TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2021
9:00 A.M.
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09:03:07 [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
09:03:10 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
09:03:12 I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER.
09:03:16 FOR THE INVOCATION, I'D LIKE TO YIELD TO -- I SEE BISHOP TOM
09:03:25 SCOTT.
09:03:26 IS IT COUNCILMAN MIRANDA WHO HAS THE INVOCATION TODAY?
09:03:30 YES, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
09:03:31 GO AHEAD, SIR.
09:03:34 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: [INAUDIBLE]
09:03:40 TOM SCOTT IS HERE TODAY TO GIVE THE INVOCATION.
09:03:43 I'M HONORED TO HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL -- WE ALL KNOW HE SERVED
09:03:51 AS CITY COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.
09:03:52 HE ALSO SERVED AS A CITY COUNCIL CHAIR.
09:03:55 AND I REALLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH TOM SINCE HE'S A DEDICATED
09:03:59 INDIVIDUAL.
09:04:00 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET.
09:04:02 HE HAS COURAGE, LEADERSHIP, HONESTY.
09:04:05 HOWEVER HE'S VERY COMPASSIONATE, AND HE TELLS YOU ITEMS THAT
09:04:09 ARE ON THE AGENDA AND WORKS WITH YOU TO TRY TO AVOID ANY
09:04:16 DISRUPTION OF THE COUNCIL.
09:04:18 HE LED THE COUNCIL AND HE WAS A FANTASTIC CHAIRMAN, JUST
09:04:21 LIKE HE IS A VERY GOOD HUMAN BEING.
09:04:23 I'VE KNOWN TOM FOR OVER 40 YEARS, AND CAN I ONLY SAY ONE
09:04:27 THING.
09:04:28 GOD BLESS ME FOR BEING HIS FRIEND BECAUSE I'M VERY HONORED
09:04:32 TO UNDERSTAND WHAT A GOOD HUMAN BEING IS, AND THAT'S WHAT
09:04:35 DEACON TOM SCOTT IS WHO HE IS.
09:04:37 TOM, I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.
09:04:39 PLEASE RISE FOR THE INVOCATION AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE
09:04:42 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
09:04:44 >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, AND TO ALL THIS BODY.
09:04:48 IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
09:04:50 MR. MIRANDA, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND FOR INVITING
09:04:52 ME TO COME SHARE.
09:04:53 I WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
09:04:58 I'VE BEEN WHERE YOU ARE NOW, SO YOU'RE ALWAYS IN MY PRAYERS
09:05:01 AS YOU LEAD THIS CITY, YOU WORK WITH CITY GOVERNMENT.
09:05:05 WE PRAY THE BEST FOR YOU AND ALL THAT YOU DO AND WHAT YOU
09:05:09 MEAN TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE CITY.
09:05:10 THANK YOU AGAIN.
09:05:11 CHARLIE, THANK YOU FOR THOSE KIND WORDS.
09:05:13 I WAS WONDERING AT ONE TIME WHO YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.
09:05:17 THANK YOU ANYWAY.
09:05:19 SHALL WE PRAY?
09:05:20 FATHER, WE ALWAYS REMINDED OF WHAT YOUR WORD TELLS US, AND
09:05:24 THAT IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU IN ALL OF OUR WAYS, AND THAT YOU
09:05:27 WILL GIVE DIRECTION TO OUR PATH.
09:05:30 YOUR WORD TELLS US THAT OUR STEPS HAVE BEEN ORDERED BY YOU,
09:05:33 AND SO TODAY WE PAUSE TO RECOGNIZE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR
09:05:38 THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY THAT YOU HAVE BLESSED US WITH.
09:05:42 WHAT A MARVELOUS DAY IT IS TO BE ABLE TO COME IN YOUR
09:05:45 PRESENCE AND TO RECOGNIZE YOU.
09:05:47 THANK YOU.
09:05:47 THANK YOU FOR OUR NATION, FOR OUR COUNTRY.
09:05:50 THANK YOU FOR WHAT SHE STANDS FOR.
09:05:54 THANK YOU, GOD, FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ELECTED BY THE
09:05:57 PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE.
09:06:00 TODAY, WE PRAY FOR THIS CITY COUNCIL.
09:06:03 WE PRAY FOR THE MAYOR.
09:06:06 WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO LEAD VARIOUS AREAS OF OUR GOVERNMENT
09:06:10 THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
09:06:11 TODAY FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, WE THANK YOU FOR THEIR
09:06:14 LEADERSHIP.
09:06:14 WE THANK YOU FOR THEIR WISDOM.
09:06:17 AND NOW WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL GUIDE THEM, YOU WILL GUIDE
09:06:21 THEM AND YOU WILL GIVE THEM WISDOM TO MAKE PRUDENT AND SOUND
09:06:25 DECISIONS FOR THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE CITIZENS OF THIS CITY,
09:06:29 TAMPA, FLORIDA.
09:06:30 NOT ONLY DO WE PRAY FOR THEM TODAY, BUT WE PRAY, LORD, TODAY
09:06:35 WHEN WE ARE DEALING WITH SO MANY CHALLENGES, WITH RACIAL
09:06:40 INJUSTICE AND UNREST IN OUR NATION, WITH THE PANDEMIC IN OUR
09:06:45 NATION AND OUR WORLD, PEOPLE WHO ARE HUNGRY AND STARVING, WE
09:06:51 PRAY FOR THEM AND FOR YOUR MERCY UPON THEM.
09:06:54 NOW WE LEAVE IT ALL IN YOUR HAND, AND WE ASK AGAIN YOU BLESS
09:06:59 ALL THAT THIS CITY COUNCIL DOES TODAY THAT IT BE DONE IN
09:07:02 YOUR NAME AND TO YOUR GLORY, AMEN.
09:07:07 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AMEN.
09:07:08 [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
09:07:18 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BISHOP SCOTT.
09:07:19 IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AS ALWAYS.
09:07:21 HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.
09:07:23 >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
09:07:24 >> GOOD SEEING YOU.
09:07:25 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
09:07:27 >> VIERA?
09:07:28 GUDES?
09:07:28 >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE.
09:07:30 >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
09:07:31 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HERE.
09:07:32 >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE.
09:07:35 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
09:07:35 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
09:07:37 >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
09:07:39 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
09:07:40 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JOE GRECO, OF THE TAMPA FIREFIGHTERS.
09:07:45 >> HEAR, HEAR.
09:07:45 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL GIVE THAT SHOUT-OUT.
09:07:47 LET'S GO TO THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AND THE ADDENDUM TO
09:07:51 THE AGENDA.
09:07:51 I HAVE A COUPLE OF --
09:07:53 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:07:54 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OH, YEAH, MR. SHELBY.
09:07:57 GO AHEAD, SIR.
09:07:57 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU.
09:07:59 GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
09:08:00 MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
09:08:02 JUST A REMINDER, FOR THE RECORD, TODAY IS THURSDAY, APRIL
09:08:05 15th, 2021.
09:08:07 WE'RE HERE AT OLD CITY HALL.
09:08:09 DURING THE COVID-19 STATE OF EMERGENCY AND THIS MEETING OF
09:08:11 THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL IS BEING CONDUCTED LIVE WITH AN
09:08:15 IN-PERSON QUORUM PRESENT IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
09:08:18 HOWEVER, IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS, MEMBERS
09:08:21 OF THE PUBLIC ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY
09:08:24 THROUGH VIDEO TELECONFERENCING REFERRED TO BY FLORIDA
09:08:27 STATUTES AND RULES AS COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA TECHNOLOGY, OR
09:08:30 CMT.
09:08:31 THESE MEETINGS ARE HELD IN ACCORDANCE WITH COUNCIL'S
09:08:34 EMERGENCY RULES OF PROCEDURE AS ADOPTED BY RESOLUTION
09:08:37 2020-225 AND AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION NUMBER 2020-490 AND
09:08:44 2021-241.
09:08:46 THE PUBLIC AND THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA ARE ABLE TO
09:08:50 WATCH, LISTEN, AND VIEW THIS MEETING ON SPECTRUM CHANNEL 640
09:08:53 AND FRONTIER CHANNEL 15 AND ON THE INTERNET LIVE STREAMING
09:08:57 AT TAMPA.GOV/LIVESTREAM, ONE WORD, LIVESTREAM.
09:09:03 AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COMMUNICATE AND
09:09:08 ARE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE USING CMT AND ALTERNATE METHODS SUCH
09:09:12 AS WRITTEN COMMENTS BY INTERNET OR WEB AT
09:09:15 TAMPA.GOV/PUBLICCOMMENT.
09:09:18 WRITTEN COMMENTS BY E-MAIL.
09:09:20 WRITTEN COMMENTS BY U.S. MAIL.
09:09:22 SPEAKING REMOTELY DURING PUBLIC COMMENT WITH THE USE OF CMT,
09:09:27 AND THAT HAS TO BE DONE BY PREREGISTERING.
09:09:30 THE INFORMATION TO FIND OUT ABOUT HOW TO PARTICIPATE IS ON
09:09:33 THE CITY COUNCIL'S WEBSITE AT TAMPA.GOV/CITYCOUNCIL, ONE
09:09:40 WORD.
09:09:40 NOW, FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY BUT DON'T
09:09:45 HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA TECHNOLOGY,
09:09:49 THEY ARE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO COME TO OLD CITY HALL DURING THE
09:09:53 MEETING AND PARTICIPATE USING TECHNOLOGY THAT'S MADE
09:09:56 AVAILABLE ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF OLD CITY HALL AT 315 EAST
09:10:00 KENNEDY BOULEVARD.
09:10:01 AND THAT IS BOTH FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
09:10:05 AND FOR THE SECOND READINGS AND HEARINGS, THE PUBLIC
09:10:08 HEARINGS THAT TAKE PLACE.
09:10:10 PLEASE NOTE THE USE OF MASKS AND DISTANCING INSIDE THIS
09:10:14 BUILDING ARE REQUIRED.
09:10:16 AGAIN, THE INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO COMMUNICATE AND
09:10:19 PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC HEARINGS IS ALSO ON THE CITY COUNCIL'S
09:10:24 WEB PAGE.
09:10:25 SPECIFIC COMMENTS TO A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HEARD WHEN IT
09:10:28 APPEARS ON THE AGENDA.
09:10:29 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT IS HEARD AT THE START OF THE MEETING
09:10:31 PURSUANT TO COUNCIL'S POLICY.
09:10:33 NOW, PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED TIMELY BY MAIL, E-MAIL, WEB,
09:10:39 OR CMT WILL BE AFFORDED EQUAL CONSIDERATION AS IF THE PUBLIC
09:10:43 COMMENTS WERE MADE IN PERSON.
09:10:44 NOW, THE WRITTEN COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED HAVE BEEN
09:10:48 DISTRIBUTED TO CITY COUNCIL AND FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE
09:10:52 HEARINGS WILL BE MADE PART OF THE PERMANENT RECORD OF THE
09:10:55 QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTERS.
09:10:56 MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS THIS MORNING.
09:10:58 THANK YOU.
09:10:58 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:10:59 COUNCILMAN VIERA IS RUNNING JUST A FEW MINUTES LATE, BUT HE
09:11:04 WILL BE HERE AT ANY MOMENT.
09:11:05 BEFORE WE APPROVE THE AGENDA, JUST A COUPLE OF ITEMS OR
09:11:11 QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.
09:11:12 IN REGARDS TO THE STAFF REPORTS, WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW
09:11:16 BIG-TICKET ITEMS.
09:11:20 DO WE NEED STAFF FOR ALL OF THESE OR CAN WE RELEASE STAFF?
09:11:26 BECAUSE WE HAVE SEVERAL MEMOS.
09:11:28 WE HAVE MEMOS FROM BRAD BAIRD ON 49, 50, 51.
09:11:32 >>BILL CARLSON: 57 ALSO, THEY DECIDED TO RESCHEDULE IT FOR
09:11:37 MAY 27.
09:11:39 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I HAVE THAT COMING UP HERE.
09:11:40 CAN WE RELEASE STAFF FOR ANY OF THESE OR DO WE NEED THEM,
09:11:45 CONSIDERING THEY SENT MEMOS ALREADY.
09:11:47 QUESTIONS, COMMENTS?
09:11:49 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
09:11:52 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:11:53 IN REGARD -- I HAD ONE ADDITIONAL ITEM.
09:11:57 I'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH STAFF ON WHICH IS 22.
09:12:02 THAT'S -- I'D JUST LIKE TO PULL THAT AND PUT IT IN UNDER
09:12:07 STAFF REPORTS.
09:12:11 I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION FOR THEM THAT NEVER REALLY GOT
09:12:16 COMPLETELY ANSWERED.
09:12:18 AND THEN IN REGARD TO THE OTHER ITEMS, I THINK IT WOULD BE,
09:12:23 EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE MEMORANDUMS ON 50 AND 51, I THINK IT
09:12:33 WOULD BE GOOD TO HEAR FROM MR. BAIRD.
09:12:36 HUGE ITEMS, 65 MILLION AND 20 MILLION.
09:12:38 SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
09:12:46 I DON'T SEE ANY OTHERS THAT I NEEDED STAFF.
09:12:52 WELL, 54.
09:12:53 THIS NAMING ISSUE KEEPS DRAGGING ON AND ON.
09:12:57 I THINK I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM STAFF ON 54.
09:13:01 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL KEEP OCEA WYNN, BRAD BAIRD ON FOR
09:13:04 THOSE ITEMS.
09:13:05 >>DAVID CARR: AND 52, IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR HIM TO SPEND A
09:13:12 MINUTE.
09:13:13 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL KEEP ROB ROSNER ON.
09:13:16 49, BRAD BAIRD ITEM.
09:13:23 BAIRD, ROSNER, AND WYNN.
09:13:30 THEN EVERYBODY ELSE, UNLESS THERE'S ANY OBJECTION, CAN GO.
09:13:41 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OBVIOUSLY, 58.
09:13:46 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WE'RE SPENDING A LOT MORE TIME TALKING ABOUT
09:13:48 THIS.
09:13:49 WHY DON'T WE KEEP EVERYBODY HERE.
09:13:50 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
09:13:52 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIR, DID YOU ALSO WANT TO TAKE THE
09:13:54 OPPORTUNITY BEFORE THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA TO TAKE THE
09:13:57 ITEMS THAT ARE TO BE CONTINUED --
09:13:59 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I HAVE A WHOLE LIST.
09:14:01 I JUST GOT STARTED.
09:14:02 F.D.O.T.'S PRESENTATION AT LUNCH -- AFTER LUNCH AT 1:30.
09:14:07 WE'RE GOING TO BREAK AT 12.
09:14:08 ITEM 56 IS GOING TO BE CONTINUED TO MAY 6.
09:14:12 >>MARTIN SHELBY: IT HAS TO BE BY A MOTION AND VOTE?
09:14:15 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO CONTINUE 56 TO MAY 6.
09:14:19 MOTION BY CITRO.
09:14:22 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED, 56 TO CONTINUE.
09:14:24 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO, SECOND
09:14:26 FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA TO CONTINUE 56 TO MAY 6.
09:14:29 ALL IN FAVOR?
09:14:33 AYE.
09:14:33 ITEM NUMBER 57, IF I CAN GET A MOTION TO -- MAY 27.
09:14:36 MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
09:14:39 ALL IN FAVOR?
09:14:39 AYE.
09:14:39 A MOTION TO WITHDRAW ITEM 59 AS IT WILL NOT BE ADDRESSED
09:14:44 TODAY.
09:14:44 MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:14:46 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
09:14:47 ALL IN FAVOR?
09:14:50 ALL RIGHT.
09:14:50 COUNCILMAN VIERA IS HERE, SO WE -- I THINK WE GOT EVERYTHING
09:14:57 COVERED.
09:14:57 WE'LL START WITH THE AGENDA.
09:14:58 ITEM NUMBER 1.
09:15:01 >>MARTIN SHELBY: EXCUSE ME.
09:15:02 A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS AMENDED.
09:15:04 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:15:05 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
09:15:09 ALL IN FAVOR?
09:15:10 AYE.
09:15:10 OKAY?
09:15:14 OKAY.
09:15:14 COUNCILMAN VIERA, ITEM NUMBER 1.
09:15:16 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
09:15:19 APOLOGIES FOR BEING LATE.
09:15:20 I HAD A FUNNY MISHAP THIS MORNING, WHICH I WON'T GET INTO,
09:15:23 LEST I EMBARRASS MYSELF.
09:15:26 IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE MY DEAR FRIEND.
09:15:29 I WISH SHE WAS HERE WITH US LIVE.
09:15:31 MS. PHYLLIS GUTHMAN.
09:15:33 PHYLLIS HAS PROVIDED DISABILITY INFORMATION RESOURCES AND
09:15:36 COMMUNICATIONS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS MINISTRIES, SPECIAL NEEDS
09:15:39 SPORTS, RECREATION, ART ORGANIZATIONS, AS WELL AS STATEWIDE
09:15:42 AND LOCAL DISABILITY AGENCIES FOR 18 YEARS.
09:15:45 SHE LAUNCHED DISABILITY RESOURCE HUB AS A VEHICLE TO
09:15:49 DISSEMINATE THESE RESOURCES.
09:15:51 MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE REASON I INVITED HER HERE TODAY FOR
09:15:55 AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH IS BECAUSE PHYLLIS IS NOT ONLY AN
09:15:59 INVOLVED PERSON IN THIS COMMUNITY, SHE MOTHERED MATTHEW, A
09:16:02 CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
09:16:04 AS WE ALL KNOW, IT IS AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH.
09:16:06 IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT MONTH TO TALK ABOUT THESE ISSUES AND
09:16:10 I'LL LET OUR FRIEND PHYLLIS PROCEED WITH HER PRESENTATION.
09:16:14 GO AHEAD.
09:16:16 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMAN VIERA.
09:16:19 GOOD MORNING AND MANY THANKS TO THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL FOR
09:16:23 THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WHAT AUTISM MONTH MEANS TO ME.
09:16:27 MY HUSBAND AND I RECEIVED A DIAGNOSIS OF AUTISM SPECTRUM
09:16:30 DISORDER FOR OUR FIRSTBORN CHILD 23 YEARS AGO.
09:16:35 WE WERE DEVASTATED, NOT BY THE LABEL.
09:16:38 WE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT HIS DEVELOPMENT PRIOR TO THAT
09:16:41 APPOINTMENT, BUT BY THE MANNER IN WHICH THE PROFESSIONAL
09:16:44 THAT CONDUCTED THE EVALUATION DELIVERED THE INFORMATION,
09:16:48 WHICH WAS WITH A COMPLETE LACK OF CARING.
09:16:53 WE COULD NOT ASK QUESTIONS OR EXPRESS OUR EMOTIONS.
09:16:55 WE WERE PROVIDED WITH NO RESOURCES.
09:16:59 I IMMEDIATELY SENT A LETTER TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE PROGRAM,
09:17:03 WHICH SORT OF DATES ME BECAUSE BACK THEN WE DID SEND LETTERS
09:17:07 AND NOT SHOOT OFF E-MAILS.
09:17:09 THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ACTS OF ADVOCACY AS A PARENT.
09:17:13 ADDITIONALLY, OUR SON HAS CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS.
09:17:17 WE DID NOT HAVE TIME TO FALL APART.
09:17:19 WE GOT TO WORK BY DEVELOPING UNDERSTANDING AND LOADS OF
09:17:23 PATIENCE WITH EACH OTHER, OUR SON, AND STAKEHOLDERS.
09:17:27 WE LEARNED HOW TO MANAGE HIS HEALTH AND SOUGHT STRATEGIES TO
09:17:31 HELP HIM LEARN AND BECOME INDEPENDENT.
09:17:33 WE HAVE A NEUROTYPICAL CHILD AS WELL.
09:17:37 SHE IS CURRENTLY A UNIVERSITY STUDENT.
09:17:40 IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN OUR DESIRE FOR THEM TO REACH THEIR
09:17:43 INDIVIDUAL, FULL POTENTIALS.
09:17:46 AS A FAMILY IMPACTED BY AUTISM EVERY DAY, WE ARE BEYOND
09:17:50 AWARENESS.
09:17:51 WHAT IS MEANINGFUL NOW IS ACCEPTANCE.
09:17:54 WE BELIEVE IN EMPHASIZING WHAT OUR SON HAS IN COMMON WITH
09:17:58 HIS PEERS INSTEAD OF THE DIFFERENCES BY FOCUSING ON HIS
09:18:02 STRENGTHS INSTEAD OF DEFICITS.
09:18:04 TO BE HONEST, HAVING AN AFRICAN AMERICAN SON HAS AT TIMES
09:18:10 BEEN MORE CONCERNING THAN AUTISM.
09:18:12 HIS RACE AND DISABILITY COMBINED CREATES ADDITIONAL
09:18:16 BARRIERS, ACCEPTANCE AND INCLUSION, NEARLY EVERY DAY WE ARE
09:18:22 ALL REMINDED OF THE LACK OF EQUALITY AND EQUITY IN OUR
09:18:27 SOCIETY.
09:18:27 I AM THE GRANDDAUGHTER, DAUGHTER, SISTER, NIECE, AND WIFE OF
09:18:33 FINE BLACK PROFESSIONAL MEN WHO HAVE BEEN HARASSED AND
09:18:37 DISRESPECTED SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN.
09:18:41 THE FEAR IS REAL.
09:18:42 I AM A PARENT OF A YOUNG MAN WITH AUTISM.
09:18:48 I DO NOT KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO EXPERIENCE LIFE AS A PERSON
09:18:50 WITH AUTISM.
09:18:51 I DO KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO BE MARGINALIZED AS AN AFRICAN
09:18:56 AMERICAN, AS A WOMAN, AND AS A PARENT OF A CHILD WITH
09:18:59 DISABILITIES.
09:18:59 I DO KNOW WHAT BLATANT DISCRIMINATION AND BEING PERCEIVED AS
09:19:05 INFERIOR FEELS LIKE.
09:19:07 I DO KNOW HOW EXHAUSTING IT IS TO COPE WITH CONSTANT
09:19:10 MICROAGGRESSIONS.
09:19:12 AND I ALSO KNOW THAT ACCEPTANCE OF ALL PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF
09:19:16 ABILITY, GENDER, CULTURE, HAIR TEXTURE AND SKIN COLOR MUST
09:19:22 BE ACHIEVED FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
09:19:26 THE MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETY, CHILDREN,
09:19:30 INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, SENIORS, AND UNDERSERVED
09:19:34 MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES MUST BE VALUED IN ORDER TO CREATE A
09:19:40 SOCIETY THAT IS STRONGER DUE TO AND NOT DESPITE DIVERSITY.
09:19:47 ACCEPTANCE IS INCLUSION.
09:19:48 INCLUSION IS DIVERSITY.
09:19:50 AND DIVERSITY IS BEAUTIFUL.
09:19:52 INCLUSION MEANS THAT ALL PEOPLE GENUINELY --
09:19:58 THEY ARE NOT JUST IN THE CLASSROOM, AT THE PLAYGROUND, AT A
09:20:02 PLACE OF WORSHIP, BUT ARE VALUED, CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF
09:20:06 THESE COMMUNITIES.
09:20:07 LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD AND CREATING EQUITY REQUIRES
09:20:12 EFFORT BY ALL OF US.
09:20:14 MY PRAYER IS THAT MY CHILDREN'S INDIVIDUAL UNIQUE ABILITIES
09:20:19 AND TALENTS ALLOW THEM TO PARTICIPATE AND OPERATE IN THEIR
09:20:23 PURPOSE SO THEY CAN BE MEANINGFUL AND PRODUCTIVE LIVES THAT
09:20:28 THEY CHOOSE.
09:20:29 THE REALITY OF AN INCLUSIVE SOCIETY THAT BOTH MY CHILDREN
09:20:33 WILL BE ACCEPTED IN IS MY HOPE AND COMFORT IN WHAT I SEEK AS
09:20:40 A PARENT.
09:20:41 THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
09:20:44 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:20:44 COUNCILMAN VIERA.
09:20:45 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
09:20:46 PHYLLIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHOWING YOUR HEART IN PUBLIC.
09:20:51 I ALWAYS SAY THAT WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH ISSUES THAT ARE
09:20:54 SO PERSONAL TO YOU, AND YOU TALK ABOUT THEM IN PUBLIC,
09:20:59 YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS SURE IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET A RECEPTIVE
09:21:02 AUDIENCE OR MAYBE AS RECEPTIVE OF AN AUDIENCE AS CORRESPONDS
09:21:07 WITH YOUR HEART.
09:21:08 I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THERE WAS RECEPTION HERE TODAY, AND
09:21:12 THAT I APPRECIATE YOU TALKING NOT ONLY ABOUT DISABILITIES
09:21:15 BUT RACE AND GENDER AND HOW THOSE THINGS OFTEN COME
09:21:17 TOGETHER.
09:21:18 YOU AND I HAVE WORKED TOGETHER ON A NUMBER OF INITIATIVES
09:21:22 INVOLVING NOT ONLY SPECIAL NEEDS AND DISABILITIES, BUT
09:21:25 RACIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY ISSUES.
09:21:27 I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH OUR EQUAL JUSTICE
09:21:30 INITIATIVE LYNCHING MARKER MEMORIAL AS WELL AS OTHER
09:21:34 EFFORTS, AND YOU JUST HAVE A GREAT HEART.
09:21:37 AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
09:21:38 AND, YOU KNOW, MY OLDEST BROTHER JUAN IS DEVELOPMENTALLY
09:21:46 DISABLED AND INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED.
09:21:48 SO I KNOW ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
09:21:49 JUAN IS GOING TO BE 50 THIS YEAR IN MAY.
09:21:53 MY MOM WANTED TO THROW A BIG PARTY FOR HIM BECAUSE IT'S A
09:21:57 BIG DEAL AND, OF COURSE, NOW WITH COVID WE KIND OF GOT TO
09:22:00 SCALE THAT BACK.
09:22:01 BUT WHEN YOU'RE A PARENT RAISING A CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
09:22:06 AND YOU GET THAT DIAGNOSIS, WHETHER IT'S DOWN SYNDROME, AN
09:22:10 INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY, AUTISM, A LOT OF THE DREAMS AND
09:22:15 HOPES THAT YOU HAVE FOR YOUR CHILD THAT A LOT OF PARENTS
09:22:18 HAVE AND YOU THINK TO YOURSELF, MAYBE MY CHILD IS GOING TO
09:22:21 BE A U.S. SENATOR, THE NEXT BILL GATES, THE NEXT WADE BOGGS,
09:22:27 WHATEVER IT IS, SUDDENLY THEY ARE REPLACED WITH A DESIRE FOR
09:22:31 DIGNITY AND RESPECT AND THINKING IS MY CHILD GOING TO BE
09:22:34 EXPLOITED, ABUSED WHEN THEY ARE 20.
09:22:36 ARE THEY GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE INDEPENDENT?
09:22:38 WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I DIE, ET CETERA?
09:22:39 THOSE ARE FEARS THAT SOCIETY DOESN'T DO ENOUGH TO
09:22:43 UNDERSTAND.
09:22:44 WE DON'T UNDERSTAND IT CULTURALLY BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE MY
09:22:48 BROTHER JUAN AND LIKE YOUR SON MATTHEW ARE ALL TOO OFTEN THE
09:22:55 BUTT OF JOKES AND SHAME ON THOSE PEOPLE WHO DO THAT.
09:22:56 WE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT FROM AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE.
09:22:56 JUST LOOK AT OUR LEGISLATURE AND MEDICAID WAIVER AND
09:23:00 DIFFERENT ISSUES LIKE THAT.
09:23:01 LIKE OUR FRIEND KAREN CLAY ALWAYS TALKS ABOUT THAT.
09:23:03 WE DON'T UNDERSTAND IT ON A ONE-TO-ONE BASIS.
09:23:06 WHILE WE HAVE GOTTEN BETTER IN THE LAST 30, 40 YEARS, THANK
09:23:10 GOD -- AND I DO MEAN THANK GOD FOR THAT -- WE STILL HAVE
09:23:12 MILES TO GO IN SO MANY WAYS.
09:23:14 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WEARING YOUR HEART ON YOUR SLEEVE AND
09:23:17 FOR SHOWING US THAT HERE TODAY.
09:23:19 I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
09:23:20 I'LL HUG YOU LATER.
09:23:21 IF I COULD DO IT NOW, YOU KNOW I WOULD.
09:23:23 GOD BLESS YOU.
09:23:25 >> FULL HUGS TO YOU.
09:23:27 THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:23:29 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. VIERA, LET ME SAY THANK YOU FOR HAVING
09:23:31 THIS WONDERFUL LADY HERE TODAY.
09:23:33 I REFLECT BACK ON SOME FAMILY MEMBERS IN MY HOME.
09:23:37 SHE TOUCHED ON SOMETHING.
09:23:40 WHEN I LOOK AT BEING A MAN OF COLOR AND SOMETIMES -- THAT'S
09:23:48 A LOT OF TIMES IN MY COMMUNITY WHEN A YOUNG PERSON OR A
09:23:52 CHILD HAS A DISABILITY -- PEOPLE FEEL THEY DON'T HAVE AN
09:23:59 OPPORTUNITY.
09:24:01 AS BEING A COACH, CAN I SEE THAT.
09:24:05 I TELL THE PARENT, BRING THEM ANYWAY.
09:24:08 WE'LL GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHINE.
09:24:11 IT IS THE MOST JOYFUL THING YOU CAN HAVE WHEN A KID WANTS TO
09:24:16 BE A PART OF SOMETHING, WANTS TO BE EQUAL.
09:24:20 SAY THAT, I HOPE THAT FOLKS ARE LISTENING THAT WE CAN HAVE
09:24:22 PROGRAMS BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN
09:24:24 COMMUNITIES, PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE THEIR CHILD HAS A PROBLEM.
09:24:31 THEY SAY, OH, THEY'LL GROW OUT OF IT.
09:24:34 NOTHING IS WRONG.
09:24:34 MY KID IS NOT TALKING.
09:24:36 WHEN THEY GET TO BE TWO, THREE YEARS OLD, THEY ARE NOT
09:24:39 SOCIALIZING.
09:24:39 THEY ARE FEARFUL THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG BUT THEY ARE AFRAID
09:24:41 TO TAKE THE STEPS TO SEE WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE CHILD.
09:24:46 FINALLY, THEY BREAK DOWN AND GET MAD WITH FAMILY MEMBERS
09:24:49 WHEN YOU TELL THEM YOU NEED TO TAKE YOUR CHILD TO A
09:24:53 SPECIALIST TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
09:24:55 I HAD TO DO THAT ONCE.
09:24:56 SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT MS. PHYLLIS IS TALKING ABOUT AND HOPING
09:24:59 THAT WE CAN GET PROGRAMS IN SCHOOLS, WHEN THOSE KIDS ARE
09:25:04 GOING TO THE DOCTORS, THE DOCTOR CAN SAY GET THOSE KIDS TO
09:25:08 SEE SOMEBODY, TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THEM.
09:25:11 WHEN A KID IS NOT SOCIALIZING AT THAT SMALL AGE, THERE'S A
09:25:14 PROBLEM SOMEWHERE.
09:25:15 SOMETHING IS GOING ON, ESPECIALLY IN MY COMMUNITY, WE'RE
09:25:19 FEARFUL.
09:25:20 THE KIDS GROWING UP AND GOES THROUGH ALL KIND OF ISSUES AT
09:25:24 SCHOOL, BEING PICKED ON.
09:25:27 AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, MS. PHYLLIS.
09:25:30 I'M HOPING WE CAN FOSTER SOME TYPE OF PROGRAM WITHIN THE
09:25:33 CITY.
09:25:34 I'M HAPPY THAT, EAST TAMPA REGIONAL COMPLEX IS COMING ON
09:25:38 BOARD.
09:25:39 I SAY THAT IS GOING TO HELP ALL OF EAST TAMPA.
09:25:44 IT IS THE EAST TAMPA REGIONAL COMPLEX.
09:25:46 IT WILL HAVE AN AUTISM PARK, MR. VIERA.
09:25:50 YOU KNOW HOW THAT WILL HELP A LOT OF OUR KIDS WITH
09:25:52 PROGRAMMING IN THAT COMMUNITY.
09:25:54 PARENTS -- WHEN THEY TAKE THEIR KID TO THE PARK AND BE ABLE
09:26:01 TO UTILIZE THE GIFT AND JEWELS THERE THAT WILL BE THERE FOR
09:26:04 THE KIDS.
09:26:05 AGAIN, I FEEL IT.
09:26:06 I UNDERSTAND IT.
09:26:07 I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN GET A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR
09:26:09 COMMUNITY, ESPECIAL OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR TO TAKE THAT
09:26:13 STEP TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
09:26:16 AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:26:17 AGAIN, MR. VIERA, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE, SIR.
09:26:20 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY ELSE?
09:26:21 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.
09:26:24 >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, THANK YOU.
09:26:25 COUNCILMAN GUDES, THANK YOU FOR THOSE WORDS.
09:26:27 YOU MENTIONED THE DISABILITY AND AUTISM PARK IN EAST TAMPA.
09:26:31 I THINK IT WAS OUR FIRST COUNCIL MEETING AFTER THE ELECTION
09:26:34 OF CHAIR, HAD RACHEL BARCELONA HERE SPEAKING FOR AUTISM
09:26:38 AWARENESS MONTH.
09:26:39 YOU WENT, I'D LOVE TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE PARKS IN MY
09:26:42 DISTRICT.
09:26:43 LOOK WHAT YOU DID WITH HARD WORK.
09:26:45 I SAY THIS IN A POSITIVE WAY, WRECKING BALL WAY OF DOING
09:26:49 THINGS.
09:26:49 I SAY THAT IN A GOOD WAY.
09:26:51 YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF TAMPA STARTING THREE AND A HALF YEARS
09:26:57 AGO UNDER MAYOR BUCKHORN BEGAN THE AUTISM FRIENDLY CITY
09:27:00 INITIATIVE WHICH BEGAN WITH MAKING SURE THAT CITY EMPLOYEES
09:27:04 AND DEPARTMENTS WERE TRAINED IN ACCESSIBILITY AND ISSUES
09:27:11 LIKE THAT.
09:27:12 IN 2017, WE GOT DESIGN FUNDING FOR THE FIRST CITY AUTISM,
09:27:17 100% CITY-FUNDED AUTISM FRIENDLY PARK IN NEW TAMPA.
09:27:21 LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, WE PASSED MONEY FOR THE EAST TAMPA PARK
09:27:26 IMPROVEMENTS THAT COUNCILMAN GUDES WAS TALKING ABOUT, WHICH
09:27:29 IS AN ALL ABILITIES, DISABILITIES FRIENDLY PARK AND FOR
09:27:33 CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW TAMPA DISABILITY AND AUTISM FRIENDLY
09:27:36 PARK.
09:27:36 AND WE'VE HAD, MacFARLANE PARK AND SO MANY DIFFERENT
09:27:40 IMPROVEMENTS.
09:27:41 ALSO TALKING ABOUT MAKING SURE EVERY PARK, CITY PARK HAS AT
09:27:44 LEAST ONE PIECE OF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT THAT IS DISABILITY
09:27:49 FRIENDLY AND ACCESSIBLE.
09:27:50 SO LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT MEAN A LOT.
09:27:52 THERE IS A SAYING WHICH IS IF BY GOING A FEW STEPS YOU CAN
09:27:56 WALK A MILE, I'LL TAKE THOSE FEW STEPS ANYTIME.
09:28:00 WE'RE TAKING SOME BIG STEPS SO THAT FAMILIES LIKE MY FAMILY,
09:28:04 LIKE YOUR FAMILY, AND OTHERS LIKE US CAN WALK MILES, BUT
09:28:09 ESPECIALLY FEEL ACCEPTED, FEEL ACCEPTED.
09:28:12 A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS FROM GOING TO CHURCH OR SYNAGOGUE
09:28:15 OR TEMPLE, GOING TO SEE SANTA, WHATEVER IT IS, ARE SO OFTEN
09:28:20 BURDENED BY THESE CHALLENGES.
09:28:21 AND PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE.
09:28:26 PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE A KID AND SEE THE
09:28:29 NORMAL THINGS TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU AND THEN HAVE IT HEARD IN
09:28:32 ISOLATION.
09:28:32 PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE.
09:28:35 IT IS A TERRIBLE FEELING.
09:28:36 WE'VE GOT TO BE THERE FOR THOSE PEOPLE.
09:28:38 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL, MR. CHAIR, COUNCILMAN GUDES,
09:28:41 EVERYONE.
09:28:41 PHYLLIS, AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:28:43 I LOVE YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU.
09:28:45 >> THANK YOU.
09:28:46 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:28:47 NEXT UP WE GO TO ITEM 2.
09:28:52 I WAS GOING TO PRESENT LaCHONE DOCK A COMMENDATION FOR
09:28:57 RETIRING FROM THE CITY, BUT I HAVE GOOD NEWS.
09:29:01 AND HERE IS A SHORT RESPONSE FROM CAROLE POST.
09:29:06 IT SAYS, WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THIS ITEM IS NOT
09:29:09 PROCEEDING BECAUSE LaCHONE IS NOT LEAVING THE CITY.
09:29:13 DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC PORTFOLIO CONTINUE TO GROW, WE TOOK
09:29:19 -- CAROLE POST TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO ACCELERATE SOME
09:29:21 ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES TO ENABLE LaCHONE TO TAKE ON NEW
09:29:24 RESPONSIBILITIES, LARGELY WITH THE NEW PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
09:29:27 GIVEN HER 16-PLUS YEARS OF TIME WITH THE CITY, WE ARE
09:29:31 THRILLED TO KNOW THAT SHE WILL STAY PART OF OUR TEAM.
09:29:34 WHEN I MADE THE MOTION TO GIVE LaCHONE THE COMMENDATION, I
09:29:37 SAW A LOT OF SAD FACES BECAUSE WE KNOW AND WE ALL KNOW HOW
09:29:40 MUCH SHE MEANS TO THE CITY.
09:29:42 WE ARE HAPPY THAT SHE IS STAYING ON.
09:29:44 NO COMMENDATION AND FOR GOOD REASON.
09:29:47 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I THINK IT'S BETTER LaCHONE WILL STAY PART
09:29:51 OF THE FAMILY.
09:29:51 CONGRATULATIONS.
09:29:54 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU TO CAROLE POST.
09:29:56 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT UP IS ITEM 3.
09:29:58 SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES, OUR CITY CLERK ON THE SECOND FLOOR AT
09:30:02 THE KIOSK, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN, MA'AM.
09:30:05 >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL AND EVERYONE.
09:30:08 SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES, CITY CLERK.
09:30:10 I'M HERE TO PRESENT ITEMS 3, 4, AND 5.
09:30:14 FIRST UP IS THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PNAB APPOINTMENT, ALTERNATE
09:30:23 POSITION, MR. JAMES CHITTENDEN.
09:30:26 HE WANTS TO SPEAK TO YOU.
09:30:27 THANK YOU.
09:30:31 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: STATE YOUR NAME.
09:30:33 >> GOOD MORNING, GENTLEMEN.
09:30:35 MY NAME IS JAMES CHITTENDEN.
09:30:37 WEST CHESTNUT STREET, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33607.
09:30:41 I AM AN APPLICANT FOR THE PUBLIC NUISANCE ABATEMENT BOARD
09:30:49 AND CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD.
09:30:50 I'VE ACTUALLY SERVED ON THIS BOARD --
09:30:54 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD.
09:30:55 >> I'VE ACTUALLY SERVED ON THIS BOARD FOR SOME 15 YEARS.
09:30:59 TO MY KNOWLEDGE, I'VE NEVER MISSED A MEETING AND JUST LIKE
09:31:04 YOU, I UNDERSTAND THAT PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THESE CASES,
09:31:08 PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THESE MATTERS THAT EVER COME BEFORE THIS
09:31:11 BOARD ALWAYS HAVE MULTIPLE SIDES.
09:31:14 I ALWAYS STRIVE TO TREAT EVERYONE AS FAIRLY AS POSSIBLE.
