CRA VIRTUAL MEETING
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
12:20 P.M.
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12:19:40 >>ORLANDO GUDES: GOOD AFTERNOON, CITIZENS OF TAMPA, THIS
12:22:09 IS A CRA SPECIAL CALLED MEETING FOR SEPTEMBER 17, 2020.
12:22:13 CAN I HAVE A ROLL CALL BY THE CLERK?
12:22:15 >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
12:22:21 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HERE.
12:22:23 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
12:22:26 >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
12:22:28 >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE.
12:22:35 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
12:22:37 >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE.
12:22:40 BEFORE WE BEGIN PUBLIC COMMENT, CAN YOU GIVE THE RULES
12:22:42 AND REGULATIONS, PLEASE?
12:22:45 >>MORRIS MASSEY: DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY.
12:22:48 THIS IS A SPECIAL CALLED VIRTUAL MEETING OF THE CRA HELD
12:22:52 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECLARATION PROVISIONS OF THE
12:22:54 GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER, AND CRA RESOLUTION 2020-07
12:23:00 WHICH MEANS THAT THIS MEETING WILL BE CONDUCTED BY REMOTE
12:23:03 PARTICIPATION OR TELECONFERENCES WHICH IS REFERRED TO BY
12:23:06 STATE OF FLORIDA STATUTE AND RULES AS COMMUNICATION VIA
12:23:09 TECHNOLOGY.
12:23:11 WE DO ALLOW SEVERAL ALTERNATIVES FOR PUBLIC
12:23:13 PARTICIPATION, BUT AT THIS TIME THE CHAIR SHOULD ASK TO
12:23:18 SEE IF WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE WE PROCEED WITH
12:23:20 THE AGENDA.
12:23:21 THAT'S IT.
12:23:22 THANK YOU.
12:23:22 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
12:23:25 MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT?
12:23:29 >> NO, WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY REGISTERED PERSONS TO SPEAK
12:23:32 ON ANY ITEM.
12:23:32 AND ALSO THERE'S NO ONE AT THE CONVENTION CENTER OR WE
12:23:35 DID NOT RECEIVE ANY RECORDINGS.
12:23:37 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
12:23:44 LET'S START WITH ITEM NUMBER 1.
12:23:48 (CELL PHONE RINGING).
12:23:49 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: CRA DIRECTOR.
12:23:52 THIS ITEM IS FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTY AT 1312
12:23:57 NORTH TAMPA STREET.
12:24:01 WE ARE REQUESTING THE CRA BOARD TO REPROGRAM $5 MILLION
12:24:04 FROM THE FUND BALANCE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD INFRASTRUCTURE
12:24:07 BUDGET IN THE DOWNTOWN CRA AND TO ALIGN ITEM FOR LAND
12:24:11 ACQUISITION SO THAT WE CAN -- THE PARK ON THIS PROPERTY.
12:24:15 AND ROB AND I ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE
12:24:18 CRA BOARD MEMBERS MAY HAVE.
12:24:20 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS BY ANY MEMBERS?
12:24:25 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES, SIR.
12:24:29 THANK YOU.
12:24:30 IN REGARDS TO THE ACQUISITION, THE PROPERTY ACQUISITION,
12:24:37 WE RECEIVED A VERY THOROUGH PRESENTATION EARLIER.
12:24:39 I MIGHT HAVE MISSED THE PART OF POTENTIAL USE FOR THE
12:24:49 PROPERTY.
12:24:50 IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT IS THE CURRENT DENSITY THAT'S
12:24:55 ALLOWED ON THERE, WHAT'S THE COMP PLAN DENSITY, AND THAT
12:25:02 SORT OF THING.
12:25:06 ARE WE DOING IT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS?
12:25:12 JUST SOME OF THOSE REAL ESTATE KIND OF QUESTIONS.
12:25:14 >>ROB ROSNER: I WOULD BE HAPPY TO FANS T QUESTION.
