CITY OF TAMPA
CRA MEETING
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2021
9:00 A.M
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09:00:09
09:00:12 >>JOSEPH CITRO: GOOD MORNING.
09:00:23 MY NAME IS JOSEPH CITRO. I AM THE CHAIR OF THE COMMUNITY
09:00:25 REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING HELD TODAY ON AUGUST 19th.
09:00:30 AND I THANK EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE.
09:00:34 I DID RECEIVE WORD THAT COUNCILMAN VIERA WILL BE A FEW
09:00:37 MINUTES LATE BUT HE WILL BE JOINING US SHORTLY.
09:00:42 COUNCILMAN CARLSON, YOU HAVE THE INVOCATION?
09:00:45 >>BILL CARLSON: YES, SIR.
09:00:46 EXCITED TODAY TO INTRODUCE FOR THE INVOCATION JUSTIN
09:00:49 LA ROSA, HE HAS BEEN A LONG-TIME PASTOR AT HYDE PARK UNITED
09:00:55 METHODIST, WHICH IS THE MAIN CHURCH I GO TO, BUT AS PART OF
09:01:00 THAT, AS PART OF BUILDING THE HOMELESS INITIATIVE, AND
09:01:04 MINISTRY AT HYDE PARK, AND THROUGH THAT THEY HELP SAVE
09:01:08 HISTORIC BUILDINGS IN DOWNTOWN WHICH IS ORIGINALLY THE FIRST
09:01:11 UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND HAS TURNED IT INTO THE PORTICO,
09:01:16 WHICH IS A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE THAT HELPS NONPROFITS AND ALSO
09:01:21 EMPLOYS CURRENTLY HOMELESS PEOPLE AND HELPS THEM GET BACK ON
09:01:25 THEIR FEET TO HIGH PAYING JOBS.
09:01:26 SO WITH THAT I WILL INTRODUCE HIM AND IF WE COULD ALL STAND
09:01:32 AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AFTERWARD.
09:01:35 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMAN CARLSON AND EVERYBODY,
09:01:39 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
09:01:41 LET'S PRAY TOGETHER.
09:01:43 GOD OF MANY NAMES, WE GATHER IN YOUR PRESENCE THIS MORNING.
09:01:47 CENTERING OURSELVES ON YOUR GOODNESS.
09:01:51 WE COME WITH OPEN MINDS AND GRATEFUL HEARTS ACKNOWLEDGING
09:01:54 THE GROWTH OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:01:57 WE GIVE THANKS FOR OUR LIVES, THIS CITY, THE OPPORTUNITIES
09:02:01 TO SERVE.
09:02:03 THANK YOU FOR THE ENGAGED CITIZENS, THE CITY COUNCIL, THE
09:02:07 MAYOR, THE AIDES, AND ALL THE CITY EMPLOYEES WHO WORK BEHIND
09:02:10 THE SCENES.
09:02:11 TO MAKE OUR CITY TAMPA FUNCTION AND THRIVE.
09:02:15 WE PRAY FOR THE DOWNTOWN RESIDENTS AND WORKERS INCLUDING
09:02:18 THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO LAY THEIR HEADS.
09:02:22 WE PRAY FOR CITIZENS WHO WILL ADVOCATE AND INVEST THEIR TIME
09:02:25 AND TALENTS TO BUILD A MORE INCLUSIVE, ABUNDANT AND DIVERSE
09:02:29 CITY.
09:02:31 HEBREW TEXT EMPLOYS US TO SEEK THE WELFARE OF THE CITY, AND
09:02:36 REMINDS US OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO NOT FORGET THOSE.
09:02:40 SO AS WE GROW AS A CITY, COME TO OUR ASSISTANCE AS WE DEAL
09:02:45 WITH THE CHALLENGES BEFORE US, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ADEQUATE
09:02:51 TRANSPORTATION AND ALL THE NEEDS OF THE CITY.
09:02:55 BE MINDFUL OF THE PEOPLE AND FAMILIES WHO ARE SPENDING MORE
09:02:58 THAN HALF THEIR WAGES ON HOUSING AND EMPOWER THESE PEOPLE TO
09:03:04 CONSTRUCT A CITY THAT BUILDS ON OUR MANY STRENGTHS, AND THAT
09:03:09 TAKES CARE OF EVERYBODY.
09:03:10 SO WE HUMBLY ASK YOU TO PROVIDE DISCERNMENT, CLARITY, AND
09:03:16 DIRECTION TO EACH COUNCILMEMBER AS THEY PROCESS THE MANY
09:03:20 ISSUES AND REPORT.
09:03:22 ALLOW THEIR DISCUSSIONS TO BE PRODUCTIVE AND RESPECTFUL,
09:03:26 EVEN IN DISAGREEMENT.
09:03:29 YOU NIGHT US ALL TO BE THE PEOPLE YOU CALLED US TO BE.
09:03:32 I PRAY THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF CHRIST JESUS.
09:03:35 AMEN.
09:03:35 (PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE).
09:03:48 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
09:03:52 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
09:03:54 >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE.
09:03:55 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HERE.
09:03:57 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
09:03:59 >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
09:04:00 >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE.
09:04:01 >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM PRESENTS.
09:04:05 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MS. VAN LOAN, ARE YOU DOWNSTAIRS?
09:04:08 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ANNIVERSARY
09:04:16 OF -- I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
09:04:25 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES, SIR.
09:04:27 HE WAS A FAITHFUL OFFICER OF THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT,
09:04:31 AND IT HAS BEEN QUITE SOME TIME BUT WE SHOULD ALWAYS
09:04:34 REMEMBER THE LIFE AND THE LINE OF DUTY.
09:04:37 THANK YOU.
09:04:38 THANK YOU.
09:04:40 MS. VAN LOAN, ARE YOU DOWNSTAIRS?
09:04:45 BRIAN, YOU NEED TO LEAD SOMETHING.
09:04:48 I WAS GOING TO HAVE MS. VAN LOAN DISCUSS CHANGES IN THE
09:04:51 AGENDA.
09:04:51 HOWEVER, WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND START OFF?
09:04:55 >> THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING MEMBERS OF THE VA BOARD.
09:04:59 THIS IS THE A HYBRID MEETING OF THE CITY OF TAMPA COMMUNITY
09:05:02 REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
09:05:03 IT'S BEING CONDUCTED HERE IN CHAMBERS WITH A LIVE IN-PERSON
09:05:08 QUORUM.
09:05:08 CRA PRESENT.
09:05:09 HOWEVER, IN LIGHT OF CONTINUING COAST GOVERNMENT ISSUED
09:05:14 HEALTH STANDARDS AND GUIDANCE, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE
09:05:17 ENCOURAGED TO APPEAR VIRTUALLY THROUGH CMT OR COMMUNICATIONS
09:05:24 MEDIA TECHNOLOGY.
09:05:27 THE PUBLIC AND CITIZENS MAY WATCH THIS MEETING ON CABLE TV,
09:05:30 ON SPECTRUM CHANNEL 640, OR FRONTIER CHANNEL 15, AND
09:05:36 STREAMED ON THE INTERNET LIVE AT TAMPA.GOV/LIVESTREAM.
09:05:41 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ALSO HAVE THE OPTION OF PARTICIPATING
09:05:44 THROUGH WRITTEN COMMENTS SUBMITTED AT TAMPA.GOV/PUBLIC
09:05:50 COMMENT, THROUGH E-MAIL TO TAMPA CITY COUNCIL AT
09:05:53 TAMPAGOV.NET, THROUGH U.S. MAIL TO THE CITY OF TAMPA CLERK
09:05:57 AT 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA
09:06:01 33602, OR TO SPEAK REMOTELY THROUGH THE USE OF CMT FROM THE
09:06:07 SECOND FLOOR OF THE OLD CITY HALL.
09:06:10 CITIZENS MAY ALSO COMPLETE THE FORM AT TAMPA.GOV PUBLIC
09:06:13 COMMENT AND STATE UNDER REQUESTS THAT THEY SPEAK LIVE,
09:06:18 VIRTUALLY.
09:06:19 AND I WOULD ALSO ASK US TO ADOPT GUIDELINES THAT ARE
09:06:24 CONSISTENT WITH WHAT HAS BEEN PRINTED IN THE NOTICE AND THE
09:06:28 AGENDA TO ALLOW TO THE OPERATE AS PLANNED.
09:06:35 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SO MOVED.
09:06:38 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
09:06:40 ALL IN FAVOR?
09:06:41 ANY OPPOSED?
09:06:42 LET THE RECORD SHOW THE MOTION PASSED.
09:06:44 >> BRIAN: AND THERE HAS BEEN A REQUEST TO MOVE ITEM NUMBER
09:06:53 4 UP TO NUMBER 1.
09:06:54 >>JOSEPH CITRO: AND ITEM 10 MOVED TO SEPTEMBER 9th?
09:07:02 MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
09:07:05 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:07:08 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
09:07:10 ARE THERE ANY OPPOSED?
09:07:12 LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT THE MOTION HAS BEEN PASSED.
09:07:17 ALL RIGHT, LET THE RECORD ALSO SHOW THAT COUNCILMAN VIERA
09:07:19 HAS JOINED US.
09:07:23 OKAY.
09:07:24 DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT REGISTERED ON THE TELEPHONE?
09:07:30 >> THERE ARE NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS.
09:07:32 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:07:33 I BELIEVE WE HAVE FOUR SPEAKERS DOWNTOWN -- DOWNTOWN?
09:07:38 DOWNSTAIRS.
09:07:38 LET US BEGIN WITH OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
09:07:40 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:07:52 I'M MARK FERRELL, 210 SOUTH 12th STREET CHANNEL
09:07:56 DISTRICT.
09:07:57 GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
09:08:00 YOU MAY RECALL, I APPEARED AT YOUR LAST CRA MEETING, AND I
09:08:04 NOTIFIED THE COUNCIL OF THE SERIOUS VIOLATIONS GOING IN AT
09:08:08 THE CHALLENGE TRAINING FACILITY AT 114 SOUTH 12th
09:08:14 STREET.
09:08:15 SPECIFICALLY NO CHANGE OF USE PERMIT WAS EVER APPLIED FOR,
09:08:19 THEY HAVE BEEN OPERATING FOR FOUR MONTHS AND NO CERTIFICATE
09:08:21 OF OCCUPANCY, AND THEY HAVE BEEN OPERATING FOR FOUR MONTHS.
09:08:24 SINCE THAT TIME, MUCH HAS OCCURRED, AND I AM HERE TO THANK
09:08:28 THE COUNCIL, AND I AM HERE TO THANK STAFF, SPECIFICALLY
09:08:32 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, DINGFELDER AND GUDES, WHO MET WITH ME,
09:08:37 CAME OUT TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND HAVE REALLY
09:08:41 ENCOURAGED US TO KEEP GOING AND GIVE US AVENUES TO LOOK AT
09:08:44 DIFFERENT THINGS.
09:08:45 SINCE THAT TIME, TWO NOTICES OF VIOLATION HAVE BEEN ISSUED
09:08:49 TO THE GYM, ONE FROM THE CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL AND ONE
09:08:53 FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT WITH SOME REAL TEETH IN THEM IF THEY
09:08:57 DON'T GET THEIR PERMIT IN JUST A SHORT PERIOD WHICH THEY ARE
09:08:59 NOT GOING TO GET BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T EVEN APPLIED AT THIS
09:09:02 POINTS, AND GET A CO, CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, THEY ARE
09:09:07 GOING TO SHUT OFF THE POWER, THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE IT TO
09:09:09 THE MAGISTRATE COURT, EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO DO, SO WE ARE
09:09:12 VERY SATISFIED WITH THAT.
09:09:13 I JUST WANT TO ASK THE COUNCIL RIGHT NOW TO BE SURE THAT
09:09:16 STAFF FOLLOWS THROUGH.
09:09:17 THEY HAVE BEEN DOING GREAT BUT JUST FOLLOW THROUGH WITH ALL
09:09:19 THE TEETH THEY HAVE IN THESE TWO NOTICES OF VIOLATION,
09:09:22 BECAUSE IT'S MY SUSPICION THESE PEOPLE WILL NOT DO ANYTHING
09:09:26 UNLESS THEY ARE BROUGHT TO THE TABLE.
09:09:28 AND AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FROM THE RESIDENTS AND
09:09:33 BUSINESSES OF THE CHANNEL DISTRICT.
09:09:34 THANK YOU.
09:09:35 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
09:09:37 YOU ARE WELCOME.
09:09:38 >> I'M DR. JONATHAN SABASTIEN BLOUNT, THE FOUNDER OF THE
09:10:09 WORLD'S LARGEST MAGAZINE FOR BLACK WOMEN, ESSENCE
09:10:13 COMMUNICATIONS, CELEBRATING MY 51st YEAR AS ITS FOUNDING
09:10:16 CHAIR AND PRESIDENT, AND I ADDRESS YOU THIS MORNING FROM
09:10:18 ORLANDO.
09:10:19 I CAME IN JUST FOR THIS PURPOSE, AND YOUR NEXT MAYOR,
09:10:22 CHAIRMAN GUDES, AND I HAD A CHANCE MEETING TO DISCUSS THIS.
09:10:28 I WANT THIS LABOR DAY TO BE ONE OF THE MOST SPECIAL IN
09:10:30 TAMPA'S HISTORY.
09:10:32 I CALL IT CHAMPA BECAUSE TAMPA IS A CHAMPIONSHIP CITY.
09:10:36 I CAME OVER HERE BECAUSE THERE MUST BE SOMETHING IN THE
09:10:38 WATERS THAT MAKES THIS CITY SUCH A CHAMPIONSHIP AREA.
09:10:42 WHAT WE WANT TO DO THIS.
09:10:44 FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS I HAVE BEEN ADVOCATED FOR AN
09:10:47 ACCELERATED PROGRAM WE CALLED "SALT," WHICH IS A MOBILE
09:10:51 HYGIENE UNIT FOR THE HOMELESS, AND WE HAVE FOUR SHOWERS,
09:10:54 FOUR TOILETS, FOUR SINKS AND WE HAVE A CABOOSE WITH A CHANGE
09:10:57 OF CLOTHING, AND WE PUTS THEM ON A RUNWAY TO BEING HOUSED,
09:11:03 AND YOU KNOW IN YOU ARE STINKY AND SMELLY YOU DON'T WANT TO
09:11:09 GO ANYWHERE FOR HELP AND NOBODY WANTS YOU TO COME BUT IF YOU
09:11:11 GET CLEANED UP IT CHANGES YOUR ATTITUDE, AND YOUR ATTITUDE
09:11:15 DETERMINES YOUR ALTITUDE.
09:11:16 SO WHAT WE WILL BE DOING ON THIS LABOR DAY IS WE WILL BE
09:11:19 DEDICATING IT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, NOT 5.57% OF LAW
09:11:23 ENFORCEMENT OF GREAT WONDERFUL DEDICATED PEOPLE.
09:11:26 THERE'S 5%, .5 PROSECUTION OF WHAT WE CALL THE CLAN COP WHO
09:11:30 BECAME POLICE OFFICERS SO THEY COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE
09:11:34 DISADVANTAGED, BUT THE MAJORITY OF GREAT PEOPLE, AND WE WANT
09:11:36 TO EMPHASIZE THAT BECAUSE WHEN THE RESTS OF US ARE RUNNING A
09:11:40 WAY FROM TROUBLE OUR FIRST RESPONDERS RUN TO IT AND I WANT
09:11:43 US TO DEDICATE IT TO CELEBRATING THOSE, AND SO THIS LABOR
09:11:46 DAY, WE WILL BE DOING THAT NOT ONLY THAT, BUT WE WILL ALSO
09:11:50 BE HONORING THE FIRST RESPONDERS, NOT THE ONES THAT YOU HEAR
09:11:53 ABOUT, BUT I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL 37 DAYS AFTER BEING
09:11:58 ATTACKED BY FIVE PIT BULLS AND I NOTICED THE THING THAT
09:12:01 PEOPLE WHO SCREEN UP AND SANITIZE LIKE THIS LADY WHO
09:12:05 SANITIZED BEFORE MY SPEAKING, THEY NEVER GET ANY BONUSES,
09:12:11 ANY CREDIT, BUT WE COULDN'T DO WHAT WE DO, SO I WANT TO
09:12:15 CELEBRATE THEM WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, OUR MOBILE HIGH
09:12:18 GREEN UNIT, AND WE ARE GOING TO DEPLOY IT, AND THE GUYS OVER
09:12:22 AT McINTIRE AND SOME OTHER SPONSORS IN THE CITY IT'S GOING
09:12:25 TO COST US $5,000 TO DO IT FOR TWO DAYS AND WE WILL BRING
09:12:28 THE UNITS OVER, AND WE WILL RUN IT 8 HOURS A DAY FOR TWO
09:12:32 DAYS AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO WASH UP AND CLEAN UP AND SHINE
09:12:36 UP OUR HOMELESS POPULATION.
09:12:38 AND IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE I CALL IT DANIEL PATRICK
09:12:42 MOYNIHAN BENIGN NEGLECT FEELING.
09:12:45 YOU KIND OF LEAVE YOUR HOMELESS ALONE.
09:12:47 THEY ARE SLEEPING OUTSIDE.
09:12:48 NOBODY BOTHERS THEM.
09:12:49 SO IF YOU CAN'T HOUSE THEM, AT LEAST YOU DON'T HAVE TO
09:12:52 HARASS THEM.
09:12:53 I THINK TAMPA HAS A HEART OF COMPASSION THAT I AM JUST
09:12:56 DELIGHTED TO TAMPA INTO.
09:12:58 I JUST BOUGHT A TINY MICROHOUSE AND I AM LOOKING FOR A LOT
09:13:01 TO MOVE IT ON BECAUSE I WANT TO MOVE HERE.
09:13:03 I WANT TO BE PART OF THE TAMPA TAPESTRY.
09:13:05 [BELL SOUNDS]
09:13:07 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
09:13:11 >>LUIS VIERA: I JUST WANT TO SALUTE THIS GENTLEMAN FOR TWO
09:13:13 THINGS.
09:13:14 NUMBER ONE, I DIDN'T THINK WHEN I WOKE UP THIS MORNING I
09:13:16 WOULD HEAR THE NAME PATRICK MOYNIHAN NAME DROPPED SO
09:13:21 CONGRATULATIONS.
09:13:22 A GREAT U.S. SENATOR.
09:13:24 BUT SECONDLY, WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE FOLKS THAT ARE
09:13:29 CLEANING AFTERWARDS, THE NICE LADY YOU MENTIONED, JACKIE, I
09:13:32 BELIEVE HER NAME IS, DOES A GREAT JOB, AND YOU ARE RIGHT
09:13:35 ABOUT THAT.
09:13:35 I WANT TO SALUTE YOU.
09:13:37 THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT WORK, AND DISINFECTING, ET CETERA,
09:13:43 VERY POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WORK.
09:13:44 SO I JUST WANTED TO SECOND YOUR COMMENT.
09:13:46 THANK YOU, SIR.
09:13:47 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CHAIR, I DID PASS ALONG SALT --
09:14:01 [INDISCERNIBLE]
09:14:06 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
09:14:07 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
09:14:07 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:14:11 I AM SO HONORED TO BE IN YOUR PRESENCE.
09:14:29 CONNIE BURTON.
09:14:33 I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT ALL THINGS TO ME IS THE AFRICAN
09:14:37 COMMUNITY, AND I'M HERE TODAY, I'M VERY CONCERNED FIRST OF
09:14:43 ALL, LET'S -- BASED ON THE CONTINUING OF EDUCATION OF PEOPLE
09:14:51 IN EAST TAMPA, ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO ATTEND THE BOARD, I
09:14:57 WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THE BOARD HAS ENERGIZED THE COMMUNITY
09:14:59 IN WAYS IN WHICH WE HAVE A HIGH ABUNDANCE OF CANDIDATES
09:15:03 WANTING TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY AND HOPEFULLY FOR ALL THE
09:15:06 RIGHT REASONS.
09:15:08 BUT THE REASON I'M HERE THIS MORNING IS BECAUSE, NUMBER ONE,
09:15:12 WHEN PEOPLE ARE DEDICATING THEIR TIME AND SERVICE TO
09:15:16 THINKING THAT THEY ARE HAVING A PART, THE COMMUNITY
09:15:21 DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO BE UNDERMINED IN ANY KIND OF WAY.
09:15:25 SO IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGING YEAR, BECAUSE, NUMBER ONE, WE
09:15:28 HAVE NOT HAD ALL OF THE NECESSARY RESOURCES THAT WE NEEDED
09:15:33 IN TERMS OF MOVING FORWARD.
09:15:37 NONE OF THE LAST BOARD DID FOR A RESIDENTIAL REHAB PROGRAM,
09:15:41 AND WE WANT THIS PROGRAM TO MOVE FORWARD, AND THAT OUR
09:15:46 RESIDENTS OF EAST TAMPA DON'T EVER WANT TO BE EXCLUDED FROM
09:15:49 THE CITY.
09:15:52 WE KNOW THAT MONEY COMES INTO EAST TAMPA, AS THE HIGHEST
09:15:57 REPORTED TO YOU.
09:15:57 WE DON'T KNOW, BUT THE COMMUNITY NEED TO BE TRANSFORMED TO
09:16:04 NOT -- CANNOT BE SOLVED BY UTILIZATION OF SUCH SMALL
09:16:10 RESOURCES THAT EXIST IN THE EAST TAMPA BUDGET.
09:16:13 WE KNOW THAT THE COUNTY HAS SET ASIDE $1.3 MILLION TO HELP
09:16:19 IN THE REHAB PROGRAM.
09:16:20 WE WANT YOU TO GET LASER FOCUSED ON THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT
09:16:24 THE PARTIES THAT HAVE RESOURCES IS DOING THEIR JOB, IN TERMS
09:16:29 OF WHAT THE CITY DEDICATED TO THE EXTERIOR -- I MEAN THE
09:16:35 INTERIOR REHAB PROGRAM, AND WHAT MONEYS THEY PUT ASIDE.
09:16:39 IT'S THE POLICY AND THE LANGUAGE IS SO OVERWHELMING FOR THE
09:16:43 RESIDENTS THAT WE HOPE THAT YOU UTILIZE YOUR POWERS, YOUR
09:16:48 ABILITY, TO MAKE STAFF REDUCE THE SCOPE SO RESIDENTS CAN
09:16:52 TAKE PART IN THE PROGRAM.
09:16:54 WE DON'T WANT THESE SHINY OBJECTS TO BE IN FRONT OF US ALL
09:16:57 THE TIME THAT WE CANNOT UTILIZE IT.
09:16:59 SO WE ASK THE REHAB PROGRAM MOVE FORWARD THE WAY IT
09:17:04 D.SECONDLY, I AM OPPOSED TO THE CRA USING THE MONEY TO HIRE
09:17:08 CITY STAFF, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT ON THE BUDGET -- I MEAN ON THE
09:17:12 AGENDA THIS MORNING, I WANT TO SAY THAT I AM OPPOSED TO THE
09:17:17 CRA MONEY BEING UTILIZED TO HIRING A CITY HOUSING PERSON,
09:17:24 WHEREAS THE CITY SHOULD BEAR SOME RESPONSIBILITY, AND GET A
09:17:30 DIRECTOR OVER THIS HOUSING PROGRAM AND THEN GETTING ENOUGH
09:17:32 STAFF SO HE CAN DO WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO.
09:17:34 THANK YOU.
09:17:35 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MRS. BURTON.
09:17:37 >> MENTESNOT, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
09:18:05 WHAT I AM HERE TO SAY IS THAT WE NEED LEADERSHIP AND
09:18:12 GUIDANCE OF PEOPLE IN THE DIRECTION THAT'S POSITIVE, AND
09:18:16 SINCE THE FORMATION OF THIS CITY WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT.
09:18:19 AND APPARENTLY AFRICAN PEOPLE ARE SO MUCH DISRESPECTED THAT
09:18:24 WE ARE BASICALLY TAKEN FOR A JOKE.
09:18:28 OUR LIVES ARE TAKEN FOR A JOKE.
09:18:31 WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE CITY GOVERNMENT DO IS -- AND THAT'S
09:18:34 ALL THE CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES.
09:18:37 THERE'S A GREAT INJUSTICE THAT HAS BEEN COMMITTED AGAINST
09:18:39 AFRICAN PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR, SPECIFICALLY BLACK PEOPLE IN
09:18:43 THIS CITY WITH THE BICYCLE STOPS, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE
09:18:49 ALL THE CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES WORK TO OVERTURN THAT
09:18:53 PROCESS, TO REMOVE ALL THAT FROM EVERYBODY'S RECORD, PLAIN
09:18:57 AND SIMPLE.
09:18:58 IT WAS A RACIAL, RACIALLY MOTIVATED POLICY THAT AFFECTED ALL
09:19:03 OF OUR PEOPLE.
09:19:04 WE WANT TO SEE THAT STOPPED AND WE WANT TO SEE IT
09:19:07 OVERTURNED.
09:19:07 WE WANT TO SEE THAT OFF THE PEOPLE'S NAMES.
09:19:11 THERE'S ANOTHER THING THAT THEY DONE THAT I RECENTLY FOUND
09:19:14 OUT ABOUT AND BEING PERSONALLY INVOLVED WITH IT IS THAT IT'S
09:19:18 TAKEN ALL THE STIMULUS CHECKS FROM PEOPLE THAT'S DELINQUENT
09:19:23 ON CHILD SUPPORT.
09:19:24 OUR CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES HAVE TO WORK TOWARDS
09:19:27 GETTING THOSE CHECKS RETURNED TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS, IN THE
09:19:30 MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC.
09:19:31 THIS IS WHAT THEY DO.
09:19:32 THEY KNOW THAT AFFECTS MOSTLY BLACK MEN.
09:19:35 THEY KNOW IT AFFECTS MOSTLY BLACK MEN.
09:19:37 SO WHAT DID THEY DO AGAIN?
09:19:40 RACIALLY MOTIVATED.
09:19:41 THESE ARE THE POLICIES THAT HAVE TO STOP.
09:19:43 AND SPECIFICALLY OUR CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES THAT
09:19:47 REPRESENT DISTRICT 5, WHICH IS THE AREA'S MOST POPULATED
09:19:51 WITH AFRICANS, WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE 26% OF THIS
09:19:55 POPULATION, AND WE NEED 26% OF THE CITY BUDGET.
09:19:58 WE DON'T NEED THIS CRAZY TALK ABOUT PARKS, ABOUT
09:20:01 ROUNDABOUTS, ABOUT WHO IS SELLING DRUGS.
09:20:03 WE DON'T NEED THIS DIVERSIONARY TALK, BECAUSE EVERY TIME
09:20:06 WHITE PEOPLE TALKING, WE ARE THE CRIMINALS.
09:20:09 WHEN THEY GOT A WAR ON DRUGS, THE WAR IS REALLY AGAINST
09:20:12 AFRICAN PEOPLE.
09:20:13 THEY GOT A WAR ON POVERTY, IT'S REALLY A WAR AGAINST US.
09:20:16 THEY DEVICE A NEW AND DIFFERENT WAYS OF ADVANCING THEIR WAYS
09:20:19 ON HOW TO KEEP THE SAME OPPRESSION, AND BLACK PEOPLE ARE
09:20:23 REALLY TIRED OF IT.
09:20:24 WE ARE REALLY SICK AND TIRED OF IT.
09:20:26 WE SEEN ON AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL WHAT JUST HAPPENED IN
09:20:29 AFGHANISTAN.
09:20:31 THERE ARE PEOPLE SAYING, HEY, WE WANT RIGHTS AND WE WANT TO
09:20:34 BE ABLE TO CONTROL OUR OWN DESTINY.
09:20:36 WE SEE IT HAPPEN.
09:20:38 YOU KNOW, WE SEE WHAT HAPPENED WHEN PEOPLE STAND UP TO WHITE
09:20:41 POWER AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
09:20:43 OUR CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES HAVE TO STAND UP FOR WHITE
09:20:46 POWER.
09:20:47 WE HAVE TO STAND UP FOR REPARATIONS.
09:20:49 WE MUST STAND UP FOR REPARATIONS.
09:20:52 WHITE PEOPLE CAN'T EXPLOIT US FOR 620 YEARS AND GET AWAY
09:20:55 WITH IT AND NO REPARATIONS AND CONTINUES TO EXPLOIT US TO
09:20:59 THIS DAY.
09:21:00 ALL THAT HAS TO CHANGE.
09:21:01 SO WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES AND
09:21:05 THAT'S COMING, REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL THE BLACK MEN OUT
09:21:07 THERE.
09:21:08 GET OUR STIMULUS CHECKS BACK.
09:21:09 [BELL SOUNDS]
09:21:10 REMOVE THESE BICYCLE STOPS.
09:21:12 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:21:12 >>ORLANDO GUDES: IN REFERENCE TO THE BICYCLE STOPS, THE
09:21:30 CITY UNFORTUNATELY CAN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THOSE TICKETS
09:21:33 HAVE GONE OVER TO THE STATE ATTORNEYS' OFFICE.
09:21:39 THAT'S THE LEGAL PROCESS.
09:21:40 NUMBER TWO, STIMULUS CHECKS.
09:21:42 THAT'S SOMETHING THIS COUNCIL CAPTAIN GETS INVOLVED IN.
09:21:44 THAT'S THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND -- IS THE T CITY DOESN'T
09:21:53 ISSUE STIMULUS CHECKS.
09:21:55 AS FAR AS WHAT WE ARE DOING IN EAST TAMPA, YOU SAY 26%.
09:21:59 AND MAKE SURE THAT EAST TAMPA -- IN SULPHUR SPRINGS, GET
09:22:08 HOUSING MONEY FOR AREAS WITH THE BUDGET TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE
09:22:12 WHAT WE HAVE, BUT I DO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
09:22:19 WE ARE WORKING ON EVERYTHING THAT YOU TALK ABOUT.
09:22:21 YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT IT, BUT WE DO WORK BEHIND THE SCENES
09:22:25 TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD.
09:22:27 I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, SIR.
09:22:28 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMAN.
09:22:30 >> THAT'S ALL THE SPEAKERS.
09:22:45 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MS. VAN LOAN, ARE YOU DOWNSTAIRS?
09:22:47 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: MICHELLE VAN LOAN, COMMUNITY
09:22:58 REDEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
09:22:59 WE ARE ASKING THAT ITEM 4 BE MOVED TO ITEM 1 ON THE AGENDA
09:23:08 DUE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT ITEM 4 AND TO RECEIVE AN
09:23:11 UPDATE ON THE STATUS THAT THE CRA BOARD HAD ASKED FOR,
09:23:15 CHANNELSIDE PROPERTY.
09:23:19 >> SO MOVED.
09:23:19 >> SECOND.
09:23:20 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
09:23:23 4 TO NUMBER 1.
09:23:25 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
09:23:26 ANY OPPOSED?
09:23:27 LET THE RECORD REFLECT THE MOTION HAS PASSED.
09:23:29 PLEASE PROCEED, MS. VAN LOAN.
09:23:31 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: THANK YOU.
09:23:32 DO WE HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT LOGGED INTO THE
09:23:35 CALL?
09:23:35 >> GOOD MORNING, YES.
09:23:39 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: WONDERFUL, THANK YOU.
09:23:41 AND WE WILL ALSO BRING VALERIE FERRELL FROM CHANNEL
09:23:44 DISTRICT.
09:24:01 >>VALERIE FERRELL: GOOD MORNING.
09:24:03 VALERIE FERRELL, URBAN DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR DOWNTOWN
09:24:06 CHANNEL DISTRICT, TAMPA HEIGHTS.
09:24:10 WE APPRECIATE COUNCIL'S INPUT AND DILIGENCE IN REACHING OUT
09:24:13 TO OUR RESIDENTS.
09:24:14 WE HAVE HEARD AT A FAST LEVEL FROM SEVERAL RESIDENTS IN THE
09:24:17 CHANNEL DISTRICT REGARDING THE CONCERNS AS THE LOCATION
09:24:22 MENTIONED EARLIER, AND WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING UPDATES FROM
09:24:26 OUR STAFF MEMBERS AND OUR TEAMMATES, AND CODE ENFORCEMENT,
09:24:29 LEGAL, AS WELL AS THE BUILDING DIVISION, AND WE UNDERSTAND
09:24:33 THAT THIS IS A TEAM EFFORT.
09:24:36 CERTAINLY WE WORK TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, BUT
09:24:38 WITHIN THE REALM OF CODE COMPLIANCE AND DOING THINGS WITHIN
09:24:42 THE PROCESS THAT IT IS REQUIRED TO BE.
09:24:45 SO UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CONCERNS OF NEIGHBORS IN THE
09:24:48 DISTRICT AND THE NOISE COMPLAINTS THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED,
09:24:52 AND WORKING WITHOUT A PERMIT AND UNDERSTANDING ALL OF THOSE
09:24:55 CONCERNS, I'D LIKE TO ASK SIMONE TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE
09:25:00 PROCESS, AT LEAST THREW CODE ENFORCEMENT AND WHERE THEY ARE
09:25:03 IN THAT PROCESS TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE IF SHE COULD, PLEASE.
09:25:08 JOIN US.
09:25:08 >> SIMONE SAVINO: LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
09:25:12 GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:25:14 I WANTED TO JUST GIVE YOU GUYS A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT HAS
09:25:17 BEEN DONE THROUGH CODE ENFORCEMENT.
09:25:19 CAN YOU HEAR ME?
09:25:21 >> YES, MA'AM.
09:25:21 >> OKAY.
09:25:24 SO ON AUGUST 5th, A NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS ISSUED FROM
09:25:28 CODE ENFORCEMENT TO 114 SOUTH 12th STREET, AND FOR
09:25:36 BUILDING PERMITS REQUIRED, OF THE CITY CODE.
09:25:40 THERE ARE 21 DAYS TO REMEDY THIS AND IT WILL GO AND PROCEED
09:25:43 THROUGH THE NORMAL CODE ENFORCEMENT SCHEDULING PROCESS.
09:25:48 ON THAT NOTICE OF VIOLATION, IT WAS WORKING WITH
09:25:52 CONSTRUCTION SERVICES TO NOTE THAT THERE WAS POTENTIALLY
09:26:00 PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL WORK, AND THAT NEEDS TO BE
09:26:04 DOCUMENTED WITH THE CITY, WHICH IT HASN'T UP UNTIL THIS
09:26:06 POINT.
09:26:07 SO THAT'S WHAT THAT NOTICE WAS PROVIDING FOR.
09:26:11 AN ADDITIONAL NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS ISSUED ON AUGUST
09:26:14 13th.
09:26:15 THIS ONE TO CONSTRUCTION SERVICES DIVISION AND THIS ONE
09:26:21 CITED TO OPERATING WITHOUT USE OCCUPANCY, USE -- CERTIFICATE
09:26:30 OF OCCUPANCY, EXCUSE ME.
09:26:32 SO THEY HAVE 30 DAYS TO REMEDY THAT, AND THE NOTICE STATES
09:26:37 THAT IF IT IS NOT REMEDIED WITHIN 30 DAYS THEY COULD
09:26:41 POTENTIALLY HAVE DISCONNECTED POWER.
09:26:44 AND THIS IS JUST THE AUTHORITY OF THE BUILDING OFFICIAL.
09:26:49 THE SECOND NOTICE OF VIOLATION COMES SPECIFICALLY FROM THE
09:26:51 BUILDING OFFICIAL.
09:26:52 SO WITHOUT GOING ANY FURTHER THAN THAT, SINCE THESE ARE
09:26:57 ACTIVE CASES I DON'T WANT TO NECESSARILY COMMENT ON
09:27:00 ANYTHING.
09:27:00 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. SAVINO?
09:27:10 MR. MIRANDA?
09:27:11 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WE MOVED IT UP TO NUMBER 1.
09:27:15 IF I RECALL, WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE, THE INDIVIDUAL THAT CAME
09:27:20 AT 114, CAME IN ON SOUTH 12th STREET, WHERE THE A-1
09:27:31 OFFICE SPACE, OR ZONING, THE USE OF THAT BUILDING.
09:27:37 AND THEY WERE CITED SO FORTH AND SO ON, AND THEY CHANGED IT
09:27:41 TO WHAT THEY CALL AN A-4.
09:27:43 AN A-4 CHANGES THE CATEGORY FROM OFFICE SPACE, WHICH AN A-1
09:27:49 IS, ARENA, TO SPECTATOR SPORTS, SPORTS LIKE TENNIS AND OTHER
09:27:56 SPORTS, BUT THEY NEVER APPLIED FOR THE RIGHT ONE, WHICH IS
09:27:59 A-3, WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY FOR GYMS.
09:28:02 AND HERE IS WHERE, AND SIMONE, YOU CAN CORRECT ME ANYTIME
09:28:07 YOU LIKE, I DON'T WANT TO MISLEAD ANYBODY UNINTENTIONALLY.
09:28:11 AND A-1 IS WHAT THEY SHOULD APPLY FOR.
09:28:14 IT WAS NEVER THE CASE.
09:28:15 SO, THEREFORE, THIS IS THE DILEMMA THAT WE ARE IN.
09:28:20 I WOULD ASSUME THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
09:28:23 >> THAT IS THE NOTICE BY THE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
09:28:28 DEPARTMENT AND I BELIEVE PROPER COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN HAS
09:28:32 BEEN PROVIDED TO THE APPLICANT.
09:28:34 TO NOTIFY THEM OF WHAT'S NEEDED FOR THE PROPER PERMITS.
09:28:39 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: TELL ME ABOUT THE 30 DAYS.
09:28:42 AND I'M SORRY, BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED, WE HAVE A LITTLE
09:28:45 DELAY.
09:28:45 WE HEAR YOUR VOICE AND THEN YOUR LIPS MOVE AFTERWARD.
09:28:49 >> I APOLOGIZE.
09:28:55 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO, IT'S NOT YOU, AT THIS TIME SYSTEM.
