COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 2021
9:00 A.M.
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09:01:02 [SOUNDING GAVEL]
09:01:08 >>JOSEPH CITRO: GOOD MORNING.
09:01:09 MY NAME IS JOSEPH CITRO.
09:01:11 WELCOME TO THE CRA BOARD MEETING ON THIS DAY, JUNE 12, 2021.
09:01:16 WE WILL START OUT WITH THE INVOCATION TODAY.
09:01:18 AND IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO HAVE THIS WOMAN LEAD US IN THE
09:01:23 INVOCATION.
09:01:24 BISHOP MICHELLE B. PATTY IS A PASTOR, ENTREPRENEUR AND
09:01:29 COMMUNITY ACTIVIST AND A NATIVE OF TAMPA.
09:01:32 SHE HAS A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE FROM THE THEOLOGICAL FOR
09:01:38 BLESSED HOPE BIBLE COLLEGE AND IS A SENIOR PASTOR OF TRINITY
09:01:43 AND FAITH MINISTRY.
09:01:45 SHE HAS FOUNDED AND HOSTED MANY TALK SHOWS ON THE RADIO,
09:01:49 STARTED HER OWN REFERRAL SERVICE, A RECIPIENT OF THE CCHR
09:01:54 HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD, AND HAS BEEN AN OLYMPIC TORCHBEARER.
09:02:01 MS. PATTY IS A DEVOTED WHITE TO DEACON JESSE PATTY AND
09:02:07 CARING MOTHER OF THREE AND GRANDMOTHER OF SIX.
09:02:11 BISHOP, COULD YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION?
09:02:15 IF WE COULD ALL RISE AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF
09:02:17 ALLEGIANCE.
09:02:18 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMAN CITRO.
09:02:20 IT IS INDEED MY PLEASURE AND HONOR TO BE HERE THIS MORNING.
09:02:23 LET'S US PRAY.
09:02:24 FATHER GOD, OUR FATHER, THE MAKER OF HEAVEN AND ALL
09:02:29 CREATION, FATHER, WE COME TO YOU FIRST JUST TO SAY THANK
09:02:32 YOU.
09:02:32 WE THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR YOUR GRACE AND YOUR MERCY.
09:02:35 NOW FATHER GOD, WE ASK THAT YOU COVER IN WHOLE WORLD WITH
09:02:39 LOVE, PEACE, FATHER GOD.
09:02:41 WE ASK THAT YOU REMOVE HATRED AND RESTORE TO A PEACEFUL
09:02:47 LOVING PEOPLE.
09:02:48 FATHER, I ASK THAT YOUR ANOINTMENT FALL AFRESH ON MEN AND
09:02:54 WOMEN ON THE BATTLEFIELD BOTH FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, THOSE
09:02:57 VETERANS WHO SERVED US WELL, FATHER GOD, ALLOW THE LAWMAKERS
09:03:01 TO SEE ABOUT THEM.
09:03:02 FATHER GOD, WE ASK THAT YOU TOUCH HER THE WISDOM, COURAGE
09:03:08 AND UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR PEOPLE.
09:03:09 EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE COUNCILMEN, FATHER, WE ASK THAT
09:03:13 YOU PUT COMPASSION IN THEIR HEART, FOR THOSE THAT ARE LESS
09:03:16 FORTUNATE, THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE HOMELESS RIGHT NOW,
09:03:19 FATHER GOD, THOSE THAT HAS BEEN FORGOTTEN.
09:03:22 WE ASK THAT THERE BE LAWS THAT WILL SEE ABOUT THEM.
09:03:26 FATHER GOD, I ASK THAT YOU GIVE THIS COUNCIL A VISION TO
09:03:29 HELP OUR YOUTH, FATHER GOD.
09:03:31 WE ASK THAT YOU JUST STOP THE KILLING AND THE THINGS THAT
09:03:34 ARE GOING ON AROUND NOT JUST IN THIS CITY BUT AROUND THE
09:03:37 WORLD.
09:03:38 FATHER GOD, WE JUST SAY THANK YOU IN ADVANCE.
09:03:41 WE KNOW THAT YOU WILL.
09:03:42 WE KNOW THAT YOU CAN.
09:03:43 AND WE KNOW THAT YOU WILL DO THESE AND ALL THINGS THAT WE
09:03:46 HAVE SINCERELY COME BEFORE AND ASKED OF YOU.
09:03:49 NOW FATHER GOD, GO WITH THIS COUNCIL.
09:03:53 GO WITH THIS CITY, THE GREAT CITY, THE CITY OF TAMPA,
09:03:55 FLORIDA.
09:03:56 WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO BLESS US AND ANOINT US.
09:04:00 THESE AND ALL BLESSINGS WE ASK IN YOUR SON, JESUS CHRIST'S
09:04:04 NAME, AMEN.
09:04:05 [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ]
09:04:08 >> THANK YOU.
09:04:18 PLEASE BE SEATED.
09:04:19 BISHOP, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE.
09:04:21 IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE.
09:04:22 >> BLESS YOU.
09:04:23 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
09:04:25 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
09:04:27 >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE.
09:04:28 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HERE.
09:04:30 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
09:04:33 >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
09:04:34 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I AM HERE AS WELL.
09:04:37 >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM PRESENT.
09:04:39 THANK YOU.
09:04:39 >>JOSEPH CITRO: DO YOU HAVE OPENING REMARKS FOR US?
09:04:47 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:04:48 THIS MEETING OF THE CITY OF TAMPA COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
09:04:49 AGENCY HELD DURING THE COVID-19 STATE OF EMERGENCY AND WILL
09:04:54 BE CONDUCTED WITH A LIVE IN-PERSON QUORUM WITH THE CRA
09:04:58 PRESENT IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
09:05:00 HOWEVER, IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC MEMBERS OF THE
09:05:03 PUBLIC ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPANT VIRTUALLY THROUGH VIDEO
09:05:06 OR AUDIO TELECONFERENCING REFERRED TO BY FLORIDA STATUTES
09:05:10 AND RULES AS COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA TECHNOLOGY.
09:05:14 THESE MEETINGS ARE HELD IN ACCORDANCE WITH EMERGENCY RULES
09:05:16 OF PROCEDURE AS ADOPTED OR AMENDED BY CRA RESOLUTION.
09:05:21 PUBLIC AND CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA WILL BE ABLE TO
09:05:23 WATCH, LISTEN OR VIEW THIS MEETING ON SPECTRUM CHANNEL 640,
09:05:27 FRONTIER CHANNEL 15, OR TAMPA.GOV/LIVESTREAM ON THE NET.
09:05:33 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO VIRTUALLY PARTICIPATE
09:05:35 IN CRA AND PUBLIC MEETINGS BY USING COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA
09:05:39 TECHNOLOGY, BY SENDING WRITTEN COMMENTS, BY INTERNET OR THE
09:05:43 WEB AT TAMPA.GOV/PUBLIC COMMENTS.
09:05:48 SENDING WRITTEN COMMENTS BY E-MAIL TO TAMPA CITY COUNCIL AT
09:05:51 TAMPAGOV.NET.
09:05:53 BY SENDING WRITTEN COMMENTS THROUGH U.S. MAIL TO CITY OF
09:05:56 TAMPA, CITY CLERK, AT 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD
09:06:01 FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33602, OR SPEAKING REMOTELY THROUGH
09:06:05 PUBLIC COMMENT THROUGH THE USE OF CMT.
09:06:08 BY COMPLETING THE FORM AT TAMPA.GOV/PUBLIC COMMENT AND
09:06:12 STATING UNDER REQUESTS THAT YOU WISH TO SPEAK LIVE DURING
09:06:15 THE PUBLIC COMMENT MEETING.
09:06:16 YOU MAY ALSO PARTICIPATE BY USING CMT AVAILABLE AT OLD CITY
09:06:20 HALL ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
09:06:22 PLEASE NOTE THE USE OF MASKS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING INSIDE
09:06:25 THE BUILDING ARE ENCOURAGED, AND PEOPLE REQUIRING HELP CAN
09:06:30 ACCESS MEANS SHOULD CALL FOR ASSISTANCE.
09:06:35 ALL WRITTEN OR VOICE MAIL COMMENTS FOR CRA MATTERS MUST BE
09:06:38 RECEIVED NO LATER THAN 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING IN
09:06:42 ORDER TO BE DISSEMINATED TIMELY TO CRA MEMBERS AND MADE PART
09:06:46 OF THE RECORD.
09:06:48 RESERVATIONS MUST BE REQUESTED AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO
09:06:51 THE MEETING.
09:06:52 PUBLIC COMMENTS MADE REMOTELY OR IN PERSON USING CMT WILL BE
09:06:56 USED AT THE START OF THE MEETING AND SHOULD NOT EXCEED 3
09:06:59 MINUTES.
09:07:01 WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED BY MAIL OR E-MAIL SHALL BE
09:07:05 DISTRIBUTED TO CRA AND MADE PART OF THE PERMANENT RECORD OF
09:07:08 THE MEETING.
09:07:09 ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED BY MAIL, E-MAIL OR REMOTE
09:07:12 PARTICIPATION WILL BE AFFORDED EQUAL PARTICIPATION AS IF THE
09:07:16 PUBLIC COMMENTS WERE MADE IN PERSON.
09:07:17 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNSEL.
09:07:20 BEFORE WE START, BOARD MEMBER CARLSON, I WANT TO THANK YOU
09:07:26 AND CONGRATULATE YOU.
09:07:28 MY FIRST MEETING AS CRA CHAIR, I HAD A MINOR PROCEDURE THAT
09:07:33 NEEDED TO BE DONE, AND AGAIN I AM SORRY I THREW THAT ON YOU
09:07:40 COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
09:07:42 BUT YOU DID VERY WELL AND I CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR
09:07:44 FIRST -- LEADING THE FIRST CRA BOARD MEETING THIS YEAR.
09:07:49 >>BILL CARLSON: I HOPE YOU ARE FEELING WELL.
09:07:51 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I AM DOING WONDERFUL.
09:07:52 MS. VAN LOAN, SHALL WE DISCUSS THE CHANGES IN OUR AGENDA?
09:07:55 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: YES, SIR.
09:07:58 THANK YOU.
09:07:59 WE ARE JUST REQUESTING THAT UNDER THE STAFF REPORT ITEMS
09:08:02 THAT KIMBERLEE CURTIS AS THE CAC CHAIR WILL REMAIN AS NUMBER
09:08:08 2 BUT THEN WE ARE ASKING TO ADJUST THE SCHEDULE SO THAT
09:08:11 ABBYE FEELEY CAN PRESENT HER CDBG PRESENTATION THEN THE
09:08:15 STAFF WILL PRESENT THEIR REPORT AND THEN I WILL PRESENT MY
09:08:18 DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
09:08:19 AND THE REST OF THE AGENDA WOULD REMAIN THE SAME.
09:08:21 >>JOSEPH CITRO: JUST TO MAKE SURE, NOW, NUMBER 4 IS NUMBER
09:08:25 3.
09:08:26 NUMBER 5 IS NUMBER 4.
09:08:28 AND NUMBER 3 IS NUMBER 5.
09:08:30 CORRECT?
09:08:31 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: YES, SIR.
09:08:31 THANK YOU.
09:08:32 >>JOSEPH CITRO: AND WE ALSO HAVE A LITTLE THING THAT WE ARE
09:08:36 HONORING THE WEST TAMPA CAC CHAIR, MR. JOE ROBINSON TO GIVE
09:08:41 A FEW MINUTES OF CONVERSATION TO US.
09:08:44 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: YES, SIR.
09:08:46 WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MR. ROBINSON COME IN
09:08:49 HIS LAST MONTH AS CAC CHAIR FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS OF THE
09:08:53 WEST TAMPA CRA TO GIVE HIS CLOSING REMARKS AS CHAIR, AND
09:08:57 AGAIN WE KNOW HE WON'T BE GOING VERY FAR, JUST MOVING OVER A
09:09:01 SEAT, BUT I AM GOING TO BRING UP JOE ROBINSON.
09:09:05 THANK YOU.
09:09:05 >> JOE ROBINSON: OKAY.
09:09:25 GOOD MORNING.
09:09:27 IS THE ELMO ON?
09:09:31 GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL CRA BOARD.
09:09:35 JOE ROBINSON.
09:09:36 CAN YOU TURN THE ELMO ON?
09:09:38 I HAVE A LITTLE THING I WANT TO DO HERE ON MY PARTING DAYS.
09:09:42 I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE.
09:09:44 CAN YOU SEE THAT?
09:09:46 THAT'S JOE ROBINSON, 1975, UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, BASEMENT WHEN
09:09:53 I HAD A 12-INCH FRO, SHADES, AND ENGINEER COMING BACK TO
09:10:01 TAMPA.
09:10:02 JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY HERE.
09:10:05 THEN YOU GOT JOE ROBINSON WHEN I CAME BACK HOME, IN WEST
09:10:10 TAMPA, AND RUNNING TRACK AND ALL WHEN WE STARTED WEST TAMPA
09:10:20 REVITALIZATION CORPORATION.
09:10:22 THAT'S THE CENTRO ESPANOL.
09:10:25 THERE IS WEST TAMPA BEHIND IT AND THE BALCONY WHICH ISN'T
09:10:28 THERE NOW.
09:10:29 AND THEN AFTER THAT, I THINK I HAD EACH ONE OF YOU GUYS
09:10:33 RECEIVED A COPY -- AND I'M A HISTORICAL PRESERVATIONIST.
09:10:41 THIS IS IN THE JULY 1982 HISTORIC PRESERVATION MAGAZINE
09:10:45 WHERE I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A STATEMENT, AND THAT'S
09:10:50 ME THERE.
09:10:50 IF YOU GET THE ELMO ON THERE.
09:10:52 THERE YOU GO.
09:10:53 AND I WILL JUST READ THIS AND THEN I AM GOING TO MOVE ON.
09:10:56 I'M STANDING BY THE OLD CRISTO REY BUILDING AND THAT'S THE
09:11:03 BUILDING THAT'S BEEN KNOCKED DOWN.
09:11:04 SO WE ARE TRYING TO SAVE BUILDINGS IN WEST TAMPA.
09:11:07 AND I AM JUST SHOWING YOU BACK THEN I HAD DARK HAIR, AND ONE
09:11:11 THING I WANTED TO SAY THAT WE HAD THE WEST TAMPA
09:11:15 REVITALIZATION CORPORATION, AND I AM GOING TO QUOTE HERE.
09:11:20 IT SAYS IN THE FUTURE, ALL OF THIS IS GOING TO BE VERY
09:11:25 VALUABLE PROPERTY, SAYS ROBINSON, WHO IS BUILT LIKE A
09:11:29 LINEBACKER YET HAS THE AGILITY TO WORK WELL WITH THE CITY'S
09:11:34 TEA AND CRUMPET SET.
09:11:37 WITH ALL THE ECONOMIC GROWTH GOING ON DOWNTOWN, THE BLACK
09:11:41 AND LATINO PEOPLE HERE HAVE IT MADE.
09:11:43 AND 1982.
09:11:46 AND THEN FINALLY, I AM GETTING OLD, THIS IS ME NOW WITH THE
09:11:51 GRAY HAIR, AT A MEETING OVER AT THE JEWISH CENTER AT THE OLD
09:11:57 ARMORY, WHEN WE ARE HAVING A MEETING TALKING ABOUT THE
09:12:00 STRATEGIC PLAN AND WHATNOT.
09:12:02 BUT I WANT TO SAY THIS IN CLOSING.
09:12:04 I WANT TO THANK THE CITY STAFFERS, MY COMMUNITY MEMBERS, FOR
09:12:11 ALLOWING ME TO BE THE CHAIR.
09:12:13 I AM NOT EASY TO WORK WITH AS THE CHAIR BUT I TRY TO BE
09:12:16 FAIR.
09:12:16 AND ONE THING I HAVE LEARNED IN THIS BUSINESS WITH CRAs IS
09:12:21 YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW THEY RUN, FOLLOW THE RULES, AND JUST BE
09:12:26 COOPERATIVE.
09:12:27 AND YOU HAVE GOT TO LISTEN TO THE CITY.
09:12:28 YOU KNOW THE CITY WORKS FOR THE CRAs.
09:12:31 THEY ARE NOT THE CRAs.
09:12:33 THEY HELP.
09:12:34 AND ONE OF THE THINGS IN WEST TAMPA THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL, WE
09:12:36 PUT NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS, I CAN'T EMPHASIZE THAT.
09:12:40 I CAN'T DO THIS BY MYSELF.
09:12:42 THIS IS DECADES AND DECADES OF WORK OF PEOPLE, THAT I AM
09:12:46 STANDING ON HERE.
09:12:48 THIS IS A BLACK COMMUNITY, LATINO COMMUNITY, HISPANIC
09:12:51 COMMUNITY, ITALIAN COMMUNITY, AND SO FORTH.
09:12:54 AND SO IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT TO NAVIGATE THAT.
09:12:57 BUT I WANT TO SAY BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE SUPPORT I HAD OVER
09:13:01 THE LAST 40 YEARS, OKAY, I DIDN'T START DOING THIS LAST WEEK
09:13:06 OR LAST YEAR.
09:13:07 40, 50 YEARS OF FIGHTING FOR THE CAUSE, FILING LAWSUITS, BUT
09:13:14 BECAUSE OF THAT, WEST TAMPA, TRUST ME, AND MR. CITRO, WE
09:13:19 AIN'T GOT HISTORIC SIGNS YET BUT PEOPLE WILL KNOW WHERE WE
09:13:22 ARE.
09:13:23 WHEN YOU CROSS THAT RIVER, YOU ARE GOING TO KNOW WHERE WE
09:13:25 ARE.
09:13:26 JUST START LOOKING AT THE INTERSTATE OF WHAT'S COMING ON.
09:13:29 AND THESE CRAs ARE NECESSARY.
09:13:31 THESE ARE SLUM AND BLIGHTED AREAS.
09:13:33 I HAVE HAD MY RUN-IN AS CHAIR AND I AM GOING TO DO THIS.
09:13:36 I AM GOING TO PASS THE BATON.
09:13:38 THIS BATON I GOT WHEN I LEFT COLLEGE, WHEN I FINISHED UP AT
09:13:42 THE NCAA FINALS IN 1976, WE CAME IN 8th IN THE NATION AS
09:13:48 THE LEAD-OFF MAN WHEN IT COME TO TRACK AND FIELD.
09:13:51 BUT I GOT THE RECORD HOLDER 100-YARD DASH IN TAMPA CATHOLIC
09:13:57 RIGHT NOW.
09:13:57 SO I AM GOING TO PASS THIS BATON ON TO ANOTHER CHAIR.
09:14:00 I AM GOING TO THANK ALL OF YOU GUYS.
09:14:04 I KNOW PRETTY MUCH ALL OF YOU.
09:14:06 SPECIALLY YOU, MR. CARLSON.
09:14:08 I THINK THE EFFORTS THAT YOU HAVE DONE, MR. CITRO, AND
09:14:11 CHARLIE MIRANDA, YOU KNOW, MAN, I GOT TO -- AND GUIDO, NOW
09:14:16 THE WEST TAMPA MAN AT THE COFFEE SHOP AND EVERYTHING.
09:14:18 AND THEN OF COURSE MR. DINGFELDER, HE'S GOT A LITTLE
09:14:21 BUSINESS OVER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CRA AND SO FORTH.
09:14:25 AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I REMEMBER.
09:14:28 THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT MAKE A COMMUNITY WORK.
09:14:31 AND I WANT TO SAY THAT HOPEFULLY BY EXAMPLE -- I AM NOT
09:14:34 GOING TOO FAR NOW.
09:14:35 I AM STILL GOING TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE
09:14:39 THERE'S SOME THINGS COMING UP.
09:14:41 FOR EXAMPLE, I DID A CALL LAST NIGHT, SOMEBODY AT THE COUNTY
09:14:43 WANTED TO TALK ABOUT PUTTING AN AFRICAN ART MUSEUM IN WEST
09:14:47 TAMPA.
09:14:47 THEY ARE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT IT AND WROTE A LETTER SIX
09:14:50 MONTHS AGO.
09:14:50 SO I AM GOING TO BREAK THAT NEWS THAT THEY WANT HELP FROM
09:14:54 THE CITY, THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE CITY THINGS, AND I AM
09:14:57 SAYING LET'S PUT IT ON THE CITY STATIONARY.
09:15:03 AND I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND ADMINISTRATION, ROB
09:15:07 ROSNER, FOR PUTTING ME ON THE WRONG SITE.
09:15:14 IT'S ALL OVER WITH.
09:15:15 BUT THAT IS ONE OF THE BEST DEVELOPMENTS THAT THE CITY OF
09:15:19 TAMPA, AND AFRICAN AMERICAN LATINO NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE RIVER
09:15:25 EVER, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF POSITIVE THINGS COME
09:15:28 OUT OF THAT.
09:15:29 A LOT OF JOBS, A LOT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND EVERYTHING
09:15:34 ELSE.
09:15:35 AND NONE OF THE MONEY IS COMING FROM THE CRA.
09:15:37 AND WEST TAMPA, WE HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO HAVE POSITIVE
09:15:40 STUFF, AND WE HAVE YET TO TOUCH THE $9 MILLION REAL HARD.
09:15:45 BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY CRA BOARD IN CLOSING, WE GOT A BUDGET
09:15:50 IN FRONT OF YOU BECAUSE I AM STILL TALKING BUSINESS, THAT WE
09:15:53 HAVE APPROVED.
09:15:53 WE WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT BUDGET APPROVED WHEN IT COMES UP
09:15:56 SO WE CAN KEEP DOING THOSE THINGS.
09:15:58 WE HAVE GOT SOME INNOVATIVE PEOPLE, JESUS NINO, ASHLEY
09:16:03 TREWSBERRY AND ALL THAT TIME.
09:16:08 THEY DID A GREAT JOB OF HELPING ME FOR THE LAST AT LEAST TWO
09:16:12 TO THREE YEARS.
09:16:12 I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS ALL MY LIFE.
09:16:14 AND I CONTINUE TO DO IT ALL MY LIFE.
09:16:17 BECAUSE I LOVE WEST TAMPA.
09:16:19 AND HELP BLACK FOLKS, AND GET JUSTICE, EVEN THOUGH SOMETIMES
09:16:26 IT DON'T LOOK LIKE IT.
09:16:28 JOE ROBINSON IS GOING TO GET JUSTICE AND JUST A WHOLE OTHER
09:16:33 WAY TO GET IT DONE.
09:16:34 AS AN ENGINEER I WANT TO LEAVE IT AT THAT AND SAY THANK YOU
09:16:37 FOR SUPPORTING ME.
09:16:38 THANK YOU FOR HELPING WEST TAMPA.
09:16:40 AND THANK YOU ALL FOR INVITING ME DOWN HERE TO SAY MY LAST
09:16:44 WORDS AS BEING THE CHAIR.
09:16:45 AND.
09:16:48 >>JOSEPH CITRO: JOE, YOU STAY RIGHT THERE.
09:16:50 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
09:16:51 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO THANK MR. ROBINSON, EVERYONE
09:16:55 INVOLVED IN THE CRA OF WEST TAMPA.
09:16:56 BUT MR. ROBINSON FORGOT TWO THINGS.
09:17:00 ONE THAT HE'S LUCKY TO HAVE ANY HAIR, NO MATTER THAT IT'S
09:17:03 GRAY, AND SECONDLY THAT HE FORGOT TO SAY -- AND I KNOW HE'S
09:17:06 PROUD OF THIS, BUT I THINK HE STILL HOLDS THE RECORD IN THE
09:17:11 100-YARD DASH AT TAMPA CATHOLIC.
09:17:15 AND FINISHING 8th IN THE NATION WITH THREE OTHER
09:17:18 INDIVIDUALS IN PASSING THAT BATON IS A GREAT FEAT FOR THE
09:17:22 HUNDREDS AND MAYBE THOUSANDS OF COMPETITION THAT GOES ON
09:17:26 WHEN YOU GO INTO THE FINALS OF THE NATIONALS CHAMPIONSHIPS,
09:17:29 YOU BUT FINISHING 8th IS FASTER THAN ANYTHING -- BUT
09:17:36 HE'S A GOOD GUY.
09:17:38 I SEE HIM ABOUT EVERY SUNDAY OVER COFFEE, AND WE SIT DOWN
09:17:42 ONCE IN A WHILE, AND OF THE TIME HE OPENS THE DOOR AND SAYS,
09:17:46 HEY, MIRANDA, HOW ARE YOU DOING?
09:17:47 AND HE WALKS OUT.
09:17:48 BUT HE'S A GREAT GUY AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING HE'S DONE
09:17:50 FOR HUMANITY AND FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:17:52 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:17:57 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE A TRAILBLAZER TO
09:18:04 KEEP THINGS MOVING FORWARD.
09:18:06 I CAN SAY MR. ROBINSON HAS BEEN A PERSON WHO HAS FOUGHT FOR
09:18:12 ISSUES IN THE CITY AND HE HAS THE LOVE FOR WEST TAMPA.
09:18:15 HE HAS THE PASSION TO MOVE MOUNTAINS NO MATTER WHAT THE
09:18:21 OBSTACLES ARE, NO MATTER WHAT THE MOUNTAIN IS.
09:18:24 AS ONE PERSON THANK YOU FOR BEING ONE THAT MOVED THAT CRA,
09:18:28 WHO UNDERSTANDS, AND HAS TAUGHT THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE ON THE
09:18:33 BOARD CURRENTLY WHO MAY BE TAKING OVER HOW THE WORK HAS TO
09:18:38 GET DONE, HOW YOU GET IT DONE.
09:18:40 IT'S COLLABORATION.
09:18:43 AND YOU FOUND WHAT I KOALA SPECIAL SAUCE IN MAKING SURE THAT
09:18:46 YOU HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS, BECAUSE THEY
09:18:50 ARE CLIENTS AND YOU UNDER THAT AND YOU FOSTERED A BOARD THAT
09:18:56 HAS DIFFERENT KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, TO HELP MOVE THAT CRA.
09:19:00 SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU PERSONALLY FOR BEING ABLE TO KICK
09:19:05 THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD.
09:19:07 SOMEONE ELSE IS GOING TO DO THE REST.
09:19:10 I KNOW YOU WILL SHALL THERE TO MAKE SURE YOU GIVE A GOOD
09:19:12 BLOCK.
09:19:13 I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
09:19:15 GOD BLESS YOU, SIR.
09:19:16 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
09:19:19 >>BILL CARLSON: THANKS FOR YOUR WISDOM AND EXPERIENCE.
09:19:21 YOU HAVE SO MUCH EXPERIENCE ON CRAs IN WEST TAMPA, IN
09:19:24 PARTICULAR, AND YOU HAVE GIVEN ALL OF US, I'M SURE, YOUR
09:19:31 WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE AND YOU HELPED MENTOR SO MANY PEOPLE IN
09:19:34 THE COMMUNITY.
09:19:34 BIG QUESTION IS, HOW DID THEY ALLOW YOU TO GET INVOLVED WHEN
09:19:37 YOU WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL SO LONG AGO?
09:19:41 YOU LOOK LIKE YOU WERE VERY, VERY YOUNG BACK THEN.
09:19:44 THANK YOU.
09:19:44 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
09:19:48 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. ROBINSON, I HAVE KNOWN YOU FOR A
09:19:51 COUPLE OF YEARS AND I AM GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT UP TAMPA
09:19:53 CATHOLIC, A RECORD THAT YOU STILL HOLD OVER THERE BECAUSE
09:19:57 YOUR NAME IS STILL ON THE WALL, AND BEING A TAMPA CATHOLIC
09:20:02 MYSELF I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING UP THE CRUSADERS.
09:20:05 I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR COMPASSION FOR THE CITY, YOUR
09:20:07 DEDICATION AND HARD WORK FOR DECADES.
09:20:12 WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU, YOU HAVE LIVED IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU
09:20:17 HAVE LIVED IN THAT SCAGLIONE HOUSE FOR DECADES, YOU ARE PART
09:20:23 OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU TALK THE TALK AND WALK THE WALK,
09:20:26 AND I APPRECIATE YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND ALL YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS
09:20:28 TO THE COMMUNITY.
09:20:29 THANK YOU, SIR.
09:20:30 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
09:20:32 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:20:34 MR. ROBINSON, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK THAT YOU
09:20:37 DO FOR THE COMMUNITY DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
09:20:40 YOU ALWAYS WEAR YOUR HEART ON YOUR SLEEVE.
09:20:42 YOU ARE VERY BLUNT IN WHAT YOU SAY, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S
09:20:48 GOOD TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE GOOD HEARTS AND HAVE NO
09:20:51 FILTER.
09:20:52 IF YOU HAVE A BAD HEART, BAD TO HAVE NO FILTER, BUT I THINK
09:20:57 YOU HAVE A VERY GOOD HEART, YOUR DEDICATION TO WEST TAMPA IS
09:21:00 SECOND TO NONE.
09:21:01 YESTERDAY, I THINK IT WAS, WAS THE 100THS BIRTHDAY, I
09:21:05 BELIEVE IT WAS YESTERDAY, JUNE 9th, OF ROBERT SAUNDERS,
09:21:10 A MAN THAT I KNOW I'M SURE MEANS A LOT TO YOU, MEANS A TO
09:21:15 FOLKS IN TAMPA FROM ROBERTS CITY AND WEST TAMPA.
09:21:18 AND WE TAKE A LOOK AT WEST TAMPA AND SO MANY OF THE GREAT
09:21:21 NAMES THAT HAVE COME OUT THERE, AND YOU HAVE SUCH A
09:21:23 DEDICATION TO PRESERVING THAT LEGACY.
09:21:27 WEST TAMPA IS SUCH A STILL DIVERSE, VIBRANT AREA, BUT A
09:21:32 DIVERSE VIBRANT AREA WITH SO MUCH STILL UNFULFILLED
09:21:36 POTENTIAL.
09:21:37 AND I KNOW UNFULFILLED POTENTIAL ALWAYS BURNS IN YOUR HEART.
09:21:41 SO I THINK IT'S OUR DUTY AS COUNCIL MEMBERS TO CONTINUE TO
09:21:44 WORK TO SEE HOW WEST TAMPA CONTINUES TO BECOME WHAT IT
09:21:49 SHOULD BE PURSUANT TO YOUR HEART.
09:21:52 SO THANK YOU, SIR.
09:21:53 AND GOD BLESS YOU.
09:21:54 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
09:21:58 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:22:01 JOE, WE GO BACK I THINK AT LEAST 20 YEARS.
09:22:04 MY WIFE SAYS SHE PROBABLY GOES BACK 30 YEARS OR MORE WITH
09:22:07 YOU.
09:22:11 SOMETIMES IN ORDER TO MAKE CHANGE, AND ESPECIALLY POSITIVE
09:22:14 CHANGE, YOU HAVE GOT TO SHAKE IT UP.
09:22:16 I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU AND I HAVE IN COMMON.
09:22:19 WE ARE NOT AFRAID TO SPEAK TRUTH, WE ARE NOT AFRAID TO SHAKE
09:22:23 IT UP.
09:22:24 I HAVE ALWAYS ADMIRED YOU FOR THAT.
09:22:27 JOE, YOUR SPEECH SOUNDED LIKE AN ACADEMY AWARD THAT YOU WERE
09:22:34 LEAVING.
09:22:34 WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET YOU LEAVE.
09:22:36 AND YOUR WISDOM AND YOUR ADVICE WE COUNT ON YOU AND WE
09:22:42 REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOU HAVE DONE NOT ONLY FOR WEST TAMPA
09:22:45 BUT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.
09:22:46 THANK YOU, SIR.
09:22:47 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
09:22:49 >>: MR. ROBINSON, MY FIRST QUESTION TO YOU IS, WHEN YOU
09:22:52 SHOWED US THAT PICTURE, THE FIRST PICTURE, WERE YOU
09:22:54 LISTENING PARLIAMENT OR FUNKADELICS?
09:23:06 >> I WAS LISTENING TO BOTH, MAN.
09:23:09 BUT I GOT ABOUT 2,000 ALBUMS.
09:23:12 I ACTUALLY GO BACK TO JIMI HENDRICKS, 1968, OKAY TO BE FREE.
09:23:18 >> I HAVE TO DO MY JOE ROBINSON IMPERSONATION.
09:23:25 I WILL SAVE THAT FOR ANOTHER TIME.
09:23:27 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:23:27 YOU ARE A MAN OF CONVICTION.
09:23:28 YOU GET THINGS DONE.
09:23:30 YOU MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE DONE RIGHT, DONE THE PROPER
09:23:33 WAY.
09:23:34 JOE, I THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE NOT ONLY FOR
09:23:38 WEST TAMPA, FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA, AND I'M SURE WE ARE GOING
09:23:40 TO SEE MUCH MORE OF YOU.
09:23:42 JOE, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.
09:23:43 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
09:23:46 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE NINE SPEAKERS
09:23:49 DOWNSTAIRS?
09:23:52 OKAY, YES.
09:23:54 I GOT WORD FROM MY LEGISLATIVE AIDE.
09:23:56 DO WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT HAS CALLED IN?
09:23:59 >> THERE NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
09:24:05 NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS.
09:24:07 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I AM GOING TO REMIND PEOPLE GIVING PUBLIC
09:24:10 COMMENT TO MAKE THEIR COMMENTS UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT AND NOT
09:24:15 DURING ACTUAL AGENDA ITEMS.
09:24:19 SO IF WE MAY START WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS SPEAKER.
09:24:23 IF YOU COULD COME TO THE PODIUM.
09:24:25 >> CLAY LOANING, A BUSINESS OWNER.
09:24:44 I LIVE IN EAST TAMPA.
09:24:45 I AM HERE TO TALK WITH YOU AGAIN ABOUT CONSTRUCTION.
09:24:48 AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, VM YBOR, NORTH YBOR AND TAMPA HAVE
09:24:53 BECOME HAVENS FOR SLUM LORDS, AND OTHER REAL ESTATE
09:24:59 INVESTORS.
09:24:59 IT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME.
09:25:01 I RECENTLY HAD A PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSION WITH VARIOUS CITY
09:25:04 REPRESENTATIVES AND MEMBERS OF CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
09:25:06 CONCERNING THE ISSUANCE OF OWNER BUILDER PERMITS.
09:25:10 THE INVESTOR WHO PURCHASED THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR TO ME WAS
09:25:12 GRANTED OWNER BUILDER PERMITS FOR TWO DIFFERENT PROPERTIES
09:25:15 AT THE SAME TIME.
09:25:16 BUT ACCORDING TO TAMPA CITY CODE SECTION 5-105.2, BUILDING
09:25:22 ELECTRICAL PLUMBING OR MECHANICAL PERMIT MAY BE ISSUED TO
09:25:25 ANY PERSON WHO IS A BONA FIDE OWNER OF REAL PROPERTY WHICH,
09:25:29 ONE OR TWO DWELLING EXISTS, OR IS TO BE CONSTRUCTED FOR HIS
09:25:33 OWN USE AND IN WHICH HE RESIDES OR INTENDS TO IMMEDIATELY
09:25:37 RESIDE.
09:25:38 CLEARLY, A PERSON CANNOT RESIDE IN TWO DIFFERENT HOUSES AT
09:25:41 THE SAME TIME.
09:25:42 HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA, IT
09:25:45 APPEARS THAT THERE IS NOW SOME DOUBT AS TO WHETHER THE
09:25:49 RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT IS ENFORCEABLE.
09:25:52 OF COURSE THAT WASN'T THE ONLY ISSUE WITH THE PERMITS FILED
09:25:55 BY THE INVESTOR WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY NEXT DAR TO ME, IN
09:25:57 PARTICULAR, AND AS I HAVE STATED PREVIOUSLY HIS PLANS LACKED
09:26:01 ELECTRICAL DIAGRAMS, SCALE DRAWINGS AND PRODUCT
09:26:03 SPECIFICATIONS AND YET ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE LISTED AS
09:26:06 MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PERMITS ON THE
09:26:09 CITY OF TAMPA'S WEBSITE.
09:26:11 MR. HUTCHINSON ACKNOWLEDGED THE SHORTCOMINGS IN THE PLANS
09:26:15 AND RAISED AN INTERESTING POINT.
09:26:17 ALTHOUGH THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS ARE CLEARLY STATED ON THE
09:26:19 WEBSITE, THEY ARE NOT CODIFIED, AND HE HAS APPARENTLY BEEN
09:26:22 CHALLENGED ON THAT.
09:26:23 HOWEVER, TAMPA CITY CODE SECTION 5-105.5.1 STATES THE
09:26:29 BUILDING OFFICIAL SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO SET STANDARDS
09:26:32 FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS TO OWNERS.
09:26:35 HOW ENFORCEABLE THAT IS, I DON'T KNOW.
09:26:37 BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT RIGHT NOW QUICK FLIPPERS, SLUM
09:26:42 LORDS AND OTHER PREDATORY INVOLVES ARE HURTING THE
09:26:45 NEIGHBORHOODS THAT NEED THE MOST HELP AND THEY ARE DOING IT
09:26:47 WITH LITTLE ATTEMPT TO DISGUISE THEIR ACTIONS OR INTENTIONS.
09:26:51 THEY PROFIT BY DUMPING THE DISASTERS THEY CREATED ONTO
09:26:54 OTHERS.
09:26:54 THEY DEVALUE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEY ROB HOMEOWNERS OF THEIR
09:26:57 ABILITY TO BUILD WEALTH THROUGH REAL ESTATE.
09:27:00 PREDATORY INVESTORS HAVE MORE RESOURCES THAN MOST OF THE
09:27:03 PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THEY HARM.
09:27:05 AND I KNOW THERE IS SOME CONCERN THAT IF CHALLENGED THEY MAY
09:27:09 RETALIATE.
09:27:10 BUT TO THAT I SAY NOBODY SAID LEADERSHIP WAS EASY.
09:27:14 SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO TELL PEOPLE THINGS THEY DON'T WANT TO
09:27:16 HEAR.
09:27:16 SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO PUSH BACK.
09:27:17 AND SOMETIMES THOSE PEOPLE ARE POWERFUL.
09:27:19 BUT THAT IS THE PRICE OF PUBLIC TRUST.
09:27:22 THAT IS THE BURDEN OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE PEOPLE MUST BEAR
09:27:26 DO. NOT BE AFRAID OF BEING TESTED.
09:27:28 BE AFRAID OF APATHY.
09:27:30 THANK YOU.
09:27:30 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:27:42 NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
09:27:43 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE A WHILE.
09:27:57 WE HAD A CRA MEETING, BUT I AM GOING TO ADDRESS THAT
09:28:01 GENTLEMAN'S CONCERN, BECAUSE THAT HAS BECOME AN ISSUE SO WE
09:28:06 NEED CLARIFICATION FROM CONSTRUCTION SERVICES ON THAT ISSUE.
09:28:10 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
09:28:10 PLEASE PROCEED.
09:28:12 GO AHEAD, SIR.
09:28:12 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
09:28:15 MY NAME IS JOSEPH, THE CHANNEL DISTRICT CAC MEMBER AND ALSO
09:28:19 THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHANNEL DISTRICT COMMITTEE ALLIANCE IN
09:28:23 THE CHANNEL DISTRICT, AND I AM HERE TO EXPRESS OPPOSITION ON
09:28:26 ITEM NUMBER 7 TODAY ON YOUR AGENDA, WHICH IS GOING TO BE THE
09:28:31 FISCAL YEAR 2021 PROGRAM CHANGE, CHANNELSIDE PROJECT,
09:28:35 CONTINUED FROM MAY 13, 2021.
09:28:38 WE OPPOSE THE $1.6 MILLION FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD
09:28:41 INFRASTRUCTURE BUDGET BEING TRANSFERRED TO THE CHANNELSIDE
09:28:44 DRIVE IMPROVEMENT BUDGET.
09:28:46 FROM THE GET-GO, BEGINNING ON APRIL 7th OF 2021, AT OUR
09:28:51 CRA MEETING, WE WERE NOT INVOLVED OR INFORMED PROPERLY OF
09:28:54 THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE FUNDING THAT WAS NEEDED FOR THIS.
09:28:57 ON THAT DATE, MR. ROB ROSNER PRESENTED A SITE PLAN OF THE
09:29:00 PROPOSED CHANGES.
09:29:01 WE WERE NOT INFORMED OF THIS PRIOR.
