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TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2020
9:00 A.M.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
I CALL THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER.
I YIELD TO COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER FOR THE
INVOCATION.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
IT'S A GREAT PLEASURE OF MINE TO INTRODUCE A GOOD
FRIEND OF MINE AND ALL OF OURS, REVEREND DR.
THOMAS SCOTT TO GIVE US THE INVOCATION THIS
MORNING.
AND LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY GOOD
FRIEND TOM SCOTT.
REVEREND DR. THOMAS SCOTT WAS BORN TO THE LATE
WILLIAM SCOTT AND LATE JESSE LEE SCOTT AND IS A
NATIVE OF MACON, GEORGIA, CALLED TO THE MINISTRY
IN AUGUST 1971 UNDER REVEREND GH WILLIAMS OF THE
COMMUNITY CHURCH OF GOD IN MACON.
HE'S A GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA
IN JACKSONVILLE WHERE HE EARNED HILLSBOROUGH BA IN
CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND A MINOR IN SOCIOLOGY,
ATTENDED THE -- WITH A MASTERS IN BIBLICAL STUDY,
A RECIPIENT OF THE DOCTOR OF DIVINITY DEGREE
CONFIRMED UPON HIM OF SOUTHERN SCHOOL OF MINISTRY,
AND CONFERRED JULY 29, 2006.
IN NOVEMBER 1996, TOM SCOTT WAS ELECTED TO
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COMMISSION AND WAS REELECTED
TWO ADDITIONAL TERMS.
HE SERVED AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS FROM 97 TO 98, WAS REELECTED AS
CHAIR FOR TWO ADDITIONAL TERMS IN 02 AND 03, MORE
RECENTLY ELECTED TO JOIN US ON TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
I HAD THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO SERVE WITH HIM
WHERE HE WAS SWORN IN IN 2007.
QUICKLY, I THINK HE BECAME OUR CHAIRMAN, TOO.
DR. SCOTT IS A MAN WHO CARES DEEPLY FOR OUR
COMMUNITY AS REFLECTED BY ALL OF HIS SERVICE THAT
I HAVE PREVIOUSLY SPOKEN TO.
IN ADDITION HE SERVED ON THE AVIATION AUTHORITY,
HOSPITAL AUTHORITY, HART BOARD, STATE FAIR
AUTHORITY, MPO, CONVENTION VISITORS BUREAU, PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, EMERGENCY POLICY BOARD,
AND MANY, MANY OTHER BOARDS AND AGENCIES.
DR. SCOTT BECAME THE PASTOR OF 22ND STREET CHURCH
OF GOD IN 1980 AND LED THE CHURCH IN BUILDING A
NEW EDIFICE WHICH IS NOW NAMED THE 34th STREET
CHURCH OF GOD WHERE HE SERVED AS SENIOR PASTOR FOR
37 YEARS.
IT HAS TO OVER 800 MEMBERS.
HIS VISION INCLUDES REOPENING OF KING'S KIDS
CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, ONE OF THE PREMIERE SCHOOLS IN
TAMPA, TAMPA BAY FAMILY AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COORDINATOR IN ANY CASE, SHARED MINISTRY REACHING
AND TOUCHING LIVES.
TOM SERVINGS AS CHAIRMAN OF THE FLORIDA STATE
ASSOCIATION OF CHURCH OF GOD.
HE'S BEEN MARRIED TO HIS LOVELY WIFE FOR 41 YEARS.
DON'T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT.
THEY HAVE TWO TONS, MARCUS AND MARLAN, ONE
DAUGHTER MARIA AND 12 GRANDCHILDREN.
DR. SCOTT, IF YOU WILL LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION
AND WE WILL STAND FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE.
>> DR. TOM SCOTT: WE WHAT A JOY TO COME AND GIVE
THE INVOCATION.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THIS IS YOUR LAST MEETING
FOR THE YEAR SO WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL END ON A
HIGH NOTE, ONE OF THE GREAT PRIVILEGES.
SHALL WE PRAY?
WE ARE ALWAYS REMINDED OF YOUR WORD, AND THAT IS
THAT WE COME INTO YOUR PRESENCE, SO TODAY WE THANK
YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE THAT IS OURS.
WE CELEBRATE DURING THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.
WE PRAY FOR THE JOY OF THESE SEASONS, THAT YOU
WILL BLESS ALL OF US IN THESE TIMES THAT WE ARE
NOW IN.
WE PRAY NOT ONLY FOR THIS CITY COUNCIL, WE PRAY
THAT YOU WILL BLESS THEM AND GIVE THEM WISDOM,
MAKE THOSE DECISIONS THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR
COMMUNITY.
SO THAT THE COMMUNITY MIGHT BE A BETTER PLACE FOR
ALL ITS CITIZENS.
WE PRAY FOR THOSE IN WASHINGTON, FOR THOSE IN THE
STATE LEGISLATURE HERE, AND PRAY FOR OUR MAYOR AND
OUR COUNTY COMMISSION.
YOU HAVE TOLD US TO PRAY FOR THEM.
THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN AUTHORITY, BUT YOU ARE THE
ULTIMATE AUTHORITY.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT TODAY.
WE THANK YOU FOR THIS NATION, THIS COUNTRY, ONE OF
THE GREATEST NATIONS UPON THE EARTH.
WE PRAY THAT YOU CONTINUE TO BLESS AMERICA, WHAT
SHE STANDS FOR, PRAY THAT SHE WILL NEVER LOSE
VISION AND FOCUS, CREATED EQUAL, THAT WE ALL HAVE
RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS UNDER THOSE RIGHTS.
SO WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY, FOR THIS BODY, AND I
PRAY THAT YOU WILL BLESS THEM AND TAKE CARE OF
THEM, AND WATCH OVER THIS COMMUNITY.
AMEN.
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ]
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
>>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
>>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE.
>>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: HERE.
>>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
>>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
>>MARTIN SHELBY: TODAY IS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17,
2020, AND AS DR. SCOTT SAID, THIS IS YOUR LAST
MEETING OF THE YEAR.
WE ARE HERE AT THE TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER BECAUSE
THIS MEETING IS HELD DURING THE COVID-19 STATE OF
EMERGENCY, AND WE ARE CONDUCTING THIS MEETING
LIVE, AND AS YOU HEARD, YOU HAVE THE IN-PERSON
QUORUM PRESENT.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH CONSIDERATIONS,
THERE IS AN OPTION OF REMOTE PARTICIPATION
REFERRED TO BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA COMMUNICATION
ITSELF MEDIA TECHNOLOGY OR CMT.
THE MEETINGS ARE HELD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
EMERGENCY RULES OF PROCEDURE, AS ADOPTED BY
RESOLUTION 2020-225 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION
NUMBER 2020-490 AND AS MAY BE AMENDED BY CITY
COUNCIL.
THE PUBLIC AND THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA ARE ABLE TO
WATCH, VIEW AND LISTEN TO THIS MEETING ON SPECTRUM
CHANNEL 640, FRONTIER CHANNEL 15 AND ON THE
INTERNET AT WWW.TAMPAGOV.NET/LIVESTREAM.
SINCE THIS MEETING IS CONDUCTED WITH THE OPTION OF
CMT, THERE ARE ALTERNATIVE METHODS THAT HAVE BEEN
ESTABLISHED FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO
PARTICIPATE AND OFFER PUBLIC COMMENT.
OF COURSE IN PERSON HERE, SPEAKING REMOTELY BY
PREREGISTERING, VIA WEB ON THE INTERNET AND WEB BY
E-MAIL, BY VOICE MAIL, AND BY U.S. MAIL.
ALSO, PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL WRITTEN OR VOICE MAIL
COMMENTS FOR LEGISLATIVE MATTERS HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED AND HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO CITY
COUNCIL, AND ARE BEING MADE PART OF THE RECORD,
AND IF ANYBODY NEEDS INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOW TO
PARTICIPATE REMOTELY, THOSE ARE ON THE CITY
COUNCIL'S WEBSITE AT TAMPAGOV.NET/CITY COUNCIL,
ONE WORD.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
AND THAT CONCLUDE MY COMMENTS FOR THIS PART OF THE
MEETING.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE GO TO APPROVAL OF THE
AGENDA AND THE ADDENDUM.
COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, DO YOU HAVE ANY ITEMS THAT
YOU WANTED PULLED?
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES, MR. CHAIRMAN.
I WOULD LIKE A SEPARATE VOTE ON ITEM 26.
I HAD SOME QUESTIONS.
I RECEIVED SOME ANSWERS FROM STAFF THAT I WOULD
LIKE A VOTE ON SEPARATELY.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO
APPROVE IF ADDENDUM AND -- TO THE AGENDA AND THE
AGENDA?
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ALL RIGHT.
ANY OPPOSED?
WE'LL GO TO CEREMONIAL ACTIVITIES AND
PRESENTATIONS.
COUNCILMAN CITRO.
>>JOSEPH CITRO: GOOD MORNING, CITIZENS IN THE
AUDIENCE, CITIZENS ON TV.
IT HAS BEEN QUITE A LONG TIME SINCE WE HAVE GIVEN
A COMMENDATION TO THE OFFICER OF THE MONTH, AND
BECAUSE OF COVID, WE HAVE RUN INTO A FEW PROBLEMS,
NONE OF WHICH ARE GOING TO DECREASE THE THANKS
THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR TPD OFFICERS, ESPECIALLY THIS
OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
THAT'S WHY WE MAKE ARRANGEMENTS -- ERASERS ON
PENCILS, BECAUSE WE TEND TO MAKE MISTAKES.
MR. MS. PORTMAN COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY BUT SHE
SAYS SHE WILL CATCH UP WITH YOU AT A DIFFERENT
TIME.
I KNOW YOU HAD SO MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH HER BUT
SHE STILL HAS SOMETHING VERY NICE TO GIVE YOU.
THE OFFICER OF THE MONTH IS DETECTIVE CURTIS L.
WILLIAMS, AND I BELIEVE THE CHIEF WILL BE ABLE TO
EXPLAIN MUCH BETTER ON WHY THIS OFFICER IS
DESERVING OF THE OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
CHIEF.
>> CHIEF: GOOD MORNING.
LEE BERCAW, ASSISTANT CHIEF OF POLICE OF THE TAMPA
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IT'S MY HONOR TO BE HERE ON BEHALF OF CHIEF --
[~AUDIO DISTORTION~]
I'LL WAIT TILL SHE CLEANS IT.
IT'S MY HONOR TO BE HERE ON BEHALF OF CHIEF BRIAN
DUGAN TO PRESENT OUR OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
IT'S BEEN A WHILE, SO THIS IS A GREAT HONOR, AND
IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT DETECTIVE
CURTIS WILLIAMS.
AS I READ THIS, YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THAT HE IS
THE COMMUNITY POLICE OFFICER THAT EAST TAMPA LOVES
AND ENDORSED OR AT LEAST THE MAJORITY OF THE
CITIZENS THERE BECAUSE HE'S MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN
IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS
THAT LIVE IN EAST TAMPA.
AS YOU ARE ALL AWARE, WE RECEIVE NUMEROUS
COMPLAINTS ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES, AND AS I
READ THROUGH THIS YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THE IMPACT
THAT HE'S MAKING ON THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN
EAST TAMPA.
SO DETECTIVE CURTIS WILLIAMS IS ASSIGNED AS THE
ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES DETECTIVE IN EAST TAMPA.
HE'S HELD THIS ASSIGNMENT SINCE MARCH OF 2020.
IN FACT WHEN HE TOOK THIS ASSIGNMENT HIS
PREDECESSOR WAS LOVED AND ADORED BY THE COMMUNITY
AND NOBODY THOUGHT THAT AN OFFICER COULD REPLACE
OR EVEN MATCH THE PREVIOUS OFFICER THAT DID THIS.
BUT SINCE THEN, HE'S MADE SIGNIFICANT STRIDES AND
REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO HE'S FOCUSED ON SEVERAL OPERATIONS INCLUDING
TARGETING ILLEGAL DUMPING, CODE VIOLATIONS, AND
INOPERABLE VEHICLES.
THE OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN COORDINATED WITH ALL THE
STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY INCLUDING CODE
ENFORCEMENT, CRIMINAL TRACKING, HOMELESS LIAISONS,
NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT, ANIMAL CONTROL.
THE EFFECTS OF DETECTIVE WILLIAMS' OPERATIONS HAVE
RESULTED IN THE REMOVAL OF OVER 20 TONS OF ILLEGAL
DUMPED TRASH, FURNITURE AND DEBRIS, 75 CODE
VIOLATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO CODE ENFORCEMENT
RESULTING IN 60 NOTICES OF VIOLATIONS BEING
ISSUED.
49 -- 495 SNIPE SIGNS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE
CITY'S RIGHT-OF-WAY AND 118 INOPERABLE VEHICLES
HAVE BEEN CARED FOR REMOVAL.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, OVER 50 SEXUAL OFFENDERS HAD
ADDRESS VERIFICATIONS COMPLETED AND 65 PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN EDUCATED ON ANIMAL CONTROL PROPER CARE FOR
THEIR ANIMALS.
DETECTIVE WILLIAMS ALSO COMMUNITIES WITH CITIZENS
AND ATTENDS NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH MEETINGS.
HE'S COMPLETED ABATEMENT REQUESTS FOR ONGOING
PROBLEMS OF RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.
AND HE'S FOCUSING ON CONVENIENCE STORES THAT ARE
NOW RECEIVING SEVERAL COMPLAINTS FROM COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
DETECTIVE WILLIAMS FOR HIS EFFORTS IN THE
COMMUNITY AND THE PRAISE FROM THE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS, HE'S BEING RECOGNIZED FOR HIS
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AND DUTIES AND SERVICE TO
THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA.
THEREFORE HE'S BEEN NAMED OUR OFFICER OF THE MONTH
FOR DECEMBER 2020.
CONGRATULATIONS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> MIKE McARTHUR, STEPPS TOWING SERVICE.
CONGRATULATIONS.
I HAVE TWO AWARDS FOR YOU.
THE FIRST ONE IS ON BEHALF OF TODD STEP'S TOWING
SERVICE, AND THE OTHER IS FROM BUSCH GARDENS WHO
IS UNABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY.
ALSO A PACKAGE TO BUSCH GARDENS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> [OFF MICROPHONE]
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> MARYLOU BAILEY HERE ON BEHALF OF CITY OF TAMPA.
CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU.
I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU DO.
I DID HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OF GOING TO THE CITIZENS
ACADEMY SO GOT A LITTLE TASTE OF HOW HARD YOUR JOB
IS AND HOW YOU HAVE TO MAKE SPLIT SECOND CALLS.
IT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT YOU RISE TO THE TOP AS
OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
I WANT TO THANK YOU PERSONALLY AND THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS.
WE PURCHASED A MEMBERSHIP IN YOUR NAME FOR YOU AND
YOUR FAMILY.
AND IT ALSO ALLOWS YOU TO ATTEND OUR EVENT
CHRISTMAS IN THE WILD GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.
[OFF MICROPHONE]
>>STEVE MICHELINI: GOOD MORNING, DETECTIVE.
WE ARE HAPPY TO BE BACK HERE AGAIN AFTER A
VACATION OF SORTS.
I PREFER NOT TO HAVE THIS KIND OF VACATION MUCH
LONGER BUT WE ARE GOING TO GET OVER IT AND GET
THROUGH THIS.
ON BEHALF OF PRESTIGE PORTRAITS, WE ARE PROVIDING
YOU WITH A GIFT CERTIFICATE SO YOU WILL HAVE YOUR
PORTRAITS TAKEN.
ON BEHALF OF THE CICCIO'S RESTAURANT GROUP WE ARE
PROVIDING YOU WITH A GIFT CERTIFICATE TO GO ENJOY
YOURSELF FOR BREAKFAST, LUNCH OR DINNER AT THEIR
ESTABLISHMENTS.
ON BEHALF OF YUMMY HOUSE CHINA BISTRO, WE ARE
PROVIDING YOU WITH A GIFT CERTIFICATE THERE FOR
LUNCH OR DINNER, YOUR CHOICE.
AND FOR THE METROPOLITAN YMCA WE ARE PROVIDING YOU
WITH A GIFT CERTIFICATE SO YOU CAN GO WORK OUT.
SO CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>>JOSEPH CITRO: THERE ARE OTHERS THAT WANTED TO
BE HERE TODAY.
AGAIN BECAUSE OF COVID-19 WE ARE HAVING TO RETHINK
THE WAY WE ARE DOING THINGS, NOT ONLY HERE BUT IN
OUR NORMAL LIVES.
AND I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND, PEOPLE FROM
CORPORATIONS, THE BUCCANEERS, TAMPA THEATRE, THEY
WILL ALL BE CATCHING UP WITH YOU IN THE NEAR
FUTURE.
DETECTIVE WILLIAMS, BECAUSE OF YOUR DEDICATION TO
SERVICE, COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE, AND GOING ABOVE
AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY, YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN
FOR THIS MARK OF DISTINCTION AS OFFICER OF THE
MONTH.
TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, YOUR PEERS AND SMEAR YOURS,
WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND YOU ON YOUR DEDICATION AND
DILIGENCE.
WE RECOGNIZE YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE A STRONG
COMMUNITY, COLLABORATION, INCREASED
ACCOUNTABILITY, AND WELL-BEING OF THE CITY OF
TAMPA.
IT IS THE HONOR OF THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL TO
PRESENT DETECTIVE CURTIS WILLIAMS WITH THIS
COMMENDATION ON THIS DAY, 17th DAY OF DECEMBER
2020.
DETECTIVE, CONGRATULATIONS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
BEFORE WE GO TO COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE PUBLIC, IF YOU REALLY
WANT TO SEE WHAT THESE OFFICERS, THESE MEN AND
WOMEN GO THROUGH AS POLICE OFFICERS, I RECOMMEND
THAT WHEN -- WHEN THE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY FOR
THE CITY OF TAMPA STARTS BACK UP AGAIN, YOU
ENROLL, AND YOU WILL SEE WHAT THEY GO THROUGH EACH
AND EVERY DAY OF THEIR WORK.
TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. VIERA.
>>LUIS VIERA: DETECTIVE, CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS
GREAT HONOR.
IT'S A REAL PLEASURE AND AN HONEST FOR US TO HONOR
YOU HERE TODAY FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO.
YOU KNOW -- WE KNOW THAT POLICE OFFICERS PLAY SUCH
A VITAL ROLE IN SO MANY IMPORTANT AREAS INCLUDING
THE AREAS THAT WERE MENTIONED BY THE CHIEF AND WE
APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU DO BUT ESPECIALLY IN
THIS TIME OF A PANDEMIC.
YESTERDAY, I'LL TELL YOU ALL A STORY, I HAPPENED
TO GO TO A DOCTOR YESTERDAY, AND I SAW THERE FIRST
RESPONDERS WHO WERE GETTING TESTED FOR COVID, TWO
COPS AND TWO FIREFIGHTERS.
WHAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH, ALL OF OUR
FIRST RESPONDERS INCLUDING OUR POLICE OFFICERS
DURING THIS TIME OF COVID, I DON'T HAVE THE
UPDATED NUMBER ON THE NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERS
WHO HAVE BEEN OUT DUE TO COVID, EITHER QUARANTINE
OR DIRECTLY AFFECTED WITH SYMPTOMS, BUT IT'S A
LOT.
AND JUST KNOW THAT I AND ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF
TAMPA CITY COUNCIL AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE IN THE
CITY OF TAMPA GOVERNMENT, I BELIEVE ALL THE PEOPLE
IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO
AND ALL YOUR SACRIFICE, SIR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO TO SECURE
THIS WELL DESERVED HONOR.
GOD BLESS YOU, SIR.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANYBODY ELSE?
COUNCILMAN GUDES.
>>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP THIS MORNING.
MY FRIEND, YOU HAVE A TOUGH JOB FOR A GUY WHO
NEVER HELD A JOB IN EAST TAMPA, WORKED WITH HIM,
THE RESIDENTS LOVE ROB BECAUSE HE WILL RESPOND,
UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO CLEAN UP SOME OF THE AREAS
IN EAST TAMPA.
A FEW FOLKS DIDN'T LIKE THE DETECTIVE POSITION,
BUT THE RESIDENTS AND TAXPAYERS, THOSE HOMEOWNERS,
THOSE BUSINESSES, THEY DO APPRECIATE THE WORK OF
CLEANING UP EAST TAMPA IN THE AREAS THAT NEED TO
BE CLEANED UP.
I KNOW A COUPLE TIMES QUESTION TALKED ABOUT
GETTING AWAY FROM THAT AND I SAID, NO, WE CAN'T
GET RIPPED OF THAT BECAUSE THAT IS REALLY HELPING
TO CLEAN UP THE AREA TO BRING SOME ECONOMIC
EMPOWERMENT, DEVELOPMENT INTO EAST TAMPA.
SO I SAME TO YOU, YOU ARE GETTING THIS AWARD
BECAUSE YOU FILLED THE SHOES OF ROB.
HE DID ONE HECK OF A JOB.
SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANYBODY ELSE?
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING, SIR.
AGAIN, REITERATING MY FELLOWS HERE, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
YOU KNOW, AS CHIEF BERCAW AND THE REST OF YOU
ATTEST TO THE ROLE OF POLICE OFFICER, AS EXPANDED
I THINK TREMENDOUSLY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
BERCAW IS WORKING ON A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE TO HELP
THOSE FOLKS.
YOU WORK ON ALL SORTS OF ISSUES IN EAST TAMPA IN
TERMS OF OBVIOUSLY LITTER CONTROL, BUT I'M SURE
THERE ARE A HUNDRED OTHER THINGS YOU DO TO HELP
THE COMMUNITY IN NONTRADITIONAL WAYS.
AND WE THINK THAT'S SO IMPORTANT, AND WE
APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO.
THANK YOU.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
>>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
MR. CHAIRMAN.
AS YOU KNOW, ONLY 12 POLICE OFFICERS GET THIS
AWARD EVERY YEAR.
SO WE HAVE A 30-YEAR CAREER, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT
360 POLICE OFFICERS.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT 1,000 POLICE OFFICERS, GIVE
OR TAKE A FEW, HOW IMPORTANT IS YOUR RECOGNITION
TODAY?
TWO THIRD OF POLICE OFFICERS WILL NEVER HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY, AND I AM VERY APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT
YOU HAVE DONE FOR YOUR NEIGHBORS, FOR THE CITY OF
TAMPA, AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE THINGS THAT
WERE MENTIONED, I KNOW YOU HAVE MANY MORE ROLES
THAN THAT, IT MAKES YOU FEEL A LITTLE BIT MORE
COMFORTABLE, WHEN YOU SEE A CITY THAT IS TRYING TO
GET CLEAN, TRYING TO GET THE THINGS DONE RIGHT.
AND I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH EVERYTHING YOU HAVE
DONE FOR THIS CITY.
THANK YOU.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANYBODY ELSE?
>>BILL CARLSON: I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR
YOUR SERVICE, CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY VERY MUCH
APPRECIATE HOW YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES PUT YOUR
LIVES AND REPUTATIONS AND EVERYTHING ON THE LINE
EVERY DAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION.
THANKS TO YOUR FAMILIARIZE FOR THEIR SACRIFICE AS
WELL.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY
ANYTHING, SIR?
>>JOSEPH CITRO: THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY.
>> AFTER 23 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT TOTAL, WHEN I
WAS ASKED TO DO THIS ASSIGNMENT, IT WAS AT THE
BEGINNING, WITH WHAT WAS GOING OWN, BUT I COULDN'T
ALLOW THESE THINGS TO HINDER THE NEEDS OF THE
COMMUNITY.
SO I WANTED TO GO OUT THERE AND FIND OUT WHAT THE
PEOPLE OF EAST TAMPA NEEDED, WANTED, YOU KNOW,
COVID MADE THAT A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
SO I AM HONORED HERE, TO BE HERE TODAY, BUT I
DIDN'T GET HERE ALONE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HELPED ME ALONG THE WAY, WORKED
WITH DEPARTMENTS, CODE, ZONING.
LIKE HE SAID, I RUN ANIMAL CONTROL.
AND JUST EVERYBODY WAS VERY, VERY SUPPORTIVE ALONG
THE WAY TO HELP US GET WHERE WE NEED TO GO.
SO I WANT TO THANK MY FAMILY, FIRST OF ALL, MY
WIFE ESPECIALLY FOR HER NEVER-ENDING SUPPORT.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK STAFF, AND MAJOR JOHNSON FOR
SUPPORTING ME AND MY IDEAS, AND THE COUNCIL FOR
RECOGNIZING ME TODAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CRA FOR BEING SUPPORTIVE
FROM THE VERY, VERY START, AND THE RELATIONSHIP
THERE IS A WONDERFUL ONE THERE, A WONDERFUL GROUP
OF PEOPLE.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ED JOHNSON DIRECTLY, AND
CONGRATULATE HIM IN HIS RETIREMENT.
I THINK HE WILL BE MISSED.
AND THE PEOPLE OF EAST TAMPA.
EVERYBODY HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEW YEAR.
PERHAPS WE CAN GET THE COVID THING UNDER BALANCE
AND REALLY JUST PERPETUATE WHAT IS GOING ON AND
KEEP THE FORWARD MOTION.
SO THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE IT.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA, YOU HAVE
ITEM NUMBER 2.
I KNOW THERE'S A MINUTE VIDEO THAT WILL BE SHOWN
FOR THIS ITEM.
>>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
[~MUSIC~]
>>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR,
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
FIRST IT IS OUR GREAT HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO HAVE
LIVE WITH US TODAY THE CHIEF JUDGE OF THE 13th
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, JUDGE RON FICARROTTA.
HE DIDN'T ASK TO SPEAK BUT I AM GOING TO ASK HIM
TO SPEAK LATER ON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING HERE, JUDGE.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
YOU KNOW, THAT VIDEO WAS A VIDEO THAT I MADE ON MY
EYE PHONE BUILT WAY.
IT'S SO GREAT HOW TECHNOLOGY WORKS THESE DAYS AND
I THINK YOU DON'T GET MUCH BETTER PICTURE THAN THE
RONEX.
BUT WE ARE HERE TODAY TO HONOR TWO WONDERFUL
SERVANTS WHO HAVE GONE BEYOND AND ABOVE THE CALL
OF DUTY.
JUDGE NICK NAZARETIAN AND JUDGE REX BARBAS.
THEY COULDN'T MAKE IT HERE LIVE.
WHAT THESE TWO JUDGES HAVE DONE OVER THE LAST TEN
YEARS IS SO VERY PIVOTAL AND IMPORTANT.
TEN YEARS AGO MYSELF WITH THREE OF MY FRIENDS,
KELLY PRINCE GARDNER, JORGE C AND SANDY SENTARA
BEGAN LAWYERS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION TO MAKE SURE
THAT CHRISTMAS AND BEING WITH SANTA IS SOMETHING
THAT IS NOT JUST RELEGATED TO CHILDREN WITHOUT
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES OR AUTISM, BECAUSE A
LOT OF IDES KIDS WHO HAVE DISABILITIES, THINGS
THAT COME EASILY MAYBE TO OTHER KID DON'T COME SO
EASILY TO THEM AND THEIR PARENTS, SO THE IDEA
BEING THAT LET'S GIVE THEM A SENSORY FRIENDLY
ENVIRONMENT WHERE THESE KIDS CAN BE KIDS.
AND THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
SO TEN AND A HALF YEARS AGO, I PICKED UP THE PHONE
AND I CALLED A FEW PEOPLE.
I REMEMBER CALLING AMY FURIER AND JOHN KYNES AND
EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN SO WONDERFUL OVER THE LAST
TEN YEARS, BUT I CALLED UP JUDGE NICK NAZARETIAN
WHO IS A PROFESSIONAL SANTA.
HE DOES A WONDERFUL JOB FOR SO MANY DIFFERENT
GROUPS, DISABLED SENIOR CITIZENS, MIGRANT WORKERS,
FARM WORKERS, ET CETERA.
HE IS A GOOD AND SPECIAL MAN AND HE OF COURSE
ACCEPTED THE OFFER.
THEN MY NEXT CALL WAS TO STEVE BARBAS, AND I
THINK, STEVE, DO YOU THINK YOUR BROTHER REX WOULD
BE OFFENDED IF I ASKED HIM TO BE SANTA?
I THOUGHT, WELL, HELL, I WOULD BE OFFENDED IF
SOMEONE ASKED ME TO BE SANTA.
JUDGE BARBAS IMMEDIATELY SAID YES.
AND IN 2011 WE HAD ABOUT 70 KIDS SHOW UP AND THEY
CONTINUED TO GO MORE AND MORE EACH YEAR TO THE
POINT WHERE LAST YEAR WE HAD ABOUT 200 KIDS AND WE
HAD TO CUT OFF THE SIGN-UP LIST AFTER ABOUT ONE
HOUR BEING OPEN ONLINE.
WHAT'S REALLY UNIQUE ABOUT THESE TWO MEN, FOR TEN
YEARS, THEY HAVE SEEN ALMOST 1800, 1900, 2,000
KIDS DURING THIS TIME WITH DIFFERENT DISABILITIES,
AND BY THE WAY, OLDER KID, TOO.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE FIVE OR SIX IF YOU HAVE A
DISABILITY TO BELIEVE IN SANTA A.
MY OLDEST BROTHER IS 49 YEARS OLD, GOES ALMOST
EVERY SINGLE YEAR, AND JUDGE NAZARETIAN ASKED ME
BEHIND HIS BEER, WHERE IS YOUR BROTHER?
WHERE IS YOUR BROTHER?
FOR EVERY SINGLE YEAR CHILD AFTER CHILD AFTER
CHILD FOR TEN YEARS HAS SEEN THE FACES OF THESE
TWO MEN, THESE TWO WONDERFUL PUBLIC SERVANTS,
DECENT, COMPASSIONATE, DECENT PEOPLE, AS THE FACE
OF SANTA.
AND SO MANY FAMILIES HAVE SEEN THESE TWO MEN WHO
THEY FIND OUT LATER ARE CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES,
EXPECTED JUDGES IN OUR COMMUNITY, FIND OUT THAT
THESE TWO JUDGES DON'T JUST DO THINGS IN THE BLACK
ROBE, BUT THAT THEY GIVE BACK, AND THESE FAMILIES
EVERY SINGLE YEAR SEE THE WORK OF THESE TWO MEN AS
SO INTEGRAL.
WE HAVE IN ORGANIZATION FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN
WITH US FOR EIGHT, NINE, TEN YEARS, EVERY SINGLE
YEAR COMING BACK TO US, AS THE FAMILY TRADITION,
AND SEEING THESE TWO MEN, AND DOING WHAT THEY DO
TO BE SANTA.
WE HAVE HAD SO MANY WONDERFUL COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
I THINK OF MY GOOD FRIEND MATT MESA, LOTS OF LAW
FIRMS LIKE THE BARBAS LAW FIRM, SANCHEZ, SO MANY
DIFFERENT FOLKS.
BUT THE NUMBER ONE AND TWO PEOPLE THAT I THINK ARE
THE MOST STELLAR ARE JUDGE NICK NAZARETIAN AND REX
BARBAS.
WHEN YOU GO INTO PUBLIC SERVICE IT'S BECAUSE MOST
OF THE TIME YOU WANT TO GIVE BACK, RIGHT?
YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL.
AND WHEN YOU ARE AN ATTORNEY SITTING BEHIND THAT
DESK MAKING WAITING FOR THAT BILLABLE HOUR FOR
WHATEVER IT IS, YOU GO TO YOURSELF, I WANT TO DO
SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIAL THAN WHAT I AM
DOING HERE AT THE OFFICE AND MY LAW FIRM.
AND THESE TWO MEN DID THAT BY BECOMING A JUDGE.
BUT THEY EVEN INCREASED THE STANDARD BY BEING
THERE FOR PEOPLE THAT NEED SOMEBODY TO BE THERE
FOR THEM.
I KNOW THESE TWO PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE WHO COME FROM A
BACKGROUND OF FAITH.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT THOSE WHO HAVE FAITH
SHOULD DO, I ALWAYS SAY THAT JESUS HUGGED THE
LEPERS, RIGHT?
YOU REACH OUT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE UNTOUCHABLE,
PEOPLE WHO NOBODY WANTS TO TALK TO, PEOPLE THAT
PEOPLE FORGET ABOUT.
AND THAT'S WHO THESE TWO MEN THROUGH THEIR
SINCERITY AND HARD WORK HAVE WORKED FOR, FOR TEN
YEARS.
SO IT IS MY GREAT HONOR TO GIVE A TAMPA CITY
COUNCIL COMMENDATION TO THESE TWO GREAT MEN AND
WE'LL LET THEM SPEAK.
LET'S BEGIN WITH A GENTLEMAN WHO IS HERE
VIRTUALLY, JUDGE NICK NAZARETIAN.
DO YOU WANT TO GO, SIR?
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
>> THANK YOU, LUIS, I PROBABLY DON'T DESERVE ANY
OF THAT, NONE OF THAT.
HAPPY HOLIDAY, EVERYBODY.
AND AS EVERYBODY SITS THERE, I KNOW SOME OF YOU
ALL PERSONALLY.
YOU ALL ARE WORKING HARD FOR THE PEOPLE, TOO.
SO I APPLAUD YOU AS WELL, BECAUSE YOU DO THIS DAY
IN AND DAY OUT.
A REAL QUICK NOTE ON THIS PROJECT.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE -- I DON'T HAVE CHILDREN.
I HAVE AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERDS BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY
KIDS.
AND THESE KIDS CAN'T GO TO THE MALL.
THEY CAN'T EXPERIENCE THAT, RIGHT?
AND IT'S SO FUN TO SEE THAT THEY CAN DO SOMETHING,
WITH ALL THE CHALLENGES THEY HAVE IN THEIR LIFE.
BUT THE GREATEST JOY ACTUALLY IS A PARENT, TO SEE
IT IN THEIR PARENTS' EYES.
IMAGINE HAVING A CHILD WITH CHALLENGES, A 24 HOUR
A DAY JOB, RIGHT?
BUT FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES, ONE ON ONE, THEY GET
TO SEE THEIR CHILD WITH SANTA.
YOU CAN'T BUY THAT.
THAT FEELING THEY HAVE IS GREAT.
SO THE WHOLE THING IS, I GET IT.
SO ACTUALLY I APPRECIATE WHAT LUIS SAID AND ALL
THAT AND EVERYTHING BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY,
THIS SAYS A LOT TO ME, AND TO GIVE THAT TO THE
PARENTS, THEY GO THROUGH THIS ALL THE TIME.
I HOPE YOU CAN KEEP DOING IT.
WE ARE ABLE TO DO IT DURING THIS PANDEMIC, BUT
LUIS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING MYSELF AND
JUDGE BARBAS THE OPPORTUNITY.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
WE REALLY ENJOY IT.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE COMMENDATION.
THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL, FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU
DO.
WE ARE ALL TRYING TO MAKE TAMPA BETTER.
SO ON A DAY-BY-DAY BASIS.
THAW THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK THAT YOU DO.
THANK YOU, JUDGE NICK.
AND IT'S FUNNY, JUDGE NICK, SAINT NICK, AND THAT
TO ME IS FOR A REASON.
JUDGE REX BARBAS IS APPEARING VIA TELEPHONE DUE TO
SOME TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGES.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD.
>> FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THIS
CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS HONOR.
BUT LIKE NICK, THE REAL HONOR GOES TO THE PEOPLE
THAT PUT THIS ON YEAR AFTER YEAR AND THE KIDS THAT
COME BACK YEAR AFTER YEAR, DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB
PUTTING ALL OF THIS TOGETHER.
I AGREE IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE CHRISTMAS UNTIL I DO
THIS.
IT IS SUCH A WONDERFUL FEELING TO BE ABLE TO GREET
THESE KIDS THAT CAN'T GO ANYWHERE ELSE.
LIKE NICK SAYS, SEEING THE EXPRESSIONS ON THE
PARENTS' FACES IS INCREDIBLE.
SO I WANT TO THANK THE ORGANIZATION FOR ALLOWING
ME TO DO THIS.
I WANT TO THANK THE PEOPLE WHO PUT IT ON EVERY
YEAR, THAT WORK SO HARD TO PUT IT ON.
AND AS NICK SAID EVERYTHING, REALLY.
AND I REALLY DON'T THINK I DESERVE AN HONOR.
I'M ALMOST EMBARRASSED BY THIS.
I GET SO MUCH OUT OF THIS EVERY YEAR.
AND THANK YOU.
AND LIKE NICK SAID, I WANT TO THANK CITY COUNCIL
FOR ALL THAT IT DOES,
I DON'T -- YOU ALL HAVE DONE SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB.
THANK YOU.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, JUDGE BARBAS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN VIERA, MEMBERS OF THE
COUNCIL, ON BEHALF OF ALL OF OUR JUDGES I WANT TO
THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TO RECOGNIZE
JUDGE BARBAS AND JUDGE NAZARETIAN.
THEY ARE A SHINING EXAMPLE OF OUR LOCAL JUDGES,
MANY OF WHOM TAKE THOSE ROBES OFF, ROLL UP THEIR
SLEEVES, TAKE THEIR PERSONAL TIME, AND GIVE BACK
TO OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ARE ALL PROWLED TO BE PART OF THE CITY OF
TAMPA, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THEM.
>>LUIS VIERA: AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, JUDGE.
SO I WILL HAND YOU IF I MAY THESE COMMENDATIONS,
AGAIN FOR JUDGES NAZARETIAN AND BARBAS.
WE ARE PROUD OF YOU.
YOUR FAMILIES WHO ARE WATCHING ARE SO PROUD OF
YOU.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT JUST MEANS A LOT TO
PEOPLE.
WE LOVE YOU AND I LOVE YOU DEEPLY.
GOD BLESS YOU GUYS AND MERRY CHRISTMAS.
I WILL GIVE IT TO THE CHIEF JUDGE TO HAND TO YOU.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: CHIEF JUDGE.
RON, DON'T RUN OFF.
GOOD MORNING.
WE ARE SO HONORED TO HAVE YOU HERE ON BEHALF OF
ALL THE JUDGES, HOW MANY THESE DAYS, 50/50?
60?
>> 52.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: AND MOST OF THEM YOUNGER THAN
ME.
>> YOUNGER THAN ME, TOO.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: BUT I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT
TO JUDGE NAZARETIAN AND JUDGE BARBAS, THERE HE IS
ON VIDEO NOW, AND HIS LOVELY WIFE, SMILING AND
HAPPY.
BUT I WAS IN FRONT OF JUDGE BARBAS TWO OR THREE
YEARS STRAIGHT, EVERY SINGLE DAY, INCLUDING 911 WE
WERE TOGETHER THAT FATEFUL MORNING.
YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB ON THE BENCH,
OBVIOUSLY, BUT YOUR JUDGES DO AMAZING THINGS OFF
THE BENCH.
WE SEE THEM ALL OVER TOWN DOING JUST FANTASTIC
THINGS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
WE APPRECIATE THE SERVICE THAT YOU GIVE AND THE
LEADERSHIP THAT YOU GIVE, AND ALL OF YOUR GOOD
FOLKS.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY ELSE ON COUNCIL?
>>JOSEPH CITRO: IF I MAY, MR. CHAIRMAN.
IF I MAY PLURALIZE THIS, YOUR HONORS.
PEOPLE DO NOT REALIZE HOW BIG YOUR HEARTS ARE, AND
I THANK YOU BOTH FOR DOING THIS GREAT THING THAT
YOU HAVE DONE WITH AUTISTIC CHILDREN, AND I AM
VERY PROUD TO KNOW BOTH OF YOU.
THE ONLY DISAPPOINTMENT I HAVE IS THAT BOTH OF YOU
DID NOT SHOW UP IN SANTA OUTFITS.
I WOULD HAVE BEGGED THAT I BE ON THE NICE LIST
THIS YEAR.
BUT AGAIN, JOB WELL DONE.
CONGRATULATIONS.
AND THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU.
>>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, AGAIN.
WELL, I HAVE KNOWN -- I CALLED HIM FIG BACK IN THE
DAYS.
AND NICK, WHEN THOSE GUYS FIRST BECAME JUDGES BACK
IN MY LAW ENFORCEMENT DAYS.
PEOPLE LOOK AT PUBLIC SERVICE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
PEOPLE.
THEY DO HAVE A HEART.
THEY DO CARE ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE.
THEY DO CARE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITIES, AND A FINE
EXAMPLE OF JUDGES DOING SOMETHING FOR YOUNG
PEOPLE.
THEY HAVE A HEART AND COMPASSION TO WORK WITH OUR
COMMUNITIES AND WITH KIDS.
I TELL PEOPLE ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE WORKING
WITH FOLKS, KIDS WHO HAVE CHALLENGES, AN
OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT, EXPERIENCE WHAT OTHER
YOUNG PEOPLE DO.
AGAIN I WORKED WITH KIDS ALL MY LIFE SO I DO
UNDERSTAND.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
>>BILL CARLSON: I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SERVICE.
THANKS TO COUNCIL VIERA ALSO.
THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR DOING THIS.
IN CASE THERE ARE ANY KIDS WATCHING INCLUDING
MINE, PROFESSIONAL SANTA IS SOMEONE WHO HELPS
SANTA WHO CAN'T BE IN A PLACE HIMSELF.
>> WELL SAID.
GOOD CALL.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AND I ACTUALLY MET JUDGE
NAZARETIAN TEN YEARS AGO THIS WEEK WHEN HE WAS A
SANTA CLAUS AT SACRED HEART SCHOOL ON FLORIDA
AVENUE.
THE FIRST TIME.
I MET HIM AS SANTA.
AND JUDGE BARBAS, I'M A BIG FAN OF YOUR ART WORK,
YOU AND YOUR WIFE.
I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH YOUR KIDS.
SO I HAVE KNOWN THE BARBAS FAMILY FOR A LONG TIME
AND YOUR BROTHER AND YOUR SISTER-IN-LAW.
SO YOU ARE WONDERFUL FOLKS AND WE APPRECIATE ALL
YOU DO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CONGRATULATIONS.
ALL RIGHT.
NEXT UP IS ITEM NUMBER 3.
COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES.
>>ORLANDO GUDES: GOOD MORNING AGAIN, COUNCIL.
AS THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR PARKS AND RECREATION,
THIS MORNING I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE RECOGNITION TO
OUR PARKS AND RECREATION WHO DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB
FOR US IN OUR COMMUNITY, OUR CHILDREN, OUR EVENTS.
