TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
5:01 P.M.
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17:01:55 >>ORLANDO GUDES: GOOD EVENING, ONCE AGAIN, GENTLEMEN.
17:01:58 THE CITY OF TAMPA EVENING SESSION WILL NOW COME TO
17:02:04 ORDER FOR SEPTEMBER 13, 2021, 5:01 P.M.
17:02:05 ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
17:02:06 ROLL CALL.
17:02:09 >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
17:02:10 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
17:02:13 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HERE.
17:02:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE.
17:02:15 >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
17:02:16 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
17:02:18 >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE.
17:02:20 >>CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
17:02:24 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MADAM DEPUTY CLERK.
17:02:24 MR. SHELBY.
17:02:29 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU, MARTIN SHELBY, CITY
17:02:30 COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
17:02:35 BEING CONDUCTED WITH A LIVE QUORUM IN CITY COUNCIL
17:02:36 CHAMBERS.
17:02:39 IN LIGHT OF THE COVID-19 GOVERNMENT HEALTH ISSUE STANDARDS
17:02:41 GUIDANCE IN EFFECT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE THE
17:02:43 OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY THROUGH WHAT IS
17:02:47 REFERRED TO AS FLORIDA STATUTES AND RULES AS
17:02:49 COMMUNICATION MEDIA TECHNOLOGY.
17:02:53 PUBLIC ARE ABLE TO WATCH, LISTEN AND VIEW THE MEETING
17:02:57 ON SPECTRUM 640, FRONTIER 15 AND ON THE INTERNET AT
17:03:01 TAMPA.GOV/LIVESTREAM.
17:03:03 NOW THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE FOR THE
17:03:07 PURPOSE OF PERMITTING ANY AND ALL CITIZENS TO DO SO AND
17:03:09 TO SUBMIT THEIR CRITICISMS, RECOMMENDATIONS,
17:03:12 SUGGESTIONS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ANNUAL BUDGET
17:03:15 DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT IS BEING HELD VIRTUALLY,
17:03:20 AND THERE HAVE BEEN ALTERNATE MEANS OF COMMENTS
17:03:24 AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC WHICH ARE SET FORTH IN THE
17:03:27 NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC MEETING AND ALSO IN THE AGENDA.
17:03:30 FOR INSTANCE, WRITTEN COMMENTS BY INTERNET AND WEB,
17:03:33 WRITTEN COMMENTS BY E-MAIL, U.S. MAIL, TO SPEAK
17:03:37 REMOTELY DURING PUBLIC COMMENT THROUGH THE USE OF CMT
17:03:40 BY REREGISTERING, THE INSTRUCTIONS OF WHICH ARE
17:03:43 AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEB SITE AT
17:03:47 TAMPA.GOV/CITYCOUNCIL.
17:03:48 ONE WORD.
17:03:52 AND ALSO THERE HAVE BEEN DEADLINES TO PREREGISTER IN
17:03:54 ORDER TO PARTICIPATE.
17:03:57 AND IF DO YOU MISS THE DEADLINE AND DO WANT TO
17:04:02 PARTICIPATE, YOU CAN COME TO CITY HALL AND USE ITS CMT
17:04:05 AVAILABLE ON THE SECOND FLOOR AT 315 E. KENNEDY
17:04:07 BOULEVARD HERE IN TAMPA.
17:04:10 PLEASE NOTE, THAT THOSE ATTENDING THE MEETING IN PERSON
17:04:15 SHOULD WEAR FACE MASKS INSIDE OLD CITY HALL.
17:04:17 THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED TIMELY HAVE BEEN
17:04:20 DISTRIBUTED AND ARE BEING MADE PART OF THE RECORD.
17:04:24 AND THE PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED BY E-MAIL, MAIL, WEB
17:04:29 OR VIA CMT WILL BE AFFORDED EQUAL CONSIDERATION AS IF
17:04:31 THE COMMENTS WERE MADE IN PUBLIC.
17:04:34 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC BE AWARE THAT COPIES OF THE
17:04:38 ENTIRE PROPOSED BUDGET IS AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEB
17:04:43 SITE AT TAMPA.GOV/BUDGET OR THE CLERK'S OFFICE 315 E.
17:04:46 KENNEDY BOULEVARD, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 8 A.M. TO
17:04:47 5 P.M.
17:04:52 ALSO, PLEASE CHECK THE CITY'S WEB SITE AT TAMPA.GOV FOR
17:04:55 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND UPDATES REGARDING PUBLIC
17:04:57 PARTICIPATION AND THE PUBLIC HEARING THROUGHOUT USE OF
17:04:59 CMT OR IN PERSON.
17:05:03 AND NOW, MR. CHAIRMAN, BASED ON THAT, I REQUEST A
17:05:05 WAIVER OF COUNCIL'S RULES AND REQUEST A MOTION FROM
17:05:10 CITY COUNCIL THAT THIS HEARING BE CONDUCTED IN A MANNER
17:05:15 IN THE NOTICE OF THE FIRST PUBLIC BUDGE HEARING.
17:05:16 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO MOVED IT.
17:05:19 MR. CITRO SECONDED.
17:05:21 ALL IN FAVOR.
17:05:23 ANY OPPOSED.
17:05:28 MOTION FOR OPENING CAPITAL BUDGETS PUBLIC HEARING.
17:05:32 ROLL CALL VOTE.
17:05:34 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
17:05:35 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
17:05:36 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
17:05:40 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
17:05:41 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
17:05:42 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
17:05:44 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
17:05:47 >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
17:05:51 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WHAT IS THE NEXT ITEM.
17:05:53 >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR --
17:05:57 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I NEED I.T. TO GIVE A LITTLE VOLUME.
17:06:05 WE CAN'T HEAR AND CAN'T SEE HIM EITHER.
17:06:08 CHIEF OF STAFF AND --
17:06:10 >> CAN YOU SEE ME?
17:06:12 >>ORLANDO GUDES: LITTLE LOUDER.
17:06:17 I.T., WE CAN'T HEAR HIM IN THE CHAMBERS.