09:31:21 I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE BOARD.
09:31:22 FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCEDURES, FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS,
09:31:27 FAMILIAR WITH THE LAWS.
09:31:29 AND FOR THAT REASON AND ALSO JUST MY PAST SERVICE, I ASK FOR
09:31:36 YOUR SUPPORT.
09:31:37 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
09:31:37 ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
09:31:39 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
09:31:39 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION FOR JAMIE, BUT I
09:31:43 JUST WANTED TO GIVE HIM A SHOUT-OUT AND TELL HIM HOW MUCH WE
09:31:46 APPRECIATE YOUR MANY YEARS OF SERVICE.
09:31:49 I HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE THOSE.
09:31:50 THANK YOU, JAMIE.
09:31:51 >> APPRECIATE IT, SIR.
09:31:52 THANK YOU.
09:31:53 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
09:31:54 >>BILL CARLSON: I WANT TO VOUCH FOR HIM AS WELL.
09:31:58 I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR A LONG TIME.
09:32:01 HE'S SERVED IN THE MILITARY.
09:32:02 HE'S BEEN A HISTORIAN, ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
09:32:05 WROTE BOOKS.
09:32:06 DIDN'T YOU WRITE BOOKS, TOO?
09:32:07 >> I'VE WRITTEN A FEW BOOKS, YES, SIR.
09:32:09 >>BILL CARLSON: ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE TO
09:32:12 THE COMMUNITY.
09:32:12 LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO HAVE YOU.
09:32:14 LET'S CATCH UP SOON.
09:32:15 >> APPRECIATE IT, SIR.
09:32:16 YOU, TOO.
09:32:18 >>LUIS VIERA: I WANT TO ECHO THAT.
09:32:20 I KNOW YOUR BROTHER, EDWARD, WHO IS A NICE GUY.
09:32:24 WE USED TO WORK AT THE SAME LAW FIRM FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
09:32:27 I KNOW YOU ARE A THOUGHTFUL AND ENGAGED PERSON.
09:32:30 I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY AND
09:32:33 FOR YOUR CONTINUING SERVICE, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS
09:32:36 VOTE.
09:32:37 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.
09:32:39 >>JOSEPH CITRO: GOOD TO SEE YOU, MY BROTHER. HAVEN'T SEEN
09:32:43 YOU IN A WHILE.
09:32:45 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO AND I BOTH SERVED ON CODE ENFORCEMENT.
09:32:48 WE KNOW THE GREAT WORK AND WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO DURING THOSE
09:32:52 MEETINGS.
09:32:52 CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.
09:32:53 >> THANK YOU, SIR.
09:32:54 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN GUDES?
09:32:56 NO.
09:32:56 I DON'T KNOW, SIR, I'M ON THE FENCE.
09:32:58 I DON'T REALLY KNOW YOU, SO WE MAY HAVE TO CONTINUE THIS.
09:33:02 I'M KIDDING.
09:33:03 OH, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, YES, SIR.
09:33:06 YOU'RE MUTED, SIR.
09:33:16 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WHO MUTED ME.
09:33:18 WASN'T ME.
09:33:19 I MOVE THE NOMINATION.
09:33:20 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN
09:33:21 MIRANDA.
09:33:22 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO.
09:33:23 YES, SIR, MR. SHELBY.
09:33:24 >>MARTIN SHELBY: I WANT TO CONFIRM WITH THE CLERK THIS IS
09:33:27 FOR THE ALTERNATE POSITION.
09:33:29 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT'S RIGHT.
09:33:30 WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
09:33:32 WHO IS THE SECOND?
09:33:33 CITRO WAS THE SECOND.
09:33:36 ALL IN FAVOR?
09:33:38 ANY OPPOSED?
09:33:38 CONGRATULATIONS, SIR.
09:33:41 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:33:42 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT UP, MS. SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES.
09:34:01 >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: COUNCIL, SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES AGAIN
09:34:06 FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 4, THAT'S THE EQUAL BUSINESS
09:34:10 OPPORTUNITY ADVISORY COMMISSION.
09:34:12 WE HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT.
09:34:16 THE FIRST IS MS. LANGHAM-BISHOP, WHO IS UNABLE TO ATTEND DUE
09:34:24 TO A BUSINESS CONFLICT.
09:34:25 AND SHE WOULD LIKE TO BE REAPPOINTED.
09:34:28 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THERE ARE TWO POSITIONS AND TWO
09:34:30 APPLICANTS, CORRECT?
09:34:31 >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: YES.
09:34:32 THE SECOND INDIVIDUAL IS MS. WINKLER.
09:34:37 SHE WILL BE ATTENDING VIRTUALLY AND WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
09:34:40 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
09:34:41 IF WE HAVE NICOL WINKLER ON.
09:34:45 PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
09:34:47 GO AHEAD.
09:34:47 UNMUTE YOURSELF.
09:34:49 ALL RIGHT.
09:35:32 IF YOU'D LIKE US TO APPOINT YOU HERE, JUST NOD YES, I GUESS.
09:35:39 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
09:35:41 IT IS THE EBO BOARD.
09:35:45 I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
09:35:46 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS SHE MUTED ON OUR END?
09:35:52 >>MARTIN SHELBY: DOES SHE SEE THAT MICROPHONE BUTTON.
09:35:57 >> YES, MY MICROPHONE BUTTON -- HI, CITY COUNCIL, NICOL
09:36:02 WINKLER HERE.
09:36:05 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD.
09:36:07 >> I JUST WANTED TO RESPOND.
09:36:10 I'M HERE IN MY FOURTH YEAR OF BEING A PART OF THE EQUAL
09:36:14 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL.
09:36:16 I'VE LEARNED A LOT IN THAT TIME, AND I'VE ALSO FINALLY GONE
09:36:20 THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ADDING OUR OWN BUSINESS TO BE
09:36:25 QUALIFIED IN THE EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM.
09:36:28 SO I LEARNED A LOT GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS, AND I REALLY
09:36:31 WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO SHARE THAT WITH MY COMMUNITY SO I
09:36:35 CAN HELP OTHER BUSINESSES WORK AND COLLABORATE WITH THE
09:36:38 CITY.
09:36:40 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:36:42 >>ORLANDO GUDES: GOOD MORNING, MS. WINKLER.
09:36:44 THE EBO PROGRAM IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE IT DEALS
09:36:49 WITH A LOT OF MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES WHO ARE TRYING TO BE
09:36:53 A PART OF THE CITY CONTRACTS AND SO FORTH AND SO ON.
09:36:56 WHEN I FIRST CAME ON, I HEARD THAT THE BOARD WASN'T MEETING
09:37:00 ON A REGULAR BASIS.
09:37:02 SO I'M JUST WONDERING IS THAT BOARD MEETING ON A REGULAR
09:37:05 BASIS NOW?
09:37:07 >> YES, WE ARE.
09:37:08 WE ARE DOING THAT VIRTUALLY, YEP.
09:37:10 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SO WE'RE DOING THAT VIRTUALLY.
09:37:13 I ALSO HEARD SOME FOLKS, MEMBERS ON THE BOARD THOUGHT THE
09:37:16 BOARD WASN'T BEING THAT EFFECTIVE IN BEING ABLE TO FOCUS ON
09:37:21 POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO ENACT TO MAKE SURE THAT WORKLOAD
09:37:27 WITHIN THE CITY IS BEING EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED AND PEOPLE ARE
09:37:30 GETTING AN OPPORTUNITY.
09:37:31 CAN YOU ELABORATE ON ANY OF THAT?
09:37:34 >> YES, THAT WAS MY CONCERN IN THE BEGINNING AS WELL AFTER
09:37:38 ATTENDING THE FIRST FEW OF THE MEETINGS.
09:37:43 THE PROCESS TO BECOME CERTIFIED IS QUITE INTENSIVE.
09:37:49 I THINK THERE IS A LEARNING CURVE TO THAT.
09:37:51 I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR BETTER MARKETING FOR
09:37:55 BUSINESSES SO WE CAN MAKE IT A MORE FRIENDLIER PROCESS.
09:38:01 I THINK IT IS ABOUT GETTING MORE INFORMATION OUT THERE.
09:38:03 AND I THINK THAT'S THE CHALLENGE OF THE BOARD IS THAT THEY
09:38:06 HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND TO
09:38:09 GET IT INTO THE RIGHT HANDS SO THAT QUALIFYING COMPANIES
09:38:13 CAN, IN FACT, SEE THESE CONTRACTS AND COMPETE FOR THEM.
09:38:21 FROM WHAT -- CAN I ONLY SEE SO MUCH FROM MY POSITION, BUT I
09:38:26 DO KNOW THAT GREGORY AND MICHELLE AND LYDA AND SOME OF THE
09:38:31 DIRECTORS I WORK WITH, THEY ARE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION.
09:38:34 THEY E-MAIL ME WHEN THERE ARE EVENTS OR EXPOS OR LEARNING
09:38:40 POTENTIALS FOR BUSINESSES TO BE INVOLVED WITH THE CITY.
09:38:44 SO ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT WE'RE TRYING, WE'RE EVEN BUILDING
09:38:48 SUBCOMMITTEES WITHIN EBOAC SO US INDIVIDUALS THAT SERVE ON
09:38:52 THE BOARD CAN HELP IMPROVE CERTAIN PARTS OF THE PROGRAM
09:38:57 WITHIN OUR OWN AUDIENCES.
09:39:00 AN EXAMPLE, WE'VE GOT A MARKETING SUBCOMMITTEE SO THAT WE
09:39:05 CAN HELP ADVISE THE BOARD ON STEPS THAT WE CAN TAKE, THINGS
09:39:09 THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THE BOARD BE MORE EFFECTIVE.
09:39:15 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU FOR BEING HONEST.
09:39:16 AGAIN, I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS AREA, AND I HEAR A LOT OF
09:39:20 THINGS.
09:39:21 I'M LOOKING FOR THE BOARD TO BE ABLE -- I DRIVE AROUND THE
09:39:25 CITY A LOT, I SEE FOLKS OUT THERE DOING WORK, I SAY, WHY ARE
09:39:29 YOU NOT A PART OF THE CITY?
09:39:32 I HEAR THE PROCESS IS TOO INTENSE.
09:39:34 I HEAR THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT.
09:39:37 I HEAR A LOT OF THINGS THAT DISCOURAGES ME, AND I HAVE TO
09:39:42 TAKE THE STEP TO SAY, NO, I'M GOING TO SEND YOUR NAME OVER
09:39:46 TO THE EBO OFFICE.
09:39:47 I'M LOOKING AT MORE OUTREACH FROM THE BOARD AND FROM STAFF
09:39:51 TO BE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY, NOT IN OFFICES, BECAUSE
09:39:55 PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE WORKING EVERY DAY, AND THEY DON'T KNOW
09:39:59 TO KNOW.
09:39:59 AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FEARFUL OF GOVERNMENT AT TIMES.
09:40:05 I WANT THE BOARD, I'M SURE YOU'RE GOING TO BE REAPPOINTED,
09:40:09 TO FOCUS ON SOME OF THOSE AREAS.
09:40:11 I THINK THAT WILL HELP OUR NUMBERS BETTER SO PEOPLE WON'T BE
09:40:15 FEARFUL OF THE PROCESS.
09:40:16 THEY WON'T BE FEARFUL OF GOVERNMENT.
09:40:18 AGAIN, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO SPEAK THAT LOWER LINGO TO
09:40:23 PEOPLE.
09:40:24 THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE BIG WORDS.
09:40:25 THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE BIG SCHEME OF THINGS.
09:40:27 BUT IF YOU BREAK IT DOWN TO THEM IN A SIMPLE FORM, THEY ARE
09:40:31 READY TO WORK AND GET TO A DREAM.
09:40:36 THIS REAPPOINTMENT AND DISCUSSION WE'RE HAVING, YOU'LL BRING
09:40:39 THAT BACK TO YOUR EBO BOARD.
09:40:41 I KNOW STAFF IS PROBABLY LISTENING, BUT WE NEED MORE
09:40:44 OUTREACH IN THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE I SEE PEOPLE LAYING MUD
09:40:47 EVERY DAY.
09:40:47 PEOPLE DOING ROOFS EVERY DAY.
09:40:49 I SEE THESE FOLKS OUT THERE EVERY DAY.
09:40:51 WHEN I SAY I SEE A LIST AND WE DON'T HAVE A LIST OF PEOPLE
09:40:54 ON THERE, WE MAY NOT HAVE THE PEOPLE ON THERE, BUT THEY ARE
09:40:58 OUT THERE.
09:40:58 THEY JUST NEED TO HAVE THE TOOLS TO GET THEM ON BOARD.
09:41:04 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:41:04 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:41:06 MR. SHELBY.
09:41:06 >>MARTIN SHELBY: COUNCIL, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION, A
09:41:09 CLARIFICATION.
09:41:10 JUST SO YOU KNOW WITH BOTH MS. WINKLER AND MS. LANGHAM
09:41:17 BISHOP, THEIR FIRST TERM EXPIRED ON AUGUST 23rd OF 2020.
09:41:23 JUST TO REMIND YOU THAT THE TERM OF OFFICE FOR THIS BOARD IS
09:41:26 TWO YEARS WITH TERM LIMITS OF TWO CONSECUTIVE TERMS.
09:41:30 MY QUESTION TO COUNCIL IS, IS IT COUNCIL'S INTENTION IN THAT
09:41:34 WE'VE HAD THE PANDEMIC AND WE'VE HAD THE DISRUPTION IN THE
09:41:38 WAY THE CITY DOES BUSINESS AND THE FACT THAT THEIR TERMS
09:41:41 EXPIRED IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR, WOULD IT BE YOUR INTENTION
09:41:45 TO HAVE THEIR APPOINTMENT NOW BE FOR A FULL TWO-YEAR TERM
09:41:49 EFFECTIVE TODAY OR DID YOU WANT IT TO BE RETROACTIVE TO LAST
09:41:55 AUGUST?
09:41:56 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NOTHING HAPPENED SINCE LAST --
09:41:57 CONSIDERING THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WERE BEYOND ANYONE'S
09:42:00 CONTROL, I THINK IT SHOULD START FROM TODAY -- WELL -- THE
09:42:08 WORLD STOPPED ESSENTIALLY FOR A PERIOD THERE.
09:42:11 JUST TO BE FAIR TO EVERYBODY.
09:42:12 >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF THAT'S COUNCIL'S INTENTION THAT WILL BE
09:42:15 FINE AND PART OF THE MOTION TO MAKE IT EFFECTIVE TODAY,
09:42:18 THEN.
09:42:19 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO MAKE SURE, MAYBE I MISSED WHAT
09:42:22 MS. WINKLER SAID.
09:42:23 I KNOW SHE'S NOT RELATED TO MY OLD COUSIN HENRY.
09:42:26 I'M SMILING.
09:42:29 SHE KNOWS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
09:42:31 >> I WISH.
09:42:33 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WHAT I'M ASKING, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE
09:42:35 MOTION, BUT I NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION SO I CAN
09:42:40 DIGEST IT.
09:42:41 ARE WE SAYING FROM AUGUST 20, 2020 TO NOW THERE HAS NOT BEEN
09:42:46 A MEETING OF THAT BOARD?
09:42:49 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. MIRANDA, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
09:42:51 I HAD A CALL INTO MR. HART YESTERDAY.
09:42:53 UNFORTUNATELY, I WASN'T ABLE TO CONNECT WITH HIM.
09:42:56 I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
09:42:57 IF YOU WANT TO --
09:42:58 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WELL, THEN, I CAN'T MAKE A JUDGMENT ON
09:43:01 WHAT TIME IT SHOULD START.
09:43:02 IF IT'S FROM 2020 AND ONE MEETING BETWEEN 2020 AND NOW, THEN
09:43:06 I THINK WE'RE IN VIOLATION OF OUR OWN MOTION BECAUSE THEY
09:43:11 HAVE BEEN MEETING VIRTUALLY OR IN PERSON.
09:43:14 I DON'T KNOW WHICH.
09:43:15 I'VE GOT TO HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION AS FAR AS MY VOTE IS
09:43:19 CONCERNED.
09:43:19 HAVE THEY MET ANYTIME AFTER AUGUST 20, 2020 TO FIND OUT, IF
09:43:23 SO DESERVING, I'M NOT AGAINST IT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE
09:43:26 I'M WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE LAW.
09:43:29 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. MIRANDA HAS AN EXCELLENT POINT.
09:43:31 I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO CONNECT WITH THE
09:43:34 DEPARTMENT AND TO DEFER THIS UNTIL LATER UNTIL WE HAVE MORE
09:43:37 INFORMATION.
09:43:38 I DON'T THINK IT WOULD JEOPARDIZE EITHER ONE OF THE
09:43:40 POSITIONS.
09:43:41 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. HEART IS ON THE LINE.
09:43:43 WE CAN ASK HIM NOW FOR CLARIFICATION.
09:43:45 MR. HART, IF YOU'RE ON THE LINE, HAVE THERE BEEN ANY
09:43:48 MEETINGS SINCE AUGUST OF LAST YEAR UNTIL NOW, VIRTUALLY, IN
09:43:52 PERSON, ANYTHING?
09:43:54 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:43:55 GREGORY HART, EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM.
09:43:59 YES, THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW MEETINGS.
09:44:02 AS HAS BEEN STATED, WHEN THE PANDEMIC WENT INTO THE
09:44:09 STAGNATION OF MOST EVERYTHING, EARLY ON, THERE WERE NO
09:44:12 MEETINGS.
09:44:12 YES, SINCE WE'VE HAD -- OH, GOSH -- PROBABLY FOUR, FIVE, SIX
09:44:18 MEETINGS, IF NOT MORE.
09:44:21 SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD THINK -- I DON'T HAVE THE
09:44:27 RECORD IN FRONT OF ME, BUT WE'VE BEEN MEETING FOR THREE OR
09:44:31 FOUR MONTHS OF LATE.
09:44:35 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
09:44:36 IF THAT'S THE CASE, MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST START IT FROM WHEN
09:44:40 THE TERM EXPIRED.
09:44:41 MR. MIRANDA.
09:44:42 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I JUST -- AND I DON'T WANT MS. WINKLER OR
09:44:45 ANYONE ELSE ON THE BOARD TO BE THAT WE'RE -- HOWEVER, SINCE
09:44:51 WE DON'T REALLY KNOW ALL THE FACTS AND AT THIS POINT, EVEN
09:44:53 THE ADVISOR SPOKE THAT IT WAS FOUR, FIVE MEETINGS, SIX
09:44:56 MEETINGS, WE WANT TO KNOW IF THERE'S ANY BREAK OF SERVICE.
09:44:59 SO I THINK WE OUGHT TO HOLD THIS A WEEK OR SO, WHATEVER TIME
09:45:02 IT IS SO WE CAN COME BACK AND HAVE THE FACTS WHEN THEY
09:45:05 STOPPED MEETING SO WE CAN INCLUDE THAT IN THE SECOND-YEAR
09:45:09 TERM.
09:45:09 I WANT TO BE AS FAIR AS I CAN TO EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD.
09:45:12 THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING AND I'M SURE THIS COUNCIL WOULD WANT
09:45:14 TO DO THE SAME THING.
09:45:15 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEM 4 TO MAY 6 WHICH
09:45:18 IS OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING.
09:45:20 WE'LL PUT IT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE AGENDA JUST LIKE THIS
09:45:23 UNDER CEREMONIAL ACTIVITIES.
09:45:24 IN THE MEANTIME, WE'LL GET AS MUCH CLARIFICATION AS WE CAN.
09:45:27 COUNCILMAN GUDES WITH THE MOTION.
09:45:30 DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
09:45:32 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
09:45:32 ALL IN FAVOR?
09:45:33 AYE.
09:45:34 WE'LL COME BACK MAY 6th, MA'AM, MS. WINKLER, SO WE CAN GET
09:45:38 CLARIFICATION ON HOW MANY MEETINGS AND THE TERM LIMIT AND
09:45:42 ALL THAT.
09:45:44 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:45:46 >> THANK YOU.
09:45:47 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:45:48 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I WANT MS. WINKLER TO KNOW WE APPRECIATE
09:45:52 HER SERVICE.
09:45:52 WE APPRECIATE ALL HER EFFORTS AND, CLEARLY, THIS IS JUST A
09:45:56 PROCEDURAL CONTINUANCE.
09:45:59 >>MARTIN SHELBY: AND MR. CHAIRMAN, I WANT TO THANK MR.
09:46:01 MIRANDA FOR CLARIFYING THAT ISSUE, RAISING THE ISSUE, AND
09:46:03 ALLOWING US TO CLARIFY IT.
09:46:05 THANK YOU, SIR.
09:46:05 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM 5, SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES, GO AHEAD.
09:46:08 WE HAVE ONE MORE.
09:46:09 >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES, CITY CLERK.
09:46:12 YES, COUNCIL, WE HAVE ONE LAST ONE FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL
09:46:16 REVIEW COMMISSION.
09:46:19 SUSAN KLAUSSMITH WANTS TO BE REAPPOINTED.
09:46:23 SHE COULDN'T MAKE IT TODAY, BUT REQUESTS REAPPOINTMENT.
09:46:28 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
09:46:30 COUNCILMAN GUDES?
09:46:30 NO.
09:46:31 ANY QUESTIONS?
09:46:31 CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT REAPPOINTMENT.
09:46:35 MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:46:36 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
09:46:38 ALL IN FAVOR?
09:46:39 AYE.
09:46:39 ANY OPPOSED?
09:46:40 ALL RIGHT.
09:46:42 THAT SETTLES THAT.
09:46:44 >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THANK YOU.
09:46:45 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM, THANK YOU.
09:46:46 WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
09:46:48 WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE IN-PERSON SPEAKERS ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
09:46:50 THEN WE'LL GO TO THE VIRTUAL.
09:46:52 THE VIRTUAL WE HAVE 12 REGISTERED SPEAKERS.
09:46:54 WE WILL START WITH IN-PERSON ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
09:46:58 AFTER EACH PERSON, WE'LL SANITIZE THE LECTERN AND KEEP IT
09:47:02 GOING FROM THERE.
09:47:02 GO AHEAD.
09:47:12 FIRST SPEAKER.
09:47:17 >> HELLO.
09:47:18 MY NAME IS CLAYTON LONG.
09:47:20 I'M A LIFELONG TAMPA RESIDENT.
09:47:22 I OWN A HOME WITH MY WIFE IN THE NORTH YBOR EAST TAMPA AREA.
09:47:26 I'M HERE TO DISCUSS PERMITTING AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES.
09:47:29 I HAVE A PREPARED STATEMENT TO READ.
09:47:30 REAL ESTATE INVESTOR HAS PURCHASED AT LEAST TWO PROPERTIES
09:47:33 IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
09:47:34 ONE OF THESE PROPERTIES IS NEXT DOOR TO ME AND IT HASN'T ONE
09:47:38 BUT TWO STOP WORK ORDERS ATTACHED TO IT.
09:47:40 AFTER THE FIRST STOP WORK ORDER, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY
09:47:42 SUBMITTED AN OWNER/BUILDER PERMIT APPLICATION WHERE THE
09:47:45 SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDED RECONFIGURATION OF THE INTERIOR
09:47:48 SPACE, ELECTRICAL WORK, AND WINDOW REPLACEMENTS.
09:47:50 THE PLANS THAT HE INCLUDED HAVE NO ELECTRICAL DIAGRAMS, NO
09:47:54 WINDOW INSTALLATION SPECS.
09:47:56 THEY ARE NOT TO SCALE, NOT SIGNED, NOT SEALED, NOT DRAFTED
09:47:59 BY A PROFESSIONAL.
09:48:00 THOSE PLANS, WHICH I HAVE WITH ME HERE TODAY, WERE RECENTLY
09:48:03 APPROVED BY THE CITY OF TAMPA'S CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR A
09:48:06 LEVEL ONE ALTERATION PERMIT.
09:48:09 THREE YEARS AGO, I APPLIED FOR A PERMIT FROM THE CITY OF
09:48:12 TAMPA TO CONVERT MY REAR LAUNDRY AREA INTO A SECOND
09:48:16 BATHROOM.
09:48:16 I HIRED AN ARCHITECT.
09:48:17 PLANS PRINTED TO SPEC, SIGNED AND SEALED WITH TWO SCALE
09:48:20 DRAWINGS, ELECTRICAL DIAGRAMS, THE WORKS.
09:48:22 THE CITY SENT MY PERMIT APPLICATION BACK TO ME FOR TWO
09:48:26 MONTHS.
09:48:26 THEY EVEN MADE ME GET THE PLANS REDRAFTED.
09:48:28 THE CITY ALSO UPGRADED IT TO A LEVEL TWO ALTERATION BECAUSE
09:48:32 I WAS CHANGING OUT A WINDOW AND HAD A WALL ADDITION.
09:48:36 ADDITIONALLY, THE CITY MODIFIED MY PERMIT REQUEST TO ADD ALL
09:48:39 OF THE WINDOWS IN MY HOUSE TO THAT PERMIT REQUEST BECAUSE
09:48:41 THE PREVIOUS OWNER, ALSO A BELOW BOARD FLIPPER, NEVER
09:48:45 PERMITTED THOSE WINDOWS PRIOR TO SELLING IT TO ME.
09:48:48 REWORKING THE PLANS, HIRING ARCHITECT, WIDENING THE SCOPE OF
09:48:52 WORK, UPGRADING THE PERMIT TO LEVEL 2 ALTERATION COST ME
09:48:55 THOUSANDS EXTRA.
09:48:56 AT THE TIME, I WAS FURIOUS BUT I RATIONALIZED IT AS THIS IS
09:48:59 WHAT HAPPENS TO EVERYONE.
09:49:00 EVERYONE APPLYING FOR A PERMIT WOULD HAVE TO HIRE A
09:49:03 ARCHITECT, CITE PROPER BUILDING AND ELECTRICAL CODES HAVE
09:49:07 PLANS SIGNED AND SEALED, ANYONE CHANGING WALLS OR WINDOWS
09:49:09 WOULD REQUIRE A LEVEL TWO ALTERATION PERMIT.
09:49:12 YET, NEXT DOOR TO ME, I CAN PLAINLY SEE THOSE RULES DON'T
09:49:15 APPLY EQUAL TO EVERYONE.
09:49:17 THE INVESTOR NEXT DOOR DOESN'T NEED DETAILED PLANS THAT
09:49:19 COVER THE FULL SCOPE OF HIS WORK.
09:49:21 HE CAN CHANGE WALLS AND WINDOWS WITH A LEVEL ONE ALTERATION
09:49:25 PERMIT.
09:49:26 HE CAN SCRIBBLE ON THE BACK OF CARDBOARD, CALL THEM PLANS
09:49:29 AND GETS A PASS.
09:49:30 WHY IS HE SPECIAL AND MY NEIGHBORS AND I ARE NOT?
09:49:33 WHY ARE THE RULES DIFFERENT FOR US THAN THEY ARE FOR HIM?
09:49:36 WHY DOES HE GET A FREE PASS TO DO HARM TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
09:49:39 AND TO WHOEVER THE NEXT OWNER WILL BE?
09:49:42 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
09:49:43 WE'LL SANITIZE THE LECTERN AND TAKE UP THE NEXT SPEAKER.
09:49:54 YES, SIR, GO AHEAD.
09:50:14 >> MENTESNOT, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
09:50:19 I WENT TO THE BAR THE OTHER NIGHT.
09:50:21 MET A NICE YOUNG LADY.
09:50:24 PAID MY $40, AND WE WENT BACK TO THE HOTEL ROOM.
09:50:29 WHEN WE GOT BACK TO THE HOTEL ROOM, I FOUND OUT THE NICE
09:50:33 YOUNG LADY WAS ACTUALLY A MAN.
09:50:38 KIND OF SURPRISED ME, BUT I ALREADY PAID MY $40, SO I HAD TO
09:50:43 GO THROUGH WITH THE ACT.
09:50:45 I JUST GOT STUCK BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO REVERSE THE
09:50:49 PROCESS OF LOSING THOSE $40.
09:50:51 THAT'S WHAT THIS CITY OF TAMPA WANT US AFRICAN PEOPLE TO BE
09:50:57 STUCK WITH.
09:50:58 THEY WANT US TO BE STUCK WITH GETTING SEXUALLY MOLESTED,
09:51:04 SEXUALLY ABUSED.
09:51:07 IN THE ANUS, IN THE POSTERIOR.
09:51:12 ON A LIFELONG BASIS.
09:51:15 >>LUIS VIERA: POINT OF ORDER, MR. CHAIR.
09:51:17 POINT OF ORDER.
09:51:18 MR. SHELBY, ARE THERE ANY RULES TO THIS?
09:51:24 >>MARTIN SHELBY: I'LL READ YOU THE RULES, COUNCIL.
09:51:26 WITH REGARD TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
09:51:32 RULE 5.
09:51:34 IT STATES THE FOLLOWING:
09:51:41 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: INTO THE MICROPHONE, SIR.
09:51:42 >>MARTIN SHELBY: ALL PERSONS SHALL AT ALL TIMES CONDUCT
09:51:45 THEMSELVES IN ACCORDANCE WITH COUNCIL RULES.
09:51:47 PERSONS FAILING TO DO SO SHALL BE RULED OUT OF ORDER AND MAY
09:51:50 BE DIRECTED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR TO BE REMOVED
09:51:52 FROM THE COUNCIL CHAMBER.
09:51:53 SUCH PERSON SHALL NOT THEREAFTER BE READMITTED TO THE CITY
09:51:57 COUNCIL CHAMBER OR CITY HALL DURING THE REMAINDER OF THAT
09:52:00 DAY'S MEETING.
09:52:01 SPEAKERS SHALL REFRAIN FROM DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING
09:52:04 MAKING VULGAR OR THREATENING REMARKS.
09:52:07 SPEAKERS SHALL REFRAIN FROM LAUNCHING PERSONAL ATTACKS
09:52:09 AGAINST ANY CITY OFFICIAL, CITY STAFF MEMBER OR MEMBER OF
09:52:12 THE PUBLIC.
09:52:13 COMMENTS SHALL BE DIRECTED TO THE COUNCIL AS A BODY AND NOT
09:52:16 TO INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS.
09:52:20 NO ONE PRESENT DURING A CITY COUNCIL MEETING SHALL ENGAGE IN
09:52:24 DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR.
09:52:26 INCLUDING INTENTIONALLY MAKING OR CAUSING TO BE MADE ANY
09:52:29 DISRUPTIVE NOISE OR SOUND OR DISPLAYING SIGNS OR GRAPHICS IN
09:52:32 A MANNER DISRUPTIVE TO THE PROCEEDINGS.
09:52:35 THAT WOULD BE THE RELEVANT SECTIONS OF YOUR RULES OF
09:52:42 PROCEDURE.
09:52:42 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:52:44 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, DISRUPTIVE, VULGAR.
09:52:47 MR. CHAIR, I WANT TO MAKE MY OBJECTIONS.
09:52:49 THAT'S ALL.
09:52:49 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:52:53 >> AM I CONTINUING?
09:52:53 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, SIR.
09:52:55 >> YEAH, THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
09:52:56 YOU ALL DON'T LIKE BLACK PEOPLE SPEAKING.
09:52:58 THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
09:52:59 WHEN BLACK PEOPLE COME TO SPEAK, YOU TREAT US -- YOU ALL NOT
09:53:03 INDIFFERENT TO REGULAR WHITE PEOPLE.
09:53:05 IT'S NO DIFFERENT FROM HOW WE ARE TREATED INTERNATIONALLY.
09:53:08 IT'S NO DIFFERENCE FROM HOW WE'RE TREATED NATIONALLY, AND
09:53:11 IT'S NO DIFFERENCE TO HOW WE'RE TREATED LOCALLY.
09:53:14 YOU ALL DON'T LIKE BLACK PEOPLE TO EXPRESS OURSELVES.
09:53:18 YOU DON'T LIKE US TO HAVE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND YOU WANT
09:53:20 US TO STAY SCARED.
09:53:23 YOU WANT TO CHOKE US OUT LIKE YOU CHOKED OUT GEORGE FLOYD.
09:53:26 SHOOT US LIKE YOU SHOT THE YOUNG MAN THE OTHER DAY.
09:53:29 YOU UNDERSTAND?
09:53:31 YOU WANT TO KILL US LIKE YOU KILLED A YOUNG MAN IN THE
09:53:32 HOSPITAL AND YOU WANT TO GET AWAY WITH IT AND YOU DON'T WANT
09:53:35 AFRICAN PEOPLE TO SPEAK ON IT.
09:53:37 YOU WANT TO BE SCARED.
09:53:38 YOU WANT TO PUT ROUNDABOUTS IN OUR COMMUNITIES, AND WE DON'T
09:53:41 HAVE NO PLACE TO LIVE.
09:53:43 YOU ALL WANT US TO KEEP OUR MOUTHS SHUT.
09:53:46 MAN, AIN'T NOBODY SCARED ABOUT YOU.
09:53:48 AIN'T NOBODY SCARED ABOUT YOUR RULES.
09:53:50 AFRICAN PEOPLE, WE HAVE MOVED BEYOND THAT.
09:53:52 PEOPLE COME DOWN HERE TO SPEAK, YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT
09:53:55 THEY WEAR, HOW THEY DRESS, WHAT THEY LOOK, BUT YOU'RE NOT
09:53:57 WORRIED ABOUT HOW WE'RE BEING TREATED.
09:53:59 AIN'T NOBODY SCARE OF YOU.
09:54:00 YOU THE COWARD.
09:54:01 I'M NOT THE COWARD.
09:54:02 AIN'T NOBODY SCARED OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
09:54:05 THIS CITY COUNCIL THE COWARD.
09:54:06 THE MAYOR RUN THIS CITY.
09:54:09 THE MAYOR TELL YOU ALL WHAT TO DO.
09:54:11 THE MAYOR GIVE YOU ALL A BILLION-DOLLAR BUDGET AND YOU
09:54:14 APPROVE IT IN SECONDS IF YOU ALL AIN'T EVEN SEEN IT.
09:54:17 NOTHING IN IT FOR BLACK PEOPLE.
09:54:18 26% OF THE POPULATION.
09:54:20 AIN'T NOTHING IN IT FOR US.
09:54:21 AND WE COME DOWN HERE AND YOU-ALL GOT MORE COPS DOWN HERE
09:54:26 WASTING TIME.
09:54:27 YOUR SALARY, YOU CAN'T GET TO WORK ON TIME AND YOU WANT TO
09:54:29 TREAT THE PEOPLE A CERTAIN KIND OF WAY AND SOMEBODY IS
09:54:31 SUPPOSED TO BE AFRAID OF THAT.
09:54:33 MAN, AIN'T NOBODY AFRAID OF YOU.
09:54:35 I AIN'T NEVER BEEN AFRAID.
09:54:36 YOU AFRAID OF LIFE.
09:54:38 YOU AFRAID OF LIVING.
09:54:39 YOU THE COWARD.
09:54:40 I'M NOT A COWARD.
09:54:41 THE CITY COUNCIL THE COWARD.
09:54:43 THE MAYOR RUN THE CITY.
09:54:46 THE MAYOR RUN THE CITY.
09:54:47 THE MAYOR BEFORE THAT, MAYOR RUN THE CITY.
09:54:50 YOU CAN TELL YOU-ALL AIN'T GOT NO POWER.
09:54:53 YOU ALL AIN'T GOT NOTHING.
09:54:55 THEY NEED TO CALL YOU ALL BUDGET APPROVERS.
09:54:58 THAT'S ALL YOU ARE ALL.
09:54:59 NONE MORE, NONE LESS.
09:55:01 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:55:02 WE'LL SANITIZE THE LECTERN AND HAVE THE NEXT SPEAKER.
09:55:05 YES, MA'AM, GO AHEAD.
09:55:25 >> YES, GOOD MORNING.
09:55:25 I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO GIVE CONGRATULATIONS TO MRS. PHYLLIS
09:55:35 GOODMAN BECAUSE SHE JUST DIDN'T TALK ABOUT HER SITUATION.
09:55:41 SHE BROADENED THE LANDSCAPE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT AFRICAN
09:55:46 PEOPLE ARE CONFRONTED WITH ON A DAILY BASIS AND THE FEAR
09:55:50 THAT EXISTS.
09:55:50 WALKING, LIVING, BIKING.
09:55:53 SO I APPRECIATE THAT BUT WHAT BRINGS ME HERE THIS MORNING IS
09:55:57 WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
09:56:02 RESPECT FOR THE RULES, I'M GOING TO KEEP ON COMING, AND I'M
09:56:07 GOING TO KEEP ON ADVOCATING FOR EAST TAMPA AND THE AFRICAN
09:56:13 COMMUNITY.
09:56:13 I'M GOING TO KEEP ON COMING AND I'M GOING TO KEEP ON
09:56:16 ADVOCATING FOR JOBS, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR BETTER HOUSING
09:56:22 FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS, WORKERS THAT DESERVE TO HAVE THE
09:56:27 OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD.
09:56:28 BUT WHAT I FIND TO BE COMPLETELY DISGUSTING IS THE FACT THAT
09:56:33 WE DO HAVE A PROCESS IN EAST TAMPA CALLED THE CRA THAT IS
09:56:38 BEING SO DISRESPECTED BECAUSE THE PROCESS IS BEING
09:56:42 MANIPULATED BY THOSE WHO WANT TO HAVE THEIR FINAL SAY ON
09:56:47 THINGS WE'RE DOING.
09:56:49 ON THE UPCOMING APRIL THE 12th THAT HAS NOT BEEN BROUGHT
09:56:53 TO THE AESTHETIC AND BEAUTIFICATION PROCESS HAS NOT EVEN
09:56:58 BEEN DISCUSSED IN THE BOARD.
09:57:00 THERE'S GOING TO BE A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE THAT HAS BEEN
09:57:04 PUT OUT BY THE CITY FOR AN ART PROJECT FOR ROUNDABOUTS ON
09:57:09 34th.
09:57:10 THIS BOARD HAS ONLY BEEN ASSEMBLED SIX MONTHS, YET, STILL,
09:57:16 THE THINGS THAT THE BOARD HAS TALKED ABOUT THAT HAS WANTED
09:57:19 TO MOVE FORWARD IN TERMS OF A QUALITY-OF-LIFE ISSUE FOR THE
09:57:22 COMMUNITY HAS BEEN STALLED.
09:57:24 BUT THE SHINY, PRETTY THINGS THAT THE CITY WANTS IS MOVING
09:57:29 FORWARD, AND I'M QUITE SURE IN YOUR MAY CRA MEETING YOU'RE
09:57:35 GOING TO BE VOTING FOR UP TO $300,000 TO BE SPENT ON AN ART
09:57:40 PROJECT ROUNDABOUT.
09:57:42 I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT AS A CITIZEN, THAT IF YOU HAVE NO
09:57:46 RESPECT FOR THE PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH A SUBCOMMITTEE,
09:57:50 THEN FOLLOWED BY LISTENING TO THE BOARD'S RECOMMENDATION,
09:57:54 AND THEN YOU MAKE THE APPROVAL BECAUSE THE AESTHETIC AND
09:57:59 BEAUTIFICATION BOARD DO NOT MEET UNTIL APRIL THE 22nd.
09:58:07 THIS HAS BEEN FAST-FORWARD.
09:58:09 IF YOU CONSTANTLY REFUSE TO LISTEN TO THAT BOARD THAT HAS
09:58:13 BEEN ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE, AS A CITIZEN, THEN I HAVE NO
09:58:16 OTHER RECOURSE THEN TO TAKE MY COMPLAINTS NOT TO YOU ANYMORE
09:58:22 BUT THEN TO ANOTHER BODY OF INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE FORMED
09:58:25 CRAs AND MAYBE THEY HAVE SOME RESPECT FOR THE RULE OF
09:58:31 DEMOCRACY.
09:58:32 IT IS INSULTING TO SEE HOW WE DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS IN A
09:58:38 COMMUNITY, BUT UP TO $300,000 COULD BE SPENT FOR OUR
09:58:45 PROJECT.
