COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 2021
9:00 A.M.



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[SOUNDING GAVEL]

09:01:08 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS JOSEPH CITRO.

WELCOME TO THE CRA BOARD MEETING ON THIS DAY, JUNE 12, 2021.

WE WILL START OUT WITH THE INVOCATION TODAY.

AND IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO HAVE THIS WOMAN LEAD US IN THE

INVOCATION.

BISHOP MICHELLE B. PATTY IS A PASTOR, ENTREPRENEUR AND

COMMUNITY ACTIVIST AND A NATIVE OF TAMPA.

SHE HAS A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE FROM THE THEOLOGICAL FOR

BLESSED HOPE BIBLE COLLEGE AND IS A SENIOR PASTOR OF TRINITY

AND FAITH MINISTRY.

SHE HAS FOUNDED AND HOSTED MANY TALK SHOWS ON THE RADIO,

STARTED HER OWN REFERRAL SERVICE, A RECIPIENT OF THE CCHR

HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD, AND HAS BEEN AN OLYMPIC TORCHBEARER.

MS. PATTY IS A DEVOTED WHITE TO DEACON JESSE PATTY AND

CARING MOTHER OF THREE AND GRANDMOTHER OF SIX.




BISHOP, COULD YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION?

IF WE COULD ALL RISE AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF

ALLEGIANCE.

09:02:18 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMAN CITRO.

IT IS INDEED MY PLEASURE AND HONOR TO BE HERE THIS MORNING.

LET'S US PRAY.

FATHER GOD, OUR FATHER, THE MAKER OF HEAVEN AND ALL

CREATION, FATHER, WE COME TO YOU FIRST JUST TO SAY THANK

YOU.

WE THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR YOUR GRACE AND YOUR MERCY.

NOW FATHER GOD, WE ASK THAT YOU COVER IN WHOLE WORLD WITH

LOVE, PEACE, FATHER GOD.

WE ASK THAT YOU REMOVE HATRED AND RESTORE TO A PEACEFUL

LOVING PEOPLE.

FATHER, I ASK THAT YOUR ANOINTMENT FALL AFRESH ON MEN AND

WOMEN ON THE BATTLEFIELD BOTH FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, THOSE

VETERANS WHO SERVED US WELL, FATHER GOD, ALLOW THE LAWMAKERS

TO SEE ABOUT THEM.

FATHER GOD, WE ASK THAT YOU TOUCH HER THE WISDOM, COURAGE

AND UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR PEOPLE.

EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE COUNCILMEN, FATHER, WE ASK THAT

YOU PUT COMPASSION IN THEIR HEART, FOR THOSE THAT ARE LESS

FORTUNATE, THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE HOMELESS RIGHT NOW,

FATHER GOD, THOSE THAT HAS BEEN FORGOTTEN.

WE ASK THAT THERE BE LAWS THAT WILL SEE ABOUT THEM.




FATHER GOD, I ASK THAT YOU GIVE THIS COUNCIL A VISION TO

HELP OUR YOUTH, FATHER GOD.

WE ASK THAT YOU JUST STOP THE KILLING AND THE THINGS THAT

ARE GOING ON AROUND NOT JUST IN THIS CITY BUT AROUND THE

WORLD.

FATHER GOD, WE JUST SAY THANK YOU IN ADVANCE.

WE KNOW THAT YOU WILL.

WE KNOW THAT YOU CAN.

AND WE KNOW THAT YOU WILL DO THESE AND ALL THINGS THAT WE

HAVE SINCERELY COME BEFORE AND ASKED OF YOU.

NOW FATHER GOD, GO WITH THIS COUNCIL.

GO WITH THIS CITY, THE GREAT CITY, THE CITY OF TAMPA,

FLORIDA.

WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO BLESS US AND ANOINT US.

THESE AND ALL BLESSINGS WE ASK IN YOUR SON, JESUS CHRIST'S

NAME, AMEN.

[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ]

09:04:08 >> THANK YOU.

PLEASE BE SEATED.

BISHOP, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE.

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.

THANK YOU.

09:04:39 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
DO YOU HAVE OPENING REMARKS FOR US?

09:04:47 >> GOOD MORNING.

THIS MEETING OF THE CITY OF TAMPA COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT

AGENCY HELD DURING THE COVID-19 STATE OF EMERGENCY AND WILL

BE CONDUCTED WITH A LIVE IN-PERSON QUORUM WITH THE CRA

PRESENT IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

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

PUBLIC ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPANT VIRTUALLY THROUGH VIDEO

OR AUDIO TELECONFERENCING REFERRED TO BY FLORIDA STATUTES

AND RULES AS COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA TECHNOLOGY.

THESE MEETINGS ARE HELD IN ACCORDANCE WITH EMERGENCY RULES

OF PROCEDURE AS ADOPTED OR AMENDED BY CRA RESOLUTION.

PUBLIC AND CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA WILL BE ABLE TO

WATCH, LISTEN OR VIEW THIS MEETING ON SPECTRUM CHANNEL 640,

FRONTIER CHANNEL 15, OR TAMPA.GOV/LIVESTREAM ON THE NET.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO VIRTUALLY PARTICIPATE

IN CRA AND PUBLIC MEETINGS BY USING COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA

TECHNOLOGY, BY SENDING WRITTEN COMMENTS, BY INTERNET OR THE

WEB AT TAMPA.GOV/PUBLIC COMMENTS.




SENDING WRITTEN COMMENTS BY E-MAIL TO TAMPA CITY COUNCIL AT

TAMPAGOV.NET.

BY SENDING WRITTEN COMMENTS THROUGH U.S. MAIL TO CITY OF

TAMPA, CITY CLERK, AT 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD

FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33602, OR SPEAKING REMOTELY THROUGH

PUBLIC COMMENT THROUGH THE USE OF CMT.

BY COMPLETING THE FORM AT TAMPA.GOV/PUBLIC COMMENT AND

STATING UNDER REQUESTS THAT YOU WISH TO SPEAK LIVE DURING

THE PUBLIC COMMENT MEETING.

YOU MAY ALSO PARTICIPATE BY USING CMT AVAILABLE AT OLD CITY

HALL ON THE SECOND FLOOR.

PLEASE NOTE THE USE OF MASKS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING INSIDE

THE BUILDING ARE ENCOURAGED, AND PEOPLE REQUIRING HELP CAN

ACCESS MEANS SHOULD CALL FOR ASSISTANCE.

ALL WRITTEN OR VOICE MAIL COMMENTS FOR CRA MATTERS MUST BE

RECEIVED NO LATER THAN 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING IN

ORDER TO BE DISSEMINATED TIMELY TO CRA MEMBERS AND MADE PART

OF THE RECORD.

RESERVATIONS MUST BE REQUESTED AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO

THE MEETING.

PUBLIC COMMENTS MADE REMOTELY OR IN PERSON USING CMT WILL BE

USED AT THE START OF THE MEETING AND SHOULD NOT EXCEED 3

MINUTES.

WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED BY MAIL OR E-MAIL SHALL BE

DISTRIBUTED TO CRA AND MADE PART OF THE PERMANENT RECORD OF




THE MEETING.

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

PARTICIPATION WILL BE AFFORDED EQUAL PARTICIPATION AS IF THE

PUBLIC COMMENTS WERE MADE IN PERSON.

09:07:17 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNSEL.

BEFORE WE START, BOARD MEMBER CARLSON, I WANT TO THANK YOU

AND CONGRATULATE YOU.

MY FIRST MEETING AS CRA CHAIR, I HAD A MINOR PROCEDURE THAT

NEEDED TO BE DONE, AND AGAIN I AM SORRY I THREW THAT ON YOU

COUNCILMAN CARLSON.

BUT YOU DID VERY WELL AND I CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR

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.

MS. VAN LOAN, SHALL WE DISCUSS THE CHANGES IN OUR AGENDA?

09:07:55 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
YES, SIR.

THANK YOU.

WE ARE JUST REQUESTING THAT UNDER THE STAFF REPORT ITEMS

THAT KIMBERLEE CURTIS AS THE CAC CHAIR WILL REMAIN AS NUMBER

2 BUT THEN WE ARE ASKING TO ADJUST THE SCHEDULE SO THAT

ABBYE FEELEY CAN PRESENT HER CDBG PRESENTATION THEN THE

STAFF WILL PRESENT THEIR REPORT AND THEN I WILL PRESENT MY

DIRECTOR'S REPORT.

AND THE REST OF THE AGENDA WOULD REMAIN THE SAME.

09:08:21 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
JUST TO MAKE SURE, NOW, NUMBER 4 IS NUMBER




3.

NUMBER 5 IS NUMBER 4.

AND NUMBER 3 IS NUMBER 5.

CORRECT?

09:08:31 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
YES, SIR.

THANK YOU.

09:08:32 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
AND WE ALSO HAVE A LITTLE THING THAT WE ARE

HONORING THE WEST TAMPA CAC CHAIR, MR. JOE ROBINSON TO GIVE

A FEW MINUTES OF CONVERSATION TO US.

09:08:44 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
YES, SIR.

WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MR. ROBINSON COME IN

HIS LAST MONTH AS CAC CHAIR FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS OF THE

WEST TAMPA CRA TO GIVE HIS CLOSING REMARKS AS CHAIR, AND

AGAIN WE KNOW HE WON'T BE GOING VERY FAR, JUST MOVING OVER A

SEAT, BUT I AM GOING TO BRING UP JOE ROBINSON.

THANK YOU.

09:09:05 >> JOE ROBINSON:
OKAY.

GOOD MORNING.

IS THE ELMO ON?

GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL CRA BOARD.

JOE ROBINSON.

CAN YOU TURN THE ELMO ON?

I HAVE A LITTLE THING I WANT TO DO HERE ON MY PARTING DAYS.

I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE.

CAN YOU SEE THAT?




THAT'S JOE ROBINSON, 1975, UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, BASEMENT WHEN

I HAD A 12-INCH FRO, SHADES, AND ENGINEER COMING BACK TO

TAMPA.

JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY HERE.

THEN YOU GOT JOE ROBINSON WHEN I CAME BACK HOME, IN WEST

TAMPA, AND RUNNING TRACK AND ALL WHEN WE STARTED WEST TAMPA

REVITALIZATION CORPORATION.

THAT'S THE CENTRO ESPANOL.

THERE IS WEST TAMPA BEHIND IT AND THE BALCONY WHICH ISN'T

THERE NOW.

AND THEN AFTER THAT, I THINK I HAD EACH ONE OF YOU GUYS

RECEIVED A COPY -- AND I'M A HISTORICAL PRESERVATIONIST.

THIS IS IN THE JULY 1982 HISTORIC PRESERVATION MAGAZINE

WHERE I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A STATEMENT, AND THAT'S

ME THERE.

IF YOU GET THE ELMO ON THERE.

THERE YOU GO.

AND I WILL JUST READ THIS AND THEN I AM GOING TO MOVE ON.

I'M STANDING BY THE OLD CRISTO REY BUILDING AND THAT'S THE

BUILDING THAT'S BEEN KNOCKED DOWN.

SO WE ARE TRYING TO SAVE BUILDINGS IN WEST TAMPA.

AND I AM JUST SHOWING YOU BACK THEN I HAD DARK HAIR, AND ONE

THING I WANTED TO SAY THAT WE HAD THE WEST TAMPA

REVITALIZATION CORPORATION, AND I AM GOING TO QUOTE HERE.

IT SAYS IN THE FUTURE, ALL OF THIS IS GOING TO BE VERY




VALUABLE PROPERTY, SAYS ROBINSON, WHO IS BUILT LIKE A

LINEBACKER YET HAS THE AGILITY TO WORK WELL WITH THE CITY'S

TEA AND CRUMPET SET.

WITH ALL THE ECONOMIC GROWTH GOING ON DOWNTOWN, THE BLACK

AND LATINO PEOPLE HERE HAVE IT MADE.

AND 1982.

AND THEN FINALLY, I AM GETTING OLD, THIS IS ME NOW WITH THE

GRAY HAIR, AT A MEETING OVER AT THE JEWISH CENTER AT THE OLD

ARMORY, WHEN WE ARE HAVING A MEETING TALKING ABOUT THE

STRATEGIC PLAN AND WHATNOT.

BUT I WANT TO SAY THIS IN CLOSING.

I WANT TO THANK THE CITY STAFFERS, MY COMMUNITY MEMBERS, FOR

ALLOWING ME TO BE THE CHAIR.

I AM NOT EASY TO WORK WITH AS THE CHAIR BUT I TRY TO BE

FAIR.

AND ONE THING I HAVE LEARNED IN THIS BUSINESS WITH CRAs IS

YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW THEY RUN, FOLLOW THE RULES, AND JUST BE

COOPERATIVE.

AND YOU HAVE GOT TO LISTEN TO THE CITY.

YOU KNOW THE CITY WORKS FOR THE CRAs.

THEY ARE NOT THE CRAs.

THEY HELP.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS IN WEST TAMPA THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL, WE

PUT NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS, I CAN'T EMPHASIZE THAT.

I CAN'T DO THIS BY MYSELF.




THIS IS DECADES AND DECADES OF WORK OF PEOPLE, THAT I AM

STANDING ON HERE.

THIS IS A BLACK COMMUNITY, LATINO COMMUNITY, HISPANIC

COMMUNITY, ITALIAN COMMUNITY, AND SO FORTH.

AND SO IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT TO NAVIGATE THAT.

BUT I WANT TO SAY BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE SUPPORT I HAD OVER

THE LAST 40 YEARS, OKAY, I DIDN'T START DOING THIS LAST WEEK

OR LAST YEAR.

40, 50 YEARS OF FIGHTING FOR THE CAUSE, FILING LAWSUITS, BUT

BECAUSE OF THAT, WEST TAMPA, TRUST ME, AND MR. CITRO, WE

AIN'T GOT HISTORIC SIGNS YET BUT PEOPLE WILL KNOW WHERE WE

ARE.

WHEN YOU CROSS THAT RIVER, YOU ARE GOING TO KNOW WHERE WE

ARE.

JUST START LOOKING AT THE INTERSTATE OF WHAT'S COMING ON.

AND THESE CRAs ARE NECESSARY.

THESE ARE SLUM AND BLIGHTED AREAS.

I HAVE HAD MY RUN-IN AS CHAIR AND I AM GOING TO DO THIS.

I AM GOING TO PASS THE BATON.

THIS BATON I GOT WHEN I LEFT COLLEGE, WHEN I FINISHED UP AT

THE NCAA FINALS IN 1976, WE CAME IN 8th IN THE NATION AS

THE LEAD-OFF MAN WHEN IT COME TO TRACK AND FIELD.

BUT I GOT THE RECORD HOLDER 100-YARD DASH IN TAMPA CATHOLIC

RIGHT NOW.

SO I AM GOING TO PASS THIS BATON ON TO ANOTHER CHAIR.




I AM GOING TO THANK ALL OF YOU GUYS.

I KNOW PRETTY MUCH ALL OF YOU.

SPECIALLY YOU, MR. CARLSON.

I THINK THE EFFORTS THAT YOU HAVE DONE, MR. CITRO, AND

CHARLIE MIRANDA, YOU KNOW, MAN, I GOT TO -- AND GUIDO, NOW

THE WEST TAMPA MAN AT THE COFFEE SHOP AND EVERYTHING.

AND THEN OF COURSE MR. DINGFELDER, HE'S GOT A LITTLE

BUSINESS OVER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CRA AND SO FORTH.

AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I REMEMBER.

THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT MAKE A COMMUNITY WORK.

AND I WANT TO SAY THAT HOPEFULLY BY EXAMPLE -- I AM NOT

GOING TOO FAR NOW.

I AM STILL GOING TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE

THERE'S SOME THINGS COMING UP.

FOR EXAMPLE, I DID A CALL LAST NIGHT, SOMEBODY AT THE COUNTY

WANTED TO TALK ABOUT PUTTING AN AFRICAN ART MUSEUM IN WEST

TAMPA.

THEY ARE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT IT AND WROTE A LETTER SIX

MONTHS AGO.

SO I AM GOING TO BREAK THAT NEWS THAT THEY WANT HELP FROM

THE CITY, THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE CITY THINGS, AND I AM

SAYING LET'S PUT IT ON THE CITY STATIONARY.

AND I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND ADMINISTRATION, ROB

ROSNER, FOR PUTTING ME ON THE WRONG SITE.

IT'S ALL OVER WITH.




BUT THAT IS ONE OF THE BEST DEVELOPMENTS THAT THE CITY OF

TAMPA, AND AFRICAN AMERICAN LATINO NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE RIVER

EVER, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF POSITIVE THINGS COME

OUT OF THAT.

A LOT OF JOBS, A LOT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND EVERYTHING

ELSE.

AND NONE OF THE MONEY IS COMING FROM THE CRA.

AND WEST TAMPA, WE HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO HAVE POSITIVE

STUFF, AND WE HAVE YET TO TOUCH THE $9 MILLION REAL HARD.

BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY CRA BOARD IN CLOSING, WE GOT A BUDGET

IN FRONT OF YOU BECAUSE I AM STILL TALKING BUSINESS, THAT WE

HAVE APPROVED.

WE WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT BUDGET APPROVED WHEN IT COMES UP

SO WE CAN KEEP DOING THOSE THINGS.

WE HAVE GOT SOME INNOVATIVE PEOPLE, JESUS NINO, ASHLEY

TREWSBERRY AND ALL THAT TIME.

THEY DID A GREAT JOB OF HELPING ME FOR THE LAST AT LEAST TWO

TO THREE YEARS.

I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS ALL MY LIFE.

AND I CONTINUE TO DO IT ALL MY LIFE.

BECAUSE I LOVE WEST TAMPA.

AND HELP BLACK FOLKS, AND GET JUSTICE, EVEN THOUGH SOMETIMES

IT DON'T LOOK LIKE IT.

JOE ROBINSON IS GOING TO GET JUSTICE AND JUST A WHOLE OTHER

WAY TO GET IT DONE.




AS AN ENGINEER I WANT TO LEAVE IT AT THAT AND SAY THANK YOU

FOR SUPPORTING ME.

THANK YOU FOR HELPING WEST TAMPA.

AND THANK YOU ALL FOR INVITING ME DOWN HERE TO SAY MY LAST

WORDS AS BEING THE CHAIR.

AND.

09:16:48 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
JOE, YOU STAY RIGHT THERE.

COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.

09:16:51 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I WANT TO THANK MR. ROBINSON, EVERYONE

INVOLVED IN THE CRA OF WEST TAMPA.

BUT MR. ROBINSON FORGOT TWO THINGS.

ONE THAT HE'S LUCKY TO HAVE ANY HAIR, NO MATTER THAT IT'S

GRAY, AND SECONDLY THAT HE FORGOT TO SAY -- AND I KNOW HE'S

PROUD OF THIS, BUT I THINK HE STILL HOLDS THE RECORD IN THE

100-YARD DASH AT TAMPA CATHOLIC.

AND FINISHING 8th IN THE NATION WITH THREE OTHER

INDIVIDUALS IN PASSING THAT BATON IS A GREAT FEAT FOR THE

HUNDREDS AND MAYBE THOUSANDS OF COMPETITION THAT GOES ON

WHEN YOU GO INTO THE FINALS OF THE NATIONALS CHAMPIONSHIPS,

YOU BUT FINISHING 8th IS FASTER THAN ANYTHING -- BUT

HE'S A GOOD GUY.

I SEE HIM ABOUT EVERY SUNDAY OVER COFFEE, AND WE SIT DOWN

ONCE IN A WHILE, AND OF THE TIME HE OPENS THE DOOR AND SAYS,

HEY, MIRANDA, HOW ARE YOU DOING?

AND HE WALKS OUT.




BUT HE'S A GREAT GUY AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING HE'S DONE

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

KEEP THINGS MOVING FORWARD.

I CAN SAY MR. ROBINSON HAS BEEN A PERSON WHO HAS FOUGHT FOR

ISSUES IN THE CITY AND HE HAS THE LOVE FOR WEST TAMPA.

HE HAS THE PASSION TO MOVE MOUNTAINS NO MATTER WHAT THE

OBSTACLES ARE, NO MATTER WHAT THE MOUNTAIN IS.

AS ONE PERSON THANK YOU FOR BEING ONE THAT MOVED THAT CRA,

WHO UNDERSTANDS, AND HAS TAUGHT THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE ON THE

BOARD CURRENTLY WHO MAY BE TAKING OVER HOW THE WORK HAS TO

GET DONE, HOW YOU GET IT DONE.

IT'S COLLABORATION.

AND YOU FOUND WHAT I KOALA SPECIAL SAUCE IN MAKING SURE THAT

YOU HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS, BECAUSE THEY

ARE CLIENTS AND YOU UNDER THAT AND YOU FOSTERED A BOARD THAT

HAS DIFFERENT KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, TO HELP MOVE THAT CRA.

SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU PERSONALLY FOR BEING ABLE TO KICK

THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD.

SOMEONE ELSE IS GOING TO DO THE REST.

I KNOW YOU WILL SHALL THERE TO MAKE SURE YOU GIVE A GOOD

BLOCK.

I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

GOD BLESS YOU, SIR.




09:19:16 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COUNCILMAN CARLSON.

09:19:19 >>BILL CARLSON:
THANKS FOR YOUR WISDOM AND EXPERIENCE.

YOU HAVE SO MUCH EXPERIENCE ON CRAs IN WEST TAMPA, IN

PARTICULAR, AND YOU HAVE GIVEN ALL OF US, I'M SURE, YOUR

WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE AND YOU HELPED MENTOR SO MANY PEOPLE IN

THE COMMUNITY.

BIG QUESTION IS, HOW DID THEY ALLOW YOU TO GET INVOLVED WHEN

YOU WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL SO LONG AGO?

YOU LOOK LIKE YOU WERE VERY, VERY YOUNG BACK THEN.

THANK YOU.

09:19:44 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.

09:19:48 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MR. ROBINSON, I HAVE KNOWN YOU FOR A

COUPLE OF YEARS AND I AM GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT UP TAMPA

CATHOLIC, A RECORD THAT YOU STILL HOLD OVER THERE BECAUSE

YOUR NAME IS STILL ON THE WALL, AND BEING A TAMPA CATHOLIC

MYSELF I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING UP THE CRUSADERS.

I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR COMPASSION FOR THE CITY, YOUR

DEDICATION AND HARD WORK FOR DECADES.

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU, YOU HAVE LIVED IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU

HAVE LIVED IN THAT SCAGLIONE HOUSE FOR DECADES, YOU ARE PART

OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU TALK THE TALK AND WALK THE WALK,

AND I APPRECIATE YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND ALL YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS

TO THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU, SIR.

09:20:30 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COUNCILMAN VIERA.




09:20:32 >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MR. ROBINSON, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK THAT YOU

DO FOR THE COMMUNITY DAY IN AND DAY OUT.

YOU ALWAYS WEAR YOUR HEART ON YOUR SLEEVE.

YOU ARE VERY BLUNT IN WHAT YOU SAY, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S

GOOD TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE GOOD HEARTS AND HAVE NO

FILTER.

IF YOU HAVE A BAD HEART, BAD TO HAVE NO FILTER, BUT I THINK

YOU HAVE A VERY GOOD HEART, YOUR DEDICATION TO WEST TAMPA IS

SECOND TO NONE.

YESTERDAY, I THINK IT WAS, WAS THE 100THS BIRTHDAY, I

BELIEVE IT WAS YESTERDAY, JUNE 9th, OF ROBERT SAUNDERS,

A MAN THAT I KNOW I'M SURE MEANS A LOT TO YOU, MEANS A TO

FOLKS IN TAMPA FROM ROBERTS CITY AND WEST TAMPA.

AND WE TAKE A LOOK AT WEST TAMPA AND SO MANY OF THE GREAT

NAMES THAT HAVE COME OUT THERE, AND YOU HAVE SUCH A

DEDICATION TO PRESERVING THAT LEGACY.

WEST TAMPA IS SUCH A STILL DIVERSE, VIBRANT AREA, BUT A

DIVERSE VIBRANT AREA WITH SO MUCH STILL UNFULFILLED

POTENTIAL.

AND I KNOW UNFULFILLED POTENTIAL ALWAYS BURNS IN YOUR HEART.

SO I THINK IT'S OUR DUTY AS COUNCIL MEMBERS TO CONTINUE TO

WORK TO SEE HOW WEST TAMPA CONTINUES TO BECOME WHAT IT

SHOULD BE PURSUANT TO YOUR HEART.

SO THANK YOU, SIR.




AND GOD BLESS YOU.

09:21:54 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.

09:21:58 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

JOE, WE GO BACK I THINK AT LEAST 20 YEARS.

MY WIFE SAYS SHE PROBABLY GOES BACK 30 YEARS OR MORE WITH

YOU.

SOMETIMES IN ORDER TO MAKE CHANGE, AND ESPECIALLY POSITIVE

CHANGE, YOU HAVE GOT TO SHAKE IT UP.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU AND I HAVE IN COMMON.

WE ARE NOT AFRAID TO SPEAK TRUTH, WE ARE NOT AFRAID TO SHAKE

IT UP.

I HAVE ALWAYS ADMIRED YOU FOR THAT.

JOE, YOUR SPEECH SOUNDED LIKE AN ACADEMY AWARD THAT YOU WERE

LEAVING.

WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET YOU LEAVE.

AND YOUR WISDOM AND YOUR ADVICE WE COUNT ON YOU AND WE

REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOU HAVE DONE NOT ONLY FOR WEST TAMPA

BUT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.

THANK YOU, SIR.

09:22:47 >>JOSEPH CITRO:


09:22:49 >>: MR. ROBINSON, MY FIRST QUESTION TO YOU IS, WHEN YOU

SHOWED US THAT PICTURE, THE FIRST PICTURE, WERE YOU

LISTENING PARLIAMENT OR FUNKADELICS?

09:23:06 >> I WAS LISTENING TO BOTH, MAN.

BUT I GOT ABOUT 2,000 ALBUMS.




I ACTUALLY GO BACK TO JIMI HENDRICKS, 1968, OKAY TO BE FREE.

09:23:18 >> I HAVE TO DO MY JOE ROBINSON IMPERSONATION.

I WILL SAVE THAT FOR ANOTHER TIME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU ARE A MAN OF CONVICTION.

YOU GET THINGS DONE.

YOU MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE DONE RIGHT, DONE THE PROPER

WAY.

JOE, I THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE NOT ONLY FOR

WEST TAMPA, FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA, AND I'M SURE WE ARE GOING

TO SEE MUCH MORE OF YOU.

JOE, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.

09:23:43 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR.

09:23:46 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE NINE SPEAKERS

DOWNSTAIRS?

OKAY, YES.

I GOT WORD FROM MY LEGISLATIVE AIDE.

DO WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT HAS CALLED IN?

09:23:59 >> THERE NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS.

09:24:07 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
I AM GOING TO REMIND PEOPLE GIVING PUBLIC

COMMENT TO MAKE THEIR COMMENTS UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT AND NOT

DURING ACTUAL AGENDA ITEMS.

SO IF WE MAY START WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS SPEAKER.

IF YOU COULD COME TO THE PODIUM.




09:24:25 >> CLAY LOANING, A BUSINESS OWNER.

I LIVE IN EAST TAMPA.

I AM HERE TO TALK WITH YOU AGAIN ABOUT CONSTRUCTION.

AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, VM YBOR, NORTH YBOR AND TAMPA HAVE

BECOME HAVENS FOR SLUM LORDS, AND OTHER REAL ESTATE

INVESTORS.

IT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME.

I RECENTLY HAD A PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSION WITH VARIOUS CITY

REPRESENTATIVES AND MEMBERS OF CONSTRUCTION SERVICES

CONCERNING THE ISSUANCE OF OWNER BUILDER PERMITS.

THE INVESTOR WHO PURCHASED THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR TO ME WAS

GRANTED OWNER BUILDER PERMITS FOR TWO DIFFERENT PROPERTIES

AT THE SAME TIME.

BUT ACCORDING TO TAMPA CITY CODE SECTION 5-105.2, BUILDING

ELECTRICAL PLUMBING OR MECHANICAL PERMIT MAY BE ISSUED TO

ANY PERSON WHO IS A BONA FIDE OWNER OF REAL PROPERTY WHICH,

ONE OR TWO DWELLING EXISTS, OR IS TO BE CONSTRUCTED FOR HIS

OWN USE AND IN WHICH HE RESIDES OR INTENDS TO IMMEDIATELY

RESIDE.

CLEARLY, A PERSON CANNOT RESIDE IN TWO DIFFERENT HOUSES AT

THE SAME TIME.

HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA, IT

APPEARS THAT THERE IS NOW SOME DOUBT AS TO WHETHER THE

RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT IS ENFORCEABLE.

OF COURSE THAT WASN'T THE ONLY ISSUE WITH THE PERMITS FILED




BY THE INVESTOR WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY NEXT DAR TO ME, IN

PARTICULAR, AND AS I HAVE STATED PREVIOUSLY HIS PLANS LACKED

ELECTRICAL DIAGRAMS, SCALE DRAWINGS AND PRODUCT

SPECIFICATIONS AND YET ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE LISTED AS

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PERMITS ON THE

CITY OF TAMPA'S WEBSITE.

MR. HUTCHINSON ACKNOWLEDGED THE SHORTCOMINGS IN THE PLANS

AND RAISED AN INTERESTING POINT.

ALTHOUGH THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS ARE CLEARLY STATED ON THE

WEBSITE, THEY ARE NOT CODIFIED, AND HE HAS APPARENTLY BEEN

CHALLENGED ON THAT.

HOWEVER, TAMPA CITY CODE SECTION 5-105.5.1 STATES THE

BUILDING OFFICIAL SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO SET STANDARDS

FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS TO OWNERS.

HOW ENFORCEABLE THAT IS, I DON'T KNOW.

BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT RIGHT NOW QUICK FLIPPERS, SLUM

LORDS AND OTHER PREDATORY INVOLVES ARE HURTING THE

NEIGHBORHOODS THAT NEED THE MOST HELP AND THEY ARE DOING IT

WITH LITTLE ATTEMPT TO DISGUISE THEIR ACTIONS OR INTENTIONS.

THEY PROFIT BY DUMPING THE DISASTERS THEY CREATED ONTO

OTHERS.

THEY DEVALUE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEY ROB HOMEOWNERS OF THEIR

ABILITY TO BUILD WEALTH THROUGH REAL ESTATE.

PREDATORY INVESTORS HAVE MORE RESOURCES THAN MOST OF THE

PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THEY HARM.




AND I KNOW THERE IS SOME CONCERN THAT IF CHALLENGED THEY MAY

RETALIATE.

BUT TO THAT I SAY NOBODY SAID LEADERSHIP WAS EASY.

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO TELL PEOPLE THINGS THEY DON'T WANT TO

HEAR.

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO PUSH BACK.

AND SOMETIMES THOSE PEOPLE ARE POWERFUL.

BUT THAT IS THE PRICE OF PUBLIC TRUST.

THAT IS THE BURDEN OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE PEOPLE MUST BEAR

DO. NOT BE AFRAID OF BEING TESTED.

BE AFRAID OF APATHY.

THANK YOU.

09:27:30 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

09:27:43 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE A WHILE.

WE HAD A CRA MEETING, BUT I AM GOING TO ADDRESS THAT

GENTLEMAN'S CONCERN, BECAUSE THAT HAS BECOME AN ISSUE SO WE

NEED CLARIFICATION FROM CONSTRUCTION SERVICES ON THAT ISSUE.

09:28:10 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU.

PLEASE PROCEED.

GO AHEAD, SIR.

09:28:12 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.

MY NAME IS JOSEPH, THE CHANNEL DISTRICT CAC MEMBER AND ALSO

THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHANNEL DISTRICT COMMITTEE ALLIANCE IN

THE CHANNEL DISTRICT, AND I AM HERE TO EXPRESS OPPOSITION ON




ITEM NUMBER 7 TODAY ON YOUR AGENDA, WHICH IS GOING TO BE THE

FISCAL YEAR 2021 PROGRAM CHANGE, CHANNELSIDE PROJECT,

CONTINUED FROM MAY 13, 2021.

WE OPPOSE THE $1.6 MILLION FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD

INFRASTRUCTURE BUDGET BEING TRANSFERRED TO THE CHANNELSIDE

DRIVE IMPROVEMENT BUDGET.