17:06:18 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
17:06:24 CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
17:06:26 >>DENNIS ROGERO: DENNIS ROGERO, CFO.
17:06:29 WILL THE FINANCE CHAIR READ THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING
17:06:29 STATEMENT.
17:06:32 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. ROGERO.
17:06:35 MR. CHAIRMAN, THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE FISCAL
17:06:40 YEAR 2021-'22.
17:06:48 4.56 MORE THAN THE ROLLBACK MILLAGE OF 5.3967 MILLS.
17:06:50 PROPERTY TAX FUNDS ARE USED TO SUPPORT THE GENERAL FUND
17:06:52 OPERATING BUDGET OF THE CITY.
17:06:56 THE FUND INCLUDES SUCH DEPARTMENTS AS FIRE, RESCUE,
17:07:02 POLICE, HUMAN RESOURCES, PARKS AND RECREATION.
17:07:06 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. ROGERO, PLEASE PROCEED WITH YOUR
17:07:07 PRESENTATION.
17:07:09 >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
17:07:16 WE WILL BRING THAT UP NOW.
17:07:26 PLEASE LET US KNOW WHEN YOU CAN SEE IT.
17:07:41 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WAITING ON I.T. FOR THE PRESENTATION.
17:07:44 JUST BEAR WITH US.
17:07:48 WE ARE STILL WAITING, SIR.
17:08:26 >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, SIR.
17:08:28 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE IT, SIR.
17:08:29 >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU SIR.
17:08:35 THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE A BRIEF
17:08:43 RECAP OF THE FISCAL '22 BUDGET.
17:08:46 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
17:08:47 THERE WE ARE.
17:08:51 AND THERE -- THERE IS THE VERY BRIEF AGENDA.
17:08:52 THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET.
17:08:54 WE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR DEBT PROGRAM AND
17:08:58 PROVIDE YOU AND THE VIEWING PUBLIC THE NEXT STEP IN OUR
17:09:00 BUDGET CALENDAR.
17:09:04 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
17:09:08 AND HERE IS THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 RECOMMENDED BUDGET.
17:09:10 $1.8 BILLION.
17:09:14 AN INCREASE OF 31% COMPARED TO THE CURRENT YEAR AND AS
17:09:16 WE DISCUSSED COUNCIL, THAT INCREASE IS PRIMARILY
17:09:20 ASSOCIATED WITH SOME PRIMARY ITEMS.
17:09:24 EXPANSION OF OUR WASTEWATER, WATER AND SOLID WASTE,
17:09:27 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY THE PIPES
17:09:28 PROGRAM.
17:09:32 THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN OR ARPA FUNDING.
17:09:36 TRANSPORTATION GRANTS, ESPECIALLY THAT $25 MILLION
17:09:37 BUILD GRANT.
17:09:40 STORMWATER DISTILLERY PROJECTS.
17:09:42 NEGOTIATED LABOR CONTRACTS.
17:09:46 AND ADDITIONAL STAFFING FOR FIRE SERVICES, PLANNING AND
17:09:48 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION.
17:09:52 WE ALSO -- ALSO HAVE INCREASED FUNDING FOR PARKS AND
17:09:53 RECREATION.
17:09:57 YOU SEE HERE, OUR BREAKOUT OF THE MAJOR FUNDS AND, OF
17:10:00 COURSE, THE TWO LARGEST COMPONENTS THAT WE TALK ABOUT
17:10:03 THE MOST OFTEN, THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS AND THE GENERAL
17:10:07 FUND, WHICH AS YOU CAN SEE MAKE UP APPROXIMATELY TWO
17:10:09 THIRDS OF THE TOTAL BUDGET.
17:10:14 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
17:10:18 AND HERE ARE THE EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES FOR EACH OF
17:10:19 THOSE FUNDS.
17:10:22 SORRY, NEXT SLIDE.
17:10:23 THERE WE ARE.
17:10:25 THE GENERAL FUND AND THE EXERCISE FUND.
17:10:28 OF COURSE ON THE LEFT, THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES
17:10:31 JUST OVER $480 MILLION.
17:10:34 IT INCLUDES PUBLIC SAFETY, PARKS AND RECREATION,
17:10:37 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT OPERATION.
17:10:41 AND ON THE RIGHT, THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS AT JUST UNDER OR
17:10:46 JUST OVER $735 MILLION.
17:10:50 AND, OF COURSE, YOU SEE THERETO WATER, WASTEWATER AND
17:10:52 SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENTS MAKING UP THE PRIMARY FUNDING
17:10:56 FOR THAT OVERALL ENTERPRISE FUND.
17:10:59 AGAIN, THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS ARE THOSE SELF-SUPPORTING
17:11:02 DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE ANTICIPATED TO RUN LIKE A
17:11:03 BUSINESS.
17:11:05 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
17:11:08 HERE WE SHOW THE IMPACT OF THE TRANSFER TO THE
17:11:12 COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES OR THE CRAS ON
17:11:14 PROPERTY TAX REVENUES.
17:11:17 AND WE SHOW HOW THE COST OF THE POLICE AND FIRE BY
17:11:20 THEMSELVES ARE WELL OVER HALF OF THE GENERAL FUND.
17:11:24 AND FAR MORE AS YOU CAN SEE THAN WE RECEIVED IN
17:11:26 PROPERTY TAX REVENUE.
17:11:30 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
17:11:32 BRINGING OUR ATTENTION TO THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE
17:11:33 HISTORY.
17:11:37 AS WE DISCUSSED ON MANY OCCASIONS, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
17:11:39 METRIC OF OUR FINANCIAL HELP.
17:11:44 OUR ABILITY TO HANDLE FUTURE ECONOMIC RISK AND, THUS, A
17:11:48 CRITICAL BENCHMARK FOR RATING AGENCIES.
17:11:52 THE COUNCIL RECALL THAT WE RESTRUCTURED DEBT AND
17:11:55 DEFERRED EXPENDITURES FOR THE PERCENTAGE OF GENERAL
17:11:55 FUND.
