CITY OF TAMPA
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
THURSDAY, MAY 13, 2021
9:00 A.M.


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09:03:24 >>BILL CARLSON:
WELCOME TO THE MAY 13, 2021 CRA BOARD

MEETING.

THIS IS MY FIRST MEETING I HAVE EVER CHAIRED SO PLEASE,

APOLOGIES IN ADVANCE FOR ANY ROOKIE ERRORS I MAY MAKE.

WE HAVE PASTOR WILLIAM GLENN DAMES.

IS HE ON THE LINE?

DOCTOR, LET ME JUST READ A BIO.

DR. GLENN B. DAMES, JR. IS A SENIOR PASTOR AT ALLEN

TEMPLE AME CHURCH.

PRIOR TO ALLEN TEMPLE, HE SERVED AS THE SENIOR MINISTER

OF THE ST. JAMES AME CHURCH IN TITUSVILLE SINCE 2006.

HE IS THE LOVING HUSBAND AND HAS TWO BEAUTIFUL GIRLS.

REVEREND DAMES, IF YOU WILL ADDRESS US, AND THEN FOR THE

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE -- I'M SORRY, FOR THE PRAYER, AND

THEN REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

09:04:30 >> DEAR GOD, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE.

THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT CITY.




THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT WE DO.

THANK YOU FOR OUR CITY LEADERS AND THOSE WHO MAKE UP THE

GREATER TAMPA BAY AREA, AND WE ASK YOUR BLESSING UPON ALL

OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS, ALL OF THESE FINE PEOPLE.

WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO BLESS US IN THE WAY THAT YOU

HAVE, AND WE KNOW IF WE LEAN AND DEPEND ON YOU ALL THINGS

WILL BE WELL.

THIS WE ASK IN CHRIST'S NAME.

EN.

[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ]

09:05:11 >>BILL CARLSON:
I'M BILL CARLSON AND THE VICE CHAIR AND

THE CHAIR JOE CITRO IS OUT TODAY.

SO I AM TAKING OVER, AND ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

09:05:25 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
HERE.

09:05:29 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
HERE.

09:05:31 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HERE.

09:05:33 >>LUIS VIERA:
HERE.

09:05:33 >>BILL CARLSON:
HERE.

09:05:35 >>THE CLERK:
WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.

09:05:39 >>BILL CARLSON:
OUR ATTORNEY MORRIS MASSEY, AND BRYAN.

09:05:49 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
I CAN'T HEAR HIM.

09:05:56 >>MORRIS MASSEY:
DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY.

I HAVE HERE WITH 44 THIS MORNING BRIAN MORRISON, AN

ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY IN OUR OFFICE, WHO HAS A GREAT

BACKGROUND IN PUBLIC AND MUNICIPAL FINANCE, AND HAS BEEN




HELPING ME WITH CRA ISSUES ON THE VARIOUS CRA ISSUES OVER

THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.

BRYAN CAME TO OUR OFFICE A FEW MINUTES AGO.

HE WILL BEGIN SITTING WITH THE BOARD.

I WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AS NECESSARY TO ASSIST AS WELL.

BUT I WANTED TO INTRODUCE BRIAN TO YOU ALL.

BRIAN IS GOING TO LEAD YOU AND THE PUBLIC, WHAT THE RULES

ARE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, AND WILL BE SITTING WITH YOU ALL

THIS MORNING.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT INTRODUCTION BEFORE I LEFT

THE CHAMBERS.

THANK YOU.

09:06:46 >>BILL CARLSON:
BRIAN, DO YOU WANT TO READ YOUR

COMMENTS?

09:06:54 >> YES, SIR.

THIS MEETING --

09:06:59 >> YOUR MIKE IS NOT ON.

09:07:01 >> THIS MEETING OF THE CITY OF TAMPA COMMUNITY

REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY IS BEING HELD DURING THE COVID-19

STATE OF EMERGENCY AND WILL BE CONDUCTED WITH A LIVE IN

PERSON FORUM IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

HOWEVER, IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC MEMBERS OF

THE PUBLIC ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY

THROUGH VIDEO OR AUDIO TELECONFERENCING REFERRED TO BY

FLORIDA STATUTES AND RULES AS COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA




TECHNOLOGY.

THESE MEETINGS ARE HELD IN ACCORDANCE WITH EMERGENCY

RULES OF PROCEDURE AS ADOPTED OR AMENDED BY THE CRA

RESOLUTION.

THE PUBLIC AND CITIZENS WILL BE ABLE TO WATCH, VIEW OR

LISTEN TO -- OR AT TAMPA.GOV/LIVESTREAM.

MEMBERS WILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE BY REFERRING BY

FLORIDA STATUTES AND RULES AS COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA

TECHNOLOGY OR CMT OR BY THE FOLLOWING ALTERNATIVE

METHODS: VIA COMMENTS ON THE INTERNET OR WEB, BY WRITTEN

COMMENTS THROUGH E-MAIL, WRITTEN COMMENTS BY U.S. MAIL,

SPEAKING REMOTELY WITH USE OF CMT, OR PARTICIPATING

THROUGH CMT AVAILABLE AT OLD CITY HALL ON THE SECOND

FLOOR.

ALL WRITTEN COMMENTS FOR CRA MATTERS MUST BE RECEIVED NO

LATER THAN 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING IN ORDER TO BE

DISTRIBUTED IN A TIMELY MANNER TO CRA MEMBERS AND MADE

PART OF THE RECORD.

REGISTRATION FOR SPEAKING REMOTELY THROUGH THE USE OF CMT

MUST ALSO BE REQUESTED AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE

MEETING.

PUBLIC COMMENTS MADE REMOTELY OR IN PERSON WILL BE HEARD

AT THE START OF THE MEETING AT THE DIRECTION OF CRA AND

IT KNOLL EXCEED 3 MINUTES UNLESS ESPECIALLY ALLOWED.

WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED BY MAIL OR E-MAIL WILL BE




DISTRIBUTED TO THE CRA AND.

ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS TIMELY RECEIVED BY MAIL, E-MAIL OR BY

REMOTE PARTICIPATION VIA CMT WILL BE AFFORDED EQUAL

CONSIDERATION AS IF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS WERE MADE IN

PERSON.

09:08:56 >> MR. CHAIRMAN, POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, BEFORE WE

BEGIN, I JUST WANT TO WISH YOU A HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

09:09:06 >>BILL CARLSON:
THANK YOU.

YEAH, MY BIRTHDAY PRESENT, I GET TO CHAIR FOR THE FIRST

TIME SO THANK YOU ALL.

BEFORE WE GET TO PUBLIC COMMENT WHICH WE WANT TO GET TO

RIGHT AWAY, IS THERE ANY CHANGE TO THE AGENDA?

WE HAVE 13 ITEMS.

09:09:21 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
THERE WAS A REQUEST I THINK FROM MS.

VAN LOAN TO CONTINUE ONE OF THOSE ITEMS TO JUNE. I DON'T

KNOW IF YOU WANT TO HANDLE THAT NOW OR WHEN SHE MAKES

THAT PRESENTATION.

09:09:42 >>BILL CARLSON:
THEY HAVE AN INFINITY VIDEO UP THERE.

UNLESS MS. VAN LOAN OBJECTS, DOES SOMEBODY WANT TO MAKE A

MOTION TO CONTINUE THAT TO JUNE 10, ITEM NUMBER 12?

NUMBER 12, MOVE TO JUNE 10th.

MOTION FROM BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.

SECOND FROM BOARD MEMBER GUDES.

ALL IN FAVOR?

OPPOSED?




MR. DINGFELDER?

09:10:20 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
YES, SIR.

JUST AS A FOLLOW-UP TO THAT ONE, MICHELLE, WHEN YOU BRING

THAT BACK IN JUNE, YOU COULD BRING US BACK SOME DIAGRAMS,

OR YOU MAKE REFERENCE TO PLANS AND DIAGRAMS, AND BRING US

BACK SOME OF THOSE AS PART OF YOUR PRESENTATION, THAT

WOULD BE GREAT.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

09:10:38 >>THE CLERK:
THE ADDENDUM HAS THREE DIFFERENT CHANGES.

09:10:46 >>BILL CARLSON:
DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT?

09:10:49 >> THE FIRST ONE IS TO RECEIVE AND FILE.

09:10:50 >>BILL CARLSON:
IS THERE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE

THE MEMORANDUM FROM CHAIR CITRO REGARDING HIS ABSENCE?

WE HAVE A MOTION FROM BOARD MEMBER GUDES, SECOND FROM

BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.

ALL IN FAVOR?

AYE.

ALL OPPOSED?

OKAY.

DOES ANYBODY WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION ON A MEMORANDUM FROM

SONYA HENDERSON LEGISLATIVE AIDE FOR COMMENDATION FOR

CHLOE CONEY?

MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER GUDES, SECOND BY BOARD MEMBER

DINGFELDER.

ALL IN FAVOR?




ANY OPPOSED?

THIRD, THE MEMORANDUM MORRIS MASSEY, DEPUTY CITY

ATTORNEY, TRANSMITTING ACTION ITEMS TO BE ADOPTED BY CRA

BORED.

09:11:41 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
SO MOVED.

09:11:43 >> SECOND.

09:11:44 >>BILL CARLSON:
MOTION BY GUDES.

SECOND BY MANISCALCO.

ALL IN FAVOR?

ANY OPPOSED?

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

ANYTHING ELSE, MADAM CLERK?

09:11:51 >>THE CLERK:
THAT WILL BE IT.

09:11:54 >>BILL CARLSON:
PUBLIC COMMENT.

DO WE HAVE ANYBODY DOWNSTAIRS IN PERSON FOR PUBLIC

COMMENT?

EACH PERSON HAS THREE MINUTES.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AT THE BEGINNING.

09:12:00 >>THE CLERK:
BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT, WE ALSO NEED TO

ACCEPT THE AGENDA TO THE A DENY -- THE A DENY ADDITIONAL

TO THE AGENDA.

09:12:19 >>BILL CARLSON:
MOTION BY GUDES.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.




09:12:25 >> MENTESNOT, TAMPA, FLORIDA.

I WANT TO SAY IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THIS MORNING.

I'M CALLING FOR THIS CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE AND MAKE A

SOLIDARITY STATEMENT WITH THE PEOPLE OF PALESTINE, AND WE

HAVE TO HAVE -- I KNOW YOU ALL LIKE TO DO YOUR

INVOCATIONS AND ALL THAT, WHATEVER THAT MEANS.

A LOT OF IT IS MEANINGLESS.

WHAT WE SEE RIGHT NOW TODAY, YESTERDAY, DAY BEFORE

YESTERDAY, AND DAYS BEFORE THAT, THAT THE PEOPLE OF

PALESTINE ARE BEING MURDERED AND MASSACRED BY AN

OCCUPIER, A FOREIGN SETTLER IN THEIR LAND, SO IT'S AN

EXPERIENCE THAT WE AFRICAN PEOPLE HERE IN AMERICA CAN

EXPERIENCE, BEING OPPRESSED, IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND LANDS

THAT WE WERE BROUGHT TO ALL OVER THE WORLD.

WE WANT THIS CITY COUNCIL TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND CALL FOR AN

IMMEDIATE MORATORIUM OF THE ATROCITIES BEING COMMITTED

AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF PALESTINE, AND IT'S REAL ATROCIOUS,

AND THEY ARE SAYING WHAT THE PEOPLE OF PALESTINE ARE

DOING TO RESPOND, BUT THEIR RESPONSE IS REALLY

NONEXISTENT.

AND ESPECIALLY OUR REPRESENTATIVE IN DISTRICT 5, BECAUSE

THAT'S A STRUGGLING DISTRICT, REALLY NEEDS TO ACKNOWLEDGE

THE SUFFERING OF THE PEOPLE IN PALESTINE.

A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT THE BUT IT'S

REAL SUFFERING AND REAL ATROCITY AND BRINGING IT BACK




HERE TO THE CITY OF TAMPA WE WANT TO CALL FOR OVERTURNING

EXPUNGING OF ALL THE PEOPLE WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS THAT

HAVE NONVIOLENT CRIMES OR VICTIMLESS CRIMES.

ALL THESE MARIJUANA CRIMES, WE WANT ALL OUR PEOPLE

RELEASED FROM PRISON AND FROM JAIL, ALL THESE CRIMES THAT

THEY CALL CRIMES, WHICH ISN'T REALLY CRIMES.

WE WANT OUR PEOPLE TO BE RELEASED FROM THAT.

WE WANT TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO LIVE OUR LIVES IN PEACE

AND IN FREEDOM AND IN HARMONY WITH ONE ANOTHER INSTEAD OF

ALL AGGRESSION.

WE WANT THIS CITY COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

WE WANT THIS CITY COUNCIL TO REMOVE ALL THESE CODE

VIOLATIONS THAT THEY HAVE AGAINST THE PEOPLE,

SPECIFICALLY INSIDE POOR WORKING CLASS COMMUNITIES, AND

WHERE THEY USE ALL FORM OF KU KLUX KLAN TRICK TRY TO,

GOVERNMENT IS DOING IT, WHITE GOVERNMENTAL IS DOING IT

AND GETTING AWAY WITH IT SO IT'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT

NEEDS TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED.

BUTT THIS MORNING IN THE PARTICULAR WHEN YOU TURN ON YOUR

TELEVISION AND YOU SEE THE ATROCITIES BEING COMMITTED

AGAINST THE PEOPLE IN PALESTINE, IT CAN GIVE YOU AN IDEA

HOW POOR WORKING CLASS PEOPLE FEEL ALL OVER THIS WORLD.

AND THIS CITY COUNCIL NEED TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.

[BELL SOUNDS]

09:15:35 >>BILL CARLSON:
THANK YOU, SIR.




ANYBODY ELSE IN PERSON FOR PUBLIC COMMENT?

09:15:38 >> CHAIRMAN, ONE MORE SPEAKER.

09:15:49 >>BILL CARLSON:
THANK YOU.

09:15:50 >> PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

09:15:54 >> GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS DOMINIQUE COBB, A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 5, CITY

OF TAMPA.

LAST WEEK ON THE CAC BOARD, THERE WAS A MOTION MOVED TO

PROVIDE MAINTENANCE FOR A BUILDING LOCATED OFF OF 22ND

AND LIKE STREET.

AS AN URBAN PLANNER AND ALSO RESIDENT OF THAT AREA, I AM

ASKING THE CRA TO PLEASE RETURN THAT BACK TO THE CAC SO

THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT A PLAN FOR THAT BUILDING.

AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE CAC PURCHASED THE BUILDING BACK IN

2019 FOR 2,500, AND $3,000.

THE PROPOSED MAINTENANCE IS $150,000.

AT THIS TIME I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE CAC SHOULD POUR

MORE MONEY INTO A BUILDING THAT IS DILAPIDATED TO THE

TEAM OF DISTRICT 5.

SO I AM ASKING FOR THE BOARD TO STOP PUTTING BAND-AIDS ON

PROPERTIES IN OUR EAR AND DEVICE A PLAN SO THAT WE CAN

HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS IN EAST

TAMPA.

THAT'S ALL FOR MY COMMENTS.




09:17:03 >>BILL CARLSON:
THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER SPEAKERS IN PERSON?

09:17:07 >> THERE ARE NO MORE SPEAKERS.

09:17:17 >>BILL CARLSON:
YOU SAID NO MORE?

OKAY.

I THINK WE HAVE TWO ONLINE.

09:17:20 >>THE CLERK:
THAT'S CORRECT.

09:17:24 >> GOOD MORNING.

THIS IS DEPUTY CITY CLERK.

THE FIRST SPEAKER WE HAVE IS RANDY COEN.

09:17:33 >>BILL CARLSON:
MR. COEN, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

09:17:35 >>RANDY COEN:
HERE ON A PERSONAL MATTER.

I AM THE IDIOT TO LEFT THE MIKE OPEN LAST WEEK, ANSWERED

A PHONE CALL AND DISRUPTED THE END OF THE MEETING LAST

THURSDAY.

I AM TRULY SORRY THAT HAPPENED.

JUST A LITTLE CONTEXT.

THE COMMENTS THAT YOU HEARD WERE A NARRATIVE ON A PHONE

CALL THAT WAS EXPRESSING FRUSTRATION WITH THE DAY AND

COMMENTING ON THINGS GOING ON.

I NEED TO APOLOGIZE TO EACH OF YOU BECAUSE FRANKLY

WHOEVER HAS BEEN TALKING AT THAT POINT OF THE DAY OF THAT

CONVERSATION WOULD HAVE LIKELY RECEIVED THE SAME COMMENT

FROM ME SO I APOLOGIZE.

I WOULD LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER




WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO MEET WITH ME EARLIER THIS WEEK.

HE LISTENED TO MY APOLOGIES AND I THINK WE PUT THAT

BEHIND US.

I WILL LET COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER SPEAK FOR HIMSELF TO

THAT ITEM.

BUT I FELT HE NEEDED AND DESERVED A PUBLIC APOLOGY.

AND SO THAT IS THE TRUE PURPOSE FOR MY BEING HERE THIS

MORNING, IS TO OFFER COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER MY EXTREME

APOLOGY FOR SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN.

AND I DO PROMISE TO NOT BE SUCH AN IDIOT AND LEAVE MY

MICROPHONE ON.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

09:18:59 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
MR. COEN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE

STILL ON OR NOT, BUT RANDY AND I GO BACK -- WE GO BACK 20

YEARS, AND I TOTALLY ACCEPTED HIS APOLOGY.

WE HAD A NICE LUNCH EARLIER THIS WEEK, AND IT'S BEEN MADE

UP, AND I TOTALLY ACCEPT HIS APOLOGY.

I DIDN'T TAKE IT AS A PERSONAL ATTACK, ONCE I HEARD THE

CONTEXT THAT IT WAS MADE IN.

AND HE'S A STAND-UP GUY, ALWAYS SAID HE'S A GOOD GUY, AND

I'LL CONTINUE ALONG THAT LINE.

SO RANDY, THANKS FOR COMING ON AND EXPLAINING IT TO THE

REST OF COUNCIL AND TO THE COMMUNITY, AND YOU ARE A GOOD

MAN, DESPITE WHAT YOUR WIFE MIGHT THINK.

09:19:52 >>RANDY COEN:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.




09:19:54 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
I WANT TO THANK RANDY FOR COMING UP

PUBLICLY AND ALSO MEET WITH COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.

IT TAKES A LOT TO DO THAT IN PERSON, APOLOGIZE, AND

SINCERE IN WHAT HAPPENED, AND GLAD THAT HE DID THAT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

09:20:09 >>BILL CARLSON:
AND MR. VIERA.

09:20:11 >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, I APPRECIATE IT.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK MR. COEN FOR COMING FORWARD AND

BEING SO -- EXHIBITING SUCH HUMILITY.

COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER WHO WE ALL KNOW IS A VERY GRACIOUS

PERSON.

IF YOU EVER HAD WHAT WE CALL UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS

WHICH WE HAVE HAD, HE'S A VERY GRACIOUS GENT GENTLEMEN SO

I AM NOT SURPRISED BY THAT RESPONSE A IT ALL.

BUT JUST FOR MR. COEN, THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

WE ARE ALL FAR FROM PERFECTION.

I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST HEARD IT, I WAS LIKE, OH, DEAR

LORD.

BUT JUST THANK YOU FOR THAT.

09:20:49 >>BILL CARLSON:
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MR. COEN

FOR COMING AND DOING THAT.

AND I WANT TO PERSONALLY APOLOGIZE TO STAFF AT THE

MEETING WHEN THAT WAS SAID, WE WEREN'T SURE WHO IT WAS

AND I ASKED THE QUESTION PUBLICLY WAS IT A STAFF MEMBER?

IT WASN'T UNTIL JUST AFTER THE MEETING THAT WE FOUND OUT




IT WAS NOT A STAFF MEMBER SO APOLOGIES TO STAFF FOR

ANYONE WE FELT LIKE WE THOUGHT IT WAS THEM, AND I CALLED

CHIEF BENNETT AND AN APOLOGIZED TO HIM AND ASKED HIM TO

PASS IT ON TO STAFF MEMBERS AS WELL AND THANKFUL THAT IT

WASN'T AND WE HAVE A VERY COLLEGIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH

STAFF SO I APPRECIATE IT.

OKAY.

WE HAVE ONE MORE ONLINE, ONE MORE PUBLIC COMMENT ONLINE.

09:21:25 >>THE CLERK:
THAT'S CORRECT.

09:21:26 >>THE CLERK:
I HAVE JEAN STROHMEYER.

SHE IS NOT LOGGED ON AT THIS TIME.

I HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH HER.

I BELIEVE SHE'S HAVING A TECHNICAL ISSUE SO RIGHT NOW AT

THIS TIME THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION.

09:21:39 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
CAN WE PICK UP JEAN LATER IN THE

MEETING?

09:21:43 >>BILL CARLSON:
COULD YOU JUST LET US KNOW IF SHE POPS

BACK ON IN THE NEXT MINUTE OR TWO?

OTHERWISE WE'LL JUST GO ON WITH THE AGENDA.

09:21:52 >>THE CLERK:
ABSOLUTELY.

09:21:55 >>BILL CARLSON:
MS. VAN LOAN, LET'S START WITH STAFF

REPORTS.

09:21:58 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
GOOD MORNING.

FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA THIS MORNING IS OUR

REPRESENTATIVE FROM TAMPA HEIGHTS RIVERFRONT CAC, CHRIS




AHERN.

AND I BELIEVE THAT CHRIS IS ON THE LINE VIRTUALLY, AND IF

WE CAN START THE PowerPoint, WE'LL MANAGE THE

POWERPOINT FROM HERE.

CHRIS, ARE YOU THERE?

CHRIS, CAN YOU HEAR US?

09:22:40 >> I HAD TO UNMUTE MYSELF.

CHRIS IS ON THE WAY.

09:22:58 >> I CAN SEE THE IMAGE THERE.

LET'S SEE IF I CAN'T MAXIMIZE THAT.

09:23:08 >> I AM JUST NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS TICK APP BUT I WILL

GET THERE.

I AM A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CAC, TAMPA HEIGHTS

RIVERFRONT.

WE HAVE A COUPLE PHOTOS TO SHOW YOU AND GIVE YOU AN

UPDATE SO YOU ACTUALLY SEE PROGRESS ON THE GROUND.

AS MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW, THE CRA, 2005, RIDGEWOOD PARK

WHERE I LIVE, RIVERSIDE HEIGHTS, TAMPA HEIGHTS, AND OUR

NEIGHBORS ARE THE WEST TAMPA DOWNTOWN RIVER ARTS,

DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP.

TOTAL ASSESSMENT 74,752,154.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SOME OF THE RECENT PROJECTS, I CANNOT QUITE SEE THAT.

BUT YOU ARE LOOKING AT A COMPLETED RIVERWALK SECTIONS, I

BELIEVE.




ROUNDABOUT.

WE HAVE TWO COMPLETED ROUNDABOUTS ONE AT NORTH BOULEVARD

AND PALM, WHICH IS TO BE BUILT OUT OF ASPHALT, AND SOME

FINAL WORKS.

WE HAVE NEARLY A COMPLETE ROUNDABOUT AT PALM AND NORTH

HIGHLAND SO WE ARE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS FOR THOSE.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

R.

09:24:52 >>BILL CARLSON:
THIS IS RIVERWALK.

09:24:54 >> THANK YOU.

THE RIVERWALK SLIDE I CAN SEE.

QUITE ACTIVATED WATERFRONT.

I ACTUALLY DO WATERFRONT PLANNING FOR A LIVING, AND IT'S

AZING TO SEE HOW MUCH MORE USE THERE HAS BEEN AT THE

WATERFRONT.

AND COMING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE CONNECTIVITY IT

PROVIDES FOR OUR NEIGHBORS AND PEOPLE TO COME DOWNTOWN,

AND VICE VERSA, COME UP INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WALK

THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL PROJECT.

THIS IS BOULEVARD BRIDGE.

THIS IS LOOKING WEST ON THE IMAGE OF THE RIGHT IS LOOKING

TO THE WEST.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT -- THIS IS SOHO CAPITAL, COMPLETED




THE HEIGHTS AND UNION BUILDING.

IT IS CURRENTLY BEING -- ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE THEY ARE

EXPECTING SO OF THEIR FIRST TENANTS.

AS YOU MAY KNOW, PFIZER SIGNED AN OFFICE LEASE FOR THE

MAJORITY OF SPACE IN THIS BUILDING.

I DO NOT KNOW THE NUMBER OF SQUARE FEET OFF THE TOP OF MY

HEAD BUT A SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS TO OUR COMMUNITY AS WE

ARE ALREADY SEEING PEOPLE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD PEOPLE WHO

ARE INTENDING TO WORK IN THIS AREA LOOKING FOR HOMES.

THAT'S GENERALLY VERY EXCITING AND WELL RECEIVED.

THEY ARE CALLING IT ENABLING FUNCTION HUB IN TAMPA.

ONE OF SIX SUCH CENTERS WORLDWIDE.

SO TAMPA WILL BE AT A PRETTY HIGH NAME RECOGNITION AND

HOSTING THESE FUNCTIONAL HUBS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

RIVERWALK IN GENERAL IS COMPLETING THE PROJECT AND COMING

UP TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE HAVE ALREADY COVERED A LITTLE BIT OF IT, BUT IT'S BEEN

A LARGE BENEFIT TO OUR CRA BOUNDARIES, AND TRY TO HELP

AUGMENT WHAT THE CITY DOES WITH THIS PROJECT, AND WE WILL

BE LOOKING TO IDENTIFY WAYS TO PROMOTE.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AND I CAN'T READ THAT ONE.

WHAT DOES THAT ONE SAY?

09:27:19 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
GENERAL MEETING.




09:27:22 >>BILL CARLSON:
GENERAL MEETING.

09:27:23 >> THANK YOU.

GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

09:27:29 >>BILL CARLSON:
THAT ONE SAYS PARKING STUDY AND CURBSIDE

MANAGEMENT STUDY.

09:27:37 >> THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS HAVE

BEEN TALKING ABOUT.

THE CITY HAS STARTED AN INITIATIVE TO STUDY PARKING AND

HOW IS IT BEING USED, HOW MUCH OF IT IS THERE, DOES IT

NEED TO BE MORE ON THE PROPERTY.

SO THIS GROUP IS AWARE, WE HAVE HAD NEIGHBORS WHO ARE

TECHNICALLY WITHIN THE BOUNDARY, ALTHOUGH ONLY ON ONE

HALF OF THE STREET, TALKING ABOUT COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC, OR

COMMERCIAL TRUCKS THAT ARE PARKING IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

COMMERCIAL TRUCKS ARE NOT DELIVERING INTO THE COMMERCIAL

DISTRICT.

THEY ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN THE CONDOMINIUMS AND

THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS THAT CANNOT PARK IN THE PARKING

GARAGES.