THIS WILL TAKE SOME TIME.
I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP THE RECREATIONAL CREW. I
SEE DEVOS, SHERISA HILL,
JOHN ALLEN, I SAW LISA. THERE'S HEATHER, ERIC.
WHERE IS JOHNSON?
WELL, MY UNDERSTANDING, YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING A
GREAT JOB AND HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR GOLD MEDAL
FINALISTS FROM THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PARKS AND
REC, ELLEN O'SULLIVAN THE DIRECTOR, AND FOR THE
SPONSOR OF THE EVENTS.
AGAIN, AS I READ THROUGH THE BIO OF THE PROGRAMS,
I CAN TELL YOU, SOME AMAZING, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU
ARE BEING RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE BEST, ALL I CAN
TELL YOU IS THAT THE ORGANIZATION ITSELF -- AND
MS. O'SULLIVAN WILL COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS
ABOUT THIS RECOGNITION.
AND BOB.
AND THEN WE'LL DO THE PRESENTATION.
>> I'M SO GLAD WE GOT THE SANTA THING CLEARED UP,
BECAUSE I WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT THAT.
ANYWAY, I'M DR. ELLEN O'SULLIVAN.
I'M REPRESENTING THE ACADEMY OF PARK AND
RECREATION ADMINISTRATION, AND WE OVERSEE THE GOLD
MEDAL AWARD IN EXCELLENCE FOR PARKS AND
RECREATION.
AND WITH ME TODAY --
>> I'M BOB WITH A PRIVATE PARTNER ORGANIZATION.
>> WE APPRECIATE OUR CORPORATE SPONSOR AS WELL.
LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE AWARD.
NUMBER ONE THE COVENANT OFFERED IN FIVE DIFFERENT
POPULATION GROUPS.
AND IT'S LIKE MAKING THE PLAYOFFS, WHICH THOSE OF
YOU WHO LIVE IN THIS AREA ARE SO FAMILIAR WITH.
THE PURPOSE OF IT IS KIND OF TWO FOLD.
IT'S ONE, TO RECOGNIZE THOSE DEPARTMENTS WHO
REALLY REACH OUT AND HAVE A FEEL FOR THEIR
COMMUNITY.
AND THE SECOND PART IS TO RECOGNIZE THE EXCELLENCE
IN THE WAY IN WHICH THEY USE THE RESOURCES THAT
THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN.
NOW, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE IN
CHARGE OF -- AND I HOPE I CAN REMEMBER ALL OF
THEM, BECAUSE THERE ARE LOT A -- NOT A LOT OF
DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE SUCH A BROAD RANGE OF
SERVICES.
THERE'S PARKS.
THERE'S RECREATION.
THERE'S AQUATICS.
THERE'S ATHLETICS.
THERE'S COMMUNITY CENTERS.
PROGRAMMING.
URBAN FORESTRY, OKAY, THAT'S A CRITICAL ONE.
AND THEY DO THIS WHILE THEY HAVE OVERSIGHT WITH
ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE AND SECURITY.
THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY BEYOND SPECIAL.
THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR THEY HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED
AS A FINALIST FOR THIS EXCELLENCE, AND WE ARE
BEYOND PROUD OF THEM.
I WAS GOING TO POINT OUT SOME OF THEIR OUTSTANDING
OUTCOMES FOR THE CITY, BUT I DID WANT TO JUST TAKE
THIS CHANCE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT HERE IS A
DEPARTMENT THAT DURING THE COVID, WHEN THEY WERE
JUST CHILDREN LEFT OUT ON THEIR OWN, THEY WERE ONE
OF THE VERY FEW DEPARTMENTS IN THE COUNTRY THAT
WENT AHEAD AND FOUND SAFE WAYS TO PROVIDE DAY
CATCHES FOR THESE CHILDREN AND THE WAY IN WHICH IT
EXISTED.
THEIR PARENTS AS WELL.
SO THEY REALLY ARE EXCEPTIONAL.
AND WE SO APPRECIATE THEM.
THE OTHER THING IS, I KNOW THAT IT TAKES A TEAM.
AND SO WE HAVE PART OF THE TEAM HERE TODAY THAT WE
WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, AND WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO
RECOGNIZE THE OTHER CITY EMPLOYEES AND DEPARTMENTS
THAT THEY WORK WITH AND SUPPORT THEM AS WELL AS
THE APPOINTED AND ELECT OFFICIALS WHO PROVIDE
THEIR FRAMEWORK.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE KIND OF SUPPORT THAT YOU HAVE
GIVEN THEM, AND THEY HAVE TAKEN THEIR PLEDGE
SERIOUSLY IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
DO.
>> ON BEHALF OF THE ACADEMY OF PUBLIC PARKS AND
RECREATION ADMINISTRATION, AND OUR SPONSOR MUSCO,
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR NOT
JUST WINNING THIS AWARD, WHICH IS EXCEPTIONAL, BUT
ALSO FOR THE KIND OF THINGS THAT YOU LET HAPPEN
FOR THE CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS OF TAMPA.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>>ORLANDO GUDES: MY WIFE IS SAYING, I FORGOT TO
PLAY THE VIDEO.
SO IF YOU CAN PLAY THAT.
>> LOCATED ALONG TAMPA BAY, THE FAST-GROWING CITY
OF TAMPA HAS NEARLY 400,000 RESIDENTS.
WE BENEFIT FROM THE ABUNDANT NATURAL RESOURCES OF
THE DAY, WHICH IS FLORIDA'S LARGEST OPEN WATER
ESTUARY.
THE UNIQUE TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURE OF THE AREA
COMBINED WITH THE RICH AND DIVERSE CULTURAL
HISTORY OF OUR PEOPLE CREATES A WORLD-CLASS CITY.
THE TAMPA PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IS
COMMITTED TO PROVIDE QUALITY PARKS AND RECREATION
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL AND STRIVES TO MEET THE
DEMANDS OF OUR GROWING COMMUNITY.
WE ARE PROUD TO SUPPORT THE NATIONAL RECREATION
AND PARK ASSOCIATIONS THREE PILLARS OF HEALTH AND
WELLNESS, CONSERVATION, AND SOCIAL EQUITY THROUGH
OUR PARKS, FACILITIES, PROGRAMS, AND EVENTS.
PARKS AND RECREATION SERVES OUR ACTIVE COMMUNITY
AND HAS RECENTLY CREATED A COMMUNITY ROWING
PROGRAM, INTRODUCING PEOPLE TO THE SPORT AND
HOSTING VISITING TEAMS FROM THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO YOUTH SPORTS ON BOTH
RECREATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL LEVELS, WORKING
WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS, WE HAVE STANDARDIZED
COACHING GUIDELINES TO ENSURE PARTICIPANT SAFETY.
LIVING IN FLORIDA WHERE SWIM SEASON IS YEAR ROUND,
WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY AROUND
WATER.
TAMPA PARKS AND RECREATION HAS PARTNERED WITH
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND OTHER LOCAL SPONSORS TO
PROVIDE FREE SWIM LESSONS.
TAMPA PARKS AND RECREATION ALSO PROMOTES HEALTH
AND WELLNESS BY MANAGING A MULTI-FACETED PARK
SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES IMPORTANT URBAN LIVING AND
OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH NATURE CLOSE TO
WHERE OUR RESIDENTS LIVE.
A MAJOR FOCUS FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA IS
SUSTAINABILITY, AS WE LOOK TOWARD THE FUTURE AND
THE WORLD WE WANT TO LIVE IN.
TAMPA PARKS AND RECREATION MAINTAINS MUCH OF THE
CITY'S URBAN FOREST WHICH HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR
HAVING THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF TREE CANOPY IN
THE WORLD.
OUR URBAN FORESTRY DIVISION MAINTAINS TREES TO BE
REDUCE HAZARDS AND RESPONDS TO BE TREE EMERGENCIES
INCLUDING RECOVERY ACTIVITY AFTER STORMS.
WE RECENTLY LAUNCHED THE "BE FREE BAY" INITIATIVE
TO DISCOURAGE EVENT PARENTS FROM THROWING BEADS
AND OTHER TRASH INTO OUR WATERWAYS.
THE INITIATIVE INCLUDED A PUBLIC OUTREACH CAMPAIGN
FOLLOWED BY VOLUNTEERS WHICH REDUCED IMPACTS TO
OUR WATERWAYS.
FACILITY EXPANSION AND INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES.
OUR PROGRAMS PROVIDE CONFIDENT ENGAGEMENT AND
DEVELOPMENT SKILLS.
WE STRIVE TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO PROGRAM
PARTICIPATION SO WE KEEP MANY OF OUR PROGRAMS LOW
COST OR FREE AND PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THOSE
WHO MAY NEED ASSISTANCE.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO INCLUSION AND ACCESSIBILITY BY
GROWING OUR THERAPEUTIC RECREATION OFFERINGS ALONG
WITH DESIGNING NEW PARK SPACES THAT TAKE INTO
ACCOUNT PEOPLE OF ALL ACTS, SPECIALIZED TRAINING
HAS EMPOWERED OUR STAFF TO BETTER MEET COMMUNITY
NEEDS.
PARKS AND RECREATION BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER
THROUGH OUR PROGRAMS AND EVENTS, AND WE HAVE MUCH
TO CELEBRATE.
THE GASPARILLA PIRATE INVASION BRINGS NEARLY A
HALF MILLION PEOPLE OUT TO CELEBRATE IN A UNIQUELY
TAMPA FASHION.
NEW AND INNOVATIVE EVENTS HAVE RESTORED LIFE TO
ANNUAL HOLIDAY TRADITIONS SUCH AS THE BOOM BY THE
BAY INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION.
OUR RECENT BOOTY DROP FEATURED A 3-D PROJECTION OF
A PIRATE CHEST DOWN ONE OF TAMPA'S MOST ICONIC
BUILDINGS TO RING IN 2020.
THE CITY IS CURRENTLY PREPARING TO HOST SUPER BOWL
55 IN 2021 WHICH WILL BRING THOUSANDS OF VISITORS
AND RESIDENTS ALIKE INTO OUR PARKS TO EXPERIENCE
THE NFL FESTIVITIES.
WHAT WE RECENTLY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GATHER AND
ENJOY ALL THAT TAMPA HAS TO OFFER, WE REACH THE
COMMUNITY IN OTHER WAYS, WHETHER CONDUCTING OUR
SUMMER CAMPS TO ENSURE THE SAFEST POSSIBLE
EXPERIENCE OR ENGAGING WITH OUR RESIDENTS
VIRTUALLY.
TAMPA PARKS AND RECREATION WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD
IN MEETING OUR CITY'S NEEDS FOR HIGH QUALITY
RECREATION.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
TAMPA CITY COUNCIL IS PROUD TO HONOR THE CITY OF
TAMPA PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AS A GOLD
MEDAL FINALIST FOR 2018, 2019, 2020, IN ACHIEVING
EXCELLENCE IN THE FIELD OF PARK AND RECREATION
MANAGEMENT FOR THE AMERICAN ACADEMY FOR PARKS AND
RECREATION ADMINISTRATION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATIONS.
AS NATIONAL GOLD HONOR COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE
COMMUNITIES THAT DEMONSTRATE LONG RANGE PLANNING,
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE APPROACHES TO
DELIVER PARKS AND RECREATION SERVICES, AND IN
KEEPING WITH THE VISION OF PARKS AND RECREATION,
THE HIGHEST PRIORITY IS ADVANCE THE QUALITY OF
LIFE BY DELIVERING CONSISTENT SERVICES TO MAINTAIN
QUALITY PARKS FACILITIES AND INSTILLING COMMUNITY
PRIDE. THIS DEPARTMENT HAS MADE A TREMENDOUS
IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF COUNTLESS CITIZENS ACROSS
OUR CITY.
TAMPA CITY COUNCIL PRESENTS THIS COMMENDATION ON
THE 17th DAY OF DECEMBER 2020.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, PARKS AND REC.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
SHERISHA HILLS, INTERIM DIRECTOR PARKS AND
RECREATION.
FIRST, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN GUDES.
I TRULY APPRECIATE THIS HONOR.
THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR WHICH TO ME IS A
TESTAMENT TO OUR AMAZING STAFF AND THEIR
DEDICATION TO THE CITIZENS OF OUR GREAT CITY.
ALTHOUGH THIS YEAR WAS NOT THE YEAR TO WIN, IN MY
EYES OUR TEAM IS A WINNER EVERY DAY AND IT'S AN
HONOR AND PLEASURE TO WORK WITH THEM.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE HIGHEST STANDARD
INFORM TAMPA NOW AND IN THE FUTURE.
JUST AGAIN WANT TO THANK YOU, WANT TO THANK THE
STAFF THAT'S BEHIND ME BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT STARTS
AT THE TOP, SO WE HAVE ALL OF OUR MANAGERS, AND
SUPERINTENDENTS OR DEPUTIES THAT ARE HERE, BUT IT
TRULY STARTS WITH THEM, AND PUSHING IT DOWN TO THE
STAFF, AND TO THE COMMUNITY, AND MOST OF ALL WE
WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR THEIR SUPPORT TO
US, WITH US, FOR US, AND AGAIN THANK YOU, COUNCIL,
FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT IS PUBLIC COMMENT.
THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND USE THE ALTERNATING
PODIUM AS YOU COME UP.
WE WILL GO WITH THOSE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE FIRST,
AND THEN WE WILL GO TO THE REGISTERED SPEAKERS
ONLINE.
AND THEN WE HAVE TWO RECORDINGS, VOICE MAILS THAT
GOING TO BE PLAYED.
>> MENTESNOT, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
HULU MEANS FREEDOM IN SWAHILI.
BUT COMING ALL THE WAY UP TO 1776 THEY SAY YOU
HAVE WHITE PEOPLE 1777 SO YOU HAVE A CONSTITUTION.
AND THEY SAY YOU HAVE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION,
FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM TO ASSEMBLE, ALL THESE
OTHER THINGS.
BUT AFRICAN PEOPLE HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THAT
FREEDOM.
WE AFRICAN PEOPLE HAVE NEVER, NEVER EVER
EXPERIENCED THAT FREEDOM.
RIGHT NOW TODAY.
SOME WHITE PEOPLE DON'T EXPERIENCE IT.
RIGHT HERE THEY SAY YOU HAVE FREEDOM OF
EXPRESSION.
THEY TRY TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU CAN WEAR, WHAT YOU
CAN SAY.
THEY DELAY YOUR SPEECH.
THAT'S NOT FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION.
THAT'S CONTROLLING OF EXPRESSION.
IT'S THE EXPRESSION OF WHAT WHITE PEOPLE WANT YOU
TO EXPRESS.
YOU UNDERSTAND?
AS A CITY COUNCIL, ALWAYS SAYS DO-NOTHING CITY
COUNCIL, A DO-NOTHING LEGISLATURE, DO-NOTHING
EVERYTHING, WHEN IT'S IN REFERENCE TO AFRICAN
PEOPLE.
GARBAGE.
NONE MORE, NOTHING LESS.
LAST WEEK, LET'S LOOK AT THIS THING
RETROSPECTIVELY.
LAST WEEK, A GOD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS.
CALLED FOR PAT FRANK'S RESIGNATION.
THIS WEEK, THEY START OFF WITH A BLACK MAN, A
BLACK MAN, BLACKER THAN ME TALKING ABOUT GOD BLESS
AMERICA, AND GOD BLESS THIS AND THAT.
WHAT IS IT TO A BLACK PERSON TO SAY GOD BLESS
ANYTHING?
620 YEARS OF SUFFERING AFRICAN PEOPLE DO, AND YOU
GOT A BLACK MAN UP THERE TALKING GARBAGE.
IT'S GARBAGE.
IF YOU ARE REALLY BLACK, IF YOU ARE BLACK, THAT'S
NOT THE STANDARD FOR AFRICAN PEOPLE NO MORE.
STANDING AND PLEDGE TO A GARBAGE FLAG AND ALL THAT
IS NOT A STANDARD FOR AFRICAN PEOPLE NO MORE.
THOSE DAYS, WE DON'T MAKE THE CUT.
JUST LIKE THEY DO IN PROFESSIONAL TEAMS.
WE DON'T MAKE THE CUT.
EITHER YOU MAKE IT OR YOU CAN'T MAKE IT.
THEN AFTER THAT, THEY GIVEN ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD
FOR POLICE OFFICERS BUT IT'S CALLED
GENTRIFICATION.
WHEN THEY TAKE US OUT OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND
HARASS US.
IT'S CALLED GENTRIFICATION.
LIKE BLACK PEOPLE STUPID, LIKE WE DAMN STUPID.
WE ARE NOT.
OKAY?
AND THEN AFTER THAT THEY SAY THEY GIVE A CHRISTMAS
AWARD AND JUDGE FICARROTTA, AND THEY DO A
RECOGNITION BECAUSE THEY DO BLACK PEOPLE DIRTY.
A BLACK MAN IN PARTICULAR AND BLACK WOMEN IN
PARTICULAR.
INTIMIDATING US AND HARASSING US THROUGH THIS
CHILD SUPPORT, THROUGH THIS CHILD SUPPORT AGENCY
THAT'S A PRIVATE COMPANY THAT'S OPERATING RIGHT
UNDER PAT FRANK AND UNDER JUDGE FICARROTTA.
BLACK PEOPLE, WE THAT DUMB.
AND THEN THEY GIVE AN AWARD TO PARKS AND
RECREATION BUT GUESS WHAT, IT'S A PUBLIC PLACE
WHERE BLACK PEOPLE THEY HARASS US WHEN WE GO TO
THE DAMN PARK.
THIS IS GARBAGE.
WE ARE 26% OF THE POPULATION.
WE NEED 26% OF ACTIVITIES COMING THROUGH HERE.
WE DON'T NEED 80% OF THE JAIL POPULATION.
LET'S START SOMETHING NEW.
LET'S PICK UP WHITE PEOPLE AND ARREST THEM AND PUT
THEM IN JAIL TO MAKE UP THE POPULATION SO THEN WE
CAN REALLY SAY DISPARITY.
LET'S GETS WHITE PEOPLE AND PUT THEM IN POVERTY TO
SAY YES IT'S FAIRNESS, YES, IT'S EQUITY.
YOU PLAY US CLOSE.
I COME DOWN AND COMPLAIN ABOUT THE NONSENSE THEY
DOING IN THE PARKING DEPARTMENT AND THEY ARE STILL
DOING IT AND NOTHING, IT'S A DO-NOTHING CITY
COUNCIL.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
NEXT SPEAKER.
>> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM JULIE MORENO, WITH THE TAMPA BAY HOUSING
JUSTICE COMMITTEE, A GROUP OF OVER 150 RESIDENTS
COMMITTED TO GETTING A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD.
A DEGREE IN PHILOSOPHY AND HISTORY.
I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO READ THE 13th
AMENDMENT.
UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
IT ABOLISHED SLAVERY EXCEPT FOR PUNISHMENT OF A
CRIME OR A PROCEDURE THAT IS CRIMINALIZED.
IT IS 2020 AND SLAVERY IS LEGAL.
IT HAS ONLY ADDED RAZOR WIRE TO ITS PLANTATIONS
AND BETTER TRAINED THE PEOPLE WHO ENFORCE IT.
I RUN A HOTLINE AND THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY
MESSAGES THAT WE RECEIVED THIS WEEK.
I NEED HELP.
I'M ABOUT TO LEAVE MY HOME TODAY AND I HAVE THREE
KIDS.
I'M A SINGLE PARENT NOW SINCE MY HUSBAND PASSED
FROM COVID.
I USED TO WORK AT NORTHWESTERN BEFORE THIS COVID
VIRUS CAME AROUND.
PLEASE, PLEASE, I JUST NEED ANYTHING TO PROVIDE MY
LANDLORD WITH SOMETHING, ANYTHING.
I CAN'T LEAVE MY HOME.
I JUST LOST MY HUSBAND AND HAVE NO OTHER FAMILY.
PLEASE.
WE NEED GRANTS FOR PROGRAMS LIKE CAHOOTS FOR
HOUSING, COMMUNITY GARDENS, PUBLIC TRANSIT, CHILD
CARE, EDUCATION, AND OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ACTUALLY
DON'T CRIMINALIZE BEHAVIOR.
WE DON'T NEED MORE GRANTS FOR SLAVERY DEPARTMENT
LIKE TPD WHO OPENLY -- USING CITY PLATFORMS, USES
CHEMICAL AGENTS AGAINST CHILDREN, WHICH IS
DOCUMENTED BY THE ACLU, AND DIRECTLY WITH MY OWN
EYES, AND MURDERED ARTHUR GREEN JR. JUST TO NAME A
THE FEW. WE NEED COUNSELORS, NOT COPS.
NOT COUNSELORS WITH COPS.
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE.
THE SOLUTIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN IMPLEMENTED AND
STUDIED FOR YOU AND THEY COST LESS MONEY AND LIVES
THAN SLAVERY.
JUST ASK THE INSTITUTE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
HUMAN ARTS WHICH PROVIDES TRAINING AND RESOURCES
FOR SHIFTING POSITIVE AND PRACTICE AND MENTAL
HEALTH CARE, AND GATHERS EXPERTS FROM ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY TO SHARE STRATEGIES AND SUCCESSES AROUND
ELIMINATING LAW ENFORCEMENT IN CRISIS CARE,
CONTACT MENTAL HEALTH, A MOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE
THAT PROVIDES ASSISTANCE AND RESOURCES AND PUTS
NEEDS FIRST AND BASED ON A CULTURE OF SOLIDARITY
AND MUTUAL AID THAT ALREADY EXISTS IN OUR
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR BECAUSE WE HAVE NEVER BEEN
ABLE TO TRUST THAT YOU CALL POLICE.
PLEASE GIVE US BACK OUR TAX MONEY THAT YOU CLEARLY
NO LONGER MANAGE AND REFUND THE COMMUNITY.
THE BLOOD OF DOMINIQUE, JASON, ARTHUR GREEN JR.
AND SO MANY OTHERS ALREADY ON YOUR HAND.
HOW MANY MORE OF US HAVE TO BE KILLED OR MAIMED OR
CAGED FOR YOU ALL TO OPEN YOUR EYES AND EARS TO
TOTAL SUFFERING THAT EXISTS ALL AROUND YOU?
I DID EVERYTHING I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO.
I HAVE NEVER BEEN ARRESTED.
I GOT THE DEGREE.
I GOT THE -- I WORK FOR THE NONPROFITS.
AND STILL I CAN'T GO TO THE GROCERY STORE.
SO I WOULD REALLY LOVE IT IF YOU PUT MONEY INTO
THINGS THAT WORK AND DON'T HARM PEOPLE LIKE ME
THAT ARE JUST TRYING TO LIVE FREE.
THANK YOU.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER.
WAIT, WAIT.
IS THE MICROPHONE ON?
GO AHEAD.
TRY NOW.
>> HELLO?
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: TRY IT NOW.
>> HELLO.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, GO AHEAD.
>> MY NAME IS KIM DUNMIRE, LONG-TIME RESIDENT OF
TAMPA AND LIVE IN THE BLAKE AREA.
I COME TODAY TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE CONTINUED
TERROR THE TAMPA POLICE HAVE ENACTED AGAINST
INDIGENOUS, BLACK, BROWN, HOUSELESS AND POOR
MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY HAVE STOLEN THE LIVES OF SO MANY.
BECAUSE OF THESE FUNDAMENTAL GRIEVANCES, I OPPOSE
ALL ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS TO THIS
ORGANIZATION.
THIS INCLUDES BOTH THE $375,000 FROM THE FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, THE SO-CALLED
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY, AS MORE POLICING WILL NOT
MAKE US SAFER.
FURTHER, I OPPOSE ANY APPROPRIATION OF FUND FOR
THE UNIFORM PURCHASES OR ANY OTHER PROVIDER.
SO MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY LACK ACCESS TO CLOTHING
DURING THESE COLD MONTHS.
THIS AMOUNT OF AMOUNT OF MONEY COULD KEEP EVERY
SINGLE ONE OF THEM WARM THIS WINTER.
I ASK THAT ANY FUTURE APPROPRIATIONS SUPPORT WHAT
THE COMMUNITY HAS CONTINUED.
WE REQUIRE MORE FUNDING FOR HOUSING.
THE CITY HAS ONLY FUNDED THE HOMELESS INITIATIVE
AT A TINY PERCENTAGE OF THE AMOUNT IT WASTES ON
POLICE.
WE REQUIRE MORE FOOD ASSISTANCE SO THOSE
VULNERABLE CAN ACTUALLY SURVIVE THE PERIL OF THIS
PANDEMIC WHEN JOBS ARE SO HARD TO COME ACROSS AND
THE STRUGGLE FOR PEOPLE EVERY DAY.
EDUCATION FOR THOSE WHO ARE MOST DISENFRANCHISED
SO THEY CAN LIVE FULFILLING LIVES.
WE ARE DYING FROM THE LACK OF HEALTH CARE THAT
EVERY ONE OF US DESERVES BOTH FROM THE OVERLOAD OF
COVID-19 AND OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AS WELL AS THE
FILE WHY YOU ARE TO PROVIDE BASIC SERVICES TO
EVERY CITIZEN.
AS WELL AS THOSE NOT CITIZENS OR MEMBERS OF OUR
COMMUNITY.
WHAT WE DO NOT NEED IS TO SPEND MORE OF OUR TAX
DOLLARS ON BEING TERRORIZED.
USE OF FORCE UNDER BRIAN DUGAN HAS INCREASED BY
24% DURING HISS HIS SPERM TERM.
THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND REQUIRES INTERVENTION.
SO I ASK YOU, THE BOARD, THE REMAINDER OF MY TIME,
HOW WILL YOU KEEP US THE CITIZENS SAFE FROM THIS
TERROR?
THANK YOU.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS MARY SABADA HERE TO SPEAK ON AGENDA
NUMBERS 24 AND 25, THE WATER METER READING
SERVICES AND SMART PHONE METER READING SOFTWARE.
THIS IS SIMILAR TO MY SPEECH OF TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN
I CAME SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA NUMBER 11 ITEM THAT
YOU HAD FOR VERIZON 5-G.
THIS IS SMART METER TECHNOLOGY THAT USES THE SAME
FREQUENCIES SO I AM GOING TO READ SOME STATEMENTS
FROM SOME ARTICLES.
IT IS STRONGLY ASSOCIATED WITH SERIOUS HEALTH
PROBLEMS AND ONE OF THESE IS BRAIN CANCER.
SMART METERS FREQUENCY RADIATION IS CLASSIFIED AS
A CLASS 2-B CARCINOGEN.
THIS FORM OF ENERGY CAN BE A COMBINATION OF
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS THAT LEAD TO CANCER AND OTHER
SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS.
THE USE OF WIRED METER IS THE MOST RECOMMENDED
SOLUTION FOR THIS ISSUE.
THE AUTHORITIES MUST BE ABLE TO DEVELOP AND
IMPLEMENT BEST PRACTICES TO REDUCE EXPOSURE AND
HEALTH RISKS.
A SMART READER SEND OUT BLASTS OF UP TO 60,000
MEGAWATTS, OF RADIATION WHICH IS 60 TIMES THE U.S.
SAFETY LIMIT, EVERY 30 TO 45 SECONDS DEPENDING ON
HOW THE SPECIFIC POWER COMPANY HAS IT SET UP.
THEY ALSO ELIMINATE THE HIGHLY TOXIC ELECTRIC
ELECTRICITY THAT THE SMART METER CONNECTS TO.
HUNDREDS OF INDEPENDENT PEER REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC
STUDIES WITH THESE NONIONIZING, LIKE TINNITUS,
CANCER, CNAA DAMAGE ESPECIALLY IN INFANTS AND
FETUSES AND MAIL INFERTILITY.
ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BEDROOM WALL, SOME PEOPLE
HAVE NOTICED DISTURBANCE OF SLEEPING WHEN THESE
BLASTS HAPPEN.
FROM A SMART READER, IT AFFECTS EVERY ELECTRICAL
CIRCUIT BECAUSE IT IS CONNECTED TO THEM ALL, AND
SINCE A SMART METER OFFERS CURRENT IT CREATES
ELECTRICITY RADIATING FROM THE WALLS OF ELECTRICAL
WIRING IN EVERY CIRCUIT IN THE HOME.
YOU CAN NEVER TURN IT OFF.
THEY HE MIGHT HIGH LEVELS OF READIATION 24/7.
SMART READERS EXPOSE PEOPLE TO THE EQUIVALENT OF
160 CELL PHONES.
THAT TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION ALSO KNOWN AS
CYCLE OF HAPPENING THOUSANDS OF TIMES A DAY.
ALL THAT RADIATION IS NOW CAUSING MAJOR HEALTH
PROBLEMS FOR PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THE
WORLD.
THERE ARE LAWSUITS.
SUDDEN INCREASE IN DIZZINESS, HEART PALPITATIONS,
ANXIETY AND SLEEP PROBLEMS ARE SOME OF THE ISSUES.
I COULD GO ON BUT I AM SHORT ON TIME.
TECO HAS ALREADY IMPLEMENTED THESE AS YOU ARE
AWARE.
WE HAVE NOW PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY IN TAMPA, SO
THAT IS A SEPARATE ISSUE OF TRYING TO GET RIDDLE
OF THIS FOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF EVERYBODY.
TODAY'S AGENDA IS JUST FOR THE WATER METER
PROGRAM, BUT IS TRYING TO IMPLEMENT A SIMILAR
SERVICE, BUT I DON'T THINK -- I JUST WANT
EVERYBODY TO BE AWARE OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY
IMPLICATIONS BEFORE A DECISION IS MADE.
THANK YOU.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER.
THEN WE GO TO THE REGISTERED SPEAKERS ONLINE.
>> GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN.
I HAVE BEEN COMING UP HERE FOR 30 YEARS.
I KNOW MR. MIRANDA WHEN I FIRST MET HIM, HE GAVE
ME A THANK YOU CARD FOR BRINGING THIS LOUD MUSIC,
THIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM, TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
I'M JUST THINKING I CAN GO WAY BACK.
MR. JOHN DINGFELDER, CAN'T PRONOUNCE HIS NAME
RIGHT BUT I KNOW WHO I AM TALKING ABOUT.
THIS MAN IS VERY COMPASSIONATE.
HE ALWAYS BEEN THIS WAY.
AND YOU TAKE CAN MR. CHAIRMAN, HE'S VERY
COMPASSIONATE.
RODE AROUND EAST TAMPA, WE SEEN ALL THE DRUG
HOLES, THE CRACK HOLES AND LOUD MUSIC.
WE SEEN IT ALL.
LIKE I TELL HIM, I SAID YOU ARE GOING TO BE OUR
NEXT MAYOR.
WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
BUT ANYWAY, MR. GUDES, HE'S VERY COMPASSIONATE.
HE'S VERY COMPASSIONATE.
BUT SOME OF THE MEMBERS, I DON'T KNOW THEM.
BUT I AM GOING TO LET YOU ALL KNOW I WILL BE 70
YEARS OLD THE 31st OF JANUARY AND I HAVE
ENJOYED LIFE.
LIFE HAS BEEN GOOD TO ME.
I'M HAPPY.
I LOVE TAMPA.
AND I LOVE THIS COUNTRY.
BUT I AM VERY HAPPY WITH -- UNHAPPY WITH THIS LOUD
MUSIC.
I AM TRYING NOT TO TALK SO LOUD, TOO.
WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS NOISE.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM
BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT FACED WITH IT.
THEY GO HOME, THEY DON'T HEAR THIS NOISE.
BUT WHEN YOU ARE HOME AND THIS NOISE AFFECTING
YOU, YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, IT'S SOMETHING ELSE.
AND SOMETIMES I THINK PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS
PROBLEM.
YOU KNOW, EACH ONE OF YOU ALL, HOW WILL YOU ALL
FEEL IF YOU ALL WENT HOME AND GOT TO LISTEN TO
THIS NOISE DAY IN AND DAY OUT?
HOW WOULD YOU FEEL?
HOW WOULD YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, YOUR WIFE AND YOUR
KID, YOUR GRANDCHILDREN, HOW WOULD YOU FEEL TO
HEAR THIS BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, EVERY DAY?
DAY IN AND OUT.
YOU CAN'T GO TO SLEEP.
YOU CAN'T WATCH TV.
HOW WOULD YOU FEEL?
AND ONE OF THE THINGS, I HAVE DID A STUDY, WHEN I
TAKE AN INTEREST IN THINGS, I WATCH EVERYTHING, I
BEEN THAT WAY EVER SINCE I WAS A LITTLE BOY, AND I
GOT WHEN I GOT IN COLLEGE AT FLORIDA STATE
UNIVERSITY IN TALLAHASSEE.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS
NOISE PROBLEM.
IT'S OUT OF CONTROL, THIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM.
AND MS. JUDY ELLIS --
>>> YOU HAVE TO SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE.
YES, SIR.
YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE LECTERN.
>> JUDY ELLIS, SHE'S PRESIDENT OF NOISE FREE
FLORIDA.
ALSO, SHE'S PRESIDENT OF LAKEWOOD ESTATE CIVIC
ASSOCIATION AND THAT'S HER PHONE NUMBER DOWN AT
THE BOTTOM.
SHE'S A RETIRED ENGLISH TEACHER AND SHE SPECIALIZE
IN NOISE.
AND WHAT SHE DO IN ST. PETE, I IMAGINE YOU ALL
INVITE HER HERE FOR THIS WORKSHOP FEBRUARY
25th.
SHE CAN BE VERY HELPFUL TO US.
MOST OF THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE CAUSING THE PROBLEM,
THEY DON'T OWN ANYTHING, THEY DON'T OWN ANY
PROPERTY, THEY DON'T HAVE A VOTING CARD, THEY ARE
A BUNCH OF THUGS AND HOODLUMS TRYING TO TAKE OVER
OUR CITY AND DESTROY IT.
THAT'S ALL YOU HEAR ALL NIGHT LONG.
I HAD TO CALL THE CHIEF NUMBER LAST NIGHT TO LEAVE
A MESSAGE AT 1:30 THIS MORNING ABOUT THIS -- WOKE
ME UP AT 1:30 THIS MORNING. THIS NOISE IS BAD AND
I HOPE YOU ALL WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
I GOT A LITTLE MORE TIME BECAUSE YOU DON'T GIVE
MUCH TIME.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY
OBJECTION TO GIVING HIM A MINUTE?
ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD.
>> I WILL SAY THIS RIGHT HERE.
PEOPLE SILT HERE AND COMPLAIN ABOUT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
WHAT HAPPENED UP THE STATE WITH GEORGE FLOYD HAD
NOTHING TO DO WITH TAMPA.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE OTHER PEOPLE'S FAULT.
SURE WE GOT PROBLEM.
SURE THERE'S SOME BAD POLICE OFFICERS.
BUT THERE'S MORE GOOD POLICE OFFICERS THAN BAD.
AND WE CAN SAY, THESE PEOPLE PUT THEIR LIVES ON
THE LINE FOR US.
HOW MANY PEOPLE TAKE A JOB LIKE THAT?
WE HAVE TO PROTECT THEM LIKE THEY PROTECT US.
IT WORK BOTH WAYS.
AND I ALWAYS TOOK AN UNPOPE LAR STAND.
I WAS THAT WAY IN COLLEGE IN 1976, WHEN WE WAS
ONLY 300 OR 400 BLACKS IN FLORIDA STATE
UNIVERSITY.
WE TOOK OVER THE SCHOOL.
WE HAD A PEACEFUL PROTEST.
AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE JOHN TUCKER, AND THE
PRESIDENT RESIGNED BECAUSE ALL WE WANT WAS BLACK
CURRICULAR PROGRAMS.
AND LOOK AT FLORIDA STATE TODAY.
IT'S ONE OF THE GREATEST SCHOOLS BESIDES THE OTHER
SCHOOLS, FLORIDA, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA.
WE CAME A LONG WAY.
BUT I CAN SIT HERE AND COMPLAIN ABOUT A LOT OF
THINGS.
BUT THIS IS THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
THERE'S NOTHING PERFECT.
AND I JUST THINK PEOPLE SHOULD BE HAPPY.
LIFE IS TOO SHORT.
AND WE MUST PROTECT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT JUST
LIKE THEY PROTECT US.
AND I'M ASKING YOU ALL AGAIN, I NEED YOU ALL HELP
WITH THIS LOUD MUSIC PROBLEM.
BE LIKE ME.
JUST SAY YOU ME.
YOU GO HOME.
YOU GOT TO LISTEN TO THIS LOUD MUSIC.
I JUST NEED YOU ALL HELP.
THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMAN GUDES, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
>> [OFF MICROPHONE]
>> THERE YOU GO.
>>ORLANDO GUDES: GET THE INFORMATION THAT MR.
DANIELS PUT ON THE SCREEN, TO CAPTURE THAT?
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. DANIELS, DO YOU HAVE THE
PHONE NUMBER?
>>ORLANDO GUDES: PUT IT ON THE SCREEN.
IF YOU HAVE AN EXTRA COPY, MAKE SURE YOU GET THAT
TO THE CLERK.
OUR AIDES ARE GONE BECAUSE OF COVID.
THANK YOU, MR. DANIELS.
THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WISH YOU ALL A MERRY
CHRISTMAS.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WAIT, WAIT.
COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. DANIELS, THANK YOU FOR
YOUR KIND WORDS.
AND I CAN ASSURE YOU ALL SEVEN OF US ARE CARRYING,
AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE UP HERE, AND WE ARE TRYING
TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE WORKSHOP.
I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT UP.
I REMEMBER YOU BROUGHT IT UP IN YEARS PAST AND
OBVIOUSLY WE HAVEN'T MADE THE PROGRESS THAT YOU
ARE HOPING FOR.
I RECENTLY MOVED WITHIN A BLOCK OF FLORIDA AVENUE,
JUST NEAR SLIGH, AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF TIMES
EVERY SINGLE NIGHT I CAN HEAR BOOMING DOWN FLORIDA
AVENUE.
SO I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.
I AM GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT DURING THE WORKSHOP
WE GET A REPORT, NOT ONLY ABOUT WHAT OUR RULES
ARE, BUT ABOUT HOW MUCH WE ARE OR AREN'T ENFORCING
THEM.
AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY CRITICAL.
WE CAN PUT ALL THE RULES WE WANT ON THE BOOKS BUT
IF WE DON'T ENFORCE THEM, THEN IT DOESN'T MEAN
ANYTHING.
AND THE LAST THING IS, ON A HOLIDAY NOTE, I HAVE
TO SAY GO GATORS.
I WAS AT FLORIDA IN THE 70s WHEN UP WERE OVER
THERE PROTESTING IN 76.
I KIND OF REMEMBER THAT AND YOU ALL WERE TEARING
IT UP.
SO GOOD JOB.
>> BUT WE DIDN'T TEAR THE SCHOOL UP.
WE WERE VERY RESPECTFUL.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: I MEAN --
>> WE ARE NOT DESTRUCTIVE.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: I JUST MEANT TEARING IT UP NOT
LITERALLY.
>> I UNDERSTAND.
I WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
THANK YOU.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. DANIELS, I KNOW CHIEF OF
STAFF JOHN BENNETT IS LISTENING AND WATCHING AND
HE'S GOING TO EXPLORE WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT
SOME CREATIVE WAYS TO HELP THE SITUATION.
SO YOU ARE BEING HEARD BY PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING
THAT ARE NOT HERE, BUT THIS IS KIND OF VIRTUAL.
COUNCILMAN VIERA.
>>LUIS VIERA: I HAD MY HAND UP.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, SIR, BEFORE THE WORKSHOP,
IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A MEETING WITH ME IN MY OFFICE
AT THE AFOREMENTIONED AREA.
I'M AT 813-274-7073.
LUIS VIERA.
JUST GIVE ME A CALL AND WE CAN MEET SOMETIME IN
JANUARY BEFORE THE WORKSHOP.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WANT TO SAY ONE THING.
THE LAW NEEDS TO BE ENFORCED. THE LAWS ON THE
BOOKS NOW.
THEY JUST NEED TO ENFORCE IT.
THANK YOU.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
IN PERSON.
NOW WE GO TO THE REGISTERED SPEAKERS.
WE HAVE 12.
AND THEN WE HAVE TWO RECORDINGS PLAY AND THAT WILL
SETTLE PUBLIC COMMENT.
>>ORLANDO GUDES: DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK, SIR, THE
GENTLEMAN IN THE BACK?
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE ONE MORE PERSON HERE.
THAT WILL CONCLUDE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE GO
TO --
>> GREETINGS.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
MY NAME IS YOURHIGHNESS TAFARI, THE CO-OWNER
AND EXECUTIVE CHEF OF VEGG'D OUT VEGAN KITCHEN AND
ALSO THE OWNER OF STOP IT MEDIA PRODUCTIONS BOTH
LOCAL ENTREPRENEURSHIPS BASED HERE IN TAMPA.
I CAME HERE TO ASK FOR THIS BOARD A FEW TIMES AND
I SPOKE ACTUALLY ON RECORD DURING THE SUMMERTIME
AT THE HEIGHT OF A LOT OF TENSION WAS GOING ON IN
THE CITY IN REGARDS TO PROTESTING AND THE
RELATIONS AROUND TOWN, AND I ACTUALLY PROPOSED AN
IDEA TO THE CITY COUNCIL SEEKING ASSISTANCE OF
BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER IN THE NAME OF JUST
HAVING REAL OPEN HONEST TRANSPARENT DIALOGUE, AND
SOLVING ANY TYPE OF PROBLEM FIRST IDENTIFYING
CLEARLY WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, AND DECIDING ON
WHAT'S GOING ON LOCALLY AND BEYOND. AND SOCIAL IN
SUCCESS ADVERTISE WHICH HAS REVVED UP A LOT DUE TO
THE KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD AND SO ON THROUGHOUT
THE CITY.
BUT POSING THAT IDEA TO YOU ALL, I DIDN'T GET ANY
REACTION FROM ANYBODY ON CITY COUNCIL.
SAD TO SAY, WITH DIFFERENT ESTABLISHMENTS AROUND
THE CITY AS WELL.
THE THING IS TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER BECAUSE LIKE
I SAID, WE HAVE TO HAVE OPEN AND REAL TALK.
THAT'S THE FIRST STEP IN SOLVING ANY TYPE OF
PROBLEM.
AND I DIDN'T GET ANY KIND OF REACTION FROM ANYONE.
SO IN MY MIND I CAME TO SPEAK AGAIN TO STATE MY
OPINION.