17:12:00 YOU SEE THAT HERE FISCAL YEAR '20 AND FISCAL YEAR '21
17:12:02 WERE UNUSUALLY HIGH PERCENTAGES COMPARED TO THE
17:12:03 HISTORY.
17:12:07 FISCAL YEAR '22, SEES US BACK TO A MORE HISTORICAL
17:12:11 PERCENTAGE AS YOU CAN SEE AT 24%.
17:12:15 THIS CHART ILLUSTRATES A NICE PICTURE OF STABILITY, AND
17:12:19 WE CONTINUE TO REFERENCE THIS AND THE INFORMATION WITH
17:12:20 THE CREDIT RATING AGENCIES.
17:12:28 NEXT SLIDE.
17:12:32 AND A SUMMARY OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, $2.2 BILLION
17:12:34 OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD.
17:12:38 AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF EMPHASIS ON THE WASTEWATER,
17:12:40 WATER AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT AREAS.
17:12:43 YOU WILL SEE THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOUNDATIONS PROGRAM IN
17:12:45 THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND MOBILITY ADMINISTRATION LINE OF
17:12:46 $14 MILLION.
17:12:51 THAT INCLUDES THE EAST TAMPA, FOREST HILLS, MACFARLAND
17:12:54 PARK AND VIRGINIA PARK AREAS.
17:12:58 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
17:13:03 COUNCIL, JUST A QUICK REFRESH ON THE FUNDING ALLOCATION
17:13:04 FOR VEHICLE PROGRAMS.
17:13:07 AS WE DISCUSSED MANY TIMES, WE ARE BEHIND ITS CURB IN
17:13:11 ALMOST ALL AREAS AND YOU SEE HERE, $33 MILLION
17:13:16 IDENTIFIED NEXT YEAR FOR THAT PROGRAM.
17:13:17 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
17:13:20 I WENT THROUGH OUR DEBT PROGRAM NOW.
17:13:24 YOU CAN SEE FOR 2021, THE DEBT ISSUANCES THAT YOU HAVE
17:13:28 AUTHORIZED AND THAT WE HAVE ANTICIPATE PUTTING BEFORE
17:13:30 YOU IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.
17:13:32 OF COURSE, UNDER THE AUTHORIZATION, THE CONVENTION
17:13:37 CENTER AND OVER $32 MILLION, STORMWATER AND $35 MILLION
17:13:41 AND THE LINE OF CREDIT EXTENSION RECENTLY APPROVED FOR
17:13:43 $25 MILLION.
17:13:46 COMING FORWARD, WE WILL DO THE NEXT CONTINGENT OF THE
17:13:49 WATER AND WASTEWATER PROGRAM AND A GENERAL FUND BOND
17:13:52 THAT IS GOING TO INCLUDE THESE PROJECTS THAT YOU SEE
17:13:54 HERE.
17:13:59 THE ANA AVENUE GOVERNMENT CENTER, FIRE STATION 24, FIRE
17:14:02 BURN TOWER AND THE POLICE AND FIRE TRAINING COMPLEX.
17:14:05 SO YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THOSE AGAIN IN THE
17:14:06 VERY NEAR FUTURE.
17:14:13 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
17:14:17 THIS IS GOOD NEWS AND CONGRATULATIONS.
17:14:21 A RECENT FITCH OUTLOOK THAT CONTINUES TO PUT A
17:14:25 FAVORABLE LIGHT ON OUR CITY, GROWTH PROSPECTS AND OUR
17:14:26 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.
17:14:28 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
17:14:31 THAT WILL LEAD US NICELY INTO OUR BOND RATINGS.
17:14:34 AS WE SHARED WITH YOU BEFORE, THEY ARE ALL HIGH GRADE
17:14:35 OR BETTER.
17:14:41 AT THE VERY TOP, YOU SEE THE CITY'S VERSION OF THE FICO
17:14:44 SCORE, THE ISSUER CREDIT RATING.
17:14:48 EITHER THE HIGHEST ON THE RIGHT STANDARD AND POORS AAA
17:14:52 OR THE SECOND HIGHEST FROM THE OTHER TWO RATING
17:14:53 AGENCIES.
17:14:59 FITCH RECONFIRMED THE DOUBLE A PLUS RATING AND THANK
17:15:02 YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT.
17:15:03 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
17:15:08 THIS IS YOUR PRINCIPAL OUTSTANDING DEBT SERVICE AS
17:15:10 ANTICIPATED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
17:15:13 THE GREEN LINE THE OUTSTANDING DEBT FOR THE WATER AND
17:15:14 WASTEWATER DEPARTMENTS.
17:15:19 THOSE ARE THE ONLY ENTERPRISE APARTMENTS WE HAVE
17:15:21 OUTSTANDING DEBT SERVICES AT THIS TIME.
17:15:24 THE BLUE LINE IS OUR GOVERNMENT OUTSTANDING DEBT
17:15:26 ASSOCIATED WITH STORMWATER, COMMUNITY INVESTMENT
17:15:32 TAXES, THE AQUARIUM, PARKING, THE CONVENTION CENTER,
17:15:33 AND MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS.
17:15:36 ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT ON THIS GRAPH,
17:15:39 YOU CAN SEE THE DEBT DECREASES SIGNIFICANTLY THE FISCAL
17:15:45 YEAR 30 FROM APPROXIMATELY $400 MILLION DOWN TO $100
17:15:46 MILLION.
17:15:49 MOST OF THE REMAINING DEBT AFTER THAT IS ASSOCIATED
17:15:53 WITH THE STORMWATER SYSTEM.
17:15:57 AND THIS SIGNIFICANT DECLINE, ESPECIALLY UP THROUGH
17:16:01 FISCAL YEAR '30 AND THE SLIGHT DEBT SERVICE AFTER THAT
17:16:05 REPRESENTS A VERY GOOD DEBT FILE WHICH INDICATES WE
17:16:08 HAVE AMPLE CAPACITY FOR LONG-TERM DEBT.