09:58:45 YOU CAN PARADE ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
09:58:47 YOU CAN PARADE ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT'S GOING TO SPEAK AFTER
09:58:49 ME, BUT IN EAST TAMPA, THERE'S OVER 40,000 RESIDENTS THAT
09:58:55 ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE SAME ISSUES PRETTY MUCH THAT
09:58:59 MS. PHYLLIS LAID OUT OF THE COMPLETE UNCERTAINTY OF LIFE
09:59:04 LIVING AS BLACK.
09:59:05 AND IF YOU, BOARD MEMBERS, WHICH ARE ALL DEMOCRATS, THAT ARE
09:59:10 ALWAYS DEPENDENT ON THAT POPULATION TO LISTEN TO YOU WHEN
09:59:15 YOU'RE CAMPAIGNING, SURELY YOU CAN LISTEN AND RESPECT THE
09:59:20 BOARD THAT HAS BEEN VOTED BY THAT COMMUNITY, MAYBE NOT ALL
09:59:26 LIGHT, BUT IT IS A PROCESS THAT SHOULD BE FOLLOWED.
09:59:28 SO THIS MEETING THAT HAS BEEN POSTED BY THE CITY TO HAPPEN
09:59:34 ON THE 21st, I WOULD HOPE THAT THIS BOARD HAS ENOUGH
09:59:38 COURAGE TO SAY THAT THE PROCESS HAS NOT BEEN FOLLOWED.
09:59:42 THANK YOU.
09:59:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:59:44 WE'LL SANITIZE THE LECTERN AND BRING UP THE NEXT SPEAKER, IF
09:59:47 THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
09:59:49 ALL RIGHT.
10:00:06 GO AHEAD, SIR.
10:00:07 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:00:10 DERRILL McATEER.
10:00:11 PHILLIPS DUNBAR LLP, 100 SOUTH ASHLEY DRIVE, SUITE 2000,
10:00:16 HERE IN TAMPA.
10:00:17 THIS IS AS TO ITEM 58.
10:00:19 I AM HERE TO SPEAK TO OBJECT TO BOTH THE INTERIM CONTROL
10:00:26 ORDINANCE AND THE COMP PLAN AMENDMENT THAT UNDERLIES, AS
10:00:30 OVERBROAD, UNDULY BURDENSOME AS DRAFTED AND AS THEY WOULD
10:00:35 EVENTUALLY BE APPLIED.
10:00:36 COMP PLAN AMENDMENTS ARE LEGISLATIVE IN NATURE.
10:00:40 IF THE COUNCIL MOVES FORWARD WITH THESE PROPOSALS, IT WILL
10:00:43 BE DISALLOWING THE APPLICATION OF EXISTING LAW WHILE
10:00:47 EXERCISING THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS OVER A LONG PERIOD OF
10:00:51 TIME.
10:00:52 THIS IS A MORATORIUM BY ANOTHER NAME.
10:00:55 I KNOW WE RESHAPED IT, REWRITTEN IT AND RELABELED IT BUT
10:00:59 THAT IS WHAT IT IS.
10:01:00 NOT ONLY AN ATTACK ON PROPERTY RIGHTS BUT A TAKING ON THOSE
10:01:03 RIGHTS.
10:01:04 LANDOWNER RIGHTS UNDER THE EXISTING CODE WILL LITERALLY
10:01:07 CEASE TO EXIST FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, MAYBE FOREVER.
10:01:11 MOREOVER, THE STORING COST OF SINGLE-FAMILY COST IN TAMPA
10:01:15 MAKE HIGH DENSITY MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT A NECESSITY.
10:01:18 OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS, TAMPA HAS ADOPTED A POLICY OF
10:01:21 INTENSE URBAN GROWTH.
10:01:23 A LOT OF THE RESULTS OF THAT POLICY HAVE BEEN SPECTACULAR.
10:01:26 WE HAVE A MUCH BETTER CITY NOW THAN WE DID 15, 20 YEARS AGO.
10:01:30 I'VE SEEN IT.
10:01:31 BUT WITH THAT GROWTH COMES AN INCREASED COST OF LIVING.
10:01:34 THAT'S NATURAL.
10:01:35 AND NOT EVERYONE WHO CAN LIVE IN THE CITY CAN AFFORD A
10:01:40 SINGLE-FAMILY HOME ANYMORE.
10:01:42 YOU NEED THE APARTMENTS.
10:01:44 YOU NEED THE DENSITY.
10:01:45 IT'S PART OF MOVING FROM A TOWN TO A LARGE AMERICAN CITY.
10:01:50 MULTIFAMILY HOUSING IS NECESSARY TO MITIGATE THAT COST.
10:01:55 THESE PROPOSALS REPRESENT A TERRIBLE PRECEDENT THAT FUTURE
10:01:59 CITY COUNCILS MAY FOLLOW.
10:02:02 PLEASE DON'T GO DOWN THIS PATH.
10:02:04 PLEASE VOTE AGAINST THE INTERIM DEVELOPMENT CONTROL
10:02:08 ORDINANCE AND THE COMP PLAN AMENDMENT.
10:02:10 THANK YOU.
10:02:10 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:02:11 I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES OUR IN-PERSON PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
10:02:17 WE HAVE 12 INDIVIDUALS REGISTERED FOR VIRTUAL PUBLIC
10:02:21 COMMENT.
10:02:23 >> WE DO HAVE ONE MORE PUBLIC SPEAKER.
10:02:25 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU DO.
10:02:26 OKAY.
10:02:27 I'M SORRY.
10:02:28 GO AHEAD.
10:02:28 YES, MA'AM.
10:02:38 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:02:39 MY NAME IS ROSANNA DANIEL.
10:02:42 A LOT OF TIMES I WATCH BEHIND THE SCENES AND WATCH EVERYONE
10:02:53 SPEAK AND BRING THEIR AGENDAS TO THE FRONT PANEL.
10:03:04 SO DISHEARTENING, DISSATISFIED WITH A LOT OF IT.
10:03:12 I HEAR ISSUES THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SPEAKING ON FOR DECADES,
10:03:19 FOR A LONG TIME, AND I DON'T SEE ANY CHANGE.
10:03:27 WE TALK ABOUT CHANGE IN EAST TAMPA, NO, THERE HAS NOT BEEN A
10:03:30 CHANGE, NO.
10:03:31 AND I HEAR THEM SAY A CHANGE IS GOING TO COME.
10:03:40 BUT EVERYBODY IS IN THEIR HIGH PLACES.
10:03:44 ALL OF YOU WHO ARE MAKING DECISIONS.
10:03:48 YOU KNOW WHAT?
10:03:49 TODAY IS A NEW DAY.
10:03:53 AND I WANT TO MENTION THE NAME SANDRA BLAND.
10:04:09 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM, GO AHEAD.
10:04:13 >> YES.
10:04:13 THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
10:04:16 IT JUST GETS QUIET.
10:04:20 THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON.
10:04:24 NOT ONLY IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, BUT ALL AROUND.
10:04:27 AND YOU SAY GO AHEAD.
10:04:32 BUT HOW CAN WE MOVE AHEAD IF THE ONES THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO
10:04:35 BE IN CHARGE ARE SITTING BACK AND MAKING DECISIONS AND
10:04:40 MAKING VOTES THAT IS NOT REALLY ON THE FRONT LINE, THE BEST
10:04:48 INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OR THE CITY AND DEFINITELY BORN AND
10:04:55 RAISED HERE, NOT FOR EAST TAMPA.
10:05:01 NO GROWTH.
10:05:02 ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY THE NAME AGAIN.
10:05:07 I'LL SAY HER NAME.
10:05:10 SANDRA BLAND.
10:05:12 THE BLOOD IS ON YOUR HANDS.
10:05:20 REPENT FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS AT HAND AND THE WORD IS
10:05:29 SAYING IT'S A DANGEROUS THING TO FALL IN THE HANDS OF AN
10:05:34 ANGRY GOD.
10:05:35 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:05:37 ALL RIGHT.
10:05:43 I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES OUR IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:05:46 WE GO TO THE REGISTERED SPEAKERS.
10:05:48 AGAIN, WE HAVE 12 REGISTERED SPEAKERS.
10:05:51 MADAM CLERK, IF YOU'D LIKE TO BEGIN.
10:05:53 WE'LL START, I HAVE DAVID MECHANIK AS THE FIRST SPEAKER,
10:05:56 WHOMEVER YOU HAVE, AND THEN WE'LL GO DOWN THE LIST.
10:05:59 >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR.
10:06:00 DAVID, IF YOU'RE ON THE LINE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
10:06:03 YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
10:06:06 >> YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
10:06:09 MY NAME IS DAVID MECHANIK.
10:06:12 I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MICROVENTURES THAT OWNS A SIGNIFICANT
10:06:20 AMOUNT OF REAL ESTATE ON RATTLESNAKE POINT.
10:06:24 I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO SAY, I'M GOING TO BE BRIEF.
10:06:34 IT IS THE CORRECT THING FOR COUNCIL TO PURSUE A PLAN
10:06:41 AMENDMENT.
10:06:42 THAT PROCESS INVOLVES A NUMBER OF PUBLIC HEARINGS AND
10:06:47 OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE AND TO EXPRESS
10:06:51 THEIR VIEWS.
10:06:52 THAT IS THE RIGHT WAY TO GO ABOUT CHANGING THE COMPREHENSIVE
10:06:57 PLAN.
10:06:58 MY CONCERN, HOWEVER, LIES WITH THE INTERIM DEVELOPMENT --
10:07:05 ORDINANCE AS PRIOR SPEAKER MENTIONED, IS A MORATORIUM WITH A
10:07:13 DIFFERENT LABEL ON IT.
10:07:14 AND I WOULD FIRST LIKE COUNCIL TO REALIZE THAT CATE WELLS IN
10:07:21 HER MEMORANDUM TO COUNCIL INDICATED THAT THE FOURTH DISTRICT
10:07:24 COURT OF APPEAL DETERMINED THAT THE PENDING ORDINANCE
10:07:29 DOCTRINE, WHAT YOU'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO, DOES NOT APPLY OR
10:07:35 THE CITY IS NOT ALLOWED TO USE THAT DOCTRINE FOR PLAN
10:07:42 AMENDMENT.
10:07:43 NOW, THAT DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL IS NOT BINDING ON THE
10:07:50 COURT OF APPEALS FOR TAMPA, BUT IT NEVERTHELESS -- RAISES A
10:07:57 SERIOUS QUESTION -- OF THIS MORATORIUM.
10:08:00 I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT AND MAKE
10:08:06 SURE COUNCIL REALIZES, THE PROPOSAL WAS CHANGED TO INVOLVE
10:08:14 -- THE CMU AND UMU CATEGORIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHO ARE
10:08:19 NOW IMPACTING HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF PROPERTY OWNERS
10:08:25 THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
10:08:26 I'M SURE MANY OF WHOM ARE NOT EVEN AWARE OF THIS INITIATIVE
10:08:32 THAT THE STATE GAVE.
10:08:34 I WOULD JUST RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT COUNCIL PROCEED WITH
10:08:40 THE PLAN AMENDMENT BUT NOT PROCEED WITH THE INTERIM
10:08:43 DEVELOPMENT CONTROL ORDINANCE.
10:08:45 THANK YOU.
10:08:46 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:08:47 NEXT WE HAVE DAN WOODWARD.
10:08:51 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:08:54 DAN, IF YOU'RE ON THE LINE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU
10:08:56 HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
10:08:58 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL, GOOD MORNING, CHAIR.
10:09:00 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING.
10:09:01 MY NAME IS DAN WOODWARD WITH HIGH-WOODS PROPERTY, 3111 WEST
10:09:05 DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BOULEVARD, TAMPA, 33607.
10:09:09 I AM SPEAKING TODAY IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM 58 AND THE
10:09:16 MORATORIUM AND YOUR DESIRE TO ACCELERATE THE COMP PLAN
10:09:23 AMENDMENT PROCESS.
10:09:25 I STARTED MY CAREER IN 1985.
10:09:29 DURING THAT TIME, WATCHED IT MATURE FROM A SUBURBAN OFFICE
10:09:33 MARKET WITH SOME SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO A TRUE MIXED
10:09:36 USE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING OFFICE, RETAIL, HOTEL,
10:09:40 SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING AND MULTIFAMILY HOUSING.
10:09:42 THE EXISTING CITY OF TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DIRECTS GROWTH
10:09:47 TO WESTSHORE, CENTRAL TAMPA, AND THE UNIVERSITY AREA.
10:09:51 THESE ARE THE AREAS OUR COMMUNITY TARGETED FOR GROWTH IN
10:09:55 ORDER TO ATTRACT AND SUPPORT A DIVERSE WORKFORCE AND
10:09:58 ENCOURAGE INCREASED TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS.
10:10:01 I ASK THAT WESTSHORE, CENTRAL TAMPA, AND THE UNIVERSITY AREA
10:10:05 BE EXCLUDED FROM THIS PROPOSED CHANGE TO THE COMPREHENSIVE
10:10:09 PLAN, AND I ALSO RESPECTFULLY WOULD LIKE TO VOICE MY
10:10:12 OBJECTION TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF JUNE 1.
10:10:16 I WOULD ASK THAT THE COMP PLAN AMENDMENT PROCESS BE ALLOWED
10:10:18 TO RUN ITS COURSE AS PRESCRIBED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
10:10:23 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
10:10:24 I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION.
10:10:27 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:10:28 NEXT WE HAVE GENE STEREO MYER.
10:10:30 JEAN STROHMEYER.
10:10:34 >> IF YOU ARE ON THE LINE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU
10:10:36 HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
10:10:38 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
10:10:41 >> YES, WE CAN, GO AHEAD, MA'AM.
10:10:44 >> WELL, BEFORE -- I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY -- I THOUGHT WE
10:10:50 WERE GOING TO SPEAK LATER ON, SINCE 58.
10:10:55 WE ASSUMED IT WAS LATER.
10:10:57 WASN'T QUITE PREPARED FOR EVERYTHING AT THIS TIME.
10:11:00 WITH THAT SAID, MY NAME IS JEAN STROHMEYER.
10:11:06 I HAD A COUPLE OF ITEMS I WAS GOING TO BRING UP.
10:11:08 ONE WAS ITEM 27 AND THE AGENDA ITEM IS REQUESTED -- IT'S
10:11:12 REGARDING THE MASK MANDATES AND REQUESTING FUNDS.
10:11:17 TO ME, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
10:11:18 IT SAYS THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM WAS TO REDUCE THE
10:11:21 SPREAD OF COVID ON LARGE CONSTRUCTION SITES AND TO KEEP THIS
10:11:24 CRITICAL ENGINE MOVING FORWARD.
10:11:27 IT SAYS THE PROGRAM WAS SUCCESSFUL IN THAT THERE WAS MINIMAL
10:11:30 SPREAD OF THE VIRUS AT THE SITE.
10:11:32 HOW DO WE KNOW THERE WAS MINIMAL SPREAD?
10:11:34 WE DON'T HAVE A WAY TO MEASURE SOMETHING THAT DID NOT
10:11:37 HAPPEN.
10:11:37 THE PROGRAM IT SAID ON THE AGENDA WAS FUNDED BY VOLUNTARY
10:11:41 AGREEMENT BY THE DEVELOPERS.
10:11:43 IF THE PROGRAM WAS FUNDED BY VOLUNTARY AGREEMENT BY THE
10:11:47 DEVELOPERS AND THEY REIMBURSED THE CITY FOR THE COSTS, THEN
10:11:50 WHY ARE WE DOUBLING THE COST FROM 75,000 -- ALMOST DOUBLING
10:11:54 -- TO $130,000.
10:11:55 I'M TRYING TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND THE EXTRA $55,500.
10:12:00 I DO NOT THINK THIS SHOULD BE INCREASED.
10:12:03 ON ITEM NUMBER 58, BESIDES -- WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
10:12:10 NON-MORATORIUM, MORATORIUM, BECAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY A
10:12:12 MORATORIUM.
10:12:13 IT'S MERELY TRYING TO LIMIT SOME DENSITY.
10:12:19 WE DID NOT BRING UP THE LAST TIME, AND WE MEANT TO, IS THAT
10:12:24 THIS SITE, ACCORDING TO THE TRANSCRIPTS OF 2008, THE
10:12:29 CHEMICAL PLANT, IT WAS BROUGHT UP THAT IT'S CONSIDERED BY
10:12:32 HOMELAND SECURITY, BY THE WAY, AS A TARGET OF A TERRORIST
10:12:35 ATTACK.
10:12:36 IF A TERRORIST WANTED TO ATTACK SOMETHING, IT'S GOING
10:12:39 STRAIGHT FOR THE CHEMICAL PLANT.
10:12:40 WE NEED TO ALSO KEEP THAT IN MIND UNDER THE CURRENT EXTREMES
10:12:46 OF THE OUTSIDE GOVERNMENTS AND OUR GOVERNMENT WITH MACDILL
10:12:49 AIR FORCE BASE RIGHT THERE.
10:12:51 PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND THAT A TERRORIST ATTACK ON THAT
10:12:54 CHEMICAL PLANT WILL BE DEVASTATING NOT JUST TO THE NEIGHBORS
10:12:57 THERE, BUT IT WOULD SPREAD SINCE IT WOULD BE MORE THAN A
10:13:00 GALLON OF SPILLED CHLORINE.
10:13:05 IT WOULD BE A LOT.
10:13:07 ALL IN ALL WE SUPPORT THE MORATORIUM AS WRITTEN OR THE
10:13:09 NON-MORATORIUM MORATORIUM AS WRITTEN.
10:13:11 IT'S BEEN CLARIFIED A LITTLE BIT TO US SINCE OUR LAST
10:13:14 MEETING.
10:13:14 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, YOU-ALL.
10:13:16 HAVE A GREAT DAY.
10:13:16 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BE
10:13:19 RELATING TO A DECISION THAT'S PENDING BEFORE COUNCIL AT A
10:13:22 QUASI-JUDICIAL MEETING, QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING, JUST PLEASE
10:13:26 BE MINDFUL TO ONLY RELY ON THE EVIDENCE DEDUCED AT THE
10:13:31 HEARING.
10:13:31 THANK YOU.
10:13:32 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:13:33 NEXT UP IS ANDREW MOORE.
10:13:37 >> CHAIR, ANDREW MOORE AND MARK BENTLEY DID REGISTER TO
10:13:41 SPEAK.
10:13:42 HOWEVER, THEY DID NOT PHONE IN TO PARTICIPATE IN TODAY'S
10:13:45 COUNCIL MEETING.
10:13:46 THE NEXT SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE TOM ENNIS.
10:13:50 TOM, IF YOU'RE ON THE LINE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF, AND YOU
10:13:52 HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
10:13:54 THANK YOU.
10:13:55 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:13:55 THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU.
10:13:58 I'M TOM ENNIS.
10:14:00 WITH MOSS AND ASSOCIATES.
10:14:01 5401 WEST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THE WESTSHORE AREA.
10:14:04 I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON ITEM 58.
10:14:08 WE DO NOT SUPPORT ELIMINATING THE USE OF THE FLOOR AREA
10:14:11 RATIO FOR SINGLE-FAMILY -- OR SINGLE-USE MULTIFAMILY
10:14:14 DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVE JUNE 1st.
10:14:17 WE FEEL THE ESTABLISHED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT PROCESS
10:14:20 IS THE APPROPRIATE WAY TO ADDRESS ANY CHANGES TO CITYWIDE
10:14:24 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
10:14:25 THIS ALLOWS A THOROUGH VETTING PROCESS BY THE PUBLIC.
10:14:29 WE BELIEVE THE CITY'S THREE MAJOR PLANNING DISTRICTS,
10:14:33 CENTRAL TAMPA, WESTSHORE, AND UNIVERSITY SHOULD BE EXEMPTED
10:14:37 FROM ANY CHANGES.
10:14:38 THE EXISTING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ENCOURAGES GROWTH TO BE
10:14:42 DIRECTED TO THESE AREAS.
10:14:43 THESE THREE AREAS ALLOW FOR THE EXISTING TRANSIT CORRIDORS
10:14:49 TO ACCOMMODATE THE GROWTH.
10:14:50 SO PLEASE CONSIDER THIS ORDINANCE CHANGE.
10:14:54 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
10:14:56 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:14:57 THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN BOWDEN, CORRECT?
10:15:02 >>THE CLERK: THE NEXT SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE STEPHANIE
10:15:04 POYNOR.
10:15:07 JOHN DID REGISTER TO PARTICIPATE, BUT HE DID NOT PHONE IN.
10:15:12 SO THE NEXT SPEAKER IS STEPHANIE POYNOR.
10:15:15 STEPHANIE, IF YOU'RE ON THE LINE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND
10:15:18 YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
10:15:20 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
10:15:21 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, WE CAN.
10:15:22 GO AHEAD.
10:15:22 >> OKAY, SWEET.
10:15:23 I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE CHANGE FOR NUMBER 58 IS FOR
10:15:27 THE F.A.R. ONLY FOR SINGLE USE.
10:15:30 NO MATTER WHETHER OR NOT ANYBODY LIKES IT, BOTTOM LINE IS, I
10:15:34 THINK EVERYONE CAN AGREE THAT MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENTS,
10:15:37 ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO LARGE APARTMENT COMPLEXES, CAN
10:15:41 ALWAYS BE A GOOD THING, TO HAVE A COFFEE SHOP, TO HAVE A
10:15:45 SMALL CORNER STORE AS PART OF A HUGE DEVELOPMENT OF, SAY,
10:15:49 500 APARTMENTS, 600 APARTMENTS, 300 APARTMENTS, IS NEVER
10:15:54 GOING TO BE A BAD THING.
10:15:55 SO THE DEVELOPERS WHO ARE HERE KIND OF BEING WHINY ABOUT
10:15:58 THIS TODAY BECAUSE IT'S A BIG SURPRISE TO THEM SINCE THIS
10:16:02 HAS BEEN ON THE AGENDA SINCE MARCH OF LAST YEAR SHOULD KIND
10:16:06 OF TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT.
10:16:08 THERE ARE WAYS AROUND THIS.
10:16:09 IT'S JUST STOPPING THE ONSLAUGHT OF APARTMENTS.
10:16:13 I'D LIKE TO ALSO LET'S GET REAL ABOUT IT.
10:16:18 WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST WEEK, WE HAVE PRESENTED TO THE CITY
10:16:20 COUNCIL IN THE LAST WEEK OVER AND OVER AGAIN HOW DEVELOPERS
10:16:23 GOT THEIR WAY IN 2016, AND WE WERE LEFT KICKED TO THE CURB
10:16:28 WITH NO WAY TO DEFEND OURSELVES.
10:16:30 NOW, THOSE OF US THAT STOP BUILDING SOG HAVE SAID, IF WE
10:16:36 SAID IT ONCE, WE SAID IT A HUNDRED TIMES.
10:16:39 WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR IS FOR SOUTH OF EUCLID, PERIOD.
10:16:41 WE ARE NOT EXPERTS ON ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY,
10:16:47 ACCORDING TO THE DOCUMENTS MS. WELLS HAS GIVEN TO US, WE ARE
10:16:50 NOT EXPERTS ON ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND DON'T
10:16:54 ASPIRE TO BE.
10:16:56 WE ARE FOCUSED ON OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
10:16:59 NOW, WITH THAT BEING SAID, THAN HAD ITS FIRST MEETING SINCE
10:17:04 MR. SHELBY VISITED WITH THAN IN 2019, NOVEMBER OF 2019.
10:17:09 SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BUILDING UP THAN AND GETTING OUR
10:17:16 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS ON BOARD.
10:17:17 IF YOU GENTLEMEN HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION LEADERS WHO
10:17:19 ARE INTERESTED IN JOINING THAN, AND HELPING US MOVE FORWARD,
10:17:24 WE WOULD REALLY BE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
10:17:26 OUR NEXT MEETING IS THE 12th OF MAY.
10:17:30 WE ARE LOOKING FOR SOME FOLKS FROM EACH NEIGHBORHOOD
10:17:32 ASSOCIATION TO SUPPORT US AND MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME OF
10:17:36 THE ITEMS ON OUR 14 -- OUR LIST OF 14 ITEMS FROM LAST WEEK.
10:17:41 WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS' SUPPORT.
10:17:44 BOTTOM LINE IS, YOU KNOW, THESE DEVELOPERS OPERATE
10:17:51 COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM ONE ANOTHER.
10:17:54 THEY DON'T COLLABORATE AT ALL.
10:17:55 SO I'VE GOT 216 APARTMENTS, NINE-TENTHS OF A MILE FROM
10:18:01 ANOTHER 216 APARTMENTS, AND THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY ARE
10:18:03 BOTH BUILDING THE SAME THING.
10:18:04 SUPPLY AND DEMAND, FOLKS.
10:18:06 I KNOW WE GOT PEOPLE MOVING TO THE CITY.
10:18:09 YOU CAN'T TELL ME THAT THEY ALL WANT TO LIVE HERE IN THIS
10:18:11 DEAD END WHERE WE LIVE BECAUSE THEY WILL BE DEAD IN THE END
10:18:14 LIKE US, BECAUSE WE WON'T BE ABLE TO GET OUT FOR THE
10:18:17 THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS, PROBABLY TENS OF
10:18:20 THOUSANDS OF TRIPS THAT THEY'VE ADDED TO OUR COMMUNITY IN
10:18:23 THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
10:18:24 THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.
10:18:25 HAVE A GOOD DAY!
10:18:27 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU AS WELL.
10:18:28 THANK YOU.
10:18:29 CARROLL ANN BENNETT IS THE NEXT SPEAKER.
10:18:32 >>THE CLERK: CHAIR, CARROLL ANN BENNETT AND PRISCILLA
10:18:38 PARTELL DID REGISTER TO SPEAK, HOWEVER, THEY DID NOT PHONE
10:18:41 IN TO PARTICIPATE IN TODAY'S MEETING.
10:18:42 SO THE NEXT REGISTERED SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE SHAWN BROWN.
10:18:45 SHAWN, IF YOU'RE ON THE LINE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF, AND
10:18:48 YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
10:18:52 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:18:54 CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME?
10:18:55 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR, GO AHEAD.
10:18:56 >> PERFECT.
10:18:57 SHAWN BROWN HERE, PRESIDENT OF THE GANDY CIVIC ASSOCIATION.
10:19:00 AS STEPHANIE POINTED OUT, LAST NIGHT, HAD THE FIRST THAN
10:19:07 MEETING IN A WHILE WHICH I THINK WE ALL THOUGHT WENT VERY
10:19:10 WELL AND HOPEFULLY WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
10:19:12 THAN AND GETTING THAT TO WORK ON SOME OF THESE ADDITIONAL
10:19:17 ISSUES FORTHCOMING.
10:19:18 OF COURSE, TODAY, I'M TALKING ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 58 IN THE
10:19:21 INTERIM.
10:19:22 NOW, IT IS KIND OF IRONIC THAT DEVELOPERS ARE COMING IN
10:19:28 FORCE, AT LEAST WITH THEIR COUNSEL, TO OPPOSE THIS CHANGE.
10:19:32 LOOK, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S NOT OCCURRED WITH DEVELOPERS
10:19:36 IS THAT THEY HAVE SPOKEN TO ACTUAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND SUCH
10:19:41 TIMELY TO SEE WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS.
10:19:44 WHAT DOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD WANT OUT OF PROJECTS LIKE THIS?
10:19:46 HOW CAN WE BENEFIT THE NEIGHBORHOOD?
10:19:49 IT'S ALL ABOUT PROFIT AND DOLLAR, RIGHT?
10:19:51 THE ATTORNEYS THAT ARE HERE TODAY SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE
10:19:54 DEVELOPERS ARE BILLING THEIR CLIENTS SO THEY -- YOU KNOW,
10:19:57 THEY ARE NOT SPEAKING AS JUST A PRIVATE CITIZEN.
10:19:59 THEY HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN THIS.
10:20:01 THIS AFFECTS THEIR PAYCHECK.
10:20:02 FOR US, WE'RE VOLUNTEERS.
10:20:04 WE DON'T GET PAID.
10:20:06 SO THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT THEY ARE HERE, YOU KNOW,
10:20:08 COMPLAINING IS KIND OF IRONIC.
10:20:10 NOW, WITH THAT BEING SAID, LOOK, MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT IS
10:20:14 NEEDED.
10:20:15 WHY IN THE WORLD CAN PEOPLE BE ABLE TO GO TO A COFFEE SHOP
10:20:18 OR LIVE THE AMERICAN DREAM AND START A BUSINESS?
10:20:24 WHY DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO GET IN THE CAR DRIVE 20, 30 MINUTES
10:20:26 AWAY TO SOMEPLACE THEY WANT TO GO TO AND DRIVE 20, 30
10:20:29 MINUTES BACK.
10:20:31 IN THAT TIME, IT COULD BE FLOODED STREETS, CAR ACCIDENTS,
10:20:34 STUFF LIKE THAT.
10:20:35 WHY DO PEOPLE HAVE TO SACRIFICE QUALITY OF LIFE TO BE ABLE
10:20:37 TO HAVE TO GET IN THEIR CAR TO GO SOMEWHERE WHEN THEY COULD
10:20:40 JUST WALK TO IT OR BIKE TO IT.
10:20:43 WHAT IS SO WRONG WITH THAT?
10:20:45 CAN ANYONE EXPLAIN, CAN ANY OF THE DEVELOPERS EXPLAIN IT?
10:20:48 WHAT IS WRONG WITH HAVING MIXED USE.
10:20:50 THEY WILL ARGUE AND SAY THEY DON'T LIKE TO HAVE GRAYED OUT
10:20:55 STOREFRONTS.
10:20:56 THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE PERCEPTION.
10:20:59 CAN'T FILL IT FAST ENOUGH, PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO WANT TO
10:21:03 RENT APARTMENT.
10:21:04 THAT IS MALARKEY.
10:21:05 THAT REALLY IS MALARKEY.
10:21:06 LOOK, AT THE END OF THE DAY, ALL OF YOU SHOULD SUPPORT THIS.
10:21:10 THE CITY HAS COME UP WITH A VERY LEGALLY DEFENSIBLE
10:21:15 PROPOSAL, AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS FAR OVERDUE.
10:21:17 AND IT'S TIME TO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE, LISTEN TO THE
10:21:21 RESIDENTS THAT ARE HERE, THAT ARE LIVING WITH THIS.
10:21:23 THESE PROJECTS ARE DESIGNED TO LAST 50 TO 75 YEARS.
10:21:27 SO WHY -- BUT THEY ARE NOT DESIGNED FOR THE FUTURE.
10:21:31 THEY ARE DESIGNED FOR THE NOW.
10:21:32 IDEALLY, IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE SOMETHING FOR THE FUTURE
10:21:34 AS WELL.
10:21:35 IT IS SOMETHING THAT -- IT'S JUST TIME TO LISTEN TO US AND
10:21:40 TIME TO ENACT THIS AND GO WITH WHAT THE CITY IS PROPOSING.
10:21:44 THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.
10:21:46 APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
10:21:47 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:21:48 NEXT UP, STEVE MICHELINI.
10:21:51 >>THE CLERK: STEVE, IF YOU ARE ON THE LINE, YOU HAVE THREE
10:21:53 MINUTES TO SPEAK.
10:21:55 PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
10:21:55 THANK YOU.
10:21:56 >>STEVE MICHELINI: AM I ONLINE NOW?
10:21:59 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR, GO AHEAD.
10:21:59 >>STEVE MICHELINI: YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALL ABOUT PROCESS, AND
10:22:05 YOU CAN'T JUMP TO A SUSPENSION OF DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE
10:22:10 CITY BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE OR AT LEAST A PERCEPTION THAT
10:22:13 THERE'S A PROBLEM IN ONE PART OF THE CITY.
10:22:16 THE OTHER AREAS THAT ARE DESIGNATED FOR GROWTH AND
10:22:18 DEVELOPMENT, LIKE USF, WESTSHORE, DOWNTOWN, CHANNELSIDE,
10:22:23 YBOR CITY, ALL BEING PENALIZED BECAUSE OF THIS.
10:22:26 THERE IS A CORRECT PROCESS TO BE FOLLOWED, AND SOME OF THE
10:22:30 OTHER SPEAKERS ALREADY MENTIONED IT, WHICH IS GO THROUGH THE
10:22:34 TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT PROCESS.
10:22:38 THERE IS MORE THAN ONE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD FOR THE
10:22:41 INFORMATION TO BE FULLY VETTED, AND THEN TO COME BACK TO THE
10:22:44 COUNCIL WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT TO DO.
10:22:48 BY SUSPENDING THROUGH THE INTERIM DEVELOPMENT CONTROL
10:22:52 ORDINANCE, YOU PENALIZE EVERYONE ELSE.
10:22:55 AND I THINK SOMEBODY ELSE ALSO MENTIONED MOST OF THE CITY
10:22:58 DOESN'T EVEN KNOW THIS IS UNDER CONSIDERATION.
10:23:01 THIS IS NOT ABOUT DEVELOPERS TRYING TO GET THEIR WAY.
10:23:04 IT'S ABOUT FOLLOWING THE CORRECT PROCESS.
10:23:07 WE'RE URGING YOU, AND I'M SPEAKING HERE ON BEHALF OF THE
10:23:11 BUILDERS ASSOCIATION NOT TO ADOPT THE INTERIM DEVELOPMENT
10:23:15 CONTROL ORDINANCE, BUT TO PLEASE GO AHEAD AND PROCESS THE
10:23:23 PLAN AMENDMENT THAT IS BEING PROPOSED.
10:23:24 LET IT GO THROUGH THE REGULAR PROCESS, WHICH IS ORDINARY,
10:23:29 AND IT PROVIDES WHOLE INPUT FOR EVERYONE.
10:23:32 AND THIS IS NOT ABOUT SPECIFIC PROJECTS.
10:23:35 THIS IS ABOUT AFFECTING THE ENTIRE CITY.
10:23:38 WHEN YOU UNDERTAKE THESE MEASURES, YOU HAVE UNINTENDED
10:23:42 CONSEQUENCES.
10:23:42 AND IN THIS CASE, I'M NOT SURE THAT YOU WANT TO SHUT DOWN
10:23:45 THE POTENTIAL DORMITORY BUILDINGS THAT ARE GOING UP OR
10:23:48 PLANNED TO GO UP AT USF, OR THE REDEVELOPMENT IN THE
10:23:53 WESTSHORE AREA OR IN YBOR OR DOWNTOWN IN CHANNELSIDE.
10:23:57 THESE TRANSIT CORRIDORS ARE DESIGNED FOR INTENSIVE HIGH
10:24:04 DEVELOPMENT.
10:24:04 BY PENALIZING THEM FOR NINE MONTHS IS UNREASONABLE.
10:24:07 SO I GUESS WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU CONSIDER THAT, DO NOT ADOPT
10:24:13 THE INTERIM CONTROL -- DEVELOPMENT CONTROL ORDINANCE, BUT
10:24:16 PLEASE, GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT THE TEXT AMENDMENT AND THE TAMPA
10:24:22 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CHANGES TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION SO
10:24:26 THAT THE STAFF CAN FULLY INVESTIGATE WHAT ARE THE BEST
10:24:30 SOLUTIONS FOR THIS ISSUE.
10:24:35 IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY AND EXTREME MEASURE THAT IS NOT
10:24:37 WARRANTED.
10:24:38 WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THE BACKGROUND DATA THAT SUPPORTS THIS.
10:24:41 ANYWAY, WE GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT, AND I UNDERSTAND
10:24:47 THAT THE TAMPA BOARD OF REALTORS HAS SUBMITTED A LETTER
10:24:50 WHICH HAS EXACTLY THE SAME AND SIMILAR CONCERNS AS WELL AS
10:24:54 THE OTHER SPEAKERS.
10:24:54 SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
10:24:56 WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION.
10:24:58 DO NOT ADOPT THIS ORDINANCE, BUT PLEASE GO AHEAD AND
10:25:03 TRANSMIT THE REQUESTED CHANGE FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
10:25:06 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:25:07 DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE?
10:25:09 >>THE CLERK: CHAIR, CARROLL ANN BENNETT IS ON THE LINE.
10:25:13 IF YOU'RE ON THE LINE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF, AND YOU HAVE
10:25:16 THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
10:25:23 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CARROLL ANN BENNETT, IF YOU'RE ON, GO
10:25:25 AHEAD.
10:25:25 PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
10:25:27 >> HI.
10:25:27 CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
10:25:28 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
10:25:30 GO AHEAD.
10:25:30 >> THIS IS CARROLL ANN BENNETT.
10:25:32 I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF SOUTH TAMPA.
10:25:35 REALLY KIND OF AMAZES ME THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE NERVE TO SAY
10:25:38 THIS SNUCK UP ON THEM.
10:25:39 WE'VE BEEN COMING TO CITY COUNCIL FOR A YEAR AND A HALF
10:25:42 ABOUT THIS.
10:25:45 THERE'S NOTHING SECRETIVE ABOUT IT.
10:25:50 THERE'S NO MYSTERY HERE.
10:25:51 WE HAD A WORKSHOP SIX MONTHS AGO.
10:25:53 ON DECEMBER 3rd, MR. DINGFELDER RECOMMENDED A MORATORIUM
10:26:00 ON ALL REZONINGS FOR MULTIFAMILY SOUTH OF GANDY.
10:26:03 AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT AGAIN ON FEBRUARY 4th.
10:26:05 WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOREVER.
10:26:08 I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
10:26:11 AND THIS IS TEMPORARY.
10:26:14 THE OTHER THING THAT'S REALLY CONFUSING TO ME IS THIS IS
10:26:16 REALLY NOT A HUGE THING.
10:26:21 CITY STAFF HAS SAID THE F.A.R. ISN'T WORKING THE WAY IT WAS
10:26:25 ORIGINALLY INTENDED.
10:26:25 THE BONUS DENSITY ISN'T WORKING THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO
10:26:30 WORK.
10:26:31 YOU'RE STILL GOING TO GET YOUR REGULAR DENSITY.
10:26:34 YOU'RE STILL GOING TO GET 30 UNITS PER ACRE --
10:26:40 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MA'AM, WE'VE LOST YOU.
10:26:45 >> -- SUDDENLY I GOT MUTED.
10:26:47 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD.
10:26:49 >> YEAH, LIKE I SAID, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU HEARD, BUT
10:26:54 YOUR CMU 35, STILL GET 30 UNITS PER ACRE.
10:26:58 MANY OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES, PROJECTS THAT THE SOUTH OF
10:27:02 GANDY PEOPLE AND ALL THE SOUTH TAMPA PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
10:27:06 CONCERNED ABOUT, THE F.A.R. WASN'T EVEN INVOLVED IN.
10:27:10 SO MANY OF THESE, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO AFFECT AT ALL.
10:27:14 I URGE COUNCIL TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS.
10:27:18 WE NEED TO HAVE PLANNED GROWTH.
10:27:20 WE NEED TO DIRECT GROWTH WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE AND STOP
10:27:23 IT WHERE IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE AND WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT
10:27:26 NOW IS THERE IS A FEEDING FRENZY GOING ON IN SOUTH TAMPA.
10:27:30 AND THE INTENSITY OF GROWTH AND THE EFFORTS OF URBANIZATION
10:27:34 ARE CONTRARY TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT LISTS ALL THE
10:27:38 REASONS WHY SOUTH TAMPA IS NOT -- IS NOT A GOOD PLACE TO
10:27:44 URBANIZE.
10:27:46 SO IF ALL THESE PLACES ARE BUILT AND THEN A YEAR FROM NOW,
10:27:51 NINE MONTHS FROM NOW, THEY SAY, OH, YOU KNOW WHAT?
10:27:54 YOU'RE RIGHT.
10:27:55 IT'S NOT A GOOD PLACE FOR URBANIZATION, BUT IT'S TOO LATE
10:27:57 BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE URBANIZATION.
10:27:59 ARE YOU GOING TO TEAR ALL THOSE APARTMENT COMPLEXES DOWN?
10:28:02 I DON'T THINK SO.
10:28:02 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:28:03 >> I URGE YOU TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THIS.