09:29:04 THE SITE PLAN WAS A 7-INCH BY 10-INCH PICTURE OF THE
09:29:08 CHANGES.
09:29:09 WE DID NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE
09:29:11 UPDATES, AND WE WERE EXPECTED TO TAKE THE $1.6 MILLION FROM
09:29:16 OUR CAC FUND AND MAKE AN IMMEDIATE DECISION THAT EVENING.
09:29:20 DUE TO THE LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE POTENTIAL IMPACT TO
09:29:23 OUR RESIDENTS, AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THE BULK OF THAT MONEY
09:29:26 THAT IS IN THAT CAC FUND COMES FROM THE RESIDENTS AND THE
09:29:30 BUSINESSES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, WE ASKED FOR A SPECIAL
09:29:32 MEETING.
09:29:33 ON APRIL 10th, I RECEIVED AN E-MAIL FROM A PROPERTY
09:29:37 OWNER IN THE CHANNEL DISTRICT, HIS NAME IS MIKE CIBANELLI
09:29:44 AND IN HIS E-MAIL HE SAID, DURING THE RECENT CAC MEETING,
09:29:49 THE CITY PROPOSED A CHANNEL DISTRICT FUND $1.6 MILLION FOR A
09:29:54 ROAD PROJECT FOR THE PORT.
09:29:55 I APPRECIATE YOU PUSHING BACK ON THIS REQUEST.
09:29:58 IT APPEARS THE CAC WAS BLIND-SIDED BY THIS REQUEST AND
09:30:02 SHOULD TAKE SOME TIME TO ASSESS.
09:30:05 IN MY OPINION, THIS REQUEST SERVES NO BENEFIT TO THE
09:30:08 RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT.
09:30:10 THE BENEFACTOR WILL BE THE PORT AND MAYBE THE AQUARIUM OF
09:30:14 THE CITY.
09:30:15 IT IS DESIGNED TO HANDLE TRAFFIC FOR THESE ENTITIES AND
09:30:17 DOING DOES NOTHING FOR THE RESIDENTS.
09:30:20 ONCE AGAIN THAT WAS AN E-MAIL SENT TO ME THREE DAYS AFTER
09:30:23 THAT INITIAL APRIL 7, CAC MEETING.
09:30:25 ON APRIL 21st WE HAD OUR SPECIAL MEETING TO DISCUSS THE
09:30:28 FUNDING REQUESTS.
09:30:29 NO REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE PORT OF TAMPA WERE IN ATTENDANCE
09:30:32 FOR THIS.
09:30:33 THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING WAS TO UNDERSTAND THE
09:30:36 $1.6 MILLION, HAVE A SITE VISIT, HAVE A PRESENTATION BY CITY
09:30:41 WHICH WE DID THOSE TWO THINGS, BUT WE HAD NO OPPORTUNITY TO
09:30:44 BUILD A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PORT OF TAMPA AT ANY POINT.
09:30:47 THEY NEVER CAME AND THEY NEVER SHOWED UP AND THEY NEVER GAVE
09:30:50 US ANY DETAILS ON WHAT THEY COULD DO TO PARTNER WITH US
09:30:53 UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE TRANSFERRING
09:30:56 $1.6 MILLION OF THE TAXPAYERS MONEY TO THIS CHANNELSIDE
09:31:00 DRIVE IMPROVEMENT.
09:31:02 BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF INVOLVEMENT BASED ON THE PROJECT, WE
09:31:07 VOTED NO, UNANIMOUSLY, IN FUNDING THAT.
09:31:11 SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY.
09:31:13 [BELL SOUNDS]
09:31:14 I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW --
09:31:16 >> 30 SECOND MORE.
09:31:17 >> MICHELLE VAN LOAN PROVIDED A LETTER ADVISING THERE WAS NO
09:31:20 ADDITIONAL TIME FOR DISCUSSION.
09:31:22 WE HAVE NOT HAD THE DISCUSSION.
09:31:24 WE ALREADY GAVE $8.5 MILLION TO THIS ROAD IMPROVEMENT FROM
09:31:27 THE CAC FUNDING, THAT THE PORT OF TAMPA HAS ONLY GIVEN
09:31:31 55,000 OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS TO THE CAC.
09:31:33 THEY HAVE FUNDED LESS THAN ONE PERCENT.
09:31:36 WE HAVE DONE MORE THAN ENOUGH IN SUPPORTING THE PORT OF
09:31:38 TAMPA.
09:31:39 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:31:42 NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
09:32:06 >> GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR AND CRA BOARD MEMBERS.
09:32:10 THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS MORNING.
09:32:12 MY NAME IS -- I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE CENTER FOR ECONOMIC
09:32:17 DEVELOPMENT AND BASICALLY THE CENTER IS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE
09:32:20 GROWTH OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND THE POSITIVE PERT OF
09:32:25 UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES WITHIN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
09:32:27 WITH CONCENTRATION IN THE EAST TAMPA CRA.
09:32:31 AND I AM HERE TODAY TO SHARE THE PLANS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
09:32:35 COMMITTEE PROCESS OF EAST TAMPA CRA AS THEY BEGIN TO FURTHER
09:32:39 DISCUSS AND FORMULATE PLANS TO INCREASE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
09:32:43 OPTIONS, IDENTIFY DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, AND TO PROVIDE
09:32:46 BUSINESS ASSISTANCE SERVICES OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, AN
09:32:50 OBSERVATION, I HAVE SEEN THE NEED FOR ASSISTANCE IN
09:32:53 DEVELOPING WHATEVER CONVERSATIONS OR SOME TYPE OF MATERIAL
09:32:56 TO FURTHER THE CONVERSATION INTO ACTUAL PROGRESS AND SOME
09:33:00 KIND OF MOVEMENT AND THEY HAVE ALSO EXPRESSED INTEREST FROM
09:33:02 THE COMMUNITY FOR SOME ASSISTANCE AND A COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER
09:33:06 AND RESIDENT OF EAST TAMPA HAS PROVIDED FOR SCOPES, AND YOU
09:33:09 SHOULD HAVE AVAILABLE TO YOU, I'M NOT SURE WHERE THEY ARE,
09:33:12 BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE AVAILABLE TO YOU FOUR SCOPES THAT'S JUST
09:33:16 THE BEGINNING, THE BEGINNING OF A PROCESS TO BEGIN THE
09:33:19 CONVERSATION.
09:33:19 WE WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND WHATEVER
09:33:23 ELSE IS NECESSARY, BUT I AM PRESENTING IT TODAY TO TRY TO
09:33:25 FIND WHATEVER PROCESS THAT IS TO HELP THEM FACILITATE THE
09:33:28 THINGS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN REQUESTING FOR MONTHS NOW IN THE
09:33:31 EAST TAMPA CRA.
09:33:32 SO THE CENTER THANKS YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AND
09:33:37 CREATE RESIDENT DRIVEN IDEAS TO IMPROVE EAST TAMPA.
09:33:42 THE COMMUNITY, I SHOULD SAY COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS COMING
09:33:45 TOGETHER AND PUT TOGETHER THESE FOUR SCOPES AND WE ARE JUST
09:33:48 PRESENTING HERE TODAY TO SAY HELP US MOVE THIS ALONG SO IT
09:33:50 CAN BE DISCUSSED WITH THE EAST TAMPA CAC.
09:33:53 THANK YOU.
09:33:53 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:33:56 >>ORLANDO GUDES: LET ME THANK THIS YOUNG LADY.
09:33:59 YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU ASK FOR HELP AND YOU DON'T GET IT.
09:34:02 I CAN SAY THIS YOUNG LADY AND HER TEAM HAVE COME TO EAST
09:34:05 TAMPA, THEY CALL MY OFFICE ASKING HOW CAN WE HELP?
09:34:09 I SAY WE HAVE A BIG GOAL IN EAST TAMPA RIGHT NOW.
09:34:12 HER AND HER TEAM GOT TOGETHER, ASKED ME TO FILE A LIST OF
09:34:16 ELDERLY SENIORS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT NEED THEIR HOUSES
09:34:19 REDONE.
09:34:20 THEY DID THAT.
09:34:21 THEY HAVE BEEN GOING OUT.
09:34:22 THEY HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING UP IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
09:34:26 TO REHAB AND GET IT LOOKING GOOD.
09:34:29 I DID SEE THE SCOPE.
09:34:30 I AM GOING TO MAKE SURE MRS. VAN LOAN GETS THAT BECAUSE WE
09:34:33 HAVE SOME PEOPLE WITH EXPERTISE NOW IN EAST TAMPA WHO WANT
09:34:36 TO BE A PARTICIPATE AND HELP OUR CAC MEMBERS WHO DON'T HAVE
09:34:39 THE EXPERTISE THAT THIS YOUNG AND HER TEAM, HER ORGANIZATION
09:34:43 HAS.
09:34:43 SO WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE YOU IN OUR COMMUNITY.
09:34:46 AND AGAIN, I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH MRS. VAN LOAN.
09:34:50 I SAW THE E-MAIL.
09:34:52 IT'S WONDERFUL THAT YOU COME TO EAST TAMPA TO TRY TO HELP
09:34:55 MOVE EAST TAMPA IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
09:34:57 SO THANK YOU.
09:34:58 AND WE WILL BE IN TOUCH.
09:34:59 >>JOSEPH CITRO: AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THIS WOMAN
09:35:01 FOR DOING SOMETHING THAT IS ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT SOME
09:35:04 OTHERS HAVE BEEN DOING.
09:35:05 I APPRECIATE YOU COMING TO US, GIVING US THIS INFORMATION,
09:35:11 AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONTACT ALL THE CRA BOARD MEMBERS
09:35:14 AND SEE HOW WE CAN OFFER SOME HELP.
09:35:17 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:35:17 >> THANK YOU.
09:35:18 >> AHURU, MENTEZNOT.
09:35:39 IT MEANS FREEDOM IN SWAHILI AND WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE THINKING
09:35:44 ABOUT OUR FREEDOM.
09:35:45 ANYTIME I AM ON NEBRASKA AVENUE ALL THE WOMEN ON NEBRASKA
09:35:49 AVENUE, MEN AND WOMEN, THINK I'M THE GREATEST.
09:35:53 I NORMALLY PAY IN ADVANCE AND WHEN WE HAVE SEX, THEY SAY
09:35:56 HEY, MAN, YOU ARE THE GREATEST BECAUSE THEY KNOW I AM COMING
09:35:58 BACK, I'M A RETURN CUSTOMER.
09:36:01 WHEN I GET HOME TO MY WIFE, SHE WON'T EVEN TALK SEX WITH ME.
09:36:05 WHY IS THAT?
09:36:07 BECAUSE FOR THE LAST 20 OR 30 YEARS SHE HAS BEEN TRYING TO
09:36:09 GET ME TO GO AND GET A PRESCRIPTION OF VIAGRA SINCE IT'S
09:36:12 BEEN ON THE MARKET.
09:36:13 UNDERSTAND?
09:36:14 SO THE PEOPLE THAT'S PAYING, THAT'S GETTING PAID, HEY, THEY
09:36:18 ARE LIVING LOVELY.
09:36:19 SO COMING DOWN HERE FOR ALL THESE YEARS, IT'S NOT ALL DOOM
09:36:21 AND GLOOM.
09:36:22 THIS CITY IS DOING WONDERFUL.
09:36:24 THIS CITY IS DOING GREAT.
09:36:25 BUT FOR THE AFRICAN PEOPLE IT'S DOING ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY
09:36:30 NOTHING.
09:36:30 ALL THIS GARBAGE YOU ALL TALK THIS MORNING ABOUT WEST TAMPA,
09:36:33 THIS AND THIS, OR YOU GET IT DONE, YOU DO THIS, WE HANDS ON,
09:36:37 WE THIS, WE GET IT DONE, MAN, ALL THE BLACK PEOPLE THAT RAN
09:36:40 OUT OF BLACK WEST TAMPA, ALL THE AFRICAN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
09:36:44 RAN OUT OF BLACK WEST TAMPA.
09:36:47 I WANT TO CALL IT BLACK TAMPA BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT USED TO
09:36:50 BE UP AND DOWN MAIN STREET AND VIBRANT AND IT'S NO MORE ANY
09:36:53 MORE.
09:36:54 YOU ALL WANT TO GIVE PRAISE AND PATTING ONE ANOTHER.
09:36:58 IT'S A GARBAGE CITY COUNCIL, NONE MORE, NONE LESS.
09:37:01 NOW HOW YOU ARE GARBAGE?
09:37:03 BECAUSE WHEN YOU STEP OUTSIDE THIS BUILDING YOU GET I-4,
09:37:07 THERE'S AN ACCIDENT THERE TWO OR THREE TIMES A DAY EVERY
09:37:09 DAY, THE MOST DANGEROUS HIGHWAY IN THE UNITED STATES AND YOU
09:37:12 ALL CAN'T DO NOTHING ABOUT IT.
09:37:13 GARBAGE CITY COUNCIL IN YOUR OWN CITY, IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD,
09:37:17 AND EVERY AFRICAN COMMUNITY, EVERY AFRICAN COMMUNITY HAS
09:37:21 WENT DOWN AND WENT BACKWARDS AND THEY RUNNING AFRICAN PEOPLE
09:37:24 OUT OF THE CITY AND WE STILL 26% OF THIS POPULATION, AND WE
09:37:28 DON'T GET NOTHING.
09:37:29 ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY NOTHING FROM PERRY HARVEY THROUGH ALL
09:37:32 THE REST OF THEM, THROUGH GWEN MILLER, THROUGH ALL OF THEM.
09:37:38 LES MILLER AND EVERY BLACK REPRESENTATIVE THEY HAVE HAD
09:37:41 REPRESENT AFRICAN PEOPLE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING, HAVEN'T SAID
09:37:44 ANYTHING.
09:37:45 BICYCLE STOPS.
09:37:45 OTHER THINGS.
09:37:46 POLICE MURDERS.
09:37:47 POLICE BEATINGS.
09:37:50 YOU ALL JUST LIKE TO ACCOMMODATE ONE ANOTHER WITH THE
09:37:54 STUPIDNESS.
09:37:55 BUT IN THE REALITY, AFRICAN PEOPLE ARE HUSTLING BACKWARDS
09:37:59 AND WE ARE GOING BACKWARDS AND YOU ALL PUSHING US BACKWARDS.
09:38:02 AND UNTIL THIS CITY CAN START TALKING ABOUT REPARATIONS,
09:38:05 SOME REPARATIONS FOR AFRICAN PEOPLE AND ALL THE WRONG YOU
09:38:09 ALL HAVE DONE TO US, WE AIN'T DOING NOTHING.
09:38:11 [BELL SOUNDS]
09:38:13 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
09:38:17 NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
09:38:30 >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
09:38:34 HERE WE ARE ALMOST IN PERSON --
09:38:35 >> STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE.
09:38:36 >> BILL KUZMICK, PORT TAMPA MARITIME INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION,
09:38:39 705 CHANNELSIDE DRIVE.
09:38:41 IT'S NICE TO BE ALMOST IN PERSON HERE THIS MORNING.
09:38:44 IT'S A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW BUT I AM GOING TO TRY.
09:38:46 I AM HERE SPEAKING ON ITEM NUMBER 7 ON YOUR AGENDA.
09:38:49 AND I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND THE CITY OF TAMPA FOR THEIR
09:38:52 EFFORTS TO CONTINUE TO TRANSFORM THE CHANNELSIDE DRIVE AREA
09:38:55 AND THE PORT DISTRICT.
09:38:58 PORT TAMPA MARITIME INDUSTRIES IS A GROUP OF BUSINESS
09:39:01 LEADERS THAT SUPPORT AND ADVOCATE FOR THE PORT COMMUNITY AND
09:39:03 THE CITY OF TAMPA AND SURROUNDING AREAS, AND TO CONTINUE TO
09:39:07 TRANSFORM THIS AREA LIKE WE ARE DOING, PROVIDING A SAFE
09:39:10 ENVIRONMENT FOR VISITORS AND RESIDENTS IN OUR AREA IS
09:39:14 CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR, AND WE
09:39:17 REALLY APPLAUD THE CITY FOR WHAT THEY ARE UNDERTAKING, AS
09:39:20 WELL THE FIRST AND LAST THING THOSE CRUISE VISITORS SEE IS A
09:39:26 NEWLY TRANSFORMED INTERFACE BETWEEN THE CRUISE AND THE PORT
09:39:29 WHERE THEY ARE DEPARTING FROM AND ARRIVING TO.
09:39:31 IT'S INCREDIBLE.
09:39:33 THAT'S WHY THE -- I APPLAUD THE PORT AUTHORITY FOR THEIR
09:39:36 GENEROSITY AND MAKING THIS TRANSFORMATION HAPPEN AND I
09:39:39 SUPPORT THE CITY OF TAMPA TO CREATE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT AND
09:39:42 TRANSFORM THAT CHANNELSIDE AREA.
09:39:44 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:39:44 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
09:39:47 NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
09:39:48 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:40:16 CONNIE BURTON.
09:40:18 THE REASON I AM HERE THIS MORNING IS TO FOLLOW UP REALLY ON
09:40:22 THE CONVERSATION OF LAST WEEK'S COUNCIL MEETING, THAT KEEP
09:40:27 RAISING A QUESTION AS TO WHY WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MOVE
09:40:30 FORWARD WITH A HOUSING STOP THAT WILL MAKE IT AFFORDABLE FOR
09:40:37 PEOPLE OF ESSENTIAL WORKERS, WORKING CLASS PEOPLE, TO BE
09:40:41 ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE WITHIN SIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE
09:40:44 CITY OF TAMPA.
09:40:45 AND I'M KARL CONCERNED ABOUT EAST TAMPA.
09:40:51 WEEKLY, WE CONTINUE TO RAISE THE ISSUE OF HAVING -- REHAB
09:40:57 PRODUCTS, DEVELOPMENTS STARTED FROM THE CRA, AND IT IS LIKE
09:41:06 A PUSH, PUSH, PUSH, JUST RECENTLY AFTER A VISIT BY
09:41:10 COUNCILMAN GUDES, TALK ABOUT IT IS A PROCESS.
09:41:13 THE PROCESS THAT I AM KEENLY AWARE OF THAT IT HAS NOT
09:41:20 HAPPENED SINCE 2019 WHEN YOU WAS ON THE COUNCIL, THE CRA, IT
09:41:24 HAS NOT BEEN RAISED.
09:41:27 AND WHAT I WANT TO KNOW TODAY IS THAT MICHELLE VAN LOAN, A
09:41:31 GIFTED EMPLOYEE, SHE IS NOT THE PERSON THAT WE HAVE ELECTED
09:41:36 TO CARRY OUT THE ISSUES OR THE MISSION OF PEOPLE THAT IS --
09:41:41 THAT NEED DIGNITY IN HOUSING.
09:41:44 WE DON'T WANT YOU TO IMAGINE THAT WE ARE CONFUSED.
09:41:51 WE HAVE PUT THIS TASK AND THIS CONCERN IN YOUR HAND, THAT WE
09:41:54 WANT AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR WORKING CLASS PEOPLE IN EAST
09:41:58 TAMPA, RENT IS OUT OF CONTROL, THAT YOU CAN DO IN TERMS OF
09:42:04 SPEAKING WITH THE MAYOR, TO BUNDLE PROPERTIES THAT THE CITY
09:42:09 OWNS SO PEOPLE CAN HAVE AT LEAST A FIGHTING CHANCE, RENTS
09:42:16 ARE $1700 AND HIGHER AND MANY PEOPLE IN OUR WORKING CLASS
09:42:20 COMMUNITY CANNOT AFFORD THESE HOUSES.
09:42:22 WE THINK THAT IT CONTINUES TO BE A DISSERVICE.
09:42:25 WHILE WE KEEP HEARING THAT IT IS A PROCESS, IT IS A PROCESS
09:42:29 THAT HAS TAKEN AWAY TOO LONG, THE DEMAND AGAIN IS HOUSING.
09:42:35 AND I WANT TO COMMEND WHAT INDIVIDUALS ARE DOING INSIDE OF
09:42:39 OUR COMMUNITY, AND THERE ARE INITIATIVES LIKE ONE OF THE
09:42:42 SPEAKERS LAID OUT.
09:42:43 IT IS LEADING TO A LOT OF CONFUSION, BECAUSE ALTHOUGH IT
09:42:49 SAYS PROPOSED PROJECT, MANY PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO THINK
09:42:51 THAT THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE BEING OFFERED IN THAT
09:42:56 FOUR-POINT PLAN THAT MS. PILA LAID OUT THIS MORNING.
09:43:00 THERE ARE EIGHT SUBCOMMITTEES WITH INSIDE OF EAST TAMPA AND
09:43:05 I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO ENCOURAGE HER AND OTHERS TO
09:43:08 WORK WITH INSIDE OF THOSE COMMITTEES SO WE DO NOT GET MIXED
09:43:13 MESSAGES INSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
09:43:16 THANK YOU.
09:43:16 [BELL SOUNDS]
09:43:22 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:43:23 NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
09:43:24 >> THERE ARE NO MORE SPEAKERS.
09:43:37 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:43:37 AND WE HAVE NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS?
09:43:40 >> THAT'S CORRECT.
09:43:41 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:43:43 MS. KIMBERLEE CURTIS.
09:44:00 MRS. CURTIS IS FROM THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE
09:44:05 REPRESENTATIVE.
09:44:05 >> THANK YOU CRA BOARD MEMBERS.
09:44:07 IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY AND TO MEET ALL OF YOU AS
09:44:10 YOUR CHANNEL DISTRICT CAC CHAIRPERSON.
09:44:12 I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE SINCE 2018 BUT ONLY
09:44:15 RECENTLY ACCEPTED THE POSITION OF CHAIRPERSON IN FEBRUARY OF
09:44:18 THIS YEAR.
09:44:19 IT IS WITH PLEASURE THAT I PRESENT AN UPDATE ON ALL THE
09:44:22 EXCITING THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING IN THE CHANNEL
09:44:23 DISTRICT OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS AND SOME OF THE THINGS
09:44:26 PLANNED FOR THE FUTURE.
09:44:28 2020 WAS A VERY DIFFICULT YEAR FOR EVERYONE.
09:44:30 HOWEVER, DESPITE THAT, WE DID CELEBRATE SOME SUCCESSES AND
09:44:34 MILESTONES IN THE CHANNEL DISTRICT.
09:44:36 I WILL BEGIN WITH PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENTS AND
09:44:39 ANNOUNCEMENTS AND THEN MOVE ON TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
09:44:41 FUNDED BY TIF AND NON-TIF INVESTMENTS.
09:44:45 MERCURY ADVISORS ANNOUNCED A NEW DEVELOPMENT AT THE CORNER
09:44:48 OF MADISON AND CHANNELSIDE DRIVE TO BE KNOWN AS PARC
09:44:51 MADISON.
09:44:53 MERCURY ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT THE 2021 COMMENCEMENT OF THEIR
09:44:56 LUXURY CONDO DEVELOPMENT ELEVATE 61 AT THE CORNER OF
09:45:00 CHANNELSIDE DRIVE AND WHITING.
09:45:01 THIS 33 STORY WITH 61 PRIVATE RESIDENCES.
09:45:06 DANIEL CORPORATION BEGAN CONSTRUCTION OF THEIR PROJECT ON
09:45:09 THE CORNER OF TWIGGS AND CHANNELSIDE DRIVE.
09:45:12 IT IS A MIXED USE 19-STORY RESIDENTIAL LUXURY RENTAL PROJECT
09:45:15 WITH 324 UNITS.
09:45:19 VIA BEGAN STUDIES TO IMPLEMENT SIDEWALKS AND CURB
09:45:24 IMPROVEMENTS ALONG MERIDIAN AVENUE.
09:45:26 SPARKMAN WHARF STARTED WITH TENANT LEASES AND BUILDOUT
09:45:31 DESPITE THE IMPACTS OF COVID.
09:45:34 THERE ARE ONLY A FEW RETAIL SPACES REMAINING TO BE FILLED.
09:45:38 INDUSTRIOUS CO-WORKING WILL MARK THE FIRST BRANDED
09:45:42 CO-WORKING SPACE IN THE CHANNEL DISTRICT.
09:45:43 SEVERAL RETAILERS HAVE ALSO OPENED IN THE OTHER AREAS OF THE
09:45:47 DISTRICT OUTSIDE OF SPARKMAN.
09:45:50 ROBECK MOVIE SHOP, NAIL SALON AND THE GRAND CENTRAL ARE JUST
09:45:56 A FEW EXAMPLES OF NEW INTEREST FROM SMALL BUSINESSES MOVING
09:45:59 INTO THE DISTRICT.
09:46:00 THE LEASING BROKERS FOR BOTH THE SLIDE AND FITZGERALD
09:46:04 INFORMED ME THAT MOST ALL OF THE EMPTY SPACES ON THE GROUND
09:46:07 LEVEL RETAIL IN THOSE BUILDINGS ARE NOW LEASED AND TENTATIVE
09:46:10 IMPROVEMENTS ARE TAKING WAY BEHIND THE GLASS.
09:46:15 ONCE COVID RESTRICTIONS WERE EASED, THE THIRD THURSDAY FOOD
09:46:18 TRUCK EVENTS RESUMED LAST YEAR ALONG MADISON AT THE GRAND
09:46:23 CENTRAL.
09:46:24 THAT CONTINUES TO BE A VERY POPULAR EVENT IN THE DISTRICT
09:46:27 ESPECIALLY THE DAYS THAT IT COINCIDES WITH THE LIGHTNING
09:46:29 GAMES.
09:46:30 I AM GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR TIF AND NON-TIF FUNDED PROJECTS
09:46:35 AND BEGIN WITH OUR IMPROVEMENTS GOING ON AROUND THE
09:46:39 DISTRICT.
09:46:41 ON THE 12TH STREET SEGMENT BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND KENNEDY,
09:46:45 ALSO FOR THE CHANNELSIDE PROJECT IN 2020.
09:46:48 CONSTRUCTION IS NOW UNDERWAY AND PROGRESSING WELL.
09:46:50 90% DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS WERE COMPLETED IN 2020
09:46:53 IN PREPARATION FOR THE 2021 DON INSTRUCTION START OF THE
09:46:57 IMPROVEMENTS TO WHITING, CUMBERLAND, TWIGGS AND NORTH 12TH
09:47:02 STREET.
09:47:03 THESE PROJECTS WILL BE PHASED THROUGHOUT 2021 TO MINIMALLY
09:47:06 IMPACT RESIDENTS AND MAINTAIN SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.
09:47:09 KIMMINS IS THE CONTRACTOR LEADING THAT EFFORT AND THEY HAVE
09:47:11 DONE A WONDERFUL JOB HANDLING EVERYTHING AS FAR AS
09:47:16 MAINTENANCE OF OPERATIONS AND ALL SAFETY, THERE HAVE BEEN
09:47:20 VERY FEW COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS, THAT THOSE HAVE BEEN
09:47:23 VERY MINOR AND HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED EASILY AND RESOLVED.
09:47:26 KIMMINS IS GREAT AND THEY ARE VERY RESPONSIVE.
09:47:28 AND THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN ATTENDING SOME OF OUR CAC MEETINGS
09:47:31 GIVING US REGULAR CONSTRUCTION UPDATES.
09:47:33 MADISON STREET PARK IMPROVEMENTS WERE COMPLETED LAST YEAR
09:47:36 AND THE PARK OPENED IN 2020 WITHOUT FANFARE DUE TO COVID
09:47:40 RESTRICTIONS.
09:47:41 HOW FAR WE DID HOLD A RIBBON CUTTING EARLIER THIS YEAR, 2021
09:47:45 AND HAD A GREAT TURNOUT OF CITY OFFICIALS, CITY LEADERS,
09:47:48 CITY EMPLOYEES, COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND RESIDENTS.
09:47:52 LASTLY IN 2020, WHICH IS A BIG ITEM FOR THE CHANNEL DISTRICT
09:47:55 RIGHT NOW, CONSULTING FIRM WAS SELECTED THROUGH THE PROCESS
09:48:01 TO DEVELOP AN UPDATED STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN FOR THE
09:48:03 DISTRICT.
09:48:06 THE LAST WAS MORE THAN 15 YEARS OLD AND WAS IN DESPERATE
09:48:10 NEED OF JUSTIFY DATE TO REFLECT GROWTH IN THE DISTRICT AND
09:48:12 WHAT THE CAC AND CRA SHOULD FOCUS ON IN THE FUTURE TO
09:48:16 ENHANCE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR
09:48:19 ALL RESIDENTS.
09:48:20 THE FIRST NEIGHBORHOOD INPUT MECHANIC TOOK PLACE RECENTLY
09:48:22 JUST A BE FEW WEEKS AGO TO INTRODUCE RESIDENTS TO SME AND
09:48:26 GIVE THEM AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE SAP IS, GAVE THEM SOME
09:48:31 BACKGROUND ON THE OLD SAP AND THEN WHAT WE WANT TO
09:48:35 ACCOMPLISH BY UPDATING SAP MOVING FORWARD IN THE DISTRICT.
09:48:37 THERE WAS A GREAT TURNOUT FOR THE WORKSHOP.
09:48:40 RESIDENTS WERE VERY ENGAGED.
09:48:41 THEY PARTICIPATED IN THE DISCUSSIONS, BOTH DURING THE
09:48:44 PRESENTATION AND AFTERWARDS, AND THEY CONTRIBUTED A LOT OF
09:48:47 IDEAS OF THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE ADDED TO THE
09:48:50 DISTRICT, IMPROVED OR CHANGED.
09:48:53 SEVERAL STAKEHOLDERS, INDIVIDUAL STAKEHOLDERS HAVE ALSO BEEN
09:48:57 IDENTIFIED BY OUR CAC TO MEET WITH SMAE AND THOSE ARE
09:49:02 ONGOING FOR THEIR DIRECT INPUT AS WELL THERE.
09:49:06 WILL BE SEVEN MORE WORKSHOPS HELD THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR UNTIL
09:49:08 THE SAP UPDATE IS COMPLETE IN THE LATE FALL, EARLY WINTER OF
09:49:13 THIS YEAR.
09:49:13 I AM GOING TO WRAP UP MY UPDATE QUICKLY WITH A FEW NOTABLE
09:49:17 THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN STORE MOVING FORWARD.
09:49:18 WE WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ADDITIONAL SCOPES OF WORK FOR
09:49:21 ADDITIONAL DISTRICT-WIDE CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENTS.
09:49:24 WE WILL BEGIN TO TAKE WHAT WE LEARN FROM THE SAP.
09:49:28 THIS YEAR WHEN IT'S DELIVERED TO OUT AS PLAN FOR FUTURE
09:49:32 IMPROVEMENTS BASED ON ASSISTANCE FROM SAME.
09:49:36 WE ARE GOING TO IDENTIFY VACANT LAND AND REDEVELOPMENT
09:49:38 OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE GREEN SPACE THROUGHOUT THE
09:49:40 DISTRICT.
09:49:41 ACCORDING TO THE LAST SAP WHICH WAS OBVIOUSLY VERY DATED, WE
09:49:45 SHOULD HAVE AROUND 10 TO 11 ACRES OF PUBLIC PARK SPACE
09:49:50 THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE JUST OVER ONE
09:49:53 ACRE.
09:49:54 THAT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST REQUESTED ITEMS FOR RESIDENTS
09:49:58 AS A NEED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, AND WE ARE WORKING TO
09:50:02 ACQUIRE LAND NOW TO TURN THOSE SPACES INTO GREEN SPACES
09:50:06 THAT -- PUBLIC PARK SPACE FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS.
09:50:09 WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS TO CHOICE ACTIVITIES
09:50:14 AND CULTURAL EVENTS AND WORK A LITTLE MORE CLOSELY WITH
09:50:17 PARKS AND REC TO PROGRAM EVENTS FOR MADISON STREET PARK AND
09:50:21 ONCE ALL THE COVID RESTRICTIONS ARE FULLY LIFTED FOR ALL
09:50:25 SPECIAL EVENTS.
09:50:25 THE CHANNEL DISTRICT HAS COME A LONG WAY OVER THE PAST
09:50:28 SEVERAL YEARS BUT THERE IS A LOT TO BE DONE AND THANKS TO A
09:50:30 VERY ENGAGED CAC, ENGAGED MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND THE
09:50:34 SUPPORT OF THE CRA BOARD AND THE CRA STAFF, WE ARE EXCITED
09:50:37 ABOUT ALL OF OUR FUTURE PLANS AND THE SUCCESSES THAT WE ARE
09:50:40 GOING TO CELEBRATE.
09:50:41 WE ARE READY TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE STRESSFUL 2020 AND INTO A
09:50:45 VERY BRIGHT AND HOPEFUL 2021.
09:50:49 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR
09:50:51 ME.
09:50:51 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
09:50:54 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: QUESTION.
09:51:00 THANK YOU.
09:51:01 MR. CURTIS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
09:51:04 IT'S VERY THOROUGH.
09:51:07 IT WAS NICE TO MEET YOU OUT THERE AT THE PARK OPENING.
09:51:11 >> IT WAS.
09:51:12 SAME HERE.
09:51:12 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE EARLY, BUT AS LONG
09:51:15 AS YOU ARE HERE, APPARENTLY YOUR CAC VOTED IN OPPOSITION TO
09:51:21 OUR AGENDA ITEM OF FUNDING SOME OF THE TRANSPORTATION
09:51:28 IMPROVEMENTS ADJACENT TO OR NEAR THE PORT, AND I AM
09:51:33 WONDERING IF YOU COULD GIVE US YOUR INSIGHT IN REGARD TO
09:51:39 THOSE DETAILS.
09:51:41 I AM NOT THRILLED WITH THE WAY THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM
09:51:45 HAS COME DOWN.
09:51:47 I DON'T THINK COUNCIL, CRA BOARD, HAS REALLY HAD ADEQUATE
09:51:52 PREPARATION AND THAT WE HAVE BEEN ADEQUATELY INFORMED ABOUT
09:51:58 THIS OVER THE LAST YEAR OR TWO, AS THIS IS EVOLVING, ABOUT
09:52:01 BUT I WANT YOUR PERSPECTIVE IN THE TERMS OF THE CRA.
09:52:07 THE CAC.
09:52:08 >> SURE.
09:52:09 ABSOLUTELY.
09:52:11 I WAS KIND OF PLANNING ON DOING THIS AFTER THE PORT SPOKE
09:52:14 LATER ON ITEM 7 BUT I AM HAPPY TO GO AHEAD AND JUMP?
09:52:17 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WERE STICKING
09:52:18 AROUND.
09:52:19 >> YES, I WILL BE HERE BUT THAT'S FINE.
09:52:21 I CAN GO AHEAD AND SPEAK NOW.
09:52:23 SO MUCH LIKE YOU ARE EXPRESSING NOW, THERE WAS A LOT OF
09:52:27 DISCUSSION THAT HAPPENED PRIOR TO APRIL OF THIS YEAR,
09:52:33 BETWEEN SOME CITY STAFF AND THE PORT THAT OUR CAC WAS NOT
09:52:39 PRIVY TO, WE WERE NOT PART OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
09:52:42 WE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS REQUEST OR THE LAND SWAP
09:52:47 THAT WAS PART OF THAT REQUEST, AND HOW ALL OF THAT FIT
09:52:50 TOGETHER.
09:52:51 WE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ANY OF THIS UNTIL THE APRIL
09:52:54 CAC MEETING WHEN WE WERE ASKED MUCH LIKE MR. VANDERLUST
09:53:01 MENTIONED EARLIER.
09:53:01 WE WERE ASKED BASED ON A SMALL PHOTO PUT UP ON THE SCREEN TO
09:53:05 APPROVE $1.6 MILLION FOR THAT CONSTRUCTION WORK ON THE
09:53:09 EASEMENT AREA, RIGHT-OF-WAY AREA THAT WAS SWAPPED TO THE
09:53:14 PORT, BUT THAT WAS REALLY PORT INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS
09:53:17 AND WE WERE ASKED TO FUND $1.6 MILLION OF THAT.
09:53:21 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, I THINK THIS WOULD
09:53:23 BE MORE APPROPRIATE DURING THE AGENDA ITEM.
09:53:25 SO IF WE CAN PROCEED, PLEASE.
09:53:34 MR. DINGFELDER.
09:53:35 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I JUST WASN'T SURE SHE WAS GOING TO BE
09:53:37 AROUND.
09:53:37 BUT AS LONG AS SHE'S GOING TO BE AROUND --
09:53:40 >> SHE'S ALREADY STATED SHE WILL BE HERE.
09:53:43 MRS. CURTIS, I HEARD YOU TALK ABOUT GREEN SPACES AND I
09:53:46 TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU.
09:53:48 HAS YOUR CAC CONSIDERED ANYWHERE WITHIN THE CHANNELSIDE OF
09:53:52 THE NEW FIRE STATION?
09:53:54 >> THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS JUST BROUGHT UP AT THE
09:53:58 WORKSHOP, SAP WORKSHOP WE HAD A FEW WEEKS AGO.
09:54:01 THIS WAS REALLY THE VERY EARLY STAGES OF THE FIRST
09:54:04 DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.
09:54:04 BUT IT REALLY HAS NOT BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT
09:54:07 TO OUR ATTENTION AS A NEED UNTIL VERY RECENTLY.
09:54:10 BUT WHEN JOE GRECO CAME TO OUR WORKSHOP AND GAVE US A GREAT
09:54:15 BIT OF INFORMATION, A SMALL PRESENTATION ABOUT HOW LONG IT'S
09:54:18 BEEN SINCE THE NEW FIRE STATION HAS BEEN BUILT, THE RESPONSE
09:54:21 TIMES, THE AREAS THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO COVER AT A DOWNTOWN
09:54:25 STATION, IT WAS MADE VERY CLEAR TO US THAT IT'S A NEED IN
09:54:29 THE DISTRICT, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE STARTING TO
09:54:31 HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT.
09:54:32 I THINK THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE WAS IDENTIFYING A LOCATION, A
09:54:36 SUITABLE LOCATION FOR THAT.
09:54:38 AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT MUCH LAND LEFT IN THE DISTRICT, AND
09:54:41 THERE'S A LOT OF LAND THAT IS THERE IS OWNED BY PRIVATE
09:54:44 ENTITIES THAT HAVE FUTURE PLANS.
09:54:45 SO WE ARE NOW WORKING WITH A COUPLE OF PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS
09:54:49 TO MAYBE WORK WITH THEM ON SOME TYPE OF PLAN TO EITHER BUY
09:54:54 OR LEASE SOME PROPERTY WITHIN THE DISTRICT LIMITS TO ASSIST
09:54:57 THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN BUILDING A FIRE STATION THERE.
09:55:00 SO YES, IT'S A NEED.
09:55:02 >>JOSEPH CITRO: EXCUSE ME, YOU NAME A FEW NEW DEVELOPMENTS
09:55:07 DOWN THERE WHICH I BELIEVE OVER 1200 NEW UNITS.
09:55:10 IF THINGS KEEP GOING THE WAY THEY ARE, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE
09:55:13 ABOUT 3,000 MORE PEOPLE GOING INTO THE CHANNELSIDE DOWNTOWN
09:55:16 AREA.
09:55:17 I THINK IT WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS FOR US TO HAVE PUBLIC
09:55:21 SAFETY ESPECIALLY FIRE IN THAT AREA.
09:55:23 IF YOU COULD, MAYBE BY YOUR NEXT REPORT, GIVE US SOME MORE
09:55:26 INFORMATION ON WHAT THE CAC THINKS.
09:55:28 I DO APPRECIATE IT.
09:55:31 COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:55:31 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WITH THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING DOWN IN
09:55:34 CHANNELSIDE, CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT, I HOPE THAT WE ALSO LOOK
09:55:38 AT THOSE DEVELOPERS THAT ARE GETTING READY TO DEVELOP AND
09:55:41 SEE IF WE CAN PARTNER WITH THEM AND INCLUDE THAT IN THEIR
09:55:45 DEVELOPMENT.
09:55:45 I THINK THAT'S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP TO LOOK AT GETTING A
09:55:49 STATION, OR SOMETHING DOWN IN THAT AREA, IF WE CAN'T FIND
09:55:55 ANY LAND SPACE OF OUR OWN, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THOSE
09:55:57 DEVELOPERS WHO ARE BUYING LAND OR WHO ALREADY OWN THAT LAND
09:56:00 AND SEE HOW THE CITY CAN PARTNER WITH THEM TO INCLUDE THAT
09:56:03 IN THE BUILDING LIKE THEY DO UP NORTH AND SOME OTHER PLACES.
