COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2021
9:00 A.M. MEETING
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08:59:57
09:02:19 >>ORLANDO GUDES: GOOD MORNING.
09:03:56 CRA FOR MARCH 11, 2021.
09:04:00 WE START WITH THE INVOCATION.
09:04:03 MR. VIERA.
09:04:04 >>LUIS VIERA: IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE
09:04:07 PRIEST RONAK PATEL, BORN IN INDIA AND HOLDS A BACHELOR'S
09:04:12 DEGREE IN ENGINEERING.
09:04:14 HOWEVER, ABOVE HIS SECULAR DEGREE IN LIFE HE HAD A HIGHER
09:04:18 CALLING AND TRAINED TO BECOME A PRIEST.
09:04:25 HE WAS INITIALLY DEPLOYED TO THE STATE OF TENNESSEE FOR
09:04:28 THREE YEARS PRIOR TO BEING APPOINTED AS A PRIEST FOR THE
09:04:30 TAMPA CENTER IN 2009.
09:04:32 HE IS WELL VERSED IN THE SCRIPTURES AND EXTREMELY ADEPT
09:04:36 IN HINDU RITUALS AND PRACTICES.
09:04:39 HE IS A VERY HUMBLE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS MARRIED WITH TWO
09:04:40 CHILDREN AND HIS FAMILY EXCELS IN ACADEMIC AND SPIRITUAL
09:04:44 KNOWLEDGE GARNERING HIGH SCORES IN EXAMINATIONS.
09:04:48 HE LIKES TO PLAY CRICKET AND HAS A PASSION FOR DEEPENING
09:04:51 HIS KNOWLEDGE.
09:04:54 PRIEST PATEL, ARE YOU THERE, SIR?
09:04:59 I KNOW HE WAS HAVING A HARD TIME CHECKING IN.
09:05:02 >> YES.
09:05:04 CAN YOU HEAR ME?
09:05:05 I AM HERE.
09:05:06 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
09:05:10 ARE YOU TO BE SEEN OR JUST WANTS TO BE HEARD?
09:05:12 >> YEAH, YEAH.
09:05:14 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
09:05:17 WE'LL STAND FOR THE INVOCATION AND PLEASE REMAIN STANDING
09:05:20 FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FOLLOWING THAT.
09:05:22 GO AHEAD, SIR.
09:05:30 YES, SIR, GO AHEAD.
09:05:31 THANK YOU.
09:05:31 >> (SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE)
09:07:15 I PRAY TO GOD THAT ALL OF US PRESENTS HERE AND BEAUTIFUL
09:07:21 UNITED STATES AND THE WHOLE WORLD INCREASE THEIR FAITH IN
09:07:25 GOD, AND ALSO PRAY FOR THE RESOLUTION OF THE PANDEMIC.
09:07:33 (CHANTING IN OTHER LANGUAGE).
09:07:43 THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL OF YOU FOR GIVING ME CHANCE TO
09:08:24 PRAY.
09:08:24 (PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE)
09:08:43 >>ORLANDO GUDES: GENTLEMEN, BEFORE WE START, I WOULD
09:08:44 LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR OFFICER MADSEN.
09:08:44 (AUDIO ECHO)
09:09:06 (MOMENT OF SILENCE)
09:09:12 ITEM NUMBER 1.
09:09:16 ROLL CALL. SORRY. ROLL CALL.
09:09:16 >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
09:09:20 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HERE.
09:09:22 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
09:09:25 >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
09:09:28 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
09:09:30 >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE.
09:09:31 >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
09:09:33 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
09:09:37 (AUDIO ECHO)
09:09:49 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THIS MORNING WE HAVE MR. ROD CARTER, A
09:09:54 FRIEND OF MINE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
09:10:14 [INDISCERNIBLE]
09:10:50 (COMMENDATION TO ROD CARTER).
09:10:55 ROD HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR MANY YEARS.
09:11:15 [INDISCERNIBLE] I GIVE YOU ROD CARTER.
09:11:26 ROD?
09:11:27 YOUR TURN, SIR.
09:11:28 >> GOOD MORNING. TAMPA CITY COUNCIL PRESENTS THIS
09:11:38 COMMENDATION TO ROD CARTER, WFLA NEWS ANCHOR AND
09:11:47 REPORTER.
09:11:47 YOUR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AND STRONG COMMITMENT TO
09:11:50 ETHICAL JOURNALISM IS GREATLY ADMIRED AS IT REFLECTS YOUR
09:11:54 LEADERSHIP AND STRENGTH OF CHARACTER.
09:11:56 ACTING WITH INTEGRITY AND HONORING ETHICAL PRINCIPLES IN
09:12:00 YOUR CAREER WHICH ALSO SYMBOLIC.
09:12:08 YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS AS A HOST AND MODERATOR AT HUNDREDS OF
09:12:14 COMMUNITY EVENTS THROUGHOUT TAMPA BAY AND THE STATE OF
09:12:18 FLORIDA IS NOTED.
09:12:18 WITH UNWAVERING PASSION, COURAGE AND DEDICATION AS AN
09:12:23 AMBASSADOR OF TRUTH, YOU SERVE COUNTLESS PROFESSIONALS BY
09:12:28 COACHING AND GUIDING UPCOMING JOURNALISTS.
09:12:31 IT IS ADMIRABLE THAT YOU SHARE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT
09:12:33 RESONATES WITH VIEWERS BY RECOGNIZING WHAT MATTERS MOST
09:12:38 TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
09:12:41 YOUR REPORTING IS TRUST AND RESPECT FOR TRUTHFULNESS,
09:12:47 ACCURACY, OBJECTIVITY, IMPARTIALITY, FAIRNESS AND
09:12:51 INTEGRITY.
09:12:51 YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED YOURSELF TO BE A TRUE SERVICE OF
09:12:54 THE COMMUNITY, AND DO SO WITH A GRACIOUS HEART.
09:12:58 IN GRATEFUL APPRECIATION FOR YOUR EFFORTS, TAMPA CITY
09:13:01 COUNCIL PRESENTS THIS COMMENDATION ON THIS 11th DAY
09:13:06 OF MARCH 2021.
09:13:08 >>ROD CARTER: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS WONDERFUL
09:13:14 COMMENDATION.
09:13:15 I HAVE TO TELL YOU WHEN I MOVED HERE, GOSH, INITIALLY 20
09:13:18 YEARS AGO, I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD SEE ANYTHING LIKE
09:13:22 THIS AT ALL.
09:13:23 I ACTUALLY JUST MOVED HERE TO TELL REALLY GOOD STORIES
09:13:24 AND MEET SOME GREAT PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA AND SO
09:13:30 GRATEFUL THAT GOD GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THOSE
09:13:32 THINGS.
09:13:33 WE HAD SOME FUN TIMES, SOME CRAZY TIMES IN TAMPA.
09:13:36 I AM LEAVING ON A PRETTY HIGH NOTE.
09:13:38 I GOT TO MEET TOM BRADY IN A SUPER BOWL PARADE SO I THINK
09:13:42 THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO WRAP IT UP.
09:13:44 BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR OPENING YOUR ARMS AND
09:13:46 WELCOMING ME.
09:13:47 AND I WILL TELL YOU, I WILL MISS A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT
09:13:50 TAMPA, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I WILL MISS THE MOST IS
09:13:52 EMCEEING THE BLACK HISTORY PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:13:55 IT SEEMS LIKE I HAVE BEEN DOING THAT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS
09:13:57 AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THOROUGHLY, THOROUGHLY ENJOY.
09:13:59 SO I WON'T TAKE UP TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME BUT I WANT TO
09:14:02 SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT COMMENDATION AND THANK YOU
09:14:05 TO THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:14:07 I THINK WE ALL LEARNED OVER THE PAST YEAR BECAUSE OF ZOOM
09:14:11 WE ARE ALL MEETING VIRTUALLY SO I AM SURE YOU WILL SEE ME
09:14:17 EMCEEING FOR A DIFFERENT CITY.
09:14:19 YOU GREW UP IN TALLAHASSEE, AND THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE I
09:14:22 LIVED LONGER THAN I LIVED IN TAMPA.
09:14:24 SO THIS IS REALLY MY HOME.
09:14:26 SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS AND I WON'T TAKE UP MUCH TIME
09:14:29 BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE REAL WORK TO DO.
09:14:31 THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:14:32 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
09:14:34 ROD, I WANTED TO JUST TELL YOU HOW MUCH YOU ARE GOING TO
09:14:36 BE MISSED AND WHAT A GREAT VOICE YOU ARE HERE IN TAMPA,
09:14:40 ON SO MANY PIVOTAL ISSUES.
09:14:42 WE HAVE DONE STORIES TOGETHER.
09:14:44 YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN JUST A PLEASURE AND PROFESSIONAL TO
09:14:46 WORK WITH.
09:14:48 YOU ARE THE KIND OF PERSON THAT I CAN SAY, I DON'T HAVE
09:14:51 AN IDEA ABOUT WHAT YOUR POLITICS ARE, BUT I KNOW WHAT
09:14:54 YOUR VALUES ARE, AND YOU HAVE GREAT VALUES.
09:14:55 I MEAN THAT.
09:14:56 YOU ARE ROOTED IN FAITH AND YOU JUST HAVE REALLY GOOD GOD
09:15:00 FEARING VALUES.
09:15:02 I MEAN THAT.
09:15:02 I ALWAYS REMEMBER THE STORY THAT YOU DID, AND YOU ARE
09:15:10 GOOD AT MANY THINGS BUT YOU ARE ALSO GOOD AT TELLING
09:15:12 STORIES, ABOUT PEOPLE THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT, AND THEY
09:15:16 SHOULD KNOW ABOUT.
09:15:17 AND I KNOW THAT'S SO IMPORTANT TO YOU.
09:15:18 IT SHOULD BE IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US AS GOOD AND
09:15:22 THOUGHTFUL AMERICANS.
09:15:23 THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:15:24 WHEN I SAW THAT YOU WERE LEAVING I WAS LIKE, MAN, FIRST
09:15:29 HOWARD AND NOW YOU, AND WE ARE LOSING SOME GREAT
09:15:31 JOURNALISTS.
09:15:31 BUT YOU DO A GREAT JOB, AND IT'S GOING TO BE NORTH
09:15:34 CAROLINA'S GAIN.
09:15:36 THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS.
09:15:37 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE YEARS
09:15:42 THAT I HAVE BEEN PERSONALLY WATCHING YOU AND I WANT TO
09:15:44 THANK YOU FOR BEING A REPORTER, NOT JUST SOMEBODY WHO
09:15:47 READS THE NEWS.
09:15:48 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
09:15:50 THANK YOU FOR THE DEDICATION AND ALL THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN
09:15:53 TO TAMPA AND THE TAMPA BAY AREA.
09:15:55 YOU ARE A WISE, WISE PERSON.
09:16:01 AND WE ARE GOING TO SERIOUSLY MISS YOU.
09:16:03 HOWEVER, I KNOW THAT RALLY DURHAM IS AN EXCELLENT CITY IN
09:16:07 WHICH TO LIVE.
09:16:08 ENJOY YOURSELF THERE BUT PLEASE DON'T FORGET ABOUT US
09:16:11 HERE IN TAMPA.
09:16:11 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:16:16 CONGRATULATIONS, SIR.
09:16:17 WE SURELY WILL MISS YOU.
09:16:20 I WATCHED YOU FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
09:16:22 YOU SERVED IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN A WONDERFUL WAY AND WE
09:16:27 APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION, WISH YOU
09:16:30 ALL THE BEST NOW AND IN FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
09:16:33 >>BILL CARLSON: YOU DO A LOT FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND WE
09:16:45 THANK YOU FOR THAT.
09:16:45 >>ORLANDO GUDES: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER OR MIRANDA?
09:17:07 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ROD, I REMEMBER YOU WHEN YOU CAME IN,
09:17:15 YOU HAD A DIFFERENT COLOR HAIR AND SO DID I.
09:17:21 NOW YOU ARE JOINING THE CROWD.
09:17:27 PUT US ON THE RIGHT DIRECTION IN THE CITY.
09:17:29 AND GOING TO RALEIGH DURHAM, I AM SURE YOU ARE GOING TO
09:17:34 PRESENT THE NEWS.
09:17:37 A LOT SPEAK THROUGH THE MOUTH.
09:17:39 IN YOUR CASE IT COMES THROUGH THE FROM THE HEART THROUGH
09:17:43 THE MOUTH.
09:17:43 AND THANK YOU FOR BEING THE PERSON THAT YOU ARE.
09:17:45 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER?
09:17:51 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:17:53 ROD, I AM MARRIED TO A FORMER REPORTER, AND I KNOW IT'S
09:18:00 ONE OF THE TOUGHEST JOBS IN TOWN.
09:18:02 SOMETIMES YOU SEE THE BEST OF THINGS, AND OFTEN YOU SEE
09:18:09 THE WORST.
09:18:10 BUT ONE THING I HAVE NOTICED ABOUT YOU OVER THE YEARS IS
09:18:12 THAT YOU KEEP A GOOD ATTITUDE, AND OFTEN A GOOD SENSE OF
09:18:17 HUMOR ON THE AIR.
09:18:18 AND I THINK THAT'S NOT ONLY IMPORTANT FOR YOUR HEALTH AND
09:18:24 THAT SORT OF THING BUT ALSO IT'S A GREAT MESSAGE FOR THE
09:18:27 COMMUNITY, THAT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, WE CAN MOVE
09:18:31 FORWARD IN A POSITIVE WAY.
09:18:32 AND WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU HAVE DONE HERE IN THE
09:18:34 COMMUNITY, IN NORTH CAROLINA, AND IT'S OUR LOSS.
09:18:41 >> ROD CARTER: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:18:46 >>ORLANDO GUDES: (AUDIO ECHO)
09:18:53 WE ARE GOING TO MISS YOU.
09:19:00 GOD BLESS YOU, MY FRIEND.
09:19:01 >> ROD CARTER: THANK YOU.
09:19:04 >>MORRIS MASSEY: MOVING INTO THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION
09:19:18 OF OUR AGENDA -- [~DISTORTION~] REFERRED TO AS
09:19:41 COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA TECHNOLOGY.
09:19:44 MEETINGS ARE ALSO BEING HELD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
09:19:46 EMERGENCY RULES OF PROCEDURE BY CRA RESOLUTION.
09:19:51 THE PUBLIC AND CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA ARE ABLE TO
09:19:53 WATCH, LISTEN OR VIEW THIS MEETING ON CABLE TV, SPECTRUM
09:19:57 CHANNEL 640, FRONTIER CHANNEL 15, OR BY THE INTERNET,
09:20:03 TAMPAGOV/LIVESTREAM.
09:20:06 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALSO ABLE TO PARTICIPATE
09:20:08 VIRTUALLY IN THIS PUBLIC MEETING BY USING COMMUNICATIONS
09:20:12 MEDIA TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER ALTERNATIVE METHODS.
09:20:18 SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS BY INTERNET OR WEB, COMMENTS BY
09:20:21 E-MAIL, BY SENDING WRITTEN COMMENTS BY U.S. MAIL, BY
09:20:25 LEAVING A VOICE MAIL MESSAGE WITH COMMENTS AS DESIGNATED
09:20:30 274-8877, BY SPEAKING REMOTELY DURING PUBLIC COMMENT
09:20:35 PORTION OF THIS AGENDA WITH THE USE OF CMD FROM THEIR
09:20:40 HOMES OR USING CMD AT OLD CITY HALL ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
09:20:46 IF YOU ARE PARTICIPATING USING COMMUNICATION MEDIA
09:20:48 TECHNOLOGY ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF OLD CITY HALL.
09:20:52 THE USE OF MASKS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING INSIDE THE
09:20:55 BUILDING ARE REQUIRED.
09:20:57 PUBLIC COMMENTS PRERECORDED REMOTE OR IN PERSON USING
09:21:02 COMMUNICATION MEDIA TECHNOLOGY WILL BE HEARD AT THE START
09:21:04 OF THE MEETING AT THE DIRECTION OF THE CRA BOARD AND
09:21:07 SHOULD NOT EXCEED THREE MINUTES UNLESS EXPRESSLY ALLOWED
09:21:09 BY CRA BOARD.
09:21:11 WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED BY MAIL, E-MAIL, CRA BOARD WILL
09:21:16 ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE RECORD AT THE MEETING.
09:21:18 ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS TIMELY RECEIVED BY MAIL, E-MAIL,
09:21:22 VOICE MAIL OR BY REMOTE PARTICIPATION BY COMMUNICATION
09:21:25 MEDIA TECHNOLOGY WILL BE AFFORDED EQUAL CONSIDERATION AS
09:21:29 IF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS WERE MADE IN PERSON.
09:21:31 THAT CONCLUDES THE STATEMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
09:21:35 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE GO NOW TO THE SECOND FLOOR.
09:21:39 >> THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE BEEN COMING HERE.
09:22:02 LAST TIME WAS WHEN ORLANDO, AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT
09:22:09 ALSO.
09:22:10 I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW --
09:22:26 HOW MANY TIMES --
09:22:39 SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO BE THERE, DO THE JOB, BUT LOOK AT
09:23:03 WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE.
09:23:28 SO PLEASE...
09:24:42 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
09:24:43 >> HURU MEANS FREEDOM IN SWAHILI.
09:25:07 MY NAME IS MENTESNOT, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
09:25:10 WE SAY WE AS AFRICAN PEOPLE SHOULD ALWAYS BE THINKING
09:25:13 ABOUT OUR FREEDOM.
09:25:14 WE SHOULD LIVE.
09:25:15 WE SHOULD EXIST.
09:25:16 WE SHOULD DO EVERYTHING ABOUT OUR FREEDOM.
09:25:18 WANT TO TALK ABOUT ONE THING RIGHT QUICK WHICH IS AN
09:25:21 INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED 3:00 THE OTHER MORNING ON THE
09:25:24 INTERNET WHERE YOU SEE CHIEF DUGAN IS TRYING TO GIVE A
09:25:27 POLICE OFFICER HERO STATUS, AND THAT'S WHAT WHITE PEOPLE
09:25:31 LIKE TO SEE.
09:25:31 WHITE PEOPLE LOVE HERO STATUS.
09:25:33 GEORGE WASHINGTON, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, SUPERMAN, BATMAN.
09:25:37 THEY TELL US AFRICANS TARZAN WAS A HERO AND THEY WANT US
09:25:41 TO CONTINUE IN THAT PATH.
09:25:42 BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS IT'S ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT
09:25:45 THIS, WHY THE POLICE OFFICER TAKING HIS AUTOMOBILE AND
09:25:48 POINTING IT AT SOMEONE WHO IS GOING THE WRONG WAY ON THE
09:25:50 INTERNET.
09:25:51 THE PERSON MIGHT HAVE PULLED OUT, YOU KNOW, PULLED OFF
09:25:54 THE EXPRESSWAY.
09:25:55 WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
09:25:56 WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF BECAUSE THEY DON'T REVEAL THE
09:25:59 INFORMATION, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT IF HE WAS CHASING
09:26:03 THE PERSON SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
09:26:04 BUT THE FACTS OF THE MATTER IS, IS IT SUICIDE OR IS IT
09:26:08 MURDER?
09:26:09 BY THE POLICE OFFICER.
09:26:10 SO THIS HERO STATUS NONSENSE HAVE TO STOP.
09:26:13 AND THEY HARDLY EVEN WANT TO GIVE YOU THE OTHER PERSON'S
09:26:15 NAME.
09:26:16 IT HAPPENED THREE TIMES JUST RECENTLY.
09:26:18 BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS ALL THAT HAS TO STOP.
09:26:21 WE SEE WHAT THE GOVERNOR JUST DID TODAY OR YESTERDAY,
09:26:23 REMOVED ALL THE FINES ON THE LOCAL BUSINESSES.
09:26:27 ALL RIGHT?
09:26:30 PANDEMIC.
09:26:30 WE WANT THIS CITY COUNCIL, SPECIALLY OUR CITY COUNCILMAN
09:26:33 FOR DISTRICT 5 TO STEP UP.
09:26:35 I BEEN COMING DOWN HERE FOR 30 YEARS AND THERE AIN'T BEEN
09:26:38 NOTHING FOR OF A -- AFRICAN PEOPLE, RANNOUS OUT OF OUR
09:26:45 OWN COMMUNITY, DESTROYED OUR WHOLE NEIGHBORHOODS.
09:26:47 THESE WHAT THEY BEEN DOING.
09:26:48 WE WANTS THIS CITY COUNCIL, WE WANTS ORLANDO GUDES TO GET
09:26:51 THEM TO REMOVE ALL THESE BICYCLE FINES.
09:26:54 THAT'S A GOOD PLACE TO START.
09:26:55 OVER 600,000 BICYCLE STOPS AND REMOVE THAT FROM
09:26:58 EVERYBODY'S RECORDS, BECAUSE WE DON'T SEE ANYTHING THAT
09:27:00 HAPPENS INSIDE OUR COMMUNITY, AND WHEN WE ORGANIZE TO DO
09:27:04 SOMETHING, THEY FIND CLEVER WAYS, THEY FIND METICULOUS
09:27:08 WAYS TO OVERTURN THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE, THE WILL OF
09:27:11 AFRICAN PEOPLE, LIKE WE HAVE NO RIGHTS AND WE HAVE NO
09:27:14 WILL AND WE HAVE NO AMBITION.
09:27:15 ALL RIGHT?
09:27:16 SO ALL THAT HAS TO STOP.
09:27:18 IT HAS TO STOP.
09:27:19 WE SEE WHAT THEY ARE DOING NOW WITH TRYING TO TAKE THE
09:27:23 WILL OF THE PEOPLE OUT OF THE CAC THAT SISTER CONNIE
09:27:27 BURTON FINALLY GOT A MOVEMENT TO TAKE THE AFRICAN
09:27:30 COMMUNITY AND THEY TRYING TO TAKE THE POWER AWAY FROM HER
09:27:33 AND FROM THE COMMUNITY ITSELF.
09:27:34 IT'S NOT HER BECAUSE NO ONE WHO STAND UP FOR THE PEOPLE
09:27:38 WANT INDIVIDUAL POWER.
09:27:39 WE WANT PEOPLE POWER.
09:27:40 WE WANT BLACK POWER.
09:27:42 SO THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT THE CITY AND THIS CITY
09:27:44 COUNCIL HAS TO START STANDING UP, REALLY STANDING UP, NOT
09:27:48 ALL THESE GARBAGE AWARDS AND CEREMONIAL STUFF AND ALL
09:27:51 THIS NONSENSE, AFTER THE FACT, NONSENSE.
09:27:55 IF THIS MAN ROD CARTER STAYED IN THE CITY FOR 20 YEARS,
09:27:59 AIN'T NOTHING DONE FOR AFRICAN PEOPLE IN THE LAST 20
09:28:03 YEARS, OR THE LAST 120 YEARS.
09:28:05 SO WE WANTS TO SEE SOME PROGRESS FOR OUR PEOPLE.
09:28:07 THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO SEE.
09:28:08 WE DON'T WANTS TO SEE THE GARBAGE THAT'S BEEN SHOWN US
09:28:11 AND TELLING US AND FEEDING US AND SPOON FEEDING US AND
09:28:14 SOME SAY LIKE YOU HAVE TO STEP IN AND THIS IS REALITY.
09:28:18 THAT'S THE REALITY.
09:28:20 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
09:28:49 >> I'M HERE TODAY ABOUT THE EAST TAMPA CAC.
09:28:56 AND I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT A FEW THINGS, A COUPLE OF
09:28:59 THINGS ABOUT IT.
09:29:03 ONE, WHEN THE CRP WAS LOOKING TO FINE, AND THEN THE CITY
09:29:12 OF TAMPA COME ALONG AND DECIDED THAT THE CAC, THAT THE
09:29:21 CRB NEED TO CHANGE ITS POLICIES, COME IN LINE WITH THE
09:29:24 POLICIES.
09:29:26 IN DOING THAT, THEY REDUCED THE CAC, THE TPCRP FROM
09:29:36 EXECUTIVE BOARDS TO A COMMITTEE, AND DOING SO, THIS COST
09:29:40 A LOT OF HARM WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION.
09:29:47 AND THEN, ALSO, AND IT'S NO OFFENSE TO ANY CITY COUNCIL
09:29:54 PERSON, BUT MR. REDDICK HAD THE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT TO
09:29:59 VOTE ON THE 22ND STREET ROUNDABOUT BECAUSE -- PEOPLE THAT
09:30:11 SHE WAS SURROUNDED WITH CAME IN AROUND THE 9th HOUR
09:30:15 AND DID NOT WANT IT.
09:30:16 WELL, AT THAT TIME, THE VOTE CAME IN, THEY DID NOT WANT
09:30:21 IT.
09:30:21 IT PASSED THAT THEY DID NOT WANT IT.
09:30:23 BUT WHAT HE FAILED TO SEE WAS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAD
09:30:28 ALREADY APPROPRIATED MONEY, HAD ALREADY STARTED
09:30:31 CONSTRUCTION.
09:30:32 AND THIS COULDN'T BE STOPPED.
09:30:35 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LIKE ABOUT CITY COUNCIL, IF YOU
09:30:37 MESS UP, IT'S ONE THING THAT I DO KNOW, YOU WILL CORRECT
09:30:41 IT.
09:30:43 NOW, YOU WANT THE CAC TO PUT ON HATS AND PATTERN
09:30:50 THEMSELVES AFTER THE CRA.
09:30:51 NOW, YOU ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE WAY THEY ARE DOING
09:30:55 THINGS.
09:30:56 I THINK THIS IS WRONG.
09:31:00 YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE ORGANIZATION TO WHAT YOU WANT IT TO
09:31:03 BE AND THEN WHEN IT DOES NOT WORK, THEN YOU WANT TO
09:31:08 COMPLAIN ABOUT IT.
09:31:09 THIS ORGANIZATION WAS DOING JUST FINE AT ITS INCEPTION
09:31:15 AND AS IT WAS GOING ALONG UNTIL YOU CHANGED IT TO BE WHAT
09:31:21 YOU WANTED IT TO BE.
09:31:23 NOW YOU DON'T LIKE IT.
09:31:24 AND SINCE YOU DON'T LIKE IT, NOW YOU WANT TO MAKE MORE
09:31:27 CHANGES TO AN ORGANIZATION THAT WAS INDEPENDENT AND WAS
09:31:32 DOING THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.
09:31:35 SO NOW, THE PEOPLE ARE STANDING UP AND SAYING, HEY,
09:31:40 ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
09:31:41 SO I THINK THAT THE CRA, CITY COUNCIL, SHOULD TAKE A STEP
09:31:50 BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO STOP THIS
09:31:54 ORGANIZATION FROM BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE PROGRESSIVE IN
09:31:59 WHAT IT DOES.
09:32:00 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
09:32:01 >> NO MORE SPEAKERS AT THIS TIME.
09:32:20 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
09:32:23 WE GO TO THE PHONE.
09:32:26 HOW MANY DO WE HAVE?
09:32:27 >> NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS BUT WE DO HAVE 35 RECORDED
09:32:30 MESSAGES.
09:32:31 >>ORLANDO GUDES: GO TO THE MESSAGES.
09:32:39 >> MY NAME IS ARTIS GAMBRELL. I LIVE AT 1215 EAST LAKE
09:32:42 AVENUE IN EAST TAMPA.
09:32:44 MY FAMILY HAS LIVED IN EAST TAMPA SINCE 1952.
09:32:49 I HAVE BEEN AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER
09:32:54 SINCE I WAS A KID, CONTINUE TO BE A PARTICIPANT AT THE
09:32:59 COMMUNITY CENTER.
09:33:00 I HAVE LIVED THROUGH ALL THE FAKE PROMISES THAT WE HAVE
09:33:04 GOTTEN.
09:33:05 THIS PROCESS NEEDS TO CONTINUE.
09:33:08 THANK YOU.
09:33:08 >> BELINDA HOLLEY.
09:33:21 I AM A MEMBER OF THE JACKSON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD
09:33:23 ASSOCIATION.
09:33:24 I AM A PROPERTY OWNER AT EAST TAMPA AND I SUPPORT THE
09:33:29 CURRENT --
09:33:30 ALSO, EACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION EAST TAMPA CRA FOR
09:33:36 THE COMMUNITY TO BE FAIRLY HEARD.
09:33:38 THANK YOU.
09:33:38 >> ADDRESS 3404 EAST 28th AVENUE, TAMPA, FLORIDA
09:33:46 33605.
09:33:48 >> YES, MY NAME IS BENJAMIN WOODBURY, 3411 EAST
09:33:56 SHADOWLAWN, AN EAST TAMPA RESIDENT.
09:33:58 AND I AM JUST VOICING MY CONCERN TO HAVE FAIR OAKS PARK
09:34:03 APPROVE A PLAN AND BUILT AS APPROVED BY THE MAYOR.
09:34:09 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:34:09 >> I AM BJ CURRY, PROPERTY OWNER IN EAST TAMPA, AND I
09:34:18 SUPPORT THE CURRENT PLAN FOR THE FAIR OAKS PROJECT WHICH
09:34:21 WILL INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER THAT WE
09:34:25 HAVE WAITED FOR, FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
09:34:28 ALSO, THE EAST TAMPA CRA BOARD SHOULD HAVE A
09:34:32 REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ON IT.
09:34:35 THIS WILL ALLOW FAIR AND EQUAL REPRESENTATION FROM THE
09:34:38 COMMUNITY.
09:34:41 THANK YOU.
09:34:41 I'M A MEMBER OF THE CIVIC AND CRIME WATCH ASSOCIATION.
09:34:45 >> MY NAME IS BRIDGETT FRAZIER, 3301 CHICKPO STREET IN
09:34:55 TAMPA.
09:34:57 AND I AM CALLING REGARDING THE FAIR OAKS PROJECT.
09:35:09 IF YOU PUT A PLAN ON MAKING THE CHANGES, AND I WOULD LIKE
09:35:18 TO ALSO SAY THAT I AM A PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
09:35:22 ASSOCIATION, AND I THINK AND BELIEVE THAT THE JACKSON
09:35:31 HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SHOULD BE A PART OF THE
09:35:35 CRA.