FROM THE GET-GO, BEGINNING ON APRIL 7th OF 2021, AT OUR

CRA MEETING, WE WERE NOT INVOLVED OR INFORMED PROPERLY OF

THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE FUNDING THAT WAS NEEDED FOR THIS.

ON THAT DATE, MR. ROB ROSNER PRESENTED A SITE PLAN OF THE

PROPOSED CHANGES.

WE WERE NOT INFORMED OF THIS PRIOR.

THE SITE PLAN WAS A 7-INCH BY 10-INCH PICTURE OF THE

CHANGES.

WE DID NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE

UPDATES, AND WE WERE EXPECTED TO TAKE THE $1.6 MILLION FROM

OUR CAC FUND AND MAKE AN IMMEDIATE DECISION THAT EVENING.

DUE TO THE LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE POTENTIAL IMPACT TO

OUR RESIDENTS, AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THE BULK OF THAT MONEY

THAT IS IN THAT CAC FUND COMES FROM THE RESIDENTS AND THE

BUSINESSES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, WE ASKED FOR A SPECIAL

MEETING.

ON APRIL 10th, I RECEIVED AN E-MAIL FROM A PROPERTY

OWNER IN THE CHANNEL DISTRICT, HIS NAME IS MIKE CIBANELLI

AND IN HIS E-MAIL HE SAID, DURING THE RECENT CAC MEETING,




THE CITY PROPOSED A CHANNEL DISTRICT FUND $1.6 MILLION FOR A

ROAD PROJECT FOR THE PORT.

I APPRECIATE YOU PUSHING BACK ON THIS REQUEST.

IT APPEARS THE CAC WAS BLIND-SIDED BY THIS REQUEST AND

SHOULD TAKE SOME TIME TO ASSESS.

IN MY OPINION, THIS REQUEST SERVES NO BENEFIT TO THE

RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT.

THE BENEFACTOR WILL BE THE PORT AND MAYBE THE AQUARIUM OF

THE CITY.

IT IS DESIGNED TO HANDLE TRAFFIC FOR THESE ENTITIES AND

DOING DOES NOTHING FOR THE RESIDENTS.

ONCE AGAIN THAT WAS AN E-MAIL SENT TO ME THREE DAYS AFTER

THAT INITIAL APRIL 7, CAC MEETING.

ON APRIL 21st WE HAD OUR SPECIAL MEETING TO DISCUSS THE

FUNDING REQUESTS.

NO REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE PORT OF TAMPA WERE IN ATTENDANCE

FOR THIS.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING WAS TO UNDERSTAND THE

$1.6 MILLION, HAVE A SITE VISIT, HAVE A PRESENTATION BY CITY

WHICH WE DID THOSE TWO THINGS, BUT WE HAD NO OPPORTUNITY TO

BUILD A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PORT OF TAMPA AT ANY POINT.

THEY NEVER CAME AND THEY NEVER SHOWED UP AND THEY NEVER GAVE

US ANY DETAILS ON WHAT THEY COULD DO TO PARTNER WITH US

UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE TRANSFERRING

$1.6 MILLION OF THE TAXPAYERS MONEY TO THIS CHANNELSIDE




DRIVE IMPROVEMENT.

BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF INVOLVEMENT BASED ON THE PROJECT, WE

VOTED NO, UNANIMOUSLY, IN FUNDING THAT.

SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY.

[BELL SOUNDS]

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

ADDITIONAL TIME FOR DISCUSSION.

WE HAVE NOT HAD THE DISCUSSION.

WE ALREADY GAVE $8.5 MILLION TO THIS ROAD IMPROVEMENT FROM

THE CAC FUNDING, THAT THE PORT OF TAMPA HAS ONLY GIVEN

55,000 OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS TO THE CAC.

THEY HAVE FUNDED LESS THAN ONE PERCENT.

WE HAVE DONE MORE THAN ENOUGH IN SUPPORTING THE PORT OF

TAMPA.

09:31:39 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

09:32:06 >> GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR AND CRA BOARD MEMBERS.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS MORNING.

MY NAME IS -- I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE CENTER FOR ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT AND BASICALLY THE CENTER IS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE

GROWTH OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND THE POSITIVE PERT OF

UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES WITHIN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.

WITH CONCENTRATION IN THE EAST TAMPA CRA.




AND I AM HERE TODAY TO SHARE THE PLANS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE

COMMITTEE PROCESS OF EAST TAMPA CRA AS THEY BEGIN TO FURTHER

DISCUSS AND FORMULATE PLANS TO INCREASE AFFORDABLE HOUSING

OPTIONS, IDENTIFY DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, AND TO PROVIDE

BUSINESS ASSISTANCE SERVICES OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, AN

OBSERVATION, I HAVE SEEN THE NEED FOR ASSISTANCE IN

DEVELOPING WHATEVER CONVERSATIONS OR SOME TYPE OF MATERIAL

TO FURTHER THE CONVERSATION INTO ACTUAL PROGRESS AND SOME

KIND OF MOVEMENT AND THEY HAVE ALSO EXPRESSED INTEREST FROM

THE COMMUNITY FOR SOME ASSISTANCE AND A COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER

AND RESIDENT OF EAST TAMPA HAS PROVIDED FOR SCOPES, AND YOU

SHOULD HAVE AVAILABLE TO YOU, I'M NOT SURE WHERE THEY ARE,

BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE AVAILABLE TO YOU FOUR SCOPES THAT'S JUST

THE BEGINNING, THE BEGINNING OF A PROCESS TO BEGIN THE

CONVERSATION.

WE WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND WHATEVER

ELSE IS NECESSARY, BUT I AM PRESENTING IT TODAY TO TRY TO

FIND WHATEVER PROCESS THAT IS TO HELP THEM FACILITATE THE

THINGS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN REQUESTING FOR MONTHS NOW IN THE

EAST TAMPA CRA.

SO THE CENTER THANKS YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AND

CREATE RESIDENT DRIVEN IDEAS TO IMPROVE EAST TAMPA.

THE COMMUNITY, I SHOULD SAY COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS COMING

TOGETHER AND PUT TOGETHER THESE FOUR SCOPES AND WE ARE JUST

PRESENTING HERE TODAY TO SAY HELP US MOVE THIS ALONG SO IT




CAN BE DISCUSSED WITH THE EAST TAMPA CAC.

THANK YOU.

09:33:53 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

09:33:56 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
LET ME THANK THIS YOUNG LADY.

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU ASK FOR HELP AND YOU DON'T GET IT.

I CAN SAY THIS YOUNG LADY AND HER TEAM HAVE COME TO EAST

TAMPA, THEY CALL MY OFFICE ASKING HOW CAN WE HELP?

I SAY WE HAVE A BIG GOAL IN EAST TAMPA RIGHT NOW.

HER AND HER TEAM GOT TOGETHER, ASKED ME TO FILE A LIST OF

ELDERLY SENIORS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT NEED THEIR HOUSES

REDONE.

THEY DID THAT.

THEY HAVE BEEN GOING OUT.

THEY HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING UP IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.

TO REHAB AND GET IT LOOKING GOOD.

I DID SEE THE SCOPE.

I AM GOING TO MAKE SURE MRS. VAN LOAN GETS THAT BECAUSE WE

HAVE SOME PEOPLE WITH EXPERTISE NOW IN EAST TAMPA WHO WANT

TO BE A PARTICIPATE AND HELP OUR CAC MEMBERS WHO DON'T HAVE

THE EXPERTISE THAT THIS YOUNG AND HER TEAM, HER ORGANIZATION

HAS.

SO WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE YOU IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND AGAIN, I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH MRS. VAN LOAN.

I SAW THE E-MAIL.

IT'S WONDERFUL THAT YOU COME TO EAST TAMPA TO TRY TO HELP




MOVE EAST TAMPA IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

SO THANK YOU.

AND WE WILL BE IN TOUCH.

09:34:59 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THIS WOMAN

FOR DOING SOMETHING THAT IS ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT SOME

OTHERS HAVE BEEN DOING.

I APPRECIATE YOU COMING TO US, GIVING US THIS INFORMATION,

AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONTACT ALL THE CRA BOARD MEMBERS

AND SEE HOW WE CAN OFFER SOME HELP.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

09:35:17 >> THANK YOU.

09:35:18 >> AHURU, MENTEZNOT.

IT MEANS FREEDOM IN SWAHILI AND WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE THINKING

ABOUT OUR FREEDOM.

ANYTIME I AM ON NEBRASKA AVENUE ALL THE WOMEN ON NEBRASKA

AVENUE, MEN AND WOMEN, THINK I'M THE GREATEST.

I NORMALLY PAY IN ADVANCE AND WHEN WE HAVE SEX, THEY SAY

HEY, MAN, YOU ARE THE GREATEST BECAUSE THEY KNOW I AM COMING

BACK, I'M A RETURN CUSTOMER.

WHEN I GET HOME TO MY WIFE, SHE WON'T EVEN TALK SEX WITH ME.

WHY IS THAT?

BECAUSE FOR THE LAST 20 OR 30 YEARS SHE HAS BEEN TRYING TO

GET ME TO GO AND GET A PRESCRIPTION OF VIAGRA SINCE IT'S

BEEN ON THE MARKET.

UNDERSTAND?




SO THE PEOPLE THAT'S PAYING, THAT'S GETTING PAID, HEY, THEY

ARE LIVING LOVELY.

SO COMING DOWN HERE FOR ALL THESE YEARS, IT'S NOT ALL DOOM

AND GLOOM.

THIS CITY IS DOING WONDERFUL.

THIS CITY IS DOING GREAT.

BUT FOR THE AFRICAN PEOPLE IT'S DOING ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY

NOTHING.

ALL THIS GARBAGE YOU ALL TALK THIS MORNING ABOUT WEST TAMPA,

THIS AND THIS, OR YOU GET IT DONE, YOU DO THIS, WE HANDS ON,

WE THIS, WE GET IT DONE, MAN, ALL THE BLACK PEOPLE THAT RAN

OUT OF BLACK WEST TAMPA, ALL THE AFRICAN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN

RAN OUT OF BLACK WEST TAMPA.

I WANT TO CALL IT BLACK TAMPA BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT USED TO

BE UP AND DOWN MAIN STREET AND VIBRANT AND IT'S NO MORE ANY

MORE.

YOU ALL WANT TO GIVE PRAISE AND PATTING ONE ANOTHER.

IT'S A GARBAGE CITY COUNCIL, NONE MORE, NONE LESS.

NOW HOW YOU ARE GARBAGE?

BECAUSE WHEN YOU STEP OUTSIDE THIS BUILDING YOU GET I-4,

THERE'S AN ACCIDENT THERE TWO OR THREE TIMES A DAY EVERY

DAY, THE MOST DANGEROUS HIGHWAY IN THE UNITED STATES AND YOU

ALL CAN'T DO NOTHING ABOUT IT.

GARBAGE CITY COUNCIL IN YOUR OWN CITY, IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD,

AND EVERY AFRICAN COMMUNITY, EVERY AFRICAN COMMUNITY HAS




WENT DOWN AND WENT BACKWARDS AND THEY RUNNING AFRICAN PEOPLE

OUT OF THE CITY AND WE STILL 26% OF THIS POPULATION, AND WE

DON'T GET NOTHING.

ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY NOTHING FROM PERRY HARVEY THROUGH ALL

THE REST OF THEM, THROUGH GWEN MILLER, THROUGH ALL OF THEM.

LES MILLER AND EVERY BLACK REPRESENTATIVE THEY HAVE HAD

REPRESENT AFRICAN PEOPLE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING, HAVEN'T SAID

ANYTHING.

BICYCLE STOPS.

OTHER THINGS.

POLICE MURDERS.

POLICE BEATINGS.

YOU ALL JUST LIKE TO ACCOMMODATE ONE ANOTHER WITH THE

STUPIDNESS.

BUT IN THE REALITY, AFRICAN PEOPLE ARE HUSTLING BACKWARDS

AND WE ARE GOING BACKWARDS AND YOU ALL PUSHING US BACKWARDS.

AND UNTIL THIS CITY CAN START TALKING ABOUT REPARATIONS,

SOME REPARATIONS FOR AFRICAN PEOPLE AND ALL THE WRONG YOU

ALL HAVE DONE TO US, WE AIN'T DOING NOTHING.

[BELL SOUNDS]

09:38:13 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

09:38:30 >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

HERE WE ARE ALMOST IN PERSON --

09:38:35 >> STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE.




09:38:36 >> BILL KUZMICK, PORT TAMPA MARITIME INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION,

705 CHANNELSIDE DRIVE.

IT'S NICE TO BE ALMOST IN PERSON HERE THIS MORNING.

IT'S A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW BUT I AM GOING TO TRY.

I AM HERE SPEAKING ON ITEM NUMBER 7 ON YOUR AGENDA.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND THE CITY OF TAMPA FOR THEIR

EFFORTS TO CONTINUE TO TRANSFORM THE CHANNELSIDE DRIVE AREA

AND THE PORT DISTRICT.

PORT TAMPA MARITIME INDUSTRIES IS A GROUP OF BUSINESS

LEADERS THAT SUPPORT AND ADVOCATE FOR THE PORT COMMUNITY AND

THE CITY OF TAMPA AND SURROUNDING AREAS, AND TO CONTINUE TO

TRANSFORM THIS AREA LIKE WE ARE DOING, PROVIDING A SAFE

ENVIRONMENT FOR VISITORS AND RESIDENTS IN OUR AREA IS

CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR, AND WE

REALLY APPLAUD THE CITY FOR WHAT THEY ARE UNDERTAKING, AS

WELL THE FIRST AND LAST THING THOSE CRUISE VISITORS SEE IS A

NEWLY TRANSFORMED INTERFACE BETWEEN THE CRUISE AND THE PORT

WHERE THEY ARE DEPARTING FROM AND ARRIVING TO.

IT'S INCREDIBLE.

THAT'S WHY THE -- I APPLAUD THE PORT AUTHORITY FOR THEIR

GENEROSITY AND MAKING THIS TRANSFORMATION HAPPEN AND I

SUPPORT THE CITY OF TAMPA TO CREATE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT AND

TRANSFORM THAT CHANNELSIDE AREA.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

09:39:44 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU.




NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

09:39:48 >> GOOD MORNING.

CONNIE BURTON.

THE REASON I AM HERE THIS MORNING IS TO FOLLOW UP REALLY ON

THE CONVERSATION OF LAST WEEK'S COUNCIL MEETING, THAT KEEP

RAISING A QUESTION AS TO WHY WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MOVE

FORWARD WITH A HOUSING STOP THAT WILL MAKE IT AFFORDABLE FOR

PEOPLE OF ESSENTIAL WORKERS, WORKING CLASS PEOPLE, TO BE

ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE WITHIN SIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE

CITY OF TAMPA.

AND I'M KARL CONCERNED ABOUT EAST TAMPA.

WEEKLY, WE CONTINUE TO RAISE THE ISSUE OF HAVING -- REHAB

PRODUCTS, DEVELOPMENTS STARTED FROM THE CRA, AND IT IS LIKE

A PUSH, PUSH, PUSH, JUST RECENTLY AFTER A VISIT BY

COUNCILMAN GUDES, TALK ABOUT IT IS A PROCESS.

THE PROCESS THAT I AM KEENLY AWARE OF THAT IT HAS NOT

HAPPENED SINCE 2019 WHEN YOU WAS ON THE COUNCIL, THE CRA, IT

HAS NOT BEEN RAISED.

AND WHAT I WANT TO KNOW TODAY IS THAT MICHELLE VAN LOAN, A

GIFTED EMPLOYEE, SHE IS NOT THE PERSON THAT WE HAVE ELECTED

TO CARRY OUT THE ISSUES OR THE MISSION OF PEOPLE THAT IS --

THAT NEED DIGNITY IN HOUSING.

WE DON'T WANT YOU TO IMAGINE THAT WE ARE CONFUSED.

WE HAVE PUT THIS TASK AND THIS CONCERN IN YOUR HAND, THAT WE

WANT AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR WORKING CLASS PEOPLE IN EAST




TAMPA, RENT IS OUT OF CONTROL, THAT YOU CAN DO IN TERMS OF

SPEAKING WITH THE MAYOR, TO BUNDLE PROPERTIES THAT THE CITY

OWNS SO PEOPLE CAN HAVE AT LEAST A FIGHTING CHANCE, RENTS

ARE $1700 AND HIGHER AND MANY PEOPLE IN OUR WORKING CLASS

COMMUNITY CANNOT AFFORD THESE HOUSES.

WE THINK THAT IT CONTINUES TO BE A DISSERVICE.

WHILE WE KEEP HEARING THAT IT IS A PROCESS, IT IS A PROCESS

THAT HAS TAKEN AWAY TOO LONG, THE DEMAND AGAIN IS HOUSING.

AND I WANT TO COMMEND WHAT INDIVIDUALS ARE DOING INSIDE OF

OUR COMMUNITY, AND THERE ARE INITIATIVES LIKE ONE OF THE

SPEAKERS LAID OUT.

IT IS LEADING TO A LOT OF CONFUSION, BECAUSE ALTHOUGH IT

SAYS PROPOSED PROJECT, MANY PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO THINK

THAT THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE BEING OFFERED IN THAT

FOUR-POINT PLAN THAT MS. PILA LAID OUT THIS MORNING.

THERE ARE EIGHT SUBCOMMITTEES WITH INSIDE OF EAST TAMPA AND

I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO ENCOURAGE HER AND OTHERS TO

WORK WITH INSIDE OF THOSE COMMITTEES SO WE DO NOT GET MIXED

MESSAGES INSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU.

[BELL SOUNDS]

09:43:22 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

09:43:24 >> THERE ARE NO MORE SPEAKERS.

09:43:37 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.




AND WE HAVE NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS?

09:43:40 >> THAT'S CORRECT.

09:43:41 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MS. KIMBERLEE CURTIS.

MRS. CURTIS IS FROM THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE

REPRESENTATIVE.

09:44:05 >> THANK YOU CRA BOARD MEMBERS.

IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY AND TO MEET ALL OF YOU AS

YOUR CHANNEL DISTRICT CAC CHAIRPERSON.

I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE SINCE 2018 BUT ONLY

RECENTLY ACCEPTED THE POSITION OF CHAIRPERSON IN FEBRUARY OF

THIS YEAR.

IT IS WITH PLEASURE THAT I PRESENT AN UPDATE ON ALL THE

EXCITING THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING IN THE CHANNEL

DISTRICT OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS AND SOME OF THE THINGS

PLANNED FOR THE FUTURE.

2020 WAS A VERY DIFFICULT YEAR FOR EVERYONE.

HOWEVER, DESPITE THAT, WE DID CELEBRATE SOME SUCCESSES AND

MILESTONES IN THE CHANNEL DISTRICT.

I WILL BEGIN WITH PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENTS AND

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND THEN MOVE ON TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

FUNDED BY TIF AND NON-TIF INVESTMENTS.

MERCURY ADVISORS ANNOUNCED A NEW DEVELOPMENT AT THE CORNER

OF MADISON AND CHANNELSIDE DRIVE TO BE KNOWN AS PARC

MADISON.




MERCURY ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT THE 2021 COMMENCEMENT OF THEIR

LUXURY CONDO DEVELOPMENT ELEVATE 61 AT THE CORNER OF

CHANNELSIDE DRIVE AND WHITING.

THIS 33 STORY WITH 61 PRIVATE RESIDENCES.

DANIEL CORPORATION BEGAN CONSTRUCTION OF THEIR PROJECT ON

THE CORNER OF TWIGGS AND CHANNELSIDE DRIVE.

IT IS A MIXED USE 19-STORY RESIDENTIAL LUXURY RENTAL PROJECT

WITH 324 UNITS.

VIA BEGAN STUDIES TO IMPLEMENT SIDEWALKS AND CURB

IMPROVEMENTS ALONG MERIDIAN AVENUE.

SPARKMAN WHARF STARTED WITH TENANT LEASES AND BUILDOUT

DESPITE THE IMPACTS OF COVID.

THERE ARE ONLY A FEW RETAIL SPACES REMAINING TO BE FILLED.

INDUSTRIOUS CO-WORKING WILL MARK THE FIRST BRANDED

CO-WORKING SPACE IN THE CHANNEL DISTRICT.

SEVERAL RETAILERS HAVE ALSO OPENED IN THE OTHER AREAS OF THE

DISTRICT OUTSIDE OF SPARKMAN.

ROBECK MOVIE SHOP, NAIL SALON AND THE GRAND CENTRAL ARE JUST

A FEW EXAMPLES OF NEW INTEREST FROM SMALL BUSINESSES MOVING

INTO THE DISTRICT.

THE LEASING BROKERS FOR BOTH THE SLIDE AND FITZGERALD

INFORMED ME THAT MOST ALL OF THE EMPTY SPACES ON THE GROUND

LEVEL RETAIL IN THOSE BUILDINGS ARE NOW LEASED AND TENTATIVE

IMPROVEMENTS ARE TAKING WAY BEHIND THE GLASS.

ONCE COVID RESTRICTIONS WERE EASED, THE THIRD THURSDAY FOOD




TRUCK EVENTS RESUMED LAST YEAR ALONG MADISON AT THE GRAND

CENTRAL.

THAT CONTINUES TO BE A VERY POPULAR EVENT IN THE DISTRICT

ESPECIALLY THE DAYS THAT IT COINCIDES WITH THE LIGHTNING

GAMES.

I AM GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR TIF AND NON-TIF FUNDED PROJECTS

AND BEGIN WITH OUR IMPROVEMENTS GOING ON AROUND THE

DISTRICT.

ON THE 12TH STREET SEGMENT BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND KENNEDY,

ALSO FOR THE CHANNELSIDE PROJECT IN 2020.

CONSTRUCTION IS NOW UNDERWAY AND PROGRESSING WELL.

90% DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS WERE COMPLETED IN 2020

IN PREPARATION FOR THE 2021 DON INSTRUCTION START OF THE

IMPROVEMENTS TO WHITING, CUMBERLAND, TWIGGS AND NORTH 12TH

STREET.

THESE PROJECTS WILL BE PHASED THROUGHOUT 2021 TO MINIMALLY

IMPACT RESIDENTS AND MAINTAIN SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.

KIMMINS IS THE CONTRACTOR LEADING THAT EFFORT AND THEY HAVE

DONE A WONDERFUL JOB HANDLING EVERYTHING AS FAR AS

MAINTENANCE OF OPERATIONS AND ALL SAFETY, THERE HAVE BEEN

VERY FEW COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS, THAT THOSE HAVE BEEN

VERY MINOR AND HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED EASILY AND RESOLVED.

KIMMINS IS GREAT AND THEY ARE VERY RESPONSIVE.

AND THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN ATTENDING SOME OF OUR CAC MEETINGS

GIVING US REGULAR CONSTRUCTION UPDATES.




MADISON STREET PARK IMPROVEMENTS WERE COMPLETED LAST YEAR

AND THE PARK OPENED IN 2020 WITHOUT FANFARE DUE TO COVID

RESTRICTIONS.

HOW FAR WE DID HOLD A RIBBON CUTTING EARLIER THIS YEAR, 2021

AND HAD A GREAT TURNOUT OF CITY OFFICIALS, CITY LEADERS,

CITY EMPLOYEES, COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND RESIDENTS.

LASTLY IN 2020, WHICH IS A BIG ITEM FOR THE CHANNEL DISTRICT

RIGHT NOW, CONSULTING FIRM WAS SELECTED THROUGH THE PROCESS

TO DEVELOP AN UPDATED STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN FOR THE

DISTRICT.

THE LAST WAS MORE THAN 15 YEARS OLD AND WAS IN DESPERATE

NEED OF JUSTIFY DATE TO REFLECT GROWTH IN THE DISTRICT AND

WHAT THE CAC AND CRA SHOULD FOCUS ON IN THE FUTURE TO

ENHANCE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR

ALL RESIDENTS.

THE FIRST NEIGHBORHOOD INPUT MECHANIC TOOK PLACE RECENTLY

JUST A BE FEW WEEKS AGO TO INTRODUCE RESIDENTS TO SME AND

GIVE THEM AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE SAP IS, GAVE THEM SOME

BACKGROUND ON THE OLD SAP AND THEN WHAT WE WANT TO

ACCOMPLISH BY UPDATING SAP MOVING FORWARD IN THE DISTRICT.

THERE WAS A GREAT TURNOUT FOR THE WORKSHOP.

RESIDENTS WERE VERY ENGAGED.

THEY PARTICIPATED IN THE DISCUSSIONS, BOTH DURING THE

PRESENTATION AND AFTERWARDS, AND THEY CONTRIBUTED A LOT OF

IDEAS OF THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE ADDED TO THE




DISTRICT, IMPROVED OR CHANGED.

SEVERAL STAKEHOLDERS, INDIVIDUAL STAKEHOLDERS HAVE ALSO BEEN

IDENTIFIED BY OUR CAC TO MEET WITH SMAE AND THOSE ARE

ONGOING FOR THEIR DIRECT INPUT AS WELL THERE.

WILL BE SEVEN MORE WORKSHOPS HELD THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR UNTIL

THE SAP UPDATE IS COMPLETE IN THE LATE FALL, EARLY WINTER OF

THIS YEAR.

I AM GOING TO WRAP UP MY UPDATE QUICKLY WITH A FEW NOTABLE

THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN STORE MOVING FORWARD.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ADDITIONAL SCOPES OF WORK FOR

ADDITIONAL DISTRICT-WIDE CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENTS.

WE WILL BEGIN TO TAKE WHAT WE LEARN FROM THE SAP.

THIS YEAR WHEN IT'S DELIVERED TO OUT AS PLAN FOR FUTURE

IMPROVEMENTS BASED ON ASSISTANCE FROM SAME.

WE ARE GOING TO IDENTIFY VACANT LAND AND REDEVELOPMENT

OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE GREEN SPACE THROUGHOUT THE

DISTRICT.

ACCORDING TO THE LAST SAP WHICH WAS OBVIOUSLY VERY DATED, WE

SHOULD HAVE AROUND 10 TO 11 ACRES OF PUBLIC PARK SPACE

THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE JUST OVER ONE

ACRE.

THAT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST REQUESTED ITEMS FOR RESIDENTS

AS A NEED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, AND WE ARE WORKING TO

ACQUIRE LAND NOW TO TURN THOSE SPACES INTO GREEN SPACES

THAT -- PUBLIC PARK SPACE FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS.




WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS TO CHOICE ACTIVITIES

AND CULTURAL EVENTS AND WORK A LITTLE MORE CLOSELY WITH

PARKS AND REC TO PROGRAM EVENTS FOR MADISON STREET PARK AND

ONCE ALL THE COVID RESTRICTIONS ARE FULLY LIFTED FOR ALL

SPECIAL EVENTS.

THE CHANNEL DISTRICT HAS COME A LONG WAY OVER THE PAST

SEVERAL YEARS BUT THERE IS A LOT TO BE DONE AND THANKS TO A

VERY ENGAGED CAC, ENGAGED MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND THE

SUPPORT OF THE CRA BOARD AND THE CRA STAFF, WE ARE EXCITED

ABOUT ALL OF OUR FUTURE PLANS AND THE SUCCESSES THAT WE ARE

GOING TO CELEBRATE.

WE ARE READY TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE STRESSFUL 2020 AND INTO A

VERY BRIGHT AND HOPEFUL 2021.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR

ME.

09:50:51 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?

09:50:54 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
QUESTION.

THANK YOU.

MR. CURTIS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

IT'S VERY THOROUGH.

IT WAS NICE TO MEET YOU OUT THERE AT THE PARK OPENING.

09:51:11 >> IT WAS.

SAME HERE.

09:51:12 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE EARLY, BUT AS LONG

AS YOU ARE HERE, APPARENTLY YOUR CAC VOTED IN OPPOSITION TO




OUR AGENDA ITEM OF FUNDING SOME OF THE TRANSPORTATION

IMPROVEMENTS ADJACENT TO OR NEAR THE PORT, AND I AM

WONDERING IF YOU COULD GIVE US YOUR INSIGHT IN REGARD TO

THOSE DETAILS.

I AM NOT THRILLED WITH THE WAY THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM

HAS COME DOWN.

I DON'T THINK COUNCIL, CRA BOARD, HAS REALLY HAD ADEQUATE

PREPARATION AND THAT WE HAVE BEEN ADEQUATELY INFORMED ABOUT

THIS OVER THE LAST YEAR OR TWO, AS THIS IS EVOLVING, ABOUT

BUT I WANT YOUR PERSPECTIVE IN THE TERMS OF THE CRA.

THE CAC.

09:52:08 >> SURE.

ABSOLUTELY.

I WAS KIND OF PLANNING ON DOING THIS AFTER THE PORT SPOKE

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

AROUND.

09:52:19 >> YES, I WILL BE HERE BUT THAT'S FINE.

I CAN GO AHEAD AND SPEAK NOW.

SO MUCH LIKE YOU ARE EXPRESSING NOW, THERE WAS A LOT OF

DISCUSSION THAT HAPPENED PRIOR TO APRIL OF THIS YEAR,

BETWEEN SOME CITY STAFF AND THE PORT THAT OUR CAC WAS NOT

PRIVY TO, WE WERE NOT PART OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS.

WE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS REQUEST OR THE LAND SWAP

THAT WAS PART OF THAT REQUEST, AND HOW ALL OF THAT FIT




TOGETHER.

WE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ANY OF THIS UNTIL THE APRIL

CAC MEETING WHEN WE WERE ASKED MUCH LIKE MR. VANDERLUST

MENTIONED EARLIER.

WE WERE ASKED BASED ON A SMALL PHOTO PUT UP ON THE SCREEN TO

APPROVE $1.6 MILLION FOR THAT CONSTRUCTION WORK ON THE

EASEMENT AREA, RIGHT-OF-WAY AREA THAT WAS SWAPPED TO THE

PORT, BUT THAT WAS REALLY PORT INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS

AND WE WERE ASKED TO FUND $1.6 MILLION OF THAT.

09:53:21 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, I THINK THIS WOULD

BE MORE APPROPRIATE DURING THE AGENDA ITEM.

SO IF WE CAN PROCEED, PLEASE.

MR. DINGFELDER.

09:53:35 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
I JUST WASN'T SURE SHE WAS GOING TO BE

AROUND.

BUT AS LONG AS SHE'S GOING TO BE AROUND --

09:53:40 >> SHE'S ALREADY STATED SHE WILL BE HERE.

MRS. CURTIS, I HEARD YOU TALK ABOUT GREEN SPACES AND I

TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU.

HAS YOUR CAC CONSIDERED ANYWHERE WITHIN THE CHANNELSIDE OF

THE NEW FIRE STATION?

09:53:54 >> THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS JUST BROUGHT UP AT THE

WORKSHOP, SAP WORKSHOP WE HAD A FEW WEEKS AGO.

THIS WAS REALLY THE VERY EARLY STAGES OF THE FIRST

DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.




BUT IT REALLY HAS NOT BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT

TO OUR ATTENTION AS A NEED UNTIL VERY RECENTLY.

BUT WHEN JOE GRECO CAME TO OUR WORKSHOP AND GAVE US A GREAT

BIT OF INFORMATION, A SMALL PRESENTATION ABOUT HOW LONG IT'S

BEEN SINCE THE NEW FIRE STATION HAS BEEN BUILT, THE RESPONSE

TIMES, THE AREAS THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO COVER AT A DOWNTOWN

STATION, IT WAS MADE VERY CLEAR TO US THAT IT'S A NEED IN

THE DISTRICT, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE STARTING TO

HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT.

I THINK THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE WAS IDENTIFYING A LOCATION, A

SUITABLE LOCATION FOR THAT.

AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT MUCH LAND LEFT IN THE DISTRICT, AND

THERE'S A LOT OF LAND THAT IS THERE IS OWNED BY PRIVATE

ENTITIES THAT HAVE FUTURE PLANS.

SO WE ARE NOW WORKING WITH A COUPLE OF PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS

TO MAYBE WORK WITH THEM ON SOME TYPE OF PLAN TO EITHER BUY

OR LEASE SOME PROPERTY WITHIN THE DISTRICT LIMITS TO ASSIST

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN BUILDING A FIRE STATION THERE.

SO YES, IT'S A NEED.

09:55:02 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
EXCUSE ME, YOU NAME A FEW NEW DEVELOPMENTS

DOWN THERE WHICH I BELIEVE OVER 1200 NEW UNITS.

