CITY OF TAMPA CRA MEETING
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
9:00 A.M.
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09:00:40 [SOUNDING GAVEL]
09:00:42 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MY NAME IS JOSEPH CITRO AND I AM CHAIR.
09:00:47 COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
09:00:49 THIS MEETING IS HELD TODAY, WHAT ARE WE, SEPTEMBER 9th,
09:00:53 2021.
09:00:56 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, I BELIEVE YOU ARE DOWNSTAIRS.
09:01:04 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I AM HONORED TO INTRODUCE THIS MORNING
09:01:07 BISHOP DESIGNATE JEFFREY JOHNSON.
09:01:11 REVEREND DR. JOHNSON IS THE PASTOR AND FOUNDER OF
09:01:13 CONNECTIONS COMMUNITY CHURCH OF TAMPA IN LAKE WALES.
09:01:17 REVEREND DR. JOHNSON CURRENTLY SERVES AS A MEMBER OF THE
09:01:20 EAST TAMPA BOARD AND HE'S ALSO A BOARD MEMBER OF SERVICES
09:01:26 FLORIDA POLICY COUNCIL, AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, HEALTH
09:01:29 EQUITY COMMITTEE.
09:01:30 HE IS THE SENIOR MANAGER OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN THE
09:01:33 UNITED WAY AS WELL.
09:01:35 REVEREND JOHNSON AND HIS WIFE HAVE THREE AMAZING SONS.
09:01:45 WE THANK YOU FOR GIVING THE INVOCATION AT OUR COUNCIL
09:01:50 MEETING.
09:01:50 >> GOOD MORNING TO ALL OF YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THIS
09:01:55 WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE SPACE WITH YOU IN THIS
09:01:59 SPIRITUAL MOMENT.
09:02:02 EYES CLOSED, HEADS BOWED.
09:02:05 THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO JUST REFLECT ON LIFE
09:02:08 ITSELF.
09:02:08 HOW OFTEN AND SELDOM, RATHER, WE TAKE FOR GRANTED JUST THE
09:02:13 ESSENCE OF LIFE, HOW MANY PERSONS HAVE SUCCUMBED TO
09:02:17 COVID-19, HOW MANY FAMILY MEMBERS ARE DISTRESSED BECAUSE OF
09:02:20 THAT.
09:02:22 OUR COUNTRY SEEMS TO BE IN CIVIL UNREST, AND SO MANY
09:02:26 DISPARAGING THINGS, BUT WE ARE STILL HERE.
09:02:30 GOD OF PEACE, WE INVITE YOU TO PRESIDE OVER THIS MEETING.
09:02:35 EVEN IF WE HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS, GIVE US THE UNITY OF
09:02:38 SPIRIT.
09:02:40 HELP US TO LISTEN AS OTHERS SHARE THEIR POINTS OF VIEW.
09:02:45 HELP US TO WORK AS A UNIFIED TEAM AND COMBINING IDEAS FOR A
09:02:49 GREAT OUTCOME FOR THE CITY IN WHICH WE LOVE.
09:02:52 HELP US TO WORK AS A WHOLE RATHER THAN AS INDIVIDUALS TRYING
09:02:56 TO PROMOTE OUR OWN AGENDAS.
09:02:58 MAY WE HAVE A SPIRIT OF CAMARADERIE IN THIS ROOM VIRTUALLY
09:03:03 AND WORK TOGETHER ON OUR SHARED MISSION.
09:03:06 AMEN.
09:03:07 [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ]
09:03:22 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ROLL CALL.
09:03:22 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
09:03:24 >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE.
09:03:25 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HERE.
09:03:26 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
09:03:27 >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
09:03:28 >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
09:03:29 >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE.
09:03:30 >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
09:03:33 >>JOSEPH CITRO: LET'S HEAR FROM LEGAL, PLEASE.
09:03:35 >> GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE CRA, BRIAN
09:03:39 MORRISON, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY.
09:03:40 THIS MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY IS BEING
09:03:44 CONDUCTED WITH A LIVE IN-PERSON QUORUM CRA PRESENT IN
09:03:48 COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
09:03:49 HOWEVER, IN LIGHT OF CONTINUING COVID-19 GOVERNMENT ISSUED
09:03:52 HEALTH STANDARDS FOR GUIDANCE, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE
09:03:55 ALSO ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY, THROUGH VIDEO,
09:03:59 AWED, WHY TELECONFERENCING REFERRED TO BY FLORIDA STATUTES
09:04:03 AND RULES AS COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY OR CMT.
09:04:08 THE PUBLIC AND CITIZENS OF TAMPA ARE ABLE TO WATCH OR LISTEN
09:04:10 TO THIS MEETING ON CABLE, SPECTRUM CHANNEL 640 AND FRONTIER
09:04:14 CHANNEL 15 OR ON THE INTERNET AT TAMPA.GOV/LIVESTREAM.
09:04:20 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY VIRTUALLY PARTICIPANT IN THIS CRA
09:04:23 PUBLIC MEETING THROUGH CMT BY SENDING WRITTEN COMMENTS TO
09:04:26 TAMPA.GOV SLASH PUBLIC COMMENTS, AT U.S. MAIL TO THE CITY OF
09:04:34 TAMPA CLERK, OR SPEAK REMOTELY THROUGH THE USE OF CMT BY
09:04:41 GOING TO TAMPA.GOV/PUBLIC COMMENT.
09:04:46 MAY PARTICIPATE HERE AT OLD CITY HALL ON THE SECOND FLOOR AT
09:04:51 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD TAMPA.
09:04:53 PLEASE USE NOTE THE USE OF MASKS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING
09:05:00 INSIDE THE BUILDING ARE ENCOURAGED.
09:05:01 MR. CHAIR, I WOULD ASK THE BOARD TO WAIVE THE RULES AND
09:05:04 ADOPT RULES THAT WOULD BE PURSUANT TO THE NOTICE.
09:05:10 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN THAN MANISCALCO.
09:05:13 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:05:14 ALL IN FAVOR?
09:05:15 ANY OPPOSED?
09:05:16 LET THE RECORD REFLECT THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
09:05:19 I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME AGENDA CLEANING UP WE HAVE TO DO.
09:05:24 HAVE ALL OF YOU RECEIVED THE E-MAIL FROM OUR LEGAL FROM
09:05:28 MORRIS MASSEY REGARDING AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 3 FROM THE
09:05:32 REPRESENTATIVE OF THE STRAZ CENTER WHO IS ASKING FOR A
09:05:37 CONTINUANCE UNTIL ORCHESTRA 14th.
09:05:41 YES, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
09:05:44 >>BILL CARLSON: MAY I COMMENT ON THAT?
09:05:49 >>JOSEPH CITRO: BRIEFLY, YES.
09:05:51 >>BILL CARLSON: I THINK WE HAVE FIVE MINUTES IF WE WANT TO
09:05:53 COMMENT ON SOMETHING.
09:05:54 I THINK THIS MORNING AND AS THE BUZZ STARTED CIRCULATING
09:05:59 AROUND TOWN YESTERDAY IT SENT SHOCK WAVES THROUGH THE
09:06:02 COMMUNITY.
09:06:03 I THINK IT'S A VERY DANGEROUS PRECEDENT FOR US TO MAKE THIS
09:06:06 CHANGE.
09:06:08 AS YOU ALL MAY NOTE WITH THE GREAT RECESSION AND IN OTHER
09:06:12 PRIORITIES, THE CITY HAS NOT FUNDED THE ARTS OR REDUCED
09:06:16 FUNDING OF THE ARTS OVER THE LAST 10-15 YEARS.
09:06:19 THE ARTS COMMUNITY FEELS THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF
09:06:22 THEM, AND WE NEED TO COME FORWARD AND SUPPORT THEM.
09:06:26 ALSO, THE ARTS COMMUNITY IN PARTICULAR THE PERFORMING ARTS
09:06:29 HAS SUFFERED GREATLY UNDER COVID.
09:06:31 THE PRIVATE ARTS GROUPS AND THE NONPROFIT ARTS GROUPS, AND
09:06:36 AS YOU KNOW THIS IS A CITY OWNED FACILITY.
09:06:39 THIS CITY OWNED FACILITY IS STATE OF THE ART IS WELL KNOWN
09:06:43 AND WELL EXPECTED, WITH GREAT MANAGEMENT BUT IT NEEDS TO BE
09:06:46 UPDATED AND UPGRADED.
09:06:48 THE PLAN TO UPGRADE THIS FACILITY HAS BEEN DELAYED BY MORE
09:06:51 THAN A YEAR BECAUSE OF COVID.
09:06:53 THE STRAZ CENTER HAS SUFFERED BECAUSE OF COVID AND THE
09:06:56 REDUCED REVENUES AND INABILITY TO MEET THEIR PLAN IS TO
09:07:00 AMONG OTHER THINGS OFFER, TO ACTIVATE THE RIVERWALK, OFFER
09:07:03 FREE PROGRAMMING OUTDOORS FOR THE PUBLIC, TO IMPROVE ITS
09:07:08 PROGRAMS, OFFERING ARTS EDUCATION TO THE PUBLIC, A 30-DAY
09:07:12 DELAY, BUT TO THE ARTS COMMUNITY THIS IS A SIGN THAT WE ARE
09:07:18 NOT SUPPORTING THE ARTS.
09:07:20 THE ARTS AS YOU MAY KNOW NOT ONLY ARE AN AMENITY, THEY ARE
09:07:24 AN ECONOMIC ENGINE AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO WATCH THE YOUTUBE
09:07:28 VIDEO THE MAYOR'S FORM OF THE ARTS A COUPLE YEARS AGO, AN
09:07:32 ECONOMIC ENGINE, AND AN EXAMPLE IS A SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
09:07:39 COMPANY SPOKE AND SENIOR ENGINEER SAID THE ARTS ARE NOT JUST
09:07:41 AN AMENITY, THEY STUDY MUSIC, HUMANITIES IN SCHOOL, AND THEY
09:07:46 WILL ONLY LIVE IN A COMMUNITY, THEY WILL ONLY WORK FOR
09:07:49 COMPANIES THAT ARE IN COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE ACTIVE VIBE
09:07:52 RANTS ARTS PROGRAMS.
09:07:53 AND SO IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT'S NICE TO HAVE.
09:07:55 IT'S ESSENTIAL FOR OUR ECONOMY AND OUR IN-INDICATIONS
09:07:59 ECONOMY.
09:08:00 AND THAT COMPANY BY THE WAY JUST WENT PUBLIC AND IS GOING TO
09:08:02 MAKE A LOT OF MONEY FOR BEING SUCCESSFUL IN THAT.
09:08:05 WE NEED TO CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE ARTS.
09:08:07 AS YOU KNOW, THE CRAS ARE SUBSIDIZED BY THE REST OF THE CITY
09:08:11 AND MID DISTRICT DOESN'T HAVE A CRA AND THAT MEANS MY
09:08:17 DISTRICT AND OTHER DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY ARE BEGGING
09:08:19 FOR BETTER SIDEWALKS AND BETTER PARKS.
09:08:20 WE HAVE BROKEN SIDEWALKS, BROKEN ROADS, AND IF WE ARE GOING
09:08:23 TO SUBSIDIZE SOMETHING WE NEED TO SUBSIDIZE SOMETHING THAT'S
09:08:26 AN ECONOMIC ENGINE THAT'S A BENEFIT TO EVERYBODY IN THE CITY
09:08:28 SO THAT EVERYONE IN THIS CITY CAN PARTICIPATE.
09:08:31 AND I ENCOURAGE US TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THIS DECISION TODAY.
09:08:34 THIS DECISION IS A CRA BOARD WHICH IS US, AND THE ARTS
09:08:38 DESPERATELY NEED THIS AS A SIGN NOT ONLY FOR THIS CAMPAIGN
09:08:41 BUT FOR THE ARTS IN GENERAL.
09:08:42 THANK YOU.
09:08:43 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON, I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU
09:08:46 IF THIS WERE A REQUEST COMING FROM SOME OTHER ENTITY, BUT
09:08:52 THIS IS A REQUEST COMING FROM THE STRAZ CENTER.
09:08:55 COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:08:56 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY QUESTION TO MR.
09:09:00 MASSEY, THIS REQUEST IS COMING -- WHY THEY ARE REQUESTING A
09:09:08 CONTINUANCE.
09:09:08 MR. MASSEY.
09:09:09 >>MORRIS MASSEY: DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY.
09:09:14 THE REQUEST CAME YESTERDAY FROM THE STRAZ ASKING FOR A
09:09:19 30-DAY CONTINUANCE OF THIS ITEM.
09:09:21 JUST FOR 30 DAYS, THE REQUEST FOR STRAZ.
09:09:24 THERE WAS NO REASON GIVEN WHY THEY WERE REQUESTING IT.
09:09:27 I DID SPEAK TO THEIR LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE AND HE DID NOT
09:09:30 GIVE ME A REASON FOR THE REQUEST, BUT THEY DID REQUEST A
09:09:32 30-DAY DELAY FOR THIS AGREEMENT.
09:09:37 THE CRA AND THE TAMPA BAY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AND TAMPA
09:09:41 BAY PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION, SPECIFICALLY WE WOULD NOT
09:09:45 MOVE FORWARD WITH AN AGREEMENT IF THE PARTIES THAT WE ARE IN
09:09:49 AN AGREEMENT WITH IS REQUESTING A DELAY FOR WHATEVER REASON,
09:09:54 BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT --
09:09:59 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MASSEY PLEASE TO MY KNOWLEDGE THEY
09:10:07 REVIEWED IT, AND FROM A THEIR LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE, WASN'T
09:10:12 AWARE OF ANY ISSUES.
09:10:13 THERE MAY BE SOME NOW.
09:10:14 THERE MAY BE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS.
09:10:15 THEY ARE JUST ASKING IT BE DELAYED FOR 30 DAYS TO THE NEXT
09:10:18 CRA MEETING.
09:10:19 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CONTINUES THIS
09:10:24 UNTIL OCTOBER 14th.
09:10:25 >> SO MOVED.
09:10:29 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
09:10:30 AND LET ME SPEAK TO SOMETHING, CHAIR, IF I MAY.
09:10:32 LET ME JUST SAY THAT I HAVE NO VALID INTEREST IN ANY OF
09:10:37 THESE CITY OWNED PROPERTIES WHICH IS THE AQUARIUM, TAMPA AND
09:10:42 THE STRAZ.
09:10:43 ALTHOUGH I HAVE NO INTEREST WHEN I HAVE A FEW DOLLARS LEFT
09:10:47 OVER I SEND A DONATION TO THE STRAZ, A DONATION TO THE
09:10:51 AQUARIUM, AND I SEND A DONATION.
09:10:57 AND I SUPPORTED THE ORIGINAL $25 MILLION TO THE STRAZ.
09:11:01 HOWEVER, THERE IS A 25 MILLION SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY,
09:11:07 AND IT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY.
09:11:09 I SPOKE AT THE STRAZ WHEN THINGS WERE REAL BAD, DOWNTOWN
09:11:13 TAMPA HAD NOTHING TO SPEAK OF.
09:11:19 AND I TOOK THE RESPONSIBILITY, AND I HAD OTHER ENTITIES TELL
09:11:26 ME, HOW CAN YOU BE INVESTING MONEY IN DOWNTOWN AND YOU ARE
09:11:28 NOT DOING IN THE WESTSHORE?
09:11:30 I AM JUST GOING TO USE WESTSHORE AREA, THE MALL, FOR
09:11:33 INSTANCE, AND SO FORTH, AS THE EXAMPLE.
09:11:36 AND THE ANSWER IS CLEAR.
09:11:38 EVERY HUMAN BEING ONLY HAS ONE HEART.
09:11:41 AND WITHOUT THE HEART, NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, YOU CAN'T
09:11:45 SURVIVE.
09:11:46 AND EVERY CITY THAT 200,000 OR 250,000 AND ABOVE THAT
09:11:54 DOESN'T HAVE A HEART LIKE A DOWNTOWN, IT'S ACTUALLY DYING.
09:11:58 WHETHER I LIKE IT OR NOT THAT'S A REALITY.
09:12:00 THE STRAZ WAS THERE, AND WE WERE BARELY ON A RESPIRATOR.
09:12:06 THEY HAD COVID BEFORE COVID WAS INVENTED AND THEY STOOD
09:12:09 STRONG AND THEY WORKED TO MAKE EXACTLY WHAT MR. CARLSON
09:12:12 TALKED ABOUT AND PLACE TO GO.
09:12:17 A PLACE TO SEE.
09:12:19 PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE AREA.
09:12:21 ONE OF THE BETTER IF NOT THE BEST CENTERS OF ITS SIZE IN THE
09:12:26 WHOLE UNITED STATES.
09:12:28 THEY ASKED FOR A 30-DAY COULDN'T ANSWER.
09:12:31 I ALSO HEARD RUMORS ABOUT DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF MONEY, AND
09:12:35 NOTHING SUBSTANTIAL THAT I HAVE HEARD ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
09:12:39 BUT I HAVE HEARD THAT THEY HAD A MEETING.
09:12:41 I WASN'T THERE.
09:12:43 I AM NOT ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE STRAZ.
09:12:46 I WAS MANY YEARS AGO.
09:12:47 AND THEY ARE A FINE RUN ORGANIZATION JUST LIKE THE AQUARIUM
09:12:50 IS, JUST LIKE ZOO TAMPA IS.
09:12:52 ALL THOSE THAT I MENTIONED ALONG WITH THE CONVENTION CENTER,
09:12:56 AND CITY PROPERTIES.
09:12:58 LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT ME.
09:13:01 I WILL BE DAMNED IF I AM GOING TO SUPPORT ANYTHING ON THE
09:13:04 OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN FOR ANY SPORTS.
09:13:07 AND I AM NOT ANTI-SPORTS.
09:13:09 LET ME SAY THAT.
09:13:10 BUT I GUARANTEE YOU THAT THEY DON'T PAY NO AD VALOREM TAXES,
09:13:14 SPORTS.
09:13:14 WE DON'T OWN THE FACILITIES.
09:13:15 WE DON'T HAVE A ROLE IN ANYTHING THEY DO.
09:13:17 AND WHEN THIS COMES UP AS I AM -- IF I AM STILL ALIVE, IT'S
09:13:22 GOING TO BE A NEGATIVE VOTE FROM ME.
09:13:26 AND I AM NOT COMPARING THE STRAZ TO SPORTS OR THE AQUARIUM
09:13:29 OR ZOO TAMPA.
09:13:30 BUT I AM TIRED OF LISTENING TO ALL THIS STUFF, POLITICAL
09:13:34 RUMBLINGS, OF ALL, INCLUDING MYSELF, ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE DONE
09:13:39 OR GOING TO DO.
09:13:40 I CAN TELL YOU THIS.
09:13:42 I WILL NOT SUPPORT ANY EXPANSION OR ANY SPORTS OR BRINGING
09:13:46 ANY TEAM TO TAMPA.
09:13:48 IT COST TAMPA A LOT OF KUDOS IN THIS COUNTRY, AND THIS CITY.
09:13:52 THIS CITY IS GREAT ENOUGH WITHOUT SUPPORTING BILLIONAIRE
09:13:56 CORPORATIONS THAT GIVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AWAY BECAUSE THEY
09:14:01 DON'T PAY ANYTHING TO ANYBODY.
09:14:02 SO I AM GOING TO STAY MY GROUND AND I WILL SUPPORT THE
09:14:07 30-DAY EXTENSION.
09:14:08 THANK YOU.
09:14:08 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:14:14 AS YOUR REPRESENTATIVE ON THE STRAZ BOARD, OBVIOUSLY, I HAVE
09:14:20 BEEN DEEPLY INVOLVED IN THIS, AND TREMENDOUSLY SUPPORTIVE OF
09:14:23 THIS ENTIRE EFFORT.
09:14:25 THIS IS A 100 MILLION CAPITAL CAMPAIGN, 50 MILLION OF IT IS
09:14:31 GOING TO BE PRIVATE MONEY, PRIVATE BUSINESS DONATIONS.
09:14:36 BUT I WANTED TO MENTION SOMETHING REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT,
09:14:39 AND THIS IS ACTUALLY BEEN DISCUSSED QUITE A BIT RECENTLY.
09:14:46 IT'S BEEN CALCULATED, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE SAY THIS IS JUST
09:14:49 FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE TICKETS, PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO PAY
09:14:54 $100 TO GO INTO THAT BUILDING, OKAY.
09:14:56 THEY CALCULATED THAT OUT OF THE $80 MILLION OF HARD COSTS,
09:15:00 AT LEAST 22 MILLION OF THAT, MORE THAN A FOURTH, MORE THAN
09:15:06 25%, YEAH, A FOURTH, IS FOR THE PUBLIC REALM, IS TO MAKE
09:15:13 IMPROVEMENTS THAT ACTUALLY OPEN UP THE FACILITY TO THE
09:15:16 PUBLIC.
09:15:17 THE RESTAURANTS THEY ARE GOING TO BE BUILDING ARE ALL GOING
09:15:21 TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
09:15:22 THEY ARE BUILDING AN AMPHITHEATER ON THE RIVER WITH PART OF
09:15:26 THAT $22 MILLION.
09:15:27 THAT'S GOING TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
09:15:28 SO THERE'S A MISCONCEPTION THAT THIS IS JUST FOR RICH
09:15:31 PEOPLE.
09:15:31 IT'S NOT.
09:15:32 AND, AS A MATTER OF FACT, EVEN TO THIS DAY, WITHOUT ANY OF
09:15:35 THIS MONEY, THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER OPENS ITS DOORS TO
09:15:38 THE PUBLIC FOR FREE FOR NUMEROUS EVENTS, FOR CHILDREN, FOR
09:15:42 PEOPLE THAT CAN'T OTHERWISE AFFORD IT.
09:15:45 JUDY CAN COME OVER AND TALK TO US AND I AM GOING TO ASK THE
09:15:49 CHAIRMAN TO PUT HER ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH BEFORE WE
09:15:51 VOTE SO SHE CAN EXPLAIN THAT IN FULL.
09:15:53 MR. VIERA, I COULDN'T HELP BUT TALK IN ADVANCE OF MEETINGS
09:15:58 BUT I COULDN'T HELP BUT READ YOUR NAME IN THE ARTICLE.
09:16:00 I DON'T KNOW IF THE ARTICLE QUOTED YOU EXACTLY RIGHT, BUT IT
09:16:04 CONCERNS ME A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THIS $25 MILLION FIGURE IS
09:16:11 NOT -- AS A MATTER OF FACT, I ASKED MICHELLE THE OTHER DAY
09:16:14 HOW LONG WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT $25 MILLION FOR THE
09:16:17 STRAZ, AND I THINK JANUARY OR FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR,
09:16:20 MICHELLE.
09:16:21 SO THIS IS NOT A NEW NUMBER, OKAY?
09:16:24 I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S A SURPRISE TO ANYBODY.
09:16:26 I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S A SURPRISE AT ALL.
09:16:30 WE HAVE ACTUALLY TAKEN SOME STRAW VOTES ON IT AS WE HAVE
09:16:33 PROCEEDED.
09:16:33 SO IT DISTURBS ME THAT NOW WE MIGHT BE JUMPING SHIP.
09:16:37 AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, MR. VIERA, THAT I KNOW THIS
09:16:42 COUNCILMAN, THIS CRA MEMBER, TRIES TO BE AS SUPPORTIVE AS
09:16:46 POSSIBLE OF EVERYBODY'S INITIATIVE, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S A
09:16:50 SPECIAL NAMED PARK UP IN NEW TAMPA OR WHAT HAVE YOU, WE ALL
09:16:54 TRY AND HELP OUT EACH OTHER WHEN THESE ISSUES ARE IMPORTANT
09:16:58 TO ONE ANOTHER.
09:16:59 SO, MR. CHAIRMAN, I WILL SUPPORT THE 30 DAYS BECAUSE THE
09:17:04 STRAZ FOLKS HAVE REQUESTED IT.
09:17:05 AND I HAVE GOT A LONG WINDED WAY OF GETTING THERE.