09:35:38 AGAIN, MY NAME IS BRIDGETT FRAZIER, AND I AM LOCATED AT
09:35:43 3301 CHICKPO STREET.
09:35:48 >> MY NAME IS CASSANDRA QUEEN, MY ADDRESS IS 3406 NORTH
09:35:56 32ND STREET, AND I AM CALLING WITH FAIR OAKS PROJECT,
09:36:02 EAST TAMPA CRA, AND LETTING YOU ALL KNOW THAT I AM IN
09:36:06 SUPPORT OF THIS, AND IF YOU NEED ANYTHING ELSE, PLEASE
09:36:09 LET ME KNOW, OKAY?
09:36:10 THANK YOU.
09:36:11 MY NUMBER IS 813-843-0839.
09:36:16 AND I AM A MEMBER ALSO OF THE JACKSON HEIGHTS
09:36:19 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
09:36:21 THANK YOU.
09:36:21 >> MY NAME IS CLOVIS ALFORD. MY ADDRESS IS 3505 EAST
09:36:30 28th AVENUE, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
09:36:32 I AM A MEMBER OF THE JACKSON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD
09:36:35 ASSOCIATION.
09:36:37 I AM IN EAST TAMPA AND SUPPORT THE CURRENT PLAN FOR THE
09:36:44 FAIR OAKS PROJECT.
09:36:46 ALSO, EACH MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION SHOULD HAVE A SEAT
09:36:49 ON THE EAST TAMPA CRA FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE FAIRLY
09:36:55 HEARD.
09:36:56 THANK YOU AND HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.
09:36:58 BYE NOW.
09:36:59 >> MY NAME IS COURTNEY EDWARDS AND I LIVE -- AND I'M A
09:37:06 BOARD MEMBER OF THE JACKSON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD
09:37:08 ASSOCIATION AND COMMUNITY WATCH.
09:37:11 I SUPPORT THE CURRENT PLAN FOR THE FAIR OAKS PROJECT
09:37:14 WHICH INCLUDES THE RENOVATION OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER
09:37:18 INCLUDING ADDITIONAL EXPANSION FOR A COMMUNITY CENTER, A
09:37:22 SPLASH PAD FOR OUR CHILDREN, COVERED SHELTERS, BASKETBALL
09:37:25 COURT, A PLAYGROUND, AND FOR THE SAME LAYOUT AS BARKSDALE
09:37:34 AND THE WALKING TRAIL.
09:37:36 LIKE THE ONE AT JULIAN B LANE RIVERFRONT PARK.
09:37:41 ALSO, EACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SHOULD HAVE A SEAT ON
09:37:43 THE EAST TAMPA CRA FOR FAIR AND EQUAL REPRESENTATION OF
09:37:48 OUR COMMUNITY.
09:37:49 AT THIS POINT, OUR VOICES ARE BEING SILENCED WHICH IS A
09:37:52 VIOLATION OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION.
09:37:54 THANK YOU.
09:37:54 >> MY NAME IS CYNTHIA JEAN.
09:38:01 I LIVE AT 4506 NORTH 29th STREET, TAMPA, FLORIDA,
09:38:07 33610, AND I AM THE PRESIDENT FOR BELMONT HEIGHTS COLLEGE
09:38:15 HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION CRIME WATCH.
09:38:22 BACK IN AUGUST, MAYOR JANE CASTOR HELD A PRESS
09:38:26 CONFERENCE, AND IT WAS ABOUT FAIR OAKS COMMUNITY CENTER,
09:38:33 AND SHE STARTED OUT WITH HEARTBEAT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD,
09:38:42 WENT ON TO SAY THIS PROJECT WILL ALLOW US TO TRANSFORM
09:38:47 FAIR OAKS AND FAIR OAKS PARK TO REFLECT THE INTEREST AND
09:38:53 THE NEED OF OUR RESIDENTS.
09:38:56 THE FINAL CONCEPT WILL DEPEND ON WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS
09:39:02 TO SEE AT FAIR OAKS.
09:39:03 I AM AN EAST TAMPA COMMUNITY MEMBER, AND I AM CALLING TO
09:39:08 STATE THAT I SUPPORT THE CURRENT PLAN FOR THE FAIR OAKS
09:39:14 PARK EXPANSION, AND I WANT TO SEE THE COMMUNITY CENTER --
09:39:27 THE COMMUNITY CENTER USED FOR THE SAME LAYOUT AS
09:39:31 BARKSDALE, INCLUDING SHUFFLEBOARD COURTS AND A -- COURT
09:39:39 AND SUN GARDEN.
09:39:42 A NEW MULTI-USE FACILITY, A CHILDREN'S SPLASH PAD,
09:39:49 COVERED SHELTERS, BASKETBALL COURT, A PLAYGROUND, AND A
09:40:02 FOOTBALL FIELD AND SOFTBALL FIELD AND WELL LITED WALKING
09:40:07 TRAILS SAME AS THE ONE AT JULIAN B. LANE RIVERFRONT PARK.
09:40:13 I SUPPORT THE CITY ADDITIONAL LAND FOR THE EXPANSION.
09:40:22 FINALLY, EACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SHOULD HAVE A SEAT
09:40:26 ON EAST TAMPA CRA FOR AFFORDABLE REPRESENTATION OF OUR
09:40:34 COMMUNITY.
09:40:36 AT THIS POINT, OUR VOICES ARE BEING SILENCED BEING A
09:40:41 VIOLATION OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
09:40:42 PLEASE AMEND THE EAST TAMPA CRA BYLAWS.
09:40:47 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
09:40:47 >> I, CYNTHIA WOODBURY, RESIDE AT 3502 EAST SHADOWLAWN,
09:40:57 TAMPA, FLORIDA.
09:41:01 WITH THE CONTINUATION OF THE PLANNED PROJECT FOR FAIR
09:41:03 OAKS PARK ON 34th STREET, EAST TAMPA.
09:41:08 THANK YOU.
09:41:08 >> THIS IS DEATRICE JOLLIF, AND I LIVE AT 202 26th
09:41:18 AVENUE, AND I AM JUST CALLING TO SAY I AM A MEMBER OF THE
09:41:23 JACKSON HEIGHTS ASSOCIATION AND I OWN PROPERTY IN EAST
09:41:29 TAMPA, AND THE PLAN FOR THE FAIR OAKS PROJECT.
09:41:41 ALSO THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SHOULD HAVE A SEAT
09:41:44 ON THE EAST TAMPA CRA.
09:41:51 AND I APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERN AND VOTE ON THIS SUBJECT.
09:41:59 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:41:59 >> I AM ELIJAH CURRY, A PROPERTY OWNER IN EAST TAMPA AND
09:42:08 I SUPPORT THE CURRENT PLAN FOR THE FAIR OAKS PROJECT.
09:42:11 TO IMPROVE THE CONSTRUCTION IN THE PROJECT THAT WE HAVE
09:42:14 WAITED A VERY LONG TIME.
09:42:18 ALSO, THE EAST TAMPA CRA BOARD REPRESENTATIVE FOR EACH
09:42:23 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ON IT.
09:42:25 THIS WOULD ALLOW FAIR AND EQUAL REPRESENTATION FROM THE
09:42:28 COMMUNITY.
09:42:29 THANK YOU.
09:42:29 >> MY NAME IS ETHEL HAYES, AND I LIVE AT 407 ATWATER
09:42:39 DRIVE AND I AM SUPPORTING THE PROJECT.
09:42:44 THAT'S WHY I AM CALLING TO VOICE MY OPINION AND I THINK
09:42:46 WE DO NEED THAT FOR THE SENIOR CITIZENS IN THIS
09:42:51 NEIGHBORHOOD.
09:42:53 THAT'S FAIR OAKS.
09:42:54 I'M A RESIDENT, BEEN THERE ABOUT SIXTY YEARS.
09:42:58 MY NAME IS ESTHER HAYES, AND I SUPPORT IT.
09:43:04 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
09:43:05 >> MY NAME IS EURICA WALKER, I LIVE AT 3805 OAK WAY
09:43:14 TAMPA, FLORIDA 33610.
09:43:16 I CAN BE REACHED AT AREA CODE 813-607-7783.
09:43:21 THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO BUILD FAIR OAKS.
09:43:23 I AM A HOMEOWNER.
09:43:26 I HAVE BEEN FOR THE PAST 14 YEARS.
09:43:27 I LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
09:43:31 FAIR OAKS BENEFITED ME AND MY FAMILY IN MANY WAYS, AND I
09:43:38 AM REALLY DISAPPOINTED, YOU KNOW, AND YOUR WORD IS YOUR
09:43:43 BOND.
09:43:43 AGAIN, I AM FOR FAIR WAY OAKS TO BE FUNDED SO THAT ME AND
09:43:48 MY FAMILY, GRANDCHILDREN, MY CHILDREN'S CHILDREN, CAN USE
09:43:52 THAT RECREATIONAL PLACE AS A RESOURCE TO OUR EVERYDAY
09:43:58 LIFESTYLES.
09:43:58 YOU GOT THE GYM.
09:44:00 YOU GOT THE FOOTBALL.
09:44:01 THE RECREATIONAL.
09:44:03 AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM.
09:44:04 SO I AM FOR THE FUNDING TO BE GIVEN TO THIS COMMUNITY.
09:44:13 THANK YOU AND HAVE A GREAT DAY.
09:44:14 >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
09:44:18 MY NAME IS FRAN TATE AND I RESIDE AT 3405 CLAIRE STREET,
09:44:25 TAMPA.
09:44:26 I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE JACKSON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD
09:44:28 ASSOCIATION AND COMMUNITY WATCH.
09:44:30 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
09:44:33 I WOULD LIKE TO GO ON RECORD IN SUPPORT OF THE CURRENT
09:44:35 FAIR OAKS EXPANSION AND REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.
09:44:38 ALSO, I SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY CENTER BEING RENOVATED, AND
09:44:43 THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SENIOR CENTER, USING THE SAME AS
09:44:47 BARKSDALE TO INCLUDE SHUFFLEBOARD, A NEW MULTI-USE
09:44:51 FACILITY, A CHILDREN'S SPLASH PAD, PUBLIC SHELTER,
09:44:56 BASKETBALL COURT, A PLAYGROUND, AND UPDATED FOOTBALL AND
09:45:02 SOFTBALL FIELD, AS WELL AS A WELL-LIT WALKING TRAIL, THE
09:45:06 SAME AS THE ONE LOCATED AT JULIAN B. LANE RIVERFRONT.
09:45:10 WE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS TO BE DEVELOPED FOR YEARS.
09:45:14 PLEASE, ALLOW US TO HAVE THIS.
09:45:18 I WOULD FINALLY LIKE TO PUT TO YOUR ATTENTION A GENTLEMAN
09:45:23 BY THE NAME OF JAY DANTS, A YOUNG BLACK WRITING AND
09:45:28 MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER.
09:45:30 HE CREATED A GLOBALLY RECOGNIZED -- THAT I AND MYSELF
09:45:35 HAVE ADOPTED.
09:45:37 "YOUR SMILE IS YOUR LOGO.
09:45:39 YOUR PERSONALITY IS YOUR BUSINESS CARD.
09:45:41 HOW YOU LEAVE OTHERS BECOMES YOUR TRADEMARK."
09:45:49 THOSE IN EAST TAMPA ALL HAVE A TRADEMARK THAT
09:45:52 DISTINGUISHES YET PEACEFULLY UNITS US TOGETHER FOR A
09:45:57 COMMON GOOD, AND WE BELIEVE IN MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN OUR
09:46:00 COMMUNITIES, AND IT'S BENEFICIAL TO ALL OF US AND NOT
09:46:03 JUST SOME OF US.
09:46:04 WE WANT ALL GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES INCLUDING YOU OUR CRA.
09:46:09 WE THINK WELCOME REDEVELOPMENT, AND WE WANT TO BE A PART
09:46:12 OF IT.
09:46:14 WE ARE SIMPLY REQUESTING THAT YOU, OUR CRA, AMEND THE
09:46:18 EAST CRP BYLAWS TO RECOMMEND A PERMANENT SEAT ON THE
09:46:25 BOARD FOR EACH TAMPA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
09:46:27 THIS IS ONLY FAIR SEEING THAT THE PARTNERSHIP WAS CREATED
09:46:30 BY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WANTING TO PARTNER WITH LOCAL
09:46:34 GOVERNMENT FOR EAST TAMPA REDEVELOPMENT.
09:46:37 WE ARE HAVING OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT OF FREE SPEECH
09:46:41 VIOLATED AND OUR CAC PARTNERSHIP MEETINGS, AND WE WANT
09:46:46 THAT TO STOP.
09:46:47 WE WANT TO BE UNMUTED AND GIVEN OUR THREE MINUTES OF
09:46:50 PUBLIC COMMENT AT EACH AND EVERY MEETING.
09:46:53 WE ARE ALSO DISPLEASED WITH THE UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
09:46:56 DISPLAYED BY SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE.
09:47:00 IS THIS THEIR TRADEMARK?
09:47:02 ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
09:47:03 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:47:08 MY NAME IS GREGORY WOODBURY, 5201 NORTH 34th STREET.
09:47:14 I'M CALLING IN REFERENCE TO THE SCHEDULED PLAN FOR THE
09:47:21 REDEVELOPMENT/NEW CONSTRUCTION OF FAIR OAKS COMMUNITY
09:47:27 CENTER ON 34th STREET, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
09:47:33 MAYOR CASTOR HAD A MEETING ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO
09:47:38 AND TOLD EVERYONE THAT MONEY WAS APPROVED TO RECONSTRUCT
09:47:45 THE FAIR OAKS COMMUNITY CENTER AS OUTLINED IN THE
09:47:48 PROPOSAL PLAN.
09:47:49 NOW, INFORMATION HAS BEEN SHARED THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER
09:47:57 SHORTFALL OF FUNDING IT AGAIN.
09:48:01 THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT FAIR OAKS COMMUNITY CENTER
09:48:05 HAS HAD A SHORTFALL RELATED TO THE RECONSTRUCTION THAT WE
09:48:12 BUILD A FAIR OAKS COMMUNITY CENTER.
09:48:14 THE ONLY THING I REQUEST FROM THE CITY OF TAMPA BEING A
09:48:17 TAXPAYER ALL MY LIFE IS MAYOR CASTOR IS, STAND BY YOUR
09:48:28 WORD.
09:48:28 IF YOU SAID YOU ARE GOING TO REBUILD THE COMMUNITY
09:48:30 CENTER, PLEASE COME TO THE EAST TAMPA COMMUNITY CENTER.
09:48:35 WE ARE IN NEED OF AN UPSCALE COMMUNITY CENTER THAT CAN
09:48:40 SUPPORT BOTH YOUNG AND OLD.
09:48:45 THEREFORE WE ARE REQUESTING THE CITY OF TAMPA TO HOLD UP
09:48:48 TO ITS WORD, AND RECONSTRUCT FAIR OAKS COMMUNITY CENTER
09:48:52 AS OUTLINED IN MAYOR CASTOR'S PROPOSAL ABOUT A YEAR AGO
09:48:57 BEFORE THE SUPER BOWL WAS HELD IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:49:00 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:49:00 >> TODAY IS MONDAY, MARCH 8th.
09:49:07 MY NAME IS HENRY STANBURY.
09:49:10 I LIVE AT 3008 NORTH 39th STREET, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
09:49:14 I WANT TO SPEAK ON THE CONCERN AS A PROPERTY OWNER IN
09:49:19 EAST TAMPA, AND I SUPPORT THE CURRENT PLAN FOR THE FAIR
09:49:22 OAKS PROJECT WHICH INCLUDES THE RENOVATION OF THE
09:49:26 COMMUNITY CENTER, ADDITIONAL LAND EXPANSION, THE SENIOR
09:49:29 CENTER, SPLASH PAD FOR CHILDREN, A PUBLIC SHELTER,
09:49:35 BASKETBALL AND COURT AND PLAYGROUND, AND A BETTER
09:49:41 BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELD AND WALKING TRAIL.
09:49:44 ALSO EACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TO HAVE A SEAT ON THE
09:49:47 EAST TAMPA CRA SO THAT OUR VOICES CAN BE HEARD.
09:49:53 THIS IS NOT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
09:49:55 THANK YOU.
09:49:55 >> MY NAME IS JACQUELINE WILKS, I AM A MEMBER OF THE
09:50:05 JACKSON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
09:50:09 MY ADDRESS IS 3203 EAST 26th AVENUE, TAMPA, FLORIDA
09:50:14 33605.
09:50:16 I AM A PROPERTY OWNER IN EAST TAMPA AND I SUPPORT THE
09:50:19 CURRENT PLAN OF THE FAIR OAKS PROJECT.
09:50:26 ALSO, EACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SHOULD HAVE A SEAT ON
09:50:32 THE EAST TAMPA CRA FOR THE VOICES OF THE COMMUNITY TO BE
09:50:39 FAIRLY HEARD.
09:50:40 THANK YOU.
09:50:41 >> HI.
09:50:48 THIS IS JOE BROWN, 1002 EAST CLIFTON.
09:50:52 AND I AM CALLING ABOUT THIS FAIR OAKS PROJECT.
09:50:55 I WOULD NOT WANT TO CONTINUE IF IT CAN'T BE FUNDED EXCEPT
09:51:02 FROM PRIVATE DONATIONS OR WHATEVER, BECAUSE WE DON'T
09:51:05 WANTS OUR TAXES RAISED.
09:51:07 I PAY OVER $6,000 THERE RIGHT NOW.
09:51:10 AND WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT ANY KIND OF HOMEOWNERS
09:51:14 ASSOCIATION, THE ONE THAT'S IN THERE NOW, THEY OPERATE
09:51:18 LIKE THEY ARE HITLER OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW.
09:51:23 THEY MAKE UP STORIES, AND THE PROOF IS WHAT THE LIKE
09:51:30 LOOKS LIKE NOW AFTER THEY ARE DONE COORDINATING THAT WITH
09:51:33 THE CITY.
09:51:34 ALL THESE PROJECTS HAVE GOT TO STOP.
09:51:38 THIS IS A HISTORICAL AREA, AND WE WANT TO KEEP IT THAT
09:51:41 WAY.
09:51:42 IF YOU WANT TO DO ANYTHING FOR THE COMMUNITY, RESTORE THE
09:51:46 FIRE HOUSE OVER BY THE CHURCH AT 275 AND HILLSBOROUGH.
09:51:52 THAT DESERVES RESTORING.
09:51:55 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:51:55 >> MY NAME IS JOYCE CARROLL.
09:52:05 I'M A PROPERTY OWNER ON EAST TAMPA AND I SUPPORT THE
09:52:08 CURRENT PLAN FOR THE FAIR OAKS PROJECT WHICH INCLUDES
09:52:15 INNOVATION OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER ADDITIONAL LAND
09:52:18 EXPANSION FOR SENIOR CITIZENS, SPLASH PAD FOR THE
09:52:22 CHILDREN, CHILDREN'S BASKETBALL COURTS AND PLAYGROUND,
09:52:26 AND UPDATED FOOTBALL AND SOFTBALL, AS WELL AS LIT WALKING
09:52:34 TRAIL.
09:52:35 ALSO, EACH NEIGHBORHOOD -- MEMBER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
09:52:38 ASSOCIATION HAVE A SEAT ON EAST TAMPA CPR SO THAT OUR
09:52:45 VOICES CAN BE HEARD.
09:52:46 THIS IS NOT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
09:52:48 THANK YOU.
09:52:48 >> MY NAME IS CARMEN PAYNE. I AM A MEMBER OF THE JACKSON
09:52:59 HEIGHTS CIVIC ASSOCIATION, A PROPERTY OWNER IN EAST
09:53:02 TAMPA, AND I SUPPORT THE CURRENT PLAN.
09:53:07 ALSO, ALSO EACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SHOULD HAVE A
09:53:11 SEAT ON THE EAST TAMPA CRA FOR THE VOICES OF THE
09:53:18 COMMUNITIES TO BE FAIRLY HEARD.
09:53:22 THANK YOU.
09:53:22 >> MY NAME IS MACQURRIA EASY JENCO. MY ADDRESS IS 4608
09:53:33 NORTH 36th STREET, TAMPA 32610.
09:53:38 I AM AN EAST TAMPA RESIDENT, AND I DO WISH FOR YOU TO
09:53:42 CONTINUE WITH THE PROJECT FOR FAIR OAKS PARK, PLEASE.
09:53:46 THANK YOU.
09:53:46 >> MY NAME IS MARTHA TOLBERT. MY ADDRESS 3032 NORTH
09:53:57 39th STREET, TAMPA 33605.
09:54:00 I AM A PROPERTY OWNER IN EAST TAMPA.
09:54:05 I SUPPORT THE CURRENT PLAN FOR THE FAIR OAKS PROJECT
09:54:08 WHICH INCLUDES THE RENOVATION OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER,
09:54:11 ADDITIONAL LAND EXPANSION FOR A SENIOR CENTER, A SPLASH
09:54:15 PAD FOR OUR CHILDREN, PUBLIC SHELTERS, BASKETBALL COURTS,
09:54:20 A PLAYGROUND, AND AN UPDATED FOOTBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELD,
09:54:25 AND A WELL-LIT WALKING TRAIL.
09:54:28 ALSO, EACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SHOULD HAVE A SEAT ON
09:54:32 THE EAST TAMPA CRA SO THAT OUR VOICES CAN BE HEARD.
09:54:37 THIS IS NOT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
09:54:38 THANK YOU.
09:54:39 >> MARVENE PATRICK, 4915 EAST NORTH 38th STREET,
09:54:48 TAMPA 33610.
09:54:51 I LIVE IN THE EAST TAMPA NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I WOULD LIKE
09:54:57 THAT THE FAIR OAKS COMMUNITY PROJECT NEEDS TO PROCEED AS
09:55:02 PLANNED.
09:55:03 THANK YOU.
09:55:03 >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
09:55:09 MY NAME IS MARY C NEUMEIER, SPELLED N-E-U-M-E-I-E-R.
09:55:17 AND I LIVE AT 3409 EAST 24th AVENUE, TAMPA, FLORIDA
09:55:24 33605.
09:55:27 I HAVE LIVED IN JACKSON HEIGHTS NEARLY ALL OF MY LIFE,
09:55:31 AND I AM 75 YEARS OLD.
09:55:35 I'M A MEMBER OF THE JACKSON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD
09:55:37 ASSOCIATION, AND I AM A PROPERTY OWNER IN EAST TAMPA IN
09:55:44 JACKSON HEIGHTS.
09:55:45 I SUPPORT THE CURRENT PLAN FOR THE FAIR OAKS PROJECT
09:55:49 WHICH INCLUDES THE RENOVATION OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER,
09:55:54 ADDITIONAL LAND EXPANSION FOR SENIOR CITIZENS, A SPLASH
09:55:59 PAD, COVERED SHELTER, BASKETBALL COURTS, PLAYGROUND,
09:56:04 UPDATED FOOTBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELD, AND A WELL-LIT
09:56:08 WALKING TRAIL.
09:56:10 I WOULD APPRECIATE THE CRA ENDORSING AND SUPPORTING THIS
09:56:20 ENDEAVOR.
09:56:21 AND ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF WE COULD HAVE A
09:56:25 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SHOULD HAVE A SEAT ON THE EAST
09:56:28 TAMPA CRA FOR THE VOICES IN THE COMMUNITY TO BE HEARD.
09:56:34 THANK YOU.
09:56:37 GOOD LUCK.
09:56:37 >> MY NAME IS MYRA PIERCE.
09:56:41 I AM THE ACTING PRESIDENT OF THE YBOR HEIGHTS
09:56:44 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
09:56:48 I AM GOING TO REQUEST THAT YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PLAN
09:56:53 FOR THE FAIR OAKS COMMUNITY PROJECT.
09:56:56 I WAS NOTIFIED THAT THAT MAY NOT GO THROUGH.
09:57:01 IF YOU COULD PLEASE RECONSIDER, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD
09:57:05 WITH THAT PROJECT, THAT COMMUNITY IS IN NEED OF
09:57:09 EVERYTHING WE CAN PROVIDE IT.
09:57:12 AGAIN, MY NAME IS MYRA WITH THE YBOR HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD
09:57:14 ASSOCIATION, LOCATED ON NORTH 12th STREET, 33603.
09:57:21 THANK YOU.
09:57:21 BYE.
09:57:22 >> MY NAME IS PAULETTE McCULLAR.
09:57:30 ADDRESS IS 3309 EAST OSBORNE AVENUE.
09:57:34 ON THE CORNER OF 34th AND OSBORNE.
09:57:37 I'M CALLING REGARDING THE FAIR OAKS COMMUNITY CENTER.
09:57:41 IF YOU REMOVE THAT, WHAT ELSE IS LEFT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
09:57:44 FOR THE CHILDREN?
09:57:48 THAT'S CRAZY.
09:57:48 LET THE NEIGHBORHOOD -- DON'T TAKE IT AWAY FROM THEM.
09:57:52 AND THEN WONDER WHY CRIME IS RUNNING RAMPANT.
09:57:55 THERE IS A POLICE STATION ON 22ND STREET AND RIGHT AROUND
09:57:58 THE POLICE STATION, IF YOU WANT TO BUILD MORE THAT MAKES
09:58:00 NO SENSE AT ALL.
09:58:01 MY NUMBER IS 813-455-9477.
09:58:06 >> WE HAVE ABOUT FIVE MORE.
09:58:09 >> PAULETTE McCULLAR, M-C-C-U-L-L-A-R, AND DISMANTLING
09:58:15 FAIR OAKS COMMUNITY CENTER, THE ONLY COMMUNITY CENTER IN
09:58:20 THIS AREA WILL BE A GRAVE MISTAKE.
09:58:24 HAVE A GOOD DAY.
09:58:25 >> MY NAME IS PEARLENE BECKHAM AND I AM THE --
09:58:36 [~DISTORTION~] I LIVE IN EAST TAMPA, JACKSON HEIGHTS, AND
09:58:39 I AM CALLING IN REFERENCE TO THE FAIR OAKS PROJECT.
09:58:44 I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I WOULD LIKE YOU GUYS TO
09:58:49 CONTINUE WITH THE PROCESS OF THIS PROJECT, AS WELL I AM A
09:58:55 MEMBER OF THE JACKSON HEIGHTS ASSOCIATION, AND I WOULD
09:59:00 LIKE TO HAVE A MEMBER, ANY MEMBER, FROM THE ASSOCIATION
09:59:06 TO BE A PART OF THE CRA GROUP.
09:59:12 THANK YOU.
09:59:12 >> MY NAME IS QUEEN McINTYRE.
09:59:21 I'M A MEMBER OF THE JACKSON HEIGHTS ASSOCIATION AND A
09:59:25 PROPERTY OWNER IN EAST TAMPA, SUPPORT THE CURRENT PLAN
09:59:29 FOR FAIR OAKS PROJECT.
09:59:31 ALSO, EACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SHOULD HAVE A SEAT ON
09:59:35 THE EAST TAMPA CRA BOARD TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY TO BE
09:59:42 HEARD.
09:59:43 THANK YOU.
09:59:43 >> GOOD EVENING.
09:59:45 MY NAME IS REGINA VIRGIL, NORTH 39th STREET, TAMPA,
09:59:52 FLORIDA.
09:59:54 I'M CALLING REGARDING THE FAIR OAKS PROJECT.
09:59:58 AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE CAC BOARD DOES NOT WANT
10:00:01 TO USE CRA DOLLARS TO COVER THE REMAINING EXPENSES NOT
10:00:06 COVERED BY THE MAYOR'S BUDGET.
10:00:09 I FEEL THAT THE CAC BOARD ARE BEING HYPOCRITICAL BECAUSE
10:00:13 WHEN THE STATION WAS BUILT IN EAST TAMPA -- PAID FOR IT
10:00:18 BUT CRA FUND WERE USED FOR THAT PROJECT.
10:00:21 SO I AM ASKING CITY COUNCIL TO CONTINUE WITH THE FAIR
10:00:24 OAKS PROJECT AND LISTEN TO THE NEIGHBORS OF EAST TAMPA,
10:00:30 BECAUSE WE HAVE SPOKEN.
10:00:32 THE CITY ASKED FOR A MEETING A COUPLE MONTHS AGO THAT WE
10:00:37 WANT FAIR OAKS AND THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN.
10:00:39 PLEASE HONOR OUR REQUEST.
10:00:40 THANK YOU AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
10:00:42 >> GREETINGS.
10:00:48 THIS IS REVEREND WOODMORE, 3905 EAST CHELSEA STREET,
10:00:54 REPRESENTING FOR SIX DECADES, AND I AM CALLING IN TO
10:01:07 SUPPORT THE PLAN THAT WAS AT THE MEETING A YEAR REDOING
10:01:12 FAIR OAKS PARK SHOULD MOVE FORWARD.
10:01:16 IT'S BEEN OVERDUE.
10:01:17 I GREW UP THERE SINCE I WAS A LITTLE KID AT SIX YEARS
10:01:22 OLD.
10:01:23 I KNOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:01:24 EVEN STEVIE WONDER AND RAY CHARLES IS BLIND.
10:01:28 THEM BOYS WOULD KNOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE ME.
10:01:31 THAT'S HOW LONG I HAVE BEEN THERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:01:34 SO MAYOR CASTOR, IF YOU WOULD, AND GIVING YOUR
10:01:40 COLLEAGUES, IF YOU GET THIS BALL ROLLING, IT WILL BE A
10:01:42 GREAT INPUT IN JACKSON HEIGHTS.
10:01:47 AND I AM QUITE SURE YOU WILL BE PROUD, AND YOU WILL SEE
10:01:51 THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE PROUD, AND BELIEVE ME,
10:01:56 THEY WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT AREA A LOT BETTER BECAUSE
10:02:04 DEBRIS AROUND.
10:02:05 IF YOU CLEAN UP THE DEBRIS, THE RATS, CATS, EVERYTHING,
10:02:10 THEY WILL GET OUT OF TOWN, BECAUSE WE ARE -- MAYOR
10:02:18 CASTOR, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU GETTING THIS BALL
10:02:21 ROLLING AS PLANNED AS STATED.
