TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 2021
9:00 A.M. WORKSHOP
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09:04:02 [GAVEL SOUNDING]
09:04:02 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
09:04:06 I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO
09:04:08 ORDER.
09:04:10 COUNCILMAN VIERA, THE INVOCATION.
09:04:12 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
09:04:15 BEFORE WE BEGIN, I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
09:04:19 PASSING OF ATTORNEY VIN MARCHETTI WHO MANY OF US KNEW
09:04:23 AND WAS AN AMAZING ATTORNEY AND ADVOCATE.
09:04:27 I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY WANTED TO --
09:04:28 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT IS A SHOCK TO ME.
09:04:30 I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
09:04:34 I SERVED WITH MR. MARCHETTI AND CONDOLENCES TO HIS
09:04:36 FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND HE WAS A GOOD COLLEAGUE.
09:04:40 THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO MY ATTENTION.
09:04:44 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:04:44 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
09:04:48 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: VIN AND I STARTED OFF IN THE COUNTY
09:04:51 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE 30 YEARS AGO, AND WE WERE GOOD
09:04:54 FRIENDS, AND MY PRAYERS GO OUT TO LAURA AND THE FAMILY.
09:04:58 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
09:04:59 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
09:05:03 I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY GOOD FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE
09:05:06 MATT HALL WHO WILL BE DOING OUR OPENING PRAYER AND
09:05:07 INVOCATION THIS MORNING.
09:05:14 MATT IS AN ATTORNEY AT A NEW BOUTIQUE LAW FIRM, HILL,
09:05:16 WARD AND HENDERSON.
09:05:19 MATT CLERKED WITH THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS AND SERVED
09:05:24 AS A GUEST LECTURER ON VARIOUS TOPICS OF THE UNIVERSITY
09:05:26 OF FLORIDA AND UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA PRIOR TO ATTENDING
09:05:27 LAW SCHOOL.
09:05:32 MATTHEW SERVED AS INFANTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY DEPLOYING
09:05:33 TO IRAQ IN 2003.
09:05:36 MATT KNOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF SERVICE AND TO GIVE BACK
09:05:38 TO THE VETERAN COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
09:05:41 HE CREATED AND LED THE MILITARY VETERAN AND AFFAIRS
09:05:45 COMMITTEE FOR THE YBOR CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AS
09:05:47 WELL AS THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION.
09:05:50 MATT FIRST LED THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
09:05:56 MILITARY VETERANS AND AFFAIRS WITH A NICE YOUNG WOMAN
09:05:58 NAMED COLLEEN O'BRIAN.
09:06:02 THEY CREATED THE SCHOLARSHIP FOR MILITARY VETERANS OF
09:06:04 UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA SCHOOL OF LAW AND ACCREDITED TO
09:06:08 REPRESENT BENEFITS, CLAIMS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
09:06:13 VETERANS AFFAIRS AND TO HELP VETERANS TO SECURE THEIR
09:06:14 BENEFITS.
09:06:17 A MEMBER OF THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS AND VETERANS
09:06:19 OF FOREIGN WARS.
09:06:22 HE ENJOYS TIME OUT OF THE OFFICE BY SPENDING TIME IN
09:06:24 THE WATER AND ENJOYING TIME WITH HIS TWO CHILDREN.
09:06:27 NOT AS FAST AS HE USED TO BE HE TRIES TO PARTICIPATE IN
09:06:29 A FEW DISTANCE RUNS A YEAR.
09:06:34 I WOULD YIELD TO MY GOOD FRIEND, MATT, AND IF EVERYONE
09:06:39 WOULD STAND UP AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE.
09:06:47 >> ALMIGHTY RULER OF THE UNIVERSE, WE ASK FOR YOU AND
09:06:52 WITH YOU WE SEEK PEACE AND HEALING AND GUIDE US TO
09:06:54 REFLECT FOR THE HIGHEST RESPECT.
09:06:58 WE REMEMBER THE RECENT EVENTS OF SENSELESS VIOLENCE AND
09:07:00 PRAY THAT WE BRING YOU CLOSER.
09:07:02 AND SUPPORT OUR NEIGHBORS AND UPLIFT THEM, NOT TEAR
09:07:04 THEM DOWN OR ATTACK THEM.
09:07:07 WE ASK THAT YOU GIVE THANKS TO OUR GOVERNMENT LEADERS
09:07:10 AND PROTECT OUR MILITARY AND FIRST RESPONDERS AND LEAD
09:07:14 AND PROTECT US TO REFLECT HONOR ON YOU AND ALL OF US.
09:07:19 IN YOUR NAME, WE PRAY, AMEN.
09:07:29 [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
09:07:33 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ROLL CALL.
09:07:34 >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
09:07:36 >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE.
09:07:37 >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
09:07:38 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HERE.
09:07:39 >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE.
09:07:40 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
09:07:44 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
09:07:45 MR. SHELBY.
09:07:48 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, GOOD MORNING.
09:07:51 MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL CITY ATTORNEY.
09:07:52 MARCH 25.
09:08:18 AND WE ARE HERE AT OLD CITY HALL BY FLORIDA STATUES OF
09:08:19 MEDIA TECHNOLOGY.
09:08:23 THESE MEETINGS ARE BEING HELD WITH THE EMERGENCY RULES
09:08:28 OF PROCEDURES ADOPTED BY 2020-225 AND AMENDED BY
09:08:33 RESOLUTION NUMBER 2020-490 AND AS RECENTLY AMENDED BY
09:08:35 CITY COUNCIL.
09:08:37 THE PUBLIC AND THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA WILL BE ABLE TO
09:08:41 WATCH, LISTEN, AND VIEW ON SPECTRUM 640, FRONTIER
09:08:43 CHANNEL 15 AND LIVE ON THE INTERNET AT
09:08:48 TAMPA.GOV/LIVESTREAM, ONE WORD.
09:08:53 NOW THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ABLE TO VIRTUALLY
09:08:55 PARTICIPATE BY SEVERAL MEANS, INCLUDING WRITTEN
09:08:58 COMMENTS BY THE INTERNET OR WEB, WRITTEN COMMENTS BY
09:09:01 E-MAIL, AND U.S. MAIL.
09:09:05 TO REGISTER IN ADVANCE AND TO REGISTER REMOTELY WITH
09:09:08 PUBLIC COMMENT WITH THE USE OF CMT AND ALL OF THAT, AND
09:09:11 THOSE INSTRUCTIONS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY COUNCIL'S
09:09:15 WEB SITE AT TAMPA.GOV/CITYCOUNCIL.
09:09:16 ONE WORD.
09:09:22 FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT CMT AVAILABLE TO THEM OR WISH TO
09:09:28 PARTICIPATE AT CITY HALL, THOSE CITIZENS HAVE THE
09:09:31 OPTION OF COMMUNICATIONS VIA COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA
09:09:34 TECHNOLOGY WHICH IS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC BY THE
09:09:38 CITY OF TAMPA DURING THIS MEETING ON THE SECOND FLOOR
09:09:42 OF OLD CITY HALL, 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD.
09:09:45 AND PLEASE NOTE THAT THE USE OF MASKS AND SOCIAL
09:09:47 DISTANCING INSIDE THE BUILDING ARE REQUIRED.
09:09:51 PUBLIC COMMENTS, REMOTE OR IN PERSON USING CMT, WILL BE
09:09:54 HEARD AT THE START OF THE MEETING AT THE DIRECTION OF
09:09:55 CITY COUNCIL.
09:09:58 WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED BY MAIL OR E-MAIL ARE
09:10:01 DELIVERED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND PUBLIC COMMENTS
09:10:04 RECEIVED THROUGH THE WEB SITE ARE DISTRIBUTED TO THE
09:10:07 CITY COUNCIL AND HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED BEFORE THIS
09:10:08 MEETING.
09:10:10 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:10:12 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
09:10:14 JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS BEFORE WE BEGIN.
09:10:22 I RECEIVED AN E-MAIL FROM A STEVE MICHELINI ASKING THAT
09:10:26 ITEM NUMBER 3 BE CONTINUED TO A FUTURE DATE.
09:10:29 SO WE WILL NOT BE DISCUSSING ITEM NUMBER 3.
09:10:33 ALSO, WE HAVE A MEMO FROM COUNCILMEMBER VIERA FOR ITEM
09:10:38 NUMBER 1, A COMMENDATION TO AMERICAN HERO COLONEL JIM
09:10:41 FLETCHER THAT WE GIVE THIS COMMENDATION AT 11 A.M.
09:10:45 SO WE WILL DO A HARD STOP THERE AND GO TO THE
09:10:48 COMMENDATION AT 11 A.M.
09:10:51 AND THEN THAT IS IT.
09:10:53 WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
09:10:55 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOVE THE ITEMS NOW, SIR?
09:10:57 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: QUESTION.
09:10:59 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR?
09:11:00 YES, SIR?
09:11:01 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU.
09:11:05 SO THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO SAY -- WAS THAT MR.
09:11:09 MICHELINI'S MOTION?
09:11:12 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A REQUEST FROM MR. MICHELINI --
09:11:14 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THE ONLY THING I WANT TO SAY AND
09:11:18 WHAT I WOULD SAY TO HIM IF HE HAD MADE HIS PRESENTATION
09:11:23 TODAY IS, I'VE BEEN CHECKING OUT -- SO THIS IS IN
09:11:27 REGARD TO SOME CODE AMENDMENTS THAT HE AND MR. LUM HAVE
09:11:28 BEEN WORKING ON.
09:11:31 AND THAT'S ALL FINE AND GOOD AND ALLOWED UNDER OUR
09:11:32 CODE.
09:11:35 THE ONLY THING IS, I CHECKED WITH VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOOD
09:11:39 GROUPS AND WITH T.H.A.N., AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT
09:11:43 THESE PROPOSED CODE AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN VETTED OUT TO
09:11:45 THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND TO THE VERY ACTIVE NEIGHBORHOOD
09:11:48 LEADERS THAT WE HAVE.
09:11:51 I AM NOT SAYING THEY ALL NEED TO GET ALONG, BUT I THINK
09:11:55 AT A MINIMUM, THEY NEED TO HAVE PRESENTATIONS MADE.
09:11:58 AND THEY NEED TO HAVE THEIR OWN INPUT.
09:12:01 BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN MR. MICHELINI PLANS TO COME BACK,
09:12:05 I WOULD URGE HIM AND OR STAFF TO GET OUT AND HAVE THOSE
09:12:07 CONVERSATIONS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
09:12:08 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
09:12:11 WE HAVE MR. MICHELINI ON THE LINE.
09:12:11 MR. SHELBY.
09:12:15 MARTIN SHELBY: I AM GOING TO ASK COUNCIL TO TAKE THIS
09:12:20 ITEM UP.
09:12:23 YOU HAVING INFORMED THE PUBLIC THAT IS GOING TO BE A
09:12:26 REQUEST IS ULTIMATELY THE DECISION OF COUNCIL.
09:12:30 THE MEMO STATES THAT STAFF IS TO PRESENT THESE LAND
09:12:32 DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENTS, AND YOU MIGHT WANT TO HEAR
09:12:35 FROM STAFF ON THIS AS WELL.
09:12:39 YES, THESE ARE -- AT LEAST SOME OF THEM, TO MY
09:12:41 KNOWLEDGE -- I CAN'T SAY FOR ALL -- BUT AT LEAST THE
09:12:45 MAJORITY OF THEM ARE PRIVATELY INITIATED AND MR.
09:12:49 MICHELINI IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT, BUT MY ADVICE WOULD
09:12:53 BE TO TAKE UP THIS ITEM WHEN YOU TAKE UP NUMBER 3 AND
09:12:56 ULTIMATELY YOU WILL HAVE TO SELECT A DATE, I WOULD
09:12:57 THINK.
09:13:00 AND THEN WHAT YOU WOULD DO IS MAKE IT A MOTION AND VOTE
09:13:00 OF COUNCIL.
09:13:01 COUNCIL'S DIRECTION.
09:13:04 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ACTUALLY, MR. SHELBY, WITH ALL DUE
09:13:06 RESPECT, HERE IS MY CONCERN ABOUT THAT.
09:13:08 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES?
09:13:10 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I ASSUME -- IS THERE GOING TO BE
09:13:13 PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE THE MEETING STARTS?
09:13:16 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, THERE WILL BE.
09:13:18 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WE SHOULD ACTUALLY VOTE NOW BEFORE
09:13:22 THE PUBLIC COMMENT TO CONTINUE THE ITEM SO PEOPLE DON'T
09:13:25 WASTE THEIR TIME, AND WE DON'T WASTE OUR TIME WITH THAT
09:13:26 DISCUSSION FROM THE PUBLIC.
09:13:29 >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF COUNCIL WANTS TO TAKE THAT UP.
09:13:32 THE INTERESTING THING -- MY CONCERN IS THAT A MEMBER OF
09:13:34 THE PUBLIC REQUESTING SOMETHING TO COME OFF THE AGENDA
09:13:38 THAT HAS BEEN SET BY A MOTION OF CITY COUNCIL CANNOT BE
09:13:42 REMOVED EXCEPT BY A MOTION AND CONTINUED TO A DATE AND
09:13:46 TIME CERTAIN IF THAT IS COUNCIL'S PLEASURE BY MOTION OF
09:13:47 CITY COUNCIL.
09:13:49 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WE SHOULD DO THAT AS EARLY AS
09:13:50 POSSIBLE.
09:13:51 >>MARTIN SHELBY: I UNDERSTAND THAT.
09:13:53 AND THIS IS COUNCIL'S PLEASURE.
09:13:55 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT STAFF
09:13:58 WAS NOT TOTALLY READY AND STAFF WAS GOING TO BRING A
09:14:00 MOTION TO HAVE THIS CONTINUED.
09:14:02 BECAUSE I ASKED THAT QUESTION ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS
09:14:07 AS WELL, ALL THE E-MAILS THAT WE RECEIVED.
09:14:11 I UNDERSTAND MR. SHELBY'S POSITION, BUT I BELIEVE
09:14:13 BEFORE YOU MOVE THIS TOWARD, YOU WOULD JUST NEED TO
09:14:17 CONTINUE THIS SO THE PUBLIC CAN KNOW HOW.
09:14:19 >>MARTIN SHELBY: I AM NOT QUESTIONING WHETHER YOU CAN
09:14:20 DO THAT.
09:14:23 I SEE MISS FEELEY AND MEMBERS OF STAFF ARE ON THE LINE
09:14:25 IF YOU WANT TO DISCUSS THAT WITH THEM.
09:14:27 IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT IF THAT IS
09:14:29 COUNCIL'S PLEASURE.
09:14:32 I ASK YOU TO HAVE A DATE AND TIME AND MAYBE --
09:14:33 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE DON'T NEED TO DISCUSS IT.
09:14:37 WE JUST NEED TO CONTINUE IT TO A DIFFERENT DATE.
09:14:42 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON AND COUNCILMAN
09:14:45 CITRO.
09:14:47 >>BILL CARSON: PROCESS POINT OF VIEW AND WE CAN TALK
09:14:49 ABOUT THAT ON MONDAY.
09:14:52 MY UNDERSTANDING SOME CONFUSION THAT STAFF THOUGHT IT
09:14:56 WAS CITY COUNCIL'S DIRECTIVE TO HEAR ABOUT THESE EARLY
09:15:00 INSTEAD OF BEING BLINDSIDED FROM NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS
09:15:03 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS.
09:15:06 I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT MOTION OR VOTE, BUT THAT IS
09:15:06 OUR INTENT.
09:15:10 I UNDERSTOOD AT THE END OF THIS, WE WOULD BE DECIDING
09:15:14 TO THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR FIRST READING OR OTHER KIND
09:15:17 OF REVIEW AND BY THE ACT OF VOTING TO PUT IT ON THE
09:15:20 AGENDA, IT LOOKED LIKE AN ENDORSEMENT OF IT EVEN THOUGH
09:15:23 WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN PUBLIC INPUT.
09:15:25 I THINK ON MONDAY WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS AND
09:15:28 OUR INTENT TO FIND OUT AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE INSTEAD OF
09:15:32 FINDING OUT THINGS IN THE MEDIA OR FROM THE PUBLIC.
09:15:34 MAYBE THERE IS AN EXTRA STEP WE SHOULD PUT IN.
09:15:36 ONE OF MY SUGGESTIONS YESTERDAY WAS MAYBE WE WOULD HEAR
09:15:40 IT TODAY AND THEN IF PUT ON THE AGENDA, WE WOULD
09:15:44 DISCUSS AT A FUTURE DATE WHETHER WE WOULD PUT IT ON THE
09:15:47 AGENDA AGAIN SO WE COULD HAVE PUBLIC INPUT ALONG THE
09:15:48 WAY.
09:15:50 WE CAN TALK ON MONDAY ABOUT PROCESS.
09:15:51 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CITRO.
09:15:54 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
09:15:57 I TEND TO AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
09:16:00 THIS IS A WORKSHOP, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM MISS
09:16:00 FEELEY.
09:16:03 LET'S GET A DATE AND CONTINUE IT TO THAT DATE UNLESS
09:16:07 MISS FEELEY HAS DESIGNS OTHERWISE.
09:16:10 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE ALSO HAVE MR. MICHELINI ON THE
09:16:10 LINE.
09:16:12 HE IS THE ONE THAT SENT THE E-MAIL.
09:16:16 MR. MICHELINI, IF YOU ARE ON THE LINE, DO YOU HAVE A
09:16:19 SPECIFIC DATE AND COORDINATE WITH STAFF AND EVERYBODY
09:16:23 ELSE AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND WHATNOT?
09:16:39 >>CLERK: STEVE MICHELINI, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
09:16:42 MR. MICHELINI IS STILL MUTED.
09:16:46 HE JUST NEEDS TO UNMUTE HIMSELF SO HE CAN SPEAK.
09:16:50 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. MICHELINI, IF YOU CAN UNMUTE
09:16:52 YOURSELF.
09:16:58 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I TAKE THAT AS THE 12TH OF NEVER.
09:17:06 LET'S TALK WITH MISS FEELEY.
09:17:09 SEEMS LIKE WE ARE TAKING TOO MUCH TIME TALKING ABOUT
09:17:09 IT.
09:17:11 LET'S GET IT DONE.
09:17:14 >>ABBYE FEELEY: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:17:17 ABBYE FEELEY, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH
09:17:18 MANAGEMENT.
09:17:22 I -- WHILE WE ARE WAITING FOR MR. MICHELINI.
09:17:24 I DID SPEAK WITH MR. MICHELINI YESTERDAY.
09:17:28 THIS WAS A PRIVATELY INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENT.
09:17:31 COUNCIL DID REQUEST PRIOR THAT STAFF BRING THESE ITEMS
09:17:36 TO YOU FIRST BEFORE THEY GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION
09:17:39 AND THEN BEFORE THEY COME BACK ON FIRST READING.
09:17:43 SO THE INTENT OF THE WORKSHOP IS TO HAVE THAT OUT IN
09:17:43 DISCUSSION.
09:17:46 LET YOU KNOW WHAT IS FORTHCOMING AND HAS BEEN FILED BY
09:17:48 A PRIVATE APPLICANT.
09:17:53 AND THEN LET YOU KNOW THE REVIEW THAT WAS CONDUCTED BY
09:17:54 STAFF AND WHERE WE ARE.
09:17:57 A LOT OF TIMES ON A TEXT AMENDMENT, IT IS ONLY ONE.
09:17:58 THIS IS A PACKAGE OF AMENDMENTS.
09:18:01 AND WE HAVE PRESENTED A PRESENTATION.
09:18:05 WITH THAT BEING SAID, I SEE MISS WELLS HERE THIS
09:18:06 MORNING AS WELL.
09:18:09 AND I WOULD REALLY ASK FOR CLARIFICATION FROM COUNCIL
09:18:13 THIS MORNING AS MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS, WE HAVE
09:18:19 85, I BELIEVE, REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS IN
09:18:20 THE CITY.
09:18:25 DURING THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, MISS DOCK HAVE
09:18:30 IMPLEMENTED A PUBLIC INFORMATION SESSION WHICH SHE
09:18:34 HOLDS ONCE THE ITEMS COME BEFORE YOU TO -- IN ORDER TO
09:18:35 SHARE THOSE WITH THE PUBLIC.
09:18:38 I DON'T KNOW THAT -- I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT YOUR
09:18:42 EXPECTATIONS ARE WHEN REQUESTING US TO MEET WITH THE
09:18:43 NEIGHBORHOODS.
09:18:46 THESE ARE PRIVATELY INITIATED AMENDMENTS.
09:18:50 SO TYPICALLY THAT HAS BEEN ON THE ONUS OF THE
09:18:51 APPLICANT.
09:18:54 WE CAN DEFINITELY HOLD A VIRTUAL MEETING.
09:18:58 WE CAN DO THAT THROUGH NOTIFICATION ON OUR WEB SITE,
09:19:02 BUT I AM NOT SURE AS FAR AS THE NET OF REACHING ALL OF
09:19:04 THOSE 85.
09:19:07 SO IF WE CAN GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM YOU ON WHAT THAT
09:19:10 INCLUDES, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
09:19:13 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON AND THEN
09:19:15 DINGFELDER.
09:19:19 >>BILL CARLSON: MY SUGGESTION IS THAT -- NOW
09:19:22 ESPECIALLY THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW TO USE ZOOM, JUST
09:19:26 CALL A COUPLE ZOOM -- ONE OR TWO ZOOM MEETINGS WITH ALL
09:19:29 THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS AND THE PERSON WOULD BE -- ALL
09:19:32 THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS INVITED AND SECOND ONE TO
09:19:35 INVITE THEIR CONSTITUENTS BUT A PRETTY EASY WAY TO
09:19:41 NOTIFY EVERYONE, AND AT THE VERY LEAST, E-MAIL THEM.
09:19:43 THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS ARE E-MAILING EACH OTHER USING
09:19:46 THE CITY LIST AND THE CITY IS NOT THE FIRST AND BEST
09:19:48 SOURCE OF INFORMATION WHICH IS THE MAIN THING YOU
09:19:50 SHOULD DO IN COMMUNICATION.
09:19:53 ALSO, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW THIS -- ABOUT
09:19:56 HOW SOME ISSUES HAVE COME UP YEARS BEFORE AND NOW ARE
09:19:57 COMING BACK BEFORE US.
09:20:02 AND SOME OF US DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE HISTORY OF IT, BUT
09:20:05 ALSO THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS CHANGE EVERY YEAR
09:20:06 USUALLY.
09:20:10 AND SO THE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS MAY HAVE NO
09:20:13 KNOWLEDGE WHAT THE FORMER NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS DID.
09:20:15 IF SOMETHING HAS NOT BEEN DISCUSSED FOR A YEAR,
09:20:18 PROBABLY WE SHOULD HAVE A NEW SET OF MEETINGS TO INFORM
09:20:20 THE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS.
09:20:21 THANK YOU.
09:20:25 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. MICHELINI IS UNMUTED NOW.
09:20:26 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
09:20:29 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SO MISS FEELEY, I HEAR YOU.
09:20:30 WE FEEL YOUR PAIN.
09:20:33 MISS DOCK, YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB.
09:20:35 I THINK THE BEST THING TO DO TAKE THE TIME ON MONDAY
09:20:39 AND TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS, THE FUTURE PROCESS, WHERE
09:20:41 WE WANT THIS TO GO.
09:20:44 WITH REGARD TO TODAY, IF MR. MICHELINI IS ON, I WOULD
09:20:47 LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE IT RIGHT THIS VERY
09:20:50 SECOND, BUT I WILL TAKE A SUGGESTION FROM MR. MICHELINI
09:20:54 WHEN HE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THIS.
09:20:56 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. MICHELINI.
09:21:00 >> YES, SIR, COUNCIL, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW THE DATE.
09:21:03 AND STAFF IS GOING TO HAVE TO WORK ON THAT BECAUSE IT
09:21:07 ALSO EFFECTS THE TIMING OF YOUR WORKSHOPS THAT HAVE TO
09:21:09 GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR WORKSHOP.
09:21:13 AND IT ALSO HAS TO COME BACK TO YOU, SO WHAT WE WERE
09:21:16 ASKING FOR IS TWO THINGS.
09:21:20 ONE IS THAT THE STAFF SET UP THE PUBLIC PRESENTATION
09:21:24 PORTION, WHICH IS -- WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOUR
09:21:29 CURRENT PROVISIONS ARE THAT ABBYE FEELEY POINTED OUT.
09:21:32 AND THEN -- AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT WILL COME BACK TO
09:21:35 YOU IN A WORKSHOP FORMAT.
09:21:38 WE DON'T KNOW THE DATE.
09:21:41 BUT I REQUEST THAT YOU CONTINUE THE ITEM FOR A DATE TO
09:21:44 BE ESTABLISHED BY THE STAFF SO THEY CAN COME BACK AND
09:21:47 MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION ON THE SEQUENCE OF DATES.
09:21:49 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, MR.
09:21:50 MICHELINI.
09:21:54 SO I WOULD SUGGEST THREE MONTHS FROM NOW WE CAN JUST
09:21:57 PUT IT ON THE JUNE WORKSHOP.
09:22:01 IF IT IS NOT READY, WE CAN DEAL WITH IT ANOTHER TIME.
09:22:01 BUT --
09:22:03 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LOOK FOR THE DATE HERE.
09:22:07 THE JUNE WORKSHOP WILL BE JUNE 24.
09:22:12 SO YOUR MOTION IS FOR JUNE 24 WORKSHOP, 9 A.M.
09:22:16 IF WE NEED MORE TIME THEN, WE WILL FIGURE IT OUT.
09:22:20 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
09:22:21 ALL IN FAVOR.
09:22:22 OPPOSED.
09:22:25 THANK YOU, MR. MICHELINI.
09:22:26 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN, WANT TO SAY IN
09:22:30 DEFENSE OF STAFF, MISS DOCK AND MISS FEELEY PUT A LOT
09:22:34 OF WORK IN THE PREPARATION.
09:22:36 THEY DID A GREAT POWERPOINT.
09:22:38 I THINK THEY WERE FULLY PREPARED TO GO FORWARD.
09:22:41 I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE HAPPENED.
09:22:45 AND MAYBE IT IS IN DEFERENCE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH
09:22:46 IS GOOD.
09:22:48 I WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE.
09:22:49 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:22:52 AS I CONTINUE WITH THE AGENDA BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT,
09:22:53 ITEM NUMBER 4.
09:22:57 THIS IS A REQUEST FROM THE ADMINISTRATION REGARDING THE
09:23:00 CARE ATC WELLNESS CENTER AND VACCINATIONS AND WHATNOT.
09:23:02 WE WILL TAKE THAT FIRST ON THE AGENDA.
09:23:05 IT SHOULD BE A BRIEF PRESENTATION.
09:23:08 AND THEN WE WILL CONTINUE FROM THERE WITH THE AGENDA.
09:23:11 WE WILL GO TO THE FIRE CHIEF AND CONTINUE ON.
09:23:12 ALL RIGHT.
09:23:16 WE ARE GOING TO GO -- YES?
09:23:18 >>CLERK: WAS THERE A VOTE ON THE MOTION?
09:23:20 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN
09:23:21 DINGFELDER.
09:23:28 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON, JUNE 24 WORKSHOP AND AN
09:23:31 UNANIMOUS YES.
09:23:32 GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT --
09:23:35 >>MARTIN SHELBY: SORRY, TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN
09:23:40 WALK-ON AND OPEN THE WALK-ON AND MOVE IT TO PUBLIC
09:23:40 COMMENT.
09:23:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
09:23:44 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT WILL BE FINE, THANK YOU.
09:23:46 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY ON THE SECOND FLOOR OR
09:23:50 HERE IN PERSON THAT WISHES TO SPEAK, PLEASE APPROACH
09:23:51 THE LECTERN.
09:23:51 STATE YOUR NAME.
09:23:52 YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
09:23:56 AFTER EACH SPEAKER, WE WILL SANITIZE THE LECTERN AND GO
09:23:56 FROM THERE.
09:24:01 THEN WE HAVE A FEW REGISTERED SPEAKERS ON THE LINE.
09:24:02 I HAVE THREE HERE.
09:24:08 AND THEN WE WILL GO TO THE CAREATC, INC. VACCINATION
09:24:15 DISCUSSION.
09:24:26 IF YOU ARE HERE IN PERSON TO SPEAK, IF WE CAN PUT --
09:24:27 YES, MA'AM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
09:24:32 >> YES, GOOD MORNING, CONNIE BURTON, RESIDENT OF EAST
09:24:33 TAMPA.
