TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
CRA MEETING.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
9:00 A.M.
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09:04:16
09:04:41 >> ORLANDO GUDES: GOOD MORNING CITIZENS OF TAMPA AND
09:04:43 BOARD MEMBERS.
09:04:44 THIS CRA BOARD MEETING WILL NOW COME TO ORDER.
09:04:48 THE INVOCATION THIS MORNING WILL BE LED BY MS. TUCKER
09:04:52 JOHNSON FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
09:04:55 IF YOU ARE ABLE TO STAND, PLEASE DO SO.
09:04:57 [AUDIO DISTORTION]
09:04:57 SHE'S A PASTOR. SHE'S A RETIRED EDUCATOR FOR 39 YEARS.
09:05:07 PRESIDENT OF THE TAMPA BAY JUNETEENTH COALITION, THE DR.
09:05:10 MARTIN LUTHER KING AWARD,
09:05:17 GOOD MORNING, MR. JOHNSON.
09:05:18 >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
09:05:22 IT IS SUCH AN HONOR THIS MORNING.
09:05:24 I WOULD LIKE TO ASK TO PRAY.
09:05:33 DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, [~AUDIO DISTORTION~] ON BEHALF OF
09:05:41 ALL --
09:05:50 THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP OTHERS IN TRYING
09:05:56 TIMES.
09:05:57 THANK YOU FOR THE ABILITY TO WORK TOGETHER PEACEFULLY.
09:06:05 WE PRAY FOR CITY OFFICIALS AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THIS
09:06:08 COUNCIL THIS MORNING.
09:06:10 WE ARE IN TRYING TIMES TODAY, BUT YOU NEVER TOLD US THAT
09:06:14 THE ROAD WOULD BE EASY.
09:06:18 THE LOVE AND THE COMPASSION, THAT YOU CONTINUE TO GIVE
09:06:26 US.
09:06:34 I PRAY THAT YOU GIVE THIS COUNCIL TODAY YOUR WILL AS THEY
09:06:45 MAKE DECISIONS THAT WILL AFFECT THE CITIZENS OF OUR CITY.
09:06:50 ACCORDING TO YOUR WILL AND YOUR WAY AND CONTINUE TO GIVE
09:06:56 YOU THE HONOR, THE PRAISE AND THE GLORY THAT YOU SO
09:06:59 DESERVE.
09:07:01 IN JESUS' MIGHTY NAME, AMEN.
09:07:03 >> THANK YOU, MRS. JOHNSON.
09:07:11 (PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE)
09:07:15 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
09:07:16 >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
09:07:21 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HERE.
09:07:28 >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
09:07:29 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
09:07:33 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
09:07:35 >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE.
09:07:39 WOULD YOU PLEASE GIVE THE RULES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT?
09:07:45 >>MORRIS MASSEY: THIS VIRTUAL MEETING OF THE CRA IS
09:07:46 BEING HELD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECLARATIONS AND
09:07:49 PROVISIONS OF THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER 20-69 AS HAS
09:07:52 BEEN MODIFIED AND EXTENDED, AND EXECUTIVE ORDER 20-193,
09:08:00 AND CRA RESOLUTION 2020-07.
09:08:04 THIS MEETING IS BEING CONDUCTED BY REMOTE PARTICIPATION
09:08:08 TELECONFERENCING WHICH IS REFERRED TO BY THE STATE OF
09:08:11 FLORIDA STATUTE RULES OF COMMUNICATION MEDIA TECHNOLOGY.
09:08:16 PUBLIC COMMENT -- THE PUBLIC IS ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN
09:08:21 PUBLIC COMMENT TO BE PROVIDED BY VARIOUS MEANS, IN
09:08:24 WRITING BY E-MAIL, OR THE U.S. MAIL, BY VOICE MAIL, OR BY
09:08:29 SPEAKING REMOTELY, AND REQUEST AT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE
09:08:38 OR AT TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER WHERE WE HAVE PROVIDED A
09:08:42 DEVICE FOR PEOPLE TO ALSO PARTICIPATE LIVE DURING THE
09:08:45 MEETING.
09:08:46 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALSO -- CAN ALSO WATCH AND
09:08:51 LISTEN TO THIS MEETING BY SPECTRUM, FRONTIER, AND
09:08:56 COMPUTER, AND BY FACEBOOK.
09:08:59 THERE'S THREE MINUTES ALLOWED FOR EACH SPEAKER DURING
09:09:02 PUBLIC COMMENT.
09:09:03 AND THAT WILL CONCLUDE MY INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS, CHAIR.
09:09:08 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MR. MASSEY.
09:09:11 MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY?
09:09:16 >> NO, SIR, WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT
09:09:18 REQUESTS OR RECORDINGS AND THERE IS NO ONE PRESENT AT THE
09:09:21 TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER AT THIS TIME.
09:09:23 >>ORLANDO GUDES: AT THIS TIME WE WILL GO INTO STAFF
09:09:26 REPORTS.
09:09:26 ITEM NUMBER 1.
09:09:27 >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR GUDES AND BOARD. MICHELLE VAN
09:09:39 LOAN, COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
09:09:43 THE VICE CHAIR OF OUR CAC AND YBOR SPEAKING THIS MORNING
09:09:46 ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY.
09:09:48 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:09:54 MY NAME IS STEVE BARBAS.
09:09:58 I AM THE VICE CHAIR OF THE YBOR CITY DEVELOPMENT
09:10:00 CORPORATION.
09:10:01 I ACTUALLY REPRESENT THE YBOR CITY MUSEUM ON ITS BOARD AS
09:10:05 WELL.
09:10:05 I HAVE BEEN ON THIS BOARD FOR FOUR YEARS, AND TODAY I AM
09:10:08 SUBSTITUTING FOR CHRIS WOJTOWICZ WHO IS NOT AVAILABLE.
09:10:14 THE BOARD AND COMMITTEE HAS MET REGULARLY SINCE THE
09:10:18 BEGINNING OF COVID-19 BOTH ON A MONTHLY BASIS AND
09:10:21 PRIMARILY BY ZOOM.
09:10:23 THE BOARD HAS DEALT WITH EVERYTHING FROM ROOSTER
09:10:28 POPULATION TO THE CLEANING AND CLARIFICATION OF ISSUES
09:10:31 THAT ADDRESS YBOR CITY ON A REGULAR BASIS.
09:10:34 SUCH THINGS AS POP-UP PARTIES WHICH WERE A REGULAR
09:10:38 OCCURRENCE IN YBOR CITY WHICH WE HAD TO DEAL WITH FOR
09:10:40 QUITE SOME TIME AND NOW SEEM TO BE UNDER CONTROL.
09:10:44 WE HAVE ALSO HAD REGULAR REPORTS IN TRANSPORTATION AND
09:10:48 PUBLIC SAFETY MEETINGS WITH REGARD TO THE FREE
09:10:53 TRANSPORTATION AND PROVIDE SUPPORT IN TERMS OF PEOPLE
09:10:56 UTILIZING THE STREETCARS AND ALSO THE PROJECTED USE OF
09:11:01 EXPANSION FOR THE STREETCAR LINES AS WELL AS ADDING
09:11:04 ADDITIONAL STREETCARS, SOME MORE MODERN THAN THE OLD
09:11:07 STREETCARS.
09:11:09 WE LIKEWISE RECEIVED MONTHLY REPORTS ON CRIME CONTROL FOR
09:11:12 THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
09:11:15 THESE REPORT THAT CRIME OVERALL IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER
09:11:19 AND DOWN.
09:11:21 AS FAR AS GRAFFITI CONTROL IS CONCERNED, WE ALSO DEAL
09:11:24 WITH GRAFFITI CONTROL IN THE YBOR CITY AREA.
09:11:28 BEAUTIFICATION AND CLEANLINESS OF YBOR CITY ARE CERTAINLY
09:11:30 HALLMARKS AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE TRY TO DO IN YBOR
09:11:33 CITY.
09:11:34 SIDEWALKS CLEANED BY WAY OF SPECIAL WASHING.
09:11:37 WE ARE DEALING ON AN ONGOING BASIS WITH THE ARCHWAY AND
09:11:40 TRYING TO ESTABLISH A NEW ARCH WAY FOR THE ENTRANCEWAY TO
09:11:43 YBOR CITY.
09:11:44 WE HAVE ESTABLISHED NEW PAVERS.
09:11:48 YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THOSE ON 7th AVENUE BETWEEN
09:11:50 14th AND 15th STREET.
09:11:52 THEY HAVE A MONUMENT COMMITTEE THAT'S BEING STARTED TO
09:11:55 CONSTRUCT MONUMENTS ALONG 7th AVENUE AS WELL.
09:11:59 THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ISSUES WITH REGARD TO PARKING
09:12:01 CONCERNS.
09:12:02 THOSE FOR EMPLOYEES WHO WORK IN YBOR CITY AS WELL AS
09:12:04 PARKING LOTS THAT DO NOT HAVE ATTENDANTS THAT ARE
09:12:08 SUPPOSED TO BE THERE AFTER CERTAIN LATE-NIGHT HOURS, AND
09:12:11 CODE ENFORCEMENT IS NOW WORKING WITH US IN THAT REGARD AS
09:12:14 WELL.
09:12:15 SPEAKING OF CODE ENFORCEMENT, THEY HAVE BEEN A VALUABLE
09:12:18 PARTNER WITH YCDC FOR PURPOSES OF DILAPIDATED OR HOUSES
09:12:24 THAT NEED TO BE CITED.
09:12:25 THE HOMELESS SITUATION IS ANOTHER THING THAT WE REGULARLY
09:12:28 DEAL WITH AT THE YCDC.
09:12:30 WE HAVE A LIAISON WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA POLICE
09:12:32 DEPARTMENT WHO WORKS WITH US REGULARLY IN TRAFFIC
09:12:35 CONTROL, THE HOMELESS SITUATION IN YBOR CITY.
09:12:40 WE HAVE MULTIPLE SUBCOMMITTEES AS WELL.
09:12:42 RECENTLY WE HAD A CO-SPONSORSHIP OF SPECIAL EVENTS
09:12:45 COMMITTEE.
09:12:45 WE HAD 20 APPLICATIONS.
09:12:47 THE GRANTS OF THOSE 20, 19 WERE GRANTED FULL REQUESTS IN
09:12:52 TERMS OF THE MONEY THAT THEY REQUESTED FOR EVENTS THAT
09:12:55 TAKE PLACE IN YBOR CITY DURING THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
09:12:59 WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER SUBCOMMITTEE TO BRING BACK BRICKS,
09:13:04 THE COMMITTEE WHICH IS CHECKING INTO THE FEASIBILITY AND
09:13:07 APPROPRIATENESS OF REBRICKING PARTS OF YBOR CITY AND
09:13:10 PARTICULARLY 7th AVENUE.
09:13:11 THE YBOR CITY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES STANDARD HAS
09:13:17 RESPONSIBILITY FOR CLEANING AND LANDSCAPING, ALSO PLEASED
09:13:20 TO REPORT THAT THE BATHROOMS IN BOTH OF THE PUBLIC
09:13:23 GARAGES ARE UPGRADED AND ARE NOW BEING UTILIZED.
09:13:27 PAVING THE CROSSWALK AS I MENTIONED IN YBOR CITY WAS A
09:13:29 BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT THIS YEAR BETWEEN 14th AND
09:13:32 15th STREET.
09:13:33 AND WE ARE STILL RECEIVING GRANTS FOR FACADE.
09:13:37 FOR THE VARIOUS BUILDINGS IN YBOR CITY AND WE HAVE ONE
09:13:39 COMING UP IN THE UPCOMING MEETING IN DECEMBER.
09:13:42 FINALLY, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE OPENING OF THE NEW HYATT
09:13:46 HOTEL IS SCHEDULED TO OCCUR ON SEPTEMBER 24th AT 10
09:13:49 A.M.
09:13:50 THE YBOR CITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION STAFF AND ITS BOARD
09:13:54 HAS DONE EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING IN ITS POWER TO MAKE
09:13:58 YBOR CITY A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY
09:14:00 FOR WHICH WE CAN ALL BE VERY PROUD TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY
09:14:03 AND ENJOY THE SCENERY.
09:14:05 FINALLY, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT COMMEND THE FINE
09:14:08 WORK OF OUR STAFF, COURTNEY ORR, BRENDA THROWER, CORINE
09:14:14 LINEBRINK WAYNE, SELITA JACKSON.
09:14:16 THANK YOU.
09:14:16 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.
09:14:22 DO ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF?
09:14:25 >>LUIS VIERA: VIERA.
09:14:29 I THINK MR. DINGFELDER CAN GO.
09:14:34 THAT'S FINE.
09:14:38 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
09:14:39 I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO YOUR
09:14:45 FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE.
09:14:48 WHEN I WAS A MERE 24-YEAR-OLD LAW STUDENT, I CLERKED OVER
09:14:52 AT STEVE'S LAW FIRM AND HE HAS BEEN A FRIEND, AND THE
09:14:55 CITY OF TAMPA IS VERY LUCKY TO HAVE HIM.
09:14:58 ALSO WAS AN ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY AND JUST ONE OF THE
09:15:01 FINEST PEOPLE HERE AT THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:15:03 I'M A BIG, BIG FAN OF STEVE AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY
09:15:07 AT THE YCDC FOR THE HARD WORK, A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS IN
09:15:12 YBOR CITY, BUT WE HAVE GOT A LONG, LONG, LONG WAYS TO GO.
09:15:16 BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, AND IN PARTICULAR STEVE FOR
09:15:19 YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY.
09:15:20 YOU ARE A GREAT PERSON AND JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, SIR.
09:15:24 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
09:15:25 >> I APPRECIATE THOSE NICE COMMENTS.
09:15:30 AND I'LL GIVE YOU THAT 20 DOLLARS LATER.
09:15:34 [ LAUGHTER ]
09:15:38 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: LUIS TOOK THE WORDS OUT OF MY MOUTH.
09:15:41 I APPRECIATE HIM AND HIS FAMILY INCLUDING HIS BROTHER,
09:15:47 HANGING OUT ON THE BEACH.
09:15:48 BUT ON A SERIOUS NOTE, STEVE, I HAVE GOT SOME CONCERN
09:15:53 ABOUT THE STREETCARS.
09:15:56 THE STREETCAR SOCIETY PUT SO MUCH WORK INTO THE HISTORIC
09:16:01 STREETCARS THAT I THINK THEY ARE SUCH A NICE ADDITION TO
09:16:07 YBOR IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
09:16:10 AND I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE MODERNIZATION PLAN.
09:16:18 I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT, AND TO HART A LITTLE BIT.
09:16:21 BUT AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION OVER IT, WITH REGARD TO WHAT WE
09:16:28 CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T LOSE THOSE HISTORIC
09:16:32 STREETCARS.
09:16:33 >> I CAN ONLY TELL YOU -- AND COURTNEY CAN ADDRESS THIS
09:16:38 IN A MINUTE.
09:16:39 AT OUR LAST SCHEDULED MEETING, HARTLINE PRESENTED
09:16:42 PROBABLY CLOSE TO AN HOUR PRESENTATION OF THEIR PROPOSALS
09:16:46 WITH REGARD TO THE OLD AND NEW.
09:16:48 SO AS I UNDERSTOOD IT, THEY INTEND TO UTILIZE BOTH.
09:16:52 THERE ARE MANY BENEFITS -- AND I AM ALSO A MEMBER OF THE
09:16:57 STREETCAR SOCIETY AND I HAVE MY LITTLE CONDUCTOR HAT AND
09:17:00 I WAS EXTREMELY EXCITED WHEN THEY STARTED THE STREETCAR
09:17:02 IN YBOR CITY.
09:17:03 AND I THINK IT ADDS SO MUCH TO THE COMMUNITY.
09:17:06 BUT THE REALITIES OF THE SITUATION ARE, AT LEAST AS WE
09:17:10 WERE TOLD, IS THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF PROBLEMS BOTH BY
09:17:14 WAY OF ADA TYPE ISSUES, ISSUES WITH REGARD TO LOADING AND
09:17:20 UNLOADING PEOPLE AND CAPACITY, THAT THE NEW STREETCARS,
09:17:25 THEY SEEM TO BELIEVE -- AND I SAY THEY MEANING
09:17:28 HARTLINE -- BELIEVE THAT THIS WOULD BE PROBABLY THE MOST
09:17:32 EFFICIENT AND LONG-TERM PROPOSED UTILIZING BOTH.
09:17:35 THAT BEING SAID, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE YCDC BOARD WAS
09:17:43 NOT UNANIMOUS AT ALL IN THE RESPONSE TO HOW WELL IT WAS
09:17:46 RECEIVED OR NOT RECEIVED.
09:17:50 CERTAIN MEMBERS EXPRESSED RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE PROPOSAL
09:17:52 THAT THEY WERE ORIGINALLY MADE, AND ASKED THAT EVERYTHING
09:17:55 BE DONE TO TRY TO KEEP THE INTEGRITY OF THE HISTORICAL
09:17:59 INTEGRITY OF THE STREETCARS THAT THEY WERE AND ...
09:18:06 THAT'S NUMBER ONE.
09:18:07 NUMBER TWO, TALKED ABOUT ADDING ADDITIONAL STREETCARS
09:18:09 WITH SERVICE AND REMODEL, AND ALSO THE NEW ONES BEING
09:18:14 ADDED.
09:18:14 SO IT'S STILL AN ONGOING PROCESS BUT I THINK IT'S ONE
09:18:18 THAT THERE IS A LOT OF MOVEMENT AND DISCUSSION.
09:18:21 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: STEVE, I APPRECIATE IT.
09:18:32 [~AUDIO DISTORTION~]
09:18:39 MICHELLE, I WOULD MAKE A REQUEST HART COME OVER AND GIVE
09:18:51 US A REPORT ON THAT AT A FUTURE MEETING.
09:18:54 THANK YOU, STEVE.
09:18:55 >> YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.
09:18:57 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIR.
09:19:00 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
09:19:03 STEVE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT GREAT REPORT.
09:19:07 I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE YCDC FOR SIX YEARS.
09:19:11 GLAD TO SEE IT'S STILL GOING STRONG AND MAKING YBOR CITY
09:19:14 A WONDERFUL PLACE, NOT ONLY FOR ENTERTAINMENT BUT FOR
09:19:19 RESIDENTS.
09:19:21 THE GROWTH OF THE RENTAL AND THE HOME OWNERSHIP IN YBOR
09:19:27 CITY HAS EXPANDED.
09:19:29 I'M ALSO GLAD TO HEAR THAT WE ARE KEEPING FRAN HAPPY WITH
09:19:33 THE EAST GATEWAY.
09:19:37 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HELP AND KEEP UP THE GREAT
09:19:39 WORK.
09:19:39 >> THANK YOU.
09:19:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. CHAIRMAN?
09:19:49 I HAVE TROUBLE WITH THE AUDIO GOING IN AND OUT.
09:19:53 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:19:53 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER?
09:19:59 >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU AS MY COLLEAGUES SAID FOR YOUR
09:20:06 SERVICE AS WELL AS YOUR FAMILIAR FAMILY.
09:20:08 YOU HAVE A GREAT FAMILY THAT'S CONTRIBUTING A LOT IN MANY
09:20:10 DIFFERENT WAYS IN THE COMMUNITY.
09:20:12 AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE YCDC, ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS
09:20:17 THAT STAFF ARE DOING THERE.
09:20:19 MY OTHER OFFICE IN YBOR, EVEN DURING THE PANDEMIC, SEEING
09:20:28 ALL THERE.
09:20:32 AND LET ME KNOW IF I CAN HELP WITH THAT.
09:20:36 THANK YOU.
09:20:37 >> SURE WILL.
09:20:38 WE HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE BRING BACK THE BRICKS.
09:20:41 SO I MAY HOLD YOU TO THAT.
09:20:42 >>ORLANDO GUDES: OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS?
09:20:48 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICES TO THE YCDC.
09:20:51 WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 2, MONTHLY REPORT ON CRA.
09:20:58 >>JENNIFER MALONE: I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR NEW
09:21:03 MANAGER JESUS NINO.
09:21:07 >>JESUS NINO: SERVICES DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR THE WEST
09:21:11 TAMPA AND DREW PARK AREA.
09:21:13 I AM VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE.
09:21:14 FIRST REPORT IS COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE WEST
09:21:18 TAMPA AREA CONTINUES TO BE VERY ACTIVE, WHICH REALLY
09:21:22 IMPRESSES ME GUARD TO OTHER COMMUNITIES I WORKED IN WHERE
09:21:25 YOU CAN BARELY GET THEM TO COME TO THE TABLE SO I AM VERY
09:21:28 IMPRESSED WITH TAMPA CAC, CONTINUE TO BE VERY INVOLVED IN
09:21:32 SEVERAL PROJECTS.
09:21:33 THE NEXT ITEM IS THE REVISION TO THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY
09:21:37 PROJECT.
09:21:37 THAT'S GOING PRETTY SMOOTHLY.
09:21:39 THE CAC APPROVED SOME OF THE AMENDMENTS TO THAT, THE
09:21:46 PROCESS BY THE CITY.
09:21:49 THERE ARE SOME ISSUES TO RESOLVE.
09:21:50 ONCE THOSE ARE RESOLVED THEN WE CAN PROCEED WITH THAT
09:21:53 CYCLE OF AMENDMENTS FOR THAT ITEM.
09:21:56 ALSO, STAFF HERE AT THE CRA, WE CONTINUE TO KEEP THE WEST
09:22:00 TAMPA COMMUNITY INFORMED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AND
09:22:07 INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE CONCERNS, ANYONE HERE, WE WILL TRY
09:22:12 TO GET TO THEIR ISSUES AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.
09:22:15 FOR THE NEWSLETTER FOR THE WEST TAMPA AREA, IT'S
09:22:20 CONTINUED TO RUN PRETTY SMOOTHLY. ONCE WE GET THAT DONE,
09:22:23 HOPEFULLY FLIP IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, THEN WE CAN RUN THAT
09:22:28 THROUGH THE CAC.
09:22:30 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:22:33 ARE THE SLIDE UP?
09:22:34 NEXT ONE, PLEASE.
09:22:39 NEXT ONE.
09:22:43 SORRY ABOUT THAT.
09:22:44 DIDN'T REALIZE THE SLIDE WEREN'T ON THE SCREEN.
09:22:48 NOW I AM GETTING INTO THE INDIRECT ACTIVITY FOR THE AREA.
09:22:52 THIS IS A VERY EXCITING PROJECT WHICH IS THE WEST TAMPA
09:22:57 RIVER DEVELOPMENT.
09:22:58 IT CONTINUES TO RUN SMOOTHLY.
09:23:00 TECO IS UNDERTAKING BE TWO LARGE PROJECTS TO MAKE SURE
09:23:07 THE PROJECT MAKES IT TO FRUITION.