IF THINGS KEEP GOING THE WAY THEY ARE, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE

ABOUT 3,000 MORE PEOPLE GOING INTO THE CHANNELSIDE DOWNTOWN

AREA.

I THINK IT WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS FOR US TO HAVE PUBLIC




SAFETY ESPECIALLY FIRE IN THAT AREA.

IF YOU COULD, MAYBE BY YOUR NEXT REPORT, GIVE US SOME MORE

INFORMATION ON WHAT THE CAC THINKS.

I DO APPRECIATE IT.

COUNCILMAN GUDES.

09:55:31 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
WITH THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING DOWN IN

CHANNELSIDE, CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT, I HOPE THAT WE ALSO LOOK

AT THOSE DEVELOPERS THAT ARE GETTING READY TO DEVELOP AND

SEE IF WE CAN PARTNER WITH THEM AND INCLUDE THAT IN THEIR

DEVELOPMENT.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP TO LOOK AT GETTING A

STATION, OR SOMETHING DOWN IN THAT AREA, IF WE CAN'T FIND

ANY LAND SPACE OF OUR OWN, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THOSE

DEVELOPERS WHO ARE BUYING LAND OR WHO ALREADY OWN THAT LAND

AND SEE HOW THE CITY CAN PARTNER WITH THEM TO INCLUDE THAT

IN THE BUILDING LIKE THEY DO UP NORTH AND SOME OTHER PLACES.

I HOPE WE HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS.

09:56:09 >> SURE.

THAT'S A GOOD IDEA AND WE'LL ADD THAT TO THE AGENDA FOR NEXT

MONTH'S MEETING.

ABSOLUTELY.

09:56:15 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?

MRS. CURTIS, THANK YOU.

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

AROUND.

SO MS. FEELEY, ARE YOU WITH US?

09:56:27 >>ABBYE FEELEY:
GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.

YES, I AM.

09:56:35 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU, MRS. FEELEY.

YOU ARE UP.

09:56:37 >> GREAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ABBYE FEELEY, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT.

I AM EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH YOU THIS MORNING.

I WAS WITH CITY COUNCIL LAST THURSDAY MORNING TO KICK OFF

THE CITY'S ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR OUR CGDB AND HOME FUND,

AND I HAD A BRIEF PRESENTATION.

I HAVE THAT SAME PRESENTATION FOR YOU THIS MORNING, BUT

SITTING AS THE CRA, AND CITY COUNCIL, YOU SERVE DIFFERENT

GROUPS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR

OUR PRESENTATION LAST WEEK, SO I DID WANT TO JUST BRIEFLY GO

THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, SHARE THAT WITH THE CONSTITUENTS

THAT ARE HERE WITH US THIS MORNING, AND ALSO GIVE YOU A

BRIEF UPDATE ON WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED SINCE LAST WEEK,

WHERE WE ARE, AND ALSO IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK

DIRECTLY TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SO THAT WE

CAN PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE IN RELATION TO THESE

APPLICATIONS.




IF I COULD SHARE MY SCREEN, PLEASE. I WILL BRIEFLY GO

THROUGH THIS.

PLEASE CONFIRM FOR ME THAT YOU CAN SEE MY PRESENTATION.

09:58:06 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES, WE CAN SEE IT.

THANK YOU.

09:58:10 >>ABBYE FEELEY:
OKAY, THANK YOU.

SO WE HAVE KICKED OFF OUR ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR THE CDBG

AND HOME FUNDS, AND THESE ARE FEDERAL FUNDS THAT COME INTO

THE CITY.

WE DO RECEIVE ABOUT 9 TO $10 MILLION, AND SOME OF THE FUNDS

WE RECEIVE FROM HUD ARE ON A THREE YEAR CONTRACT.

SO OUR ESG AND HOPWA ON A THREE YEAR CONTRACT, AND HOME ON

AN ANNUAL.

SO THOSE ARE THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE NOW PUT AN RFP OUT AND

IT IS ON OUR WEBSITE.

THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS ON THAT ARE GOING TO BE JUNE

25th AND WE DO HAVE A TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WORKSHOP

COMING UP ON THAT ON JUNE 15th.

JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, THE CREATION OF OUR ACTION PLAN

REALLY DOES LOOK AT WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE IN RELATIONSHIP

TO THE FUND SOURCES THAT WE RECEIVE FROM HUD, AND THIS WAS A

SYNOPSIS OF EACH OF THOSE FUNDS.

THE PRIORITY NEEDS AS ESTABLISHED BY HUD INCLUDE THESE SIX,

HOUSING REHABILITATION, AND WHAT I HAVE DONE IS SHOWN WHAT

OUR CURRENT PROGRAMMATIC ASSIGNMENT IS TO THAT PRIORITY, SO




THE HOUSING REHABILITATION PRIORITY AS IDENTIFIED BY HUD, WE

CURRENTLY HAVE OUR OWNER OCCUPIED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

THAT SERVES THAT PRIORITY NEED.

HOME OWN AREA ASSISTANCE, WE DO HAVE OUR DOWN PAYMENT

ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, THE HOMEOWNER PROGRAM, TENANT

ASSISTANCE, SOME IMPROVEMENTS AND DEMOLITION, SUPPORTIVE

HOUSING OPERATIONS, WE DO HAVE HOUSING AND SERVICES FOR

HOMELESS ASSISTANCE, AND THEN OUR PUBLIC SERVICE ASSISTANCE

INCLUDES CHILD CARE, HEALTH CARE, JOB TRAINING, AND

RECREATIONAL AND EDUCATION PROGRAM.

AND THEN THERE'S JUST A BREAK DOWN OF OUR ESTIMATED FUNDING

FOR THE FISCAL YEARS 22, AND THAT IS 3.3 MILLION IN CDBG

FUNDS AND 1.7 MILLION IN HOME FUNDS.

SO IN THE TWO PROGRAMS WE ARE LOOKING TO RECEIVE REQUESTS

FOR ABOUT $5 MILLION.

THAT WOULD BE ASSIGNED TO THOSE APPLICATIONS.

HOPE WHAT AND ESG IS JUST UNDER ABOUT 5 MILLION AND THOSE

WERE THE FUNDS I MENTION TOWED OF THAT 3-YEAR CONTRACTUAL

TERM.

THEN OUR SHIP FUNDING IS FUNDING THAT COMES FROM THE STATE

OF FLORIDA.

JUST SO YOU HAVE AN IDEA ON TOTAL FUND AWARDS, THAT WILL BE

COMING IN IN A COMBINATION OF FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING.

THIS WOULD BE $15.2 MILLION.

OUR CALENDAR, WE PRESENTED BEFORE CITY COUNCIL LAST




THURSDAY.

DID MENTION TO YOU ON FRIDAY WE WOULD BE POSTING OUR RFP.

THAT IS CURRENTLY OUT ON THE ESG WEBSITE AND THAT TECHNICAL

WORKSHOP WE WILL BE HAVING ON THE 157th AND THEN

WORKSHOP QUESTIONS WHICH IS A STANDARDIZED PROCESS WILL BE

DUE TO US BY THE 18th WITH FINAL SUBMISSIONS DUE FOR

CONSIDERATION ON JUNE 25th.

WE ALSO HAVE THAT 30-DAY COMMENT PERIOD WHICH BEGINS ON JUNE

29th, AND WE WOULD COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL

ADOPTION OF THE PLAN ON JULY 29th.

AND DURING THAT TIME WE ALSO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.

THIS IS JUST A QUICK SCREEN SHOT OF OUR WEBSITE FOR ANYONE

WHO IS OUT THERE, OUR RFP IS NOW THE FIRST ITEM AT THE TOP

OF THIS PAGE.

WE ALSO CONDUCTED A CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN ADDITION TO THE

REQUEST FOR THE RFPs, AND WE EXPLAINED THAT THAT IS DONE

THROUGH A LOT OF OUR SUBCONTRACTS AND HOUSING A ASSISTANCE

PROGRAMS.

WE DO PROVIDE THOSE AGENCIES WITH OUR SURVEYS, AS WELL AS

THROUGH OUTREACH WITH THEM.

SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE PUBLIC FEEDBACK ON WHAT DO YOU

THINK THE CITY OF TAMPA'S PRIORITIES ARE IN RELATION TO

HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

I THINK WE ALL KNOW FROM MANY OF THE COMMENTS WE RECEIVE ON

A DAILY BASIS THAT IT IS MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, IS




ONE OF OUR TOP PRIORITIES.

THIS IS THE SURVEY.

WE DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT LAST WEEK.

THIS IS SENT OUT TO ALL OF OUR PARTICIPATING AGENCIES, AND

IF THERE IS ANYONE LISTENING TODAY THAT WOULD LIKE A COPY OF

THAT, WE CAN GET THAT TO THEM AS WELL.

THAT BEING SAID, AGAIN, WE REALLY JUST WANTED TO COME TO YOU

TODAY, PROVIDE THAT BRIEF PRESENTATION OF WHAT WE ALSO

PROVIDED TO COUNCIL LAST WEEK, SEE IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL

QUESTIONS, AND USE THIS AS PART OF OUR PARTICIPATION AND

PUBLIC COMMUNICATION OUTREACH.

10:03:31 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU, MS. FEELEY.

COMMENTS, QUESTIONS?

I WILL GO WITH COUNCILMAN GUDES.

10:03:38 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
THANK YOU MS. FEELEY FOR JOINING US TODAY.

WE CONTINUE TO HEAR THE COMMENTS THAT WE ARE NOT MOVING FAST

ENOUGH, THE PROCESS IS SLOWER.

MOST OF MY COUNCILMEN KNOW FROM DAY ONE I HAVE BEEN PUSHING

HOUSING.

I CAN ONLY DO WHAT I CAN DO.

SO I KNOW THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS THAT I HAVE BEEN MEETING

THAT W MS. FEELEY AND HER TEAM, WITH MS. VELEZ, BRYANT,

ATTORNEY, WASHINGTON, D.C., OUR CRA, SOME OF THE IDEAS AND

HOPES AND PLANS, I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN BRING FORWARD NEXT

MONTH BECAUSE WE DELAYED OUR PRESENTATION IF I AM NOT




MISTAKEN IN REFERENCE TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THAT DEALS WITH

ESSENTIAL WORKERS, ESSENTIAL HOUSING, WORKFORCE HOUSING,

ALSO DEALING WITH THE CHICAGO -- AND I HAVE SOME INFORMATION

IT MAY BE TRANSFORMED TO SOMETHING TO FIT OUR AREA.

ALSO LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN LOOK AT DEALING WITH WHAT WE CALL

THE HIGH-END QUALITY THAT'S COMING TO THE COMMUNITY AND

MOVING OUT THOSE FOLKS IN THOSE MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES TO

BE SEE HOW WE CAN BE ABLE TO STOP THAT.

I FOUND WE NEED TO GO THROUGH CONTRACT SERVICES, AND SOME

OTHER THINGS, AND THAT'S WHY IT WAS PUSHED BACK A LITTLE BIT

TO GIVE EVERYBODY AT THE TABLE TO COME UP WITH A REAL

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO DEAL WITH HOUSING.

WE KNOW THE MARKET IS SKYROCKETING.

AND THEY ARE COMING TO CERTAIN AREAS, BUT WE HAVE GOT TO BE

ABLE TO KIND OF STOP THAT A LITTLE BIT TO MAKE SURE THESE --

THAT WE NEED THIS TYPE OF HOUSING IN THIS AREA AND HOW THE

CITY CAN PARTNER WITH THESE DEVELOPERS.

THERE ARE MANY DEVELOPERS WHO DO WANT TO PARTNER.

BUT WE HAVE TO PUT SOME DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME

SUBSIDIES TO WHERE WE CAN HELP THEM AS WELL.

SO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT WE ARE WORKING.

I WAS AT A MEETING THE OTHER NIGHT, AND JUST SO YOU

GENTLEMEN CAN KNOW, I SAW A LARGE CROWD AND SEEMED TO BE A

LOT OF PEOPLE SO I DROVE BY, AND I WAS SITTING IN THE BACK

AND I HEARD PUBLIC COMMENT.




OH, THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

AND HAVE BEEN START LOOKING AT THE COUNCILMAN IN THE ROOM.

I GOT UP AND ASKED WHAT THE CAC OH -- I DIDN'T WANT ANY

SUNSHINE VIOLATIONS OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

AND THEY CLOSED THE MEETING FOR ME AND I WAS ABLE TO ADDRESS

A LOT OF ISSUES FOR THE COMMITTEE, LITTLE TOWN HALL THERE,

AND I WAS GLAD TO STOP BY AND HOUSING WAS A BIG CONCERN.

AND I AM HOPING THAT MS. VAN LOAN, WORKS FOR THIS BOARD, AND

I KNOW SHE'S WORKING HARD AND I KNOW SHE'S TRYING TO BRING

ON SOME PEOPLE, AND I ASKED HER TO BRING ON A SPECIFIC TEAM

TO DEAL WITH THE EAST TAMPA SITUATION, A TEAM THAT CAN DEAL

WITH REAL ESTATE, CAN DEAL WITH ALL THOSE ISSUES TO FOCUS ON

THAT MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY, A TEAM.

THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT IS OVERWORKED.

THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO GET THE THINGS OUT THAT

NEED TO GET OUT.

PERIOD.

SO TRYING TO HELP EAST TAMPA AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITIES

THERE.

THEY ARE OVER WORKED.

I FEEL BAD FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE TRYING.

BUT FOR US ON THIS CRA AND CAC FOR EAST TAMPA, WE HAVE TO

HAVE A SPECIALIZED TEAM TO BE ABLE TO HELP THOSE FOLKS TO

KICK THE CAN DOWN THE FIELD.

THEY NEED EXTRA HELP.




SO HOPEFULLY MS. VAN LOAN IS LISTENING.

I ALREADY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH HER TO BUILD A TEAM TO

DEAL WITH THAT SITUATION OVER THERE, BECAUSE OUR HOUSING

DEPARTMENT JUST CAN'T REALLY HELP US, BECAUSE THEY DON'T

HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO HELP US.

I SEE MRS. VAN LOAN HAS COME TO THE SCREEN.

DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, MRS. VAN LOAN?

10:07:26 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
ONLY IF YOU WANT A RESPONSE.

I AM HAPPY TO RESPOND ABOUT THE EAST TAMPA RE-UP PROGRAM.

OTHERWISE I AM JUST LISTENING.

10:07:38 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YOU HAVE ALREADY HEARD ME, AND AS A CRA

BOARD MEMBER YOU KNOW WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR, A TEAM TO

AGGRESSIVELY GO IN AND START DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO

ESPECIALLY WITH REHAB ON THE OTHER SIDE, WITH ABBEY AND HER

GROUP, THAT'S ANOTHER SOURCE OF THE WAY WE CAN REMODERNIZE

THAT COMMUNITY.

I JUST BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A TEAM THAT IS MOVING

FORWARD ON THAT ISSUE.

I KNOW YOU ARE TRYING TO GET SOME PEOPLE IN PLAY, SOME

THINGS TO DO THAT.

I AM HAPPY THAT YOU ARE DOING THAT.

AGAIN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET WE HAVE TO

LOOK AT GETTING THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT SOME HELP AND MAKING

SURE SOME MORE DOLLARS ARE THERE TO HELP THEM THAT ARE

NONSUBSIDIZED DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM AS WELL, HELP




OUR CITIZENS, AND AGAIN I SEE THE CAC ATTORNEY AND MS. VELEZ

WITH SOME IDEAS TO HELP WITH SOME SITUATIONS THAT WE HAVE IN

THE CITY.

10:08:28 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COUNCILMAN CARLSON.

10:08:31 >>BILL CARLSON:
JUST WANTED TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT AND SAY

THAT FOR THE PUBLIC WATCHING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING HAS BEEN A

MAJOR THRUST IF NOT THE LARGEST THRUST OF THIS CRA BOARD FOR

THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

A YEAR AGO OR SO, I THINK WE UNANIMOUSLY PASSED A MOTION TO

ASK STAFF AND THE CACs TO SPEND AT LEAST 30% OF THE MONEY

ACROSS THE CRA DISTRICTS ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR WORKFORCE

HOUSING, AND THERE'S NOT MUCH COMMUNICATION ON THAT.

I THINK BOARD MEMBER GUDES AND OTHERS ASKED FOR THE CRA

BOARD TO HAVE ITS OWN COMMUNICATION FOLKS.

BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS THE CRA FUNDING FOR HOUSING GETS CAUGHT

UP IN THE T-3 COMMUNICATION.

I THINK MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT T-3 IS BUT IT'S THE BIG

COMMUNICATION THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE CITY, AND SO CRA IS

LISTED AS JUST ONE OF THE FUNDING SOURCES FOR HOUSING.

AND I THINK TO US, THE CRA BOARD MEMBERS, THIS IS A MAJOR

INITIATIVE THAT IS CONNECTED TO THE COMMUNITY IN LOTS OF

WAYS.

AND IF YOU TOOK 30% OR MORE OF THE CRA BUDGET ACROSS ALL THE

DISTRICTS, THIS IS THE LARGEST FUNDING SOURCE FOR AFFORDABLE

HOUSING IN THE CITY OR THE COUNTY.




IT'S NOT JUST ONE OF THE FUNDING SOURCES.

IT'S POTENTIALLY THE LARGEST FUNDING SOURCE FOR AFFORDABLE

HOUSING.

I AM THINK WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF COMMUNICATING AS A

PROGRAM, CONNECTIVITY TO THE COMMUNITY, WHAT THE MONEY IS

BEING SPENT ON, THAT IT'S GRASSROOTS PROGRAMMING, AND THE

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MONEY, AND ALSO THAT IT'S DIFFERENT.

IT'S NOT THAT WE CAN'T COORDINATE WITH WHAT THE CITY IS

DOING BUT SEE THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS EXPECTATIONS OF THE CRA

TO BE VERY INVOLVED IN THIS.

THANK YOU.

10:10:17 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?

YES?

10:10:21 >> I WOULD JUST ASK IF WE COULD CHECK IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE

PUBLIC HAVE COMMENTS, SPECIFIC TO THE CITY'S ANNUAL ACTION

PLAN OR THE RELATED FEDERAL PROGRAMS.

10:10:31 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT ROOM THAT HAS ANY

QUESTIONS OR ANY COMMENTS TO THIS?

HEARING NONE AND SEEING NONE, MS. FEELEY, THANK YOU VERY

MUCH FOR THIS INFORMATION.

10:10:51 >>ABBYE FEELEY:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING US THIS

OPPORTUNITY.

HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.

10:10:57 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU.




MS. VAN LOAN, AGENDA ITEM 5 WHICH IS ACTUALLY NOW NUMBER 4.

10:11:05 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

I DO WANT TO JUST PIGGYBACK OFF OF THE DISCUSSION.

THE CAC VOTED TO HAVE THEIR OWN REHAB, REHABILITATION

PROGRAM FOR SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

IT WAS REFERRED TO THE HOUSING SUBCOMMITTEE.

AND THAT HOUSING SUBCOMMITTEE HEADED BY DENISE PATE HAS BEEN

WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY TO CREATE A PROGRAM THAT IS A

STAND-ALONE PROGRAM FROM THE HOUSING DIVISION THAT CAN MEET

THE EAST TAMPA NEEDS, NOT BE AS RESTRICTIVE BECAUSE OUR

FUNDS ARE NOT AS RESTRICTIVE, AND TRY TO MAKE THE PROGRAM AS

ACCESSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY AS POSSIBLE.

NORMALLY THE PROCESS WOULD BE TO DEVELOP THE PROGRAM AND

THEN SPEND SEVERAL MONTHS DEVELOPING THE RFP.

MS. PATE AND STAFF ESPECIALLY MARTHA SPARKS HAS THE

APPLICATIONS IN PLACE, INTERVIEWED THE SCOPE TO HAVE A THIRD

PARTY PROVIDE THEN RUN THAT PROGRAM FOR US SO THAT WE HAVE

THAT CAPACITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN IT IS UP AND RUNNING,

WE CAN RUN IT EFFICIENTLY, EFFECTIVE AND QUICKLY FOR OUR

RESIDENTS.

SO AS MS. PATE ALSO BROUGHT UP AT THE TUESDAY NIGHT MEETING,

THAT DRAFT PROGRAM IS NOW BEING FINALIZED BETWEEN SHE AND

THE STAFF AND HER COMMITTEE AND IS READY TO GO TO THE CAC

JULY 6th FOR APPROVAL, AND THEN TO ALL OF YOU ON JULY

22ND, AND AS SOON AS THAT HAPPENS WE WILL BE READY FOR THE




RFP APPROVALS SO THAT WE CAN GO OUT FOR BID FOR THAT THIRD

PARTY PROVIDER AND GET THAT PROGRAM MOVING.

SO IT HAS BEEN A LOT OF DILIGENT WORK, AND THEY HAVE BEEN

TRYING TO DO ALL THE WORK ALTOGETHER SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE

AN APPROVAL WAIT TWO MONTHS AND APPROVAL AND WAIT TWO

MONTHS, BUT WE ARE ON THE VERGE OF HAVING THAT PROGRAM

ROLLED OUT.

10:12:55 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU.

10:12:55 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
WITH THAT WE WILL MOVE ONTO OUR STAFF

REPORTS FOR THIS MONTH.

WE DID A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE UP AT THE BEGINNING OF MAY,

I SAW THE MAYOR'S MESSAGE ABOUT WHAT SHE'S ACCOMPLISHED AND

THE CITY HAS ACCOMPLISHED AND EVERYONE HAS WORKED FOR, FOR

THE PAST TWO YEARS, AND OUR STAFF COMES EVERY MONTH, AND

REPORTS TO YOU THE ACTIVITY OF THE MONTH.

BUT I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL IF WE ALSO REPORTED TO

YOU AN OVERALL ACCOMPLISHMENTS SINCE YOU TOOK OFFICE MAY

1st AND WITH THAT I WILL BRING UP BRENDA THROWER ON OUR

CRA ACCOMPLISHMENTS STARTING WITH EAST TAMPA.

10:13:30 >> GOOD MORNING.

BRENDA THROWER, THE INTERIM EAST TAMPA CRA MANAGER.

I AM HAPPY TO KICK OFF THE REPORTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT,

HIGHLIGHT ACCOMPLISHMENTS OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, AND IF

YOU COULD BRING UP THE PowerPoint, I WOULD APPRECIATE

THAT.




THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO THE FIRST, AS EAST TAMPA, THE FIRST HIGHLIGHT I WANT TO

TALK ABOUT IS THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN.

SINCE 2009, 12 YEARS AGO WAS THE LAST STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN

THAT WAS DONE FOR EAST TAMPA, SO IT'S VERY EXCITING THAT WE

ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT NOW.

IT'S GREAT TIMING.

WE HAVE A CONSULTANT THAT HAS WORKED VERY WELL WITH THE

COMMUNITY.

HE HAS CREATED AND HIS TEAM A VERY ENGAGING PROCESS, AND

THERE HAS JUST BEEN -- I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED

WITH THIS PROGRAM AND THIS PROCESS, AND WE HOPE TO HAVE

SOMETHING SOON COMING BACK TO YOU THAT WILL KIND OF TELL YOU

WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BE GOING WITH THE SAP.

THE FINAL COMPLETION THIS FALL OF 2021 ACCORDING TO HIS

SCHEDULE.

SO THAT IS THE FIRST ACCOMPLISHMENT.

THE SECOND IS JUST THROUGH COVID, I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT

THAT WE HAVE CONTINUED TO HOLD MEETINGS AND EMBRACE NEW

TECHNOLOGY TO PROVIDE A VIRTUAL PLATFORM FOR THE CAC, THE

PARTNERSHIP AND THE EIGHT COMMITTEES.

SO WE DO THIS IN ADDITION TO IN-PERSON.

IN IS REALLY AS A RESULT -- HAS RESULTED IN MORE INVOLVEMENT

AND PARTICIPATION IN THE MEETINGS AND SUBCOMMITTEES, AND

COUNCILMAN GUDES JUST MENTIONED THE OTHER DAY HOW BUSY OUR




MEETING WAS.

IT'S MUCH DIFFERENT NOW THAT WE ARE ABLE TO REALLY REACH OUT

TO FOLKS AND HAVE THEM COME IN PERSON AND VIRTUALLY.

THE NEXT SLIDE, I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE FRO GRANT

PROGRAMS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE THE LAST TWO YEARS.

WE HAVE THE TREE TRIMMING GRANT PROGRAM, A NEW ONE, AIMED TO

HELP RESIDENTS.

IT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY POPULAR, AND WAS LAUNCHED IN 2020, 450

APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN PROCESSED AT A FUNDING LEVEL OF

700,000, AND THE CAC WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS PROGRAM CONTINUE

INTO NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

SO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THE OTHER ONE IS JUST ONE THAT SOME PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW

ABOUT BUT IT'S STILL THERE, IT'S ON GOING SINCE 2009,

COMMERCIAL FACADE PROGRAM.

EAST TAMPA ALWAYS HAS SEVERAL APPLICATIONS A YEAR AND THAT

IS A GOOD ONE TO HELP EXISTING BUSINESSES REHAB THEIR

BUILDINGS.

IT GOT A LITTLE SLOW DURING COVID BUT I NOTICED IN THE

OFFICE WE HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST AND APPLICATIONS COMING IN

NOW.

SO THAT ONE IS STILL VERY ACTIVE.

MOVING RIGHT ALONG, OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS, TWO INITIATIVES

THAT HAVE HELPED WITH THAT BLIGHT AND BEAUTIFY EAST TAMPA,

HAVE OBVIOUSLY BEEN THE DEBRIS REMOVAL AND DEMOLITION THAT




WE HAVE BEEN PARTAKING WITH IN THE DISTRICT WITH THE CODE

ENFORCEMENT TEAM.

THERE ARE MANY, MANY VACANT CONDEMNED STRUCTURES THAT ARE

VERY PROBLEMATIC FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO WE ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL CRA FUNDS THAT HAVE HELPED

REMOVE THESE VACANT CONDEMNED STRUCTURES, AND YOU CAN SEE

THERE ARE SOME STATISTICS THERE OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE THE

PAST TWO YEARS.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES UNIT, THIS HAS

REALLY PROVIDED THE NEEDED FOLLOW-UP TO SOLVE CHRONIC ISSUES

THAT ARE FACING EAST TAMPA, DETECTIVE WILLIAMS IS OUR

CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL DETECTIVE, HAS REALLY BEEN WORKING

VERY CLOSELY WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES TO COMBAT

ILLEGAL DUMPING, THAT'S BEEN THE HIGHLIGHT, ALONG WITH SOME

OTHER ISSUES.

HE WAS JUST RECENTLY HONORED AS THE COMMUNITY POLICE OFFICER

OF THE YEAR FOR HIS EFFORTS SO MUCH THAT WAS AN

ACCOMPLISHMENT OF OUR PROGRAM.

IN ADDITION AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THIS.

I WON'T BELABOR IT.

YOU KNOW IT'S A TOP PRIORITY FOR THE CAC, THE COMMUNITY,

YOUR BOARD, EVERYONE HAS GOT THEIR EYE ON THIS.

OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, FUNDING HAS BEEN EARMARKED FOR THE

PROGRAM.




SO YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE WHERE THE FUNDING HAS KIND OF

GONE TO REALLY PIGGYBACK ON CITY HOUSING GRANT PROGRAMS,

AFFORDABLE HOUSING REHAB AND THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE

PROGRAM.

BUT OVER THE PAST YEAR WITH THE HOUSING COMMITTEE, THEY HAVE

ACTIVELY WORKED ON IMPROVING THE ACCESS -- I'M SORRY, THE

ACCESS TO PROGRAMS AND DEVELOPING THE ADDITIONAL HOUSING

GRANT PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS NEEDS.

MS. VAN LOAN JUST MENTIONED THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO BE

COMING FORWARD ON JULY 5th.

WE ARE EXCITED TO PRESENT THAT TO THE CAC AND TO YOU NEXT

MONTH.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, LAND ACQUISITION, LAND ACQUISITION IS

ANOTHER PRIORITY OF THE CAC.

IT HAS BEEN AN ONGOING EFFORT OVER THE YEARS.

THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL PROPERTIES ACQUIRED INCLUDING THE ONE

ON THIS SLIDE.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED RECENTLY AS WE ARE

GOING OVER THE BUDGET, AND THE CAC, AND I KNOW THE CRA BOARD

IS INTERESTED IN PURCHASING MORE PROPERTY FOR REDEVELOPMENT

PURSE PURPOSES.

MOVING ALONG, A COUPLE MORE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, 34th

STREET, OBVIOUSLY THE ROUNDABOUTS WERE COMPLETED DURING THIS

PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, ALONG 34th STREET.

THERE WERE THREE OF THEM.




NOW THEY SIT THERE WITH NOTHING IN THE MIDDLE AND THAT'S

WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON WITH OUR PUBLIC ART DIVISION.

THE COMMUNITY, THEY WORKED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY HAVE

HAD AN INITIAL MEETING AND THEY WILL BE BRINGING THESE

COMMENTS BACK TO THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE BEFORE GOING

TO THE CAC AND THE CRA BOARD BEFORE APPROVAL AND CONTRACT

WITH THE ARTIST.

THAT'S MOVING ALONG.

YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, AGAIN, WE HAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD

DIVISION ONLY HIRES EVERY YEAR FOR THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM.

HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE IN ITS 15th YEAR, THE PAST TWO YEARS,

96 YOUTH HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT PROGRAM.

LAST WEEK, ACTUALLY THE CAC WELCOMED AT THEIR MEETING 36

YOUTH FOR THIS YEAR, AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION.

SO THAT PROGRAM IS STILL ONGOING AND DOING WELL.

THERE ALSO IS THE NEW PROGRAM, THE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY WHICH

YOU APPROVED LAST MONTH -- I'M SORRY, THE MONTH BEFORE.

THIS ONE IS OBVIOUSLY AIMED AT MORE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND

MENTORSHIP.

THERE WAS WHEN THE CAC MET WITH THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM,

THEY DID SHARE THIS PROGRAM WITH THEM AS WELL SO THEY COULD

ACTUALLY GO THROUGH ONE PROGRAM AND THEN ENTER INTO ANOTHER

ONE.

THEY ARE RECRUITING RIGHT NOW FOR THE CLASS OF 22 AND

THERE'S AN FINALIZATION TO HIRE A PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THAT.




MOVING RIGHT ALONG, STREET RESURFACING.

I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS THAT

CONTINUE TO TAKE PLACE IN EAST TAMPA.

HERE IS ONE THAT'S TALKING ABOUT STREET RESURFACING.

THERE WAS A FIVE-YEAR PLAN IN PLACE, WE ARE ON THE LAST PART

OF THAT PLAN TO COMPLETE THAT PROJECT.

THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF SOUTHEAST SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, AND

EVERYTHING IN RED IS WHAT HAS BEEN DONE AND COMPLETED.

ALSO, THERE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE IN SOUTHEAST SEMINOLE HEIGHTS

WHERE THEY DID SIDEWALKS.

OF COURSE THERE WAS AN ASSESSMENT TO BEGIN WITH.

AND THEN THERE IS A MAP THAT SHOWS LOCATIONS OF WHERE PRIOR

IMPROVEMENTS WERE NEEDED.

THOSE SIDEWALKS ARE A DEFINITE NEED AND PRIORITY IN THE

NEIGHBORHOODS FOR SAFETY PURPOSES.

THESE AREAS ALSO INCLUDE THE ADA RAMPS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN

ALL THESE SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS.

EVERYTHING IN RED ON THAT SLIDE AGAIN HAS BEEN COMPLETED,

AND WE FUNDED A LITTLE OVER $500,000 FOR THIS PROGRAM.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS NOTABLE EVENTS, CELEBRATING

SUCCESSES, THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN EAST TAMPA.

THERE HAVE BEEN BUSINESSES THAT HAVE OPENED UP IN THE PAST

COUPLE YEARS THAT'S ONGOING.

RIBBON CUTTINGS.

WE ARE STARTING TO CELEBRATE THOSE, INVITED TO THOSE WITH




THE COMMUNITY, AND IN ADDITION, WE HAVE HAD TWO HISTORIC

CIGAR FACTORIES, SIGNIFICANT ONES, THE JC NEWMAN AND THE

GARCIA.

AND THE PERFECTO GARCIA WHICH SAT THERE INFORM MANY, MANY

YEARS IS BEING RESTORED SO THAT'S EXCITING.