09:24:37 AND SO THIS MORNING, COUNCILMEN, I COME TO YOU AS A
09:24:41 RESIDENT OF EAST TAMPA JUST TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT HAS
09:24:46 BEEN MY OBSERVATION FROM YOUR LAST WEEK'S CITY COUNCIL
09:24:46 MEETING.
09:24:54 WITHIN ONE WEEK THAT IT HAD BEEN ANNOUNCED OF A MOVE OF
09:24:58 CITY DEPARTMENTS TO EAST TAMPA, I BELIEVE, WHEN IT WAS
09:25:03 FIRST PRESENTED TO YOU ALL, IT WAS STATED THAT SOME HAD
09:25:07 NO KNOWLEDGE.
09:25:12 SOMEONE HAD MORE DISCUSSION AND WITHIN ONE WEEK OF A
09:25:16 VOTE, THE SOLICITATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS
09:25:23 SPEAKING FOR OR AGAINST, BUT WITHIN ONE WEEK, NOW WE
09:25:28 ARE SEEING THAT THE AGENDA OF THE MAYOR HAS BEEN MOVED
09:25:33 FORTH WITH UNANIMOUS VOTE OF ALL THOSE WHO ATTENDED.
09:25:36 AND I WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THIS.
09:25:40 THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY, THOSE THAT
09:25:47 RESIDE IN EAST TAMPA FOR THE LAST, SAY, 35-PLUS YEARS
09:25:53 HAVE BEEN TRYING TO MOVE SOME AGENDA ITEMS.
09:25:57 I BELIEVE COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER AROSE TO THE OCCASION
09:26:01 TO SAY THAT THE LAST CRA CHAIRPERSON HAD DONE SUCH A
09:26:06 WONDERFUL JOB, WHICH THERE IS NO CRITICISM FROM ME IN
09:26:08 MOVING THE AGENDA OF EAST TAMPA.
09:26:12 AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT IN THE FORMATION OF THE
09:26:17 EAST TAMPA LEADERSHIP, WHETHER IT WAS UNDER SAM KINSEY
09:26:24 DIRECTION, THE NEEDS OF COMMUNITY ARE STILL THE SAME.
09:26:28 THE COMMUNITY IS STILL OUT CRYING THAT THEY, THE
09:26:31 COMMUNITY, HAVE A DECISION AND WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN IN
09:26:32 OUR COMMUNITY.
09:26:37 AND ONE OF OUR PRIMARY REQUESTS THAT HAVE GONE UNHEARD
09:26:40 -- AND I AM AT A POINT NOW AS A RESIDENT OF EAST TAMPA
09:26:44 TO SAY, PERHAPS, IT IS DELIBERATE.
09:26:47 THAT THE PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT WE WANT TO HAVE A
09:26:49 TRANSFORMATION OF OUR COMMUNITY.
09:26:53 WE WANT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PEOPLE THERE.
09:27:00 WE WANT TO SEE A ROBUST REHAB OF HOMES IN EAST TAMPA.
09:27:05 WE WANT AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCT THAT THE PEOPLE
09:27:08 OF EAST TAMPA CAN AFFORD.
09:27:13 AND SO WITHIN ONE WEEK THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE INFORMATION
09:27:18 ABOUT THE MAYOR MOVING HER PROGRAM FORWARD IN ONE WEEK,
09:27:23 IT HAS BEEN DECIDED IN 17 YEARS UNDER THE CRA
09:27:26 LEADERSHIP OF MAKING DEMANDS FOR THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS
09:27:32 OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND, OF COURSE, THAT REHABBING
09:27:34 HOUSES HAVE GONE UNHEARD.
09:27:36 THANK YOU.
09:27:38 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:27:41 WE WILL SANITIZE THE LECTERN AND THEN HAVE THE NEXT
09:27:57 SPEAKER.
09:28:01 >> MENTESNOT.
09:28:05 CITY COUNCIL, IF YOU CAN HOLD MY TIME.
09:28:10 A YOUNG MAN -- MENTESNOT, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
09:28:12 I WOULD LIKE FOR HIM TO BE REMOVED FROM THIS POST.
09:28:15 HE IS UP HERE SPREADING FALSE INFORMATION THAT
09:28:19 TRESPASSED FROM THE CITY BUILDING, THAT LAST WEEK I WAS
09:28:21 TRESPASSED AND NO BUSINESS UP HERE AND HAVE THE TPD
09:28:24 SURROUNDING ME AS IF THEY ARE ABOUT TO ARREST ME.
09:28:27 WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS HYPING THIS THING UP THAT SOMEONE
09:28:31 -- MORE THAN LIKELY ME OR PRIVATE CITIZEN WILL GET HURT
09:28:32 DOWN HERE TRYING TO SPEAK.
09:28:33 JUST TRYING TO SPEAK.
09:28:38 AND THE NONSENSE YOU ALL ARE DOING RIGHT NOW BUT
09:28:40 BASICALLY TELLING PEOPLE WHAT TO DO OR WHAT THEY CANNOT
09:28:41 DO.
09:28:42 CUTTING THEIR FACES OFF.
09:28:43 I AM TELLING YOU.
09:28:49 THIS CITY COUNCIL, WHITE PEOPLE, ORLANDO GUDES,
09:28:51 COWARDS, STRAIGHT COWARDS.
09:28:54 Y'ALL AFFECTING BLACK PEOPLE'S LIVES TO WEAR WHAT WE
09:28:57 WANT TO WEAR, DO WHAT WE WANT TO DO AND YOU HAVE BLACK
09:28:59 PEOPLE AS COWARDS.
09:29:02 YOU DON'T HAVE RULES ABOUT SIGNS AND INTO NOTHING UNTIL
09:29:04 BLACK PEOPLE STARTED COMING DOWN HERE.
09:29:11 THIS CITY FORMED IN 1823 NOT UNTIL 1993 HAD A BLACK
09:29:14 PERSON IN CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTING THE BLACK COMMUNITY
09:29:18 AND THEN BLACK PEOPLE HAD NO RIGHTS AND COWARDS.
09:29:21 YOU EVOLVE THE SYSTEM TO TAKE BLACK PEOPLE'S RIGHTS
09:29:22 AWAY.
09:29:26 YOU EVOLVE THE SYSTEM TO TAKE BLACK PEOPLE'S RIGHTS
09:29:26 AWAY.
09:29:29 A GROWN MAN IN A CITY BUILDING AND YOU ARE TRYING TO
09:29:32 TELL THEM WHAT TO WEAR AND CITY POLICE SURROUNDING HIM
09:29:35 TO ARREST HIM -- ARREST THEM BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY HAVE
09:29:40 ON AND YOU CAN'T SHOW WHAT THEY HAVE GOT ON TV.
09:29:40 COWARDS.
09:29:44 NOTHING MORE OR NOTHING LESS.
09:29:46 AND YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ATTORNEYS.
09:29:50 STANDING UP FOR THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
09:29:52 CORONAVIRUS, COWARD VIRUS.
09:29:54 COWARD VIRUS.
09:29:57 Y'ALL ARE SCARED OF BLACK PEOPLE HAVING RIGHTS.
09:30:02 Y'ALL ARE SCARED OF BLACK PEOPLE COMING OUT -- YOU
09:30:04 AIN'T AFRAID OF -- SIGN.
09:30:07 YOU ARE AFRAID OF BLACK PEOPLE COMING OUT OF SLAVERY,
09:30:11 NOTHING MORE AND NOTHING LESS, COWARDS, GROWN MEN,
09:30:15 COWARDS, SISSIES, NOTHING MORE OR NOTHING LESS.
09:30:19 A SHAME YOU TRY TO PUSH BLACK PEOPLE AROUND AND DON'T
09:30:21 DISCUSS NOTHING THAT GOES ON INSIDE THE BLACK
09:30:22 COMMUNITY.
09:30:25 ORANGE PARK, FAIR OAKS PARK.
09:30:31 OUR KIDS GETTING KILLED AND YOU STUPID NEGROS AND OUR
09:30:36 REPRESENTATIVES DISCUSSING PARKS AND WE DON'T EAT,
09:30:40 HOMELESS, JOBLESS, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNDEREMPLOYMENT,
09:30:41 TRANSPORTATIONLESS.
09:30:45 GENTRIFICATION AND COWARDS ARE TALKING ABOUT TWO PARKS.
09:30:48 COWARDS, NOTHING MORE AND NOTHING LESS, MAN.
09:30:51 SOONER OR LATER WE WILL CHALLENGE THIS RULE AND OUR
09:30:54 DEVELOPERS CAN BRING SIGNS DOWN HERE BUT PRIVATE
09:30:55 CITIZENS CAN'T BRING SIGNS.
09:30:58 WE WILL CHALLENGE THIS RULE AND OUR DEVELOPERS CAN
09:31:01 BRING SIGNS DOWN HERE AND PRIVATE CITIZENS CAN'T BRING
09:31:02 SIGNS DOWN HERE.
09:31:07 DEVELOPERS CAN BRING GRASS DOWN HERE, BUT PRIVATE
09:31:10 CITIZENS CAN'T BRING GRASS DOWN HERE.
09:31:12 AND DEVELOPERS -- SITTING ABOVE THE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW.
09:31:14 YOU ARE SITTING ABOVE THE PEOPLE.
09:31:15 YOU ARE ON THE THIRD FLOOR.
09:31:16 WE ARE ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
09:31:20 YOU ARE SITTING ABOVE THE PEOPLE SO Y'ALL CAN DO WHAT
09:31:24 Y'ALL WANT TO DO AND THE PEOPLE ARE UNDER YOUR FEET.
09:31:27 NO, LIFE DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT AND ORLANDO GUDES STAND
09:31:29 UP FOR OUR PEOPLE AND STAND UP FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
09:31:31 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
09:31:33 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
09:31:36 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CHAIR, ASK A QUESTION.
09:31:39 MR. SHELBY, ANY SIGNAGE OR ANYTHING POSTED ON THE
09:31:42 SECOND FLOOR SO PEOPLE TO KNOW WHAT THE RULES AND
09:31:44 REGULATIONS ARE.
09:31:45 THEY ARE POSTED?
09:31:47 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: RIGHT THERE WHEN YOU WALK IN.
09:31:49 >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I CAN COUNSEL JUST SO THE PUBLIC
09:31:51 IS AWARE.
09:31:53 COUNCIL DOES HAVE A RULE IN THE RULES OF PROCEDURES
09:31:56 AVAILABLE ON THE CITY COUNCIL'S WEB SITE IF PEOPLE --
09:32:00 NO ONE PRESENT DURING A CITY COUNCIL SHALL ENGAGE IN
09:32:03 DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR INCLUDING INTENTIONALLY MAKING OR
09:32:06 CAUSING TO BE MADE ANY DISRUPTIVE NOISE OR SOUND OR
09:32:10 DISPLAYING SIGNS OR GRAPHICS IN A MANNER DISRUPTIVE TO
09:32:13 THE PROCEEDINGS.
09:32:15 >> IF I MAY, MR. CHAIR.
09:32:17 I DON'T KNOW IF THE REFERENCE WAS TO THE -- TO THE
09:32:19 EXPLICIT LANGUAGE USED.
09:32:22 I DON'T THINK WE NEED A SIGN TELLING FOLKS NOT TO USE
09:32:24 CERTAIN WORDS IN TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
09:32:28 I JUST SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, USING WORD LIKE THAT ANY
09:32:30 TIME PUBLIC COMMENT ETC.
09:32:33 IS NOT WELL TAKEN FROM ME AND WELL TAKEN BY ANYBODY.
09:32:37 THIS IS A LEGISLATIVE BODY AND, YOU KNOW, FOLKS OF ALL
09:32:39 AGES ARE WATCHING AND TO USE THAT KIND OF LANGUAGE IS
09:32:40 NOT WELL TAKEN.
09:32:41 THANK YOU.
09:32:42 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:32:51 NEXT SPEAKER.
09:32:53 >> NO MORE SPEAKERS AT THIS TIME.
09:32:54 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE WILL GO TO THE VIRTUAL
09:32:55 SPEAKERS.
09:32:57 THREE SPEAKERS REGISTERED.
09:33:06 JEAN STROHMEYER, STEPHANIE POYNTER AND DEBRA ZOMERMAN.
09:33:11 >> GOOD MORNING, SUE LUCAS, DEPUTY CITY CLERK.
09:33:16 I HAVE JEAN STROHMEYER ON THE LINE.
09:33:17 IF YOU CAN UNMUTE YOURSELF.
09:33:19 YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
09:33:23 >> GOOD MORNING, JEAN STROHMEYER.
09:33:26 I WAS CALLING TO TALK ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 3 THAT WAS
09:33:28 CONTINUED BY THE APPLICANT.
09:33:31 IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS A PRIVATELY
09:33:34 INITIATED ISSUE.
09:33:42 AND SINCE IT IS BEING CONTINUED, THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF
09:33:45 IT DO NOT MATTER.
09:33:50 PRIOR TO COMING TO CITY COUNCIL FOR REZONING, BUT FOR
09:33:56 THESE GENTLEMAN, THE LAWMAN MICHELINI, LIKE THE FOX
09:33:57 BUILDING THE HEN HOUSE.
09:34:00 THEY ARE NOT JUST WATCHING IT, THEY ARE BUILDING IT.
09:34:04 AND LISTENING TO THE STAFF OVER THERE SAYING THEY CAN'T
09:34:06 NOTIFY THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
09:34:07 THAT IS LUDICROUS.
09:34:12 A SIMPLE E-MAIL TO LET US KNOW SOMETHING IS COMING ON
09:34:12 THE AGENDA.
09:34:15 I DO NOT SEE WHY WE SHOULD HAVE THE FOX BUILDING THE
09:34:16 HEN HOUSE.
09:34:18 THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
09:34:21 THIS WHOLE SITUATION WHERE THEY ARE MAKING CODE AMOUNTS
09:34:27 THAT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT THAT IS AFFECTING OUR
09:34:27 NEIGHBORHOODS.
09:34:31 I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAN MAKE AMENDMENTS AND WE
09:34:34 HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR A YEAR AND A HALF TO DO ANYTHING
09:34:37 AND WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANYTHING DONE.
09:34:39 THAT IS THE WAY WE FEEL ABOUT IT.
09:34:40 IT IS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
09:34:43 WE DON'T NEED FOR THEM TO DESTROY IT ANY FURTHER THAT
09:34:46 IT HAS BEEN DESTROYED IF YOU LOOK UP AND DOWN WEST
09:34:49 SHORE AND THE ROADS WE CAN'T LEAVE IN CASE OF AN
09:34:52 EVACUATION DUE TO ALL OF THIS OVERBUILDING.
09:34:55 I WANTED TO BRING THAT UP RIGHT NOW AND WE WILL TALK
09:34:57 ABOUT IT IN THREE MONTHS, THANK YOU.
09:35:03 >> THANK YOU, NEXT SPEAKER IS STEPHANIE POYNTER.
09:35:04 >> GOOD MORNING, GENTLEMEN.
09:35:07 I, OF COURSE, WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT NUMBER THREE.
09:35:09 I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFUSION.
09:35:12 MISS DOCK SPENT SOME TIME WITH ME ON THE TELEPHONE
09:35:16 YESTERDAY -- CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME?
09:35:17 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
09:35:18 >> OKAY, THANK YOU.
09:35:22 SHE EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THERE IS A SYSTEM OF PROCESSES
09:35:27 AND THEY KIND OF GOT MOVED AROUND, AND I ASKED HER IF
09:35:30 THERE WAS, LIKE, A FLOW CHART, AND SOMEBODY PUT
09:35:31 SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN.
09:35:33 AND WHERE DOES IT GO FROM THERE?
09:35:36 AND HOW DOES IT GO THROUGH THE SYSTEM?
09:35:39 AS A SCHOOLTEACHER, I WANT AND DESIRE TO SEE SOMETHING
09:35:42 WHERE I CAN SEE HOW THE SYSTEM SHOULD WORK.
09:35:45 AND NOT HAVE THE CONFUSION THAT WE HAD YESTERDAY.
09:35:48 MISS DOCK EXPLAINED THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THE RIGHT OF
09:35:51 FIRST REFUSAL AND THEN IT SHOULD COME BACK TO THE
09:35:52 NEIGHBORHOOD.
09:35:56 I DON'T KNOW, BUT MY -- MY ISSUE WITH NUMBER 3 WAS --
09:35:59 IT WAS SO TECHNICAL THAT I CAN'T UNDERSTAND IT.
09:36:00 AND I AM NOT A DUMMY.
09:36:04 SO WE -- THAT IS WHY WE REACHED OUT FOR SOME HELP.
09:36:06 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
09:36:07 YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY.
09:36:09 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:36:09 YOU AS WELL.
09:36:14 NEXT SPEAKER IS DEBBY ZOMERMAN.
09:36:18 >>CLERK: CHAIR, DEBBY ZOMERMAN IS NOT LOGGED ON AT
09:36:22 THIS TIME AND CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE
09:36:22 AGENDA.
09:36:23 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:36:28 AS STARTED -- STATED EARLIER ITEM NUMBER 4 WHICH A
09:36:31 WALK-ON THE AGENDA WITH VACCINATION.
09:36:33 I HAVE KELLY AUSTIN.
09:36:35 IF NOT CHIEF BENNETT.
09:36:36 WHEN YOU ARE READY.
09:36:36 WE ARE READY.
09:36:37 GO AHEAD.
09:36:38 >>JOHN BENNETT: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:36:40 JOHN BENNETT, CHIEF OF STAFF.
09:36:43 AS MENTIONED, WE WANT TO THANK COUNCIL FOR AN
09:36:44 OPPORTUNITY TO WALK ON THIS ITEM.
09:36:48 I DO KNOW BATTLING COVID-19 IN THE COMMUNITY REQUIRES
09:36:52 AS MUCH VACCINATION OPPORTUNITIES AS POSSIBLE FOR THE
09:36:54 PUBLIC AND OUR PERSONNEL.
09:36:57 THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT KELLY HAS BROUGHT FORWARD THROUGH
09:37:01 HER DEPARTMENT WILL ALLOW -- AS SOON AS THE VACCINE
09:37:07 BECOMES AVAILABLE TO BE PUT INTO OUR CLINICS, THE
09:37:10 CLINICS THAT SERVE IN A REALLY GOOD RETURN ON
09:37:13 INVESTMENT FOR OUR PERSONNEL AND THEIR DEPENDENTS.
09:37:18 WITH THAT, KELLY IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS,
09:37:23 BUT HOPEFULLY THE WALK-ON IS SELF-EXPLANATORY AND MISS
09:37:25 AUSTIN IS HERE, IF NEEDED.
09:37:26 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS
09:37:27 TIME.
09:37:31 IF NOT, MISS AUSTIN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING?
09:37:33 >> NO, AGAIN, COUNCIL.
09:37:36 THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BRING THIS FORWARD TO YOU.
09:37:41 WE THINK IT IS A WORTHWHILE EFFORT AND LOOK FORWARD TO
09:37:44 INTERACTING WITH CAREATC, INC. AS SOON AS THE VACCINE
09:37:46 IS AVAILABLE TO THEM.
09:37:49 >> I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS.
09:37:52 I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO GET VACCINATED AS
09:37:52 SOON AS POSSIBLE.
09:37:55 DESPITE THE E-MAILS, IT IS VOLUNTARY TO GET A VACCINE.
09:37:58 I SAW THAT THE GOVERNORS ANNOUNCED THAT -- I THINK WE
09:38:01 ARE GOING TO DOWN TO 40.
09:38:04 MY AGE GROUP CAME UP THIS MONDAY AND, I THINK, COUNCIL
09:38:06 GUDES ALSO.
09:38:09 I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO WHEN YOUR AGE GROUP GOES UP
09:38:11 AND AVAILABLE BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LINES WILL
09:38:14 BE LIKE LATER ON BUT MY LINE IN THE FEMA SPOT WAS
09:38:16 REALLY SHORT.
09:38:19 49 MINUTES FROM THE TIME I GOT FROM THE INTERSTATE AND
09:38:20 BACK.
09:38:24 THE MORE WE HAVE THIS ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE WE WILL GET
09:38:25 PAST THIS WAVE.
09:38:28 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I AM STILL TOO YOUNG.
09:38:31 I AM OLD ENOUGH TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT AND TOO YOUNG TO
09:38:34 GET A VACCINE.
09:38:35 COUNCILMAN VIERA.
09:38:37 >>LUIS VIERA: NEXT MONDAY, 40 AND UP?
09:38:38 THAT IS GOOD.
09:38:39 I WILL BE IN LINE.
09:38:42 RIGHT WHEN IT OPENS WAIT FOR THE CONCERT TICKETS,
09:38:44 WAITING THERE IN LINE.
09:38:46 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:38:48 >>ORLANDO GUDES: GO TO THE DOG TRACK.
09:38:50 THEY HAVE AN OPERATION WITH THE MILITARY FOLKS OUT
09:38:53 THERE AND SERVING AND DOING A WONDERFUL JOB.
09:38:55 I WAS THERE PROBABLY LESS THAN 40 MINUTES AS WELL.
09:38:58 DON'T WORRY ABOUT BECAUSE YOU SEE THE LINE BACKED UP
09:38:59 WITH CARS.
09:39:00 GET IN THAT LINE.
09:39:03 IT MOVES VERY, VERY QUICKLY AND THEY HAVE A SYSTEM AND
09:39:04 IT WORKS.
09:39:07 GET VACCINATED IF YOU CAN.
09:39:09 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHO MADE THE MOTION?
09:39:10 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
09:39:11 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:39:12 ALL IN FAVOR.
09:39:15 THIS IS THE RESOLUTION FOR CAREATC, INC. TO START
09:39:18 ADMINISTERING THE COVID-19 VACCINATIONS FOR CITY OF
09:39:21 TAMPA INDIVIDUALS.
09:39:22 ALL RIGHT.
09:39:23 THAT IS THAT.
09:39:27 WE NOW GO TO TAMPA FIRE.
09:39:31 WE HAVE CHIEF TRIPP ON THE LINE.
09:39:34 SHE HAS A BRIEF PRESENTATION, AND WE WILL GO INTO THE
09:39:35 DISCUSSION.
09:39:39 CHIEF TRIPP, IF YOU WERE ON, I KNOW YOU HAVE A
09:39:42 POWERPOINT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND BEGIN.
09:39:44 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEN.
09:39:50 BARBARA TRIPP, INTERIM FIRE CHIEF, TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
09:39:53 I HAVE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION WE WOULD LIKE TO
09:39:53 PRESENT.
09:39:56 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE -- TECHNICAL THING.
09:39:59 ON OUR MONITOR, ALL WE SEE IS A BLANK SCREEN.
09:40:02 IF WE CAN GET A PRESENTATION PULLED UP HERE.
09:40:04 I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS SHOWING THE OVERHEAD FROM THE
09:40:04 SECOND FLOOR.
09:40:08 WE SEE THE POWERPOINT UP ON THE BIG SCREEN.
09:40:10 LET'S SEE ABOUT OUR CLOSER MONITORING.
09:40:11 THERE WE GO.
09:40:13 GO AHEAD, YES, MA'AM.
09:40:14 >>CHIEF TRIPP: OKAY.
09:40:16 I WILL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
09:40:19 NEXT SLIDE.
09:40:23 SO PRETTY MUCH MY MASTER PLAN IS GOING TO HAVE MY
09:40:27 MISSION THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PLAN, PROTECTING OUR
09:40:30 COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TO ALL
09:40:32 REQUEST OF SERVICE.
09:40:35 NEXT SLIDE.
09:40:39 THIS IS JUST SOME DATA CONCERNING OUR PERSONNEL VERSUS
09:40:43 THE TIME OF CALLS AND THE NUMBER OF CALLS FOR THE LAST
09:40:47 FIVE YEARS.
09:40:50 NEXT SLIDE.
09:40:53 THESE ARE SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE THE
09:40:55 LAST FOUR MONTHS SINCE I HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED THIS
09:40:56 POSITION.
09:41:02 PRETTY MUCH WE HAVE COMPLETED THIS WITH SUCCESS.
09:41:07 WE HAVE COMPLETED THE CFAI ACCREDITATION.
09:41:12 WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF THE PANDEMIC AND CURRENTLY WE
09:41:14 HAVE ZERO PERSONNEL THAT ARE IN QUARANTINE -- ACTUALLY
09:41:18 JUST GOT ONE IN QUARANTINE, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE
09:41:21 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ITEMS WE HAVE IN PLACE THE LAST
09:41:24 FOUR MONTHS, WE HAVE NOTICE A DECREASE IN PERSONNEL
09:41:25 WITH EXPOSURE.
09:41:34 CURRENTLY, WE ARE IN PROCESS OF SEEKING SIX GRANTS.
09:41:35 THE FIRE FIGHTERS.
09:41:38 THE GRANT AND HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT.
09:41:45 AND AS WELL AS THE EMS AND ADDITIONAL HELP.
09:41:48 NEXT SLIDE.
09:41:51 SO THROUGHOUT THE ACCREDITATION, THESE ARE SOME OF THE
09:41:55 POINTS OF SUCCESS THAT WE -- THAT THE COMMISSIONER
09:41:58 PRAISED US ON AS FAR AS THE SERVICE PROGRAM AND
09:42:01 PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE OF OUR TRAINING PROGRAMS AND
09:42:06 SPECIALTY PROGRAMS WE HAVE IN THE DIVISIONS.
09:42:08 OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT, OF COURSE, ONE OF THE
09:42:12 AREAS WE HAVE GOAL FOR PLACEMENT PLAN THAT WE HAVE AND
09:42:16 NOT MEETING THE SET STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE AND
09:42:18 PRETTY MUCH OUR TRAINING WITH THE DIFFERENT
09:42:19 SPECIALTIES.
09:42:22 THEY ARE LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL REFRESHER TRAINING.
09:42:24 NEXT SLIDE.
09:42:26 I AM JUST GOING TO REVIEW A LITTLE INFORMATION.
09:42:33 ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAD IS OUR CAD.
09:42:37 OUR COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH SYSTEM IS OUTDATED AND
09:42:42 TRYING TO IMPLEMENT A NEW CAD AND SOME OF THE AREAS
09:42:45 THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED WITH OUR MOBILETEC.
09:42:48 WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING WITH THE TRAINING
09:42:50 PRODUCTION.
09:42:54 AND ADMIN, SECTION ONE HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
09:43:00 WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING OUR MOTION DISTRIBUTION.
09:43:02 WE HAVE COMPLETED STATION ONE WHICH IS OUR TEST AND IN
09:43:09 THE PROCESS OF DEPLOY TO ALL STATIONS BY APRIL 2.
09:43:10 NEXT SLIDE.
09:43:14 THESE ARE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE IN PROGRESS WITH
09:43:17 THE SYSTEM AS WE MOVE ALONG WITH THE DIFFERENT
09:43:23 IMPLEMENTATION, WE ARE LOOKING TO HAVE THE AVL PRETTY
09:43:25 MUCH COMPLETED BY AUGUST OF THIS YEAR.
09:43:31 ADMIN TRAINING IS GETTING TO BE SCHEDULED FOR THE MONTH
09:43:32 OF APRIL.
09:43:34 ADMIN SCHEDULED.
09:43:39 WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ALIGNING -- IN A DETAINING
09:43:45 PHASE OF OUR MOBILEYES -- AND ABOUT 88% COMPLETED ALONG
09:43:48 WITH OUR DATA.
09:43:51 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: EXCUSE ME, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:43:52 POINT OF ORDER.
09:43:54 COULD YOU GO BACK A SLIDE.
09:43:56 JUST A POINT OF ORDER.
09:44:01 YOU GOT -- CHIEF, YOU HAVE A LOT OF ACRONYMS THERE THAT
09:44:04 I, FOR ONE, HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT,
09:44:11 MOBILE, THAT SORT OF THING.
09:44:15 >>CHIEF TRIPP: OKAY, AVL IS AUTOMATIC VEHICLE LOCATOR
09:44:17 DEVICE.
09:44:21 THE GIS SETTLES.
09:44:27 MOBILEEYES IS AN ACTION TO ACTUALLY DO INSPECTIONS.
09:44:31 HAYSTAX IS WHAT WE DO FOR OUR PLANS AND ROUTING IS
09:44:35 PRETTY MUCH AN APPLICATION THAT WE ARE USING TO GET
09:44:39 INFORMATION THROUGHOUT GIS SYSTEM TO NOTIFY ALL THE
09:44:45 UNITS OF WHERE THEY NEED TO RESPOND TO THE CALL.
09:44:46 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU.
09:44:47 KEEP IT UP.
09:44:49 THANK YOU.