I FEEL THAT AS A CITY COUNCIL, AS LEADERSHIP YOU
HAVE FAILED US IN THE CITY, NOT FROM THE ASPECT OF
DEVELOPING CAPITAL GAIN, OF COURSE, AS YOU LOOK
AROUND, YOU CAN SEE TAMPA IS FLOURISHING BUT IN
THE TRUE ASPECT OF LEADERSHIP, LEADERS RECOGNIZING
THEIR CITIZENS, PEOPLE IN THE CITY WHO ARE HAVING
PROBLEMS, PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING TENSION, THEY WANT
TO BE SPEAK MORE ABOUT IT.
THERE'S A LOT OF MOTION GOING ON BUT I FELT THAT
WE CAN CONSTRUCTIVELY BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, AND I
LOOK TO LEADERSHIP TO BE LIKE, HEY, LET'S GET
PEOPLE TOGETHER HERE AND TALK ABOUT THIS THING AND
SEE HOW PEOPLE REALLY FEEL BECAUSE WE KNOW A LOT
OF TIMES PEOPLE IN SOCIETY HAVE FEELINGS INSIDE
BUT DIFFERENT FEELINGS IN THEIR HEART.
SO I RECOGNIZING THAT, HEY, ANYMORE CHARGE OF
THESE CITIZENS, OR AT LEAST PUT IN PLACE TO HELP
GOVERN THESE CITIZENS.
THEY HAVE A PROBLEM, THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT,
LET'S GET THEM HERE TO TALK ABOUT IT.
WE HAVE SEVERAL OTHER BUSINESSES IN THE AREA THAT
ACTUALLY INITIALLY HAD A LOT OF ENERGY BEHIND THEM
BUT JUST LIKE EVERYTHING IN SOCIETY, EVERYTHING
HAS DIED DOWN, AND I JUST WANT TO COME AND IT'S
SAD TO SAY, I WAS BORN AN RAISED RIGHT HERE AND TO
SEE NOT MAKING GROUNDWORK -- I MEAN, MOVE AROUND
ON A GROUND LEVEL TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TOGETHER
JUST TO BE TRANSPARENT, BE REAL ABOUT THIS AND SEE
HOW THE ESTABLISHMENT, EVEN THE CITY LEADERSHIP.
SO JUST THINK ABOUT THAT ESPECIALLY PEOPLE PUT
INTO POSITION, BUT CAPITAL GAINS TAKES PRECEDENCE
OVER THE EMOTIONS AND TENSIONS PEOPLE SO WE ARE
TRYING TO DEAL WITH THIS OURSELVES.
BUT I DO WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE STARTED THE
CONVERSATION, A PODCAST CALLED HOT DIALOGUE, AND
HOLT IS THE ACRONYM THAT STANDS FOR OPEN
TRANSPARENT DIALOGUE.
LIKE I SAID STRESSING THE FACT THE SIMPLICITY OF
IT THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
LET'S GET PEOPLE HERE TO START TO SPEAK ABOUT WHAT
THE PROBLEM IS SO WE CAN SEE HOW PEOPLE TRULY
FEEL, NO MATTER IF IT'S PC OR NOT, JUST TRUE
HONESTY, ONCE WE GET PEOPLE HOW THEY FEEL WITH
THINKING, WE CAN MOVE ONTO SOLUTIONS.
SO I'M STILL SEEKING A ASSISTANCE TO THAT SO THIS
IS SOMETHING, WITH ANY TYPE OF DEGREE, NO KIND OF
ULTERIOR MOTIVE OF BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND
TRYING TO GET WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON IN HERE AND
IN HERE AND THEN START TO MOVE OUT IN THE OPEN TO
GET THAT TOGETHER AND BRING THE SOLUTIONS OUT IN
THE OPEN.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
COUNCILMAN GUDES.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, SIR, FOR JOINING US
AGAIN, AND WE HEAR YOUR CONCERNS AND YOUR
FRUSTRATIONS.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY A COUPLE OF THINGS.
THIS BOARD IS WORKING VERY HARD TO CHANGE A FEW
THINGS.
WE CAN'T CHANGE EVERYTHING.
AND WE DON'T HAVE DIRECT CONTROL OVER TPD OR THAT
SORT OF THING LIKE SOME PEOPLE THINK WE SHOULD.
BUT I'M NOT COPPING OUT HERE.
I'M JUST STATING THE FACTS.
BUT WHAT WE DO HAVE CONTROL IS OUR ORDINANCES.
AND ONE OF THE ORDINANCES IS THE CITIZENS REVIEW
BOARD ORDINANCE.
AND WE ARE WORKING VERY HARD TO STRENGTHEN THAT,
IN RESPONSE TO THE COMMUNITY'S CONCERN, BECAUSE
THE CITIZENS REVIEW BOARD CAN LOOK AT THE POLICE
ACTIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS GOOD.
SO THAT'S ONE THING WE ARE DOING.
THE OTHER THING IS WE HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH
INITIATIVE THAT'S PENDING RIGHT NOW TO CATCH UP TO
MANY COMMUNITIES AROUND THE NATION, BECAUSE MANY
OF THESE TRAGEDIES THAT OCCUR RELATE TO MENTAL
HEALTH ISSUES, AND SO WE ARE GOING TO DO
ADDITIONAL TRAINING WITH OUR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT
AS RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH, AND ALSO PERHAPS
ESTABLISH A SEPARATE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT TO BE ABLE
TO RESPOND TO PEOPLE IN NEED.
BUT I JUST WANT TO -- I REALIZE THERE'S ALWAYS
GOING TO BE FRUSTRATION, AND GOVERNMENT DOES MOVE
A LITTLE TOO SLOW.
BUT WE ARE NOT DEAF TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE ARE ADDRESSING SOME OF THESE ISSUES.
AND WE DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK AND
FORTH ON THOSE BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW.
>>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, YOU
KNOW, WE GOT STRICKEN WITH THIS DISEASE, COVID-19.
SO FOR US TO HAVE AMASSING OF PEOPLE WOULD OPPOSE
WE ARE TRYING TO PROMOTE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS.
I KNOW WHAT YOUR REQUEST IS.
BUT RIGHT NOW IN THIS PANDEMIC IT'S GOING TO BE
KIND OF HARD TO HAVE A MASS OF PEOPLE TO KIND OF
MEET.
BUT I UNDERSTAND AND I DO THINK IT WOULD BE THE
RIGHT THING TO DO AT SOME POINT IN TIME, WHERE
COUNCIL WOULD HAVE A SPECIAL SESSION JUST TO HEAR
FROM THE COMMUNITY IN OPEN SESSION, DIALOGUE, TO
HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE.
AND THIS BODY, WE CAN DO A LOT OF THINGS.
WE ARE A LEGISLATIVE BODY.
WE DEAL WITH LEGISLATION, CRAFT LEGISLATION, AND
THE ADMINISTRATION GETS IN THE ACTIVE PART ON
LEGISLATION BUT A LOT OF THINGS ARE ADMINISTRATIVE
THAT WE DON'T CONTROL POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE DON'T
CONTROL FIRE, WE DON'T CONTROL ANYBODY ELSE.
THAT'S THE MAYOR'S DUTY AND JOB.
AND WE SEE THINGS THAT WE DON'T LIKE AND WE THINK
THE CITIZENS SHOULD HAVE OR CRITIQUE, AND THAT'S
WHEN WE BRING LEGISLATION, AND ASK THE
ADMINISTRATION TO CARRY THOSE THINGS OUT.
BUT I LIKE YOUR IDEA AT SOME POINT AND HOPEFULLY
WE CAN GET TO THAT POINT.
WE CAN'T DO IT RIGHT NOW UNTIL WE GET KIND OF PAST
THIS PANDEMIC TO HAVE THAT FORUM THAT YOU TALK
ABOUT.
BUT I DO HAVE AN OPEN MIND.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
>> I KNOW I FACED CHALLENGES OVER THE PANDEMIC AND
BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
BUT TO HAVE A VIRTUAL, EVERYTHING IS VIRTUAL, ON A
SMALL SCALE, OR JUST HAVE SOMETHING THAT WILL HAVE
OPEN DIALOGUE WITH CITY REPRESENTATIVES, AND
ALSO --
>> CALL MY OFFICE.
CALL MY OFFICE AND I'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET AND COME
UP WITH SOMETHING, OKAY?
>>BILL CARLSON: I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU, RIGHT
HERE, I AGREE WITH YOU THAT WE NEED ON THIS ISSUE.
MY E-MAIL IS BILL.CARLSON AT TAMPAGOV.NET.
YOU CAN FIND IT ONLINE.
BUT IF YOU E-MAIL ME I AM HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU BY
PHONE OR ZOOM OR IF IT'S SAFE WE CAN MEET
PERSONALLY HOPEFULLY IN THE NEW YEAR.
BUT I THINK THAT IN MY WORKING PROFESSION, ONE OF
THE THINGS I DO IS PUT TOGETHER PUBLIC MEETINGS,
AND I THINK THIS KIND OF DIALOGUE -- AND I
PARTICIPATED IN SIMILAR CONVERSATIONS BEFORE.
I THINK TIME FOR DIALOGUE NEEDS TO BE FACE TO
FACE.
THERE IS A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY BEING USED FOR EVENTS
RIGHT NOW, AND WE ARE ALL MOVING TO THAT, BUT
THERE'S SOMETHING LOST AND NOT MEETING FACE TO
FACE, AND SO IF IT TURNS OUT THAT IT'S NOT SAFE
FOR ANOTHER YEAR TO DO IT, THEN I AGREE WITH YOU,
WE SHOULD DO IT ELECTRONICALLY AND THERE SHOULD BE
OTHER MEETINGS ELECTRONICALLY.
AND THE LAST SIX MONTHS SINCE YOU AND OTHERS HAVE
SPOKEN, WE INDIVIDUALLY AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
HAVE HAD INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WITH PEOPLE, WE HAVE
HAD OUR OWN SMALL TOWN HALL MEETINGS, WE HAVE HAD
ZOOM MEETINGS ON PARTICULAR ISSUES, AS FOLKS HAVE
COME IN AND TALKED TO US, WE HAVE SET UP MEETINGS,
WE ALSO HAD FORUMS AND WORKSHOPS TO TALK ABOUT
DIFFERENT PARTS OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE
SUGGESTED.
BUT YOU ARE RIGHT, WE HAVEN'T HAD THE BIG
CONVERSATION THAT YOU SUGGESTED, AND I THINK WE
SHOULD.
SO BY THE WAY, THE BEST WAY FOR GOVERNMENT, I
THINK, FOR GOVERNMENT TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES IS
TO PARTNER WITH AN ORGANIZATION AND COMMUNITY.
>> I AGREE.
>>BILL CARLSON: BETWEEN YOUR GROUP, ACLU, TAMPA
FOR JUSTICE, OTHER GROUPS OUT THERE, THERE'S A LOT
OF WAYS TO DO IT.
SO PLEASE E-MAIL ME AND LET'S TALK ABOUT IT, MAYBE
IN THE NEW YEAR BUT LET'S TALK.
>> I AGREE.
IT'S MORE EFFECTIVE FACE TO FACE BUT JUST THE
SITUATION WE ARE DEALING WITH LIKE I SAID, WE ARE
DOING SIX OF US, SOME OF US IN THE COUNTRY, OUT OF
THE COUNTRY, AND WE HAVE JUST BEEN SPEAKING ON
THIS.
BUT IT'S REALLY ABOUT I THINK JUST A SUGGESTION,
AN IDEA, EVEN IN A SMALLER GROUP SOME OF THE
THINGS YOU HAVE LIKE TOWN HALL, GET THAT ACTUALLY
ON FILM, PUT THAT OUT THERE AND MAKE AN EFFORT TO
SHOW PEOPLE THAT WE ARE PUTTING THIS OUT HERE ON
MEDIA.
OF COURSE, YOU HAVE CABLING, EVEN YOUTUBE, I THINK
SMALL GROUPS AND HAVING THAT ON VIDEO AND HAVING
IT TRANSPARENT AND GIVES PEOPLE MORE HOPE AND
CONFIDENCE, BECAUSE I REPRESENT LIKE JUST THE DOWN
PRESSED BLACK PEOPLE, THE DOWNTRODDEN,
DISENFRANCHISED PEOPLE THAT FEEL THERE'S
SUPPRESSION, FEELING LIKE NO ONE CARES.
SO I THINK THE IDEA OF SEEING THIS KIND OF ROLLED
OUT CONSTANTLY AND SEEING THESE VIDEOS IS GOING TO
GIVE HOPE THAT MAYBE THEY ARE OPENING IT UP,
BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT.
AND I AM NOT FOLLOWING TO THE T, BUT I DON'T SEE
IT KIND OF BEING OUT IN THE OPEN, THINGS LIKE THAT
CAN GIVE PEOPLE HOPE, BECAUSE IT'S A THING TO HAVE
DIGNITY AND PURPOSE IN YOUR LIFE.
WHEN YOU LOSE HOPE, IT KIND OF SPIRALS OUT OF
CONTROL.
>>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
I AGREE WITH YOU.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE EXPRESSIONS IS DIALOGUE WILL
SOLVE EVERYTHING.
WE COME TOGETHER AND WE SPEAK, DIALOGUE WILL SOLVE
EVERYTHING.
EVERY ONE OF US HAS AN OPEN DOOR POLICY.
YOU CAN CONTACT ANY OF US.
IF YOU WANT TO GO TO TAMPA GOV.NET YOU WILL FIND
OUR E-MAIL ADDRESS AND OUR TELEPHONE NUMBERS.
SO ALL OF US HAVE AN OPEN DOOR POLICY.
YOU AND THE PUBLIC CAN CONTACT US AT ANY TIME.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALL RIGHT.
THAT CONCLUDES THE IN-PERSON --
>>LUIS VIERA:
>>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, REALLY QUICKLY, MR.
CHAIR.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD.
>>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
JUST FOUR SECOND. YOU MENTIONED A PODCAST.
I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO BE A GUEST ON THERE
AND TALK ABOUT IT.
LUIS VIERA.
>> OKAY.
I WILL DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO YOU AND ALSO MR.
CARLSON.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE ARE GOING TO BREAK FOR LUNCH AT 12:00.
AND WE ARE GOING TO COME BACK AT 1:30.
NOW WE ARE GOING TO GO TO THE REGISTERED PUBLIC
SPEAKERS.
WE HAVE 12.
IF WE WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN WITH THOSE.
THEN WE HAVE TWO RECORDINGS.
>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR.
THE FIRST SPEAKER THAT WE HAVE IS ANGEL D'ANGELO.
IF YOU ARE ON THE LINE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOUR PHONE.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS ANGEL D'ANGELO, BORN AND RAISED IN
TAMPA,
AND SO MUCH BEAUTIFUL HERITAGE, ITALIAN, CUBAN
HERITAGE, AND THE BLACK COMMUNITY REALLY BUILT THE
CITY THAT WE ARE LIVING IN AND WE ARE NOT DOING
ANYTHING IN RETURN FOR ALL OF THAT.
WE STILL HAVE SO MUCH MARGINALIZATION ON OUR CITY.
TODAY YOU HAVE AGENDA ITEMS FOCUSING ON TPD OF THE
YOU HAVE OVER $400,000 GOING INTO SOME UNIFORMS,
PROCUREMENT, PROGRAM OR SOMETHING.
BECAUSE EFFORT TO GET MORE MONEY.
I UNDERSTAND NOT EVERYONE AGREE WAS REALLOCATION
OR DEFUND OR OF WHAT YOU WANT TO CALL IT.
THAT'S FINE.
-- I CAN AT LEAST APPRECIATE IT WHEN YOU ALL FLAT
OUT SAY THAT INSTEAD OF MAKING EXCUSES.
FACT IS JUST BECAUSE YOU MAY NOT HAVE DIRECT
CONTROL OVER TPD, ADVICE GIVEN TO ME A LONG TIME
AGO, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO INSTEAD OF
WHAT YOU CAN'T DO.
SOMETHING THAT PREEMPTS YOU ALL FROM DOING IT IS
RIDICULOUS.
YOU CAN LOBBY YOUR REPRESENTATIVES, IT IS YOUR
ROLE TO DO THAT.
BUT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO
APPROVE, COULD GIVE 50 PEOPLE HOUSING FOR THE
YEAR.
THE AVERAGE HOUSING IS 9,180 FOR ONE SINGLE PERSON
PER THE ECONOMIC POLICY, AND THEY HOUSE 50 PEOPLE,
AND REALLY CHANGED THEIR LIVES.
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN GET RENT CONTROL
AND NOT LIKE THERE'S A WAY TO DO THAT, SOME TYPE
OF ORDINANCE.
WE
LET'S DO THINGS FOR THE PEOPLE HERE IN THE CITY
THAT ARE GOING TO NEED IT AND IT'S NOT THE UNIFORM
PROGRAM FOR TPD, A DETECTIVE TAMPERING WITH
EVIDENCE.
I KNOW THERE WERE TEN OR SOME OF SERIOUS
VIOLATIONS, WE HAD ARTHUR GREEN JR. WHO WAS KILLED
IN 2014, WE HAD DOMINIQUE, A WHOLE BUNCH OF
SITUATIONS WHERE PEOPLE ARE DYING, BUT TPD HELD
ACCOUNTABLE SOMEONE FOR TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT EVEN -- THEY DIDN'T NEED TO
TAKE THOSE LIVES. AND TO BELIEVE THEY DID IS VERY
SAD.
AND I CAN BE OFF THE WIRE AND I'M NOT A NICE
PERSON.
I'M VERY KIND, THOUGH.
I WAS RAISED CATHOLIC.
JESUS WOULD BE FLIPPING OVER THIS ENTIRE CITY
COUNCIL ROOM BECAUSE YOU PRIORITIZE POLICING,
MONEY AND POLITICS OVER THE MOST MARGINALIZED.
JESUS WAS AN RADICAL AND ACTIVIST WHO OPPOSED
STATE GOVERNMENT.
HE WOULD NOT BE OKAY WITH WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
SO AS FAR AS THIS GOES, PLEASE, DO SOMETHING ELSE.
DO SOMETHING BETTER.
THANK YOU.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER.
>>THE CLERK: THE NEXT SPEAKER IS CRAIG
BIRCHFIELD. IF YOU ARE ON THE LINE, PLEASE UNMUTE
YOURSELF.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
>> MY NAME IS CRAIG BIRCHFIELD FROM THE WESTCHASE
AREA A MEMBER OF THE TAMPA DEMOCRATIC SOCIAL PARTY
OF AMERICA, ADDRESSING URGE YOU TO REJECT THE
GRANT FROM FDOT FOR THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
HAVING ALREADY RECEIVED ANOTHER 13 MILLION,
DESPITE INCREASING RATE OF USE OF FORCE, ACCEPTING
THIS GRANT IS A SLAP IN THE FACE TO RESIDENTS WHO
EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE AGAINST THE TPD.
AS WELL AS THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM ECONOMIC
HARDSHIP.
I DON'T CARE IF THIS GRANT IS FREE MONEY.
IT'S NOT FREE MONEY.
IT CONTRIBUTES TO MORE TAMPA RESIDENTS FACING
VIOLENCE, SYMBOLIC OR DIRECT, AT THE HANDS OF AN
OPPRESSIVE INSTITUTION.
ON TOP OF THAT, I'M CALLING FOR CITY COUNCIL TO
VOTE AGAINST THE ACCEPTANCE OF THIS GRANT.
I MUST ALSO ASK YOU NOT TO APPROVE THE 462,000 OR
SOMEWHERE AROUND THAT AMOUNT FOR TAMPA POLICE, FOR
STREAMLINING MORE COMFORTABLE UNIFORMS.
PERHAPS IF MEMBERS FIND TPD UNIFORMS THEY SHOULD
CONSIDER TRADING THEM IN FOR ANOTHER PROFESSION
THAT DOESN'T LEAD TO INCARCERATION, PHYSICAL HARM
TO RESIDENTS.
PERHAPS INSTEAD OF APPROVING ANOTHER 460,000 FOR
POLICE UNIFORMS. WE SHOULD ENSURE THAT HOUSING --
OR UNHOUSED RESIDENTS HAVE A ROOF OVER THEIR
HEADS, FOOD, NEW COMFORTABLE CLOTHES ON THEIR
BACK.
CALL ME NAIVE BUT PERHAPS PARTICULARLY NO YEAR
THAT HIT THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THE
HARDEST WE SHOULD BE PUTTING EVERY CENT WE HAVE
INTO WELL-BEING OF THE RESIDENTS INSTEAD OF
FUNDING AN ORGANIZATION THAT BY ITS NATURE, THE
NATURE OF POLICING, REINFORCES CENTURIES OF CIVIC
RACISM AND OPPRESSION.
EVERY DOLLAR THAT YOU APPROVE TO TPD IS A DROP IN
THE BUCK LET OF THE FUTURE,
I WILL REMIND YOU IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT YOU
ARE HERE TO SERVE RESIDENTS, NOT TPD OR PBA.
WE CAN BUILD POLITICAL POWER TO REPLACE YOU.
I URGE YOU TO VOTE.
IF YOU DO NOT APPROVE THE GRANT AND DO NOT APPROVE
ANY FURTHER BUDGET INCREASES FOR TPD.
THANK YOU.
JO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER.
>>THE CLERK: THE NEXT SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE
JORDANA YAMPOLSKY.
PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
>> MY NAME IS JORDANA YAMPOLSKY, MEMBER OF THE
PARTY FOR SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION, TAMPA BAY
BRANCH, CALLING TO BEG THE COUNCIL TO STOP
ALLOCATING MORE FUND TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS
THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER SAID, IT'S QUOTE-UNQUOTE FREE
MONEY, IT'S NOT FREE, AND IT'S STILL AIDING THE
HARM OF THE COMMUNITY.
IT REALLY PROVES OUR EXCESSIVE THE MONEY TO POLICE
IS.
IT GIVES TPD $375,000 FROM THE HIGHWAY SAFETY
PROGRAM, AND THEY INTEND TO SPEND 364,000 OF THAT
ON OVERTIME PAY.
SO THE ANSWER TO SOLVE PROBLEMS IS TO PAY MORE
COPS?
IT'S NOT.
THE POLICE DO NOT PROVIDE PUBLIC SAFETY.
WE OPENED THE CEREMONY AWARDING COP OF THE MONTH.
WE REALLY DON'T NEED POLICE TO KEEP UP WITH
DEBRIS.
WE DON'T NEED A HOMELESS WE HAVE.
AND WE DON'T NEED TO STEP IN YOUR SHOES AND ATTEND
THE ACADEMY OR DO A RIDE-ALONG.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MURDER
THAT AREN'T GOING TO HAPPEN ANYMORE.
YOU ALL HAVE LOST THE COMMUNITY.
I REACHED OUT TOTAL CITY A FEW MONTHS AGO BY
E-MAIL ASKING WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO HELP THE
HOUSELESS FOLKS?
THEY ARE SCARED.
THESE PEOPLE ARE ACTIVELY HARASSED BY POLICE ON A
DAILY BASIS.
THE COUNCIL TAKES SO MUCH TIME TO CELEBRATE
POLICE, AND TO CELEBRATE OUR PARKS AND REC, WHEN
YOU ALL HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE REAL CHANGES.
YOU REPRESENT BOTH LEGISLATION AS YOU JUST
MENTIONED.
AND INSTEAD YOU BOWE DOWN TO THE PBA AND FORMER
POLICE CHIEF JANE CASTOR.
I CALL AT EVERY ONE OF THESE MEETINGS AND ASK YOU
THE SAME QUESTIONS, WHERE ARE THE BENCHES AT
GASLIGHT PARK, WHERE ARE THE SIDEWALKS IN EAST
TAMPA, WHY ARE THERE HUNGRY PEOPLE SLEEPING ON THE
STREETS WHILE THE POLICE HAVE AN ALREADY INFLATED
BUDGET OF 170 MILLION.
PERHAPS ONE OF YOU WILL ANSWER SOME OF THESE
QUESTIONS LIKE DOING WITH OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I'M LISTENING.
THANK YOU.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER.
>>THE CLERK: NEXT SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE MATTHEW
YAMPOLSKY.
IF YOU ARE ON THE LINE PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
I'M CALLING FROM THE PARTY FOR SOCIALISM AS WELL.
SO I WANT TO ASK YOU, COUNCILMEN, WHY DO YOU TAKE
ALL THIS TIME TO RECOGNIZE WHAT BASICALLY AMOUNTS
TO A REVENUE GENERATOR IN EAST TAMPA? AND JUDGES
THAT DO SOMETHING NICE FOR TWO WEEKS A YEAR.
YET YOU IGNORE THE HOUSELESS EPIDEMIC PLAGUING OUR
CITY, AND SEEMINGLY PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE SYSTEMIC
VIOLENCE AND LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY BY THE TAMPA
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
HERE WE ARE AGAIN, AND SURPRISE, SURPRISE, WE ARE
ALLOCATING AND REALLOCATING FUND FOR TAMPA POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
WHAT ARE WE PAYING FOR?
UNIFORM, SOFTWARE, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS.
MEANWHILE THE HOME LUGS LIAISON DEPARTMENT OF THE
TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE A GRAND TO THE BUDGET
OF ZERO DOLLARS.
WHERE IS YOUR OUTRAGE, COUNCILMEN?
SPEAKING OF WHICH, IT'S CLEARLY WITH THE SUPER
BOWL COMING, THE TPD HAS FOCUSED ON CLEANING OUR
STREETS BY FOCUS ON TRESPASSING AND PANHANDLING.
JUST WATCH WE NEED, MORE NONVIOLENT ARRESTS
LEADING TO MORE OVERPOPULATION IN OUR JAILS, JAILS
THAT DON'T EVEN HAVE ANY PANDEMIC PROTOCOL IN
PLACE.
I KNOW, I WAS BEATEN IN ONE FOR ASKING ABOUT IT.
IN FACT, JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND, A GROUP TRYING TO
FEED THE HOUSELESS COMMUNITY WERE HARASSED AND
THREATENED WITH ARREST FOR TRESPASSING BY SOME OF
CHIEF DUGANS THUGS.
YET MORE EVIDENCE THAT THEY ARE NOT HERE FOR THE
COMMUNITY AT ALL.
AND ALL OF YOU COUNCILMEN ARE COMPLICIT WITH IT.
IN FACT, YOU ARE MORE THAN COMPLICIT.
YOU ENABLE IT.
JUST LIKE YOU ENABLED MURDER.
ONCE AGAIN, JUST LIKE I SAID LAST TIME, ALL OF YOU
ARE JUST AS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MURDER OF JONAS
JOSEPH AND DOMINIQUE MULKEY AS THE THUGS WHO FIRED
THE HUNDREDS OF BULLETS THAT KILLED THEM.
YOUR BLOOD IS ON YOUR HAND, COUNCILMEN.
THOSE WITH NO CAPITAL ARE SUFFERING ON OUR
STREETS, BEING ABDUCTED FOR TRYING TO SLEEP, ARE
SUFFERING AND DYING BECAUSE OF YOUR LACK OF
ACTION.
DUGAN AND CASTOR SUCCESSFULLY SWEPT THE UNIVERSITY
OF CHEMICAL AGENTS AND RUBBER BULLETS UNDER THE
RUG WITH ZERO ACCOUNTABILITY BECAUSE YOU ALL LET
THEM, BECAUSE YOU ALL DON'T CARE.
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE BREAKING FROM THE
NORM TODAY, COUNCILMEN, AND ACTUALLY RESPONDING TO
PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO PLEASE, TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO THIS.
WHY DO YOU ALL NOT CARE ABOUT THOSE WITH NO
CAPITAL?
WHY HAS MR. CITRO CLAIMED THAT THE HOUSELESS IS A
COUNTY PROBLEM, NOT A CITY PROBLEM?
WHY ARE ALL OF YOU COMPLICIT IN MURDER,
COUNCILMEN?
I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR A RESPONSE BECAUSE YOU
DEFINITELY TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO A
COUPLE OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SO PLEASE, TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY.
MR. CITRO, WHY IS IT THAT THE HOUSELESS PROBLEM IS
A COUNTY PROBLEM, NOT A CITY PROBLEM?
EXCUSE ME, I ASK THE BOARD, I ASK THE BOARD, WHY
DO YOU GUYS NOT CARE?
PLEASE RESPOND.
SHOW SOME GUTS.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER.
>>THE CLERK: THE NEXT SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE
PARIS STUCKON.
PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES
TO SPEAK.
>> GOOD MORNING.
AND I DON'T THINK I WANT TO PRESENT AN UPDATE ON
PARK AND RECOLLECTION.
I RE--
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
MYSELF AND MY NEIGHBORS.
THE SPEAKERS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE PATIO.
THE NOISE FROM PARK & REC HAS NOT BEEN REDUCED.
THE WAY PARKS & REC HAS COMPENSATED IS COMING FROM
THE INSIDE SPEAKERS, AND LEAVING THE DOORS OPEN.
THIS IS SIMILAR, BECAUSE -- I'M SORRY -- BUT MORE
INSIDIOUS, THE EFFECT OF INCREASE ON THE SPEAKER
VOLUME IS VIBRATIONS THAT ARE NOW COMING THROUGH
THE WALLS.
WE CAN'T SLEEP.
A GENTLEMAN EARLIER COMPLAINED ABOUT THE NOISE.
THE POUNDING AND THE NOISE BECOME INCREASINGLY
LOUDER NOT TO MENTION THE NOISE FROM THE PARKS
THAT ILLEGALLY PARK AT THE CURVE CURB IN FRONT OF
PARK & REC WITH MUSIC BLARING AT THE LOUDEST
POSSIBLE.
OUR BUILDING IS LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET AT
SPARKMAN WHARF.
FAMILIES AND FRIENDS TO COME AND ENJOY THEMSELVES.
THE RESTAURANT SHOULD CLOSE BY 11:00 O'CLOCK AT
WHICH TIME SOME OF THE PEOPLE ARE ALREADY DRUNK,
AND PARTY TILL 3 A.M., JOINING THE PEOPLE --
AND THEY PARTY.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT PARKS & REC CLOSE AT
11:00.
CHANNELSIDE IS A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WITH RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION, THE POPULATION
WILL EXPLODE.
CHANNELSIDE IS AND WILL BE A GREAT AREA FOR PEOPLE
TO COME AND ENJOY THEMSELVES WITH FAMILY AND
FRIEND.
THE CHOICE, WILL THE AREA BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE
COME TO ENJOY THEMSELVES ALONGSIDE WITH THE REST
OF CHANNELSIDE, OR WILL IT BECOME AN AREA WHERE
PEOPLE COME TO PARTY, VOMIT, AND LEAVE WITH US THE
CLEAN UP EFFORTS?
PLEASE MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION, TO THE NOISE AND
HOURS OF OPERATION OF THIS BUSINESS JUST STEPS
AWAY FROM OUR HOMES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER.
>>THE CLERK: NEXT SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE MEGAN
THOMAS.
IF YOU ARE ON THE LINE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME OKAY?
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, WE CAN.
GO AHEAD.
>> AWESOME.
I HOPE YOU ALL ARE DOING WELL.
MY NAME IS MEGAN THOMAS.
AND I AM NOT USUALLY ONE TO SHARE PERSONAL MATTERS
ON SUCH A PUBLIC PLATFORM.
BUT I DO FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY TO
HEAR.
SO LAST WEEK, I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM MY
MOTHER INFORMING ME THAT MY YOUNGER COUSIN HAD
BEEN KILLED.
HE WAS ONLY 21 YEARS OLD.
HE WAS SHOT TWICE IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD.
BY A POLICE OFFICER DURING A TRAFFIC STOP.
AND NOT TO WORRY, IT WASN'T TAMPA POLICE OFFICERS
WHO MURDERED MY LITTLE COUSIN.
SO I CAN'T EXACTLY BLAME THEM OR YOU GUYS FOR HIS
DEATH.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY I DO SHARE THE OPINION OF SOME
FAMILIES HERE LOCALLY THAT HAVE EVERY SINGLE RIGHT
TO BLAME TAMPA POLICE OFFICERS AND THE SYSTEM YOU
ALL UPHOLD FOR HARMING OR IN SOME CASES TAKING THE
LIFE OF THEIR LOVED ONES.
DOMINIQUE MULKEY, ANDREW JOSEPH II, JOSEPH AND
MOORE, YOU ALL HAVE SAT HERE TODAY AND BRAZENLY
SHOWING SHOWN THE CITY OF TAMPA HOW MUCH YOU
RESPECT THE POLICE.
YOU PROBABLY FOUND YOURSELF JUMPING TO THE
ARGUMENT OF, WHAT ABOUT THE COPS THAT ARE KILLED
IN THE LINE OF DUTY? WELL, IF YOU REALLY CARED
ABOUT THEM AS MUCH AS YOU SAY YOU DO, YOU WOULD
ACTUALLY BE TAKING SERIOUS STEPS TO REFORM PUBLIC
SAFETY OF POLICE OFFICERS, AND ONE MILLION DOLLARS
TOWARDS A MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSE PROGRAM LED BY
TPD IS NOT FIX.
MYSELF AND OTHER COLLEAGUES HAVE BEEN MET WITH
MOST OF YOU ON THIS ISSUE, AND ONE OF YOUR
CONCERNS OR EXCUSES, RATHER, WAS TPD EMPLOYEES
LOSING THEIR JOBS.
BUT JUST HOW HARD IS IT TO REAL OH SKATE TPD MONEY
TO OTHER JOBS FOR THEM, LIKE I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR
YOU GUYS SUGGEST SOMETHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE THEN
IT ACTUALLY SHOWS THE PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE
LISTENING.
BUT I SEE NO REAL EFFORT FROM YOU GUYS TO GET TO
THE ROOT OF THE ISSUE HERE.
EVEN WITH US GIVING YOU PLANS AND SOLUTIONS, YOU
TELL US YOUR HAND ARE TIED.
BUT IF YOU REALLY WANTED SOMETHING DONE, I KNOW
YOU CAN DO IT.
AND GOD FORBID ONE OF YOU LOSE SOMEONE YOU LOVE AT
THE HAND OF A POLICE OFFICER, AND MAYBE IT'S
ALREADY HAPPENED TO ONE OF YOU.
I DON'T KNOW YOUR STORIES.
BUT IF IT HASN'T, AT LEAST TRY TO HAVE SOME
EMPATHY FOR THESE FAMILIES AND MAY THOSE --
ENTERTAINING THE SYSTEM OF SHOOT AND KILL THE BAD
GUYS AND START MAKING SOME REAL CHANGES.
THANK YOU.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
>>THE CLERK: THE NEXT SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE
KENTON BRADFORD.
IF YOU ARE ON THE LINE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, WE CAN.
GO AHEAD.
>> ALL RIGHT.
GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY HOLIDAY.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO PILE ON TO WHAT PARIS SAID
EARLIER.
I'M A CHANNELSIDE RESIDENT AND I TOO AM AFFECTED
BY PARKS & REC SPECIFICALLY THE NOISE.
GETTING RID OF THE SPEAKERS ON THE OUTSIDE PATIO
WAS THE FIRST STEP.
BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT THAT CAN BE DONE.
AND I HOPE YOU CONCUR WITH PARIS REGARDING THE
OPERATING HOURS.
I THINK THAT WILL GO A LONG WAY TO MAKE IT MATCH
UP WITH SPARKMAN WHARF.
THERE'S A SEPARATE ISSUE, YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE
AWARE OF REGARDING THE USE OF THE PATIO AREA,
WHICH IS ACTUALLY A COMMON AREA TO THE TOWERS THAT
IS IN SOME WAY SHAPE OR FORM PARKS & REC IS USING.
WE ARE NOT SURE HOW.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO PILE ON WITH PARIS AGAIN TO
THE VEHICLES THAT CONTINUOUSLY PARK IN FRONT OF
PARKS & REC, PICKING -- TAKING UP ONE OF THE LANES
OF MERIDIAN AND PEOPLE PARADE BY IN THE OTHER ONE.
BUT IT'S ONLY A TWO-LANE.
WHICH CREATES A DANGEROUS SITUATION.
WHICH COULD PROBABLY BE ALLEVIATED BY ADDITIONAL
POLICE PRESENCE.
AND IF WE CAN'T CLOSE THEM AT 11, THEN THAT WOULD
BE ONE OF MY RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL.
SO I WON'T TAKE UP MORE OF YOUR TIME.
I WAS HERE LAST MONTH FOR THE FIRST TIME I MADE
COMMENTS.
AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE SPEAKERS ARE
GONE, BUT WE STILL HAVE THE NOISE ISSUE ON THE
OUTSIDE, STILL HAVE THE NOISE ISSUE ON THE INSIDE
WITH SPEAKERS ON THE INSIDE BEING TURNED UP, BOOM,
BOOM, BOOM, AND I APPRECIATE THAT THE EARLIER MAN
I BELIEVE HIS LAST NAME WAS DANIELS REFERRED TO
ALL THE NOISE AND THINGS, AND BOILED DOWN TO AN
ISSUE OF WE HAVE GOT THE LAWS ON THE BOOKS BUT WE
JUST NEED TO ENFORCE THEM.
THANK YOU FOR THE TIME THIS MORNING.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER.
>>THE CLERK: THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MARY ELIZABETH
ESTRADA.
MARY, IF YOU ARE ON THE LINE, PLEASE UNMUTE
YOURSELF AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
>> CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME?
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, WE CAN.
GO AHEAD.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS MARY ESTRADA.
I LIVE IN THE SEMINOLE HEIGHTS AREA.
ALSO A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA.
TODAY I AM MAKING A PUBLIC COMMENT TO ASK YOU ALL
TO REJECT THE GRANT FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION.
IN ORDER FOR US TO PRESENT DEATHS SUCH AS ARTHUR
GREEN, JUNIOR -- ARTHUR GREEN JR., DOMINIQUE,
RICHARDSON AND WESCOTT, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT
PEOPLE'S NEEDS ARE BEING MET.
SO THINKING OF NEED, IN ORDER FOR PEOPLE TO REACH
ACTUALIZATION AND REALLY BELIEVE PRIDE IN SOCIETY,
BASIC NEEDS HAVE TO BE MET.
APPARENTLY THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS REACTING
TO CRIMES, AND THEY ARE NOT PREVENTING CRIMES.
THE $462,000 NEEDED TO UPGRADE TAMPA POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S UNIFORMS COULD BE USED TO HOUSE SOME
OF THE HOMELESS, AND REALLY ALLEVIATE SOME OF
THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THE
PANDEMIC.
I FEEL THAT WE DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE OF MONEY AND
FUNDING FOR THESE COMMUNITIES.
WE JUST HAVE AN ISSUE OF WHERE OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE
BEING ALLOCATED.
AND WHERE OUR PRIORITIES ARE RIGHT NOW.
WE NEED TO BE ADDING A SPECIAL DEPARTMENT OR
PROGRAM THAT ADDRESSES AND AIMS TO SOLVE ISSUES IN
THE COMMUNITIES LIKE STUDENT SECURITY, HEALTH
CAVE, AFFORDABLE WAGES, MENTAL HEALTH AND JOB
REHABILITATION, AND EQUITABLE EDUCATION.
I JUST ASK THAT YOU LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY AND
PLEASE DO SOMETHING FOR THEM.
THANK YOU.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IS THAT EVERYONE FOR THE REGISTERED PUBLIC
COMMENT?
>>THE CLERK: CHAIR, THERE ARE FOUR SPEAKERS THAT
REGISTERED BUT DID NOT LOG IN, AND THEY WERE
ODASHA FLOYD, PHILIP STUCKA, SHUKLA, AND DECAP.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
THEN WE HAVE TWO RECORDINGS, CORRECT?
IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND PLAY THOSE SINCE IT'S
ONLY TWO RECORDINGS.
>> MY NAME IS RAVEL TABIAS.
MY ADDRESS IS 2865 LAKESIDE DRIVE, TAMPA 33613.
I AM CALLING TO LEAVE A MESSAGE IN REGARDS TO THE
UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETING THIS THURSDAY.
OR TOMORROW, I SHOULD SAY.
I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE THE CITY WANTS TO SPEND
MORE MONEY, ONCE AGAIN, OVER $400,000 ON CITY
POLICE, ON TPD AGAIN, AND I DON'T THINK IT'S OKAY.
YOU ALL ARE STARTING TO DO OPERATION CLEAN-UP,
BECAUSE OF THE SUPER BOWL THAT'S UPCOMING, AND
SOME YOU HAVE OUR FRIEND DOWNTOWN ARE BEING TAKEN
BY THE POLICE, ABDUCTED.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S OKAY.
THERE'S NO NEED FOR AN ARREST OF THESE PEOPLE.
ON THE CONTRARY, INSTEAD OF YOU SPENDING ALL OF
THIS MONEY ON POLICE, YOU SHOULD CARE ABOUT THE
COMMUNITY THAT'S SUFFERING, ESPECIALLY DURING A
PANDEMIC.
YOU SHOULD WORRY ABOUT PROVIDING FOOD FOR PEOPLE,
HOUSING, MENTAL HEALTH, EDUCATION.
THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
AND IF YOU ALL CONTINUE TO DO THIS AND VOTE TO
GIVE MORE MONEY TO TPD, THE COMMUNITY, WE WON'T DO
ANYTHING -- WE WILL DO ANYTHING WE CAN TO GET YOU
ALL OUT BECAUSE YOU MEMBERS ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING
FOR US AS A VOTER.
AND THAT'S A DARN SHAME.
AND IT'S JUST TOO MUCH.
AND WE DON'T NEED MORE MONEY FOR THE POLICE.
DOMINIQUE MULKEY DIED FOR -- UNDER, QUOTE-UNQUOTE
YOUR CARE, TPD'S CARE, AND DIDN'T GET ADEQUATE
MEDICAL ATTENTION IN TIME.
DOMINIQUE JOSEPH DIED AGAIN FOR NO REASON.
KILLING OUR PEOPLE FOR NO REASON.
YOU ARE NOT FOCUSING ON THE VULNERABLE PARTS OF
OUR COMMUNITY.
YOU ARE FOCUSING ON THE WORST, FOCUSING ON TPD,
AND THEY DON'T COPY THIS COMMUNITY SAFE.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WAS THERE ANOTHER RECORDING?
WAS THAT IT?
OKAY.
>> THIS IS DAMON BURROS, 449 SOUTH 12TH STREET,
804, TAMPA 33602.