THEN SOME CREATIVE PROJECTS, THE MAYOR'S ART ON THE BLOCK

HAPPENED IN EAST TAMPA.

LAST YEAR.

OR, SORRY, TWO YEARS AGO.

AND ALSO THE COMMUNITY GARDENS, IS KIND OF A QUIET THING

THAT HAPPENED THAT IS OUT THERE AND IS A PROGRAM THAT IS

VERY VISIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY, AND WE COMMEND THAT GROUP FOR

WHAT THEY DO TO BRING TO MAKE EAST TAMPA MORE HEALTHY AND SO

FORTH.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL ANSWER OR WE WILL GO TO THE

NEXT SPEAKER WHICH IS VALERIE.

10:22:47 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?

COUNCILMAN GUDES.

10:22:53 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
JUST THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU HAVE BEEN

DOING.

I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LITTLE CHALLENGING OVER THERE SINCE YOU

HAD TO FILL IN.

BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR HANGING IN THERE AND REALLY

TRYING TO GET A STRUCTURE IN PLACE TO BE ORGANIZED UNTIL WE




GET THAT EAST TAMPA PERMANENT MANAGER THERE.

SO THANK YOU TO YOU AND MARTHA FOR KEEPING THE RELATIONSHIP

WITH THE CAC AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS GOING.

I KNOW IT'S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT.

I KNOW I HAVE THE BROCHURE THAT MS. CASKILL GAVE.

IS ALL OF THESE WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE CAC COMMITTEES AND

BOARD.

SO YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WITH EXPERTISE AND THOSE COMMITTEES

FROM MRS. CASKILL'S GROUP AND MAYBE GET THESE PROCESSES

STARTED WHERE PEOPLE HAVE THOSE EXPERTISE AND SKILLS TO

START MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

SO AGAIN THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

10:23:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?

THANK YOU.

10:23:55 >> THANK YOU.

10:23:57 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCILMAN VIERA HAS TO

LEAVE.

HE NEEDS TO TAKE HIS SON FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION.

10:24:10 >> GOOD MORNING.

VALERIE FERRILL, DOWNTOWN CHANNEL DISTRICT, CENTRAL PARK AND

TAMPA HEIGHTS RIVERFRONT CRA URBAN DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.

AND IF WE COULD PLEASE SWITCH TO THE PRESENTATION, I WILL

BEGIN.

AND NOT TO BELABOR ANYONE WITH DETAILS FROM OUR SLIDE, I

WILL JUST REVIEW SOME HIGHLIGHTS HERE.




I ORGANIZED MINE BY YEAR AND I WILL START WITH DOWNTOWN CRA.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS PRECOVID, 2019

ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND CERTAINLY THE ACTIVITIES OF DOWNTOWN

WERE CERTAINLY VERY BUSY, AND THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF SPP

AND WATER STREET WORK, THE FIRST ACCOMPLISHMENTS WERE REALLY

NOTABLE AT THE JW MARRIOTT, THE COMPLETION OF THE HOTEL, OR

AT LEAST THE MAJORITY OF THAT WORK REALLY WAS SIGNIFICANT AT

THAT TIME.

USF MORSANI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST

BUILDINGS COMPLETED, AND THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK WAS

COMPLETED, OR AT THE BEGINNING OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE WORK

WAS REALLY UNDERWAY.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THERE IS A CORRECTION, HRI

PROPERTIES DID NOT COMPLETE THE HOTEL.

THE HYATT HAD JUST BROKEN GROUND SO THAT WAS FORMERLY THE

JACKSON STREET CITY PARKING LOT.

SO ANOTHER NOTABLE COMMENT TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SLIDE,

YOU WILL SEE THE NUMEROUS EVENTS THAT ARE STILL UNDERWAY

BEFORE COVID AND THE CRA WAS CERTAINLY A PROUD SPONSOR OF

THAT.

THERE WERE CO-SPONSORSHIPS AWARDED FOR ALL OF THESE, ABOUT

$80,000 IN MARKETING AND PROMOTIONS ALLOCATED FOR THESE

TYPES MUCH EVENTS AND WE WERE PROUD TO BE A CO-SPONSOR FOR

SOME OF THOSE.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT $4.3 MILLION WERE




ALLOCATED FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER LOAN, AND YOU CAN SEE

THERE SOME OF THE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE

COMPLETED IN THAT AREA.

THE HARPOON HARRY'S RESTAURANT, THE GRAY'S FISH CAMP AND THE

SAIL PLAZA ALL HAD OPENED IN THAT YEAR AS PART OF THE FIRST

SECOND PHASES OF THAT RENOVATION PLAN.

ALSO $6 MILLION WERE ALLOCATED TOWARDS THE WATER STREET

INFRASTRUCTURE MASTER PLAN.

WE SAW THAT RISE OUT OF THE ASHES SO TO SPEAK FROM THE

CONSTRUCTION AND DUST SO THAT WAS CERTAINLY EXCITING.

EVEN THOUGH MOST OF DOWNTOWN WAS VACATED IN MARCH, AS

EVERYONE WENT TO GO WORK FROM HOME, 1001 WATER STREET WAS

BECOMING A REALITY AND THE GARAGE NEXT DOOR, THE HART WAS

LAUNCHING ITS AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE ALONG THE MARION

TRANSITWAY, AND THIS WAS ALL DURING COVID SO MANY OF US LEFT

DOWNTOWN, AND AS WE SLOWLY BEGAN TO RETURN, WE SAW THESE NEW

STRUCTURES TAKING SHAPE, AND REALLY THE PREMISE RETURNING TO

DOWNTOWN LOOKED VERY DIFFERENTLY.

THE HENRY TOWER WAS BEGINNING CONSTRUCTION.

MODERA WAS UNDERWAY NEXT TO THE STRAZ CENTER.

AND WE HAD WE HAD A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE WORK GOING ON

AROUND THE ADR TOWER AND THE ROAD WORK AS CASS AND TYLER.

SO THOSE INVESTMENTS WERE APPROXIMATELY $4.2 MILLION

ACCORDING TO OUR BUDGET ALLOCATIONS.

WE HAD AN ADDITIONAL 4.2 MILLION ALLOCATED TO THE CONVENTION




CENTER LOAN REPAYMENT.

ANOTHER 5 MILLION ALLOCATED TO THE SPP/WATER STREET

INVESTMENT, AND THE CROSS BAY FERRY HAD ITS FIRST YEAR IN

2020.

THAT WAS ABOUT 150,000 THAT THE CITY AND COUNTY, IT WAS THE

FOUR-PARTY AGREEMENT BETWEEN PINELLAS AND ST. PETERSBURG AS

WELL AS HILLSBOROUGH AND CITY OF TAMPA BEGAN THAT FIRST

TWO-YEAR AGREEMENT IN 2020.

AND HERE I WOULD JUST LIKE TO NOTE, THIS WAS POSTED ON

SOCIAL MEDIA, I LEAVE URBAN TAMPA BAY, OUR FRIENDS TOOK THIS

NICE SHOT OF GOOGLE EARTH TO SHOW US THE PROGRESS OF WATER

STREET, AND YOU CAN SEE BEFORE AND AFTER BETWEEN 2018, PRIOR

TO REALLY ANY WORK BEING DONE, AND 2020 WHILE IT'S IN

PROGRESS.

JUST THE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK THAT HAD MADE WAY DURING

THE TIME OF 20 IS IT AND 2020.

SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU ALL ON THIS PROGRESS

REPORT.

AND THANK YOU TO OUR FRIENDS URBAN TAMPA BAY FOR POSTING

THAT IN A TIMELY FASHION.

2021 IN DOWNTOWN, WE HAD THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF ONE ASHLEY

TOWER BEING SUBMITTED FOR PERMITTING.

OF THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT FOR DOWNTOWN, A

SIGNIFICANT SITE.

WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE THAT COME THROUGH AND BEGIN




CONSTRUCTION SOON.

AS I MENTIONED EARLIER IN 2019, THAT THE ROAD WORK BEGAN AT

McKENNIS, CASS AND TYLER.

THAT IS COMPLETED NOW AROUND THE NEW AER TOWER.

AND WE HAVE THE LIGHTS ON TAMPA ART INSTALLATION CHANNELSIDE

DRIVE AND HARBOUR ISLAND AND BRIDGE/RIVERWALK.

THOSE ARE MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS WE SAW JUST IN THE FIRST SIX

MONTHS OF 2021.

GOING AGAIN GOING TO BUDGET NUMBERS WE HAVE 4.1 MILLION

ALLOCATED FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER LOAN REPAYMENT, SPP

RECEIVED ANOTHER 5 MILLION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE WORK, THOSE

SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS ARE STILL ONGOING, HERMAN MASSEY IS

ALLOCATED OF COURSE FOR THIS YEAR, THE PARK RENOVATION, KITT

MASON IS ALLOCATED FOR THIS YEAR, WE HAVE ANOTHER 50,000 FOR

CO-SPONSORSHIPS AS EVENTS ARE COMING BACK ONLINE.

CROSS BAY FERRY IS STILL FUNDED FOR $150,000 AND WE BEGAN A

COMMUNITY POLICING INITIATIVE WHICH IS BEING DISCUSSED AND

FORMULATED AS WE SPEAK.

I WILL MOVE INTO CHANNEL DISTRICT.

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?

HOW FAR ON DESIGN, BUILD?

10:30:15 >> I DO KNOW THAT IT IS DDR REVIEW AT LEAST IN THE SUBMITTAL

PHASE OR IN THE REVIEW PROCESS BUT I CAN BRING A MORE




THOROUGH REPORT AT NEXT MONTH'S MEETING.

I CAN ACTUALLY SEND AN E-MAIL UPDATE BY THIS AFTERNOON AS

WELL.

10:30:30 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
WE HAVE BEEN HOLDING THAT FOR A WHILE.

KIDS IN THE AREA IN SUMMERTIME.

WE NEED TO START MOVING ON THAT FASTER IF WE CAN.

I KNOW IT'S A PROCESS BUT WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS FOR

A LONG TIME.

NUMBER TWO, I DON'T KNOW IF IT MIGHT BE A COUNCIL QUESTION.

I KNOW THE HOTEL THAT WENT UP ACROSS THE STREET FROM CITY

HALL.

I REMEMBER THERE WAS A DEAL I THOUGHT WAS PERMANENT, SOME

PARKING SPACES WOULD BE UTILIZED FOR THIS BUILDING OVER

THERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT CHANGED OR SOMETHING HAPPENED WITH

THAT, OR THE DEAL CHANGE.

BUT I THOUGHT WHEN IT WAS BOUGHT AND SOLD A DEAL WHAT MADE

THAT THERE WOULD BE PARKING FOR CITY STAFF, ESPECIALLY THIS

OFFICE OVER HERE FOR EMPLOYEES OF THAT BUILDING OVER THERE

IN THE PARKING LOT OVER THERE, WITH THE NEW BUILDING

STRUCTURE.

SO IF YOU CAN FIND OUT ABOUT THAT.

I AM CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.

BECAUSE PEOPLE ASKED ME ABOUT THAT.

BUT THEY REMEMBERED THE DALE, PARKING WOULD BE PROVIDED FOR




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.

THIS BEGINS IN 20 IS IT.

2019.

I WILL GO THROUGH THESE VERY QUICKLY.

CAC REPORTED ON THOSE IN THE CHANNEL DISTRICT.

THEY HAVE SEEN AS MUCH ACTIVITY AS DOWNTOWN DUE TO THE

RESPONSIVENESS OF THE MARKET AND THE PROXIMITY, THE

LOCATION, AND OF COURSE IT'S A HOT MARKET, IN CHANNEL

DISTRICT AS WELL.

I WILL JUST INDICATE THAT CHANNEL CLUB APARTMENTS HAS NOT

ONLY OPENED NEW RESIDENTIAL BUT THEY ALSO RECEIVED THE

PUBLIX, AND I KNOW THAT'S A HOT PLACE TO VISIT FOR LUNCH

TIME.

I HAVE GONE THERE MYSELF, AND IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO VISIT.

THE HAMPTON INN AND HOME SUITES OPENED THE SAME YEAR AND I

DO KNOW THAT WASHINGTON STREET PARK IS A VERY FOCAL POINT

FOR A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA.

WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING SOME REFRESH ELEMENTS WITH THE CDCA

WHICH IS THE COMMUNITY DISTRICT COMMUNITY ALLIANCE.

REFERRING I WANT TO POINT OUT THE CHAIRMAN DISTRICT DONATES




TO THE STREET A CAR $1500.00 EACH YEAR, THEY HAVE 85,000 IN

PROMOTIONAL CO-SPONSORSHIP FUNDS.

THERE WERE A LOT OF ACTIVITIES HAPPENING PRIOR TO COVID.

AND IN THIS YEAR THERE WAS 5.8 MILLION DEDICATED TO THE

PLANNING AND DESIGN OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE WORK WHICH IS WHAT

YOU SEE NOW AT CHANNELSIDE DRIVE AND SOME OF THE OTHER ROADS

THAT OUR CHAIR MENTIONED EARLIER, MRS. CURTIS DISCUSSED ALL

OF THE ROADS THAT ARE BEING FINALIZED FOR CONSTRUCTION IN

THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

SO THAT BEGAN IN 20 IS IT.

THAT JUST PROVES THAT PLANNING AND ENGINEERING CAN TAKE

QUITE SOME TIME AND MONEY AS WELL.

MOVING ONTO THE 2020 MERCURY ADVISORS OF COURSE ANNOUNCED

THEIR MADISON STREET -- I'M SORRY, THEIR PARC MADISON

PROJECT AND I DO HAVE A TYPO HERE.

IT'S ACTUALLY THE CORNER OF MADISON STREET AND TWIGGS, NOT

AT KENNEDY BOULEVARD.

WE ARE ALSO VERY PROUD TO OPEN MADISON STREET PARK.

ALTHOUGH IT WAS COVID, WE WEREN'T ACTUALLY ABLE TO

CELEBRATE. I DID PUT IN THE RIBBON CUTTING HERE.

THAT DIDN'T OCCUR UNTIL 2021 BECAUSE THERE'S MY BRIGHT AND

SHINY FACE IN THE MIDDLE AND I DIDN'T JOIN YOU ALL UNTIL

THIS YEAR.

SO THAT WAS COMMITTING TO AT LEAST CELEBRATE IT BUT

OFFICIALLY IT OPENED DURING COVID.




SOME OTHER EXCITING THINGS HAPPENED.

SPARKMAN WHARF OPENED AND INCREASED ACTIVITY AT THE SOUTH

END OF THE DISTRICT FOR RETAIL USERS.

I THINK SPARKMAN WHARF HAD SIGNIFICANT SUCCESS BECAUSE OF

THE OUTDOOR SPACING AND THE ABILITY TO STILL USE THOSE

RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS SPACE WAS COVID SPACING AND.

10:34:17 >>ABBYE FEELEY:
FELT SAVE TO SO ENJOY THOSE ACTIVITIES.

SO GOING THROUGH THE NUMBERS 7.9 MILLION IN INFRASTRUCTURE

ENGINEERING AND PLANNING.

THERE WERE TWO PROJECTS THAT WERE COMPLETED IN THIS YEAR.

THEY WERE ON 11th STREET AND 12th WITHIN KIND OF THE

CORE OF THE DISTRICT.

AND THEN ANOTHER $150,000 WENT TO THE STREETCAR ALLOCATION,

PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES WERE AT 50,000 ALTHOUGH NOT MUCH WAS

GOING ON, BUT THE FOOD TRUCK EVENT DID STILL CONTINUE TO

HAVE SOME EVENTS DURING COVID JUST BECAUSE IT WAS OUTSIDE.

AND IN 2021, OUR CHAIR MRS. CURTIS MENTIONED WE ARE EXCITED

TO KICK OFF AND CONTINUE WITH THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS

OF OUR STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN AND REDEVELOPMENT PLAN UPDATE,

AND HAS BEEN ACTIVELY ENGAGING ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS, OUR

NEIGHBORS, AND RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORS IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THAT CONTINUES TO BE A HIGHLIGHT FOR 2021.

SPARKMAN WHARF IS A HIGH RISE ONLY TO SHOW THAT THEY ARE

CONTINUING TO BRING NEW BUSINESSES TO THE COMMUNITY.

OUR CHAIR MENTIONED ALSO OTHER BUSINESSES ARE COMING TO THE




COMMUNITY AS WELL IN OTHER LOCATIONS.

SO I AM JUST GOING TO SKIP RIGHT TO THAT, OR I AM GOING TO

CONCLUDE WITH CHANNEL DISTRICT AND ASK FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

10:35:39 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?

PLEASE PROCEED.

COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER?

10:35:48 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
YES, SIR.

THANK YOU.

CAN YOU PUT UP THAT LAST SLIDE?

THE ONE THAT SHOWED -- I THINK IT SHOWED THE CHANNELSIDE.

SO ARE THOSE THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF CONSTRUCTION THAT THE

CRA AND THE CITY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF

YEARS?

10:36:20 >> THIS IS JUST THE PROJECT MAP FOR CHANNELSIDE DRIVE.

SO CHANNELSIDE DRIVE HAS DIFFERENT PHASES, JUST TO ALLOW THE

CONTRACTOR TO WORK IN DIFFERENT SECTIONS AT A TIME.

SO THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE PLANNED ARE ON OTHER STREETS

AS WELL SO WE HAVE OTHER PROJECTS PLANNED FOR WHITING,

CUMBERLAND, AND SOME OF THE OTHER NORTH-SOUTH INTERIOR

STREETS AS WELL.

THOSE ARE NOT IDENTIFIED ON THIS MAP.

10:36:43 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
SO IN REGARDS TO THOSE SPACES, ARE ALL

THOSE ALREADY DONE?

10:36:52 >> NO.

NO, THEY ARE NOT.




AND FORGIVE ME, I DON'T HAVE A CURRENT CONSTRUCTION UPDATE.

I BELIEVE THAT THE CONTRACTOR IS WORKING INTO PHASE 1 AND 2.

THEY ARE WORKING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD.

I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE REALLY ENGAGED IN PHASE 3 AT

THIS TIME.

BUT I CAN CONFIRM THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S CORRECTED

BY THE END OF THIS MEETING.

10:37:13 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
OKAY.

AND I KNOW MR. CHAIRMAN WANTS TO WAIT AND DO ITEM 7 WHEN WE

DO ITEM 7, BUT JUST IN TERMS OF MAP, WHERE IS THE 5 AND 7

CONSTRUCTION?

WHICH ONE ON THIS MAP?

10:37:32 >> ITEM 7 WOULD BE -- IT'S NOT ON THIS MAP BUT IT WOULD BE

TO THE RIGHT OF THE GREEN SECTION OF PHASE 3.

AND A LITTLE BIT OF PHASE 4.

SO THE ROUNDABOUT, THE CIRCLE THAT WERE GREEN AND BLUE

TOUCH, IT WOULD BE IMMEDIATELY TO THE RIGHT OF THAT.

AND A SMALL PORTION OF IT IS AFFECTING OF COURSE THE YORK

STREET, WHICH IS TECHNICALLY COVERED UNDER THE WORK ORDERS

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

GET TO ITEM 7?

10:38:14 >> YES.




10:38:15 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
OKAY.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

10:38:17 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU TO. PUT IT MORE SPECIFICALLY, I

BELIEVE IT'S SOUTH PART OF THE AQUARIUM PARKING?

10:38:23 >> CORRECT.

10:38:24 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

PLEASE CONTINUE.

10:38:26 >> MOVING INTO TAMPA HEIGHTS RIVERFRONT CRA, THIS IS AN

ACTIVE CRA WITH ONE PRIMARY DEVELOPER BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE

CITY'S WATERWORKS PARK THAT WAS COMPLETED IN 2019.

AGAIN, THIS IS A PROJECT WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE

CONSTRUCTION HAS JUST COME UP OUT OF THE GROUND, AND WE HAVE

SEEN A LOT OF PROGRESS SINCE 20 IS IT.

SO YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THIS JUST LITERALLY COMING OUT OF

THE GROUND.

THE NEW CO-SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM AGAIN WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL IN

2019.

A LOT OF EVENTS WERE HAPPENING.

YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE LAST BULLET POINT.

THE RIVERWALK IS AN ATTRACTER TO PEOPLE AND THEY ENJOY

HAVING EVENTS.

FRIEND OF THE RIVERWALK ARE CERTAINLY A BIG SUPPORTER AND

PLANNER OF THOSE ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS WITH OUR PARKS AND

RECREATION TEAM.

HOWEVER, AS YOU SEE IN 2020, THOSE DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAPPEN




AS MUCH.

SO THEY ARE RETURNING, 2021, WE ARE BRINGING SOME OF THOSE

EVENTS BACK, AND I DO KNOW THAT FRIENDS OF THE RIVERWALK HAS

ANNOUNCED THAT THEY ARE DOING THEIR FOURTH OF JULY EVENTS,

THE MAYOR JUST ANNOUNCED THE BOOM ON THE BAY, SO WE ARE VERY

EXCITED TO SEE THOSE RETURNING IN 2020.

ARMATURE WORKS AND THE HEIGHTS STILL HAVE ACTIVITIES, SO WE

ARE EXCITED TO SEE THAT THEY HOSTED EVENTS AT ARMATURE WORKS

AND THE HEIGHTS MARKET CONTINUED TO KEEP THEIR FOOD VENDORS

ENGAGED WITH COVID RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE.

SO THE OUTDOOR SPACE STILL WAS CONDUCIVE FOR SPACING BUT IT

WAS A DIFFICULT YEAR, I THINK, FOR MANY PEOPLE.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO JUST CONGRATULATE THEM FOR STILL ENGAGING

AND KEEPING THEIR BUSINESSES OPEN IN SOME CAPACITY.

AND IN 2021 OF COURSE THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT CAME WITH THE

HEIGHTS UNION BUILDING SIGNING THEIR MAJOR LEASE WITH PFIZER

BRINGING THIS EMPLOYER TO THE AREA, WHICH WILL IN TURN BRING

AN ECONOMIC ENGINE THAT BENEFITS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

SO WITH THAT, I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES TAMPA HEIGHTS.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON TAMPA HEIGHTS RIVERFRONT?

10:40:30 >> ANY QUESTIONS?

COUNCILMAN CARLSON.

10:40:35 >>BILL CARLSON:
I KNOW THIS WAS BEFORE YOUR TIME AND IT WAS

BEFORE MY TIME.

DO YOU KNOW IF ARMATURE WORKS WAS PAID FOR THE BY THE CITY?




10:40:47 >> IT WAS NOT BID PAY BY THE CRA.

I KNOW THERE WERE SOME LAND EXCHANGES THAT WERE ASSISTED BY

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

GIVE US?

10:41:07 >> YES.

I WILL MOVE ON TO CENTRAL PARK.

CENTRAL PARK OF COURSE ALSO ANOTHER SMALLER CRA THAT'S

REALLY GETTING SOME MOMENTUM NOW, BUT IN 2019 TAMPA HOUSING

AUTHORITY IS OUR MAJOR PARTNER HERE.

THEY COMPLETED THE TEMPLE APARTMENTS, A LOT OF LAND

TRANSACTIONS AND PROMOTIONS THAT WERE GOING ON IN THAT YEAR,

THAT RENOVATION OF THE HISTORIC ST. JAMES CHURCH WAS

COMPLETED, AND A LOT OF JUST ANNOUNCEMENTS OF NEW PARTNERS

WERE OCCURRING.

SO I PUT THE SITE MAP THERE TO REMIND EVERYONE OF WHAT

BUILDINGS WERE ONGOING AND/OR COMPLETED BY THE HOUSING

AUTHORITY JUST AS A REMINDER BUT THERE ARE STILL SEVERAL

MORE AVAILABLE.

SO THAT'S STILL IN PROGRESS AS WE MOVE INTO 2020.

HERE ARE A FEW AERIAL PHOTOS TO REMIND US OF WHAT POTENTIAL

LIES WITHIN CENTRAL PARK BECAUSE OF ITS PROXIMITY TO

DOWNTOWN, AND ITS CONNECTIVITY TO THE HISTORIC YBOR.

I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE ALL FORGET UNTIL OF COURSE THE




REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER ANNOUNCES THAT HE HAD PURCHASED TAMPA

PARK APARTMENTS IN 2020 IN CONJUNCTION WITH GASWORX AND

DOWNTOWN CRA, AND THEN NAMING IT FOR NOW AT LEAST AS YBOR

SOUTH.

DARRYL SHAW.

SO I THINK WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE MARKET DRIVES A LOT OF NEW

INITIATIVES AND PLANNING POTENTIALS THAT WE NOW SEE THE

ACTIVITY IN THE VALUE, AND SO IN 2020 WE BEGAN ENVISIONING

THIS AS A CENTRAL KEY AS ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES HAS MENTIONED,

CENTRAL PARK BEING VERY UNIQUE AND BEING UNIQUELY POSITIONED

PLACE IN DOWNTOWN, AND IN THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

SO IN 2021 WE WERE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE URBAN FARM

OPENED AND THE COMMUNITY ASSETS IS VERY WELL RECEIVED, AND

OUR NEIGHBORS ENCORE AS WELL AS OUR NEIGHBORS DOWNTOWN, THEY

BIKE, THEY WALK, THEY TAKE A SCOOTER AND THEY WALK OVER AND

RIDE OVER TO CHECK OUT THE MARKETS ON THE WEEKEND.

PLEASE IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO, TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE

IT IS A GREAT WAY TO GET YOUR FRESH VEGGIES AND

PARTICIPATING IN EATING.

THEN OF COURSE DARRYL SHAW SIGNED WITH KETTLER FOR THIS NEW

DISTRICT.

IT'S A VERY COMPLEXION BUT VERY EXCITING TIME TO BE LOOKING

AT THIS POTENTIAL PROJECT WITH ALL OF OUR CRA, CENTRAL PARK

BEING THE ONE IN THE CENTER, BUT WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES

ON ENVISIONING THIS PROCESS.




THAT CONCLUDES CENTRAL PARK.

THERE ANY QUESTIONS?

10:43:46 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS?

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT.

10:43:51 >> I HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE.

I WILL CONCLUDE WITH VERY QUICKLY.

IN COVID-19 I MENTIONED IT A LOT BUT THERE WERE SOME

INITIATIVES, LIFT UP LOCAL PROGRAM, MAINLY CENTRALIZED IN

DOWNTOWN AND CHANNEL DISTRICT, BUT IT WAS MOSTLY A PLANNING

EFFORT WITH MOBILITY TO UTILIZE STREET CLOSURES TO LAUNCH A

PROGRAM AND IT WAS PROMOTING THOSE SAFE SOCIAL DISTANCING TO

ALLOW BUSINESSES TO CONTINUE OPERATING AND JUST MAINTAIN

THEIR BUSINESS OPERATIONS DURING SOME VERY HARD TAMES.

ALSO, THE CRA ADOPTED AND USED SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR

CULTURAL ASSETS RETROFITS AND WE DID MANAGE THOSE ALDO

INDICATE THOSE.

OUR ASSETS ARE USING THE FUNDS NOW.

WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ALL OF THE REIMBURSEMENTS BUT THEY ARE

COMING.

I WANT TO CONCLUDE WITH THIS CLOSING THOUGHT THAT NONE OF

THIS PROGRESS IS POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT, THE CRA

BOARD, OUR CACs, OUR TEAM MEMBERS, AND THE CITY

DEPARTMENTS, BECAUSE REALLY OUR COLLABORATION AND A LOT OF

OUR INGENUOUS IDEAS COME FROM THOSE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE




WITH THEM.

OUR STAKEHOLDERS ARE PRAISELESS AND REALLY IMPORTANT TO US.

AND OUR PREDECESSORS.

SO ALL OF US ARE NEW IN THE CRA DEPARTMENT.

A LOT OF THIS WORK STARTED WITH THEM.

AND WE ARE JUST CARRYING THE TORCH.

AS MR. ROBINSON MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE GOT THE BATON

NOW.

I WOULD LIKE TO CONCLUDE WITH A QUOTE.

ANDA GORMAN, A PEOPLE THAT I NOW HOLD CLOSE TO MY HEART.

FOR A WHILE, WE HAVE OUR EYES ON THE FUTURE.

HISTORY HAS ITS EYES ON US.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE YOU WITH THAT THOUGHT.

AND I WILL STAND FOR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE I TURN IT

OVER TO WEST TAMPA.

10:45:36 >> ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORD OF WISDOM AND YOU ARE CORRECT.

AS A CITY OF TAMPA, WE ARE ALL FAMILY.

AND AS LONG AS WE WORK TOGETHER WE WILL ACHIEVE GREAT

THINGS.

THANK YOU.

10:45:49 >> THANK YOU.

10:45:50 >> GOOD MORNING, CRA BORE.

WEST TAMPA COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA.




THE WEST TAMPA CAC, WE CONTINUES TO HOLD VERY PRODUCTIVE

MEETINGS OVER AT BARKSDALE SENIOR CENTER.

I DO WANT TO THANK BRYAN LEE WITH TMI.

WITHOUT HIS HELP, OUR VIRTUAL COMPONENT OF OUR MEETINGS

WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE.

HE'S THERE AT EVERY MEETING, SO THANK YOU, BRYAN LEE AND

TNI.

ALSO IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE WORKING WITH JOE ROBINSON

AND CONTINUE TO WORK WITH HIM MOVING FORWARD.

I TALK TO HIM AT 10:00 AT NIGHT, 11:00 AT NIGHT.

WE'VE-CALLS WE TALK.

HE'S A VERY PRODUCTIVE INDIVIDUAL.

AS FAR AS SOME OF THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON IN WEST TAMPA

RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE PHASE 1 ALLEY CLEAN-UPS.

WE HAVE 18 ALLEYS IDENTIFIED THIS WEEK, THE WORK IS GOING TO

BEGIN TO START CLEANING UP AND CLEARING THOSE ALLEYS WHICH

INCLUDES REMOVING ILLEGAL DUMPING, MOWING, LANDSCAPE

IMPROVEMENTS, AND PUTTING DOWN SOME HERBICIDE.

WE HAVE A COMPANY C -- TCC ENTERPRISES WHICH IS AN AFRICAN

ERICAN COMPANY DOING WORK FOR US AND THEY DO WORK ALL OVER

THE CITY SO I AM PRETTY CONFIDENT THEY WILL DO A GOOD JOB IN

WEST TAMPA FOR US.

THIS ISN'T ON THE SLIDES BUT ALSO THIS WEEK IN PARTICULAR,

ON SATURDAY, WE HAVE TWO NEIGHBORHOODS, WEST TAMPA --

10:47:40 >> EXCUSE ME A SECOND.




I APOLOGIZE.

COUNCILMAN CARLSON.

10:47:44 >>BILL CARLSON:
JUST A QUICK QUESTION WHILE YOU ARE ON

ALLEYS.

YOU KNOW I AM A FAN OF ALLEYS, ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH TAMPA.

BUT EVEN IN SOUTH TAMPA, THERE ARE ALLEYS THAT ARE CLUTTERED

AND THE CONCRETE OR ASPHALT IS FALLING AWAY.

MY QUESTION IS, SIDES CLEANING UP THE ALLEYS, HAS ANYONE

ASKED THE CRAs TO REPAVE THE ALLEYS, TO PUT CONCRETE OR

ASPHALT IN THEM, AND WHAT'S OUR ANSWER ON THAT?

10:48:15 >> ACTUALLY AT OUR LAST BUDGET DISCUSSION WAS THE CAC BOARD

WE ACTUALLY CREATED A LINE ITEM FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR FOR

REPAVING.

SO WE ARE PUTTING FUNDING IN THAT LINE ITEM TO BEGIN THAT

PROCESS, SIMILAR TO HOW EAST TAMPA WAS DOING A FEW YEARS

AGO, WE WILL START DOING THAT IN WEST TAMPA.

10:48:32 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU.

PLEASE PROCEED.

10:48:36 >> THANK YOU.

THIS WEEKEND, THIS ISN'T ON THE SLIDE BUT I WANTED TO

MENTION IT FOR THE PUBLIC.

TWO NEIGHBORHOODS IN WEST TAMPA CRA AREA, WEST TAMPA, AND

NORTH HYDE PARK, THEY ARE HAVING COMMUNITY CLEAN-UPS IN

PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CRA AND THE CITY.