09:44:51 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:44:53 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
09:44:56 >>ORLANDO GUDES: CAN SHE GO UP TO THE SLIDE.
09:45:00 LOOKING AT THE CAD SYSTEM, IS THIS SYSTEM INTERTWINED
09:45:04 WITH TPD OR A SEPARATE SYSTEM YOU WILL BE USING
09:45:05 STRICTLY FOR FIRE.
09:45:08 >>CHIEF TRIPP: SIR, THIS IS A SEPARATE SYSTEM FROM
09:45:11 TPD CAD.
09:45:14 >>ORLANDO GUDES: CHIEF, IS THIS ALL THE TECHNOLOGY YOU
09:45:16 NEED TO RUN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND MAKE SURE THE FOLKS
09:45:18 ARE GETTING THE CALLS, MAKE SURE THEY ARE ROUTED TO
09:45:24 WHERE THEY NEED TO BE ROUTED?
09:45:28 >> CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION, PLEASE?
09:45:29 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ASKING THE CHIEF ALL THE TECHNOLOGY
09:45:32 AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT SHE NEEDS FOR THE FIRE
09:45:35 DEPARTMENT TO GET THEIR COMMUNICATIONS, RADIO SYSTEMS,
09:45:39 MAKING SURE THAT THE UNITS KNOW WHERE THEY ARE GOING.
09:45:41 ANYTHING THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T HAVE.
09:45:43 IS THIS EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED AT THIS PARTICULAR
09:45:47 TIME TO MAKE SURE WE ARE AN EFFICIENT FIRE DEPARTMENT?
09:45:48 >> YES, SIR.
09:45:51 YES, SIR, THIS CAD SYSTEM.
09:45:55 THIS CAD SYSTEM THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING IS IDENTIFYING
09:45:57 CERTAIN THINGS TO MAKE IT CONSISTENT FOR THE FIRE
09:45:59 DEPARTMENT AND THE UNITS RESPONDING TO THE DIFFERENT
09:46:01 LOCATIONS.
09:46:02 >>ORLANDO GUDES: FOR THE RECORD --
09:46:05 >> HAYSTAX AND ROUTING, ALL THE INFORMATION THAT IS
09:46:06 COMING IN.
09:46:07 >>ORLANDO GUDES: FOR THE RECORD, WHO IS SPEAKING
09:46:11 BEFORE YOU BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE ON THE SCREEN AND THEY
09:46:13 DIDN'T IDENTIFY THEMSELVES.
09:46:16 >> THAT WAS JOHANNA FROM --
09:46:20 >> AKA JP.
09:46:23 >> JP.
09:46:24 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
09:46:28 MR. GRECO HAS RUN TO THE PODIUM.
09:46:31 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S HAVE THE CHIEF FINISH HER
09:46:32 PRESENTATION.
09:46:34 GO AHEAD, CHIEF.
09:46:38 >>CHIEF TRIPP: NEXT SLIDE.
09:46:43 SO COMING FROM TWO MONTHS AGO WHEN WE HAD TO PROVIDE
09:46:46 SOME RESOURCES UP TO THE NORTH END TO ASSIST STATION
09:46:47 13.
09:46:50 STATION 13 WITH THE IMPACT OF THE CALLS, WE LOCATED THE
09:46:51 TRUCK.
09:46:55 WE ADDED ANOTHER ENGINE AND LEVEL SERVICE TO THAT
09:46:57 STATION TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE CARE.
09:47:00 WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF COLLECTING THAT DATA TO SHOW
09:47:04 THE AMOUNT OF DECREASE.
09:47:07 THE UNIT HAS BEEN CALLED TO MANY OF THE SAME CALLS.
09:47:12 OVERSTAFFING OR OVEREXERTION OF ONE UNIT.
09:47:16 WITHIN THAT TIME FRAME, ALL THIS TOOK PLACE ON MARCH 7.
09:47:19 WITHIN THAT TIME FRAME, WE ALSO CONVERTED TWO OF OUR
09:47:23 PEAK CARS AND IN THE LAST THREE YEARS PROVIDING SERVICE
09:47:26 FOR FIVE DAYS A WEEK, 12 HOURS A DAY AND CONVERTED SO
09:47:33 SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND TEN HOURS COVERAGE.
09:47:37 NEXT SLIDE.
09:47:40 >> WHAT I AM DOING IS TO SEE IF WE HAVE A CONSULTING
09:47:43 COMPANY TO COME IN AND PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE, YOU
09:47:45 KNOW, ANALYSIS OF FIRE RESCUE.
09:47:47 THESE ARE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO
09:47:49 PROVIDE A LEVEL OF SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF
09:47:54 TAMPA, TO BE ABLE TO HELP INCREASE OUR RESPONSE TIME
09:47:56 WITHIN THE CITY TO IDENTIFY SOME OF WHAT WE CONSIDER
09:48:00 THE HOT ZONE, MEANING AREAS WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF
09:48:02 CALLS, THE GROWTH OF THE CITY.
09:48:06 THIS ANALYSIS WILL ALSO GIVE US THE ABILITY OF IDENTIFY
09:48:09 WHERE WE NEED TO PUT ADDITIONAL FIRE STATIONS, AS WELL
09:48:14 AS THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL.
09:48:18 NEXT SLIDE.
09:48:22 SO JUST REVIEW SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT ARE
09:48:26 LOOKING TO SEE IF WE CAN GET ASSISTANCE WITH, OUR
09:48:28 INVENTORY AND OUR FLEET.
09:48:33 CURRENTLY 17 ENGINES BEYOND MY EXPECTANCY.
09:48:37 FRONT LINE ENGINES, IN-SERVICE FRONT LINE FOR TEN
09:48:37 YEARS.
09:48:41 WE HAVE 17 ENGINES THAT ARE BEYOND 15 YEARS.
09:48:45 SIX OF THOSE ENGINES ARE CURRENTLY FRONT-LINE VEHICLES
09:48:49 AND BASICALLY THEY ARE DUE FOR REPLACEMENT IN 2025.
09:48:53 SIX OF THOSE FRONT-LINE ENGINES ON RESERVE STATUS, BUT
09:48:55 BASICALLY THEY ARE FRONT-LINE ENGINES.
09:49:00 WE GO TO THE RESCUE CARS, 17 TRANSPORT UNITS BEYOND
09:49:02 LIFE EXPECTANCY.
09:49:06 FIVE OF THOSE BEYOND LIFE EXPECTANCY ARE FRONT LINE
09:49:07 MEANING THE INDIVIDUALS ARE USING THOSE VEHICLES EVERY
09:49:08 DAY.
09:49:12 WITH RESCUE CARS, WE HAVE A FIVE-YEAR FRONT LINE,
09:49:15 FIVE-YEAR RESERVE AND TEN-YEAR MARK THEY ARE DUE FOR
09:49:20 REPLACEMENT, CURRENTLY AREA THAT WILL BEYOND LIFE
09:49:21 EXPECTANCY.
09:49:24 A TOTAL OF SIX WITHIN THE CITY.
09:49:27 ONE OF THE FRONT LINES NEED TO BE REPLACED IN 2023 AND
09:49:31 TWO IN RESERVE CURRENTLY AT THE END OF LIFE EXPECTANCY
09:49:33 IN 2023.
09:49:39 THE TIME FRAME IS 15 YEARS FRONT LINE AND FIVE YEARS
09:49:43 RESERVE.
09:49:46 NEXT SLIDE.
09:49:50 SO AS WE LOOK AT WAYS TO TRY TO ASSIST THE NORTH END
09:49:55 WITH THE AMOUNT OF CALLS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN
09:49:58 HAVE E-GOVERNMENT THAT WILL HELP WITH THE NORTH END AS
09:50:00 FAR AS PROVIDING SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO PROVIDE
09:50:02 THE CARE TO THE COMMUNITY.
09:50:08 CURRENTLY THAT IS OCCUPIED BY TPD LAW ENFORCEMENT K-9
09:50:08 UNIT.
09:50:12 WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN RENT OR PURCHASE THE MODULE
09:50:15 TO BE PLACED AT THE CURRENT TRAINING GROUNDS OUT ON
09:50:19 34TH STREET FOR THE K-9 UNIT WHILE THEIR BUILDING IS
09:50:20 BEING BUILT.
09:50:25 THAT FACILITY CURRENTLY WILL NEED MINOR CHANGES TO THE
09:50:33 INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKE IT -- MAKE IT USEFUL FOR THE
09:50:34 FIRE SERVICE.
09:50:36 AS FAR AS PARTITIONS.
09:50:42 JUST MINOR REPAIRS, REMODELING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
09:50:46 SO BASICALLY, ONE OF THE ITEMS I WOULD LIKE TO IT AS
09:50:52 WELL THE CONVERTED INTO A FULL-TIME TO BE STATIONED AT
09:50:55 THAT LOCATION AS WELL AS ANOTHER ENGINE THAT WE PLACE
09:50:57 THERE.
09:51:02 ONCE WE RECEIVE THE INFORMATION FROM THE ANALYSIS,
09:51:05 THIS WILL ALSO ASSIST THOSE WITH IDENTIFYING AREAS
09:51:09 WHERE WE NEED TO PUT ADDITIONAL FIRE STATIONS.
09:51:15 NEXT SLIDE.
09:51:17 SO, OF COURSE, SPEAKING WITH BUDGET ABOUT TRYING TO
09:51:22 PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR FTES OR NEW FIRE
09:51:25 STATIONS ONCE WE GET THAT DATA ANALYSIS AS FAR AS THE
09:51:28 PURCHASING OF ADDITIONAL APPARATUS AND TRANSPORT UNIT
09:51:34 BASED ON OUR CURRENT OUTDATED INVENTORY OF OUR FLEET
09:51:38 UNITS AND LOOKING INTO POSSIBLY A REPLACEMENT PLAN OF
09:51:42 OUR APPARATUS AND TRANSPORT TO HELP WITH THE DEFICIT WE
09:51:43 ARE IN NOW.
09:51:52 NEXT SLIDE.
09:51:55 SO CURRENTLY, WE HAVE A HEAD OF RESCUE THAT IS LOCATED
09:51:57 DOWNTOWN TAMPA.
09:52:01 WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE OF PUDDING HEAD OF RESCUE UNIT ON
09:52:02 THE NORTH END TO ASSIST.
09:52:05 BUT NOW IT TAKES 30 TO 40 MINUTES FOR A UNIT TO
09:52:05 RESPOND.
09:52:09 UP ON THE NORTH END TO ASSIST WITH ANY KIND OF RESCUE
09:52:10 EXTRICATION.
09:52:14 LOOKING WITH THE AMOUNT OF COMMUNITIES THAT WE HAVE,
09:52:18 FIRE STATION MAINTENANCE SHOP LOCATED IN WEST TAMPA IS
09:52:20 ACTUALLY OUTGROWN ITSELF.
09:52:24 AND A LARGE FLEET TO ACCOMMODATE THE APPARATUS THAT WE
09:52:27 HAVE WHICH INCLUDES OUR AREA LADDERS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE
09:52:30 THE MAINTENANCE SHOP BE ABLE TO WORK ON THOSE UNITS
09:52:36 WITHOUT BEING EXPOSED TO THE -- THE UNITS OUT ON THE
09:52:38 CITY STREETS TO TRY TO RUN TESTS ON THEM.
09:52:42 OF COURSE WITH THAT REQUEST, ADDITIONAL MECHANICS --
09:52:45 MECHANICS FOR THE MAINTENANCE SHOP TO SPECIALIZE IN
09:52:46 FIRE APPARATUS.
09:52:49 AS WE LOOK AT OUR TRAINING FACILITY, WE HAVE A TRAINING
09:52:55 TOWER THAT IS OVER 43 YEARS OLD -- SORRY, 43 YEARS AND
09:53:00 A BUILDING THAT IS PAST ITS LIFE EXPECTANCY.
09:53:03 15 YEARS AND THIS IS PRETTY MUCH -- HAS A LOT OF
09:53:04 EROSION.
09:53:07 IT IS PRETTY MUCH UNSAFE TO DO TYPE OF TRAINING AT THIS
09:53:08 FACILITY.
09:53:12 SO LOOKING AT INCORPORATE ANOTHER TRAINING FACILITY AND
09:53:16 TOWER COMBINED.
09:53:19 NEXT SLIDE.
09:53:22 FIRE STATIONS BEING UTILIZED 24-7.
09:53:25 WITH ALL OF THE STATIONS, THE WEAR AND TEAR.
09:53:29 THEY HAVE NOT BEEN A LOT OF ADDITIONAL REPAIRS TO THE
09:53:30 STATION.
09:53:33 WOULD LIKE TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE FIRE STATIONS, DO
09:53:36 SOME SORT OF REPAIRS ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
09:53:38 RENOVATE THE FACILITIES.
09:53:39 PRETTY MUCH UPGRADE.
09:53:43 A LOT OF THE STATIONS HAVE OLD, OUTDATED EQUIPMENT, AS
09:53:47 WELL AS FURNITURE THAT NEEDS TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN THIS
09:53:53 MASTER PLAN.
09:53:55 AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
09:53:58 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF.
09:54:03 MR. GRECO IS HERE TO SPEAK WITH THE UNION IS, YOU KNOW,
09:54:06 WITH THE UNPRECEDENTED GROWTH WE HAVE IN THE CITY, WITH
09:54:11 ALL THE APARTMENTS, THE NEW HOUSES, THE LOT BLITZ, THE
09:54:14 NEW HOUSES, NOT JUST A BURDEN ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE WE
09:54:16 ARE TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH, THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE MOVING
09:54:18 HERE, THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE LIVING HERE.
09:54:21 AND OUR LACK OF COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY.
09:54:25 I MEAN THE CHIEF SPOKE BRIEFLY ON WHAT -- ON WHERE WE
09:54:26 ARE LACKING.
09:54:31 BUT IT IS A SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS WHERE THE
09:54:34 FIRE DEPARTMENT IS OVERWORKED, OVEREXTENDED.
09:54:38 YOU SEE THE LIFE EXPECTANCY ON SOME OF OUR VEHICLES.
09:54:40 YOU SEE THE LACK OF FIRE STATIONS IN OUR CITY.
09:54:43 LOOK AT WATERS STREET.
09:54:46 BOOMING WITH A LOT OF NEW RESIDENTS.
09:54:52 WEST TAMPA, ARMATURE WORKS AREA.
09:54:54 HOW DO WE KEEP UP?
09:54:57 TALKS OF A MORATORIUM AND PEOPLE SAY EVACUATION ISSUES.
09:54:59 HOW ABOUT LOOKING AT OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT WHO IS NOT
09:55:03 ABLE TO FULLY FUNCTION AS IT SHOULD BE AND MAINTAIN THE
09:55:05 COVERAGE THAT IT NEEDS.
09:55:07 SO COUNCILMAN VIERA.
09:55:09 COUNCILMAN CITRO.
09:55:10 >>LUIS VIERA: I WANTED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
09:55:13 THIS IS PART OF THE MASTER PLAN I MOTIONED FOR.
09:55:17 I DON'T WANT TO BEGIN DISCUSSIONS UNTIL WE HEAR FROM --
09:55:22 ON MY ITEM UNTIL WE HEAR FROM MR. GRECO AND I KNOW THE
09:55:23 CHIEF WILL BE SPEAKING.
09:55:27 AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT NOTATION TO SPEAK
09:55:29 WHENEVER THE TIME FOR SPEAKING COMES AND I WANT TO HEAR
09:55:34 FROM MR. GRECO AND THE CHIEF AFTER THAT, IF I MAY.
09:55:36 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CITRO.
09:55:37 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
09:55:39 I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AND I AM SURE THEY CAN BE
09:55:45 ANSWERED, SUCH AS, EACH STATION.
09:55:46 HOW MANY PEOPLE?
09:55:48 HOW MUCH POPULATION IS COVERED WITH EACH STATION?
09:55:51 AND IF -- I KNOW THAT IS GOING TO BE IMPOSSIBLE TO
09:55:55 BREAK DOWN, BUT MY POINT WILL BE, WE WILL HAVE 2,000 TO
09:55:58 4,000 NEW PEOPLE MOVING INTO THE WATERSIDE DISTRICT
09:56:01 INTO DOWNTOWN, INTO CHANNELSIDE.
09:56:03 WE ARE GOING TO NEED A NEW STATION THERE.
09:56:07 MY NEXT QUESTION IS, I KNOW WHEN THERE IS AN EMERGENCY
09:56:09 CALL NOW FOR AN AMBULANCE SERVICE.
09:56:12 YOU HAVE SO MANY PERSONNEL GOING OUT WITH SO MANY
09:56:12 VEHICLES.
09:56:15 USUALLY AN AMBULANCE AND A TRUCK.
09:56:18 IS IT THE VEHICLES -- IF WE -- IF WE WANT MORE
09:56:23 VEHICLES, IF WE CAN AFFORD NEW VEHICLES IN OUR BUDGET,
09:56:26 THEN THAT SIMPLY MEANS WE WILL HAVE MORE FIRE FIGHTERS,
09:56:27 MORE EMS.
09:56:30 SO THIS WHOLE DISCUSSION IS GOING TO BE BUILDING ON TOP
09:56:34 OF BUILDING ON TOP OF BUILDING ON TOP OF BUILDING.
09:56:37 MEANING WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE NEW TRUCKS, NEW
09:56:39 PERSONNEL, NEW STATIONS.
09:56:44 HOW DO WE EXPLAIN THAT TO OUR CONSTITUENTS THAT IS
09:56:44 GOING TO COST MONEY.
09:56:48 I WANT TO HEAR FROM MR. GRECO, HEAR FROM CHIEF, I WANT
09:56:49 TO HEAR FROM CITY STAFF.
09:56:51 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
09:56:53 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
09:56:57 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:57:03 JUST FOR A SECOND GOING BACK TO -- TO CHIEF.
09:57:05 CHIEF, APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
09:57:09 IT IS VERY INFORMATIVE.
09:57:12 IS THIS -- IS THE PRESENTATION YOU MADE, IS IT IN THE
09:57:16 FORM OF A SORT OF A DRAFT DOCUMENT ALREADY?
09:57:20 AND IF SO, HAVE WE BEEN PROVIDED THAT?
09:57:21 NUMBER ONE.
09:57:26 NUMBER TWO, CAN YOU -- JOE, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, CAN
09:57:30 YOU SWITCH BACK TO THE CHIEF'S SCREEN.
09:57:32 THANK YOU.
09:57:36 NUMBER TWO, IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU HAVE -- I KNOW YOU
09:57:40 ONLY HAVE BEEN ON BOARD AS CHIEF -- INTERIM CHIEF FOR A
09:57:44 FEW MONTHS, BUT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE TIMELINE.
09:57:47 BECAUSE YOU TALKED OF HIRING A CONSULTANT TO LOOK INTO
09:57:49 ALL THESE ISSUES.
09:57:54 AND ALSO, I AM CURIOUS ABOUT, IS IT ANY SORT OF DRAFT
09:58:02 TENTATIVE BUDGET TO ADDRESS ALL OF THESE MAJOR ISSUES.
09:58:06 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA HAS POINTED OUT THAT THE CIP -- THE
09:58:10 CIT PROGRAM IS RUNNING OUT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
09:58:13 IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE IF WE LET IT RUN OUT AND WE DON'T
09:58:19 TRY TO GET IT REUPPED COUNTYWIDE, IT IS GOING TO BE
09:58:22 DISASTROUS FOR YOUR PROGRAM BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF
09:58:25 YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, ESPECIALLY REPLACING ENGINES
09:58:29 AND THAT SORT OF THING COMES FROM THE CIT MONEY.
09:58:34 SO ANYWAY, CAN YOU DISCUSS AT LEAST THE TIMELINE FOR --
09:58:39 FOR THE PROCESS THAT YOU -- THEIR WORKING ON.
09:58:42 >> SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS GET A CONSULTANT IN
09:58:46 WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS -- THREE TO SIX MONTHS TO
09:58:49 SEE IF WE CAN GET AN ANALYSIS OF THE ITEMS I AM LOOKING
09:58:52 FOR AND THE DATA, AND OF COURSE WITH THAT, DISCUSS WITH
09:58:55 STAFF TO TRY TO IMPLEMENT TO HAVE A SHORT-TERM.
09:58:58 I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN ACTUALLY GET STATION --
09:59:03 STATION 11 OPEN BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, AS FAR AS
09:59:04 PERSONNEL.
09:59:07 AND ASK FOR ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL IN THE NEXT FISCAL
09:59:12 YEAR TO ASSIST WITHOUT FITTING THE UNITS THAT WE HAVE
09:59:15 IMPLEMENTED, EVEN WITH THE STATION -- SORRY, WITH
09:59:19 ENGINE 24 THAT WE CURRENTLY ASSIGN THAT STATION 13.
09:59:24 WE ARE GOING TO DO ADDITIONAL TO FULFILL THAT ROLE AS
09:59:27 WELL.
09:59:31 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SO MR. BENNETT.
09:59:33 TOSS THAT OVER TO YOU.
09:59:35 IS THAT DENNIS SITTING THERE.
09:59:36 >> YES, SIR.
09:59:40 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HIDING BEHIND.
09:59:45 SO ANYWAY, HOW DO WE -- TYPICALLY THIS IS GENERAL FUND
09:59:48 MONEY AND OR CIT MONEY.
09:59:52 YOU KNOW THIS IS A LOT OF MONEY.
09:59:55 HOW DO WE -- HOW DO WE GET THERE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE
09:59:58 OF YEARS?
10:00:02 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:00:06 DENNIS ROGERO, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
10:00:09 WE HAVE A WEALTH OF PROCLAMATION OF MANY OF THESE COSTS
10:00:11 AND I WILL ADDRESS VEHICLES FIRST.
10:00:14 WITH WHAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS IDENTIFIED AN
10:00:19 IMMEDIATE NEED -- IMMEDIATE NOW IS $32 MILLION RIGHT
10:00:20 OFF THE BAT.
10:00:23 IN LESS THAN FIVE YEARS ANOTHER $3 MILLION TO $4
10:00:27 MILLION BASED ON THE VEHICLE BREAKDOWN THE CHIEF SHARED
10:00:28 WITH YOU.
10:00:32 AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, WE HAVE RELIED OVERWHELMINGLY ON
10:00:35 THE PUBLIC INVESTMENT TAX OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
10:00:38 I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL DO THAT TO THE NEXT
10:00:39 FIVE YEARS AGO.
10:00:44 AS YOU SURFACED AND AS COUNCILMAN MIRANDA HAVE
10:00:47 SURFACED, THAT PROGRAM ENDS IN FIVE YEARS.
10:00:49 HALF OF WHAT WE RECEIVE EVERY YEAR ALREADY IS OBLIGATED
10:00:55 FOR DEBTS SERVICE.
10:00:58 SO WHAT WE GET FROM IT YOU CAN CUT RIGHT ON HALF WHAT
10:00:58 WE CAN SPEND.
10:01:01 AS WE PLAN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IN THE ABSENCE OF THE
10:01:06 COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TAX, OUR CHALLENGE WILL BE TO WEAN
10:01:11 OURSELVES OFF OUR REVENUE SOURCE AND REALLY -- OUR ONLY
10:01:14 OPPORTUNITY FOR REVENUE IS TO THROW MORE OF THOSE
10:01:16 EXPENSES ON THE GENERAL FUND.
10:01:20 WE HAVEN'T SPENT VERY MUCH MONEY AT ALL OVER LAST FIVE
10:01:23 YEARS IN THE GENERAL FUND ON PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLES.
10:01:26 OF COURSE, I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU THAT EVERY DOLLAR
10:01:28 YOU ARE THROWING FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO PUBLIC SAFETY
10:01:32 VEHICLES IS A DOLLAR YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO SPEND
10:01:32 ELSEWHERE.
10:01:35 THESE ARE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF MONEY.
10:01:38 WE HAVEN'T CRAFTED, OF COURSE, ALL THE ESTIMATES
10:01:42 ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED -- INCREASED IN THE NUMBER OF
10:01:45 FIRE STATIONS, UPKEEP AND REHAB OF EXISTING FIRE
10:01:49 STATIONS AND OF COURSES THAT COUNCILMAN CITRO SAID, THE
10:01:54 ADDITIONAL POSITIONS THAT WILL BE NECESSARY.
10:01:57 A LONG WAY OF SAYING THESE WILL BE SIGNIFICANT EXPENSES
10:02:01 OVER NEXT MULTIYEAR PERIOD.
10:02:04 START WITH THE FISCAL '22 BUDGET PROCESS AND YOU WILL
10:02:04 SEE MUCH OF THAT INFORMATION.
10:02:08 AS WE TACKLE THE NEXT FIVE-YEAR COMPONENT OF THE
10:02:11 COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TAX AND TACKLE THE FIVE-YEAR
10:02:15 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN CONCURRENT WITH THAT, SOME
10:02:17 BIG, BIG NUMBERS.
10:02:24 >> COUNCILMAN GUDES AND MR. GRECO.
10:02:27 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU.
10:02:29 I JUST SAID THANK YOU.
10:02:30 >>ORLANDO GUDES: CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR THE
10:02:31 PRESENTATION.
10:02:34 I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN TASKED WITH A LOT OF STUFF IN A
10:02:36 SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND THIS COUNCIL APPRECIATES THE
10:02:37 WORK YOU HAVE DONE SO FAR.
10:02:43 MY QUESTION IS, WE ARE GOING TO NEED MONEY.
10:02:47 AND TO TELL US THAT SIX MONTHS IT WILL TAKE US TO GET A
10:02:48 CONSULTANT.
10:02:49 THAT IS A LONG TIME.
10:02:53 THAT IS A LONG TIME TO WAIT FOR A CONSULTANT TO GET ON
10:02:56 BOARD TO START EVALUATING OUR NEEDS.
10:02:58 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN CUT THAT DOWN.
10:03:01 BUT WE NEED TO TRY TO CUT THAT -- THOSE MONTHS DOWN TO
10:03:04 GET SOMEBODY IN HERE RIGHT AWAY TO START DOING THE
10:03:07 ASSESSMENT OF WHAT IT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO COST SO WE
10:03:09 CAN LET THE CITIZENS KNOW IF THERE IS A TAX THAT HAS TO
10:03:13 BE INCREASED FOR FIRE SERVICE, FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
10:03:16 YOU KNOW PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT IS CRITICAL.
10:03:20 A FIRE AND LOVED ONE, THAT IS CRITICAL TIMES.
10:03:23 WE NEED TO GO TO THE COUNTY WHILE LOOKING TO REDO THAT
10:03:26 CIT TAX FUNDING AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
10:03:28 SO I AM JUST LOOKING AT THE NEED.
10:03:32 SO THE SOONER THE BETTER WE CAN GET A TOTAL ASSESSMENT
10:03:35 OF WHAT WE TRULY, TRULY NEED.
10:03:37 I DON'T LIKE TO NICKEL AND DIME THE PUBLIC.
10:03:40 LET'S GO HERE AND COME BACK -- IF YOU WERE GOING TO DO
10:03:41 SOMETHING, LET'S DO IT.
10:03:44 DO IT THE RIGHT WAY THE FIRST TIME SO YOU KNOW THE
10:03:47 DOLLARS YOU NEED TO GET THE JOB DONE.
10:03:49 PUBLIC SAFETY IS JOB NUMBER ONE.
10:03:52 I ALWAYS SAID I DON'T LIKE TO NICKEL AND DIME THE
10:03:53 TAXPAYERS.
10:03:57 IF THEY KNOW THE NEED AND YOU EXPLAIN THE NEED TO THE
10:04:03 PEOPLE, FIRE SAFETY, HEALTH IS A NEED OF THE PEOPLE.
10:04:09 I AM HOPING WE DEAL WITH WATERSIDE, CHANNELSIDE, SOME
10:04:11 OF THESE -- SOME OF THE DEVELOPERS THAT ARE BUILDING
10:04:12 NOW.
10:04:15 WE NEED TO BE DISCUSSION WITH SOME OF THE BUILDERS WHO
10:04:18 ARE BUILDING NOW TO INTERTWINE A PROGRAM WITH THEM.
10:04:22 GO UNDERNEATH -- THE FIRE STATION, SO IT WON'T COST US
10:04:23 SO MUCH.
10:04:27 LOOK AT THOSE AVENUES TO ARRIVE AT TO CUT THE MONEY
10:04:28 DOLLAR IN HALF A LITTLE BIT.
10:04:32 I AM HOPING THAT WE DO GET THIS CONSULTANT ON BOARD AND
10:04:34 LOOK AT THOSE AVENUES AND COME BACK WITH THE BIG
10:04:37 PICTURE -- NOT THE SMALL.
10:04:39 CAME THE BIG NUMBER.