09:56:08 I HOPE WE HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
09:56:09 >> SURE.
09:56:10 THAT'S A GOOD IDEA AND WE'LL ADD THAT TO THE AGENDA FOR NEXT
09:56:14 MONTH'S MEETING.
09:56:14 ABSOLUTELY.
09:56:15 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
09:56:17 MRS. CURTIS, THANK YOU.
09:56:18 I AM SURE WE WILL BE HEARING FROM YOU LATER.
09:56:20 >> OKAY, THANK YOU.
09:56:21 >>JOSEPH CITRO: NOW, AGAIN, WE HAVE CHANGED AGENDA ITEMS
09:56:23 AROUND.
09:56:24 SO MS. FEELEY, ARE YOU WITH US?
09:56:27 >>ABBYE FEELEY: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:56:34 YES, I AM.
09:56:35 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MRS. FEELEY.
09:56:37 YOU ARE UP.
09:56:37 >> GREAT.
09:56:38 THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:56:39 ABBYE FEELEY, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT.
09:56:43 I AM EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH YOU THIS MORNING.
09:56:47 I WAS WITH CITY COUNCIL LAST THURSDAY MORNING TO KICK OFF
09:56:50 THE CITY'S ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR OUR CGDB AND HOME FUND,
09:56:57 AND I HAD A BRIEF PRESENTATION.
09:56:59 I HAVE THAT SAME PRESENTATION FOR YOU THIS MORNING, BUT
09:57:06 SITTING AS THE CRA, AND CITY COUNCIL, YOU SERVE DIFFERENT
09:57:10 GROUPS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR
09:57:13 OUR PRESENTATION LAST WEEK, SO I DID WANT TO JUST BRIEFLY GO
09:57:19 THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, SHARE THAT WITH THE CONSTITUENTS
09:57:22 THAT ARE HERE WITH US THIS MORNING, AND ALSO GIVE YOU A
09:57:28 BRIEF UPDATE ON WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED SINCE LAST WEEK,
09:57:31 WHERE WE ARE, AND ALSO IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK
09:57:36 DIRECTLY TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SO THAT WE
09:57:40 CAN PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE IN RELATION TO THESE
09:57:44 APPLICATIONS.
09:57:59 IF I COULD SHARE MY SCREEN, PLEASE. I WILL BRIEFLY GO
09:58:02 THROUGH THIS.
09:58:03 PLEASE CONFIRM FOR ME THAT YOU CAN SEE MY PRESENTATION.
09:58:06 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES, WE CAN SEE IT.
09:58:10 THANK YOU.
09:58:10 >>ABBYE FEELEY: OKAY, THANK YOU.
09:58:13 SO WE HAVE KICKED OFF OUR ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR THE CDBG
09:58:21 AND HOME FUNDS, AND THESE ARE FEDERAL FUNDS THAT COME INTO
09:58:24 THE CITY.
09:58:25 WE DO RECEIVE ABOUT 9 TO $10 MILLION, AND SOME OF THE FUNDS
09:58:32 WE RECEIVE FROM HUD ARE ON A THREE YEAR CONTRACT.
09:58:38 SO OUR ESG AND HOPWA ON A THREE YEAR CONTRACT, AND HOME ON
09:58:44 AN ANNUAL.
09:58:45 SO THOSE ARE THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE NOW PUT AN RFP OUT AND
09:58:52 IT IS ON OUR WEBSITE.
09:58:53 THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS ON THAT ARE GOING TO BE JUNE
09:58:56 25th AND WE DO HAVE A TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WORKSHOP
09:58:59 COMING UP ON THAT ON JUNE 15th.
09:59:04 JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, THE CREATION OF OUR ACTION PLAN
09:59:07 REALLY DOES LOOK AT WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE IN RELATIONSHIP
09:59:12 TO THE FUND SOURCES THAT WE RECEIVE FROM HUD, AND THIS WAS A
09:59:18 SYNOPSIS OF EACH OF THOSE FUNDS.
09:59:22 THE PRIORITY NEEDS AS ESTABLISHED BY HUD INCLUDE THESE SIX,
09:59:28 HOUSING REHABILITATION, AND WHAT I HAVE DONE IS SHOWN WHAT
09:59:31 OUR CURRENT PROGRAMMATIC ASSIGNMENT IS TO THAT PRIORITY, SO
09:59:35 THE HOUSING REHABILITATION PRIORITY AS IDENTIFIED BY HUD, WE
09:59:40 CURRENTLY HAVE OUR OWNER OCCUPIED REHABILITATION PROGRAM
09:59:44 THAT SERVES THAT PRIORITY NEED.
09:59:47 HOME OWN AREA ASSISTANCE, WE DO HAVE OUR DOWN PAYMENT
09:59:50 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, THE HOMEOWNER PROGRAM, TENANT
09:59:58 ASSISTANCE, SOME IMPROVEMENTS AND DEMOLITION, SUPPORTIVE
10:00:04 HOUSING OPERATIONS, WE DO HAVE HOUSING AND SERVICES FOR
10:00:07 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE, AND THEN OUR PUBLIC SERVICE ASSISTANCE
10:00:12 INCLUDES CHILD CARE, HEALTH CARE, JOB TRAINING, AND
10:00:17 RECREATIONAL AND EDUCATION PROGRAM.
10:00:20 AND THEN THERE'S JUST A BREAK DOWN OF OUR ESTIMATED FUNDING
10:00:24 FOR THE FISCAL YEARS 22, AND THAT IS 3.3 MILLION IN CDBG
10:00:30 FUNDS AND 1.7 MILLION IN HOME FUNDS.
10:00:33 SO IN THE TWO PROGRAMS WE ARE LOOKING TO RECEIVE REQUESTS
10:00:37 FOR ABOUT $5 MILLION.
10:00:42 THAT WOULD BE ASSIGNED TO THOSE APPLICATIONS.
10:00:47 HOPE WHAT AND ESG IS JUST UNDER ABOUT 5 MILLION AND THOSE
10:00:52 WERE THE FUNDS I MENTION TOWED OF THAT 3-YEAR CONTRACTUAL
10:00:55 TERM.
10:00:56 THEN OUR SHIP FUNDING IS FUNDING THAT COMES FROM THE STATE
10:00:59 OF FLORIDA.
10:01:00 JUST SO YOU HAVE AN IDEA ON TOTAL FUND AWARDS, THAT WILL BE
10:01:03 COMING IN IN A COMBINATION OF FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING.
10:01:07 THIS WOULD BE $15.2 MILLION.
10:01:11 OUR CALENDAR, WE PRESENTED BEFORE CITY COUNCIL LAST
10:01:17 THURSDAY.
10:01:19 DID MENTION TO YOU ON FRIDAY WE WOULD BE POSTING OUR RFP.
10:01:24 THAT IS CURRENTLY OUT ON THE ESG WEBSITE AND THAT TECHNICAL
10:01:30 WORKSHOP WE WILL BE HAVING ON THE 157th AND THEN
10:01:32 WORKSHOP QUESTIONS WHICH IS A STANDARDIZED PROCESS WILL BE
10:01:36 DUE TO US BY THE 18th WITH FINAL SUBMISSIONS DUE FOR
10:01:40 CONSIDERATION ON JUNE 25th.
10:01:43 WE ALSO HAVE THAT 30-DAY COMMENT PERIOD WHICH BEGINS ON JUNE
10:01:47 29th, AND WE WOULD COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL
10:01:51 ADOPTION OF THE PLAN ON JULY 29th.
10:01:55 AND DURING THAT TIME WE ALSO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:02:01 THIS IS JUST A QUICK SCREEN SHOT OF OUR WEBSITE FOR ANYONE
10:02:04 WHO IS OUT THERE, OUR RFP IS NOW THE FIRST ITEM AT THE TOP
10:02:10 OF THIS PAGE.
10:02:11 WE ALSO CONDUCTED A CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN ADDITION TO THE
10:02:16 REQUEST FOR THE RFPs, AND WE EXPLAINED THAT THAT IS DONE
10:02:21 THROUGH A LOT OF OUR SUBCONTRACTS AND HOUSING A ASSISTANCE
10:02:24 PROGRAMS.
10:02:25 WE DO PROVIDE THOSE AGENCIES WITH OUR SURVEYS, AS WELL AS
10:02:33 THROUGH OUTREACH WITH THEM.
10:02:35 SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE PUBLIC FEEDBACK ON WHAT DO YOU
10:02:39 THINK THE CITY OF TAMPA'S PRIORITIES ARE IN RELATION TO
10:02:42 HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
10:02:44 I THINK WE ALL KNOW FROM MANY OF THE COMMENTS WE RECEIVE ON
10:02:48 A DAILY BASIS THAT IT IS MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, IS
10:02:52 ONE OF OUR TOP PRIORITIES.
10:02:55 THIS IS THE SURVEY.
10:02:57 WE DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT LAST WEEK.
10:03:00 THIS IS SENT OUT TO ALL OF OUR PARTICIPATING AGENCIES, AND
10:03:07 IF THERE IS ANYONE LISTENING TODAY THAT WOULD LIKE A COPY OF
10:03:10 THAT, WE CAN GET THAT TO THEM AS WELL.
10:03:13 THAT BEING SAID, AGAIN, WE REALLY JUST WANTED TO COME TO YOU
10:03:16 TODAY, PROVIDE THAT BRIEF PRESENTATION OF WHAT WE ALSO
10:03:20 PROVIDED TO COUNCIL LAST WEEK, SEE IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL
10:03:24 QUESTIONS, AND USE THIS AS PART OF OUR PARTICIPATION AND
10:03:30 PUBLIC COMMUNICATION OUTREACH.
10:03:31 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MS. FEELEY.
10:03:36 COMMENTS, QUESTIONS?
10:03:37 I WILL GO WITH COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:03:38 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU MS. FEELEY FOR JOINING US TODAY.
10:03:42 WE CONTINUE TO HEAR THE COMMENTS THAT WE ARE NOT MOVING FAST
10:03:45 ENOUGH, THE PROCESS IS SLOWER.
10:03:48 MOST OF MY COUNCILMEN KNOW FROM DAY ONE I HAVE BEEN PUSHING
10:03:53 HOUSING.
10:03:54 I CAN ONLY DO WHAT I CAN DO.
10:03:56 SO I KNOW THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS THAT I HAVE BEEN MEETING
10:04:01 THAT W MS. FEELEY AND HER TEAM, WITH MS. VELEZ, BRYANT,
10:04:08 ATTORNEY, WASHINGTON, D.C., OUR CRA, SOME OF THE IDEAS AND
10:04:14 HOPES AND PLANS, I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN BRING FORWARD NEXT
10:04:18 MONTH BECAUSE WE DELAYED OUR PRESENTATION IF I AM NOT
10:04:22 MISTAKEN IN REFERENCE TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THAT DEALS WITH
10:04:26 ESSENTIAL WORKERS, ESSENTIAL HOUSING, WORKFORCE HOUSING,
10:04:30 ALSO DEALING WITH THE CHICAGO -- AND I HAVE SOME INFORMATION
10:04:37 IT MAY BE TRANSFORMED TO SOMETHING TO FIT OUR AREA.
10:04:40 ALSO LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN LOOK AT DEALING WITH WHAT WE CALL
10:04:44 THE HIGH-END QUALITY THAT'S COMING TO THE COMMUNITY AND
10:04:47 MOVING OUT THOSE FOLKS IN THOSE MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES TO
10:04:49 BE SEE HOW WE CAN BE ABLE TO STOP THAT.
10:04:51 I FOUND WE NEED TO GO THROUGH CONTRACT SERVICES, AND SOME
10:04:54 OTHER THINGS, AND THAT'S WHY IT WAS PUSHED BACK A LITTLE BIT
10:04:59 TO GIVE EVERYBODY AT THE TABLE TO COME UP WITH A REAL
10:05:02 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO DEAL WITH HOUSING.
10:05:06 WE KNOW THE MARKET IS SKYROCKETING.
10:05:09 AND THEY ARE COMING TO CERTAIN AREAS, BUT WE HAVE GOT TO BE
10:05:12 ABLE TO KIND OF STOP THAT A LITTLE BIT TO MAKE SURE THESE --
10:05:16 THAT WE NEED THIS TYPE OF HOUSING IN THIS AREA AND HOW THE
10:05:20 CITY CAN PARTNER WITH THESE DEVELOPERS.
10:05:22 THERE ARE MANY DEVELOPERS WHO DO WANT TO PARTNER.
10:05:24 BUT WE HAVE TO PUT SOME DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME
10:05:27 SUBSIDIES TO WHERE WE CAN HELP THEM AS WELL.
10:05:30 SO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT WE ARE WORKING.
10:05:33 I WAS AT A MEETING THE OTHER NIGHT, AND JUST SO YOU
10:05:37 GENTLEMEN CAN KNOW, I SAW A LARGE CROWD AND SEEMED TO BE A
10:05:41 LOT OF PEOPLE SO I DROVE BY, AND I WAS SITTING IN THE BACK
10:05:45 AND I HEARD PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:05:46 OH, THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
10:05:49 AND HAVE BEEN START LOOKING AT THE COUNCILMAN IN THE ROOM.
10:05:53 I GOT UP AND ASKED WHAT THE CAC OH -- I DIDN'T WANT ANY
10:06:00 SUNSHINE VIOLATIONS OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
10:06:02 AND THEY CLOSED THE MEETING FOR ME AND I WAS ABLE TO ADDRESS
10:06:05 A LOT OF ISSUES FOR THE COMMITTEE, LITTLE TOWN HALL THERE,
10:06:10 AND I WAS GLAD TO STOP BY AND HOUSING WAS A BIG CONCERN.
10:06:13 AND I AM HOPING THAT MS. VAN LOAN, WORKS FOR THIS BOARD, AND
10:06:19 I KNOW SHE'S WORKING HARD AND I KNOW SHE'S TRYING TO BRING
10:06:23 ON SOME PEOPLE, AND I ASKED HER TO BRING ON A SPECIFIC TEAM
10:06:26 TO DEAL WITH THE EAST TAMPA SITUATION, A TEAM THAT CAN DEAL
10:06:30 WITH REAL ESTATE, CAN DEAL WITH ALL THOSE ISSUES TO FOCUS ON
10:06:37 THAT MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY, A TEAM.
10:06:41 THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT IS OVERWORKED.
10:06:42 THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO GET THE THINGS OUT THAT
10:06:45 NEED TO GET OUT.
10:06:46 PERIOD.
10:06:48 SO TRYING TO HELP EAST TAMPA AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITIES
10:06:52 THERE.
10:06:52 THEY ARE OVER WORKED.
10:06:53 I FEEL BAD FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE TRYING.
10:06:56 BUT FOR US ON THIS CRA AND CAC FOR EAST TAMPA, WE HAVE TO
10:07:01 HAVE A SPECIALIZED TEAM TO BE ABLE TO HELP THOSE FOLKS TO
10:07:05 KICK THE CAN DOWN THE FIELD.
10:07:07 THEY NEED EXTRA HELP.
10:07:08 SO HOPEFULLY MS. VAN LOAN IS LISTENING.
10:07:10 I ALREADY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH HER TO BUILD A TEAM TO
10:07:13 DEAL WITH THAT SITUATION OVER THERE, BECAUSE OUR HOUSING
10:07:16 DEPARTMENT JUST CAN'T REALLY HELP US, BECAUSE THEY DON'T
10:07:18 HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO HELP US.
10:07:21 I SEE MRS. VAN LOAN HAS COME TO THE SCREEN.
10:07:24 DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, MRS. VAN LOAN?
10:07:26 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: ONLY IF YOU WANT A RESPONSE.
10:07:29 I AM HAPPY TO RESPOND ABOUT THE EAST TAMPA RE-UP PROGRAM.
10:07:33 OTHERWISE I AM JUST LISTENING.
10:07:38 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU HAVE ALREADY HEARD ME, AND AS A CRA
10:07:41 BOARD MEMBER YOU KNOW WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR, A TEAM TO
10:07:44 AGGRESSIVELY GO IN AND START DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO
10:07:46 ESPECIALLY WITH REHAB ON THE OTHER SIDE, WITH ABBEY AND HER
10:07:50 GROUP, THAT'S ANOTHER SOURCE OF THE WAY WE CAN REMODERNIZE
10:07:57 THAT COMMUNITY.
10:07:58 I JUST BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A TEAM THAT IS MOVING
10:08:01 FORWARD ON THAT ISSUE.
10:08:02 I KNOW YOU ARE TRYING TO GET SOME PEOPLE IN PLAY, SOME
10:08:05 THINGS TO DO THAT.
10:08:06 I AM HAPPY THAT YOU ARE DOING THAT.
10:08:08 AGAIN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET WE HAVE TO
10:08:10 LOOK AT GETTING THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT SOME HELP AND MAKING
10:08:12 SURE SOME MORE DOLLARS ARE THERE TO HELP THEM THAT ARE
10:08:15 NONSUBSIDIZED DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM AS WELL, HELP
10:08:19 OUR CITIZENS, AND AGAIN I SEE THE CAC ATTORNEY AND MS. VELEZ
10:08:25 WITH SOME IDEAS TO HELP WITH SOME SITUATIONS THAT WE HAVE IN
10:08:28 THE CITY.
10:08:28 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
10:08:31 >>BILL CARLSON: JUST WANTED TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT AND SAY
10:08:34 THAT FOR THE PUBLIC WATCHING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING HAS BEEN A
10:08:40 MAJOR THRUST IF NOT THE LARGEST THRUST OF THIS CRA BOARD FOR
10:08:43 THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
10:08:44 A YEAR AGO OR SO, I THINK WE UNANIMOUSLY PASSED A MOTION TO
10:08:50 ASK STAFF AND THE CACs TO SPEND AT LEAST 30% OF THE MONEY
10:08:54 ACROSS THE CRA DISTRICTS ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR WORKFORCE
10:08:58 HOUSING, AND THERE'S NOT MUCH COMMUNICATION ON THAT.
10:09:02 I THINK BOARD MEMBER GUDES AND OTHERS ASKED FOR THE CRA
10:09:06 BOARD TO HAVE ITS OWN COMMUNICATION FOLKS.
10:09:09 BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS THE CRA FUNDING FOR HOUSING GETS CAUGHT
10:09:14 UP IN THE T-3 COMMUNICATION.
10:09:16 I THINK MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT T-3 IS BUT IT'S THE BIG
10:09:21 COMMUNICATION THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE CITY, AND SO CRA IS
10:09:24 LISTED AS JUST ONE OF THE FUNDING SOURCES FOR HOUSING.
10:09:29 AND I THINK TO US, THE CRA BOARD MEMBERS, THIS IS A MAJOR
10:09:32 INITIATIVE THAT IS CONNECTED TO THE COMMUNITY IN LOTS OF
10:09:35 WAYS.
10:09:36 AND IF YOU TOOK 30% OR MORE OF THE CRA BUDGET ACROSS ALL THE
10:09:42 DISTRICTS, THIS IS THE LARGEST FUNDING SOURCE FOR AFFORDABLE
10:09:46 HOUSING IN THE CITY OR THE COUNTY.
10:09:48 IT'S NOT JUST ONE OF THE FUNDING SOURCES.
10:09:50 IT'S POTENTIALLY THE LARGEST FUNDING SOURCE FOR AFFORDABLE
10:09:53 HOUSING.
10:09:54 I AM THINK WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF COMMUNICATING AS A
10:09:57 PROGRAM, CONNECTIVITY TO THE COMMUNITY, WHAT THE MONEY IS
10:09:59 BEING SPENT ON, THAT IT'S GRASSROOTS PROGRAMMING, AND THE
10:10:04 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MONEY, AND ALSO THAT IT'S DIFFERENT.
10:10:07 IT'S NOT THAT WE CAN'T COORDINATE WITH WHAT THE CITY IS
10:10:09 DOING BUT SEE THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS EXPECTATIONS OF THE CRA
10:10:15 TO BE VERY INVOLVED IN THIS.
10:10:17 THANK YOU.
10:10:17 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
10:10:20 YES?
10:10:21 >> I WOULD JUST ASK IF WE COULD CHECK IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE
10:10:26 PUBLIC HAVE COMMENTS, SPECIFIC TO THE CITY'S ANNUAL ACTION
10:10:29 PLAN OR THE RELATED FEDERAL PROGRAMS.
10:10:31 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:10:33 IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT ROOM THAT HAS ANY
10:10:37 QUESTIONS OR ANY COMMENTS TO THIS?
10:10:47 HEARING NONE AND SEEING NONE, MS. FEELEY, THANK YOU VERY
10:10:49 MUCH FOR THIS INFORMATION.
10:10:51 >>ABBYE FEELEY: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING US THIS
10:10:55 OPPORTUNITY.
10:10:56 HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.
10:10:57 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
10:10:59 MS. VAN LOAN, AGENDA ITEM 5 WHICH IS ACTUALLY NOW NUMBER 4.
10:11:05 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
10:11:09 I DO WANT TO JUST PIGGYBACK OFF OF THE DISCUSSION.
10:11:14 THE CAC VOTED TO HAVE THEIR OWN REHAB, REHABILITATION
10:11:18 PROGRAM FOR SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
10:11:20 IT WAS REFERRED TO THE HOUSING SUBCOMMITTEE.
10:11:23 AND THAT HOUSING SUBCOMMITTEE HEADED BY DENISE PATE HAS BEEN
10:11:28 WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY TO CREATE A PROGRAM THAT IS A
10:11:31 STAND-ALONE PROGRAM FROM THE HOUSING DIVISION THAT CAN MEET
10:11:35 THE EAST TAMPA NEEDS, NOT BE AS RESTRICTIVE BECAUSE OUR
10:11:39 FUNDS ARE NOT AS RESTRICTIVE, AND TRY TO MAKE THE PROGRAM AS
10:11:43 ACCESSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY AS POSSIBLE.
10:11:45 NORMALLY THE PROCESS WOULD BE TO DEVELOP THE PROGRAM AND
10:11:47 THEN SPEND SEVERAL MONTHS DEVELOPING THE RFP.
10:11:51 MS. PATE AND STAFF ESPECIALLY MARTHA SPARKS HAS THE
10:11:57 APPLICATIONS IN PLACE, INTERVIEWED THE SCOPE TO HAVE A THIRD
10:12:00 PARTY PROVIDE THEN RUN THAT PROGRAM FOR US SO THAT WE HAVE
10:12:03 THAT CAPACITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN IT IS UP AND RUNNING,
10:12:07 WE CAN RUN IT EFFICIENTLY, EFFECTIVE AND QUICKLY FOR OUR
10:12:10 RESIDENTS.
10:12:11 SO AS MS. PATE ALSO BROUGHT UP AT THE TUESDAY NIGHT MEETING,
10:12:16 THAT DRAFT PROGRAM IS NOW BEING FINALIZED BETWEEN SHE AND
10:12:21 THE STAFF AND HER COMMITTEE AND IS READY TO GO TO THE CAC
10:12:26 JULY 6th FOR APPROVAL, AND THEN TO ALL OF YOU ON JULY
10:12:29 22ND, AND AS SOON AS THAT HAPPENS WE WILL BE READY FOR THE
10:12:34 RFP APPROVALS SO THAT WE CAN GO OUT FOR BID FOR THAT THIRD
10:12:37 PARTY PROVIDER AND GET THAT PROGRAM MOVING.
10:12:39 SO IT HAS BEEN A LOT OF DILIGENT WORK, AND THEY HAVE BEEN
10:12:43 TRYING TO DO ALL THE WORK ALTOGETHER SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE
10:12:46 AN APPROVAL WAIT TWO MONTHS AND APPROVAL AND WAIT TWO
10:12:51 MONTHS, BUT WE ARE ON THE VERGE OF HAVING THAT PROGRAM
10:12:54 ROLLED OUT.
10:12:55 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
10:12:55 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: WITH THAT WE WILL MOVE ONTO OUR STAFF
10:12:59 REPORTS FOR THIS MONTH.
10:13:01 WE DID A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE UP AT THE BEGINNING OF MAY,
10:13:04 I SAW THE MAYOR'S MESSAGE ABOUT WHAT SHE'S ACCOMPLISHED AND
10:13:07 THE CITY HAS ACCOMPLISHED AND EVERYONE HAS WORKED FOR, FOR
10:13:10 THE PAST TWO YEARS, AND OUR STAFF COMES EVERY MONTH, AND
10:13:13 REPORTS TO YOU THE ACTIVITY OF THE MONTH.
10:13:16 BUT I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL IF WE ALSO REPORTED TO
10:13:18 YOU AN OVERALL ACCOMPLISHMENTS SINCE YOU TOOK OFFICE MAY
10:13:25 1st AND WITH THAT I WILL BRING UP BRENDA THROWER ON OUR
10:13:28 CRA ACCOMPLISHMENTS STARTING WITH EAST TAMPA.
10:13:30 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:13:34 BRENDA THROWER, THE INTERIM EAST TAMPA CRA MANAGER.
10:13:39 I AM HAPPY TO KICK OFF THE REPORTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT,
10:13:42 HIGHLIGHT ACCOMPLISHMENTS OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, AND IF
10:13:44 YOU COULD BRING UP THE PowerPoint, I WOULD APPRECIATE
10:13:47 THAT.
10:13:49 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:13:52 SO THE FIRST, AS EAST TAMPA, THE FIRST HIGHLIGHT I WANT TO
10:13:59 TALK ABOUT IS THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN.
10:14:04 SINCE 2009, 12 YEARS AGO WAS THE LAST STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN
10:14:08 THAT WAS DONE FOR EAST TAMPA, SO IT'S VERY EXCITING THAT WE
10:14:12 ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT NOW.
10:14:15 IT'S GREAT TIMING.
10:14:16 WE HAVE A CONSULTANT THAT HAS WORKED VERY WELL WITH THE
10:14:20 COMMUNITY.
10:14:21 HE HAS CREATED AND HIS TEAM A VERY ENGAGING PROCESS, AND
10:14:26 THERE HAS JUST BEEN -- I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED
10:14:29 WITH THIS PROGRAM AND THIS PROCESS, AND WE HOPE TO HAVE
10:14:33 SOMETHING SOON COMING BACK TO YOU THAT WILL KIND OF TELL YOU
10:14:38 WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BE GOING WITH THE SAP.
10:14:41 THE FINAL COMPLETION THIS FALL OF 2021 ACCORDING TO HIS
10:14:46 SCHEDULE.
10:14:47 SO THAT IS THE FIRST ACCOMPLISHMENT.
10:14:48 THE SECOND IS JUST THROUGH COVID, I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
10:14:52 THAT WE HAVE CONTINUED TO HOLD MEETINGS AND EMBRACE NEW
10:14:54 TECHNOLOGY TO PROVIDE A VIRTUAL PLATFORM FOR THE CAC, THE
10:15:00 PARTNERSHIP AND THE EIGHT COMMITTEES.
10:15:02 SO WE DO THIS IN ADDITION TO IN-PERSON.
10:15:05 IN IS REALLY AS A RESULT -- HAS RESULTED IN MORE INVOLVEMENT
10:15:08 AND PARTICIPATION IN THE MEETINGS AND SUBCOMMITTEES, AND
10:15:13 COUNCILMAN GUDES JUST MENTIONED THE OTHER DAY HOW BUSY OUR
10:15:16 MEETING WAS.
10:15:16 IT'S MUCH DIFFERENT NOW THAT WE ARE ABLE TO REALLY REACH OUT
10:15:19 TO FOLKS AND HAVE THEM COME IN PERSON AND VIRTUALLY.
10:15:25 THE NEXT SLIDE, I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE FRO GRANT
10:15:29 PROGRAMS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE THE LAST TWO YEARS.
10:15:31 WE HAVE THE TREE TRIMMING GRANT PROGRAM, A NEW ONE, AIMED TO
10:15:35 HELP RESIDENTS.
10:15:36 IT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY POPULAR, AND WAS LAUNCHED IN 2020, 450
10:15:42 APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN PROCESSED AT A FUNDING LEVEL OF
10:15:45 700,000, AND THE CAC WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS PROGRAM CONTINUE
10:15:49 INTO NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
10:15:50 SO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
10:15:52 THE OTHER ONE IS JUST ONE THAT SOME PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW
10:15:54 ABOUT BUT IT'S STILL THERE, IT'S ON GOING SINCE 2009,
10:15:58 COMMERCIAL FACADE PROGRAM.
10:16:00 EAST TAMPA ALWAYS HAS SEVERAL APPLICATIONS A YEAR AND THAT
10:16:04 IS A GOOD ONE TO HELP EXISTING BUSINESSES REHAB THEIR
10:16:07 BUILDINGS.
10:16:09 IT GOT A LITTLE SLOW DURING COVID BUT I NOTICED IN THE
10:16:12 OFFICE WE HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST AND APPLICATIONS COMING IN
10:16:14 NOW.
10:16:14 SO THAT ONE IS STILL VERY ACTIVE.
10:16:18 MOVING RIGHT ALONG, OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS, TWO INITIATIVES
10:16:23 THAT HAVE HELPED WITH THAT BLIGHT AND BEAUTIFY EAST TAMPA,
10:16:27 HAVE OBVIOUSLY BEEN THE DEBRIS REMOVAL AND DEMOLITION THAT
10:16:32 WE HAVE BEEN PARTAKING WITH IN THE DISTRICT WITH THE CODE
10:16:36 ENFORCEMENT TEAM.
10:16:37 THERE ARE MANY, MANY VACANT CONDEMNED STRUCTURES THAT ARE
10:16:43 VERY PROBLEMATIC FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:16:45 SO WE ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL CRA FUNDS THAT HAVE HELPED
10:16:48 REMOVE THESE VACANT CONDEMNED STRUCTURES, AND YOU CAN SEE
10:16:51 THERE ARE SOME STATISTICS THERE OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE THE
10:16:53 PAST TWO YEARS.
10:16:54 IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES UNIT, THIS HAS
10:16:58 REALLY PROVIDED THE NEEDED FOLLOW-UP TO SOLVE CHRONIC ISSUES
10:17:02 THAT ARE FACING EAST TAMPA, DETECTIVE WILLIAMS IS OUR
10:17:06 CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL DETECTIVE, HAS REALLY BEEN WORKING
10:17:09 VERY CLOSELY WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES TO COMBAT
10:17:13 ILLEGAL DUMPING, THAT'S BEEN THE HIGHLIGHT, ALONG WITH SOME
10:17:17 OTHER ISSUES.
10:17:18 HE WAS JUST RECENTLY HONORED AS THE COMMUNITY POLICE OFFICER
10:17:22 OF THE YEAR FOR HIS EFFORTS SO MUCH THAT WAS AN
10:17:25 ACCOMPLISHMENT OF OUR PROGRAM.
10:17:27 IN ADDITION AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
10:17:29 THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THIS.
10:17:31 I WON'T BELABOR IT.
10:17:33 YOU KNOW IT'S A TOP PRIORITY FOR THE CAC, THE COMMUNITY,
10:17:37 YOUR BOARD, EVERYONE HAS GOT THEIR EYE ON THIS.
10:17:40 OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, FUNDING HAS BEEN EARMARKED FOR THE
10:17:43 PROGRAM.
10:17:44 SO YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE WHERE THE FUNDING HAS KIND OF
10:17:49 GONE TO REALLY PIGGYBACK ON CITY HOUSING GRANT PROGRAMS,
10:17:52 AFFORDABLE HOUSING REHAB AND THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE
10:17:56 PROGRAM.
10:17:57 BUT OVER THE PAST YEAR WITH THE HOUSING COMMITTEE, THEY HAVE
10:18:00 ACTIVELY WORKED ON IMPROVING THE ACCESS -- I'M SORRY, THE
10:18:04 ACCESS TO PROGRAMS AND DEVELOPING THE ADDITIONAL HOUSING
10:18:08 GRANT PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS NEEDS.
10:18:11 MS. VAN LOAN JUST MENTIONED THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO BE
10:18:13 COMING FORWARD ON JULY 5th.
10:18:15 WE ARE EXCITED TO PRESENT THAT TO THE CAC AND TO YOU NEXT
10:18:18 MONTH.
10:18:19 IN ADDITION TO THAT, LAND ACQUISITION, LAND ACQUISITION IS
10:18:24 ANOTHER PRIORITY OF THE CAC.
10:18:26 IT HAS BEEN AN ONGOING EFFORT OVER THE YEARS.
10:18:29 THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL PROPERTIES ACQUIRED INCLUDING THE ONE
10:18:32 ON THIS SLIDE.
10:18:35 THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED RECENTLY AS WE ARE
10:18:39 GOING OVER THE BUDGET, AND THE CAC, AND I KNOW THE CRA BOARD
10:18:44 IS INTERESTED IN PURCHASING MORE PROPERTY FOR REDEVELOPMENT
10:18:46 PURSE PURPOSES.
10:18:48 MOVING ALONG, A COUPLE MORE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, 34th
10:18:50 STREET, OBVIOUSLY THE ROUNDABOUTS WERE COMPLETED DURING THIS
10:18:54 PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, ALONG 34th STREET.
10:18:57 THERE WERE THREE OF THEM.
10:18:58 NOW THEY SIT THERE WITH NOTHING IN THE MIDDLE AND THAT'S
10:19:01 WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON WITH OUR PUBLIC ART DIVISION.
10:19:03 THE COMMUNITY, THEY WORKED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY HAVE
10:19:06 HAD AN INITIAL MEETING AND THEY WILL BE BRINGING THESE
10:19:11 COMMENTS BACK TO THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE BEFORE GOING
10:19:14 TO THE CAC AND THE CRA BOARD BEFORE APPROVAL AND CONTRACT
10:19:18 WITH THE ARTIST.
10:19:20 THAT'S MOVING ALONG.
10:19:21 YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, AGAIN, WE HAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD
10:19:24 DIVISION ONLY HIRES EVERY YEAR FOR THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM.
10:19:29 HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE IN ITS 15th YEAR, THE PAST TWO YEARS,
10:19:35 96 YOUTH HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT PROGRAM.
10:19:38 LAST WEEK, ACTUALLY THE CAC WELCOMED AT THEIR MEETING 36
10:19:45 YOUTH FOR THIS YEAR, AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION.
10:19:49 SO THAT PROGRAM IS STILL ONGOING AND DOING WELL.
10:19:53 THERE ALSO IS THE NEW PROGRAM, THE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY WHICH
10:19:56 YOU APPROVED LAST MONTH -- I'M SORRY, THE MONTH BEFORE.
10:20:00 THIS ONE IS OBVIOUSLY AIMED AT MORE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND
10:20:03 MENTORSHIP.
10:20:04 THERE WAS WHEN THE CAC MET WITH THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM,
10:20:08 THEY DID SHARE THIS PROGRAM WITH THEM AS WELL SO THEY COULD
10:20:11 ACTUALLY GO THROUGH ONE PROGRAM AND THEN ENTER INTO ANOTHER
10:20:15 ONE.
10:20:15 THEY ARE RECRUITING RIGHT NOW FOR THE CLASS OF 22 AND
10:20:18 THERE'S AN FINALIZATION TO HIRE A PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THAT.
10:20:24 MOVING RIGHT ALONG, STREET RESURFACING.
10:20:26 I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS THAT
10:20:30 CONTINUE TO TAKE PLACE IN EAST TAMPA.
10:20:32 HERE IS ONE THAT'S TALKING ABOUT STREET RESURFACING.
10:20:35 THERE WAS A FIVE-YEAR PLAN IN PLACE, WE ARE ON THE LAST PART
10:20:40 OF THAT PLAN TO COMPLETE THAT PROJECT.
10:20:44 THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF SOUTHEAST SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, AND
10:20:47 EVERYTHING IN RED IS WHAT HAS BEEN DONE AND COMPLETED.
10:20:51 ALSO, THERE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE IN SOUTHEAST SEMINOLE HEIGHTS
10:20:55 WHERE THEY DID SIDEWALKS.
10:20:56 OF COURSE THERE WAS AN ASSESSMENT TO BEGIN WITH.
10:20:59 AND THEN THERE IS A MAP THAT SHOWS LOCATIONS OF WHERE PRIOR
10:21:05 IMPROVEMENTS WERE NEEDED.
10:21:07 THOSE SIDEWALKS ARE A DEFINITE NEED AND PRIORITY IN THE
10:21:09 NEIGHBORHOODS FOR SAFETY PURPOSES.
10:21:12 THESE AREAS ALSO INCLUDE THE ADA RAMPS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN
10:21:16 ALL THESE SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS.
10:21:17 EVERYTHING IN RED ON THAT SLIDE AGAIN HAS BEEN COMPLETED,
10:21:22 AND WE FUNDED A LITTLE OVER $500,000 FOR THIS PROGRAM.
10:21:27 AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS NOTABLE EVENTS, CELEBRATING
10:21:31 SUCCESSES, THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN EAST TAMPA.
10:21:34 THERE HAVE BEEN BUSINESSES THAT HAVE OPENED UP IN THE PAST
10:21:37 COUPLE YEARS THAT'S ONGOING.
10:21:41 RIBBON CUTTINGS.
10:21:43 WE ARE STARTING TO CELEBRATE THOSE, INVITED TO THOSE WITH
10:21:47 THE COMMUNITY, AND IN ADDITION, WE HAVE HAD TWO HISTORIC
10:21:51 CIGAR FACTORIES, SIGNIFICANT ONES, THE JC NEWMAN AND THE
10:21:59 GARCIA.
10:22:01 AND THE PERFECTO GARCIA WHICH SAT THERE INFORM MANY, MANY
10:22:05 YEARS IS BEING RESTORED SO THAT'S EXCITING.
10:22:11 THEN SOME CREATIVE PROJECTS, THE MAYOR'S ART ON THE BLOCK
10:22:16 HAPPENED IN EAST TAMPA.
10:22:18 LAST YEAR.
10:22:20 OR, SORRY, TWO YEARS AGO.
10:22:22 AND ALSO THE COMMUNITY GARDENS, IS KIND OF A QUIET THING
10:22:25 THAT HAPPENED THAT IS OUT THERE AND IS A PROGRAM THAT IS
10:22:30 VERY VISIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY, AND WE COMMEND THAT GROUP FOR
10:22:33 WHAT THEY DO TO BRING TO MAKE EAST TAMPA MORE HEALTHY AND SO
10:22:39 FORTH.
10:22:39 THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
10:22:42 IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL ANSWER OR WE WILL GO TO THE
10:22:46 NEXT SPEAKER WHICH IS VALERIE.
10:22:47 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
10:22:52 COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:22:53 >>ORLANDO GUDES: JUST THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU HAVE BEEN
10:22:57 DOING.
10:22:57 I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LITTLE CHALLENGING OVER THERE SINCE YOU
10:23:00 HAD TO FILL IN.
10:23:01 BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR HANGING IN THERE AND REALLY
10:23:05 TRYING TO GET A STRUCTURE IN PLACE TO BE ORGANIZED UNTIL WE
10:23:10 GET THAT EAST TAMPA PERMANENT MANAGER THERE.
10:23:14 SO THANK YOU TO YOU AND MARTHA FOR KEEPING THE RELATIONSHIP
10:23:18 WITH THE CAC AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS GOING.
10:23:23 I KNOW IT'S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT.
10:23:25 I KNOW I HAVE THE BROCHURE THAT MS. CASKILL GAVE.
10:23:33 IS ALL OF THESE WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE CAC COMMITTEES AND
10:23:35 BOARD.
10:23:36 SO YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WITH EXPERTISE AND THOSE COMMITTEES
10:23:40 FROM MRS. CASKILL'S GROUP AND MAYBE GET THESE PROCESSES
10:23:45 STARTED WHERE PEOPLE HAVE THOSE EXPERTISE AND SKILLS TO
10:23:47 START MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
10:23:49 SO AGAIN THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
10:23:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
10:23:54 THANK YOU.
10:23:55 >> THANK YOU.
10:23:57 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCILMAN VIERA HAS TO
10:24:07 LEAVE.
10:24:07 HE NEEDS TO TAKE HIS SON FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION.