10:02:23 THANK YOU.
10:02:23 AND TELL ORLANDO GOOD WORK.
10:02:28 KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
10:02:29 BUT WE HAVE NOT SEEN HIM LATELY.
10:02:32 BUT WE HAVE SEEN YOU, MAYOR CASTOR, MORE THAN WE HAVE
10:02:34 SEEN HIM IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:02:37 THANK YOU.
10:02:38 AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
10:02:40 BYE.
10:02:41 >> SANDRA MILLS -- I AM CALLING -- I'M CALLING ABOUT THE
10:02:57 34th STREET, AND CALLING THAT WE NEED THIS CENTER
10:03:05 BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO.
10:03:10 THANK YOU.
10:03:10 >> SHIRLEY McINTYRE, MY ADDRESS IS 6109 BLIER COURT.
10:03:22 I'M CALLING IN REGARDS TO A BUILDING FOR THE SENIORS IN
10:03:26 EAST TAMPA.
10:03:27 WE NEED SOMETHING FOR THAT WE CAN UTILIZE AND THAT WOULD
10:03:32 HAVE A NICE KITCHEN AND HAVE A WORKOUT AREA, AND ALSO A
10:03:37 ROOM FOR SEMINARS AND TRAINING.
10:03:40 SO I WOULD APPRECIATE IF WE COULD GET THAT GOING.
10:03:44 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:03:44 >> MY NAME IS TRUDY HILLARY, AND MY ADDRESS IS 3011 NORTH
10:03:54 39th STREET.
10:03:58 I AM A PROPERTY OWNER IN EAST TAMPA, AND I SUPPORT THE
10:04:02 CURRENT PLAN FOR THE FAIR OAKS PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDES
10:04:08 THE RENOVATION OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
10:04:13 ADDITIONAL LAND EXPANSION FOR A SENIOR CITIZENS, AND A
10:04:20 SPLASH PAD FOR OUR CHILDREN, PUBLIC SHELTER, BASEBALL
10:04:25 COURT, A PLAYGROUND, AND UPDATED FOOTBALL AND SOFTBALL
10:04:33 FIELD, AND A WELL LIT WALKING TRAIL.
10:04:40 ALSO, EACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SHOULD HAVE A SEAT ON
10:04:45 THE EAST TAMPA CRA SO THAT OUR VOICES CAN BE HEARD.
10:04:52 THIS IS NOT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
10:04:56 THANK YOU.
10:04:56 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ONE MORE?
10:04:59 >> MY NAME IS WESSIE BROWN.
10:05:01 I AM A MEMBER, BOARD MEMBER OF THE JACKSON HEIGHTS
10:05:04 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
10:05:07 I AM CALLING BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PROJECT FOR
10:05:10 THE FAIR OAKS COMMUNITY CONTINUE AS PLANNED.
10:05:14 ALSO, I AM INTERESTED IN KNOWING WHY THE EAST TAMPA CRA
10:05:18 DOESN'T -- ANY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEMBERS.
10:05:25 AGAIN, MY NAME IS LESSEE BROWN AND I AM A BOARD MEMBER
10:05:29 WITH THE JACKSON HEIGHTS CIVIC ASSOCIATION.
10:05:32 THANKS AGAIN AND HAVE A GOOD DAY.
10:05:34 BYE-BYE.
10:05:34 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT.
10:05:39 I THINK THAT'S IT.
10:05:41 I DIDN'T STOP IT BECAUSE SOMETIMES COUNCIL WILL LISTEN TO
10:05:45 PUBLIC COMMENTS, SO WE HAVE TO BE FAIR TO EVERYONE SO
10:05:50 IT'S BALANCED.
10:05:51 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. GUDES, EXCUSE ME, MR. CHAIR.
10:05:58 I HOPE I AM NOT SPEAKING OUT OF LINE.
10:06:00 BUT YOU AND I HAD A DISCUSSION MONTHS AGO ABOUT GOSSIP,
10:06:06 ABOUT RUMORS.
10:06:08 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:06:10 >>JOSEPH CITRO: AND HOW THEY CAN BE SO MISLEADING.
10:06:14 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THAT ARE WATCHING ON TV, THIS IS
10:06:17 GOING TO BE DISCUSSED, THE FAIR OAKS IN OUR AGENDA ITEM
10:06:21 NUMBER 9.
10:06:23 WHEN I HEAR PEOPLE SAY THE WORDS "WELL, I HEARD" OR "A
10:06:30 FRIEND TOLD ME," IF YOU WANT THE TRUTH OF WHAT'S
10:06:34 HAPPENING WITH CRA, CALL ONE OF US.
10:06:39 WE ARE THE CRA BOARD.
10:06:41 WE WILL TELL YOU WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AND WHAT IS NOT
10:06:44 GOING TO HAPPEN.
10:06:45 AND RUMORS GET NOWHERE EXCEPT RUNNING AROUND IN CIRCLES.
10:06:50 MR. CHAIR, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
10:06:53 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON.
10:06:54 >>BILL CARLSON: THIS IS REALLY SAD AND DISAPPOINTING.
10:06:57 WE ARE SEEING THIS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
10:07:01 THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE SPREADING NOT
10:07:04 JUST GOSSIP AND RUMORS, THEY ARE SPREADING MALICIOUS,
10:07:07 FALSE INFORMATION, AND THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT'S
10:07:10 DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY.
10:07:12 IT'S UN-AMERICAN, IT'S NOT RIGHT, IT'S NOT FAIR TO THE
10:07:15 PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE GIVING THAT INFORMATION TO.
10:07:18 MY E-MAIL ADDRESS IS BILL.CARLSON AT TAMPAGOV.NET.
10:07:24 PLEASE SEND ME A COPY OF WHOEVER DISSEMINATED THAT E-MAIL
10:07:27 TO SAY WE ARE NOT INTERESTED IN FUNDING FAIR OAKS
10:07:29 COMMUNITY CENTER BECAUSE IT'S NOT TRUE.
10:07:31 AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO START STEPPING UP AND PUSHING
10:07:33 BACK AGAINST MISINFORMATION.
10:07:35 WHAT THIS IS, IT'S APPARENTLY A FIGHT BETWEEN SOMEBODY
10:07:39 WHO DOESN'T LIKE WHOEVER IS ON THE BOARD AT THE CAC RIGHT
10:07:43 NOW, AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE THAT, FINE, FIGHT THAT BATTLE.
10:07:46 BUT DON'T SPREAD MISINFORMATION TO PEOPLE.
10:07:51 THIS BOARD, THIS CITY COUNCIL, THIS CRA BOARD, HAS FOUGHT
10:07:54 REALLY HARD FOR FAIR OAKS COMMUNITY CENTER.
10:07:56 WE BROUGHT IT UP OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN THE PAST YEARS
10:07:58 AND MY COLLEAGUE ORLANDO GUDES HAS HELPED LEAD THE
10:08:01 EFFORTS, AND IF WE THE CRA HELD A PUBLIC COMMUNITY
10:08:04 MEETING AT FAIR OAKS COMMUNITY CENTER, WHERE MORE THAN
10:08:07 100 PEOPLE ATTENDED AND WE LOBBIED AND PLED WITH THE
10:08:10 ADMINISTRATION TO FUND IT, THE COMMUNITY SAID WE DON'T
10:08:13 WANT JUST A RENOVATION, WE WANT A NEW COMMUNITY CENTER
10:08:17 AND WE PUSHED FOR THAT.
10:08:18 THIS BOARD, CITY COUNCIL, PUSHED FOR THAT.
10:08:22 THE MAYOR CAME BACK INSTEAD OF JUST RENOVATING IT, SHE
10:08:25 CAME BACK WITH AN $18 MILLION PROPOSAL TO FULLY BUILD IT.
10:08:29 WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA TODAY IS NOT WHETHER TO SUPPORT FAIR
10:08:31 OAKS COMMUNITIES CENTER OR NOT.
10:08:33 IT'S ABOUT I THINK $200,000 TO BUY A SMALL PARCEL AS PART
10:08:36 OF IT, AND THE ISSUE IS WHETHER THE MONEY SHOULD COME OUT
10:08:40 OF THE CITY'S BUDGET OR THE CRA BUDGET.
10:08:42 AND WHOEVER IS DISSEMINATING THIS FALSE INFORMATION,
10:08:45 PLEASE SEND IT TO US.
10:08:46 WE NEED TO TALK TO THEM.
10:08:47 AND ANYBODY ELSE WHO MIGHT BE INNOCENTLY GIVEN FALSE
10:08:50 INFORMATION, PLEASE E-MAIL US.
10:08:51 I AM HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU OR TALK TO YOU BY PHONE
10:08:53 ANYTIME YOU WANT.
10:08:54 E-MAIL ME.
10:08:55 I PERSONALLY RESPOND TO MY E-MAILS.
10:08:57 I WILL TALK TO YOU.
10:08:58 LET'S PLEASE MAKE SURE THE CORRECT INFORMATION IS OUT
10:09:00 THERE SO WE CAN MOVE THIS COMMUNITY FORWARD.
10:09:02 THESE ISSUES, EAST TAMPA, FAIR OAKS COMMUNITY CENTER,
10:09:06 PROJECTS WE WORK ON ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
10:09:08 WE NEED TO FIX PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY AND WORK
10:09:10 TOGETHER TO DO IT.
10:09:11 THANK YOU.
10:09:12 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I WILL REITERATE WHAT I SAID.
10:09:15 THERE ARE SEVEN OF US.
10:09:17 YOU CAN CONTACT US AT ANY TIME.
10:09:19 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
10:09:20 >>ORLANDO GUDES: LET ME GET A FINAL SYNOPSIS.
10:09:25 SOME OF IT IS NOT.
10:09:28 IT IS NOT.
10:09:29 WHAT HAPPENED, I ASKED TIME AND TIME AGAIN TO MAKE SURE
10:09:32 COMMUNICATION IS SUBMITTED CORRECTLY AT THE CURRENT CC
10:09:40 MEETINGS.
10:09:40 THE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IS UP AND DOWN.
10:09:42 WE FINALLY GOT IT FIXED AT THE OTHER MEETING, WHICH I
10:09:44 ASKED MR. MASSEY TO START ATTENDING AND HE GRACIOUSLY HAS
10:09:50 ATTENDED THE LAST PARTNERSHIP MEETING.
10:09:52 BUT WHAT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHEN THE CRA WAS CREATED,
10:09:54 THEY HAD THE PARTNERSHIP, AND THEN CAME IN, HAD A CAC,
10:09:58 AND NOW YOU HAVE A PARTNERSHIP AND A CAC AT ODDS BECAUSE
10:10:02 THE PARTNERSHIP, WE SHOULD BE A PART IN MAKING SURE THEY
10:10:05 HAVE THEIR CONCERNS HEARD.
10:10:08 SO THAT'S WHY BACK AND FORTH I ASKED A PARTNERSHIP OF THE
10:10:15 CAC BOARD ON THE SAME TAP.
10:10:18 THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, TEN OF THEM, AND THE CAC
10:10:22 BOARD, WHICH A LOT OF THEM ARE NOT MEMBERS OF
10:10:24 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
10:10:25 THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
10:10:27 SO THAT HAS TO BE WORKED OUT IN SOME FORM.
10:10:32 THE OTHER FAIR OAKS ISSUE, I HEARD AT THE MEETING THE
10:10:34 OTHER DAY, AND SOME OF THE THINGS I HEARD AT THE MEETING
10:10:37 WAS VERY DISTURBING.
10:10:41 THE WAY STAFF WAS TREATED, I MEAN, THERE WERE A LOT OF
10:10:44 THINGS THAT WENT ON THAT I DID NOT LIKE AND THAT'S WHY I
10:10:46 TOLD MR. MASSEY I WANTED HIM AT THE NEXT MEETINGS TO MAKE
10:10:50 SURE THEY UNDERSTOOD THEIR ROLE OF THE CAC BOARD BECAUSE
10:10:53 A LOT OF THINGS THAT WAS HAPPENING WAS OUT OF WHACK AND I
10:10:57 ASKED MR. MASSEY TO GET IT BACK AND UNDERSTAND -- SO THE
10:11:03 BOARD IS GOING TO SEE HOW TO RUN A MEETING AND THEY DO IT
10:11:06 RIGHT.
10:11:07 BECAUSE WHEN YOU TAKE OVER, YOU DON'T KNOW, YOU ARE LOST.
10:11:11 SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON.
10:11:14 I THINK WHAT HAPPENED WITH A LOT OF THESE CONCERNS, THE
10:11:18 CAC BOARD WAS TALKING ABOUT NOT FUNDING SOME PARCEL.
10:11:23 AND THAT'S WHERE IT GOT OUT OF LINE AND PEOPLE GOT
10:11:26 CONCERNED, OH, NO, NOT AGAIN, YOU SHALL NOT GOING TO STOP
10:11:29 OUR PROJECTS!
10:11:30 SO I THINK IT'S A BALANCE HERE, AND AGAIN, PEOPLE CALLED
10:11:34 AND SAID, NO, THE CRA BOARD HAS THE FINAL SAY ON ANY
10:11:38 RULING, CAC LAY BOARD.
10:11:40 SO LET THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND, AND I THINK THAT'S WHY
10:11:43 YOU GOT SO MANY CALLS BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT WE WERE GOING
10:11:45 TO STOP THE PROPERTY AND NOT FUND, WHICH I DON'T THINK IS
10:11:49 GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT THAT'S THE ISSUE NOW.
10:11:51 I AM HOPING WITH MS. VAN LOAN AND MR. MASSEY, WE CAN KIND
10:11:58 OF GET THIS THING BALANCED OUT AND KEEP EVERYTHING ON THE
10:12:02 ROLL, GET THE PROJECT DONE, ESPECIALLY WE HAVE A NEED IN
10:12:05 THE COMMUNITY.
10:12:06 SO I AM HOPING GOING FORWARD WE CAN GET THIS THING WORKED
10:12:09 OUT AND WE HAVE A FUNCTIONING CAC BOARD WITH OUR
10:12:12 COMMUNITY.
10:12:12 WE WILL GO ON TO ITEM NUMBER 2, PLEASE.
10:12:15 >> MR. CHAIRMAN?
10:12:25 GOOD MORNING.
10:12:27 MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:12:30 >>ORLANDO GUDES: GO AHEAD, SIR.
10:12:32 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF COMPLICATED
10:12:34 ISSUES.
10:12:34 THE SADDEST PART ABOUT WHAT I HEARD FOR 35 VOICE MESSAGES
10:12:39 WAS SORT OF SOME DIVISION AND DISSENSION, WHICH I THINK
10:12:44 IS REALLY UNFORTUNATE.
10:12:47 I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY OUT THERE TO TRY AND
10:12:51 WORK TOGETHER FOR THE BETTERMENT OF EAST TAMPA
10:12:56 INSTEAD OF DIVIDE IT.
10:12:59 I KNOW THAT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW,
10:13:03 CAN'T HAVE FACE TO FACE CONVERSATIONS.
10:13:05 I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT.
10:13:06 BUT SECONDLY, MR. CHAIRMAN, IN REGARDS TO YOU,
10:13:12 MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU ARE ONE OF THE HARDEST WORKING CITY
10:13:15 COUNCILMEN, CRA MEMBERS, CHAIRMAN OF THE CRA, THAT WE
10:13:19 HAVE EVER HAD.
10:13:20 AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO THE WISE GENTLEMAN WHO SPOKE
10:13:30 INSINUATING THAT YOU WERE NOT IN THE COMMUNITY, NOTHING
10:13:33 COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH.
10:13:36 YOU ARE AT EVERY POSSIBLE EVENT.
10:13:38 YOU ARE INVOLVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS, THE CRA,
10:13:44 CAC, YOU ARE ALL OVER IT IN EAST TAMPA.
10:13:47 AND MR. CARLSON SAID WE NEED TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT.
10:13:51 AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT RECORD WAS ABUNDANTLY
10:13:54 STRAIGHT.
10:13:55 WE ALL NOBODY HOW HARD YOU WORK AND HOW MANY HOURS YOU
10:13:57 PUT IN TO EVERYTHING YOU DO.
10:14:00 SO THANK YOU.
10:14:01 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:14:05 ALL RIGHT.
10:14:07 ITEM 2.
10:14:08 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:14:11 I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP MS. CONNIE BURTON, THE CAC CHAIR
10:14:15 FOR THE EAST TAMPA CAC AS OUR MORNING MONTHLY SPEAKER.
10:14:20 >> CONNIE BURTON: GOOD MORNING, BOARD MEMBERS.
10:14:27 I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR MS. VAN LOAN AND STAFF THIS
10:14:35 MORNING.
10:14:35 AND I HAVE BEEN JUST PRAYING THAT WHEN I'M HERE
10:14:40 REPRESENTING THE CAC BOARD, THAT I DO IT IN A VERY TONE
10:14:47 THAT WILL BE RESPECTFUL, BUT ALSO REPRESENT BEING A TRUTH
10:14:52 TELLER.
10:14:55 THE ISSUE OF FAIR OAKS IS ONE THAT IS DEAR TO THE BOARD,
10:15:00 IT IS DEAR TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
10:15:04 THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE A NEW FAIR OAKS, AND THAT'S
10:15:10 WHY THE COMMUNITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN A RIFT WHEN WE HAVE
10:15:16 SEEN A DISHEARTENING APPROACH TO MOVE AGAINST FAIR OAKS,
10:15:24 HISTORY BEING TOLD, WITH DEVELOPMENT OF AIR BONS PARK.
10:15:32 SO THAT GOT PUSHED BACK AND COMMITMENT FROM THE MAYOR HAS
10:15:34 BEEN TO REBUILD FAIR OAKS.
10:15:37 AND I'M HOPING THAT THE MAYOR IS PAYING ATTENTION THIS
10:15:40 MORNING AND LISTENING, BECAUSE AS SHE TALKS ABOUT HER
10:15:47 LESS AMBITIOUS PROJECT IN DISTRICT 5, POSSIBLE 100
10:15:51 MILLION-DOLLAR PROJECT, THAT THE NEED OF FAIR OAKS HAS
10:15:56 BEEN PUSHED AND PUSHED BACK FOR 10 TO 12 YEARS, THAT
10:16:01 MAYBE WE CAN HAVE A FASTER APPROACH SINCE THERE IS MONEY
10:16:05 IN THE PIPELINE.
10:16:08 WHEN WE HEAR ABOUT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS MOVING
10:16:12 FORWARD FOR ADDITIONAL PROJECTS, THEN MAYBE THIS WILL
10:16:15 TAKE FIRST OPERATOR.
10:16:16 I'M HOPING THAT IS HEARD.
10:16:22 AND TO THE PARTICIPATION OF PEOPLE THAT'S COMING TO THE
10:16:25 MEETING NOW, IT'S ALMOST STANDING ROOM ONLY.
10:16:30 ALSO, BY THOSE THAT ARE PARTICIPATING ON ZOOM CALL, WITH
10:16:35 A FULL PARTICIPATION OF BOARD MEMBERS.
10:16:41 I RECALL COUNCILMAN GUDES WHEN YOU WAS THERE, YOU MADE A
10:16:45 REQUEST THAT THE BOARD BE REDUCED FROM A 13-MEMBER BOARD
10:16:52 TO A 7-MEMBER BOARD BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T GET A QUORUM ON
10:16:56 A LOT OF ISSUES.
10:16:57 BUT WE HAVE -- THE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE PEOPLE
10:17:03 THAT ARE COMMITTED TO THAT BOARD NOW, IS COMMITTED TO
10:17:06 SEEING A BETTER EAST TAMPA.
10:17:09 AND SO WE WANT TO MOVE AWAY FROM ALL OF THIS DIVISION,
10:17:15 FOR PEOPLE FEEL THAT THEIR VOICES IS NOT HEARD, EVERYBODY
10:17:19 IS GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME ENJOY SUBCOMMITTEE
10:17:25 MEETINGS, SUBCOMMITTEE COMMITTEES, SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT A
10:17:30 VARIETY OF ISSUES FROM PUBLIC SAFETY, TO HOUSING,
10:17:34 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AESTHETIC BEAUTIFICATION, SOCIAL
10:17:41 SERVICES.
10:17:43 THOSE ARE WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS BEING A PART
10:17:49 OF THE BOARD AND THEY ALSO HAVE THE STAFF TO STAY FULLY
10:17:55 ENGAGED WITH.
10:17:56 AND SO WE ARE NOT GOING TO ALLOW GOSSIP, RUMORS,
10:18:05 VICIOUSNESS TO MOVE US FROM THE AGENDA OF THE PEOPLE.
10:18:08 AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT MISSION OF THE COMMUNITY
10:18:13 REDEVELOPMENT, IT LAYS OUT KEY ELEMENTS THAT THE CAC
10:18:19 SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON.
10:18:22 IT TALKS ABOUT BLIGHT.
10:18:24 IT TALKS ABOUT POVERTY.
10:18:25 IT TALKS ABOUT SLUM.
10:18:28 IT TALKS ABOUT HOW THE CONTINUATION OF HAVING THOSE
10:18:31 COMPONENTS INSIDE OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, OHIO COUNTY
10:18:36 DESTROY MENTAL HEALTH, HOW IT ALSO ERODES PEOPLE'S
10:18:40 ABILITY TO FEEL HOPEFUL.
10:18:43 WE UNDERSTAND IT, INSIDE OF EAST TAMPA IS PART OF THE
10:18:47 CITY AND PART OF DISTRICT 35.
10:18:49 WE HAVE SO MANY ISSUES THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE A HEAVY
10:18:53 LIFT BEYOND THAT 13-MEMBER BOARD.
10:18:57 BUT IT TAKES A FULL ENGAGEMENT OF YOU, COUNCILMEN, AS
10:19:04 WELL AS THE MAYOR TO DO THE HEAVY LIFTING.
10:19:07 SO SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN LAID OUT SINCE WE
10:19:12 HAVE ONLY BEEN -- I HAVE ONLY BEEN ON THAT BOARD FOR THE
10:19:19 LAST FIVE MONTHS, BUT I HAVE BEEN ON PARTICIPATION LONG
10:19:24 ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A SMOOTH
10:19:27 TRANSITION OF POWER.
10:19:28 AND THE THOUGHT OF THE -- INSIDE OF THE AFRICAN COMMUNITY
10:19:33 THAT'S A SERIOUS ISSUE THAT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT LOUDLY,
10:19:36 BECAUSE IT WOULD FEEL SOME EMBARRASSMENT, THAT THE
10:19:39 BRIGHTEST OF THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY TEND TO SHIFT AND RUN
10:19:43 AND LEAVE, LEAVING THE COMMUNITY TO THOSE THAT ARE
10:19:48 DEDICATED TO OVERTURNING INJUSTICE THAT WE SEE ACROSS THE
10:19:52 NATION, AND WOULD SAY THAT THIS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
10:19:57 STATES JOE BIDEN HAS UNDERSTOOD AND HAS TO KEEP
10:20:02 UNDERSTANDING THAT IF WE ARE TO CHANGE AMERICA WE NEED TO
10:20:05 START WITH THE BOTTOM UP.
10:20:06 SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN IN EAST
10:20:14 TAMPA?
10:20:14 I WISH WHEN WE ARE DEVELOPING THIS STRATEGIC PLAN, I HAVE
10:20:21 NOT BEEN ALLOWED TO HAVE MUCH ENGAGEMENT, SO I GIVE THAT
10:20:25 100% TO YOU, COUNCILMAN GUDES, THAT IF I HAD BEEN MORE
10:20:31 ALLOWED TO ENGAGE, OR MAYBE I WOULD HAVE TAKEN THEM TO
10:20:36 THE CORNER OF 15th AND 26th WHERE WE SEE TAM
10:20:40 YOUNG AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN STANDING ON THE CORNER FROM
10:20:44 SUN-UP TO SUNDOWN, TO ASK THEM, WHAT IS THEIR HOPE AND
10:20:49 ASPIRATION FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILY?
10:20:53 AND THEN MAYBE I WOULD HAVE TAKEN THEM, THAT EVEN THOUGH
10:20:58 YOU HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK AROUND THE WEED AND SEED
10:21:01 PROGRAM, WE STILL SEE A FULL CONGREGATION OF PEOPLE THAT
10:21:07 MEET THERE DAILY, BRINGING OUT CHAIRS SO THEY CAN SIT AND
10:21:11 JUST TALK ABOUT THINGS THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE SEE HAPPEN
10:21:15 IN OUR COMMUNITY.
10:21:19 THE MCDONALD HOME, HILLSBOROUGH, WHERE WE HAVE OUR
10:21:23 SENIORS ENGAGED OUT THERE HAVING CONVERSATIONS.
10:21:27 BUT I CAN TELL YOU AS A COMMUNITY ACTIVIST, I AM THERE
10:21:31 LISTENING, FEEL SAFE, 100% OF THE TIME FOR THE COMMUNITY
10:21:36 BECAUSE WE HEAR THE SAME ISSUES OVER AND OVER.
10:21:39 HOW CAN WE MOVE BLIGHT, SLUM AND POVERTY?
10:21:42 IT IS DONE BY OPPORTUNITY.
10:21:44 IT IS DONE BY REIMAGINING HOW WE CAN TAKE SOME POLICIES
10:21:52 THAT IS STUCK.
10:21:54 WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT MINORITY PARTICIPATION, AND THEN YOU
10:21:56 HAVE YOUR STAFF COME BACK AND TELL YOU THAT THE
10:21:59 PARTICIPATION RATE FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS IS 000.1%, BUT
10:22:06 IF GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY PEOPLE CAN TELL YOU, IF THEY
10:22:10 HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, IF THEY HAD THE RESOURCES, THEY KNOW
10:22:15 HOW TO PICK UP TRASH, THEY KNOW HOW TO BUILD HOUSES, THEY
10:22:19 HAVE BACKGROUND CHALLENGES, THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GET
10:22:23 STARTED.
10:22:23 BUT YET IT SEEMS AS THOUGH IT'S OKAY FOR THIS POPULATION
10:22:28 TO BE STUCK, BECAUSE WE KNOW, AND I KNOW, PART OF MY --
10:22:36 IS I SEE TOO MANY ORGANIZATIONS DOWNTOWN, UPTOWN AND EAST
10:22:41 TAMPA, USE THE STATISTICS OF POVERTY TO ELEVATE
10:22:46 THEMSELVES, WHETHER IT'S ON AN ADMINISTRATIVE TRACK OR TO
10:22:52 ARRANGE FOR THEM TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF PROMINENCE INSIDE
10:22:55 OF OUR COMMUNITY, BUT NO REAL RESULTS.
10:22:59 SO IN THE FIVE MONTHS THAT WE HAVE BEEN THERE, AND I HAVE
10:23:01 BEEN CHAIRMAN, AND I CAN WALK IN, I WAS NOMINATED BY THE
10:23:10 PEOPLE.
10:23:10 AND SO WHAT DO THE PEOPLE SAY PAY ATTENTION TO?
10:23:14 HOW CAN WE HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT AS WE SEE BRAND
10:23:17 NEW HOUSES BEING BUILT INSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY, WE ARE
10:23:22 NOT SPECTATORS.
10:23:24 IT CAN BE DONE.
10:23:25 BUT IT'S BEEN -- IT IS BEING CHALLENGED WITH GREAT
10:23:30 RESISTANCE BECAUSE SOME DO NOT LIKE DIFFERENT HOUSING
10:23:35 MATERIAL TO BE BUILT IN EAST TAMPA, IN SPITE OF ALL OF
10:23:39 THE POVERTY, IN SPITE OF ALL THE NEED OF RENOVATION THAT
10:23:45 IS BEING NEEDED IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE HAVE ASKED -- AND I
10:23:52 REQUEST OF THIS BOARD, WE HAVE SET ASIDE A COUPLE HUNDRED
10:23:56 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO GO BACK AND KNOCK ON DOORS AND
10:24:00 FEIGNED THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE PUT THEIR NAMES IN
10:24:03 THE PAPER LINE FOR RENOVATION.
10:24:09 LET'S CLEAR OUT THE RENOVATION FOR EAST TAMPA.
10:24:13 THE RESPONSE?
10:24:14 NOTHING HAS HAPPENED.
10:24:15 WE SAY, WELL, LET US SEE HOW WE CAN ENCOURAGE
10:24:19 ENTREPRENEURSHIP INSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY BY ENSURING THAT
10:24:24 WHEN THESE RFPs ARE WRITTEN THAT MEMBERS OF THE EAST
10:24:29 TAMPA FAMILIES WILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE ON DIFFERENT
10:24:33 LEVELS.
10:24:36 IT'S ALMOST LIKE A SMALL --
10:24:43 THEN WE SAY, NOW WHAT?
10:24:45 WHEN WE ARE TALKING TO CITY STAFF, THEY ARE NOT LOOKING
10:24:47 AT THE BUDGET, THEY ARE LOOKING AT HOW MUCH IS BEING PAID
10:24:49 FOR THEM TO ASSIST US, WE ARE BEING ASKED, THE COMMUNITY
10:24:54 IS BEING ASKED TO WRITE UP THE RFP.
10:25:01 AND WHO YOU EXPECT TO BE AT THE TABLE.
10:25:02 SO ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT IS HAPPENING NOW ON MY WATCH,
10:25:07 IT HAS BEEN A CONTINUAL PATTERN.
10:25:09 AND SO I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU BOARD MEMBERS HAVE TO MAKE A
10:25:15 REAL DECISION, DO YOU PASS OUT DESSERT BEFORE YOU GIVE
10:25:21 THE MAIN COURSE, AND YOU ARE TRYING TO BUILD A HEALTHY
10:25:25 COMMUNITY?
10:25:26 AND SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR ASSEMBLAGE
10:25:32 OF PROPERTY, SO WE CAN THINK OUT OF THE BOX ON HOW WE CAN
10:25:36 HELP SOME OF THE ESSENTIAL WORKERS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO
10:25:41 BECOME HOMEOWNERS, COME OUT OF RENTAL PROPERTY, LET'S DO
10:25:47 SOMETHING DIFFERENT, LET'S DO SOMETHING NEW?