09:28:57 >> SO THE KNOWN OF VIOLATION THAT WAS ISSUED ON AUGUST
09:28:59 13th FROM THE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THAT ONE
09:29:05 IS THE ONE THAT'S NOTED FOR NEED FOR CERTIFICATE OF
09:29:09 OCCUPANCY.
09:29:10 AND WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THAT NOTICE, AUGUST 13th IS WHEN
09:29:15 IT WAS IN THE E-MAIL, THE BUILDING OFFICIAL MAY ORDER THE
09:29:19 DISCONNECTION OF POWER IN ADDITION TO OTHER LEGAL REMEDIES.
09:29:26 THIS COMES FROM SECTION 5-110 OF THE BUILDING CODE FOR THE
09:29:30 CITY OF TAMPA.
09:29:30 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, YOUR QUESTION IS ASKED?
09:29:40 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WILL LET SOMEONE ELSE.
09:29:42 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
09:29:46 THEN I HAVE MS. SAVINO.
09:29:49 SO THE PUBLIC SHOULD REST ASSURED THERE WILL BE NO ACTIVITY
09:29:52 IN THAT BUILDING AS FAR AS BUSINESS GOES UNTIL THIS CO IS
09:29:57 ISSUED?
09:29:57 OR IS IT REPAIR OF ELECTRICITY AND PLUMBING, ALSO?
09:30:01 >> THEY NEED TO BE APPLYING FOR THEIR BUILDING PERMIT AS FAR
09:30:11 AS ANY WORK THAT'S DONE AND THEY ALSO NEED TO BE ON FOR THE
09:30:21 CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND USE, WHICH WILL COME ALONG WITH
09:30:25 THE BUILDING PERMIT.
09:30:26 LIKE I SAID, I DON'T REALLY WANT TO COMMENT TOO MUCH FURTHER
09:30:29 BECAUSE THEY ARE ACTIVE AND OPEN VIOLATIONS.
09:30:31 ONCE THEY POST THE NOTICE IT'S UP TO THEM TO START
09:30:34 REMEDYING.
09:30:35 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ALL RIGHT, I THANK YOU.
09:30:37 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
09:30:37 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:30:39 ONE OTHER THING, I BELIEVE I AM SURE WILL BE BROUGHT UP WHEN
09:30:43 THE INSPECTION OF THE CURRENT PROBLEM AT 114 SOUTH 12th
09:30:49 IS ADHERED TO BY THOSE THAT ARE GOING TO INSPECT, BUT THERE
09:30:52 ALSO WAS SOME FORM OF INFORMATION THAT WHEN RECEIVED THAT IT
09:30:56 WAS MADE EITHER 6 INCHES OR 6-FOOT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE
09:31:00 BUILDING WHERE THE BIG DOORS ARE AT.
09:31:02 IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY MAY OWN 6 INCHES OR 6 FEET,
09:31:06 BUT IN FACT IT'S UNDER OWNERSHIP OF THE PORT AUTHORITY, I
09:31:12 BELIEVE.
09:31:13 OR MAYBE EVEN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:31:14 THEY HAVE NO RIGHT TO GO INGRESS IN AND OUT ON THAT AREA.
09:31:18 THAT'S WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD.
09:31:20 >> COUNCILMAN, WE ARE AWARE OF THAT, AND I BELIEVE THE STAFF
09:31:31 OF THE CITY WILL BE LOOKING INTO IT AND WE WILL BE LOOKING
09:31:33 INTO IT.
09:31:34 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:31:35 >>JOSEPH CITRO: AGAIN, LAST TIME, ANY QUESTIONS?
09:31:37 MS. SAVINO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:31:38 >> THANK YOU.
09:31:40 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:31:54 MS. VAN LOAN, WE HAVE NEXT OUR YBOR CITY DEVELOPMENT CAC,
09:31:59 CRA ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORTS?
09:32:02 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: YES.
09:32:03 I BELIEVE CHRIS WOJTOWICZ IS ON THE LINE AND READY TO GIVE
09:32:06 HIS REPORT.
09:32:07 CAN YOU HEAR US?
09:32:09 >> I SURE CAN.
09:32:09 CAN YOU HEAR ME?
09:32:11 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: WE SURE CAN, CHRIS.
09:32:13 GO AHEAD.
09:32:14 >> MY NAME IS CHRIS WOJTOWICZ, CRA CHAIR AND HOMEOWNER AND
09:32:20 FULL TIME RESIDENT OF YBOR CITY NORTH 28th STREET.
09:32:23 GOOD MORNING, DISTINGUISHED BOARD MEMBERS.
09:32:25 THIS WILL BE MY LAST CRA BOARD MEETING AS YBOR CAC CHAIR AND
09:32:30 I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THANK THIS BOARD FOR THEIR
09:32:35 SUPPORT OF YBOR CITY HAS BENEFITED GREATLY FROM YOUR
09:32:39 GUIDANCE SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:32:40 I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A FEW TOPICS TODAY.
09:32:42 I WANT TO COVER SOME CAC OPERATIONAL CHANGES, MAKE SURE THAT
09:32:46 EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF THOSE, TALK ABOUT SOME PROJECTS THAT
09:32:49 WE HAVE COMING UP, SAFETY CONCERNS THAT WE ARE WORKING
09:32:52 THROUGH, SOME BUSINESS OPENINGS.
09:32:56 SO I WILL START WITH CAC OPERATIONS, AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO
09:33:00 INTERRUPT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
09:33:03 WE WILL HAVE A NEW BOARD AND OFFICERS WREATH SEATED IN
09:33:06 OCTOBER.
09:33:06 I BELIEVE THAT'S GOING TO COME TO YOUR REVIEW IN THE
09:33:09 SEPTEMBER CAC BOARD MEETING SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE
09:33:12 APPROVALS AND FINALIZING THE NEW BOARD.
09:33:17 ALONG WITH THAT, WE HAVE REALIGNED OUR THREE COMMITTEES.
09:33:20 WE HAVE CREATED -- WE HAVE TRANSFORMED INTO THE PUBLIC
09:33:23 SAFETY AND DISTRICT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE THE ECONOMIC GROWTH
09:33:27 AND MOBILITY COMMITTEE, AND THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION AND
09:33:31 SUSTAINABILITIES COMMITTEE.
09:33:32 THE REALIGNMENT WAS BOTH TO ALIGN A LITTLE MORE CLOSELY TO
09:33:35 THE ADMINISTRATION'S OPERATORS, JUST SO THINGS KIND OF MAKE
09:33:39 MORE SENSE IN THE WAY THAT THE CITY IS ORGANIZED, BUT ALSO
09:33:42 TO TRY AND AVOID CASES WHERE WE HAVE TO CALL FOLKS FROM THE
09:33:46 CITY TO APPEAR AT MULTIPLE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, TRYING TO
09:33:49 GROUP THAT SO THAT MAKE IT AS CONVENIENT AS POSSIBLE FOR
09:33:54 BOTH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPANT AND CITY STAFF TO
09:34:01 BE ABLE TO PROVIDE REPORTS, ET CETERA.
09:34:03 SO THAT WILL GO INTO EFFECT IN OCTOBER.
09:34:06 WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE CHANGES.
09:34:09 THAT'S IT FOR CAC OPERATIONS IN TERMS OF PROJECTS.
09:34:14 PENDING BLC APPROVAL WE WILL BEGIN WORK ON THOSE ICONIC
09:34:18 7th AVENUE ARCHWAY LIGHTS THIS FALL, SO I AM SURE THAT
09:34:21 SOME OF YOU KNOW THAT THOSE ARCHWAY LIGHTS THAT ARE UP ON
09:34:25 7th AVENUE TODAY ARE TRADITIONAL OLD STYLE BULBS THAT
09:34:29 BURN OUT FREQUENTLY, AND THEY WERE DESIGNED TO BE TEMPORARY,
09:34:36 NOT PERMANENT.
09:34:38 THEY DON'T MEET HURRICANE STANDARDS.
09:34:40 THE NEW ARCHWAY LIGHTS THAT GOING UP ARE GOING TO BE MUCH
09:34:44 SAFER, BUT I THINK MORE IMPORTANTLY THESE NEW ARCHWAY LIGHTS
09:34:49 ARE GOING TO BE TIED TO THE EAST YBOR STREETSCAPE
09:34:51 IMPROVEMENTS AND MONUMENT PROJECTS WHICH IS GOING TO
09:34:55 ESTABLISH THE STREETSCAPE TREATMENTS ALONG 7th AVENUE UP
09:34:58 TO 27TH STREET, ALL THE WAY TO 26th STREET IN EAST YBOR,
09:35:03 ALONG WITH EXTENDING THE ARCHWAY LIGHTS THAT DISTANCE AS
09:35:06 WELL WHICH GIVES GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW ECONOMIC
09:35:10 DEVELOPMENT IN EAST YBOR WHICH I THINK WE ARE ALL VERY
09:35:13 EXCITED ABOUT.
09:35:14 SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE BLC APPROVAL ON THAT PROJECT AND
09:35:17 MOVING FORWARD IN THE FALL.
09:35:22 ON THE SAFETY SIDE, COVID RECOVERY AND SAFETY REMAIN A
09:35:25 PRIORITY FOR BUSINESSES, I THINK WE ARE ALL BUNGLING THROUGH
09:35:29 IT AS BEST WE CAN FOLLOWING GUIDANCE WHERE WE CAN AND TRYING
09:35:33 TO KEEP EVERYBODY SAFE.
09:35:35 I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOLVED THAT ONE BUT WE ARE DOING
09:35:38 OUR BEST.
09:35:40 I WANT TO TAKE A SECOND AND JUST MENTION THAT OUR
09:35:42 PARTNERSHIP WITH TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS REALLY NEVER
09:35:46 BEEN STRONGER IN MY TIME ON THE BOARD, AND I THINK A LOT OF
09:35:49 THAT CREDIT GOES TO CAPTAIN BURT OWEN.
09:35:52 I THINK HE AND HIS AMAZING DEDICATED TEAM OF TPD OFFICERS
09:35:56 AND STAFF HAVE BEEN JUST FANTASTIC AND AVAILABLE, AND
09:36:00 WILLING TO PARTNER WITH US ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES.
09:36:02 SO KUDOS TO THEM.
09:36:08 WE DID UPGRADE A STRATEGIC SECURITY PLAN WHICH WAS PRESENTED
09:36:12 TO THIS BOARD, AND WE HAVE BEEN USING THAT TO GUIDE FY 22
09:36:19 BUDGETARY ASSIGNMENTS FOR SAFETY, AND I THINK THAT WE ARE
09:36:23 MAKING A GOOD USE OF THE DOLLARS THAT WE ARE SPENDING THERE
09:36:26 TO IMPROVE AND THE PARTNERSHIP OF TPD, THE GREAT STRIDES
09:36:31 THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE.
09:36:32 SO TREMENDOUS PROGRESS, AND WE EXPECT MORE FY 22.
09:36:36 ALSO, THE VENUE OPERATORS AND TPD HAVE BEEN PARTNERING TO
09:36:40 STANDARDIZE SECURITY PRACTICES AND THE WAY GUESTS ARE
09:36:44 NOTIFIED AROUND THE DISTRICT, EXPECTED BEHAVIOR, APPEARANCE,
09:36:48 ET CETERA TO INCREASE THE SAFETY AND ALLOW FOR BETTER
09:36:53 COMMUNICATION AND STANDARDIZATION ACROSS THOSE VENUES WITH
09:36:58 TPD WHICH I THINK IS A GREAT STRIDE FORWARD.
09:37:01 AND THEN I AM ALSO WORKING WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA PARKING
09:37:03 AUTHORITIES ON SOME PARKING ISSUES, UNTANGLING SOME CONCERNS
09:37:07 OF BUSINESSES IN THE DISTRICT ALONG WITH WORKERS IN THE
09:37:11 DISTRICT AND RESIDENTS, SO THOSE ISSUES ARE ONGOING, BUT IN
09:37:17 PROGRESS, SO I APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP THERE AS WELL.
09:37:22 SO I WILL MOVE ON TO EVENTS.
09:37:23 I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF WHAT'S
09:37:26 HAPPENING IN THE GREAT HEART OF TAMPA, HISTORIC YBOR CITY.
09:37:29 SO WE ARE STARTING THE HEART OF YBOR ART CONTEST ON AUGUST
09:37:35 24th, SO WATCH FOR THAT RELEASE.
09:37:38 WE DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE AS MUCH PARTICIPATION AS POSSIBLE.
09:37:41 BIG EVENT THIS SUNDAY, THERE ARE SIX EVENTS, OR SIX VENUES
09:37:47 IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT WITH SHUTTLE SERVICE BETWEEN TO
09:37:50 ALLOW FOLKS WHO ARE LOOKING TO GET MARRIED IN THE NECESSARY
09:37:53 FOUGHT CHECK OUT THE VENUES, CHECK OUT SOME FOODS, SOME
09:37:56 DRINKS, TALK TO THE ORGANIZERS, AND AT EACH OF THOSE VENUES.
09:38:01 SO GREAT CHANCE FOR PEOPLE TO EXPERIENCE AN POTENTIAL PLACE
09:38:05 TO HAVE A WEDDING AND POSSIBLY WIN A HONEYMOON.
09:38:08 SO FANTASTIC EVENT THIS SUNDAY.
09:38:10 LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
09:38:12 FOR THE FALL, WE HAVE GOT A FEW THINGS COMING UP.
09:38:14 WE HAVE THE TASTE OF LATINO, ON OCTOBER 22ND, THESE ARE ALL
09:38:19 SCHEDULED EVENTS, SO ASSUMING THAT EVERYTHING GOES WELL
09:38:23 THESE EVENTS WILL GO FORWARD.
09:38:26 OCTOBER 272nd TASTE OF LATINO, CELEBRATE SINATRA
09:38:31 NOVEMBER 26th, CIGAR HERITAGE FESTIVAL ON DECEMBER
09:38:34 5th, THEN OF COURSE OUR GREAT HALLOWEEN SEEN WITH THE
09:38:38 LITTLE MONSTERS PUMPKIN PATCH, DECORATE AND TRICK OR TREAT
09:38:43 OF THE BUSINESSES ON 7th AVENUE, ONE OF MY FAVORITES
09:38:47 EVERY YEAR.
09:38:48 I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO ATTEND.
09:38:49 AND THE BIG MONSTERS BED RACE FOLLOWED BY THE CAR SHOW THE
09:38:54 FOLLOWING SUNDAY.
09:38:54 FOR THE HOLIDAYS, WE HAVE THE TREE LIGHTING NOVEMBER
09:38:56 17th, JINGLE BELL DESIRE ON DECEMBER 12, HOLIDAY
09:39:01 DECORATION FROM NOVEMBER 17 THROUGH DECEMBER 6, AGAIN
09:39:04 ONGOING EVENTS, THE YBOR SATURDAY MARKET AND HCC FALL SERIES
09:39:11 INTO THE WINTER.
09:39:12 SO REAL EXCITING STUFF HAPPENING IN THE DISTRICT.
09:39:14 DO COME OUT AND EXPERIENCE IT.
09:39:16 THE LAST THING I WILL COVER QUICKLY, BUSINESS OPENINGS.
09:39:18 DAD OWE'S PATIO, FOUNDATION COFFEE, AND -- ALL OPENED IN THE
09:39:24 LAST MONTH OR TWO.
09:39:25 SO WELCOME TO ALL THOSE NEW BUSINESSES IN YBOR CITY'S
09:39:29 HISTORIC DISTRICT.
09:39:30 WITH THAT, COUNCIL, EXCUSE ME, CRA BOARD, I WILL TURN IT
09:39:33 OVER TO YOU FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
09:39:35 >>JOSEPH CITRO: CHRIS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:39:37 ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
09:39:38 LET'S GO WITH COUNCILMAN.
09:39:39 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I JUST WANT TO THANK CHRIS FOR AN
09:39:42 OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION I HAVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME.
09:39:46 YOU HAVE A GREAT MEMORY OR TELEPHONE, ONE OF THE TWO.
09:39:51 BUT I APPRECIATE ALL THE EVENTS YOU SPOKE ABOUT.
09:39:53 IN FACT, THERE'S A FELLOW COMING IN TOMORROW TO BE A MANAGER
09:39:58 OF THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX WHO WILL BE HERE PLAYING AGAINST
09:40:01 THE RAYS.
09:40:02 I CALL THE RAYS THE GREATEST TEAM IN BASEBALL WITH LITTLE
09:40:05 MONEY TO DO IT WITH AND THEY HAVE DONE IT FOR MANY YEARS AND
09:40:07 NOW HAVE TO BE A WHITE SOX FAN BECAUSE I PLAYED BALL WITH
09:40:11 THEM A HIM A COUPLE OF YEARS, HE WAS MUCH BETTER THAN I WAS,
09:40:16 TONY LARUSSA WAS THE MANAGER, SO THANK YOU TO THE RAYS AND
09:40:21 WHITE SOX PLAY.
09:40:22 THANK YOU.
09:40:22 >> WE WILL BE AT THE GAME ON SATURDAY.
09:40:24 LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, COUNCILMAN.
09:40:26 THANK YOU.
09:40:26 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR CHRIS?
09:40:32 HEARING NONE, CHRIS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:40:34 YOU KNOW YOU AND I SERVED ON THE YCDC AT THE SAME TIME, AND
09:40:40 I HAVE GOT ATTACH ON YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE OWENS, A
09:40:48 WONDERFUL MAN, AND WHEN I FIRST STARTED, THE NOW CHIEF
09:40:52 DELGADO WAS OUR GO-TO OFFICER DOWN IN YBOR CITY.
09:40:56 QUESTION ABOUT THE ARCHWAY LIGHTS.
09:40:58 ARE THEY GOING TO BE ATTACHED TO TECO POLES OR HAVE THEIR
09:41:02 OWN POLES?
09:41:03 >> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY ARE ALL NEW POLES GOING IN, SO
09:41:07 THEY ARE GOING TO BE REMOVING THE OLD ONES, AND THEY HAVE
09:41:09 ALREADY DONE ALL OF THE SURVEY WORK FOR THAT, ALL OF THE
09:41:14 MARKING PERMITS, EVERYTHING, I THINK, IS READY TO GO PENDING
09:41:18 BLC APPROVAL OF THE FINAL DESIGN.
09:41:21 THEY HAD SOME QUESTIONS.
09:41:22 THEY WANTED, I BELIEVE, KIND OF A FLY-OVER GRAPHIC SO THEY
09:41:25 CAN REALLY SEE HOW THIS WOULD FIT IN THE HISTORIC CONTEXT.
09:41:29 SO STAFF I THINK CAN GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ON THE
09:41:32 SPECIFICS, BUT THEY WILL BE ON THEIR OWN POLES AND THEY WILL
09:41:35 BE REMOVING POLE LIGHTS.
09:41:38 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SOME PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THOSE OLD POLES
09:41:41 WERE THE ACTUAL STREETCAR ELECTRICITY POLES.
09:41:44 AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
09:41:45 YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE FRAN COSTANTINO VERY HAPPY.
09:41:49 HOPEFULLY THE ARCHWAY AT 26th STREET IS NOW IN THE
09:41:53 PROJECTS.
09:41:55 TRANSITION FOR ON-STREET PARKING, METERED PARKING.
09:41:58 IS THAT GOING WELL?
09:42:00 >> I THINK THE PARKING DEPARTMENT IS MEETING WITH ONE-OFF
09:42:05 MEETINGS WITH ONE OR TWO BUSINESS OWNERS, SO I AM TRYING TO
09:42:08 GET FEEDBACK FROM EVERYBODY.
09:42:11 I THINK THAT THERE IS SIGNIFICANT CONCERN FROM THE BUSINESS
09:42:15 COMMUNITY THAT THEY HAVE BEEN EXPRESSING DIRECTLY TO THE
09:42:17 PARKING DEPARTMENT, SO THEY HAVE THAT FEEDBACK, AND I THINK
09:42:21 THAT THEY WILL BE REPORTING ON THAT FOLLOWING SOME
09:42:25 RECOMMENDATIONS COMING TO YOU IN THE FUTURE.
09:42:27 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ALL RIGHT.
09:42:28 I APPRECIATE THAT.
09:42:29 AS YOU SAID, AN EXCITING EVENT FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE
09:42:35 FAMILY, PUMPKINS AND PATCHES.
09:42:42 THANK YOU, CHRIS.
09:42:43 >> THANK YOU, CRA BOARD.
09:42:44 HAVE A GREAT DAY.
09:42:45 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: FOR ITEM NUMBER 2, WE HAVE CROSS BAY
09:42:58 FERRY.
09:42:59 ROB, ARE YOU ON THE LINE?
09:43:02 >>ROB ROSNER: I AM.
09:43:03 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: ROB AND I ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY
09:43:06 FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS YOU HAVE AFTER DISCUSSION AT COUNCIL A
09:43:09 FEW WEEKS AGO REGARDING THIS ITEM.
09:43:11 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY COMMENTS OR ANY QUESTIONS?
09:43:15 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
09:43:15 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:43:20 ROB, YOU SENT A FOLLOW-UP MEMO JUST CLARIFYING THE FUNDING
09:43:27 OF THE CITY'S FUNDING AS OPPOSED TO THE CRA FUNDING.
09:43:33 YOU MIGHT WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT BRIEFLY.
09:43:35 AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION IS, IN REGARD TO THOSE FUTURE
09:43:39 YEARS, I THINK IT WAS TWO, THREE AND FOUR, IS THERE ANY
09:43:46 FLEXIBILITY DOWN THE ROAD IN TERMS OF THE CRA'S CONTRIBUTION
09:43:52 VERSUS THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION?
09:43:55 OR IS THE CRA -- IS THE INTENT FOR THE CRA TO BE LOCKED INTO
09:44:00 THAT?
09:44:01 AND THAT MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR MICHELLE AS WELL.
09:44:06 THANK YOU.
09:44:06 >>ROB ROSNER: THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.
09:44:10 THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT.
09:44:12 THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS BEING A FOUR YEAR AGREEMENT, WE
09:44:15 HAVE PUT IN THE AGREEMENT THAT IT CAN BE CANCELED AT THE END
09:44:21 OF EVERY YEAR DEPENDING ON FUNDING, IF WE DECIDE THAT THE
09:44:25 PROGRAM IS NOT BENEFICIAL ANYMORE.
09:44:27 WE HAVE THAT OPTION.
09:44:29 CAN WE SHARE MY SCREEN?
09:44:31 I HAVE JUST A SLIDE THAT I CAN HELP.
09:44:35 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SPECIFICALLY ON THE FOUR YEAR ISSUE,
09:44:36 ROB, MY QUESTION, I AM NOT SAYING WE WOULD STAY IN THE
09:44:40 AGREEMENT OR GET OUT OF THE AGREEMENT, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND
09:44:43 WE HAVE AN OUT CLAUSE AS A CITY TO GET OUT EVERY YEAR, BUT
09:44:47 MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE ANY FLEXIBILITY IN TERMS OF THE
09:44:52 SHARING OF WHO PAYS WHAT, THE CRA VERSUS THE CITY?
09:44:57 IS THAT GOING TO BE AN ANNUAL DISCUSSION AND AN ANNUAL
09:45:01 DECISION, OR IS THAT A FIRM COMMITMENT TODAY?
09:45:06 >>ROB ROSNER: IT'S A FIRM COMMITMENT TODAY.
09:45:10 THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT OFFERED 50,000 FOR EACH OF THE FOUR
09:45:13 YEARS THROUGH THE SCOOTER RIGHT-OF-WAY FEES, WHICH IS WHAT
09:45:16 WE WERE DESCRIBING IN THAT E-MAIL BEFORE.
09:45:20 THE INITIAL YEARS FOR 125,000 FOR DOWNTOWN CRA, AND THEN IT
09:45:25 RAMPS UP PER THE SCHEDULE IN THE AGREEMENT.
09:45:29 SO, YES.
09:45:30 BUT YOU HAVE THE OPTION EACH YEAR SAYING YOU DON'T WANT TO
09:45:33 DO IT ANYMORE.
09:45:34 SO IT'S ALSO AT ANY TIME UPON AVAILABLE FUNDING.
09:45:36 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I GUESS I MIGHT FEEL A LITTLE MORE
09:45:40 COMFORTABLE WITH AN ANNUAL DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW.
09:45:44 WHAT IF SCOOTERS GO CRAZY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY ARE
09:45:47 EARNING A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY AND VIK CAN'T WAIT TO GIVE IT
09:45:52 AWAY, AND, YOU KNOW, SO MAYBE WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE
09:45:55 FLEXIBILITY IN FOUGHT YEARS FOR WHO CONTRIBUTES WHAT.
09:46:01 GENERALLY I AM IN FAVOR OF THE FERRY AT THIS POINT, I THINK
09:46:08 IT'S A GOOD CONCEPT.
09:46:09 THAT'S MY ONLY QUESTION.
09:46:10 THANK YOU.
09:46:12 >>ROB ROSNER: HAPPY TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION EACH YEAR,
09:46:14 AND AGAIN WHAT WE KNOW IN FRONT OF US IS THAT THE 50,000 IS
09:46:18 FIRM.
09:46:18 BUT YOU ARE RIGHT, IF THE SCOOTERS REALLY TAKE OFF AND SOME
09:46:22 OTHER FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE, AND THAT BECOMES A
09:46:24 DISCUSSION POINT, THEN OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO HAVE THAT
09:46:28 CONVERSATION AT THAT TIME.
09:46:28 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
09:46:30 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I ALWAYS TRUST EVERYTHING THAT I HEAR
09:46:34 FROM THE FUNDING SOURCES FOR THIS FERRY, BUT I TRY TO VERIFY
09:46:41 EVERYTHING FOR THE FUNDING.
09:46:42 AND I LOOK AT THIS 50,000-DOLLAR FROM THE MOBILITY
09:46:46 DEPARTMENT FOR I GUESS FOUR YEARS, AND AT THE BOTTOM YOU
09:46:49 HAVE THE CRA WHICH IS -- IT'S ANOTHER NAME FOR CITY FUNDS
09:46:54 THAT ARE DIVERTED IN DIFFERENT AREAS, BECAUSE THAT'S MONEY
09:46:57 GENERATED, AND BECAUSE OF THE C, GOES THROUGH THE CRA, IF
09:47:02 THEY HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY COLLECTED, IN THAT
09:47:04 DISTRICT, WHICH IN ESSENCE IS CITY FUNDS IN ONE WAY OR
09:47:08 ANOTHER, PAINTED WITH A DIFFERENT COLOR.
09:47:09 SO I HAVE NEVER SUPPORTED THE FERRY.
09:47:12 NOT THAT I WANT TO BUT I CAN'T VERIFY ALL THE FACTS THAT I
09:47:15 GET.
09:47:22 THE FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES AND THE TEAM FROM BOSTON COLLEGE
09:47:25 PLAY IN 2012, GUESS WHERE I STAYED AT.
09:47:28 SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS.
09:47:29 GUESS WHAT'S IN SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS?
09:47:34 THE SAME FERRY AND THE WITCHES, YOU ARE RIGHT.
09:47:36 AND WHAT I AM TRYING TO SAY IS THESE THINGS HAPPEN, AND
09:47:41 THERE'S ONLY FOUR NEWSPAPERS UP THERE, I FORGET THE NAME OF
09:47:45 THEM BUT IF THE MEDIA WANTS TO VERIFY, GO UP ON THE COMPUTER
09:47:49 AND LOOK UP SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, LOOK UP THIS FERRY.
09:47:52 THE CITY OR THE GOVERNMENT, I FORGET WHICH ONE, THE COUNTY,
09:47:56 SUBSIDIZED FOR 700,000 A YEAR.
09:47:59 IF I REMEMBER THE FEES UP THERE FOR THIS FERRY, IT WAS $40
09:48:05 IF YOU WERE JOHNNY COME LATELY TOURIST WHICH WANTS TO SPEND
09:48:09 SOME TIME LIKE I DID UP THERE, FIVE OR SIX DAYS, AND I DID
09:48:11 TAKE THE FERRY, I TOOK THE TRAIN FROM SALEM TO BOSTON
09:48:14 BECAUSE I WAS ON A REAL TIGHT SCHEDULE, OR YOU PAY $40 IF
09:48:21 YOU WERE A VISITOR OR SOMEONE UP THERE AT CONVENTION OR YOU
09:48:27 WANT TO GO OUT WITH YOUR FAMILY AND YOU WANT TO VISIT THE
09:48:29 FERRY, YOU PAY $19 IF YOU ARE A RELATIVE OF THE COUNTY.
09:48:33 AGAIN I AM ASKING YOU TO VERIFY EVERYTHING THAT I SAY
09:48:35 BECAUSE I AM GOING BACK TO 2012 AND I HAVE NO EVIDENCE OF IT
09:48:38 IN FRONT OF ME.
09:48:38 I DID HAVE A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE WHICH I DON'T KNOW WHERE I
09:48:41 PUT IT AT.
09:48:42 AND YOU PAY $17 ROUND TRIP IF YOU WERE A MEMBER OR RESIDENTS
09:48:49 OF SALEM.
09:48:51 HERE WE HAVE A $10 ROUND TRIP.
09:48:54 SO WHAT IT'S TELLING ME, THAT THE VERIFICATION TO DO AN
09:48:59 ANNUAL STUDY OF THIS, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE USING THE FERRY
09:49:01 ARE NOT TAKING MANY PEOPLE OFF THE ROADS.
09:49:04 THIS IS A WEEKEND OR NIGHT DEAL OR EARLY MORNING DEAL WITH
09:49:08 YOUR FAMILY OR TOURISTS THAT IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A TRIP TO
09:49:11 ST. PETE, COME BACK WHENEVER YOU WANT AT SOME SPECIFIC TIME,
09:49:14 TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THEIR SERVICES.
09:49:16 I AM NOT AGAINST YOU DOING THAT.
09:49:17 BUT THAT MONEY CAN BE USED FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
09:49:20 IT COULD BE USED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, COULD BE USED FOR
09:49:23 OTHER THINGS, WE NEED A PARKS AND RECREATION, COULD BE USED
09:49:27 FOR A MULTITUDE OF THINGS WE DON'T HAVE.
09:49:29 AND SOONER OR LATER WITH WHEN YOU MULTIPLY 25, 25 AND 50,
09:49:35 GUESS WHAT IT ADDS UP TO.
09:49:38 175 A YEAR.
09:49:40 WHEN YOU MULTIPLY THAT BY FOUR, THE SAME AMOUNT OF FERRY
09:49:47 MONEY THAT WAS GIVEN IN SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS.
09:49:49 THIS IS FOUR YEARS.
09:49:50 THAT WAS ONE YEAR.
09:49:51 SO I AM JUST SAYING THESE ARE THE REASONS I DON'T DO IT.
09:49:54 THERE'S NO VERIFICATION THAT YOU SAY SO MANY PEOPLE RODE THE
09:49:58 FERRY AND IT 5% OR 50% OF THE ONES GOING TO THE GANDY BRIDGE
09:50:04 AND GET BACK TO ST. PETE.
09:50:06 I DON'T SEE THAT.
09:50:08 THEREFORE I CANNOT SUPPORT IT.
09:50:09 THANK YOU.
09:50:09 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
09:50:13 COUNCILMAN VIERA.
09:50:14 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:50:15 YOU KNOW, THIS IS -- THE FERRY IS AN ISSUE THAT WE HAVE BEEN
09:50:21 DEALING WITH FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW, ET CETERA.
09:50:24 I SHARE A LOT OF THE CONCERNS.
09:50:26 I DO DISTINGUISH, THOUGH, BETWEEN CRA MONEY, AND I
09:50:30 SYMPATHIZE A LOT WITH COUNCILMAN MIRANDA'S COMMENTS, AND
09:50:34 DIRECT CITY FUNDS, JUST GIVEN THE WAY THE SYSTEM IS SET UP,
09:50:39 DIRECT CRA DOLLARS, OR YOU HAVE GOT A CRA BOARD, YOU HAVE
09:50:44 GOT THE CAC ET CETERA THAT HAS MADE ITS OPINIONS KNOWN ON
09:50:48 THIS.
09:50:48 I TRY TO GIVE THEM SOME REASONABLE DEFERENCE, IF YOU WILL,
09:50:52 IN THAT REGARD.
09:50:53 I THINK THEY ARE ENTITLED TO THAT.
09:50:55 BUT HAVING THIS COME OUT OF GENERAL FUNDS EVEN IF IT'S JUST
09:51:00 $50,000 A YEAR DOES CAUSE ME SOME HEARTBURN, BUT I DON'T
09:51:03 THINK IT'S WORTH AT THIS TIME STRIKING DOWN THE FOUR-YEAR
09:51:06 NATURE OF THE PROGRAM DOES BOTHER ME, AND I DO HAVE A LOT OF
09:51:11 SYMPATHY WITH COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER'S WORDS IN HAVING THIS
09:51:14 COME UP FOR A SCHEDULED REVIEW EVERY YEAR WHERE WE HAVE TO
09:51:16 LOOK AT IT AND ANALYZE IT BECAUSE WE HAVE THE OPTION TO GET
09:51:20 OUT OF IT.
09:51:21 SO FOR THE DEVELOPMENTS OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE FERRY
09:51:25 OUTSIDE OF PUBLIC DOLLARS ET CETERA MAY BECOME RELEVANT.
09:51:28 USE OF THE FERRY.
09:51:29 I KNOW COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER MADE A MOTION THAT I WAS GRAD
09:51:32 TO -- GLAD TO SUPPORT TO HAVE STAFF ADVISE US ON THE USE OF
09:51:35 THE FERRY, WHO IS USING THE FERRY, AND WHO IS THE FERRY
09:51:39 BEING ADVERTISED TO?
09:51:41 YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
09:51:43 ALL PARTS OF OUR CITY BEING AVAILED OF ADVERTISEMENT AND
09:51:48 POTENTIAL USE AND EFFECTS OF THIS FERRY, BECAUSE THERE'S A
09:51:50 LOT OF CONCERNS IN DIFFERENT PLACES.
09:51:52 WEST TAMPA, EAST TAMPA, NORTH TAMPA, ET CETERA, ON THAT
09:51:55 ISSUE.
09:51:56 SO I'LL SUPPORT THIS TODAY WITH SOME HESITANCY, BUT I WANT
09:52:00 THIS TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO US EVERY YEAR FOR A DISCUSSION.
09:52:04 I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
09:52:06 THANK YOU, SIR.
09:52:06 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:52:08 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK ALL POINTS HAVE BEEN COVERED AND I
09:52:11 THINK MOST PEOPLE KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT THAT FERRY.
09:52:14 I'M MERELY SUPPORTING IT BECAUSE OF THE CRA.
09:52:22 ANYTHING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND I WILL NOT SUPPORT.
09:52:24 IN FAVOR OF THE ANNUAL REVIEW.
09:52:28 TO SIGNIFY WHO WAS RIDING THAT FERRY, AND MAYBE SEE HOW WE
09:52:33 CAN BOLSTER RIDERS ON THE FERRY WITH SOME OF OUR SENIOR
09:52:36 PROGRAMS, OUR PARKS AND REC, SOME OF THE PROGRAMS WE HAVE IN
09:52:39 OUR CITY.
09:52:40 BUT I THINK AN ANNUAL REVIEW IS NECESSARY, TO TALK ABOUT
09:52:46 POSSIBLY ONE DAY TAKING GENERAL FUND MONEY FOR ENTERTAINMENT
09:52:51 AND -- ENTERTAINMENT VENTURE.
09:52:54 SO I WILL SUPPORT IT TODAY,.
09:53:03 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANYONE ELSE?
09:53:04 I WILL CLOSE OUT BY SAYING THIS.
09:53:07 I WILL SUPPORT IT THIS ONE TIME, BUT FOR EVERY ACTION THERE
09:53:10 IS AN EQUAL AND OPPOSITE REACTION.
09:53:14 SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS THE DOWNTOWNER THAT WE NO LONGER
09:53:19 HAVE.
09:53:19 AND IT'S CONFUSING TO ME ON HOW WE ARE GOING TO ACTUALLY ASK
09:53:23 PEOPLE THAT DO NOT LIVE DOWNTOWN TO TAKE THIS FERRY OVER TO
09:53:27 ST. PETE WHEN THEY HAVE TO GET IN THEIR CAR, DRIVE DOWNTOWN,
09:53:32 WALK BLOCKS FROM THE PARKING SPACE TO THE CONVENTION CENTER
09:53:35 TO GETS ON THE FERRY, AND THEN USE IT TO GO OVER TO
09:53:39 ST. PETE.
09:53:41 SO I WILL SUPPORT IT THIS TIME AROUND, BUT WHEN IT COMES UP
09:53:45 HOPEFULLY FOR THE ANNUAL REVIEW, I WILL HAVE TO MAKE MY
09:53:48 DECISION THEN.
09:53:49 AGAIN, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
09:53:52 THANK YOU, ROB.
09:53:53 >>ROB ROSNER: IN MY PRESENTATION I HAD SHOWN THAT WE WILL
09:54:03 ASK THEM TO COME GIVE A REPORT IN APRIL OF EACH YEAR SO YOU
09:54:06 CAN MAKE YOUR DECISION IN MAY AND JUNE, IF YOU WANT TO
09:54:09 CONTINUES FUNDING IT.
09:54:10 SO I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE DO PLAN ON DOING THAT.
09:54:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. ROSNER.
09:54:18 >>ROB ROSNER: YOU'RE WELCOME.
09:54:20 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: AS A FOLLOW-UP TO THE DISCUSSION YOU
09:54:22 HAD, YOU WILL BE RECEIVING A REPORT EVERY APRIL ON THE
09:54:27 RIDERSHIP AND THE RESULTS OF THE SEASON SO THAT WE WILL COME
09:54:30 BACK TO YOU BEFORE THE JUNE DEADLINE, THE JUNE 1st
09:54:33 DEADLINE, THAT'S IN THE CONTRACT FOR EACH YEAR FOR DECISION
09:54:36 MAKING.
