CRA MEETING
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2020
9:00 A.M.
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09:00:16 >>ORLANDO GUDES: GOOD MORNING, CITIZENS OF TAMPA AND
09:00:39 BOARD MEMBERS.
09:00:40 THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING FOR OCTOBER
09:00:44 2020 WILL COME TO ORDER.
09:00:45 THE INVOCATION LED BY REVEREND MATTHEW JAMES.
09:00:48 HE WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AFTER THE
09:00:50 INVOCATION.
09:00:51 IF YOU'RE ABLE TO STAND, PLEASE DO SO.
09:00:54 REVEREND JAMES IS A NATIVE FLORIDIAN, BORN IN
09:00:57 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, A GRADUATE OF HOWARD W. BLAKE HIGH
09:00:59 SCHOOL.
09:00:59 REVEREND JAMES ATTENDED HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE,
09:01:03 BIBLE INSTITUTE OF FAITH, THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
09:01:08 JUNE 2018, HE RECEIVED A DOCTORATE.
09:01:13 HE IS MARRIED TO EVA, HIS WIFE OF 51 YEARS.
09:01:17 HE'S ALSO LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD PASTOR.
09:01:26 GOOD MORNING, REVEREND JAMES.
09:01:32 >> GOOD MORNING TO ALL OF THE COUNCILMEN AND A SPECIAL
09:01:36 THANKS TO COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:01:38 BOW WITH ME IN A MOMENT OF PRAYER.
09:01:41 ALMIGHTY AND MERCIFUL FATHER, WE COME THANKING YOU FOR
09:01:45 THE MEMBERS THAT MAKE UP THIS GREAT COUNCIL WHO DESIRE TO
09:01:53 DO THAT WHICH IS RIGHT AND JUST IN YOUR SIGHT.
09:01:57 FOR YOUR WORD SAYS, BUT IN THE MULTITUDE OF COUNCILS,
09:02:01 THERE'S SAFETY.
09:02:02 THERE IS VICTORY.
09:02:04 THEREFORE, GRANT THEM WISDOM AND KEEN INSIGHT INTO ALL OF
09:02:08 THEIR DECISION MAKING.
09:02:10 AND WHEN THE HARD DECISIONS COME, MAY THEY ALL RELY UPON
09:02:15 YOUR HOLY SPIRIT.
09:02:17 THIS WE PRAY IN CHRIST JESUS NAME.
09:02:20 AMEN.
09:02:22 >>ORLANDO GUDES: IF YOU'RE ABLE TO STAND, PLEASE DO SO
09:02:24 FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
09:02:25 I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF
09:02:28 AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE
09:02:31 NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE
09:02:35 FOR ALL.
09:02:37 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
09:02:38 >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
09:02:40 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HERE.
09:02:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
09:02:45 >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
09:02:47 >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE.
09:02:49 >>THE CLERK: MIRANDA?
09:02:51 MIRANDA?
09:02:53 GUDES?
09:02:55 >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE.
09:02:56 MR. MASSEY, WOULD YOU INDICATE THE RULES FOR PUBLIC
09:03:04 COMMENT.
09:03:04 >>MORRIS MASSEY: MORRIS MASSEY, CRA ATTORNEY.
09:03:08 THIS VIRTUAL MEETING OF THE TAMPA CRA IS HELD IN
09:03:10 ACCORDANCE WITH DECLARATIONS AND PROVISIONS OF THE
09:03:13 GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER 20-69 AS AMENDED AND EXTENDED
09:03:17 BY EXECUTIVE ORDER 20-246.
09:03:20 THE CRA EMERGENCY RULES OF PROCEDURE ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
09:03:23 CRA RESOLUTION 2020-07, THIS MEANS THAT THE CRA MEETING
09:03:28 IS BEING CONDUCTED BY REMOTE PARTICIPATION AND
09:03:32 TELECONFERENCE REFERRED TO AS STATE OF FLORIDA STATUTE
09:03:36 AND RULES AS COMMUNICATIONS -- TECHNOLOGY OR CMT.
09:03:41 THE PUBLIC AND CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA ARE ABLE TO
09:03:45 WATCH, LISTEN OR VIEW THIS MEETING ON CABLE TV AND ON THE
09:03:49 INTERNET.
09:03:50 SINCE THIS MEETING IS BEING CONDUCTED THROUGH THE USE OF
09:03:53 COMMUNITY MEDIA TECHNOLOGY, ALTERNATIVE METHODS HAVE BEEN
09:03:58 ESTABLISHED TO OFFER PUBLIC COMMENT BY INTERNET, VOICE
09:04:02 MAIL, BY MAIL, BY SPEAKING REMOTELY DURING PUBLIC
09:04:07 COMMENT, DURING PUBLIC HEARING, PROVIDING COMMENTS IN
09:04:11 PERSON AT A CMT DEVICE THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED AT THE TAMPA
09:04:16 CONVENTION CENTER.
09:04:16 VOICE MAIL COMMENTS MAY NOT EXCEED THREE MINUTES IN
09:04:23 LENGTH.
09:04:23 RECORDED AND LIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE HEARD AT THE
09:04:26 START OF THE MEETING.
09:04:28 ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS TIMELY RECEIVED BY MAIL, E-MAIL OR
09:04:31 VOICE MAIL WILL BE AFFORDED EQUAL CONSIDERATION AS IF THE
09:04:34 PUBLIC COMMENTS WERE MADE IN PERSON, AND I WILL YIELD
09:04:37 BACK TO YOU, MR. CHAIR.
09:04:39 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MR. MASSEY.
09:04:42 POINT OF ORDER, IF YOU HAVE YOUR PHONES -- PLEASE MUTE
09:04:46 YOUR PHONES IF YOU'RE NOT SPECIAL.
09:04:48 PLEASE MUTE YOUR PHONES OR YOUR COMPUTERS.
09:04:51 MADAM CLERK, PUBLIC COMMENT, HOW MANY DO WE HAVE AT TCC
09:04:56 AND HOW MANY ARE ON THE LINE --
09:05:00 >>THE CLERK: THERE'S NO ONE AT THE TAMPA CONVENTION
09:05:03 CENTER AT THIS TIME, AND I HAVE TWO REGISTERED TO SPEAK
09:05:07 LIVE ON THE WEBINAR, HOWEVER, I JUST HAVE ONE THAT'S
09:05:10 LOGGED ON.
09:05:13 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE CAN BEGIN WITH THAT ONE.
09:05:15 >>THE CLERK: ALL RIGHT.
09:05:16 THANK YOU.
09:05:18 VICTOR DEMAIO.
09:05:24 >> GOOD MORNING, CRA BOARD MEMBERS, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:05:26 MY NAME IS VICTOR DEMAIO, SUITE 195 IN TAMPA.
09:05:31 I'M JUST HERE REPRESENTING ISAAC TO REPORT THAT SHE HAS
09:05:37 GIVEN HER PORTION TO THE CITY FOR THE REDESIGN OF THE
09:05:40 MASSEY PARK PROJECT DOWNTOWN.
09:05:42 THAT, OF COURSE, AS YOU KNOW, IS ADJACENT TO HER
09:05:45 BUILDING, THE OLD CUTRO'S MUSIC STORE, ALSO KNOWN AS THE
09:05:49 ALLEN HOTEL.
09:05:51 WE'RE JUST WORKING ON AN AGREEMENT NOW WITH THE CITY
09:05:56 WHICH SHOULD BE COMPLETED HERE SHORTLY.
09:05:58 I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF ANYBODY HAS THEM.
09:06:02 BUT I WANTED TO REPORT TO THE BOARD SINCE THAT'S BEEN A
09:06:06 CRA PROJECT OF LONG-STANDING, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD
09:06:11 TO THE REDESIGN OF THE PARK, HOPEFULLY THAT WE CAN HAVE A
09:06:15 LITTLE SEATING AREA NEXT TO THE BUILDING FOR SOME
09:06:21 RESTAURANT SERVICE AND RESTORATION OF THE 120-YEAR-OLD
09:06:24 BUILDING THAT'S ADJACENT TO THE HOPEFULLY REDESIGNED NEW
09:06:27 PARK.
09:06:28 THAT'S IT.
09:06:28 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
09:06:31 WORKING WITH EVERYBODY ON THAT PROJECT.
09:06:33 THANK YOU.
09:06:34 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
09:06:36 MADAM CLERK, ANYONE ELSE?
09:06:39 >>THE CLERK: THE OTHER SPEAKER DID LOG ON.
09:06:42 THAT IS MICHAEL RANDOLPH.
09:06:44 IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
09:06:46 MR. MICHAEL RANDOLPH, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, PLEASE UNMUTE
09:06:54 YOURSELF.
09:06:55 >> HELLO?
09:06:57 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
09:06:58 >> MY NAME IS MICHAEL RANDOLPH.
09:07:01 I LIVE IN WEST TAMPA COMMUNITY -- I JUST WANT TO SHARE
09:07:10 WITH YOU SOME CONCERNS RELATED TO THE WEST TAMPA CRA.
09:07:16 BLACK BUSINESSES ARE FEELING THAT THEY ARE LEFT OUT AND
09:07:22 NOT PART OF THE OVERALL STRATEGY.
09:07:25 AND RESIDENTS ARE FEELING THEY ARE NOT REALLY PART OF THE
09:07:28 PROCESS OF GETTING THEIR IDEAS ON WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN IN
09:07:33 THE CRA AREA.
09:07:34 THAT'S VERY CONCERNING TO US AND THAT WE THINK THAT,
09:07:37 ESPECIALLY IN POOR COMMUNITIES, RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES,
09:07:41 ESPECIALLY THOSE ARE MINORITIES SHOULD BE PART OF THE
09:07:45 PROCESS.
09:07:47 IN THE CDC PERSPECTIVE -- WE JUST WANT TO EXPRESS THIS TO
09:07:53 THE CRA RELATED TO THE ONGOING PROCESS OF MAKING SURE
09:07:56 THAT EVERYBODY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BENEFIT FROM THE
09:08:00 CRA.
09:08:01 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:08:03 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
09:08:04 I'M SURE MS. VAN LOAN HEARD THIS.
09:08:10 ANYBODY ELSE?
09:08:11 >>THE CLERK: NO, CHAIR, THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENT
09:08:14 PORTION OF THIS AGENDA.
09:08:15 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:08:18 WE'LL GO TO STAFF REPORTS, ITEM NUMBER 1.
09:08:21 MS. VAN LOAN.
09:08:22 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: GOOD MORNING CHAIR AND CRA BOARD
09:08:24 MEMBERS.
09:08:25 MICHELLE VAN LOAN, COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
09:08:27 IF WE CAN PULL UP THE PowerPoint FOR THE STAFF REPORT
09:08:31 FOR NUMBER TWO.
09:08:33 IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
09:08:40 IF COURTNEY IS ON THE LINE, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO
09:08:45 COURTNEY.
09:08:46 I'M SORRY.
09:08:46 I KEEP FORGETTING.
09:08:47 I'M NOT USED TO NOT SEEING A PERSON STANDING NEXT TO ME.
09:08:52 WE HAVE RACHEL ON THE PHONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBER
09:08:57 PRESENTATION.
09:08:57 >> I'M HERE.
09:08:59 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: WONDERFUL.
09:09:02 YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND START.
09:09:06 >> OKAY.
09:09:06 I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE TAMPA HEIGHTS CRA, SO
09:09:12 I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW WE HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK
09:09:15 BULLETS ON UPDATES OF WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING OVER THE LAST
09:09:18 COUPLE OF MONTHS.
09:09:19 WE WANTED TO UPDATE THAT THE HEIGHTS BUILDING IS NEARING
09:09:23 COMPLETION.
09:09:24 THE BUILDING IS FULLY ENCLOSED AND INTERIOR CONSTRUCTION
09:09:27 IS UNDERWAY, IF ANYBODY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DRIVE DOWN
09:09:30 TAMPA STREET, YOU'LL SEE NICE WIDE SIDEWALKS THEY ALSO
09:09:33 INSTALLED WHICH REALLY ACCENTS THE BUILDING NICELY.
09:09:37 THE FIRST TWO OF ROUNDABOUTS ALSO COMPLETED AND THAT'S
09:09:41 DOWN AND ALONG PALM AVENUE.
09:09:43 THE RIVERWALK HAS ALSO BEEN COMPLETED GOING UP TO THE
09:09:47 NORTH BOULEVARD BRIDGE AND IS OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC.
09:09:51 THAT'S A NICE AMENITY THAT'S AVAILABLE NOW AND GREAT
09:09:54 ACCESS ALONG THE WATERFRONT THERE AS OPPOSED TO HAVING TO
09:09:57 AVOID ALL OF THE BARRICADES THAT ARE ON THE ROAD.
09:10:01 AND THEN SPROUTS WAS SELECTED FOR THE NEW GROCERY STORE
09:10:04 AND THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
09:10:07 ALSO, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP,
09:10:10 FRIENDS OF THE RIVERWALK IS GOING TO BE DOING A RIVERWALK
09:10:13 HALLOWEEN SCAVENGER HUNT THAT WILL ENCOMPASS THE ENTIRE
09:10:18 RIVERWALK, SO SOME AREAS OF THE TAMPA RIVER HEIGHTS CRA
09:10:22 AS WELL.
09:10:22 THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
09:10:25 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK.
09:10:27 ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS?
09:10:30 MR. DINGFELDER, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
09:10:35 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: GOOD MORNING, RACHEL.
09:10:37 RACHEL, COULD YOU BACK UP A LITTLE BIT AND TELL US A
09:10:41 LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF AND HOW IS IT YOU CAME TO BE ON
09:10:44 THE CAC?
09:10:47 ARE YOU A RESIDENT?
09:10:50 ALSO, I KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, THIS PARTICULAR DISTRICT
09:10:56 DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF DISCRETIONARY MONEY AT THIS POINT,
09:11:01 BUT WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO IN TERMS OF WHEN YOU
09:11:04 GUYS START ACCUMULATING MORE MONEY, WHAT KIND OF PROJECTS
09:11:07 ARE YOU ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO?
09:11:09 ARE YOU THE CHAIR OF THIS CAC?
09:11:12 >> I AM NOT THE CHAIR.
09:11:14 I AM STANDING IN FOR OUR CHAIR.
09:11:17 MY NAME IS RACHEL RADAWEC.
09:11:19 I ACTUALLY LIVE IN THE RIVERSIDE HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD.
09:11:23 IF YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE TAMPA HEIGHTS CRA,
09:11:23 THERE REALLY IS NO RESIDENTIAL TO IT.
09:11:24 I'M ACTING ON BEHALF AS A RESIDENT.
09:11:27 I ALSO WORK FOR THE TAMPA DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP AND A
09:11:30 PORTION OF THE CRA IS WITHIN OUR DISTRICT.
09:11:33 I HAVE TWOFOLD INTEREST IN THIS SPACE.
09:11:37 AS YOU MENTIONED, WE DO NOT HAVE A TON OF AVAILABLE
09:11:40 FUNDS.
09:11:41 THE MAJORITY OF OUR BUDGET DOES GO BACK INTO THE SOHO
09:11:48 CAPITAL PROJECT WHICH IS DOING GREAT THINGS FOR THE CRA
09:11:50 SO WE ARE ALWAYS HAPPY TO SEE HOW MUCH SOHO CAPITAL HAS
09:11:54 GROWN AND BROUGHT PEOPLE INTO THIS AREA.
09:11:57 AS WE START TO GROW OUR FUNDS, WE DO HAVE A PRIORITIZED
09:12:02 LIST OF ITEMS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.
09:12:06 A LOT OF IT IS PEDESTRIAN-LEVEL INFRASTRUCTURE.
09:12:09 LIGHTING IS A BIG TOPIC OF CONVERSATION.
09:12:13 WAY-FINDING IS A BIG TOPIC OF CONVERSATION.
09:12:16 ONE THING THAT COMES UP THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS VERY
09:12:19 DIFFICULT FOR US IS SOME OF THE TRANSITIONS BETWEEN OUR
09:12:23 CRA AND THE OTHER SOUTHERN COMMERCE SECTION OF TAMPA
09:12:27 HEIGHTS WHICH IS OVER ON FRANKLIN STREET AND BUILDING A
09:12:30 BETTER CONNECTION THERE.
09:12:31 UNFORTUNATELY, THE CRA BOUNDARY ENDS THE MIDDLE OF TAMPA
09:12:34 STREET, SO OUR HANDS ARE TIED ON SOME THINGS.
09:12:38 ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY
09:12:40 SUPPORTING MORE EVENTS THROUGH THE MARKETING GRANTS WITH
09:12:42 THE COLORS WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO BRING MORE PEOPLE DOWN
09:12:46 INTO THE WATER WORKS PARK AREA ONCE IT IS SAFE FOR US TO
09:12:50 GATHER IN LARGE GROUPS AGAIN.
09:12:53 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL
09:12:55 INFORMATION.
09:12:56 IN REGARD TO THE SOHO CAPITAL FOLKS, THEY ATTEND YOUR CAC
09:13:01 MEETINGS?
09:13:03 DO THEY HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE ON THERE AND DO YOU GET
09:13:05 GOOD COOPERATION WITH THOSE FOLKS?
09:13:07 >> FROM TIME TO TIME, THEY HAVE SENT A REPRESENTATION.
09:13:10 WE KIND OF HAD A REVOLVING DOOR OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD
09:13:13 BEEN A REPRESENTATIVE, LIKE A PERMANENT SEAT ON THE CAC.
09:13:17 I THINK IT'S JUST DUE TO TURNOVER OF INDIVIDUALS WITHIN
09:13:20 THE ORGANIZATION.
09:13:22 THEY ARE A GREAT PARTNER FOR US, AND THEY DO SEND THROUGH
09:13:26 ROB A LOT OF UPDATES.
09:13:27 SO I DO FEEL AS THOUGH WE STAY UP TO STATE ON THE
09:13:31 PROGRESS OF THE PROJECT.
09:13:34 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
09:13:35 THANK YOU, RACHEL.
09:13:37 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS?
09:13:38 SEEING NONE, THEN WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 2.
09:13:41 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:13:45 >> NO PROBLEM.
09:13:46 HAVE A GREAT DAY.
09:13:48 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: WE HAVE OUR MONTHLY STAFF REPORT.
09:13:51 THERE WAS A PowerPoint.
09:13:52 COURTNEY, ARE YOU ON THE PHONE?
09:13:55 >>COURTNEY ORR: I'M HERE.
09:13:56 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: I'LL TURN IT OVER TO COURTNEY ORR,
09:13:59 THE CRA MANAGER FOR YBOR CITY.
09:14:01 >>COURTNEY ORR: HI.
09:14:02 GOOD MORNING, AS MICHELLE JUST SAID.
09:14:04 I'M COURTNEY ORR, YBOR CITY CRA MANAGER.
09:14:12 SO YOU ARE DEFINITELY AWARE OF THE YBOR CITY 7th AVENUE
09:14:18 ARCHWAY PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR MULTIPLE
09:14:21 YEARS AND TRYING TO CREATE THE FINANCING THAT WE NEED IN
09:14:28 ORDER TO DO THIS PROJECT.
09:14:29 THE 7th AVENUE ARCHWAY LIGHT THAT SPANS FROM NUCCIO
09:14:33 DOWN TO 21st STREET CURRENTLY ARE REALLY IN A STATE OF
09:14:37 REPAIR.
09:14:38 THOSE LIGHTS WENT UP TO CELEBRATE CENTENNIAL, A
09:14:44 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, AND THEY WERE MEANT TO NOT BE
09:14:48 THERE FOR 20 YEARS.
09:14:50 THEY'VE BEEN THERE SINCE 2000.
09:14:52 FOR 20 YEARS THEY HAVE BEEN THERE AND THEY ARE ICONIC TO
09:14:55 THE DISTRICT.
09:14:56 AND AGAIN IN MUCH NEED OF REPAIR.
09:14:59 WE ENGAGED WITH TECO SEVERAL YEARS AGO TO WORK WITH US ON
09:15:03 ENHANCING THOSE AS WELL AS WORKING ON THE SIDEWALKS --
09:15:08 SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL.
09:15:10 SO WHAT WE WILL BE DOING IS WE WILL BE TAKING OUT, OR
09:15:13 TECO WILL BE TAKING OUT THE EXISTING POLES THAT ARE
09:15:16 GRAYISH IN COLOR, VERY OLD, PROBABLY A HUNDRED YEARS OLD
09:15:20 AND REPLACING THOSE POLES WITH BLACK POWDER-COATED POLES
09:15:24 THAT WILL BE IN KEEPING WITH THE AESTHETICS OF THE
09:15:28 STREETSCAPE OF 7th AVENUE.
09:15:29 SO THAT WE HOPE WILL BE ABLE TO KICK OFF -- THE PROJECT
09:15:33 TO KICK OFF AFTER BARRIO LATINO COMMISSION APPROVAL IN
09:15:38 MARCH OR APRIL, DIRECTLY AFTER SUPER BOWL.
09:15:40 WE DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO MOBILIZE UNTIL AFTER THE SUPER
09:15:42 BOWL.
09:15:43 SO WE WILL BE HOPING TO KICK THAT, LAUNCH THAT PROJECT
09:15:49 FINALLY IN MARCH OR APRIL OF 2021.
09:15:51 AND SINCE WE ARE SPEAKING TO THE FISCAL YEAR '21 BUDGET,
09:15:56 I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO EXPLAIN
09:15:58 THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROJECT.
09:16:00 AGAIN, HOW THOSE ARCHWAY LIGHTS HAVE BECOME AN IDENTITY
09:16:03 TO YBOR AND WERE MEANT TO BE TEMPORARY BUT WE WILL BE
09:16:07 PUTTING UP A MORE SOLID WIND LOAD APPROVED STRUCTURE SO
09:16:12 THAT THEY'LL LAST THE TEST OF TIME AND IT'S SOMETHING THE
09:16:18 COMMUNITY REALLY WANTS, SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THAT
09:16:21 HAPPEN.
09:16:21 AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE
09:16:24 BUDGET.
09:16:25 HOWEVER, ONCE THE PROJECT STARTS AND IS COMPLETED, THOSE
09:16:31 MONIES WILL BE ABLE TO SHIFT TO OTHER IMPORTANT
09:16:34 PRIORITIES LIKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
09:16:38 THAT COMBINES MY BULLET ONE AND BULLET THREE THERE.
09:16:41 WE DID SEE A FABRICATED ARCHWAY OUT ON TECOS PROPERTY.
09:16:46 THAT WAS ABLE TO DO -- STAFF WAS ABLE TO DO A REVIEW OF
09:16:50 ONE.
09:16:51 SO WE'RE EXCITED.
09:16:52 WE ACTUALLY SEE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TOUCH.
09:16:56 AND THAT WILL BE THERE ON THEIR PROPERTY FOR A FEW MONTHS
09:17:00 AS THEY TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE LIGHTING SYSTEM AND CAN
09:17:03 WORK WITH THE ACTUAL STRUCTURE AND APPLY LIGHTS TO MAKE
09:17:06 SURE THAT THE LIGHTS ARE THE CORRECT ONES.
09:17:10 SO WE'RE MOVING THAT ALONG.
09:17:13 I'LL GO BACK TO BULLET NUMBER 2 AND LET YOU KNOW THAT THE
09:17:16 MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS RFP THAT WE HAVE FIVE
09:17:19 RESPONDENTS COME BACK ON ARE APPLIED TO THE RFP, THAT WE
09:17:26 EVALUATE THE ALL FIVE.
09:17:27 WE NARROWED IT DOWN TO TWO COMPANIES THAT WERE VERY
09:17:30 CLOSELY FOR, AND THEY WENT TO THE FINAL ROUND.
09:17:35 WE ULTIMATELY DID SELECT OUR CURRENT AGENCY OF RECORD,
09:17:39 HCP AND ASSOCIATES.
09:17:40 WE HAVE BEEN VERY PLEASED WITH THEM THE LAST SEVERAL
09:17:43 YEARS AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE WORKING WITH THEM AND NOT
09:17:45 SKIP A BEAT.
09:17:46 SO THAT'S GREAT.
09:17:48 SEPTEMBER MEETINGS, WE HAD A YCDC BOARD MEETING, A
09:17:54 PLANNING INFRASTRUCTURE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
09:17:56 MEETING, AS WELL AS A CULTURAL ARTS AND SPECIAL EVENTS
09:18:01 COMMITTEE MEETING.
09:18:02 SOME OF THE TOPICS WE DISCUSSED WERE BRINGING EVERYONE UP
09:18:05 TO SPEED ON THE COVID-19 BUSINESS RELIEF PROGRAM AND THE
09:18:08 EXTENSION AND REGULATIONS TO THE LIFT UP LOCAL PROGRAM.
09:18:12 AND WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE BRETT OWEN, OUR NEW DISTRICT 3
09:18:19 TPD CAPTAIN.
09:18:21 HE PARTICIPATED IN OUR CALL AND WE HAD A GOOD DISCUSSION
09:18:25 WITH HIM ABOUT ISSUES WE'D LIKE TPD TO ASSIST US WITH IN
09:18:29 THE DISTRICT.
09:18:30 WE DID A REVIEW OF THE WORK THAT THE BRICK STREET
09:18:35 SUBCOMMITTEE THAT WAS CREATED OUT OF THE PLANNING
09:18:38 INFRASTRUCTURE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, WE
09:18:40 HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE REVIEWING THE BRICK STREETS IN YBOR
09:18:43 CITY SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN BRING SOME OF THOSE STREETS BACK
09:18:46 OR UNCOVER SOME OF THE ASPHALT, THE BRICKS COVERED BY
09:18:51 ASPHALT.
09:18:52 THEY ARE DOING A THOROUGH REVIEW OF ALL THE BRICK STREETS
09:18:55 AND CREATING SOME SORT OF WISH LIST, SO TO SPEAK, TO
09:18:59 PROVIDE TO THE ADMINISTRATION HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE
09:19:01 YEAR SO THAT WE CAN PUT THAT ON THE RADAR OF SOMETHING
09:19:06 THE COMMUNITY REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF IN THE
09:19:08 DISTRICT, MORE BRICK STREETS.
09:19:10 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:19:15 AND THEN AT THE CULTURAL ARTS AND SPECIAL EVENTS
09:19:17 SUBCOMMITTEE, WE INVITED ROBIN NIGH TO TALK ABOUT PUBLIC
09:19:21 ART INITIATIVES AND THE NEW CITYWIDE MONUMENT POLICY THAT
09:19:24 VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING ON TO CREATE SO THAT WE
09:19:27 HAVE A POLICY WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE A MONUMENT OR A
09:19:31 STATUE PUT INTO A PARK.
09:19:33 WE HAVE A POLICY THAT DIRECTS US ON WHAT WE CAN DO FOR
09:19:37 THOSE REQUESTS.
09:19:38 WE HAVE AN EDUCATIONAL SOUND INSTALLATION PROJECT THAT
09:19:43 WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.
09:19:48 DELAYED DUE TO COVID, PERSONAL ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEWS THAT
09:19:50 WERE GOING TO BE DONE AS PART OF THE EDUCATIONAL
09:19:53 INSTALLATION PROJECT AT CENTENNIAL PARK HAD TO BE
09:19:57 DELAYED.
09:19:58 WE'RE HOPING IN THE SPRING CAN DO THAT.
09:20:02 INSTALLATION, ABSOLUTELY, WHAT IT IS, IT INCLUDES
09:20:05 INTERVIEWS OF JUST INDIVIDUALS AS WELL AS THE SOUNDS AND
09:20:10 THE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD HEAR IF YOU WERE IN THE
09:20:14 1920s, WALKING DOWN 7th AVENUE, FOR INSTANCE, WHAT
09:20:18 KIND OF NOISES WOULD YOU HEAR AND WHAT KIND OF RHETORIC
09:20:21 WOULD YOU HEAR.
09:20:23 WHAT CONVERSATIONS.
09:20:24 SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT PROJECT.
09:20:26 AND WE DID MAKE A MOTION, DUE TO THE FACT THAT SOME OF
09:20:30 THE EVENTS THAT WE APPROVED YOU DID THE SPECIAL EVENT
09:20:34 GRANT PROGRAM THAT THE YCDC ADMINISTERS, SOME OF THOSE
09:20:38 HAD TO SHIFT AND TILT A LITTLE DUE TO THE CURRENT
09:20:42 SITUATION.
09:20:43 SO WE'RE ASKING THAT ANY OF THOSE EVENTS THAT WE DID
09:20:46 PROVIDE FUNDING ASSISTANCE TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD FOR
09:20:50 REVIEW SO THAT IF THEIR BUDGET HAS CHANGED OR HAS ALTERED
09:20:54 TO A DEGREE WHERE THE BOARD DOESN'T FEEL IT'S BENEFICIAL
09:20:57 TO THE DISTRICT, DRIVE PEOPLE INTO THE DISTRICT, FOR
09:21:01 INSTANCE, TO SUPPORT OUR BUSINESSES, THEY MAY WANT TO
09:21:05 ALTER THE GRANT AMOUNT THAT WE PROVIDE TO THAT PARTICULAR
09:21:08 PROMOTER.
09:21:10 AS YOU KNOW, YOU'VE SEEN THE LETTERS THAT WERE SENT TO
09:21:13 MARCO RUBIO AND RICK SCOTT AS WELL AS GOVERNOR DESANTIS
09:21:16 ABOUT SAVE OUR STAGES AND REALLY JUST TRYING TO HELP
09:21:20 SUPPORT OR REINFORCE THE FACT THAT WE REALLY DEEPLY CARE
09:21:24 ABOUT OUR CULTURE AND ARTS AND WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE
09:21:29 SURE THEY ARE HIGHLIGHTED FOR THE NEED OF CARES ACT
09:21:35 FUNDING.
09:21:35 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:21:37 NOW THAT WE MOVED INTO PHASE 3 OF REOPENINGS, OBVIOUSLY,
09:21:43 ACTIVITY IS PICKING UP WHICH IS GREAT, BUT THAT DOES MEAN
09:21:46 MORE GARBAGE IN THE DISTRICT, RECOGNIZING THIS, WE WERE
09:21:51 WORKING WITH SOLID WASTE AND ACTUALLY HAND DELIVERING
09:21:55 NOTICES TO THE BUSINESSES SO THAT IF THEY HAVE SERVICE
09:22:00 REDUCED, WHICH MANY OF THEM DID, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY
09:22:03 DIDN'T NEED THE FULL SERVICE THAT THEY NORMALLY WERE
09:22:07 RECEIVING, WE ASKED THAT THEY DO REACH OUT TO SOLID WASTE
09:22:10 AND RESUME THEIR REGULAR SERVICE SO IT STARTS LOOKING
09:22:15 NICE.
09:22:15 AND THANK YOU FOR THE APPROVAL.
09:22:17 AS YOU KNOW, YOU APPROVED THE FACADE GRANT FOR THE CUBAN
09:22:20 CLUB, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.
09:22:22 AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING THAT TO BE APPROVED SO THAT
09:22:27 THOSE EMERGENCY REPAIRS CAN HAPPEN.
09:22:31 AS ALWAYS, WE ALWAYS HAVE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENTS.
09:22:34 YOU'LL SEE THAT WE DID FINALLY COMPLETE CENTRO YBOR AND
09:22:38 FERNANDO NORIEGA RESTROOMS THAT WERE COMPLETE RENOVATION.
09:22:43 FEEL FREE TO POP IN AND CHECK THE BATHROOMS OUT.
09:22:47 THEY LOOK REALLY NICE.
09:22:49 THAT IS COMPLETE.
09:22:50 WE'RE HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
09:22:51 PRESSURE WASHING CONTINUES AND BRICK STREET REPAIRS,
09:22:54 ET CETERA.
09:22:54 WE'RE ALWAYS ON TOP OF MAKING SURE THE DISTRICT IS NICE
09:22:58 AND TIDY.
09:22:59 WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO TWO EVENTS.
09:23:02 WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO EVENTS COMING UP.
09:23:05 ONE IS TASTE OF LATINO FESTIVAL ON NOVEMBER 7 AND CUBAN
09:23:09 SANDWICH FESTIVAL NOVEMBER THE 8th.
09:23:11 BOTH HELD AT CENTRO ASTURIANO.
09:23:15 WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NOVEMBER EVENTS.
09:23:18 THE COMMUNITY WAS VERY HAPPY -- NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:23:21 THE COMMUNITY WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE SATURDAY
09:23:24 MARKET REOPENED, OF COURSE, WITH CDC GUIDELINES
09:23:28 IMPLEMENTED, BUT WE DID HAVE 40 VENDORS PARTICIPATING.
09:23:32 ACTUALLY 37 VENDORS, APPROXIMATELY 40 VENDORS THAT
09:23:36 PARTICIPATED IN THE SATURDAY MARKET AFTER BEING SHUT DOWN
09:23:39 FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.
09:23:41 SO WE'RE HAPPY TO SEE THAT RETURN ON A REGULAR BASIS
09:23:45 EVERY SATURDAY GOING FORWARD.
09:23:47 AND THEN HOTEL HAYA, THE NEW YBOR BOUTIQUE HOTEL, HOSTED
09:23:53 A RIBBON CUTTING.
09:23:54 UNFORTUNATELY, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A COUNCIL MEETING,
09:23:57 SO NONE OF YOU WERE ABLE TO ATTEND.
09:23:59 THE GOOD THING IS WE HAVE AN YBOR CHAMBER RIBBON CUTTING
09:24:04 THAT WILL OCCUR ON OCTOBER THE 21st FROM 11:30 TO
09:24:08 12:30.
09:24:09 SO I WANT TO PERSONALLY INVITE ALL OF YOU TO ATTEND.
09:24:12 IT'S A WEDNESDAY.
09:24:13 HOPEFULLY YOU'RE FREE, 11:30 TO 12:30, OCTOBER 21st.
09:24:18 BUT IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL RIBBON CUTTING THAT THEY HAD
09:24:21 ON SEPTEMBER 24, AND WHAT A MAJOR MILESTONE THIS IS FOR
09:24:27 THE DISTRICT.
09:24:28 IT'S MULTI-YEARS IN THE MAKING.
09:24:31 TO HAVE A BOUTIQUE HOTEL ON A FORMER PARKING LOT SITE
09:24:35 WITH THE INCORPORATION OF TWO HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND
09:24:38 THEIR RESTORATION IS WONDERFUL.
09:24:42 OVERALL, VERY PRODUCTIVE AND POSITIVE MONTH IN YBOR, AND
09:24:47 THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
09:24:50 THANK YOU.
09:24:51 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS?
09:24:55 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY MAKE A COUPLE OF
09:24:57 COMMENTS?
09:24:58 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU MAY, MR. CITRO.
09:24:59 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
09:25:01 MS. ORR, AS A FORMER YCDC BOARD MEMBER, I AM GLAD TO HEAR
09:25:06 THAT THESE STREETLIGHTS ARE COMING TO FRUITION.
09:25:10 I REMEMBER WHEN IT FIRST STARTED BACK WHEN I WAS FIRST
09:25:13 WITH THE BOARD AND WALTER A. WAS PRESIDENT.
09:25:18 GREAT JOB ON THAT ONE.
09:25:20 IS THERE HOPES THAT IN THE 7th AVENUE REBRICKING THAT
09:25:24 WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ENOUGH BRICKS TO RECLAIM
09:25:29 BRICKS TO PAVE 7th AVENUE IF NEEDED.