10:04:40 YOU CAME WITH THESE NUMBERS.
10:04:42 THE SAME THING WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO GET YOUR BIG
10:04:45 OVERALL NUMBER SO THE COUNCIL CAN MAKE A DECISION WHERE
10:04:48 WE NEED TO GO AND HOW WE NEED TO GET THERE.
10:04:50 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:04:54 >>LUIS VIERA: I FIRST WANT TO HEAR FROM JOE GRECO.
10:05:00 SAINT JOSEPH HAS BEEN WAITING THERE PATIENTLY.
10:05:02 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, MR. GRECO.
10:05:05 >> I WOULD LIKE TO PUT INTO PERSPECTIVE, CHIEF TRIPP,
10:05:09 RESPECTFUL FOR HER OF COMPLETING THAT PROJECT ASSIGNED
10:05:12 BY COUNCIL TO HER AND THANK CHIEF BENNETT'S OFFICE AND
10:05:13 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
10:05:15 COUNCIL, SOME OF THE STUFF BROUGHT UP IN THE
10:05:18 PRESENTATION -- WELL, ALL OF IT, IS EXACTLY TRUE.
10:05:21 AND WE HAVE BEEN STUDYING AND TALKING ABOUT AND
10:05:25 DISCUSSING FOR YEARS ALL OF THE TOPICS SHE BROUGHT UP
10:05:30 -- I AM SORRY, -- I DON'T MEAN TO CALL HER "SHE", CHIEF
10:05:31 TRIPP.
10:05:34 SHE JUST PUT IT ON PAPER AND WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
10:05:35 IT FOR YEARS.
10:05:36 THE FUNDING SOURCES FOR IT.
10:05:39 I HAVE BEEN IN THIS CITY MY WHOLE LIFE AND MORE
10:05:42 BUILDING IN THE CITY THAN EVER BEFORE, AND I THINK THE
10:05:45 MAYOR PUT IT OUT THAT MORE PERMITS AND MORE MONEY
10:05:47 COMING IN FROM BUILDING THAN EVER BEFORE.
10:05:50 BUT THOSE ARE TAX BASES THAT ARE COMING INTO THOSE
10:05:52 NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE ARE NOT ADDRESSING THE PUBLIC
10:05:55 SAFETY NEEDS ALONG ALL THE OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT
10:05:58 GETS PUT IN WITH THOSE -- WITH THOSE HIGH-RISES AND
10:05:59 WITH THOSE BUSINESSES.
10:06:04 AND I WANT TO -- WHILE I AM ON THIS TOPIC CORRECT
10:06:07 COUNCILMAN CITRO ON THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE IN THE CHANNEL
10:06:08 DISTRICT.
10:06:11 I AM TOLD UP TO 30,000 IN THE CHANNEL DISTRICT.
10:06:14 NOT 3,000.
10:06:17 NINE MILLION SQUARE FEET AND BUSINESS AND RETAIL IN THE
10:06:18 DAYTIME HOURS.
10:06:21 AND NIGHTTIME, YOU WILL HAVE BUSINESSES OPENING AND
10:06:23 JUST STARTING TO KICK OFF.
10:06:25 CHANNEL DISTRICT NOT HAVING A FIRE STATION WHEN IT IS A
10:06:29 SMALL CITY IN AND OF ITSELF, HOW IT GOT THROUGH
10:06:32 PLANNING, FIRE DEPARTMENT, POLICE DEPARTMENT, CITY
10:06:35 COUNCIL, MAYOR'S OFFICE, HOW IT GOT THROUGH WITHOUT
10:06:38 PUTTING A FIRE STATION IN WHEN IT WAS IN A STRATEGIC
10:06:43 PLAN FROM 2006 AND SAID OF HIGHEST PRIORITY IS BEYOND
10:06:43 ME.
10:06:46 BUT SOME OTHER THINGS I WANT TO UN POCK ON THERE.
10:06:49 ALL THESE -- TALKING ABOUT FINDING DOLLARS.
10:06:52 WE FIND DOLLARS FOR LOTS OF OTHER STUFF LIKE 18,000
10:06:57 MORE SQUARE FEET AT THE CONVENTION CENTER WHEN WE DON'T
10:06:59 USE ALL OF THE CONVENTION CENTER NOW.
10:07:01 LIKE A PARK ON THE RIVER.
10:07:04 TALKING OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE LIVES OF THE CITIZENS
10:07:06 OF TAMPA AND THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO FIGHT FIRE AND
10:07:09 RESCUE PEOPLE IN THIS CITY, WE GOT TO FIND THE DOLLARS
10:07:10 SOMEWHERE.
10:07:13 SO HERE -- HERE ARE SOME OF THE OTHER STUFF.
10:07:14 STATIONS.
10:07:17 STATION 13 ALREADY HAD A TRUCK COMPANY RUNNING LIKE AN
10:07:23 ENGINE AND CHIEF TRIPP PUT UP ANOTHER QUIN THAT STATION
10:07:25 AND MOVED THE TRUCK ANOTHER PLACE.
10:07:27 WE DIDN'T PICK UP -- WE DIDN'T PICK UP ANOTHER COMPANY
10:07:30 THERE, WE JUST CHANGED APPARATUS.
10:07:33 ALTHOUGH IT IS CORRECT WE DON'T WANT TO USE A TRUCK
10:07:35 WHICH IS ONE WITH THE BIG LADDER ON IT.
10:07:38 WE DON'T WANT TO USE IT RUNNING ENGINE CALLS.
10:07:40 AND SHE IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT AND WE SHOULD HAVE DONE
10:07:45 THAT A WHILE AGO TO PUT A QUINT IN THERE OR ANOTHER
10:07:48 ENGINE COMPANY.
10:07:53 THE RESCUE -- TO REOPEN 11 IS SPOT ON, GOT TO HAPPEN
10:07:55 FOR 7, 18, 13 AND 11.
10:07:56 IT HAS GOT TO HAPPEN.
10:07:59 THAT STATION NEEDS TO BE REOPENED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
10:08:03 THE GIS STUDY FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, CHIEF BENNETT'S
10:08:05 OFFICE, CITY COUNCIL AND ANYBODY ELSE.
10:08:09 IN FACT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THAT IS A NONBIASED STUDY
10:08:12 DIRECT -- THE INFORMATION OFF OF THAT IS DIRECTLY OFF
10:08:13 THE CITY CAD SYSTEM.
10:08:14 NO BIAS IN THAT.
10:08:16 YOU CAN CHECK IT, AD NAUSEAM.
10:08:18 THERE IS NOTHING IN THERE THAT I PUT.
10:08:21 ALL THAT INFORMATION CAME RIGHT OFF THE CAD SYSTEM
10:08:24 PROVIDED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION
10:08:24 REQUEST.
10:08:27 IF YOU WANT TO HIRE A CONSULTANT, IT WILL COST MILLIONS
10:08:31 OF DOLLARS FOR A CONSULTANT TO COME IN HERE AND TELL
10:08:33 YOU EXACTLY WHAT IS IN THAT BOOK.
10:08:38 LAID OUT EXACTLY WHAT CHIEF TRIPP SAID LAYS OUT THE
10:08:41 STATION AND PINPOINTS IT ON A MAP.
10:08:42 NO THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
10:08:44 AFTER THE CITY IS COMPLETELY BUILT OUT.
10:08:49 AND WHO KNOWS WHEN THAT IS, AT THIS RATED BUILT OUT
10:08:52 QUICKER THAN WHAT THE GIS STUDY.
10:08:54 17 STATIONS WITH A FOUR-MINUTE RESPONSE TIME IN EITHER
10:08:57 DIRECTION, NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST IF THE
10:09:01 OPPORTUNITY IN QUARTERS, THE FULL BUILD-OUT, 17
10:09:02 STATIONS.
10:09:03 WE ARE NOT REQUESTING THAT.
10:09:06 NEITHER IS CHIEF TRIPP.
10:09:08 THERE NEEDS TO BE THREE STATIONS PUT IN PLACE
10:09:10 IMMEDIATELY.
10:09:10 STATION 11.
10:09:11 IT IS ALREADY BUILT.
10:09:13 IT IS IN AN OLD BUILDING.
10:09:15 WE LIVE IN A BUNCH OF OLD BUILDINGS.
10:09:20 WE HAVEN'T BUILT A NEW BUILDING IN THE CITY PROPER IN A
10:09:21 LONG TIME.
10:09:22 REOPEN 11.
10:09:24 PUT ANOTHER ENGINE AND RESCUE CAR IN THERE AND
10:09:27 FACILITATE RESPONSE TIMES THAT ARE LAGGING.
10:09:31 AND CALLS THAT ARE COMING IN THAT ARE OVERBURDENING THE
10:09:34 STATION SURROUNDING RIGHT OFF OF WATERS ACROSS FROM THE
10:09:35 DOG TRACK.
10:09:38 SHE NEEDS TO REOPEN THAT STATION AND SHE SAID THAT IN
10:09:38 THE THING.
10:09:40 THAT IS IN THE PLAN.
10:09:40 CHANNEL DISTRICT.
10:09:42 A NO BRAINER.
10:09:46 YOU DON'T HAVE TO NEED A CONSULTANT TO KNOW IF YOU
10:09:48 BUILD A CITY ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY WHERE YOU
10:09:51 HAVE ONE ENGINE COMPANY THAT RESPONDS INTO THAT AREA.
10:09:54 ALSO THAT ENGINE COMPANY RESPONDS TO HARBOR ISLAND.
10:09:58 YOU DON'T NEED A CONSULTANT TO TELL YOU NEED A STATION
10:10:01 IN CHANNEL DISTRICT YOU CAN OPEN YOUR EYES AND LOOK AT
10:10:05 IS THAT SKYLINE WESTBOUND ON I-4 AND LOOK WHERE IT
10:10:07 STARTS NOW AT 22ND STREET ALL THE WAY DOWNTOWN.
10:10:09 THAT IS ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION.
10:10:11 THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN HANDLED BY THE PREVIOUS
10:10:14 ADMINISTRATION AND FORCED TO PUT A FIRE STATION -- NOT
10:10:17 ASKED, BUT FORCED.
10:10:20 NEXT, THE FIRE STATION AND IN NORTH TAMPA.
10:10:24 THAT STATION THAT IS GOING TO HOUSE THAT ENGINE COMPANY
10:10:27 AND THAT RESCUE CAR CURRENTLY HELD AT STATION 13 WHICH
10:10:31 IS THE MOST POPULAR STATION IN THE LARGEST AREA IN THE
10:10:31 CITY.
10:10:34 THAT STATION NEEDS TO BE -- TO GET ON THE PLAN.
10:10:36 YOU DON'T NEED A CONSULTANT.
10:10:39 THE BOOK I PROVIDED TO EACH OF YOU HAS THAT INFORMATION
10:10:39 ON THERE.
10:10:42 LIKE I SAID, IT COMES FROM THE CITY'S COMPUTERS.
10:10:43 SHOW WHAT THE HOT SPOTS.
10:10:47 AS CHIEF TRIPP SAID NEED A CONSULTANT TO SEE WHAT THE
10:10:48 HOT SPOT.
10:10:50 IF YOU FLIP YOUR BOOKS -- I DON'T HAVE MINE -- I WILL
10:10:53 BE HAPPY TO COME TO EACH OF YOUR OFFICES AND SHOW YOU.
10:10:55 A PAGE THAT SAYS WHERE THE HOT SPOTS ARE.
10:10:57 THOSE HOT SPOTS VICE PRESIDENT CHANGED.
10:10:59 THEY ARE STILL THE SAME ONES RIGHT THERE IN THAT SAME
10:11:01 AREA.
10:11:03 THEY ARE NOT GOING TO CHANGE ANY TIME SOON.
10:11:05 UNTIL YOU START PUTTING PEOPLE IN THE CHANNEL DISTRICT
10:11:09 UNTIL ALL THOSE CONDOS FROM GANDY BOULEVARD TO PICNIC
10:11:13 ISLAND ARE OCCUPIED, BUT WE HAVEN'T KEPT UP IN THE
10:11:14 CITY.
10:11:17 WE HAVEN'T HIRED NEW FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.
10:11:20 IN FACT, EVERY MAYOR THAT I HAVE TALKED TO OVER ALL
10:11:24 THESE YEARS ALWAYS SAID NO NEW FTES.
10:11:26 NO NEW FTES.
10:11:27 WELL, TIME HAS COME.
10:11:30 THE CITY IS GROWING PROBABLY BIGGER -- FASTER THAN ANY
10:11:32 OTHER CITY IN AMERICA.
10:11:36 IF YOU ARE GOING TO ALLOW ALL THIS NEW BUILDING, WEST
10:11:37 TAMPA.
10:11:39 IS STATION 9.
10:11:41 ALREADY A BUSY STATION.
10:11:44 NOT ONLY THAT DALE MABRY AND CYPRESS.
10:11:48 ALL THAT NEW WET -- MIDTOWN ACTIVITY.
10:11:52 ALL THE STUFF OUT OF THE GROUND AND GETTING FINISHED,
10:11:55 ALL THOSE WILL HAVE BODIES IN THEM VERY SOON, NEEDING
10:11:56 SERVICE.
10:11:59 ALL THOSE NEW BUSINESSES THAT Y'ALL ARE ALLOWING TO
10:12:00 COME IN HERE.
10:12:02 ALL OF THOSE BUSINESSES HAVE TRAFFIC DURING THE
10:12:03 DAYTIME.
10:12:05 ALL OF THEM WILL BE NEEDING SERVICE.
10:12:09 YET WE ARE RELYING ON THE SAME AMOUNT OF PEOPLE AND
10:12:13 APPARATUS OTHER THAN NEW ANNEX TAMPA WHERE THOSE CALLS
10:12:15 DIDN'T TAKE ANYTHING OUT OF THE CITY.
10:12:18 THOSE UNITS DON'T COME INTO THE CITY TO RUN CALLS
10:12:23 UNLESS EVERYTHING ELSE IS OUT WHICH THEY DO, ENGINE 20
10:12:27 TO RUN SOME CALLS AND RESCUE SOME CALLS.
10:12:29 WE ANNEXED A NEW PIECE OF LAND.
10:12:32 IN THE CITY WHEN WE HAD A COUPLE OF HIGH-RISES
10:12:34 DOWNTOWN, BACK WHEN THERE WAS NOTHING ON WEST SHORE
10:12:38 BOULEVARD, BACK WHEN THERE WAS NOTHING IN MIDTOWN.
10:12:43 WE ARE DOING THE -- WE ARE DOING THE JOB TODAY WITH ALL
10:12:46 THE NEW STUFF WITH THE SAME AMOUNT OF MANPOWER EXCEPT
10:12:49 FOR NEW ANNEX TAMPA.
10:12:50 SEE THE NUMBER IN FIVE YEARS.
10:12:53 START ADDING STATION START ADDING MAN POWER.
10:12:56 THE PROBLEM IS NOT ADDING ANY STATIONS IN THE CITY.
10:12:58 A LONG, LONG, LONG, LONG TIME.
10:13:02 PROBABLY BACK WHEN POE WAS MAYOR.
10:13:05 ANYWAYS, THE TALKING NEEDS TO BE OVER.
10:13:08 ALL THE CONSULTING AND ALL THAT STUFF, VERY SMART
10:13:11 PEOPLE IN THIS THE CITY, CHIEF BENNETT WITH HIS
10:13:14 ANALYTICAL MIND.
10:13:18 GREAT MAYOR, MAYOR CASTOR, I AM SURE THEY CAN PUT THE
10:13:21 HEADS FROM THE CITY TOGETHER AND SAY LET'S GET OFF THIS
10:13:22 AND START MOVING.
10:13:24 BUILDING SOME STATIONS AND HIRING SOME PEOPLE.
10:13:26 THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO NEED HELP TOO.
10:13:28 I DON'T KNOW -- MAYBE THE CHIEF WILL SPEAK ON THAT.
10:13:31 BUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAN'T TAKE ANY MORE.
10:13:34 THEY GOT TO GET SOME STATIONS BUILT.
10:13:35 WE GOT TO HIRE SOME PEOPLE.
10:13:39 OUR FLEET IS SO DEPLETED WE ARE RUNNING OUT A BARN THAT
10:13:41 CAN'T GET ANY TRUCKS IN THERE.
10:13:43 THEY ARE STACKED UP ALL OVER THE PLACE.
10:13:45 YOU CAN'T GET SERVICE WORK DONE.
10:13:47 AND I KNOW THAT I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO GET
10:13:48 SOMETHING DONE WITH THAT.
10:13:53 I KNOW THAT CHIEF TRIPP PUT IT IN HER THING THAT NEEDED
10:13:56 TO ADD AND HIRE MORE MECHANICS OVER THERE.
10:13:58 THE TIME FOR TALKING IS OVER.
10:13:59 THE CONSULTING IS OVER.
10:14:03 THAT GIS STUDY I GAVE YOU, THAT HAS EVERYTHING IN
10:14:04 THERE.
10:14:08 TO SPEND TAXPAYER DOLLARS ON SOME CONSULTANT TO TELL
10:14:10 YOU THE EXACT SAME STUFF.
10:14:13 GUESS WHERE THEY GET THEIR DATA, SAME COMPUTERS THAT I
10:14:18 GOT THE DATA WHERE I FURTHER IN PUBLIC INFORMATION.
10:14:19 NOT SOME SECRET.
10:14:21 I WANT TO PRAISE CHIEF TRIPP.
10:14:25 SHE HAS TAXED HER STAFF WITH AND PUT IN THE LONG HOURS
10:14:30 AND SOMEONE HAS SAID AND -- SAID WHAT WE REALLY NEED.
10:14:31 IT IS TIME.
10:14:33 TIME TO STOP DISCUSSING IT.
10:14:35 AND THE CITIZENS WILL KNOW THAT THE CHANNEL DISTRICT
10:14:37 HAVE NO COVERAGE.
10:14:38 THAT MIDTOWN IS GROWING.
10:14:45 THE NORTH END UP AROUND BOGAINVILLA AND BUSCH BOULEVARD
10:14:45 AND FLORIDA.
10:14:48 YOU CAN'T RUN ANY MORE CALLS.
10:14:51 YESTERDAY WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GIVE THEM MORE RELIEF,
10:14:56 YESTERDAY ONE OF THE ENGINES RAN 17 CALLS, FOUR AFTER
10:14:56 MIDNIGHT.
10:15:00 WHAT TYPE OF EMPLOYEE DO YOU WANT COMING TO RESCUE YOU
10:15:03 WHEN YOU HAVE RUN -- REMEMBER ONLY 24 HOURS IN A DAY.
10:15:06 EACH ONE OF THESE CALLS HAVE A REPORT TO DO.
10:15:08 SO WHEN THE PERSON GETS BACK TO THE STATION THAT JUST
10:15:12 RAN ON YOUR GRANDMOTHER DOING CPR, HE NEEDS TO GET ON A
10:15:16 COMPUTER AND FINISH A 20-PAGE REPORT.
10:15:19 HIS EYES AND BRAIN ARE SO FRIED BY THE TIME HE RAN 17
10:15:19 CALLS.
10:15:21 IT'S FRUSTRATING.
10:15:23 I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL FOR LISTENING.
10:15:26 EVERY TIME I COME IN THERE AND TALK TO YOU.
10:15:29 I WANT TO THANK JOHN BENNETT FOR LISTENING AND CALLING
10:15:30 ME BACK.
10:15:32 BUT I AM TIRED OF TALKING.
10:15:34 LET'S GET WORK DONE.
10:15:36 STOP ALL THE CONSULTING AND ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS THAT
10:15:37 WE HAVE.
10:15:43 CHIEF TRIPP JUST TOLD THAT YOU ALMOST EVERY UNIT IS
10:15:45 BEYOND THE LIFE EXPECTANCY.
10:15:48 I HAVE 75 DRIVERS EVERY DAY DRIVING AN UNIT THAT IS
10:15:49 UNSAFE.
10:15:54 IF ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE IN THOSE TRUCKS OR SOME CITIZEN
10:15:56 GETS HURT BECAUSE OF A UNIT THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PUT
10:15:59 OUT OF SERVICE FIVE YEARS AGO, IT IS ON RECORD NOW.
10:16:02 I WANT TO THANK CHIEF TRIPP FOR BRINGING THAT OUT.
10:16:05 I DON'T KNOW WHAT TYPE OF INFORMATION YOU HAD BEFORE
10:16:08 BUT I BROUGHT MAINTENANCE RECORDS FOR THE CHIEF'S
10:16:11 OFFICE THE LAST SIX YEARS AND SICK OF TALKING ABOUT IT.
10:16:15 WHEN THE GROUPS ON THESE STREETS 50 AND 60 MILES PER
10:16:17 HOUR ON THE ROAD AND 80,000 POUNDS.
10:16:21 WHEN THEY HIT A CAR, THEY KILL PEOPLE.
10:16:22 THERE IS A RECORD OF THAT.
10:16:24 YOU CAN LOOK IT UP.
10:16:25 WE ARE TIRED OF TALKING ABOUT IT.
10:16:26 GET THE STATIONS GOING.
10:16:32 GET THE MANPOWER -- LISTEN, WE ARE SO FAR BEHIND 100
10:16:35 APPLICANTS -- 150 APPLICANTS FOR LAST HIRE.
10:16:38 YOU CAN'T HIRE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.
10:16:40 YOU NEED TO START HIRING NOW BECAUSE WHEN THE STATION
10:16:42 STARTS GOING UP YOU NEED PEOPLE IN THEM.
10:16:47 THE APPARATUS IN THEM, HAVE TO HAVE BODIES IN THERE TO
10:16:49 HELP THE CITIZENS WHO ARE CALLING.
10:16:50 TALKING ABOUT IT.
10:16:55 DISCUSSING IT LOOKING AT IT AND PUTTING THE COMMITTEES
10:16:55 TOGETHER.
10:16:57 YOU DON'T NEED MORE THAN THAT.
10:17:02 THE GI STUDY I GAVE YOU LAY IT IS ALL OUT.
10:17:04 NO OTHER COMPUTER SYSTEM.
10:17:06 CHIEF TRIPP ADDRESS OUR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM.
10:17:08 CHIEF BENNETT AND WHOEVER IS RUNNING THAT RADIO
10:17:11 DEPARTMENT OR YOUR COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT, WHEN
10:17:15 ORLANDO GUDES ASKED IF THIS IS ALL YOU NEED, IF IT THIS
10:17:17 ALL WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO USE, IF THAT IS ALL YOU
10:17:20 NEED AND CHIEF TRIPP SAID YES, I WOULD LIKE TO
10:17:24 RESPECTFULLY SAY THAT IS NOT WHAT WE USE.
10:17:25 MOBILEYES.
10:17:29 MOBILEYES DOESN'T CONNECT TO ANYTHING IN THIS CITY.
10:17:32 THE INSPECTORS THAT USE IT.
10:17:34 IT IS USELESS TO THEM.
10:17:38 IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, ASK AN INSPECTOR.
10:17:39 HAYSTAX.
10:17:40 WE DON'T USE IT.
10:17:45 EVEN IF WE HAD HAYSTAX, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GET IT
10:17:45 FROM?
10:17:48 WE HAVE AN IPAD IN OUR TRUCK THAT DOESN'T CONNECT TO
10:17:51 ANYTHING.
10:17:52 THE AVL SYSTEM.
10:17:55 THE AVL SYSTEM THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE COMING HERE FOR
10:17:59 THE LAST FIVE YEARS IS STILL NOT IN -- IT IS STILL NOT
10:18:00 ON OUR TRUCKS.
10:18:04 WHEN THE GENTLEMAN THAT CAME TO THE LAST MEETING AND
10:18:07 SAID HE PUT THE FIRE HYDRANTS ON OUR IPADS, HE SCANNED
10:18:14 IN MAC BOOK AND SON SOME SEPARATE FEES IN THERE.
10:18:17 IT DOESN'T SHOW YOU -- IT JUST GIVES YOU A MAP PAGE.
10:18:21 WE ASKED TO PUT SOME TYPE OF DISPATCH SYSTEM IN OUR
10:18:23 UNITS.
10:18:24 COUNCILMAN GUDES, IT'S NOT.
10:18:25 IT IS NOT IN THERE.
10:18:29 IT IS NOT BECAUSE CHIEF TRIPP DOESN'T WANT IT.
10:18:31 NOT BECAUSE CHIEF BENNETT DOESN'T WANT IT.
10:18:33 SOMEBODY DOWN IN RADIO REPAIR OR SOMETHING TRYING TO
10:18:36 PROTECT THEIR JOB SAYING THEY ARE DOING GOOD FOR THE
10:18:39 CITY IN BUILDING IN SOFTWARE SYSTEM, WELL, THAT IS
10:18:40 UNTRUE.
10:18:41 IT IS NOT WORKING.
10:18:43 I STILL WILL GET IN MY UNIT EVERY SINGLE DAY AND
10:18:47 TYPE IN AN ADDRESS AT 2:00 NOT MORNING WHEN YOUR EYES
10:18:50 ARE BARELY OPEN AND TRY TO TELL MY DRIVER WHEN -- WE
10:18:53 DON'T EVEN HAVE A CLIP IN THE TRUCK TO HOLD THE IPAD
10:18:57 AND I HAVE TO LEAN IT UP AGAINST THE WINDSHIELD TO THE
10:18:58 CALL WE ARE GOING TO.
10:19:02 SO IF -- IF THAT IS ALL WE NEED IN THERE, CHIEF TRIPP,
10:19:04 AND I AM BEING RESPECTFUL TO YOU.
10:19:07 IF THAT IS ALL WE NEED, I RESPECTFULLY SAY, THAT IS NOT
10:19:08 TRUE.
10:19:10 BECAUSE IT IS NOT ALL WE NEED.
10:19:13 WE NEED PEOPLE TO GET A COMPUTER SYSTEM IN OUR VEHICLES
10:19:17 SO WE KNOW WHERE OUR FIRE HYDRANTS ARE, WE KNOW WHERE
10:19:18 OUR STREETS ARE.
10:19:21 A LOT BIGGER THAN WHAT WAS ON THAT THING, BUT -- AS
10:19:24 MUCH -- AS MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT SOME OF
10:19:26 THAT STUFF IN THERE -- THAT THERE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE
10:19:28 THAT COULD BE SAID.
10:19:32 CHIEF TRIPP HAS SAID MORE THAN ANY FIRE CHIEF IN RECENT
10:19:36 HISTORY AND I AM SO PROUD OF HER FOR THAT AND HER
10:19:36 STAFF.
10:19:40 THEY ARE ALL UP THERE WORKING THEIR TAILS OFF.
10:19:42 THE GUY WRITING OUR GRANTS.
10:19:46 WE GOT NO GRANTS LAST YEAR, CITY OF TAMPA.
10:19:49 CHIEF BENNETT'S OFFICE -- I KNOW YOU ARE MAD ABOUT
10:19:50 THAT.
10:19:51 I AM MAD ABOUT IT TOO.
10:19:55 WE DIDN'T GET THE SAFER -- WE WILL GET THIS TIME
10:19:58 BECAUSE CHIEF TRIPP GOT OUR GRANT WRITER.
10:20:02 AND I AM DONE TALKING ABOUT IT.
10:20:04 AND YOU WANT TO THANK COUNCIL FOR GIVING ME THIS
10:20:07 OPPORTUNITY AND THANK THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND CHIEF
10:20:09 BENNETT AND CHIEF TRIPP.
10:20:10 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:20:13 BEFORE I GO TO YOU, COUNCILMAN CITRO.
10:20:16 ASK THE QUESTION RHETORICALLY, WHY DO WE WASTE SO MUCH
10:20:18 MONEY ON CONSULTANTS.
10:20:22 I REMEMBER A GUY TOLD ME IN THE LAST CAMPAIGN SAID I AM
10:20:23 NOT A CAMPAIGN MANAGER ANYMORE.
10:20:25 I AM A CONSULTANT.
10:20:27 THAT IS JUST THE WAY TO SAY YOU ARE GOING TO CHARGE
10:20:28 MORE.
10:20:30 CAPTAIN GRECO LAID IT OUT.
10:20:34 CHIEF TRIPP LAID IT OFF.
10:20:37 WE HAVE GREAT MIND IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
10:20:39 AND GET TO WHAT WE NEED.
10:20:41 I WILL STOP THERE.
10:20:44 COUNCILMAN CITRO AND COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:20:46 >>JOSEPH CITRO: JOE, I FEEL YOUR PASSION.
10:20:48 YOU AND I HAVE HAD LONG DISCUSSIONS.
10:20:52 YOU AND I HAVE BEEN TO CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY.
10:20:53 WE HAVE WORKED.
10:20:54 I HAVE SEEN WHAT YOU GO THROUGH.