09:54:36 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
09:54:41 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:54:42 I WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE IT DEPENDS, YOU SAY THE REPORT,
09:54:47 WE WILL BE RECEIVING THE REPORT, THAT COUNCIL WILL BE
09:54:49 RECEIVING, THAT WE CAN HAVE A SCHEDULED DISCUSSION TWO
09:54:52 MONTHS BEFORE THE AUTHORIZATION, CORRECT?
09:54:56 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: YES.
09:54:57 IT WILL COME BACK IN APRIL.
09:54:59 IT WILL BE PRESENTED TO YOU, AND THEN THE DEADLINE IF THE
09:55:02 CITY CHOOSES TO NOT REMAIN IN THE AGREEMENT IS JUNE 1st.
09:55:06 SO YOU WOULD HAVE THAT TIME BEFORE THE JUNE 1st DEADLINE
09:55:10 TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.
09:55:12 >>LUIS VIERA: SO LONG AS IT'S SET DISCUSSION.
09:55:16 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: WE PUT IT ON THE AGENDA, YES.
09:55:18 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
09:55:20 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MS. VAN LOAN, SINCE IT IS CRA DOLLARS
09:55:23 LET'S MAKE SURE WE GET WITH THE PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR IN
09:55:26 REFERENCE TO THAT, SINCE IT IS OUR FUNDS TO MAKE SURE THAT
09:55:29 WE COME UP WITH SOME PROGRAMS FOR SENIORS, I HAVE RECEIVED
09:55:34 CALLS ABOUT THAT, WATCHING AND TALKING ABOUT THIS FERRY.
09:55:36 SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE IF THERE ARE DOLLARS IN PARKS AND
09:55:39 REC, WITH THE RIDERSHIP.
09:55:43 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: SHE'S STANDING ABOUT 15 FEET FROM ME
09:55:45 AND I BELIEVE SHE HAS HEARD YOU.
09:55:47 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MS. VAN LOAN.
09:55:50 WE WILL GO TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 3.
09:55:53 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: I AM GOING TO BRING UP JESUS NIÑO FOR
09:55:57 DREW PARK TO ADDRESS THE MOTION THAT WE ARE RESPONDING TO
09:56:00 FOR ITEM NUMBER 3.
09:56:01 >>JESUS NIÑO: GOOD MORNING.
09:56:09 DREW PARK AND WEST TAMPA CRA MANAGER.
09:56:12 AT THE REQUEST THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT
09:56:16 TO THE CAC WAS TAKEN TO THE CAC AT THE LAST MEETING THIS
09:56:19 MONTH.
09:56:21 WE DO WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE CAC DID REVIEW IT VERY
09:56:24 CLOSELY, IN ADDITION TO STAFF TAKE IT TO THE PLANNING
09:56:27 DIVISION TO DISCUSS IT WITH THEM.
09:56:30 WE ALSO TALKED TO CAC MEMBERS PRIOR TO THE REGULAR CAC
09:56:34 MEETING TO GAIN THEIR OPINIONS ON ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT FOR
09:56:39 THE DREW PARK AREA.
09:56:43 AT THEIR LAST MEETING THE CAC DID UNANIMOUSLY VOTE TO NOT
09:56:49 HAVE AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT FOR THE DREW PARK AREA AT
09:56:51 THIS TIME AND FOR THE NEAR FUTURE AS WELL.
09:56:55 THE CAC ALSO VOTED TO CONCENTRATE ON THE RECENTLY APPROVED
09:57:00 STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED BY CRA ON APRIL
09:57:03 8th OF THIS YEAR.
09:57:06 THE CAC WANTS TO CONCENTRATES ON IMPROVING THE CURRENTS
09:57:08 ASSETS IN DREW PARK, THEIR BUSINESSES, THEIR LIGHT
09:57:15 INDUSTRIAL NATURE, AND TO KIND OF PROMOTE THEMSELVES AS A
09:57:19 BUSINESS FRIENDLY, COMMERCE FRIENDLY AREA FOR THE CITY AND
09:57:22 FOR THE REGION.
09:57:23 SO WITH THAT, STAFF IS OPEN FOR QUESTIONS.
09:57:25 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY QUESTIONS?
09:57:30 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: JUST A COMMENT, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:57:31 I WANT TO THANK THE CAC OF DREW PARK FOR MAKING THE RIGHT
09:57:34 CHOICE.
09:57:36 ALTHOUGH I SECONDED THE MOTION I'M SURE THE MAKER, MYSELF
09:57:39 AND ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT VOTED FOR THAT FELT, AND WE
09:57:43 GOT A GREAT REPORT FROM YOU THIS MORNING, SIR, AND LET'S ME
09:57:46 TELL YOU WHY I THINK THEY MADE A GOOD CHOICE.
09:57:50 THERE ARE TWO OR THREE AREAS CONSIDERED ENTERTAINMENT
09:57:53 DISTRICTS, OR WHATEVER YOU WANT, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO PUT THE
09:57:56 WORD, POSSIBILITY OF THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT IN DREW
09:57:59 PARK.
09:58:00 AND THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO OR THREE AREAS THAT I GETS
09:58:03 COMPLAINTS OF NOISE.
09:58:04 AND ABUSE OF DRINKING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
09:58:08 SO I WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE CAC FOR MAKING THE RIGHT
09:58:11 CHOICE.
09:58:11 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:58:11 >>BILL CARLSON: JUST A COMMENT.
09:58:16 THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT, FOR THE CAC MEMBERS FOR WEIGHING
09:58:20 IN ON IT.
09:58:21 YOU KNOW, THE ISSUE IS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE AN ENTERTAINMENT
09:58:26 DISTRICT SOMEWHERE IN OUR CITY IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO
09:58:29 ATTRACT, ESPECIALLY YOUNG PROFESSIONALS, WE NEED
09:58:32 ENTERTAINMENT AREAS.
09:58:34 YBOR IN FIVE OR TEN YEARS WILL NO LONGER BE LIKE IT HAS BEEN
09:58:38 IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
09:58:39 IT'S CONVERTING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WILL HAVE
09:58:43 MULTIPLE USES.
09:58:44 IT WILL STILL HAVE BARS BUT NOT THE LATE NIGHT NIGHT CLUBS
09:58:47 ANYMORE.
09:58:47 THERE'S BEEN HEAVY PRESSURE FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS OF HYDE
09:58:51 PARK AREA TO REDUCE THE LATE NIGHT PARTYING AROUND SOUTH
09:58:55 HOWARD, AND SO EVENTUALLY, I THINK THERE WILL BE PRESSURE TO
09:58:59 FORCE SOME OF THE LATE NIGHT PARTYING OUT OF THERE.
09:59:01 SO THE QUESTION TO STAFF, I WON'T MAKE A MOTION ON THIS, BUT
09:59:04 THE QUESTION IN PLANNING IS WHERE ARE WE GOING TO PUT IT?
09:59:08 IT'S GOT TO GO SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY OR WE ARE NOT GOING TO
09:59:11 ATTRACT AND RETAIN YOUNG PROFESSIONALS ANYMORE.
09:59:14 AND IF NOT IN THE DENSITY WHERE IT CURRENTLY IS, WHERE IS IT
09:59:21 GOING TO GO?
09:59:22 WE SEE SOME AREAS AROUND FLORIDA AVENUE, SEMINOLE HEIGHTS,
09:59:25 WHY THERE ARE A LOT OF ALCOHOL USE APPLICATIONS SO IT'S
09:59:28 POSSIBLE THAT INADVERTENTLY WITHOUT PLANNING IT THAT COULD
09:59:31 END UP BEING AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT.
09:59:33 I DON'T THINK BASED ON THE COMMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY AROUND
09:59:35 THERE THAT THEY WANT IT EITHER SO I ENCOURAGE PLANNERS TO
09:59:38 FIND SOMEPLACE FOR THIS, BECAUSE THE CITIES HAVE TO HAVE A
09:59:42 PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN BE ENTERTAINED.
09:59:46 THANK YOU.
09:59:47 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:59:49 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN OF DREW PARK
09:59:53 FOLKS.
09:59:54 BUT MR. CARLSON IS RIGHT.
09:59:56 IF WE ARE GOING TO BE A VIBRANT CITY WE HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE
09:59:59 COMING HERE BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT TO SEE YBOR CITY.
10:00:03 THEY WANT TO SEE YBOR CITY.
10:00:05 THEY WANT TO COME HERE TO PARTY.
10:00:06 YOU CAN'T GET BIG CONVENTIONS TO COME HERE WITH NO
10:00:10 ENTERTAINMENT.
10:00:12 WHEN I GO TO A CITY, WHERE IS EVERYBODY AT?
10:00:14 YOU ASK, WHERE IS EVERYBODY PARTYING?
10:00:18 I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU GO.
10:00:20 YOU HAVE AN AREA WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO.
10:00:24 MAYBE LIKE NOW WE HAVE A LOT OF CONVENTIONS COMING HERE NOW
10:00:28 BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE HOTELS NOW.
10:00:31 BEFORE WE COULDN'T GET THE MAJOR BIG CONVENTIONS HERE
10:00:34 BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH HOTELS.
10:00:36 YOU TALK ABOUT THE -- HOW DO PEOPLE GET AROUND?
10:00:44 HOW DO THEY MOVE FROM POINT A TO B?
10:00:48 THE DREW PARK AREA, I THINK WE HAVE TO FIND AN AREA
10:00:54 SOMEWHERE THAT'S NOT POPULATED WITH RESIDENTS OR PEOPLE, IT
10:01:00 MIGHT BE TOWARD THE EAST PART OF TOWN, MAYBE TOWARDS
10:01:02 COLUMBUS, AN OPEN AREA OUT THERE, OR INDUSTRIAL PLACES WAY
10:01:06 DOWN TO THE SOUTH END OF ADAMO, THAT'S JUST SITTING, IT'S
10:01:14 JUST FALLING APART.
10:01:15 BUT EVENTUALLY, WE HAVE TO FIND AN AREA.
10:01:19 IF YBOR DOESN'T WANT TO BE THAT ANYMORE, IT'S GOT TO BE
10:01:23 SOMEWHERE, BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE WON'T
10:01:25 COME HERE IF THEY CAN'T FIND A PLACE TO ENJOY THEMSELVES AND
10:01:28 BE A PART OF THE CROWD.
10:01:30 SO THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHT.
10:01:31 AND MR. CARLSON, YOU ARE RIGHT, WE HAVE TO HAVE A PLACE FOR
10:01:34 PEOPLE TO GO.
10:01:35 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:01:41 YOU KNOW, I GO BACK, AND THERE'S A REASON I AM STILL HERE AT
10:01:45 80 YEARS OLD, I GUESS, BECAUSE I GO BACK AND WHEN I HEAR
10:01:48 ABOUT YBOR CITY, AND YBOR CITY WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE ALL
10:01:51 THE ENTERTAINMENT YOU EVER WANTED IN YOUR LIFE.
10:01:54 AND THINGS WE ED NOW, MEDICARE AND LOTTERY.
10:02:02 THE PROBLEM IS WHEN WE HAD IT, IT WAS CALLED MUTUAL AID
10:02:05 SOCIETY FOR $2 A MONTH WILL G GET YOU FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE.
10:02:10 ALL YOUR DOCTORS, ALL YOUR INSURANCE, YOU PAY $2 A MONTH AT
10:02:16 THAT TIME, AND YOU HAD DOCTORS COME TO YOUR OFFICE, YOUR
10:02:19 HOUSE WHEN YOU WERE SICK, AND GIVE YOU A CURSORY
10:02:23 EXAMINATION.
10:02:23 YOU WENT TO THE HOSPITAL, WHEN YOU NEEDED TO SEE THE DOCTOR
10:02:26 FOR ANY TAPE OF X-RAYS, ANY TYPE OF BALLAD WORK, AND YOU HAD
10:02:30 SURGERY AT THE HOSPITAL, WITH VERY COMPETENT DOCTORS AT THAT
10:02:34 TIME, AND YOU ALSO HAD FIVE OR SIX OUTSTANDING BUILDINGS
10:02:39 THAT ARE STILL THERE, BOTH OF THEM, ONE, THE ENTERTAINMENT
10:02:44 AREA, THEY HAD ONE CULTURAL ASSETS THAT WERE GIVEN, ALSO
10:02:52 SPANISH, YOU HAD THE RITZ THEATER, THE THEATER ON BROADWAY,
10:02:57 AND YOU HAD THE THEATER WHERE THE CENTRO ESPANOL BUILDING
10:03:03 WHICH WAS THE THEATER, AND I HAVE BEEN THERE SO MANY TIMES
10:03:07 WHEN I WAS A KID THAT I WAS SPEAKING JUST LIKE A MEXICAN.
10:03:10 NOTHING WRONG WITHIN THAT.
10:03:11 THE LANGUAGE IS THE SPANISH LANGUAGE IS THE SAME BUT THE
10:03:15 ACCENT WAS DIFFERENT.
10:03:16 (SPEAKING SPANISH).
10:03:18 I REMEMBER ALL THOSE NAMES, BECAUSE THAT'S ALL I SAW.
10:03:23 GROWING UP IN THE THEATER.
10:03:25 MY GRANDFATHER DIDN'T SPEAK ENGLISH.
10:03:28 AND I WOULD SIT THERE AND WATCH THE MOVIE WITH MY MOTHER.
10:03:32 SO IT'S A GREAT THING, WE HAD ALL THAT.
10:03:36 WHAT WE CALL ENTERTAINMENT TODAY -- AND I AM GLAD YOU
10:03:38 BROUGHT IT UP BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE POLICE REPORTS, AND
10:03:44 YOU ARE GOING TO SEE WHAT ENTERTAINMENT S.ENTERTAINMENT IS
10:03:47 RUNNING A WAY FROM THE COPS, BEING DRUNK.
10:03:49 I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW IN YBOR CITY, I AM NOT GOING TO GO
10:03:52 THERE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO RUIN YBOR CITY.
10:03:54 I AM NOT GOING TO BE GO TO SOUTH HOWARD BECAUSE I DON'T WANT
10:03:56 TO RUIN SOUTH HOWARD.
10:03:58 AND I AM NOT GOING TO SEMINOLE HEIGHTS BECAUSE I TOLD SOME
10:04:01 OF THE PEOPLE WATCH OUT WHAT YOU ARE ASKING FORKS YOU ARE
10:04:03 LIABLE TO GET IT.
10:04:04 AND I AM SAYING THE SAME THING AND I JUST SAID IT TO THE
10:04:06 PEOPLE IN DREW PARK.
10:04:07 AND THE PEOPLE COME HERE JUST TO GET DRUNK.
10:04:11 WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS HERE THAT THEY COME FOR.
10:04:14 AND IT'S NOT ABOUT SPORTS.
10:04:16 IT'S ABOUT BEING IN THE TAMPA, THE CITY THAT WE MADE IT TO
10:04:20 BE FROM THE YEAR IT WAS INSTITUTED TO NOW, OVER 100 YEARS.
10:04:27 TO SEE THE STRAZ THEATER, TAMPA THEATER, TO LOOK AT THE
10:04:31 AQUARIUM, TO GO LOOK AT THE NEW TAMPA, TO GO DO DIFFERENT
10:04:36 THINGS THAT WE HAVE THAT THEY MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE IN THEIR
10:04:40 AREA, TO GO TO THE BEACHES.
10:04:41 YOU TELL ME GO TO THE BEACHES IN JUNE AND FEBRUARY AND
10:04:44 NOVEMBER.
10:04:45 UNLESS YOU WANT TO GET COLD AND YOU WANT TO GET FROZEN, AND
10:04:48 YOU WANT TO GONE STRAIGHT TO THE HOSPITAL.
10:04:51 YOU COME TO FLORIDA.
10:04:52 IT'S NOT JUST TAMPA.
10:04:53 FLORIDA HAS MORE VISITORS IN SIX MONTHS THAN THE POPULATION
10:05:00 OF THE WHOLE STATE OF FLORIDA.
10:05:02 WE HAVE ABOUT 22 MILLION PEOPLE LIVING HERE SO JUST THINK
10:05:05 ABOUT THAT.
10:05:05 DO THEY COME TO THE THEATERS?
10:05:10 WHETHER WE HAVE TOURISTS OR NOT FROM OUR OWN YOUNG CROWD AND
10:05:14 I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST THEM BUT BE RESPECTFUL TO THE POLICE
10:05:17 OFFICERS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE A TICKET OF SOME
10:05:20 SORT LATER IN LIVE LIFE, OH, YOU RUINED MY CAREER I.DIDN'T
10:05:24 RUIN YOUR CAREER.
10:05:25 YOU RUINED YOUR OWN CAREER.
10:05:26 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:05:26 >>JOSEPH CITRO: DO YOU REMEMBER A DOCTOR BY THE NAME OF DR.
10:05:33 PUDDLES?
10:05:33 THAT WAS MY DOCTOR, MAN.
10:05:36 A LONG TIME AGO.
10:05:37 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: DR. SMITH RIGHT THERE AT 22ND AND
10:05:42 COLUMBUS DRIVE.
10:05:44 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
10:05:46 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:05:48 NOW I AM GOING TO GO INTO WHERE I KNEW YBOR CITY, BACK WHEN
10:05:53 THE TUMBLEWEEDS WERE BLOWING DOWN 7th AVENUE, WHEN THERE
10:05:58 WAS NOTHING HAPPENING DOWN IN YBOR CITY, WHEN THE ONLY
10:06:00 THINGS YOU HAD WAS THE GUAVA STUMBLE, WHEN YOU HAD THE
10:06:06 TROPICAL HEAT WE HAVE, WHEN YOU HAD EVENTS AT THE ITALIAN
10:06:11 CLUB, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN A FEW THINGS CAME IN, BOOK STORES,
10:06:16 LAFRANCE, AND THINGS STARTED HAPPENING, AND THE
10:06:20 ENTERTAINMENT CAME BACK TO YBOR CITY, AND THEN SOMEWHERE IT
10:06:26 JUST WENT OFF THE CLIFF, AND BAR AFTER BAR AFTER BAR AFTER
10:06:30 WHATEVER.
10:06:31 THAT'S WHEN YBOR CITY GOT A LITTLE TOUGH.
10:06:33 YES, I DO BELIEVE WE NEED AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, BUT
10:06:38 WHEN YOU LOOK BACK, I AM HOPING THAT ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT
10:06:41 WILL BE SAMALIO'S, THE BLUE MARTINI, THOSE TYPE OF
10:06:50 ESTABLISHMENTS WHERE YOU DRESS UP, YOU GO OUT, AND YOU SEE
10:06:53 ENTERTAINMENT.
10:06:55 INSTEAD OF FALLING DOWN DRUNK IN THE STREET.
10:06:58 THAT'S MY OPINION.
10:06:59 I'M STICKING WITH IT.
10:07:00 IF THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:07:02 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT.
10:07:03 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: AS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE DO HAVE MS.
10:07:11 HILLS HERE TO UPDATE YOU ALL ON THE KID MASON STATUS OVER
10:07:16 THE RENOVATION PROJECT.
10:07:18 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN GUDES?
10:07:25 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I NEED TO KNOW WHEN WE APPROVE THE
10:07:30 ALLOCATIONS FOR FEDERAL DOLLARS, WAS IT 20 IS IT OR 2020?
10:07:35 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: FOR KID MASON?
10:07:36 I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU.
10:07:37 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
10:07:57 GOOD MORNING, MS. HILLS.
10:07:58 >>SHERISHA HILLS: DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
10:08:01 I ALSO HAVE WITH ME BRAD SUDER.
10:08:05 >>JOSEPH CITRO: GOOD MORNING, BRAD.
10:08:07 >> HE'S OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF PLANNING DESIGN AND A NATURAL
10:08:10 RESOURCES.
10:08:11 I DID HAND OUT A QUICK SHEET THIS MORNING THAT JUST GOES
10:08:15 THROUGH THE TIMELINES WITH THE RECENT HIGHLIGHTS TO OUR
10:08:17 CURRENTS STATUS SO I WILL START WITH CURRENT STATUS WHICH AS
10:08:20 OF THIS WEEK WE WILL HAVE AN UPDATED 90% CONSTRUCTION
10:08:25 DRAWING NEXT WEEK WE HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED BETWEEN PARKS
10:08:31 REC AND FACILITIES TO DO ARCHITECTURE ENGINEERING REVIEW
10:08:34 PACKAGE PRIOR TO THE BUILDING PERMIT SUBMISSION.
10:08:38 I WON'T READ EVERYTHING LANE FOR LANE BUT BASICALLY WHAT WE
10:08:41 ARE LOOKING AT IS CONSTRUCTION STARTING -- EXCUSE ME, THE
10:08:46 PROCESS STARTING THIS YEAR IN NOVEMBER WITH A 6-MONTH
10:08:50 WINDOW, CONSTRUCTION STARTING NEXT MAY, SO HAVING OUR YOUTH
10:08:53 PROGRAMS AND AFTER SCHOOL GO THROUGH THIS ENTIRE SCHOOL
10:08:55 YEAR, AND THEN STARTING CONSTRUCTION TOWARD THE END OF THE
10:08:58 SCHOOL YEAR, AND THAT SITE BEING DOWN FOR A YEAR WITH THE
10:09:02 TENTATIVE COMPLETION OF MAY OF 2023.
10:09:05 >> QUESTION, COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:09:11 >>ORLANDO GUDES: CONSTRUCTION HAVE BEEN ASKING ABOUT THIS
10:09:21 AND THE CONSTRUCTION DOWN TIME.
10:09:22 WHERE ARE WE GOING TO HOUSE THOSE KIDS AT?
10:09:26 >> WE WILL RESCHEDULE ALL OF THE YOUTH TO THE SURROUNDING
10:09:28 COMMUNITIES CENTERS, SO THEY WILL AUTOMATICALLY TRANSITION
10:09:30 TO LORETTA INGRAHAM, MLK CENTER, THE REY PARK, KATE JACKSON,
10:09:37 WE WILL AUTOMATICALLY TRANSITION THEM OVER.
10:09:39 >> THAT PARTICULAR PARK IS IN WALKING DISTANCE, KID MASON?
10:09:49 >> IT IS NOT.
10:09:51 MOST OF THE KIDS THAT ATTEND THAT PROGRAM ARE DROPPED OFF.
10:09:53 THEY COME FROM RAMPELLO OR THEY ARE DROPPED OFF.
10:09:55 WE ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE TOO MANY KIDS THAT COME FROM ENCORE.
10:09:58 HOPEFULLY WITH THE RENOVATION OF THE CENTER WE CAN ATTRACT
10:10:01 MORE OF THOSE KIDS BUT A LOT OF THOSE KIDS COME FROM ROM
10:10:05 PELL OH WHERE THE PARENTS ARE WALKING DOWNTOWN.
10:10:09 >>ORLANDO GUDES: A LOT OF THE ENCORE PARENTS ARE CALLING
10:10:13 ASKING ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE THE BUILDINGS ARE GOING UP, AND
10:10:16 THAT'S WHY I SAY THAT.
10:10:17 BUT WHAT I AM MOST DISAPPOINTED IN THIS PROJECT IS THAT'S
10:10:21 WHY I ASKED MS. VAN LOAN WHEN WE ALLOCATE THESE DOLLARS,
10:10:25 BECAUSE I AM LOOKING AT THIS TIME FRAME.
10:10:28 COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION BY 2023.
10:10:31 I KNOW WE ALLOCATED THAT MONEY.
10:10:33 I KNOW IN MY MIND IN 2019.
10:10:36 AND I AM LOOKING AT THE DOWN TIME, ALL THIS TIME.
10:10:39 I WILL GIVE YOU THE COVID PERIOD BECAUSE COVID PROBABLY HURT
10:10:42 A LITTLE BIT.
10:10:43 BUT WHEN I ASKED ABOUT THIS PROJECT, 90%, 90%, 90%, WHY DO
10:10:48 YOU SAY 90%?
10:10:49 I MEAN, THIS IS PROPERTY THAT'S TAKEN A LONG TIME TO GET OFF
10:10:54 THE GROUND.
10:10:55 AND I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S TAKING SO LONG.
10:10:57 I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE SOME OTHER ISSUES THAT STAFF IS
10:11:00 NOT TELLING US AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT.
10:11:04 BUT I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE MISSING FOR A PROJECT TO
10:11:07 GET ALLOCATED FUNDS IN 2019 AND YOU ARE TELLING ME 2023 A
10:11:11 COMPLETED PROJECT.
10:11:12 I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT.
10:11:14 AND AGAIN, WE HAVE GOT SOME OTHER CITY PROJECTS BEING
10:11:21 GIVEN -- HAVING MORE TIME, AND THOSE PROJECTS SEEM ARE GOING
10:11:28 TO GET DONE BEFORE THIS PROJECT HERE.
10:11:30 I MEAN, I HAVE GOT SOME CONCERNS ON WHAT'S REALLY TAKING SO
10:11:33 LONG I.DON'T SEE WHY THIS TAKES TO 2023 FOR A SMALL BUILDING
10:11:39 OVER THERE.
10:11:40 UNLESS SOMETHING WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT OFFLINE.
10:11:46 BUT THIS IS A LONG TIME FOR THIS PROJECT, FOLKS.
10:11:48 SO I AM HOPING THAT SOMEHOW WE CAN LOOK AT A TIMELINE, BUT
10:11:53 THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, TO DO
10:11:56 IT OFFLINE IS FINE, BUT THAT IS A LONG TIME TO TELL ME MAY
10:12:00 5th, 2023 FOR A COMPLETED PROJECT FOR THAT PROJECT.
10:12:03 >>SHERISHA HILLS: I KNOW THE DRAWINGS WHEN WE GET BACK AND
10:12:10 RETURNING BACK TO THE ARCHITECT, SO PARKS AND REC IS MOVING
10:12:14 TO MAKE SURE THIS PROJECT IS DONE PROPERLY, EVERYTHING IS UP
10:12:17 TO THE ORDER IT SHOULD BE AND UP TO SPECK HOW IT SHOULD BE.
10:12:20 BUT I WILL GET WITH --
10:12:30 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I WOULD LIKE A FEW MORE REPORTS ABOUT THIS
10:12:32 PROJECT.
10:12:34 UNDERSTOOD?
10:12:36 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:12:37 >>LUIS VIERA: I APPRECIATE YOU ALL'S HARD WORK, ET CETERA.
10:12:40 IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING.
10:12:41 I KNOW WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH BRAD BEFORE ON THIS, THAT THE
10:12:45 STATUS OF THE CENTRAL COMPUTER ROOM THERE FOR -- YOU CAN
10:12:52 TALK ABOUT THAT.
10:12:53 >> BRAD SUDER, PARKS AND RECREATION.
10:12:57 COUNCILMAN VIERA, YES, THAT IS STILL ON THE BOOKS TO DO.
10:13:02 RIGHT NOW WE ARE COMPLETING THE 90% DRAWINGS THAT COUNCILMAN
10:13:07 GUDES WAS REFERRING TO.
10:13:13 WE ARE WORKING WITH THE FAMILY TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE
10:13:15 COMFORTABLE WITH OUR DIRECTION OF HOW THAT COMPUTER LAB AREA
10:13:19 IS GOING TO LOOK AND HOW IT'S GOING LOOK TO THE KIDS THAT
10:13:21 UTILIZE IT.
10:13:22 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:13:24 I APPRECIATE YOU ALL'S HARD WORK IN THAT REGARD FOR MEMBERS
10:13:27 OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE WATCHING AND MAY NOT KNOW, MIKE
10:13:29 PHILLIPS WAS THE GENTLEMAN WHO DIED FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS AGO
10:13:34 WHO WAS THE LATE SON OF KAREN CLAY WHO IS A WONDERFUL
10:13:41 DISABILITY ACTIVIST AND VERY CLOSE FRIEND OF MAIN AND
10:13:44 LOOKING FOR A WAY TO HONOR MIKE PHILLIPS WHO IS JUST A
10:13:47 TREMENDOUS VOICE, AND I SAY THAT VOICE ^ BECAUSE FOR MANY
10:13:51 YEARS, HE SPOKE WITH HIS COURAGE, AND WITH HIS STRENGTH AND
10:13:56 WITH HIS DETERMINATION, AND WITH HIS VALUES, AND BUT WE ARE
10:14:04 WORKING ON THAT AS WELL AS HAVING HONORARY STREET RENAMING
10:14:07 AFTER MIKE PHILLIPS.
10:14:09 SO AGAIN I WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THAT BECAUSE I HAVE
10:14:12 SPOKEN TO YOU ABOUT IT, BRAD, AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE GREAT
10:14:16 COMPASSION, AND I APPRECIATE IT.
10:14:17 THANK YOU.
10:14:17 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN GUDES?
10:14:20 >>ORLANDO GUDES: DIRECTOR HILLS, WE APPRECIATE THE WORK
10:14:24 THAT YOUR OFFICE IS DOING.
10:14:25 BUT IS THE MAJORITY OF THIS WORK IN-HOUSE OR IS IT
10:14:30 OUTSOURCED?
10:14:31 >>SHERISHA HILLS: I WILL LET BRIAN ANSWER THAT.
10:14:34 HE'S BEEN WORKING ON IT LONGER.
10:14:36 >> IT'S BOTH.
10:14:37 WE HAVE A CONSULTANT THAT IS NEW TO THE CITY WORK AND CITY
10:14:39 PROCESSES.
10:14:41 SHE AND HER TEAM, WE HAVE COORDINATION WITH THEM ALONG WITH
10:14:46 THE CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND URBAN DESIGN.
10:14:49 IT'S COMPLICATED A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU ARE
10:14:52 SEEING 90% DRAWINGS, YOU ARE COMMENTS ON THAT BUT ALSO THE
10:14:56 DVR, THE SITE REVIEW PROCESS, AND THERE ARE SPECIFIC
10:14:59 REQUIREMENTS IN DOWNTOWN WHICH ARE REQUIRED THINGS THAT HAVE
10:15:03 CAUSED SOME SLIPPAGE IN THE SCHEDULE.
10:15:05 ABSOLUTELY.
10:15:07 THE ARCHITECT, ARCHAEOLOGIST'S SURVEY REQUIRED A REVIEW
10:15:13 WHICH THEN TRANSITIONED INTO A DEEPER GROUND PENETRATING
10:15:16 RADAR OF THE ENTIRE AREA DUE TO THE PROXIMITY TO THE
10:15:21 CEMETERY.
10:15:22 FORTUNATELY THAT TURNED OUT NEGATIVE AS FAR AS KNOWN GRAVE
10:15:26 SITES.
10:15:26 BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAD TO WORK THROUGH.
10:15:33 THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL.
10:15:34 THERE'S THE SIDEWALK REQUIREMENT, STREETSCAPING
10:15:36 REQUIREMENTS, AND WE ARE REALLY LOOKING TO IMPROVE THE
10:15:39 CENTER, AND WE ARE ALSO IMPROVING THE SITE AS WELL.
10:15:43 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION, BRAD.
10:15:49 I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW, BECAUSE THEY
10:15:51 WANT TO SEE THAT CENTER AND COMING BACK, AND RIGHT NOW THE
10:15:56 CENTER, KIM ANXIOUS FOR YOU TO GET THAT RUNNING SO WE CAN
10:16:05 HAVE A PLACE FOR OUR CHILDREN.
10:16:06 THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
10:16:07 BUT IF WE CAN GET THIS THING MOVING A LITTLE FASTER I WOULD
10:16:10 REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
10:16:11 THANK YOU, SIR.
10:16:11 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
10:16:17 MS. HILLS AND BRAD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:16:21 MR. SUITER, EXCUSE ME, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS REPORT.
10:16:24 >>SHERISHA HILLS: THANK YOU.
10:16:59 PLEASE PROCEED.
10:17:00 >> WE ARE MOVING ONTO STAFF MONTHLY REPORTS.
10:17:03 I'M VALERIE FERRELL AGAIN, DOWNTOWN CHANNEL DISTRICT, TAMPA
10:17:06 HEIGHTS RIVERFRONT AND CENTRAL PARK CRA MANAGER.
10:17:09 AND IF WE COULD PULL UP THE PowerPoint I WOULD LIKE TO
10:17:12 START WITH A REPORT ON DOWNTOWN CRA ACTIVITIES.
10:17:20 THANK YOU.
10:17:24 IN DOWNTOWN CRA, OUR CAC HAS BEEN BUSY WITH MULTIPLE REVIEWS
10:17:31 OF CULTURAL ASSET REQUESTS, AND THIS LAST FEW MONTHS THEY
10:17:36 HAVE BEEN REVIEWING BUDGET IMPACTS AND UNDERSTANDING THE
10:17:40 SIGNIFICANCE OF SOME MAJOR CULTURAL ASSETS, CAPITAL
10:17:44 CAMPAIGNS AND IMPACT TO THE PLANNING BUDGET FOR THE STRAZ
10:17:48 CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS, AND THE REQUEST HERE AS SHOWN IN
10:17:53 THEIR RENDERINGS, YOU CAN SEE QUITE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO
10:17:57 THEIR CURRENT BUILDING AND THEIR SITE PLAN IS $25 MILLION
10:18:02 TOLD IMPACTS, AND THE REQUEST IS FOR 5 MILLION PER YEAR
10:18:06 BEGINNING IN FY 23.
10:18:08 AND OF COURSE WE CAN'T FORGET THAT RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET
10:18:11 WE HAVE THE TAMPA MUSEUM OF ART.
10:18:13 THEY ARE LOOKING AT A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN, THERE'S IS FOCUSED
10:18:17 IN ON THE PUBLIC REALM OUTSIDE OF THEIR BUILDING, AND
10:18:21 CONNECTING THE RIVERWALK.
10:18:22 THAT REQUEST IS ABOUT 12.5 MILLION.
10:18:28 I APOLOGIZE, THE FISCAL YEAR DIDN'T GET INCLUDED ON THE SIDE
10:18:33 BUD THEY ARE LOOKING AT FISCAL YEAR 24.
10:18:35 OF COURSE OUR OWN TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER THAT IS COMING TO
10:18:38 YOU ALL, I BELIEVE, IN THE NECESSARY FOUGHT.
10:18:41 YES, I HAVE THE DATE THERE, TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER IS
10:18:43 LOOKING FOR 16 MILLION.
10:18:45 CRA SUPPORT.
10:18:46 IT WILL BE AN 8-YEAR LOAN BETWEEN FY 24 AND FY 31.
10:18:52 THAT WILL BE 16 MILLION PLUS INTEREST.
10:18:54 BUT THE TOTAL LOAN WILL BE 32 MILLION THROUGH THE LOAN AND
10:18:59 THAT IS SEEKING A COUNTY MATCH THROUGH THE TOURIST
10:19:02 DEVELOPMENT TAXES, AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY HEARD THAT
10:19:06 INITIAL PRESENTATION THROUGH OUR DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC
10:19:09 OPPORTUNITY, ROB ROSNER PRESENTED AT OUR AUGUST 12th.
10:19:13 YOU WILL SEE IT AT COUNCIL ON AUGUST 26th.
10:19:16 THAT'S THE CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION.
10:19:18 AND THEN ON SEPTEMBER 1th, THE BOARD OF COUNTY
10:19:20 COMMISSIONERS WILL CONFIRM THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT TAXES
10:19:25 FUNDING TO MATCH THAT CONSTRUCTION LOAN.
10:19:27 SO A LOT OF ACTIVITY.
10:19:28 A LOT OF BIG FINANCIAL DECISIONS THAT WE ARE SEEN AND HEARD
10:19:32 BY OUR CAC THIS MONTH.
10:19:34 AND OF COURSE THEY WILL BE COMING TO YOU IN THE NEAR FUTURE
10:19:37 AS WELL.
10:19:38 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU.
10:19:41 PLEASE, I DON'T LIKE DOING THAT.
10:19:43 BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF HOW MUCH THAT THE COUNTY IS
10:19:47 PLANNING ON GIVING TO THIS ALSO?
10:19:53 >> ON WHICH PROJECT?
10:19:54 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I BELIEVE IT'S ON THE STRAZ CENTER.
10:20:02 >>VALERIE FERRELL: I'M SORRY, LET ME DEFER.
10:20:04 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER.
10:20:06 I JUST THOUGHT YOU KNOW OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD.
10:20:08 >> 2 MILLION IS THE ANSWER I JUST GOT FROM DIRECTOR VAN
10:20:12 LOAN.
10:20:13 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
10:20:18 NEXT SLIDE IS TWO PARKS AND RECS PROJECTS WORKING WITH OUR
10:20:23 TEAM.
10:20:23 YOU HAVE JUST HEARD THE JUNE DATE ON KID MASON COMMUNITY
10:20:26 CENTER AND OF COURSE WE ARE VERY PLEASED WITH OUR
10:20:28 PARTNERSHIP WITH PARKS AND REC.
10:20:30 THESE ARE VERY COMPLEX PROJECTS AND THEY DO REQUIRE
10:20:33 EXTENSIVE REVIEWS, DESIGN DEVELOPMENTS AND ARCHITECTURAL
10:20:37 COMPONENTS.
10:20:38 SO I WON'T GO INTO WHAT KID MASON REQUIRES, BUT THOSE ARE
10:20:42 THE TWO RENDERINGS ON THE RIGHT, AND THAT IS WHAT YOU WILL
10:20:45 SEE AS THAT PROJECT GETS UNDERWAY.
10:20:47 BUT I WILL TALK ABOUT THE HERMAN MASSEY PARK UPDATE.
10:20:51 YOU DID HEAR A PUBLIC COMMENT FROM MS. MOCA ISAAC LAST
10:20:57 MONTH.
10:20:57 SO I DID THIS UPDATE TO HER AND I WILL ALSO SHARE WITH YOU
10:21:00 THAT WE DID HAVE A KICKOFF MEETING WITH THE PROJECT
10:21:03 INTERNALLY, AND THAT'S WHAT THE PARKS AND REC TEAM, OUR
10:21:06 CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION, AND CRA STAFF, TO DISCUSS WHAT THE
10:21:10 INITIAL STEPS WILL BE, AND WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WITH THE
10:21:14 NEW CONSULTANT IS A BROAD PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS IN
10:21:18 PERSON AND OH ONLINE TO ENSURE THAT WE GATHER ALL OF THOSE
10:21:21 PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND MOVING TOWARDS A REDESIGN THAT ENSURED
10:21:26 EVERYONE'S INPUT, SO THOSE CONCEPT PLANS FOR INITIAL PUBLIC
10:21:30 REVIEW ARE UNDER DEVELOPMENT.