09:23:11 PHASE 1 IS UNDERGROUNDING DISTRIBUTION LINES ALONG ROME
09:23:15 AVENUE AND NASSAU STREET ENDING AT THE WEST RIVER.
09:23:22 I THINK THAT'S ALREADY BEGUN.
09:23:24 THE NEXT ONE IS PHASE 2, THEY ARE REPLACING LINES AT
09:23:32 HABANA AVENUE, RUNNING TO ARMENIA TO CHESTNUT AND ROME
09:23:36 AVENUE.
09:23:37 THERE'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE TRAFFIC DISRUPTION WITH
09:23:39 THAT.
09:23:40 BUT TECO AND THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY THERE, THEY ARE
09:23:42 MAKING SURE TO KEEP THE PROPERTY OWNERS INFORMED ON ANY
09:23:45 ISSUES ARISING.
09:23:49 CONSTRUCTION ALSO CONTINUES FOR THREE 7-STORY APARTMENT
09:23:53 BUILDINGS AT THE WEST RIVER DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
09:23:56 AND THAT'S A LARGE PROJECT, 371 UNIT APARTMENTS AND 6300
09:24:01 SQUARE FOOT OF RETAIL SPACE.
09:24:03 SO ONCE THAT'S DONE IT WILL BE VERY EXCITING FOR THE
09:24:08 AREA.
09:24:09 NEXT SLIDE.
09:24:11 ALSO, OTHER INDIRECT CRA ACTIVITY IN THE AREA, A NEW 200
09:24:17 UNIT LUXURY APARTMENT COMPLEX, ARMENIA, HOWARD, LEM DON,
09:24:26 ADJACENT TO THE JCC.
09:24:28 CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES ON PHASE 2 OF THE GREEN SPINE
09:24:34 CYCLE TRACK ALONG 2.6 MILES OF CASS STREET AND IT WILL
09:24:39 CONNECT THE DOWNTOWN TO THE DOWNTOWN, WEST TAMPA, EAST
09:24:42 TAMPA.
09:24:43 $35 MILLION CYPRESS STREET OUTFALL STORMWATER PROJECT IS
09:24:48 BEING CONSTRUCTED CONCURRENTLY WITH THAT.
09:24:51 WE ARE PRETTY HAPPY WITH THAT.
09:24:53 NEXT SLIDE.
09:24:57 MOVE ONTO THE DREW PARK CRA AREA.
09:25:01 ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR WEST TAMPA?
09:25:04 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER IS RECOGNIZED.
09:25:11 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:25:13 AND WELCOME.
09:25:15 IN REGARDS TO THE TECO UNDERGROUNDING, COULD YOU GO BACK
09:25:19 TO THAT SLIDE?
09:25:29 THERE IT IS.
09:25:37 I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE UNDERGROUNDING POWER LINES.
09:25:42 HOW DID THAT COME ABOUT?
09:25:46 ARE THE DEVELOPERS PAYING FOR THAT?
09:25:49 ARE WE PAYING FOR THAT?
09:25:52 NONE ANYONE IT'S TECO AND THE DEVELOPERS IN CHARGE OF
09:25:55 THAT PROJECT.
09:25:56 I AM NOT SURE OF THE HISTORY OF THAT BUT I KNOW THAT IT'S
09:25:58 TECO AND THE DEVELOPERS THAT ARE DEALING WITH THAT COST.
09:26:02 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WHEN YOU TALK THE WEST RIVER
09:26:04 PROPERTY, IT'S CITY PROPERTY, CORRECT?
09:26:08 ANYONE NONE THAT'S AUTHORITY PROPERTY.
09:26:10 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OH, SO WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT OUR
09:26:14 PROPERTY UNDERGROUNDING ON THE RIVER?
09:26:20 IT'S BEEN HANGING AROUND A WHILE.
09:26:22 >>JESUS NINO: IT'S THE LARGE WEST RIVER DEVELOPMENT
09:26:25 THERE THAT HAS CONSTRUCTION STARTED, BUILDING ALREADY UP.
09:26:29 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY, ALL RIGHT.
09:26:31 WELL, GOOD.
09:26:34 I'M GLAD THEY ARE UNDERGROUNDING.
09:26:36 IT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
09:26:40 THANK YOU.
09:26:40 >>JESUS NINO: WE CAN GO BACK TO THE DREW PARK SLIDE.
09:26:49 THERE WE GO.
09:26:50 THANK YOU.
09:26:52 DREW PARK ACTIVITIES, THE TAMPA BAY BOULEVARD LINEAR PARK
09:26:56 CONSTRUCTION IS BASICALLY COMPLETE.
09:26:58 THE ONLY ITEMS THAT ARE LEFT ARE THE TRASH RECEPTACLES,
09:27:05 DECORATIVE ONES, AND I THINK THOSE SHOULD ARRIVE ANY DAY
09:27:09 AND THEY CAN BE INSTALLED.
09:27:10 THEN WE ALSO NEED TO INSTALL METERS FOR THE LIGHTS ON THE
09:27:14 PARK THERE BY TECO WILL DO THAT, AND WE CAN TEST THE
09:27:19 LIGHTS.
09:27:20 THEN ALSO WE HAVE TWO SIGNS THAT ARE BEING INSTALLED THAT
09:27:24 WILL BE INSTALLED PRETTY SOON ON THE PARK.
09:27:27 THE DESIGN, WE JUST NEED VERBAL LANGUAGE AND WE ARE
09:27:32 WORKING WITH STAFF HERE, BACK TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
09:27:38 THERE SO THEY CAN IMPROVE THAT LANGUAGE AND PUT ONTO THE
09:27:42 SIGNS AND THE SIGNS CAN BE INSTALLED.
09:27:44 THE DREW PARK STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN UPDATE, THAT
09:27:47 CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD.
09:27:49 WE ACTUALLY HAD OUR FIRST VIRTUAL MEETING ON AUGUST
09:27:54 27th, ABOUT 15 PARTICIPATED IN THAT, AND WE ARE IN
09:27:59 THE DATA COLLECTION PHASE RIGHT NOW.
09:28:02 THE MEETING ITSELF WAS PRETTY EXCITING, AND ALL THE
09:28:05 APARTMENTS WERE ON THE CALL FOR THE VIRTUAL MEETING, THEY
09:28:08 HAD A LOT OF VERY VALUABLE INFORMATION TO CONTRIBUTE IN
09:28:11 THERE.
09:28:12 ALSO STAFF CONTINUES TO DO OUTREACH TO SOME OF THE
09:28:15 BUSINESS OWNERS TO SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY INPUT SO WE CAN
09:28:19 INCLUDE ALL OF THAT FOR THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN UPDATE.
09:28:24 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:28:29 THESE ARE INDIRECT CRA ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA.
09:28:32 THIS ONE IS EXTREMELY EXCITING TO ME.
09:28:34 I DON'T NOT TOO MUCH OF THE HISTORY OF IT, BUT ACROSS THE
09:28:38 STREET FROM THE DREW PARK CRA, RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE
09:28:41 BOUNDARY ALONG AIR CARGO ROAD AND OSBORNE, THE CAE-USA
09:28:47 COMPANY IS BUILDING A NEW $40 MILLION FACILITY. THEY
09:28:53 PLAN TO LOCATE 516 EMPLOYEES TO THE AREA THEN ADD 100 NEW
09:28:58 JOBS THERE, HOPEFULLY THE DREW PARK AREA AS FAR AS
09:29:05 VENDORS AND SOME OF THEIR EMPLOYEES SHOPPING AROUND OR
09:29:10 CATERING SOME OF THE BUSINESSES IN DREW PARK.
09:29:13 WE ARE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
09:29:15 THE NEWLY OPENED CRAFT BREWERY TWO SHEPHERDS TAP ROOM,
09:29:20 THAT'S BEEN OPEN FOR A LITTLE BIT NOW.
09:29:23 IT SEEMS TO BE BEING USED BY CUSTOMERS PRETTY FREQUENTLY.
09:29:27 I HAVE BEEN THERE A FEW TIMES AT LEAST DRIVING BY AND IT
09:29:30 HAD A LOT OF CARS OUT THERE AND THEY SEEM TO BE ABIDING
09:29:34 BY VIRTUAL DISTANCE GUIDELINES SO WE ARE HAPPY ABOUT
09:29:37 THAT.
09:29:37 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:29:39 OR ACTUALLY, THAT'S IT FOR DREW PARK.
09:29:41 DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
09:29:43 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED, MR. DINGFELDER.
09:29:52 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WITH TAMPA HISTORY, AND CHARLIE
09:29:59 REMEMBERS, BUT ANYWAY, I DO REMEMBER THAT THE OLD TAMPA
09:30:03 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS RIGHT THERE ON THE EDGE OF THE
09:30:06 PARK TILL THEY BUILT THE NEW ONE.
09:30:10 AND DREW PARK APPARENTLY WAS AN EXTREMELY THRIVING
09:30:14 BUSINESS COMMUNITY, AND AT SOME POINT, JUST LIKE PARTS OF
09:30:23 TOWN, WEST TAMPA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, TO CONSIDER DREW
09:30:31 PARK, SO APPARENTLY -- BUT CHARLIE, I READ ABOUT WHAT
09:30:40 THIS PARK'S RESTAURANTS WHICH WAS APPARENTLY A SUCCESSFUL
09:30:44 RESTAURANT IN THE OLD TAMPA AIRPORT, DREW PARK, AND I
09:30:47 NEVER HEARD ABOUT IT.
09:30:48 ANYWAY.
09:30:50 >> THANK YOU, SIR.
09:30:54 WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT.
09:30:55 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYONE ELSE?
09:31:01 CONTINUE, SIR.
09:31:02 >>JESUS NINO: THAT WAS IT FOR DREW PARK.
09:31:08 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: TURN IT OVER TO COURTNEY ORR AND
09:31:14 THE CRA.
09:31:18 >> THIS IS COURTNEY ORR.
09:31:20 STEVE, YOU DID A BEAUTIFUL JOB, IF YOU ARE STILL ON THE
09:31:22 LINE.
09:31:23 I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU STEPPING IN FOR CHRIS, AND YOU
09:31:26 SAID EVERYTHING PERFECTLY. SO THANK YOU.
09:31:29 CRA ACTIVITIES, WE ARE VERY HAPPY WITH THE FIRMS THAT
09:31:32 RESPONDED TO OUR YBOR MARKETING CONTRACT THAT WE HAD OUT.
09:31:36 AND WE WILL BE INTERVIEWING A REVIEW COMMITTEE AND
09:31:40 EVALUATING FIVE MEMBERS THAT WERE SUBMITTED.
09:31:43 WE ARE VERY HAPPY WITH THE TWO CANDIDATES.
09:31:48 SO ON MONDAY WE WILL BE HAVING AN ONLINE MEETING WITH
09:31:51 THEM AND DETERMINE WHO IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE
09:31:55 THAT WILL PRESENT TO YOU IN OCTOBER.
09:31:58 AS STEVE MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAD 19 EVENTS APPROVED FOR
09:32:06 FUNDING AND AS MENTIONED THIS YEAR, THIS FISCAL YEAR, IF
09:32:09 ANY OF THESE EVENTS ARE UNABLE TO TAKE PLACE BECAUSE OF
09:32:12 THE PANDEMIC, MANY OF THEM WERE CANCELED, AS YOU KNOW, WE
09:32:18 COULD PUT FUNDS IN THAT FUND BALANCE AND WE ACTUALLY
09:32:22 OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE WHO HAD TO CANCEL TO
09:32:24 COME UP WITH A CREATIVE WAY EITHER VIRTUALLY OR DO
09:32:29 SOMETHING THAT WOULD STILL HELP PROMOTE YBOR CITY AND
09:32:34 POSSIBLY DRIVE VISITORS INTO THE DISTRICT, TO THE
09:32:37 RESTAURANTS, ET CETERA, CITY OF TAMPA, YBOR CITY, THE
09:32:45 BACKDROP TO TAMPA CITY AS AN EVENT TO HAVE A VIDEO OF ALL
09:32:52 THE BALLET DANCERS PERFORMING IN THE STREETS OF YBOR
09:32:55 CITY.
09:32:58 WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY SEEN THE VIDEO YET, BUT I HAVE SEEN A
09:33:03 PREVIEW AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
09:33:05 ONCE WE RECEIVE THAT APPROVAL, WE DEFINITELY WILL SHARE
09:33:11 THAT.
09:33:14 IN AUGUST, THE YBOR CITY AGENDA ITEM, YOU HAVE SEEN THAT
09:33:22 WE LOOK TO GOVERNOR DESANTIS AND SENATORS SCOTT AND RUBIO
09:33:32 FOR THAT TO BE CERTIFIED, AND SPECIAL EVENTS, AND THEN WE
09:33:36 DO CONTINUE TO PUSH OUT ALL CITY AND COUNTY FINANCIAL
09:33:41 ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR BUSINESSES THAT ARE CONSISTENTLY
09:33:46 AND CONSTANTLY TRANSMITTING THOSE THAT CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE
09:33:52 WILL DO SO.
09:33:53 WE WILL BE HAVING SECURITY CAMERAS INSTALLED.
09:33:58 THE YCDC BOARD WANTED TO HAVE CAMERAS ALONG 7th
09:34:02 AVENUE SO WE ENGAGED AND HAVE THEM CONTACT US, AND WE ARE
09:34:10 FUNDING UP TO TEN CAMERAS TO PLACE ALONG 7th AVENUE,
09:34:14 AND THREE OF THOSE -- THREE IN CENTENNIAL PARK.
09:34:24 WE SHOULD HAVE THAT NEXT MONTH.
09:34:25 THEN THE NEW MARKETING INITIATIVES, THE POSTCARDS THAT
09:34:28 WERE MAILED TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO GET THEM MORE
09:34:30 ENGAGED AND UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE THE COVID RESOURCE
09:34:33 PAGE ON OUR ONLINE WEBSITE, AND TO BE SUBMITTED FOR THE
09:34:45 WINDOWS SO WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH THE LARGER PUBLIC IN
09:34:48 YBOR.
09:34:51 AND THEN WE CONTINUE TO APPRECIATE THE FRONT LINE WORK
09:34:57 WITH INSPIRATIONAL -- MONDAY ON A SOCIAL PLATFORM.
09:35:04 THEN MARKETING AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER.
09:35:09 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:35:14 THESE ARE SOME ITEMS THAT WE WENT OVER.
09:35:18 THEN AGAIN THE LETTERS OF SUPPORT.
09:35:20 THERE'S A LITTLE MORE DETAIL THERE IN REGARDS TO THE
09:35:24 LETTERS THAT WERE SENT REGARDING ASKING RUBIO AND SCOTT
09:35:28 TO COSIGN THE ACT THAT WOULD PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
09:35:34 TO THOSE VENUES THAT ARE STILL CLOSED, THAT HAVE BEEN
09:35:37 CLOSED SINCE MARCH.
09:35:39 AND THEN WE ALSO ASKED GOVERNOR DESANTIS TO OFFER SOME
09:35:43 SORT OF ROAD MAP HOW TO REOPEN ENTERTAINMENT
09:35:49 ESTABLISHMENTS, AND IT'S ALL UP TO STAFF TO COME UP WITH
09:35:58 A PLAN, BUT WE HAVE OPERATORS THAT WOULD LOVE TO
09:36:02 PARTICIPATE IN THE CREATION OF A PLAN.
09:36:04 THEN WE SENT A LETTER TO THE COUNTY PIGGYBACKING OFF WHAT
09:36:09 THE CITY HAD RECOMMENDED TO THE COUNTY WITH THE -- (AUDIO
09:36:21 DROP).
09:36:26 AND THEIR GRAND OPENING CEREMONY.
09:36:44 AND WITH THE GENERAL MANAGER LAST WEEK, AND IT'S COMING
09:36:51 ALONG AND BEAUTIFUL, AND I THINK EVERYONE WILL BE
09:36:56 EXTREMELY IMPRESSED WITH THE BEAUTY OF WHAT THEY CREATED.
09:37:00 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:37:03 AND LOOKING AT THE REQUEST FOR APPROVAL FOR HISTORIC
09:37:10 STREETCAR, THEY HAVE SUBMITTED A GRANT FOR 32,500 AND
09:37:15 THERE'S MORE INFORMATION TO COME.
09:37:18 AND WE ARE ENGAGED WITH THE ARTS DEPARTMENT OF THE
09:37:23 MEMORIAL POLICY HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
09:37:28 IT CAME UP RECENTLY IN CENTENNIAL PARK.
09:37:45 THERE WERE NO DIRECT TIES TO THE BOARD, BUT NOW WE ARE
09:37:49 TRYING TO CREATE A POLICY THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING TO POINT
09:37:51 TO IN THE FUTURE.
09:37:56 THERE'S A ITEMS THERE.
09:37:59 ON A DAILY BASIS, TO CREATE POSITIVE AESTHETIC
09:38:04 IMPROVEMENTS IN THE DISTRICT.
09:38:06 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:38:08 OH, WE ARE REALLY HAPPY THAT THE SATURDAY MARKET IS GOING
09:38:18 TO REOPEN THIS SATURDAY.
09:38:19 SO IF YOU CAN COME OUT AND EXPERIENCE THE MARKET, I KNOW
09:38:23 THAT THE VENDORS WERE HAND SELECTED THAT FALL WITHIN THE
09:38:27 APPROPRIATE CDC GUIDELINES, SO HAVE A COLLECTION OF
09:38:31 VENDORS AT CENTENNIAL PARK FROM 9:00 UNTIL 1:00 THIS
09:38:35 SATURDAY.
09:38:35 AND THEY ARE CELEBRATING THEIR 20th ANNIVERSARY THIS
09:38:38 YEAR.
09:38:40 UNFORTUNATELY THEY HAVE BEEN CLOSED DOWN FOR SEVERAL
09:38:41 MONTHS.
09:38:42 SO NOW THEY WILL HAVE THEIR REOPENING THIS SATURDAY FROM
09:38:50 9:00 TO 1:00.
09:38:54 AND THE ANTICIPATED HOTEL HAYA OPENING IN 14 DAYS.
09:39:00 THAT'S THE END OF MY REPORT.
09:39:02 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
09:39:03 ANY QUESTIONS BY BOARD MEMBERS?
09:39:04 ANY QUESTIONS?
09:39:08 MS. VAN LOAN, WE WILL MOVE ON.
09:39:09 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: BEFORE I GO INTO THE EAST TAMPA CRA
09:39:15 FOR ANY HISTORY BUFF OR AIRLINE BUFFS OR PLANE BUFFS OUT
09:39:20 THERE, IF YOU DO FIND YOURSELF OUT IN THE WEST TAMPA
09:39:23 AREA, ONCE WE OPEN UP AGAIN FROM COVID, THE DMV AT THE
09:39:28 CORNER OF MLK AND LOIS HAS AN INCREDIBLE DISPLAY WITHIN
09:39:32 THEIR BUILDING, COMPLETE WITH AIRPLANE HANGINGS FROM THE
09:39:36 CEILING, MEMORABILIA, DISPLACE, DESCRIPTIONS AND
09:39:40 WONDERFUL OLD ARTIFACTS AND PICTURES.
09:39:42 SO IF ANYBODY IS FASCINATED, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU CAN
09:39:47 GET IN THERE WITHOUT AN APPOINTMENT THAT IT'S WELL WORTH
09:39:49 THE RIDE OUT TO DMV.
09:39:53 THE ONE IN DREW PARK IS DEFINITELY WORTH THE RIDE.
09:39:56 WITH THAT, MOVING ONTO THE EAST TAMPA CRA, WE HAD FUNDED
09:40:01 $100,000 FOR THE DEMOLITION AND DEBRIS REMOVAL PROGRAM.
09:40:05 THOSE FUND HAVE BEEN EXPENDED WITH THE REMOVAL OF TEN
09:40:08 STRUCTURES AND CLEARING OUT THOSE LOTS, IN CONJUNCTION
09:40:11 WITH OUR EFFORTS.
09:40:13 THE GENERAL FUND NUMBER 88,000 TO REMOVE AN ADDITIONAL 12
09:40:19 STRUCTURES AND CLEARING THOSE LOTS OF DEBRIS AND THE
09:40:22 ILLEGAL LITTERING THAT HAPPENED ON THE LOT.
09:40:25 AGAIN, WHEN THESE STRUCTURES ARE DEMOLISHED THEY ARE NOT
09:40:29 HOMESTEADED PROPERTIES WHICH WERE VACANT, AT THIS TIME
09:40:33 THAT THE REMOVAL ON THEM, TO GET THEM KNOCKED DOWN, MANY
09:40:36 OF THEM WERE INHABITABLE AND ALL FALLING DOWN AND WERE
09:40:42 CREATING A DIRE SITUATION FOR ANY OF THE OTHER PROPERTY
09:40:45 OWNERS AND RESIDENTS THAT WERE ADJACENT TO THESE
09:40:47 PROPERTIES.
09:40:48 AND MOST LIKELY, THE CAC WILL BE CONTINUING THIS PROGRAM,
09:40:53 AND THEY HAVE ADDED MORE MONEY TO IT IN THE FY 21 BUDGET.
09:40:58 OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIVE PROGRAM, I DON'T KNOW, BUT
09:41:04 CURTIS WILLIAMS STARTED THIS PAST SUMMER AS OUR NEW
09:41:07 ENVIRONMENTAL DETECTIVE WHEN DETECTIVE RIDER WAS HIRED,
09:41:10 AND CURTIS LAMM HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO OUR EAST
09:41:13 TAMPA FAMILY.
09:41:15 HE HAS BEEN A LARGE PROPONENT AND LEADER IN BRINGING
09:41:18 TOGETHER A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO ADDRESSING OUR
09:41:22 NEIGHBORHOODS VERSUS JUST LOOKING AT LITTER OR JUST
09:41:25 LOOKING AT THE DEBRIS, AND SOME OF THE SPECIFIC ILLEGAL
09:41:30 ACTIVITIES BRINGING TOGETHER A GROUP OF PEOPLE FROM
09:41:34 COMMUNITY POLICING AND CRIME TRACKING AND THE HOMELESS
09:41:37 LIAISON, AND ALSO INCLUDING CODE ENFORCEMENT AND
09:41:41 NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT FOLKS.
09:41:42 AND THEY ARE GOING OUT AS A TEAM TO TRY TO ADDRESS ALL
09:41:47 THE NEEDS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
09:41:49 RIGHT NOW.
09:41:55 NEXT SLIDE.
09:41:56 ONE MORE SLIDE.
09:41:58 ON THIS SLIDE YOU CAN SEE THE CRIME TRACKING WENT OUT AND
09:42:01 WE ARE CHECKING SEX OFFENDERS IN NEIGHBORHOODS.
09:42:03 THEY STARTED IN VM YBOR, CHECKING THE ROOMING HOUSES,
09:42:07 MAKING SURE THEY HAD ALL THE APPROPRIATE REGISTERED
09:42:09 PEOPLE THERE OR OTHERS THAT WERE NOT, AND SHOULDN'T BE
09:42:12 THERE.
