS FERNANDEZ: GOOD AFTERNOON.
12:53:14 THIS IS DENNIS FERNANDEZ, INTERIM DIRECTOR, PLANNING AND
12:53:18 DEVELOPMENT.
12:53:19 WITH ME THIS AFTERNOON IS LACHONE DOCK, ALSO WITH THE
12:53:23 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
12:53:24 WE DID PROVIDE A MEMO OR REPORT IN REFERENCE TO YOUR MEMO OR
12:53:32 MOTION THAT GIVES YOU AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF OUR CURRENT
12:53:40 VIRTUAL QUASI-JUDICIAL MEETINGS AND WHERE THOSE LIE TODAY.
12:53:46 AND ALSO GIVES YOU SOME OPTIONS MOVING FORWARD.
12:53:51 I WANT TO BEGIN JUST BY COMMENTING THAT THE PROCESS THAT WE
12:53:55 HAVE IN PLACE TODAY HAS BEEN REALLY THE COLLECTIVE EFFORT OF
12:54:00 MANY DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS AND MANY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS,
12:54:04 AND WE DO APPRECIATE THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, AT TECHNOLOGY,
12:54:11 INNOVATION, THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, AND DIGITAL MEDIA
12:54:14 PRODUCTION, ASSISTING IN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IN
12:54:17 PROVIDING THAT VIRTUAL FORMAT FOR YOU.
12:54:20 THERE ARE SOME -- THERE HAS BEEN OBVIOUSLY SOME MEETINGS
12:54:23 THAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IN THAT FORM.
12:54:26 WE LEARNED A LITTLE BIT EACH TIME WE ARE ENGAGED IN ONE OF
12:54:30 THOSE MEETINGS AND HAVE BEEN TRYING TO ADAPT THE MEETINGS TO
12:54:33 BE MORE SUCCESSFUL WITH EACH CONSECUTIVE OPPORTUNITY.
12:54:38 MOVING FORWARD, WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT THERE WILL BE A
12:54:47 NEED TO CONSIDER OTHER TYPES OF VIRTUAL OR QUASI-JUDICIAL
12:54:52 FORMATS IN THAT THE EXECUTIVE ORDER BY THE GOVERNOR IS SET
12:54:57 TO EXPIRE ON OCTOBER 1st AT 12:01 A.M.
12:55:02 WE DID PROVIDE YOU SOME BACKGROUND TO THE DECISION TO
12:55:06 PRESENT THE OPTIONS THAT ARE ON PAGE 3 OF 4 OF THE REPORT.
12:55:12 THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A NEED FOR THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND
12:55:18 STAFF TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE APPLICANT ABOUT THE
12:55:20 NECESSARY REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE UPCOMING WITH THE
12:55:25 APPLICATION CYCLE.
12:55:27 SO WITH THAT, WE ARE HOPING TO JUST PROVIDE SOME DIRECTION
12:55:32 MOVING FORWARD BEYOND OCTOBER 1st IN THE EVENT THAT THE
12:55:36 EXECUTIVE ORDER IS NOT EXTENDED.
12:55:39 I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME REPRESENTATIVES, I BELIEVE ANDREA
12:55:44 ZELMAN IS ACTUALLY ON THE LINE AS WELL FROM THE LEGAL
12:55:47 DEPARTMENT TO ASSIST YOU IN YOUR CONVERSATION HERE.
12:55:51 I'M HAPPY TO RUN THROUGH THE OPTIONS.
12:55:53 BUT IF YOU HAVE THOSE IN FRONT OF YOU AND YOU WISH TO
12:55:56 DISCUSS THOSE YOURSELVES, JUST LET US KNOW.
12:55:59 WE CAN TURN IT OVER TO YOU AND SUPPORT THE DISCUSSION.
12:56:07 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
12:56:08 WHO WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN THIS DISCUSSION?
12:56:10 COUNCILMAN CITRO, SINCE THIS IS YOUR MOTION, WOULD YOU LIKE
12:56:13 TO BEGIN?
12:56:13 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES, MR. CHAIR.
12:56:19 AS SOON AS THE EXECUTIVE ORDER COMES DOWN FROM THE GOVERNOR
12:56:23 SAYING THAT HE WILL NO LONGER ALLOW VIRTUAL MEETINGS,
12:56:29 QUASI-JUDICIAL MEETINGS, EXCUSE ME, ARE WE READY AND SET TO
12:56:33 GO BACK TO QUORUMS, PHYSICAL QUORUMS?
12:56:43 AND HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE NOTICES TO GO OUT TO PETITIONERS?