09:17:08 BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A FEW OF THOSE I THINK IMPORTANT
09:17:11 POINTS.
09:17:12 AND THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:17:13 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WHEN WE USUALLY TALK ABOUT CONTINUANCES,
09:17:17 AND OTHER MEETINGS WE HAVE, WE USUALLY JUST TALK ABOUT THE
09:17:21 CONTINUANCES.
09:17:23 THESE DISCUSSIONS, I THINK, ARE MORE MEANINGFUL ON THE
09:17:28 14th WHEN WE ARE DISCUSSING THE REAL ISSUES.
09:17:31 COUNCILMAN VIERA.
09:17:32 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:17:33 JUST VERY BRIEFLY I KNOW WE HAVE A MEETING TO RUN.
09:17:37 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER'S WORDS ARE WELL TAKEN, BECAUSE WE DO
09:17:39 TRY TO SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER.
09:17:41 I SEE THIS 30-DAY CONTINUANCE AS AN EFFORT BY OUR FRIENDS AT
09:17:44 THE STRAZ CENTER.
09:17:46 WE ALL SUPPORT THEIR MISSION TO TRY TO BE CLAP RAH --
09:17:49 COLLABORATIVE.
09:17:50 AND I KNOW THAT COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER SERVES ON THAT BOARD,
09:17:54 VERY DIFFERENTIAL OPINIONS REGARDING MATTERS OF THE CENTER
09:17:59 BECAUSE YOU ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT, YOUR WONDERFUL
09:18:02 WIFE, ET CETERA.
09:18:02 SO I THINK THERE IS UNIVERSAL SUPPORT ON THIS BOARD FOR A
09:18:07 LIBERAL AMOUNT OF SUPPORT FOR THE STRAZ CENTER, AND I MEAN
09:18:11 LIBERAL IN TERMS OF SIGNIFICANCE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE
09:18:13 SHOULD ALL SUPPORT.
09:18:15 THIS HAS COME UP A NUMBER OF TIMES BEFORE AT -- I SHOULD SAY
09:18:19 CRA MEETINGS, AND I DID EXPRESS SOME CONCERN.
09:18:21 IF YOU REMEMBER LAST TIME, I SAID, WELL, WE ULTIMATELY TAKE
09:18:26 THE VOTE, ANOTHER 30 DAYS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
09:18:29 IN TERMS OF DOING OUR HOMEWORK, ET CETERA.
09:18:31 THAT'S MY POSITION.
09:18:32 I AM NOT HERE, NUMBER ONE TO BE CLEAR, I AM NOT HERE TO CALL
09:18:38 ANYONE'S QUESTION -- ANYONE'S RECORD OR ANYTHING OF THAT
09:18:42 MATTER.
09:18:42 I MENTIONED COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER AND COUNCILMAN GUDES DONE
09:18:48 MORE ON HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROBABLY THAN ALL OF US
09:18:52 COMBINED.
09:18:52 CERTAINLY MORE THAN THIS COUNCILMAN.
09:18:54 THAT'S FOR DARN SURE.
09:18:55 SO, IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN I SAY THINGS LIKE THAT, I AM NOT
09:18:57 SAYING TO ANYTHING TO PUT PEOPLE -- IT'S JUST A MATTER THAT
09:19:03 I AM PRESENTLY COMFORTABLE WITH, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT
09:19:07 DIALOGUE IS FOR.
09:19:08 THAT'S WHAT TALK IS FOR, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
09:19:10 SO, YOU KNOW, MY FEELINGS ON THE MATTER ARE MY FEELINGS
09:19:14 ALONE.
09:19:14 I AM NOT LOOKING AT ANYBODY, ET CETERA, IT'S MERELY TO STATE
09:19:19 MY OPINION.
09:19:20 BUT I DO THAT WITH IMMENSE RESPECT FOR THE WORK OF THE STRAZ
09:19:23 CENTER AND WITH RESPECT FOR WHAT COMMON DINGFELDER WANTS
09:19:28 BECAUSE I DO THINK IN THE END WE ALL ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO
09:19:30 GET ON BOARD FOR SOMETHING THAT GOODNESS WILLING WE CAN ALL
09:19:34 SUPPORT.
09:19:34 THAT'S WHAT I AM WORKING TOWARD AND THAT'S WHAT I HOPE TO
09:19:37 GET.
09:19:37 AGAIN, I CERTAINLY HAVE MY OPINIONS OF WHICH I AM NOT GOING
09:19:40 TO GET INTO AT THIS TIME, AND WHATNOT, BUT THEY ARE ALL
09:19:43 WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF RESPECT.
09:19:46 SO TO MY FRIEND JOHN, YOUR COMMENTS ARE WELL TAKEN AND
09:19:49 HOPEFULLY GO ON THE JOURNEY TOGETHER AND WHATEVER IT IS WILL
09:19:52 BE A JOURNEY OF EXPECTED FRIENDSHIP.
09:19:55 THANK YOU, SIR.
09:19:56 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WITHOUT ANY MORE DISCUSSION, WHO WAS IT,
09:19:58 COUNCILMAN VIERA AND COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO?
09:20:03 I'M SORRY.
09:20:03 MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN VIERA, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN
09:20:06 GUDES.
09:20:08 ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
09:20:09 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
09:20:12 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
09:20:13 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
09:20:14 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
09:20:15 >>BILL CARLSON: NO.
09:20:19 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO.
09:20:21 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
09:20:22 >> MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON AND MANISCALCO VOTING NO.
09:20:24 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
09:20:29 MS. VAN LOAN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD, ANYTHING
09:20:34 YOU NEED TO ADD?
09:20:35 THERE IS A WALK-ON HERE.
09:20:37 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: WE SENT A MEMORANDUM FOR THE FY 22
09:20:44 BUDGET, AND I AM HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THAT FURTHER WHEN THAT
09:20:49 COMES UP.
09:20:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:20:51 IS MR. HARDIN DOWNSTAIRS?
09:20:53 >>BRIAN MORRISON: IF WE COULD TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST.
09:21:06 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YOU ARE CORRECT.
09:21:08 LET'S GO TO MUST BE COMMENT.
09:21:09 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:21:20 MICHAEL FARMER, EAST TAMPA RESIDENT.
09:21:23 I'M HERE THIS MORNING TO GIVE MR. DINGFELDER AND HIS
09:21:31 ASSISTANT A HEARTFELT THANK YOU.
09:21:35 IT'S BEEN ABOUT A YEAR THAT YOU AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS
09:21:43 HELPED ME WITH A SITUATION WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT.
09:21:48 IT'S BEEN ABOUT A YEAR.
09:21:50 I HAVE BEEN BUSY UPGRADING MY HOME.
09:21:53 SO I FOUND THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU TO BOTH YOU AND
09:21:57 YOUR ASSISTANT.
09:21:59 I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS GOT AN
09:22:03 E-MAIL THAT I SENT YOU PERTAINING TO PLANS FOR THE PARK.
09:22:14 SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY TO MR. GUDES, THANK YOU ALSO FOR
09:22:21 DOING YOUR BEST AT THE FAIROAKS COMMUNITY CENTER.
09:22:26 YOU MADE A COMMENT THAT YOU CAN TALK TO THE DIFFERENT
09:22:31 DEPARTMENTS BUT YOU CAN'T MAKE THEM DO ANYTHING.
09:22:34 AND I UNDERSTAND, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE TALKING, OR
09:22:41 REPRESENTING A PERSON LIKE ME, WHO IS VERY VOCAL ABOUT
09:22:45 GENTRIFICATION, AND ABOUT THE BLIGHT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
09:22:51 TRACTOR TRAILERS ON THE FRONT LAWN, HEAVY EQUIPMENT ON THE
09:22:53 FRONT LAWN.
09:22:57 SO ALSO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I WAS AT THE TUESDAY CAC
09:23:03 MEETING, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THAT EVENT,
09:23:10 MORNING EVENT.
09:23:13 MR. CEDRIC McCRAY CAN FILL YOU IN.
09:23:16 SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH ALL.
09:23:18 AND I HOPE THAT YOU GOT THE E-MAILS.
09:23:20 IF NOT, THEN I WILL TRY TO SEND IT OUT.
09:23:23 I'LL CHECK WITH THE CLERK.
09:23:24 THANK YOU.
09:23:24 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:23:26 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANKS FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
09:23:30 >> MENTESNOT, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
09:23:54 I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MISS GWENDOLYN
09:24:01 SMALL, 102 YEARS OF AGE, AND THAT'S A WONDERFUL MARK TO
09:24:06 MAKE.
09:24:07 HOPEFULLY I WILL BE UP THERE ONE DAY, AND REALLY HAPPY
09:24:10 BIRTHDAY TO MAMA SMALL, MAKING IT TO 102.
09:24:14 AND NO ASSOCIATION BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT I
09:24:20 REALLY COMMEND CITY COUNCILMAN CHARLIE MIRANDA ON THE
09:24:27 COMMENTS HE MADE THIS MORNING WHICH, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN
09:24:31 PEOPLE, CERTAIN SEGMENT OF THE COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN SAYING
09:24:33 FOR DECADE, WHILE WE SUPPORT CERTAIN SPORTS TEAMS THAT
09:24:39 REALLY DON'T DO ANY GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY OR TO THE
09:24:42 PEOPLE IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER BUT WE THROW TAX DOLLARS AND
09:24:44 TAX FUNDING BEHIND IT.
09:24:46 SO THAT BEING SAID, WHICH I HAVE SAID PREVIOUSLY, I THINK
09:24:52 CHARLIE MIRANDA IS FAMILIAR BECAUSE WE HEAR A DIFFERENT
09:24:55 VOICE.
09:24:55 SO AT LEAST YOU HAVE ONE VOTE WHICH WOULD BE MY VOTE.
09:25:00 AND OUGHT TO BE MORE VOTES THAN THAT.
09:25:05 GETTING BACK TO FORM, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT OUR
09:25:11 REPRESENTATIVES AND ALL THE REPRESENTATIVES OF CITY COUNCIL
09:25:14 UNDERSTAND THAT WE AS AFRICANS CONSTITUTE 26% OF THIS
09:25:19 POPULATION IN THIS CITY OF TAMPA, AND WE NEED 26% OF WHAT'S
09:25:24 GOING ON.
09:25:24 WE NEED 26% OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT'S GOING ON IN THIS
09:25:28 COMMUNITY.
09:25:28 WE DON'T NEED 80% OF THE PRISON POPULATION.
09:25:30 WE DON'T NEED 90% OF THE ARRESTS.
09:25:32 WE DON'T NEED 99% OF THE BICYCLE STOPS.
09:25:36 IF IT'S 26%, THEN THAT WOULD BE FAIR AND EQUITABLE.
09:25:39 BUT WE NEED 26% OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT GOES ON IN THIS
09:25:43 CITY.
09:25:43 WE NEED TO START TALKING ABOUT REPARATIONS THAT THIS CITY
09:25:47 AND BUSINESSES IN THIS CITY OWES TO US AS AFRICAN PEOPLE
09:25:50 SINCE THE FORMATION OF THIS CITY IN 1859.
09:25:53 SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED.
09:25:55 WE NEED OUR CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING
09:25:59 ON IN THE HOOD.
09:26:00 A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE HOOD,
09:26:03 LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED THE CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE TO
09:26:06 PICK UP THEIR PHONE, CALL THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND SAY,
09:26:09 HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THESE STIMULUS CHECKS, WHERE THEY
09:26:14 TOOK FROM ALLEGEDLY CHILD SUPPORT, INDIVIDUALS OWING CHILD
09:26:19 SUPPORT IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC.
09:26:20 THAT'S HATEFUL.
09:26:21 THAT'S DEFINITELY HATEFUL.
09:26:23 SO THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT'S GOING ON INSIDE THIS
09:26:25 COMMUNITY THAT BLACK PEOPLE ARE NOT REPRESENTED ON.
09:26:28 SUSPENDING PEOPLE'S DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR CHILD SUPPORT.
09:26:31 THAT'S ILLEGAL AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
09:26:33 WE NEED OUR CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE TO PICK UP THE
09:26:35 PHONE, CALL JUDGE FICARROTTA, CALL CINDY STUART AND SAY HEY,
09:26:43 THAT'S WRONG.
09:26:45 PEOPLE WHO LIVE INSIDE THIS CITY, WE NEED OUR CITY COUNCIL
09:26:47 REPRESENTATIVES, NOT TELL US THAT, HEY, THAT'S NOT OUR AREA,
09:26:51 CALL YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE.
09:26:52 MOST PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW THE NAME DARRYL ROUSON.
09:26:57 AND THAT'S ONE OF OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES.
09:27:00 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:27:01 >> THERE ARE NO MORE PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
09:27:22 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:27:22 >>THE CLERK: THERE ARE NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS.
09:27:26 >>JOSEPH CITRO: CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA
09:27:28 FOR OUR MEETING?
09:27:30 MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:27:32 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
09:27:35 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
09:27:36 IS THERE ANY OPPOSED?
09:27:38 LET THE RECORD REFLECT THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
09:27:41 MS. VAN LOAN.
09:27:42 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: MICHELLE VAN LOAN, COMMUNITY
09:27:47 REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
09:27:48 FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA THIS MORNING IS ADAM HARDIN WHO HAS
09:27:52 REQUESTED TO COME AND SPEAK BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING.
09:27:55 MR. HARDIN?
09:27:57 >> ADAM HARDIN: GOOD MORNING.
09:28:15 THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.
09:28:16 I APPRECIATE YOU ACCOMMODATING ME.
09:28:20 I REACHED OUT TO A FEW OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY.
09:28:22 I WANTED TO GIVE THE GROUP AN UPDATE ON THE PROJECT AND UP
09:28:28 TO SPEED ON A MINOR TEXT AMENDMENT WE WERE PUSHING FORWARD.
09:28:35 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ADAM, CAN YOU SPOKE UP A LITTLE?
09:28:38 >> YES, SIR.
09:28:39 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU.
09:28:39 >> IS IT POSSIBLE TO TURN ON THE ELMO FOR A MINUTES?
09:28:46 >>JOSEPH CITRO: IT SHOULD BE ON.
09:28:46 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WE WON'T CHARGE EXTRA.
09:28:51 >> SPEAK FOR YOURSELF.
09:28:53 >> CAN YOU SEE THE GRAPHIC?
09:29:00 I CAN JUST SEE MYSELF.
09:29:01 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: NOT YET.
09:29:02 >> SO AS YOU KNOW, THE ICE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA IS A
09:29:08 75-ACRE AREA ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER
09:29:12 WHICH IS SURROUNDED BY EXISTING ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS,
09:29:16 HISTORIC LYNCHWOOD, RIVERSIDE HEIGHTS, TAMPA HEIGHTS, SOUTH
09:29:20 SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, AND UPTOWN COUNCIL TRY TO MAKE THE PARCEL.
09:29:29 WE ENTERED INTO AN INTERLOCAL SOMETIME BACK.
09:29:34 THIS AREA WAS PREVIOUSLY INDUSTRIAL, AND AT THIS POINT IS
09:29:37 MOVING FORWARD WITH A PLAN.
09:29:44 URBAN -- THE ARMATURE WORKS WHICH IS REALLY INITIATIVE TO
09:29:51 REACTIVATE THE PROJECT.
09:29:53 AT THIS POINT PORTIONS OF THE PUBLIC PROJECT THAT HAVE BEEN
09:29:55 COMPLETED, WE HAVE EXTENDED THE RIVERWALK TO NORTH
09:29:59 BOULEVARD.
09:30:03 THE NEW LIFT STATION WHICH SERVES NOT ONLY THE DEVELOPMENT
09:30:09 BUT HAS BEEN INSTALLED.
09:30:12 NEW PUBLIC STREETS AND NEW PUBLIC STREET GRID, THE 13 PLATS
09:30:19 WERE VACATED AND THE REDEVELOPMENTS REPLATTED.
09:30:28 TO THE EAST SIDE OF THE PLAN, LOTS 1, 2, 3, WHAT WE CALL
09:30:33 HEIGHTS UNION, AND WE UNDERTOOK THE PROJECT, WE SAID WE
09:30:37 REALLY WANTED THE STORY OF HEIGHTS TO BE ABOUT JOBS, NEW
09:30:40 JOBS FOR TAMPA, AND AT THIS POINT, THE 300,000 SQUARE FEET,
09:30:46 PHASE 1, CREATIVE OFFICE IS FULLY LEASED.
09:30:52 AS SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT, PFIZER GLOBAL
09:30:58 CAPABILITY OF, WHICH IS 100,000 SQUARE FEET.
09:31:02 WE HAVE THE OXYGEN HEADQUARTERS WHICH INCLUDES A RESEARCH
09:31:06 FACILITY.
09:31:08 THEY ARE A BIOMEDICAL TISSUE COMPANY TRADED ON THE NASDAQ,
09:31:14 SOME VERY INTERESTING PROPERTY AND WE WELCOME THEM.
09:31:17 ADDITIONALLY THE MOST RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT WAS DOUBLE I
09:31:21 BONDS, ONE OF THE LARGEST FIXED ASSET TRADERS IN THE U.S.,
09:31:25 TAKING A CONTIGUOUS FLOOR, 25,000 SQUARE FEET, EXPECT THEM
09:31:30 TO BE MOVED IN IN THE NEXT 60 DAYS.
09:31:32 SO I AM PRETTY EXCITED.
09:31:34 BLOCK ONE OF HEIGHTS UNION ENCOMPASSES WHAT WE CONSIDER
09:31:38 REGIONAL RETAIL SERVICES IN THESE NEIGHBORS NEIGHBORHOODS
09:31:44 HAVE BEEN LACKING, THINGS ANTICIPATED BY THE CRA PLAN BUT
09:31:47 INCLUDING A GROCERY STORE WHICH IS A MARKET, A BANK, AND
09:31:53 SOME OTHER REGIONAL SUPPORT RETAIL.
09:31:59 SO MOVING FORWARD, PHASE 2 OF HEIGHTS UNION WILL BE ON BLOCK
09:32:05 4.
09:32:06 WE ANTICIPATE BREAKING GROUND ON THAT THIS YEAR, AN
09:32:10 ADDITIONAL 203,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE, OFFICE THE
09:32:14 INFRASTRUCTURE, AND BLOCK 12 WILL COME FORWARD THIS YEAR AS
09:32:21 WELL, PHASE 2 OF THE POE APARTMENTS, AND PARALLEL, OUR
09:32:31 CONCEPT WILL BE BEFORE YOU AS CITY COUNCIL SOON TO DISCUSS
09:32:35 THE SMALL ORANGE BUILDING THAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TAMPA
09:32:40 STREET, AND SOME OTHER THINGS, BUT MORE TO COME ON THAT.
09:32:45 SO AGAIN TODAY, I HAD A HOUSEKEEPING MATTER, COMMUNITY
09:32:52 REDEVELOPMENT AREA PLAN, WHICH WAS WRITTEN IN A RATE AT THE
09:32:58 TIME THE OLD POLICE DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA
09:33:03 WAS BASICALLY COMPRISED OF, MADISON SEAFOOD PLANT, THE
09:33:08 SHIPYARD, THE ARMATURE WORKS FACILITY, AND SOME HOUSES NORTH
09:33:17 OF PALM.
09:33:18 SO WE HAVE NOW COMPLETED -- ALL THE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CED
09:33:23 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TWO SMALL LOTS, AND WE ARE LOOKING TO,
09:33:33 I THINK, CONFORM THE TEXT PORTION OF THE CRA PLAN FOR THE
09:33:38 DISTRICT TO MORE OF AN URBAN MIXED USE VISION.
09:33:43 SO WE SUBMITTED THAT TO STAFF WHAT OUR IDEAS ARE, THE
09:33:51 LARGEST CHANGES ARE INCLUDING THE ABILITY OF THE CRA BOARD
09:33:59 TO BE ABLE TO CONSIDER FUNDING FOR CULTURAL IMPROVEMENTS,
09:34:04 INFRASTRUCTURE, CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS, ADDITIONALLY PUBLIC
09:34:09 ART, THE PLAN BEING MORE THAN 15 YEARS OLD ALSO DID NOT
09:34:15 ADDRESS TRANSIT, SIGNIFICANTLY REFERENCED A BUS STOP, BUT
09:34:21 OBVIOUSLY WITH THE CRA FUNDING WITH THE STREETCAR EXTENSION
09:34:27 ON THE CITY'S RADAR, AND MICROTRANSIT INITIATIVES, OTHER
09:34:32 THINGS, HAVING THE ABILITY IN THE PLAN AS A CRA BOARD TO BE
09:34:41 ABLE TO CONSIDER THESE THINGS AS IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD BE
09:34:43 APPROPRIATE FOR THE DISTRICT WE FEEL IS IMPORTANT.
09:34:48 WE SUBMITTED THE REVISION TO THE TEXAS PORTION OF THE CRA
09:34:52 PLAN, AND AGAIN IT'S JUST A TEXT OPINION.
09:34:57 THE CRA PLANS, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
09:35:05 ANYTHING THAT THE CRA PLAN ASPIRES TO HAS TO COME BEFORE YOU
09:35:10 IN DETAIL AND BE VOTED ON BUT WE FEEL LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT TO
09:35:13 GET THIS VISION PLAN ALIGNED WITH TRUE VISION OF THE
09:35:18 HEIGHTS.
09:35:19 SO WE SUBMITTED THAT AND WOULD LIKE TO ASK TODAY IF YOU ALL
09:35:26 WILL CONSIDER FORWARDING IT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO
09:35:30 GET BACK THEIR OPINION ON CONSISTENCY AND ASKING STAFF IF
09:35:36 THEY COULD PRESENT IT TO THE CAC AND ASSUMING THE
09:35:40 NEIGHBORHOOD IS IN AGREEMENT THAT THEY GET BACK TO YOU FOR
09:35:43 CONSIDERATION.
09:35:43 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:35:50 GUDES GUIDES I WAS OVER THERE YESTERDAY MEETING WITH THE
09:35:56 GROUP AND TOOK A TOUR A LITTLE BIT.
09:35:58 I DIDN'T KNOW THAT IT WAS POSSIBLE TO GET A LOT OF THE
09:36:03 COMPANIES HERE.
09:36:07 AND TRY TO BRING BUSINESSES HERE TO BRING FORWARD TO OUR
09:36:11 CITIZENS.
09:36:12 MS. VAN LOAN, IN REFERENCE TO MR. HARDIN'S QUESTION, HAVE
09:36:17 YOU VETTED THIS, AND YOUR STAFF LOOKED AT THIS AT ALL AND
09:36:22 TALKED ABOUT THIS?
09:36:27 WE NEED TO GET MORE INFORMATION.
09:36:28 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: MICHELLE VAN LOAN.
09:36:32 WE LOOK AT THIS FROM TWO PERSPECTIVES.
09:36:36 THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT IS FROM A PROCESS PER RESPECT
09:36:38 STIFF.
09:36:39 MR. HARDIN HAS SAID THAT THIS IS A SIMPLE TEXT AMENDMENT AND
09:36:42 THAT IT DOES NOT EXPAND THE BOUNDARY.
09:36:44 AND WE DO AGREE IT DOESN'T EXPAND THE BOUNDARIES.
09:36:47 BUT IN HIS EDIT, HE IS PROVIDING, AS HE MENTIONED,
09:36:52 ADDITIONAL PRIORITIES AND GOALS AND VISIONS FOR THE TAMPA
09:36:56 HEIGHTS RIVERFRONT THAT IS HIS INPUT, AND THE COMMUNITY
09:37:00 REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY HAS ALWAYS LISTENED TO ALL THE
09:37:04 STAKEHOLDERS.
09:37:05 AND THE CAC POLICY DEFINES STAKEHOLDERS AS YOUR RESIDENTS,
09:37:10 YOUR BUSINESSES, AND ALL YOUR PROPERTY OWNERS AND THAT HAS
09:37:15 INTEREST WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, AND YOU DEFINE THE ROLE OF
09:37:18 THE CAC AS HAVING THAT INPUT INTO THE COMMUNITY
09:37:21 REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.