09:42:12 THE HOMELESS LIAISONS WERE OUT MAKING THEIR CONTACTS WITH
09:42:15 OUR HOMELESS LETTING THEM KNOW ABOUT SERVICES.
09:42:19 AND ALTHOUGH DURING THIS FIRST ONE, FEW IF ANY OF THE
09:42:24 HOMELESS HAVE -- IT TAKES SEVERAL TIMES OF TALKING TO
09:42:31 SOMEONE BEFORE THEY TRULY START LISTENING AND OPENING UP
09:42:34 AND BE WILLING TO ACCEPT SOME HELP.
09:42:37 SO THIS WILL BE A CONCERTED REPEATED EFFORT TO BUILD
09:42:41 THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR HOMELESS IN THE AREA SO THAT
09:42:43 WE HOPE THAT WE CAN START MAKING INROADS ONE BY ONE TO
09:42:47 BRING MORE OF THESE PEOPLE TO THE SERVICES THAT THEY MAY
09:42:50 BE NEEDING.
09:42:51 CODE ENFORCEMENT ALSO WAS TAGGING AND MAKING NOTICES OF
09:42:55 VIOLATIONS OF AGAIN ITEMS THAT ARE COLLECTING AND
09:42:59 UNREGISTERED VEHICLES THAT AGAIN BRING DOWN THE
09:43:02 NEIGHBORHOOD AND AFFECT THE NEIGHBORS.
09:43:04 3.5 TONS OF ILLEGALLY DUMPED TRASH AND FURNITURE WERE
09:43:08 CLEARED FROM THE ALLEYS AND EASEMENTS.
09:43:10 I'M PROUD TO SAY THE IMPOUNDED KITTENS, I DID NOT END UP
09:43:15 WITH ANY OF THEM.
09:43:16 ONE CAT FOR ME IS ENOUGH.
09:43:19 NEXT SLIDE.
09:43:20 HERE ARE SOME OF THE PICTURES OF THE TEAM OUT THERE.
09:43:23 YOU CAN SEE CODE ENFORCEMENT.
09:43:24 YOU CAN SEE THE CODE ENFORCEMENT TALKING WITH SOME OF THE
09:43:27 HOMEOWNERS AND RESIDENTS, WHAT THEY ARE FACING WITH SOME
09:43:30 OF THESE LOTS, AND THE EQUIPMENT, U-HAUL.
09:43:34 NEXT SLIDE.
09:43:36 CODE ENFORCEMENT DOCUMENTING SOME OF THE VIOLATIONS AGAIN
09:43:39 THE TRUCKS 'N AND TRAILERS THAT ARE HAULING OUT THE TRASH
09:43:42 AND THE EQUIPMENT THAT'S NEEDED FOR THE VOLUME AND AMOUNT
09:43:46 OF TRASH THAT IS OUT THERE IN THESE ALLEYS, AND SOME OF
09:43:49 THESE VACANT LOTS.
09:43:50 NEXT SLIDE.
09:43:51 OUR 34th STREET CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AROUND
09:43:58 ROUNDABOUTS, THIS PROJECT GOES FROM COLUMBUS UP TO
09:44:00 HILLSBOROUGH, APPROXIMATELY 60% COMPLETE, AND IT SHOULD
09:44:03 BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE YEAR, SUBSTANTIALLY WHERE
09:44:06 WE WON'T SEE ANY MORE TRAFFIC DISRUPTION.
09:44:09 NEXT SLIDE.
09:44:11 THE ROUNDABOUT AT EAST 21st AVENUE IS OPEN TO
09:44:15 TRAFFIC, AND THEY JUST OPENED UP THE EAST LAKE AVENUE
09:44:18 ROUNDABOUT, LATE IN JULY, AND THEY ARE FINISHING
09:44:22 CONSTRUCTION CURRENTLY ON THE ROUNDS ABOUT.
09:44:25 ONCE THEY HAVE THAT FINISHED THEY HAVE QUICKLY MILL AND
09:44:29 RESURFACE THE REMAINING ASPHALT AROUND THAT AREA, AROUND
09:44:33 THE ROUNDABOUT AND THEN PUT DOWN THE FINAL LAYER OF
09:44:36 ASPHALT.
09:44:37 SO ALL OF THAT SHOULD BE DONE BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR
09:44:39 YEAR.
09:44:40 AND THEN OUR CAC WILL WORK WITH OUR ART FOLKS.
09:44:46 THEY HAVE ALREADY STARTED SOME DISCUSSIONS TO PUT ART
09:44:49 WORK IN THE THREE ROUNDS ABOUT THAT REFLECT THE HISTORY
09:44:53 AND CULTURE OF THE EAST TAMPA COMMUNITY.
09:44:55 NEXT SLIDE.
09:44:57 THERE YOU CAN SEE THE ROUNDABOUT AT 21 AVE. AND THE
09:45:03 ROUNDABOUT AT LAKE AVENUE.
09:45:04 SO WE HAVE THE SAME KIND OF PAVERS PUT ON A TRACK PAD.
09:45:09 THOSE PAVERS CAN WITHSTAND THE WEIGHT OF THE TRUCKS AND
09:45:13 THEY ARE BUILT WITH A LOW PROFILE, SO IF ANY LARGER
09:45:16 VEHICLES GO AROUND AND THROUGH THE ROUNDABOUT, THAT YOU
09:45:19 ARE TIRES CAN EASILY MANEUVER OVER THOSE PADS WITHOUT
09:45:23 DOING DAMAGE TO THE ROUNDABOUT, AND STILL ALLOWING FOR
09:45:26 SAFE PASSAGE THROUGH THE ROUNDABOUT.
09:45:28 NEXT SLIDE.
09:45:30 THE COLUMBUS SAFETY PROJECT, IT WILL BE A BIG IMPACT IN
09:45:36 OUR COMMUNITY.
09:45:37 IT IS AS COMPLETE STREET.
09:45:39 BUT WITH THIS CONSTRUCTION OF 2.6 MILLION WHICH SHOULD BE
09:45:43 SLATED TO START BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE WILL RECEIVE
09:45:46 WIDER SIDEWALKS, WE WILL GET THE MID BLOCK CROSSING WHICH
09:45:51 SAVES OUR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLE RIDERS AND NONVEHICULAR
09:45:55 MOBILE RESIDENTS COMING THROUGH THE AREA AND THEY WILL
09:45:57 RESURFACE AND RESTRIPE.
09:46:00 SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A REAL EXCITING PROJECT FOR
09:46:03 COLUMBUS DRIVE.
09:46:04 NEXT SLIDE.
09:46:06 FLORIBRASKA IS ALSO A COMPLETE STREET PROJECT, AGAIN NOT
09:46:09 BEING FUNDED BY THE CRA BUT AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP ON
09:46:12 THE LOWER RIGHT-HAND CORNER, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
09:46:16 THROUGH-WAY TO CONNECT EAST TAMPA TO ITS COMMUNITIES ON
09:46:19 THE WEST THAT WERE SEPARATED BY THE 275 HIGHWAY GOING
09:46:24 THROUGH THAT AREA W.THIS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, IT WILL
09:46:27 MAKE IT MUCH MORE ATTRACTIVE AND EASIER AND USABLE FOR
09:46:33 NONVEHICULAR TRAFFIC TO CONNECT THESE COMMUNITIES ONCE
09:46:36 AGAIN.
09:46:36 SO AGAIN A NUMBER OF EXCITING PROJECTS THAT WILL HAVE A
09:46:39 BIG IMPACT FOR THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA.
09:46:41 NEXT SLIDE.
09:46:43 SOUTHEAST SEMINOLE HEIGHTS PROJECT, THIS AGAIN WAS OUR
09:46:49 LAST PROJECT THAT WE HAVE COMING UP THAT WILL START AT
09:46:51 THE END OF THE YEAR.
09:46:52 THEY ARE FINISHING UP CONSTRUCTION DESIGN NOW.
09:46:54 AND THIS WILL HELP ALLEVIATE A LOT OF THE FLOODING THAT
09:46:58 COMES THROUGH THE AREAS, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE THESE
09:47:02 GREAT DOWNPOURS THAT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF
09:47:04 RECENTLY, ALMOST EVERY OTHER DAY.
09:47:06 SO THIS WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR OUR RESIDENTS
09:47:09 COMING AND GOING, NOT JUST THROUGH THE AREA BUT AS THEY
09:47:12 TRY TO ENTER THEIR STREET TO GET TO THEIR HOMES.
09:47:17 NEXT SLIDE.
09:47:18 NOTABLE EVENTS, WE DID HAVE OUR CAC KICKOFF WITH THE EAST
09:47:21 TAMPA COMMUNITY.
09:47:23 ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR OUR STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN WITH THE
09:47:27 CONSULTANT.
09:47:28 OUR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPERS, THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW,
09:47:33 EAST TAMPA, AND THEN WE CONTINUE TO HOLD OUR VIRTUAL
09:47:38 COMMUNITY ADVISORY AND SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS TO KEEP OUR
09:47:41 RESIDENTS ENGAGED DURING THIS TIME WHEN WE CAN'T MEET
09:47:45 FACE TO FACE.
09:47:47 THAT COMPLETES MY EAST TAMPA REPORT IF THERE'S ANY
09:47:49 QUESTIONS.
09:47:49 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS?
09:47:54 ANY QUESTIONS?
09:47:58 MS. VAN LOAN, I HAVE ONE.
09:48:09 CODE ENFORCEMENT, LAST WEEK I HAD SEVERAL CALLS ABOUT
09:48:13 DEBRIS, TRASH, OR FLY BY NIGHT LITTLE STORES AND SOME OF
09:48:19 THE FAMILY DOLLARS, AND I CAN TELL YOU THE DEGREE OF
09:48:23 TRASH ON PROPERTIES THAT'S GOING INTO NEIGHBORHOOD,
09:48:26 ESPECIALLY TOWARDS CHELSEA, IS TREMENDOUS.
09:48:31 I HAD TO CALL THE STREET TEAM OUT THERE TO COME OUT AND
09:48:35 CLEAN THE STREETS AND ALSO CODE ENFORCEMENT FOR THE
09:48:37 PROPERTY OWNER.
09:48:43 IF YOU CAN -- IF YOU HELP ME WITH THAT, I WE APPRECIATE
09:48:52 IT.
09:48:52 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: I SURE WILL.
09:48:55 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYONE ELSE WITH ANY QUESTIONS?
09:49:00 YOU MAY CONTINUE, MS. VAN LOAN.
09:49:02 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: I AM NOW TURNING IT OVER TO ROB
09:49:05 ROSNER TO TALK ABOUT OUR DOWNTOWN CRA.
09:49:06 >> NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:49:11 GOOD AFTERNOON CRA BOARD MEMBERS.
09:49:12 LET ME GIVE YOU A REPORT ON THE DOWNTOWN CRA FIRST.
09:49:18 WE DID PICK DESIGN BUILT FIRMS THAT TURNED OUT TO BE
09:49:21 SKANKSA.
09:49:26 WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON PAST MONTH THE INITIAL AGREEMENT
09:49:28 TO BE BROUGHT TO YOU ON OCTOBER 1st, AND THAT'S A
09:49:31 VERY GOOD MEETING ABOUT THAT AND VERY REASONABLE.
09:49:33 SO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ON YOU ON OCTOBER 1st.
09:49:44 THE STRAZ HAVE BEEN COMING ALONG VERY WELL, PRETTY MUCH
09:49:48 DONE WITH THE PHASE 1.
09:49:51 THE ROAD WORK IS PRETTY MUCH DONE.
09:49:52 THEY HAVEN'T DONE FINAL LIFT AND THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE
09:49:58 STRIPING THERE BUT SIDEWALKS ARE GOING IN.
09:50:00 THE RIVERWALK PIECE THAT WE SHOWED YOU, THEY JUST
09:50:03 FINISHED POURING THE SURFACE OF THAT, AND MEASURING OUT
09:50:08 THE RAILING RIGHT NOW.
09:50:09 MIKE CALLAHAN HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN BEING OUT THERE TO
09:50:13 MAKE SURE QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED IN A TIMELY FASHION TO
09:50:16 SAY ON TOP OF THE ISSUES THAT COME UP ON A DAILY BASIS
09:50:20 THERE.
09:50:21 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:50:25 THIS IS A PHOTO OF THAT PHASE 2.
09:50:27 YOU CAN SEE THE PAVER INTERSECTION IS COMPLETE AND THEY
09:50:30 HAVE ALREADY STARTED REROUTING TRAFFIC.
09:50:35 THIS DAY IT'S STILL PRETTY DIRTY BUT UNDERNEATH THAT DIRT
09:50:39 IS ASPHALT AND UTILITIES, AGREEMENTS, AND THEY WERE
09:50:42 PREPPING FOR SIDEWALK WORK ALONG THE STRAZ SIDE OF THE
09:50:45 PROPERTY.
09:50:46 AS I UNDERSTAND IT, MUCH OF THAT SIDEWALK HAS BEEN POURED
09:50:48 THIS WEEK.
09:50:50 TO GO OVER THE SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION MILESTONES, PHASE 1
09:50:54 WAS DONE IN AUGUST.
09:50:57 YESTERDAY WAS THE END OF PHASE 2 OFFICIALLY.
09:51:00 AND THEY DID COMPLETE IT SUBSTANTIALLY.
09:51:03 PHASE 3 IS THE INTERSECTION OF TYLER AND MACINNES.
09:51:12 THERE'S A GREAT CHANGE THERE AND THAT WILL BE CLOSED FOR
09:51:14 PROBABLY THREE WEEKS WHILE THEY DO THE UTILITY WORK TO
09:51:17 OPEN BACK UP THE INTERSECTION AND THEN MACINNES SOUTH OF
09:51:21 THERE WHICH IS PHASE 4 WILL STARTED THAT WORK, AND THAT
09:51:25 WILL BE DONE IN EARLY NOVEMBER.
09:51:28 WITH ALL THIS BEING DONE AROUND THANKSGIVING.
09:51:30 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:51:36 >> WATER STREET TAMPA, THE JW MARRIOTT IS ON TRACK FOR
09:51:42 COMPLETION BY SUPER BOWL.
09:51:45 THE BUILDING WILL BE TURNED OVER TO MARRIOTT THIS MONTH
09:51:49 FOR THEM TO DO FINAL BED CHECKS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT
09:51:53 NEED TO GET READY FOR OPENING IN NOVEMBER.
09:51:56 THEY WILL HAVE A SOFT OPENING IN NOVEMBER.
09:51:58 AGAIN, I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH WHAT DATE THAT IS, BUT WE
09:52:04 WILL COORDINATE WITH SPP ON THAT.
09:52:09 SO 815 WATER STREET IS THE POWERS PROGRESSING, THEY
09:52:13 PRETTY MUCH FINISHED ALL THE VERTICAL, THEN THE EXTERIOR
09:52:15 FINISHES.
09:52:16 I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE A TOUR OF THE JW MARRIOTT, AND
09:52:22 815 WATER STREET.
09:52:24 DIDN'T HAVE PHOTOS TO SHOW BUT VERY EXCITING, VERY HIGH
09:52:27 QUALITY WORK.
09:52:27 THESE UNITS ARE GOING TO BE GREAT.
09:52:29 THE VIEWS ARE AWESOME.
09:52:30 THE 1001 OFFICE BUILDING IS FURTHER BEHIND THOSE, BUT ON
09:52:35 TRACK AND AHEAD OF SCHEDULE GENERALLY.
09:52:38 THE RESIDENTIAL TOWER ON THE H-1 BLOCK IS AHEAD OF
09:52:41 CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE.
09:52:43 WE ARE WORKING WITH SPP RIGHT NOW ON THE PHASE 3 MASTER
09:52:47 INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGNS NORTH OF CUMBERLAND.
09:52:50 SO WE ARE WORKING WITH -- CURRENTLY LOOKING AT THE
09:52:54 CONNECTION OF WHITING JUST LIKE WE DID WITH CUMBERLAND.
09:53:01 THEY ARE DOING A STUDY AND MOBILITY DEPARTMENT, CRA AND
09:53:05 SPP AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY TALKING
09:53:09 ABOUT HOW THOSE WILL LOOK. ACROSS THE STREET FROM CITY
09:53:13 HALL, WE HAVE THE HYATT HOUSE, HYATT PLACE HOTEL.
09:53:17 SPOKE WITH THEM MOST RECENTLY.
09:53:21 THEY ARE COMING CLOSE TO BEING READY FOR SUPER BOWL.
09:53:25 THEY ARE HOPING TO BE OPEN THERE.
09:53:26 BUT RIGHT NOW, MAYBE NOT ALL THE FLOORS WILL BE OPEN, BUT
09:53:32 PLAN TO BE OPEN SUBSTANTIALLY.
09:53:33 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:53:36 THE HENRY TOWER WHICH WAS REFERRED TO AS TYLER
09:53:38 RESIDENCES, THE GROUP THAT'S DOING THAT, YOU WILL SEE A
09:53:44 NUMBER OF PHOTOS HERE SHORTLY.
09:53:46 THAT'S IN THE BACKGROUND.
09:53:47 THEY ARE MOVING VERY QUICKLY.
09:53:48 WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO WRAP UP.
09:53:51 SOME OF THE ART INSTALLATION DISCUSSION, QUESTIONS,
09:53:54 BECAUSE THAT TAKES ABOUT A YEAR TO GET THAT ORGANIZED.
09:53:57 AND THEY ARE DOING VERY WELL IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT.
09:54:10 GENERATING THE FIRST DRAFT CONCEPTS, AND THEY ARE ABOUT
09:54:12 30% COMPLETE.
09:54:14 AND I MENTIONED TO YOU BEFORE THE CONTACT FROM PARKS
09:54:18 DEPARTMENT.
09:54:19 NEXT SLIDE.
09:54:21 WE ALSO HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS.
09:54:24 HEART HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS SINCE BEGUN 2016.
09:54:27 WE ARE GETTING -- DUE TO A COUPLE OF DELAYS OVER THE
09:54:34 YEARS AND THE WAY SOME OF THE RVs WORK THEY WEREN'T
09:54:36 ABLE TO GET A VEHICLE THAT WORKED.
09:54:38 WE ARE EXCITED TO SAY THAT THEY DO HAVE A VEHICLE, AND
09:54:41 IT'S OUT AND ABOUT.
09:54:42 I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ADVERTISED IT YET.
09:54:44 I THINK I CAUGHT THEM ON A TRIAL DAY BUT IT WAS EXCITING
09:54:48 TO SEE IT ON THE STREET.
09:54:50 NEXT SLIDE.
09:54:53 ANY QUESTIONS FOR DOWNTOWN BEFORE I MOVE ON TO CHANNEL
09:54:55 DISTRICT?
09:54:56 >>ORLANDO GUDES: QUESTIONS BY BOARD MEMBERS?
09:55:08 TO ME IT SEEMS LIKE THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN DRAGGING ALONG.
09:55:13 AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S DRAGGING ALONG.
09:55:16 WE APPROVED THIS A LONG TIME AGO AND WE KEEP GOING BACK
09:55:19 AND FORTH.
09:55:19 I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IS TAKING SO LONG.
09:55:23 I JUST NEED SOME ANSWERS ON THIS. THIS DOESN'T MAKE ANY
09:55:25 SENSE.
09:55:25 >> I WOULD BE HAPPY TO FIND THAT ANSWER FOR YOU.
09:55:29 AS WE DO WITH MOST OF OUR OTHER PROJECTS, WE FUNDED IN
09:55:32 THE USER DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, AND
09:55:38 LEAD THE PROCESS, SO I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ASK OCEA OR
09:55:43 SOMEONE FROM HER STAFF WHAT THE PROGRESS IS ON THAT.
09:55:45 BUT FROM 30% IS WHERE WE HAVE BEEN THE LAST REPORT I HAD
09:55:50 AT THE TIME OF THIS.
09:55:52 I WOULD BE HAPPY TO HELP.
09:55:53 >>ORLANDO GUDES: UPDATE PARKS AND REC.
09:55:58 THIS HAS BEEN TAKING TOO LONG.
09:55:59 WE GAVE THEM MONEY A LONG TIME AGO AND WE NEED TO MOVE ON
09:56:02 IT.
09:56:03 THANK YOU.
09:56:03 >> ABSOLUTELY.
09:56:04 WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
09:56:06 THANK YOU.
09:56:06 ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
09:56:10 HEARING NONE, I WILL MOVE ONTO THE CHANNEL DISTRICT CRA.
09:56:14 SO WE HAVE BEEN MOVING VERY POSITIVELY IN THE RIGHT
09:56:17 DIRECTION WITH THE CHANNEL DISTRICT ON A NUMBER OF
09:56:20 PROJECTS.
09:56:23 IT'S COMING UP TO 100% AS YOU CAN SEE.
09:56:28 I'M SORRY THE IMAGE GOT CUT OFF, AT LEAST IT DID ON MY
09:56:31 SCREEN.
09:56:32 BUT THE 12TH STREET SEGMENT A PORTION OF THIS, THAT'S
09:56:37 TAKING A LITTLE BIT LONGER BECAUSE THE PORT HAS A BUYER.
09:56:42 PORT HAS A BUYER FOR WHAT'S CALLED THE RV LOT WHICH HAS A
09:56:47 TAIL THAT WE WERE GOING TO USE FOR EASEMENT.
09:56:50 AND THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GRANT AN EASEMENT UNTIL THAT IS
09:56:52 EITHER BOUGHT OR SOLD, OR BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO
09:56:57 ENCUMBER THE PROPERTY.
09:56:58 BUT IF IT DOESN'T SELL, WE CAN GO BACK TO THE -- IF IT
09:57:03 DOES SELL, THEN WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THE NEW BUYER ON
09:57:08 POWER REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BUILDING, OBVIOUSLY FOR OUR
09:57:12 POWERS AS WELL.
09:57:12 SO THAT'S ONLY GOING BUT WE HAD GREAT CONVERSATIONS WITH
09:57:15 THE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE CHANNEL DISTRICT, 11th STREET
09:57:18 AND WHITING STREET PROJECTS THAT ARE TAGGED HERE.
09:57:23 AND WE ARE MOVING VERY FAR ALONG, WHICH IS -- MOVE ONTO
09:57:28 THE NEXT ITEM, PLEASE, NEXT PAGE.
09:57:31 THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN AND COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
09:57:33 PLAN UPDATE.
09:57:35 WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT AND CONTRACTS ADD HUNDRED
09:57:38 HAS GONE THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND TALKED WITH THE CAC
09:57:41 ABOUT IT.
09:57:42 WE RECEIVED NINE POSITIVE RESPONSES AND PROPOSALS, AND WE
09:57:49 ARE REVIEWING THOSE NOW, AND WE WILL REPORT BACK ON THAT
09:57:52 VERY SOON.
09:57:53 BUT VERY GOOD PROGRESS IN THAT RESPECT.
09:57:56 INDIRECT ACTIVITIES, THE CHANNEL CLUB 2.