12:56:47 AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO TRANSITION OURSELVES INTO THAT?
12:56:57 BY ME ASKING THESE QUESTIONS, I'M HEARING SOME CONSTITUENTS
12:57:02 SAYING THAT WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY AT THE CONVENTION
12:57:06 CENTER TO HAVE COUNCIL MEETINGS, AND THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS
12:57:11 GONE THROUGH EXTREMES TO HELP PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COVID BY
12:57:16 SOCIAL DISTANCING BY CLEANSING THE PODIUM BETWEEN SPEAKERS.
12:57:22 HOWEVER, COUNCIL IS NOT MEETING THERE.
12:57:24 WE ARE ALLOWING VARIANCE REVIEW BOARD, WE ARE ALLOWING THE
12:57:28 CITIZENS REVIEW BOARD, WE ARE ALLOWING ZONING, WE ARE
12:57:31 ALLOWING OTHER DIFFERENT BOARDS TO MEET.
12:57:35 HOWEVER, WE ARE NOT MEETING THERE.
12:57:38 NOT KNOWING HOW LONG THIS CRISIS IS GOING TO BE, HOW LONG
12:57:41 IT'S GOING TO TAKE, AND EVERYBODY IS CONCERNED ABOUT CITY
12:57:43 STAFF, CITY COUNCIL, LEGAL, AND THE PETITIONER, HOW LONG
12:57:46 IT'S GOING TO MAKE THAT TRANSITION ONCE THE GOVERNOR DOES
12:57:51 NOT EXTEND HIS EXECUTIVE ORDER?
12:57:55 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
12:58:01 >>DENNIS FERNANDEZ: I'LL TAKE THE FIRST SHOT AT IT.
12:58:04 THIS IS DENNIS FERNANDEZ ONCE AGAIN.
12:58:06 IN THE EVENT THAT THE EXECUTIVE ORDER IS NOT EXTENDED AND
12:58:09 YOU RESUME IN-PERSON MEETINGS AT THE TAMPA CONVENTION
12:58:12 CENTER, WITH IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE BY THE PUBLIC, THE
12:58:17 APPLICANT, INTERESTED PARTIES, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A
12:58:21 NEED TO HAVE A LEAD TIME ON NOTICING.
12:58:25 WE WILL BE ABLE TO CONVERT BACK AS OF OCTOBER 1st IF
12:58:29 THAT'S YOUR PREFERENCE, IN THE EVENING, FOR THE EVENING
12:58:33 MEETING.
12:58:34 SO THAT PARTICULAR FORMAT WOULD BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
12:58:39 NORMAL MEETING REGULATION, AND THERE WOULD NOT BE A DELAY ON
12:58:44 OUR END, ON THE STAFF END, OR WITH THE APPLICANT HAVING TO
12:58:49 RENOTICE.
12:58:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
12:58:53 I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN GET QUICK TURNAROUND.
12:58:56 I DID NOT MEAN TO SOUND UNFEELING OR UNCARING.
12:59:01 I WOULD LIKE TO SEND OUT AS MUCH LOVE AS I POSSIBLY CAN TO
12:59:04 OUR I.T. DEPARTMENT HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
12:59:07 THEY HAVE MADE THIS TRANSITION FROM PHYSICAL TO VIRTUAL
12:59:10 MEETINGS SEAMLESS, AND IT'S HELPED ME OUT QUITE A BIT IN
12:59:18 DOCUMENTS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT I NEED TO HELP ME
12:59:22 WITH MY MEETINGS.
12:59:24 SO IT'S NOT THAT I WANT TO SOUND LIKE I'M NOT HAPPY WITH
12:59:29 WHAT'S GOING ON.
12:59:30 I AM JUST WANTING TO GET BACK TO THE PHYSICAL MEETINGS.
12:59:33 SO THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
12:59:34 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:59:36 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN?
12:59:42 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
12:59:43 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU.
12:59:44 AS EVERYBODY RECALLS -- AND I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS JUNE
12:59:47 OR JULY WHEN WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION THE LAST TIME -- BUT IT
12:59:52 WAS COUNCIL'S CONSENSUS -- AND THIS WAS BASED UPON ASKING
12:59:55 THE DOCTORS WHO WERE WITH US, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT WOULD BE
13:00:00 SAFE FOR COUNCIL TO GO BACK.
13:00:02 AND I WILL DISTINGUISH COUNCIL MEETINGS FROM A VRB MEETING
13:00:06 OR ARC MEETING OR THAT SORT OF THING.