10:25:49 I DON'T WANT TO KEEP HEARING ABOUT YOU GOT UNDERPAID
10:25:53 CAPITALISM.
10:25:54 NO, I WANT TO THINK OF NEW CREATIVE WAYS IN WHICH
10:26:01 PROPERTY THAT IS OWNED BY THE CAC CAN BE SET ASIDE, AND
10:26:07 WE CAN THEN WORK WITH DEVELOPERS, THAT THEIR PROFIT
10:26:14 MARGINS ARE GAINED IF THAT'S THE ONLY THING THEY ARE
10:26:20 INTERESTED IN.
10:26:20 WE NEED TO HIRE OUR OWN CONSULTANT, WHERE PEOPLE ARE
10:26:23 TALKING ABOUT BEING ON THE BOARD, BY ALL MEANS, COME.
10:26:26 BUT WHAT I AM UNDERSTANDING NOW, THAT WE CAN HAVE PASSION
10:26:30 IN OUR THOUGHTS, PASSION IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT YOU KNOW
10:26:34 WHAT?
10:26:35 WE NEED SOME PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE AS WELL.
10:26:39 WE NEED TO HIRE OUR OWN CONSULTANT.
10:26:42 THE BOARD NEEDS TO HIRE ITS OWN RESEARCH TEAM.
10:26:46 WE NEED OUR OWN REAL ESTATE TEAM, BECAUSE THE INTEREST OF
10:26:51 THE COMMUNITY IS NOT THE FIRST PRIORITY.
10:26:55 THE FIRST PRIORITY HAS BEEN -- AND IF YOU EVEN LOOK AT ON
10:26:59 YOUR AGENDA ITEM TODAY, NUMBER 9 AND 10, WE BROUGHT IT TO
10:27:04 THE BOARD.
10:27:06 AND NEW BOARD MEMBERS WANTED TO HAVE ADDITIONAL
10:27:09 INFORMATION REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
10:27:13 IT'S NOT THAT WE ARE OPPOSED.
10:27:15 BUT WE SAY CONSTANTLY, AND WE ARE NOT ELECTED OFFICIALS,
10:27:20 BUT AS ELECTED OFFICIALS COME TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TALK
10:27:23 ABOUT LIFTING THE SPIRIT AND THE LIFE AND GIVING HOPE TO
10:27:27 THE NEXT GENERATION, WE SAY, LET'S HAVE A MORE STEADY
10:27:32 FOUNDATION THAT WE CAN GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND SAY,
10:27:36 UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE MAYOR, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP
10:27:39 OF THE CITY COUNCIL BOARD, AND THIS CAC BOARD, WE WERE
10:27:44 ABLE TO RENOVATE UP TO 100 HOUSES.
10:27:48 CAN'T DO IT.
10:27:49 IT HAS NOT BEEN DONE.
10:27:51 SO I WOULD JUST CONTINUE TO SAY TO THIS BOARD, THE THINGS
10:27:57 THAT WE ARE ASKING STAFF TO DO, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME
10:28:02 TO ASSIST US.
10:28:04 WE WANT TO HAVE A LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.
10:28:07 THE CAC BOARD PURCHASED A BUILDING ON THE CORNER OF LAKE
10:28:13 AND 22ND.
10:28:14 MAYBE A YEAR AGO FOR OVER $200,000.
10:28:18 IT HAS LAID VACANT.
10:28:21 WE SAID LET'S OPEN IT, LET'S REPURPOSE THAT BUILDING SO
10:28:24 WE CAN PARTNER WITH THE STATE, THE ORGANIZATION THERE ON
10:28:34 FLORIDA AVENUE AND BUSCH, TO DO JOB CREATION.
10:28:39 LET THAT BE THEIR SATELLITE OFFICE.
10:28:41 LET'S OFFER THEM THAT.
10:28:44 WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE CHILDREN THAT WE HIRE THROUGH
10:28:48 THE CAC FUNDING FOR JOB PROGRAMS.
10:28:56 THEY SAID WE WOULD LIKE TO DO A LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.
10:29:02 DO SOME TRAINING SO OUR CHILDREN, WHERE OTHER
10:29:07 POSSIBILITIES EXIST FOR THEM IN THE WORLD.
10:29:11 UNLIKE IN SOME COMMUNITIES WHEN CHILDREN WALK OUT THEIR
10:29:14 FRONT DOOR, THEY SEE POSSIBILITIES IF THEY WANTS TO BE A
10:29:16 BANK OAR, IF THEY WANT TO BE A LAWYER.
10:29:18 WHAT DO OUR CHILDREN SEE?
10:29:24 WE SAY ADDITIONAL THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO DO TO ENSURE
10:29:27 THAT WHEN THE GRANTS DO AND ARE WRITTEN, THAT THEY ARE
10:29:30 WRITTEN FOR PURPOSES THAT PEOPLE INSIDE THE COMMUNITY CAN
10:29:33 RECEIVE, AND GOOD OPPORTUNITIES AS BEING AWARDED SOME OF
10:29:40 THESE GRANTS.
10:29:47 IT'S INHUMAN TO BE WILLING TO LOOK AT THE
10:29:50 SELF-PRESERVATION, AND A PRESERVATION THAT I HAVE ON MY
10:29:55 MIND 100% IS HOW TO MAKE EAST TAMPA A SAFE PLACE FOR
10:30:01 EVERYBODY THERE.
10:30:04 I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT FORCED GENTRIFICATION.
10:30:08 IT IS HAPPENING ALL OVER THE CITY.
10:30:09 WE KNOW IT.
10:30:10 IT HAS NOW BECOME THE COUNTY'S PROBLEM.
10:30:14 WE HAVE NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM.
10:30:17 WE ARE JUST DISBURSING THEM THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
10:30:21 I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, WITH THIS COUNCIL, THAT YOU WOULD
10:30:27 TAKE A STRONG SUPPORT AND HELPING US ELIMINATE THE ISSUES
10:30:33 OF POVERTY, SLUM, AND BLIGHT.
10:30:40 AND ALSO, COUNCILMAN GUDES, YOU STATED THAT IN YOUR
10:30:46 LISTENING TO THE PRESENTATION, I THINK THE SERIOUSNESS OF
10:30:51 THE HOUR HAS NOT CALLED FOR ATTACKING ANY OF THE STAFF.
10:30:58 WE BELIEVE IN JUST HAVING HONEST CONVERSATIONS.
10:31:04 WE WANT TO END THE DIVISION INSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
10:31:09 WE WELCOME ALL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
10:31:12 PLEASE COME AND PARTICIPATE.
10:31:14 PLEASE COME AND SHARE YOUR CONCERNS.
10:31:17 PLEASE COME AND JOIN ONE OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES.
10:31:21 PLEASE CALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IF YOU HAVE A CONCERN.
10:31:26 BUT THE BOARD IS COMMITTED TO PRIORITIZE THE ISSUES OF
10:31:33 NEED, AND WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO KNOCK ON EVERY DOOR
10:31:36 IN OUR COMMUNITY, TO LET THEM KNOW THE MISSION OF THE
10:31:42 CAC.
10:31:44 WE ALSO ARE GOING TO ASK THEM TO COME AND PLEASE JOIN US
10:31:48 IN RAISING THOSE ISSUES SO WE CAN HAVE A BETTER EAST
10:31:52 TAMPA FOR EVERYONE.
10:31:54 THANK YOU.
10:31:54 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MS. BURST ON, ARE YOU THROUGH?
10:32:01 I HAVE ALWAYS APPLAUDED YOUR ACTIVISM, APPLAUD THAT YOU
10:32:06 SPEAK UP, YOU SPEAK LOUDLY, PEOPLE HEAR YOU.
10:32:09 I RESPECT THAT ABOUT YOU.
10:32:11 WE MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE ON THE SUBJECT MATTER, BUT WE DO
10:32:14 AGREE TO DISAGREE.
10:32:15 WHEN I FIRST ASKED YOU, WHEN I FIRST MET YOU, TO LISTEN
10:32:20 TO WHAT'S GOING ON AT CAC.
10:32:22 YOU DID THAT.
10:32:27 SO SITTING ON THE OTHER SIDE, WE KIND OF SEE HOW BOTH
10:32:30 SIDE WORK.
10:32:31 AND IT'S A DIFFICULT TIME TO MAKE DECISIONS.
10:32:34 I UNDERSTAND THAT.
10:32:36 BUT I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS.
10:32:38 IT'S A TROUBLING TIME AND I KNOW WE WILL GET TOGETHER.
10:32:40 THAT'S WHAT BLACK FOLKS DO.
10:32:42 WE GET IT TOGETHER.
10:32:46 YOU MADE A BUNCH OF POINTS ABOUT A BUNCH OF PROGRAMS.
10:32:49 BUT IT'S WAS ON THE CAC.
10:32:50 AND AS A CAC BOARD MEMBER I TALKED ABOUT REHAB
10:32:54 EXTENSIVELY.
10:32:55 AND MY COLLEAGUES CAN ATTEST.
10:32:58 IT JUST DOESN'T WORK.
10:33:00 WE HAVE MONEY THAT'S LEFT OVER AND NOT PUSHED OUT.
10:33:04 I MADE SOME MOTIONS TO OUR CAC DIRECTOR IN REFERENCE TO
10:33:08 OUTSOURCING THE PROGRAM, HAVING A PROGRAM THAT WILL HELP
10:33:12 EVERYBODY, NOT JUST SOME FOLKS, BUT HELP EVERYBODY.
10:33:18 I TALK ABOUT QUADS AND SECTORS, HOW WE CAN GO DOWN
10:33:21 20th STREET WHEN YOU BUILD A NEW HOME, AND YET YOU
10:33:23 HAVE GOT GARBAGE.
10:33:29 (AND YOU LOOK -- YOU LOOK GOOD, YOU FEEL GOOD, YOU DO
10:33:35 BETTER, YOU WANT BETTER.
10:33:37 ALWAYS WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR MY COMMUNITY.
10:33:39 AND I AM STILL TALKING REHAB.
10:33:41 IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
10:33:42 IT'S CRITICAL FOR EAST TAMPA.
10:33:44 YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT I CALL -- WHEN YOU GET PROGRAMS TO
10:33:53 WHERE YOU CAN HAVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP, APPRENTICESHIP, TALK
10:33:56 ABOUT MY NEPHEW, HOW HE GOT HIS START.
10:34:02 WE HAVE A ROBUST REHAB PROGRAM IN EAST TAMPA.
10:34:05 YOU CAN HAVE THOSE NONPROFITS EMPLOY SOME OF THOSE FOLKS
10:34:09 AROUND THE TREE, GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITY, GIVE THEM HOPE.
10:34:12 AND THERE SHOULD BE SOME KIND OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE
10:34:16 WHO DON'T LIKE TO PICK UP TRASH.
10:34:18 IT'S DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY.
10:34:21 DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN DO THAT BECAUSE OF THE CRA HAS
10:34:24 CERTAIN GUIDELINES.
10:34:25 BUT I'M SURE WE CAN ALWAYS FIND SOME KIND OF WAY TO DO
10:34:28 SOMETHING.
10:34:28 YOU TALK ABOUT A STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN.
10:34:30 AND YOU MADE A VERY GOOD POINT.
10:34:32 BECAUSE I ASSUMED THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ARE GOING TO -- NOT
10:34:36 JUST SOME, BUT THOSE WHO HAVE TREMENDOUS PROBLEMS.
10:34:41 THAT'S WHY I SAY WE NEED TO BUY THAT.
10:34:44 CRA NEED MONEY TO BUY PROPERTY AND REINVEST THAT, GIVE ME
10:34:52 A LIST OF THE DEVELOPERS YOU MAY HAVE OR THE CAC BOARD,
10:34:55 THAT YOU HAVE A LIST TO GO IN WHEN YOU BUY AND FIX THOSE
10:34:58 PROPERTIES UP AND TURN THEM AROUND.
10:35:00 LOOK AT ALL THE DILAPIDATED BUILDINGS.
10:35:05 LOOK AT -- A LIQUOR STORE COME INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND
10:35:10 AFFECT OUR PEOPLE.
10:35:11 I LOOK AT ALL THESE THINGS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT.
10:35:14 AND I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT IT ON THIS COUNCIL.
10:35:17 BECAUSE I WANT THE PEOPLE TO BE STRONG, TRUSTFUL, AND
10:35:22 FIND A WAY THAT THEY CAN MAKE THEIR FAMILIES SAFE.
10:35:26 I ALWAYS DO THAT, WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT, THROUGHOUT
10:35:29 THE DIVISION AND EVERYTHING.
10:35:30 BUT I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT I AM HERE TO HELP YOU, AND
10:35:35 HELP THAT BOARD, TO BE STRONG, AND MAKE EAST TAMPA A
10:35:39 PLACE WHERE WE CAN SAY WHEN YOU COME TO TOWN, WE ARE THE
10:35:45 BAD PART OF TOWN.
10:35:49 WHEN I GO TO OTHER CITIES, I KNOW COMMUNITIES LOOK AT
10:35:53 SLUM AND BLIGHT.
10:35:56 SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.
10:36:00 THE LAST MONTH I TOLD THE MAYOR ABOUT THAT -- MS. VAN
10:36:08 LOAN ABOUT THE REHAB, AND WRITING THAT GRANT, GET SOME
10:36:14 STUFF DONE.
10:36:17 AGAIN, I SAY IT'S CRITICAL.
10:36:20 THAT'S WHY I ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT -- PEOPLE HEAR THINGS,
10:36:25 THEY CHANGE IT FIFTY DIFFERENT WAYS.
10:36:28 FACTS, COMMUNICATION.
10:36:30 WE HAVE TO HAVE IT.
10:36:32 BUT AGAIN I SAY THAT CRA STILL VESTS WITH THE PROPERTY
10:36:36 OWNERS TO BUY PROPERTY.
10:36:37 LET'S LOOK AT THOSE PROPERTIES THAT YOU BUY.
10:36:39 AND NOW YOU TALK ABOUT GENTRIFICATION.
10:36:41 NOW YOU CAN SELL THAT AT A GOOD PRICE.
10:36:45 NOT THE MARKET PRICE.
10:36:49 BUT YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
10:36:56 SOME OF THOSE HOMES, INCREASE THEIR VALUE.
10:37:00 BUT WE DO NEED SOME OF THOSE OTHER HOMES.
10:37:03 THERE'S LAND THERE.
10:37:05 WE HAVE LOTS IN EAST TAMPA, NEED TO FLIP THOSE LOTS.
10:37:12 ONCE YOU GET THAT MONEY BACK, GO AND BUY SOMETHING ELSE.
10:37:15 MAKE THE MONEY WORK FOR YOU.
10:37:18 PROPERTY OWNERS MONEY.
10:37:19 THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE.
10:37:20 NEW INFRASTRUCTURE.
10:37:21 AND LOOK, I AM GOING TO ASK MS. VAN LOAN TO SET UP A
10:37:27 MEETING WITH ME AND YOU SO WE CAN SIT DOWN AND WE CAN
10:37:29 DISCUSS YOUR VISIONS, WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE, WHAT YOU
10:37:34 DON'T WANT TO SEE, AND WE CAN COME TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF
10:37:37 HOW WE ARE ABLE TO GET EVERYBODY TOGETHER, SO WE CAN ALL
10:37:40 BE ON THE SAME PAGE AND WORK FOR THE COMMON GOAL, TO MAKE
10:37:47 EVERYONE SUCCESSFUL THE BEST WE CAN.
10:37:48 I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
10:37:49 >> CONNIE BURTON: THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS AND I
10:37:54 LOOK FORWARD TO AN MEETING WITH YOU, AND ALL OF
10:37:57 COUNCILMEN.
10:38:00 JUST ONE THING, IF I AM UNDERSTANDING THIS RIGHT, THE
10:38:02 ISSUE OF ITEM 9 AND 10, I WOULD SAY THAT IF THOSE
10:38:08 PROCEEDS ARE COMING PART OF THE EAST TAMPA RESOURCES, THE
10:38:16 BOARD HAS NOT VOTED FOR THAT, FOR ME IT WAS SO BAD THAT
10:38:22 THE BOARD HAS NO CREDIBILITY, AND I WOULD SAY THAT THE
10:38:27 STAFF NEED TO BRING THIS BACK TO THE BOARD.
10:38:32 WHAT WE ASKED FOR, BECAUSE THERE WAS NEW BOARD MEMBERS
10:38:36 THAT HAD NOT PARTICIPATED IN THOSE MEETINGS, DID NOT HAVE
10:38:38 A CLEAR VISION OF WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IN EAST
10:38:42 TAMPA.
10:38:43 SO YES, WE STARTED KIND OF AT EACH OTHER'S HEELS.
10:38:51 IF A POSITION IS VOTED ON TODAY TO TAKE THOSE FUND OUT OF
10:38:54 THE EAST TAMPA FUND WITHOUT THE BOARD HAVING APPROVED
10:38:59 THAT, I WOULD SAY IT WOULD HE RODE THE CONFIDENCE OF THE
10:39:05 BOARD MEMBERS THAT WE ARE NOT EXPECTED AND OUR LEADERSHIP
10:39:12 IS NOT VALUED.
10:39:13 I WOULD SAY AGAIN THAT --
10:39:17 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MS. BURTON.
10:39:19 >> THE MAYOR TO MOVE FORWARD.
10:39:24 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE CAN'T GO INTO THAT UNTIL THAT ITEM
10:39:27 COMES UP NUMBER 9. BUT I APPRECIATE YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
10:39:30 MR. DINGFELDER.
10:39:31 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MS. BURTON, ARE YOU STILL THERE?
10:39:35 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MRS. BURTON?
10:39:37 MR. DINGFELDER WANTS TO ASK YOU A QUESTION.
10:39:39 >> CONNIE BURTON: YES.
10:39:45 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: CONNIE, THANK YOU.
10:39:51 IT'S IMPORTANT WORK.
10:39:52 I HAVE TAKEN NOTES IN THE PAST AND YOU HAVE ALWAYS
10:39:55 BROUGHT TO US, IT'S VERY GREATLY APPRECIATED.
10:40:00 MY QUESTION IS PARTICULARLY -- AND MR. CHAIRMAN, I THINK
10:40:03 WE CAN HAVE A LITTLE ATTITUDE SINCE WE ARE NOT IN A
10:40:05 REZONING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THIS AGENDA ITEM.
10:40:13 CONNIE, THOSE TWO PARCELS, DID THEY ACTUALLY COME UP FOR
10:40:17 A VOTE?
10:40:17 WERE THEY TURNED DOWN BY THE CAC?
10:40:21 OR DID IT JUST NOT COME UP FOR A VOTE?
10:40:24 IF YOU CAN CLARIFY THAT, OR MS. VAN LOAN CAN CLARIFY IT,
10:40:28 EITHER WAY.
10:40:29 BUT I WILL GIVE YOU THE FIRST SHOT AT IT.
10:40:30 >> CONNIE BURTON: THEY DID CALL THE FIRST CAC MEETING.
10:40:35 SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WERE NEW.
10:40:38 THEY DID NOT HAVE A FULL PICTURE OF WHAT WAS BEING ASKED.
10:40:44 THEY ASKED THAT MANY BEING PROVIDED SO WE COULD BE
10:40:47 BROUGHT UP TO DATE TO KNOW WHY THE FUNDING WAS BEING
10:40:52 AXED.
10:40:53 SO AT THE SECOND MEETING ON TUESDAY, WHICH WAS NOT A CAC
10:40:57 MEETING, IT WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD KIND OF LIKE A
10:41:01 NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION MEETING, SOME BOARD MEMBERS
10:41:05 WERE MISSING, AND AGAIN, DISCUSSION PUT ON THIS AGENDA
10:41:11 WAS FOR THE PURCHASE OF THESE PARCELS.
10:41:14 AND MY PUSH BACK TO THE STAFF HAS BEEN, EDUCATE THE BOARD
10:41:21 MEMBERS AS TO WHAT IS HAPPENING, WHILE WE ARE HERE, AND
10:41:26 IF THE BOARD -- NOBODY EVEN RAISED A MOTION, A MOTION ON
10:41:32 TUESDAY TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE PURCHASE OF THE PARCEL.
10:41:36 AND WE HAD ABOUT 11 MEMBERS THERE.
10:41:39 AND SO TO SEE IT NOW ON THE AGENDA THIS MORNING SEEMS TO
10:41:43 BE ANOTHER BACK DOOR PROCESS OF THE BOARD -- I MEAN, THE
10:41:48 STAFF SEEKING WHAT THEY WANT WITHOUT THE BOARD HAVING
10:41:52 FULL KNOWLEDGE AND BEING ALLOWED TO VOTE ON THIS PROCESS.
10:41:56 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY.
10:42:00 MS. BURTON, I APPRECIATE THAT.
10:42:07 SO I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM STAFF, MAINLY ABOUT THE
10:42:11 URGENCY OF THE PURCHASE.
10:42:13 SOMETIMES WHEN YOU ARE DEALING WITH REAL ESTATE, AS YOU
10:42:15 KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO MISS OUT ON OUR OPPORTUNITY, BUT
10:42:19 ULTIMATELY EVERYBODY, I THINK, WOULD APPRECIATE, WHICH IS
10:42:22 THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE EXPANSION OF THE FAIR OAKS
10:42:26 PROPERTY.
10:42:27 AND I THINK THAT'S THE INTENT OF THOSE TWO PARCELS.
10:42:29 BUT I WANT TO DON'T WANT TO GET COMPLETELY INTO THAT,
10:42:34 MR. CHAIRMAN, BUT EITHER NOW OR LATER I WOULD LIKE TO
10:42:36 HEAR FROM STAFF IN TERMS OF URGENCY OF OUR DOING THIS
10:42:39 TODAY, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO MISS OUT ON THE
10:42:41 OPPORTUNITY TO BUY IT, IF THERE'S NO URGENCY, IF OUR
10:42:45 CONTRACT IS STILL GOOD, TO CARRY OVER TO THE NEXT MONTH
10:42:48 TO GIVE THE CAC AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ONE WAY OR THE
10:42:51 OTHER, AND THEN IT WOULD COME BACK TO THE CRA NEXT MONTH.
10:42:54 BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE FROM A REAL ESTATE
10:42:56 PERSPECTIVE WE ARE NOT MISSING OUT ON THE OPPORTUNITY AND
10:43:01 SOMEBODY ELSE COULD BUY IT, ULTIMATELY MAKE IT A LOT MORE
10:43:04 EXPENSIVE FOR EVERYBODY.
10:43:05 YOU KNOW WHERE I AM COMING FROM.
10:43:07 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE AGENDA,
10:43:10 AND WHEN THAT ITEM COMES UP, MS. VAN LOAN AND STAFF WILL
10:43:13 EXPLAIN TO US THE ITEM.
10:43:24 DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION, SIR?
10:43:29 >>JOHN BENNETT: CHIEF OF SARASOTA.
10:43:30 I WANT TO BE RESPONSIVE.
10:43:32 AS YOU KNOW, I'M MULTITASKING, CRA MEETINGS, I HEARD MRS.
10:43:37 BURTON'S QUESTION THEORY ABOUT FAIR OAKS.
10:43:40 AND I FELT IT NECESSARY TO COME OVER HERE TO SUPPORT MS.
10:43:44 BURTON'S QUESTION AS WELL AS THE CAC, THE GREATER
10:43:47 COMMUNITY OF EAST TAMPA, AND OF COURSE THE CRA BOARD.
10:43:50 AND I APPRECIATE THE DIALOGUE THAT I LISTENED TO OR
10:43:52 WATCHED ON THE MONITOR AND THE CLOSED CAPTIONING OVER THE
10:43:56 LAST ALMOST FEW HOURS NOW.
10:43:59 THE MAYOR IS SERIOUS ABOUT FAIR OAKS.
10:44:01 SHE WAS SERIOUS ABOUT IT BEFORE SHE GOT ELECTED.
10:44:04 SHE WAS SERIOUS ABOUT IT DURING ELECTION.
10:44:06 BUT SHE ALSO WANTED TO LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY.
10:44:09 SHE LISTENED TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE CRA.
10:44:11 SHE LISTENED TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH CITY COUNCIL.
10:44:14 AND THEIR INITIATIVES TO TALK TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS.
10:44:17 SHE LISTENED TO THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS.
10:44:20 SHE OBVIOUSLY WITH COUNCIL SUPPORT AND APPROVAL OF THE
10:44:23 BUDGET IS CLEARLY BEHIND THE MASTER PLAN OF THE PARKS.
10:44:27 WE KNOW THAT PARKS AND RECREATION, AND WE HAVE ALL
10:44:29 DISCUSSED THIS AS A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE IN THE
10:44:32 COMMUNITY, THAT CAN ACTUALLY RAISE THE STANDARD OF LIVING
10:44:35 IN ALL COMMUNITIES THROUGH PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITY.
10:44:38 SO ON A GLOBAL SCALE SHE'S VERY BEHIND THAT SOCIAL
10:44:42 NETWORK AS NEEDED TO RAISE THE LEVEL OF OPPORTUNITY FOR
10:44:47 EVERY CORNER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:44:49 MAYOR CASTOR CAME BACK LIKE A LOT OF US DID TO DO THINGS
10:44:52 IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE DIDN'T GET DO IN A SINGLE
10:44:54 DEPARTMENT VIEW, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE THIS IS GOING.
10:44:57 I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S THIS EQUATION OF REAL ESTATE.
10:45:02 OCEA WYNN, OUR DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY
10:45:05 AFFAIRS, OVERSEES PARKS AND RECREATION IS ON THE LINE AND
10:45:09 SHE CAN TALK MAYBE TO BE SOME OF THE DETAILS ABOUT FAIR
10:45:11 OAKS.
10:45:12 AS NOW, WHEN THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL WENT OUT TO THE
10:45:15 COMMUNITY, BOTH SITUATIONALLY AS WELL AS TO ANNOUNCE THAT
10:45:20 FAIR OAKS WAS GOING TO BE A HIGH FOCUS OPPORTUNITY TO
10:45:23 COMPLETELY REDO FAIR OAKS PARK, AND HAS COMPLETE
10:45:30 DEMOGRAPHICAL OPPORTUNITIES TO THOSE PROGRAMS, WITH ALL
10:45:32 THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED, AND TO
10:45:36 CHANNEL THAT ENERGY INTO WHAT WE WERE HOPING TO BE A REAL
10:45:40 GEM, THAT IS LONG OVERDUE IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE, TO PUT
10:45:47 EAST TAMPA ON A MAJOR CORRIDOR.
10:45:51 THERE WAS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT, AND AMONG COVID, A LOT OF
10:45:54 THOSE D WORDS THAT SHOW UP LIKE DISTRACTIONS AND
10:45:57 DISRUPTIONS AND DIVISION AND ALL OF THAT, ARE BECAUSE OF
10:45:59 THE LACK OF THE C WORDS, WHICH IS COMMUNICATION,
10:46:02 COMMUNITY, COLLABORATION, AND THE MAYOR IS WORKING ON A
10:46:06 STRONG COMMUNICATION PLAN TO IMPROVE ALL THOSE THINGS,
10:46:09 WHICH WE ALL KNOW IS SEWING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT, BOTH
10:46:12 ON A DAILY AND A STRATEGIC LEVEL.
10:46:15 BUT I WILL SAY THAT THE BIGGEST C WORD THAT WILL SUPPORT
10:46:18 WHAT I CAME OVER HERE IS CONCURRENCY.
10:46:21 THE MAYOR CAN WALK IN JUST LIKE COUNCIL CAN.
10:46:26 WE CAN DEFINITELY WORK WITH FAIR OAKS AS WELL AS THE
10:46:28 OTHER MAJOR PROJECTS.
10:46:30 THERE IS NO INTENTION ON MOVING MONEY FROM PROJECT A TO
10:46:33 PROJECT B TO PROJECT C.
10:46:35 SHE IS ABSOLUTELY FOCUSED ON THIS.
10:46:37 I HAVE BEEN IN THE BUDGET MEETINGS, THE CAPITAL
10:46:39 IMPROVEMENT MEETINGS, DIVISION MEETINGS.
10:46:41 IT'S ALL COMING TOGETHER AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO A
10:46:43 DAY WHEN COVID WILL RELAX AND WE CAN BRING THE COMMUNITY
10:46:46 MEMBERS OVER AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE
10:46:48 INCLUSIONARY COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO GET FAIR OAKS DONE
10:46:55 SWELLS AS WELL AS MANY OTHER PROJECTS IN EAST TAMPA.
10:46:57 I AM NOT OVER HERE TO SAY ANYTHING, BUT I AM GOING TO
10:47:02 TRUST MICHELLE VAN LOAN I AM GOING TO TRUST HER
10:47:05 COMPLETELY WITH THE CAC PROCESS.
10:47:07 AS I DO, I HOPE THE BOARD DOES THE SAME.
10:47:10 ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING TALKED ABOUT.
10:47:11 HOUSING IS NOT GOING AWAY BECAUSE OF THE PARK.
10:47:13 THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE OUT THERE ARE NOT GOING TO
10:47:16 SUPPLANT THE HOUSING NEED WHICH IS THE CORE VALUE OF THE
10:47:19 MAYOR'S STRATEGIC PLAN, AGAIN SUPPORTED BY COUNCIL IN
10:47:22 MANY DIFFERENT WAYS INCLUDING THE BUDGET, AND ALL THE
10:47:25 THINGS THAT WE FACE TO NOT ONLY GET NEW HOUSING BUT TO
10:47:28 SUSTAIN CURRENT HOUSING IN A DOWN ECONOMY.
10:47:31 SO I THINK ALL THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO COME TOGETHER.
10:47:33 WE ARE ALL COMMITTED TO DO IT.
10:47:35 AND TEAMWORK AND COLLABORATION IS THE KEY TO THAT.
10:47:38 SO I JUST WANT TO COME OVER AND MAKE SURE THAT I WAS
10:47:40 RESPONSIVE TO THE EAST TAMPA CAC, AND THE CHAIRWOMAN MS.
10:47:46 CONNIE BURTON AND HER COMMENTS TO GET SOME LEVEL OF
10:47:49 TRAJECTORY ON WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO.