10:28:05 THANK YOU.
10:28:06 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
10:28:06 DOES THAT CONCLUDE ALL THE VIRTUAL PARTICIPANTS?
10:28:11 >>THE CLERK: YES, CHAIR THAT CONCLUDES THE GENERAL COMMENTS
10:28:15 SECTION.
10:28:15 THANK YOU.
10:28:15 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:28:16 WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THE AGENDA.
10:28:19 WE'LL GO TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
10:28:26 >>BILL CARLSON: I HAVE THREE CONFLICTS TODAY UNDER DIFFERENT
10:28:28 HEADINGS, CAN I JUST KNOCK THEM ALL OUT AT THE SAME TIME?
10:28:32 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS?
10:28:33 >>BILL CARLSON: 20, 26, AND 36.
10:28:38 JUST WHEN WE GO TO THOSE IF WE COULD MAYBE -- I COULD EITHER
10:28:46 STEP OUT NOW AND YOU CAN VOTE ON THOSE, OR WE CAN VOTE ON
10:28:49 THEM AFTER WE VOTE ON THE REST OF THEM.
10:28:56 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHEN WE GET TO THEM, STEP OUT.
10:28:59 >>BILL CARLSON: I NEED TO STATE THAT I HAVE A CONFLICT
10:29:02 BECAUSE MY COMPANY DOES BUSINESS WITH PARTIES THAT COULD BE
10:29:08 INVOLVED IN THESE.
10:29:09 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL RECEIVE AND FILE THE FORMS, DO YOU
10:29:13 WANT TO DO THEM NOW?
10:29:15 >>BILL CARLSON: THERE WAS ONE FROM LAST WEEK, TOO.
10:29:18 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE ALL THE
10:29:21 DOCUMENTS FROM COUNCILMAN -- COUNCILMAN GUDES WITH A MOTION.
10:29:26 DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
10:29:26 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
10:29:29 ALL IN FAVOR?
10:29:29 MR. SHELBY.
10:29:31 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MAYBE FOR THE SAKE OF WORKING SEPARATELY,
10:29:35 WE CAN HAVE A SEPARATE VOTE ON THOSE ITEMS THEN, AND THEN
10:29:39 HAVE MR. CARLSON JUST NOT SPEAK --
10:29:42 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: PULL THOSE.
10:29:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHEN I GET TO THE COMMITTEES, I'LL
10:29:46 EXCLUDE THEM AND DO THEM ALL AT ONCE AT THE END SO YOU DON'T
10:29:49 HAVE TO HOP OUT.
10:29:51 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, COUNCIL MEMBER CITRO.
10:29:53 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I MOVE ITEMS 6 THROUGH 8.
10:29:56 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO.
10:29:58 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:30:00 ROLL CALL?
10:30:02 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:30:02 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:30:03 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:30:06 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:30:07 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:30:08 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:30:09 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:30:12 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:30:14 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT UP -- [INAUDIBLE] [INTERFERING
10:30:22 AUDIO]
10:30:27 PLEASE MUTE YOURSELF.
10:30:28 ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:30:32 >>THE CLERK: GUDES?
10:30:33 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:30:34 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:30:35 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:30:36 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:30:37 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:30:39 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:30:42 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:30:42 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:30:45 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:30:45 11 THROUGH 16, COUNCIL MEMBER DINGFELDER, PUBLIC WORKS.
10:30:50 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:30:51 I MOVE ITEMS 11 THROUGH 16.
10:30:54 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
10:30:56 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:30:58 ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:30:58 >>THE CLERK: CARLSON?
10:30:59 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:31:00 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:31:02 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:31:04 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:31:04 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:31:06 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:31:07 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:31:08 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:31:12 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:31:13 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, ITEMS 17 THROUGH 21 WITH THE EXCEPTION
10:31:17 OF ITEM 20 BECAUSE OF CARLSON'S FORM THAT HE FILED.
10:31:23 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE ITEMS 17 THROUGH 19 AND ITEM 21.
10:31:28 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO.
10:31:30 ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:31:35 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:31:35 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:31:36 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:31:38 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:31:39 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:31:41 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:31:42 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:31:44 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:31:46 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON, BUILDING, ZONING AND
10:31:50 PRESERVATION WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 22, WHICH WAS MOVED TO
10:31:53 STAFF REPORTS PER THE REQUEST OF COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
10:31:56 ITEM 26 IN WHICH YOU HAVE A CONFLICT.
10:31:59 AND THEN WE HAVE SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION FOR 30, AND THEN FOR
10:32:08 ITEM NUMBER 33, WE'LL READ THAT AFTERWARDS.
10:32:13 GO AHEAD, SIR.
10:32:14 >>BILL CARLSON: I'D LIKE TO MOVE ITEMS 23, 24, 25, AND THEN
10:32:22 27 THROUGH 32, INCLUDING THE SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION FOR 30.
10:32:29 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
10:32:31 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:32:33 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:32:34 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:32:35 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:32:36 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:32:38 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:32:40 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:32:41 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:32:42 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED EWELL.
10:32:45 >>BILL CARLSON: ONE QUICK COMMENT ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 29, I
10:32:48 SPOKE TO CAROLE POST AND ROB ROSNER ABOUT IT.
10:32:53 AS YOU ALL KNOW, I'M AGAINST SUBSIDIES OF COMPANIES FOR
10:32:56 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
10:32:57 I THINK OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR PEOPLE STAND ALONE BY
10:33:01 THEMSELVES WITHOUT NEEDING SUBSIDIES TO BRING COMPANIES.
10:33:04 CAE GOING BACK ALL THE WAY TO THE REFLECT ON TIMES I
10:33:08 REMEMBER IS A STRATEGIC INDUSTRY IN OUR AREA, BUT THIS IS A
10:33:11 RENEWAL OF THE OLD QTI PROGRAM, WHICH INCLUDES LOTS OF
10:33:17 FEEDBACK FROM THE STATE AND QTI IS INVESTING IN THE PEOPLE
10:33:20 OF OUR AREA, NOT IN SUBSIDIZING A COMPANY DIRECTLY.
10:33:24 AND THIS ONE DOES NOT INCLUDE OUR ORDINANCE WHICH REQUIRES A
10:33:28 SWORN AFFIDAVIT, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THE STATE REVIEWS THE
10:33:31 QTI PROGRAM.
10:33:32 SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR FOR ANYBODY WATCHING.
10:33:35 THANK YOU.
10:33:37 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THAT'S FOR YOUR RESEARCH ON THAT BILL.
10:33:41 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON, DO YOU MIND READING
10:33:43 ITEM NUMBER 33?
10:33:51 >>BILL CARLSON: JUST READ THE RED PART?
10:33:53 LIKE TO MOVE FILE BF 21-68074, A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD
10:33:59 REGARDING A PROPOSED BROWNFIELD AREA DESIGNATION FOR THE
10:34:03 REHABILITATION AND REDEVELOPMENT OF ONE PARCEL,
10:34:05 APPROXIMATELY 25.96 ACRES IN SIZE, LOCATED AT 7210 INTERBAY
10:34:09 BOULEVARD, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33616.
10:34:13 THIS PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD AT THE ELK LODGE LOCATED AT
10:34:16 3616 WEST GANDY, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33611 ON MAY 4, 2021 AT
10:34:23 5:30 P.M. UNTIL NOT LATER THAN 6:30 P.M.
10:34:27 AS A PRECAUTION DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, MASKS WILL BE
10:34:30 REQUIRED FOR ENTRY TO THE HEARING AND THE SEATING WILL BE
10:34:33 SET UP IN A MANNER TO ENSURE DISTANCING IS MAINTAINED.
10:34:36 HAND SANITIZER WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS.
10:34:39 REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL TO ANNOUNCE THE DATE, TIME, AND
10:34:43 LOCATION OF A PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD FOR THE PROPOSED
10:34:45 BROWNFIELD AREA DESIGNATION OF INTERBAY REDEVELOPMENT AREA
10:34:52 BROWNFIELD AREA DESIGNATION LOCATED AT 7210 INTERBAY
10:34:55 BOULEVARD, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33616.
10:35:01 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
10:35:01 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN
10:35:03 CARLSON.
10:35:04 SECONDED FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:35:08 >> THIS IS JAN McLEAN, OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY.
10:35:11 THERE IS NO VOTE NEEDED ON THIS ITEM.
10:35:13 WE JUST NEEDED THE ANNOUNCEMENT READ.
10:35:16 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
10:35:20 MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GUDES, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
10:35:21 ALL IN FAVOR?
10:35:22 ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP, TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
10:35:27 COUNCILMAN VIERA, 34 AND 35.
10:35:28 WE'LL TAKE 36 SEPARATELY.
10:35:34 >>LUIS VIERA: SO MOVE 34 AND 35.
10:35:36 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:35:37 DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
10:35:37 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:35:39 ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:35:39 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:35:41 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:35:42 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:35:42 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:35:44 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:35:45 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:35:47 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMAN CARLSON IS GOING
10:35:49 TO STEP OUT.
10:35:50 WE'LL TAKE THE REMAINING ITEMS ON A SEPARATE VOTE.
10:35:53 ITEM NUMBER 20, IF I CAN GET A MOTION TO MOVE THIS ITEM.
10:35:56 >> SO MOVED.
10:35:57 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:35:58 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO.
10:36:00 ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:36:05 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:36:05 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:36:06 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:36:07 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:36:12 >> CARLSON?
10:36:13 CITRO.
10:36:13 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:36:14 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:36:15 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON
10:36:17 ABSTAINING.
10:36:18 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER 26, CAN I GET A
10:36:21 MOTION?
10:36:22 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MOVE 26 AND 36.
10:36:24 HOW ABOUT THAT?
10:36:32 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, MOTION TO MOVE 26
10:36:35 AND 36.
10:36:36 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:36:37 ROLL CALL VOTE?
10:36:38 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
10:36:39 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:36:40 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:36:41 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:36:43 >> CARLSON?
10:36:44 CITRO.
10:36:44 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:36:46 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:36:47 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:36:48 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON
10:36:50 ABSTAINING.
10:36:52 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: TWICE AS FAST.
10:36:53 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON, YOU CAN COME BACK
10:36:55 IN.
10:36:56 CAN I GET A MOTION TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARINGS 37 THROUGH --
10:37:04 WELL, IT'S ALREADY PAST 10:30.
10:37:07 37 THROUGH 47.
10:37:13 MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:37:14 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO.
10:37:16 ALL IN FAVOR?
10:37:17 AYE.
10:37:18 ALL HEARINGS ARE OPEN.
10:37:19 ITEM 37, THIS IS A SECOND READING.
10:37:23 IS THERE ANYBODY HERE FOR ITEM NUMBER 37?
10:37:31 >> GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR.
10:37:32 THIS IS JAN McLEAN OF THE OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY.
10:37:36 THE MOBILITY -- DIRECTOR OF THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT, WE ARE
10:37:40 HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
10:37:43 THIS IS THE SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE.
10:37:47 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
10:37:49 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
10:37:51 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:37:53 ONE OF MY BIGGEST OBJECTIONS TO THIS AND THIS GOES ALL THE
10:37:57 WAY BACK TO NOVEMBER OR THE FALL WHEN WE FIRST ADOPTED IT, I
10:38:02 THINK IT'S A TREMENDOUS DELEGATION OF COUNCIL'S POWERS.
10:38:07 I THINK THAT THAT'S A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT.
10:38:12 I THINK THAT -- AND THE REASON I SAY THAT, IT'S NOT A POWER
10:38:18 TRIP, BUT IT'S A FUNCTION OF THE COMMUNITY'S ABILITY TO GET
10:38:24 -- TO HAVE INPUT TO CITY GOVERNMENT.
10:38:27 AND THAT'S THROUGH CITY COUNCIL.
10:38:29 AND WE SAW THAT AS RELATED TO SOME OF THE CHURCH ISSUES THAT
10:38:34 RELATED TO THIS -- I'D SAY CHURCH ISSUE, SOME OF THE SUNDAY
10:38:39 PARKING ISSUES AS RELATED TO THIS.
10:38:40 THE ADMINISTRATION DID ONE THING, AND THEN THEY BASICALLY
10:38:44 IGNORED THE COMMUNITY'S CONCERNS ABOUT THE SUNDAY PARKING.
10:38:49 IF IT WASN'T FOR THIS COUNCIL AND OUR ABILITY TO ADDRESS
10:38:52 THAT PARTICULAR PART OF THE ORDINANCE, I DON'T BELIEVE IT
10:38:57 WOULD HAVE BEEN FIXED.
10:38:59 I THINK IN THIS TYPE OF THING WHERE THESE THINGS IMPACT ON A
10:39:06 DAY-TO-DAY BASIS THE COMMUNITY THAT WE SHOULDN'T DELEGATE
10:39:09 THE AUTHORITIES AND THAT'S WHY I VOTED AGAINST IT AND WILL
10:39:11 CONTINUE TO VOTE AGAINST IT.
10:39:13 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:39:14 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:39:16 I APPRECIATE ANYTHING THAT ANY COUNCIL MEMBER, MY COLLEAGUES
10:39:19 SAY.
10:39:20 I APPRECIATE THEIR INTEREST AND THEIR FEELINGS ABOUT CERTAIN
10:39:24 MATTERS.
10:39:24 HOWEVER, THIS IS A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT GOVERNMENT IS
10:39:28 ALL ABOUT.
10:39:29 IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT.
10:39:32 IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT WE WANT, THE COUNCIL.
10:39:35 IDEALISM OF MEETING SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE, HAVING A
10:39:38 DISCUSSION AND COMING UP WITH A RESULT.
10:39:40 IF YOU THINK WASHINGTON IS BAD, I DON'T WANT THAT TYPE OF
10:39:44 FEELING, AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT ALL OF WASHINGTON.
10:39:47 I'M TALKING ABOUT CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS.
10:39:50 WHEN YOU COME DOWN TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, I DON'T WANT TO BE
10:39:54 LIKE THEY ARE, AND I'M NOT IN ANY WAY MAKING ANY ASSERTION
10:39:57 ABOUT ANY MEMBER SITTING ON THIS COUNCIL.
10:40:01 BUT THIS IS A PROJECT, A PROCESS THAT HAS WORKED OUT.
10:40:04 WHEN YOU GO BACK IN HISTORY, THIS WASN'T STARTED YESTERDAY.
10:40:08 THIS WAS STARTED MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.
10:40:12 BY THE WAY, I DON'T BELIEVE I WAS HERE WHEN THAT HAPPENED.
10:40:15 I HAD SERVED PRIOR AND SERVED AFTER.
10:40:18 THIS IS THE PARKING REGULATIONS THAT WE -- WHAT I CALL A
10:40:23 MISTAKE OR AN ERROR IN JUDGMENT.
10:40:24 SOUTH OF KENNEDY WAS ONE THING.
10:40:27 NORTH OF KENNEDY WAS ANOTHER DURING DIFFERENT TIMES.
10:40:29 YES, THIS WAS NOT INVOLVED AT THE TIME.
10:40:31 HOWEVER, BECAUSE THAT INCIDENT AND ANOTHER INCIDENT ABOUT
10:40:35 SELLING A PARKING GARAGE CAUSED THIS DEPARTMENT TO BE IN THE
10:40:40 RED.
10:40:40 AND WHEN THIS DEPARTMENT IS IN THE RED, WHO IS PAYING FOR
10:40:43 IT?
10:40:43 THE TOTAL RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY.
10:40:50 THE TOTAL RESIDENTS OF THE CITY.
10:40:56 I'LL SAY THAT AGAIN.
10:40:57 WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A WORKABLE DOCUMENT THAT WAS WORKED OUT
10:41:01 WITH THIS COUNCIL AND THE ADMINISTRATION THROUGH THE LEGAL
10:41:05 PROCESS OF THE AVENUES TO COME UP WITH A WORKABLE AGREEMENT
10:41:09 AT LEAST FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING
10:41:13 ON AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
10:41:16 MANY YEARS AGO, THERE WERE OVER 600 RESIDENTS, AND 300 OF
10:41:21 THEM WERE SERVING JAIL TIME NEXT TO THE EXPRESSWAY OF THE
10:41:25 JAIL HOUSE.
10:41:26 EVOLUTION CHANGES, TIME CHANGES, PEOPLE TRY TO STAY SOMEWHAT
10:41:34 REALISTIC.
10:41:35 YOU CAN HAVE OPINIONS ON ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER, BUT SOMEHOW
10:41:37 WE WORK IT OUT.
10:41:38 BUT HISTORY, WHEN IT'S HISTORY, YOU CAN'T GO BACK AND CHANGE
10:41:45 IT.
10:41:45 YOU CAN ONLY AMEND IT TO MAKE IT BETTER.
10:41:48 THIS IS ONE OF THE CASES THAT WE'RE AMENDING SOMETHING TO
10:41:50 MAKE IT WORKABLE.
10:41:51 LIKE WHAT CAME DOWN?
10:41:53 ABSOLUTELY NOT.
10:41:54 LIKE WHAT'S GOING UP TO THEM?
10:41:56 MAYBE ABSOLUTELY NOT, TOO.
10:41:57 I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THEM.
10:41:59 BUT THIS IS AN AGREEMENT THAT WAS HAMMERED OUT, WORKED OUT
10:42:02 IN THE OPEN PUBLIC.
10:42:03 THERE WAS NOTHING HIDDEN ABOUT THIS.
10:42:07 I APPRECIATE THE CONSECRATION OF ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS.
10:42:09 IT'S NOT ABOUT YOUR VOTE, FOR OR AGAINST.
10:42:12 THAT DOESN'T MATTER.
10:42:12 IT MATTERS THAT WE WORKED IT OUT.
10:42:15 SOMETIMES I VOTE ALONE.
10:42:16 THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I'M RIGHT.
10:42:18 THAT MEANS THAT'S HOW I FEEL.
10:42:20 HISTORY WILL JUDGE US ALL, RIGHT OR WRONG IN THAT PERIOD OF
10:42:26 TIME.
10:42:26 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:42:27 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:42:29 ANYBODY ELSE?
10:42:29 ALL RIGHT.
10:42:32 WHO WOULD LIKE TO READ THIS MOTION?
10:42:35 GO AHEAD, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:42:38 YES, SIR.
10:42:38 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU.
10:42:40 ITEM NUMBER 37, FILE NUMBER E2021-8, CHAPTER 13, ORDINANCE
10:42:48 PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
10:42:52 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, RELATED TO
10:42:54 PARKING METER REGULATIONS; MAKING REVISIONS TO THE CITY OF
10:42:57 TAMPA CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 15, PARKING; AMENDING
10:43:01 ARTICLE 2, REGULATIONS; PERMITS; PENALTIES, DIVISION 2,
10:43:04 PARKING METER REGULATIONS, SECTION 15-81, HOURS OF OPERATION
10:43:08 FOR PARKING METERS; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF
10:43:11 ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR
10:43:14 SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:43:16 SAID MOTION ON FIRST READING HAS BEEN INITIATED BY CITRO AND
10:43:19 MIRANDA, MARCH 18, 2021.
10:43:21 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
10:43:24 SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
10:43:27 COUNCILMAN GUDES, YOU HAVE A QUESTION, SIR?
10:43:31 >>ORLANDO GUDES: IS MR. BHIDE ON THE LINE?
10:43:34 >> YES, HE IS.
10:43:37 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MAKE SURE THAT THE PROVISIONS WE TALKED
10:43:37 ABOUT EARLIER AS IT RELATES TO YBOR AND THOSE SUGGESTED
10:43:39 ITEMS ARE GOING TO BE AGREED UPON.
10:43:41 >> YES, SIR, I ASSURE YOU, AS DISCUSSED, WE'RE WORKING ON
10:43:44 THOSE ITEMS AS WE SPEAK.
10:43:49 WE'VE MET WITH MORE STAKEHOLDERS WITH YBOR YESTERDAY, AND
10:43:50 THE PROCESS HAS CONTINUED.
10:43:52 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:43:55 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
10:43:56 A ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
10:43:58 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:43:59 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:44:00 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: NO.
10:44:02 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:44:04 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:44:05 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:44:08 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO.
10:44:10 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED WITH DINGFELDER AND
10:44:13 MANISCALCO VOTING NO.
10:44:14 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
10:44:16 >>BILL CARLSON: WHILE WE'RE ON THIS TOPIC, I WANT TO
10:44:19 CONGRATULATE MR. BHIDE AND HIS STAFF FOR THE TECHNOLOGY THEY
10:44:22 ARE PUTTING IN.
10:44:23 I THINK THE FIRST SITE THAT I'VE SEEN ANYWAY IS AT THE POE
10:44:28 GARAGE.
10:44:29 I KNOW YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO BE MAKING THINGS ACCESSIBLE
10:44:32 TO LOTS OF APPS, BUT GOING TO THE ARTS GROUPS OVER IN THAT
10:44:36 AREA, I USE THAT AND TO THE PARKS, I USE THAT ONE A LOT.
10:44:41 MY COMPANY IS IN YBOR, SO I USE THOSE.
10:44:43 OF COURSE, THE ONES DOWN HERE.
10:44:45 BUT THE TECHNOLOGY IS WORKING REALLY WELL, AND I LOOK
10:44:47 FORWARD TO WHAT YOU ALL WILL BE DEVELOPING IN TERMS OF
10:44:50 CUSTOMER SERVICE TO MAKE IT FASTER FOR PEOPLE TO GO IN AND
10:44:54 OUT OF OUR PARKING GARAGES.
10:44:55 THANK YOU.
10:44:56 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:44:57 ALL RIGHT.
10:44:59 WE'VE OPENED ALL THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, SO WE GO TO ITEM 38.
10:45:02 THESE ARE ALL SECOND READINGS.
10:45:07 THESE ARE THE DESIGNATIONS FOR THE DIFFERENT PARKS AND
10:45:11 WHATNOT.
10:45:16 >> CITY COUNCIL, IF I MAY, ITEM NUMBER 38 IS TA/CPA 20-33.
10:45:21 IT IS A SECOND READING FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 105 WEST
10:45:24 SLIGH AVENUE FROM PUBLIC/SEMI-PUBLIC TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL
10:45:27 35.
10:45:28 I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
10:45:29 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME?
10:45:32 DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT IS HERE TO SPEAK ON
10:45:35 ITEM NUMBER 38?
10:45:36 WE DO NOT.
10:45:41 CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE?
10:45:43 MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
10:45:45 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:45:46 ALL IN FAVOR?
10:45:48 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, WOULD YOU MIND READING ITEM 38?
10:45:52 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: GLAD TO, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:45:54 GOOD MORNING, MS. MALONE.
10:45:57 REGARDING TO ITEM 38, FILE TA/CPA 20-33, I'LL READ THE
10:46:03 FOLLOWING ORDINANCE FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
10:46:05 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE IMAGINE 2040: TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE
10:46:08 PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT, FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR THE
10:46:11 PROPERTY LOCATED AT 105 WEST SLIGH AVENUE, FROM
10:46:14 PUBLIC/SEMI-PUBLIC TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL-35; PROVIDING FOR
10:46:20 REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR
10:46:23 SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:46:25 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN
10:46:26 DINGFELDER AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO.
10:46:29 ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:46:30 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:46:32 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:46:34 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:46:36 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:46:38 >>THE CLERK: MIRANDA?
10:46:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MIRANDA, YOU'RE MUTED, SIR.
10:46:45 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:46:46 >>THE CLERK: VIERA?
10:46:52 MANISCALCO?
10:46:52 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:46:53 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH VIERA BEING
10:46:55 ABSENT AT VOTE.
10:46:56 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:46:57 NEXT IS ITEM 39.
10:47:06 >> JENNIFER MALONE WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
10:47:08 ITEM NUMBER 39 IS FOR BAY TO BAY BOULEVARD PARK FROM
10:47:08 RESIDENTIAL 6 TO RECREATIONAL OPEN SPACE.
10:47:09 THIS IS RETAINING THE USE AS A PARK, AND IT WILL BE
10:47:12 RECOGNIZED ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
10:47:14 I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
10:47:15 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
10:47:16 ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT'S HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER
10:47:19 39?
10:47:19 MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:47:25 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO.
10:47:26 ALL IN FAVOR?
10:47:27 COUNCIL MEMBER CITRO, WOULD YOU MIND READING ITEM 39.
10:47:33 >>JOSEPH CITRO: FILE TA/CPA 20-35, AN ORDINANCE BEING
10:47:39 PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE
10:47:42 AMENDING THE IMAGINE 2040: TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, FUTURE
10:47:47 LAND USE ELEMENT, FUTURE LAND USE MAP, FOR THE PROPERTY
10:47:50 LOCATED AT 2711 NORTH DUNDEE STREET FROM RESIDENTIAL-6, R-6,
10:47:55 TO RECREATIONAL/OPEN SPACE (R/OS); PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF
10:48:01 ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY,
10:48:04 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:48:05 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO.
10:48:07 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:48:09 ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:48:09 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:48:12 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:48:13 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:48:15 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:48:18 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:48:19 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:48:20 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:48:23 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:48:24 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM NUMBER 40.
10:48:28 >>JENNIFER MALONE: ITEM NUMBER 40 IS TA/CPA 20-36,
10:48:35 RECOGNIZING CYRUS GREENE PARK UNDER THE RECREATIONAL OPEN
10:48:42 SPACE.
10:48:43 I AM AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
10:48:45 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
10:48:47 WE DO NOT.
10:48:47 ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC HERE TO SPEAK?
10:48:49 >>THE CLERK: NO ONE IS REGISTERED.
10:48:50 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
10:48:52 MIRANDA.
10:48:53 DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
10:48:53 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:48:56 ALL IN FAVOR?
10:48:57 AYE.
10:48:58 COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, WOULD YOU MIND READING ITEM NUMBER
10:49:03 40?
10:49:07 >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FILE NUMBER TA/CPA
10:49:11 20-36, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND
10:49:15 ADOPTION.
10:49:15 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE IMAGINE 2040: TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE
10:49:20 PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT, FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR THE
10:49:23 PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2101 EAST DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
10:49:26 BOULEVARD, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS CYRUS GREENE PARK FROM
10:49:30 COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL 35 AND RECREATION/OPEN SPACE TO
10:49:34 RECREATIONAL/OPEN SPACE; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL
10:49:37 ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT.
10:49:39 PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:49:42 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
10:49:44 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:49:46 ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:49:48 >> CITRO?
10:49:50 MIRANDA?
10:49:50 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:49:52 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:49:52 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:49:53 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:49:54 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:49:55 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:49:57 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CITRO BEING
10:49:59 ABSENT AT VOTE.
10:50:00 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT UP IS ITEM NUMBER 41.
10:50:03 >>JENNIFER MALONE: JENNIFER MALONE WITH THE PLANNING
10:50:06 COMMISSION.
10:50:06 ITEM 41 IS TA/CPA 20-37.
10:50:10 IT IS PHILLIPS PARK FROM RESIDENTIAL 10 TO RECREATIONAL/OPEN
10:50:15 SPACE.
10:50:15 I AM AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
10:50:16 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME?
10:50:18 WE DO NOT.
10:50:19 DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT IS HERE TO SPEAK.
10:50:21 I WAS TOLD THAT THE SECOND FLOOR IS EMPTY OF ANYONE, DO WE
10:50:26 HAVE ANYBODY REGISTERED FOR THIS ITEM?
10:50:28 >>THE CLERK: NO ONE IS REGISTERED FOR ANY OF THE ITEMS.
10:50:31 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:50:33 DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
10:50:34 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:50:35 ALL IN FAVOR?
10:50:36 COUNCILMAN GUDES, WOULD YOU MIND READING ITEM NUMBER 41.
10:50:42 >>ORLANDO GUDES: FILE TA/CPA 20-37, ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR
10:50:47 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, ORDINANCE AMENDING THE IMAGINE
10:50:49 2040: TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT,
10:50:53 FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 805 WEST
10:50:56 COLUMBUS DRIVE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS PHILLIPS PARK, FROM
10:50:59 RESIDENTIAL 10 TO RECREATIONAL/OPEN SPACE; PROVIDING FOR
10:51:02 REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR
10:51:05 SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:51:07 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:51:08 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:51:10 ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:51:11 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:51:12 >> CITRO?
10:51:13 MIRANDA?
10:51:14 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:51:15 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:51:16 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:51:17 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:51:18 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:51:19 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:51:24 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT UP IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS,
10:51:27 ITEM NUMBER 42.
10:51:29 FAVORITE PARKS.
10:51:29 >>JENNIFER MALONE: JENNIFER MALONE WITH YOUR PLANNING
10:51:31 COMMISSION.
10:51:32 ITEM 42 IS TA/CPA 20-38.
10:51:36 IT IS THE VILA BROTHERS PARK FROM RESIDENTIAL 20 TO
10:51:38 RECREATIONAL/OPEN SPACE.
10:51:40 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
10:51:42 ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 42?
10:51:46 MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:51:47 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO.
10:51:49 ALL IN FAVOR?
10:51:49 ALL RIGHT.
10:51:52 WE WENT DOWN THE LIST.
10:51:54 COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, WOULD YOU MIND READING ITEM NUMBER
10:51:56 42?
10:51:57 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:51:59 MOVE FILE NUMBER TA/CPA 20-38, MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING
10:52:04 PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
10:52:06 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE IMAGINE 2040: TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE
10:52:11 PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT, FUTURE LAND USE MAP, FOR THE
10:52:14 LOCATION AT 700 NORTH ARMENIA AVENUE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS
10:52:18 VILA BROTHERS PARK FROM RESIDENTIAL-20 (R-20) TO
10:52:25 RECREATIONAL/OPEN SPACE (R/OS); PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL
10:52:30 ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;
10:52:33 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:52:33 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN
10:52:35 MIRANDA.
10:52:35 DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
10:52:36 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:52:39 ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:52:42 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:52:46 >> GUDES?
10:52:46 DINGFELDER?
10:52:47 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:52:48 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:52:49 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:52:51 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:52:52 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:52:54 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH GUDES BEING
10:52:57 ABSENT AT VOTE.
10:52:59 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:53:00 NEXT IS ITEM 43.
10:53:05 >>JENNIFER MALONE: JENNIFER MALONE WITH YOUR PLANNING
10:53:06 COMMISSION.
10:53:07 ITEM 43 IS TA/CPA 20-39 RECOGNIZING THE ROBERT C. GARDNER
10:53:13 PARK FROM RESIDENTIAL-35 TO RECREATIONAL/OPEN SPACE.
10:53:19 I AM AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
10:53:21 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
10:53:23 DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON
10:53:25 ITEM NUMBER 43?
10:53:27 CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE?
10:53:28 MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO.
10:53:31 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:53:33 ALL IN FAVOR?
10:53:36 COUNCIL MEMBER DINGFELDER, WOULD YOU MIND READING ITEM
10:53:38 NUMBER 43?
10:53:40 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SURE, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:53:41 IN REGARD TO FILE TA/CPA 20-39, I MOVE THE FOLLOWING
10:53:46 ORDINANCE FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
10:53:48 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE IMAGINE 2040: TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE
10:53:52 PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT, FUTURE LAND USE MAP, FOR THE
10:53:55 PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED AT 2211 NORTH HIGHLAND AVENUE,
10:54:00 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ROBERT C. GARDNER PARK FROM RESIDENTIAL
10:54:03 35 (R-35) TO RECREATIONAL/OPEN SPACE (R/OS); PROVIDING FOR
10:54:09 REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR
10:54:12 SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:54:13 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
10:54:16 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:54:18 ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:54:19 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:54:21 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:54:21 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:54:22 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:54:25 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:54:25 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:54:27 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:54:29 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:54:30 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM 44, OUR LAST SECOND READING, GO
10:54:33 AHEAD, MA'AM.
10:54:34 >>JENNIFER MALONE: JENNIFER MALONE WITH THE PLANNING
10:54:36 COMMISSION.
10:54:36 ITEM 44 IS TA/CPA 20-40.
10:54:40 IT IS RECOGNIZING THE MARTI-COLON CEMETERY FROM PUBLIC/SEMI
10:54:49 PUBLIC TO RECREATIONAL OPEN SPACE, AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR
10:54:49 QUESTIONS.
10:54:50 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC HERE FOR ITEM FOR
10:54:51 44?
10:54:52 MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:54:54 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:54:56 ALL IN FAVOR?
10:54:57 COUNCILMAN VIERA, 44, PLEASE.
10:55:00 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR, MR. CHAIR.
10:55:03 I MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND
10:55:06 ADOPTION.
10:55:06 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE IMAGINE 2040: TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE
10:55:10 PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT, FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR THE
10:55:16 PARK OR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3110 WEST COLUMBUS DRIVE,
10:55:22 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS MARTI-COLON CEMETERY, FROM
10:55:25 PUBLIC/SEMI-PUBLIC (P/SP) AND COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL 35
10:55:29 (CC-35) TO RECREATIONAL/OPEN SPACE (R/OS); PROVIDING FOR
10:55:35 REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR
10:55:38 SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:55:40 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CITRO.
10:55:42 ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:55:44 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:55:46 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:55:47 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:55:49 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:55:50 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:55:52 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:55:53 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:55:56 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:55:58 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHTY.
10:55:59 WE'VE ALREADY OPENED THE 10:30 A.M. PUBLIC HEARINGS WITH THE
10:56:03 ORIGINAL MOTION TO OPEN EVERYTHING AT ONCE.
10:56:05 ITEM 45, THERE IS A REQUEST FROM MR. MICHELINI, THE
10:56:10 PETITIONER'S REPRESENTATIVE, THAT THIS BE REMOVED OR
10:56:13 WITHDRAWN FROM THE AGENDA.
10:56:15 CAN WE GET A MOTION TO WITHDRAW?
10:56:17 MOTION TO WITHDRAW FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES.
10:56:19 SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CITRO.
10:56:21 ALL IN FAVOR?
10:56:22 AYE.
10:56:23 ALL RIGHT.
10:56:23 ITEM NUMBER 46, WE HAVE A LETTER FROM MR. JOHN GRANDOFF, THE
10:56:27 PETITIONER'S REPRESENTATIVE, REQUESTING THAT THE REVIEW
10:56:29 HEARING BE RESET FOR A DATE IN MAY OR JUNE.
10:56:32 I KNOW MAY IS FILLING UP.
10:56:34 SO I WAS THINKING JUNE 17 --
10:56:37 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, THERE MAY BE SOME PEOPLE WHO
10:56:41 ARE PRESENT TO SPEAK TO THAT, EITHER SIGNED IN OR DOWN
10:56:44 STAIRS.
10:56:45 COULD WE CONFIRM?
10:56:46 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ANYBODY HERE FOR 46?
10:56:50 WAS THERE A VIRTUAL SPEAKER FOR 46.
10:56:51 >>THE CLERK: NO.
10:56:52 I HAVE NO ONE REGISTERED FOR THIS ITEM.
10:56:54 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS THERE ANYBODY IN PERSON?
10:56:56 I KNOW THAT THE ROOM IS EMPTY, BUT JUST FOR SAFETY, IS THERE
10:57:01 ANYBODY ON THE SECOND FLOOR FOR PUBLIC COMMENT?
10:57:03 ON 46.
10:57:06 NO.
10:57:09 >> MOVE TO RESET FILE VRB 20-60-C UNTIL JUNE 17.
10:57:17 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO.
10:57:19 SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES.
10:57:20 ALL IN FAVOR?
10:57:21 ITEM NUMBER 47.
10:57:27 THIS IS TO VACATE AN ALLEY.
10:57:30 WHOM DO WE HAVE HERE FOR 47?
10:57:32 >>MARTIN SHELBY: COULD WE GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS MOTION,
10:57:35 COUNCILMAN?
10:57:35 DID YOU SET THE TIME ON THAT?
10:57:37 >>JOSEPH CITRO: 9 A.M.
10:57:40 EXCUSE ME, 10:30.
10:57:42 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 10:30, JUNE 17.
10:57:45 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE PETITIONER OR THE INTERESTED PERSONS
10:57:48 WILL LEARN OF THAT THROUGH THIS MEETING AND THROUGH THE
10:57:51 ACTION AGENDA AND PERHAPS THROUGH THE STAFF.
10:57:53 THANK YOU.
10:57:54 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
10:57:55 ALL RIGHT.
10:57:56 ITEM NUMBER 47.
10:58:01 >> ROSS SAMONS WITH DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT DIVISION AND
10:58:04 DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION DIVISION.
10:58:05 BRINGING FORWARD ITEM NUMBER 47, FILE VAC 21-05.
10:58:11 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SIR, BEFORE YOU CONTINUE, PLEASE RAISE
10:58:14 YOUR RIGHT HAND AND WE'LL SWEAR YOU IN.
10:58:17 I SEE ANOTHER GENTLEMAN ON THE LINE, BISHOP IS THE LAST
10:58:24 NAME.
10:58:25 IF YOU'RE SPEAKING ON ITEM 47, JUST RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND,
10:58:28 WE'LL SWEAR YOU IN.
10:58:30 [OATH ADMINISTERED]
10:58:39 >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU.
10:58:39 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SORRY FOR THE INTERRUPTION, SIR.
10:58:41 GO AHEAD.
10:58:43 >> IF THE CLERK COULD PLEASE SHARE MY SCREEN.
10:59:03 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT'S COMING UP.
10:59:04 GO AHEAD, SIR.
10:59:05 CITY OF TAMPA LOGO AS THE BACKGROUND.
10:59:18 IS THAT YOUR SCREEN?
10:59:20 THERE WE GO.
10:59:22 I SEE THE PowerPoint.
10:59:23 JUST MAKE IT BIGGER AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
10:59:35 >> THEY WISH TO VACATE THE EAST AND WEST PORTION, UNIMPROVED
10:59:39 ALLEY LYING SOUTH OF CURTIS STREET.
10:59:41 NORTH OF HILDA STREET, AND EAST OF NORTH BOULEVARD AND WEST
10:59:46 OF CLEARFIELD AVENUE.
10:59:48 THIS ALLEY WAS CREATED -- FIRST EXTENSION LOCATED NEAR
10:59:54 McFARLANE PARK.
10:59:57 A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND FOR THIS APPLICATION.
11:00:01 THE COAPPLICANTS OWN PARCELS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ALLEY
11:00:05 AND THE APPLICANT'S REASON FOR APPLICATION IS BECAUSE
11:00:10 PURCHASED HOMES FROM NEIL HOMES AND THE ALLEY WAS FENCED AT
11:00:14 THE TIME OF PURCHASE AND THEY ARE REPLACE -- REQUESTING THE
11:00:17 ALLEY BE VACATED AND FENCE ALLOWED TO REMAIN AS IS.
11:00:22 THE PORTION OF THE ALLEY IS NOT IN USE BY ADJACENT NEIGHBORS
11:00:26 AND IT WILL BE EASIER TO MAINTAIN FOR EVERYONE IF VACATED.
11:00:30 I WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THERE ARE CODE VIOLATIONS FOR
11:00:33 BOTH ADDRESSES FOR FENCE IN THE ALLEY.
11:00:36 THAT'S OBVIOUS.
11:00:37 AS YOU'LL SEE HERE, PARCELS OUTLINED IN RED ARE THE ONES IN
11:00:47 QUESTION.
11:00:48 THE ALLEYWAY IS IN YELLOW.
11:00:51 HERE IS CLEARFIELD AVENUE.
11:00:55 CURRENTLY, THIS IS UNIMPROVED AND NOT BEING USED.
11:00:59 ALSO, AGAIN, HERE, THERE IS A NORTH-SOUTH SECTION THAT IS
11:01:06 NOT TO BE EVALUATED.
11:01:07 ONLY EAST AND WEST SECTION HERE.
11:01:09 AGAIN, THIS IS A PORTION OF THE PLAT OF SPRING -- PLAT BOOK
11:01:16 23, PAGE 71.
11:01:20 HERE IS THE ALLEYWAY LOOKING WEST FROM CLEARFIELD AVENUE.
11:01:23 AND THERE'S THE FENCE IN QUESTION.
11:01:28 HERE IS AN ALLEYWAY LOOKING NORTH FROM HILDA STREET.