10:20:57 YOU MISUNDERSTOOD MY QUOTE.
10:21:02 WHAT I SAID WAS AS SOON AS MIDTOWN -- EXCUSE ME, AS
10:21:04 SOON AS WATER STREET OPENS, THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL
10:21:07 3,000 TO 4,000 PEOPLE RIGHT THERE.
10:21:11 THE ONLY UNIT WE HAVE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA IS STATION
10:21:11 1.
10:21:15 THE CLOSEST ONE IS ON KENNEDY AND WILLOW OR DAVIS
10:21:15 ISLAND.
10:21:19 THE NEXT CLOSEST ONE IS YBOR CITY.
10:21:21 DOWNTOWN NEEDS ANOTHER FIRE STATION AND I AGREE WITH
10:21:23 YOU 100% ON THAT.
10:21:25 IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT DOWN HERE NOW, WE ARE NOT GOING
10:21:27 TO HAVE THE LAND IN THE FUTURE.
10:21:28 WE NEED TO PUT IT DOWN HERE NOW.
10:21:30 I TOTALLY AGREE.
10:21:33 I WILL SAY THIS ALSO ABOUT CHIEF TRIPP, YOU ARE
10:21:34 CORRECT.
10:21:38 THE SITUATION IN WHICH SHE WAS PUT INTO WAS NOT FAIR TO
10:21:42 HER, BUT SHE HAS HANDLED IT ABOVE AND BEYOND ANY OTHER
10:21:44 PERSON THAT I HAVE SEEN COME INTO THIS TYPE OF
10:21:44 SITUATION.
10:21:48 AND MAYOR, IF YOU WERE LISTENING, THAT WOMAN IS NO
10:21:51 LONGER INTERIM CHIEF,
10:21:54 >> SHE IS NOT MY INTERIM CHIEF.
10:21:57 SHE IS MY FIRE CHIEF.
10:21:58 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THAT'S CORRECT.
10:22:00 I AGREE WITH YOU, JOE.
10:22:02 WATER STREET, 4,000 MORE PEOPLE.
10:22:05 IMMEDIATE JUMP OF 13% TO DOWNTOWN ADDED.
10:22:08 THANK YOU FOR YOUR -- FOR YOUR ZEAL, JOE.
10:22:09 I APPRECIATE IT.
10:22:11 >> THANK YOU, SIR.
10:22:15 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
10:22:18 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CITRO.
10:22:21 I LAUGH WHEN YOU SAY THE FIRE TRAINING.
10:22:24 THAT WASN'T MY FINEST MOMENT, WAS IT, JOE.
10:22:28 I WASN'T GOING TO BRING THAT UP, COUNCILMAN.
10:22:33 >> I WILL SAY THAT YOUR WIFE IS A TOUGH WOMAN.
10:22:35 >>LUIS VIERA: A LOT OF FUNNY STORY THERE IS.
10:22:36 I WANT TO SAY A FEW THING.
10:22:39 I WANTED TO WAIT FOR EVERYBODY TO BE DONE TALKING BUT
10:22:45 IF WE ARE GOING TO TALK -- I KNOW CHEF CHIEF BERCAW TO
10:22:48 TALK FROM TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
10:22:51 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION, THE CASTOR
10:22:52 ADMINISTRATION.
10:22:55 IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE REQUEST WE MADE FIRST WITH
10:22:58 COUNCILMAN GUDES IN EAST TAMPA WITH A NEW EMERGENCY
10:23:00 VEHICLE THERE.
10:23:01 THEREAFTER A YEAR LATER.
10:23:04 OR A YEAR AGO STATION 13 WITH ANOTHER EMERGENCY VEHICLE
10:23:08 THERE AND NOW RECENTLY WITH THE CHANGES MADE IN STATION
10:23:12 13, THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATION THAT RESPONDS TO THE
10:23:16 NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
10:23:20 AND CHIEF TRIPP, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PLAN THAT
10:23:21 YOU PUT FORWARD.
10:23:22 I AM SUPPORTIVE OF IT.
10:23:26 I WILL BE MAKING A MOTION REGARDING THIS THAT I WILL
10:23:27 TALK ABOUT JUST BRIEFLY.
10:23:30 I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
10:23:31 I HAVE MET WITH YOU.
10:23:32 I LIKE YOU A LOT.
10:23:33 I THINK YOU ARE A GOOD WOMAN.
10:23:36 AND YOU ARE SINCERE AND EARNEST.
10:23:38 I THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
10:23:41 AND FOR JOE THERE, ANYBODY WHO KNOWS ME KNOW THAT I
10:23:43 LOVE JOE GRECO.
10:23:45 JOE IS AS EARNEST AS THEY COME.
10:23:48 HE IS -- HE IS A WRECKING BALL.
10:23:52 AND, YOU KNOW, THE THING ABOUT JOE IS, HE ADVOCATES FOR
10:23:56 TAMPA FIRE WHILE HE WORKS AS A TAMPA FIRE FIGHTER.
10:23:59 SO THE THINGS HE IS TALKING ABOUT HE LIVED YESTERDAY,
10:24:01 LAST WEEK, TWO WEEKS AGO, A MONTH.
10:24:06 HE IS ALREADY PASSIONATE AND YOU ADD THAT ON-THE-JOB
10:24:08 STUFF, IT IS JUST REMARKABLE.
10:24:09 THANK YOU FOR THAT, JOE.
10:24:10 I LOVE YOU TO DEATH.
10:24:12 AND YOU KNOW THAT.
10:24:12 >> YES, SIR.
10:24:14 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION FOR
10:24:15 THIS.
10:24:17 THE REASON I MADE A MOTION A YEAR AGO FOR HAVING A
10:24:21 PUBLIC SAFETY MASTER PLAN, THAT WOULD INCLUDE BOTH
10:24:24 POLICE AS WELL AS FIRE IS BECAUSE WE SHOULDN'T BE
10:24:28 COMING WITH WHAT I CALL "PATCHWORK REQUESTS" ON CRISES
10:24:32 THAT INVOLVE NEIGHBORHOODS AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
10:24:35 PUBLIC SAFETY IS NUMBER ONE FOR A CITY AND
10:24:36 MUNICIPALITY.
10:24:39 IT HAS GOT TO BE THE STUFF THAT CITIES ARE KNOWN FOR.
10:24:41 HANK AARON WAS KNOWN FOR HOME RUNS.
10:24:43 THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS GOT TO BE KNOWN FOR PUBLIC
10:24:44 SAFETY.
10:24:44 ANY CITY DOES.
10:24:46 THAT IS NUMBER ONE.
10:24:49 IF THE CITY DOESN'T MEET ITS PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS, THEN
10:24:50 WHAT IS IT DOING?
10:24:52 WHAT IS IT DOING?
10:24:53 THAT IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT.
10:24:56 BY THE WAY, WE ARE ALL IN AGREEMENT ON THAT.
10:24:58 ALL OF US ARE IN AGREEMENT ON THAT.
10:25:00 THAT IS WHY WE ARE COMING FORWARD.
10:25:03 I PUT THIS FORWARD BECAUSE, NUMBER ONE, I WANT US TO BE
10:25:06 UPDATED LIKE THIS EVERY SINGLE YEAR ON THE STATE OF A
10:25:09 PUBLIC SAFETY MASTER PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T
10:25:10 HAVE THESE PATCHWORK REQUESTS.
10:25:14 BECAUSE WHEN COUNCILMAN GUDES COMES AND TALKS ABOUT
10:25:15 CONSTITUENTS IN EAST TAMPA.
10:25:20 WHEN I COME TO TALK OF CONSTITUENTS IN NORTH TAMPA OR
10:25:23 NEW TAMPA THAT HAS OUT OF THE SIX FIRE STATIONS IN THE
10:25:26 CITY OF TAMPA WITH THE LONGEST RESPONSE TIMES FOUR ARE
10:25:26 IN NEW TAMPA.
10:25:30 WE ARE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT AS IMPORTANT AS THAT IS A
10:25:30 PARK.
10:25:31 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT LIVES.
10:25:34 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SOMEBODY WHO IS WAITING FOR AN BAN
10:25:37 WILL AMBULANCE FOR A HEART ATTACK FOR A MOTHER, FATHER,
10:25:38 SISTER, SON AND DAUGHTER.
10:25:40 A HOUSE ON FIRE.
10:25:42 THESE ARE LIVES AND ALL ABOUT.
10:25:45 I DID THIS BECAUSE, I WILL BE HONEST, I DON'T WANT TO
10:25:48 SEE ANOTHER STATION 13.
10:25:52 STATION 13, THAT SERVICES THE NORTH TAMPA COMMUNITY,
10:25:54 THE STATISTICS THERE ARE DEPLORABLE.
10:25:59 AND THEY ARE A DISGRACE TO US ALL.
10:25:59 ALL OF US.
10:26:03 WHEN I GET PASSIONATE I SPEAK SPANISH.
10:26:05 WHAT CAN I SAY.
10:26:07 ALL OF US STATION 13.
10:26:09 STATION 13 IS ONE OUT OF 23 STATIONS IN THE CITY OF
10:26:10 TAMPA.
10:26:13 BUT TAKES UP ABOUT ONE IN SEVEN CALLS IN THE CITY OF
10:26:14 TAMPA.
10:26:16 LOOK AT THAT DISPARITY.
10:26:19 IT IS NUMBER -- THE NUMBER ONE BUSIEST FIRE STATION IN
10:26:21 THE CITY OF TAMPA BY FAR AND AWAY.
10:26:22 IT IS NOT EVEN CLOSE.
10:26:23 IT IS NOT EVEN CLOSE.
10:26:28 AND ONE OF BETWEEN 20 AND 50 BUSIEST FIRE STATIONS IN
10:26:30 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
10:26:33 THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORK THERE DESERVE BETTER.
10:26:36 THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY SERVE, MY CONSTITUENTS
10:26:37 DESERVE BETTER.
10:26:40 AND WE NEED RELIEF FOR THEM RIGHT NOW.
10:26:43 AND CHIEF TRIPP, THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE PUTTING FORWARD
10:26:45 AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT THAT.
10:26:48 I WANT TO PROPOSE MOTION WHEN THIS IS DONE FOR A COUPLE
10:26:49 OF THINGS.
10:26:52 NUMBER ONE, TO HAVE THIS COME TO US EVERY SINGLE YEAR
10:26:55 SO THAT EVERY SINGLE COUNCIL HAS THIS MECHANICALLY
10:27:00 BUILT IN NO MATTER WHO IS THE MAYOR, NO MATTER WHO IS
10:27:03 SITTING HERE ON CITY COUNCIL SO WE HAVE THIS BUILT IN,
10:27:06 SO WE HAVE A PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT FROM POLICE AND FIRE
10:27:07 EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
10:27:10 NUMBER TWO, SO THAT THE ADMINISTRATION COMES BACK TO US
10:27:12 AROUND THE TIME OF THE BUDGET.
10:27:14 IT CAN BE THE WEEK AFTER THE PRESENTATION OF THE BUDGET
10:27:17 AND I KNOW THE ADMINISTRATION LIKES TO KEEP CERTAIN
10:27:20 THINGS IN AND I THINK WE GOT TO RESPECT THAT.
10:27:23 AND TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS YEAR'S FISCAL BUDGET DOES
10:27:25 TO REPAIR THIS BREACH.
10:27:28 AND THIS IS WHAT IT IS, A BREACH ON PUBLIC SAFETY FOR
10:27:33 NORTH TAMPA, FOR CHANNELSIDE, FOR NEW TAMPA, FOR WEST
10:27:34 TAMPA.
10:27:37 ALL OF THIS WORK FORCE AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOING UP IN
10:27:38 WEST TAMPA.
10:27:40 MORE AND MORE FAMILIES GOING IN THERE.
10:27:43 THOSE FAMILIES NEED CONCURRENT.
10:27:44 NOT JUST AMENITIES.
10:27:47 THOSE FAMILIES NEED CONCURRENT PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONSES
10:27:48 TO EVERYDAY LIVES.
10:27:51 THIS IS ALSO TOO -- MAKE THAT MOTION AT THE END
10:27:53 WHENEVER WE ARE DONE.
10:27:55 THIS IS ALSO TRUE FOR TAMPA FIRE.
10:28:00 I KNOW CHIEF BERCAW WILL BE TALKING AND WE ALWAYS
10:28:03 APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP OF COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND
10:28:06 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER WHO PUT FORTH THE IDEA OF HAVING
10:28:10 OUR POLICE OFFICERS COME WITH TRAINED MENTAL HEALTH
10:28:10 PROFESSIONALS.
10:28:12 THAT WILL COST MONEY.
10:28:14 WE NEED TO KNOW HOW TO GET THAT.
10:28:18 THE ADMINISTRATION, MANY, MANY FUNDING RECOGNITIONS --
10:28:20 OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO LOOK TO THE ADMINISTRATION FOR
10:28:21 THAT.
10:28:23 BUT THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT UP BECAUSE THE MOST
10:28:25 IMPORTANT ISSUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
10:28:30 WE HAVE AREAS THAT ARE LITERALLY IN A CRISIS RIGHT NOW.
10:28:36 C-R-I-S-I-S, CRISIS IN PUBLIC SAFETY.
10:28:40 OUR RESPONDERS ARE IN A CRISIS.
10:28:45 WE ARE EXACERBATING AND STRESS AN PTSD IN A LOT OF
10:28:48 AREAS INCLUDING STATION 13.
10:28:49 AND OUR COMMUNITIES ARE IN CRISIS.
10:28:51 AND WE HAVE TO ACT NOW.
10:28:54 THIS PLAN HAS MECHANISMS OF WHICH WE CAN ACT NOW.
10:28:57 CHIEF TRIPP, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND
10:29:01 MAYOR CASTOR, CHIEF BENNETT, EVERYONE WHO IS THERE.
10:29:03 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR PARTNERSHIP ON
10:29:03 THIS ISSUE.
10:29:06 I THANK YOU.
10:29:09 >> COUNCILMAN VIERA, CAN I JUST MAKE ONE COMMENT.
10:29:10 IT TAKES ME TWO MINUTES TO MAKE IT.
10:29:14 THANK THE FIRE AND RESCUE PERSONNEL OUT BUSTING THEIR
10:29:16 BUTTS EVERY DAY DOING MORE WITH LESS.
10:29:20 I WANT TO THANK THE RESCUE LIEUTENANTS WORKING 48, 24S
10:29:23 INSTEAD OF 24, 38S.
10:29:26 AND AGAIN I WANT TO THANK CHIEF TRIPP FOR PUTTING THE
10:29:27 WORK.
10:29:29 AND ACTUALLY VOICING THE STUFF THAT THE TAMPA FIRE
10:29:30 RESCUE NEEDS.
10:29:33 IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I HEARD SOMEONE GET IN
10:29:36 FRONT OF COUNCIL AND MAKE THOSE KIND OF COMMENTS SHE
10:29:37 JUST MADE.
10:29:38 I WANT TO THANK HER AGAIN.
10:29:40 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:29:41 COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:29:46 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU KNOW SOMETIMES WE SEE A PERSON
10:29:50 THAT SEEMS LIKE THEY ARE ANGRY -- IT IS NOT ANGER, IT'S
10:29:51 PASSION.
10:29:56 YOU SEE -- NOT ANGER, IT'S PASSION.
10:29:58 THANK YOU, MR. GRECO.
10:29:59 YOU SEE YOU HAVE TO BE IN THE TRENCHES TO UNDERSTAND
10:30:02 THE NEEDS.
10:30:03 IF YOU ARE NOT IN THE TRENCHES, YOU CAN'T
10:30:04 UNDERSTAND.
10:30:06 YOU CAN ONLY ASSUME.
10:30:08 THAT IS WHY I ASKED ABOUT COMMUNICATION.
10:30:12 BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE THE BEST EQUIPMENT, BUT IF YOU
10:30:16 CAN'T GET THERE, IT'S A PROBLEM.
10:30:19 WHAT WE CALL A HOT CALL.
10:30:21 THE CALL IS HOT.
10:30:26 EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT IS THAT MEANS, A HOT CALL.
10:30:30 KNOW WHAT IS A HOT CALL IS, YOU GET THERE AND DON'T
10:30:31 KNOW WHERE THE HELL YOU ARE GOING.
10:30:33 GOT TO CALL, RADIO.
10:30:36 GIVE ME A 10-20.
10:30:38 GIVE ME A LOCATION.
10:30:39 I CAN'T FIND IT.
10:30:41 BUT SOMEBODY IS CALLING FOR HELP.
10:30:46 WHERE IS HE AT?
10:30:47 LEE HAS BEEN THERE.
10:30:48 JOHN HAS BEEN THERE.
10:30:52 I CAN'T FIND HIM!
10:30:55 THAT'S WHY I ASKED ABOUT COMMUNICATION.
10:30:58 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.
10:31:01 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK YOU NEED TO LOOK AT -- I KNOW
10:31:04 SOMETIMES THE ADMINISTRATION HAS AN IDEA, BUT SOMETIMES
10:31:08 WE DO HAVE TO ASK THE TROOPS WHAT THEY TRULY, TRULY
10:31:15 NEED AND I.T. ISN'T -- OR DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY TRULY
10:31:16 NEED, THEY NEED TO ASK THEM.
10:31:19 THEY NEED TO ASK THEM WHAT THEY NEED.
10:31:23 AND THE SYSTEMS THEY FEEL IS NOT THE SYSTEM TO GET THEM
10:31:28 WHERE THEY NEED TO GO, THEN THEY NEED TO GET IT.
10:31:31 AND I HATE TO BE THAT WAY, BUT I HAVE BEEN THERE.
10:31:35 SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT HE IS SAYING.
10:31:39 MAYBE A COST FACTOR, BUT YOU CAN'T PUT COST ON SOME
10:31:40 THINGS.
10:31:44 THAT'S WHY I ASK THOSE QUESTIONS WITH REFERENCE TO --
10:31:48 WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A COMPLETE PACKAGE.
10:31:51 WE CAN GET SOME THINGS NOW, BUT IF COMMUNICATION IS ONE
10:31:54 OF THE KEY NEEDS, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE KEY NEED OF
10:31:57 WHAT THE UNION IS ASKING OR THE TROOPS ARE ASKING TO
10:32:01 MAKE SURE THEY CAN GET WHAT THEY GOT TO GET, FIND THOSE
10:32:06 HYDRANTS, MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A DISPATCH SYSTEM.
10:32:10 HARD TO HOLD A COMPUTER AND A CAR AND A TRUCK, BUT NO
10:32:11 MOUNT.
10:32:14 EVERY POLICE CAR HAS A MOUNT.
10:32:16 AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT RIGHT NOW, EVEN WITH THE MOUNT
10:32:19 SOMETIMES, OFFICERS, THEY ARE TRYING TO GET THERE.
10:32:23 ON THE COMPUTER AND BAM, THEY RUN INTO SOMEBODY.
10:32:25 BECAUSE THEIR MIND IS TRYING TO GET IT AND TRYING TO
10:32:28 LOOK WHERE THAT LOCATION IS AT AND LOOK AT THE SCREEN
10:32:31 AND SEE WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON.
10:32:33 AND YOU KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT.
10:32:36 THEY UNDERSTAND AND THE MAYOR UNDERSTANDS.
10:32:39 IT MAY BE A MONEY ISSUE BUT THIS SITUATION, WE GOT TO
10:32:42 LOOK PAST THE MONEY ISSUE BECAUSE WE SPEND MONEY LIKE
10:32:43 EVERYTHING ELSE.
10:32:46 BUT, AGAIN, PUBLIC SAFETY IS NUMBER ONE.
10:32:51 I DON'T CARE HOW YOU SLICE AND DICE IT, IT IS NUMBER
10:32:51 ONE.
10:32:52 WE GOT TO MOVE FORWARD.
10:32:55 I TALKED ABOUT THE CONSULTANT.
10:32:56 WE HAVE ALL THE TIME.
10:33:01 WE GOT TO PAY A CONSULTANT.
10:33:03 HE IS RIGHT.
10:33:05 YOU ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AND HIRE SOMEBODY AND THEY
10:33:07 ARE SUCKING YOU DRY.
10:33:10 AND YOU ARE DOING MOST OF THE WORK.
10:33:11 RIGHT, GENTLEMEN?
10:33:13 YOU ARE DOING MOST OF THE WORK!
10:33:15 WHAT AM I PAYING YOU ARE FOR.
10:33:18 I AM THE CONSULTANT.
10:33:21 CONSULTANTS HAVE THEIR -- THEIR NICHE IN CERTAIN
10:33:25 THINGS, BUT WHEN I -- WHEN I LOOK AT THAT GS -- GIS
10:33:30 PACKET, THAT PACKET IS PRETTY INTENSE.
10:33:33 I CAN'T IMAGINE WE CAN'T TAKE SOME OF THOSE THINGS OF
10:33:36 THE PACKET AND GO TO WORK AND HIRE SOMEBODY -- TO PUT
10:33:41 TOGETHER WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW.
10:33:47 SO MR. CHAIRMAN, I AM NOTING TO A FAVOR TO HIRE
10:33:49 CONSULTANT TO DO SOME OF THE THINGS WE ALREADY KNOW.
10:33:53 IT IS A WASTE OF MONEY.
10:33:55 SOME THINGS YOU MIGHT NEED TO CONSULT WITH.
10:33:59 I CAN UNDERSTAND IT, BUT TO HAVE A CONSULTANT FOR A
10:34:02 MASTER PLAN THAT WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE?
10:34:04 I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT KIND OF WASTE OF MONEY.
10:34:08 BUT I KNOW WE NEED MONEY TO MAKE THIS THING MOVE.
10:34:11 AND I DO WANT TO MOVE IT.
10:34:15 AND I WANT TO MOVE IT QUICKLY, BUT I DON'T WANT TO MOVE
10:34:19 IT SIX MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD WAITING FOR A CONSULTANT
10:34:21 WHEN SOME THINGS I ALREADY NEED.
10:34:23 I JUST CAN'T AGREE WITH WAITING THAT LONG WHEN SOME OF
10:34:25 THE THINGS WE KNOW WE NEED.
10:34:27 AND ESPECIALLY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM.
10:34:32 IF -- IF -- WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT IS WHAT THE GUYS ON
10:34:35 THE STREET NEEDS TO MAKE IT MOVE.
10:34:36 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:34:37 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:34:40 I SEE COUNCILMAN MIRANDA'S HAND UP AND THEN COUNCILMAN
10:34:43 CARLSON.
10:34:45 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:34:47 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY.
10:34:55 I WANTED TO SAY THE PASSING OF SAM SANARDI OF LOCAL
10:35:01 LEADER FOR MANY YEARS AND HIS EFFORTS AND THINGS HE IN
10:35:05 THE 754 AND A LOT OF THEM THAT WORKED WITH VARIOUS
10:35:05 ORGANIZATIONS.
10:35:09 WE ARE TODAY -- WE HAVE BECOME BECAUSE OF MEN LIKE SAM
10:35:15 SANARDI THAT WORKED LIKE MR. GRECO IS DOING VERY
10:35:19 FURIOUSLY FOR THE PUBLIC NEED NOT NECESSARILY FOR
10:35:20 HIMSELF.
10:35:23 HE WORKED ON THE RETIREMENT PLAN WITH THE DIFFERENT
10:35:27 MAYORS AND THE POLICE AND RETIREMENT PENSION IS ONE OF
10:35:29 THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY IF NOT THE BEST.
10:35:32 THE PASSING OF SAM SANARDI IS SOMETHING WE WILL MISS.
10:35:34 GREAT GUY.
10:35:35 GREAT GENTLEMAN.
10:35:36 LET ME JUST SAY THIS.
10:35:39 WE ARE TALKING OF FIRE STATIONS AND BUILDING AND SO
10:35:40 FORTH AND SO ON.
10:35:43 YOU HAVE TO START WITH SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED.
10:35:46 THAT IS THE LAND WHERE YOU BUILD IT ON.
10:35:50 WELL, I THINK THAT THE MAYOR BY THIS MESSAGE HEARING
10:35:52 TODAY SHE SHOULD TALK TO THE REAL ESTATE OFFICE AND GET
10:35:53 TOGETHER.
10:35:56 I AM SURE SHE HAS ALREADY WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND
10:36:00 NEEDS OF -- OF PLANNING OF WHERE THESE STATIONS SHOULD
10:36:01 BE.
10:36:03 CONSULTANTS ARE ONE THING.
10:36:06 I NEVER USED A CONSULTANT IN MY LIFE.
10:36:07 IT DOESN'T MEAN I AM SMART.
10:36:09 IT DOESN'T MEAN I AM BETTER.
10:36:13 NOT POLITICALLY OR ANYWHERE ELSE.
10:36:15 DOESN'T MEAN I AM ANTI-CONSULTANT EITHER.
10:36:16 I THINK THERE IS ENOUGH.
10:36:18 A STANDARD IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
10:36:22 AND IN OTHER GOVERNMENTS ABOVE US THAT TELL YOU HOW
10:36:25 MANY FIRE AND HOW MANY PERSONNEL, POLICE AND HOW MANY
10:36:27 STATES THAT YOU NEED REGARDING POPULATION.
10:36:31 IT MIGHT BE A -- IT IS MUCH MORE ACCURATE THAN WHAT WE
10:36:31 HAVE NOW.
10:36:34 SO THAT -- THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO, BUT
10:36:37 FIRST, I THINK THAT POLICE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OUGHT
10:36:42 TO GET WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND FIGURE OUT WHERE THE
10:36:43 NEEDS ARE.
10:36:46 I THINK THEY ALREADY KNOW AND WHERE IS THE LAND
10:36:47 AVAILABLE TO BUILD ON THAT.
10:36:51 AND WE HAVE TO START FROM THE BOTTOM UP WHO WE CAN TALK
10:36:52 ABOUT FINANCING.
10:36:55 YES, WE CAN TALK ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS.
10:36:58 INCIDENTALLY, THIS IS 2027.
10:37:03 THE SAME YEAR THAT THE CONTRACT WITH THE BIG, BIG ITEM
10:37:08 THAT PAYS NO AD VALOREM TAX, THAT PAYS LITTLE OF
10:37:13 ANYTHING, NO PARKING, NO CONCESSION MONEY, NOTHING.
10:37:15 AND I AM NOT GOING TO MENTION A NAME.
10:37:17 I THINK THOSE WHO KNOW ME KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT
10:37:20 AND THAT'S WHY I WORE BLACK FOR A LONG TIME.
10:37:23 I AM NOT HERE TO DO THAT AGAIN.
10:37:26 I AM HEIFER TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU NEED NOW IS TO BE FAIR
10:37:28 WITH EVERYONE.
10:37:31 BUSINESSES THAT DO BIG BUSINESS, THAT CAN GET CONTRACTS
10:37:35 FOR 30 TO 40 TO $50 MILLION A YEAR TO PERSONNEL.
10:37:38 AND ALSO HAVE TO PAY THE SAME THING THAT YOU AND I AND
10:37:42 THE REST OF US WHO EVEN HAVE HOUSE BUT PAYING
10:37:45 INDIRECTLY WITH RENT.
10:37:47 YOU CAN'T CONTINUE TO GIVE PUBLIC FUND FOR THE NEED OF
10:37:48 A FEW.
10:37:50 IT MUST BE DISTRIBUTED AMONG ALL OF US.
10:37:53 WHAT I AM SAYING -- AND I AM NOT A LIBERAL.
10:37:54 AND I AM NOT A CONSERVATIVE.
10:37:57 I CALL MYSELF A REALIST.
10:38:00 I REALIZE WHAT WE NEED AND TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT.
10:38:04 WHAT WE NEED NOW, 2027, THAT CONTRACT IS DUE TO BE
10:38:08 RENEGOTIATED, I AM SURE, AND WILL START THREE TO FOUR
10:38:11 YEARS EARLIER AND JUST AROUND THE SAME TIME.
10:38:16 THIS CITY IS IN NEED OF INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE PUBLIC
10:38:19 WELFARE FOR ITSELF.
10:38:22 AND IT WAS STATED BY ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS THAT SPOKE
10:38:26 BEFORE ME VERY HONORABLY, VERY SINCERELY.
10:38:29 WHAT WE NEED IS TO BUILD THIS FIRE AND POLICE
10:38:33 DEPARTMENT TO THE HIGHER STANDARD IN THE COUNTRY.
10:38:37 PEOPLE TONE MOVE HERE BECAUSE YOU AND I LIVE HERE.
10:38:40 PEOPLE LIVE HERE AND ARE MOVING HERE BECAUSE THEY WANT
10:38:42 TO LEAVE WHERE THEY ARE AT.