10:21:32 THE FIRST PUBLIC MEETING WILL BE TOWARDS THE END OF
10:21:34 SEPTEMBER, AND WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC SURVEY POSTED ONLINE
10:21:39 AND GATHER BOTH ONLINE AND IN PERSON AS I MENTIONED.
10:21:43 AND WE EXPECT TO HAVE A FINAL CONCEPT PRESENTED TO THE
10:21:45 PUBLIC THE FIRST OF DECEMBER, AND FINALIZING THAT CONCEPT SO
10:21:50 THAT THE CONSULTANT CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH DESIGN AND
10:21:52 CONSTRUCTION PLANS.
10:21:53 SO WE WANT TO SEE THAT PART REDESIGNED MOVING FORWARD VERY
10:21:59 QUICKLY AS WELL.
10:22:00 >>BILL CARLSON: IF I COULD GO BACK TO STRAZ CENTER REAL
10:22:06 FAST.
10:22:06 STAFF CAN UPDATE ME ON THIS BUT I KNOW THERE WAS SOME
10:22:10 NEGOTIATION A FEW YEARS AGO WHERE THE COUNTY IS PUTTING LESS
10:22:13 INTO DOWNTOWN CRA MAYBE THAN OTHERS, I THINK 50-50, BUT I
10:22:18 THINK SOME PART OF THAT IF YOU LOOK AT IT, SOME PART OF THE
10:22:21 25 MILLION GOING TO THE STRAZ CENTER IS COUNTY MONEY COMING
10:22:24 THROUGH THE CRA.
10:22:26 BUT THE OTHER THING, THERE MAY BE A $2 MILLION NUMBER BUT MY
10:22:30 UNDERSTANDING TALKING TO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON THE STRAZ
10:22:32 CENTER THEY ARE HAVING ONGOING CONVERSATIONS, LIKE 80 OR
10:22:37 $100 MILLION PROJECT PLUS THEY ARE GOING TO NEED AN
10:22:41 ENDOWMENT, SO THE CAC INVESTMENT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT
10:22:44 CORNERSTONE IN GETTING THAT GOING.
10:22:48 YOU WILL REMEMBER THAT THE ARTS COMMITTEE AND ESPECIALLY
10:22:51 DOWNTOWN WAS NOT FUNDED FOR A LONG TIME PARTLY BECAUSE OF
10:22:54 THE GREAT RECESSION AND PARTLY BECAUSE FOCUS WAS ON OTHER
10:22:57 THINGS.
10:22:57 SO THIS IS HELPING TO JUMP START THE ARTS IN DOWNTOWN, IN A
10:23:01 BIG WAY, AND IT'S GETTING VERY POSITIVE.
10:23:05 SO THANKS TO EVERYBODY.
10:23:07 I AM NOT ON THE BOARD.
10:23:08 I THINK SOMEBODY ELSE IS BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR SUPPORTING ME
10:23:10 ON IT.
10:23:10 >> COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
10:23:16 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CARLSON IS ACTUALLY RIGHT.
10:23:18 I AM ACTUALLY HERE AS A REPRESENTATIVE ON THE STRAZ BOARD,
10:23:21 AND I CAN UPDATE YOU IN REGARDS TO THE COUNTIES.
10:23:24 THE COUNTY PROVIDED FIRM COMMITMENT FOR 22, FY 22 OF A FEW
10:23:36 MILLION DOLLARS TO KIND OF KICK START THINGS AND THAT'S
10:23:39 GREAT.
10:23:39 BUT AS MR. CARLSON ALLUDED TO, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME VERY
10:23:45 SERIOUS CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE BONNIE WISE
10:23:53 ABOUT MATCHING OUR 25 MILLION.
10:23:55 AND THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE INTENT THAT HOPEFULLY JUST LIKE
10:24:00 THE COUNTY HAS MATCHED US OVER AT THE CONVENTION CENTER,
10:24:06 WITH WHAT WE PUT IN AND WHAT THEY ARE PUTTING IN, THAT THEY
10:24:09 WOULD ALSO MATCH US OVER AT THE STRAZ, AND HOPEFULLY ALL THE
10:24:16 ART FACILITIES, BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
10:24:18 BUT ANYWAY, I THINK THE COUNTY CLEARLY WANTED TO SEE US
10:24:24 SINCE WE OWN THE PROPERTY, STEP UP TO THE PLATE FIRST WHICH
10:24:28 WE HOPEFULLY ARE DOING VERY SOON, AND THEN THE COUNTY WOULD
10:24:32 MOVE FORWARD.
10:24:33 I KNOW HARRY COHEN, WHO IS ALSO ON THE STRAZ BOARD, IS
10:24:37 WORKING HARD ON THIS, AND PAT KEMP, CHAIRWOMAN, WHO USED TO
10:24:42 BE ON THE STRAZ BOARD, IS VERY INVOLVED IN THIS, AND I'M
10:24:47 CONFIDENT THAT THE COUNTY WILL BE A BIG PLAYER.
10:24:50 THANK YOU.
10:24:50 >> COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:24:56 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:24:57 I WAS GOING TO STAY ON THE SIDELINES, BUT GOING BACK ON THE
10:25:01 STRAZ, YOU GO BACK AND SEE HOW THE STRAZ WAS STARTED, AND
10:25:06 HOW IT CAME TO BE WHAT IT IS TODAY, IT'S A BOOK IN ITSELF.
10:25:11 YOU SEE THE PUBLIC TOOK A VOTE ON THAT, AND GUESS WHAT, THE
10:25:14 PUBLIC SAID THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BUILD IT.
10:25:17 BUT THEN WE HAD A MAYOR WHO LATER ON BECAME GOVERNOR, AND HE
10:25:25 TOOK THE IDEA THAT WE NEEDED SOMETHING IN THE CITY OF TAMPA,
10:25:29 SO THAT OTHERS COULD COME IN AND SEE.
10:25:33 YOU SEE, WHEN YOU SEE WITH YOUR EYES, THAT'S WHY TAMPA HAS
10:25:37 GROWN SO MUCH.
10:25:38 WHEN I FIRST STARTED HERE, WE HAD A CREW THAT CAME IN AT
10:25:44 5:00 AND THAT WAS TO ROLL UP THE SIDEWALKS, BECAUSE THERE
10:25:47 WAS NO ONE DOWNTOWN.
10:25:49 NONE.
10:25:51 YOU COULD LEAVE OUT OF THE CITY PARKING LOT, NO CAR WOULD
10:25:55 HIT YOU BECAUSE THERE WAS NONE IN THE STREET, WITHOUT EVEN
10:25:58 STOPPING.
10:25:58 SO THINGS HAVE CHANGED.
10:26:00 AND I AM NOT GIVING THE STRAZ -- CREDIT FOR CHANGING
10:26:05 DOWNTOWN BUT IT'S CERTAINLY ONE OF THEM.
10:26:06 THE OTHER ONE IS THE CONVENTION CENTER.
10:26:08 FOR MANY YEARS WE HAD A CONVENTION CENTER WITHOUT WHAT?
10:26:11 A CONVENTION HOTEL.
10:26:13 HOW CAN YOU COMPETE?
10:26:15 WELL, WE DID AND IT WAS ANOTHER MAYOR GRECO HAD THE IDEA OF
10:26:19 BUILDING A CONVENTION HOTEL, AND THEY DID.
10:26:24 THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT MAKE THE CITY WHAT IT IS TODAY.
10:26:26 YOU CAN'T DO EVERYTHING IN ONE YEAR.
10:26:28 YOU CAN'T DO EVERYTHING IN FIVE YEARS.
10:26:29 YOU CAN'T DO EVERYTHING IN 20 YEARS.
10:26:31 BUT LITTLE BY LITTLE, AS YOU GROW AND YOU PUT THE PIECES
10:26:35 TOGETHER YOU HAVE WHAT IS CALLED A COMPLETE PUZZLE.
10:26:38 AND THIS PUZZLE IS NOT COMPLETE TODAY AND MAY NEVER BE
10:26:42 COMPLETE.
10:26:43 THE STRAZ WHEN WAS BUILT WAS A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING.
10:26:45 NOTHING WRONG WITH IT TODAY.
10:26:47 BUT YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THE STRUCTURE IN WHICH YOU DO
10:26:52 BUSINESS WITH, AND IF YOU DON'T CHANGE THE STRUCTURE WHAT
10:26:56 YOU DO BUSINESS WITH, YOU ARE OUT OF BUSINESS.
10:27:00 THAT'S WHY RESTAURANT CHAINS CHANGE, THE OUTLOOK OF THE
10:27:04 RESTAURANT EVERY SEVEN TO TEN YEARS BECAUSE YOU SEE WITH
10:27:07 YOUR EYES AND TASTE WITH YOUR MOUTH.
10:27:12 McDONALD'S DOES IT.
10:27:13 OUTBACK DOES IT.
10:27:14 BOTH SUCCESSFUL CHAINS ARE DONE WITH AN INTENTS TO DO GREAT
10:27:18 SERVICE, GREAT FOOD, BUT OBVIOUS WITH YOUR EYES.
10:27:23 THE STRAZ CENTER IN MY OPINION AND THE OPINION OF OTHERS,
10:27:26 WHEN THIS IS COMPLETED, IT'S ALREADY ONE OF THE TOP CENTERS
10:27:29 IN THE WORLD, WILL BE CONSIDERED THE TOP CENTER IN THE WORLD
10:27:32 BECAUSE THE OBVIOUS OF THE RIVER WILL COME INTO PLAY, AND
10:27:37 JUST LOOKING AT IT ALONG WITH THE RIVERWALK, NOW YOU HAVE
10:27:40 SOMETHING THAT IS NOT ONLY WALKABLE, BUT ENTERTAINING.
10:27:47 AND THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD THINGS
10:27:51 TOLD TO ME ABOUT WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
10:27:53 AND I JUST KEPT ON WALKING.
10:27:55 $5 MILLION A YEAR IS A LOT OF MONEY.
10:27:58 I JUST KEPT ON WALKING.
10:28:00 BECAUSE FOLKS, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, SPENDING $250,000
10:28:04 A DAY -- I AM NOT GOING TO SAY WHERE.
10:28:09 THEY ARE NOT COLLECTING A PENNY OF PARKING, BUT YOU WILL
10:28:12 HEAR.
10:28:13 YOU ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE A PENNY OF REVENUE, WHICH YOU WILL
10:28:16 HEAR.
10:28:17 THEY ARE NOT COLLECTING ANYTHING.
10:28:19 THREE YEARS, STRAIGHT PLEASE. THAT'S WONDERFUL.
10:28:22 YOU COULDN'T DO THAT IF YOU WERE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
10:28:25 SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT I TAKE LIKE I SAID EARLY
10:28:29 YOU'RE, I DON'T KNOW WHY I AM HERE AT 80 YEARS OLD BUT I
10:28:33 GUESS THERE'S A REASON WHY I AM HERE AND IT'S TO UNDERSTAND
10:28:36 WHERE WE HAVE BEEN, WHERE WE ARE, AND WHERE WE ARE GOING.
10:28:38 AND WHERE THE FUTURE LIES.
10:28:41 THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WILL MAKE THE CITY OF TAMPA MUCH
10:28:45 MORE ACCESSIBLE TO THE EYE, TO THE TASTE, AND TO THE
10:28:49 WONDERFUL VENUE THAT THEY HAVE.
10:28:53 THEY DO A FANTASTIC JOB.
10:28:55 AND MR. DINGFELDER, THANK YOU FOR SERVING THERE.
10:28:59 I SERVED THERE FOR MANY YEARS.
10:29:00 AND BY THE WAY, WHEN I WAS CHAIRMAN BACK SOMETIME AGO, MAYBE
10:29:04 I SERVED SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE TIMES AS CHAIRMAN, I NEVER
10:29:11 AFFORDED MYSELF TO ANOTHER AUTHORITY BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE
10:29:13 LOOKING AT A BLACK SUIT INSTEAD OF A PERSON.
10:29:16 EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T WEAR IT THAT'S WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT.
10:29:19 THANKS, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:29:19 >>JOSEPH CITRO: PLEASE CONTINUE.
10:29:21 >> IF I MAY ADD, ALL OF THESE ITEMS ARE BEING WORKED THROUGH
10:29:28 AT AN INTERNAL LEVEL WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND
10:29:30 WITH CRA STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION, SO THEY WILL BE COMING
10:29:34 BACK TO YOU FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION.
10:29:46 OF THIS NEXT SLIDE ON DOWNTOWN IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE UPDATE
10:29:49 YOU HEARD EARLIER FROM MR. ROSNER SO I WON'T GONE THROUGH
10:29:52 THIS AGAIN UNLESS THERE'S ADDITIONAL FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS OR
10:29:54 INFORMATION YOU WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW ON THE CROSS BAY FERRY.
10:29:58 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
10:30:00 HEARING NONE, PLEASE PROCEED.
10:30:01 >> MOVING ONTO CHANNEL DISTRICT, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME
10:30:06 VERY BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHS, AND THE PROGRESS ON CHANNELSIDE
10:30:09 DRIVE, THE CONSTRUCTION UPDATE PHASE 1 IS AT 95% FROM
10:30:15 KENNEDY TO WASHINGTON STREET.
10:30:17 PHASE 2 OF THE SAME SEGMENT OF ROAD IS 75% COMPLETED FROM
10:30:22 WASHINGTON TO WHITING.
10:30:24 PHASE 3 HAS JUST BEGUN FROM WHITING TO THE ROUNDABOUT ON
10:30:28 CHANNELSIDE DRIVE.
10:30:30 AND I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT WE ARE RECEIVING A LOT OF
10:30:33 COMPLIMENTS, SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, THIS IS CERTAINLY A MAJOR
10:30:37 IMPROVEMENT FROM WHAT CHANNELSIDE DRIVE LOOKS LIKE JUST A
10:30:41 FEW MONTHS AGO.
10:30:42 AND I HAVE TO GIVE RECOGNITION TO OUR DESIGN TEAM, CONTRACT
10:30:46 ADMINISTRATION, AND KIMMINS AND GPI.
10:30:50 THEY HAVE CERTAINLY DONE A GREAT JOB OF BRINGING ALL OF
10:30:53 THESE PIECES TOGETHER, SO WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THIS PROJECT
10:30:56 AS IT'S MOVING FORWARD.
10:30:58 AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE STILL WORKING ON OTHER SEGMENTS
10:31:02 OF ROADWAY WITHIN THE CHANNEL DISTRICT, 11th STREET,
10:31:06 TWIGGS STREET, CUMBERLAND AVENUE ARE STILL UNDER DESIGN BUT
10:31:09 THEY ARE CERTAINLY NEARING COMPLETION SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT
10:31:11 THOSE OTHER SECTIONS OF ROAD FOR MOBILIZATION AND
10:31:15 CONSTRUCTION TO BE BEGINNING IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
10:31:21 AND OTHER DIRECT CRA ACTIVITIES THAT OUR CAC HAS BEEN
10:31:25 REVIEWING, WASHINGTON STREET PARK, WE ARE LOOKING AT A
10:31:29 COMMUNITY SURVEY TO BE RELEASED IN THE NECESSARY FUTURE FOR
10:31:33 A PARK REFRESH AND RENOVATION, AND THIS IS JUST A REQUEST OF
10:31:38 THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA.
10:31:41 THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW WHAT ELEMENTS OF THE PARK COULD
10:31:44 BE POSSIBLY UPDATED, AND/OR REFRESHED AT THE REQUEST OF THE
10:31:49 RESIDENTS.
10:31:50 ALSO, WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING SOME PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVES
10:31:53 WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
10:31:54 WE HAVE A SHOUTOUT TO CAPTAIN BRETT OWENS WHO HAS BEEN
10:31:57 WORKING WITH US ON DISCUSSING WHAT THOSE COULD BE.
10:31:59 THIS QUO BE DISTRICT WIDE, AND CERTAINLY TRYING TO
10:32:03 UNDERSTAND HOW TO ADDRESS PUBLIC SAFETY THROUGHOUT THE
10:32:06 CHANNEL DISTRICT.
10:32:07 ANOTHER ITEM THAT YOU ARE SEEING ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY ARE
10:32:11 REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS FOR ADDITIONAL PARK SPACE.
10:32:15 THERE IS A REQUEST TO REPROGRAM $8 MILLION TO PURSUE LAND
10:32:19 PURCHASES, AND THIS IS STRICTLY FOR ART SPACE AND GREEN
10:32:23 SPACE IN THE CHANNEL DISTRICT WHICH WE DESPERATELY NEED.
10:32:25 THEN LASTLY BUT NOT LEAST, THE CRP/SAP UPDATE, THAT IS OUR
10:32:31 COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN
10:32:33 UPDATE.
10:32:34 WE ARE HAVING OUR LAST AND FINAL PUBLIC WORKSHOP ON
10:32:37 SEPTEMBER 16th AT THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM.
10:32:40 WE ARE
10:32:40 VERY EXCITED TO GET THE PUBLIC'S LAST INPUT ON THE DRAFT OF
10:32:45 BOTH OF THESE ITEMS.
10:32:46 WE HOPE TO REVEAL THOSE REQUEST THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
10:32:50 AND I HAVE TO CORRECT THE LAST BULLET.
10:32:52 THE DRAFT WILL BE ISSUED WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK AND WE HOPE TO
10:32:57 SHARE THAT WITH THE CRA BOARD ONCE WE RECEIVE THAT
10:33:00 INTERNALLY.
10:33:00 SO JUST CONCLUDING ON CHANNEL DISTRICT, I DO HAVE TO GIVE AN
10:33:06 ACCOMMODATION TO OUR TEAM MEMBERS WHO CAME TOGETHER TO
10:33:10 RESPOND TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLAINTS REGARDING,
10:33:15 EVEN THOUGH WE WANT TO SUPPORT AND WELCOME NEW BUSINESSES
10:33:18 THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY, WE DO RECOGNIZE WHEN WE
10:33:22 NEED TO COME TOGETHER AND ADDRESS CERTAIN CONCERNS AND
10:33:25 ISSUES THAT ARISE.
10:33:26 SO I CERTAINLY WANT TO EXTEND THAT TO OUR LEGAL TEAM,
10:33:30 CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, THE FAIR DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS THE
10:33:32 POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHO CAME TOGETHER TO HELP US FIND
10:33:36 SOLUTIONS AND ADDRESSING OUR RESIDENTS' CONCERNS.
10:33:39 SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR CHANNEL DISTRICT?
10:33:43 >>JOSEPH CITRO: QUESTIONS, COMMENTS?
10:33:48 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:33:52 >>VALERIE FERRELL: ON TAMPA HEIGHTS, WE HAVE BEEN RECENTLY
10:33:54 BEEN DISCUSSING SOME UPDATES THAT MAY BE COMING FORWARD FOR
10:33:57 UPDATE TO THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND TAMPA HEIGHTS
10:33:59 RIVERFRONT.
10:34:00 SO THE DEVELOPER FOR THE TAMPA HEIGHTS RIVERFRONT IS ASKING
10:34:09 UPDATES.
10:34:09 WE ARE LOOKING AT EVALUATING THAT IN THE NEW FISCAL YEAR AND
10:34:12 ALSO SOME ITEMS COMING BEFORE YOU IN THE NEAR FUTURE FOR THE
10:34:16 DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AS WELL.
10:34:17 SO THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT THE CAC HAS REVIEWED AND CONSIDERED.
10:34:23 AND IN CENTRAL PARK, THE LATEST AND GREATEST IS THE
10:34:27 ANNOUNCEMENT AND SOME OF THE NEW RENDERINGS THAT HAVE BEEN
10:34:31 RELEASED FOR YBOR SOUTH, DARRYL SHAW REDEVELOPMENT, AND I
10:34:37 HAVE TO SAY THIS IS THE FIRST OPPORTUNITIES THAT I KNOW OF
10:34:39 IN TAMPA WHERE MULTIPLE CRAs GET TO PLAN COLLABORATIVELY
10:34:43 WITH A DEVELOPMENT OF THIS MAGNITUDE, BECAUSE THIS
10:34:46 DEVELOPMENT AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THOSE BLOCKS, IT CROSSES
10:34:49 OVER INTO YBOR, DOWNTOWN, AND CENTRAL PARK, AND ITSELF ALSO
10:34:53 WILL BE TRANSGRESSING INTO CHANNEL DISTRICT.
10:34:57 THIS IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE NOT ONLY MULTIPLE CRAS
10:35:01 BUT MULTIPLE ZONING DISTRICTS, HISTORIC DISTRICTS, OF YBOR
10:35:05 AND CERTAINLY A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND PLANNING AND
10:35:08 DEVELOPMENT WILL BE INVOLVED. SO IT'S A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY
10:35:11 FOR US TO COLLABORATIVELY WORK TOGETHER AND PLAN SOMETHING
10:35:15 OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT IN THE FUTURE AND
10:35:19 GROWTH OF THE URBAN CORE OF DOWNTOWN.
10:35:22 SO I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
10:35:24 >>JOSEPH CITRO: QUESTIONS, COMMENTS?
10:35:28 COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
10:35:29 >>BILL CARLSON: JUST A COMMENT REAL FAST.
10:35:31 WHEN IT CAME OUT ABOUT THE PROJECT WITH THE RENDERING THERE
10:35:36 WAS A LOT OF CONCERN AND CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT IT WAS GOING
10:35:40 TO LOOK LIKE.
10:35:40 IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURE, IT LOOKS LIKE YBOR IS CERTAINLY
10:35:43 GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF HIGH RAISES.
10:35:45 AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURES MORE DEEPLY YOU WILL SEE
10:35:49 THAT THERE'S A TRANSITION.
10:35:51 THESE PROJECTS ARE SO BIG THEY ARE GOING ALL THE WAY FROM
10:35:55 YBOR TO CHANNEL DISTRICT AND ALL THE WAY FROM YBOR TO
10:35:58 DOWNTOWN.
10:35:58 SO AT SOME POINT THEREIN HAS TO BE A TRANSITION, TO GO
10:36:02 THROUGH SEVERAL DIFFERENT DISTRICTS.
10:36:03 SO I DON'T KNOW ALL THE RENDERINGS ARE OUT OR ALL THE
10:36:07 DESIGNS, AESTHETICS ARE OUT, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT
10:36:12 YBOR WE'LL CALL YBOR GUIDE LANES, AS YOU GO FURTHER OUT IT
10:36:16 WILL TRANSITION TO CHANNEL DISTRICT OR DOWNTOWN AND LOOK
10:36:20 FORWARD TO SEEING FURTHER RENDERINGS.
10:36:22 THANK YOU.
10:36:24 >>VALERIE FERRELL: YOU ARE CORRECTED.
10:36:25 THIS IS GOING THROUGH THE ZONING PHASE RIGHT NOW SO IT HAS
10:36:29 ONE PHASE IS IN CENTRAL PARK THAT'S GOING TO THROUGH THE
10:36:33 REVIEW PROCESS AND OTHER PIECES ARE WITHIN YBOR AND
10:36:36 DOWNTOWN.
10:36:36 SO THOSE ARE GOING THROUGH A PDA PROCESS.
10:36:39 YES, YOU ARE CORRECT.
10:36:40 THERE WILL BE PHASING WITHIN YBOR THAT HAS SOME CERTAIN
10:36:44 GUIDELINES THAT THEY HAVE TO STAY WITHIN A HEIGHT
10:36:47 RESTRICTION.
10:36:47 THEN THOSE DOWNTOWN ARE BEING HELD BACK DUE TO MARKET
10:36:50 CONDITIONS AND THEY WILL CERTAINLY HAVE HIGHER BUILDING
10:36:54 CONDITIONS BASED ON THE MARKET.
10:36:56 SO AS WE HEAR MORE, WE WILL SHARE THOSE WITH THE BOARD AS
10:36:59 WELL.
10:37:00 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
10:37:01 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:37:06 THIS KIND OF BRINGS UP AN INTERESTING QUESTION, AND BRIAN,
10:37:12 MAYBE YOU AND GINA, CATE CAN THINK ABOUT IT.
10:37:18 ON THE ONE HAND WE HAVE GOT THE ZONING PROCESS, AND WE
10:37:21 OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THAT QUASI-JUDICIAL
10:37:26 PROCESS TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T CROSS ANY LINES.
10:37:29 BUT THE FLIP SIDE IS, WE ALSO HAVE SORT OF, WHAT VALERIE
10:37:35 DESCRIBED TO US AS A CONFLUENCE OF CRAS AND PLANNING ISSUES
10:37:42 AMONG THOSE CRAs, AND SO I AM JUST WONDERING IF PERHAPS
10:37:50 FAR IN ADVANCE, LIKE SOON, THAT THE DEVELOPER AND HIS OR HER
10:37:56 TEAM, ALONG WITH STAFF, COULD COME, CAN TAKE A HALF HOUR AT
10:38:01 A CRA MEETING, PERHAPS IN SEPTEMBER, TO GO THROUGH THE
10:38:09 PROJECT.
10:38:10 I MEAN, I KNOW THAT INDIVIDUALLY PERHAPS THEY CAME AND MET
10:38:13 WITH SOME OF THE COUNCIL LAST YEAR OR WHATEVER.
10:38:21 THOSE MEETINGS DIDN'T WORK OUT FOR ME.
10:38:23 BUT I REALLY DON'T KNOW MUCH MORE THAN WHAT I READ IN THE
10:38:26 NEWSPAPER.
10:38:27 AND THAT CONCERNS ME A LITTLE BIT IN TERMS OF THE MAGNITUDE
10:38:32 OF THIS PROJECT AND HOW IT MIGHT IMPACT ON YBOR AND IN OTHER
10:38:38 SURROUNDING AREAS.
10:38:39 SO ANYWAY, IT'S KIND OF A LONG-WINDED WAY OF SAYING, BRIAN,
10:38:44 AND PERHAPS IF WE CAN DO IT LEGALLY, AND OBVIOUSLY WE ARE
10:38:47 NOT MAKING ANY DECISIONS, AND WE REALLY TRY AND LIMIT
10:38:52 OURSELVES IN TERMS OF INTERACTION, BUT AT LEAST THE
10:38:55 PRESENTATION TO THE CRA ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND WHAT ITS
10:39:02 IMPACT IS GOING TO BE ON THE SURROUNDING CRAS.
10:39:05 >> I AM ABSOLUTELY HAPPY, I WILL COORDINATE WITH VALERIE AND
10:39:11 I AM SURE WE CAN GET SOMETHING TOGETHER THAT WE CAN BRING UP
10:39:14 SO THAT CRA BOARD HAS A BETTER IDEA OF HOW THE PLANS ARE
10:39:19 PROCEEDING AND WHAT DIRECTION.
10:39:22 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WOULD YOU LIKE A MOTION ON THAT?
10:39:26 >>JOSEPH CITRO: NO, I DON'T THINK THAT REALLY NEEDS A
10:39:28 MOTION.
10:39:28 BRIAN, DO WE NEED A MOTION ON THAT?
10:39:30 >>BRIAN MORRISON: MR. CHAIR, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND.
10:39:34 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SO A MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
10:39:36 SECONDED BY --
10:39:42 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: TELL ME WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
10:39:45 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES, SIR.
10:39:46 JUST SO THE DEVELOPER MR. SHAW AND HIS GROUP WHO ARE
10:39:48 PLANNING THAT LARGE PROJECT HALFWAY BETWEEN HERE AND YBOR
10:39:55 THAT THEY WOULD COME INTO THE CRA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO
10:39:58 GIVE A PRESENTATION ON HOW THIS VERY LARGE LONG-TERM PROJECT
10:40:03 MIGHT IMPACT THE CRAS AROUND IT.
10:40:06 BECAUSE APPARENTLY WE WERE JUST TOLD BY VALERIE THAT THIS
10:40:09 PROJECT IS ACTUALLY EITHER ABUTS OR IS INCLUDED IN THREE OR
10:40:14 FOUR DIFFERENT CRAS.
10:40:15 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT'S HOW MUCH THEY WANT, I GUESS.
10:40:21 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ANYWAY, THE MOTION IS ALSO CONTINGENT
10:40:23 UPON OUR LEGAL AUTHORITY TO DO THAT.
10:40:26 LIKE I SAY, I DON'T WANT TO CROSS ANY LINES.
10:40:28 AND IF YOU ALL DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH IT, THEN FORGET
10:40:31 ABOUT IT.
10:40:31 BUT CONTINGENT ON THAT.
10:40:33 I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT DISCUSSION.
10:40:35 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
10:40:38 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:40:39 ALL IN FAVOR? ANY MOVED?
10:40:41 LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT THE MOTION PASSED.
10:40:45 COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:40:45 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MY CONCERN ALSO IS THAT HOW IS THIS ALL
10:40:54 GOING TO PLAY OUT, MR. DINGFELDER?
10:40:56 I THINK IT'S A GREAT MOTION.
10:40:57 BUT WHAT I AM LOOKING AT IS THE CITY, AND IF WE ARE TALKING
10:41:05 ABOUT ALL OF OUR CRAS, WE HAVE COMMUNITY BENEFIT AGREEMENTS,
10:41:12 AND CRAS.
10:41:13 AM I CORRECT?
10:41:18 >>BRIAN MORRISON: YES.
10:41:19 FOR LARGE PROJECTS, WE DO HAVE COMMUNITY BENEFIT
10:41:21 REQUIREMENTS.
10:41:23 SO WE CONTRIBUTE FUNDS.
10:41:25 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE AT THE
10:41:29 TABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE GUIDELINES ARE FOLLOWED SO I
10:41:36 THINK MR. DINGFELDER, TALKING ABOUT REFRESHING AGREEMENTS,
10:41:44 AND WE ALSO HAVE A MOTION ALREADY ON COUNCIL AS TO CITY-WIDE
10:41:51 AGREEMENTS AS WELL BE BROUGHT BACK SOON.
10:41:53 SO A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
10:41:55 GREAT THING, MR. DINGFELDER, TO SEE HOW THIS IS GOING TO
10:41:58 PLAY OUT.
10:42:00 AGAIN, INSTEAD OF BEING LEFT BEHIND, WANT TO BE IN FRONT SO
10:42:04 WE CAN PUMP THE BRAKES IF WE NEED TO PUMP THE BRAKES BECAUSE
10:42:07 AGAIN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BIG HIGH-RISES, WHO IS GOING TO
10:42:12 LIVE THERE.
10:42:13 WE JUST SAID THE MARKET.
10:42:14 WELL, THE MARKET IS ALREADY HERE.
10:42:17 SO WHO IS GOING TO BE LIVING THERE?
10:42:20 THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT I GET ALL THE TIME, THAT, WELL,
10:42:25 WHAT COMMUNITIES WILL BE ABLE TO CULTIVATE TO THIS NEW
10:42:28 DEVELOPMENT TO LIVE THERE?
10:42:31 A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
10:42:32 A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
10:42:33 SO GREAT JOB, MR. DINGFELDER.
10:42:36 WE WILL HEAR BACK FROM VALERIE.
10:42:38 >> ANY FURTHER COMMENTS?
10:42:41 I WILL MAKE ONE LAST ONE.
10:42:45 ALMOST SIX, SEVEN MONTHS AGO, SOME PEOPLE JUST TO BRIEFLY
10:42:49 TOUCH ON THIS, AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT PROJECT.
10:42:53 WON'T MAKE ANY COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST IT BUT IT'S GOING TO
10:42:56 BENEFIT THREE DIFFERENT CRAS AND IT WILL FILL IN A SPOT
10:42:59 BETWEEN YBOR CITY AND DOWNTOWN.
10:43:02 BUT I'M HOPING THAT LEGALLY WE CAN DISCUSS THIS WITHOUT
10:43:10 SWITCHING HATS TOO MUCH DURING THE DISCUSSION.
10:43:11 SO I CAN'T WAIT FOR YOUR REPORT.
10:43:13 >>BRIAN MORRISON: AND I WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE GO THROUGH
10:43:18 IT.
10:43:22 >> I DO APPRECIATE IT.
10:43:23 THANK YOU.
10:43:23 PLEASE CONTINUES WITH YOUR REPORT.
10:43:25 >>VALERIE FERRELL: THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
10:43:27 I WILL NOW TURN ITSELF OVER TO JESUS NIÑO.
10:43:31 IF HE IS AVAILABLE.
10:43:32 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT.
10:43:35 >>JESUS NINO: GOOD MORNING AGAIN.
10:43:46 IF WE CAN BRING UP THE SLIDE SHOW, PLEASE.
10:43:49 I WON'T TAKE TOO LONG HERE.
10:43:50 I JUST WANT -- WEST TAMPA CAC, EVERY TIME MEMBERS START TO
10:43:55 TRANSITION OVER INTO CAC STARTED NOW TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF
10:43:59 THE PAST MEMBERS WITH PLAQUES.
10:44:01 I THINK YOU WILL SEE THAT IN THE PICTURES, VERY NICE PLAQUES
10:44:06 JUST TO RECOGNIZE THEIR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
10:44:08 AND ALSO RECENTLY, WE DID HAVE ELECTIONS FOR A NEW CHAIR, SO
10:44:14 NOW OUR CHAIR CARLOS RAMIREZ, WE WORK WITH HIM VERY WELL IN
10:44:19 THE COMMUNITY, AND MR. JOE ROBINSON IS NOW THE VICE CHAIR.
10:44:24 AS FAR AS THE ALLEYWAY CLEAN-UPS, WE HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED
10:44:28 PHASE ONE OF ALLEYWAYS.
10:44:29 WE CLEANED UP 18 ALLEYS, MOST OF THEM SOUTH OF 275, BATHED
10:44:34 BASICALLY TRIMMED SOME OF THE TREES, CUT THE GRASS, AND AS
10:44:39 YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURES THERE, THEY ALSO REMOVED ANY
10:44:43 KIND OF DEBRIS OR ILLEGAL DUMPING, AND THEN THROW DOWN SOME
10:44:47 HERBICIDE.
10:44:47 SO THAT WAS PRETTY SUCCESSFUL.
10:44:49 WE ARE ABOUT BE TO RECEIVE A SECOND ROUND OF BIDS, SO WE CAN
10:44:52 START PHASE 2.
10:44:54 PHASE 2 IS GOING TO BE CONCENTRATED IN THE OLD WEST TAMPA
10:44:58 NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:45:00 AND HOPEFULLY AS SOON AS WE GET THE BIDS IN, WE CAN
10:45:03 IMMEDIATELY SELECT ANOTHER CONTRACTOR TO GET OUT THERE.
10:45:07 IN PHASE 1 WE HAD TCC, A MINORITY OWNED COMPANY, AFRICAN
10:45:14 AMERICAN COMPANY, DID A FANTASTIC JOB.
10:45:16 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT THE
10:45:19 ALLEY?
10:45:20 THIS WAS REALLY EXCITING TO GET THESE ALLEYS BACK UP TO
10:45:25 SPEED AND FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.
10:45:32 WHAT I AM WONDERING ABOUT IS SUSTAINABILITY IN TERMS OF HOW
10:45:37 DO WE CONTINUE THIS?
10:45:38 AND I KNOW IN HYDE PARK, THE ALLEYS IN HYDE PARK, WHICH HAVE
10:45:47 BEEN SPRUCED UP A LONG TIME AGO, YOU KNOW, SAY 10, 15 YEARS
10:45:53 AGO, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND THE COMMUNITY OVER
10:45:56 THERE HAVE ORGANIZED THE NEIGHBORS, AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR, TO
10:46:02 COME OUT TOGETHER WITH THEIR GARBAGE CANS AND THEIR YARD
10:46:07 TOOLS AND THAT SORT OF THING AND TO GO BEHIND THEIR HOMES,
10:46:10 AND NOT WORK INDIVIDUALLY BUT EVERYBODY WORK TOGETHER IN A
10:46:14 BLOCK BY BLOCK.
10:46:15 AND I WOULD JUST SUGGEST THAT YOU LOOK OVER THERE AS A MODEL
10:46:22 TO SEE HOW THEY DO IT AND TRY AND ENCOURAGE THE WEST TAMPA
10:46:25 FOLKS TO FOLLOW SUIT.
10:46:35 >>JESUS NINO: WE WILL DO THAT.
10:46:38 >>ORLANDO GUDES: HOW LONG HAS THAT PROGRAM BEEN UNDERWAY?
10:46:44 >>JESUS NINO: THIS IS A ONE TIME THING THAT WAS START ADD
10:46:46 FEW MONTHS AGO.
10:46:47 IT WAS THE PLANNING STAGE AND NOW WE ARE GETTING STARTED
10:46:50 WITH STAGE 1 AND THE CAC VOTED TO HAVE EVERY SINGLE ALLEY
10:46:54 WITHIN THE WEST TAMPA CRA CLEANED UP.
10:46:56 RIGHT NOW WE ARE CONCENTRATING ON ALL THE REGULAR ALLEYS
10:46:59 THAT ARE OPEN, AND AFTER THAT WE WILL GO INTO THE ALLEYWAYS
10:47:04 THAT HAVE BEEN CLOSED OR HAVE EASEMENTS OVER THEM THAT ARE
10:47:09 VACATED.
10:47:09 >>ORLANDO GUDES: OKAY.
10:47:11 BUT THE RFP, WHAT WAS THE PROCESS TO DO THAT, AND ARE WE
10:47:16 JUST USING REGULAR LAWN CARE SERVICE GUYS IN THIS WORK?
10:47:20 >>JESUS NINO: IT'S NOT A FULL-BLOWN RFP AND WE ARE DOING IT
10:47:23 IN PHASES.