11:01:31 THIS IS THE NORTH AND SOUTH PORTION OF THE ALLEY.
11:01:34 NOT TO BE VACATED.
11:01:36 ALSO, AGAIN, LOOKING SOUTH FROM THE CURTIS STREET, NORTH AND
11:01:40 SOUTH PORTION OF THE ALLEY NOT TO BE VACATED.
11:01:43 ACCESS TO GARAGE BEHIND 606 WEST CURTIS STREET.
11:01:48 AND THIS IS THE SAME IMAGE PREVIOUS BEFORE THE FENCE WAS
11:01:52 ERECTED FROM THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.
11:01:55 THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE ALLEY.
11:02:01 THIS IS LOOKING EAST FROM CLEARFIELD AVENUE, AND THIS WAS
11:02:04 VACATED BY ORDINANCE 9181A IN 1985.
11:02:09 THIS IS PROPERTY LOOKING SOUTH FROM CURTIS STREET.
11:02:16 THE COAPPLICANT'S PROPERTY LOOKING SOUTH TO CURTIS STREET.
11:02:22 AND CURRENTLY, THE STAFF HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO VACATING
11:02:26 REQUESTED BASED ON RESPONSES RECEIVED FROM THE REVIEWING
11:02:29 AGENCY.
11:02:31 VACATING REQUEST IS APPROVED BY COUNCIL, EASEMENTS FOR
11:02:35 WASTEWATER AND FRONTIER WILL NEED TO BE RESERVED OVERALL
11:02:39 CONDITIONS FOR NATURAL RESOURCES, MUST BE INCLUDED IN
11:02:42 APPROVING ORDINANCE.
11:02:48 >> DID WE ALREADY HEAR FROM STAFF?
11:02:50 ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. SAMON.
11:02:56 ANY QUESTIONS?
11:02:59 FIRST BITE AT THE APPLE.
11:03:04 SORRY, PETITIONER.
11:03:17 MR. BISHOP.
11:03:19 I COULD HAVE SWORN HE WAS THE PETITIONER.
11:03:27 MR. BISHOP, PLEASE PROCEED.
11:03:29 >> I WAS JUST HERE ON BEHALF OF BENJAMIN AND CATHERINE
11:03:34 LIEBER -- [AUDIO BREAKING UP] OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS IF
11:03:42 ANYBODY HAS THEM.
11:03:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN?
11:03:47 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 47?
11:03:51 ANYBODY FOR ITEM 47?
11:03:56 I KNOW THE ROOM IS EMPTY.
11:03:58 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
11:03:58 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CITRO WITH A MOTION TO CLOSE.
11:04:01 COUNCILMAN GUDES WITH A SECOND.
11:04:03 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:04:05 ALL RIGHT.
11:04:07 COUNCILMAN CITRO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THIS ITEM, 47?
11:04:10 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES, SIR.
11:04:11 FILE VAC 21-05, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING
11:04:17 CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE VACATING, CLOSING, DISCONTINUING
11:04:20 AND ABANDONING A PORTION OF A RIGHT-OF-WAY (ALLEYWAY)
11:04:25 LOCATED SOUTH OF CURTIS STREET, NORTH OF HILDA STREET, EAST
11:04:29 OF NORTH BOULEVARD AND WEST OF CLEARFIELD AVENUE WITHIN THE
11:04:32 REVISED PLAT OF SPRING HEIGHTS, A SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF
11:04:37 TAMPA, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED
11:04:40 IN SECTION 1 HEREOF; SUBJECT TO CERTAIN EASEMENT
11:04:43 RESERVATIONS, COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, AND RESTRICTIONS AS
11:04:49 MORE PARTICULARLY SET FORTH HEREIN PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
11:04:52 DATE.
11:04:52 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO.
11:04:54 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:04:56 ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:04:57 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
11:04:58 >>BILL CARLSON: NO.
11:05:00 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:05:02 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:05:06 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:05:08 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:05:09 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:05:11 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON VOTING NO.
11:05:14 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON MAY 20th, 2021
11:05:18 AT 9:30 A.M.
11:05:21 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
11:05:22 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT CONCLUDES THE EARLY PART OF THE
11:05:26 AGENDA.
11:05:26 SO WE ARE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
11:05:28 WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO STAFF REPORTS AND UNFINISHED
11:05:30 BUSINESS.
11:05:31 FOR ITEM 48, IT DOES SAY ADMINISTRATION UPDATE.
11:05:36 I DON'T BELIEVE THE CHIEF OF STAFF HAD ANYTHING.
11:05:38 IF THE CHIEF OF STAFF IS ON THE LINE, I KNOW WE ARE MOVING
11:05:41 QUICKER THAN USUAL.
11:05:43 IS HE OR NO?
11:05:44 WE'LL HOLD OFF ON THAT, BUT WE DO HAVE MR. BRAD BAIRD.
11:05:51 WE'LL GO TO ITEM 49.
11:05:52 I KNOW WE HAVE A MEMO HERE FOR $4.4 MILLION ITEM.
11:05:56 ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BAIRD?
11:05:59 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, I KNOW --
11:06:02 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I DIDN'T HAVE -- GOOD MORNING, BRAD.
11:06:05 I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING ON ITEM 49.
11:06:08 ITEM 50 AND 51, SPECIFICALLY ITEM 50, I WANTED MR. BAIRD TO
11:06:18 PUBLICLY TELL US THE WMBE PERCENTAGES BECAUSE I THINK THEY
11:06:24 ARE GREATLY IMPROVED AND IMPROVING, AND I THINK THAT'S
11:06:28 SOMETHING THE COMMUNITY SHOULD KNOW ABOUT.
11:06:31 WE'RE NOT DONE, BUT WE'RE GETTING BETTER.
11:06:41 >>BRAD BAIRD: DO YOU WANT ME TO ADDRESS ITEM 49 FIRST?
11:06:44 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: NO, JUST 50.
11:06:46 SOMEBODY ELSE MIGHT HAVE A QUESTION ON 49, I DON'T KNOW.
11:06:52 >>BRAD BAIRD: GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
11:06:54 BRAD BAIRD, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
11:06:59 ITEM 50 IS CONSTRUCTION OF THE DAVID L. TIPPIN WATER
11:07:06 TREATMENT FACILITY HIGH SERVICE PUMPING STATION AND
11:07:10 MISCELLANEOUS IMPROVEMENTS.
11:07:11 IT INCLUDES NEW CHLORINE CONTACT BASIN, NEW CENTER CLEAR
11:07:18 WELL, BACK WASH PUMPING STATION.
11:07:23 BLENDING CHAMBER AND, OF COURSE, THE HIGH SERVICE PUMPING
11:07:26 STATION ITSELF.
11:07:28 BASICALLY THE HEART OF OUR TREATMENT PLANT THAT PROVIDES THE
11:07:32 PRESSURE THROUGHOUT OUR SYSTEM.
11:07:34 THE WMBE PARTICIPATION IN TOTAL, WE HAVE 15 FIRMS THAT WERE
11:07:43 CERTIFIED BY THE CITY.
11:07:45 A TOTAL OF 12.3% GOAL WAS ACHIEVED AT $8.1 MILLION OF WHICH
11:07:55 WE HAD BBE PARTICIPATION OF 8.6%, AND THAT WAS A TOTAL OF
11:07:59 SIX FIRMS.
11:08:03 WBE PARTICIPATION OF 2.9%, AND THAT WAS A TOTAL OF THREE
11:08:07 FIRMS.
11:08:07 AND HBE PARTICIPATION OF .64 PERCENT, AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS
11:08:20 THREE FIRMS AS WELL.
11:08:21 AND, FINALLY, SLBE PARTICIPATION OF .14 PERCENT, AND THAT
11:08:30 WAS THREE FIRMS AS WELL.
11:08:32 SO WE DID A VERY GOOD JOB OF WORKING WITH THE DESIGN-BUILD
11:08:39 TEAM TO MAXIMIZE PARTICIPATION ON THIS PROJECT.
11:08:43 >> MR. CHAIRMAN AND BRAD, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU AND
11:08:47 YOUR TEAM AND MR. HART AND EVERYBODY ELSE INVOLVED FOR THOSE
11:08:50 GREATLY IMPROVED NUMBERS.
11:08:51 THANK YOU, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
11:08:54 >>BRAD BAIRD: THANK YOU.
11:08:56 YOU'RE WELCOME.
11:08:57 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. BAIRD, I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A
11:09:00 FORMULA TO FIND OUR WAY NOW, IT SEEMS THAT WAY, AS WE'RE
11:09:02 MOVING UP THE LADDER.
11:09:04 I WANT TO COMMEND YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT FOR UNDERSTANDING
11:09:08 WHAT COUNCIL'S INTENT IS AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE
11:09:10 HEARING FROM FOLKS AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS
11:09:12 GETTING AN OPPORTUNITY.
11:09:13 IT SEEMS LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE GOTTEN THE MESSAGE, AND I
11:09:16 APPRECIATE YOU WORKING SO HARD TO KEEP THOSE NUMBERS MOVING.
11:09:20 THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD WORK.
11:09:22 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:09:23 COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:09:24 >>BILL CARLSON: I ASKED THIS QUESTION PRIVATELY BY E-MAIL.
11:09:29 BUT I JUST WANTED TO ASK IT PUBLICLY SO THE PUBLIC COULD
11:09:36 SEE.
11:09:37 ON THESE THREE ITEMS, CAN YOU JUST ASSURE US THAT NONE OF
11:09:37 THAT MONEY OR NONE OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE TO FUND OR SUPPORT
11:09:38 TOILET TO TAP?
11:09:39 IT'S FOR THE ONGOING OPERATIONS OF THE WATER DEPARTMENT,
11:09:46 CORRECT?
11:09:46 >>BRAD BAIRD: THAT IS CORRECT, COUNCILMAN.
11:09:48
11:09:49 >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU.
11:09:50 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:09:52 ANYBODY ELSE?
11:09:52 NO?
11:09:53 SO WHO WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ITEM NUMBER 49?
11:09:59 >> I'LL MOVE IT, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:10:00 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:10:08 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:10:10 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:10:12 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:10:15 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:10:16 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:10:17 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
11:10:18 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:10:21 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:10:23 >> ITEM 50, ANYBODY ELSE FOR 50?
11:10:31 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I'M GOOD.
11:10:36 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:10:37 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO.
11:10:39 ITEM NUMBER 50.
11:10:40 ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:10:41 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:10:43 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:10:45 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:10:46 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:10:47 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
11:10:48 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:10:49 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:10:51 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:10:52 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:10:53 NEXT IS 51 WHICH IS PART 2.
11:10:55 GO AHEAD.
11:10:56 WHO WISHES TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION?
11:10:58 COUNCILMAN GUDES, SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO.
11:11:02 ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:11:03 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:11:06 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:11:07 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:11:08 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
11:11:09 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:11:10 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:11:12 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:11:12 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:11:14 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BEFORE WE GO TO MR. ROSNER FOR 52,
11:11:17 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER PULLED ITEM NUMBER 22.
11:11:21 IF THERE'S ANYBODY HERE TO ADDRESS ITEM NUMBER 22, AN
11:11:26 AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND CATHOLIC CHARITIES, I
11:11:28 BELIEVE.
11:11:29 MR. ROGERO, ARE YOU HERE FOR THAT ONE, SIR?
11:11:38 >> YES, SIR.
11:11:38 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: LET ME GIVE A PREFACE AND ABBREVIATE
11:11:43 THIS TREMENDOUSLY.
11:11:44 TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE THIS IS A $17 MILLION
11:11:47 PASS-THROUGH ITEM.
11:11:48 WE HAVE BEEN PASSING THROUGH A LOT OF FEDERAL MONEY --
11:11:51 >>> 72,000.
11:11:55 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
11:11:56 WE HAVE BEEN -- WHY DID I THINK IT WAS 17 MILLION?
11:11:58 NO WONDER I JUMPED OUT AT THIS.
11:12:01 OKAY.
11:12:08 WELL, I MISREAD IT.
11:12:10 I NEED TO GET NEW GLASSES.
11:12:12 I'LL PASS ON THIS ONE.
11:12:13 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A GREAT INSURANCE PLAN THROUGH
11:12:15 THE CITY FOR VISION.
11:12:16 [ LAUGHTER ]
11:12:16 IT WILL ONLY BE 15 OR $20 OUT OF POCKET.
11:12:21 AND I RECOMMEND IT.
11:12:25 VISION WORKS.
11:12:27 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YOU CAN HANDLE IT.
11:12:28 THANK YOU, DENNIS.
11:12:30 I'M SORRY.
11:12:31 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:12:33 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I JUST WANTED TO ASK MR. ROGERO, 75,000,
11:12:40 75 MILLION MEANS THE SAME THING.
11:12:42 IT'S STILL PUBLIC FUNDS.
11:12:43 >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, SIR.
11:12:47 THANK YOU.
11:12:48 MR. DINGFELDER, I BELIEVE YOU SAW THIS IN MY E-MAIL.
11:12:51 ALL OF THE FUNDING WE GET FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS
11:12:55 SCRUTINIZED EVENTUALLY BY OUR AUDITORS AS PART OF THE SINGLE
11:12:59 AUDIT ACT.
11:13:00 WHEN I SAY ALL, THE GOOD NEWS IS WE ARE A LOW RISK, SO THEY
11:13:06 WILL COME IN FOR REVIEW A MINIMUM OF 20% OF OUR FEDERAL
11:13:09 FUNDING.
11:13:11 NOW, HAVING SAID THAT, WHAT THEY ALWAYS DO EVERY YEAR IS
11:13:14 SCRUTINIZE OUR INTERNAL CONTROLS PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT
11:13:17 WE ARE SPENDING THE MONEY IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT THE
11:13:20 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TOLD US TO SPEND IT ON.
11:13:22 AND THAT'S REALLY THE PURPOSE OF THE SINGLE AUDIT ACT.
11:13:26 COMES OUT OF THE FEDERAL OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET,
11:13:29 AND THERE'S A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON LARGE AND NEW AMOUNTS.
11:13:34 A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT IS THE SHARES FUNDING THAT WE JUST
11:13:37 RECEIVED, RECENTLY RECEIVED FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
11:13:42 >>ABBYE FEELEY: THIS WAS AN ADDENDUM TO THE AGREEMENT WE
11:14:01 HAD WITH CATHOLIC CHARITY, THAT MONEY WAS PREVIOUSLY
11:14:06 DISTRIBUTED TO ANOTHER ORGANIZATION THAT WAS NOT ON TARGET
11:14:09 TO SPEND IT, AND IN LIEU OF HAVING TO RETURN THE MONEY, TO
11:14:14 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WE ARE AMENDING A CURRENTS AGREEMENT
11:14:17 GIVING CATHOLIC CHARITIES ON TARGET WITH THOSE FUNDS.
11:14:21 THESE FUNDS ARE TO HELP HOMELESS AND THOSE AT RISK OF
11:14:26 BECOMING HOMELESS, AND WE DO MONTHLY AUDITS AS WELL AS
11:14:32 ON-SITE VISITS AS PART OF OUR OWN MONITORING OF THE FUNDING.
11:14:43 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:14:44 AND I AM APOLOGIZE AGAIN.
11:14:46 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AND MS. FEELEY, HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY.
11:14:49 I KNOW IT WAS YESTERDAY.
11:14:51 BUT WE WISH YOU A HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
11:14:53 AND WE THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
11:14:55 AND MR. ROGERO, I DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE YOU TODAY VIRTUALLY
11:14:58 BUT I AM WEARING BATMAN SOCKS.
11:15:01 I KNOW YOU ARE A BIG FAN.
11:15:03 WITH THAT LOGO BEHIND YOU, YOU CAN'T SEE IT.
11:15:08 >> I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS.
11:15:11 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS THERE A MOTION TO MOVE ITEM 22?
11:15:14 MOTION BY DINGFELDER, SECOND FROM GUDES.
11:15:17 ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:15:18 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:15:20 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:15:22 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
11:15:23 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:15:25 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:15:27 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:15:28 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:15:29 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:15:30 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
11:15:32 THAT CONCLUDES ALL MY JOKES.
11:15:34 WE GO TO ITEM NUMBER 52.
11:15:36 ROB ROSNER.
11:15:37 >>ROB ROSNER: WE HAVE PROVIDED YOU WITH A MEMO, THE REPORT
11:15:47 THAT WE HAD PROMISED FROM LAST NOVEMBER.
11:15:50 LOOKING AT THE ITEMS THAT YOU REQUESTED US TO LOOK AT FOR
11:15:54 THE UNION STATION AND THE POSSIBILITY OF WHAT THAT MIGHT BE,
11:15:59 I KNOW YOU HAD A CHANCE TO READ IT AHEAD OF TIME.
11:16:04 DID YOU WANTS TO START WITH ANY QUESTIONS?
11:16:06 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON, THIS WAS YOUR
11:16:08 MOTION SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN.
11:16:10 >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR
11:16:13 TAKING THIS PROPOSAL SERIOUSLY.
11:16:14 I KNOW COMMUNITY GROUPS ARE WORKING WITH YOU ALL ON IT AND
11:16:17 HOPEFULLY IF IT WORKS, WE NEED MORE SPACE FOR ENTREPRENEURS
11:16:23 TO BE ABLE TO MEET AND EVERYONE HAS LOOKED AT IT AND SAYS
11:16:27 THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A WIN-WIN.
11:16:29 WE'LL HAVE MORE VIBRANT TRANSPORTATION HUB AND ALSO BE ABLE
11:16:33 TO SUPPORT ENTREPRENEURS.
11:16:35 AT SOME POINT, I CAN DO IT UNDER NEW BUSINESS OR NOW BUT I
11:16:37 WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SCHEDULE THEM TO COME BACK
11:16:40 MAYBE IN OCTOBER TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON IT THEN.
11:16:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
11:16:44 I THINK YOUR MOTION IS GREAT.
11:16:46 THE IDEA IS GREAT FOR TAMPA UNION STATION WHICH IS A
11:16:50 BEAUTIFUL 100-YEAR-OLD PLUS BUILDING THAT WAS IN RUINS AT
11:16:54 ONE POINT.
11:16:55 I BELIEVE UNDER THE GRECO ADMINISTRATION THEY RESTORED IT
11:16:57 BUT IT'S AN ICONIC BUILDING, AND BEING THAT THE RAILROAD IS
11:17:01 SO IMPORTANT TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF TAMPA BEYOND THE CIGAR
11:17:04 INDUSTRY, WHEN YOU HAVE HENRY PLANT ALONG WITH HENRY FLAGLER
11:17:08 ON THE EAST COAST BRING THE RAILROAD DOWN HERE, SO TO MOVE
11:17:12 IN THIS DIRECTION, TO FURTHER PRESERVE AND UTILIZE UNION
11:17:15 STATION, THIS IS A GREAT IDEA, COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:17:20 YES, SIR, MR. ROSNER.
11:17:22 >>ROB ROSNER: ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, OUR
11:17:26 RECOMMENDATION WAS TO TALK A LITTLE FURTHER.
11:17:32 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO YOU WANT TO TALK MORE ABOUT IT LATER
11:17:34 IN OCTOBER AS COUNCILMAN CARLSON INDICATED?
11:17:37 >>ROB ROSNER: CORRECT.
11:17:41 NO FURTHER ACTION UNTIL THIS FALL.
11:17:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE
11:17:45 THE MOTION NOW, OCTOBER 21st IS A REGULAR MEETING.
11:17:49 >>BILL CARLSON: THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
11:17:51 THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE INVOLVED IN TAMPA UNION
11:17:52 STATION OVER THE YEARS BUT JACKSON AND HIS FATHER HELPED
11:17:57 LEAD THE EFFORTS 20-PLUS YEARS AGO, AND HIS DAD PASSED AWAY
11:18:01 IN THE LAST YEAR AND LEFT SOME MONEY THAT THEY ARE GOING TO
11:18:03 PRIVATELY DONATE TO HELP WITH THE RESTORATION AS WELL.
11:18:07 I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SCHEDULE A TAMPA UNION
11:18:10 STATION COFFEE SHOP AND PROPOSAL UPDATE ON OCTOBER 21st
11:18:16 DURING STAFF REPORTS.
11:18:18 >> SECOND.
11:18:18 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GUDES -- I'M
11:18:21 SORRY.
11:18:21 MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:18:23 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:18:25 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:18:26 ANY OPPOSED?
11:18:27 COUNCILMAN CITRO.
11:18:29 >>JOSEPH CITRO: GO AHEAD.
11:18:31 I WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE A STATEMENT AFTER WE VOTE, THAT'S
11:18:34 ALL.
11:18:34 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD.
11:18:35 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WITH HOPES THAT BRIGHT LINE WILL BE COMING
11:18:39 TO THIS CITY, THIS WILL BE AN ATTRACTIVE, ATTRACTIVE
11:18:45 LOCATION.
11:18:46 SO THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CARLSON, FOR BRINGING THIS UP.
11:18:50 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR, YOU GOT IT.
11:18:52 THANK YOU, MR. ROSNER.
11:18:54 NEXT UP, FDOT, BUT I DIDN'T EXPECT TO MOVE SO QUICKLY WITH
11:18:58 THIS AGENDA.
11:18:59 I HAD THEM SCHEDULED TO COME BACK AFTER LUNCH AT 1:30 TIME
11:19:02 CERTAIN.
11:19:03 I KNOW WE HAVE THE SECRETARY MOST LIKELY AND OTHER TEAM
11:19:06 MEMBERS.
11:19:06 SO WE WILL WAIT FOR FDOT UNTIL 1:30.
11:19:11 THE DISCUSSION ON ITEM 58 I'M SURE WILL BE LENGTHY.
11:19:15 THAT WILL COME AFTER FDOT.
11:19:17 NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER 54 PROPOSED BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:19:22 IF WE HAVE OCEA WYNN ON THE LINE REGARDING THE REPORT FOR
11:19:30 PART OF CHANNELSIDE TO BE NAMED AFTER COUNCILMEMBER LINDA
11:19:34 SAUL-SENA.
11:19:36 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: LET ME JUST PREFACE THIS, BECAUSE IT
11:19:41 ACTUALLY APPEARS HER MEMO REFERENCES THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT,
11:19:45 BUT, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL HAS BEEN ASKING ABOUT NAMING THIS,
11:19:50 NAMING THAT.
11:19:51 I THINK VIRTUALLY EVERY COUNCILMEMBER HAS PROPOSED SOME SORT
11:19:54 OF NAMING, AND WE ARE ALL IN FAVOR OF IT, AND I THINK IT'S
11:19:58 GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND WE KEEP GETTING THE SAME MEMO,
11:20:02 LIKE, YOU KNOW, OH, THEY ARE WORKING ON A POLICY.
11:20:06 SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME FINALITY IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW,
11:20:12 WHEN WE ARE GOING TO SEE THIS POLICY, IF WE ARE GOING TO SEE
11:20:15 THIS POLICY, AND THAT COUNCIL COULD BE INCLUDED IN THE
11:20:18 POLICY.
11:20:18 SO IT DOESN'T JUST RELATE TO HONORING MS. SAUL-SENA, WHO
11:20:23 SHOULD BE HONORED, BUT IT RELATES TO SEVERAL OF THESE
11:20:26 REQUESTS.
11:20:26 THANK YOU, MS. GRIMES.
11:20:29 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MS. GRIMES.
11:20:31 >>GINA GRIMES: GINA GRIMES, CITY ATTORNEY.
11:20:33 MR. DINGFELDER, JUST ONE MONTH AGO WE DID SEND A MEMO TO
11:20:38 COUNCIL EXPLAINING THAT THIS WAS -- A REQUEST CAME UP TO
11:20:46 RENAME SOME STREETS.
11:20:48 WE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL'S ATTENTION THAT THE MANNER IN WHICH
11:20:51 STREETS ARE NAMED IN HONOR OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS, OR FOR
11:20:56 THAT MATTER ARTS, ANY OTHER PUBLIC FACILITIES, THERE'S NOT
11:20:59 BEEN A CONSISTENT AND EQUITABLE PROCEDURE.
11:21:03 AND IT APPEARS THAT ONLY THOSE THAT ARE BROUGHT TO THE
11:21:07 ATTENTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL ARE THE ONES THAT ARE
11:21:10 ADDRESSED.
11:21:11 AND SO WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION PROPOSED WAS TO CREATE A
11:21:17 COMMITTEE AND A PROCESS WHEREBY EVERYBODY WOULD BE TREATED
11:21:23 EQUALLY, AND THEIR APPLICATION WOULD BE REVIEWED.
11:21:29 WE ALSO CONSIDERED EVEN ALLOWING THE PUBLIC TO SUBMIT
11:21:32 APPLICATIONS IF THEY THOUGHT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO NAME
11:21:36 EITHER A STREET OR SOME OTHER PUBLIC FACILITY AFTER AN
11:21:39 INDIVIDUAL THAT'S CONTRIBUTED TO THE COMMUNITY.
11:21:41 SO IT'S A PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO DEVELOP, AND IN THAT MEMO
11:21:47 LAST MONTH, WE DID SAY THAT WE WOULD REPORT BACK TO YOU.
11:21:50 ONCE WE HAVE IT MOVED FURTHER ALONG.
11:21:54 I KNOW -- I CAN'T SPEAK FOR MS. WYNN, BUT I KNOW FOR OUR
11:21:58 DEPARTMENT, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 28 MOTIONS OF CITY COUNCIL
11:22:04 THAT HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE END OF MAY, AND I HAVE
11:22:08 ALSO, I BELIEVE, NINE REQUESTS FROM INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL
11:22:12 MEMBERS FOR ASSISTANCE IN VARIOUS MATTERS.
11:22:14 SO WHILE I WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS DONE AS QUICKLY AS
11:22:18 POSSIBLE, AS WOULD THE ADMINISTRATION, WE HAVE SUBSTANTIAL
11:22:23 WORKLOAD AND WE ARE DOING THE BEST WE CAN AND WE'LL GET BACK
11:22:26 TO YOU WHENEVER WE HAVE FURTHER INFORMATION TO PROVIDE.
11:22:28 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WELL, THANK YOU, MS. GRIMES, FOR THAT
11:22:31 COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE.
11:22:33 MR. CHAIRMAN, WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE ITEM 54
11:22:37 FOR 60 DAYS, TWO MONTHS.
11:22:39 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT WOULD BRING US INTO JUNE.
11:22:41 LET ME GET A DATE.
11:22:42 LET'S DO IT UNDER STAFF REPORTS JUNE 17th, REGULAR CITY
11:22:47 COUNCIL MEETING.
11:22:48 MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER WITH A SECOND FROM
11:22:50 COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:22:52 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:22:53 AYE.
11:22:54 ALL RIGHTY.
11:22:55 NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER 55.
11:22:58 IS SHERISHA HILLS ON THE LINE?
11:23:03 IF NOT WE HAVE A MEMO ON TACOMA PARK.
11:23:07 THERE SHE IS.
11:23:08 GO AHEAD, MA'AM.
11:23:09 >> SHERISHA HILLS, INTERIM DIRECTOR.
11:23:15 CURRENTLY WE HAVE SECURITY LIGHTING AT TACOMA PARK.
11:23:17 WE WILL BE DOING AN ASSESSMENT AS PART OF OUR CITY-WIDE
11:23:21 MASTER PLAN THAT WILL LOOK AT THE LIGHTING NEEDS AND
11:23:23 ASSESSMENT AT EACH PARK SO THIS WILL BE PART OF THAT PACKAGE
11:23:29 IN A MASTER PLAN NEXT YEAR.
11:23:31 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA?
11:23:33 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
11:23:34 AND THANK YOU, MS. HILLS, FOR YOUR HARD WORK IN THIS REGARD.
11:23:38 I LOVE WORKING WITH YOU.
11:23:39 WITH REGARDS TO THIS, I'LL PROBABLY BE PUTTING THIS ON MY
11:23:47 LIST IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROPOSED FOR FISCAL YEAR
11:23:49 BUDGET.
11:23:50 I DON'T THINK IT WOULD COST THAT MUCH.
11:23:52 EVERY TIME WE GO OUT WITH MY GOOD FRIENDS FROM THE TERRACE
11:23:55 PARK, MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IN THE EVENING, I'M NOT A
11:24:00 LIGHTING EXPERT OR ANYTHING BUT IT REALLY SEEMS TO JUST BE
11:24:03 IN NEED OF A LITTLE BIT MORE LIGHT, AND NEXT TIME I'M OUT
11:24:07 THERE, I'LL PROBABLY TAKE A VIDEO OR SOMETHING OF THAT
11:24:10 NATURE.
11:24:10 BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR MEMO AND YOUR RESPONSE.
11:24:14 THANK YOU.
11:24:17 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:24:18 ALL RIGHT.
11:24:19 THAT CONCLUDES THAT.
11:24:22 I HAVE MORE GOOD NEWS TODAY.
11:24:24 FDOT IS READY FOR THEIR PRESENTATION NOW, SHOULDN'T BE MORE
11:24:26 THAN 15 MINUTES, SO WE CAN GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY.
11:24:30 AND ALL WE REALLY HAVE LEFT IS THE VERY BRIEF ITEM NUMBER
11:24:35 58.
11:24:37 SO LET'S GO WITH FDOT.
11:24:39 IF YOU ARE ON.
11:24:40 I SEE YOU ARE AND YOU HAVE A PowerPoint PRESENTATION, I
11:24:43 BELIEVE.
11:24:45 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN.
11:24:46 GO AHEAD, SIR.
11:24:46 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
11:24:50 WE SUBMITTED THE PowerPoint PRESENTATION BEFOREHAND, SO IF
11:24:53 YOU COULD BRING THAT UP, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
11:24:56 THANK YOU.
11:24:56 BUT IN THE MEANTIME I WILL GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE MYSELF.
11:24:59 I'M ACTUALLY CITY STAFF, BRANDON CAMPBELL, AND I AM THE
11:25:04 SMART MOBILITY MANAGER, SO WHERE WE FIT IN THE ORGANIZATION,
11:25:09 WE ARE ONE OF THE FIVE DIVISIONS OF THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT,
11:25:14 AND AMONG OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES, WE HAVE THE TRAFFIC
11:25:18 MANAGEMENT CENTER AND OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS FROM DESIGN AND
11:25:22 CONSTRUCTION OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.
11:25:24 SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH FDOT ON THIS
11:25:29 PROJECT, AND I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE
11:25:33 HISTORY AND SORT OF THE INTENT OF THE PROJECT, AND THEN I AM
11:25:37 GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO KEVIN LEE, WHO IS
11:25:40 FDOT'S PROJECT MANAGER, TO GIVE YOU SOME OF THE MORE FINE
11:25:44 GRAIN DETAILS, AND THEN WE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU
11:25:47 MIGHT HAVE AFTERWARDS.
11:25:48 SO THE PROJECT IS THE ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
11:25:56 JUST A LITTLE HISTORY ON OUR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN
11:26:00 THE CITY.
11:26:05 WE HAVE HAD FOR A LONG TIME A CENTRALIZED TRAFFIC CONTROL
11:26:08 SYSTEM, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP LEFT, OF YOUR SCREEN,
11:26:13 THIS IS SORT OF THE LEGACY SYSTEM THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE.
11:26:17 WE ARE STILL HANGING ON WITH CONNECTION TO A FEW OF OUR
11:26:20 REMAINING SIGNALS, WHAT YOU SEE DOWNTOWN, THOSE ARE ACTUALLY
11:26:24 TWO OF THE NEWER SYSTEM, BUT JUST FOR A COMPARISON, IT WAS
11:26:31 CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY, I'LL SAY 25 TO 30 YEARS AGO.
11:26:35 THAT WAS BASED ON A TWISTED PAIR OF COPPER COMMUNICATIONS
11:26:41 SYSTEM.
11:26:41 IF YOU THINK BACK TO YOUR HOME BASED INTERNET EVOLUTION,
11:26:45 MORE OR LESS IT'S LIKE HAVING A DIAL-UP MOD UM.
11:26:48 IT'S LIKE PRESENTING DATA BACK AND FORTH TO SIGNALS, BUT IT
11:26:52 WAS NOT COMPREHENSIVE ENOUGH FOR US TO ADDRESS MODERN
11:26:56 TRAFFIC CONTROL NEEDS.
11:26:58 AND, IN FACT, BEFORE WE STARTED IMPLEMENTING THE MODERN
11:27:04 SYSTEM, WE HAD DAYS WHERE IN ORDER TO GET REALTIME
11:27:08 INTELLIGENCE WE HAVE TO GO OUT WITH BINOCULARS ON TOP OF THE
11:27:12 FOOTBALL STADIUM AND THE LIKE AND BEING ON THE PHONE BACK
11:27:15 WITH OUR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER.
11:27:18 SO WHAT WE STARTED TO DO SEVERAL YEARS AGO WAS TO MOVE TO A
11:27:25 NEW GENERATION OF ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
11:27:28 IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN, THAT BOTTOM HALF
11:27:31 IS WHAT HAS BEGUN TO BE IMPLEMENTED ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO, AND
11:27:36 WHAT THEN WAS INTENDED TO BE THE FIRST PHASE OF A FOUR-PHASE
11:27:41 PROJECT TO DEPLOY ACROSS THE CITY.
11:27:44 THAT COVERED THE STADIUM, AIRPORT, WESTSHORE AREA, AND GAVE
11:27:48 US THE NEXT GENERATION OF THE CURRENT GENERATION OF TRAFFIC
11:27:53 CONTROL.
11:27:54 SINCE THAT TIME, THE REMAINDER OF THE CITY, THE THREE PHASES
11:27:58 THAT HAVE BEEN SEPARATE PROJECTS, WERE COMBINED INTO ONE
11:28:01 LARGE DESIGN BUILD PROJECT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE HERE
11:28:04 TODAY TO TALK ABOUT.
11:28:05 SO WITH THAT, OLD GENERATION, THE CURRENT GENERATION, AND
11:28:12 THEN ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS PROJECT IS MEANT TO
11:28:16 BRING THE NEXT GENERATION OF TRAFFIC CONTROL AND ACTIVE
11:28:22 TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TO OUR CITY.
11:28:25 THE SYSTEM IS CALLED WAYFARER, SOMETHING WE HAVE DONE SOME
11:28:31 PILOTING WITH AND WE ARE GETTING WITH THIS PROJECT ON A
11:28:34 FULL-SCALE BASIS THAT GIVES US ACCESS TO SOME REALTIME
11:28:39 INTELLIGENCE, EARLY INCIDENT DETECTION AND LIVE.
11:28:43 REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THAT'S BRINGING TO THE CITY.
11:28:46 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
11:28:50 >> SO WE WANT TO USE WHAT WE ARE DOING TO IMPLEMENT STATE OF
11:28:54 THE PRACTICE TECHNOLOGY.
11:28:56 SO I MENTIONED THE OLD DAYS OF OBSERVING TRAFFIC THROUGH
11:29:01 BINOCULARS.
11:29:02 WE HAVE DEPLOYED ON THE ORDER OF 75 TO 100 CAMERAS ALREADY
11:29:06 WITHIN OUR HIGH SPEED COMMUNICATION NETWORK THAT HAS BEEN
11:29:09 DEPLOYED AND IS GROWING.
11:29:12 WE ARE EXPANDING THE REACH OF THAT.
11:29:14 WE ARE ADDING ADDITIONAL CAMERAS FOR MONITORING AND
11:29:18 RESPONDING TO REALTIME NEEDS OF TRAFFIC.
11:29:22 SO BASICALLY MORE OR LESS DOUBLING OUR CAMERA COVERAGE.
11:29:26 BUT WE ALSO BUILD FOR THE FUTURE.
11:29:29 THIS PROJECT IS -- I WON'T SAY PRIMARILY, BUT FUNDAMENTALLY
11:29:34 IT'S ABOUT EXTENDING THE HIGH SPEED COMMUNICATION NETWORK
11:29:37 THROUGH THE DEPLOYMENT OF FIBER AND HIGH SPEED RADIO
11:29:42 TECHNOLOGY THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE FOR BOTH THE TRAFFIC CONTROL
11:29:46 THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING AND HAVE BEEN GROWING IN THE LAST
11:29:51 DECADE OR SO, BUT ALSO CAN LEVERAGE FOR ADDITIONAL
11:29:55 TECHNOLOGIES AS THEY COME ONLINE.
11:29:59 I KNOW THAT YOU ALL MENTIONED EARLIER THE NEW PARKING
11:30:03 SYSTEMS THAT WE STARTED TO DEPLOY WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT.
11:30:06 EVEN THOSE SORTS OF THINGS ARE GOING TO BE BETTER ENABLED BY
11:30:09 HAVING BETTER COMMUNICATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
11:30:12 SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
11:30:14 SO WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO
11:30:17 KEVIN LEE, WHO IS THE FDOT PROJECT MANAGER, TO G GET US INTO
11:30:21 SOME OF THE FINER DETAILS OF THE PROJECT.
11:30:23 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
11:30:29 IF YOU COULD GO ONTO THE NEXT SLIDE.
11:30:34 ONCE AGAIN, THE PROJECT ITSELF IS A DESIGN BUILD PROJECT.
11:30:41 ABOUT NINE MONTHS AGO, ALL THE WAY TO SEPTEMBER 2023.
11:30:45 THE OVERALL COSTS OF THE CONSTRUCTION IS $38 MILLION.
11:30:49 ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU TO BRANDON AND VIK.
11:30:53 THIS WAS WRITTEN FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA RFP FROM BEGINNING TO
11:30:57 END.
11:30:58 ONCE AGAIN, IT'S FOR THE FUTURE.
11:31:00 I THINK ELABORATING WHAT WE NEED, A TAMPA RESIDENT WOULD BE
11:31:10 GLAD TO SEE THAT GOING AND ON TRACK.
11:31:15 IF WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
11:31:16 SOME OF THESE BENEFITS ARE OBVIOUSLY MORE THAN ANYTHING
11:31:20 ELSE, WE WANT TO REDUCE CONGESTION AND IMPROVE SAFETY.
11:31:24 THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN OUR MISSION AND GOAL AT FDOT, SAFETY
11:31:31 IMPROVEMENT, NO ACCIDENT, NO PEDESTRIAN INCIDENTS, NOTHING
11:31:34 WHATSOEVER.
11:31:35 I WE ARE GETTING TO THAT POINT.
11:31:40 MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, WE COULD REDUCE THE TRAVEL TIME
11:31:44 INCLUDING THE TRAVEL CHOICES EXPANDED WITH THIS, AND NOT
11:31:47 ONLY THAT, WE WILL GIVE IMPROVEMENT TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
11:31:50 SO BASICALLY, IF SOMETHING WERE TO -- WITH THE OUTDATED
11:31:58 COPPER WIRES, WITH FIBER-OPTIC CABLES, THEY GET TO SEE
11:32:01 LIVESTREAM, LIVE THINGS OF WHAT'S GOING ON AT THOSE
11:32:04 INTERSECTIONS AND RESPOND ACCORDINGLY.
11:32:07 GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
11:32:12 THIS GETS INTO NUMBERS.
11:32:14 A LITTLE BORING BUT LET ME GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE.
11:32:18 BASICALLY WE ARE GOING DO INSTALL 450,000, AND UPGRADE FROM
11:32:28 COPPER FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA.
11:32:31 ALSO TO INCLUDE 63 INTERSECTIONS WITH CCTV CAMERAS, AND THE
11:32:41 RIGHT SCREEN ON YOUR BOTTOM, COUNTY GIVE YOU ADDITIONAL
11:32:45 VEHICLE SPEED, AS WE SEE IT, AND ALSO ACCIDENT ARRIVAL TIME.
11:32:50 SO WE WILL HAVE 44 INTERSECTIONS.
11:32:52 ALSO, WE WORK WITH CITY OF TAMPA DEPARTMENT TO INCREASE
11:32:59 ROADWAY FLOOD SENSORS ON 15 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
11:33:03 NEXT SLIDE.
11:33:07 I THINK BRANDON KIND OF ALLUDED AT THE BEGINNING, THIS WILL
11:33:12 GIVE YOU THE REALTIME TRAFFIC THROUGH THE CENTER.