SO WHAT WE ARE SEEING AND HAS BEEN REPORTED TO US, THE

CAC, IS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC IS

ACTUALLY PARKING ON THE STREET IN FRONT OF PEOPLE'S HOMES

IN THIS DISTRICT TO THE NORTH, AND WE HAVE SEEN A LITTLE

BIT OF THAT TO THE EAST IN RICHARD PARK.




NOW TECHNICALLY, WE AS THE CAC WILL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS

TO YOU ABOUT THIS, BUT THIS IS A STUDY THAT IS

CONTINUING.

WE WILL KEEP YOU ABREAST OF OUR RECOMMENDATION BUT WANTED

TO MAKE YOU AWARE IT'S SOMETHING THE CAC HAS BEEN

APPROACHED.

NEXT SLIDE.

09:29:06 >>BILL CARLSON:
NORTH DOWNTOWN MULTIMODAL AND NETWORK

CONCEPTS.

09:29:11 >> THANK YOU.

THE MULTIMODAL CONCEPTS AND THE STUDY ALL HAVE

CONNECTIVITY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND PROXIMAL FOR OUR

BOUNDARIES, WE ARE PARTICIPATING IN SEVERAL OF THOSE.

WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.

AGAIN, TO FUND STUDY THAT ENHANCE AS A DISTRICT, AND

PROMOTE OUR DISTRICT AND AUGMENT WHAT THE CITY HAS

ALREADY PLANNED PROGRAMS, SO WE ARE AWARE OF THESE

PROGRAMS, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

THANK YOU.

WHOEVER DID THAT, IT IS HELPFUL.

THIS IS A CONTINUING PROJECT.

AGAIN, WE WILL BRING IT TO YOU FOR RECOMMENDATIONS.

I MENTIONED BOULEVARD BRIDGE BEFORE, PROBABLY THE

NORTHERNMOST BRIDGE AND IS NOT CURRENTLY UNDERLIT.

THE 275 BRIDGE IS TECHNICALLY THE ONE MOST NORTH ON THE




RIVER THAT IS NOT LIT.

BUT BOULEVARD BRIDGE HAS QUITE A PERSPECTIVE.

AND WE, IN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CRA, ONLY HAVE ONE

QUARTER OF THE BOULEVARD BRIDGE IN OUR DISTRICT, IN OUR

BOUNDARIES.

SO WE HAVE APPROACHED CITY OF TAMPA LLC WHO HAS BEEN

DOING A MASTERFUL JOB OF LIGHTING THESE AND STARTING TO

TALK TO OUR NEIGHBORS IN THE CRA ABOUT JOINT FUNDING ON

THE LIGHTING, THE BOULEVARD BRIDGE, UNDERLIGHTING

SPECIFICALLY.

WE INTEND TO APPROACH THAT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT COMPANIES

AND BUSINESSES TO ALSO HELP PROMOTE SPONSORING

UNDERLIGHTING OF THE BRIDGE.

WE HAVE HAD BEGINNING CONVERSATIONS.

WE EVEN HAVE PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT.

THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD AREA OVER THERE ON FRANKLIN STREET

EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THIS, JUST A CHANCE TO ENHANCE THE

NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE VIEW DOWN THE RIVER.

I BELIEVE THAT'S MY LAST SLIDE, IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN.

09:31:22 >> IT IS.

09:31:25 >> THANK YOU.

THAT IS GENERALLY IT TODAY.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME?

09:31:34 >>BILL CARLSON:
ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, SIR.




09:31:37 >> MY PLEASURE.

09:31:39 >>BILL CARLSON:
MS. VAN LOAN.

09:31:40 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
IF IT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE CRA

BOARD, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE THE REGULAR STAFF REPORTS

TO AFTER THE PRESENTATION BY MR. WILFALK AND THE CONEY'S?

09:31:55 >>BILL CARLSON:
ANYBODY WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION?

09:31:58 >> ARE MOTION FROM MANISCALCO.

SECOND FROM GUDES.

ALL IN FAVOR?

ANY OPPOSED?

OKAY.

SO MOVED.

09:32:04 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
WITH THAT WE WOULD GO TO ITEM 3.

DO WE HAVE MARK WILFALK ON THE PHONE?

09:32:10 >> WE ACTUALLY HAVE JEAN STROHMEYER AVAILABLE TO SPEAK

FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

09:32:20 >>BILL CARLSON:
MS. STROHMEYER, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR

PUBLIC COMMENT?

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

09:32:29 >> THANK YOU.

CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME?

09:32:32 >> YES.

09:32:33 >> AND I APOLOGIZE.

I SIGNED IN TO LAST WEEK'S MEETING.




MY BROTHER WAS KILLED ON TUESDAY.

IN A REALLY BAD CAR ACCIDENT WHILE DRIVING A CAR WITH A

DRUNK DRIVER ON A BIKE, ALL OVER THE NEWSPAPERS, SO IT'S

BEEN A LITTLE TOUGH COUPLE DAYS. ANYWAY, THAT'S WHY I AM

A LITTLE FRAZZLED. ANYWAY, I'M READY.

I JUST WANT TO MENTION, THERE'S ITEM 10 ABOUT TIMING, NOT

JUST THAT BUT OTHERS.

THEY ARE SAYING THEY ARE GOING TO TRANSFER $500,000.

IT SOUND LIKE A LOT TO A REGULAR PERSON LIKE ME THAT

DOESN'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY BUT I AM JUST WONDERING

WHY WE CAN'T GET A POTHOLE FIXED DOWN IN SOUTH TAMPA.

EAST TAMPA GETS THAT $500,000 WHEN WE HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED

IN SOUTH OF GANDY SINCE 2006 WHICH DOESN'T SEEM FAIR. I

WANT TO THE KNOW WHO IS GETTING THESE TINY HOMES, WHERE

ARE THEY?

WHY CAN'T WE PUT SOME DEVELOPERS AND MICRO APARTMENTS

INSTEAD OF HAVING MAYBE TINY HOMES.

MAYBE WE COULD DO THAT HERE.

I KNOW PEOPLE -- I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SOME KIND OF

ALTERNATIVE AGENDA THAT'S JUST LEAVING US HIGH AND DRY.

ANYWAY, SO WHO REALLY IS BENEFITING FROM THIS IS MY

QUESTION.

THERE'S ANOTHER TRANSFER FROM THE WEST TAMPA CRA FUNDS

FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT, THE

BUSINESS, WHATEVER, ANOTHER TRANSFER.




BUT WE CAN'T GET THESE TRANSFERS.

WE NEED SOME MONEY DOWN HERE.

WE ARE SEEING ALL THESE TRANSFERS FROM HERE TO THERE,

THERE TO HERE, AND THEY ARE USING -- THERE'S UNUSED

FUNDS, THE CHANNELSIDE DISTRICT DOWNTOWN.

WE HAD MONEY -- WE HAD MONEY DOWN HERE COLLECTED FOR 15

YEARS, AND IT WAS NOT USED ON THE ROAD, ANYTHING DOWN

HERE.

SO WHERE DID OUR MONEY GO?

WHY DOES EVERYBODY ELSE GET MONEY AND WE DON'T? SO I AM

JUST TRYING TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SO WE CAN

TRY TO GET SOMETHING FIXED DOWN HERE.

THANK YOU.

09:34:37 >>BILL CARLSON:
THANK YOU FROM. ALL OF US, BEST WISHES

TO YOUR FAMILY.

I'M SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR BROTHER.

09:34:44 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
CONDOLENCES AS WELL.

09:34:47 >>BILL CARLSON:
MS. VAN LOAN?

09:34:50 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
DO WE HAVE MARK WILFALK YET ON THE

PHONE?

09:34:54 >>MARK WILFALK:
YES, I AM HERE.

CAN YOU HEAR ME?

09:35:00 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
YES, WE CAN.

09:35:02 >>MARK WILFALK:
I APOLOGIZE.

I HAD MY CAMERA PLUGGED IN.




MAYBE IT WILL KICK IN SHORTLY.

GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

AND BEFORE I GET STARTED, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEND MY

CONDOLENCES TO THE LAST CALLER ON THE LINE.

BUT I'M HERE TODAY TO REPORT ON A REQUEST FOR FILE NUMBER

2019-915 AND WAS ASKED BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER TO SPEAK

ON THE ILLEGAL DUMPING ISSUES THAT ARE OCCURRING IN EAST

TAMPA, AND WHAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY DO TO ABATE SOME OF

THE ISSUES AND OFFER SOME SOLUTIONS.

I HAD AN OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET WITH COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER

A COUPLE MONTHS AGO BACK IN THE MONTH OF MARCH, AND TOSS

AROUND A FEW IDEAS OF OUR PLANS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES,

AND JUST WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT IT STILL DOESN'T

STOP THE TEAM FROM COMING UP WITH NEW IDEAS, INNOVATIVE

WAYS TO RESOLVE THESE MATTERS.

SO THE FIRST THING THAT WE PLAN TO DO IS REALLY ENCOURAGE

PEOPLE TO CALL OUR DEPARTMENT AND START REQUESTING

SPECIAL PICKUPS.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE HAS TO BE A CHARGE ASSOCIATED

WITH PROVIDING THE REMOVAL OF DEBRIS FROM CURBSIDE WHEN

WE COME OUT, BUT WE UNDERSTAND FOR SOME OF OUR FOLKS, IN

SOME OF THE CRAs, PARTICULARLY THE EAST TAMPA AREA,

THAT SOME OF THE MINIMUM AMOUNTS OF CHARGE REQUIRED TO

REMOVE SMALL ITEMS WOULD REALLY BE A BIT MUCH, A BIT

EXTENSIVE.




SO THE TYPICAL CHARGE FOR THE REMOVAL OF DEBRIS THAT'S

TRADITIONALLY NOT COLLECTED ON WEEKLY GARBAGE COLLECTION

PROGRAM RANGES AROUND $65.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE CHARGE A MINIMUM.

WELL, WHAT WE ARE PLANNING ON IMPLEMENTING IS TO REDUCE

THE MINIMUM DOWN TO THE ACTUAL AMOUNT OF DEBRIS THAT'S ON

THE GROUND, SO IF A RESIDENT ACTUALLY HAS A COUCH AND TV

AT THEIR CURBSIDE, AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO CALL US AND

HAVE US REMOVE, WE WILL BEGIN TO CHARGE ONE FOR THAT

SERVICE WHICH EQUATES TO ABOUT $16.

SO WE ARE HOPING THAT WE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE

PALATABLE FOR OUR RESIDENTS THAT ARE OUT THERE, AND WE

ALSO ENCOURAGE THEM FOR A NOMINAL FEE TO REMOVE THESE

ITEMS FROM THE CURBSIDE AND HELP PRESERVE THE AESTHETICS

WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

THE OTHER INITIATIVES THAT WE ARE STARTING TO ADOPT AS

WELL, WE HAVE OUR FREE DISPOSAL PROGRAM, AND AS LONG AS

THE RESIDENT WHO PAYS INTO OUR SYSTEM SHOWS UP AT MACKAY

BAY WITH A UTILITY BILL AND A MATCHING ID, THEY CAN

DISPOSE OF THEIR ITEMS AT NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE.

WE LISTENED TO SOME OF OUR COMMERCE THAT ARE VISITING THE

FACILITY AND WANTS TO UTILIZE THOSE SERVICES, AND WE KNOW

THAT THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT LONG WAIT TIMES AT VARIOUS

TIMES OF THE DAY.

SO WE WILL BEGIN IMPLEMENTING A PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS THOSE




FOLKS TO SKIP THE LINE.

IN OTHER WORDS, THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME IN AND WAIT ON

OUR SCALES, NOR DO THEY HAVE TO WAIT IN A LONG LINE TO

GET THEIR ID BACK.

EFFECTIVE THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, RESIDENTS WILL BE

ABLE TO COME IN AND JUST ANSWER A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS,

PRESENT THEIR ID AND MATCHING UTILITY BILL, THEY WILL NOT

GO THROUGH THE SCALES AND DUMP THEIR DEBRIS OUT.

AND SO WE ARE HOPING THAT OUR RESIDENTS AND CUSTOMERS

WILL BE ABLE TO ENJOY THAT BENEFIT AND HOPEFULLY

EXPEDITE.

NOW, THE CITY HAS ALSO SUPPORTED THE DEPARTMENT BY A $43

MILLION NEW TRANSFER STATION WHICH WE EXPECT TO COME

ONLINE BETWEEN THE MONTHS OF SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, AND

ONCE THAT FACILITY GOES LIVE, I BELIEVE THAT MEMBERS OF

COUNCIL AS WELL AS OUR CUSTOMERS WILL BE ABLE TO ENJOY

THE BENEFIT AND IMPROVE SERVICES THAT COME ALONG WITH

THAT.

NOW, WE CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THE ILLEGAL DUMPING ISSUE.

WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT,

AND MY PARTNER CURTIS WILLIAMS IS ON AS WELL SO I WOULD

LIKE TO YIELD TIME TO HIM SO HE CAN EXPLAIN A FEW

INITIATIVES THAT WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER.

SO MR. WILLIAMS, ARE YOU ON?

09:40:09 >> CURTIS WILLIAMS:
YES.




THANK YOU, MARK.

LIKE MARK HAS SAID, VERY GRACIOUS IN EXPLAINING THIS SIDE

OF THE BUSINESS WHICH IS NEW TO ME, AND THROUGH THOSE

MEETINGS WE RESULTED IN SOME PROGRAMS LIKE HE DISCUSSED

THAT I THINK WILL HAVE SOME IMPACT ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF

THE NEIGHBORHOOD, REDUCTION OF THE SPECIAL PICKUPS,

ET CETERA.

SOME OF THE OTHER INITIATIVES THAT I HAVE WORKED ON WERE

SOME PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS WITH CAMPAIGNS, ILLEGAL

DUMPING IN EAST TAMPA, AND CURRENTLY WORKING IN THE

COMPLETION OF SOME GRANTS THAT HAD PORTIONS THAT DEAL

WITH INVESTIGATIONS AS WELL.

SO ANYTIME YOU HAVE LIKE ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES UNIT, THE

REASON FOR THAT UNIT --

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE REALLY TRY TO WORK ON EDUCATION,

AS OPPOSED TO GOING OUT AND MAKING ARRESTS.

THANK YOU, MARK, FOR WORKING WITH ME.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

ALSO WORKING WITH SOME OF THE OTHER ENTITIES THROUGHOUT

THE CITY, SOME PROLIFIC ILLEGAL DUMPING AREAS.

SURVEYS ARE BEING DONE TO VACATE SOME OF THOSE AREAS,

DON'T NEED TO BE INVITING AS THEY CURRENTLY ARE TO

DUMPING.

ALSO TO WORK WITH ENVIRONMENTAL -- IN THE CITY ON

COLLECTING DATA ON SOME AREAS THAT WE HAD SOME LONG-TERM




PROBLEMS HERE IN EAST TAMPA.

IN FACT I HAVE A MEETING THIS AFTERNOON TO ADDRESS SOME

OF THOSE.

09:42:34 >>BILL CARLSON:
ANY QUESTIONS?

MR. GUDES?

09:42:47 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
I'M HOPING SOLID WASTE, MARK, CAN COME

UP WITH SOME TYPE OF GRANT, LOOK AT A GRANT THAT WOULD

HELP WHAT I CALL THE JUNKMAN AND PUT SOME PEOPLE TO WORK

TO WHERE IN THESE COMMUNITIES, THE JUNK MAN GOES BY AND

PICKS UP GARBAGE, CLEAN THE NEIGHBORHOOD UP.

SO I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH A PROGRAM AND

START OUT A PILOT PROGRAM IN THESE AREAS, WHAT I CALL

SMALL SECTOR, AND SEE IF WE CAN HAVE AN RFP DONE WITH

SOME TYPE OF GRANT, EMPLOY SOME OF THESE FOLKS WHO ARE

OUT THERE EVERY DAY WICK PICKING UP SOME GARBAGE AND

MAYBE ENHANCE AND HELP THE CITY AS A WHOLE CLEAN UP THE

CITY.

I SEE GUYS ALL THE TIME IN TRUCKS GOING DOWN STREETS, AND

I THINK THAT'S A WAY TO ALLEVIATE A LOT OF PRESSURE ON

OUR SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW.

I CAN RECALL WITHIN THE LAST TWO OR THREE MONTHS I PAID

PICKUP $65 SO I UNDERSTAND THE MONEY.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THESE COMMUNITIES, THEY DON'T

HAVE TRUCKS TO GET DOWN TO 34th STREET.

SO I JUST WISH THAT WE CAN LOOK AT POSSIBLY LOOKING AT




SOME GRANTS OUT THERE, AND MAYBE START A PILOT PROGRAM TO

EMPLOY MAYBE WHAT I CALL THE JUNK MAN, AND GO OUT AND

MAYBE PICK UP SOME OF THE TRASH AND HELP US OUT.

SO WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?

09:44:22 >>MARK WILFALK:
WE CAN CERTAINLY TAKE THAT INTO

CONSIDERATION.

AGAIN, IT'S AN APPROACH THAT WE HAVE NEVER TRIED BEFORE,

BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T EXPLORE THAT AVENUE.

SO WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO LOOK INTO IT, SEE IF THERE ARE

ANY GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, AND I BELIEVE IT MAY DOVETAIL

THAT DETECTIVE WILLIAMS JUST SPOKE ABOUT TO SEE IF WE CAN

POTENTIALLY FIND SOME SUPPORT FOR THAT TYPE OF

INITIATIVE.

09:44:48 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
HOPEFULLY YOU CAN BRING US SOMETHING

BACK IN FUTURE REFERENCE TO THAT.

I THINK IT COULD BE A WORTHWHILE PROGRAM, AND ALSO HELP

SOME FOLKS WHO ARE STRUGGLING.

09:44:58 >>MARK WILFALK:
ABSOLUTELY.

AGAIN WE ARE REALLY HOPING THAT BY COMMUNICATING, YOU

KNOW, SOME OF THE OPTIONS TO REDUCE THE RATE THAT IT

WOULD REALLY DRIVE PEOPLE AND SAYING, HEY, GOOD, I DON'T

HAVE TO PAY THIS $65, $70, IT'S ONLY 10 OR $15, I CAN

LIVE WITH THAT.

SO WE ARE HOPING THAT WILL BE MORE PALATABLE TO OUR

CUSTOMERS THAT ARE OUT THERE.




AND THEN ALSO WE ARE HERE TO HELP.

ULTIMATELY, WE WANT TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY LOOKING CLEAN,

WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THE AESTHETICS OF THEM.

SO WHERE WE CAN GO ABOVE AND BEYOND IN THOSE SITUATIONS.

09:45:35 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
EVEN WITH JUNKED CARS, MARK.

A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHO TO CALL TO GET RID

OF A CAR.

THESE PROGRAMS CAN BE VERY, VERY HELPFUL TO SOME OF THE

RESIDENTS AT NO CHARGE, IF WE CAN COME UP WHERE A PROGRAM

LIKE THAT AND REMOVE SOME OF THESE CARS BECAUSE SOMETIMES

THOSE CARS DO BRING SLUM AND BLIGHT TO THE COMMUNITIES.

09:45:57 >>BILL CARLSON:
MR. DINGFELDER?

09:46:00 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN GUDES, AS ALWAYS FOR YOUR GOOD

IDEAS.

MARK AND CURTIS, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT SOME OF THE

INNOVATIVE IDEAS AND CHANGES THAT YOU GUYS ARE PUTTING

INTO PLAY.

MICHELLE, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, I THINK A BIG PART

OF IT IS MARKETING.

AND THIS IS NOT JUST AN EAST TAMPA ISSUE.

I MEAN, IT DEFINITELY HAS A POTENTIAL TO BE A CITY-WIDE

ISSUE.

OBVIOUSLY WE SEE IT WORSE IN EAST TAMPA, MAYBE ON THE

EAST SIDE OF YBOR CITY, AND DEFINITELY IN NORTH TAMPA.




ILLEGAL DUMPING AND THAT SORT OF THING.

SO LET'S MAKE SURE THAT, MICHELLE, THAT WE GET THE WORD

OUT TO THE CITY MARKETING DEPARTMENT, TO MAKE SURE THAT

EVERYBODY IN THE CITY KNOWS WHAT THESE CHANGES ARE, AND

THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE MARK WILFALK'S PHONE NUMBER IN CASE

THEY HAVE AN EMERGENCY.

ON A SERIOUS NOTE, MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A CITY-WIDE

EFFORT AND THAT WE DO A GOOD JOB OF MARKETING

INFORMATION.

09:47:17 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
WILL DO.

09:47:19 >>MARK WILFALK:
COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, IF I CAN, THERE

ARE TWO MORE OBJECTIVES TO OUR SUPPORT SERVICES TEAM

WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.

THAT HAVE ALSO EXPRESSED INTERESTS IN DEVELOPING A

GRASSROOTS EFFORTS THAT WILL AGAIN COME ON THE LINES OF

WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, CREATE SOME MARKETING MATERIAL,

A BROCHURE WHERE WE GO OUT AND TARGET THOSE AREAS WHERE

WE SEE THE MOST ILLEGAL DUMPING VIOLATIONS.

AND BY GRASSROOTS EFFORTS, I MEAN WE GET OUT THERE,

MYSELF INCLUDED.

WE GO KNOCK ON THE DOOR.

WE EDUCATE THOSE RESIDENTS ON WHAT THEY CAN DO TO IMPROVE

WHATEVER OR EDUCATE THEM ON WHAT THEY CAN DO TO GET RID

OF THE DEBRIS THAT THEY HAVE AT THE CURBSIDE.

SO WE PLAN ON GETTING OUT THERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE, PUT




IN SOME INFORMATION IN BOTH HANDS, AS WELL AS USING OTHER

STREAMS OF MEDIA, TO COMMUNICATE SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS

IN THE PROGRAM THAT WE ARE LOOKING FAR FOR THAT AS WELL.

09:48:20 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
YOU JUST RAISED AN IDEA THAT I HAD.

YOU KNOW, THE WAY WE HAVE BEEN DOING "PAINT YOUR HEART

OUT" FOR 30 YEARS, WE GET A GREAT TURNOUT OF VOLUNTEERS

AND THAT SORT OF THING.

BUT MAYBE WE SHOULD START A PROGRAM ALONG THE LINES OF

LIKE CLEAN YOUR HEART OUT AND GET A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS

ON A NICE COOL WINTER DAY TO HELP CLEAN UP SOME OF THESE

LOTS, OR TO HELP CLEAN UP THE STREETS WHERE THESE PILES

OF JUNK, JUST -- I KNOW YOUR PEOPLE CAN DO IT, MARK, AND

THEY DO IT WELL, AND CURTIS, YOUR EFFORTS ARE APPRECIATED

AS WELL.

BUT JUST TO GET THAT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.

09:49:06 >> THE PORTION THAT DEALS WITH CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND ALSO

MARKETING.

SO NOT JUST GENERAL FORMS OF PAPER MARKETING BUT PERHAPS

A DIGITAL BOARD FOR THE PUBLIC.

THERE ARE FORCES THIS GRANT THAT I AM TRYING TO ATTAIN

THAT DEALS WITH THOSE SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT YOU ARE TALKING

ABOUT MOVING FORWARD.

09:49:42 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
I HOPE YOU KEEP US POSTED AT LEAST ON

AN ANNUAL BASIS.

WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ARE DOING.




09:49:48 >>BILL CARLSON:
MR. VIERA.

09:49:50 >>LUIS VIERA:
AGAIN I WANTED TO JUMP OWN WHAT COUNCILMAN

GUDES AND ESPECIALLY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER GOT ON WHICH

IS THE IDEA THAT BLIGHT AFFECTS SO MUCH OF OUR CITY

INCLUDING THAT OF THE CRA.

I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE CITY CRA ENDEAVORS IN

AREAS WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN PUSHES FOR CRAs, SULPHUR

SPRINGS, USF AREA, MAYBE NOT A PUSH FOR THE CRA, AND

AREAS LIKE COPELAND PARK OR TERRACE PARK, WE DON'T HAVE A

CRA IN THE WHOLE CITY, RIGHT?

BUT IN AREAS WHERE THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF BLIGHT AND

ENDEAVORS LIKE THIS COULD HELP.

SOMETHING THAT'S VERY DISTINGUISHABLE FROM THIS, I WAS

TALKING ABOUT A YOUTH PROGRAM, AT RISK AREAS TO INCLUDE

PARTS OF THE CRA AS WELL AS SULPHUR SPRINGS AND PARTS OF

NORTH TAMPA, USF AREA, AND THIS IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING

THAT HAPPENED THERE AS WELL.

I THINK THE MAIN ISSUE SHOULDN'T JUST BE CRA AREAS BUT

AREAS THAT ARE IN NEED OF THAT.

SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME SORT OF CITY CRA COMBINATION

KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO WITH THE YOUTH JOBS

PROGRAM ON THE ISSUE OF BLIGHT.

SO THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

09:51:05 >>BILL CARLSON:
ANYBODY ELSE?

JUST ONE FINAL COMMENT FROM ME.




PLEASE DON'T FORGET SOUTH OF GANDY.

THERE'S A LOT OF ILLEGAL DUMPING THAT HAPPENS DOWN THERE

SO PLEASE INCLUDE THEM AS WELL.

I KNOW IT'S A CRA MEETING, BUT PLEASE THEY NEED HELP AS

WELL.

MS. VAN LOAN, WHAT'S NEXT?

09:51:20 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
FOR ITEM NUMBER 4, WE ARE PLEASED

TO PRESENT MS. CHLOE CONEY AND ERNEST CONEY.

09:51:27 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
POINT OF PRIVILEGE, PLEASE, SIR.

I SEE THE LADY WHO WEARS MANY HATS, IF SHE WOULD KIND OF

COME UP TO THE PODIUM.

09:51:44 >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.

09:51:48 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
LET ME START BY SAYING WE HAVE A REAL

TRAILBLAZER IN FRONT OF US THIS MORNING.

MS. CHLOE CONEY IS A LEADER WHO SERVES IN A SPIRIT OF

LOVE.

WHEN FEDERAL COURTS ORDERED HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TO

DESEGREGATE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, YOU AT AN EARLY AGE, MS.

CONEY, BECAME A LEADER.

IN 1963, SHE ALONE WITH A BRAVE FEW -- SHE ATTENDED

HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL WITH HONORS IN 1968 AND SHE WAS

ONE OF THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICANS TO GRADUATE FROM

HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, I BELIEVE.

SHE ACHIEVED A DEGREE, A&M UNIVERSITY, AND FLORIDA DEACON

BIBLE COLLEGE, AND HOPE BIBLE COLLEGE IN TAMPA, FLORIDA.




MRS. CONEY PASSIONATELY SERVES IN HER PERSONAL CAREER.

SHE BECAME A CAREER AS THE FIRST BLACK PROBATION AND

PAROLE OFFICER IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.

SHE THEN CONTINUED WITH THE COURT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY

AND REPRESENTATIVE FOR CLEARWATER, FLORIDA.

SHE SERVED FAMILIES AS A MANAGER OF THE LEE DAVIS

NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER LEADING THE WAY FOR IT TO BECOME A

SOCIAL AND MEDICAL CENTER IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.