09:25:32 WAS THAT IN YOUR DISCUSSION?
09:25:36 >>COURTNEY ORR: WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ACTUAL
09:25:38 INVENTORY IS OF THE BRICK, BUT I WILL SAY THAT THERE IS
09:25:42 MORE OUT THERE THAN I THINK ANYONE REALIZES.
09:25:44 WHEN WE HAD AN ARTICLE WRITTEN IN THE TAMPA BAY TIMES
09:25:48 ABOUT A YEAR AGO BY PAUL GUZZO SUGGESTING THAT WE DIDN'T
09:25:52 HAVE THE QUANTITY NECESSARY TO BRICK 7th AVENUE, WE
09:25:54 HAVE A MASTER FILE IN THE OFFICE NOW OF EVERYBODY THAT
09:25:56 CAME OUT OF THE WOODWORK THAT SAID, I HAVE BRICKS.
09:26:01 WE ACTUALLY PROBABLY HAVE A SUPPLY OUT THERE, YEAH, IT'S
09:26:07 GOING TO COME DOWN TO ACTUALLY PROBABLY THE FINANCING OF
09:26:10 THAT.
09:26:11 IT'S A PRETTY HEFTY PROJECT TO DO ALL OF 7th AVENUE.
09:26:14 I KNOW AT ONE POINT WE DISCUSSED DOING JUST THE
09:26:17 CROSSWALKS.
09:26:18 THAT MIGHT BE MORE AFFORDABLE AND LESS INTRUSIVE TO THE
09:26:23 BUSINESSES TO NOT DISRUPT THEIR OPERATIONS.
09:26:25 WE ENDED ON CROSSWALKS AT ONE POINT, BUT I DO KNOW THERE
09:26:29 IS STRONG INTEREST IN DOING ALL OF 7th AVENUE IF IT'S
09:26:33 FINANCIALLY POSSIBLE.
09:26:34 >>JOSEPH CITRO: FANTASTIC.
09:26:35 IF WE'RE GOING TO DO REDO 7th AVENUE, WE MIGHT AS WELL
09:26:39 USE ORIGINAL BRICKS.
09:26:40 I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU AND THE YCDC BOARD FOR SUPPORTING
09:26:43 THE SAVE OUR STAGES.
09:26:45 AS YOU KNOW, CITY COUNCIL PUT OUT A RESOLUTION IN EFFORTS
09:26:48 TO HELP THAT ALSO.
09:26:49 I WENT TO SATURDAY MARKET.
09:26:51 IT IS THRIVING AGAIN.
09:26:53 CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.
09:26:54 AND THE HOTEL HAYA, AS YOU SAID, IS WONDERFUL.
09:26:57 I WAS THERE FOR A SPECIAL EVENT.
09:27:00 CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR GREAT WORK, YOUR STAFF, AND THE
09:27:05 BOARD.
09:27:06 CONGRATULATIONS.
09:27:08 >>COURTNEY ORR: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:27:09 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
09:27:10 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, SIR.
09:27:11 ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS?
09:27:12 TWO THINGS, CAN YOU GIVE ME THE PERCENTAGE WITH THE
09:27:21 REOPENING, THE THIRD PHASE OF THE CLUBS AND RESTAURANTS
09:27:24 IN YBOR NOW?
09:27:28 >> THE PERCENTAGE, I'M SORRY?
09:27:30 >>ORLANDO GUDES: PATRONS THAT ARE BACK DOWN IN YBOR NOW,
09:27:33 WEEKEND NIGHT LIFE.
09:27:35 WHAT IS THAT NUMBER, 60%, 70%, 80%, OPERATIONS WITH THE
09:27:42 CLUBS AND THE RESTAURANTS?
09:27:45 >> WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN SAY A PERCENTAGE.
09:27:49 IT'S ACTIVE.
09:27:50 IT'S DEFINITELY -- THE STREETS ARE MUCH FULLER THAN THEY
09:27:54 HAVE BEEN.
09:27:55 I'D SAY THAT THE NIGHT LIFE IS VERY MUCH IN FULL SWING IN
09:28:03 THE DISTRICT.
09:28:05 >>ORLANDO GUDES: NUMBER TWO, I WAS KIND OF DISAPPOINTED,
09:28:08 I KNOW WE HAD THE GRAND OPENING OF THE HYATT HOTEL, IT
09:28:11 WAS A THURSDAY, A COUNCIL DAY.
09:28:14 HOPEFULLY SEE THE BUILDING.
09:28:18 REALLY WANTING TO SEE THAT.
09:28:20 GREAT PROJECT IN YBOR CITY.
09:28:24 >> I'LL BE CERTAIN TO SEND THE INVITATION TO ALL OF YOUR
09:28:26 AIDES TO GET THAT ON OUR CALENDAR FOR OCTOBER 21st.
09:28:30 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
09:28:31 THANK YOU.
09:28:32 >> YOU'RE WELCOME.
09:28:36 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MS. VAN LOAN?
09:28:42 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: FOR THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'RE GOING TO
09:28:44 THE WEST TAMPA AND DREW PARK CRA WITH MR. JESUS.
09:28:49 >>JESUS NINO: GOOD MORNING.
09:28:50 THIS IS JESUS NINO, WEST TAMPA AND DREW PARK CRA MANAGER.
09:28:55 HOPEFULLY EVERYONE IS DOING WELL THIS MORNING.
09:28:57 AS FAR AS THE WEST TAMPA CRA, THE WEST TAMPA CRA
09:29:01 COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, OR CAC, THEY CONTINUE TO
09:29:04 HOLD VERY PRODUCTIVE MONTHLY MEETINGS, INCLUDING THEIR
09:29:07 SUBCOMMITTEES.
09:29:08 STAFF IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CHAIRMAN AND THE REST
09:29:11 OF THE CAC TO MAKE SURE THEY GET INFORMATION THEY NEED
09:29:14 FOR PROJECTS OUT THERE, AND HOPEFULLY CAN IMPROVE THAT SO
09:29:18 WE CAN GET THEM MORE INFORMATION AND GET THEM INVOLVED
09:29:20 EVEN MORE.
09:29:21 THE NEXT BULLET POINT IS THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY THAT WAS
09:29:26 PROPOSED IS MOVING FORWARD SUCCESSFULLY.
09:29:30 SOMETIME THIS MONTH, IT GOES BEFORE THE NEXT BOARD FOR
09:29:34 HOPEFULLY APPROVAL TO MOVE ON WITH THE PROCESS THERE.
09:29:38 STAFF IS CONTINUALLY SENDING OUT E-MAILS TO DISTRIBUTION
09:29:42 LIST FOR WEST TAMPA TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED AS FAR
09:29:45 AS WHAT'S GOING ON IN WEST TAMPA, INCLUDING WE'RE
09:29:49 STARTING TO DO OUTREACH TO THE BUSINESS OUT THERE.
09:29:52 SO WE CAN GET TO KNOW WHO THEY ARE AND GET THEM ON THE
09:29:56 DISTRIBUTION LIST IF THEY ARE NOT ALREADY ON IT.
09:29:58 WE'RE PRETTY HAPPY TO NOTIFY THAT THE FIRST WEST TAMPA
09:30:04 NEWSLETTER FOR CRA HAS BEEN CREATED IF YOU DON'T ALREADY
09:30:08 HAVE A COPY, WE'LL MAKE SURE TO SEND YOU A COPY.
09:30:13 WE'RE WAITING FOR HARD COPIES.
09:30:15 ONCE WE GET THOSE, WE'LL MAIL OUT TO CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS
09:30:17 AND KEEP A FEW FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO SEE IT.
09:30:20 IN DIGITAL FORM, WE'LL SEND IT OUT TO YOU IF YOU DON'T
09:30:23 HAVE IT ALREADY.
09:30:24 ANOTHER THING WE'RE HAPPY ABOUT IS THAT ALL OF YOU
09:30:28 ALREADY READ, THE BUILD GRANT FOR THE WEST SIDE OF THE
09:30:32 RIVERWALK.
09:30:32 WE'LL GET THE CAC INVOLVED WITH THAT.
09:30:34 SO THE BUILD TEAM IS GOING TO COME TO PRESENT BEFORE THE
09:30:39 CAC THIS MONTH SO WE CAN ALL PARTNER UP WITH EACH OTHER
09:30:43 AND MAKE SURE THAT MOVES FORWARD SUCCESSFULLY.
09:30:46 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:30:47 THESE ARE INDIRECT CRA ACTIVITIES IN THE WEST TAMPA.
09:30:54 TECO IS CONTINUING UNDERTAKING TWO PROJECTS TO EXTEND
09:30:58 POWER TO THE WEST RIVER DEVELOPMENT.
09:31:01 PHASE ONE IS AN UNDERGROUND DISTRIBUTION LINE RUNNING
09:31:04 ALONG ROME AVENUE AND NASSAU STREET ENDING AT WEST RIVER.
09:31:08 PHASE TWO WAS ALSO INITIATED IN MID SEPTEMBER AND
09:31:12 REPLACING LINES AND POSTS STARTING AT HABANA, ARMENIA ON
09:31:17 TO CHESTNUT AND EXTENDING TO ROME AVENUE.
09:31:20 THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF TRAFFIC DISRUPTION.
09:31:23 BEEN OUT THERE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS AS MUCH AS I CAN
09:31:27 AND DRIVE MY CAR AROUND THERE AND EVEN WALK OUT THERE TO
09:31:31 SEE HOW MUCH DISRUPTION AND IT'S NOT VERY BAD.
09:31:33 I CAN NAVIGATE IT.
09:31:35 HOPEFULLY THE COMMUNITY AS WELL CAN DO THAT.
09:31:37 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:31:39 THIS IS ALSO INDIRECT CRA ACTIVITY.
09:31:45 CONSTRUCTION IS STILL ONGOING ON THREE SEVEN STORY
09:31:47 APARTMENT BUILDINGS AT THE WEST RIVER DEVELOPMENT
09:31:50 PROJECT.
09:31:50 TOGETHER, THIS FIRST PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT WILL INCLUDE
09:31:53 371 APARTMENTS AND 6,300 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL ALONG WITH
09:32:00 COMPUTERS, LIBRARY AND FITNESS, COMMUNITY/GAME ROOMS FOR
09:32:05 RESIDENTS.
09:32:05 THESE ARE EXPECTED TO BE OPEN HOPEFULLY LATE 2021 OR
09:32:10 EARLY 2022.
09:32:11 THESE ARE GOING TO BE A MIXTURE OF AFFORDABLE AND MARKET
09:32:14 RATE APARTMENTS.
09:32:16 AS FAR AS DISRUPTION TO THE COMMUNITY, IT'S NOT VERY BAD
09:32:19 SINCE IT'S MOSTLY ENCLOSED ON THE SITE, BUT I ALSO
09:32:22 CONTINUE TO DRIVE THAT AREA TO MAKE SURE IF THERE IS
09:32:24 DISRUPTION, WE'VE TALKED TO THE DEVELOPERS OR
09:32:27 CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES TO MAKE SURE HOW WE CAN MITIGATE
09:32:30 ALL THAT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
09:32:33 NEXT SLIDE.
09:32:37 THE SITE PREP WORK STILL CONTINUES FOR THE FOUNDRY AT
09:32:41 NOHO, A MULTIFAMILY COMMUNITY THAT WILL CONSIST OF 191
09:32:46 UNITS ON ONE HUGE BUILDING THAT IS PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH
09:32:51 THE CHARACTER OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.
09:32:53 I WOULD ALSO -- IT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE A PARKING GARAGE,
09:32:57 PRECAST CONCRETE.
09:32:58 THE APARTMENTS WOULD BE MADE OUT OF WOOD, WOOD FRAMING.
09:33:04 THE APARTMENT COMPLEX WILL ENCOMPASS PRETTY MUCH THE
09:33:07 ENTIRE SQUARE BLOCK THAT'S BOUNDED BY ARMENIA, HOWARD,
09:33:11 STATE AND LEMON, ADJACENT TO THE GLAZER FAMILY JEWISH
09:33:14 COMMUNITY CENTER, AND THE VILA BROTHERS PARK.
09:33:17 THIS CONSTRUCTION IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETE HOPEFULLY
09:33:21 SOMETIME EARLY IN 2022.
09:33:23 THE DEVELOPER IS THE RICHMOND GROUP AND THE ARCHITECTS
09:33:26 ARE HUMPHREYS AND PARTNERS ARCHITECTS.
09:33:29 THIS ALSO DOESN'T HAVE TOO MUCH DISRUPTION TO THE
09:33:32 COMMUNITY AT THIS STAGE SINCE MOSTLY IT'S ALL SITE PREP
09:33:38 WORK.
09:33:39 THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
09:33:40 WE'RE ALL VERY HAPPY THAT THE MARY BETHUNE APARTMENT
09:33:46 RENOVATION PRETTY MUCH SEEM TO BE COMPLETE.
09:33:49 I'VE BEEN OUT THERE.
09:33:51 THEY INDICATE THAT TENANTS ARE MOVING IN.
09:33:53 I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT YET, BUT IT'S SUCH A HUGE PROJECT.
09:33:57 IT'S VERY BEAUTIFUL, SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
09:33:59 HOPEFULLY A RIBBON CUTTING WOULD BE SCHEDULED PRETTY
09:34:02 SOON.
09:34:05 NEXT.
09:34:05 AND WE'LL MAKE SURE TO KEEP YOU ALL INVOLVED AND NOTIFIED
09:34:09 WHEN ALL THE RIBBON CUTTINGS ARE OCCURRING, INCLUDING THE
09:34:13 CAC.
09:34:14 THE RENAISSANCE, WEST RIVER DEVELOPMENT WHICH INCLUDES
09:34:17 160 AFFORDABLE MULTIFAMILY UNITS FOR SENIORS AND ALSO
09:34:22 INCLUDES RETAIL OFFICE SPACE.
09:34:24 THAT OFFICIALLY OPENED LATE SEPTEMBER.
09:34:30 IT'S A VERY BEAUTIFUL PROJECT AS WELL.
09:34:32 WE ALSO HAVE CONSTRUCTION THAT CONTINUES FOR PHASE TWO OF
09:34:36 THE GREEN SPINE CYCLE TRACK, SPANNING ABOUT 2.6 MILES
09:34:42 ALONG CASS STREET TO PROVIDE CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THE
09:34:45 DOWNTOWN, WEST TAMPA AND EAST TAMPA.
09:34:47 ALSO CONSTRUCTION OF THE $35 MILLION CYPRESS STREET
09:34:54 OUTFALL STORMWATER PROJECT IS BEING CONSTRUCTED THERE
09:34:56 CONCURRENTLY WITH THE GREEN SPINE CYCLE TRACK SPANNING
09:34:59 2.6 MILES.
09:35:01 NEXT.
09:35:06 THIS ONE I KIND OF FOUND OUT WHEN I WAS DRIVING THE AREA.
09:35:10 HOPEFULLY I'M NOT PRONOUNCING THEIR NAME INCORRECTLY.
09:35:14 GODDARD SCHOOL.
09:35:16 IT IS A PRIVATE PRESCHOOL.
09:35:19 IT'S BEING CONSTRUCTED AT 2401 WEST KENNEDY BOULEVARD
09:35:23 BETWEEN ARMENIA AVENUE AND MOODY AVENUE.
09:35:26 IT SEEMS TO BE MOVING ALONG PRETTY QUICKLY.
09:35:30 HOPEFULLY WHEN THAT'S DONE, IT WILL BE VERY BEAUTIFUL
09:35:33 ARCHITECTURE AND GOOD ADDITION TO THE COMMUNITY RIGHT
09:35:35 THERE ON KENNEDY BOULEVARD RIGHT AT THE PERIPHERY ON THE
09:35:38 EDGE OF OUR CRA BOUNDARY FOR WEST TAMPA.
09:35:41 NEXT.
09:35:43 THAT CONCLUDES THE WEST TAMPA INFORMATION, IF YOU HAVE
09:35:50 ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I MOVE ON TO THE DREW PARK.
09:35:53 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY BOARD MEMBERS?
09:35:56 YOU MAY PROCEED, SIR.
09:36:02 >>JESUS NINO: THANK YOU.
09:36:02 THE NEXT ONE IS THE DREW PARK CRA AREA.
09:36:05 BASICALLY, THE LINEAR PARK AT TAMPA BAY BOULEVARD IS
09:36:09 BASICALLY COMPLETE FOR THE PUBLIC.
09:36:12 I'VE SEEN INDIVIDUALS WALKING THE LITTLE SIDEWALK TRAIL
09:36:16 AROUND THE LITTLE PARK THERE.
09:36:18 PEOPLE SITTING AT THE BENCHES ENJOYING THEMSELVES.
09:36:21 THERE'S STILL WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO COMPLETE THE
09:36:24 ENTIRE PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDES A MEETER FOR THE LIGHTS
09:36:28 THERE.
09:36:29 ALSO, WE INSTALLED TRASH RECEPTACLES RECENTLY, AND WE
09:36:34 HAVE DESIGNS FOR SIGNS THAT WOULD HAVE HISTORICAL
09:36:37 INFORMATION ON THEM.
09:36:38 ONCE THAT'S COMPLETE, THEN THE PARK IS BASICALLY FINISHED
09:36:41 COMPLETELY.
09:36:42 RIGHT NOW, IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND I'VE SEEN
09:36:45 INDIVIDUALS USING THAT SO WE'RE PRETTY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
09:36:48 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:36:49 THE DREW PARK STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN UPDATE THAT
09:36:55 CONTINUES.
09:36:56 WE HAVE ANOTHER VIRTUAL PUBLIC MEETING SCHEDULED FOR THIS
09:37:01 MONTH AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET WORD OUT TO MORE
09:37:03 BUSINESSES SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE GET MORE INDIVIDUALS IN
09:37:07 THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED WITH THAT PROCESS.
09:37:08 SO WE'LL MAKE SURE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THAT.
09:37:11 WE'VE BEEN DOING BASICALLY THE RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS OF
09:37:16 THE COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW WITH VHB, INC., THE CONTRACTOR
09:37:23 FOR THE PROJECT, THE CONSULTANT.
09:37:24 NEXT, PLEASE.
09:37:26 THESE ARE INDIRECT ACTIVITIES FOR THE DREW PARK.
09:37:33 ACROSS THE STREET FROM DREW PARK, CRA ALONG AIR CARGO
09:37:37 ROAD AND OSBORNE, CAE USA IS BUILDING A NEW $40 MILLION,
09:37:45 250,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY.
09:37:47 THEY PLAN TO RELOCATE ABOUT 500 EXISTING EMPLOYEES TO THE
09:37:50 NEW FACILITIES AS WELL AS CREATE A HUNDRED NEW JOBS.
09:37:54 WE'RE PRETTY HAPPY ABOUT THAT SINCE THOSE INDIVIDUALS
09:37:56 WILL HOPEFULLY VENTURE OVER TO THE DREW PARK AREA.
09:37:59 THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT WILL BE RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE
09:38:01 BOUNDARIES, BUT IT'S STILL RIGHT THERE, SO WE'RE HAPPY
09:38:05 ABOUT THAT.
09:38:06 I DROVE OVER TO THE FINAL RENOVATIONS FOR THE STADIUM
09:38:11 CENTER, WHICH USED TO BE THE OLD STEAKHOUSE COMPLEX.
09:38:22 IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S FINALIZING THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON
09:38:24 SOME OF THE UNITS THERE.
09:38:25 FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, WE HAVE A LOT OF TENANTS THAT
09:38:26 HAVE ALREADY SIGNED LEASES.
09:38:28 HOPEFULLY THAT OPENS TO THE PUBLIC SOON.
09:38:33 THAT CONCLUDES DREW PARK.
09:38:37 DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
09:38:38 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS OF ANY BOARD MEMBERS?
09:38:42 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I HAD A QUESTION ON WEST TAMPA, MR.
09:38:44 CHAIRMAN.
09:38:44 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER.
09:38:46 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. NINO, GOOD MORNING.
09:38:49 >>JESUS NINO: YES, SIR.
09:38:50 GOOD MORNING.
09:38:50 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: LAST WINTER, COUNCIL MEMBERS WENT OVER
09:38:56 AND MET WITH THE MAYOR AND HAD A BIG DOG AND PONY SHOW
09:39:00 OVER BY THE RIVER ON THE CITY PROPERTY THAT'S RIGHT NEXT
09:39:06 TO WHAT'S ON THE RIVER.
09:39:08 I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT WE CALL THAT PROPERTY.
09:39:10 I KNOW IT USED TO BE THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY OVER THERE.
09:39:15 >>JESUS NINO: THE ROME YARD.
09:39:20 WE CALL IT THE ROME YARD.
09:39:23 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ROME YARD.
09:39:24 I'M WONDERING, EVER SINCE WE DID THAT, THAT MEEK THAT WAS
09:39:29 PRE-COVID AND IT WAS KIND OF A PRESS CONFERENCE SORT OF
09:39:34 THING AND I HAVEN'T REALLY HEARD MUCH ON THAT.
09:39:37 I ASSUME THAT'S WITHIN THE WEST TAMPA CRA, AND JUST
09:39:43 WONDERING WHAT'S NEW, WHAT HAVE WE HEARD?
09:39:47 IS THERE DEVELOPMENT OF AN RFP HAPPENING?
09:39:51 ARE YOU ON THAT COMMITTEE OR WHAT?
09:39:53 >> YEAH, I CAN FILL YOU IN FROM MY PART FROM WHAT I
09:39:56 UNDERSTAND.
09:39:57 IT IS A CITY-OWNED PROPERTY, NOT CRA OWNED PROPERTY.
09:40:00 BUT THE CRA IS VERY INVOLVED INCLUDING -- WE'LL MAKE SURE
09:40:03 THAT THE CAC STAYS INVOLVED WITH THAT.
09:40:06 RFP DRAFT IS BEING PUT TOGETHER BY CITY STAFF, AND THEY
09:40:10 ARE MAKING SURE THE CRA STAFF IS STARTING TO GET INVOLVED
09:40:13 VERY CLOSELY WITH THAT AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THE CAC IS
09:40:17 INVOLVED WITH THAT AS WELL.
09:40:18 HOPEFULLY THAT'S PRETTY SOON.
09:40:22 WE HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING WITH THE CAC NEXT TUESDAY OR
09:40:27 MONDAY.
09:40:27 I'LL MAKE SURE TO GET YOU THE EXACT DATE FOR THEM TO BE
09:40:31 UPDATED ON THAT RFP AND FOR THEM TO REVIEW THE CONTENT.
09:40:36 WE'RE MAKING SURE THE CRA, WEST TAMPA STAFF AND THE CAC
09:40:42 IS VERY INVOLVED WITH THAT.
09:40:43 BUT THAT IS MOVING FORWARD AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT
09:40:46 OUT TO DEVELOPERS SO THEY CAN RESPOND TO THAT RFP PRETTY
09:40:50 SOON.
09:40:51 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: DO YOU HAVE A DRAFT OF THE RFP?
09:40:55 >>JESUS NINO: THERE IS A DRAFT IN PLACE THAT'S BEING
09:40:56 WORKED ON STILL.
09:40:57 AND MS. VAN LOAN PROBABLY KNOWS MORE ABOUT IT THAN I DO,
09:41:01 IF SHE WANTS TO ADD ANYTHING, SHE CAN DO THAT.
09:41:05 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: GOOD MORNING.
09:41:07 MICHELLE VAN LOAN.
09:41:08 THE RFP IS BEING ISSUED OUT OF VANESSA McCLEARY'S GROUP
09:41:13 IN HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
09:41:14 AND THEY ARE HOPING, I BELIEVE IN MID OCTOBER TO BE ABLE
09:41:17 TO GET THAT RFP OUT ON THE STREETS.
09:41:23 IT IS INCORPORATED -- VANESSA HELD TWO PRESENTATIONS WITH
09:41:26 THE WEST TAMPA CAC PREVIOUSLY TO GET ALL OF THEIR INPUT
09:41:30 FOR WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES WERE FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT AND
09:41:34 THE CONCERNS, AND THAT'S WHAT THE SPECIAL MEETING IS FOR
09:41:37 NEXT WEEK IS TO REPORT BACK TO THEM SHOWING HOW THEY
09:41:40 INCORPORATED THEIR CONCERNS AND GIVE THEM AN OVERVIEW OF
09:41:44 THE PERTINENT POINTS THAT ARE BEING INCLUDED IN THAT RFP.
09:41:56 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MICHELLE, DO YOU OR MR. NINO HAVE A
09:41:59 COPY OF THE LATEST DRAFT?
09:42:02 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: WE'VE BEEN PART OF THE REVIEW TEAM.
09:42:04 IF YOU'RE REQUESTING A COPY, CAN I PASS THAT REQUEST
09:42:06 ALONG TO VANESSA AND CAROLE POST.
09:42:11 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: A YEAR AGO, WHEN THIS COUNCIL OR THIS
09:42:14 CRA AND COUNCIL GOT GOING, WE HAD LONG DISCUSSIONS WITH
09:42:19 THE ADMINISTRATION ABOUT PROVIDING US WITH RFPs,
09:42:23 ESPECIALLY MAJOR RFPs BEFORE THEY GO OUT ON THE STREET,
09:42:29 BUT IT'S SPECIFICALLY IN REGARD TO IF THE CRA IS GOING TO
09:42:32 BE PART OF THIS PROJECT, THEN I THINK INHERENTLY WE
09:42:38 SHOULD -- IF THEY ARE SHOWING IT TO THE CAC, THAT SHOULD
09:42:42 BE SHARED WITH US.
09:42:44 MR. CHAIRMAN, I KNOW IT'S SLIGHTLY OUT OF ORDER, AT SOME
09:42:48 POINT EITHER NOW OR LATER IN THE MEETING, I WANT TO MAKE
09:42:51 A MOTION TO AT OUR NEXT CRA MEETING THAT WE ARE -- PRIOR
09:42:58 TO THAT, THAT WE'RE PROVIDED WITH A COPY OF THE RFP IN
09:43:02 WHATEVER DRAFT FORM IT'S IN AND INCLUDE THAT DISCUSSION
09:43:06 ON OUR AGENDA, IF THE CHAIRMAN THINKS THAT'S APPROPRIATE.
09:43:14 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION IN
09:43:17 THAT REGARD.
09:43:18 WE CAN DO THAT AT THE END OF THE MEETING, SIR.
09:43:20 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: END OF THE MEETING?
09:43:21 OKAY.
09:43:29 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS ON DREW PARK OR
09:43:31 WEST TAMPA?
09:43:32 MS. VAN LOAN.
09:43:40 >>MORRIS MASSEY: BEFORE WE MOVE ON, THIS IS MORRIS MASSEY
09:43:42 THE CRA ATTORNEY.
09:43:43 I DO WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE CRA IS NOT FUNDING
09:43:47 ANY PORTION OF THIS.
09:43:48 THIS IS NOT LAND THAT WAS ACQUIRED FOR COMMUNITY
09:43:51 REDEVELOPMENT PURPOSES.
09:43:52 IT WAS PART OF THE CITY'S INVENTORY.
09:43:56 AND SO THE CRA HAS HISTORICALLY AND THE PRACTICE HAS BEEN
09:44:01 THAT THE CRA AND CACs DO FORMALLY REVIEW RFPs AS THE
09:44:05 CRA IS BEING ASKED TO EITHER FUND IT FOR IF IT'S LAND
09:44:09 ACQUIRED WITH CRA MONEY FOR COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
09:44:12 PURPOSES.
09:44:12 SO TYPICALLY THAT'S WHEN YOU ALL GET INVOLVED IN THE RFP
09:44:17 PROCESS.
09:44:17 OTHERWISE, THE RFPs ARE GENERALLY DONE THROUGH THE
09:44:20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS AND PUT ON THE STREET.
09:44:22 OBVIOUSLY, NOTHING CAN MOVE FORWARD -- NO CONTRACT FOR
09:44:25 THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY, NO CONTRACT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT
09:44:28 OF THE PROPERTY, NOTHING LIKE THAT CAN BE MOVED FORWARD
09:44:31 WITHOUT YOUR APPROVAL EITHER AS THE CRA BOARD OR CITY
09:44:35 COUNCIL.
09:44:35 SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT FOR THE RECORD.
09:44:38 THANKS.
09:44:41 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK MR. DINGFELDER IS SAYING SINCE
09:44:44 THE CAC IS BEING INVITED TO BE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS,
09:44:47 AND THEY ARE BEING ALLOWED TO LOOK AT THE RFP, THE
09:44:51 QUESTION IS WHY SHOULDN'T THE RFP BE LOOKED AT AS WELL BY
09:44:55 THE CRA.
09:44:56 OF COURSE, COUNCIL, AND I KNOW -- MAKE A MOTION.
09:45:04 HE IS IN HIS RIGHT TO DO SO.
09:45:07 WOULD YOU NOT AGREE, SIR?
09:45:11 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: DINGFELDER WOULD AGREE WITH EVERYTHING
09:45:14 THE CHAIRMAN JUST SAID.
09:45:15 MR. MASSEY, WHILE AT THIS POINT IN TIME YOU MIGHT BE
09:45:18 CORRECT THAT THE CRA IS NOT NECESSARILY DIRECTLY
09:45:21 INVOLVED, BUT I'VE GOT A FEELING THAT DOWN THE ROAD, YOU
09:45:27 KNOW, THERE'S A VERY STRONG POSSIBILITY THAT THE CRA, THE
09:45:32 ADMINISTRATION MIGHT ASK THE CRA TO BE INVOLVED
09:45:35 FINANCIALLY OR OTHERWISE.
09:45:36 WITH THAT, I'M SURE THE ADMINISTRATION WOULDN'T HAVE ANY
09:45:44 PROBLEM WITH MY REQUEST THAT I'LL MAKE AT THE END OF THE
09:45:47 MEETING.
09:45:47 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:45:48 THANK YOU, MR. MASSEY.
09:45:51 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MS. VAN LOAN, YOU CAN MOVE ON TO THE
09:45:53 NEXT PRESENTATION.
09:45:56 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: THANK YOU, CHAIR.
09:45:57 WE'LL MOVE ON TO ROB ROSNER AND HIS FOUR CRAs.
09:46:00 >>ROB ROSNER: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL AND CRA BOARD.
09:46:02 SO WE HAVE OUR DIRECT ACTIVITIES FOR DOWNTOWN, CASS AND
09:46:07 TYLER STREET ROADWAY WORK AT THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
09:46:10 IS WRAPPING UP.
09:46:11 WE'LL BE SHOWING YOU THE PHASE FOUR HERE IN A MOMENT.
09:46:13 BUT THE PAVER INTERSECTION IS COMPLETE.
09:46:17 LOOKS REALLY GOOD AND STARTING TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE
09:46:20 ARRIVAL PLAZA AT THE STRAZ NOW, THAT PORTION OF THE
09:46:23 STREET IS OPEN.
09:46:24 THE TIMING FOR THE STREETLIGHTS AND THE WORK THAT HAS
09:46:28 BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE
09:46:30 YESTERDAY.
09:46:30 I HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE TODAY.
09:46:32 THE RIVERWALK AT THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, THESE
09:46:35 PICTURES SHOW HOW FAR ALONG WE'VE COME, AND THESE ARE
09:46:39 ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF ALONG.
09:46:42 YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CONCRETE IS ALL POURED, THE LIGHT
09:46:45 BASES ARE IN PLACE AND THEY ARE DOING THE WIRING NOW AND
09:46:48 THE SPECIAL CAMERAS AND THINGS THAT WE GOT APPROVAL FOR
09:46:53 MOST RECENTLY.
09:46:54 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:46:56 SO TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHERE WE ARE THERE THE PHASES,
09:47:00 WE'VE COMPLETED PHASE ONE.
09:47:03 PHASE TWO IS PRETTY MUCH DONE.
09:47:06 THERE'S JUST SOME ANCILLARY WORK.
09:47:09 GRADING ISSUES THAT WE HAD TO CORRECT, BUT WE'VE GOTTEN
09:47:13 THOSE TAKEN CARE OF.
09:47:14 PHASE THREE IS WHERE THEY ARE ABOUT TO START THIS WEEK.
09:47:17 AS A MATTER OF FACT TOMORROW, AND THAT'S WHERE THEY CLOSE
09:47:21 CASS STREET -- I'M SORRY, TYLER STREET AND MACINNES.
09:47:27 RAISING THE INTERSECTION THERE ABOUT 18 INCHES.
09:47:30 THEY'LL BE CLOSING THAT INTERSECTION FOR ABOUT TWO TO
09:47:32 THREE WEEKS AND THAT WILL BE DONE PRETTY QUICKLY.
09:47:35 YOU'LL SEE IN THE PHASE FOUR SLIDE WHERE THEY WILL BE
09:47:37 MOVING ON NEXT FOR THE MACINNES PORTION.
09:47:42 FOR THE MOST PART, WE'RE ON SCHEDULE.
09:47:45 WAITING FOR THE RIVERWALK PIECE, THE RAILINGS THAT WILL
09:47:49 MATCH THE RAILINGS DOWN THERE ALL NICE CABLE STAINLESS
09:47:53 STEEL HIGH QUALITY CONSISTENT LOOK FOR THE RIVERWALK.
09:47:56 AND THEY WILL ALL BE DONE BY THANKSGIVING.
09:48:00 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:48:02 SO IN PHASE FOUR, THIS GIVES YOU A SENSE HERE THAT THIS
09:48:05 IS BEING TAKEN FROM THE POE GARAGE.
09:48:08 YOU CAN SEE WHERE IN YELLOW WHERE MACINNES WILL BE AND
09:48:11 WHERE THE BUILDING USED TO BE AND HOW THAT WORKED.
09:48:15 IF YOU CAN KIND OF LOOK THROUGH THAT YELLOW THERE, YOU'LL
09:48:18 SEE THAT THE ROAD IS SOMEWHAT ROUGH GRADED THERE, READY
09:48:21 TO PUT IN THE REMAINING UTILITIES.
09:48:24 THEIR INTENTION IS TO GET THE PHASE THREE DONE, OPEN THE
09:48:27 INTERSECTION, AND THEN YOU CAN DRIVE ALL THE WAY AROUND
09:48:30 THESE BLOCKS, AND THEN THEY'LL PUT FENCING UP AND WORK
09:48:34 INSIDE THE FENCE WHERE THE YELLOW AREA IS.
09:48:38 MACINNES CONSTRUCTION SHOULDN'T AFFECT ANY ON-STREET
09:48:41 CONSTRUCTION OTHER THAN JUST MAKING DELIVERIES AND IF
09:48:44 THEY ARE DOING TIE-INS TO OTHER UTILITIES.
09:48:46 FOR THE MOST PART, TYLER AND CASS WILL BE OPEN FOR A TIME
09:48:52 WHEN PHASE THREE IS COMPLETE.
09:48:54 AND THEY ARE JUST FINISHING FINAL GRADING AT THE LIBRARY
09:48:57 NOW.
09:48:57 IRRIGATION CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN OUT THERE WRAPPING UP
09:49:01 FINAL DETAILS AND GETTING THE METER SET.
09:49:05 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:49:06 SO I HAD THE PLEASURE OF TOURING SOME OF THE BUILDINGS
09:49:12 UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW IN WATER STREET TAMPA, AND I
09:49:15 WANTED TO SHARE SOME OF THOSE WITH YOU.
09:49:17 THE J.W. MARRIOTT IS ON TRACK FOR COMPLETION.