13:00:09 BECAUSE TYPICALLY AT VRB AND OTHER MEETINGS THEY MIGHT HAVE
13:00:16 15 OR 20 CITIZENS.
13:00:18 IN CONTRAST, COUNCIL COULD GET 100 PEOPLE OR MORE,
13:00:22 ESPECIALLY IN THESE TIMES.
13:00:24 SO THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US AND SOME OF THOSE
13:00:28 SMALL BOARDS.
13:00:28 BUT MY OTHER POINT WAS WHEN WE ASKED THE DOCTORS, WE KIND OF
13:00:32 AGREED THAT WE SET A THRESHOLD BASED UPON WHAT THE DOCTOR'S
13:00:35 RECOMMENDATION WAS.
13:00:36 AND SPECIFICALLY, WHAT THE DOCTORS SAID WAS WE NEED TO GET
13:00:39 BELOW 5% POSITIVE REPORTING, AND BELOW 100 CASES A DAY.
13:00:45 AND WE ARE NOT THERE YET.
13:00:49 THE LAST I LOOKED WE WERE LIKE 7.9% CASES PER DAY, AND I SAW
13:00:58 300 NEW CASES PER DAY.
13:01:02 7% POSITIVE AND 380 A DAY.
13:01:07 ANYHOW, I AGREE COMPLETELY WITH MR. CITRO. WE WILL GET BACK
13:01:12 AS SOON AS WE CAN BUT FOR HEALTH REASONS WE ARE NOT THERE
13:01:15 YET.
13:01:16 AND UNLESS AND UNTIL THE GOVERNOR, I THINK FOR THE SAFETY OF
13:01:21 EVERYBODY INVOLVED, STAFF, AND THE COMMUNITY, WE CAN JUST
13:01:25 CONTINUE IT WITH STATUS QUO.
13:01:28 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY.
13:01:32 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
13:01:33 WE ARE ALL TRYING TO BE SAFE.
13:01:36 AND IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE.
13:01:39 BUT THE COMMUNITY IS LOOKING AT US SAYING, WE ARE GOING TO
13:01:43 PUBLIX, WE ARE BUYING OUR GROCERIES.
13:01:46 WE ARE SENDING OUR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL.
13:01:49 AGAIN, THIS CITY HAS DEALT WITH THIS IN THE BEST WAY IT
13:01:53 POSSIBLY CAN.
13:01:55 I AM JUST CONCERNED THAT WE ARE NOT LEFT IN THIS ABYSS WHERE
13:02:01 WE CAN'T GET OVER IT TO GO BACK TO OUR QUASI-JUDICIAL
13:02:05 MEETINGS.
13:02:05 I WOULD FEEL MUCH BETTER AGAIN IF WE COULD HAVE FOUR FOLKS
13:02:09 THAT THEY WILL SAY -- OR FOUR COUNCILMEN, EXCUSE ME, WILL
13:02:15 MEET IN PERSON WHEN THIS IS READY TO GO WITH ONE
13:02:17 ALTERNATIVE.
13:02:18 I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY ONE THAT CONTRACTED
13:02:23 THE COVID CRISIS.
13:02:25 I KNOW THERE ARE SOME CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR AGE.
13:02:27 BUT I WANT TO BE READY AND SET AND PREPARED TO GO FOR
13:02:32 PHYSICAL QUORUM WHEN THE TIME COMES.
13:02:34 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
13:02:35 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
13:02:37 ANYBODY ELSE?
13:02:38 >> YES, MR. CHAIRMAN.
13:02:48 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
13:02:51 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
13:02:52 I SAID AGE IS JUST A NUMBER.
13:02:54 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT'S RIGHT.
13:02:57 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY.
13:03:01 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, SIR.
13:03:02 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. MIRANDA WILL BE THERE, TOO.
13:03:05 I KNOW THAT.
13:03:06 COUNCIL, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
13:03:08 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
13:03:09 ANYBODY ELSE?
13:03:12 I GUESS THAT'S THE END OF THE DISCUSSION.
13:03:13 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
13:03:17 WE NOW GO TO INFORMATION REPORTS AND NEW BUSINESS BY COUNCIL
13:03:22 MEMBERS.
13:03:25 I AM GOING TO BEGIN AT THE FAR END OF THE DAIS HERE.
13:03:29 COUNCILMAN VIERA.
13:03:31 DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR NEW BUSINESS, SIR?
13:03:33 >>LUIS VIERA: YOU KNOW, I DID HAVE ONE BUT I SEEM TO HAVE
13:03:36 FORGOTTEN IT.