THAT IS TRUE, FOLKS.

I WOULD LIKE TO HONOR MRS. CHLOE CONEY FOR SERVING THE

TAMPA BAY COMMUNITY FOR 40 YEARS, AND TOUCHING THE LIVES

OF EVERYONE SHE MEETS.

MS. CONEY, I SAY YOU HAVE BEEN A TRAILBLAZER.

YOU HAVE ALL OVER THE CITY.

YOU TRANSFORMED WHAT WE KNOW WHAT IS CALLED THE PROJECTS.

WE DON'T CALL IT ANYMORE, OVER IN EAST TAMPA.

YOU CLEARED THAT PLACE UP, AND I CAN SAY WHEREVER YOU

HAVE GONE, WHATEVER YOU HAVE TOUCHED, YOU HAVE MADE A

DIFFERENCE.

SO THIS MORTGAGE, MY AIDE TOLD ME SHE HAS A PLAQUE THAT

SHE'S GOING TO READ TO HONOR YOU.

I KNOW YOU ARE BEING INDUCTED INTO THE HALL OF FAME OF

HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL THIS EVENING SO I WANTED TO MAKE

SURE THAT CITY COUNCIL GAVE YOU SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN

ALSO SAY THAT THIS CITY IS PROUD OF YOU.




09:54:16 >> MS. CHLOE CONEY.

09:54:26 >> GET CLOSER TO THE MIKE.

09:54:27 >> I'M SORRY.

TAMPA CITY COUNCIL PROUDLY HONORS CHLOE CONEY, THE WOMAN

WHO WEARS MANY HATS, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AS A 40 YEAR

VETERAN AND ADVOCATE FOR COMMUNITY BUILDING AND UPLIFTING

NEIGHBORHOODS.

YOU HAVE NAVIGATED THE EFFORT TO RENEW A SENSE OF PRIDE

IN COMMUNITY IN THE TAMPA AREA.

MRS. CHLOE CONEY ALSO KNOWN AS THE MOTHER OF ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT, YOU TOOK BOLD ACTION TO ACHIEVE YOUR

STRATEGIC VISION FOR THE CORPORATION TO DEVELOP

COMMUNITIES OF TAMPA, TO BE A COMMUNITY BASED AND

COMMUNITY OWNED NONPROFIT WHOSE MISSION IS TO RAISE THE

ECONOMIC, EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL LEVEL OF RESIDENTS IN

ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED AREAS ACROSS TAMPA AND THROUGHOUT

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.

MS. CONEY, YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED YOURSELF TO BE A

TREMENDOUS LEADER, A CHAMPION OF PUBLIC SERVICE, ONE WHO

IS GREATLY EXPECTED AND ADMIRED FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, AND

TENACITY.

A TRUE SERVANT TO THIS COMMUNITY AND ONE WHO DOES SO WITH

A GRACIOUS HEART.

IN GRATITUDE TO SUCH EFFORTS, TAMPA CITY COUNCIL PRESENTS

THIS COMMENDATION ON THIS 13th DAY OF MAY 2021 TO MS.




CHLOE AS THE MATRIX OF THE COMMUNITY.

09:55:51 >> I AM SO HONORED.

I AM SO PROUD.

AND I WANT TO THANK CITY COUNCIL AND COUNCILMAN ORLANDO

GUDES, THANK YOU.

THIS IS JUST WONDERFUL.

AND I DO LOOK FORWARD TONIGHT.

53 YEARS LATER BEING INDUCTED INTO HILLSBOROUGH HIGH

SCHOOL HALL OF FAME.

SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL.

09:56:13 >>BILL CARLSON:
ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT TO SAY

ANYTHING?

09:56:17 >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

CHLOE, YOU KNOW WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER ON THINGS BEFORE.

YOU KNOW I LOVE AND RESPECT YOU.

YOU ARE A GREAT PERSON.

WHEN I THINK OF WHAT THE CDC DOES, WITH ECONOMIC

EMPOWERMENT DEVELOPMENT AND OPENING UP DOORS TO FOLKS IN

OUR COMMUNITY, IT'S KIND OF THAT NEXT STEP IN THE CIVIL

RIGHTS MOVEMENT WHERE YOU HAVE THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF

64, THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT, FAIR HOUSING, YOU ARE OPENING

UP DOORS, AND YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN WALK

THROUGH THOSE DOORS.

YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE COMMUNITIES ARE ACTUALLY

GETTING SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS FOR OPPORTUNITY, AND THAT'S




WHAT YOU ALL DO.

AND I SALUTE THE WORK THAT YOU DO.

BUT YOU HAVE ALSO BEEN INVOLVED IN SO MANY -- YOU ARE

SUCH A DISTINGUISHED PERSON HERE IN TAMPA.

WHEN OUR FUTURE PRESIDENT CAME TO TAMPA WHO INTRODUCED

HIM?

YOU DID.

YOU DID.

YOU DID.

THAT'S KIND OF COOL.

I REMEMBER ONE OF THE PROUDEST MOMENTS I HAD, AND IT WAS

SO EARLY IN MY POLITICAL CAREER, BUT WAS HELPING PUSH FOR

SPEAKING AT A RALLY.

I THINK COUNCILMAN GUDES THERE.

HE WASN'T A COUNCILMAN YET BUT WAS FOR THE CONFEDERATE

MEMORIAL, NOT TO KEEP IT, TO MOVE IT.

AND YOU WERE THERE.

AND YOU WERE LENDING YOUR STORY OF LENDING YOUR VOICE AND

TALKING ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCES, AND JUST SPEAKING FROM

THE HEART LIKE YOU ALWAYS DO.

THAT'S WHY PEOPLE LOVE YOU BECAUSE YOU SPEAK FROM THE

HEART.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SALUTE YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO,

MA'AM, AND JUST GOD BLESS YOU AND ALL THAT YOU DO.

THANK YOU.




09:57:53 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

09:57:55 >>BILL CARLSON:
ANYBODY ELSE?

09:57:56 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
MR. CHAIRMAN.

THANK YOU, SIR.

09:58:01 >>BILL CARLSON:
GO AHEAD.

09:58:04 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
CHLOE, JOHN DINGFELDER HERE.

YOU KNOW WE LOVED YOU FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

EVERY TIME I LOOK IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION, THERE YOU ARE

HELPING AND LEADING IN THE COMMUNITY.

CHLOE, MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS

ENOUGH WALLS IN YOUR HOUSE FOR ALL THE AWARDS AND PLAQUES

THAT YOU HAVE.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE -- ANYWAY, I AM JUST TEASING YOU.

BUT WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU AND ALL YOU HAVE DONE, AND

YES, I AGREE WITH YOU, WE NEED TO HONOR YOU WHILE WE ARE

ALL HERE TOGETHER.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.

09:58:43 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

09:58:46 >>BILL CARLSON:
I WILL JUST ADD IN ALSO, THANK YOU FOR

YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND LEADERSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO

COACHING ME.

I THINK YOU ARE A MENTOR TO ALL OF US AND YOU MEN TOWARD

JUST ABOUT EVERY LEADER IN THE COMMUNITY.




AND TO TWO OF MY COLLEAGUES MENTIONED THE WORD LOVE.

I BELIEVE YOU LEAD WITH LOVE BECAUSE OF YOUR GENUINE CARE

FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, AND YOU

QUIETLY GUIDE A LOT MORE THAN YOU EVER GET CREDIT FOR,

AND YOU ARE A MENTOR TO MANY, MANY LEAD LEADERS.

AND SPEAKING OF THE NEXT ONE NEXT TO YOU, AND YOU BROUGHT

YOUR WHOLE FAMILY INTO LEADING IN THE COMMUNITY SO THANK

YOU FOR THAT AS WELL.

ANYTHING ELSE?

WE WILL GO ON TO YOUR PRESENTATION.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU.

09:59:26 >> CHLOE CONEY:
WOW.

THANK YOU AGAIN TO CITY COUNCIL, COUNCILMAN GUDES, AND TO

ALL THE CITY COUNCIL, AND IN THE WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT.

09:59:38 >> COULD YOU SPEAK LOUDER INTO THE MICROPHONE?

09:59:42 >> OKAY, GOOD.

EVERYBODY NO, SIR KNOWS THAT I AM A WOMAN THAT WEARS MANY

HATS.

FIRST I'M HOME GROWN FROM WEST TAMPA.

NUMBER TWO, I'M THE FOUNDER OF CDC OF TAMPA.

LET'S GO TO THE SLIDES.

CAN YOU PUT THAT UP, PLEASE?

OH, THERE YOU ARE.

THE COMMUNITY BUILDING, NEXT YEAR CDC WILL CELEBRATE 30




YEARS OF PROVIDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IN THE

COMMUNITY, WORKFORCE, SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES, COMMERCIAL,

YOUTH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.

I STARTED WORKING WITH MAYOR SANDY FREEDMAN, AND TODAY I

GLAD TO BE WORKING WITH MAYOR JANE CASTOR.

I HAVE MY SON HERE.

HE'S IN CHARGE OF EVERYTHING WITH CDC, SO I AM GLAD TO

PASS THE HAT TO HIM.

ALSO, I STARTED MY CONSULTING FIRM WITH SEVEN PERSONS.

IT'S COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE GROUP LLC.

THIS STARTED ABOUT A MONTH AGO WHEN I WENT BEFORE THE

COMMUNITY CDC, FOR THE EAST TAMPA PARTNERSHIP MEETING,

AND I WANT TO THANK CONNIE BURTON FOR ALLOWING ME TO GET

UP AND TALK ABOUT THE AGENDA 2020 IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THEN I PERSONALLY WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN ORLANDO

GUDES FOR INVITING ME TO SPEAK TODAY ABOUT THE ST. PETE

AGENDA CAN 2020 AND COMMUNITY PLAN.

I HAVE WORN MANY HATS AND BEEN INVOLVED WITH THOSE

INITIATIVES FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.

YOU WILL SEE ON A PICTURE THAT WAS APRIL THE 30th,

2019.

I INVITED CITY COUNCILMAN GUDES, JOE ROBINSON AND JANE TO

THE KICKOFF OF THE ONE COMMUNITY, TEN GREAT IDEAS FROM

THE COMMUNITY.

THERE WERE OVER 300 PEOPLE THERE.




THEY HAVE ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS OF CITY COUNCIL, COUNTY

COMMISSIONERS, STATE, FEDERAL, THEY HAD BUSINESSES, THEY

HAD RESIDENTS, THEY HAD YOUNG, OLD.

IT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE TO SEE 300 PEOPLE COMING OUT.

AN EXCITED ABOUT DOING SOMETHING IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

LAST YEAR, SEPTEMBER THE 20th, 2020, I INVITED THE

CEO OF ONE COMMUNITY PLAN, THE RESIDENT OF SOUTH ST. PETE

CRA, AND THE PRESIDENT OF DBIC, TO MEET WITH MAYOR JANE

CASTOR, JOHN BENNETT, OCEA WYNN, AND MICHELLE VAN LOAN.

AS I TOLD THE MAYOR, TO ELIMINATE POVERTY IN EAST TAMPA,

AND BLACK COMMUNITIES, WE MUST HAVE CITY CHAMPIONS ALL

WORKING ON THE SAME PROBLEM FOR THE MAYOR AND CITY

GOVERNMENT CANNOT DO THIS ALONE.

WE NEED CHAMPIONS.

I AM GLAD TO SEE THAT THE MAYOR'S REPORT OF ECONOMIC

ADVISORY COMMITTEE HIGHLIGHTED POVERTY AND EDUCATION AND

RACIAL GAPS IN THIS CITY.

NOW, I HAVE A SLIDE HERE, AND JUST TOP GO ON TO PROVIDE

THIS, ERNEST AND I, THE FIRST THING, THEY STARTED BACK IN

MAY OF 2007 WITH THE 2020 PLAN, AND THAT PLAN WAS SOUTH

ST. PETE, AND THE MAIN GOAL WAS TO INCREASE EMPLOYMENT BY

5,000 AND REDUCE POVERTY BY 30% IN SOUTH ST. PETE BY THE

2020.

AND THEN THE ONE COMMUNITY PLAN STARTED IN 2016 WAS THE

SAME LEADERS PROPOSED MAYOR RICK KRISEMAN THAT THEY




WANTED A COMPLETE GROWTH PLAN FOR SOUTH ST. PETE.

ONE THAT THEY WILL MEASURE THE EMPLOYMENT INCOME AND

WEALTH FOR ST. PETERSBURG AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.

I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HERE SOME OF THE CHAMPIONS FOR THE

ONE COMMUNITY PLAN.

THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE UP THERE.

AND WHEN I STARTED WORKING WITH CONGRESSWOMAN CASTOR, WE

REPRESENTED SOUTH ST. PETE.

AND DURING THAT TIME, THEY HAD FIVE SCHOOLS IN THE

COMMUNITY AND A GOOD NUMBER OF MANUFACTURERS.

AND ONE THING I CAN SAY IS WHEN CONGRESSWOMAN CASTOR

BROUGHT SECRETARY DUNCAN DOWN, THEY HAD ONE OF THE CITY

CHAMPIONS, DUKE ENERGY, TO RISE UP AND THEY DONATED $1

MILLION TO UNITED WAY TO PROVIDE AFTER SCHOOL AND

EDUCATIONAL SERVICES IN CAMPBELL AND CHILES PARK.

I HOPE TECO IS HEARING THAT BECAUSE WE DO NEED SOME MORE

GOOD CHAMPIONS.

SECOND, WHEN THE CRA WAS CREATED, THAT ST. PETE CRA WAS

GOING TO FOCUS ON THE PEOPLE.

HUMAN CAPITAL, NOT INFRASTRUCTURE.

I KNOW PERSONALLY, I WORK WITH THEM, AND THE FIRST THING

THEY DID, THEY FORMED THEIR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

THAT IS CALLED THE MAYOR'S ST. PETE WORKS.

THEY BRING ALL THE NONPROFITS, THE COLLEGE, THE PTEC, AND

WORK WITH ALL EMPLOYEES TO DO EMPLOYMENT.




AND THEN ON A PERSONAL NOTE WHEN I WAS WORKING WITH FDOT,

AND WE STARTED OUR APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM FOR THE GATEWAY

PROJECT, I WENT TO THAT ST. PETE WORKS, AND THEY WERE

ABLE TO HELP US WITH IMPROVEMENT, SANITATION, EVEN

PROVIDED THE MONEY FOR EQUIPMENT TO BOOST.

SO I KNOW CITY COUNCILMAN LUIS VIERA, AS YOU TALK ABOUT

APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM, WE NEED SOMETHING LIKE THIS,

ALSO, THE MEETING WE WENT TO FOR THE ONE COMMUNITY IDEAS,

THAT NIGHT THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW AFRICAN AMERICANS TO GO

DOWN TO THE PIER 1 WHEN IT OPENED.

THAT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.

THEY PUT ALL THE RESOURCES TOGETHER, AND NINE AFRICAN

ERICAN WOMEN WHEN THEY OPENED THE DOOR WAS THERE TO BE

AT PIER 1.

CITY COUNCIL BILL CARLSON, YOU ARE RIGHT, ONE OF THE

CHAMPIONS UP THERE IS ST. PETE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

THE PRESIDENT CHRIS GOES TO ALL OF THE MEETINGS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO DO, THE

GREENHOUSE PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

AND EDUCATION AND RESOURCES TO GROW THEIR BUSINESSES.

LASTLY, AN EXAMPLE OF OUR COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS, I GAVE A

TOUR, AND THE YOUNG MAN IS SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE NOW.

WITH HUMAN SERVICES OF ST. PETE.

AND I GAVE HIM A TOUR OF THE HISTORIC BLACK DISTRICT, ON

29th AND 22ND STREET.




I LITERALLY WANTED TO CRY.

YOU ARE RIGHT, CITY COUNCILMAN GUDES, A YOUNG OFFICER IN

COMMUNITY POLICING, AND WE FOR THREE YEARS PICKING UP

TRASH, AND FILLING UP SANITATION TRUCKS, AND WE WERE ABLE

TO BUILD THE LAUNDROMAT, AND THEN WE PUT ON -- SO MANY

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED THERE, AND WE BUILD THE CENTER

SENDING HUNDREDS OF KIDS OFF TO COLLEGE AND THEN OPENED

THE MARKET, AND PASTOR DEANS BUILT THE HOPE CENTER ON

29th STREET.

IT IS A SHAME WHEN I WENT AND I SAW THE BUILDINGS.

OH.

DILAPIDATED, FALLING APART.

AND NOTHING HAS BEEN BUILT ON LAKE AVENUE, 22ND STREET,

THAT AREA.

I MEAN 29th STREET.

AND PROBABLY 30 YEARS SINCE WE BUILT.

AND THEN THE SAME THING WITH 22ND STREET.

BUT THEN WHEN YOU CROSS THE BRIDGE AND GO TO ST. PETE, IN

THE SOUTH ST. PETE AREA, THEY HAVE TAKEN AND BUILT THE

MANHATTAN, THEY HAD RESTAURANTS THERE, I COULD CROSS OVER

AND GO TO CLEO CAFE, MERCY HOSPITAL, SPEARING COMMUNITY

COLLEGE, JOB CORPS.

I COULD GO OWN AND ON AND OPEN.

SO AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, WITH WHEN WE

REALLY CONCENTRATE ON ONE AREA AND BRING IN COMMUNITY




PARTNERS.

MY LAST SLIDE THERE IS A SLIDE THAT I SHOWED TO ED

JOHNSON, THE EAST TAMPA COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION

PARTNERSHIP MEETING, AND WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THERE

IS THE WORKING AND POVERTY RATES.

WHEN YOU LOOK HERE AS I TOLD THEM, YOU HAVE CLEARWATER,

WHICH HAS A CRA THERE, YOU HAVE SOUTH ST. PETE, YOU HAVE

UNIVERSITY NORTH, UNIVERSITY AREA.

I WANT YOU TO DRILL IN ON EAST TAMPA, WHERE 43% OF ADULTS

NOT WORKING.

THE POVERTY RATE AT 40%.

THAT'S THE HIGHEST OF ALL THOSE AREAS.

SO AS YOU SEE, WE HAVE WORK TO BE DONE, AND CITY COUNCIL,

WE NEED COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS LIKE SOUTH ST. PETE, BECAUSE

I CANNOT AFFORD TO COME BACK 30 YEARS FROM NOW, I TURN 70

THIS YEAR, I DON'T MIND, BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT WE ARE

DOING NOW WITH COVID, WITH TRYING TO ERADICATE THAT.

I'M SAYING THAT WE NEED TO ELIMINATE POVERTY IN EAST

TAMPA, ESPECIALLY OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME AND TALK TO

YOU.

AND I LEAVE WITH MY FAVORITE QUOTE, TEAMWORK MAKES DREAM

WORK.

AND I'M READY TO WORK.

OKAY?




SO THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL.

I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE TODAY.

THANK YOU.

GOD BLESS.

10:10:23 >> ERNEST CONEY:
GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.

I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE.

REALLY GLAD TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE

OF THINGS.

AND I WILL KIND OF MOVIE THROUGH THE PowerPointS SLIDE

QUICKLY IF YOU CAN BRING IT BACK UP.

WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE FOCUS ON THE

HUMAN CAPITAL.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SOUTH ST. PETE, AND THEIR STRATEGIES,

THEY REALLY BEGIN TO PLACE A HEAVY STRATEGY ON THE HUMAN

CAPITAL.

AS NOW WE DO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORK, AND THAT'S ONE OF

THE CRITICAL COMPONENTS.

SO THEY HAD A PLAY PAY STRATEGY WHICH HAS COMMERCIAL

SPACE DEVELOPMENT, A HOUSING BASED PROGRAM AS WELL, BUT

THE PEOPLE PLACE STRATEGY IS WHAT DIFFERENTIATES BETWEEN

WHAT CRAS HAVE DONE OVER HERE IN TAMPA.

JUST TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF QUICK EXAMPLES ON THE PLACE

BASED, THE COMMERCIAL GRANTS, FACADE GRANT, BUT THEY ALSO

HAVE GRANTS THAT CAN GONE INTO THE INTERIOR TO DO TENANT

IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS AS WELL IF THE HOMES WERE




DILAPIDATED.

AS YOU RECALL I WAS THE CHAIR OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

COMMITTEE IN EAST TAMPA THAT CAME UP WITH THE FACADE

PROGRAM HERE IN EAST TAMPA WHICH WAS THEN REPLICATED

ACROSS ALL OF THE CITY.

THE PARTS THAT WE DIDN'T FINISH WAS BRINGING IN THE

CAPITAL TO HELP THESE SMALL BUSINESSES TO CONTINUE TO

GROW.

THE HOUSING IN PLACE, WE HAVE A LOT OF THE SAME TYPES OF

PROGRAMS.

BUT SOME OF THE PROGRAMS TULIP GO TO HELPING RESIDENTS TO

DO THEIR OWN IMPROVEMENTS, INCENTIVES THAT CAN ALSO GO TO

HELP DEVELOP BOTH SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING AND MULTIFAMILY

HOUSING AS WELL.

AND THEN THIS IS ONE OF THE DIFFERENT, HERE ON THE

PEOPLE, TO HELP PEOPLE CREATE THEIR OWN SMALL BUSINESS

PLANS, WORK WITH THE NONPROFITS TO HELP THEM DEVELOP

THOSE, AND THEN GIVE THEM BETWEEN 2500 TO $5,000 ONCE

THEY COMPLETE THAT CURRICULUM SO THEY CAN IMPLEMENT THEIR

BUSINESS PLAN.

AS WE TALK ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE COMING DOWN FROM THE

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND THEY ALSO INCLUDED HUMAN CAPITAL

AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEED OF THAT, CHILD CARE IS

ANOTHER TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY AND NEED, SO THEY ALSO

GIVE FUNDING TO FOLKS WHO HAVE CHILD CARE IN THEIR HOME




AS WELL AS TRADITIONAL BUSINESS CENTERS THAT HAVE CHILD

CARE AS WELL.

AND THEN JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK MINUTES ON THE YOUTH

PROGRAM AS WELL AS THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY

HAD.

SO THEY PARTNERED WITH ENOCH DAVIS CENTER TO CREATE A NEW

PROGRAM.

THEIR PROGRAM IS REALLY A CRADLE TO CAREER PATHWAY FOR

FOOD SYSTEMS.

WITHIN THIS PROGRAM, YOUTH LEARN ENTREPRENEURSHIP, THEY

LEARN HOW TO CREATE A BUSINESS FLORIDA, HOW TO SELL, HOW

TO MARKET THEIR PRODUCT, HOW TO KEEP THE INVENTORY

CONTROL, HOW TO USE THEIR ACCOUNTS.

THEY ALSO LEARN JOB READINESS SKILLS.

THEY ALSO LEARN FOOD DISCIPLINES AS WELL AS TRAINING,

CERTIFICATIONS AS WELL.

SO WHAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE IS IN OUR PROGRAM, WE

TRADITIONALLY HAVEN'T FUNDED OUR ORGANIZATION TO DO THIS

TYPE OF WORK.

THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH ENTERPRISE, I

FER GET THE NAME, IT USED TO BE CLEAN CITIES,

NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT I THINK IS MAYBE THE NAME OF IT

NOW, BUT EVERY YEAR THEY HIRE ABOUT 50 PEOPLE THROUGH THE

EAST TAMPA CRA FUNDING.

BUT WHAT WE HAVEN'T TAKEN THAT TO A PLACE OF THE CDC HAS




ALWAYS PROVIDED JOB READINESS TRAINING ON A VOLUNTEER

BASIS, BUT WE ALSO CAN LOOK AT THE TYPE OF TRAININGS THAT

THEY CAN GET CERTIFICATIONS.

WE CAN LOOK AT PARTNERING WITH CAREER SOURCE, SO THE CRA

PAYING FOR THAT, WE HAVE A PARTNER PAYING FOR THAT, SO

THAT'S 4 OR 500,000 AND THEN ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO

REINVEST BACK INTO OTHER TRAINING PROGRAMS AS WELL.

WE CAN ALSO EXPAND THAT PROGRAM TO DO PARKS AND REC,

ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPING, URBAN PLANNING, SO WE CAN

REALLY GROW INVESTMENTS WHERE WE PARTNER WITH THE CITY

AND HAVE PARTNERS PAPER FOR IT IN THE SUMMER PROGRAM.

ALSO THEY BEGIN TO WORK WITH PERC TO PROVIDE STRONG

EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING PROGRAMS TO HELP RESIDENTS

WITHIN THE CRA.

THIS HAS A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF

PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY OF ST. PETE HAS ALSO INVESTED IN.

A LOT OF CAPITAL FUNDING PROGRAMS THAT YOU WILL START TO

SEE AS WELL.

AND I WILL MENTION IN A SECOND THE MIDDLE SCREEN THERE.

THE CDC OF TAMPA IS A PARTNER IN THE COPA VISION AS WELL.

THERE'S FIVE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS ON THE PARTNERSHIP WITH

THE CITY OF ST. PETE, AND THE CITY OF ST. PETE PURCHASED

THE LAND, THEY ARE ALSO PROVIDING CAPITAL TO HELP DEVELOP

THIS, AND THEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE ABILITY TO

TRANSFER THE OWNERSHIP TO THESE FIVE NONPROFIT




ORGANIZATIONS.

ALSO HIRED ORIIS CONSTRUCTION, A LOCAL COMPANY IN

ST. PETE, THE FIRST TIME THEY HAVE EVER GOTTEN A MAJOR

GRANT, OR MAJOR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY OVER IN ST. PETE.

SO IT ALSO PROVIDES THE ABILITY TO HELP MINORITY

BUSINESSES TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS ECONOMIC GROWTH THAT WE

HAVE.

YOU ALSO SEE THE POLICIES WHICH ARE THE APPRENTICESHIP

PROGRAMS BENEFIT AGREEMENTS THAT THEY REALLY PUSH AS

WELL.

AND I GO BACK TO THE TOP RIGHT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TRIED TO DO AS WELL IN OUR CRA

WAS TRAY TO HAVE A WORKFORCE ORDINANCE, A LOCAL WORKFORCE

ORDINANCE.

WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET THAT IMPLEMENTED HERE.

BUT WE TALKED ABOUT IT, BOUGHT A HOUSE THAT WAS PART OF

OUR EAST TAMPA CRA AT THE TIME.

SHE LOVED THE IDEA.

SHE WENT OFF TO SARASOTA TO WORK OVER IN NEWTOWN.

THEY WERE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT A LOCAL WORKFORCE ORDINANCE

DURING THE RECESSION AND TALKED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF JOBS

THEY WERE ABLE TO -- RESIDENTS HIRED ON PROJECTS THAT

THEIR CITY WAS DOING.

WE HAVE A HOTEL RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM US HERE AT

CITY COUNCIL, AND WE CAN'T REALLY TALK ABOUT THE NUMBER




OF RESIDENTS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO HELP ON THE CONSTRUCTION

TRADE SIDE, OR WHO WERE HIRED INTO THAT FACILITY AS WELL.

SO IT'S VERY INTENTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.