09:58:02 WE ARE NEGOTIATING WITH DEVELOPMENT, THE DEVELOPER ON
09:58:04 AGREEMENT FOR BURYING THE POWER WHICH THAT SHOULD BE
09:58:08 READY FOR NEXT MONTH, WORKING WITH MORRIS MASSEY ON
09:58:13 WRAPPING UP THE PAPERWORK ON THAT.
09:58:15 AND GETTING FILE NUMBERS FROM TECO, WHICH WAS JUST LAST
09:58:19 WEEK.
09:58:19 SO VERY GOOD DIRECTIONAL ON THAT.
09:58:23 THE DANIEL CORPORATION, THEY HAVE SUBMITTED FOR
09:58:25 PERMITTING ON THEIR MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.
09:58:27 THEY ACTUALLY CLOSED ABOUT A WEEK AGO FRIDAY, AND WE WERE
09:58:32 HELPING THEM WITH SOME ISSUES ON THE PREVIOUS PERMITTING
09:58:35 WHEN WE MOVED THE PUMP STATION OWN 12TH STREET OFF THAT
09:58:41 PROPERTY TO MAKE IT DEVELOPABLE.
09:58:43 WE WERE ABLE TO WRAP THAT UP WITH THE DANIEL CORPORATION
09:58:47 AND WORKING WITH TECO RIGHT NOW TO BEGIN THE PROCESS FOR
09:58:49 GETTING THE LINES BURIED AND MOVED TO MAKE ALL OF THAT
09:58:54 WORK FOR THAT PROJECT.
09:58:58 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:59:00 THEN WE HAVE QUESTIONS ON TAMPA BAY HEIGHT BEFORE WE MOVE
09:59:02 ON?
09:59:03 I'M SORRY, FOR CHANNEL DISTRICT BEFORE I MOVE ON?
09:59:05 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS?
09:59:10 YOU MAY CONTINUE, SIR.
09:59:11 >> NEXT SLIDE, THANK YOU.
09:59:14 WE HAVE NO DIRECT CRA ACTIVITIES.
09:59:16 WE ACTUALLY HIGH PRESSURE A VERY QUIET MONTH.
09:59:19 SOHO CAPITAL SPENT MOST OF THEIR TIME BUILDING THE
09:59:22 ROUNDABOUTS AND GETTING THINGS DONE ON THE HEIGHTS UNION
09:59:27 BUILDING AND PREPARING FOR SPROUTS TO ARRIVE IN THEIR NEW
09:59:34 GARAGE BUILDING.
09:59:35 SO THEY ARE COMPLETING THE EXTERIOR CLADDING AND WINDOWS
09:59:39 OF THE BUILDING.
09:59:40 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:59:46 ANY QUESTIONS ON TAMPA HEIGHTS?
09:59:54 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I MAY CONTINUE, SIR.
09:59:56 >> THANK YOU.
09:59:57 CENTRAL PARK CRA, WE HAD SOME GOOD NEWS FROM THE URBAN
10:00:00 FARMS.
10:00:00 THEY REALLY PROGRESSED VERY WELL ON THEIR PROJECT.
10:00:03 THEY HAVE GOT A NUMBER OF THEIR GREEN HOUSES FRAMED UP
10:00:07 AND THE FOUNDATIONS IN.
10:00:12 MEACHAM URBAN FARM.
10:00:15 AND THE PORTION OF THE BUILDING PARTIALLY FUND IT BY THE
10:00:18 CRA IS UP.
10:00:18 I'M NOT 100 SURE IF IT'S READY TO BE OPERATIONAL YET BUT
10:00:22 IT LOOKED REALLY COMPLETE WHEN I WAS THERE ABOUT TWO
10:00:25 WEEKS AGO.
10:00:26 INDIRECT ACTIVITY, ENCORE DEVELOPMENT HAS TWO PROJECTS
10:00:30 WHICH ARE LISTED BELOW, THE INDEPENDENT AND THE LEGACY.
10:00:35 THERE ARE TWO DEVELOP DEVELOPERS BUT THEY ARE USING THE
10:00:37 SAME CONTRACTORS SO THE CONTRACTOR IS USING ONE SIDE.
10:00:41 THE ONE SIDE IS BEING USED FOR STORAGE OF MATERIALS.
10:00:45 BOTH PROJECTS HAVE CRANES AND ONE IS ABOUT 20% FURTHER
10:00:48 ALONG THAN THE OTHER.
10:00:50 IT'S A VERY EXCITING TIME.
10:00:55 THE GARAGE THAT I REPORTED ON BEFORE SINCE WE LAST
10:00:58 TALKED, AND THEY ERECTED THE CRANE FOR THE SECOND
10:01:01 PROJECT, AND A BUNCH OF THE FOUNDATION WORK AND
10:01:08 UNDERGROUND UTILITIES BEING BUILT.
10:01:11 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:01:12 THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
10:01:14 IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO
10:01:16 ANSWER THEM.
10:01:17 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS BY BOARD MEMBERS?
10:01:19 THANK YOU, MR. ROSNER.
10:01:25 >> YOU'RE WELCOME.
10:01:26 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON SOME
10:01:31 OF THE DEPARTMENT ISSUES WITH YOU.
10:01:34 FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE OUR EAST TAMPA CAC
10:01:39 MEMBERS.
10:01:40 WE HAD AN ELECTION ON TUESDAY, AND OUR NEW MEMBERS NEXT
10:01:47 MONTH, TO INTRODUCE YOU AND SHOW ALL THE EXISTING MEMBERS
10:01:51 AND THE NEW MEMBERS AND SHOW YOU WHEN THEIR TERMS EXPIRE.
10:01:55 BUT I DO WANT TO CONGRATULATE TOMMY BURTON, DOMINIQUE
10:02:00 COBB, MAUREEN COPELAND MILLER, JEFFREY JOHNSON, YVETTE
10:02:04 LEWIS, AND CLINTON PARIS ON JOINING OUR CAC.
10:02:07 AND BECOMING A PART OF OUR CRA COMMUNITY A LITTLE BIT
10:02:11 MORE INTIMATELY.
10:02:12 I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR EXISTING MEMBERS, AND ALL OF THE
10:02:15 OTHER CANDIDATES WHO ARE SO DEDICATED TO OUR EAST TAMPA
10:02:18 COMMUNITY, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK TASHA DIDDLY THESE
10:02:26 PAST FEW YEARS AS OUR CAC CHAIR AND PUSH TO MOVE OUR CRA
10:02:31 AND OUR COMMUNITY FORWARD.
10:02:33 WITH THAT, LATER ON YOUR AGENDA WE HAVE AN APPROVAL FOR
10:02:40 RELEASE LIEN.
10:02:41 NORMALLY THESE DON'T COME TO YOU, BUT THE WAY THE PROGRAM
10:02:44 IS WRITTEN, THAT IF THEY WANT TO GET OUT OF OUR LIEN OR
10:02:52 COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS WHICH HAVE A FIVE YEAR
10:02:54 COMMITMENT, THE PROGRAM ALLOWS THEM TO DO SO, BUT IT
10:02:57 ALLOWS US TO TURN THE GRANTS INTO A LOAN.
10:03:03 BUT AS WRITTEN, WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY OR FLEXIBILITY
10:03:07 TO DO ANYTHING BUT ASK THEM TO PAY BACK THE ENTIRE LOAN.
10:03:10 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED WHERE IT'S
10:03:13 BEEN ANYTHING MORE THAN JUST A FEW MONTHS LEFT OUT OF THE
10:03:17 FIVE YEAR COMMITMENT.
10:03:19 WE HAVE ONLY HAD TWO OTHER ONES THAT WERE ONLY LIKE SEVEN
10:03:22 MONTHS, A VERY SMALL AMOUNT LEFT ON THE FIVE YEAR
10:03:25 COMMITMENT.
10:03:26 THIS ONE IS AFTER TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
10:03:29 THEY ARE EXACTLY 30 MONTHS INTO THE 60 MONTH COMMITMENT.
10:03:33 WE DON'T FEEL IT'S FAIR FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE TO PAY BACK
10:03:35 THE FULL GRANT.
10:03:37 WE DO HAVE A BUILDING THAT HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY BOTH THE
10:03:41 CRA AND THE PROPERTY OWNER, AND IN SOME CASES IT'S NOT
10:03:45 ALWAYS BECAUSE THE PROPERTY IS SELLING FOR ONE OF OUR
10:03:48 LIEN RELEASES, THE PROPERTY OWNER RECEIVED NEW FUNDING
10:03:51 AND HIS LENDER DID NOT WANT OUR LIEN ON THE BOOKS, AND
10:03:55 THEY CAN'T PAY US BACK THE BALANCE SO WE CAN DELETE THE
10:03:58 LEAN.
10:03:59 SO IN ADDITION TO THIS REQUEST FOR LIEN RELEASE AFTER 30
10:04:02 MONTHS OF THE 60-MONTH COMMITMENT, IT ALSO INCLUDES THAT
10:04:06 HE WOULD PAY BACK 50% OF THE GRANT AND THAT'S $20,000.
10:04:11 BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I AM ASKING FOR A MOTION TO AMEND
10:04:15 THE PROGRAM TO ALLOW US TO PRORATE THAT AMOUNT, SO THAT
10:04:19 THE PROGRAM ALLOWS US TO PHASE THE BALANCE DUE ON THE
10:04:25 REMAINING MONTHS OF THE 60 MONTH COMMITMENT VERSUS THE
10:04:28 ENTIRE AMOUNT OF THE GRANT.
10:04:29 SO THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE SEEING WHEN WE GET TO ITEM 7 ON
10:04:32 THE AGENDA AND WHAT I WILL BE LOOKING FOR FROM ALL OF YOU
10:04:36 TO HELP US ADDRESS THAT PROGRAM DEFICIENCY AT THIS TIME.
10:04:41 ON CULTURAL ASSET PROPOSAL, WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT AS
10:04:51 ITEM 3 AND THEN ALSO AS MR. DINGFELDER MENTIONED, WE HAVE
10:04:55 SOMEONE FROM THE STRAZ HERE.
10:04:56 SO WE WILL ADDRESS THAT AS ONE FULL DISCUSSION.
10:05:00 ON THE ONE TAMPA BUSINESS RELEASE -- RELIEF GRANT, SOME
10:05:07 OF THE LANDLORDS ARE A LITTLE BIT SLOW IN WORKING WITH US
10:05:09 AND GETTING THEIR PAPERWORK IN, BUT DON'T HAVE THE FINAL
10:05:12 PAYMENT.
10:05:13 SO WHAT WE DID WAS LOOK AT ALL THE PAYMENTS MADE TO DATE,
10:05:17 AND WHAT THE POTENTIAL OF STANDING REQUESTS COULD BE FOR
10:05:21 THE CRA.
10:05:22 AND I AM RECOMMENDING AND BUDGET OFFICE AGREED THAT WE
10:05:26 MAKE THOSE PAYMENTS AND THEN HOLD THE BALANCE BACK IN THE
10:05:29 INTEREST ACCOUNT, AND NEXT MONTH OR IN THE FALL, IF THE
10:05:35 CRA BOARD WOULD LIKE TO REPROGRAM THE INTERESTS INTO
10:05:38 OTHER PROGRAMS, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A MINIMUM OF A
10:05:40 CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY IN EACH OF THOSE CRAS RESPECTIVE
10:05:45 INTEREST ACCOUNTS THAT YOU CAN THEN REPROGRAM AS PART OF
10:05:48 YOUR BUDGET PROCESS FOR OUR CLEAN UP AND DISCUSSIONS AND
10:05:52 OUR CRA PROGRAMS WITHIN THE RESPECTIVE CRAs. TO GIVE
10:05:58 YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE IT IS, WE ORIGINALLY APPROVED
10:06:02 APPROXIMATELY $3 MILLION.
10:06:04 WE WILL NOT SPEND MORE THAN -- NOT EVEN -- LESS THAN
10:06:10 400,000.
10:06:11 SO WE EXPECT TO GET 2.65 BACK OF THAT, BUT 766,000, THEY
10:06:19 WILL GET AT LEAST 725 BACK.
10:06:21 DREW PARK PUT UP 400.
10:06:22 THEY'LL GET AT LEAST 387 BACK.
10:06:25 DOWNTOWN WILL GET AT LEAST 900 BACK OUT OF THE 1 MILLION.
10:06:29 EAST TAMPA WILL SEE AT LEAST 350 BACK OUT OF THE 500.
10:06:32 THOSE ARE SOME OF THE LARGER ONES.
10:06:34 SO THERE WILL BE SIZABLE AMOUNTS OF INTEREST LEFT IN THE
10:06:39 ACCOUNT THAT CAN BE REPROGRAMMED OUT.
10:06:41 WE'LL WORK WITH THE CRA BOARD AS TO EXACTLY WHEREIN THEY
10:06:44 WANT TO PUT THOSE DOLLARS AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE
10:06:46 BUDGET PROCESS IN THE FALL.
10:06:49 LASTLY, ON THE TREE TRIMMING PROGRAM, THERE WAS A LOT OF
10:06:54 DISCUSSION AT THE LAST MEETING, AND I BELIEVE AS
10:06:57 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER ASKED ABOUT OUR REQUIREMENT FOR OUR
10:07:04 CONTRACTORS ON THE CITY CONTRACT.
10:07:06 SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING YOU UP TO DATE ON SEVERAL
10:07:09 FRONTS REGARDING THIS PROGRAM.
10:07:11 THE WAY IT CURRENTLY STANDS, WE HAVE A CITY CONTRACT WITH
10:07:16 FOUR TREE TRIMMING COMPANIES THAT HAVE ARBORISTS WHICH
10:07:20 WERE A REQUIREMENT AS PART OF THE SOLICITATION THAT WENT
10:07:23 OUT BY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
10:07:27 WHEN I TALKED WITH OUR ARBORIST THAT WORKED IN THE
10:07:32 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ABOUT THE ROLE THAT
10:07:35 ARBORISTS PLAY ESPECIALLY IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AND WHAT
10:07:38 OUR OPTIONS WERE, AND THE NEED AND THE ROLE THAT THEY
10:07:42 PLAY, IT'S NOT A MATTER OF JUST HAVING ARBORISTS OUT
10:07:45 AFTER THE WORK IS DONE TO MAKE SURE IT WAS DONE
10:07:47 CORRECTLY.
10:07:48 IF AN ARBORIST GOES OUT AFTER THE FACT, IT'S TOO LATE AND
10:07:51 THE DAMAGE IS DONE.
10:07:53 AND IF A LARGE TREE AND OLDER TREE, A GRAND TREE, IS NOT
10:07:58 TRIMMED OR PRUNED CORRECTLY TO START WITH, THE TREE COULD
10:08:01 ACTUALLY BECOME MORE HAZARDOUS TO THE PROPERTY AND THE
10:08:04 PEOPLE LIVING ON THAT PROPERTY THAN IT WAS PRIOR TO IT
10:08:08 BEING PRUNED, AND AT WHICH POINT THE TREE WOULD JUST HAVE
10:08:11 TO COME DOWN.
10:08:12 SO THE ROLE THAT THE ARBOR EFFORTS PLAY WHEN A TREE
10:08:15 TRIMMING COMPANY HAS AN ARBORIST AS PART OF THEIR STAFF
10:08:18 OR PART OF THEIR RESOURCES IS TO MAKE SURE THE WORKS AS
10:08:21 IT'S BEING DONE IS ACTUALLY BEING DONE CORRECTLY TO
10:08:25 SUPPORT THE HEALTH OF THE TREE, THE HEALTH OF OUR EAST
10:08:26 TAMPA AND CITY OF TAMPA CANOPY, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY WE
10:08:30 ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS THE SAFETY OF THESE RESIDENTS, AND
10:08:32 WE DON'T WANT TO PUT THEM IN A WORSE CONDITION OR AT A
10:08:35 GREATER RISK BECAUSE THE TREE MIGHT BE A GREATER HAZARD
10:08:39 IF IT'S NOT PRUNED CORRECTLY.
10:08:41 SO WE LOOKED AT OUR OPTIONS FOR ARBORISTS AND
10:08:44 UNDERSTANDING THE RISKS, AND OUR OWN CITY STAFF, AGAIN I
10:08:48 BELIEVE COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER ASKED, COULD OUR OWN
10:08:51 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ARBORIST ASSIST IN ANY WAY WITH
10:08:54 THIS TREE TRIMMING GRANT PROGRAM?
10:08:56 AGAIN, THE ARBORIST RESOURCES AND SERVICES ARE NEEDED
10:09:01 WITH THE HOURS FOR EACH PROPERTY AND OUR THREE ARBORISTS,
10:09:04 WHICH ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ENTIRE CITY, THEY REVIEW
10:09:07 ALL THE PLANS.
10:09:08 THEY DO NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO GO OUT AND MONITOR THESE
10:09:14 SERVICES AND THESE SERVICE PROVIDERS AS THE WORK IS BEING
10:09:17 DONE FOR SEVERAL HOURS PER PROJECT.
10:09:22 SO IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PROVIDE IN-HOUSE, AND
10:09:27 IT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD CREATE A GREATER RISK AND WE
10:09:29 HAD TO BALANCE THAT NEED BETWEEN RISK AND BEING BUSINESS
10:09:33 FRIENDLY.
10:09:34 SO WHERE WE ARE NOW IS THAT PURCHASING, AND IT WENT OUT
10:09:39 EITHER LATE FRIDAY OR FIRST THING TUESDAY MORNING, PUT
10:09:43 SOLICITATION OUT RECRUITING TREE SERVICE COMPANIES.
10:09:46 WE DID RETAIN THE REQUIREMENT FOR ARBORIST SERVICES BEING
10:09:50 AVAILABLE THROUGH THAT COMPANY, BUT WE DID LOSE THEN ALL
10:09:53 THE OTHER CRITERIA THAT WERE PART OF THE ORIGINAL
10:09:59 SOLICITATION.
10:10:00 THE ORIGINAL SOLICITATION WAS TO SERVE THE CITY PARKS
10:10:02 DEPARTMENT CITY-WIDE AND ALSO ENVIRONMENT AND TREE
10:10:06 TRIMMING NEEDS, AND WE ARE JUST LOOKING AT SIMPLE SMALL
10:10:09 SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
10:10:11 SO WE WERE ABLE TO ELIMINATE MANY OF THOSE MORE STRICT
10:10:15 AND LARGER REQUIREMENTS THAT WOULD BE BURDENSOME FOR
10:10:18 SMALL COMPANIES TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW THEM TO PARTICIPATE,
10:10:25 AND THE BID RESPONSES ARE DUE SEPTEMBER 22ND AND OUR
10:10:28 MINORITY BUSINESS AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE IS
10:10:30 BRAINSTORMING, AND IN THE MEANTIME WORKING WITH A LOT OF
10:10:33 THESE SMALLER BUSINESSES TO SEE HOW THEY MAY BE ABLE TO
10:10:35 PARTNER, AND HOW THEY MAY BE ABLE TO COORDINATE WITH EACH
10:10:39 OTHER, MAKING FOR ECONOMIES OF SALE OR SHARING SERVICES
10:10:43 OR EVEN BEFORE SUB TO SOME OF THE LARGER JOBS.
10:10:47 SO GREGORY HART AND HIS FOLKS ARE PURSUING IT WITH
10:10:52 SMALLER BUSINESSES TO MAKE IT MORE SUCCESSFUL FOR SMALLER
10:10:56 BUSINESSES.
10:10:56 WE WILL BE GOING FOR WIDER RANGE.
10:10:58 ORIGINALLY IT WAS JUST EAST TAMPA BUSINESSES, BUT AGAIN
10:11:01 FOR TREE TRIMMING, THAT THERE ARE NOT THAT MANY TREE
10:11:05 TRIMMING BUSINESSES OUT THEREBY, PERIOD, COMPARED TO, FOR
10:11:07 EXAMPLE, LANDSCAPING BUSINESSES AND LAWN, SO WE ARE GOING
10:11:12 TO A BROADER AUDIENCE TO TRY TO HELP REACH OUT TO MORE
10:11:15 MINORITY BUSINESSES.
10:11:16 SO I ADJUSTMENT WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT'S WHERE WE ARE,
10:11:19 ONCE WE HAVE THE BID BACK AND THEY ARE REVIEWED AT THE
10:11:23 END OF SEPTEMBER, WE WILL BE ABLE TO REPORT BACK TO YOU
10:11:25 IN OCTOBER WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT.
10:11:27 AS OF RIGHT NOW, AS OF THIS PAST WEEKEND, BASED ON ALL OF
10:11:32 THE APPLICATIONS RECEIVED ABOUT MID LAST WEEK, BECAUSE
10:11:35 THEY COME IN LARGE PACKAGES, AND WE HAD 177 EAST TAMPA
10:11:42 ADDRESSES FOR SINGLE-FAMILY PROPERTIES IN THE
10:11:46 SPREADSHEET.
10:11:47 OF THOSE, 34 HAVE ALREADY BEEN SENT OUT, THE EXISTING
10:11:51 CITY CONTRACTORS, AND THE PACE IS GOING A LITTLE FASTER
10:11:54 NOW, WITH THE LARGEST.
10:11:56 FOUR CITY CONTRACTORS CAME ON BOARD A WEEK AGO MONDAY.
10:11:59 SO NOW THAT THEY ARE ONBOARD WE WILL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS
10:12:02 SOME OF IT EVEN FASTER AND OF THE 177 APPLICATIONS THAT
10:12:08 WERE REVIEWED, 11 OF THOSE HAVE REQUESTED A PRIVATE
10:12:12 CONTRACTOR VERSUS THE CITY CONTRACTOR.
10:12:15 SO IT WAS A LITTLE BIT UNDERSTOOD 5% HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR
10:12:19 TO USE ON PRIVATE CONTRACTOR VERSUS THE CITY CONTRACTOR.
10:12:22 SO WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO GET MORE CITY CONTRACTORS ON
10:12:26 OUR LIST AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE THE CITY CONTRACTORS
10:12:28 ADDRESS THESE TREES IN A MORE EXPEDITIOUS MANNER.
10:12:33 AND WE ARE ALL LEARNING AS WE GO.
10:12:35 AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TREE TRIMMING
10:12:37 PROGRAM, I'LL TAKE THAT BEFORE WE MOVE ON.
10:12:39 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS?
10:12:41 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I HAD A QUESTION NOT ON THE TREES
10:12:53 SPECIFICALLY.
10:12:55 YOU ARE GOING TO DO A BUDGET PRESENTATION, MICHELLE?
10:12:59 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: YES, SIR.
10:13:00 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I'LL HOLD IT FOR THE BUDGET.
10:13:02 THANK YOU.
10:13:02 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I HAVE A QUESTION, MS. VAN LOAN.
10:13:06 I RECEIVED SEVERAL CALLS ABOUT THE TREE CANOPY.
10:13:17 A MECHANISM FOR FOLKS ASKING FOR THIS WORK TO BE DONE,
10:13:21 KNOWN THAT A LEGITIMATE PERSON CONTACTED THEM IN
10:13:23 REFERENCE TO THE WORK.