09:49:20 THEY TURNED THE BUILDING OVER TO THE MARRIOTT STAFF TO
09:49:24 START DOING ALL THE FINAL FINISHES AND START MAKING THE
09:49:28 BEDS IN ALL THE ROOMS AND GETTING THINGS READY FOR
09:49:32 OPENING LATE NOVEMBER.
09:49:33 WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE THREE OR FOUR PHOTOS WE HAVE HERE,
09:49:36 THE J.W. MARRIOTT AS TAKEN FROM ONE OF THE OTHER
09:49:40 BUILDINGS IN WATER STREET TAMPA CALLED 815.
09:49:43 THIS IS LOOKING TOWARDS THE CONVENTION CENTER.
09:49:45 SO YOU CAN SEE THAT FROM A DIFFERENT VIEW.
09:49:48 THESE LOWER PICTURES DOWN HERE ARE THE BALL ROOMS THAT
09:49:51 ARE INSIDE THE J.W. MARRIOTT WHICH REALLY EXPANDS OUR
09:49:55 ABILITY TO BRING MORE EVENTS TO THE CONVENTION CENTER AS
09:49:59 THIS IS A CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL.
09:50:02 AND THEN YOU CAN SEE A PICTURE FROM ONE OF THE ROOMS
09:50:05 LOOKING TOWARDS THE CONVENTION CENTER AND THE RIVER AND
09:50:09 THE SAIL PLAZA AND HOW THAT'S REALLY TRANSFORMED THROUGH
09:50:12 THESE PROJECTS.
09:50:13 SO YOU CAN SEE THE WORK, WHAT'S ON THE GROUND, BUT ALSO
09:50:16 FROM WHAT'S INSIDE THE BUILDING.
09:50:18 THIS LAST PHOTO IS FROM THE MAIN LOBBY INSIDE THE J.W.
09:50:23 MARRIOTT.
09:50:24 WHERE THOSE WORKERS ARE RIGHT NOW IS WHERE THE CAFE SPACE
09:50:29 IS AT AND WHERE YOU CAN EAT BREAKFAST AND DINE IN THE
09:50:33 EVENINGS.
09:50:33 AND THEN THERE'S A MEETING ROOM THAT THE SKYBOX, IS A
09:50:37 MEETING ROOM OVER THE SPACE, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A
09:50:40 PREMIUM SPACE.
09:50:41 RIGHT BELOW THAT IS A VERY NICE BAR AND THE AREA WILL BE
09:50:46 VERY SOCIAL.
09:50:47 IT'S A VERY GREAT ADDITION TO DOWNTOWN IN THIS AREA.
09:50:51 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:50:52 SO OTHER NOTABLE EVENTS IS THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT HAS
09:50:58 BEEN DOING GREAT WORK.
09:51:00 THEY ANNOUNCED NEW PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE FRIENDLY
09:51:02 IMPROVEMENTS IN DOWNTOWN.
09:51:04 THESE IMAGES HERE ARE FOR THE PLATT STREET BRIDGE OR
09:51:15 BROREIN BRIDGE.
09:51:16 AND THEN THE FORT BROOKE GARAGE TO THE LEFT.
09:51:19 YOU CAN SEE CITY HALL WOULD BE RIGHT OFF HERE.
09:51:21 THIS IS GOING FROM WHITING UP TO JACKSON.
09:51:27 THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ADDED TO BROREIN,
09:51:33 ADDING BIKE LANES AND THE ADDITIONAL COLORING OF THE
09:51:35 STREETS TO MAKE IT A LOT SAFER AND A LOT MORE PREDICTABLE
09:51:39 HOW TO DRIVE IN THE AREA.
09:51:39 WE WANT TO THANK THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT FOR CONTINUING
09:51:42 TO INVEST IN DOWNTOWN AS WELL.
09:51:44 ANY QUESTIONS FOR DOWNTOWN BEFORE WE MOVE ON?
09:51:46 THANK YOU.
09:51:53 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:51:54 IN CHANNEL DISTRICT, WE ARE ALSO DOING VERY WELL.
09:51:57 WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS CONTINUING TO MOVE ON.
09:52:00 YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THESE HAVE MOVED TO 90 OR 100
09:52:04 PERCENT.
09:52:05 THE DESIGN IS MOVING VERY WELL.
09:52:06 WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS
09:52:11 AND MAKING SURE THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING AND WHEN
09:52:13 THE CONSTRUCTION WILL START.
09:52:15 THIS GIVES YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT.
09:52:21 MORE CONSTRUCTION HAPPEN SOON WITH CHANNELSIDE DRIVE
09:52:24 PROJECT AS WELL AS GETTING FINAL NUMBERS WE'LL BE
09:52:26 BRINGING TO YOU SOON FOR THE NEXT GMP FOR THE NEXT PIECE
09:52:30 OF WORK HERE COMING UP.
09:52:31 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:52:33 WE HAVE REALLY GOOD RESPONSES FOR THE STRATEGIC ACTION
09:52:42 PLAN AND COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT UPDATE PER YOUR REQUEST.
09:52:47 ON JULY 23rd, WE DID HAVE TEN INTERESTED RESPONSES AND
09:52:50 CITY STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE SUBMISSIONS AND WE'LL BE
09:52:55 GETTING -- BEGIN THE NEGOTIATING PROCESS WITH THEM WITH
09:52:57 THE CONTRACTS ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT.
09:52:58 WE PRESENTED THAT TO THE CAC LAST NIGHT AND HAD GOOD
09:53:02 RESPONSE.
09:53:02 OTHER INDIRECT ACTIVITIES, THE CHANNEL CLUB TWO PROJECT
09:53:08 RECEIVED APPROVAL FOR THE LAND USE CHANGE FOR THE
09:53:12 ADDITIONAL DENSITY FOR THE PROJECT.
09:53:13 WE'LL CONTINUE TO FINALIZE NEGOTIATION FOR THE TECO,
09:53:20 REALIGNMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION LINES.
09:53:23 THAT ITEM IS ACTUALLY ON THE BOARD HERE FOR THE TECO
09:53:27 AGREEMENT, AND WE'LL BE COMING BACK WITH REGULAR
09:53:31 DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS TO SETTLE UP ON THEIR PORTION OF
09:53:35 THE AMOUNT.
09:53:36 WE HAD TO CONTRACT WITH TECO FIRST TO DO THAT IN ORDER TO
09:53:40 FINALIZE PRICE.
09:53:41 THEN THE MOBILITY PLAN, WE HAD A PUBLIC MEETING ABOUT
09:53:44 THAT IN THE MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER, THE 23rd.
09:53:48 THAT WENT REALLY WELL.
09:53:50 WE HAD THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT LEAD THAT PROCESS, AND WE
09:53:53 HAD 38 INDIVIDUALS ATTEND FOR THE VIRTUAL PUBLIC MEETING,
09:54:01 AND HAD LOTS OF GOOD QUESTIONS AND WE RESPONDED TO THE
09:54:04 MORE IN-DEPTH QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS AND THE MOBILITY
09:54:06 DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB OF KEEPING THE
09:54:10 PUBLIC INFORMED ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE PLANNING TO DO THERE.
09:54:13 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:54:15 ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO TAMPA HEIGHTS?
09:54:19 THANK YOU, SIR.
09:54:25 TAMPA HEIGHTS RIVERFRONT, SOHO CAPITAL IS MARCHING AWAY,
09:54:29 GETTING IT DONE, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THEY
09:54:32 ARE DO THERE.
09:54:33 AS YOU HEARD FROM RACHEL EARLIER, WE ARE PLEASED WITH
09:54:39 THEIR EFFORT HERE.
09:54:40 WE HAVE THE FIRST TWO ROUNDABOUTS COMPLETE, AND WE'RE
09:54:46 SEEING A LOT OF BIKE TRAFFIC, BECAUSE IT IS MORE
09:54:49 PROTECTED AND PREDICTABLE AND PROVIDES A LOT OF
09:54:51 VISIBILITY FOR PEOPLE ENTERING THAT ROUNDABOUT.
09:54:53 ALSO SEE HERE THEY FINALIZED THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING
09:55:00 OF THE HEIGHTS UNION.
09:55:01 ATTRACTIVE BUILDING AND THEY ARE WRAPPING UP LANDSCAPING
09:55:03 AND CLEANING UP THE SITE.
09:55:05 AND THEY ARE CONTINUING TO WORK ON THE INTERIORS AS WE
09:55:08 SPEAK.
09:55:08 THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN ME A DATE OF WHAT THE MOVE-IN IS.
09:55:12 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:55:19 BEFORE WE LEAVE THE TAMPA HEIGHTS, THE RIVERWALK IS
09:55:26 COMPLETE IN THIS AREA, JUST LIKE RACHEL WAS SAYING, AND I
09:55:29 WAS ABLE TO TAKE REALLY GREAT PICTURES AND PEOPLE ARE
09:55:32 STARTING TO ACTIVATE THAT AND USE IT QUITE A BIT.
09:55:35 I'M VERY EXCITED TO HEAR THAT THEY HAVE COMPLETED THAT.
09:55:38 ANY QUESTIONS ON THE TAMPA HEIGHTS BEFORE WE MOVE ON?
09:55:46 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU MAY PROCEED, SIR.
09:55:47 >>ROB ROSNER: CENTRAL PARK, CRA.
09:55:51 WE TALKED ABOUT THE MEACHAM URBAN FARM PROGRESS.
09:55:55 I SHARED PHOTOS, SITE GRADED AND PUT IN THEIR DRIVEWAY
09:55:58 AND GETTING THEIR PARKING LOT GRADED AS WELL AS GETTING
09:56:02 THEIR FACILITIES STARTED.
09:56:04 THESE PHOTOS ARE PROBABLY THREE OR FOUR WEEKS OLD, AND
09:56:07 THEY PROGRESSED EVEN FURTHER SINCE THEN, BUT THEY DON'T
09:56:11 PLAN TO HAVE ACTUAL GROWING UNTIL THE SPRING, BUT THEY
09:56:15 WILL BE BRINGING VEGETABLES AND OTHER FARM PRODUCTS TO
09:56:21 THE AREA FOR THE COMMUNITY'S USE AND CONSUMPTION, UNTIL
09:56:26 THEY START ACTUALLY GROWING THINGS IN THE SPRING.
09:56:28 SO THIS WILL BE ACTIVATED HERE SOON.
09:56:31 I HAVEN'T TALKED TO TRAVIS SINCE I TOOK THESE PHOTOS, BUT
09:56:35 HE ASSURED ME THAT LATE OCTOBER TO EARLY NOVEMBER THAT
09:56:38 THEY WOULD BE SELLING VEGETABLES HERE.
09:56:40 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:56:45 INDIRECT ACTIVITIES, WE HAVE TWO EXCELLENT PROJECTS
09:56:50 COMING HERE.
09:56:50 I REPORTED A LITTLE BIT ON THESE BEFORE.
09:56:52 THE INDEPENDENT ENCORE, THEY FINISHED THE GARAGE AND DONE
09:56:58 ALL THE FIRST FLOOR WORK AND UNDERGROUND ACTIVITIES AND
09:57:01 STARTING TO GO VERTICAL.
09:57:02 YOU SEE IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER, YOU'LL SEE THE STAIR
09:57:05 TOWER THAT'S BEING PUT IN AND YOU'RE SEEING THE FIRST OF
09:57:07 THE FLOOR PLATES BEING POURED FOR THAT.
09:57:11 AS I RECALL, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FLOORS THAT WILL BE
09:57:13 CONCRETE AND THEN THE REST WILL BE WOOD.
09:57:16 THE LEGACY AT ENCORE IS BEING CONSTRUCTED BY THE SAME
09:57:22 CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, SO THEY ARE HAVING BOTH PROJECTS
09:57:24 GOING ON, BUT THERE WILL BE ABOUT A TWO TO THREE MONTH
09:57:28 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO PROJECTS.
09:57:31 WE'LL SEE A LOT OF PRODUCTION HERE.
09:57:34 IN THE LOWER RIGHT PHOTO THAT YOU SEE HERE, PUT THAT
09:57:37 GARAGE UP IN A MONTH, VERY FAST.
09:57:40 IT'S WELL ORGANIZED.
09:57:42 GOOD JOB OF DOING IT.
09:57:43 WHAT'S NOT ON THIS HERE TODAY IS ONE THAT JUST CAME OUT
09:57:47 THIS PAST WEEK, THE NEXT BLOCK TO THE EAST OF THIS BLOCK,
09:57:52 WHICH WILL BE RIGHT ON NEBRASKA.
09:57:55 THE THA HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THEY ARE OPENING THE ADDERLEY,
09:58:00 109 UNITS AND NINE-STORY BUILDING.
09:58:03 I HAVE MORE TO LEARN ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT IS A NEW
09:58:07 DEVELOPMENT THERE TO TAKE UP THAT LAST LOT.
09:58:10 CURRENTLY, THIS CONTRACTOR IS USING THAT LOT FOR STAGING
09:58:13 FOR THE TWO PROJECTS RIGHT NOW.
09:58:15 I DOUBT IF THEY'LL START CONSTRUCTION UNTIL AT LEAST
09:58:17 SPRING.
09:58:18 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
09:58:19 ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CENTRAL PARK CRA?
09:58:28 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
09:58:29 >>ROB ROSNER: THANK YOU.
09:58:30 HAVE A GREAT DAY.
09:58:36 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: LASTLY, WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO ED
09:58:38 JOHNSON AND THE ED TAMPA CRA.
09:58:40 >>ED JOHNSON: GOOD MORNING.
09:58:41 ED JOHNSON, CRA MANAGER FOR EAST TAMPA.
09:58:43 I'LL START WITH THE DIRECT ACTIVITIES.
09:58:51 EAST TAMPA, SUPE, WE'VE CREATED THE TREE TRIMMING GRANT
09:58:56 PROGRAM THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, AND WE FUNDED TO DATE ABOUT
09:59:01 $300,000 FOR THIS PROGRAM.
09:59:04 $100,000 FUNDED IN FY '20 AND $200,000 FUNDED FOR FY '21,
09:59:12 WHICH STARTED THIS MONTH.
09:59:15 AND THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, WE RECEIVED TREMENDOUS
09:59:19 AMOUNT OF RESPONSES CONTINUING DAILY.
09:59:23 WE HAVE OVER 200 APPLICATIONS IN THE SYSTEM THAT WE ARE
09:59:29 NOW -- 200 APPROVED APPLICATIONS THAT WE'RE PROCESSING
09:59:32 FOR CITY CERTIFIED CONTRACTORS.
09:59:34 IN ADDITION, WE HAVE TWO OTHER NONCERTIFIED CITY
09:59:39 CONTRACTORS THAT ARE MINORITY CONTRACTORS THAT WE'RE
09:59:41 WORKING WITH NOW THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS
09:59:45 THAT WANT TO SELECT A CONTRACTOR ON THEIR OWN.
09:59:50 SO THAT IS MOVING ALONG QUITE WELL.
09:59:54 RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE CONTRACTORS HAVE SUBMITTED QUOTES AND
10:00:01 SCHEDULED APPOINTMENTS FOR APPROXIMATELY 75 RESIDENTS.
10:00:05 THE CONTRACTORS ALREADY HAVE COMPLETED OVER 20
10:00:08 ASSIGNMENTS AND HAVE PROVIDED INVOICES FOR PAYMENT.
10:00:12 IN ADDITION, WE PUT OUT AN RFP TO SOLICIT MINORITY
10:00:18 CONTRACTORS TO BE ABLE TO ADD TO OUR CITY CERTIFIED LIST.
10:00:23 WE HAD THREE RESPONSES TO THE RFP, WHICH CLOSED OCTOBER
10:00:28 22nd.
10:00:29 WE'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW TO GET THOSE NEW COMPANIES
10:00:32 CERTIFIED AND GET ADDED TO THE LIST SO WE CAN MOVE THE
10:00:35 PROCESS ALONG A LOT FASTER.
10:00:36 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:00:39 OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMS, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TWO
10:00:46 MAJOR INVESTMENTS IN EAST TAMPA.
10:00:50 WE HAVE THE DOWN-PAYMENT ASSISTANCE AND EDUCATION
10:00:53 PROGRAM.
10:00:53 THEY'VE COMPLETED TWO CLASSROOM SESSIONS, GRADUATED 19
10:00:57 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE QUALIFIED TO BECOME FIRST-TIME HOME
10:01:01 BUYERS.
10:01:01 THREE HAVE PURCHASED HOMES AND HAVE CLOSED.
10:01:07 WE HAVE SEVERAL THAT ARE PENDING PURCHASE AT THIS TIME.
10:01:09 NEW CLASSES FOR FIRST QUARTER OF FY '21 ARE SCHEDULED FOR
10:01:13 NOVEMBER 7, 14, AND 21, AND THEN DECEMBER 5 AND 12.
10:01:21 THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAM THAT WE
10:01:28 STARTED LAST YEAR ACTUALLY STALLED, UNFORTUNATELY,
10:01:32 BECAUSE OF OUR COVID CHALLENGES WITH STAFF UNABLE TO MEET
10:01:36 THE POTENTIAL CLIENTS AT CITY CLOSED FACILITIES.
10:01:39 THE FACILITIES NOW HAVE LIMITED ACCESS AND STAFF IS
10:01:42 BEGINNING TO WORK WITH SEVERAL CLIENTS THAT THEY ARE
10:01:48 PROCESSING AS WE SPEAK.
10:01:50 WE'RE ALSO CURRENTLY EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF
10:01:52 DEVELOPING AN RFP/RFQ SOLICITATION TO DIRECTLY FUND
10:01:57 EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING REHABILITATION PROVIDERS THAT
10:02:01 ARE WORKING IN THIS COMMUNITY.
10:02:03 SO THERE WILL BE -- YOU'LL HEAR MORE ON THAT AS THIS
10:02:07 PROCESS DEVELOPS.
10:02:07 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:02:09 I ALSO LIKE TO ALWAYS CONTINUOUSLY REPORT ON OUR PROGRAMS
10:02:19 THAT WE FUND WITH CRA DOLLARS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
10:02:23 OF COURSE, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR EAST TAMPA CLEAN TEAM
10:02:26 AND OUR YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM.
10:02:30 THAT GETS FUNDED ANNUALLY THROUGH OUR BUDGETING PROCESS.
10:02:34 THAT IS REPORT OF THE LAST MONTH.
10:02:37 ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, RESPONSIBLE FOR ABOUT 104 SQUARE
10:02:43 MILES OF MAJOR THOROUGHFARES AND RESIDENTIAL CORRIDORS
10:02:47 THAT THEY SERVICE, WHICH INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
10:02:50 MOWING, EDGING, HERBICIDE TREATMENT, LITTER ABATEMENT,
10:02:55 SNIPE SIGN REMOVAL AND SOME MINOR TREE TRIMMING.
10:02:57 ABATEMENT OF LITTER, TRASH AND DEBRIS, LAST MONTH, 488
10:03:04 TONS OF DEBRIS COLLECTED.
10:03:07 SPECIAL PROJECTS, ALONG OUR CORRIDORS, ADDITIONALLY,
10:03:12 LITTER ABATEMENT CONTINUES AT BORRELL PARK IN CONJUNCTION
10:03:17 WITH OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS NEBRASKA AVENUE, A
10:03:24 CORRIDOR THAT IS THE TRINITY CAFE OPERATION ON IT.
10:03:28 IT'S CONSTANTLY BEING MONITORED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE
10:03:34 WE STAY ON TOP OF THE TRASH AND LITTER THAT HAPPENS ALONG
10:03:37 THAT.
10:03:38 THE FOLKS WORKING FROM I-4 ALL THE WAY TO DR. MARTIN
10:03:41 LUTHER KING BOULEVARD TO HANDLE RIGHTS-OF-WAY, BUS STOPS
10:03:45 UNDERNEATH THE OVERPASSES.
10:03:48 IN ADDITION, WE RESPOND TO 137 SERVICE REQUESTS
10:03:53 CONSISTING OF ILLEGAL DUMPING, GRAFFITI ABATEMENT, TREE
10:03:57 CONCERNS, ALLEYWAYS AND VACANT LOT MAINTENANCE.
10:04:01 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:04:02 THESE ARE SOME BEFORE AND AFTERS OF SOME OF THE WORK THAT
10:04:08 THEY DO.
10:04:09 I CAN TELL YOU WHEN YOU GO OUT AND YOU LOOK AT SOME OF
10:04:12 IT, IT'S AMAZING THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT OUR FOLKS DO,
10:04:17 WORKING IN THIS PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT.
10:04:18 AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS A STOP SIGN THAT WAS BLOCKED
10:04:21 ALONG NORTH 19th STREET AND McBERRY.
10:04:25 NEXT SLIDE.
10:04:26 THIS ONE IS A HOME THAT WAS DEMOLISHED AT 1513 EAST
10:04:33 MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD.
10:04:35 IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THE OWNER DECIDED TO TAKE DOWN
10:04:38 THE PROPERTY AND CLEAN IT UP HIMSELF, WHICH MITIGATED US
10:04:44 HIRING SOMEONE TO DO IT AND CHARGING THE HOMEOWNER.
10:04:48 SO THEY FELT IT WAS A LOT LESS EXPENSIVE FOR THEM TO DO
10:04:52 IT ON THEIR OWN.
10:04:53 AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S BEEN CLEANED UP VERY WELL.
10:04:55 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:04:58 HERE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY MAINTENANCE
10:05:01 THAT OUR FOLKS DO.
10:05:02 THIS IS ALONG THE 1900 BLOCK OF EAST 21st AVENUE.
10:05:05 YOU CAN SEE THE BEFORE AND THE AFTERS, PRETTY DRAMATIC.
10:05:09 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:05:11 ALLEY MAINTENANCE, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ALLEYS WHERE A LOT
10:05:22 OF THE HOMELESS FOLKS END UP MIGRATING TO ALONG THE
10:05:29 CORRIDORS AND BECOME PROBLEMS.
10:05:30 OUR FOLKS ARE ACTIVELY WORKING THE ALLEYWAYS AND GETTING
10:05:33 THEM CLEANED UP.
10:05:34 THIS IS THE 1900 BLOCK OF EAST IDA STREET.
10:05:37 YOU CAN SEE THE BEFORE AND AFTER THERE.
10:05:39 PRETTY REMARKABLE.
10:05:41 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:05:43 THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AGAIN, RIGHT-OF-WAY MAINTENANCE, THIS IS
10:05:47 ON NORTH NEBRASKA AVENUE.
10:05:51 BEFORE WHEN THEY STARTED WORKING AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
10:05:54 AFTER THEY COMPLETE THEIR WORK, THEIR SERVICE.
10:05:57 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:05:58 THIS IS THE ALLEYWAY THAT GETS A LOT OF ATTENTION, THE
10:06:05 TRINITY CAFE.
10:06:06 AS YOU CAN SEE THE BEFORE AND THE WORK THAT OUR FOLKS DID
10:06:11 AFTER, CLEAN THAT OUT.
10:06:15 CLEAN OUT A LOT OF THE VAGRANCY THAT HAPPENS ALONG THESE
10:06:20 ALLEYWAYS.
10:06:21 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
10:06:24 WE'LL GO INTO INDIRECT.
10:06:27 THIS IS WORKING WITH OUR MOBILITY FOLKS.
10:06:31 THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE CONTINUE TO REPORT ON.
10:06:33 COLUMBUS DRIVE SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDES
10:06:39 COMPLETE STREETS, SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS OF NEBRASKA AVENUE
10:06:41 TO 14th STREET.
10:06:42 INCLUDING 8-FOOT WIDE SIDEWALKS, MID BLOCK CROSSWALKS AND
10:06:50 RESURFACING.
10:06:51 I'M ADDING THIS TO OUR UPDATE IS THE CONSTRUCTION DOLLAR
10:06:54 AMOUNT.
10:06:55 AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS PROJECT HAS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY
10:06:59 SINCE THE LAST REPORTING.
10:07:00 I THINK THE LAST TIME WE REPORTED THE PROJECT WOULD BE
10:07:02 SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 2 MILLION.
10:07:06 NOW YOU'RE SEEING THE REAL COST, LITTLE OVER $4 MILLION
10:07:11 GOING TO BE INVESTED IN THIS PARTICULAR CORE.
10:07:18 NEXT SLIDE.
10:07:19 THAT TAKES US TO OUR NOTABLE EVENTS IN EAST TAMPA.
10:07:21 WHAT IS NOT ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE IS BECAUSE THIS JUST
10:07:28 HAPPENED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
10:07:30 OUR CAC HAD ITS ELECTION THROUGH THE EAST TAMPA COMMUNITY
10:07:36 REVITALIZATION PARTNERSHIP PROCESS.
10:07:39 THE ELECTION HAPPENED THE END OF SEPTEMBER, AND WE HAD
10:07:45 SIX NEW MEMBERS THAT WERE ELECTED IN-PERSON AND ALSO VIA
10:07:55 E-MAIL.
10:07:56 AND THE SIX NEW MEMBERS COMING ON THE BOARD WERE VOTED
10:08:02 IN, MS. CONNIE BURTON, MS. DOMINIQUE COBB, MS. MAUREEN
10:08:08 COPELAND MILLER, DR. JEFFREY JOHNSON, MS. YVETTE LEWIS,
10:08:13 CLINTON PARIS, WERE ADDED TO THE SEVEN ALREADY EXISTING
10:08:19 MEMBERS TO MAKE UP OUR 13 MEMBERS.
10:08:22 THEN THIS PAST TUESDAY, THEIR VERY FIRST MEETING, THEY
10:08:27 GET TO ELECT THEIR CHAIR AND THEIR VICE-CHAIR.
10:08:30 I'M HERE TO REPORT THEY ELECTED CONNIE BURTON AS THE
10:08:37 CHAIR AND CAROL MARSHALL AS VICE-CHAIR FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
10:08:40 CONTINUING ON, CONTINUE TO MEET WITH PRIVATE SECTOR
10:08:49 DEVELOPERS DISCUSSING POTENTIAL HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL
10:08:52 PROJECT CONCEPTS, AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO HOLD THE
10:08:55 VIRTUAL COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING.
10:09:01 THIS MONTH, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT GOING BACK TO
10:09:04 HAVING MEETINGS WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP, PROBABLY DO A
10:09:10 COMBINATION OF IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL MEETINGS GOING
10:09:13 FORWARD.
10:09:13 THE LAST NOTE I HAVE ON HERE IS MR. MARCUS MARKS.
10:09:20 I'LL LEAVE THAT TO MS. VAN LOAN AND ASK THAT SHE HAVE THE
10:09:24 OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE MR. MARKS.
10:09:27 THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT AT THIS TIME.
10:09:29 ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER.
10:09:36 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: BEFORE WE GET INTO QUESTIONS,
10:09:37 MICHELLE VAN LOAN, CRA, I WOULD REQUEST, I BELIEVE THAT
10:09:40 MARCUS MARKS IS ON THE PHONE, AND HE IS OUR NEWEST
10:09:44 ADDITION TO OUR DEPARTMENT AS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
10:09:47 SPECIALIST OVER IN EAST TAMPA.
10:09:49 HE HAD THE ABILITY TO ATTEND OUR CAC MEETING AND WITNESS
10:09:54 OUR GROUPS IN ACTION THIS PAST TUESDAY, AND I JUST WANTED
10:09:58 TO TAKE A MINUTE TO ASK HIM TO QUICKLY INTRODUCE HIMSELF
10:10:02 TO OUR CRA BOARD AND TO WELCOME HER TO OUR CRA FAMILY.
10:10:05 MARCUS, ARE YOU ON THE PHONE?
10:10:14 >> YES, MA'AM, I AM.
10:10:16 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE AND
10:10:18 TELL THE BOARD A LITTLE ABOUT YOURSELF AND YOUR
10:10:20 BACKGROUND THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
10:10:22 MARCUS MARKS.
10:10:24 MARCUS, ARE YOU THERE?
10:10:36 >>MARCUS MARKS: -- SPEAKING IN FRONT OF SUCH -- YES,
10:10:38 MA'AM.
10:10:41 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GIVE THE BOARD
10:10:42 A COUPLE OF SENTENCES ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND.
10:10:45 >>MARCUS MARKS: THANK YOU.
10:10:45 CAN YOU HEAR ME?
10:10:47 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE CAN HEAR YOU.
10:10:48 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: WE SURE CAN.
10:10:55 >>MARCUS MARKS: I STARTED TALKING BEFORE.
10:10:57 I'M SO SORRY.
10:10:58 THIS IS MY FIRST FORMAL MEETING WITH SUCH A PRESTIGIOUS
10:11:00 COMMITTEE.
10:11:01 PLEASE FORGIVE MY NOMENCLATURE IF I DON'T SAY THE THINGS
10:11:06 PROPERLY.
10:11:06 I PROMISE I WILL LEARN.
10:11:08 GOOD MORNING TO THE COUNCIL AND PARTICIPATING MEMBERS.
10:11:10 MY NAME IS MARCUS MARKS.
10:11:11 I WAS HIRED ON AS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST FOR
10:11:14 THE EAST TAMPA AREA.
10:11:16 IT'S SUCH A PRESTIGIOUS THING FOR MYSELF.
10:11:19 I'VE DONE SO MANY THINGS WITHIN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AS
10:11:23 WELL AS OTHER SECTORS, BUT SOMETHING THAT IS NEAR AND
10:11:26 DEAR TO MY HEART BEING THAT I'VE COME FROM COMMUNITIES
10:11:29 LIKE THIS, IT WAS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF
10:11:33 THIS TEAM, ESPECIALLY TO SEE CERTAIN BOARDS LIKE THE CAC
10:11:39 WHEN I EXPERIENCED THAT AND AS WELL AS THE OTHER
10:11:42 SUBCOMMITTEES THAT I WILL BE WITNESSING.
10:11:45 I'VE BEEN LISTENING IN ON YOU GUYS FOR QUITE SOME TIME
10:11:49 NOW FOR PROBABLY THE PAST YEAR BECAUSE I WANTED TO
10:11:52 UNDERSTAND THE AGENDAS OF TAMPA.
10:11:56 MY BACKGROUND IS ACTUALLY IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT,
10:12:00 TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION, ENGINEERING, BUILDING, DRAFTING.
10:12:07 I'VE BEEN IN THE INDUSTRY FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS.
10:12:10 I HOPE TO BRING SOME OF THE METHODOLOGIES AND THE SKILL
10:12:14 SETS THAT I'VE LEARNED TO THE AGENDA THAT'S ALREADY SET
10:12:18 IN STONE FOR THE EAST TAMPA.
10:12:20 I'M EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THE TEAM, AND I'M GOING TO
10:12:24 HUSH BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY.
10:12:26 SO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE PLATFORM TO
10:12:29 INTRODUCE MYSELF.
10:12:30 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
10:12:31 AND WELCOME ABOARD, SIR.
10:12:32 >>MARCUS MARKS: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:12:37 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:12:38 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU'RE RECOGNIZED, MR. DINGFELDER.
10:12:41 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU.
10:12:41 I JUST WANTED TO WELCOME THE GENTLEMAN.
10:12:45 WE'RE THRILLED THAT HE'S DECIDED TO COME TO WORK WITH THE
10:12:48 CITY WITH 20 YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE.
10:12:54 I THINK THAT'S FANTASTIC.
10:12:56 I KNOW THAT'S WHAT EAST TAMPA NEEDS, AS MR. CHAIRMAN
10:13:00 POINTED OUT ON REGULAR OCCASIONS.
10:13:02 I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT HE HAS A GREAT MENTOR
10:13:06 THERE IN THE FORM OF ED JOHNSON.
10:13:12 ED HAS PUT IN A LIFETIME OF HIMSELF AND HIS COMMITMENT TO
10:13:17 OUR COMMUNITY AND VARIOUS PLACES THAT HE'S WORKED,
10:13:22 INCLUDING THE EAST TAMPA CRA.
10:13:25 SO I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO ED FOR ALL OF HIS HARD
10:13:30 WORK, AND I KNOW HE'S GOING TO BE A GREAT MENTOR TO THIS
10:13:34 NEW GENTLEMAN.
10:13:36 THANK YOU.
10:13:39 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYONE ELSE?
10:13:40 WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS NOW IN REFERENCE TO EAST TAMPA'S
10:13:50 PRESENTATION.
10:13:50 I HAVE A FEW ITEMS, MS. VAN LOAN.
10:14:03 IN REFERENCE TO -- I WAS GLAD TO SEE THE REHAB PROGRAM ON
10:14:08 THE AGENDA ITEM FOR EAST TAMPA.
10:14:11 AS YOU KNOW, I'M VERY, VERY STRONG-MINDED ABOUT THAT TYPE
10:14:16 OF PROGRAM.
10:14:16 I ALWAYS SAID -- IT'S NOT EFFECTIVE ENOUGH FOR WHAT WE
10:14:21 NEED IN SOME OF THE AREAS IN THE CITY, INCLUDING EAST
10:14:23 TAMPA.
10:14:24 WE HAVE MONEY THAT JUST SITS.
10:14:29 WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT THE CRITERIA IS TOO STRICT BECAUSE
10:14:31 IT'S TIED TO OTHER FEDERAL DOLLARS AND WE CAN'T GET THOSE
10:14:34 DOLLARS MOVED FAST ENOUGH.
10:14:36 TALK TO MS. VAN LOAN ABOUT THIS AND MS. McCLEARY ABOUT
10:14:41 OTHER PROGRAMS IN NORTH CAROLINA THAT HAVE EXTENSIVE
10:14:42 APPRENTICE PROGRAM THAT MIRRORS WHAT MYSELF AND MS. --
10:14:50 PROGRAMS WITH OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFITS DOING THE
10:14:52 REHAB AND GETTING THE YOUNG PEOPLE INVOLVED WITH THOSE
10:14:55 COMPANIES TO BE A PART OF THE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.
10:14:58 I'M HOPING THAT WE MIRROR THAT A LITTLE BIT.
10:15:00 BRING THOSE FOLKS ON AND BE ABLE TO HAVE ROBUST REHAB
10:15:03 PROGRAM THAT DOESN'T HAVE SUCH STRINGENT CRITERIA.
10:15:06 PUTTING A LITTLE PAINT, FIXING A FENCE, DOING A ROOF, IT
10:15:10 SHOULDN'T BE THAT DIFFICULT TO DO SOME OF THE THINGS TO
10:15:12 BEAUTIFY THE COMMUNITY.
10:15:13 A GRANT PROGRAM WOULD BE THE -- THING TO DO.
10:15:17 I HOPE WE FALL ON THAT LINE IN DOING THAT.
10:15:20 I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WAS ON THE PRESENTATION.
10:15:22 NUMBER TWO, THE GRANT PROGRAM.
10:15:23 I'M GLAD TO SEE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE CALLING ALL THE
10:15:25 TIME.
10:15:26 ONE THING I AM HEARING, MR. JOHNSON, AND I WANT YOU TO
10:15:29 PAY MOST ATTENTION TO, I'M HEARING SOME OF THE
10:15:31 CONTRACTORS ARE PRICE GOUGING.
10:15:33 TRUE OR NOT BUT I'M HEARING THAT A LOT ABOUT PRICES,
10:15:38 TELLING RESIDENTS YOU NEED TO PAY MORE, THIS, THAT,
10:15:41 EXCEEDING WHAT THE AMOUNT IS JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE A CITY
10:15:44 CONTRACTED PERSON.