10:38:46 AND TAMPA AND THE AREA HAS OFFERED SOME OF THE BEST
10:38:48 LIVING STANDARDS IN THE COUNTRY.
10:38:51 BY ALL STANDARDS, WE ARE STILL ONE OF THE -- NUMBER
10:38:54 ONE OR TWO NUMBER TWO IN THE COUNTRY FOR PEOPLE WHO
10:38:56 WANT TO RELOCATE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
10:38:59 I DO BELIEVE IN ORIGINALISM, BUT SOMETIMES IN THE
10:39:02 REGION, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT I AM CALLED THE CITY OF
10:39:03 TAMPA BAY.
10:39:07 THERE IS NO SUCH CITY, THE CITY OF TAMPA BAY.
10:39:09 THIS IS THE CITY OF TAMPA, PERIOD.
10:39:10 YOU DON'T HAVE MIAMI BEACH BAY.
10:39:12 YOU DON'T HAVE SAN FRANCISCO BAY CITY.
10:39:14 WHY ARE WE CALLED THAT?
10:39:18 THE NAME IS SKETCHY FOR SOME, BUT IT HAS DOWNFALL ON
10:39:19 THE OTHER SIDE.
10:39:23 I DON'T WANT TO BE COMPARED WITH ANY OTHER CITY.
10:39:28 I WANT YOU TO COMPARE TO TAMPA TO ITSELF, YESTERDAY,
10:39:31 TODAY AND THE FUTURE HOW TO -- WHAT TO DO THINGS AND
10:39:34 THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING IN A VERY PROFESSIONAL MANNER
10:39:37 AND THANKS ALL OF YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
10:39:41 I AM SURE THAT THE MAYOR AND SMART ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND
10:39:43 GETTING TOGETHER WITH ALL OF HOW ARE IN NEED OF THIS.
10:39:47 ALL OF YOU IN THE FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENT COME
10:39:49 TOGETHER TO SEE WHAT THE NEEDS ARE AND ALREADY KNOW
10:39:50 WHAT THEY ARE AND PUT IT TOGETHER.
10:39:54 BUT WITHOUT THAT, YOU CAN'T DO IT UNLESS YOU HAVE THE
10:39:56 LAND TO BUILD THINGS ON.
10:39:59 YOU CAN'T BUILD A HOUSE IF THERE IS NOT AN EMPTY HOUSE.
10:40:02 I AM ASKING AND MAKE A MOTION LATER ON TO SEE IF THE
10:40:05 MAYOR GOES ON TO ASK THE REAL ESTATE AFTER SHE WORKS
10:40:08 OUT THE NEEDS AND NECESSITIES OF THE CITY AND ADDRESSES
10:40:11 THOSE, WHERE TO FIND THE LOTS.
10:40:12 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:40:14 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:40:17 COUNCILMAN CARLSON -- SORRY, COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:40:20 >>LUIS VIERA: I HATE TO CRY POINT OF ORDER BUT MAKE
10:40:26 SURE CHIEF BERCAW HAD A PRESENTATION.
10:40:32 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CHIEF BENNETT, THEN BERCAW.
10:40:34 AND I DON'T KNOW, COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
10:40:37 >>BILL CARLSON: JUST QUICKLY.
10:40:41 MR. GRECO MENTIONED SOME OF THE BAD FINANCIAL CHOICES
10:40:43 OF THE LAST MAYOR.
10:40:46 AND EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY KNOWS IT, BECAUSE WE GET
10:40:49 E-MAILS EVERY DAY COMPLAINING WHY THE LAST
10:40:52 ADMINISTRATION WAS FISCALLY RECKLESS IN SPENDING MONEY
10:40:55 ON VANITY PROJECTS INSTEAD OF NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE.
10:40:58 PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE CITY, SOUTH TAMPA, EAST TAMPA,
10:41:02 EVERYWHERE, SAY WHY ARE MY POTHOLES FILLED.
10:41:04 WHY DIDN'T MY ROADS GET FIXED.
10:41:06 WHY DIDN'T THE SIDEWALKS GET FIXED.
10:41:08 WE HAVE A MAYOR AND ADMINISTRATION THAT CARE ABOUT THE
10:41:10 PEOPLE, CARE ABOUT NEIGHBORHOODS.
10:41:13 CITY COUNCIL CARES ABOUT PEOPLE AND NEIGHBORHOODS.
10:41:16 WE HEARD AN IMPORTANT PRESENTATION AND WE HEARD
10:41:18 PASSIONATE REMARKS FROM MY COLLEAGUES.
10:41:22 THE BIG ISSUE IS GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE MONEY IS
10:41:25 COMING FROM AND I TRUST THE NEW POLICE CHIEF AND OTHERS
10:41:27 IN COMING UP WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE NEED.
10:41:32 WE NEED TO ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES AND KNOW WHERE THE MONEY
10:41:32 IS COMING FROM.
10:41:35 THE CITY COUNCIL HAS CONTROL OF THE BUDGET.
10:41:37 AND THE ADMINISTRATION PRESENTS IT TO US. I RECOMMEND
10:41:40 WE ALL ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES AND WORK ON THE MONEY PARTS
10:41:42 OF IT WHICH IS THE MOST DIFFICULT RIGHT AWAY.
10:41:45 THE POLICE CHIEF KNOWS WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE 37.
10:41:48 BUT ONE THING THAT I WILL REMIND EVERYBODY OF, WE HAVE
10:41:51 THE MONEY FOR THIS IN THE DOLLARS AT LEAST THAT MR.
10:41:53 GRECO ROLLED OUT.
10:41:56 WE HAVE THE MONEY IN THE DOWNTOWN AND CHANNEL DISTRICT
10:41:58 CRAS.
10:42:02 WE PUT A CAP ON THE DOWNTOWN CHANNEL DISTRICT CRAS IF
10:42:06 WE DID FIVE YEARS FROM NOW EVEN IF THE CIT MONEY IS
10:42:11 HERE OR NOT, THAT -- 35, 50, $60 MILLION OVER SEVERAL
10:42:13 YEARS CAN COME OUT OF THOSE MONIES.
10:42:16 AND THE ARGUMENT IS THAT THE COUNTY IS MATCHING THE
10:42:17 MONEY RIGHT NOW.
10:42:20 WE CAN GO TO THE COUNTY AND SAY CAN YOU CONTINUE TO
10:42:22 MATCH OUR MONEY FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF YEARS TO
10:42:25 REPLACE THESE FIRE TRUCKS AND CREATE PUBLIC SAFETY.
10:42:29 SO WE NEED TO PULL OUT OUR PENCILS ON REST OF THE
10:42:31 BUDGET, BUT WE HAVE THE MONEY SITTING THERE.
10:42:35 AND INSTEAD OF PAYING FOR GOLD-PLATED LAMPS PAY FOR
10:42:38 FIRE ENGINES THAT CAN SAVE PEOPLE'S LIVES.
10:42:40 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
10:42:42 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:42:46 I JUST WANTED TO RESPOND ON THIS CONSULTANT ISSUE.
10:42:50 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS YOUR MICROPHONE ON, SIR?
10:42:51 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I THINK SO.
10:42:53 HOW IS THAT?
10:42:54 IS THAT BETTER?
10:42:57 I WANT TO RESPOND ON THE CONSULTANT ISSUE.
10:43:04 ON THE ONE HAND, I AGREE WITH JOE GRECO THAT WE HAVE
10:43:09 ALL, INCLUDING JOE AND NOW CHIEF TRIPP AND COUNCIL AND
10:43:15 STAFF, WE HAVE ALL AGREED ON THE NEED TO ADDRESS SOME
10:43:18 OF THESE SHORT-TERM CRITICAL ISSUES AND ADDRESS THEM
10:43:19 NOW.
10:43:25 WE DON'T NEED A CONSULTANT TO -- TO TELL US WHAT THEY
10:43:26 ARE.
10:43:28 THEY ARE ABUNDANTLY CLEAR.
10:43:32 AND I THINK THAT A CONSULTANT CAN BE VERY VALUABLE FOR
10:43:34 THE LONG-TERM STUFF.
10:43:36 WE ARE DOING THAT IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
10:43:41 WE HAVE HIRED A CONSULTANT TO -- TO EVALUATE 100 PLUS
10:43:44 CITY PARKS THAT ARE OUT THERE AND SEE WHAT THE NEED --
10:43:48 THE LONG-TERM NEEDS ARE.
10:43:50 AND WHAT THE COSTS ARE GOING TO BE AND HOW WE ARE GOING
10:43:52 TO ADDRESS THIS.
10:43:55 AND I THINK -- YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT IS GOOD TO HAVE
10:44:00 A OUTSIDE SET OF EYES TO LOOK AT THAT AS OPPOSED TO
10:44:02 JUST DOING THAT INTERNALLY.
10:44:06 I THINK -- I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF CONSULTANT BASHING
10:44:10 THAT -- THAT WE READ ABOUT AND HEAR ABOUT, BUT I THINK
10:44:14 THAT -- IS THAT SOMETIMES IT CAN BE VALUABLE.
10:44:18 IT CAN BE VALUABLE -- A VALUABLE EXERCISE.
10:44:21 THE PRIVATE SECTOR DOES IT ALL THE TIME AND I DON'T
10:44:24 THINK THERE IS ANY REASON THE PUBLIC SECTOR SHOULDN'T
10:44:25 DO IT.
10:44:28 NOW SHOULD YOU SPEND AN INORDINATE HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY
10:44:29 ON IT?
10:44:30 NO.
10:44:34 BUT FOR LONG -- THESE LONG-TERM ISSUES, THEY HAVEN'T
10:44:35 BEEN ADDRESSED.
10:44:40 YOU KNOW, I THINK THE RE-- RECESSION HIT THE CITY SO
10:44:44 HARD THAT EVERYTHING GOT HELD BACK AND BUYING NEW
10:44:47 TRUCKS AND FIXING BUILDINGS AND ALL THOSE THINGS AND
10:44:51 FIXING FIRE STATIONS GOT PUT ON THE SIDE BURNER AND
10:44:54 NEVER GOT PUT ON THE MAIN BURNER.
10:44:56 BUT I THINK IT IS NOT A BAD IDEA TO HAVE AN OUTSIDE
10:45:00 CONSULTANT, OUTSIDE SET OF EYES LOOK AT SOME OF THESE
10:45:04 LONG-TERM -- LONG-TERM PLANNING ISSUES.
10:45:06 THAT IS MY TWO CENTS.
10:45:08 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BEFORE WE GO TO CHIEF BENNETT AND
10:45:09 TPD.
10:45:11 A FEW COMMENTS, QUESTIONS.
10:45:14 WHY WITH ALL OF THE BUILDING OF SPP IN WATER STREET,
10:45:16 WHY WAS A FIRE STATION NOT INCLUDED.
10:45:18 AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT A NEW DOWNTOWN.
10:45:18 NUMBER ONE.
10:45:22 NUMBER TWO IS, WHY ARE WE LOOKING AT BUILDING THIS NEW
10:45:25 CITY CENTER WHICH IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY WHEN WE
10:45:29 SHOULD BE ADDRESSING THESE FIRE DEPARTMENT ISSUES
10:45:31 CONSIDERING THE PACE THAT THE CITY IS GROWING, THE
10:45:34 NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE MOVING HERE, AND ALL THE NEW
10:45:34 CONSTRUCTION.
10:45:37 WE SHOULD PRIORITIZE THE NEEDS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
10:45:43 FIRST AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION, COMMENT IS, WE
10:45:46 PURCHASE FIRE VEHICLES, FIRE RESCUE VEHICLES.
10:45:49 CAN WE LEASE THEM?
10:45:53 ARE THERE -- IS THERE A CHEAPER ALTERNATIVE THAN TO RUN
10:45:55 THESE VEHICLES INTO THE GROUND WITH CONSTANT
10:45:57 MAINTENANCE ISSUES THAT WE ARE PAYING OUT OF POCKET FOR
10:45:59 AND WHATNOT?
10:46:02 I KNOW AS A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, YOU CAN LEASE A CAR.
10:46:04 YOU HAVE MILEAGE AND ALL THE OTHER RESTRICTIONS.
10:46:06 I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WORKS ON A COMMERCIAL SIDE.
10:46:09 I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WORKS FOR A FIRE RESCUE VIDEO
10:46:13 WHETHER A LADDER TRUCK OR LIFE SUPPORT VEHICLE.
10:46:16 IS THAT A COST-SAVING MEASURE THAT MAKES SENSE?
10:46:17 I WILL STOP THERE.
10:46:20 CHIEF BENNETT, GO AHEAD, SIR.
10:46:21 AND THEN TPD.
10:46:24 >> THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN, JOHN BENNETT, CHIEF OF STAFF.
10:46:28 I JUST WANTED TO DO A POSTSCRIPT TO CHIEF TRIPP AND
10:46:30 ANSWER A FEW OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP IN SUPPORT
10:46:34 OF CHIEF TRIPP AND THE TAMPA FIRE RESCUE GROUP.
10:46:37 FIRST I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL FOR PUTTING PUBLIC SAFETY
10:46:41 AT THE FOREFRONT OF ANY DISCUSSION AS WELL AS I WANT TO
10:46:46 THANK PRESIDENT JOE GRECO WITH HIS COMMENTS AND WORK TO
10:46:46 DATE.
10:46:49 FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO MENTION -- AND I APPRECIATE
10:46:54 ALL THE COMMENTS ON THE CONSULTANT AND I APPRECIATE
10:46:58 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER LEVEL ON THAT AS WELL.
10:47:02 BUT WHEN MR. GRECO BROUGHT THE DATA TO ALL OF US, HE
10:47:05 TOLD ME WHO HE WAS GIVING IT TO.
10:47:07 THERE IS A LOT OF VALUE IN THAT DAY TO JUMP START WHERE
10:47:09 WE NEED TO GO.
10:47:12 AND I APPRECIATE THE EVIDENT THAT WAS DONE, AT WHAT I
10:47:14 BELIEVE WAS NO COST TO THE UNION AND THE FIRE
10:47:15 DEPARTMENT.
10:47:18 SO WE ARE GRATEFUL TO HAVE THAT JUMPING-OFF POINT.
10:47:21 WHERE A CONSULTANT CAN COME INTO PLAY -- AND I WILL
10:47:23 TELL YOU IT IS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
10:47:26 I THINK THE QUOTE THAT WE DID ON THE SCOPE OF WORK WAS
10:47:30 SOMEWHERE AROUND $45,000 TODAY 60,000.
10:47:34 WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IS KIND OF THE GAP ANALYSIS ON
10:47:38 THINGS THAT GO BEYOND WHERE THE DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM IS.
10:47:40 IT IS THAT LONG-RANGE LOOK.
10:47:44 AND ALSO AREAS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE OBSCURE THAN
10:47:46 ANSWERING CALLS FOR SERVICE.
10:47:48 FOR EXAMPLE, EVERY AMBULANCE RIDE COSTS MONEY.
10:47:50 AMBULANCE BUILDING PROGRAMS.
10:47:53 IT IS HOW WE INTERFACE WITH THE COUNTY'S LEVEL OF
10:47:53 SERVICE.
10:47:57 HOW WE INTERFACE WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR'S BASIC LIFE
10:48:02 SUPPORT SYSTEM WHICH CAN PULL CALLS OFF OF THE HIGH
10:48:05 PRIORITY CALLS THAT ARE BEING HANDLED BY ADVANCE LIFE
10:48:05 SUPPORT.
10:48:09 SO KIND OF THAT DELTA THAT MAY BE BENEFICIAL TO
10:48:13 OUTSOURCE FOR A CONSULTANT TO LOOK FOR THE EFFICIENCY
10:48:16 AND EFFECTIVENESS TO KEEP THE TAXPAYER MONEY WHERE IT
10:48:20 NEEDS TO BE IN PUTTING IN THOSE GRASS ROOT LEVELS OF
10:48:23 SERVICE TO THE FRONT LINES AN FINDING WAYS TO RECOVER
10:48:27 COST BENEFIT FROM LOOKING AT THOSE EFFICIENCIES AND
10:48:28 EFFECTIVENESS.
10:48:32 THE NEXT THING I WANT TO MENTION IS THAT I HAVE BEEN
10:48:34 BACK TO THE CITY A YEAR AND A HALF.
10:48:37 WHEN I LEFT, A LOT OF SUPPORTIVE TECHNOLOGY IN FIRE
10:48:38 RESCUE.
10:48:41 THE REASON I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I HELPED PUT THAT IN
10:48:44 WITH THE URASI GRANT.
10:48:48 AND I WILL USE ONE SMALL EXAMPLE OF SHEASTACK.
10:48:52 THE PROGRAM WAS CALLED DIGITAL SANDBOX.
10:48:55 THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS TO GO OUT AND DO FIRE PLANS AND
10:48:58 DIDN'T MAKE SENSE AT THE TIME WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT
10:49:00 THIS ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO THEY WERE BUILDING FIRE
10:49:05 PLANS IN ONE MODULE AND THEY WERE TRYING TO RUN
10:49:08 HOMELAND SECURITY INFORMATION TO GET OUR URASI GRANTS
10:49:11 TO KEEP COMING IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT MODULE.
10:49:15 WE WORKED WITH THE VENDOR TO MERGE THOSE TECHNOLOGIES.
10:49:19 I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE LEADERSHIP CHANGE OF PHILOSOPHY OF
10:49:22 NOT USING FOR FIRE PLANS.
10:49:26 THE GOAL TO KEEP THE URASI FORECAST TO THE REGION.
10:49:28 AND THAT IS HOW WE GET IT.
10:49:31 THE DATA THAT COME OUT OF THE FIRE PLANS THAT SHOW OUR
10:49:33 VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS TO THE GREATER COMMUNITY.
10:49:38 AND WE HAVE MANAGED TO SUSTAIN OUR URBAN AREA SECURITY
10:49:41 INITIATIVE FOR -- FOR NOW WHAT IS UP TO NINE COUNTIES
10:49:47 AND THREE MAJOR MUNICIPALITIES OVER THE -- THE 9/11
10:49:48 PERIOD.
10:49:52 SO IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK TO SYNTHESIZE
10:49:55 TECHNOLOGIES, ALLOW THEM TO TALK TO EACH OTHER AND
10:49:58 REDUCE THE LEVEL OF EFFORT.
10:50:01 I WAS VERY SURPRISED WHEN I CAME BACK THE DEGRADATION
10:50:05 IN HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE AND I CAN TELL THAT YOU MY
10:50:08 FIRST CONVERSATION WAS WITH TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION
10:50:11 ABOUT PULLING BACK ALL THE COMMAND AND CONTROL AND
10:50:16 KNOWING WHAT THE BEST LEVEL OF SERVICE IN SUPPORTING
10:50:18 TECHNOLOGY IS FOR ALL THE DEPARTMENTS AND MAKE SURE IT
10:50:22 IS AT THE HIGHEST STANDARD POSSIBLE AND THAT IS BEING
10:50:24 WORKED ON NOW FOR THE LAST 18 MONDAYS.
10:50:27 AND I AM CONFIDENT WE WILL GET THIS TECHNOLOGY WHERE IT
10:50:28 NEEDS TO BE.
10:50:31 AND I APPRECIATE SOME OF THE BRIDGING EFFORTS WE WORK
10:50:35 WITH FIRE ON, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS, UNTIL
10:50:37 WE GET THAT TECHNOLOGY IN PLACE.
10:50:41 AND I AGREE, WE NEED THOSE TACTICAL TECHNOLOGIES AS THE
10:50:44 MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT 911 CALL
10:50:48 IS ANSWERED THE ARRIVAL OF THE UNIT TO HANDLE THAT CALL
10:50:48 FOR SERVICE.
10:50:52 THIS CITY GETS 1.1 MILLION CALLS GOING THROUGH THEIR
10:50:57 911 CENTER A YEAR.
10:51:00 NOT ALL OF NEWS DISPATCH FIRE AND POLICE.
10:51:03 THERE IS A CALL ABOUT EVERY TWO MINUTES COMING IN.
10:51:07 AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE WITH 1.1
10:51:11 MILLION CALLS COMING INTO A CITY OF 400,000 AND A DAILY
10:51:15 INFLUX IN TOURISM IS JUST GOING TO GET BUSIER AS
10:51:16 EVERYBODY STATED.
10:51:20 WE ALSO LOOK AT THIS FROM AN EFFICIENCY POINT OF VIEW.
10:51:23 ONE OF THE VERY FIRST QUESTION I ASKED WHEN I GOT THERE
10:51:26 IN AUGUST OF '19, WHAT LEVEL OF SERVICE DOES THE FIRE
10:51:28 DEPARTMENT WANT TO SUSTAIN.
10:51:31 AND WHAT ARE THE RESOURCE GAPS IN THAT ABILITY TO
10:51:35 SUSTAIN THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE IN EVERY SINGLE
10:51:36 NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:51:38 THERE SHOULD BE NO NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS BELOW THAT
10:51:43 LEVEL OF SERVICE OF WHAT CORNER THE CITY YOU LIVE IN.
10:51:47 ONCE YOU GET THAT INFORMATION, A MATTER OF LOOKING AT
10:51:54 THE PERSONNEL AND RISK CYCLE THAT MR. GRECO THAT IS NOT
10:51:58 ANYWHERE CLOSE AND THE ASSOCIATED STRESS THAT GOES WITH
10:51:59 THE WORK CYCLES.
10:52:02 ONCE WE HAVE THE INFORMATION BETWEEN THE LEVEL OF
10:52:05 SERVICE WE WANT IN EVERY COMMUNITY, THE ROLL OF STOCK
10:52:08 AND THE PERSONNEL AND TECHNOLOGY TO DELIVER THAT, WE
10:52:11 NEED THAT GAP ANALYSIS AND CLOSE THAT AS FAST AS
10:52:13 POSSIBLE WITH THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND THE GRANTS
10:52:15 THAT ARE OUT THERE.
10:52:17 AND WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT IN A
10:52:20 SUSTAINABLE WAY, BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE ARE WORKING
10:52:20 ON.
10:52:25 I WILL TELL YOU THAT THERE IS A TANGENTIAL BENEFIT FOR
10:52:30 USING A STRATEGIC FOCUS OF A CONSULTANT WHILE THE FIRE
10:52:34 DEPARTMENT AND THE UNION AND THE REST OF THE STAFF ARE
10:52:37 WORKING ON THE GRASS-ROOTS DELIVERY.
10:52:43 AND I WANT TO PUT THAT AND GIVE TO CHIEF BERCAW IF THE
10:52:50 CHAIRMAN IS READY AND WE CAN START THE POLICE SIDE OF
10:52:50 THE SITUATION.
10:52:53 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BEFORE WE GO TO THE CHIEF, 10:52
10:52:57 AND PAUSE AT 11:00 FOR COMMENDATION FOR COLONEL
10:52:58 FLETCHER.
10:53:02 >>LUIS VIERA: HE IS THERE I AM PRESENTING HIM A
10:53:04 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BAR AWARD -- WE CAN WAIT 30
10:53:05 MINUTES.
10:53:08 I DON'T WANT TO DIVIDE THIS AND MAKE FOLKS WAIT LONGER
10:53:09 AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
10:53:13 WE CAN DO IT 11:30.
10:53:16 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CHIEF, PULL OUT THE PRESENTATION
10:53:18 SO WE CAN BEGIN.
10:53:25 THIS IS FOR TPD.
10:53:31 NO, IT WAS PART OF THE WHOLE WORKSHOP.
10:53:32 OKAY.
10:53:33 IT IS COMING.
10:53:35 THERE IT IS.
10:53:50 ALMOST THERE.
10:53:56 >> LEE BERCAW, CHIEF OF OPERATIONS AT THE TAMPA POLICE
10:53:57 DEPARTMENT.
10:54:04 I'M HERE TO PRESENT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
10:54:06 THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ONE OF THE BEST
10:54:09 ORGANIZES IN THE NATION AS WE ARE PROGRESSIVE AND
10:54:10 FORWARD THINKING.
10:54:12 MANY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES COME TO OUR ORGANIZATION
10:54:15 TO LEARN OUR BEST PRACTICES AND TAKE THIS BACK.
10:54:20 AND I THINK WE HAD THE DISCUSSIONS BEFORE OF COME DOWN
10:54:22 TO SEE HOW WE DO BUSINESS.
10:54:25 SO ONE OF OUR SUCCESSES BEGAN BACK NEARLY TWO DECADES
10:54:29 AGO WHEN WE DEVELOPED OUR BUSINESS PLAN, BEGINNING OUR
10:54:30 MISSION.
10:54:33 WE SIMPLIFY OUR MISSION STATEMENT TO READ EXACTLY AS IT
10:54:36 IS IN FRONT OF YOU, THE MISSION OF THE TAMPA IMPLEMENT
10:54:40 TO REDUCE CRIME AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH
10:54:42 PROPER PARTNERSHIP WITH ALL CITIZENS.
10:54:45 SO BY SIMPLIFYING THIS STATEMENT, WE MADE IT NOW
10:54:49 AVAILABLE FOR ALL OFFICERS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR
10:54:52 MISSION IS AND THAT EVERYTHING WE DO FALLS UNDER THAT
10:54:52 MISSION.
10:54:56 SO JUST LAST YEAR, WE ADDED OUR CORE VALUES WHICH
10:54:59 APPROPRIATELY FALL UNDER THE ACRONYM OF TRUST.
10:55:04 TRANSPARENCY IS USING INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE
10:55:07 OUR EFFICIENCY AND TRANSPARENCY.
10:55:09 RESPECT IS TREATING EVERYONE WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT
10:55:11 LIKE THE GOLDEN RULE THAT WE HAVE.
10:55:12 UNDERSTANDING.
10:55:15 A MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF COMMUNITY GOALS AND VALUES.
10:55:19 SAFETY, IMPROVING OFFICER AND CITIZEN SAFETY THROUGH
10:55:20 EDUCATION AND TRAINING.
10:55:23 AND TEAMWORK.
10:55:25 TEAMWORK PARTNERING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO SOLVE AND
10:55:27 PREVENT CRIME.
10:55:30 NEXT SLIDE.
10:55:33 THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES ITSELF WITH
10:55:36 OUTSTANDING -- BEING OUTSTANDING STEWARDS OF PUBLIC
10:55:39 FUNDS AND WE HAVE BECOME MORE EFFICIENT WITH LESS
10:55:40 RESOURCES.
10:55:45 BACK IN 2000, OUR OFFICER TO CITIZEN RATIO WAS 3.2
10:55:47 OFFICERS OFFICER 1,000 CITIZENS.
10:55:50 AT THAT TIME, THE CITY'S REPUTATION WAS KNOWN FOR ITS
10:55:52 HIGH CRIME RATE.
10:55:58 IN 2010, OUR RATIO WAS 2.9 OFFICER PER 1,000 CITIZENS.
10:56:01 AND THAT CONTINUED TO LOWER, BUT OUR QUALITY OF SERVICE
10:56:03 IMPROVED.
10:56:06 CURRENTLY WE ARE AT A SCALE OF A NATIONAL AVERAGE OF
10:56:09 2.4 OFFICERS OFFICER 1,000 CITIZENS.
10:56:12 WHILE TAMPA BECOMES ONE OF THE LOWEST CRIME RATES IN
10:56:17 THE CITY, WE ALSO HAVE PROJECTING WHAT THE ESTIMATES OF
10:56:19 THE POPULATION WILL GROW.
10:56:22 WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE FINAL CENSUS REPORT, BUT AS YOU
10:56:25 CAN SEE BASED ON HISTORIC NUMBERS, WE ARE MORE
10:56:29 EFFECTIVE NOW THAN WE WERE IN 2000 WITH MUCH LOWER
10:56:33 OFFICER-TO-CITIZEN RATIO, WHEN YOU ARE ASSIGNING YOUR
10:56:34 PERSONNEL.
10:56:36 THERE ARE MANY FACTORS TO CONSIDER INCLUDING THE
10:56:39 REGION, THE CITY SIZE, THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE
10:56:41 ORGANIZATION.
10:56:46 THERE IS STAFFING SITUATION FORMULA THAT IS BASED ON A
10:56:49 MULTITUDE OF FACTORS WHICH IS THE SHARED COMMUNITY
10:56:53 MISSION AND GOALS, PLUS EFFECTIVE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT,
10:56:57 PLUS AVAILABLE DISCRETIONARY CONTROL TIME, PLUS QUALITY
10:57:01 PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGIES WHICH TOGETHER EQUAL CRIME
10:57:03 REDUCTION EFFECTIVENESS.
10:57:06 NEVERTHELESS, WE ARE LOOKING FOR THAT SWEET SPOT.
10:57:08 AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND OUR
10:57:11 NUMBERS TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THAT IS.