AND THEN JUST TO GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF OTHER QUICK

SLIDE.

$10 MILLION CAPITAL REQUEST.

YOU SEE ALBERT LEE THERE, TO ATTRACT ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

AND THEN THIS KIND OF GOES TO SHOW YOU ON THEIR BUDGET.

3.9 MILLION GOING INTO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND JOB

READINESS TRAINING PROGRAMS.

3.9 MILLION GOING INTO HOUSING AND REVITALIZATION AND 1.9

GOING INTO BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT

OPPORTUNITIES.

THEY HAVE LESS INFRASTRUCTURE ON THEIR OPERATIONS.

THEY ARE TOTALLY INVESTING IN THE HUMAN CAPITAL AND THE

PLACE BASED STRATEGY WITHIN THEIR CRA.

THIS KIND OF SHOWS YOU THE TREND WHICH TOOK PLACE IN

FISCAL YEAR 17.

THEY BEGAN TO REALLY INCREASE THE EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE

INVESTMENT.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO GROW HERE WITH

THAT TYPE OF INVESTMENT AND THE PEOPLE.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DO THAT?

SMALL BUSINESSES BEGIN TO GROW, OVER 300 SMALL BUSINESSES

BY 2020.




AND THEN THE LOCAL CORRIDORS ON 22ND STREET, IN RED, MY

TOP LEFT, PROBABLY YOUR LEFT AS YOU ARE FACING IT, THE

PROJECT.

THERE IS ALSO THE MUSEUM THERE.

YOU BEGIN TO LOOK DOWN AT ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENTS THAT

WILL TAKE PLACE ALONG THIS CORRIDOR.

YOU ALSO SEE ST. PETE COLLEGE THERE.

THERE WILL BE HOUSING IN YELLOW THAT YOU SEE THERE AS

WELL.

SO THERE'S TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY TO BE VERY INTENTIONAL

IN DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THEIR CORRIDORS.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE ALSO TALK ABOUT IS WE NEED TO HAVE A

MASTER PLAN SO WE DO NOT HAVE UNWANTED DEVELOPMENT WHILE

WE DON'T USE HIGHEST AND BEST USE IN OUR AREA.

THIS IS ALSO ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THAT SUCCESS WHERE

POVERTY HAS GONE FROM 20,000 RESIDENTS IN ST. PETE DOWN

TO 8,500 RESIDENTS IN POVERTY, AND WE LOOK AT IT BY RACE,

AFRICAN AMERICANS, ONE OF THE GREATEST RECIPIENTS OF THIS

FOCUS.

NOW THEIR POVERTY REDUCTION IS 52% HAS BEEN REDUCED, OVER

TWO TIMES THE AVERAGE OF FLORIDA.

AND JUST CONTINUE THAT SUCCESS AND THE TYPES OF JOBS THEY

ARE ABLE TO ATTRACT, THE TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT THEY

ARE ABLE TO ATTRACT.

SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY BY FOCUSING ON




THOSE AREAS, SO JUST EXCITED TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY AND

TO SHARE SOME OF THOSE THOUGHTS WITH YOU GUYS.

10:19:37 >>BILL CARLSON:
ANY QUESTIONS?

10:19:40 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
I JUST WANT TO THANK THE LADY THAT

WEARS MANY HATS, AND HER PROTEGE, MR. CONEY.

I THINK FROM SOCIAL MEDIA, I JUST PUT MY HEAD DOWN AND

LOOK AT 29th STREET, IT'S FALLING APART.

IT'S GONE.

AS I LOOK AT LAKE AVENUE, I LOOK AT 22ND STREET, AND I

HAVE TOLD MS. VAN LOAN IN PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS, AS A

COUNCIL PERSON ON THE CRA, I WANT DEVELOPMENT ON THOSE

CORRIDORS.

I DON'T WANT SCRATCH AND DENT BAND-AIDS.

WE DON'T NEED BUILDINGS THAT WE KNOW TO BE TORN DOWN THAT

HAVE LAND ASSEMBLAGE TO START REBUILDING.

YOU DID A GREAT JOB, MRS. CONEY, I JUST WISH WE HAD THE

MONEY OR THE ACTUAL CAPITAL FOR 22ND STREET.

THAT'S WHEREBY WE FAILED AS A COMMUNITY, WE FAILED AS A

CITY, NOT INVESTING IN THE URBAN SIDE BECAUSE IT IS A

MAJOR THOROUGHFARE OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY.

SAME THING ON 29th STREET.

SO AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.

I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES ARE LOOKING AT THIS, TOO, BECAUSE IF

SOMEBODY ELSE IS DOING IT BETTER THAN WE DO IT, THEN WE

BETTER BE LOOKING AT THAT.




THANK YOU FOR COMING.

10:21:01 >>BILL CARLSON:
THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE?

IF I COULD.

GO AHEAD, MR. DINGFELDER.

10:21:08 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
I'M SORRY.

YES, TO BOTH CHLOE AND ERNEST, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING

THIS PRESENTATION.

THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO ACROSS THE BAY AREA.

I HAD A COUPLE OF SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.

THIS MIGHT BE TO THE CONEYS AND/OR TO MICHELLE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JUMPED OUT APT ME IN THE

PRESENTATION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN ST. PETERSBURG

HAS TO DO WITH ENCOURAGING AND HELPING SMALL BUSINESS.

AND I DON'T KNOW THAT OUR EAST TAMPA CRA HAS --

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BUT I LOVE THE FACT THAT LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE MICRO

LOANS TO SMALL BUSINESSES WITHIN THE EAST TAMPA CRA, AND

I LOVE THE IDEA OF HELPING PEOPLE EITHER START OR GROW

THEIR CHILD CARE BUSINESS, BECAUSE AS WAS STATED, UNDER

THE NEW FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S

GOING TO BE A LOT ON CHILD CARE IN EAST TAMPA WITH THE

GREAT TARGET AREA FOR THAT.

THE OTHER PART IN TERMS MUCH WMBE, I THINK THE CITY




COUNCIL HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OF PUSHING THE ADMINISTRATION

IN OUR WMBE PROGRAM.

BUT I THINK THAT THE CRA IN EAST TAMPA, ESPECIALLY, COULD

BE PARTICIPATING IN THAT MORE.

WE COULD HAVE PERHAPS A LITTLE INCUBATOR.

MAYBE IT WOULD BE WORKING WITH THE CDC TO HELP THE CDC

HELP BUSINESSES GET MORE INVOLVED WITH OUR CITY,

ESPECIALLY INCLUDING SOME OF OUR MAJOR -- WHAT DO WE CALL

IT, THE -- YOU KNOW, THE PIPES PROGRAM, WHICH IS BILLIONS

OF DOLLARS.

SO ANYWAY, GOING ALONG WITH IT, I'M GOING TO THROW IT

BACK OUT THERE FIRST TO MICHELLE AND THEN TO THE CONEY'S

IN TERMS MUCH, LET'S THROW IT TO THE CONEY'S FIRST AND

THEN MICHELLE IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE THINGS I HAVE

MENTIONED, ESPECIALLY AS RELATED TO BUSINESSES AND

MICRO LOANS.

10:24:04 >> I KNOW THE EAST TAMPA CRA HAS PROVIDED FUNDING BEFORE

FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO DO TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRAINING

PROGRAMS.

WHEN I WAS THE CHAIR OF THE ECONOMIC COMMITTEE, WE PUT

SOME FUNDING TO PROVIDE THAT.

I THINK WE PARTNERED WITH SBIC.

WE ALSO WERE TRYING TO LOOK AT PARTNERING WITH CBIT,

BECAUSE THEY CAN HIMSELF LEVERAGE AND DO THE SPECIFIC

MICRO LENDING LOAN.




SO WE HAVE DONE THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE BUT WE HAVEN'T

BEEN ABLE TO DO MORE OF THE MICRO-LENDING AND LEVERAGING

THAT PART.

SO I THINK THEY ARE A TREMENDOUS PARTNER WITH THAT.

SECOND WITH THE MINORITY BUSINESS PARTICIPATION, ONE OF

THE THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT TRYING TO DO IS TO GET

A SUPPLIER DIVERSITY COUNCIL.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS ONE BUT WE NEED TO CREATE ONE

HERE LOCALLY.

SO WE HAVE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH TAMPA BAY CDC

AS WELL AS THE CHAMBERS TO HELP IMPROVE THAT DIVERSITY

PROGRAMS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE.

10:25:06 >> CHLOE CONEY:
I GUESS BECAUSE I AM THE HISTORIAN OF

EAST TAMPA, CDC RECEIVED THE ENTERPRISE GRANT YEARS AGO

WHEN I WAS THERE.

AND ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THEY PUT IN, THE CDC DID PROVIDE

THE VISION PLANNING FOR THE RESIDENTS, AND WE DID HAVE A

MAKE ROW LOAN PROGRAM, IT WAS 500 TO 5,000.

WE REALLY GOT SEVERAL SMALL BUSINESSES IN EAST TAMPA, AND

DON'T FORGET, WE GAVE THEM A $500 GRANT AND HE DID PAY

THE MONEY BACK.

IT WAS A LOAN.

AND HE STARTED HIS JANITORIAL SERVICES.

SO WE HAVE MANY SUCCESSES, BUT AGAIN LIKE WE SAID BEFORE,

AS SOON AS THE FEDERAL DOLLARS, THE GRANTS LEAVE, THE




SUCCESS WE HAD CEASES.

AGAIN THAT IS SOMETHING ST. PETE IS PUTTING IN PERMANENT

FUNDING TO, AND THAT'S WHAT WE DESPERATELY NEED.

THANK YOU.

10:26:06 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
THANK YOU, CHLOE AND ERNEST.

10:26:10 >>BILL CARLSON:
MS. VAN LOAN?

MICHELLE?

10:26:13 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
GOOD MORNING.

MICHELLE VAN LOAN.

WE HAVE SEEN LAST MONTH AND AGAIN ON THIS MONTH'S AGENDA,

AND YOU WILL SEE SEVERAL MORE GRANTS COMING FORWARD AT

YOUR JUNE CRA BOARD MEETING, CASES WE KNOW WHEN HE CAME

TO US BACK IN DECEMBER PRESENTED SEVEN DIFFERENT GRANTS

PROPOSALS, AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO THAT.

ONE OF THEM IS A MICRO GRANT FOR BUSINESSES FOR THEIR

IMPROVEMENTS, THAT IF THEY DO NOT NEED A FULL FACADE

GRANT PROGRAM AND ONLY NEED COMPONENTS OF THAT OR LESS

OUNTS, AND THEN IT'S A MUCH LESS RIGOROUS APPLICATION

PROCESS, AND IT CAN BE HANDLED ADMINISTRATIVELY INSTEAD

OF THE SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS THAT WE TAKE NOW FOR THE

PROCESS TO GO THROUGH ACTS FACADE GRANT AND BRING TO THE

CRA BOARD, COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS, SO WE ARE LOOKING

AT MICRO GRANTS.

I'M MEETING WITH JESUS AGAIN TOMORROW MORNING FOR THREE

ADDITIONAL GRANTS HE HAS BROUGHT TO US FOR COMMERCIAL,




FOR TO HELP A PROPERTY OWNER TO HELP THE INSIDE OF THE

BUILDING TO GET IT READY SO THEY MAY RENT TO THE TENANTS

TO LOOK AT A SECOND FLOOR ESPECIALLY WEST TAMPA WHERE YOU

CAN CONVERT A SECOND FLOOR COMMERCIAL SPACE TO

POTENTIALLY HOUSING, THAT CAN GET VERY EXPENSIVE BUT WE

ARE TRYING TO PROMOTE THOSE MIXED USES IN COMMERCIAL

CORRIDORS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF TWO AND THREE STORY BUILDINGS THAT HAVE

RETAIL ON THE FIRST FLOOR AND POTENTIALLY LIVING SPACE ON

THE SECOND FLOOR.

SO WE ARE PURSUING MANY OF THESE GRANTS.

THE CONEY POWERPOINT IS BEING DISTRIBUTED TO ALL OF OUR

STAFF AFTER THIS MEETING.

WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THAT.

AND WE HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO YOU FOUR NEW GRANT PROGRAMS

SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY, AND WE WILL BE

BRINGING AT LEAST THREE MORE IN JUNE.

10:28:04 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
SO, MR. CHAIRMAN, AND THANK YOU,

MICHELLE, I THINK WE DO A GOOD JOB WITH BRICK AND MORTAR.

I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD, MATURE FACADE GRANT PROGRAM IN

SEVERAL OF OUR CRAS.

I THINK WE DO A GOOD JOB WITH THAT.

I THINK WHAT I AM HEARING HAPPENING ACROSS THE BAY IS A

LITTLE BIT MORE OF -- MY WIFE AND I LIKE TO WATCH SHARK




TANK, WHERE SOMEBODY HAS A GOOD IDEA AND HAS A GOOD

BUSINESS PLAN AND THEY NEED SOME SEED MONEY TO GET THAT

GOING, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S IN CHILD CARE, OR JANITORIAL,

OR THE NEXT NEW iPHONE.

WHATEVER IT IS.

AND I NOTICE MR. MASSEY CAN GET A LITTLE HEARTBURN IF WE

STRAY TOO MUCH INTO THESE OTHER PLANS, BUT I WOULD LIKE

TO JUST SEE US DO OTHER TYPES OF ANALYSIS, INTO THESE

OTHER TYPES OF MICRO LOANS THAT MIGHT NOT BE AS MUCH

BRICK AND MORTAR BUT STILL HELPING THE COMMUNITY.

AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO SHOOT ME DOWN IMMEDIATELY.

YOU CAN PONDER IT.

GO AHEAD.

10:29:29 >>MORRIS MASSEY:
I WON'T SHOOT ANY OF THIS DOWN

IMMEDIATELY.

UNDER CHAPTER 163, THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE CRA AND USE

OF THE TIF FUNDS IS TO BE ADDRESS SLUM AND BLIGHT

CONDITIONS.

SO THAT'S WHY IT'S MORE BRICK AND MORTAR BECAUSE THAT'S

REALLY WHAT THE STATUTE AUTHORIZES.

IT'S NOT SET UP -- THE SOCIAL PROGRAM PER SE, BUT TALKING

WITH MICHELLE AND SOME OF THE FOLKS IN THE EAST TAMPA

GROUP, TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN COMBINE PHYSICAL

IMPROVEMENTS WITH EFFORTS TO HELP FOLKS AND HELP DEVELOP

BUSINESSES AND THAT SORT OF THING, I AM OPEN TO LISTENING




TO AND WORKING THROUGH AND SEE IF WE CAN COME UP WITH

CREATIVE INNOVATIVE WAYS THAT WE CAN BE A LITTLE BROADER

IN HOW WE USE CRA DOLLARS.

10:30:27 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
JUST AS A FOLLOW-UP TO THAT, IF

SOMEBODY IS STARTING A NEW BUSINESS, THAT THEY MIGHT NOT

EVEN OWN THAT BUILDING BUT THEY MIGHT BE GETTING READY TO

RENT THAT.

SO THAT COULD BE AN IMPROVEMENT.

THEY DON'T OWN THE BUILDING SO THEY CAN'T MAKE PHYSICAL

IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT BUILDING, BUT THE MERE FACT THAT

THEY ARE GOING TO RENT IT AND TAKE IT, PUT IT ON THE TAX

ROLLS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, COULD BE CONSTRUED, I THINK,

AS AN OVERALL IMPROVEMENT TO THE COMMUNITY.

BUT WE CAN CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THAT.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US CARRY OVER THIS CONVERSATION TO A

FUTURE DATE, MICHELLE.

THANK YOU, MORRIS.

10:31:07 >>BILL CARLSON:
THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT YOU MR. MANISCALCO

AND I HAVE SPOKEN EXTENSIVELY WITH ST. PETE CITY COUNCIL

MEMBERS ABOUT AND GOING BACK A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.

I THINK THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AT THE

CITY OF ST. PETE INTERPRETS THE WAY THEY CAN USE CRA

MONEYS DIFFERENTLY THAN WE DO.

I DON'T NOBODY FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE WHERE IT IS BUT

THESE THINGS ARE OBVIOUSLY WORKING.




ANYBODY ELSE?

ANYBODY ELSE?

I WILL JUST ADD A FEW OTHER QUICK COMMENTS.

YOU ALL MAY KNOW, OR REMEMBER, I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE REGION FOR 30 YEARS OR MORE,

BUT BECAUSE ST. PETE HAS A VERY OPEN ENVIRONMENT, I HAVE

BEEN MORE INVOLVED IN ST. PETE THAN I HAVE IN TAMPA.

THE OLD STYLE OLD CULTURE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT

WENT AWAY IN MOST CITIES IN THE 80s WAS A FEW PEOPLE,

AND MOST OF THEM WERE WHITE, CONTROLLED ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT, AND YOU HAD TO PAY 30 OR $50,000 TO BE

AROUND THE TABLE, AND NOT JUST THAT BUT YOU HAD TO KNOW

CERTAIN PEOPLE TO GET ACCESS TO IT.

ST. PETE COMPLETELY BROKE APART THAT STRUCTURE ABOUT TEN

YEARS AGO.

THEY COMPLETELY BROKE IT AND THEY RELOOKED AT IT.

AND THE OTHER CITIES LIKE CHARLOTTE AND OTHERS THAT HAVE

BEEN SUCCESSFUL, THEY BROKE THAT SYSTEM APART AS WELL.

I THINK IT'S TIME FOR TAMPA TO HAVE DO THAT.

IF YOU ASK ANYBODY IN ST. PETE HOW DO THEY DESCRIBE THE

CULTURE, THE NUMBER ONE THING IS COLLABORATIVE.

THEY ALL WORK TOGETHER.

LOOK AT THE SLIDES THAT ERNEST AND CHLOE JUST POSTED.

THERE ARE LIKE 30 LOGOS AND THEY ARE MOSTLY ORGANIZATIONS

YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE HEARD OF BEFORE.




BUT THE POINT IS THAT THEY BRING EVERYBODY TOGETHER, AND

EVERYBODY WORKS TOGETHER ON THESE ISSUES.

THEY ARE ALSO INCLUSIVE.

I HAVE LIVED IN TAMPA FOREVER.

MY OFFICE IS IN TAMPA.

AND NOW I AM ON TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.

I AM INVITED TO EVERY SINGLE DOOR IN ST. PETERSBURG

BECAUSE THEY WELCOME EVERYBODY.

IT'S INCLUSIVE.

AND MINORITIES, POOR PEOPLE, OTHERS FEEL LIKE DOORS ARE

OPEN TO THEM.

AND NOT EVERY DOOR BUT MOST DOORS.

AND IN TAMPA, UNFORTUNATELY, STILL A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL

LIKE CERTAIN DOORS ARE CLOSED TO THEM AND WE NEED TO

BREAK OPEN THOSE DOORS AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE A

COLLABORATIVE INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT.

TO DESCRIBE ST. PETE AT GRASSROOTS, I WAS VERY INVOLVED

IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOWNTOWN ST. PETE STARTING IN THE

MID 90s AND ST. PETE WORKED ON DEVELOPING NETWORKS OF

PEOPLE, NOT IN BUILDING THE BUILDINGS.

AND THE BUILDINGS CAME AFTER THE NETWORKS OF PEOPLE.

IF YOU LOOK AT OUR DOWNTOWN, WE DEVELOPED BUILDINGS BUT

WE DIDN'T DO A GOOD JOB OF DEVELOPING THE NETWORKS OF

PEOPLE.

WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FROM A PEOPLE




POINT OF VIEW AND I THINK A LOT OF THE ESSENCE OF THEIR

PRESENTATION.

I GO BACK TO THIS.

MY COLLEAGUES ALLOWED ME TO PRESENT THE TAMPA SCORECARD A

YEAR AND A HALF AGO AND ALSO A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

THAT WAS SALIVATED BY USF AND LOTS OF TOP ECONOMISTS.

THOSE ARE KEY ECONOMIC MEASURES TO THAT ARE USED TO

MEASURE CITIES AND IT SHOWINGS THAT TAMPA IN THE LAST TEN

YEARS FAILED, THROUGH 2019, TAMPA FROM AN ECONOMIC POINT

OF VIEW COMPLETELY FAILED.

AND IF THAT'S NOT ENOUGH OF A REASON TO BREAK OPEN THESE

TRADITIONAL HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES, I DON'T NOBODY WHAT

ELSE.

ST. PETERSBURG BEAT US ON ALMOST EVERY MEASURE.

AND LAST WEEK AFTER PRESENTING HERE, THE ST. PETE CHAMBER

CALLED ME AND ASKED ME TO PRESENT TO THEIR CHAMBER BOARD.

THEY ASKED TAMPA CITY COUNCIL TO PRESENT THE TAMPA

SCORECARD TO THEIR CHAMBER BOARD.

AND WHY?

NOT SO THEY COULD GLOAT ON HOW WELL THEY DID AND BEAT

TAMPA.

THEY ARE CONCERNED THAT THEY DIDN'T DO BETTER.

THEY NOT ONLY ACKNOWLEDGED THE NUMBERS, BUT THEY ARE

CONCERNED THAT THEY DIDN'T DO BETTER AND THEY WANT TO BE

MORE COMMITTED, THEY WANT TO DOUBLE DOWN AND WORK ON ALL




THESE THINGS BUT MAKE THEM EVEN BETTER.

THEY ARE CONTINUOUSLY LOOKING AT THE REAL NUMBERS AND

THEY ARE INNOVATING, THEY ARE COLLABORATING TO FIX THESE

PROBLEMS.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS A COMMUNITY.

WE NEED TO GET ALL THE GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS IN TAMPA

INVOLVED.

WE NEED TO USE WHATEVER LIMITED MONEY WE HAVE.

WE NEED TO MOBILIZE PEOPLE TO REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THE

NUMBERS, AND MAKE SURE WE COLLABORATE WITH NONTRADITIONAL

ORGANIZATIONS, THE GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS, TO GET

THINGS DONE.

THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE?

ANYTHING ELSE?

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE CONEY'S FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND

FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY.

MS. VAN LOAN.

10:35:17 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
IF I CAN PIGGYBACK OFF OF SOMETHING

YOU JUST SAID, IN TALKING WITH THE CONEYS BEFORE THEY

MADE THEIR PRESENTATION, THAT THEIR GOAL TODAY IS NOT TO

COME TO THE CRA BOARD ALONE AND SAY WE SHOULD BE DOING

THIS AND YOU SHOULD BE DOING ALL OF THIS.

AS YOU MENTIONED THERE ARE ALL THOSE LOGOS, ALL THOSE

COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS.




ESPECIALLY MS. CONEY IS STARTING THAT CONVERSATION WITHIN

THE BROADER CITY OF TAMPA TO ALL OF OUR PARTNERS.

THE CITY, OUR NONPROFITS, OUR BUSINESS CENTER, OUR

LENDERS.

AND SO THE PRESENTATION, THE GOALS ARE NOT EXPECTING CRA

TO DO ALL OF THIS BUT TO START THAT DIALOGUE SO THAT WE

ARE MORE INCLUSIVE AND COLLABORATIVE AND IT DOES BECOME A

CITY-WIDE INITIATIVE AND NOT SOMETHING WE JUST DO AT THE

CRA LEVEL.

SO WE ARE, IT WILL BE A BIG VITAL PART OF THIS BUT WE

CANNOT DO IT ALL OURSELVES.

10:36:07 >>BILL CARLSON:
IF I COULD ONE LAST COMMENT SINCE I HAVE

THE FLOOR.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE THINGS, SOMETIMES PEOPLE IN OTHER

PARTS OF THE CITY ESPECIALLY MY DISTRICT SAY WHY DO YOU

CARE?

WHY DO YOU CARE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN EAST TAMPA OR

THROUGHOUT THE CITY?

WHY DO YOU CARE WHAT HAPPENS TO POOR PEOPLE IN THE CITY?

THE PROBLEM IS IT'S AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUE.

I MET WITH A VERY SUCCESSFUL COMMERCIAL REALTOR LAST

WEEK, AND THE FIRST COMMENT HE SAID WAS, WHY ARE YOU

PRESENTING THESE NUMBERS?

THEY MAKE TAMPA LOOK BAD.

AND I SAID, WHEN YOU ARE TALKING TO A BIG TENANT TO WANTS




TO MOVE TO TAMPA, DO THEY LOOK AT THE MARKETING NUMBERS?

OR DO THEY LOOK AT THE REAL NUMBERS?

HE SAID YEAH, THEY PULL UP THEIR DATA, THEY HAVE ALL THE

CENSUS DATA ALREADY AND THEY LOOK AT IT ON A GRANULAR

LEVEL.

I SAID SO THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE REAL NUMBERS, RIGHT?

YES.

SO THEY ARE MAKING A DECISION BASED ON THE REAL NUMBERS.

THAT MEANS WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM.

THE POINTS IS IT'S AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUE FOR THE

WHOLE CITY.

IF OUR NUMBERS DON'T LOOK GOOD WE ARE NOT GOING TO

ATTRACT THE BEST PEOPLE AND BEST COMPANIES.

THANK YOU.

WHAT'S NEXT?

10:37:04 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
ITEM NUMBER 2 WE WILL CONTINUE WITH

OUR CRA STAFF REPORT AND I WILL BRING UP COURTNEY ORR.

10:37:22 >> COURTNEY ORR, CRA EBB MANAGER.

TO START I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THE FOLLOWING

DIRECT YBOR CITY CRA ACTIVITIES ON THIS SLIDE AND THE

NEXT TWO.

WE WILL START OUR ANNUAL YBOR RESIDENT AND WORKERS STUDY

HERE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, PROBABLY BY THE FIRST PART OF

JUNE WE ARE GOING TO BE LAUNCHING THAT WITH OUR MARKETING

ASSOCIATES, HBC, AND WE USE THAT AS A GUIDING TOOL FOR




THE BUDGET AND JUST A VARIETY OF INITIATIVES THAT WE TRY

TO PUT FORTH BASED ON THE INTEREST OF THE RESIDENTS AND

THE WORKERS OF YBOR.

WE HAVE AN UPCOMING ELECTION OF SOME SEATS THAT GOING TO

BE AVAILABLE.

WE HAVE FINANCE AND BANKING, WE'LL NEED TO FIND A

REPRESENTATIVE ON OUR CAC, AND THEN A FEW AT-LARGE

OPENINGS AS WELL.

WE WILL BE ADVERTISING PUBLICLY FOR THOSE POSITIONS

THROUGH THE RECENT APPLICATIONS IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

WE HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY WORKING ON CRA 1 AND 2, FISCAL 22

BUDGET.

WE PRESENTED THAT TO OUR CAC AND TO THE PLANNING

INFRASTRUCTURE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE SO FAR,

AND THOSE COMMITTEES WILL BE SEEING THE DRAFTS AT LEAST A

COUPLE MOWER TIMES BEFORE FINAL APPROVAL.

THE 7th AVENUE ARCHWAY LIGHTS AND SIDEWALK

ENHANCEMENT PROJECT THAT WAS GO TO GO TO THE BARRIO

LATINO COMMISSION, I ANNOUNCED FOR APRIL, WAS CONTINUED

TO THE MAY 25th PUBLIC HEARING.