WEST TAMPA, THAT CLEAN-UP BEGINS AT 8:30 A.M. TO 10:30 A.M.




THEY MEET AT 2100 WEST MAIN STREET, OLD WEST TAMPA.

THEN NORTH HYDE PARK FROM 9 A.M. TO 11:30, 1700 WEST FIG

STREET.

I WILL BE OUT THERE TO HELP OUT HOWEVER I CAN.

WITH THE MAIN STREET CORRIDOR STUDY, THIS IS A CITY PROJECT,

BUT I CONSIDER IT ALSO CRA PROJECT SINCE WE ARE WORKING

EXTREMELY CLOSELY WITH THEM.

OUR CAC AND MYSELF.

THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY,

JUNE 15th AT 6:00 P.M.

I WILL SEND OUT A LINK TO THE PUBLIC TO REMIND THEM.

I SENT IT OUT TO INDIVIDUALS LAST WEEK AND I WILL DO IT

AGAIN THIS WEEK.

THE PROJECT MANAGER IS MR. RANDY GOERS.

ONCE THAT STUDY IS COMPLETE, WHICH WE EXPECT TO SHALL

COMPLETE BY THE END OF JULY, THE CAC HAS ALREADY TAKEN STEPS

TO TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THOSE

FINDINGS AND REVITALIZE MAIN STREET.

AS FAR AS THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY AMENDMENTS, CAC IN

COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY INITIATED CODE AMENDMENTS TO THE

WEST TAMPA OVERLAY, AND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE SUBCOMMITTEE

BEING LED BY COALITION WITH THE MAYOR WORKING CLOSELY WITH

THE CITY TO BEGIN PHASE 2 FOR WEST TAMPA OVERLAY AMENDMENT.

WE HAD A NEWSLETTER THAT WENT OUT IN JULY.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING OUT IN -- THE FIRST




NEWSLETTER CAME OUT IN JANUARY.

WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING OUT IN JULY.

AND WE ARE GOING TO HIGHLIGHT AN AREA NONPROFIT, IN ADDITION

WE'LL HIGHLIGHT AN AREA OF SMALL BUSINESS.

IN JULY WE'LL HIGHLIGHT THE HAIR SALON LOCATED ON MAIN

STREET.

IN ADDITION, THE CAC IS WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CITY

ON THEIR BUILD GRANT.

THAT BUILD GRANT TEAM WHICH IS BEING LED BY VIK BHIDE AND

MARTINEZ OUT OF MOBILITY.

THIS MONTH JUNE 22ND, SCHEDULED TO SPEAK BEFORE THE CAC TO

GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE GRANT.

[~INTERFERENCE~]

WEST TAMPA WE HAVE BEEN VERY PRETTY SUCCESSFUL.

THE FACADE GRANTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN WEST TAMPA.

APPROXIMATELY $171,000 FOR IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE MADE, AND

BUSINESSES WITHIN WEST TAMPA.

WE ARE ALSO CURRENTLY WORKING WITH FIVE NEW PROPERTY OWNERS

WITHIN WEST TAMPA FOR THEIR BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS.

AND ONE IS THE McFARLAND BUILDING ON HOWARD.

THE OTHER IS THE SICILIAN CLUB.

THEN ALSO THE CLOCK TOWER ON ALBANY.

AND A FEW PROPERTY OWNERS ALONG MAIN STREET.

THEN WE HAVE TWO NEW GRANT PROGRAMS THAT WERE IMPLEMENTED

THIS YEAR.




ONE IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS SPECIAL PROJECTS GRANT UP TO

$10,000.

WE ARE WORKING WITH ONE GROUP RIGHT NOW, HOPEFULLY THEY CAN

SUBMIT AN APPLICATION SOON FOR THEIR PROJECT.

IN ADDITION WE HAVE THE BUSINESS ENHANCEMENT MICRO GRANT

WHICH IS UP TO $10,000 WHICH IS BASICALLY A MINI FACADE

GRANT BUT MORE STREAMLINED AND ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVED.

WE EXPECT THAT TO BE EXTREMELY POPULAR SO WE ALREADY HAVE

INTEREST IN THAT FROM THE PUBLIC.

IN WEST TAMPA WE HOSTED A FEW EVENTS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.

ONE WAS A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION WEBINAR, AND ONE WAS IN PERSON

A FEW YEARS BACK BEFORE COVID, ABOUT YOU THE MOST RECENT ONE

WAS IN FEBRUARY, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY

PROPERTY APPRAISER AND THE TAX COLLECTOR'S OFFICE.

AND BECAUSE IT WAS SO POPULAR WE ARE PLANNING TO DO ANOTHER

ONE HOPEFULLY SOMETIME THIS YEAR.

AND THERE WERE A FEW E.S THAT OCCURRED WITHIN WEST TAMPA IN

THE LAST FEW YEARS.

THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL FESTIVAL BACK IN 2019.

THAT WAS EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL.

THE WEST TAMPA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HOSTED THE WEST TAMPA

OVER AT JULIAN B. LANE.

WE HAD A FEW WORKSHOPS FOR HOMEOWNERSHIPS IN COLLABORATION

WITH THE CITY AND OTHER ENTITIES BACK IN 2019. WE ARE

HOPING TO DO THAT AGAIN PRETTY SAN.




WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES WEST TAMPA.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

10:53:33 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
ANY QUESTIONS FOR WEST TAMPA?

I HAVE ONE.

BEFORE COVID, THERE WAS A JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION AT JULIAN

B. LANE.

IS THAT GOING TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR?

10:53:47 >> FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A FEW EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR

JUNETEENTH.

THEY HAVE NOT COME BEFORE THE WEST TAMPA SPECIAL EVENTS

SUBCOMMITTEE FOR ANY KIND OF CO-SPONSORSHIP BUT THERE ARE

EVENTS GOING ON WITHIN WEST TAMPA FOR JUNETEENTH.

10:53:59 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?

PROCEED, PLEASE.

10:54:05 >> THANK YOU.

PUT THE SLIDES UP, PLEASE.

THE NEXT IS DREW PARK UPDATE.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, YOU APPROVED OUR STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN

UPDATE A FEW MONTHS AGO.

I THINK ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO.

SO THE CAC AND DREW PARK WERE STARTING TO STRATEGIZE HOW TO

IMPLEMENT THAT PLAN QUICKLY AS FAR AS STREETSCAPE AND

BEAUTIFICATION WITHIN DREW PARK.

WE ALSO HAVE A NEW CHAIR, MARISSA, SHE'S EXTREMELY




PROGRESSIVE AND VERY PRODUCTIVE SO I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO

WORKING WITH HER ON GETTING SOME OF THESE PROJECTS BEFORE

THE CAC SO THAT WE CAN GET MOVING ON THEM.

THE TAMPA BAY LINEAR PARK, THAT PROJECT IS A PASSIVE PARK,

HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AND NOW STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN IS

COMPLETE, CAC IS STARTING TO LOOK INTO TRANSFORMING THAT

PASSIVE PARK INTO AN ACTIVE PARK SO WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY

WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND OTHER CITY INDIVIDUALS SO WE

CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

IN ADDITION, WE COMPLETED A SIDEWALK PROJECT OVER ON

HESPERIDES.

I THINK MORE SOD WILL BE THEREON OUT THERE BUT AS FAR AS

SIDEWALK IS COMPLETE.

OUR STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN CALLED FOR SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT

AND CONNECTIVITY WITHIN DREW PARK, THE CAC IN PARTNERSHIP

WITH MOBILITY PARTNERS, WE ARE STARTING TO STRATEGIZE SO

THAT WE CAN EXTEND SOME OF, CLOSE SOME OF THE GAPS WHERE IT

MAKES SENSE, AND TO CREATE NEW SIDEWALKS AND IMPROVE WHAT WE

ALREADY HAVE OUT THERE.

IN DREW PARK WE HAVE TWO GRANT PROGRAMS, ONE A FACADE GRANT

AND A FENCE GRANT.

THOSE PROGRAMS ARE EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL OUT THERE ESPECIALLY

OUR FENCE GRANTS SINCE A LOT OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS OUT

THERE, BUSINESS OWNERS, THEY ARE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, SO THE

FENCES, THEY PROTECT THEIR ASSETS ON THEIR PROPERTY SO THE




FENCE GRANT IS EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY POPULAR OUT THERE.

WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH MANY PROPERTY OWNERS, AS I

SPEAK, WITH MY COHORT, ASHLEY.

THAT CONCLUDES DREW PARK.

10:56:33 >> ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?

THANKS FOR THIS INFORMATION.

10:56:35 >> THANK YOU, SIR.

MS. VAN LOAN, WHO DO WE HAVE NEXT?

DO WE HAVE MS. COURTNEY ORR NEXT?

10:57:06 >> YES.

GOOD MORNING.

COURTNEY ORR, YBOR CITY CRA MANAGER.

AND I WILL START.

OKAY.

YOU WILL SEE LISTED HERE A SELECTION OF YBOR AREA

ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS THAT HELP KEEP THE CITY'S NATIONAL

HISTORIC LANDMARK DISTRICT LOOKING GREAT.

THESE ITEMS AMONG MANY OTHERS REQUIRE DIRECT CONTRACTORS

OVERSIGHT BY CRA STAFF, AND I AM NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL

OF THEM BUT HE CAN SEE IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR BUDGET

THAT WE PUT MONEYS TOWARDS THESE IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENT

PROJECTS TO KEEP THE DISTRICT LOOKING AS GREAT AS POSSIBLE

FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND VISITORS.

HIGHLIGHTED HERE ARE SOME OF OUR MORE IMPACTFUL

ADVANCEMENTS.




YOU HEARD PREVIOUSLY ABOUT THE 7th AVENUE ARCHWAY LIGHT

REPLACEMENT PROJECT WHICH I AM SO HAPPY TO SAY IS MOVING

FULL STEAM AHEAD AND EXPECT TO SEE IT UNDERWAY LATER THIS

YEAR.

ANOTHER PROJECT THAT'S BEEN MANY YEARS IN THE MAKING IS THE

COMPLETION OF THE 7th AVENUE STREETSCAPE FROM 24th

TO 26th STREETS.

THAT WILL INCLUDE A NEW YBOR CITY ENTRYWAY MONUMENT ON THAT

EASTERN END.

THIS PROJECT ALSO IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN LATE 2021.

A VERY POPULAR AND SUCCESSFUL CRA PROGRAM IS THE FACADE

PROGRAM THAT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO YBOR'S HISTORICAL

PRESERVATION.

HERE YOU CAN SEE HOW PUBLIC DOLLARS SPUR PRIVATE INVESTMENT.

AND THEN TWO NEW GRANT PROGRAMS WERE ESTABLISHED TO ATTRACT

BUSINESSES FOR THE DISTRICT'S RESIDENTS, AND THAT IS FOR

ENHANCEMENTS TO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY INFRASTRUCTURE.

THESE PROGRAMS HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO BE UTILIZED.

PUBLIC SAFETY ALWAYS IS A COMMUNITY PRIORITY, AND AN ONGOING

EFFORT AND WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR THE ENGAGEMENT,

PARTNERSHIP AND FANTASTIC SUPPORT THAT WE RECEIVE FROM

TAMPA'S POLICE DEPARTMENT.

HERE ARE JUST A FEW ITEMS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY EFFORTS THAT

HAVE BEEN UNDERWAY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.

AND WE ARE ACTIVELY EXECUTING THE STRATEGIC ACTION ITEMS




FROM THE CRA APPROVED -- YBOR CITY VISION 2020 PLAN.

AND WE ARE PROUD OF OUR AWARD WINNING MARKETING AND

COMMUNICATION EFFORTS OF WHICH WE WON STATE AND LOCAL AWARDS

FOR.

THE YBOR MARKETING CAMPAIGN AND NOW LOOKING FORWARD TO EQUAL

SUCCESS FOR THE RECENTLY LAUNCHED NEW CAMPAIGN, THE HEART OF

TAMPA.

WE ARE PLEASED WITH THE CONTINUED POPULARITY OF THE HISTORIC

STREETCAR THAT WE SUPPORT FINANCIALLY, ALONG WITH A COUPLE

OF OTHER CRA DISTRICTS.

AND FINALLY, OUR YBOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES CLEAN TEAM

REMAIN A CRITICAL COMPONENT TO KEEPING OUR ACTIVE, VERY

ACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT ORDERLY.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

11:00:22 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COMMENTS, QUESTIONS?

COUNCILMAN GUDES.

11:00:28 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
GOOD MORNING, MS. ORR.

I DID MAKE A PHONE CALL TO MS. VAN LOAN YESTERDAY, GETTING A

LOT OF CALLS ABOUT THE BENCHES DOWN THERE.

I WON'T GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT IT BUT I HOPE YOU WILL LOOK

INTO THAT AND GET BACK TO ME ABOUT THE BENCH SITUATION IN

YBOR.

11:00:45 >> MICHELLE AND I SPOKE YESTERDAY AND WE ARE DOING SOME

RESEARCH ON THAT.

11:00:51 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
NUMBER TWO, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A MEETING




TODAY WITH ALL OF THE BARS IN YEARS?

11:00:57 >> CORRECT.

IT'S CALLED A VENUE SECURITY MEETING AND IT'S AN EFFORTS

FROM THE VENUES TO ACTUALLY TRY TO BE MORE UNIFORM IN THEIR

TRAINING FOR SECURITY, I THINK ALLOWING PATRONS INTO THEIR

ESTABLISHMENTS, HOW THAT IS CONDUCTED ON THE FRONT END OF

THE BUSINESS.

SO THAT MEETING IS TODAY WITH CAPTAIN OWENS, AND WE WILL

HOPEFULLY HAVE THE VENUES, THE VENUE OPERATORS IN THE ROOM

TO AGREE ON SOME SORT OF UNIFORM PLAN FOR ALL SECURITY

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.

I AM GETTING CALLS ABOUT THAT MEETING SO WE WILL BE IN

SESSION SO WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT BUT GIVE ME A

BRIEFING, PLEASE.

11:01:45 >> YES.

11:01:47 >>BILL CARLSON:
MY OTHER JOB I DO BRANDING, AND I THINK

WORDS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND ALSO I MOVED MY OFFICE A COUPLE YEARS AGO BECAUSE I

THINK IT'S BECOMING THAT THERE HAS BEEN EVOLVING INTO THE

CREDIT I'VE AND INNOVATION CENTER OF TAMPA.

IT'S ALSO CONVERTING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, AND THEN CONVERT

IT TO A BAR DISTRICT AND NOW IT'S CONVERTING BACK TO BEING A




COMMUNITY THAT HAPPENS TO HAVE BARS.

I HEARD YOU SAY THE TERM ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT.

AND ALMOST NO ONE I TALK TO IN YBOR WANTS TO REFER TO IT AS

THAT ANYMORE.

AND MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD BRING UP BEFORE THE CAC.

BUT IN TERMS OF BRANDING, I THINK I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE

CALL IT THE YBOR COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF ENTERTAINMENT

DISTRICT.

JUST SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO EVOLVE.

BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT BUSINESSES MOVING IN THERE,

LIKE ASHLEY FURNITURE AND OTHERS THAT ARE BRINGING HIGH-TECH

JOBS TO THE COMMUNITY.

THEY ARE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A LONG

TIME.

THE ARTS ARE COMING BACK.

NOW WITH ALL THE NEW HOUSING THAT WILL BE COMING ON BOARD

OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS IT'S GOING TO RADICALLY CHANGE HOW

PEOPLE INTERACT WITH YBOR.

11:02:56 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
ONE MORE TIME.

COUNCILMAN GUDES.

11:03:05 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
I HEARD THAT, TOO, A DISCUSSION WITH SOME

BUSINESS OWNERS DOWN THERE.

BUT I ALSO HAD SOME DISCUSSION WAS OTHER FOLKS WHO KIND OF

AGREE TO DISAGREE A LITTLE BIT.

I THINK THE CITY HAS EVOLVED, AND I HAVE ALWAYS SAID WHEN I




SEE A BUNCH OF BARS OR RESTAURANTS, PEOPLE WANT

ENTERTAINMENT.

BUT MR. CARLSON IS RIGHT.

WE HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW WE MARKET THAT SITUATION.

I FOUND OUT -- AND I KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A NIGHT

CLUB AND A BAR, I DIDN'T REALIZE THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE BUT

APPARENTLY THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A NIGHT CLUB AND A

BAR.

SO I THINK MR. CARLSON, FOR FUTURE PLANNING, THE DREW PARK

AREA, MOST CITIES DO HAVE AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT.

SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THEY CAN LOOK AT WITH THE DREW

PARK FOLKS, BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CITY NOW,

WE HAVE SO MANY ENTERTAINMENT, THAT YEARS AGO WE WANTED,

RESIDENTIAL AND PEOPLE TO WALK, A LIVABLE PLACE WHERE THEY

CAN GO, AND NOW WE ARE HEARING, WE DON'T WANTS THAT, BECAUSE

WE HAVE HOUSING, AND NOISE, AND GET COMPLAINTS ABOUT NOISE.

WHEN YOU MOVE SOMEPLACE, YOU KNOW YOU HAVE NOISE WHEN YOU

MOVE SOMEPLACE.

SOME OF THESE APARTMENTS BUILDINGS NOW, SOME OF THE BARS

THAT HAVE BEEN THERE, NOW YOU HAVE THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS,

AND NOW WE ARE GETTING COMPLAINTS ABOUT NOISE AND MUSIC.

SO IT MAY BE TIME, THE CAC, DREW PARK, AND CITY COUNCIL,

LOOK INTO THAT AS WELL TO ACTUALLY HAVE AN ACTUAL

ENTERTAINMENT, TO FOCUS ON THE NIGHT CLUB SCENE TO A

DIFFERENT TYPE OF AREA.




JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

THANK YOU.

11:04:52 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I AM NOT AN EXPERT IN NONE OF THIS AS

FAR AS WHAT TO CALL AN AREA.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT EVEN WHEN I WAS A KID GROWING UP IN

YBOR CITY, IT WAS AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT IN A WAY AND A

BUSINESS IN A WAY.

YOU HAD ALL KINDS OF DRESS SHOPS AND MEN'S SHOPS AND DELLA

PARK, PALACE, GARCIA, BUT YOU ALSO HAD THE ENTERTAINMENT

BUSINESS WHICH WAS THE SOCIAL CLUBS THAT WERE THERE.

SO ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ONE, THAT'S WHAT YBOR CITY IS.

IT HASN'T CHANGED.

MODERNIZATION CAME ABOUT.

WHAT YOU HAVE NOW IS DIFFERENT.

IT'S DIFFERENT.

THE NEW BUILDINGS ARE DIFFERENT.

THEY ARE NICE AND WELL BUILT.

AND IT'S A PLACE THAT PEOPLE WANTS TO LIVE.

IT'S ALSO A PLACE THAT PEOPLE WANT TO ENTERTAIN.

SO WE ARE FOOLING OURSELVES BY CALLING IT ONE THING OR THE

OTHER.

IT'S A COMBINATION OF BOTH.

THAT'S JUST MY STATEMENT.

WHETHER IT'S RIGHT OR WRONG IS UP TO THE PUBLIC.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.




11:05:49 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
ANYBODY ELSE?

I'LL MAKE A STATEMENT.

YBOR CITY IS AN HAS AND ALWAYS WILL BE MULTI-FACETED.

THERE IS ONE THING I KNOW FOR SURE, AND THAT THE INDUSTRIAL

AREA, THE MAJORITY OF YBOR CITY, IS GONE.

WHETHER WE CALL IT RESIDENTIAL, WHETHER WE CALL IT

ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, YBOR CITY WILL ALWAYS BE

MULTI-FACETED.

I THINK THAT'S THE THING THAT I LOVE MOST ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU, MS. ORR.

11:06:21 >> THANK YOU.

11:06:22 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
MS. VAN LOAN?

I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A SUGGESTION FOR US, AND I TOTALLY AGREE

WITH IT.

11:06:40 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

IF IT SO PLEASE IT IS BOARD, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE MOVE

AHEAD WITH THE APPROVALS OF ITEMS 6, 8 AND 9 AND THEN BRING

UP ITEM 7 FOR DISCUSSION, AND THEN I CAN DO MY REPORT LAST

AS LONG AS I AT LEAST GET A COUPLE OF MINUTES.

11:06:57 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
I UNDERSTAND.

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

BUYING THE PENNY SAVER PROPERTY TO BE ABLE TO DO THE SENIOR

AND CULTURAL CENTER AT THE EAST TAMPA RECREATIONAL COMPLEX,

SO THIS IS THE SAME ITEM WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH FOR




REPROGRAMMING THE MILLION DOLLARS.

WE HAVE GOT A SIGNED CONTRACT AND WE ARE READY TO MOVE

FORWARD.

11:07:18 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
I HAVE A MOTION MADE TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION

BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.

SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

DO WE NEED A ROLL CALL VOTE?

I APOLOGIZE.

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

VOTE.

11:07:55 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
MS. VAN LOAN, I TOLD THE RESIDENTS THE

OTHER NIGHT AS SOON AS THIS IS A DONE DALE YOU NEED TO PUT

SOMETHING SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT EXCITEMENT IS COMING.

11:08:05 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
YES, SIR.

ITEM NUMBER 8 IS AN APPOINTMENT TO THE DREW PARK CAC TO FILL

A VACANCY.




11:08:12 >> SO MOVED.

11:08:15 >> SECOND.

11:08:16 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, SECOND BY

COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.

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

VOTE.

11:08:32 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
ITEM NUMBER 9 IS OUR CRA FINANCIAL

COORDINATOR REPORT AND WITH THE SUBMISSION THIS REPORT OUR

BUDGET OFFICE IS COMPLETELY UP TO DATE WITH OUR FINANCIAL

REPORTS.

11:08:43 >> ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?

11:08:46 >> SO MOVED.

11:08:50 >> MOTION BY -- SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.

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

VOTE.

11:09:08 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
FOR ITEM NUMBER 7, I DON'T KNOW IF IT

NEEDS ANY MORE INTRODUCTION AT THIS POINT, BUT THIS IS THE

ITEM CONTINUED FROM LAST MONTH.

IT IS A 1.6 MILLION REQUEST FOR REPROGRAMMING IN ORDER TO

FUND THE ADD-ON PROJECT.

ROB ROSNER AND BRENDA CARDINAL WILL BE PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW

SO YOU CAN SEE THE OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT.

WE ALSO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES HERE.

AFTER THE PRESENTATION AS MENTIONED EARLIER, KIMBERLEE

CURTIS AS THE CAC CHAIR WILL COME UP AND ADDRESS YOU AND

EXPLAIN THE CAC POSITION ON THIS ISSUE.

11:09:51 >>BILL CARLSON:
THANK YOU, CHAIR CITRO.

I HAD TO STEP OUT SO PLEASE PROCEED.

11:09:56 >>ROB ROSNER:
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY.

I WANT TO PRESENT THE PROJECT THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON

FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS FOR THE CHANNELSIDE DRIVE

PROJECT.

I ALSO HAVE BRANDON CAMPBELL HERE, BUILDING MANAGER WHO HAS

BEEN REPRESENTING THE CITY'S INTEREST ON THIS FOR THE

PARKING LOT PROPERTY AND THE CHANNELSIDE DRIVE WHICH IS THE

FORMER 13th STREET.




ONE OF THE GOALS FOR THE OVERALL PROJECT AND TO TALK ABOUT

WHAT WE HAVE TODAY.

THE GOAL WAS TO TRANSFORM CHANNELSIDE DRIVE INTO A COMPLETE

STREETS PROJECT AND PROMOTE THE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY AND SAFE

CORRIDOR FOR THE CHANNEL DISTRICT NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE ALSO SET GOALS TO ENGAGE IN DESIGN FOR ALL STAKEHOLDERS,

PROPERTY OWNERS AND RESIDENTS OF THE CHANNEL DISTRICT.

WE PRESENTED THIS TO CAC AND TO A NUMBER OF OTHER PARTNERS

AS WELL AS CITY COUNCIL.

THIS IS ONE OF THE SLIDES FROM BRANDON'S PRESENTATION PRIOR.

SO CHANNEL DISTRICT AND URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS, WALKABLE

COMMUNITIES THAT ARE PLACES TO BE BUILT FOR PEOPLE.

AND THAT WAS IN A PIECE OF THIS DESIGN OF CHANNELSIDE DRIVE.

SO WE WANT IT TO BE A PLACE TO GO TO RATHER THAN THROUGH,

AND MAKING IT A DESTINATION, NOT JUST A WAY TO GET THERE.

SO OUR MULTIMODAL COMPLETE STREET DESIGN IS THE BEST

PRACTICE TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC GROWTH.

SO JUST GOING TO SHOW THESE, BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN VETTED

FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND THE DESIGN HAS GONE THROUGH A

NUMBER OF ITERATIONS TO MEET EVERYBODY STAKEHOLDERS INPUTS,

NEEDS, AND TO MAKE THIS A MUCH MORE WALKABLE, SAFE

NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND WIDE SIDEWALKS ON THE WEST SIDE.

LANDSCAPED MEDIANS.

SAFE HARBOR WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO CROSS.




WE ADDED CROSSWALKS WHERE PEOPLE WERE CROSSING ILLEGALLY,

AND MAKING IT SAFER.

AND THEN A NEW ROUNDABOUT DESIGN THAT MEETS EVERYBODY'S

NEEDS.

AND WHAT WE ARE ASKING TODAY IS TO GO OVER SOME ACCESS

IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL AS IMPROVEMENTS FOR SAFETY, AND ACCESS

TO THE STREETCAR.

SO THIS IS THE OVERALL PLAN.

THIS IS SHOWING CHANNELSIDE DRIVE IN ITS CURRENT CONDITION.

OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT BUILT YET.

THEY ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW.

AND THIS IS SHOWING HOW THIS WOULD WORK AS AN OVERALL PLAN.

SO HERE IS A LITTLE MORE DETAIL OF THE PLAN.

SO WHAT THIS IS DOING IS CONFIGURING THE PARKING LOT AND THE

AQUARIUM TO HAVE ALL THE PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENTS MOVE THROUGH

CHANNELSIDE DRIVE AND ONLY HAVE TO CROSS AT ONE POINT AT THE

CROSSWALK.

AT EAST CUMBERLAND AND THE ROUNDABOUT MAKING THIS A LOT MORE

SAFE AND ALSO MOVING A LOT OF THE TRAFFIC THAT WOULD BE

STACKED DURING CRUISE TERMINAL DAYS.

THIS MANAGES THAT TRAFFIC AND KEEPS IT OUT OF THE

NEIGHBORHOOD AND CLOGGING THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON THOSE DAYS, AS

WELL AS MAKING IT A LOT SAFER FOR PEDESTRIANS.

AND MUCH STRONGER ACCESS TO THE STREETCAR SYSTEM.

SO JUST TO KIND OF SHOW YOU WHAT EAST CUMBERLAND HAS CHANGED




FROM THE ORIGINAL DESIGN.

IT MOVES THE ACCESS TO THE AQUARIUM PARKING LOT FROM THE

NORTH TO THE SOUTH HERE.

SO YOU WILL BE COMING TO THE ROUNDABOUT GOING INTO THE

PARKING LOT HERE.

AND THEN ON REGULAR DAYS, THIS ACTS AS A TWO-WAY STREET.

AND ON CRUISE DAYS, THE GATES GET CLOSED AND THEY ARE ABLE

TO MANAGE THE TRAFFIC WITHOUT CAUSING A LOT OF BACKUP ON

CHANNELSIDE DRIVE ON THOSE DAYS.

AND THEN JUST TO SHOW SO OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT GOING

ALONG WITH THAT, THIS IS THE NORTH END AT THE VERY TOP OF

THE SCREEN, YOU WILL SEE BETTER ACCESS AND A WIDER SIDEWALK.

AND THESE ARE JUST SOME IMAGES OF WHAT THOSE WOULD LOOK LIKE

AND HOW THEY WIDEN AND IMPROVE THE ACCESS TO CHANNELSIDE

DRIVE.

AND THEN WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF THE ACCESS,

THE MODIFICATION.

THIS PROJECT SUCCESSFULLY COMPLIMENTS ADDITIONAL SAFETY

IMPROVEMENTS BY SEPARATING PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICULAR TRAFFIC

ON HIGH VOLUME CRUISE AND EVENT DAYS AND ADA ACCESS ON THE

EAST SIDE OF CHANNELSIDE DRIVE FOR GREATER PEDESTRIAN

ACCESS.

THAT WASN'T PART OF THE ORIGINAL PROJECT BUT THIS IS AN

ADDITIONAL PIECE TO IT.

IT ALSO IMPROVES THE MULTIMODAL ACCESS FOR VISITORS FOR PART




OF THE CHANNEL DISTRICT.

AND AGAIN AS I SAID BEFORE, IT MAKES IMPROVEMENTS TO THE

STREETCAR STATION ACCESS FOR ALL RESIDENTS AND RIDERS.

I WOULD BE OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ON THAT

PRESENTATION.

11:14:59 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COUNCILMAN GUDES.

11:15:01 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

WE ALWAYS WANT TO HAVE INPUT FROM OUR CAC BOARDS, AND

SOMETIMES DECISIONS HAVE TO BE MADE BY THIS BOARD.

THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES SOMETIMES.

BUT WHAT I AM HEARING, AND WHAT I HAVE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS

SITTING ON THE CAC BOARD, THAT THERE'S NEVER ANY INTERACTION

WITH THE PORT ON THE CAC.

THEY DON'T COME, OR THEY COME WHEN THEY NEED SOMETHING.

IN REFERENCE TO THIS PROJECT, THEY FELT THAT NO ONE CAME TO

TALK TO THEM AND IT WAS THRUST UPON THEM AT THE LAST MOMENT

BUT THEN THE OTHER SIDE SAYS THAT EVERYONE HAS BEEN WORKING

TOGETHER.

AND FINALLY EVERYBODY LYKES LIKED THE PLAN, APPARENTLY, BUT

THEN IT BECAME A POINT TO WHERE, WELL, COME OUT, ROB.

THEN IT BECAME A POINT TO WHERE THERE WAS NO COMMUNICATION

AT ALL WITH THEM.

AND FROM THE PHONE CALLS THAT I RECEIVED WAS LIKE THERE WAS

NO WAY FOR THEM TO MAKE A DEAL REFERENCE SOME PROPERTY THAT

THE PORT HAS, REFERENCE TO SOME STUFF THAT THEY MIGHT WANT




TO DO THERE, WERE NO CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM AT ALL.

I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE GOT TO DO SAFETY AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT

THE ROADS.

BUT EVERYONE KNOWS ME.

I HEAR EVERYBODY OUT.

I REALLY HEAR EVERYBODY OUT TO BE SEE WHAT EVERYBODY IS

TELLING AND SAYING.

I GUESS THE OPPOSITION IS SAYING THAT THEY REALLY DIDN'T

HAVE A CHANCE TO WORK OUT A DEAL, YOU ASKED FOR $1.6 MILLION

AND THEY ARE SAYING THEY ARE PUTTING IN 8 MILLION FOR THIS

PROJECT ALREADY, AND IT'S AQUARIUM PROPERTY, APPARENTLY, AND

I HEAR WHERE THE PORT HAS A LOT OF MONEY.

PORT ONLY PUTS IN SO MUCH MONEY, 65,000 A YEAR, WHATEVER,

AND THEY COME TO US AND HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO THEM, BUT AN

ADDITIONAL 1.6, BUT WE WANT TO TALK BECAUSE THERE'S

SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT OUT OF THE DEAL AS WELL.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN HELD.

OBVIOUSLY NOT BECAUSE OF THE PHONE CALLS.

I HAVE MET WITH THE PORT, GENTLEMEN TO TALK WITH THEM AS

WELL, I BELIEVE IN PUBLIC SAFETY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SAFE

STREETS BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE COMPROMISE. I DON'T KNOW HOW

FAR IN COMPROMISE WE HAVE GOTTEN.

I WILL LET YOU TELL ME THOSE COMPROMISES, HOW FAR YOU HAVE

GOT EVEN IN THE COMPROMISES, BECAUSE APPARENTLY THEY HAVEN'T

BEEN AT THE TABLE.




NO ONE HAS BEEN AT THE TABLE.

11:17:32 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I APPRECIATE YOU ASKING THE QUESTION.