10:57:15 AND TO -- TO COUNCIL MIRANDA'S POINT ARE THEIR
10:57:17 BITTERSWEET SPOT IS DIFFERENT FOR DIFFERENT
10:57:17 COMMUNITIES.
10:57:21 FOR EXAMPLE, SAN DIEGO, BACK IN THE DAY, HAD ONE OF THE
10:57:24 LOWEST CRIME RATES OF THE 30 LARGEST CITIES.
10:57:29 AND THEIR RATIO WAS 1.7 OFFICERS PER THOUSAND.
10:57:32 AND THEN EXAMPLE OF JUST THE OPPOSITE.
10:57:36 UNIQUE FOR THE CITY FINDING THEIR OWN SWEET SPOT.
10:57:38 NEXT SLIDE.
10:57:45 SO THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS THE AMOUNT OF CALLS OUTSIDE
10:57:50 THE 2020 YEAR CALLS ON SLIGHT DECLINE.
10:57:53 JUST SO YOU KNOW SELF-INITIATED CALL CAN BE ANYTHING
10:57:58 FROM FOOT PATROL OR CRIME PREVENTION MEETING OR
10:58:01 PROACTIVE ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTION.
10:58:04 AS YOU CAN SEE OUR TRAVEL RESPONSE TIMES ARE WITHIN OUR
10:58:09 GOAL OF THE AVERAGE, AND COUNCILMAN GUDES WAS REFERRING
10:58:11 TO BEFORE THE HOT CALL.
10:58:14 THAT IS THAT PRIORITY ONE IN PROGRESS CALL.
10:58:17 OUR GOAL IS AN EIGHT-MINUTE RESPONSE AND WE ARE
10:58:19 AVERAGING A 4.2-MINUTE RESPONSE.
10:58:24 NEXT SLIDE.
10:58:29 SO WE ARE PROACTIVELY MANAGING OUR POLICE VEHICLE FLEET
10:58:33 WHICH IS EVOLVING FROM THE FORD CROWN VICTIM TORY YAS
10:58:36 TO THE DODGE CHARGERS TO THE FORD EXPLORERS.
10:58:40 THE OLDEST VEHICLES ARE AS FLEET SPARES, AND WE ARE
10:58:42 WORKING WITH ADMINISTRATION DEVELOPING SEVERAL OPTIONS
10:58:45 TO IMPROVE THE AGE OF OUR FLEET.
10:58:48 WE ARE TESTING HYBRID VEHICLES AND DETERMINING HOW WELL
10:58:51 THEY WITHSTAND THE DEMANDS OF POLICE WORK.
10:58:56 AND WE HAVE ALREADY TOUCHED ON THE CIT FUNDING AND I
10:58:57 THINK THAT WILL COVER THAT.
10:59:00 GO TO THE NEXT SLEIGHT SLIDE.
10:59:02 THIS LINE GRAPH IS OUR FOCUS ON THE CRIME REDUCTION
10:59:05 EFFORTS OF THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
10:59:09 BACK IN 2002, THERE WERE OVER 35,000 VICTIMS OF PART
10:59:13 ONE CRIMES, WHICH IS A REMINDER, MURDER, SEXUAL
10:59:18 BATTERY, ROBBERY, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, BURGLARY,
10:59:21 LARCENY, GRAND THEFT AUTO AND ARSON.
10:59:25 2003 AND 2020, NEARLY TWO DECADES, CRIME WAS REDUCED IN
10:59:27 TAMPA BY 78%.
10:59:30 THAT IS GOING FROM ROUGHLY 35,000 VICTIMS TO LESS THAN
10:59:33 8,000 VICTIMS PER YEAR.
10:59:38 SO JUST LAST YEAR, THAT WOULD BE 27,000, ROUGHLY, LESS
10:59:39 VICTIMS IN ONE YEAR.
10:59:41 SO AS I ALLUDED TO BEFORE.
10:59:44 THE CHART ILLUSTRATES OUR REVISED BUSINESS PLAN AND
10:59:50 THAT INCORPORATES OUR FOCUS ON -- ON FOUR PLAN WHICH
10:59:54 INCLUDES INTELLIGENCE POLICING, DATA DRIVEN APPROACH,
10:59:57 PROACTIVE AND PREVENTIVE POLICING AND PARTNERING WITH
11:00:01 THE COMMUNITY.
11:00:05 THIS REDUCTION IN CRIME, A RATE THE FOUNDATION OF
11:00:07 ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PROSPERITY.
11:00:10 PEOPLE NOW DESIRE TO MOVE TO OUR GREAT CITY TO LIVE AND
11:00:12 WORK AND PLAY.
11:00:16 TAMPA IS AN ECONOMIC HOT SPOT, WHICH HAS CAPITALIZED ON
11:00:17 THIS FOUNDATION.
11:00:21 THE HARD WORK OF THE OFFICERS IN TAMPA ARE THE GREAT --
11:00:24 ARE THE GREATEST IN THE NATION AND THE DATA SUPPORTS
11:00:26 THE EFFORTS OF OUR OFFICERS.
11:00:29 IN THE LAST DECADE, CRIME IN TAMPA HAS DROPPED BY
11:00:31 47.4%.
11:00:35 THE FLORIDA STATEWIDE AVERAGE IS DOWN 37.8.
11:00:39 AND THE MAJOR CITIES AVERAGE WHICH IS CITIES OVER
11:00:43 200,000 IS DOWN 31.75%.
11:00:47 AND TAMPA'S CRIME RATE IS 18% LESS THAN THE STATEWIDE
11:00:52 AVERAGE AND 52% LOWER THAN THE MAJOR CITY AVERAGE.
11:00:55 DURING THE SAME TIME PERIOD, TAMPA'S ARREST RATE
11:01:00 DROPPED BY 63.4% COMPARED TO THE STATEWIDE REDUCTION OF
11:01:07 41% AND THE MAJOR CITY REDUCTION OF 40.7%.
11:01:10 THIS DEMONSTRATES THAT OUR OFFICERS ARE WORKING
11:01:13 STRONGER AND INCREASE THEIR EFFECTIVENESS.
11:01:17 OFFICERS ARE RAZOR FOCUSED AND ARRESTING LESS AND
11:01:19 REDUCING CRIME AT A HIGHER RATE.
11:01:23 MOREOVER, THEY ARE WORKING AT AN HIGHER AND EFFECTIVE
11:01:24 RATE.
11:01:28 42.8 PER 100 CASES OF ALL SERIOUS CRIMES.
11:01:27 THE 2019 STATEWIDE AVERAGE IS 25.7 PER 100 AND THE MAJOR
11:01:32 CITY RATES 18.7 PER 100.
11:01:35 SO OUR OFFICERS ARE SOLVING MORE CRIMES, AND REDUCING
11:01:40 CRIME AT A HIGHER RATE THAN OUR STATE WIDE AND MAJOR CITY
11:01:44 AVERAGE.
11:01:44 SO PART OF THIS PROCESS INCLUDES PROACTIVE PROCEDURAL
11:01:49 JUSTICE APPROACH, AND THAT'S ENSURING FAIRNESS AND
11:01:51 TRANSPARENCY.
11:01:53 THIS INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO OUR JUVENILE ARREST
11:01:57 AVOIDANCE PROGRAM, OUR ADULT PREARREST DIVERSION PROGRAM
11:02:01 AND OUR MARIJUANA CIVIL CITATION PROGRAM.
11:02:04 AND AS CHIEF BENNETT ALLUDED TO BEFORE, THIS IS ALL
11:02:08 ACCOMPLISHED BY RECEIVING OVER A MILLION CALLS FOR
11:02:11 SERVICE AND US RESPONDING TO APPROXIMATELY 6,700,000
11:02:15 CALLS IN JUST THE LAST YEAR.
11:02:23 SO THIS HIGHLIGHTS CRIMES OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND
11:02:27 APPLIES TO VIOLENT CRIME AND AUTO THEFT.
11:02:30 UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS A NATIONWIDE TREND AS 84% OF THE
11:02:35 MAJOR CITIES IN AMERICA REPORTED AN INCREASE IN HOMICIDE
11:02:39 LAST YEAR.
11:02:41 IN ADDITION, 77% OF MAJOR CITIES REPORTED AN INCREASE IN
11:02:45 AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS.
11:02:47 SO, FOR EXAMPLE, DEKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA SHOWED 72%
11:02:52 INCREASE IN AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS.
11:02:57 COMPARED TO 39% INCREASE, PUEBLO, COLORADO, LOUISVILLE,
11:03:04 36% AND TAMPA SHOWED A 35% DURING THAT RATING PERIOD.
11:03:09 NEXT SLIDE.
11:03:14 OUR DEPARTMENT HAS AN ANNUAL STRATEGY, AND WE BASE ON
11:03:21 CURRENT TRENDS.
11:03:22 THIS YEAR, WE DECENTRALIZED FOUR SQUADS PLACING MORE
11:03:26 OFFICERS ON THE STREET WITH ENHANCED FOCUS ON VIOLENT
11:03:29 CRIME AND COMMUNITIES ENGAGEMENT.
11:03:31 WE REALIGNED OUR DOWNTOWN AND YBOR CENTERS TO ADJUST FOR
11:03:35 THE INCREASE IN POPULATION, AND DEMANDS ON POLICE
11:03:38 SERVICES.
11:03:41 WE ENHANCED OUR TRAINING DIVISION AND MADE UNPRECEDENTED
11:03:45 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THROUGH THE MAYOR'S COMMUNITY TASK
11:03:47 FORCE.
11:03:47 WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THE NATIONAL POLICE FOUNDATION AND
11:03:50 THE DJA TO IMPROVE OUR METHODS AND TECHNOLOGY.
11:03:56 WE ARE PROACTIVELY SEEKING GRANTS BASED ON THE CURRENTS
11:04:00 AND FUTURE TRENDS, AND THIS YEAR, CHIEF DUGAN CREATED THE
11:04:04 INTERNAL ADVISORY TEAM FOR FIRST-LINE OFFICERS TO GIVE
11:04:09 THEM DIRECT FEEDBACK ON ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS.
11:04:12 OUR NEXT SLIDE.
11:04:15 SO THIS SLIDE WILL HIGHLIGHT OUR MENTAL HEALTH PLAN.
11:04:20 AND I WANTED TO START OFF BY GIVING A TIMELINE.
11:04:23 BACK IN NOVEMBER 2020, WE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE FOR MENTAL
11:04:29 HEALTH PROGRAMS.
11:04:30 IN DECEMBER OF 2020, WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE FOUR
11:04:34 MENTAL HEALTH STAKEHOLDERS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AND
11:04:38 THE STAKEHOLDERS WANTED TO WORK WITH US TO DEVELOP A
11:04:41 PROGRAM THAT WOULD BE BEST FOR THIS CITY.
11:04:45 SO IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, AT THE DIRECTION OF GALE
11:04:50 RIDER, WHO IS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH,
11:04:53 SHE HAD DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN STAKEHOLDERS AND THE POLICE
11:04:57 DEPARTMENT AND DETERMINING WHAT WOULD WORK BEST FOR OUR
11:05:00 ARE CITY.
11:05:01 PART OF THAT INCLUDED RIDE-ALONGS AND FOCUS GROUPS.
11:05:05 SO IN ADDITION TO HAVING THOSE MEETINGS, THE CITY IS
11:05:08 MOVING FORWARD AND POSTED POSITIONS FOR A NEW CIVILIAN
11:05:13 MENTAL HEALTH COORDINATOR.
11:05:16 THAT POSITION WAS POSTED BACK IN FEBRUARY AND WE RECEIVED
11:05:18 OVER 34 APPLICANTS, 20 MET THE STANDARDS, AND WE ARE IN
11:05:23 THE PROCESS THIS WEEK AND NEXT WEEK OF CONDUCTING
11:05:26 INTERVIEWS TO HIRE THAT COORDINATOR.
11:05:30 OUR GOAL FOR MARCH AND MOVING FORWARD IS TO HIRE THAT
11:05:36 POSITION, AND TO START A PILOT PROGRAM WITH THE MENTAL
11:05:40 HEALTH COORDINATORS.
11:05:42 WE ARE LOOKING AT A COORDINATION PROGRAM WITH IN-FIELD
11:05:47 CLINICIANS AND WILL GIVE YOU JUST A QUICK HIGHLIGHT ON
11:05:50 THE PROGRAM GOALS THAT WE ARE EXPLORING.
11:05:53 THE GOALS WOULD BE PREVENTING UNNECESSARY INCARCERATION
11:05:57 AND/OR HOSPITALIZATION OF MENTALLY ILL INDIVIDUALS.
11:06:01 WE WOULD PROVIDE COMMUNITY CARE FOR THOSE IDENTIFIED
11:06:05 INDIVIDUALS, AVOID -- WHICH IS A PROBLEM IN HILLSBOROUGH
11:06:10 COUNTY WITH SO MANY SERVICES, CREATE A TIGHT PARTNERSHIP
11:06:15 BETWEEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH
11:06:17 COMMUNITY, INCREASE THE QUALITY OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE
11:06:23 STRUGGLES WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND DECREASE THE NEED
11:06:26 FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT INTERVENTION.
11:06:28 SO THIS TEAM WOULD INCLUDE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND
11:06:32 CLINICIAN STAFF TO INCLUDE CO-RESPONDERS AND
11:06:36 COORDINATORS.
11:06:37 THE TEAM WOULD RESPOND TO INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL HEALTH
11:06:41 AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE CONCERNS IN THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE
11:06:44 IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO THE MOST APPROPRIATE SERVICES.
11:06:47 DURING OUR RIDE-ALONGS WE FOUND THAT NO MATTER HOW MUCH
11:06:51 EDUCATION IS OUT THERE, THE LOCAL CITIZEN IS NOT AWARE OF
11:06:55 THE CITIZENS THAT -- SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
11:06:58 SO HAVING THAT REALTIME WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
11:07:00 IN ADDITION, WE WOULD IDENTIFY PROACTIVELY ENGAGE THOSE
11:07:06 PROVIDERS.
11:07:07 AS FAR AS THE QUESTION OF HOW MUCH WILL IT COST, OUR
11:07:12 INITIAL ESTIMATES FOR THE FIRST YEAR IS ROUGHLY AROUND
11:07:16 $800,000 TO START THE PROGRAM UP.
11:07:20 NEXT SLIDE.
11:07:25 MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR THREE YEAR PLAN INCLUDES ENHANCING
11:07:28 OUR OFFICER SAFETY AND WELLNESS.
11:07:32 OVER THE LAST YEAR, THE AMOUNT OF STRESS THAT OUR
11:07:36 OFFICERS ENDURE.
11:07:39 CHIEF DUGAN MADE NUMEROUS COMMENTS IN OUR INTERNAL VIDEOS
11:07:43 THAT HE'S CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR WELL-BEING AND WELLNESS.
11:07:48 THERE IS A PANDEMIC THAT POLICE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED
11:07:51 ADVANCED CARE FROM THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY NURSE AND THIS
11:07:54 BENEFITED OUR OFFICERS DURING THESE TRYING TIMES AND
11:07:58 PROVIDED INVALUABLE TO OUR OFFICERS' WELLNESS.
11:08:01 BASED ON THAT SUCCESS, WE ARE EXPLORING OPTIONS TO EXPAND
11:08:03 THIS PROGRAM, POST PANDEMIC, TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL
11:08:06 PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE COORDINATION.
11:08:12 PROACTIVELY RECRUITING THE NEXT GENERATION OF POLICE
11:08:14 OFFICERS THROUGH ROBUST DIVERSITY RECRUITMENT PROGRAM,
11:08:19 TAKING CARE OF OUR PREPARING FOR FUTURE MUST BE THE TOP
11:08:26 PRIORITY.
11:08:28 SO THAT'S THE HIGHLIGHT.
11:08:30 IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.
11:08:31 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN GUDES, I SEE YOUR HAND,
11:08:34 SIR.
11:08:35 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, I SEE YOUR HAND.
11:08:37 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SINCE WE ARE ON MENTAL HEALTH, AND
11:08:44 CITIZENS, WE TALKED ABOUT THE RFQ AND NOBODY RESPONDED.
11:08:49 I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, WHAT WAS THE REASONING OR WHY
11:08:54 PEOPLE OR ORGANIZATIONS WERE NOT RESPONDING TO OUR RFQ
11:08:59 WHICH WE ARE A BIG-TIME CITY.
11:09:00 I'M JUST CURIOUS.
11:09:01 >>CHIEF BERCAW: MOST OF THEM GAVE THE GENERIC RESPONSE
11:09:04 THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME, AND THAT WAS A
11:09:09 COMPLEX ISSUE, SO IT WAS ADDRESSED IN THAT LETTER.
11:09:12 AND IT DID WORK OUT FOR THE BETTER BECAUSE HAVING A FOCUS
11:09:19 GROUP WITH ALL FOUR AGENCIES AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
11:09:21 ALLOWED US TO ENGAGE WHAT WOULD WORK BEST.
11:09:24 SO THE NO RESPONSE ACTUALLY TURNED OUT TO BE A POSITIVE
11:09:27 FOR US IN DEVELOPING A PILOT PROGRAM.
11:09:30 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
11:09:33 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, COUNCILMAN
11:09:35 CARLSON.
11:09:36 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:09:39 A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
11:09:40 THANK YOU, CHIEF BERCAW, FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
11:09:45 YOU AND EVERYBODY IN THE DEPARTMENT.
11:09:48 IN REGARD TO THE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM, I LOOK FORWARD TO
11:09:54 HEARING MORE ABOUT WHERE WE ARE HEADED IN THE SHORT TERM
11:09:58 AND PERHAPS IN THE LONG-TERM.
11:10:01 THE 800,000, YOU AND I HAVE HAD SPOKEN ABOUT THE
11:10:04 POSSIBILITY OF GRANTS, DEFERRING SOME OF THOSE EXPENSES.
11:10:11 ARE WE IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT THAT?
11:10:15 >>CHIEF BERCAW: YES, SIR, WE ARE, AND WE ARE WORKING
11:10:19 WITH --
11:10:23 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YOU THINK THERE'S A PRETTY GOOD
11:10:25 CHANCE IN A SOME OF THOSE WILL LINE UP?
11:10:29 >>CHIEF BERCAW: I'M OPTIMISTIC BUT IT IS COMPETITIVE.
11:10:32 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ALL RIGHT.
11:10:33 AND THEN SECONDLY, IN REGARD TO THE BIG PICTURE OF MONEY,
11:10:36 MR. CHAIRMAN, I ACTUALLY HAD A CONSTITUENT ASK ME THIS
11:10:42 QUESTION ABOUT MONEY AND PUBLIC SAFETY, AND THE
11:10:48 CONSTITUENT SAID, DO WE HAVE IMPACT FEES FOR PUBLIC
11:10:53 SAFETY?
11:10:54 WE HAVE IMPACT FEE FOR WATER AND SEWER AND THAT SORT OF
11:10:58 THING.
11:11:00 WHEN THEY HAVE NEW CONSTRUCTION IN THESE BIG ESPECIALLY
11:11:02 THESE BIG NEW BUILDINGS THAT ARE COMING ONLINE THAT ARE
11:11:06 ALL FANTASTIC, AND THEY PAY A CERTAIN AMOUNT TO HELP US
11:11:10 WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE NEW
11:11:14 BUILDING AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING IN THEM, WHETHER
11:11:17 OR NOT IT'S RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL.
11:11:19 AND THAT'S ALL FINE AND GOOD.
11:11:22 BUT AS HAS BEEN POINTED OUT, YOU ALSO HAVE A LOT OF THE
11:11:26 INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY, NEW FLIES CARS,
11:11:31 NEW POLICE BUILDINGS, I DON'T THINK IMPACT FEES CAN PAY
11:11:35 THE DAY-TO-DAY SALARIES, BUT THAT'S FINE.
11:11:40 BUT IN TERMS OF FIRE TRUCKS AND MAINTAINING BUILDINGS AND
11:11:44 BUILDING NEW FIRE STATIONS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
11:11:47 SO AT THE END OF THE MEETING, MR. CHAIRMAN, WHEN YOU ARE
11:11:50 TAKING MOTIONS, I AM GOING TO MOTION THAT WE EXPLORE THE
11:11:54 POSSIBILITY UNDER FLORIDA LAW, ARE WE ALLOWED TO HAVE
11:11:57 IMPACT FEES?
11:11:58 AND DO OTHER JURISDICTIONS CURRENTLY HAVE PUBLIC SAFETY
11:12:02 IMPACT FEES?
11:12:03 AND THEN GO FROM THERE.
11:12:05 BECAUSE I THINK IT CAN BE A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO MEET SOME
11:12:08 OF THESE LONG-TERM INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.
11:12:11 THANK YOU.
11:12:12 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:12:15 >>BILL CARLSON: IN PUBLIC COMMENT, WE GOT MEMBERS OF THE
11:12:18 PUBLIC COMING BEFORE US AND ADVOCATE FOR A MENTAL HEALTH
11:12:24 PROGRAM.
11:12:24 IN PARTICULAR THEY MENTIONED THE CAHOOTS PROGRAM.
11:12:27 HAVE YOU ALL LOOKED AT IT, AND WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE THE
11:12:30 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THAT AND WHAT YOU ARE PROPOSING, AND
11:12:32 DO YOU THINK THAT WHAT YOU ARE PROPOSING IS BETTER, OR IS
11:12:35 IT A STEP TOWARDS GETTING TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
11:12:39 WHAT'S YOUR EXPERT OPINION?
11:12:40 >>CHIEF BERCAW: SO THE ONES THAT WE VISIT, WE REVISITED
11:12:50 BUT AS TO WHAT'S DISCUSSED EARLIER, EACH CITY IS UNIQUE
11:12:54 IN ITS OWN NEEDS AND FINDING VALUE WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH
11:12:56 PROVIDERS IN OUR CITY AND IN OUR COUNTY, WHERE WE COME UP
11:12:59 WITH WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITY.
11:13:01 AND THE PILOT MODEL WILL BE A COMBINATION OF ALL THE
11:13:08 MODELS MIXED TOGETHER.
11:13:09 THE MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS LIKE THE CARE COORDINATION AS
11:13:13 THAT REDUCED THE TIME UTILIZED IN THE SYSTEM, CREATES
11:13:18 FOLLOW-UP AND ALSO REDUCES POLICE CALLS, AND WE ARE
11:13:21 LOOKING AT THE INFIELD AS WELL.
11:13:26 >>BILL CARLSON: AS A FOLLOW-UP, YOU MENTIONED RESPONDING
11:13:31 TO MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND MAYBE DRUG ABUSE.
11:13:34 ARE THERE OTHER CATEGORIES WHERE YOU WOULD SEND A MENTAL
11:13:37 HEALTH PERSON? WOULD IT BE A SWORN OFFICER OR WOULD IT
11:13:39 BE A MENTAL HEALTH PERSON SEPARATE FROM THAT?
11:13:42 AND AT WHAT POINT WOULD YOU SEND A MENTAL HEALTH PERSON
11:13:46 AND AN ARMED OFFICER?
11:13:48 >>CHIEF BERCAW: IN THE PILOT PROGRAM IT WOULD CONSIST OF
11:13:50 AN OFFICER AND A MENTAL HEALTH PERSON TOGETHER.
11:13:55 >>BILL CARLSON: IN SETTING THE OTHER PROGRAMS, ARE THERE
11:13:57 SITUATIONS IN OTHER PROGRAMS, THE OTHER TEN PROGRAMS THAT
11:14:01 YOU LOOKED AT, WHERE THE CITY SENDS ONLY MENTAL HEALTH
11:14:05 PROFESSIONALS, OR DO THEY ALWAYS SEND A SWORN OFFICER?
11:14:10 >>CHIEF BERCAW: MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN.
11:14:18 MOST OF THEM ARE TOGETHER OR A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS DON'T
11:14:20 EVEN SEND A CLINICIAN IN THE FIELD.
11:14:22 IT'S JUST THE CARE COORDINATION.
11:14:26 AND WITH THE COMMUNITY HEALTH PROVIDERS HERE, THAT'S
11:14:29 WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE THE MAJORITY OF EFFORTS WITH
11:14:34 COORDINATION AND NOT THE INFIELD RESPONSE.
11:14:37 BUT WE WANTED TO GIVE THE INFIELD RESPONSE, AND WE ARE
11:14:40 PUTTING THAT IN THE PILOT PROGRAM, AND THEN WE'LL GAUGE
11:14:43 IT BASED ON HOW THAT WORKS.
11:14:48 DOES IT EVOLVE INTO A CIVILIAN RESPONSE?
11:14:53 >>BILL CARLSON: FOR ANY OF THOSE FOLKS WHO SPOKE OUT ON
11:14:57 THAT, IF THEY ARE WATCHING, IT'S POSSIBLE AT THE END OF
11:14:59 YOUR PILOT, THAT YOUR PILOT MIGHT SAY THAT THAT WOULD BE
11:15:01 A GOOD IDEA, IT MAY OR MAY NOT SAY IT'S A GOOD IDEA BUT
11:15:05 IT'S POSSIBLE AT THE END OF THE TIME?
11:15:09 >>CHIEF BERCAW: IT COULD GO EITHER DIRECTION.
11:15:11 >>BILL CARLSON: ONE OTHER QUICK QUESTION.
11:15:12 SOME OF THE SAME FOLKS WHO CAME BEFORE US OVER THE SUMMER
11:15:15 AND SINCE HAVE CRITICIZED THE BUDGET OF THE POLICE
11:15:19 DEPARTMENT, SOMEONE ZERO IT OUT COMPLETELY, SOME WANT IT
11:15:23 REDUCED.
11:15:24 HAVE YOU ALL BEEN ABLE TO CONDUCT ANY OUTREACH BUDGET
11:15:27 DISCUSSIONS COME UP AGAIN NOW, AND ESPECIALLY AS WE GET
11:15:31 CLOSER TO AUGUST AND OCTOBER, HAVE YOU ALL BEEN ABLE
11:15:35 TO -- AND I KNOW THESE ARE DIFFICULT CONVERSATION.
11:15:38 SORRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.
11:15:39 BUTT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE IN FRONT OF US,
11:15:42 AND IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE YOU ALL REACH OUT TO THEM, TO
11:15:45 THOSE GROUPS, TO HAVE DIRECT CONVERSATIONS AND GO THROUGH
11:15:49 THE BUDGET IN DETAIL AND LISTEN TO THEIR CONCERNS?
11:15:51 >>CHIEF BERCAW: THERE'S BEEN QUITE A FEW THAT I HAVE
11:15:55 SPOKEN WITH.
11:15:56 CHIEF DUGAN HAS.
11:15:58 IN THE SLIDE THAT I HAD EARLIER, WE WERE GOOD STEWARDS OF
11:16:02 OUR MONEY AND THE TAXPAYERS MONEY BY NATURALLY, YOU KNOW,
11:16:07 BASICALLY DEFUNDING OURSELVES OVER TIME BECAUSE BEING
11:16:13 PROGRESSIVE, HIRING MORE COPS AND LOWER CRIME RATE TO SO
11:16:22 HAVING THAT CONVERSATION WITH EVERYBODY, I THINK SOME OF
11:16:27 THE ONES THAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO, I HAVE SPOKEN TO
11:16:29 MYSELF.
11:16:30 >>BILL CARLSON: AND AGAIN SORRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.
11:16:32 I KNOW THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT COME BEFORE US THAT
11:16:34 WANTED TO SPEND MORE MONEY ON THE POLICE AND SOME PEOPLE
11:16:37 THAT WANT TO SPEND ZERO MONEY ON THE POLICE AND
11:16:39 EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.
11:16:40 WE ARE ON THE FRONT LINE OF PROVIDING RESPONSES TO THE
11:16:45 COMMUNITY FOR THEIR CONCERNS.
11:16:47 YOU ALL ARE ON THE FRONT LINE OF SAVING PEOPLE'S LIVES
11:16:50 AND PROTECTING THE COMMUNITY AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR
11:16:53 DEALING DIRECTLY WITH CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITIES SO THAT
11:16:56 WE CAN ADDRESS THEM TOGETHER.
11:16:57 THANK YOU.
11:16:57 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:17:00 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
11:17:02 BUILDING ON THOSE QUESTIONS, I WANTED TO POINT SOMETHING
11:17:05 OUT THAT I ALWAYS BELIEVED IN, IN THIS NARRATIVE AND THIS
11:17:08 DISCUSSION, WHICH IS THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SMART
11:17:12 POLICING, QUOTE-UNQUOTE, THE REFORMS WE ARE TALKING
11:17:15 ABOUT, COST MONEY, IMPLICIT BIAS TRAINING, THAT'S NOT
11:17:19 FREE.