10:15:46 I WISH THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WATCHING THAT AND BE
10:15:49 VERY MINDFUL THAT PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO COMPLAIN THAT
10:15:53 THEY ARE THINKING THAT THE CONTRACTS ARE GOUGING.
10:15:55 HAVE YOU BEEN HEARING THAT AT ALL, SIR?
10:15:58 >> YES, WE'VE HEARD A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.
10:16:00 ACTUALLY, MR. MARKS AND I BOTH HAVE GONE OUT TO A LOT OF
10:16:05 THE PARTICULAR SITES THAT FOLKS WERE MAKING THOSE
10:16:10 COMPLAINTS.
10:16:11 ASSESSED THOSE ALONG WITH OUR FOLKS FROM PLANNING TO
10:16:18 GAUGE THE PRICES THAT PEOPLE ARE BEING CHARGED.
10:16:24 WE'RE WATCHING IT VERY CAREFULLY TO ENSURE IT DOESN'T
10:16:29 HAPPEN.
10:16:30 BUT WHAT WE'VE ASKED FOLKS TO DO, IF THEY ARE NOT
10:16:34 SATISFIED WITH THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT IS BEING QUOTED TO
10:16:38 THEM, THAT THEY CAN CALL BACK IN AND WE WILL ASSIGN
10:16:43 ANOTHER CONTRACTOR THAT WILL BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND
10:16:46 REASSESS IT UNDER THEIR GUIDELINES AND SEE IF THE PRICES
10:16:51 CAN GET REDUCED, IF POSSIBLE.
10:16:54 WE'RE DOING A LITTLE BIT OF THAT AT THE PRESENT TIME.
10:16:58 WE ARE WATCHING IT.
10:16:59 WE ARE HEARING IT, AND WE'LL STAY ON TOP OF IT.
10:17:01 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:17:02 LASTLY, LET ME PERSONALLY CONGRATULATE ALL OF THE NEW
10:17:05 MEMBERS TO THE CAC BOARD OF EAST TAMPA.
10:17:08 IT'S A WONDERFUL BOARD TO BE ON.
10:17:13 THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS.
10:17:16 A LOT OF PROGRAMS.
10:17:17 MR. JOHNSON, LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, REALLY WORKING AND
10:17:20 FOSTERING GOOD RELATIONS WITH OUR COMMUNITIES.
10:17:23 WHAT I WOULD ASK, MR. JOHNSON, THOSE FOLKS NOT REELECTED,
10:17:27 THAT YOU REACH OUT TO THEM.
10:17:28 WE NEED THEM ON THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
10:17:31 THOSE ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT COMMITTEES WE HAVE.
10:17:34 I ASK THAT YOU REACH OUT TO THOSE FOLKS WHO WERE NOT
10:17:37 REELECTED AND SEE IF THEY CAN STILL BE A PART OF THE
10:17:42 PROCESS TO MOVE THE CRA IN EAST TAMPA.
10:17:44 GOOD PEOPLE ON THE BOARD AND THEY CAN STILL BRING THOSE
10:17:46 GOOD IDEAS AND BE A PART OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES.
10:17:51 >>ED JOHNSON: ABSOLUTELY.
10:17:52 WE TOTALLY AGREE, AND WE'VE MADE THAT VERY CLEAR TO THE
10:17:55 NEW LEADERSHIP THAT THEY NEED TO REACH OUT TO THE
10:17:59 EXISTING COMMITTEE CHAIRS THAT ARE THERE, THAT HAVE BEEN
10:18:04 DOING GOOD WORK FOR US.
10:18:05 WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE PART OF THAT.
10:18:07 THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT THE NEW CHAIR WILL BE WORKING
10:18:11 ON IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.
10:18:12 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:18:13 ANY BOARD MEMBERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
10:18:15 MS. VAN LOAN, YOU CAN MOVE ON.
10:18:19 THANK YOU.
10:18:22 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: THANK YOU.
10:18:22 IF WE CAN SHARE MY SCREEN.
10:18:31 THANK YOU.
10:18:35 MICHELLE VAN LOAN FOR MY CRA DIRECTOR UPDATE.
10:18:38 I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT I WANTED TO REVIEW WITH
10:18:42 YOU AND REPORT BACK TO YOU ON.
10:18:45 WE'RE GOING TO SEE IF I CAN ACTUALLY WORK A PowerPoint
10:18:48 AND TALK AT THE SAME TIME.
10:18:50 SO, YESTERDAY, I RECEIVED THE SEMIFINAL NUMBERS FOR THE
10:18:57 ONE TAMPA RELIEF BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM, ONE AND TWO.
10:19:01 I SAY SEMI, AND I'LL SHOW YOU A COUPLE OF --
10:19:04 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MY COMPUTER IS ABOUT TO DIE.
10:19:08 >> WE CAN HEAR YOU ON --
10:19:12 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: THIS DIAGRAM SHOWS YOU OUR ORIGINAL
10:19:16 COMMITMENT BY OUR INDIVIDUAL CRAs AND THE AMOUNT OF
10:19:21 INTEREST THAT THEY PUT ON THE TABLE TO CONTRIBUTE.
10:19:23 SO THAT NUMBER ACROSS THE TOP WAS EACH OF THE AMOUNTS
10:19:26 FROM OUR INTEREST LINE ITEMS ACROSS THE CRA.
10:19:31 OCTOBER PAYMENT SHOWS WHAT TO DATE ARE THE AMOUNTS THAT
10:19:37 WOULD BE THE CRA CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS OUR CRA BUSINESSES.
10:19:42 JUST AS A REMINDER, DOWNTOWN AND CHANNEL DISTRICT A
10:19:46 LITTLE BIT HIGHER COMPARED TO THE NUMBER OF BUSINESSES
10:19:49 ASSISTED BECAUSE THEY ARE FUNDING AT 100%, WHEREAS THE
10:19:53 OTHER CRAs ARE CONTRIBUTING AT 50%.
10:19:57 THE REASON FOR THAT WAS THAT THE CITY WAS CONTRIBUTING
10:20:02 50% WHEN THE CRA OVERLAPPED WITH ONE OF THE LOW-INCOME
10:20:06 CENSUS TRACTS.
10:20:07 AND WE DO NOT HAVE 100% MATCH AND ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE
10:20:11 LOW-INCOME CENSUS TRACTS AND OUR CRAs.
10:20:15 WHERE THERE ISN'T OVERLAP, THE CRAs CONTRIBUTE 100% IN
10:20:19 THOSE AREAS.
10:20:19 WHERE WE DO HAVE OVERLAP, WE SPLIT IT 50-50.
10:20:22 WE SHOW A PAYMENT BALANCE ESCROW.
10:20:25 THESE ARE FOR THE HANDFUL OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE STILL
10:20:30 FINALIZING MOSTLY INVOICES FOR THEIR UTILITIES, AND SO
10:20:36 OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE WILL MAKE THESE PAYMENTS TO
10:20:38 THE GENERAL FUND THAT YOU SEE UNDER THE OCTOBER PAYMENT
10:20:44 LINE.
10:20:45 AND THEN WE WILL HOLD BACK JUST THOSE SMALL AMOUNTS IN
10:20:49 OUR INTEREST LINE TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE ANY OF THOSE LAST
10:20:53 BILLS THAT COME IN, AND ABOUT THE FIRST OF THE YEAR OR IN
10:20:57 DECEMBER, WE SHOULD HAVE THE LAST OF WHAT I'M CALLING AN
10:21:00 ESCROW AMOUNT BALANCED OUT.
10:21:03 BELOW THAT, YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE REMAINING BALANCE IS FOR
10:21:06 THE INTEREST FOR EACH OF THE CRAs.
10:21:08 AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE WHAT OUR TOTAL CONTRIBUTION IS WHEN
10:21:12 YOU ADD TOGETHER THE ESCROW AND THE OCTOBER PAYMENT.
10:21:15 AND THEN I ALSO SHOW THE NUMBER OF BUSINESSES THAT WE
10:21:18 ASSISTED WITH THOSE DOLLARS.
10:21:20 SO ACROSS OUR CRAs, WE'RE SPENDING ABOUT $300,000, A
10:21:24 LITTLE BIT OVER, TO HELP ABOUT 109 BUSINESSES THROUGH OUR
10:21:28 CRAs IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY ON THE ONE TAMPA
10:21:32 BUSINESS GRANT.
10:21:34 I DID WANT TO NOTE, ROB MENTIONED THE CAC MET LAST NIGHT
10:21:39 FOR CHANNEL DISTRICT, AND ON TUESDAY NIGHT FOR DOWNTOWN,
10:21:43 BOTH CACs HAVE DISCUSSED THEIR INTEREST BALANCE IN
10:21:48 REFERENCE TO CRA'S INQUIRY INTO CREATING CULTURAL ASSETS
10:21:53 GRANT PROGRAM FOR COVID RETROFIT.
10:21:56 SO THOSE BALANCES IN CHANNEL DISTRICT 743,000, AND THEN
10:21:59 IN DOWNTOWN OF THE 906,000, BOTH CACs WOULD LIKE TO
10:22:05 CONTRIBUTE THAT MONEY TOWARDS -- TO BE REPROGRAMMED
10:22:08 TOWARDS A COVID RETROFIT FOR OUR CULTURAL ASSETS.
10:22:12 WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU NEXT MONTH.
10:22:14 SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THEY HAVE VOTED TO MOVE
10:22:17 FORWARD WITH THAT.
10:22:18 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE NUMBERS, I'M HAPPY TO
10:22:22 GO OVER THEM WITH YOU, OVER THE COMING MONTHS, THE OTHER
10:22:25 BALANCES THAT YOU SEE IN DREW PARK IN EAST TAMPA, WE'LL
10:22:29 WORK WITH THE CRA BOARD AND THE CACs NOW THAT THEY HAVE
10:22:32 THEIR FINAL NUMBERS, THAT THEY CAN COME BACK TO YOU WITH
10:22:35 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROGRAMMING, ADDITIONAL HOUSING
10:22:39 PROGRAMS THEY ARE WORKING ON DURING FY '21 TO BE ABLE TO
10:22:42 REPROGRAM THIS MONEY TOWARDS THOSE PROGRAMS AND
10:22:45 INITIATIVES.
10:22:45 I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
10:22:55 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS OF ANY BOARD MEMBERS?
10:22:56 YOU MAY PROCEED, MS. VAN LOAN.
10:23:01 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: WHICH BRINGS US TO STAFFING.
10:23:03 HERE IS OUR CURRENT ORGANIZATIONAL CHART.
10:23:06 AS YOU CAN SEE, IF WE START AT THE VELOUR LEFT-HAND SIDE,
10:23:10 YOU'LL SEE MIKE CALLAHAN JOINED US AT THE END OF AUGUST.
10:23:14 HE IS ASSISTING THE FOUR CRAs THAT ROB CURRENTLY
10:23:20 TEMPORARILY TRANSITIONING OUT OF OVERSEEING AS OUR
10:23:23 ORGANIZATION EVOLVES.
10:23:24 DOWNTOWN CHANNEL DISTRICT, TAMPA HEIGHTS AND CENTRAL
10:23:27 PARK.
10:23:29 NEXT TO HIM, YOU CAN SEE MARCUS MARKS, UNDER ED AS THE
10:23:33 NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL, WORKING IN EAST TAMPA.
10:23:37 AND WE ARE PENDING STILL WITH OUR ED SPECIALIST.
10:23:40 WE HAD MADE AN OFFER TO AN INCREDIBLY TALENTED YOUNG
10:23:44 LADY, AND I JUST COULDN'T COMPETE WITH ONE OF THE BIG
10:23:47 THREE ACCOUNTING FIRMS OUT THERE, AND THEY MADE HER AN
10:23:51 OFFER SHE COULDN'T REFUSE, AND SHE WILL BE STILL COMING
10:23:55 TO TAMPA, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HER WHEN
10:23:58 SHE'S HERE IN HER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CAPACITY.
10:24:00 SO WE HAD A SECOND EXCELLENT CANDIDATE AND HR IS WORKING
10:24:04 WITH THAT CANDIDATE ON THEIR BACKGROUND CHECK, SO I HOPE
10:24:07 IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, WE'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE
10:24:10 FILLING THAT POSITION TO ASSIST MR. NINO AND THE WEST
10:24:14 TAMPA AND DREW PARK CACs.
10:24:18 WE ARE TRANSITIONING, ROB ROSNER, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, HE
10:24:22 IS AS OF OCTOBER 1st OFFICIALLY IN THE TITLE OF
10:24:26 DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
10:24:27 THE DEMANDS OF HIS POSITION ARE INCREASING A LITTLE BIT
10:24:31 FASTER THAN WE HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED OVER THE SUMMER,
10:24:34 AND SO WE ARE NOW LOOKING TO FILL HIS CRA MANAGER
10:24:39 POSITION THIS FALL AS OPPOSED TO WAITING UNTIL THE
10:24:42 SPRING.
10:24:43 ROB DOES CONTINUE TO SIT AND BE A PART OF OUR DEPARTMENT,
10:24:47 BOTH IN SPIRIT AND PHYSICALLY, AND HE WILL BE TRAINING
10:24:51 OUR NEW MANAGER AND WORKING WITH OUR NEW MANAGER ONCE WE
10:24:54 HAVE THEM ON BOARD.
10:24:56 AND ONCE I KNOW THAT WE'VE GOTTEN THAT PROCESS THROUGH
10:24:59 HR, I'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU WITH THEIR QUALIFICATIONS
10:25:03 AND THEIR BACKGROUNDS AND INTRODUCING THEM, OUR NEW
10:25:08 CANDIDATE TO YOU, AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED.
10:25:11 THE CANDIDATE HAS BEEN LISTENING TO OUR CAC MEETINGS THE
10:25:17 PAST COUPLE OF DAYS, AND HAS SPENT THE PAST COUPLE OF
10:25:20 WEEKS IN DETAILED CONVERSATIONS WITH ROB ABOUT THE NATURE
10:25:22 OF THE JOB SO THAT ROB HAS A GOOD FEEL, THAT THIS
10:25:26 CANDIDATE IS A RIGHT FIT, AND THAT THE CANDIDATE ALSO HAS
10:25:29 A GOOD FEEL FOR WHAT THEY ARE WORKING ON WITH THE
10:25:32 DOWNTOWN CHANNEL DISTRICT CENTRAL PARK AND THR CRAs.
10:25:36 THE CANDIDATE DOES HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WITH CRAs
10:25:40 AND AT MANAGEMENT LEVEL FOR OVER A DECADE, AND WE'RE VERY
10:25:45 EXCITED.
10:25:46 SO, AGAIN, WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HR GETTING THAT
10:25:49 REQUISITION FILLED SO WE CAN BACKFILL ROB'S POSITION.
10:25:53 THE ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO IMPORTANTLY ADD IS THAT
10:25:58 MARKETING HAS BEEN A COMMON THEME, AND BY MARKETING, I'M
10:26:03 USING IT ALL-ENCOMPASSING FOR THE MOMENT AS PUBLIC
10:26:07 RELATIONS, OUR PRESS RELEASES AND COMMUNICATIONS AND
10:26:11 ASSISTING WITH MARKETING OUR PROGRAMS AND OUR
10:26:14 INITIATIVES, TARGETING THE DEMOGRAPHICS WHO COULD MOST
10:26:18 BENEFIT FROM OUR PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES WITHIN OUR
10:26:20 CRAs.
10:26:21 OUR COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT EVENTS, AND THE PROGRESS WE'RE
10:26:25 MAKING.
10:26:25 AND OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, ESPECIALLY COMING OUT OF
10:26:27 THE RECESSION, A LOT OF THOSE EXTRA EFFORTS HAD TO FALL
10:26:32 BY THE WAYSIDE AS OUR RESOURCES DWINDLED AND OUR STAFF
10:26:36 DWINDLED.
10:26:37 DUE TO THE COMMENTS AND CONCERNS AND PRIORITIES OF OUR
10:26:40 CACs AND OUR CRA MEMBERS, I'M PROPOSING TO CREATE A CRA
10:26:46 MARKETING AND PROJECT COORDINATOR.
10:26:49 THIS IS JUST A BULLETED LIST OF SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF
10:26:53 THE WORK THAT THEY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
10:26:56 I WILL E-MAIL YOU THESE THREE OR FOUR SLIDES WHEN WE'RE
10:26:59 DONE.
10:26:59 I JUST FINISHED THIS VERY EARLY THIS MORNING BASED ON
10:27:03 TRYING TO GET ALL OF THE ONE TAMPA NUMBERS TOGETHER.
10:27:08 PRIMARILY, THIS POSITION I'M HOPING WOULD WORK AS A
10:27:11 CENTRALIZED COORDINATION ACROSS ALL THE CRAs AND
10:27:14 SUPPORT THE CRAs.
10:27:16 THEY WOULD ATTEND THE CAC MEETINGS, THE SUBCOMMITTEE
10:27:19 MEETINGS, UNDERSTAND THEIR NEEDS REGARDING PR AND
10:27:24 MARKETING, GETTING THE WORD OUT ON THEIR PROGRAMS, AND
10:27:27 ALSO WORK THEN AS THAT LINK BETWEEN THE CRA BOARD AND OUR
10:27:32 MEDIA IN HELPING US TELL OUR STORY OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
10:27:36 AND OUR PROGRESS WITHIN OUR CRAs.
10:27:39 THEY WOULD ALSO -- I INCLUDED THE WORD PROJECT
10:27:42 COORDINATOR.
10:27:43 WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, THE
10:27:47 BUDGET BOOK THAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY AS AN APPROVAL ITEM,
10:27:52 IT HAS FALLEN TO ME OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, ALL
10:27:55 THOSE PHOTOS ARE EDITED AND PUT IN.
10:27:58 ALL THE NUMBERS ARE PUT INTO THE CHARTS.
10:28:00 WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD ANY KIND OF PROJECT PERSON TO FOCUS
10:28:04 ON A LOT OF THE PRODUCT THAT WE'RE PRODUCING THE NUMBER
10:28:08 CRUNCHING AND IT'S ALSO DONE AT A HIGH LEVEL.
10:28:11 I'M HOPING THAT THIS PERSON WILL ALSO ACT TO HELP US WITH
10:28:14 THE BUDGET BOOK AND OUR ANNUAL ACTIVITY REPORT THAT WE'LL
10:28:17 BE STARTING ON THIS FALL.
10:28:19 THE PowerPoint PRESENTATION, HELPING TO TRACK THE
10:28:23 MOTIONS THAT CRA BOARD POSES TO US AND ASK THAT WE COME
10:28:27 BACK AND REPORT ON IN HELPING WITH ALL OF THE
10:28:31 PRESENTATIONS, ALONG WITH MONITORING OUR LEGISLATIVE
10:28:35 ACTIVITY EVERY SPRING, WHAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE IS
10:28:39 DOING REGARDING CRAs.
10:28:41 SO THIS WOULD BE A MARKETING AND PROJECT PERSON THAT WE'D
10:28:46 BE LOOKING TO CREATE.
10:28:48 MY REQUEST TODAY IS APPROVAL FROM CRA BOARD TO MOVE
10:28:53 FORWARD WITH CREATING THIS POSITION, UNTIL WE KNOW THAT
10:28:56 THE CRA BOARD IS INTERESTED IN CREATING THIS POSITION, HR
10:29:00 WILL THEN WORK WITH US TO ACTUALLY CREATE THE POSITION,
10:29:03 CREATE THE JOB DESCRIPTION, AND GET THIS IN OUR SYSTEM.
10:29:07 AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT THE DETAILS THERE, AND I WILL GET THIS
10:29:11 TO YOU.
10:29:13 I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NATURE OF
10:29:16 THIS POSITION, AND IF YOU FEEL IT'S A RIGHT FIT FOR OUR
10:29:21 DEPARTMENT, THEN I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
10:29:22 CREATING THAT.
10:29:23 THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION ON THAT ITEM.
10:29:35 >>BILL CARLSON: MS. VAN LOAN, THIS IS MY BUSINESS AND
10:29:38 WITH MY OTHER HAT ON, SO I'M HAPPY TO HELP IN ANY WAY I
10:29:42 CAN.
10:29:43 THIS SOUNDS LIKE A NUANCE, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD
10:29:45 IDEA AND HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU AND HR ABOUT THIS.
10:29:49 FIRST OF ALL, I THINK THE POSITION IS A GOOD IDEA.
10:29:51 I THINK THE NUANCE IS IN GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC-FACING
10:29:57 POSITIONS, I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO USE COMMUNICATION
10:30:00 INSTEAD OF MARKETING.
10:30:02 AND THE NEW -- I CAN EXPLAIN THIS MORE BUT THE NUANCE IN
10:30:07 THE INDUSTRY IS, QUOTE, UNQUOTE, MARKETING PEOPLE
10:30:10 TYPICALLY ARE TRAINED IN ONE-WAY COMMUNICATION, BRANDING,
10:30:16 FANCY LOGOS, FANCY NAMES, FANCY BROCHURES.
10:30:19 AND THEY ARE OFTEN NOT TRAINED IN HOW TO THINK ABOUT THE
10:30:25 SENSITIVITY OF WORKING IN A PUBLIC ENVIRONMENT OR A
10:30:28 GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT.
10:30:29 AND I THINK ONE OF THE BULLET POINTS WE SHOULD PUT IN
10:30:32 THERE IS ENGAGING THE PUBLIC.
10:30:34 IT'S NOT LIKE AN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT WHERE WE NEED TO
10:30:38 ENGAGE THE PUBLIC ON A MASSIVE SCALE, BUT I THINK THERE
10:30:42 HAS TO BE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF LISTENING ALSO.
10:30:45 WE NEED SOMEBODY WITH SOME OF THE BASIC MARKETING SKILLS,
10:30:48 BUT I THINK COMMUNICATION TAKES IT BROADER.
10:30:52 TYPICALLY, MARKETING IS AROUND CUSTOMERS AND PROSPECTS
10:30:56 WHERE COMMUNICATION INCLUDES CONSTITUENTS AND CITIZENS
10:31:00 AND ACTIVIST GROUPS AND OTHERS.
10:31:02 SO I THINK WE NEED SOMEBODY WITH THAT SENSITIVITY.
10:31:04 I'LL SHUT UP AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS OFF-LINE, IF
10:31:07 YOU'D LIKE.
10:31:09 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: WE WILL CERTAINLY MAKE THAT
10:31:11 ADJUSTMENT.
10:31:12 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MS. VAN LOAN, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A
10:31:14 MOTION NOW OR AT THE END OF THE MEETING?
10:31:16 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: THAT IS AT YOUR PLEASURE.
10:31:23 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO IT AT THE END.
10:31:25 WE'LL COME BACK AROUND AND DO ALL THE MOTIONS AT THE END.
10:31:29 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: THANK YOU.
10:31:30 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU MAY PROCEED.
10:31:32 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: ITEM NUMBER 3, BECAUSE CRA BOARD
10:31:36 RECEIVED A LOT OF COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK REGARDING THE
10:31:42 EAST TAMPA CAC AND HOW THAT ELECTION PROCESS WORKS, I
10:31:46 JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A VERY QUICK OVERVIEW TO THE CRA
10:31:51 BOARD AND TO THE LISTENING PUBLIC ABOUT HOW THAT WORKS.
10:31:54 I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION.
10:31:56 THERE'S A LOT OF PARTS THAT COME TOGETHER WITH THIS.
10:31:59 SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW.
10:32:02 WE HAVE SOMETHING CALLED THE ETCRP, WHICH IS THE EAST
10:32:07 TAMPA COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION PARTNERSHIP.
10:32:11 MANY TIMES REFERRED TO AS THE PARTNERSHIP OR THE ETCRP.
10:32:16 IT WAS CREATED IN LATE 2000, AND IT WAS AN INITIATIVE
10:32:21 WITH THE SUPPORT OF USF.
10:32:24 AND THE COMMUNITY, AT THE TIME, WE HAD TEN VERY ACTIVE
10:32:31 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT CAME TOGETHER AND
10:32:32 PARTNERED TO CREATE AN UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION WHEREBY THE
10:32:35 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS COULD COME TOGETHER WITHIN EAST
10:32:38 TAMPA AND INTERACT AND COMMUNICATE AND SHARE IDEAS AND
10:32:43 ALSO EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS AND IDEAS UP TO THE CITY.
10:32:46 WHEN THE CRA BOARD ADOPTED ITS COMMUNITY ADVISORY
10:32:50 COMMITTEE POLICY.
10:32:52 IT CREATED NEW CACs AND ESTABLISHED CACs FOR ALL THE
10:32:57 CRAs.
10:32:59 AT THE TIME, MOST OF THE CRAs DID NOT HAVE AN EXISTING
10:33:02 COMMUNITY GROUP, HOWEVER THE CRA BOARD AT THE TIME DID
10:33:05 RECOGNIZE THE EAST TAMPA COMMUNITY AND THE YBOR COMMUNITY
10:33:09 BOTH HAD VERY STRONG EXISTING COMMUNITY GROUPS.
10:33:13 THEY DID NOT WISH TO CREATE COMPETING GOVERNING GROUPS
10:33:17 AND THEIR POLICY ADOPTED THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE EAST
10:33:20 TAMPA PARTNERSHIP AS THEIR CAC.
10:33:23 AND IN DOING THAT, THEY RECOGNIZED THE BYLAWS AND THE
10:33:28 PARTNERSHIP AS A SEPARATE THIRD-PARTY ENTITY, AND THEY
10:33:32 ADOPT THEIR GOVERNING BOARD AS THEIR CAC MEMBERS.
10:33:36 AND THEY ALLOW THE CAC MEMBERS TO BE CHOSEN AND SELECTED
10:33:40 THROUGH THE PROCESS ESTABLISHED IN THE BYLAWS OF THE
10:33:44 PARTNERSHIP.
10:33:45 THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR SERVING ON THAT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
10:33:51 PER YOUR POLICY ARE THAT COMMITTEE MEMBERS MUST LIVE/WORK
10:33:56 IN THE DEVELOPMENT AREA AND/OR HAVE SIGNIFICANT INTEREST
10:33:59 WITHIN THE CRA AREAS OF INFLUENCE.
10:34:01 I'M POINTING THAT PART OUT BECAUSE I BELIEVE THERE'S SOME
10:34:04 CONFUSION THAT SOMEONE HAS TO LIVE WITHIN THE CRA IN
10:34:08 ORDER TO SERVE ON THE CAC.
10:34:11 THAT IS INCORRECT PER YOUR POLICY OR THE EAST TAMPA
10:34:15 PARTNERSHIP BYLAWS.
10:34:17 SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT ANYONE, IF THEY
10:34:20 WORK OR THEY ARE JUST VERY ACTIVE IN THE SOCIAL SERVICES,
10:34:24 IN THE COMMUNITY GROUPS, AND IMPROVING THE COMMUNITY AND
10:34:28 ADVANCING THE GOALS AND PRIORITIES OF THE PARTNERSHIP.
10:34:32 SO RESIDENCY ITSELF IS NOT A REQUIREMENT FOR MEMBERSHIP
10:34:36 ON THE CAC.
10:34:39 THIS IS THE CHART THAT IS AT THE BACK OF YOUR POLICY FOR
10:34:44 THE CACs.
10:34:45 AND FOR EAST TAMPA IT RECOGNIZES THAT YOU HAVE 13
10:34:48 MEMBERS, AND THEN IT DETAILS PROPERTY OWNERS, RESIDENTS,
10:34:52 NONPROFITS, AND ALSO RECOGNIZES A CATEGORY CALLED
10:34:56 AT-LARGE.
10:34:57 AGAIN, RECOGNIZING THAT RESIDENCY IS NOT A REQUIREMENT.
10:35:00 THIS IS TAKEN FROM THE ACTUAL BYLAWS OF THE EAST TAMPA
10:35:06 COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION PARTNERSHIP.
10:35:10 AS I POINT OUT, IT DESIGNATES THAT THERE ARE SIX MEMBERS
10:35:12 OF THE 13 THAT CAN BE DESIGNATED AT-LARGE.
10:35:15 SO, AGAIN, THAT MEANS THAT THEY MAY NOT ACTUALLY LIVE OR
10:35:18 WORK WITHIN THE CRA, BUT THEY DO HAVE PARTICIPATION AND
10:35:23 INTEREST IN THE IMPROVEMENT AND BETTERMENT OF THE LIVES
10:35:26 OF OUR RESIDENTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
10:35:28 AGAIN, LATER IN SECTION 8, SECTION A AND E WHERE THEY
10:35:37 REPEAT THAT A SIGNIFICANT INTEREST IS A QUALIFYING
10:35:41 CRITERIA FOR BEING ON THE CAC.
10:35:43 LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TO GO OVER WITH EVERYONE WHAT OUR
10:35:48 ANNUAL ELECTION PROCESS LOOKS LIKE FOR THE PARTNERSHIP.
10:35:51 AND THIS IS SET OUT IN THEIR BYLAWS.
10:35:54 IN THE SPRING, WE GO TO THE PARTNERSHIP MEETING, AND THE
10:35:58 CHAIR CALLS FOR VOLUNTEERS TO SIT ON THE AD HOC
10:36:01 NOMINATING COMMITTEE.
10:36:02 THE AD HOC NOMINATING COMMITTEE IS ESTABLISHED BY THE
10:36:06 BYLAWS.
10:36:07 WHEN WE HAVE THOSE VOLUNTEERS, THEY COME TOGETHER AND
10:36:10 MEET.
10:36:11 THEY SELECT A CHAIR WITHIN THEIR COMMITTEE.
10:36:13 WE THEN ADVERTISE FOR APPLICATIONS.
10:36:16 WE PUT THAT IN THE SENTINEL.
10:36:17 WE SEND THAT OUT IN E-MAILS.
10:36:19 WE SEND IT OUT THROUGH THE COMMUNITY GROUPS, AND THE
10:36:21 NOTICE IS DONE UNDER THE NAME OF THE CHAIR OF THE AD HOC
10:36:25 NOMINATING COMMITTEE.
10:36:26 ONCE WE RECEIVE ALL OF THOSE APPLICATIONS, THE AD HOC
10:36:30 NOMINATING COMMITTEE MEETS.
10:36:32 THEY REVIEW ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS, AND THEY SUBMIT
10:36:35 THEIR REPORT TO THE CAC IN JUNE OR JULY AS TO THEIR
10:36:40 RECOMMENDATIONS AND ASSESSMENTS OF THOSE APPLICATIONS.
10:36:43 ONCE THEY'VE SENT THAT REPORT TO THE CAC, IT IS THEN
10:36:46 GIVEN TO THE PARTNERSHIP, AND THEY PRESENT THEIR SLATE OF
10:36:51 CANDIDATES AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
10:36:52 ONCE IT HAS GONE TO THE PARTNERSHIP, WE THEN BRING THAT
10:36:55 TO YOU AS THE CRA BOARD, AND WE CALL IT AN AFFIRMATION OF
10:36:59 THE SLATE, AND WE DID THIS BACK IN JULY, WE PRESENTED YOU
10:37:02 WITH ALL 17 APPLICATIONS, AND THE LIST OF NAMES AND THE
10:37:07 CRA BOARD THEN APPROVES THAT SLATE OF CANDIDATES AND HAS
10:37:11 THE OPPORTUNITY TO REMOVE ANY MEMBERS FROM THAT SLATE OF
10:37:15 CANDIDATES.
10:37:16 ONCE THE SLATE OF CANDIDATES HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE CRA
10:37:18 BOARD, WE THEN GO FORWARD WITH THE ELECTION.
10:37:23 WHEN WE ARE NOT IN COVID, WE GENERALLY HOLD A FORUM AT
10:37:27 THE PARTNERSHIP MEETING IN AUGUST WHERE EACH CANDIDATE
10:37:30 HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET UP AND INTRODUCE THEMSELVES TO
10:37:34 THE COMMUNITY AND EXPLAIN WHY THEY ARE WANTING TO BE ON
10:37:38 THE CAC.
10:37:40 BECAUSE OF COVID THIS YEAR, WE OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY
10:37:43 FOR EVERY CANDIDATE TO CREATE A LITTLE BIO AND SEND IT
10:37:48 INTO US, AND WE DISTRIBUTED THAT BIO TO OUR EAST TAMPA
10:37:52 COMMUNITY, 11 -- ACTUALLY, IN THE END, IT WAS 16
10:37:56 CANDIDATES.
10:37:57 ONE DROPPED OUT.
10:37:58 11 OF THE 16 CANDIDATES DID SUBMIT BIOS.
10:38:01 WE EXTENDED THE DEADLINE FOR THE BIOS AND SENT SEVERAL
10:38:05 REMINDERS TO THE CANDIDATES ABOUT SUBMITTING THEIR BIOS
10:38:08 RIGHT UP UNTIL THE ELECTION.
10:38:10 ON THE DAY OF THE ELECTION, WE HAD PRINTED COPIES OF
10:38:12 THOSE BIOS AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE WHO CAME IN TO VOTE.
10:38:16 AND THEN WE HELD THE ELECTION IN SEPTEMBER ON THE SAME
10:38:20 DAY AS OUR NORMAL PARTNERSHIP MEETING AT RAGAN PARK.
10:38:23 AGAIN, BECAUSE OF COVID, THE CAC VOTED TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO
10:38:28 VOTE BY MAIL AND TO COME IN AND VOTE IN PERSON.
10:38:32 WITH THAT, IF ANYBODY HAD ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT
10:38:36 THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ADDRESS THOSE ALSO.
10:38:40 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BY BOARD
10:38:42 MEMBERS?
10:38:42 MR. CARLSON.
10:38:44 >>BILL CARLSON: WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT ANY OF THIS OUTSIDE
10:38:48 MEETINGS BECAUSE OF SUNSHINE.
10:38:49 SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW I HAD SEVERAL
10:38:53 E-MAILS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO CALLS, AND FOLKS FROM
10:38:59 THE COMMUNITY WANTED US TO INTERVENE.
10:39:01 I CHECKED WITH MORRIS AND I CHECKED WITH MS. VAN LOAN AND
10:39:06 THE FEEDBACK I GAVE WAS THAT IT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THE
10:39:10 DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP OR YCDC THAT WE DON'T INTERVENE IN
10:39:13 THEIR ELECTIONS.
10:39:14 IN THIS CASE, THE CITY OR CRA IS A LITTLE BIT MORE
10:39:18 INVOLVED THAN THE OTHERS, BUT BECAUSE IT'S A SEPARATE
10:39:21 ORGANIZATION, WE CAN'T INTERVENE ON IT.
10:39:23 SO THAT'S THE EXPLANATION I GAVE IN TRYING TO EXPLAIN.
10:39:26 BUT THE OTHER THING I SAID WHICH I WANTED YOU ALL TO
10:39:33 KNOW, WE ARE THE CRA BOARD.
10:39:34 IF SOMEONE DISAGREES WITH ANY RECOMMENDATION THAT A CAC
10:39:38 MAKES, IN ANY OF THE CACs, THEY ARE WELCOME TO COME
10:39:41 DIRECTLY TO US AND -- JUST FOR ANYBODY LISTENING AND ALSO
10:39:45 FOR MY COLLEAGUES, WE'RE THE FINAL STOP, AND WE LISTEN TO
10:39:49 THE PUBLIC.
10:39:50 WE REGULARLY HAVE MEETINGS.
10:39:51 IF WE DON'T KNOW SOMEBODY, WE'LL SET UP MEETINGS WITH
10:39:54 THEM.