10:13:24 WE EXPERIENCED THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES.
10:13:26 I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE, SO SOME
10:13:31 OF THESE FOLKS DON'T THINK IT'S ANOTHER PERSON, NOT WITH
10:13:36 THE CITY, AND TRYING TO GOUGE AND BE MINDFUL, SOME OF
10:13:44 THESE CONTRACTORS, POSSIBLY FOLKS WERE ASKING FOR THEIR
10:13:48 OWN PERSON TO DO THE WORK, SO HAD SOME CALLS ABOUT THAT
10:13:56 AS WELL.
10:13:57 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: WE HAVE RECEIVED REPORTS OF PEOPLE,
10:14:02 WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT SERVICES THEY PROVIDED OR WHAT
10:14:04 THEY DID, APPROACHING SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS ASKING FOR A
10:14:09 DEPOSIT THAT THEY COULD HANDLE THEIR TREE TRIMMING.
10:14:14 LUCKILY THESE RESIDENTS DID NOT TURN OVER ANY MONEY, DID
10:14:17 THE RIGHT THING AND CALLED US.
10:14:19 WE SPENT THE WEEKEND AND SOME OF OUR STAFF ACROSS OUR
10:14:23 CRAs ALL PITCHED IN THIS PAST WEEKEND TO ANSWER ALL OF
10:14:27 THE PHONE NUMBERS AND THE 177 E-MAILS SO THAT WE COULD
10:14:32 START SENDING OUT MASS E-MAILS, AND AS WE ASSIGN EACH
10:14:36 GROUPING, 10 OR 12 OR 15 AT A TIME, WE CAN THEN E-MAIL OR
10:14:42 CALL THE RESIDENTS AND LET THEM KNOW, THIS IS THE COMPANY
10:14:45 THAT WILL BE CALLING YOU FIRST, NO ONE WILL SHOW UP AT
10:14:48 YOUR DOOR WITHOUT CONTACTING YOU FIRST, AND THEY WILL
10:14:50 KNOW THE ACTUAL NAME OF THE CONTRACTOR THAT'S GOING OUT.
10:14:53 SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET ALL OF THE DATA IN THIS WEEKEND SO
10:14:56 THAT WE CAN START DOING THAT.
10:14:58 >>ORLANDO GUDES: JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU THAT WHEN THE
10:15:01 PROGRAM WAS ON THE TABLE, PEOPLE RESPONDED AND I SEE THAT
10:15:06 FREQUENTLY.
10:15:07 LET ME JUST GO BACK, I AM GLAD THAT WE HAD MANY PEOPLE
10:15:13 WHO APPLIED TO BE ON THE BOARD.
10:15:18 I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FOLKS WHO WERE NOT
10:15:23 RETAINED, THAT MAKE SURE THEY ENGAGE, AND ALSO THE
10:15:34 SUBCOMMITTEES, TO HAVE PEOPLE FOR APPROVAL TO THE CRA
10:15:42 BOARD.
10:15:42 BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE STAY ENGAGED WITH THOSE FOLKS
10:15:46 WHO WANTED TO BE INVOLVED.
10:15:47 ALSO THANK THE CHAIRWOMAN FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS IN
10:15:51 EAST TAMPA CRA.
10:15:56 HOW THAT BOARD HAS BEEN THE LAST TWO YEARS, THAT BOARD
10:16:00 BROUGHT A LOT OF PROGRAMS, A LOT OF IDEAS, AND YOU CAN
10:16:03 SEE THE CHANGE IN EAST TAMPA.
10:16:04 SO I DO WANT TO THANK HER FOR HER WORK.
10:16:07 SHE'S BEEN STEADFAST WITH THINGS SHE'S PUT ON THE TABLE,
10:16:10 AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KEEP THESE KIND OF FOLKS
10:16:16 RETAINED ON SUBCOMMITTEES, AND ALSO HELP THOSE ON THE
10:16:23 BOARD AS WELL.
10:16:24 THANK YOU.
10:16:24 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO MR. MASSEY
10:16:36 FOR HIS UPDATE, WE DID WANT TO ANNOUNCE ONE ADDITIONAL
10:16:40 VIRTUAL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 23rd AT 6:00 P.M. FOR
10:16:42 THE PARKING AND MOBILITY PLAN, AND I BELIEVE THE CHANNEL
10:16:46 DISTRICT.
10:16:48 SO WE WILL BE SENDING OUT THAT INFORMATION.
10:16:50 IT WILL BE A VIRTUAL MEETING.
10:16:51 AND FOR ANYONE LISTENING THAT'S INTERESTED IN THE CHANNEL
10:16:54 DISTRICT PARKING AND MOBILITY PLAN, PLEASE LOOK FOR THAT
10:16:58 ANNOUNCEMENT.
10:16:58 WITH THAT IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS I WILL TURN IT
10:17:01 OVER TO MORRIS.
10:17:01 >>MORRIS MASSEY: THIS IS MORRIS MASSEY, IN RESPONSE TO
10:17:09 ITEM NUMBER 3, THE STAFF REPORT THAT YOU ALL REQUESTED.
10:17:12 I DID PROVIDE A MEMO TO YOU ALL YESTERDAY, AND I AM GOING
10:17:16 TO GO THROUGH THAT MEMORANDUM IN BRIEF FORM, AND THEN I
10:17:20 AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
10:17:24 THE QUESTION THAT YOU RAISED IS WHETHER THE DOWNTOWN AND
10:17:28 CHANNEL DISTRICT CRA FUNDS CAN BE USED TO PROVIDE
10:17:32 EMERGENCY RELIEF TO PUBLIC CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS LOCATED
10:17:35 IN EITHER OF THOSE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREAS SINCE
10:17:40 THEY ARE BEING NEGATIVELY AFFECTED BY THE COVID-19
10:17:43 PANDEMIC.
10:17:46 YOUR MOTION ALSO RECOGNIZED THAT RELIEF MIGHT BE COMING
10:17:48 FROM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AND THAT MAY RENDER THIS
10:17:55 REQUEST MOOT.
10:17:56 I WOULD NOTE IN EARLY SEPTEMBER, EARLIER THIS MONTH, THE
10:17:58 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DID
10:18:00 APPROVE A FUNDING GRANT PROGRAM, I THINK YOU HAVE TO
10:18:06 APPLY FOR THOSE GRANT FUNDS, THROUGH THE CARES ACTS,
10:18:09 PROVIDING UP TO A HALF MILLION DOLLARS OF EMERGENCY
10:18:11 RELIEF.
10:18:16 BUT I AM ALSO AWARE THAT SOME OF THESE FACILITIES MAY
10:18:18 REQUIRE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR REHAB OR REPAIRS, TO
10:18:24 PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COVID-19, AND IN THAT CASE BY MEMO,
10:18:29 IN SUM, STATES THAT CRA FUNDS COULD BE USED FOR THOSE
10:18:32 PURPOSES.
10:18:37 A LITTLE MORE IN THE WEED, CRA FUNDS COULD BE USED
10:18:40 CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW AND THE APPLICABLE PLAN, ALLOW
10:18:43 THE USE OF CRA FUND TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF SLUM AND
10:18:47 BLIGHT INCLUDING THE REHAB AND REPAIR OF BUILDINGS AND
10:18:51 FACILITIES, BLIGHT INCLUDES UNSANITARY AND UNSAFE
10:18:55 CONDITIONS, AND COVID-19 HAS CLEARLY BEEN DECLARED AN
10:18:58 UNSANITARY AND UNSAFE CONDITION BY WAY OF EMERGENCY
10:19:01 ORDERS FROM BOTH THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND
10:19:03 THE GOVERNOR, SO STATE AND FEDERAL.
10:19:08 SO THESE FACILITIES DO NEED TO BE UPGRADED TO ADDRESS
10:19:19 THIS ISSUE AND WE ARE DOING THE PLAN OF THE DOWNTOWN --
10:19:21 THE PLAN AND THE CHANNEL DISTRICT PLAN, DEVELOPMENT IN
10:19:26 SUPPORT OF THESE CULTURAL FACILITIES ALL LISTED THESE
10:19:28 PLANS AS KEY COMPONENTS OF THOSE PLANS.
10:19:31 SO IN SUM, CRA FUND COULD BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
10:19:36 WE CANNOT COVER, IN MY OPINION, OPERATING COSTS, BUT WE
10:19:39 COULD HELP THEM ADDRESS REPAIRS AND REHAB OF FACILITIES,
10:19:44 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, AND ADDRESS THE COAST PANDEMIC TO
10:19:49 THE EXTENT THAT THE COUNTY CARES FUNDING OR OTHER FUNDING
10:19:52 SOURCES ARE UNAVAILABLE TO COVER THOSE COSTS.
10:19:55 WE WOULD NEED TO DEVELOP A GRANT PROGRAM AND COME UP WITH
10:19:58 CRITERIA, AND AN APPLICATION PROCESS.
10:20:03 STAFF WOULD BE INVOLVED IN THAT N THAT.
10:20:06 CITY AND CRA STAFF.
10:20:08 IT WOULD TYPICALLY GO TO THE CAC FOR THESE COMMUNITY
10:20:13 REDEVELOPMENT AREAS, TO GET THEIR IN PUT AND
10:20:17 RECOMMENDATIONS.
10:20:17 AS YOU KNOW, CACs ARE RECOMMENDING BODIES ONLY.
10:20:22 SO THEY WOULD ONLY BE PROVIDING A RECOMMENDATION.
10:20:24 THE FINAL DECISION WOULD ULTIMATELY BE UP TO THE CRA
10:20:27 BOARD AND I'M HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU
10:20:30 HAVE ANY ON THIS ISSUE.
10:20:31 >>ORLANDO GUDES: BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS?
10:20:35 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:20:38 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED, SIR.
10:20:40 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THIS IS DINGFELDER FOR THE RECORD.
10:20:43 THANK YOU, MR. MASSEY, EXCELLENT MEMO, VERY
10:20:47 COMPREHENSIVE, AND AS I MENTIONED, AND I PULLED THIS
10:20:57 TOGETHER LATE LAST NIGHT SO I APOLOGIZE TO THE OTHERS,
10:21:02 BUT WE DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE OF STRAZ, AND I WOULD
10:21:06 LOVE TO HEAR FROM THEM IN REGARD TO WHAT SORT OF MAJOR
10:21:12 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THEY ARE PLANNING OR HOW THEY ARE
10:21:18 USING THE HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE COUNTY AND WHAT
10:21:21 ADDITIONAL MONEY THAT THEY NEED FOR THESE CAPITAL
10:21:25 COVID-RELATED IMPROVEMENTS.
10:21:27 SO MR. SHEPHERD, IF YOU ARE STILL ON BOARD.
10:21:30 >> SHEPHERD: I AM.
10:21:32 AND FORGIVE ME BECAUSE THESE DAYS WE WORK FROM MULTIPLE
10:21:36 OFFICES, AND I AM NOW WORKING FROM MY MOBILE OFFICE,
10:21:41 BETWEEN MY HOME OFFICE AND MY WORKPLACE OFFICE.
10:21:44 BUT I HAVE A CLEAR CONNECTION, AND I AM HAPPY TO REPORT
10:21:47 TO YOU ON THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE ARE SEEKING TO MAKE TO
10:21:53 ESSENTIALLY PUT THE STRAZ INTO A HEALTHY BUILDING STATUS
10:22:00 THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO A SURE AUDIENCE MEMBERS, TICKET
10:22:09 BUYERS, COMMUNITY USERS OF THE FACILITY, THE NFL WHEN IT
10:22:13 COMES TO DO ITS HONORS PROGRAM FOR THE SUPER BOWL, AS
10:22:16 WELL AS OUR STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS THAT AT OUR
10:22:20 CONSERVATORY, CONFIDENCE THAT EVERYTHING IS BEING DONE TO
10:22:24 PROVIDE FOR A HEALTHY BUILDING.
10:22:29 THESE IMPROVEMENTS -- PEOPLE WILL HAVE AN EXPECTATION FOR
10:22:37 THESE IMPROVEMENTS FOR ANY BUILDING THAT INVITES PEOPLE
10:22:44 TO MASK OUT, OR AS THE CURRENT TERMINOLOGY IS USED.
10:22:48 SO WE ARE IN THE SAME BOAT AS THE CULTURAL FACILITIES YOU
10:22:51 MENTIONED.
10:22:52 AND AS WELL AS THE LARGE SUPPORTING FACILITY HERE IN
10:22:55 TAMPA.
10:22:57 AND OUR APPROACH IS VERY SIMILAR TO THEM.
10:22:59 WE HAVE GOT GOOD DIETS FROM THE COUNTY AS WE LOOK TO
10:23:05 APPLY FOR CARES ACT MONEY, AND WE ARE LOOKING AT
10:23:11 GENERALLY THREE AREAS.
10:23:17 ONE IS DISINFECTING AND SANITIZING AND THE LIKELY
10:23:20 SUSPECTS FOR THAT WOULD BE, AND THE LARGEST IMPROVEMENT
10:23:25 IN THE CAPITAL PERSPECTIVE, WOULD BE HVAC.
10:23:30 SO WE HAVE AN ENGINEERING FIRM, TLC ENGINEERING, THAT YOU
10:23:37 MAY KNOW HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK HERE IN THE TAMPA AREA, A
10:23:42 TAMPA COMPANY AND VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE STRAZ CENTER, IS
10:23:45 CONDUCTING AN ASSESSMENT ENTITLED BUILDING HEALTH AND
10:23:48 FRESH AIR.
10:23:49 SO ADDRESSING THE AIR, ADDRESSING KILLING VIRUS AND
10:23:53 BACTERIA IN THE AIR IS BEING CARRIED OUT IN MAJOR
10:23:59 FACILITIES AND THE TYPES OF FACILITIES I MENTIONED
10:24:03 EARLIER, AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS TO ADDRESS THAT,
10:24:09 AND WE ARE LOOKING AT THE ONES THAT WE FEEL WOULD BE
10:24:11 OBTAINABLE AND MOST EFFECTIVE FOR US.
10:24:14 SANITIZING INCLUDES USING CLOGGERS AND OTHER TYPES OF
10:24:23 METHODS TO CLEAN IN AN EFFECTIVE WAY, BUT IN AN EFFICIENT
10:24:28 WAY SO THAT WE CAN ON A DAY WHEN WE HAVE TWO AUDIENCES IN
10:24:32 THE BUILDING, WE CAN STILL SANITIZE BETWEEN AUDIENCES.
10:24:36 AND THERE ARE CAPITAL COSTS INVOLVED IN THAT.
10:24:39 THE SECOND MAJOR CATEGORY ENTITLED HYGIENE, AND IN
10:24:44 HYGIENE, WE ARE LOOKING AT CONVERTING EVERYTHING WE CAN
10:24:47 TO A TOUCHLESS EXPERIENCE.
10:24:49 SO THIS MEANS TOUCHLESS TICKETING, TOUCHLESS RETAIL,
10:24:53 WHICH IS THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE AND CONCESSIONS, AND THERE
10:24:58 ARE CAPITAL COSTS IN CONVERTING OUR POINT OF PURCHASE
10:25:05 SALES SYSTEM IN FOOD AND BEVERAGE, OUR SALES SYSTEMS
10:25:12 ON-SITE FOR TICKETING, AND IN ADDITION, THERE IS A COMMON
10:25:19 PRACTICE THAT WE ARE SEEING EVERYWHERE NOW OF TAKING
10:25:22 TEMPERATURE, AND THERE'S CAPITAL STRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO
10:25:27 BE PUT IN FOR TEMPERATURE VENTING DEVICES.
10:25:32 AND THEN MORE PHYSICAL MODIFICATIONS, OUR THIRD CATEGORY
10:25:36 WOULD BE WAYS THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING
10:25:40 THROUGH BARRICADING AND PHYSICAL EQUIPMENT THAT ALLOWS US
10:25:48 TO HOLD OUR AUDIENCE WITH 6-FOOT DISTANCING AND LIMIT
10:25:57 CONTACT BETWEEN PEOPLE TO A SAFE DISTANCE, AND THIS IS
10:26:03 BOTH IN THE PUBLIC ARENA AS WELL AS THE PERFORMANCE
10:26:07 ARENA.
10:26:08 SO AS YOU KNOW A LARGE PIECE OF OUR BUSINESS IS BROADWAY,
10:26:12 AND BROADWAY MUSICALS HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, AN ORCHESTRA
10:26:16 PIT, AND PROTECTING THOSE MUSICIANS IN THE PIT WOULD
10:26:21 REQUIRE CAPITAL EXPENDITURE AS WELL.
10:26:23 WITH REGARDS TO THE CARES ACT, THE CARES ACT HAS A
10:26:30 CAPITAL EXPENDITURE REQUIREMENT.
10:26:31 IT SOUND LIKE THAT'S WHAT MORRIS IS ADVISING YOU THAT THE
10:26:35 CRA'S MONEYS MIGHT BE, AND THAT REQUIREMENT HAS TO HAVE
10:26:40 MONEY SPENT BY DECEMBER, WHICH FEELS LIKE TOMORROW.
10:26:45 SO I WOULD INCH YOU -- AND JUST IN OUR PARTICULAR CASE,
10:26:49 OUR MITIGATION PENCILED IN BETWEEN 1.57 AND 2 MILLION, SO
10:26:55 OF THAT NOT CAPITAL, BUT THE 500,000 WILL ONLY ALLOW US
10:27:01 TO DIP OUR TOE IN THE WATER.
10:27:03 SO I WOULD APPRECIATE, AND WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE
10:27:09 SUPPORT WE GET FROM THE CRA AS WELL AS WHEN MEET AS A
10:27:15 CITY COUNCIL, AND I AM HERE TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT
10:27:17 YOU MIGHT NEED.
10:27:19 WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO MAKE EXPENDITURES PAST DECEMBER,
10:27:23 AND WE ARE GOING TO WORK ON THIS RIGHT NOW.
10:27:25 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:27:29 MR. DINGFELDER, ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?
10:27:31 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: JUST AS A QUICK FOLLOW-UP.
10:27:33 THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
10:27:38 I WANT THE ENTIRE BOARD TO BE AWARE OF THE NEED OF THE
10:27:41 STRAZ, THEY WANT TO OPEN UP AND THEY WANT TO BRING THINGS
10:27:48 BACK AND MAYBE BY NEXT YEAR BRING BROADWAY BACK, AND
10:27:55 STRAZ, ALL THESE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
10:27:58 BUT THEY CAN'T DO IT -- [~AUDIO DISTORTION~] AND $2
10:28:08 MILLION FROM THE COUNTY/FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
10:28:14 AND I THINK THAT NORMALLY, THE CRA MIGHT NOT BE DOING
10:28:20 THIS TYPE OF THING, BUT WE ARE AN UNUSUAL EMERGENCY
10:28:24 SITUATION NOT ONLY WITH THE STRAZ, BUT CLEARLY WITH SOME
10:28:27 OF OUR OTHERS.
10:28:30 I THINK WE NEED TO REACH OUT.
10:28:39 [~AUDIO DISTORTION~]
10:28:46 RECONSIDERING WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE.
10:28:47 BUT I WOULD LIKE TO START THIS PROCESS.
10:28:52 THAT WOULD INCLUDE -- PEOPLE TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE
10:29:00 AVAILABLE, AND THEN A CRA GRANT PROGRAM, FOR LARGE
10:29:05 DOWNTOWN AND CHANNELSIDE THAT WE COULD WORK ON.
10:29:11 BUT THE GOOD NEWS, MR. SHEPHERD, IS THAT -- I MEAN IT'S
10:29:15 SORT OF GOOD NEWS/BAD NEWS, BUT WE WOULDN'T HAVE A
10:29:19 DECEMBER 31st DEADLINE PER SE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME,
10:29:23 WE DO WANT TO EXPEDITE IT SO WE CAN BE A MEANINGFUL PART
10:29:27 OF THE CAPITAL PROGRAM.
10:29:31 SO WITH ALL OF THAT SAID, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO
10:29:33 WAIT FOR MOTIONS TO THE END OF THE MEETING.
10:29:38 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE WILL HAVE MOTIONS AT THE END OF THE
10:29:40 MEETING.
10:29:40 I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
10:29:41 MAYBE I MISINTERPRETED.
10:29:43 MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE COUNTY DOES HAVE CARES ACT MONEY
10:29:48 FOR THE STRAZ CENTER, AND THAT MONEY IS UTILIZED FOR ONLY
10:29:53 CIRCUMSTANCES AND OUR DOLLARS CAN ONLY BE UTILIZED FOR
10:29:56 CERTAIN AREAS IF WE GAVE MONEY TO THE STRAZ.
10:30:01 IS THAT CORRECT, MR. MORRIS?
10:30:04 >>MORRIS MASSEY: OUR MONEY, THE CARES ACT MONEY IS
10:30:07 COMING FROM THE COUNTY AS GOVERNED BY FEDERAL RULES AND
10:30:10 REGULATIONS, AND WHAT MR. SHEPHERD IS DESCRIBING, I
10:30:13 BELIEVE IS GENERALLY CORRECT, THE FEDERAL CARES ACT DOES
10:30:17 REQUIRE THE MONEY BE SPENT ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
10:30:20 LIKEWISE, CRA, BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT REHABBING AND
10:30:25 REPAIRING, DEALING WITH SLUM AND BLIGHT CONDITIONS, WE
10:30:31 WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL.
10:30:34 BUT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT FUNDING THE 500,000 THAT THEY
10:30:43 ARE RECEIVING FROM THE COUNTY FROM THE CARES ACT PROGRAM
10:30:45 WON'T COVER ALL THEIR ELIGIBLE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, AND
10:30:50 IF WE COME UP WITH A PROGRAM AND WE NEED THOSE
10:30:52 IMPROVEMENTS TO BE ELIGIBLE, WE WOULD NOT ALLOW THEM, I
10:30:59 DON'T THINK, TO ASK FOR MONEY FROM BOTH COUNTY AND THE
10:31:03 CARES ACT PROGRAM FOR HVAC IMPROVEMENT AND THEN FOR US TO
10:31:09 FUND THE SAME HVAC IMPROVEMENT, BUT IF THAT IMPROVEMENT
10:31:14 COSTS A MILLION DOLLARS, SO THEY GET 500,000 FROM THE
10:31:19 COUNTY FOR THAT, THEN CONCEIVABLY, DEPENDING ON HOW WE DO
10:31:24 OUR GRANT PROGRAM TO HELP FUND THAT BALANCE.
10:31:26 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, SIR, YES, SIR, THAT'S MY QUESTION.
10:31:31 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN, I APPRECIATE THE
10:31:35 QUESTION AND THE RESPONSE BY MR. MASSEY.
10:31:38 THAT'S SORT OF WHERE I AM THINKING, FROM THE CRA.
10:31:44 WE DON'T HAVE AN ENDLESS SUPPLY OF MONEY.
10:31:47 THE CITY BUDGET DOESN'T REALLY HAVE ANY MONEY.