11:17:20 THAT TAKES UP TIME OF PERSONNEL.
11:17:22 THAT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY.
11:17:26 MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, MENTAL HEALTH IMPROVEMENTS TO HAVE A
11:17:28 MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR COME ALONG WITH A LAW ENFORCEMENT
11:17:32 OFFICER AND DEAL WITH MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES.
11:17:36 THAT COASTS A LOT OF MONEY.
11:17:36 SOMETHING THAT I HAVE ALWAYS MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THIS
11:17:39 DIALOGUE.
11:17:39 A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT DEFUNDING THE POLICE.
11:17:41 I HAVE ALWAYS OPPOSED THAT SINCE DAY ONE.
11:17:43 AND MY RESPONSE HAS ALWAYS BEEN IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE
11:17:47 THESE KINDS OF CHANGES IN POLICING THAT WE ARE TALKING
11:17:49 ABOUT HERE TODAY, THINGS LIKE BODY CAMERAS, THING LIKE
11:17:53 TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH FOR LAW
11:17:56 ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, TOO, MEN AND WOMEN PUT INTO SOME OF
11:17:59 THE WORST SITUATIONS AND EXPECT THEM TO COME OUT JUST
11:18:02 FINE.
11:18:02 THAT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY.
11:18:03 WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT MORE MONEY.
11:18:05 THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HAS ALWAYS SAID THAT,
11:18:09 WHICH IS THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE IMPROVEMENTS IN
11:18:12 LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE MORE MONETARY
11:18:15 INVESTMENT ON THOSE ISSUES FROM TAXPAYERS.
11:18:19 AND SOMETHING THAT I HAVE ALWAYS SUPPORT, I THINK THAT A
11:18:21 LOT OF TAMES, WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN FALSE CHOICES WHEN IT
11:18:25 COMES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.
11:18:27 EITHER DEFUND THE POLICE, OR KEEP THINGS AS THEY ARE.
11:18:30 A LOT OF THOUGHTFUL PEOPLE INCLUDING I THINK THE MAJORITY
11:18:33 OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAPPEN TO SAY THAT WE CAN SUPPORT
11:18:37 LAW ENFORCEMENT, WE CAN HAVE RESPONSE TIMES AND LEVELS OF
11:18:41 SERVICE WHEN IT COMES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC
11:18:44 SAFETY CHALLENGES THAT MEET OUR EXPECTATIONS WHILE AT THE
11:18:48 SAME TIME HAVING COMMUNITY POLICING, TALKING ABOUT MENTAL
11:18:52 HEALTH, TALKING ABOUT PTSD, TALKING ABOUT IMPLICIT BIAS
11:18:56 TRAINING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, TALKING ABOUT BODY CAMERAS.
11:19:00 WE CAN HAVE BOTH.
11:19:01 WE ARE OFTEN GIVEN FALSE CHOICES.
11:19:03 AND I ALWAYS REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT.
11:19:06 BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO CHOOSE ONE OR THE OTHER.
11:19:09 I THINK THAT THE WAY THAT WE ARE GOING IS CERTAINLY A WAY
11:19:12 IN WHICH PROMOTES GOOD THINKING ON POLICING, WHILE THAT
11:19:18 PUBLIC SAFETY MENTALITY THAT WE NEED TO HAVE AS A CITY.
11:19:22 SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
11:19:23 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CITRO.
11:19:25 >>JOSEPH CITRO: CHIEF, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TODAY ABOUT
11:19:29 PUBLIC SAFETY, AND IN FIRE, THERE WAS TALK ABOUT
11:19:34 COMMUNICATION.
11:19:35 THERE ARE SOME PLACES WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMPA WHERE THE
11:19:37 POLICE RADIO IS EITHER WEAK OR NONEXISTENT.
11:19:42 HAS THAT ISSUE BEEN BROUGHT UP SINCE I BROUGHT IT UP A
11:19:46 COUPLE MONTHS AGO?
11:19:52 >>CHIEF BERCAW: YES, IT IS.
11:19:54 THERE IS AN ACTIVE PLAN THAT WE ARE WORKING ON, A SCALE
11:19:58 PLAN THAT'S USING GRANTS AS WELL AS OTHER FUNDS THAT HAVE
11:20:02 BEEN ALLOCATED FOR THAT.
11:20:03 SO THAT PLAN HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE.
11:20:05 IT'S IN THE PROCESS.
11:20:06 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING TO THAT, THAT
11:20:10 QUICKLY.
11:20:12 WHEN WE WERE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, AND AS WE DISCUSSED
11:20:16 WITH SO MANY RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY, THE BASIC NEEDS IS
11:20:20 WHAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR, GOOD ROADS, WELL LIT ROADS,
11:20:23 TAKING AWAY OUR WASTE BOTH SOLID AND LIQUID, AND THEY
11:20:27 WANT TO FEEL SAFE, WITH BOTH FIRE AND POLICE.
11:20:33 THE CITY OF TAMPA IS GROWING EXPONENTIALLY AND I HOPE
11:20:37 THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL
11:20:39 FOLLOW SUIT AS QUICKLY AND AS MUCH AS WE GROW.
11:20:44 THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR REPORTS.
11:20:45 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
11:20:46 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:20:48 IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE, CHIEF BENNETT, ANYTHING?
11:20:50 THAT'S IT?
11:20:51 >> I STAND BY FOR QUESTIONS.
11:20:59 THAT'S IT.
11:21:00 >>LUIS VIERA: I ONLY SAY THIS BECAUSE I HAVE ABOUT FIVE
11:21:03 MINUTES, I HAVE TO DO THAT COMMENDATION, AND THEN WE HAVE
11:21:05 TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BAR
11:21:07 ASSOCIATION, HAVE TO LOG IN AT 11:45.
11:21:11 MAY I MAKE, NUMBER ONE, MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE FROM THE
11:21:14 ADMINISTRATION IS DONE BECAUSE I DON'T --
11:21:16 >>> YEAH, THAT'S IT.
11:21:18 >>LUIS VIERA: I KNOW THAT COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER AND
11:21:20 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA HAD A COUPLE MOTIONS THEY TALKED
11:21:22 ABOUT, HAD SEPARATE MOTIONS.
11:21:24 I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THOSE MOTIONS.
11:21:26 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO YOU WANT TO GO TO NEW BUSINESS
11:21:28 NOW BEFORE THE COMMENDATION?
11:21:29 THAT CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA SO WE ARE GOOD TO GO.
11:21:33 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, DO YOU HAVE ANY NEW BUSINESS, SIR?
11:21:35 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:21:36 AND I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MOTION, REQUEST THAT
11:21:39 STAFF COME BACK TO US WITH A REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION AS
11:21:44 RELATED TO THE POSSIBILITY OF -- AND THIS WOULD BE LEGAL
11:21:48 STAFF AS WELL -- OF THE POSSIBILITY OF IMPLEMENTING
11:21:52 PUBLIC SERVICE IMPACT FEES TO SUPPORT POLICE AND FIRE.
11:21:58 IT MIGHT BE TWO DIFFERENT IMPACT FEES.
11:22:00 I HAVE BEEN LOOKING IT UP.
11:22:01 LOOKS LIKE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HAS HAD A FIRE IMPACT FEE,
11:22:04 AND I SEE OTHER JURISDICTIONS ON MY COMPUTER THAT HAVE
11:22:08 HAD POLICE AND FIRE FOR MANY YEARS.
11:22:10 SO WE ARE NOT INVENTING THE WHEEL HERE.
11:22:13 I KNOW IMPACT FEES TAKE A WHILE.
11:22:16 FIRST YOU HAVE TO STUDY THE NEED AND THEN YOU HAVE TO
11:22:19 FIGURE OUT A FAIR WAY TO IMPLEMENT IT.
11:22:21 IT WILL PROBABLY BE AT LEAST A YEAR-LONG TASK.
11:22:24 BUT LET'S START AT THE BEGINNING.
11:22:27 I REQUEST STAFF AND LEGAL TO COME BACK IN ONE MONTH --
11:22:32 >>> A LITTLE MORE THAN 30 DAYS?
11:22:34 MAY 6th?
11:22:35 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THAT'S FINE, UNDER STAFF REPORTS.
11:22:37 AND LET'S SEE WHERE THAT GOES.
11:22:39 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN
11:22:41 DINGFELDER.
11:22:41 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:22:43 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:22:44 ANY OPPOSED?
11:22:45 ALL RIGHT.
11:22:46 ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?
11:22:47 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THAT'S IT FOR TODAY.
11:22:48 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR NEW
11:22:50 BUSINESS?
11:22:50 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR, A COUPLE, IF I MAY.
11:22:52 NUMBER ONE, I CALL THIS THE PUBLIC SAFETY MASTER PLAN.
11:22:56 AND I GOT THAT OFF OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER
11:22:59 PLAN.
11:22:59 I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION THAT THIS BE DONE ON AN ANNUAL
11:23:02 BASIS AND WE CAN HAVE IT IN, WHAT DO YOU KNOW, THE THIRD
11:23:06 WEEK OF MARCH EVERY YEAR, THAT THIS IS A REPORT THAT'S
11:23:09 DONE FOR POLICE AND FIRE, SO THAT IT JUST DOESN'T COME
11:23:14 UP, THAT WE CONTINUES TO HAVE THAT.
11:23:16 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:23:18 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:23:20 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:23:23 >>LUIS VIERA: AND IF I MAY AS WELL, I ALSO WANT TO
11:23:25 MOTION, I WILL MAKE IT TENTATIVELY THE SECOND WEEK IN
11:23:27 AUGUST.
11:23:28 A REPORT BE DONE FOR TAMPA CITY COUNCIL AND HOW THE
11:23:31 MAYOR'S THIS YEAR'S FISCAL YEAR BUDGET ADDRESSES SOME OF
11:23:36 THE CHALLENGES BROUGHT UP IN THE REPORT FROM TPD AND
11:23:39 TAMPA FIRE RESCUE SO THOSE CAN BE IDENTIFIED.
11:23:42 AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO PREEMPT THE ADMINISTRATION ON THE
11:23:45 PRESENTATION OF THE BUDGET BUT THE WEEK AFTER SO THOSE
11:23:47 CAN BE HIGHLIGHTED AND IDENTIFIED SO WE CAN KNOW WHAT'S
11:23:50 BEEN IDENTIFIED.
11:23:53 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND.
11:23:53 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AUGUST 26th UNDER STAFF REPORTS?
11:23:57 MOTION BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:23:58 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
11:24:02 ALL RIGHT.
11:24:03 >>LUIS VIERA: LASTLY, SOMETHING DURING OUR LAST CRA
11:24:06 MEETING AND I WAS THINKING TO MYSELF HOW MUCH I WOULD
11:24:08 LOVE TO SEE A CITY OR CRA YOUTH PROGRAM.
11:24:12 I OFTEN THINK ABOUT THE WPA AND YA FROM THE 1930s AND I
11:24:19 ALWAYS THOUGHT OUR CITY SHOULD HAVE A BETTER PROGRAM TO
11:24:22 PUT OUR YOUTH AT WORK IN AREAS LIKE EAST TAMPA, SULPHUR
11:24:25 SPRINGS, UNIVERSITY AREA, WEST TAMPA, ET CETERA, AND I
11:24:28 SPOKE TO STAFF ON IT, AND THERE ARE SOME THINGS IN THE
11:24:32 WORKS AND I WANTED TO BUILD ON THAT THROUGH A MOTION, THE
11:24:36 EAST TAMPA CRA HAD A YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM FOR SOME
11:24:39 TIME, THE CRA FUNDS THE SALARIES FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE
11:24:41 FULL-TIME WORK FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS OVER THE SUMMER
11:24:45 THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT TEAM.
11:24:47 THIS GIVES YOUNG PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN JOB
11:24:50 EXPERIENCE, LIFE SKILLS, DURING THE SUMMER AND ALSO
11:24:53 IMPROVE THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND CONTINUE TO BE
11:24:56 STAKEHOLDERS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
11:24:58 I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION THAT THE CITY ADMINISTRATION LOOK
11:25:00 FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO USE THE OUTLINE OF THIS EAST TAMPA
11:25:05 PROGRAM AS A MODEL TO REPLICATE AND SOME OF OUR OTHER
11:25:09 AT-RISK COMMUNITIES SUCH AS SULPHUR SPRINGS, UNIVERSITY
11:25:12 AREA, WEST TAMPA, ET CETERA, THESE CAN BE SUMMER
11:25:16 EMPLOYMENT OR AFTER-SCHOOL DURING THE YEAR, AND WITH
11:25:18 OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
11:25:19 I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS AS ONE UNIFIED PROGRAM THAT CAN
11:25:24 BE JOINTLY FUNDED WITH THE CRA AND THE CITY OF TAMPA FOR
11:25:27 OUR AT-RISK AREAS, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE
11:25:32 CITY LOOK FOR WAYS TO SUPPORT ALL OF OUR YOUTH BOTH IN
11:25:34 THE CRA AREAS AND OTHER AREAS THAT ARE DISADVANTAGED.
11:25:38 WE CAN POTENTIALLY COORDINATE WITH THE CRA BUT I WOULD
11:25:40 LIKE TO HAVE THAT COME BACK TO US IN LET'S SAY, WHAT ARE
11:25:45 WE, THE END OF MARCH?
11:25:46 HOW ABOUT THE LAST WEEK IN APRIL?
11:25:49 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND.
11:25:50 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LAST WEEK IN APRIL IS --
11:25:52 >>ORLANDO GUDES: CHAIR?
11:25:54 I WANT TO SUPPORT IT BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE, AND I HEAR
11:25:57 THIS ALL THE TIME, IN EAST TAMPA, I HAD A MEETING WITH
11:25:59 STAFF ON THE CAC ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW.
11:26:05 EVEN DOESN'T LIKE TO PICK UP TRASH.
11:26:08 AND EVERYONE DOESN'T LIKE TO PICK UP TRASH.
11:26:10 SOME PEOPLE HAVE -- IF WE ARE GOING TO DO IT, LET'S DO IT
11:26:16 RIGHT TO WHERE CRA DOLLARS CAN ONLY BE USED FOR CERTAIN
11:26:19 THINGS, BUT IF WE DO SOMETHING THAT CAN COORDINATE WITH
11:26:23 THAT, SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CITY OTHER THAN
11:26:27 PICKING UP TRASH.
11:26:28 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR, COUNCILMAN GUDES, AND VERY WELL
11:26:31 TAKEN, SIR.
11:26:32 THE WAY I ENVISION THIS IS TO HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE CONTINUE
11:26:35 TO BE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY, COULD BE ANYTHING
11:26:38 FROM ASSISTING OLD PEOPLE, HELPING THE HOMELESS,
11:26:42 REBUILDING STREETS, IT COULD BE A WIDE VARIETY.
11:26:45 SO I AGREE WITH YOU 100%.
11:26:47 THE SPIRIT OF YOUR COMMENTS IS INCORPORATED.
11:26:49 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING AT THE END
11:26:50 OF APRIL EXCEPT A WORKSHOP ON THE 22ND.
11:26:53 DO YOU WANT TO PUT THAT MAY 6 THIS?
11:26:56 MAY 6th UNDER STAFF REPORT.
11:26:59 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO.
11:27:00 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:27:03 >>LUIS VIERA: AND I APOLOGIZE.
11:27:04 I HAVE TO GO TO THE SECOND FLOOR FOR THE COMMENDATION.
11:27:07 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS THAT GOING TO BE TELEVISED?
11:27:14 IT'S GOING TO BE PART OF THIS?
11:27:16 I WILL GET THROUGH THE NEW BUSINESS.
11:27:17 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MINE WILL TAKE TOO LONG.
11:27:20 I'LL DO IT TONIGHT, MR. CHAIR.
11:27:22 >>ORLANDO GUDES: NOTHING.
11:27:25 >>BILL CARLSON: QUICKLY IF I MAY.
11:27:27 WE HAD SCHEDULED A YEAR AGO BEFORE THE PANDEMIC FOR
11:27:30 MARLON ANDERSON TO GET A COMMENDATION.
11:27:32 AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE -- IT WAS
11:27:36 SCHEDULED ORIGINALLY FOR MARCH 6, 2020.
11:27:39 I WOULD LIKE TO RESCHEDULE IT FOR JUNE 3rd.
11:27:41 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND.
11:27:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL IN FAVOR?
11:27:44 >>BILL CARLSON: QUICKLY, THANK YOU ALL FOR DELAYING THE
11:27:49 SCHEDULING THE MORATORIUM LAST WEEK AND FOR PARDONING MY
11:27:52 ABSENCE.
11:27:52 I DID WATCH THE MEETING ON YOUTUBE THE LAST FEW DAYS.
11:27:56 I HOPE THAT BY NEXT WEEK WHEN IT COMES BACK THAT WE WILL
11:27:58 HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE AND YOU ALL MAY KNOW FROM
11:28:01 CONSTITUENTS I'M AGAINST THE MORATORIUM.
11:28:03 I THINK IT DOESN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM FOR THE COMMUNITY.
11:28:06 IT IS NOT PRESENTED WITH AN ALTERNATIVE.
11:28:09 I'LL SUPPORT IT.
11:28:09 BUT OVERALL I DO NOT SUPPORT IT.
11:28:11 I SUPPORT FINDING LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
11:28:13 AND I AM GLAD THAT CAROLE POST SET UP A MEETING TOMORROW
11:28:16 WITH THE COMMUNITIES TO MEET WITH THEM.
11:28:17 I HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH DEVELOPERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
11:28:19 I KNOW OTHERS OF YOU HAVE BEEN AS WELL.
11:28:21 HOPEFULLY WILL COME TO A LONG-TERM SOLUTION BY NEXT
11:28:26 THURSDAY INSTEAD OF A MORATORIUM.
11:28:27 THAT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS.
11:28:29 AND LAST, THE TOILET TO TAP ISSUE, THE WATER DEPARTMENT
11:28:35 HAS FOUR CRITERIA FOR THE OBJECTIVE OUTSIDE ANALYSIS,
11:28:40 ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS.
11:28:41 I'M HEARING FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT THE WATER
11:28:44 DEPARTMENT IS CONFINING ALL FOUR CRITERIA TO SAY THERE
11:28:48 NEEDS TO BE ONE SOLUTION FOR ALL FOUR CRITERIA WHEN
11:28:51 MULTIPLE SOLUTIONS CAN ADDRESS EACH OF THE FOUR ISSUES.
11:28:53 SO IN YOUR DISCUSSION WAS THE WATER DEPARTMENT, I HOPE
11:28:55 YOU WILL HAVE CONVERSATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
11:28:58 ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS IS FAIR AND OBJECTIVE AND
11:29:01 TRANSPARENT UNLIKE THE LAST ONE THAT WAS DONE A COUPLE OF
11:29:05 YEARS AGO.
11:29:05 THANK YOU.
11:29:06 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: [OFF MICROPHONE]
11:29:20 -- FOR AN HONORARY STREET SIGN HONORING TAMPA RADIO
11:29:25 LEGEND TEDD WEBB.
11:29:28 IF YOU HAVE SEEN IN THE NEWS, TODAY IS HIS LAST DAY OF
11:29:30 DIALYSIS, AND HAVING EXPERIENCE WITH MY UNCLE WHO WAS ON
11:29:36 DIALYSIS AND WHATNOT, HE MAY LAST A WEEK, IT MAY BE TWO
11:29:41 WEEKS.
11:29:41 I DON'T KNOW.
11:29:42 I KNOW IT'S A SHORT-NOTICE THING BUT I AM HAPPY TO WORK
11:29:44 WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE IT EASY.
11:29:46 APRIL 1st IS NEXT THURSDAY.
11:29:48 IT'S OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING. TIME IS OF
11:29:50 THE ESSENCE BECAUSE OF WHAT I HAVE JUST EXPLAINED, IF WE
11:29:54 COULD HAVE SOMETHING -- AND I CAN WORK WITH LOCATIONS AND
11:29:59 WHATNOT.
11:30:00 UNDER STAFF REPORTS FOR APRIL 1st.
11:30:05 WAIT A MINUTE.
11:30:05 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO MADE A MOTION ON THE
11:30:14 FLOOR.
11:30:14 SECOND BY MR. CARLSON.
11:30:16 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:30:16 MOTION APPROVED.
11:30:17 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:30:18 THAT'S IT.
11:30:19 COUNCILMAN VIERA, IT'S ALL YOURS.
11:30:20 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
11:30:23 IT'S A REAL PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY.
11:30:25 TODAY, COLONEL JIM FLETCHER WHO IS HERE WITH A BUNCH OF
11:30:27 FRIENDS IS RECEIVING THE LIBERTY BELL AWARD FROM THE
11:30:31 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION.
11:30:34 MYSELF AND JUDGE HOLDER HAD NOMINATED HIM FOR THAT.
11:30:37 HE GOT THAT.
11:30:38 AND COLONEL JIM FLETCHER, MANY OF YOU KNOW HIM.
11:30:41 HE'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE.
11:30:43 HE'S SUCH A FINE GENTLEMAN.
11:30:45 HE IS THE PRESIDENT OF VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA
11:30:47 CHAPTER 77 HERE IN TAMPA, AND HAS MANY, MANY OTHER
11:30:51 TITLES.
11:30:52 COLONEL FLETCHER IS ONE -- HE'S ONE OF THE MOST HUMBLE
11:30:57 PEOPLE YOU WILL EVER FIND, A MAN OF DECENCY, HUMANITY, A
11:31:01 MAN OF JUST GOOD VALUES.
11:31:03 LIKE I ALWAYS SAY ABOUT COLONEL FLETCHER, HE DOESN'T JUST
11:31:06 LOVE AMERICA, HE LOVES AMERICANS, BECAUSE HE KNOWS YOU
11:31:10 CAN'T LOVE AMERICA UNLESS YOU LOVE ALL AMERICANS, AND
11:31:13 SHOW THEM THE RESPECT THAT THEY NEED AND THEY DESERVE.
11:31:15 HE'S ALSO ONE OF THE SENIOR MENTORS IN THE VETERANS
11:31:18 TREATMENT COURT HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AND SO I
11:31:21 WANTED TO GIVE HIM A TAMPA CITY COUNCIL COMMENDATION FOR
11:31:25 ALL HIS WORK.
11:31:26 AGAIN, COLONEL FLETCHER IS A MAN THAT I LOVE DEARLY, AND
11:31:32 JUST HAVE A LOT OF LOVE FOR THIS MAN.
11:31:34 SO JUST WANTED TO DO THAT.
11:31:37 WE HAVE TO RUN TO THE ACBA IN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES BUT I
11:31:41 WILL LET COUNCIL MEMBERS CHIME IN IF YOU ALL WOULD LAKE
11:31:43 TO BEFORE I GUESS WE PRESENT THIS.
11:31:46 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COLONEL FLETCHER, YOU ARE AN
11:31:48 AMERICAN HERO AND A TREASURE IN THIS COMMUNITY, YOU AND
11:31:52 ALL VIETNAM VETS AND ALL VETERANS IN GENERAL.
11:31:54 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICE.
11:31:56 WE SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVING BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR
11:31:59 SACRIFICE AND YOUR TREMENDOUS SERVICE TO THIS COUNTRY AND
11:32:02 YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY AND COUNCILMAN VIERA
11:32:06 MENTIONED YOU AND BROUGHT YOU HERE SO MANY TIMES.
11:32:08 WE HAVE MET YOU THROUGH COUNCILMEMBER VIERA, AND IT'S AN
11:32:11 HONOR TO KNOW YOU.
11:32:12 YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF YOURSELF.
11:32:14 WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU.
11:32:15 AND WE ARE VERY, VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE.
11:32:18 ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANYTHING?
11:32:19 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU FOR MY FREEDOM.
11:32:21 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
11:32:22 SECOND THAT.
11:32:23 ANYBODY ELSE?
11:32:24 >>ORLANDO GUDES: COUNCILMAN VIERA, MY BUDDY, THANK YOU
11:32:29 FOR BESTOWING THIS HONOR ON COLONEL FLETCHER.
11:32:33 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
11:32:34 >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:32:36 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CONGRATULATIONS.
11:32:37 THANK YOU, SIR.
11:32:39 >>LUIS VIERA: I WOULD LIKE TO BRING COLONEL FLETCHER UP
11:32:42 HERE TO PRESENT THIS AWARD.
11:32:43 ON BEHALF OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, COLONEL FLETCHER, WE
11:32:46 PRESENT YOU WITH THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL COMMENDATION.
11:32:49 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:32:51 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU.
11:32:55 GREAT TO SEE YOU.
11:32:56 I ENJOYED SO MUCH WORKING WITH YOU OVER ON VETERANS
11:32:59 COURT, AND YOU ARE AN AMAZING GUY.
11:33:02 KEEP ON GOING.
11:33:04 >> I AM GOING TO GET IN TROUBLE, BUT I LOVE THIS GUY.
11:33:12 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THERE WE GO.
11:33:14 [ APPLAUSE ]
11:33:16 LUIS, THANK YOU.
11:33:18 I'M TRULY HONORED AND HUMBLED.
11:33:24 LUIS HAS SEEN FIT TO RECOGNIZE ME, BUT I WANT TO ACCEPT
11:33:28 THIS NOT FOR MYSELF ALONE, BUT AS HAS ALREADY BEEN
11:33:33 MENTIONED FOR SO MANY, ESPECIALLY OUR VIETNAM VETERANS
11:33:36 WHO WILL BE CELEBRATING THE WELCOME HOME VIETNAM WAR
11:33:39 VETERANS DAY ON MONDAY, AND IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO SEE A
11:33:44 VIETNAM VETERAN, TELL HIM ESPECIALLY VIETNAM VETS,
11:33:48 WELCOME HOME.
11:33:50 THIS IS STRANGE AND UNUSUAL AND SCARY TIMES, BUT IT HAS
11:33:56 NOT STOPPED THOSE WHO ARE DEDICATED AND COMMITTED TO
11:33:58 SERVICE TO OUR FELLOWMAN, AND I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE
11:34:03 THEM AND ACCEPT THIS AWARD ON THEIR BEHALF, BECAUSE I AM
11:34:07 ONLY A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL.
11:34:09 I ONLY DO WHAT I CAN.
11:34:11 BUT THE BLESSINGS COME TO ME FROM WHAT I DO.
11:34:15 SO TO THE CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:34:18 I AM VERY GRATEFUL.
11:34:19 AND LUIS, MY BUDDY.
11:34:24 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
11:34:27 [ APPLAUSE ]
11:34:30 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AND BEFORE -- GET A MOTION TO
11:34:34 RECEIVE AND FILE?
11:34:34 MOTION -- COUNCILMAN MIRANDA?
11:34:42 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COUPLE OF
11:34:44 MOTIONS IF I MAY.
11:34:45 I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE MAYOR TO GET WITH THE REAL ESTATE
11:34:48 DEPARTMENT FOR 90 DAYS, I THINK JUNE 26, I AM NOT SURE,
11:34:55 WHAT PROGRESS IF ANY WE MADE TO SECURE THE LOCATIONS THAT
11:34:59 ARE NEEDED FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
11:35:02 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, WE HAVE JUNE 17
11:35:04 AS A REGULAR MEETING.
11:35:05 THAT'S THE LAST ONE.
11:35:06 IF NOT, IT'S A WORKSHOP.
11:35:10 IS THE 17th OKAY?
11:35:12 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES, SIR.
11:35:13 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA WITH A MOTION.
11:35:15 SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER GUDES.
11:35:17 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:35:18 ALL RIGHT.
11:35:18 GO AHEAD, SIR.
11:35:19 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THE SECOND ONE.
11:35:22 I MOVE TO HAVE A WORKSHOP ON MAY 27th, 2021 TO HEAR
11:35:26 THE PRESENTATION OF THE CONCLUSION OF THE ANALYSIS BEING
11:35:31 PERFORMED BY JUTURNA AND THE INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY
11:35:35 REVIEW OF TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS ON THE NATIONAL WATER
11:35:37 RESEARCH INSTITUTE BOTH RELATED TO THE --
11:35:42 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:35:43 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
11:35:44 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:35:46 ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?
11:35:48 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT'S IT, SIR.
11:35:50 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:35:50 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
11:35:50 CAN WE GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE?
11:35:53 MOTION BY CITRO, SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER GUDES.
11:35:56 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:35:57 ALL RIGHT.
11:35:58 WE COME BACK AT 5:01 P.M. TONIGHT.
11:36:00 THERE IS NO REASON WE GO PAST 7:00.
11:36:02 WE ARE ADJOURNED.
11:36:03 THANK YOU.
11:36:03 (MEETING ADJOURNED)
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