10:47:23 EACH TIME WE FINISH A PHASE, THEN WE GO INTO PROCUREMENT AND
10:47:27 THEY HELP US IDENTIFY SOME COMPANIES, AND WE ARE GOING AFTER
10:47:32 MINORITY COMPANIES, PRIORITY TO THEM, AND THEN THEY PUT IN
10:47:37 THEIR BID AND IF IT'S ACCEPTABLE THEN WE USE THEM.
10:47:40 BUT YES, COMPANIES THAT HAVE EXPERTISE IN CUTTING TREES AND
10:47:46 DOING JUST LANDSCAPING, AND HAVE THE CAPABILITIES OF PUTTING
10:47:51 DOWN HERBICIDE.
10:47:52 WE ALSO WORK WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT TO EDUCATE ABUTTING
10:47:55 PROPERTY OWNERS ON THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES TO MAINTAIN
10:47:58 ALLEYWAYS.
10:48:00 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT'S A GREAT PROGRAM.
10:48:01 THANK YOU.
10:48:01 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:48:03 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU MUCH.
10:48:05 ALONG WITH COUNCILMAN GUDES' CONVERSATION IS THAT YOU JUST
10:48:08 SAID THIS IS A ONE-TIME DEAL.
10:48:11 FOR ONE TIME TODAY AND IT WILL BE A ONE-TIME TOMORROW
10:48:13 BECAUSE ONCE YOU STARTS CLEANING THEM UP YOU ARE GOING TO
10:48:16 REALIZE IF YOU DON'T DO IT -- I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING -- MAY
10:48:23 GET THAT AGAIN.
10:48:24 AND WHAT I AM SAYING IS THAT YOU HAVE TO EDUCATE THE PEOPLE
10:48:27 THAT ARE ABUTTING THE ALLEYS TO WHEN THEY SEE SOMETHING TO
10:48:31 SAY SOMETHING.
10:48:32 AND THE PROBLEM IS IT'S THE ONLY THING TO DO AND IT'S
10:48:38 CORRECTING WHAT'S BEEN WRONG, AND I HAVE SEEN ALLEYS LIKE
10:48:41 THIS WITH BATHTUBS, TOILET SEATS, THEY HAVE GOT FURNITURE,
10:48:45 ALL KIND OF FURNITURE, THEY GOT BICYCLE PARTS, AUTOMOBILE
10:48:49 PARTS, EVERYTHING THROWN IN THE ALLEY.
10:48:51 AND THE CITY OF TAMPA, AND NOW YOU GUYS, ARE TAKING THE
10:48:54 OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THIS.
10:48:55 SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING
10:48:59 THAT UNLESS THE NEIGHBORS GET BEHIND IT, IT WILL BE VERY
10:49:03 HARD TO FIX.
10:49:03 SO WE HAVE TO HAVE NEIGHBORS TO GET LICENSE PLATE NUMBER, TO
10:49:07 GET SOMETHING, SO WE CAN STOP THIS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT'S
10:49:10 ALL ABOUT.
10:49:11 IT'S THE CONVENIENCE OF NOT GOING TO THE DUMP YOURSELF.
10:49:14 AND THAT'S WOO IT'S ALL ABOUT.
10:49:15 THANKS VERY MUCH TO YOU AND YOUR GOOD PEOPLE IN THE CRA,
10:49:18 WEST TAMPA THAT ARE DOING THIS.
10:49:20 I REALLY APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
10:49:21 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:49:24 COUNCILMAN GUDES, YES, WE THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK THAT
10:49:27 THE CITY IS DOING TO CLEAN UP THESE ALLEYWAYS THAT HAVE BEEN
10:49:30 OVERGROWN THROUGH NEGLECT, BUT AS MY YEARS ON CODE
10:49:35 ENFORCEMENT, IT IS THE PROPERTY OWNER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO
10:49:38 MAINTAIN THEIR PORTION OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, IF WE CAN ALSO
10:49:43 TEACH THESE PROPERTY OWNERS WHAT THEY CAN DO, HOW THEY CAN
10:49:46 DO IT, I THINK IT'S GOING TO RESOLVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS, AND
10:49:50 AGAIN AS COUNCILMAN MIRANDA SAID, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY
10:49:53 SOMETHING.
10:49:54 THANK YOU.
10:49:54 PLEASE CONTINUE.
10:49:54 >>JESUS NINO: WE DO THANK CODE ENFORCEMENT FOR THEIR PART
10:49:59 IN THIS CLEAN-UP.
10:50:01 THEIR EDUCATION TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS IS VERY VALUABLE.
10:50:05 WE CAN PUT THE PRESENTATION BACK UP, PLEASE.
10:50:09 AS FAR AS THE GRANTS, WE HAVE SEVERAL GRANTS THAT ARE
10:50:12 ALREADY STARTING TO HIT THE STREETS OUTS THERE THAT WERE
10:50:14 APPROVED BY THE CRA AT THE LAST FEW MEETINGS, AND ALSO
10:50:17 EXISTING FACADE GRANT.
10:50:18 THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE.
10:50:20 ONE OF THE FACADE GRANTS THAT WAS RECENTLY IMPLEMENTED ON
10:50:23 THE WEST TAMPA AREA.
10:50:25 BUT IT SHOWS IT DOES MAKE A GREAT IMPACT ON THE CORRIDORS.
10:50:33 WE ARE STARTING TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE PROJECT THEY
10:50:39 HAVE FOR THE GRANT FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE WEST RIVER
10:50:42 PROJECT, CITY'S BUILD.
10:50:45 AND RANDY GOERS WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IN ESSENCE
10:50:48 COMPLETED THEIR MAIN STREET CORRIDOR STUDY.
10:50:50 OUR CAC WORKED EXTREMELY CLOSELY WITH THEM AND WE ARE
10:50:53 CONTINUING TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM.
10:50:55 SO MR. RANDY GOERS WHO WILL BE DOING A PRESENTATION
10:51:00 BASICALLY WEBINAR TO THE CAC AND TO THE COMMUNITY JUST ON
10:51:03 THE FINAL PRODUCT.
10:51:04 CAC HAS ALREADY TAKEN STEPS TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THOSE
10:51:08 FINDINGS, BEFORE THE STUDY CAME OUT, WE ARE STARTING TO GET
10:51:14 A CLEAN TEAM OUT THERE.
10:51:15 WE ACTUALLY HAVE IT OUT FOR BID FOR A TEMPORARY CLEAN TEAM
10:51:18 AND THEN DO A FULL-BLOWN RFP FOR A CLEAN TEAM TO BE YEAR
10:51:23 ROUND.
10:51:23 CAC IDENTIFIED THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA WHERE THEY WANT THAT
10:51:27 CLEAN TEAM.
10:51:27 SO RANDY DID A GREAT JOB ON THAT.
10:51:30 ANOTHER THING WITH OUR STUDY IS HOW TO REACTIVATE SOME OF
10:51:32 THE ALLEYWAYS THAT ARE ABUTTING NEARBY MAIN STREET SO THAT
10:51:36 WILL ALLEVIATES SOME OF THE CONDITIONS, AS FAR AS DUMPING
10:51:39 AND SO ON, AND JUST PROPERTY OWNERS SO THAT WILL COME ONLINE
10:51:46 VERY SOON.
10:51:47 THAT TAKES CARE OF WEST TAMPA.
10:51:49 ANY QUESTIONS?
10:51:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:51:54 ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS, ANY QUESTIONS?
10:51:58 SEEING -- COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:52:01 >>ORLANDO GUDES: JESUS, I HEAR FROM MY FRIENDS ACROSS THE
10:52:07 WAY IN MANATEE COUNTY THAT THEY HAD A GOOD GUY GO BUT I AM
10:52:13 SO GLAD, OVER IN WEST TAMPA SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS YOU HAVE
10:52:17 ON THE STREET VERY QUICKLY, I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK,
10:52:20 APPRECIATE YOUR WORK.
10:52:20 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT.
10:52:24 >>JESUS NINO: NEXT WE HAVE DREW PARK IF WE CAN BRING UP THE
10:52:33 SCREEN, PLEASE.
10:52:35 WITHDRAW PARK, WE ARE BASICALLY SINCE WE HAVE AN STRATEGIC
10:52:41 ACTION PLAN OUT ON THE STREET NOW, THE CAC IS STARTING TO
10:52:44 TAKE MEASURES TO START IMPLEMENTING THAT STRATEGIC ACTION
10:52:47 PLAN.
10:52:48 FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE THE TAMPA BAY LINEAR PARK WHICH IS A
10:52:52 PASSIVE PARK RIGHT NOW, GRASS AND SIDEWALKS AND SOME
10:52:55 BENCHES.
10:52:56 CAC STARTING TO WORK WITH THE PARKS AND REC DIVISION AND
10:53:00 OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS SO WE CAN MAKE THAT TO IMPACT MORE
10:53:05 PARKS.
10:53:05 IN ADDITION WE HAVE BEEN HAVING OUR DRAW PARK CAC MEETINGS
10:53:08 OVER AT HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AND HCC, THEY ARE
10:53:12 STARTING TO GET INVOLVED A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH OUR CAC, FOR
10:53:16 INSTANCE AT OUR LAST MEETING, THEIR STUDENT GOVERNMENT
10:53:19 STUDENTS THAT WERE THERE TO PARTICIPATE AND TO LISTEN IN.
10:53:22 SO DREW PARK IS STARTING TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE ACTIVE.
10:53:26 SO WE REALLY HOPE THAT IT'S FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF DREW
10:53:31 PARK.
10:53:33 AND THE ACTION PLAN IS BEING IMPLEMENTED PRETTY QUICKLY SO
10:53:37 WE ARE WORKING WITH MOBILITY TO IDENTIFY AREAS WHERE WE CAN
10:53:40 EXPAND OUR SIDEWALKS AND IMPROVE SIDEWALKS AND JUST FILL IN
10:53:44 SOME OF THE GAPS WHERE IT MAKES SENSE.
10:53:46 DREW PARK IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE
10:53:49 CITY WHERE IT'S MORE INTENSIVE TO INSTALL SIDEWALKS BECAUSE
10:53:53 OF THE NATURE THAT GOES ON OUT THERE WITH BIG TRUCKS, SO
10:53:59 EXTRA DIG INTO THE FOUNDATION, AND MAKES IT A LITTLE
10:54:05 TOUGHER.
10:54:06 SAME THING FOR WEST TAMPA.
10:54:07 WE ARE STARTING TO IMPLEMENT OUR GRANT PROGRAMS A LITTLE BIT
10:54:09 MORE AGGRESSIVE OUT THERE.
10:54:10 WE HAVE A FENCE GRANT PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR A FEW
10:54:14 YEARS, IN ADDITION TO THE FACADE GRANT.
10:54:19 THAT CONCLUDES DREW PARK.
10:54:20 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:54:24 ANY COMMENTS, ANY QUESTIONS?
10:54:25 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT.
10:54:26 >>JESUS NINO: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:54:47 >> COURTNEY ORR, CRA MANAGER.
10:54:51 I WOULD LIKE TO START BY THANKING DR. GINGER CLARK AND HER
10:54:56 SUPPORT STAFF AT THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
10:54:58 CAMPUS FOR ACCOMMODATING THE YBOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE SINCE
10:55:03 NOVEMBER OF 2020.
10:55:05 WE WERE FORTUNATELY ABLE TO NOT SKIP A BEAT BY HOSTING OUR
10:55:09 HYBRID MEETINGS IN THE HCC YBOR ROOM.
10:55:14 SECONDLY, WE APPRECIATE ALL THE HELP THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED
10:55:16 FROM THE CITY'S I.T. DEPARTMENT, ASSISTING US AT HCC AS WELL
10:55:20 AS EQUIPPING US WITH ALL THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEED FOR THE
10:55:26 YCDC OFFICE TO HOST ALL OF OUR MEETINGS AS HYBRID MEETINGS
10:55:30 GOING FORWARD.
10:55:34 SO THE LAST BULLET HERE ON THIS PAGE, WE RECENTLY ADVERTISED
10:55:38 OUR CAC OPEN SEAT.
10:55:40 WE RECEIVED NINE APPLICATIONS.
10:55:43 SO WE WILL BE BRINGING THOSE FORWARD AS A REQUEST FOR
10:55:46 APPROVAL OF THE FIVE NEW CAC MEMBERS IN SEPTEMBER.
10:55:54 ANNUAL SPECIAL EVENTS CO-SPONSORSHIP GRANT DREW 24
10:55:58 APPLICATIONS FOR CONSIDERATION.
10:56:02 GREAT ECONOMIC DRIVERS EVERY YEAR FOR THE DISTRICT.
10:56:04 SO WE SURE HOPE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GO FORWARD.
10:56:09 UNFORTUNATELY MOST SCHEDULED EVENTS THAT WERE CANCELED IN
10:56:11 2020 DUE TO COVID.
10:56:14 AS CHRIS, THE CAC CHAIR EARLIER MENTIONED, WE ARE HOPEFUL
10:56:19 FOR THE LC APPROVAL THIS COMING TUESDAY TO BEGIN
10:56:22 CONSTRUCTION OF THE ICONIC 7th AVENUE ARCHWAY LIGHT
10:56:26 REPLACEMENT AND SIDEWALK ENHANCEMENT PROJECT.
10:56:36 AT THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEES IT WAS VOICED AGAIN
10:56:40 THAT THERE IS INTEREST IN BRICKING 7th AVENUE.
10:56:44 WE ADDED THIS QUESTION TO THE RECENT RESIDENT AND WORKERS
10:56:47 SURVEY AND STAFF LEARNED YESTERDAY IN THE PRELIMINARY
10:56:50 FINDINGS THAT THERE IS SUPPORT FROM BOTH THE RESIDENTS AND
10:56:54 THE WORKERS TO INVESTIGATE THIS POSSIBLE PROJECT.
10:56:59 SO LIKELY WE WILL ENGAGE A CONSULTANT WITH THE COST
10:57:03 FEASIBILITY STUDY TO TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN MOVE THAT PROJECT
10:57:06 FORWARD ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY.
10:57:20 THE NEWLY CREATED COMMUNITIES CONTACT IS SET FOR NEXT
10:57:24 TUESDAY.
10:57:24 THERE'S THE IMAGERY THERE OF THE TAMPA CAMPAIGN, AND AGAIN
10:57:31 FROM THE -- YESTERDAY PRESENTED TO US OUT OF THE SURVEY,
10:57:36 THERE IS -- A VERY STRONG FAVOR OF THE ARTS, AND KEEPING
10:57:43 ARTS VERY AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE COMMUNITY JUST FOR THE
10:57:48 WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITY.
10:57:49 SO WE THOUGHT THIS WAS A GREAT NEW ENDEAVOR TO LAUNCH, AND
10:57:54 IT WILL BE OUT ON THE STREET FROM AUGUST TO OCTOBER.
10:57:57 SO WE ARE HOPING TO GET SOME REALLY INTERESTING SUBMITTALS
10:58:01 THROUGH THAT PROGRAM.
10:58:03 WE ANTICIPATES AWARDING A CONTRACT SOON TO ONE OF THE BIDS
10:58:11 RECEIVED FOR THE 7th AVENUE STREETSCAPE COMPLETION WITH
10:58:14 AN ENTRYWAY MONUMENT FROM 24th TO 26th STREET.
10:58:18 THERE WILL BE A NEED TO REALLOCATE FUNDING IN CRA 2 TO MOVE
10:58:24 THIS PROJECT FORWARD, AND THAT REQUEST WILL BE BEFORE YOU AT
10:58:28 THE SEPTEMBER MEETING.
10:58:32 ON MY FINAL SLIDE, THERE IS A FEW JULY NOTABLE EVENTS LISTED
10:58:38 HERE, AND THIS ACTUALLY ENDS MY YBOR JULY ACTIVITIES
10:58:42 PRESENTATION.
10:58:44 I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.
10:58:47 THANK YOU.
10:58:47 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MS. ORR.
10:58:49 ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
10:58:52 COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
10:58:54 >>BILL CARLSON: SORRY IF I MISSED IT.
10:58:56 COULD YOU ALL, PLEASE, IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, E-MAIL US THE
10:58:59 RESULTS OF THAT SURVEY?
10:59:00 IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO HEAR WHAT RESIDENTS ARE SAYING.
10:59:03 WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE CAC, BUT
10:59:06 WHEN YOU ARE ACTUALLY INTERVIEWING A LARGER NUMBER OF
10:59:09 RESIDENTS, THAT IS INVALUABLE TO US.
10:59:11 AND ALSO, I THINK WE ALL HAVE ADVOCATED FOR THE REBRICKING
10:59:15 OF YBOR, SO WHATEVER I CAN DO TO HELP, WOULD LOVE TO SEE
10:59:19 THAT HAPPEN.
10:59:20 I KNOW IT WILL BE DISRUPTIVE, BUT IT WILL HOPEFULLY SLOW
10:59:23 CARS DOWN AND MOTORCYCLES AND REALLY CHANGE THE ATMOSPHERE
10:59:26 OF YBOR, AND HOPEFULLY A CASE STUDY FOR OTHER PARTS OF THE
10:59:31 CITY.
10:59:31 THE PEOPLE IN HYDE PARK COMPLAIN THAT YEARS AGO, OUR BRICKS,
10:59:35 OUR EXCESS BRICKS WERE SOLD TO WINTER PARK.
10:59:38 YOU GO TO WINTER PARK AND THERE ARE LOTS OF BRICK STREETS
10:59:40 THERE.
10:59:41 I THINK A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND PLACES WOULD LOVE TO HAVE
10:59:43 BRICKS BACK AT SOME POINT IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT.
10:59:47 THANK YOU.
10:59:47 >>COURTNEY ORR: YES.
10:59:48 THE SURVEY RESULTS WERE ACTUALLY JUST PRESENTED TO STAFF
10:59:50 YESTERDAY, SO THEY ARE JUST FRESH.
10:59:53 THE SURVEY CLOSED NOT THAT LONG AGO, SO WE'LL BE PRESENTING
10:59:57 THE FINAL FINDINGS AT THE SEPTEMBER YBOR CAC MEETING SO
11:00:02 WE'LL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THOSE TO YOU IN SEPTEMBER, THE
11:00:04 FINAL RESULTS.
11:00:07 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
11:00:07 ANYTHING ELSE?
11:00:08 THANK YOU, MS. ORR.
11:00:12 >>COURTNEY ORR: YOU'RE WELCOME.
11:00:13 THANK YOU.
11:00:19 >>JOSEPH CITRO: GOOD MORNING.
11:00:27 >> GOOD MORNING.
11:00:28 CEDRIC McCRAY, EAST TAMPA CRA MANAGER.
11:00:31 OKAY.
11:00:34 FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME UPDATES ON THE
11:00:37 STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN.
11:00:38 WE'VE HAD A SERIES OF RIDE-ALONGS WITH THE CONSULTING FIRM
11:00:41 SINCE MY ARRIVAL IN JULY.
11:00:43 THEY ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON DEVELOPMENT OF SKETCHES AND
11:00:45 RENDERINGS BASED ON COMMUNITY INPUT ON SOME VARIOUS SITES
11:00:49 WITHIN THE EAST TAMPA CRA BOUNDARIES.
11:00:52 THE WEBSITE HAS BEEN UPDATED.
11:00:54 I BELIEVE THERE'S BEEN SOME MESSAGES PUT ON FROM MYSELF,
11:00:59 CHAIRMAN GUDES, AS WELL AS THE CRA CHAIR, MS. CONNIE BURTON.
11:01:02 AND THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO COME AND PRESENT BEFORE THE
11:01:06 COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON SEPTEMBER 7.
11:01:10 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
11:01:15 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CHAIR?
11:01:16 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:01:18 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU SAY THEY ARE GOING TO PRESENT ON
11:01:20 SEPTEMBER 7.
11:01:21 >> YES, I BELIEVE THAT IS THE DATE THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO
11:01:23 COME PRESENT TO THE CAC.
11:01:24 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ISN'T THAT THE DATE OF THE ELECTIONS OVER
11:01:26 THERE?
11:01:27 >> NO THE ELECTIONS TAKE PLACE ON SEPTEMBER 14, THE
11:01:29 FOLLOWING TUESDAY.
11:01:30 YES, SIR.
11:01:32 >>ORLANDO GUDES: IS IT POSSIBLE BEFORE THAT IS GIVEN TO THE
11:01:36 COMMUNITY THAT MAYBE COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT,
11:01:39 A LOOK AT THE PLAN BEFORE THE COMMUNITY SEES IT?
11:01:42 >> YES, I THINK WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ARRANGE THAT.
11:01:45 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
11:01:51 >>JOSEPH CITRO: PROCEED MR. McCRAY.
11:01:53 >> THE NEXT SLIDE IS SOMETHING THE CONSULTANT PROVIDED.
11:01:56 WANTED TO SHARE AND IT WAS IN YOUR PACKET LAST MONTH, JUST A
11:01:59 DIAGRAM TO SHOW THE SCALE OF EAST TAMPA AS RELATES TO THE
11:02:03 VARIOUS CRAs IN THE CITY, WE HAVE 7.52 SQUARE MILES OF
11:02:09 SPACE.
11:02:10 YOU COULD ESSENTIALLY PUT ALL OF THE OTHER CRA ARE DISTRICTS
11:02:12 IN THE EAST TAMPA BOUNDARIES.
11:02:14 AND IF WE MOVE ON TO THE COMMUNITY INPUT THEMES SLIDE THERE
11:02:24 WERE VARIOUS TOPICS THAT WERE DISCUSSED AND COLLECTED FROM
11:02:28 THE RESIDENTS IN EAST TAMPA AS IT RELATES TO THINGS THAT
11:02:32 THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
11:02:33 THE FOUR THAT WERE RESOUNDING WERE OUR RESIDENTIAL
11:02:36 OPPORTUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER, BASIC
11:02:39 INFRASTRUCTURE AND QUALITY OF LIFE, IMPROVEMENTS, ECONOMIC
11:02:43 DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT TRAINING AS WELL AS ORGANIZATION
11:02:46 AND PARTICIPATION MARKETING AND MOMENTUM TO ADVERTISE EAST
11:02:51 TAMPA AND WHAT'S GOING ON.
11:02:52 THE NEXT SLIDE --
11:02:57 >>JOSEPH CITRO: CEDRIC, I'M SORRY.
11:02:59 WE HAVEN'T SEEN SLIDES IN ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT ONES.
11:03:02 HASN'T CHANGED.
11:03:05 >> WE'RE STILL ON THE SAME ONE AS FAR AS I CAN SEE.
11:03:15 >>JOSEPH CITRO: CAN SOMEONE GET US CAUGHT UP ON SLIDES,
11:03:17 PLEASE?
11:03:33 >> WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO CONTINUE?
11:03:35 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YEAH, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE AND WE'LL
11:03:37 TRY TO GET YOU CAUGHT UP.
11:03:38 >> THE NEXT ONE IS THE CRA BOARD INPUT.
11:03:41 THE CONSULTANT DID MEET WITH ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE CRA
11:03:44 BOARD, AND THERE WERE SOME CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU ALL HAD A
11:03:48 LEVEL OF SYNERGY AS IT RELATES TO HOME OWNERSHIP,
11:03:51 RESIDENTIAL REPAIR, IMPROVING THE CORRIDOR, SOME FORM OF
11:03:56 GATEWAY RECOGNITION WHEN COMING INTO EAST TAMPA.
11:04:00 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS
11:04:02 AND RETAIL SERVICES OR INCREASE THEM, POLITICAL AND
11:04:07 COMMUNITY COLLABORATION AND THAT, OF COURSE, COLLABORATION
11:04:15 WITH THE -- THERE WE GO.
11:04:18 OKAY -- WITH THE CITY AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS AS A WHOLE.
11:04:21 AND, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY EVERYONE WANTS TO MAKE EAST TAMPA
11:04:24 THE NEXT BIG THING.
11:04:26 AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HELPING FACILITATE THAT MOVING
11:04:29 FORWARD.
11:04:30 THE NEXT SLIDE, THERE WAS A PRESENTATION GIVEN BY MELISSA
11:04:40 DAVIES TO THE AESTHETICS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE IN I
11:04:45 BELIEVE JULY 20th.
11:04:47 AT THAT TIME, SHE PRESENTED SOME RENDERINGS OF WHAT
11:04:51 POTENTIALLY MAY GO INTO THE ROUNDABOUTS.
11:04:55 THERE WERE SOME RENDERINGS SUPPLIED BY THE ARTIST FROM
11:05:01 KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY.
11:05:04 THEY WERE SHARED WITH THE CAC AS WELL AS THE EAST TAMPA
11:05:07 PARTNERSHIP DURING THE AUGUST 10 MEETING.
11:05:09 MONIES HAVE BEEN BUDGETED TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT AND
11:05:13 HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION
11:05:17 MOVING FORWARD LATER THIS FALL.
11:05:20 BUT WHAT YOU SEE THERE IN FRONT OF YOU ARE SOME OF THE
11:05:23 RENDERINGS THAT WERE SUPPLIED BY THE ARTISTS.
11:05:25 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:05:26 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. McCRAY, AS IT RELATES TO THE
11:05:29 ROUNDABOUTS, A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS AND SOME OF THE PARKS
11:05:32 AND RECREATION STAFF AND SCHOOLS ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
11:05:37 TRAFFIC SIGNALS AROUND THE ROUNDABOUTS, SIGNAGE AROUND THE
11:05:41 ROUNDABOUTS.
11:05:41 I KNOW MS. VAN LOAN KIND OF BRIEFED ME.
11:05:45 SINCE YOU ARE HERE AS THE MANAGER, CAN YOU BRIEF THE
11:05:48 CITIZENS, HOW THAT WILL RUN INTO PLAY WITH THE ROUNDABOUTS.
11:05:51 >> CEDRIC MCCRAY: I AM NOT UP TO SPEED AS IT RELATES TO
11:05:58 SIGNAGE.
11:05:59 A LOT OF THE CONCERNS THAT I HAVE FIELDED IN THE LAST MONTH
11:06:01 HAVE REVOLVED SPECIFICALLY AROUND WHAT WOULD GO INTO THE
11:06:05 ROUNDABOUTS AND JUST OVERALL COMMUNITY INPUT AND
11:06:08 INVOLVEMENT, BUT I WILL GLADLY TOUCH BASE WITH MS. VAN LOAN
11:06:12 AND MS. THROWER TO FIND OUT WHAT EXACTLY MAY BE REQUESTED
11:06:16 FROM THE RESIDENTS.
11:06:17 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
11:06:20 >>CEDRIC MCCRAY: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ROUNDABOUTS?
11:06:22 THAT'S ANOTHER SLIDE ALSO.
11:06:31 THE LAST THING, ANY IMPORTANT DATES, SEPTEMBER 7 IS THE NEXT
11:06:39 CAC MEETING, AND THAT IS THE DATE THAT THE CONSULTANTS WILL
11:06:43 BE COMING TO PRESENT, AS I STATED EARLIER, TO THE CAC AS IT
11:06:48 RELATES TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND SOME OF THE RENDERINGS
11:06:52 THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON.
11:06:54 ANOTHER DATE THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT, AS COUNCILMAN GUDES
11:06:57 ALLUDED TO AS WELL AS CHAIR BURTON DURING HER COMMENTS
11:07:00 DURING PUBLIC COMMENT THIS MORNING, ARE THE ELECTION DATE OF
11:07:04 SEPTEMBER 14.
11:07:06 WE WILL HAVE TWO TIMES FOR THE ELECTION.
11:07:09 THE MORNING SESSION WILL BE FROM 10 A.M. TO 12 NOON, AND
11:07:13 THEN THE EVENING VOTING TIME WILL BE FROM 4 P.M. TO
11:07:17 6:30 P.M.
11:07:19 THERE WILL NOT BE A PARTNERSHIP MEETING THAT EVENING.
11:07:22 THEY DECIDED LAST WEEK NOT TO -- TO FOREGO THE MEETING AND
11:07:26 JUST FOCUS ON THE ELECTIONS.
11:07:28 WE HAVE MOVED FORWARD WITH PARTNERING WITH THE SUPERVISOR OF
11:07:31 ELECTIONS OFFICE.
11:07:32 THEY HAVE SOME SOFTWARE THAT HAS BEEN USED WITHIN THE
11:07:36 COMMUNITY TO ASSIST IN ELECTIONS, WHETHER IT'S STUDENT
11:07:40 GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, NAACP STRAW
11:07:43 POLLS, AND SOME OF THE UNIONS OR VARIOUS CHURCHES IN
11:07:47 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
11:07:48 CALLED DOUBLE CLICK DEMOCRACY.
11:07:51 WE HAVE CURRENTLY 29 FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN -- WILL BE PLACED
11:07:56 ON THE SLATE FOR THE ELECTIONS, AND JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE
11:08:00 PRUDENT TO TRY TO STREAMLINE THAT PROCESS.
11:08:04 I DID REACH OUT TO MR. CRAIG LATIMER.
11:08:08 HE DID COMMUNICATE WITH ME AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH
11:08:12 MS. ALVAREZ, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH
11:08:15 THEM ON MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A GOOD SOUND ELECTION AND
11:08:21 DO WELL BY EAST TAMPA.
11:08:23 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:08:25 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. McCRAY, I DID RECEIVE SOME PHONE
11:08:27 CALLS FROM SOME OF OUR SENIORS AS IT RELATES TO THE COVID.
11:08:32 AND SOME ARE SAYING THAT THEY DON'T THINK THEY CAN GET OUT
11:08:38 TO THE CENTER.
11:08:42 TALK ABOUT ABSENTEE BALLOT, WHAT HAVE YOU.
11:08:44 HAVE THOSE THINGS BEEN DISCUSSED?
11:08:46 THEY CALLED ME AGAIN LAST NIGHT ABOUT IT.
11:08:50 JUST TO MAKE SURE ALL BASES ARE COVERED OR WHATEVER YOUR
11:08:53 PLANS ARE FOR THE ELECTIONS, SIR.
11:08:55 >>CEDRIC MCCRAY: YES, SIR.
11:08:56 I ACTUALLY SPENT A GOOD PORTION OF MY DAY YESTERDAY FIELDING
11:09:00 SOME OF THOSE SAME CALLS -- OR YESTERDAY AND THE DAY BEFORE.
11:09:02 WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT SENDING OUT -- E-MAILING THE
11:09:07 BALLOTS OUT.
11:09:08 I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT TOOK PLACE LAST YEAR BECAUSE THERE
11:09:11 WERE A LEVEL OF CONCERNS.
11:09:13 I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WERE LEGALLY OKAY TO DO THAT.
11:09:15 AND WE'LL BE SENDING OUT THOSE BALLOTS VIA E-MAIL.
11:09:20 FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE LISTENING AT HOME OR AT WORK, WE
11:09:24 WILL HAVE AN E-MAIL BALLOT THAT WILL GO OUT, IF REQUESTED.
11:09:29 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I WAS JUST HOPING -- I RESERVE MY OTHER
11:09:32 QUESTIONS IN REFERENCE TO THE HOUSING.
11:09:36 HAD SOME CALLS ABOUT THAT, TOO.
11:09:38 I'LL RESERVE THAT TO MS. VAN LOAN BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO
11:09:42 PERTAIN TO THE REHAB PROGRAM IN THE HOUSING.
11:09:46 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:09:47 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. GUDES, WERE YOU DONE?
11:09:51 HEY, CEDRIC.
11:09:58 SO GOING BACK TO THE ROUNDABOUTS, A LONG TIME AGO WHEN WE
11:10:05 FIRST STARTED TALKING ABOUT 34th AND THE ROUNDABOUTS
11:10:11 GENERALLY, I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN UP NORTH
11:10:15 TRANSGRESSING DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
11:10:20 ANYWAY, THERE WAS A LONG DISCUSSION HERE AND MAYBE AT CITY
11:10:25 COUNCIL AS WELL ABOUT BEAUTIFICATION IN TERMS OF LANDSCAPING
11:10:28 AND FLOWERS.
11:10:30 WHEN I DRIVE DOWN THE BAYSHORE, IT'S JUST SO DARN PRETTY,
11:10:35 AND THE DISCUSSION WAS, WHY CAN'T WE HAVE GOSH DARN PRETTY
11:10:39 AREAS LIKE THAT IN EAST TAMPA OR NORTH TAMPA, YOU KNOW, WEST
11:10:43 TAMPA OR WHAT HAVE YOU?
11:10:45 AND WE THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WE WERE
11:10:49 DOING SO MUCH ALONG 34th TO HAVE THAT AS NOT JUST SHRUBS,
11:10:56 BUT, YOU KNOW, FLOWERS AND ALL.
11:11:00 JUST MAKE IT POP, AS MR. GUDES WOULD SAY.
11:11:05 SO ANYWAY, I KNOW YOU MADE REFERENCE IN THERE.
11:11:09 YOU'RE GOING TO WORK ON THE SCULPTURES FIRST AND THAT'S
11:11:12 GREAT, BUT IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE LANDSCAPING.
11:11:15 BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT -- YOU KNOW, THAT WE ARE
11:11:19 TALKING ABOUT THE LANDSCAPING, THAT WE'RE BUDGETING FOR THE
11:11:21 LANDSCAPING.
11:11:23 AND HOPEFULLY THAT THE COMMUNITY IS ON BOARD WITH THAT AS
11:11:27 WELL.
11:11:27 ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT?
11:11:30 >>CEDRIC MCCRAY: I WILL GLADLY TAKE THAT BACK TO THE
11:11:32 AESTHETICS AND BEAUTIFICATION SUBCOMMITTEE, AND THEN THEY
11:11:37 WILL MOVE THAT UP TO THE CAC FOR DISCUSSION.
11:11:39 WE WON'T HAVE ANOTHER MEETING UNTIL NEXT MONTH.
11:11:41 BUT POINT TAKEN, AND WE CAN DEFINITELY HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS
11:11:44 ABOUT THAT MOVING FORWARD.
11:11:50 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ALL RIGHT.
11:11:50 AND TALK TO MICHELLE AND YOUR PREDECESSOR, WHO WAS INTERIM,
11:11:54 WHOSE NAME ESCAPES ME.
11:11:56 >>CEDRIC MCCRAY: BRENDA THROWER.
11:11:58 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SORRY, BRENDA.
11:12:00 TALK TO THEM ABOUT THAT.
11:12:01 AT THIS LEVEL, WE'VE HAD SOME LONG DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT A
11:12:04 YEAR AGO, AND THEN WE KIND OF PUT IT ON THE SIDE BURNER
11:12:08 WHILE THE SCULPTURE DISCUSSIONS WERE OCCURRING.
11:12:14 BUT LET'S KICK IT BACK UP AGAIN.
11:12:16 THANK YOU, SIR.
11:12:17 >>CEDRIC MCCRAY: YES, SIR.
11:12:18 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:12:19 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT.
11:12:23 AGAIN, I STRONGLY SUGGEST YOU LET THE BEAUTIFICATION,
11:12:28 AESTHETICS BOARD, THAT THIS BODY IS STRONGLY SUGGESTING THAT
11:12:32 THAT BUDGET FOR, IF YOU GET MY DRIFT, BECAUSE HE'S RIGHT.
11:12:35 WE CAN PUT SOME SCULPTURES THERE, UNLESS YOU'RE BEAUTIFYING
11:12:40 AROUND THOSE SCULPTURES, IT JUST LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING IS
11:12:43 THERE.
11:12:43 IT NEEDS TO POP.
11:12:44 IT NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE SOME WORK IS BEING DONE THERE, OR --
11:12:49 THE NEW VISION IS COMING, NEW LOOK IS COMING.
11:12:51 I WOULD STRONGLY URGE THAT KIND OF BE INCLUDED AND LET THEM
11:12:55 KNOW THIS BOARD IS REALLY LOOKING FOR A NEW CHANGE FOR EAST
11:12:57 TAMPA, ESPECIALLY THAT 34th STREET WITH THE DESIGN OF THE
11:13:01 SENIOR CENTER AND THE GYMNASTICS AND ALL THAT, WE WANT THE
11:13:06 STREET TO REALLY LOOK LIKE A WAY TO TRAVEL.
11:13:09 THANK YOU, SIR.
11:13:11 >>CEDRIC MCCRAY: NOT A PROBLEM.
11:13:13 AS I'M HAVING INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WITH MEMBERS OF THE CAC
11:13:16 BOARD AND THE EAST TAMPA PARTNERSHIP AND ACTUALLY SOME OF
11:13:19 YOU ALL IN THE LAST MONTH.
11:13:21 I KNOW THAT FOLKS ARE LOOKING FOR THAT WOW, FOR LACK OF A
11:13:25 BETTER TERM OR PHRASE.
11:13:27 WE ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO WORK TOWARDS THAT, AND I BELIEVE
11:13:32 THAT THE FOLKS ARE ON BOARD WITHIN THE EAST TAMPA
11:13:36 PARTNERSHIP.
11:13:36 WE'RE DEFINITELY TAKING IT SERIOUSLY AND GOING TO DO THE
11:13:41 BEST WE CAN TO IMPROVE UPON WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE.
11:13:47 >>JOSEPH CITRO: PLEASE CONTINUE.
11:13:49 >>CEDRIC MCCRAY: THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT AT THIS TIME,
11:13:52 CHAIR CITRO.
11:13:53 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
11:13:56 THANK YOU, MR. McCRAY.
11:13:57 >>CEDRIC MCCRAY: THANK YOU.
11:13:58 MY PLEASURE.
11:14:03 >> MR. CHAIR?
11:14:04 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:14:07 >>BRIAN MORRISON: IN REFERENCE TO THE EARLIER MOTION AND
11:14:09 AVOIDING LEGAL ISSUES, AFTER COORDINATION WITH OUR LAND USE
11:14:13 LEGAL PRACTICE GROUP, IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THERE IS A
11:14:17 PENDING ZONING HEARING REGARDING THE AREA THAT'S BEING
11:14:21 CALLED THE GAS WORX DEVELOPMENT.
11:14:25 AND WHILE THAT HEARING IS STILL OUTSTANDING, ALL
11:14:29 PRESENTATIONS OR PRESENTATION OF INFORMATION SHOULD REALLY
11:14:32 BE CONTAINED TO THAT HEARING.