10:39:54 I ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO REACH OUT TO US.
10:39:57 THANK YOU.
10:39:57 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYONE ELSE?
10:39:58 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED, SIR.
10:40:08 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU.
10:40:08 I HEARD SOMEBODY ELSE, TOO.
10:40:10 I DIDN'T WANT TO CUT THEM OFF.
10:40:11 I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I HAVE A COMMENT AND PERHAPS
10:40:19 -- I HOPE MR. CHAIRMAN WILL ALLOW ME TO MAKE THIS
10:40:22 FRIENDLY MOTION AT THIS TIME.
10:40:24 MY COMMENT IS IN REGARD TO THE FORMER CHAIR, NATASHA
10:40:30 GOODLEY.
10:40:32 JUST OVER THE LAST YEAR THAT I'VE BEEN EXPOSED TO HER AND
10:40:35 THE HARD WORK THAT SHE PUT INTO THE CRA, THE EAST TAMPA
10:40:38 CRA AS CHAIR AND MEMBER, I WANT US TO RECOGNIZE THAT HARD
10:40:45 WORK.
10:40:46 AND MOREOVER, I WANT US TOTALLY AS A BODY TO ENCOURAGE
10:40:54 HER TO STAY ON IN WHATEVER CAPACITY IS AVAILABLE.
10:41:00 PERHAPS AS A COMMITTEE CHAIR, COMMITTEE MEMBER OR WHAT
10:41:04 HAVE YOU, EVEN IF NOT FORMALLY ON THE CAC ITSELF, THERE
10:41:07 ARE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES.
10:41:09 SHE DID A GREAT JOB.
10:41:11 GOT A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM.
10:41:12 A LOT OF INTELLIGENCE, AND IS A GREAT ASSET FOR THE
10:41:16 COMMUNITY AND THE CITY.
10:41:17 I DON'T KNOW, MR. CHAIRMAN, IF WE EVER DO ANY
10:41:26 COMMENDATIONS AS A CRA, BUT I'M THINKING IT WOULD BE NICE
10:41:32 IF THE CRA GAVE MS. GOODLEY A COMMENDATION FOR HER HARD
10:41:36 WORK.
10:41:37 ANYBODY HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE WITH CRA DOING A
10:41:40 COMMENDATION?
10:41:44 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I DON'T THINK IT WOULD PRECLUDE US FROM
10:41:46 DOING IT.
10:41:47 IT'S OUR BOARD AND WE SHOULD RECOGNIZE ANYONE.
10:41:50 MR. MASSEY, DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THAT?
10:41:52 SHOULD IT BE THE PLEASURE OF THIS BOARD?
10:41:59 >>MORRIS MASSEY: TYPICALLY, I DON'T THINK THE CRA HAS
10:42:00 GIVEN COMMENDATIONS, BUT I DON'T SEE THAT THAT WOULD BE A
10:42:03 PROBLEM, IF THAT WAS THE PLEASURE OF THE CRA BOARD TO DO
10:42:05 SO.
10:42:08 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:42:08 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO FORMALIZE
10:42:12 THAT IN A MOTION TO GIVE A COMMENDATION TO MS. GOODLEY
10:42:19 FOR HER GREAT WORK AS MEMBER AND CHAIR OF THE EAST TAMPA
10:42:23 CRA AND TO ENCOURAGE HER TO STAY ON BOARD IN WHATEVER
10:42:27 CAPACITY IS AVAILABLE TO HER.
10:42:33 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY MR. DINGFELDER.
10:42:35 SECONDED BY MR. CARLSON.
10:42:36 ANY DISCUSSION?
10:42:37 ANY DISCUSSION?
10:42:39 MADAM CLERK, TAKE THE ROLL, PLEASE.
10:42:44 >>THE CLERK: DINGFELDER?
10:42:45 DINGFELDER?
10:42:48 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:42:51 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:42:51 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:42:55 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:42:58 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:43:00 >>THE CLERK: MIRANDA?
10:43:01 MIRANDA?
10:43:02 CARLSON?
10:43:07 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:43:07 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH MIRANDA BEING ABSENT.
10:43:13 >>LUIS VIERA: MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY.
10:43:15 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU'RE RECOGNIZED, SIR.
10:43:17 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: LET ME JUST FOLLOW UP --
10:43:20 >>LUIS VIERA: OH, IF COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, GO AHEAD,
10:43:23 SIR.
10:43:23 IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, MR. CHAIR.
10:43:25 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ADMINISTRATIVELY, I WILL ASK ANNETTE
10:43:30 TO WORK WITH SONYA TO PREPARE THAT -- YOU CAN REVIEW IT.
10:43:39 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, SIR.
10:43:39 MR. VIERA, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED NOW, SIR.
10:43:42 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
10:43:43 I ALSO WANTED TO ECHO A COUPLE OF REMARKS, NUMBER ONE,
10:43:47 WITH REGARDS TO THE BOARD OR THE CAC, I SHOULD SAY.
10:43:49 WE'RE THE CRA BOARD.
10:43:51 THE BUCK ULTIMATELY STOPS WITH US.
10:43:54 MAYBE I'M IGNORANT, I'M UNAWARE OF ANY FORMAL FINDING
10:44:00 INVOLVEMENT THAT THIS BOARD HAS ON THOSE ELECTIONS.
10:44:04 I'M UNAWARE OF ANY.
10:44:06 ULTIMATELY, THE BUCK STOPS WITH US AS THE CRA BOARD ON
10:44:10 ALL ISSUES, AND THAT'S HOW IT IS, OBVIOUSLY, HERE.
10:44:14 BUT I ALSO WANTED TO THANK COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER FOR HIS
10:44:19 HIGHLIGHTING NATASHA GOODLEY.
10:44:20 I KNOW COUNCILMAN GUDES DOES A LOT OF WORK WITH HER.
10:44:23 MS. GOODLEY IS A VERY HARDWORKING PERSON.
10:44:25 I MET HER, MAN, I THINK BACK IN 2014, BACK WHEN I WAS ON
10:44:29 THE BOARD OF THE TAMPA HISPANIC BAR.
10:44:32 SHE AND I WORKED ON AN EVENT TO HONOR HISPANIC AND BLACK
10:44:36 VETERANS WHO SERVED IN JIM CROW TIME AND BEFORE DURING
10:44:40 THE MILITARY.
10:44:41 A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT NATASHA'S FATHER, JOHNNY
10:44:44 GODLY, IS A DECORATED VIETNAM VETERAN AND LEADS A GROUP
10:44:49 CALLED -- I THINK THE FORT SUMTER VETERANS, A GROUP OF
10:44:57 150 AFRICAN AMERICAN VETERANS IN THE SUMTER AREA.
10:44:59 AND WHATNOT.
10:45:00 HE'S A FINE GENTLEMAN AND VERY NICE.
10:45:03 I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SPENDING SOME TIME WITH HIM ABOUT
10:45:05 FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO.
10:45:07 I HOLD MS. GOODLEY IN HIGH REGARD.
10:45:09 I THINK SHE'S A GOOD PERSON, AND I THINK SHE'S DONE GREAT
10:45:12 WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY.
10:45:13 I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO NOT ONLY HONOR HER, BUT TO
10:45:15 ENCOURAGE HER TO CONTINUE TO BE INVOLVED BECAUSE WE'LL
10:45:18 PROBABLY SEEK HER GUIDANCE ON SOME ISSUES I THINK GOING
10:45:22 FORWARD.
10:45:22 SO I COUNT HER AS AN ALLY AND AS A PARTNER IN IMPROVING
10:45:26 THE EAST TAMPA AREA AND ALL OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
10:45:28 SO I JUST WANTED TO ECHO THAT.
10:45:31 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
10:45:33 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MR. VIERA.
10:45:35 ANYONE ELSE?
10:45:36 YES, SIR, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
10:45:38 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MR. CHAIR, I WANT TO SAY FOR THE LAST
10:45:41 COUPLE OF MINUTES I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET ON AND I WAS
10:45:43 MUTED BY THE ORGANIZER.
10:45:45 I FINALLY GOT ON.
10:45:46 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:45:46 THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY.
10:45:52 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, SIR.
10:45:52 ANYONE ELSE BEFORE I MAKE COMMENTS?
10:45:54 LET ME SAY THIS.
10:45:58 SAT ON THE EAST TAMPA CAC, AND HAVE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE
10:46:04 YEARS HOW IT HAS BEEN RUN.
10:46:08 I CAN'T SAY THAT STRUCTURE AND BALANCE HAS REALLY BROUGHT
10:46:10 THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO THE CAC BOARD OF EAST TAMPA.
10:46:13 YOU SEE ALL THE VIABLE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE HAVING, WE'RE
10:46:16 MOVING.
10:46:16 AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE LEADERSHIP OF THOSE FOLKS THAT
10:46:18 WERE ON THE BOARD.
10:46:21 SOME PEOPLE CAN AGREE TO DISAGREE, BUT IN THE END, YOU
10:46:25 CAN SEE SOME OF THE WORK BEING DONE.
10:46:28 THAT'S WHY I TELL MR. JOHNSON BE SURE TO REACH OUT TO
10:46:32 MS. KIM WHO WAS ON THE BOARD WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT.
10:46:34 EXPERTISE, AND MAKE SURE WE KEEP THOSE FOLKS AROUND.
10:46:40 MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS REFERENCE TO WHAT I SAY A
10:46:43 COMMITMENT ACROSS THE BOARD WITH ALL THE CRAs.
10:46:46 BECAUSE I FEEL WE'RE OPERATING TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
10:46:51 I THINK EAST TAMPA'S TIME HAS COME AND GONE WITH THE WAY
10:46:53 IT OPERATES.
10:46:54 I THINK THAT'S WHY THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION IN EAST
10:46:57 TAMPA WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE -- THERE'S A LOT OF
10:47:04 CONFUSION.
10:47:05 WE NEED TO GO TO A CERTAIN STANDARD ALL CRA BOARDS, ALL
10:47:09 OF THEM MEETING THE SAME STANDARDS AND SAME LEVELS TO BE
10:47:11 EQUALLY BALANCED.
10:47:13 I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND WHY WE HAVE A LOT
10:47:15 OF CONFUSION WITH THE LAST PROCESS.
10:47:17 AGAIN, I THINK THAT ALL THE BYLAWS NEED TO BE LOOKED AT
10:47:19 AND UPDATED AS WELL FOR ALL THE CRAs AS WELL.
10:47:23 I'LL PROBABLY BE MAKING A MOTION AT THE END OF THE
10:47:25 MEETING IN REFERENCE TO THE CRAs WORKING TOGETHER
10:47:29 ACROSS THE BOARD WITH THE SAME RULES, REGULATIONS, AND
10:47:31 THAT WAY WE HAVE A NEUTRAL GROUND AND WE DON'T HAVE THESE
10:47:34 KIND OF ISSUES THAT POP UP.
10:47:38 HOW COME THEY ARE OPERATING THIS WAY VERSUS THE WAY THE
10:47:41 REGULAR CAC BOARDS ARE OPERATING.
10:47:43 I'LL MAKE THAT A RECOMMENDATION AND MOTION TOWARD THE END
10:47:46 IN REFERENCE TO THE CRA BOARDS -- CAC BOARDS.
10:47:49 MS. VAN LOAN, ANYTHING ELSE?
10:47:54 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: IF THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS, I'M
10:47:56 READY FOR ITEM NUMBER 4 WHENEVER YOU ARE.
10:47:58 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I DIGRESS ONE SECOND.
10:48:02 WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, MS. VAN LOAN?
10:48:09 WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE STRATEGY?
10:48:15 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: THERE IS A CASE TO BE MADE FOR -- I
10:48:17 DO BELIEVE THERE IS A LOT OF CONFUSION, THIS YEAR
10:48:20 CERTAINLY EXEMPLIFIED THAT AND AMPLIFIED THE DIFFERENCE.
10:48:25 ALSO, I BELIEVE ORIGINALLY WHEN THIS WAS ESTABLISHED AS A
10:48:29 PARTNERSHIP, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WERE MUCH MORE
10:48:33 ACTIVE IN THE PARTNERSHIP AND THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE
10:48:37 PARTNERSHIP WAS CHOSEN BECAUSE OF THE COMMUNICATION
10:48:42 BETWEEN THE PARTNERSHIP AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
10:48:46 PRESIDENT, AND THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE INFORMATION
10:48:49 BACK AND FORTH FROM THE PARTNERSHIP DOWN THROUGH THE
10:48:53 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND BACK UP FROM THE
10:48:54 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS TO THE PARTNERSHIP.
10:48:57 OVER THE YEARS, THAT COMMUNICATION HAS NOT BEEN AS STRONG
10:49:04 AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING, AND IF THE CRA BOARD FEELS
10:49:08 THAT THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE FOR USING THE GOVERNING BOARD
10:49:13 OF THE PARTNERSHIP NO LONGER EXISTS OR IS NOT AS HEAVILY
10:49:17 WEIGHED AS THE NEED FOR THE CONSISTENCY AND THE
10:49:21 UNIFORMITY THAT EVERYONE CAN COUNT ON WHAT THE PROCESS IS
10:49:23 AND KNOWS WHAT WE'RE DOING MOVING FORWARD.
10:49:25 I THINK THAT THE CRA BOARD CERTAINLY IS WITHIN YOUR
10:49:29 PURVIEW, AND I'LL LET MR. MASSEY ADDRESS THIS AT THE END
10:49:33 WHEN YOU GO INTO IT UNDER NEW BUSINESS, THAT WE WOULD
10:49:38 STILL HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PARTNERSHIP DUE TO A
10:49:41 RECOGNITION IN BOTH THE BYLAWS OF THE PARTNERSHIP AND OUR
10:49:45 OWN AGREEMENT THAT RECOGNIZE THAT THE PARTNERSHIP PLAYS A
10:49:49 ROLE IN INPUT.
10:49:51 BUT IT IS CERTAINLY A POSSIBILITY TO DISCUSS AN UPDATED
10:49:57 MAKEUP TO WHAT YOUR CAC LOOKS LIKE.
10:50:00 I BELIEVE WEST TAMPA HAVING BEEN ESTABLISHED IN 2015 ALSO
10:50:04 MAKES A GOOD MODEL TO AT LEAST BE CONSIDERED HAVING EX
10:50:07 OFFICIO MEMBERS THAT ARE REPRESENTATIVES TO THEN BRING IN
10:50:12 YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
10:50:13 SO I THINK THERE'S ROOM FOR DISCUSSION WITH THE CRA BOARD
10:50:16 AND WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS ABOUT HOW BEST TO
10:50:20 REFLECT THE COMMUNITY AS INPUT UP TO YOUR CRA BOARDS.
10:50:29 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
10:50:31 >>BILL CARLSON: MORRIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO SAY SIMILAR
10:50:34 THINGS THAT I'LL SAY.
10:50:35 I TALKED TO HIM AND ALSO MS. VAN LOAN ABOUT THIS
10:50:40 EXTENSIVELY.
10:50:40 THE WAY I LOOK AT THIS -- AND MORRIS, YOU CAN TELL ME IF
10:50:43 THIS IS WRONG -- OF THE CACs, MOST OF THEM ARE TIGHTLY
10:50:47 CONTROLLED BY THE CRA, BUT THERE ARE THREE THAT BECAUSE
10:50:54 WE WANTED TO HISTORICALLY PARTNER WITH EXISTING
10:50:56 ORGANIZATIONS, THEY ARE STAND-ALONE ORGANIZATIONS THAT
10:51:03 HAVE THEIR OWN BYLAWS, OWN BOARD AND THEN BY CONTRACT, WE
10:51:06 WORK WITH THEM.
10:51:08 THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT, THE CHOICE -- THE TWO CHOICES WE
10:51:15 HAVE ARE, NUMBER ONE, WE COULD SEVER THAT RELATIONSHIP
10:51:18 WITH THAT ORGANIZATION, WHICH I THINK WOULD BE A
10:51:20 POLITICAL DISASTER, OR WE COULD SUGGEST OR ASK THEM TO
10:51:27 AMEND THEIR BYLAWS IN CERTAIN WAYS THAT WE WOULD
10:51:30 RECOMMEND.
10:51:31 BUT SINCE THEY ARE SEPARATE ORGANIZATIONS, THEY DON'T
10:51:34 NECESSARILY HAVE TO DO THAT BUT THEN BASED ON THE
10:51:36 FEEDBACK, WE CAN DECIDE IF WE STILL WANT TO HAVE AN
10:51:39 AGREEMENT.
10:51:40 AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIPS, THE THREE
10:51:42 THAT ARE SEPARATE ENTITIES, I THINK WE SHOULD THINK OF
10:51:46 THEM EQUALLY.
10:51:47 HOW MUCH INTERFERENCE WOULD WE TAKE IN YCDC OR DOWNTOWN
10:51:51 PARTNERSHIP AS WE LOOK AT THAT?
10:51:54 ULTIMATELY, WHAT WE WANT IS WHAT MS. VAN LOAN SAID.
10:51:56 WE WANT REPRESENTATION FROM THE PUBLIC, AND I THINK
10:52:01 CACs BY THEMSELVES ARE REPRESENTATIVE IN SOME WAYS, BUT
10:52:05 WITH THE NEW COMMUNICATION PERSON AND THE STAFF ON BOARD,
10:52:08 WHAT I'M HOPING IS THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE BROADER MEETINGS
10:52:12 THAT WILL BE MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY
10:52:14 WHERE THE CACs ARE KIND OF INTERIM REPRESENTATIVES,
10:52:18 ULTIMATELY WE WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT THE GENERAL
10:52:22 PUBLIC WANTS AND COMMUNICATION WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
10:52:24 SO I'LL STOP THERE, MR. MORRIS.
10:52:26 THANK YOU.
10:52:28 >>MORRIS MASSEY: MORRIS MASSEY, CRA ATTORNEY, IF I CAN
10:52:31 INTERRUPT.
10:52:32 I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE CACs GENERALLY AND THEN ABOUT
10:52:35 THE EAST TAMPA REVITALIZATION PARTNERSHIP AND OUR
10:52:39 RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.
10:52:40 THE CACs HAVE BEEN SET UP BY CRA POLICY AS A BODY OF
10:52:46 INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS FROM EITHER OWN PROPERTY, RESIDE
10:52:51 IN OR HAVE AN INTEREST IN ONE OF YOUR COMMUNITY
10:52:54 REDEVELOPMENT AREAS.
10:52:55 AND THEY WERE SET UP SO THAT YOU COULD GET COMMUNITY
10:52:59 INPUT ABOUT REVITALIZATION EFFORTS WITHIN EACH ONE OF THE
10:53:04 INDIVIDUAL CRAs.
10:53:05 IT'S REALLY OUR EFFORT TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND
10:53:10 IT'S DONE BY A POLICY THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE CRA YEARS
10:53:14 AGO.
10:53:14 SO THAT'S HOW THE CACs OPERATE, BASICALLY, UNDER A
10:53:18 POLICY THAT YOU ALL ADOPTED, AND THEY ARE THERE TO HELP
10:53:21 PROVIDE COMMUNITY INPUT AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE
10:53:27 CRA BOARD FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION.
10:53:29 ULTIMATELY, YOU ALL MAKE ALL THE DECISIONS RELATIVE TO
10:53:33 HOW THE CRA ACTS AND WHAT THEY DO.
10:53:37 I JUST KIND OF WANT TO CLARIFY THAT.
10:53:39 WE DO HAVE -- THE WAY OUR CACs ARE SET UP, THERE ARE
10:53:46 REALLY TWO ANOMALIES.
10:53:48 THE PARTNERSHIP IS INVOLVED IN THE DOWNTOWN CRA, BUT THEY
10:53:50 ARE JUST A MEMBER ON THE CAC BOARD.
10:53:55 THEY DON'T -- IT'S NOT THE CAC FOR DOWNTOWN, PER SE.
10:54:00 BUT THE TWO ANOMALIES, THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE HAVE
10:54:03 RECOGNIZED AND HAVE BASICALLY SAID THAT YOU ARE GOING TO
10:54:08 OPERATE AS THE CAC FOR THAT REDEVELOPMENT AREA, THE YCDC
10:54:13 FOR THE TWO YBOR CITY CRA AREAS AND THEN THE EAST TAMPA
10:54:18 REVITALIZATION PARTNERSHIP, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP.
10:54:23 THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EAST TAMPA COMMUNITY
10:54:29 REVITALIZATION PARTNERSHIP -- IT'S A LOT TO GET OUT --
10:54:33 THE PARTNERSHIP, AROSE AS A RESULT OF ACTUALLY THE
10:54:38 COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED FOR EAST
10:54:41 TAMPA.
10:54:42 THAT PLAN ACTUALLY RECOGNIZES IN THE PLAN ITSELF THAT A
10:54:47 COMMITTEE, A SUBCOMMITTEE, THAT ENTITY OF THE PARTNERSHIP
10:54:51 WOULD REVIEW CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO FUND -- TO BE FUNDED
10:54:56 WITH TAX INCREMENT REVENUES AND PROVIDE INPUT TO THE CRA.
10:55:00 SO THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT WE COULDN'T ESTABLISH A
10:55:05 SEPARATE CAC FOR EAST TAMPA, BUT THE PARTNERSHIP WOULD
10:55:09 STILL AND IS RECOGNIZED BY THE ADOPTED PLAN AS AN ENTITY
10:55:14 THAT WOULD ALSO PROVIDE INPUT TO THE CRA BOARD FOR
10:55:17 CONSIDERATION.
10:55:20 THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU COULD TOTALLY SEVER ANY
10:55:23 RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PARTNERSHIP, FRANKLY, IS YOU HAVE
10:55:25 TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF AMENDING YOUR PLAN.
10:55:27 SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT FOR THE RECORD.
10:55:34 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MR. MASSEY.
10:55:35 ANYONE ELSE?
10:55:36 MS. VAN LOAN, YOU CAN PROCEED.
10:55:42 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:55:43 WE'LL MOVE ON TO -- I'LL SWITCH MY SCREEN HERE AND WE'LL
10:55:46 MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 4.
10:55:48 THIS IS ABOUT OUR HOUSING MOTION THAT WAS MADE LAST YEAR.
10:55:57 OVER THE PAST 18 MONTHS, SINCE YOU TOOK OFFICE, THERE'S
10:56:02 BEEN A LOT OF TALK IN OUR CACs AND COMMUNITY, AND YOU
10:56:05 HEARD A LOT OF COMMENTS AND INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY
10:56:10 MEMBERS WHILE YOU WERE OUT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL ABOUT
10:56:14 THE NEED FOR HOUSING INITIATIVES AND HOUSING SUPPORT
10:56:18 WITHIN OUR CRAs, ESPECIALLY WITHIN EAST TAMPA AND WEST
10:56:20 TAMPA.
10:56:21 BECAUSE OF THAT LAST FALL, LATE LAST FALL, THERE WAS A
10:56:26 MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON ABOUT REVIEWING OUR
10:56:32 BUDGETS AND LOOKING AT THE ABILITY TO POTENTIALLY -- JUST
10:56:36 THROW A NUMBER OUT THERE, 30% OF OUR BUDGET BE DEDICATED
10:56:39 TO HOUSING.
10:56:40 AS A RESULT OF ALL THESE DISCUSSIONS, DURING FY '20 LAST
10:56:45 SPRING AND DURING THE YEAR, OUR CACs, SEVERAL OF THEM
10:56:49 DID WORK ON ADDITIONAL HOUSING INITIATIVES TO WHAT THEY
10:56:52 ALREADY HAD PLANNED AND WHAT WAS IN THEIR STRATEGIC
10:56:55 ACTION PLAN, AND THEY HAVE BEEN CONTINUING TO COME
10:56:58 FORWARD WITH NEW PROGRAMS.
10:57:01 AS A RESULT OF THAT, IN OUR FY '21 BUDGET, I WANTED TO
10:57:07 SHOW YOU WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE PERCENTAGES FOR THE
10:57:13 BUDGETS COMPARED TO THE ENTIRE BUDGET OR OUR NET BUDGET.
10:57:19 SO IN THIS CHART, YOU SEE EACH OF THE RESPECTIVE CRAs
10:57:23 FY '21 BUDGET.
10:57:24 THE FIRST COLUMN ON THE LEFT IS THE NET BUDGET.
10:57:27 THAT IS THE FULL BUDGET FOR THE CRA.
10:57:29 IF WE LOOKED AT 30% OF THAT FULL GROSS AMOUNT OF THE
10:57:32 BUDGET, YOU SEE THAT NUMBER IN THE SECOND COLUMN THERE,
10:57:36 AND THEN I'VE HIGHLIGHTED THE AMOUNTS THAT ARE DEDICATED
10:57:40 IN THE FY '21 BUDGET FOR HOUSING INITIATIVES.
10:57:44 AS YOU CAN SEE, THE DOWNTOWN CRA WAS NOW THE ACQUISITION
10:57:48 OR PENDING ACQUISITION OF THE LAND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
10:57:52 AND WORKFORCE HOUSING IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE CRA.
10:57:57 EAST TAMPA IS JUST BARELY SHY OF 30% AS IS WEST TAMPA.
10:58:02 DREW PARK PUT IN 100,000 FOR HOUSING INITIATIVES, BUT
10:58:05 THEY ALSO HAVE LAND THAT THEY BOUGHT SEVERAL YEARS AGO
10:58:08 AND SPENT WELL OVER 500,000 FOR ON THOSE PARCELS FOR THE
10:58:13 PURPOSE OF WORKFORCE HOUSING WITHIN DREW PARK.
10:58:18 WE ALSO LOOKED AT, IF YOU TAKE YOUR FY '21 BUDGET LESS
10:58:21 COMMITMENTS, COMMITMENTS WOULD BE YOUR SALARIES, ITEMS
10:58:24 LIKE THE 74% THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE TAMPA HEIGHTS
10:58:28 RIVERFRONT.
10:58:29 IF YOU LOOK AT THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OR THE SPP OR
10:58:33 OUR DEBT NOTE THAT WE PAY IN DOWNTOWN FOR THE CONVENTION
10:58:37 CENTER, YOU CAN SEE WHAT THOSE NET BUDGETS WOULD BE AND
10:58:40 ALSO 30%.
10:58:43 THE NUMBERS DON'T CHANGE AS TO WHICH CRAs ARE STILL
10:58:46 MEETING THE 30%.
10:58:47 WE ARE STILL SHOWING THAT DOWNTOWN EAST TAMPA, WEST TAMPA
10:58:51 AND DREW PARK WOULD BE THE CRAs MOST HEAVILY RIGHT NOW
10:58:55 FOCUSED ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
10:58:59 WITH THAT INFORMATION, OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR FY '21,
10:59:05 WEST TAMPA, EAST TAMPA AND DOWNTOWN HAVE MET THE 30%
10:59:08 GOAL, AND THEY DIDN'T STOP THERE.
10:59:11 DURING THIS COMING YEAR, BOTH EAST TAMPA AND WEST TAMPA
10:59:15 ARE CONTINUING TO WORK ON HOUSING INITIATIVES.
10:59:18 WEST TAMPA HAS A FOURTH HOUSING INITIATIVE POTENTIALLY
10:59:21 FOR RENTAL THAT IS IN ITS SUBCOMMITTEE, AND BOTH EAST
10:59:25 TAMPA AND WEST TAMPA WILL BE COMING TO CRA BOARD DURING
10:59:29 FY '21 TO HAVE THEIR NEW PROGRAMS FORMALLY ADOPTED WITH
10:59:33 ALL THE CRITERIA AND THE STRATEGIC OUTLINE OF WHAT THOSE
10:59:38 GRANT PROGRAMS WOULD LOOK LIKE.
10:59:39 SO WE FEEL THAT EAST TAMPA, WEST TAMPA, AND DOWNTOWN ARE
10:59:43 MOVING ALONG IN THE DIRECTION AND WITH THE PRIORITIES
10:59:47 THAT WERE REQUESTED BY THIS MOTION.
10:59:51 FOR DREW PARK AND FOR CHANNEL DISTRICT, BOTH OF THESE
10:59:54 CRAs ARE IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING THEIR STRATEGIC
10:59:58 ACTION PLANS.
11:00:01 FOR DREW PARK, ONE OF THE CATALYSTS FOR UPDATING THE
11:00:04 STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN WAS UPDATING THE OPTIONS FOR HOW TO
11:00:09 UTILIZE THE LAND THAT THEY DID ACQUIRE FOR WORKFORCE
11:00:12 HOUSING.
11:00:12 IT WAS ACQUIRED RIGHT BEFORE WE WENT INTO THE RECESSION,
11:00:17 AND DUE TO THE RECESSION AND LIMITED DOLLARS AND INTEREST
11:00:21 AT THAT TIME, FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PROPERTY, WE SAT ON
11:00:25 THE PROPERTY.
11:00:26 NOW, OVER THE PAST YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF, WE'VE BEEN
11:00:29 APPROACHED BY SEVERAL DIFFERENT ENTITIES WANTING TO
11:00:32 PARTNER WITH US TO DEVELOP THAT LAND AND TO WORKFORCE
11:00:35 HOUSING.
11:00:36 SO THE CAC VOTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH UPDATING THEIR
11:00:39 STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN.
11:00:41 AND ONE OF THE PRIMARY FOCUSES OF THAT UPDATE WILL BE TO
11:00:44 LOOK AT WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE USE AND NEED FOR THAT
11:00:48 LAND.
11:00:48 AGAIN, THE ASSUMPTION IS IT WILL BE WORKFORCE HOUSING.
11:00:51 IT WILL BE A MATTER OF HOW WE MOVE FORWARD AND WHO OUR
11:00:56 PARTNERS WILL BE IN DEVELOPING THAT LAND.
11:00:58 CHANNEL DISTRICT, AS YOU ALL VOTED A FEW MONTHS AGO, IS
11:01:01 UPDATING ITS STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN AND COMMUNITY
11:01:03 REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, AND BY THE SPRING WILL BE COMING BACK
11:01:06 WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE POTENTIAL, IF ANY, FOR
11:01:12 APPROACHING AND PURSUING ANY AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR
11:01:15 WORKFORCE HOUSING INITIATIVES.
11:01:16 SO WE'RE ASKING FOR THESE TWO CRAs THAT THE CRA BOARD
11:01:21 ALLOW THEM TO COMPLETE THEIR UPDATE AND THEIR PLANNING
11:01:25 PROCESS AND TO COME BACK WITH YOU WITH THEIR
11:01:27 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FY '22 BUDGET FOR ANY HOUSING
11:01:30 INITIATIVES.
11:00:56
11:00:58 FOR YBOR II, YBOR, BECAUSE THEY ARE A SMALLER BUDGET AS
11:01:41 REGARDS TO THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE, AND YBOR II HAS THE
11:01:47 HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES AND
11:01:49 YET IS THE SMALLER BUDGET DOLLARWISE.
11:01:52 THEY HAVE BEEN SAVING UP AS COURTNEY MENTIONED FOR THE
11:01:55 LAST FEW YEARS FOR THE ICONIC ARCHWAY RENOVATION PROJECT,
11:02:00 AND MUCH OF THEIR BUDGET IN FY 21, MORE THAN 50% OF IT IS
11:02:05 GOING TO CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
11:02:07 ONCE THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED, THE REEF NEW SCREEN FOR FY
11:02:10 22 WILL HAVE A LOT MORE DISCUSSION IN THE FUND AND THE
11:02:15 CACs -- OR THE ONE CAC PROPOSED CRA WILL BE WORKING IN
11:02:21 FY 21 TO DEVELOP HOUSING INITIATIVES FOR WORKFORCE TO
11:02:25 LOOK AT HOW THEY CAN ADDRESS THE NEEDS THAT ARE SLIGHTLY
11:02:28 DIFFERENT BETWEEN THE YBOR I AND THE YBOR II AND THEY
11:02:31 WILL HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DEVELOP INITIATIVES FOR THE FY
11:02:37 20 BUDGET AND WORKFORCE, THAT 30% GOAL IN THE FY 22
11:02:42 BUDGET.
11:02:43 LASTLY, TAMPA HEIGHTS RIVERFRONT, 74% OF THE REVENUE
11:02:51 STREAM IS DEDICATED SO WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MEET THE
11:02:56 30% IN THAT CRA, AS YOU SAW IN THE BUDGET IT ALSO HAS A
11:03:02 VERY SMALL BUDGET FOR NOW.
11:03:04 IT WILL BE GROWING.
11:03:05 SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE
11:03:09 OF YEARS TO FUND THE AMENITIES AND THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR
11:03:13 THE DISTRICT AS THE DISTRICT EVOLVES AND THE TYPE OF
11:03:18 DISTRICT IT IS, WHICH IS NOW A FOCUS ON THE RESIDENTIAL
11:03:22 OR SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, AND MOST OF THAT LAND IS
11:03:25 DEVELOPER-OWNED, AND SO OUR ABILITY TO INFLUENCE IT WITH
11:03:29 50,000 OR 100,000 IS QUITE LIMITED.
11:03:32 SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE
11:03:36 DEVELOPMENT PATTERN THAT IS OCCURRING THERE, NATURALLY
11:03:39 WITH THE DEVELOPER AND WITH THE COMMUNITY.
11:03:42 THE ESSENTIAL PART, THE MAJORITY OF THAT LAND IS UNDER
11:03:45 THE CONTROL OF TAMPA HOUSING AUTHORITY, WHICH IS
11:03:47 DEDICATED TO AFFORDABLE WORKFORCE AND MIXED USE HOUSING.
11:03:51 THE REMINDER OF THE LAND IS PRIMARILY THE COMMERCIAL
11:03:53 CORRIDOR, AND THE LAND ADJACENT TO THAT COMMERCIAL
11:03:56 CORRIDOR OFF OF NEBRASKA, SO FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS
11:04:00 WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE REVENUES THAT IS
11:04:03 DISCRETIONARY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD INFRASTRUCTURE IS
11:04:07 SITTING 100,000 THIS YEAR AND THAT LINE ITEM, SOME WE
11:04:11 WOULD LIKE TO USE THAT AS WE DID A FEW MONTHS AGO WHERE
11:04:14 WE DEMOLISH A DILAPIDATED BUILDING WHICH WAS A SAFETY
11:04:19 HAZARD WHERE WE CAN FOCUS THAT MONEY ON THE COMMERCIAL
11:04:21 CORRIDOR, AND REDUCING THE BLIGHT ON THAT CORRIDOR AND
11:04:25 HELPING REDEVELOPMENT ALONG THE NEBRASKA COMMERCIAL
11:04:29 CORRIDOR ADJACENT TO THE TAMPA HOUSING AUTHORITY.
11:04:32 AND WITH THAT, I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT
11:04:36 MAY ARISE OR ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION YOU MAY WANT ON
11:04:40 THIS ITEM.
11:04:40 >>BILL CARLSON: MR. CHAIR?
11:04:46 THANK YOU, MS. VAN LOAN, FOR THAT PRESENTATION AND FOR
11:04:49 ALL THE WORK.
11:04:52 MY COLLEAGUES, YOU REMEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT DOING A
11:04:57 CHEETAH PLAN AND WE HIGHLIGHTED IT WOULD BE AFFORDABLE
11:05:00 HOUSING BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS
11:05:02 ASKED FOR.