I'M CALLING ABOUT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 86, FILE
E-2-0-19-8 CH 14 ON THE DECEMBER 17th AGENDA.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR
EFFORTS TO DATE TO MAKE THE CHANNELSIDE AND WATER
STREET AREA A MORE LIVABLE ENVIRONMENT.
ELIMINATION OF THE OUTDOOR SPEAKERS AT PARKS & REC
HELPED CONSIDERABLY.
HOWEVER, WE STILL CONTINUE TO HAVE OUR RIGHTS ON
OUR HOMES INFRINGED UPON BY PARKS & REC AND THEIR
PATRONS.
SPEAKERS STILL SEND VIBRATIONS THROUGH OUR HOME,
AND THEIR NOISE EXCEEDS THE CITY LIMITS WHEN THE
DOORS ARE OPEN, WE STILL HEAR THE NOISE.
PARKS & REC SPILLS OUT ONTO MERIDIAN ON MANY
INDICATIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT, WHEN THESE
DISTURBANCES, WHICH ARE FIGHTS AND ARGUMENTS
OCCUR, WE VIDEO AND CALL THE TAMPA POLICE
NONEMERGENCY NUMBER.
BY THE TIME POLICE ARE ABLE TO REACT THE
DISTURBANCES ARE USUALLY GONE.
WE ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO SHARE THE VIDEOS.
IN A PRIOR COUNCIL MEETING, THERE WAS A MENTION OF
EXTRA DUTY OFFICERS BEING ONSITE OR IN THE AREA.
DID WE HAVE EXTRA DUTY OFFICERS IN THE AREA?
IF NOT HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE EXTRA DUTY OFFICERS
ARE IN THE AREA?
A GENTLEMAN FROM PROGRESS VILLAGE MENTIONED IN A
PRIOR COUNCIL MEETING AN ISSUE INVOLVING
INDIVIDUALS DRIVING AROUND WITH LOUD MUSIC.
WE HAVE THE SAME ISSUE IN THE CHANNELSIDE AREA.
WE ALSO HAVE LARGE GROUPS ON BICYCLES BLASTING
EXCESSIVELY LOUD MUSIC AS WELL.
WE CAN HEAR THE MUSIC THROUGH OUR CLOSED DOORS AND
WINDOWS AND WE ARE ON STORY 7.
WE ARE HOPING THAT TPD CAN HELP ELIMINATE THE
UNREASONABLE NOISE GENERATED AT TIMES WHEN THE
MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET SLEEP.
I DO NOT MIND PEOPLE HAVING A GOOD TIME.
A LOT OF NOISE UNTIL 2 A.M. IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
ELIMINATING TO 10 P.M. SUNDAYS THROUGH THURSDAY
AND 11 OR MIDNIGHT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY IS MORE
ACCEPTABLE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
HAVE A GREAT DAY.
THANKS, BYE.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC
COMMENT.
ITEM NUMBER 4.
>>GINA GRIMES: CITY ATTORNEY.
I AM JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF INTRODUCTION
TO THIS ITEM, ITEM NUMBER 4.
THIS IS AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODE TO
IMPLEMENT A 2016 CHARTER AMENDMENT REGARDING AUDIT
REQUESTS BY CITY COUNCIL.
AND THE REASON THIS IS ON YOUR AGENDA THIS MORNING
IS BACK IN OCTOBER, CITY COUNCIL MADE A MOTION TO
REQUEST AN AUDIT OF THE EBO PROGRAM, AND
COUNCILMAN GUDES, WHO WAS THE MEMBER THAT MADE
THAT MOTION, REFERENCED THE CHARTER PROVISION THAT
AUTHORIZES SUCH REQUESTS.
IN REVIEWING THAT CHARTER PROVISION, IT STATES
THAT THE REQUEST MAY BE MADE PURSUANT TO
ORDINANCE, AND FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON, THAT
ORDINANCE WAS NEVER BROUGHT FORWARD FOR ADOPTION
AFTER THE CHARTER AMENDMENT WAS APPROVED.
IN DEVELOPING THE ORDINANCE, I MET WITH THE
INTERNAL AUDITOR TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE AUDIT
PROCESS, AND AS I MENTIONED TO SOME OF YOU IN THE
BRIEFING, THE PROCESS IS MUCH MORE STRUCTURED AND
REGULATED THAN I KNEW, AND MAYBE YOU AS WELL.
AND SPECIFICALLY, IT HAS TO COMPLY WITH THE
GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS THAT ARE DEVELOPED
BY THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE.
AND OUR INTERNAL AUDITS ARE ACTUALLY AUDITED BY
PEER REVIEW FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THAT STANDARD.
SO THE AUDIT FACTORS IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO
BE SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED IN A WORKSHOP IN JANUARY
OF NEXT YEAR.
AND IT'S MORE APPROPRIATE TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER THAT
WORKSHOP FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THE SUBJECT
ORDINANCE.
THAT WAY YOU HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE
OVERALL AUDIT PROCESS, AND COULD MAKE MORE
INFORMED SUGGESTIONS AND REVISIONS TO THIS
PROPOSED ORDINANCE.
I AM GOING TO GO ON TO ALSO ADDRESS THE COMPONENTS
OF THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE.
IN DEVELOPING THE ORDINANCE, AS I SAID, I
CONSIDERED THE STANDARD FOR AUDITS, AND THIS
ORDINANCE OUTLINES THAT PROCESS THAT CITY COUNCIL
WOULD CONSIDER WHEN REQUESTING ADDITIONAL AUDITS,
AND THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE THE TIMING OF THE
AUDIT, THE NUMBER OF AUDITS REQUESTED VERSUS THE
NUMBER OF AUDITS PROPOSED BY THE INTERNAL AUDITOR,
AND THE NECESSITY OF THE AUDITS AS A RESULT OF
VARIOUS RISK FACTORS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO
DIFFERENT AUDITS.
UNDER THIS ORDINANCE THE INTERNAL AUDITOR ALSO HAS
THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO COUNCIL REGARDING
THEIR AUDIT REQUEST, AND IF NECESSARY PROVIDE
COUNCIL WITH PERHAPS A DIFFERENT TIME FRAME FOR
CONDUCTING A REQUESTED AUDIT, OR A CHANGE TO THE
AUDIT SCOPE OR THE TYPE OF AUDIT.
ALSO, DURING OUR BRIEFING, SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS
REQUESTED THE ABILITY TO MAKE REQUESTS FOR AUDITS
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, NOT AT THE POINT IN TIME WHEN
THE AUDIT WORK PLAN IS DEVELOPED, WHICH IS AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
AND I MENTIONED ALL OF YOU THAT FROM A MANAGEMENT
STANDPOINT, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE,
WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT REQUESTING INTERNAL
AUDITS, IT'S A MANAGEMENT FUNCTION.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE
AUDIT PROGRAM CAN'T WORK WHEN AUDITS ARE
REQUESTED, AND IT'S AD HOC OR OPEN ENDED ACTION,
BUT WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE COULD BE
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT A RISE THAT MAY NECESSITY
COUNCIL REQUESTING AN AUDIT, AND SO WE ARE GOING
TO WORK ON SOME LANGUAGE TO ADDRESS AUDIT
INQUIRIES THAT MAY OCCUR DURING THE YEAR, BUT
THOSE WOULD ALSO HAVE TO BE UNDER LIMITED OR
CIRCUMSTANCES AS TO WHEN A LOT OF REQUESTS WOULD
BE MADE.
ALSO, THERE'S AN ALTERNATIVE CHANGING THE SCOPE OF
AN AUDIT TO BE WHAT'S CALLED A NON-AUDIT
COMPLIANCE DETERMINATION OR A NON-AUDIT SERVICE.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S A WOULD BE DISCUSSED BY THE
INTERNAL AUDITOR IN THE JANUARY WORK SHOWN.
AGAIN, I THINK IN CLOSING THAT IT MIGHT BE BEST TO
WAIT FOR THAT WORKSHOP TO BE CONDUCTED SO THAT YOU
HAVE A VERY COMPREHENSIVE AND FULL UNDERSTANDING
OF THE AUDIT PROCESS.
THAT WAY, AGAIN, YOU WILL BE BETTER ABLE TO MAKE
INFORMED REVISIONS TO THE PROPOSED AUDIT
ORDINANCE.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, I BELIEVE YOU HAD A
QUESTION.
>> I'LL DEFER TO COUNCILMAN GUDES SINCE THIS IS
HIS MOTION AND HIS BABY, IF YOU WANTED TO SPEAK
FIRST.
>>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MR. DINGFELDER.
AGAIN, THANK YOU MRS. GLOVER AND MS. GRIMES.
I HAD MY CONCERNS AND ADDRESSED IT WITH THEM.
I THINK IT IS BENEFICIAL FOR TO COME BEFORE
COUNCIL AT THE WORKSHOP TO EXPLAIN THE PROCESSES.
OR THE PROCESS THAT THE AUDIT IS CONDUCTED AND HOW
THEY ARE CONDUCTED.
I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD THING FOR THIS
COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND, AND ALSO I KNOW DONOR THE
AUDITOR WAS TELLING ME IT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH THEY
HAVE GOT GOING, TIME AND YEAR AND SO FORTH, BUT
ALSO CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THIS COUNCIL MAY NEED TO
HAVE AN AUDIT DONE AND HOW THAT CAN BE ARRANGED OR
HOW THEY CAN WORK THAT IN.
SO I THINK THE 28th, I BELIEVE, AND ANSWERED
ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.
BUT HAVING MS. GRIMES HERE, I DID ASK MS. GRIMES
DURING MY MEETING IS WE HAVE ALL THESE CHARTER
AMENDMENTS, BUT YET THESE ORDINANCES ARE NOT
IMPLEMENTED, AND I TOLD HER I THOUGHT THAT THAT
NEEDS TO BE CHANGED TO WHERE OUR CITY COUNCIL
ATTORNEY WANTS TO USE THESE CHARTER AMENDMENTS FOR
VOTING AND APPROVED BY THE VOTERS THAT OUR
ATTORNEY AND THE CITY ATTORNEY FIGURE OUT A PERIOD
OF TIME WHAT NEEDS TO BE IMPLEMENTED, AND THEN
THIS IS 2016, I THINK THIS ORDINANCE, THIS CHARTER
WAS PASSED, AND NOW WE ARE WAY IN 2020, AND YET
THIS HASN'T BEEN WRITTEN.
I EXPLAINED IT'S A SHAME TO THE VOTERS WHO
REQUESTED WITH THEIR VOTE TO HAVE THINGS DONE, AND
THAT'S SHAME ON ALL OF US, PREVIOUS COUNCILS AND
SO FORTH THAT THESE THINGS WERE NOT ENACTED.
AND I DON'T KNOW, MR. SHELBY, IF WE NEED TO MAKE A
MOTION SOON THAT WE MAKE THE PROVISIONS IN THE
FUTURE, OR TO HAVE A PRIVATE CONVERSATION HOW THIS
CAN BE DONE AND BROUGHT BACK TO THIS COUNCIL.
BUT I BELIEVE THAT HAS TO BE DONE.
WE CAN'T SIT AND HAVE CHARTER AMENDMENTS THAT ARE
SITTING AROUND AND ORDINANCES THAT NEED TO BE
ENACTED, WRITTEN, AND AGAIN IT'S NO FAULT -- OF
YOUR OFFICE AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME.
BUT AGAIN SHAME ON THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL THAT THEY
DID NOT FOLLOW UP, AND THE PREVIOUS CITY ATTORNEYS
WHO DID NOT -- OR MR. SHELBY NOT GETTING WITH THEM
TO MAKE SURE THESE THINGS WERE DONE.
AND I WILL YIELD BACK.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
MS. GRIMES, WE APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR STAFF
BRINGING THIS ONE FORWARD, AS MR. GUDES INDICATED.
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS WAS LIKE FOUR YEARS AGO THAT I
THINK THIS PASSED THE VOTERS, SHOULD HAVE BEEN
IMPLEMENTED RIGHT AWAY.
NOT YOUR FAULT, BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T HERE.
BUT ANYWAY, WITH THAT SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A
MOTION TO CARRY OVER ITEM 4, NOT NECESSARILY FOR
FIRST READING, BECAUSE WE DON'T DO FIRST READINGS
ON WORKSHOPS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO CARRY THIS OVER
IN DRAFT FORM TO THE JANUARY 28th WORKSHOP.
WE'LL PUT IT ON THE TAIL END OF MS. GLOVER'S
PRESENTATION, AND THEN WE CAN SEE WHAT WE WANT TO
DO WITH IT.
I THINK THE INTENTION OF THE DRAFT ORDINANCE IS
GOOD.
CLEARLY IT NEEDS SOME WORK AND SOME TWEAKING.
AND I THINK WE ALL PROBABLY INDIVIDUALLY HAVE
GIVEN THAT INPUT BACK TO THE CITY ATTORNEY.
SO WITH THAT I WILL MOVE THAT WE CARRY ITEM 4 NOT
AS FIRST READING BUT IN DRAFT FORM OVER TO THE
JANUARY 28th MEETING.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM
COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
>>BILL CARLSON: JUST A COMMENT REAL FAST.
BUT MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHY THIS HAS CREATED
TALKING TO COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OTHERS BACK WHEN IT
HAPPENED WAS THAT THERE WERE ACCUSATIONS THAT THE
LAST MAYOR HELD AUDITS ON HIS DESK, AND WOULDN'T
GIVE IT TO COUNCIL, AND THERE WAS A PERCEPTION
THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WAS HIDING THINGS FROM THE
PUBLIC, AND FROM COUNCIL, AND SO I THINK THE WILL
OF THE PEOPLE WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT COUNCIL HAD
EQUAL AUTHORITY.
AS WE GET READY TO DISCUSS THIS IN A MONTH, I AM
NOT INTERESTED IN LIMITING THE AUTHORITY OF
COUNCIL.
I'M OKAY IF WE PUT CERTAIN PARAMETERS ON IT.
I WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT PUSHED FOR THE
DISCUSSION OF SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OUTSIDE THE
NORMAL -- THE SCHEDULE THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT MIGHT COME UP OR WHAT
ACCUSATIONS MIGHT COME UP.
BUT IF SOMETHING COMES UP WE NEED A RIGHT TO BE
ABLE TO PUSH SOMETHING FORWARD.
AND ALTHOUGH THIS CITY COUNCIL AND THIS MAYOR GET
ALONG VERY, VERY WELL, I THINK WE HAVE TO
ANTICIPATE A SITUATION WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE A
SITUATION LIKE THE LAST ADMINISTRATION WHERE CITY
COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO CAREFULLY SCRUTINIZE
EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON.
AND SO WE HAVE TO NOT PLAN THIS OR LIMIT THIS FOR
TODAY BUT FOR THE FUTURE.
SO I SUPPORT THE MOTION.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE THIS STATEMENT.
THANK YOU.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL.
NEXT WE GO TO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, ITEM 5
INFLUENCE 10.
COUNCIL MEMBER CITRO.
>>JOSEPH CITRO: I MOVE ITEMS NUMBER 5 THROUGH 10.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN
DINGFELDER.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
COUNCILMAN GUDES, 11 THROUGH 14.
MOVED BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL RIGHT.
COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, 15 THROUGH 25, BECAUSE YOU
HAD PULLED 26 FOR SEPARATE VOTE.
WE'LL DO THAT LATER ON.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: I JUST WANTED TO JUMP BACK AND
MAKE A QUICK COMMENT ON ITEM 9 WHICH IS THE POLICE
UNIFORM AGREEMENT.
AND JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, BECAUSE SOME OF THE
SPEAKERS WHO CALLED IN WERE CRITICIZING US FOR
THIS.
BUT BASICALLY, THIS IS JUST BUYING THE SAME
UNIFORMS THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS BOUGHT FOR TPD, BUT
JUST MAKING IT MORE EFFICIENT AND MORE HIGH TECH
PROCESS.
AND I HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH TPD THIS PAST
WEEK ABOUT THAT.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WEREN'T ELIMINATING
A SMALL LOCAL VENDOR, BUT APPARENTLY THE LOCAL
VENDOR WAS NOT NECESSARILY LOCAL NOR SMALL.
SO ANYWAY WITH, THAT, I WILL JUMP TO MY COMMITTEE,
AND I WILL MOVE --
>>BILL CARLSON: SINCE HE BROUGHT THAT UP, CAN I
JUST ADD TO IT?
SORRY.
JUST SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS, THE ADMINISTRATION,
POLICE DEPARTMENT, CANNOT APPROVE CONTRACTS
WITHOUT CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL.
AND SO EVERY CONTRACT NO MATTER HOW BIG OR SMALL,
FOR ANY DEPARTMENT INCLUDING POLICE, COMES BEFORE
CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE BUDGET OF THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT IS BEING INCREASED.
IT MEANS THAT ALL THE BUDGETS ARE BEING APPROVED.
ITEM NUMBER 8 AS I UNDERSTAND IT IS FOR PREVENTING
DUIS, AND I CAN TELL THAT YOU MOST PEOPLE IN THE
COMMUNITY WOULD SUPPORT PREVENTING DUIS BECAUSE
THEY KILL PEOPLE.
SO I THINK AT SOME POINT, AND MAYBE I CAN MAKE A
MOTION ON THIS, I THINK AT SOME POINT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT SHOULD HAVE ITS OWN BUDGET FORM.
WE HELD A FORUM ON REGULATING THE POLICE, AND
OTHER THAN TAMPA FOR JUSTICE, ONLY TWO PEOPLE
CAME.
AND SO IF ANYBODY HAS IDEAS ON REGULATING POLICE,
PLEASE E-MAIL US, OR IN THERE'S ANOTHER INTEREST
WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC FORUM ON IT.
BUT IN TERMS.
BUDGET, I THINK THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS
TO HOLD ITS OWN PUBLIC FORUM FOR THE PUBLIC TO GO
INTO THE DETAIL ABOUT THEIR BUDGET AND WHAT IT'S
FOR.
OTHERWISE, THERE'S QUESTIONS AT EVERY PUBLIC
MEETING.
AND I CAN MAKE A MOTION LATER IF WE WANT.
BUT I THINK THAT'S NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
POLICE HAVE A CHANCE TO EXPLAIN WHAT THE BUDGET IS
FOR BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY MAY HAVE GOOD
SUGGESTIONS ON HOW THE POLICE CAN REDIRECT MONEY
AS WE HEARD IN PUBLIC COMMENT.
THANK YOU.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: WITH THAT I WILL MOVE ITEMS 15
THROUGH 25.
>>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
SECOND?
ANY OPPOSED?
GREAT.
REMEMBER, 26 GOES LATER ON.
>>LUIS VIERA: CAN WE TAKE IT NOW?
>>MARTIN SHELBY: I BELIEVE, UNLESS COUNCILMAN
DINGFELDER, THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE YOU WANT.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: ON ITEM 26 IF YOU WANT TO GET
RID OF IT, MR. CHAIRMAN, WE CAN.
I RECEIVED -- I QUESTIONED ABOUT THIS ONE BECAUSE
IT'S KIND OF THE SAME OLD STORY, $2.7 MILLION OF A
CONTRACT WITH A COMPANY TO DO SOME WASTEWATER
REPAIRS, TYPICALLY UNDERGROUND.
FOR THE AMOUNT OF $2.7 MILLION.
OF COURSE, THE STANDARD QUESTION, ACTUALLY IT
WASN'T AS A QUESTION.
THE REPORT IN THE BACKUP IDENTIFIED A DECENT WOMEN
AND MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE, A WMBE
PERCENTAGE WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, I THINK IT WAS
PROBABLY IN THE HIGH TEENS, WHICH IS GOOD, 17,
18%, BUT THEN WHEN YOU DIG DEEPER AND YOU ASK WHAT
PERCENTAGE IS BLACK BUSINESS ENTERPRISE, ONCE
AGAIN WE ARE BACK AT 3%.
AND WHEN WE CAN'T SEEM TO IMPROVE ON THAT 3%, AND
I KNOW WE ARE GOING TO WORKSHOP IT, AND I KNOW WE
ARE GOING TO IMPROVE IT, BUT I'M AN IMPATIENT
PERSON ESPECIALLY AT THIS AGE, AND I CAN'T SUPPORT
IT.
SO I AM GOING TO NOT MOVE ITEM 26, IF SOMEBODY
ELSE WANTS TO.
BUT I CAN'T SUPPORT IT FOR THAT REASON.
IT'S 3% BLACK BUSINESS ENTERPRISE.
WHAT I PREFER INSTEAD OF MOVING IT TODAY IS
ACTUALLY DEFER IT UNTIL THE FIRST REGULAR MEETING
IN JANUARY AND LET STAFF TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT IT
TO SEE IF WE CAN MAKE ANY IMPROVEMENTS BEYOND 3%.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO THAT QUO BE JANUARY 14 AT
REGULAR SESSION.
THAT'S A MOTION.
COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
>>MARTIN SHELBY: I'M SORRY, IF I CAN JUST ADD.
>> I APOLOGIZE FOR THE INTERRUPTION.
I THOUGHT EBO WAS GOING TO GET ON LINE TO SUPPORT
THIS ISSUE BECAUSE WE NEED IN THE INTEREST OF
THOSE NUMBERS.
I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T HAVE IT MYSELF.
I CAN LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS CONTRACT IS VERY
IMPORTANT FOR OUR WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT.
IT'S USED FOR CONTRACTING WASTEWATER REPAIRS.
AND WE ARE WAY BEHIND ON THOSE REPAIRS AS IT IS.
WE ARE SPENDING OVERTIME DOLLARS TO TRY TO CATCH
UP.
SO THE WORK ITSELF IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN A
WASTEWATER SYSTEM, AND I WOULD ASK IF WE COULD
POSSIBLY GET MR. HART TO BRING IN THAT INFORMATION
TODAY INSTEAD OF DEFERRING THIS CONTRACT ANY
LONGER, IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO WHY DON'T WE BRING IT UP
UNDER STAFF REPORTS WHEN WE COME BACK AFTER LUNCH,
SO WE HAVE SOME TIME TO GATHER THE DATA AND WE CAN
TALK ABOUT IT TODAY.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: OUT OF DEFERENCE TO MS.
DUNCAN, I WILL BE GLAD TO DEFER THAT TO THE
AFTERNOON.
>>JEAN DUNCAN: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO WE ARE GOING TO LEAVE 26
TO THE AFTERNOON.
NEXT UP IS COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA WITH ITEM 27
THROUGH 35.
ITEM NUMBER 34 IS A SUBSTITUTION OF THE RESOLUTION
WHICH I HAVE HERE.
>>CHARLIE MIRANDA: 34, ONE OF THE ENTITIES WAS
PUT ON IN ERROR.
THAT WAS JAMES HALEY HOSPITAL AND CLINICS FOR THE
SUBSTITUTE.
IT CORRECTS THE ERROR IN THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION.
I MOVE ITEM 27 THROUGH 35 WITH 34 BEING
SUBSTITUTED.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ALL RIGHT.
NEXT UP WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON WITH ITEMS
36 THROUGH 74.
>>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE 36 THROUGH
74.
>> SECOND.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A SECOND FROM
COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
ALL IN FAVOR?
COUNCILMAN VIERA.
>>LUIS VIERA: I HEREBY MOVE 75 AND 76.
>>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
CITRO.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ALL RIGHT.
ANY OPPOSED?
ALL RIGHT.
THAT TAKES US TO OUR 9:30 MUST BE HEARINGS, IF I
CAN --
>>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVE TO OPEN THE HEARINGS
77 THROUGH 79.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA WITH A
MOTION TO OPEN, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
ALL IN FAVOR?
OPPOSED?
ALL RIGHT, ITEM NUMBER 77 FOR SECOND READING.
AND THERE'S A SUBSTITUTE ON THERE.
WE HAVE A MEMO FROM ANDREA ZELMAN.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: MS. ZELMAN, MY QUESTION IS NOT
SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THIS BATCH OF AMENDMENT
BECAUSE WE HAVE GONE OVER THEM AND READ THEM
CAREFULLY WITH YOU AND THAT SORT OF THING.
BUT I JUST WANT YOUR ASSURANCES THAT THE COMMUNITY
HAS PROPOSED NOTICE AMENDMENT, FOR EXAMPLE,
ADDITIONAL NOTICE BEYOND THE 250 FOR CERTAIN TYPES
OF PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, THAT SORT OF THING,
PROJECTS THAT MIGHT HAVE LARGER IMPACT.
I WENT ONLINE LAST NIGHT TO LOOK AROUND THE STATE
AND SEE WHAT OTHER TYPES OF DISTANCES OTHER
MUNICIPALITIES COUNTIES HAD AND I SAW A FEW EVEN
IN PASCO COUNTY, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, THEY
WENT TO 500 FEET OF NOTICE.
AND THEN COUNCIL MADE SOME REQUESTS IN REGARD TO
CHANGING CODE IN 27, ONE THAT SPECIFICALLY JUMPS
OUT AT ME IS THE ONE RELATED TO THE FACT THAT WE
COULD MAKE AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 27 MORE THAN ONCE
A YEAR.
AND YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
SO THE ONLY THING I WOULD ASK IS, I'M COMFORTABLE
WITH MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS ORDINANCE.
I WILL CONTINUE TO VOTE YES.
BUT I JUST WANT YOUR ASSURANCES THAT STAFF AND
LEGAL WILL LOOK AT THESE OTHER ISSUES AS VIGILANT
LIP AS YOU LOOK AT THIS.
>>ANDREA ZELMAN: YES.
AND LET ME NOTE AT THE OUTSET, THE SUBSTITUTE IS
SIMPLY TO CHANGE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE
ORDINANCE, AND IT ORIGINALLY SAID WOULD BE
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AND WE CHANGED IT TO
FEBRUARY 1st, 2021 JUST TO ALLOW STAFF SOME
TIME TO EDUCATE APPLICANTS AND MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC OF THE CHANGES.
BUT AS TO YOUR QUESTION, MR. DINGFELDER,
ABSOLUTELY, WE ARE CONTINUING TO RECEIVE AND OFTEN
DOES RECEIVE REQUESTS LIKE THAT TO RECONSIDER
THINGS IN OUR CODE, AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT THAT,
AND I BELIEVE I'M ATTENDING A MEETING NEXT WEEK, I
BELIEVE ABOUT SOME UPCOMING LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE
TEXT AMENDMENT SO THOSE ARE AMONG THE THINGS WE
ARE CONSIDERING.
I WOULD NOTE JUST FROM MY EXPERIENCE THAT THE
COMMUNITIES THAT PROVIDE THE LARGER DISTANCES FOR
ACCESS ARE TYPICALLY IN THE MORE RURAL AREAS, SO
THAT YOU CAN -- WHERE 250 FEET MAY ONLY CAPTURE A
HANDFUL OF PROPERTY OWNERS, IN A DENSELY POPULATED
AREA, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WE DON'T MAKE THE
DISTANCE SO ONEROUS THAT IT REALLY DRASTICALLY
INCREASE IT IS COST OF THE MAILING, BUT THAT WE
WILL LOOK AT.
I PROMISE YOU.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: HAND IN HAND WITH THAT, I AM
GOING TO URGE US TO LOOK AT THE LARGER, BRIGHTER
COLORED SIGNS THAT THE COUNTY USES INSTEAD OF OUR
SMALLER CITY SIGNS.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S A BIG BURDEN ON EITHER
THE CITY NOR THE DEVELOPERS.
THANK YOU.
>>ANDREA ZELMAN: THANK YOU.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?
HEARING AND SEEING NONE, CAN I GET A MOTION TO
CLOSE?
MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, WOULD YOU MIND READING THE
SUBSTITUTE?
>>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU DON'T HAVE THE SUBSTITUTE
ORDINANCE.
>>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIR, I WILL GO AHEAD AND DO
THAT.
FILE E-2020-8-CHAPTER 27, SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE
PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN
ORDINANCE RELATINGS TO CORRECTION OF UNINTENTIONAL
ERRORS OR CONFLICTS BETWEEN SECTIONS OF THIS
CHAPTER OR WITH OTHER CHAPTERS AND AMENDMENTS TO
PROCEDURAL MATTERS MAKING REVISIONS TO CITY OF
TAMPA CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 27, ZONING AND
LAND DEVELOPMENT, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR
PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH,
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
>>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
MIRANDA.
ROLL CALL VOTE.
>>LUIS VIERA: YES.
>>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
>>BILL CARLSON: YES.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
>>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MIRANDA YES.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT UP, 78.
PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION.
IS ANYBODY HERE FOR THAT ITEM?
GOOD MORNING.
ELAINE LUND, CITY TAMPA PRESERVATION.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF PRESENTATIONS FOR YOU THIS
MORNING ON THE NEXT TWO ITEMS.
IF I MAY ASK TO SHARE MY SCREEN, PLEASE.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: MA'AM, IF I COULD REMAINED YOU
SINCE WE ARE AT SECOND READING WE HEARD A LOT
ABOUT THESE ITEMS ALREADY.
>>ELAINE LUND: OKAY.
VERY WELL.
AND 78 IS 220 EAST MADISON STREET IN DOWNTOWN
TAMPA, KNOWN TO MOST PEOPLE AS THE CVS STORE
DOWNTOWN.
WE HAVE THE -- SORRY.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE WE ARE.
>>ELAINE LUND: SORRY.
OKAY.
THIS IS THE FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN
ASSOCIATION OF TAMPA WHICH WAS DESIGNATED AS A
HISTORIC LANDMARK IN 2018, A 1963 BUILDING, ON THE
INTERNATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AT THE
CORNER OF FRANKLIN STREET AND MADISON.
[~AUDIO DISTORTION~] THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN
REHABILITATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF
THE INTERIOR STANDARDS, AND WE ARE SEEING SOME
PICTURES OF THE INTERIOR LOBBY.
AND SOME OF THE INTERIOR SPACES ON THE THIRD FLOOR
WHICH IS AN OPEN AREA, AND MEETING AREAS FOR
TENANTS.
AND THEN THE HIGHER LEVELS REHABILITATED AND
TURNED INTO APARTMENT SPACES, WHICH IS ALSO AN
ADAPTIVE REUSE PROJECT, JUST VERY NICE.
AND I AM AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
HEARING NONE, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC
THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?
>>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO CLOSE.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN
DINGFELDER AND MIRANDA.
>>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FILE E
2020-8 CHAPTER 27, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE
APPROVING AN HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROPERTY TAX
EXEMPTION APPLICATION RELATIVE TO THE RESTORATION,
RENOVATION OR REHABILITATION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY
OWNED BY URBAN CORE HOLDINGS II, LLC, LOCATED AT
220 EAST MADISON STREET, TAMPA, FLORIDA AND IS A
DESIGNATED LOCAL LANDMARK BASED UPON CERTAIN
FINDINGS, PROVIDING FOR NOTICE TO THE PROPERTY
APPRAISER OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
>>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ROLL CALL VOTE.
>>LUIS VIERA: YES DUDE.
>>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
>>BILL CARLSON: YES.
>>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
>>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
>>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ITEM NUMBER 79.
>>ELAINE LUND: CITY OF TAMPA HISTORIC
PRESERVATION.
IF I MAY SHARE MY SCREEN FOR THIS AS WELL, PLEASE.
AND THIS IS THE PROPERTY AT 602 EAST FRANCES
AVENUE IN THE TAMPA HEIGHTS HISTORIC DISTRICT.
THIS HOUSE IS LOCATED JUST ACROSS FROM THE TAMPA
HEIGHTS COMMUNITY GARDENS.
IT WAS IN THE FDOT RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR THE INTERSTATE
INTERCHANGE THERE AT I-275 AND I-4.
THE CURRENT OWNERS ACQUIRED THE BUILDING AND THE
PARCEL AT 602 EAST FRANCES AND MOVED IT ONE
PROPERTY OVER.
SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF SHOTS OF THE HOUSE BEING --
DURING ITS RELOCATION, ON THE EQUIPMENT THERE.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE HOUSE ON THE LEFT FROM
PRIOR TO THE REHABILITATION, AND THEN ONE AFTER.
SOUTH AND WEST ELEVATIONS.
AND THE FAMILY DID A GREAT JOB OF INTERIOR WORK
INCLUDING A SMALL ADDITION FOR THEIR GROWING
FAMILY.
YOU SEE SOME OF THE INTERIOR, FINISHING DETAILS
THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT.
AND I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON THIS AS
WELL.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM
COUNCIL MEMBERS?
HEARING NONE, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC
THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: MOVE TO CLOSE.
>> SECOND.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO CLOSE FROM
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, I BELIEVE, SECOND FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER GUDES.
ALL IN FAVOR?
COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
>> FILE 2020 CH 27, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN
HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION
APPLICATION RELATIVE -- DID SOMEBODY SAY
SOMETHING?
NO.
RELATIVE TO THE RESTORATION, RENOVATION OR
REHABILITATION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY --
>>> IF YOU ARE NOT SPEAKING, PLEASE MUTE YOURSELF.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNED BY
MATTHEW AND NICOLE PERRY LOCATED AT 602 EAST
FRANCES AVENUE, TAMPA, FLORIDA, IN THE TAMPA
HEIGHTS LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT BASED UPON CERTAIN
FINDINGS PROVIDING FOR NOTICE TO THE PROPERTY
APPRAISER OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
AND I ACTUALLY SAW THIS ONE BY COINCIDENCE BEING
MOVED AND I WAS AFRAID OF IT BEING LIKE
DEMOLISHED.
SO I WAS GLAD THAT IT WAS BEING MOVED AND SAVED.
THAN.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM
COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
ROLL CALL VOTE.
>>LUIS VIERA: YES.
>>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
>>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
>>BILL CARLSON: YES.
>>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
>>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
>>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
>>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO OPEN 80 AND 81.
SECOND.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ALL RIGHT.
IF YOU ARE HERE AND WISH TO SPEAK ON 80 OR 81,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND WE WILL SWEAR YOU
IN.
(OATH ADMINISTERED BY CLERK).
>> I DO.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MR. MANASSE IS ON THE LINE.
>>RYAN MANASSE: 80 IS FILE REZ 20-76 FOR PROPERTY
LOCATED AT 3305 WEST UNION STREET.
THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU AT FIRST READING WAS ZONING
CLASSIFICATION RS-50 TO PD FOR PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED.
THE PD SEGMENTS HAVE BEEN TURNED INTO DEVELOPMENT
COORDINATION AND CERTIFIED BY THE ZONING
ADMINISTRATOR.
STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT
THIS TIME FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS?
HEARING NONE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GO AHEAD.
>> 13014 NORTH DALE MABRY HIGHWAY. I'M THE
APPLICANT. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR
THE GENTLEMAN?
HEARING NONE, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC OR
ANYBODY REGISTERED TO SPEAK FOR ITEM NUMBER 80?
>>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO CLOSE.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO CLOSE FROM
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
ALL RIGHT.
COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES, WOULD YOU MIND READING ITEM
NUMBER 80?
>>ORLANDO GUDES: FILE REZ 20-76.
ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND
ORDINANCE ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY
IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 3305 WEST UNION STREET
IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING
DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS 350 RESIDENTIAL
SINGLE-FAMILY TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER GUDES, SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
ROLL CALL VOTE.
>>LUIS VIERA: YES.
>>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
>>BILL CARLSON: NO.
>>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
>>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO.
>>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON AND
MIRANDA VOTING NO.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ITEM NUMBER 81.
>>RYAN MANASSE: DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
ITEM 81 IS FILE REZ 20-79 FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED
AT 2420 WEST MISSISSIPPI AVENUE.
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR OFFICE BUSINESS
PROFESSIONAL TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, OFFICE,
MEDICAL OR BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL.
STAFF HAS RECEIVED THE REVISED SITE PLANS, AND
THEY WERE CERTIFIED AND TURNED INTO THE CITY
CLERK.
STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY
HAVE.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT
THIS TIME FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS?
HEARING NONE, MR. PRESSMAN, IS THIS YOUR ITEM?
>>TODD PRESSMAN: I THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE
NEIGHBORS HERE TO SPEAK.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU HAD A
PRESENTATION BUT YOU ARE THE APPLICANT, CORRECT?
>>TODD PRESSMAN: I AM HERE FOR THE APPLICANT,
YES.
I WILL BE HAPPY TO SPEAK AFTER THE NEIGHBORS.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: RESERVE FOR REBUTTAL.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE WILL GIVE YOU REBUTTAL
TIME THEN.
>>TODD PRESSMAN: OKAY.
THIS IS A PD FROM BUSINESS OFFICE TO BUSINESS
MEDICAL OFFICE.
YOUR STAFF FULLY SUPPORTS THE ISSUE.
I'M HERE WITH LAUREN GRIFFIN.
LAUREN WILL BE ONE OF THE NEW OWNERS WITH HER
HUSBAND BRADLEY.
THEY RUN A MEDICAL CLINIC, MEDICAL OFFICE WHICH
THEY HAVE BEEN RUNNING IN TAMPA FOR SOME TIME AND
THIS WILL BE A BRAND NEW LOCATION.
WE HAVE NOTICED OVER 67 PEOPLE.
WE HAD A COUPLE OF NEIGHBORS THAT WE HAD A LOT OF
DISCUSSIONS AND HAVE MET WITH AND ARE HERE TODAY,
THEY ARE VERY FINE FOLKS.
THEIR CONCERNS HAVE BEEN ABOUT DRAINAGE, AND AS
YOU HEARD FROM YOUR LEGAL STAFF, I AM NOT SPEAKING
FOR THEM BUT THEY TOLD YOU A NUMBER OF TIMES, A
COUPLE OF TIMES DURING THE HEARINGS, THAT DRAINAGE
IS NOT PART OF THE ZONING.
WE DO HAVE AN PROVED CERTIFIED DRAINAGE PLAN
PERMIT THAT WAS APPROVED A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO BY
THE CURRENT OWNERS.
OUR ENGINEER, WE HIRED TO REVIEW IT, AND LOOK AT
THE SITE, AND WE DISCUSSED THAT WITH THE NEIGHBORS
AS WELL.
SO WITH THAT, WE ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AT THE FIRST
HEARING AND HOPE TO HAVE YOUR SUPPORT AT THIS
HEARING.
THANK YOU.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR
THE GENTLEMAN?
HEARING NONE, WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, AND I
KNOW WE HAVE ONE REGISTERED SPEAKER.
SO WE WILL GO WITH THE FOLKS IN PERSON FIRST AND
THEN WE'LL GO WITH THE PERSON REGISTERED ONLINE.
WE HAVE ONE PERSON.
GO AHEAD.
>> BEFORE WE BEGIN, I'M ASSUMING WE HAVE THREE
MINUTES EACH.
AND THEY WILL STAY HERE WITH THE PICTURES.
>>> ARE YOU GOING TO BE TALKING BACK TO BACK, YOU
SAID?
>> WILL TALK THE ENTIRE THING.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT'S FINE.
>> SO A FEW EXTRA SECOND OR WHATEVER.
CAN YOU TURN THIS ON?
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, IT'S ON.
WE CAN SEE IT.
>> DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF WHAT I AM GETTING READY
TO SHOW.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AND PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME
FOR THE RECORD.
>> KIM PRICE.
I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
WE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS AN ISSUE.
THE PARCEL OF LAND IS IN VIOLATION OF YOUR CITY
ORDINANCE.
YOUR LANGUAGE CALLS FOR ZONING TO BE IN HARMONY
AND NOT DAMAGE SURROUNDING AREAS.
2420 MISSISSIPPI, SECTION 27-1218 WHICH IS A
DIRECT VIOLATION OF YOUR LAW.
THE OWNERS NOT ONLY BUILT A PARKING LOT BUT A NEW
STORMWATER SYSTEM ALL WITHOUT COUNCIL APPROVAL.
BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH THE DEPARTMENT ISSUED A
PERMIT AND THEY MADE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES WHICH
ADVERSELY IMPACTS OUR COLLECTIVE $10 MILLION
ADJACENT PROPERTY IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS.
PARKING.
PHOTO 1, 1984.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PROPERTIES ARE ON THE SAME
ELEVATION.
IN PHOTOS 7-A AND -- 7-A, THIS IS THE VIEW FROM
MISSISSIPPI ON THEIR PROPERTY LOOKING TO US.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT FENCE.
THAT'S OUR VIEW LOOKING AT THEM.
SO WE ARE CHALLENGING THE PROCESS THAT WAS USED TO
APPROVE AND CONNECT THE SYSTEM.
THE PARKING LOT WAS INSTALLED WITHOUT THE REQUIRED
APPROVAL BY THE COUNCIL.
BECAUSE THE PARKING LOT WOULD INCREASE STORMWATER
RUNOFF, CHANGES WERE MADE CONCURRENTLY.
ON TOP OF NOT FOLLOWING APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS, NOT
ONCE TWICE OR THREE TAMES BUT FOUR INSPECTIONS, AS
NOTED BY CITY INSPECTOR, QUOTE, ALL WORK HAS BEEN
COVERED AND COMPLETE WITHIN INSPECTION, WILL
REQUIRE LETTERS OF ENGINEERING REPORTS.
AND THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES, JUST WRITING A LETTER.
ON MULTIPLE DAYS, APPROVED PLANS WERE NOT ON-SITE,
TO MEET WITH THE CITY INSPECTOR.
THE CITY RATHER THAN REJECT IT AND ALLOW FOR ANY
ENGINEER TO SIGN OFF HOP IN THIS CASE IS THE SAME
ENGINEER WHO DESIGNED THIS PLAN, STATED IN HIS
JULY 3:00 1st LETTER TO CITY THAT, QUOTE,
BASED ON MY FIELD INSPECTION AND THE FINAL
AS-BUILT SURVEY, IT APPEARS THAT THE PARKING LOT
EXPANSION AND UNDERGROUND STORMWATER SYSTEM WERE
CONSTRUCTED PER MANUFACTURERS SPECIFICATIONS AND
SHOULD OPERATE AS DESIGNED.
WOULD ANYBODY REASONABLY CONSIDER THIS AS A
CONFLICT OF INTEREST?
NOT ONCE DID THEY MEET WITH THE CITY INSPECTOR
THERE.
WERE NO VISUAL INSPECTORS TO DETERMINE IF THE
PARKING LOT OR CODE WAS IN CONFLICT.
ONCE THIS WORK WAS COMPLETED THE DRAINAGE ISSUE
WAS SUDDENLY AND IMMEDIATELY APPEARED ON OUR
PROPERTY, AFTER 30 YEARS WITH NO PROBLEM.