11:14:34 SO I WOULD ASK COUNCIL, PLEASE, IF WE COULD WITHDRAW THAT
11:14:39 MOTION AND PERHAPS REVISIT AT A FUTURE TIME ONCE THE ZONING
11:14:43 ISSUES HAVE BEEN RESOLVED.
11:14:47 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SO MOVE.
11:14:49 >> SECOND.
11:14:49 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:14:52 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:14:55 QUESTION, DO WE HAVE TO HAVE THE ORIGINAL MOTION MAKER DO
11:14:58 THAT?
11:15:02 >>BRIAN MORRISON: JUST FOR CLARITY AND CLEANLINESS, I WOULD
11:15:04 REQUEST THAT, YES.
11:15:11 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: NOT TO SPLIT HAIRS, MY MOTION WAS
11:15:14 CONTINGENT UPON THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT SAYING IT'S OKAY.
11:15:17 NOW THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT IS SAYING IT'S NOT OKAY.
11:15:20 MY MOTION SORT OF DIES A NATURAL DEATH.
11:15:23 BUT IF BRIAN WANTS IT, THAT'S FINE.
11:15:25 I MOVE TO STRIKE THE EARLIER MOTION.
11:15:29 >>BRIAN MORRISON: I THANK YOU FOR THAT, COUNCILMAN
11:15:32 DINGFELDER.
11:15:33 I REALLY JUST WANTED TO DO IT FOR CLARITY FOR THE PUBLIC SO
11:15:36 THAT THEY AREN'T EXPECTING SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T GET
11:15:38 DELIVERED.
11:15:38 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THE ORIGINAL MOTION HAS BEEN STRUCK BY THE
11:15:41 MOTION MAKER.
11:15:42 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:15:43 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
11:15:45 ANY OPPOSED?
11:15:46 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: IT WAS A BRILLIANT IDEA OTHERWISE.
11:15:49 >>JOSEPH CITRO: LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT THE MOTION HAS
11:15:52 BEEN WITHDRAWN.
11:15:52 MS. VAN LOAN, WE'RE NOT IGNORING YOU.
11:15:59 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: THAT'S FINE.
11:16:01 I CAN COME BACK AFTER LUNCH.
11:16:05 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THERE IS NO AFTER LUNCH TODAY.
11:16:08 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: GOOD MORNING AGAIN.
11:16:10 IT IS THAT TIME OF YEAR WHERE WE START TALKING ABOUT OUR
11:16:13 ANNUAL BUDGETS.
11:16:14 VERY PLEASED AND WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARD WORK OF OUR
11:16:18 VARIOUS CAC GROUPS.
11:16:19 WE HAD A LOT OF SPECIAL-CALLED MEETINGS FOR MANY OF THE
11:16:24 CACs, THEY HAD MULTIPLE MEETINGS STARTING BACK IN MAY AND
11:16:28 JUNE TO GET OUR BUDGET SET AND APPROVED AND READY TO COME TO
11:16:33 YOU.
11:16:33 AS WE WORKED THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND AS SOME OF YOU STARTED
11:16:37 LOOKING AT THE INFORMATION WE PROVIDED YOU WITH THOSE DRAFT
11:16:40 BUDGETS, WE STARTED GETTING SOME QUESTIONS FROM YOU THAT
11:16:45 WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO ADDRESS AND ANSWER.
11:16:47 AND AS PART OF THAT, IT SORT OF CULMINATED IN A CONVERSATION
11:16:52 I HAD EARLIER THIS WEEK WITH CHAIR CITRO ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN
11:16:56 AND THE PLANNING BUDGET.
11:17:01 AND WHEN THE CULTURAL ASSETS FIRST STARTED COMING IN ASKING
11:17:06 FOR CRA ASSISTANCE WITH THEIR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS,
11:17:11 WE HAD THAT SORT OF SNOWBALL EFFECT OF ALL OF THEM, AGAIN,
11:17:16 WE TALKED ABOUT BECAUSE OF COVID AND MANY OF THEM LOOKING AT
11:17:20 THIS IS A GOOD TIME AND THEY WERE PLANNING FOR A LOT OF
11:17:23 THESE IMPROVEMENTS.
11:17:25 SO NOW EVERYONE IS AT THAT SAME PLACE IN ADVANCING THEIR
11:17:29 FACILITIES, IMPROVING THEIR FACILITIES AND CREATING A
11:17:33 GREATER AND MORE ENJOYABLE VISITING AND ENTERTAINMENT
11:17:36 EXPERIENCE FOR THEIR VISITORS.
11:17:38 AS WE LOOKED AT THIS, WE SUDDENLY HAD $48.25 MILLION IN
11:17:44 REQUESTS AND WE'VE BEEN SCRAMBLING OVER THE PAST SPRING WITH
11:17:49 YOU AND THE CAC TO LOOK AT HOW DO WE ACCOMMODATE THOSE
11:17:53 REQUESTS.
11:17:54 AND IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CHAIR THIS WEEK, ONE OF THE
11:17:57 THINGS THAT SORT OF CAME OUT WAS WE WERE LOOKING SO MUCH AND
11:18:01 SO NARROWLY FOCUSED ON THE CULTURAL ASSETS AS OPPOSED TO THE
11:18:07 WHOLE CRA AND LOOKING AT ACCOMMODATING EVERYONE, NOT JUST
11:18:12 THE CULTURAL ASSETS, BUT THE FUTURE OF DOWNTOWN, ESPECIALLY
11:18:16 IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, AS WE GO INTO AN UPDATED STRATEGIC
11:18:20 ACTION PLAN AND COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR DOWNTOWN.
11:18:24 SO FROM MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CHAIR ABOUT THE OTHER
11:18:29 NEEDS OF DOWNTOWN, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE ARMY NAVY STORE
11:18:35 THAT WE JUST ACQUIRED LAST FALL AND LOOKING IN THIS COMING
11:18:38 YEAR TO DEFINE A SCOPE AND GO OUT FOR AN RFP TO GET THAT
11:18:42 DEVELOPED INTO WORKFORCE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ANY
11:18:47 ASSOCIATED TRANSPORTATION HUBS, INFRASTRUCTURE, GREENSPACE
11:18:53 SURROUNDING THAT PROPERTY.
11:18:54 ALSO, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUY MORE PARK SPACE IN
11:18:59 NORTHERN DOWNTOWN FOR THE AREAS THAT ARE SERVING THE
11:19:02 RESIDENTS WHO ARE LIVING THERE OR WILL LIVE THERE IN THE
11:19:05 NEAR FUTURE THAT ISN'T ALWAYS RIGHT ALONG THE RIVERWALK AND
11:19:08 ISN'T THE GLITZY PARKS, THAT WE HAVE THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD
11:19:11 PARKS FOR THAT GROWING RESIDENTIAL POPULATION THAT WE HAVE
11:19:14 ON THE NORTH SIDE OF DOWNTOWN AND THAT WE HOPE TO GROW.
11:19:19 SO WHAT I DID IS GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE NUMBERS.
11:19:23 THAT'S WHAT I PUT ON YOUR DESK.
11:19:27 IF YOU CAN BRING UP THE MONITOR, I'D APPRECIATE IT.
11:19:30 SO ONE QUICK CLARIFICATION.
11:19:37 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LINE WHERE I HAVE THE YELLOW HIGHLIGHTS
11:19:40 WHERE YOU SEE LESS REVENUE AND FUND BALANCE AT $11 MILLION
11:19:43 AND THEN AS YOU GO TO THE RIGHT AND IT'S ALSO HIGHLIGHTED IN
11:19:46 13, THESE ARE A RUNNING BALANCE.
11:19:50 SO THESE WOULD BE THE BALANCES IF NO ADDITIONAL MONEY WAS
11:19:55 SPENT.
11:19:55 SO THESE ARE NOT AT THE END OF EACH YEAR YOU WOULD HAVE THIS
11:19:59 MUCH EACH YEAR AUTOMATICALLY.
11:20:02 IT IS CUMULATIVE.
11:20:03 SO IN FY '22 OR FY '23, IF WE SPEND ON ANY ADDITIONAL
11:20:09 PROJECTS ANY PART OF THAT 11 OR 13 MILLION, THE 13 MILLION
11:20:13 YOU SEE OFF ON THE RIGHT IN 2025, THAT ALSO GOES DOWN.
11:20:18 SO WHAT THIS IS TELLING YOU IS THAT FOR THOSE FOUR FISCAL
11:20:21 YEARS, FY '22 THROUGH FY '25, YOU ONLY HAVE $13 MILLION, AN
11:20:27 ESTIMATED $13 MILLION TO SPEND ACROSS ALL FOUR OF THOSE
11:20:34 FISCAL YEARS.
11:20:34 AGAIN, THE PLANNING BUDGET DID NOT PLAN FOR ANY ADDITIONAL
11:20:38 PROJECTS EXCEPT FOR WHAT WAS ALREADY ON THE BOOKS.
11:20:42 IF WE PUT MONEY TOWARDS HOUSING, EITHER IN ACQUIRING ANOTHER
11:20:46 PROPERTY TO PROMOTE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WORKFORCE
11:20:50 HOUSING OR ANY MONEY WE PUT INTO THE ARMY SAFE STORE, YOU
11:20:54 CAN SEE AT THAT NEXT SIDELINE THAT BY 2025, THERE'S VERY
11:20:59 LITTLE MONEY LEFT OVER.
11:21:00 SO WHAT I DID OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS IS THE LOWER HALF
11:21:06 TO STILL FULLY FUND THE REQUEST FOR ALL THE CULTURAL ASSETS
11:21:10 THAT HAVE COME AND TALKED TO US SO FAR AND WITH THE OFFER BY
11:21:16 BOTH THE STRAZ AND THE TAMPA MUSEUM OF ART, THAT THEY WERE
11:21:21 FLEXIBLE IN HOW THEY -- THE TIMING OF WHEN THEY GET THEIR
11:21:25 FUNDS.
11:21:26 I DID NOT EXTEND IT OUT BEYOND 2027.
11:21:29 I HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE COMING AND ASKING ME, YOU KNOW, THEY
11:21:32 WERE WILLING TO EXTEND IT BEYOND THAT.
11:21:34 THEY ARE WILLING TO STRETCH IT OUT AS LONG AS THEY KNOW THE
11:21:37 MONEY IS COMING.
11:21:38 I DID NOT TAKE THAT APPROACH.
11:21:40 I JUST ADJUSTED A COUPLE OF YEARS SO THAT WE COULD REDUCE
11:21:45 SOME OF THE EARLY YEARS WHEN THE CRA ITSELF WOULD HAVE VERY
11:21:48 LIMITED FUNDS, BUT ADD IT BACK ON TO THE END YEAR WHEN THERE
11:21:52 ARE FEWER REQUESTS BEING FUNDED IN FY '26 AND '27.
11:21:56 SO WE STILL HAVE THE 25 MILLION FROM THE STRAZ.
11:22:00 IT WOULD STILL BE FY '23 THROUGH '27.
11:22:03 WE WOULD STILL BE LOOKING AT THE 12 AND A HALF MILLION FOR
11:22:07 THE MUSEUM OF ART, BUT WE DID GO FROM ONE YEAR TO THREE
11:22:11 YEARS WITHIN THAT SAME TIME FRAME.
11:22:13 BUT NOW, INSTEAD OF HAVING 13 MILLION TO SPEND BETWEEN '22
11:22:19 AND '25 FOR THE CRA, WE NOW AT THE BOTTOM YOU CAN SEE 25
11:22:23 MILLION.
11:22:23 SO THAT COULD EQUATE TO 10 MILLION FOR HOUSING OVER THE NEXT
11:22:27 FOUR YEARS, ESPECIALLY LOOKING AT THAT ARMY NAVY STORE AND
11:22:31 OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WITH OUR NEW SAP UPDATE IN THE NEXT YEAR
11:22:35 OR SO, WE WOULD ALSO THEN HAVE MONEY TO MOVE ON THOSE
11:22:38 INITIATIVES.
11:22:39 YOU ALSO HAVE THE FRANKLIN STREET VISION PLAN THAT WILL BE
11:22:42 COMING TO YOU IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO WITH SEVERAL IDEAS
11:22:47 AND IMPROVEMENTS FOR STREET SCAPING AND PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES
11:22:51 WITHIN THE FRANKLIN CORRIDOR.
11:22:54 AND WITHOUT THIS ADJUSTMENT, WE WOULD HAVE TO PICK AND
11:22:58 CHOOSE AND SAY NO TO MOST OF THOSE REQUESTS.
11:23:01 SO WHAT I AM PROPOSING FOR YOU TODAY IS THAT WE LOOK AT
11:23:06 ADOPTING THE PAYOUT SCHEDULE SHOWN ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE
11:23:10 SO THAT WE CAN BOTH FUND OUR CULTURAL ASSETS AND TAKE
11:23:14 ADVANTAGE OF ALL THE MOMENTUM AND EVERYTHING THEY ARE
11:23:17 WORKING ON AND ALL THEIR GREAT PLANS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME,
11:23:20 STILL BE ABLE TO OPERATE AS A CRA AND STILL SERVE THE
11:23:25 RESIDENTS OF DOWNTOWN AND ESPECIALLY, AGAIN, AS WE LOOK
11:23:30 TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RATHER NEGLECTED NORTHERN
11:23:32 HALF OF DOWNTOWN.
11:23:36 >>JOSEPH CITRO: IF I MAY, CRA BOARD MEMBERS, I WENT TO
11:23:42 MS. VAN LOAN AFTER HEARING ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR
11:23:48 ACQUIRING LANDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WORKFORCE HOUSING,
11:23:53 NO MATTER WHAT YOU WANT TO CALL IT.
11:23:56 I STARTED LOOKING AT THE PICTURE OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK
11:24:01 LIKE THERE, WHAT OUR DOWNTOWN IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE LONG
11:24:05 AFTER I'M OFF CITY COUNCIL.
11:24:06 AND WITH THE GROWTH IN DOWNTOWN TAMPA, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE
11:24:11 TO HAVE HOUSING WHERE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING LESS THAN
11:24:16 $25 AN HOUR, LESS THAN $20 AN HOUR MIGHT BE ABLE TO LIVE.
11:24:23 THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BARTENDERS.
11:24:27 THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES.
11:24:28 THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SHOE SHINE.
11:24:30 THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HAIRSTYLISTS.
11:24:32 THOSE TYPE OF PEOPLE SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY
11:24:34 ON THE GAS, MAINTENANCE, UPKEEP, INSURANCE OF THEIR
11:24:37 AUTOMOBILES TO MOVE FROM EAST HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, DRIVE
11:24:40 FROM EAST DOWN HERE.
11:24:42 I THINK WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HOLD ONTO THOSE LANDS AND
11:24:51 TO SUGGEST ON HOW THOSE LANDS WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR
11:24:54 WORKFORCE/AFFORDABLE HOUSING, MAYBE EVEN TALKING ABOUT
11:24:58 PARKING MINIMUM, SO THAT LOWERS THE COST.
11:25:00 I THINK OUR FUTURE IS RIGHT HERE.
11:25:04 THIS IS THE REASON WHY I WENT TO MS. VAN LOAN, AND I'M
11:25:09 HOPING THAT DR. TOMAR AND MS. JUDY LISI WILL BE ABLE TO GET
11:25:14 ON BOARD WITH THIS.
11:25:15 COMMENTS?
11:25:17 QUESTIONS?
11:25:18 IDEAS?
11:25:18 THOUGHTS?
11:25:19 LIKES?
11:25:20 DISLIKES?
11:25:20 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:25:24 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, AND MICHELLE, I THINK
11:25:28 IT LOOKS FINE TO ME.
11:25:29 I THINK THAT THE INSTITUTIONS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO HELP HAVE
11:25:37 MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY ARE FLEXIBLE, AND WHETHER OR NOT WE
11:25:40 FRONT LOAD IT OR MAKE IT LEVEL ACROSS THE WHOLE THING OR
11:25:48 REAR LOAD OUR ASSISTANCE, AS LONG AS OUR ASSISTANCE IS FIRM
11:25:51 AND THEY CAN RELY ON IT, THEN I THINK THAT'S THE MOST
11:25:55 IMPORTANT PART.
11:25:56 I, FOR ONE, AM COMFORTABLE, MR. CHAIRMAN, AND I APPRECIATE
11:26:01 YOUR LEADERSHIP ON IT.
11:26:02 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I THANK YOU.
11:26:03 ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THIS?
11:26:06 GO AHEAD, COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:26:11 >>LUIS VIERA: SO LET ME ASK A QUESTION.
11:26:14 ARE WE GOING TO BE ASKED TO TAKE A VOTE ON THIS TODAY?
11:26:17 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MS. VAN LOAN, IS THIS GOING TO BE TODAY OR
11:26:19 THE 7th?
11:26:20 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: WELL, IF YOU ARE --
11:26:22 >>JOSEPH CITRO: EXCUSE ME, 9th.
11:26:23 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: -- IF YOU ALL ARE GENERALLY IN
11:26:26 AGREEMENT WITH IT, WE WILL INCORPORATE IT INTO THE
11:26:28 DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WE ARE NEGOTIATING CURRENTLY WITH
11:26:31 THE STRAZ.
11:26:34 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THAT IS GOING TO TAKE A MOTION TODAY.
11:26:38 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: PREFERRED, YES, OR GENERAL CONSENSUS.
11:26:41 IF WE GET THE GENERAL IDEA THAT YOU ARE NOT OKAY WITH IT,
11:26:45 THEN WE WILL TRY AND DO SOMETHING ELSE.
11:26:49 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
11:26:51 ON THE STRAZ ISSUE, I'M NOT OPPOSED.
11:26:52 I'M NOT FOR IT.
11:26:53 I HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS.
11:26:54 BUT I DO THINK, AGAIN, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SLOW
11:26:57 SOMETHING DOWN BECAUSE OF INQUIRIES ON MY PART.
11:27:01 I DO THINK THERE IS A MAJORITY CONSENSUS ON THIS BOARD IN
11:27:04 FAVOR OF THAT, IS THAT CORRECT?
11:27:05 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I BELIEVE SO.
11:27:06 I KNOW THAT I AM.
11:27:07 IF WE WANT TO HAVE A SHOW OF HANDS, WE CAN DO THAT.
11:27:10 BUT I THINK WE ARE.
11:27:12 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN, JUST TO CLARIFY AND HELP,
11:27:15 AT THE END OF THE MEETING, WHEN YOU ASK FOR MOTIONS, I WAS
11:27:19 ACTUALLY GOING TO MAKE A MOTION, BUT I CAN DO IT NOW, FOR
11:27:26 STAFF TO BRING BACK THE FINAL AGREEMENT WITH THE STRAZ IN
11:27:29 THE SEPTEMBER MEETING BECAUSE IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT
11:27:34 IT'S JUST ABOUT RIGHT.
11:27:38 MR. MASSEY AND I'M SURE BRIAN AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN WORKING
11:27:41 HARD ON THAT, MICHELLE, ET CETERA.
11:27:44 AND I THINK WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR A LONG TIME.
11:27:48 IF MICHELLE, LIKE I SAY, WANTS TO REAR LOAD THE MONEY IS
11:27:52 EVERYBODY IS MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, I'M GOOD WITH THAT.
11:27:55 BUT I THINK IT'S TIME TO GO AHEAD AND FORMALIZE THAT
11:27:58 AGREEMENT.
11:27:59 >>LUIS VIERA: I'LL SECOND THAT.
11:28:00 THAT WILL GIVE US TIME FOR QUESTIONS AND SO FORTH.
11:28:03 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN GUDES, PLEASE.
11:28:08 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE'RE GOING TO BACK IN THIS, RIGHT, MS. VAN
11:28:10 LOAN?
11:28:11 WE'RE GOING TO BACK IN THIS, RIGHT?
11:28:16 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: WELL, YES.
11:28:18 IF IT HAS BEEN THE PLEASURE OF THE CRA BOARD OVER SEVERAL
11:28:23 DIFFERENT MEETINGS BETWEEN THE TERM SHEET AND YOUR CONSENSUS
11:28:26 VOTE IN JUNE THAT YOU WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE
11:28:30 FUNDING OF THE CULTURAL ASSETS.
11:28:31 SO THIS IS OUR BEST ATTEMPT AND A LITTLE BIT MORE THOUGHT
11:28:36 OUT ATTEMPT TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE CRA ITSELF
11:28:39 AND ALSO MEET THE NEEDS AND THE DIRECTION THAT THE CRA WOULD
11:28:43 LIKE TO GO AS IT RELATES TO OUR CULTURAL ASSETS.
11:28:50 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I WANT TO MAKE SURE IN THAT CLAUSE THAT
11:28:53 WE'RE GETTING OUR BANG FOR OUR BUCK.
11:28:57 THAT'S MY BIGGEST CONCERN WITH 25 MILLION.
11:28:59 I KNOW IT'S A GREAT CAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO DO, JUMP FROM 15
11:29:06 TO 25, BUT I JUST HAVE TO BE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT THIS
11:29:15 BODY, ALONG WITH THE CAC, THAT WE ARE A PART OF THAT.
11:29:21 I'M UP FRONT WITH THAT, THAT THIS BODY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
11:29:26 THE COUNTY, CAN'T COUNT ON THE COUNTY.
11:29:27 THEY COUNT ON OUR MONEY RIGHT NOW FOR SURE.
11:29:30 FOR SURE THEY ARE COUNTING ON THIS.
11:29:32 FOR ME, I NEED TO BE ASSURED THAT WHAT IS OUR BANG IN THE
11:29:41 GAME SO PEOPLE CAN KNOW THAT THIS BODY, THIS CITY THAT WE
11:29:47 NEED TO DO TO HAVE A GREAT CULTURAL ASSET FOR PEOPLE AND
11:29:54 THAT THE PEOPLE CAN SAY WE DID THAT.
11:29:57 NOT JUST THE STRAZ, BUT THE PEOPLE, BECAUSE IT IS THE
11:29:59 PEOPLE'S MONEY.
11:30:00 I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IN THIS AGREEMENT THAT THERE ARE
11:30:03 SOME THINGS IN THERE SAYING THAT WE, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO
11:30:07 DO AS FAR AS BUILDING, ANYTHING, BUT I NEED TO KNOW WE'LL
11:30:13 GET A BANG FOR OUR BUCK.
11:30:15 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I COULD --
11:30:16 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:30:17 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: AS YOUR STRAZ REPRESENTATIVE, LET ME
11:30:22 CHIME IN A LITTLE BIT ON THIS.
11:30:23 NUMBER ONE, I THINK THE STRAZ FOLKS ARE ONLINE IF YOU WANT
11:30:25 TO HEAR FROM THEM TODAY.
11:30:28 THEY INDICATED THEY'D BE AVAILABLE.
11:30:35 NUMBER TWO IS IN REGARD TO THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT, AS MR. VIERA
11:30:38 INDICATED, WE COULD USE AND WE WILL USE THE NEXT 30 DAYS TO
11:30:42 BE ABLE TO SCOUR THAT DOCUMENT IN DETAIL AND ASK STAFF
11:30:49 QUESTIONS IN THE INTERIM TO MAKE SURE THAT IT MEETS YOUR
11:30:53 EXPECTATIONS, COUNCILMAN GUDES, WHICH I THINK ARE COMPLETELY
11:30:57 LEGITIMATE.
11:30:59 I WILL SAY THE CAC HAS MASSAGED THIS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF
11:31:04 MONTHS.
11:31:05 MICHELLE, YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I BELIEVE
11:31:08 THEY ULTIMATELY VOTED UNANIMOUSLY, THE DOWNTOWN CAC,
11:31:12 UNANIMOUSLY IN SUPPORT, AFTER A LOT OF GOOD QUESTIONS, GOOD
11:31:16 Q & A.
11:31:18 MICHELLE HAS BEEN RAKING THEM OVER THE COALS IN TERMS OF
11:31:20 WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO USE THE MONEY FOR AND MORRIS TO MAKE
11:31:25 SURE THAT IT'S LEGALLY APPROPRIATE AND APPROPRIATE UNDER OUR
11:31:29 CRA GUIDELINES.
11:31:30 SO I THINK OVER THE LAST WHAT FEELS LIKE ABOUT A YEAR NOW,
11:31:36 WE'VE BEEN GIVING THIS A REALLY GOOD MASSAGE, AND I THINK
11:31:41 THAT WE SHOULD HOPEFULLY BE READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE
11:31:47 SEPTEMBER VOTE.
11:31:48 THAT'S THE INTENT OF MY MOTION.
11:31:51 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ARE YOU FINISHED, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER?
11:31:54 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES, SIR.
11:31:55 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:31:56 I'M LOOKING AT THE WHOLE PICTURE HERE.
11:31:58 WHEN YOU LOOK AT TWO THINGS, CULTURAL ASSET FUNDING
11:32:01 ORIGINAL.
11:32:01 THE SUMS OF THE DIGIT FOR FIVE YEARS EQUALS TOTAL SUM TO BE
11:32:05 SPENT THROUGH THE YEAR '22 TO '27.
11:32:08 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CULTURAL ASSET FUNDING PROPOSAL, WHICH
11:32:11 IS THE SAME THING AS THE ORIGINAL, BECAUSE FUNDS THAT ARE
11:32:14 FROM ONE AREA, SAME FUNDS THAT PAY FOR THE OTHER AREA, OTHER
11:32:17 THAT YOU ARE BACK LOADING ON THE CULTURAL ASSET FUNDING
11:32:20 PROPOSAL TELLS ME THERE'S DOUBT.
11:32:22 BECAUSE YOU'RE STARTING OFF WITH 2.5 FIGURE, AND YOU'RE
11:32:26 ENDING UP WITH 8.5 FIGURE, IN THE YEAR 2027 IS GOING TO BE
11:32:31 VERY, VERY CRITICAL FOR THIS CITY.
11:32:34 THAT'S THE YEAR THAT EVERYTHING ENDS.
11:32:35 THERE WILL BE NO MORE CIT TAX FUNDING.
11:32:41 THERE WILL BE A LOT OF THINGS DIFFERENT.
11:32:43 WHEN I SEE THIS AND I SEE WHAT'S COMING, IT LOOKS LIKE AN
11:32:47 APEX WITH AN EXPLOSION AT THE END OF THE APEX.
11:32:52 WHEN FLORIDA AVENUE MEETS NEBRASKA AVENUE, THE ROAD BECOMES
11:32:57 A LITTLE WIDER, AND THE WAY I'M LOOKING AT IT, WHEN THIS
11:33:02 ROAD HITS 2027, THE ROAD SEEMS A LITTLE NARROWER WITH A
11:33:05 BUNCH OF MONEY TO BE PAID.
11:33:07 AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT MONEY THAT
11:33:10 WAY.
11:33:10 YOU'RE TAKING A RISK, A BIG RISK WHEN YOU STRETCH IT OUT IN
11:33:17 A SYSTEM WHICH YOU'RE DOING BECAUSE IT'S TELLING ME, OR THE
11:33:21 WAY I THINK, ANYWAY, BECAUSE THERE'S SOME DOUBT SOMEWHERE
11:33:24 ABOUT THE FUNDING.
11:33:26 THERE'S NOT --
11:33:27 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: NO, SIR.
11:33:28 IF YOU LOOK AT 2027, AT BOTH THE ORIGINAL AND THE PROPOSED,
11:33:32 YOUR BOTTOM LINE REVENUE WOULD STILL BE AT THE 45 MILLION.
11:33:36 YOU'RE STILL SPENDING THE EXACT SAME.
11:33:38 ALL THAT WE'RE DOING IS BECAUSE THERE ARE MULTIPLE PAYOUTS
11:33:43 HAPPENING DURING THE EARLY YEARS FROM THE CRA.
11:33:47 SO BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE THE STRAZ, THERE WOULD BE UNION
11:33:51 STATION, THERE WOULD BE JACKSON HOUSE.
11:33:53 THERE WOULD BE THE THIRD CULTURAL ASSET, A LOT OF THOSE ARE
11:33:57 ALL HAPPENING IN THOSE FIRST FEW YEARS.
11:33:59 SO ALL WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS REDUCE JUST SOME OF THAT PAYOUT
11:34:05 IN THE EARLY YEARS SO WE CAN BALANCE IT IF YOU LOOK AT THE
11:34:08 TOTAL ACROSS ALL THE CULTURAL ASSETS, IT'S JUST MORE
11:34:11 BALANCED AS YOU ADD THEM ALL UP.
11:34:14 IT'S ONLY ON THE ONE THAT WE REDUCED IT A LITTLE BIT AT THE
11:34:18 FRONT TO PAY IT IN THE BACK BECAUSE THE OTHERS WOULD HAVE
11:34:21 ALREADY BEEN PAID OFF AT THE SMALLER AMOUNTS.
11:34:23 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I SAW THAT AND I WANT TO PUT ON THE
11:34:25 RECORD, IN FACT, THERE ARE TWO OF THEM WHERE THE PAYMENTS
11:34:28 ARE SOMETHING PLUS 500,000.
11:34:30 THE BEGINNING AND AT THE END.
11:34:33 AND I SEE THAT.
11:34:34 AND I JUST WANTED YOU TO SAY IT ON THE RECORD BECAUSE IT
11:34:38 WASN'T THAT CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC THAT'S VIEWING THIS HOW THE
11:34:40 FUNDING, THE MECHANISMS WOULD BE.
11:34:42 NOW I UNDERSTAND.
11:34:43 I KNEW IT BEFORE, BUT I WANTED YOU TO SAY IT ON THE RECORD
11:34:46 BECAUSE THAT WAS NEVER EXPLAINED TO US BEFORE.
11:34:48 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PUTTING IT ON THE RECORD.
11:34:50 I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWER.
11:34:53 >>JOSEPH CITRO: BEFORE WE PROCEED, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER,
11:34:55 PLEASE, JUST STATE THAT YOUR MOTION IS BASED ON THE FIGURES
11:34:58 THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US, THAT MICHELLE VAN LOAN HAS GIVEN US.
11:35:02 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YEAH.
11:35:03 AND SPECIFICALLY I THINK WE POINTED TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT
11:35:06 PAGE, WHICH IS IT IDENTIFIED SEPARATELY?
11:35:13 OKAY.
11:35:16 IT'S CALLED CULTURAL ASSET FUNDING PROPOSED AS OPPOSED TO
11:35:21 ORIGINAL.
11:35:21 THE ORIGINAL IS A FLAT LINE 5 MILLION ACROSS THE BOARD WITH
11:35:25 A 12 AND A HALF LUMP SUM TO THE MUSEUM OF ART IN 2024, THIS
11:35:31 SPREADS IT OUT DIFFERENTLY, BUT STILL AT THE END OF THE DAY,
11:35:37 IT'S THE SAME 25 MILLION OVER THE FIVE YEARS FOR THE
11:35:43 PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AND SAME 12.5 FOR THE MUSEUM OF ART,
11:35:48 JUST LIKE I SAY, SPREAD OUT DIFFERENTLY AND A LITTLE BIT
11:35:51 REAR LOADED FOR THE STRAZ.
11:35:54 THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:35:55 THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
11:35:56 THE MOTION IS TO BRING IT BACK IN SEPTEMBER -- BRING THE
11:35:59 STRAZ BACK -- STRAZ AGREEMENT BACK IN SEPTEMBER UTILIZING
11:36:03 THAT FORMULA THAT MICHELLE PROVIDED.
11:36:06 >>JOSEPH CITRO: OKAY.
11:36:07 MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:36:10 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:36:12 DO WE NEED A ROLL CALL?
11:36:14 I WOULD PREFER A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.
11:36:16 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, BILL, NOT ONLY
11:36:19 BRING BACK THE DOCUMENT, BUT BRING IT BACK FOR A VOTE.
11:36:26 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:36:27 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:36:29 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: [INAUDIBLE]
11:36:32 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:36:33 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:36:36 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:36:39 >> CALL MIRANDA AGAIN, PLEASE.
11:36:42 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:36:43 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
11:36:44 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:36:49 >>JOSEPH CITRO: CRA BOARD MEMBERS, WHEN I HAD THIS
11:36:53 CONVERSATION WITH MICHELLE, AND I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE
11:36:57 OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE LAND ACQUISITIONS, ALL OF YOU KNOW
11:37:00 THAT I CHAMPIONED FOR THE OLD ARMY NAVY STORE TO BE BOUGHT
11:37:04 TO BE USED SPECIFICALLY FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING.
11:37:06 THIS PROPERTY MAY BE VERY NEAR THAT AND/OR ABUTTING IT.
11:37:09 SO THE DECISIONS WE MAKE TODAY WILL BE IN EFFECT 40 YEARS
11:37:20 FROM NOW.
11:37:20 I'M HOPING THAT THIS PROJECT, I'M HOPING THAT THESE LANDS
11:37:23 CAN BE USED IN A PROPER WAY FOR THOSE THAT, AGAIN, ARE ON
11:37:30 THE LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC SCALE, THAT CAN'T AFFORD LIVING
11:37:34 DOWNTOWN BUT WORK DOWN HERE.
11:37:35 GENTLEMEN, I THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FOR THIS VOTE, AND
11:37:39 THANK YOU, MS. VAN LOAN, FOR DOING THE HARD LEGWORK ON THIS.
11:37:44 I DO APPRECIATE IT.
11:37:45 THANK YOU.
11:37:47 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: SO NOW IF WE MOVE ON TO THE FY '22
11:37:50 PLANNING BUDGET WITH THE PowerPoint.
11:37:51 I DID PROVIDE ALL OF YOU THE ACTUAL RECOMMENDED BUDGETS FROM
11:38:00 THE RESPECTIVE CACs, SO YOU HAVE THAT.
11:38:03 IT WAS LOADED INTO SIRE.
11:38:05 SO IF THERE'S ANYONE LISTENING ONLINE, YOU ARE ABLE TO
11:38:08 ACCESS THE ACTUAL BUDGET PAGES, THE PROPOSED BUDGET PAGES AT
11:38:12 THE CLERK'S OFFICE THROUGH THE AGENDA FOR TODAY BY CLICKING
11:38:15 ON MY PRESENTATION, AND IT WILL BRING UP THAT PDF OF THOSE
11:38:20 EIGHT RESPECTIVE BUDGETS.
11:38:21 SO OVERALL, WE SAW -- WE ARE NOW AT 45 MILLION, 255, LITTLE
11:38:30 OVER 6 MILLION MORE THAN WE DID LAST YEAR.
11:38:32 OVERALL, WE HAVE A 14.8% INCREASE IN OUR REVENUES.
11:38:35 LAST YEAR, WE DID HAVE AN 18%, AND YOU DO SEE THAT SLOWDOWN
11:38:40 IN CHANNEL DISTRICT IN DOWNTOWN, PARTIALLY BECAUSE OF COVID
11:38:45 DURING 2020 AND ALSO, ESPECIALLY IN YOUR SMALLER DISTRICTS
11:38:49 LIKE CHANNEL DISTRICT YOU SEE THE BIG BUMP-UP WHEN WE GET A
11:38:54 NEW BUILDING THAT COMES ONLINE IN DOWNTOWN, WHEN WE SEE A
11:38:57 COUPLE OF NEW BUILDINGS, WE WILL GET THAT BIGGER BUMP IN OUR
11:39:01 REVENUES, BUT THEN WHEN WE ARE IN BETWEEN AND IN
11:39:03 CONSTRUCTION AND WE'RE WAITING FOR THOSE NEW BUILDINGS TO
11:39:06 COME ONLINE, THE GROWTH IN REVENUE IS A LITTLE BIT SLOWER.
11:39:10 WE DO HAVE FOR THE FIRST TIME, THIS IS HOW OUR FUNDS ARE
11:39:14 ALLOCATED OVER THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
11:39:16 AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE ARE PRESENTING TO YOU A BUDGET
11:39:19 WHERE THE REDEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT OF 43% IN THE BIG BLUE IS
11:39:26 LARGER THAN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT YOU SEE IN
11:39:29 THE PURPLE.
11:39:30 NORMALLY WE ARE VERY HEAVY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, AND
11:39:32 IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS THERE HAS BEEN SUCH A GREAT
11:39:36 FOCUS ON PROGRAMS AND ASSISTANCE AND MORE OF THE VERTICAL
11:39:40 IMPROVEMENTS.
11:39:41 YOU'VE BEEN APPROVING PROGRAMS FOR WEST TAMPA AND FOR EAST
11:39:43 TAMPA FOR BOTH HOUSING AND ALSO ASSISTING BUSINESSES WITH
11:39:47 THEIR GROWTH.
11:39:48 THE IMPROVEMENTS OF THE AGING BUILDING AND SUPPORTING OUR
11:39:50 HISTORICAL STRUCTURES.
11:39:51 AND THAT IS REFLECTED IN THIS BUDGET FOR FY '22.
11:39:54 SOME OF THE NOTABLE CHANGES, LAST YEAR, WE STARTED WHERE WE
11:39:59 SHIFTED MORE AND MORE OF THE CRA STAFF TO BE FUNDED 100%
11:40:03 FROM THE TIF TO SEPARATE US FROM THE GENERAL FUND, AND ANY
11:40:08 ASSOCIATED DUTIES FROM THE REST OF THE CITY.
11:40:11 AGAIN, OUR FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS SURPASSED OUR CAPITAL
11:40:15 INVESTMENTS.
11:40:16 WE DO HAVE AN INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR OUR HOUSING PROGRAMS.
11:40:19 THE BUDGET DOES INCLUDE THREE NEW FTEs, THE HOUSING
11:40:23 COUNSELOR AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT AND THE
11:40:25 COMMUNICATIONS, AND EVEN WITH THREE NEW FTEs, YOU'LL
11:40:30 NOTICE THAT OUR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ARE STILL AT ONLY 4.6%
11:40:34 OF OUR ENTIRE BUDGET.
11:40:36 WE ALSO HAVE THE COMPLETION OF THE CHANNEL DISTRICT AND EAST
11:40:38 TAMPA STRATEGIC ACTION PLANS COMING UP THIS FALL, AND WE DO
11:40:42 ANTICIPATE TWO ADDITIONAL CACs, BOTH WITH VALERIE FERRELL,
11:40:47 ONE BEING TAMPA HEIGHTS AND THE OTHER ONE BEING DOWNTOWN, TO
11:40:50 START INITIATING THEIR PLAN UPDATES ALSO DURING FY '22.