09:37:22 WHAT WE HAVE SAID AND RESPONDED TO MR. HARDIN IS THAT THE
09:37:26 TEXT EDITS THAT HE HAS PROPOSED ARE NOT SIMPLY TO BRING IT
09:37:30 INTO PERFORM -- CONFORMANCE WITHIN THE ZONING CODE OR OTHER
09:37:36 CITY POLICIES.
09:37:37 HE'S ACTUALLY ADDING PRIORITIES THAT THE GENERAL COMMUNITY
09:37:41 SHOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO NOT JUST SAY, YES, HE'S ON THE
09:37:45 RIGHT PAGE, BUT WHAT ARE THEIR IDEAS?
09:37:47 WHAT DO THEY WANT TO SEE TO IT?
09:37:50 AND THERE HAS BEEN ENOUGH CHANGES THAT WE ARE SIMPLY
09:37:53 RECOMMENDING THAT WE FOLLOW OUR COMMUNITY PROCESS TO UPDATE
09:37:57 THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND THE TEXT HE IS
09:38:04 SUGGESTING AND HAPPY TO GO INTO ANY OF THOSE, BUT FIRST AND
09:38:07 FOREMOST THIS IS ABOUT COMMUNITY PROCESS AND THE SAME
09:38:11 PROCESS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING IN CHANNEL DISTRICT.
09:38:14 IF YOU LOOK AT CHANNEL DISTRICT 8 YEARS AGO WE DID NOT HAVE
09:38:17 ALL THESE RESIDENTS, AND IT IS OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR
09:38:19 BUSINESSES WHO ARE NOW A MAJOR PART OF THAT DISCUSSION.
09:38:22 WE WILL BE HEADING INTO THAT THE SAME AS DOWNTOWN, AND IF WE
09:38:26 UPDATE AT SOME POINT TAMPA HEIGHTS, WITH THE PRIMARY
09:38:30 PROPERTY OWNER MAY BE THE TAMPA HOUSING AUTHORITY BUT IT
09:38:33 WOULD STILL BE A COMMUNITY INPUT PROCESS AND COMMUNITY PLAN
09:38:37 TO UPDATE THAT COMMUNITY PLAN.
09:38:39 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I WOULD AGREE THAT THE CACS HAVE STAKE IN
09:38:47 THE GAME, AND EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT TO THE TABLE FOR
09:38:52 EVERYONE'S IDEAS.
09:38:58 AGAIN, IF WE HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE AT THIS TIME, YOU HAVE
09:39:03 TO HAVE COMMUNITY INPUT.
09:39:05 I WOULD SAY MAKE SURE WE DO, AND THE OTHER BUSINESS OWNERS
09:39:10 AND COMMUNITIES IDEAS AS WELL.
09:39:11 SO-SO MORE CONVERSATION, I DON'T THINK IRK MOVE ON THIS
09:39:16 TODAY MYSELF PERSONALLY, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE MORE
09:39:19 CONVERSATION.
09:39:19 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
09:39:22 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I DIDN'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAD THEIR HAND
09:39:27 UP.
09:39:27 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I SAW YOUR HAND UP.
09:39:29 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. HARDIN, I RESPECT YOU TREMENDOUSLY
09:39:35 AS A VISIONARY.
09:39:39 I THINK THAT WHAT YOU AND YOUR PARTNER HAVE DONE UP THERE AT
09:39:42 ARMATURE IS AMAZING.
09:39:44 AND I HAVE NO QUALMS WHATSOEVER -- WELL, I DON'T THINK I DO.
09:39:52 I HAVEN'T GONE INTO IT IN GREAT DETAIL.
09:39:54 BUT I TRUST THAT THE SUBSTANCE OF WHAT YOU ARE OFFERING IS
09:39:58 PROBABLY IDEAL FOR THAT AREA, BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT LIKE THE
09:40:00 BACK OF YOUR HAND.
09:40:04 "ONLY CONCERN IS PROCESS, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT MICHELLE
09:40:06 IS SPEAKING TO, AND WITH NO DISRESPECT FROM MICHELLE, I
09:40:13 THINK I WE PROBABLY LIKE TO HEAR FROM MR. MASSEY IF HE'S
09:40:15 AVAILABLE IN REGARD TO THE LEGAL, YOU KNOW, THE LEGAL SIDE
09:40:19 OF THIS, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO -- WE DON'T WANT TO STEP
09:40:24 ON OUR TOES IN REGARD TO PROCESS, ADAM.
09:40:28 AND I THINK YOU UNDERSTAND THAT.
09:40:31 EVEN THOUGH YOU WERE SORT OF THE GODFATHER IN TAKING OVER
09:40:38 THE CRA AFTER THE BANKRUPTCY AND THAT SORT OF THING, IT'S
09:40:43 AMAZING ALL THAT YOU DID, INDICATED AT SOME POINT YOU SORT
09:40:48 OF HAVE TO HAND OVER THE REINS AND LET THE COMMUNITY,
09:40:51 WHATEVER COMMUNITY IS LIVING THERE OR WORKING THERE OR
09:40:55 PARTICIPATING THERE, YOU KNOW, HAVE THEIR INPUT.
09:40:58 AND THAT'S SORT OF WHAT I AM HEARING FROM MICHELLE, BUT I
09:41:02 WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM MR. MASSEY IF POSSIBLE,
09:41:05 MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:41:05 >>MORRIS MASSEY: DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY.
09:41:08 I'M HERE.
09:41:12 OUR STANDARD PROCESS IS JUST WHAT MICHELLE HAS SAID, IS THAT
09:41:19 A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN
09:41:21 SHOULD BE PRESENTED TO THE CAC FOR THAT CRA AREA FOR YOU,
09:41:27 AND THEN FOR A MOTION OF SUPPORT BEFORE IT COMES BEFORE YOU
09:41:31 AND IT NEEDS TO BE PRESENTED TO YOU ALL, AND REALLY ANY
09:41:35 CHANGE IN THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT MAY ULTIMATELY HAVE TO
09:41:38 BE ADOPTED AS THIS BODY SITTING AS CITY COUNCIL, AND THERE'S
09:41:44 A SERIES OF STEPS.
09:41:45 THE FIRST STEP IS TO HAVE THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE PLAN
09:41:50 FOR THE CAC TO REVIEW AND SUPPORT, THEN COME TO YOU AS THE
09:41:55 CRA FOR REVIEW, AND THEN YOU WOULD ADOPT A MOTION OR
09:41:59 RESOLUTION FORWARDING THE PROPOSED CHANGES ONTO THE PLANNING
09:42:02 COMMISSION, AND SETTING PUBLIC HEARINGS AS SITTING AS CITY
09:42:07 COUNCIL TO CHANGE -- MAKE THE CHANGES TO THE COMMUNITY PLAN.
09:42:11 SO THAT'S THE LEGAL PROCESS.
09:42:13 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
09:42:19 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JUST REAL QUICK TO MR. HARDIN.
09:42:24 YOU HAD SHOWN THE MAP AND I THINK THERE WERE NINE OR TEN,
09:42:30 THE NUMBERS ON THE MAP.
09:42:32 THAT'S PARKING RIGHT NOW.
09:42:33 I SAW A LOT OF RETAIL.
09:42:36 YOU HAVE 10, 9 A AND 9 B.
09:42:39 DO YOU HAVE COMMITMENTS OR LEASES SIGNED OF INTERESTED
09:42:43 PARTIES AND BUSINESSES GOING IN THERE?
09:42:46 >> CAN I INTERRUPT REAL QUICK?
09:42:52 WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CHANGES TO THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN
09:42:54 THAT MR. HARDIN ALSO HAD A REZONING PETITION BEFORE YOU, SO
09:42:59 I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD GET INTO A LOT OF DETAIL ABOUT
09:43:02 WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED TO DEVELOP ON THE PROPERTY, THE
09:43:09 COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN TO CHANGE THE POLICY OF THE
09:43:13 PLAN.
09:43:13 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
09:43:14 I'M GOOD.
09:43:20 HE ASKED THAT YOU NOT ANSWER THE QUESTION.
09:43:22 >>THE CLERK:
09:43:23 >> I UNDERSTAND.
09:43:24 IF I MAY, THIS PARTICULAR COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA,
09:43:35 THERE ARE MORE MAJOR PROPERTY OWNERS AND THE PARK AND WE
09:43:45 HAVE THE REST OF THE PROPERTY.
09:43:46 SO THE CRA PLAN TEXT AMENDMENT IS AGAIN -- I AGREE THAT THE
09:43:54 CRA BOARD COULDN'T CONSIDER A CULTURAL INSTITUTION AT THIS
09:43:58 POINT, THE ADVICE FROM LEGAL AND FROM STAFF DOWN THIS POINT
09:44:07 TO BE ABLE TO CONSIDER IT SO IT WOULD BE UNFORTUNATE IF
09:44:10 THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT SLIPS THROUGH OUR FINGERS AND
09:44:13 WE PUNCH OURSELVES IN THE FACE AND IT ENDS UP IN
09:44:16 ST. PETERSBURG BECAUSE WE CAN'T ACT, SO I RESPECTFULLY WOULD
09:44:20 SAY AS WELL THAT LENDERS COME TO ASSIST, AND WITH EFFORTS
09:44:38 AND -- THAT WE PUT TOGETHER.
09:44:40 SO WE SUBMITTED THIS TEXT AMENDMENT NOW, I THINK, FOUR
09:44:47 MONTHS AGO AND WE ARE TRYING TO GET IT MOVED OFF DEAD
09:44:50 CENTER.
09:44:50 SO I KNOW THAT AS MORRIS DESCRIBED THE PROCESS, THIS WAS
09:44:56 WHAT WAS DISCUSSED IN OUR INITIAL CALL, AND SUBSEQUENTLY
09:45:00 THIS ADDITIONAL WAIVER, WORK SHOPPING WITH A MUCH BROADER
09:45:04 GROUP, GOT INSERTED INTO THE PROCESS.
09:45:06 SO, YOU KNOW, OUR CRA STAFF MEMBER IS SCHEDULED TO MEET WITH
09:45:15 THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND THE FULL GROUP OF THE HEIGHTS
09:45:22 NEIGHBORHOOD.
09:45:24 AS YOU MAY RECALL, LAST TIME WE CAME BEFORE, WRITTEN
09:45:32 SUPPORT, FORMAL WRITTEN SUPPORT FROM ALL NEIGHBORHOODS, SO
09:45:38 WE HAVE WORKED WITH THEM HAND IN GLOVE.
09:45:43 I TOOK A CALL LAST WEEK FROM THE PRESIDENT OF RIDGEWOOD WHO
09:45:47 IS SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC CALMING PROJECT THAT'S
09:45:50 NOW THAT WE NEGOTIATED INTO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
09:45:55 IT'S NOW TAKING PLACE, SO WANTED ME TO COME OVER AND LOOK AT
09:45:58 IT.
09:45:59 SO WE DO GET IT, YOU KNOW.
09:46:03 I HAVE SPOKEN WITH GONZMART'S TEAM.
09:46:05 THEY ARE SUPPORTIVE.
09:46:07 I'M SURE I CAN ALSO BRING THE --
09:46:13 AGAIN, YOU KNOW, HAVING A PLAN NOW, A CONCEPT PLAN THAT
09:46:18 ALLOWS YOUR BOARD TO CONSIDER THE FULL RANGE OF THINGS THAT
09:46:22 ARE APPROPRIATE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THIS INTENSITY IS
09:46:25 SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TOUCH ON SO IF WE SEE THAT AS
09:46:32 BEING A LONGER WORK SHOPPING PROCESS IT'S GOING TO DRAG IT
09:46:35 INTO NEXT YEAR, THEN IT SEEMS DIFFICULT.
09:46:39 I THINK SET A VISION AND UMBRELLA, IF YOU WILL, FOR A WHAT
09:46:45 YOU ALL ARE ABLE TO DO, AGAIN IT STILL COMES DOWN TO YOU
09:46:49 ADVISING, CITY COUNCIL FINDING SOMETHING APPROPRIATE TO DO.
09:46:56 SO I THINK THE REQUEST TODAY WAS THAT REFER FOR CONSISTENCY
09:47:04 REVIEW WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE -- WELL, BY THE PLANNING GROUP
09:47:10 IN PARALLEL WITH ADDITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS TAKING
09:47:13 PLACE.
09:47:13 SO CERTAINLY HERE TO TAKE SOME GUIDANCE.
09:47:17 WE ARE JUST TRYING TO MOVE THE BALL.
09:47:19 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
09:47:20 >>BILL CARLSON: YES, MR. HARDIN, I KNOW WE HAVE MET A LONG
09:47:24 TIME AGO BUT IT'S BEEN YEARS SINCE I HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU, BUT
09:47:27 I KNOW OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE PERSONALLY AND BY HEARING IT
09:47:31 THROUGH THE CITY AND THROUGH OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
09:47:34 I WANT TO THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES FOR THE BIG
09:47:36 INVESTMENT YOU MADE AND ADDING TO THE CULTURAL AND
09:47:39 ENTERTAINMENT SCENE, THE LANDSCAPE TO THE CITY AND
09:47:42 REDEVELOPING AREAS THAT MANY PEOPLE TRIED TO REDEVELOP
09:47:45 BEFORE.
09:47:45 AND ALSO RECRUITING A COUPLE MAJOR CORPORATE INVESTMENTS TO
09:47:52 OUR AREA.
09:47:57 THROUGH THE COMMUNITY, THROUGH THE ARTS COMMUNITY, I'M AWARE
09:47:59 OF SOME OF THE POSSIBILITIES OF WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
09:48:02 THERE, AND I THINK THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SUCCESSFUL REAL
09:48:09 ESTATE PROJECT AND ONE THAT IS VISUALLY NOT ACTIVE IS HOW
09:48:16 YOU CONNECT THE PEOPLE AND HOW THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE
09:48:18 HAVE DIVERSITY OF SERVICES TO INTERACT WITH.
09:48:23 AND I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES HAVE
09:48:25 DONE BRILLIANTLY IS TO ADD TO THE DIVERSITY OF RESOURCES AND
09:48:29 AMENITIES THERE.
09:48:31 SOME PEOPLE KNOW THAT AS A PLACE TO EAT AND GET ENTER
09:48:35 DEIGNED, SOME PEOPLE, OFFICE AND LIVING SPACE, BUT IN ADDING
09:48:39 THE ARTS, I THINK IT'S A BIG VISION, AND IT'S SOMETHING IN
09:48:43 ALL THE MAJOR DEVELOPERS IN TOWN ARE LOOKING AT THE ARTS,
09:48:45 AND WE KNOW ARTS ARE AN ECONOMIC ENGINE, AND GUMBO, ONE
09:48:52 FAMILY BOUGHT A WHOLE BUNCH OF WAREHOUSE SPACE AND THEY
09:48:55 INVESTED IN THE ARTS IN THE CENTER OF IT AND MULTI-BILLION
09:48:58 DOLLARS OF INVESTMENT DEVELOPED AROUND IT.
09:49:00 YOU LOOK AT ST. PETE, THE ARTS DISTRICT, THE ARTS GROUPS HAD
09:49:04 TO BUY THEIR LAND QUICKLY TO PREVENT THE GENTRIFICATION
09:49:08 BECAUSE EVERYBODY WANTS TO LIVE AND WORK NEAR THE ARTS.
09:49:10 FROM WHAT I KNOW FROM THE COMMUNITY THE VISION YOU HAVE FOR
09:49:13 THE ARTS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
09:49:15 IT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE MOST TRANSFORMATIVE THINGS THAT
09:49:17 CAN HAPPEN IN TAMPA.
09:49:19 AND I THINK WE NEED TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO SUPPORT IT.
09:49:22 AND I DON'T KNOW WITH THIS TEXT AMENDMENT WE CAN'T DO
09:49:25 ANYTHING AT THE CRA MEETING, RIGHT?
09:49:27 BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT.
09:49:29 THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING, AND THANKS FOR HAVING
09:49:32 DIVERSE INTEREST.
09:49:34 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANYONE ELSE?
09:49:37 MR. HARDIN, LOOKING AT WHAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US ON WHAT YOU
09:49:43 ARE SAYING IS A SIMPLE TEXT AMENDMENT, THERE IS A LOT OF
09:49:46 CHANGES IN THIS.
09:49:47 AND I AM GOING TO SAY YOU ARE AT LEAST 35%, MAYBE A LITTLE
09:49:50 BIT MORE, IN CHANGING NOT JUST A SIMPLE TEXT AMENDMENT.
09:49:57 I HAVE LEARNED WHILE BEING ON COUNCIL THAT I TRUST, BUT NOW
09:50:03 I AM LOOKING MORE AT TRUST WITH VERIFICATION.
09:50:06 THE THING YOU PUT UP ON THE PowerPoint, THE ELMO, EXCUSE
09:50:09 ME, IS JUST A PORTION OF WHICH YOU HAVE THE MOST DIRECTION.
09:50:14 BUT AS YOU HAD MENTIONED, THERE ARE OTHER ENTITIES WITHIN
09:50:16 THIS CRA BOUNDARY.
09:50:21 I WOULD LIKE TO YOU GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
09:50:22 I AM NOT TELLING YOU WHAT TO DO.
09:50:24 BUT I WOULD FEEL BETTER IF YOU WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS, GOT
09:50:27 THESE CHANGES WITH THE CAC'S APPROVAL, AND THEN COME BACK TO
09:50:30 US.
09:50:33 UNLESS SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SOME FORM OF A MOTION.
09:50:40 I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY, MR. HARDIN.
09:50:43 >> ALL RIGHT.
09:50:44 THANK YOU.
09:50:44 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: IF I MAY, SIR.
09:50:57 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
09:50:58 YOU ARE ON BOARD.
09:50:59 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE A SECOND ON
09:51:02 THIS TOPIC.
09:51:03 ORIGINALLY WHEN MR. HARDIN CAME TO US, HE HAD TALKED TO US
09:51:06 ABOUT AMENDING THE TEXT ABOUT JUST INCLUDING CULTURAL ASSETS
09:51:13 SO HE COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
09:51:15 WHEN HE THEN PRESENTED US WITH TEXT AMENDMENTS, WHEN
09:51:18 RECEIVED THE FULL RED LINE VERSION THAT YOU HAVE NOW.
09:51:23 IF THERE IS SUPPORT BY CRA BOARD, AND WE HAVE A TEXT
09:51:25 AMENDMENT THAT ONLY ADDS A SENTENCE, OR SENTENCE OR TWO THAT
09:51:30 ONLY REFERENCES CULTURAL ASSETS, AND THAT THEN PASSES
09:51:33 THROUGH THE CAC AND THE APPROVAL PROCESS, WE HAVE NO
09:51:37 OBJECTION TO THAT KIND OF SIMPLE TEXT AMENDMENT WHERE IT'S
09:51:40 JUST THE CONCEPT TO HELP HIM MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS ONE
09:51:43 DEVELOPMENT.
09:51:43 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
09:51:47 >>BILL CARLSON: LEGAL, CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO THAT?
09:51:50 I DON'T KNOW WHAT LANGUAGE WE HAVE.
09:51:51 MR. HARDIN, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT?
09:51:55 IS THAT BETTER THAN HOLDING EVERYTHING OFF?
09:51:57 >> YES, ABSOLUTELY.
09:52:00 I THINK WE CAN MOVE ON THESE THINGS IN PARALLEL.
09:52:03 AGAIN, I WOULD ACCEPT, IF I UNDER THE CHAIRMAN'S DIRECTION,
09:52:08 I BELIEVE WE CAN HAVE THE CAC'S FORMAL APPROVAL IN THE NEXT
09:52:12 30 DAYS AS WELL AS THE HOA, OR THE HOMEOWNERS GROUP.
09:52:15 SO WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE THE ASSET LANGUAGE SEPARATELY.
09:52:22 >> I WOULD ASK AS FAR AS ANY ADOPTION THAT WE DO COME BACK
09:52:29 FROM THE CRA AB BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO
09:52:34 TAKE THAT STEP I THINK THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
09:52:36 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: CHAIRMAN, I APPRECIATE ALL THE
09:52:41 CONVERSATION FROM THE PETITIONER, MR. HARDIN AND EVERYTHING,
09:52:44 BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT MUCH ABOUT THIS, THE CAC THIS.
09:52:48 I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT OTHER THAN WHAT I HEARD RIGHT
09:52:50 NOW.
09:52:51 SO IF I HAVE TO VOTE TODAY I AM GOING TO VOTE NO.
09:52:53 I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING THAT'S GOING ON.
09:52:56 NO ONE ADDRESSED ME.
09:52:57 NO ONE SPOKE TO ME.
09:52:59 SO FOR ME TO VOTE FOR SOMEBODY ELSE'S IDEAS AND PLANS THAT I
09:53:02 DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT, CHARLIE MIRANDA VOTES NO.
09:53:06 >> ADAM HARDIN: THE ARTS AS THE CONCEPT UNFOLDS, FROM AN
09:53:13 ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD COME FORWARD TO YOU AND YOU WOULD
09:53:17 CONSIDER IT --
09:53:19 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I HAVE BEEN HERE A FEW DAYS.
09:53:23 I LIKE TO VOTE THE WAY I SEE THINGS.
09:53:25 AND I DON'T KNOW, I AM NOT AGAINST YOUR PLAN, SIR, UNTIL I
09:53:31 KNOW I AM NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR SOMETHING I AM NOT APPRISE
09:53:34 OF.
09:53:35 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:53:35 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
09:53:38 >>BILL CARLSON: LEGAL CAN INTERRUPT ME, BUT AS I UNDERSTAND
09:53:41 THE WAY CRA IS WRITTEN, WE CAN'T FUND THE ARTS IN THAT
09:53:45 DISTRICT.
09:53:45 AND SO THIS PART THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT NOW IS A SIMPLE
09:53:49 TEXT REVISION THAT WOULD JUST ENABLE US TO FUND THE ARTS.
09:53:52 ISN'T THAT CORRECT?
09:53:53 IT DOESN'T MEAN A SPECIFIC PROJECT.
09:53:55 >> ART FUNDING HAS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE PLAN AS
09:54:00 WRITTEN.
09:54:00 SO IN ORDER TO UPDATE THAT, IT WOULD JUST HAVE TO GO THROUGH
09:54:03 THE PROCESS OF UPDATING THE PLAN.
09:54:06 THE NEXT STEPS AFTER SUBMITTING THE SUGGESTED AMENDMENT TO
09:54:12 STAFF AND -- I'M SORRY, FOR THE AGENCY WOULD THEN TO TAKE IT
09:54:16 TO THE CAC FOR THEIR RECOMMENDATION.
09:54:19 >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, MR. CHAIR,
09:54:22 IF I COULD, THAT THE CRA BOARD WOULD ASK THE CAC TO GIVE
09:54:28 THEIR RECOMMENDATION ON A POTENTIAL TEXT AMENDMENT REGARDING
09:54:34 THE ARTS, AND THEN COME BACK TO US AT THE NEXT CRA MEETING
09:54:38 TO REPORT THEIR RECOMMENDATION.
09:54:40 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
09:54:47 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
09:54:49 ROLL CALL.
09:54:50 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
09:54:53 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
09:54:54 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
09:54:56 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
09:54:57 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
09:55:00 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO.
09:55:02 >>ORLANDO GUDES: NO.
09:55:03 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH MIRANDA AND GUDES VOTING
09:55:05 NO.
09:55:05 >> THANKS FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
09:55:12 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. HARDIN.
09:55:28 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: JUST GIVE ME ONE SECOND TO LOAD THE
09:55:30 STAFF MONTHLY REPORT.
09:55:37 MICHELLE VAN LOAN.
09:57:06 WE WILL NOW MOVE TO OUR MONTHLY STAFF REPORT, IF WE CAN PULL
09:57:08 UP THE PowerPoint.
09:57:12 AND YOU GET ME ONCE AGAIN, COURTNEY ORR IS TAKING AWOL
09:57:22 DESERVED VACATION.
09:57:23 FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF SHE'S CONSTANTLY HAD TO CANCEL
09:57:26 HER VACATIONS OVER AND OVER AGAIN BECAUSE OF COVID.