10:24:10 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:24:21 VALERIE FERRILL, DOWNTOWN CHANNEL DISTRICT, CENTRAL PARK AND
10:24:24 TAMPA HEIGHTS RIVERFRONT CRA URBAN DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
10:24:28 AND IF WE COULD PLEASE SWITCH TO THE PRESENTATION, I WILL
10:24:32 BEGIN.
10:24:33 AND NOT TO BELABOR ANYONE WITH DETAILS FROM OUR SLIDE, I
10:24:37 WILL JUST REVIEW SOME HIGHLIGHTS HERE.
10:24:41 I ORGANIZED MINE BY YEAR AND I WILL START WITH DOWNTOWN CRA.
10:24:44 I WOULD JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS PRECOVID, 2019
10:24:48 ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND CERTAINLY THE ACTIVITIES OF DOWNTOWN
10:24:52 WERE CERTAINLY VERY BUSY, AND THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF SPP
10:24:56 AND WATER STREET WORK, THE FIRST ACCOMPLISHMENTS WERE REALLY
10:25:00 NOTABLE AT THE JW MARRIOTT, THE COMPLETION OF THE HOTEL, OR
10:25:03 AT LEAST THE MAJORITY OF THAT WORK REALLY WAS SIGNIFICANT AT
10:25:06 THAT TIME.
10:25:07 USF MORSANI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST
10:25:11 BUILDINGS COMPLETED, AND THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK WAS
10:25:14 COMPLETED, OR AT THE BEGINNING OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE WORK
10:25:17 WAS REALLY UNDERWAY.
10:25:18 AND I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THERE IS A CORRECTION, HRI
10:25:22 PROPERTIES DID NOT COMPLETE THE HOTEL.
10:25:27 THE HYATT HAD JUST BROKEN GROUND SO THAT WAS FORMERLY THE
10:25:30 JACKSON STREET CITY PARKING LOT.
10:25:33 SO ANOTHER NOTABLE COMMENT TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SLIDE,
10:25:37 YOU WILL SEE THE NUMEROUS EVENTS THAT ARE STILL UNDERWAY
10:25:40 BEFORE COVID AND THE CRA WAS CERTAINLY A PROUD SPONSOR OF
10:25:43 THAT.
10:25:44 THERE WERE CO-SPONSORSHIPS AWARDED FOR ALL OF THESE, ABOUT
10:25:49 $80,000 IN MARKETING AND PROMOTIONS ALLOCATED FOR THESE
10:25:53 TYPES MUCH EVENTS AND WE WERE PROUD TO BE A CO-SPONSOR FOR
10:25:56 SOME OF THOSE.
10:25:57 I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT $4.3 MILLION WERE
10:26:00 ALLOCATED FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER LOAN, AND YOU CAN SEE
10:26:04 THERE SOME OF THE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE
10:26:06 COMPLETED IN THAT AREA.
10:26:07 THE HARPOON HARRY'S RESTAURANT, THE GRAY'S FISH CAMP AND THE
10:26:12 SAIL PLAZA ALL HAD OPENED IN THAT YEAR AS PART OF THE FIRST
10:26:17 SECOND PHASES OF THAT RENOVATION PLAN.
10:26:19 ALSO $6 MILLION WERE ALLOCATED TOWARDS THE WATER STREET
10:26:23 INFRASTRUCTURE MASTER PLAN.
10:26:34 WE SAW THAT RISE OUT OF THE ASHES SO TO SPEAK FROM THE
10:26:37 CONSTRUCTION AND DUST SO THAT WAS CERTAINLY EXCITING.
10:26:39 EVEN THOUGH MOST OF DOWNTOWN WAS VACATED IN MARCH, AS
10:26:44 EVERYONE WENT TO GO WORK FROM HOME, 1001 WATER STREET WAS
10:26:50 BECOMING A REALITY AND THE GARAGE NEXT DOOR, THE HART WAS
10:26:54 LAUNCHING ITS AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE ALONG THE MARION
10:26:57 TRANSITWAY, AND THIS WAS ALL DURING COVID SO MANY OF US LEFT
10:27:01 DOWNTOWN, AND AS WE SLOWLY BEGAN TO RETURN, WE SAW THESE NEW
10:27:06 STRUCTURES TAKING SHAPE, AND REALLY THE PREMISE RETURNING TO
10:27:10 DOWNTOWN LOOKED VERY DIFFERENTLY.
10:27:12 THE HENRY TOWER WAS BEGINNING CONSTRUCTION.
10:27:16 MODERA WAS UNDERWAY NEXT TO THE STRAZ CENTER.
10:27:19 AND WE HAD WE HAD A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE WORK GOING ON
10:27:21 AROUND THE ADR TOWER AND THE ROAD WORK AS CASS AND TYLER.
10:27:26 SO THOSE INVESTMENTS WERE APPROXIMATELY $4.2 MILLION
10:27:30 ACCORDING TO OUR BUDGET ALLOCATIONS.
10:27:33 WE HAD AN ADDITIONAL 4.2 MILLION ALLOCATED TO THE CONVENTION
10:27:36 CENTER LOAN REPAYMENT.
10:27:37 ANOTHER 5 MILLION ALLOCATED TO THE SPP/WATER STREET
10:27:41 INVESTMENT, AND THE CROSS BAY FERRY HAD ITS FIRST YEAR IN
10:27:46 2020.
10:27:47 THAT WAS ABOUT 150,000 THAT THE CITY AND COUNTY, IT WAS THE
10:27:52 FOUR-PARTY AGREEMENT BETWEEN PINELLAS AND ST. PETERSBURG AS
10:27:55 WELL AS HILLSBOROUGH AND CITY OF TAMPA BEGAN THAT FIRST
10:27:58 TWO-YEAR AGREEMENT IN 2020.
10:28:02 AND HERE I WOULD JUST LIKE TO NOTE, THIS WAS POSTED ON
10:28:05 SOCIAL MEDIA, I LEAVE URBAN TAMPA BAY, OUR FRIENDS TOOK THIS
10:28:10 NICE SHOT OF GOOGLE EARTH TO SHOW US THE PROGRESS OF WATER
10:28:14 STREET, AND YOU CAN SEE BEFORE AND AFTER BETWEEN 2018, PRIOR
10:28:17 TO REALLY ANY WORK BEING DONE, AND 2020 WHILE IT'S IN
10:28:21 PROGRESS.
10:28:22 JUST THE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK THAT HAD MADE WAY DURING
10:28:27 THE TIME OF 20 IS IT AND 2020.
10:28:29 SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU ALL ON THIS PROGRESS
10:28:32 REPORT.
10:28:32 AND THANK YOU TO OUR FRIENDS URBAN TAMPA BAY FOR POSTING
10:28:36 THAT IN A TIMELY FASHION.
10:28:39 2021 IN DOWNTOWN, WE HAD THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF ONE ASHLEY
10:28:44 TOWER BEING SUBMITTED FOR PERMITTING.
10:28:46 OF THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT FOR DOWNTOWN, A
10:28:49 SIGNIFICANT SITE.
10:28:50 WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE THAT COME THROUGH AND BEGIN
10:28:52 CONSTRUCTION SOON.
10:28:53 AS I MENTIONED EARLIER IN 2019, THAT THE ROAD WORK BEGAN AT
10:29:00 McKENNIS, CASS AND TYLER.
10:29:05 THAT IS COMPLETED NOW AROUND THE NEW AER TOWER.
10:29:08 AND WE HAVE THE LIGHTS ON TAMPA ART INSTALLATION CHANNELSIDE
10:29:12 DRIVE AND HARBOUR ISLAND AND BRIDGE/RIVERWALK.
10:29:15 THOSE ARE MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS WE SAW JUST IN THE FIRST SIX
10:29:18 MONTHS OF 2021.
10:29:20 GOING AGAIN GOING TO BUDGET NUMBERS WE HAVE 4.1 MILLION
10:29:23 ALLOCATED FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER LOAN REPAYMENT, SPP
10:29:26 RECEIVED ANOTHER 5 MILLION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE WORK, THOSE
10:29:31 SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS ARE STILL ONGOING, HERMAN MASSEY IS
10:29:34 ALLOCATED OF COURSE FOR THIS YEAR, THE PARK RENOVATION, KITT
10:29:40 MASON IS ALLOCATED FOR THIS YEAR, WE HAVE ANOTHER 50,000 FOR
10:29:44 CO-SPONSORSHIPS AS EVENTS ARE COMING BACK ONLINE.
10:29:47 CROSS BAY FERRY IS STILL FUNDED FOR $150,000 AND WE BEGAN A
10:29:52 COMMUNITY POLICING INITIATIVE WHICH IS BEING DISCUSSED AND
10:29:55 FORMULATED AS WE SPEAK.
10:29:58 I WILL MOVE INTO CHANNEL DISTRICT.
10:30:00 AND IF THIS IS OKAY I WILL HOLD QUESTIONS AT THIS MOMENT.
10:30:04 >>JOSEPH CITRO: HANG ON ONE SECOND.
10:30:07 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WHERE ARE WE AT WITH KID MASON?
10:30:13 HOW FAR ON DESIGN, BUILD?
10:30:15 >> I DO KNOW THAT IT IS DDR REVIEW AT LEAST IN THE SUBMITTAL
10:30:19 PHASE OR IN THE REVIEW PROCESS BUT I CAN BRING A MORE
10:30:22 THOROUGH REPORT AT NEXT MONTH'S MEETING.
10:30:24 I CAN ACTUALLY SEND AN E-MAIL UPDATE BY THIS AFTERNOON AS
10:30:27 WELL.
10:30:30 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE HAVE BEEN HOLDING THAT FOR A WHILE.
10:30:37 KIDS IN THE AREA IN SUMMERTIME.
10:30:39 WE NEED TO START MOVING ON THAT FASTER IF WE CAN.
10:30:41 I KNOW IT'S A PROCESS BUT WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS FOR
10:30:43 A LONG TIME.
10:30:45 NUMBER TWO, I DON'T KNOW IF IT MIGHT BE A COUNCIL QUESTION.
10:30:49 I KNOW THE HOTEL THAT WENT UP ACROSS THE STREET FROM CITY
10:30:53 HALL.
10:30:54 I REMEMBER THERE WAS A DEAL I THOUGHT WAS PERMANENT, SOME
10:30:58 PARKING SPACES WOULD BE UTILIZED FOR THIS BUILDING OVER
10:31:02 THERE.
10:31:02 I DON'T KNOW IF THAT CHANGED OR SOMETHING HAPPENED WITH
10:31:04 THAT, OR THE DEAL CHANGE.
10:31:06 BUT I THOUGHT WHEN IT WAS BOUGHT AND SOLD A DEAL WHAT MADE
10:31:12 THAT THERE WOULD BE PARKING FOR CITY STAFF, ESPECIALLY THIS
10:31:15 OFFICE OVER HERE FOR EMPLOYEES OF THAT BUILDING OVER THERE
10:31:17 IN THE PARKING LOT OVER THERE, WITH THE NEW BUILDING
10:31:20 STRUCTURE.
10:31:20 SO IF YOU CAN FIND OUT ABOUT THAT.
10:31:22 I AM CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.
10:31:23 BECAUSE PEOPLE ASKED ME ABOUT THAT.
10:31:25 BUT THEY REMEMBERED THE DALE, PARKING WOULD BE PROVIDED FOR
10:31:29 THE CITY TRYING TO PARTNER.
10:31:32 >> I WILL FIND OUT AND E-MAIL A REPORT TO CRA BOARD.
10:31:37 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
10:31:40 >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON DOWNTOWN?
10:31:43 >>JOSEPH CITRO: PLEASE CONTINUES.
10:31:45 >> MOVING INTO CHANNEL DISTRICT.
10:31:47 THIS BEGINS IN 20 IS IT.
10:31:51 2019.
10:31:52 I WILL GO THROUGH THESE VERY QUICKLY.
10:31:55 CAC REPORTED ON THOSE IN THE CHANNEL DISTRICT.
10:31:58 THEY HAVE SEEN AS MUCH ACTIVITY AS DOWNTOWN DUE TO THE
10:32:00 RESPONSIVENESS OF THE MARKET AND THE PROXIMITY, THE
10:32:03 LOCATION, AND OF COURSE IT'S A HOT MARKET, IN CHANNEL
10:32:06 DISTRICT AS WELL.
10:32:07 I WILL JUST INDICATE THAT CHANNEL CLUB APARTMENTS HAS NOT
10:32:11 ONLY OPENED NEW RESIDENTIAL BUT THEY ALSO RECEIVED THE
10:32:15 PUBLIX, AND I KNOW THAT'S A HOT PLACE TO VISIT FOR LUNCH
10:32:18 TIME.
10:32:18 I HAVE GONE THERE MYSELF, AND IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO VISIT.
10:32:21 THE HAMPTON INN AND HOME SUITES OPENED THE SAME YEAR AND I
10:32:26 DO KNOW THAT WASHINGTON STREET PARK IS A VERY FOCAL POINT
10:32:29 FOR A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA.
10:32:31 WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING SOME REFRESH ELEMENTS WITH THE CDCA
10:32:36 WHICH IS THE COMMUNITY DISTRICT COMMUNITY ALLIANCE.
10:32:39 REFERRING I WANT TO POINT OUT THE CHAIRMAN DISTRICT DONATES
10:32:44 TO THE STREET A CAR $1500.00 EACH YEAR, THEY HAVE 85,000 IN
10:32:49 PROMOTIONAL CO-SPONSORSHIP FUNDS.
10:32:52 THERE WERE A LOT OF ACTIVITIES HAPPENING PRIOR TO COVID.
10:32:55 AND IN THIS YEAR THERE WAS 5.8 MILLION DEDICATED TO THE
10:32:58 PLANNING AND DESIGN OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE WORK WHICH IS WHAT
10:33:02 YOU SEE NOW AT CHANNELSIDE DRIVE AND SOME OF THE OTHER ROADS
10:33:05 THAT OUR CHAIR MENTIONED EARLIER, MRS. CURTIS DISCUSSED ALL
10:33:10 OF THE ROADS THAT ARE BEING FINALIZED FOR CONSTRUCTION IN
10:33:12 THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
10:33:13 SO THAT BEGAN IN 20 IS IT.
10:33:16 THAT JUST PROVES THAT PLANNING AND ENGINEERING CAN TAKE
10:33:20 QUITE SOME TIME AND MONEY AS WELL.
10:33:22 MOVING ONTO THE 2020 MERCURY ADVISORS OF COURSE ANNOUNCED
10:33:26 THEIR MADISON STREET -- I'M SORRY, THEIR PARC MADISON
10:33:29 PROJECT AND I DO HAVE A TYPO HERE.
10:33:31 IT'S ACTUALLY THE CORNER OF MADISON STREET AND TWIGGS, NOT
10:33:35 AT KENNEDY BOULEVARD.
10:33:36 WE ARE ALSO VERY PROUD TO OPEN MADISON STREET PARK.
10:33:39 ALTHOUGH IT WAS COVID, WE WEREN'T ACTUALLY ABLE TO
10:33:41 CELEBRATE. I DID PUT IN THE RIBBON CUTTING HERE.
10:33:45 THAT DIDN'T OCCUR UNTIL 2021 BECAUSE THERE'S MY BRIGHT AND
10:33:48 SHINY FACE IN THE MIDDLE AND I DIDN'T JOIN YOU ALL UNTIL
10:33:51 THIS YEAR.
10:33:52 SO THAT WAS COMMITTING TO AT LEAST CELEBRATE IT BUT
10:33:54 OFFICIALLY IT OPENED DURING COVID.
10:33:57 SOME OTHER EXCITING THINGS HAPPENED.
10:34:00 SPARKMAN WHARF OPENED AND INCREASED ACTIVITY AT THE SOUTH
10:34:03 END OF THE DISTRICT FOR RETAIL USERS.
10:34:06 I THINK SPARKMAN WHARF HAD SIGNIFICANT SUCCESS BECAUSE OF
10:34:09 THE OUTDOOR SPACING AND THE ABILITY TO STILL USE THOSE
10:34:13 RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS SPACE WAS COVID SPACING AND.
10:34:17 >>ABBYE FEELEY: FELT SAVE TO SO ENJOY THOSE ACTIVITIES.
10:34:20 SO GOING THROUGH THE NUMBERS 7.9 MILLION IN INFRASTRUCTURE
10:34:24 ENGINEERING AND PLANNING.
10:34:25 THERE WERE TWO PROJECTS THAT WERE COMPLETED IN THIS YEAR.
10:34:28 THEY WERE ON 11th STREET AND 12th WITHIN KIND OF THE
10:34:31 CORE OF THE DISTRICT.
10:34:32 AND THEN ANOTHER $150,000 WENT TO THE STREETCAR ALLOCATION,
10:34:37 PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES WERE AT 50,000 ALTHOUGH NOT MUCH WAS
10:34:41 GOING ON, BUT THE FOOD TRUCK EVENT DID STILL CONTINUE TO
10:34:45 HAVE SOME EVENTS DURING COVID JUST BECAUSE IT WAS OUTSIDE.
10:34:50 AND IN 2021, OUR CHAIR MRS. CURTIS MENTIONED WE ARE EXCITED
10:34:55 TO KICK OFF AND CONTINUE WITH THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS
10:34:58 OF OUR STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN AND REDEVELOPMENT PLAN UPDATE,
10:35:03 AND HAS BEEN ACTIVELY ENGAGING ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS, OUR
10:35:07 NEIGHBORS, AND RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORS IN THE COMMUNITY.
10:35:10 AND THAT CONTINUES TO BE A HIGHLIGHT FOR 2021.
10:35:20 SPARKMAN WHARF IS A HIGH RISE ONLY TO SHOW THAT THEY ARE
10:35:23 CONTINUING TO BRING NEW BUSINESSES TO THE COMMUNITY.
10:35:27 OUR CHAIR MENTIONED ALSO OTHER BUSINESSES ARE COMING TO THE
10:35:30 COMMUNITY AS WELL IN OTHER LOCATIONS.
10:35:32 SO I AM JUST GOING TO SKIP RIGHT TO THAT, OR I AM GOING TO
10:35:37 CONCLUDE WITH CHANNEL DISTRICT AND ASK FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
10:35:39 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
10:35:43 PLEASE PROCEED.
10:35:47 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER?
10:35:48 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES, SIR.
10:35:51 THANK YOU.
10:35:54 CAN YOU PUT UP THAT LAST SLIDE?
10:35:59 THE ONE THAT SHOWED -- I THINK IT SHOWED THE CHANNELSIDE.
10:36:08 SO ARE THOSE THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF CONSTRUCTION THAT THE
10:36:16 CRA AND THE CITY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF
10:36:19 YEARS?
10:36:20 >> THIS IS JUST THE PROJECT MAP FOR CHANNELSIDE DRIVE.
10:36:23 SO CHANNELSIDE DRIVE HAS DIFFERENT PHASES, JUST TO ALLOW THE
10:36:27 CONTRACTOR TO WORK IN DIFFERENT SECTIONS AT A TIME.
10:36:30 SO THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE PLANNED ARE ON OTHER STREETS
10:36:34 AS WELL SO WE HAVE OTHER PROJECTS PLANNED FOR WHITING,
10:36:37 CUMBERLAND, AND SOME OF THE OTHER NORTH-SOUTH INTERIOR
10:36:40 STREETS AS WELL.
10:36:41 THOSE ARE NOT IDENTIFIED ON THIS MAP.
10:36:43 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SO IN REGARDS TO THOSE SPACES, ARE ALL
10:36:49 THOSE ALREADY DONE?
10:36:52 >> NO.
10:36:53 NO, THEY ARE NOT.
10:36:54 AND FORGIVE ME, I DON'T HAVE A CURRENT CONSTRUCTION UPDATE.
10:36:58 I BELIEVE THAT THE CONTRACTOR IS WORKING INTO PHASE 1 AND 2.
10:37:01 THEY ARE WORKING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD.
10:37:03 I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE REALLY ENGAGED IN PHASE 3 AT
10:37:07 THIS TIME.
10:37:08 BUT I CAN CONFIRM THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S CORRECTED
10:37:12 BY THE END OF THIS MEETING.
10:37:13 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY.
10:37:17 AND I KNOW MR. CHAIRMAN WANTS TO WAIT AND DO ITEM 7 WHEN WE
10:37:21 DO ITEM 7, BUT JUST IN TERMS OF MAP, WHERE IS THE 5 AND 7
10:37:30 CONSTRUCTION?
10:37:31 WHICH ONE ON THIS MAP?
10:37:32 >> ITEM 7 WOULD BE -- IT'S NOT ON THIS MAP BUT IT WOULD BE
10:37:39 TO THE RIGHT OF THE GREEN SECTION OF PHASE 3.
10:37:44 AND A LITTLE BIT OF PHASE 4.
10:37:46 SO THE ROUNDABOUT, THE CIRCLE THAT WERE GREEN AND BLUE
10:37:50 TOUCH, IT WOULD BE IMMEDIATELY TO THE RIGHT OF THAT.
10:37:53 AND A SMALL PORTION OF IT IS AFFECTING OF COURSE THE YORK
10:37:57 STREET, WHICH IS TECHNICALLY COVERED UNDER THE WORK ORDERS
10:38:01 THAT ARE ALREADY --
10:38:06 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: LIKE AN OFFSHOOT OF THE ROUNDABOUT?
10:38:09 >> CORRECT.
10:38:09 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WILL WE HAVE MORE DETAILED MAPS WHEN WE
10:38:12 GET TO ITEM 7?
10:38:14 >> YES.
10:38:15 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY.
10:38:16 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:38:17 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU TO. PUT IT MORE SPECIFICALLY, I
10:38:19 BELIEVE IT'S SOUTH PART OF THE AQUARIUM PARKING?
10:38:23 >> CORRECT.
10:38:24 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:38:26 PLEASE CONTINUE.
10:38:26 >> MOVING INTO TAMPA HEIGHTS RIVERFRONT CRA, THIS IS AN
10:38:31 ACTIVE CRA WITH ONE PRIMARY DEVELOPER BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE
10:38:36 CITY'S WATERWORKS PARK THAT WAS COMPLETED IN 2019.
10:38:40 AGAIN, THIS IS A PROJECT WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE
10:38:44 CONSTRUCTION HAS JUST COME UP OUT OF THE GROUND, AND WE HAVE
10:38:47 SEEN A LOT OF PROGRESS SINCE 20 IS IT.
10:38:49 SO YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THIS JUST LITERALLY COMING OUT OF
10:38:54 THE GROUND.
10:38:54 THE NEW CO-SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM AGAIN WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL IN
10:38:59 2019.
10:38:59 A LOT OF EVENTS WERE HAPPENING.
10:39:01 YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE LAST BULLET POINT.
10:39:03 THE RIVERWALK IS AN ATTRACTER TO PEOPLE AND THEY ENJOY
10:39:06 HAVING EVENTS.
10:39:07 FRIEND OF THE RIVERWALK ARE CERTAINLY A BIG SUPPORTER AND
10:39:11 PLANNER OF THOSE ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS WITH OUR PARKS AND
10:39:13 RECREATION TEAM.
10:39:14 HOWEVER, AS YOU SEE IN 2020, THOSE DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAPPEN
10:39:19 AS MUCH.
10:39:19 SO THEY ARE RETURNING, 2021, WE ARE BRINGING SOME OF THOSE
10:39:23 EVENTS BACK, AND I DO KNOW THAT FRIENDS OF THE RIVERWALK HAS
10:39:27 ANNOUNCED THAT THEY ARE DOING THEIR FOURTH OF JULY EVENTS,
10:39:30 THE MAYOR JUST ANNOUNCED THE BOOM ON THE BAY, SO WE ARE VERY
10:39:34 EXCITED TO SEE THOSE RETURNING IN 2020.
10:39:36 ARMATURE WORKS AND THE HEIGHTS STILL HAVE ACTIVITIES, SO WE
10:39:41 ARE EXCITED TO SEE THAT THEY HOSTED EVENTS AT ARMATURE WORKS
10:39:45 AND THE HEIGHTS MARKET CONTINUED TO KEEP THEIR FOOD VENDORS
10:39:49 ENGAGED WITH COVID RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE.
10:39:51 SO THE OUTDOOR SPACE STILL WAS CONDUCIVE FOR SPACING BUT IT
10:39:55 WAS A DIFFICULT YEAR, I THINK, FOR MANY PEOPLE.
10:39:57 SO I WOULD LIKE TO JUST CONGRATULATE THEM FOR STILL ENGAGING
10:40:02 AND KEEPING THEIR BUSINESSES OPEN IN SOME CAPACITY.
10:40:07 AND IN 2021 OF COURSE THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT CAME WITH THE
10:40:10 HEIGHTS UNION BUILDING SIGNING THEIR MAJOR LEASE WITH PFIZER
10:40:14 BRINGING THIS EMPLOYER TO THE AREA, WHICH WILL IN TURN BRING
10:40:19 AN ECONOMIC ENGINE THAT BENEFITS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
10:40:23 SO WITH THAT, I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES TAMPA HEIGHTS.
10:40:27 ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON TAMPA HEIGHTS RIVERFRONT?
10:40:30 >> ANY QUESTIONS?
10:40:34 COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
10:40:35 >>BILL CARLSON: I KNOW THIS WAS BEFORE YOUR TIME AND IT WAS
10:40:38 BEFORE MY TIME.
10:40:39 DO YOU KNOW IF ARMATURE WORKS WAS PAID FOR THE BY THE CITY?
10:40:47 >> IT WAS NOT BID PAY BY THE CRA.
10:40:51 I KNOW THERE WERE SOME LAND EXCHANGES THAT WERE ASSISTED BY
10:40:55 THE CRA STAFF, LAND DEVELOPMENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES.
10:40:59 >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU.
10:41:00 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY OTHER INFORMATION YOU WOULD LIKE TO
10:41:05 GIVE US?
10:41:07 >> YES.
10:41:07 I WILL MOVE ON TO CENTRAL PARK.
10:41:09 CENTRAL PARK OF COURSE ALSO ANOTHER SMALLER CRA THAT'S
10:41:13 REALLY GETTING SOME MOMENTUM NOW, BUT IN 2019 TAMPA HOUSING
10:41:17 AUTHORITY IS OUR MAJOR PARTNER HERE.
10:41:19 THEY COMPLETED THE TEMPLE APARTMENTS, A LOT OF LAND
10:41:22 TRANSACTIONS AND PROMOTIONS THAT WERE GOING ON IN THAT YEAR,
10:41:26 THAT RENOVATION OF THE HISTORIC ST. JAMES CHURCH WAS
10:41:29 COMPLETED, AND A LOT OF JUST ANNOUNCEMENTS OF NEW PARTNERS
10:41:33 WERE OCCURRING.
10:41:34 SO I PUT THE SITE MAP THERE TO REMIND EVERYONE OF WHAT
10:41:37 BUILDINGS WERE ONGOING AND/OR COMPLETED BY THE HOUSING
10:41:40 AUTHORITY JUST AS A REMINDER BUT THERE ARE STILL SEVERAL
10:41:43 MORE AVAILABLE.
10:41:44 SO THAT'S STILL IN PROGRESS AS WE MOVE INTO 2020.
10:41:49 HERE ARE A FEW AERIAL PHOTOS TO REMIND US OF WHAT POTENTIAL
10:41:53 LIES WITHIN CENTRAL PARK BECAUSE OF ITS PROXIMITY TO
10:41:56 DOWNTOWN, AND ITS CONNECTIVITY TO THE HISTORIC YBOR.
10:41:59 I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE ALL FORGET UNTIL OF COURSE THE
10:42:03 REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER ANNOUNCES THAT HE HAD PURCHASED TAMPA
10:42:07 PARK APARTMENTS IN 2020 IN CONJUNCTION WITH GASWORX AND
10:42:11 DOWNTOWN CRA, AND THEN NAMING IT FOR NOW AT LEAST AS YBOR
10:42:15 SOUTH.
10:42:17 DARRYL SHAW.
10:42:18 SO I THINK WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE MARKET DRIVES A LOT OF NEW
10:42:21 INITIATIVES AND PLANNING POTENTIALS THAT WE NOW SEE THE
10:42:24 ACTIVITY IN THE VALUE, AND SO IN 2020 WE BEGAN ENVISIONING
10:42:33 THIS AS A CENTRAL KEY AS ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES HAS MENTIONED,
10:42:41 CENTRAL PARK BEING VERY UNIQUE AND BEING UNIQUELY POSITIONED
10:42:45 PLACE IN DOWNTOWN, AND IN THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
10:42:48 SO IN 2021 WE WERE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE URBAN FARM
10:42:53 OPENED AND THE COMMUNITY ASSETS IS VERY WELL RECEIVED, AND
10:42:58 OUR NEIGHBORS ENCORE AS WELL AS OUR NEIGHBORS DOWNTOWN, THEY
10:43:03 BIKE, THEY WALK, THEY TAKE A SCOOTER AND THEY WALK OVER AND
10:43:07 RIDE OVER TO CHECK OUT THE MARKETS ON THE WEEKEND.
10:43:14 PLEASE IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO, TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE
10:43:16 IT IS A GREAT WAY TO GET YOUR FRESH VEGGIES AND
10:43:19 PARTICIPATING IN EATING.
10:43:20 THEN OF COURSE DARRYL SHAW SIGNED WITH KETTLER FOR THIS NEW
10:43:28 DISTRICT.
10:43:29 IT'S A VERY COMPLEXION BUT VERY EXCITING TIME TO BE LOOKING
10:43:33 AT THIS POTENTIAL PROJECT WITH ALL OF OUR CRA, CENTRAL PARK
10:43:37 BEING THE ONE IN THE CENTER, BUT WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES
10:43:41 ON ENVISIONING THIS PROCESS.
10:43:43 THAT CONCLUDES CENTRAL PARK.
10:43:45 THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
10:43:46 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS?
10:43:49 ALL RIGHT.
10:43:50 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT.
10:43:51 >> I HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE.
10:43:53 I WILL CONCLUDE WITH VERY QUICKLY.
10:43:55 IN COVID-19 I MENTIONED IT A LOT BUT THERE WERE SOME
10:43:58 INITIATIVES, LIFT UP LOCAL PROGRAM, MAINLY CENTRALIZED IN
10:44:03 DOWNTOWN AND CHANNEL DISTRICT, BUT IT WAS MOSTLY A PLANNING
10:44:06 EFFORT WITH MOBILITY TO UTILIZE STREET CLOSURES TO LAUNCH A
10:44:11 PROGRAM AND IT WAS PROMOTING THOSE SAFE SOCIAL DISTANCING TO
10:44:14 ALLOW BUSINESSES TO CONTINUE OPERATING AND JUST MAINTAIN
10:44:18 THEIR BUSINESS OPERATIONS DURING SOME VERY HARD TAMES.
10:44:22 ALSO, THE CRA ADOPTED AND USED SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR
10:44:27 CULTURAL ASSETS RETROFITS AND WE DID MANAGE THOSE ALDO
10:44:33 INDICATE THOSE.
10:44:34 OUR ASSETS ARE USING THE FUNDS NOW.
10:44:38 WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ALL OF THE REIMBURSEMENTS BUT THEY ARE
10:44:40 COMING.
10:44:40 I WANT TO CONCLUDE WITH THIS CLOSING THOUGHT THAT NONE OF
10:44:43 THIS PROGRESS IS POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT, THE CRA
10:44:46 BOARD, OUR CACs, OUR TEAM MEMBERS, AND THE CITY
10:44:51 DEPARTMENTS, BECAUSE REALLY OUR COLLABORATION AND A LOT OF
10:44:54 OUR INGENUOUS IDEAS COME FROM THOSE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE
10:44:57 WITH THEM.
10:44:58 OUR STAKEHOLDERS ARE PRAISELESS AND REALLY IMPORTANT TO US.
10:45:02 AND OUR PREDECESSORS.
10:45:03 SO ALL OF US ARE NEW IN THE CRA DEPARTMENT.
10:45:06 A LOT OF THIS WORK STARTED WITH THEM.
10:45:08 AND WE ARE JUST CARRYING THE TORCH.
10:45:11 AS MR. ROBINSON MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE GOT THE BATON
10:45:14 NOW.
10:45:15 I WOULD LIKE TO CONCLUDE WITH A QUOTE.
10:45:17 AMANDA GORMAN, A PEOPLE THAT I NOW HOLD CLOSE TO MY HEART.
10:45:23 FOR A WHILE, WE HAVE OUR EYES ON THE FUTURE.
10:45:26 HISTORY HAS ITS EYES ON US.
10:45:28 AND I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE YOU WITH THAT THOUGHT.
10:45:30 AND I WILL STAND FOR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE I TURN IT
10:45:33 OVER TO WEST TAMPA.
10:45:36 >> ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
10:45:40 ALL RIGHT.
10:45:40 THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORD OF WISDOM AND YOU ARE CORRECT.
10:45:43 AS A CITY OF TAMPA, WE ARE ALL FAMILY.
10:45:46 AND AS LONG AS WE WORK TOGETHER WE WILL ACHIEVE GREAT
10:45:48 THINGS.
10:45:49 THANK YOU.
10:45:49 >> THANK YOU.
10:45:50 >> GOOD MORNING, CRA BORE.
10:46:16 WEST TAMPA COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA.
10:46:21 THE WEST TAMPA CAC, WE CONTINUES TO HOLD VERY PRODUCTIVE
10:46:25 MEETINGS OVER AT BARKSDALE SENIOR CENTER.
10:46:28 I DO WANT TO THANK BRYAN LEE WITH TMI.
10:46:31 WITHOUT HIS HELP, OUR VIRTUAL COMPONENT OF OUR MEETINGS
10:46:34 WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE.
10:46:36 HE'S THERE AT EVERY MEETING, SO THANK YOU, BRYAN LEE AND
10:46:42 TNI.
10:46:44 ALSO IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE WORKING WITH JOE ROBINSON
10:46:48 AND CONTINUE TO WORK WITH HIM MOVING FORWARD.
10:46:50 I TALK TO HIM AT 10:00 AT NIGHT, 11:00 AT NIGHT.
10:46:53 WE'VE-CALLS WE TALK.
10:46:55 HE'S A VERY PRODUCTIVE INDIVIDUAL.
10:46:57 AS FAR AS SOME OF THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON IN WEST TAMPA
10:46:59 RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE PHASE 1 ALLEY CLEAN-UPS.
10:47:04 WE HAVE 18 ALLEYS IDENTIFIED THIS WEEK, THE WORK IS GOING TO
10:47:08 BEGIN TO START CLEANING UP AND CLEARING THOSE ALLEYS WHICH
10:47:14 INCLUDES REMOVING ILLEGAL DUMPING, MOWING, LANDSCAPE
10:47:17 IMPROVEMENTS, AND PUTTING DOWN SOME HERBICIDE.
10:47:20 WE HAVE A COMPANY C -- TCC ENTERPRISES WHICH IS AN AFRICAN
10:47:26 AMERICAN COMPANY DOING WORK FOR US AND THEY DO WORK ALL OVER
10:47:28 THE CITY SO I AM PRETTY CONFIDENT THEY WILL DO A GOOD JOB IN
10:47:32 WEST TAMPA FOR US.
10:47:33 THIS ISN'T ON THE SLIDES BUT ALSO THIS WEEK IN PARTICULAR,
10:47:36 ON SATURDAY, WE HAVE TWO NEIGHBORHOODS, WEST TAMPA --
10:47:40 >> EXCUSE ME A SECOND.
10:47:42 I APOLOGIZE.
10:47:42 COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
10:47:44 >>BILL CARLSON: JUST A QUICK QUESTION WHILE YOU ARE ON
10:47:47 ALLEYS.
10:47:48 YOU KNOW I AM A FAN OF ALLEYS, ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH TAMPA.
10:47:53 BUT EVEN IN SOUTH TAMPA, THERE ARE ALLEYS THAT ARE CLUTTERED
10:47:57 AND THE CONCRETE OR ASPHALT IS FALLING AWAY.
10:48:01 MY QUESTION IS, SIDES CLEANING UP THE ALLEYS, HAS ANYONE
10:48:05 ASKED THE CRAs TO REPAVE THE ALLEYS, TO PUT CONCRETE OR
10:48:12 ASPHALT IN THEM, AND WHAT'S OUR ANSWER ON THAT?
10:48:15 >> ACTUALLY AT OUR LAST BUDGET DISCUSSION WAS THE CAC BOARD
10:48:19 WE ACTUALLY CREATED A LINE ITEM FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR FOR
10:48:22 REPAVING.
10:48:22 SO WE ARE PUTTING FUNDING IN THAT LINE ITEM TO BEGIN THAT
10:48:26 PROCESS, SIMILAR TO HOW EAST TAMPA WAS DOING A FEW YEARS
10:48:29 AGO, WE WILL START DOING THAT IN WEST TAMPA.
10:48:32 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
10:48:35 PLEASE PROCEED.
10:48:36 >> THANK YOU.
10:48:38 THIS WEEKEND, THIS ISN'T ON THE SLIDE BUT I WANTED TO
10:48:41 MENTION IT FOR THE PUBLIC.
10:48:42 TWO NEIGHBORHOODS IN WEST TAMPA CRA AREA, WEST TAMPA, AND
10:48:47 NORTH HYDE PARK, THEY ARE HAVING COMMUNITY CLEAN-UPS IN
10:48:50 PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CRA AND THE CITY.
10:48:54 WEST TAMPA, THAT CLEAN-UP BEGINS AT 8:30 A.M. TO 10:30 A.M.
10:48:58 THEY MEET AT 2100 WEST MAIN STREET, OLD WEST TAMPA.
10:49:03 THEN NORTH HYDE PARK FROM 9 A.M. TO 11:30, 1700 WEST FIG
10:49:11 STREET.
10:49:12 I WILL BE OUT THERE TO HELP OUT HOWEVER I CAN.
10:49:15 WITH THE MAIN STREET CORRIDOR STUDY, THIS IS A CITY PROJECT,
10:49:18 BUT I CONSIDER IT ALSO CRA PROJECT SINCE WE ARE WORKING
10:49:21 EXTREMELY CLOSELY WITH THEM.
10:49:23 OUR CAC AND MYSELF.
10:49:25 THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY,
10:49:29 JUNE 15th AT 6:00 P.M.
10:49:32 I WILL SEND OUT A LINK TO THE PUBLIC TO REMIND THEM.
10:49:38 I SENT IT OUT TO INDIVIDUALS LAST WEEK AND I WILL DO IT
10:49:41 AGAIN THIS WEEK.
10:49:42 THE PROJECT MANAGER IS MR. RANDY GOERS.
10:49:48 ONCE THAT STUDY IS COMPLETE, WHICH WE EXPECT TO SHALL
10:49:50 COMPLETE BY THE END OF JULY, THE CAC HAS ALREADY TAKEN STEPS
10:49:55 TO TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THOSE
10:49:58 FINDINGS AND REVITALIZE MAIN STREET.
10:50:04 AS FAR AS THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY AMENDMENTS, CAC IN
10:50:07 COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY INITIATED CODE AMENDMENTS TO THE
10:50:11 WEST TAMPA OVERLAY, AND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE SUBCOMMITTEE
10:50:16 BEING LED BY COALITION WITH THE MAYOR WORKING CLOSELY WITH
10:50:20 THE CITY TO BEGIN PHASE 2 FOR WEST TAMPA OVERLAY AMENDMENT.
10:50:26 WE HAD A NEWSLETTER THAT WENT OUT IN JULY.
10:50:29 WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING OUT IN -- THE FIRST
10:50:34 NEWSLETTER CAME OUT IN JANUARY.
10:50:35 WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING OUT IN JULY.
10:50:37 AND WE ARE GOING TO HIGHLIGHT AN AREA NONPROFIT, IN ADDITION
10:50:41 WE'LL HIGHLIGHT AN AREA OF SMALL BUSINESS.
10:50:45 IN JULY WE'LL HIGHLIGHT THE HAIR SALON LOCATED ON MAIN
10:50:50 STREET.
10:50:54 IN ADDITION, THE CAC IS WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CITY
10:50:58 ON THEIR BUILD GRANT.
10:51:00 THAT BUILD GRANT TEAM WHICH IS BEING LED BY VIK BHIDE AND
10:51:07 MARTINEZ OUT OF MOBILITY.
10:51:09 THIS MONTH JUNE 22ND, SCHEDULED TO SPEAK BEFORE THE CAC TO
10:51:14 GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE GRANT.