SO THE AQUARIUM PARKING LOT IS A CITY OWNED PROPERTY THAT AT

LEAST FROM THE CITY, AND THEY REQUESTED AN EASEMENT OF 42

FEET AND TURN AROUND SPACE ALONG OUR EASTERN BOUNDARY.

THAT WAS ONE WAY THAT WE TRIED TO MANAGE THE ALL

STAKEHOLDERS NEEDS AND INPUTS FOR THIS.

AND SINCE THAT'S A CITY OWNED PROPERTY AND THE

ADMINISTRATION HAD TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS WATCH THEY

WOULD ALLOW AND NOT ALLOWED TO DO BEFORE WE WOULD KNOW HOW

MUCH IT WOULD COST.

SO WE ABLE TO COMPLETE THAT IN FEBRUARY.

A LITTLE LATE TO GET ON THE MARCH CAC AGENDA SO WE CAME IN

APRIL TO THE CAC AND ENGAGED THEM ABOUT THAT.

HOWEVER, THE NEGOTIATION OF THE EXCHANGE FOR EASEMENT SPACE

AND THINGS LIKE THAT HAD TO BE HANDLED THROUGH THE

ADMINISTRATION SIDE, BECAUSE THEY ADMINISTER THE

RIGHT-OF-WAY.

I HAVE BRANDON CAMPBELL HERE AS WELL AND HE OWNS MOBILITY

THAT OWNS THAT PROPERTY AS WELL AS THE CHANNELSIDE DRIVE.

IF S THERE ANYTHING WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY?

11:18:43 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]

11:18:49 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
HANG ON, PLEASE.

ONE SECOND.




COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF MR.

ROSNER?

11:18:54 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
I AM GOING TO HOLD MY QUESTIONS UNTIL

AFTER WE HEAR FROM THE PORT AND STAFF.

THANK YOU.

11:19:01 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COUNCILMAN CARLSON.

11:19:03 >>BILL CARLSON:
JUST A FEW COMMENTS.

TO ME, THE CORE OF THIS ISSUE IS WHO WILL PAY FOR THIS.

AND IF THE CAC WAS BLIND-SIDED BY IT, THEN THEY SHOULDN'T

HAVE BEEN.

THE QUESTION IS, SHOULD THE CITY PAY?

SHOULD THE CRA PAY?

OR SHOULD MAYBE THE PORT PAY?

JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY, THE CRA MONEY IS NOT -- DOES NOT

BELONG TO PEOPLE IN EACH DISTRICT.

IT IS DEVELOPED IN THAT DISTRICT.

BUT BECAUSE THAT MONEY IS HELD THERE, THAT MEANS THE REST OF

THE CITY IS SUBSIDIZING BASIC SERVICE FOR THOSE AREAS.

SO EVEN THOUGH WE NEED TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT'S BEST

FOR EACH AREA, WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT THE OVERALL CITY

BECAUSE THE REST OF THE TAXPAYERS IN THE CITY THAT ARE

INVESTING IN THAT AREA, TOO.

THE AQUARIUM OBVIOUSLY IS VERY IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF

CHANNELSIDE.

IT IS THE CATALYST THAT CAUSES THE CHANNEL DISTRICT TO




DEVELOP.

THERE WERE WAREHOUSES AROUND BEFORE THE AQUARIUM.

THE AQUARIUM, YOU ALL REMEMBER, ORIGINALLY OWNED THE

PROPERTY THAT IS NOW OWNED BY THE CITY.

BECAUSE AFTER THE AQUARIUM LAUNCHED, THEY RAN INTO SOME

FINANCIAL ISSUES AND THE CITY ENDED UP TAKING THAT PROPERTY.

THE CITY SOLD A SLIVER OF THE PROPERTY FOR WAY MORE MONEY

THAN THE PROPERTY WAS WORTH ORIGINALLY WHEN THEY GOT IT.

BUT NUMBER ONE, THEY CRAMMED THIS LAND AND ACCESS TO LAND,

SO THAT IT CAN EXPAND IN THE FUTURE AND IT NEEDS TO PROTECT

ITS WORKING.

SO ALTHOUGH THE CITY TECHNICALLY OWNS THE LAND, I WOULD ASK

EVERYBODY, PLEASE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE IMPORTANCE OF

THE AQUARIUM.

WE CANNOT CUT TO HAVE AQUARIUM AND ALLOW THE AQUARIUM NOT TO

BE ABLE TO GROW AND EXPAND AND SURVIVE.

NUMBER TWO, WAY BEFORE THE AQUARIUM EVEN WAS THE MARITIME

INDUSTRY, AND THERE HAVE BEEN SELF SPECIALLY BY THE LAST

MAYOR TO TAKE OUT IMPORTANT MARITIME JOBS AND CONVERT THEM

TO CONDOS.

AND THERE WAS A PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED BY CONSULTANT TO THE

PORT SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHERE THEY WOULD CONVERT PORT

OPERATING MARITIME PROPERTY TO CONDOS, OFFICES, AND MAYBE

OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND THE MARITIME INDUSTRY FOUGHT BACK.




KEEP IN MIND THAT OUR PORT IS A LANDLORD PORT.

WHAT IT MAINLY DOES IS IT LEASES PROPERTY.

BILL KUZMICK WAS HERE EARLIER.

BUT THE PEOPLE WHO PROVIDE THE JOBS ARE PRIVATE BUSINESSES

THAT HAVE A LEAST WITH THE PORT.

SO THERE'S ANOTHER PARTY.

IT'S NOT JUST THE PORT, THE AUTHORITY ITSELF.

IT'S ALSO THE ENGINE OF THE PORT ARE WHICH IS THAT ENGINE OF

OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I FORGOT WHAT THE CURRENT NUMBERS ARE, $15 BILLION IN

ECONOMIC IMPACT, 120 -- I DON'T LIKE THOSE KIND OF NUMBERS

ANYWAY, BUT THE PORT IS A MAJOR, MAJOR ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR

OUR AREA.

WE CANNOT IN ANY WAY AFFORD TO HURT THE PORT, AND WE SHOULD

NOT TAP OUT ANY OF THE JOBS, EVEN TAKING OUT ONE COULD TAKE

OUT HUNDREDS OF HEY PAYING BLUE COLLAR JOBS AND REPLACE IT

WITH LOW PAYING SERVICE JOBS.

ONCE A CONDO OR OFFICE BUILDING IS BUILT, ALL THAT'S LOCATED

ARE SERVICE JOBS.

SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IS CORRECT WE PROTECT THE MAJOR

ECONOMIC ENGINE OF OUR AREA.

WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS PROCESS IS THAT THE CITY, YOU ALL

MAY KNOW THIS BUT THE CITY WAS LOOKING TO CREATE A ROAD

DIET, AND SUDDENLY THE MARCH I TIME INDUSTRY SAID, YOU ARE

GOING TO HURT US AND ENDANGER THE CRUISE BUSINESS, WHICH IN




COVID TIMES IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR ECONOMIC

ENGINE THERE.

SO THANKS TO THE MAYOR AND OTHERS WORKING WITH THE PORT

AUTHORITY, THIS DALE WAS PUT FORWARD WHICH PROTECTS THE

AQUARIUM, AND ALSO PROTECTS THE MARITIME INDUSTRY, AND SO

WHAT I WOULD CAUTION EVERYBODY TO DO, AND PLEASE DO NOT

DISRUPT THIS DEAL THAT HAS BEEN VERY HARD WORK AND THE MAYOR

IN PARTICULAR WAS PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN IT.

LET'S PLEASE NOT DISRUPT THIS DEAL.

THE QUESTION IS WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM.

IS THERE ANOTHER PLACE BESIDES THE CRA WHERE THE MONEY COMES

FROM?

I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THAT.

BUT PLEASE LET'S MAKE SURE THIS IS A DEAL THAT IS PUT

TOGETHER THROUGH A LOT OF DISCUSSION TO MAKE SURE WE PROTECT

THE AQUARIUM AND THE MARITIME INDUSTRY, AND THEN THE

ORIGINAL PROJECT, THE ROAD DIET, HELPS THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THANK YOU.

11:23:12 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?

ONE LAST TIME.

11:23:19 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
MR. DINGFELDER HAD A LOT.

MR. CARLSON BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT.

IT'S 1.6.

AND I DON'T KNOW, ROB, WE HAVE TO TAKE IT BACK AND MAYBE BE

A COMPROMISE TO THE CAC AND THE PORT AND MAYBE BE A SPLIT ON




THAT.

11:23:35 >> THE ORIGINAL PROJECT WAS ABOUT 1.8 MILLION WITH SOME

CHANGE ORDERS THAT HAVE COME AN AND GONE THROUGH THIS

PROCESS.

SO THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT THAT YOU APPROVED IN 2020 WAS FOR

1.8 MILLION.

11:23:54 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
HOW MUCH DID THE PORT PUT IN FOR THE

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

PROJECT.

THIS IS A CRA BASED PROJECT.

AND IT WAS IN OUR MASTER PLAN TO DO THIS JUST LIKE WE ARE

DOING ALL THE OTHER STREETS.

WHEN WE CAME AND DID THE ORIGINAL, 2018, 2019, WINDOW FOR

MOVING FORWARD WITH PICKING KIMMINS AND MULTIPLE DESIGNERS,

WE ALWAYS ALLOCATED THOSE MONEYS TO DO THESE DIFFERENT

PROJECTS.

WE KNEW WE COULDN'T DO THEM ALL AT ONCE.

THERE'S NO WAY TO HAVE A FULL DESIGN READY.

AND WE ALSO DIDN'T WANT TO DISRUPT THE ENTIRE -- AS WELL.

THAT'S WHY VALERIE EXPLAINED WHY THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE

OF MINIMIZING THE IMPACT OF A NEIGHBORHOOD.

11:24:48 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
THAT'S THE PHASES SHE SHOWED?




11:24:49 >> YES.

THOSE ARE ALL THE DIFFERENT PHASES.

WE HAVE BEEN STRONG ABOUT GETTING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE

WE HAVE DONE THE CHANNELSIDE PROJECT WEB SITE.

WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS.

AND JUST ALWAYS KNEW THAT THE COMMUNITY IS FIRST AND

FOREMOST THE REASON FOR DOING THESE.

11:25:11 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
IT WOULD BE A WIN-WIN FOR EVERYBODY.

AS MR. CARLSON SEWED, HOW DO WE GET THAT MONEY AND MAYBE

LOOK AT HOW WE CAN GET THAT MONEY, A SPLIT OR SOMETHING.

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

PERFECT, 100% ON EITHER SIDE.

NO DEAL IS GOOD UNLESS BOTH SIDES AGREE TO IT.

AND THIS IS THE CASE THAT I THINK BOTH SIDES HAVE AGREED TO

IT IN PRINCIPLE.

YES, THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOME PARTIES WHO MAY NOT BE

100% FOR EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK BACK

TO THE 70s, TO THE 90s, TO 2010 AND 2020, YOU WOULDN'T

RECOGNIZE.

YOU GO BACK IN HISTORY AND TAKE A LOOK.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE IS UNTIL YOU LOOK BACK AND

FIND OUT WHERE YOU CAME FROM.

AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT AREA IN THE LAST 40 YEARS, IT'S




JUST AMAZING.

AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION LATER ON SOMETHING ELSE.

BUT THIS DEAL TALKED ABOUT AND ADVERTISED IN DIFFERENT AREAS

IS SOMETHING THAT IS NEEDED FOR BOTH SIDES.

AND I THINK IT'S A BENEFIT OF BOTH SIDES.

AND MR. CARLSON IS RIGHT, THAT CRA MONEY MAY BE IN A

DIFFERENT BANK BUT IT STILL BELONGS TO THE WHOLE PUBLIC, NOT

TO ONE AREA OR ANYTHING ELSE.

AND WE DO THAT TO MAKE THE CITY MORE VIABLE, AND WHEN YOU

START PROGRESS IN ONE AREA, GUESS WHAT, IT CONTINUES TO GROW

IN OTHER AREAS.

YOU CAN'T HAVE SOMETHING ON ONE SIDE AND SOMETHING ON THE

OTHER SIDE 15 MILES APART OR 20 MIMES APART AND RECOGNIZE

YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING.

BUT WHEN YOU START BRANCHING OUT THE AREAS AROUND THE

PERIPHERAL AREAS OF THE CRA START TO CATCH ON BY THEMSELVES

AND IT BECOMES A MUCH BETTER AREA TO LIVE IN.

AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.

GO BACK TO THE 70s.

AND YOU BLINK AN EYE.

AND YOU ARE BACK IN 2021 NOW, AND YOU REALIZE WHAT HAPPENED,

AND YOU SAY 50 YEARS GONE.

THAT'S NUMBER ONE.

NUMBER TWO, LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS AREA.

AND THAT AREA IS CATCHING ON THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF TAMPA




AND MAKING IT A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE.

THAT'S WHY I UNDERSTAND WHAT I BELIEVE IS HAPPENING HERE.

AND IT'S A BENEFIT TO ALL, THE PUBLIC SAFETY THING ALSO.

AND IF WE WANT TO KEEP THE AREA THE WAY IT IS SO THAT ALL

THE BUSINESSES CAN PROSPER, AND MAKE CHANGES, JUST BECAUSE

YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED 50 YEARS AGO, IT CAN'T

HAPPEN BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS.

IT HAS TO CHANGE WITH TIME AND THE NECESSITY AS THE

INTERESTS CHANGE AND NEW TECHNOLOGY COMES ABOARD.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

11:27:54 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.

11:27:55 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

MR. MANISCALCO OFTEN QUOTES SOME MOVIE, AND I WILL TRY ONE

HERE.

WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE.

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.

I'M REALLY, REALLY ANNOYED AT THIS AGENDA ITEM.

AND HOW IT MADE ITS WAY TO US TODAY.

THE PROCESS HAS BEEN HORRIFIC.

OKAY.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU GUYS, BUT I HAVE BEEN BACK IN OFFICE

FOR TWO YEARS.

MY PHONE HAS NEVER RUNG, PORT AUTHORITY OR FROM THE




AQUARIUM.

AND THE GENTLEMEN WHO ARE THERE TODAY, TAKE NOTE OF THAT,

OKAY.

IF YOU HAVE A NEED, IF YOU HAVE GOT BIG ISSUES, AND YOU ARE

ASKING THE CRA FOR $1.6 MILLION TO ADDRESS A PORT/AQUARIUM

NEED, THEN YOU NEED TO COME AND TALK TO CRA BOARD MEMBERS

AND LET US KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

MR. CARLSON, I GIVE YOU GREAT CREDIT FOR STAYING ABREAST ON

THIS ISSUE, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THIS COUNCILMAN, THIS CRA

BOARD MEMBER HAS NOT HEARD A OH WORD ABOUT THIS, OKAY, UNTIL

OUR MAY AGENDA WHERE IT POPPED UP AND THEY GOT IT CONTINUED,

AND THEN THIS WEEK WHEN MICHELLE AND I STARTED TALKING ABOUT

IT.

MR. ROSNER, YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS FOR WHAT

APPEARS TO BE AT LEAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS OF CONSTANT

NEGOTIATIONS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU LOST OUR PHONE NUMBERS OR WHAT.

I DON'T LIKE TO CALL PEOPLE OUT.

BUT I AM EXTREMELY ANNOYED WITH THE PROCESS AND THE LACK OF

NOTICE.

AND I IT'S NOT JUST TO ME OR EVEN AS RELATED TO THE SEVEN

BOARD MEMBERS, OKAY, WHO ARE ENTRUSTED WITH THE PUBLIC'S

MONEY.

BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC TO COME TO THE CAC

AFTER THIS DISCUSSION HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG SOMETIME,




AND JUST IN APRIL AND SAY BY THE WAY, THE CITY IS GOING TO

HAVE TO KICK IN $1.6 MILLION FOR THIS?

AND DON'T SLOUGH THIS OFF THAT THIS IS PUBLIC SAFETY AND

STREET IMPROVEMENTS, BECAUSE WE HAVE ALREADY SPENT

$8.5 MILLION ON CHANNELSIDE IMPROVEMENTS, ONE, TWO, THREE,

FOUR AND FIVE.

NOW ALONG COMES CHANNELSIDE, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.

I AM EXTREMELY ANNOYED.

I THINK THE NOTICE AND THE PROCESS IS COMPLETELY WRONG.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I AM GOING TO ASK THIS BOARD TO PUT

THIS OFF FOR A MONTH SO EACH ONE OF US CAN BE INDIVIDUALLY

BRIEFED ON THE DETAILS SO WE CAN LOOK AT THESE DRAWINGS IN

DETAIL AND SEE WHAT THIS IS REALLY ABOUT, BECAUSE THIS IS

WRONG.

AND VERY RARELY DO I LOSE MY PATIENCE.

BUT THIS MORNING I WORE OUT MY PATIENCE BECAUSE THE MORE I

LEARNED ABOUT THIS, THE MORE I DON'T LIKE IT.

11:31:16 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.

SHALL WE PROCEED?

11:31:24 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
WELL, YES.

I MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS FOR ONE MONTH.

I TALKED TO STAFF THIS MORNING.

AND I TOLD THEM I WAS GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE IT

FOR A MONTH.

MR. BHIDE SAID, OH, THAT'S GOING TO INTERFERE WITH THE




CRUISE SHIP, YOU KNOW, PROCESS OF GOING IN AND OUT.

WELL, NOW WHAT?

THE CRUISE SHIP, WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO BE

RUNNING NEXT.

IT'S ALL SPECULATION, NUMBER ONE.

NUMBER TWO IS, THIS HAS BEEN IN DISCUSSION FOR THREE OR FOUR

YEARS.

SO OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT THAT URGENT.

WHAT IS URGENT IS THAT THIS COUNCIL NOT THAN SHOVED INTO A

CORNER AND SAY, BY THE WAY, HERE IT IS, YOU HAVE THREE DAYS

TO LOOK AT IT, AND YOU HAVE GOT TO VOTE ON IT.

THAT'S WRONG.

YOU ALLOWED THAT TO HAPPEN.

THEN YOU ALLOW US TO GET BOXED INTO CORNERS WHICH IS NOT

GOOD FOR THE PROCESS, NOT GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO MY MOTION IS TO CONTINUE IT FOR ONE MONTH.

11:32:22 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.

ARE THERE ANY BOARD MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE REST

OF THE PRESENTATION?

11:32:28 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
WELL, I ASKED THAT EARLIER --

11:32:34 >> THANK YOU.

I AM ASKING THE BOARD MEMBERS.

THERE ARE ANY BOARD MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE THE REST OF THE

PRESENTATION?

11:32:39 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
IF I MAY, I WOULD SUPPORT HIS MOTION.




I KNOW THE CAC HAD CONCERNS REGARDING THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF.

OF COURSE EVERYBODY ALREADY SAID EVERYTHING.

BUT ANOTHER 30 DAYS CAN'T HURT IF WE KEEP THIS TO THE NEXT

CRA.

COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, ANYBODY ELSE THAT HAS QUESTIONS, GET

A BRIEFING ON THIS.

BUT NO FURTHER THAN 30 DAYS.

AND THAT'S IT.

SO WE MAKE A DECISION NEXT MONTH.

SO GET YOUR INFORMATION, GET YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND

THAT'S IT.

11:33:07 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
HANG ON ONE SECOND, PLEASE, VERY MUCH,

BOARD.

COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, DO YOU HAVE DO YOU HAVE A TIME

CERTAIN? WOULD YOU LIKE THIS AS THE FIRST ITEM ON THE NEXT

AGENDA MEETING?

THAT'S JULY 22ND.

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




BRIEFLY HEAR FROM THE PORT AND/OR AQUARIUM?

WE HEARD FROM THE CAC EARLIER.

BUT WE ALL GET INDIVIDUAL BRIEFINGS BUT IF THEY COULD TAKE A

COUPLE MINUTES EACH TO TALK ABOUT WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT.

11:33:54 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I AGREE, MR. CARLSON, IF I MAY.

HERE IS THE THING.

WE HAVEN'T EVEN FINISHED WITH THE REPORT.

ANOTHER 30 DAYS.

AND WE HAVEN'T FINISHED HEARING THE WHOLE PROCESS.

NOT HOW CAN WE MAKE A MOTION IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROCESS,

LET THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION

CONTINUE WITH THE PRESENTATION.

AT LEAST TO SAY THAT YOU HAVE 100% OF THE INFORMATION.

SO NOW WE GOT 50% OF THE INFORMATION.

WE ARE GOING TO STOP, MAKE A MOTION.

AND WHAT HAPPENS TO THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE ALLOWED TO

SPEAK?

11:34:34 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, WOULD YOU LIKE THE REST

OF THE PRESENTATION?

11:34:38 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES, SIR.

11:34:42 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
LET'S CONTINUE THE PRESENTATION.

I AM PUTTING THE CONVERSATION ON OLD HOLD FOR JUST A FEW

MORE MINUTES.

YES, SIR, PLEASE PROCEED.

11:34:51 >> CHARLES KLUG, THE GENERAL COUNSEL FOR PORT TAMPA BAY.




AND I WOULD LIKE TO BASICALLY EXPLAIN SOME THINGS.

THERE WAS A GOOD COMMENT, THERE IS A MISCOMMUNICATION OR

FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE.

I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY SOME ISSUES AND SET THE RECORD

STRAIGHT.

FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS NOT THE PORT'S HOUSE.

THE IMPROVEMENTS, THE VISIONS, STREETS, WE SUPPORT THAT.

BUT WE ARE BEING ADVERSELY IMPACTED BY THE PORT, SO IS THE

FLORIDA AQUARIUM.

SO WE WORKED DILIGENTLY WITH THE CITY STAFF, MOBILITY

DEPARTMENT, TO TRY TO FIND A SOLUTION.

AND THAT SOLUTION INVOLVES TWO PHASES.

LET ME JUST EXPLAIN THAT TO YOU.

I AM GOING TO USE THIS ELMO.

CTTV NEEDS TO TURN THAT ON.

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

PAYING FOR ALL THESE IMPROVEMENTS ON THIS.

THIS IS ABOUT 1.5 MILLION WORTH OF IMPROVEMENTS.

THE PORT HAS ALREADY AUTHORIZED TO PAY.

WE ARE PIGGYBACKING ON THE KIMMINS PROJECT THAT WENT TO OUR

BOARD LAST MONTH.

THE BOARD APPROVED THAT.

SO WE ARE GOING TO PAY FOR $1.5 MILLION SOLELY FOR THOSE




ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS TO HANDLE PASSENGER VEHICLES, BUSES,

VANS, TRUCKS DURING CRUISE DAYS.

IN ADDITION WE ARE PAYING FOR DESIGN, STORMWATER.

IT'S GOING TO COST US ABOUT $2 MILLION OUT OF THE PORT'S

MONEY.

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.

THIS IS A PORTION THAT YOU SAW BEFORE.

THIS IS THE ONLY PORTION THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR.

FORTUNATELY, IT DOESN'T WORK VERY WELL ON THIS OVERHEAD.

THAT'S THE PART WE ARE ASKING FOR, AND WE ARE GOING TO DO A

LAND SWAP, SWAP CITY LAND FOR THIS EASEMENT.

WE ARE DOING A FEE SIMPLE TIME FOR SOME OTHER LAND. IN TURN

WE WILL GET THE EASEMENT INTEREST ON THE CITY'S PROPERTY.

WE WILL PAY FOR ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS.

THE REMAINDER OF THAT PARKING LOT OWNED BY THE CITY OF

TAMPA, THOSE IMPROVEMENTS WILL COME FROM THE CRA MONEY, NOT

THIS AREA.

SO THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ARE LONG OVERDUE.

THAT PARKING LOT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1995 OR SO.

IT'S BEEN 25, 26 YEARS.

REPAVING, NEW ACCESS THAT ROB EXPLAINED FROM CUMBERLAND,

WHICH IS THE BETTER ACCESS, THE PATRONS RIGHT NOW ARE GOING

DOWN YORK STREET.




IT'S VERY CONFUSING.

THAT'S ALSO GOING TO BENEFIT THE AQUARIUM FROM THE

STANDPOINT OF THE LANE DOTTING, THERE'S GOING TO BE LESS

CONGESTION, PROVIDE BETTER ACCESS TO THE PARKING LOT BY THE

CITY OF TAMPA.

SO THAT 1.6 MILLION IS FOR THE REST OF THAT LOT.

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.

THE IT'S NOT FOR THE PORT OF THE PROS.

THE PROPERTY IS NOT GOING TO BENEFIT FROM THIS.

THIS AREA THAT'S GOING TO BE REDEVELOPED AND REPAVED WITH

THE NEW ENTRANCE OFF OF CUMBERLAND, MUCH BETTER ACCESS, THAT

IS WHAT THE CRA ASKED US FOR.

IT'S FOR THAT MONEY, THAT DEVELOPMENT ALONE.

THAT IS IT.

BY THE WAY, ALSO FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES, BACK IN THE

1980s UNDER JOE GARCIA'S LEADERSHIP WE ACQUIRED THE LAND

THAT INCLUDES THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM PARK -- AS WELL AS

SPARKMAN WHARF.

WE ACQUIRED THAT FOR $18 MILLION. IN 1996 IN REFUNDING

THOSE BONDS, THE BONDS WERE FLOATED, $84 MILLION WORTH OF

BONDS, WE TRANSFERRED THAT LAND TO THE CITY OF TAMPA, AT NO

COMPENSATION TO THE BOARD.

THE PORT TRANSFERRED THAT LAND, DIDN'T GET ANY MONEY FOR IT.




THAT WAS PART OF THE PARTNERSHIP THE PORT ALWAYS HAD WITH

THE CITY OF TAMPA AND CONTINUES TO HAVE WITH THE CITY OF

TAMPA.

WE WORKED VERY WELL WITH THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT AND WOULD

LIKE TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT ON

MATTERS LIKE THIS.

WE ARE GOING TO GO FORWARD WITH THE LAND SWAP HOPEFULLY, AN

EASEMENT INTEREST, THE PROPERTY TO THE EAST AS I SHOWED

EARLIER, BACK TO THAT PHOTO AGAIN, IN EXCHANGE WE'LL

TRANSFER SOME LANDS TO THE CITY.

SO THIS IS ALL WE ARE ASKING FOR, IS NOT PART OF TODAY'S

ASKING, WE WILL GO BACK TO THE CITY LATER ON IN ANOTHER

MONTH OR SO TO TRY TO GET THE APPROVAL OF AN EASEMENT SO WE

CAN DO THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAVE AUTHORIZED AND WE ARE

GOING TO PAY FOR.

I HOPE THAT CLARIFIES THAT.

THERE HAS BEEN SOME MISCOMMUNICATION.

THE PORT IS NOT ASKING FOR THIS MONEY.

THE PORT HAS BEEN ATTENDING THE CAC MEETINGS.

WE DID MISS ONE UNDERSTANDING IS MY UNDERSTANDING.

BUT WE ARE NOT THE ONES ASKING FOR MONEY FOR THE REST OF THE

PARKING LOT.

THAT'S COMING FROM THE CITY OF TAMPA.

THAT'S WHY THE PORT IS NOT ASKING.

IT'S NOT OUR ASK.




WE ARE PAYING OUR OWN WAY.

SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT.

I AM HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THE PURPOSE OF MY BEING HERE TODAY IS WE UNDER THAT THERE

WAS MISCOMMUNICATION, AND WE ARE TRYING TO PROVIDE CLARITY

TO THIS WHOLE CONCEPT AND THIS WHOLE PROCESS.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME I WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER

THOSE TODAY.

11:40:00 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.

FIRST OF ALL YOU MENTIONED YOUR NAME THE NAME MR. JOE GARCIA

HAS RECENTLY PASSED, AND A FRIEND.

HE WILL BE SOUTHERLY MISSED.

CAN YOU POINT OUT THE LAND SWAP THAT YOU ARE PROPOSING?

WHAT IS THE PORT PROPOSING TO SWAP OUT?

I KEEP HEARING THAT.

11:40:21 >> YES, SIR.

SO THIS IS LAND THAT WE ACQUIRED IN FEE SIMPLE.

BACK IN THE 90s THERE WAS PLATT STREET AND 13th STREET

AND KIND OF CAME TO A DEAD MAN'S CORNER IN THAT LOCATION.

WE ACQUIRED A NUMBER OF PARCELS INCLUDING A FORMER PARCEL

THAT'S NOW ON ADAMO.

WE PAID MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND THEN WE END UP VACATING ANY

INTEREST BY THE COUNTY AND CITY MAY HAVE HAD AND REPAVED

THAT.

REMEMBER THERE ARE MORE ROUNDABOUTS IN THAT AREA YEARS AGO.




WE TOOK THOSE OUT.

BUT THAT'S AN AREA WHERE THE PORT REDEVELOPED.

WE ALSO ACQUIRED FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THE LAND THAT'S

SOUTH MERIDIAN EXTENSION.

THAT AND THE TRANSFER TO THE CITY AND GOT TRANSFERRED TO THE

EXPRESSWAY AUTHORITY.

SO THAT MERIDIAN THAT GOES INTO HARBOR ISLAND NOW.

SO WE DID THAT AS A BYPASS TO GO AROUND THROUGH CUMBERLAND.

OUR PLAN WAS IF WE HAD SPECIAL EVENTS WE COULD CLOSE THE

ROAD DOWN SINCE WE OWNED IT AND WE HAD THE RIGHT TO DO CLOSE

DOWN PERIODICALLY FOR SPECIAL EVENTS SUCH AS GASPARILLA

PARADE, ET CETERA.

WE COULD CLOSE THAT DOWN.

WE HAD THE RIGHTS TO THE ROADWAY.

WE COULD HAVE LICENSE AND FEES, ET CETERA.

SO WE ARE PROPOSING TO TRANSFER THAT LAND TO THE CITY OF

TAMPA.

THAT'S ALSO LAND THAT'S SUBJECT TO AN EASEMENT THAT WE PAID

TO THE CITY FOR THE STREETCAR.

SO THAT'S THE LAND THAT WE WOULD TRANSFER TO THE CITY IN FEE

SIMPLE.

AND IN TURN WE WOULD GET AN EASEMENT OVER THE CITY'S PARKING

LOT, A PORTION OF THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE PARKING LOT

ONLY.

11:41:43 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
PLEASE LET'S NOT GET STARTED ON THE STREET




CAR.

I HAVE SOME THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

COUNCILMAN GUDES.

11:41:49 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
I GUESS THERE'S MISCOMMUNICATION.

SO WHAT I AM HEARING IS THE PORT IS PAYING FOR THEIR PORTION

OF THE EASEMENT, BUT THE LOT ITSELF IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING

ABOUT THE 1.6 TO BE REDONE.

CORRECT?

11:42:03 >> THAT'S CORRECT.

THAT'S CORRECT.

11:42:05 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
AND THAT'S THE CITY LOT THAT WE ARE

TALKING ABOUT.

11:42:07 >> AT THIS TIME CITY LOT AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO USE THAT

LOT AND WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR THAT MONEY FOR THAT LOT.

WE SUPPORT IT.

WE THINK IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT THE LOT BE IMPROVED, HAS BETTER

TICKETING, GATING, AND ACCESS ON CUMBERLAND.

SO WE SUPPORT COMPLETELY THAT PROCESS BUT WE ARE NOT ASKING

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

SAID? BECAUSE WHAT I AM HEARING, THEY ARE MAKING THE THING

FOR AN EASEMENT AND THIS GENTLEMAN SAID THEY ARE JUST PAYING

TO ARE THEIR PORTION OF THE EASEMENT BUT THE LOT IS A CITY




LOT, WHICH IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD

AND WHAT I HAVE BEEN HEARING.

11:42:49 >>ROB ROSNER:
WE PRESENTED IN APRIL, WE HAVE BRANDON SHOW A

MUCH MORE DETAILED VERSION OF WHAT I SHARED HERE TODAY FOR

THAT, AND WE DID TALK ABOUT CHANNELSIDE DRIVE BEING THAT

PIECE.

WE DIDN'T SHOW A GRAPHIC FOR IT BUT WE EXPLAINED TO THEM

THAT WE WOULD BE GETTING SOME ROUNDS ABOUT OVER TO

BENEFICIAL AS TURNOVER AS FEE SIMPLE AS CHARLES MENTIONED.

WE DIDN'T HAVE VALUES EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS BUT WE WERE

DISCUSSING THE PROCESS FOR DOING THIS.