09:57:28 SHE FINALLY GETS TO TAKE A VACATION THIS WEEK SO I COULDN'T
09:57:31 SAY NO.
09:57:31 SO I WILL DO THE BEST I CAN THIS MORNING WITH THE YBOR
09:57:35 REPORT.
09:57:36 WE DO HAVE TWO FACADE GRANTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED THIS
09:57:38 PAST MONTH.
09:57:40 ONE IS FOR THE KING CORONA BUILDING THAT MANY OF YOU ARE
09:57:44 AWARE OF AND THEY WILL RECEIVE $30,000 TO REMOVE ALL OF THAT
09:57:48 STUCCO, AND THEN RESTORE THAT ORIGINAL BRICK STOREFRONT THAT
09:57:53 THE BUILDING ONCE ENJOYED.
09:57:54 THE SECOND BUILDING FURTHER DOWN THE STREET ON 7th
09:57:57 AVENUE WHERE THE FRANK DE LA GRANA LAW OFFICE IS, THEY ARE
09:58:02 GETTING A GRANTS OF 29,670 THAT WILL PROVIDE A NEW CANOPY
09:58:07 OVER THAT BALCONY THAT YOU SEE IN THE UPPER RIGHT PICTURE
09:58:13 AND PLACEMENT OF THE DOORS AND WINDOWS AND THOSE CANOPIES
09:58:16 USED TO BE ON THE BUILDING TO MAKE THOSE CANOPIES MORE
09:58:20 USABLE IN PREVIOUS TIMES.
09:58:21 SO THOSE HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR A PROCESS AND WILL COME TO
09:58:24 YOU IN OCTOBER.
09:58:25 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MS. VAN LOAN, I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT
09:58:28 YOU, BUT JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE, THAT THESE FACADE
09:58:34 GRANTS ARE MATCHING GRANTS.
09:58:36 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: YES, SIR.
09:58:38 IN MOST INSTANCES THE PROPERTY OWNERS CONTRIBUTE MORE THAN
09:58:43 HALF, WE GIVE A 50% MATCH, WE AVERAGE ABOUT A 75% OF THE
09:58:47 TOTAL INVESTMENT IS BY THE PROPERTY OWNER, AND OUR TOTAL
09:58:52 INVESTMENT IN MOST OF THE PROJECTS AVERAGES OUT AT ONLY
09:58:54 ABOUT 25%.
09:58:55 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I HAVE HEARD SOME PEOPLE SAYING THAT THE
09:58:59 CRA MONEYS ARE JUST GIVEN AWAY, AND THAT IS NOT TRUE.
09:59:03 THESE ARE MATCHING GRANTS.
09:59:04 I JUST WOULD LIKE THE PUBLIC TO REALIZE, HOW THE CRA IS
09:59:08 SPENDING ITS MONEY WISELY.
09:59:10 THANK YOU, MS. VAN LOAN.
09:59:13 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
09:59:14 SO THE PowerPoint.
09:59:16 THIS YEAR, WE ALSO ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY IS THE LAST
09:59:21 REPROGRAMMING OF THE FINAL FUNDS ARCHWAY AND ADJACENT
09:59:27 STREETSCAPE PROJECT THAT IS HAPPENING ALONG 7th.
09:59:30 WE DID RECEIVE THE BIDS, AND WE WILL BE REPROGRAMMING THOSE
09:59:33 FUNDS SO THAT WE CAN ENTER INTO THOSE CONTRACTS AND GET
09:59:37 MOVING WITH THIS PROJECT.
09:59:38 WE HAVE JUST RECENTLY GONE THROUGH THE SPECIAL EVENTS
09:59:41 CO-SPONSORSHIP GRANT REVIEW COMMITTEE, AND WE WILL BE MOVING
09:59:45 FORWARD WITH THOSE SPONSORSHIPS IN THE COMING YEAR, AND WE
09:59:48 ARE VERY EXCITED TO START HAVING THE REACTIVATION OF YBOR AS
09:59:52 WE KEEP TRYING TO COME OUT OF COVID ONCE AND FOR ALL, AND
09:59:56 ALSO ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT FIVE NEW CAC MEMBERS THAT WILL
10:00:01 BE APPOINTED INCLUDING MR. STEVE BARBAS, LIZ WELCH, RICH
10:00:08 SIMMONS, AND CHIP WILLIAMS.
10:00:09 >>JOSEPH CITRO: AGAIN, I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT BUT I AM
10:00:11 GOING BACK TO THE DAYS WHEN I WAS ON THE YCDC YBOR CITY
10:00:15 DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WAY BACK WHEN WALTER AYE WAS
10:00:23 PRESIDENT.
10:00:24 THIS PROJECT HAS TAKEN YEARS TO FRUITION AND I AM GLAD THAT
10:00:27 WE ARE SEEING THE FINISHED LINE.
10:00:29 THANKS TO MS. ORR, THANKS FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND DUE
10:00:35 DILIGENCE IN THIS.
10:00:37 THANK YOU, MICHELLE.
10:00:38 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: CAN I ADD SOMETHING?
10:00:41 YOU NOTICE, WHEN YOU COME HERE, MS. VAN LOAN, AND YOU THEY
10:00:45 WANT TO CHANGE BACK TO THE ORIGINAL DECORUM THAT WAS
10:00:48 GORGEOUS, AND THEN THEY INVENTED STUCCO AND YBOR CITY WENT
10:00:53 TO ALL STUCCO AND NOW THEY ARE GOING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL
10:00:55 THING.
10:00:56 IT SOUND LIKE ME CHANGING BOATS.
10:00:59 BUT ANYWAY, WHAT I WANT TO ASK AND I MAY AT THE END OF THE
10:01:03 MEETING, WHEN YOU SEE ONE OF THESE BUILDINGS THAT COME UP
10:01:06 WITH THIS, AND JUST THE ADDRESS OF 1521 EAST 7TH AVENUE,
10:01:11 17th AVENUE, 7th AVENUE, AND TELL YOU WHAT'S THERE
10:01:14 NOW.
10:01:15 BUT I DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE TOO MUCH HARD WORK FOR WHAT WAS
10:01:20 THERE ORIGINALLY.
10:01:21 AND I THINK 1521, I AM NOT SURE, BUT IF I CAN GET THAT, IT
10:01:28 WILL MAKE EVERY TIME YOU BRING UP YBOR CITY, BRING BACK THE
10:01:31 HISTORICAL WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE, AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE
10:01:34 AN ENHANCEMENT TO THE YBOR CITY SIDE THAT IT IS TODAY.
10:01:39 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: WE SURE CAN.
10:01:41 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU.
10:01:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SINCE IT WAS BROUGHT UP THE CORONA, AND
10:01:51 THERE ARE PHOTOS BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN THEM.
10:01:53 THAT'S A GOOD POINT, BECAUSE COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, HE KNOWS
10:01:58 YBOR CITY BETTER THAN ALL OF US HE'S SEEN THE CHANGES IN
10:02:03 YBOR CITY, BUT AS HE SAID WHEN WE GO BACK TO WHAT WAS THERE
10:02:06 BEFORE, THE STUCCO ERA, WE CAN SEE WHAT IT WAS, AND I KNOW
10:02:10 THE DE LA BRANA WAS BROUGHT UP, AND MR. DE LA BRANA'S MOTHER
10:02:23 WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN RESTORATION.
10:02:26 SO LONG-TIME VESTED INDIVIDUALS AS WELL.
10:02:34 THAT HAS BEEN PART OF YBOR CITY FOR GENERATIONS NOW.
10:02:36 THAT'S IT.
10:02:37 THANK YOU.
10:02:37 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MS. VAN LOAN.
10:02:41 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: CAN WE BRING THE PowerPoint BACK UP?
10:02:47 WE ALSO HAVE HAD -- WE CAME TO YOU IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR
10:02:53 ASKING FOR THIS PILOT PROGRAM FOR ENHANCED SECURITY WITH TPD
10:02:59 DURING SPRING BREAK.
10:03:01 AND AS WE WENT THROUGH OUR ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAD AT THE
10:03:06 BEGINNING OF 2021 AND THE SUPER BOWL AND WE HAD SOME MONEY
10:03:09 LEFT OVER, AND THE TPD AND YBOR ARE USING THAT LEFTOVER
10:03:13 MONEY FOR THE SAME EXTENSION OF THAT PROGRAM FOR JUST A FEW
10:03:17 WEEKS INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR TO COINCIDE WITH ALL THE KIDS
10:03:21 COMING BACK TO HCC AND USF AND U.T. AND BEING IN THE AREA
10:03:27 AND NOW TEAM YBOR ON THE WEEKENDS.
10:03:29 AND SO THEY WILL BE UTILIZING THE LAST OF THOSE FUNDS AGAIN
10:03:33 FOR THAT ENHANCED SECURITY PILOT PROGRAM.
10:03:35 AS YOU CAN SEE, THE YBOR CITY ON THE RIGHT WAS JUST ISSUED A
10:03:40 FEW WEEKS AGO AND YOU CAN SEE THE NEW ANNOUNCEMENT.
10:03:43 GAS WORX PROJECT, AND WE ALSO HAD THE LAST OF OUR THREE
10:03:48 VOICES IN YBOR VIDEOS.
10:03:50 THIS WAS AGAIN KEEPING THE SAME HISTORIC DISTRICT MODERN
10:03:54 BUSINESSES, AND THIS WAS MADE POSSIBLE, A PARTNERSHIP
10:03:57 BETWEEN THE YBOR CITY CRA AND FILM STUDENTS WHO PUT THESE
10:04:02 THREE PROJECTS TOGETHER AND IT'S BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL
10:04:05 PARTNERSHIP.
10:04:07 LASTLY, THEY DID HAVE -- WE TOOK THE HEART OF YBOR 50s A
10:04:13 CONCEPT, WE STARTED THE YEAR WITH MASKS, AND THIS WONDERFUL
10:04:16 CAMPAIGN, AND ALSO NOW LAUNCHED A COMMUNITY ART CON AT THE
10:04:20 PRESENT TIME FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE DURING
10:04:23 THE MONTH OF AUGUST.
10:04:25 WE HAVE ALSO REPLACED MULTIPLE PARKING SIGNS AS WELL AS OUR
10:04:29 SIDEWALK AND PAVER REPAIRS.
10:04:32 THOUGH THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ARE USUALLY ONGOING.
10:04:35 LASTLY, WE HAVE BEEN MEETING ALL OUR CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS
10:04:38 WITH THE YES TEAM MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING ALL THE
10:04:41 ISSUES WITH THE CONTACT AND OUR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
10:04:47 DISTRICT.
10:04:47 WITH THAT I AM HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YBOR.
10:04:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. VAN LOAN?
10:04:53 THANK YOU.
10:04:53 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: WE HAD A LOT OF RIBBON CUTTINGS IN
10:05:00 YBOR.
10:05:00 HOPEFULLY MANY OF YOU SAW ALL THE MEDIA HYPE AND THEY HAVE A
10:05:05 NEW TV SHOW ON NETFLIX AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED.
10:05:08 AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE HER BACK IN TAMPA AND ALSO
10:05:14 THE IMMIGRATION LAW GROUP OPEN THEIR NEW SPACE AT CENTRO
10:05:20 YBOR AND THE NEW REDESIGNED CENTRO YBOR.
10:05:24 THE DVH LAW GROUP.
10:05:27 WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER FOR EAST TAMPA.
10:05:31 >> CEDRIC McCRAY.
10:05:50 NEXT IS THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
10:05:52 I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE CRA BOARD MEMBERS WERE ABLE TO HEAR
10:05:56 THE COMMENTS LAST WEEK DURING THE MEETING.
10:05:58 WE DID HAVE OUR LAST RIDE ALONG ON AUGUST 13th AND
10:06:02 VISITED THE FEW BUSINESSES IN EAST TAMPA JUST TO TALK ABOUT
10:06:05 FACADES ANDS WHAT POTENTIALLY MAY HAPPEN, THE PICTURES THAT
10:06:08 YOU SEE THERE ARE IN NORTH AND COLUMBUS CORRIDOR AND WHAT
10:06:17 CAN HAPPEN AND THINGS IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN COMING OUT
10:06:20 DURING SOME OF THE WALKING TOWERS THAT HAPPENED EARLY IN THE
10:06:23 YEAR.
10:06:24 THE CAC DID RECEIVE A PRESENTATION FROM MR. SECHLER, A LOT
10:06:33 OF POSITIVE COMMENTS AND A LOT OF THINGS DEBRIEFED ON, ON
10:06:37 THE FOLLOWING DAY, WEDNESDAY, TO DISCUSS AS THEY ARE
10:06:41 COMPLETING THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
10:06:43 DID HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS AS RELATES TO BENCHMARKING TIF
10:06:47 DOLLARS, BUDGETARY ITEMS TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN THE COMING
10:06:50 YEARS, AND EVENTUALLY THE VIDEO WILL BE UPLOADED TO "WE ARE
10:06:57 EAST TAMPA" WEBSITE IF THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO SEE IT DURING
10:07:02 THE MEETING ON TUESDAY.
10:07:05 SOME OF THE RENDERINGS THAT WERE SHARED WITH THE CAC BOARD
10:07:10 AT TUESDAY'S MEETING, MR. SECHLER ACTUALLY TOOK COMMENTS
10:07:15 FROM THE WALKING TOURS AND TRIED TO CREATE THE VISION OF
10:07:18 WHAT SOME CORRIDORS COULD BECOME IN AREAS OF EAST TAMPA
10:07:23 WITHIN THE CRA BOUNDARIES.
10:07:25 THIS PARTICULAR ONE IS ON NEBRASKA AVENUE.
10:07:27 IF YOU TRAVEL THAT, IT MAY LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU.
10:07:31 AND THEN THE SKETCH TO THE RIGHT OF THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT
10:07:34 IS ONE THAT HE KIND OF ENVISIONED AND FOLKS FELT VERY
10:07:40 POSITIVE ABOUT.
10:07:45 NEXT YOU WILL SEE WHAT WE CALL THE GATOR BUILDING BECAUSE OF
10:07:48 THE ORANGE AND BLUE COLORS ON 22ND AND LAKE.
10:07:51 AND THAT IS A BUILDING THAT IS IN POSSESSION OF THE CRA AND
10:07:55 THE CAC AND YOU CAN SEE THE RENDERINGS OF THE SKETCH TO THE
10:07:59 BOTTOM LEFT, AND THEN THE WATER COLORED RENDERING TO THE
10:08:03 RIGHT.
10:08:07 SO THIS WAS SHARED WITH THE CAC BOARD AS WELL, AND A LOT OF
10:08:13 POSITIVE COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT POTENTIALLY COULD HAPPEN.
10:08:16 I GUESS THE VISION HERE IS TO HAVE SOMEWHAT OF A SMALLER
10:08:19 SCALED DOWN VERSION OF WHAT YOU MAY SEE AT THE ARMATURE
10:08:22 WORKS.
10:08:25 AS RELATE TO THE COMMITTEES, WE ARE HAVING ONGOING MEETINGS
10:08:29 ALMOST WEEKLY, AND UNIFICATION, THE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEES
10:08:35 HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY AS RELATES TO THE OVERALL AESTHETICS AND
10:08:41 BEAUTIFICATION OF SOME OF THE THOROUGHFARES AND NEIGHBORHOOD
10:08:43 ENTRY POINTS.
10:08:44 WE HAVE CONCLUDED THE BID PROCESS OR THE RFP PROCESS FOR THE
10:08:48 YOUTH LEADERSHIP AND ENTREPRENEUR ACADEMY.
10:08:53 2019 SAY THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE IN PROCUREMENT FOR
10:08:56 ASSISTING US WITH THAT EFFORT, AND WE WILL BE REVIEWING THE
10:08:59 APPLICATIONS AND SUBMITTED WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK.
10:09:04 THERE WAS ALSO SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT EXPLORING
10:09:06 PREDEVELOPMENT FUNDS FOR FUTURE RESIDENTIAL AND RETAIL
10:09:10 DEVELOPMENT SO THAT IS SOMETHING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
10:09:12 COMMITTEE WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING FORWARD.
10:09:17 THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE'S HEALTH AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE
10:09:23 RELATES TO COAST PROTOCOLS AND LOCAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
10:09:26 AND WHAT CAN BE DONE TO ASSIST RESIDENTS IN EAST TAMPA.
10:09:30 HOUSING COMMITTEE HAD A PRESENTATION FROM THE LEADER'S
10:09:34 HOUSE, GAVE OUT A LOT OF INFORMATION AND QUEUED QUITE A FEW
10:09:37 RESIDENTS THAT CAME OUT TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
10:09:39 I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MS. PATE FOR HER EFFORTS IN
10:09:44 PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
10:09:45 WE WILL HAVE SOME MORE UPDATES AS RELATE TO THE TREE
10:09:48 TRIMMING GRANT IN THE NEXT MONTH, AND PUBLIC SAFETY
10:09:50 COMMITTEE HAS BEEN COVERING, HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH TPD
10:09:56 AS RELATES TO COMMUNITIES POLICING IN EAST TAMPA.
10:10:03 SOME OF THE NOTABLE THINGS COMING UP NEXT AS RELATES TO THE
10:10:06 CAC PRESENTATION ON THIS PAST TUESDAY, DID HAVE -- WE DID
10:10:13 HAVE A COUPLE OF CAC BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT TO WITNESS AND
10:10:17 PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROCESS.
10:10:20 WE WILL HAVE THE ELECTIONS ON SEPTEMBER 14th.
10:10:24 I KNOW IT CAME UP AT THE LAST MEETING A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO
10:10:27 AS IT RELATES TO THE ONLINE, OR E-MAIL BALLOTS.
10:10:31 THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE CAC BOARD ON THIS PAST TUESDAY.
10:10:34 SO WE'LL HAVE BALLOTS THAT WILL BE E-MAILED OUT UPON REQUEST
10:10:39 TO RESIDENTS THAT HAVE ATTENDED AT LEAST TWO MEETINGS.
10:10:43 AND WE WILL ALSO HAVE IN-PERSON VOTING ON THE 14th TESTS
10:10:47 AT THE TIMES THAT ARE LISTED ON THE PowerPoint.
10:10:50 EVERYTHING ELSE IS JUST MEETING DATES AND TIMES THAT WILL BE
10:10:54 COMING UP AS WE CLOSE OUT THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.
10:11:00 AND THAT COMPLETES MY REPORT.
10:11:01 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:11:04 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. McCRAY, GREAT PRESENTATION.
10:11:08 I HEAR A LOT FROM THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO KNOW YOU
10:11:12 WELL, AND TRUST YOU, AND YOU GET BACK WITH THEM RIGHT AWAY,
10:11:20 YOU ARE OUT THERE, DRIVE AROUND, GET BACK WITH THEM.
10:11:23 AND I KNOW WHEN I CALLED YOU, IT'S A GREAT FEELING FOR THE
10:11:28 COMMUNITY TO FEEL THEY HAVE SOMEONE THEY KNOW AND AFFILIATE
10:11:31 WITH.
10:11:32 A COUPLE OF THINGS.
10:11:34 I KNOW YESTERDAY, WE WERE ABLE TO GET A KIOSK.
10:11:44 LET ME TELL YOU WHAT WAS SAID.
10:11:46 MR. CITRO, WE WERE TO DOWNTOWN CAC.
10:11:49 NEWS MEDIA, EVERYBODY WAS THERE.
10:11:51 WE GO TO EAST TAMPA, WHERE ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
10:11:55 PRESIDENTS, THEY WERE SO HAPPY TO BE THERE, AND SOMETHING
10:11:59 NEW AND TAKE A PHOTO WITH THAT MACHINE AND SENIORS, BUT WE
10:12:04 HAD NO COVERAGE AT ALL.
10:12:08 BUT I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE, MR. McCRAY,
10:12:11 EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T A CRA OR CAC THING.
10:12:14 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WERE THERE TO SHOW THE PUBLIC IT'S ALL
10:12:16 ABOUT EAST TAMPA AND THE RESIDENTS IN THAT COMMUNITY AND WE
10:12:19 APPRECIATE YOU FOR THAT.
10:12:20 >>CEDRIC MCCRAY: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:12:22 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE HAD A BRIEFING
10:12:26 BUT THEY DID A GOOD JOB AS RELATES TO 26th AVENUE,
10:12:32 BETWEEN 22ND AND 24th.
10:12:33 I THOUGHT IT WAS AMAZING WHEN YOU LOOK AT OTHER COMMUNITIES,
10:12:37 SOMETHING SIMILAR THAT WE HAVE, THIS BIG PIECE OF PROPERTY
10:12:39 THAT IS JUST AN EYESORE.
10:12:41 YOU KNOW, THE COLUMBUS DRIVE, NEBRASKA, SOME IDEAS I TALKED
10:12:48 TO HIM ABOUT AND SHARED, AND I WAS GLAD TO SEE THAT THEY
10:12:54 LOOKED AT THOSE IDEAS AND I DID SHARE WITH HIM SO I AM GLAD
10:12:57 HE WAS ABLE TO DO THAT.
10:12:59 WE LEFT OUT 29th.
10:13:02 SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN REVISIT THAT A LITTLE BIT.
10:13:04 THAT IS FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY, 29th STREET, SO
10:13:07 WE HAVE TO LOOK AND SEE.
10:13:09 I KNOW WE HAD A BUILDING KNOCKED DOWN, TRY TO GET A FEW MORE
10:13:14 KNOCKED DOWN.
10:13:14 BUDGET BUT I ALSO HAD A CONVERSATION WITH MR. RICHARDSON AND
10:13:18 HIS GROUP YESTERDAY.
10:13:21 IT'S REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE WE HAD SEVERAL RIDE ALONG
10:13:24 TOURS WITH THAT GROUP, AND SEEN A SPOTLIGHT THERE, AND ON
10:13:30 THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, AND ALSO TOOK A
10:13:33 DRIVE DOWN AS WELL, SO I AM HOPING AGAIN TO TALK ABOUT A
10:13:37 SITDOWN WITH THAT GROUP, AND INTERESTED IN SEEING -- THEY
10:13:45 HELP OUT A LOT.
10:13:48 I HOPE WE GET THAT MEETING SET SOONER THAN LATER SO WE CAN
10:13:52 GET SOME OF THIS STUFF APPROVED AND MOVING.
10:13:55 THEY WERE EXCITED.
10:14:01 ALSO, THE TREE DEVELOPMENT FUND.
10:14:03 I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE HUGE FOR THAT COMMUNITY.
10:14:06 OTHER PLACES DO IT.
10:14:10 I'M SURE OUR CITY ATTORNEY BACK THERE, GIVE A LITTLE
10:14:15 SHOUTOUT NOW SO YOU CAN START GETTING THAT IN YOUR MIND AS
10:14:19 FAR AS HOW WE CAN START DEVELOPING.
10:14:23 A LOT OF SMALL MINORITY BUSINESSES, AND GOT SOME GOOD
10:14:27 DEVELOPMENT FUNDING TO JUMP START AND I THINK THAT WILL JUMP
10:14:32 START A LOT OF THINGS IN EAST TAMPA, AND FOR THE GROWTH OF
10:14:36 HOUSING.
10:14:38 WE HAVE A LOT OF VACANT PROPERTY.
10:14:39 I SEE AT SOME THINGS AT 34th STREET, AND SMALL
10:14:44 DEVELOPERS HAVE DEVELOPMENT MONEY THEY CAN JUMP START, SO I
10:14:48 AM HOPING WE CAN GET THAT DONE.
10:14:53 I KNOW HOW YOU WORK.
10:14:54 I KNOW YOU WILL GET IT DONE.
10:14:55 SO THANK YOU.
10:14:55 >>CEDRIC MCCRAY: THANK YOU.
10:14:57 AS RELATES TO 29th AND LAKE, WE DID HAVE A FOLLOW-UP
10:15:00 MEETING ON WEDNESDAY AFTER THE PRESENTATION TO THE CAC
10:15:03 BOARD, AND MR. SECHLER AND I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION SO I
10:15:08 THINK WHEN EVERYTHING IS COMPLETED WE WILL HAVE SOME
10:15:10 ATTENTION ON 29th AND LAKE.