10:51:23 [~INTERFERENCE~]
10:51:26 WEST TAMPA WE HAVE BEEN VERY PRETTY SUCCESSFUL.
10:51:29 THE FACADE GRANTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN WEST TAMPA.
10:51:34 APPROXIMATELY $171,000 FOR IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE MADE, AND
10:51:38 BUSINESSES WITHIN WEST TAMPA.
10:51:39 WE ARE ALSO CURRENTLY WORKING WITH FIVE NEW PROPERTY OWNERS
10:51:43 WITHIN WEST TAMPA FOR THEIR BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS.
10:51:47 AND ONE IS THE McFARLAND BUILDING ON HOWARD.
10:51:50 THE OTHER IS THE SICILIAN CLUB.
10:51:52 THEN ALSO THE CLOCK TOWER ON ALBANY.
10:51:56 AND A FEW PROPERTY OWNERS ALONG MAIN STREET.
10:51:59 THEN WE HAVE TWO NEW GRANT PROGRAMS THAT WERE IMPLEMENTED
10:52:02 THIS YEAR.
10:52:03 ONE IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS SPECIAL PROJECTS GRANT UP TO
10:52:07 $10,000.
10:52:08 WE ARE WORKING WITH ONE GROUP RIGHT NOW, HOPEFULLY THEY CAN
10:52:12 SUBMIT AN APPLICATION SOON FOR THEIR PROJECT.
10:52:15 IN ADDITION WE HAVE THE BUSINESS ENHANCEMENT MICRO GRANT
10:52:18 WHICH IS UP TO $10,000 WHICH IS BASICALLY A MINI FACADE
10:52:22 GRANT BUT MORE STREAMLINED AND ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVED.
10:52:25 WE EXPECT THAT TO BE EXTREMELY POPULAR SO WE ALREADY HAVE
10:52:28 INTEREST IN THAT FROM THE PUBLIC.
10:52:33 IN WEST TAMPA WE HOSTED A FEW EVENTS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
10:52:39 ONE WAS A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION WEBINAR, AND ONE WAS IN PERSON
10:52:43 A FEW YEARS BACK BEFORE COVID, ABOUT YOU THE MOST RECENT ONE
10:52:47 WAS IN FEBRUARY, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
10:52:52 PROPERTY APPRAISER AND THE TAX COLLECTOR'S OFFICE.
10:52:54 AND BECAUSE IT WAS SO POPULAR WE ARE PLANNING TO DO ANOTHER
10:52:57 ONE HOPEFULLY SOMETIME THIS YEAR.
10:53:01 AND THERE WERE A FEW E.S THAT OCCURRED WITHIN WEST TAMPA IN
10:53:04 THE LAST FEW YEARS.
10:53:05 THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL FESTIVAL BACK IN 2019.
10:53:10 THAT WAS EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL.
10:53:12 THE WEST TAMPA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HOSTED THE WEST TAMPA
10:53:17 OVER AT JULIAN B. LANE.
10:53:20 WE HAD A FEW WORKSHOPS FOR HOMEOWNERSHIPS IN COLLABORATION
10:53:24 WITH THE CITY AND OTHER ENTITIES BACK IN 2019. WE ARE
10:53:27 HOPING TO DO THAT AGAIN PRETTY SAN.
10:53:30 WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES WEST TAMPA.
10:53:32 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
10:53:33 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR WEST TAMPA?
10:53:37 I HAVE ONE.
10:53:39 BEFORE COVID, THERE WAS A JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION AT JULIAN
10:53:44 B. LANE.
10:53:45 IS THAT GOING TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR?
10:53:47 >> FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A FEW EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR
10:53:50 JUNETEENTH.
10:53:51 THEY HAVE NOT COME BEFORE THE WEST TAMPA SPECIAL EVENTS
10:53:54 SUBCOMMITTEE FOR ANY KIND OF CO-SPONSORSHIP BUT THERE ARE
10:53:57 EVENTS GOING ON WITHIN WEST TAMPA FOR JUNETEENTH.
10:53:59 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.
10:54:01 ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
10:54:04 PROCEED, PLEASE.
10:54:05 >> THANK YOU.
10:54:09 PUT THE SLIDES UP, PLEASE.
10:54:11 THE NEXT IS DREW PARK UPDATE.
10:54:13 AS YOU ALL KNOW, YOU APPROVED OUR STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN
10:54:15 UPDATE A FEW MONTHS AGO.
10:54:18 I THINK ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO.
10:54:21 SO THE CAC AND DREW PARK WERE STARTING TO STRATEGIZE HOW TO
10:54:26 IMPLEMENT THAT PLAN QUICKLY AS FAR AS STREETSCAPE AND
10:54:31 BEAUTIFICATION WITHIN DREW PARK.
10:54:34 WE ALSO HAVE A NEW CHAIR, MARISSA, SHE'S EXTREMELY
10:54:40 PROGRESSIVE AND VERY PRODUCTIVE SO I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO
10:54:43 WORKING WITH HER ON GETTING SOME OF THESE PROJECTS BEFORE
10:54:45 THE CAC SO THAT WE CAN GET MOVING ON THEM.
10:54:49 THE TAMPA BAY LINEAR PARK, THAT PROJECT IS A PASSIVE PARK,
10:54:54 HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AND NOW STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN IS
10:54:58 COMPLETE, CAC IS STARTING TO LOOK INTO TRANSFORMING THAT
10:55:02 PASSIVE PARK INTO AN ACTIVE PARK SO WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY
10:55:06 WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND OTHER CITY INDIVIDUALS SO WE
10:55:08 CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
10:55:16 IN ADDITION, WE COMPLETED A SIDEWALK PROJECT OVER ON
10:55:21 HESPERIDES.
10:55:22 I THINK MORE SOD WILL BE THEREON OUT THERE BUT AS FAR AS
10:55:27 SIDEWALK IS COMPLETE.
10:55:28 OUR STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN CALLED FOR SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT
10:55:31 AND CONNECTIVITY WITHIN DREW PARK, THE CAC IN PARTNERSHIP
10:55:34 WITH MOBILITY PARTNERS, WE ARE STARTING TO STRATEGIZE SO
10:55:39 THAT WE CAN EXTEND SOME OF, CLOSE SOME OF THE GAPS WHERE IT
10:55:44 MAKES SENSE, AND TO CREATE NEW SIDEWALKS AND IMPROVE WHAT WE
10:55:48 ALREADY HAVE OUT THERE.
10:55:56 IN DREW PARK WE HAVE TWO GRANT PROGRAMS, ONE A FACADE GRANT
10:55:59 AND A FENCE GRANT.
10:56:00 THOSE PROGRAMS ARE EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL OUT THERE ESPECIALLY
10:56:03 OUR FENCE GRANTS SINCE A LOT OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS OUT
10:56:06 THERE, BUSINESS OWNERS, THEY ARE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, SO THE
10:56:10 FENCES, THEY PROTECT THEIR ASSETS ON THEIR PROPERTY SO THE
10:56:14 FENCE GRANT IS EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY POPULAR OUT THERE.
10:56:18 WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH MANY PROPERTY OWNERS, AS I
10:56:21 SPEAK, WITH MY COHORT, ASHLEY.
10:56:32 THAT CONCLUDES DREW PARK.
10:56:33 >> ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
10:56:35 THANKS FOR THIS INFORMATION.
10:56:35 >> THANK YOU, SIR.
10:56:50 MS. VAN LOAN, WHO DO WE HAVE NEXT?
10:57:00 DO WE HAVE MS. COURTNEY ORR NEXT?
10:57:06 >> YES.
10:57:06 GOOD MORNING.
10:57:07 COURTNEY ORR, YBOR CITY CRA MANAGER.
10:57:11 AND I WILL START.
10:57:15 OKAY.
10:57:16 YOU WILL SEE LISTED HERE A SELECTION OF YBOR AREA
10:57:20 ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS THAT HELP KEEP THE CITY'S NATIONAL
10:57:24 HISTORIC LANDMARK DISTRICT LOOKING GREAT.
10:57:27 THESE ITEMS AMONG MANY OTHERS REQUIRE DIRECT CONTRACTORS
10:57:30 OVERSIGHT BY CRA STAFF, AND I AM NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL
10:57:35 OF THEM BUT HE CAN SEE IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR BUDGET
10:57:37 THAT WE PUT MONEYS TOWARDS THESE IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENT
10:57:41 PROJECTS TO KEEP THE DISTRICT LOOKING AS GREAT AS POSSIBLE
10:57:44 FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND VISITORS.
10:57:48 HIGHLIGHTED HERE ARE SOME OF OUR MORE IMPACTFUL
10:57:52 ADVANCEMENTS.
10:57:54 YOU HEARD PREVIOUSLY ABOUT THE 7th AVENUE ARCHWAY LIGHT
10:57:58 REPLACEMENT PROJECT WHICH I AM SO HAPPY TO SAY IS MOVING
10:58:01 FULL STEAM AHEAD AND EXPECT TO SEE IT UNDERWAY LATER THIS
10:58:04 YEAR.
10:58:05 ANOTHER PROJECT THAT'S BEEN MANY YEARS IN THE MAKING IS THE
10:58:09 COMPLETION OF THE 7th AVENUE STREETSCAPE FROM 24th
10:58:12 TO 26th STREETS.
10:58:13 THAT WILL INCLUDE A NEW YBOR CITY ENTRYWAY MONUMENT ON THAT
10:58:17 EASTERN END.
10:58:18 THIS PROJECT ALSO IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN LATE 2021.
10:58:27 A VERY POPULAR AND SUCCESSFUL CRA PROGRAM IS THE FACADE
10:58:32 PROGRAM THAT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO YBOR'S HISTORICAL
10:58:36 PRESERVATION.
10:58:37 HERE YOU CAN SEE HOW PUBLIC DOLLARS SPUR PRIVATE INVESTMENT.
10:58:43 AND THEN TWO NEW GRANT PROGRAMS WERE ESTABLISHED TO ATTRACT
10:58:48 BUSINESSES FOR THE DISTRICT'S RESIDENTS, AND THAT IS FOR
10:58:52 ENHANCEMENTS TO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY INFRASTRUCTURE.
10:58:57 THESE PROGRAMS HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO BE UTILIZED.
10:59:04 PUBLIC SAFETY ALWAYS IS A COMMUNITY PRIORITY, AND AN ONGOING
10:59:10 EFFORT AND WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR THE ENGAGEMENT,
10:59:13 PARTNERSHIP AND FANTASTIC SUPPORT THAT WE RECEIVE FROM
10:59:16 TAMPA'S POLICE DEPARTMENT.
10:59:18 HERE ARE JUST A FEW ITEMS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY EFFORTS THAT
10:59:21 HAVE BEEN UNDERWAY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
10:59:30 AND WE ARE ACTIVELY EXECUTING THE STRATEGIC ACTION ITEMS
10:59:34 FROM THE CRA APPROVED -- YBOR CITY VISION 2020 PLAN.
10:59:41 AND WE ARE PROUD OF OUR AWARD WINNING MARKETING AND
10:59:45 COMMUNICATION EFFORTS OF WHICH WE WON STATE AND LOCAL AWARDS
10:59:50 FOR.
10:59:52 THE YBOR MARKETING CAMPAIGN AND NOW LOOKING FORWARD TO EQUAL
10:59:57 SUCCESS FOR THE RECENTLY LAUNCHED NEW CAMPAIGN, THE HEART OF
11:00:01 TAMPA.
11:00:01 WE ARE PLEASED WITH THE CONTINUED POPULARITY OF THE HISTORIC
11:00:04 STREETCAR THAT WE SUPPORT FINANCIALLY, ALONG WITH A COUPLE
11:00:07 OF OTHER CRA DISTRICTS.
11:00:09 AND FINALLY, OUR YBOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES CLEAN TEAM
11:00:14 REMAIN A CRITICAL COMPONENT TO KEEPING OUR ACTIVE, VERY
11:00:18 ACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT ORDERLY.
11:00:21 AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
11:00:22 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COMMENTS, QUESTIONS?
11:00:27 COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:00:28 >>ORLANDO GUDES: GOOD MORNING, MS. ORR.
11:00:32 I DID MAKE A PHONE CALL TO MS. VAN LOAN YESTERDAY, GETTING A
11:00:36 LOT OF CALLS ABOUT THE BENCHES DOWN THERE.
11:00:39 I WON'T GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT IT BUT I HOPE YOU WILL LOOK
11:00:42 INTO THAT AND GET BACK TO ME ABOUT THE BENCH SITUATION IN
11:00:45 YBOR.
11:00:45 >> MICHELLE AND I SPOKE YESTERDAY AND WE ARE DOING SOME
11:00:50 RESEARCH ON THAT.
11:00:51 >>ORLANDO GUDES: NUMBER TWO, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A MEETING
11:00:53 TODAY WITH ALL OF THE BARS IN YEARS?
11:00:57 >> CORRECT.
11:00:58 IT'S CALLED A VENUE SECURITY MEETING AND IT'S AN EFFORTS
11:01:00 FROM THE VENUES TO ACTUALLY TRY TO BE MORE UNIFORM IN THEIR
11:01:06 TRAINING FOR SECURITY, I THINK ALLOWING PATRONS INTO THEIR
11:01:12 ESTABLISHMENTS, HOW THAT IS CONDUCTED ON THE FRONT END OF
11:01:16 THE BUSINESS.
11:01:16 SO THAT MEETING IS TODAY WITH CAPTAIN OWENS, AND WE WILL
11:01:21 HOPEFULLY HAVE THE VENUES, THE VENUE OPERATORS IN THE ROOM
11:01:26 TO AGREE ON SOME SORT OF UNIFORM PLAN FOR ALL SECURITY
11:01:30 EFFORTS.
11:01:34 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU ARE ATTENDING THAT MEETING?
11:01:36 >> YES.
11:01:36 >>ORLANDO GUDES: GIVE ME A BRIEFING OF THAT MEETING.
11:01:38 I AM GETTING CALLS ABOUT THAT MEETING SO WE WILL BE IN
11:01:41 SESSION SO WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT BUT GIVE ME A
11:01:44 BRIEFING, PLEASE.
11:01:45 >> YES.
11:01:47 >>BILL CARLSON: MY OTHER JOB I DO BRANDING, AND I THINK
11:01:52 WORDS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.
11:01:54 AND ALSO I MOVED MY OFFICE A COUPLE YEARS AGO BECAUSE I
11:01:58 THINK IT'S BECOMING THAT THERE HAS BEEN EVOLVING INTO THE
11:02:02 CREDIT I'VE AND INNOVATION CENTER OF TAMPA.
11:02:05 IT'S ALSO CONVERTING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, AND THEN CONVERT
11:02:09 IT TO A BAR DISTRICT AND NOW IT'S CONVERTING BACK TO BEING A
11:02:12 COMMUNITY THAT HAPPENS TO HAVE BARS.
11:02:15 I HEARD YOU SAY THE TERM ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT.
11:02:18 AND ALMOST NO ONE I TALK TO IN YBOR WANTS TO REFER TO IT AS
11:02:23 THAT ANYMORE.
11:02:24 AND MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD BRING UP BEFORE THE CAC.
11:02:27 BUT IN TERMS OF BRANDING, I THINK I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE
11:02:31 CALL IT THE YBOR COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF ENTERTAINMENT
11:02:35 DISTRICT.
11:02:35 JUST SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO EVOLVE.
11:02:38 BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT BUSINESSES MOVING IN THERE,
11:02:41 LIKE ASHLEY FURNITURE AND OTHERS THAT ARE BRINGING HIGH-TECH
11:02:44 JOBS TO THE COMMUNITY.
11:02:45 THEY ARE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A LONG
11:02:48 TIME.
11:02:48 THE ARTS ARE COMING BACK.
11:02:49 NOW WITH ALL THE NEW HOUSING THAT WILL BE COMING ON BOARD
11:02:52 OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS IT'S GOING TO RADICALLY CHANGE HOW
11:02:55 PEOPLE INTERACT WITH YBOR.
11:02:56 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ONE MORE TIME.
11:03:04 COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:03:05 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I HEARD THAT, TOO, A DISCUSSION WITH SOME
11:03:09 BUSINESS OWNERS DOWN THERE.
11:03:10 BUT I ALSO HAD SOME DISCUSSION WAS OTHER FOLKS WHO KIND OF
11:03:13 AGREE TO DISAGREE A LITTLE BIT.
11:03:15 I THINK THE CITY HAS EVOLVED, AND I HAVE ALWAYS SAID WHEN I
11:03:22 SEE A BUNCH OF BARS OR RESTAURANTS, PEOPLE WANT
11:03:24 ENTERTAINMENT.
11:03:25 BUT MR. CARLSON IS RIGHT.
11:03:29 WE HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW WE MARKET THAT SITUATION.
11:03:33 I FOUND OUT -- AND I KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A NIGHT
11:03:39 CLUB AND A BAR, I DIDN'T REALIZE THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE BUT
11:03:44 APPARENTLY THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A NIGHT CLUB AND A
11:03:46 BAR.
11:03:46 SO I THINK MR. CARLSON, FOR FUTURE PLANNING, THE DREW PARK
11:03:53 AREA, MOST CITIES DO HAVE AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT.
11:03:56 SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THEY CAN LOOK AT WITH THE DREW
11:04:01 PARK FOLKS, BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CITY NOW,
11:04:05 WE HAVE SO MANY ENTERTAINMENT, THAT YEARS AGO WE WANTED,
11:04:11 RESIDENTIAL AND PEOPLE TO WALK, A LIVABLE PLACE WHERE THEY
11:04:13 CAN GO, AND NOW WE ARE HEARING, WE DON'T WANTS THAT, BECAUSE
11:04:17 WE HAVE HOUSING, AND NOISE, AND GET COMPLAINTS ABOUT NOISE.
11:04:22 WHEN YOU MOVE SOMEPLACE, YOU KNOW YOU HAVE NOISE WHEN YOU
11:04:25 MOVE SOMEPLACE.
11:04:26 SOME OF THESE APARTMENTS BUILDINGS NOW, SOME OF THE BARS
11:04:28 THAT HAVE BEEN THERE, NOW YOU HAVE THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS,
11:04:31 AND NOW WE ARE GETTING COMPLAINTS ABOUT NOISE AND MUSIC.
11:04:34 SO IT MAY BE TIME, THE CAC, DREW PARK, AND CITY COUNCIL,
11:04:41 LOOK INTO THAT AS WELL TO ACTUALLY HAVE AN ACTUAL
11:04:43 ENTERTAINMENT, TO FOCUS ON THE NIGHT CLUB SCENE TO A
11:04:47 DIFFERENT TYPE OF AREA.
11:04:48 JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
11:04:49 THANK YOU.
11:04:52 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AM NOT AN EXPERT IN NONE OF THIS AS
11:04:54 FAR AS WHAT TO CALL AN AREA.
11:04:55 BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT EVEN WHEN I WAS A KID GROWING UP IN
11:04:58 YBOR CITY, IT WAS AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT IN A WAY AND A
11:05:03 BUSINESS IN A WAY.
11:05:04 YOU HAD ALL KINDS OF DRESS SHOPS AND MEN'S SHOPS AND DELLA
11:05:12 PARK, PALACE, GARCIA, BUT YOU ALSO HAD THE ENTERTAINMENT
11:05:16 BUSINESS WHICH WAS THE SOCIAL CLUBS THAT WERE THERE.
11:05:18 SO ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ONE, THAT'S WHAT YBOR CITY IS.
11:05:24 IT HASN'T CHANGED.
11:05:25 MODERNIZATION CAME ABOUT.
11:05:27 WHAT YOU HAVE NOW IS DIFFERENT.
11:05:30 IT'S DIFFERENT.
11:05:31 THE NEW BUILDINGS ARE DIFFERENT.
11:05:32 THEY ARE NICE AND WELL BUILT.
11:05:34 AND IT'S A PLACE THAT PEOPLE WANTS TO LIVE.
11:05:38 IT'S ALSO A PLACE THAT PEOPLE WANT TO ENTERTAIN.
11:05:41 SO WE ARE FOOLING OURSELVES BY CALLING IT ONE THING OR THE
11:05:44 OTHER.
11:05:44 IT'S A COMBINATION OF BOTH.
11:05:46 THAT'S JUST MY STATEMENT.
11:05:47 WHETHER IT'S RIGHT OR WRONG IS UP TO THE PUBLIC.
11:05:49 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:05:49 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANYBODY ELSE?
11:05:52 I'LL MAKE A STATEMENT.
11:05:54 YBOR CITY IS AN HAS AND ALWAYS WILL BE MULTI-FACETED.
11:05:59 THERE IS ONE THING I KNOW FOR SURE, AND THAT THE INDUSTRIAL
11:06:04 AREA, THE MAJORITY OF YBOR CITY, IS GONE.
11:06:08 WHETHER WE CALL IT RESIDENTIAL, WHETHER WE CALL IT
11:06:10 ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, YBOR CITY WILL ALWAYS BE
11:06:15 MULTI-FACETED.
11:06:17 I THINK THAT'S THE THING THAT I LOVE MOST ABOUT IT.
11:06:19 THANK YOU, MS. ORR.
11:06:21 >> THANK YOU.
11:06:22 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MS. VAN LOAN?
11:06:35 I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A SUGGESTION FOR US, AND I TOTALLY AGREE
11:06:39 WITH IT.
11:06:40 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
11:06:44 IF IT SO PLEASE IT IS BOARD, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE MOVE
11:06:47 AHEAD WITH THE APPROVALS OF ITEMS 6, 8 AND 9 AND THEN BRING
11:06:51 UP ITEM 7 FOR DISCUSSION, AND THEN I CAN DO MY REPORT LAST
11:06:55 AS LONG AS I AT LEAST GET A COUPLE OF MINUTES.
11:06:57 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I UNDERSTAND.
11:06:58 WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE US A QUICK BRIEFING ON NUMBER 6?
11:07:01 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: NUMBER 6 IS THE CONTRACT THAT GOES FOR
11:07:04 BUYING THE PENNY SAVER PROPERTY TO BE ABLE TO DO THE SENIOR
11:07:07 AND CULTURAL CENTER AT THE EAST TAMPA RECREATIONAL COMPLEX,
11:07:11 SO THIS IS THE SAME ITEM WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH FOR
11:07:14 REPROGRAMMING THE MILLION DOLLARS.
11:07:16 WE HAVE GOT A SIGNED CONTRACT AND WE ARE READY TO MOVE
11:07:18 FORWARD.
11:07:18 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I HAVE A MOTION MADE TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION
11:07:27 BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:07:28 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:07:30 IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?
11:07:33 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
11:07:35 DO WE NEED A ROLL CALL VOTE?
11:07:37 I APOLOGIZE.
11:07:38 LET'S DO A ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
11:07:40 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:07:43 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:07:44 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:07:46 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:07:48 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:07:50 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
11:07:52 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA BEING ABSENT AT
11:07:55 VOTE.
11:07:55 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MS. VAN LOAN, I TOLD THE RESIDENTS THE
11:08:00 OTHER NIGHT AS SOON AS THIS IS A DONE DALE YOU NEED TO PUT
11:08:03 SOMETHING SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT EXCITEMENT IS COMING.
11:08:05 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: YES, SIR.
11:08:07 ITEM NUMBER 8 IS AN APPOINTMENT TO THE DREW PARK CAC TO FILL
11:08:12 A VACANCY.
11:08:12 >> SO MOVED.
11:08:15 >> SECOND.
11:08:16 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, SECOND BY
11:08:20 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:08:20 ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
11:08:21 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:08:23 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:08:24 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:08:25 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:08:26 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:08:27 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
11:08:29 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA BEING ABSENT AT
11:08:32 VOTE.
11:08:32 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: ITEM NUMBER 9 IS OUR CRA FINANCIAL
11:08:37 COORDINATOR REPORT AND WITH THE SUBMISSION THIS REPORT OUR
11:08:41 BUDGET OFFICE IS COMPLETELY UP TO DATE WITH OUR FINANCIAL
11:08:43 REPORTS.
11:08:43 >> ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
11:08:46 >> SO MOVED.
11:08:50 >> MOTION BY -- SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:08:54 ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
11:08:55 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:08:58 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:09:00 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:09:01 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:09:02 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:09:03 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
11:09:05 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA BEING ABSENT AT
11:09:07 VOTE.
11:09:08 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: FOR ITEM NUMBER 7, I DON'T KNOW IF IT
11:09:15 NEEDS ANY MORE INTRODUCTION AT THIS POINT, BUT THIS IS THE
11:09:19 ITEM CONTINUED FROM LAST MONTH.
11:09:20 IT IS A 1.6 MILLION REQUEST FOR REPROGRAMMING IN ORDER TO
11:09:26 FUND THE ADD-ON PROJECT.
11:09:30 ROB ROSNER AND BRENDA CARDINAL WILL BE PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW
11:09:35 SO YOU CAN SEE THE OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT.
11:09:38 WE ALSO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES HERE.
11:09:43 AFTER THE PRESENTATION AS MENTIONED EARLIER, KIMBERLEE
11:09:46 CURTIS AS THE CAC CHAIR WILL COME UP AND ADDRESS YOU AND
11:09:49 EXPLAIN THE CAC POSITION ON THIS ISSUE.
11:09:51 >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU, CHAIR CITRO.
11:09:54 I HAD TO STEP OUT SO PLEASE PROCEED.
11:09:56 >>ROB ROSNER: THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY.
11:10:10 I WANT TO PRESENT THE PROJECT THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON
11:10:13 FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS FOR THE CHANNELSIDE DRIVE
11:10:15 PROJECT.
11:10:16 I ALSO HAVE BRANDON CAMPBELL HERE, BUILDING MANAGER WHO HAS
11:10:19 BEEN REPRESENTING THE CITY'S INTEREST ON THIS FOR THE
11:10:24 PARKING LOT PROPERTY AND THE CHANNELSIDE DRIVE WHICH IS THE
11:10:27 FORMER 13th STREET.
11:10:33 ONE OF THE GOALS FOR THE OVERALL PROJECT AND TO TALK ABOUT
11:10:35 WHAT WE HAVE TODAY.
11:10:38 THE GOAL WAS TO TRANSFORM CHANNELSIDE DRIVE INTO A COMPLETE
11:10:41 STREETS PROJECT AND PROMOTE THE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY AND SAFE
11:10:44 CORRIDOR FOR THE CHANNEL DISTRICT NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:10:46 WE ALSO SET GOALS TO ENGAGE IN DESIGN FOR ALL STAKEHOLDERS,
11:10:51 PROPERTY OWNERS AND RESIDENTS OF THE CHANNEL DISTRICT.
11:10:55 WE PRESENTED THIS TO CAC AND TO A NUMBER OF OTHER PARTNERS
11:10:59 AS WELL AS CITY COUNCIL.
11:11:01 THIS IS ONE OF THE SLIDES FROM BRANDON'S PRESENTATION PRIOR.
11:11:06 SO CHANNEL DISTRICT AND URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS, WALKABLE
11:11:11 COMMUNITIES THAT ARE PLACES TO BE BUILT FOR PEOPLE.
11:11:14 AND THAT WAS IN A PIECE OF THIS DESIGN OF CHANNELSIDE DRIVE.
11:11:19 SO WE WANT IT TO BE A PLACE TO GO TO RATHER THAN THROUGH,
11:11:22 AND MAKING IT A DESTINATION, NOT JUST A WAY TO GET THERE.
11:11:26 SO OUR MULTIMODAL COMPLETE STREET DESIGN IS THE BEST
11:11:30 PRACTICE TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC GROWTH.
11:11:34 SO JUST GOING TO SHOW THESE, BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN VETTED
11:11:37 FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND THE DESIGN HAS GONE THROUGH A
11:11:41 NUMBER OF ITERATIONS TO MEET EVERYBODY STAKEHOLDERS INPUTS,
11:11:46 NEEDS, AND TO MAKE THIS A MUCH MORE WALKABLE, SAFE
11:11:49 NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:11:51 AND WIDE SIDEWALKS ON THE WEST SIDE.
11:11:55 LANDSCAPED MEDIANS.
11:11:58 SAFE HARBOR WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO CROSS.
11:12:00 WE ADDED CROSSWALKS WHERE PEOPLE WERE CROSSING ILLEGALLY,
11:12:06 AND MAKING IT SAFER.
11:12:08 AND THEN A NEW ROUNDABOUT DESIGN THAT MEETS EVERYBODY'S
11:12:11 NEEDS.
11:12:13 AND WHAT WE ARE ASKING TODAY IS TO GO OVER SOME ACCESS
11:12:17 IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL AS IMPROVEMENTS FOR SAFETY, AND ACCESS
11:12:23 TO THE STREETCAR.
11:12:24 SO THIS IS THE OVERALL PLAN.
11:12:26 THIS IS SHOWING CHANNELSIDE DRIVE IN ITS CURRENT CONDITION.
11:12:29 OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT BUILT YET.
11:12:31 THEY ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW.
11:12:32 AND THIS IS SHOWING HOW THIS WOULD WORK AS AN OVERALL PLAN.
11:12:40 SO HERE IS A LITTLE MORE DETAIL OF THE PLAN.
11:12:42 SO WHAT THIS IS DOING IS CONFIGURING THE PARKING LOT AND THE
11:12:50 AQUARIUM TO HAVE ALL THE PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENTS MOVE THROUGH
11:12:53 CHANNELSIDE DRIVE AND ONLY HAVE TO CROSS AT ONE POINT AT THE
11:12:56 CROSSWALK.
11:12:59 AT EAST CUMBERLAND AND THE ROUNDABOUT MAKING THIS A LOT MORE
11:13:02 SAFE AND ALSO MOVING A LOT OF THE TRAFFIC THAT WOULD BE
11:13:06 STACKED DURING CRUISE TERMINAL DAYS.
11:13:10 THIS MANAGES THAT TRAFFIC AND KEEPS IT OUT OF THE
11:13:12 NEIGHBORHOOD AND CLOGGING THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON THOSE DAYS, AS
11:13:15 WELL AS MAKING IT A LOT SAFER FOR PEDESTRIANS.
11:13:18 AND MUCH STRONGER ACCESS TO THE STREETCAR SYSTEM.
11:13:22 SO JUST TO KIND OF SHOW YOU WHAT EAST CUMBERLAND HAS CHANGED
11:13:26 FROM THE ORIGINAL DESIGN.
11:13:27 IT MOVES THE ACCESS TO THE AQUARIUM PARKING LOT FROM THE
11:13:33 NORTH TO THE SOUTH HERE.
11:13:35 SO YOU WILL BE COMING TO THE ROUNDABOUT GOING INTO THE
11:13:37 PARKING LOT HERE.
11:13:38 AND THEN ON REGULAR DAYS, THIS ACTS AS A TWO-WAY STREET.
11:13:43 AND ON CRUISE DAYS, THE GATES GET CLOSED AND THEY ARE ABLE
11:13:48 TO MANAGE THE TRAFFIC WITHOUT CAUSING A LOT OF BACKUP ON
11:13:54 CHANNELSIDE DRIVE ON THOSE DAYS.
11:13:56 AND THEN JUST TO SHOW SO OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT GOING
11:14:00 ALONG WITH THAT, THIS IS THE NORTH END AT THE VERY TOP OF
11:14:02 THE SCREEN, YOU WILL SEE BETTER ACCESS AND A WIDER SIDEWALK.
11:14:06 AND THESE ARE JUST SOME IMAGES OF WHAT THOSE WOULD LOOK LIKE
11:14:09 AND HOW THEY WIDEN AND IMPROVE THE ACCESS TO CHANNELSIDE
11:14:14 DRIVE.
11:14:14 AND THEN WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF THE ACCESS,
11:14:19 THE MODIFICATION.
11:14:21 THIS PROJECT SUCCESSFULLY COMPLIMENTS ADDITIONAL SAFETY
11:14:24 IMPROVEMENTS BY SEPARATING PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICULAR TRAFFIC
11:14:26 ON HIGH VOLUME CRUISE AND EVENT DAYS AND ADA ACCESS ON THE
11:14:33 EAST SIDE OF CHANNELSIDE DRIVE FOR GREATER PEDESTRIAN
11:14:36 ACCESS.
11:14:37 THAT WASN'T PART OF THE ORIGINAL PROJECT BUT THIS IS AN
11:14:39 ADDITIONAL PIECE TO IT.
11:14:40 IT ALSO IMPROVES THE MULTIMODAL ACCESS FOR VISITORS FOR PART
11:14:45 OF THE CHANNEL DISTRICT.
11:14:47 AND AGAIN AS I SAID BEFORE, IT MAKES IMPROVEMENTS TO THE
11:14:50 STREETCAR STATION ACCESS FOR ALL RESIDENTS AND RIDERS.
11:14:56 I WOULD BE OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ON THAT
11:14:58 PRESENTATION.
11:14:59 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:15:01 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:15:04 WE ALWAYS WANT TO HAVE INPUT FROM OUR CAC BOARDS, AND
11:15:09 SOMETIMES DECISIONS HAVE TO BE MADE BY THIS BOARD.
11:15:12 THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES SOMETIMES.
11:15:14 BUT WHAT I AM HEARING, AND WHAT I HAVE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS
11:15:18 SITTING ON THE CAC BOARD, THAT THERE'S NEVER ANY INTERACTION
11:15:22 WITH THE PORT ON THE CAC.
11:15:24 THEY DON'T COME, OR THEY COME WHEN THEY NEED SOMETHING.
11:15:33 IN REFERENCE TO THIS PROJECT, THEY FELT THAT NO ONE CAME TO
11:15:39 TALK TO THEM AND IT WAS THRUST UPON THEM AT THE LAST MOMENT
11:15:44 BUT THEN THE OTHER SIDE SAYS THAT EVERYONE HAS BEEN WORKING
11:15:47 TOGETHER.
11:15:48 AND FINALLY EVERYBODY LYKES LIKED THE PLAN, APPARENTLY, BUT
11:15:51 THEN IT BECAME A POINT TO WHERE, WELL, COME OUT, ROB.
11:16:00 THEN IT BECAME A POINT TO WHERE THERE WAS NO COMMUNICATION
11:16:03 AT ALL WITH THEM.
11:16:06 AND FROM THE PHONE CALLS THAT I RECEIVED WAS LIKE THERE WAS
11:16:11 NO WAY FOR THEM TO MAKE A DEAL REFERENCE SOME PROPERTY THAT
11:16:14 THE PORT HAS, REFERENCE TO SOME STUFF THAT THEY MIGHT WANT
11:16:18 TO DO THERE, WERE NO CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM AT ALL.
11:16:21 I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE GOT TO DO SAFETY AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT
11:16:24 THE ROADS.
11:16:25 BUT EVERYONE KNOWS ME.
11:16:27 I HEAR EVERYBODY OUT.
11:16:29 I REALLY HEAR EVERYBODY OUT TO BE SEE WHAT EVERYBODY IS
11:16:32 TELLING AND SAYING.
11:16:33 I GUESS THE OPPOSITION IS SAYING THAT THEY REALLY DIDN'T
11:16:35 HAVE A CHANCE TO WORK OUT A DEAL, YOU ASKED FOR $1.6 MILLION
11:16:39 AND THEY ARE SAYING THEY ARE PUTTING IN 8 MILLION FOR THIS
11:16:42 PROJECT ALREADY, AND IT'S AQUARIUM PROPERTY, APPARENTLY, AND
11:16:49 I HEAR WHERE THE PORT HAS A LOT OF MONEY.
11:16:51 PORT ONLY PUTS IN SO MUCH MONEY, 65,000 A YEAR, WHATEVER,
11:16:56 AND THEY COME TO US AND HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO THEM, BUT AN
11:17:02 ADDITIONAL 1.6, BUT WE WANT TO TALK BECAUSE THERE'S
11:17:05 SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT OUT OF THE DEAL AS WELL.
11:17:07 SO I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN HELD.
11:17:09 OBVIOUSLY NOT BECAUSE OF THE PHONE CALLS.
11:17:11 I HAVE MET WITH THE PORT, GENTLEMEN TO TALK WITH THEM AS
11:17:17 WELL, I BELIEVE IN PUBLIC SAFETY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SAFE
11:17:21 STREETS BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE COMPROMISE. I DON'T KNOW HOW
11:17:23 FAR IN COMPROMISE WE HAVE GOTTEN.
11:17:24 I WILL LET YOU TELL ME THOSE COMPROMISES, HOW FAR YOU HAVE
11:17:27 GOT EVEN IN THE COMPROMISES, BECAUSE APPARENTLY THEY HAVEN'T
11:17:30 BEEN AT THE TABLE.
11:17:31 NO ONE HAS BEEN AT THE TABLE.
11:17:32 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
11:17:35 I APPRECIATE YOU ASKING THE QUESTION.
11:17:38 SO THE AQUARIUM PARKING LOT IS A CITY OWNED PROPERTY THAT AT
11:17:41 LEAST FROM THE CITY, AND THEY REQUESTED AN EASEMENT OF 42
11:17:48 FEET AND TURN AROUND SPACE ALONG OUR EASTERN BOUNDARY.
11:17:51 THAT WAS ONE WAY THAT WE TRIED TO MANAGE THE ALL
11:17:59 STAKEHOLDERS NEEDS AND INPUTS FOR THIS.
11:18:02 AND SINCE THAT'S A CITY OWNED PROPERTY AND THE
11:18:04 ADMINISTRATION HAD TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS WATCH THEY
11:18:07 WOULD ALLOW AND NOT ALLOWED TO DO BEFORE WE WOULD KNOW HOW
11:18:10 MUCH IT WOULD COST.
11:18:11 SO WE ABLE TO COMPLETE THAT IN FEBRUARY.
11:18:13 A LITTLE LATE TO GET ON THE MARCH CAC AGENDA SO WE CAME IN
11:18:18 APRIL TO THE CAC AND ENGAGED THEM ABOUT THAT.
11:18:21 HOWEVER, THE NEGOTIATION OF THE EXCHANGE FOR EASEMENT SPACE
11:18:26 AND THINGS LIKE THAT HAD TO BE HANDLED THROUGH THE
11:18:29 ADMINISTRATION SIDE, BECAUSE THEY ADMINISTER THE
11:18:33 RIGHT-OF-WAY.
11:18:33 I HAVE BRANDON CAMPBELL HERE AS WELL AND HE OWNS MOBILITY
11:18:38 THAT OWNS THAT PROPERTY AS WELL AS THE CHANNELSIDE DRIVE.
11:18:41 IF S THERE ANYTHING WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY?
11:18:43 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
11:18:49 >>JOSEPH CITRO: HANG ON, PLEASE.
11:18:50 ONE SECOND.
11:18:51 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF MR.
11:18:53 ROSNER?
11:18:54 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I AM GOING TO HOLD MY QUESTIONS UNTIL
11:18:58 AFTER WE HEAR FROM THE PORT AND STAFF.
11:19:00 THANK YOU.
11:19:01 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:19:03 >>BILL CARLSON: JUST A FEW COMMENTS.
11:19:06 TO ME, THE CORE OF THIS ISSUE IS WHO WILL PAY FOR THIS.
11:19:12 AND IF THE CAC WAS BLIND-SIDED BY IT, THEN THEY SHOULDN'T
11:19:16 HAVE BEEN.
11:19:17 THE QUESTION IS, SHOULD THE CITY PAY?
11:19:19 SHOULD THE CRA PAY?
11:19:21 OR SHOULD MAYBE THE PORT PAY?
11:19:26 JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY, THE CRA MONEY IS NOT -- DOES NOT
11:19:31 BELONG TO PEOPLE IN EACH DISTRICT.
11:19:33 IT IS DEVELOPED IN THAT DISTRICT.
11:19:35 BUT BECAUSE THAT MONEY IS HELD THERE, THAT MEANS THE REST OF
11:19:37 THE CITY IS SUBSIDIZING BASIC SERVICE FOR THOSE AREAS.
11:19:40 SO EVEN THOUGH WE NEED TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT'S BEST
11:19:43 FOR EACH AREA, WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT THE OVERALL CITY
11:19:46 BECAUSE THE REST OF THE TAXPAYERS IN THE CITY THAT ARE
11:19:48 INVESTING IN THAT AREA, TOO.
11:19:50 THE AQUARIUM OBVIOUSLY IS VERY IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF
11:19:58 CHANNELSIDE.