17:16:11 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
17:16:15 AND FINALLY AGAIN THIS REMAINING STEP AFTER THIS PUBLIC
17:16:18 HEARING IS A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING TAKING PLACE FOR
17:16:20 FINAL ADOPTION ON THE 28TH OF THIS MONTH.
17:16:29 AS ALWAYS, WE CONTINUE TO APPRECIATE COUNCIL'S SUPPORT
17:16:30 AND EFFORT.
17:16:32 THANK YOU.
17:16:34 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
17:16:37 NOW WE WILL HEAR AN UPDATE FROM THE CITIZENS BUDGET
17:16:39 ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
17:16:41 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: CAN I ASK A QUESTION ON THE
17:16:42 PRESENTATION?
17:16:46 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK AFTER -- QUESTIONS ARE ASKED
17:16:51 AFTER -- MR. DINGFELDER -- SORRY ABOUT THAT.
17:16:55 HEAR FROM MISS POYNOR, CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
17:16:56 REPORT.
17:16:57 DO WE HAVE HER ON THE LINE?
17:16:59 LET'S BRING HER UP.
17:17:00 >> HELLO.
17:17:02 CAN YOU HEAR ME?
17:17:03 HELLO?
17:17:04 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE CAN HEAR YOU.
17:17:05 >> OKAY.
17:17:08 GREAT.
17:17:09 GOOD EVENING, GENTLEMEN.
17:17:13 MY NAME IS STEPHANIE POYNOR.
17:17:15 I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE CITIZENS BUDGET COMMITTEE.
17:17:18 OUR CHAIRMAN MR. JOHNSON IS TRAVELLING THIS AFTERNOON.
17:17:21 WE WANTED TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION BEFORE YOU MAKE ANY
17:17:22 MORE DECISIONS THIS EVENING.
17:17:25 THIS MORNING, OUR COMMITTEE MET WITH THE REVENUE AND
17:17:27 FINANCE DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVE.
17:17:30 WE ARE SATISFIED THAT THE INFORMATION SHARED WITH THE
17:17:33 COMMITTEE ABOUT THE OTHER SERVICES AND CHARGES THAT
17:17:37 WERE PART OF THE BUDGET PRESENTED BY THE CITY IN
17:17:38 AUGUST.
17:17:42 THESE METHODS FOR RECORDING WERE BASED ON THE FLORIDA
17:17:45 UNIFORM ACCOUNTING MANUAL.
17:17:47 DETAILED INFORMATION WAS SHARED WITH THE COMMITTEE TO
17:17:51 GIVE TRANSPARENCY TO THE FUNDING IN QUESTION; HOWEVER,
17:17:54 WE WILL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH ADMINISTRATION TO
17:17:59 ENSURE THAT OTHER SERVICES AND CHARGES IS PROPERLY
17:18:04 OUTLINED IN THE BUDGET WITH AN ACTUAL BREAKDOWN FOR
17:18:08 ITEMS GOING FORWARD FOR THE NEXT BUDGET AND BEYOND.
17:18:16 WE REQUEST A REPRESENTATION OF OUR COMMITTEE
17:18:21 RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL TO OR PRIOR TO
17:18:24 THE FINAL BUDGET MEETING AS WE ARE WAITING FOR THE
17:18:28 ADMINISTRATION TO GET BACK US TO ON TUESDAY 21ST WITH
17:18:30 ANSWERS PERTAINING TO OUR PREVIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS.
17:18:33 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, GENTLEMEN.
17:18:35 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE
17:18:35 COMMITTEE.
17:18:37 I KNOW IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT COMMITTEE, AND YOU HAVE
17:18:40 BEEN DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB GETTING ANSWERS FOR THE
17:18:44 PUBLIC AND WORKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE US
17:18:45 MORE EFFICIENT.
17:18:51 MR. ROGERO HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB TO MAKE SURE WE
17:18:55 ARE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE AND SPEND THE PEOPLE'S
17:18:56 MONEY CORRECTLY.
17:18:57 QUESTIONS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS.
17:18:59 I WILL START OFF WITH MR. VIERA.
17:19:03 AND MR. DINGFELDER HAS SOME QUESTIONS.
17:19:05 IF YOU WANT TO DEFER.
17:19:09 >>LUIS VIERA: THE CHAIR CAN PICK WHOEVER AND I CAN GO
17:19:09 AFTER.
17:19:12 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
17:19:14 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: DENNIS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
17:19:14 PRESENTATION.
17:19:16 I HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION.
17:19:19 I THINK THE LAST SLIDE WITH THE TWO DIFFERENT LINES FOR
17:19:21 PRINCIPAL DEBT SERVICE.
17:19:22 >> YES, SIR.
17:19:24 >> I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN PUT THAT SLIDE BACK UP,
17:19:29 WHOEVER IS CONTROLLING THAT.
17:19:31 >> WE WILL PUT THAT BACK UP.
17:19:32 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THERE YOU GO.
17:19:36 WITH REGARDS TO THE GOVERNMENTAL -- THE BLUE LINE
17:19:41 STARTING OUT THIS YEAR, SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
17:19:43 OF 400 AND GOING DOWN.
17:19:48 DOES THAT INCLUDE THE -- THE ANTICIPATED BOND THAT YOU
17:19:54 JUST SPOKE TO ON THE SLIDE BEFORE THAT SPOKE TO HANNA,
17:20:03 ETC., ETC., POLICE, FIRE, THAT BOND.
17:20:04 >>DENNIS ROGERO: IT DOES NOT, SIR.
17:20:06 WE HAVEN'T ISSUED THAT DEBT YET.
17:20:10 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY.
17:20:16 SO -- AS LONG AS YOU MENTION IT, HOW LARGE -- HOW LARGE
17:20:19 DO WE ANTICIPATE THAT BOND IS GOING TO BE?
17:20:23 JUST SO WE HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF WHAT THAT BLUE LINE
17:20:26 IS GOING TO BE AND HOW LONG A DETERMINE WOULD WE --
17:20:30 WOULD WE EXPECT THAT THE DEBT SERVICE WILL BE WITH US?