10:31:49 BUT I THINK THE CRA BUDGET HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE
10:31:52 LATITUDE, AND PROBABLY AT THE NEXT MEETING, MS. VAN LOAN
10:31:56 CAN TELL US ABOUT THAT.
10:32:04 [~AUDIO DISTORTION~]
10:32:05 BUT NEXT MONTH AN ADDITIONAL 500,000 TO HELP THEM, IF ANY
10:32:10 COVID, SPECIFICALLY THE COVID [~AUDIO DISTORTION~].
10:32:16 ANYWAY ...
10:32:25 >>BILL CARLSON: MR. CHAIR.
10:32:27 THANK YOU, MR. DINGFELDER, FOR BRINGING THIS BEFORE US.
10:32:31 IN TALKING TO STAFF, IT SEEMS THAT WE COULD HAVE UP TO $2
10:32:36 MILLION IF I UNDERSTOOD IT FROM WHICH SEVERAL LARGE
10:32:42 GROUPS IN DOWNTOWN COULD APPLY UNDER THE CRITERIA THAT
10:32:45 MR. MASSEY DESCRIBED.
10:32:48 YOU ALL PROBABLY KNOW THAT THE ARTS INSTITUTIONS HAVE
10:32:52 BEEN UNDERFUNDED AND THEY HAVE ALL SURVIVED, MANY OF THEM
10:32:57 ARE IN BUILDINGS THAT ARE ALL OR PARTIALLY OWNED BY THE
10:33:01 CITY, AND IN SOME CASES SOME OF THE CONTENTS OF THE
10:33:05 BUILDINGS ARE OWNED BY THE CITY.
10:33:06 AND I THINK THE CITY HAS AN OBLIGATION TO SUPPORT THESE
10:33:09 INSTITUTIONS.
10:33:11 THEY ARE NOT ONLY NICE TO HAVE, THEY ARE MAJOR ECONOMIC
10:33:14 ENGINES, AND THEY CONTRIBUTE TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT
10:33:17 CAUSES THE COMPANIES TO MOVE HERE AND STAY HERE.
10:33:21 NOT SUPPORTING THEM COULD BE DISASTROUS FOR US.
10:33:24 AND AS MR. DINGFELDER SAID, IT APPEARS THAT THE CITY
10:33:28 BUDGET HAS NO ROOM TO MANEUVER -- ROOM TO MANEUVER.
10:33:33 THESE INSTITUTIONS AREN'T GOING TO GET THE MONEY FROM
10:33:37 OTHER SOURCES.
10:33:38 THEY HAVE GOT TO HOBBLE TOGETHER BITS AND PIECES TO TRY
10:33:43 TO ADD UP TO WHAT THEY NEED.
10:33:45 AND I THINK IF WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT A CRA CAN DO, CRA
10:33:48 OR GOVERNMENT SHOULD FILL GAPS THAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR
10:33:52 CAN'T FILL, THEN THE ARTS AND THESE KIND OF INSTITUTIONS
10:33:56 THAT ARE OWNED BY THE CITY AND/OR COUNTY ARE GAPS THAT I
10:34:01 THINK WE SHOULD FILL.
10:34:03 SO I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF A MOTION LATER TO CREATE THE $2
10:34:08 MILLION FUND, UNDER THE CRITERIA THAT MR. MASSEY AND MS.
10:34:12 VAN LOAN DESCRIBED, TO WHICH THE ARTS GROUPS COULD APPLY.
10:34:17 AND THEN FURTHER TO THAT, AS WE ARE LOOKING FOR FUTURE
10:34:21 DISCUSSION ABOUT POTENTIALLY SUNSETTING THE DOWNTOWN CRA,
10:34:24 I THINK WE OUGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT AT LEAST THE STRAZ
10:34:27 CENTER IS INCLUDED IN SOME FUNDING THERE, BECAUSE AS JUDY
10:34:36 LEECH SAID PUBLICLY, I THINK AT LEAST PRIVATELY, TO BUILD
10:34:41 AN INSTITUTION LIKE THAT OR TO HAVE IT RECOVER FROM NOT
10:34:44 KEEPING IT UP WOULD COST WAY, WAY MORE THAN WHAT LITTLE
10:34:50 MONEY THAT WE WOULD SPEND TO TRY TO EXPAND IT AND
10:34:54 RENOVATE IT INTO A WORLD RENOWNED FACILITY, NOT TO
10:34:58 MENTION THE OTHER ARTS INSTITUTIONS DOWNTOWN.
10:35:00 SO THANK YOU.
10:35:00 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS?
10:35:07 ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS?
10:35:12 MOTIONS WE'LL TAKE UP IN NEW BUSINESS.
10:35:15 MR. MASSEY, ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS ITEM?
10:35:17 >>MORRIS MASSEY: NOTHING ON THIS ITEM, MR. GUDES.
10:35:20 BUT IF I COULD, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL ITEMS
10:35:22 THAT I WANTED TO QUICKLY ADDRESS FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT.
10:35:27 AND I WON'T TAKE UP MUCH OF YOUR TIME BUT THEY ARE NOT ON
10:35:29 THE AGENDA.
10:35:30 ONE ITEM, BOTH THE CRA BOARD AND SOME HAVE DISCUSSED OVER
10:35:44 THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, (AUDIO BLEEDOVER) AND THE CRA
10:36:02 HAS WORKFORCE TRAINING SO WE COULDN'T COME UP WITH A
10:36:07 PROGRAM, BUT WHAT WE CAN SUPPORT, WORKFORCE TRAINING PART
10:36:14 OF A COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT WORK THAT'S BEING DONE, AND
10:36:18 IS BEING FUNDED BY THE CRA, CITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS,
10:36:23 CLEAN-UP OF DEBRIS IN THE EAST TAMPA AREA, WHICH IS BEING
10:36:26 FUNDED BY THE CRA.
10:36:29 THAT CAN INCLUDE ASSISTANCE BY AND TRAINING OF RESIDENTS
10:36:34 WITHIN THAT CRA AND PART OF THAT EFFORT.
10:36:36 AND WE COULD EXTEND THAT TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORK
10:36:41 THAT'S BEING CONDUCTED BY NOT FOR PROFIT OR PRIVATE
10:36:45 ENTITIES IN CONNECTION WITH IMPROVED COMMUNITY
10:36:47 REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS BEING FUNDED BY THE CRA.
10:36:49 SO IN THAT SENSE WE COULD HELP -- AND I JUST KIND OF
10:36:52 WANTED TO PUT THAT IN CONTEXT FOR EVERYBODY SO THAT IF
10:36:57 THAT COMES BACK AND I'M SURE IT WILL, GIVEN THE
10:36:59 CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE ARE ENCOUNTERING ECONOMICALLY, BUT
10:37:03 HOW WE CAN MAYBE -- HOW WE NEED TO FRAME THOSE TYPES OF
10:37:08 PROGRAMS.
10:37:08 AGAIN I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
10:37:11 BUT I DID WANT TO BRIEFLY ADDRESS THAT WITH YOU ALL
10:37:13 TODAY.
10:37:13 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS?
10:37:20 MR. MASSEY, THANK YOU FOR BEING ABLE TO BRING HOME A
10:37:32 PIECE OF THE PIE, THE AMERICAN DREAM.
10:37:35 I'M GLAD THAT WE CAN SAY WHAT WE CAN DO, BUT ALWAYS SAY
10:37:40 WE CAN DO SOMETHING.
10:37:41 AND I AM GLAD YOU ARE ABLE TO FIND A WAY WE CAN TO WHERE
10:37:49 IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA GET SOME WORK DONE WHICH WE NEED
10:37:52 A LOT OF CLEAN-UP.
10:37:53 SO PARTICULARLY CRA.
10:37:54 SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK ON THAT, SIR.
10:37:56 >>BILL CARLSON: AS I UNDERSTAND IT IN CONVERSATIONS WITH
10:38:05 MR. MASSEY, THE CRA CANNOT INVEST IN THE TRAINING ITSELF,
10:38:12 BUT WE CAN INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE, AND SO AS I
10:38:15 UNDERSTAND IT, IT'S NOT THAT THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF
10:38:19 BUILDING, BUT WE COULD INVEST IN SOME KIND OF BUILDING
10:38:22 THAT COULD HAVE A NONPROFIT OR OTHER AGENCY WORK OUT OF
10:38:27 WORKFORCE TRAINING, AND/OR I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN
10:38:32 INCUBATOR OR EXPANDED INCUBATOR, AND MAYBE THAT'S A
10:38:36 CONVERSATION FOR ANOTHER TIME.
10:38:39 THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THE IDEA, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:38:41 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, SIR.
10:38:46 FOR MR. MASSEY TO BRING THAT BACK TO THE CAC, AND THERE
10:38:49 ARE A LOT OF ABANDONED BUILDINGS AND BRINGING THAT MOTION
10:39:03 TO THE TABLE AND GRANT FUNDED.
10:39:05 MR. MASSEY, CONTINUE, SIR.
10:39:07 >>MORRIS MASSEY: ABSOLUTELY.
10:39:09 I WILL BE HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP ON THOSE.
10:39:11 AND THERE OPPORTUNITIES OBVIOUSLY WHERE THE CRA CAN
10:39:15 INVEST, AND IF WE CAN LEGALLY DO IT WE WILL CERTAINLY TRY
10:39:18 TO SUPPORT THAT.
10:39:21 THE LAST ITEM, AND THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED
10:39:23 TO BRING UP AT THE END OF THE MEETING WHEN YOU ENTERTAIN
10:39:25 MOTIONS, MR. CHAIR.
10:39:29 WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE SOME PROPERTY WITHIN
10:39:34 THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DOWNTOWN CRA FOR AFFORDABLE
10:39:38 HOUSING.
10:39:40 I BELIEVE THAT CONTRACT WILL BE COMING BEFORE CITY
10:39:42 COUNCIL NEXT THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17th.
10:39:46 HOWEVER, THE FUNDING FOR THE PURCHASE OF THAT PROPERTY
10:39:48 WOULD BE -- COULD WOULD COME BY THE DOWNTOWN CRA FUNDS.
10:39:53 THAT'S WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED.
10:39:54 AND, THEREFORE, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE, IF THIS IS AGREEABLE
10:39:59 TO THE CHAIR AND TO THE REST OF THE CRA BOARD, IS THAT
10:40:01 YOU WOULD HAVE A SPECIAL CALLED CRA MEETING NEXT
10:40:05 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17th, AT 10 A.M. OR AFTER THE BO
10:40:11 CC REGULAR MEETING -- CITY COUNCIL.
10:40:14 I APOLOGIZE.
10:40:15 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING.
10:40:17 AND FOR YOU ALL AS A CRA TO CONSIDER WHETHER YOU ARE
10:40:23 WILLING TO SUPPORT THE FUNDING OF THE ACQUISITION OF THAT
10:40:25 PROPERTY WITH THE DOWNTOWN CRA FUNDS.
10:40:28 SO YOU CAN ADDRESS THAT LATER ON IN THE MEETING BUT I DID
10:40:34 WANT TO PUT THAT ON YOUR LIST.
10:40:35 THAT'S ALL FOR ME.
10:40:36 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE WILL BRING IT UP FOR A VOTE AND
10:40:44 DISCUSSION.
10:40:45 ANYTHING ELSE, MR. MASSEY, IN REFERENCE TO --
10:40:48 >>MORRIS MASSEY: NO, SIR.
10:40:49 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
10:40:50 I APPRECIATE IT.
10:40:51 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE WILL GO TO ITEM NUMBER 4.
10:40:54 STAFF REPORT, CRA BUDGET.
10:40:58 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: IF I CAN HAVE THE POWER POINT.
10:41:03 YOU ARE RIGHT ON IT.
10:41:04 THANK YOU, SULING.
10:41:07 FOR OUR BUDGET APPROVAL PROCESS, WE ARE GOING TO GO
10:41:10 THROUGH JUST A QUICK POWER POINT TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT OUR
10:41:13 PRIORITIES ARE, AND WHERE WE ARE HEADED WITH THE BUDGET.
10:41:18 I WAS BUSY THIS MORNING GIVING YOU HARD COPIES PRETENDING
10:41:22 IT NEEDED TO BE E-MAILED.
10:41:24 SO I WILL E-MAIL IT TO YOU.
10:41:26 FOR ANYONE LISTENING IT WILL BE POSTED TO OUR WEBSITE.
10:41:29 NOW THAT I PRINTED THEM I WILL BE DELIVERING TO YOUR
10:41:33 OFFICE HARD COPIES OF THE ACTUAL BUDGET BACK.
10:41:35 WE WILL THEN HAVE A COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR THE CRA BOARD TO
10:41:37 BE COME BACK WITH ANY COMMENTS FOR ANY QUESTIONS THEY MAY
10:41:43 HAVE, WE'LL INCORPORATE THAT.
10:41:45 WE ASK FOR YOUR COMMENTS TO COME BACK BY SEPTEMBER
10:41:48 25th AND THEN WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE FINAL
10:41:50 DRAFT PROBABLY MONDAY WHICH WILL BE UPLOADED AND A
10:41:57 SERVICES AGREEMENT, AND THE SERVICES AGREEMENT DRAFT IS
10:41:59 ALSO IN THE DRAFT COPY THAT YOU WILL BE RECEIVING, AGAIN
10:42:02 RIGHT AFTER THIS MEETING IS OVER.
10:42:03 SO WHERE WE ARE HEADED AS A CRA -- YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT
10:42:10 SLIDE.
10:42:11 AND ONE MORE SLIDE.
10:42:14 OUR REFUSE NEWS ACROSS ALL OUR CRAs AS YOUR AGENCIES,
10:42:18 LAST YEAR A LITTLE OVER 33 MILLION. THIS YEAR WE ARE AT
10:42:22 39 MILLION.
10:42:22 SO WE HAVE SEEN AN NICE HEALTHY $6 MILLION INCREASE
10:42:25 ACROSS ALL OUR CRAs.
10:42:28 WE ARE VERY HAPPY WITH THAT RATE OF INCREASE.
10:42:30 AND STAY ON THIS SLIDE ONE SECOND.
10:42:34 THIS BREAKS DOWN THAT 6 MILLION INCREASE BY CRAs.
10:42:37 SO YOU CAN SEE THAT SEVERAL OF THE CRAs HAVE SEEN SOME
10:42:41 VERY HEALTHY INCREASES BETWEEN FY 20 AND FY 21.
10:42:45 SO SMALLEST INCREASE IS IN YBOR 1 WHERE IT WAS 8.8%.
10:42:50 AND AGAIN WE MENTIONED THIS EARLIER IN THE SUMMER.
10:42:53 CITY-WIDE PROPERTY VALUES INCREASED AN AVERAGE OF 8%.
10:42:57 SO OUR CRAs ACROSS THE SPECTRUM ARE SEEING A GREATER
10:43:03 RISE IN PROPERTY VALUES, AND THEREFORE FOR OUR RESIDENTS
10:43:08 IN THE VALUE OF THEIR PROPERTY, AS WE INVEST IN OUR
10:43:13 COMMUNITIES CONTINUE TO EVOLVE, AND WE CONTINUE TO CREATE
10:43:16 A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
10:43:18 NEXT SLIDE.
10:43:20 ON THIS SLIDE YOU CAN SEE THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR MONEY
10:43:25 DOES GO TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, 593.9%.
10:43:32 AND THEN OUR PROGRAMS AND INCENTIVE PROGRAMS.
10:43:35 BETWEEN THE TWO OF THOSE, YOU CAN SEE THE VAST MAJORITY
10:43:38 OF OUR MONEY IS SPENT THERE ACROSS ALL THE CRAs.
10:43:41 53.9%.
10:43:44 OUR STAFF IS ONLY .8% OF OUR ENTIRE BUDGET, 3.8%.
10:43:53 NEXT SLIDE.
10:43:54 ONE MORE.
10:43:55 OUR FOCUS BY FY 21 CONTINUES OUR COMMITMENT TO THE TAMPA
10:43:59 CONVENTION CENTER AND THOSE RENOVATIONS, CONTINUING THE
10:44:03 REHABILITATION OF THE HERMAN MASSEY PARK, WHICH IS BEING
10:44:06 FUNDED OUT OF THE DOWNTOWN CRA.
10:44:09 WE STILL HAVE OUR COMMITMENT TO SPP AND LEADING THE
10:44:14 SECOND PHASE OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.
10:44:16 AS WE SHOWED YOU PLANNING BUDGETS OVER THE PAST FEW
10:44:19 MONTHS IN DISCUSSIONS YOU SEE THAT IS REGULARLY FUNDED
10:44:23 THROUGH 2 NEXT FEW YEARS TO FULFILL OUR COMMITMENT TO
10:44:27 THEIR PROJECT.
10:44:27 WE ARE ALSO CONTINUING TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF
10:44:30 DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT.
10:44:32 OUR CRA STAFF DOWNTOWN USED TO WORK WITH MANY OF THE
10:44:38 LARGE CRANE AND DEVELOPERS THAT YOU SEE OUT THERE.
10:44:40 SO WHETHER IT'S THE JW MARRIOTT DOWN CLOSER TO THE WATER
10:44:43 ALONG MARION STREET OR 815 WATER STREET, THE RIVERWALK
10:44:48 PLACE, AER TOWER WHERE THEY ARE REDOING THE ROADWAY, SO
10:44:54 OUR STAFF IS STILL ACTIVELY INVOLVED EVEN WHEN IT'S A
10:44:57 THIRD PARTY PRIVATE DEVELOPER OUT ON THESE PROJECTS.
10:45:05 AND LASTLY TO THE DIVERSITY OF OUR DOWNTOWN.
10:45:12 AS WE BRING IN VISITORS AND GUESTS TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA
10:45:14 IT HELPS SUPPORT THE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT RETAIL AND
10:45:18 COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS, NOT JUST FOR OUR BUSINESS
10:45:20 PEOPLE AND RESIDENTS BUT ALSO FOR THE REGULAR STREAM OF
10:45:23 VISITORS THAT WE EXPERIENCE.
10:45:25 NEXT SLIDE.
10:45:27 SOME OF THE DOWNTOWN BUDGET, WE SAW ABOUT A 1.5 MILLION
10:45:32 INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
10:45:34 YOU CAN SEE IT'S BEEN A NICE STEADY INCREASE.
10:45:36 NOTHING OVERLY SIZABLE AS FAR AS A JUMP UP BUT IT IS A
10:45:41 NICE STEAD YOU INCREASE THAT AIDS IN OUR PLANNING OVER
10:45:44 THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
10:45:45 NEXT SLIDE.
10:45:48 HERE YOU WILL SEE A LITTLE BIT DETAIL ABOUT WHERE OUR
10:45:50 FOCUS IS AND BREAKING DOWN THAT 16.5 MILLION.
10:45:55 YOU WILL SEE IN OUR REMAINING BALANCES THAT THERE IS THAT
10:45:58 17 MILLION IN COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
10:46:01 AND I WILL SHOW YOU THAT IN A MINUTE AS WE TALK ABOUT
10:46:04 EVERY MONTH, AND WE FIND OUT WHAT THE PROJECTS THAT ARE
10:46:09 UNDER DESIGN.
10:46:10 YOU WILL SEE PAYMENT TO THE CONVENTION CENTER FY 21,
10:46:15 SECOND TO THE LAST PAYMENT.
10:46:16 WE TOOK OUT A LOAN TO GET THE CASH OUT FRONT AND THEN PAY
10:46:19 IT STEADILY WITH OUR REVENUES AND BE ABLE TO USE SEVERAL
10:46:22 OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS EARLY ON.
10:46:27 NEXT SLIDE.
10:46:30 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT BALANCE OF 17 MILLION THAT YOU SEE
10:46:33 AND YOU THINK IT LOOKS LIKE A REALLY BIG BALANCE, YOU SEE
10:46:36 ALL THOSE BLUE OWN THAT DESIGN, 100% THAT 100% HAS JUST
10:46:41 HIT THOSE MARKS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
10:46:43 IT'S BEEN INCREASING EACH MONTH AS ROB REPORTS TO YOU ON
10:46:47 THE PROGRESS.
10:46:47 AND YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY WILL BE COMPLETELY DESIGNED.
10:46:50 SO ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE ARE
10:46:52 GETTING READY IN THE NEXT SIX TO 12 MONTHS TO GET OUT FOR
10:46:55 BID AND CONSTRUCTION.
10:46:57 SO THAT IS WHERE THAT VARIETY MAJORITY OF THAT $17
10:47:00 MILLION BALANCE IS GOING TO GO TO, IS COMPLETING THE
10:47:03 CONSTRUCTION OF ALL THESE ROADWAY SEGMENTS.
10:47:07 AND WE CAN MOVE ONTO THE NEXT SLIDE FOR CHANNEL DISTRICT.
10:47:11 AND ONE MORE.
10:47:15 FOR THE CHANNEL DISTRICT, CHANNELSIDE DRIVE AND THE
10:47:19 IMPROVEMENTS GOING ALL THE WAY FROM CUMBERLAND TO KENNEDY
10:47:22 IS THE MAIN PRIORITY THAT PROJECT IS ALMOST AT 100 DESIGN
10:47:27 AND WE EXPECT TO BE UNDERWAY BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
10:47:30 WE ARE DESIGNING THE REMAINING OF THE STREETSCAPE
10:47:33 IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE DISTRICT, AS WE HAVE BEEN SHOWING
10:47:36 YOU THE PLANNING BUDGET OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS THIS
10:47:38 SUMMER ESPECIALLY THE DOWNTOWN AND CHANNEL DISTRICTS, WE
10:47:41 SHOWED YOU THOSE LISTS OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND
10:47:44 SEGMENTS OF STREETSCAPE -- NEED TO BE COMPLETED, SO WE
10:47:51 ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT DESIGN AND THE EVENTUAL
10:47:53 CONSTRUCTION OF THOSE STREETS OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO.
10:47:56 BECAUSE OF SOME OF THESE DISCUSSIONS THIS PAST SUMMER HAS
10:47:58 ROB MENTIONED AGAIN, WE HAVE STARTED THE STRATEGIC ACTION
10:48:02 PLAN AND COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN UPDATE.
10:48:04 WE EXPECT THAT TO BE COMPLETED BY NEXT SPRING.
10:48:08 LASTLY, AGAIN, STRATEGIC PLANNING PARTNERS IS ALSO
10:48:11 WORKING ON WORK AND WE WORK WITH THEM TO HELP COORDINATE
10:48:16 THAT DEVELOPMENT, AND ALSO LOOK FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT.
10:48:23 NEXT SLIDE.
10:48:23 AGAIN AN VERY HEALTHY INCREASE OF ABOUT 1.7 MILLION
10:48:26 COMING INTO THE CHANNEL DISTRICT, AND YOU CAN SEE THE
10:48:29 BENEFIT WE ARE RECEIVING BECAUSE OF ALL THE DEVELOPMENT
10:48:31 THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN THE CHANNEL DISTRICT.
10:48:34 NEXT SLIDE.