10:47:51 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MR. BENNETT.
10:47:54 >>JOHN BENNETT: AGAIN, MS. WYNN IS ON THE LINE IF YOU
10:47:59 NEED ANYTHING ABOUT FAIR OAKS.
10:48:00 >>BILL CARLSON: THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE, AND
10:48:08 THERE WAS A LONG TIME WHEN THESE NEIGHBORHOOD WERE
10:48:12 IGNORED, AND FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE WATCHING
10:48:18 THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME, YOU JUST HEARD THE CAC BOARD,
10:48:25 THIS CITY COUNCIL, SAY WE ARE COMMITTED TO NOT ONLY FAIR
10:48:28 OAKS COMMUNITY CENTER BUT ALSO EAST TAMPA AND THE OTHER
10:48:31 AREAS WHERE OUR CRA DISTRICTS ARE.
10:48:33 YOU HEARD THE CHIEF OF STAFF SHOW THE MAYOR'S SUPPORT,
10:48:37 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME, WE HAVE UNIFIED
10:48:40 SUPPORT, AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS GET THE COMMUNITY
10:48:44 UNIFIED.
10:48:45 WE NEED ALL OF YOU WATCHING WHO CARE ABOUT THESE ISSUES
10:48:47 TO COME TOGETHER, AND WE NEED TO END THE DIVISIVENESS IN
10:48:53 THE COMMUNITY AND FOCUS ON HOW TO MAKE THESE THINGS
10:48:55 HAPPEN BECAUSE WE HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE
10:48:57 HAVEN'T SEEN IN A LONG TIME TO REALLY BE ABLE TO SOLVE
10:49:00 THESE PROBLEMS AND PROVIDE EQUITY THROUGHOUT OUR
10:49:02 COMMUNITY.
10:49:02 AND FOR ANYBODY WATCHING FROM SOUTH TAMPA, WHICH IS MY
10:49:05 DISTRICT, THERE IS NO CRA IN SOUTH TAMPA, BUT WHY IS THIS
10:49:10 IMPORTANT?
10:49:10 I TALKED ABOUT THE WEBSITE CREATIVE TAMPA SCORECARD, AND
10:49:18 THE BEST COMPANIES, THE BEST PEOPLE THAT WE WANT TO BE IN
10:49:21 TAMPA, THAT WE QUANTITY TO STAY IN TAMPA, AND KIDS WE
10:49:25 WANT TO COME BACK, THE COMPANIES AND PEOPLE WE WANT TO
10:49:27 MAKE AN INVESTMENT IN TAMPA, THEY WILL NOT COME, THEY
10:49:29 WILL NOT STAY, UNLESS WE SOLVE THESE ISSUES.
10:49:33 IT'S NOT AN ISSUE OF JUST SOCIAL JUSTICE.
10:49:36 IT'S AN ISSUE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
10:49:38 IT'S AN ISSUE OF THE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY TO COME TO OUR
10:49:42 COMMUNITY.
10:49:42 OUR COMMUNITY IS SO FAR BEHIND OTHER CITIES.
10:49:45 I AM ABOUT TO DO AN UPDATE WITH TAMPA SCORECARD FOR 2019
10:49:50 NUMBERS, AND NOT UNDERSTOOD THE WATCH OF THIS MAYOR OR
10:49:53 THIS CITY COUNCIL.
10:49:53 BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT ANYBODY CAN REMEMBER,
10:49:57 ST. PETERSBURG BEAT TAMPA IN PER CAPITA INCOME.
10:50:02 AND TAMPA, UNTIL THAT POINT ANYWAY, THIS IS CENSUS DATA.
10:50:08 I AM NOT MAKING IT UP.
10:50:10 YOU CAN TWO OUT AND LOOK AT.
10:50:11 BUT WE NEED TO CHANGE THOSE NUMBERS AND CHANGE THE
10:50:14 TRAJECTORY.
10:50:15 IF YOU LOOK AT OUR BENCHMARK CITIES LIKE AUSTIN, ATLANTA,
10:50:18 CHARLOTTE, NOT TO MENTION THE OTHER CITIES, WE ARE NOT IN
10:50:22 THE SAME TRAJECTORY.
10:50:24 WE ARE PRACTICALLY GOING FLAT AS OF 2019 FOR THE PRIOR
10:50:28 TEN YEARS.
10:50:28 AND THEY ARE GOING UP AT A VERY HIGH RATE.
10:50:31 WE HAVE GOT TO CHANGE THIS.
10:50:32 OUR COMMUNITY, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT OVERBUILDING, IT'S NOT
10:50:37 JUST ABOUT REAL ESTATE.
10:50:38 WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE ECONOMIC FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
10:50:40 WE HAVE GOT TO CHANGE THE PROSPERITY OF OUR COMMUNITY.
10:50:42 WE HAVE GOT TO LOOK AT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIFFERENTLY
10:50:45 AND WE HAVE TO SOLVE THESE ISSUES.
10:50:46 THANK YOU.
10:50:47 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:50:53 AND I WILL BUILD ON THAT.
10:50:54 THE WAY THAT I SEE THIS, IT COMES DOWN TO TAMPA CITY
10:50:59 COUNCIL BEING UNITED FOR THE FACT THAT WE WANT TO GIVE A
10:51:03 VOICE TO PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T HAD A VOICE AND STILL DOESN'T
10:51:05 HAVE A VOICE, AND LET'S FACE IT, WE BUILD THAT 18
10:51:08 MILLION-DOLLAR REC CENTER, THAT'S GOING TO GIVE PART OF
10:51:12 THAT VOICE, BUT THERE ARE LARGER STRUCTURAL ISSUES OUT
10:51:15 THERE THAT WE NEED NATIONAL MOVEMENT ON.
10:51:21 MS. BURTON MENTIONED THE PRESIDENT.
10:51:23 I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE ISSUES ARE
10:51:26 NATIONAL ISSUES, BUT WHAT WE CAN DO HERE LOCALLY IS TO
10:51:29 GET SOME GUIDANCE AND RESPECT ON THAT.
10:51:31 WHEN I LOOK AT ISSUES INVOLVING EAST TAMPA, PARTS OF WEST
10:51:34 TAMPA, SULPHUR SPRINGS, UNIVERSITY AREA, WHERE IN CERTAIN
10:51:39 AREAS, 60, 65% OF CHILDREN THERE LIVE IN POVERTY, OVER
10:51:44 THE CITY-WIDE RATE FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA, I THINK OF A
10:51:47 LOT OF THINGS.
10:51:48 I THINK OF GROWING UP IN CHURCH, AND THE IDEA THAT AS YOU
10:51:51 DO FOR THE LEASE OF -- LEAST OF THESE THAT YOU DO UNTO
10:51:55 ME, AND THE IDEA THAT WE MAURA CITY, AND THE DECENCY OF
10:51:59 ITS CITY BY HOW IT TREATS THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE A VOICE,
10:52:03 HOW IT TREATS THOSE WHO ARE HOMELESS, THOSE WHO LACK
10:52:06 HEALTH CARE, THOSE WHO HAVE INADEQUATE HOUSING,
10:52:09 ET CETERA, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
10:52:10 WE HAVE, IN MY POLITICAL CREDO, I ALWAYS QUOTE IT, FORMER
10:52:15 VICE PRESIDENT HUBERT HUMPHREY WHO SAID THAT THE MORAL
10:52:18 TEST OF GOVERNMENTAL IS HOW IT TREATS THOSE IN THE
10:52:20 TWILIGHT OF LIFE, THE ELDERLY, THOSE IN THE DAWN OF LIFE,
10:52:24 THE YOUNG, AND THOSE IN THE SHADOWS OF LIFE, THE SICK,
10:52:28 THE HANDICAPPED, AND TAMPA NEEDS TO DO A BETTER JOB IN
10:52:32 DOING THAT.
10:52:32 AND I THINK THIS CITY COUNCIL WITH THE MAYOR IS VERY
10:52:36 UNITED IN MAKING THAT HAPPEN, AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE
10:52:39 THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO -- I REMEMBER, IT'S
10:52:44 FUNNY, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS, BACK IN OUR FIRST
10:52:46 BUDGET IN OCTOBER WHEN COUNCILMAN GUDES SHOCKED US ALL
10:52:52 AGAIN AND SAID I WANT $2 MILLION.
10:52:56 I HAVE NEVER SEEN THAT HAPPEN.
10:52:59 I HAD ONLY BEEN ON CITY COUNCIL FOR TWO YEARS BUT I HAVE
10:53:01 NEVER SEEN THAT HAPPEN.
10:53:02 AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR, THE MAYOR, MORE THAN MET HIM
10:53:06 HALFWAY THERE, MET HIM ALL THE WAY THERE, WITH $18
10:53:10 MILLION FOR EAST TAMPA FOR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
10:53:13 THAT'S WONDERFUL.
10:53:13 THAT'S A REAL CAUSE TO CELEBRATE.
10:53:16 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY HISTORIC FOR OUR CITY THAT
10:53:19 GOES TO THAT IDEA ON THE MORAL TEXT OF GOVERNMENT THAT
10:53:21 GOES TO THAT IDEA ON THE LEAST OF THESE FROM A RELIGIOUS
10:53:25 PERSPECTIVE.
10:53:26 SO FOR ME AND FOR ALL SEVEN OF US AND FOR THE MAYOR AND
10:53:30 CHIEF BENNETT AND EVERYBODY, IT'S JUST SO IMPORTANT, BUT
10:53:32 I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT GOES TO, WHICH IS THE CITY THAT
10:53:36 PARADES -- THAT SHOULD PRIDE ITSELF, SHOULD PRIDE ITSELF,
10:53:40 BECAUSE WE ARE A HELL OF A LONG WAY FROM THAT VERY LONG
10:53:43 WAY FROM THAT.
10:53:44 BUT IT SHOULD PRIDE ITSELF IN HOW IT TREATS THOSE WHO
10:53:47 DON'T HAVE A VOICE.
10:53:48 THAT'S WHAT IT ALL COMES DOWN TO.
10:53:50 BUT THOSE ARE WORDS OF ASPIRATIONS, AND WE ARE GOING TO
10:53:53 HOPEFULLY, GOD WILLING, WORK TO CUT DOWN THAT ASPIRATION
10:53:57 DEFICIT.
10:53:58 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
10:53:58 >>ORLANDO GUDES: IS MS. WYNN ON THE SCREEN?
10:54:04 THERE SHE IS.
10:54:05 >>OCEA WYNN: YES, I AM HERE.
10:54:07 OCEA WYNN, ADMINISTRATOR FOR NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY
10:54:10 AFFAIRS.
10:54:11 AND AS CHIEF BENNETT HAS MENTIONED, THE MAYOR, THIS
10:54:16 ADMINISTRATION, AND MY PORTFOLIO, WE ARE COMMITTED TO
10:54:20 THIS PROJECT.
10:54:21 IF YOU RECALL, WHEN WE MET, AND I HEARD SOME OF THE
10:54:24 COMMENTS ABOUT THE MEETING THAT TOOK PLACE IN AUGUST.
10:54:28 AND IF YOU RECALL DURING THAT MEETING, AT THE PRESS
10:54:32 CONFERENCE, I COMMUNICATED THAT THIS PLAN IS A BASED
10:54:38 APPROACH, THREE DIFFERENT PHASES, DESIGN PHASE WHICH WILL
10:54:41 START NOW, THIS FISCAL YEAR 2021, CONSTRUCTION TWO PHASE,
10:54:48 AND WITH AN ANTICIPATED COMPLETION DATE OF 2024-2025.
10:54:55 WE ARE STILL COMMITTED TO THIS.
10:54:59 WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED AND LOOKING AT THE DESIGN, WHAT
10:55:05 THE PROJECT COULD LOOK LIKE.
10:55:09 HOWEVER, I ALSO COMMENTED THAT WE WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD
10:55:13 WITHOUT THE COMMUNITY INPUT.
10:55:15 THIS IS A COMMUNITY PROJECT.
10:55:18 WE WOULD NEED THE COMMUNITY INPUT SO THAT WE COULD KNOW
10:55:21 WHAT IS IT THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE RESIDENTS WANT IN
10:55:26 THIS FAIR OAKS PROJECT, AND SEEKING THE COMMITMENT, WE
10:55:33 HAVE ALREADY HAD INTERNAL CONVERSATIONS IN TERMS OF HOW
10:55:38 DO WE GET THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ENGAGED NOW AS WE ARE
10:55:43 GOING THROUGH THE DESIGN PHASE SO THAT IT CAN HAVE
10:55:46 OWNERSHIP IN HOW WE PROCEED FORWARD WITH ENSURING THAT
10:55:54 THEIR COMMENTS, THEIR VISIBILITY, IS INCLUDED IN THE
10:55:59 FOOTPRINT OF THE PROJECT, NOT ONLY NOW, BUT IN GOING
10:56:03 FORWARD.
10:56:05 >>ORLANDO GUDES: (ECHO)
10:56:14 I HEARD YOUR PASSION, AND WAS WITH VIERA AT THE RIBBON
10:56:22 CUTTING AND THE LOOK ON THE FACES OF FOLKS AND ON YOUR
10:56:25 FACE, EAST TAMPA NEEDS, I HEAR THAT THE PORTION THAT FAIR
10:56:34 OAKS WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE -- TO BE ABLE TO --
10:56:48 IT GIVES A LOT OF HOPE, AND A LOT OF FUTURE SUCCESS FOR
10:56:53 WHAT WILL BE.
10:56:55 AND THANK YOU FOR LET THE COMMUNITY NOBODY THAT.
10:56:58 THIS BOARD IS COMMITTED.
10:56:59 WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY, PROPERTY
10:57:04 OWNERS, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION,ERS THIS ON BOARD WITH
10:57:07 THE CAC AND ON BOARD ON THE SAME PAGE TO GET THE BEST
10:57:10 PROJECT, THE BEST FOR EAST TAMPA.
10:57:17 THANK YOU, MS. WYNN.
10:57:21 AS FAR AS THE REAL ESTATE SITUATION, MS. WYNN, DO YOU
10:57:26 WANT TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS OF MR. DINGFELDER BEFORE YOU
10:57:28 MOVE ON?
10:57:28 >>OCEA WYNN: COUNCILMEMBER GUDES, I HAVE MONICA AMANON
10:57:40 TO SPEAK ABOUT REAL ESTATE.
10:57:42 SHE'S ON LINE AS WELL.
10:57:45 I WILL LET HER PROCEED.
10:57:46 >> DO YOU WANT CONVERSATION ABOUT 9 AND 10?
10:57:58 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE'LL TAKE 9 AND 10 SINCE REAL ESTATE
10:58:01 IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT NOW.
10:58:04 MR. DINGFELDER WANTED THAT NOW.
10:58:06 AND MS. VAN LOAN WILL SPEAK ON THE PROJECT AS WELL.
10:58:09 WE'LL TAKE THE REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT AS WELL.
10:58:14 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:58:18 I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
10:58:20 WITH RESPECT TO THE MATTER AT HAND.
10:58:25 THE CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF A RESIDENCE AND AN
10:58:28 VACANT PARCEL.
10:58:30 BOTH PARCELS ARE ADJACENT TO THE RETENTION POND AND TRAIL
10:58:36 AT THIS PARK.
10:58:40 THIS IS ANOTHER ACQUISITION, TWO ACQUISITIONS THAT THE
10:58:43 CITY NEED TO DO TO PROVIDE THE PARK WITH AN IMPORTANT
10:58:46 PART OF ITS EXPANSION THERE.
10:58:49 BECAUSE WITH THE ACQUISITION, THE COMPLETION OF THIS
10:58:51 CONTRACT AND THE NEXT ONE, WE WILL BE ABLE TO CORRECT IT
10:58:57 WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE PHYSICAL LAND
10:59:02 ACQUISITION IN ORDER FOR THE AMENITIES THAT ARE
10:59:08 CONTEMPLATED.
10:59:08 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:59:14 YES, MA'AMS.
10:59:16 I CAN'T SEE YOU BUT I HEARD YOU.
10:59:18 WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU DID.
10:59:21 SO MY SPECIFIC QUESTION WAS THE CAC CHAIRMAN HAS
10:59:26 REQUESTED ADDITIONAL TIME, FROM A REAL ESTATE
10:59:30 PERSPECTIVE -- THERE YOU ARE -- FROM A REAL ESTATE
10:59:33 PERSPECTIVE, THE CONTRACT IS TIME SENSITIVE, IN OTHER
10:59:39 WORDS, IF WE DEFER THESE ITEMS FOR AN ADDITIONAL MONTH
10:59:43 BEFORE WE VOTED ON THEM, WOULD THAT PUT EITHER OF THESE
10:59:47 CONTRACTS IN JEOPARDY?
10:59:48 >> IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF GETTING UNDER CONTRACT SO WE
10:59:52 CAN CONTROL THE PROPERTIES, SO I WOULD SAY THERE IS A
10:59:56 VERY HIGH LEVEL OF IMPORTANCE HERE FOR TIMING PURPOSES.
10:59:59 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SO WE ARE NOT UNDER CONTRACT ON THESE
11:00:03 PROPERTIES YET?
11:00:05 WE ARE JUST TALKING ABOUT?
11:00:06 >> NO, WE HAVE A CONTRACT FOR SALE.
11:00:09 THE SELLER HAS EXECUTED, SIGNED THE CONTRACT.
11:00:14 IT WILL GO IN FRONT OF COUNCIL FOR AUTHORIZATION FOR THE
11:00:17 MAYOR'S SIGNATURE ON THE CONTRACT.
11:00:19 SO THAT IT CAN BE AN EXECUTED DOCUMENT.
11:00:22 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I DON'T HAVE THE CONTRACT IN FRONT OF
11:00:25 ME.
11:00:26 IT MIGHT BE IN THE AGENDA.
11:00:27 BUT SPECIFICALLY, IS THE CONTRACT TIME SENSITIVE IN TERMS
11:00:31 OF ON THE CITY'S SIDE TO CLOSURE, IN REGARDS TO DO HAVE
11:00:37 WE HAVE 60 DAYS, 90 DAYS?
11:00:40 WHAT DO WE HAVE?
11:00:41 IS THERE ANY TIME ISSUE?
11:00:43 >> WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO CLOSE ON THESE PROPERTIES, AND
11:00:48 THEY ARE OUTLINED IN THE CONTRACT ITSELF.
11:00:50 60 DAYS WITH ADDITIONAL 60 DAYS DUE DILIGENCE.
11:00:53 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ARE WE IN DUE DILIGENCE RIGHT NOW?
11:00:58 >> NO, WE ARE NOT UNDER CONTRACT YET.
11:01:02 IT'S FOR THE SELLER TO SIGN AND RETURN.
11:01:05 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY RELATIONSHIP
11:01:08 RIGHT NOW.
11:01:08 >> THAT'S CORRECT.
11:01:09 THAT'S WHY WE ARE --
11:01:11 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ALL RIGHT, THANKS.
11:01:12 >>BILL CARLSON: I THINK THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY THE
11:01:21 CAC CHAIR MRS. BURTON IS THIS WAS NOT APPROVED BY THE
11:01:25 CAC.
11:01:26 AS I UNDERSTAND IT.
11:01:27 AND THEY WONDER WHY THIS MONEY HAS TO COME OUT OF THE CRA
11:01:31 BUDGET IN STUDY OF THE CITY'S OTHER BUDGETS.
11:01:37 DOES ANYBODY WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT?
11:01:39 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK MS. VAN LOAN CAN ANSWER THAT.
11:01:44 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: GOOD MORNING.
11:01:46 MICHELLE VAN LOAN.
11:01:48 IN DECEMBER 2019, THE CRA BOARD ALREADY VOTED AND
11:01:52 APPROVED $200,000 TO GO TOWARDS THE IMPROVEMENT AT FAIR
11:01:57 OAKS.
11:01:58 IT IS GENERALLY CRA POLICY THAT WE DO NOT SPEND THAT ON
11:02:01 VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION TOWARDS THE IMPROVEMENTS OF THE
11:02:05 BUILDING, BUT WE WOULD USE IT FOR SITE WORK IMPROVEMENTS
11:02:07 FOR THE PARKS OR ISSUES LIKE THIS WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE
11:02:12 OR ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY TO MAKE THE COMPLEX.
11:02:16 SO THE QUESTION BEFORE YOU IS THE $200,000 THAT YOU HAVE
11:02:19 ALREADY APPROVED TO GO TOWARDS FAIR OAKS, SHOULD IT BE
11:02:23 USED FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THESE TWO PROPERTIES WITHIN
11:02:26 THE GAP OF 46,000.
11:02:30 IF YOU DON'T APPROVE THE 46,000 IT WOULD BE INCUMBENT
11:02:33 UPON THE CITY TO THEN FILL THAT GAP BUT CRA BOARD HAS
11:02:36 ALREADY APPROVED 200,000 TOWARDS FAIR OAKS.
11:02:38 >>BILL CARLSON: BECAUSE WE VOTED ON THAT, WE ARE GOING
11:02:46 TO SPEND 200,000 ON SOMETHING, AND SO MAY AS WELL BE
11:02:50 THIS, AND THIS IS THE FIRST PLEASE.
11:02:53 I DON'T THINK ANYBODY, BY THE WAY, DISAGREES WITH BUYING
11:02:55 THESE PROPERTIES BECAUSE IT WILL MAKE THE PARK BIGGER AND
11:02:59 GETTING MORE AMENITIES TO THE COMMUNITY.
11:03:03 IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE CITY COULD PICK UP THE EXTRA
11:03:05 46,000?
11:03:08 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: WELL, IS THE CRA ABLE TO ADDRESS
11:03:12 THAT?
11:03:17 >>OCEA WYNN: YES, AND I DO NOT THINK THAT WOULD BE A
11:03:21 PROBLEM FOR THE CITY TO PICK UP THE OTHER 46,000.
11:03:24 >>BILL CARLSON: WELL -- AND WITH RESPECT TO MS. BURTON
11:03:34 AND THE CAC, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE APPROVED MONTHS
11:03:38 AGO PRIOR TO THE SEEDING OF THIS CAC.
11:03:42 SO I WOULD JUST APOLOGIZE, IF THIS IS IN FRONT OF US AND
11:03:46 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE GOING TO NEED ANYWAY, THEN
11:03:52 WE WOULD PROBABLY GO OUT AND SPEND THIS MONEY AND THEN
11:03:55 ANYTHING ELSE, I THINK WE WOULD LISTEN TO CAC'S CONCERNS.
11:03:59 I THINK THEIR CONCERNS IS HAVING THE CRA SPEND MONEY ON
11:04:03 THINGS THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE SPENT ANYWAY,
11:04:06 AND SO THEN THE CAC'S MONEY WOULDN'T ENHANCE, JUST BE
11:04:13 REPLACING.
11:04:13 THE OTHER THING THAT DIDN'T COME UP I THINK SO FAR TODAY,
11:04:16 THERE WERE SOME FOLKS THAT WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
11:04:19 WILLINGNESS OF THE SELLERS.
11:04:23 COULD YOU TELL US JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY WHAT PROCESS YOU
11:04:26 WENT THROUGH WITH THE SELLERS, AND ARE THEY WILLING
11:04:29 SELLERS AND DON THEY FEEL LIKE THEY GOT A FAIR PRICE?
11:04:33 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: ABOUT A YEAR AGO OUR REAL ESTATE
11:04:35 DIVISION APPROACHED THE PROPERTY OWNERS ALONG CARACAS TO
11:04:39 BE SEE IF THERE WAS INTEREST.
11:04:40 AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS NOT.
11:04:42 DURING 2020, MR. PATTERSON, WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF THESE
11:04:47 TWO PROPERTIES, CAME BACK TO THE CITY AND INDICATED THAT,
11:04:50 YES, HE HAD TALKED TO HIS FAMILY AND HE'S NOW LOOKING TO
11:04:54 DOWNSIZE HIS HOME TO A MORE APPROPRIATE HOME FOR THIS
11:04:58 STAGE OF HIS LIFE, AND THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SELL HIS
11:05:01 PROPERTIES TO THE CITY.
11:05:02 HE THEN ENGAGED THE IN NEGOTIATION WAS OUR REAL ESTATE
11:05:06 DEPARTMENT AND CAME TO A MUTUALLY AGREED UPON PRICE FOR
11:05:09 THE TWO PROPERTIES AFTER WE HAD DONE APPRAISALS ON THE
11:05:12 PROPERTIES, AND SO HE'S NOW READY TO MOVE FORWARD AND
11:05:16 WOULD LIKE TO BE SEE THE SALE HAPPEN.
11:05:18 >>BILL CARLSON: AND THANK YOU TO HIM FOR HIS WILLINGNESS
11:05:20 TO SELL TO THE CITY, WITH THE LARGER PLANS THAT THE MAYOR
11:05:23 HAS, THIS WILL BE A GREAT PARK WITH THE ADDITIONAL
11:05:27 AMENITIES AND THE LARGER SPACE.
11:05:29 THANK YOU.
11:05:30 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
11:05:34 MS. VAN LOAN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD FOR -- I'M
11:05:38 SORRY, SIR.
11:05:39 YOU ARE RECOGNIZED, SIR.
11:05:42 MR. MIRANDA?
11:05:42 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU.
11:05:48 I HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO THE COMMENTS FROM THE BEGINNING
11:05:51 OF MANY PEOPLE WHO SPOKE TODAY IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT,
11:05:54 AND THE OPPORTUNITY IN THE 3-MINUTE SECTION, AND FROM
11:05:59 WHAT I REMEMBER, 99% WERE IN FAVOR OF THE PARK BEING
11:06:06 STARTED, AND COMPLETED IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WHEN YOU LOOK
11:06:10 BACK AND ON FEBRUARY 20th OF -- STATED THAT THEY
11:06:21 WANTED TO PUT $200,000 FOR THE FUTURE.
11:06:28 IT'S INCUMBENT TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE PURCHASE OF THESE
11:06:34 TWO PROPERTIES, WHAT HAPPENED.
11:06:35 THE FAIR OAKS COMMUNITY CENTER MIGHT BE DELAYED.
11:06:37 I'M NOT SAYING IT WILL BE.
11:06:39 IT MIGHT BE DELAYED.
11:06:44 SEPTEMBER 20 OF 19 ALREADY APPROVED THE $200,000
11:06:48 PURCHASE.
11:06:49 THE INDIVIDUAL WHO OWNS THESE PROPERTIES, AT THAT TIME
11:06:54 THERE WAS NO COMMITMENT, ONE TO SELL AND THE OTHER TO
11:06:58 BUY.
11:06:58 THAT CHANGED.
11:07:00 THE INDIVIDUAL NOW CAME TO THE CITY, AS I UNDERSTAND BY
11:07:03 WHAT MS. VAN LOAN STATED, AND WAS WILLING TO MAKE THE
11:07:06 PURCHASE, THE SELLER TO THE PURCHASER.
11:07:11 THE SELLER WAS THE PROPERTY OWNER OR THE CITY OF TAMPA OR
11:07:14 THE CRA, HOWEVER YOU LOOK AT IT, IT'S STILL A GOVERNMENT
11:07:18 ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
11:07:20 SO THEN WHAT HAPPENED?
11:07:24 IS IT TIME SENSITIVE?
11:07:26 I DON'T KNOW.
11:07:28 BUT LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY.
11:07:31 THERE'S A CONTRACT SIGNED BY WHAT PARTY?
11:07:35 IT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE OTHER PARTY,.
11:07:41 MENT TO ME IT'S TIME SENSITIVE BECAUSE IF THAT
11:07:43 CONTRACT -- THAT MEANS THE SELLER SELLS TO SOMEONE ELSE
11:07:47 WHO MAY WANT TO SELL IT TO THE CITY OR THE CRA FOR A
11:07:50 PROFIT.
11:07:50 I AM NOT SAYING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
11:07:52 BUT THERE'S ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY WHEN YOU LOOK AT REAL
11:07:55 ESTATE DEALS.
11:07:57 YOU HAVE AN OFFER TO SELL.
11:08:00 AND YOU HAVE A PURCHASER TO BUY.
11:08:04 I WOULD IMAGINE THAT DUE DILIGENCE BY BOTH PARTIES, THE
11:08:07 SELLER WANTED TO SELL AND AGREED TO THE PRICE $195,000.
11:08:15 THE PURCHASER HAD DONE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE BY HAVING IT
11:08:19 APPRAISED.
11:08:21 SO SOMEHOW, YOU CAN'T HAVE ONE PURCHASER AND ONE SELLER
11:08:26 DISAGREE IN A CONTRACT GOING THROUGH.
11:08:29 BOTH PARTIES HAVE TO BE AGREE.
11:08:32 I WOULD ASSUME THAT BOTH DID THEIR DUE DILIGENCE.
11:08:36 THE SELLER ON BEHALF OF HIS FAMILY, AND THE PURCHASER ON
11:08:39 BEHALF OF THE TAXPAYER.
11:08:42 THAT HAS BEEN NEGOTIATED AND BEEN ACCEPTED.
11:08:45 SO FOR US TO WALK AWAY AND SAY WE ARE NOT GOING TO
11:08:49 PURCHASE WOULD BE A DELAY, AND THE GOOD PEOPLE THAT HAVE
11:08:56 BEEN LOOKING AND WAITING TO SEE NOT A PARK BUT A
11:09:00 COMMUNITY CENTER AND FAIR OAKS COMPLETED IN THE NECESSARY
11:09:03 FOUGHT.
11:09:05 BUT THERE'S GOT TO BE A START.
11:09:09 DIVISION, IT'S ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY.
11:09:11 AND THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT THING.
11:09:13 CERTAINLY YOU ARE ENTITLED TO HAVE YOUR OPINION.
11:09:15 THAT'S NOT WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT.
11:09:17 BUT WHAT I HEAR ABOUT SOME PEOPLE THAT WANT TO LOOK AT
11:09:21 THINGS, ALL OF US GOT ELECTED INCLUDING THOSE IN THE CRA
11:09:27 THAT RUN THE MEETING AND OPERATE WITHIN THE CONFINES OF
11:09:32 ALL THE LAWS THAT WE HAVE, INCLUDING EVERYONE THAT WE
11:09:36 HAVE, ALL THE CRAs.