13:03:37 SO MAYBE THIS EVENING WHEN WE ARE DONE WITH OUR BUDGET
13:03:40 HEARING AT 4 A.M., I WILL SEND IT OUT.
13:03:43 BUT NONE FOR NOW, MR. CHAIR.
13:03:45 THANK YOU.
13:03:46 >>MARTIN SHELBY: I'M SORRY, MR. VIERA?
13:03:50 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR?
13:03:52 >>MARTIN SHELBY: I APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTING.
13:03:53 BUT THE BUDGET HEARING IS AN ENTITY UNTO ITSELF. I DON'T
13:03:57 BELIEVE THERE ARE GOING TO BE ANY...
13:04:02 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
13:04:03 THAT'S FINE.
13:04:03 NOT A BIG DEAL.
13:04:04 >>MARTIN SHELBY: I STAND CORRECTED.
13:04:09 IT'S ON THE FINAL AGENDA AND I SEE IT THERE.
13:04:11 IT'S ON THE AGENDA.
13:04:12 I SUSPECT THAT WILL BE TAKEN UP.
13:04:16 SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
13:04:17 >>LUIS VIERA: NO WORRIES, SIR.
13:04:18 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
13:04:19 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT 4 A.M. COMMENT, THOUGH, I DON'T
13:04:23 KNOW.
13:04:23 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
13:04:24 ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES, I KNOW THAT YOU HAD A FEW
13:04:27 ITEMS FOR NEW BUSINESS, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD, SIR.
13:04:30 >>ORLANDO GUDES: AS RELATES TO THE PRESENT A BY MR.
13:04:39 JOHNSON, I AM GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO ENTERTAIN A
13:04:42 RECOMMENDATION FOR MEETINGS AND ALSO A RECOMMENDATION ABOUT
13:04:50 THE CRITERIA AS WELL.
13:04:54 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
13:04:55 A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES.
13:05:00 BY FORM OF SUGGESTION, REALLY A RECOMMENDATION.
13:05:03 DO WE HAVE A SECOND FOR THAT?
13:05:05 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND, CITRO.
13:05:07 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CITRO.
13:05:09 IS THERE ANYBODY OBJECTING TO THE MOTION?
13:05:13 HEARING NONE, BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, THE MOTION PASSES.
13:05:17 THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN GUDES.
13:05:19 DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?
13:05:21 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE COMMISSION
13:05:23 BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS GET WITH THE COMMISSION, AND
13:05:29 BRING THE COMMISSION BACK AS RELATES TO THE COMMISSION.
13:05:36 I KNOW HE MADE SOME STATEMENTS PUBLICLY AND I WANT TO SEE
13:05:43 WHERE HE'S GOING.
13:05:44 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
13:05:46 SO THAT IS JUST A COMMENT.
13:05:49 NO MOTION.
13:05:50 NOTHING TO BE MADE.
13:05:51 ALL RIGHT.
13:05:53 THANK YOU.
13:05:54 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
13:05:55 DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING UNDER NEW BUSINESS?
13:06:00 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES, SIR.
13:06:05 I THINK WE ALL RECEIVED THE SAME LETTER.
13:06:07 AND I AM JUST GOING TO ASK STAFF TO LOOK INTO IT AND GIVE US
13:06:10 A REPORT. THIS GENTLEMAN NAMED FRANKLYND,
13:06:17 F-R-A-N-K-L-Y-N-D, GLINN, LOOKS LIKE AN ATTORNEY IN MIAMI,
13:06:24 AND HE SAID 40 YEARS AGO HE INVESTED IN THE CITY AND BOUGHT
13:06:26 SOME OF OUR BONDS, APPARENTLY I GUESS HE FORGOT THAT HE HAD
13:06:32 THE BONDS, AND ULTIMATELY THEY ISSUED THEM BACK TO THE CITY.
13:06:37 I THINK IT'S ABOUT $10,000.
13:06:41 I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S TODAY'S MONEY OR YESTERDAY'S MONEY.
13:06:44 BUT, ANYWAY, NOW HE SAYS HE CAN'T CHASE IT DOWN, THE CITY IS
13:06:49 NOT REALLY RESPONDING TO HIM FAVORABLY.
13:06:52 AND HE DOESN'T THINK IT'S FAIR BECAUSE HE INVESTED IN US AND
13:06:56 HE'S LOOKING TO GET HIS INVESTMENT BACK.
13:07:02 SO I WOULD JUST ASK -- I WILL PROVIDE THE CITY STAFF THIS
13:07:07 DOCUMENTATION, IF THEY DON'T HAVE IT.