11:19:59 IT IS THE CATALYST THAT CAUSES THE CHANNEL DISTRICT TO
11:20:02 DEVELOP.
11:20:06 THERE WERE WAREHOUSES AROUND BEFORE THE AQUARIUM.
11:20:09 THE AQUARIUM, YOU ALL REMEMBER, ORIGINALLY OWNED THE
11:20:12 PROPERTY THAT IS NOW OWNED BY THE CITY.
11:20:14 BECAUSE AFTER THE AQUARIUM LAUNCHED, THEY RAN INTO SOME
11:20:17 FINANCIAL ISSUES AND THE CITY ENDED UP TAKING THAT PROPERTY.
11:20:20 THE CITY SOLD A SLIVER OF THE PROPERTY FOR WAY MORE MONEY
11:20:23 THAN THE PROPERTY WAS WORTH ORIGINALLY WHEN THEY GOT IT.
11:20:26 BUT NUMBER ONE, THEY CRAMMED THIS LAND AND ACCESS TO LAND,
11:20:30 SO THAT IT CAN EXPAND IN THE FUTURE AND IT NEEDS TO PROTECT
11:20:33 ITS WORKING.
11:20:34 SO ALTHOUGH THE CITY TECHNICALLY OWNS THE LAND, I WOULD ASK
11:20:37 EVERYBODY, PLEASE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE IMPORTANCE OF
11:20:40 THE AQUARIUM.
11:20:40 WE CANNOT CUT TO HAVE AQUARIUM AND ALLOW THE AQUARIUM NOT TO
11:20:43 BE ABLE TO GROW AND EXPAND AND SURVIVE.
11:20:46 NUMBER TWO, WAY BEFORE THE AQUARIUM EVEN WAS THE MARITIME
11:20:49 INDUSTRY, AND THERE HAVE BEEN SELF SPECIALLY BY THE LAST
11:20:52 MAYOR TO TAKE OUT IMPORTANT MARITIME JOBS AND CONVERT THEM
11:20:56 TO CONDOS.
11:20:57 AND THERE WAS A PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED BY CONSULTANT TO THE
11:21:01 PORT SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHERE THEY WOULD CONVERT PORT
11:21:04 OPERATING MARITIME PROPERTY TO CONDOS, OFFICES, AND MAYBE
11:21:08 OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE.
11:21:09 AND THE MARITIME INDUSTRY FOUGHT BACK.
11:21:11 KEEP IN MIND THAT OUR PORT IS A LANDLORD PORT.
11:21:15 WHAT IT MAINLY DOES IS IT LEASES PROPERTY.
11:21:19 BILL KUZMICK WAS HERE EARLIER.
11:21:23 BUT THE PEOPLE WHO PROVIDE THE JOBS ARE PRIVATE BUSINESSES
11:21:25 THAT HAVE A LEAST WITH THE PORT.
11:21:27 SO THERE'S ANOTHER PARTY.
11:21:29 IT'S NOT JUST THE PORT, THE AUTHORITY ITSELF.
11:21:31 IT'S ALSO THE ENGINE OF THE PORT ARE WHICH IS THAT ENGINE OF
11:21:34 OUR COMMUNITY.
11:21:35 AND I FORGOT WHAT THE CURRENT NUMBERS ARE, $15 BILLION IN
11:21:39 ECONOMIC IMPACT, 120 -- I DON'T LIKE THOSE KIND OF NUMBERS
11:21:43 ANYWAY, BUT THE PORT IS A MAJOR, MAJOR ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR
11:21:47 OUR AREA.
11:21:47 WE CANNOT IN ANY WAY AFFORD TO HURT THE PORT, AND WE SHOULD
11:21:51 NOT TAP OUT ANY OF THE JOBS, EVEN TAKING OUT ONE COULD TAKE
11:21:56 OUT HUNDREDS OF HEY PAYING BLUE COLLAR JOBS AND REPLACE IT
11:21:59 WITH LOW PAYING SERVICE JOBS.
11:22:02 ONCE A CONDO OR OFFICE BUILDING IS BUILT, ALL THAT'S LOCATED
11:22:05 ARE SERVICE JOBS.
11:22:06 SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IS CORRECT WE PROTECT THE MAJOR
11:22:09 ECONOMIC ENGINE OF OUR AREA.
11:22:11 WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS PROCESS IS THAT THE CITY, YOU ALL
11:22:14 MAY KNOW THIS BUT THE CITY WAS LOOKING TO CREATE A ROAD
11:22:16 DIET, AND SUDDENLY THE MARCH I TIME INDUSTRY SAID, YOU ARE
11:22:20 GOING TO HURT US AND ENDANGER THE CRUISE BUSINESS, WHICH IN
11:22:26 COVID TIMES IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR ECONOMIC
11:22:28 ENGINE THERE.
11:22:29 SO THANKS TO THE MAYOR AND OTHERS WORKING WITH THE PORT
11:22:33 AUTHORITY, THIS DALE WAS PUT FORWARD WHICH PROTECTS THE
11:22:36 AQUARIUM, AND ALSO PROTECTS THE MARITIME INDUSTRY, AND SO
11:22:42 WHAT I WOULD CAUTION EVERYBODY TO DO, AND PLEASE DO NOT
11:22:45 DISRUPT THIS DEAL THAT HAS BEEN VERY HARD WORK AND THE MAYOR
11:22:48 IN PARTICULAR WAS PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN IT.
11:22:51 LET'S PLEASE NOT DISRUPT THIS DEAL.
11:22:53 THE QUESTION IS WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM.
11:22:56 IS THERE ANOTHER PLACE BESIDES THE CRA WHERE THE MONEY COMES
11:22:59 FROM?
11:23:00 I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THAT.
11:23:01 BUT PLEASE LET'S MAKE SURE THIS IS A DEAL THAT IS PUT
11:23:04 TOGETHER THROUGH A LOT OF DISCUSSION TO MAKE SURE WE PROTECT
11:23:07 THE AQUARIUM AND THE MARITIME INDUSTRY, AND THEN THE
11:23:09 ORIGINAL PROJECT, THE ROAD DIET, HELPS THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:23:12 THANK YOU.
11:23:12 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
11:23:18 ONE LAST TIME.
11:23:19 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER HAD A LOT.
11:23:23 MR. CARLSON BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT.
11:23:25 IT'S 1.6.
11:23:27 AND I DON'T KNOW, ROB, WE HAVE TO TAKE IT BACK AND MAYBE BE
11:23:30 A COMPROMISE TO THE CAC AND THE PORT AND MAYBE BE A SPLIT ON
11:23:34 THAT.
11:23:35 >> THE ORIGINAL PROJECT WAS ABOUT 1.8 MILLION WITH SOME
11:23:44 CHANGE ORDERS THAT HAVE COME AN AND GONE THROUGH THIS
11:23:47 PROCESS.
11:23:48 SO THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT THAT YOU APPROVED IN 2020 WAS FOR
11:23:52 1.8 MILLION.
11:23:54 >>ORLANDO GUDES: HOW MUCH DID THE PORT PUT IN FOR THE
11:23:56 PROPERTY?
11:23:57 >> THIS PORTION OF THE PROJECT OR THE OVERALL?
11:24:00 >>ORLANDO GUDES: OVERALL.
11:24:01 >> OVER ALL, THE CRA IS PAYING 100% OF THE CHANNELSIDE DRIVE
11:24:06 PROJECT.
11:24:07 THIS IS A CRA BASED PROJECT.
11:24:09 AND IT WAS IN OUR MASTER PLAN TO DO THIS JUST LIKE WE ARE
11:24:11 DOING ALL THE OTHER STREETS.
11:24:14 WHEN WE CAME AND DID THE ORIGINAL, 2018, 2019, WINDOW FOR
11:24:19 MOVING FORWARD WITH PICKING KIMMINS AND MULTIPLE DESIGNERS,
11:24:25 WE ALWAYS ALLOCATED THOSE MONEYS TO DO THESE DIFFERENT
11:24:29 PROJECTS.
11:24:31 WE KNEW WE COULDN'T DO THEM ALL AT ONCE.
11:24:34 THERE'S NO WAY TO HAVE A FULL DESIGN READY.
11:24:36 AND WE ALSO DIDN'T WANT TO DISRUPT THE ENTIRE -- AS WELL.
11:24:41 THAT'S WHY VALERIE EXPLAINED WHY THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE
11:24:44 OF MINIMIZING THE IMPACT OF A NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:24:48 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT'S THE PHASES SHE SHOWED?
11:24:49 >> YES.
11:24:50 THOSE ARE ALL THE DIFFERENT PHASES.
11:24:53 WE HAVE BEEN STRONG ABOUT GETTING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE
11:24:55 WE HAVE DONE THE CHANNELSIDE PROJECT WEB SITE.
11:24:58 WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS.
11:25:04 AND JUST ALWAYS KNEW THAT THE COMMUNITY IS FIRST AND
11:25:09 FOREMOST THE REASON FOR DOING THESE.
11:25:11 >>ORLANDO GUDES: IT WOULD BE A WIN-WIN FOR EVERYBODY.
11:25:15 AS MR. CARLSON SEWED, HOW DO WE GET THAT MONEY AND MAYBE
11:25:18 LOOK AT HOW WE CAN GET THAT MONEY, A SPLIT OR SOMETHING.
11:25:21 THANK YOU.
11:25:21 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
11:25:23 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT NO DEAL IS
11:25:26 PERFECT, 100% ON EITHER SIDE.
11:25:30 NO DEAL IS GOOD UNLESS BOTH SIDES AGREE TO IT.
11:25:34 AND THIS IS THE CASE THAT I THINK BOTH SIDES HAVE AGREED TO
11:25:38 IT IN PRINCIPLE.
11:25:39 YES, THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOME PARTIES WHO MAY NOT BE
11:25:42 100% FOR EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK BACK
11:25:47 TO THE 70s, TO THE 90s, TO 2010 AND 2020, YOU WOULDN'T
11:25:55 RECOGNIZE.
11:25:58 YOU GO BACK IN HISTORY AND TAKE A LOOK.
11:26:00 YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE IS UNTIL YOU LOOK BACK AND
11:26:03 FIND OUT WHERE YOU CAME FROM.
11:26:05 AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT AREA IN THE LAST 40 YEARS, IT'S
11:26:11 JUST AMAZING.
11:26:12 AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION LATER ON SOMETHING ELSE.
11:26:16 BUT THIS DEAL TALKED ABOUT AND ADVERTISED IN DIFFERENT AREAS
11:26:22 IS SOMETHING THAT IS NEEDED FOR BOTH SIDES.
11:26:26 AND I THINK IT'S A BENEFIT OF BOTH SIDES.
11:26:29 AND MR. CARLSON IS RIGHT, THAT CRA MONEY MAY BE IN A
11:26:34 DIFFERENT BANK BUT IT STILL BELONGS TO THE WHOLE PUBLIC, NOT
11:26:36 TO ONE AREA OR ANYTHING ELSE.
11:26:38 AND WE DO THAT TO MAKE THE CITY MORE VIABLE, AND WHEN YOU
11:26:42 START PROGRESS IN ONE AREA, GUESS WHAT, IT CONTINUES TO GROW
11:26:45 IN OTHER AREAS.
11:26:46 YOU CAN'T HAVE SOMETHING ON ONE SIDE AND SOMETHING ON THE
11:26:49 OTHER SIDE 15 MILES APART OR 20 MIMES APART AND RECOGNIZE
11:26:53 YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING.
11:26:54 BUT WHEN YOU START BRANCHING OUT THE AREAS AROUND THE
11:26:57 PERIPHERAL AREAS OF THE CRA START TO CATCH ON BY THEMSELVES
11:27:00 AND IT BECOMES A MUCH BETTER AREA TO LIVE IN.
11:27:03 AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.
11:27:07 GO BACK TO THE 70s.
11:27:09 AND YOU BLINK AN EYE.
11:27:11 AND YOU ARE BACK IN 2021 NOW, AND YOU REALIZE WHAT HAPPENED,
11:27:17 AND YOU SAY 50 YEARS GONE.
11:27:19 THAT'S NUMBER ONE.
11:27:20 NUMBER TWO, LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS AREA.
11:27:22 AND THAT AREA IS CATCHING ON THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF TAMPA
11:27:26 AND MAKING IT A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE.
11:27:28 THAT'S WHY I UNDERSTAND WHAT I BELIEVE IS HAPPENING HERE.
11:27:31 AND IT'S A BENEFIT TO ALL, THE PUBLIC SAFETY THING ALSO.
11:27:34 AND IF WE WANT TO KEEP THE AREA THE WAY IT IS SO THAT ALL
11:27:38 THE BUSINESSES CAN PROSPER, AND MAKE CHANGES, JUST BECAUSE
11:27:41 YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED 50 YEARS AGO, IT CAN'T
11:27:45 HAPPEN BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS.
11:27:47 IT HAS TO CHANGE WITH TIME AND THE NECESSITY AS THE
11:27:50 INTERESTS CHANGE AND NEW TECHNOLOGY COMES ABOARD.
11:27:53 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:27:54 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:27:55 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:28:02 MR. MANISCALCO OFTEN QUOTES SOME MOVIE, AND I WILL TRY ONE
11:28:08 HERE.
11:28:09 WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE.
11:28:14 WHAT'S THE MOVIE, GUIDO?
11:28:17 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COOL HAND LUKE.
11:28:19 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: BUT I MEAN THIS IN ALL SINCERITY.
11:28:28 I'M REALLY, REALLY ANNOYED AT THIS AGENDA ITEM.
11:28:32 AND HOW IT MADE ITS WAY TO US TODAY.
11:28:43 THE PROCESS HAS BEEN HORRIFIC.
11:28:47 OKAY.
11:28:48 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU GUYS, BUT I HAVE BEEN BACK IN OFFICE
11:28:51 FOR TWO YEARS.
11:28:52 MY PHONE HAS NEVER RUNG, PORT AUTHORITY OR FROM THE
11:28:56 AQUARIUM.
11:28:56 AND THE GENTLEMEN WHO ARE THERE TODAY, TAKE NOTE OF THAT,
11:29:01 OKAY.
11:29:02 IF YOU HAVE A NEED, IF YOU HAVE GOT BIG ISSUES, AND YOU ARE
11:29:08 ASKING THE CRA FOR $1.6 MILLION TO ADDRESS A PORT/AQUARIUM
11:29:13 NEED, THEN YOU NEED TO COME AND TALK TO CRA BOARD MEMBERS
11:29:19 AND LET US KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
11:29:21 MR. CARLSON, I GIVE YOU GREAT CREDIT FOR STAYING ABREAST ON
11:29:25 THIS ISSUE, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THIS COUNCILMAN, THIS CRA
11:29:30 BOARD MEMBER HAS NOT HEARD A OH WORD ABOUT THIS, OKAY, UNTIL
11:29:34 OUR MAY AGENDA WHERE IT POPPED UP AND THEY GOT IT CONTINUED,
11:29:37 AND THEN THIS WEEK WHEN MICHELLE AND I STARTED TALKING ABOUT
11:29:40 IT.
11:29:41 MR. ROSNER, YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS FOR WHAT
11:29:45 APPEARS TO BE AT LEAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS OF CONSTANT
11:29:48 NEGOTIATIONS.
11:29:49 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU LOST OUR PHONE NUMBERS OR WHAT.
11:29:53 I DON'T LIKE TO CALL PEOPLE OUT.
11:29:56 BUT I AM EXTREMELY ANNOYED WITH THE PROCESS AND THE LACK OF
11:30:00 NOTICE.
11:30:00 AND I IT'S NOT JUST TO ME OR EVEN AS RELATED TO THE SEVEN
11:30:06 BOARD MEMBERS, OKAY, WHO ARE ENTRUSTED WITH THE PUBLIC'S
11:30:10 MONEY.
11:30:11 BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC TO COME TO THE CAC
11:30:16 AFTER THIS DISCUSSION HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG SOMETIME,
11:30:20 AND JUST IN APRIL AND SAY BY THE WAY, THE CITY IS GOING TO
11:30:24 HAVE TO KICK IN $1.6 MILLION FOR THIS?
11:30:29 AND DON'T SLOUGH THIS OFF THAT THIS IS PUBLIC SAFETY AND
11:30:32 STREET IMPROVEMENTS, BECAUSE WE HAVE ALREADY SPENT
11:30:34 $8.5 MILLION ON CHANNELSIDE IMPROVEMENTS, ONE, TWO, THREE,
11:30:41 FOUR AND FIVE.
11:30:42 NOW ALONG COMES CHANNELSIDE, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.
11:30:48 I AM EXTREMELY ANNOYED.
11:30:50 I THINK THE NOTICE AND THE PROCESS IS COMPLETELY WRONG.
11:30:53 AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I AM GOING TO ASK THIS BOARD TO PUT
11:30:55 THIS OFF FOR A MONTH SO EACH ONE OF US CAN BE INDIVIDUALLY
11:31:00 BRIEFED ON THE DETAILS SO WE CAN LOOK AT THESE DRAWINGS IN
11:31:03 DETAIL AND SEE WHAT THIS IS REALLY ABOUT, BECAUSE THIS IS
11:31:07 WRONG.
11:31:07 AND VERY RARELY DO I LOSE MY PATIENCE.
11:31:11 BUT THIS MORNING I WORE OUT MY PATIENCE BECAUSE THE MORE I
11:31:14 LEARNED ABOUT THIS, THE MORE I DON'T LIKE IT.
11:31:16 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:31:23 SHALL WE PROCEED?
11:31:24 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WELL, YES.
11:31:28 I MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS FOR ONE MONTH.
11:31:30 I TALKED TO STAFF THIS MORNING.
11:31:32 AND I TOLD THEM I WAS GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE IT
11:31:34 FOR A MONTH.
11:31:36 MR. BHIDE SAID, OH, THAT'S GOING TO INTERFERE WITH THE
11:31:41 CRUISE SHIP, YOU KNOW, PROCESS OF GOING IN AND OUT.
11:31:45 WELL, NOW WHAT?
11:31:46 THE CRUISE SHIP, WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO BE
11:31:50 RUNNING NEXT.
11:31:51 IT'S ALL SPECULATION, NUMBER ONE.
11:31:53 NUMBER TWO IS, THIS HAS BEEN IN DISCUSSION FOR THREE OR FOUR
11:31:56 YEARS.
11:31:56 SO OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT THAT URGENT.
11:31:59 WHAT IS URGENT IS THAT THIS COUNCIL NOT THAN SHOVED INTO A
11:32:05 CORNER AND SAY, BY THE WAY, HERE IT IS, YOU HAVE THREE DAYS
11:32:08 TO LOOK AT IT, AND YOU HAVE GOT TO VOTE ON IT.
11:32:11 THAT'S WRONG.
11:32:12 YOU ALLOWED THAT TO HAPPEN.
11:32:13 THEN YOU ALLOW US TO GET BOXED INTO CORNERS WHICH IS NOT
11:32:17 GOOD FOR THE PROCESS, NOT GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY.
11:32:19 SO MY MOTION IS TO CONTINUE IT FOR ONE MONTH.
11:32:22 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:32:24 ARE THERE ANY BOARD MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE REST
11:32:27 OF THE PRESENTATION?
11:32:28 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WELL, I ASKED THAT EARLIER --
11:32:34 >> THANK YOU.
11:32:34 I AM ASKING THE BOARD MEMBERS.
11:32:36 THERE ARE ANY BOARD MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE THE REST OF THE
11:32:38 PRESENTATION?
11:32:39 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IF I MAY, I WOULD SUPPORT HIS MOTION.
11:32:42 I KNOW THE CAC HAD CONCERNS REGARDING THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF.
11:32:48 OF COURSE EVERYBODY ALREADY SAID EVERYTHING.
11:32:50 BUT ANOTHER 30 DAYS CAN'T HURT IF WE KEEP THIS TO THE NEXT
11:32:53 CRA.
11:32:54 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, ANYBODY ELSE THAT HAS QUESTIONS, GET
11:32:58 A BRIEFING ON THIS.
11:32:59 BUT NO FURTHER THAN 30 DAYS.
11:33:01 AND THAT'S IT.
11:33:02 SO WE MAKE A DECISION NEXT MONTH.
11:33:04 SO GET YOUR INFORMATION, GET YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND
11:33:07 THAT'S IT.
11:33:07 >>JOSEPH CITRO: HANG ON ONE SECOND, PLEASE, VERY MUCH,
11:33:12 BOARD.
11:33:13 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, DO YOU HAVE DO YOU HAVE A TIME
11:33:15 CERTAIN? WOULD YOU LIKE THIS AS THE FIRST ITEM ON THE NEXT
11:33:19 AGENDA MEETING?
11:33:20 THAT'S JULY 22ND.
11:33:21 CORRECT?
11:33:22 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I WILL LEAVE THAT TO YOUR DISCRETION.
11:33:25 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES, JULY 22ND?
11:33:27 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES, SIR.
11:33:27 >>JOSEPH CITRO: FIRST AGENDA ITEM?
11:33:34 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES, SIR.
11:33:34 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON?
11:33:38 >>BILL CARLSON: EVEN IF WE MAKE THIS MOTION, COULD WE JUST
11:33:41 BRIEFLY HEAR FROM THE PORT AND/OR AQUARIUM?
11:33:44 WE HEARD FROM THE CAC EARLIER.
11:33:46 BUT WE ALL GET INDIVIDUAL BRIEFINGS BUT IF THEY COULD TAKE A
11:33:52 COUPLE MINUTES EACH TO TALK ABOUT WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT.
11:33:54 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AGREE, MR. CARLSON, IF I MAY.
11:34:01 HERE IS THE THING.
11:34:02 WE HAVEN'T EVEN FINISHED WITH THE REPORT.
11:34:06 ANOTHER 30 DAYS.
11:34:08 AND WE HAVEN'T FINISHED HEARING THE WHOLE PROCESS.
11:34:12 NOT HOW CAN WE MAKE A MOTION IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROCESS,
11:34:17 LET THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION
11:34:19 CONTINUE WITH THE PRESENTATION.
11:34:21 AT LEAST TO SAY THAT YOU HAVE 100% OF THE INFORMATION.
11:34:24 SO NOW WE GOT 50% OF THE INFORMATION.
11:34:26 WE ARE GOING TO STOP, MAKE A MOTION.
11:34:27 AND WHAT HAPPENS TO THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE ALLOWED TO
11:34:30 SPEAK?
11:34:34 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, WOULD YOU LIKE THE REST
11:34:36 OF THE PRESENTATION?
11:34:38 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES, SIR.
11:34:42 >>JOSEPH CITRO: LET'S CONTINUE THE PRESENTATION.
11:34:43 I AM PUTTING THE CONVERSATION ON OLD HOLD FOR JUST A FEW
11:34:47 MORE MINUTES.
11:34:50 YES, SIR, PLEASE PROCEED.
11:34:51 >> CHARLES KLUG, THE GENERAL COUNSEL FOR PORT TAMPA BAY.
11:34:56 AND I WOULD LIKE TO BASICALLY EXPLAIN SOME THINGS.
11:35:00 THERE WAS A GOOD COMMENT, THERE IS A MISCOMMUNICATION OR
11:35:04 FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE.
11:35:06 I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY SOME ISSUES AND SET THE RECORD
11:35:09 STRAIGHT.
11:35:09 FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS NOT THE PORT'S HOUSE.
11:35:14 THE IMPROVEMENTS, THE VISIONS, STREETS, WE SUPPORT THAT.
11:35:17 BUT WE ARE BEING ADVERSELY IMPACTED BY THE PORT, SO IS THE
11:35:23 FLORIDA AQUARIUM.
11:35:24 SO WE WORKED DILIGENTLY WITH THE CITY STAFF, MOBILITY
11:35:27 DEPARTMENT, TO TRY TO FIND A SOLUTION.
11:35:28 AND THAT SOLUTION INVOLVES TWO PHASES.
11:35:30 LET ME JUST EXPLAIN THAT TO YOU.
11:35:32 I AM GOING TO USE THIS ELMO.
11:35:36 CTTV NEEDS TO TURN THAT ON.
11:35:42 IF I CAN UTILIZE THIS.
11:35:43 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YOU ARE UP.
11:35:47 >> SO THIS IS THE PART OF THE CITY PARKING LOT, AND WE ARE
11:35:55 PAYING FOR ALL THESE IMPROVEMENTS ON THIS.
11:35:57 THIS IS ABOUT 1.5 MILLION WORTH OF IMPROVEMENTS.
11:36:01 THE PORT HAS ALREADY AUTHORIZED TO PAY.
11:36:04 WE ARE PIGGYBACKING ON THE KIMMINS PROJECT THAT WENT TO OUR
11:36:08 BOARD LAST MONTH.
11:36:09 THE BOARD APPROVED THAT.
11:36:10 SO WE ARE GOING TO PAY FOR $1.5 MILLION SOLELY FOR THOSE
11:36:14 ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS TO HANDLE PASSENGER VEHICLES, BUSES,
11:36:18 VANS, TRUCKS DURING CRUISE DAYS.
11:36:21 IN ADDITION WE ARE PAYING FOR DESIGN, STORMWATER.
11:36:23 IT'S GOING TO COST US ABOUT $2 MILLION OUT OF THE PORT'S
11:36:26 MONEY.
11:36:26 WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU FOR ANY MONEY FROM THE CRA.
11:36:29 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I'M SORRY, IT ISN'T ON THE OVERHEAD.
11:36:36 >> OKAY.
11:36:37 THIS IS A PORTION THAT YOU SAW BEFORE.
11:36:39 THIS IS THE ONLY PORTION THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR.
11:36:41 FORTUNATELY, IT DOESN'T WORK VERY WELL ON THIS OVERHEAD.
11:36:45 THAT'S THE PART WE ARE ASKING FOR, AND WE ARE GOING TO DO A
11:36:48 LAND SWAP, SWAP CITY LAND FOR THIS EASEMENT.
11:36:52 WE ARE DOING A FEE SIMPLE TIME FOR SOME OTHER LAND. IN TURN
11:36:55 WE WILL GET THE EASEMENT INTEREST ON THE CITY'S PROPERTY.
11:36:58 WE WILL PAY FOR ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS.
11:37:00 THE REMAINDER OF THAT PARKING LOT OWNED BY THE CITY OF
11:37:02 TAMPA, THOSE IMPROVEMENTS WILL COME FROM THE CRA MONEY, NOT
11:37:07 THIS AREA.
11:37:08 SO THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ARE LONG OVERDUE.
11:37:10 THAT PARKING LOT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1995 OR SO.
11:37:15 IT'S BEEN 25, 26 YEARS.
11:37:18 REPAVING, NEW ACCESS THAT ROB EXPLAINED FROM CUMBERLAND,
11:37:24 WHICH IS THE BETTER ACCESS, THE PATRONS RIGHT NOW ARE GOING
11:37:27 DOWN YORK STREET.
11:37:28 IT'S VERY CONFUSING.
11:37:29 THAT'S ALSO GOING TO BENEFIT THE AQUARIUM FROM THE
11:37:31 STANDPOINT OF THE LANE DOTTING, THERE'S GOING TO BE LESS
11:37:35 CONGESTION, PROVIDE BETTER ACCESS TO THE PARKING LOT BY THE
11:37:38 CITY OF TAMPA.
11:37:39 SO THAT 1.6 MILLION IS FOR THE REST OF THAT LOT.
11:37:43 I DO HAVE A SEPARATE --
11:37:47 >> I.T., CAN WE ZOOM OUT ON THAT TO GET A FULL PAGE?
11:37:51 >> THIS IS WHAT THE 1.6 MILLION ASK IS FOR FROM THE CITY OF.
11:37:55 THE IT'S NOT FOR THE PORT OF THE PROS.
11:37:58 THE PROPERTY IS NOT GOING TO BENEFIT FROM THIS.
11:37:59 THIS AREA THAT'S GOING TO BE REDEVELOPED AND REPAVED WITH
11:38:02 THE NEW ENTRANCE OFF OF CUMBERLAND, MUCH BETTER ACCESS, THAT
11:38:06 IS WHAT THE CRA ASKED US FOR.
11:38:09 IT'S FOR THAT MONEY, THAT DEVELOPMENT ALONE.
11:38:11 THAT IS IT.
11:38:12 BY THE WAY, ALSO FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES, BACK IN THE
11:38:16 1980s UNDER JOE GARCIA'S LEADERSHIP WE ACQUIRED THE LAND
11:38:21 THAT INCLUDES THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM PARK -- AS WELL AS
11:38:26 SPARKMAN WHARF.
11:38:27 WE ACQUIRED THAT FOR $18 MILLION. IN 1996 IN REFUNDING
11:38:30 THOSE BONDS, THE BONDS WERE FLOATED, $84 MILLION WORTH OF
11:38:35 BONDS, WE TRANSFERRED THAT LAND TO THE CITY OF TAMPA, AT NO
11:38:38 COMPENSATION TO THE BOARD.
11:38:39 THE PORT TRANSFERRED THAT LAND, DIDN'T GET ANY MONEY FOR IT.
11:38:42 THAT WAS PART OF THE PARTNERSHIP THE PORT ALWAYS HAD WITH
11:38:46 THE CITY OF TAMPA AND CONTINUES TO HAVE WITH THE CITY OF
11:38:48 TAMPA.
11:38:48 WE WORKED VERY WELL WITH THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT AND WOULD
11:38:51 LIKE TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT ON
11:38:53 MATTERS LIKE THIS.
11:38:54 WE ARE GOING TO GO FORWARD WITH THE LAND SWAP HOPEFULLY, AN
11:38:59 EASEMENT INTEREST, THE PROPERTY TO THE EAST AS I SHOWED
11:39:02 EARLIER, BACK TO THAT PHOTO AGAIN, IN EXCHANGE WE'LL
11:39:07 TRANSFER SOME LANDS TO THE CITY.
11:39:10 SO THIS IS ALL WE ARE ASKING FOR, IS NOT PART OF TODAY'S
11:39:13 ASKING, WE WILL GO BACK TO THE CITY LATER ON IN ANOTHER
11:39:16 MONTH OR SO TO TRY TO GET THE APPROVAL OF AN EASEMENT SO WE
11:39:20 CAN DO THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAVE AUTHORIZED AND WE ARE
11:39:23 GOING TO PAY FOR.
11:39:24 I HOPE THAT CLARIFIES THAT.
11:39:26 THERE HAS BEEN SOME MISCOMMUNICATION.
11:39:28 THE PORT IS NOT ASKING FOR THIS MONEY.
11:39:29 THE PORT HAS BEEN ATTENDING THE CAC MEETINGS.
11:39:33 WE DID MISS ONE UNDERSTANDING IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
11:39:35 BUT WE ARE NOT THE ONES ASKING FOR MONEY FOR THE REST OF THE
11:39:38 PARKING LOT.
11:39:39 THAT'S COMING FROM THE CITY OF TAMPA.
11:39:40 THAT'S WHY THE PORT IS NOT ASKING.
11:39:42 IT'S NOT OUR ASK.
11:39:43 WE ARE PAYING OUR OWN WAY.
11:39:45 SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT.
11:39:46 I AM HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
11:39:48 THE PURPOSE OF MY BEING HERE TODAY IS WE UNDER THAT THERE
11:39:51 WAS MISCOMMUNICATION, AND WE ARE TRYING TO PROVIDE CLARITY
11:39:54 TO THIS WHOLE CONCEPT AND THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
11:39:57 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME I WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER
11:39:59 THOSE TODAY.
11:40:00 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
11:40:02 FIRST OF ALL YOU MENTIONED YOUR NAME THE NAME MR. JOE GARCIA
11:40:07 HAS RECENTLY PASSED, AND A FRIEND.
11:40:10 HE WILL BE SOUTHERLY MISSED.
11:40:12 CAN YOU POINT OUT THE LAND SWAP THAT YOU ARE PROPOSING?
11:40:17 WHAT IS THE PORT PROPOSING TO SWAP OUT?
11:40:20 I KEEP HEARING THAT.
11:40:21 >> YES, SIR.
11:40:22 SO THIS IS LAND THAT WE ACQUIRED IN FEE SIMPLE.
11:40:26 BACK IN THE 90s THERE WAS PLATT STREET AND 13th STREET
11:40:31 AND KIND OF CAME TO A DEAD MAN'S CORNER IN THAT LOCATION.
11:40:34 WE ACQUIRED A NUMBER OF PARCELS INCLUDING A FORMER PARCEL
11:40:36 THAT'S NOW ON ADAMO.
11:40:38 WE PAID MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND THEN WE END UP VACATING ANY
11:40:41 INTEREST BY THE COUNTY AND CITY MAY HAVE HAD AND REPAVED
11:40:45 THAT.
11:40:46 REMEMBER THERE ARE MORE ROUNDABOUTS IN THAT AREA YEARS AGO.
11:40:49 WE TOOK THOSE OUT.
11:40:50 BUT THAT'S AN AREA WHERE THE PORT REDEVELOPED.
11:40:53 WE ALSO ACQUIRED FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THE LAND THAT'S
11:40:56 SOUTH MERIDIAN EXTENSION.
11:40:57 THAT AND THE TRANSFER TO THE CITY AND GOT TRANSFERRED TO THE
11:41:00 EXPRESSWAY AUTHORITY.
11:41:01 SO THAT MERIDIAN THAT GOES INTO HARBOR ISLAND NOW.
11:41:06 SO WE DID THAT AS A BYPASS TO GO AROUND THROUGH CUMBERLAND.
11:41:09 OUR PLAN WAS IF WE HAD SPECIAL EVENTS WE COULD CLOSE THE
11:41:13 ROAD DOWN SINCE WE OWNED IT AND WE HAD THE RIGHT TO DO CLOSE
11:41:17 DOWN PERIODICALLY FOR SPECIAL EVENTS SUCH AS GASPARILLA
11:41:19 PARADE, ET CETERA.
11:41:21 WE COULD CLOSE THAT DOWN.
11:41:22 WE HAD THE RIGHTS TO THE ROADWAY.
11:41:23 WE COULD HAVE LICENSE AND FEES, ET CETERA.
11:41:26 SO WE ARE PROPOSING TO TRANSFER THAT LAND TO THE CITY OF
11:41:28 TAMPA.
11:41:29 THAT'S ALSO LAND THAT'S SUBJECT TO AN EASEMENT THAT WE PAID
11:41:32 TO THE CITY FOR THE STREETCAR.
11:41:33 SO THAT'S THE LAND THAT WE WOULD TRANSFER TO THE CITY IN FEE
11:41:36 SIMPLE.
11:41:37 AND IN TURN WE WOULD GET AN EASEMENT OVER THE CITY'S PARKING
11:41:39 LOT, A PORTION OF THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE PARKING LOT
11:41:43 ONLY.
11:41:43 >>JOSEPH CITRO: PLEASE LET'S NOT GET STARTED ON THE STREET
11:41:46 CAR.
11:41:46 I HAVE SOME THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
11:41:48 COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:41:49 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I GUESS THERE'S MISCOMMUNICATION.
11:41:53 SO WHAT I AM HEARING IS THE PORT IS PAYING FOR THEIR PORTION
11:41:56 OF THE EASEMENT, BUT THE LOT ITSELF IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING
11:41:59 ABOUT THE 1.6 TO BE REDONE.
11:42:02 CORRECT?
11:42:03 >> THAT'S CORRECT.
11:42:04 THAT'S CORRECT.
11:42:05 >>ORLANDO GUDES: AND THAT'S THE CITY LOT THAT WE ARE
11:42:07 TALKING ABOUT.
11:42:07 >> AT THIS TIME CITY LOT AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO USE THAT
11:42:10 LOT AND WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR THAT MONEY FOR THAT LOT.
11:42:12 WE SUPPORT IT.
11:42:13 WE THINK IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT THE LOT BE IMPROVED, HAS BETTER
11:42:17 TICKETING, GATING, AND ACCESS ON CUMBERLAND.
11:42:20 SO WE SUPPORT COMPLETELY THAT PROCESS BUT WE ARE NOT ASKING
11:42:24 FOR THAT MONEY.
11:42:25 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. ROSNER?
11:42:27 >>ROB ROSNER: YES?
11:42:33 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS THE CAC AWARE OF WHAT THIS GENTLEMAN
11:42:35 SAID? BECAUSE WHAT I AM HEARING, THEY ARE MAKING THE THING
11:42:39 FOR AN EASEMENT AND THIS GENTLEMAN SAID THEY ARE JUST PAYING
11:42:43 TO ARE THEIR PORTION OF THE EASEMENT BUT THE LOT IS A CITY
11:42:45 LOT, WHICH IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD
11:42:48 AND WHAT I HAVE BEEN HEARING.
11:42:49 >>ROB ROSNER: WE PRESENTED IN APRIL, WE HAVE BRANDON SHOW A
11:42:54 MUCH MORE DETAILED VERSION OF WHAT I SHARED HERE TODAY FOR
11:42:58 THAT, AND WE DID TALK ABOUT CHANNELSIDE DRIVE BEING THAT
11:43:01 PIECE.
11:43:02 WE DIDN'T SHOW A GRAPHIC FOR IT BUT WE EXPLAINED TO THEM
11:43:04 THAT WE WOULD BE GETTING SOME ROUNDS ABOUT OVER TO
11:43:07 BENEFICIAL AS TURNOVER AS FEE SIMPLE AS CHARLES MENTIONED.
11:43:15 WE DIDN'T HAVE VALUES EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS BUT WE WERE
11:43:17 DISCUSSING THE PROCESS FOR DOING THIS.
11:43:19 AND SO THROUGH THE ESTIMATING PROCESS, KIMMINS, TO GIVE US
11:43:23 ESTIMATES, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THAT INFORMATION UNTIL LATE
11:43:27 FEBRUARY OR EARLY MARCH TO KNOW WHAT THOSE VALUES WERE TO
11:43:29 COMPARE WHAT THOSE WERE.
11:43:31 WHEN WE CAME IN APRIL, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT OUR PORTION OF
11:43:34 IT.
11:43:35 WE DID IDENTIFY THE PORT WAS DOING THEIR PORTION AND WOULD
11:43:39 BE GOING TO A PUBLIC MEETING.
11:43:42 THEY DID ABOUT TEN DAYS LATER, AND MEETING THAT CHARLES IS
11:43:48 REFERRING TO IN A PUBLIC HEARING.
11:43:50 SO THE PUBLIC MEETING, AND THEN THEY HAD A FOLLOW-UP MEETING
11:43:53 RECENTLY TO APPROVE THE FUNDS FOR IT, BECAUSE THEY HAD
11:43:59 ESTIMATE FUNDS.
11:44:00 >>ORLANDO GUDES: BUT EVERYTHING YOU JUST SAID, IT STILL
11:44:03 DIDN'T PINPOINT WHO IS PAYING FOR WHAT OF THIS LOT.
11:44:09 SO WHAT THE GENTLEMAN, THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PORT, HE'S
11:44:12 TELLING ME HE'S PAYING FOR THE LOT BUT THE LOT IS A CITY LOT
11:44:16 SO TO ME I DON'T THINK THE CAC HAS REALLY HAS A CLEAR
11:44:20 UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEY ARE PAYING FOR, OR WHAT THEY ARE
11:44:23 ASKED TO PAY FOR.
11:44:24 SO I THINK THE COMMUNICATION ISSUE IS THE PROBLEM HERE.
11:44:27 WHILE WE ARE AT ODDS WITH ONE ANOTHER IN REFERENCE TO THE
11:44:30 DOLLAR BUT NOT THE PROJECT.
11:44:33 I YIELD BACK.
11:44:34 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:44:34 MR. DINGFELDER, I AM GETTING TO YOU IN ONE SECOND.
11:44:37 I THINK WE HAVE HEARD A LOT.
11:44:39 HOWEVER, WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM MS. CURTIS YET.
11:44:42 I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM HER AFTER MR. DINGFELDER FINISHES
11:44:45 HIS COMMENT.
11:44:47 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:44:47 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE
11:44:54 AQUARIUM, PERHAPS BEFORE MRS. CURTIS BUT THAT'S UP TO YOU,
11:45:00 MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:45:01 MR. KLUG, CHARLES, ARE YOU STILL THERE?
11:45:05 >> YES, I AM.
11:45:07 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YOU AND I HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER A LONG
11:45:10 TIME AND I THINK WE SPEAK VERY FRANKLY TO EACH OTHER.