11:05:03 EVERYONE FROM PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD THEIR OWN HOMES TO
11:05:09 THE TAMPA CHAMBER AND OTHER GROUPS, AND THIS PRESENTATION
11:05:14 SAYS THAT WE LISTENED AND A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CACs
11:05:21 BUT WE ALSO GIVE THEM SUGGESTIONS AND THEY RESPONDED
11:05:24 REALLY QUICKLY TO THAT.
11:05:25 SO I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THEM, AND THANK THE STAFF FOR
11:05:28 WORKING ON THIS.
11:05:29 MS. VAN LOAN, MY ONE QUESTION IS, I KNOW WE ARE KIND OF
11:05:32 IN PROCESS OF CREATING THAT PLAN A FEW MONTHS AGO AS WE
11:05:38 WERE GOING THROUGH CREATING YOUR POSITION.
11:05:39 BUT SHOULD WE MAKE SOME KIND OF MOTION TO MAKE THIS 30%
11:05:45 ONE OUR GOALS?
11:05:46 OR IS THAT ALREADY IN THE PLAN WHERE WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO
11:05:50 MAKE A MOTION TODAY?
11:05:51 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: THANK YOU FOR THAT.
11:05:56 WE DO HAVE YOUR CURRENT MOTION THAT DOES SAY THAT YOU PUT
11:05:59 OUT THAT 30%.
11:06:00 IF YOU WANTED TO CODIFY IT AND MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE
11:06:03 FORMAL, YOU CAN CERTAINLY MAKE THAT MOTION.
11:06:05 OUR CACs DO KNOW THAT THIS IS A PRIORITY, AND AS YOU
11:06:11 SAY, THEY HEARD YOU AND THEY ALSO FEEL IT'S A PRIORITY,
11:06:13 AND THEY RECOGNIZE THE NEEDS OF THEIR COMMUNITY.
11:06:15 SO THAT IS UP FOR DISCUSSION OF THE CRA BOARD.
11:06:18 >>BILL CARLSON: MR. CHAIR, I WILL JUST MAKE A MOTION AT
11:06:22 THE END.
11:06:23 BUT THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY FOR WORKING HARD ON THIS
11:06:25 IMPORTANT ISSUE.
11:06:26 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY OTHERS?
11:06:32 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIR.
11:06:33 TWO THINGS.
11:06:48 ONE OF THE KEY CHALLENGES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
11:06:50 WHAT I MIGHT WANT TO SUGGEST IS COMING BACK TWICE A YEAR.
11:07:01 COMING BACK TO US WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WITH A CERTAIN
11:07:06 GOAL TO HAVE 30% FOR SOME OF THE DISTRICTS, BUT MOST
11:07:10 IMPORTANTLY AN UPDATE.
11:07:13 BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S MY SUGGESTION.
11:07:14 I'LL WAIT TO HEAR.
11:07:18 MR. CHAIRMAN, MY QUESTION TO MICHELLE IS IN REGARDS TO
11:07:21 DREW PARK.
11:07:29 THE LAND ACQUISITION, I GUESS BACK EARLIER IN THE 2000S.
11:07:39 SO HOW BIG IS THAT PARCEL, WHERE IS IT, AND COULD IT
11:07:43 ACCOMMODATE TODAY?
11:07:45 AND WHY DO WE NEED TO WAIT?
11:07:51 OBVIOUSLY IF THEY PURCHASED THE LAND, WHY CAN'T WE JUST
11:07:55 MOVE FORWARD AND START DRAFTING AN RFP AND SEEING WHAT
11:07:59 THE DEVELOPMENT WANTS TO DO TO -- DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
11:08:05 WANTS TO DO TO WORK WITH US ON WORKFORCE HOUSING IN DREW
11:08:08 PARK?
11:08:08 DREW PARK IS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY, I THINK, FOR
11:08:13 AFFORDABLE HOUSING. ANYWAY, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
11:08:21 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: THE PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED WHEN
11:08:23 JEANETTE FENTON WAS THE CRA MANAGER.
11:08:27 IT WAS PURCHASED BEFORE I EVEN STARTED WORKING FOR THE
11:08:31 DREW PARK CRA, SO IT'S BEEN AT LEAST SEVEN TO EIGHT,
11:08:34 POSSIBLY NINE YEARS SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED.
11:08:36 THE CAC, THE REASON THEY WANTED TO GO THROUGH THE
11:08:41 STRATEGIC ACTION PLANNING PROCESS IS THAT THE GOAL EIGHT
11:08:50 OR NINE YEARS AGO, THEY WANTED TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY
11:08:53 TO WHAT THEIR NEEDS DO. WE NEED SINGLE-FAMILY IN-FILL
11:08:55 HOUSING?
11:08:56 DO WE WANT SOMETHING THAT IS TOWNHOUSE, WHERE IT IS ALSO
11:08:59 OWNED?
11:08:59 OR DO WE WANT TO PARTNER FOR SOME SORT OF MAYBE
11:09:03 APARTMENTS?
11:09:05 IT WOULD BE A SINGLE, IF WE DID DO APARTMENT, MAYBE A
11:09:08 TWO-STORY APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT WOULD JUST BE A SINGLE
11:09:11 LINE OF APARTMENTS.
11:09:12 THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE ACQUISITIONS OF LAND, AND ONE IS
11:09:18 OFF OF MANHATTAN AND ONE I BELIEVE IS ON COOLIDGE.
11:09:21 WE CAN SEND OUT THIS AFTERNOON THE EXACT ACREAGE AND
11:09:26 DETAILS.
11:09:27 THESE WOULD NOT BE LARGE DEVELOPMENTS.
11:09:29 THESE ARE SURROUNDED BY SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES, AND WOULD BE
11:09:33 SMALL IN-FILL DEVELOPMENT.
11:09:35 SO THE CAC, IT WAS THEIR DESIRE TO FIND OUT FROM THE
11:09:38 COMMUNITY THE NATURE OF THE TYPE OF HOUSING, NOT JUST BY
11:09:43 DEVELOPERS BUT HAVE THAT INPUT FIRST FROM THE COMMUNITY.
11:09:47 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WELL, I THINK IT'S ALL WELL AND GOOD.
11:09:51 MY CONCERN IS -- AND THIS WOULD GO INTO THE CATEGORY OF
11:09:55 STRIKING WHILE THE IRON IS HOT -- RIGHT NOW, ALL
11:09:59 DEVELOPMENT SEEMS TO BE VERY HOT.
11:10:02 DEVELOPERS STILL HAVE MONEY, AND I THINK CLEARLY THE DREW
11:10:09 PARK CRA DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO DO IT SO WE NEED TO
11:10:12 PARTNER WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
11:10:19 SO, ANYWAY, I'M CONCERNED THAT ALL THIS DEVELOPMENT IN
11:10:27 THE COMMUNITY AND THE NATION IS GOING TO SLOW DOWN VERY
11:10:30 SOON, AND THEN WE WILL JUST BE SITTING ON THESE PARCELS,
11:10:34 WITHOUT HAVING ACCOMPLISHED ANYTHING, IF WE WAIT.
11:10:38 SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO MOVE FORWARD, AND I DON'T KNOW
11:10:46 IF -- IN FACT WITH PARTICIPATION FROM YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
11:10:50 FOLKS OVER IN DREW PARK, IT'S SO MINIMAL ANYWAY THAT I
11:10:53 DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WOULD ACCOMPLISH BY WAITING.
11:10:57 THAT'S JUST ONE BOARD MEMBER'S OPINION.
11:11:00 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, I HAVE A CONCERN.
11:11:05 I MEAN, WE HAVE BEEN SITTING ON IT SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS,
11:11:10 AND OWNED THE PROPERTY, THAT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME.
11:11:15 WE ARE JUST SITTING THERE DOING NOTHING WITH THAT PLAN,
11:11:17 AND DREW PARK, EAST TAMPA, PARTICIPATION TO MOVE THINGS
11:11:24 FORWARD.
11:11:25 AND THINGS SHOULD BE MOVED.
11:11:28 I THINK $500,000 WORTH OF PROPERTY AND WE ARE JUST
11:11:33 SITTING ON THEM.
11:11:36 MS. VAN LOAN, I BELIEVE MR. DINGFELDER IS RIGHT, WE NEED
11:11:39 TO START MOVING FORWARD WITH THE DEVELOPMENT BEFORE
11:11:42 THINGS DO SLOW DOWN.
11:11:43 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: MR. NINO WILL BE TAKING IT TO HIS
11:11:52 NEXT MEETING.
11:11:53 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
11:11:54 ANYBODY ELSE?
11:11:55 ALL RIGHT.
11:11:56 WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TO ITEM NUMBER 5.
11:11:59 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: THANK YOU.
11:12:00 LET ME SWITCH OUT TO OUR LAST POWER POINT.
11:12:08 I MASTERED THIS TECHNOLOGY JUST IN TIME FOR ALL OF YOU TO
11:12:11 GO BACK TO LIVE MEETINGS.
11:12:13 THE LAST MOTION THAT WE ARE RESPONDING TO -- SORRY ABOUT
11:12:20 THAT.
11:12:21 MORRIS AND I ARE JUST DISCUSSING STRATEGY HERE AS WE GO
11:12:24 INTO THIS MOTION.
11:12:25 SO THIS IS THE LAST STAFF REPORT RESPONDING TO MOTIONS BY
11:12:28 CRA BOARD MEMBERS.
11:12:30 THIS MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON REGARDING THE
11:12:38 REQUEST FOR STAFF TO EVALUATE AND COME BACK WITH A
11:12:42 RECOMMENDATION TO POTENTIALLY CAP THE DOWNTOWN CRA
11:12:47 REVENUE AND ANY REVENUE ABOVE THE CAP TO REMAIN WITH THE
11:12:52 GENERAL FUND.
11:12:55 AND I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MORRIS FOR THE LEGAL
11:13:00 SIDE OF IT.
11:13:01 >>MORRIS MASSEY: CRA ATTORNEY.
11:13:03 PER YOUR MOTION RELEVANT TO THIS ITEM, YOU REQUESTED THAT
11:13:08 I CONFIRM WITH THE GENERAL COUNSEL FOR FLORIDA
11:13:13 REDEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION THAT HE DID HAVE THE AUTHORITY
11:13:16 TO CAP THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE TAX INCREMENT FUND
11:13:24 AND A PERCENTAGE LOWER THAN GENERALLY PROVIDED IN FLORIDA
11:13:28 STATUTES.
11:13:29 I DID TALK TO MR. SHEPHERD ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND HE DID IN
11:13:32 FACT CONFIRM HE DID HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO DO THAT.
11:13:35 HE REPRESENTS SEVERAL CRAS, FOR SOME OF HIS CRAS AS WELL,
11:13:41 AND IN FACT THERE'S A STATUTE THAT SAYS THERE'S A FORMULA
11:13:45 THAT'S USED FOR DETERMINE EACH LOCAL GOVERNMENT, OR
11:13:49 TAXING AUTHORITY'S CONTRIBUTION TO TAX INCREMENT FUND IN
11:13:54 THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA, AND IT DOES PROVIDE
11:13:58 THAT THAT CAN BE CHANGED BY ORDINANCE.
11:14:01 AND SO LEGALLY, IF YOU WANT TO WORK WITH THIS, YOU CAN DO
11:14:07 SO.
11:14:07 THERE ARE SOME THINGS TO DO IN ORDER TO EFFECTUATE IT.
11:14:10 NUMBER ONE, YOU GO AS CITY COUNCIL HAVE TO PASS AN
11:14:13 ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE CAP.
11:14:15 THE OTHER ITEM THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE CONCURRENTLY,
11:14:18 WE HAVE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN HILLSBOROUGH
11:14:21 COUNTY, CRA AND THE CITY OF TAMPA REGARDING THE
11:14:25 CONTRIBUTION MADE BY THE CITY OF TAMPA, HILLSBOROUGH
11:14:27 COUNTY TO EACH ONE OF THESE TAX INCREMENT FUNDS FOR EACH
11:14:31 ONE OF THOSE CRAS WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMPA, AND WE WOULD
11:14:34 HAVE TO AMEND THAT INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, SO WE HAVE TO
11:14:37 WORK WITH THE COUNTY TO DO SO.
11:14:39 AS LONG AS WE ARE NOT -- THE CAP DOESN'T CREATE A PROBLEM
11:14:43 WITH ANY OF THE PROJECTS WE COMMITTED TO AS A COUNTY,
11:14:46 WHICH IS PRIMARY ONE OF THE WATER STREET PROJECTS.
11:14:50 WE DON'T SEE THAT BEING AN ISSUE BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE
11:14:53 HAVE TO WORK THROUGH WITH THE COUNTY.
11:14:54 SO THAT'S MY LEGAL ANALYSIS.
11:14:56 AND I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO MS. VAN LOAN TO GO OVER
11:15:00 WHAT SHE'S SUGGESTING IN THE WAY OF A PROPOSED CAP.
11:15:04 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: SO WITHIN YOUR SLIDES, AND YOU
11:15:08 RECEIVED THIS IN YOUR BACKUP, YOU HAVE THE TWO SLIDES
11:15:10 FROM MORRIS SETTING OUT THE LEGAL PARAMETERS.
11:15:13 YOU DO HAVE THAT IN YOUR BACKUP FOR REFERENCE.
11:15:18 I KNOW THIS CHART IS VERY TINY.
11:15:19 WE HAVE BEEN PRESENTING OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS A
11:15:23 PLANNING BUDGET FOR DOWNTOWN.
11:15:26 I WASN'T ASKING ANYONE TO LOOK AT THESE INDIVIDUAL
11:15:30 DETAILED NUMBERS.
11:15:30 I AM JUST USING IT TO FIND OUT A COUPLE OF ITEMS BEFORE
11:15:33 WE GO INTO THE RECOMMENDATION.
11:15:35 AT THE TOP YOU CAN SEE THOSE THREE NUMBERS.
11:15:39 THOSE ARE OUR SUGGESTED REVENUES FOR FY 22, 23 AND 24.
11:15:44 THEY ARE BASED ON A STANDARD 5% REVENUE GROWTH WHICH IS
11:15:48 THE NUMBER THAT THE BUDGET OFFICE USES FOR PLANNING
11:15:51 PURPOSES.
11:15:53 AND ADDITIONALLY, MR. ROSNER INCLUDED ADDITIONAL REVENUE
11:15:57 THAT WOULD BE GENERATED BY BUILDINGS THAT WE ESTIMATE
11:16:00 WOULD COME ONLINE AND PROPERTY TAXES DURING THOSE FISCAL
11:16:05 YEARS.
11:16:06 BEYOND FY 24, WHICH ARE THE NUMBERS THAT ARE NOT IN
11:16:10 PEACH, THOSE ARE SIMPLY AT A 5% INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR
11:16:15 OVER YEAR TO GET YOU ESTIMATED REVENUES.
11:16:18 THE OTHER TWO SMALL ITEMS I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT ARE
11:16:21 ON THIS SPREADSHEET DUE TO DISCUSSION AT CRA BOARD, THERE
11:16:25 IS ALIGN ITEM IN THERE FOR COVID-RELATED IMPROVEMENTS, AS
11:16:29 YOU TALKED ABOUT, FOR CULTURAL ASSETS.
11:16:32 SO IN THE MIDDLE WHERE YOU SEE THAT LINE, THE TOP LINE IS
11:16:37 COVID AND IT SAYS $2 MILLION, SHOULD CRA BOARD NEXT MONTH
11:16:42 TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
11:16:43 RIGHT BELOW THAT ALSO IN THE BLUE BAR OVER THREE YEARS,
11:16:47 IS 5 MILLION EACH YEAR FOR THREE YEARS FOR THE STRAZ.
11:16:50 AGAIN JUST DUE TO COMMENTS BY CRA BOARD MEMBERS, AND THIS
11:16:55 IS JUST A PLANNING DOCUMENT, SHOULD CRA BOARD CHOOSE TO
11:16:59 GO IN THAT DIRECTION TO SUPPORT THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FOR
11:17:02 THE PROJECTS THEY WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE IN THE COMING
11:17:05 YEARS, WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BUDGET
11:17:08 WOULD HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THAT
11:17:11 PROJECT, AND THAT WE RESERVED ENOUGH REVENUES TO HANDLE
11:17:16 THAT TYPE OF PROJECT AGAIN SHOULD THE CRA BOARD DECIDE TO
11:17:19 MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
11:17:21 WITH THAT, WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT ARE GIVING YOU TWO
11:17:25 SEPARATE OPTIONS.
11:17:26 THESE ARE JUST OUR IDEAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE
11:17:30 MINIMUM AMOUNT OF REVENUE TO BE ABLE TO COVER OUR
11:17:34 COMMITMENTS, THE TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
11:17:36 IDENTIFIED IN THE DOWNTOWN STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN, AND AS
11:17:41 MENTIONED IN THE MOTION, PROVIDE ENOUGH WIGGLE ROOM OR
11:17:44 GAP SO THAT WE ARE NOT HAVING TO FORGO PROJECTS IN ORDER
11:17:50 TO STAY WITHIN THE PROJECTED REVENUE.
11:17:55 OPTION A -- AND I WILL SHOW YOU THE DOLLARS IN A
11:17:57 SECOND -- OPTION A IS JUST A FLAT CAP.
11:18:00 ONCE WE REACH 22 MILLION, WE PROPOSE TO JUST STAY 22
11:18:05 MILLION AND ALL ADDITIONAL REVENUE WOULD REMAIN WITH THE
11:18:08 GENERAL FUND.
11:18:11 WHAT THIS OPENINGS WOULD DO IS TREAT THE CRA AND ITS
11:18:13 REVENUE AS A STANDARD CRA.
11:18:15 YOU WOULD FUND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS,
11:18:18 INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT, THAT ROB REPORTS ON AND IS IN THE
11:18:23 SPREADSHEET AS IDENTIFIED OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS.
11:18:27 HERE IS ALL THE DIFFERENT GRID WORK AND INFRASTRUCTURE
11:18:29 NEEDS THAT WE FORESEE IN THE DOWNTOWN CRA, AND THAT HAS
11:18:32 BEEN DISCUSSED WITHIN THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN IN THE
11:18:36 CAC.
11:18:37 THIS OPTION WOULD PUT MORE REVENUE IN THE LONG-TERM INTO
11:18:39 THE GENERAL FUND.
11:18:41 OPTION B IS THE SAME PROPOSAL, BUT INCLUDES ONCE WE HIT
11:18:46 THE $22 MILLION CAP A 2.5% INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR TO
11:18:51 ACCOUNT FOR ANY INFLATION, ESPECIALLY IN CONSTRUCTION
11:18:56 COSTS.
11:18:57 CONSTRUCTION COSTS FOR DOWNTOWN DO INCREASE --
11:19:01 (INTERFERENCE)
11:19:04 >>ORLANDO GUDES: POINT OF ORDER.
11:19:05 POINT OF ORDER.
11:19:07 GO AHEAD.
11:19:08 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: CONSTRUCTION COSTS IN THE I DON'T
11:19:11 AREA DO INCREASE AT A HIGHER RATE THAN CONSTRUCTION THAT
11:19:13 YOU SEE IN THE ADJACENT AREAS AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
11:19:18 SO OPTION 2 WOULD STRICTLY ALLOW US TO PROVIDE A LITTLE
11:19:22 BIT OF FLEXIBILITY AND ALSO GIVE US A LITTLE WIGGLE ROOM
11:19:25 THAT SHOULD THERE BE ITEMS THAT COME UP THAT THE CRA
11:19:28 BOARD WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS, IT GIVES YOU THAT
11:19:30 FLEXIBILITY.
11:19:31 IT STILL ALSO PROVIDES A HEALTHY AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT
11:19:34 COULD REMAIN WITH THE GENERAL FUND.
11:19:38 IT LOOKS LIKE OPTION A AGAIN GOES TO A FLAT AMOUNT.
11:19:41 YOU CAN SEE OUR PROJECTION.
11:19:43 AGAIN, THE PEACH IS 5%, AND STARTING IN FY 25 IT IS
11:19:48 STRICTLY A 5% INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR.
11:19:52 AND WE CAN TAP IN FY 23, 20 MILLION, AND THEN FY 24, 22
11:19:59 MILLION.
11:20:00 WE CANNOT CAP BEFORE THEN BECAUSE OF THE COMMITMENT WE
11:20:04 CURRENTLY HAVE THROUGH THE FCC AGREEMENT, THROUGH THE
11:20:08 CONVENTION CENTER, THROUGH OUR BOND PAYMENT.
11:20:10 SO FOR FY 21 AND 22, WE CANNOT GO BELOW NO, SIR TWO
11:20:15 REVENUE AMOUNTS.
11:20:15 BUT WE ARE PROJECTING HOPEFULLY TO HIT 20 MILLION IN FY
11:20:20 23.
11:20:21 ANYTHING THAT CAME IN ABOVE THE 20 MILLION, FY 23, WOULD
11:20:25 REMAIN WITH THE GENERAL FUND, AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR WE
11:20:29 PROJECT WE WOULD HIT 22 MILLION AND.
11:20:33 SO YOU CAN SEE AFTER TEN YEARS AT ONLY A 5% PROJECTION
11:20:38 YEAR OVER YEAR YOU WOULD PUT IN ABOUT 26 MILLION WOULD
11:20:41 REMAIN WITH THE GENERAL FUND INSTEAD OF GOING TO THE CRA.
11:20:45 OPTION B DOES THE SAME THING, EXCEPT IT ADDS WHEN YOU GET
11:20:49 INTO FY 25, IT DOES HAVE A 2.5% INFLATION BUILT INTO IT
11:20:56 YEAR OVER YEAR.
11:20:57 ANYTHING ABOVE IN THE REVENUE WOULD AGAIN, THE VAST
11:21:01 AMOUNT OF IT WOULD GO TO THE GENERAL FUND, AND 2.35%.
11:21:06 IT WOULD ONLY GROW BY 2.5% OF THE YEAR BEFORE, AND NOT
11:21:10 ANY GREATER THAN THAT.
11:21:11 AND YOU WOULD STILL RECEIVE AN ESTIMATED 14.5 MILLION
11:21:15 OVER A 10-YEAR TOTAL.
11:21:16 I DO WANT TO PUT THIS INTO ONE LAST NUMBER ITEM IN
11:21:20 PERSPECTIVE.
11:21:21 AS I MENTIONED, WE USE A 5% GROWTH MULTIPLIER.
11:21:28 THESE ARE THE ACTUAL GROWTH RATES YEAR OVER YEAR FOR THE
11:21:33 PAST 7 YEARS FOR THE DOWNTOWN CRA.
11:21:35 SO YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE NEVER BEEN BELOW, AGAIN, PAST
11:21:38 PERFORMANCE IS NEVER A GUARANTEE OF FUTURE PERFORMANCE,
11:21:41 BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A COUPLE OF YEARS, 16 AND 17, THAT
11:21:46 WERE 6.3 AND 8.6.
11:21:49 OTHERWISE YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE BEEN IN HEALTHY DOUBLE
11:21:52 DIGITS.
11:21:52 SO THE NUMBERS I AM PROPOSING THAT WOULD REMAIN WITH THE
11:21:55 GENERAL FUND AT A 5% WE BE VERY CONSERVATIVE, AND THE
11:21:59 BARE MINIMUM THAT THE GENERAL FUND COULD EXPECT TO
11:22:03 RETAIN.
11:22:04 AND ANYTHING ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT 5% WOULD REMAIN WITH
11:22:10 THE GENERAL FUND.
11:22:11 WITH THAT I AM HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS BY BOARD
11:22:13 MEMBERS.
11:22:13 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS BY BOARD MEMBERS?
11:22:17 >>BILL CARLSON: MR. CHAIR.
11:22:22 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
11:22:24 >>BILL CARLSON: LIKE THE OTHER ONE WE DISCUSSED, YOU
11:22:30 DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ALL HAVE HEARD.
11:22:31 I HAVEN'T HEARD OPPOSITION TO IT, AND ESPECIALLY NO BIG
11:22:34 OPPOSITION.
11:22:35 WE HAVE TRIED TO, IN LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE, TO
11:22:41 ANTICIPATE THE NEEDS OF THE AREA AND INCLUDE THE BUDGETS
11:22:46 TO COVER, FIRST OF ALL, ALL THE COMMITMENTS.
11:22:49 I THINK WE ALL NEED TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP OUR COMMITMENTS.
11:22:52 BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO BUDGETS TO COVER, MANY ANTICIPATED
11:22:56 PROGRAMS.
11:22:57 THE KEY THING HERE IS THAT IF WE PUT A CAP ON IT, THE
11:23:00 MONEY DOESN'T GO AWAY.
11:23:02 OR A FUTURE COUNCIL CAN DECIDE IN NEGOTIATION WITH THE
11:23:06 MAYOR TO PAY FOR SOMETHING ELSE IN DOWNTOWN.
11:23:09 IT DOESN'T MEAN IT CAN'T BE ON DOWNTOWN.
11:23:12 IT JUST MEANS THAT DOWNTOWN WOULD COMPETE WITH EVERYONE
11:23:15 ELSE FOR THAT MONEY.
11:23:18 DOWNTOWN HAS BEEN A SUCCESS, AS I SAID EARLIER, AND NOW
11:23:20 WE HAVE OTHER AREAS THAT DESPERATELY NEED FUNDING.
11:23:23 AND SURE, THERE ARE ALWAYS MORE THINGS WE CAN DO IN
11:23:26 DOWNTOWN, AND I'M A BIG SUPPORTER OF DOWNTOWN, BUT WE
11:23:28 HAVE VARIOUS AREAS OF THE CITY THAT HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED
11:23:31 FOR A LONG TIME, AND WE DON'T HAVE EXTRA FUNDS TO MOVE
11:23:37 THEM.
11:23:37 CRA BOARD CANNOT DETERMINE WHERE THE GENERAL FUND MONEY
11:23:40 WOULD GO, BUT CITY COUNCIL CAN.
11:23:42 AND SO IF WE DECIDE TO PICK ONE OF THESE OPTIONS, THEN WE
11:23:48 SITS AS CITY COUNCIL COULD INDICATE OUR INTENTIONS TO THE
11:23:51 MAYOR AND TO THE STAFF, AND THEN WE COULD TRY TO
11:23:53 NEGOTIATE THAT AS WE GO FORWARD.
11:23:55 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
11:23:56 >>LUIS VIERA: YOU CAN GO FIRST.
11:24:04 THAT'S FINE.
11:24:04 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOST OF EVERYTHING, MY APPROACH IS A
11:24:11 LITTLE MORE CAUTIOUS.
11:24:12 WHATEVER CRA HAS OR DON'T HAVE THAT ARE GOING TO BE
11:24:18 PASSED, WE HAVE TO FIND OUT WHAT LAND IS AVAILABLE.
11:24:25 IT HAS NOT YET BEEN DEVELOPED AND WATCH IS IT GOING TO
11:24:28 TAKE TO FINISH THOSE, EITHER SMALL AMOUNT OF LAND OR
11:24:31 LARGE AMOUNT OF LAND DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING
11:24:33 AT, AND MAKE SURE THERE'S ENOUGH MONEY THERE TO COVER THE
11:24:36 INITIAL START-UP.
11:24:37 WHEN YOU LOOK AT DOWNTOWN -- AND I AM NOT OPPOSED TO
11:24:40 ANYONE SAYING WHAT HAPPENED -- BUT WHAT HAPPENED IN TAMPA
11:24:44 IS UNIQUE.
11:24:44 WHEN YOU HAVE A HUMAN BODY YOU HAVE GOT ONE HEART.
11:24:47 AND THAT HEART AIN'T PURPOSING, THE REST OF THE BODY
11:24:52 ISN'T GOING TO WORK.
11:24:53 WHEN THE DECISION WAS MADE BY MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND
11:24:58 PAST MAYORS, THEY LOOKED AT DOWNTOWN AND SAW AN
11:25:00 OPPORTUNITY.
11:25:01 NAME ME ONE CITY IN THE COUNTRY THAT HAS OVER 250,000
11:25:05 PEOPLE IN THE POPULATION AND DOES NOT HAVE A VIBRANT
11:25:08 DOWNTOWN, AND I WILL SHOW YOU A CITY THAT'S DYING.
11:25:13 MOST OF US ADOPT LIVE IN DOWNTOWN.
11:25:16 WAY BACK, THERE WAS MAYBE SIX OTHER PEOPLE LIVING
11:25:19 DOWNTOWN, AND THAT WAS IT.
11:25:21 THERE WAS NO BUSINESSES MOVING FOR TAMPA, IN TAMPA, OR
11:25:27 MOVING OUTSIDE OF TAMPA.
11:25:29 DOWNTOWN WAS THE CATALYST THAT BROUGHT THE PEOPLE BACK
11:25:32 IN, AND WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS MAYBE 20 TIMES THE AMOUNT
11:25:37 OF PEOPLE, AND MAYBE I AM WRONG, BUT 20 TIMES THE AMOUNT
11:25:40 OF PEOPLE WHO WERE LIVING HERE 40 YEARS AGO.
11:25:43 SO YOU HAD A CATALYST THAT STARTED PUMPING.
11:25:46 AND THAT CATALYST SENDS -- AND IN ITSELF STARTS THE SAME
11:25:56 THING.
11:25:57 WHEN I REMEMBER TALKING TO MANY PEOPLE, ASSOCIATED WITH
11:26:02 THE WESTSHORE PROJECT, THEY WERE ALWAYS TELLING ME, HOW
11:26:05 COME DOWNTOWN AND NOT US?
11:26:07 MY ANSWER WAS VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
11:26:09 IF YOU DON'T HAVE A HEART, YOU DON'T HAVE A BODY.
11:26:12 IF YOU DON'T HAVE A DOWNTOWN, YOU DON'T HAVE A CITY.
11:26:15 IT WILL GET TO YOU.
11:26:16 AND LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW IN WESTSHORE.
11:26:18 THEY THEMSELVES, THEY THEMSELVES NOTICE THAT IN THE NEXT
11:26:24 YEAR OR TWO, THE PREPONDERANCE OF PLAZAS OR WHATEVER YOU
11:26:29 WANT TO CALL IT IS LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE.
11:26:35 IT COMES.
11:26:38 AND YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING ELSE IN THE FUTURE.
11:26:42 MAYBE ELECTRIC ENGINES, WHO KNOWS?
11:26:44 SO IT TOOK PLANNING, IT TOOK GUTS TO STAND UP INFORM WHAT
11:26:47 WE THOUGHT WAS RIGHT.
11:26:48 AND I AM NOT HERE TO UNDERMINE ANYTHING THAT WAS DONE IN
11:26:51 THE PAST OR ANYTHING THAT'S COMING IN THE FUTURE.
11:26:53 BUT THE CRAS HAVE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB THE WAY THEY
11:26:58 WERE CREATED, AND RUN BY THEMSELVES.
11:27:01 THAT'S WHY I DON'T GO TO CRA MEETINGS, EVEN WHEN I AM
11:27:04 INVITED, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GIVE A PRESENCE OF
11:27:08 INTIMIDATION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, BUT SITTING AS A BOARD
11:27:11 MEMBER OF A CRA IS WHAT I DO, AND THEY COME TO US, FOR US
11:27:19 TO GO AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THEM, IN MY OPINION, IS
11:27:23 JUST TOO MUCH FOR ME TO HANDLE, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT
11:27:26 TO -- THIS IS JUST ME MYSELF, BUT THESE ARE THE THINGS I
11:27:33 LOOK AT.
11:27:34 THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT I STAY IN OR STAY AWAY FROM
11:27:37 BECAUSE I KNOW THEY ARE GOING TO COME TO ME, JUST LIKE
11:27:39 WHEN I ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON ANY PROPERTIES THAT I
11:27:44 IMAGINE, THEY ALL DO THE SAME THING.
11:27:50 THEY ALL GET OUT AND THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE A VALID
11:27:54 REASON.
11:27:58 SO THAT'S WHY I AM SAYING WHAT I AM SAYING.
11:28:01 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:28:02 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. VIERA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
11:28:04 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, FOR THAT.
11:28:06 I APPRECIATE THAT.
11:28:07 YOU KNOW, JUST A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS.
11:28:10 I THINK THIS IS FINE TO MOVE FORWARD.
11:28:11 THIS APPEARS TO BE VERY INCREMENTAL.
11:28:14 I DON'T WANT TO USE THE WORD NARROWLY TAILORED, BUT IN
11:28:17 OTHER WORDS IT DOESN'T GO AS EXPANSIVE AS THE LAST
11:28:20 PROPOSAL.
11:28:20 I THINK THIS IS FINE TO MOVE FORWARD.
11:28:22 JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS I WANTED TO MAKE.
11:28:25 YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA'S POINTS ON DOWNTOWN I THINK
11:28:28 ARE VERY, VERY WELL TAKEN.
11:28:29 I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE THAT YOU CAN'T BE A VIABLE 21st
11:28:35 CENTURY CITY WITHOUT HAVING A VIABLE RESIDENTIAL
11:28:37 DOWNTOWN.
11:28:39 WE MADE GREAT STEPS TOWARDS THAT.
11:28:40 I THINK ALL OF US WHETHER WE ARE CITY-WIDE OR REPRESENT
11:28:43 DISTRICTS NEED TO HAVE, DIRECT CONSTITUENTS, WE NEED TO
11:28:50 FAITH FOR ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE
11:28:53 HAVE A CITY-WIDE APPROACH.
11:28:54 YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER A BIT OF A STRUGGLE IN MY FIRST
11:28:59 CAMPAIGN FOR CITY COUNCIL, THAT WAS ONE OF THE DEBATES
11:29:02 THAT WE HAD, MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU REMEMBER THAT, WHICH IS,
11:29:05 YOU KNOW, DOWNTOWN VERSUS THE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND I ALWAYS
11:29:08 SAID THAT YOU CAN HAVE BOTH.
11:29:10 YOU CAN HAVE A VIABLE DOWNTOWN, LIKE ANY 21st CENTURY
11:29:14 CITY SHOULD HAVE, WHILE STILL INVESTING IN YOUR
11:29:17 NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT WE NEEDED A BETTER BALANCE, A MORE
11:29:19 BALANCED APPROACH THAN THAT.
11:29:21 I THINK YOU PUT ON OUR CITY COUNCIL HAT, YOU LOOK AT THE
11:29:27 BUDGETS THAT WE JUST PASSED, DISABILITY FRIENDLY PARKS,
11:29:30 IN EAST TAMPA, FOREST HILLS, TAMPA, DIFFERENT PARTS
11:29:34 THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF TAMPA, THAT WE ARE SEEING THAT
11:29:38 BALANCED APPROACH, BUT CHOICES BETWEEN DOWNTOWN AND
11:29:44 NEIGHBORHOODS.
11:29:45 I THINK WE CAN DO BOTH.
11:29:47 I THINK THIS HAS AN INCREMENTAL APPROACH.
11:29:49 I THINK THIS IS FINE TO MOVE FORWARD.
11:29:51 JUST A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS.
11:29:52 WE HAVE GOT TO TALK ABOUT, WHENEVER THIS EVENTUALLY COMES
11:29:55 FORWARD, IF IT COMES TO FRUITION, SOME SORT OF AGREEMENT
11:29:57 WITH THE ADMINISTRATION IN TERMS OF WHAT TO DO WITH THE
11:30:00 DOLLARS, IF THE FUNDS, WHATEVER AMOUNT THEY ARE, GO INTO
11:30:03 THE GENERAL FUND AND THEN THEY ARE USED BY 21
11:30:09 STAKEHOLDERS, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN
11:30:12 AGREEMENT IN TERMS OF WHAT THIS IS GOING TO ULTIMATELY
11:30:15 BRING FORWARD.