17:20:33 >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, SIR, PRELIMINARILY, WE THINK
17:20:36 THAT THE WATER AND WASTEWATER.
17:20:40 THE SECOND COMPONENT OF THE DEBT WILL BE $190 MILLION
17:20:43 AND THE GOVERNMENT BOND ISSUE AGAIN -- AGAIN THIS IS
17:20:48 PRELIMINARY -- ABOUT $150 MILLION.
17:20:51 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY.
17:20:54 AND HOW LONG ON THE -- ON THE GOVERNMENTAL SIDE, HOW
17:20:59 LONG A PERIOD OF TERM.
17:21:01 >>DENNIS ROGERO: SORRY.
17:21:02 DID YOU ASK THAT.
17:21:03 30-YEAR TERM.
17:21:05 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: 30-YEAR TERM.
17:21:11 SO BOTH OF THOSE WILL CHANGE THOSE CURVES FAIRLY
17:21:13 SIGNIFICANTLY, CORRECT?
17:21:14 >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, SIR.
17:21:17 AND, OF COURSE, WE WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATED CHART FOR
17:21:20 BOTH OF THOSE ISSUES.
17:21:23 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: FINALLY, YOU AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING
17:21:26 OFF-LINE A LITTLE BIT OF THE OTHER ENTERPRISE FUND
17:21:28 WHICH IS SOLID WASTE.
17:21:29 >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES.
17:21:32 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ON A REVISED CHART, THAT WILL
17:21:36 CHANGE THE GREEN LINE AS WELL, CORRECT?
17:21:37 >>DENNIS ROGERO: CORRECT, SIR.
17:21:39 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY.
17:21:41 LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON THOSE.
17:21:42 THANK YOU.
17:21:45 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. VIERA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
17:21:46 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
17:21:49 I HAD A QUICK QUESTION AND I WANTED TO SAY SOME
17:21:49 OBSERVATIONS.
17:21:54 MR. ROGERO, FOR THE -- YOU MENTIONED FIRE STATION 24,
17:21:57 JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S INFORMATION.
17:21:59 WHERE IS THAT GOING TO BE AT?
17:22:01 >>DENNIS ROGERO: I DON'T KNOW.
17:22:04 I DON'T KNOW THAT WE KNOW YET.
17:22:07 DOES ANYBODY HAVE A LOCATION?
17:22:10 >>LUIS VIERA: I DON'T MEAN STREET-WISE.
17:22:12 NEW TAMPA, NORTH TAMPA?
17:22:14 >>JOHN BENNETT: JOHN BENNETT, CHIEF OF STAFF.
17:22:18 IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING, COUNCILMAN VIERA, THAT FIRE
17:22:22 STATION 24 WAS BEING EXAMINED FOR THE NEW TAMPA AREA
17:22:28 BASED ON GROWTH BUT WE ARE STILL AWAITING THE FINAL
17:22:33 CONSULTANT DATA WITHIN OUR OWN IN-HOUSE DATA OF WHERE
17:22:34 THE HIGHEST SERVICE NEEDS ARE.
17:22:39 AND 24 MAY BE ACTUALLY DOWN SOUTH OF FOWLER, PENDING
17:22:43 FINDING OF AN EXACT LOCATION OF NEW TAMPA BASED ON
17:22:50 PROPERTY AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, BUT EITHER WAY 24 WAS
17:22:53 ORIGINALLY SCOPED OUT FOR NEW COMPANY AND WE ARE NOT
17:22:56 BACKING OFF THAT ANALYSIS AND DESIGN.
17:22:57 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU FOR THAT.
17:23:01 AND DOES THAT INCLUDE, AS WELL, AN ANALYSIS AND CAN TALK
17:23:06 A LITTLE BIT IN OUR K-BAR RANCH DISCUSSION OF MORRIS
17:23:08 BRIDGE ROAD AND K-BAR RANCH.
17:23:10 DOES THAT INCLUDE THAT AS WELL?
17:23:13 >> EVERYTHING IS INCLUDED TO MAKE SURE WE REACH THAT
17:23:17 LEVEL OF SERVICE STANDARD CITYWIDE.
17:23:20 WORKING ON ACCESS OR STATION SERVICES OR INCREASED
17:23:23 MEDICAL SERVICE SUPPORT.
17:23:29 ALL OF THOSE ARE INCLUDED IN EVERY COMMUNITY.
17:23:30 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
17:23:32 AND QUESTION.
17:23:35 THIS BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES -- WHETHER YOU CALL IT A NEW
17:23:39 STATION, A REFURBISHED STATION OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE,
17:23:41 TO HELP STATION 13, CORRECT?
17:23:44 AT OLD STATION 11?
17:23:45 >>JOHN BENNETT: IT DOES.
17:23:50 CHIEF TRIPP -- AND I WON'T SPEAK FOR HER -- BUT SHE HAS
17:23:53 DONE A GREAT JOB BEING ON THE GROUND, TALKING TO THE
17:23:53 TROOPS.
17:23:58 GETTING A DATA-DRIVEN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE NEEDS
17:24:02 ARE IN THE COMMUNITY AND INCLUDES A REFURBISH WHICH WAS
17:24:05 THE OLD STATION 11 WHICH COULD TAKE ON A NEW NUMBER
17:24:08 AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE ADEQUATE SERVICES IN THE MORE
17:24:11 CONCENTRATED HEAVY CALL AREAS.
17:24:12 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
17:24:14 AND ANOTHER QUESTION, IF I MAY.
17:24:17 THAT NEW ADDITIONAL QUESTION, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL
17:24:23 IT, REFURBISHED STATION, INCLUDES ADDITIONAL MAN AND
17:24:24 WOMAN POWER.
17:24:26 CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MUCH?
17:24:29 >> IT DOES, THE PRELIMINARY NUMBER IS 27 POSITIONS.
17:24:33 AND THAT IS WHERE THE STATION 24 DISCUSSION COMES IN.