10:15:12 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:15:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
10:15:17 THANK YOU.
10:15:17 >> THIS IS JESUS NINO, WEST TAMPA AND DREW PARK CRA MANAGER.
10:15:52 IF YOU CAN BRING THE SLIDES UP, PLEASE.
10:15:59 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:16:00 AS STAFF IS CONTINUING TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR CRA
10:16:03 MEMBERS AND OUR SUBCOMMITTEES ON MANY PROJECTS, ONE OF THE
10:16:07 MORE EASIER AND FUN ONES IS A NEW LETTER.
10:16:11 WE ARE WORKING ON THE NEXT ONE THAT WILL HOPEFULLY BE
10:16:13 COMPLETED WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
10:16:17 DECIDED BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE, I WILL TRY TO HIGHLIGHT A LOCAL
10:16:21 SMALL BUSINESS, AND A LOCAL NOT FOR PROFIT, AND ANY OTHER
10:16:26 AREAS OF INTEREST THEY MAY HAVE.
10:16:28 THE STAFF IS ALSO WORKING WITH CONTRACT MANAGEMENT REGARD TO
10:16:31 INITIATE A PARKING STUDY FOR THE MAIN STREET AREA.
10:16:35 THE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES HAVEN'T EXACTLY BEEN IDENTIFIED
10:16:40 YET BY THE SUBCOMMITTEES BUT WE ARE GOING TO GO FIND A
10:16:42 CONSULTANT TO HELP OUT WITH THAT ITEM, AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE
10:16:47 WILL WORK WITH THAT CONSULTANT AND WE CAN PRODUCE A PARKING
10:16:49 STUDY FOR THE AREA.
10:16:51 AS FAR AS SOME OF THE GRANTS THAT HAVE BEEN RECENTLY
10:16:54 APPROVED, WE DO HAVE INTEREST BY SOME OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS
10:16:57 OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, FOR INSTANCE, BUSINESS ENHANCEMENT
10:17:01 MICRO GRANT THAT WILL MOST LIKELY BE VERY POPULAR.
10:17:05 WE ARE WORKING WITH SOME INDIVIDUALS ON THAT GRANT IN
10:17:08 ADDITION TO THE VANILLA SHELL GRANT PROGRAM.
10:17:11 WE HAVE INTEREST IN THAT ONE AS WELL.
10:17:12 AND WE HAVEN'T REALLY MARKETED THESE GRANTS OUT TO THE
10:17:15 COMMUNITY ADEQUATELY JUST YET.
10:17:18 BUT WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT PRETTY SOON.
10:17:21 WE ARE HOLDING SOME KIND OF EVENT OUT IN THE COMMUNITY TO
10:17:23 HIGHLIGHT ALL OF THE GRANTS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.
10:17:29 THIS ONE HERE, WE ACTUALLY NOW HAVE A TEMPORARY CLEAN TEAM
10:17:34 FOR THE MAIN STREET AREA.
10:17:36 THE MAP ON THE TOP THERE ON THE LEFT, FOR SOME REASON THE
10:17:39 MAP GOT CUT OFF A LITTLE BIT THERE BUT THE MAP ACTUALLY
10:17:42 EXTENDS ALL THE WAY OVER TO HOWARD AND ALL THE WAY TO THE
10:17:45 RIGHT TO FREMONT AVENUE.
10:17:47 SO THE CLEAN TEAM IS BASICALLY WILL BE OUT THERE THREE DAYS
10:17:50 A WEEK.
10:17:51 THEY WILL BE PICKING UP ANY KIND OF LITTER, SALCINES PARK,
10:17:58 THE CITY PARKING LOT IS OUT THERE, SMALL PARKING LOT, AND
10:18:01 ANY KIND OF ACTIVITY THEY SEE THAT NEEDS TO BE REPORTED,
10:18:04 THEY WILL REPORT IT TO CODE ENFORCEMENT, THE POLICE
10:18:07 DEPARTMENT OR MYSELF OR WHOEVER THE CITY NEEDS TO KNOW.
10:18:11 ALSO, PHASE 2 FOR THE ALLEYWAY CLEAN-UP, THAT'S ABOUT TO GET
10:18:15 STARTED WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO.
10:18:20 WE HAVE INTEREST BY A LOT OF COMPANIES TO CLEAN UP THE
10:18:22 ALLEYS ON WEST TAMPA AND OUR GOAL IS TO CLEAN UP EVERY
10:18:26 SINGLE AREA IN WEST TAMPA CRA AREA.
10:18:29 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I AM REAL EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
10:18:36 THAT PLACE DEFINITELY NEEDS IT.
10:18:38 I WAS TRYING TO GO DOWN ONE OF THE ALLEYS YESTERDAY IN THAT
10:18:42 AREA AND IT WAS IMPASSABLE.
10:18:45 WHEN YOU SAY IT GOES OVER TO HOWARD, DID YOU MEAN IT GOINGS
10:18:47 TO ARMENIA?
10:18:50 THE CRA GOES TO ARMENIA.
10:18:51 >> RIGHT NOW IT'S A TEMPORARY CLEAN TEAM BECAUSE WE ARE
10:18:55 GOING TO BE PUTTING TOGETHER AN RFM FOR A PERMANENT CLEAN
10:18:58 TEAM.
10:18:59 BUT BECAUSE OF FUNDING REQUIREMENTS, THROUGH PROCUREMENT, WE
10:19:03 NEED TO HAVE A TEAM ON A SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARY.
10:19:09 THE BIGGEST ISSUE WAS LITTER AND ITEMS BEING THROWN ON THE
10:19:12 STREET IS FROM HOWARD AND THE LITTLE BOUNDARY THAT WAS SHOWN
10:19:17 ON THE MAP.
10:19:20 THE TOAST AREA WILL WORK ALL THE KINKS OUT IN THAT AREA AND
10:19:23 COME UP WITH A FULL RFP AROUND CLEAN TEAM AT A BIGGER
10:19:27 GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARY.
10:19:28 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU.
10:19:34 >>JESUS NINO: HAVE THE SLIDE UP, PLEASE.
10:19:40 AS FAR AS SUBCOMMITTEE FROM THE CAC WE ARE WORKING VERY
10:19:44 CLOSELY WITH PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, WITH SHERISHA,
10:19:51 AND BRAD SUDER, FOR SALCINES PARKWAY PARK.
10:20:10 [NO ENCODER]
10:20:20 WE HAVE CONCLUDED OUR MAIN STREET CORRIDOR STUDY WITH RANDY
10:20:23 GOERS AND MR. FRANK CARL.
10:20:27 RANDY IS GOING TO BE DOING A FINAL PRESENTATION TO THE
10:20:30 COMMUNITY, A WEBINAR, JUST IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES, AND
10:20:34 OUR CAC, WE ARE ALREADY STARTING TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE
10:20:39 FINDINGS OF THE CORRIDOR STUDY SO WE ARE AHEAD OF THE GAME.
10:20:44 THEN THE FINAL PRODUCT HERE FOR WEST TAMPA IS WE ARE PRETTY
10:20:49 EXCITED THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH PROGRESS ALLIANCE REGARDING
10:20:53 CONCEPT.
10:20:54 THIS ITEM IS ALSO ON ANOTHER ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA FOR FUNDING
10:20:58 REQUEST.
10:21:07 UP TO $45,000 FOR A COMMUNITY GARDEN, IN LINE WITH OUR
10:21:12 COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, FOOD CHOICES FOR THE AREA.
10:21:25 SO THIS ITEM WILL COME BEFORE YOU SO I AM NOT GOING TO GO
10:21:27 INTO MUCH DETAIL HERE BUT IT IS LOCATED AT 2307 WEST BEACH
10:21:31 STREET.
10:21:32 IT'S A VACANT LOT.
10:21:34 IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH
10:21:39 CITY POLICIES, ORDINANCES, AND WELL PERMITTED.
10:21:43 THEY ARE GOING TO BE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE
10:21:45 COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S ANOTHER PERK OF THIS PROGRAM, TO GET
10:21:49 THE COMMUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER AND GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER
10:21:51 AND HAVE MORE EYES OUT ON THE STREET.
10:21:54 WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES WEST TAMPA.
10:21:56 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE WEST TAMPA CRA?
10:22:05 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO GIVE A COMPLIMENT.
10:22:07 I AM SEE SOME OF THE CHANGES AS I DRIVE NORTH ON HOWARD, AND
10:22:13 ARCHITECT BUILDING BY REY PARK JUST NORTH OF REY PARK.
10:22:16 THE TRANSFORMATION OF THAT BUILDING IS REALLY MAKES YOUR
10:22:20 EYES FEEL REAL NICE AND SETTLING, WONDERFUL WORK, THAT
10:22:24 WHOEVER DID IT, DID IT, I THINK THE ARCHITECT THERE NOW, AND
10:22:29 JUST SOME OTHER BUILDINGS THAT ARE GETTING IMPROVED, ON MAIN
10:22:32 STREET AND HOWARD, LITTLE RESTAURANT STARTING THERE, THINGS
10:22:36 OF THAT NATURE.
10:22:37 AND COMPLIMENTS TO YOU ON THAT.
10:22:39 AND THEN I WILL SPEAK ON THE OTHERS AS I SEE AND I DRIVE BUY
10:22:42 BY.
10:22:44 YOU ARE DOING DREW PARK?
10:22:47 >>JESUS NINO: YES, SIR.
10:22:48 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: CAN I ASK A QUESTION BEFORE HE STARTS ON
10:22:50 DREW PARK?
10:22:51 I WANT TO ASK ONE THING OUT OF CURIOSITY.
10:22:53 I HAVE SEEN THAT TRANSFORMATION ON DREW PARK THERE, COMING
10:22:57 UP, THE NEW STADIUM CENTER.
10:22:59 HOWEVER, I AM NOT OPPOSED TO GRANTS.
10:23:01 BUT THIS IS A BUILDING THAT JUST CAME UP.
10:23:04 HOW CAN A BUILDING THAT WASN'T THERE GET A GRANT TO UPDATE
10:23:07 SOMETHING THAT WASN'T THERE?
10:23:09 IN OTHER WORDS, NOT A HISTORICAL BUILDING, NOT A BUILDING
10:23:13 THAT SOMEBODY HAD FOR YEARS, AND THEY NEED AN UPLIFT TO MAKE
10:23:16 IT KEEP UP WITH THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE NEW ERA THAT WE
10:23:21 ARE IN.
10:23:22 BUT THIS BUILDING HERE, IT USED TO BE -- I THINK IT USED TO
10:23:28 BE THE KNIGHT'S INN A LONG TIME AGO, AND THERE WAS A JAI
10:23:31 ALAI PLAYER THERE NAMED RINALDO, AND HE TOLD ME THAT FRANKIE
10:23:36 VALLI AND THE FOUR SEASONS WERE GOING TO HIS PLACE AND I
10:23:39 THOUGHT HE WAS NUTS.
10:23:41 DALE MABRY.
10:23:46 HE BROUGHT IN FRANKIE VALLI AND THE FOUR SEASONS.
10:23:50 AND IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECT.
10:23:52 BUT THIS IS A BRAND NEW BUILDING AND WE ARE ASKING NOW FOR A
10:23:56 FACADE OF SOMETHING THAT WASN'T EVEN COMPLETED.
10:24:00 IT'S COMPLETED NOW AND IT'S GOT RENTALS NOW.
10:24:02 BUT WHY ARE WE SUBSIDIZING A BUILDING THAT WAS NEVER THERE?
10:24:05 >>JESUS NINO: I THINK THIS IS BEFORE MY TIME THAT WAS
10:24:09 APPROVED FOR THE STRUCTURE THERE.
10:24:11 I THINK MOST OF THE STRUCTURE WAS THERE.
10:24:13 IT WAS JUST RENOVATED AND THEY FINALLY COMPLETED THEIR
10:24:16 IMPROVEMENTS, AND IT WAS PAID OUT.
10:24:20 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IS THAT THE SAME BUILDING?
10:24:23 MAYBE I AM TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER BUILDING BECAUSE IT WAS A
10:24:26 COMPLETING THAT WAS -- IT WAS AN OLD HOTEL AND IT WAS MOVED
10:24:32 TO THE BACK, AND IT WAS VACANT AT ONE TIME.
10:24:35 THEY BUILD THESE QUAD THINGS.
10:24:38 >> THIS JUSTIFIED TO BE A RESTAURANT, USED TO HAVE LIKE A
10:24:42 BIG -- IN THE FRONT, YOU DRIVE BY, AND THEY RENOVATED THE
10:24:48 BUILDING.
10:24:49 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I UNDERSTAND.
10:24:56 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:24:57 I APPRECIATE IT.
10:24:57 >>JESUS NINO: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:25:00 GO BACK TO THE SLIDES, PLEASE.
10:25:05 I KEEP BRINGING THIS UP, BUT THE CAC, WE ARE WORKING,
10:25:09 STARTING TO WORK WITH PARKS AND RECREATION TO DO A PHASE 2
10:25:12 FOR THE LINEAR PARK THERE, AND HOPEFULLY WE START GETTING
10:25:15 PROGRESS FAIRLY QUICKLY WITH THE PARKS AND REC AND WE CAN
10:25:20 HAVE A GOOD DESIGN TO HAVE ACTIVE PARK AT THAT AREA THERE.
10:25:24 IT'S ACTUALLY A RIGHT-OF-WAY, BUT THE CENTER MEDIAN IS A
10:25:28 PASSIVE PARK CURRENTLY, WE WILL TRANSFORM IT OVER AT THE
10:25:32 PARK.
10:25:33 WE ARE STARTING TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH MOBILITY TO TRY TO
10:25:37 IDENTIFY PROJECTS THAT WE CAN START IMPLEMENTING OUR
10:25:42 STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN, SIDEWALK CONNECTIVITY, AND ANY OTHER
10:25:46 INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS OR ANY SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
10:25:48 AND WE ARE ACTUALLY TRYING TO SCHEDULE A WALKING TOUR OF THE
10:25:51 AREA WITH MOBILITY AND SOME OF THE CAC MEMBERS THAT WILL BE
10:25:55 ADVERTISED TO THE PUBLIC, SIMILAR TO HOW EAST TAMPA DID WITH
10:25:59 THEIR SAP.
10:26:01 SO HOPEFULLY THE WALKING TOUR IS SUCCESSFUL AND HILLSBOROUGH
10:26:05 COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS WILL GET INVOLVED AS WELL AS THE
10:26:08 CAC.
10:26:09 SO THAT'S PROMISING, THE YOUNG INDIVIDUALS HAVE A LOT OF
10:26:13 INTERESTING IDEAS.
10:26:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WOULD YOU PLEASE INFORM THOSE HYC STUDENTS
10:26:17 THAT THE CAMPUS IS IN DREW PARK, NOT WEST TAMPA?
10:26:21 I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH A FEW OF THEM THE OTHER DAY, AND
10:26:24 THEY KEPT REFERRING TO IT AS WEST TAMPA.
10:26:26 >>JESUS NINO: THEY ARE BEING EDUCATED BY US AS WELL.
10:26:30 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MR. CHAIRMAN, HISPANICS, THE OLD WESTERN
10:26:36 BOUNDARY IS CLEARWATER.
10:26:37 SO WE GO EVERYWHERE.
10:26:38 >>JOSEPH CITRO: PLEASE CONTINUE.
10:26:45 >>JESUS NINO: YES, SIR.
10:26:48 THEN THE NEXT ITEM IS THE ITEM WE JUST DISCUSSED.
10:26:51 JUST CLOSING OUT THE FACADE GRANTS IN THE AREA ON DALE
10:26:54 MABRY.
10:26:54 AND AS FAR AS WE ARE STARTING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OTHER
10:26:58 INDIVIDUALS IN DREW PARK, SOME OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS TO SEE
10:27:02 IF WE CAN HELP THEM OUT WITH SOME FACADE GRANTS, AND WE JUST
10:27:06 TRY TO GET THEM INVOLVED IN GENERAL WITH THE CAC.
10:27:09 WE DO HAVE TWO OPEN SEATS ON THE CAC.
10:27:13 WE ACTUALLY HAVE THREE BUT ONE OF THEM WILL BE FILLED
10:27:16 TONIGHT BY HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AND THE OTHER
10:27:22 AT-LARGE INDIVIDUALS, HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIND INDIVIDUALS TO
10:27:25 FILL THOSE SEATS.
10:27:25 WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF DREW PARK.
10:27:29 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
10:27:30 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
10:27:32 >>JESUS NINO: THANK YOU.
10:27:34 >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR, CRA BOARD MEMBERS.
10:28:08 I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE AND BRING THIS ON HOME WITH AN
10:28:11 UPDATE FOR THE DOWNTOWN CRA ACTIVITIES.
10:28:14 AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE CAC APPROVED SUPPORT OF THE STRAZ
10:28:19 CENTER FUNDING, AND AS YOU HEARD, THE CONTINUANCE, THE
10:28:28 AGREEMENT IN OCTOBER.
10:28:29 ALSO THE STAFF WILL BEGIN WORKING ON THE TAMPA MUSEUM OF ART
10:28:32 FUNDING AGREEMENT, WHICH WILL HAVE SIMILAR TERMS FOR THE
10:28:36 12.57 MILLION THAT WILL BEGIN IN FISCAL YEAR 24 FOR PUBLIC
10:28:42 REALM IMPROVEMENTS AND ALSO TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER RECEIVED
10:28:45 16 MILLION IN CRA SUPPORT.
10:28:47 YOU SAW THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AS WELL AS THE FUNDS AT
10:28:52 YOUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING ON AUGUST 26th.
10:28:56 SEPTEMBER 1st, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
10:28:58 CONFIRMED THE MATCH TO THAT 32, IT'S ACTUALLY 37 MILLION
10:29:05 COSTS FOR THE TOTAL CONVENTION CENTER RENOVATIONS.
10:29:08 SO WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE THOSE BEGINNING AROUND THE END OF
10:29:12 OCTOBER, AND WE WILL SEE A LOT OF WORK BEGINNING ON THE
10:29:16 CONVENTION CENTER.
10:29:18 SOME INDIRECT CRA ACTIVITY, WATER STREET DEVELOPMENT, OF
10:29:21 COURSE, IS MOVING VERY FAST AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
10:29:24 THEY HAVE CONFIRMED, RELIA QUEST, HAS THEIR HEADQUARTERS IN
10:29:30 THE NEWEST OFFICE BUILDING, THOUSAND AND ONE.
10:29:39 THEY HAVE THE TOP SIX FLOORS IN THAT OFFICE SPACE. ARDENT
10:29:39 MILLS SITE, THAT IS MOVING FORWARD WITH PRELIMINARY PLAT
10:29:41 THAT'S BEEN SUBMITTED TO OUR STAFF, TO THE CITY STAFF,
10:29:44 RATHER, AND THAT WILL BE PART OF PHASE 3-B OF THE WATERS
10:29:49 STREET DEVELOPMENT AND WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE HOW THOSE LOTS
10:29:52 WILL LAY OUT.
10:29:53 THAT WILL BE COMING TO YOU SOON.
10:29:54 AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, PUBLIX GREENWISE IS OPEN TO THE
10:29:59 PUBLIC LOCATED IN THE FIRST FLOOR RETAIL SPACE OF THE HERON
10:30:04 RESIDENTIAL TOWERS, AND THAT ADDS ANOTHER OPTION FOR
10:30:06 GROCERIES AND FRESH PRODUCE TO THE DOWNTOWN RESIDENTIAL
10:30:11 RESIDENTS.
10:30:13 IN CHANNEL DISTRICT, JUST CONTINUING ON --
10:30:17 >> ONE SECOND.
10:30:17 >>BILL CARLSON: CAN I ASK A QUESTION AND COMMENT?
10:30:21 YOU MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING THE CAC SUPPORTED THE STRAZ
10:30:24 CENTER INVESTMENT.
10:30:25 WAS THERE ANY PUSHBACK?
10:30:27 WAS IT UNANIMOUS SUPPORT?
10:30:29 WAS IT ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT?
10:30:30 HOW DID IT GO?
10:30:32 >> I CAN SAY THAT IT WAS A DIFFICULT DISCUSSION, BECAUSE IT
10:30:35 IS SUCH A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY.
10:30:37 HOWEVER, THERE WERE SEVERAL MEETINGS WHERE WE HAD TO DISCUSS
10:30:41 THE FINANCIAL IMPACT TO THE DOWNTOWN PLANNING BUDGET.
10:30:49 AFTER A COUPLE OF MEETINGS, EVEN A SPECIAL PLANNING BUDGET
10:30:49 MEETING, THERE WAS UNANIMOUS SUPPORT BY THE DOWNTOWN --
10:30:55 >>BILL CARLSON: HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DISCUSSING IT?
10:30:58 >> IT'S BEEN THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. THE STRAZ DID DISCUSS
10:30:59 IT I BELIEVE IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY.
10:31:01 AND WE CAN PROVIDE THOSE MINUTES, THE EXCERPTS OF THE
10:31:04 MINUTES FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER BEFORE YOUR OCTOBER MEETING
10:31:07 IF YOU LIKE.
10:31:08 >>BILL CARLSON: GREAT. AND YOU SAID THAT THE INVESTMENT,
10:31:11 THE TOTAL INVESTMENT IN THE CONVENTION CENTER IS 37 MILLION?
10:31:15 DID I HEAR THAT RIGHT?
10:31:16 >> YES.
10:31:17 THE 16 MILLION IS BEING MATCHED BY CRA FUNDS AND AN
10:31:19 ADDITIONAL 16 MILLION IS BEING MATCHED BY THE COUNTY, BUT I
10:31:22 THINK BECAUSE THERE IS SOME INTERESTS COSTS, THAT TOTAL DOES
10:31:27 COME OUT TO ABOUT 37 MILLION.
10:31:29 >>BILL CARLSON: I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE
10:31:31 CONVENTION CENTER IS OBVIOUSLY AN ECONOMIC ENGINE.
10:31:35 SO IS THE STRAZ CENTER.
10:31:36 WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
10:31:38 THANK YOU.
10:31:39 >> YOU'RE WELCOME.
10:31:41 CONTINUING ON INTO CHANNEL DISTRICT.
10:31:43 THE CHANNELSIDE DRIVE CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES.
10:31:45 THERE ISN'T MUCH OF A CHANGE FROM THE LAST MONTH SINCE WE
10:31:49 JUST HAD OUR MEETING A FEW WEEKS AGO.
10:31:51 HOWEVER, THAT CONSTRUCTION DOES CONTINUE, AND WE ARE EXCITED
10:31:54 TO SEE LANDSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS AND PUBLIC REALM INVESTMENT
10:31:59 CONTINUE.
10:32:00 THE PHASE 3 IS MOVING RATE ALONG.
10:32:02 THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE FOLKS WORK BETWEEN
10:32:08 WHITING STREET AND THE ROUNDABOUT ON CHANNEL DRIED.
10:32:11 WE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE DESIGN UNDERWAY FOR 11 STREET,
10:32:15 TWIGGS STREET AND CUMBERLAND AVENUE, AND THAT IS SIMILAR
10:32:18 IMPROVEMENT SUCH AS INFRASTRUCTURE, SIDEWALK AND LANDSCAPE
10:32:21 IMPROVEMENTS IN THE DISTRICT.
10:32:22 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:32:27 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I RECEIVED A COUPLE CALLS.
10:32:30 I THINK CHANNELSIDE HAD A CAC MEETING LAST NIGHT?
10:32:34 >> YES.
10:32:36 >>ORLANDO GUDES: IN REFERENCE TO THE DOG PARK OR SOME
10:32:39 BUILDING OR SEWING LIKE THAT?
10:32:41 >> I AM NOT SURE SPECIFICALLY.
10:32:44 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I GOT A CALL ABOUT DISCUSSION ABOUT A DOG
10:32:48 PARK, AND I GOT A CAN -- DID YOU HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT THIS?