11:30:15 AND WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO LOSE.
11:30:18 I ALWAYS SAY VERY FEW THINGS ARE BLACK AND WHITE.
11:30:21 THERE'S GRAY.
11:30:22 AND THERE'S THINGS WHERE THERE'S MORE THIS AND THAT --
11:30:26 GOOD AND BAD.
11:30:28 I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THE POTENTIAL, AND WE ARE TALKING
11:30:33 ABOUT PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY, ET CETERA.
11:30:34 THOSE ARE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAVE TO DO.
11:30:37 I'M FINE WITH MOVING THIS FORWARD.
11:30:40 THEN I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM EVERYONE ON THIS INCLUDING
11:30:44 THE MAKER OF THE MOTION, COUNCILMAN CARLSON, AND I THANK
11:30:48 YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN BRINGING THIS ISSUE.
11:30:50 MY THOUGHT IS JUST TO HAVE SOME SORT OF OPERATION OF
11:30:54 JUSTICE JUST SO THAT WE HAVE SOME SORT OF ADJUSTABLE
11:31:02 WEIGHT PUT ON THIS AGREEMENT SO INFLATION CONTINUES TO BE
11:31:05 TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT INTO THOSE FUNDS.
11:31:08 I JUST THINK THAT WE PROCEDURALLY THAT'S A GOOD THING.
11:31:11 THEN THE LAST, SPEAKING OF THAT, IT'S NO SECRET THAT
11:31:14 THERE'S A WAR ON CRAS IN TALLAHASSEE.
11:31:16 AND I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE WHAT DO OPTIONS LIKE THIS DON
11:31:20 TO GIVE CREDENCE OR COMFORT TO THAT OPPOSITION.
11:31:25 JUST AS A GENERAL DIALOGUE. SO, AGAIN, I AM WILLING TO
11:31:27 MOVE THIS FORWARD.
11:31:28 I THANK COUNCILMAN CARLSON FOR HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS
11:31:33 ISSUE, BUT I AM WILLING TO MOVE IT FORWARD.
11:31:36 I THINK THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED
11:31:38 IN THE MEANWHILE.
11:31:38 THEN LET'S GO WITH THE ADJUSTABLE WAIST PANTS, IN MY
11:31:47 OPINION.
11:31:47 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
11:31:48 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYONE ELSE?
11:31:51 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES, SIR.
11:31:52 DINGFELDER.
11:31:52 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER.
11:31:55 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. VIERA.
11:32:02 LOTS OF GOOD THOUGHTS BOUNCING AROUND.
11:32:03 FIRST OFF, MR. CARLSON, I COMPLIMENT YOU REGULARLY.
11:32:06 YOU THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX INCLUDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING
11:32:09 DISCUSSION A FEW MINUTES AGO.
11:32:12 ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE, I FEEL -- I DON'T FEEL
11:32:17 UNCOMFORTABLE WITH IT.
11:32:18 MY FIRST QUESTION IS, AND THIS PROBABLY GOES BACK TO
11:32:22 PERHAPS A CHARLIE MIRANDA COMMENT.
11:32:33 IF IT AIN'T BROKE, WHY ARE WE FIXING IT?
11:32:37 YOU DON'T HEAR PEOPLE OBJECTING TO IT.
11:32:40 I HAVEN'T HEARD PEOPLE CLAMORING FOR THIS EITHER.
11:32:43 I DON'T KNOW WHY -- I APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION.
11:32:45 I APPRECIATE THE ANALYSIS.
11:32:47 DETAILED ANALYSIS AS ALWAYS BY MS. VAN LOAN.
11:32:50 BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULD PASS THIS AT ALL.
11:32:55 RIGHT NOW, RIGHT NOW, THE CRAs, ALL THE CRAS ARE, THE
11:33:05 ACTUAL NUMBERS, THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS, BUT WE AS A CRA BOARD
11:33:11 HAVE A VERY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES TO OURSELVES, THE 7 OF
11:33:16 US, TO DECIDE HOW AND WHERE THAT MONEY IS SPENT.
11:33:19 MR. CITRO LED THE CHARGE, AND I COMPLIMENT YOU, JOE.
11:33:25 YOU LED THE CHARGE OVER THE LAST YEAR TO SAY, LET'S DO
11:33:29 SOMETHING REAL IN DOWNTOWN FOR AFFORDABILITY WORKFORCE
11:33:34 HOUSING.
11:33:35 AND GUESS WHAT.
11:33:36 WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY, WE HAVE THE MONEY TO BE ABLE TO
11:33:39 DO IT.
11:33:41 YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD A SELF-IMPOSED CAP ON OURSELVES, AT
11:33:47 THIS TIME, YOU KNOW, THEN PERHAPS WE WOULDN'T HAVE THAT
11:33:49 FLEXIBILITY.
11:33:51 AND DOWNTOWN IS COMPLEX AS OURS, LOTS OF ISSUES, YOU
11:33:58 KNOW.
11:33:59 FIVE YEARS AGO THE CONVENTION CENTER STARTED REALIZING
11:34:03 THEY NEEDED TO DO SOME MAJOR UPGRADES AND IMPROVEMENTS
11:34:05 AND EXPANSION TO KEEP UP WITH THE MARKET.
11:34:09 SO THE DOWNTOWN CRA IS SO VIBRANT AND SO -- HAD SOME
11:34:17 DECENT MONEY.
11:34:18 WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THAT COMMITMENT.
11:34:20 LIKEWISE WHEN MR. BENNETT CAME ALONG, AND THE SPP GROUP,
11:34:25 AND SAID WE WOULD LIKE TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY/CRA.
11:34:29 THE CITY DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO DO THAT BUT THE CRA
11:34:32 DID.
11:34:33 WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT MR. VINIK WOULD COME ALONG AND BE
11:34:35 ABLE TO CREATE THESE PHENOMENAL BUILDINGS AND
11:34:38 DEVELOPMENTS.
11:34:40 BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS MONEY, WE WERE ABLE TO PARTNER
11:34:42 WITH HIM.
11:34:43 NOW WE HAVE GOT THE -- ARE HURTING AS THE TAMPA THEATER
11:34:51 AND ALL OF OUR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS DOWNTOWN, THEY ARE
11:34:54 HURTING.
11:34:55 SO MICHELLE HAS IDENTIFIED THE $2 MILLION FUND THAT WE
11:34:59 ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM.
11:35:01 BUT AGAIN, IF WE HAVE A CAP ON OURSELVES, WE WOULDN'T
11:35:05 HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY.
11:35:08 SO WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO MY GOOD FRIEND, MR. CARLSON,
11:35:11 WHO ALWAYS COMES UP WITH GREAT IDEAS OUTSIDE THE BOX --
11:35:17 AND THEN THE LAST POINT IS, WHAT DO WE ACCOMPLISH?
11:35:21 OKAY?
11:35:22 WELL, I JUST DID SOME MATH, BASIC MATH, AND THE CITY
11:35:29 BUDGET PASSED MORE THAN A BILLION DOLLARS, OKAY.
11:35:32 AND WE MIGHT HAVE THREE OR FOUR MILLION DOLLARS TO THROW
11:35:38 IN BACK INTO THE CITY BUDGET.
11:35:40 THAT'S LIKE -- I'M THINKING WE ARE GOING TO RAISE THE
11:35:48 LEVEL.
11:35:49 3 MILLION DIVIDED BY ONE MILLION IS .3%.
11:35:54 ONE THIRD OF ONE PERCENT.
11:35:56 SO I DON'T THINK WE ARE REALLY ACCOMPLISHING ANYTHING FOR
11:36:00 THE TOTAL CITY, BUCKS MY GOD, I THINK WE ARE
11:36:03 ACCOMPLISHING GREAT THINGS DOWNTOWN.
11:36:05 SO THAT'S MY THOUGHT.
11:36:07 AND MR. GUDES, MR. CARLSON, I KNOW YOU WILL TAKE MY
11:36:11 COMMENTS IN THE WAY THEY ARE MEANT WITHOUT ANY UNSUBTLE.
11:36:13 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MR. DINGFELDER.
11:36:18 ANYONE ELSE FOR DISCUSSION?
11:36:19 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IF I MAY ADD.
11:36:26 I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE TO KNOW WHAT WE ARE GOING
11:36:31 TO DO BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING WHAT I SAID THERE.
11:36:34 IF WE HAVE TO MAKE AN AGREEMENT, WHICH WE SHOULD -- AND I
11:36:39 KNOW LEGALLY YOU HAVE TO -- WITH THE ADMINISTRATION,
11:36:42 SHOULDN'T WE BE SPEAKING TO THE ADMINISTRATION BEFORE WE
11:36:44 HAVE A PLAN, SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON?
11:36:48 SOMETIMES WE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS WEAR THE OTHER HAT AND
11:36:51 SAY THE ADMINISTRATION HAS TO TALK TO US. HOW CAN WE
11:36:54 PASS THAT?
11:36:56 RIGHTLY SO.
11:36:57 BUT WHAT I AM SAYING NOW IS AS A CRA BOARD, MAYBE WE
11:36:59 OUGHT TO TALK TO THE ADMINISTRATION TO SEE WHERE THEY ARE
11:37:02 AT ON THIS IDEA.
11:37:05 BUT IF WE ARE GOING TO START ALL OF THIS, THEN LET'S FIND
11:37:08 OUT WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE CRA BOARD ARE WILLING
11:37:12 TO COMPROMISE ON AND HAVE A PLAN GOING FORWARD.
11:37:15 SO THE MONEYS THAT ARE THERE, WE CAN FIND OUT HOW MUCH IS
11:37:17 LEFT IN THE CRA AND WHAT THE BENEFIT OF IT OR NOT THE
11:37:17 BENEFIT OF IT.
11:37:23 HAVE A CONVERSATION FOR THE FUTURE.
11:37:25 AND YOU HEARD MAY ME SAY MANY TIMES, YESTERDAY, TOMORROW
11:37:28 AND FOREVER. WELL, IT'S ABOUT TIME FOR TOMORROW, AND
11:37:31 WHAT WE DO TODAY WILL BE HERE FOREVER.
11:37:34 SO THESE THINGS HAVE TO BE WORKED OUT WITH THE
11:37:37 ADMINISTRATION, AND I AM NOT OPPOSED TO THAT.
11:37:40 LET HIM GO OUT WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND WORK OUT A
11:37:46 PLAN SO THE REST OF THE BOARD CAN REVIEW.
11:37:48 THAT'S WHAT I AM SAYING, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:37:50 I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ALL SIDES.
11:37:52 WE MENTIONED THE ADMINISTRATION BUT WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM
11:37:55 THEM.
11:37:55 SO I THINK WE NEED TO MEET WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND
11:37:59 SEE WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T WORK.
11:38:01 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:38:01 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, SIR.
11:38:03 ANYONE ELSE?
11:38:04 ANYONE ELSE?
11:38:04 >>BILL CARLSON: MR. CHAIR, COULD I EITHER RESPOND NOW OR
11:38:11 MAYBE AFTER YOUR COMMENTS?
11:38:14 I'LL LET YOU DECIDE.
11:38:15 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:38:17 LET ME MAKE MY COMMENTS, THEN YOU CAN CHIME IN
11:38:19 AFTERWARDS, SIR, SO YOU KNOW WHERE I AM HEADING, IF YOU
11:38:23 DON'T MIND.
11:38:23 ANYBODY ELSE BEFORE I MAKE MY COMMENTS?
11:38:26 LET ME SAY THIS.
11:38:27 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MANISCALCO.
11:38:33 THANK YOU.
11:38:35 AND I ECHO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA SAID, WHAT WAS
11:38:41 PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING A LITTLE
11:38:47 SAFER AND INCREMENTAL.
11:38:48 WE DON'T WANT TO RUSH ANYTHING.
11:38:50 WE WANT TO BE CAREFUL WITH THIS.
11:38:53 AND ALSO WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA SAID WAS, WE HAVEN'T
11:38:57 HEARD FROM THE ADMINISTRATION YET.
11:38:58 WE WOULD HOPE TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE, AND MOVE FORWARD IN
11:39:03 HARMONY, AND THAT'S IT.
11:39:06 SO MOVING FORWARD CAREFULLY, AND NOT RUSHING ANYTHING.
11:39:12 THANK YOU, SIR.
11:39:13 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYONE ELSE?
11:39:15 >>LUIS VIERA: MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY, VERY QUICKLY.
11:39:20 VIERA.
11:39:20 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, SIR.
11:39:22 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:39:24 AND GOING FORWARD ON SPECIFIC CITY-WIDE NEEDS THAT WE MAY
11:39:28 HAVE FOR THOSE FUNDS, FOR EXAMPLE, IN NOVEMBER, I THINK
11:39:31 IT IS, I MOTIONED FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO COME BACK ON
11:39:35 A CITY-WIDE PUBLIC SAFETY MASTER PLAN SIMILAR TO WHAT WE
11:39:38 ARE DOING WITH PARKS AND RECREATION.
11:39:41 AND THOSE DEFICITS THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF
11:39:45 TAMPA, AND ISSUES OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
11:39:48 YOU KNOW, WHERE THESE FUNDS POTENTIALLY COULD COME INTO
11:39:52 GOOD USE.
11:39:54 AGAIN I REPEAT WHAT I SAID, WHICH IS THERE'S A LOT OF
11:39:56 GRAY HERE.
11:39:57 I THINK WE CAN PROCEED WITH THIS BUT THERE'S A LOT OF
11:40:03 GRAY HERE, SIR.
11:40:04 BUT I CERTAINLY LEAN STRONGLY TOWARDS GOING FORWARD.
11:40:07 THANK YOU FOR THAT SECOND BITE AT THE APPLE.
11:40:11 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, SIR.
11:40:12 ANYONE ELSE?
11:40:14 LET ME SAY THIS.
11:40:16 I HAVE LOOKED AT THE PROPOSAL FROM MS. VAN LOAN.
11:40:20 I'M VERY SKEPTICAL.
11:40:21 I AM REMINDED YOU NEVER GIVE UP WHAT YOU GOT IN
11:40:24 NEGOTIATION.
11:40:26 I LOOKED AT THE CRA THIS PAST YEAR AND A HALF, AND THIS
11:40:31 BOARD HAS DICTATED WHAT THE MOVEMENT SHOULD BE IN EACH
11:40:36 ONE OF THESE CRA BOARDS, WHAT WE WANT.
11:40:39 WE HAVE THE CONTROL NOW.
11:40:45 TO GIVE UP THAT CONTROL, AND YOU SAY DO A CAP, AND THAT
11:40:47 MONEY GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
11:40:49 I FEEL THAT WOULD BE A BATTLE DOWN THE ROAD.
11:40:52 A HUGE BATTLE.
11:40:54 MR. MIRANDA IS RIGHT.
11:40:55 WE TALK ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATION.
11:40:58 I REMEMBER THE DOWNTOWN WHEN I WENT TO CHICAGO, WHICH IS
11:41:00 A BIG, BIG DEAL, BUT WHEN YOU GO TO OTHER PLACES, AND YOU
11:41:06 WANT TO BE A VIBRANT CITY, YOU LOOK AT THEIR DOWNTOWN.
11:41:09 WHEN I GO TO OTHER CITIES, I GO TO THEIR DOWNTOWN, GO TO
11:41:13 THEIR SHOPS, THEIR RESTAURANTS, AND ALL CRAS.
11:41:20 BUT I AM REMINDED MY FRATERNITY YEARS AGO HAD THEIR
11:41:24 CONVENTION, THEY WOULDN'T COME.
11:41:27 WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH HOTELS.
11:41:29 OUR CONVENTION CENTER WASN'T BIG ENOUGH TO HOST OUR
11:41:32 MEMBERS.
11:41:33 AND THESE ARE THINGS I HEAR, AND TALK ABOUT THEY ARE NOT
11:41:39 BIG ENOUGH TO HOLD CERTAIN CONVENTIONS.
11:41:44 BUT A LOT OF CONVENTIONS DON'T COME TO TAMPA BECAUSE WE
11:41:47 DON'T HAVE ENOUGH HOTEL SPACE, DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
11:41:50 AMENITIES IN OUR DOWNTOWN.
11:41:51 TRANSPORTATION YOU WAS ANOTHER BIG ONE, THAT THE
11:41:54 TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO GET AROUND TOWN, OR IN THE
11:41:57 DOWNTOWN AREA.
11:41:58 BUT WE ARE GOING TO GIVE TAMPA A SHOT, AND I THINK IT'S
11:42:03 2022 THAT IT WILL BE IN TAMPA, OUR MEMBERSHIP, AND SHERRI
11:42:09 OVER AT THE CONVENTION CENTER HAS BEEN WORKING VERY HARD.
11:42:15 BUT RIGHT NOW I THINK THERE'S MORE THINGS TO BE DONE ON
11:42:18 THIS PROPOSAL.
11:42:19 I'M JUST FEARFUL THAT THE WAY THE ECONOMY IS GOING UP AND
11:42:22 DOWN, DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE DOWNTOWN MIGHT NOT BE THERE
11:42:29 IN THE LONG HAUL, AND WE HAVE TO HELP THEM OUT.
11:42:31 AND THAT'S WHAT THE CRA IS FOR, FOR THIS PARTICULAR AREA.
11:42:34 AGAIN, THE MONEY SHOULD GO TO THOSE AREAS, AND MAY BE
11:42:43 RIGHT, BUT I DON'T THINK THE LITTLE BIT OF MONEY IS GOING
11:42:46 TO HELP OUT A LOCALITY.
11:42:48 I LOOK AT EAST TAMPA.
11:42:50 WE ARE MOVING.
11:42:51 WE HAVE MONEY.
11:42:51 WE ARE MAKING STRONG STRIDES.
11:42:54 THINGS STILL HAVE TO BE DONE.
11:42:56 AND TELLING OUR CRA BOARD DIRECTOR WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE
11:42:58 AND WHAT WE WANT.
11:42:59 AND THAT'S HOW WE ARE GOING TO GROW.
11:43:01 SO I'M A LITTLE LEERY RIGHT NOW OF THIS RECOMMENDATION.
11:43:06 I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE.
11:43:08 SO I'LL HEAR MR. CARLSON'S REBUTTAL AND SEE WHERE IT
11:43:13 GOES.
11:43:13 MR. CARLSON, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
11:43:15 >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
11:43:23 MR. MIRANDA'S IDEA, IF YOU ALL APPROVE IT, AND MAYBE MAKE
11:43:27 IT NOW, TO SET A FUTURE DATE WHEN THE ADMINISTRATION
11:43:30 COULD COME BACK AND AFTER HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH US,
11:43:34 COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT HOW THIS MONEY COULD BE SPENT,
11:43:37 HOW IT COULD BE ALLOCATED, BY CHARTER CITY COUNCIL HAS
11:43:41 CONTROL OF THE BUDGET, BUT WE ALL KNOW HOW IT WORKS, AND
11:43:44 IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO START THAT CONVERSATION.
11:43:46 MY UNDERSTANDING IN TALKING TO STAFF -- MY UNDERSTANDING
11:43:52 IS THE MAYOR IS IN FAVOR AND I HEARD THAT BOB MCDONAUGH
11:43:56 HAD BEEN IN FAVOR OF IT, TOO.
11:43:57 BUT YOU HAVE TO ASK THEM THEIR OPINION, IF WE COULD TALK
11:44:00 TO ADMINISTRATION.
11:44:01 SO WHAT I WILL MAKE A MOTION LATER IS TO HAVE THE
11:44:04 ADMINISTRATION COME BACK.
11:44:06 I'M NOT TRYING TO RUSH US INTO ANYTHING.
11:44:08 BUT TO MR. VIERA'S COMMENTS ABOUT THE LEGISLATURE, AND I
11:44:13 TALKED TO LEGISLATORS AND OTHERS ABOUT THE CRA PROBLEM,
11:44:17 AND THE ONE IN CHANNEL DISTRICT AND THE ONE IN DOWNTOWN
11:44:21 ARE AN EXAMPLE OF CRAS THAT THERE ARE EXAMPLES THAT ARE
11:44:24 USED.
11:44:25 I DON'T THINK THOSE TWO EXAMPLES HAVE BEEN USED YET BUT
11:44:28 THOSE ARE EXAMPLES OF WHY THE LEGISLATURE -- IF YOU ALL
11:44:34 REMEMBER, EVERY DAY, I GET TONS OF E-MAILS, YOU ALL
11:44:40 PROBABLY GET THE SAME, BUT TONS OF HE'LL MAILS MAD THAT
11:44:44 THEIR TREES HAVEN'T BEEN TRIMMED THAT THEIR ALLEYS AREN'T
11:44:47 TRIMMED UP, THAT THERE ARE POTHOLES IN THEIR STREETS THAT
11:44:50 THERE'S FLOODING, AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS WE RESOLVED.
11:44:53 BUT EVEN THOUGH THE BUDGET IS A BILLION DOLLARS, IF WE
11:44:56 ADD A MILLION DOLLARS, IT COULD FIX MULTIPLE PARKS.
11:45:00 AND THE LAST ADMINISTRATION PASSED UP -- THERE ARE BASIC
11:45:07 THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.
11:45:08 SOUTH OF GANDY, MANY OF YOU ALL HEARD THE SAME THING THAT
11:45:11 I HAVE HEARD, THAT AREA WAS COMPLETELY NEGLECTED FOR A
11:45:14 LONG, LONG TIME.
11:45:15 AND YOU ALL KNOW I HAVE KIDS, AND THE WAY DOWNTOWN WAS
11:45:24 TREATED IT'S LIKE YOU GIVE ALL THE MONEY AND ATTENTION
11:45:26 AND IGNORE THE OTHERS.
11:45:28 AND NOW THAT PEOPLE HAVE COVID ARE SPENDING TIME IN THEIR
11:45:32 HOMES AND THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY SAY, HOW COME WE
11:45:35 DIDN'T GET ANY OF THIS?
11:45:36 AND YOU MENTIONED ONE DEVELOPMENT IN DOWNTOWN.
11:45:39 I AM NOT GOING TO GO BACK, I AM VERY APPRECIATIVE, BUT
11:45:44 YOU HAVE GOT ANOTHER DEAL FROM DALE MABRY THAT'S MORE
11:45:47 THAN A MILLION DOLLAR AND THEY DIDN'T GET ANY SUBSIDIES.
11:45:50 I DON'T THINK IT'S AN CRA.
11:45:53 I THINK IT'S AN AREA THAT NEEDS DEVELOPMENT, TOO.
11:45:55 AND THERE ARE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THAT.
11:45:58 I THINK WE NEED -- IF WE LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, AND I THINK
11:46:03 THE REASON -- LOOK AT THE NUMBERS OF ECONOMIC
11:46:07 DEVELOPMENT, TAMPA FAILED COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES.
11:46:13 WE COMPARED TO BENCHMARK CITIES.
11:46:16 IT'S UP TO US DURING THIS TIME, WHEN THE ECONOMY IS GOING
11:46:19 SIDEWAYS, TO TRY TO RETHINK EVERYTHING.
11:46:22 I THINK WE HAVE TO QUESTION EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE DONE
11:46:24 BEFORE AND LOOK AT OUR INNOVATIVE IDEAS TO HOW TO JUMP
11:46:30 START THE ECONOMY AND MOVE THE ECONOMY FORWARD F.ALL
11:46:32 THESE INCENTIVES, IMPACT FEE WAIVERS, EVERYTHING IN THE
11:46:36 LAST TEN YEARS, AND ALMOST LAST IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA,
11:46:42 AND REALLY LOW COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES NATIONALLY, WHY
11:46:45 SHOULD WE KEEP DOING ALL THE SAME THINGS AGAIN?
11:46:48 SHOULDN'T WE TRY TO SPREAD THE MONEY THE OTHER PLACES AND
11:46:53 CREATE A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE?
11:46:55 MORE IMPORTANTLY, THIS CAN STILL BE USED IN DOWNTOWN.
11:47:02 I DEFINITELY THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A STRONG AND VIBRANT
11:47:05 DOWNTOWN.
11:47:06 AND MY BUSINESS PARTNER IS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS, IF NOT
11:47:09 THE FIRST, THE SECOND CHAIRS OF THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP,
11:47:12 AND MY FIRM HAS BEEN BIG SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS OF THOSE
11:47:15 ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE WANT THEM TO FOLLOW, BUT WE ALSO
11:47:20 CAN'T DO SO MUCH THAT WE IGNORE THE REST OF THE CITY.
11:47:25 AND THERE ARE SO MANY NEEDS THAT I THINK WE NEED TO
11:47:27 ADDRESS.
11:47:28 SO, MR. CHAIR, I WILL STOP THERE.
11:47:31 BUT I CAN MAKE THAT MOTION NOW OR I CAN MAKE IT AT THE
11:47:33 END.
11:47:34 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THIS IS A HOT TOPIC.
11:47:37 GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR MOTION NOW, SIR.
11:47:40 >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU.
11:47:41 WE'LL SEE HOW THIS GOES.
11:47:42 I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE MOTION TO ASK THE CITY
11:47:44 ADMINISTRATION TO COME BACK TO PRESENT THEIR IDEAS FOR
11:47:48 HOW TO USE THE MONEYS THAT WOULD GO INTO THE GENERAL FUND
11:47:50 IF WE PUT A CAP ON THE DOWNTOWN CRA.
11:47:55 >>ORLANDO GUDES: DID YOU FINISH YOUR MOTION, SIR?
11:48:02 >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, MR. CHAIR, WILL SECOND FOR
11:48:07 PURPOSES AGAIN OF MOVING THIS FORWARD, AND ACQUIRING THE
11:48:11 INFORMATION THAT I BELIEVE CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO MAKE IN
11:48:14 ORDER TO MAKE A TRULY INFORMED DECISION ON THIS
11:48:18 PROSPECTIVELY VERY POSITIVE IDEA.
11:48:21 >>ORLANDO GUDES: A SECOND BY MR. VIERA.
11:48:25 ANY MORE DISCUSSION?
11:48:27 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES ON THE MOTION.
11:48:28 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
11:48:31 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SO THE MOTION AS I UNDERSTAND IT, YOU
11:48:44 SAY THE CITY HAS RESPONSIBILITY FOR -- TALK ABOUT GIVING
11:48:56 THE CITY AND THE MAYOR THE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR 3 OR 4
11:48:58 MILLION OF IT, AND HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT?
11:49:00 ISN'T THAT SORT OF A RHETORICAL QUESTION?
11:49:03 OF COURSE THE ADMINISTRATION, BOB MCDONAUGH, AND BOB
11:49:08 BUCKHORN AND WHATEVER MAYOR IS GOING TO BE THERE AT THE
11:49:11 TIME, OF COURSE THEY ARE GOING TO WANT TO SUPPORT THAT.
11:49:21 IT TAKES, AS MR. CHAIRMAN INDICATED, DOESN'T HAVE THE
11:49:24 AUTHORITY RIGHT NOW, AND WE ARE GIVING IT UP.
11:49:26 SO WHY EVEN ASK THAT QUESTION?
11:49:28 I DON'T GET IT.
11:49:29 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
11:49:30 >>BILL CARLSON: DO YOU WANT ME TO RESPOND?
11:49:32 >>ORLANDO GUDES: IT'S YOUR MOTION, SIR.
11:49:38 >>BILL CARLSON: JUST BRAINSTORMING.
11:49:45 IF WE EXERCISE THAT TOWER, I THINK MORRIS WILL TELL US
11:49:50 THE A LIMITED NUMBER OF YEARS BUT CAN DESIGNATE WHEREIN
11:49:54 WE WANT THAT MONEY TO GO, SITTING AS A CITY COUNCIL.
11:49:57 BUT MR. MIRANDA HAD A GOOD ONE THAT BEFORE WE MAKE THE
11:50:00 MOTION TO MOVE IT OVER, THEN WE WOULD HAVE A MORE FORMAL
11:50:09 CONVERSATION AND WE WOULD TRY TO SEE IF THERE IS SOME
11:50:11 COMMON GROUND ON HOW IT WOULD BE DESIGNATED.
11:50:14 WHAT'S THE LIMIT ON HOW FAR OUT ANY CITY COUNCIL CAN
11:50:17 DESIGNATE A BUDGET INTO THE FUTURE?
11:50:21 >>MORRIS MASSEY: TYPICALLY BUDGETS ARE ANNUALLY SO THE
11:50:25 COMMITMENT IS A YEAR TO YEAR SORT OF THING.
11:50:35 YOU CAN ASK OBVIOUSLY THE ADMINISTRATION HOW THEY THINK
11:50:37 THEY MIGHT WANT TO PROGRAM OR USE THAT MONEY IN THE
11:50:40 YEARS, AND YOU ARE LOOKING YEARS OUT, BUT I AM NOT SURE
11:50:43 YOU CAN -- YOU CANNOT LEGALLY BIND THE ADMINISTRATION,
11:50:49 PRESENT A BUDGET THAT SAYS THAT.
11:50:50 NOW WHEN YOU DO APPROVE A BUDGET, YOU ARE THE ONES THAT
11:50:52 APPROVE THE BUDGET, AND SO IF YOU ARE NOT HAPPY WITH HOW
11:50:56 CERTAIN ITEMS ARE SPENT, YOU OBVIOUSLY CAN AND HAVE MADE
11:51:02 MOTIONS TO REQUEST REINVESTMENT, AND THAT'S PART OF THE
11:51:07 DISCUSSION BUDGET DISCUSSION.
11:51:09 SO THAT'S HOW IT WOULD WORK.
11:51:12 >>BILL CARLSON: IF YOU ALL PASS THIS, I'M HAPPY TO TALK
11:51:16 TO THEM AND YOU ALL CAN TALK TO THEM WITHOUT ANY OF US IN
11:51:19 THE ROOM, WITH THE INTENT OF USING IT A CERTAIN WAY, AND
11:51:33 THEN, FOR ANY FUTURE COUNCIL GETS FIVE VOTES.
11:51:41 BUT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE COULD USE IN PARTS OF
11:51:43 THE CITY THAT NEED MONEY, OR IF THERE'S SOME NEED IN
11:51:46 DOWNTOWN, WE COULD GET SOME BACK.
11:51:49 BUT I THINK THAT NOT DOING THAT HE -- WE ARE ONLY TALKING
11:51:58 ABOUT ONE NOW WITH YOU PUTS THE WHOLE SYSTEM AT RISK
11:52:01 BECAUSE TWO OF CRA S THAT THE LEGISLATURE WOULD LOOK AT
11:52:06 AS BEING A LUXURY, AND THAT IT'S NOT FAIR THAT THE REST
11:52:09 OF THE TAXPAYERS OF THE CITY SUBSIDIZE THEM WHEN BASIC
11:52:15 NEEDS ARE NOT BEING MET IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
11:52:17 SO THE MOTION RIGHT NOW IS JUST TO BRING IT BACK FOR
11:52:20 DISCUSSION AGAIN.
11:52:20 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON, I CAN RESPECT THE WORK YOU
11:52:26 ARE PUTTING INTO THIS.
11:52:27 AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU ARE GOING WITH IT.
11:52:29 I TRULY DO.
11:52:31 AND I'LL SUPPORT THE MOTION TODAY, COMING BACK WITH
11:52:38 INFORMATION.
11:52:38 BUT WHEN I HEAR SOME OF THE THINGS YOU SAID, AND SOME OF
11:52:41 THE THINGS THAT MR. MASSEY HAVE SAID, I STILL SAY THAT
11:52:44 YOU ARE GIVING UP POWER NOW, AND KNOW HOW THE BUDGET
11:52:50 GOES, WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATION, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND
11:52:57 I'M JUST VERY, VERY AFRAID THAT WHEN WE ARE GIVING UP,
11:53:02 ESPECIALLY MONEY, GIVING UP THAT POWER, THAT'S THE ONLY
11:53:09 THING I AM AFRAID OF.
11:53:10 AND I AM WILLING TO HEAR HOW THIS COULD WORK.
11:53:16 I JUST THINK TO GIVE SOMEBODY ELSE A POT OF MONEY, THEY
11:53:19 ARE GOING TO WANT TO HOLD ONTO THAT MONEY AND TRY TO
11:53:21 ALLOCATE HOW THEY SEE FIT.
11:53:23 THAT'S JUST MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION.
11:53:25 YES, WE HAVE POWER ANNUALLY, AND WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH
11:53:32 THOSE ISSUES.
11:53:39 FOR ALIGN ITEM TO BE IMPLEMENTED, I'M JUST VERY, VERY
11:53:44 NERVOUS ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW.
11:53:46 BUT I AM WILLING TO HEAR WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS TO
11:53:49 SAY.
11:53:49 SO MR. VIERA HAS A SECOND.
11:53:54 IF YOU RESTATE THE MOTION I WILL BE HAPPY TO GO AHEAD AND
11:53:57 PUT IT ON THE FLOOR.
11:53:58 >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU, SIR.
11:53:59 I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ASK THE CITY
11:54:01 ADMINISTRATION TO COME BACK TO THIS BOARD TO PRESENT
11:54:04 THEIR IDEAS FOR HOW TO USE THE MONEY THAT WOULD GO INTO
11:54:07 THE GENERAL FUND IF WE PUT A CAP ON THE DOWNTOWN CRA.
11:54:09 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION BY MR. CARLSON.
11:54:15 MR. VIERA SECOND.
11:54:17 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, I DO.
11:54:18 AND I THINK THERE'S A GOOD THOUGHT -- STRIKE THAT.
11:54:22 I THINK THIS HAS A GOOD SHOT AT BEING SUCCESSFUL.
11:54:25 WE ALL NEED TO HEAR MORE INFORMATION ON MANY OF THE
11:54:28 SPECIFICS INCLUDING HOW THIS MONEY IS GOING TO BE SPENT.
11:54:30 I WANT TO BE CLEAR, THOUGH, THAT IN SUPPORTING THIS, I
11:54:33 DON'T SUPPORT THE HYPOTHETICAL VIEWS OF THE CRAS -- I
11:54:40 JUST WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR -- I SUPPORT CRAS.
11:54:43 I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE MAJOR CONTRIBUTING CAUSE OF
11:54:47 NEGLECT IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY IS NECESSARILY CRAS.
11:54:52 I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
11:54:54 BUT I DO THINK AGAIN THIS IS AN INCREMENTAL STEP THAT CAN
11:54:58 CERTAINLY HAVE A NET POSITIVE EFFECT PROSPECTIVELY.
11:55:02 WE NEED MORE INFORMATION.
11:55:03 SO THEREFORE I AM GLAD TO SECOND COUNCILMAN CARLSON'S
11:55:08 MOTION.
11:55:09 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECOND BY MR. VIERA.
11:55:11 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
11:55:13 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IF I MIGHT SPEAK AGAIN.
11:55:15 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED, SIR.
11:55:17 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, SIR.
11:55:18 AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CRA CAP, THE MONEY MUST BE
11:55:22 SPENT OR SHOULD BE SPENT IN THAT GEOGRAPHICAL AREA THAT
11:55:27 THE CRAS WERE FOUNDED ON.
11:55:29 HOWEVER, WHAT WE ARE MISSING HERE IS TO EXPLAIN FROM THE
11:55:31 TIME THAT THOSE CRAS STARTED DOWNTOWN AND ONE IN YBOR
11:55:36 CITY, TAMPA OR WHATEVER, WHAT GROWTH HAVE WE HAD THAT MAY
11:55:41 NOT HAVE OCCURRED?