17:24:39 BECAUSE AS OF NOW, THERE IS SORT OF A NUMBER USAGE OF
17:24:43 24 THAT IS AUGMENTING THE HEAVY CALL LOAD IN THE NORTH
17:24:43 END.
17:24:46 AND THAT IS NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE NEED OF A
17:24:50 PHYSICAL STATION, POSSIBLY IN THE NEW TAMPA AREA.
17:24:53 SO WE DON'T WANT THE PUBLIC TO BE CONFUSED BY THE
17:24:53 NUMBERS.
17:24:56 IT IS ALL ABOUT SERVICE DELIVERY AND SO IT DOES INCLUDE
17:25:02 MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY JUST SHY OF 20
17:25:04 NEW UNITS IN THE NORTH END AND ADDITIONAL UNITS
17:25:06 DOWNTOWN.
17:25:08 WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THE HEAVIEST CALL LOAD FOR
17:25:12 MEDICAL RESPONSE.
17:25:13 >>LUIS VIERA: GREAT.
17:25:14 THANK YOU, SIR.
17:25:15 I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE.
17:25:19 AND WE HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR
17:25:21 TAMPA FIRE RESCUE WHERE YOU HAVE ACUTE DEFICITS.
17:25:24 AND I THINK IT IS FAIR TO SAY, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M
17:25:27 WRONG, FOLKS, THAT WE COULD HAVE IN THIS NEW BUDGET UP
17:25:32 TO TWO ADDITIONAL FIRE STATIONS, WHICH IS NEW TAMPA AND
17:25:34 NORTH TAMPA THAT WE ARE MAKING PLANS FOR SOMETHING
17:25:36 ADDITIONAL IN DOWNTOWN.
17:25:40 SO IN OTHER WORDS, THIS BUDGET LAYS THE FOUNDATION FOR
17:25:46 ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME INVESTMENTS IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND
17:25:46 WHATNOT.
17:25:49 THAT IS SO VERY CRITICAL.
17:25:52 ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO MENTION IS I ALWAYS LIKE
17:25:55 TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE.
17:25:58 I LOOK AT THIS $80 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS INTO THE
17:26:01 AMERICAN RELIEF PROGRAM THAT WE GOT.
17:26:05 THAT IS -- JUST TO THE PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE, $80 MILLION
17:26:07 THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA IS GETTING FROM THE FEDERAL
17:26:09 PROGRAM.
17:26:12 THE PAST RELIEF ACT WHICH WAS REMARKABLE AND GREAT.
17:26:17 THE CARES ACT HAVE A LOT OF RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT LOCAL
17:26:19 GOVERNMENTS AND MUNICIPALITIES COULD DO.
17:26:25 THIS GIVES A LOT MORE POWER IN LIBERALITY IN WHAT WE
17:26:27 CAN DO WITH THIS MONEY AND WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS
17:26:31 DECIDED TO SPEND MONEY ON, $13 MILLION FOR FIRE RESCUE.
17:26:35 WITHOUT THESE FUNDS, THAT WOULDN'T BE HAPPENING.
17:26:38 $7 MILLION FOR RESURFACING PROJECTS.
17:26:40 $3 MILLION FOR BODY-WORN CAMERAS.
17:26:43 $3 MILLION FOR PARKS AND RECREATION.
17:26:46 $4 MILLION FOR PARKING, SOLID WASTE, TECHNOLOGY, ETC.,
17:26:47 ETC.
17:26:50 I WANTED TO GIVE A PUBLIC SHOUT-OUT TO OUR
17:26:53 CONGRESSWOMAN KATHY CASTOR.
17:26:57 WHO DID SO MUCH TO FIGHT FOR THESE FUNDS AND THESE
17:27:01 FUNDS WERE PUT FORTH IN SUCH A WAY IT GIVES THE CITY OF
17:27:04 TAMPA A GREAT DEAL OF LIBERALITY AND WE ARE USING FOR
17:27:05 ALL THESE THINGS.
17:27:08 BECAUSE WITHOUT THESE FUNDS, WE WOULD BE HAVING
17:27:12 RADIALLY -- RADICALLY DIFFERENT CONVERSATION AND I LIKE
17:27:14 TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE.
17:27:17 WHEN I LOOK AT THIS BUDGET, MR. CHAIRMAN, I SEE A
17:27:20 BUDGET THAT IS GOOD FOR ALL PARTS OF THE CITY.
17:27:22 THAT ONE IS DONE THROUGH COLLABORATION.
17:27:25 I KNOW WE ALL MET WITH THE MAYOR OF THINGS WE WANT IN
17:27:25 THERE.
17:27:30 THE MAYOR -- MR. ROGERO AND MR. BENNETT HAVE BEEN SO
17:27:33 COLLABORATIVE WORKING WITH CITY COUNCIL ON THAT.
17:27:35 THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS IN THIS BUDGET THAT
17:27:36 ARE OUTSTANDING.
17:27:38 AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUDGET.
17:27:41 I KNOW WHAT COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER AND CHAIRMAN GUDES
17:27:45 HAVE WORKED VERY HARD TO PUSH THAT, AND I SALUTE THEM
17:27:47 WITH THE GREAT ACHIEVEMENT IN THERE.
17:27:48 ALSO A PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGET.
17:27:53 I PUSHED SOME TIME AGO A PUBLIC SAFETY MASTER PLAN TO
17:27:56 LOOK AT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND SEE WHERE OUR PUBLIC
17:27:58 SAFETY DEFICITS ARE.
17:28:00 FOR THIS BUDGET AND FOLKS IN PUBLIC SAFETY INCLUDING
17:28:04 TAMPA FIRE, THEIR JAWS ARE DROPPED TO THE GROUND SO TO
17:28:07 SPEAK WHEN THEY SAW THIS BUDGET BECAUSE IT MAKES SUCH
17:28:11 ROW HE BUST IMPROVEMENTS OF TAMPA FIRE RESCUE AND
17:28:12 PARKS.