10:32:57 >> SO THE REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS, THE CAC APPROVED THEM,
10:33:00 AND THIS BOARD ALSO APPROVED REPROGRAMMING APPROXIMATELY $8
10:33:04 MILLION TO PURSUE LAND PURCHASE NEGOTIATIONS.
10:33:07 AND WE ARE STILL IN DEVELOPMENT ON THOSE NEGOTIATIONS.
10:33:12 THERE ARE TWO THAT WE ARE SPECIFICALLY PURSUING.
10:33:16 BECAUSE THOSE AREN'T FINALIZED WE ADOPT NECESSARILY HAVE ALL
10:33:19 OF THE DETAILS WORKED OUT BUT THERE IS ONE IN PARTICULAR
10:33:22 THAT YOU MAY BE REFERENCING THIS PROPERTY IS DIRECTLY
10:33:24 ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING MADISON STREET PARK, AND WE ARE
10:33:30 DISCUSSING THAT POSSIBILITY.
10:33:33 THERE IS CONCERN ABOUT THE TERMS OF WHAT THAT CONTRACT COULD
10:33:35 BE.
10:33:36 SO IF THERE IS AN UPDATE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE ON
10:33:39 THAT, I'M CERTAINLY HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
10:33:43 BUT NEGOTIATIONS ARE STILL UNDER DEVELOPMENT.
10:33:45 AND THAT WOULD BE THE UPDATE THAT THE CAC RECEIVED.
10:33:49 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
10:33:51 >> YOU'RE WELCOME.
10:33:52 THE CRP-SAP UPDATE, THAT'S COMMUNITY PLAN AND STRATEGIC PLAN
10:33:59 UPDATE.
10:34:00 WE ARE HAVING OUR LAST PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOP ON
10:34:02 SEPTEMBER 16th.
10:34:03 THAT WILL BE AT THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM.
10:34:04 AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO REVEAL SOME OF THE PRELIMINARY
10:34:08 GOALS FOR THE CRP THAT SHOWS HOW FAR THE CHANNEL DISTRICT
10:34:13 HAS COME IN ACCOMPLISHING WHAT THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA HAS
10:34:16 DONE SO FAR, AND WHAT IT STILL NEEDS TO WORK ON AS FAR AS
10:34:21 ITS GOALS, AND THEN THAT STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN WILL BE BUILT
10:34:25 UPON THAT FINAL PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WORK SHOWN.
10:34:27 SO WE ARE EXCITED TO WRAP THAT UP AND PRESENT SOME
10:34:31 PRELIMINARY DOCUMENTS TO THIS BOARD AND TO THE CAC VERY
10:34:34 SOON.
10:34:35 AND INDIRECT CRA ACTIVITY, SUPPORT TAMPA BAY AND ARMY CORPS
10:34:39 OF ENGINEERS ARE GOING TO INITIATE A STUDY INTO POTENTIAL
10:34:43 IMPROVEMENTS TO PORT PROPERTIES.
10:34:44 THIS INCLUDES JUST A SMALL PIECE OF WHAT THE PORT OWNS
10:34:47 WITHIN CHANNEL DISTRICT, BUT OF COURSE ALL PORT PROPERTIES
10:34:53 WHICH ENCOMPASSES A LOT MORE THAN JUST THE CHANNEL DISTRICT.
10:34:57 ANY QUESTIONS ON CHANNEL DISTRICT?
10:34:59 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
10:35:01 THANK YOU.
10:35:01 >> CERTAINLY.
10:35:04 AND AS YOU HEARD EARLIER, AN UPDATE FROM MR. ADAM HARDIN
10:35:08 WITH SOHO CAPITAL.
10:35:11 WE ARE CONSIDERING THE UPDATE.
10:35:12 NOW WE WILL BE REVIEWING THE TEXT AMENDMENTS TO THE
10:35:16 COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, AND WITH THAT, ALSO
10:35:19 CONSIDERATION FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
10:35:22 THESE ARE UNDER REVIEW AT A STAFF LEVEL WITH LEGAL COUNSEL
10:35:26 AND WE WILL BE BRINGING THOSE BACK TO CRA BOARDS AND CAC IN
10:35:30 THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.
10:35:32 SOME INDIRECT CRA ACTIVITIES, WE HAVE JUST HEARD THAT
10:35:35 SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET HAS CONFIRMED ITS OPENING IN OCTOBER,
10:35:39 SPECIFICALLY OCTOBER 27th, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING FOR
10:35:41 THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:35:43 WE ARE CERTAINLY HAPPY TO SEE GROCERY OPTIONS MADE AVAILABLE
10:35:47 TO OUR RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
10:35:49 AND ALSO A SHOUTOUT TO OUR MOBILITY DEPARTMENT WHO RECENTLY
10:35:52 COMPLETED THEIR HEIGHTS MOBILITY STUDY WHICH ARE SHOWING NEW
10:35:56 CROSSWALK IMPROVEMENTS COMING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:35:59 WE ARE TECHNICALLY OUTSIDE OF THE CRA BOUNDARY BUT THEY ARE
10:36:02 CERTAINLY NEEDED AS WE HEARD FROM OUR RESIDENTS FROM THE
10:36:05 DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, AND VERY MUCH NEEDED,
10:36:09 AND WE ARE HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT THAT.
10:36:11 ANY QUESTIONS ON TAMPA HEIGHTS RIVERFRONT?
10:36:13 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COMMENTS, QUESTIONS?
10:36:16 THANK YOU.
10:36:16 >> LAST BUT NOT LEAST, LAST MONTH I GAVE AN UPDATE ON
10:36:20 CENTRAL PARK CRA.
10:36:22 THIS IS INDIRECT ACTIVITIES AT THIS TIME.
10:36:24 THE YBOR SOUTH OR DARRYL SHAW'S REDEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN
10:36:29 SUBMITTED FOR ITS FIRST PHASE OF REZONING.
10:36:32 I DID CONFIRM THE FIRST HEARING IS NOVEMBER 18th WHICH
10:36:34 MEANS THAT THE SECOND HEARING WILL BE IN DECEMBER.
10:36:38 AND AS THE CRA BOARD HAS REQUESTED TO HEAR AN UPDATE ON HOW
10:36:43 THIS PROJECT WILL ENCOMPASS SEVERAL CRA BOUNDARIES AND WHAT
10:36:47 EXACTLY IT MAY ENTAIL, WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THAT ZONING
10:36:51 PROCESS TO BE COMPLETED.
10:36:52 SO WE MAY EXPECT AN UPDATE TO COME TO YOU ALL IN JANUARY,
10:36:57 JUST TO ALLOW FOR THAT ZONING PROCESS TO BE COMPLETED.
10:36:59 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: QUESTION, MR. CHAIR.
10:37:03 SO I KNOW WE CAN'T GET INTO THE DETAILS BASED UPON LEGAL
10:37:09 OPINION, AND THAT'S FINE.
10:37:10 BUT I AM CURIOUS ABOUT THE BOUNDARIES.
10:37:14 SO LOOKING AT THESE VARIOUS WCE ON THE GRID THERE.
10:37:22 WHICH PART OF THIS IS IN YBOR?
10:37:26 IS ANY PART OF IT IN THE CENTRAL PARK, ET CETERA?
10:37:30 >> YES.
10:37:32 AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PRETTY GOOD DIAGRAM.
10:37:37 I CAN ENSURE THAT THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE MONTHLY UPDATE
10:37:39 NEXT MONTH AND I CAN E-MAIL THAT TO YOU THIS AFTERNOON,
10:37:42 ACTUALLY.
10:37:43 IT DOES DELINEATE WHICH SECTIONS OF THIS PLAN ARE IN WHICH
10:37:46 CRA BOUNDARY.
10:37:47 WITH YOU BUT EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THE W IS IN CENTRAL PARK.
10:37:51 C 1, E 1, I BELIEVE DOWN TO E 3, AND E 5 ARE IN YBOR.
10:37:59 I BELIEVE E 4 IS OUTSIDE OF CRA BOUNDARIES. AND THEN C 2
10:38:05 DOWN TO C 6 AND C 5, THOSE ARE IN DOWNTOWN.
10:38:09 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: DOWNTOWN, NOT CHANNELSIDE?
10:38:13 >> NOTHING IS IN CHANNEL DISTRICT.
10:38:14 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THAT'S REALLY EXCITING ESPECIALLY FOR
10:38:16 CENTRAL PARK, BECAUSE THE TIF REFERENCE, BECAUSE I GUESS SO
10:38:23 MUCH OF IT IS PUBLIC, PUBLIC HOUSING, HAVE BEEN VERY SMALL.
10:38:29 BUT ALL THOSE W DEVELOPMENTS WILL BE A SHOT IN THE ARM FOR
10:38:35 CENTRAL PARK.
10:38:35 >> YES.
10:38:36 IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CERTAINLY ADD TO THE CENTRAL
10:38:41 PARK REDEVELOPMENT AREA.
10:38:43 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ESPECIALLY ON THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
10:38:47 >> YES.
10:38:48 CERTAINLY.
10:38:50 LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THIS IS AN UPDATE, AND A REQUEST FOR A
10:38:54 MOTION, IF I MAY.
10:38:56 IF YOU ALL RECALL, YOU HAD APPROVED THE CULTURAL ASSETS
10:39:00 COAST RETROFIT GRANT PROGRAM IN THE DOWNTOWN AND CHANNEL
10:39:03 DISTRICT CRA, AND WE RECEIVED A FEW UPDATES FROM OUR GRANT
10:39:08 RECIPIENTS, THAT DUE TO THE CURRENT STATE OF CONSTRUCTION
10:39:12 THEY HAD SOME SIGNIFICANT DELAYS IN RECEIVING MATERIALS AND
10:39:14 EQUIPMENT, AND THEIR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS HAVE BEEN
10:39:18 UNABLE TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT ON TIME, WHICH WOULD BE TO
10:39:23 COMPLETE THE PROJECT BY SEPTEMBER 30th.
10:39:25 SO IN OUR PROGRAM REQUIREMENT, IT INDICATED THAT THE CRA
10:39:28 MANAGER WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO EXTEND THEIR GRANT WITHIN
10:39:33 UP TO SIX MONTHS, REQUIRING A SHOWING THAT THEY HAD A
10:39:39 REASONABLE DELAY OR REASON FOR HAVING A SIX MONTH EXTENSION.
10:39:43 HOWEVER, THEIR GRANT AGREEMENT DID NOT INCLUDE SUCH CLAUSE.
10:39:46 WE BELIEVE IT WAS JUST AN OVERSIGHT, IT WAS NOT FOR ANY
10:39:51 SPECIFIC REASON.
10:39:51 SO WE ARE REQUESTING TODAY THAT THE CRA BOARD PROVIDE A
10:39:54 MOTION THAT ALLOWS THE CRA MANAGER TO GRANT THE APPLICANT AN
10:39:57 EXTENSION BEYOND THE SIX MONTHS FOR REASONABLE DELAYS BEYOND
10:40:01 THE CONTROL OF THE APPLICANT.
10:40:03 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
10:40:06 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SO MOVED.
10:40:07 >> SECOND.
10:40:09 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOVED BY COUNCILMAN GUDES, SECONDED BY
10:40:11 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:40:11 ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:40:12 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:40:14 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:40:16 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:40:16 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:40:17 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:40:18 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:40:20 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:40:20 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:40:21 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:40:26 THIS CONCLUDES THE STAFF MONTHLY REPORTS, UNLESS THERE ARE
10:40:30 ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME.
10:40:32 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY COMMENTS, ANY QUESTIONS?
10:40:34 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT.
10:40:35 >> THANK YOU.
10:40:36 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: IF YOU ARE READY, WE ARE HAPPY TO
10:41:12 CONTINUE WITH THE REST OF OUR AGENDA.
10:41:17 ITEM NUMBER 4 IS OUR CRA SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY
10:41:23 AND THE CRA BOARD TO PROVIDE STAFFING SERVICES FOR FY 22 TO
10:41:29 THE CRA BOARD.
10:41:31 THE ONLY CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS YEARS IS THAT WE ADDED A
10:41:35 CLAUSE THAT IN SEPTEMBER OF NEXT YEAR, WE WILL BE ABLE TO
10:41:42 LEVEL SET OUR STAFFING CLASS.
10:41:44 IN PREVIOUS YEARS, ALL OF OUR AGREEMENTS STRICTLY LOOKED AT
10:41:48 WHAT OUR COSTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AND PLANNED AT THE
10:41:52 BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AND ALL OF THAT MONEY IS TRANSFERRED
10:41:54 EACH MONTH TO THE GENERAL FUND.
10:41:58 IF WE HAVE VACANCIES, THEN THAT MONEY IS STILL GIVEN TO THE
10:42:01 GENERAL FUND.
10:42:02 IF WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE ED JOHNSON'S RETIREMENT IN
10:42:06 DECEMBER AND THERE WAS A PAYOUT BECAUSE OF VACATION TIME,
10:42:08 AND SICK LEAVE THAT WAS NOT ANTICIPATED IN THE BUDGET, THEN
10:42:12 THE GENERAL FUND ENDS UP HAVING TO PICK UP THOSE COSTS.
10:42:15 SO WE HAVE WORKED OUT WITH THE BUDGET OFFICE WHEREBY EACH
10:42:18 SEPTEMBER WE WILL ASSESS THE ACTUAL COSTS AND ADJUST THAT
10:42:22 LAST PAYMENT IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER SO THAT THE END OF
10:42:26 THE YEAR THE ACTUAL COSTS ARE CHARGED TO THE CRA.
10:42:29 AND OTHER WAYS, THE INCREASE IN COSTS OVER LAST YEAR, AS I
10:42:33 MENTIONED IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, WE DID START THE TREND
10:42:36 WHEREBY ALL CRA EMPLOYEES ARE FUNDED 100% BY THE CRA.
10:42:41 LAST YEAR, ALL BUT THREE POSITIONS WERE FULLY FUNDED.
10:42:44 THIS YEAR THOSE LAST THREE POSITIONS WILL NOW BE FULLY
10:42:47 FUNDED.
10:42:48 AND AS REFLECTED IN OUR DISCUSSIONS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL
10:42:51 MONTHS, THERE ARE THREE NEW FTEs IN THE BUDGET WHICH DID
10:42:59 DECREASE THAT AMOUNT.
10:43:00 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COMMENTS, QUESTIONS?
10:43:04 COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
10:43:04 >>BILL CARLSON: I CAN MAKE A MOTION ABOUT THIS LATER IF YOU
10:43:09 WANT, MS. VAN LOAN, BUT I MENTIONED TO YOU A COUPLE DAYS AGO
10:43:13 I HAD SOME QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS
10:43:15 ABOUT THE BUDGET FOR STAFFING AND I THINK A LOT OF THE
10:43:18 CHANGE IN BUDGET IS RELATED TO WHAT YOU JUST SAID, WHICH IS
10:43:21 THAT WE BROUGHT THE STAFF IN-HOUSE, SO THEY ARE NOT
10:43:26 PARTIALLY WORKING FOR THE CITY, NOW THEY ARE WORKING FOR THE
10:43:29 CRA.
10:43:30 BUT WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE MAKE IN THE NEXT DAY OR AFTER IN A
10:43:34 SHORT PRESENTATION JUST TELL THE PUBLIC, SHOW US, FORTUNATE
10:43:38 PURPOSE OF TELLING THE PUBLIC, WHAT THE CHART IS WHO IS DOCK
10:43:42 WHAT AND HOW STAFF, ET CETERA, SO EVERYBODY CAN KNOW?
10:43:47 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: YES, I SURE CAN.
10:43:48 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING.
10:43:51 MR. CARLSON BEAT ME TO THE PUNCH.
10:43:53 THAT WAY WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE ROLES OF THOSE, SEE WHAT
10:44:00 THEY ARE.
10:44:01 THANK YOU, MR. CARLSON, FOR THAT.
10:44:03 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS?
10:44:06 MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:44:08 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:44:11 ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:44:12 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:44:15 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:44:15 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:44:16 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:44:17 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:44:18 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:44:19 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:44:20 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:44:21 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: ITEM NUMBER 5 IS ADOPTION OF OUR FY 20
10:44:26 ANNUAL ACTIVITY REPORT, AND AGAIN I AM HAPPY TO ANXIOUS ANY
10:44:29 QUESTIONS.
10:44:29 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COMMENTS, QUESTIONS?
10:44:32 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED.
10:44:36 >> SECOND.
10:44:37 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, SECONDED BY
10:44:41 COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:44:41 ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:44:42 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:44:45 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:44:47 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:44:47 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:44:48 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:44:49 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:44:50 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:44:51 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: ITEM NUMBER 6 IS FOR THE WEST TAMPA
10:44:55 CRA.
10:44:55 WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUY A PARCEL OF LAND ON MAIN
10:44:58 STREET THAT IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM BAY CANNON
10:45:03 BREWERY.
10:45:03 IT HAS BEEN THE SITE OF SOME CONTROVERSIAL BEHAVIOR OVER THE
10:45:06 YEARS, AND SOME CITIZEN AND BUSINESS CONCERNS AT THAT
10:45:09 LOCATION.
10:45:10 AND WE HAD APPROACHED THE PROPERTY OWNER EARLIER IN THE YEAR
10:45:16 WITH AN OFFER.
10:45:16 THEY WERE NOT INTERESTED.
10:45:17 THEY CAME BACK TO US LAST MONTH AND SAID, HEY, IF YOU ARE
10:45:20 STILL INTERESTED WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO BUY IT, AND THE CAC
10:45:24 JUMPED ON IT.
10:45:24 SO WE ARE REQUESTING 200,000 TO REPROGRAM FOR THE PURCHASE
10:45:29 OF THAT PROPERTY.
10:45:30 IT'S ALSO KNOWN AS JOE REDNER PARK.
10:45:33 AGAIN, IT IS THAT OPEN LOT THAT IS ON MAIN STREET RATE
10:45:36 ACROSS FROM BAY CANNON BREWERY.
10:45:40 >> MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
10:45:42 >> SECOND.
10:45:42 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN GUDES, SECOND BY
10:45:49 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:45:49 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I THINK I LEARNED SOMETHING.
10:45:55 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: IT'S BEEN -- WEEKEND FESTIVITIES.
10:46:05 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WEEKEND.
10:46:07 I WILL TELL YOU WHAT.
10:46:11 THESE WORDS ARE REALLY HITTING ME IN THE HEART.
10:46:14 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:46:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WHERE WERE WE AT?
10:46:17 MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:46:18 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:46:19 ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
10:46:20 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:46:22 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:46:23 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:46:24 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:46:25 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:46:27 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:46:28 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:46:28 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:46:29 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: ITEM NUMBER 7 IS YOUR FAVORITE TOPIC
10:46:33 OF THE REDESIGN OF THE ACCESS AT CHANNELSIDE DRIVE AT THE
10:46:37 PORT.
10:46:38 WE HAD APPROVED THE 1.6 MILLION.
10:46:41 THIS IS FOR THE DESIGN CONTRACT AND OUR PORTION OF THE
10:46:44 STORMWATER FEES.
10:46:45 IT IS PART OF INCLUDED IN THAT 1.6 MILLION.
10:46:49 THE PORT HAS ALREADY CONTRACTED WITH HDR AND THEY HAVE
10:46:52 ALREADY DESIGNED THEIR HALF OF THE PROJECT, AND WE WILL SAVE
10:46:56 MONEY AND GET IT DONE MUCH MORE QUICKLY BY ALSO UTILIZING
10:47:00 HDR.
10:47:01 SO THIS AGREEMENT ALLOWS US TO ENTER INTO THAT JOINT
10:47:04 CONTRACT WITH HDR AND ALSO FOR THE STORMWATER FEES.
10:47:08 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
10:47:10 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, SECONDED
10:47:13 BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:47:14 ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:47:15 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:47:16 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:47:17 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:47:18 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:47:19 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:47:20 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:47:21 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:47:21 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:47:22 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: FOR ITEM NUMBER 8, AGAIN WEST TAMPA,
10:47:26 WE HAD A REQUEST FOR A GRANT TO HELP SUPPORT A COMMUNITY
10:47:30 GARDEN ON BEACH STREET, WHICH IS JUST BEHIND A PROPERTY ON
10:47:34 HOWARD.
10:47:35 I DO HAVE THE URBAN PROGRESS ALLIANCE WHO IS GOING TO BE
10:47:39 BUILDING ANT RUNNING THIS COMMUNITY GARDEN HERE.
10:47:42 I HAVE BRENDA ALLEN WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF URBAN PROGRESS
10:47:46 ALLIANCE AND BOTH MR. ANDRE HILL JR. AND SENIOR WHO WOULD
10:47:49 LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THEIR PROJECT AND THANK YOU
10:47:51 FOR THE GRANT.
10:47:52 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:48:18 I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED
10:48:20 THIS PROJECT.
10:48:25 I WANT TO GUARANTEE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE AN EXCELLENT
10:48:29 AND EFFECTIVE PROJECT FOR THE WEST TAMPA COMMUNITY.
10:48:34 I AM NOT GOING TO -- I WILL LET THE REST OF MY TEAM SPEAK AS
10:48:40 WELL.
10:48:40 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:48:41 I'M BRENDA ALLEN, PRESIDENT OF THE URBAN PROGRESS ALLIANCE.
10:48:44 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR AWARDING US THE GRANT.
10:48:49 WE WILL DO AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB, URBAN PROGRESS ALLIANCE, ITS
10:48:54 MODEL IS OUR GREATEST ASSET IS OUR INTEGRITY.
10:48:56 AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH MUCH SUCCESS AND MUCH LOVE GIVEN
10:49:01 TO THE WEST TAMPA AREA.
10:49:03 THANK YOU.
10:49:03 >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.
10:49:08 IT'S BEEN A LONG HAUL.
10:49:09 YOU KNOW HOW LONG I HAVE BEEN COMING DOWN HERE.
10:49:11 SO FINALLY WE GET SOMETHING AND SHOW THIS INVESTMENT TO BE
10:49:17 EQUITABLE INVESTMENT TO THE CITY OF TAMPA.
10:49:21 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WE NEED YOUR NAME.
10:49:25 >> I'M ANDRE HILL, SR.
10:49:28 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SO WHEN I SAW THIS ON THE AGENDA, I
10:49:34 DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS COMING, BUT I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
10:49:40 I'M A LIVE TIME VEGETABLE GARDENER.
10:49:42 I THINK MY MOTHER STARTED ME VEGETABLE GARDENING WHEN I WAS
10:49:46 LIKE A YOUNG TEENAGER, AND IT'S JUST WONDERFUL FOR THE
10:49:51 COMMUNITY THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING THIS.
10:49:54 I WAS OVER AT THE MEACHUM GARDENS AT CENTRAL PARK, RECENTLY,
10:50:00 AND I WAS JUST AMAZED AT THE SIZE AND MAGNITUDE OF WHAT THEY
10:50:03 ARE TAKING ON OVER THERE.
10:50:05 REGARDLESS OF HOW BIG YOURS IS, I'M REALLY EXCITED.
10:50:09 I LOOK FORWARD TO COMING OVER AND HELPING YOU ALL OUT ON A
10:50:11 VOLUNTEER DAY.
10:50:13 KEEP US POSTED.
10:50:14 >> ABSOLUTELY.
10:50:15 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'M A VEGETABLE EATER.
10:50:21 I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR VEGETABLE GROWERS.
10:50:25 BUT YESTERDAY I WAS AT THE HOUSE JUST WATCHING CHANNEL 3, I
10:50:29 FORGOT WHICH ONE, 1, 2, 3 OR 4, THERE'S SO MANY CHANNELS
10:50:33 NOW, AND IT SO HAPPENED THAT I WAS WATCHING SOMETHING ABOUT
10:50:36 PARKS.
10:50:38 AND YOU GO BACK TO CENTRAL PARK IN NEW YORK WHAT IT WAS, IT
10:50:43 WAS A DUMP, AND HOW THEY DID REDID IT AND WORKED ON IT THAT
10:50:47 PIECE OF LAND THAT WAS VACANT, AND PARKS IN FILL DEVELOPED,
10:50:52 CHICAGO, AND THEY TALKED ABOUT AREAS THAT WERE BLIGHTED AT
10:50:54 ONE TIME, AND HOW DID THEY DO IT AND HOW DID THEY SOLVE THE
10:50:57 PROBLEMS?