11:40:54 MOVING ON TO THE INDIVIDUAL CRAs, WITH DOWNTOWN, AGAIN,
11:41:00 THE BIG FOCUS IS INITIATING THEIR UPDATE OF THEIR SAP AND
11:41:05 COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.
11:41:07 AS VALERIE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, WE ARE ENTERING INTO THAT
11:41:11 LOAN FOR THE 32 MILLION CONVENTION CENTER EXPANSION AND
11:41:15 IMPROVEMENTS, AND SO THAT KICKS OFF IN FY '22.
11:41:18 WE WILL SEE THE FINAL REHABILITATION OF HERMAN MASSEY PARK,
11:41:24 AND KID MASON COMMUNITY CENTER.
11:41:27 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARMY/NAVY STORE.
11:41:30 THAT PROPERTY DOES HAVE OTHER PROPERTIES AROUND IT THAT WE
11:41:33 WOULD BE LOOKING AT.
11:41:34 AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE GRID ALIGNMENT, THE STREETS COME
11:41:37 THROUGH AN ANGLE THROUGH SEVERAL -- BETWEEN THE CRA AND THE
11:41:42 CITY, WE OWN PROPERTY, BUT THE STREET GRID IS NOT STRAIGHT.
11:41:46 SO IT MAKES IT HARDER TO DEVELOP THOSE PROPERTIES.
11:41:49 SO WE WOULD BE LOOKING TO ALIGN THAT GRID SO THAT WE CAN GET
11:41:52 MORE OF A COHERENT DEVELOPMENT AND GET MORE DEVELOPMENT ON
11:41:58 THERE ALONG WITH VERY STRATEGIC GREENSPACE AS AMENITIES FOR
11:42:03 THE DEVELOPMENTS.
11:42:04 AND, AGAIN, WE CONTINUE WITH SPP, AS YOU SEE MUCH OF THE
11:42:09 INFRASTRUCTURE AND NOW THE LANDSCAPING AND THE AMENITIES
11:42:12 THAT ARE COMPLETING ALL OF THE UNDERGROUND WORK THAT WAS THE
11:42:16 FIRST ORIGINAL PHASE.
11:42:18 FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE NOT ON CRA BOARD AT THAT TIME, THE
11:42:23 BEGINNING OF THIS WORK WAS COMPLETELY REDOING ALL OF THE
11:42:26 INFRASTRUCTURE UNDERNEATH THE STREET, THE STORMWATER, THE
11:42:29 WASTEWATER, AND THE WATER PIPES, THAT WERE NOT ABLE TO
11:42:32 HANDLE THE SIZE DEVELOPMENT THAT WATER STREET OR ANYONE ELSE
11:42:37 WHO WOULD HAVE BUILT HIGH-RISES AND HIGHER DENSITY THERE,
11:42:40 OUR INFRASTRUCTURE WAS NOT CAPABLE OF HANDLING IT.
11:42:43 OUR TIF REVENUE FOR DOWNTOWN, WE WILL BE AT 17895.
11:42:47 AGAIN, IT'S A NICE GROWTH, BUT IT'S JUST LEVELING OFF A
11:42:50 LITTLE AFTER FY '20.
11:42:53 HERE IS THEIR BUDGET.
11:42:55 AGAIN, YOU HAVE THE MORE DETAILED PAGES.
11:42:57 SO WE ARE SHOWING YOU THE REMAINING BALANCES FOR CRAs, OUR
11:43:02 MONEY DOES NOT EXPIRE THE WAY IT WOULD FOR THE GENERAL FUND,
11:43:07 AND FOR US, WHEN WE HAVE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, SO WE HAVE A
11:43:10 PROGRAM, WE CAN PUT 500,000 OR 750,000 INTO A PROGRAM, AND
11:43:15 THAT MAY FUND IT FOR A YEAR OR TWO, AND THAT MOVES FORWARD.
11:43:19 SO IN THIS BUDGET, YOU SEE SEVERAL ITEMS THAT LOOK LIKE IT'S
11:43:23 A FUND BALANCE SUCH AS KID MASON OR HERMAN MASSEY, BUT THOSE
11:43:27 NUMBERS WILL GET CLOSE TO ZERO BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE END
11:43:30 OF THE YEAR, AND YOU SEE THE ALLOCATION FOR THE LAST PAYMENT
11:43:35 OF THE CURRENT LOAN FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER AND THEN THE
11:43:37 NEW LOAN THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT VALERIE REFERENCED, AND
11:43:40 THEN ALSO OUR ANNUAL PAYMENT FOR THE MASTER INFRASTRUCTURE
11:43:44 AGREEMENT PROGRAM WITH SPP.
11:43:47 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:43:49 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU.
11:43:50 MICHELLE, I SORT OF HAVE A BIG-PICTURE POLICY QUESTION THAT
11:43:55 I'D LIKE TO THROW OUT TO THE BOARD.
11:43:58 AND I KNOW THE WITCHING HOUR IS APPROACHING OF NOON AND
11:44:07 WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUT BEFORE NOON.
11:44:09 THIS IS KIND OF AN IMPORTANT QUESTION.
11:44:10 I SAW IN THREE DIFFERENT BUDGETS, INCLUDING THE CHANNELSIDE
11:44:16 BUDGET HAS A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
11:44:18 I'M NOT SURE ABOUT DOWNTOWN AND THE YBOR BUDGET HAS A
11:44:22 $400,000 BUDGET FOR POLICING.
11:44:28 I THINK THAT'S CALLED COMMUNITY POLICING AND THAT SORT OF
11:44:32 THING.
11:44:32 IT CONCERNS ME A LITTLE BIT PHILOSOPHICALLY.
11:44:37 OF COURSE, WE'RE ALL BIG SUPPORTERS OF TPD, AND THEY HAVE A
11:44:44 HUGE PART OF OUR CITY BUDGET.
11:44:46 BUT I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE CRA WAS TO TAKE
11:44:51 THIS ADDITIONAL TIF MONEY AND CREATE ENHANCEMENTS OVER AND
11:44:58 ABOVE THE TYPICAL CITY BUDGET.
11:45:00 AND THIS IS WHY I BRING THIS UP.
11:45:05 OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT POLICING.
11:45:08 WE WANT COMMUNITY POLICING.
11:45:10 WE WANT EVERY PART OF THE CITY, INCLUDING ALL OF THESE
11:45:15 DISTRICTS.
11:45:15 BUT THE QUESTION IN MY MIND IS -- AND I KNOW WE'RE STARTING
11:45:19 SMALL HERE, BUT SMALL THINGS BECOME BIG THINGS.
11:45:24 IT'S POTENTIALLY A SLIPPERY SLOPE.
11:45:27 SO I JUST THROW IT OUT TO COUNCIL.
11:45:29 IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY HEARTBURN WITH NOT THE POLICING PART
11:45:33 OF IT, BUT SHOULD THE CRA BE FUNDING ADDITIONAL POLICE IN
11:45:39 THESE AREAS.
11:45:39 AND I WILL NOTE WE'VE HAD THE ENVIRONMENTAL DETECTIVE FOR
11:45:45 MANY YEARS IN EAST TAMPA, AND I SUPPORT THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S
11:45:48 A SPECIALIZED UNIT.
11:45:50 WE'VE HAD CODE ENFORCEMENT, ADDITIONAL CODE ENFORCEMENT, I
11:45:53 THINK IN YBOR CITY, AND I'M IN FAVOR OF THAT BECAUSE THAT'S
11:45:57 A SPECIALIZED ACTIVITY.
11:45:58 BECAUSE YBOR CITY HAS UNIQUE ISSUES.
11:46:02 BUT WHEN I SEE SOMETHING LIKE COMMUNITY POLICING, IT JUST
11:46:08 HAS ME SCRATCHING MY HEAD, IS THAT THE POLICY WE WANT IN
11:46:12 PLACE?
11:46:12 AND IS THAT SOMETHING WE WANT TO CONTINUE OVER WITH?
11:46:18 I'M NOT NECESSARILY ASKING FOR EVERYBODY TO DECIDE.
11:46:21 I'M JUST SORT OF THROWING THAT OUT AT YOU TODAY WITHOUT ANY
11:46:25 WARNING, BUT IT'S SOMETHING YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT
11:46:28 BEFORE WE HAVE A FINAL VOTE ON THE BUDGET, WHAT IS THAT,
11:46:31 NEXT MONTH, MR. CHAIR?
11:46:33 IS THAT NEXT MONTH?
11:46:36 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I BELIEVE IT IS.
11:46:37 MS. VAN LOAN, IT IS NEXT MONTH, CORRECT?
11:46:39 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: YES, SIR.
11:46:40 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
11:46:41 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I DON'T KNOW.
11:46:42 DOES ANYBODY HAVE THOUGHTS ON THAT?
11:46:43 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:46:44 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I DON'T HAVE HEARTBURN.
11:46:46 I'M JUST BALD.
11:46:47 GOING ALONG THOSE LINES, THIS IS NOT NEW.
11:46:51 YOU HAVE VERY -- VARIOUS COMMUNITIES, NEIGHBORHOOD
11:46:55 ASSOCIATIONS WHO PAY FOR POLICING MORE THAN WHAT WE OFFER
11:46:59 BECAUSE THEY WANT BETTER SERVICE.
11:47:02 AND THAT WAY IT IS A BALANCE OF THE WHOLE CITY.
11:47:05 WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE, AND I'M ONLY MAKING AN ASSUMPTION,
11:47:08 WHERE YOU HAVE COMMUNITY POLICING MEANS THAT SOMETIMES YOU
11:47:13 HAVE A LOT MORE ACTIVITY THAN WHAT YOU REALIZE YOU WANTED
11:47:16 WHEN YOU STARTED.
11:47:17 AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, YOU'VE GOT TO DRAW POLICE FROM THE
11:47:21 NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE THERE FOR THE DISTRICT TO COME IN AND
11:47:24 YOU HAVE VERY LITTLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IF ANY AT ALL.
11:47:26 SO THEY ARE TAKING THE PREPONDERANCE OF THE NEED OF THE CITY
11:47:29 AND USING IT FOR THEIR AREA AND THEREFORE THEY HAVE TO PAY
11:47:34 FOR IT.
11:47:34 I MAY BE WRONG OR NOT 100% CORRECT, BUT I MAKE AN ASSUMPTION
11:47:39 THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
11:47:40 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THE ONLY DIFFERENCE I WOULD SAY, CHARLIE,
11:47:43 AND YOU'RE TOTALLY RIGHT, PARKLAND ESTATES, NEW SUBURB
11:47:48 BEAUTIFUL.
11:47:48 THERE ARE AREAS THAT ARE PRETTY WEALTHY.
11:47:50 THEY PULL TOGETHER THEIR PRIVATE MONEY AND PAY FOR THE
11:47:55 POLICING.
11:47:56 HERE, WE ARE MAKING A DECISION TO USE PUBLIC MONEY FOR THIS
11:48:04 ADDITIONAL POLICING.
11:48:07 PERHAPS COUNCILMAN GUDES WITH HIS BACKGROUND IN POLICING
11:48:13 MIGHT HAVE THE MOST INSIGHT ON THIS.
11:48:14 I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT IS A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE.
11:48:17 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THE PROBLEM IS, IF YOU DO NOT ADDRESS IT
11:48:20 WHEN IT'S HAPPENING, YOU HAVE CHAOS IN THE CITY.
11:48:22 YOU HAVE A BREAKDOWN, AND THE HEALTH AND SAFETY AND WELFARE
11:48:25 OF ALL THE CITIZENS, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE ACTING IRRATIONAL.
11:48:28 THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
11:48:30 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:48:31 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THE CITY HAS GROWN.
11:48:34 YOU HAVE A LOT MORE PEOPLE IN THIS CITY, A LOT MORE
11:48:38 ACTIVITIES.
11:48:40 SO WHEN YOU HAVE AN AREA, TAKE YBOR, YOU HAVE A SQUAD.
11:48:47 YBOR DOES HAVE ONE SPECIALIZED SQUAD.
11:48:50 IT DEALS WITH SOME YBOR ACTIVITIES AND THE OUTSIDE
11:48:54 SURROUNDINGS OF YBOR.
11:48:55 SO WHEN THERE IS A CALL, SHOOTING, MURDER, THOSE UNITS GO TO
11:49:00 THAT CALL FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:49:01 SO THEN WHAT HAPPENS IS -- FOLKS IN YBOR, THEY CALL ME, THE
11:49:10 POLICE ARE PULLED FOR OTHER ACTIVITIES IN THE CITY BECAUSE
11:49:14 OF CIVIL UNREST OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
11:49:16 NOW, I CAN'T HAVE MY EVENTS NOW BECAUSE THERE'S NO POLICE.
11:49:20 THERE ARE NO POLICE.
11:49:22 SO I CAN'T BE ABLE TO HAVE MY FUNCTION TONIGHT BECAUSE THE
11:49:25 POLICE SAY THERE ARE RULES WE HAVE TO HAVE POLICE.
11:49:28 WHAT THE YBOR SITUATION IS, THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT IS, THERE ARE
11:49:32 A LOT MORE PEOPLE IN YBOR.
11:49:35 YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS TO COVER ALL OF YBOR.
11:49:39 I GUESS SOMEHOW WITHIN THE CRA IT TALKS ABOUT POLICING, AND
11:49:43 THEY FOUND A WAY TO CURTAIL TO GET THOSE DOLLARS.
11:49:46 SO NOW YOU HAVE EXTRA OFF-DUTY OFFICERS, WHICH I THINK WHAT
11:49:50 HAPPENS YOU COULDN'T GET OFF-DUTY OFFICERS.
11:49:52 NOBODY WANTS TO WORK BARS ANYMORE, SO WE'VE GIVEN THAT
11:49:56 MONEY, I THINK IT'S GOING TO THE CITY, AND NOW THE CITY IS
11:50:00 WHAT WE CALL MAKING THOSE OFFICERS WORK NOW.
11:50:03 NO DIFFERENT THAN GASPARILLA.
11:50:06 EVERYBODY GOT PAID EXTRA DUTY FOR GASPARILLA.
11:50:09 THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN -- WE'RE GOING TO MAKE EVERYBODY CHANGE
11:50:15 THEIR HOURS TO WORK.
11:50:16 THIS IS KIND OF WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE.
11:50:19 THEY CAN'T GET ANYBODY TO WORK.
11:50:22 OF COURSE, THE CAC SAID, WELL, WE'LL PAY.
11:50:28 STILL COULDN'T GET ANYBODY TO WORK.
11:50:30 MY UNDERSTANDING, HEAR FROM THE GUYS ALL THE TIME.
11:50:34 HOURS HAVE BEEN CHANGED AND THINGS BEEN CHANGED AROUND, SO
11:50:36 NOW THEY ARE MAKING THEM WORK.
11:50:38 BRING EXTRA OFFICERS DOWN THERE TO WORK.
11:50:42 I GET WHERE YOU'RE GOING, MR. DINGFELDER, BUT THE ISSUES YOU
11:50:46 HAVE AND MY DISTRICT, IN THAT AREA, WE'VE GOT TO HAVE POLICE
11:50:50 DOWN THERE.
11:50:50 YOU HAVE MORE PEOPLE DOWN THERE.
11:50:53 WHEN ONE GUY GETS INTO A SCUFFLE, IT TAKES SOMETIMES TWO OR
11:50:56 THREE GUYS, MAYBE MORE TO SEDUCE SOMEBODY TO GET THINGS OR
11:50:59 GET THE CROWD DISPERSED OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
11:51:03 I GET THE POINT YOU'RE MAKING, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
11:51:06 POLICE IN THE CITY.
11:51:08 AGAIN, WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS, OFFICERS ARE PULLED AWAY.
11:51:11 BUT IF I'M PAYING, THOSE GUYS ARE THERE TO WORK AND NOT
11:51:16 PULLED.
11:51:16 THAT'S A SPECIALIZED SITUATION.
11:51:18 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANYTHING FURTHER?
11:51:19 COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:51:20 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
11:51:22 JUST TO ADD MY THOUGHTS QUICKLY.
11:51:24 I THINK THE POINT THAT COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER IS MAKING ISN'T
11:51:27 NECESSARILY ABOUT POLICING AS MUCH AS IT'S SOMETHING THAT
11:51:30 SHOULD BE IN THE CRA BUDGET, BUT WE HAVE -- AND CORRECT ME
11:51:33 IF I'M WRONG -- HAVEN'T WE TALKED ABOUT FUNDING TAMPA FIRE
11:51:37 THROUGH CRA DOLLARS IN THE PAST?
11:51:39 AT LEAST WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
11:51:42 I REMEMBER WHEN COUNCILMAN GUDES BROUGHT UP EAST TAMPA
11:51:44 RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN 2019.
11:51:49 WE PROSPECTIVELY INITIALLY FUNDED SOME OF THAT THROUGH CRA
11:51:53 DOLLARS, ET CETERA.
11:51:55 BUT THE LARGER ISSUE IS THAT IN AREAS WHERE THERE'S GROWTH,
11:51:58 ET CETERA, THERE ARE CERTAIN NEEDS THAT COMMUNITY WANTS AND
11:52:03 REFLECTED THROUGH THEIR CAC THROUGH THEIR PRIORITIES,
11:52:06 THROUGH THEIR DOLLARS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN BE ONE OF
11:52:09 THEM, INCLUDING, AS COUNCILMAN GUDES HAD SAID, WITH CERTAIN
11:52:12 EVENTS, ET CETERA, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THIS GOES TO.
11:52:16 BUT I WOULDN'T SEE ANY PERSONAL REASON TO OPPOSE IT.
11:52:20 IT DOESN'T STICK OUT TO ME, LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY.
11:52:26 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MS. VAN LOAN, WHAT'S IT GOING TO?
11:52:28 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: SO, YES, I CAN HELP A LITTLE BIT TO
11:52:32 HOPEFULLY PUT COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER'S MIND AT EASE.
11:52:36 WE CONSIDER THAT A BUCKET.
11:52:38 THE BUCKET SAYS COMMUNITY POLICING.
11:52:40 SO IT'S GOING TO MEAN SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN EACH CRA.
11:52:43 SO BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THEIR SECURITY PROGRAM
11:52:47 AND WORKING WITH TPD AND D-3 IN YBOR TO LOOK AT A WHOLE HOST
11:52:52 OF ISSUES AND A WHOLE HOST OF SOLUTIONS, THEY KNOW AHEAD OF
11:52:57 TIME THAT THEY HAD THIS LIST, BUT INSTEAD OF PUTTING ALL
11:53:00 THOSE LINE ITEMS IN A LONG BUDGET, IT'S LUMPED AS IN THE
11:53:04 SECURITY.
11:53:04 SO JUST FOR THAT 400,000 FOR YBOR, THEY ARE LOOKING AND
11:53:09 WORKING WITH D-3 TO POSSIBLY BRING THE ENVIRONMENTAL
11:53:12 DETECTIVE INTO YBOR.
11:53:14 SO PART OF THAT WOULD BE IF THEY MOVE FORWARD AND WORK OUT
11:53:19 AN ENVIRONMENTAL DETECTIVE.
11:53:21 THERE ARE PORTABLE CAMERAS, HANDHELD TICKETING PRINTERS FOR
11:53:24 THE POLICE THAT ARE ON THE GROUND AND OUT WORKING THE
11:53:27 STREETS AND WALKING THE SIDEWALKS AS OPPOSED TO IN THEIR
11:53:31 VEHICLES ALL THE TIME.
11:53:32 THERE IS THE ADDITIONAL WEEKEND SECURITY FROM THE PILOT THAT
11:53:37 DID COME TO YOU ALL BACK IN DECEMBER THAT RAN FROM DECEMBER
11:53:40 THROUGH THE SPRING.
11:53:41 CODE ENFORCEMENT, THEY ARE LOOKING AT DOUBLING IT.
11:53:44 RIGHT NOW WE SPEND ABOUT 14,000 A YEAR IN CODE ENFORCEMENT,
11:53:47 AND THEY ARE LOOKING TO INCREASE THAT UP TO 28.
11:53:51 ADDING NOISE VIOLATION SIGNS, NO CRUISING SIGNS.
11:53:55 SO THIS ISN'T JUST PAYING FOR POLICE OFFICERS, IT IS PAYING
11:54:00 FOR ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT SECURITY ITEMS THAT THEY HAVE
11:54:02 BEEN WORKING ON WITH THE POLICE.
11:54:04 IN DREW PARK, WHEN WE'VE ADDED ENHANCED COMMUNITY POLICING,
11:54:08 IT WAS BECAUSE WE PAID FOR THE OVERTIME FOR THE STING
11:54:12 OPERATIONS TO GO AFTER SOME OF THE NUISANCE BUSINESSES THAT
11:54:16 WERE CAUSING SOME PROBLEMS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
11:54:18 DOWNTOWN, THEY HAVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH LARGE GROUPINGS
11:54:23 OF BICYCLE RIDERS THAT COME THROUGH AND COME TO THE GARAGES
11:54:27 AND HAVE ALSO BEEN DESTRUCTIVE.
11:54:29 SO DOWNTOWN CAC HAS BEEN LOOKING AT SECURITY ISSUES FROM
11:54:33 THAT PERSPECTIVE AND WANTED TO PUT SOME MONEY IN THE BUDGET
11:54:36 THAT IF WE NEEDED TO REACH OUT TO POLICE AND ASK FOR
11:54:40 ADDITIONAL SERVICES TO ADDRESS AS THE COUNCILMAN SAID, AN
11:54:44 ISSUE RIGHT NOW, WE NOW HAVE THE RESOURCES AND ABILITY IN
11:54:47 THAT PARTNERSHIP TO DO THAT WITH TPD.
11:54:49 AND ALL OF THESE WOULD BE COMING TO YOU AS EACH ONE IS
11:54:53 WORKED FORWARD.
11:54:57 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:54:58 I THINK IT'S A HEALTHY DISCUSSION.
11:54:59 I THINK MR. CARLSON IS PRETTY GOOD AT THIS ALSO.
11:55:03 I THINK WE JUST NEED TO BE ALERT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY
11:55:13 FOCUSED AND THAT WE'RE USING THESE MONIES FOR WHAT THEY ARE
11:55:16 INTENDED FOR.
11:55:17 THANK YOU.
11:55:17 THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
11:55:19 >>JOSEPH CITRO: TO JUST THROW IN MY -- HAVING WORKED WITH
11:55:26 YCDC, THERE WAS ALWAYS THE PERCEPTION FROM OUTSIDE OF YBOR
11:55:30 -- AND I'M SURE WE ALL HEARD IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN -- I'M
11:55:33 NOT GOING DOWN TO YBOR.
11:55:35 YBOR IS NOT SAFE.
11:55:36 YBOR HAS BEEN ONE OF THE SAFEST NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY OF
11:55:39 TAMPA FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
11:55:41 WHAT THE YC WAS ALWAYS ASKING FOR WAS A POLICE PRESENCE SO
11:55:47 THAT PEOPLE THAT GO DOWN TO THE COLOMBIA, GO TO THE COPPER
11:55:53 SHAKER, WHEREVER, GO TO BERNINI'S SO THOSE PEOPLE FELT SAFE.
11:56:00 THAT'S THE REASON, IN MY OPINION, WHY THIS HAS BEEN ASKED
11:56:02 FOR.
11:56:02 THANK YOU, MS. VAN LOAN.
11:56:04 PLEASE PROCEED.
11:56:05 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: MOVING ON TO CHANNEL DISTRICT, AGAIN,
11:56:08 HERE ARE SOME OF THE RECENTLY COMPLETED SECTIONS OF
11:56:11 CHANNELSIDE DRIVE, AND WE WILL BE HAVING EQUALLY NICE
11:56:15 LANDSCAPING AND PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY AMENITIES.
11:56:18 THE SIDEWALK IS CURVING.
11:56:19 IT FOLLOWS THE FLOW LIKE A STREAM OF WATER WOULD.
11:56:22 AGAIN, TRYING TO FOCUS ON NOT BEING QUITE SO AUTO CENTRIC IN
11:56:27 A COMMUNITY THAT IS BECOMING MUCH MORE HEAVILY RESIDENTIAL.
11:56:30 WE'RE ALSO LOOKING, AS VALERIE REPORTS ON EVERY MONTH, THE
11:56:35 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT OF THE REMAINING STREETSCAPE
11:56:37 IMPROVEMENTS.
11:56:39 AGAIN, THEIR STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN IS FINALIZING AND WILL
11:56:43 COME TO YOU IN THE FALL FOR FINAL ADOPTION.
11:56:45 LOOKING AT MORE PARK AND GREENSPACE, YOU JUST APPROVED THE 8
11:56:49 MILLION SO THAT WE CAN GO AFTER TWO VERY NICE PROPERTIES FOR
11:56:53 ADDING MORE GREEN AND PARK SPACE.
11:56:56 AND, AGAIN, THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE PARKING LOT IN
11:57:01 PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PORT.
11:57:02 AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT OF A BUMP IN CHANNEL DISTRICT, SHOWING
11:57:06 THAT AGAIN WE DON'T HAVE ANY NEW BUILDINGS COMING ON LINE
11:57:09 THAT CAME ON FOR OUR REVENUE, BUT STILL SEEING A HEALTHY
11:57:12 INCREASE IN OUR REVENUES.
11:57:14 ON THE LEFT IS A LIST OF ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE
11:57:18 ALREADY STARTED, ALREADY IN DESIGN, AND SOME ARE STARTING
11:57:22 CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.
11:57:24 SO YOU SEE THAT HEAVILY WEIGHED IN THE BUDGET UNDER THE
11:57:28 INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE ENGINEERING, THE MANAGEMENT, AND THEN
11:57:31 THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION COSTS, THEIR BUDGET.
11:57:35 ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT CHANNEL DISTRICT?
11:57:36 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY QUESTIONS?
11:57:37 SEEING NONE, PLEASE PROCEED.
11:57:40 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: OKAY.
11:57:40 FOR TAMPA HEIGHTS RIVERFRONT, THEY ARE FOCUSING ALSO ON
11:57:44 LOOKING AT UPDATING THEIR COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND
11:57:47 THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN AND ALSO CONTINUING TO PARTICIPATE
11:57:51 IN SOHO CAPITAL AS THEY COMPLETE THE INFRASTRUCTURE WORK IN
11:57:54 THE HEIGHTS AND MARKETING ALL OF THE NEW RESTAURANTS AND THE
11:57:57 ACTIVITIES AND THE PROGRAMMING THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING AT
11:58:01 ARMATURE WORKS ALONG WITH THE NEW BUSINESSES AND THE NEW
11:58:04 SPACES THAT WILL BE COMING ONLINE.
11:58:06 WE HAD AN INCREDIBLE JUMP, AGAIN, REFLECTING THE NEW
11:58:11 CONSTRUCTION THAT GETS THEIR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCIES AND
11:58:16 IS NOW ON THE TAX ROLL.
11:58:18 WE EXPECT THAT INCREASE TO CONTINUE EACH YEAR.
11:58:21 AGAIN, BUT WITH ONLY 1.5 MILLION, WE DO PAY 74% OF OUR
11:58:26 REVENUES TO THE DEVELOPER TO PAY BACK FOR THAT
11:58:29 INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THEY FRONTED THE COSTS FOR.
11:58:31 SO ALL OF THESE COSTS THAT WE PAY UNDER THAT CDD ARE ALL
11:58:35 BASED ON A BOND REPAYMENT THAT IS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE ONLY
11:58:39 AND ALL THE STREETS AND THE PIPE WORK THAT THEY PUT IN THE
11:58:42 ROUNDABOUTS IN MAKING THAT DEVELOPMENT.
11:58:46 ANY QUESTIONS FOR TAMPA HEIGHTS?
11:58:49 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY QUESTIONS?
11:58:50 SEEING NONE, PLEASE PROCEED, MS. VAN LOAN.
11:58:53 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: FOR CENTRAL PARK, WE DO HAVE THE FACADE
11:58:58 GRANT.
11:58:59 THEY HAVE FUNDED IT.
11:59:00 THEY WOULD LIKE TO -- THEY'LL BE COMING TO YOU TO OFFICIALLY
11:59:04 ADOPT THEM INTO THE FACADE GRANT PROGRAM, SPECIFICALLY
11:59:07 FOCUSED ON THE NEBRASKA CORRIDOR.
11:59:09 AS VALERIE AGAIN MENTIONED, YOU DO HAVE THE SHAW
11:59:12 DEVELOPMENT.
11:59:13 THIS WOULD BE PHASE ONE SHOWING IT ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN
11:59:17 EDGE OF THE CENTRAL PARK CRA, AND AS THAT COMES THROUGH, WE
11:59:22 EXPECT TO SEE A LOT MORE MOVEMENT ON NEBRASKA AS PROPERTY
11:59:26 OWNERS EITHER WILL BE SELLING TO NEW USERS OR BE WANTING TO
11:59:31 UPDATE THEIR BUILDINGS AND LOOKING FOR US FOR ASSISTANCE TO
11:59:35 HELP SUPPORT THEM TO REMAIN RELEVANT WITHIN ALL OF THIS NEW
11:59:39 DEVELOPMENT.
11:59:39 AGAIN, SO YOU'RE SEEING THEIR REVENUE GOING UP.
11:59:44 AGAIN, STILL VERY SMALL AT THE MOMENT SINCE MOST OF THE
11:59:47 DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CRA TO DATE HAS BEEN THE TAMPA
11:59:50 HOUSING AUTHORITY.
11:59:51 AND THERE YOU SEE THEIR BUDGET.
11:59:55 SO WE HAVE 114,000 FOR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENTS.
11:59:58 THE 50,000 FOR THE FACADE, MAKING UP MOST OF THE 174,000.
12:00:03 ANY QUESTIONS ON CENTRAL PARK?
12:00:06 >>JOSEPH CITRO: QUESTIONS?
12:00:07 SEEING NONE.
12:00:09 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: GOING INTO YBOR, AGAIN, WE HAVE YBOR
12:00:12 ONE AND TWO, WHICH ARE TWO DISTINCT CRAs.
12:00:16 THEY FINISH THEIR VISION PLAN IN 2020.
12:00:19 IT'S A FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
12:00:20 AND AS COURTNEY TALKED ABOUT, WORKING WITH TPD AND THEIR
12:00:26 SECURITY CONCERNS, LOOKING AT HOW THEY EXPAND MORE INTO THE
12:00:31 PROFESSIONAL OFFICE DEVELOPMENT, ATTRACTING AND BECOMING
12:00:35 EVEN MORE OF A MIXED USE COMMUNITY, PROMOTING IT SAFE.
12:00:40 LATELY, THAT HAS BEEN A BIG CONCERN FOR THE BUSINESSES, AND
12:00:43 MAKING SURE THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE REALITY BUT ALSO THE
12:00:47 PERCEPTION.
12:00:47 AND WHENEVER YOU ARE SO SENSITIVE BECAUSE YOUR ECONOMY CAN
12:00:52 RIDE ON YOUR REPUTATION, AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, MAKING
12:00:57 SURE THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES, ADDRESSING
12:01:00 THEM QUICKLY, AND PUTTING OUT THE POSITIVE PRESS TO MAKE
12:01:03 SURE THAT WE KEEP IT AN ATTRACTIVE PLACE IN THE EYES OF THE
12:01:06 PUBLIC.
12:01:06 AND LASTLY, AS WE'VE MENTIONED IN PAST BUDGETS, THEY HAVE
12:01:10 BEEN SAVING UP FOR THAT 7th AVENUE ARCHWAY LIGHT PROJECT,
12:01:14 AND THAT NOW WILL SEE CONSTRUCTION DURING FY '22.
12:01:17 AGAIN, A NICE INCREASE IN THEIR BUDGET.
12:01:20 WE'RE SEEING HEALTHY INCREASES EACH YEAR, AND THEIR FULL
12:01:25 BUDGET.
12:01:26 SO YOU SEE THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH ARE ALL THE
12:01:28 SMALL THINGS LUMPED INTO THAT ONE LINE ITEM JUST TO FIT ON
12:01:32 A PowerPoint PRESENTATION, BUT THOSE ARE ALL THE THINGS
12:01:36 WHERE THEY CONTRIBUTE TO UPGRADES IN THE PARKING GARAGES AND
12:01:41 MAKING SURE THE RESTROOMS AND THE TREE GRATES.
12:01:44 SO ALL THOSE LITTLE THINGS THE CRA DOES TO ENHANCE AND KEEP
12:01:48 THE YBOR CORRIDORS AND 7th AVENUE LOOKING PRESENTABLE FOR
12:01:53 EVERYONE, AS MENTIONED BY COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, 400 FOR THE
12:01:59 TPD SERVICES.
12:02:01 AGAIN, THAT FULL ARRAY AND MENU OF SERVICES AND ACQUISITIONS
12:02:05 TO GO WITH THAT.
12:02:07 THEIR STANDARD PRESSURE WASHING, THE STREETCAR PROJECT THAT
12:02:10 THEY GIVE TO EVERY YEAR AND AT THE BOTTOM, YOU SEE THAT LAST
12:02:14 400,000 TO GO TOWARDS THE TOTAL PROJECT FOR THE ARCHWAY AND
12:02:17 STREETSCAPE.
12:02:18 SO THAT IS YBOR 1.
12:02:22 YBOR 2, THEY ARE LOOKING -- THIS IS THE PART OF YBOR THAT IS
12:02:25 MUCH MORE RESIDENTIAL, LOOKING AT THE INFILL REDEVELOPMENT,
12:02:30 LOOKING AT AS THEY PAY FOR THE ARCHWAY PROJECT FUTURE
12:02:35 REVENUES WILL BE ABLE TO GO TOWARDS POTENTIAL HOUSING
12:02:39 PROGRAMS, LIKE WE'RE STARTING TO SEE IN THE OTHER CRAs,
12:02:43 AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO CATCH UP ONCE THEY COMPLETE THIS
12:02:45 PROJECT.
12:02:46 AGAIN, NICE GROWTH.
12:02:49 AND THERE YOU SEE WITH THIS ONE, IT IS A SMALLER DISTRICT.
12:02:52 IT DOESN'T HAVE ALL OF THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES PAYING INTO
12:02:54 IT.
12:02:54 SO IT'S LESS THAN A MILLION DOLLARS.
12:02:57 THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENTS, AGAIN, THAT'S A LUMP SUM OF ALL
12:03:00 THOSE SMALL PROJECTS THAT CORRINE HANDLES WELL.
12:03:04 THEY WERE ABLE TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO THEIR
12:03:06 COMMERCIAL FACADE GRANT.
12:03:07 AGAIN, THAT LAST 218,000 ON TOP OF THE MILLION THAT THEY
12:03:11 HAVE BEEN SAVING OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, TO BE ABLE TO
12:03:14 CREATE THIS PROJECT AND CARRY IT THROUGH THIS YEAR.
12:03:17 ANY QUESTIONS ON YBOR?
12:03:18 >>JOSEPH CITRO: QUESTIONS?
12:03:19 PLEASE PROCEED.
12:03:21 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: EAST TAMPA, WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW
12:03:25 PROGRAMS.
12:03:27 EAST TAMPA HAS BEEN VERY BUSY SINCE JANUARY.
12:03:31 SO YOUR NEW BUDGET INCLUDES A NEW RESIDENTIAL DETERIORATED
12:03:35 HOUSING REBUILD PROGRAM.
12:03:37 WHAT THIS IS, WE HAVE OUR OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB, BUT FOR THE
12:03:42 PEOPLE THAT THE HOUSE MAY BE TOO FAR GONE AND IT WON'T
12:03:47 QUALIFY BECAUSE THE GRANT PROGRAM ITSELF WILL NOT BE ABLE TO
12:03:49 BRING THE HOUSE TO A SAFE CONDITION, WE ARE HAVING A PROGRAM
12:03:53 THAT WILL ACTUALLY REBUILD HOUSES IN THOSE INSTANCES.
12:03:58 AGAIN, INCOME QUALIFIED.
12:03:59 AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEW CONSTRUCTION, WHERE WE ACTUALLY NOT
12:04:02 ONLY LOOK AT WHAT WE DO WITH OUR EXISTING HOUSING STOCK, BUT
12:04:06 TRYING TO BALANCE SOME OF THE OUTSIDE BUILDERS THAT WE'RE
12:04:11 SEEING COMING AND THE NATURAL PROGRESSION AS EAST TAMPA IS
12:04:16 NOW BEING RECOGNIZED BY THE PRIVATE MARKET AS THE NEXT PLACE
12:04:19 TO GET AFFORDABLE LAND, BUT WE ARE SEEING HOUSING
12:04:23 CONSTRUCTION RISE.
12:04:24 SO WE WOULD LIKE TO START ACQUIRING LANDS, LANDS THROUGH
12:04:29 DEMOLITION, LANDS THAT WE CAN GET OR ESCHEATED OR IN
12:04:34 PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY WHEREBY WE CAN FUND AFFORDABLE
12:04:36 HOUSING NEW CONSTRUCTION.
12:04:38 RFP FOR INFILL HOUSING, WE DO HAVE SEVERAL CRA-OWNED
12:04:42 RESIDENTIAL LOTS THAT WE ARE -- THE CAC IS CURRENTLY LOOKING
12:04:46 AT AN RFP TO GO OUT TO GET THAT FOR INFILL HOUSING.
12:04:50 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES, WHICH WILL BE DEVELOPED
12:04:53 AND DEFINED OVER THE COMING YEAR.
12:04:55 STRATEGIC RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION, A
12:04:58 BIG FOCUS.