11:09:41 BUT SOMEONE NOT FAVORABLE OF MYSELF OR CITY COUNCIL
11:09:45 MEMBERS, ANYONE, THERE'S AN ELECTION COMING TWO YEARS
11:09:49 FROM NOW.
11:09:51 IF SOMEONE IS NOT HAPPY WITH THE LEADERSHIP THEY HAVE IN
11:09:53 THE CRA, IT'S UP TO THOSE THAT LIVE IN THAT DISTRICT,
11:09:57 THOSE THAT WORK IN THERE, THOSE THAT PLAY THERE, THOSE
11:10:00 THAT LIVE THERE, TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES.
11:10:05 SO I HEARD COUNCIL MEMBERS EXPRESS THEIR OPINION.
11:10:10 I THANK COUNCILMAN CARLSON AND I THINK MR. VIERA SPOKE
11:10:15 THE SAME WAY AND I FEEL THE SAME WAY.
11:10:17 I BELIEVE IT HAS TO BE DONE.
11:10:19 I KNOW THE SECOND OF MARCH IS A TUESDAY, THE LAST TUESDAY
11:10:27 IN FEBRUARY.
11:10:29 IT'S BEEN THERE FOR A SHORT TIME.
11:10:35 IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE WHETHER WE PURCHASE OR NOT.
11:10:37 UNDERSTAND THAT.
11:10:38 IF WE DON'T MAKE A PURCHASE, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?
11:10:42 IF YOU DO MAKE A PURCHASE, AND THEY ARE NOT HAPPY, YOU
11:10:46 STILL HAVE SOMETHING WHETHER IT'S TODAY, TOMORROW, OR THE
11:10:51 NEXT YEAR OR SO, BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET EXACTLY
11:10:56 WHAT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD DESERVES.
11:10:59 AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A GREAT PLACE FOR THE YOUNG KIDS
11:11:03 AND THOSE LIKE MYSELF ALSO PARTICIPATE, AND OPPORTUNITY
11:11:10 TO WALK AND PLAY, AND SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING EXCITING,
11:11:18 SOMETHING THAT REJUVENATES THE MIND, AND YOU HAVE AN
11:11:21 OPPORTUNITIES TO GO TO WATCH THE SUNSET, AN OPPORTUNITY
11:11:24 TO WALK, AN OPPORTUNITIES TO PLAY SPORTS IF THAT'S WHAT
11:11:27 YOU WANT TO DO, BUT IT'S THERE.
11:11:28 IT'S UP TO YOU TO DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO OR NOT DO
11:11:31 ANYTHING.
11:11:31 SO WHAT I AM SAYING, I AM LEANING TO VOTE TO PARTICIPATE
11:11:36 AND BUY THE PROPERTY, AT LEAST HAVE THE FOOTPRINT OF WHAT
11:11:44 THE NEIGHBORS AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OR CRA MEMBERS, AND
11:11:48 THIS ADMINISTRATION WANT TO PRESENT AND TO PLAN.
11:11:52 WHAT HAPPENS WITHOUT THE PARK?
11:11:56 IT WILL NEVER BE COMPLETED.
11:11:58 PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET SHORTCHANGED.
11:12:00 THEREFORE I DON'T WANTS THAT TO HAPPEN IN THAT
11:12:02 NEIGHBORHOOD OR NO NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:12:04 IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO SOMETHING TO SET THE
11:12:09 FOOTPRINT OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
11:12:11 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:12:11 >>ORLANDO GUDES: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:12:16 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:12:19 AS MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE TO HONOR MS. BURTONS, THE
11:12:26 CHAIRMAN'S REQUEST, LIKE MR. MIRANDA, I HAVE GOT SOME
11:12:29 PROBLEM WITH IT, AND THE PROBLEM IS AS STATED BY THE TWO
11:12:34 LADIES FROM REAL ESTATE, WE ARE NOT UNDERSTOOD CONTRACT.
11:12:37 APPARENTLY, FOR WHATEVER REASON, WE ARE NOT UNDER
11:12:42 CONTRACT YET UNTIL WE APPROVE IT AND THEN IT MOVES
11:12:44 FORWARD THROUGH THE VARIOUS PROCESSES.
11:12:49 AND SINCE WE ARE NOT UNDER CONTRACT, THAT DISTURBS ME
11:12:52 GREATLY.
11:12:52 THESE PARCELS COULD BE BOUGHT BY SOMEBODY ELSE, AND THEN
11:12:55 THEY COULD JACK THE PRAISE UP.
11:12:57 SO IF WE WANT THEM AND NEED THEM.
11:13:02 YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S $400,000 TOTAL BETWEEN THE TWO OF
11:13:06 THEM OR THEREABOUTS.
11:13:08 YOU KNOW, THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY, ON THE ONE HAND.
11:13:11 BUT COMPARED TO THE $18 MILLION POTENTIAL PRICE TAG OF
11:13:15 THE ENTIRE PROJECT, IT'S REALLY A DROP IN THE BUCKET.
11:13:18 SO THE FACT THAT THE CRA MIGHT BE KICKING IN $400,000
11:13:24 GIVE OR TAKE, I THINK IS A GREAT DEAL FOR THE
11:13:29 NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE COMMUNITY IN REGARD TO GETTING THIS
11:13:34 THING DONE.
11:13:35 SO LET'S QUIT TALKING ABOUT IT AND LET'S START MOVING
11:13:38 FORWARD WITH TANGIBLE PROGRESS, IF THAT INCLUDES BUYING
11:13:43 THESE TWO PARCELS, THAT THE CITY ADMINISTRATION HAS
11:13:46 DETERMINED ARE INTEGRAL TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE ENTIRE
11:13:50 PROJECT.
11:13:52 SO WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO MADAM CHAIRMAN OF THE CAC, I
11:13:57 THINK I WILL SUPPORT THESE TWO ITEMS TODAY JUST FOR THAT
11:14:01 REASON.
11:14:02 BECAUSE IF WE DON'T SUPPORT IT AND WE DON'T MOVE FORWARD
11:14:04 FROM A REAL ESTATE PERSPECTIVE, WE COULD JEOPARDIES THEM
11:14:07 AND LOSE THEM.
11:14:09 AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOOD BUSINESS DECISION.
11:14:11 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
11:14:13 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIR, I AM JUST WONDERING IF MS.
11:14:17 VAN LOAN IS FINISHED WITH HER PRESENTATIONS OF ITEMS 9
11:14:21 AND 10.
11:14:21 IF SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE RESOLUTIONS ON BOTH.
11:14:25 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: IF I COULD JUST ADD ONE COMMENT.
11:14:28 AS OF YOUR DECEMBER MOTION IN 2019 TO PUT $200,000
11:14:33 TOWARDS FAIR OAKS, I THEN HAD THE AUTHORITY TO SPEND THAT
11:14:35 $200,000.
11:14:37 I DID NOT JUST AUTHORIZE REAL ESTATE TO USE THAT 200,000.
11:14:42 I CAME BACK TO THE CAC ONCE WE KNEW WE HAD APPRAISALS AND
11:14:45 ONCE WE KNEW WE HAD A PRICE, AND COMING BACK TO YOU TO
11:14:48 ASK YOU IF IT'S AN ACCEPTABLE USE OF THE MONEY YOU HAVE
11:14:51 AUTHORIZED, SO THIS IS NOT A BACK DAR EFFORT BY STAFF.
11:14:55 I COULD HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT BRINGING THIS TO ANYONE AS
11:14:58 I WAS AUTHORIZED TO ALREADY USE THOSE FUNDS.
11:15:01 SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR, I AM COMING BACK TO BE
11:15:04 FULLY TRANSPARENT.
11:15:05 WHAT WE PLAN ON DOING WITH THE FUNDS THAT YOU HAVE
11:15:08 AUTHORIZED ME TO SPEND ON THIS PROJECT.
11:15:09 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
11:15:11 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I THANK MS. VAN LOAN.
11:15:15 >>MORRIS MASSEY: BEFORE YOU VOTE, I WANT TO CLARIFY A
11:15:18 COUPLE OF THINGS.
11:15:18 THE FIRST ITEM 9 IS A RESOLUTION FOR THE PURCHASE OF 3503
11:15:22 EAST CARACAS, THE PURCHASE PRICE IS $195,000, WITH
11:15:28 ESTIMATED CLOSING COSTS OF 4,000, BUT 199 THOUSAND
11:15:32 DOLLARS TOTAL FOR ITEM NUMBER 9.
11:15:33 ITEM 10 IS FOR ADJACENT PROPERTY, 3501 EAST CARACAS WHICH
11:15:39 IS VACANT.
11:15:40 SO THE PURCHASE PRICE OF THAT IS $45,000.
11:15:45 COSTS OF APPROXIMATELY $2,000.
11:15:46 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A TOTAL EXPENDITURE OF $246,000.
11:15:54 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION.
11:16:00 SO THAT'S EVEN BETTER.
11:16:02 $250,000 INSTEAD OF 400,000.
11:16:04 >>LUIS VIERA: AND I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING COUNCILMAN
11:16:10 DINGFELDER SAID.
11:16:10 I THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS, SIR. I WANT TO ADD
11:16:13 SOMETHING AND I KNOW HE WILL AGREE WHICH IS SOMETHING
11:16:17 THAT WE ARE ALL TRYING TO AVOID IS WE HAVE A NEW BOARD
11:16:23 OVER HERE AT THE CAC.
11:16:25 AND ANY INFERENCE THAT THIS VOTE WOULD BE ANY KIND OF A
11:16:31 DISREGARD OF THE LEADERSHIP THERE IS SOMETHING THAT I
11:16:33 THINK WE WOULD ALL AGREE WITH IS NOT, SO THERE IS
11:16:38 COMPELLING ISSUES THAT WOULD CAUSE US TO SUPPORT THIS.
11:16:41 I THINK THE ISSUES LIKE THIS CAN BE PREVENTED IN THE
11:16:45 FUTURE, WITH CAC AND WITH STAFF, ET CETERA.
11:16:48 BUT I THINK THAT ALL OF US AGREE WITH THE ENACT WE ARE
11:16:52 EXCITED ABOUT THE INVOLVEMENT THAT'S AT THE BOARD, AND
11:16:55 WHEN MRS. BURTON TALKS ABOUT THE MANY, MANY PEOPLE WOULD
11:16:59 SHOW UP, ET CETERA, THAT'S A WONDERFUL THING AND WE WANT
11:17:01 TO CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE THAT.
11:17:03 SO I SEE THIS VOTE AS A CONTINUED COLLABORATIVE STEP,
11:17:08 THAT WITH THE CHALLENGE THAT CAN BE HOPEFULLY AVOIDED IN
11:17:11 THE FUTURE.
11:17:12 JUST WANTED TO ADD ON THAT.
11:17:14 THANK YOU, SIR.
11:17:14 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR ITEM
11:17:19 NUMBER 9.
11:17:22 >>JOSEPH CITRO: AGAIN, IF I MAY, THANK YOU, MRS. VAN
11:17:24 LOAN, FOR DOING EXPRESSLY WHAT I BELIEVE COUNCILMAN VIERA
11:17:31 WAS SAYING.
11:17:32 SHE SAID SHE HAD THE AUTHORITY TO GO AHEAD AND SPEND THE
11:17:34 MONEY.
11:17:35 BUT BEING THE TRUE WONDERFUL PERSON THAT SHE IS, DECIDED
11:17:38 TO BRING IT BACK FOR TRANSPARENCY SO THAT EVERYBODY KNEW
11:17:45 EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING ON.
11:17:46 MRS. VAN LOAN, THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
11:17:48 I DO APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK AND YOUR EFFORTS.
11:17:50 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
11:17:51 >>ORLANDO GUDES: CAN WE TAKE BOTH THE MOTIONS OF 9 AND
11:17:55 10?
11:17:59 >>MORRIS MASSEY: I WOULD TAKE THEM SEPARATELY.
11:18:01 >> I WILL CHANGE MY VOTE TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION FOR ITEM
11:18:04 NUMBER 9.
11:18:05 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:18:08 ANY DISCUSSION?
11:18:10 ANY DISCUSSION?
11:18:11 ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
11:18:12 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:18:13 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:18:17 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
11:18:18 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:18:21 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:18:23 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:18:24 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:18:25 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:18:26 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
11:18:29 MAY I MOVE THE RESOLUTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 10?
11:18:32 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ITEM NUMBER 10 AND SECOND.
11:18:39 ANY DISCUSSION?
11:18:39 ROLL CALL.
11:18:40 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:18:43 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:18:44 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:18:46 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
11:18:47 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:18:48 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:18:49 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:18:50 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:18:51 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ITEM NUMBER 3.
11:18:55 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: WE'LL NOW MOVE TO OUR STAFF REPORTS
11:18:58 AND I WILL BRING UP VALERIE FERRELL TO START STAFF
11:19:05 REPORTS.
11:19:11 >> GOOD MORNING.
11:19:18 FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, I WILL GO THROUGH THE FOUR
11:19:22 DISTRICTS PRETTY QUICKLY AND WAIT FOR QUESTIONS AT THE
11:19:24 END IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
11:19:27 I WILL START WITH DOWNTOWN.
11:19:29 IF YOU WILL PULL UP THE PRESENTATION, PLEASE.
11:19:34 STAFF COORDINATED A MEETING WITH OUR DOWNTOWN CAC AND
11:19:37 RECEIVED A PRESENTATION FROM THE STRAZ CENTER REGARDING
11:19:40 THEIR MASTER PLAN, AND STAFF CONTINUES TO WORK DILIGENTLY
11:19:44 ON THAT FUNDING REQUEST.
11:19:46 AND AS YOU KNOW, OUR ADMINISTRATION, OUR LEADERSHIP, AND
11:19:51 MS. VAN LOAN AND MYSELF ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO BRING
11:19:53 THAT BACK TO THIS BOARD AT A LATER DATE.
11:19:56 WE ALSO PROCESSED TWO ADDITIONAL CULTURAL ASSETS, GRANTS,
11:20:00 FOR THE COVID-19 FUNDING THROUGH TAMPA MUSEUM OF ART AND
11:20:05 TAMPA BAY HISTORY CENTER.
11:20:06 YOU WILL SEE THOSE IN YOUR AGENDA LATER.
11:20:09 TO DATE WE HAVE 1.6 MILLION ALLOCATED, AND WE ARE VERY
11:20:13 EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO HELP OUR PARTNERS ADDRESS COAST
11:20:16 TODAY, TO OPEN SAFELY.
11:20:19 WITH THAT TAMPA THEATER REOPENS TODAY.
11:20:21 SO THEY WILL BE SHOWING SCREENINGS OF THE FATHER THROUGH
11:20:25 MARCH 21st.
11:20:26 I HOPE EACH OF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT OUR
11:20:30 PARTNER NOW THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO REOPEN SAFELY.
11:20:36 INDIRECT ACTIVITY IS THE HEART AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE
11:20:42 PROGRAM.
11:20:43 IF ANY OF YOU SAW THE SMART AV RUNNING ON THE MARION
11:20:46 TRANSIT CORRIDOR.
11:20:48 THIS IN OPERATION SINCE OCTOBER.
11:20:50 THEY HAVE JUST EXTENDED HOURS SO THEY HAVE A SECOND
11:20:53 SHUTTLE THAT WAS ADDED RECENTLY.
11:20:55 SO NOW THIS IS AN OPERATION FROM 6 A.M. TO 7 P.M.
11:20:59 IT'S AN ADDITIONAL TRANSIT OPTION IN DOWNTOWN FOR ANYONE
11:21:02 THAT IS VISITING THE AREA OR IS COMMUTING AND WHEREVER
11:21:09 THEY PARK IN DOWNTOWN, AND I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE
11:21:11 EVERYONE TO USE THIS.
11:21:12 IT IS A PILOT PROGRAM.
11:21:14 HART WOULD BE CERTAINLY PLEASED TO SEE THAT RIDERSHIP
11:21:16 INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN LOOK TO EXPAND THIS PROGRAM IN
11:21:19 OTHER AREAS.
11:21:20 ALSO, I JUST WANT TO PUT IN INFORMATION FOR OUR DOWNTOWN
11:21:24 PARTNERSHIP.
11:21:24 WE DID RECEIVE -- THE CITY IS NUMBER 1 FRIENDLY FOR
11:21:31 CITIES BY AMERICAN LEAGUE FOR BICYCLISTS AS ANOTHER PLUG
11:21:35 FOR TRANSIT OPTIONS.
11:21:36 WE HAVE OUR DOWNTOWN SHUTTLE WHICH PROVIDES THE DOOR TO
11:21:39 DOOR LAST MAIL AS A TRANSIT OPTION.
11:21:41 AND OF COURSE WE ALSO ALWAYS HAVE THE STREETCARS.
11:21:44 PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND.
11:21:46 PLEASE ENCOURAGE OUR COLLEAGUES AND OUR WORKERS DOWNTOWN
11:21:48 TO BE USE THOSE TRANSIT OPTIONS, BECAUSE WE CERTAINLY
11:21:51 CANNOT SUSTAIN VEHICLE TRAFFIC TO CONTINUE TO GROW IN OUR
11:21:56 CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS.
11:21:59 I WILL MOVE ON TO CHANNEL DISTRICT.
11:22:02 AS YOU CAN SEE, AS I SAID, WE ARE NOT GOING TO SUSTAIN
11:22:05 VEHICLE TRAFFIC.
11:22:06 WE ARE DOING SOME ROAD CONSTRUCTION, BUT THIS IS TO
11:22:08 INCREASE SAFETY AND PUBLIC REALM IMPROVEMENTS ON
11:22:12 CHANNELSIDE DRIVE, WHICH JUST BEGAN IN THE MID FEBRUARY,
11:22:16 FEBRUARY 15th, LAST MONTH.
11:22:19 SO THIS IS A PHOTOGRAPH RIGHT ON CHANNELSIDE DRIVE.
11:22:21 WE ARE STARTING THIS WORK IN AN EFFORT, AS I SAID, TO
11:22:25 INVEST IN SAFETY, INFRASTRUCTURE AND BEAUTIFICATION.
11:22:28 THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO TAKE APPROXIMATELY 8 MONTHS WITH
11:22:31 ANTICIPATED COMPLETION BY OCTOBER.
11:22:33 BUT I HAVE TO SAY THAT 2021 IS GOING TO BE A MAJOR YEAR
11:22:38 FOR INVESTMENT IN CHANNEL DISTRICT, AND AS YOU CAN SEE,
11:22:40 THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT WILL BEGIN IN 2021 IS
11:22:44 SIGNIFICANT.
11:22:45 SO IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A DRIVE-THROUGH THE
11:22:48 DISTRICT, TAKE A LOOK AT THE CURRENT CONDITION OF ROADS,
11:22:51 SIDEWALKS, LANDSCAPING, THINGS LIKE THAT, AND BY NEXT
11:22:55 YEAR IT'S GOING TO BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
11:22:58 SO CRA HAS CERTAINLY TAKEN A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT AND
11:23:02 ENERGY IN PLANNING THESE IMPROVEMENTS AND WE ARE EXCITED
11:23:05 TO SEE OUR PARTNERS PULL THIS TOGETHER.
11:23:09 KIMMINS HAS BEEN A GREAT CONTRACTOR TO WORK WITH, AND OUR
11:23:11 DESIGN TEAM CERTAINLY PULLED THIS TOGETHER VERY NICELY.
11:23:15 SO WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE THAT UNDERWAY.
11:23:18 ALSO, WE HOPE EVERYONE IS AS EXCITED AS I AM AT THE CRP,
11:23:26 SAP COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN AND STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN.
11:23:31 OUR CAC IS GOING TO BE VERY INVOLVED WITH OUR PUBLIC
11:23:35 ENGAGEMENT AND STAKEHOLDER INPUT PROCESS.
11:23:38 SO WE ARE WAITING FOR OUR CONSULTANTS TO GIVE US A DRAFT
11:23:42 PLAN ON HOW WE EXPECT TO ROLL THAT OUT.
11:23:44 IT'S GOING TO BE A FEW WORKSHOPS AS WELL AS STAKEHOLDER
11:23:47 INTERVIEWS THAT WILL BE KICKED OFF VERY SOON.
11:23:50 AND OUR CAC MEMBERS ARE HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH THAT.
11:23:52 ALSO, MADISON STREET PARK IS SET TO HAVE THEIR GRAND
11:23:56 REOPENING, AND THAT'S REALLY DUE TO COVID, WE WERE NOT
11:23:59 ABLE TO CELEBRATE THE COMPLETION OF THIS BEAUTIFUL PARK
11:24:02 IN THE STATE OF COVID LAST YEAR.
11:24:04 SO MARCH 15th WHICH IS MONDAY, THERE'S GOING TO BE A
11:24:07 RIBBON CUTTING.
11:24:08 WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE.
11:24:09 BRING YOUR DOG.
11:24:10 BRING THE FAMILY AND ENJOY JUST A FEW HOURS AT THE PARK.
11:24:13 IT'S CERTAINLY A BEAUTIFUL PLACE.
11:24:17 AND TAMPA HEIGHTS, WE ARE EXCITED, I AM SURE MOST OF YOU
11:24:21 HAVE SEEN THE EXCLUSIVE TAMPA BAY BUSINESS JOURNAL
11:24:24 ANNOUNCEMENT, PFIZER IS GOING INTO THE HEIGHTS BUILDING
11:24:28 AND THIS IS A VERY HUGE WIN FOR THIS DISTRICT, BECAUSE
11:24:32 IT'S GOING TO BRING A LOT OF ATTENTION TO THIS JOB
11:24:36 GENERATOR, AND IT'S GOING TO BE AN MAJOR HUB FOR PFIZER.
11:24:42 THERE'S ONLY SIX CENTERS OF THIS NATURE WORLDWIDE, AND
11:24:46 IT'S AN ATTENTION GETTER BECAUSE THE JOB GENERATION IS
11:24:48 GOING TO BE A PUSH FOR A LOT OF US TO FOCUS ON OUR
11:24:51 QUALITY OF LIFE, NOT ONLY IN THIS DISTRICT BUT COMMUNITY
11:24:54 WIDE, BECAUSE CERTAINLY THE PEOPLE COMING TO WORK IN THIS
11:24:57 FACILITY, IF THEY ARE NOT ALREADY WORKING REMOTELY, ARE
11:25:00 GOING TO BE LOOKING TO RELOCATE 'N AND/OR BRING THEIR
11:25:03 FAMILIES HERE, AND THAT'S CERTAINLY GOING TO BE A PUSH
11:25:06 FOR US TO STEP UP OUR GAME IN A LOT OF COMMUNITIES
11:25:10 THAT WE SERVE.
11:25:11 AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD WE SERVE.
11:25:14 AND IN CENTRAL PARK, WE CERTAINLY WERE EXCITED TO HOST
11:25:18 DARRYL SHAW AND HIS PARTNERING ORGANIZATION TO DISCUSS
11:25:22 SOME VISIONS AND CONCEPT PLANS FOR HIS PROJECT AT THE
11:25:26 FORMER TAMPA PARK APARTMENTS, AND IT'S A SIGNIFICANT
11:25:29 INVESTMENT IN REDEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE.
11:25:31 WE UNDERSTAND THAT A LOT OF HIS VISIONING AND CONCEPTS
11:25:35 ARE STILL IN THE VERY EARLY STAGES.
11:25:38 THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS WILL LIKELY BEGIN WITH
11:25:41 HIS PARTNERS IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.
11:25:44 THEY VISITED CENTRAL PARK CAC AS WELL AS YBOR.
11:25:48 SO MS. COURTNEY ORR TALKS ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
11:25:51 AND SHE'S HOPING TO CONTINUE THE NARRATIVE WITHIN ALL OF
11:25:55 THE COMMUNITIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AS WELL AS CITY
11:25:59 STAFF AND DEPARTMENTS.
11:26:00 AND ON THAT NOTE, I WILL TURN TO, IF WE COULD TURN OFF
11:26:05 THE PowerPoint, I JUST WANT TO CONCLUDE WITH THE
11:26:07 THOUGHT THAT AFFORDABLE AND WORKFORCE HOUSING AND MARKET
11:26:12 RATE HOUSING IS CERTAINLY A BIG ISSUE, AND WE WANT TO
11:26:16 MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS AWARE THAT WE WANT TO SUSTAIN
11:26:20 CURRENT HOUSING WHICH IS SOMETHING MR. BENNETT SAID
11:26:23 EARLIER, AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE PROVIDE HOUSING FOR
11:26:26 ALL.
11:26:26 SO I WANT TO PUT IN A PLUG FOR THE TAMPA DOWNTOWN
11:26:29 PARTNERSHIP.
11:26:30 THEY ARE HAVING A HOMELESSNESS BRIEFING ON MARCH 18th
11:26:33 AT 1 P.M., I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE LISTENING AND EVEN THE
11:26:37 COUNCIL TO ATTEND, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO ENGAGE SOME
11:26:40 GREAT DISCUSSION ON HOW WE AS A COMMUNITY CAN BETTER
11:26:44 SERVE OUR LEFT FORTUNATE POPULATION OR THOSE THAT ARE IN
11:26:49 TEMPORARY HOMELESSNESS SITUATION AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO
11:26:51 BETTER SUSTAIN HOUSING FOR THOSE THAT JUST NEED THAT
11:26:55 TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE.
11:26:56 BECAUSE HOMELESSNESS IS NOT NECESSARILY A CONDITION, IT'S
11:26:59 JUST A TEMPORARY SITUATION.
11:27:00 SO THE BETTER WE CAN SERVE THOSE, THE BETTER OUR
11:27:04 COMMUNITY IS OVERALL.
11:27:05 SO WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO PAUSE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
11:27:08 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS, GENTLEMEN?
11:27:14 THANK YOU.
11:27:14 >> I WILL TURN IT OVER TO COURTNEY ORR.
11:27:19 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
11:27:23 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: I'M SORRY.
11:27:25 GO AHEAD.
11:27:26 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:27:28 I THINK THE TAMPA PARK ITEM HAS BEEN -- THE DISCUSSION
11:27:36 DONE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING BRIEFING SOME YOU
11:27:41 GUYS, I WOULD REQUEST TO YOU AND TO MICHELLE VAN LOAN, IF
11:27:49 PERHAPS YOU CAN SCHEDULE MR. SHAW OR HIS GROUP TO COME
11:27:54 AND BRIEF THE CRA, YOU KNOW, AT A FUTURE DATE WITHIN THE
11:28:00 NEXT COUPLE MONTHS, BECAUSE I HAVE A PRESENTATION.
11:28:05 I DON'T KNOW IF MY FELLOW MEMBERS HAVE OR NOT.
11:28:08 CERTAINLY IT'S IMPORTANT TO AIR IT OUT IN THE COMMUNITY,
11:28:13 AND THIS WOULD PROBABLY BE A GOOD VEHICLE FOR THAT AS
11:28:16 WELL.
11:28:16 OBVIOUSLY NOTHING WOULD BE VOTED ON, DOESN'T SOUND LIKE
11:28:20 ANYTIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
11:28:21 WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THE MASTER PLANNING EFFORT.
11:28:24 BUT I THINK FOR US TO AT LEAST SEE THE PICTURES AND HEAR
11:28:27 WHAT THE DISCUSSION IS WOULD BE A GOOD THING.
11:28:30 SO, MR. CHAIRMAN, I WILL LEAVE THAT IN YOUR HANDS,
11:28:34 WITHOUT A MOTION OR ANYTHING.
11:28:36 IF YOU THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
11:28:37 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
11:28:42 I THINK WE NEED A MOTION ON IT.
11:28:46 JUST HAVE STAFF RUN WITH IT.
11:28:51 I THINK HAVE A MEETING WITH MR. SHAW AND BRING IT BACK TO
11:28:56 US.
11:28:56 >>MORRIS MASSEY: ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALK TO COUNCIL
11:28:58 ON, I THINK ALL OF US WILL BE COME TO CITY COUNCIL, CRA
11:29:03 BOARD, THAT A LOT OF THIS WILL BE COMING TO YOU SITTING
11:29:06 AS CITY COUNCIL IN THE CONTEXT OF REZONING PETITION, COMP
11:29:11 PLAN AMENDMENT, SO WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL HOW THAT'S DONE.
11:29:14 SO --
11:29:16 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WELL, MR. MASSEY --
11:29:20 >>MORRIS MASSEY: THE CONCERN IS YOU DON'T WANT
11:29:22 NECESSARILY TO HAVE EVIDENCE PREMATURELY BEFORE YOU HAVE
11:29:27 AN ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING WHERE YOU CAN HEAR FROM BOTH
11:29:31 SIDE.
11:29:31 >>: DEVELOPERS COME AND MEETS WITH US.
11:29:45 THEY ARE ALLOWED ONE ON ONE.
11:29:48 BUT ON THE PHONE AND THAT SORT OF THING.
11:29:50 THIS IS EVEN BEFORE COMP PLAN AMENDMENT HAS EVEN BEEN
11:29:53 FAILED.
11:29:54 AND I SUGGEST IF IT'S SUCH A MAJOR PROJECT, WHICH IT
11:29:58 LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT NOT
11:30:01 TO GET INTO THE DETAILS AND THAT SORT OF THING, BUT AT
11:30:04 LEAST TO HAVE SOME COMMUNICATION AND FLUSH IT OUT, SO THE
11:30:09 COMMUNITY AND COUNCIL AND THE CRA IS ABUNDANTLY AWARE OF
11:30:12 WHAT IS DOWN THE ROAD.
11:30:15 I AM PRETTY SURE, I WASN'T ON COUNCIL AT THE TIME, BUT I
11:30:17 AM PRETTY SURE WITH MR. VINIK AND HIS TEAM BROUGHT VERY,
11:30:23 VERY EARLY PROPOSALS TO COUNCIL FOR PRESENTATIONS BEFORE
11:30:27 THEY HAD TO VOTE ON IT.
11:30:28 BUT ANYWAY, IT'S JUST A SUGGESTION.
11:30:34 I WILL BE GLAD TO MAKE A MOTION.