17:28:15 YOU SEE IMPROVEMENTS IN EAST TAMPA, NEW TAMPA, NORTH
17:28:16 TAMPA.
17:28:23 I HOPE THAT OUR GOOD FRIEND GUIDO MANISCALCO CAN GET
17:28:30 HIS WONDERFUL WISHES FOR FRIENDS AT VILA BROTHERS.
17:28:33 GREAT BUDGET AND WANTED TO MAKE THOSE COMMENTS, SIR.
17:28:36 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
17:28:38 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND COUNCILMAN
17:28:41 VIERA SAID IT ALL BUT A COUPLE OF THINGS.
17:28:46 HE MENTIONED ROAD RESURFACING AND THAT IS ONE OF THE
17:28:47 COMPLAINTS THAT WE GET.
17:28:50 WHEN ARE WE GOING TO PAVE CERTAIN ROADS IN THE CITY OF
17:28:51 TAMPA.
17:28:53 IN A PREVIOUS MEETING, I REACHED OUT TO COUNTY
17:28:56 COMMISSIONERS EARMARKED $35 MILLION FROM THEIR FUNDS
17:29:00 TO GO TOWARD ROAD REPAVING AND IMPROVEMENTS.
17:29:04 AS WE KNOW SO MANY COUNTY ROADS GO THROUGH THE CITY --
17:29:11 THE CITY OF TAMPA AND I HAVE STARTED TO SEE ON ONE ROAD
17:29:15 THE ORANGE BARRICADES GOING UP WHICH TELL ME THAT ROAD
17:29:18 IMPROVEMENT IS COMING THERE AND GOING BEYOND.
17:29:22 WE ARE ADDRESSING THOSE NEEDS WHICH, AGAIN, WE GET SO
17:29:23 MANY COMPLAINTS ON.
17:29:27 AND MY QUESTION IS, VILA BROTHERS PARK.
17:29:29 I SPOKE AT LENGTH ABOUT IT.
17:29:32 I DID SPEAK WITH THE MAYOR ABOUT IT.
17:29:41 WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT VILA BROTHERS PARK?
17:29:45 >> I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR PASSIONS AND RECREATION,
17:29:49 BUT, YES, I TALKED TO THE CHIEF AND THE MAYOR, AND WE
17:29:53 CONTINUE TO PURSUE VILA BROTHERS PARK AND THE
17:29:56 IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT YOU REQUESTED.
17:29:58 >>JOHN BENNETT: AGAIN, JOHN BENNETT, CHIEF OF STAFF.
17:30:02 I WANT TO SAY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO AND ALL THE COUNCIL
17:30:07 MEN WHO SUPPORTED THIS, NOT ONLY HISTORIC PARK, BUT THE
17:30:10 SYMBOLIC NATURE OF THIS PARK AND WHAT IT DOES FOR OUR
17:30:11 COMMUNITY.
17:30:15 HIS MULTIPLE ON-THE-GROUND VISITS WITH SOME OF THE
17:30:18 NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP INCLUDING SAMMY SANCHEZ.
17:30:22 I HAVE LOOKED AT THE IMPROVEMENT BLUEPRINTS.
17:30:28 OCEA WYNN, I WON'T SPEAK FOR HER AND THE DIRECTOR OF
17:30:29 PARKS AND RECREATION.
17:30:33 EVERYBODY IS INTERESTED IN LEANING FORWARD AND
17:30:34 SUPPORTING THIS.
17:30:35 IT IS NOT RHETORIC.
17:30:38 WE KNOW WE WILL FIND THE ABILITY TO DO THOSE
17:30:40 IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PARK FOR ALL THE REASONS THAT WE
17:30:40 KNOW.
17:30:44 BUT I ALSO WANT TO REMIND ALL OF US THAT, YOU KNOW, A
17:30:47 COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE SET OUT TO DO A MASTER PLAN.
17:30:49 IT HAS PROBABLY BEEN A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGED THROUGH
17:30:53 THE COVID PROCESS TO GET ALL OF THE COMMUNITY
17:30:56 INTERACTION, TO LOOK AT THE SHIFTING DEMOGRAPHICS IN
17:31:02 THE CITY AND ALIGN THE PARKS AND REC RESOURCES FOR
17:31:05 THE CHANGING COMMUNITIES.
17:31:07 IN BETWEEN THE MASTER PLAN, THERE ARE REAL
17:31:09 REQUESTS OUT THERE AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE CITY
17:31:11 WORKING WITH COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY HAD SOME
17:31:16 SIGNIFICANT IOUS THAT ALSO SIT BETWEEN CURRENT STATE
17:31:17 AND THE MASTER PLAN.
17:31:20 AND ALL OF THOSE ARE BEING FILLED INTO THE BEST ABILITY
17:31:23 THAT WE HAVE WITH BOTH TRADITIONAL FINANCE AND FUNDING
17:31:27 OPPORTUNITIES, AS WELL AS SOME OF THOSE OUT OF THE BOX.
17:31:34 AND I AM VERY CONFIDENT AS COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO
17:31:37 MENTIONED AFTER TALKING WITH THE MAYOR, THAT THESE
17:31:40 THINGS WILL BE FULFILLED AWAITING THE FINAL MASTER PLAN
17:31:43 AND ALL OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COME FORTH
17:31:46 THROUGH THE COMMUNITY CHANNELS.
17:31:48 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
17:31:52 NOW VILA BROTHERS, THEY DID THE DESIGN A FEW YEARS AGO
17:31:56 AT $2 MILLION AND I BELIEVE WE ALLOCATED SINCE THAT
17:32:00 $350,000 TO $400,000 IN PARK IMPROVEMENT.
17:32:02 MOVED THE RESTROOMS.
17:32:04 DONE THE MONUMENTS.
17:32:07 DID PLAYGROUND SUN SHADE STUFF.
17:32:11 BUT STILL $1,6 MILLION TO COMPLETE THE PARK.
17:32:14 WHAT I HAD MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY WAS THAT TIME IS OF THE
17:32:15 ESSENCE.