DOCUMENTATION WAS PROVIDED IN STORMWATER
MEMORANDUM DATED ON MAY 4 WHERE YOUR STAFF NOTED
THAT IT WAS, QUOTE, QUESTIONABLE WHETHER THE
OUTFALL WAS ADEQUATE AND COMMENTED THAT THE
PROPERTY MUST MEET CODE 21.
SO EXACTLY HOW BUSINESS OWNERS AND CONTRACTORS
HELD ACCOUNTABLE BY THE CITY TO. SUMMARIZE THE
PARKING LOT AND TOMORROW STOW WATER INSTALLATION
DID NOT FOLLOW THE APPROVAL OR INSPECTION PROCESS,
REQUIRED BUILT CITY.
YOUR STAFF DOCUMENTED THIS IN THE BUILDING SUMMARY
REPORT AND MEMORANDUMS.
IN FACT THIS ISSUE RESURFACED IN AUGUST, AND THE
PETITIONER WAS ONCE AGAIN BYPASSING REGULATIONS,
AND NOT ENFORCING YOUR OWN LAWS WHICH HAD AN
ADVERSE AFFECT TO OUR ADJOINING PROPERTIES, TO
PROTECT THE CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY AND
PROCESSES WERE DESIGNED TO BE FOLLOWED.
WHAT IS THE RECOMMENDED WHEN THEY ARE NOT
FOLLOWED?
TO ENSURE THAT PROPERTY APPROVALS ARE HARMONIOUS
AND COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING PROPERTY, BY
ALLOWING BUSINESS OWNERS AND CONTRACTORS TO
CIRCUMVENT APPROVAL COMMENTS AND BREAK THE LAW YOU
ARE ADVERSELY IMPACTING OUR PROPERTY.
THE SECOND ISSUE IS A BUFFER AND WALL REQUIREMENT.
NO BUILDING USE SUMMARY ON 5-14, YOUR STAFF
DOCUMENTED A 15-FOOT BUFFER IS REQUIRED ALONG THE
REAR SIDE OF THE PROPERTY LINES, WITHIN THE
BUFFER, A 6-FOOT BLOCK WALL, GRASS, AND TWO-INCH
CODE TREE AT 40 FEET, ALTERNATIVE BUFFERS AND
SCREENINGS MUST BE APPROVED BY ZONING. THIS LAW
WAS WRITTEN SPECIFICALLY TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT OF
CHANGES MADE TO A PROPERTY WHEN PROPERTIES ARE IN
DIFFERENT CHARACTER.
IN YOUR STAFF REVIEWS AND DISAPPROVES A PLAN BASED
UPON YOUR OWN LAW WHY IS IT THAT A PROPERTY
MANAGER WITH BYPASS IT JUST BECAUSE THEY DISAGREE?
THIS PROJECT MANAGER BY THE WAY ALSO STATED THAT
HE MET WITH ERIC COTTON, THE INTERIM MANAGER OF
PLANNING AND ZONING, AND MENTIONED THE 6-FOOT
FENCE WAS ALREADY THERE, SO ERIC SIGNED OFF ON OUR
FENCE. THIS IS A DIRECT CITY EMPLOYEE
DISREGARDING YOUR LAW.
BECAUSE THE CURRENT OWNER MANAGED TO BYPASS THE
PROPER APPROVALS AND WAS WAIVED OFF OF THE BUFFER
REQUIREMENTS, THAT SECTION ISN'T LISTED THERE, THE
CURRENT PETITIONER IS NOT REQUIRED TO FOLLOW THE
REGULATION EITHER.
IN FACT, THE FENCE THAT WE HAVE CONSTRUCTED, NOT
CONCRETE, WAS DEEMED ACCESSIBLE ALTHOUGH NOT IN
ACCORDANCE WITH ZONING LAW. THIS IS NOT EVEN ON
THEIR PROPERTY BUT THEY TOOK IT AS THEIR OWN
REMEDY.
SO THE INVASION OF OUR PRIVACY, THE 15-FOOT BUFFER
AND CONCRETE WALL ENVIRONMENT WOULD INCREASE OUR
PRIVACY, AND THESE PHOTOS IN THE MATTER OF
ENJOYMENT THIRD ISSUE OUR 6-FOOT FENCES HAVE ABOUT
3 AND A HALF TO 4-FOOT VIEWS, SINCE THE PROPERTY
WAS -- WERE NOT ABLE TO RESUME THIS PLANNED PARCEL
AS RESIDENTIAL.
WE RECEIVED NO NOTIFICATIONS REGARDING PROPERTY
CHANGES AND SPEAK TO THIS GROUP THAT WE ARE
RELYING ON TO BE PROTECT OUR PROPERTY VALUES.
WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU REVIEW THESE ISSUES
AND DETERMINE A REMEDY FOR FAILING TO FOLLOW CITY
ORDINANCES AND ALLOWING BUSINESS OWNERS TO BYPASS
THE LAWS AND PROCESSES AT OUR EXPERIENCE.
WITH THE CHANGING USE IN MEDICAL OFFICE, WHAT IS
NEXT?
THE OWNER MAY WANT TO BUILD ANOTHER STORY ONTO THE
BUILDING OR EXPAND URGENT CARE, POSSIBLY A FREE
STANDING EMERGENCY ROOM, AMBULANCES COULD BE
COMING AND GOING.
WE DO NOT BELIEVE THE CITY HAS FOLLOWED ITS RULES,
IT'S REGULATIONS OR ITS PROCESSES BY ALLOWING SO
MUCH CHANGE WITH SO LITTLE REGARD TO THE IMPACT OF
THE SURROUNDING AREA, AND ISN'T THAT THE MAIN
PURPOSE OF YOUR EXISTENCE?
WHY HAVE THE ORDINANCES AND PROCESSES AND THE
BUSINESS OWNER IS NOT REQUIRED TO FOLLOW IF HE CAN
OBTAIN A WAIVER?
[BELL SOUNDS]
MAY I FINISH?
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
GO AHEAD.
>> IF THE DEPARTMENTS ARE NOT ACCOUNTABLE FOR
THESE ISSUES THEN WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK WHO
IS.
AT WHAT POINT, WHAT COST WILL THE SIGN QUIT
LOOKING, AND THE ONLY COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IN A
100% RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, AND ALLOW TO THE
ENJOY FAVORABLE IMPROVEMENTS AND CHANGES AT OUR
EXPENSE?
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, ALTHOUGH -- THOSE
PHOTOGRAPHS, ARE THOSE BEEN PROVIDED PREVIOUSLY TO
THE CLERK?
>> YOU ARE WELCOME TO KEEP THEM.
>>MARTIN SHELBY: MY QUESTION TO YOU, DO YOU WANT
THEM IN THE RECORD?
>> WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THEM INCLUDED, THANK YOU.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: VERY GOOD.
WE HAVE ONE PERSON THAT IS ON THE LINE, DONNA
SMITH, FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, IF SHE IS ON, IF SHE
WOULD UNMUTE HERSELF AND THE CLERK COULD BRING HER
ON.
>> HI.
THIS IS DONNA.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
(AUDIO ECHO)
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WAIT.
JUST A MOMENT.
>> IS THAT BETTER?
(AUDIO ECHO)
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. SHELBY, DOES SHE HAVE TO
APPEAR ON VIDEO?
>>MARTIN SHELBY: SHE CANNOT BE SWORN IN IF SHE'S
NOT AVAILABLE TO APPEAR ON VIDEO.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MA'AM, WE NEED TO HAVE YOU ON
VIDEO PER THE RULES.
>> OKAY.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS THERE ANY WAY AROUND THIS?
CAN WE WAIVE THE RULES FOR THIS ONE SPEAKER?
NO.
JAGUAR ARE YOU CALLED IN THROUGH A CELL PHONE OR
THROUGH A COMPUTER?
>> I THINK I HAVE BOTH ON.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IF YOU ARE ON THE COMPUTER,
AND YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE CAMERA, JUST TURN YOUR
CAMERA ON.
WE HAVE TO SEE YOUR FACE, BY LAW, AND THEN SWEAR
YOU IN.
(AUDIO ECHO)
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN, WHILE SHE'S
DOING THAT, CAN I ASK STAFF AND MAYBE SHE CAN WORK
ON IT?
WHO IS OUR STAFF ON THIS, RYAN?
OKAY.
GOOD MORNING, RYAN.
SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROPERTY, DROVE BY
IT HUNDREDS OF TIMES OVER THE YEARS.
I SAW IT CHANGING.
AND WHAT I AM WONDERING ABOUT IS THE ALLEGATION
FROM MS. PRICE IS -- AND I THINK I AM ON MAYBE THE
SECOND PAGE OF HER DOCUMENT -- THAT A PARKING LOT
WAS ADDED OVER THE YEARS, THAT PERHAPS WAS
INCONSISTENT WITH THE PD SITE PLAN.
THE NEW OWNER SAYS WE ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING
DIFFERENT THAN WHAT'S ALREADY THERE.
BUT IF THEY ARE ADOPTING A PROPERTY THAT MODIFIED
SOMETHING SIGNIFICANTLY, LIKE -- AND I DON'T KNOW
IF IT'S TRUE OR NOT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY I DIDN'T
HAVE MY SITE PLAN IN MY HAND AS I DROVE BY THE
PROPERTY FOR HUNDREDS OF TIMES.
BUT MY QUESTION TO YOU, RYAN, AND I DON'T KNOW IF
YOU CAN ANSWER IT TODAY, IS, HAS ANYBODY LOOKED AT
THE FACT THAT AN ADDITIONAL PARKING LOT, WHICH
PERHAPS MIGHT HAVE CREATED THE STORMWATER
ISSUES -- AND THIS IS ALL CONJECTURE ON MY MART
AND I ADMIT THAT -- WAS ADDED, THAT WAS NOT ON THE
PRIOR SITE PLAN?
>>RYAN MANASSE: LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
I'LL STATE WHAT I STATED AT FIRST READING AS WELL.
THERE IS A SITE PLAN APPROVAL FROM CONSTRUCTION
SERVICES FOR THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION OF THE
PARKING LOT.
THAT MEANS IT WENT THROUGH ITS REVIEWS AND
INSPECTIONS, AND I BELIEVE AS THE NEIGHBOR POINTED
OUT THEY HAD AN ENGINEER SIGN OFF ON THE LETTER.
OBVIOUSLY I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO DETAIL WITH THAT
BECAUSE THAT'S GETTING MORE CONSTRUCTION REVIEW.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER:
>> AND I'M NOT SURE THAT'S MY QUESTION, THOUGH,
RYAN.
I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, LOOKING AT IT AS A
PLANNER, AND LOOKING AT THE AERIALS TODAY, OR
DOING A SITE VISIT TODAY, IS THERE A PARKING LOT
NO PLACE THAT'S NOT SHOWING UP ON THE SITE PLAN?
IN OTHER WORDS, IF A PRIOR COUNCIL APPROVE THE
SITE PLAN AND DID THE PARKING LOT GET SUBSEQUENTLY
BUILT THAT'S NOT SHOWING UP ON THE SITE PLAN?
I DON'T THINK THAT TAKES AN ENGINEER.
>>RYAN MANASSE: RYAN I WILL TRY TO ANSWER YOUR
QUESTION, COUNCILMAN.
THE SITE PLAN FROM A REVIEW STANDPOINT AS A
PLANNER WHEN WE REVIEWED THE PD SITE PLAN IT
MATCHES UP WITH THE SITE PLAN APPROVED BY
CONSTRUCTION SERVICES SO THAT PARKING LOT IS
THERE, AND I BELIEVE THE STAFF PHOTO SHOWS THAT AS
WELL, IS WHAT COULD BE PRESENTED TO YOU AS THE
SITE PLAN FOR THE PD REZONING.
THE ONE ADDITION I WILL SAY IS THAT ON
MISSISSIPPI, AND THAT WAS UNDER THE PLANNING
COMMISSION REPORT, THEY WANTED THEM TO ADD A
CONNECTION OF THE SIDEWALK TO THE FRONT ENTRANCE.
OTHER THAN THAT, AND WHAT I AM LOOKING AT ON MY
OTHER SCREEN IS THE PERMITTED SITE PLAN IS WHAT
THE PD IS BEFORE YOU TODAY.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER:
>>WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A CONNECTION ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT A STORMWATER CONNECTION?
>>RYAN MANASSE: A SIDEWALK CONNECTION, SIR.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: A SIDEWALK CONNECTION.
OKAY.
CAN YOU PUT UP -- CAN YOU PUT UP --
>>RYAN MANASSE: AFTER STORMWATER REVIEW WHICH WAS
FOUND CONSISTENT AND BASED UPON THE SAME ACTION
THAT PLANNERS AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND
TRANSPORTATION HAS DONE AS WELL.
IF YOU REFER TO YOUR STAFF REPORT FOR FIRST
READING, THE ONE ADDITION WAIVER THAT THEY ARE
REQUESTING TO THIS ALREADY EXISTING SITE IS THE
BACKUP FROM 6 FEET TO ZERO AND THAT'S FOR PLANNING
TO MAKE SURE IT ENCOMPASSES THE PROPER CODE
SECTIONS IF IT IS APPROVED.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: CAN YOU PUT UP THE PD SITE
PLAN?
I'M ASSUMING, I GUESS IT REALLY HASN'T CHANGED AS
RELATED TO THAT PARKING LOT, AND POINT OUT THE
PARKING LOT THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT?
DO YOU HAVE THAT IN YOUR SYSTEM?
>>RYAN MANASSE: SURE.
IF I CAN SHARE MY SCREEN.
SORRY.
I AM MOVING THE CAMERAS AROUND.
YOU SHOULD SEE THE SITE PLAN ON SCREEN NOW.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: WE DO.
>>RYAN MANASSE: SO IF WE ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT.
SO HERE IS THE EXISTING STRUCTURE AS LABELED ON
THE SITE PLAN AND THE EXISTING PARKING LOT, AND
THAT WOULD BE THE EAST SIDE, AND THE EXISTING
PARKING LOT ON THE WEST SIDE.
JUST TO HAVE BEEN REAP ITERATE WHAT I WAS
REFERRING TO AS THE SIDEWALK CONNECTION.
THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PERMITTED SITE
PLAN AND THE PROPOSED PD SITE PLAN.
AND WHAT I CAN DO FOR YOU TOO IS I CAN PUT UP THE
PERMITTED SITE PLAN IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT
AS WELL.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: AND WHAT YEAR -- THIS IS THE
NEW SITE PLAN?
>>RYAN MANASSE: WHAT'S ON SCREEN RIGHT NOW IS THE
PLAN BEFORE YOU, SIR.
AND NOW WHAT I AM GOING TO THROW UP ON SCREEN, YOU
CAN SEE THE CITY OF TAMPA CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
STAMP APPROVED SITE PLAN.
AND THIS WAS BUILDING PERMIT IN 2019.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMAN GUDES.
>>ORLANDO GUDES: I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A
QUESTION OF MR. MANASSE OR MS. ZELMAN.
WHEN I LISTENED TO THE LADY SPEAK AT THE PODIUM,
AND SHE SUBMITS WHAT SHE FEELS COULD BE SOME
POSSIBLE LAW VIOLATIONS, WHEN I LOOK AT HER BRIEF
SECTION ON THE THIRD PAGE AND SHE TALKS ABOUT
DIFFERENT LAWS AND RULES THAT POSSIBLY MAY NOT
HAVE ADHERED TO, IS THERE A PROCESS TO REVIEW THIS
OR LOOK AT THIS TO SEE IF POSSIBLY THERE ARE SOME
ERRORS HERE, OR IF THERE ARE ANY VIOLATIONS?
I WOULD HATE TO BE APPROVING SOMETHING IF WE ARE
NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR OWN LAWS AND
REGULATIONS.
I HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING AND
MAKING SURE IF WE HAVE GOT RULES, AND WE ARE NOT
ADHERING TO OUR OWN RULES, I DON'T FEEL FAIR ABOUT
DOING SOMETHING.
>>ANDREA ZELMAN: DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY.
I AM HERE IN PLACE OF INDICATE WELLS WHO WAS AT
FIRST READING.
SHE'S AT A HEARING AND COULDN'T BE HERE.
BUT I WOULD NOTE, AS SHE ADVISED COUNCIL AT THE
FIRST READING, WHAT'S BEFORE YOU IS A PD FOR
BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL OFFICE USE THAT IS SEEKING
TO ADD MEDICAL OFFICE USE AS A USE.
AND AS I BELIEVE YOU DISCUSSED AT LENGTH AT THAT
HEARING, THAT ADDITION OF A USE DOES NOT IN AND OF
ITSELF IMPACT THE DRAINAGE ISSUES THAT ARE BEING
DISCUSSED.
AND THAT'S WHY I WOULD CAUTION YOU NOT TO DEVIATE
TOO FAR FROM WHAT THE ACTUAL REQUEST IS.
WITH REGARD TO THE ALLEGATIONS THAT PERHAPS RULES
WEREN'T FOLLOWED,
AGAIN, THAT'S OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF WHAT YOU ARE
READING, WHAT YOU ARE ASKED TO CONSIDER TODAY, BUT
CERTAINLY THERE ARE AVENUES BY WHICH PEOPLE CAN
CONTACT THE CITY DEPARTMENTS, CONTACT CODE
ENFORCEMENT IF THEY BELIEVE CODE IS BEING
VIOLATED, AND IT'S NOT UNHEARD OF FOR PEOPLE TO
QUESTION APPROVALS THAT WERE GRANTED IN THE PAST
AND STAFF IS CERTAINLY TYPICALLY WILLING AND ABLE
TO GO BACK AND FIND THE RECORDS AND EXPLAIN WHAT
DID HAPPEN IN THE PAST, AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT
WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE AVENUE HERE.
THANK YOU.
>>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE DONNA SMITH ON, IF YOU COULD
TURN YOUR WEB CAM ON, MA'AM.
DONNA SMITH?
AND YOU ARE MUTED AS WELL.
AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE COMING ON NOW.
WE CANNOT HEAR YOU OR SEE YOU.
>> I'LL TRAY.
I'M CLICKING ON IT.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS THERE A START WEB CAM
BUTTON?
>> RESUME YOUR WEB CAM.
I CLICKED IT.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT SAYS PLEASE START YOUR WEB
CAM.
OR PLEASE START CAM.
>> I'M CLICKING ON IT.
STOP SHARING MY WEB CAM.
IT LOOKS LIKE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES SUPPOSED TO
BE ON.
IT'S GREEN ON THE MICROPHONE AND IT'S GREEN ON THE
CAMERA.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHICH WE CAN HEAR YOU
CLEARLY.
BUT THE IMAGES DON'T START.
>> AND I CAN SEE ALL OF YOU ON MY SCREEN.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO OVERCOME THIS TECHNOLOGY.
SULING LUCAS SCREEN, DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO GIVE ME
ACCESS TO OPEN IT?
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO, SULING IS IN FRONT OF ME.
IT'S ON YOUR END, NOT OUR END.
>>MARTIN SHELBY: IS ANYBODY ELSE REGISTERED?
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT'S THE ONLY PERSON
REGISTERED AND WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PUBLIC
COMMENTS.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION FROM COUNCIL CONSIDERING
THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES THAT ARE BEYOND OUR
CONTROL, MS. SMITH, YOUR NEIGHBOR HAS WHAT YOU
WANT TO BE SAY.
CAN WE GIVE HER YOUR TIME, WHICH IS THREE MINUTES,
SO -- SHE'S HERE.
>> SURE.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S DO THAT.
>>MARTIN SHELBY: IF WE CAN, FROM THE PETITIONER.
>> MY NAME IS DONNA SMITH AND --
>>> WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
STOP, PLEASE.
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
MR. SHELBY.
>>MARTIN SHELBY: WHO IS GOING TO BE DOING THE
SPEAKING?
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SHE WILL BE DOING THE
SPEAKING.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: MS. PRICE.
>>> OKAY.
MS. PRICE IS GOING TO SPEAK AT THE REQUEST FROM
THE PETITIONER'S REPRESENTATIVE.
>>MARTIN SHELBY: IS THAT ACCEPTABLE TO YOU?
MR. PROCEEDSMAN?
>>TODD PRESSMAN: A CITIZEN WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO
COUNCIL?
>>MARTIN SHELBY: THERE'S NO OBJECTION, SIR, IS
THAT CORRECT?
>> YES, SIR.
>>MARTIN SHELBY: OKAY, WITHOUT OBJECTION.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DONNA, YOUR NEIGHBOR IS GOING
TO SPEAK ON YOUR BEHALF.
SHE SAYS THAT SHE HAS WRITTEN WHAT SHE WANTS.
SHE'S GOING TO READ WHAT YOU SENT HER.
SO YOUR NEIGHBOR IS GOING TO SPEAK.
GO AHEAD, MA'AM.
>> AND SHE ALSO HAS --
>>> YOU CAN PUT IT ON THERE.
>> THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED NEXT DOOR --
>>> YOUR NAME.
>> KIM PRICE, 2410 WEST CHICAGO.
THIS PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS NEXT DOOR TO CROSSTOWN
IS A MISLEADING DESCRIPTION AND MAKES IT SOUND
MORE COMMERCIAL THAN IT IS, THE CROSSTOWN GOES
OVERHEAD NEXT TO IT BUT THE AREA IS LOCATED IN
BAYSHORE GARDENS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BETWEEN
PALMA CEIA AND HYDE PARK.
ONE AND A HALF BLOCKS AWAY IS SOUTH HOWARD AVENUE
DESIGNATED FOR BUSINESS USE.
THE LOCATION OF THIS PROPERTY IS IN COMPLETELY
RESIDENTIAL AREA AND MADE UP OF SINGLE-FAMILY
RESIDENTIAL, DUPLEXES, CONDOS AND APARTMENTS
I.DON'T NOBODY OF ANOTHER BUSINESS LOCATED IN A
RESIDENTIAL AREA OF PALMA CEIA OR HYDE PARK AND
DON'T SEE HOW THIS IS CHARACTERISTIC OF THE
SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
NEVERTHELESS THE PLAN WAS GIVEN APPROVAL TO BUILD
IN 1998 WESTBOUND A HIGHER ELEVATION THAN THE
SURROUNDING HOMES AND ALSO HAIR THAN MISSISSIPPI
STREET LEVEL.
THE HIGHER ELEVATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN TROUBLESOME,
BEGUN AND THE CURRENT BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE
COMPOUNDED THE ISSUE OF THE ELEVATION BY REPLACING
THE GRAVEL PARKING LOT AND LARGE RETENTION POND
WITH CONCRETE SLAB AND FRENCH DRAIN SYSTEM. THIS
MADE THE ELEVATION EVEN HIGHER AND LESS ABSORPTION
OF RAIN WATER.
THE FRENCH DRAINS CAN'T EMPTY THE STREET DRAINAGE
SYSTEM WHEN THE ROAD IS ALREADY FLOODED SO THERE
IS NOWHERE FOR THE WATER TO EMPTY AND RUNS OFF
CONCRETE.
THERE IS ALSO THE ISSUE OF INCREASED TRAFFIC ON
MISS ACCEPT AVENUE.
THE STREET HAS NO SIDEWALKS.
IRONICALLY IT'S THE ONLY ACCESS FOR PEOPLE TO
REACH THE BEAUTIFULLY INSTALLED NEW CRASS WALK ON
BAYSHORE BOULEVARD.
PEOPLE MUST WALK IN THE STREET TO REACH IT.
IT IS ALREADY DIFFICULTY TO TURN ON AND OFF
MISSISSIPPI AND CAROLINA WHICH IS WHERE THIS
PROPERTY IS PANCREATECTOMY LOCATED.
THE CURRENT OWNER CAN INCREASE FROM TEN PREVIOUS
TO THE 38 SPOTS. THIS INCREASED TRAFFIC
EXPONENTIALLY WHEN THE OFFICE IS STAFFED.
AS A MEDICAL BUSINESS, WITH PATIENTS COMING AND
GOING AND THE A LONG WITH THE OFFICE STAFF.
I WAS TOLD BY SOMEONE THAT THE 750s AND 80
BECAUSE OF PEOPLE MOVING OUT OF THE SUBURBS THIS
WAS GIVEN AREA TO ATTRACT BUILDERS WHICH MAY BE
HOW THE PLAN GOT TO THE ZONING TO BEGIN WITH.
THE FACT THAT THE PROPERTY CAUSED DRAINAGE ISSUES
FOR NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES IS THE FAULT OF THE NEW
OWNERS, BUT AS MR. DINGFELDER POINTED OUT --
ALL OF THESE ISSUES ASIDE MY OBJECTION TO THE
PROPOSED CHANGE OF PROPERTY FROM A BUSINESS
PROFESSIONAL TO MEDICAL IS NOT ANY REFLECTION ON
EXISTING ISSUES FOR THE NEW POSITION OF BUSINESS.
MY REASONING IS THAT WE HAVE SEEN UNINTENDED
CHANGES OCCUR ON THIS PROPERTY, IN THE PAST, AND
THERE IS NOTHING TO PREVENT THAT FROM OCCURRING
AGAIN.
THE PROPOSED USE I BELIEVE IS THAT IT WILL BE USED
AS ALLOWED AS AN EXTENSION OF THE BUSINESS.
I UNDERSTAND EMPLOYEES WILL WORK MONDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY WHICH IS FINE F.THIS ZONING IS APPROVED
THERE IS NO GOING BACK.
AS I UPPER IT THERE IS NOTHING IN THE ZONING
DESCRIPTION THAT LIMITS HOURS OF OPERATION, NOR
DELIVERIES, NOR TRAFFIC IN AND OUT.
IS THERE A WAY TO MAKE APPROVAL CONTINGENT OH UPON
SOME RESTRICTIONS? ONCE IT IS ZONED AS A MEDICAL
BUSINESS OFFICIAL THEN WHATEVER NEEDS WILL BE
PERMITTED.
THIS PROPERTY COULD BE SOLD DOWN THE ROAD TO A
DIFFERENT MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS, COULD
INCLUDE 24 HOUR WALK INS, THAT WOULD BE WHOLLY OUT
OF SOURCE OF THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
NONE OF CUSS PREDICT WHAT NEED THE BUSINESS WILL
HAVE IN THE FUTURE OR IF THE DOCTOR DOES NEED TO
MOVE OUT OF THE AREA THE NEW OWNERS MAY NOT BE AS
ACCOMMODATING.
[BELL SOUNDS]
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
>>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, MARTIN SHELBY.
IF COUNCIL WISHES TO HAVE ANY OF THOSE ISSUES
ADDRESSED BEFORE REBUTTAL, YOU DO HAVE MR. MANASSE
ON THE PHONE, OR EXCUSE ME, ON THE VIDEO, AND ANY
QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE USE AND THE SPECIFIC
PURPOSE FOR THE PETITION BEFORE YOU, I SUGGEST
THAT COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF, TO
INQUIRE BEFORE THE REBUTTAL AT THIS POINT.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MANASSE?
I HEAR NONE.
MR. PRESSMAN, YOU HAVE YOUR RESPONSE/REBUTTAL.
>>TODD PRESSMAN: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
WITH RESPECT TO MS. PRICE AND HER COMMENTS, LET'S
BE VERY CLEAR.
THERE'S NO CHANGE TO THE SITE.
THE SITE AS IT EXISTS DAB IS EXACTLY HOW IT WILL
EXIST UNDER THE ZONING.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE ZONING STAFF HAVE
FULLY SUPPORTED AND APPROVED THE CHANGE.
THE SITE HAS BEEN THERE SINCE 1998.
THE ONLY THING THAT'S OCCURRED IS AN APPROVED
CERTIFIED AND VERIFIED IMPROVEMENT OF THE DRAINAGE
SYSTEM WHICH IS ON-SITE. IF THERE ARE ISSUES
RAISED AS YOUR STAFF HAS SAID, THEY BELONG IN A
DIFFERENT VENUE AND A DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCE, BUT
WITH GREAT RESPECT TO MS. PRICE, YOU HEARD A LOT
OF COMMENTS HERE.
AND WHEN YOU CHERRYPICK THROUGH A LONG LIST OF
PERMITS AND PROJECTS, THERE'S ALWAYS A LITANY LIST
OF ITEMS THAT ARE DENIED OR NEED CHANGES OR NEED
TO BE APPROVED.
BELIEVE ME, YOUR STAFF PUTS MYSELF AND SOMETIMES
MR. MICHELINI THROUGH MANY, MANY, MANY HOOPS.
AND YOU HEARD FROM MR. MANASSE THAT ALL THE ISSUES
EVERYBODY APPROVED, THAT HAVE BEEN A RAISED ARE
APPROVED AND VERIFIED AND CERTIFIED.
SHE TALKED ABOUT A SECOND LEVEL ON THE PROPERTY.
THAT CAN'T OCCUR AND YOU KNOW THAT.
SHE TALKED ABOUT ILLEGAL PERMIT.
THAT'S CERTAINLY NOT THE CASE BECAUSE YOUR STAFF
HAS CLOSELY REVIEWED IT AS THEY DO ALL PERMITS,
TALK ABOUT A WRONGLY APPROVED PERMIT.
THESE CERTAINLY NOT THE CASE.
TALKED ABOUT A PERMIT THAT HADN'T BEEN INSPECTED.
AND AGAIN THAT PERMIT HAS BEEN SIGNED OFF AND
APPROVED BY YOUR DEPARTMENT.
SO WE WOULD ASK YOUR SUPPORT AS YOU VOTED IN THE
FIRST HEARING.
WE SENT OUT AGAIN ALMOST 70 NOTICES.
WE HAVE HAD TWO, MAYBE THREE PEOPLE SPEAK TODAY,
AND THE NEW OWNERS, THE GRIFFINS, HAVE PLEDGED TO
WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS.
I WILL ALSO LET YOU KNOW THAT OUR PRIVATE
ENGINEER, WE PAID HIM TO GO OUT TO THE SITE, MAKE
AN ADDITIONAL EVALUATION, AND IN HIS LETTER
INDICATES PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE SWALES
AND ELEMENTS OF THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OVER THE
MANY, MANY YEARS, HAVE DISSIPATED.
WE BELIEVE THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM.
WE MADE MS. PRICE AND OTHER FOLKS AWARE OF THAT.
SO WE THINK THAT'S PART WHEREOF SOME OF THE ISSUES
ARE.
BUT IN REGARD TO IMPROVEMENTS OF THE DRAINAGE
SYSTEM, A TWO-YEAR-OLD SYSTEM, WORKS VERY WELL.
AND IF WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THOSE ISSUES, THEY
NEED TO BE DONE AFTER WHAT IS REALLY A
STRAIGHTFORWARD EUCLIDEAN ZONING SUPPORTED BY ALL
YOUR STAFF.
THANK YOU.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMAN CITRO.
>>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. PRESSMAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
ADDRESS MS. PRICE'S CONCERN ABOUT THE BUFFERING?
>>TODD PRESSMAN: THIS IS A PD SEEKING CHANGE TO A
PD.
SO WHATEVER YOU ARE REQUIRED BETWEEN PROPERTIES IS
SHOWN ON THE PD.
I THINK SHE'S PULLING UP REQUIREMENTS -- I CALL IT
EUCLIDEAN.
YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE CALLED IT EUCLIDEAN I THINK
SHE'S PULLING UP ELEMENTS OF ZONING CODE BUFFERING
WHEN THIS IS A PD WHICH IS DONE ON A CUSTOM BASIS.
SO AN UNINTENTIONAL MISUNDERSTANDING OF MRS.
PRICE.
>>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. PRESSMAN.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY ELSE? MOTION TO
CLOSE?
>>LUIS VIERA: SO MOVED, VIERA.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THIS
ITEM 81?
>>LUIS VIERA: I HEREBY MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING
PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING, OR STRIKE THAT, FOR
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING
PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 2420 WEST
MISSISSIPPI AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA
MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM
ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION PD PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT, OFFICE, BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL, TO PD,
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, OFFICE, MEDICAL OR BUSINESS
PROFESSIONAL PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A SECOND FROM
COUNCILMAN CITRO.
ROLL CALL VOTE.
>>LUIS VIERA: YES.
>>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
>> NO.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
>>BILL CARLSON: NO.
>>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
>>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
>>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WESTBOUND DINGFELDER
AND CARLSON VOTING NO.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE ARE NOW IN RECESS UNTIL 1:35 FOR LUNCH.
THE GOAL TODAY IS TO FINISH BY 2:30.
WE DON'T HAVE A HUGE AMOUNT TO GO.
THAT'S THE GOAL.
IF WE EXCEED THAT GOAL I WILL MENTION THAT THERE
IS COAL IN YOUR STOCKING.
I AM MAKING A LIST AND CHECKING IT TWICE SO YOU
ARE ALL ON NOTICE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>TODD PRESSMAN: I WANT A SHOUTOUT TO CATE WELLS.
SHE WAS VERY HELPFUL IN THIS APPLICATION.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE ARE IN RECESS UNTIL 1:35.
(CITY COUNCIL RECESS).
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ROLL CALL.
>>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
>>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE.
>>BILL CARLSON:
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: HERE MIRANDA.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: WHAT CAN WE PULL OFF IN THEIR
ABSENCE?
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S GET GOING QUICKLY.
ADMINISTRATION UPDATE.
I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A MULTI-PART.
WE GET THE RUNDOWN HERE.
ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE NURSE TIFFANY GIVE A COVID-19
UPDATE.
>> THANKS VERY MUCH,
I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO BRING YOU AN UPDATE TODAY
PERTAINING TO COVID-19 AND THE COAST VACCINE.
THE CURRENT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY POSITIVITY RATE
FOR DECEMBER 17th IS 9.47%.
THAT'S THE ONE DAY AVERAGE.
THE 7 DAY AVERAGE IS 8.96% WHICH IS SLIGHTLY
HIGHER THAN THE STATE WIDE AVERAGE COUNTY AVERAGE.
HOWEVER, WE KNOW THAT WE ARE NOWHERE NEAR THE
OTHER COUNTY AVERAGES WHICH ARE CURRENTLY 9.37%.
OUR HOSPITAL BED AVAILABILITY AND ICU CAPACITY IS
CURRENTLY RANGING FROM 12 TO 17%.
OUR INTERNAL POSITIVITY RATE DECREASED THIS PAST
WEEK FROM 21 TO 17 WHICH IS VERY GOOD.
SUBSEQUENTLY THIS HAS LOWERED OUR NUMBER OF
QUARANTINES AS WELL BY A TOTAL OF 6.
SO OUR INTERNAL POSITIVITY RATE FOR THE LAST WEEK
WAS 17 OUT OF 4,667 EMPLOYEES OR 0.36%.
HOWEVER, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE DO HAVE TO
CLOSE THIS CONVERSATION UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE
100 EMPLOYEES CURRENTLY IN QUARANTINE TO INCLUDE
THOSE WHO HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR APPROXIMATELY
20 TO 80% MIX.
THE CITY OF TAMPA IS NOW WORKING ON AN EDUCATION
AND ENFORCEMENT PLAN PERTAINING TO COVID-19 WITH
FOCUS AREAS INCLUDING HIGH DENSITY LOCATIONS,
MAINLY BARS, WITH HIGH OCCUPANCY, IN AN EFFORT TO
PROTECT FROM AN ANTICIPATING COMING PEAK.
THIS IS THE 4 POINT COMPLIANCE INITIATIVE.
NUMBER ONE, STAFF MUST BE MASKED.
NUMBER TWO, THE BUSINESS MUST BE POSTED.
NUMBER THREE, PATRONS NEED TO BE MASKED UNLESS
SEATED FOR EATING OR DRINKING.
NUMBER FOUR, IF FEASIBLE, ESTABLISHING OR
ENCOURAGE BEST PRACTICES BY ANNOUNCING TO PATRONS
THE BEST PRACTICE OF WEARING A MASK, TO SAVE
LIVES.
WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH PARTNERS AND LEADERS IN
THE TAMPA BAY REGION, REPRESENTATIVES FROM
SURROUNDING COUNTIES AND CITIES, TO STANDARDIZE
MESSAGING AND URGENCY AHEAD AN ADVANCED EFFORT TO
REDUCE TRANSMISSION AND FLATTEN THE CURVE.
I WILL TRANSITION NOW TO TALKING ABOUT THE
COVID-19 VACCINE.
CURRENTLY, THERE ARE TWO VACCINE CANDIDATES THAT
MAY BE RECEIVED AND ADMINISTERED TO CITY OF TAMPA
PERSONNEL, FAMILY MEMBERS, AND THE PUBLIC.
PFIZER VACCINE RECEIVED THEIR EMERGENCY USE
AUTHORIZATION, AND THAT VACCINE IS CURRENTLY BEING
ADMINISTERED BY ONE OF OUR LOCAL PARTNERS, TAMPA
GENERAL HOSPITAL.
IT'S A TWO-STEP VACCINE WITH 21 DAYS IN BETWEEN
DOSES.
THE MODERNA VACCINE IS BEING PRESENTED FOR
EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION TODAY.
IT ALSO IS A TWO-DOSE REQUIREMENT VACCINE WITH 28
DAYS IN BETWEEN DOSES.
THE VACCINATION ALLOCATION PROGRAM IS A
MULTI-PHASED APPROACH.
WE ARE CURRENTLY IN PHASE 1-A, AND CURRENTLY
HOSPITALS AND LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES WILL BE
INITIATING VACCINATIONS THIS WEEK.
PHASE 1-B IN THE COMING WEEKS WILL INCLUDE OUR
FIRST RESPONDERS IN CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
PERSONNEL.
AT THIS TIME ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND
ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL AS A COMPONENT TO BE INCLUDED
IN THIS PHASE.
PHASE 2 WILL INVOLVE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT MASK
VACCINATION CLINICS, AND STATE VACCINATION CLINICS
IN PAUSE FOR TARGETED GROUPS.
OUR PLAN FOR CITY OF TAMPA PERSONNEL, NOT
VACCINATED IN PHASE 1 B, AS WELL AS A PLANNED
VACCINE FOR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR DEPENDENTS IS
CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT AND WILL COMMENCE AS
PART OF A PHASE 2 VIA POTENTIAL CLOSED STRUCTURE.
A PUBLIC PLAN ALSO FALLS UNDER PHASE 2, AND MERGES
INTO PHASE 3, AS THE VACCINATION PROGRAM IS
EXPANDED TO TRADITIONAL VACCINE PROVIDERS AND
RETAIL PROVIDERS.
THAT CONCLUDE MY BRIEFING FOR TODAY.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
THANK YOU, TIFFANY.
I WAS JUST THINKING THAT CHAIRMAN CALLED YOU NURSE
TIFFANY.
I'M GLAD YOUR NAME ISN'T JACKIE.
BUT ON A SERIOUS NOTE, AND WE SHOULD BE SERIOUS
ABOUT THE COVID, SO THE 8%, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE
BEEN HOVERING IN THAT RANGE FOR A WHILE, ANYWHERE
BETWEEN 6, 8, 9%.
HOPEFULLY NOT MORE.
AND I MIGHT HAVE MISSED THIS EARLY ON.
DID YOU SPEAK TO THE NEW CASES PER DAY, OR THE
DAILY AVERAGE, SEVEN-DAY AVERAGE OF NEW CASES?
>> YES, SIR.
NEW CASE DAILY AVERAGE IS 8.96%.
OUR DAILY AVERAGE TODAY IS 9.47%.
SO THE 8.96% IS A 7-DAY AVERAGE.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: BUT I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE
TOTAL NEW CASES, THE TOTAL DAILY CASES.
>> OUR TOTAL DAILY CASES, YOU WANT A TOTAL CASE
COUNT FOR TODAY?
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: OR THE 7-DAY AVERAGE,
WHICHEVER.
>> APPROXIMATELY 5,000 CASES.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: 5,000 NEW CASES?
>> TOTAL CASE COUNT.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: IS THAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY OR
TAMPA?
>> STATE AVERAGE.
OUR COUNTY AVERAGE TODAY IS APPROXIMATELY 200 NEW
CASES.
BRINGING OUR TOTAL ONE-DAY AVERAGE TO 9.47%.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY.
SO FOR A WHILE I WAS SEEING HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY GO
FROM 500 NEW CASES TO 600 NEW CASES, 700, 800 NEW
CASE.
AM I ON A DIFFERENT PAGE?
>> NO, SIR.
OUR CASE COUNT CONTINUES TO GO UP.
THAT WAS MY BRIEFING FIRST THING EARLY THIS
MORNING.
I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE FOR YOU AS OF --
>>> COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, THE REPORT FROM THIS
MORNING WHICH SHOWED YESTERDAY'S NUMBERS, AND I
CAN READ THEM OFF TO YOU, STATE WIDE 11,300.
POSITIVE CASES.
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS 512.
THESE ARE YESTERDAY'S NUMBERS.
304 IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
AND CONFIRMED FATALITIES IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY OF
12, AS YESTERDAY'S NUMBERS.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: I DON'T PAY A LOT OF ATTENTION
TO THE STATE WIDE ISSUES BECAUSE WE ARE A BIG
STATE.
I THINK MOST PEOPLE AREN'T REALLY TRAVELING,
HOPEFULLY NOT TOO MUCH AROUND THE STATE.
WE WOULD URGE THEM NOT TO.
BUT IT DID DISTURB ME TO SEE OUR NUMBERS
CONTINUING TO GO UP FROM NOVEMBER INTO EARLY
DECEMBER AND GRANTED WE HAVE THANKSGIVING AND ALL
THAT.
BUT IT WAS BOTHERING ME TREMENDOUSLY TO SEE US GO.
I THOUGHT I SAW EVEN AN 800 NUMBER IN THE COUNTY
ABOUT A WEEK AGO.
SO ARE WE CONCERNED ABOUT THE TREND?
>> IF THERE IS AN INCREASE IN TREND IN CASES
OVERALL, AND THAT WE KNOW THAT WE MAY SEE THAT
AFTER MAJOR HOLIDAYS LIKE THANKSGIVING, AND WE
KNOW THAT WE ARE ALSO PUTTING INTO PLACE MEASURES
IMMEDIATELY TO TRY TO REDUCE THAT PEAK AND FLATTEN
THAT CURVE.
BUT CERTAINLY THE TREND OF INCREASING CASES SHOULD
BE CONCERNING TO ALL INDIVIDUALS, AND WE SHOULD BE
FOLLOWING THOSE MEDIATION EFFECTS INTO PLACE
IMMEDIATELY WEARING THE MASK, SOCIAL DISTANCING AS
WE HAVE BEEN, CLEANING OUR HANDS AND MAKING SURE
THAT WE ARE DOING THAT IN OUR PERSONAL LIVES AND
OUR PROFESSIONAL LIVES.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: AND REALISTICALLY, BEST CASE
SCENARIO, WHEN THEY ROLL OUT THE VACCINE, I MEAN,
WE HAVE TO HOPEFULLY GIVE 100 MILLION OR MORE
VACCINES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SO REALISTICALLY WE
ARE NOT GOING TO BE ANYWHERE NEAR THAT INTO THE
SPRING, I GUESS, RIGHT?