11:33:17 BUT NOT ONLY THIS, I THINK WE WILL WORK WITH OTHER AGENCIES
11:33:20 AS WELL COMPARED TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AND IN THE RANGE
11:33:27 WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AND NOT ONLY THAT, INTERCONNECT
11:33:32 WITH THE PARKS SYSTEM AS WELL.
11:33:33 SO WE WILL HAVE ALL THE OTHER AGENCIES KIND OF INTERCONNECT
11:33:37 WITH CITY OF TAMPA WITH THIS NEW SOFTWARE AND SYSTEM, AND WE
11:33:42 WILL HAVE 355 NEW SIGNAL CONTROLLERS INCLUDING 60 UPS.
11:33:47 SO WHAT THE UPS UNINTERRUPTED POWER SUPPLY, LET'S SAY A
11:33:52 HURRICANE COMES AND POWER GOES OUT, WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER 12
11:33:56 TO 24 HOURS SUSTAINED POWER SYSTEM THAT CONTROLS THE SIGNALS
11:34:00 WITHOUT LOSING ANY UNINTERRUPTED POWER WHATSOEVER.
11:34:04 SO EVEN IF THE HURRICANE COMES, THE SIGNAL WILL STILL GO AS
11:34:08 WE MOVE FORWARD.
11:34:10 AND THEN INCLUDING REPLACE SOME OF THESE OUTDATED SERVERS
11:34:14 AND THE WORK STATIONS AND SWITCHES AND FIREWALL AND ROUTERS.
11:34:20 NEXT SLIDE.
11:34:23 ONGOING CONSTRUCTION PICTURES, I WILL SHOW YOU, THROUGHOUT
11:34:31 THE CITY OF TAMPA, BUT A FEW MORE SLIDES TO KIND OF GIVE
11:34:34 YOU.
11:34:35 GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
11:34:37 SO WHAT WE ARE DOING, GOING UNDERNEATH THE SIDEWALKS.
11:34:42 ONCE AGAIN, RIGHT-OF-WAY, NOT GOING OUTSIDE OF THE
11:34:46 RIGHT-OF-WAY.
11:34:50 GO ONTO THE NEXT SLIDE.
11:35:00 AND THIS IS PRETTY MUCH IT.
11:35:03 ONCE AGAIN I WANT TO THANK BRANDON AND VIK AND THE COUNCIL
11:35:06 FOR LETTING US PRESENT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH CITY OF TAMPA
11:35:08 PROJECTS, BUT THIS WILL WRITTEN SO WE CAN HELP THE CITY TO
11:35:13 BENEFIT THE FUTURE FOR THE NEXT 20 TO 25 YEARS.
11:35:16 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:35:17 I KNOW THIS MAY NOT BE THE PROPER FORUM, BUT THROUGHOUT THIS
11:35:22 CITY WITH THE INTERSTATE, WHICH GOES THROUGH MUCH OF MY
11:35:25 DISTRICT AT DALE MABRY, AT ARMENIA, TO GET ON THE ON AND OFF
11:35:32 RAMP OF 275, AND THERE MIGHT BE OTHER AREAS, BUT THE STREETS
11:35:38 THAT ARE CITY STREETS, FOR EXAMPLE, MAIN STREET, WE HAVE OUR
11:35:41 SIGNALS, THEY DO NOT FALL IN LINE WITH THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS
11:35:47 AT THE INTERSTATE.
11:35:48 SO YOU WILL SEE, YOU ARE SITTING THERE FIVE, TEN MINUTES AT
11:35:51 MAIN STREET AND ARMENIA AT A RED LIGHT WHILE THE INTERSTATE,
11:35:57 YOU KNOW, THE INTERSTATE LIGHTS ARE GREEN, THE LIGHT TURNS
11:36:02 GREEN ON MAIN STREET AND GOES RIGHT INTO RED LIGHT.
11:36:04 I MEAN, IT CREATES AN ON INSTRUCTION THERE, EVEN DALE MABRY,
11:36:08 WHICH IS MUCH HEAVIER.
11:36:09 IT'S EASIER TO TAKE A LOT OF SIDE STREETS, NOW DUMPING
11:36:13 TRAFFIC TO LOIS AND HIMES AND MacDILL, BECAUSE DALE MABRY
11:36:19 HAS THE SPRUCE LIGHT.
11:36:21 THE COLUMBUS LIGHT.
11:36:23 SMALLER LIGHTS IN BETWEEN.
11:36:24 THE LIGHTS THAT GET INTO THE HOME DEPOT, SUPER TARGET.
11:36:27 IT'S NOT COORDINATED.
11:36:29 IT'S NOT SYNCHRONIZED AND JUST CREATES GRIDLOCK FOR NO
11:36:34 REASON.
11:36:34 WE TALK ABOUT THE ADVANCED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
11:36:37 I SEE HERE IN TAMPA -- I'M SORRY, IN DOWNTOWN TAMPA AS WE
11:36:40 LEAVE CITY HALL, THE LIGHTS ARE SYNCHRONIZED GOING NORTH ON
11:36:43 FLORIDA AND SOUTH ON TAMPA STREET.
11:36:45 AND IT HAS A SIGN THAT SAYS 30 MILES PER HOUR.
11:36:48 AS LONG AS YOU ARE GOING 30, YOU ARE GOING TO HIT THE GREEN
11:36:51 AS YOU KEEP GOING UP BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN OTHER CITIES,
11:36:54 AND IT'S CAUSING MORE TRAFFIC BACKUP FOR REALLY NO REASON.
11:36:57 I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC, BUT SIGNALIZATION AND
11:37:00 TIMING IS A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THAT.
11:37:03 SO, YOU KNOW, I CAN TALK TO OTHER PEOPLE IN YOUR OFFICE
11:37:08 ABOUT THIS, BUT SINCE YOU ARE HERE, I WAS AT A COFFEE SHOP
11:37:12 THIS MORNING AND A GENTLEMAN AND HIS WIFE THAT I KNEW SAID,
11:37:14 HEY, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT THESE AT DALE MABRY?
11:37:17 AND I SAID, YEAH, I WAS STUCK A AT THOSE LIGHTS TEN MINUTES
11:37:24 AGO, TOO.
11:37:24 I'LL STOP THERE.
11:37:25 COUNCILMAN GUDES, SIR.
11:37:26 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MINE DOESN'T RELATE TO TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
11:37:30 THE MORE IT TAKES UNDERNEATH THE UNDERPASSES, ESPECIALLY
11:37:35 BETWEEN FLORIBRASKA AND TALIAFERRO.
11:37:40 WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH FOLKS LIVING UNDERNEATH THE
11:37:43 INTERSTATE.
11:37:44 I DON'T WANT TO DISMISS THE HOMELESS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT,
11:37:47 BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IS, COMMUNITY RESIDENTS HAVE CALLED,
11:37:50 BECAUSE INDIVIDUALS ARE DEFECATING, USING THE BATHROOM,
11:37:54 UNDERNEATH THOSE, AND EXPOSING THEMSELVES AT THE LIGHTS
11:37:58 WHILE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET TO THEIR DESTINATION.
11:38:02 SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A PROCESS.
11:38:04 I HAVE ASKED FOR CLEANING UP.
11:38:05 THEY HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB, BUT IT CREATES A FORM OF BLIGHT
11:38:13 AND I WANT TO SEE IF WE HAVE A MECHANISM FOR PUTTING FENCES
11:38:16 UP IN THAT AREA OR SOMETHING TO KEEP THE AREA CLEAN, BECAUSE
11:38:20 IT'S BECOMING REALLY A HAZARD.
11:38:22 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:38:25 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: JUST AS A FOLLOW-UP TO MR. GUDES'
11:38:29 STATEMENT, WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IS THAT UNDERNEATH THE
11:38:33 INTERSTATE, MR. LEE OR MR. CAMPBELL?
11:38:37 >> I GUESS I WOULD SAY IT'S KIND OF A COMPLEX ISSUE
11:38:49 INVOLVING BOTH LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND I SUPPOSE THAT'S NOT ON
11:38:54 THE CLEAN-UP -- BUT I'LL LET SECRETARY GWYNN, I'LL LET YOU
11:38:58 BOTH RESPOND.
11:39:02 >> SECRETARY DAVID GWYNN: GOOD MORNING.
11:39:04 SO, YEAH, THAT'S ACTUALLY OUR RIGHT-OF-WAY SO WE ARE
11:39:08 RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE THAT IT KEEPS CLEAN, AND WE WORK
11:39:11 WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AS WELL AS THE LOCAL AGENCIES TO
11:39:16 DETERMINE HOW BEST TO APPROACH THE HOMELESS ISSUE, BECAUSE
11:39:21 CERTAINLY WE ARE NOT THE AGENCY THAT WOULD GO OUT AND
11:39:23 ENFORCE ANY RESTRICTIONS.
11:39:26 WE RELY ON LAW ENFORCEMENT TO DO THAT, BUT WE ALSO AT TIMES
11:39:30 PUT UP SIGNS SO THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO ENFORCE, WHETHER IT
11:39:33 BE NO LOITERING, NO TRESPASSING.
11:39:36 SOMETIMES WE DO PUT FENCING UP.
11:39:40 THE TRUTH IS, EVEN IN THE PLACES WE HAVE FENCING, A LOT OF
11:39:44 THESE FOLKS FIND WAYS TO GET IN THERE, AND IN FACT SOME I
11:39:47 THINK LIKE FENCES BETTER THAN THEY DO WITH NO FENCE.
11:39:51 AND SO THAT DOESN'T COMPLETELY SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
11:39:53 BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT IT.
11:39:56 THERE'S A GOOD APPLICATION AT THOSE LOCATIONS THAT MIGHT
11:39:59 HELP TO KEEP IT CLEANER AND MAYBE KEEP SOME OF THE HOMELESS
11:40:04 PEOPLE FROM CAMPING OUT, ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE CAUSING A
11:40:08 SAFETY PROBLEM.
11:40:09 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. SECRETARY, THANK YOU FOR POPPING IN
11:40:11 THERE.
11:40:11 AGAIN IT'S NOT TO PUT PEOPLE IN JAIL, OR HARASS THE HOMELESS
11:40:15 BUT IT'S BECOME MORE OF A BIGGER PROBLEM AGAIN WITH
11:40:19 URINATION, DEFECATION, PEOPLE EXPOSING THEMSELVES, AND
11:40:23 ABUNDANCE OF TRASH UNDER THE INTERSTATE AT THE ROAD SLIDE,
11:40:28 SLIDING DOWN ON A SLOPE THERE, JUST MY CONCERN, PEOPLE IN MY
11:40:33 DISTRICT ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT IT, THE RESIDENTS RIGHT
11:40:35 THERE, AND THAT'S A REAL BUSY SPOT.
11:40:39 I'M GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE INTERSECTION OPEN AT
11:40:42 FLORIBRASKA BUT THAT'S A BUSY STOP, PEOPLE TRAVELING, PEOPLE
11:40:45 GOING TO SCHOOL THERE WALKING, AND SEE HOW WE CAN GET SOME
11:40:49 TYPE OF SYSTEM GOING TO MAKE SOME REAL IMPROVEMENTS.
11:40:52 I THANK YOU FOR CHIME IN, SIR.
11:40:55 >> WE'LL COORDINATE WITH THE CITY IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO
11:40:57 MAKE AN IMPROVEMENT THERE.
11:40:58 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, MR. LEE, MR.
11:41:02 CAMPBELL.
11:41:02 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR EXCELLENT REPORT.
11:41:04 WHILE SECRETARY GWYNN IS HERE, MY OFFICE RECEIVED A
11:41:09 MULTITUDE OF PHONE CALLS FROM COMPLAINTS FROM CITIZENS ABOUT
11:41:13 TRASH, JUNK AND DEBRIS AROUND THE EDGES AND ENTRANCES OF 275
11:41:17 AND I-4.
11:41:19 THEY ALSO CALL MY OFFICE FOR THINGS SUCH AS FIVE GALLON
11:41:25 BUCKETS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSTATE, BEDS, MATTRESSES,
11:41:29 EVERYTHING FALLING OFF TRUCKS.
11:41:31 SECRETARY GWYNN, I KNOW THAT WE CONTRACT, FDOT CONTRACTS FOR
11:41:37 CLEAN-UP OF OUR ENTRANCES AND EXITS OFF THE INTERSTATE
11:41:42 SYSTEM ALONG WITH OUR INTERSTATE SYSTEM.
11:41:43 IS THERE ONE CENTRALIZED NUMBER THAT RESIDENTS CAN CALL TO
11:41:48 SAY, HEY, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS CLEANED UP, OR, HEY,
11:41:52 THERE IS A MATTRESS ON THE INTERSTATE SYSTEM, OR IS THERE
11:41:54 ONE CENTRALIZED NUMBER THAT OUR RESIDENTS CAN CALL INSTEAD
11:41:58 OF US TRYING TO HAVE TO CALL ALL THESE DIFFERENT ENTITIES
11:42:01 THAT WE CONTRACT OUT TO KEEP OUR INTERSTATE SYSTEM CLEAN?
11:42:05 >> ABSOLUTELY.
11:42:09 AND I WILL MAKE SURE I GET YOU THE NUMBER THAT WOULD BE THE
11:42:11 MOST APPROPRIATE.
11:42:12 THE THING WE WANT TO TRY TO DO IS GET A RESPONSE OUT THERE
11:42:16 AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY SOMETHING LIKE A MATTRESS
11:42:19 OR SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE A SAFETY HAZARD OUT ON THE ROAD.
11:42:23 WE DO HAVE A CONTRACTOR.
11:42:26 WE ACTUALLY GOT A NEW CONTRACTOR, I GUESS IT WAS LATE LAST
11:42:33 YEAR, AND WE REVISED THE CONTRACT TO BE ABLE TO PUT HIGHER
11:42:38 STANDARDS ON THEM THAN WE NORMALLY DO.
11:42:40 BY STATUTE WE HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF MAINTENANCE.
11:42:44 BUT IN TALKING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR, WE
11:42:48 UNDERSTOOD THAT SOME AREAS WERE NOT BEING MAINTAINED TO THE
11:42:52 LEVEL THAT CITY WANTED SO WE INCREASED THOSE STANDARDS.
11:42:57 IT DOES GET A LITTLE BIT COMPLICATED, AND LAST YEAR WE WENT
11:43:02 THROUGH AN EXERCISE WITH THE CITY.
11:43:03 THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS THAT ARE ACTUALLY UNDER CITY
11:43:07 AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY TO MAINTAIN.
11:43:09 WE HAVE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS WITH LOCAL AGENCIES, AND
11:43:12 THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS, AND THE THING WE WANTED TO MAKE
11:43:15 SURE WAS EVERYBODY KNEW, OKAY, THIS WAS THE CITY'S
11:43:17 RESPONSIBILITY, THIS IS A DO T. RESPONSIBILITY SO IT WASN'T
11:43:21 AN AREA THAT SOMEBODY THOUGHT THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR,
11:43:24 THAT THEY REALLY WERE.
11:43:25 AND I THINK WE GOT ALL THAT WORKED OUT PRETTY GOOD WITH THE
11:43:28 CITY MAINTENANCE TEAM.
11:43:29 BUT WE'LL REVISIT THAT, AND COUNCILMAN, IF THERE ARE
11:43:33 PARTICULAR AREAS YOU ARE AWARE OF THAT ARE EXCEPTIONALLY
11:43:37 POOR IN TERMS OF THE TRASH COLLECTION, IF YOU LET US KNOW,
11:43:42 I'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WHOEVER IS RESPONSIBLE
11:43:45 FOR THAT KEEPS AN EYE ON IT.
11:43:49 I KNOW DURING THE SUPER BOWL WE ACTUALLY PUT A LOT MORE
11:43:52 RESOURCES OUT THERE TO TRY AND, YOU KNOW, GET IT ESPECIALLY
11:43:57 LOOKING EVEN BETTER.
11:43:58 BUT IF THERE'S ANY THAT WE ARE MISSING WE WILL BE GLAD TO GO
11:44:02 OUT AND LOOK AT THEM.
11:44:03 BUT WE'LL GET YOU A NUMBER THAT YOU GUYS CAN POST OUT FOR
11:44:06 FOLKS TO CALL.
11:44:07 I JUST DON'T HAVE IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
11:44:10 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECRETARY GWYNN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:44:13 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:44:16 MY QUESTION GOING BACK TO THE PRESENTATION BY MR. LEE AND
11:44:18 MR. CAMPBELL, TECHNOLOGY IS A WONDERFUL THING, AND I MEAN
11:44:26 THAT SINCERELY.
11:44:28 IT IMPROVES OUR LIVES IN GREAT WAYS.
11:44:30 BUT THE TRADE-OFF FOR TECHNOLOGY IS ALSO A LOSS OF OUR
11:44:35 PRIVACY AND IN MANY WAYS OUR CIVIL LIBERTIES.
11:44:39 YOU KNOW, THE BOOK "1984" I THINK WAS PROBABLY BACK IN THE
11:44:45 SIXTIES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND IT PREDICTED THE FUTURE,
11:44:49 AND, YOU KNOW, WITH CONCERNS ABOUT BIG BROTHER.
11:44:53 AND I STILL HAVE THOSE CONCERNS ON A DAILY BASIS.
11:44:58 SO MY QUESTION AS RELATED TO THESE CAMERAS IS, HOW TIGHT DO
11:45:04 THESE CAMERAS, YOU KNOW, FOCUS IN?
11:45:07 ARE THEY FOCUSING IN ON LICENSE TAGS AND FACES? DO THEY
11:45:10 HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF FOCUSING IN ON LICENSE TAGS AND
11:45:15 FACES? WHAT TYPES OF CONTROLS DO WE HAVE ON THOSE CAMERAS,
11:45:18 SO PEOPLE CAN'T BREAK INTO THEM AND USE THEM IMPROPERLY?
11:45:24 FINALLY, IN REGARD TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, DOES LAW ENFORCEMENT
11:45:29 HAVE TO OBTAIN SEARCH WARRANTS IN ORDER TO USE THESE
11:45:32 CAMERAS?
11:45:32 AND UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES -- I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IF THERE'S
11:45:40 SOMETHING VERY SERIOUS WE WOULD WANT LAW ENFORCEMENT TO DO
11:45:43 THAT, BUT ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS MAYBE WE WOULD BE A LITTLE
11:45:47 MORE HESITANT.
11:45:47 SO THAT'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
11:45:50 YOU GUYS CAN DEAL WITH IT AS YOU WISH.
11:45:52 >>VIK BHIDE: IF I MAY, BRANDON.
11:46:01 VIK BHIDE, DIRECTOR OF MOBILITY DEPARTMENT.
11:46:03 SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS OVER SIX YEARS, AND WE ARE
11:46:10 VERY COGNIZANT, EYES AND EARS ON THE GROUND TO GIVE US
11:46:16 INFORMATION, AND PRIVACY CONCERNS.
11:46:20 PRIVACY CONCERNS BY THE COMMUNITY.
11:46:22 SO THE FIRST THING ABOUT THESE CAMERAS IS WE DO NOT ...
11:46:28 WE ONLY USE THESE CAMERAS IN LIVESTREAM FOR OBSERVATION.
11:46:34 THE OTHER THING THAT THESE NEW CAMERAS WILL HAVE THE ABILITY
11:46:37 TO DO IS COUNT VEHICLES, NOT READ LICENSE PLATES BUT COUNT
11:46:43 VEHICLES, WHICH WE NEED, AND WE KEEP OUR COUNTS ON AN
11:46:49 ONGOING BASIS TO BUY EQUIPMENT.
11:46:51 SO THESE CAMERAS WILL SERVE MULTIPLE PURPOSES, WHICH IS TO
11:46:54 KNOW HOW MUCH TRAFFIC THERE IS AND THEN THE THIRD THING
11:46:58 THESE CAMERAS WILL BE USED FOR ARE THINGS LIKE EMERGENCY
11:47:02 MANAGEMENT.
11:47:04 BUT THEY DO NOT READ LICENSE PLATES.
11:47:08 THEY DO NOT RECOGNIZE FACES.
11:47:10 AND WE DO NOT RECORD THE VIDEO.
11:47:12 WE DO INTEGRATE OUR VIDEO TO A COMMON SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE
11:47:19 DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING TPD, BUT THAT IS MORE FOR INTERNAL
11:47:23 EFFICIENCY THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
11:47:25 AS FAR AS THE VEHICLE SENSORS, THOSE ARE JUST RADIO WAVES,
11:47:33 SO THEY ARE VERY NONINTRUSIVE AS WELL, TO THE EXTENT PRIVACY
11:47:37 GOES.
11:47:38 AND THEN FINALLY, ON PRIVACY, ONE SECTOR OF CONCERN IS
11:47:45 PEOPLE'S PRIVACY THROUGH A SYSTEM THAT WE PUT OUT THERE.
11:47:48 THE OTHER IS PEOPLE THAT MAYBE MISUSING THE SYSTEM THROUGH
11:47:55 HACKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, OR THAT WE HAVE GONE OUT OF OUR
11:47:59 WAY AND RECEIVED SOME NATIONAL RECOGNITION AS WELL TO ENSURE
11:48:03 CYBER SECURITY, OPERATING EQUIPMENT, WHICH IS THE
11:48:09 CONTROLLERS AND THE STREET, SO WE HAVE A DEVICE THERE THAT
11:48:12 LISTENS FOR SOME SORT OF INCLUSION, AND IF THAT INCLUSION IS
11:48:16 OUT OF THE ORDINARY, IT WILL DO ANYTHING FROM QUARANTINE TO
11:48:20 SEVER THAT CONNECTION, DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF THREAT.
11:48:25 SO THERE IS A LOT OF PRECAUTION IN ADDRESSING SOME OF THESE
11:48:30 CONCERNS AND HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY PROBLEM.
11:48:33 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. BHIDE.
11:48:34 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:48:35 I AM MOST PLEASED, I GUESS, TO HEAR THIS IS NOT A
11:48:38 TAPE-RECORDED DEVICE SO THAT PROBABLY ALLEVIATES MOST OF MY
11:48:44 CONCERNS, AND I APPRECIATE VIK, YOU AND YOUR TEAM, AND THE
11:48:47 DEPARTMENT ARE COGNIZANT OF THESE PRIVACY ISSUES.
11:48:51 MR. SECRETARY, ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL AND THE CITY, WE
11:48:55 APPRECIATE THIS BIG PROGRAM TO HELP TRAFFIC MOVE BETTER
11:48:59 THROUGH THE CITY, SO THANK YOU.
11:49:01 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
11:49:03 COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:49:03 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. SECRETARY, AGAIN, THANK YOU.
11:49:08 I DON'T KNOW WHAT REALM TO FOLLOW UP BETWEEN US AND THE CITY
11:49:12 FOR COLLABORATION BUT ALSO NOTE IT IS VERY DARK UNDER THE
11:49:15 FLORIBRASKA INTERSECTION THERE SO MAYBE SOME ADDITIONAL
11:49:18 LIGHTING, MAYBE WE CAN FIND A WAY TO SEE -- WE DON'T WANT TO
11:49:29 HARASS THE HOMELESS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT BUB WE WANT TO
11:49:31 ALSO MACH SURE WE HAVE THE AREA CLEAN AND SAFE, AND AGAIN
11:49:35 SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING ARE JUST NOT
11:49:37 GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
11:49:38 >> IN FACT I JUST SAW THE OTHER DAY WHERE WE HAVE SOME PLANS
11:49:42 TO DO MORE UNDERDECK LIGHTING IN SOME OF THE AREAS SO WE ARE
11:49:45 GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS WORKING WITH THE POWER COMPANY.
11:49:48 I WILL TELL YOU UNFORTUNATELY WHAT WE FOUND SOME OF THE
11:49:50 AREAS WHERE A LOT OF THE HOMELESS POPULATION, THEY WILL
11:49:52 ACTUALLY GO IN THERE AND TRY TO BREAK THE LIGHT BECAUSE AT
11:49:56 NIGHT THEY MAY NOT NECESSARILY WANTS THEM ON.
11:49:59 THERE'S A LOT OF MAINTENANCE INVOLVED IN IT BUT WE TRY TO
11:50:01 PROTECT THEM AND FIND WAYS TO KEEP IT.
11:50:03 BUT YOU ARE RIGHT.
11:50:04 WE DID A LOT OVER TOWARDS THE WEST TAMPA AREA LAST YEAR.
11:50:08 WE MOVED INTO SOME OF THE LONGER BRIDGES.
11:50:10 BUT WE ARE WORKING ON THEM.
11:50:12 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
11:50:14 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:50:16 YOU ARE MUTED, SIR.
11:50:21 PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
11:50:26 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.
11:50:35 JUST CLICK -- DID YOU CLICK ON THE MICROPHONE?
11:50:39 OH, THERE YOU GO.
11:50:40 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AM NOW.
11:50:42 I WAS UNMUTED BY A SOURCE OTHER THAN MYSELF.
11:50:45 LET ME SAY THIS, THAT I APPRECIATE WORKING THE CONTROLS.
11:50:51 WE CERTAINLY CAN DO THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN THE PAST
11:50:54 AND YOU CAN USE NATURE'S BEST ENERGY SOURCE ON SOLAR.
11:51:01 LIGHTS, PUT THEM UP HIGH ENOUGH, PROTECTED ENOUGH SO THE
11:51:04 LIGHT SHOWS DOWN A MUCH STRONGER BEAM, MUCH BRIGHTER.
11:51:07 THE LED LIGHTS THAT THEY HAVE NOW, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SPOT
11:51:10 SOMETHING FIFTY YARDS AWAY.
11:51:13 AND I AM NOT SAYING LIGHT IT UP LIKE PATROLLING SOMETHING.
11:51:16 BUT IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS AND SAVE YOUR MONEY,
11:51:22 SOLAR, YOU CAN PUT IT IN YOUR OWN HOUSE, YOU CAN PROTECT
11:51:25 YOUR OWN HOUSE, IT LIGHTS UP AND IN 15, 20 SECONDS IT GOES
11:51:29 BACK DOWN.
11:51:30 YOU CAN DO ALL THIS YOURSELF.
11:51:32 I AM NOT TALKING TO YOU PERSONALLY.
11:51:33 I AM TALKING TO ANYONE.
11:51:34 SO THERE'S A LOT OF PROTECTIONISM YOU CAN DO WITHOUT
11:51:38 VIOLATING ANYONE'S RIGHTS.
11:51:41 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:51:41 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU, FDOT.
11:51:43 THANK YOU, MR. SECRETARY.
11:51:44 WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND THE PRESENTATION AND VIK BHIDE,
11:51:47 THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
11:51:49 ALL RIGHT.
11:51:49 THAT CONCLUDES THE AGENDA WESTBOUND THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM
11:51:52 NUMBER 58.
11:51:54 AND WE WILL TAKE THAT UP AFTER LUNCH.
11:51:57 WE ARE IN RECESS.
11:51:59 IT IS A LITTLE BEFORE NOON.
11:52:00 HOW ABOUT 1:30?
11:52:02 IS 1:30 ALL RIGHT WITH EVERYBODY?
11:52:04 WE ARE IN RECESS TILL 1:30.
11:52:07 [ CITY COUNCIL RECESS ]
01:27:21
01:34:36 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
01:37:16 [SOUNDING GAVEL]
01:37:19 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WELCOME BACK.
01:37:20 I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER,
01:37:23 IF WE COULD PLEASE HAVE A ROLL CALL.
01:37:25 >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
01:37:27 >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE.
01:37:28 >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
01:37:30 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HERE.
01:37:31 >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE.
01:37:39 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
01:37:41 >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
01:37:43 >> WE WILL GO TO ITEM 58 WHICH IS OUR LAST REMAINING ITEM ON
01:37:46 THE AGENDA FOR TODAY.
01:37:47 I SEE THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT IS ON.
01:37:50 MS. WELLS, WILL YOU BE PRESENTING ON THIS?
01:37:52 >>CATE WELLS: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
01:37:54 YES, I WILL.
01:37:55 WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO CONTINUE?
01:37:57 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
01:37:57 GO AHEAD.
01:37:58 >>CATE WELLS: GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY COUNCIL.
01:38:00 FOR THE RECORD, CATE WELLS, CHIEF ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY.
01:38:04 I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO BRIEFLY REACH OUT TO CITY
01:38:07 COUNCIL'S ACTION ON APRIL 1st AND HOW IT RELATE TO THE
01:38:10 ITEM BEFORE YOU.
01:38:11 TWO WEEKS AGO, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED RESOLUTION NUMBER
01:38:14 20-21-273 DECLARING ITS INTENTS TO AMEND THE CITY'S
01:38:20 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND DIRECT THE STAFF TO SUBMIT THE
01:38:22 AMENDMENTS TO PLANNING COMMISSION.
01:38:24 YOU MAY RECALL THE AMENDMENT IS TO THE FUTURE LAND USE
01:38:28 ELEMENT, LAND USE CATEGORY MATRIX, AND PROPOSES TO REMOVE
01:38:31 THE ABILITY TO UTILIZE F.A.R. FOR SINGLE USE RESIDENTIAL
01:38:36 DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF DWELLINGS, MULTIFAMILY, WITHIN THE
01:38:39 URBAN MIXED USE 60, COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL 35, AND COMMUNITY
01:38:44 MIXED USE 35 LAND USE CATEGORIES.
01:38:48 THE PLAN AMENDMENT WAS FILED WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION
01:38:50 EARLIER THIS WEEK TO BE INCLUDED IN THE MAY AMENDMENT CYCLE
01:38:54 AND TENTATIVE HEARING DATES PROVIDED INCLUDE A PLANNING
01:38:58 COMMISSION BRIEFING AND PUBLIC HEARING IN THE MONTH OF JULY
01:39:01 AND AUGUST.
01:39:03 CITY COUNCIL TRANSMITTAL HEARING IN SEPTEMBER WHERE WE WOULD
01:39:07 TRANSMIT THE TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC
01:39:10 OPPORTUNITY FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT.
01:39:12 AND THEN WITH AN ANTICIPATED CITY COUNCIL ADOPTION HEARING
01:39:16 SCHEDULED ON JANUARY 27 OF 2022.
01:39:21 BY SEPARATE MOTION, CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED THE LEGAL
01:39:24 DEPARTMENT TO PRESENT THE NECESSARY LEGAL DOCUMENTATION
01:39:27 WHICH WOULD PROHIBIT THE CITY FROM ACCEPTING REZONING
01:39:31 APPLICATIONS WHICH UTILIZE THE F.A.R. CALCULATION FOR SINGLE
01:39:35 USE MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS MU 60, UMU 35 AND CC-35 FUTURE LAND
01:39:41 USE AMENDMENTS.
01:39:44 DURING A RECENT CITY COUNCIL MEETING WE DISCUSSED THE
01:39:46 POSSIBILITY OF PROCESSING THE PLAN AMENDMENT UNDER THE
01:39:48 PENDING ORDINANCE DOCTRINE.
01:39:51 FOR THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE
01:39:54 DOCTRINE, IT HOLD THAT AN APPLICATION FOR BUILDING PERMIT OR
01:39:57 DEVELOPMENT ORDER SUCH AS THE REZONING APPLICATION FILED ON
01:40:01 OR AFTER THE DATE WHEN A LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAS PUBLICLY
01:40:06 DECLARED ITS INTENTS TO CHANGE ITS ZONING TO BE DENIED OR
01:40:09 HELD UNTIL AFTER THE ENACTMENT OF THE NEW ZONING ORDINANCE.
01:40:15 THE DECISION OUT OF THE FOURTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS
01:40:17 WHICH HELD THAT THE PENDING ORDINANCE DOCTRINE DID NOT APPLY
01:40:21 TO A PROPOSED CHANGE TO THE LOCAL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BECAUSE
01:40:25 ZONING AND PLANNING HAVE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS, AND BECAUSE
01:40:28 CHAPTER 153 OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES EXPLICITLY STATES THAT
01:40:32 THE ADOPTED PLAN HAS FULL FORCE AND EFFECT UNTIL THE NEW
01:40:36 PLAN IS IN PLACE.
01:40:38 ALTHOUGH THE SECOND DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL WHERE THE CITY
01:40:40 OF TAMPA SITS HAS ADOPTED THE PENDING ORDINANCE DOCTRINE, IT
01:40:45 HAS NOT ADDRESSED THE SPECIFIC ISSUE OF WHETHER THE DOCTRINE
01:40:48 APPLIES TO PLAN AMENDMENTS.
01:40:51 ACCORDINGLY, IF CITY COUNCIL WISHES TO SUSPEND REZONING
01:40:55 APPLICATIONS DURING THE PERIOD OF TIME THE PLAN AMENDMENT IS
01:40:58 BEING PROCESSED, IT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT CITY COUNCIL
01:41:01 ADOPT THE PROPOSED INTERIM DEVELOPMENT CONTROL ORDINANCE.
01:41:05 WE ARE RECOMMENDING THIS APPROACH IN AN ABUNDANCE OF
01:41:08 CAUTION, GIVEN THE DIFFERENT DECISIONS BETWEEN THE FOURTH
01:41:11 DCA AND THE SECOND DCA AS WELL AS THE NUMBER OF INQUIRIES WE
01:41:17 HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC AND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT
01:41:19 COMMUNITY.
01:41:20 IF THE ORDINANCE IS APPROVED, IT WILL BE EFFECTIVE JUNE
01:41:23 1st AND REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR 270 DAYS, WHICH IS THE
01:41:27 EQUIVALENT OF NINE MONTHS.
01:41:28 THIS PERIOD OF TIME INCLUDES THE ANTICIPATED ADOPTION
01:41:31 HEARING IN JANUARY OF 22 AND THE STATUTORY 31 DAYS BEFORE
01:41:37 THE PLAN AMENDMENT WOULD BECOME EFFECTIVE AFTER APPROVAL BY
01:41:40 CITY COUNCIL.
01:41:41 IF THIS IS ACCEPTABLE TO COUNCIL, THE ORDINANCE SHOULD BE
01:41:44 PLACED ON FIRST READING AT YOUR NEXT MEETING ON MAY 6th,
01:41:48 AND THEN ADVERTISED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION DURING
01:41:51 THE EVENING MEETING ON MAY 27th IN ORDER TO BE APPROVED
01:41:55 AND IN EFFECT ON JUNE 1st.
01:41:57 I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
01:41:59 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, THEN COUNCILMAN
01:42:01 GUDES.
01:42:04 PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
01:42:05 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'M DIAGNOSE THAT RIGHT NOW.
01:42:10 CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
01:42:12 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
01:42:13 >> I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU SAID, AND I AM ASKING
01:42:15 IF YOU CAN PLEASE PRESENT THAT WITH WORDS THAT THE
01:42:21 INDIVIDUALS LIKE MYSELF CAN UNDERSTAND.
01:42:23 I UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU SAID, BUT WHEN YOU SAID FROM THE
01:42:26 DISTRICT COURT TO THAT COURT TO THIS COURT TO THE OTHER, I
01:42:29 JUST WANT YOU TO EXPLAIN WHAT IT MEANS.
01:42:31 YOU CAN DO SOMETHING, CAN'T DO SOMETHING, HOW CAN YOU DO IT,
01:42:34 CAN YOU STILL DO SOMETHING WHEN IT'S STILL IN EFFECT?
01:42:37 >>CATE WELLS: ABSOLUTELY, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
01:42:41 THANK YOU.
01:42:42 IN THE PENDING ORDINANCE DOCTRINE WHICH HAS BEEN DISCUSSED
01:42:45 BY CITY COUNCIL AT A FEW OF YOUR MEETINGS NOW WOULD ALLOW
01:42:50 CITY COUNCIL TO OR THE CITY TO HOLD APPLICATIONS FOR
01:42:55 REZONING WHILE THE PLAN AMENDMENT IS BEING PROCESSED, AND
01:43:00 THAT IS DOCTRINE THAT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED OR ADOPTED BY THE
01:43:03 SECOND DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS, THAT IS THE DCA ANY
01:43:09 CHALLENGES OF THE CITY OF TAMPA WOULD GO TO.
01:43:12 THERE'S ANOTHER DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS, THE FOURTH
01:43:14 DISTRICT.
01:43:15 THEY HAVE LOOKED AT THE IDEA OF THAT DOCTRINE AND WHETHER OR
01:43:17 NOT IT WOULD APPLY TO THE ADOPTION OF A PLAN AMENDMENT, AND
01:43:20 IT DECIDED IN THAT INSTANCE THAT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COULD
01:43:25 NOT RELY ON THE PENDING ORDINANCE DOCTRINE TO SUSPEND THE
01:43:31 PROCESSING OF REZONING APPLICATIONS WHILE THEIR LOCAL
01:43:34 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS BEING AMENDED.
01:43:36 AND THE COURT IN THAT CASE SUGGESTED THAT HAD THAT LOCAL
01:43:40 GOVERNMENT INTENDED TO AVOID ANY CONTROVERSY, IT COULD HAVE
01:43:44 ADOPTED A MORATORIUM.
01:43:47 IF THAT WAS THE INTENT OF THE COURT RATHER THAN RELYING ON
01:43:50 THIS PENDING ORDINANCE DOCTRINE.
01:43:52 SO IF CITY COUNCIL WISHES TO SUSPEND THE PROCESSING OF
01:43:56 APPLICATION WHILE THIS PLAN AMENDMENT IS BEING PROCESSED
01:44:01 WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND ULTIMATELY COMES BACK TO
01:44:04 CITY COUNCIL FOR A TENTATIVE ADOPTION IN JANUARY OF 2022, IT
01:44:11 IS OUR RECOMMENDATION, RATHER THAN RELYING ON THE CONCEPT OF
01:44:14 THE PENDING ORDINANCE DOCTRINE, THAT CITY COUNCIL INSTEAD
01:44:18 FORMALLY ADOPT THE INTERIM DEVELOPMENT CONTROL ORDINANCE
01:44:23 THAT WAS FILED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
01:44:27 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO THAT MEANS -- THAT ANY PROJECT THAT'S
01:44:35 UMU-60 OR CMU-35 OR CC-35 INCLUDING SINGLE FAMILY UNITS, YOU
01:44:44 WOULD NOT HAVE ANY F.A.R. AND SO FORTH INVOLVED IN IT?
01:44:48 >>CATE WELLS: IF APPROVED, WE WOULD SUSPEND THE PROCESSING
01:44:54 OF REZONING APPLICATIONS FOR THOSE SINGLE-USE PROJECTS THAT
01:44:58 RELY ON F.A.R. FOR DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THOSE FUTURE LAND USE
01:45:02 CATEGORIES.
01:45:03 IT WOULD NOT PROHIBIT, HOWEVER, DEVELOPERS OR PROPERTY
01:45:06 OWNERS FROM MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT SAME TYPE OF REZONING
01:45:10 APPLICATION BASED ON DENSITY, SO LIKE CMU-35, THEY WOULD BE
01:45:15 ALLOWED UP TO PERMITTED UP TO 30 UNITS TO THE ACRE, AND
01:45:19 UMU-60, I BELIEVE UP TO 50 UNITS TO THE ACRE, SO THEY COULD
01:45:23 STILL PROCESS THOSE APPLICATIONS BASED ON DENSITY, JUST NOT
01:45:28 F.A.R.
01:45:28 ALTERNATIVELY, FILE AN APPLICATION FOR A MIXED USE PRODUCT.
01:45:33 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO, MR. CHAIRMAN, SO THAT MEANS THAT YOU
01:45:37 CAN CONTINUE MANUFACTURING A BUILDING IN THESE AREAS MINUS
01:45:42 THE F.A.R.?
01:45:43 >>CATE WELLS: THAT IS CORRECT.
01:45:45 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
01:45:47 I GOT IT NOW.
01:45:48 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN GUDES, THEN DINGFELDER.
01:45:50 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT WAS BASICALLY MY QUESTION.
01:45:55 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MIRANDA.
01:45:56 BECAUSE I AM KIND OF CONFUSED WITH WHAT YOU ARE SAYING ABOUT
01:46:00 NO ONE NEW ABOUT THIS TRANSPIRING.