11:45:13 I DO AGREE THAT HISTORICALLY THE CITY AND PORT HAVE TRADE TO
11:45:20 BE GOOD TEAMMATES AND BE GOOD PARTNERS ON A LOT OF PROJECTS.
11:45:23 OKAY.
11:45:24 I HAVE HEARD NOT A VERY NICE RUMOR ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR
11:45:30 PROJECT, THAT WHEN THE PORT AUTHORITY DIDN'T GET ITS WAY,
11:45:35 PORT AUTHORITY REACHED OUT TO FDOT, NOT ONLY LOCALLY AT THE
11:45:39 DISTRICT LEVEL BUT ALSO TO TALLAHASSEE, TO PRESSURE, TO
11:45:45 PRESSURE THE CITY INTO AGREEING TO THIS, OKAY.
11:45:49 I DON'T THINK THAT'S NECESSARILY WHAT LOCAL PARTNERS SHOULD
11:45:52 BE DOING.
11:45:54 NOT NECESSARILY ASKING YOU TO AGREE OR DISAGREE OR WHAT HAVE
11:45:58 YOU, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE PUBLIC DESERVES THE RIGHT TO
11:46:02 KNOW ABOUT THESE KINDS OF THINGS.
11:46:04 AND WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THAT, IT DISTURBED ME GREATLY BECAUSE
11:46:10 THAT'S NOT THE WAY THAT PARTNERS SHOULD BE ACTING WITH ONE
11:46:13 ANOTHER.
11:46:14 WE SHOULD BE WORKING THESE THINGS OUT LOCALLY AND TOGETHER,
11:46:19 AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT WOULD HAVE CHANGED.
11:46:21 BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE AQUARIUM BECAUSE EVERYBODY
11:46:24 SAYS, OH, THIS WILL BENEFIT THE AQUARIUM.
11:46:28 I NEVER EVEN MET THE GENTLEMAN, I DON'T THINK.
11:46:31 AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING, CHARLES.
11:46:33 I SAID EARLIER, YOU GOT OUR PHONE NUMBERS F.THIS HAS BEEN
11:46:38 GOING ON FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND YOU FELT IT WAS
11:46:40 IMPORTANT, THEN YOU GUYS NEED TO BE REACHING OUT TO CRA
11:46:44 BOARD MEMBERS.
11:46:46 THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE CAC.
11:46:48 AT THE END OF THE DAY THE BUCK STOPS WITH US AS CRA BOARD
11:46:52 MEMBERS.
11:46:53 AND IF YOU GOT IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING
11:46:55 IN FRONT OF US, AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU GET IN FRONT OF
11:46:59 US AND SPEAK WITH US INDIVIDUALLY.
11:47:01 THANK YOU, CHARLES.
11:47:02 >> YOU'RE WELCOME.
11:47:03 THANK YOU.
11:47:04 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, ARE YOU FINISHED?
11:47:08 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER?
11:47:12 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I WANT TO HEAR FROM THE AQUARIUM.
11:47:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WE ARE GOING TO KEEP IT ORDERLY.
11:47:16 ARE YOU A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AQUARIUM?
11:47:18 >> YES.
11:47:18 MY NAME IS ANDY WOOD.
11:47:20 >>JOSEPH CITRO: HANG ON FOR JUST ONE SECOND.
11:47:22 CAN WE HAVE MRS. CURTIS STANDING ON DECK, PLEASE?
11:47:25 GO AHEAD, SIR.
11:47:25 >> ABSOLUTELY.
11:47:26 THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TODAY.
11:47:28 MY NAME IS ANDY WOOD, THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR THE
11:47:31 FLORIDA AQUARIUM.
11:47:32 SO I WANTED TO ADD A LITTLE MORE CLARITY TO THIS AS WELL, AS
11:47:36 CHARLES MENTIONED THIS IS ALSO NOT AN ASK OF THE FLORIDA
11:47:39 AQUARIUM.
11:47:40 WHAT THIS IS IS A PROCESS.
11:47:42 WE TALKED ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP.
11:47:44 ALONG THE PROCESS OF THE CHANNELSIDE DRIVE DEVELOPMENT, THE
11:47:47 CITY BROUGHT THE AQUARIUM IN, BROUGHT THE PORT IN TO TALK
11:47:50 ABOUT SOME OF THE IMPACTS THAT WOULD FACE RIGHT IN FRONT OF
11:47:53 THE AQUARIUM PARKING LOT.
11:47:55 IF YOU LOOK AT OUR CURRENT OPERATION IN THE PARKING LOT WITH
11:47:57 THE WAY CHANNELSIDE DRIVE IS NOW THIS PAST SATURDAY, WE
11:48:01 BACKED UP TRAFFIC UP ONTO CHANNELSIDE DRIVE BECAUSE PRETTY
11:48:04 MUCH ON HE HAVE SATURDAY WHEN WE GET TO THIS TIME OF YEAR,
11:48:06 WE SELL OUT THE PARKING LOT BY 12:00.
11:48:09 WE CLOSE IT.
11:48:10 USUALLY DOESN'T REOPEN TILL ABOUT 1:15 AND CARS ARE
11:48:13 SCATTERED ELSEWHERE TO FIND PARKING.
11:48:15 THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO THE SUCCESS THAT COUNCILMAN CARLSON
11:48:19 MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WE ARE VERY PROUD OF.
11:48:21 26 YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN AN ECONOMIC ENGINE TO DEVELOP THAT
11:48:25 AREA, AND WE ARE PROUD OF WHAT THAT IS AND WE ARE THRILLED,
11:48:29 AND WE ARE GROWING.
11:48:30 WE ARE ON TARGET TO REACH A MILLION VISITORS IN THE NEXT
11:48:33 SEVERAL YEARS, AND THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE MORE ACCESS AND
11:48:36 MORE PARKING.
11:48:37 SO WHEN THIS PROCESS BEGAN, WE ADDRESSED SOME OF THE ISSUES
11:48:41 WE HAD DIRECTLY WITH CITY STAFF.
11:48:43 THEY WORKED WITH US TO WORK TO ALLEVIATE THOSE.
11:48:45 AND WHAT CAME OUT OF THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE SEEING TODAY
11:48:49 THE IDEA THAT THE EASEMENT COULD BE PROVIDED TO THE PORT SO
11:48:53 THAT THEIR ACCESS TO COME OFF OF CHANNELSIDE DRIVE FOR
11:48:56 TERMINAL 3, CRUISE TERMINAL 3, AND THAT THE ACCESS TO THE
11:49:00 AQUARIUM PARKING LOT WOULD ACTUALLY SWITCH, IT'S CURRENTLY
11:49:04 AT THE TWIGGS ENTRANCE OFF OF CHANNELSIDE.
11:49:07 IT IS NOW GOING TO SHIFT IN THIS PROPOSED PLAN TO
11:49:10 CUMBERLAND, PROVIDING EASY, DIRECT ACCESS AND BETTER SAFETY
11:49:14 FOR OUR GUESTS COMING IN, AND ACTUALLY ALLOW US TO AVOID
11:49:19 PARKING JAMS COMING UP TO CHANNELSIDE.
11:49:22 THE REASON FOR THAT IS -- AND IF WE CAN TURN ON THE ELMO, I
11:49:26 WILL POINT IT OUT TO YOU JUST TO GIVE THE FURTHER CLARITY.
11:49:29 IF YOU LOOKED AT WHAT CHARLES HAD PRESENTED EARLIER, THE NEW
11:49:32 ACCESS POINT FOR THE AQUARIUM PARKING LOT WILL NOW BE HERE.
11:49:35 IT IS CURRENTLY BACK IN THIS CORNER HERE.
11:49:38 BRINGING THE ACCESS UP TO CHANNELSIDE ACTUALLY ALLOWS US TO
11:49:42 CREATE A LANE THAT COMES ALL THE WAY IN.
11:49:45 SO OUR TRAFFIC WILL COME IN.
11:49:47 IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO GO TO A FRICTIONLESS PARKING PROCESS
11:49:52 INSTEAD OF BACKING UP AT A GATE TO GET A TICKET WE CAN NOW
11:49:56 BRING IN NEW TECH.
11:49:58 THE AQUARIUM IS WORKING WITH THE CITY ON RELATED TO OTHER
11:50:01 PARKING LOTS AROUND THE CITY TO MAKE SURE WE MAKE THIS
11:50:03 EASIER ACCESS AND ALLEVIATE THE BURDEN.
11:50:06 IN ADDITION IT CREATES FAR GREATER SAFETY FOR ALL OF OUR
11:50:09 GUESTS BY ACCESSING THE AQUARIUM UP HERE ON CHANNELSIDE
11:50:13 DRIVE.
11:50:14 RIGHT NOW, THEY COME ACROSS A ROADWAY HERE, ACROSS
11:50:19 CUMBERLAND AND HEAD INTO THE AQUARIUM.
11:50:20 ON CRUISE DAYS, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, TAXIS ARE COMING OUT OF
11:50:24 THERE AND I GUESS PUT AT RISK.
11:50:26 THIS ELIMINATES THE FRICTION BETWEEN A CRUISE OPERATION AND
11:50:29 THE AQUARIUM WHICH IS A HUGE BENEFIT TO ALL OF US, BUT MOST
11:50:32 IMPORTANTLY IT TAKES THE CHALLENGE OF CHANNELSIDE DRIVE AND
11:50:37 BRINGS IT TO THE INTERIOR OF THE PARKING LOT.
11:50:39 WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT TO US IS ALWAYS MAKING CERTAIN THAT
11:50:43 THE PARKING IS SUPPORTING THE AQUARIUM.
11:50:46 THAT HAS BEEN A CRITICAL ROLE FOR US.
11:50:49 WE NEED IT.
11:50:50 WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALSO A GREAT COMMUNITY
11:50:52 MEMBER.
11:50:53 I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO CAC MEETINGS, ACTUALLY
11:50:56 MADE A PRESENTATION AT THE SPECIAL SESSION ON APRIL 12nd
11:51:00 1st.
11:51:00 I UNDERSTAND WHERE THE DISCUSSION HAS BEEN.
11:51:02 WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY STAFF FOR THE LAST YEAR
11:51:04 OR SO TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THIS PROCESS WOULD NOT HAVE A
11:51:07 NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM, AND WOULD HAVE AN
11:51:11 EXTREMELY POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY, AND WE FEEL LIKE
11:51:13 THAT PARTNERSHIP IS THERE.
11:51:15 I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE REST OF THE COMMUNICATION ISSUES.
11:51:17 IT'S NOT MY PLACE.
11:51:19 BUT WAIL SAY IS THAT I AM APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK THAT THE
11:51:23 CITY HAS DONE AND THE PORT, AND THE AQUARIUM LEADERSHIP TO
11:51:26 COME TOGETHER TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE ALL CAN FIGURE
11:51:29 THIS AND TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FEEDBACK WE GET FROM THE
11:51:32 COMMUNITY.
11:51:33 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:51:37 YOU ARE MUTED.
11:51:38 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
11:51:43 WAS IT ANDY?
11:51:45 >> YES.
11:51:45 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HI, ANDY.
11:51:48 FIRST, LET ME ADDRESS IT IN REVERSE ORDER.
11:51:52 THE COMMUNICATION ISSUE IS PART OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.
11:51:56 YOU OR YOUR CEO.
11:51:58 OKAY.
11:51:59 THIS IS OBVIOUSLY AN IMPORTANT ISSUE TO THE AQUARIUM.
11:52:01 THEREFORE, PART OF YOUR OBLIGATION IS TO CONTACT US AND
11:52:06 BRIEF US, AS WELL AS THE CAC AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.
11:52:10 I KNOW YOU THINK THAT WHEN YOU TALK TO THE CITY STAFF YOU
11:52:14 THINK THAT'S ENOUGH BUT IT'S NOT.
11:52:16 OKAY.
11:52:17 SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE.
11:52:18 NUMBER TWO IS, IF THIS IS TO BENEFIT THE AQUARIUM TO A GREAT
11:52:22 EXTENT THAT YOU JUST OUTLINED, AND YOU SHOWED US A MAP, AND
11:52:25 I DON'T NECESSARILY DISAGREE WITH YOU, THEN WHY DIDN'T THE
11:52:30 AQUARIUM BUDGET FOR THIS UNDER THEIR OWN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
11:52:34 PROGRAMS, AND WHY ISN'T THE AQUARIUM PAYING FOR IT YOURSELF?
11:52:41 AND I KNOW YOU DO A LOT OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ON THAT
11:52:43 FACILITY.
11:52:44 YOU HAVE GOT, I THINK, A 100 YEAR LEASE FROM THE CITY, JUST
11:52:48 LIKE MANY OF OUR OTHER LONG-TERM LESSEES, THE ZOO HAS
11:52:55 PARKING LOT CHANGES, THEY DON'T COME ASKING US FOR MONEY.
11:53:03 THE STRAZ ON OCCASION, WELL, ON MANY OCCASIONS DOES SOME
11:53:08 MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS, AND THEY
11:53:12 DO A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN.
11:53:14 SO I HAVE NOT SPECIFICALLY SEEN THE AQUARIUM BOOKS.
11:53:19 I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR FINANCIAL SITUATION IS.
11:53:21 BUT THE OBVIOUSLY QUESTION TO ME IS, WHY COME TO THE CRA
11:53:26 INSTEAD OF THE AQUARIUM AND PAY FOR THIS THEMSELVES? I KNOW
11:53:30 IT IS CITY PROPERTY, AS IS THE AQUARIUM ITSELF, BUT I HAVE A
11:53:35 FEELING WE PROBABLY LEASE THOSE PARKING LOTS TO YOU IN THE
11:53:39 SAME WAY THAT WE LEASE THAT BUILDING.
11:53:42 SO, ANYWAY, THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS.
11:53:44 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:53:46 >>BILL CARLSON: COULD I --
11:53:52 >> MR. WOOD, PLEASE ANSWER THE QUESTION.
11:53:54 >> ABSOLUTELY.
11:53:55 I WILL MAKE CERTAIN WE IMPROVE OUR COMMUNICATION.
11:53:58 I WILL MAKE NOTE OF THAT COMMENT.
11:54:01 WE ARE NOT SEEKING TO IMPROVE THIS PARKING LOT FOR THE
11:54:04 AQUARIUM.
11:54:06 IF THIS PROCESS DID NOT REQUIRE THE EASEMENT NEEDED FOR THE
11:54:09 PORT TRAFFIC TO COME OFF OF CHANNELSIDE DRIVE, WE WOULD
11:54:12 CONTINUE TO OPERATE OUR PARKING LOT THE WAY IT IS.
11:54:14 SO THAT IS WHY WE DID NOT LOOK AT THIS AS A NEED.
11:54:18 WE CAME AS A PARTNER WITH THE CITY AND WITH THE PORT TO SAY
11:54:22 IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A PORTION OF THE PARKING LOT AND YOU
11:54:25 WANT TO UTILIZE THAT TO SUPPORT INCREASED SAFETY AND TRAFFIC
11:54:28 OFF OF CHANNELSIDE, THEN WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS TO MAKE SURE
11:54:32 IT DOESN'T HARM THE AQUARIUM?
11:54:34 AND THIS WAS THE SOLUTION THAT CAME FORWARD.
11:54:36 BUT IT WAS NEVER A PLAN OF OURS TO MOVE THE ENTRANCE TO OUR
11:54:39 PARKING LOT WITHOUT THIS PROJECT HAPPENING.
11:54:41 >> THANK YOU.
11:54:43 COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:54:44 >>BILL CARLSON: JUST A COMMENT AND A COUPLE OF QUICK
11:54:48 COMMENTS.
11:54:48 MR. DINGFELDER, AS I UNDERSTAND THIS, AND YOU SHOULD TALK TO
11:54:53 MR. BHIDE AND MOBILITY, BUT AS I UNDERSTAND, THIS WAS AN
11:55:00 EFFORT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR OF MOBILITY TO BUILD COMPLETE
11:55:04 STREETS, TO BUILD SAFER PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE AREA IN THAT
11:55:08 AREA.
11:55:08 AND THEN AS THAT STARTED TO BE PROPOSED, THEN THEY HAD
11:55:12 INITIAL CONVERSATIONS -- AND I MIGHT GET THIS SLIGHTLY WRONG
11:55:16 AND I APOLOGIZE -- BUT AS I UNDERSTAND THE CITY WAS PUSHING
11:55:19 TO COMPLETE THIS COMPLETE STRESS PROJECT BECAUSE IT MADE
11:55:23 SENSE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND WALKABILITY AND BICYCLES BUT THEN
11:55:26 THEY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE PORT.
11:55:28 BUT THEN THE MARITIME INDUSTRY FOUND OUT IT BECAUSE THEY
11:55:31 WERE NOT SEPARATELY BRIEFED, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, AND BILL
11:55:34 KUZMICK IS HERE, SO I WONDER IF HE COULD TALK FROM THE
11:55:39 TENANT POINT OF VIEW WHY IT'S IMPORTANT.
11:55:40 SO THEN THE CITY HAD TO ACCOMMODATE THE INTERESTS OF THE
11:55:44 MARITIME COMMUNITY AND PROTECT THE BUSINESS OF THE MARITIME
11:55:47 COMMUNITY, AND IN DOING THAT IT IMPACTED THE AQUARIUM.
11:55:50 SO IT WASN'T THAT THE PORT CAME AND SAID WE WANT TO DO ALL
11:55:54 OF THIS, BUT IT WAS THE CITY WANTING TO BUILD A COMPLETE
11:55:57 STREET THAT THEN IMPACTED THESE TWO FOLKS.
11:56:01 STILL THE ISSUE IS WHO SHOULD PAY FOR IT BUT I DON'T THINK
11:56:04 IT WAS, AS THEY HAVE SAID, IT DIDN'T ORIGINATE WITH THE TWO
11:56:07 OF THEM.
11:56:08 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
11:56:11 MR. WOOD?
11:56:15 >> YOU MENTIONED MY NAME.
11:56:16 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. WOOD, ARE YOU STILL THERE?
11:56:18 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I COULD RESPOND,
11:56:20 BECAUSE MR. CARLSON MENTIONED MY NAME.
11:56:22 >>JOSEPH CITRO: PLEASE, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, PROCEED.
11:56:28 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU.
11:56:29 BILL, AS FAR AS I CAN SEE, EVERYBODY IS DOING THIS, OKAY.
11:56:31 EVERYBODY IS POINTING AT EACH OTHER AND SAYING WELL, THIS
11:56:34 ISN'T OUR ISSUE, THIS IS SOMEBODY ELSE'S ISSUE, ET CETERA.
11:56:38 AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
11:56:40 WE ARE EXACTLY MAKING MY POINT ABOUT A 30-DAY CONTINUANCE,
11:56:44 OKAY.
11:56:44 WE ARE WASTING A LOT OF TIME ON THE MINUTIA OF THIS WHEN ALL
11:56:51 THESE THINGS SHOULD BE EXPLAINED IN A VERY SLOW, METHODICAL
11:56:56 WAY, AND THIS IS JUST NOT THE WAY WE SHOULD BE DOING
11:57:03 BUSINESS.
11:57:03 I THINK IT'S BAD PRECEDENCE.
11:57:06 THANK YOU.
11:57:06 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ARE YOU FINISHED, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER?
11:57:09 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
11:57:10 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:57:13 MR. WOOD, YOU KEEP SAYING THE AQUARIUM PARKING.
11:57:17 WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE AQUARIUM IS CLOSED AND THERE IS NO
11:57:22 CRUISE SHIPS?
11:57:23 WHAT DOES THAT LOT TURN INTO?
11:57:25 >> IT IS A CLOSED LOT UNLESS WE OPEN IT FOR SPECIAL EVENTS
11:57:28 LIKE LIGHTNING GAMES, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE PLAYOFFS, IT IS A
11:57:32 CLOSED LOT.
11:57:33 THIS PROCESS WILL ALLOW IT TO BE A 24/7 OPERATING LOT.
11:57:37 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SO IF I MAY BE BOLD AND SAY, IT WILL
11:57:40 ACTUALLY BE A MONEY MAKER FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA?
11:57:44 >> YES, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE PARK, AUTHORITY IN TAMPA TO
11:57:47 TALK ABOUT MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS THAT COULD CREATE THAT
11:57:49 OPPORTUNITY, YES.
11:57:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:57:55 LET'S TALK WITH ANOTHER PIECE OF THIS PUZZLE.
11:58:00 MRS. CURTIS, ARE YOU THERE?
11:58:02 >> YES, I AM HERE.
11:58:10 >>JOSEPH CITRO: CAN YOU SHARE YOURS AND THE CAC'S VIEW
11:58:14 POINTS AND OPINIONS?
11:58:16 >> SURE.
11:58:16 I WOULD BE HAPPY TO.
11:58:18 SO AS I STATED EARLIER AT THE END OF MY REPORT, AND UPDATE,
11:58:27 YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATION, AS COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER SAYS, THE
11:58:33 COMMUNICATION HAS REALLY BEEN THE ISSUE FIRST AND FAR MOST
11:58:35 FOR US.
11:58:36 AS I STARTED REPORTING EARLIER, WE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING
11:58:39 ABOUT ANY OF THESE CONVERSATIONS, AND AS IT'S BEING
11:58:43 PRESENTED HERE TODAY, THERE'S A LOT OF THE CITY, THE PORT,
11:58:45 THE AQUARIUM, THE PORT, THE AQUARIUM, AND ALTHOUGH WE ARE AN
11:58:50 ADVISORY COMMITTEE, IT'S PART OF OUR JOB TO REPRESENT THE
11:58:54 RESIDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
11:58:56 AND WE WEREN'T PART OF THESE DISCUSSIONS.
11:58:58 WASN'T WEREN'T AWARE OF ANY OF THESE DISCUSSIONS.
11:59:01 WE WEREN'T AWARE OF THE PORT'S PLANS, THE CITY PLANS, LAND
11:59:07 SWAP, NONE OF THIS WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION UNTIL APRIL
11:59:09 WHICH WAS THE PORT'S FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO COME SIT DOWN AND
11:59:12 SPEAK WITH US ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND ABOUT THE ASK.
11:59:14 WHEN WE HELD THE SPECIAL MEETING A FEW WEEKS LATER ON THE
11:59:18 21st, WE AGAIN INVITED THE PORT TO COME AND TALK TO US,
11:59:21 PARTNER WITH US, WORK WITH US.
11:59:24 WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO THE DESIGN.
11:59:25 WE ARE OPPOSED TO THE ASK OF THE MONEY WHEN IT'S NOT A
11:59:29 PROJECT THAT'S REALLY TO THE BENEFIT OR USE OF THE COMMUNITY
11:59:35 RESIDENTS, AND THAT'S OUR JOB ON THE CAC IS TO MAKE SURE OUR
11:59:39 MONEY IS SPENT FOR BENEFITS TO THE RESIDENTS.
11:59:42 AND AN ASSET OR AMENITY THEY CAN USE AT ANY TIME.
11:59:47 THAT IS CREATING SOME EXTRA PARKING OR THINGS LIKE THAT,
11:59:49 SURE.
11:59:50 RESIDENTS OF THE CHANNEL DISTRICT DON'T NEED MORE PARKING.
11:59:52 THERE'S PLENTY OF PARKING FOR THOSE RESIDENTS.
11:59:55 SO REALLY, THE COMMITTEE SAYS THE MAIN POINTS FROM THE
12:00:00 COMMITTEE WERE THE CAC SHOULDN'T BE SPENDING RESIDENT
12:00:04 TAXPAYER FUNDS TO IMPROVE PORT OWNED OR CONTROLLED PROPERTY,
12:00:08 AND THE COMMUNITY AMENITIES THAT ALL RESIDENTS CAN USE.
12:00:13 THE PORT SHOULD CARRY THE COST OF THEIR OWN IMPROVEMENTS TO
12:00:16 THEIR PROPERTY THAT RESULTED FROM THESE DESIGN CHANGES
12:00:19 REQUESTED BY AND MADE BY THE PORT.
12:00:22 THEY ARE EVEN DOING THEIR OWN DESIGN OF THIS PROJECT.
12:00:27 SO TO SAY THAT IT'S KIND OF A CONTINUATION OF THE
12:00:31 CHANNELSIDE PROJECT, THE CAC DOESN'T FULLY SEE IT THAT WAY.
12:00:37 WE SEE IT AS AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE PORT PROPERTY FOR CRUISE
12:00:42 PASSENGERS, FOR AQUARIUM TRAFFIC, WE SEA IT AS AN
12:00:44 IMPROVEMENT TO THEIR OPERATIONS.
12:00:48 AGAIN, WE DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE OVERALL DESIGN.
12:00:53 IT MAY IN FACT BE HELPFUL TO THE TRAFFIC FLOW.
12:00:56 BUT I THINK WHAT I HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN FROM ALL
12:01:01 MEMBERS OF THE CAC WERE, WHERE IS THE BOARD PORT?
12:01:06 WHERE IS THE AQUARIUM?
12:01:07 WHERE ARE THEY?
12:01:08 IF THEY ARE HERE ASKING US TO SEND THE MONEY AND HELP THEM
12:01:10 PAY FOR THESE CHANGES, THEY ARE ASKING FOR, WHERE ARE THEY?
12:01:15 THEY WEREN'T THERE ON THE 7th.
12:01:18 THEY WEREN'T THERE ON THE 21st.
12:01:19 THEN THEY DELAYED THIS ISSUE FROM LAST MONTH'S CRA TO
12:01:23 TODAY'S CRA, WHICH GAVE THEM YET A THIRD OPPORTUNITY TO COME
12:01:27 TO US AT OUR BOARD, CAC MEETING, LAST WEEK.
12:01:31 THEY DIDN'T SHOW UP AGAIN.
12:01:32 SO THEY HAD THREE OPPORTUNITIES.
12:01:34 THEY HAVE BEEN ASKED THREE TAMES TO COME AND SPEAK WITH US.
12:01:38 WE HAD EVEN SOMEWHAT SUGGESTED THROUGH VALERIE AND THROUGH
12:01:43 MICHELLE, WELL, WE WOULD LIKE TO ACQUIRE THE LOT WHICH IS
12:01:49 THE EMPTY PARKING LOT OWNED BY THE PORT JUST NORTH ADJACENT
12:01:53 TO THE NORTH OF THE PORT PARKING GARAGE ON THE WEST SIDE OF
12:01:56 CHANNELSIDE DRIVE.
12:01:58 WE HAD IDENTIFIED THAT AS A POTENTIAL PARCEL TO PUT IN A
12:02:02 PARK AND GREEN SPACE FOR THE RESIDENTS.
12:02:03 WE HAD INDICATED TO THE PORT AS EARLY AS LAST YEAR WE ARE
12:02:07 INTERESTED IN THAT LOT, WE WOULD LIKE TO POTENTIALLY START
12:02:10 DISCUSSIONS WITH YOU ABOUT ACQUIRING THAT LOT, PAYING FOR
12:02:13 THAT LOT.
12:02:14 SO WHEN THIS ASK CAME UP FOR THE 1.6 FROM CRA FUNDS, WE
12:02:20 SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS THE PORT WOULD THEN BE WILLING
12:02:23 TO WORK WITH US AND PARTNER WITH US ON MAYBE A BIT OF A
12:02:28 CREDIT TOWARDS THE PURCHASE OF THAT RB LOT OR IN SOME WAY
12:02:32 HELP US TO ACQUIRE THAT OR CONTRIBUTE TO IMPROVING THAT LOT,
12:02:35 AS AN AMENITY FOR THE RESIDENTS.
12:02:38 WE REALLY HAVE GOTTEN NO FEEDBACK ON THAT SUGGESTION, AND
12:02:41 THE PORT NOT COMING TO OUR MEETING AND SHOWING UP INDICATED
12:02:45 TO US THAT THAT WAS JUST A COMPROMISE THAT THEY WEREN'T EVEN
12:02:48 WILLING TO ENTERTAIN, WHICH FURTHER, I THINK, REENFORCED ALL
12:02:53 OF THE MEMBERS IN A VOTE ON ALLOCATING THESE FUNDS FOR THAT
12:02:58 IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
12:02:59 IT WAS A UNANIMOUS VOTE.
12:03:02 AND FROM OUR LAST MEETING LAST WEEK.
12:03:06 I THINK STILL THE BIGGEST THING FOR EVERYONE IS, YOU KNOW,
12:03:12 IT'S A PORT PROJECT, PORT, CITY, AQUARIUM PROJECT, IT'S
12:03:15 KNOLL REALLY A CRA PROJECT, AND AGAIN, WHERE IS THE PORT,
12:03:21 WHERE IS THE AQUARIUM?
12:03:22 THEY ARE NOT EVEN HERE TO TALK TO US.
12:03:25 THAT'S REALLY THE SUMMARY OF OUR ASSESSMENT FROM THE CAC.
12:03:28 >> BOARD MEMBERS, IT'S 12:00 NOW.
12:03:34 I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT WE CAN MAKE SOME SORT OF DECISION UP,
12:03:38 DOWN OR CONTINUE, WITHIN THE NEXT 20 MINUTES.
12:03:42 LET'S CHOOSE OUR QUESTIONS PRECISELY AND BRIEFLY.
12:03:46 I WILL GO FIRST WITH COUNCILMAN GUDES.
12:03:48 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WOW.
12:03:52 GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE HAD HEARD LOT.
12:03:53 MR. MIRANDA, I ALWAYS CALL YOU A LEGEND AND I SEE WHERE WE
12:03:58 WERE ABLE TO KIND OF GET IT ALL FROM ALL SIDES.
12:04:00 AND NOW THE PORT, THE AQUARIUM, BUT WE ARE THE DECIDING
12:04:11 FACTOR.
12:04:12 WAY SEE IS AGAIN, MR. DINGFELDER WAS RIGHT, NO COMMUNICATION
12:04:18 WITH NOBODY.
12:04:19 IT'S WHAT I SEE HERE.
12:04:20 I SEE EVERYBODY WANTS SOMETHING OUT OF THE DEAL.
12:04:24 IT'S WHAT I SEE.
12:04:25 EVERYBODY WANTS TO BROKER THE DEAL.
12:04:27 BUT THERE'S NO COMMUNICATION TO BROKER THE DEAL.
12:04:30 THE CAC WANTS SOMETHING.
12:04:33 THE AQUARIUM, THEY WANT TO BE PART OF THE DEAL, THOUGH, PORT
12:04:40 WANTS TO BE PART OF THE DEAL AS WELL.
12:04:42 BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME WITH THE POLICE.
12:04:45 EVERYBODY WANTS SOMETHING.
12:04:46 I THINK MR. DINGFELDER IS RIGHT.
12:04:49 EVERYBODY NEEDS TO GO BACK TO THE TABLE, AND SEE IF
12:04:55 EVERYBODY CAN GET WHAT THEY WANT AND COME AWAY WITH A
12:04:57 COMPROMISE.
12:04:58 BECAUSE I SEE THE CAC WANTS SOMETHING.
12:05:00 I SEE THE PORT WANTS SOMETHING.
12:05:02 THE AQUARIUM SOMETHING.
12:05:03 I YIELD BACK, MR. CHAIRMAN.
12:05:04 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
12:05:07 >>BILL CARLSON: COULD WE LET BILL SPEAK IF HE'S STILL THERE
12:05:12 REPRESENTING THE TENANTS?
12:05:13 >>JOSEPH CITRO: BILL, GO AHEAD.
12:05:14 >> THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
12:05:19 BILL KUZMICK, SPOKE EARLY THIS MORNING.
12:05:23 YOU HAVE GOT IN FRONT OF YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE MOVE
12:05:25 THE BALL FORWARD ON SOME STUFF TO GET SOME OF THE INDUSTRIES
12:05:28 AND THE PORT BACK ON THEIR FEET.
12:05:30 YOU HAVE GOT INCREDIBLE INDUSTRY IN THE CRUISE INDUSTRY THAT
12:05:33 IS PROBABLY SUFFERED MORE THAN MANY OTHERS HAVE SUFFERED
12:05:36 THROUGH THE PANDEMIC AND THEY ARE STILL STRUGGLING TO GET
12:05:39 BACK ON THEIR FEET.
12:05:40 THOSE CHOOSE LINES ARE CHOOSING AS WE SPEAK WHAT PORTS TO
12:05:43 RETURN TO.
12:05:44 THOSE JOBS ARE PERMANENT JOBS, PROVIDE MANY SEASONAL JOBS,
12:05:50 THOSE SEASONAL JOBS GO ELSEWHERE.
12:05:52 A LOT OF PEOPLE RELY ON THOSE SEASONAL JOBS TO MAKE ENDS
12:05:55 MEAT.
12:05:56 I THINK YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD NOW.
12:05:58 30 DAYS IS NOT A BIG CHUNK OF TIME IN THE WHALES OF
12:06:02 COMMERCE, BUT IT'S A BIG CHUNK OF TIME RIGHT NOW AS THE
12:06:05 CRUISE INDUSTRIES ARE DECIDING WHERE TO GO.
12:06:07 IT'S IMPORTANT TO THIS AREA AND THIS CHANNELSIDE DISTRICT
12:06:11 THAT THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE AND MOVING FORWARD, AND DID
12:06:17 AFFECT A LOT OF WHAT WENT DOWN IN THE CHANNELSIDE DISTRICT,
12:06:19 AND THIS HAS GOT TO BE PART OF AN IMPROVEMENT TO COME FROM
12:06:23 THAT.
12:06:23 SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THERE'S PERHAPS BEEN SOME
12:06:28 MISCOMMUNICATION THROUGHOUT BUT EVERYBODY KNOWS TO MOVE
12:06:32 FORWARD ON THE IMPROVEMENTS, FIND THE MONEY, DIFFERENT
12:06:34 STORY, BUT THE IMPROVEMENTS NEED TO BE MADE AND I WOULD
12:06:37 ENCOURAGE THIS COUNCIL TO MAKE THAT DECISION, MAKE IT SOONER
12:06:41 RATHER THAN LATER.
12:06:42 I'M STANDING BY FOR QUESTIONS.
12:06:43 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COMMENTS, QUESTIONS?
12:06:46 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION FROM MR. DINGFELDER.
12:06:51 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I UNDERSTAND THAT.
12:06:54 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA?
12:06:55 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT ALL OF US
12:06:58 SPENT ON THIS, AND WHEN THE CRUISE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE
12:07:03 PROCESS OF CONTINUING THE OPERATION OF WHAT WE HAVE.
12:07:07 AND THE CITY.
12:07:11 IT'S ABOUT THE CITY.
12:07:12 IT'S SOMETHING MUCH DIFFERENT THAN JUST TAKING A CRUISE AND
12:07:15 PEOPLE COME IN, THEY SPEND A DAY OR TWO AT A DIFFERENT HOTEL
12:07:18 IN YBOR CITY OR DOWNTOWN OR WHEREVER.
12:07:22 IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WHERE THEY GO TO THE QUORUM, THEY GO
12:07:25 TO THE ZOO, THEY GO TO BUSCH GARDENS, WHATEVER THEY DO, BUT
12:07:28 THEY ARE HERE TO DO SOMETHING.
12:07:29 THEY DIDN'T COME TO SEE US, I'LL TELL YOU THAT.
12:07:32 SO WHEN ANYBODY TAKES A CRUISE, MORE IMPORTANTLY WHEN YOU
12:07:35 LEAVE SOMEBODY OFF, I HAVE NEVER TAKEN A CRUISE FROM THERE,
12:07:38 BUT I CAN TELL YOU I HAVE TAKEN AT LEAST FOUR INDIVIDUALS,
12:07:41 TO TAKE A CRUISE FROM THIS LOCATION, AND IT'S H-E-L-L HOCKEY
12:07:49 STICKS TO GET OUT OF THAT DAMN PLACE.
12:07:51 YOU DON'T WANT TO COME BACK ONCE YOU GO ONCE.
12:07:53 AND I HAVE DONE IT FOUR TIMES AND I DIDN'T WANT TO GO BACK.
12:07:56 YOU SEE CHAOS NOT ONLY GOING IN BUT COMING OUT.
12:08:00 CARS ARE LEAVING AND DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE GOING WHEN
12:08:03 THEY WANT TO LEAVE.
12:08:04 AND WE CALL OURSELVES -- I SAY IT'S IMPORTANT.
12:08:10 I UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE SAYING.
12:08:12 BUT AT THE END WHEN THEY SAY THEY WANT TO MAKE ANOTHER DEAL,
12:08:15 WHICH WAS NOT PART OF THE DEAL, THEN I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE
12:08:18 DEAL IS ALL ABOUT.
12:08:21 SO I AM READY TO VOLT ON IT.
12:08:23 I AM NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR ANY MORE EXTENSIONS.
12:08:25 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
12:08:26 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ALL RIGHT.
12:08:27 ANYTHING ELSE?
12:08:28 ANYTHING FURTHER?
12:08:30 COMMENTS?
12:08:30 QUESTIONS?
12:08:32 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
12:08:32 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
12:08:36 MR. MIRANDA, THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS YOU ARE
12:08:38 DEFINITELY A SMARTER MAN THAN I AM BECAUSE I STILL DON'T
12:08:41 UNDERSTAND THE DEAL.
12:08:42 I MIGHT SUPPORT IT NEXT MONTH AFTER I UNDERSTAND IT BETTER,
12:08:46 BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT GOT THERE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND
12:08:48 THE PROCESS, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE LACK OF INVOLVEMENT
12:08:51 BETWEEN THE PORT AND THE AQUARIUM AND THE CAC.
12:08:56 THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
12:08:58 SO I CAN'T VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
12:09:02 AND AT THIS POINT IN TIME I AM NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE
12:09:05 EXPLANATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO
12:09:08 EVERYBODY INVOLVED.
12:09:10 THAT'S WHY I MADE THE MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE.
12:09:12 BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IN EVERYBODY'S BEST INTEREST.
12:09:15 BETTER INFORMED, AND ALSO TO REINFORCE THE PROCESS THAT
12:09:21 THESE THINGS ARE NOT GOING TO BE BROUGHT LAST MINUTE TO US
12:09:26 AND TOLD TO VOTE WILLY-NILLY.
12:09:28 IT'S BAD PROCESS.
12:09:30 BAD FOR THE COMMUNITY.
12:09:31 THANK YOU.
12:09:31 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CHAIR?
12:09:35 AS THE MAKER OF THE MOTION ADVISING THAT ALL PARTIES MEAT TO
12:09:43 SETTLE THE ISSUE?
12:09:44 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I WILL ACCEPT THAT AS A FRIENDLY
12:09:47 AMENDMENT.
12:09:47 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
12:09:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COUNCILMAN
12:09:58 DINGFELDER, SECONDED BY MANISCALCO, TO CONTINUE THIS TO JULY
12:10:01 22ND, OUR NEXT CRA BOARD MEETING.
12:10:04 FIRST AGENDA ITEM.
12:10:06 ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
12:10:07 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
12:10:12 >>JOSEPH CITRO: NO.
12:10:15 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:10:16 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO.
12:10:18 >>BILL CARLSON: NO.
12:10:20 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:10:23 >>THE CLERK: MOTION DID NOT CARRY WITH MIRANDA, CARLSON,
12:10:26 CITRO VOTING NO AND VIERA BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
12:10:31 >>JOSEPH CITRO: IT SEEMS WE ARE AT IMPASSE.
12:10:33 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
12:10:44 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AM JUST SAYING SPEAKING OUT LOUD, I
12:10:46 THINK IT SHOULD BE SETTLED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, 30 DAYS,
12:10:51 AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S EFFORTS.
12:10:52 BUT MAYBE COME BACK AT ONE TIME AND COME BACK AND BRING IT
12:10:56 UP, AND IF MR. VIERA IS GOING TO BE HERE, I REALLY DON'T
12:10:59 KNOW.
12:10:59 SO I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TODAY.
12:11:02 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IF HE IS IT'S GOING TO BE VIRTUAL
12:11:09 TONIGHT.
12:11:10 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:11:15 WE ARE IN RECESS FOR FIVE MINUTES.
12:11:18 CRA RECESS)
12:11:28 >>JOSEPH CITRO: HOWEVER, JUST SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON
12:16:12 THIS, MR. DINGFELDER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESTATE YOUR MOTION?
12:16:24 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I WOULD BE GLAD TO MAKE MY MOTION AGAIN,
12:16:27 IF THAT'S WHAT THE CHAIRMAN --
12:16:29 >> YES, SIR, PLEASE.