10:48:36 AND THEN YOU WILL SEE AGAIN IN THAT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT
10:48:40 HEALTHY BALANCE OF $16.3 MILLION.
10:48:43 AND THAT WILL GO TOWARDS THE ROADWAY PROJECT, THE SIZABLE
10:48:47 AMOUNT OF CONSTRUCTION FOR THE CHANNELSIDE DRIVE PROJECT
10:48:51 THAT IS THE FULL LENGTH BASICALLY OF THE CRA.
10:48:55 AND THEN STARTING DESIGN ON THE REMAINING SEGMENTS ON THE
10:48:58 LIST.
10:48:59 MOVING TO TAMPA HEIGHTS.
10:49:01 NEXT SLIDE.
10:49:03 AND ONE MORE.
10:49:07 THANK YOU.
10:49:08 TAMPA HEIGHTS, SOHO CAPITAL IS CONTINUING THE
10:49:11 CONSTRUCTION ON THE PARKING GARAGE, THE RETAIL SPACE AND
10:49:14 THE URBAN GROCERY STORE.
10:49:15 SO OUR STAFF CONTINUES TO COORDINATE AND SUPPORT THE
10:49:18 DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, AND THE DEVELOPER IN THEIR
10:49:20 PROJECT, WHETHER IT'S COORDINATING WITH THE UTILITIES OR
10:49:24 THE CITY OF TAMPA UTILITIES AND PERMITTING.
10:49:27 WE ARE REGULARLY OUT ON-SITE.
10:49:30 THEN WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH THEM STARTING TO MAKE THE
10:49:33 PAYMENTS.
10:49:34 THIS PAST SUMMER WE MADE OUR FIRST PAYMENT ON OUR
10:49:36 DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH SOHO CAPITAL.
10:49:39 AND WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE HEIGHTS UNION,
10:49:43 THEIR OFFICE BUILDING DOES HAVE COMMITTED BUSINESSES, AND
10:49:48 SIGNED LEASES SO AS SOON AS THAT'S OVER WE WILL SEE
10:49:51 BUSINESSES MOVE INTO THAT STRUCTURE AND REALLY HELP
10:49:53 CHANGE THE FOCUS AND ENERGY OF THE HATES FROM RESIDENTIAL
10:49:57 COMMERCIAL FULLY MIXED USE COMMUNITY.
10:50:03 NEXT SLIDE.
10:50:04 YOU WILL SEE THAT AS OF RIGHT NOW, OUR REVENUE IS
10:50:09 STARTING TO INCREASE, AND WE HAVE -- IT'S A HEALTHY
10:50:13 INCREASE, BUT STILL LESS THAN A MILLION DOLLARS ON SOME
10:50:16 OF THESE.
10:50:16 AND WHEN WE DO MAKE THE MONEY WE DO PAY 74% OF REVENUE
10:50:20 EACH YEAR INTO HELPING TO PAY THE INFRASTRUCTURE BONDS
10:50:23 THAT SOHO CAPITAL TOOK OUT AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT
10:50:27 AGREEMENT.
10:50:27 NEXT SLIDE.
10:50:32 CENTRAL PARK.
10:50:33 WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH TAMPA HOUSING AUTHORITY ON THE
10:50:37 DEVELOPMENT.
10:50:39 AS ROB HAS BEEN REPORTING WE HAVE VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION
10:50:41 AGAIN.
10:50:42 WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO SEE THE CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING.
10:50:45 AND WHILE WE MAY NOT SEE 21, IN 22, WE WILL START SEEING
10:50:50 EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE LAND AROUND THE TAMPA
10:50:54 HOUSING AUTHORITY, CENTRAL PARK CRA WILL START TO SEE
10:50:58 DEVELOPMENT AND DIVERSIFICATION BEYOND JUST THE TAMPA
10:51:02 HOUSING AUTHORITY.
10:51:04 NEXT SLIDE.
10:51:10 AND ONE MORE.
10:51:12 SO OUR BUDGETS ARE STARTING TO CLIMB AGAIN.
10:51:15 WE ARE UP TO 116,000.
10:51:17 SO IT ALMOST DOUBLED, WHICH IS GOOD.
10:51:19 BUT AGAIN BECAUSE TAMPA HOUSING AUTHORITY, OF IT IS
10:51:23 SUBSIDIZED, WE DO NOT RECEIVE THE PROPERTY TAX BENEFIT,
10:51:26 BUT AS ALL THESE RESIDENTS ARE COMING TO THE AREA, THEY
10:51:30 WILL DRAW THE COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL JUST LIKE WE SEE IN
10:51:33 DOWNTOWN AND OTHER AREAS, AND THEN WE WILL START TO SEE
10:51:35 THAT INFLUX OF INCREASING TAX REVENUE COMING INTO THE
10:51:40 TIF.
10:51:41 NEXT SLIDE.
10:51:42 AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE MAJORITY OF THAT $115,000 IS
10:51:47 GOING TOWARDS DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT AND PAYING OFF THE --
10:51:53 ACTUALLY THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENTS UNTIL THEY HAVE A
10:51:57 PROJECT.
10:51:57 WE DID FIND MEACHAM FARM OVER THE SUMMER.
10:52:01 AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO START HELPING WITH SOME OF THESE
10:52:04 SMALLER PROJECTS.
10:52:06 NEXT SLIDE, MOVING INTO YBOR CRA.
10:52:11 OUR FOCUS THIS YEAR, THEY JUST COMPLETED THE YBOR CITY
10:52:16 VISION PLAN.
10:52:16 IT WAS UPDATED IN 2020.
10:52:18 SO NOW THEY ARE AIMED TOWARDS IMPLEMENTING THEIR FIVE
10:52:22 YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN.
10:52:23 THEY ARE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH ATTRACTING A GOOD MIX OF
10:52:26 RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS, AGAIN
10:52:29 FOCUSING ON CONTINUING THAT DIVERSIFICATION TO THE
10:52:32 COMMUNITY.
10:52:33 YBOR, IF WE BRING THIS UP ALL THE TIME, ANYTIME WE GET --
10:52:38 MOST PEOPLE SEE IT AS AN ENTERTAINMENT OR A FOOD AND
10:52:41 RESTAURANT AND OFFICE SPACE IS THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE
10:52:45 [AUDIO DISTORTION]
10:52:48 SO WE LIKE TO REMIND AND SEE THE LOOK ON THEIR FACE WHEN
10:52:53 WE TALK ABOUT THAT.
10:52:54 WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON MAKING IT A CLEAN AND SAFE
10:52:57 COMMUNITY FOR BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS ALIKE.
10:53:00 NEXT SLIDE.
10:53:04 AGAIN, YBOR IS A VERY STEADY GROWTH.
10:53:07 NOTHING EXPONENTIAL BUT A NICE STEADY GROWTH.
10:53:10 A LOT OF TIMES WE GET ASKED ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE
10:53:14 VAs TO PARTICIPATE IN VARIOUS PROGRAMS.
10:53:16 AND I MENTIONED THEIR CAPACITY.
10:53:18 AS YOU SEE WITH YBOR, IT WAS A NICE GENTLE STEADY GROWTH.
10:53:23 WE ARE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE INCENTIVES TO THE FAME LARGE
10:53:28 DEGREE THAT DOWNTOWN CHANNELSIDE WEST TAMPA OR EAST TAMPA
10:53:32 MIGHT WITH THE RATE OF GROWTH, IT'S STILL A HEALTHY
10:53:34 GROWTH.
10:53:34 IT'S STILL ABOVE THE CITY AVERAGE.
10:53:36 BUT ON WITH GROWTH COMING UNTIL WE START GETTING A LITTLE
10:53:44 LARGER NUMBERS, WE ARE STILL GOING TO BE LIMITED TO THE
10:53:46 DEGREE THAT WE CAN HELP PEOPLE IN THAN THE YBOR CRA.
10:53:50 NEXT SLIDE.
10:53:53 AGAIN, THIS IS ANOTHER INSTANCE WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE
10:53:55 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT IN OUR BUDGET.
10:53:58 SO IN BOTH YBOR 1 AND YBOR 2 CRA, WE ARE FINALLY ABLE TO
10:54:03 ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH EAST 7TH AVENUE ARCHWAY AND
10:54:08 STREETSCAPE PROJECT.
10:54:09 CORRINE AND COURTNEY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH TECO AND OUR
10:54:12 MOBILITY FOLKS ON THIS PROJECT, YBOR 2 HAS BEEN SAVING UP
10:54:16 FOR THIS PROJECT FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND ALL THEIR MONEY
10:54:19 HAS BEEN GOING INTO SAVING UP FOR THIS PROJECT SO THEY
10:54:23 FINALLY GET TO MOVE FORWARD AND START SPENDING THOSE
10:54:25 DOLLARS.
10:54:25 SO IT'S A VERY EXCITING TIME FOR THE CRAs ESPECIALLY
10:54:28 WITH THE PROJECTS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR SO
10:54:33 LONG.
10:54:33 NEXT SLIDE.
10:54:35 FOR YBOR CITY 2 CRA, MOST PEOPLE, WE LOOK AT THE YBOR 2
10:54:40 AS THE SMALLER CRA.
10:54:41 THIS IS A WONDERFULLY LARGE DEVELOPMENT GOING ON RIGHT
10:54:44 THERE ON ADAMO JUST EAST OF THE 21st, 22ND AVENUE
10:54:48 CORRIDOR.
10:54:49 SO ANOTHER BIG EXCITING, WE ARE EXPANDING OUR FOOTPRINT
10:54:54 FROM SOME OF THE OLDER RUN-DOWN BUSINESSES TO A VIBRANT
10:54:59 COMMUNITY, AGAIN MIX OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
10:55:02 THIS IS JUST DOWN FROM A BREWERY ON ADAMO.
10:55:06 AS WE GET THESE PROJECTS, WE CAN CONTINUE WITH OUR
10:55:09 STREETSCAPE AND CONNECTING THE GATEWAY FROM THE MORE
10:55:12 EASTERN PART OF THE CRA AND EAST OF 21st STREET, AND
10:55:16 CONNECT THOSE AREAS TO THE MORE DEVELOPED AREAS WEST OF
10:55:20 21st STREET.
10:55:21 NEXT SLIDE.
10:55:24 AGAIN, A STEADY GROWTH, BUT THIS IS A SMALLER CRA.
10:55:27 BUT A NICE HEALTHY GROWTH IN OUR REVENUE.
10:55:30 NEXT SLIDE.
10:55:33 AGAIN, MOST OF THEIR FUNDING FOR THIS PAST YEAR, YOU CAN
10:55:36 SEE THE ARCHWAY IS WHERE THE LARGER NUMBERS ARE AND WHERE
10:55:42 THEY ARE GOING TO BE PUTTING MOST OF THE REVENUE COMING
10:55:44 IN THIS YEAR SO THEY CAN GET THE PROJECT OFF THE GROUND.
10:55:47 AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THEIR BIGGEST OPERATOR MOVING
10:55:50 FORWARD FOR THIS YEAR.
10:55:51 NEXT SLIDE.
10:55:53 MOVING INTO EAST TAMPA.
10:55:58 NEXT SLIDE.
10:55:59 OUR FOCUS THIS YEAR IS THE COMPLETE 34th STREET
10:56:04 ENHANCEMENT PROJECT.
10:56:05 AGAIN GOING FROM COLUMBUS TO HILLSBOROUGH.
10:56:07 ONCE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT IS OVER, WE WILL START
10:56:10 IMPLEMENTING THE PUBLIC ART FOR THE THREE ROUNDS ABOUT.
10:56:16 WE ARE ALSO IMPLEMENTING THE MANY HOUSING PROGRAMS THAT
10:56:18 WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING AND WORKING WITH HOUSING WITH.
10:56:20 AND AS I DISCUSSED WITH SEVERAL OF YOU, WE ARE GOING TO
10:56:23 BE WORKING WITH VANESSA AND THE HOUSING COMMUNITY
10:56:26 DEVELOPMENT DIVISION OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS TO START
10:56:30 APPROACH FOR WHAT IS THE RIGHT MIX AND MANAGEMENT FOR THE
10:56:34 MANY HOUSING PROGRAMS THAT ARE NOW COMING OUT OF THE EAST
10:56:36 TAMPA AND WEST TAMPA CRA.
10:56:39 AS WE ARE SEEING IN MANY OTHER AREAS, AT THE SAME TIME
10:56:42 THAT THE CITY IS INCREASING ITS WORKLOAD, THE CRAs AND
10:56:46 OUR ABILITY TO FUND MORE PROGRAMS ARE ALSO INCREASING OUR
10:56:50 DEMANDING NEED FOR SERVICES FROM OUR EXISTING DEPARTMENT
10:56:54 SO WE ARE NOW GOING LOOK AT WHAT'S THE RIGHT MIX OF THE
10:56:57 APPROPRIATE SERVICE FOR HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO
10:57:00 MORE DIRECTLY PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES BECAUSE THEY ARE IN
10:57:03 ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT THEY ARE ALREADY DOING OR WHERE IT
10:57:06 MAY MAKE OR SENSE, THAT THEY MANAGE A THIRD PARTY
10:57:09 CONTRACT OR CONSORTIUM OF CONTRACTS.
10:57:11 SO WE ARE STARTING THOSE DISCUSSIONS IN THE NEXT SEVERAL
10:57:15 WEEKS TO DEVELOP AN APPROACH AND FIGURE OUT THE RIGHT
10:57:17 SIZE, AND THEN WORK WITH OUR CACs TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
10:57:22 RFPs AND THE WORK WHERE IT'S APPROPRIATE, A THIRD
10:57:26 PARTY.
10:57:27 AND AGAIN SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS ARE HOUSING
10:57:29 REHABILITATION PROGRAM, OUR HOME BUYER DOWN PAYMENT
10:57:32 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
10:57:33 WE JUST GRADUATED ANOTHER CLASS.
10:57:35 WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THOSE GRADUATES AND LOOKING
10:57:39 FORWARD TO THEM GETTING IN THEIR NEW HOMES.
10:57:41 OUR FACADE GRANT REMAINS A POPULAR PROGRAM ACROSS ALL THE
10:57:44 CRAs AND WE CONTINUE TO FUND THAT.
10:57:46 AGAIN, OUR TREE TRIMMING, OUR 177 APPLICATIONS TO DATE
10:57:50 ARE A COMMITMENT OF UP TO $442,000 AND KEEPS GROWING.
10:57:59 AND WE'LL BE TALKING WITH CAC IF THIS IS CONTINUAL
10:58:01 ONGOING, THAT WE CONTINUE TO FUND TO THIS DEGREE.
10:58:04 AND HOW WE WANT TO DO THAT MOVING FORWARD.
10:58:07 SO THAT WILL BE BASED ON THE DEMAND WE ARE EXPERIENCING
10:58:09 RIGHT NOW.
10:58:13 ONE OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS DEALING WITH THE TAMPA CAC, OUR
10:58:16 PUBLIC ART AND GATEWAY FEATURES.
10:58:18 AND WE CONTINUE TO INVEST IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
10:58:21 INFRASTRUCTURE.
10:58:21 NEXT SLIDE.
10:58:24 HERE IS OUR BUDGET.
10:58:25 YOU CAN SEE UNTIL 2019 IT WAS A SMALL BUDGET.
10:58:29 IT WAS A NICE STEADY GROWTH AND BESIDE SUDDENLY IN FY 20
10:58:34 AND 21 WE ARE NOW SEEING THAT WE ARE TAKING IN ENOUGH
10:58:36 REVENUE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO GET MORE
10:58:39 OF THESE PROGRAMS ON THE BOOK.
10:58:42 NEXT SLIDE.
10:58:43 SO FOR FY 291 YOU CAN SEE OUR HOME BUYER DOWN PAYMENT
10:58:48 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, 900,000, THE TREE TRIMMING GRANT, THE
10:58:51 REHAB LOAN, AND ASSIST WITH BUSINESSES, AND THEN THAT
10:58:58 ADDITIONAL 100,000 FOR DEMOLITION AND DEBRIS.
10:59:02 SO EAST TAMPA IS REALLY LOOKING AT DIVERSIFYING THE TYPES
10:59:05 OF ASSISTANCE AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT THEY CAN
10:59:08 ASSIST WITH OUR CRA FUNDING.
10:59:10 NEXT SLIDE.
10:59:13 LASTLY, MOVING INTO, OR SECOND TO LAST, MOVING INTO DREW
10:59:16 PARK, WE ARE GOING FOR OPPORTUNITIES WITH WORKFORCE
10:59:23 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WITH DREW PARK.
10:59:24 SEVERAL YEARS AGO DREW PARK BOUGHT TWO SIZABLE PEACES OF
10:59:28 LAND, AND ONE, THIS LAND WAS ONE OF THE CATALYSTS FOR
10:59:32 MOVING FORWARD, UPDATING OUR STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN.
10:59:38 WE WILL LOOK AT MOVING FORWARD TO WHETHER THAT WILL BE
10:59:41 SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES DIVIDED UP INTO TOWNHOMES, IS IT
10:59:44 WORKFORCE AFFORDABLE, WILL WE PARTNER WITH SOMEONE, THIRD
10:59:49 PARTY NONPROFIT?
10:59:49 SO WE ARE HOPING TO GET SOME OF THE ANSWERS OUT OF OUR
10:59:52 STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS.
10:59:54 WE ARE CONTINUING WITH OUR BUSINESS ASSISTANCE, WITH OUR
10:59:57 FACADE GRANT AND WITH OUR FENCE GRANT.
11:00:01 LASTLY, CONTINUING THAT STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN WHICH WE
11:00:05 SHOULD HAVE DONE BY LATE SPRING IN 2021.
11:00:07 NEXT SLIDE.
11:00:12 DREW PARK REMAINS ONE OF OUR STEADY WITH THEIR REFUSE
11:00:16 NEWS.
11:00:17 IT'S ALWAYS A NICE EASY STREAM.
11:00:18 WE GET A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY HERE AND THERE, AND THIS
11:00:21 YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND
11:00:25 IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, AS YOU HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT, AND
11:00:30 THAT WILL BE A VERY NICE PARK CONTINUING THAT WHOLE
11:00:32 PEDESTRIAN ACCESS GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN LOIS AND THEN
11:00:36 CONNECTING IT BACK UP TO AIR CARGO ROAD.
11:00:38 AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, NEXT SLIDE FOR WEST TAMPA.
11:00:46 FOR WEST TAMPA, WE HAVE THE TAMPA HOUSING AUTHORITY THAT
11:00:53 IS PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION THAT IS GOING IN.
11:00:55 THOSE BUILDINGS ARE SLATED TO START GETTING FAMILIES
11:00:58 MOVING IN.
11:00:59 WHEN THEY DO, IT WILL HELP THE HEALTH OF OUR SMALL
11:01:02 BUSINESSES THAT HAVE REALLY STRUGGLED WHEN MANY OF THOSE
11:01:05 FAMILIES MOVED OUT.
11:01:06 WE ARE SEEING CONSTRUCTION ON THE OUTFALL, STARTING AS
11:01:11 THAT CONSTRUCTION MOVES ALONG.
11:01:12 WE SEE THE STREETS PUT BACK TOGETHER AND HOPEFULLY BY THE
11:01:15 TIME THE SEASON IS OVER WE WILL HAVE A LOT LESS FLOODING,
11:01:19 A LOT OF RESIDENTS WAITING FOR WHEN THIS PROJECT IS DONE
11:01:22 NEXT YEAR SO THAT THEY KNOW THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD AND NOT
11:01:25 WORRY ABOUT DRIVING DOWN THEIR STREETS.
11:01:33 WE ARE LOOKING AT -- (AUDIO DROP).
11:01:39 >> HELLO?
11:01:43 DO WE HAVE BOARD MEMBERS THERE?
11:01:50 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'M HERE.
11:01:54 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK WE JUST LOST MS. VAN LOAN.
11:01:57 >>THE CLERK: I'M HERE.
11:02:06 I BELIEVE WE LOST MICHELLE.
11:02:19 (NO AUDIO).
11:02:40 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: DO WE HAVE YOU BACK?
11:03:34 I GUESS I WAS TOLD MY TIME WAS UP.
11:03:37 I GUESS THAT'S THE VERSION OF THE MUSIC THAT TELLS YOU
11:03:40 YOUR TIME IS UP.
11:03:41 SO WITH THAT, OUR LAST STEPS ARE TO COME BACK TO THE CRA
11:03:45 BOARD IN OCTOBER WITH THE FULL BUDGET APPROVAL AND WITH
11:03:49 THE SERVICES AGREEMENT THAT THE CRA BOARD AMENDED AS AN
11:03:55 AMENDED SERVICES AGREEMENT BACK IN FEBRUARY, EARLIER THIS
11:03:58 YEAR.
11:03:58 AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE THEM NOW.
11:04:01 AND AGAIN, IF YOU REVIEW THE BOOK, PLEASE FEEL TO REACH
11:04:04 OUT EITHER TO THE CRA MANAGERS OR MYSELF WITH ANY
11:04:07 DETAILED QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE OR FEEDBACK.
11:04:10 >> MR. CHAIRMAN?
11:04:28 ARE YOU THERE?
11:04:29 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: I CAN HEAR YOU.
11:04:30 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MAYBE MR. VIERA, YOU CAN RECOGNIZE
11:04:39 ME.
11:04:39 I WILL JUST GO AHEAD.
11:04:44 MS. VAN LOAN, I WANT TO THANK YOU.
11:04:46 VERY COMPREHENSIVE.
11:04:47 AND I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM REALLY FOR THE PAST
11:04:52 YEAR.
11:05:03 I JUST FEEL ENERGY.
11:05:04 I FEEL EXCITEMENT.
11:05:06 I FEEL MOTIVATION.
11:05:08 MICHELLE, I THINK YOU ARE A GREAT TEAM LEADER AND I THINK
11:05:13 THAT TRANSFERS TO THE REST OF THE STAFF, AND I WANT TO
11:05:19 SAY PROBABLY ON BEHALF OF ALL SEVEN OF US HOW FAR I THINK
11:05:22 WE HAVE COME OVER THE LAST YEAR.
11:05:24 I THINK YOUR RESPONSIVENESS TO CITY COUNCIL, TO THE CRA
11:05:28 BOARD, HAS BEEN VERY POSITIVE.
11:05:31 AND ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE
11:05:37 NOTICE THESE THINGS AND WE APPRECIATE IT.
11:05:39 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: THANK YOU.
11:05:46 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THAT'S MY PART OF YOUR OSCAR WEEK.
11:05:51 >>BILL CARLSON: THIS IS CARLSON.
11:05:53 IS CHAIRMAN GUDES BACK YET?
11:06:01 IF NOT, WHAT'S NEXT ON THE AGENDA?
11:06:03 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON?
11:06:06 I'M HERE, YES.
11:06:06 >>BILL CARLSON: I DIDN'T HEAR YOU.
11:06:10 GO AHEAD.
11:06:11 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED, SIR.