AND SO THROUGH THE ESTIMATING PROCESS, KIMMINS, TO GIVE US

ESTIMATES, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THAT INFORMATION UNTIL LATE

FEBRUARY OR EARLY MARCH TO KNOW WHAT THOSE VALUES WERE TO

COMPARE WHAT THOSE WERE.

WHEN WE CAME IN APRIL, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT OUR PORTION OF

IT.

WE DID IDENTIFY THE PORT WAS DOING THEIR PORTION AND WOULD

BE GOING TO A PUBLIC MEETING.

THEY DID ABOUT TEN DAYS LATER, AND MEETING THAT CHARLES IS

REFERRING TO IN A PUBLIC HEARING.

SO THE PUBLIC MEETING, AND THEN THEY HAD A FOLLOW-UP MEETING

RECENTLY TO APPROVE THE FUNDS FOR IT, BECAUSE THEY HAD

ESTIMATE FUNDS.

11:44:00 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
BUT EVERYTHING YOU JUST SAID, IT STILL




DIDN'T PINPOINT WHO IS PAYING FOR WHAT OF THIS LOT.

SO WHAT THE GENTLEMAN, THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PORT, HE'S

TELLING ME HE'S PAYING FOR THE LOT BUT THE LOT IS A CITY LOT

SO TO ME I DON'T THINK THE CAC HAS REALLY HAS A CLEAR

UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEY ARE PAYING FOR, OR WHAT THEY ARE

ASKED TO PAY FOR.

SO I THINK THE COMMUNICATION ISSUE IS THE PROBLEM HERE.

WHILE WE ARE AT ODDS WITH ONE ANOTHER IN REFERENCE TO THE

DOLLAR BUT NOT THE PROJECT.

I YIELD BACK.

11:44:34 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MR. DINGFELDER, I AM GETTING TO YOU IN ONE SECOND.

I THINK WE HAVE HEARD A LOT.

HOWEVER, WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM MS. CURTIS YET.

I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM HER AFTER MR. DINGFELDER FINISHES

HIS COMMENT.

COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.

11:44:47 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE

AQUARIUM, PERHAPS BEFORE MRS. CURTIS BUT THAT'S UP TO YOU,

MR. CHAIRMAN.

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

TIME AND I THINK WE SPEAK VERY FRANKLY TO EACH OTHER.

I DO AGREE THAT HISTORICALLY THE CITY AND PORT HAVE TRADE TO




BE GOOD TEAMMATES AND BE GOOD PARTNERS ON A LOT OF PROJECTS.

OKAY.

I HAVE HEARD NOT A VERY NICE RUMOR ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR

PROJECT, THAT WHEN THE PORT AUTHORITY DIDN'T GET ITS WAY,

PORT AUTHORITY REACHED OUT TO FDOT, NOT ONLY LOCALLY AT THE

DISTRICT LEVEL BUT ALSO TO TALLAHASSEE, TO PRESSURE, TO

PRESSURE THE CITY INTO AGREEING TO THIS, OKAY.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S NECESSARILY WHAT LOCAL PARTNERS SHOULD

BE DOING.

NOT NECESSARILY ASKING YOU TO AGREE OR DISAGREE OR WHAT HAVE

YOU, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE PUBLIC DESERVES THE RIGHT TO

KNOW ABOUT THESE KINDS OF THINGS.

AND WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THAT, IT DISTURBED ME GREATLY BECAUSE

THAT'S NOT THE WAY THAT PARTNERS SHOULD BE ACTING WITH ONE

ANOTHER.

WE SHOULD BE WORKING THESE THINGS OUT LOCALLY AND TOGETHER,

AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT WOULD HAVE CHANGED.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE AQUARIUM BECAUSE EVERYBODY

SAYS, OH, THIS WILL BENEFIT THE AQUARIUM.

I NEVER EVEN MET THE GENTLEMAN, I DON'T THINK.

AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING, CHARLES.

I SAID EARLIER, YOU GOT OUR PHONE NUMBERS F.THIS HAS BEEN

GOING ON FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND YOU FELT IT WAS

IMPORTANT, THEN YOU GUYS NEED TO BE REACHING OUT TO CRA

BOARD MEMBERS.




THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE CAC.

AT THE END OF THE DAY THE BUCK STOPS WITH US AS CRA BOARD

MEMBERS.

AND IF YOU GOT IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING

IN FRONT OF US, AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU GET IN FRONT OF

US AND SPEAK WITH US INDIVIDUALLY.

THANK YOU, CHARLES.

11:47:02 >> YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU.

11:47:04 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, ARE YOU FINISHED?

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.

ARE YOU A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AQUARIUM?

11:47:18 >> YES.

MY NAME IS ANDY WOOD.

11:47:20 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
HANG ON FOR JUST ONE SECOND.

CAN WE HAVE MRS. CURTIS STANDING ON DECK, PLEASE?

GO AHEAD, SIR.

11:47:25 >> ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TODAY.

MY NAME IS ANDY WOOD, THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR THE

FLORIDA AQUARIUM.

SO I WANTED TO ADD A LITTLE MORE CLARITY TO THIS AS WELL, AS

CHARLES MENTIONED THIS IS ALSO NOT AN ASK OF THE FLORIDA




AQUARIUM.

WHAT THIS IS IS A PROCESS.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP.

ALONG THE PROCESS OF THE CHANNELSIDE DRIVE DEVELOPMENT, THE

CITY BROUGHT THE AQUARIUM IN, BROUGHT THE PORT IN TO TALK

ABOUT SOME OF THE IMPACTS THAT WOULD FACE RIGHT IN FRONT OF

THE AQUARIUM PARKING LOT.

IF YOU LOOK AT OUR CURRENT OPERATION IN THE PARKING LOT WITH

THE WAY CHANNELSIDE DRIVE IS NOW THIS PAST SATURDAY, WE

BACKED UP TRAFFIC UP ONTO CHANNELSIDE DRIVE BECAUSE PRETTY

MUCH ON HE HAVE SATURDAY WHEN WE GET TO THIS TIME OF YEAR,

WE SELL OUT THE PARKING LOT BY 12:00.

WE CLOSE IT.

USUALLY DOESN'T REOPEN TILL ABOUT 1:15 AND CARS ARE

SCATTERED ELSEWHERE TO FIND PARKING.

THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO THE SUCCESS THAT COUNCILMAN CARLSON

MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WE ARE VERY PROUD OF.

26 YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN AN ECONOMIC ENGINE TO DEVELOP THAT

AREA, AND WE ARE PROUD OF WHAT THAT IS AND WE ARE THRILLED,

AND WE ARE GROWING.

WE ARE ON TARGET TO REACH A MILLION VISITORS IN THE NEXT

SEVERAL YEARS, AND THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE MORE ACCESS AND

MORE PARKING.

SO WHEN THIS PROCESS BEGAN, WE ADDRESSED SOME OF THE ISSUES

WE HAD DIRECTLY WITH CITY STAFF.




THEY WORKED WITH US TO WORK TO ALLEVIATE THOSE.

AND WHAT CAME OUT OF THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE SEEING TODAY

THE IDEA THAT THE EASEMENT COULD BE PROVIDED TO THE PORT SO

THAT THEIR ACCESS TO COME OFF OF CHANNELSIDE DRIVE FOR

TERMINAL 3, CRUISE TERMINAL 3, AND THAT THE ACCESS TO THE

AQUARIUM PARKING LOT WOULD ACTUALLY SWITCH, IT'S CURRENTLY

AT THE TWIGGS ENTRANCE OFF OF CHANNELSIDE.

IT IS NOW GOING TO SHIFT IN THIS PROPOSED PLAN TO

CUMBERLAND, PROVIDING EASY, DIRECT ACCESS AND BETTER SAFETY

FOR OUR GUESTS COMING IN, AND ACTUALLY ALLOW US TO AVOID

PARKING JAMS COMING UP TO CHANNELSIDE.

THE REASON FOR THAT IS -- AND IF WE CAN TURN ON THE ELMO, I

WILL POINT IT OUT TO YOU JUST TO GIVE THE FURTHER CLARITY.

IF YOU LOOKED AT WHAT CHARLES HAD PRESENTED EARLIER, THE NEW

ACCESS POINT FOR THE AQUARIUM PARKING LOT WILL NOW BE HERE.

IT IS CURRENTLY BACK IN THIS CORNER HERE.

BRINGING THE ACCESS UP TO CHANNELSIDE ACTUALLY ALLOWS US TO

CREATE A LANE THAT COMES ALL THE WAY IN.

SO OUR TRAFFIC WILL COME IN.

IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO GO TO A FRICTIONLESS PARKING PROCESS

INSTEAD OF BACKING UP AT A GATE TO GET A TICKET WE CAN NOW

BRING IN NEW TECH.

THE AQUARIUM IS WORKING WITH THE CITY ON RELATED TO OTHER

PARKING LOTS AROUND THE CITY TO MAKE SURE WE MAKE THIS

EASIER ACCESS AND ALLEVIATE THE BURDEN.




IN ADDITION IT CREATES FAR GREATER SAFETY FOR ALL OF OUR

GUESTS BY ACCESSING THE AQUARIUM UP HERE ON CHANNELSIDE

DRIVE.

RIGHT NOW, THEY COME ACROSS A ROADWAY HERE, ACROSS

CUMBERLAND AND HEAD INTO THE AQUARIUM.

ON CRUISE DAYS, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, TAXIS ARE COMING OUT OF

THERE AND I GUESS PUT AT RISK.

THIS ELIMINATES THE FRICTION BETWEEN A CRUISE OPERATION AND

THE AQUARIUM WHICH IS A HUGE BENEFIT TO ALL OF US, BUT MOST

IMPORTANTLY IT TAKES THE CHALLENGE OF CHANNELSIDE DRIVE AND

BRINGS IT TO THE INTERIOR OF THE PARKING LOT.

WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT TO US IS ALWAYS MAKING CERTAIN THAT

THE PARKING IS SUPPORTING THE AQUARIUM.

THAT HAS BEEN A CRITICAL ROLE FOR US.

WE NEED IT.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALSO A GREAT COMMUNITY

MEMBER.

I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO CAC MEETINGS, ACTUALLY

MADE A PRESENTATION AT THE SPECIAL SESSION ON APRIL 12nd

1st.

I UNDERSTAND WHERE THE DISCUSSION HAS BEEN.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY STAFF FOR THE LAST YEAR

OR SO TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THIS PROCESS WOULD NOT HAVE A

NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM, AND WOULD HAVE AN

EXTREMELY POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY, AND WE FEEL LIKE




THAT PARTNERSHIP IS THERE.

I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE REST OF THE COMMUNICATION ISSUES.

IT'S NOT MY PLACE.

BUT WAIL SAY IS THAT I AM APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK THAT THE

CITY HAS DONE AND THE PORT, AND THE AQUARIUM LEADERSHIP TO

COME TOGETHER TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE ALL CAN FIGURE

THIS AND TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FEEDBACK WE GET FROM THE

COMMUNITY.

11:51:33 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.

YOU ARE MUTED.

11:51:38 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
YES.

WAS IT ANDY?

11:51:45 >> YES.

11:51:45 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
HI, ANDY.

FIRST, LET ME ADDRESS IT IN REVERSE ORDER.

THE COMMUNICATION ISSUE IS PART OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.

YOU OR YOUR CEO.

OKAY.

THIS IS OBVIOUSLY AN IMPORTANT ISSUE TO THE AQUARIUM.

THEREFORE, PART OF YOUR OBLIGATION IS TO CONTACT US AND

BRIEF US, AS WELL AS THE CAC AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.

I KNOW YOU THINK THAT WHEN YOU TALK TO THE CITY STAFF YOU

THINK THAT'S ENOUGH BUT IT'S NOT.

OKAY.

SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE.




NUMBER TWO IS, IF THIS IS TO BENEFIT THE AQUARIUM TO A GREAT

EXTENT THAT YOU JUST OUTLINED, AND YOU SHOWED US A MAP, AND

I DON'T NECESSARILY DISAGREE WITH YOU, THEN WHY DIDN'T THE

AQUARIUM BUDGET FOR THIS UNDER THEIR OWN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT

PROGRAMS, AND WHY ISN'T THE AQUARIUM PAYING FOR IT YOURSELF?

AND I KNOW YOU DO A LOT OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ON THAT

FACILITY.

YOU HAVE GOT, I THINK, A 100 YEAR LEASE FROM THE CITY, JUST

LIKE MANY OF OUR OTHER LONG-TERM LESSEES, THE ZOO HAS

PARKING LOT CHANGES, THEY DON'T COME ASKING US FOR MONEY.

THE STRAZ ON OCCASION, WELL, ON MANY OCCASIONS DOES SOME

MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS, AND THEY

DO A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN.

SO I HAVE NOT SPECIFICALLY SEEN THE AQUARIUM BOOKS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR FINANCIAL SITUATION IS.

BUT THE OBVIOUSLY QUESTION TO ME IS, WHY COME TO THE CRA

INSTEAD OF THE AQUARIUM AND PAY FOR THIS THEMSELVES? I KNOW

IT IS CITY PROPERTY, AS IS THE AQUARIUM ITSELF, BUT I HAVE A

FEELING WE PROBABLY LEASE THOSE PARKING LOTS TO YOU IN THE

SAME WAY THAT WE LEASE THAT BUILDING.

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.




I WILL MAKE CERTAIN WE IMPROVE OUR COMMUNICATION.

I WILL MAKE NOTE OF THAT COMMENT.

WE ARE NOT SEEKING TO IMPROVE THIS PARKING LOT FOR THE

AQUARIUM.

IF THIS PROCESS DID NOT REQUIRE THE EASEMENT NEEDED FOR THE

PORT TRAFFIC TO COME OFF OF CHANNELSIDE DRIVE, WE WOULD

CONTINUE TO OPERATE OUR PARKING LOT THE WAY IT IS.

SO THAT IS WHY WE DID NOT LOOK AT THIS AS A NEED.

WE CAME AS A PARTNER WITH THE CITY AND WITH THE PORT TO SAY

IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A PORTION OF THE PARKING LOT AND YOU

WANT TO UTILIZE THAT TO SUPPORT INCREASED SAFETY AND TRAFFIC

OFF OF CHANNELSIDE, THEN WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS TO MAKE SURE

IT DOESN'T HARM THE AQUARIUM?

AND THIS WAS THE SOLUTION THAT CAME FORWARD.

BUT IT WAS NEVER A PLAN OF OURS TO MOVE THE ENTRANCE TO OUR

PARKING LOT WITHOUT THIS PROJECT HAPPENING.

11:54:41 >> THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN CARLSON.

11:54:44 >>BILL CARLSON:
JUST A COMMENT AND A COUPLE OF QUICK

COMMENTS.

MR. DINGFELDER, AS I UNDERSTAND THIS, AND YOU SHOULD TALK TO

MR. BHIDE AND MOBILITY, BUT AS I UNDERSTAND, THIS WAS AN

EFFORT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR OF MOBILITY TO BUILD COMPLETE

STREETS, TO BUILD SAFER PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE AREA IN THAT

AREA.




AND THEN AS THAT STARTED TO BE PROPOSED, THEN THEY HAD

INITIAL CONVERSATIONS -- AND I MIGHT GET THIS SLIGHTLY WRONG

AND I APOLOGIZE -- BUT AS I UNDERSTAND THE CITY WAS PUSHING

TO COMPLETE THIS COMPLETE STRESS PROJECT BECAUSE IT MADE

SENSE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND WALKABILITY AND BICYCLES BUT THEN

THEY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE PORT.

BUT THEN THE MARITIME INDUSTRY FOUND OUT IT BECAUSE THEY

WERE NOT SEPARATELY BRIEFED, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, AND BILL

KUZMICK IS HERE, SO I WONDER IF HE COULD TALK FROM THE

TENANT POINT OF VIEW WHY IT'S IMPORTANT.

SO THEN THE CITY HAD TO ACCOMMODATE THE INTERESTS OF THE

MARITIME COMMUNITY AND PROTECT THE BUSINESS OF THE MARITIME

COMMUNITY, AND IN DOING THAT IT IMPACTED THE AQUARIUM.

SO IT WASN'T THAT THE PORT CAME AND SAID WE WANT TO DO ALL

OF THIS, BUT IT WAS THE CITY WANTING TO BUILD A COMPLETE

STREET THAT THEN IMPACTED THESE TWO FOLKS.

STILL THE ISSUE IS WHO SHOULD PAY FOR IT BUT I DON'T THINK

IT WAS, AS THEY HAVE SAID, IT DIDN'T ORIGINATE WITH THE TWO

OF THEM.

11:56:08 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

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,

BECAUSE MR. CARLSON MENTIONED MY NAME.




11:56:22 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
PLEASE, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, PROCEED.

11:56:28 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
THANK YOU.

BILL, AS FAR AS I CAN SEE, EVERYBODY IS DOING THIS, OKAY.

EVERYBODY IS POINTING AT EACH OTHER AND SAYING WELL, THIS

ISN'T OUR ISSUE, THIS IS SOMEBODY ELSE'S ISSUE, ET CETERA.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

WE ARE EXACTLY MAKING MY POINT ABOUT A 30-DAY CONTINUANCE,

OKAY.

WE ARE WASTING A LOT OF TIME ON THE MINUTIA OF THIS WHEN ALL

THESE THINGS SHOULD BE EXPLAINED IN A VERY SLOW, METHODICAL

WAY, AND THIS IS JUST NOT THE WAY WE SHOULD BE DOING

BUSINESS.

I THINK IT'S BAD PRECEDENCE.

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.

MR. WOOD, YOU KEEP SAYING THE AQUARIUM PARKING.

WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE AQUARIUM IS CLOSED AND THERE IS NO

CRUISE SHIPS?

WHAT DOES THAT LOT TURN INTO?

11:57:25 >> IT IS A CLOSED LOT UNLESS WE OPEN IT FOR SPECIAL EVENTS

LIKE LIGHTNING GAMES, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE PLAYOFFS, IT IS A

CLOSED LOT.

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

ACTUALLY BE A MONEY MAKER FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA?

11:57:44 >> YES, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE PARK, AUTHORITY IN TAMPA TO

TALK ABOUT MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS THAT COULD CREATE THAT

OPPORTUNITY, YES.

11:57:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

LET'S TALK WITH ANOTHER PIECE OF THIS PUZZLE.

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

POINTS AND OPINIONS?

11:58:16 >> SURE.

I WOULD BE HAPPY TO.

SO AS I STATED EARLIER AT THE END OF MY REPORT, AND UPDATE,

YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATION, AS COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER SAYS, THE

COMMUNICATION HAS REALLY BEEN THE ISSUE FIRST AND FAR MOST

FOR US.

AS I STARTED REPORTING EARLIER, WE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING

ABOUT ANY OF THESE CONVERSATIONS, AND AS IT'S BEING

PRESENTED HERE TODAY, THERE'S A LOT OF THE CITY, THE PORT,

THE AQUARIUM, THE PORT, THE AQUARIUM, AND ALTHOUGH WE ARE AN

ADVISORY COMMITTEE, IT'S PART OF OUR JOB TO REPRESENT THE

RESIDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WE WEREN'T PART OF THESE DISCUSSIONS.

WASN'T WEREN'T AWARE OF ANY OF THESE DISCUSSIONS.




WE WEREN'T AWARE OF THE PORT'S PLANS, THE CITY PLANS, LAND

SWAP, NONE OF THIS WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION UNTIL APRIL

WHICH WAS THE PORT'S FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO COME SIT DOWN AND

SPEAK WITH US ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND ABOUT THE ASK.

WHEN WE HELD THE SPECIAL MEETING A FEW WEEKS LATER ON THE

21st, WE AGAIN INVITED THE PORT TO COME AND TALK TO US,

PARTNER WITH US, WORK WITH US.

WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO THE DESIGN.

WE ARE OPPOSED TO THE ASK OF THE MONEY WHEN IT'S NOT A

PROJECT THAT'S REALLY TO THE BENEFIT OR USE OF THE COMMUNITY

RESIDENTS, AND THAT'S OUR JOB ON THE CAC IS TO MAKE SURE OUR

MONEY IS SPENT FOR BENEFITS TO THE RESIDENTS.

AND AN ASSET OR AMENITY THEY CAN USE AT ANY TIME.

THAT IS CREATING SOME EXTRA PARKING OR THINGS LIKE THAT,

SURE.

RESIDENTS OF THE CHANNEL DISTRICT DON'T NEED MORE PARKING.

THERE'S PLENTY OF PARKING FOR THOSE RESIDENTS.

SO REALLY, THE COMMITTEE SAYS THE MAIN POINTS FROM THE

COMMITTEE WERE THE CAC SHOULDN'T BE SPENDING RESIDENT

TAXPAYER FUNDS TO IMPROVE PORT OWNED OR CONTROLLED PROPERTY,

AND THE COMMUNITY AMENITIES THAT ALL RESIDENTS CAN USE.

THE PORT SHOULD CARRY THE COST OF THEIR OWN IMPROVEMENTS TO

THEIR PROPERTY THAT RESULTED FROM THESE DESIGN CHANGES

REQUESTED BY AND MADE BY THE PORT.

THEY ARE EVEN DOING THEIR OWN DESIGN OF THIS PROJECT.




SO TO SAY THAT IT'S KIND OF A CONTINUATION OF THE

CHANNELSIDE PROJECT, THE CAC DOESN'T FULLY SEE IT THAT WAY.

WE SEE IT AS AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE PORT PROPERTY FOR CRUISE

PASSENGERS, FOR AQUARIUM TRAFFIC, WE SEA IT AS AN

IMPROVEMENT TO THEIR OPERATIONS.

AGAIN, WE DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE OVERALL DESIGN.

IT MAY IN FACT BE HELPFUL TO THE TRAFFIC FLOW.

BUT I THINK WHAT I HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN FROM ALL

MEMBERS OF THE CAC WERE, WHERE IS THE BOARD PORT?

WHERE IS THE AQUARIUM?

WHERE ARE THEY?

IF THEY ARE HERE ASKING US TO SEND THE MONEY AND HELP THEM

PAY FOR THESE CHANGES, THEY ARE ASKING FOR, WHERE ARE THEY?

THEY WEREN'T THERE ON THE 7th.

THEY WEREN'T THERE ON THE 21st.

THEN THEY DELAYED THIS ISSUE FROM LAST MONTH'S CRA TO

TODAY'S CRA, WHICH GAVE THEM YET A THIRD OPPORTUNITY TO COME

TO US AT OUR BOARD, CAC MEETING, LAST WEEK.

THEY DIDN'T SHOW UP AGAIN.

SO THEY HAD THREE OPPORTUNITIES.

THEY HAVE BEEN ASKED THREE TAMES TO COME AND SPEAK WITH US.

WE HAD EVEN SOMEWHAT SUGGESTED THROUGH VALERIE AND THROUGH

MICHELLE, WELL, WE WOULD LIKE TO ACQUIRE THE LOT WHICH IS

THE EMPTY PARKING LOT OWNED BY THE PORT JUST NORTH ADJACENT

TO THE NORTH OF THE PORT PARKING GARAGE ON THE WEST SIDE OF




CHANNELSIDE DRIVE.

WE HAD IDENTIFIED THAT AS A POTENTIAL PARCEL TO PUT IN A

PARK AND GREEN SPACE FOR THE RESIDENTS.

WE HAD INDICATED TO THE PORT AS EARLY AS LAST YEAR WE ARE

INTERESTED IN THAT LOT, WE WOULD LIKE TO POTENTIALLY START

DISCUSSIONS WITH YOU ABOUT ACQUIRING THAT LOT, PAYING FOR

THAT LOT.

SO WHEN THIS ASK CAME UP FOR THE 1.6 FROM CRA FUNDS, WE

SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS THE PORT WOULD THEN BE WILLING

TO WORK WITH US AND PARTNER WITH US ON MAYBE A BIT OF A

CREDIT TOWARDS THE PURCHASE OF THAT RB LOT OR IN SOME WAY

HELP US TO ACQUIRE THAT OR CONTRIBUTE TO IMPROVING THAT LOT,

AS AN AMENITY FOR THE RESIDENTS.

WE REALLY HAVE GOTTEN NO FEEDBACK ON THAT SUGGESTION, AND

THE PORT NOT COMING TO OUR MEETING AND SHOWING UP INDICATED

TO US THAT THAT WAS JUST A COMPROMISE THAT THEY WEREN'T EVEN

WILLING TO ENTERTAIN, WHICH FURTHER, I THINK, REENFORCED ALL

OF THE MEMBERS IN A VOTE ON ALLOCATING THESE FUNDS FOR THAT

IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

IT WAS A UNANIMOUS VOTE.

AND FROM OUR LAST MEETING LAST WEEK.

I THINK STILL THE BIGGEST THING FOR EVERYONE IS, YOU KNOW,

IT'S A PORT PROJECT, PORT, CITY, AQUARIUM PROJECT, IT'S

KNOLL REALLY A CRA PROJECT, AND AGAIN, WHERE IS THE PORT,

WHERE IS THE AQUARIUM?




THEY ARE NOT EVEN HERE TO TALK TO US.

THAT'S REALLY THE SUMMARY OF OUR ASSESSMENT FROM THE CAC.

12:03:28 >> BOARD MEMBERS, IT'S 12:
00 NOW.

I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT WE CAN MAKE SOME SORT OF DECISION UP,

DOWN OR CONTINUE, WITHIN THE NEXT 20 MINUTES.

LET'S CHOOSE OUR QUESTIONS PRECISELY AND BRIEFLY.

I WILL GO FIRST WITH COUNCILMAN GUDES.

12:03:48 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
WOW.

GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE HAD HEARD LOT.

MR. MIRANDA, I ALWAYS CALL YOU A LEGEND AND I SEE WHERE WE

WERE ABLE TO KIND OF GET IT ALL FROM ALL SIDES.

AND NOW THE PORT, THE AQUARIUM, BUT WE ARE THE DECIDING

FACTOR.

WAY SEE IS AGAIN, MR. DINGFELDER WAS RIGHT, NO COMMUNICATION

WITH NOBODY.

IT'S WHAT I SEE HERE.

I SEE EVERYBODY WANTS SOMETHING OUT OF THE DEAL.

IT'S WHAT I SEE.

EVERYBODY WANTS TO BROKER THE DEAL.

BUT THERE'S NO COMMUNICATION TO BROKER THE DEAL.

THE CAC WANTS SOMETHING.

THE AQUARIUM, THEY WANT TO BE PART OF THE DEAL, THOUGH, PORT

WANTS TO BE PART OF THE DEAL AS WELL.

BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME WITH THE POLICE.

EVERYBODY WANTS SOMETHING.




I THINK MR. DINGFELDER IS RIGHT.

EVERYBODY NEEDS TO GO BACK TO THE TABLE, AND SEE IF

EVERYBODY CAN GET WHAT THEY WANT AND COME AWAY WITH A

COMPROMISE.

BECAUSE I SEE THE CAC WANTS SOMETHING.

I SEE THE PORT WANTS SOMETHING.

THE AQUARIUM SOMETHING.

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

REPRESENTING THE TENANTS?

12:05:13 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
BILL, GO AHEAD.

12:05:14 >> THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

BILL KUZMICK, SPOKE EARLY THIS MORNING.

YOU HAVE GOT IN FRONT OF YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE MOVE

THE BALL FORWARD ON SOME STUFF TO GET SOME OF THE INDUSTRIES

AND THE PORT BACK ON THEIR FEET.

YOU HAVE GOT INCREDIBLE INDUSTRY IN THE CRUISE INDUSTRY THAT

IS PROBABLY SUFFERED MORE THAN MANY OTHERS HAVE SUFFERED

THROUGH THE PANDEMIC AND THEY ARE STILL STRUGGLING TO GET

BACK ON THEIR FEET.

THOSE CHOOSE LINES ARE CHOOSING AS WE SPEAK WHAT PORTS TO

RETURN TO.

THOSE JOBS ARE PERMANENT JOBS, PROVIDE MANY SEASONAL JOBS,

THOSE SEASONAL JOBS GO ELSEWHERE.




A LOT OF PEOPLE RELY ON THOSE SEASONAL JOBS TO MAKE ENDS

MEAT.

I THINK YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD NOW.

30 DAYS IS NOT A BIG CHUNK OF TIME IN THE WHALES OF

COMMERCE, BUT IT'S A BIG CHUNK OF TIME RIGHT NOW AS THE

CRUISE INDUSTRIES ARE DECIDING WHERE TO GO.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO THIS AREA AND THIS CHANNELSIDE DISTRICT

THAT THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE AND MOVING FORWARD, AND DID

AFFECT A LOT OF WHAT WENT DOWN IN THE CHANNELSIDE DISTRICT,

AND THIS HAS GOT TO BE PART OF AN IMPROVEMENT TO COME FROM

THAT.

SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THERE'S PERHAPS BEEN SOME

MISCOMMUNICATION THROUGHOUT BUT EVERYBODY KNOWS TO MOVE

FORWARD ON THE IMPROVEMENTS, FIND THE MONEY, DIFFERENT

STORY, BUT THE IMPROVEMENTS NEED TO BE MADE AND I WOULD

ENCOURAGE THIS COUNCIL TO MAKE THAT DECISION, MAKE IT SOONER

RATHER THAN LATER.

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.

COUNCILMAN MIRANDA?

12:06:55 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT ALL OF US

SPENT ON THIS, AND WHEN THE CRUISE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE

PROCESS OF CONTINUING THE OPERATION OF WHAT WE HAVE.




AND THE CITY.

IT'S ABOUT THE CITY.

IT'S SOMETHING MUCH DIFFERENT THAN JUST TAKING A CRUISE AND

PEOPLE COME IN, THEY SPEND A DAY OR TWO AT A DIFFERENT HOTEL

IN YBOR CITY OR DOWNTOWN OR WHEREVER.

IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WHERE THEY GO TO THE QUORUM, THEY GO

TO THE ZOO, THEY GO TO BUSCH GARDENS, WHATEVER THEY DO, BUT

THEY ARE HERE TO DO SOMETHING.

THEY DIDN'T COME TO SEE US, I'LL TELL YOU THAT.

SO WHEN ANYBODY TAKES A CRUISE, MORE IMPORTANTLY WHEN YOU

LEAVE SOMEBODY OFF, I HAVE NEVER TAKEN A CRUISE FROM THERE,

BUT I CAN TELL YOU I HAVE TAKEN AT LEAST FOUR INDIVIDUALS,

TO TAKE A CRUISE FROM THIS LOCATION, AND IT'S H-E-L-L HOCKEY

STICKS TO GET OUT OF THAT DAMN PLACE.

YOU DON'T WANT TO COME BACK ONCE YOU GO ONCE.

AND I HAVE DONE IT FOUR TIMES AND I DIDN'T WANT TO GO BACK.

YOU SEE CHAOS NOT ONLY GOING IN BUT COMING OUT.

CARS ARE LEAVING AND DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE GOING WHEN

THEY WANT TO LEAVE.

AND WE CALL OURSELVES -- I SAY IT'S IMPORTANT.

I UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE SAYING.

BUT AT THE END WHEN THEY SAY THEY WANT TO MAKE ANOTHER DEAL,

WHICH WAS NOT PART OF THE DEAL, THEN I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE

DEAL IS ALL ABOUT.

SO I AM READY TO VOLT ON IT.




I AM NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR ANY MORE EXTENSIONS.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

12:08:26 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
ALL RIGHT.

ANYTHING ELSE?

ANYTHING FURTHER?

COMMENTS?

QUESTIONS?

COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.

12:08:32 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

MR. MIRANDA, THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS YOU ARE

DEFINITELY A SMARTER MAN THAN I AM BECAUSE I STILL DON'T

UNDERSTAND THE DEAL.

I MIGHT SUPPORT IT NEXT MONTH AFTER I UNDERSTAND IT BETTER,

BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT GOT THERE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND

THE PROCESS, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE LACK OF INVOLVEMENT

BETWEEN THE PORT AND THE AQUARIUM AND THE CAC.

THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

SO I CAN'T VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

AND AT THIS POINT IN TIME I AM NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE

EXPLANATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO

EVERYBODY INVOLVED.

THAT'S WHY I MADE THE MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE.

BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IN EVERYBODY'S BEST INTEREST.

BETTER INFORMED, AND ALSO TO REINFORCE THE PROCESS THAT

THESE THINGS ARE NOT GOING TO BE BROUGHT LAST MINUTE TO US




AND TOLD TO VOTE WILLY-NILLY.

IT'S BAD PROCESS.