10:50:58 AND IT STARTS WITH LITTLE PARKS LIKE THIS IN THE
10:51:01 NEIGHBORHOODS THAT PEOPLE WOULD COME TOGETHER, AND THEY
10:51:05 NEVER SPOKE TO EACH OTHER.
10:51:06 EVERYBODY WAS BUSY.
10:51:07 AND WHEN IT CAME TO THE GARDEN, THEY STARTED TALKING TO EACH
10:51:10 OTHER, AND IT BECAME A DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD IN A VERY
10:51:13 SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
10:51:14 EVERYBODY KNEW EVERYBODY BY NAME.
10:51:17 AND YOU HEARD ME SAY MANY TIMES THAT I LIVE IN A
10:51:20 NEIGHBORHOOD BUT I DON'T NO MY NEIGHBORS' NAMES BECAUSE
10:51:23 EVERYBODY IS INSIDE IN A TV ROOM WITH AIR CONDITIONING
10:51:27 WATCHING SOMETHING AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHO YOU LIVE NEXT TO.
10:51:29 YOU KNOW THE CAR IN THE HOME BUT YOU DON'T KNOW THE PEOPLE
10:51:33 BY NAME.
10:51:34 AND THAT'S A SHAME.
10:51:35 AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WHAT COMMUNICATION, EYE CONTACT
10:51:40 AND CONVERSATION YOU CAN HELP ONE ANOTHER.
10:51:42 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
10:51:43 >>BILL CARLSON: I JUST WANT TO SAY THESE ARE REALLY
10:51:47 IMPORTANT COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD AMENITIES AND SUCCESSFUL
10:51:51 NEIGHBORHOODS ALL OVER THE WORLD.
10:51:52 AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.
10:51:55 IT CAN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT FOLKS LIKE YOU STEPPING UP TO DO
10:51:57 THIS.
10:51:58 SO THANK YOU AND WE WISH YOU GOOD SUCCESS.
10:52:00 >>JOSEPH CITRO: OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS?
10:52:05 I WILL END WITH THIS.
10:52:06 WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
10:52:09 AND I HAVE ALWAYS SAID THE CRAs ARE THE PUREST FORM OF
10:52:13 DEMOCRACY.
10:52:15 IT WORKS AT THE BOTTOM AND WORKS ITS WAY UP.
10:52:18 THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTS, YOUR IDEAS.
10:52:19 THANK YOU FOR HELPING TO BE THE COMMUNITY.
10:52:22 AND THANK YOU FOR DOING RIGHT IN THE COMMUNITY.
10:52:24 ALL RIGHT.
10:52:25 I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
10:52:28 I HAVE A MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, SECONDED BY
10:52:31 COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:52:32 ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:52:33 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:52:35 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:52:36 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:52:37 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:52:39 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:52:40 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:52:41 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:52:42 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:52:43 >>JOSEPH CITRO: CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL.
10:52:45 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:52:49 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: ITEM 9 IS CONTINUED FROM LAST MONTH.
10:53:25 THIS IS AT THE AMALIE ARENA.
10:53:28 AND I LEFT YOU PHOTOS.
10:53:29 THE AMALIE ARENA IS CONCERNED ABOUT -- THE PUBLIC TENDS TO
10:53:38 CROSS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THEIR PROPERTY OVER THE RAILROAD
10:53:40 TRACKS FOR THE STREETCAR, AND HAVE GREAT CONCERNS AS THEY
10:53:45 WATCH THESE PEOPLE THROUGH THE WHOLE AREA, THIS CROSSING AND
10:53:49 FROM THE STREETCAR, AND WITH SO MANY PEOPLE GETTING ON AND
10:53:52 OFF THE STREETCAR AND UTILIZING THE STREETCAR.
10:53:54 IT'S JUST SUCH A POTENTIAL.
10:53:56 THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH TPD, AND OUR MOBILITY FOLKS, AND
10:54:00 THEY HAVE RECOMMENDED CERTAIN CHANGES, IN OUR PUBLIC REALM,
10:54:06 THAT AREA RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE ARENA AT THAT NORTHEAST
10:54:09 CORNER, AND SO WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THEM TO HELP FUND SOME
10:54:13 OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS WHICH WOULD INCLUDE PLANTERS AND
10:54:20 BENCHES THAT WOULD HELP KEEP THE PEOPLE AND DIRECT THE
10:54:22 PEOPLE NORTH TO AN ACTUAL INTERSECTION AND BLOCK THEM FROM
10:54:25 CROSSING THE STREETS.
10:54:27 THIS REQUEST IS FOR THE PROGRAMMING SO THAT AMALIE REASON
10:54:31 KNOWS THAT THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH ALL OF THEIR ZONING
10:54:33 AND PERMITTING, AND WE WILL COME BACK AT THE OCTOBER MEETING
10:54:36 FOR THE ACTUAL AGREEMENT.
10:54:37 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
10:54:40 ALL RIGHT.
10:54:41 I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
10:54:43 I HAVE A MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:54:44 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:54:46 ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:54:47 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:54:50 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:54:52 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:54:53 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:54:54 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:54:55 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:54:57 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:54:57 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:54:58 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: ITEM NUMBER 10 IS REPROGRAMMING
10:55:03 REFERENCED EARLIER FOR YBOR YOU KNOW, THAT THEY HAVE
10:55:05 RECEIVED ALL OF THE BIDS, AND ARE ALREADY TO MOVE FORWARD IN
10:55:08 CONTRACTS.
10:55:10 7th AVENUE ARCHWAY AND STREETSCAPING PROGRAM.
10:55:15 THIS IS THE LAST OF THE FUNDING.
10:55:16 >> MOTION BY -- SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:55:23 ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:55:23 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:55:25 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:55:26 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SIT YES.
10:55:28 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:55:29 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:55:29 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:55:30 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:55:31 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:55:32 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: ITEM NUMBER 11 IS A REPROGRAMMING EAST
10:55:35 TAMPA.
10:55:36 A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, 400,000 WAS PLACED IN A LINE ITEM FOR
10:55:40 A GATEWAY IMPROVEMENT THAT HAS NOT BEEN DESIGNED OR DEFINED
10:55:44 YET.
10:55:45 AND DUE TO SOME OF THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY AT THE IDEAL
10:55:50 LOCATIONS, NOT BEING OWNED BY THE CITY OF TAMPA UNDER OUR
10:55:53 JURISDICTION, AND OUR HEAVY FOCUS RIGHT NOW WITH THE
10:55:56 COMMUNITY AND WITH THE CRA BOARD ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
10:56:00 REDEVELOPMENT AREAS, THE CAC HAS VOTED AND IS REQUESTING TO
10:56:05 REPROGRAM THAT 400,000 INTO THE LAND ASSEMBLAGE LINE ITEM SO
10:56:09 THAT WE MAY PURSUE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES FOR AFFORDABLE
10:56:13 HOUSING AND IN-FILL, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, OR ANY COMMERCIAL
10:56:17 OPPORTUNITIES THAT CAN COME UP FOR REDEVELOPMENT.
10:56:19 >> SO MOVED.
10:56:21 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:56:23 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:56:25 ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:56:25 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:56:27 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:56:28 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:56:29 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:56:30 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:56:31 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:56:33 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:56:33 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:56:34 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: ITEM NUMBER 12 IS YOUR SLATE OF
10:56:39 CANDIDATES FOR YBOR.
10:56:42 THERE ARE FIVE OPENINGS AND YOU DO HAVE FIVE CANDIDATES, AS
10:56:46 WE MENTIONED EARLIER.
10:56:48 ONCE THESE APPOINTMENTS ARE MADE, WE ONLY HAVE ONE VACANCY
10:56:52 BUT IT IS A DESIGNATION FOR AN EX-OFFICIO POSITION.
10:56:55 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:57:00 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:57:03 ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:57:03 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:57:05 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:57:06 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:57:06 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:57:07 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
10:57:09 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:57:09 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:57:10 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:57:11 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: ITEM NUMBER 13 HEADING BACK TO WEST
10:57:15 TAMPA, WE HAVE BEEN VERY PROUD IN 2021 OF EVERYTHING THAT
10:57:20 WEST TAMPA AND THE CAC AND THEIR SUBCOMMITTEES HAVE WORKED
10:57:24 TO ACHIEVE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.
10:57:26 THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF ACTIVITY ON THE PLANNING SIDE, BUT
10:57:29 WE HAVE NOT YET BEEN AT A POINT WHERE WE HAVE BEEN READY TO
10:57:32 SPEND THE DOLLARS, IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAMS, INCLUDING GRANTS
10:57:36 TO ASSIST PROJECTS LIKE THE URBAN PROGRESS ALLIANCE FARM,
10:57:40 COMMUNITY GARDEN, SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED WITH THE NUMBER OF
10:57:43 PROGRAMS WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ROLL OUT, IN THIS CALENDAR
10:57:47 YEAR FY 21.
10:57:49 SO NUMBER 13 IS AN UPSTAIRS RESIDENTIAL CONVERSION GRANT
10:57:52 PROGRAM.
10:57:53 IT IS A MATCHING 50/50 GRANT.
10:57:56 WHAT THIS IS FOR IS FOR SOME OF OUR COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS,
10:57:58 ESPECIALLY THESE OLDER TWO STORY BUILDINGS, THREE STORY
10:58:03 BUILDINGS WHERE THE FIRST FLOOR IS RETAIL AND COMMUNITY
10:58:06 MIXED USE ALLOWS FOR THAT NICE MIX, AND SO WE ARE ASSISTING
10:58:12 IF ANY OF THESE OWNERS WOULD LIKE TO CONVERT UPSTAIRS INTO
10:58:16 RESIDENTIAL UNITS WE WILL CONTINUE UP TO $7,000 PER UNIT UP
10:58:19 TO FOUR UNITS PER PROPERTY.
10:58:21 AND WE'LL THEN BE REQUESTING 100,000 BEING REPROGRAMMED TO
10:58:26 FUND THAT.
10:58:27 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IF I HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, MRS. VAN
10:58:29 LOAN, IS YOU HAVE $28,000 PER BUILDING, 7,000 PER UNIT, AND
10:58:37 DO ABOUT THREE AND A HALF UNITS?
10:58:40 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: TO START WITH.
10:58:41 NOT EVERY WILL HAVE FOUR UNITS.
10:58:44 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I UNDERSTAND THAT.
10:58:45 LET ME ASK THIS.
10:58:46 WE ARE SITTING TODAY AS A CRA, AND TOMORROW, TONIGHT WILL BE
10:58:50 THE CITY COUNCIL.
10:58:52 WHAT I AM LOOKING AT IS, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE FOUR
10:58:58 UNITS UPSTAIRS, ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE FOUR PARKING SPACES?
10:59:07 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: WITHIN THE PROGRAM GUIDE, FOR ANY OF
10:59:09 OUR GRANT PROGRAMS, THEY ARE ALWAYS REQUIRED TO MEET ALL
10:59:13 ZONING AND BUILDING REQUIREMENTS, SO IF THEY DO NOT, THEY
10:59:17 HAVE TO GO THROUGH YOUR PROCESS FOR ANY WAIVERS.
10:59:20 WE DO NOT CONFER ANY SPECIAL PROPERTIES OR PERMISSIONS OR
10:59:25 AUTHORITIES BY VIRTUE OF RECEIVING THAT GRANT.
10:59:26 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO YOU HAVE TO APPLY, AND IS IT GOING TO
10:59:29 BE RESIDENTIAL UNITS, YOU HAVE TO GO IN?
10:59:33 IF YOUR PERMIT FOR APARTMENTS OR RENTAL, I ASSUME, RIGHT?
10:59:40 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: YES, SIR.
10:59:42 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AND YOU HAVE TO FILE ALL FOLLOW ALL THE
10:59:46 GUIDELINES.
10:59:46 THANK YOU.
10:59:47 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: GREAT QUESTION, MR. MIRANDA.
10:59:49 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, SECONDED BY
10:59:54 DINGFELDER.
10:59:54 ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:59:55 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:59:56 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:59:57 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:59:59 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:00:00 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
11:00:01 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:00:01 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:00:02 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:00:03 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: AND JUST TO SKIP AHEAD TO ITEM 15, IT
11:00:07 IS ALSO A WEST TAMPA GRANT.
11:00:09 IT IS ALSO THE RESIDENTIAL GRANT.
11:00:11 IT IS FOR EXTERIOR AND ROOFS IMPROVEMENTS, AND YOU HAVE THE
11:00:16 GUIDE IN YOUR BACKUP.
11:00:18 IT DOES INCLUDE INTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS IF THERE HAS BEEN
11:00:23 DAMAGE AS A DIRECT RESULT OF AN EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENT.
11:00:27 A PRIME EXAMPLE, THE ONE WE EXPECT MOST IS AGAIN IF YOU HAVE
11:00:30 A LEAKY ROOF AND IT HAS CAUSED INTERIOR ISSUES OF WATER
11:00:34 DAMAGE TO FLOORING OR DRYWALL, WE'LL ALSO INCLUDE THOSE
11:00:38 IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE GRANT.
11:00:39 EACH GRANT IS UP TO 25,000.
11:00:42 AND WE ARE ASKING FOR 300,000 TO REPROGRAM AT THIS TIME FOR
11:00:46 THAT PROGRAM.
11:00:47 AND IT IS A MATCHING GRANT BASED ON YOUR AVERAGE MEDIAN
11:00:53 INCOME SO IT IS A SLIDING SCALE FOR APPLICANTS WHO ARE AT
11:00:57 THE LOWER END OF THE AMI SCALE.
11:01:00 WE DO HAVE AN IN-KIND SERVICE WHEREBY THEY CAN PERFORM SO
11:01:04 MANY HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE WITHIN THE WEST TAMPA AREA,
11:01:07 AND THEN RECEIVE CREDIT AGAINST THEIR PORTION OF A MATCH.
11:01:12 AGAIN IT'S A SMALL PORTION FOR THE RESIDENTIAL UNIT.
11:01:15 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. VAN LOAN.
11:01:19 ON PAGE 2 OF THIS DOCUMENT, THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE TALKING
11:01:21 ABOUT, THE VERY LOW END AT 50 PERCENT TO $25,850 OR THE
11:01:27 EXTREMELY LOW END FOR ONE PERSON, 15,550.
11:01:31 AM I CORRECT?
11:01:32 AND IT GOES ON TO SAY BETWEEN ONE PERSON AND EIGHT PERSONS.
11:01:35 IS THAT WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT?
11:01:37 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: YES, SIR.
11:01:38 THERE ARE A COUPLE OF CHARTS.
11:01:39 ONE IS HIGHLY QUALIFIED AS AMI.
11:01:41 AND THEN THERE IS A SECOND CHART THAT SAYS IF YOU ARE WITHIN
11:01:44 EACH OF THESE AMI CATEGORIES, YOUR MATCHING WILL BE $750 OR
11:01:51 1500 DOLLARS, BUT WITHIN THE LOWER END CATEGORIES, YOU CAN
11:01:56 GET CREDIT AND HAVE THAT MATCH REDUCED.
11:01:59 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I UNDERSTAND.
11:02:02 I MOVE IT.
11:02:03 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION BY MIRANDA, MANISCALCO.
11:02:07 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
11:02:09 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:02:10 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:02:11 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:02:12 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:02:13 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:02:14 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:02:15 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:02:16 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: ITEM NUMBER 14.
11:02:19 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MRS. VAN LOAN, I HATE TO JUMP IN.
11:02:22 AND BOARD MEMBERS, PER THE REQUEST OF OUR CITY CLERK, WE ARE
11:02:25 GOING TO TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS.
11:02:27 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO THANK THE CLERK.
11:02:34 (CRA RECESS)
11:02:39
11:11:28 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
11:11:29 >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE.
11:11:30 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HERE.
11:11:31 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
11:11:32 >>LUIS VIERA: (NO AUDIBLE RESPONSE)
11:11:36 >>BILL CARLSON: (NO AUDIBLE RESPONSE)
11:11:37 >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE.
11:11:38 >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
11:11:41 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MS. VAN LOAN.
11:11:42 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: RETURNING TO ITEM NUMBER 14, THIS IS
11:11:45 THE ACTUAL REPROGRAMMING OF THE FUNDS IN WEST TAMPA FROM THE
11:11:49 100,000 FOR THE UPSTAIRS RESIDENTIAL GRANT AND 300 FOR THE
11:11:56 SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL EXTERIOR ROOFING.
11:11:58 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION BY MANISCALCO, SECOND BY MIRANDA.
11:12:04 ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:12:05 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:12:07 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:12:10 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:12:11 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:12:12 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:12:13 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
11:12:15 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:12:16 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:12:17 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: ITEM NUMBER 16 IS A CAC POINT IN THE
11:12:20 DREW PARK CAC.
11:12:22 THIS IS FOR THE EX-OFFICIO FOR HCC OF DR. PAGE NEWHOUSE.
11:12:28 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:12:31 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:12:33 ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:12:34 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:12:38 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:12:39 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:12:40 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
11:12:41 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:12:43 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:12:43 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:12:45 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: LASTLY WE HAVE OUR REQUEST FOR THE FY
11:12:49 22 ANNUAL BUDGET.
11:12:52 WE HAVE BEEN VERY BLESSED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS TO HAVE
11:12:57 SUSAN AS OUR FISCAL OFFICER AND MORRIS MASSEY AS OUR CRA
11:13:02 ATTORNEY.
11:13:02 IVAN WORKING FOR THE CRA SINCE 2007, AND MANY OF THE
11:13:06 DOCUMENTS AND FORMATS AND INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE BEEN
11:13:09 PROVIDING YEAR AFTER YEAR HAVE BEEN THE SAME AS WE PRESENTED
11:13:13 IN 07.
11:13:14 AND WITH SUSAN JOINING OUR TEAM AND MORRIS MASSEY, WE HAVE
11:13:19 HAD PARTNERS, I DON'T WANT TO SAY ONLY FOR THE FIRST TIME,
11:13:23 BUT HAVE THROWN THEMSELVES INTO ANALYZING AND ACCESSING WHAT
11:13:29 WE SHOULD BE DOING, AND REALLY DELVING INTO OUR PROCESSES
11:13:34 AND DOCUMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE AND
11:13:38 HANDLING THINGS THE WAY WE SHOULD AND THAT WE ARE UPDATING
11:13:41 ON YOUR INFORMATION AS NEEDED.
11:13:42 WITH THAT, MR. MASSEY REALLY LOOKED AT HOW OUR BUDGET
11:13:46 PROCESS SHOULD BE WORKING FOR OUR CRA BUDGET, AND GENERALLY
11:13:50 WE HAVE ALWAYS ADOPTED OUR BUDGET IN OCTOBER, AFTER THE CITY
11:13:54 OF TAMPA BUDGET WAS APPROVED IN SEPTEMBER.
11:13:57 AND IN THE IDEAL SITUATION, OR RECOMMENDED SITUATION, WE
11:14:02 SHOULD AS A CRA BOARD AND THE CRA ADOPT OUR BUDGET, WHICH IS
11:14:06 THEN ALSO INCORPORATED IN PART OF THE CITY OF TAMPA'S
11:14:11 BUDGET, BECAUSE IF YOU ADOPT A BUDGET AFTERWARDS AND THEN
11:14:15 MIKE CHANGES, THE CITY HAS ALSO ADOPTED THAT SAME BUDGET.
11:14:18 SO WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO ADJUST THIS YEAR TO NEW
11:14:21 PROCEDURES, AND A MUCH SHORTER PRODUCTION TIMELINE, AND
11:14:26 THROUGH THIS PROCESS, BOTH SUSAN AND MORRIS AND I HAVE BEEN
11:14:30 WORKING ON NEW CHANGES WE WILL INSTITUTE FOR THE FOLLOWING
11:14:32 YEAR AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
11:14:34 AND SO WE ARE ASKING FOR THE FY 22 BUDGET TO BE ADOPTED.
11:14:39 IT HAS BEEN POSTED ON THE CRA BOARD WEBSITE.
11:14:42 THE REVENUES HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE CITY BUDGET, AND WILL
11:14:47 BE PART OF THE CITY'S HEARINGS, AND ADVERTISEMENTS AS ALL OF
11:14:51 OUR DOLLARS AND REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES ARE ALSO INCLUDED
11:14:54 IN THE CITY'S BUDGET.
11:14:56 THE ACTUAL CRA, INDIVIDUAL CRA DISTRICT DOLLARS AND
11:15:01 EXPENDITURES ARE THE EXACT SAME AS WHAT WE PRESENTED ON IN
11:15:05 AUGUST, BOTH IN THE PowerPoint AND THE DOCUMENTATION THAT
11:15:08 WE LOADED INTO SIRE AND PRESENTED.
11:15:12 WITH THAT, BEFORE I GO ON INTO THE BUDGET ITSELF, I WANT TO
11:15:15 MAKE SURE WE ARE OKAY HEADING IN THIS PROCESS AND APPROVAL
11:15:23 MANNER.
11:15:23 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
11:15:28 YOU SURVIVED AGAIN.
11:15:29 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: SO I DID GO OVER THE CRA BUDGET AS A
11:15:35 PowerPoint PRESENTATION.
11:15:36 A COUPLE THINGS I WANT TO REITERATE AGAIN, WE HAD OVERALL A
11:15:39 13% INCREASE IN THE TOTAL CRA BUDGET.
11:15:42 WE WENT FROM 39 TO 45.2 AND A HALF.
11:15:47 WITH THAT WE SAW IS THE GREATEST GROWTH IN CENTRAL PARK,
11:15:50 TAMPA HEIGHTS, EAST TAMPA AND WEST TAMPA.
11:15:52 AND IN CENTRAL PARK AND TAMPA HEIGHTS, IT'S OBVIOUSLY ALL OF
11:15:58 THAT DEVELOPMENT, ALL OF THOSE PROPERTIES AND PRIVATE SECTOR
11:16:02 PROPERTIES AND DEVELOPMENT THAT IS NOW COMING ONLINE, AND IN
11:16:07 CENTRAL PARK WE ARE NOW SEEING THAT MIX THAT TAMPA HOUSING
11:16:10 AUTHORITY IS DEVELOPING ALONG WITH THE RETAIL, AND SOME
11:16:13 REDEVELOPMENT ALONG THE NEBRASKA CORRIDOR THAT ARE ALSO
11:16:16 ADDING TO OUR PROPERTY TAX VALUES THERE.
11:16:19 EAST TAMPA, WEST TAMPA, EXPERIENCED A 29 AND 20% INCREASE
11:16:25 THIS PAST YEAR, AGAIN SHOWING THE STRONG MARKET THAT WE ARE
11:16:28 SEEING BOTH ON THE RESIDENTIAL AND THE COMMERCIAL MARKETS.
11:16:32 AND PAGE 63 OF THE BUDGET AND RESPONSE TO COMMENTS EARLIER,
11:16:37 THERE IS -- IT INCLUDES THREE NEW POSITIONS AND AGAIN I WILL
11:16:42 DO A FORMAL PRESENTATION ON THAT AT THE NEXT CRA BOARD
11:16:45 MEETING.
11:16:46 AND WITH THAT I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
11:16:48 BUDGET.
11:16:48 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COMMENTS, QUESTIONS?
11:16:51 >> MOVE TO APPROVE.
11:16:53 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:16:55 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:16:57 ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:16:58 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:16:59 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:17:01 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:17:02 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WE DON'T HAVE TO READ ANY FANCY LANGUAGE
11:17:06 OR ANYTHING?
11:17:07 JUST MOVING THE RESOLUTION?
11:17:11 >>BRIAN MORRISON: WE DON'T HAVE TO READ ANYTHING.
11:17:13 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I WILL VOTE YES.
11:17:16 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:17:17 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:17:18 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:17:19 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:17:21 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: THANK YOU, CHAIR AND CRA BOARD
11:17:22 MEMBERS.
11:17:23 THAT CONCLUDES OUR STAFF REQUESTS AND APPROVALS.