12:25:19 THE FIRST ONE, OUR INTENTION WAS TO WORKFORCE AFFORDABLE
12:25:24 HOUSING TO MIXED USE FROM DEVELOPMENT TO OUR NORMAL
12:25:29 REDEVELOPMENT PROBLEM SEES WITH AN RFP.
12:25:32 WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THE HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
12:25:34 DEPARTMENT TO ALIGN WITH THEIR VISIONS TO HELP US WITH
12:25:40 THAT.
12:25:42 FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL PIECE TO THIS, THERE WAS -- WE HAD
12:25:45 SPOKEN WITH OUR SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT WHO MANAGES ALL OF
12:25:52 OUR BROWN FIELDS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES THAT WE HAVE.
12:26:00 A SUGGESTION THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE A NEED FOR PHASE ONE
12:26:04 ENVIRONMENTAL, AND HAD SOME VERY CLOSE TO THIS AREA
12:26:09 RECENTLY.
12:26:09 SO THERE'S NO CONCERN FOR CONTAMINATION ON THIS PROPERTY.
12:26:14 THERE'S VERY LITTLE IMPACT ON THE PARCEL.
12:26:17 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY.
12:26:18 SO WE ARE CONFIDENT THERE'S NEVER BEEN A GAS STATION ON
12:26:21 THERE, OR SIMILAR TYPE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT?
12:26:26 >>ROB ROSNER: YES.
12:26:27 AND HE CHECKED THE FEFP WEBSITE ABOUT THIS, AND CONFIRMED
12:26:32 THERE'S NO FURTHER BEYOND THIS PARTICULAR OWNER.
12:26:38 THIS PARTICULAR OWNER HAS OWNED THIS FOR A VERY LONG
12:26:40 TIME, LATE 70s, EARLY 80s.
12:26:46 SO WE HAVE DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE.
12:26:51 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: IT'S NOT VERY FAR FROM THE OLD CITY
12:26:54 GRAVEYARD, THREE BLOCKS TO THE WEST.
12:27:01 >>ROB ROSNER: FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL, BECAUSE ALL OF
12:27:08 DOWNTOWN WAS PARKING CLOSE TO THE THINGS THAT ARE THERE,
12:27:12 EVERYTHING THEY DO REQUIRES ARCHAEOLOGICAL.
12:27:15 WE DO THAT AT THE TIME WE DO CONSTRUCTION, NOT
12:27:18 NECESSARILY AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE.
12:27:19 SO NORMALLY SPEAKING, WHEN WE HAVE COME IN WITH
12:27:23 DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT OR DEVELOPMENT ORDER OR DESIGN AND
12:27:29 REVIEW, WE REQUIRE THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL REPORT TO COME AT
12:27:33 THAT TIME, AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE.
12:27:36 AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE'S THE PARCEL THAT'S
12:27:39 DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM US, CATTY-CORNER FROM
12:27:42 FORTUNE STREET, IS THE TOWNHOMES THAT ARE BEING BUILT.
12:27:47 THEY JUST DID THEIR ARCHAEOLOGICAL, AND THEY FOUND
12:27:50 NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO GIVE ANY CONCERN.
12:27:55 WE DID SOME WORK ON OUR PARKING LOT NEARBY, AND THAT BEEN
12:28:02 DOING SOME WORK, AND HE ASSURED US THAT THERE'S NO ISSUE
12:28:06 THERE.
12:28:06 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY.
12:28:08 AND YOU DIDN'T MENTION WHAT TYPE OF DENSITY OR POTENTIAL
12:28:12 IS ON THERE RIGHT I KNOW.
12:28:13 OR ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A COMP PLAN AMENDMENT AND
12:28:19 ZONING AMENDMENT?
12:28:20 >>ROB ROSNER: NO, THE BEAUTY OF THIS BEING IN DOWNTOWN,
12:28:26 WE CONFORMED THIS TO A FORM-BASED CODE CENTRAL DISTRICT.
12:28:30 THEY REMOVED THE BAR.
12:28:31 IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE MIXED USE.