WHAT DO YOU HEAR?
>> WELL, WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THIS IS THE BIGGEST
EFFORT EVER UNDERTAKEN IN OUR HISTORY, AND IT'S
BEING OPERATED VERY EFFICIENTLY AND FOCUSED FIRST
AND FOREMOST ON THOSE THAT WILL BE CALLED UPON TO
RENDER AID TO THE ILL, AND THOSE IN THE HIGHEST
RISK GROUPS.
AND THEN I ANTICIPATE THAT IT WILL GO OUT
FEVERISHLY FROM THEREIN TO INDIVIDUALS IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
BUT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO MASK
AND DON ALL OF THOSE SAFETY MECHANISMS WHILE
THAT'S TAKING PLACE.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: WE JUST CAN'T LET OUR GUARD
DOWN.
THAT'S THE IMPORTANT THING IN ALL OF THIS, RIGHT?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMAN VIERA.
COUNCILMAN GUDES.
>>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
LET ME TAKE THIS OFF.
I DID THE NUMBERS.
I'M GLAD THAT AT LEAST IN HILLSBOROUGH AND TAMPA,
I THINK OUR LEADERS CONTINUE, THE MAJORITY OF US,
STRONG MAJORITY OF US CONTINUE TO BE RESPONSIBLE
ON COVID-19 WHEN IT COMES TO OUR POLICIES.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
TO ME, A MASK IS LIKE A BAND-AID.
CUT, YOU ARE GOING TO GET A BAND-AID.
AGAIN, I LITERALLY MOURN THE FACT ON HOW MASKS
HAVE BECOME SO CONTROVERSIAL.
I DON'T GET IT.
BUT I'M SPEAKING BECAUSE I WILL TAKE A POINT OF
PRIVILEGE TO SALUTE TIFFANY FOR THE GREAT WORK
THAT SHE DOES.
A COMMENDATION TO YOU IS TOO LITTLE.
A STAT YEA FOR YOU IN TAMPA ON GOVERNMENT PROPERTY
IS JUST ABOUT RIGHT.
YOU DO A GREAT JOB.
I HAVE CALLED YOU ON A NUMBER OF INSTANCES FOR
COVID RELATED ISSUES.
AND --
[ APPLAUSE ]
YEAH, AMEN, JOHN.
LET'S DO THAT.
AND YOU HAVE BEEN THERE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES
INCLUDING OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WHO HAVE BEEN SO
ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY COVID.
AND YOU HAVE BEEN THERE ON THE FRONT LINE WITH
THEM OF THE AND LITTLE DID YOU KNOW THAT EIGHT,
NINE MONTHS AGO THAT THIS WOULD FALL IN YOUR
LATCH.
BUT YOU HAVE HANDLED IT WELL.
YOU HAVE JUST HANDLED IT IN SUCH A GREAT WAY, YOU
REALLY HAVE MY STRONGEST ADMIRATION FOR THAT AND
MY STRONGEST RESPECT.
SO THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT YOU ARE
TALKING ABOUT, EVERYTHING TO DO WITH YOU AND WHAT
A GREAT JOB YOU ARE DOING SO GOD BLESS YOU FOR
THAT.
BUT WE WILL BE REPEATING ALL OF THIS IN A
COMMENDATION AND MAYBE A COUPLE YEARS A STATUE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN VIERA.
IT'S TRULY A GLOBAL EFFORT WITH US HERE AND OUR
LEADERSHIP THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, AS
WELL AS OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND EVERYONE IN THE
COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER AND BRINGING A CLOSE TO
THIS PANDEMIC.
>>ORLANDO GUDES: WELL, NURSE TIFFANY, WE FINALLY
SEE THE FACE THAT HAS THE CARING VOICE.
AS YOU KNOW, I SUCCUMBED TO THE DISEASE, AND I CAN
TELL YOU THAT NURSE TIFFANY WAS THERE WITH ME THE
WHOLE STEP OF THE WAY.
I APPRECIATE YOU, MY FAMILY APPRECIATES YOU FOR
THE WORK YOU DID, AND GAVE ME HEALTH CARE
SERVICES.
YOU DON'T NOBODY HOW GRATEFUL I WAS TO HAVE
SOMEBODY TO CALL AND CONTINUE TO CALL AND MAKE
SURE EVERYTHING WAS ALL RIGHT, MAKE SURE I HAD
SOME MEDICAL TREATMENT WHEN I WAS GOING DOWNHILL,
AND MAKE SURE THE HOSPITAL WAS WAITING FOR ME, AND
GOT SOME THINGS DONE FOR ME IN A TIMELY FASHION.
SO I KNOW THE WORKERS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA
APPRECIATE YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, HOW CARING
YOU ARE, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT
PROCEDURES AND PROTOCOLS IN PLACE.
TO BE SURE YOU HAVE A SAFE AND HEALTHY WORKFORCE
IN PLACE.
COUNCILMAN VIERA IS RIGHT.
A COMMENDATION IS TOO GOOD FOR YOU BUT I CAN TELL
YOU WE WILL PROBABLY MAKE A BIG COMMENDATION OR
SOMETHING TO YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE
DURING THIS PANDEMIC TIME ESPECIALLY FOR THE
CITIZENS OF TAMPA AND THE EMPLOYEES AND THEIR
FAMILIES.
SO A GREAT JOB YOU HAVE DONE.
THANK YOU.
>>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
WE HAVE FIRST RESPONDERS THAT ARE DEALING WITH
THIS PANDEMIC, FIRST RESPONDERS, AND POLICE, FIRE,
PARAMEDICS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE MEDICAL
INDUSTRY.
AND I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT 99% OF THE TIME THE
FIRST PERSON IN THE MEDICAL INDUSTRY THAT COMES IN
CONTACT WITH A COVID PATIENT IS A NURSE.
NURSE TIFFANY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE HAD AS COUNCILMAN GUDES WAS SAYING ONE OF OUR
OWN THAT CONTRACTED THE VIRUS, AND YOU AND THE
HOSPITAL WERE THERE QUICKLY AND RAPIDLY TO MAKE
SURE THAT ALL OF US, NOT ONLY COUNCIL PEOPLE BUT
AIDES AND PEOPLE THAT WORK WITHIN OUR OFFICE,
INCLUDING OUR CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY, THAT WERE
THERE, AND YOU DID THIS SO QUICKLY.
AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT HELP.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHO YOU ARE AND FOR WHAT
YOU DO.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
JEAN DUNCAN, YOU ARE UP TO DISCUSS THE WATER MAIN
BREAK WHICH HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.
>>JEAN DUNCAN: GOOD AFTERNOON.
JEAN DUNCAN, INFRASTRUCTURE AND MOBILITY.
HAPPY TO BE HERE THIS AFTERNOON.
BEFORE I SHARE A LITTLE UPDATE ON THE WATER MAIN
BREAK, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE MAYOR
HAS A TREASURE CHEST OF EMPLOYEES, SOME OF THEM
HAVE SPECIAL NAMES, AND TIFFANY IS CALLED THE
DIAMOND.
SO JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT TO YOU.
IF YOU SEE HER OR SEE THE DIAMOND, SHE IS OUR
DIAMOND FOR SURE AND WE ALL APPRECIATE ALL OF THE
GREAT WORK SHE DOES TO KEEP US SO HEALTHY.
JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
THE REASON I AM HERE IS TO ACTUALLY TAKE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO JUST RECONFIRM TO YOU -- [~AUDIO
DISTORTION~] SUPPORTING THE CITY OF TAMPA, THE
WATER DEPARTMENT AND OTHER INTERNAL CITY
DEPARTMENTS.
WE HAD A WATER MAIN BREAK RECENTLY ON OF COURSE
PEARL HARBOR DAY, DECEMBER 7th, IN THE
AFTERNOON, AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE BREAKS THAT IS
A VERY RARE OCCURRENCE, A VERY LARGE FORCE MAIN
WHICH IS A PIPE UNDER PRESSURE COMING STRAIGHT OUT
OF OUR WATER TREATMENT FACILITY WAS IMPACTED BY A
CONTRACTOR WORK.
AND WITHIN AN HOUR, OUR TEAM HAD CONTACTED TAMPA
BAY WATER, TO GET THE CONNECTION SET UP WHICH IS
NOT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS VERY OFTEN, TO TRY TO
BRING THE WATER PRESSURE BACK UP FROM WHAT IT HAD
DROPPED TO, WHICH IT DROPPED DOWN TO ABOUT 23 PSI,
WHICH IS EXTREMELY LOW LEVEL, AND THEY WERE ABLE
TO GET THAT INTERCONNECT TO START TO BRING THE
PRESSURE UP INTO THE SYSTEM SO THAT WATER WOULD
STILL CONTINUE TO FLOW THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
WITHIN ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER THAT, THE TEAM AND OUR
CITY TEAM WAS REALLY ON THE FRONT LINES AS WELL AS
THE CONTRACTOR, WAS ABLE TO ISOLATE THAT BREAK,
CLOSE THE VALVES, AND FULLY RESTORE THE PRESSURE
TO THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.
THIS BREAK AFFECTED THE ENTIRE CITY WATER SYSTEM.
OF COURSE, AFTER THAT WE ISSUED THE WATER BOIL
ALERT.
WE DID OUR TESTING THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.
AND BY DECEMBER 10th, EVERYTHING WAS BACK TO
NORMAL.
WE RELEASED THE BOIL ORDER.
BUTTING THIS IS AN EXTREME SCENARIO, A WORST CASE
CONDITION, AND OTHER THAN SOME INCONVENIENCES OF
THE PUBLIC WITH THE BOIL WATER ALERT AND SOME LOW
PRESSURE, WE SEAMLESSLY GOT THROUGH THIS CRISIS
BECAUSE OF INTERDEPARTMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS,
CONTRACT ADMINISTRATIONS, COMMUNICATION,
PURCHASING, PROBABLY LEAVING SOME PEOPLE OUT HERE,
CERTAINLY THE WATER DEPARTMENT, ENGINEERING STAFF,
AND I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS WORTHY OF COMING TO YOU
TO JUST REINFORCE WHAT A SITUATION IT REALLY WAS,
AND PEOPLE OUT THERE IN THE PUBLIC AS FAR AS HOW
THEY WERE IMPACTED.
SO JUST A GOOD NEWS STORY TO SHARE WITH YOU, WHAT
A GREAT TEAM WE HAVE.
THE CONTRACTOR TEAM WAS DOING THE PROJECT, WAS
EQUALLY RESPONSIVE DESPITE THE UNFORTUNATE
SITUATION, AND SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO CARRY THAT
WITH YOU TO GIVE YOU SOME CONFIDENCE IN THE WORK
THAT'S BEING DONE EVERY DAY FOR OUR CITIZENS AND
TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO
SHARE THAT.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS?
>>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CHAIR?
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN GUDES, DINGFELDER,
VIERA.
>>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU FOR THE EMPLOYEES WHO
GET OUT THERE AND WORK FOR OUR CITIZENS, AND THE
MANISCALCO MANAGEMENT TEAM.
DO WE HAVE A COST VALUE OF WHAT THIS HAS COST THE
CITY?
>>JEAN DUNCAN: WE DON'T HAVE THAT AT THE MOMENT.
THERE IS A FULL REPORT THAT'S BEING PREPARED BY
THE CONTRACTOR OF THE SITUATION THAT OCCURRED.
THERE'S ALSO WHAT WE CALL A HOT WASH THAT WILL BE
DONE RIGHT AFTER THE HOLIDAY, WITH OUR INTERNAL
TEAM, TO GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE SCENARIO OF THE
OCCURRENCES, DOCUMENT EVERYTHING.
WE CAN ALWAYS HAVE LESSONS LEARNED WHEN THESE
THINGS HAPPEN, AND THAT'S VALUABLE INFORMATION.
SO ALL OF THAT IS BEING DEVELOPED AS WE SPEAK.
>>ORLANDO GUDES: WILL COUNCIL GET A COPY OF THAT?
>>JEAN DUNCAN: CERTAINLY.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
THEN COUNCILMAN VIERA.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU.
MS. DUNCAN, WHEN I HEARD THE NEWS WHEN IT FIRST
HAPPENED, IT WAS KIND OF LIKE, OH, MY GOODNESS,
BECAUSE THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A BIG MESS, COULD
HAVE BEEN -- IT COULD HAVE LASTED FOR WEEKS,
ET CETERA.
I MEAN, AND THEN AN FEW HOURS LATER, I HEAR THEY
HAVE GOT THAT THING BYPASSED AND WHATEVER AND WE
ARE HEADING BACK INTO THE NORMAL PSI.
SO THIS COUNCIL HAS GIVEN ME THE HONOR OF BEING
CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE, AND IN THAT
CAPACITY, ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL, WE THANK YOU AND
BRAD AND CHUCK AND PROBABLY THE FIFTY OTHER PEOPLE
WHO WERE INVOLVED, INCLUDING ANY CONTRACTORS THAT
YOU MIGHT HAVE USED.
THERE'S TOO MANY PEOPLE TO THANK.
BUT IT'S JUST SO IMPRESSIVE HOW QUICKLY YOU ALL
RESPONDED TO IT AND GOT IT UNDER CONTROL.
AND THE NEAT THING ABOUT IT IS, EVEN THOUGH IT
COULD HAVE BEEN A BIG DISASTER, IT ACTUALLY
PROVED -- AND I'M SURE YOU ALL HAVE TALKED ABOUT
THIS WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT LESSONS LEARNED -- THAT
WE ARE PREPARED.
YOU KNOW, THAT WE ARE PREPARED FOR BAD SITUATIONS.
AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT FORM THEY ARE GOING TO
COME IN, WITH A WATER MAIN BREAK OR HURRICANE OR
WHAT HAVE YOU.
BUT I REMEMBER BACK IN, WHAT WAS IT, 2004 WHEN WE
HAD THE SERIES OF HURRICANES, YOU KNOW, AND I GIVE
MAYOR PAM TREMENDOUS CREDIT.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, THERE WAS A BIG MESS, AND STAFF
FROM ALL THE DEPARTMENTS JUST JUMPED IN AND
HANDLED IT.
I THINK YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB OF PREPAREDNESS,
PREPARING FOR THE UNKNOWN, AND IT REALLY SHOWED IN
THIS LAST WATER ISSUE.
IT WAS AN INCONVENIENCE FOR THE BOIL WATER WAS
PROBABLY OVERKILL BUT I KNOW IT'S STATE LAW THAT
REQUIRED IT, JUST FOR HEALTH POSSIBILITIES.
AND THAT'S OKAY.
BUT WE APOLOGIZE TO ANY RESTAURANTS.
I SAW STARBUCK'S WAS CLOSED, AND PEOPLE WERE
PANICKED ABOUT NOT GETTING THEIR COFFEE.
BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, YOU ALL ARE DOING A GREAT
JOB AND WE APPRECIATE IT.
JEAN GENERAL WE APPRECIATE THAT.
OUR TEAM REALLY APPRECIATES WHEN OUR ELECTED
OFFICIALS RECOGNIZE THEIR HARD WORK, AND WE DO
HAVE A LOT OF HARD WORKING FOLKS.
I DO WANT TO MENTION THE PARKS AND REC FOLKS DID
AN AWESOME JOB OF DISTRIBUTING WATER AND MAKING
WATER AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES ON A
SHORT NOTICE.
IT'S JUST REALLY GREAT TO SEE ALL OF OUR FOLKS
COME TOGETHER SEAMLESSLY AND JUST FILL THE GAP,
GET IT DONE, TAKE CARE OF IT, AND THAT'S JUST WHAT
THEY DO.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORDS.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
>>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
JUST REALLY QUICKLY.
AND CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG.
THAT WAS MAYOR CASTOR'S BIRTHDAY, RIGHT?
>>JEAN DUNCAN: YES, IT WAS.
>>LUIS VIERA: POOR THING.
GOD BLESS HER.
STEVE SAME OWN SAYS CITY OF TAMPA EMPLOYEES KEEP
THE CITY RUNNING ON TIME, AND THAT'S WHY CITY
COUNCIL BEGAN DOING THE ATU CITY OF TAMPA
COMMENDATION FOR WORKER OF THE QUARTER I BELIEVE
IT IS NOW.
AND I REALLY HOPE IF STEVE IS LISTENING THAT SOME
OF THOSE WORKERS THAT WORKED ON THIS WILL BE
ELIGIBLE FOR THAT, BECAUSE MAYBE WE COULD HAVE
FIVE OR SIX, HOWEVER IT'S APPORTIONED, WHO KNOWS?
BUT THAT'S WHY WE DID THAT, TO RECOGNIZE THOSE
HARDWORKING MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORK IN SO MANY
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS FOR THEIR WORK, BECAUSE MANY
OF THEM ARE FRONT LINE WORKERS AND MANY OF THEM
HAVE COME INTO EXPOSURE WITH COVID AND SUFFERED
ADVERSE RESULTS.
SO WE SALUTE THEIR WORK, AND THEIR WORK ON THIS
PARTICULAR EVENT.
BUT AGAIN THAT HAPPENED ON THE MAYOR'S BIRTHDAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT UP IS SAL RUGGIERO FOR GOING BACK TO OLD CITY
HALL.
>> SAL RUGGIERO, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR OF SERVICES.
I WANT TO TAKE A COUPLE OF MOMENTS JUST TO TALK
ABOUT THE MOVE BACK TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
WE DID MEET YESTERDAY IN CHAMBERS WITH THE
CHAIRMAN, AND MARTIN SHELBY, AND WE KIND OF LOOKED
AT IT, AND WE CAME UP WITH A PLAN.
NOW, YOU DO KNOW THAT THE REASON WHY YOU ARE
LEAVING HERE IS BECAUSE OF THE SUPER BOWL.
THAT'S NUMBER ONE.
WE DID LOOK AT OTHER LOCATIONS SUCH AS THE PORT,
THE STRAZ CENTER AND OTHER DOWNTOWN LOCATIONS, AND
NOTHING WAS FEASIBLE.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES THAT WE HAD IS THE IT
SUPPORT.
IT WOULD JUST COST TOO MUCH MONEY TO MAKE A
BUILDING AVAILABLE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
SO WHAT I AM GETTING AT IS GOING BACK TO OLD CITY
HALL WAS FEASIBLE.
AND YOU ARE NOT STEPPING INTO A BUILDING THAT'S
SICK OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN, ALL CITY BUILDINGS HAVE
BEEN DISINFECTED ON A REGULAR BASIS BY OUR
FACILITIES TEAM.
OLD CITY HALL IN PARTICULAR, AND CITY HALL,
BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC THAT COMES IN AND OUT, USUALLY
GETS DISINFECTED ONCE A WEEK.
SO REST ASSURED THAT THAT BUILDING IS SAFE.
AS FAR AS OTHER DISINFECTING THAT'S GOING ON IN
THE BUILDING, WE PUT IN BACTERIAL FIGHTING AC
FILTERS, AC DUCTS ALSO GET SPRAYED, SO EVERYTHING
IS SAFE.
WHEN WE DO BRING YOU BACK, WE ARE GOING TO
RESTRICT ACCESS TO THE CHAMBERS.
THE ONLY ONES THAT WILL BE IN THERE IS COUNCIL AND
THE CLERK AND THE ATTORNEY.
EVERYBODY ELSE FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC BEING ONE
FLOOR BELOW YOU WITH ACCESS TO TV AND THE ABILITY
TO SPEAK.
WE ALSO WILL HAVE INCREASED SECURITY ON-SITE TO
KIND OF HELP THE FLOW OF THE PROCESS.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, AND I KNOW YOU HAVE THIS
GREAT BIG AREA HERE, BUT WHERE ABLE WE HAVE THE
STAFF TO MAKE YOU SAFE, WE HAVE THE PLAN TO MAKE
IT WORK, AND IT'S ALWAYS BETTER BECAUSE WE CONTROL
THE BUILDING.
JUST THINKING OUTSIDE.
IF YOU WENT TO ANOTHER BUILDING, WE DON'T CONTROL
THAT.
I CONTROL WHAT HAPPENS IN THE BUILDING,
SANITIZATION, SECURITY, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT.
SO WE TOOK THAT ALL INTO CONSIDERATION.
WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD PLAN NOT ONLY FOR CITY
COUNCIL, BUT FOR ANY OTHER BOARD THAT MEETS THERE.
SO WE ARE READY TO ROLL ON THIS.
AND WITH THAT, I CAN JUST TELL YOU THAT WE FEEL
COMFORTABLE, THE CHAIRMAN FELT COMFORTABLE WITH
THE PLAN THAT WE HAVE, AND I THINK WE ARE READY TO
GO.
SO WITH THAT WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AGAIN.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BEFORE WE GO TO QUESTIONS,
AND MR. RUGGERIO WAS THERE YESTERDAY AND WE DID A
TOUR.
I KNOW THE ADMINISTRATION AND US AND EVERYONE, WE
LOOKED AT MANY DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, EVERYTHING
FROM THE BARKSDALE CENTER IN WEST TAMPA TO THE
STRAZ CENTER TO ARMATURE WORKS, TO ANY OPEN SPACE
WE COULD THINK OF.
AND AGAIN, THE BAND WIDTH TECHNOLOGY WASN'T THERE.
SO GOING BACK TO OLD CITY HALL AND LOOKING AT THE
SET-UP, AND OF COURSE ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE
WELCOME TO GO SEE, IT'S GOING TO BE THREE COUNCIL
MEMBERS ON THE DAIS, SEPARATED, NOT CLAUSTROPHOBIC
BUT SEPARATED WITH ENOUGH SPACE AT THE DAIS, AND
THEN WHERE MARTIN SHELBY SITS WILL BE ANOTHER
COUNCIL MEMBER, SEPARATED AND DISTANCED.
MARTIN SHELBY WILL BE IN ANOTHER PART OF CHAMBERS.
AND TO TAKE UP THE FIRST FEW ROWS OF WHERE THE
PUBLIC SITS, TO HAVE MORE SPACING FOR COUNCIL
MEMBERS DOWN THERE, SO THE SEVEN ARE SPREAD OUT,
SEPARATED, FLEXION I GLASS IN BETWEEN.
AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC WILL NOT ENTER THE COUNCIL
CHAMBERS, SO WE WON'T BE FLOODED WITH PEOPLE AND
HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE CONTROL OF THE FLOW,
BECAUSE THEY WILL BE IN THE SISTER CITY'S ROOM OR
ANOTHER LOCATION AT A KIOSK.
THE AIR FILTERS HAVE BEEN CHANGED.
THE ROOM IS SANITIZED REPEATEDLY.
WE HAVE MAINTENANCE THAT GOES INTO THE BUILDING TO
KEEP IT CLEAN.
IF I DIDN'T FEEL SAFE, I WOULD BE OBJECTING TO IT.
BUT I THINK THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS REALLY
GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND AND OVERTHOUGHT AND LOOKED
AT EVERYTHING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S THE SAFEST
WAY POSSIBLE.
SO I JUST WANT TO, AGAIN, COUNCILMAN VIERA.
>>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
I WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR ALL THEIR HARD
WORK ON THIS.
IS IT SOMETHING THAT'S 100% PERFECT?
NO, NOTHING IS ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE
RISKS, ET CETERA.
BUT I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY HAS MUTT IN SO MUCH HARD
WORK, AND I'M COMFORTABLE GOING IN WITH IT, I'LL
BE GOING FORWARD.
I TRUST PROFESSIONALS.
YOU ALL ARE 100% PROFESSIONALS.
YOU LIKE ALL THE CLEANING.
MAYBE YOU CAN PUT SOME HOLY WATER IN THERE OR
SOMETHING.
I THINK IT'S ABOUT AS GOOD AS IT GETS SO TO SPEAK.
BUT I ESPECIALLY WANTED TO THANK OUR CHAIRMAN
GUIDO AND HIS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT LISA FOR
ALL THEIR HARD WORK ON THIS IN ADDITION TO THE
ADMINISTRATION, AND EVERYBODY I KNOW THANK WHEN
YOU ARE THE CHAIR OF ANY BODY, AND AN ISSUE LIKE
THIS COMES UP, YOU HAVE TO GO UP THERE ALL THE
DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND THAT TAKES A LOT OF TIME.
SO, MR. CHAIRMAN.
JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK FOR THAT.
AND MARTY, UNSUNG HERO, BECAUSE THIS ISN'T EASY.
AND YOU KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO GET CRITICIZED NO
MATTER WHAT YOU DO AND THAT'S WHAT BEING A LEADER
IS ALL ABOUT, JUST PUTTING YOUR SEAT BELT ON AND
GOING FORWARD AND SAYING THIS IS WHAT WE ARE GOING
TO DO, AND IF FOLKS GOT CRITICISM WE'LL LISTEN AND
TALK ABOUT IT.
BUT THIS IS THE WAY I PROPOSE.
I JUST THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND I
AM KILLING TO GO FORWARD.
I THINK IT'S REASONABLE.
THANK YOU.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY ELSE?
>>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY, AND THE TAMPA
CONVENTION CENTER THAT HELPED ACCOMMODATE US
DURING THIS TIME OF CRISIS.
THIS CRISIS WE HOPE IS GOING TO BE ENDING VERY,
VERY SOON, AND WE WILL GET BACK TO SOME SENSE OF
NORMALCY IN 2021.
BUT I HOPE THAT WE HAVE LEARNED A LESSON HERE, AND
THAT I HOPE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE READY AND SET
TO GO, WE HAVE SOME SORT OF OTHER TYPE OF
EMERGENCIES WHERE COUNCIL CAN MEET AT AN OFF-SITE
LOCATION, WHETHER IT BE RAYMOND JAMES, USF, OR
SOMEWHERE THAT WILL BE HIGH AND DRY IN CASE WE
HAVE SOME SORT OF EMERGENCY IN THE FUTURE.
WHETHER IT BE ANOTHER TYPE OF PANDEMIC OR
HURRICANE OR SOMETHING TO THAT AFFECT WHERE CITY
COUNCIL STILL HAS TO WORK, BUT IT WILL BE AT A
LOCATION WHERE WE CAN HAVE I.T. OUT THERE AND BE
READY AND SET TO GO REQUEST CAMERAS AND ALL THOSE
SORTS OF THINGS, AND ACCOMMODATE THE PUBLIC.
WE ARE LEARNING FROM OUR LESSON, HAVE WE PUT ANY
THOUGHT INTO THAT, SAL?
>>SAL RUGGIERO: YES, SIR.
SORT OF LIKE A COOP BUILDING WHERE WE CAN GET YOU
HIGH AND DRY.
IT'S ON OUR RADAR AND WE ARE LOOKING AT IT.
AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME LESSONS LEARNED FROM
THIS, THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE.
EVEN AFTER COVID.
YOU KNOW, WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT SANITIZATION
DURING THE FLU SEASON.
I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT THE DISINFECTING
THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW HAS REALLY SAVED THE
WORKFORCE, BECAUSE WHEN WE SEE SOMETHING POP UP,
FOR EXAMPLE, WASTE ENERGY PLANT HAD A POSITIVE
CASE YESTERDAY, AND IMMEDIATELY IT WAS DISINFECTED
BECAUSE WE CAN'T LOSE CONTROL OF THAT.
THE EMPLOYEES THERE.
BECAUSE THEN WE SHUT DOWN, IF WE HAVE TO SHUT DOWN
THE PLANT, THAT AFFECTS LOCAL RESIDENTIAL PICKUP.
SO WE ARE IN TUNE WITH WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.
AND WE ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT THAT.
SO, YES, SIR, IT'S ON THE RADAR.
>>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: I DON'T HAVE ANY DOUBTS THAT
STAFF AND SAL, YOU ALWAYS DO A GREAT JOB, YOU
KNOW, THE SET-UP OVER AT COUNCIL IS GOING TO BE AS
BEST -- AS GOOD AS IT CAN BE, THE SEVEN OR EIGHT
OF US WILL BE ISOLATED WITHIN OUR CHAMBERS, AND
THE PUBLIC AND STAFF WILL BE DOWNSTAIRS SPEAKING
FROM THE -- ROOM.
I DON'T HAVE BE ANY DOUBTS, THAT HOPEFULLY IT WILL
BE A HEALTHY SITUATION FOR US.
BUT TO ME IT'S NOT A VERY IDEAL SITUATION, BECAUSE
IDEALLY, THE BEST WAY OF COMMUNICATING WITH
ANYBODY IS JUST LIKE YOU AND I ARE DOING RIGHT
NOW, SAL, WHERE WE ARE FACE TO FACE, I CAN SEE
YOU, YOU CAN SEE ME, THERE'S OTHER THINGS GOING ON
THAT AREN'T AVAILABLE IF YOU ARE JUST TALKING TO A
SCREEN ON A ZOOM THING.
SO THE ONLY REASON I SAY THAT IS, I REALIZE THAT
ALL THE OPTIONS HAVE BEEN EXPLORED, THIS IS THE
ONE WE ARE LEFT WITH, DURING THE SUPER BOWL.
BUT MR. CHAIRMAN, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE
US AS WELL AS THE ADMINISTRATION IS THAT WHEN
THAT'S OVER, UNLESS THE CONVENTION CENTER HAS BEEN
BOOKED UP AGAIN, I THINK WE SHOULD COME BACK HERE,
YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE, AGAIN, LIKE I SAY, WHEN
THE PUBLIC COMES AND THEY WANT TO SPEAK TO US,
THEY CAN BE AT THAT PODIUM 20 FEET AWAY, OR
FURTHER, 30 FEET, 40 FEET AWAY.
BUT AT LEAST IT'S STILL FACE TO FACE.
WHEN THE STAFF REPORTS FROM THE PODIUM OVER THERE
THAT SAL AND I ARE AT LEAST 30, 35 FEET AWAY FROM
EACH OTHER, IT'S SAFE, BUT IT'S STILL IN PERSON.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE BEST FORM OF COMMUNICATION.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, MR. CARLSON, WHO IS THE
EXPERT IN COMMUNICATION, EVEN SAID THAT THIS
MORNING, YOU KNOW, THAT THE BEST FORM OF
COMMUNICATION IS FACE TO FACE.
SO I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE PLAN FEBRUARY'S
MEETINGS AND MARCH MEETINGS TODAY, BUT I WOULD
ENCOURAGE, MR. CHAIRMAN, IT'S BETTER OR WORSE,
IT'S KIND OF YOUR DEAL, THAT YOU ENCOURAGE THE
ADMINISTRATION TO GET US BACK HERE AFTERWARD, WHEN
SUPER BOWL IS GONE, AND AS LONG AS GARVEY WHO DOES
A WONDERFUL JOB CAN ACCOMMODATE US AND LET'S COME
BACK HERE.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S SEE HOW THE MEETINGS
GO.
AND WHEN WE GO BACK TO OLD CITY HALL, REMEMBER WE
HAVE THE NOTICE HERE, SO WE CAN'T JUMP FROM ONE
WEEK TO THE NEXT.
WE HAVE TO PLAN IT.
BUT I THINK IT WOULD WORK WELL.
THE COUNTY COMMISSION IS DOING THIS.
YOU GO IN EVERY DAY.
THEY CHECK YOUR TEMPERATURE.
IF YOU ARE TO GO INTO THE BUILDING THEY GIVE YOU A
COLOR CODED WRISTBAND, WHATEVER DAY OF THE WEEK IT
IS.
BUT WE HAVE A FEW MORE MEETINGS HERE IN JANUARY.
THEN WE GO TO OLD CITY HALL.
AND WE WILL PLAY IT BY EAR BUT REMEMBER WE HAVE
THAT NOTICE AREA SO WE HAVE TO PLAN IT FURTHER IN
ADVANCE.
MR. SHELBY.
>>MARTIN SHELBY: AND MR. RUGGIERO CAN AFFIRM WHAT
I HEARD YESTERDAY, AND IT'S SOMETHING FOR COUNCIL
TO ALSO KEEP IN MIND WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC
MEETINGS.
CITY COUNCIL CERTAINLY NEED THIS SPACE, BUT WHEN
IT WAS AN OLD CITY HALL, RETURNING TO OLD CITY
HALL ALSO REQUIRES ALL THE OTHER BOARDS THAT MEET.
AND MR. RUGGERIO, IN JANUARY HOW MANY MEETINGS
WILL THERE BE AND HOW MANY DAYS?
>> 19 AND 21 DAYS.
>>MARTIN SHELBY: 19 PUBLIC MEETINGS IN 21 DAYS.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS A VERY INTERESTING THING TO
KEEP IN MIND.
NOT ONLY DOES WHATEVER SPACE NEED TO ACCOMMODATE
THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT I KNOW MS. WELLS, INDICATE
WELLS, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR COORDINATING SPACE FOR
ALL THE OTHER BOARDS THAT HAVE TO BE ABLE TO BE
HEARD, THE LOWER BOARD, THAT SERVE THE CITY AS
WELL.
>> TAKING ALL OF THIS INTO ACCOUNT.
>> YES, SIR.
>>MARTIN SHELBY: IT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS
SIGNIFICANT THAT WAS BROUGHT UP YESTERDAY, MR.
CHAIR.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: YOU BRING UP A GOOD QUESTION.
CAN YOU ASK ONE MORE QUESTION, MR. CHAIR?
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SURE, GO AHEAD.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT, MR.
SHELBY I.DON'T MEAN TO BE RUDE OR MEAN TO ANYBODY.
BUT WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF THE FILTRATION SYSTEM IN
THE OLD CITY HALL CHAMBERS, COUNCIL'S CHAMBERS,
WHICH THAT'S A PRETTY SMALL ROOM.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY SQUARE FEET OR CUBIC FEET
THAT IS.
BUT COMPARED TO THIS, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S ABOUT ONE
EIGHTH THE SIZE OF THIS ROOM.
AND DEFINITELY HALF THE HEIGHT.
SO WHAT HAVE WE DONE, WHAT WILL WE DO ABOUT HVAC
SYSTEM, FILTRATION SYSTEM, IS THERE ANY TYPE OF
SPECIAL FILTERS, ET CETERA, AND HOW OFTEN ARE THEY
CHANGED?
>> THE FILTERS ARE 19 WHICH THEY KILL BACTERIA AND
THE DISEASES.
SO THAT'S BEING FILTERED THROUGH, CHANGED ON A
MONTHLY BASIS.
LIKE I SAID EARLIER, THE DUCT WORK IS SPRAYED WITH
WHAT WE ARE USING, WHICH IS A BIO QUEST,
BIODEGRADABLE DISINFECTANT THAT WE USE WITH
ELECTROSTATIC GUN, SO IT SPRAYS A MIST AND DRIES
IMMEDIATELY, AND IT KILLS IMMEDIATELY.
SO ALL THOSE PROTOCOLS IN PLACE.
THE AC IS WORKING GREAT.
AIR FLOW IS GOOD.
AND I DON'T SEE ANY ISSUES.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: SO THE SPRAYING PROCESS YOU
ARE TALKING ABOUT, IS THAT DONE BETWEEN EACH
MEETING SO IF WE LEAVE AND CODE ENFORCEMENT COMES
IN, IS IT SPRAYED BETWEEN THEM?
BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE OUR GERMS FOR THEM.
>> SAL: YES, IT WILL BE.
AND THIS BIOQUEST THAT WE ARE USING, THIS
DISINFECTANT, ONCE YOU SPRAY IT'S GOOD FOR 28
DAYS.
BUT WE ARE NOT TAKING ANY CHANCES, SO WE WILL DO
WHAT YOU JUST SUGGESTED.
AND ALSO YOU WILL START THE PORTAL SYSTEM
DOWNSTAIRS WHERE THE GENERAL PUBLIC WILL GO TO THE
PODIUM, THAT WILL ALL BE DISINFECTED.
THE SAME PROTOCOL HERE YOU HAVE THERE.
IT'S GOING TO BE THE SAME.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
>>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, SAL.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>>ORLANDO GUDES: I DON'T HAVE A BIG CONCERN, WE
HAVE TO DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, AND I UNDERSTAND WE
HAVE GOT SUPER BOWL GOING HERE.
BUT I LOOK AT, WE HAVE A CITY TO RUN, AND THE
SUPER BOWL IS HERE FOR A LIMITED TIME, BUT WE WANT
TO BE ACCOMMODATING AND DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
BUT WE STILL HAVE TO DO PEOPLE'S BUSINESS.
REGARDLESS OF SUPER BOWL, WE HAVE TO DO CERTAIN
THINGS, AND THIS COUNCIL HAS TO BE COMFORTABLE AND
THE CITIZENS BE COMFORTABLE AS WELL.
I UNDERSTAND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TO DO WHAT WE HAVE
TO DO.
I'M GLAD TO HEAR YOU SAID IN FUTURE GOING FORWARD
WE ARE LOOKING AT OTHER OPTIONS.
I LOOK AT OUR BUILDING NOW.
OUR SPACES IN OUR OFFICE IS SO SMALL.
OUR AIDES ARE RIGHT ON TOP OF US.
WHEN I LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE
OFFICERS IN THE CITY, AND I LOOK AT WE ARE AN
ELECTED BODY, AND WE ARE LIKE A MATCH BOX.
I AM JUST GOING TO BE CANDID ABOUT THAT.
FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND PEOPLE TALK AROUND THE
WATER COOLER, BUT I PUT THINGS OUT IN THE OPEN SO
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW WE ARE DRINKING THE WATER.
I LOOK AT OUR OFFICES, THAT BUILDING IS SO OLD, WE
ARE A BIGGER CITY NOW.
WE ARE NOT A SMALL CITY LIKE TEMPLE TERRACE OR
PLANT CITY WHERE YOU CAN DO THAT.
WE HAVE TO MEET WITH PEOPLE.
AND WE HAVE MEETINGS, HAVE TWO INDIVIDUAL COME IN,
I HAVE TO BRING OTHER CHAIRS IN.
BUT WHEN I GO TO ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES THEY HAVE
A NICE COUCH, NICE CHAIRS, AND THEY ARE ABLE TO
MEET COMFORTABLY AND DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.
AND I HAVE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH MY
AIDES UP FRONT SO I HAVE TO CLOSE MY DOORS.
I'M JUST SAYING WE ARE A PROGRESSIVE CITY.
WE HAVE TO LOOK TO THE FUTURE AND LOOK HOW COUNCIL
NEEDS TO BE COMFORTABLE IN DOING WHAT WE DO,
ESPECIALLY WHEN THIS PANDEMIC CAME ON US.
I AM JUST SAYING HOPEFULLY THAT WE'LL LOOK INTO
THE FUTURE A LITTLE DIFFERENT MODEL, BUT I'M JUST
SAYING RIGHT NOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT BUILDING,
THAT BUILDING IS OLD AS MOLASSES.
WHEN WE FIRST CAME ON, COUNCILMAN CITRO TALKED
ABOUT THE AIR SITUATION.
I HAD ALL KIND OF ALLERGY SITUATIONS WHEN WE WERE
UP THERE.
I THINK YOU GUYS SAID YOU WORKED ON THAT SYSTEM.
I HOPE YOU HAVE BECAUSE THE SYSTEM IN THAT
BUILDING IS OLD AND WE WERE HAVING ISSUES AT THAT
TIME.
SO THESE MY CONCERN ABOUT THAT BUILDING.
IT IS WHAT IT IS AT THIS POINT.
BUT GOING FORWARD, I AM HOPING THAT WE HAVE SOME
OTHER THINGS PLACE THAT WE START LOOKING FOR THE
FUTURE.
THANK YOU, SIR.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> SAL: THANK YOU.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
THAT CONCLUDES THE ADMINISTRATION UPDATE.
I WANTED TO BE OUT OF HERE BY 2:30.
THAT'S KNOT GOING TO HAPPEN SO WE'LL SHOOT FOR
THREE. IF NOT I AM GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO
CANCEL CHRISTMAS.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> OH, MAN, FIRST COAL, NOW CANCELING CHRISTMAS.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE ARE NOT PLANNING THIS
YEAR.
IT'S 2020.
SO ITEM NUMBER 82.
WE HAVE SOME CHANGES IN THE BUDGET HERE FOR
$770,000. IS THERE ANYBODY TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM?
ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
ANYBODY WISH TO MOVE THAT RESOLUTION?
>>JOSEPH CITRO: MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO.
TECO TRANSMISSION RELOCATION PROJECT.
>>MARTIN SHELBY: I BELIEVE THESE ARE CRA.
IT WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO.
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
ALL RIGHT.
NEXT UP IS 2.7 MILLION DOLLARS.
THIS IS TO PROVIDE FUNDING --
>>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I CAN.
MADAM CLERK, THAT YOU HAVE INFORMATION, IS THAT
RIGHT? WE CAN VOTE ON THAT FOR THE RECORD?
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
NEXT UP IS 2.7 MILLION TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE
CULTURAL ASSETS COAST RETROFIT GRANTS PROGRAM.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
>>JOSEPH CITRO: MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
OPPOSED?
ALL RIGHT.
5.4 MILLION ON ITEM NUMBER 84.
UNBELIEVABLE.
RENEWAL OF MICROSOFT ENTERPRISE SUBSCRIPTION
LICENSING AND SOFTWARE ASSURANCE.
NO WONDER BILL GATES IS SO RICH.
RIGHT HERE.
>> I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO STAFF TO GET TO THE MAC.
>>> I USE ALL APPLE PROJECTS BUT I CAN BE FAIR AND
IMPARTIAL.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL
MEMBERS?
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: QUESTION.
I DON'T KNOW WHO IS HERE FOR THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SOMEBODY ONLINE OR FROM.
DO YOU KNOW?
I UNDERSTAND WE ARE PROBABLY TIED INTO MICROSOFT
IN TERMS OF USING THEIR PRODUCT, BUT HOW DO WE
PICK THE VENDOR SH INTERNATIONAL CORP?
IS THAT THROUGH AN RFP, OR BID OR DOES IT MAT OAR?
IS IT JUST THE SAME PRICE AND THE SAME PRODUCTS,
ET CETERA, NO MATTER WHO THE RESELLER IS?
I AM NOT THAT FAMILIAR WITH SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION I
DON'T REALLY KNOW.
>> COUNCILMAN, RUSSELL HAUPERT.
I CAN TAKE THE QUESTION FOR YOU.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, RUS.
>>RUSSELL HAUPERT: THIS IS OUR STANDARD RENEWAL
FOR MICROSOFT PRODUCTS.