11:55:42 NOW, WHAT THE CRAS HAVE DONE, IN MY ESTIMATION, IS 20
11:55:49 YEARS DOWN THE LINE TO A MORE TANGIBLE INFUSING THE
11:55:54 DEVELOPMENT AT THAT TIME BECAUSE IT CREATED A POT OF
11:55:57 MONEY TO SUSTAIN ITSELF AND MAKING ARRANGEMENTS AND
11:56:00 PAYMENTS THAT MAY NOT BE AFFORDABLE.
11:56:04 WHAT I AM SAYING IS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, WHEN WE TALK
11:56:07 ABOUT MONEY, WHAT THE CRAS BENEFITED FROM, BUT ALSO
11:56:13 CREATED A POT OF MONEY FOR THE GENERAL FUND, BECAUSE IF
11:56:15 THERE HAD BEEN NO BIG BUILDINGS, NO DEVELOPMENT, WHERE
11:56:19 WOULD WE BE AT TODAY?
11:56:21 AND THAT'S WHAT I AM SAYING, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:56:23 JUST BROAD INFORMATION.
11:56:25 I AM NOT GOING TO MAKE A MOTION ON IT.
11:56:28 BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE AMOUNT OF BUILDINGS BECAUSE
11:56:34 OF THE CRA, IT'S MULTI, MULTI, MULTI-MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
11:56:42 THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.
11:56:43 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, SIR.
11:56:44 ANYBODY ELSE FOR DISCUSSION?
11:56:46 ANYONE ELSE?
11:56:48 MADAM CLERK, CALL THE ROLL.
11:56:49 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: NO.
11:56:55 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:56:59 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:57:01 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:57:03 >>JOSEPH CITRO: (NO RESPONSE)
11:57:11 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO.
11:57:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO: CITRO IS HERE.
11:57:16 NO.
11:57:16 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:57:19 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH DINGFELDER, CITRO AND
11:57:22 MIRANDA VOTING NO.
11:57:29 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
11:57:31 WE MOVE TO REQUIRED APPROVALS.
11:57:34 ITEM NUMBER 6.
11:57:35 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: UNDER ITEM APPROVALS, NUMBER 6, IS
11:57:41 OUR ANNUAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CRA BOARD AND
11:57:48 AGENCIES AND THE CITY OF TAMPA, THE SERVICES AGREEMENT IS
11:57:50 IN THE SAME FORMAT THAT YOU ADOPTED AND APPROVED IN
11:57:54 FEBRUARY OF 2020 THAT WAS A RESTATED AND AMENDED SERVICES
11:57:58 AGREEMENT, AND OUR UPDATES ARE STRICTLY THE DOLLAR
11:58:02 AMOUNTS THAT WOULD BE PAID TO BACK TO THE CITY FOR THE
11:58:06 STAFFING.
11:58:06 THE ONLY REMINDER I WOULD SAY WHEN YOU SEE THAT NUMBER,
11:58:09 IT HAS INCREASED OVER LAST YEAR FOR THE STAFFING COSTS
11:58:13 BECAUSE AS WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE SPRING, WITH THE
11:58:16 CHANGES TO THE ORGANIZATION OF OUR DEPARTMENT, OUR
11:58:20 DEPARTMENT IS NOW FUNDING A MUCH HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF THE
11:58:23 CRA STAFF'S SALARIES.
11:58:26 SO THAT OUR PRIORITIES AND OUR FOCUS AS STAFF IS ON THE
11:58:31 CRAS THEMSELVES, AND ALSO ON SOME OF THE OTHER CITY
11:58:36 ISSUES THAT WE USE.
11:58:39 WE ALSO HAD AN INCREASE IN THE CLEAN TEAM AND TAMPA OF
11:58:45 $80,000 SO THAT ACCOUNTS FOR SOME OF THAT INCREASE WE ARE
11:58:48 SEEING BETWEEN FY 20 AND FY 21.
11:58:51 >>ORLANDO GUDES: A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR THIS ITEM?
11:58:57 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED.
11:59:02 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECONDED BY MR. MANISCALCO.
11:59:04 ANY DISCUSSION?
11:59:05 ANY DISCUSSION?
11:59:07 >>BILL CARLSON: MR. CHAIR.
11:59:09 I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK AGAIN THE ADMINISTRATION,
11:59:13 PARTICULARLY CHIEF BENNETT FOR HELPING US TO BRING THIS
11:59:17 FURTHER THIS YEAR.
11:59:19 I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY.
11:59:20 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
11:59:24 ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS?
11:59:25 ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
11:59:27 MADAM CLERK, CALL THE ROLL.
11:59:28 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
11:59:33 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:59:35 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:59:38 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:59:41 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:59:42 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:59:45 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:59:47 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:59:48 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ITEM NUMBER 7.
11:59:55 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: THE CRA FY 2021 COMMUNITY
12:00:00 REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BUDGET BOOK. THIS IS THE FULLY
12:00:03 UPDATED BOOK.
12:00:04 WE GAVE YOU THE DRAFT LAST MONTH.
12:00:06 WITH ALL THE UPDATED BULLETS, AND PICTURES THAT WE PUT
12:00:10 TOGETHER FOR YOU IN THE BOOK.
12:00:11 BUT YOU HAVE HAD THE BUDGET NOW FOR A MONTH.
12:00:14 SO I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THE BUDGET BOOK
12:00:17 BEFORE MOVING FORWARD.
12:00:18 >>ORLANDO GUDES: QUESTIONS BY ANY MEMBERS?
12:00:23 ANY QUESTION BY ANY MEMBERS?
12:00:28 CAN WE GET A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 7?
12:00:31 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MANISCALCO.
12:00:36 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I DID HAVE A QUESTION.
12:00:39 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
12:00:41 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I HAVE A QUESTION THAT'S A BASIC CRA
12:00:44 101 AND I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO IT.
12:00:53 BUT DIFFERENT CRAS HAVE DIFFERENT MILLAGE RATES.
12:00:57 THE VERY LAST PAGE, PAGE 66, AND I WASN'T FAMILIAR WITH
12:01:05 THAT.
12:01:05 AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT IS THE CASE.
12:01:13 IS IT THE RATE THAT'S IN PLACE AT THE TIME THAT THE
12:01:18 CRA --
12:01:24 >>MORRIS MASSEY: MR. DINGFELDER, CRA ATTORNEY.
12:01:27 YES, THE MILLAGE RATE, THE WAY THE INCREMENT IS
12:01:30 DETERMINED THAT YOU LOOK AT THE TAXES, THE MILLAGE RATE
12:01:34 THAT WAS IN EFFECT AT THE TIME THE CRA WAS ESTABLISHED,
12:01:38 AND THEN YOU WOULD GET THE CURRENT MILLAGE RATE AND THE
12:01:41 TAXES THAT ARE DERIVED FROM THAT AREA NOW, AND THAT'S THE
12:01:45 INCREMENT WHICH THEN GOES INTO IT.
12:01:52 THAT'S THE REASON WHY THERE'S A DIFFERENCE THERE.
12:01:55 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I WAS AWARE THAT'S HOW WE CALCULATE
12:01:57 THE TIF, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BASELINE AND WHERE WE
12:02:01 ARE TODAY, AMOUNTS COLLECTED.
12:02:05 WHAT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IS LIKE THE DOWNTOWN IS .006
12:02:09 MILLAGE RATE, THEN YBOR CITY IS .001 MILLAGE RATE, WHICH
12:02:16 IS YBOR CITY IS LIKE TWICE AS BIG AS DOWNTOWN.
12:02:21 I CAN'T IMAGINE THE MILLAGE RATE CHANGED THAT MUCH
12:02:28 BETWEEN THE CREATION OF DOWNTOWN AND YBOR.
12:02:33 AND THEN CHANNEL DISTRICT IS -- [INTERFERENCE].
12:02:42 >>MORRIS MASSEY: THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
12:02:45 MR. DINGFELDER, I WILL TALK TO REVENUE AND FINANCE
12:02:49 BECAUSE THEY PROVIDED THOSE FIGURES.
12:02:50 I THINK MS. VAN LOAN, I THINK MAYBE THE REASON WHY
12:02:54 THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE VARIOUS AREAS BECAUSE
12:02:57 THERE'S A COMBINED -- BECAUSE OF DOWNTOWN, YOU HAVE A
12:03:02 NUMBER OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS.
12:03:03 YOU HAVE THE DOWNTOWN SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.
12:03:05 YOU HAVE THE STREETCAR SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.
12:03:08 THE SAME IS TRUE OF YBOR.
12:03:11 THEN THE CHANNEL DISTRICTS DO YOU NOT HAVE ANY.
12:03:15 THESE SETBACK RATES ARE REFLECTIVE OF THAT AMOUNT.
12:03:17 SO WE WILL ASK THAT QUESTION.
12:03:20 THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
12:03:21 >>MORRIS MASSEY: AND NO COUNTY RATE [AUDIO INTERFERENCE]
12:03:34 DOWNTOWN.
12:03:36 WE'LL GET YOU AN ANSWER ON THAT, SIR.
12:03:38 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: AND THAT PROBABLY IS THE ANSWER BUT
12:03:42 IT KIND OF JUMPED OUT AT ME.
12:03:44 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
12:03:44 I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
12:03:45 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION BY MR. MIRANDA.
12:03:53 SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
12:03:54 ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS?
12:03:57 ROLL CALL.
12:03:57 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
12:04:00 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:04:03 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:04:06 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:04:08 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:04:10 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:04:13 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:04:16 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
12:04:19 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.
12:04:20 ITEM NUMBER 8.
12:04:21 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: ITEM NUMBER 8 FOR DOWNTOWN OF
12:04:29 $865,000. [AUDIO INTERFERENCE]
12:04:33 IS THERE SOMEONE THAT CAN MUTE THEIR PHONE?
12:04:37 THANK YOU.
12:04:39 THE DOWNTOWN, $865,000 IS FOR THE TAMPA CONVENTION
12:04:42 CENTER, BEFORE WE GET INTO THE BIG CONTRACT, THAT IS
12:04:47 AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR WE HAVE SOME SMALLER
12:04:50 IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WERE DOING, 3.5 MILLION WAS BUDGETED
12:04:55 FOR.
12:04:55 WE ARE ABOUT TO GET INTO CONTRACT.
12:04:57 AND THIS IS THE BALANCE OF THE MONEY NEEDED, JUST A
12:05:00 LITTLE OVER 4 MILLION FOR ALL OF THOSE CHANGES.
12:05:02 AND SO THIS $865,000 IS COMING OUT OF FUND BALANCE,
12:05:07 NEIGHBORHOOD INFRASTRUCTURE, TO GO INTO THE TAMPA
12:05:09 CONVENTION CENTER CURRENT BUDGET.
12:05:13 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 8.
12:05:16 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED, MR. CHAIRMAN.
12:05:17 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION BY MR. MIRANDA.
12:05:21 SECONDED BY MR. MANISCALCO.
12:05:22 ANY DISCUSSION?
12:05:25 ANY DISCUSSION?
12:05:27 MADAM CLERK, TAKE THE ROLL.
12:05:29 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
12:05:32 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:05:36 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:05:39 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:05:40 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:05:46 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:05:47 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:05:49 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
12:05:50 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ITEM NUMBER 9.
12:05:54 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: ITEM NUMBER 9 WAS A REPROGRAMMING
12:05:56 OF THE CHANNEL DISTRICT OF $170,000 FOR THE UPDATING THE
12:06:03 CHANNEL DISTRICT STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN AND THE COMMUNITY
12:06:06 REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AS DISCUSSED AND RECOMMENDED BUILT CRA
12:06:10 BOARD EARLIER THIS SUMMER.
12:06:12 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR ITEM NUMBER 9.
12:06:19 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO MOVED, MANISCALCO.
12:06:21 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOVED BY MR. MIRANDA, SECONDED BY MR.
12:06:24 MANISCALCO.
12:06:25 ANY DISCUSSION?
12:06:26 ANY DISCUSSION?
12:06:31 MADAM CLERK, TAKE THE ROLL, PLEASE.
12:06:32 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
12:06:34 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:06:36 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:06:39 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:06:42 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:06:46 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:06:47 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:06:49 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
12:06:51 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ITEM NUMBER 10.
12:06:55 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: ITEM NUMBER 10 IS REGARDING THE
12:06:58 EAST TAMPA CRA DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
12:07:03 IT'S A PROGRAM THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY APPROVED THAT ALLOWS
12:07:06 $15 THAT YOU PER APPLICANT TO ASSIST WITH DOWN PAYMENT.
12:07:12 THE EAST TAMPA -- [~AUDIO DISTORTION~] TO FIFTY THOUSAND,
12:07:21 FIVE ZERO, AND THE REASON TO TRY TO COUNTERACT THE
12:07:26 INCREASING HOUSING COSTS IN THE EAST TAMPA CRA SO THAT
12:07:31 EXISTING RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO AFFORD ACTUAL HOME
12:07:35 OWNERSHIP.
12:07:36 >>ORLANDO GUDES: QUESTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 10?
12:07:43 MR. DINGFELDER.
12:07:43 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU.
12:07:46 A, I DON'T NECESSARILY SEE A RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF
12:07:51 AND MICHELLE AND ED.
12:07:53 I SEE THE CAC IS REQUESTING THIS.
12:07:57 BUT I DON'T NECESSARILY SEE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
12:08:00 MY CONCERN HERE, NO MATTER WHAT -- [~AUDIO DISTORTION~]
12:08:07 SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, A POT OF MONEY TO HELP A LOT.
12:08:15 SO IF WE GIVE [~AUDIO DISTORTION~] AND HELPING WITH MORE
12:08:24 MONEY.
12:08:25 SO IF IT ISN'T ENOUGH, THEN MAYBE AS MR. VIERA SAID
12:08:36 EARLIER, MAYBE CONSIDER 20,000 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AS
12:08:43 OPPOSED TO TRIPLING, MORE THAN TRIPLING THE AMOUNT OF
12:08:49 16,000 TO 50,000.
12:08:51 I JUST THROW THOSE THOUGHTS OUT.
12:08:52 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: ON THIS ITEM, THE CAC WAS LOOKING
12:09:00 AT A 50,000, BUT THE NUMBERS THAT WE ARE SEEING, THE LINE
12:09:07 ITEM BUDGET CAN'T HANDLE THAT, AND [AUDIO ECHO] THAT'S
12:09:18 DISCUSSION OF THE CRA BOARD, AND MOTION FOR THE AMOUNT
12:09:22 THAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE FOR ALL OF YOU, 25 CERTAINLY,
12:09:25 25 TO 30, AT A TIME THAT HOUSING PRICES ARE INCREASING
12:09:35 FASTER THAN WE ANTICIPATED.
12:09:38 WE CAN REVISIT THIS AGAIN.
12:09:40 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MAY I SPEAK?
12:09:41 >>ORLANDO GUDES: GO AHEAD, SIR.
12:09:43 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AGREE.
12:09:48 AND FURTHERMORE, AND I UNDERSTAND WHY.
12:09:56 IT'S SKY HIGH.
12:09:57 EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE A LOT AND YOU ARE BUILDING ON IT,
12:10:06 WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THAT [~INTERFERENCE~] AND I WOULD
12:10:24 IMAGINE THAT WE ARE LEECHING OUT WHAT'S CONSIDERED
12:10:30 AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WORKFORCE HOUSING, WHATEVER YOU WANT
12:10:33 TO CALL IT.
12:10:36 I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE AN IDEA.
12:10:38 I AM NOT OPPOSED -- AND [~INTERFERENCE~] AND MAYBE
12:10:52 ADDRESS IT AT A LATER DATE.
12:10:56 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MS. VAN LOAN, CAN YOU ADDRESS MR.
12:11:03 MIRANDA'S QUESTION?
12:11:05 OR STATEMENT?
12:11:06 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: 25,000 --
12:11:19 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WE ARE BREAKING UP.
12:11:25 [~AUDIO DISTORTION~]
12:11:29 >> MR. CHAIR, MAY I MAKE A COMMENT?
12:11:33 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, SIR.
12:11:35 >> THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE -- [~INTERFERENCE~]
12:11:48 AND BY OTHER HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT
12:11:52 WE USE A SLIDING SCALE UP TO A MAXIMUM OF $50,000
12:12:00 DEPENDING ON THE INDIVIDUAL'S NEED, BECAUSE THERE ARE
12:12:05 SITUATIONS WHERE A LENDER MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY WANT TO
12:12:10 LOWER THEIR DOLLAR AMOUNT, AND THE DOWN PAYMENT
12:12:13 ASSISTANCE WOULD BE OBVIOUSLY LOWER THAN -- LOWER THAN
12:12:17 THE MAXIMUM.
12:12:18 SO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AGREED TO MOVE FORWARD OR
12:12:24 REQUEST TO MOVE FORWARD ON A SLIDING SCALE UP TO $50,000.
12:12:30 AND THAT MIGHT HELP OUR BOARD MEMBERS HERE TO UNDERSTAND
12:12:36 THE DIFFERENCE.
12:12:37 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I DON'T THINK THAT VERBIAGE IS LISTED
12:12:41 IN THE PROPOSAL.
12:12:43 I DIDN'T SEE THAT VERBIAGE.
12:12:46 MAYBE IT WAS AN OVERSIGHT ON MY PART S.THAT VERBIAGE IN
12:12:49 THE?
12:12:51 >> ED JOHNSON: IT IS NOT IN THE AGREEMENT.
12:12:54 THAT DISCUSSION JUST HAPPENED ABOUT TUESDAY.
12:12:56 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: QUICK COMMENT ON THAT.
12:12:58 >> THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE AN AMENDMENT MADE TO THE
12:13:04 REQUEST.
12:13:04 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: QUICK COMMENT.
12:13:07 MR. CHAIRMAN?
12:13:12 HELLO?
12:13:22 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: WE HEAR YOU BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE
12:13:24 LOST SEVERAL PEOPLE.
12:13:25 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OUR VICE CHAIR?
12:13:31 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I'M HERE.
12:13:32 CAN YOU HEAR ME?
12:13:33 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I CAN HEAR YOU NOW.
12:13:35 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
12:13:37 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WE ALL HAD TECHNICAL GLITCHES.
12:13:41 I AM READING A MEMO FROM ED JOHNSON.
12:13:43 ON THE SECOND LINE IT SAYS, INCREASE FROM 15,000 TO UP TO
12:13:50 50,000 ON A SLIDING SCALE DEPENDING ON NEED.
12:13:53 THAT WAS A SUBTLE NUANCE TONIGHT.
12:13:56 I MISSED IT AND I AM APOLOGIZE, MR. JOHNSON.
12:14:00 BUT MY OTHER CONCERN IN ADDITION TO NOT HAVING ENOUGH
12:14:03 MONEY TO SPREAD AROUND TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.
12:14:06 BUT MY OTHER CONCERN IS, HOME OWNERSHIP IS NOT FOR
12:14:10 EVERYBODY ALL THE TIME.
12:14:13 LET'S SAY A HOUSE COST $200,000.
12:14:18 THAT'S PROBABLY FAIRLY TYPICAL FOR A HOUSE THAT IS BEING
12:14:21 BUILT NOW IN EAST TAMPA.
12:14:26 $50,000 DOWN PAYMENT THAT MEANS THEY ARE PUTTING 20%
12:14:30 DOWN.
12:14:30 SO THAT -- SOMEBODY MUST HAVE A HORRIBLE TRACK RECORD OR
12:14:36 CREDIT HISTORY OR WHATEVER, AND MAYBE AT THAT POINT IN
12:14:38 TIME THEY ARE REALLY NOT READY FOR HOME OWNERSHIP.
12:14:41 I'M SORRY TO BE MEAN SPIRITED OR WHATEVER, BUT THERE'S A
12:14:44 LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ARE READY FOR HOME OWNERSHIP
12:14:48 WHO PROBABLY ONLY NEED 5% OR 10% DOWN, BUT NOT 25% DOWN.
12:14:55 SO ANYWAY, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED ON THIS, BEFORE WE MOVE
12:14:59 FORWARD I THINK WE COULD USE A LITTLE MORE STAFF INPUT IN
12:15:05 TERMS OF HOW THESE NUMBERS SHAKE OUT.
12:15:08 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, I CAN RESPOND TO THAT,
12:15:14 SIR.
12:15:15 YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY, SOMETIMES
12:15:21 THERE IS SYSTEMATIC ISSUES WHEN YOU ARE DEALING WITH
12:15:28 CERTAIN RACES.
12:15:29 IT HAPPENS OFTEN, VERY OFTEN.
12:15:31 AND ALSO YOU LOOK AT CERTAIN COMMUNITIES.
12:15:35 SOME PEOPLE MAY HAVE BEEN CREDIT IN THE PAST AND SO
12:15:40 FORTH, BUT AGAIN THEY ARE STILL DISCRIMINATED BECAUSE OF
12:15:42 THEIR PAST.
12:15:43 SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.
12:15:45 BUT SOMETIMES THERE ARE SOME SYSTEMATIC ISSUES THAT
12:15:50 PRECLUDE PEOPLE FROM BEING ABLE TO ADVANCE IN LIFE OR
12:15:53 GETTING WHAT THEY REALLY WANT IN LIFE.
12:15:54 I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE, SIR.
12:15:57 BUT THAT'S WHY I ASKED MR. JOHNSON, BUT I THINK IF THAT
12:16:05 VERBIAGE IS IN THE PROPOSAL, I COULD SUPPORT THAT BECAUSE
12:16:08 I DO UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT NEED, ADD
12:16:11 EVERYBODY HAS A DIFFERENT POCKET VALUE.
12:16:14 SO I CAN SUPPORT IT WITH THAT LANGUAGE BEING THERE.
12:16:21 ANYBODY ELSE FOR DISCUSSION?
12:16:22 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING,
12:16:26 MR. CHAIRMAN.
12:16:26 AND I DON'T MEAN TO SOUND COLD, CALLOUS OR INDIFFERENT.
12:16:30 I DO KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS IN ALL OF OUR
12:16:38 SYSTEMS.
12:16:43 [~DISTORTION~] BUT THAT'S JUST MY CONCERN.
12:16:52 >>ORLANDO GUDES: AGAIN, I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU.
12:16:54 EVERYONE IS NOT READY FOR HOME OWNERSHIP.
12:16:56 I TOTALLY AGREE.
12:16:57 THAT'S WHY I DO BELIEVE WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT SOME
12:16:59 OF THE HOMES THAT YOU HAVE, THAT ARE REHABBED, AN
12:17:04 APARTMENT HOUSE ASSISTANCE, TO GET INTO AN APARTMENT,
12:17:07 THINGS LIKE THAT, BECAUSE EVERYONE IS NOT READY FOR HOME
12:17:09 OWNERSHIP AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT AS WELL, AND I
12:17:13 THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE A BROAD SCALE WHEN TRYING TO HELP
12:17:15 PEOPLE, AND AGAIN IN RELATION TO REHAB, AS RELATES TO
12:17:19 APARTMENT RENTAL, AND ALSO HOME OWNERSHIP.
12:17:22 I DO RESPECT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, SIR.
12:17:26 ANYBODY ELSE FOR DISCUSSION?
12:17:32 ANYBODY ELSE FOR DISCUSSION?
12:17:37 I'M GOING TO ASK TO PASS THE GAVEL TO MAKE THE MOTION, TO
12:17:42 HAVE STAFF COME BACK.
12:17:44 MR. CARLSON, PASS THE GAVEL TO YOU SIR.
12:17:51 GAVEL
12:17:54 I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT STAFF TAKE THIS ITEM
12:17:56 BACK TO THE CAC FOR THIS QUESTION WHERE IT DEALS WITH THE
12:18:01 DOLLAR AMOUNT ON A SLIDING SCALE FOR APARTMENT, REHAB,
12:18:07 AND HOME OWNERSHIP.
12:18:09 >>BILL CARLSON: MOTION FROM MR. GUDES.
12:18:14 ANY SECOND?
12:18:15 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I'LL SECOND IT.
12:18:19 >>BILL CARLSON: SECOND FROM MANISCALCO.
12:18:21 ANY DISCUSSION?
12:18:25 ROLE CALL, PLEASE.
12:18:26 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: IT'S GOING TO INCLUDE THAT LANGUAGE
12:18:34 OF 50,000 ON A SLIDING SCALE, I'LL SUPPORT IT.
12:18:37 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:18:40 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:18:44 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:18:47 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:18:50 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:18:54 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:18:55 DO YOU WANT THE GAVEL BACK?
12:18:56 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, SIR.
12:18:57 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED.
12:19:02 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE GO TO INFORMATION REPORTS AND NEW
12:19:07 BUSINESS.
12:19:08 WE WILL GO WITH MS. VAN LOAN.
12:19:11 SHE HAD A MOTION SHE WANTS TO PUT ON THE FLOOR.
12:19:14 MS. VAN LOAN, TELL US YOUR MOTION SO I CAN GET SOMEONE TO
12:19:19 MAKE THE MOVE.
12:19:20 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: I'M REQUESTING IF IT'S THE PLEASURE
12:19:23 OF THE CRA BOARD TO APPROVE OUR ABILITY AND REQUEST TO
12:19:28 MOVE FORWARD WITH CREATING A POSITION FOR COMMUNICATIONS
12:19:32 AND PROJECT COORDINATE OR TO BE SITUATED WITHIN THE CRA
12:19:36 DEPARTMENT.
12:19:36 THANK YOU.
12:19:36 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SO MOVED.
12:19:45 THE MOTION THAT MS. VAN LOAN -- WILL DELEGATE TO MR.
12:19:51 CARLSON, THE VICE CHAIR, AUTHORITY TO WORK VERY, VERY
12:19:54 CLOSELY WITH MS. VAN LOAN ON ADVERTISING AND SELECTION.
12:20:00 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY MR. DINGFELDER.
12:20:05 SECOND?
12:20:07 >>BILL CARLSON: SECOND, CARLSON.
12:20:08 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECOND BY MR. CARLSON.
12:20:10 ANY DISCUSSION?
12:20:11 ANY DISCUSSION?
12:20:12 ROLL CALL, MADAM CLERK.
12:20:13 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
12:20:19 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:20:22 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:20:25 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:20:27 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:20:28 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:20:32 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:20:35 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
12:20:36 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
12:20:41 INFORMATION REPORTS AND NEW BUSINESS.
12:20:42 MR. DINGFELDER, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TODAY, SIR?
12:20:45 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: NO, I'M GOOD.
12:20:47 THANK YOU.
12:20:47 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. VIERA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING, SIR?
12:20:52 >>LUIS VIERA: NO, MR. CHAIR.
12:20:53 GOOD MEETING.
12:20:55 NOTHING AT ALL, SIR.
12:20:56 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO?
12:20:58 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO, SIR.
12:20:59 GREAT MEETING.
12:21:00 THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
12:21:01 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON?
12:21:04 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:21:09 MS. VAN LOAN, THE MOTION WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER ABOUT
12:21:11 THE 30% FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, LET ME THROW THIS OUT.
12:21:20 I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ASK -- AND STAFF TO
12:21:25 ALLOCATE 30% OR MORE OF THE CRA DISTRICT FUND TO
12:21:28 AFFORDABLE AND WORKFORCE HOUSING, AND TO REPORT BACK TO
12:21:31 THE CRA BOARD QUARTERLY ON THE PROGRESS OF THOSE GOALS.
12:21:35 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: YES, SIR, WE CAN COME BACK AND
12:21:40 REPORT QUARTERLY WITH THAT GOAL AND WHERE WE ARE, AND
12:21:43 ALSO THE PROGRESS ON THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE INSTITUTED
12:21:46 WITHIN THAT 30%.
12:21:47 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY MR. CARLSON.
12:21:56 SECOND BY MR. DINGFELDER.
12:21:57 ANY DISCUSSION?
12:22:00 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE MOTION.
12:22:01 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
12:22:03 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CARLSON, IS THAT TO COME BACK --
12:22:08 IS THAT A HARD AND FAST THING OR ASPIRATIONAL GOAL?
12:22:16 >>BILL CARLSON: THAT'S WHY I HAD THE SAME QUESTION TO
12:22:18 MR. MASSEY.
12:22:23 MR. MASSEY, THE WAY I WORD IT --
12:22:27 >>MORRIS MASSEY: I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE EXPRESSED OF
12:22:30 YOUR ASPIRATION AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
12:22:32 WE CAN'T EFFECTUATE THAT IMMEDIATELY, BUT OBVIOUSLY YOU
12:22:37 CAN IMPRESS THAT IT'S THE ASPIRATION THAT YOU WANT THE
12:22:40 STAFF WORK FOR IT.
12:22:43 I THINK THAT'S A BETTER WAY TO PHRASE THAT AT THIS POINT.
12:22:45 WE CAN COME BACK WITH QUARTERLY REPORTS ON THE PROGRESS
12:22:48 WE ARE MAKING.
12:22:48 >>BILL CARLSON: GIVE ME ONE SECOND.
12:22:56 HOW ABOUT THIS?
12:22:57 I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ASK THE CAC STAFF FOR
12:23:01 WORK TOWARD THE CRA BOARD'S ASPIRATION TO ALLOCATE 30% OR
12:23:06 MORE DISTRICT FUNDS FOR AFFORDABLE AND WORKFORCE HOUSING
12:23:08 AND TO REPORT BACK TO THE CRA BOARD QUARTERLY ON THE
12:23:10 PROGRESS OF THIS GOAL.
12:23:12 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SECOND.
12:23:12 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION BY MR. CARLSON.
12:23:16 SECOND BY MR. DINGFELDER.
12:23:17 ANY DISCUSSION?
12:23:19 ANY DISCUSSION?
12:23:20 ROLL CALL, MADAM CLERK.
12:23:22 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
12:23:27 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:23:30 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:23:33 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:23:35 >>JOSEPH CITRO: (NO RESPONSE).
12:23:42 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:23:44 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:23:48 >>JOSEPH CITRO: CITRO VOTES YES.
12:23:51 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
12:23:52 >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU EVERYONE.
12:23:55 THAT'S ALL, MR. CHAIR.
12:23:56 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CITRO, ANYTHING FURTHER, SIR?
12:23:59 >>JOSEPH CITRO: NOTHING TODAY.
12:24:04 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:24:05 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA, ANYTHING?
12:24:09 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO, SIR.
12:24:10 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:24:10 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON, IF YOU WILL TAKE THE GAVEL
12:24:19 ONE MORE TIME, PLEASE.
12:24:21 I HAD SEVERAL NEIGHBORS OF THE -- CALL ME, AND WAS
12:24:25 DELIGHTED ABOUT THE DISCUSSIONS IN THE COMMUNITY AS
12:24:28 RELATES TO EAST TAMPA PARTNERSHIP, AS IT RELATES TO CAC
12:24:31 BOARD, AS IT RELATES TO TREE TRIMMING, AND A LOT OF
12:24:34 ISSUES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
12:24:36 AGAIN, THE BIG ISSUE IS THE INCLUSION.
12:24:40 AND I BELIEVE THAT THE EAST TAMPA PARTNERSHIP BOARD HAD
12:24:48 TIME BUT THAT TIME HAS DWINDLED.
12:24:50 AND LIKE MS. VAN LOAN SAID, THERE'S CONFUSION IN THE
12:24:54 COMMUNITY.
12:24:54 AND WE NEED TO CLEAR THAT CONFUSION UP.
12:24:56 I THINK THERE'S STILL A PLACE FOR IT.
12:24:59 I BELIEVE HOW THE WEST TAMPA CRA IS FUNCTIONING, MAKING
12:25:03 SURE THAT ALL THE COMMUNITY IS PART OF THAT BOARD, THE
12:25:08 MAIN BOARD, AND THAT WAY EVERYONE IS INFORMED OF WHAT'S
12:25:11 GOING ON, AND BRING INFORMATION BACK TO THOSE
12:25:14 COMMUNITIES, AND NOW YOU HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE WORKING
12:25:18 TOGETHER VERSUS ALL THIS DIVISION THAT WE HAVE.
12:25:22 I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT MS. VAN LOAN AND HER
12:25:27 STAFF COME BACK WITH A COUPLE OF IDEAS AND PLANS THAT CAN
12:25:35 FUSE THE CURRENT PARTNERSHIPS TOGETHER, TO MAKE A
12:25:38 COHESIVE PROGRAM TO MOVE EAST TAMPA SMOOTHLY.
12:25:41 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I'LL SECOND YOUR MOTION.
12:25:51 CONFUSED BY IT ALL THE WAY BACK 16 YEARS AGO.
12:25:54 I NEVER UNDERSTOOD WHAT THAT OTHER BOARD WAS, AND WHY IT
12:25:58 EXISTED.
12:26:02 AND ALSO I THOUGHT IN YBOR CITY, SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE GOT
12:26:06 SOME SORT OF -- THERE, TOO.
12:26:09 BUT ANYWAY, WE'LL JUST TAKE ONE AT A TIME BUT I'LL SECOND
12:26:12 YOUR MOTION.
12:26:13 >>BILL CARLSON: MR. CHAIR.
12:26:20 I'M SERVING AS CHAIR, SORRY.
12:26:22 ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?
12:26:26 COULD I JUST WEIGH IN?
12:26:30 I WOULD MAYBE ASK THAT YOU REQUEST IN SOME KIND OF PUBLIC
12:26:35 DISCUSSION, PUBLIC MEETING, SO THAT WE CAN HEAR FEEDBACK
12:26:38 FROM THE PUBLIC BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE WITH STRONG
12:26:40 VIEWS ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS ISSUE, AND WE NEED TO MAKE
12:26:42 SURE THAT THOSE VOICES ARE HEARD.
12:26:44 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK IT'S PART OF THE MOTION THAT
12:26:50 MS. VAN LOAN COME BACK WITH A COUPLE OF IDEAS OF THE PLAN
12:26:54 OR SOME EXISTING PLAN THAT THE CRA HAS BEEN USING AND
12:26:57 THAT WAY WE CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION.
12:27:00 >>BILL CARLSON: ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?
12:27:02 ALL RIGHT.
12:27:03 MADAM CLERK, ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
12:27:04 >>THE CLERK: DINGFELDER?
12:27:11 DINGFELDER?
12:27:11 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
12:27:13 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:27:16 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:27:18 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:27:20 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:27:23 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:27:25 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:27:27 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
12:27:29 >>BILL CARLSON: ANYTHING ELSE, MR. CHAIR?
12:27:33 DO YOU WANT IT BACK?
12:27:35 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
12:27:38 DO ANY OTHER COUNCILMEN HAVE ANYTHING ELSE?
12:27:41 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
12:27:44 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION BY MR. MIRANDA, SECOND BY MR.
12:27:47 MANISCALCO.
12:27:48 ANY DISCUSSION?
12:27:49 ANY DISCUSSION?
12:27:51 ROLL CALL VOTE.
12:27:53 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
12:27:56 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:27:58 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:28:01 >>LUIS VIERA: (NO RESPONSE).
12:28:07 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:28:09 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:28:10 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:28:13 >>CHAIRMAN: MOTION CARRIED.
12:28:16 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA ABSENT AT VOTE.
12:28:19 >>ORLANDO GUDES: IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE SERVING WITH YOU
12:28:24 TODAY.
12:28:24 MEETING ADJOURNED.
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