12:28:41 WE WILL BE REQUIRING RETAIL ON FIRST FLOOR, REQUIRING ALL
12:28:44 THE NORMAL THINGS FOR A TRADITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN
12:28:47 DOWNTOWN, WHICH ALL THESE OTHER PROJECTS HAVE TO DO.
12:28:50 SO THE BEAUTY OF IT IS WE ARE ONLY REMOVED BY HEIGHT OF
12:28:54 THE BUILDING WHICH IS SET BY FAA, AND OF COURSE JUST A
12:28:58 COUPLE BLOCKS SOUTH, THEY PROPOSED A 56 STORY BUILDING.
12:29:03 I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WILL EVER BE 56 STORIES, BUT THEY DO
12:29:08 NOT HAVE A BAR REQUIREMENT BECAUSE THE CENTRAL BUSINESS
12:29:10 REQUIREMENT IS FORM BASED AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
12:29:14 SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO.
12:29:17 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SO FOR THE LAY PERSON LISTENING, HOW
12:29:19 MANY UNITS DO WE ESTIMATE YOU CAN HAVE IN TERMS OF A
12:29:23 RANGE?
12:29:25 ARE WE TALKING ABOUT TEN UNITS, 100 UNITS, 300 UNITS?
12:29:29 >>ROB ROSNER: WELL, YOU KNOW, IDEALLY, WE WOULD LIKE --
12:29:35 A LOT OF THESE BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT DOWNTOWN
12:29:37 THAT ARE TRADITIONAL, WHOLE CITY BLOCK AND THEN 300 UNITS
12:29:42 OR BETTER PER ACRE, YOU KNOW, WE HOPE THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE
12:29:46 SOMETHING TO THAT SCALE, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO WORK THAT OUT
12:29:48 WITH THE DEPARTMENT, WHAT KIND OF SIZE UNITS,
12:29:54 AFFORDABILITY OF THEM, WHAT WE SHOULD BRING TO THE TABLE
12:29:57 TO MAKE THOSE AFFORDABLE, AND IDEALLY, I THINK IT WOULD
12:30:00 BE A MATTER OF 50 UNITS AN ACRE.
12:30:06 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THAT SOUND GREAT.
12:30:07 AND MY LAST STATEMENT IS, NOT A QUESTION BUT MORE OF A
12:30:10 SUGGESTION, YOU KNOW, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS
12:30:13 TREMENDOUS EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH
12:30:19 AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
12:30:22 MOST RECENTLY, ENCORE, ET CETERA, THAT YOU ARE VERY
12:30:26 FAMILIAR WITH, ROB.
12:30:34 IF WE COULD TEAM UP AND USE THEIR SKILLS OR MAYBE EVEN IF
12:30:38 NECESSARY EVEN HIRE THEM AS PARTNERS OR SOMETHING TO HELP
12:30:43 US AND GUIDE US THROUGH THIS.
12:30:45 BECAUSE WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO OUR STAFF, WE ARE NOT
12:30:51 USED TO BIG PROJECTS LIKE THIS.
12:30:53 WE ARE JUST USED TO DOING 100 HOUSES WITH DOMAIN.
12:31:00 SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO UTILIZE THE RESOURCES, THE
12:31:06 LOCAL RESOURCES OF THE TAMPA HOUSING AUTHORITY.
12:31:10 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: THIS IS MICHELLE VAN LOAN.
12:31:16 WE DO DO THAT AS PART OF OUR PROCESS WHEN WE LOOK AT THE
12:31:21 RFP FOR THE LAND IN WEST TAMPA.
12:31:23 WE DID INCLUDE AS PART OF THE PROCESS A RECOMMENDATION
12:31:27 FROM TAMPA HOUSING AUTHORITY.
12:31:31 THEY LOOK AT THE MIX OF HOUSING IN THE AREA SO THAT WE
12:31:34 DON'T OVERLY CONCENTRATE ANY ONE TYPE OF HOUSING WHETHER
12:31:38 THAT'S 120 AMI WORKFORCE, AND THEY WERE WONDERFUL FOR THE
12:31:43 WEST TAMPA COMING BACK AND SAYING, HERE IS WHAT'S IN THE
12:31:46 AREA, HERE IS WHAT THEY HAVE, AND RECOMMENDING SOME
12:31:49 PERCENTAGE OF MIX.