AND WHILE I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS LIKE
OTHER PRODUCTS AS WELL, MANY OF THE PRODUCTS WE
USE IN GOVERNMENT OF THIS SCALE ARE MICROSOFT
PRODUCTS.
SO WE ARE MOVING THIS FORWARD.
THIS CONTRACT IS A STANDARD VEHICLE THAT MICROSOFT
USES.
SHI IS A MICROSOFT PARTNER THAT IS UTILIZED
THROUGH THE SPEED CONTRACT MECHANISM, SO IT IS A
CONTRACT MECHANISM.
THE PRICES DETERMINED HERE ARE SET BY MICROSOFT.
WE ARE LOOKING AT PRODUCT SELECTION AND THE NUMBER
OF LICENSES THAT WE SELECT.
AND WE AUDIT THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE USING THE RIGHT NUMBER OF PRODUCTS AND
THE RIGHT COUNT OF PRODUCTS.
AS WE GO THROUGH THE YEARS, WE USUALLY, THE LAST
FEW YEARS, WITH THE MOVE TO THE CLOUD, AND
STANDARDIZATION OF OUR PRODUCTS, YOU HAVE SEEN THE
PRICE RISE A LITTLE BIT AS WE BRING IN THE USERS
WHO HAVE USED OTHER PRODUCTS, SHARE WE ARE
PRODUCT, PRODUCTS WITH SECURITY, SO WE HAVE A
STANDARD OPERATING THAT INCLUDES THE ENTIRE CITY,
AND ACTUALLY THIS IS A VERY REASONABLE PRICE FOR
THE AMOUNT OF COMPUTING DEVICES ON THE LOCAL AND
THE CLOUD AND BACK OFFICE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE
USE HERE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT MANY CITIES
HAVE A HARD TIME MOVING THEIR WORKFORCE TO REMOTE
WORK, WHEN THE PANDEMIC STARTED HERE.
AS YOU WILL RECALL, WE HAD THE MAJORITY OF OUR
WORKFORCE WORKING WITHIN THREE, WE, AND MANY OF
THEM WITHIN A FEW DAYS.
AND PART OF THAT IS LARGELY DUE TO THE FLEXIBILITY
THAT THIS CLOUD-BASED PRODUCTS GAVE US DURING THAT
TIME.
SO IT IS A GOOD PRAISE.
IT IS A STANDARD MECHANISM.
IT IS NOT DETERMINED BY US.
IT IS IDENTIFIED IN THE STATE CONTRACT PROCESS.
AND SO FROM THIS POINT, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY,
I THINK WE HAVE DONE OUR HOMEWORK ON THE PRICING,
THE MECHANISM, AND THE TOOLS THAT WE USE HERE, AND
WE ARE HOPING THAT YOU WILL HELP KEEP US RUNNING
AS IT'S ALMOST EVERY SYSTEM WE USE IN THIS CITY.
THANK YOU.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, RUS.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THIS RESOLUTION?
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE A NUMBER 86.
AND THIS WE ARE GOING TO BACK TO NUMBER 26 WHICH
WAS PULLED BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
THIS IS STAFF.
WE HAVE SUSAN JOHNSON-VELEZ HERE REGARDING PARKS &
REC.
>>SUSAN JOHNSON-VELEZ: SENIOR ASSISTANT CITY
ATTORNEY.
SINCE WE LAST REPORTED TO YOU ON THE PARKS & REC
SITUATION AND VARIOUS COMPLAINTS THAT YOU HAVE
HEARD DURING SOME OF YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, BOTH AT
WORKSHOPS AND AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, WE HAVE
WORKED WITH TPD WHO HAS CONTINUED TO MONITOR NOISE
AND DO BAR CHECKS AT THE LOCATION, AND I PREPARED
A BRIEF MEMO WHICH YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE BEFORE YOU.
I DO HAVE EXTRA COPIES, IF YOU DO NOT HAVE IT, BUT
FROM THIS PAST MONDAY IN WHICH I ADVISED YOU THAT
THERE HAVE BEEN NO ADDITIONAL VIOLATIONS THAT HAVE
BEEN NOTED BASED ON THESE TPD REPORTS.
THERE WERE TWO READINGS THAT WERE DONE.
ONE READING WAS AT 80 DBA, THE OTHER AT 72.9 DBA.
AND THE SPEAKERS, THE EXTERIOR SPEAKERS WHICH DID
VIOLATE THEIR CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL AT THEIR WET
ZONING HAVE BEEN REMOVED AND THAT WAS CONFIRMED BY
OUR STAFF ON NOVEMBER 16 OF 2020.
I DO HAVE CAPTAIN BRETT OWEN WITH TPD HERE
AVAILABLE WHO HAS COMPILED THE REPORTS, AND IS
INVOLVED IN THE ONGOING MONITORING AND CAN ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM, AND I BELIEVE
ABBYE FEELEY IS ON THE LINE AS WELL WITH ANY
QUESTIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIR.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHO COMMUNICATES WITH THE
RESIDENTS, WHO COMMUNICATES WITH THE RESIDENTS.
I THINK WE HAD A FEW OF THEM CALL IN TODAY OR
SPEAK WITH US TODAY, AND THEY ARE STILL GRUMBLING
A LITTLE BIT.
SO OVERALL, ARE WE GETTING LESS RESIDENT
COMPLAINTS?
ARE THEY HAPPIER?
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN DO TO ASSIST?
>> WE ONLY HAD ONE RESIDENTIAL COMPLAINT FROM
WITHIN THE BUILDING IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS.
AND CALLED FOR SERVICE OUT THERE.
ONE THEY HAD SUBJECTS REMOVED.
WE HAD A NOISE COMPLAINT.
JUST GENERAL CALL FOR SERVICE FOR SOMEBODY THAT
COULD NOT BE LOCATED WHEN WE GOT THERE.
WE HAVE NOT HAD THE ISSUES LIKE WE HAD IN THE
PAST.
YOU HEARD THE CALLS THIS MORNING ABOUT THE
COMPLAINING OF THUMPING IN THE BUILDING AND THINGS
LIKE THAT.
THE PROPERTY MANAGER, ATTORNEY, THEY ARE WORKING
TO HAVE A SOUND MITIGATION SET UP TO KEEP THAT
NOISE FROM THUMPING THROUGH THEIR CEILING INTO THE
RESIDENCES.
BUT LARGELY THE COMPLAINTS FOR AT LEAST CALLS FOR
SERVICE TO US HAVE GONE DOWN.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: WELL, I'M SURE THAT HOPEFULLY
IT WILL STAY THAT WAY, BUT FOUNTAIN DOESN'T, I'M
SURE YOU WILL GET BACK TO US.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANKS VERY MUCH.
ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBER DINGFELDER HAS PULLED ITEM NUMBER
26.
HE HAD SOME QUESTIONS.
I KNOW MS. DUNCAN WAS LOOKING TO GET THAT
INFORMATION.
IF YOU HAVE IT, THEN WE CAN DISCUSS THAT.
WHERE NUMBER 26, YES.
>> I HAD REQUESTED THAT GREG MARSH WHO MANAGES THE
EPO OFFICE BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
I GUESS I WILL JUST ASK IF HE'S ON THE LINE, IF HE
COULD SPEAK OUT AND GIVE AN EXPLANATION FOR THE
QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAD, MR. DINGFELDER.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. GREG HART?
>>JEAN DUNCAN: YES.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS MR. GREG HART ON THE LINE?
HMMM.
MR. HART, IF YOU ARE MUTED, IF YOU WOULD UNMUTE
YOURSELF.
ALL RIGHT.
>>JEAN DUNCAN: MY APOLOGIES, COUNCIL.
AND I DO NOT HAVE THE ANSWERS TO MR. DINGFELDER'S
QUESTIONS, BUT I DO KNOW THAT WAS A MEMO SENT
PREVIOUSLY WHICH APPARENTLY WASN'T QUITE ADEQUATE
FOR WHAT THE CONCERNS STILL ARE.
AND I DID STATE, THOUGH, THIS IS A VERY CRITICAL
CONTRACT, WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT, TO HAVE THE
OUTSOURCE CONTRACTOR TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEIR
NEED FOR REPAIRING THE WASTEWATER CAVE-IN THAT WE
HAVE THAT ARE BEHIND ON, AND AGAIN PAYING OVERTIME
TO OUR TEAM CURRENTLY TO TRY TO CATCH UP WITH
THOSE.
>> HELLO.
CAN I BE HEARD?
>>JEAN DUNCAN: OKAY, GREAT.
THANK YOU.
>> I DO APOLOGIZE.
I WAS HAVING SOME TECHNICALITY DIFFICULTIES.
BUT AGAIN, GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN MANISCALCO AND
COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR THE LISTENING AUDIENCE, THIS
IS GREGORY HART SPEAKING, EQUAL BUSINESS
OPPORTUNITY OFFICE.
IN REGARDING ITEM NUMBER 26.
I WILL QUICKLY OFFER THE FOLLOWING COMMENT TO HELP
WITH THE 3.7% VALUE INTO SOME CONTEXT.
AS YOU KNOW, THE WASTEWATER COLLECTION PROJECT HAS
A CONSOLIDATED GOAL OF 23% FOR COMBINED WMBE AND
SLBE OPPORTUNITY.
THE BBE OR BLACK ZONE REPRESENTS A FRACTION OF THE
CITY'S ELIGIBLE CERTIFIED FUND WHO SERVICES WITH
THE SUBCONTRACTOR NEEDED IN THE PROJECT.
THE BB PARTICIPATION OF 3.7% EQUATES TO
APPROXIMATELY 16% OF THE PROJECT GOAL.
THE BIDDERS BBE UTILIZATION, IT IS MEANINGFUL AND
IT'S REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AVAILABLE BBE COMPANY,
WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 14% OUT OF THE TOTAL
AVAILABILITY POOL FOR THE SCOPE, WHICH IS A KEY
VARIABLE IN FORMULATING THE GOAL.
SO OVERALL THE CONTRACT ACHIEVES EQUAL BUSINESS
OPPORTUNITY COLLUSION AT 23.2%.
IN ADDITION, TO BBE, THE BID INCLUDES CERTIFIED
ASIAN BUSINESS PARTICIPATION, WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS
PARTICIPATION AND SMALL LOCAL BUSINESS
PARTICIPATION.
I HOPE THAT PROVIDES A LITTLE BIT MORE INSIGHT ON
THE BID.
AND IF THERE ARE FURTHER QUESTIONS, I WILL STAND
BY.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
ANY QUESTIONS?
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: I SORT OF SAID MY PIECE THIS
MORNING IN REGARD TO THIS PROJECT, AND SO MANY
OTHERS THAT WE HAVE SEEN COME OUR WAY OVER THE
LAST YEAR AND A HALF.
WE SEEM TO BE STUCK FOR BLACK-OWNED BUSINESS, AT
THIS 3% LEVEL, 3%, 4%.
I'M THRILLED IF WE CAN GET TO 5%, AND AFRICAN
AMERICANS MAKE UP 25% OF THIS COMMUNITY.
AND WE DON'T SEEM TO BE MAKING A LOT OF HEADWAY.
YOU KNOW, WE CAN KEEP PASSING THESE, PASSING THESE
CONTRACTS, AND JEAN DUNCAN IS A GOOD FRIEND OF
MINE, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, YOU KNOW, BUT STAFF
ALWAYS COMES OVER AND SAYS WE HAVE GOT TO DO THIS,
WE HAVE GOT TO DO THAT, WE HAVE GOT TO MOVE
FORWARD.
WELL, EACH ONE OF THEM IS ANOTHER $3 MILLION
OPPORTUNITY, WHERE THAT OPPORTUNITY IS NOT BEING
SPREAD OUT TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
AND I'M NOT SAYING MR. HART AND HIS TEAM DON'T DO
WELL WESTBOUND THE REST OF THE WMBE PROGRAM.
THE REST OF THE WMBE PROGRAM SEEMS TO BE VERY
SUCCESSFUL.
BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON, WE CAN'T SEEM TO GET THIS
BBE GOING.
AND, THEREFORE, LIKE I SAY WITH, ALL DUE RESPECT,
I CAN'T SUPPORT IT.
>>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CHAIRMAN.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
>>ORLANDO GUDES: WELL, TRUST ME, I DO UNDERSTAND,
MR. DINGFELDER.
TO MYSELF, I SAID THAT HOPEFULLY WE WOULDN'T GET
THESE TYPE OF CONTRACTS UNTIL WE GET OUR WORKSHOP.
FOR ME, WHEN I LOOKED AT OUR PROGRAMS, AND I
ALWAYS SEE WHERE WE ARE MEETING OUR GOAL, THE
PROBLEM YOU HAVE IS THE GOALS ARE BEING MET ON THE
BACK.
THAT'S ONE.
TWO IS THAT WE SAY WE ARE MEETING THAT THRESHOLD.
IN A THRESHOLD MAY BE A STATE OR FEDERAL, THAT WE
DON'T GET SUED OR POTENTIAL, OR LEGAL MIGHT SAY.
BUT YOU HAVE THIS WHOLE CITY ORDINANCE THAT WE
FORGET ABOUT, BUT WE MEAT THE STATE OR POSSIBLE
FEDERAL GUIDELINES, I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE
PROBLEM IS AND THESE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS I TOLD
THE CONSULTING TEAM.
MR. SHELBY, WE HAD ABOUT TEN SUGGESTIONS TO THAT I
TOLD THEM WHEN I LOOK AT PUBLIC PLACES HOW THEY
MEET THEIR THRESHOLD GUIDELINES.
AND I KNOW IT WILL PROBABLY PASS TODAY, AND I
ALWAYS SAID THAT I WOULD WAIT UNTIL WE GO THROUGH
THE WORKSHOP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO
CHANGE THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS A LITTLE BIT, AND
NOT HOLD UP A CONTRACT, BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE PUT
THEIR TIME AND THEIR MONEY TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO
DO AND WE ALLOW THEM TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND
AWARD THEM THE BID.
BUT I AM GOING TO STICK TO MY FIRM, AT THIS BID
HERE TODAY, AND GOING FORWARD, IF WE DON'T CHANGE
THE PROCESS OF WHAT WE ARE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE ARE MEETING THE GOALS FOREVER WHERE IN THIS
CITY, I'M GOING TO BE VOTING NO.
THAT'S JUST POINT BLANK.
IF I'M THE LONE RANGER OF DOING IT, I HAVE TO STAY
FIRM WHERE WE ARE NOT MEETING THE GOALS.
SO I UNDERSTAND IT WHERE YOU ARE AT.
I AM GOING TO KEEP MY COMMITMENT THAT I SAID THAT
I WOULD DO AFTER JANUARY.
SO HOWEVER THE VOTE GOES TODAY, IT GOES.
BUT I THINK, AGAIN, I HAVE MADE MY SUGGESTIONS TO
BE FIRM IN REFERENCE TO ABOUT 10 MONTE 3 MILLION.
AND THE SUGGESTION I MADE, AND A LOT OF THIS HAS
TO DO IS THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT WORK, AND SOMETIMES
PEOPLE DON'T KNOW TO KNOW, AND PEOPLE ARE FEARFUL
AT TIMES.
MR. DINGFELDER, IF I NEVER HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
BE WITH THE BIG BOYS, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DEAL
REQUEST THE BIG BOYS, HOW DO I GET A SHOT AT BEING
WITH THE BIG BOYS?
BUT I ALWAYS SAY, WELL, MEANS TO MAKE IT AS AN
INDEPENDENT PERSON GETTING A LITTLE WORK HERE,
LETTING PEOPLE ABOUT NO ABOUT MY WORK.
BUT I DO HAVE A SHOT WITH THE BIG GUYS, BUT I FEEL
I WON'T GET AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE MAYBE I DON'T
KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH A PROPOSAL.
I MEAN, LISTEN, MR. SHELBY, TO KNOW HOW TO CRAFT,
KNOW THE ACRONYMS.
PEOPLE GET FEARFUL OF THINGS THEY DON'T KNOW OF
THE BIG THINGS.
IT'S WHAT I CALL WHEN YOU GO INTO A ROOM, AND YOU
FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE, BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN IN THE
ROOMS, AND I FELT UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT I HAD TO
LEARN TO BE COMFORTABLE.
LEARN TO BE COMFORTABLE.
AND SOMETIMES, BLACKS AND HISPANICS, YOU HAVE TO
LEARN TO BE COMFORTABLE, OR HAVE SOMETHING IN
PLACE TO MAKE US COMFORTABLE TO GET WHERE WE HAVE
GOT TO GET.
I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM, TOO.
WE DON'T HAVE A TRAINING PROGRAM WHERE WE SAY,
WELL, WE CAN'T FIND SOMEBODY TO DO THIS TYPE OF
WORK.
WELL, HAVE YOU LOOKED HERE?
THIS IS WHERE GOOD FAITH COMES IN.
HAVE YOU LOOKED HERE AND THERE?
NO, WE. LOOKED EVERYWHERE, BUT DOING CHECKS AND
BALANCES ON IT.
BUT IF YOU HAD A TRAINING PROGRAM TO SAY THIS IS
HOW YOU DO PROPOSALS FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT NOT KNOW
WHAT TO DO.
IF YOU HAVE MAYBE A BOND PROGRAM THAT OTHER PLACES
HAVE, MR. DINGFELDER, SO SOMETIMES MONEY IS A
FACTOR, TOO.
I DO GREAT WORK BUT I COMPETE.
I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO LOOP AT THE ROADBLOCKS THAT
STOP THESE TYPES OF THINGS FROM MOVING FORWARD.
AND HOPEFULLY THAT WORKSHOP, AND OTHER COUNCIL
MEMBERS CAN CHIME IN, CAN REMOVE A LOT OF THE
ROADBLOCKS, AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO BE UPSET
ABOUT THESE LOW NUMBERS.
SO HOWEVER IT GOES TODAY, BUT I HAVE MADE A
DECISION IN MY MIND I AM GOING TO WAIT UNTIL WE
HAVE OUR WORKSHOP TOPPING SEE HOW WE CAN CLEAN
THIS UP.
AND THEN I'LL SEE HOW I VOTE GOING FORWARD.
I'LL YIELD BACK.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMAN VIERA.
>>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND A LOT OF INTERESTING COMMENTS HERE.
I THINK WHAT COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER POINTED TO IS
WHAT WE SEE HERE IN A LOT OF THESE CONTRACTS IS
BETWEEN AFRICAN AMERICAN REPRESENTATION AND THE
CITY, AND THEN THE BENEFIT OF CONTRACTS WE ARE
SEEING A 20-POINT GAP BETWEEN THE PERCENTAGES
REPRESENTED HERE AND THERE, AND I THINK FOR ALL OF
US, YOURSELF AND EVERYBODY AGREES THAT'S
UNACCEPTABLE.
IT IS.
EVERYBODY AGREE WAS THAT.
OUR DUTY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAST A VERY, VERY
WIDE NET ON THESE KIND OF CONTRACTS SO THAT ALL OF
THE COMMUNITY GETS AN OPPORTUNITY, AND SO WE CAN
HAVE A REPRESENTATION OF THE BENEFIT OF THESE
CONTRACTS ECONOMICALLY THAT REFLECTS THE DIVERSITY
OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
AND I THINK WE ARE ALL ONBOARD WITH THAT.
IT WOULD APPEAR THAT WE ARE MEETING, FROM WHAT I
AM TOLD, STATE, FEDERAL STANDARD ON THESE TYPE OF
THINGS, BUT I THINK THAT INFORM A LOT OF PEOPLE
THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
AND I THINK FOR EVERYBODY, YOURSELF, I THINK
EVERYBODY WOULD SAY, LISTEN, WE HAVE GET TO DO
BETTER ON NUMBERS LIKE THAT.
WE HAVE DOCK BETTER ON NUMBERS LIKE THAT.
AND SO WE HAVE TO THINK OUT OF THE BOX, AND MAYBE
TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING, OTHER
SIMILARLY SIZED CITIES ARE DOING, IN ORDER TO CAST
A WIDE NET SO THAT WE CAN GET THOSE NUMBERS THAT
REFLECT OUR DIVERSITY AND PLURALISM HERE IN TAMPA.
SOME OF THOSE CONTRACTS.
YOU KNOW, THE CITY DOES A VERY GOOD JOB IN CASTING
A WIDE NET.
BUT WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES, WHAT CAN WE DO
ADDITIONALLY?
I DO NOT THINK THE SOLUTION TO THIS IS TO BE
PUNITIVELY VOTE NO ON CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES THAT
ARE NEEDED.
I THINK THE SOLUTION TO THIS IS -- I DON'T KNOW
WHO PROPOSED IT, IF IT WAS COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER
OR COUNCILMAN GUDES, OR WHOEVER IT MAY HAVE BEEN,
TO WORKSHOP THIS AND TO LOOK FOR NEW IDEAS AND NEW
METHODS AND WAYS OF GOING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, LIKE
EVERYBODY I WAS INTERVIEWED BY THE EXPERTS THAT WE
RETAINED AND I GAVE A LOT OF MY IDEAS AND THOUGHTS
ON IT INCLUDING GOING TO A LOT OF OUR DIFFERENT
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN
THE CITY OF TAMPA, AND BY THE WAY, LOOKING FORWARD
AT OTHER AREAS.
THIS IS EXPANSIVE AND I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT
THIS IN JANUARY, BUT ASKING, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR LAW
FIRMS THAT DO WORK REQUEST THE CITY OF TAMPA, HOW
DIVERSE ARE YOUR PARTNERS?
HOW DIVERSE ARE THE MEN AND WOMEN, HOPEFULLY,
RIGHT, THAT YOU PROMOTE TO PARTNERSHIP AND YOU ARE
DOING WORK WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA.
FOR ME THIS IS A VERY EXPANSIVE VISION.
BUT I THINK THE REMEDY IS TO CHANGE THE RULES, AND
TO LOOK AT BETTER WAYS OF DOING THIS, KNOW IT TO
VOTE DOWN SERVICES LIKE THIS WHICH WOULD APPEAR TO
BE FROM WHAT YOU ARE SAYING VERY NECESSARY AT THIS
TIME.
I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION, AND I AGREE WITH IT
110%.
BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO WAYS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE
TO GO THROUGH THIS FRUSTRATION AGAIN.
THAT'S MY PERSPECTIVE ON IT.
AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S PERSPECTIVES BECAUSE
I THINK EVERYBODY IS COMING FROM THE RIGHT SPOT.
THANK YOU.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CITRO.
>>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMAN GUDES, I CANNOT AGREE WITH YOU MORE.
IT SORT OF REMIND ME BACK WHEN I WAS YOUNGER
APPLYING FOR WORK, AND THE EMPLOYER SAYS, WELL, WE
NEED THREE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
HOW DO I GET THE JOB IF I CAN'T GET THE
EXPERIENCE?
I WAS TALKING TO SOME PEOPLE THE OTHER DAY THAT
MAYBE IT MIGHT BE INCUMBENT FOR THE CITY TO TAKE
THE STEP AND HAVING JOB FAIRS WHERE IT SHOWS
MINORITY BUSINESS OWNERS THAT DON'T KNOW HOW TO
GET LICENSED, BONDED AND INSURED THAT DON'T KNOW
HOW TO APPLY FOR RFPs, THAT DON'T KNOW HOW.
MAYBE IT'S TIME FOR THE CITY TO TAKE THAT STEP AND
SAY, LOOK, COME TO US, WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW TO DO
THINGS, WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW TO GET THE LICENSE AND
SURETY BOND, WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW TO BUILD YOUR
BUSINESS SO YOU CAN COMPETE FOR THESE JOBS THAT WE
ARE OFFERING.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANYBODY ELSE?
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THE ITEM NUMBER 26?
>>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY.
COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER HAS SOME CONCERNS ABOUT IT.
COUNCILMAN CARLSON IS NOT HERE.
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA IS THE ALTERNATE.
IF YOU WANT TO HAVE SOMEBODY FROM THE COMMITTEE
MAKE THAT MOTION.
>>CHARLIE MIRANDA: LET ME JUST SAY ONE THING.
I HAVE BEEN LISTENING AND I UNDERSTAND THE
CONCERN.
WHEN I GO BACK, AND TWO OR THREE OF MY COLLEAGUES
SPOKE ABOUT, THE MAIN PROBLEM IS NOT THE ABILITY
TO DO THE WORK.
THE MAIN PROBLEM IS THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO
HAVE IN LINE TO DON THE WORK.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
WHEN YOU START TO GET BONDED, THAT'S ONE THING.
IT COULD BE A ROADBLOCK.
WHEN YOU START TO BUY YOUR INSURANCE, WORKMANS
COMPENSATION AND SO FORTH, THAT'S ANOTHER
ROADBLOCK.
AND YEARS AGO, I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT HISTORY.
I WILL SAY IT FOR ONE LAST TIME.
THE ONLY WAY YOU SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS IS BY THE
CITY PARTICIPATING WITH THE MINORITY CONTRACTORS,
AND THE FUNDING, THE BONDING MONEY, AND THE
INSURANCE, WORKMAN'S COMP MONEY, AND THEN AT TIME
OF PAYROLL DEDUCTING IT SO THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC
IS NOT PAYING FOR IT, THAT'S BUILT INTO EVERY
CONTRACT.
EVERY CONTRACT WHEN YOU DO WITH SOME DEVELOPER HAS
THOSE AMOUNTS OF MONEY THAT HAVE TO BE PUT ON THE
TABLE IN ORDER TO QUALIFY AS ONE OF THE REMEDIES
TO GET THE JOB.
SO UNTIL THOSE THINGS ARE HAPPENING -- AND I DON'T
KNOW, MAYBE THEY ARE HANK HAPPENING NOW. I DON'T
KNOW.
MAYBE I AM LYING BECAUSE I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS
YEARS AGO.
UNTIL THAT HAPPENS, WHERE SOMEONE PUTS SOME MONEY
UP FOR BOTH THE BONDING AND THE INSURANCE, THEN
THE CAPABILITIES OF GETTING QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS
THAT ARE QUALIFIED ARE NIL.
SO WHEN THOSE THINGS HAPPEN, THEN YOU WILL HAVE
THE QUALIFICATION THAT THEY HAVE, ALONG WITH THE
FINANCIAL STABILITY THAT'S NEEDED.
AND UNTIL THAT HAPPENS, ABOUT THIS CONTRACT OR NO
CONTRACT, AND THIS CONTRACT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT'S
IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WASTEWATER
COLLECTION SYSTEM.
IF IT'S NOT COLLECTED PROPERLY, YOU ARE GOING TO
GET FINED.
IF IT'S NOT COLLECTED PROPERLY, THE ENVIRONMENT IS
GOING TO BE HURT.
I GUESS THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.
I'M NOT SURE.
BUT THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN.
SO UNTIL THOSE TWO ITEMS ARE COMPLETED, AND I HAVE
TALKED TO PRIOR ADMINISTRATIONS, THE SAME THING
AGAIN, IF YOU DON'T SET UP THAT MONEY IN THE KITTY
AND THEN YOU DEDUCT IT AT TIME OF PAYMENT, SO THAT
THEY ARE AT THE SAME LEVEL AS ANYONE ELSE, WHETHER
THEY ARE MINORITY OR NOT, THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE
CERTIFICATION ALONG WITH CERTAIN AREAS OF FINANCE
STABILITY.
AND THERE IS WHERE THE PROBLEM COMES IN.
AND UNTIL THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, YOU WILL ALWAYS
HAVE THIS PROBLEM.
>>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CHAIR.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER,
COUNCILMAN GUDES.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. HART, ARE YOU STILL WITH
US?
>>GREGORY HART: YES, SIR, I AM HERE STANDING BY.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: I AM FASCINATED BY MR.
MIRANDA'S SUGGESTION.
I THINK IT SOUND REALLY POP, REALLY LIKE A GREAT
IDEA.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE LOOKED INTO IN
TERMS OF THE FEASIBILITY OF THAT?
AND IF NOT, WHY NOT?
HART HEART IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN, I BELIEVE SEVERAL
YEARS AGO THE CITY DID ENTERTAIN THAT SUGGESTION,
AND IN RESPONSE, WE COLLABORATED WITH HILLSBOROUGH
COUNTY AND REFERRED OUR CERTIFIED FIRM TO THE
COUNTY BOND TRAINING PROGRAM, AND UPON COMPLETION
OF THAT PROGRAM, WE WOULD HAVE A FAVORABLE
POSITION TO WAIVE BOND BY OUR CERTIFIED COMPANIES
UP TO $200,000, AND SO THAT WAS OUR EFFORT TO FIND
A FEASIBLE APPROACH TO ADDRESSING THE BOND ISSUE,
WHICH IS IN FACT A TRUE HURDLE FOR ALL SMALL
BUSINESSES, MINORITY AND ANY OTHERS.
CERTIFIED OR NOT.
SO THAT'S MY RECOLLECTION OF OUR EFFORT TODAY.
IT IS A SUBJECT THAT DOES REQUIRE MUCH DISCUSSION
AND CONVERSATION, BECAUSE OF THE DOLLARS INVOLVED
TO OBTAIN BOND.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: SO FROM WHAT I HAVE HEARD IN
THE LAST COUPLE OF MINUTES, IT SOUND TO ME LIKE
MR. MIRANDA THINKS IT'S A GOOD IDEA, MR. GUDES
THINKS IT'S A GOOD IDEA, MR. CITRO THINKS IT'S AN
INTERESTING IDEA, AND I KNOW IT SOUND PALATABLE TO
ME.
SO I HOPE THAT SOMETHING THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE
JANUARY DISCUSSION IN A VERY SERIOUS MEANINGFUL
WAY.
THANK YOU.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
>>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, YOU TOOK MY
THUNDER BECAUSE AGAIN IT WAS THE MAIN POINT I
BROUGHT UP.
I WAS TALKING TO THE WIZARD DOWN AT THE END.
HE ALWAYS KNOWS.
AND I GIVE IT TO HIM.
HE DOES IT A COUPLE OF TIMES.
MR. MIRANDA, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP TO
DATE.
>>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AND IF I MAY, LIKE I SAY, YOU
KNOW, IT'S IN EVERY INDUSTRY.
IN THE HORSE BUSINESS INDUSTRY, ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT AND BEING ONE OF THE DETERRENTS TO
INDIVIDUALS OF SMALL STABLES, WHO SUCCEED, IS THAT
THEY GOT TO BUY WORK "EMERGE TAMPA" COMP AND IT
COSTS 1500 OR $2,000 A MONTH SOMETIMES, AND THEY
JUST CAN'T MAKE IT.
SO, THEREFORE, YOU HAVE TO EARN IT IN RACING.
AND THE WINNERS ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT COLLECT.
THOSE THAT ARE 7th AND 8th ARE NOT GOING
TO MAKE IT.
YOU HAVE GOT TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO SUSTAIN
YOURSELF, AND THEREFORE, IN MY OPINION, ANYWAY,
IT'S ONE OF THE DETERRENTS THAT'S KILLING THE
INDUSTRY.
AND WE HAVE GONE WHEREVER 57,000 DOWN TO 20. SO
WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU?
SO I APPLY THAT PRINCIPLE HERE, AT THIS TIME SAME
PRINCIPLE.
JUST A DIFFERENT BUSINESS, BUT YOU HAVE TO GIVE A
MECHANISM BY WHICH YOU FUND SOMETHING AND COLLECT
IT BACK SO THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC, INCLUDING NO
MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE, IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
PAYMENT.
IT'S BETWEEN THE TWO ENTITIES, THE CITY AND THE
CONTRACTOR AND SUBCONTRACTORS.
BECAUSE BY THE TIME YOU GET A JOB, YOU PUT IN A
SUBCONTRACTOR, HE DOESN'T HAVE OR SHE DOESN'T HAVE
WORKMAN'S COMP AND THERE'S THE PROBLEM.
>>ORLANDO GUDES: I MADE IT CLEAR TO THE
CONSULTING FIRM ABOUT THAT, AND TOTALLY NEED TO
ALSO LOOK AT MR. VIERA IN REFERENCE TO TALKING
ABOUT THAT, TO BRING THAT FORTH TO US.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO LOOK AT.
I THINK IT WILL HELP THE MEMBERS AGAIN FROM A
SMALL GAY WHO NEVER GOT A CHANCE TO GET THAT BIG
FISH YET.
I'M JUST OUT THERE IN THE WATER.
SO HOPEFULLY, HE'S LISTENING, MR. HART IS
LISTENING, AND WE WILL TAKE THAT BACK TO THAT
CONSULTING FIRM WHICH I ALREADY TOLD THEM ALREADY
TO GET THIS THING MOVING IN JANUARY.
I YIELD BACK TO CHAIRMAN.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MS. ZELMAN.
>>ANDREA ZELMAN: I JUST WANTED TO ADD, I
UNDERSTAND THAT COUNCIL IS TRYING TO SEND A
MESSAGE LOUD AND CLEAR TO THE ADMINISTRATION THAT
YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE CHANGES, IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
EBO-MBE PROGRAM AND THAT MESSAGE HAS BEEN HEARD.
PEOPLE ARE WORKING ON IT.
PEOPLE, IN MY OFFICE, PEOPLE IN THE OTHER BUILDING
ARE WORKING ON IT.
BUT I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO PLEASE URGE YOU, THERE'S
ONLY AN FEW WEEKS LEFT BETWEEN NOW AND JANUARY
28th, BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CITY CONTRACTS
THAT ARE GOING TO COME TO YOU ON JANUARY 14th.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT CONTRACT, AS JEAN EXPLAINED,
BEFORE YOU TODAY.
YOU KNOW, NOT APPROVING THAT IN ORDER TO SEND A
MESSAGE IS UNNECESSARY.
THE MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT.
BUT THE WORK NEEDS TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND SO ON BEHALF OF FOLKS IN THE ADMINISTRATION
THAT ARE TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE
CONTRACTS, I WOULD URGE YOU NOT TO DELAY THEM.
THANK YOU.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
>>: MS. ZELMAN, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AS ALWAYS, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.
AS MY GOOD FRIEND DOWN AT THE FAR LEFT OF THE
PODIUM WOULD PERHAPS SAY, AS SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO
WEAR ALL BLACK AND STAND ON PRINCIPLE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
AND STAND ON PRINCIPLE AND VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE.
I HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, AND EVERYBODY CAN VOTE
THE WAY THEY WANT.
BUT I HAVE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT ON THIS.
THANK YOU.
>>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WAS GOING TO SAY THIS.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO STOP SOMETHING THAT'S
GOT TO BE DONE.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THE REPAIRS.
IF IT SAYS REPAIRS THAT MEANS SOMETHING IS LEAKING
SOMEWHERE AND WE SEE WASTEWATER, YOU HAVE A
PROBLEM WITH SOME OTHER AGENCIES THAT ARE MUCH
LARGER THAN WE ARE.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS.
MAYBE THIS COUNCIL HAS SENT A MESSAGE, AND I AGREE
WITH MS. ZELMAN.
HOWEVER, MAYBE THIS COUNCIL SHOULD SEND, IN THIS
CASE, MR. DINGFELDER AS THE CHAIR OF THIS
COMMITTEE, I DON'T WANT TO PUT IT JUST BECAUSE OF
YOU TO SAY I AM PUTTING SOMETHING ON, BUT IF YOU
ARE WILLING TO TAKE THE LEAD TO NOT, I WILL HANDLE
IT TO SOME DEGREE TO MEET WITH THE ADMINISTRATION,
TO TRY TO WORK OUT THE SEMANTICS OF PUTTING
TOGETHER A PROGRAM WHERE WE FUND THE BOND AND THE
WORKMAN'S COMP OR SOMETHING TO THAT AREA, AND THEN
THAT'S TAKEN OUT ON THE DRAW PAYMENTS SO WHEN THE
COMPLETED JOB IS, THOSE ARE PAID BACK TO THE
TAXPAYERS OF THE CITY.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S A LOAN ON THEIR LABOR, IS
WHAT IT IS.
NO ONE IS -- THE CITY ISN'T MAKING OR LOSING MONEY
AND THE CONTRACTOR, THE SUBCONTRACTORS ARE NOT
LOSING MONEY BECAUSE IT GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY.
SO, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT, MR. DINGFELDER, I
DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO ANYTHING.
YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF THIS.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: AS CHAIR OF PUBLIC WORKS I
WOULD BE GLAD TO TAKE THAT.
AS CHAIR OF PUBLIC WORKS I WOULD BE GLAD TO TAKE
THAT ON AND MAYBE COME UP WITH SOMETHING PRIOR TO
THE JANUARY WORKSHOP.
I APPRECIATE THAT, MR. MIRANDA.
>>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WITH THAT, I HAVE HEARD ENOUGH
EVIDENCE I THINK FROM THE CITY THE NECESSITY OF
THIS WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM, SO I AM GOING
TO MOVE IT.
AND IF IT PASSES IT PASSES.
BUT I UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE ALSO ON
THE OTHER SIDE.
>>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
CITRO.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
>> YAY.
>>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON BEING
ABSENT AND DINGFELDER VOTING NO.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
>> COUNCILMAN GUIDO, DO YOU MIND IF I MAKE
ONEKICKS QUICK COMMENT TO THIS ITEM?
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SURE.
>>JEAN DUNCAN: JUST IN THE SPIRIT OF AGREEING
WITH YOU --
[ LAUGHTER ]
I WANT TO BE ON YOUR TEAM AND DO THE RIGHT THING.
I HONESTLY DO.
IF I CAN JUST SAY VERY QUICKLY, OUR GOAL FOR
JANUARY IS TO DO A BETTER JOB OF COMMUNICATING TO
THE GOOD THINGS WE ARE DOING AND ONLY ARE MEETING
THE GUIDELINES, THE REQUIREMENTS, BUT ALSO WANT TO
MENTION THAT WE HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY NOW WITH
McKENZIE, OCEA WYNN'S TEAM FOR WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT.
I THINK A LOT OFINGS THAT WE ARE ALWAYS INTERESTED
IN HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO BE CHANNELIZED IN A VERY
FORMAL WAY THROUGH A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM, WHICH IS A COMPLEMENT TO WHAT THE EBO
OFFICE DOES.
AND SO I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIG CHANGE
FOR THE CITY, A GAME CHANGER, TO ALLOW THOSE
THINGS THAT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN, REACHING OUT
FOR, AND ENGAGING WITH THE ENTREPRENEURS OUT
THERE, AND IT'S GOING TO BE -- TO McKENZIE'S
PROGRAMS, THAT SHE'S GOING TO BRING TOGETHER,
AGAIN IT WILL COMPLEMENT THE EBO OFFICE WHICH IS
MORE OF THE PROCESSING AND MEETING THE
REQUIREMENTS AND GETTING THE CONTRACTS TO MEET ALL
THE NECESSARY THINGS.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO EVERYTHING A REALLY GOOD
DISCUSSION IN JANUARY.
I APPRECIATE YOU BEING A LITTLE PATIENT WITH US.
WE ALL ARE TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
AND JUST WANT TO ALL BE ON THE SAME TEAM, AND ON
THE SAME SIDE OF THIS ISSUE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALL RIGHT.
MR. SHELBY, WE HAVE THE 87, THE VOICE MAIL OPTION.
>>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT CONCLUDE MY REPORT.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SEE IN QUICK AND EASY.
THAT SETTLES THE AGENDA.
LET'S GO TONG NEW BUSINESS.
COUNCILMAN VIERA.
>>LUIS VIERA: I HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS IF I MAY.
AND I APOLOGIZE.
I HAVE FIVE OR SO.
AND THEY ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE LONG.
THE FIRST IS I WANT TO MOTION, AS I THINK
EVERYBODY KNOWS, THERE'S A HOUSE BILL 53 WHICH
WOULD ATTEMPT TO PREEMPT THE VERY KIND OF
APPRENTICESHIP ORDINANCE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT
PASSING HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, WHICH TO ME IS
JUST TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MY OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING
ON WITH DIFFERENT COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS FOR ABOUT
THE LAST TEN OR ELEVEN MONTHS TO BE TRY TO GET AN
APPRENTICESHIP ORDINANCE THAT HELPS PUT PEOPLE ON
THE PATHWAYS TO THE MIDDLE CLASS, THROUGH THE
CONTRACTING PROCESS, AND NOW THIS PROPOSED
LEGISLATION WOULD SEEK TO ESSENTIALLY BE RID OF
THAT.
IT IS A PUNITIVE MEASURE THAT IS BEING PROPOSED IN
TALLAHASSEE, AND I PROPOSE THAT WE DO A
RESOLUTION.
I AM NOT SAYING THAT A RESOLUTION IS GOING TO
CHANGE THE MIND OF OUR FRIEND IN TALLAHASSEE AT
ALL, BUT OBVIOUSLY I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US
TO MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD AND TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE
THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA TO MAKE THEIR
VOICES HEARD.
THERE ARE NUMEROUS MUNICIPALITIES WHICH ARE EITHER
LOOKING AT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS OR HAVE DONE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS, AND THE VOICES OF THEIR
ELECTED OFFICIALS AND OF THE PEOPLE THAT THOSE
ELECTED OFFICIALS REPRESENT WOULD BE TAKEN AWAY BY
THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS LEGISLATION REFLECTS
THE VALUES OF FLORIDA.
IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE VALUES OF OUR STATE,
RIGHT?
ESPECIALLY WITH SOME OF THE STATE WIDE INITIATIVES
THAT WE HAVE PASSED AND SUPPORTED, AS FLORIDIANS,
IT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE VALUES THAT THIS
PREEMPTION LEGISLATION SEEKS TO TAKE.
IT IS PUNITIVE.
IT IS ANTI-LOCAL CONTROL ON ISSUES THAT WE SHOULD
HAVE DISCRETION AND JURISDICTION OVER, BUT MOST
IMPORTANTLY, IF YOU BELIEVE IN THE APPRENTICESHIP
ORDINANCE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO PASS HERE IN THE
CITY OF TAMPA, THIS TAKES AWAY OUR RIGHT TO CREATE
THAT.
IT DOES SO ARBITRARILY.
IT DOES SO IN A PUNITIVE FASHION.
AND I THINK IT'S TERRIBLY MISGUIDED.
SO I MOVE FOR A RESOLUTION, IF I MAY, IN
OPPOSITION TO HOUSE BILL 5:00 3.
>>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER -- YES, MR. SHELBY?
>>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I ALMOST FORGOT.
JANUARY 14th, OUR FIRST --
>>> SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
GO AHEAD, COUNCILMAN VIERA.