THERE WERE SOME INTERNAL ADDITIONAL REVIEWS TO BE DONE,

SO THAT WILL BE PRESENTED DEFINITELY ON MAY 25th, THE

MORNING, THE ARCHWAY LIGHTS PROJECT.

A COUPLE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS SLIDE.

WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO -- RETURNING TO THE STREETS OF THE




DISTRICT AND THIS PARTICULAR ONE IS KIND OF AN

INTERESTING ONE.

IT'S GOING TO BE HIGHLIGHTING ALL OF THE WEDDING VENUE

OPTION AS ROUND THE YBOR AREA, SO THERE'S A FEW

ASSOCIATIONS THAT ARE COMING TOGETHER TO PULL THIS EVENT

OFF, A BRAND NEW ONE FOR THE DISTRICT.

IT WILL BE IN AUGUST.

AND THEN THE LAST SLIDE, THERE'S A MENTION OF THREE

ADDITIONAL EVENTS THAT ARE COMING TO THE DISTRICT.

THE SECOND TO LAST BULLET, YOU HEARD EARLIER FROM THE

ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME DETECTIVE IN EAST TAMPA, WE ARE

EXCITED ABOUT THE PROGRESS THAT THAT TEAM HAS BEEN ABLE

TO ACHIEVE IN THAT AREA.

SO WE ARE BEGINNING TO RESEARCH ON ADDING THAT AS A

POTENTIAL POSITION IN THE YBOR CITY AREA.

IN REGARD TO THE ARCHWAY LIGHTS THAT WILL BE COMING DOWN

THAT ARE UP THERE RIGHT NOW THAT OVERHANG 7th AVENUE,

THOSE WILL COME DOWN AND WE WILL ACTUALLY BE AUCTIONING

THOSE OFF, SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THE PURCHASING

DEPARTMENT TO PREPARE TO DO THAT.

WE FIGURED INSTEAD OF JUST PUTTING THEM IN THE TRASH THAT

THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO FIND VALUE IN ACTUALLY

HAVING A PIECE OF HISTORY FROM 7th AVENUE.

SO WE WILL BE AUCTIONING THOSE OFF AS THEY COME DOWN AND

THE PROJECT STARTS.




WE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH THE PARKING DEPARTMENT,

MOBILITY STAFF, TO REVIEW ANY POTENTIAL PARKING RATE

CHANGES ON 7th AVENUE AND ON VARIOUS OTHER STREETS.

AND THEY WILL BE PRESENTING SOME OF THEIR FINDINGS HERE

IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS TO THE COMMUNITY AND

CONTINUING TO WORK WITH US.

THE NEXT TWO SLIDES CAPTURE STAFF'S INDIRECT ACTIVITIES.

THERE'S A LISTING OF WAYS WE COMMUNITY OUT TO THE PUBLIC,

VARIOUS LOAN PROGRAMS.

THE STUDY THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER.

WE STAY VERY ACTIVE IN COMMUNICATING WITH THE COMMUNITY,

AND THEN CONTINUING OUR SECURITY EFFORTS THAT THE

COMMUNITY BROUGHT TO US, THEIR EFFORTS TO HELP IMPROVE

PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS.

AND WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO SPRUCE UP

THE DISTRICT.

TWO OF THOSE EFFORTS ARE POSTED HERE ON THIS SLIDE.

THERE IS A PICTURE THERE OF A GENTLEMAN PAINTING ONE OF

OUR FIVE HISTORIC LAMP POSTS.

WE HAVE BEEN PREPARING AND PAINTING THOSE.

THERE'S 360 IN THE DISTRICT.

SO THOSE ARE STARTING TO LOOK NICE AND SHINY AGAIN.

AND WE ALSO HAVE BEEN WORKING ON REPLACEMENT OF

HISTORICAL MARKERS.

THERE'S A PHOTO OF A COUPLE OF THE NEWER ONES THAT WERE




INSTALLED VERY RECENTLY.

SO WE ARE WORKING ON THOSE.

AND THEN AS I ALLUDE TOAD EARLIER LISTED HERE ARE THE

FIRST EVENTS TO TAKE PLACE IN OUR STREETS AND N OVER A

YEAR.

SO WE HAVE TAMPA PRIDE COMING BACK ON MAY 22ND, SUMMER

VIBES ON MAY 23rd, AND ROUGH RIDERS THEY CHANGED THE

NAME OF IT AND A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TITLE TO IT.

SO MAY 29th WILL BE THAT EVENT.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?

10:43:00 >>BILL CARLSON:
ANY QUESTIONS?

THANK YOU.

10:43:01 >> COURTNEY ORR:
THANK YOU.

10:43:16 >>BILL CARLSON:
EAST TAMPA?

10:43:18 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.

THIS IS BRENDA THROWER, THE INTERIM EAST TAMPA CRA

MANAGER.

AND I JUST WANT TO START OFF MY REPORT BY JUST THANKING

CHLOE CONEY AND ERNEST CONEY FOR COMING TODAY AND SHARING

THAT PRESENTATION.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT EAST TAMPA

ALREADY.

THIS REPORT IS KIND OF HALFWAY DONE ALREADY.

BUT WE ARE LISTENING TO ALL OF THIS INFORMATION.




AND IT'S GOING TO BE VERY, VERY USEFUL AS WE MOVE FORWARD

WITH THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN FOR EAST TAMPA.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK DOMINIQUE COBB.

SHE CAME EARLIER.

SHE IS A CAC MEMBER AND SHE TOOK TIME OUT OF HER DAY TO

GIVE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT THE CAC

IS WORKING ON.

WHAT I AM HEARING, AND I CONTINUE TO HEAR IN EAST TAMPA,

IS THAT THEY WANT A PLAN, AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING.

AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S GOING TO CULMINATE ALL

OF THESE GREAT IDEAS AND HOW THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO

MOVE FORWARD.

IN TERMS OF THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN, WE HAVE HAD AS YOU

KNOW MANY WALKING TOURS.

OVER THE PAST MONTH, TWO MONTHS ACTUALLY, AND ON APRIL

13, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM OUR CONSULTANT

PETER SECHLER WHO CAME TO THE PARTNERSHIP TO GIVE THE

COMMUNITY INPUT UPDATE.

IT WAS A VERY, VERY WELL ATTENDED MEETING, PROBABLY THE

MOST WELL-ATTENDED MEETING THAT I HAVE ATTENDED FOR EAST

TAMPA, AND VERY POSITIVE REVIEWS CAME OUT OF THAT

PRESENTATION.

OVER THAT, SINCE THEN, THERE WAS SOME OPPORTUNITY TO GO

OUT AND MEAT WITH ANOTHER EAST TAMPA NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH

WAS THE EAST HILLSBOROUGH HEIGHTS CRIME WATCH




NEIGHBORHOOD.

THEY WANTED TO HAVE A LITTLE ATTENTION FROM THE

CONSULTANT ON THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD TO KIND OF DO A WALKING

TOUR SO WE DID SCHEDULE AN ADDITIONAL WALKING TOUR ON

APRIL 20th.

AND THEN FOR THE PUBLIC OUTREACH, WE DID EXTEND THE

SURVEY A LITTLE INTO APRIL FOR ONLINE SO THAT WE WOULD

CAPTURE THOSE COMMENTS.

SO ALL SAID AND DONE, THROUGH OUR MARKETING, OUR

OUTREACH, WE REALLY HAVE DONE, I FEEL, THEY HAVE DONE A

REALLY GOOD JOB OF HAVING A STRONG COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.

YOU WILL SEE THE LITTLE PRETTY BUBBLES HERE ON THIS

SHEET.

THESE ARE JUST SOME SUMMARY DATA OF THE TYPE OF -- THE

NUMBERS THAT CAME OUT OF THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, WITH

WALKING TOURS, SURVEYS AND WEBSITE NEWS.

MOVING ALONG, A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, MAYBE TWO MONTHS AGO,

COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER ASKED ME, WELL, WHAT DID YOU HEAR

ON THESE WALKING TOURS?

AND SO I WANTED TO SHARE THIS SLIDE WITH YOU, BECAUSE

THESE ARE THE THEMES, THERE ARE TEN THEMES THAT SORT OF

WERE ORGANIZED INTO THE COMMENTS THAT THEY HEARD AND WHAT

BUCKETS OF TOPICS THEY FELL UNDER.

SO THESE REALLY SPEAK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS AND




THE NEEDS.

THERE IS OF COURSE THE COMMENTS WERE KIND OF ALL

TABULATED, AND THERE'S A LOT OF CHARTS, AND ACTUALLY THE

PRESENTATION IS VERY COMPREHENSIVE.

AND IF YOU HAD NOT HAD A CHANCE TO SEE IT, IT IS POSTED

ON -- WE ARE EAST TAMPA.COM.

IT IS THE ENTIRE PRESENTATION AND ALSO THE COMMENTARY

THAT WENT ALONG WITH IT AND WE ACTUALLY TAPE RECORDED THE

MEETING AT THE PARTNERSHIP AND THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR

ANYONE TO SEE AND VIEW.

THERE'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE COMMENTS, OR ANY

COMMENTS YOU SEE ON THE PRESENTATION.

SO I WELCOME EVERYONE, THE CRA BOARD, IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD

A CHANCE TO VIEW IT, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY.

SO WHAT'S NEXT?

WELL, WE ARE MOVING THIS PROGRAM, THIS PROCESS, I'M

SORRY, INTO THE PURPLE AREA.

WE ARE ENTERING INTO PHASE 3.

AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

IT MEANS THAT WE ARE GOING TO START PUTTING TOGETHER A

MASTER PLAN AND SOME STRATEGIES FOR THE DISTRICT.

THERE ARE TWO, NOW THAT WE HAVE DONE THE PUBLIC OUTREACH,

WHAT'S LEFT IS TO DO -- WE HAVE ACTUALLY COMPLETED SOME

OF THOSE IN MAY, IS TO REALLY GET WITH THE DEPARTMENTS,

THE INTERNAL DATA, WHAT IS GOING ON WITHIN THE




DEPARTMENT, WHAT PLANS DO THEY HAVE, WHAT DO THEY SEE

OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

WE HAVE ALREADY HAD TWO MEETINGS WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS

IN THE CITY, AND KIND OF GATHERING THEIR DATA.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE NOT GOING TO LEAVE OUT CRA

BOARD.

WE WILL BE SETTING UP MEETINGS SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE A

ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE CONSULTANTS, SO YOU CAN SHARE YOUR

VIEWS OF WHAT YOU SEE FOR EAST TAMPA IN YOUR VISION.

SO THAT WILL BE HAPPENING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS

AND WE WILL BE GETTING WITH YOUR AIDES.

SO ALL OF THESE STRATEGIES, YOU KNOW, WE ARE TRYING TO

ALIGN PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS.

WE ARE KIND OF LOOKING AT THE BUDGET, TOO.

THEY ARE AWARE THAT WE ARE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS RIGHT

NOW.

AND THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO BE WORKING, WE ARE GOING TO

BE HAVING SOME BUDGET WORKSHOPS THIS MONTH.

SO ALL OF THIS IS SORT OF COMING TOGETHER.

SO IT'S REALLY A GOOD TIMING.

THE NEXT SLIDE.

THIS IS JUST THE COMMITTEES.

I ALWAYS GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE

COMMITTEES.

THEY CONTINUE TO WORK EFFECTIVELY.




THEY ARE ORGANIZED NOW.

THEY ARE TACKLING TOPICS AND COMMUNITY ISSUES.

THEY ARE KIND OF ADDRESSING WHAT THEY HAVE TO WORK WITH,

WITHIN THE EXISTING BUDGET, SO-SO OF THE HIGHLIGHTED

PROJECTS ARE MOVING FORWARD, THE 34th STREET

ROUNDABOUT, THE PUBLIC ART SELECTION COMMITTEE HAS MET,

AND THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH AN ARTIST FOR THAT

PROJECT.

THE EAST TAMPA LEADERSHIP PROGRAM THAT YOU APPROVED, AND

IT IS BEING RECRUITED, ADVERTISEMENTS ARE OUT, WE ARE

WORKING ON GETTING A CONTRACTOR FOR THAT PARTICULAR

PROGRAM.

BUT IN THE MEANTIME, THERE ALREADY SAN RECRUITMENT FOR

YOUTH AND MENTORS FOR IT.

THE PROJECT ON 22ND STREET, I KNOW IT WAS BROUGHT UP

TODAY BY MS. COBB.

THAT IS NOT BEFORE YOU TODAY ON THIS AGENDA.

SO I HAVE HEARD THESE COMMENTS, AND IT ACTUALLY WAS

DISCUSSED WITHIN THE CAC ABOUT HAVING A BROADER PLAN.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING I WILL BRING BACK TO THEM AS WELL AT

THEIR COMMITTEE MEETING.

AND THEN HOUSING.

HOUSING IS WORKING REALLY, REALLY HARD.

WE HAVE A CHAIRMAN, DENISE PACE, WHO HAS REALLY WORKED

TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, DIVE DEEP INTO SOME OF THESE




PROGRAMS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLAY WITH THE CITY AND THE

COUNTY, AND LOOKING AT TRYING TO IMPROVE, CREATE AN ART

PIECE FOR THE ROOF AND EXTERIOR.

WE HAVE PROGRAMS AND THEN THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE

PROGRAM, THEY HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON THAT AS WELL.

AND THEN PUBLIC SAFETY IS ALSO MEETING VERY REGULARLY.

THEY ARE GROWING IN NUMBERS OF PEOPLE PARTICIPATING,

REALLY REACHING OUT TO THE CRIME WATCH GROUP WITHIN EAST

TAMPA, DOMINIQUE COBB WAS HERE EARLIER.

SHE'S R THE CHAIR OF THAT.

AND NOT ON THIS BUT WE WILL BE HAVING SOME BUDGET

WORKSHOPS.

WE HAVE ONE PLANNED FOR NEXT TUESDAY WHERE WE ARE GOING

TO BE WORKING ON ESTABLISHING PRIORITIES FOR THE BUDGET

FOR NEXT YEAR.

THAT WILL BE A FACILITATED MEETING.

AND THEN THERE'S A SECOND ONE PLANNED FOR THE 26th OF

THIS MONTH, GOING TO BE AT RAGAN PARK SO WE'LL HAVE A

BUDGET COMING BACK TO YOU BY NEXT MONTH.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, JUST SOME NOTABLE THINGS.

THERE ARE THINGS HAPPENING IN EAST TAMPA, SO PEOPLE DON'T

REALIZE, BUT THERE ARE AGENCIES OUT THERE DOING SOME

REALLY, REALLY GREAT STUFF.

ONE IS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.

THEY HELD RIBBON CUTTINGS FOR TWO HOMES THAT THEY HAD




BUILT FOR FAMILIES, AND WE WENT TO THESE RIBBON CUTTINGS

AND WELCOMED THEM INTO THE EAST TAMPA NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO THAT CONCLUDE MY REPORT.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

10:51:28 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
PUT UP YOUR LAST SLIDE, PLEASE.

I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK HE THE MIDDLE PICTURE THAT YOU

SEE THE BLUE AND ORANGE BUILDING.

I HAPPENED TO HEAR DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT BUILDING AT

THEIR CAC MEETING.

I WAS CONCERNED BUT I WAS GOING TO WAIT AND SEE, THIS WAS

COMING UP ON THE AGENDA SO WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT BUT

IT'S NOT HERE.

THERE WAS A MEETING REFERENCE THIS BUILDING AT THE BOARD

MEETING.

AND SEVERAL BOARD MEMBERS HAD TO LEAVE BECAUSE THEY WERE

INSTRUCTED THAT THE VOTE OR POTENTIAL VOTE WOULD BE

CONTINUED FOR MORE DISCUSSION.

SOME BOARD MEMBERS LEFT.

WELL, WHEN THE BOARD MEMBERS LEFT, APPARENTLY A VOTE CAME

ABOUT TO VOTE ON THIS BUILDING.

I WAS WAITING TO SEE HOW IT WOULD BE ADDRESSED, BUT I AM

GLAD IT'S OFF THE AGENDA TODAY BECAUSE I HAVE SOME

CONCERNS ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHY MS. COBB WAS

HERE, AND YIELDED CALLS IN REFERENCE TO THAT, AND A VOTE

WAS TAKEN AFTER THE MEMBERS WERE TOLD THAT IT WOULD BE




CONTINUED, AND A VOTE WAS TAKEN.

I THINK THAT'S UNFAIR TO SOME OF THOSE BOARD MEMBERS WHO

LEFT BECAUSE THEY HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THAT BUILDING.

LET ME TELL BUT THAT BUILDING, GENTLEMEN.

THAT BUILDING HAS FAILED FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, DECADE.

THE BUILDING HAS NO PARKING.

THE BUILDING CAN'T THRIVE WITHOUT PARKING.

YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE RUMORS THAT I HEARD TO BRING A

RESOURCE CENTER TO THAT BUILDING WITH NO PARKING.

WE HAVE ABOUT FIVE OR SIX RESOURCE CENTERS WITHIN TWO OR

THREE BLOCKS OF THAT BUILDING.

YOU HAVE LEE DAVIS WHO HAS A CENTER DOWN THERE THAT IS

HARDLY BEING USED.

YOU HAVE THE COLLABORATIVE CENTER ON PALM.

YOU HAVE THE CENTER THAT DOES NOTARY, COMPUTERS, WHATEVER

AT 29th AND LINK.

YOU HAVE THE LIBRARY.

YOU HAVE SEVERAL PLACES, COLLABORATIVE PLACES THAT PEOPLE

CAN DO COMPUTER WORK.

THAT BUILDING WHICH WAS PURCHASED, AND I WAS JUST GETTING

OFF THE BOARD AT THE TIME, THERE WAS A PURPOSE TO BE

BOUGHT AND TORN DOWN AND TO BE ABLE TO START DOING

LANDSCAPE ON 22ND STREET THAT CORRIDOR, AND EVENTUALLY

GET AN RFP FOR AN URBAN PLANNER TO COME IN AND SEE HOW

22ND CAN BE DEVELOPED.




I REMEMBER TALKING ABOUT THAT EARLIER.

WE LOOK THESE AREAS.

I AM NOT FOR PUTTING MONEY INTO SOMETHING THAT'S NOT

GOING TO BE ABLE TO THRIVE.

THAT BUILDING, IN MY OPINION, I HAVE BEEN IN THERE, THERE

ARE OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THAT BUILDING.

TO JUST REHAB IT, MORE ISSUES WITH PLUMBING, A LOT OF

PROBLEMS WITH THAT BUILDING.

SO I'M HOPING THAT YOU LISTEN, THAT IT GOES BACK TO THE

CAC BOARD FOR ANOTHER DISCUSSION, BECAUSE AT THIS

PARTICULAR POINT, IF THAT WAS ON THE AGENDA TODAY, I

COULD NOT SUPPORT THAT BECAUSE THERE ARE VARIOUS REASONS

ABOUT THAT BUILDING THAT I JUST DON'T AGREE WITH.

AND YOU ARE RIGHT, THERE DOES NEED TO BE A PLAN.

AND THAT PLAN NEEDS TO BE CONDUCIVE TO WHERE WE ARE LAG

LAND ASSEMBLAGE ON 22ND STREET.

NOT JUST REHAB THE BILLING THAT'S NOT GOING TO THRIVE.

WE NEED INNOVATION.

WE NEED JOBS.

I NEED 22ND STREET BOUGHT.

AND THAT'S WHAT MR. MORRIS TALKS ABOUT, INFRASTRUCTURE.

I LOOK AT 29th AND LAKE.

SO WE NEED TO BE TELLING THE CDC TO BRING SOMETHING TO

THIS BOARD HERE IN REFERENCE TO GETTING A PERSON.

I TALKED TO MS. VAN LOAN ABOUT THIS ALREADY IN REFERENCE




TO THE RFP TO HAVE SOME MONEY TO BUILD MORTGAGE AND REAL

ESTATE.

WE NEED PEOPLE TO COME IN AND START DOING SOME OF THIS

WORK SO WE CAN GET THINGS MOVING IN EAST TAMPA.

WE ARE BEHIND THE 8 BALL.

WE HAVE GOT TO START MOVING.

AND WHAT I AM LOOKING AT IS 29th AND LAKE WHEN I

DRIVE EVERY WEEKEND, I SIT THERE AND I SEE NOTHING

MOVING, I SEE BUILDINGS JUST FALLING APART.

THE WHOLE AREA IS FALLING APART.

WE HAVE MONEY.

WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON BUYING THIS PROPERTY, FINDING A

DEVELOPER, AND TRYING TO REDEVELOP THAT COMMUNITY.

THAT'S MY FOCUS.

I LIVE THERE.

I UNDERSTAND IT.

I HAVE LIVED IT.

I HAVE WORKED IT.

AS A POLICE OFFICER, EVERY MAN I TALKED TO, 29th

NEEDS TO BE TORN DOWN AND REBUILT.

WE HAVE GOT TO GO IN THERE AND BUY THE PROPERTY IN THERE

TO REBUILD AND HAVE BUSINESSES, MR. DINGFELDER TALKED

ABOUT CLOSURE.

NOW WE CAN THRIVE AS A COMMUNITY.

LET'S CHANGE THE LOOK OF EAST TAMPA, CHANGE THE LOOK OF




EAST 22ND STREET, LIKE AND 29th STREET.

THAT'S MY FOCUS ON THIS BOARD HERE, FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO

UNDERSTAND WHAT MUST HAPPEN.

AGAIN, MS. COBB TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THOSE ISSUES.

I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH LEGAL IN REFERENCE TO SOME OF

THESE STORES THAT ARE HAVING ISSUES, IN OUR COMMUNITY, TO

CLEAN UP SOME OF THE SHOOTINGS THAT ARE GOING ON, AND I

BELIEVE THE BOARD IS DOING SOME GOOD WORK, BUT I HAVE GOT

TO PUT A LITTLE MORE FIRE SO WE CAN GET IT FUNDED.

BECAUSE WE HAVE MONEY.

WE NEED TO MOVE.

SO I WANT YOU TO SEND THAT STRONG MESSAGE BACK TO THE CDC

BOARD.

I AM NOT HAPPY WITH THAT.

I DON'T CARE HOW PEOPLE VOTE BUT I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO

BE DISENFRANCHISED AND NOT BE ABLE TO VOTE WHEN THE BOARD

WAS TOLD, MEMBERS WERE NOT THERE WAS NOT GOING TO BE A

VOTE, THAT IT WOULD BE ADOPTED, LEFT, AND THEN WE HAVE A

VOTE PUT ON THE TABLE. I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

SO THAT NEEDS TO GO BACK.

I NEED A PLAN OF HOW WE NEED TO DEVELOP 22ND STREET FOR

THAT BUILDING.

MY SUGGESTION, IT NEEDS TO BE TORN DOWN.

WE NEED TO START -- I THINK TALKING TO PEOPLE WHO WANTS

TO BE INVOLVED AND HELP OUT AND WE NEED TO START LOOKING




AT THE ASSEMBLAGE OF 22ND STREET AND BUYING KING'S MEAT

MARKET, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THOSE FOLKS BUYING.

AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO GO HERE, BUT LET'S

TALK THEM DOWN.

SO THAT'S MY THING ON THAT BUILDING.

FOR 22ND, 29th STREET.

THAT'S WHAT I WANT THE CDC TO UNDERSTAND.

THANK YOU.

10:58:04 >>BILL CARLSON:
ARE YOU FINISHED?

10:58:12 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YES.

10:58:14 >>BILL CARLSON:
I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE?

10:58:16 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
NO, THAT'S IT.

10:58:18 >>BILL CARLSON:
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT.

10:58:22 >> MARIE FERRILL, TAMPA RIVERFRONT PARK AND -- MANAGER.

I AM PRESENTING AN UPDATE ON DOWNTOWN.

AND WE ARE CONTINUING OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DISCUSSIONS WITH

THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT, DRANA, AND OUR DOWNTOWN

RIVER ARTS NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL AS THE OPPORTUNITY

PARTNERSHIP.

THIS IS A DEVELOPING PROGRAM, JUST TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE

PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, SPECIFICALLY

WITH OUR NEIGHBOR CONCERNS ABOUT LOUD VEHICLES AND SOME




OF THE ISSUES SURROUNDING THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING.

WE HAVE ALSO REVIEWED A PRESENTATION THAT WILL BE GIVEN

TO THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, WHICH IS THE CDC

REGARDING THE FUNDING, THE COUNTY'S MATCH FOR THE

CONVENTION CENTER RENOVATIONS AND THE LONG-TERM PLAN.

YOU WILL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT IN MS. VAN LOAN'S

PRESENTATION ON THE DOWNTOWN PLANNING BUDGET.

THAT IS A CONTINUING CONVERSATION WITH DEVELOPMENTS

COMING TO YOU VERY SOON.

I ALSO HAD AN INTRODUCTION MEETING WITH THE VINIK SPORTS

GROUP AND TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING CEO REGARDING SOME AMALIE

ARENA PROJECTS THAT THEY WILL BE PRESENTING TO THIS GROUP

IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

THAT'S AN EXCITING DEVELOPMENT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO

SUPPORT AND BRING TO YOU FOR CONSIDERATION.

AND ALSO THERE WAS A COLLABORATION MEETING, IT'S NOT

NECESSARILY A NEW DEVELOPMENT, BUT NEW TO ME, WITH DR.

COLLINS WITH THE USF DIGITAL HERITAGE AND HUMANITIES

COLLECTIONS REGARDING THE JACKSON HOUSE AND THE WORK THAT

THEY HAVE DONE, JUST SCANNING THE BUILDING AND ENSURING A

REDEVELOPMENT PLAN GOING FORWARD FOR ITS RENOVATION AND

PRESERVATION, AND ALSO A NEW PROJECT THAT THEY ARE

WORKING ON WHICH IS KNOWN AS TAMPA THROUGH TIME.

EXCITING THINGS THERE AND HAPPY TO BEGIN THAT

COLLABORATION WITH DR. COLLINS AND HER TEAM.




SOME INDIRECT ACTIVITY.

THE TAMPA BUSINESS JOURNAL REPORTED THAT WATER STREET

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING, THE HERON, HAS SURPASSED INITIAL

LEASE EXPECTATIONS AND THAT OPENED EARLIER THIS MONTH, OR

LAST MONTH, EXCUSE ME.

THE STRAZ RELEASES ITS NEW BROADWAY SEASON, AND SHOWS.

THE ROCK THE PARK RETURNS TO CURTIS HIXON EARLIER THIS

MONTH.

THE SAIL PLAZA AT THE CONVENTION CENTER IS UNDER

RENOVATIONS AND THEY EXPECT TO BE COMPLETED VERY SOON

ACTUALLY.

AND I JUST WANT TO STATE THIS IS A COMMON THING, THAT

EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES ARE RETURNS RETURNING.

SO THE COMMUNITY IS REOPENING SLOWLY AND SAFELY.

RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ARE COMING BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY

IN PUBLIC SPACES.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT PEOPLE ARE BACK AND READY TO

RELAX.

IT'S BEEN A TOUGH YEAR.

WE ARE HAPPY AND READY FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO COME BACK TO

LIFE.

ONE EVENT THAT WAS HOSTED IN APRIL THAT WE ARE VERY

EXCITED TO SEE THE SQUARE OPEN IN GASLIGHT PARK.

IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE SPACE IT'S VERY INVITING,

WELCOMING EVEN WITH THE SUMMER APPROACH.




IT'S A VERY NICE SPACE UNDER THE SHADE TREES.

GASLIGHT SQUARE PARK.

IT GIVES THE PARTNERSHIP, OF COURSE, HAS THE ABILITY FOR

YOU TO GIVE FEEDBACK THROUGH ITS SURVEY.

YOU CAN TAKE A PICTURE OF THE UR CODE AND ENJOY THE

SPACE.

EVEN IF YOU HAVE FEEDBACK ON HOW TO IMPROVE THE SPACE.

THEY ARE SEEKING THAT FEEDBACK.

IT IS A TEMPORARY POP-UP TYPE IMPROVEMENT.

AND THEY ARE SEEKING THOSE TYPES OF COMMENTS TO MAKE SURE

THEY COULD PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK TO THE CITY AS WELL.

WE ARE IN FULL FORCE IN EFFECT OF GOING THROUGH OUR CRP

AND REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN FOR

THOSE LISTENING IN AND NOT UNDERSTANDING THE ACRONYMS I

KEEP DROPPING.

WE HAVE COMPLETED -- THE CONSULTANT HAS COMPLETED OUR

EXISTING CONDITIONS AND ANALYSIS DRAFT.

IT'S BEING REVIEWED AT THIS TIME BEFORE WE RELEASE IT.

I PLAN TO SHARE SOME OF THOSE FINDINGS WITH YOU ALL NEXT

MONTH AS WELL

OUR FIRST STAKEHOLDER MEETING IS THIS EVENING.

THE INFORMATION IS HERE ON THIS SLIDE.

WE HAVE SENT IT OUT VERY DILIGENTLY THROUGH THE

COMMUNITY.

PLEASE PLAN TO ATTEND AND GIVE YOUR FEEDBACK.




THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE PROCESS, AS BRENDA

GAVE AN UPDATE ON EAST TAMPA, AND THEIR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT

IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REACH OUT TO THE

COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AND GET THEIR FEEDBACK ON HOW THEY

WANT TO SEE THE COMMUNITY GROW.

SO THIS IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT STEP, AND WE HOPE TO

SEE A LOT OF YOU TONIGHT.

MOVING TO OUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

CHANNELSIDE DRIVE IS THOROUGHLY UNDERWAY.

THE MAJORITY OF THE CONSTRUCTION SHIFTED TO THE

NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC SIDE WHICH IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF

CHANNELSIDE DRIVE, WITH PHASES 1 AND 2, WHICH IS CREATING

THAT NEW TURN LIKE TO YORK STREET.

OUR CAC IS ACTIVELY PURSUING INITIATIVES FOR NEW PARK,

NEW GRANT PROGRAMS, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

AND THEY ARE CERTAINLY VERY AGGRESSIVE IN WANTING TO

CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THOSE SPACES IN CHANNEL DISTRICT.

INDIRECT ACTIVITIES, AGAIN JUST SHOUTING OUT TO SPARKMAN

WHARF, THEY ARE VERY ACTIVE, THEY ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS,

AND I BELIEVE THE BUSINESS JOURNAL ALSO REPORTED ON THEIR

NEW LEASES WITHIN JUST THIS YEAR, SINCE JANUARY THEY

SIGNED SEVEN NEW LEASES WITHIN THEIR SPACES.

YOU HEARD EARLIER FROM CHRIS AHERN ON TAMPA HEIGHTS

RIVERFRONT.

WE HAVE A VERY ACTIVE AND ONGOING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE




DEVELOPER AND OWNERS OF SOHO CAPITAL AND THEY CONTINUE TO

WORK ON THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE DISTRICT.

INDIRECT ACTIVITIES THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED IN HIS REPORT

ARE OF COURSE THE STETSON UNIVERSITY, RECEIVED A $10

MILLION DONATION TO ESTABLISH A NEW SCHOLARSHIP FUND, AND

BUDDY BREW ON AN ADDITIONAL LOCATION AT ARMATURE WORKS.

I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO SAY THAT WHAT HAPPENS WITH

OUR PARTNERS IS A BENEFIT TO ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS AND

NEIGHBORHOOD.

CENTRAL PARK CAC, THEY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP COMMUNITY

ENGAGEMENT PLAN, AND THIS IS A DEVELOPING TOPIC.

THEY ARE WORKING ON A SURVEY FOR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS

OWNERS, BUSINESS AND PROPERTY OWNERS, AND WE ARE WORKING

WITH THE PROPERTY MANAGERS WITHIN ENCORE RESIDENTIAL

BUILDINGS TO PARTICIPATE AND PROMOTE MAYBE CREATION OF A

RESIDENTIAL ASSOCIATION THAT WILL CONNECT EVERYONE TO

CITY RESOURCES, COMMUNITY RESOURCES, AND ALLOW THEM TO

HAVE A UNIFIED VOICE IN REPRESENTING WHAT THE COMMUNITY

NEEDS ARE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

AND LASTLY, THIS IS A BROADER TOPIC.

I AM JUST REPRESENTING WHAT OUR FRIENDS AT THE TAMPA

DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP HAVE RECENTLY RELEASED.

MANY OF YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE SURVEY THAT THEY DO

BIANNUALLY, AND WHAT I WANT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS

GRAPHIC IS THE PRESUMPTION OF DOWNTOWN IS MUCH BROADER




THAN WHAT WE VISUALIZE AS A CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.

IT'S ACTUALLY A CONNECTION OF SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODS, THE

HIGH HEIGHTS, DOWNTOWN RIVER PART ART, DOWNTOWN IF,

CHANNEL DISTRICT.

EACH NEIGHBORHOOD HAS ITS OWN UNIQUE FABRIC AND IDENTITY

AND WE WORK TO PRESERVE AND HIGHLIGHT THOSE FEATURES BUT

EVEN WITHIN THESE NEIGHBORHOOD PROFILES THERE'S A VERY

UNIQUE FEATURE AS THE SURVEY IDENTIFIES HERE.

SOME KEY TAKE AWAY, HIGHLIGHT SOME OPPORTUNITIES, ARE

PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH THE MAYOR'S P-3 PRIORITIES AND

WITH CITY INITIATIVES THAT ARE UNDERWAY, HIGHLIGHTING

INTRACITY MOBILITY, THAT RELATES TO A LOT OF OUR

TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVES AND HOME OWNERSHIP AND

MOBILITY TIES IN WITH AFFORDABILITY.

I THINK THOSE ARE VERY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE

PRIORITIES ARE WITHIN OUR CITY OVERALL.

AND LOOKING AT FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES, WE CERTAINLY AGREE

THAT HAVING THE ABILITY TO FOCUS ON WHAT WE CAN GROW AND

CONTINUE TO INVEST IN IS IMPORTANT.

YOU WILL HEAR PRESENTATIONS FROM MS. VAN LOAN ON THE

DOWNTOWN PLANNING BUDGET.

WE HAVE WORKED GENTLY ON BALANCING SEVERAL KEY PROJECTS

AND WE NEED YOUR INPUT TO UNDERSTAND THE PRIORITIES FOR

DOWNTOWN AS IT CONTINUES TO GROW.

WE THANK THE PARTNERSHIP FOR THEIR COLLABORATION.




IT'S REALLY CRITICAL TO OUR SUCCESS.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION UNLESS THERE ARE ANY

QUESTIONS.

11:07:42 >>BILL CARLSON:
QUESTIONS?

ANY QUESTIONS?

OKAY.

11:07:47 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
MS. VAN LOAN?

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION.

JUST A FEW QUESTIONS.

THE POP UP, I WALKED BY IT.

I FOUND AREAS THAT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS WELL DONE AND I

COMPLIMENT THE PARTNERSHIP FOR DOING THAT IN A CREATIVE

WAY.

MY CONCERN HAS ALWAYS BEEN IF I WAS A RESTAURANT ALONG

FRANKLIN STREET OR WHATEVER, AND DURING COVID AND ALL OF

A YOU HAD SUDDEN A QUASI-GOVERNMENT AGENCY SORT OF DOES

ALL OF THIS AND DOES A POP-UP THAT'S IN COMPETITION WITH

ME FOR LUNCH OR DINNER OR WHATEVER TIME THEY ARE OPEN,

PROBABLY JUST LUNCH, BUT THAT CONCERNS ME A LITTLE BIT.

I HAD DISCUSSION WITH AMONG STAFF OR WITH THE CAC.

THAT'S MY FIRST QUESTION.

MY SECOND QUESTION IS, I WAS YESTERDAY IN DOWNTOWN

ST. PETERSBURG, AND MILES AND MILES STARTING AT THE BAY

AND ALL THE WAY UP INTO THE EDGE DISTRICT, ET CETERA, AND




ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SEE THAT THEY ARE DOING IS THEY

HAD COVID OUTDOOR SEATING, AND NOW IT LOOKS LIKE -- IT

LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE CONTINUING TO ALLOW THAT COVID

OUTDOOR SEATING, WHICH REALLY FEELS ALMOST EUROPEAN, YOU

KNOW, WITH ALL -- WHEN YOU GO TO EUROPE AND IT HAS LOTS

OF OUTDOOR DINING, AND IT ALWAYS GIVES SUCH AN OPEN

PLEASURABLE FEEL, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR CLIMATE BEING

CONDUCIVE TO THAT AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR.

I AM JUST WONDERING IF WE ALLOW THAT, WOULD LOOK INTO

CONTINUED OUTDOOR DINING LIKE WE DID DURING COVID, SAFETY

AND THAT.

THOSE ARE MY TWO QUESTIONS.

11:09:57 >> YES, THANK YOU.

THOSE ARE VERY GREAT POINTS THAT YOU BRING UP.

AND RELATING TO THE POP-UP SPACE AND THE COMPETITION, SO

TO SPEAK, I THINK THE MORE AVAILABILITY OF RESTAURANTS

AND DINING OPTIONS ARE ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE THEM

CONCENTRATED IN ONE AREA.

AND GOING BACK TO THE DOWNTOWN SURVEY, ONE OF THE KEY

COMPONENTS THAT CAME UP AS AN OPPORTUNITY WAS CONSUMER

GOOD OPTIONS, AND THE RESIDENTS AND WORKERS DOWNTOWN

WANTED TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE MORE VENDING AND

ACTIVATION WITHIN PARKS AND LONGER HOURS OF OPERATIONS

FOR BUSINESSES.

AND EVEN RETAIL OPTIONS.




SO IT'S NOT JUST TO HAVE THE AVAILABILITY FOR FOOD AND

HAVE THAT CONVENIENCE STOP AND GO LUNCH TYPE OPTION.

I KNOW THAT FOR THE SQUARE, THEY ARE DOING 45 DAYS OF THE

BRUNCH -- I'M SORRY, THE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH OPTION, AND

THEN THEY ARE GOING TO SWITCH TO A LUNCH EARLY DINNER

OPTION.

SO THEY WANT TO SEE AND FEEL WHAT THE COMMUNITY ENJOYS

AND RESPONDS TO.

BUT HAVING THAT CONVENIENCE ITEM IS SOMETHING THAT THE

SURVEY YIELDED OR RESULTS THAT WERE HIGHLY FAVORABLE.

AND THEN TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT HAVING MORE

OUTDOOR CAFE TYPE SEATING, LOCAL WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN

ALLOWING SOME OF THAT TO BE EXPANDED DOWNTOWN, AND WITHIN

OUR NEIGHBORING NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

SO THE PARTNERSHIP ALSO ADVOCATED FOR CONVERTING SOME

PARKING SPACES INTO EXTENDED OUTDOOR SEATING AND CAFES.

BUT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT IF WE WANTED TO EXPAND

ON THAT AND ALLOW LONGER TERM, WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH

THE CITY AND OUR CODE REQUIREMENTS TO MAKE IT A MORE

PERMANENT INSTALLATION, AND THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK

TO COUNCIL.

BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT THAT.

11:11:45 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
WELL, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE REST OF

COUNCIL FEELS.

I SUSPECT MR. CARLSON WOULD BE A BIG SUPPORTER OF THAT




INASMUCH AS HE'S TRAVELED AROUND THE WORLD.

AND KNOWS WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT.

I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED TO DO IT BY MOTION OR JUST LET YOU

GUYS CONTINUE TO LOOK INTO IT.

I KNOW IT WOULD INVOLVE CITY STAFF, AND KNOW THAT IT

MIGHT INVOLVE SOME CODE ISSUES, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY

WORTHWHILE.

I ENCOURAGE ANYBODY LISTENING TO TAKE A CRUISE UP AND

DOWN CENTRAL AVENUE IN ST. PETERSBURG AND SEE WHAT I AM

TALKING ABOUT.

IT'S JUST THRIVING.

AND THAT WAS ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

AND IN REGARD TO THE POP-UP DOWN ON THE SQUARE, I AGREE

WITH YOU 100% THAT THE CITIZENS, THE RESIDENTS, I'M SURE

ARE THRILLED.

I'M JUST A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE BUSINESS

COMPETITION, YOU KNOW, WITH THE OTHER RESTAURANTS.

LET'S PROCEED CAUTIOUSLY ON THAT.

WE DON'T WANT TO BE PERCEIVED AS COME PETITIONING WITH

THE FOLKS THAT ARE THERE.

11:12:58 >>BILL CARLSON:
ANYTHING ELSE?

ANYBODY ELSE?

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

NEXT?




11:13:05 >> GOOD MORNING.

WEST TAMPA DREW PARK CRA MANAGER.

BRING THE PRESENTATION UP, PLEASE.

I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT THE WEST TAMPA CAC

CONTINUE TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL MEETING OUT THERE.

WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DISCUSSING OUR BUDGET FOR

PROGRAMS AND BUDGETS FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

IN ADDITION WE ARE GOING THROUGH SEVERAL LITTLE GRANT

PROGRAMS SO WE CAN IMPLEMENT OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY.

THE CAC HAS BEEN GETTING VERY INVOLVED WITH TRAINING, BUT

THAT THE CRA HAS BEEN PUTTING TOGETHER FOR THEM,

PARLIAMENTARY TRAININGS AND STRATEGIC ACTION PLANS, AND

CRPs SO THEY CAN MAKE SURE THEY ARE IN LINE WITH THOSE.

OUR SUBCOMMITTEES, THEY ARE STILL VERY ACTIVE.

OUR NEW ARTS SUBCOMMITTEE IS GETTING A VOICE WITHIN OUR

SUBCOMMITTEES, SO WE ARE HOPING THEY PRODUCE VERY GOOD

PROJECTS FOR THE WEST TAMPA AREA.

IN ADDITION OUR INFRASTRUCTURE SUBCOMMITTEE, THEY ARE

PLANNING A COMMUNITY CLEAN-UP WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT IMPLEMENTED FAIRLY QUICKLY AND

GET THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN THAT.

AS FAR AS THE WEST TAMPA INDIRECT ACTIVITIES, WHICH ALSO

ADDRESS ACTIVITIES SINCE WE ARE VERY INVOLVED WITH MAIN

STREET CORRIDOR STUDY, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT BEING LED

BY RANDY GOERS AND FRANK HALL ARE UNDERTAKING THAT




CORRIDOR STUDY.

A LOT OF GRANT PROGRAMS HAVE COME BECAUSE OF THE MEETINGS

WE HAVE HAD WITH PROPERTY OWNERS, REALTORS, DEVELOPERS,

COMMUNITY RESIDENTS, SO WE KIND OF FOUND OUT WHAT SOME OF

THE IMPEDIMENTS ARE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE ARE TAILORING THESE GRANT PROGRAMS AFTER THE

INTERVIEWS.

I WILL KIND OF GOING THROUGH INDIRECT ACTIVITY.

THESE ARE ONGOING CONTINUING PROJECTS THAT ARE OCCURRING

IN WEST TAMPA.

TECO, THEY ARE CONTINUING THE EXTENSION OF POWER OVER TO

THE WEST RIVER.

THIS HAS BEEN VERY MINIMAL DISRUPTION TO THE COMMUNITY.

ALSO, THE WEST RIVER PROJECT, THEY ARE STILL UNDER

CONSTRUCTION, DRIVING DOWN 275, YOU CAN SEE THAT.

THEY ARE GOING UP QUICKLY, AND NOW SOME OF THE DECORATIVE

FEATURES STARTING TO BE INSTALLED ON THE BUILDINGS.

AS FAR AS OTHER PROJECTS ON HOWARD, ARMENIA, OVER BY

STATE AND LEMON, THAT CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD AS WELL.

THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT NORTH OF

KENNEDY, AND IN THE WEST TAMPA AREA AND THE WHOLE SQUARE,

246 SQUARE UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX.

THAT'S GOING UP SMOOTHLY.

WE STILL HAVE ROME CLOSED OFF TO THE COMMUNITY.

BUT THE COMMUNITY SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE AROUND




THAT BARRIER FAIRLY SMOOTHLY.

AND ANY ISSUES THAT ARISE THEY CAN GIVE ME A CALL, OR

GIVE THE CITY A CALL AND WE CAN TALK TO DEVELOPERS AND

CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES OUT THERE.

HOWARD, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE OPEN VERY SOON.

IT'S MOVING VERY QUICKLY, AT THE VETERINARY HOSPITAL ON

HOWARD.

THEN THE SPINE CYCLE TRACK IS MOVING, I DON'T KNOW WHEN

IT'S GOING TO BE COMPLETE BUT HOPEFULLY FAIRLY SOON.

SAME THING WITH CYPRESS STREET OUTFALL STORMWATER

PROJECT.

WITH SUMMER AND A LOT OF RAIN COMING, THIS PROJECT IS

GREAT FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND IT'S ALLEVIATING A LOT OF

FLOODING OUT THERE.

IT CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD ON KENNEDY.

IT'S KIND OF A SLOW PROJECT BUT IT IS MOVING FORWARD, THE

GODDARD SCHOOL.

THAT CONCLUDES FOR WEST TAMPA, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

11:17:29 >>BILL CARLSON:
ANY QUESTIONS?

NO?

OKAY, NEXT.

11:17:33 >> THANK YOU.

DREW PARK, WE JUST CONCLUDED OUR STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN.

WE THANK YOU FOR APPROVING THAT LAST MONTH.

SO OUR CAC, WE ARE STARTING TO MEET TO STRATEGIZE ON OUR




BUDGET SO WE CAN START IMPLEMENTING THAT ACTION PLAN.

AND WE HAVE A MEETING SET UP FOR NEXT WEEK SO WE CAN MOVE

THAT FORWARD.

IN ADDITION SOME OF THE STREET PROJECTS, THE SIDEWALK

PROJECTS OUT THERE BEING COMPLETED, AND IT'S ALSO ON OUR

STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN.

WE ARE GOING TO START DISCUSSING CONNECTIVITY AND

SIDEWALK PROJECTS FOR THE DREW PARK AREA, IN ADDITION TO

MANY OTHER PROJECTS.

SOME OF THE OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT WE ARE DOING OUT THERE

WHICH ARE KIND OF INDIRECT ACTIVITIES, WE ARE STARTING TO

LOOK AT BEAUTIFICATION FOR CERTAIN AREAS AROUND THE AREA,

THE JAFET CENTER IS ALREADY MOVING IN TENANTS SO WE ARE

STARTING TO LOOK AT PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE AREA.

THIS ONE IS A VERY INTERESTING PROJECT.

THIS ONE IS LED BY THE ARTS CENTER AND WE HAD ONE OF THE

COUNCIL MEMBERS WAS THERE LAST MONTH, ALSO ON OUR CAC,

STARTING TO INITIATE THE DOCUMENT RIP FOR DREW PARK.

VERY INTERESTING.

WE HAVE A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS FROM THE COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN

OUT THERE FOR SOME 40 YEARS.

SOME OF THOSE STORIES ARE VERY INTERESTING.

MARTIZA ASTORQUIZA.

IT'S BEING LED AND FUNDED BY OUR ARTS CENTER.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.




11:19:21 >>BILL CARLSON:
ANY QUESTIONS?

MR. GUDES?

11:19:26 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
THIS MIGHT BE A MS. VAN LOAN QUESTION.

I SEE ALL THE STRATEGIC ACTIONS ARE GOING TO BE COMING

BACK SOON.

IS EACH INDIVIDUAL CRA GOING TO HIRE TO DO SOMEBODY TO DO

THEIR PLAN OR DO YOU PLAN ON HIRING A PERSON?

I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.

11:19:41 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
DUE TO THE COST AND PURCHASING

REQUIREMENTS WE HAVE TO GO OUT FOR RFP.

SO UNLESS EVERYBODY IS ON THE EXACT SAME TIME, AND THAT

WOULD BE A REALLY LARGE PROJECT FOR ANY ONE PLANNING

COMPANY TO DO, BUT EACH ONE TO GET SENT OUT FOR AN RFP

INDIVIDUALLY BECAUSE OUR PURCHASING REQUIREMENTS.

ALSO, WHEN YOU HAVE SOME OF THE MANAGERS HANDLING MORE

THAN ONE CRA IT WOULD BE A LOT OF WORK FOR THEM TO TRY

AND DO TWO SAPs FOR THE SAME TIME.

11:20:13 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
I THINK IN THE PAST WE DIDN'T HAVE

ANYBODY MONITORING THE ACTION PLAN IN THE PAST.

11:20:16 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
JUST OUR STAFF.

11:20:19 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
I THINK WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE US SPEND THIS MONEY ON ACTION PLAN

FOR THE CITY AND NOT BEING FOLLOWED THROUGH.

SO WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND MAKING SURE THAT THE

CRAs, A PERSON HIRED TO MAKE SURE THEY FULFILL THE




REQUIREMENTS.

11:20:39 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
ALL OF THE CACs AT THE END HAVE A

SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND THEN OUR NORMAL COURSE OF ACTION AS A CRA MANAGER

THEN WORKS WITH THE CAC TO ASSIGN THOSE INITIATIVES AND

THE PRIORITIES TO THEIR SUBCOMMITTEES, AND TO PUT THEM

THROUGH THEIR CRA BASED ON THEIR PRIORITIES TO GET THOSE

INITIATIVES MOVED FORWARD.

I THINK A LOT OF ISSUES MANY OF OUR SAPs HAVE BEEN

SINCE 2009 AND A LOT OF THINGS DATED AND FIZZLED AFTER

THE RECESSION, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH MONEY TO WORK

WITH.

11:21:11 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
I KNOW WE HAVE MONEY NOW, AND SOME OF

THE OTHER CRAs ARE THRIVING, BUT I KNOW A COUPLE IN

PARTICULAR AREN'T THRIVING.

I KNOW THEY ARE SAYING COME BACK, AND LOOK AT THESE

PROJECTS, BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE IF WE HIRE SOMEBODY,

THAT THEY NEED TO BE ON FIRE GETTING THOSE PROJECTS DONE,

SO WE CAN SEE THE REAL RESULTS.

THAT'S MY BIGGEST THING, MAKING SURE WHEN IT COMES BACK,

READY TO GO.

THANK YOU.

11:21:40 >>BILL CARLSON:
MR. DINGFELDER.

11:21:42 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

MR. GUDES, GOOD POINT.




IN REGARD TO THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN, THE DEVELOPMENT

OF A NEW ONE, I THINK I SAID THIS IN THE PAST, IS I THINK

IT'S FANTASTIC THAT THE CONSULTANT GOES OUT AND

COMMUNICATES WITH THE COMMUNITY AND CAC, BUT I ALSO WANT

TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CIRCLE BACK AND TALK TO EACH

INDIVIDUAL CRA MEMBER ABOUT THE SAPs THAT THEY ARE

WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, TO SEE -- I MEAN, JOE CITRO SAT ON

SELF, COUNCILMAN GUDES IS INTIMATELY INVOLVED, MR.

CARLSON, ET CETERA.

THERE MIGHT BE REALLY UNIQUE INPUT THAT EACH

COUNCILMEMBER PAST CRA BOARD MEMBER MIGHT HAVE IN THE SAP

PROCESS, EARLY IN THE SAP PROCESS.

SO MICHELLE, UNLESS SOMEBODY DISAGREES, OR YOU DISAGREE,

I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TELL THE CONSULTANT TO GET IN

TOUCH WITH US AND INCLUDE US IN THEIR SURVEY EITHER

VERBALLY OR WRITTEN.

IN REGARDS TO THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN, COUNCILMAN

GUDES, I THINK WHAT HAPPENED IS WE JUST HIRE THEM TO

START THE PLAN AND DO THE PLAN, HAND US THE PLAN, AND

THEN THEY ARE DONE.

SO IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE PLANS,

THAT FALLS TO STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY AND US.

SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY IT.

11:23:26 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
QUICKLY TO RESPOND TO YOU,

COINCIDENTALLY BRENDA WAS ASKING FOR PROTOCOL FOR




REACHING OUT TO ALL OF YOU TO SET UP YOUR ONE-ON-ONE

MEETINGS WITH PETE SECHOR FROM EAST TAMPA SO YOU WILL BE

HEARING FROM THEM NEXT WEEK TO GET THOSE MEETINGS SET UP.

LASTLY IN BE MY REPORT I WILL TALK ABOUT THE STAFFING

THAT COUNCILMAN GUDES IS REFERRING TO.

11:23:50 >>BILL CARLSON:
IS THAT ALL THE REPORTS?

11:23:59 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
FOR THE MONTHLY REPORT, YES.

11:24:01 >>BILL CARLSON:
ONE QUICK COMMENT OR SUGGESTION.

I THINK A COUPLE YEARS AGO YOU SEPARATED DIRECT IMPACT

FROM INDIRECT IMPACT.

I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE SPEND TWO THIRD OR THREE QUARTERS

OF THE TIME ON THE DIRECT IMPACT AND IT'S OKAY TO LIST

THE INDIRECT BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THE INDIRECT HAS TAKEN

OVER HALF OR MOST OF THE PRESENTATION.

IT'S GOOD TO KNOW BUT I THINK WITH THE CRA HAT, TALKING

ABOUT CRA, AND WITH THE CITY HAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE

CITY.

OKAY, NEXT.

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATIONS.

11:24:35 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
NEXT WOULD BE ITEM NUMBER 5 AND 6.

AND I WILL BE HANDLING THAT.

JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON YOUR COMMENT FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE,

BASED ON SOME OF THE DISCUSSION WE HAVE BEEN HEARING, WE

WILL BE CHANGING UP JUST FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE OUR

MONTHLY REPORT, AND WE WILL BE GIVING YOU A TWO-YEAR LIST




OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

SO IT WILL NOT BE JUST THE ACTIVITIES FOR THE MONTH WHEN

WE COME TO YOU IN JUNE.