11:17:25 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. VAN LOAN.
11:17:29 OKAY, WE HAVE REPORTS AND NEW BUSINESS.
11:17:31 LET'S START WITH COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:17:38 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:17:39 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NOTHING SIR.
11:17:40 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:17:42 >>BILL CARLSON: NOTHING.
11:17:45 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:17:51 A LITTLE BIT OF CONCERN IN REGARD TO -- AND WE HAVE SPOKEN
11:17:56 ABOUT THIS IN VARIOUS CONTEXTS AT CITY COUNCIL AS WELL AS
11:18:00 THE CRA -- IN REGARD TO OUR DEDICATION TO ENSURING THAT THE
11:18:06 FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS THE MONEY TO BUILD A NEW FIRE STATION
11:18:14 DOWNTOWN.
11:18:17 AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY, AND MAYBE CHAT WITH THE CRA BOARD
11:18:26 ABOUT THIS.
11:18:28 I KNOW I FOR ONE -- AND I'M SURE -- I WON'T SPEAK FOR
11:18:33 HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY HERE -- THAT WE ALL SUPPORT THE IDEA OF
11:18:36 A NEW FIRE STATION DOWNTOWN.
11:18:37 APPARENTLY IT'S NEEDED.
11:18:40 SO THEN THE QUESTION IS, WHERE AND HOW MUCH?
11:18:46 AND YOU HAVE SPOKEN TO US AT LENGTH.
11:18:48 I THINK ALL OF US HAVE.
11:18:49 SO THE QUESTION BECOMES WHERE AND HOW MUCH.
11:18:54 AND I KNOW FIRE CHIEF IS WORKING ON THIS.
11:18:59 JOHN BENNETT IS WORKING ON THIS.
11:19:01 BUT I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE MONEY SIDE OF THIS.
11:19:05 WHEN MS. VAN LOAN LAID OUT THE LONG-TERM FIVE YEAR PLAN FOR
11:19:10 THE DOWNTOWN CRA, THAT INCLUDED -- AND I CAN FORWARD A COPY
11:19:15 OF IT TO YOU, BECAUSE I JUST LOOKED AT IT A MINUTE AGO --
11:19:19 THAT INCLUDED $15 MILLION OF MONEY THAT REALLY WASN'T
11:19:23 EXPECTED.
11:19:26 I THINK IT WAS IN YEARS 3 AND 4 AS WE MOVE OUT.
11:19:30 AND THAT TIMING MIGHT WORK OUT BECAUSE IF WE DON'T HAVE A
11:19:34 PLAN AND A LOCATION, THREE OR FOUR YEARS MIGHT BE THE RIGHT
11:19:38 TIMING.
11:19:42 SO THERE'S $15 MILLION IN A FUTURE DOWNTOWN CRA THAT WOULD
11:19:48 BE NEEDED FOR THAT.
11:19:50 NOW MR. MASSEY HAS INDICATED IN THE PAST -- AND I DON'T WANT
11:19:52 TO SPEAK FOR HIM AND HE CAN JUMP IN IF HE NEEDS TO -- HE'S
11:19:56 INDICATED THAT THE CRA MIGHT NOT BE THE PLACE TO LOOK FOR
11:19:59 MONEY FOR VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION.
11:20:02 IS THAT RIGHT, BRIAN?
11:20:05 BUT THE CRA SOMETIMES CAN BE LOOKED FOR MONEY FOR LAND
11:20:08 ACQUISITION, FOR THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS.
11:20:12 NOT REALLY SURE WHY WE SPLIT THAT HAIR.
11:20:14 BUT I HAVE HEARD MR. MASSEY SAY THAT IN THE PAST.
11:20:18 SO, ANYWAY, LONG-WINDED WAY OF SAYING, I AM TOTALLY 100% IN
11:20:23 FAVOR, IF THE CRA CAN JUMP IN AND CONTRIBUTE TOWARD US
11:20:29 FINDING A LOCATION, LAND ACQUISITION, EVEN VERTICAL IF
11:20:35 POSSIBLE, THE CRA COULD HELP FUND THAT.
11:20:38 AND I JUST WANT TO COMMIT MYSELF, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO DO IT,
11:20:43 MAYBE DO IT AS A MOTION, I WOULD BE GLAD TO.
11:20:46 BUT ANYWAY, I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD BRING THAT UP AND IT
11:20:50 SEEMS TO BE FLIRTING AROUND OUT THERE, AND I THINK --
11:20:56 >> COUNCILMAN GUDES, DO YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT?
11:20:59 >>ORLANDO GUDES: CHANNELSIDE OR DOWNTOWN, YOU ARE SAYING
11:21:06 DOWNTOWN.
11:21:06 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WELL, I AM SPEAKING IN TERMS OF FUNDING.
11:21:13 I THINK IDEALLY IT WOULD BE A LOCATION EITHER IN CHANNELSIDE
11:21:18 OR DOWNTOWN THAT COULD COVER BOTH AREAS ADEQUATELY.
11:21:26 I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A LOCATION IN MIND AT ALL.
11:21:31 BUT IF IT'S DOWNTOWN, DOWNTOWN WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO FUND
11:21:36 IT.
11:21:36 IF IT'S IN CHANNELSIDE, THEN CHANNELSIDE WOULD HAVE TO FUND
11:21:39 IT.
11:21:40 I AM NOT SURE IF WE CAN SPLIT THAT BABY.
11:21:41 THAT'S PROBABLY ANOTHER LEGAL QUESTION.
11:21:43 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
11:21:48 >>BILL CARLSON: THIS ISSUE CAME UP YESTERDAY.
11:21:50 I KIND OF HAVE H A LONG CONVERSATION WITH MRS. VAN LOAN
11:21:53 ALSO.
11:21:54 AND I THINK IT SOUND LIKE THE CRAs ARE PRETTY LIMITED AS
11:21:57 TO WHAT WE CAN DO EVEN WITH FISCAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND MORRIS
11:22:00 IS GETTING ON.
11:22:01 BUT IN PARTICULAR, YOU REMEMBER COUNCILMAN MEMBER VIERA
11:22:05 ASKED THE CITY TO PUT TOGETHER A PUBLIC SAFETY PLAN, SO JUST
11:22:10 LIKE THE MAYOR IS DOING WITH MOBILITY AND PARKS, SO THAT WE
11:22:15 CAN BE FAIR TO THE WHOLE CITY AND FIGURE OUT WHERE THE NEEDS
11:22:19 ARE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND THERE ARE NEEDS IN ALL
11:22:24 DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY INCLUDING SOUTH TAMPA. IF YOU
11:22:26 ARE SOUTH OF GANDY AND THE ONE STATION THAT MOSTLY COVERS
11:22:29 PEOPLE WITH HEART ATTACKS, IF THEY ARE OUT, THERE'S A LONG
11:22:32 RIDE TO GET THERE.
11:22:33 SO I THINK WITH THE PROCESS THAT MR. VIERA HAS PUT IN PLACE,
11:22:39 WE NEED TO TRUST THE EXPERTS AT FIRE RESCUE TO COME BACK AND
11:22:44 TELL US WHERE THE MAIN PRIORITIES ARE, AND IF THE BIGGEST
11:22:48 PRIORITY IS DOWNTOWN, THEY NOT ONLY NEED INFRASTRUCTURE,
11:22:52 EVEN IF WE COULD BUILD A BUILDING, THEY NEED VEHICLES.
11:22:56 WITH THESE STATIONS WE NEED AMBULANCES OR RESCUE VEHICLES.
11:22:59 AND IF WE JUST HAD THOSE, WE WOULD BE SO MUCH BETTER OFF.
11:23:03 THEN WE ALSO NEED PEOPLE AND TRAINING AND OTHER KIND OF
11:23:05 PROGRAMS.
11:23:06 AND CRA CAN'T PAPER FOR ANY OF THAT.
11:23:08 AND SO IF WE ARE LOOKING TO FUND FIRE RESCUE, WHAT I WOULD
11:23:13 RECOMMEND IS THAT WE LOOK AT PUTTING AT LEAST THE PARTIAL
11:23:17 CAP ON THE DOWNTOWN AND CHANNEL DISTRICT CRAs, WE WILL BE
11:23:21 ABLE TO DO THAT WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AS STRATEGIC
11:23:24 ACTION PLANS COME FORWARD.
11:23:25 BUT THEN WE COULD NEGOTIATE WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
11:23:28 THAT MONEY WOULD GO BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND BUT WE COULD
11:23:30 NEGOTIATE WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO SET UP A SPECIFIC DIET
11:23:33 DEDICATED FUND IN LIEU OF, AND THEY COULD FUND FIRE SAFETY,
11:23:38 AND FIRE RESCUE, AND WE COUNSELED FUND ALL THOSE IMPORTANT
11:23:41 THINGS THEY NEED, NOT JUST DO IT ON AN AD HOC PIECEMEAL
11:23:45 BASIS BECAUSE IT REALLY IS AN ISSUE FOR EVERYONE.
11:23:48 IF SOMEBODY HAPPENS TO LIVE IN PART OF THE CITY BUT THEY ARE
11:23:50 DRIVING THROUGH ANOTHER PART OF THE CITY AND THEY HAVE A
11:23:53 HEART ATTACK OR ACCIDENT, WE HAVE COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE
11:23:55 CITY AND WE NEED TO DO IT STRATEGICALLY AS HAS BEEN PROPOSED
11:23:58 BY MR. VIERA.
11:23:59 THANK YOU.
11:24:00 >>JOSEPH CITRO: OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
11:24:03 >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY.
11:24:05 I AGREE.
11:24:06 I MEAN, WHATEVER LEGAL METHOD THAT WE CAN USE TO FUND PUBLIC
11:24:10 SAFETY, WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE A CRITICAL CRISIS THROUGHOUT
11:24:16 ALL OF OUR CITY, YOU KNOW, WE DEALT EARLY ON WITH EAST TAMPA
11:24:20 AND NORTH TAMPA.
11:24:21 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CHANNELSIDE.
11:24:22 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT NEW TAMPA.
11:24:24 WEST TAMPA, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE WORKFORCE
11:24:26 HOUSING THAT CONTINUES TO GO UP AND WILL GO UP THERE.
11:24:29 THAT'S GOING TO CREATE A CORRESPONDING CRUNCH AND A NEED FOR
11:24:33 MORE PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONSES.
11:24:35 AS COUNCILMAN CARLSON SAID, SOUTH OF GANDY CONTINUES TO HAVE
11:24:38 SIGNIFICANT GROWTH.
11:24:40 WITH THAT GROWTH COMES MORE NEED.
11:24:42 SO WHATEVER LEGAL, EQUITABLE SOLUTION WE CAN FIND TO FUND
11:24:46 THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT I AM WILLING TO LOOK AT.
11:24:49 THAT INCLUDES CRA FUNDS WHETHER IT'S FOR PURCHASING
11:24:53 PROPERTIES OR WHATEVER IT IS, WHATEVER MEANS, WE CAN GO TO
11:24:56 THAT, AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT.
11:24:58 I STRONGLY URGE USE OF THE FEDERAL DOLLARS WHICH WERE
11:25:02 UTILIZING SOME OF THOSE IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET FOR SOME
11:25:06 PIVOTAL INVESTMENTS THAT WE NEED IN THE AREA.
11:25:08 BUT I CERTAINLY THINK THAT WE SHOULD EXPLORE THAT, AND
11:25:11 WHOEVER WANTS TO MAKE THAT MOTION, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER,
11:25:15 GUDES, WHOEVER, ON THIS PARTICULAR SIDE, COUNCILMAN GUDES,
11:25:21 YOUR DISTRICT, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, CITY-WIDE, I THINK
11:25:25 THAT'S WELL TAKEN.
11:25:25 SO THANK YOU.
11:25:26 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT
11:25:31 EVERYTHING WE DO -- YOU KNOW, WHEN ALL THIS STARTED MANY,
11:25:36 MANY YEARS AGO THERE WAS VERY LITTLE TALK ABOUT CRAs.
11:25:40 ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT BECAME A RELOCATION AREA, ALL OF A
11:25:45 SUDDEN BECAME ONE OF THE BEST AREAS IN THE COUNTRY TO MOVE
11:25:48 TO, ONE OF THE FASTER GROWING AREAS.
11:25:52 I THINK AT ONE TIME WE WERE SECOND TO SOMEWHERE IN NEVADA.
11:25:55 I FORGET WHICH CITY IT WAS.
11:25:57 AND NOW WE WERE JUST NAMED THE NUMBER ONE AREA IN THE
11:25:59 COUNTRY FOR START-UP AND TECHNOLOGY.
11:26:04 THAT'S WHAT I SAW ON TELEVISION THE OTHER DAY.
11:26:06 I THINK MIAMI WAS SECOND.
11:26:09 BEATING NEW YORK AND EVERY CITY IN CALIFORNIA AND SO FORTH
11:26:12 AND SO ON.
11:26:13 SO WE HAVE THE MONEY.
11:26:13 WE STARTED WITH THE CRA WHEN IT STARTED HAVING TO CREATE THE
11:26:19 FUND AND EVERYTHING STARTED COMING TOGETHER.
11:26:24 WE CAME TOGETHER SO QUICKLY AND SO FAST, AND IT'S NOT THAT
11:26:28 YOU LOOK AT ONE AREA AND SAY YOU NEED A FIRE STATION.
11:26:30 YOU BETTER LOOK AT ALL OF THEM BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO
11:26:33 MAYBE NEED MORE THAN WHAT YOU THINK.
11:26:34 THE AREA HAS GROWN.
11:26:36 WHEN YOU LOOK AT 15,000, 25 AT TOPS, AND THE AREAS OF WEST
11:26:43 TAMPA AND EAST TAMPA, SO FORTH, NOW 175 OR 200,000.
11:26:50 I SEE LOTS GOING IN WEST TAMPA, AND THE ARMORY, USED TO BE
11:26:58 THE ARMORY, NOW IT'S -- WHICH ONE?
11:27:05 >> JCC.
11:27:07 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: BUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD I'M TALKING ABOUT.
11:27:13 ARMORY GARDENS.
11:27:15 I'M SORRY, THE NAME ARMORY.
11:27:17 YOU ARMY.
11:27:19 I DIDN'T WANT TO JOIN.
11:27:20 I WAS GOING TO VOLUNTEER.
11:27:22 BUT WHAT HAPPENS, THESE THINGS HAPPEN.
11:27:24 AND IT HAPPENS SO QUICKLY.
11:27:26 IT'S LIKE SAYING, I WANT TO HAVE MY FIRST CHILD.
11:27:29 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU DELIVER TRIPLETS AND YOU HAVE THREE.
11:27:33 NOW THAT YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN.
11:27:35 AND IT'S A WONDERFUL THING TO HAVE CHILDREN.
11:27:37 JUST AS A IT'S A WONDERFUL THING TO HAVE GROWTH.
11:27:40 WITHOUT GROWTH YOU ARE DYING.
11:27:41 SO THESE THINGS HAPPEN.
11:27:42 AND WE HAVE GOT TO BE FACED WITH THEM.
11:27:44 SO LIKE MR. VIERA FIRST STARTED WITH THE MOTION A COUPLE OF
11:27:48 YEARS BACK, THE ASSESSMENT OF WHAT THE NEED IS, NOT TODAY
11:27:52 BUT TOMORROW, AND YESTERDAY I WROTE SOMETHING OUT THAT SAID,
11:27:57 IF YESTERDAY WAS LIKE TOMORROW, WE WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM
11:28:00 BECAUSE WE WOULD KNOW IT WAS COMING.
11:28:02 WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S COMING AND THAT'S WHAT WE DON'T HAVE
11:28:05 THE TOOLS TO DO IT WITH SOMETIMES.
11:28:07 BUT THERE IS WHERE WE ARE AT.
11:28:09 AND I AGREE WITH THE STATEMENT THAT I THINK MR. VIERA'S
11:28:12 STATEMENT YEARS BACK WITH HIS COMPREHENSIVE STUDY TO WHAT WE
11:28:15 ARE GOING TO NEED, IN 15 OR 20 YEARS, BECAUSE WHAT WE PUT IN
11:28:20 TODAY, WE ARE MORE THAN LIKELY BUILD FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
11:28:27 IF I SAY PROPERTY VALUES ARE GOING DOWN.
11:28:29 IF THEY ARE GOING DOWN IN THIS STATE YOU LIVE IN ANOTHER
11:28:33 ERA.
11:28:34 THANK YOU.
11:28:34 >>ORLANDO GUDES: AND WE HAVE GOT THE MASTER PLAN STUDY
11:28:39 GOING ON, WE KNOW THERE ARE SOME NEEDS.
11:28:43 I'M STILL OF THE MIND-SET THAT YOU HAVE A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT
11:28:46 GOING UP VIRTUALLY, AND SOME OF THOSE ARE GOING UP, TO SEE
11:28:51 HOW WE CAN PARTNER WITH THOSE FOLKS AND CUT THE COSTS.
11:28:56 REALLY NOT EXTRAORDINARY.
11:28:59 MOST OF THE CALLS ARE EMERGENCY CALLS FOR MEDICAL.
11:29:04 YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE GOING UP
11:29:06 VIRTUALLY, AND YOU MIGHT GET SOME -- SOME OF THESE OTHER
11:29:13 CORPORATIONS THAT'S BUILDING RIGHT NOW, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO
11:29:15 BUILD SOME OF -- FILL SOME OF THOSE GAPS.
11:29:19 BUT I HAVE ALWAYS SAID, YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE BUILDINGS
11:29:21 GOING UP,.
11:29:28 >> BEFORE YOU JUMP IN, I WANT TO SAY A FEW THINGS.
11:29:31 THIS BOARD WEARS TWO HATS.
11:29:32 ONE AS CITY COUNCIL.
11:29:33 ONE AS CRA.
11:29:34 WE ARE TALKING CRA FUNDS FOR A PROPOSED FIRE STATION.
11:29:39 AFTER MY DISCUSSIONS WITH MS. VAN LOAN OVER THE LAST TWO
11:29:45 YEARS, AND WITH FIREFIGHTER UNION 754, CRA FUNDS CAN BE USED
11:29:52 FOR PURCHASING LAND, NOT FOR BUILDING BUILDINGS.
11:29:54 NOW, IF I AM WRONG, MR. MASSEY, CORRECT ME.
11:29:57 BUT AS THIS ENTITY THAT WE ARE NOW, WE NEED TO DISCUSS WITH
11:30:05 FIREFIGHTERS, WITH THE CHIEF, AND WITH CAC MONEYS, BOARDS,
11:30:10 ON WHERE WE CAN BAY PROPERTIES FOR IT, AND IF WE ARE GOING
11:30:14 TO DO THAT, WE BETTER DO THAT QUICKLY BEFORE THE COST OF
11:30:18 PROPERTIES GO UP.
11:30:19 MR. MASSEY.
11:30:19 >>MORRIS MASSEY: YES, SIR.
11:30:21 REAL QUICKLY, ANY EXPENDITURE OF CRA FUNDS HAS TO COMPLY
11:30:25 WITH BOTH CHAPTER 163, THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT ACT, AND
11:30:30 MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH THE ADOPTED COMMUNITY PLAN SO THAT
11:30:34 COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA.
11:30:35 SO THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS WE NEED TO LOOK AT EVERY TIME WE
11:30:39 EXPEND CRA DOLLARS.
11:30:42 CHAPTER 1637 LIMITS TO SOME DEGREE, AS MR. CARLSON STATED,
11:30:49 WHAT WE CAN USE CRA DOLLARS FOR AND ONE OF THE EXPRESSED
11:30:52 LIMITATIONS OF THE STATUTE IS THAT WE CANNOT PAY FOR THE
11:30:55 CONSTRUCTION OR EXPANSION OF ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDINGS FOR
11:30:58 PUBLIC BODIES OR POLICE AND FIRE BUILDINGS.
11:31:02 THERE ARE A COUPLE OTHER LIMITATIONS THAT THE STATUTE SETS
11:31:05 OUT.
11:31:06 WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE PAYING FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AS
11:31:10 PART OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT THE CITY HAS
11:31:12 ADOPTED BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF A CITY BUDGET.
11:31:14 AND WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE BAYING FOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT
11:31:17 OPERATING EXPENSES.
11:31:18 THOSE ARE BIG NO-NOS UNDER THE STATUTE.
11:31:21 BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT MOST OF THE COMMUNITY AREAS HAVE
11:31:26 LAND ASSEMBLAGE PROGRAMS, TO ASSEMBLE LANDS FOR PURPOSES
11:31:31 CONSISTENT WITH THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.
11:31:33 SO THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY THE BEST VEHICLE WHERE WE MIGHT BE
11:31:37 ABLE TO ASSIST AFTER THIS PLAN HAS BEEN ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
11:31:42 YOU ALL BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND YOU AS CITY COUNCIL
11:31:48 DECIDE HOW YOU WANT TO GO ABOUT IMPLEMENTING.
11:31:51 THE CRA MAY BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE THEN.
11:31:53 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:31:57 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
11:32:00 I WOULD JUST LIKE TO -- THE MOTION WOULD BE ON THE CASUAL
11:32:04 SIDE BUT I WOULD LIKE THIS BODY TO AT LEAST GIVE SOME
11:32:08 INDICATION OF SUPPORT FOR THIS EFFORT.
11:32:13 SO THAT FIRE DOESN'T FEEL LEFT OUT.
11:32:17 AND SPECIFICALLY MY MOTION WOULD BE TO REQUEST THAT MS. VAN
11:32:22 LOAN WORK WITH OUR REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT AND ANY OTHER
11:32:28 RELEVANT CITY STAFF TO TRY AND IDENTIFY AN APPROPRIATE
11:32:33 LOCATION, EITHER IN THE DOWNTOWN OR CHANNELSIDE CRA, FOR A
11:32:42 POSSIBLE NEEDED FIRE HOUSE, AND GET BACK TO US WITHIN 90
11:32:48 DAYS.
11:32:48 >>JOSEPH CITRO: IS THAT INCLUDING THE INPUT OF FIRE 74 AND
11:32:55 FIRE RESCUE?
11:32:56 THEY KNOW BEST ON WHAT THEY NEED.
11:32:59 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ABSOLUTELY.
11:33:01 >>JOSEPH CITRO: IS THERE A SECOND?
11:33:02 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MICHELLE HAS A PERPLEXED LOOK.
11:33:05 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MRS. VAN LOAN.
11:33:08 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN: I DON'T THINK THE REAL ESTATE OR OUR
11:33:11 DEPARTMENT IS IN A POSITION TO DECIDE WHICH LOCATIONS ARE
11:33:15 BEST.
11:33:17 WE ARE HAPPY TO WORK WITH THEM ONCE THEY IDENTIFY THE
11:33:20 GENERAL VICINITY.
11:33:21 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WELL, YES OR NO.
11:33:24 YOU KNOW DOWNTOWN BETTER THAN TFR DOES IN TERMS OF THE LAND.
11:33:30 SO MY REQUEST, MICHELLE, AND I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION.
11:33:33 MY REQUEST IS YOU WORK CLOSELY WITH ANY DEPARTMENT INCLUDING
11:33:37 TFR AND THE UNION TO EXPLORE THIS AND TO TRY AND IDENTIFY A
11:33:46 POSSIBLE LOCATION, AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE MONEY, WE
11:33:51 WILL TURN BACK TO MORRIS AND BRIAN, AND THE FINANCE PEOPLE,
11:33:56 AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT.
11:33:58 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN
11:34:01 DINGFELDER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:34:06 ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
11:34:07 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:34:09 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:34:10 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
11:34:11 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:34:12 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:34:14 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:34:15 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:34:16 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:34:17 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, BOARD.
11:34:22 >>JOSEPH CITRO: IS THAT IT?
11:34:23 COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:34:24 >> NO, SIR.
11:34:26 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA?
11:34:28 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WILL FOLLOW COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:34:32 >> NOTHING FROM ME.
11:34:33 MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO,
11:34:36 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:34:38 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:34:39 I WILL SEE EVERYONE AT 5:01 TONIGHT.
11:34:43
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