BAD FOR THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU.

12:09:31 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
MR. CHAIR?

AS THE MAKER OF THE MOTION ADVISING THAT ALL PARTIES MEAT TO

SETTLE THE ISSUE?

12:09:44 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
I WILL ACCEPT THAT AS A FRIENDLY

ENDMENT.

12:09:47 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
THANK YOU, SIR.

12:09:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COUNCILMAN

DINGFELDER, SECONDED BY MANISCALCO, TO CONTINUE THIS TO JULY

22ND, OUR NEXT CRA BOARD MEETING.

FIRST AGENDA ITEM.

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,

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

THINK IT SHOULD BE SETTLED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, 30 DAYS,

AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S EFFORTS.

BUT MAYBE COME BACK AT ONE TIME AND COME BACK AND BRING IT

UP, AND IF MR. VIERA IS GOING TO BE HERE, I REALLY DON'T

KNOW.

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

TONIGHT.

12:11:10 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.

WE ARE IN RECESS FOR FIVE MINUTES.

CRA RECESS)

12:11:28 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
HOWEVER, JUST SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON

THIS, MR. DINGFELDER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESTATE YOUR MOTION?

12:16:24 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
I WOULD BE GLAD TO MAKE MY MOTION AGAIN,

IF THAT'S WHAT THE CHAIRMAN --

12:16:29 >> YES, SIR, PLEASE.

THANK YOU.

12:16:30 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
OKAY.

I WILL MOTION FOR A 30-DAY CONTINUANCE, SPECIFICALLY FOR US

TO BE BETTER BRIEFED, FOR US TO BE BETTER BRIEFED, AND ALSO

FOR THE VARIOUS PARTIES TO MEET AMONG THEMSELVES AND FOR THE

CAC TO BE DEEPLY INVOLVED AS WELL.

12:16:53 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, DO YOU STILL SECOND

THAT?




MOTION MAY DINGFELDER, SECOND BY MANISCALCO.

ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

12:17:04 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
YES.

12:17:08 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
I AM GOING TO TAKE THIS TIME JUST FOR ONE

SECOND.

I HAVE A MENTOR, MR. BOB BARRENCOT COULD WHO AT THE TIME WAS

PRESIDENT OF THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD, AND HE WOULD LOOK AT

MR. ODOM WHO WAS AN ATTORNEY FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA, AND LOOK

AT MR. GARCIA, WHO WAS AN ATTORNEY FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE

CITY EMPLOYEES, AND WHAT HE WOULD TELL THEM IS, YOU GUYS GO

OUT IN THE HALLWAY, YOU FIGURE THIS OUT.

BECAUSE IF YOU COME BACK TO ME, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO LIKE

THE ANSWER.

WHAT I AM ASKING IS FOR ALL THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS

PROJECT, YOU GUYS FIGURE IT OUT.

BECAUSE YOU MAY NOT LIKE THIS BOARD'S ANSWER.

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

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.




COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.

12:18:29 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE IF I CAN GET

SOME HISTORY AND PICTURES, IF YOU CAN, SO THE PUBLIC CAN

UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CRA HAS DONE, AND WHAT THE WORK HAS BEEN

IN THIS AREA THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS MORNING, FROM

THE 70s, FROM THE 90s, FROM 2010 SO SHOWS WHAT HAS

HAPPENED.

A PICK STRUCTURE IS WORTH MORE THAN A THOUSAND WORDS.

THAT'S WHAT I MEAN.

I MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT.

12:18:57 >> SECOND.

12:18:59 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.

ALL IN FAVOR?

EXCUSE ME, I APOLOGIZE.

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

VOTE.

12:19:20 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
IS THAT ALL?




THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COUNCILMAN GUDES.

12:19:25 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
WE HAD A HISTORIC PERSON JOE ROBINSON, AND

CONSIDER A RECOGNITION FOR JOE ROBINSON WHAT HE'S DONE FOR

THE CDC AND CITY OF TAMPA.

JOE ROBINSON, COMMENDATION.

12:19:42 >> I'M SORRY.

I WOULD THINK YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE VISUAL.

MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.

SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.

ALL IN FAVOR?

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

VOTE.

12:20:33 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COUNCILMAN CARLSON.

12:20:39 >>BILL CARLSON:
I WONDER, MR. GUDES BROUGHT UP AN ISSUE




THAT WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE WHICH IS THE IDEA OF CREATING AN

ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT IN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA, AND

SPECIFICALLY DREW PARK.

I WONDER, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ASK STAFF TO ASK

THE DREW PARK CAC ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF CREATING AN

ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT IN DRAW PARK, AND THEIR ADVICE OR

FEEDBACK ON THE IDEA AND REPORT BACK IN THE AUGUST 19th

CRA MEETING.

12:21:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.

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

TAKING IT BEFORE THE CAC WE ARE JUST ASKING THEIR OPINION.

WE ARE NOT VOTING ON DOING IT OR NOT.

AND THE IDEA IS THAT THE AREAS THAT DON'T WANT ENTERTAINMENT

DISTRICTS, BUT WE NEED AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, SO THE

QUESTION IS WHERE DO WE PUT ONE?

AT LEAST WE CAN ASK THEM AND SEE WHAT THEY SAY.

THANK YOU.




12:21:58 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.

12:21:59 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.

[OFF MICROPHONE]

12:22:11 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
RED WE HAD TO SWITCH THEM AROUND, DIFFERENT

NUMBERS.

COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.

12:22:16 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

MICHELLE, I CAN'T REMEMBER PROCEDURALLY, WE HAD A TERMS

SHEET IN REGARDS TO THE STRAZ AND I THINK IT WAS PART OF THE

AGENDA SOMEWHERE.

ENLIGHTEN ME ON THAT.

SHOULD WE VOTE ON THAT SO WE CAN KEEP THE STRAZ CONTRACT

MOVING FORWARD?

12:22:48 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
IF YOU ALL ALLOW ME TO TEST HOW FAST I

CAN TALK I HAD A FEW ISSUES THAT I ALWAYS GET TO GO LAST BUT

I FEEL LIKE I NEED MY OWN WORKSHOP JUST SO I CAN TALK WITH

YOU GUYS.

SO YES, WHEN YOU GUYS ARE DONE WITH YOUR NEW BUSINESS IF YOU

WILL JUST ALLOW ME FOUR TO FIVE MINUTES TO QUICKLY GET

THROUGH SOME OF THE PENDING DECISIONS THAT WOULD BE GREATLY

APPRECIATED.

12:23:10 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, CHAIRMAN,

BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS THAT AND HOPEFULLY VOTE

ON THAT STRAZ ISSUE.

12:23:17 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU.




NOTHING FROM ME.

MRS. VAN LOAN.

12:23:22 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
IF I CAN HAVE THE PowerPoint UP REAL

QUICK.

THANK YOU.

SO THE FIRST ISSUE IS LAST MONTH MORRIS MASSEY AND BRIAN

MORRISON BROUGHT BACK THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS POLICY, AND WE

DELAYED IT ONE MONTH SO EVERYBODY HAD TIME TO REVIEW THAT SO

WE ARE ASKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT BENEFITS POLICY

BEFORE WE GO INTO ANY OF THE AGREEMENTS THAT ARE OVER

$500,000.

12:23:48 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
SO MOVED.

12:23:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.

ANY COMMENTS?

ANY QUESTIONS?

ANY DISCUSSION?

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

VOTE.




12:24:12 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
WE HAVE AN ITEM WHERE OUR CA Cs

PRESENTLY HAVE TO FOLLOW THE CRA PROTOCOLS AS TO HOW WE

CONDUCT OUR MEETINGS SO CURRENTLY THE CACS ARE CONDUCTING A

HYBRID JUST LIKE CRA BOARD THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE AN

IN PERSON QUORUM WITH VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION.

SOME OF OUR CACs ARE BEING CHALLENGED IN REACHING THAT

QUORUM WITH A HYBRID MODEL.

SOME MEETINGS HAD TO BE CANCELED NOW THAT COVID VACCINES ARE

READILY AVAILABLE FOR ALL ADULTS.

THE CACs ARE REQUESTING THAT THEY BE ALLOWED WITHIN EACH

INDIVIDUAL CAC TO VOTE ON WHETHER THEY CONTINUE THE HYBRID

MODEL OR HAVE THE OPTION TO GO BACK TO AN ALL IN-PERSON

MEETING.

THIS WOULD NOT ELIMINATE THE ABILITY FOR OTHERS TO LISTEN IN

AND OBSERVE THE MEETING, BUT IT WOULD ALLOW THEM AS A GROUP

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

BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.

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

BOARD THE OPTION IF THEY ALLOW OTHER MEMBERS TO BE HYBRID OR

NOT?




12:25:22 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING IS HYBRID.

WHAT WE ARE ASKING ESPECIALLY IN YBOR THAT HAS A VERY LARGE

CAC AND A LARGE MEMBERSHIP, THAT WITH THE CONTINUED HYBRID

OPTION IT'S GETTING HARDER AND HARDER TO OBTAIN QUORUMS ON A

REGULAR BASIS, SO THEY ARE ASKING THAT IF THE CAC, THE

MEETING WITH A QUORUM, CAN VOTE TO DECIDE WHETHER THEY

CONTINUE TO REMAIN HYBRID TO ALLOW PARTICIPATION BY THEIR

CAC MEMBERS VIRTUALLY, OR CAN THEY MOVE BACK TO AN ALL

IN-PERSON MEETING LIKE WE CONDUCTED PRIOR TO COVID?

12:25:56 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
I THINK THE RULE IS YOU HAVE TO HAVE

WHATEVER SET NUMBER YOU HAVE FOR A QUORUM REGARDLESS WHETHER

YOU ARE HYBRID OR NOT.

CORRECT?

12:26:03 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN IN-PERSON QUORUM

AND IT HAS BEEN REGULARLY DIFFICULT FOR YBOR TO HAVE AN

IN-PERSON QUORUM WITH SUCH A LARGE CAC BOARD.

AND THEY FEEL -- AND THEY ARE ASKING THAT BECAUSE THERE ARE

MEMBERS WHO HAVE THAT OPTION TO PARTICIPANT STILL VIRTUALLY

THAT THEY ARE NOT BEING AS DILIGENT AS TRYING TO SHOW UP AND

THEY ARE NOT REACHING THOSE QUORUMS.

12:26:27 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
I AM GOING TO GO TO COUNSEL ON THIS.

WHAT ARE OUR STATE REGULATIONS CALLING FOR NOW?

12:26:35 >> MR. CHAIR, REGULATIONS DO REQUIRE THAT WE MAINTAIN A

PHYSICAL QUORUM AT ALL TIMES.

AS YOU KNOW.




HOWEVER, IF THE CACS WOULD LIKE TO RETURN TO IN-PERSON ONLY,

THAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE.

MICHELLE, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE PLAN WOULD BE TO CONTINUE

TO ALLOW PUBLIC PARTICIPATION VIRTUALLY, IS THAT CORRECT?

12:26:59 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
YES.

WE WOULD MAINTAIN THE FACT THAT ANYONE CAN CONTINUE TO

LISTEN IN, AND WE WOULD CONTINUE TO ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT

FROM VIRTUAL PUBLIC AS WELL AS THE IN-PERSON PUBLIC LIKE WE

HAVE BEEN DOING.

12:27:13 >> MR. CHAIR, CURRENTLY THE CAC IS REQUIRED TO FOLLOW THE

SAME RULES THAT ARE BEING FOLLOWED BY THIS BOARD, WHICH IS A

HYBRID MODEL, BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ALLOW THEM TO CHOOSE

TO COME BACK TO IN-PERSON ONLY, THAT'S OKAY.

12:27:27 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN

DINGFELDER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.

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

VOTE.

12:27:47 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
THANK YOU SO MUCH.




AS COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER INDICATED, WE DID HAVE THE TERM

SHEET THAT WAS PROVIDED TO YOU BY OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

IT HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY THE STRAZ.

AND THEY ARE OKAY WITH ALL THE TERMS THAT HAVE BEEN LAID OUT

BY OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

YOU ALL HAVE BEEN PROVIDED COPIES.

I JUST PUT THEM ON TWO SLIDES IN CASE ANYONE HAD QUESTIONS.

OR WANTED TO REVIEW ANYTHING.

BRAIN BRIAN AND I AM ALSO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE

BOARD MAY HAVE.

12:28:23 >>BRIAN MORRISON:


12:28:27 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
AT THIS POINT WE THE LARGEST DONOR OF THIS

PROJECT OR SUBSTANTIAL IN NATURE?

BECAUSE THIS IS A LOT OF MONEY.

12:28:34 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE NOT HAD A VOTE

EITHER BY THE CAC OR THE CRA BOARD TO SUPPORT A SPECIFIC

DOLLAR AMOUNT.

IT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AND REQUESTED $25 MILLION.

SO RIGHT NOW UNTIL THERE IS AN ACTUAL VOTE FOR THAT, WE ARE

NOT A DONOR AT ALL.

I BELIEVE THAT THE STRAZ FOLKS MAY STILL BE ON THE PHONE

LISTENING, AND THEY MAY BE ABLE TO CONFIRM WHETHER IF WE DID

DONATE $25 MILLION, WILL BE THE LARGEST SINGLE DONOR.

IS THERE ANYONE STILL ON THE PHONE FROM THE STRAZ?

12:29:07 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
MR. CHAIRMAN, THE REASON I ASKED THAT




QUESTION, IF THAT IS THE CASE, WHAT IS THE BANG WE ARE GOING

TO GET FOR OUR BUCK?

12:29:17 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
NAME RIGHTS.

[ LAUGHTER ]

12:29:19 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
WHAT IS THE BANG?

BECAUSE IT STARTS WITH CRA DOLLARS, AND HOW IS THAT GOING

TO -- WITH THE CRA SAYING WHAT WE DID, WHAT THE COMMUNITY

DID, HOW IS THAT GOING TO BENEFIT THIS BOARD, OUR COMMUNITY,

THE STRAZ, IF WE COME OUT TO BE THE LARGEST DONOR?

I WANT TO SEE SOMETHING SAYING WHAT WE DID TO SAVE THE STRAZ

OR CONTINUES TO HELP FOSTER THE RELATIONSHIP FOR THE

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.

HOW WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS FUNDRAISING, THAT THE WHOLE

PROPOSAL IS THE CITY THROUGH THE CRA, THE FUNDING WOULD

PROVIDE 25 MILLION.

HOWEVER, WITHIN THE TERMS, THE PERFORMING ARTS SENT OR

THROUGH ITS PRIVATE CAMPAIGN MUST MATCH THAT AMOUNT IN ORDER

TO ACCESS THOSE FUND, AND MICHELLE CAN CORROBORATE OR EXPAND

ON THAT.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN PROGRAM IN

WHICH WE HOPE TO REACH BETWEEN 80 AND 100 MILLION GOAL FOR




THE CAPITAL PROJECT AND THE ENDOWMENT RESERVES TO SUPPORT

IT.

SO IT'S A BIG PROJECT.

WE ARE A CITY OWNED BUILDING OF COURSE.

WE ARE ANXIOUS TO CONDUCT OUR PRIVATE CAMPAIGN.

WE ALREADY HAVE OVER $10 MILLION IN FOR THE PRIVATE CAMPAIGN

AND WE WILL DEFINITELY EXCEED AND SURPASS THE CRA FUND.

12:31:08 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
THAT'S ALL FINE AND GOOD.

I UNDERSTAND ALL THAT.

BUT I WANT TO BE CLEAR IF WE ARE GET GIVING DOLLARS OF THIS

OUNT OR IF THIS BOARD DECIDES, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE

KNOW THAT THE CRA, DOWNTOWN CRA, WHERE THE MONEY IS COMING

FROM, PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE DONATED HEAVILY TO KEEP THIS THING

AFLOAT AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR NAMES ARE IN LIGHT BECAUSE

IT'S THE CULTURAL ASPECTS OF THESE DOLLARS ARE BEING USED

FROM WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD SHOULD BE UTILIZED FOR.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THE CRA HAD

A BIG PART IN TRYING TO MAKE THIS THING GO DOWN THE ROAD.

12:31:47 >>JUDY LISI:
ABSOLUTELY.

AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN ADDITION TO THAT IN TERMS OF HOW

THAT ACKNOWLEDGMENT SHOULD BE CONDUCTED WE ARE HAPPY TO DO

WHATEVER THE CRA DEEMS APPROPRIATE.

AND I WILL TELL YOU, THIS IS GOING TO ONLY HELP ACCELERATE

THE ENTIRE CAMPAIGN TO REACH THAT $100 MILLION DOME THAT WE

HAVE.




12:32:13 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
IF IT'S VOTED IN, I WILL LEAVE THAT UP TO

THE CAC DOWNTOWN, AND MS. VAN LOAN TO MAKE SURE THE

APPROPRIATE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ARE MADE WITH THIS TYPE OF

CONTRIBUTION.

THANK YOU.

12:32:24 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
IF I COULD CHIME IN.

I THINK JUDITH GUARANTEES THAT WE ARE GOING TO OPEN UP EVERY

EVENT OVER THERE AND THE SEVEN OF US WILL BE ALLOWED -- TO

SING IN A CHORUS.

[ LAUGHTER ]

12:32:42 >>BILL CARLSON:
IF I COULD STEP IN.

THE CHAIR IS DISTRACTED.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO AGREE WITH WHAT MR. GUDES SAID.

BY LAW THE CRA IS DIFFERENT THAN THE CITY.

AND WE MAY FEIGNED THAT DIFFERENTLY AND MANAGE THAT

DIFFERENTLY STARTING A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CRA GETS CREDIT FOR IT.

THAT IT IS A CRA INITIATIVE.

YOU ALL KNOW, PUBLIC KNOWS, A CAP ON THE CRAs DOWNTOWN AND

WE HAVE ISSUES ALL OVER THE CITY WITH POTHOLES AND PARKS

FALLING APART AND EVERYTHING.

BUT WE COULDN'T DO THAT.

SO IF WE HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY ONLY IN THESE DISTRICTS, WE

ARE SPENDING IT ON THINGS THAT ARE MAYBE OTHER PEOPLE SEE

NICE TO HAVE, NOT NECESSARY, BUT JUST BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE




HAVE TO DO BY LAW.

SO IF WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING PHILOSOPHY BEFORE THE LAST FEW

YEARS, BEFORE WE CAME ON BOARD, WAS TO SUBSIDIZE DEVELOPERS,

THAT'S NOT FAIR TO OTHER DEVELOPERS.

IF ONE DEVELOPER GETS A SUBSIDY AND THE NEXT ONE DOESN'T

IT'S NOT FAIR SO AS I HAVE TALKED TO DEVELOPERS THEY

UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON COMMON INFRASTRUCTURE.

THE ARTS, WE HAD A LONG DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS AT ANOTHER

TIME BUT THE ARTS ARE THE BIGGEST ECONOMIC ENGINE THAT WE

CAN INVEST IN.

IT'S 100 TIMES MORE THAN SPORTS VENUES.

FINALLY, YOU SEE A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT GOING IN AND AROUND

THE STRAZ CENTER, BUT THE STRAZ CENTER, THEY HAVE GOT THEIR

ECONOMIC NUMBERS AND EVERYTHING BUT THEY ARE A MAJOR DRIVER

OF REVENUE INTO DOWNTOWN AND THEY BRING LIVE TO DOWNTOWN.

THE NEW CONDOS IN DOWNTOWN APARTMENTS DIDN'T BRING THE LIFE

TO IT.

IT'S THE PROGRAMMING AND THE VENUES, AND WHAT I HAVE SAID

BEFORE IS THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON -- IF WE HAVE TO SPEND

THE MONEY IN CERTAIN AREAS LIKE DOWNTOWN, ON THINGS THAT ARE

NICE TO HAVE, IT NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS ACCESSIBLE BY

EVERYBODY.

SO EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY CAN GO TO AN EVENT AT THE

STRAZ CENTER.

THE STRAZ CENTER ALSO IMPORTANTLY HAS THE PATEL




CONSERVATORY, WHICH IS A GREAT TRAINING PROGRAM FOR KIDS.

THEY HAVE LOTS OF DIVERSITY PROGRAMS TO GET DIFFERENT KINDS

OF KIDS INVOLVED.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THEY ARE GOING TO DO IS OPEN UP

PROGRAMMING TO THE RIVERFRONT SO THEY WILL BE ABLE TO

PROVIDE MORE FREE PROGRAMMING THAT WILL BE ACCESSIBLE BY THE

ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

SO IT IS A LOT OF MONEY.

AND UNFORTUNATELY CAN'T SPEND IT TO FIX POTHOLES.

BUT IF WEIGHED TO SPEND IT ON SOMETHING THAT'S A MAJOR

ECONOMIC ENGINE, WE SHOULD.

TWO OTHER QUICK THINGS.

ARTS WERE DEFUNDED IN THE YEARS BEFORE WE CAME ONBOARD.

SO WHATEVER NUMBER WE HAVE, IT DOESN'T EVEN CATCH UP WITH

WHAT THEY WERE CUT OVER THE EIGHT YEARS PREVIOUSLY.

AND THAT WAS NOT BECAUSE OF THE RECESSION, IT WAS BECAUSE

THERE WAS A DEEMPHASIS ON THE ARTS WHICH IS A MAJOR ECONOMIC

ENGINE.

AND THEN ALSO THE ARTS WERE HIT BY COVID.

SO YOU COMBINE THOSE TWO THINGS TOGETHER, AND THIS IS REALLY

IMPORTANT FOR THE STRAZ CENTER TO KICK START THEIR CAMPAIGN.

AND THEY WILL RAISE ANOTHER 75 MILLION OR WHATEVER.

AND THEY HAVE BEEN RAISING AND THEY HAVE BEEN A GREAT

PARTNER, IT'S A GREAT ASSET.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THEY DO.




THANK YOU.

12:35:52 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
MS. LISI, MS. McBRIDE, VERY GOOD TO SEE

YOU AGAIN.

ANY COMMENTS, ANY QUESTIONS?

MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.

SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.

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?

MR. MANISCALCO?

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

VOTE.

12:36:35 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
IF WE CAN HAVE THE PowerPoint BACK

REAL QUICK.

SO I WILL SEND THIS ALL TO YOU SO YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR

E-MAIL.

LAST MONTH I BROUGHT TO YOU THE PLANNING BUDGET.

SINCE WE MET, WE DID GET THE PRELIMINARY NUMBERS FROM THE




PROPERTY ASSESSORS OFFICE, AND WHEN I BROUGHT YOU THIS

PLANNING SPREADSHEET THE BALANCE AT THE END OF FY 25, SHOULD

WE SUPPORT ALL THE REQUESTS THAT WE RECEIVED SO FAR FROM THE

CULTURAL ASSETS, AT THAT TIME, WE WERE ABOUT A $1.9 MILLION

BALANCE.

THE REVENUE FIGURES THAT WE RECEIVED CAME IN LOWER THAN WE

EXPECTED.

WE STILL WILL GET THE FINAL NUMBERS ON JUNE 30th.

BUT I HAD TO ADJUST IN THAT FY 21 COLUMN, THAT CREAM COLOR

THAT SAYS 2.63 MILLION, IT SAID 3 MILLION WHEN WE MET LAST

MONTH AND NOW AT THE END OF FY 25 WE ARE DOWN TO JUST UNDER

3,000 AND NOT 1.9.

SO I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE

SPREADSHEETS, AGAIN THESE ARE REQUESTS, THEY TOTALS $47

MILLION, ASSET B IS ONLY PHASE 1, AND THERE WILL BE

REMAINING PHASES IN FUTURE YEARS BUT THEY WOULD LIKE TO COME

FOR, AND AS A HEADS UP, ASSET C FOR THAT 12.5 MILLION, IT IS

SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN FUND UNTIL THEY GET IT DOWN THE

ROAD, BUT THEY WILL BE COMING TO THE JULY CAC AND CRA BOARDS

TO MAKE THAT FORMAL REQUEST FOR FUNDING.

AND AGAIN I WILL SEND THIS TO YOU.

LAST MONTH, I JUST PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW OF IF YOU FUND ALL

THE REQUESTS, AT THE REQUESTED AMOUNTS, WHAT WILL THAT

AFFECT YOUR BUDGET MOVING FORWARD?

I GIVE A LITTLE MORE EXAMPLES AND ALSO WITH THAT BALANCE AND




THIS CREAM OF THE 2.7 MILLION, HERE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS

WE ALREADY KNOW ARE COMING THAT WILL REDUCE THAT 2 .$7

MILLION.

LASTLY, WE WENT OVER THE TERM SHEET.

THE TWO, WE ASKED IF THERE WAS ANY COMMENTS ON THE TERM

SHEET.

ONE FEEDBACK I GOT WAS WHILE WE APPROVE THIS TERM SHEET THAT

CRA BOARD STILL WANTED TO RETAIN THE ABILITY TO CUSTOMIZE

THE TERM SHEET FOR EACH REQUEST.

LASTLY, IT WAS REQUESTED THAT WOULD STAFF BE COMING BACK FOR

AN ACTUAL POLICY FOR ELIGIBLE IMPROVEMENTS, THAT THESE ARE

VERY LARGE AMOUNTS OF REQUESTED DOLLARS, AND THAT NORMALLY

CRA BOARD ALWAYS HAS A POLICY OR SOME SORT OF DIRECTION.

WE JUST HAVE NOT HAD A CONVERSATION WITH CRA BOARD TO COME

BACK WITH YOU AS A POLICY TO DO THAT, AND WE ARE CERTAINLY

WILLING TO DO THAT LIKE WE DID THE COVID RETRO GRANT, WE

CAME BACK WITH A PROGRAM OUTLINE, AND SHEET THAT YOU ALL

ADOPTED BEFORE WE ACTUALLY STARTED MAKING THOSE GRANTS.

WE DID THAT WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE REDEVELOPMENT

AGREEMENTS.

I PUT IN HERE SOME OF THE POINTS THAT ARE MADE IN YOUR CRP

THAT SUPPORT THIS.

AND AGAIN I WILL E-MAIL THIS OUT TO YOU.

LASTLY, THE GOOD NEWS, EAST TAMPA CRA ANNOUNCEMENTS ON JUNE

28th, WE ARE HOSTING A CRA ONE ON ONE FOR THE EAST TAMPA




NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVES.

IT WILL BE AT THE RAGAN COMMUNITY CENTER AT 6 P.M.

IT WILL BE BOTH IN PERSON AND VIRTUAL OPTION.

WE WILL ALSO BE INVITING ALL THE CACS, THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS

AND SOME OF THE OTHER CRA MANAGERS HAVE INDICATED THEIR CACS

MIGHT ALSO WANT TO LISTEN IN.

IT WILL COVER SOME OF THE BASICS VERY HIGH LEVEL, WHAT IS

THE CRA, CAC, AND WHAT'S A PARTNERSHIP AND HOW DO EACH OF

THOSE ROLES PLAY INTO THE COMMUNITY.

IN ADDITION, WE WILL HAVE A FIVE TO SIX P.M. MEET AND GREET

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

JANUARY 28th, AND WE ARE GOING TO GIVE HIM A REALLY LONG

DAY BY MAKING HIM SPEND THE PENNING AND ALSO HOPEFULLY MEET

SOMETHING.

SO CEDRIC DOES COME WITH THE EAST TAMPA COMMUNITY.

HE'S SPENT SEVEN YEARS WORKING FOR THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY

SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE FUTURE OF OUR KIDS IN FIGHTING FOR

OUR KIDS.

HE HAS BEEN FIGHTING FOR THE -- WORKING FOR THE BALTIMORE

OFFICE AND EQUITY AND CIVIL RIGHTS.

OUR OFFICE IN EAST TAMPA WILL BE SENDING OUT A SAVE THE DATE

FLIER THIS WEEK AND THEN A MORE FORMAL OFFICIAL FLIER

REQUEST MORE DETAILS NEXT WEEK.




LASTLY, LOOKING AHEAD TO YOUR NEXT MONTH IN ADDITION TO

EVERYTHING ELSE YOU GUYS DISCUSSED TODAY, THE VINIK SPORTS

GROUP, THIS IS NOT WATERS STREET, WILL BE COMING TO YOU FOR

$150,000 FOR THAT RED LINE THAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT-HAND

SIDE OF THE PAGE.

IT IS AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF TPD TO HELP BUILD THESE KIND

OF BARRIERS AT THAT WESTERN EDGE OF THE ARENA TO HELP

PROTECT THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHO COMES OUT OF ALL THE EVENTS

AND END UP JUST CROSSING THE STREET EN MASSE ACROSS THE

TROLLEY TRACKS.

SO THIS IS GOING TO BE IN THE PUBLIC REALM AND THEY WILL BE

ASKING FOR THAT FUNDING, AND YOU WILL SEE THAT NEXT MONTH.

WITH THAT, I HAVE NOTHING ELSE.

THANK YOU.

12:41:35 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU, MS. VAN LOAN.

GREAT TO HEAR ABOUT CEDRIC.

12:41:44 >>BILL CARLSON:
MAY I ALSO SAY, THAT'S THE FIRST I HEARD

ABOUT CEDRIC COMING BACK.

IT'S A GREAT WIN FOR THE CITY, GREAT WIN FOR OUR COMMUNITY

TO BRING HIM BACK.

CONGRATS.

I TRIED TO HIRE HIM SEVERAL TIMES.

I THINK HE'S SO GREAT.

CONGRATS TO EVERYBODY.

I THINK HE'S OUTSTANDING.




THANK YOU.

12:41:58 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.

12:42:04 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

TWO THINGS.

ONE, I NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH CEDRIC.

I MET HIM A COUPLE TIMES.

BUT MY AIDE TELLS ME -- AND I'M THRILLED THAT HE'S COMING

BACK.

IN REGARD TO THESE ITEMS, MS. VAN LOAN, IS IT OUR INTENT, IS

IT YOUR INTENT AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S INTENT TO BRING BACK

A CONTRACT WITH THE STRAZ USING THESE TERM SHEETS AT OUR

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

DEVELOPING AN AGREEMENT BASED ON THE TERMS OUTLINED IN THIS

TERM SHEET THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY CRA BOARD.

I DON'T KNOW THAT I WILL BE AT THE NEXT MEETING, BUT IT WILL

BE PRESENTED TO YOU AS SOON AS IT IS READY, AND YOU WILL BE

ABLE TO VOTE ON THAT BEFORE IT IS SIGNED.

12:43:07 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
SO AT A MINIMUM, YOU CAN A SURE US THAT

IT WILL BE BACK IN FRONT OF US BY AUGUST?

12:43:18 >>BRIAN MORRISON:
TO THE EXTENT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO

NEGOTIATE THE FINAL VERSION OF IT BY THEN, THEN YES.

BUT OF COURSE THIS WILL BE A PROCESS INVOLVING TWO PARTIES,

I DON'T WANT TO -- AS WE HAVE SEEN TODAY, I DON'T WANT TO




REPRESENT TO YOU THAT YOU CAN SAY THAT NOTHING WILL POP UP

OR THAT WE MIGHT NOT HAVE TO HAVE FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH

THE BOARD ABOUT ANY PROBLEMS THAT MAY ARISE.

12:43:45 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
ALL RIGHT.

LET ME SOFTEN THAT UP A LITTLE BIT THEN.

MICHELLE, WOULD YOU MAKE SURE THAT THE AGENDA ITEM, THAT WE

EITHER HAVE A CONTRACT AND/OR A REPORT ON THE CONTRACT IN

OUR JULY MEETING?

12:44:00 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
YES.

I THINK, IF I MAY INTERPRET, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE

ARE ACTUALLY HAVING A DOCUMENT TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE STRAZ

WITH, WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO, AND I BELIEVE THAT CAN

HAPPEN.

WE JUST CAN'T GUARANTEE WHEN THE RESOLUTION OF THOSE

NEGOTIATIONS WILL HAPPEN.

BUT YES, THERE WILL BE A DOCUMENT THAT WE WILL BE WORKING ON

DISCUSSING WITH THE STRAZ, YES.

12:44:23 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
AND SPECIFICALLY THAT IT WILL BE ON OUR

AGENDA EITHER AS A CONTRACT FOR US TO APPROVE, OR A REPORT

ON THE CONTRACT.

12:44:35 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
YES, SIR.

12:44:36 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

12:44:38 >>BRIAN MORRISON:
ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY.




I FULLY COMMIT THAT IF THERE IS NOT AN AGREEMENT THERE WILL

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.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.

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.





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