12:31:50 AND THEY WILL DO THAT ALSO.
12:31:53 WE WILL BE REQUESTING THAT ALSO.
12:31:54 I HOPE THEY WOULD DO THAT ALSO.
12:31:56 BUT IT IS PART OF OUR PROCESS THAT WE HAVE INTERNALLY TO
12:32:00 USE THEIR INPUT AND THEIR SPECK EXPERTISE TO HELP GUIDE
12:32:04 US AS WE START TO COME UP WITH A CRITERIA FOR THE RFP.
12:32:08 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I THINK MR. LEROY MOORE AND HIS TEAM,
12:32:14 I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THEM ON OUR -- ON YOUR RFP PANEL, YOU
12:32:20 KNOW, IN TERMS MUCH PUTTING OUT THE BEST RFP POSSIBLE,
12:32:24 AND REVIEWING THE RESPONSE.
12:32:27 YOU KNOW, WE HAVE GOT AN ASSET LIKE LEE ROY IN THE
12:32:33 COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S ONE MAN'S OPINION.
12:32:36 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
12:32:37 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYONE ELSE?
12:32:44 MS. VAN LOAN, MR. DINGFELDER GOT SOME ANSWERS ON THE
12:32:51 TABLE.
12:32:54 CRA HAS GIVEN US MONEY.
12:32:55 IS THIS GOING TO BE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT IF WE ARE
12:32:58 GOING TO PURCHASE THIS FOR THE CITY, AND HAVE A
12:33:05 COLLABORATIVE EMPHASIS, CRA, CAC AND THE CITY TO MAKE
12:33:09 THIS ALL WHATEVER?
12:33:11 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: THIS WILL BE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT
12:33:16 FOLLOWING OUR TRADITIONAL CRA PROCESS.
12:33:19 SO AS WE DID WITH WEST TAMPA, THE VANESSA McCLEARY'S
12:33:26 GROUP WILL COME TO CAC, GET THEIR INPUT FOR THE TYPES OF
12:33:29 CRITERIA AND THEIR PRIORITIES FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.
12:33:32 I ASSUME THAT SOME THINGS LIKE PARKING AND AS ROB
12:33:36 MENTIONED RETAIL SOME OF THE SERVICES, LOOKING AT WHAT'S
12:33:40 IN THE AREA AND HOW WE CAN COMPLEMENT THIS PROJECT WITH
12:33:42 THE AREA.
12:33:43 WE WOULD ALSO THEN TAKE THE INPUT FROM OUR OTHER PARTNERS
12:33:46 SUCH AS TAMPA HOUSING AUTHORITY, LOOKING AT THE
12:33:49 RECOMMENDATION FROM THE MAYOR'S HOUSING TASK FORCE,
12:33:52 ESPECIALLY VANESSA AND HER PEOPLE (AUDIO DROP) DRAFT AN
12:34:02 RFP AND BRING THAT BACK TO OUR CAC, BRING IT BACK TO THE
12:34:08 BOARD FOR CAC FINAL APPROVAL, AND THEN IT WOULD GET
12:34:11 POSTED OUT PUBLICLY FOLLOWING OUR REGULAR RFP PROCESS.
12:34:17 WE WOULD BE NOT TRYING TO RESTRICT THE TYPE OF RESPONSES
12:34:21 WE COULD GET.
12:34:22 IT COULD INCLUDE LAND TRUST OPTIONS.
12:34:24 IT COULD INCLUDE LAND LEASES.
12:34:26 IT COULD INCLUDE AN OUTRIGHT SALE WITH CONDITIONS OF WHAT
12:34:29 THAT DEVELOPMENT.
12:34:30 SO WE WILL NOT RESTRICT THE CREATIVITY OF THE PRIVATE
12:34:34 SECTOR AND COMING BACK TO US WITH WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO
12:34:38 MEET THE NEED OF THE AFFORDABLE AND WORKFORCE HOUSING
12:34:42 THAT WE ARE TRYING TO OBTAIN.