>>LUIS VIERA: REALLY QUICK IF I MAY ALSO MOVE
THAT CITY STAFF COME BACK TO US, PARKS AND
RECREATION, ON MARCH 18 OF 2021 TO TALK ABOUT THE
UPDATE FOR ADA AND DISABILITY ACCESSIBLE PARKS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF TAMPA.
MAYBE ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, I HAD OUR GOOD
FRIEND AT PARKS AND RECREATION UPDATE US ON WHAT
CITY PARKS HAVE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT THAT IS
ACCESSIBLE TO CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, WHETHER
THAT WHICH IS FRIENDLY FOR KID WITH AUTISM, MAY BE
ACCESSIBLE FOR KIDS IN WHEELCHAIRS, CEREBRAL
PALSY, WHATEVER IT MAY BEING, BECAUSE MY ULTIMATE
GOAL, AND I KNOW ALL OF OUR ULTIMATE GOAL ON CITY
COUNCIL, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PARKS WITH
EQUIPMENT THAT'S ACCESSIBLE TO CHILDREN WITH
SPECIAL NEEDS.
SO I MOVE FOR THAT, IF I MAY.
>>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN
MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
GO AHEAD, SIR.
>>LUIS VIERA: AN THEN ADDITIONALLY, IF I MAY, I
THOUGHT OF THIS, GOSH, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, AND I
FORGOT TO MOTION FOR IT.
I'M A BIG PERSON ON MEMORIALS AND JUST PAYING
TRIBUTE TO GREAT THINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND UNDER MAYOR CASTOR, SOMETHING THAT I THINK HAS
BEEN SO GREAT IS THAT WE HAVE SEEN A RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE ADMINISTRATION LIKE WE HAD
ADDITIONALLY UNDER MAYOR BUCKHORN WITH
MacDILL, BUT WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT VETERANS
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE TAMPA BAY GOLD STAR
FAMILIES AND DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.
AND I THINK WE OUGHT TO CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE
THAT, PAYING TRIBUTE TO OUR VETERANS AND OUR
TROOPS IS SOMETHING THAT BRINGS US TOGETHER AS
AMERICANS AT A TIME WHEN WE ARE VERY, VERY
DIVIDED.
AND SO THAT IS WHY I AM PROPOSING, AND WE CAN HAVE
PARKS AND RECREATION COME BACK TO US IN 60 DAYS ON
THIS, THAT WE REQUEST THAT EACH DISTRICT WITHIN
THE CITY OF TAMPA HAVE AT LEAST ONE PARK WITH ONE
MEMORIAL OF VARYING SIZES.
IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY NEED TO BE SOMETHING BIG.
BUT PAYING TRIBUTE TO A LOCAL VETERAN, RIGHT AT A
PARK WHETHER IT'S NEW TAMPA, WEST TAMPA, SOUTH
TAMPA, EAST TAMPA, ET CETERA, THAT EACH DISTRICT
JUST HAVE ONE PARK WITH A MEMORIAL OR SOME SORT OF
A TRIBUTE TO A LOCAL VETERAN.
I THINK THAT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA
TO HAVE A VOICE.
WE LEAVE TOO MANY OF THESE ISSUES OUT TO THE
COUNTY FOR OUR GOOD FRIEND AT THE COUNTY TO
HANDLE.
BUT WE OUGHT TO BE AGGRESSIVE ON THESE TYPES OF
THINGS, IN MY OPINION.
SO I IN ANY CASE MOTION.
AND FOR A REPORT TO COME BACK IN SIXTY DAYS.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
CITRO.
AND I AM GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.
THERE'S A GENTLEMAN IN CARVER CITY, LINCOLN
GARDENS THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH TO PUT
TOGETHER A MEMORIAL TO THE WORLD WAR II VETERANS,
KOREAN WAR VETERANS, AND FROM THAT NEIGHBORHOOD,
WHICH IS IN MY DISTRICT.
AND THERE YOU GO.
GOOD IDEA.
WE HAVE A MOTION -- I'M SORRY.
>>MARTIN SHELBY: WOULD A WRITTEN REPORT SUFFICE?
IT'S YOUR CALL.
>>LUIS VIERA: THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
THEY CAN DO IT VIRTUALLY.
LET'S DO RIGHT NOW IN PERSON, OR VIRTUALLY,
WHATEVER IT IS.
JUST SO THAT WE CAN INQUIRE.
I MAY CHANGE IT TO WRITTEN REPORT BUT LET'S DO IT
IN PERSON FOR RIGHT NOW.
>>THE CLERK: THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT.
FOR SEMANTICS, WHEN WE SAY IN PERSON, WE MEAN AN
APPEARANCE, THEN WE USE THE TERM APPEARANCE, BALKS
IT ENCOMPASSES VIRTUALLY OR IN PERSON BECAUSE AS
YOU HEARD MR. RUGGERIO SAY, WHEN WE GO BACK TO BE
CITY HALL THERE WILL BE NO MORE, IT WILL ALL BE IN
PERSON.
>>LUIS VIERA: SO SIXTY DAYS, WHAT'S A GOOD DAY IN
FEBRUARY?
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE THE WORKSHOP AT THE
END OF THE MONTH.
>>MARTIN SHELBY: OR YOU CAN HAVE THE FIRST
MEETING IN MARCH, MARCH 4th S.THAT TOO LONG?
>>LUIS VIERA: THAT'S FINE.
IN A WORRIES.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM
COUNCILMAN VIERA.
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
>>LUIS VIERA: JUST REALLY QUICK, THREE
COMMENDATIONS.
MOTION FOR COMMENDATION FOR THE FAMILY OF THE LATE
GENERAL JIM JONES OF TAMPA PALMS, A TWO STAR
GENERAL RECENTLY DIED, VIETNAM VETERAN, WANT TO
HONOR HIS FAMILY.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN
DINGFELDER.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
>>LUIS VIERA: I MOTION FOR A TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
COMMENDATION FOR MY GOOD FRIEND CHRIS SMITH WHO
RUNS MISSION BARBECUE FOR ALL THE WORK SHE DOES
FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN
DINGFELDER.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
VERY GOOD.
>>LUIS VIERA: AND THAT'S IT.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
>>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
TODAY.
JUST ONE COMMENDATION FOR JANUARY 14.
AS YOU KNOW, MS. VANESSA CLEARY, HOUSING DIRECTOR,
IS SAYING GOOD-BYE TO THE CITY OF TAMPA.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE HER FOR A LOT OF WORK SHE DID
AS FAR AS THE ONE TAMPA PROGRAM, HOUSING
DEPARTMENT HAS A LOT OF COMPONENTS IN IT THAT THE
HOUSING AREA GETS A LOT OF CRA PROGRAMS WITH
HOUSING, AND EXTRA DOLLARS FOR HOUSING FOR
FIRST-TIME BUYER.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE HER FOR THE WORK SHE'S DONE.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND BY COUNCILMAN
DINGFELDER.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
YES, SIR?
COUNCILMAN GUDES?
>>ORLANDO GUDES: I JUST WANT TO SAY TO MY COUNCIL
MEMBERS, IT'S GOING ON TWO YEARS, SECOND CHRISTMAS
WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER.
THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE WHEN I NEEDED YOU, WHEN
I WAS SICK.
JUST THANK YOU IN GENERAL FOR BEING AN ADHESIVE
GROUP FOR OUR CITIZENS OF TAMPA, LET ME SAY THAT
SOMEBODY MAY NOT HAVE A CHRISTMAS.
SOMEBODY MAY NOT PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE.
IF YOU ARE BLESSED, BLESS SOMEONE ELSE IF YOU CAN.
BLESS SOMEONE ELSE IF YOU CAN.
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR, COUNCIL.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU.
MR. GUDES, CHOKED ME UP THERE FOR A MINUTE.
I AGREE WITH YOU WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
I THINK THIS GOOD GROUP.
WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE ON EVERYTHING BUT WE COME
BACK TWO MINUTES LATER AND MOVE FORWARD.
I THINK THAT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF A COLLEGIAL BODY
SUCH AS OURS.
OF THIS HAS BEEN OBVIOUSLY A VERY TOUGH YEAR FOR
EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD, AND CITY OF TAMPA, CITY
COUNCIL, AND LUIS, YOU HANDED THAT GAVEL OFF VERY
TIMELY.
>>LUIS VIERA: I KNOW, RIGHT?
[ LAUGHTER ]
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: TO MR. MANISCALCO.
YOU AND LISA HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB PULLING US
ALL TOGETHER.
I KNOW ON BEHALF OF THE REST OF US WE THANK YOU
TREMENDOUSLY.
MR. VIERA, YOU SPOKE ABOUT PREEMPTION.
THIS NOTION OF PREEMPTION IN TALLAHASSEE IS REALLY
PRETTY DISGUSTING.
MOST PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY KNOW WHO CITY
COUNCIL PEOPLE ARE AND MOST OF THEM DON'T NONWHO
IS IN TALLAHASSEE ON THEIR BEHALF.
UNFORTUNATELY WHEN THEY GO TO TALLAHASSEE, ALL OF
A SUDDEN THEY GET BIG BRITCHES AND THEY START
PREEMPTING LOCAL GOVERNMENT AT EVERY LEVEL.
AND I WAS JUST READING, LOOKING AT AN ARTICLE,
CALLED BLANKETING PREEMPTION IS AN IMMINENT
THREAT, AND I AM GOING TO ROUTE IT TO MR. SHELBY
AND SEE IF HE CAN LEGALLY CIRCULATE IT TO THE REST
OF YOU.
BUT ANYWAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT
EXCEPT TO MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE THAT THEIR
LEGISLATORS ARE GOING TO TALLAHASSEE, AND THEN
TURNING AROUND AND TYING OUR HANDS TO DO THE BEST
JOB WE CAN.
TWO YEARS AGO WE SAW WITH THE TREE ORDINANCE,
WHICH FRANKLY WAS RIDICULOUS BECAUSE WE HAD A GOOD
TREE ORDINANCE, AND MR. MIRANDA AND MR. MANISCALCO
AND I THINK YOU, MR. VIERA, WORKED REALLY HARD TO
AMEND TOTAL MAKE IT EVEN MORE FAIR THAN IT EVER
HAD BEEN.
AND THEN WHAT DOES TALLAHASSEE DO?
THEY TURN AROUND AND THEY PREEMPT US AND BASICALLY
EVISCERATE OUR ABILITY TO PROTECT -- PROJECT
OUR -- PROTECT OUR GRAND OAKS ON RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTIES.
LIKEWISE, NOW, WHEN MR. VIERA HAS BEEN WORKING
REALLY HARD WITH THE COMMUNITY TO COME UP WITH AN
APPRENTICESHIP ORDINANCE, UP TO TALLAHASSEE, AND
NOW THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT AGAIN HANDCUFFING US
AND SAYING, OH, NO, YOU ARE JUST LOCAL GOVERNMENT,
AND YOU DON'T ACCOUNT COUNT FOR ANYTHING, WE ARE
GOING TO PREEMPT YOU.
AND WE KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
THEY ARE DOING THAT ON BEHALF OF A CERTAIN SMALL
GROUP OF BUSINESS OWNERS WHO WOULD RATHER GO UP TO
TALLAHASSEE AND PAY LOBBYISTS AND SPEND MONEY IN
TALLAHASSEE TO GET THEIR WAY, BECAUSE THEY FEEL
THEY CAN'T GET THEIR WAY LOCALLY, SO THEY GO UP TO
TALLAHASSEE AND THEY DO THAT.
AND I JUST THINK THAT'S WRONG, THAT PEOPLE NEED TO
CONTACT THEIR LEGISLATORS AND SAY, NO MORE
PREEMPTIONS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
ALL RIGHT.
THAT'S MY SOAPBOX ON THAT.
IN REGARD TO OUR NOISE WORKSHOP, WHAT DID MR.
DANIELS SAY, IS THAT IN FEBRUARY?
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, I THINK SO.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE,
AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE ORIGINAL MOTIONS
WERE AS RELATED TO THAT WORKSHOP.
I AM JUST GOING TO MAKE ONE TODAY TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE COVER THIS.
BUT IN THE NOISE WORKSHOP I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE GET A SUMMARY FROM TPD AND MAYBE CODE
ENFORCEMENT OF ANY CITATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED
OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, AND BROKEN OUT
GEOGRAPHICALLY, EITHER BY TPD DISTRICT OR BY
COUNCIL DISTRICT OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION TO MAKE SURE THAT
THAT'S INCLUDED IN OUR NOISE WORKSHOP IN FEBRUARY.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. SHELBY.
>>MARTIN SHELBY: I AM GOING TO READ FROM THE
CALENDAR, COUNCIL, JUST SO YOU ARE AWARE OF WHAT
THE SCOPE OF THIS PRESENTLY, AND IT SOUND LIKE
COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER'S MOTION WOULD EXPAND THAT
SCOPE.
I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT IT SAYS PRESENTLY ON
YOUR CALENDAR, STAFF AND LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO HAVE
FURTHER DISCUSSION IN REGARD TO CHAPTER 14,
CHAPTER 14 OF THE CITY OF TAMPA CODE ORDINANCES
ADDRESSING HOURS OF OPERATION, OUTDOOR AMPLIFIED
SOUND, AS WELL AS DISTANCE SEPARATION, SO THAT IS,
I THINK, SCOPE TO LAND DEVELOPMENT --
GOES MORE TO ZONING ISSUES.
I THINK MR. DANIELS COMES UP AND SPEAKING MORE TO
US ABOUT THE DRIVING ISSUE AND THE BOOM BOXES IN
THE VEHICLES.
>>MARTIN SHELBY: SO YOU WANT THAT ROLLED INTO
THAT PARTICULAR WORKSHOP?
>> YES, TO INCLUDE IT IN THAT WORKSHOP BECAUSE I
THINK HE'S EXPECTING TO US TALK ABOUT THE SORT OF
MOVING VIOLATION ISSUE, AND FOR STAFF TO DISCUSS
THAT PART OF THE CITY CODE, AND TO REPORT TO US
ABOUT IF THEY HAVE ANY WAY OF REPORTING TO US
ABOUT CITATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN WRITTEN OVER THE
LAST THREE YEARS.
BROKEN OUT BY DISTRICT.
>>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU FOR THAT
CLARIFICATION.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU FOR YOUR PART.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY MR. DINGFELDER.
A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: AND LASTLY, SOMEBODY MENTIONED
OUR UNSUNG HERO.
I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO MR. SHELBY AND ALL
THE HARD WORK THAT YOU PUT IN, AND EVERYBODY IN
THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE STARTING WITH MS.
GRIMES ON DOWN, BUT MR. SHELBY IS OUR GO-TO GUY.
HE'S IN OUR CORNER, EVERY DAY, WE CALL HIM, AND WE
DO CALL HIM AROUND THE CLOCK.
AND HE LOOKS OUT FOR US TO KEEP US STRAIGHT AND
NARROW. AND WE APPRECIATE IT AND I APPRECIATE THE
HOLIDAY TIE YOU HAVE ON, TOO, TODAY.
>>MARTIN SHELBY: I WEAR THIS ONCE A YEAR AND IT'S
ALWAYS THE LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR BEFORE A
HOLIDAY.
IF I CAN, I WANT TO SAY TO EACH OF YOU, THANK YOU
FOR THAT SENTIMENT.
AND IT IS AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO SERVE YOU.
AND I JUST WANT TO WISH EACH OF YOU AND THE PUBLIC
A VERY DIFFICULT YEAR FOR EVERYBODY, AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO EVERYBODY HAVING A HAPPY AND HEALTHY
2021.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CITRO.
>>JOSEPH CITRO: AS COUNCILMAN, AS YOU HEARD ME
SAY TO NURSE TIFFANY, THE FIRST LINE OF MEDICAL
DEFENSE THAT WHENEVER THEY MEET A COVID PATIENT IS
99% OF THE TIME NURSES.
THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS LOST AN ANGEL OF MERCY, A
NURSE, MS. ISABEL CONTRERAS.
SHE WAS LOVED BY HER PEERS AND HER TEAM, AND WE
WANT TO RECOGNIZE HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SAFETY
AND CARE OF PATIENTS IN THIS COMMUNITY.
THEREFORE, I MOVE TO AFFIRM A COMMENDATION GIVEN
TO THE FAMILY OF NURSE ISABEL CONTRERA FOR BEING
THE FRONT LINE WORKER AS A NURSE FOR OVER 15 YEARS
IN THE REHABILITATION, HEALTH CARE CENTER, WHO
RECENTLY CONTRACTED AND SUCCUMBED TO COVID-19.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY MEMBER CITRO.
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
>>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL.
I WISH EVERYBODY THAT IS NOT ONLY HERE, THAT WORKS
FOR CITY COUNCIL, BUT ALSO FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA
AND ALL THE CITIZENS.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
FELIZ NAVIDAD.
HAPPY KWANZAA.
HAPPY HANUKKAH.
ALSO, HAPPY NEW YEAR.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
>>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AFTER ALL THAT I DON'T THINK I
HAVE MUCH TO SAY.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU, SIR.
>>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO, NO.
[ LAUGHTER ]
I DIDN'T SAY I WAS FINISHED.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, FOR EVERYTHING TODAY.
AND I USUALLY DON'T GIVE COMPLIMENTS.
BUT THE NEXT TIME YOU WILL TELL ME IT'S 2:30,
PLEASE MAKE IT AM OR PM.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WITH THIS COUNCIL, I NEED TO
SCHOLAR IF I MYSELF.
I AM NOT GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO CANCEL
CHRISTMAS.
A LOT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED.
ANYTHING, SIR?
>>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT'S IT.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ONE ITEM.
AND THIS WAS A MEMO THAT WAS SENT OUT.
THERE WAS ORIGINALLY AUTHORED BY PAST CHAIRMAN
LUIS VIERA FOR THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AT CITY
COUNCIL MEETINGS.
AND THAT WOULD BE THAT WE MOVE SECOND READINGS
FROM 9:30 TO 10 A.M. TO ALLOW FOR SUFFICIENT TIME
FOR CEREMONIAL PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLIC COMMENT,
WHICH WE SAW TODAY COULD GO OVER AND HAS BEEN.
KEEP THE FIRST READINGS AND REVIEW HEARINGS SET
FOR 10:30 A.M. AFTER WE HANDLE THE BUSINESS,
PUBLIC COMMENT, ALL THAT, WE'LL GO TO COMMITTEE
REPORTS, CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH IS GENERALLY VERY
QUICK, AND THEN WE WOULD LIKE TO SET STAFF REPORTS
AND UNFINISHED BUSINESS FOR A TIME CERTAIN OF
1:30 P.M. AFTER THE LUNCH RECESS, SO AT LEAST WE
HAVE -- WE HAVE A SET TIME.
LUNCH, 12:TO 1:30, BUT AT LEAST STAFF WILL BE ON
NOTICE AND THEY KNOW WHEN TO COME IN. DID I NEED
A MOTION FOR THAT, TO ACCEPT THAT, MR. SHELBY?
>>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, MR. CHAIRMAN.
AND IF I CAN -- YOU HAVE SEEN THE MEMO.
IF I CAN, I BELIEVE THAT TO DIRECT ME TO PREPARE A
RESOLUTION TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF ALTERING YOUR
ORDER OF BUSINESS CONSISTENT WITH THIS MEMO, AND
ALSO THAT TO DIRECT THE CLERK, BEGINNING WITH YOUR
NEXT REGULAR MEETING, TO ADD TO THE ADDENDUM SO
YOU CAN ADDRESS THAT AND ADOPT IT AT YOUR NEXT
REGULAR MEETING TO BEGIN THIS PROCESS, BEGINNING
ON JANUARY 14th, BECAUSE THE PROCESS TO AMEND
YOUR ORDER OF BUSINESS, IN YOUR RULES OF
PROCEDURE, REQUIRE 2001 READINGS BEFORE THEY TAKE
EFFECT AT REGULAR MEETINGS.
DID YOU GET THAT MADAM CLERK?
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO MY MOTION WOULD BE EXACTLY
WHAT WAS STATED BY MR. SHELBY.
>> SO MOVED.
>>JOSEPH CITRO: OFF MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN
MANISCALCO.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
ANY DISCUSSION?
COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CITRO.
I KNOW THERE WERE VARIOUS COMPONENTS TO THE
MOTION.
I SAW SOMEWHERE IN THAT MEMO, IT MADE REFERENCE TO
A ONE-HOUR LIMIT ON THE COMMENDATIONS AND THE
PUBLIC COMMENT.
IT'S ASPIRATIONAL.
>> GIVES US SOME LATITUDE.
>>MARTIN SHELBY: [OFF MICROPHONE] COUNCIL, NOW
YOU CONTROL YOUR COUNCIL CALENDAR.
WHAT PUBLIC BUSINESS IS GOING TO BE, AND OBVIOUSLY
THE PUBLIC CAN JUDGE THE USE OF THEIR OWN TIME,
AND BE ABLE TO -- I THINK CITY STAFF, WITH THIS
1:30 STAFF REPORTS NOW, STAFF HAS A BETTER CHANCE
OF HAVING THE USE OF THE MORNING TO DO ACTIVITIES
CONDUCTING CITY BUSINESS OUTSIDE OF THESE
CHAMBERS.
BUT THAT BEING SAID, COUNCIL, IF COUNCIL CAN HAVE
THE UNDERSTANDING AMONGST YOURSELVES TO LIMIT YOUR
CEREMONIAL ITEMS TO PERHAPS TWO PER MEETING, OR
MAYBE EVEN THREE IF IT'S SOMETHING PRESSING, AND
THEN KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ABOUT TEN MINUTES TOTAL,
LET'S SAY YOU HAVE TWO OR THREE, THAT LEAVES
SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE 10:00 TO GET TO
PUBLIC COMMENT, TO GET THROUGH PUBLIC COMMENT,
EXCEPT FOR THIS.
IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO TAKE FINAL ACTION.
YOUR CONSENT DOCKET.
THESE BOARDS AND OTHERS, OFF THE CONSENT DOCUMENT
OR THAT YOU CAN TAKE FINAL ACTION ON, GET THOSE
ITEMS OUT OF THE WAY EARLY SO AT LEAST YOU ARE
ABLE TO WHEN THE POINT COMES TO BE AUTOMOBILE TO
PRIORITIZE HOW YOU WISH TO CONDUCT YOUR BUSINESS,
BECAUSE THERE'S ONE THING THAT YOU CANNOT CONTROL
OFF THIS AGENDA, THAT IS THE LENGTH OF PUBLIC
COMMENT, AND HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE.
AND YOU WILL KNOW -- AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW UNTIL
THE DAY BEFORE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE
REGISTERED.
BUT WE STILL DON'T NOBODY HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO BE APPEARING VIRTUALLY DOWNSTAIRS, ON THE
SECOND FLOOR OF OLD CITY HALL.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE.
AND COUNCIL, IT'S GOING TO BE A POLICY DECISION ON
YOUR PART HOW YOU RUN THE MEETING.
DO YOU TAKE CARE OF THE PRIORITY PUBLIC COMMENTS,
THAT WHICH NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF AND THEN TAKE
CARE OF PUBLIC BUSINESS?
BUT GIVE THAT SOME THOUGHT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
RIGHT NOW, COUNCIL, ASPIRATION, THAT'S A GOOD
START.
HOW YOU QUICHE TO CONDUCT YOUR MEETING.
>>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
AS THE AUTHOR OF THOSE -- THAT OLDER MEMO, WRITE
MAYBE WAS A YEAR AGO, A LITTLE LESS THAN A YEAR
AGO, IT IS ASPIRATIONAL, CLEARLY.
SOME DAYS WE ARE GOING TO GET A TON OF PUBLIC
COMMENT.
SOME DAYS LITTLE.
AND THEN UP TAKE IT AS IT GOES THAT DAY.
I HAVE SEEN MEETINGS WHERE PEOPLE DO INSTEAD OF
THREE MINUTES, TWO MINUTES, OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE,
AND THAT WILL BE WITHIN THE CHAIR'S DISCRETION
WITH REGARDS TO CEREMONIAL, I THINK THAT FOR
PURPOSES OF THIS ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE NUMBER ONE
IN COVID, WE HAVEN'T HAD CEREMONIALS FOR A WHILE.
SO PERSONALLY, I THINK ONE CEREMONIAL IS FINE A
WEEK.
INSTEAD OF TWO OR THREE.
THAT'S JUST ME ESPECIALLY IN TIME OF COVID.
THE REAL PIVOTAL THING ON THIS MEMO, THAT'S WHY I
AM SO GLAD IT CAME BACK UP, WAS THE TIME CERTAIN
FOR STAFF, BECAUSE WE CAN'T HAVE STAFF.
WE HAD TIFFANY CLINE HERE WHO IS OUR NURSE WHO WE
HAVE VIRTUALLY ALL USED IN TERMS OF GOING, HEY,
TIFFANY, I'M SICK, CAN YOU HELP ME OUT?
SHE WAS HERE FOR LIKE SEVEN HOURS, GOD BLESS HER.
WE HAD THE POLICE OFFICER HERE.
I THINK BY HAVING A TIME CERTAIN, WE MITIGATE
THAT.
THAT'S WHAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT, IN MY
OPINION FOR THIS, JUST MY THOUGHTS.
THANK YOU.
>>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIR, IF I CAN FOLLOW UP.
[OFF MICROPHONE] THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN
PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, AND YOUR TIMING OF IT, BY
THE WAY, ORIGINALLY --
>>LUIS VIERA: MARCH 11?
YES.
>>MARTIN SHELBY: THE DAY BEFORE A START OF
EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED.
SO IT WAS YOUR INTENTION TO HAVE THIS PUT IN PLACE
IN MARCH.
CERTAIN EVENTS BEING WHAT THEY ARE.
BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>>JOSEPH CITRO: YOU HEARD THE MOTION BY
COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
ANY FURTHER COMMENT?
>>ORLANDO GUDES: CHAIR, I LIKE THE CONCEPT.
I BELIEVE SETTING A TIME SET AT 1:30, YOU CAN GET
STAFF OUT OF THE WAY, STAFF BUSINESS.
CONSENT ITEMS RUN BY QUICKLY.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COMMENDATIONS, SAY ONE,
AND TWO IS FINE, BUT ONE PER WEEK, I DON'T REALLY
THINK THAT'S FAIR, IN MY OPINION.
I THINK THAT PUBLIC COMMENT, WE CAN'T REALLY GAUGE
THAT BECAUSE YOU DON'T NONHOW MANY PEOPLE WILL
SHOW.
AND I DO THINK WITH A TIME CERTAIN, AT A 1:30
SPOT, YOU CAN GET THROUGH THE HOUSE BUSINESS.
AND THE REST OF IT TO FALL INTO PLACE, IN THE
FIRST BLOCK --
>> [OFF MICROPHONE] AND WHAT HAPPENED HERE ON THIS
AGENDA, WE HAD VERY FEW SEPARATIONS.
[OFF MICROPHONE] AND REMEMBER, COUNCIL HAD MADE A
MOTION TO BRING BACK THE VACATION OF RIGHTS-OF-WAY
IN THE DAYTIME, AND ALSO THE REVIEW HEARING WILL
BE COMING BACK TO YOU IN THE DAYTIME AGENDA.
>>ORLANDO GUDES: BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE TO
LIMIT ALL OF THOSE.
>>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT'S TRUE, BUT THAT'S AN AREA
FOR DISCUSSION, IS IT CITY COUNCIL'S INTENTION
THEN TO ADJUST ITS PREVIOUS MOTION, I BELIEVE YOU
MADE IT, CHAIRMAN MANISCALCO, THAT IS THEN SETTING
THE HEARINGS, THE REVIEW HEARINGS AS A VACATION?
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IN THE DAYTIME.
>>MARTIN SHELBY: YOU MOVED TO THE DAYTIME BUT YOU
MOVED IT TO 1:30.
SO DO WE AMEND THAT MOTION, MAKE IT, SAY, 10:00 OR
10:30?
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 10:30, YES, SIR.
10:30, SIR.
>>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT'S A MOTION TO AMEND YOUR
PREVIOUSLY MADE MOTION TO A DAY MEETING.
THANK YOU.
>>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY FURTHER --
>>MARTIN SHELBY: DOES THAT HAVE TO BE VOTED ON?
>>JOSEPH CITRO: THE MOTION STILL IS STANDING.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO.
>>JOSEPH CITRO: ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
MOTION PASSES.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
I HAND YOU BACK THE GAVEL.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AND WE HAD A WALK-ON
RESOLUTION.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>>MARTIN SHELBY: ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE THERE ARE
SEVERAL ITEMS UNDER NEW BUSINESS THAT REQUIRE
COUNCIL ACTION.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
NEW BUSINESS FROM THE CHIEF OF POLICE, AND A GRANT
AGREEMENT AND CONCURRENT RESOLUTION THAT
REAPPROPRIATES $100 THAT YOU FOR THE TAMPA POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OCCUPANT
AND CHILD SAFETY GRANT.
THERE'S A RESOLUTION THERE.
IT'S $100,000.
IT'S FDOT.
IT'S A GRANT FUNDING, CAN WE GET A MOTION TO
APPROVE?
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER DINGFELDER, SECOND FROM
COUNCIL MEMBER CITRO.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE A MEMO FROM DAVID JENNINGS TO PRESENT
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO CITY ORDINANCE CONTAINED
WITHIN CHAPTER 5, REQUESTING TIME ON JANUARY
28th, 2021.
I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN GUDES, DID YOU WANT TO RAISE
AN ISSUE YOU?
>>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF
HOT TOPICS ON THE 28th.
I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME ISSUES ON HERE, FROM MS.
FEELEY AS WELL.
I THINK IF THOSE CAN BE MOVED UP A WEEK.
BUT I THINK THAT WE HAVE GOT A LOT OF ITEMS ON THE
28th AND ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO HEAR AND HAVE
ENOUGH TIME FOR.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JANUARY IS VERY BUSY.
DO YOU WANT TO PUSH THIS TO MARCH?
>>ANDREA ZELMAN: I DON'T KNOW -- I DID SEE AN
E-MAIL YESTERDAY ASKING THIS QUESTION ABOUT
WHETHER THERE WAS A TIME FACTOR WITH THE FLOOD
CHANGES.
AND MY RECOLLECTION WAS THERE WAS.
AND YOU CAN FIND THE E-MAIL AND GIVE YOU MORE
DETAILS.
>> ABBYE FEELEY: GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
THE MEMO I SENT YOU WAS FOR WORKSHOP ON A NUMBER
OF ITEMS.
BUT THERE IS SOME TIME SENSITIVITY TO THE FLOOD
MAP AND ASSOCIATED MODEL ORDINANCE.
ONE IS FEMA CHANGE AT THE END OF FEBRUARY.
WE HAVE JUST SIX MONTHS TO GET THAT ORDINANCE
ADOPTED.
AND WHEN WE REACH THE FOURTH MONTH WITHOUT
ADOPTION, THEY WILL PUT US ON NOTICE THAT IT WILL
NO LONGER WRITE FLOOD INSURANCE IN OUR
MUNICIPALITY.
SO I WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE GO AHEAD AND GET IN
FRONT OF YOU AS SOON AS WE CAN SO THAT WE CAN COME
BACK WITH THE ORDINANCE WHICH WILL REQUIRE TWO
PUBLIC HEARINGS, AND ALLOW OF COURSE FOR ANY
POTENTIAL -- IN 2020, A LOT OF HURRICANES.
I JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT I AM AHEAD OF THAT
TIMELINE TO PROTECT OBVIOUSLY THE CITIZENS AND
MAKE SURE WE ARE MEETING THOSE DELIVERABLES. SO I
WILL WORK HARD TO MAKE SURE WE FOLLOW THE STATE'S
RECOMMENDATION IF YOU WANT TO GIVE ME THAT
ALLOWANCE ON THE 28th.
THE OTHER THING IS THE OTHERS, I UNDERSTAND AND I
WILL DO WHATEVER IS THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS THAT ALL RIGHT?
>>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I CAN.
I BELIEVE MRS. FEELEY IS ADDRESSING THE NEED TO
MOVE FORWARD ON THE FLOOD AGREEMENT FOR THAT DATE.
THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN THE CHAPTER, I GUESS, THE
OTHER LAND DEVELOPMENT THINGS ASKING COUNCIL TO
CONSIDER SEPARATING THE TWO.
I REMAINED COUNCIL, ALSO, THAT ALL THESE REQUEST
THE EXCEPTION OF THE STAFF REPORT FOR PARKING
ISSUES AND RIGHT-OF-WAY RESIDENTIAL IS ALL SET FOR
9:00 A.M.
PERHAPS COUNCIL, YOU MIGHT WANT TO BE SET -- YOU
CAN SET IT FOR 9:00 A.M. BUT I THINK ONE OF THE
COUNCIL MOVING TO NEXT YEAR IS THE WAY THE
WORKSHOP IS SCHEDULED, THEY CAN BE SCHEDULED FOR
LET'S SAY ONE HOUR INTERVALS TIME CERTAIN, AND IF
COUNCIL WOULD ALLOW THAT TIME GIVE OR TAKE TO BE
ABLE TO MANAGE THAT.
SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY, THAT STOPPED, AND WHEN
SOMEBODY COMES TO A WORKSHOP, THEY DON'T NOBODY
HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE AND YOU MAY HAVE A
SITUATION THAT IT MAY NOT GET TO YOU.
SO THE AFTERNOON IF YOU PICK YOUR WORKSHOP AND GO
INTO THE AFTERNOON BUT ALSO REMAIN MINDFUL THAT ON
WORKSHOP DAYS, YOU END UP HAVING NIGHT MEETINGS,
SO IF YOUR WORKSHOPS TAKE LONG, AND I SEE THIS
HAPPEN IN THE COURSE OF TIME, THERE ARE TIMES THAT
COUNCIL, PREVIOUS COUNCILS HAVE GONE FROM A DAY
MEETING RIGHT INTO A NIGHT MEETING.
I WANT TO SAY AGAIN, YOU CONTROL YOUR CALENDARS SO
PLEASE REMAIN MINDFUL OF YOUR CHOICES.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THIS?
>>ORLANDO GUDES: MS. FEELEY, IF YOU HAD IT MOVED
UP WITH WOULD THAT HELP YOU VERSUS THE 28th OR
DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT ON THE 28th?
>>ABBYE FEELEY: NO LATER THAN THE 28th.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MOVE IT UP, THAT WOULD BE
FINE.
I WILL GET WITH MR. JENNINGS AND LOOK AT THAT.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WANT TO MOVE IT UP TO JANUARY
14th?
>>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT COULD BE UNDER STAFF
REPORTS, RIGHT?
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: UNDER STAFF REPORTS JANUARY
14th.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: SO MOVED.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN
DINGFELDER.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
THAT'S JUST THE FLOOD ISSUE.
WHO WAS THE SECOND?
>>LUIS VIERA: VIERA.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: VIERA WAS THE SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR?
OPPOSED?
GREAT.
>>ABBYE FEELEY: THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER MEMO
FROM ABBYE FEELEY REQUESTING TIME ON JANUARY 28 TO
PRESENT THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT.
DOES THAT STILL STAND, OR CAN THAT BE PUSHED BACK
OR IS THAT ALSO TIME SENSITIVE?
>>ABBYE FEELEY: SOME OF THAT IS CLEAN-UP ITEMS.
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS WITH A FEW OF YOU
ON THERE'S ONE PRIVATE INITIATED AMENDMENT THAT
HAS BEEN WAITING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.
SO IF YOU COULD POTENTIALLY TAKE JUST THAT
PRIVATELY INITIATED, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO MOVE MY
ITEMS OUT.
I KNOW I AM COMING BUFF AT THE WORKSHOP IN
FEBRUARY FOR THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE, TO CONTINUE
WHAT CAME BEFORE YOU ABOUT SIX OR EIGHT WEEKS AGO,
AND DISTANCE SEPARATION OUT OF OPERATION AND
NOISE.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THOSE ITEMS TO THAT
FEBRUARY, THAT WOULD BE FINE.
IF YOU COULD KEEP THE PRIVATE TEXT AMENDMENT, I
THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY QUICK.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CONDITION WE GET A NOTION
KEEP JUST THE PRIVATELY INITIATED AMENDMENT?
>>LUIS VIERA: SO MOVED, VIERA.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JANUARY 28th.
ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
AND THEN THE REST WOULD BE SET FOR THE FEBRUARY
WORKSHOP.
I GUESS WE'LL TAKE A MOTION.
TO SET THE OTHER ITEMS FROM LAND DEVELOPMENT, CODE
AMENDMENT FOR FEBRUARY K.WE GET A MOTION?
>>MARTIN SHELBY: FORGIVE ME, BUT I WANT TO BRING
TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT ALSO ON YOUR FEBRUARY
WORKSHOP, YOU HAVE THE CRB, REVIEW BOARD COMING
BACK IN THE MORNING.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MRS. FEELEY, CAN WE PUSH IT
TO MARCH, THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE NOT PRIVATELY
INITIATED?
IS THAT ALL RIGHT?
>>ABBYE FEELEY: YES, SIR.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MAY I HAVE A MOTION THEN TO
SET THOSE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENTS THAT
ARE NOT THE PRIVATELY AMENDED ONES?
>>MARTIN SHELBY: I'M SORRY, BUT I WANT TO BRING
TO YOUR ATTENTION AT 9:00 YOU ARE SET FOR THE
PUBLIC SAFETY MASTER PLAN, AND I JUST WANT TO KNOW
WHETHER IF THERE'S A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME YOU
THINK THAT WOULD TAKE.
YOU CAN SCHEDULE THIS FOR PERHAPS 10:00.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 10:00 IS FINE.
>>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, MR. CHAIR.
WHAT DATE IS THAT?
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT'S GOING TO BE
THE MORNING --
>>LUIS VIERA: AND WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED IN THE
SENSE THAT THAT'S IN JANUARY, WE ARE DEALING WITH
STATION 13, AND THEN IN MARCH, THAT'S WHAT I
THOUGHT WE ARE DEALING WITH RESPONSE TIMES FOR
NORTH OF NEW TAMPA, AS WELL AS CHANNELSIDE.
SO THAT'S LIFE AND DEATH AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED.
>>MARTIN SHELBY: AND THAT'S SET FOR 9:00.
BUT I AM SAYING, CAN YOU ESTIMATE THAT IT'S
REASONABLE TO SET SOMETHING LIKE THIS AT 10:00?
>>LUIS VIERA: I THINK SO.
I THINK SO.
MY EXPECTATION IS WITH A GREAT PROFESSIONALS THAT
WE ARE WORKING WITH, IN THE ADMINISTRATION, THAT
WE WILL HAVE A PLAN OF ACTION, ROLL OUT, PUT
THUMBS UP AND THAT'S IT.
>>MARTIN SHELBY: WHY NOT SET IT FOR 9:00 THEN?
OR 9:30?
>>LUIS VIERA: 9:30.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE A MOTION?
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
ALL IN FAVOR?
>>MARTIN SHELBY: MARCH 25th.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
THAT SETTLES THAT.
COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, ONE MORE ITEM?
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: I DID.
SO MR. MIRANDA HAD TO LEAVE.
BUT I WAS WONDERING IF YOU GUYS WOULD FORMALIZE
MR. MIRANDA'S SUGGESTION ABOUT ME OVER THE NEXT
SIX WEEKS OR SO WORKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO
COME UP WITH A PROGRAM FOR WMBE, BBEs, TO HELP
THEM MEET THE BOND REQUIREMENT, AS A MOTION, THAT
WOULD GIVE ME A LITTLE MORE STRENGTH.
>>LUIS VIERA: VIERA.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GUDES
WITH THE MOTION.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU.
AND THEN THE LAST THING IS, REMEMBER WE USED TO DO
THE HAPPY HOLIDAY MESSAGE?
I WAS THINKING, WE DON'T WANT TO ALL GET TOGETHER
IN A HUDDLE AND DO THAT BUT I'LL BET WITH A WADE
SHOT FROM THE CAMERAS RIGHT NOW, WE COULD, AT THE
SAME TIME, SAY HAPPY HOLIDAY FROM CITY COUNCIL.
ON THREE.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ONE, TWO, THREE.
>> ALL: HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM CITY COUNCIL.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT'S THAT.
AND MARTIN SHELBY.
>>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CHAIR, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO
THANK THE I.T. STAFF.
THEY HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB.
WE APPRECIATE YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
THOSE ARE PEOPLE THAT REALLY KEEP US GOING.
>>JOHN DINGFELDER: WANT TO TAKE A BOW OVER THERE?
>>ORLANDO GUDES: THE DEPUTY CLERK AND THE CLERK'S
OFFICE.
THEY WORK HAND IN HAND.
I WANT TO THANK MS. FOXX-KNOWLES AND HER STAFF,
ONE OF THE TOP DEPUTY CLERKS WE HAVE SULING, AND
THE REST, MR. CREW, AND THE REST OF THEM.
WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
>>LUIS VIERA: AND WHILE I MAY, OUR POLICE
OFFICERS WHO ARE HERE, FOR SAFETY.
ALL OF YOU PROTECTING OUR SAFETY, PROTECTING THE
SAFETY OF EVERYBODY WHO IS HERE, THEY WHETHER THEY
LIKE YOU OR NOT, YOU ARE GOING TO PROTECT THEIR
SAFETY.
AND THAT TO ME IS ADMIRABLE AS HELL.
I AM USING HELL BECAUSE WE HAVE GONE VERY LONG.
SO THANK YOU.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S NOT FORGET MY
LEGISLATIVE AID LISA EDWARDS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE SAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP LIKE COUNCILMAN GUDES, THE LEADERSHIP
IS RIGHT THERE WITH LISA.
I'M HERE DOING THIS AND YAY AND YAY, AND I SAID IT
TO OTHER CITY STAFF AND WHATNOT.
BUT I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT LISA DOES AND
EVERYBODY ELSE THAT GUIDE US ALONG THE WAY AND
HELPS US MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT WE DO AND
WHATNOT.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE?
>>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY, PLEASE.
SINCE WE ARE ALL DOING THAT, WE HAVE SOME FINE
WORKERS HERE AT THE TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER, THAT
EVERY TIME SOMEBODY SPEAKS INTO THE MICROPHONE,
THEY JUMP TO THEIR FEET, AND SANITIZE THE
MICROPHONES AND PODIUMS.
THANK YOU!
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
>>JOSEPH CITRO: MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
>>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
ALL IN FAVOR?
WE ARE ADJOURNED.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
JOYOUS, HAPPY HANUKKAH.
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
(CITY COUNCIL ADJOURNED).
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