13:07:09 I WOULD ASK FOR A REPORT BACK IN A MONTH.
13:07:12 WHAT IS THAT MIDDLE OF OCTOBER MEETING?
13:07:14 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OCTOBER 15th.
13:07:16 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OCTOBER 15th UNDER STAFF REPORTS.
13:07:18 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
13:07:25 DINGFELDER.
13:07:25 DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
13:07:27 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
13:07:29 IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE MOTION?
13:07:32 I HEAR NONE.
13:07:33 BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT THE MOTION PASSES.
13:07:35 ANYTHING ELSE, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER?
13:07:36 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THAT'S IT.
13:07:37 GREAT MEETING.
13:07:38 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
13:07:39 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
13:07:40 COUNCILMAN CARLSON, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING AT THIS TIME?
13:07:43 >>BILL CARLSON: NO, SIR.
13:07:44 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
13:07:45 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CITRO, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING
13:07:47 AT THIS TIME?
13:07:48 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY, MR. CHAIR.
13:07:55 I MOVE THAT THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT APPEAR BEFORE THE
13:08:00 COUNCIL TO DISCUSS THE RATE STRUCTURES AND SUSTAINABILITY OF
13:08:07 RECYCLING WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
13:08:10 I DON'T HAVE A DATE.
13:08:13 THE FIRST DATE THAT'S POSSIBLE OR THE SOONEST DATE GIVING
13:08:17 HIM ENOUGH TIME.
13:08:18 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
13:08:20 WHEN DO YOU THINK?
13:08:22 WOULD IT BE OCTOBER?
13:08:24 NOVEMBER?
13:08:24 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE MR. WILLMARK ENOUGH
13:08:31 TIME TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS.
13:08:35 NOVEMBER WOULD BE FINE, MR. CHAIR.
13:08:37 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NOVEMBER 5th AND THERE'S NOVEMBER
13:08:41 19th.
13:08:43 >>JOSEPH CITRO: HOW ABOUT WE GO WITH NOVEMBER 5th IF
13:08:46 THAT'S ALL RIGHT WITH YOU.
13:08:47 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
13:08:49 YOU WANT IT UNDER STAFF REPORTS THEN?
13:08:51 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SURE.
13:08:52 THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
13:08:53 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
13:08:54 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE A SECOND TO THE MOTION?
13:08:57 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND, MR. CHAIRMAN.
13:09:01 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
13:09:02 ANY DISCUSSION OR OBJECTION TO THE MOTION?
13:09:05 I HEAR NONE.
13:09:06 BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, NOVEMBER 5th.
13:09:10 IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE, COUNCIL MEMBER CITRO?
13:09:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO: NOTHING MORE TODAY.
13:09:15 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
13:09:16 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA?
13:09:18 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I HAVE ONE.
13:09:19 I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ASK COUNCILMAN SONYA TO
13:09:26 WRITE A LETTER OF CONDOLENCES TO DIANE HART, TRAGIC LOSS OF
13:09:34 HER SON MICHAEL.
13:09:36 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION?
13:09:39 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECOND.
13:09:44 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GUDES, I BELIEVE.
13:09:46 ALL RIGHT.
13:09:47 ANY OBJECTION TO THE MOTION?
13:09:49 HEARING NONE, BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, THAT MOTION PASSES.
13:09:53 ANYTHING ELSE, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA?
13:09:55 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO, SIR.
13:09:56 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
13:09:57 JUST ONE LAST THING.
13:10:02 AGE IS JUST A NUMBER.
13:10:03 BUT STYROFOAM IS FOREVER.
13:10:05 REMEMBER THAT.
13:10:06 WE JUST DISCUSSED IT.
13:10:07 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
13:10:08 MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE?
13:10:13 [ LAUGHTER ]
13:10:17 I GOT A LAUGH FROM ONE OF MY JOKES FINALLY.
13:10:20 CAN I GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE?
13:10:24 >> SO MOVED.
13:10:25 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
13:10:27 DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
13:10:29 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND.
13:10:30 CITRO.
13:10:30 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
13:10:32 IF NO OBJECTION, HEARING NONE, BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, THAT'S
13:10:36 DONE.
13:10:37 WE ARE ADJOURNED.
13:10:37 AND WE WILL BE BACK AT 5:01 P.M. FOR THIS EVENING'S BUDGET
13:10:41 HEARING.
13:10:42 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
13:10:44 (MEETING ADJOURNED)
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