EACH CRA MANAGER WILL BE COMING BACK TO HAND YOU A LIST

OF SINCE YOU ALL ELECTED MAY 1st IN 2019, UNDER THE

PURVIEW AS ALL OF YOU AS OUR CRA BOARD, WHAT HAS THE CRAS

ACCOMPLISHED?

SO WE WILL BE COMING FORWARD WITH A TWO-YEAR REPORT OF

OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS UNDER YOUR GUIDANCE ON JURISDICTION,

AND OUR MONTHLY REPORT FOR JUNE.

WITH THAT I WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 4, WITH I IS MY

REPORT.

I APOLOGIZE IF I WAS HAVING YOU IN A PRIVATE ROOM AND WE

WERE ALL DOING A REGULAR TEAMS MEETING.

I WOULD HAVE YOU ALL GET UP AND WALK AROUND AND GET YOUR

BLOOD FLOWING FOR THIS LAST 45 MINUTES OF OUR MEETING SO

HOPEFULLY YOU ARE STILL WITH ME.

SO REAL QUICKLY LAST MONTH, WE HAD THE EAST TAMPA DOWN

PAYMENT ASSISTANCE GRANT THAT IS IN EAST TAMPA.

THIS IS THE PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS OUR RESIDENTS TO GET

ADDITIONAL DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.

WHEN WE FIRST BROUGHT THIS TO YOU A COUPLE YEARS AGO IT

INCLUDED THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE HOMEOWNER EDUCATION

CLASSES, THERE WAS A SECOND SET OF CLASSES ADDED A

REQUIREMENT IN EAST TAMPA TO GET THE EAST TAMPA MONEY.




HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, LATOSHA HICKS HAS BEEN

HAVING CLASSES.

CDC ASKED IF WE COULD ELIMINATE THE DUPLICATION OF

CLASSES.

COUNCILMAN GUDES BROUGHT UP SOME CONCERNS WHEN WE BROUGHT

THIS FORWARD AT OUR LAST CRA BOARD MEETING.

SINCE THEN WE HAVE TALKED TO COUNCILMAN GUDES AND ABBYE

FEELEY AND HENDERSON DID TALK ABOUT THE CLASSES, WHAT

HAPPENS, THE FOLLOW-UP, AND HIS CONCERNS.

KAYAM AND ABBEY PROVIDED TO THE COUNCILMEN, THE CLASSES

THAT ARE HANDLED BY THE FOUR COUNSELING AGENCIES, THAT

HDC USES, ARE A MANUAL, AND MRS. HICKS WAS ALSO FOR THE

EAST TAMPA USING THAT SAME EXACT MANUAL IN THE CLASSES

THAT WE WERE REQUIRING THE EAST TAMPA RESIDENTS TO TAKE.

SO THE EAST TAMPA RESIDENTS WERE BASICALLY TAKING AND

RECEIVING THE SAME INFORMATION FROM THE SAME MANUAL

TWICE.

MANY OF THE RESIDENTS, I SIGNED OFF I THINK ON 6 OR 7 OF

THOSE RESIDENTS THAT RECEIVED THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE

FROM EAST TAMPA, I BELIEVE ALL OF THEM WERE SINGLE WOMEN.

ALL OF THE NAMES I SIGNED OFF ON WERE WOMEN'S NAMES.

AND HE HAVE TIME, AND MANY OF THEM ARE SINGLE MOTHERS.

SO WHEN THEY COME TO THESE CLASSES THEORY HAVING TO GO

GET DAYCARE, HAVING TO FIND SOMEONE TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR

KID.




SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT COUNCILMAN GUDES BROUGHT UP

WERE ISSUES NOT WITH THE COUNCIL SERVICES THEMSELVES AND

INFORMATION OF CLASSES BUT THE INFORMATION THAT COMES TO

THESE POTENTIAL HOMEOWNERS AFTER THE CLASSES, AFTER THE

DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, AFTER THEY BECOME HOMEOWNERS, OR

TO HELP THEM BECOME HOMEOWNERS IN THAT PROCESS ONCE THEY

LEAF THE CLASSES.

HCD IS WORKING WITH HOUSING COUNSELORS TO PROVIDE THE

SERVICES AND THAT IS SEPARATE THAN THE ACTUAL CLASSES

THESE.

THEY ARE AWARE OF THAT GAP.

THEY APPRECIATED THE FEEDBACK.

BUT THE INFORMATION THAT COUNCILMAN GUDES IS CONCERNED

WITH WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED IN THOSE CLASSES THAT WE

WERE DOING AS A REQUIREMENT AS PART OF THE EAST TAMPA

MONEY.

SO WE ARE AGAIN REQUESTING THAT THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE

DUPLICATION OF THOSE EDUCATIONAL CLASSES BE DROPPED FROM

OUR REQUIREMENT FOR THE EAST TAMPA FUND.

AND I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

11:28:27 >>BILL CARLSON:
ANY QUESTIONS?

ALL RIGHT.

NEXT.

11:28:29 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
IF I COULD HAVE A MOTION BECAUSE

THE ORIGINAL PROGRAM WAS ADOPTED WITH THAT REQUIREMENT.




11:28:37 >>BILL CARLSON:
MOTION FROM MR. GUDES.

SECOND FROM MR. MANISCALCO.

ALL IN FAVOR?

DO WE NEED TO DO ROLL CALL?

DO WE NEED TO DO ROLL CALL?

ALL IN FAVOR?

YAY.

ANY OPPOSED?

OKAY, MOTION CARRIED.

11:28:52 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
THANK YOU SO MUCH.

11:28:54 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
WHEN THEY ADOPT THE NEW RULES AND

REGULATIONS, HOME OWNERSHIP AND SO FORTH,LET MAKE SURE I

GET A COPY.

I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

GENTLEMEN, THE REASON I DID, FOLKS DON'T GO TO CLASSES

BUT THEY DON'T KNOW HOW, IF SOMETHING BREAKS, THERE'S A

LOT OF STUFF INTERTWINED, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT

STUFF THAT FOLKS AREN'T ABLE TO GET, OR SHOULD GET TO BE

SUCCESSFUL.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE SUCCESSFUL IN HOME

OWNERSHIP.

THANK YOU AGAIN TO MRS. FEELEY AND CAROL AND MS. VAN LOAN

FOR ASSISTING.

11:29:44 >>BILL CARLSON:
THANK YOU FOR ASKING THE QUESTIONS, TOO.

NEXT.




11:29:47 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
IF I CAN HAVE THE PowerPoint

BACK.

THANK YOU.

SO THE MAIN PART OF MY DISCUSSION THIS MORNING IS THE

DOWNTOWN CRA.

WE HAVE BEEN SINCE JANUARY, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT

THE DOWNTOWN AND CULTURAL ASSETS.

SINCE THE STRAZ CAME AT THE JANUARY CRA BOARD MEETING AND

REQUESTED $25 MILLION FROM THE CRA.

SO I WANTED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH ALL OF YOU FOR

THOSE WATCHING AT HOME AND FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, I WILL

NOT BE GOING THROUGH THE FULL SPREADSHEET.

I AM JUST PULLING IT UP TO POINT OUT CERTAIN ITEMS.

SO I WANTED TO PROVIDE CONTEXT AND SHOW YOU WHAT IS

POSSIBLE.

AND SOME OF THE RIPPLE EFFECTS FROM THAT JANUARY CRA

BOARD MEETING.

11:30:31 >>BILL CARLSON:
WE HAVE TO PAUSE FOR A MINUTE BECAUSE WE

DON'T HAVE -- WHY DON'T WE TAKE A QUICK FIVE-MINUTE

BREAK?

WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO 12.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN FINISH BEFORE 12 BUT IF WE CAN GET

BACK QUICKLY.

11:30:48 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
I PLAN TO FINISH BY 12.

11:30:52 >>BILL CARLSON:
GREAT.




THANK YOU.

WE ARE ON BREAK.

[ CITY COUNCIL RECESS ]

11:36:08 >>BILL CARLSON:
WE ARE BACK.

THANKS TO EVERYBODY FOR GETTING BACK SO QUICKLY.

ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

11:36:12 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
HERE.

11:36:17 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
HERE.

11:36:19 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HERE.

11:36:20 >>LUIS VIERA:
HERE.

11:36:21 >>BILL CARLSON:
HERE.

11:36:23 >>THE CLERK:
WE HAVE A FISCAL QUORUM.

11:36:26 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

SO THIS SLIDE AGAIN, I AM NOT GOING INTO DETAIL.

I JUST WANTS TO SHOW WITH THIS SLIDE THAT IF WE DO FUND

CULTURAL ASSETS AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR CULTURAL

ASSETS THAT ALL OUR CURRENTS COMMITMENTS WOULD CONTINUE

TO BE FUNDED SO THAT WOULD BE THE CONVENTION CENTER

PROJECTS, IT WOULD BE THE CURRENT LOAN FOR THE CONVENTION

CENTER, IT WOULD BE THE REMAINDER OF OUR COMMITMENT TO

THE WATER STREET STRUCTURE, THE ANNUAL STREET CAR

OPERATIONS, AND A FEW SMALL CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE

COMMITTED TO OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.

I WANTED TO FOCUS IN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CHART.

SINCE THE STRAZ CAME TO US AND ASKED FOR THE REQUEST FOR




CAPITAL PROJECTS, TALKING ABOUT 5 MILLION FOR 3 YEARS, 5

MILLION FOR 5 YEARS, THINKING WE WOULD NEED TO SPREAD THE

MONEY OVER, BUT WE HAVE THE CAPACITY IF WE CHOOSE TO FUND

THIS, TO DO IT WITHIN THEIR ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION YEARS.

SO SINCE JANUARY, WE HAVE PUT ON THIS CHART THE OTHER

REQUESTS THAT HAVE COME TO US, SEVERAL CRA BOARD MEMBERS

ARE SENT SOME OF THE CULTURAL ASSETS TO US.

WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AND ANTICIPATING REQUESTS THAT MAY

COME TO US IN THE FUTURE, AND ALL OF THESE EXCEPT FOR

JACKSON HOUSE ARE ON PROPERTY THAT THE CITY HAS AN

OWNERSHIP INTEREST.

SO WITH THE STRAZ, THEY ASKED FOR 25 MILLION.

THEIR CONSTRUCTION YEARS WOULD BE FY 23-24.

IF IT WAS APPROVED FOR FUNDING WE COCK BREAK IT UP AS 15

AND 10 MILLION AS SHOWN.

JACKSON HOUSE HAS NOT REQUESTED FUNDING BUT JUST IN CASE

IT WAS NEEDED WE COULD PUT IN THE BUDGET, AND OF THAT

OUNT WE COULD PUT IN THE ANY OF THE FISCAL YEARS AS

KNEED.

UNION STATION AT CITY COUNCIL, YOU HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING

REACTIVATING UNION STATION.

YOU RECEIVED A REPORT ON THE AMOUNT OF WORK IT WOULD TAKE

TO REPLACE OUT THE WINDOWS AND MAKE SOME OF THE OTHER

REPAIRS AND ADDITIONAL RESTROOM AND PLUMBING FACILITIES

TO ACCOMMODATES MORE PEOPLE AT THE FACILITY.




AGAIN IF THAT REQUEST CAME TO US AS A CRA WE WANTED TO

MAKE SURE THAT WE ACCOMMODATED AND LOOKED AT THE BUDGET

BASED ON THAT.

WE HAVE HAD TWO ADDITIONAL CULTURAL ASSETS.

THEY HAVE COME TO TALK TO US ABOUT REQUESTS.

I WILL REFER TO THEM AS B AND C FOR THE MOMENT.

ONE IS REQUESTING 8 .75 MILLION.

THIS WOULD BE PHASE 1 OF THEIR THREE PHASE PROJECT.

THEY ARE ONLY REQUESTING FUNDING FOR PHASE 1 BECAUSE THEY

WANTED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF COVID AND HAVING LIMITED OR

NO CAPACITY AT THE MOMENT WITH PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AT

THEIR BUILDING.

AND SOAP IF THEY CAN KNOCK OUT THE PHASE 1 WHICH WOULD

ADDRESS ALL THE MAJOR PUBLIC AREAS OF THEIR FACILITY,

THEN THEIR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN CAN HANDLE PHASE 2 AND 3, AND

THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE OPENED BY THE EARLY CALENDAR YEAR

FY 22.

THE THIRD CULTURAL ASSETS IS LOOKING FOR A 12.5 MILLION

REQUEST.

THAT IS PHASE 3 OF A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN, AND

THEY WOULD FUND FULLY FUND THROUGH THEIR OWN PRIVATE

FUNDRAISING PHASE 1 AND 2.

SO I AM JUST SHOWING ALL OF UP IF WE DID THIS, COULD THE

BUDGET HANDLE IT AND WHAT WOULD OUR BUDGET BALANCES BE AT

THE END OF THE YEAR?




WE CONTINUES TO USE A FAIRLY CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE FOR

REFUSE NEWS, AS WE DO NOT HAVE OUR REVENUE ESTIMATES FROM

THE COUNTY YET, AND WE WON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS UNTIL

ABOUT JUNE 7th TO 10th.

SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE USING ADAPTIVE PLUS 5% EVERY YEAR

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FY 22, 23 AND 24 BUT WE DID ADD A

LITTLE MORE REVENUE KNOWING THAT WEIGHED SOME LARGE

BUILDINGS COMING ONLINE AND COMING OTHER THAN THE TAX

ROLLS.

LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THAT IN ORDER TO MAKE

ALL OF THIS HAPPEN, WE WOULD BE FUNDING THE $32 MILLION

CONTRACT FOR THE NEW RECRUITMENTS FOR THE CONVENTION

CENTER WITH A LOAN.

RIGHT NOW, I JUST PUT IN 6-YEAR LOAN.

IF YOU WERE TO FUND ALL OF THESE REQUESTS.

OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU FUND LESS OF THESE REQUESTS, WE COULD

FUND THE CONVENTION CENTER WITH A SHORTER TERM LOAN.

SO AGAIN MY PURPOSE IN BRINGING THIS TO YOU IS SO THAT

YOU CAN SEE CONTEXT, AS I HAVE DISCUSSED AT PREVIOUS

MEETINGS FOR UNDERSTANDING, HERE IS THE REQUESTS THAT ARE

COMING TO YOU.

IT COULD HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON OUR BUDGET IF WE LOOKED AT

THEM ALL AS SINGULAR EVENTS OR REQUESTS.

I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WHITE SECTION,

YOU SEE NEIGHBORHOOD INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, 3




MILLION.

AND THEN IN FY 25 AT THE BOTTOM I HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW

THE 2.1 MILLION.

THOSE APPROXIMATELY A LITTLE OVER $5 MILLION WOULD BE

YOUR WIGGLE ROOM IF REFUSE NEWS CAME IN EXACTLY AS

PROJECTED AND THERE WERE NOT ADDITIONAL REVENUES OR

ADDITIONAL INCREASE ABOVE OUR CONSERVATIVE PROJECTIONS.

SO YOU STILL HAVE SOME MONEY WITHIN THE BUDGET, WITHIN

THE NEIGHBORHOOD INFRASTRUCTURE, AND YOUR FUND BALANCE,

SHOULD OTHER ITEMS COME UP.

IF YOU LOOKED AT DECIDING THAT THE CRA WOULD FOCUS ON OUR

CULTURAL ASSETS AND SPEND THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS TO

REALLY INVEST IN OUR CULTURAL ASSETS AS A DISTRICT, IT

WOULD GET YOU BY 2025 THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR PUBLIC

ASSETS AND OUR BIG ATTRACTING PUBLIC ASSETS AND SOME OF

OUR LARGER PUBLIC ASSETS WOULD ALL BE UPGRADED AND ALL BE

FULLY OPENED TO THE PUBLIC BY THE END OF FY 25 OR

APPROXIMATELY FY 25.

THIS GIVES YOU A ARTS AND PERFORMANCE ALL AT ONCE VERSUS

PIECEMEALING IT ALL THE TIME AND DOWNTOWN WOULD BE ARTS

AND PERFORMANCE DISTRICT FOR FLORIDA'S WEST COAST.

ON THE OTHER HAND, IT WILL LIMIT YOUR ABILITY, AND I USE

THE WORD LIMIT, WON'T PREVENT YOU BUT WILL LIMIT YOUR

ABILITY FOR THE CRA TO FINANCIALLY SUPPORT OTHER PROJECTS

UNTIL OUR FY 26 BUDGET.




SO IF THERE IS ANY ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION

THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, ANY ADDITIONAL ROADWAYS, WE COULD

BEGIN THE DESIGN, WE COULD DO SOME SMALL PROJECTS, BUT

WITH A LITTLE OVER 5 MILLION BALANCE WE WOULD NOT HAVE

ANY CREDIBLE CAPACITY TO DO LIKE THE FULL CONSTRUCTION OF

A ROAD PROJECT.

ANY TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS THAT WOULD START CONSTRUCTION

BEFORE FY 26, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO COME TO THE CRA TO

ASK THEM TO PARTICIPATE.

SO WHETHER THAT IS A STREETCAR EXTENSION OR ANY OF THE

OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE OUT THERE IN SORT OF CONCEPTUAL

PHASE RIGHT NOW, WE WOULD BE IN A HEALTHY POSITION

STARTING IN FY 26 TO PARTICIPATE, BUT WE WOULD BE RATHER

LIMITED BEFORE THAT, AND ANY OTHER LAND ACQUISITION

OPPORTUNITIES, OR ANY OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUNDING.

SO AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IN A

LONGER IS JUST ABOUT THE STRAZ AND A ONE-TIME, ONE-ASSET.

IT IS WHAT IS YOUR PRIORITY FOR MOVING FORWARD, AND DO

YOU WANT TO FOCUS AS THE CRA AGENCY, AND REALLY TRY AND

KNOCK OUT YOUR CULTURAL ASSETS?

OR DO YOU WANTS TO TAKE A MORE LIMITED APPROACH AND COME

UP WITH MAYBE PORTIONS, AND DO SMALLER AMOUNTS.

11:43:41 >>BILL CARLSON:
DO YOU JUST NEED FEEDBACK OR A MOTION?

11:43:45 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
NO, TODAY WE ARE JUST LOOKING FOR

FEEDBACK BECAUSE THE CULTURAL ASSET, IF THE CRA BOARD




DOES NOT SEEM INCLINED TO GONE IN THIS DIRECTION, THEY

ARE NOT GOING TO -- COME OUT AND PUBLICLY ASK FOR THE

MONEY, AND WE ALSO NEED TO KNOW SINCE WE HAVE BEEN TASKED

TO COME UP WITH A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE STRAZ,

WHICH DIRECTION YOU WANT TO GO, AND WITH THAT I AM GOING

TO QUICKLY TURN IT OVER TO MORRIS.

11:44:07 >>MORRIS MASSEY:
COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, DID YOU HAVE

SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO ADD BEFORE I SAID ANYTHING?

11:44:13 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
IF YOU ARE TALKING ON THE SAME ISSUE,

I'LL WAIT.

11:44:16 >>MORRIS MASSEY:
YES, I AM.

I AM WORKING ON A TERM SHEET THAT I SHARED A GRAPH THIS

MORNING WITH DAVID SINGER, THE COUNSEL FOR THE STRAZ,

ABOUT A FUNDING AGREEMENT FOR UP TO $25 MILLION.

WHAT'S A LITTLE CHALLENGING OR DIFFERENT FOR US IS

TYPICALLY PER OUR PAST AGREEMENT, TYPICALLY IN THE PAST,

THE CITY HAS BEEN THE CONSTRUCTING INSTITUTE FOR THE

STRAZ.

SO IN THIS CASE, WE WOULD NOT BE LEADING THE CHARGE.

WE ARE CONTRIBUTING.

BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR MONEY IS USED FOR HARD

COSTS ONLY, AND THAT THE STRAZ HAS, AND WILL HAVE, AND

WILL HAVE AT THE TIME NECESSARY, SUFFICIENT RESOURCES TO

COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT SO IT'S DONE

APPROPRIATELY.




SO THAT'S REALLY THE FOCUS OF WHAT THE TERM SHEET IS

ABOUT.

BUT HOW DO WE DO THAT, WHAT CONDITIONS WILL WE ATTACH THE

CRA MONEY, WHAT OTHER TYPES MUCH CONDITIONS WE ARE

LOOKING AT, INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT GOALS,

WHETHER WE EXPECT THE STRAZ TO WORK TOWARDS MEETING SOME

OF THE SAME MINORITY BUSINESS GOALS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO

THIS BODY, THESE SORTS OF THINGS.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO NAIL DOWN AND

NEGOTIATE WITH THE STRAZ.

THAT'S WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

11:45:48 >>BILL CARLSON:
JUST FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW WE ARE ONLY

TALKING ABOUT DOWNTOWN CRA.

11:45:58 >>MORRIS MASSEY:
RIGHT.

11:45:58 >>BILL CARLSON:
AND IT'S 10 MINUTES TILL 12.

CAN I ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF IT'S OKAY TO GO TILL 12:15?

THANK YOU.

11:46:10 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

THANKS, MICHELLE AND MORRIS FOR THAT UPDATE.

MICHELLE, I THINK IT'S GREAT, THE SPREADSHEET THAT YOU

HAVE SHOWN.

WE HAVE ALL BEEN GETTING PHONE CALLS FROM THESE VARIOUS

CULTURAL ASSETS, A, B AND C, AND NOW D, E and F.

But they are all worthwhile projects, all worthwhile

entities.




SOME ARE BIGGER THAN OTHERS BUT ALL WORTHWHILE IN THEIR

OWN RIGHT.

AND OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU ARE FIXING UP AND REDOING AND

UPDATING A HUGE FACILITY LIKE THE STRAZ, IT TAKES A LOT

OF MONEY.

OUR 25 MILLION IS I THINK ABOUT A THIRD OF THE TOTAL

PRICE TAG WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, AND THE STRAZ, AND

SIMILARLY THE OTHER TWO FACILITIES.

IT'S NOT LIKE THE CRA IS PAYING THE WHOLE THING BUT I

THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT THE CRA, AS LONG AS WE HAVE

THE MONEY RIGHT NOW, OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, THAT WE

ARE NO POSITION TO HELP.

I LIKE THE SPREADSHEET.

I THINK -- MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO

CONCEPTUALLY THAT WE ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT

SPREADSHEET.

IT'S NEITHER HEAR NOR THERE, NOT BINDING OR ANYTHING

ELSE, BUT I DON'T SEE ANY HARM IN IT.

AND I THINK IT DOES TELL EVERYBODY INVOLVED THAT YOU ARE

NOT WASTING YOUR TIME AND CONCEPTUALLY THE CRA BOARD IS

WILLING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE WORTHWHILE PROJECTS.

11:47:51 >>BILL CARLSON:
LET ME GET FEEDBACK FROM EVERYBODY AND

THEN COME BACK TO YOUR MOTION.

11:47:57 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
I THINK MR. DINGFELDER KIND OF ANSWERED

THE QUESTION WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THESE CULTURAL ASSETS,




A AND B AS ANY CULTURAL PROGRAM WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN CRA.

IS THAT RIGHT?

11:48:10 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
THESE WERE AGAIN, EXCEPT FOR THE

JACKSON HOUSE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE GRANT PROGRAM, YOU

ALL ADOPTED FOR THE COVID, WE HAD TARGETED THOSE CULTURAL

ASSETS THAT WERE ON CITY PROPERTY OR CITY HAD OWNERSHIP

IN THE PROPERTY.

SO ALL OF THESE THAT ARE ON THIS LIST, AGAIN EXCEPT FOR

THE JACKSON HOUSE, ARE ONES THAT ARE UNDER OWNERSHIP BY

THE CITY OF TAMPA.

AND SO WE WERE LOOKING IN THAT SAME VEIN THAT THEY WOULD

BE LIMITED.

AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, THAT WE

WOULD LIMIT ANY POTENTIAL FUNDING TO THOSE CULTURAL

ASSETS THAT ARE TIED TO CITY LAND USE AND CITY OWNERSHIP.

11:48:47 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
THIS IS A BUDGET ITEM, A LOT OF

DOLLARS, AND WE ARE MISSING SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I DO KNOW IF YOU MIGHT WANT TO HOLD OFF.

BUT WE ARE MISSING TWO, AND A LOT OF DOLLARS IN THE

BUDGET.

11:49:03 >>BILL CARLSON:
MR. VIERA?

11:49:05 >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

YEAH, I KIND OF AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN GUDES.

THIS MOTION, I GUESS IT SAYS THAT WE ARE WILLING TO DATE

THE IDEA BEFORE WE PUT A RING ON IT SO TO SPEAK AND I




DON'T WANT TO GIVE ANYONE THE WRONG IMPRESSION, SO TO

SPEAK, AND NOUN IT'S SOMETHING I WOULD BE FAVORABLY

INCLINED TOWARDS, BUT, I MEAN, MAYBE WE CAN GET AN

INDIVIDUAL ONE ON ONE SENSE OF COUNCIL, WHICH IT APPEARS

GOOD, BUT THERE'S MORE VETTING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE,

MORE COUNCIL MEMBERS, ET CETERA.

IN OTHER WORDS, I THINK A MOTION AT THIS POINT MAY VERY

WELL BE PREMATURE.

I WOULD BE WILLING TO SUPPORT IT WITH THAT QUALIFICATION,

BUT AGAIN, I JUST LIKE TO BE CAREFUL OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE

OF CAUTION.

SO THE MOTION IS VERY WELL TAKEN, BUT I JUST THINK

THERE'S SOME MINOR CHALLENGES THERE, IN MY OPINION.

11:49:57 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
I THINK WE ARE JUST TRYING TO --

11:50:04 >>MORRIS MASSEY:
I THINK WE ARE JUST TRYING TO GET SOME

INPUT FROM THE CRA BOARD TODAY.

MRS. VAN LOAN AND I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OF WHERE

WE ARE HEADED AND GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE IMPACT HOW WE

PROCEED FURTHER ALONG HOW THAT AFFECTS YOUR BUDGET FOR

THE DOWNTOWN CRA.

SO YOU ALL ARE AWARE.

AND WE CAN PROCEED, I THINK, CONTINUING WORKING ON THESE

VARIOUS PROPOSED GRANTS, BECAUSE IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME

TO NEGOTIATE SOME OF THE ISSUES AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR YOU ALL TODAY.




11:50:39 >>BILL CARLSON:
IF NOBODY ELSE HAS ANY COMMENTS I WILL

WEIGH IN ON MINE.

I THINK WE ALREADY INDICATED, IF WE DIDN'T VOTE,

SUPPORTED SUPPORT FOR THE STRAZ CENTER SO IT'S AN ISSUE

OF QUESTION THEY WOULD GET PAID, AND I'M OKAY WITH THE

PROPOSAL THAT YOU PUT FORWARD ABOUT WHEN THEY WOULD GET

PAID, AS LONG AS THEY ARE OKAY WITH IT.

BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMY TEN YEARS AGO, AND BECAUSE OF THE

CHANGE IN DIRECTION, AFTER THAT, THE ARTS WERE NOT

FUNDED, THEY WERE UNFUNDED FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS, AND

ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, I SHOULD SAY WE OWN THE BUILDINGS,

AND WE ARE NOT KEEPING THEM UP, AND I DON'T WANT TO TALK

ABOUT SOME OF THE SPECIFICS BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT READY TO

GO PUBLIC YET, BUT THERE ARE FACILITIES THAT ARE IN GREAT

NEED OF RESTORATION AND PROTECTION, AND EITHER THE CITY

OR CRA OR COUNTY NEED TO STEP UP AND HELP WITH THAT,

BESIDES WHATEVER THE PRIVATE SECTOR MAY DO.

AND IF WE LOST THESE IMPORTANT ASSETS, BECAUSE OF

CONTINUED UNDERFUNDING, IT WOULD BE A BIG DRAIN ON OUR

COMMUNITY.

AND ALSO I TALKED ON AND ON ABOUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT AND

THE ECONOMIC ENGINE THAT THE ARTS ARE, AND A PLACE WHERE

OUR CHILDREN AND PEOPLE GO TO THE ARTS, NOT JUST TO SEE

THEM BUT TO PARTICIPATE, AND WE NEED THAT TO ATTRACT

THEM.




AND THE OTHER THING, IF WE ARE GOING TO FUND SOMETHING IN

AN AREA THAT DOESN'T HAVE SLUM AND BLIGHT ANYMORE, I

THINK WE SHOULD FUND ASSETS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE BY THE

ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

YOU HEARD JEAN STROHMEYER THIS MORNING SAYING WHY CAN'T

YOU FIX OUR POT HOLES?

I HEAR THAT EVERY DAY IN SOUTH TAMPA.

WHY CAN'T YOU FIX OUR POTHOLES, GET THE MONEY OUT OF THE

DOWNTOWN CRA OR OTHER PLACES.

AND WE CAN'T DO THAT.

I THINK WE OUGHT TO SPEND IT ON PLACES THAT ARE

ACCESSIBLE BY EVERYBODY THROUGHOUT THE CITY SO THAT THEY

HAVE EQUAL AS ACCESS, AND THINGS THAT ARE WELL RUN.

THANK YOU.

ANYTHING ELSE?

11:52:47 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
YES.

BECAUSE I AM APPLES THE LAST SPEAKER, I ALWAYS POSTPONE

MY INFORMATION FOR YOU.

SO I NEED TO GET CAUGHT UP THIS MONTH.

SO I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE YOU.

WE DID DO THE APPARENTLY TRAINING.

WE CONDUCTED THREE SESSIONS.

WE HAD OVER 50 CAC MEMBERS ATTEND THOSE.

THE SESSIONS WERE RECORDED. SO IF ANY OF THE CAC MEMBERS

WHO COULD NOT ATTEND WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT, WE CAN PROVIDE




THAT TRAINING TO THEM.

AND IF ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THE

LINK TO THAT VIDEO, IT'S ONLY AN HOUR AND A HALF, AND WE

WOULD MAKE THAT AVAILABLE TO YOU ALSO.

WE'LL GET THAT TO YOU.

ALSO, BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TALK, AND I DON'T

KNOW WHAT YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HEARD, WE HAVE BEEN

TALKING ON AND OFF FOR ABOUT FIVE OR SIX MONTHS NOW ABOUT

THE EAST TAMPA CAC MEMBERSHIP, AND THE NEXT COUPLE OF

WEEKS I WILL BE HOSTING A WORKSHOP WITH MUCH THE CAC AND

THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION NEIGHBORHOODS TO TALK ABOUT

A PROPOSAL TO PHASE IN WITHOUT CURRENT CAC MEMBERS BUT

ALSO CREATING A MORE INCLUSIVE AND A FORMAL

REPRESENTATION BY THE NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE CAC, BUT WE

WILL HAVE SOME OPENINGS OPEN FOR ELECTIONS DURING THIS

UPCOMING YEAR.

SO WE DID HAVE TO START THAT PROCESS.

THERE WILL BE 7 OPENINGS.

THAT'S FIVE CURRENT MEMBERS HAVE THE OPTION TO RUN FOR A

SECOND TERM.

WE WON'T KNOW YET FOR A FEW WEEKS HOW MANY OF THOSE WILL

ACTUALLY BE INTERESTED IN RUNNING FOR A SECOND TERM, BUT

AT A MINIMUM WE WILL HAVE TWO VACANCIES THAT WE COULD

POTENTIALLY DEDICATE TO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION,ISM

LOOKING AT A PHASED-IN APPROACH.




AND WE WILL NOBODY BY THE END OF JULY THEN AND HAVE TO

HAVE ALL THIS WORKED OUT BEFORE WE GO TO THE ELECTION IN

SEPTEMBER.

IT HAS COME UP SEVERAL TIMES TODAY ABOUT OUR STAFFING.

ALL OUR CURRENT VACANCIES WILL BE FILLED BY JUNE.

AND SEVERAL NEW POSITIONS AND CRA BOARD MEMBERS TO OUR

MEETINGS HAVE BEEN ASKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FUND THIS

AND THAT WE HIRE SOMEONE TO DO SOME OF THESE POSITIONS.

WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING THAT, INCLUDING FOR THE EAST

TAMPA SAP AND IMPLEMENTING THOSE INITIATIVES, AND THEY

WILL ALL BE CREATED IN THE FY 22 BUDGET AS PART OF THAT

BUDGET PROCESS.

BECAUSE ALL OF OUR SALARIES AND OUR POSITIONS ARE TIED TO

OUR SERVICES AGREEMENT, BETWEEN THE CRA BOARD, IT IS A

LITTLE BIT MORE OF A PRODUCTION FOR US TO EDIT AND AMEND

ALL THOSE DOCUMENTS, AND WE ARE GETTING TOWARDS THE END

OF THE FISCAL YEAR ANYWAY, SO WE WILL JUST INCORPORATE

THOSE REQUESTS INTO OUR BUDGET REQUESTS WHEN WE COME TO

YOU IN JULY AND AUGUST.

AND WE WILL MAKE SURE TO POINT OUT THOSE.

LASTLY, FOR OUR COMMUNICATIONS PERSON, WE HAVEN'T BEEN

WAITING FOR THAT PERSON TO COME ONLINE IN JUNE.

WE HAVE STARTED TALKING ALREADY ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN

SEEING.

WE NEED IN OUR CRAs, ONE OF OUR CRA STAFF HAS ALREADY




BEEN WORKING WITH THE NEW COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT AND

THEIR NEW ORGANIZATIONAL PLAN FOR ADDRESSING

COMMUNICATION NEEDS ACROSS THE CITY INCLUDING THE CRAS.

WE HAVE STARTED TO OUTLINE IDENTIFIED POTENTIAL

STRATEGIES THAT WE WILL WANTS TO WORK ON.

SOME OF WHICH ARE REINSTATING THE CRA ANNUAL PROGRESS

REPORT.

NOT THE REPORT REQUIRED BY THE STATE, BUT AGAIN WE ARE

TALKING ABOUT DOING IN OUR PowerPoint NEXT MONTH IS TO

TRULY PUT OUT A LIST OF IN A LITTLE REPORT OF HERE IS

WHAT THE CRA HAS DONE IN THE PAST YEAR.

WE REALIZE THAT WE PUT TOGETHER ALL OF OUR FLYERS AND SO

FORTH, WE DON'T HAVE A LOGO FOR OUR CRA.

WE DON'T HAVE A DEPARTMENT LOGO.

WE DON'T HAVE A LOGO FOR THE AGENCY.

SEVERAL OF THE DIFFERENT CACs HAVE ADOPTED ONE OVER

TIME.

SO WE WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT.

WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF MEDIA THAT THE DIFFERENT CRAs ARE

USING DIFFERENT STANDARDS OF SOCIAL INTERACTION, SOCIAL

MEDIA AND DIFFERENT TYPE OF COMMUNITIES OUTREACH.

WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING ALL THE CRAs TO A MINIMUM

STANDARD OF OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATIONS.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON RADIO PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN BE

PREPARED IN-HOUSE WHAT OUR STAFF RESPONSIBILITY IS, WHAT




WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE, HOW DO WE WORK WITH OUR CACs, THE

SUBCOMMITTEES AND DEVELOPING THE CONTENT OF TOPICS AND

DEVELOPING THE POTENTIAL GUEST LIST OF SPEAKERS THAT ARE

TALKING ABOUT OUR GRANTS AND PROGRAMS.

SO WE ARE WORKING ON ALL OF THAT EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T

HAVE THE T COMMUNICATIONS PERSON YET.

WITH THAT, I AM READY TO GO TO THE AGENDA.

11:57:03 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
WHAT THEY ARE DOING, TO CHIME IN ON,

TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET AND IS THE NEW POSITION, MS. VAN

LOAN USED TO BE MCDONAUGH RIGHT HAND PERSON DURING THAT

TIME.

SHE DOESN'T HAVE A RIGHT HAND PERSON THIS TIME.

SO I ASKED HER TO THINK ABOUT, AND WANT TO LET THE BOARD

KNOW, THAT SHE'S OVERWORKED.

SHE'S DONE A LOT OF RFPs, HAS DONE A LOT OF -- SHE'S

OVERWORKED.

I'M THINKING IT MAY BE TIME TO GET HER AN ASSISTANT IN

HER OFFICE, BECAUSE SHE'S DOING A LOT.

THERE'S A LOT ON THE RADAR.

SHE MAY COME AND ASK FOR THAT POSITION.

I MAY MAKE A MOTION IN THE BUDGET TO GET HER AN

ASSISTANT.

EVERY CRA, DOING ALL THE RFPs, ALL THE EXTRA THINGS,

GOING TO MEETINGS.

I DON'T WANT TO BURN HER OUT BECAUSE SHE'S DOING A GREAT




JOB.

ALSO, MS. VAN LOAN, I THINK EAST TAMPA CRA, A LOT OF

ASSOCIATIONS, MOST ALL THE OTHER CRAs HAVE A PART-TIME.

A LOT OF PEOPLE COMPLAIN THAT THE MEETINGS ARE GOING

LONG.

A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TO GET BACK TO WORK OR MISS WORK FOR

THESE MEETINGS.

SO I WANT TO MAKE A SUGGESTION THAT YOU TALK TO THE BOARD

TO LOOK AT CHANGES IN THE HOURS OF THE EAST TAMPA CRA AND

UNDERSTAND MOST OF THEM, EITHER 5, 6:00, BUT THEY ARE

COMPLAINING NOW THAT HAVING WEEKS IN THE MORNING, THE

AFTERNOON, AND A LOT OF THEM ARE HAVING PROBLEMS SO WE

NEED TO LOOK AT CHANGING THE ACTUAL MEETING TIMES.

I THINK IT'S BETTER FOR MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO

VOLUNTARY BECAUSE THEY WORK FOR THE CITIZENS.

11:59:03 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT THAT.

EAST TAMPA IS THE ONLY CAC THAT MEETS IN THE MORNING.

THE OTHERS ARE 4 P.M. AND 5:30.

SO WE CAN CERTAINLY TALK WITH THEM ABOUT THAT, YES.

11:59:15 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
WE DID TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE CURRENT

HOUSING SITUATION IN THE EAST TAMPA AREA.

TWO YEARS AGO, THERE WAS AN RFP PUT OUT FOR ABOUT 30

PROPERTIES FOR EAST TAMPA.

WE HAD A FEW FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITIES WHO DIDN'T AGREE

WITH TAMPA PROCESS, AND MS. FEELEY WAS THE CHAIRPERSON AT




THE TIME, AND DECIDED TO CANCEL THE RFP.

WE ARE GOING INTO OUR THIRD YEAR.

WE HAVE TO GET THOSE HOMES BUILT.

WE HAVE THE LOTS.

THEY NEED TO BE BUILT UPON.

SO I THINK MS. VAN LOAN IS ALREADY WORKING ON THAT, BUT

WE ALREADY HAVE THE RFP ALREADY THAT I BELIEVE WE CAN

UPDATE THAT RFP, MAKE SURE THAT IT IS INCLUSIVE, MAKING

SURE THAT WE HAVE MULTIPLE PEOPLE WHO MAY BE ABLE TO BE

AWARDED A BID TO BUILD THOSE HOMES.

AND I THINK WE NEED TO GET THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO

SHOW THAT HOUSING IS AN ISSUE, AND NEED TO GET THAT BACK

ON TRACK.

I DON'T THINK THE PROCESS WAS FLAWED THE LAST TIME BUT WE

NEED TO GET THAT BACK ON TRACK NOW, GET THAT MOVING, SO

WE CAN GET THOSE LOTS BUILT UPON.

IT'S IMPORTANT.

SO IF YOU WORK ON THAT.

I WILL MAKE A MOTION, I WON'T MAKE A MOTION.

I KNOW YOU ARE WORKING ON THAT BEHIND THE SCENES.

12:00:45 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
WILL DO.

ITEM NUMBER 7.

YBOR HAD AN OPENING ON THEIR CAC AND WE HAVE ONE

APPOINTMENT TO THEIR CAC.

12:00:55 >>BILL CARLSON:
MOTION BY MR. MANISCALCO.




SECOND BY MR. VIERA.

DO WE NEED TO DO ROLL CALL?

NO.

ALL IN FAVOR?

ANY OPPOSED?

MOTION APPROVED.

NEXT.

12:01:10 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
ITEM NUMBER 8 IS FOR EAST TAMPA.

IT IS A PROGRAM CHANGE OF $50,000 FOR THE YOUTH

LEADERSHIP PROGRAM THAT APPROVED LAST MONTH.

THIS IS THE MONEY TO FUND THE PROGRAM.

12:01:21 >>BILL CARLSON:
MOTION BY MR. MANISCALCO.

SECOND BY MR. VIERA.

ALL IN FAVOR?

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED?

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

12:01:32 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
ITEM NUMBER 9 IS FOR THE JACKSON

STREET PARKING LOT.

THERE WAS ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES WITH THAT PROPERTY,

AND WE WERE REQUIRED TO DO SOME FOLLOW-UP, MONITORING AND

TESTING, AND THIS IS JUST TO FUND THAT ENVIRONMENTAL

WORK, I BELIEVE ABOUT $84,000 SO THAT WE COULD HANDLE

THAT.

12:01:52 >> SO MOVED.




12:01:53 >> SECOND.

12:01:54 >>BILL CARLSON:
MOTION BY MR. MANISCALCO.

SECOND BY MR. VIERA.

ALL IN FAVOR?

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED?

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

12:01:59 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
NUMBER 10, I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING

CALLED A TINY HOME PROGRAM.

IN EAST TAMPA BACK IN FEBRUARY THE CAC VOTED TO TAKE THE

$500,000 THAT HAD BEEN REPROGRAMMED FROM THE INTEREST

MONEY TO A CANER HOME PROJECT, AND THE CONTAINER HOME

PROJECT RIGHT NOW, IT'S UNDER DISCUSSION, AND IT'S A

CONCEPT RIGHT NOW AT 2801 CAYUGA STREET, AND CITY COUNCIL

AND THE CITY HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT MODES OF

CONSTRUCTION FOR HOUSING, AND ALTERNATE HOUSING

CONSTRUCTION OPTIONS, AND THE POSSIBILITIES OF HAVING

CONTAINER HOMES.

THE CHALLENGE IS THAT MANY BANKS ARE NOT GENERALLY

INTERESTED IN PROVIDING MORTGAGES FOR NONTRADITIONAL HOME

CONSTRUCTION.

THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN IN DISCUSSION ON AN OFF SINCE 2018

WITHIN THE EAST TAMPA CRA AND SOME OF ITS MEMBERS, AND

RIGHT NOW THE CAC IS WORKING OUT SOME OF THE DETAILS TO

FINALIZE THE PROJECT.




THE PROJECT PROPOSED PROJECT WOULD PROPOSE A PROJECT FOR

THE RECENTLY HOMELESS SO THIS IS NOT ADDRESSING THE

CHRONIC HOMELESS.

WE BOW LOOK AT HOMELESS MOTHERS WITH CHILDREN OR YOUNG

ADULTS AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE, TO STABILIZE FAMILIES

AND BREAK THE HOMELESS CYCLE FOR THE YOUNG IN THEIR

LIFETIME SO THEY DO NOT GROW UP IN AN ENVIRONMENTS OF

REGULAR HOMELESSNESS.

THE 2801 OKAY AUGUST PROPERTY COULD ACCOMMODATE AT LEAST

3 CONTAINER HOMES FROM 89,000 TO 09,000 PER HOME, NOT

500,000 FOR ONE HOME.

THE HOMES WOULD BE RENT TO ONLY AS OPPOSED TO

TRANSITIONAL AND THE PROJECT WOULD INCLUDE PARTNERSHIPS

FOR WRAP AROUND SERVICES TO SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE

IN THOSE HOMES AND STABILIZING THEIR LIVES AND EMPLOYMENT

OPPORTUNITIES ESPECIALLY WHERE THE CHILDREN AND YOUNG ARE

INVOLVED.

AT THIS TIME, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ITEMS WITH THE

PROPOSAL THAT THEY ARE STILL HAMMERING OUT.

SO THE EAST TAMPA REQUESTED THAT WE POSTPONE AN ACTUAL

ACTION ON THIS UNTIL JUNE 10th BUT WE WANTED TO GIVE

YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THIS PROPOSAL WOULD BE AND WHAT WHATS

COMING AND WHAT WILL BE ON THE AGENDA ON JUNE 10th.

SO WE ARE JUST ASKING THAT IT BE POSTPONED ONE MORE

MONTH.




12:04:08 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
QUESTION.

MS. VAN LOAN, WE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS, THE TINY

HOMES AND CONTAINER HOMES SITUATIONS, ESPECIALLY IN EAST

TAMPA.

I LIKE THE CAC BOARD TO LOOK AT MAYBE MANUFACTURED, THE

HOMES ARE WOOD, WOULD FIT IN PROBABLY BETTER IN THE

NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THE ACTUAL PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE

NEIGHBORHOODS WON'T BE SO AGAINST CONTAINER HOMES OR TINY

HOMES.

REFERENCE TO THEIR PROPERTY SIZE.

TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THE BANKS WILL NOT FINANCE THE

CONTAINER HOMES.

THEY WILL NOT.

BECAUSE YOU CAN'T FIND PEOPLE TO FIX THOSE THINGS.

THERE ARE A LOT OF CHALLENGES WITH THOSE.

TINY HOMES, I WILL BE HONEST WITH YOU, IF THERE'S A TRACT

OF LAND AND YOU HAVE A TINE HOME COMMUNITY, IT MIGHT BE A

GOOD CONCEPT.

BUT DON'T JUST PUT SMALL TINY HOMES MIXED INTO THE

RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY, WE ARE GOING TO GET SOME PUSHBACK

FROM A LOT OF PROPERTY OWNERS.

WE WANT TO HELP EVERYBODY.

BUT I LOVE THE CONCEPT OF THE HOMELESS, OR PREGNANT MOMS,

OR WHATEVER.

I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT MAYBE MANUFACTURED HOMES.




WE HAD A COUPLE HOUSES THAT BURNED, A COUPLE RESIDENTS

WERE FORCED OUT BECAUSE IT WAS BURNED, HOUSING WAS

SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THIS MANUFACTURING DEAL.

SOMETHING HAPPENED.

THEY ARE BACK ON TRACK TO GET THOSE HOMES BUILT.

I LIKE THE CAC TO MAYBE GET IN REFERENCE TO MAYBE

MANUFACTURED HOMES, BUT A LITTLE CHEAPER AS WELL, AND I

THINK IT WILL BRING A CONCEPT TO THE COMMUNITY VERSUS THE

TINY, TINY HOME CONCEPT.

12:05:50 >>BILL CARLSON:
MR. DINGFELDER?

12:05:53 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN GUDES, A

LITTLE BIT OF EXPERIENCE IN REAL ESTATE, AND IT DOES

CONCERN ME.

AND YOU HAVE ZONING ISSUES, TOO.

YOU ARE GOING TO NEED -- SOMEBODY NEEDS TO BE DO A PD

REZONING IF YOU ARE GOING TO CRAM A BUNCH OF SMALLER

HOUSES ON A SINGLE PARCEL.

BECAUSE I AM SURE THE CURRENT ZONING DOESN'T ACCOMMODATE

THAT.

SO MY BIGGER QUESTION IS, IS THIS ORLANDO -- IS THE CITY

GOING TO BE BUILDING THESE, THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO BE

RUNNING THESE AND OPERATING THESE?

OR WOULD WE BE USING NONPROFITS TO DO THAT?

WHAT'S THE THOUGHT PROCESS?

I DON'T KNOW THAT THE CITY WANTS TO BE GETTING INTO THAT




BUSINESS OF ACTUALLY BUILDING AND MANAGING, RUNNING,

OWNING THESE TYPES OF FACILITIES.

12:06:50 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
NO, THE PROPOSAL WOULD BE THAT THE

CRA WOULD HELP PUT UP THE FUNDING SO THAT THE HOUSES

COULD BE BUILT.

IT WOULD BE AN RFP WITH A GOAL OF USING, WE KNOW AGAIN

CHANGING THE TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION, BUT IT WOULD USE

MINORITY BUILDERS WHERE WE COULD TO HELP BUILD THEM AND

WE WOULD PARTNER.

THERE'S ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSIONS HOW OVER AT THE COUNTY

AND WITH SOME OF THE OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS WITHIN THE

AREA WHERE WE COULD PROVIDE WRAP AROUND SERVICES THROUGH

THE THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS, NOT THAT WE WOULD GET INTO

THAT BUSINESS OURSELVES.

12:07:22 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
OKAY.

I THINK I HAVE ALLUDED TO, BY COUNCILMAN GUDES, EVEN IN

JUNE I MIGHT BE VERY HESITANT TO VOTE FOR SORT OF A

BLANKET $500,000 AUTHORIZATION WITHOUT HAVING A LOT MORE

DETAILS HASHED OUT.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE DETAILS NEED TO BE AVAILABLE BY

AS EARLY AS A MONTH FROM NOW.

SO MAYBE AN AGENDA ITEM THAT JUST IS AN UPDATE THAT

DOESN'T HAVE A DOLLAR THAN TIED TO IT, I MIGHT HAVE MORE

SUPPORT.

12:07:58 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
TODAY I DON'T NEED A MOTION.




I JUST NEED YOU TO KNOW SINCE IT WAS LISTED UNDER

APPROVALS THAT WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR APPROVAL TODAY.

12:08:07 >>BILL CARLSON:
OKAY, THANK YOU.

NEXT.

12:08:08 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
NUMBER 11, YOU HAVE A COPY.

THESE ARE A MICRO GRANT FOR BUSINESSES.

THIS IS WHAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER THAT IS SORT OF A

FACADE GRANT WITH A LOT LESS PAPERWORK, A LOT LESS

CUMBERSOME FOR THE BUSINESS OWNERS AND ALLOWS THEM IF

THEY HAVE JUST SMALL PROJECTS, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE

NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP SPECIAL PROJECTS GRANTS THAT ALSO

NEEDED TO BE FUNDED.

I'M SORRY, I DON'T NEED THE PowerPoint.

THANK YOU.

SO THIS IS THE REPROGRAMMING OF MONEY TO FUND THE

PROGRAMS THAT WERE APPROVED.

12:08:41 >>BILL CARLSON:
YOU NEED A MOTION?

12:08:45 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
YES PLEASE.

12:08:49 >>BILL CARLSON:
MOTION BY MANISCALCO, SECONDED BY VIERA.

ALL IN FAVOR?

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

12:08:55 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
LASTLY NUMBER 13 WAS JUST A

QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT.

YOU HAVE THAT AND I BELIEVE IT'S JUST A RECEIVE AND FILE

UNLESS ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS.




12:09:04 >>BILL CARLSON:
MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE REPORT BY

MR. MANISCALCO, SECOND BY MR. VIERA.

ALL IN FAVOR?

ANY OPPOSED?

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

12:09:12 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
MR. CHAIRMAN, I THINK WE HAVE A

MEMORANDUM FOR ACTION FROM MR. MORRIS MASSEY?

12:09:19 >>BILL CARLSON:
MORRIS, IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE WE NEED

TO DO?

12:09:25 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
IT'S REGARDING THE COMMUNITY

BENEFITS AGREEMENT.

12:09:28 >> RIGHT.

12:09:30 >>BILL CARLSON:
OKAY, I HAVE THAT.

12:09:31 >>MORRIS MASSEY:
IF YOU ALL PASS A MOTION FOR THE

AGREEMENT POLICY

12:09:56 >>BILL CARLSON:
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.

SECOND BY MEMBER VIERA.

12:10:00 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
QUESTION ON THE MOTION.

12:10:02 >>BILL CARLSON:
MR. DINGFELDER.

12:10:04 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
THANK YOU.

IS THIS AN ITEM THAT WAS ON THE AGENDA OR IS THIS A

WALK-ON?

12:10:13 >>BILL CARLSON:
IT'S AN ADDENDUM TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA

WAS APPROVED THIS MORNING.

12:10:17 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
OKAY.




I CAN'T VOTE ON SOMETHING WITHOUT HAVING SEEN THE ACTUAL

TEXT OF WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON.

WAS IT IN THERE LAST NIGHT, MORRIS?

12:10:34 >>MORRIS MASSEY:
YES.

AND THE TEXT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.

NO ONE EVER VOTED IT UP OR DOWN.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ADOPTING IT A COMMUNITY BENEFITS

POLICY.

12:10:51 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
COMMUNITY BENEFITS POLICY.

12:10:53 >>MORRIS MASSEY:
COMMUNITY BENEFITS POLICY.

WHY DON'T WE PUT IT ON THE AGENDA NEXT MONTH?

BRYAN WILL BE PREPARED TO MAKE A PRESENTATION TO YOU ALL

AND WE CAN VOTE IT UP OR DOWN THEN.

12:11:14 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
I THOUGHT WE VOTED ON IT.

12:11:18 >>BILL CARLSON:
DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON IT NEXT TIME OR

JUST PUT IT THERE?

12:11:23 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
WE CAN DO IT.

12:11:24 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

PULL THAT VOTE BACK.

IT'S NOT RINGING A BELL FOR ME.

12:11:36 >>BILL CARLSON:
I GUESS WE NEED MR. MANISCALCO TO

WITHDRAW YOUR MOTION.

12:11:39 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I WITHDRAW IT.

12:11:41 >>BILL CARLSON:
ANYBODY ELSE ON THE AGENDA? NEW

BUSINESS?




MR. VIERA?

12:11:48 >>LUIS VIERA:
YOU SAID IT WAS YOUR FIRST MEETING.

YOU DID A GOOD MEETING.

I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF PUSHING SO YOU DID VERY WELL.

12:11:55 >>BILL CARLSON:
MR. MANISCALCO?

12:11:59 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
NO, SIR.

12:12:00 >>BILL CARLSON:
MR. DINGFELDER?

12:12:01 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
I'M GOOD.

SEE YOU ALL TONIGHT.

12:12:05 >>BILL CARLSON:
ANYBODY WANT TO MOVE TO RECEIVE AND

FILE?

ALL IN FAVOR?

OKAY.

MEETING ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU ALL.



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