12:05:00 RIGHT NOW, WHILE PROPERTY IS AVAILABLE, HOW DO WE GO AFTER
12:05:03 STRATEGIC AREAS, NOT JUST WHATEVER WE CAN GET, BUT LOOKING
12:05:06 AT PRIORITY CORRIDORS AND WHERE CAN WE MAKE THE MOST IMPACT
12:05:10 BY REDEVELOPING A CERTAIN PROPERTY OR A CERTAIN SECTION OF A
12:05:13 PROPERTY AND ALSO INVESTING IN OUR YOUTH.
12:05:16 SO WE AGAIN CONTINUE WITH OUR FACADE GRANT, NEIGHBORHOOD
12:05:19 IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS, TREE TRIMMING PROGRAM, SAFETY
12:05:22 PROJECTS, AND THEN, AS WAS DISCUSSED EARLIER, THE ARTWORK
12:05:27 FOR THE ROUNDABOUT AND THEN THE LANDSCAPING FOR THE
12:05:30 ROUNDABOUT.
12:05:31 JUST TO CLARIFY, THE ARTWORK WILL SIT ON A CONCRETE PAD, A
12:05:37 FOUNDATION.
12:05:38 WE CANNOT DESIGN THE LANDSCAPING AROUND THAT UNTIL WE KNOW
12:05:40 THE SIZE.
12:05:40 SO AS SOON AS THAT CONTRACT MOVES FORWARD AND THE ARTWORK
12:05:44 HAS A DESIGN, WE WILL KNOW THE SIZE OF THE PAD AND THEN BE
12:05:48 ABLE TO DESIGN THE APPROPRIATE LANDSCAPING AROUND THAT.
12:05:50 SO, AGAIN, A VERY NICE EAST TAMPA WAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST
12:05:56 INCREASING AND SAW THE GREATEST GROWTH IN OUR REVENUE FOR FY
12:05:59 '22.
12:06:01 AND, AGAIN, YOU SEE MANY OF THOSE PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS.
12:06:05 THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, AGAIN, TIED TO COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT
12:06:10 PROJECTS, SO THAT WE CAN HELP INVEST IN OUR KIDS, AND ALSO
12:06:14 HAVE THEM PARTICIPATE IN THE IMPROVEMENTS AND THE FUTURE OF
12:06:19 OUR COMMUNITY, OUR STANDARD CLEAN TEAM AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL
12:06:23 DETECTIVE.
12:06:25 DUE TO SPACE, YOU SEE THE THREE AND A HALF MILLION FOR
12:06:27 AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THAT IS ONE AND A HALF MILLION FOR THE
12:06:31 REBUILD PROGRAM AND TWO MILLION FOR THE NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR
12:06:34 AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
12:06:36 THE EAST TAMPA DID ASK FOR FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO HIRE
12:06:42 CONSULTANTS FOR URBAN PLANNING AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES TO
12:06:46 HELP US CARRY OUT AND IMPLEMENT OUR STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN
12:06:49 AFTER IT'S ADOPTED THIS FALL.
12:06:50 SO THAT MONEY IS FOR THOSE CONSULTANT SERVICES.
12:06:56 LAND ASSEMBLAGE, WE HAVE ABOUT 1.2 MILLION AND ADDING ALMOST
12:06:59 900,000 TO THAT TO BE ABLE TO ACQUIRE THOSE RESIDENTIAL AND
12:07:03 COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.
12:07:05 AND AT THE END, THE BALANCE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT
12:07:09 FUNDS.
12:07:10 ANY QUESTIONS ON EAST TAMPA?
12:07:12 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
12:07:15 >>ORLANDO GUDES: -- FIRST.
12:07:17 I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE NEED AN URBAN PLANNER FOR.
12:07:20 YOU'RE TELLING ME A DEVELOPER, CONTRACTOR PERSON, BUT AN
12:07:23 URBAN PLANNER, WHAT IS THAT PERSON GOING TO DO?
12:07:26 I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DEVELOPMENT NOW.
12:07:29 URBAN PLANNER IS NOT THE SAME AS A DEVELOPMENT PERSON.
12:07:33 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: IT'S JUST A CATEGORY.
12:07:36 IT'S JUST A TITLE.
12:07:37 WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT IT LIKE A CLASSIFICATION OF A CITY.
12:07:40 SO SOMEONE -- IF WE ARE LOOKING TO BUY PROPERTY, AS WE
12:07:45 TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, IF WE BOUGHT PROPERTY ON NORTH 29th
12:07:49 STREET, LARGER PROPERTIES, WHAT COULD THEY BE USED FOR, HOW
12:07:53 COULD THEY BE DEVELOPED, WHAT COULD WE PUT THERE, WHAT MAKES
12:07:57 SENSE?
12:07:57 AND HELPING TO ADVISE US ON WHAT THE BEST PATH FORWARD IS
12:08:00 WHEN WE DO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP AND ACQUIRE LAND.
12:08:04 JUST TO BE MORE STRATEGIC AND HAVE IT AS A RESOURCE.
12:08:07 IT WOULDN'T BE A FULL-TIME.
12:08:11 IT WOULD BE AS NEEDED BASED ON PROJECTS OR INITIATIVES THAT
12:08:14 WE WERE WORKING ON.
12:08:17 >>ORLANDO GUDES: GO BACK TO THAT SCREEN AGAIN, I.T.
12:08:20 LOOKING FOR THE HOUSING.
12:08:21 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: CAN YOU BRING BACK UP THE PowerPoint?
12:08:30 >>ORLANDO GUDES: TWO SCREENS BACK.
12:08:31 THERE YOU GO.
12:08:34 THE PROGRAMS, THIS REBUILD PROGRAM, TELL ME MORE IN DEPTH.
12:08:43 WHEN YOU WERE TALKING, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE'RE
12:08:45 GOING WITH THAT.
12:08:46 ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THIS OCCUPY REHAB OR TALKING ABOUT
12:08:50 DOLLARS TO GO OUT TO TAKE CARE OF THESE QUICK-FIX PROBLEMS
12:08:54 THAT SOME OF THE SENIORS MAY BE HAVING?
12:08:56 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: FOR WHICH ONE?
12:08:57 >>ORLANDO GUDES: RESIDENTIAL DETERIORATED HOUSING.
12:08:59 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: DETERIORATED HOUSING, THAT WOULD BE --
12:09:01 SO WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO WOULD NORMALLY BE APPLYING FOR
12:09:05 YOUR OWNER OCCUPIED, IF THE HOUSE IS TOO FAR GONE AND THE
12:09:10 GRANTS ALONE ARE NOT ENOUGH TO BRING THE HOUSE UP TO A SAFE
12:09:15 STANDARD, THEY JUST DON'T QUALIFY AND NOTHING HAPPENS AND
12:09:18 THEN THEY ARE LEFT WITH A HOUSE THAT IS STILL UNSAFE AND
12:09:22 THEY STILL DON'T HAVE THE MEANS TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.
12:09:25 SO WHAT THIS WOULD DO AND RIGHT NOW WE GET THE IDEA FROM
12:09:30 WHAT THE COUNTY IS DOING.
12:09:31 THE COUNTY, WHEN THEY PUT OUT THEIR OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB
12:09:35 PROGRAM, THEY ADDED FUNDS THAT FOR THOSE HOMES, FOR, AGAIN,
12:09:39 INCOME QUALIFIED RESIDENTS WHOSE HOUSE IS TOO FAR GONE TO BE
12:09:44 SAFER, TO BE MADE SAFE, THAT THERE COULD BE A PROGRAM THAT
12:09:47 REBUILDS THAT HOUSE FOR THEM.
12:09:52 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WHEN YOU SAY THE INCOME, WHAT IS THE
12:09:54 INCOME?
12:09:55 THAT'S WHAT OUR CHALLENGES ARE.
12:09:56 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: RIGHT NOW, THAT HASN'T BEEN DEFINED
12:09:59 YET.
12:09:59 THESE ARE THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY PLAN ON WORKING IN IN THE
12:10:03 NEXT YEAR TO DEVELOP.
12:10:05 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK THAT MAY BE FINE, BUT I STILL HAVE
12:10:07 A PROBLEM TO WHERE WE STILL AREN'T HELPING THE FOLKS I
12:10:12 BELIEVE WE NEED TO HELP.
12:10:15 AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT, WE HAVE FOLKS THAT HAVE INTERIOR
12:10:18 PROBLEMS, YOU KNOW, ROOFING -- WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DESIGN?
12:10:25 BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLING ASKING ME?
12:10:27 WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DESIGN TO HELP THOSE FOLKS?
12:10:30 I DON'T WANT A PROGRAM THAT HAS TONS AND TONS OF PAPERWORK.
12:10:33 I WANT A PROGRAM THAT PEOPLE CAN APPLY AND WE CAN VISUALLY
12:10:36 SEE, TAKE PHOTOS AND SEE, THEY HAVE AN ISSUE, GENTLEMAN HAS
12:10:40 AN AC PROBLEM.
12:10:41 IT MAY BE A DUCT PROBLEM.
12:10:43 THAT'S SOME OF THE PROBLEMS WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT WITH
12:10:45 SOME OF THE CRA MONEY AS WELL.
12:10:47 ARE WE GOING TO BE LOOKING INTO OTHER STRATEGIC PROGRAMS TO
12:10:51 STREAMLINE THOSE PARTICULAR PEOPLE THAT REALLY NEED IT?
12:10:54 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: YES.
12:10:55 YES, SIR.
12:10:56 THAT ISSUE -- WHEN YOU BROUGHT THAT UP TO US, A BUDGET HAD
12:10:59 ALREADY BEEN ADOPTED, BUT THAT HAS BEEN -- IT WAS TALKED
12:11:02 ABOUT AT THE CAC AT THE LAST MEETING OR THE MEETING BEFORE.
12:11:05 WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS THIS PAST MONTH.
12:11:08 AND IT WILL GO TO THE HOUSING COMMITTEE, SUBCOMMITTEE, TO
12:11:11 LOOK AT THAT AND START DEFINING THAT AND WORKING ON THAT SO
12:11:14 THAT WE CAN HELP WITH THE SMALL GRANTS AS WELL AS THE LARGER
12:11:17 GRABS.
12:11:18 AND THERE'S MONEY IN THE EXISTING FUNDS THAT WE CAN
12:11:23 REPROGRAM FOR OTHER PROGRAMS AS THEY ARE DEVELOPED.
12:11:26 SO THIS IS NOT THE END-ALL.
12:11:29 IT'S NOT LIMITED TO JUST WHAT'S ON THIS.
12:11:31 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I KNOW WE TALKED.
12:11:33 WE GET ALL THESE CALLS.
12:11:35 PEOPLE THINK I'M NOT DOING MY JOB.
12:11:37 I HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND IT.
12:11:39 WE'VE HAD THE COMMUNICATIONS SO THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE
12:11:41 PLANNING ON DOING FOR THE FUTURE TO GET THESE SIMPLE
12:11:44 PROGRAMS OUT, NO DIFFERENT THAN MR. NINO HAS THE ALLEY
12:11:50 PROGRAM.
12:11:50 THEY ARE ALREADY CLEANING LOTS.
12:11:52 THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
12:11:54 SIMPLE PROCUREMENT THESE FOLKS WHO ARE SIMPLE EVERYDAY
12:11:58 MINORITY ELECTRICIANS, PLUMBERS, WHATEVER, SIMPLE PROGRAMS
12:12:01 TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE DOLLARS, APPLY.
12:12:04 YOU HAVE A LIST OF FOLKS, MINORITIES, WHATEVER, BECAUSE NOW
12:12:08 THERE ARE MINORITIES THAT MAY BE IN THOSE FIELDS.
12:12:11 IF NOT, WE CAN GET THEM SIGNED UP.
12:12:13 NOW WE HAVE SOME AVENUES AND PEOPLE CAN PUT PEOPLE TO WORK
12:12:16 AND WE'RE REALLY WORKING THE CRA DOLLARS.
12:12:18 THAT'S WHAT I'M REALLY LOOKING TO DO.
12:12:22 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: THERE'S KIND OF A CROSSOVER IN WHAT YOU
12:12:25 DID.
12:12:26 WE CAN EASILY DO JUST AS EASILY AS WEST TAMPA FOR THE ALLEY
12:12:31 CLEANUPS.
12:12:32 THE PROGRAMS THAT WEST TAMPA HAS BEEN LOOKING AT AND HAS
12:12:34 BEEN BROUGHT TO YOU, IT IS INCUMBENT ON THE PROPERTY OWNER
12:12:37 TO GET THEIR OWN CONTRACTORS AND VENDORS TO DO THE WORK AND
12:12:42 WE REIMBURSE THEM.
12:12:43 WITH EAST TAMPA, OUR PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED THAT WE ARE
12:12:47 ALSO TRYING TO USE THIS TO ALSO HELP OUR MINORITY VENDORS
12:12:51 WHERE WE'RE NOW INVOLVED WITH GETTING THEM, AND WE'RE MORE
12:12:55 ACTIVELY INVOLVED AS OPPOSED TO LEAVING IT STRICTLY AS A
12:12:59 REIMBURSEMENT GRANT SO THAT WE PAY FOR IT DIRECTLY TO
12:13:02 VENDORS.
12:13:04 WE'RE IN THE PROCESS AND INVOLVED OF GETTING THE VENDORS,
12:13:06 VETTING THE VENDORS, THAT WE CAN THEN PUT OUT TO THESE
12:13:10 SIMILAR TO THE WAY THE HCD.
12:13:14 IF YOU WANT PROGRAMS THAT LEAVE EVERYTHING UP TO THE
12:13:20 HOMEOWNER AND WE STRICTLY ACT AS A BANK, THOSE WE CAN GET
12:13:22 OUT FASTER.
12:13:23 MUCH EASIER PROGRAM, BUT THE HOMEOWNER WILL DO MOST OF THE
12:13:26 WORK THEN.
12:13:28 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I LOOK AT SOME OF MY SENIORS WHO DON'T
12:13:31 UNDERSTAND THIS AND I DON'T WANT THEM RIPPED OFF BY
12:13:35 SOMEBODY.
12:13:35 WE HAVE TO LOOK OUT FOR THEM.
12:13:37 WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO BOTH.
12:13:39 MAKE SURE WE HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE TO MAKE AND BEAUTIFY
12:13:42 THE STREETS.
12:13:43 THAT'S MY BIGGEST CONCERNS.
12:13:44 I ALSO LOOKED AT THE BUDGET WITH THE HOUSING PERSON.
12:13:47 THAT'S UNDER YOUR BUDGET, CORRECT?
12:13:48 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: YES, SIR.
12:13:50 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WHO IS THAT PERSON GOING TO ANSWER TO?
12:13:52 ARE THEY ANSWERING TO YOU OR ANSWERING TO ABBYE AND CAROL?
12:13:56 I'M GOING TO HAVE A PROBLEM IF WE PUT THEIR DOLLARS AND
12:14:00 ANSWERING TO CAROL AND ABBYE.
12:14:01 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: THEY WILL SIT IN EAST TAMPA.
12:14:03 THEY WILL REPORT TO CEDRIC AND THEY WILL BE AN EMPLOYEE OF
12:14:06 THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
12:14:08 AND A CROSSOVER CAPACITY BEING TRAINED BY HCD TO HELP
12:14:16 PROCESS HCD APPLICATIONS WITHIN THEIR PROGRAMS, THEY WILL
12:14:19 HAVE THAT CROSS TRAINING.
12:14:20 THEY WILL HAVE THAT INTERACTION WITH THEM, AND KAYON, OR
12:14:25 WHOEVER THE NEW MANAGER WILL BE IN HCD, WILL NEED TO MAKE
12:14:29 SURE THAT THEY DO KNOW HOW TO PROCESS AND ARE ACCOUNTABLE IN
12:14:33 DOING IT CORRECTLY.
12:14:34 BUT AS FAR AS THE WORKLOAD AND HOW THEY ARE WORKING AND THE
12:14:37 ASSIGNMENTS, THAT WOULD ALL COME OUT OF THE EAST TAMPA
12:14:40 OFFICE, YES.
12:14:40 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I WANT THAT UNDERSTOOD, POLICY, WRITTEN
12:14:43 POLICY THAT THAT PERSON, IF THE CAC IS PAYING OUT OF YOUR
12:14:49 BUDGET, THAT PERSON SHOULD BE ANSWERING TO YOU AND MR.
12:14:51 McCRAY, AND THEY SHOULD BE DOING THAT WORK IN EAST TAMPA
12:14:56 AND NOT OTHER CITY WORK.
12:14:58 CROSS-TRAINING IS FINE, BECAUSE THAT'S GREAT, BUT I DON'T
12:15:01 WANT THEIR WORKLOAD BECOMES A CITY WORKLOAD.
12:15:06 I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC.
12:15:07 I GOT CALLS ABOUT THAT AS WELL, THAT THAT PERSON AND WE NEED
12:15:13 TO GET THAT IN WRITING SO EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT THAT
12:15:15 PERSON IS ASSIGNED TO YOU AND MR. McCRAY EAST TAMPA AND
12:15:19 THEY ARE WORKING FOR THE FOLKS OF EAST TAMPA, HOUSING, TO
12:15:22 GET THE HOUSING INITIATIVES OUT THERE -- SOME MIGHT NEED TO
12:15:32 KNOW TO DO CERTAIN THINGS.
12:15:33 BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PERSON IS RESPONSIBLE BY YOU OR
12:15:35 MR. McCRAY.
12:15:36 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: AND IT WILL BE THE SAME WAY OUR
12:15:39 ENVIRONMENTAL DETECTIVE ONLY WORKS FOR US AND THE CLEAN TEAM
12:15:42 AND THAT EQUIPMENT, ANY EQUIPMENT WE BUY, EVERYTHING WE DO
12:15:47 WITH THEM, IT IS ALL WITHIN THE EAST TAMPA CRA BOUNDARY,
12:15:49 YES, AND THEY WOULD BE HANDLED THE EXACT SAME WAY.
12:15:57 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
12:15:58 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MS. VAN LOAN, BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER, WE
12:16:01 HAVE THE REST OF YOUR REPORT AND WE HAVE FIVE OTHER AGENDA
12:16:04 ITEMS.
12:16:05 I DOUBT THAT WE WILL BE FINISHED.
12:16:07 WE WILL BE STOPPING AT 12:30 AND RETURNING BACK AT 1:45.
12:16:11 MS. VAN LOAN, PLEASE CONTINUE.
12:16:13 >>LUIS VIERA: I HAVE A 12:45 THAT I HAVE TO LEAVE TO RIGHT
12:16:17 NOW.
12:16:18 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WE'LL BE LEAVING AT 12:30 REGARDLESS.
12:16:20 >>LUIS VIERA: IT'S ABOUT A 20-MINUTE DRIVE.
12:16:23 I HAVE TO LEAVE FIVE MINUTES EARLY IN OTHER WORDS.
12:16:26 >>JOSEPH CITRO: UNDERSTAND.
12:16:30 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: MOVING ON FROM EAST TAMPA, DREW PARK,
12:16:34 THEY HAVE THE LAND THEY BOUGHT SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
12:16:36 THEY WENT THROUGH THEIR STRATEGIC ACTION PLANNING PROCESS
12:16:39 AND THEY ARE NOW LOOKING FOR PARTNERS TO DEVELOP THAT
12:16:42 PROPERTY INTO WORKFORCE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
12:16:46 THEY ARE GOING TO CONTINUE THEIR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, JOB
12:16:50 CREATION AND ALSO IMPROVING THE APPEARANCE.
12:16:53 A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE DID TAMPA BAY BOULEVARD THAT YOU
12:16:55 SEE IN THE BOTTOM PICTURE, AND NOW THEY WANT TO DO PHASE TWO
12:16:59 TO ENHANCE IT AND TO MORE OF, AS COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER
12:17:03 REFERENCED, MORE OF A PRETTIER, NOT A PASSIVE GREENSPACE,
12:17:06 BUT A TRULY LOVELY GARDENS AND GREENSPACE FOR THE
12:17:10 RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY TO THE NORTH OF THERE.
12:17:12 AGAIN, HEALTHY REVENUE GROWTH.
12:17:14 SO THERE YOU SEE THEIR DISTRICT MAINTENANCE FOR SOME OF THE
12:17:17 ISSUES IN DREW PARK.
12:17:19 AGAIN, GETTING TO THE FACT THAT WE ALSO HELP PAY FOR WHAT WE
12:17:23 HAVE BUILT, WHETHER LOIS, GRADY, OR TAMPA BAY BOULEVARD,
12:17:26 SOME OF THE CLEANUPS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AND THE OTHER
12:17:30 CRAs, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE HAVE HUNDRED THOUSAND FROM
12:17:33 EACH TWO YEARS AND A RESIDENTIAL IMPROVEMENT GRANT, SO WE
12:17:36 ARE NOW SEEING 325,000 COMING OUT OF DREW PARK TOWARD THE
12:17:42 RESIDENTIAL QUADRANT OF DREW PARK AND THAT NEIGHBORHOOD
12:17:45 INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS WHICH WOULD BE GOING TOWARDS THE
12:17:47 TAMPA BAY AND LAND ACQUISITION FOR POTENTIAL POCKET PARKS.
12:17:50 ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT DREW PARK?
12:17:56 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY QUESTIONS?
12:17:57 PLEASE PROCEED.
12:17:58 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: OUR LAST ONE IS WEST TAMPA.
12:18:01 THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON -- THEY HAVE A PHASE TWO OF THEIR
12:18:05 TAMPA OVERLAY CODE.
12:18:06 THEY CONTINUE WITH THEIR FACADE GRANT AND EVENT
12:18:11 SPONSORSHIPS, AND THEN ALSO THE MINI-GRANTS THAT JESUS HAS
12:18:16 BEEN BRINGING TO YOU OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
12:18:18 I BELIEVE THERE'S TWO MORE COMING TO YOU IN THE NEXT MONTH
12:18:21 OR TWO.
12:18:22 WE ALSO HAVE THE TAMPA HOUSING AUTHORITY WHICH IS CONTINUING
12:18:24 THEIR WEST RIVER, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE EAST-WEST GREEN
12:18:28 SPINE GOING THROUGH WEST TAMPA AND THEN ALSO FINALIZING THE
12:18:32 CYPRESS STREET OUTFALL AND PSOMI BAKERY.
12:18:41 IF YOU HAVEN'T TRIED THE BREAD, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT.
12:18:44 WE'RE SEEING THE REFLECTION IN THE REVENUE IN THE GROWTH WE
12:18:47 SEE IN WEST TAMPA AND THE REDEVELOPMENT IN WEST TAMPA AND
12:18:50 THEIR PROGRAMS, SO THERE'S 40,000 FOR OVERLAY DISTRICT
12:18:54 MAINTENANCE.
12:18:55 JESUS TALKED ABOUT THE ALLEY CLEANING WE'RE DOING, SPECIAL
12:18:58 EVENTS AND SPECIAL PROJECTS.
12:18:59 SO THAT'S TO SOME OF THE SPECIAL EVENTS AND ALSO THE
12:19:03 NEIGHBORHOOD AMENITY GRANT IS LUMPED IN THERE.
12:19:06 WE DID ADD RESIDENTIAL RENTAL REHABILITATION FROM LAST YEAR,
12:19:10 WE HAD DOWN PAYMENT OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
12:19:13 JESUS HAS BROUGHT YOU THE BUSINESS ENHANCEMENTS MICROGRANT,
12:19:17 WHICH IS SORT OF WHAT COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER HAS BEEN TALKING
12:19:20 ABOUT, AND IF SOMEONE DOESN'T NEED 30, 40, 50 THOUSAND OF
12:19:24 FACADE GRANT, THEY CAN DO THE MINI-GRANTS WITH A LOT LESS
12:19:27 PAPERWORK AND IT CAN BE PROCESSED A LOT QUICKER.
12:19:30 OUR STANDARD FACADE GRANTS, AGAIN, OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
12:19:34 INITIATIVES THAT WERE FUNDED LAST YEAR, BUT THE PROGRAMS
12:19:37 THEMSELVES ARE BEING DEVELOPED THIS YEAR, AND AT THE BOTTOM
12:19:40 ARE INFRASTRUCTURE AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE MAIN STREET
12:19:44 CORRIDOR AND SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS WE JUST RECEIVED THE
12:19:48 FINAL CORRIDOR STUDY FROM RANDY GOERS AND HIS GROUP.
12:19:52 SO WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT OUR NEXT STEP AS THE APPROPRIATE
12:19:55 INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE CRA WANTS TO PURSUE FOR
12:19:58 WEST TAMPA.
12:19:59 ANY QUESTIONS ON WEST TAMPA?
12:20:01 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY QUESTIONS?
12:20:03 NO, MA'AM.
12:20:05 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: OKAY.
12:20:06 SO FOLLOWING UP ON THE 2019 MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON AND
12:20:13 COUNCILMAN GUDES, ASKED ABOUT HOW MUCH ARE WE SPENDING ON
12:20:18 AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN EACH YEAR BUDGET AND WHAT WOULD 30%
12:20:22 LOOK LIKE.
12:20:23 FOR THIS, I SHOW YOU WHAT EACH OF THE TOTAL BUDGET IS, WHAT
12:20:26 WOULD 30% OF THE GROSS BE, AND HOW MUCH EACH ONE IS
12:20:30 SPENDING, AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE BUDGET IS LESS
12:20:33 COMMITMENTS.
12:20:34 WHAT THE LESS COMMITMENTS IS, I DID NOT SUBTRACT SALARIES OR
12:20:39 ANY OF THOSE.
12:20:40 THESE ARE CONTRACTUAL COMMITMENTS.
12:20:43 SO FOR DOWNTOWN, THE 17 MILLION GOES DOWN TO 4 MILLION
12:20:47 BECAUSE WE SPEND 4 MILLION AND CHANGE ON ONE TCC GRANT, 4
12:20:52 MILLION AND CHANGE ON ANOTHER TCC GRANT AND 5 MILLION FOR
12:20:55 SPP.
12:20:57 SO THAT QUICKLY REDUCES WHAT THE AVAILABLE DOLLARS WOULD BE.
12:21:01 WE DON'T HAVE A TOTAL COST OF WHAT WE'LL BE FUNDING BECAUSE
12:21:05 WE'RE STILL DETERMINING WHAT THOSE COSTS WOULD BE.
12:21:07 I DO ASSUME THEY WOULD BE WELL WITHIN THE $5 MILLION IN FY
12:21:10 '22 AS WE DEVELOP THAT SITE AND THAT NORTHWEST CORNER OF
12:21:14 DOWNTOWN.
12:21:15 YOU CAN SEE THAT EAST TAMPA WITH ALL THE NEW HOUSING
12:21:17 PROGRAMS, COUNTING WHAT WE FUNDED LAST YEAR, WE ARE WELL
12:21:22 ABOVE THE 30%.
12:21:23 WEST TAMPA HAS 300,000.
12:21:25 BUT WITH THE PROGRAMS THAT WE FUNDED LAST YEAR, WE'RE JUST
12:21:28 SHY OF A MILLION DOLLARS IN WEST TAMPA.
12:21:30 DREW PARK, AGAIN, AS YOU SAW, PUT THE HUNDRED THOUSAND WITH
12:21:34 THE TWO PROGRAMS THEY FUNDED LAST YEAR, PLUS THE LAND THEY
12:21:38 SPENT OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS ON SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
12:21:41 SO THAT LAND ADDS A VALUE TO THAT.
12:21:43 AND FOR THE OTHERS, WHAT I'VE GIVEN YOU, I WON'T GO THROUGH
12:21:46 ALL OF THIS, BUT SO YOU HAVE IT, HERE ARE THE CONSTRAINTS ON
12:21:50 THE OTHER CRAs AND WHY IT MAY NOT MAKE SENSE, AGAIN, FOR
12:21:54 SOME OF THESE CRAs TO TRY AND REACH A 30% GOAL FOR
12:21:58 HOUSING, WHETHER IT'S BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THAT NEED,
12:22:00 THEY DON'T HAVE A LARGE HOUSING POPULATION, OR THERE ARE
12:22:03 BUDGET CONSTRAINTS SUCH AS TAMPA HEIGHTS WHERE 74% OF THE
12:22:07 BUDGET IS COMMITTED TO THAT DEVELOPER BOND.
12:22:09 SO YOU HAVE THIS INFORMATION THERE WITH YOU IN YOUR
12:22:12 PowerPoint.
12:22:13 AND AS EVERYONE MENTIONED, ON SEPTEMBER 9th IN THREE
12:22:17 WEEKS, WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU WITH THE FINAL BUDGET BOOK
12:22:20 AND THE SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR YOUR APPROVAL FOR THE FY '22
12:22:23 BUDGET.
12:22:28 >>ORLANDO GUDES: GO BACK TO THE HOUSING 30%.
12:22:31 EAST TAMPA BUDGETED FOR ALMOST $6 MILLION, WITH THE 30% OF
12:22:43 IT, IT'S ALMOST TWO, LEFTOVER AMOUNT OF 3, CORRECT?
12:22:48 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: YES, THE TWO NEW PROGRAMS THAT WERE PUT
12:22:51 ON WERE THREE AND A HALF MILLION, AND THAT WOULD BE IN
12:22:54 ADDITION TO EVERYTHING THAT WAS FUNDED LAST YEAR.
12:22:57 THAT'S JUST WHAT IS IN THE FY '22 BUDGET.
12:23:01 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE STILL HAVE ALMOST 3 MILLION TO PLAY
12:23:03 WITH.
12:23:04 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: YOU HAVE PLENTY OF HOUSING MONEY IN
12:23:06 EAST TAMPA.
12:23:07 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION.
12:23:09 JUST A REALLOCATION.
12:23:11 THANK YOU.
12:23:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANYONE ELSE?
12:23:14 MS. VAN LOAN.
12:23:19 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: IN SEVEN MINUTES, I CAN GET THROUGH THE
12:23:21 AGENDA.
12:23:22 ITEM 8, WE COME TO EVERY YEAR, THE EAST TAMPA CAC.
12:23:26 THE CAC MEMBERS GET CHOSEN THROUGH AN ELECTION OF THE
12:23:29 PARTNERSHIP.
12:23:29 THAT ELECTION IS SEPTEMBER 14th.
12:23:34 AS CEDRIC TOLD YOU, THERE WILL BE MORNING AND EVENING VOTING
12:23:38 HAPPEN AT RAGAN CENTER, SO EVERY YEAR WE BRING YOU THE SLATE
12:23:42 OF CANDIDATES.
12:23:43 THERE WAS A MEMO.
12:23:45 WE PRESENTED YOU A SLATE OF 28 CANDIDATES.
12:23:48 THERE WAS ONE GENTLEMAN WHO LIVES RIGHT ON THE CRA BORDER IN
12:23:51 THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF EAST TAMPA.
12:23:53 THE AD HOC NOMINATING COMMITTEE THOUGHT THAT HE LIVED ACROSS
12:23:56 THE STREET FROM THE BORDER, OUTSIDE OF THE BORDER AND DID
12:23:59 NOT INCLUDE HIM WITHIN THE REPORT.
12:24:01 WHEN WE DUG DOWN MORE DEEPLY, HIS ADDRESS IS ACTUALLY IN THE
12:24:05 CRA, AND SO YOU SAW THAT MR. HOLLEY, WE'RE REQUESTING THAT
12:24:10 MR. HOLLEY BE INCLUDED IN THE SLATE OF CANDIDATES TO MAKE
12:24:12 THE SLATE OF CANDIDATES 29.
12:24:14 YOU DO HAVE THE APPLICANTS FOR EVERYONE ON THE LIST OF 29
12:24:18 AND THE NINE THAT WERE DEEMED INELIGIBLE TO BE A CAC
12:24:22 MEETING, AT LEAST RUN FOR A CAC MEMBER BECAUSE THEY EITHER
12:24:25 DID NOT LIVE OR WORK OR HAVE NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN
12:24:28 PARTICIPATING IN THE EAST TAMPA COMMUNITY.
12:24:34 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:24:36 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:24:38 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:24:41 ANY OPPOSED?
12:24:42 LET THE RECORD REFLECT THE MOTION PASSES.
12:24:45 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: ITEM 9 IS AN EX OFFICIO APPOINTMENT.
12:24:49 WE APPRECIATE DEE JACKSON'S PARTICIPATION SINCE THE
12:24:52 INCEPTION OF THE WEST TAMPA CRA, AND HE WILL NOW BE REPLACED
12:24:56 BY MR. BASIN AS THE EX OFFICIO REPRESENTATIVE.
12:25:01 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:25:03 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:25:04 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
12:25:05 ARE THERE ANY OPPOSED?
12:25:07 LET THE RECORD REFLECT THE MOTION PASSES.
12:25:09 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: ITEM NUMBER 10 WE HAD SENT A MEMO
12:25:12 REQUESTING THAT THAT BE CONTINUED TO THE 9/9 AGENDA.
12:25:16 >> SO MOVED.
12:25:22 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WE ALREADY DID THAT.
12:25:25 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: YES.
12:25:26 ITEM NUMBER 11 IS THE 8 MILLION REPROGRAMMING FOR THE
12:25:30 PURCHASE OF THE TWO PROPERTIES IN CHANNEL DISTRICT TO CREATE
12:25:33 AND EXPAND OUR GREENSPACE.
12:25:35 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THAT'S ITEM NUMBER 11, CORRECT?
12:25:37 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: YES.
12:25:37 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN
12:25:38 DINGFELDER.
12:25:40 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:25:41 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
12:25:42 IS THERE ANY OPPOSED?
12:25:45 LET THE RECORD REFLECT THE MOTION PASSES.
12:25:47 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: ITEM NUMBER 12 IS REPROGRAMMING FOR
12:25:50 EAST TAMPA.
12:25:51 LAST MONTH, YOU APPROVED THE OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB AND THE
12:25:55 700,000 IS THE REPROGRAMMING TO FUND THAT HOUSING PROGRAM.
12:26:01 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WHEN IS THAT GOING TO GO INTO EFFECT AND
12:26:03 HOW SOON IS THAT GOING TO BE PROGRAMMING?
12:26:05 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: CEDRIC IS FINALIZING AND WORKING ON THE
12:26:09 RFP.
12:26:10 WE'LL GET THE RFP OUT, GO THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS.
12:26:13 IN THE FALL, LATE FALL.
12:26:16 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
12:26:17 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THE MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO
12:26:20 -- BY COUNCILMAN GUDES -- MANISCALCO.
12:26:24 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:26:25 ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
12:26:26 ANY OPPOSED?
12:26:27 LET THE RECORD REFLECT THE MOTION PASSES.
12:26:29 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: OUR LAST ITEM IS AGAIN REPROGRAMMING
12:26:32 FOR EAST TAMPA.
12:26:33 THIS IS 200,000 FOR THE TREE TRIMMING PROGRAM.
12:26:36 THIS IS JUST TO HELP FUND THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN
12:26:40 QUOTED, AS WE WENT THROUGH THE MONEY ALREADY THAT HAD
12:26:44 ALREADY BEEN ORIGINALLY ALLOCATED.
12:26:46 SO THIS GETS US TO THE END OF THE YEAR.
12:26:48 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED.
12:26:48 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
12:26:49 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:26:51 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:26:52 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
12:26:54 ARE THERE ANY OPPOSED?
12:26:57 LET THE RECORD REFLECT THE MOTION PASSES.
12:27:00 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MS. VAN LOAN, YOU KNOW THAT EVERYBODY IN
12:27:03 THE CITY IS TALKING ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.
12:27:05 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: YES, SIR.
12:27:07 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO RE-UP AGAIN WITH SOME
12:27:10 MONEY ON THIS.
12:27:11 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: WE HAVE MONEY THAT WE CAN REPROGRAM.
12:27:13 >>ORLANDO GUDES: EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT IT.
12:27:15 HONESTLY, THE ADMINISTRATION WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT POSSIBLY
12:27:22 ADDING MORE FORESTRY GUYS TO THE FORESTRY DIVISION.
12:27:26 TREES ARE FALLING DOWN ALL OVER THE CITY ON PROPERTIES.
12:27:30 EAST TAMPA HAS GOT IT, AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING ANGRY.
12:27:34 IT'S KIND OF A GOOD THING THAT WE FINALLY GOT A GOOD PROJECT
12:27:38 REALLY WORKING FOR THE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW.
12:27:39 THE PEOPLE ARE ASKING ALL OVER THE CITY.
12:27:43 FORESTRY DIVISION ONLY HAS ONE CREW FOR THE WHOLE CITY.
12:27:46 GOT THAT RESCUE MONEY.
12:27:50 WE MAY HAVE TO LOOK AT DOING STUFF.
12:27:52 THAT MAY BE A CONVERSATION WITH THE ADMINISTRATION.
12:27:54 THANK YOU.
12:27:56 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. KNOX WILL BE HAPPY WITH THAT.
12:27:58 IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE, MS. VAN LOAN?
12:28:01 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: NO, WITH THAT, THANK YOU, SIRS, AND
12:28:05 STAFF HAS NOTHING ELSE.
12:28:06 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK
12:28:07 TODAY, MS. VAN LOAN.
12:28:08 INFORMATION REPORTS AND NEW BUSINESS, COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO?
12:28:11 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NOTHING, SIR.
12:28:12 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON?
12:28:14 >>BILL CARLSON: NOTHING, SIR.
12:28:15 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER?
12:28:16 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ALL GOOD.
12:28:17 THANK YOU.
12:28:17 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN GUDES?
12:28:19 >>ORLANDO GUDES: NOTHING, SIR.
12:28:20 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I DON'T WANT TO SPOIL A PERFECT RECORD.
12:28:23 NOTHING, SIR.
12:28:23 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I WON'T SAY ANYTHING EXCEPT THANK YOU VERY
12:28:25 MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR YOUR WORK TODAY.
12:28:27 I DO APPRECIATE IT.
12:28:28 WE DID A LOT, AND I THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:28:33 >> NOTHING FROM ME, MR. CHAIR.
12:28:35 >> MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
12:28:36 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE TO RECEIVE AND FILE BY
12:28:38 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:28:39 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:28:40 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:28:44 ALL OPPOSED?
12:28:44 LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT IT HAS PASSED.
12:28:50 I THANK YOU ALL AGAIN.
12:28:52 SEE YOU ALL AT 5:01.
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