12:16:30 THANK YOU.
12:16:30 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY.
12:16:31 I WILL MOTION FOR A 30-DAY CONTINUANCE, SPECIFICALLY FOR US
12:16:38 TO BE BETTER BRIEFED, FOR US TO BE BETTER BRIEFED, AND ALSO
12:16:46 FOR THE VARIOUS PARTIES TO MEET AMONG THEMSELVES AND FOR THE
12:16:51 CAC TO BE DEEPLY INVOLVED AS WELL.
12:16:53 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, DO YOU STILL SECOND
12:16:58 THAT?
12:16:59 MOTION MAY DINGFELDER, SECOND BY MANISCALCO.
12:17:03 ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
12:17:04 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
12:17:08 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I AM GOING TO TAKE THIS TIME JUST FOR ONE
12:17:13 SECOND.
12:17:15 I HAVE A MENTOR, MR. BOB BARRENCOT COULD WHO AT THE TIME WAS
12:17:21 PRESIDENT OF THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD, AND HE WOULD LOOK AT
12:17:26 MR. ODOM WHO WAS AN ATTORNEY FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA, AND LOOK
12:17:32 AT MR. GARCIA, WHO WAS AN ATTORNEY FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE
12:17:41 CITY EMPLOYEES, AND WHAT HE WOULD TELL THEM IS, YOU GUYS GO
12:17:46 OUT IN THE HALLWAY, YOU FIGURE THIS OUT.
12:17:49 BECAUSE IF YOU COME BACK TO ME, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO LIKE
12:17:52 THE ANSWER.
12:17:54 WHAT I AM ASKING IS FOR ALL THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS
12:17:58 PROJECT, YOU GUYS FIGURE IT OUT.
12:18:02 BECAUSE YOU MAY NOT LIKE THIS BOARD'S ANSWER.
12:18:07 MY VOTE IS YES.
12:18:08 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:18:09 >>BILL CARLSON: NO.
12:18:11 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO.
12:18:13 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:18:15 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH MIRANDA AND CARLSON VOTING
12:18:17 NO AND VIERA BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
12:18:20 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
12:18:22 >>JOSEPH CITRO: REPORTS AND NEW BUSINESS.
12:18:29 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:18:29 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE IF I CAN GET
12:18:32 SOME HISTORY AND PICTURES, IF YOU CAN, SO THE PUBLIC CAN
12:18:36 UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CRA HAS DONE, AND WHAT THE WORK HAS BEEN
12:18:41 IN THIS AREA THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS MORNING, FROM
12:18:44 THE 70s, FROM THE 90s, FROM 2010 SO SHOWS WHAT HAS
12:18:51 HAPPENED.
12:18:52 A PICK STRUCTURE IS WORTH MORE THAN A THOUSAND WORDS.
12:18:55 THAT'S WHAT I MEAN.
12:18:56 I MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT.
12:18:57 >> SECOND.
12:18:59 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:19:01 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
12:19:03 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:19:04 EXCUSE ME, I APOLOGIZE.
12:19:05 ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
12:19:06 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
12:19:13 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:19:14 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:19:15 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:19:16 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:19:17 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:19:18 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA BEING ABSENT AT
12:19:20 VOTE.
12:19:20 >>JOSEPH CITRO: IS THAT ALL?
12:19:24 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:19:24 COUNCILMAN GUDES.
12:19:25 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE HAD A HISTORIC PERSON JOE ROBINSON, AND
12:19:32 CONSIDER A RECOGNITION FOR JOE ROBINSON WHAT HE'S DONE FOR
12:19:36 THE CDC AND CITY OF TAMPA.
12:19:41 JOE ROBINSON, COMMENDATION.
12:19:42 >> I'M SORRY.
12:19:47 I WOULD THINK YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE VISUAL.
12:19:52 MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
12:19:54 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:19:58 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:20:00 EXCUSE ME, ROLL CALL.
12:20:01 >>THE CLERK: IS THERE A DATE FOR THAT MOTION?
12:20:03 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WHAT DATE DO YOU HAVE IN JULY?
12:20:11 >>THE CLERK: THE NEXT CRA MEETING IS JULY 22ND.
12:20:18 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:20:21 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:20:22 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:20:23 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:20:23 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:20:25 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
12:20:30 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA BEING ABSENT AT
12:20:33 VOTE.
12:20:33 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
12:20:39 >>BILL CARLSON: I WONDER, MR. GUDES BROUGHT UP AN ISSUE
12:20:43 THAT WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE WHICH IS THE IDEA OF CREATING AN
12:20:46 ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT IN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA, AND
12:20:50 SPECIFICALLY DREW PARK.
12:20:51 I WONDER, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ASK STAFF TO ASK
12:20:58 THE DREW PARK CAC ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF CREATING AN
12:21:03 ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT IN DRAW PARK, AND THEIR ADVICE OR
12:21:07 FEEDBACK ON THE IDEA AND REPORT BACK IN THE AUGUST 19th
12:21:14 CRA MEETING.
12:21:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:21:20 ROLL CALL VOTE.
12:21:20 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: [OFF MICROPHONE]
12:21:26 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:21:27 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:21:29 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:21:30 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:21:31 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
12:21:32 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA ABSENT AT VOTE.
12:21:37 >>BILL CARLSON: WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE BUT A IF WE ARE
12:21:40 TAKING IT BEFORE THE CAC WE ARE JUST ASKING THEIR OPINION.
12:21:43 WE ARE NOT VOTING ON DOING IT OR NOT.
12:21:45 AND THE IDEA IS THAT THE AREAS THAT DON'T WANT ENTERTAINMENT
12:21:50 DISTRICTS, BUT WE NEED AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, SO THE
12:21:53 QUESTION IS WHERE DO WE PUT ONE?
12:21:56 AT LEAST WE CAN ASK THEM AND SEE WHAT THEY SAY.
12:21:58 THANK YOU.
12:21:58 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:21:59 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
12:22:07 [OFF MICROPHONE]
12:22:11 >>JOSEPH CITRO: RED WE HAD TO SWITCH THEM AROUND, DIFFERENT
12:22:14 NUMBERS.
12:22:16 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
12:22:16 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
12:22:24 MICHELLE, I CAN'T REMEMBER PROCEDURALLY, WE HAD A TERMS
12:22:31 SHEET IN REGARDS TO THE STRAZ AND I THINK IT WAS PART OF THE
12:22:34 AGENDA SOMEWHERE.
12:22:39 ENLIGHTEN ME ON THAT.
12:22:41 SHOULD WE VOTE ON THAT SO WE CAN KEEP THE STRAZ CONTRACT
12:22:46 MOVING FORWARD?
12:22:48 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: IF YOU ALL ALLOW ME TO TEST HOW FAST I
12:22:50 CAN TALK I HAD A FEW ISSUES THAT I ALWAYS GET TO GO LAST BUT
12:22:53 I FEEL LIKE I NEED MY OWN WORKSHOP JUST SO I CAN TALK WITH
12:22:57 YOU GUYS.
12:22:57 SO YES, WHEN YOU GUYS ARE DONE WITH YOUR NEW BUSINESS IF YOU
12:23:00 WILL JUST ALLOW ME FOUR TO FIVE MINUTES TO QUICKLY GET
12:23:03 THROUGH SOME OF THE PENDING DECISIONS THAT WOULD BE GREATLY
12:23:08 APPRECIATED.
12:23:10 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, CHAIRMAN,
12:23:12 BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS THAT AND HOPEFULLY VOTE
12:23:16 ON THAT STRAZ ISSUE.
12:23:17 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
12:23:18 NOTHING FROM ME.
12:23:20 MRS. VAN LOAN.
12:23:22 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: IF I CAN HAVE THE PowerPoint UP REAL
12:23:25 QUICK.
12:23:25 THANK YOU.
12:23:26 SO THE FIRST ISSUE IS LAST MONTH MORRIS MASSEY AND BRIAN
12:23:30 MORRISON BROUGHT BACK THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS POLICY, AND WE
12:23:33 DELAYED IT ONE MONTH SO EVERYBODY HAD TIME TO REVIEW THAT SO
12:23:36 WE ARE ASKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT BENEFITS POLICY
12:23:40 BEFORE WE GO INTO ANY OF THE AGREEMENTS THAT ARE OVER
12:23:44 $500,000.
12:23:48 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SO MOVED.
12:23:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:23:53 ANY COMMENTS?
12:23:54 ANY QUESTIONS?
12:23:55 ANY DISCUSSION?
12:24:00 ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
12:24:01 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:24:03 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:24:04 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:24:05 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:24:06 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:24:08 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
12:24:09 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA BEING ABSENT AT
12:24:12 VOTE.
12:24:12 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: WE HAVE AN ITEM WHERE OUR CA Cs
12:24:16 PRESENTLY HAVE TO FOLLOW THE CRA PROTOCOLS AS TO HOW WE
12:24:21 CONDUCT OUR MEETINGS SO CURRENTLY THE CACS ARE CONDUCTING A
12:24:24 HYBRID JUST LIKE CRA BOARD THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE AN
12:24:28 IN PERSON QUORUM WITH VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION.
12:24:31 SOME OF OUR CACs ARE BEING CHALLENGED IN REACHING THAT
12:24:35 QUORUM WITH A HYBRID MODEL.
12:24:36 SOME MEETINGS HAD TO BE CANCELED NOW THAT COVID VACCINES ARE
12:24:40 READILY AVAILABLE FOR ALL ADULTS.
12:24:41 THE CACs ARE REQUESTING THAT THEY BE ALLOWED WITHIN EACH
12:24:45 INDIVIDUAL CAC TO VOTE ON WHETHER THEY CONTINUE THE HYBRID
12:24:48 MODEL OR HAVE THE OPTION TO GO BACK TO AN ALL IN-PERSON
12:24:52 MEETING.
12:24:52 THIS WOULD NOT ELIMINATE THE ABILITY FOR OTHERS TO LISTEN IN
12:24:56 AND OBSERVE THE MEETING, BUT IT WOULD ALLOW THEM AS A GROUP
12:24:59 TO DECIDE IF IT SHOULD BE IN PERSON OR HYBRID.
12:25:02 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SO MOVED.
12:25:05 >> SECOND.
12:25:06 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, SECONDED
12:25:08 BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:25:10 ROLL CALL.
12:25:11 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WE HAVE A QUESTION BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
12:25:13 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SO WE ARE SAYING WE WANT TO GIVE THE CAC
12:25:17 BOARD THE OPTION IF THEY ALLOW OTHER MEMBERS TO BE HYBRID OR
12:25:20 NOT?
12:25:22 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING IS HYBRID.
12:25:24 WHAT WE ARE ASKING ESPECIALLY IN YBOR THAT HAS A VERY LARGE
12:25:27 CAC AND A LARGE MEMBERSHIP, THAT WITH THE CONTINUED HYBRID
12:25:32 OPTION IT'S GETTING HARDER AND HARDER TO OBTAIN QUORUMS ON A
12:25:36 REGULAR BASIS, SO THEY ARE ASKING THAT IF THE CAC, THE
12:25:41 MEETING WITH A QUORUM, CAN VOTE TO DECIDE WHETHER THEY
12:25:43 CONTINUE TO REMAIN HYBRID TO ALLOW PARTICIPATION BY THEIR
12:25:48 CAC MEMBERS VIRTUALLY, OR CAN THEY MOVE BACK TO AN ALL
12:25:51 IN-PERSON MEETING LIKE WE CONDUCTED PRIOR TO COVID?
12:25:56 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK THE RULE IS YOU HAVE TO HAVE
12:25:58 WHATEVER SET NUMBER YOU HAVE FOR A QUORUM REGARDLESS WHETHER
12:26:01 YOU ARE HYBRID OR NOT.
12:26:03 CORRECT?
12:26:03 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN IN-PERSON QUORUM
12:26:06 AND IT HAS BEEN REGULARLY DIFFICULT FOR YBOR TO HAVE AN
12:26:09 IN-PERSON QUORUM WITH SUCH A LARGE CAC BOARD.
12:26:13 AND THEY FEEL -- AND THEY ARE ASKING THAT BECAUSE THERE ARE
12:26:17 MEMBERS WHO HAVE THAT OPTION TO PARTICIPANT STILL VIRTUALLY
12:26:21 THAT THEY ARE NOT BEING AS DILIGENT AS TRYING TO SHOW UP AND
12:26:26 THEY ARE NOT REACHING THOSE QUORUMS.
12:26:27 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I AM GOING TO GO TO COUNSEL ON THIS.
12:26:32 WHAT ARE OUR STATE REGULATIONS CALLING FOR NOW?
12:26:35 >> MR. CHAIR, REGULATIONS DO REQUIRE THAT WE MAINTAIN A
12:26:40 PHYSICAL QUORUM AT ALL TIMES.
12:26:42 AS YOU KNOW.
12:26:44 HOWEVER, IF THE CACS WOULD LIKE TO RETURN TO IN-PERSON ONLY,
12:26:49 THAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE.
12:26:51 MICHELLE, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE PLAN WOULD BE TO CONTINUE
12:26:55 TO ALLOW PUBLIC PARTICIPATION VIRTUALLY, IS THAT CORRECT?
12:26:59 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: YES.
12:27:00 WE WOULD MAINTAIN THE FACT THAT ANYONE CAN CONTINUE TO
12:27:03 LISTEN IN, AND WE WOULD CONTINUE TO ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT
12:27:05 FROM VIRTUAL PUBLIC AS WELL AS THE IN-PERSON PUBLIC LIKE WE
12:27:10 HAVE BEEN DOING.
12:27:13 >> MR. CHAIR, CURRENTLY THE CAC IS REQUIRED TO FOLLOW THE
12:27:16 SAME RULES THAT ARE BEING FOLLOWED BY THIS BOARD, WHICH IS A
12:27:20 HYBRID MODEL, BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ALLOW THEM TO CHOOSE
12:27:24 TO COME BACK TO IN-PERSON ONLY, THAT'S OKAY.
12:27:27 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN
12:27:30 DINGFELDER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:27:33 ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
12:27:34 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
12:27:38 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:27:39 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:27:40 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:27:42 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:27:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:27:45 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA BEING ABSENT AT
12:27:47 VOTE.
12:27:47 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
12:27:50 AS COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER INDICATED, WE DID HAVE THE TERM
12:27:54 SHEET THAT WAS PROVIDED TO YOU BY OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
12:27:58 IT HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY THE STRAZ.
12:28:00 AND THEY ARE OKAY WITH ALL THE TERMS THAT HAVE BEEN LAID OUT
12:28:05 BY OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
12:28:06 YOU ALL HAVE BEEN PROVIDED COPIES.
12:28:09 I JUST PUT THEM ON TWO SLIDES IN CASE ANYONE HAD QUESTIONS.
12:28:13 OR WANTED TO REVIEW ANYTHING.
12:28:19 BRAIN BRIAN AND I AM ALSO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE
12:28:23 BOARD MAY HAVE.
12:28:23 >>BRIAN MORRISON:
12:28:27 >>ORLANDO GUDES: AT THIS POINT WE THE LARGEST DONOR OF THIS
12:28:30 PROJECT OR SUBSTANTIAL IN NATURE?
12:28:33 BECAUSE THIS IS A LOT OF MONEY.
12:28:34 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE NOT HAD A VOTE
12:28:38 EITHER BY THE CAC OR THE CRA BOARD TO SUPPORT A SPECIFIC
12:28:43 DOLLAR AMOUNT.
12:28:43 IT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AND REQUESTED $25 MILLION.
12:28:47 SO RIGHT NOW UNTIL THERE IS AN ACTUAL VOTE FOR THAT, WE ARE
12:28:50 NOT A DONOR AT ALL.
12:28:52 I BELIEVE THAT THE STRAZ FOLKS MAY STILL BE ON THE PHONE
12:28:56 LISTENING, AND THEY MAY BE ABLE TO CONFIRM WHETHER IF WE DID
12:28:59 DONATE $25 MILLION, WILL BE THE LARGEST SINGLE DONOR.
12:29:04 IS THERE ANYONE STILL ON THE PHONE FROM THE STRAZ?
12:29:07 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CHAIRMAN, THE REASON I ASKED THAT
12:29:11 QUESTION, IF THAT IS THE CASE, WHAT IS THE BANG WE ARE GOING
12:29:14 TO GET FOR OUR BUCK?
12:29:17 >>JOSEPH CITRO: NAME RIGHTS.
12:29:18 [ LAUGHTER ]
12:29:19 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WHAT IS THE BANG?
12:29:22 BECAUSE IT STARTS WITH CRA DOLLARS, AND HOW IS THAT GOING
12:29:24 TO -- WITH THE CRA SAYING WHAT WE DID, WHAT THE COMMUNITY
12:29:30 DID, HOW IS THAT GOING TO BENEFIT THIS BOARD, OUR COMMUNITY,
12:29:35 THE STRAZ, IF WE COME OUT TO BE THE LARGEST DONOR?
12:29:39 I WANT TO SEE SOMETHING SAYING WHAT WE DID TO SAVE THE STRAZ
12:29:45 OR CONTINUES TO HELP FOSTER THE RELATIONSHIP FOR THE
12:29:47 COMMUNITY WITH THE STRAZ.
12:29:48 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MS. LISI, YOU ARE MUTED.
12:29:54 >>JUDY LISI: CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
12:29:59 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES, MA'AM.
12:30:00 >>JUDY LISI: A GREAT QUESTION, COUNCILMAN.
12:30:02 HOW WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS FUNDRAISING, THAT THE WHOLE
12:30:08 PROPOSAL IS THE CITY THROUGH THE CRA, THE FUNDING WOULD
12:30:13 PROVIDE 25 MILLION.
12:30:15 HOWEVER, WITHIN THE TERMS, THE PERFORMING ARTS SENT OR
12:30:20 THROUGH ITS PRIVATE CAMPAIGN MUST MATCH THAT AMOUNT IN ORDER
12:30:25 TO ACCESS THOSE FUND, AND MICHELLE CAN CORROBORATE OR EXPAND
12:30:31 ON THAT.
12:30:33 IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN PROGRAM IN
12:30:37 WHICH WE HOPE TO REACH BETWEEN 80 AND 100 MILLION GOAL FOR
12:30:43 THE CAPITAL PROJECT AND THE ENDOWMENT RESERVES TO SUPPORT
12:30:46 IT.
12:30:47 SO IT'S A BIG PROJECT.
12:30:51 WE ARE A CITY OWNED BUILDING OF COURSE.
12:30:53 WE ARE ANXIOUS TO CONDUCT OUR PRIVATE CAMPAIGN.
12:30:56 WE ALREADY HAVE OVER $10 MILLION IN FOR THE PRIVATE CAMPAIGN
12:31:00 AND WE WILL DEFINITELY EXCEED AND SURPASS THE CRA FUND.
12:31:08 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT'S ALL FINE AND GOOD.
12:31:10 I UNDERSTAND ALL THAT.
12:31:12 BUT I WANT TO BE CLEAR IF WE ARE GET GIVING DOLLARS OF THIS
12:31:15 AMOUNT OR IF THIS BOARD DECIDES, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
12:31:18 KNOW THAT THE CRA, DOWNTOWN CRA, WHERE THE MONEY IS COMING
12:31:22 FROM, PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE DONATED HEAVILY TO KEEP THIS THING
12:31:26 AFLOAT AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR NAMES ARE IN LIGHT BECAUSE
12:31:29 IT'S THE CULTURAL ASPECTS OF THESE DOLLARS ARE BEING USED
12:31:34 FROM WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD SHOULD BE UTILIZED FOR.
12:31:38 I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THE CRA HAD
12:31:44 A BIG PART IN TRYING TO MAKE THIS THING GO DOWN THE ROAD.
12:31:47 >>JUDY LISI: ABSOLUTELY.
12:31:50 AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN ADDITION TO THAT IN TERMS OF HOW
12:31:55 THAT ACKNOWLEDGMENT SHOULD BE CONDUCTED WE ARE HAPPY TO DO
12:31:58 WHATEVER THE CRA DEEMS APPROPRIATE.
12:32:03 AND I WILL TELL YOU, THIS IS GOING TO ONLY HELP ACCELERATE
12:32:08 THE ENTIRE CAMPAIGN TO REACH THAT $100 MILLION DOME THAT WE
12:32:12 HAVE.
12:32:13 >>ORLANDO GUDES: IF IT'S VOTED IN, I WILL LEAVE THAT UP TO
12:32:16 THE CAC DOWNTOWN, AND MS. VAN LOAN TO MAKE SURE THE
12:32:21 APPROPRIATE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ARE MADE WITH THIS TYPE OF
12:32:23 CONTRIBUTION.
12:32:24 THANK YOU.
12:32:24 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: IF I COULD CHIME IN.
12:32:29 I THINK JUDITH GUARANTEES THAT WE ARE GOING TO OPEN UP EVERY
12:32:34 EVENT OVER THERE AND THE SEVEN OF US WILL BE ALLOWED -- TO
12:32:38 SING IN A CHORUS.
12:32:39 [ LAUGHTER ]
12:32:42 >>BILL CARLSON: IF I COULD STEP IN.
12:32:46 THE CHAIR IS DISTRACTED.
12:32:47 FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO AGREE WITH WHAT MR. GUDES SAID.
12:32:52 BY LAW THE CRA IS DIFFERENT THAN THE CITY.
12:32:54 AND WE MAY FEIGNED THAT DIFFERENTLY AND MANAGE THAT
12:32:58 DIFFERENTLY STARTING A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
12:32:59 SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CRA GETS CREDIT FOR IT.
12:33:03 THAT IT IS A CRA INITIATIVE.
12:33:05 YOU ALL KNOW, PUBLIC KNOWS, A CAP ON THE CRAs DOWNTOWN AND
12:33:11 WE HAVE ISSUES ALL OVER THE CITY WITH POTHOLES AND PARKS
12:33:15 FALLING APART AND EVERYTHING.
12:33:17 BUT WE COULDN'T DO THAT.
12:33:18 SO IF WE HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY ONLY IN THESE DISTRICTS, WE
12:33:22 ARE SPENDING IT ON THINGS THAT ARE MAYBE OTHER PEOPLE SEE
12:33:28 NICE TO HAVE, NOT NECESSARY, BUT JUST BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE
12:33:30 HAVE TO DO BY LAW.
12:33:32 SO IF WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING PHILOSOPHY BEFORE THE LAST FEW
12:33:36 YEARS, BEFORE WE CAME ON BOARD, WAS TO SUBSIDIZE DEVELOPERS,
12:33:40 THAT'S NOT FAIR TO OTHER DEVELOPERS.
12:33:42 IF ONE DEVELOPER GETS A SUBSIDY AND THE NEXT ONE DOESN'T
12:33:46 IT'S NOT FAIR SO AS I HAVE TALKED TO DEVELOPERS THEY
12:33:51 UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON COMMON INFRASTRUCTURE.
12:33:56 THE ARTS, WE HAD A LONG DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS AT ANOTHER
12:33:59 TIME BUT THE ARTS ARE THE BIGGEST ECONOMIC ENGINE THAT WE
12:34:02 CAN INVEST IN.
12:34:03 IT'S 100 TIMES MORE THAN SPORTS VENUES.
12:34:06 FINALLY, YOU SEE A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT GOING IN AND AROUND
12:34:10 THE STRAZ CENTER, BUT THE STRAZ CENTER, THEY HAVE GOT THEIR
12:34:13 ECONOMIC NUMBERS AND EVERYTHING BUT THEY ARE A MAJOR DRIVER
12:34:16 OF REVENUE INTO DOWNTOWN AND THEY BRING LIVE TO DOWNTOWN.
12:34:20 THE NEW CONDOS IN DOWNTOWN APARTMENTS DIDN'T BRING THE LIFE
12:34:23 TO IT.
12:34:23 IT'S THE PROGRAMMING AND THE VENUES, AND WHAT I HAVE SAID
12:34:29 BEFORE IS THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON -- IF WE HAVE TO SPEND
12:34:32 THE MONEY IN CERTAIN AREAS LIKE DOWNTOWN, ON THINGS THAT ARE
12:34:35 NICE TO HAVE, IT NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS ACCESSIBLE BY
12:34:38 EVERYBODY.
12:34:39 SO EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY CAN GO TO AN EVENT AT THE
12:34:41 STRAZ CENTER.
12:34:42 THE STRAZ CENTER ALSO IMPORTANTLY HAS THE PATEL
12:34:45 CONSERVATORY, WHICH IS A GREAT TRAINING PROGRAM FOR KIDS.
12:34:50 THEY HAVE LOTS OF DIVERSITY PROGRAMS TO GET DIFFERENT KINDS
12:34:53 OF KIDS INVOLVED.
12:34:54 AND ONE OF THE THINGS THEY ARE GOING TO DO IS OPEN UP
12:34:57 PROGRAMMING TO THE RIVERFRONT SO THEY WILL BE ABLE TO
12:34:59 PROVIDE MORE FREE PROGRAMMING THAT WILL BE ACCESSIBLE BY THE
12:35:03 ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
12:35:03 SO IT IS A LOT OF MONEY.
12:35:06 AND UNFORTUNATELY CAN'T SPEND IT TO FIX POTHOLES.
12:35:09 BUT IF WEIGHED TO SPEND IT ON SOMETHING THAT'S A MAJOR
12:35:12 ECONOMIC ENGINE, WE SHOULD.
12:35:14 TWO OTHER QUICK THINGS.
12:35:16 ARTS WERE DEFUNDED IN THE YEARS BEFORE WE CAME ONBOARD.
12:35:19 SO WHATEVER NUMBER WE HAVE, IT DOESN'T EVEN CATCH UP WITH
12:35:22 WHAT THEY WERE CUT OVER THE EIGHT YEARS PREVIOUSLY.
12:35:24 AND THAT WAS NOT BECAUSE OF THE RECESSION, IT WAS BECAUSE
12:35:28 THERE WAS A DEEMPHASIS ON THE ARTS WHICH IS A MAJOR ECONOMIC
12:35:32 ENGINE.
12:35:33 AND THEN ALSO THE ARTS WERE HIT BY COVID.
12:35:35 SO YOU COMBINE THOSE TWO THINGS TOGETHER, AND THIS IS REALLY
12:35:40 IMPORTANT FOR THE STRAZ CENTER TO KICK START THEIR CAMPAIGN.
12:35:43 AND THEY WILL RAISE ANOTHER 75 MILLION OR WHATEVER.
12:35:46 AND THEY HAVE BEEN RAISING AND THEY HAVE BEEN A GREAT
12:35:48 PARTNER, IT'S A GREAT ASSET.
12:35:50 SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THEY DO.
12:35:52 THANK YOU.
12:35:52 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MS. LISI, MS. McBRIDE, VERY GOOD TO SEE
12:35:57 YOU AGAIN.
12:35:59 ANY COMMENTS, ANY QUESTIONS?
12:36:02 MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:36:04 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:36:05 ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
12:36:06 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:36:09 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:36:10 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:36:11 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:36:12 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:36:13 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THIS IS TO MOVE THE TERM SHEET?
12:36:20 MR. MANISCALCO?
12:36:21 THIS IS TO MOVE THE TERM SHEET?
12:36:23 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: [OFF MICROPHONE] YES.
12:36:29 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
12:36:30 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA BEING ABSENT AT
12:36:35 VOTE.
12:36:35 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: IF WE CAN HAVE THE PowerPoint BACK
12:36:38 REAL QUICK.
12:36:38 SO I WILL SEND THIS ALL TO YOU SO YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR
12:36:41 E-MAIL.
12:36:42 LAST MONTH I BROUGHT TO YOU THE PLANNING BUDGET.
12:36:44 SINCE WE MET, WE DID GET THE PRELIMINARY NUMBERS FROM THE
12:36:47 PROPERTY ASSESSORS OFFICE, AND WHEN I BROUGHT YOU THIS
12:36:50 PLANNING SPREADSHEET THE BALANCE AT THE END OF FY 25, SHOULD
12:36:55 WE SUPPORT ALL THE REQUESTS THAT WE RECEIVED SO FAR FROM THE
12:36:58 CULTURAL ASSETS, AT THAT TIME, WE WERE ABOUT A $1.9 MILLION
12:37:02 BALANCE.
12:37:02 THE REVENUE FIGURES THAT WE RECEIVED CAME IN LOWER THAN WE
12:37:05 EXPECTED.
12:37:06 WE STILL WILL GET THE FINAL NUMBERS ON JUNE 30th.
12:37:09 BUT I HAD TO ADJUST IN THAT FY 21 COLUMN, THAT CREAM COLOR
12:37:14 THAT SAYS 2.63 MILLION, IT SAID 3 MILLION WHEN WE MET LAST
12:37:20 MONTH AND NOW AT THE END OF FY 25 WE ARE DOWN TO JUST UNDER
12:37:23 3,000 AND NOT 1.9.
12:37:26 SO I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
12:37:29 SPREADSHEETS, AGAIN THESE ARE REQUESTS, THEY TOTALS $47
12:37:33 MILLION, ASSET B IS ONLY PHASE 1, AND THERE WILL BE
12:37:37 REMAINING PHASES IN FUTURE YEARS BUT THEY WOULD LIKE TO COME
12:37:41 FOR, AND AS A HEADS UP, ASSET C FOR THAT 12.5 MILLION, IT IS
12:37:46 SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN FUND UNTIL THEY GET IT DOWN THE
12:37:48 ROAD, BUT THEY WILL BE COMING TO THE JULY CAC AND CRA BOARDS
12:37:52 TO MAKE THAT FORMAL REQUEST FOR FUNDING.
12:37:55 AND AGAIN I WILL SEND THIS TO YOU.
12:37:57 LAST MONTH, I JUST PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW OF IF YOU FUND ALL
12:38:02 THE REQUESTS, AT THE REQUESTED AMOUNTS, WHAT WILL THAT
12:38:06 AFFECT YOUR BUDGET MOVING FORWARD?
12:38:07 I GIVE A LITTLE MORE EXAMPLES AND ALSO WITH THAT BALANCE AND
12:38:11 THIS CREAM OF THE 2.7 MILLION, HERE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS
12:38:15 WE ALREADY KNOW ARE COMING THAT WILL REDUCE THAT 2 .$7
12:38:18 MILLION.
12:38:21 LASTLY, WE WENT OVER THE TERM SHEET.
12:38:23 THE TWO, WE ASKED IF THERE WAS ANY COMMENTS ON THE TERM
12:38:26 SHEET.
12:38:28 ONE FEEDBACK I GOT WAS WHILE WE APPROVE THIS TERM SHEET THAT
12:38:31 CRA BOARD STILL WANTED TO RETAIN THE ABILITY TO CUSTOMIZE
12:38:36 THE TERM SHEET FOR EACH REQUEST.
12:38:38 LASTLY, IT WAS REQUESTED THAT WOULD STAFF BE COMING BACK FOR
12:38:42 AN ACTUAL POLICY FOR ELIGIBLE IMPROVEMENTS, THAT THESE ARE
12:38:46 VERY LARGE AMOUNTS OF REQUESTED DOLLARS, AND THAT NORMALLY
12:38:50 CRA BOARD ALWAYS HAS A POLICY OR SOME SORT OF DIRECTION.
12:38:54 WE JUST HAVE NOT HAD A CONVERSATION WITH CRA BOARD TO COME
12:38:59 BACK WITH YOU AS A POLICY TO DO THAT, AND WE ARE CERTAINLY
12:39:03 WILLING TO DO THAT LIKE WE DID THE COVID RETRO GRANT, WE
12:39:07 CAME BACK WITH A PROGRAM OUTLINE, AND SHEET THAT YOU ALL
12:39:11 ADOPTED BEFORE WE ACTUALLY STARTED MAKING THOSE GRANTS.
12:39:13 WE DID THAT WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE REDEVELOPMENT
12:39:16 AGREEMENTS.
12:39:16 I PUT IN HERE SOME OF THE POINTS THAT ARE MADE IN YOUR CRP
12:39:21 THAT SUPPORT THIS.
12:39:21 AND AGAIN I WILL E-MAIL THIS OUT TO YOU.
12:39:24 LASTLY, THE GOOD NEWS, EAST TAMPA CRA ANNOUNCEMENTS ON JUNE
12:39:28 28th, WE ARE HOSTING A CRA ONE ON ONE FOR THE EAST TAMPA
12:39:32 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVES.
12:39:34 IT WILL BE AT THE RAGAN COMMUNITY CENTER AT 6 P.M.
12:39:37 IT WILL BE BOTH IN PERSON AND VIRTUAL OPTION.
12:39:39 WE WILL ALSO BE INVITING ALL THE CACS, THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS
12:39:43 AND SOME OF THE OTHER CRA MANAGERS HAVE INDICATED THEIR CACS
12:39:47 MIGHT ALSO WANT TO LISTEN IN.
12:39:49 IT WILL COVER SOME OF THE BASICS VERY HIGH LEVEL, WHAT IS
12:39:52 THE CRA, CAC, AND WHAT'S A PARTNERSHIP AND HOW DO EACH OF
12:39:57 THOSE ROLES PLAY INTO THE COMMUNITY.
12:39:59 IN ADDITION, WE WILL HAVE A FIVE TO SIX P.M. MEET AND GREET
12:40:03 WITH OUR NEW CRA MANAGER.
12:40:06 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YAY.
12:40:08 >> SO I CAN NOW ANNOUNCE THAT McCRAY WILL BE JOINING US ON
12:40:12 JANUARY 28th, AND WE ARE GOING TO GIVE HIM A REALLY LONG
12:40:15 DAY BY MAKING HIM SPEND THE PENNING AND ALSO HOPEFULLY MEET
12:40:23 SOMETHING.
12:40:24 SO CEDRIC DOES COME WITH THE EAST TAMPA COMMUNITY.
12:40:27 HE'S SPENT SEVEN YEARS WORKING FOR THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
12:40:29 SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE FUTURE OF OUR KIDS IN FIGHTING FOR
12:40:32 OUR KIDS.
12:40:37 HE HAS BEEN FIGHTING FOR THE -- WORKING FOR THE BALTIMORE
12:40:40 OFFICE AND EQUITY AND CIVIL RIGHTS.
12:40:44 OUR OFFICE IN EAST TAMPA WILL BE SENDING OUT A SAVE THE DATE
12:40:48 FLIER THIS WEEK AND THEN A MORE FORMAL OFFICIAL FLIER
12:40:51 REQUEST MORE DETAILS NEXT WEEK.
12:40:52 LASTLY, LOOKING AHEAD TO YOUR NEXT MONTH IN ADDITION TO
12:40:56 EVERYTHING ELSE YOU GUYS DISCUSSED TODAY, THE VINIK SPORTS
12:41:00 GROUP, THIS IS NOT WATERS STREET, WILL BE COMING TO YOU FOR
12:41:04 $150,000 FOR THAT RED LINE THAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT-HAND
12:41:07 SIDE OF THE PAGE.
12:41:09 IT IS AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF TPD TO HELP BUILD THESE KIND
12:41:13 OF BARRIERS AT THAT WESTERN EDGE OF THE ARENA TO HELP
12:41:17 PROTECT THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHO COMES OUT OF ALL THE EVENTS
12:41:21 AND END UP JUST CROSSING THE STREET EN MASSE ACROSS THE
12:41:25 TROLLEY TRACKS.
12:41:26 SO THIS IS GOING TO BE IN THE PUBLIC REALM AND THEY WILL BE
12:41:29 ASKING FOR THAT FUNDING, AND YOU WILL SEE THAT NEXT MONTH.
12:41:33 WITH THAT, I HAVE NOTHING ELSE.
12:41:34 THANK YOU.
12:41:35 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MS. VAN LOAN.
12:41:37 GREAT TO HEAR ABOUT CEDRIC.
12:41:44 >>BILL CARLSON: MAY I ALSO SAY, THAT'S THE FIRST I HEARD
12:41:46 ABOUT CEDRIC COMING BACK.
12:41:48 IT'S A GREAT WIN FOR THE CITY, GREAT WIN FOR OUR COMMUNITY
12:41:50 TO BRING HIM BACK.
12:41:51 CONGRATS.
12:41:52 I TRIED TO HIRE HIM SEVERAL TIMES.
12:41:54 I THINK HE'S SO GREAT.
12:41:55 CONGRATS TO EVERYBODY.
12:41:57 I THINK HE'S OUTSTANDING.
12:41:58 THANK YOU.
12:41:58 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
12:42:04 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
12:42:05 TWO THINGS.
12:42:06 ONE, I NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH CEDRIC.
12:42:10 I MET HIM A COUPLE TIMES.
12:42:11 BUT MY AIDE TELLS ME -- AND I'M THRILLED THAT HE'S COMING
12:42:17 BACK.
12:42:18 IN REGARD TO THESE ITEMS, MS. VAN LOAN, IS IT OUR INTENT, IS
12:42:24 IT YOUR INTENT AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S INTENT TO BRING BACK
12:42:31 A CONTRACT WITH THE STRAZ USING THESE TERM SHEETS AT OUR
12:42:35 NEXT MEETING IN JULY?
12:42:38 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: BRIAN, DO YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT?
12:42:41 >>BRIAN MORRISON: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, WE WILL BE
12:42:43 DEVELOPING AN AGREEMENT BASED ON THE TERMS OUTLINED IN THIS
12:42:46 TERM SHEET THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY CRA BOARD.
12:42:50 I DON'T KNOW THAT I WILL BE AT THE NEXT MEETING, BUT IT WILL
12:42:56 BE PRESENTED TO YOU AS SOON AS IT IS READY, AND YOU WILL BE
12:43:00 ABLE TO VOTE ON THAT BEFORE IT IS SIGNED.
12:43:07 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SO AT A MINIMUM, YOU CAN A SURE US THAT
12:43:13 IT WILL BE BACK IN FRONT OF US BY AUGUST?
12:43:18 >>BRIAN MORRISON: TO THE EXTENT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO
12:43:19 NEGOTIATE THE FINAL VERSION OF IT BY THEN, THEN YES.
12:43:25 BUT OF COURSE THIS WILL BE A PROCESS INVOLVING TWO PARTIES,
12:43:29 I DON'T WANT TO -- AS WE HAVE SEEN TODAY, I DON'T WANT TO
12:43:33 REPRESENT TO YOU THAT YOU CAN SAY THAT NOTHING WILL POP UP
12:43:37 OR THAT WE MIGHT NOT HAVE TO HAVE FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH
12:43:40 THE BOARD ABOUT ANY PROBLEMS THAT MAY ARISE.
12:43:45 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ALL RIGHT.
12:43:46 LET ME SOFTEN THAT UP A LITTLE BIT THEN.
12:43:49 MICHELLE, WOULD YOU MAKE SURE THAT THE AGENDA ITEM, THAT WE
12:43:54 EITHER HAVE A CONTRACT AND/OR A REPORT ON THE CONTRACT IN
12:43:57 OUR JULY MEETING?
12:44:00 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: YES.
12:44:00 I THINK, IF I MAY INTERPRET, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
12:44:03 ARE ACTUALLY HAVING A DOCUMENT TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE STRAZ
12:44:08 WITH, WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO, AND I BELIEVE THAT CAN
12:44:12 HAPPEN.
12:44:12 WE JUST CAN'T GUARANTEE WHEN THE RESOLUTION OF THOSE
12:44:15 NEGOTIATIONS WILL HAPPEN.
12:44:16 BUT YES, THERE WILL BE A DOCUMENT THAT WE WILL BE WORKING ON
12:44:21 DISCUSSING WITH THE STRAZ, YES.
12:44:23 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: AND SPECIFICALLY THAT IT WILL BE ON OUR
12:44:27 AGENDA EITHER AS A CONTRACT FOR US TO APPROVE, OR A REPORT
12:44:31 ON THE CONTRACT.
12:44:35 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: YES, SIR.
12:44:36 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY.
12:44:36 THANK YOU.
12:44:37 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
12:44:38 >>BRIAN MORRISON: ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY.
12:44:41 I FULLY COMMIT THAT IF THERE IS NOT AN AGREEMENT THERE WILL
12:44:43 BE A STATUS REPORT ON WHERE WE ARE.
12:44:45 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, SIR.
12:44:46 >> SO MOVED.
12:44:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:44:53 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:44:54 ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
12:44:56 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:44:58 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:44:59 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:45:00 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:45:01 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:45:02 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
12:45:05 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED VIERA BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
12:45:07 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WE ARE ADJOURNED.
12:45:16
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