01:46:03 WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT AND CITIZENS HAVE BEEN TALKING
01:46:05 ABOUT IT FOR A WHILE, SO TO ME IT'S DISINGENUOUS FOR THE
01:46:09 COMMUNITY TO SAY WE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THIS, WE JUST DID
01:46:12 THIS OUT OF SHORT NOTICE.
01:46:14 IT'S UNFAIR TO THE CITIZENS AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT.
01:46:17 WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS.
01:46:18 MY ISSUE IS THIS.
01:46:21 THE PLAN AMENDMENT PROCESS, HOW LONG DOES THE PLAN AMENDMENT
01:46:25 PROCESS TAKE WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION?
01:46:27 >>CATE WELLS: THE AMENDMENT WAS FILED THIS WEEK AND WILL BE
01:46:34 INCLUDED IN THE MAY CYCLE.
01:46:38 THE AMENDMENT WOULD THEN BE SCHEDULED FOR BRIEFING BEFORE
01:46:40 THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN JULY, AND THEN FOR PUBLIC HEARING
01:46:44 IN AUGUST.
01:46:45 IT WOULD THEN COME TO THE CITY IN SEPTEMBER FOR TRANSMITTAL
01:46:49 TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, AND WE WOULD
01:46:53 ANTICIPATE BASED ON THAT TIMELINE THAT WE COULD SCHEDULE THE
01:46:56 ADOPTION, PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ON JANUARY
01:47:00 27th OF 2022.
01:47:04 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SO APPROXIMATELY NINE MONTHS THAT F WE
01:47:11 WENT FOR THE RESOLUTION ORDINANCE TODAY, GIVE THAT GRACE
01:47:15 PERIOD NINE-MONTH PERIOD, FOLLOW UP WITH THE ACTUAL PLANNING
01:47:17 COMMISSION ADOPTION, CORRECT?
01:47:21 >>CATE WELLS: CORRECT.
01:47:21 THE PLAN AMENDMENT PROCESS HAS BEEN INITIATED, AND IF IT IS
01:47:26 COUNCIL'S DECISION TO SUSPEND THE PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS
01:47:30 DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME, YOU WOULD WANT TO MOVE FORWARD
01:47:33 WITH THE ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE FILED FOR YOUR
01:47:36 CONSIDERATION.
01:47:37 ALTERNATIVIVELY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT
01:47:40 ORDINANCE AND JUST ALLOW THE PLANNING PROCESS TO CONTINUE,
01:47:45 AND THEN DEAL WITH THE ISSUE WHEN IT COMES BACK TO YOU FOR
01:47:48 TRANSMITTAL AND THEN FINAL ADOPTION IN JANUARY.
01:47:50 >>ORLANDO GUDES: BUT IF WE WORK FORWARD, DEVELOPERS,
01:47:54 WHOEVER, CAN STILL DEVELOP, THEY JUST CAN'T GO OVER THE
01:47:58 DENSITY PORTION.
01:47:59 CORRECT?
01:48:04 >>CATE WELLS: IF YOU ADOPT THE ORDINANCE, THE INTERIM
01:48:08 DEVELOPMENT CONTROL ORDINANCE, DEVELOPERS COULD STILL
01:48:12 DEVELOP A SINGLE-USE PRODUCT UNDER THE DENSITY.
01:48:16 ALTERNATIVELY, THEY COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH A MIXED USE
01:48:19 CONCEPT.
01:48:19 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF OPTIONS ON THE
01:48:24 TABLE TO TRY TO GET TO THE SAME END RESULT, TO BE HONEST
01:48:27 WITH YOU, STILL THE SAME PERIOD OF TIME.
01:48:30 SO I DON'T SEE WHAT -- IN MY MIND, FROM WHAT YOU ARE SAYING,
01:48:34 YOU STILL CAN MOVE FORWARD.
01:48:36 IF WE DON'T MOVE FORWARD, YOU ARE SAYING WE ALREADY PUT --
01:48:39 THE TRAIN HAS ALREADY LEFT THE STATION TO GO TO THE PLANNING
01:48:42 COMMISSION STILL.
01:48:43 SO I AM JUST NOT REALLY SEEING WHAT THE BIG FUSS IS AT THIS
01:48:47 PARTICULAR POINT, BUT I YIELD BACK, MR. CHAIR.
01:48:49 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE OPTION IS WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH
01:48:52 SENDING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO MOVE
01:48:54 FORWARD WITH AN ORDINANCE.
01:48:55 COUNTY BE A TWO-PART -- OR WE CAN MOVE FORWARD, VOTE OR NOT
01:49:00 VOTE.
01:49:01 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER THEN VIERA.
01:49:04 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: PROCEDURALLY, THAT'S TRUE.
01:49:08 BUT LEGALLY, I THINK WITHOUT THE ORDINANCE, WE ARE NOT
01:49:12 PUTTING PEOPLE -- WE ARE NOT PUTTING THOSE DEVELOPERS ON
01:49:15 NOTICE, AND THEY COULD CONTINUE TO USE THE NEXT NINE MONTHS
01:49:18 TO PROCESS EVERYTHING THE WAY THEY HAVE BEEN DOING.
01:49:21 SO IF WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT DOING ANYTHING AT ALL, I THINK
01:49:24 THE ORDINANCE IS IMPORTANT.
01:49:27 BUT I DO AGREE, I DON'T KNOW WHO SAID IT, BUT I DO AGREE, I
01:49:33 THINK COUNCILMAN GUDES SAID THAT THE DEVELOPERS' OBJECTIONS
01:49:36 TO ME SOUND LIKE THE WIZARD OF OZ, LIONS AND TIGERS AND
01:49:40 BEARS, OH MY!
01:49:42 THIS IS NOT THAT BIG A DEAL.
01:49:43 THIS IS NOT AN ABSOLUTE MORATORIUM BY ANY MEANS.
01:49:46 YOU KNOW, AND CATE EXPLAINED IT VERY WELL. IF YOU HAVE A
01:49:52 CMU-35 LAND USE CATEGORY, THOSE DEVELOPERS CAN STILL COME
01:49:55 IN, YOU KNOW, AND GET OR AT LEAST ASK FOR A REZONING AT THAT
01:50:01 LEVEL, EITHER 30 OR 35 UNITS, DEPENDING ON I THINK THEY
01:50:06 START AT 30 AND IF THEY MEET SOME OTHER BONUS CRITERIA, THEN
01:50:10 THEY CAN GET UP TO 35.
01:50:12 ALL WE ARE SAYING IS DON'T COME IN WITH THAT F.A.R.
01:50:15 CALCULATION THAT OFTEN TAKES THEM UP TO WHAT IS IT, MS.
01:50:18 FEELEY, LIKE 40 OR 50 UNITS PER ACRE ON OCCASION.
01:50:23 AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S UNREASONABLE.
01:50:26 YOU KNOW, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US IS GETTING BARRAGED WITH
01:50:30 E-MAILS AND CORRESPONDENCE AND PHONE CALLS FROM PEOPLE ALL
01:50:34 OVER THE CITY SAYING WE DON'T HAVE A HANDLE ON TRAFFIC, ON
01:50:39 EVACUATION, ON FLOOD BEING, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, AND WE ARE
01:50:43 GRANTING OR AT LEAST CONSIDERING WHEN THESE REZONING
01:50:47 APPLICATIONS AT A VERY, VERY HIGH DENSITY, AND WE NEED TO
01:50:51 SLOW IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT UNTIL SOME OF THESE STUDIES ARE
01:50:54 DONE, ESPECIALLY THESE FLOODING STUDIES THAT ARE GOING TO
01:50:57 HAVE TO BE HAPPENING SOUTH OF GANDY.
01:50:59 SO I DON'T THINK, IT'S NOT A HORRIFIC, YOU KNOW,
01:51:06 INFRINGEMENT UPON PROPERTY RATES OR ANYTHING ELSE.
01:51:10 IF IT WAS, LEGAL COUNSEL WOULD TELL US AND THEY WOULD WARN
01:51:13 US THAT THIS COULD BE A RISKY PROPOSITION, AND I DON'T THINK
01:51:18 THAT WE HAVE HEARD THAT.
01:51:19 I THINK IT'S A VERY CONSERVATIVE RESPONSE TO A VERY SERIOUS
01:51:24 PROBLEM THAT'S BEEN STATED BY MANY, MANY NEIGHBORHOODS.
01:51:28 BUT I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR MS. FEELEY.
01:51:32 I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS OFFLINE LAST WEEK.
01:51:35 THIS F.A.R. HAS NOT BEEN AROUND FOREVER, HAS IT?
01:51:37 I THINK THIS F.A.R. CALCULATION WAS SOMETHING, DIDN'T WE
01:51:41 TALK ABOUT THIS AS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP IN THE LAST TEN
01:51:44 YEARS OR 15 YEARS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
01:51:47 IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S BEEN AROUND FOREVER.
01:51:50 AM I CORRECT, MS. FEELEY.
01:51:56 WHERE DID SHE GO?
01:51:58 OR MS. WELLS, IF YOU WANT TO ANSWER.
01:52:00 OH, THERE SHE IS.
01:52:01 >>ABBYE FEELEY: ABBYE FEELEY, DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH
01:52:06 MANAGEMENT.
01:52:07 IT HAS BEEN SINCE THE LATE 80s.
01:52:17 THE BONUS HAS NOT --
01:52:20 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
01:52:22 THAT BONUS -- WELL, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT, IS USING
01:52:25 THE F.A.R. AS A DIFFERENT WAY TO CALCULATE YOUR BONUS
01:52:28 DENSITY.
01:52:28 I THOUGHT WE CONCLUDED THAT THAT CAME INTO PLAY LIKE IN THE
01:52:33 2007 OR 2008 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
01:52:35 >>ABBYE FEELEY: WELL, THE BONUS WENT FROM 7 TO 10 AND THEN
01:52:44 TO AN ABSOLUTE FIGURE, BUT THROUGH OUR RESEARCH, NONE OF THE
01:52:48 PROJECTS SOUTH OF GANDY HAVE EXECUTED BONUS.
01:52:52 THEY HAVE BEEN ACHIEVING DENSITY ABOVE THAT WHICH WAS
01:52:55 PLANNED THROUGH THE UTILIZATION OF THE F.A.R.
01:52:58 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY.
01:52:58 ALL RIGHT.
01:52:59 WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT.
01:53:02 LIKE I SAY, MR. CHAIRMAN, I DON'T THINK THIS IS THAT BIG A
01:53:05 DEAL, BUT I DO THINK IF WE ARE GOING TO DO ANYTHING, WE NEED
01:53:08 TO DO THE ORDINANCE AND DO THEM HAND IN HAND, SO AT LEAST
01:53:10 THE MESSAGE GETS OUT TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY THAT WE
01:53:13 ARE SERIOUS ABOUT SOME OF THIS.
01:53:14 OTHERWISE, WE HAVE WASTED A LOT OF TIME.
01:53:17 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU, SIR.
01:53:19 COUNCILMAN VIERA.
01:53:19 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
01:53:21 A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS IF I MAY THAT I WAS WRITING DOWN.
01:53:24 AND I'LL GIVE MY THOUGHTS ON IT A BIT.
01:53:29 WITH PLAN AMENDMENTS, HAS THE CITY TRIED TO DO THIS -- AND I
01:53:35 MAY BE USING THE INCORRECT LEGAL TERMINOLOGY BUT WE ARE
01:53:39 STARTING A PLAN AMENDMENT PROCESS AND WE SEEK TO IMPLEMENT
01:53:41 THE EFFECTS OF THAT PLAN AMENDMENT PRIOR.
01:53:44 HAVE WE DONE THIS?
01:53:46 MAYBE I WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION BUT I DON'T THINK WE HAVE
01:53:49 DONE IT SINCE I HAVE BEEN HERE.
01:53:51 IN ANY RECENT TIME HAS THE CITY SOUGHT TO DO THIS?
01:53:55 >> I CAN ADDRESS THAT FROM THE PERIOD OF TIME WHEN I WAS
01:54:00 HERE BETWEEN 2001 AND 2006 AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR
01:54:05 PROCESSING PLAN AMENDMENTS.
01:54:06 I DON'T RECALL THAT INTERIM CONTROL ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED
01:54:13 DURING THE PERIOD OF TIME OF THAT PROCESSING.
01:54:17 AND THIS IS THE SECOND BATCH A LITTLE OVER 18 MONTHS.
01:54:21 THIS OF COURSE BY THIS CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST TIME WE
01:54:24 HAVE DISCUSSED IT.
01:54:25 I DON'T KNOW IF ABBEY, IF YOU RECALL IN THE INTERIM IF
01:54:28 THAT'S BEEN UTILIZED.
01:54:29 >>ABBYE FEELEY: WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE INCIDENCE
01:54:35 POTENTIAL ZONE WITH MacDILL AND THE DENSITY DOWN IN THAT
01:54:39 AREA, THEY ATTEMPTED TO DO THAT.
01:54:43 IT DIDN'T PASS.
01:54:45 WE HAVE USED IT OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE DO PENDING ORDINANCE FOR
01:54:50 TEXT AMENDMENTS IS MORE OF WHAT I BELIEVE THIS COUNCIL IS
01:54:53 FAMILIAR WITH, WHEN WE HAD USED IT, THE TEXT AMENDMENT WOULD
01:54:59 COME BEFORE YOU, AND FROM THE PERIOD OF TIME WE WOULD SAY
01:55:05 THAT WOULD BE THE PENDING ORDINANCE.
01:55:06 SO MORE SO IN LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS STANDPOINT THAN
01:55:10 IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
01:55:12 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY, THANK YOU.
01:55:15 AND MAYBE I MISHEARD.
01:55:17 I DON'T REMEMBER WHO SAID THIS.
01:55:18 THIS DENSITY BONUS PROVISION THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, SCALING
01:55:22 BACK, SO LAST TIME, WE STARTED TO PUSH FORWARD THE TEXT
01:55:27 AMENDMENT ON THIS, AS I RECALL, I GUESS TWO WEEKS AGO.
01:55:30 DID I HEAR CORRECTLY THAT NO ONE HAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THIS
01:55:33 SOUTH OF GANDY?
01:55:34 OR DID I MISHEAR THAT?
01:55:36 I DON'T WANT TO MAKE A MISTAKE.
01:55:38 >>ABBYE FEELEY: SO WHAT'S BEEN OCCURRING SOUTH OF GANDY IN
01:55:43 THESE MIXED USE CATEGORIES TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, YOU MAY
01:55:46 EITHER USE DENSITY, OR FLOOR AREA RATIO ... AND A FLOOR AREA
01:55:55 RATIO UTILIZATION DOES NOT REQUIRE BONUS.
01:56:00 SO IF YOU CAN DEVELOP UP TO A 1 F.A.R., FOR EXAMPLE, CMU-35,
01:56:08 AND I USE THE EXAMPLE OF BECAUSE THAT WOULD GET YOU 43,560
01:56:17 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.
01:56:18 IF YOU DIVIDE THAT BY A THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT UNIT, YOU ARE
01:56:22 GETTING 43 UNITS, WHICH IN THE SAME LAND USE CATEGORY, A
01:56:28 DENSITY ONLY GETS YOU 30 UNITS TO THE ACRE.
01:56:31 IF YOU WANT A BONUS, YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THE GAP IN BETWEEN
01:56:37 30 AND 35.
01:56:38 SO WHAT'S BEEN OCCURRING IS THE THERE'S A UTILIZATION WITH
01:56:42 THE ALLOWANCE WHICH THE CODE CURRENTLY HAS UTILIZATION OF
01:56:45 F.A.R., PEOPLE ARE CHOOSING DENSITY THAT IS BEYOND WHAT WAS
01:56:51 PLANNED FOR.
01:56:52 SO AT THE 43 UNITS AN ACRE THERE'S 13 MORE THAN WHAT WAS
01:56:56 PLANNED FOR AT THE 30 UNITS AN ACHE OAR BUT IT IS NOT A
01:57:01 BONUS BECAUSE THEY ARE WITHIN THE ALLOWABLE F.A.R.
01:57:04 SO THERE'S SOME UNINTENTIONAL CONSEQUENCES WHICH HAVE
01:57:08 ARRIVED IN THE UTILIZATION OF F.A.R. RESULTING IN PROJECTS
01:57:11 THAT ARE SUBSTANTIALLY MORE DENSE THAN WHAT WAS PLANNED FOR.
01:57:16 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
01:57:19 >>CATE WELLS: AND IF I MAY SUPPLEMENT MY RESPONSE IN REGARD
01:57:23 TO THE USE OF THIS TYPE OF ORDINANCE, WHILE A PLAN AMENDMENT
01:57:26 IS IN PROCESS.
01:57:27 I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT WHILE THE PENDING ORDINANCE
01:57:30 DOCTRINE HAS BEEN UTILIZED WHEN WE ARE AMENDING CHAPTER 27
01:57:33 OF THE CODE, IMPLEMENTING A PLAN AMENDMENT THROUGH A
01:57:37 MORATORIUM BEFORE IT'S FORMALLY ADOPTED HAS NOT BEEN
01:57:40 UTILIZED BY THE CITY HISTORICALLY.
01:57:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY ELSE?
01:57:48 ALL RIGHT.
01:57:48 HEARING NONE, WHAT -- IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE, MS. WELLS?
01:57:54 >>CATE WELLS: NO, SIR.
01:57:55 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WHAT'S THE APPROPRIATE PROCEDURE THAT
01:57:57 YOU ARE LOOKING FOR, MS. WELLS, TO MOVE BOTH OF THESE
01:58:00 FORWARD?
01:58:01 >>CATE WELLS: WELL, THE PLAN AMENDMENT HAS ALREADY BEEN
01:58:06 FILED WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION SO THE ONLY ISSUE BEFORE
01:58:09 YOU IS WHETHER OR NOT COUNCIL WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE
01:58:12 INTERIM DEVELOPMENT CONTROL ORDINANCE.
01:58:14 IF YOU DO, WE WOULD NEED A MOTION TODAY TO PLACE IT ON FIRST
01:58:18 READING DURING YOUR REGULAR MEETING ON MAY 6th.
01:58:22 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THAT'S MY MOTION, MR. CHAIRMAN.
01:58:23 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
01:58:26 THIS IS A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER FOR THE IDCO AS
01:58:32 ABBREVIATED, ACRONYM.
01:58:34 DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
01:58:37 WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER GUDES.
01:58:40 YES, SIR, COUNCILMAN VIERA.
01:58:41 >>LUIS VIERA: I JUST WANTED TO GIVE MY THOUGHTS BRIEFLY ON
01:58:44 THIS IF I MAY.
01:58:45 JUST FOR THE SAKE OF THE PUBLIC WATCHING THIS, I GUESS IT
01:58:48 WAS -- AND CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG -- TWO WEEKS I THINK
01:58:51 AGO, WE VOTED 7-0 ON PROCEEDING WITH THE PLAN AMENDMENT
01:58:56 BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO GET THIS THING STARTED.
01:58:59 YOU KNOW, I HAVE ALWAYS TAKEN THE POSITION THAT WHEN IT
01:59:02 COMES TO THE MANY, MANY DEMONSTRATED CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE
01:59:06 SOUTH OF GANDY, AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT MANY PARTS OF THE CITY
01:59:10 OF TAMPA THAT ARE EXPERIENCING GROWTH AND WHATNOT, THAT
01:59:14 INCLUDES PARTS OF NORTH TAMPA, NEW TAMPA, ET CETERA, YOU
01:59:16 KNOW THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO ADDRESS
01:59:19 THAT.
01:59:19 ONE THING I HAVE ALWAYS CITED INCLUDING WITH A MEETING WITH
01:59:22 OUR FRIENDS IN THE SOUTH OF GANDY NEIGHBORHOODS A COUPLE
01:59:26 WEEKS AGO, IS THE PLAN AMENDMENT PROCESS WHICH I SUPPORTED A
01:59:31 COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AS WELL AS ALWAYS SAY A COUPLE OF OTHER
01:59:34 THINGS THAT I WISH WE WOULD TALK ABOUT CONCURRENT IN THIS
01:59:38 CONVERSATION THAT I THINK ARE, YOU KNOW, OUR FRIEND
01:59:41 COUNCILMAN GUDES ALWAYS SAYS DON'T TELL ME WHAT YOU CAN'T
01:59:43 DO, TELL ME WHAT YOU CAN DO.
01:59:45 YOU KNOW, WE ARE DOING SOMETHING TODAY THAT MAYBE WE CAN DO.
01:59:49 WHETHER WE SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T, THAT WILL BE UP TO THIS
01:59:51 COUNCIL.
01:59:51 BUT THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO ADDRESS THE REAL
01:59:55 CHALLENGES THAT ARE SOUTH OF GANDY THAT REQUIRE, JUST AS
02:00:00 THIS DOES, BY THE WAY, A LEVEL OF COURAGE, WHATEVER YOU WANT
02:00:05 TO CALL IT AND WHATNOT, IN TERMS OF COMING OUT WITH
02:00:09 SOMETHING.
02:00:10 THAT INCLUDES INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT OBVIOUSLY
02:00:14 COST MONEY.
02:00:14 THAT'S IN THE BUDGET PROCESS.
02:00:16 AND YOU TAKE A LOOK AT A LOT OF THE CHALLENGES IN GROWING
02:00:20 AREAS LIKE SOUTH OF GANDY AS WELL AS NEW TAMPA AND OTHER
02:00:23 AREAS, THAT'S INFRASTRUCTURE.
02:00:24 INFRASTRUCTURE IS A BIG DEAL.
02:00:25 WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT WITH ROADS, TALKING ABOUT
02:00:27 THINGS LIKE STORMWATER, TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY,
02:00:31 ET CETERA, ANOTHER BIG ONE WHICH IS OBVIOUS ONE IS TRANCE
02:00:35 TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS.
02:00:36 YOU KNOW, IN 2018 I WAS PROUD TO ENDORSE THE ALL FOR
02:00:40 TRANSPORTATION PENNY SALES TAX.
02:00:42 I AM SUPPORTED PUTTING IT BACK ON THE BALLOT TAMPA SAFETY
02:00:48 NET SALES TAX AND 2022 GOD WILLING WHEN IT'S BEFORE US GIVEN
02:00:53 THOSE CHALLENGES, NOT AN EASY DECISION, BUT SOMETHING THAT
02:00:57 WE CERTAINLY ALL SHOULD DO WHENEVER IT COMES TO CHALLENGES
02:01:00 OF GROWTH.
02:01:01 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ROADS.
02:01:02 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MASS TRANSIT AND INFRASTRUCTURE,
02:01:05 ET CETERA.
02:01:05 I THINK THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD WAYS TO DO THIS.
02:01:08 PUTTING FORTH A PLAN AMENDMENT AND PUTTING FORTH
02:01:12 SOMETHING -- AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS IN PEOPLE'S
02:01:15 MOUTHS, BUT SOMETHING THAT ISN'T OFTEN DONE WITH AN
02:01:18 IMPLEMENTATION OF IT SORT OF BETRAYS THE DELIBERATIVE
02:01:22 PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
02:01:24 I THINK THAT WE ALL ULTIMATELY SUPPORT THE PLAN AMENDMENT,
02:01:27 BUT WE OUGHT TO HAVE MORE SCRUTINY ON IMMEDIATE
02:01:30 IMPLEMENTATION OF IT.
02:01:32 THERE OUGHT TO BE MORE SCRUTINY THERE.
02:01:33 OUGHT TO BE MORE DELIBERATION ON THAT ISSUE.
02:01:36 AND A LOT OF FOLKS SAY WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A
02:01:38 YEAR AND A HALF.
02:01:39 WE HAVE.
02:01:39 BUT SOUTH OF GANDY.
02:01:41 AND I WANT TO REMAINED PEOPLE, THIS IS SOMETHING -- AND
02:01:44 PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG -- THAT'S GOING TO BE
02:01:46 CITY-WIDE, BECAUSE OF LEGAL REQUIREMENTS, BECAUSE OF LEGAL
02:01:49 REQUIREMENTS.
02:01:50 I THINK ABOUT UT, I THINK ABOUT AREAS AT USF, ET CETERA, HAS
02:01:55 OUTREACH BEEN DONE, IMPLEMENTED?
02:01:59 I THINK A LITTLE MORE DELIBERATION IS SOMETHING THAT IS
02:02:01 REASONABLE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
02:02:04 AND I THINK THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT'S WORTH SAYING
02:02:08 SO.
02:02:08 JUST MY THOUGHTS ON IT, IF I MAY.
02:02:10 THANK YOU.
02:02:11 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
02:02:13 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MS. WELLS, HAVE WE DONE THE OUTREACH?
02:02:15 IS THIS GOING TO BE A CITY-WIDE, AS OTHER FOLKS ARE TALKING
02:02:21 ABOUT IT AND I KNOW IN SOME OF MY AREAS, DENSITY COULD BE
02:02:23 UTILIZED BECAUSE WE NEED SOME HOUSING TO GO ON, SO FORTH.
02:02:28 SO HAS THIS BEEN DISCUSSED WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES OR OTHER
02:02:33 THAN JUST THE SOUTH OF GANDY FOLKS?
02:02:34 THAT'S THE FIRST THING I HAVE.
02:02:36 >>CATE WELLS: THE PLAN AMENDMENT THAT YOU DIRECTED US TO
02:02:39 FILE WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION TWO WEEKS AGO WOULD BE
02:02:41 CITY-WIDE.
02:02:44 AND THE UMU, CMU-35 AND -- LAND USE CATEGORY THROUGHOUT THE
02:02:51 CITY.
02:02:51 SO THIS ORDINANCE THAT IS BEFORE YOU TRACKS THAT EXACT SAME
02:02:56 LANGUAGE.
02:02:56 SO IT WOULD BE CITY-WIDE WITHIN THOSE FUTURE LAND USE
02:02:59 CATEGORIES.
02:02:59 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT'S WHAT I NEED, SO NOT JUST SOUTH OF
02:03:04 GANDY.
02:03:05 IT'S GOING TO PERTAIN TO EVERYBODY AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT.
02:03:08 CORRECT?
02:03:09 >>CATE WELLS: THAT'S CORRECT.
02:03:11 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CHAIRMAN, THE WAY I LOOK AT THIS --
02:03:14 AND I AM GLAD MRS. FEELEY KIND OF EXPLAINED THE F.A.R.
02:03:18 DENSITY AND WHAT I CALL A SPECIAL PLAY WHERE YOU ARE ALLOWED
02:03:26 TO DO SOMETHING, BUT SHOULD YOU BE DOING IT?
02:03:28 IT'S KIND OF LIKE A FOOTBALL PLAY, GENTLEMEN, THAT THE
02:03:31 QUARTERBACK WOULDN'T GO UNDER CENTER.
02:03:35 HE WOULD COME UP, AND ONE OF THE PLAYERS COME OVER AND TAP
02:03:38 HIM ON THE SHOULDER AND SAY, HEY, I NEED YOU TO CHANGE THE
02:03:42 BALL, AND LOOK AT THE OFFICIAL.
02:03:45 AND THE CENTER WILL TAKE ONE FULL MOTION, HAND THE BALL TO
02:03:48 THE QUARTERBACK, AND HE RUNS, HE JOGS TO THE SIDE LIKE HE'S
02:03:53 BRINGING ME THE BALL, AND I GIVE HIM A SIGNAL TO GO.
02:03:56 HE GOES FOR A TOUCHDOWN AND SCORES.
02:03:59 THIS IS KIND OF HOW I SEE THIS SITUATION WITH THE DEVELOPERS
02:04:03 AND THE SOUTH OF GANDY FOLKS WITH THIS DEVELOPER HOW MS.
02:04:06 FEELEY EXPLAINED IT AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE AGAIN THE F.A.R.
02:04:09 AND THE DENSITY.
02:04:10 WELL, IF I DO DENSITY I HAVE TO PAY BUT IF I CAN GET THIS
02:04:13 F.A.R. SITUATION, I SLIDE UNDER THE RADAR AND SCORE A
02:04:18 TOUCHDOWN.
02:04:18 SO I AM GOING TO SIT BACK AND SEE HOW I AM GOING TO VOTE ON
02:04:21 THIS.
02:04:22 BUT AGAIN, IT'S DIFFICULT ON BOTH SIDES, BUT IN THE END I
02:04:26 BELIEVE IT WILL WORK OUT, THOUGH.
02:04:27 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, AND THEN COUNCILMAN
02:04:30 DINGFELDER, I SAW YOUR HAND, SIR.
02:04:32 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MR. GUDES, I HEARD A LOT OF THINGS IN MY
02:04:35 LIFE, YOU DESIGNED THAT PLAY OR SOMEBODY ELSE AND THEY
02:04:40 SCORED.
02:04:41 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I USED IT SEVERAL TIMES, AND THEY MADE ME
02:04:45 STOP USING IT SAYING I WAS INTIMIDATING --
02:04:48 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WHAT I AM LOOKING AT IS, I HAVE HEARD A
02:04:54 LOT ABOUT EVACUATION, EVACUATION, EVACUATION.
02:04:57 AND I AGREE WITH ALL OF THAT.
02:04:59 THE ONLY PROBLEM IS, EVEN IF YOU DO YOUR EVACUATION 100%
02:05:03 CORRECTLY ACCORDING TO THE RULES HOW YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DO
02:05:07 IT, THERE'S SO MANY VARIABLES.
02:05:09 FIRST YOU HAVE THE HURRICANE, YOU HAVE TWO OR THREE DAYS TO
02:05:11 LEAVE IF YOU REALLY WANT TO DO IT RIGHT.
02:05:14 AND WHAT ABOUT ALL THESE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING
02:05:18 THOSE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, INCLUDING THOSE AROUND THE AREA?
02:05:22 YOU HAVE GOT PEOPLE FROM SOUTH, FROM GIBSONTON, AND NORTH,
02:05:27 AND YOU HAVE GOT PEOPLE FROM THE NORTH, ALL NEW TAMPA WHO
02:05:30 LIVE IN THE CITY LIMIT AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE IN THE
02:05:32 UNINCORPORATED AREA THAT HAVE TO LEAVE, AND MAYBE YOU HAVE
02:05:37 TO DRIVE SOMEWHERE, GUESS WHAT, NOBODY IS LEAVING.
02:05:40 OR VERY FEW ARE GOING TO LEAVE.
02:05:42 SO I UNDERSTAND ALL THAT.
02:05:45 BUT LOOK AT THE EXPRESSWAYS NOW.
02:05:48 AT 3:30, AND 5:30, YOU ARE TRYING TO GET OFF THAT
02:05:54 EXPRESSWAY, WEST FROM WESTSHORE BOULEVARD TO FOWLER AVENUE.
02:05:59 THAT ONLY TAKES YOU A FEW MINUTES, BUT AT THAT TIME IT WILL
02:06:02 TAKE YOU 35, 45 MINUTES WITHOUT A HURRICANE, WITHOUT A
02:06:06 TORNADO, WITHOUT ANY DISRUPTION OF SERVICES.
02:06:09 SO WHAT I AM LOOKING AT IS SOMETHING THAT'S CITY-WIDE, AND
02:06:14 IF I READ THIS RIGHT, IT'S THE SAME STATUS QUO MINUS THE
02:06:17 F.A.R.
02:06:19 FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
02:06:21 WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE ORDINANCE IF IT GOES ALL THE WAY
02:06:24 THROUGH THE HEARINGS AND HOW DO YOU REVERT IT BACK IF YOU
02:06:28 HAVE TO?
02:06:28 I BELIEVE THE F.A.R. WAS PUT IN BECAUSE WE WERE DORMANT,
02:06:35 POPULATION INCREASED, AND THIS CITY IS A BUSINESS.
02:06:38 HOWEVER, IT'S A PUBLIC BUSINESS.
02:06:40 SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS VERY CAREFULLY, IF YOU KEEP STATUS QUO
02:06:48 AND YOU ARE SATISFIED WITH NOT INCREASING YOUR CUSTOMER
02:06:52 COUNT BY ONE, ANY CITY THAT DOES NOT HAVE A POPULATION
02:06:57 INCREASE, GUESS, WHAT IT'S ALSO DYING.
02:07:02 ANY CITY WHO HASN'T MADE SOME COMMITMENTS TO CHANGE FOR THE
02:07:05 FUTURE DOES NOT MAKE IT IN THE NEXT FIFTY YEARS.
02:07:10 SO I AM TRYING TO DO THE BEST I CAN TO MAKE IT DO SOMETHING
02:07:14 FOR THE BETTERMENT.
02:07:15 I'M HAVING A LOT OF DISCUSSION IN MY MIND WHICH IS THE BEST
02:07:19 WAY.
02:07:21 THERE'S A LOT OF VARIABLES HERE THAT WE DO NOT CONTROL.
02:07:26 WE DON'T CONTROL THE WEATHER.
02:07:27 WE DON'T CONTROL THE POPULATION.
02:07:29 WE DON'T CONTROL THE PEOPLE MOVING DOWN AND SAY, HEY, GO
02:07:33 SOMEWHERE ELSE.
02:07:34 BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
02:07:36 YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND, IT'S NOT THE ONLY PEOPLE
02:07:38 COMING UP FROM THE NORTH THAT ARE STAYING HERE, IT'S THE
02:07:41 KIDS THAT USED TO GO AWAY TO COLLEGE AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE
02:07:44 ARE NOW WANTING TO COME BACK AND LIVE IN THE SAME CITY WITH
02:07:47 THEIR PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS AND FAMILY, AND THANK GOD
02:07:53 THAT'S HAPPENED.
02:07:55 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE THINGS, YOU SAY WHAT WOULD I DO IF I
02:07:58 CHANGE THE RULES, AND IF THE F.A.R. IS USED IN EVERY -- IF
02:08:01 ONLY 1% OF DEVELOPMENT IS F.A.R.?
02:08:10 CAN WE ANSWER THAT QUESTION?
02:08:11 IF THERE'S 40 DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING, IT'S 100%
02:08:16 THAT USE THE F.A.R., OR IS IT LESS, OR WHAT IS IT?
02:08:19 I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT.
02:08:21 >>ABBYE FEELEY: ABBYE FEELEY, LAND DEVELOPMENT.
02:08:28 I RAN ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, AND IT
02:08:38 VARIES BY LAND USE CATEGORY.
02:08:41 I PULLED OUT THE ONES THAT DID JUST MULTIFAMILY.
02:08:46 SO THERE IS A COMBINATION.
02:08:50 A HAND FULL HAD MULTIFAMILY AND NONRESIDENTIAL USE.
02:08:54 IN THE UMU-60, MANY OF THEM USED DENSITY BECAUSE IT'S UP TO
02:09:01 50 UNITS TO THE ACRE.
02:09:03 IN THE CMU-35 AND THE CC-35, THE MAJORITY OF THEM USED
02:09:08 F.A.R.
02:09:11 BUT I HAVE TO GIVE YOU THE EXACT NUMBERS.
02:09:15 I DON'T HAVE THAT.
02:09:16 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AND I APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWER.
02:09:19 BUT I NEED MORE SPECIFIC, LIKE IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR AN
02:09:24 INTEREST RATE OF A BANK, IT MIGHT BE .002, SOMEBODY MIGHT
02:09:29 HAVE .2.
02:09:30 I DON'T KNOW.
02:09:31 I AM ALSO INTERESTED TO FIND OUT WHERE WE STAND.
02:09:33 I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ENOUGH ARE USING IT THAT WE CAN
02:09:37 SAY, LISTEN, THIS WAS DONE TO ENHANCE POPULATION TO MOVE IN,
02:09:42 TO INCREASE THE POPULATION, AND WE ARE GETTING CALLS TO THE
02:09:46 MAXIMUM THAT WE CAN STAND, AND THAT'S WHY.
02:09:52 >>ABBYE FEELEY: I REPORTED WHEN I CAME BEFORE YOU A FEW
02:09:54 WEEKS AGO THAT SEVERAL PROJECTS, AND NOT SOUTH OF GANDY IN
02:09:59 THE CMU-35, WOULD BE ALLOWED UP TO 30 DENSITY WITHOUT A
02:10:06 BONUS WERE OVER 100 UNITS TO THE ACRE BY USING F.A.R.
02:10:11 SO IT WAS MORE THAN DOUBLE, MORE THAN TRIPLE, YOU KNOW, IN
02:10:15 SOME CASES.
02:10:16 ONE PROJECT WAS AT 137 UNITS TO THE ACRE, AND OUR HIGHEST
02:10:22 LAND USE CATEGORY WAS IN THE CITY WHICH IS THE REGIONAL
02:10:26 MIXED USE 100.
02:10:27 THAT IS WHERE YOU HAVE GOT 100 UNITS TO THE ACRE BY RIGHT.
02:10:31 THERE IS NO TIER BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE WE ARE LOOKING TO DO
02:10:35 THE GROWTH.
02:10:36 SO THIS IS REALLY LOOKING AT GROWTH DUE TO THE UTILIZATION
02:10:46 OF THE F.A.R.
02:10:48 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:10:49 I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
02:10:50 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AND WE'LL WRAP IT UP.
02:10:51 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, IT'S YOUR MOTION.
02:10:53 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES, SIR.
02:10:54 I JUST WANTED TO RESPOND TO MR. VIERA REAL QUICK.
02:10:58 AN IMPORTANT ISSUE, LUIS.
02:11:04 I GUESS WHAT YOU SAID MAKES A GOOD POINT, YOU KNOW, THAT,
02:11:08 YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU HAVE SAID IT IN THE PAST, IF YOU ARE
02:11:11 TRYING TO FIX ONE THING AND THEN YOU GO OFF AND MESS
02:11:14 SOMETHING ELSE UP, AND I KNOW THAT'S YOUR LEGITIMATE
02:11:16 CONCERN.
02:11:17 BUT HERE IS THE DEAL.
02:11:18 THERE IS A MIXED USE EXCEPTION HERE, OKAY?
02:11:22 ALL THE DEVELOPER HAS TO DO, NO MATTER IF THEY ARE
02:11:25 DEVELOPING IN YBOR CITY OR ARMATURE OR SOME OTHER PLACE THAT
02:11:30 WE MIGHT BE IMPACTING BY THIS.
02:11:31 ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS INCLUDE A COMPONENT OF MIXED USE.
02:11:37 AND I JUST CONFIRMED THIS MORNING WITH OUR LEGAL STAFF, THAT
02:11:40 COMPONENT COULD BE VERY SMALL.
02:11:43 YOU COULD HAVE 100,000 SQUARE FOOT PROJECT AND PUT IN A
02:11:47 1,000 SQUARE FOOT LITTLE CONVENIENCE STORE AND ALL OF A
02:11:50 SUDDEN YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE IMPACTED AT ALL BY THIS
02:11:53 ORDINANCE AND BY THIS COMP PLAN AMENDMENT THAT WE ARE ABOUT
02:11:55 TO PASS.
02:11:55 SO AGAIN, LIONS, TIGERS AND BEARS, I THINK THEY ARE
02:12:00 OVERSTATING IT.
02:12:01 IF IT'S A CMU CATEGORY IT'S MEANT TO BE USED AS A MIXED USE.
02:12:05 BUT THEN THEY OPT NOT TO OR THEY DO IT ON A ANOTHER BASIS.
02:12:10 BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS AS LONG AS THEY COME IN WITH SOME
02:12:14 TYPE OF LEVEL OF TRULY MIXED USE, NO MATTER HOW SMALL, WE
02:12:18 STILL HAVE TO CONSIDER IT.
02:12:19 WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO APPROVE IT, BUT WE HAVE TO
02:12:22 CONSIDER IT.
02:12:23 SO WE ARE NOT STOPPING THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT IN YBOR
02:12:25 CITY, AND CATE OR ABBEY, IF YOU DISAGREE WITH WAY JUST SAID,
02:12:31 PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CHIME IN.
02:12:33 BUT I THINK WHAT I SAID IS ACCURATE.
02:12:34 >>CATE WELLS: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU
02:12:41 SAID.
02:12:41 THE APPLICATIONS CAN BE FILED.
02:12:44 WHETHER OR NOT THEY GET APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL DEPENDING
02:12:46 ON COMPATIBILITY AND OTHER ISSUES, THAT WOULD BE A SEPARATE
02:12:50 DISCUSSION.