12:34:45 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THE LAST PART KIND OF SCARES ME A
12:34:49 LITTLE BIT WHEN YOU SAY GET OUTSIDE PARTNERS.
12:34:53 I THINK THIS COULD BE A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR
12:34:56 DOWNTOWN, FOR FOLKS TO BE PART OF DOWNTOWN, SO I AM
12:35:02 HOPING THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE YOU LOOK AT THAT AND
12:35:07 HOPEFULLY DECIDE MAKE SURE THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
12:35:11 I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
12:35:12 DOWNTOWN IS A VERY IMPORTANT ASSET.
12:35:14 AND DOWNTOWN, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
12:35:22 I THINK FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE DOWNTOWN AS WELL.
12:35:24 WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S ON THE TABLE, ON THE RADAR.
12:35:27 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: YES, WE WILL GIVE YOU OUR WORD
12:35:32 RIGHT NOW THAT IT WILL HAVE THE -- THE MAIN FOCUS OF THIS
12:35:36 DEVELOPMENT WILL BE AFFORDABLE AND WORKFORCE HOUSING.
12:35:38 AGAIN, WE WILL PROCESS THAT WITH EXPERTS IN THE FIELD AS
12:35:42 TO WHAT THAT RECOMMENDED MIX IS.
12:35:47 AGAIN AS YOU SAID, ENCORE, IT IS NOT 100% ANY ONE THING.
12:35:53 WE DO EXPECT THERE WILL BE SOME PERCENTAGE OF MARKET
12:35:56 RATE, WHETHER THAT IS A 10 OR 15 OR 20% MIX ALONG WITH
12:36:00 THE AFFORDABLE WORKFORCE HOUSING.
12:36:02 WE WILL LOOK TO OUR EXPERTS AND PARTNERS TO HELP US COME
12:36:06 UP WITH THAT RIGHT MIX.
12:36:08 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
12:36:09 ANYONE ELSE FOR COMMENT AT THIS TIME?
12:36:14 CAN WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO MOVE THIS ITEM?
12:36:17 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED.
12:36:20 >>LUIS VIERA: VIERA.
12:36:21 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA MADE THE MOTION.
12:36:26 MR. CITRO SECONDED.
12:36:27 ANY DISCUSSION?
12:36:30 MADAM CLERK, ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
12:36:32 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:36:34 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:36:37 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
12:36:41 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:36:44 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:36:45 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:36:47 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:36:48 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
12:36:51 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
12:36:54 ITEM NUMBER 2.
12:36:58 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T HAVE A SPECIAL
12:37:00 AGENDA RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.
12:37:02 WHAT IS ITEM 2?
12:37:06 >>ORLANDO GUDES: DOWNTOWN NON-CORE COMMUNITY
12:37:08 REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
12:37:10 >>MORRIS MASSEY: DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY.
12:37:14 THIS IS A RELATED ITEM.
12:37:17 CRA'S APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION THAT CITY COUNCIL
12:37:20 APPROVED THIS MORNING APPROVING THE CONTRACT.
12:37:23 NUMBER 2 IS REALLY WHAT MS. VAN LOAN WAS ADDRESSING AS
12:37:28 THE ACTUAL REPROGRAMMING OF THE $$5 MILLION FOR THAT
12:37:33 PURPOSE, FOR PURCHASING THE PROPERTY.
12:37:34 SO THEY ARE RELATED ITEMS.
12:37:35 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT, SIR.
12:37:38 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
12:37:39 NORMALLY THE CONTRACTS THEMSELVES ARE NOT APPROVED AT CRA
12:37:44 BOARD MEETINGS, THEY ARE INCLUDED AS THE BACKUP FOR THE
12:37:46 REPROGRAMMING.
12:37:47 SO I APOLOGIZE.
12:37:48 I DID NOT REALIZE IT SEPARATED THEM OUT AS TWO ITEMS.
12:37:51 >>ORLANDO GUDES: NO PROBLEM.