11:06:13 >>BILL CARLSON: NO, I WAS JUST --
11:06:22 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE'LL CONTINUE.
11:06:23 NUB ELSE FOR DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER 4?
11:06:29 WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 5.
11:06:32 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN, JUST A QUICK QUESTION
11:06:34 TO MS. VAN LOAN.
11:06:37 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER.
11:06:40 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU.
11:06:41 MICHELLE, A WHILE BACK, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE WE
11:06:47 LEFT IT, WE THOUGHT DURING SOME MARKETING FOR THE ENTIRE
11:06:51 CRA, SORT OF A CRA-WIDE MARKETING EFFORT.
11:06:57 AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHERE WE LEFT IT OTHER THAN YEAR IN
11:07:07 AND YEAR OUT THAT THE CRA WAS MOVING FORWARD WITH THEIR
11:07:10 OWN MARKETING.
11:07:11 AND I COULD HAVE SWORN WE HAD A MOTION PENDING THAT SPOKE
11:07:14 TO COMPREHENSIVE MARKETING EFFORT FOR ALL CRAs.
11:07:21 CAN YOU REMIND ME OF WHAT WE DID ON THAT?
11:07:25 AND MAYBE IF COURTNEY HAS A GREAT MARKETING CR FIRM,
11:07:29 MAYBE WE JUST LATCH ONTO THEIR EFFORTS AND EXPAND THE
11:07:34 SCOPE OF THEIR WORK.
11:07:34 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: THE CAC WELCOMES YOUR COMMENTS AND
11:07:42 AS YOU GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PLEASE NOTICE THE INCREASE
11:07:45 IN THE MARKETING LINE ITEM ACROSS MOST OF THE CRAS.
11:07:48 THE CACs FIND OUT THAT THEY HAVE THAT SUPPORT FROM
11:07:51 THEIR CAC BOARD.
11:07:54 IT DID COME UP AT OUR LAST QUARTERLY MEETING OF THE CAC
11:07:58 CHAIRS.
11:07:58 EVERYONE WAS VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT ENGAGING MORE AND
11:08:01 GETTING MORE MARKETING DONE.
11:08:03 AND AT THE NEXT QUARTERLY CAC MEETING WE WILL START
11:08:07 TALKING ABOUT AGAIN WHAT IS THE BEST APPROACH TO GO OUT
11:08:10 AND IS ONE MARKETING COMPANY FOR ALL OF US ATTACH WORK?
11:08:17 SO WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT WHAT THE APPROPRIATE STRUCTURE
11:08:19 IS TO TACKLE THAT AND ALSO DISCUSS THE VARIOUS NEEDS
11:08:22 ACROSS THE CRAs TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT.
11:08:26 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY.
11:08:30 SO THAT'S STILL PENDING AND MOVING FORWARD.
11:08:32 AND I THINK THE IDEA OF THAT DISCUSSION ORIGINALLY WAS TO
11:08:39 TRY AND LET THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY KNOW WHAT THE CRA IS,
11:08:48 YOU KNOW, AS A WHOLE, IN ADDITION TO THE INDIVIDUAL
11:08:54 CRAs SEPARATELY.
11:08:55 SO MAYBE I ENVISIONED -- MAYBE WE ENVISIONED, YOU KNOW, A
11:09:01 CRA NEWSLETTER THAT SPEAKS TO BUSINESSES IN CRA, AND THEN
11:09:07 WITHIN THAT NEWSLETTER, BREAKOUT OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
11:09:16 THAT'S MY YOU DE, BUT I'M SURE MR. CARLSON AND OTHERS CAN
11:09:19 HELP.
11:09:20 THANK YOU.
11:09:21 >>BILL CARLSON: MR. CHAIR, COULD I ADD?
11:09:26 I WOULD RECOMMEND FOR THE INDIVIDUAL CAC LIKE YBOR,
11:09:31 THERE'S A BRANDING OF MARKETING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO
11:09:35 PROMOTE THE AREA THAT YBOR BRANDED IS EVOLVING RIGHT NOW,
11:09:41 AS HAS BEEN ALLUDED TO, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO COMMUNITY
11:09:45 THAT WITH PEOPLE.
11:09:46 AS I DESCRIBE PEOPLE, FOR EXAMPLE, PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY IN
11:09:49 COMMUNITIES WE SHOULD HAVE LIVE, WORK, PLAY.
11:09:51 I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PLAY IN YBOR ALREADY AND WE NEED
11:09:55 THE LIVE AND WORK PARTED, AND THAT IS WHAT'S HAPPENING.
11:09:58 COMPANIES ARE MOVING IN THERE AND PEOPLE ARE MOVING IN
11:10:00 AND IT'S BECOMING MORE OF A COMMUNITY LIKE IT WAS DECADE
11:10:03 AGO, ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE DIFFERENT, IT IS A COMMUNITY
11:10:08 THAT IS CULTURALLY DIVERSE, RICH IN HISTORY, AND HAS LOTS
11:10:14 OF OPPORTUNITIES.
11:10:15 BUT EACH OF THESE OTHER DISTRICTS DEVELOPING ITS OWN
11:10:19 BRAND OF IDENTITY.
11:10:20 SO THAT'S THE MARKETING EFFORT.
11:10:21 BUT AT THE CRA LEVEL, I THINK WHAT WE NEED IS PUBLIC
11:10:25 INFORMATION, PUBLIC OUTREACH TO TALK TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT
11:10:28 HOW THEIR TAX DOLLARS ARE BEING USED AND WHAT IT'S BEING
11:10:32 USED FOR.
11:10:33 SO IT'S NOT LIKE BRANDING THE CRA, BUT IT'S COMMUNICATING
11:10:38 WITH THE PUBLIC ABOUT HOW THE CRA MONEY IS BEING
11:10:42 INVESTED, AND THE REST OF THE CITY IS SUBSIDIZE BEING THE
11:10:51 CRAS SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE COMMUNICATE HOW THE MONEY
11:10:54 IS BEING USED AND WHY IT'S BEING USED.
11:11:00 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY.
11:11:04 CITRO.
11:11:04 I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:11:07 I KNOW CRAs IN YBOR CITY WANTED TO ADD PROPERTY TO IT.
11:11:14 I OFTEN FELT WHEN THERE IS FACADE WORK BEING DONE OR WHEN
11:11:18 CERTAIN MONEYS ARE DIFFERENT OR WORK WITHIN CRAS, THERE
11:11:22 NEEDS TO BE A BIG SIGN IN FRONT OF THOSE WORKS THAT SAYS
11:11:28 YOUR CRA TAX DOLLARS AT WORK, AND THEN HAVE SOME SORT OF
11:11:34 WEBSITE OR SOMETHING SAYING, SEE HOW YOU CAN GET FUND TO
11:11:39 ASSIST YOU OR YOUR BUSINESS.
11:11:42 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
11:11:42 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU'RE WELCOME SIR.
11:11:46 ANYONE ELSE?
11:11:49 ALL RIGHT.
11:11:50 WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 5.
11:11:53 >>ROB ROSNER: THIS IS ROB ROSNER, SPEAKING ON THE
11:11:57 DOWNTOWNER SHUTTLE PROGRAM.
11:12:02 WHEN WE WERE ASKED FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS AGO, SIX MONTHS
11:12:05 AGO NOW, ABOUT EXTENDING THE SERVICE AND IT WAS GOING TO
11:12:08 LAST THROUGH SEPTEMBER 31st OR UNTIL THE MONEY WAS
11:12:13 EXPENDED, AT THE TIME WE DID THAT IT WAS RIGHT BEFORE
11:12:15 COVID, AND OUR INTENTION WAS TO KIND OF FILL THE GAP
11:12:20 UNTIL HEART COULD ADOPT IT AND GO THROUGH THEIR RFP
11:12:23 PROCESS TO GET THE SERVICE UP AND RUNNING.
11:12:26 SO NOT EVEN A MONTH LATER AFTER GETTING THAT APPROVED,
11:12:30 COVID KICKED IN, AND THEY MOVED INTO A 50% MODE OF
11:12:34 PROVIDING THE SERVICE.
11:12:36 AND SO THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE MORE MONEY BEYOND THE
11:12:46 SEPTEMBER 31st.
11:12:48 SO WE WANTED TO REPORT ON THE CAC'S WERE PRESENTED WITH
11:12:51 THE INFORMATION THAT PROGRAM IS GOING TO END
11:12:54 SEPTEMBER 31st OR WHEN THE MONEY RUNS OUT.
11:13:02 THE CACS ALL VOTED -- TO GO AHEAD AND EXPEND THE REST OF
11:13:09 THE MONEY.
11:13:09 THAT SHOULD RUN US THROUGH SOMETIME MID TO LATE
11:13:12 SEPTEMBER, AND THAT HART, SAME PROBLEM, THEY HAD COVID
11:13:17 SLOWED THEIR PROCESS FOR GETTING THE RFP BACK.
11:13:20 BUT THROUGH THAT PROCESS, AND I BELIEVE THEY ARE IN THE
11:13:23 SELECTION PROCESS, AND NEGOTIATING THE CONTRACT WITH THE
11:13:25 SUCCESSFUL BIDDER ON THAT, BUT AGAIN, THE SERVICE DOESN'T
11:13:30 START FOR A WHILE AND I DON'T HAVE A BETTER REPORT THAN
11:13:33 THEY ARE ALMOST DONE WORKING ON IT, BUT THE SERVICE TO
11:13:36 EXTEND A LITTLE BIT FURTHER IS WHAT I WAS WANTING TO
11:13:38 REPORT ON, THAT THE CRAS WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT, AND
11:13:43 THAT THE EXPECTATION OF THIS SERVICE ENDING ON SEPTEMBER
11:13:45 31ST BECAUSE OF COVID DIDN'T GIVE US OPPORTUNITY TO
11:13:50 EXTEND THAT SERVICE.
11:13:51 NOW, IF WE GET INTO BACK 100%, THE SPEED OF THAT MAY GO A
11:13:56 LITTLE FASTER.
11:13:57 IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE DRAW DOWN.
11:14:00 BUT WE WANTED TO REPORT ON THAT BECAUSE THAT PROGRAM WAS
11:14:03 SUPPOSED TO END IN SEPTEMBER, BUT BECAUSE THE FUNDS ARE
11:14:05 STILL THERE, AND OUR CONTACT SAYS OR UNTIL EXPENDED, I
11:14:10 WANTED TO REPORT ON THAT, SO THERE WASN'T A QUESTION OF
11:14:15 HOW THAT WAS WORKING ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT?
11:14:17 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS?
11:14:20 ANY QUESTIONS?
11:14:22 THANK YOU, MR. ROSNER.
11:14:23 >>ROB ROSNER: THANK YOU.
11:14:26 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOVE ON TO REQUIRED APPROVALS.
11:14:29 ITEM NUMBER 6.
11:14:30 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: ITEM NUMBER 6 IS THE AFOREMENTIONED
11:14:34 FACADE GRANT FOR THE CUBAN CLUB AND YBOR.
11:14:39 THEY SUDDENLY HAVE ABOUT A MONTH, MONTH AND A HALF AGO,
11:14:43 THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING FELL RIGHT OFF SO THEY QUICKLY
11:14:46 APPLIED TO GET IN SO THEY CAN MAKE THOSE EMERGENCY
11:14:48 REPAIRS TO THE FRONT RIGHT ABOVE THE FRONT DOOR.
11:14:52 I BELIEVE IN YOUR BACKUP MATERIAL YOU HAVE PICTURES OF
11:14:55 THAT AND 32,500.
11:15:00 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I MOVE THE ITEM AND I WANT TO GIVE A
11:15:03 SHUTOUT TO PATRICK MONTEGA.
11:15:09 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND BY MANISCALCO.
11:15:12 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE
11:15:16 RESOLUTION.
11:15:18 WE HAVE MANISCALCO SECOND.
11:15:21 ANY DISCUSSION?
11:15:22 >>BILL CARLSON: I JUST THINK THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE
11:15:26 MOST IMPORTANT HISTORIC ARCHITECTURAL BUILDINGS IN THE
11:15:32 CITY OF TAMPA, AND YOU ALL PROBABLY KNOW FROM TALKING TO
11:15:34 PATRICK AND OTHERS THAT THIS BUILDING NEED MILLIONS OF
11:15:38 DOLLARS, AND THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET MONEY FROM THE
11:15:39 STATE AND OTHER SOURCES.
11:15:41 AND THIS IS A VERY SMALL AMOUNT TO HELP WITH A SHORT-TERM
11:15:47 REPAIR, BUT SOMEHOW, I THINK THE CITY CRA, COUNTY, STATE,
11:15:53 NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FULLY RESTORE
11:15:56 THIS BUILDING, AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ENJOYED BY
11:16:00 GENERATIONS TO COME, AND THAT THEY KNOW THE HISTORY
11:16:02 THAT'S EVOLVED AROUND IT.
11:16:05 THANK YOU AGAIN.
11:16:07 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYONE ELSE FOR DISCUSSION?
11:16:09 MOVED BY MR. DINGFELDER, SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
11:16:14 TAKE A ROLL CALL.
11:16:15 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:16:17 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:16:20 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
11:16:23 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:16:26 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:16:28 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:16:30 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:16:31 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:16:34 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
11:16:37 ITEM NUMBER 7.
11:16:38 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: ITEM 7 IS AGAIN THAT FACADE GRANT
11:16:41 RELEASE OF LIEN.
11:16:43 AND THIS RESOLUTION WOULD ALLOW THEM TO SELL THE PROPERTY
11:16:46 AND PAY US BACK HALF OF THE GRANT MONEY.
11:16:49 WE WOULD BE RECEIVING BACK APPROXIMATELY 19,597.
11:16:57 >>ORLANDO GUDES: CAN I ENTERTAIN A MOTION?
11:16:59 >> MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
11:17:02 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND, MANISCALCO.
11:17:03 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CITRO MADE THE MOTION.
11:17:06 SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
11:17:07 ANY DISCUSSION?
11:17:10 ANY DISCUSSION?
11:17:12 MADAM CLERK, ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
11:17:14 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:17:17 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:17:20 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
11:17:22 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:17:25 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:17:27 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:17:29 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:17:30 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:17:32 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ITEM NUMBER 8.
11:17:35 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN, JUST AS A FOLLOW-UP TO
11:17:40 ITEM 7.
11:17:41 MS. VAN LOAN ASKED FOR A MINOR POLICY CHANGE TO GIVE THE
11:17:49 AUTHORITY, THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS IN THE FUTURE, SO I
11:17:52 DON'T THINK IT'S SPECIFICALLY BUT I WILL MAKE THE MOTION
11:17:58 TO DIRECT LEGAL AND STAFF TO MAKE THAT POLICY CHANGE OR
11:18:02 WHATEVER IS NECESSARY TO EFFECT THAT, AND ALLOW STAFF TO
11:18:07 BE ABLE TO PRORATE THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS IN THE
11:18:11 FUTURE.
11:18:12 DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT, MS. VAN LOAN?
11:18:15 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: THAT IS PERFECT.
11:18:16 THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:18:17 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I'LL TAKE THAT MOTION AT THIS TIME FROM
11:18:20 MR. DINGFELDER.
11:18:20 DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
11:18:22 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND, CITRO.
11:18:23 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION BY MR. DINGFELDER.
11:18:28 SECOND BY MR. CITRO. ANY DISCUSSION?
11:18:30 ANY DISCUSSION?
11:18:32 MADAM CLERK, ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
11:18:34 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:18:36 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:18:39 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
11:18:47 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:18:50 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:18:51 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:18:53 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:18:54 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:18:56 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ITEM NUMBER 8.
11:18:59 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: NUMBER 8 IS REQUESTING
11:19:02 REPROGRAMMING FOR THE EAST TAMPA TREE TRIMMING.
11:19:05 AS I MENTIONED WE HAVE ABOUT $445,000 IN COMMITMENT AND
11:19:09 100,000 WAS FUNDED FOR FY 20, TO BE ABLE TO FUND ALL OF
11:19:16 OUR APPLICATIONS.
11:19:18 >>ORLANDO GUDES: CAN I HAVE A MOTION?
11:19:22 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SO MOVED.
11:19:24 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION BY MR. DINGFELDER.
11:19:28 IS THERE A SECOND?
11:19:33 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND, CITRO.
11:19:34 >>ORLANDO GUDES: DINGFELDER MOVED THE ITEM.
11:19:37 CITRO SECONDED.
11:19:39 IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?
11:19:40 ANY DISCUSSION?
11:19:42 MADAM CLERK, ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
11:19:45 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:19:48 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:19:51 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
11:19:55 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:19:58 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:19:59 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:20:01 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:20:02 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:20:04 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: THAT IS ALL FOR STAFF REQUESTS.
11:20:11 THANK YOU.
11:20:11 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS BY CRA
11:20:18 MEMBERS.
11:20:18 I BELIEVE MR. MASSEY DID HAVE A REQUEST.
11:20:20 IS THAT CORRECT, SIR?
11:20:21 >>MORRIS MASSEY: YES, SIR.
11:20:22 IF IT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD, WE WOULD
11:20:24 REQUEST THAT YOU HAVE A SPECIAL CALL CRA MEETING NEXT
11:20:28 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 AT 10:00 OR IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE
11:20:34 CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON THAT DATE, TO CONSIDER THE
11:20:37 AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDING FOR THE ACQUISITION OF REAL
11:20:41 ESTATE IN THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA FOR
11:20:43 AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
11:20:51 SEPTEMBER 17.
11:20:51 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE SPECIAL CALLED MEETING FOR NEXT
11:20:55 THURSDAY, THE MORNING MEETING.
11:20:57 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:20:58 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION BY MR. MANISCALCO.
11:21:01 SECOND BY MR. MIRANDA.
11:21:03 ANY DISCUSSION?
11:21:04 ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
11:21:05 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:21:08 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:21:11 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
11:21:17 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:21:19 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:21:22 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:21:23 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:21:25 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:21:27 >>ORLANDO GUDES: BEFORE WE MOVE ON, ANY OTHER ITEMS TO
11:21:33 ENTERTAIN FOR ANY MOTIONS BY CRA STAFF?
11:21:36 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: WE ARE DONE.
11:21:40 THANK YOU VERY MUCH SO MUCH.
11:21:40 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE MOVE ON.
11:21:42 MR. VIERA, SIR.
11:21:44 >>LUIS VIERA: I HAVE NOTHING, MR. CHAIR.
11:21:47 THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR.
11:21:48 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:21:52 CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY?
11:21:55 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, SIR.
11:21:56 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: PIGGYBACKING ON MR. CARLSON AND OTHER
11:22:03 FOLKS' DISCUSSION, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE
11:22:07 REQUEST LEGAL AND STAFF TO INITIATE THE MAJOR FACILITIES
11:22:16 GRANT PROGRAM, POSSIBLY NOT ONLY DOWNTOWN BUT POSSIBLY IN
11:22:20 THE CHANNELSIDE AS WELL AS DESCRIBED BY MS. VAN LOAN.
11:22:27 MR. CARLSON MENTIONED THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF $2 MILLION, I
11:22:31 THINK.
11:22:32 THAT'S PROBABLY DOWNTOWN, BUT THAT SOUND LIKE A FAIR
11:22:37 AMOUNT, FOR THE MAJOR CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS, AND
11:22:47 POTENTIALLY HAVE THAT MONEY TO APPLY FOR GRANTS THE NEXT
11:22:53 FISCAL YEAR.
11:22:55 CLEARLY AS RELATED TO COVID, AND THE INSTITUTIONAL
11:23:02 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY FACILITIES.
11:23:04 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY MR. DINGFELDER.
11:23:10 >>BILL CARLSON: SECOND.
11:23:15 CARLSON.
11:23:15 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECOND BY MR. CARLSON.
11:23:18 DISCUSSION?
11:23:20 MADAM CLERK, ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:23:22 >>LUIS VIERA: DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION?
11:23:34 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: GENTLEMEN YES, I WANTED TO SEE IF MR.
11:23:37 MASSEY HAD ANYTHING OR MS. VAN LOAN IF THERE'S ANYTHING I
11:23:41 LEFT OUT.
11:23:42 >>MORRIS MASSEY: I THINK THE MOTION IS ADEQUATE AND WE
11:23:44 WILL CERTAINLY WORK ON THE PROGRAM TO BRING BACK FOR YOUR
11:23:48 APPROVAL.
11:23:48 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: AND HOW ABOUT COME BACK -- WE DON'T
11:23:52 NEED TO COME BACK NEXT MONTH BUT MAYBE --
11:23:56 (CELL PHONE RINGS).
11:23:58 >>MORRIS MASSEY: YES, I GET IT.
11:24:00 BUT WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING BY THAT DATE.
11:24:01 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
11:24:06 ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?
11:24:07 MADAM CLERK, ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
11:24:10 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:24:15 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
11:24:19 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:24:19 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:24:21 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:24:24 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:24:25 >> MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:24:27 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?
11:24:31 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: NO, SIR.
11:24:33 THANK YOU.
11:24:34 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO.
11:24:37 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO, SIR.
11:24:39 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:24:39 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIR, GREAT MEETING.
11:24:43 THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
11:24:45 WONDERFUL REPORTS FROM ALL THE STAFF, CRA IS LOOKING
11:24:49 GREAT.
11:24:50 NOTHING TODAY, MR. CHAIR.
11:24:51 THANK YOU.
11:24:51 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON.
11:24:54 >>BILL CARLSON: NO, SIR.
11:24:57 THANK YOU.
11:24:57 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NOTHING TODAY, SIR.
11:25:01 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:25:01 >>ORLANDO GUDES: NOTHING FOR MYSELF TODAY.
11:25:05 GENTLEMEN, THE DEPUTY CLERK ASKED ME TO MAKE SURE THAT
11:25:09 YOU UNDERSTAND WE HAVE A CALLED MEETING DIRECTLY AFTER
11:25:15 THE CRA MEETING, THE GAVEL IS PASSED TO MR. MANISCALCO,
11:25:17 BUT ASKING FOR A TEN-MINUTE RECESS TO RECONVENE, TO STAY
11:25:22 ON.
11:25:23 IS THAT CORRECT?
11:25:24 >> THAT IS CORRECT SIR.
11:25:29 IF EVERYONE COULD JUST MUTE THEIR LINE AND WE WILL
11:25:36 RECONVENE IN TEN MINUTES.
11:25:37 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE ALL
11:25:40 DOCUMENTS.
11:25:40 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO MOVED.
11:25:43 >>LUIS VIERA: SECOND.
11:25:44 >> ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:25:47 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:25:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:25:51 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
11:25:53 >> YES.
11:25:55 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:25:57 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:25:59 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:26:00 >>THE CLERK MOTION CARRIED --
11:26:04 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
11:26:06 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:26:08 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
11:26:11 AND AGAIN, WE WILL BE ADJOURNED, THEN TEN MINUTES BACK
11:26:16 INTO SESSION BY CHAIR MR. MANISCALCO.
11:26:26 (CRA MEETING ADJOURNED).
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