11:30:35 >>MORRIS MASSEY: I JUST DON'T WANT TO CREATE A PROBLEM
11:30:42 NECESSARILY EITHER FOR MR. SHAW OR FOR COUNCIL --
11:30:46 >>ORLANDO GUDES: LET'S HAVE MS. VAN LOAN AND HER STAFF
11:30:50 AND MR. SHAW --
11:30:52 >>MORRIS MASSEY: RIGHT, AND BRING BACK A REPORT TO YOU
11:30:54 GUYS.
11:30:55 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I APPRECIATE IT.
11:30:56 THANK YOU.
11:30:56 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: WE WILL EXTEND THE INVITATION TO
11:31:00 MR. SHAW AND HIS TEAM.
11:31:01 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
11:31:03 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: COURTNEY, ARE YOU ON THE PHONE?
11:31:13 COURTNEY, ARE YOU THERE?
11:31:15 >>ORLANDO GUDES: IS SOMEBODY ELSE THERE, MS. VAN LOAN?
11:31:29 >> COURTNEY IS SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE LINE.
11:31:31 WE WILL BRING MR. NINO TO PRESENT ON WEST TAMPA AND DREW
11:31:35 PARK.
11:31:36 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
11:31:40 >>JESUS NINO: GOOD MORNING.
11:32:02 THIS IS JESUS NINO, WEST TAMPA AND DREW PARK CRA MANAGER.
11:32:06 HOPEFULLY EVERYONE IS DOING WELL.
11:32:08 THE WEST TAMPA COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONTINUES
11:32:13 TO -- ARE THE SLIDES UP?
11:32:17 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:32:18 THE WEST TAMPA CRA COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE OR CAC
11:32:25 HAD SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS.
11:32:26 THE LAST MEETING WAS OVER AT BARKSDALE AT THE SENIOR
11:32:29 CITIZENS CENTER.
11:32:30 AND I WANT TO THANK MR. CITRO.
11:32:31 HE WAS THERE IN THE AUDIENCE, AND HOPEFULLY THE MEETING
11:32:35 WENT WELL.
11:32:38 WE CONTINUE TO HOLD THESE HYBRID MEETINGS.
11:32:42 WE ALSO HAVE PHYSICAL FORMS.
11:32:45 SO WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR SERVICES TO
11:32:48 INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE TRYING TO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY AS
11:32:51 WELL.
11:32:54 OUR MAIN STREET CORRIDOR STUDIES, THAT CONTINUES TO MOVE
11:32:57 FORWARD, AS THE PROJECT IS BEING LED BY FRANK HALL AND
11:33:02 RANDY GOERS OF THE PLANNING DIVISION.
11:33:04 THEY COMPLETED THEIR INTERVIEW AND ALSO THEIR MARKET
11:33:08 ANALYSIS WAS DONE BY THE HILLSBOROUGH PLANNING
11:33:11 COMMISSION, IS COMPLETE, AND HOPEFULLY BY MAY THEY HAVE A
11:33:16 DRAFT REPORT FOR THE PUBLIC TO REVIEW.
11:33:26 OUR DIRECT ACTIVITIES IN WEST TAMPA, TWO PROJECTS OVER TO
11:33:30 THE WEST RIVER DEVELOPMENT.
11:33:31 AT OUR LAST MEETING, MR. DINGFELDER REQUESTED TO FIND OUT
11:33:35 WHO WAS FUNDING THIS PROJECT, AND THIS PROJECT IS BEING
11:33:38 FUNDED 100% BY THE DEVELOPER.
11:33:42 THE DEVELOPER IS GOING TO DO A SPECIAL REQUEST, SPECIAL
11:33:45 ASSESSMENT ON THE PROJECTS, BUT BECAUSE THESE HAVE AN
11:33:49 AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPONENT THEY DECIDED TO PAY A LUMP
11:33:53 SUM TO THE CITY SO TECO AND THE CITY ARE THE ONES
11:33:56 UNDERTAKING THESE PROJECTS WHICH ARE CAUSING MINIMAL,
11:34:01 MINIMAL DISRUPTION TO THE COMMUNITY AND SHOULD BE
11:34:03 COMPLETE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
11:34:06 CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES ON THE WEST RIVER DEVELOPMENT
11:34:08 WHICH ARE THREE SEVEN STORY BUILDINGS BEING CONSTRUCTED
11:34:12 AT THIS TIME.
11:34:13 THE FIRST PHASE WILL INCLUDE 371 APARTMENTS, AND
11:34:17 APPROXIMATELY 6,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL.
11:34:23 THE PROJECTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE BY FALL 2021.
11:34:29 OTHER ACTIVITIES IN WEST TAMPA, CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES ON
11:34:37 THE FOUNDRY, 19 UNITS, AND CONCRETE GARAGE.
11:34:45 THE PROJECT ALSO CAUSES MINIMAL DISRUPTION TO THE
11:34:49 COMMUNITY.
11:34:52 THIS PROJECT IS A VERY LARGE PROJECT, WHICH IS 246 UNIT
11:34:58 APARTMENT PROJECT AND IS BEING DEVELOPED BY THE SHORES
11:35:06 DEVELOPMENT GROUP, AND CAUSES AS MINIMAL DISRUPTION AS
11:35:09 POSSIBLE, THE CONTRACTOR AND DEVELOPER TRYING TO HELP THE
11:35:12 COMMUNITY.
11:35:13 ANY ISSUES THAT DO A RAISE, I LET STAFF KNOW AND WE TRY
11:35:17 TO GO OUT AND ACCOMMODATE THE COMMUNITY.
11:35:22 THE MARY BETHUNE COOKMAN APARTMENT PROJECT, I HAVE BEEN
11:35:26 GETTING CALLS HOW THEY LOVE IT AND HOPEFULLY WILL STAY
11:35:32 WELL PRESERVED FOR YEARS TO COME.
11:35:39 THE TAMPA VETERINARY HOSPITAL ON HOWARD AVENUE CONTINUES
11:35:42 IN CONSTRUCTION AS WELL.
11:35:44 OTHER PROJECTS OUT THERE ARE THE CONSTRUCTION CONTINUED
11:35:47 FOR THE PHASE 2 OF THE GREEN SPAIN TRACK.
11:35:50 I WAS OUT THERE LAST WEEK.
11:35:52 IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S FAIRLY COMPLETE.
11:35:54 THERE ARE STILL A FEW FINISHING TOUCHES BEING DONE ON
11:35:57 THAT.
11:35:58 AND THE COMMUNITY SEEMS TO BE USING ACTIVELY USING WITH
11:36:04 THEIR BREAKS OR WALKING ON THE GREEN SPINE.
11:36:08 THEN WE HAVE 35 MILLION CYPRESS STREET OUTFALL STORMWATER
11:36:13 PROJECT THAT IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND
11:36:15 SWFWMD.
11:36:16 FIFTY PERCENT FUNDED BY SWFWMD AND FIFTY PERCENT BY THE
11:36:23 CITY FROM STORMWATER ASSESSMENT FEE REFUSE NEWS.
11:36:28 THE GODDARD SCHOOL ON KENNEDY CAUSES NO DISRUPTION TO ANY
11:36:32 OTHER TRAFFIC OR TO THE COMMUNITY.
11:36:34 THAT'S IT FOR WEST TAMPA CRA, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
11:36:39 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS, GENTLEMEN?
11:36:43 YOU MAY CONTINUE.
11:36:48 NO QUESTIONS.
11:36:49 >>JESUS NINO: MAY WE HAVE THE SLIDE FOR DREW PARK,
11:36:53 PLEASE?
11:36:54 AND DRAW PARK'S LINEAR PARK IS FAIRLY COMPLETE.
11:36:57 WE JUST PUT A FEW FINISHING TOUCHES AS FAR AS TRIMMING
11:37:00 SOME OF THE BRANCHES.
11:37:01 WE CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN A LANDSCAPING.
11:37:04 AT OUR LAST MEETING WITH THE DREW PARK CAC, THE CAC
11:37:08 DECIDED TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE HISTORIC LANGUAGE THAT
11:37:13 WE ARE GOING TO BE PUTTING UP ON SIGNS IN THE PARK.
11:37:16 ONCE THAT LANGUAGE IS COMPLETE, THEN WE'LL PUT IT ON THE
11:37:18 SIDE SIGNS, INSTALL THE SIGNS, THEN THE PARK WILL BE
11:37:22 BASICALLY COMPLETE.
11:37:24 BUT THE COMMUNITY IS ACTIVELY IN THE PARK AS WE SPEAK.
11:37:28 SIDEWALK PROJECT, ALL ON NORTH HESPERIDES, IS EXTRA THICK
11:37:34 BECAUSE IT IS AN INDUSTRIAL PARK, MOSTLY IT'S COMPLETE.
11:37:40 HESPERIDES.
11:37:42 NOW WE ARE GOING TO THROW SOD.
11:37:44 IT'S MOSTLY DIRT THERE.
11:37:49 OUR DRAFT FOR THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN FOR DREW PARK
11:37:55 WENT BEFORE CAC ON MARCH 2nd.
11:37:57 THEY APPROVED IT.
11:37:58 TO MOVE FORWARD TO THE CRA HOPEFULLY IN APRIL.
11:38:01 THIS ITEM WILL COME BEFORE YOU FOR YOUR REVIEW AND
11:38:04 APPROVAL.
11:38:05 MAKE SURE TO GET YOU A DRAFT COPY OF THAT.
11:38:08 HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THIS WEEK SO YOU CAN HAVE ENOUGH
11:38:11 TIME TO REVIEW IT.
11:38:14 INDIRECT ACTIVITIES, THE FINAL RENOVATIONS FOR STADIUM
11:38:20 CENTER CONTINUE.
11:38:21 AS I REPORTED LAST MONTH, GUIDEWELL EMERGENCY DOCTORS.
11:38:31 (AUDIO ECHO)
11:38:33 THAT CONCLUDE DREW PARK.
11:38:35 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS, GENTLEMEN?
11:38:37 THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR.
11:38:39 ANYONE NONE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:38:40 >>JESUS NINO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:38:51 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MS. VAN LOAN IS UP NEXT.
11:38:55 >> BRENDA THROWER, INTERIM MANAGER FOR EAST TAMPA.
11:39:12 I WILL START OFF WITH THE UPDATE ON THE STRATEGIC ACTION
11:39:15 PLAN.
11:39:17 MANY OF NOW THAT WE ARE OF COURSE IN THE PROCESS OF THE
11:39:20 STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN.
11:39:22 LAST SUNDAY WE CONCLUDED THE WALKING TOURS, WHICH WE HAD
11:39:26 REALLY WORKED OVER FOUR WEEKEND, WE HAD TOURS INVOLVING
11:39:30 12 NEIGHBORHOODS.
11:39:32 IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL OUTREACH.
11:39:34 WE HAD A LOT OF RESIDENTS, A LOT OF BUSINESS OWNERS,
11:39:37 COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, COME OUT FOR THESE TOURS, AND I
11:39:40 APPRECIATE THE CRA BOARD MEMBERS THAT WERE ABLE TO COME
11:39:44 OUT AS WELL, AS WELL AS OUR CHAIR, CONNIE BURTON WAS
11:39:49 THERE AND SOME OTHER CAC MEMBERS.
11:39:50 SO WE HAD GOOD PARTICIPATION.
11:39:53 THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REALLY REACH
11:39:55 OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND BUILD A QUIET EXTENSIVE
11:39:58 E-MAIL LIST.
11:40:00 [NO ENCODER]
11:40:09 WE ARE GOING TO BE COLLECTING ALL OF THOSE, OR WE HAVE
11:40:28 BEEN COLLECTING THEM, BUT THE DEADLINE IS THE END OF THE
11:40:31 MONTH ON MARCH 31st.
11:40:33 WE SET UP A LITTLE LOBBYING AT TAMPA POLICE STATION WHERE
11:40:38 WE HAVE OUR OFFICE, AND THEY CAN ACTUALLY PICK UP SURVEYS
11:40:41 THERE.
11:40:41 THEY CAN DROP THEM OFF THERE, AND OF COURSE THEY CAN GET
11:40:44 THEM ONLINE AS WELL.
11:40:46 MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
11:40:48 HERE ARE SOME PICTURES FROM OUR WALKING TOURS.
11:40:51 WE REALLY HAVE WALKED EVERYWHERE.
11:40:52 WE WALKED IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, ON MAJOR
11:40:56 CORRIDORS, AROUND PONDS, YOU NAME IT, WE REALLY WALKED
11:41:01 ALL THROUGHOUT THESE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND EVEN INTERACTED
11:41:05 WITH SOME RESIDENTS ALONG IN THE CORNER DOWN THERE WHEN
11:41:08 WE RAN ACROSS A RESIDENT THAT DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING
11:41:11 ON, WE EXPLAINED IT, AND OUR TEAM DID, AND THEN HANDED
11:41:14 THEM A SURVEY.
11:41:15 SO WE ARE GETTING A LOT OF GOOD INTERACTION AND SUPPORT
11:41:19 AND PARTICIPATION.
11:41:21 MOVING RIGHT ALONG, HERE IS OUR CALENDAR --
11:41:25 >>ORLANDO GUDES: BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, YOUR CHAIR FOR THE
11:41:30 CAC WANTED ME TO MENTION IN REFERENCE TO SOME OF THE WHAT
11:41:33 WE CALL HOT SPOTS.
11:41:35 I KNOW YOU HAVE THE WALKING TOURS HAVEN'T TOUGHENED THOSE
11:41:41 HOT SPOTS BETWEEN 29th AND LAKE, SOME OF THOSE WHAT I
11:41:44 CALL HOT AREAS.
11:41:45 >> CORRECT.
11:41:47 THE TOUR THAT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ON WAS THE BELMONT
11:41:49 HEIGHTS COLLEGE HILL TOUR.
11:41:52 THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE WE DID BACK IN JANUARY.
11:41:54 I WAS ACTUALLY ON THE GADSDEN HEIGHTS TOUR BUT I BELIEVE
11:41:58 THEY DID GO AROUND THAT AREA, AND THEY DID -- I WAS
11:42:02 WASN'T ON THAT TOUR AGAIN BUT I CAN CHECK WITH OUR
11:42:05 CONSULTANT.
11:42:05 AGAIN, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T BE EVERYWHERE ON THESE TOURS.
11:42:08 WE TRY TO KIND OF GUIDE, IS GUIDED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD
11:42:13 PRESIDENTS AND WHERE WE SHOULD BE GOING BUT THERE IS ALSO
11:42:17 AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET INPUT, STILL LIKE I MENTIONED
11:42:21 THROUGH THE SURVEY PROCESS.
11:42:22 SO I WILL CHECK WITH OUR CONSULTANT, AND OF COURSE THEY
11:42:25 ARE GOING TO COME BACK WITH ALL THESE PRELIMINARY RESULTS
11:42:29 FROM WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED, AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE
11:42:32 BACK IN FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY.
11:42:33 SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING MISSED, THEY'LL CAPTURE IT.
11:42:38 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I WOULD ASK THAT YOU GET WITH YOUR CAC
11:42:40 CHAIR, BECAUSE SHE MENTION ADD CERTAIN HOT SPOT, AND MAKE
11:42:44 SURE YOU GET THE CONSULTANT, MAYBE HER, A FEW PEOPLE TO
11:42:47 GO, AND DO OUTREACH, AND THAT WAY SATISFY EVERYBODY IN
11:42:51 THE PROCESS.
11:42:52 >> THAT WILL BE NO PROBLEM.
11:42:54 WE'LL DO THAT.
11:42:56 SO BACK TO THE CALENDAR, I SHOWED THIS TO YOU ALL BEFORE.
11:43:01 AND IT'S BEEN EXTREMELY USEFUL.
11:43:03 WE BUILT THIS ROBUST CALENDAR OF MEETINGS, AS YOU CAN SEE
11:43:07 THERE'S A LOT GOING ON.
11:43:08 IT'S A VERY DYNAMIC CALENDAR.
11:43:10 WE KEEP IT UPDATED.
11:43:12 WE SHARE IT REGULARLY.
11:43:13 SOMETIMES MEETING SPOTS CHANGE, BUT IF IT DOES, WE JUST
11:43:16 UPDATE THE CALENDAR.
11:43:17 THE CHAIR HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF ASSIGNING CHAIRS
11:43:21 TO ALL THESE COMMITTEES.
11:43:22 THERE ARE EIGHT COMMITTEES THAT SUPPORT THE PARTNERSHIP.
11:43:27 AND EACH OF THEM HAVE A CHAIR, AND THEY ARE DOING A LOT
11:43:30 OF WORK NOW.
11:43:31 REALLY, WHEN I CAME ONBOARD, THE COMMITTEES DIDN'T
11:43:36 NECESSARILY HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS GOING ON.
11:43:37 NOW THEY DO.
11:43:38 AND THEY ARE REALLY DOING A LOT OF HEAVY LIFTING.
11:43:41 STAFF IS ATTENDING ALL OF THESE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, AND
11:43:44 WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM ON PROJECTS.
11:43:47 ONE OTHER GOOD NEWS TO SHARE IS THAT OUR VIRTUAL MEETINGS
11:43:51 HAVE GOTTEN MUCH, MUCH BETTER.
11:43:52 I THINK WE HAVE ACTUALLY FOUND THE MAGIC FORMULA WHICH
11:43:55 WAS LAST TUESDAY, WHERE EVERYTHING WAS JUST SEAMLESS AND
11:43:59 WORKS REALLY, REALLY WELL FOR OUR VIRTUAL PARTICIPANTS,
11:44:02 AS WELL AS THOSE THAT WERE IN THE ROOM.
11:44:06 MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
11:44:07 THIS IS JUST I WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL A FLAVOR OF THE
11:44:10 KIND OF TOPICS THAT EACH OF THESE COMMITTEES ARE WORKING
11:44:12 ON.
11:44:13 AND THE CHANGES, MONTH TO MONTH, THEY REALLY ARE WORKING
11:44:19 HARD ON SOME REALLY BIG ISSUES, THE HOUSING COMMITTEE IS
11:44:23 VERY ACTIVE, THE AESTHETICS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE,
11:44:29 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, REALLY TAKING ON SOME THAT MRS.
11:44:32 BURTON HAD MENTIONED EARLIER.
11:44:33 WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT.
11:44:36 LAST MONTH, WE ORGANIZED A TOUR FOR THE CAC.
11:44:39 TO SEE THE CRA AT LAKE AND 22ND STREET.
11:44:43 YOU PROBABLY RECOGNIZE IT THERE.
11:44:45 THE ORANGE AND BLUE BUILDING.
11:44:47 ON THE CORNER.
11:44:48 THE CRA DID PURCHASE THIS BUILDING LAST YEAR, AND
11:44:54 INTERESTED IN ACTIVATING IT AS MRS. BURTON MENTIONED.
11:44:57 BUT THE PROBLEM IS THERE'S LIMITED PARKING.
11:44:59 IT'S LANDLOCKED.
11:45:01 SO REAL ESTATE IS LOOKING AT ACQUIRING THE PARCEL THAT IS
11:45:05 RATE NEXT TO IT.
11:45:06 THE CITY OF TAMPA, YOU CAN SEE THE SURVEY THERE, THE CITY
11:45:09 OF TAMPA OWNS TWO PARCELS, OR THE CRA OWNS TWO PARCELS ON
11:45:13 THAT BLOCK, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE ONE IN BETWEEN F.WE
11:45:15 HAVE THAT, THEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO REALLY ACTIVATE THAT
11:45:18 BUILDING AND DO SOMETHING THERE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
11:45:23 THAT WAS ACTUALLY DISCUSSED AT A CAC AND THE CAC SUPPORTS
11:45:27 THE ACQUISITION OF THAT PARCEL.
11:45:31 MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
11:45:32 FAIR OAKS WAS ALREADY TALKED ABOUT SO I AM GOING TO SKIP
11:45:35 OVER THAT ONE.
11:45:37 JUST ONGOING ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON.
11:45:40 YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT TEAM.
11:45:43 THEY CONTINUES TO BE CLEAN AND PROVIDE SERVICES IN THE
11:45:46 DISTRICT ON A REGULAR BASIS, REALLY CLEANING UP A LOT OF
11:45:51 MAJOR CORRIDORS.
11:45:52 WE ALSO HAVE THE TEAM, ILLEGAL DUMPING IS STILL A BIG
11:46:01 ISSUE IN EAST TAMPA.
11:46:03 AND CURTIS WILLIAMS, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL DETECTIVE, IS
11:46:07 REALLY NON-STOP WORKING ON SOLVING THOSE ISSUES WITH CODE
11:46:11 AND ALL THE OTHER BOARD AND ANALYSIS.
11:46:16 ONE THANK YOU HE HAS REACHED OUT, HE'S WORKED WITH HEART,
11:46:20 AND THEY ARE GOING TO DO AN OUTDOOR AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
11:46:23 WHERE THEY QUO INSTALL SIGNS ON BUS SHELTERS TO TRY TO
11:46:27 DATER ILLEGAL DUMPING.
11:46:28 SO THAT WILL BE COMING SOON.
11:46:32 MOVING RIGHT ALONG, WE DID NOTICE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT AND
11:46:37 TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS WITHIN THE EAST TAMPA FOOTPRINT.
11:46:39 AND THEY COME TO OUR OFFICE.
11:46:41 WE'LL SEND THEM OUT.
11:46:43 AND THEY GO STRAIGHT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP.
11:46:45 THESE ARE SOME THINGS, I WANTED TO GIVE A FLAVOR OF TWO
11:46:48 OF THEM.
11:46:48 WE HAVE THE COLUMBUS DRIVE SAFETY IMPROVEMENT.
11:46:51 THIS PROJECT IS BETWEEN NEBRASKA AND 14th STREET.
11:46:55 IT'S KIND OF GOING RATE THROUGH THE VM YBOR AREA AND
11:46:59 NORTH YBOR, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME VISIBLE
11:47:03 IMPROVEMENTS WITH WIDER SIDEWALKS AND SHARED BICYCLE
11:47:05 LANES AND CROSSWALKS.
11:47:06 THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN DESIGNED SO IT'S COMPLETED AT THE
11:47:10 DESIGN PHASE AND IT SHOULD BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION BY NEXT
11:47:14 YEAR.
11:47:14 AND ANOTHER ONE IS FLORIBRASKA, AS NOW IS THE GATEWAY OFF
11:47:20 THE INTERSTATE AND GO TOWARDS DOWNTOWN TAMPA OR GO
11:47:25 TOWARDS EAST TAMPA, A AND THIS GATEWAY IS ALSO GOING TO
11:47:28 GET SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT CORRIDOR, AND THIS DESIGN
11:47:32 WAS COMPLETED LAST MONTH, AND THEY WILL BE STARTING
11:47:35 CONSTRUCTION IN APRIL.
11:47:37 AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS SOME NOTABLE THINGS THAT
11:47:43 WILL TAKE PLACE IN EAST TAMPA.
11:47:45 WE HAD A RIBBON CUTTING YESTERDAY AT THE AMERICAN
11:47:47 SURGICAL MASK COMPANY.
11:47:49 IT'S A NEW BUSINESS START-UP THAT IS LOCATED ON 50th
11:47:54 STREET AND THE BUSINESS INCUBATOR SPACE, VERY WELL
11:48:00 ATTENDED.
11:48:00 AND IT'S AN EXCITING PROJECT BECAUSE THEY ARE PULLING
11:48:03 FOLKS FROM THE LOCAL ECONOMY, I'M SORRY, LOCAL AREA, AND
11:48:08 THEY ARE MAKING SURGICAL MASKS THAT WILL BE FDA APPROVED.
11:48:12 I KNOW SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL BE THERE.
11:48:15 THE MAYOR.
11:48:16 IT WAS A GOOD EVENT.
11:48:17 AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE COMING ON BOARD THIS WEEKEND, I
11:48:21 THINK I MENTIONED THIS TO YOU ALL LAST MONTH, BUT IT WAS
11:48:26 THE COMMUNITY FAIR, THE SUPER BOWL SANCTIONED EVENT THAT
11:48:32 DID NOT TAKE PLACE DURING SUPER BOWL WEEKEND, BUT THEY
11:48:36 HAD RESCHEDULED.
11:48:37 SO IT'S GOING TO BE TAKING THIS PLACE THIS WEEKEND AT
11:48:42 RAGAN PARK AND IS A COMMUNITY RESOURCE.
11:48:44 THAT CONCLUDE MY REPORT.
11:48:46 ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
11:48:47 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS, GENTLEMEN?
11:48:50 MR. CITRO.
11:48:52 YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
11:49:04 MR. DINGFELDER.
11:49:05 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND
11:49:07 ALSO TAKING ON THIS PARTICULAR CRA WHICH IS A LARGE ONE.
11:49:13 MY QUESTION RELATES TO THE ILLEGAL DUMPING ISSUE.
11:49:17 THAT'S BEEN PROBLEMATIC FOR MANY YEARS, I WOULD SAY
11:49:20 DECADE.
11:49:21 AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A
11:49:25 MOTION TO SOLID WASTE TO COME AND REPORT TO US, NOT NEXT
11:49:30 MONTH, WHICH IS APRIL, BUT AT OUR MAY CRA MEETING, AND
11:49:35 TALK TO US ABOUT THIS ISSUE FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE.
11:49:41 AS WE KNOW, THE FACILITY IS 34th STREET IS BEING
11:49:46 REBUILT.
11:49:49 THEY ARE PLANNING ON MOVING MOST OF THEIR HEADQUARTERS TO
11:49:53 34th AND I'M SURE A LOT OF PROCEDURES AND POLICIES
11:49:56 WILL BE CHANGED.
11:49:56 ONE OF THE POLICIES THAT I WOULD LIKE US TO LOOK AT --
11:50:00 AND I KNOW MR. CITRO IS FAMILIAR WITH IT, WE BOTH HAVE
11:50:03 PICKUP TRUCKS AND PROBABLY HAUL STUFF OUT THERE -- BUT
11:50:08 ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE US TO LOOK AT IS THIS
11:50:11 ISSUE OF ILLEGAL DUMPING AND WHAT SOLID WASTE TO ASK DO
11:50:15 TO HELP.
11:50:15 AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT POSSIBLE -- NOT TOTAL SOLUTION
11:50:20 BUT A POSSIBLE WAY TO MITIGATE THIS PROBLEM IS THAT WE
11:50:25 SOMEHOW HAVE A FREE EVERY MONTH OR SO, A FREE DAY OF
11:50:31 DUMPING OUT THERE, NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, WHETHER OR NOT
11:50:34 YOU ARE A SMALL BUSINESS OR WHATEVER, BECAUSE I THINK
11:50:36 WHAT HAPPENS IS, A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE A PICKUP
11:50:41 TRUCK AND THEY GO EMPTY OUT A RENTAL APARTMENT OR
11:50:46 WHATEVER AND THEY WANT TO SAVE THAT 20 OR $30 THAT WE ARE
11:50:49 CHARGING THEM DOWN AT THE DUMP.
11:50:50 SO AND I AM NOT SAYING IT'S WISE OR FAIR OR NICE OR
11:50:54 ANYTHING.
11:50:54 BUT IT'S A REALITY.
11:50:55 I THINK INSTEAD OF GOING DOWN TO 34th STREET, PAYING
11:50:59 THAT 20 OR $30, THAT INSTEAD THEY FIND AN EMPTY LOT
11:51:04 NEARBY, THAT APARTMENT GETS EMPTIED OUT AND THEY THROW
11:51:08 STUFF IN THERE.
11:51:09 THAT'S MY OBSERVATION.
11:51:10 SO PERHAPS ON THE RECEIVING END IF WE HAD ONE SATURDAY A
11:51:17 MONTHS OR COME DOWN TO THE 34th STREET AND DUMP, ONE
11:51:23 PICKUP TRUCK LOAD FOR FREE, OR EVEN A U-HAUL LOAD FOR
11:51:29 FREE, MAYBE THAT WOULD HELP THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:51:33 BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM SOLID WASTE, BECAUSE WE ARE
11:51:37 GOING TO PAY ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
11:51:39 WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE LOSING MONEY ON THE OTHER END AT
11:51:42 34th STREET, AND PAYING TO PICK IT UP AND THEN HAUL
11:51:46 IT DOWN TO 34th STREET, IT'S COSTING US MONEY ONE WAY
11:51:50 OR THE OTHER.
11:51:50 MAYBE WE SHOULD BE A LITTLE SMARTER.
11:51:53 MY MOTION IS THAT SOLID WASTE TO COME AND TALK TO US IN
11:51:58 MAY AND SEE IF THEY CAN WORK WITH US, COME OUT WITH A
11:52:03 MORE HOLISTIC SOLUTION.
11:52:07 >>MORRIS MASSEY: OBVIOUSLY THE DECISION OF HOW SOLID
11:52:17 WASTE IS OPERATE PD AND WHAT THEY WOULD DO, ULTIMATELY IS
11:52:20 AN ADMINISTRATIVE CALL.
11:52:21 SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR ON THE RECORD.
11:52:23 YOU CAN CERTAINLY ASK THEM TO COME AND TALK ABOUT THEIR
11:52:27 POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
11:52:29 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR MAY 13th
11:52:32 CRA MEETING WITH SOLID WASTE.
11:52:34 SECOND BY MR. CARLSON.
11:52:36 ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?
11:52:38 ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?
11:52:41 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:52:43 ANY OPPOSED?
11:52:45 MOTION CARRIES.
11:52:45 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:52:51 >>ORLANDO GUDES: LET'S MOVE RIGHT ALONG.
11:52:53 MS. VAN LOAN.
11:52:54 WHO IS NEXT?
11:52:55 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: COURTNEY, DO WE HAVE YOU NOW?
11:53:00 >> COURTNEY ORR: CAN YOU HEAR ME?
11:53:05 CAN YOU HEAR ME?
11:53:05 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK CTTV NEEDS TO TURN THE VOLUME
11:53:13 UP A LITTLE MAYBE.
11:53:14 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: IS SHE COMING THROUGH SOFTLY?
11:53:18 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MS. ORR, CAN YOU HEAR US?
11:53:23 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
11:53:25 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: COURTNEY, GO AHEAD.