12:37:59 [~AUDIO DISTORTION~]
12:38:00 >>MORRIS MASSEY: COUNCILMAN GUDES, I WOULD GO AHEAD AND
12:38:02 MOVE ITEM 2 JUST SO IT'S CLEAR ON THE RECORD THAT YOU
12:38:07 MOVED THOSE ITEMS.
12:38:07 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE ITEM NUMBER 2.
12:38:11 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION BY MR. MIRANDA TO MOVE ITEM 2.
12:38:15 AND SECOND.
12:38:17 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND, MANISCALCO.
12:38:18 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECOND BY MANISCALCO.
12:38:20 ANY DISCUSSION?
12:38:21 ANY DISCUSSION?
12:38:24 CLERK, ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
12:38:25 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:38:27 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:38:31 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
12:38:32 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:38:34 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:38:36 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:38:38 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:38:39 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
12:38:42 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MR. MASSEY, FOR THAT.
12:38:45 WE MOVE TO INFORMATION REPORTS AND NEW BUSINESS BY CRA
12:38:49 MEMBERS.
12:38:49 MR. VIERA?
12:38:50 >>LUIS VIERA: NOTHING SIR.
12:38:52 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
12:38:52 >>ORLANDO GUDES: DINGFELDER?
12:38:57 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE
12:39:01 MICHELLE AND ROB AND OUR CITY STAFF, REAL ESTATE,
12:39:04 EVERYBODY WHO WORKED ON THIS ACQUISITION.
12:39:06 I THINK IT'S VERY EXCITING.
12:39:09 GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO JOE CITRO WHO WORKED PRETTY HARD FOR
12:39:16 DOWNTOWN WORKFORCE HOUSING, AND THIS LOOKS LIKE A GOOD
12:39:20 OPPORTUNITY.
12:39:20 SO CONGRATS ALL.
12:39:23 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO?
12:39:25 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO, SIR.
12:39:27 THANKS VERY MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP TODAY.
12:39:28 >>ORLANDO GUDES: CARLSON?
12:39:33 >>BILL CARLSON: NO, SIR.
12:39:34 THANK YOU.
12:39:34 >>ORLANDO GUDES: CITRO?
12:39:36 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES, MR. CHAIR.
12:39:38 THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
12:39:39 YES, THIS IS A REQUEST NOT ONLY BY MYSELF, BUT A LOT OF
12:39:43 PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING DOWNTOWN AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
12:39:47 LIVE DOWNTOWN THAT ARE LOOKING FOR AFFORDABLE AND
12:39:50 WORKFORCE HOUSING, SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO LIVE OUT IN EAST
12:39:55 COUNTY, NORTH COUNTY.
12:39:56 SO THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
12:39:57 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
12:39:58 THANK TO ALL MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD.
12:40:00 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA.
12:40:03 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:40:06 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK THIS IS A GREAT CONCEPT.
12:40:09 MR. CITRO WAS ONE OF THE ONES WHO PUSHED HARD FOR IT.
12:40:12 I KNOW WE ARE ALL PUSHING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
12:40:14 I DON'T REALLY LIKE THAT WORD.
12:40:17 WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT AFFORDABLE IS, IT'S A GREAT ASSET
12:40:21 TO HAVE IN DOWNTOWN.
12:40:26 A WORKFORCE IN DOWNTOWN ALREADY, BUT A DIVERSE AREA, AND
12:40:33 SO I AM VERY HAPPY ABOUT THIS.
12:40:35 IF THERE ARE NO OTHER ITEMS, MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE?
12:40:43 MR. MANISCALCO, SECOND BY MR. MIRANDA.
12:40:45 ROLL CALL.
12:40:46 >>LUIS VIERA: (NO RESPONSE).
12:40:54 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:40:57 YES, CITRO.
12:40:58 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: DINGFELDER, YES.
12:41:01 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:41:05 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:41:08 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:41:10 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:41:11 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
12:41:13 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE ARE ADJOURNED.
12:41:19 (MEETING ADJOURNED).
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