02:12:50 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
02:12:53 >>ABBYE FEELEY: I AGREE.
02:12:54 I'LL CHIME IN TO AGREE.
02:12:56 AND THAT BEING SAID, THAT IS YOUR JURISDICTION TODAY AND
02:13:02 THAT IS NOT CHANGING.
02:13:03 SO YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT, ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
02:13:07 PROJECTS, ONE THAT I WAS USING AS AN EXAMPLE AT THE CORNER
02:13:13 OF WILLOW AND CASS, THAT CAME BEFORE COUNCIL, SOME OF YOU
02:13:16 WERE ON COUNCIL AT THAT TIME, SOME OF YOU WERE NOT.
02:13:18 THE FIRST TIME IT CAME, IT DID HAVE MIXED USE COMPONENTS.
02:13:22 YOU ALL TALKED ABOUT THAT, WHAT WAS APPROPRIATE, WHAT REALLY
02:13:24 CONSTITUTES MIXED USE.
02:13:26 I BELIEVE THE PROJECT WAS DENIED THE FIRST TIME.
02:13:28 CAME BACK HAVING LISTENED TO THE MESSAGES THAT WERE SENT,
02:13:34 THE DISCUSSION THAT WAS HAD, AND THEN DID COME BACK WITH A
02:13:38 GREATER MIXED USE COMPONENT.
02:13:39 ONE OF THE THINGS BEHIND THE MIXED USE IS THAT IT CREATES
02:13:42 THOSE OTHER USES THAT OFFSET REGIONAL DENSITY.
02:13:49 SO IF YOU ARE HAVING A USE ON THE SAME PROPERTY, THAT TRIP
02:13:53 THAT IS IN A SINGLE USE PROPERTY THAT WOULD BE LEAVING THE
02:13:56 PROPERTY TO ACCESS THE NONRESIDENTIAL COMPONENT MAY NOW STAY
02:14:00 WITHIN THE PROPERTY AND BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE DRY CLEANER OR
02:14:05 THE COFFEE SHOPS OR THE OTHER NONRESIDENTIAL USES THAT ARE
02:14:08 BEING INTEGRATED INTO THE PROJECT AND ACTUALLY ACHIEVING
02:14:15 MIXED USE AND THAT INTERNAL CAPTURE TO SOME OF THOSE IMPACTS
02:14:18 THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SINGLE USE DEVELOPMENT.
02:14:22 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
02:14:25 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR, MR. CHAIR.
02:14:27 I APPRECIATE IT.
02:14:29 AND AGAIN, FOR ME, MY CONCERNS ARE NOT A MATTER OF SUBSTANCE
02:14:32 INASMUCH AS THEY ARE A MATTER OF PROCEDURE.
02:14:36 YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WHICH IS
02:14:38 CITY-WIDE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO UNINTENDED
02:14:41 CONSEQUENCES, YOU KNOW, THIS GOES FORWARD TODAY, AND PEOPLE
02:14:45 HEAR SHOULD 100% VOTE THEIR CONSCIENCE AND THAT'S 110% RATE
02:14:49 TO DO AND WHATNOT.
02:14:50 BUT I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT UPON FUSS THIS GOES FORWARD
02:14:54 BECAUSE FIRST READING, SECOND READING, ET CETERA, TO DO ALL
02:14:58 OF US DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE IN TERMS OF INQUIRING WITH
02:15:01 DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING, AND MAYBE I
02:15:04 MISSED IT, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF OUTREACH HAD BEEN DONE TO
02:15:08 NUMEROUS COMMITTEES.
02:15:09 I'M TRYING TO REACH OUT TO NORTH TAMPA, TAMPA INNOVATION,
02:15:12 DIFFERENT GROUPS, AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS NO ONE
02:15:16 INTENDED CONSEQUENCES WITH THIS.
02:15:18 SO AGAIN, FOR ME, WITH THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE, I THINK
02:15:22 THIS IS A GOOD PLAN AMENDMENT THAT SHOULD GO THROUGH THE
02:15:25 PLAN AMENDMENT PROCESS.
02:15:26 I THINK THAT THERE ARE OTHER CONCURRENT THINGS THAT WE CAN
02:15:29 DO ON THIS, INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE, SUPPORT ALL FOR
02:15:34 TRANSPORTATION, GO THROUGH THE TEXT AMENDMENT PROCESS, AND
02:15:37 BY THE WAY, WE ARE GETTING AMERICAN RELIEF ACT DOLLARS OVER
02:15:41 $80 MILLION SOME OF WHICH CAN GO TO SOME OF THESE LEGITIMATE
02:15:46 CONCERNS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.
02:15:47 SO AGAIN, MINE IS A MATTER OF PROCEDURE, NOT AS MUCH ON
02:15:52 SUBSTANCE.
02:15:53 BUT AGAIN, MEMBERS SHOULD 100% VOTE THEIR CONSCIENCE AND I
02:15:57 KNOW THAT A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE PUT IN A LOT OF WORK ON THIS,
02:16:00 AND I AM APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
02:16:02 THANK YOU.
02:16:02 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN
02:16:04 DINGFELDER.
02:16:05 WITH A SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER GUDES.
02:16:08 ROLL CALL VOTE.
02:16:09 AND THIS IS FOR THE IDCO AS I CALL IT.
02:16:15 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: PUT IT ON FOR FIRST READING.
02:16:19 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT WILL BE MAY 6th FIRST READING.
02:16:21 MOTION BY DINGFELDER, SECOND BY GUDES.
02:16:23 ROLL CALL VOTE.
02:16:24 >>LUIS VIERA: I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CHANGE IN THE FUTURE
02:16:27 WHEN THIS UP ON FIRST READING BUT I WILL VOTE NO FOR TODAY.
02:16:31 >>ORLANDO GUDES: [OFF MICROPHONE]
02:16:35 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
02:16:37 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
02:16:41 >>JOSEPH CITRO: [OFF MICROPHONE]
02:16:44 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO.
02:16:47 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO.
02:16:50 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA, MIRANDA AND
02:16:53 MANISCALCO VOTING NO.
02:16:54 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:16:57 THAT'S IT FOR THE AGENDA.
02:16:59 AND THERE'S NO NIGHT MEETING.
02:17:03 AND IT'S 2:20.
02:17:05 ALL RIGHT.
02:17:05 NEW BUSINESS.
02:17:06 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING, SIR?
02:17:08 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I JUST WANT TO WISH ABLATED BIRTHDAY TO
02:17:13 A DEAR FRIEND OF BASEBALL, IN THE HALL OF FAME, PETE ROSE 80
02:17:20 YEARS OLD YESTERDAY.
02:17:21 I JUST WANT TO WISH HIM A HAPPY 80.
02:17:24 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I SECOND THAT.
02:17:25 PETE ROSE, I BELIEVE IN FORGIVENESS AND MOVING ON, AND PETE
02:17:28 ROSE IS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE.
02:17:30 SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HIM.
02:17:32 THANK YOU, SIR.
02:17:33 ANYTHING ELSE?
02:17:33 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT'S IT, SIR.
02:17:36 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMEMBER CARLSON.
02:17:37 >>BILL CARLSON: A COUPLE THINGS.
02:17:46 I HAVE HAD MEETINGS WITH THE WALLBRIGHT PEOPLE AND SIDEWALK
02:17:53 HOPPERS AND DEVELOPERS.
02:17:54 YESTERDAY WE HAD A MEETING WITH A BUNCH OF THEM TOGETHER
02:17:57 TALKING ABOUT WAYS THAT WE COULD BUILD A NEW SIDEWALK FOALS
02:18:01 THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER BY CONSENSUS SIMILAR TO THE TREE ONE A
02:18:07 COUPLE YEARS AGO THAT WAS UNFORTUNATELY UNDONE BY THE
02:18:10 LEGISLATURE.
02:18:11 ANYWAY THAT PROCESS IS PROCEEDING.
02:18:13 BUT IN THE MEANTIME THERE IS A PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE SEEN
02:18:18 WHERE IF A HOMEOWNER DOES NOT HAVE A SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF
02:18:25 THEIR HOME AND THEY ARE IMMEDIATELY ACROSS THE STREET FROM A
02:18:30 SCHOOL, THE CITY CANNOT, I THINK BY STATE LAW, BUILD A
02:18:34 CROSSWALK FROM THE SCHOOL TO THAT CORNER.
02:18:36 AND BECAUSE OF THAT, BECAUSE THERE'S NO SIDEWALK ON THAT
02:18:41 PIECE OF PROPERTY, IT'S CAUSING A LOT OF DANGEROUS
02:18:43 SITUATIONS WHERE KIDS AND FAMILIES CANNOT CROSS BECAUSE WE
02:18:47 CAN'T LEGALLY BUILD CROSSWALKS.
02:18:49 SO IN CONSULTATION, I KNOW THERE'S A SIDEWALK PLAN GOING ON
02:18:53 AS PART OF THE MOBILITY EXERCISE, AND THERE'S A THING THAT
02:18:56 WE ARE WORKING ON, BUT JUST TO TRY TO TRIAGE THIS IMMEDIATE
02:19:00 WHAT I CONSIDER DANGEROUS SITUATION.
02:19:01 I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ASK THE MOBILITY STAFF TO
02:19:05 STUDY THE POSSIBILITY OF INSTALLING CROSSWALKS WHERE NEAR
02:19:09 ALL-WAY STOPS OR LIGHTS AT EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL ENTRANCE,
02:19:12 EXIT, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA FROM THE SCHOOL PROPERTY TO THE
02:19:17 IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT BLOCK.
02:19:19 THE CROSSWALKS CANNOT BE INSTALLED BECAUSE THERE IS NOT AN
02:19:22 EXISTING SIDEWALK.
02:19:23 SIDEWALK WOULD BE INSTALLED BY THE CITY TO ALLOW THE
02:19:27 CROSSWALK INSTALLATION, AND THIS WOULD BE REPORTED BACK TO
02:19:31 COUNCIL AT THE JUNE 24th WORKSHOP TO TRY TO PROVIDE
02:19:35 PLENTY OF TIME.
02:19:36 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND.
02:19:37 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER CITRO.
02:19:39 THAT'S A GREAT MOTION.
02:19:40 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, I BRING TO COUNCIL'S
02:19:46 ATTENTION JUST SO YOU KNOW, THERE IS NEXT WEEK, APRIL 22ND
02:19:50 WORKSHOP, IS A DISCUSSION OF THE SIDEWALKS.
02:19:55 SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE INTENT --
02:19:59 >>BILL CARLSON: THIS IS A SEPARATE ISSUE.
02:20:01 >>MARTIN SHELBY: OKAY.
02:20:03 >>BILL CARLSON: THIS IS A SPECIFIC MICROISSUE.
02:20:06 AND THE ISSUE IS WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE PLACES WHERE IT CAN'T
02:20:09 BE CROSSWALKS BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A SIDEWALK ON THE OTHER
02:20:12 SIDE.
02:20:12 >>MARTIN SHELBY: SO ARE YOU REQUESTING THEN THE 24th OF
02:20:16 JUNE?
02:20:17 IS THAT WHAT I HEARD?
02:20:19 DID I HEAR THAT CORRECTLY?
02:20:21 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
02:20:22 THE 24th OF JUNE.
02:20:24 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YOU PRESENTLY HAVE A COMMENDATION FOR
02:20:25 POLICE OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
02:20:26 YOU ALSO HAVE PRESENTLY IN JUNE THE STAFF TO PRESENT LAND
02:20:30 DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENTS.
02:20:32 I DO NOT KNOW HOW LONG THAT TAKES.
02:20:34 DO YOU WISH TO SCHEDULE THIS -- THAT'S AS 9:00.
02:20:37 WOULD YOU LIKE TO SCHEDULE THIS FOR 10:00 THEN?
02:20:39 >>BILL CARLSON: IT'S OKAY WITH ME.
02:20:40 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SOUND GOOD.
02:20:42 MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
02:20:44 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO.
02:20:45 ALL IN FAVOR?
02:20:46 AYE.
02:20:48 ANY OPPOSED?
02:20:48 ANYTHING ELSE?
02:20:50 >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU.
02:20:51 THEN ONE MORE.
02:20:53 YOU MAY HAVE SEEN WHAT I THINK IS VERY BAD NEWS.
02:20:56 WE KNEW THAT WAS COMING, BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE VOTED
02:21:00 YESTERDAY TO REQUIRE MUNICIPALITIES TO FORCE PEOPLE TO DRINK
02:21:06 TOILET WATER, ESSENTIALLY, AND THIS GOVERNOR WAS SUPPOSED TO
02:21:11 SIGN IT AS EARLY AS TODAY.
02:21:14 I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE NEWS TO SEE IF THAT WAS SIGNED
02:21:16 ALREADY.
02:21:16 I MEAN, IT'S INTERESTING FOR A REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURE AND
02:21:21 GOVERNOR, THIS IS FISCALLY RECKLESS BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO
02:21:24 COST HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR EACH CITY.
02:21:27 YOU KNOW, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT $400 MILLION PLUS 20 TO 40
02:21:30 MILLION A YEAR IN OPERATING EXPENSES. WE HAVE PLENTY OF
02:21:33 SUPPLY OF WATER FOR 20, 30 YEARS WITHOUT HAVING TO DRINK
02:21:35 TOILET WATER.
02:21:36 AND I WISH THAT THE CITY HAD LOBBIED AGAINST IT AND MAYBE
02:21:41 THERE'S STILL A WAY TO MODIFY IT, BECAUSE UNLIKE THE REST OF
02:21:44 THE STATE, WE HAVE TAMPA BAY WATER, WE HAVE A REGIONAL
02:21:46 SUPPLY AND A REGIONAL PLAN.
02:21:48 WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS THE REST OF THE STATE HAS,
02:21:51 AND IT'S UNFAIR THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CHARGE OUR RATE
02:21:54 PAYERS FIVE TO TEN DOLLARS A MONTH JUST SO THEY CAN HAVE THE
02:21:58 RIGHT TO DRINK TOILET WATER.
02:21:59 AND SO THERE IS A WORKSHOP DISCUSSION COMING UP ON PURE,
02:22:07 WHICH IS THE NEW NAME FOR TOILET TO TAP, ON MAY 27th.
02:22:11 I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE -- I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A SEPARATE
02:22:14 DISCUSSION JUST ABOUT THIS LEGAL ISSUE.
02:22:16 AND APOLOGIES TO GINA, IF THIS IS TOO SOON.
02:22:20 WE CAN SCHEDULE IT LATER.
02:22:22 BUT SINCE THE OTHER THING IS ON MAY 27th, AND THAT'S ON
02:22:25 A SPECIFIC TIME FRAME, I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE A LEGAL
02:22:27 OPINION BY THEN SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THIS WOULD COME JUST
02:22:31 BEFORE THE OTHER DISCUSSION, AND IDEALLY WOULD BE BY AN
02:22:37 ATTORNEY WHO STUDIES LEGISLATIVE ISSUES SEPARATE FROM JUST
02:22:40 WATER.
02:22:40 BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ASK CITY LEGAL STAFF TO
02:22:43 REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL AT THE MAY 27th WORKSHOP ON THE
02:22:48 NEW STATE LEGISLATION REGARDING TOILET TO TAP, AND ITS
02:22:51 IMPACT ON THE CITY OF TAMPA.
02:22:52 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WILL CHECK THE DATE.
02:22:56 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: QUESTION ON THE MOTION.
02:22:57 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
02:22:58 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I WILL CONSIDER SECONDING IT, BUT IF YOU
02:23:02 COULD MODIFY THE WORD "TOILET TO TAP."
02:23:07 >> UH-HUH.
02:23:08 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: JUST BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A LITTLE
02:23:11 INFLAMMATORY AND KIND OF ALLUDE TO THE FACT THAT MAYBE WE
02:23:17 DON'T WANT IT OR WE DO WANT IT, AND I HAVEN'T DECIDED YET.
02:23:22 SO IF THERE'S A BETTER TERM FOR THAT, I'M ALWAYS UP FOR
02:23:26 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
02:23:28 I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR.
02:23:29 OF COURSE, WE ALL WANTS TO BE INFORMED ON WHAT THE STATUTE
02:23:33 DOES OR DOESN'T SAY.
02:23:34 AND I AM ALL FOR THAT, BILL.
02:23:35 >>BILL CARLSON: AND JUST -- THIS IS NOT AN ANALYSIS OF
02:23:39 WHETHER WE SHOULD APPROVE OUR OWN PROJECT.
02:23:41 THIS IS JUST AN ANALYSIS OF WHAT THE STATE IS TELLING US WE
02:23:44 HAVE TO DO.
02:23:45 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: CAN WE CALL IT RECLAIMED WATER?
02:23:47 CAN WE CALL IT --
02:23:50 >>BILL CARLSON: IN THE STATE WIDE REPORTS OUTSIDE OF TAMPA
02:23:53 THEY ARE CALLING IT TOILET TO TAP.
02:23:55 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WHAT'S THE LEGISLATORS --
02:23:58 >>BILL CARLSON: HOW ABOUT IF WE CALL IT CONVERTING
02:24:00 WASTEWATER TO DRINKING WATER?
02:24:02 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I'M FINE WITH THAT AND I WILL SECOND IT.
02:24:04 >>ANDREA ZELMAN: LEGAL LEGISLATIVE USES THE TERM RECLAIMED
02:24:14 WATER.
02:24:14 >> ALL RIGHT.
02:24:16 RECLAIMED WATER?
02:24:18 BILL?
02:24:19 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
02:24:20 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: RECLAIMED WATER IS OKAY?
02:24:22 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
02:24:23 BUT I THINK IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS IT HAS TO BE USED FOR
02:24:25 DRINKING WATER.
02:24:26 AM I NOT CORRECT?
02:24:27 FOR DRINKING, YEAH.
02:24:29 >>ANDREA ZELMAN: IN OTHER WORDS, REFERENCE TO THE TYPE OF
02:24:36 WATER WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, YOU REFER TO IT AS RECLAIMED
02:24:39 WATER.
02:24:39 >>BILL CARLSON: YOU KNOW THE LEGISLATIVE NUMBER THAT WE
02:24:44 COULD CALL IT?
02:24:48 OKAY, I -- HOW ABOUT IF WE CALL IT STATE LEGISLATION
02:24:55 CONVERTED RECLAIMED WATER DO DRINKING WATER AND --
02:25:01 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I SECOND THE AMENDED MOTION.
02:25:02 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY CARLSON, SECOND BY DINGFELDER
02:25:05 FOR THE MAY 27th WORKSHOP?
02:25:09 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
02:25:09 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
02:25:11 THERE'S THREE AT 9:00 SO WE'LL SAY AT 10:00.
02:25:14 >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD JUST SUGGEST THAT IT GO BEFORE THE
02:25:16 PRESENTATION OF PURE, BECAUSE WE NEED TO KNOW THE STATE
02:25:19 CONTEXT.
02:25:20 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO WE WILL KEEP IT AT 9:00 AND HAVE IT
02:25:22 AFTER THE POLICE OFFICER OF THE MONTHS SO THAT WILL BE RIGHT
02:25:25 BEFORE THE PURE PROJECT.
02:25:27 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
02:25:29 >> SO FIRST ON THE AGENDA RIGHT AFTER POLICE OFFICER OF THE
02:25:31 MONTH.
02:25:33 MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER -- BY CARLSON, SECOND FROM
02:25:38 DINGFELDER.
02:25:38 I'M SORRY.
02:25:39 ALL IN FAVOR?
02:25:39 ANY OPPOSED?
02:25:41 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIR, I WILL SUPPORT THIS SIMPLY
02:25:46 BECAUSE I REALLY DISLIKE PREEMPTION FROM TALLAHASSEE TELLING
02:25:49 THE CITY WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO.
02:25:51 BUT I KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE MILLIONS OF DOGS IN THE STATE
02:25:55 OF FLORIDA WHO WILL BE VERY UNHAPPY THEY CANNOT DRINK FROM
02:25:58 THE TOILET.
02:25:58 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DRINK GART AID.
02:26:03 ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?
02:26:04 >>BILL CARLSON: THAT'S IT.
02:26:05 THANK YOU.
02:26:06 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
02:26:07 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
02:26:09 I AM GOING TO BE MR. VIERA TODAY.
02:26:11 I HAVE A BUNCH OF MOTIONS TO MAKE TODAY.
02:26:13 [ LAUGHTER ]
02:26:13 GENTLEMEN, BACK ON APRIL 1st I MADE A MOTION REFERENCE
02:26:24 THE CLERK'S OFFICE, I AM LOOKING FOR A DATE ON THAT SO I
02:26:28 NEED TO PUT A DATE ON THAT AS OF MAY 6th RETURN BY
02:26:31 ADMINISTRATION REGARDING THE APRIL 1st MOTION ABOUT THE
02:26:34 CLERK'S OFFICE.
02:26:37 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO.
02:26:39 ALL IN FAVOR?
02:26:40 ALL RIGHT.
02:26:40 GO AHEAD, SIR.
02:26:41 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THE NEXT MOTION I HAVE, I ATTENDED THE
02:26:48 AHAB BOARD FOR THE COUNTY, AND WE HAVE A DEVELOPMENT
02:26:55 COMMUNITY, A LOT OF FOLKS STARTED USING THE WORD WORKFORCE,
02:27:02 WORKFORCE HOUSING, AND TO ME THAT WORD DOES NOT SYMBOLIZE
02:27:08 FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
02:27:09 YOU HAVE WHAT ARE CALLED ESSENTIAL WORKERS.
02:27:12 AND PEOPLE ARE MIXING THE TWO.
02:27:14 BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS OR CERTAIN
02:27:16 PROFESSIONS ARE MAKING. TO ME THOSE NOT WORKFORCE. TO ME A
02:27:19 WORKFORCE IS AN ACTUAL FOLKS THAT WORK AT THE WALMART,
02:27:22 McDONALD'S, BURGER KINGS.
02:27:24 SO WHAT I AM ASKING JUST LIKE I ASKED THE BOARD TO COME BACK
02:27:29 AND MAYBE CHANGING THAT TREND IN NAME SO CLARIFY WORKFORCE
02:27:33 FROM ESSENTIAL WORKERS SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT.
02:27:35 I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE HOUSING AND LEGAL
02:27:38 DEPARTMENT TO REFINE THE TERM CENTRAL WORKER AND WORKFORCE
02:27:41 WORK OAR.
02:27:42 I WOULD ALSO LIKE THE ADMINISTRATION TO EXPLAIN AFFORDABLE
02:27:45 HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY AS IT REPRESENTS TO BOTH
02:27:48 ESSENTIAL WORKER AND WORKFORCE WORKER AND HAVE THAT BACK ON
02:27:51 6-24.
02:27:52 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE -- MR. SHELBY?
02:27:55 >>MARTIN SHELBY: I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR.
02:27:58 JUNE 24th, IS THAT A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF TIME?
02:28:02 DID YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY?
02:28:05 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK THAT WOULD BE TWO MONTHS FOR THAT.
02:28:08 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU.
02:28:11 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
02:28:12 YES, MS. ZELMAN, YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP?
02:28:15 >>ANDREA ZELMAN: CAN YOU HEAR ME?
02:28:18 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, WE CAN.
02:28:19 GO AHEAD.
02:28:20 >>ANDREA ZELMAN: THANK YOU.
02:28:21 I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTOOD THE MOTION.
02:28:23 I APOLOGIZE.
02:28:23 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE
02:28:26 HOUSING AND LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO APPLY THE TERM AND
02:28:29 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ESSENTIAL WORKER AND WORKFORCE WORKER AND
02:28:35 ALSO THAT THE ADMINISTRATION BE REQUESTED TO EXPLAIN
02:28:35 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY AS RELATES TO
02:28:36 BOTH ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND WORKFORCE WORKERS.
02:28:38 AND I WILL A COPY OF THE MOTION WITH THE EXACT VERBIAGE FOR
02:28:43 YOU.
02:28:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JUNE 24th.
02:28:50 >>MARTIN SHELBY: WHICH IS A WORKSHOP DAY.
02:28:51 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 10:00.
02:28:54 >>MARTIN SHELBY: AT THE SAME TIME AS THE SIDEWALKS IF YOU
02:28:57 WANT TO MAKE IT THE NEXT ONE UP.
02:28:58 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY, 10:30.
02:29:01 IS THAT ALL RIGHT?
02:29:01 MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN ORLANDO VIERA TODAY.
02:29:07 [ LAUGHTER ]
02:29:07 WHO IS THE SECOND?
02:29:12 SECOND IS COUNCILMAN CITRO.
02:29:15 ALL IN FAVOR?
02:29:16 >>ORLANDO GUDES: LAST AND FINAL ONE, SIR, AS NOW YOU HEAR A
02:29:21 LOT OF COMMUNITIES TALK ABOUT GENTRIFICATION AND TALKING
02:29:25 ABOUT BEING UPROOTED.
02:29:29 WE HAVE TO HAVE DEVELOPMENT.
02:29:30 AND TO BRING UP MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES.
02:29:33 BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT
02:29:36 TO LOOK INTO AN ORDINANCE TO REDUCE THE DISPLACEMENT OF LOW
02:29:41 TO MODERATE INCOME RESIDENTS AND LOOK INTO THE CHICAGO
02:29:44 ORDINANCE OR ANY OTHER CITIES AROUND THE NATION THAT HAVE
02:29:46 TAKEN STEPS TO REDUCE DISPLACEMENT OF RESIDENTS AND
02:29:49 ATTACHING AN ARTICLE TO THIS MOTION AND WOULD LIKE IT BACK
02:29:52 IF THAT'S ENOUGH TIME FOR JUNE 24th.
02:29:55 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES
02:29:59 FOR JUNE 24th.
02:30:00 WE'LL PUT IT AT 11:00 OP ON THE WORKSHOP JUST SO EVERYTHING
02:30:05 IS IN ORDER.
02:30:05 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
02:30:08 ALL IN FAVOR?
02:30:09 ANY OPPOSED?
02:30:11 ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?
02:30:11 COUNCILMAN CITRO.
02:30:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO: [OFF MICROPHONE] PLAN AMENDMENT ADOPTION
02:30:19 TA/CPA 20-21, TA/CPA 21 -- A, CPA 21-03, TA/CPA 21-05,
02:30:33 TA/CPA 21-06, TA/CPA 21-01, TA/CPA 2104, TA/CPA 202nd
02:30:46 107, TA/CPA 2108 ON JUNE 4th, 2021 AT 5:01 P.M. AND
02:30:56 DIRECT LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE THE CITY CLERK WITH A
02:30:59 FORM OF NOTICE FOR ADVERTISING TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.
02:31:02 >> SECOND.
02:31:04 >> WE HAVE A JUNE 3rd REGULAR MEETING.
02:31:06 >>JOSEPH CITRO: JUNE 24th AT 5:01.
02:31:12 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
02:31:13 ALL RIGHT.
02:31:13 PERFECT.
02:31:14 WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO.
02:31:15 DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
02:31:16 SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER VIERA.
02:31:19 ALL IN FAVOR?
02:31:19 ANY OPPOSED?
02:31:21 ALL RIGHT.
02:31:22 ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?
02:31:23 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES, SIR.
02:31:26 I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING WITH SOME LOVELY PEOPLE AT THE
02:31:28 BEACH PARK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, AND AMONG MANY THINGS
02:31:32 THAT THEY HAD DISCUSSED WITH ME AND TALKED WITH ME, THE
02:31:35 NUMBER ONE THING THAT THEY HAD ASKED ABOUT WAS THE CLOSURE
02:31:40 OF WARD STREET FROM KENNEDY BOULEVARD TO WEST CLEVELAND
02:31:45 STREET.
02:31:49 NOW, DURING ALL THIS DISCUSSION I FOUND OUT THAT THIS STREET
02:31:51 WAS CLOSED, OPENED, AND CLOSED YET AGAIN ALL BEFORE ANY OF
02:31:56 US WERE ON COUNCIL?
02:31:58 REGARDLESS.
02:32:00 SO MY MOTION -- SORRY, VIK BHIDE -- IS TO HAVE STAFF, MORE
02:32:05 PARTICULARLY MOBILITY, TO APPEAR REGARDING THE CLOSURE OF
02:32:09 SOUTHWARD STREET FROM WEST KENNEDY BOULEVARD TO WEST
02:32:14 CLEVELAND STREET ON MAY 20th UNDER STAFF REPORTS.
02:32:20 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: QUESTION ON THE MOTION.
02:32:21 I'LL SECOND IT.
02:32:24 INTERESTING HISTORY ON THAT CLOSURE.
02:32:26 HALF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WANTED IT CLOSED, AND HALF WANTS IT
02:32:30 OPEN.
02:32:30 IF YOU LIVE CLOSE TO IT, YOU WANT IT CLOSED.
02:32:33 AND IF YOU LIVE FURTHER AWAY IN THE BEACH PARK THEY WANT IT
02:32:36 OPEN.
02:32:36 BUT ANYWAY, I'M DEFINITELY -- I HEAR YOU, JOE, AND I WILL
02:32:40 SECOND YOUR MOTION.
02:32:41 >>JOSEPH CITRO: BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE, THERE WERE A FEW
02:32:44 PEOPLE THAT DURING THE DISCUSSION SAID THAT THEY WERE ALL
02:32:48 RIGHT WITH IT, BUT AGAIN DIALOGUE SOLVES EVERYTHING.
02:32:53 AND IF WE CAN GET THE SPECIFIC REASONS WHY, MAYBE WE CAN ALL
02:32:57 UNDERSTAND.
02:32:57 BUT AGAIN, ALL THIS WAS DONE BEFORE I BECAME PART OF
02:33:00 COUNCIL.
02:33:00 AND I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT IT BEFORE I HEAR ANY MORE
02:33:05 FROM THE BEACH PARK COMMUNITY.
02:33:06 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN --
02:33:10 >>BILL CARLSON: I WANT TO SAY THE SAME THING THAT MR.
02:33:12 DINGFELDER SAID THAT I HAD AN EAR FULL A FEW MONTHS AGO,
02:33:15 THAT MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT WAS VACATED AND PRIVATELY
02:33:18 OWNED BUT IT WAS NOT CLOSED.
02:33:20 AND THERE'S A LARGE FACTION OF PEOPLE THAT WANT IT CLOSED.
02:33:24 SO AS LONG AS THIS CONVERSATION IS GOING TO BE OPEN TO BOTH
02:33:28 SIDES, THEN I WOULD VOTE FOR IT.
02:33:31 IF NOT --
02:33:32 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I AM JUST LOOKING TO HEAR FROM STAFF.
02:33:35 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
02:33:38 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THAT'S ALL I WANT RATE NOW.
02:33:39 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER WITH THE SECOND.
02:33:44 ALL IN FAVOR?
02:33:45 ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?
02:33:46 >>JOSEPH CITRO: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JOE GRECO.
02:33:49 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JOE GRECO.
02:33:52 BIRTHDAYS.
02:33:53 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:33:56 I WANTED TO JUST SAY ABOUT THIS COUNCIL THAT WE JUST WENT
02:33:59 OVER THIS PLAN AMENDMENT ISSUE AND THE APPLICATION.
02:34:04 I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND EVERYBODY FOR EVERYBODY'S
02:34:08 THOUGHTFUL STATEMENTS AND WHATNOT, AND IT'S AN ISSUE THAT
02:34:12 IGNITES A LOT OF PASSION, AND I THINK WE DID IT, THE
02:34:16 DIALOGUE, IN A RESPONSIBLE WAY, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I
02:34:19 THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
02:34:21 I HAVE GOT THREE IN TYPICAL LUIS VIERA FASHION MOTIONS, IF I
02:34:25 MAY.
02:34:26 FIRST OFF, THE URBAN LEAGUE OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HAS JUST
02:34:30 COME INTO FRUITION, LED BY STANLEY GRAY AND NICHOLAS GLOVER.
02:34:35 AND THEY HAVE SUCH A WONDERFUL PERSPECTIVE ROLE TO PLAY IN
02:34:39 TAMPA.
02:34:39 AND I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THEM COME, ON JUNE 17th OF 2021
02:34:48 FOR LIKE FIVE, TEN MINUTES, WHATEVER, JUST TO COME TALK
02:34:52 ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING TO DO IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WAYS
02:34:55 THAT THE CITY CAN ASSIST THEM IN THEIR WONDERFUL MISSION.
02:34:58 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: FIVE OR TEN MINUTE PRESENTATION?
02:35:02 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
02:35:02 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL COULD HAVE BEEN THAT.
02:35:04 DO YOU WANT TEN MINUTES?
02:35:05 >>LUIS VIERA: SURE.
02:35:07 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND.
02:35:08 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JUNE 17th UNDER CEREMONIAL
02:35:11 ACTIVITIES.
02:35:12 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO.
02:35:12 ALL IN FAVOR?
02:35:13 ANY OPPOSED?
02:35:15 YES, SIR?
02:35:16 >>LUIS VIERA: AND I DO THIS EVERY YEAR.
02:35:18 I ALWAYS LIKE TO INVITE A GOLD STAR PARENTS TO COME.
02:35:21 WE HAVE MEMORIAL DAY COMING UP.
02:35:22 IF I MAY, I THINK IT IS MAY 27th IS OUR COUNCIL MEETING
02:35:27 BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY.
02:35:29 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MAY 27th IS A WORKSHOP.
02:35:33 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS IT OKAY TO HAVE A COUPLE MINUTES
02:35:35 BEFORE?
02:35:36 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OR MAY 20th IS A REGULAR MEETING.
02:35:39 WHICHEVER.
02:35:40 >>LUIS VIERA: CAN WE DO MAY 27th?
02:35:43 IS IT OKAY PROCEDURALLY TO HAVE SOMEBODY SPEAK ON MAY 27?
02:35:50 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT'S A WORKSHOP.
02:35:51 WHY NOT?
02:35:51 >>LUIS VIERA: AND I WILL DISCUSS IT WITH THE FAMILIES AND
02:35:55 CRAIG ROSE WAS HERE BEFORE.
02:35:57 BUT THIS YEAR WE MAY GET OUR FRIEND CRAIG ROSE AGAIN, GOD
02:36:01 BLESS HIM.
02:36:02 BUT IF I MAY MAKE A MOTION.
02:36:04 >>MARTIN SHELBY: IS THERE A LENGTH OF TIME ATTACHED TO
02:36:08 THAT?
02:36:08 >>LUIS VIERA: AGAIN JUST TEN MINUTES.
02:36:10 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CRAIG ROSE IS A GREAT GUY.
02:36:12 COUNCILMAN VIERA WITH THE MOTION.
02:36:14 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO.
02:36:15 ALL IN FAVOR?
02:36:16 ANY OPPOSED?
02:36:17 YES, SIR?
02:36:18 >>LUIS VIERA: AND THEN JUST LASTLY, YOU MAY HAVE READ CT
02:36:23 BOWEN ON THE DISCUSSION IN THE COUNTY COMMISSION ON THE NEW
02:36:25 TAMPA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
02:36:27 IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR ABOUT 17
02:36:29 YEARS, WHICH WAS MOSTLY A COUNTY INITIATIVE WITH REGARDS TO
02:36:33 FUNDING.
02:36:33 WE DID REZONING ON IT.
02:36:36 IN FACT, CHAIRMAN MANISCALCO AND COUNCILMAN MIRANDA MAY
02:36:39 REMEMBER THIS, IN 2017, A COUPLE WEEKS AFTER I GOT INTO
02:36:43 TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, ON THE HUNTERS LAKE PROJECT AND WHATNOT.
02:36:46 BUT NOW THERE IS BECOMING A DAUGHTER YOU MAY HAVE READ ABOUT
02:36:50 IN THE "TAMPA BAY TIMES" ON WHETHER OR NOT THE COUNTY IS
02:36:53 GOING TO FUND IT.
02:36:54 IT'S A LARGE PROJECT THAT MEANS A LOT TO THE PEOPLE OF NEW
02:36:58 TAMPA.
02:36:58 THEN SOMETHING THAT CAME UP IN THE DISCUSSION THAT I THINK
02:37:00 IS SO PIVOTAL IS WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY OF TAMPA WILL HELP
02:37:03 OUT WITH A REASONABLE MAINTENANCE COST WHICH ARE BELIEVED TO
02:37:06 BE 2, 300,000 A YEAR, WHETHER WE WILL FUND A PORTION OF
02:37:11 THAT.
02:37:14 AND THERE WAS A BELIEF, I GUESS IN THE COUNTY COMMISSION
02:37:18 THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA HAD SAID NO TO ASSISTING WITH IT, AND
02:37:22 THAT'S NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE PRESENT REALITY, WHICH IS THE
02:37:26 PRIOR ADMINISTRATION ACCORDING TO WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD, THE
02:37:29 BUCKHORN ADMINISTRATION, SAID NO.
02:37:30 THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS NOT, ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION
02:37:33 THAT I HAVE PRESENTED TO ME, BEEN PRESENTED WITH A REQUEST.
02:37:36 SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR TAMPA CITY COUNCIL TO
02:37:40 REQUEST THAT THE CASTOR ADMINISTRATION ENGAGE WITH THE
02:37:44 COUNTY OUT FOR MAINTENANCE ASSISTANCE OF ONE KIND OR
02:37:51 ANOTHER, NOT PUTTING A DOLLAR, REASONABLE MAINTENANCE
02:37:54 ASSISTANCE FOR THE NEW TAMPA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER OUT OF
02:37:57 THE -- AND I'M SORRY, I WROTE DOWN HERE THROUGH THE SOCIAL
02:38:01 ACTION AND ARTS FUND PROCESS, AND ANY PROCESS THAT MAY BE
02:38:05 AVAILABLE TO GET THIS -- AGAIN, THIS IS NOT PERSPECTIVE, BIG
02:38:09 BUDGET ALLOCATION.
02:38:11 YOU ARE PROBABLY TALKING ABOUT 60, $75,000 FOR THE CASTOR
02:38:16 ADMINISTRATION TO ENGAGE WITH THEM ON THAT.
02:38:18 IT'S IMPORTANT TO SUBSIDIZE ARTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF
02:38:22 TAMPA AND I THINK THIS GOES A STEP IN THAT DIRECTION.
02:38:25 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA HAS A MOTION.
02:38:28 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO.
02:38:28 ALL IN FAVOR?
02:38:30 ANY OPPOSED?
02:38:33 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
02:38:34 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES, SIR.
02:38:37 NOTHING TODAY.
02:38:38 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AND JUST ON THE BIRTHDAY THING, HAPPY
02:38:44 62ND BIRTHDAY TO MY FATHER YESTERDAY.
02:38:47 62.
02:38:48 WOW.
02:38:48 JUST A KID.
02:38:49 JUST A KID.
02:38:54 I'M ONLY 22 SO, YOU KNOW.
02:38:57 YES, SIR?
02:38:57 >>LUIS VIERA: I'M SORRY, IF I MAY.
02:39:00 TOMORROW, I THINK AT 1:45, BECAUSE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS
02:39:04 EXPRESSED SOME INTEREST IN COMING, WE WERE GOING TO BE
02:39:07 HONORING, I THINK OUT HERE AT CITY HALL, LUIS CAPIZANO, FOR
02:39:16 THEIR SERVICE, INCLUDING UNITED STATES ARMY, NAVY, AND IT'S
02:39:19 THE 60th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BAY OF PIGS INVASION AND
02:39:23 WHATNOT.
02:39:23 I KNOW SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN GOING.
02:39:26 IF ANYONE DOES, PLEASE INQUIRE.
02:39:29 THANK YOU.
02:39:29 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. SHELBY, ANY NEW BUSINESS?
02:39:32 >>MARTIN SHELBY: NO, SIR, JUST A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND
02:39:34 FILE.
02:39:35 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE?
02:39:36 ANYBODY?
02:39:39 COUNCILMAN VIERA WITH A MOTION.
02:39:41 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
02:39:42 ALL IN FAVOR?
02:39:43 AYE.
02:39:44 WE ARE ADJOURNED.
02:39:50 [ MEETING ADJOURNED ]
02:39:57
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