11:53:31 IF YOU CAN LEAN CLOSER TO YOUR MICROPHONE, THAT WOULD
11:53:34 HELP.
11:53:42 >> COURTNEY ORR: CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
11:53:46 >> YES, GO AHEAD.
11:53:47 >> YES, GO AHEAD.
11:53:49 >> COURTNEY ORR: OKAY.
11:53:54 YOU CAN HEAR ME.
11:53:55 >> YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
11:53:57 >> I APOLOGIZE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TECHNICAL
11:54:00 DIFFICULTY WAS.
11:54:01 COURTNEY ORR, CRA MANAGER.
11:54:04 WE BEGIN WITH CRA ACTIVITIES THAT INCLUDED THE LOCATION
11:54:12 OF OUR STAFF TO HAVE YBOR CAC APPROVAL IN A COORDINATED
11:54:17 PRESENTATION OF THE YBOR DEVELOPMENT CENTRAL PLANS THAT
11:54:20 WE DISCUSSED EARLIER THAT WAS PRESENTED BY DARRYL SHAW,
11:54:24 AND A KETTLER REPRESENTATIVE, AND THAT WAS TO ALLOW SOME
11:54:32 COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION THAT WILL FOLLOW UP WITH HIM TO
11:54:37 SEE WHAT THAT PLAN WAS LIKE.
11:54:42 OUR SAFE TAMPA INITIATIVE AS WELL, SOME AFFORDABLE
11:54:46 HOUSING OPTIONS, SO THEY ARE JUST SPEAKING TO US AT THIS
11:54:48 TIME.
11:54:49 TAMPA, I GUESS, IS IN A TARGETED AREA, AND YBOR CITY
11:54:53 SEEMS TO BE SPOTLIGHTED OUT OF THAT, IN THAT EFFORT.
11:54:58 AND THEN WE DID RECEIVE DISTRICT 3 UPDATES BY BRETT
11:55:04 OWENS.
11:55:05 STAFF ASKED TO DRAFT A SUPPORT LETTER FOR FDOT AND CITY
11:55:09 ADMINISTRATION FOR INSTALLATION OF A TRAFFIC SIGNAL WHICH
11:55:11 YOU RECEIVED.
11:55:12 THAT WAS AT 26th STREET AND ADAMO DRIVE WITH
11:55:18 ESSENTIALLY 500 NEW RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA.
11:55:23 IT'S JUST A CONCERN THEY WOULD LIKE SAFETY ADDRESSED
11:55:28 THERE WITH A TRAFFIC SIGNAL, HOPEFULLY, IN THE NECESSARY
11:55:32 FUTURE.
11:55:33 AND THE NEXT FOUR BULLETS, THIS BODY, CRA HEARD AND
11:55:39 APPROVED AT THE FEBRUARY MONTHLY MEETING.
11:55:42 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
11:55:46 AT THE FEBRUARY CAC MEETINGS, THE 24th TO 26th
11:55:55 STREET STREETSCAPE THAT'S GOING TO TAKE OFF IN THE
11:55:58 SUMMERTIME FRAME, AND HOPEFULLY RESOLUTION BY THE END OF
11:56:02 THIS YEAR, BEGINNING OF NEXT, THE SIDEWALK ENHANCEMENT
11:56:08 PROJECT IS GOING TO GO BEFORE THE BARRIO LATINO
11:56:11 COMMISSION FOR THEIR PUBLIC HEARING ON APRIL 27th AND
11:56:13 WE ARE GETTING READY TO DO A LARGE MAILING TO THE
11:56:16 COMMUNITY ON THAT PROJECT.
11:56:21 SO QUESTIONS, IF ANYONE HAS ANY.
11:56:23 AND THEN THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL AT 1403 EAST 5th
11:56:27 AVENUE, FOR THAT APPROVAL.
11:56:29 AND THE CONSTRUCTION, WE ALERTED THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT
11:56:37 THE PROCESS ENTAILS, AND GOT THE WORD OUT.
11:56:42 WE'LL BE LAUNCHING A 2021 YBOR SURVEY THAT HELPS US
11:56:50 UNDERSTAND WHAT THE WORKERS AND RESIDENTS FEEL ABOUT
11:56:52 YBOR, WORK AND WHAT THEIR CONCERNS FOR THE WORK PROGRAM.
11:56:59 AND THEN ALERT THE COMMUNITY TO THE TAMPA VIRTUAL
11:57:04 MEETINGS.
11:57:05 YBOR HAD ITS VIRTUAL MEETING FEBRUARY 23rd, AND MAKE
11:57:09 SURE THE COMMUNITY -- THAT WE ARE AWARE OF THAT.
11:57:13 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
11:57:19 SOME OF THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH THAT WAS CONDUCTED IN
11:57:22 FEBRUARY INCLUDED A VIRTUAL MEETING WITH CAPTAIN BRETT
11:57:26 OWEN WHO RECEIVED SUPER BOWL DEPLOYMENT PLANS FOR THE
11:57:31 AREA PRAYER TO THE EVENT.
11:57:32 THAT WAS A VIRTUAL MEETING FOR PEOPLE TO ASK QUESTIONS
11:57:36 AND BE BETTER PREPARED FOR WHAT THE TPD DEPLOYMENT PLAN
11:57:42 WAS FOR THE EVENT.
11:57:43 A FLASH EVENT REGARDING NIGHTLY ON STREET PARKING SPACE
11:57:48 RESTRICTIONS THROUGH SUPER BOWL.
11:57:50 FLASH ON CONSTRUCTION SERVICE, I MENTIONED ABOUT THE SIGN
11:57:54 PROJECT.
11:57:54 AND WE DID RELEASE THE SPRING EDITION OF THE YBOR LEGEND
11:57:58 NEWSLETTER.
11:57:59 THAT WAS SENT ELECTRONICALLY.
11:58:01 AND HERE ARE A VARIETY OF DISTRICT ENHANCEMENTS THAT TOOK
11:58:06 PLACE IN FEBRUARY.
11:58:07 YOU CAN SEE THOSE IN THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
11:58:12 THERE IS A CONTINUATION OF A COUPLE ITEMS, ENHANCEMENT.
11:58:19 AS REGARDS TO CRA ACTIVITIES, MARKETING, OCEA
11:58:26 COMMUNICATED WITH HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE, THE
11:58:28 OPPORTUNITY FOR THE STUDENTS IN THE VIDEO PRODUCTION
11:58:31 COURSE, VIDEO PRODUCTION EDITING COURSE, TO EARN CREDIT
11:58:37 WITH SOME VIDEO VIGNETTES.
11:58:40 THE FIRST ONE WAS YESTERDAY SO THAT ACTUALLY TACK PLACE.
11:58:46 AND GIVE THOSE STUDENTS ON-HAND OPPORTUNITIES TO PRODUCE
11:58:51 PRODUCTION AND EDITING AND EARN CREDIT.
11:58:54 SO THAT'S AN INTERESTING OPPORTUNITY THAT HCP WAS ABLE TO
11:58:59 COORDINATE.
11:59:00 SO WE HAVE TO HAVE MORE GOING FORWARD.
11:59:03 ON A VARIETY OF PROJECTS THERE WITH VIDEO VIGNETTES.
11:59:07 AND THEN WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL HEART OF TAMPA FACE
11:59:11 MASK SOCIAL PUSH GIVEAWAY, AND SO FAVORABLE MEDIA RESULTS
11:59:22 WITH A MULTITUDE OF IMPRESSIONS THAT YOU SEE LISTED
11:59:25 THERE.
11:59:26 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
11:59:33 YOU MAY HAVE SEEN JUST A FEW DAYS PRIOR TO SUPER BOWL,
11:59:40 THE BARRIEHAUS BEER COMPANY WAS INTERVIEWED ON THE KELLY
11:59:47 SANDERS SHOW ON TODAY, AND THEY HOSTED THEIR ONE YEAR
11:59:49 ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION WITH A RIBBON CUTTING.
11:59:53 SO WE ARE THRILLED TO HAVE THEM IN OUR COMMUNITY, GREAT
11:59:58 COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
11:59:59 THEY ARE ACTUALLY PROPOSING A CLEAN-UPDATE ON APRIL 24,
12:00:02 EARTH DAY, TO HELP SPRUCE UP THE DISTRICT BY PICKING UP
12:00:05 LITTER WITH VOLUNTEERS IN THE DISTRICTS.
12:00:17 AND THE TAMPA BAY BUSINESS AND WEALTH MAGAZINE TO
12:00:24 HIGHLIGHT AN AFTERNOON IN YBOR, WENT TO CORONA, POCAHIA,
12:00:32 AND THE REPORTER THAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO A FOOD AND
12:00:35 WINE EDITOR DO A FOLLOW-UP ARTICLE WITH BERMINI.
12:00:42 SO THAT SHOULD BE A PUBLICATION IN APRIL.
12:00:44 AND I AM SURE -- WE WILL BE SURE YOU GET A COPY OF THAT.
12:00:47 AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE SNAP HOUSE, 1318 EAST 7TH
12:00:56 AVENUE, HOSTING A GRAND OPENING RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY.
12:01:00 THAT END MY PRESENTATION.
12:01:01 THANK YOU.
12:01:01 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS?
12:01:08 >>BILL CARLSON: JUST A REALLY QUICK COMMENT.
12:01:09 I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR YBOR.
12:01:13 YOU KNOW I MOVED MY COMPANY THERE A YEAR OR SO AGO AND
12:01:17 REGULARLY TALKING TO PROPERTY OWNERS THERE.
12:01:19 AND YBOR IS GOING TO CHANGE DRAMATICALLY OVER THE NEXT
12:01:23 YEAR.
12:01:24 BESIDES THE BIG INVESTMENT THAT'S GOING AND ALL THE
12:01:27 CHANGES THAT ARE MADE WITH NEW HOUSING AND RETAIL STUFF,
12:01:30 THE EXISTING PROPERTY OWNERS ARE ALSO GOING BACK TO
12:01:34 TURNING YBOR BACK INTO A COMMUNITY.
12:01:36 FOR SEVERAL YEARS IT HAD BEEN A BAR DISTRICT.
12:01:39 IT NOW WILL BE A COMMUNITY AGAIN DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS IN
12:01:41 THE FIFTIES AND SIXTIES BUT BECOMING A COMMUNITY AGAIN
12:01:45 THAT WILL HAVE A FEW BARS AND RESTAURANTS BUT IT'S NOT
12:01:48 GOING TO BE ONLY A BAR DISTRICT. IT'S REALLY AMAZING THE
12:01:50 CHANGES, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YBOR BECOMES.
12:01:54 THANK YOU.
12:01:55 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
12:01:57 ANYONE ELSE?
12:01:59 THANK YOU, MS. ORR.
12:02:00 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: AGAIN, GOOD MORNING.
12:02:04 IF WE CAN HAVE THE SLIDE POINT, THE PowerPoint REAL
12:02:07 QUICK FOR MY UPDATE, I WILL GO FAIRLY QUICKLY SINCE YOU
12:02:10 HAVE MOST OF THE INFORMATION, BUT I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF
12:02:13 APPROVALS.
12:02:14 WE BROUGHT THIS UP SEVERAL TIMES IN THE FALL.
12:02:16 THE EAST TAMPA CAC DID A REQUEST THAT OUR CURRENT $15,000
12:02:23 TOWARDS DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE BE INCREASED TO 50,000.
12:02:27 THE CRA BOARD HEARD THAT REQUEST, ASKED THEM TO COME BACK
12:02:30 WITH A SLIDING SCALE, HOUSING DIVISION HELPED US DEVELOP
12:02:34 A SLIDING SCALE BASED ON AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME.
12:02:38 THE 3-2 EAST TAMPA CAC MEETING, THE CAC DID VOTE TO ADOPT
12:02:44 AND BRING FORWARD FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THE SLIDING
12:02:46 SCALE.
12:02:46 SO FOR OUR HOMEOWNERS THAT GO THROUGH THE HOMEOWNER
12:02:50 EDUCATION CLASSES, THE EAST TAMPA CRA WILL CONTRIBUTE
12:02:55 $15,000 TO 50,000, AND TO ASSIST THEM REQUEST SOME OF THE
12:03:01 HOMES THAT ARE BEING BUILT AND SOME OF THE HOMES FOR SALE
12:03:03 IN EAST TAMPA.
12:03:04 THIS TIES INTO SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT MS. BURTON WAS
12:03:07 BRINGING EARLIER ABOUT HELPING TO CREATE WEALTH.
12:03:10 ONE OF THE WAYS TO CREATE WEALTH IN COMMUNITY IS FOR
12:03:13 SOMEONE TO HAVE HOME OWNERSHIP AND BEING ABLE TO PASS ON
12:03:15 THAT HOME OWNERSHIP TO THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILY.
12:03:18 SO WE ARE REQUESTING APPROVAL TO ADOPT THIS SCHEDULE TO
12:03:22 AMEND OUR CURRENT DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
12:03:25 IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE ACTUAL TOTAL FUNDING FOR THE
12:03:28 PROGRAM AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT IS FULLY FUNDED, BUT DOES
12:03:31 ADJUST THE SCALE TO THE DEGREE OF WHICH WE CAN HELP
12:03:34 SUBSIDIZE SOME OF OUR NEW HOMEOWNERS.
12:03:36 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS?
12:03:47 >> DO YOU NEED A MOTION, MS. VAN LOAN?
12:03:50 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
12:03:53 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MS. VAN LOAN, ARE YOU JUST GIVING A
12:03:57 REPORT?
12:03:58 BECAUSE YOU HAVE THAT ON ARTICLE 5, RIGHT?
12:04:00 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: IF I CAN HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE
12:04:02 PLAN TO ADOPT THE SLIDING SCALE THAT BOW BE MUCH
12:04:05 APPRECIATED.
12:04:05 >>JOSEPH CITRO: AMEND THE SLIDING SCALE, MR. CHAIR.
12:04:09 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
12:04:12 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
12:04:14 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:04:16 AWL ANY OPPOSED?
12:04:17 MOTION CARRIES.
12:04:27 THAT YOUR ONLY ITEM 5 AND 4, MS. VAN LOAN?
12:04:31 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
12:04:33 YOU DO HAVE MOST OF THE INFORMATION I GAVE ON MY WRITTEN
12:04:35 REPORT THAT I GAVE TO YOU SO I WILL SKIP THAT SLIDE.
12:04:38 IT'S MOSTLY FOLLOWING UP ON DISCUSSIONS WE HAVE BEEN
12:04:41 HAVING WITH YOU JUST LETTING YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE.
12:04:43 THIS SLIDE, WE DID HAVE A RESIGNATION ON THE EAST TAMPA
12:04:48 CAC.
12:04:49 YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF HOLDING THAT VACANCY OR IF YOU
12:04:52 LIKE, WE CAN COME BACK IN APRIL WITH NEIGHBORHOOD
12:04:56 ASSOCIATIONS FOR YOU ALL TO RECOGNIZE, AND THEN WE
12:05:00 COULD -- WHAT I WAS SUGGESTING AND TALKED TO OUR CHAIR
12:05:03 ABOUT IS WE'LL TAKE FROM THAT GROUP OF NAMES OF
12:05:06 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, WE'LL ON TV HAVE THE CHAIR
12:05:09 DRAW A NAME FROM THE HAT AND THEN ASK THAT NEIGHBORHOOD
12:05:12 ASSOCIATION TO DESIGNATE THEIR EX-OFFICIO MEMBER THAT YOU
12:05:15 CAN THEN APPROVE AT YOUR MAY MEETING.
12:05:17 THIS WILL BE THE EARLIEST WE ARE ABLE TO DO THIS.
12:05:20 OR YOU COULD HOLD OFF UNTIL THE SUMMER OR WAIT UNTIL THE
12:05:23 FALL.
12:05:23 SO WE CAN BRING THAT BACK TO YOU.
12:05:26 ADDITIONALLY, JUST TO CONTINUE THE PROCESS, AND SO SOME
12:05:29 QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS EARLIER, WE CURRENT WOULD HAVE SIX
12:05:33 OPENINGS DUE TO TERMS EXPIRING ON NOVEMBER 30th, AND
12:05:37 AT THAT TIME YOU COULD BRING ON AN ADDITIONAL SIX
12:05:40 ASSOCIATIONS PENDING ANY OTHER VACANCIES, AND THEN ON
12:05:43 OCTOBER 1st OF 2022, WHEN CURRENT MEMBERS WHO WERE
12:05:47 JUST ELECTED, WHEN THEIR TERMS EXPIRE, WE WOULD THEN IN
12:05:51 THE SUMMER OF 2022 HAVE OUR AT-LARGE MEMBERS ELECTED TO
12:05:55 THE PARTNERSHIP AND THE REMAINDER EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS
12:05:59 APPOINTED.
12:06:00 SO THIS AGAIN IS THAT POTENTIAL FORMAT THAT WE COULD LOOK
12:06:04 AT TO HELP INCLUDE AND WIDEN THE REPRESENTATION FOR THE
12:06:10 ENTIRE EIGHT SQUARE MAILS OF EAST TAMPA CRA.
12:06:15 LASTLY, MR. CARLSON HAD ASKED AGAIN FOR CRA HOUSING
12:06:19 UPDATE.
12:06:20 DUE TO TIME, I AM ONLY GOING TO UPDATE ON EAST TAMPA, AND
12:06:23 I WILL COME BACK WITH A MORE FORMAL UPDATE.
12:06:26 I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE GREAT WORK THAT DENISE
12:06:31 PAGE, CHAIR OF THE EAST TAMPA HOUSING SUBCOMMITTEE, HAS
12:06:34 BEEN WORKING WITH OUR HOUSING DIVISION TO TAKE THE
12:06:38 CURRENT PROGRAM AND HOUSING, AND EDIT THE CRITERIA THAT
12:06:42 IS RATHER RESTRICTIVE DUE TO THE SOURCES OF FUNDING THAT
12:06:46 OUR HOUSING DIVISION DEALS WITH, AND THAT WE WILL DO OUR
12:06:49 OWN PROGRAM.
12:06:50 WE WILL THEN ISSUE AN RFP BOTH FOR CONTRACTORS AND A
12:06:53 THIRD PARTY PROVIDER AT THE SAME TIME SO THAT EAST TAMPA
12:06:56 CAN HAVE THE PROGRAM OVERSEEN MUCH QUICKLY -- MORE
12:07:01 QUICKLY, AND AT A TIME SCALE TO HELP GET THAT MONEY OUT
12:07:05 INTO TO OUR COMMUNITY FASTER.
12:07:07 WE ARE SIMULTANEOUSLY ALSO WORKING ON A COUPLE OF SMALLER
12:07:10 GRANTS THAT I PROVIDED TO MS. BURTON EARLIER THIS WEEK
12:07:14 AND WE ARE MEETING WITH HER NEXT WEEK WITH BRENDA TO TALK
12:07:17 ABOUT TAKING EXISTING PROGRAMS AND TO TARGET SPECIFIC
12:07:23 NEEDS IN SMALLER GRANTS FOR OUR HOMEOWNERS SO WE CAN HELP
12:07:26 THEM WITH THEIR REHABILITATION NEEDS FASTER.
12:07:29 AND THEN AGAIN, NEXT MONTH, I WILL UPDATE YOU ON THE REST
12:07:34 OF OUR HOUSING INITIATIVES IN THE OTHER CRAs.
12:07:37 LASTLY, HOPEFULLY LASTLY, LASTLY, IT HAS BEEN ASKED THAT
12:07:43 WE COME BACK AS ITEM NUMBER 4 AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT A
12:07:46 PLAN FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH A PRIORITY DOCUMENT FOR THIS
12:07:50 CRA BOARD TO HELP PROVIDE DIRECTION TO THE CACS.
12:07:54 THAT IS THE LAST PAGE OF MY PowerPoint.
12:07:56 WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING IS THAT WE HIRE A FACILITATING
12:08:01 CONSULTANT WHO CAN DO ONE ON ONE INTERVIEWS WITH ALL OF
12:08:04 YOU, AND THEN HOLD AT LEAST ONE RETREAT, IF YOU FEEL A
12:08:08 SECOND RAE STREET TREAT IS NEEDED, THAT WE WOULD HAVE
12:08:11 THAT SECOND RETREAT, AND THEN IF THERE WAS ANY OTHER
12:08:14 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OR WORKSHOPS THAT YOU WANTED TO
12:08:16 ENGAGE IN, PLEASE LET ME KNOW EITHER TODAY OR E-MAIL ME
12:08:19 IN THE NEXT WEEK, AND WE CAN INCLUDE THAT IN THE SCOPE.
12:08:22 WE WOULD ASK THEM TO REVIEW OUR CURRENT COMMUNITY
12:08:25 REDEVELOPMENT PLANS WITHIN OUR RESPECTIVE CRAS SO THAT
12:08:29 YOUR OPERATORS ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT IF CRAS ARE
12:08:32 CURRENTLY AUTHORIZED TO DO, REVIEW THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS,
12:08:36 AND OUR CURRENT UPDATED STRATEGIC ACTION PLANS, WE WOULD
12:08:39 THEN ASK THEM TO PRODUCE A SUMMARY OF YOUR OPERATORS
12:08:42 DOCUMENT, TO ALSO PROVIDE A DETAILED DOCUMENT THAT WOULD
12:08:46 BE AT THE HIGH LEVEL.
12:08:47 HERE ARE YOUR PRIORITIES, HERE IS WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO
12:08:50 SEE AND HOW THEY ALIGN WITH THE RESPECTIVE CACS AND ALSO
12:08:54 DO A PRESENTATION BACK TO THE CRA BOARD ON THE FINAL
12:08:56 PLAN.
12:08:57 SO THIS IS A GENERAL SCOPE.
12:08:59 ANY INPUT AGAIN EITHER TODAY OR IN WRITING IN THE NEXT
12:09:02 WEEK OR SO, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND THEN I CAN MOVE
12:09:04 FORWARD TO APPROPRIATE A LIST.
12:09:10 AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON MY UPDATE.
12:09:11 >>BILL CARLSON: YOU DON'T NEED A MOTION FOR ANY OF THAT?
12:09:16 >> I WOULD PREFER A MOTION JUST BECAUSE IT WILL INVOLVE
12:09:19 MY GOING AND SPENDING MONEY TO DO THIS.
12:09:21 >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE
12:09:22 ADOPT THE CRA BOARD PRIORITIES SETTING PROCESS AND PLANS
12:09:28 SCOPE OF WORK.
12:09:30 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECONDED BY MR. CITRO.
12:09:33 ANY DISCUSSION?
12:09:34 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:09:35 ANY OPPOSED?
12:09:36 MOTION CARRIES.
12:09:39 MS. VAN LOAN, DO YOU NEED ANY OTHER MOTION OR ANY OTHER
12:09:42 ITEMS ON YOUR UPDATE SHEET?
12:09:46 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: YES.
12:09:47 ITEM 6 IS THE WEST TAMPA HIS FACADE, AND WE ARE ASKING
12:09:53 FOR A FACADE FOR WEST TAMPA FOR 37,659.
12:09:58 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
12:10:01 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECOND BY MR. CITRO.
12:10:02 ANY DISCUSSION?
12:10:03 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:10:04 ANY OPPOSED?
12:10:06 MOTION CARRIES.
12:10:07 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: ITEM 7 IS A CULTURAL ASSET, COVID
12:10:11 RETROFIT GRANT FOR THEHISTORY MUSEUM.
12:10:14 THEY ARE ASKING FOR 28,315 TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO
12:10:19 THEIR RESTROOMS.
12:10:20 >>BILL CARLSON: COULD I INTERRUPT FOR A SECOND?
12:10:23 I NEED TO FILE A CONFLICT FORM FOR THIS ITEM AND THE NEXT
12:10:27 ITEM NUMBER 7 AND 8.
12:10:28 AND I WILL STEP OUT OF THE A.M.
12:10:30 BUT MY COMPANY HAS A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH SOME
12:10:34 PARTIES RELATED TO THIS.
12:10:35 SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE MY
12:10:38 FORM WHICH I WILL GIVE TO THE CLERK.
12:10:41 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION ON THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND
12:10:43 FILE.
12:10:44 SECOND BY MR. CITRO.
12:10:48 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:10:49 MOTION CARRIES.
12:10:51 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: ITEM 8 IS A CULTURAL ASSET COVID
12:10:54 RETROFIT GRANT TO THE ART MUSEUM IN THE AMOUNT OF 529,925
12:10:59 COMING OUT OF THE DOWNTOWN CRA.
12:11:01 THIS IS FOR RESTROOMS TO OPEN UP THE CLASSROOMS TO BE
12:11:05 ABLE TO PROVIDE SAFE SPACING FOR THE KID, AND RENOVATIONS
12:11:09 FOR THE LOBBY AND THE INTERFACE AREAS BETWEEN THE
12:11:12 TICKETING AND THE VISITING PUBLIC.
12:11:14 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
12:11:16 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND.
12:11:18 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CITRO SECONDS IT.
12:11:20 ANY DISCUSSION?
12:11:21 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:11:22 ANY OPPOSED?
12:11:22 MOTION CARRIES.
12:11:23 >>MORRIS MASSEY: BEFORE WE MOVE ON I WANT TO MAKE SURE,
12:11:27 DID WE MOVE THE PRIOR RESOLUTION FOR THE --
12:11:31 >>> NO.
12:11:31 MOVE THE RESOLUTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 7.
12:11:33 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND.
12:11:35 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO, MR. CITRO SECONDED IT.
12:11:38 ANY DISCUSSION?
12:11:40 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:11:41 ANY OPPOSED?
12:11:42 MOTION CARRIES.
12:11:43 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: SORRY ABOUT THAT.
12:11:46 WE GET A LOT OF ECHO AS YOU ARE VOTING.
12:11:48 ITEMS 11 THROUGH 13 I BELIEVE YOU CAN VOTE ON AS A BLOCK.
12:11:51 THESE ARE THE FINAL APPOINTMENTS TO OUR VACANCIES ACROSS
12:11:53 OUR CACS.
12:11:55 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO APPROVE 11 THROUGH 15 FOR
12:11:59 COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS.
12:12:00 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECONDED BY CITRO.
12:12:03 ANY DISCUSSION?
12:12:04 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:12:04 ANY OPPOSED?
12:12:05 MOTION CARRIES.
12:12:06 >>MORRIS MASSEY: BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, I DID HAVE ONE OFF
12:12:10 THE AGENDA ITEM WALK ON THAT I BELIEVE YOU ALL RECEIVED.
12:12:14 WE MADE A FACADE GRANT TO MR. aND MRS. BALLARD FOR
12:12:18 THEIR PROPERTY ON MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BOULEVARD.
12:12:21 IN 2019, IN 2020, THEY NEVER EXTENDED THE GRANT MONEY
12:12:26 THAT WE HAD APPROVED IN 2019, IN 2020 WE INCREASED THAT
12:12:33 GRANT AMOUNT SO WE ACTUALLY RESCINDED THE ORIGINAL
12:12:35 APPROVAL.
12:12:35 BUT WHAT'S HAPPENED IS THAT WE NOW HAVE TWO COULD HAVE
12:12:40 NANCES LIENS ON THEIR PROPERTY FOR ONE GRANT THAT'S IN
12:12:43 EFFECT.
12:12:44 THIS WALK-ON ITEM WOULD CLARIFY THAT.
12:12:47 RELEASING THE ONE, THE FIRST APPROVAL, AND ONLY THE
12:12:50 SECOND ONE STILL STANDS.
12:12:51 AND I WOULD ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF THAT RESOLUTION.
12:12:54 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I'M SORRY, MR. CHAIR, IT IS TO RELEASE
12:12:58 THE LIEN ON THE FIRST ONE.
12:13:00 IF YOU DON'T MIND I WILL MOVE FOR THAT.
12:13:02 >> I'LL SECOND THAT.
12:13:05 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
12:13:06 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:13:07 ANY OPPOSED?
12:13:08 MOTION CARRIES.
12:13:09 MS. VAN LOAN?
12:13:10 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR THE DAY.
12:13:12 THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
12:13:13 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I AM JUST GOING BACK TO YOUR UPDATES.
12:13:16 REQUEST THERE ANY MOTIONS YOU NEEDED, ANY STUFF THAT YOU
12:13:20 GAVE?
12:13:20 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: NO, I DID NOT NEED ANY OTHER
12:13:22 MOTIONS.
12:13:23 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
12:13:25 WE GO TO NEW BUSINESS.
12:13:27 MR. VIERA?
12:13:29 MR. CITRO?
12:13:31 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND THANKS TO BRENDA
12:13:34 THROWER AND THE EAST TAMPA CAC FOR INVITING ME ON A
12:13:39 WONDERFUL WALKING TOUR OF VM YBOR AND PARTS THEREABOUTS.
12:13:44 IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE.
12:13:46 I SAW A LOT, AND THE COMMUNITY WAS OUT THERE SPEAKING IN
12:13:49 FULL FORCE.
12:13:50 SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT.
12:13:51 I ALSO WANT TO SAY, BREAK A LEG TO TAMPA THEATER, WHO IS
12:13:55 REOPENING IN A SMALLER CONDENSED FORM.
12:14:02 I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR THE MIGHTY WURLITZER AGAIN.
12:14:05 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
12:14:07 >> NONE, SIR.
12:14:09 >>BILL CARLSON: NO, SIR.
12:14:13 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER?
12:14:15 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: NO, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
12:14:16 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA?
12:14:18 CAN'T HEAR YOU, SIR.
12:14:19 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NONE, SIR.
12:14:22 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:14:23 >>ORLANDO GUDES: AGAIN, I THANK YOU GENTLEMEN FOR A
12:14:25 MEETING.
12:14:26 WE ALWAYS HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC AND
12:14:36 HEAR WHAT THEY SUGGEST.
12:14:37 AGAIN I THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR THEIR VOICE.
12:14:40 MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
12:14:41 MOTION BY MR. MANISCALCO.
12:14:44 SECOND BY MR. CITRO.
12:14:45 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:14:47 ANY OPPOSED?
12:14:47 MOTION CARRIES.
12:14:49 WE ARE ADJOURNED.
12:14:49 (CRA MEETING ADJOURNED)
12:15:36
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