17:32:17 THIS PARK WAS DEDICATED IN 2005.
17:32:21 16 YEARS HAVE AMASSED AND FIVE OF THE VILA BROTHERS,
17:32:23 ALL SEVEN ARE PRESENT AT THE TIME OF THE
17:32:24 GROUNDBREAKING.
17:32:27 AND FIVE OF THE SEVEN VILA BROTHERS HAVE PASSED AWAY.
17:32:31 I MET WITH ONE OF THE REMAINING VILA BROTHERS
17:32:32 RECENTLY.
17:32:36 I SPOKE RECENTLY WITH MISS SANDY SANCHEZ, WITH MISS
17:32:42 MARTHA VILA, THE WIFE OF MR. HECTOR VILA, AND I WANT
17:32:46 THIS PARK FINISHED AND COMPLETED WHILE THOSE WHO ARE
17:32:47 STILL ALIVE ARE STILL ALIVE.
17:32:49 AND TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.
17:32:54 I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE A POSTHUMOUS COMPLETION.
17:32:57 AGAIN FIVE OF THE SEVEN VILA BROTHERS HAVE PASSED.
17:33:01 AND SINCE THE PARK'S DEDICATION IN 2005, THE CITY HAD
17:33:05 ITS UP AND DOWN WITH THE -- WITH THE FINANCIAL CRISIS
17:33:09 FROM YEARS AGO AND WHATNOT, BUT HAVING SAID THAT SINCE
17:33:13 THEN, WE HAVE DONE CURTIS HIXON.
17:33:17 WATERFRONT PARK TAMPA IT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
17:33:21 AND LEHMAN PARK $35 MILLION TO $36 MILLION.
17:33:25 AND VILA BROTHERS PARK WITH THE JEWISH COMMUNITY
17:33:27 CENTER AND EVERYTHING IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
17:33:31 VILA BROTHERS PARK HAS ONLY RECEIVED A PORTION -- LESS
17:33:33 THAN 25% OF THE TOTAL FUNDS AND SEEING WE HAVE THE
17:33:40 AMERICAN RELIEF AMERICAN RECOVERY FUNDS THAT ARE VERY
17:33:43 LIBERAL IN WHAT WE CAN SPEND THE MONEY ON, YOU KNOW,
17:33:47 WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO TO GET THAT 1.6 MILLION.
17:33:50 AND WE CAN EVEN COME IN UNDER BUDGET NOT THAT
17:33:52 GOVERNMENT USUALLY DOES, BUT WE KNOW IT WAS A $2
17:33:55 MILLION PARK DESIGN TO COMPLETE IT.
17:33:58 I WANT TO SEE IT COMPLETED.
17:34:00 I WANT TO GUARANTEE THAT IT GETS COMPLETED.
17:34:04 I ORIGINALLY WAS INTENDING TO SPLIT IT UP IN TWO YEARS.
17:34:09 LET'S SAY IT'S A SOLID $1.6 MILLION THAT WE DO $800,000
17:34:12 IN THIS BUDGET AND $800,000 IN THE NEXT BUDGET.
17:34:16 BUT THAT WE HAVE A TWO-YEAR GOAL AND A TWO-YEAR
17:34:19 TIMELINE WHERE IT GETS COMPLETED AND IT GETS DONE,
17:34:24 BECAUSE, AGAIN, MRS. MARTHA VILA IS NOW OLDER.
17:34:28 ONLY TWO OF THE VILA BROTHERS ARE ALIVE.
17:34:31 AND I WANT TO GET THIS PARK DONE.
17:34:34 I HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF MANY OTHER PROJECTS OF MY
17:34:37 COLLEAGUES, THE MAYOR AND WHATNOT IN MUCH LARGER
17:34:41 AMOUNTS AND THIS IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET, I BELIEVE, TO
17:34:42 GET THAT DONE.
17:34:44 BEFORE I STOP, THERE IS ALSO ANOTHER PARK.
17:34:48 HENRY AND OLA PARK IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS THAT HAS A
17:34:50 TRAILER AS A COMMUNITY CENTER.
17:34:52 AND I BELIEVE IT IS THE ONLY PARK IN THE CITY OF TAMPA
17:34:56 -- ONE OF THE ONLY ONES -- WHERE THERE IS A TRAILER.
17:34:58 WE DON'T OWN THAT TRAILER AND WE PAY RENT ON THAT
17:35:03 TRAILER AND WE HAVE BEEN PAYING RENT FOR -- I WANT TO
17:35:05 SAY ALMOST 20 YEARS ON THAT.
17:35:08 THAT NEIGHBORHOOD HAS CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE LAST
17:35:10 20 YEARS, 10 YEARS.
17:35:12 WE HAVE A LOT OF FAMILIES AND CHILDREN.
17:35:17 I WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN ALLOCATE FUNDS FOR A DOG PARK,
17:35:19 COMMUNITY CENTER, WHATEVER THAT IS BUT THAT
17:35:21 NEIGHBORHOOD DESERVES IT.
17:35:26 ALL NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA DESERVE EQUITY
17:35:27 ACROSS THE BOARD.
17:35:30 AND PARKS ARE SO SIGNIFICANT.
17:35:34 THE -- THE INVESTMENT WILL GIVE US ENDLESS RETURNS TO
17:35:35 QUALITY OF LIFE.
17:35:37 SO I WILL STOP THERE.
17:35:41 THANK YOU.
17:35:46 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
17:35:48 DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY?
17:35:51 >> I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO'S
17:35:53 REQUEST, AND THAT WE ARE WORKING ON THOSE AND WE ARE
17:35:58 COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT STAFF UNDERSTANDS ITS
17:36:02 EXIGENCY THAT HE RECOMMENDED.
17:36:05 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
17:36:08 >>BILL CARLSON: VILA BROTHERS IS NOT IN MY DISTRICT
17:36:11 BUT I WOULD SUPPORT MR. MANISCALCO'S EFFORT IN THAT
17:36:14 REGARD AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO SECOND A MOTION OR
17:36:17 SUPPORT A MOTION IN THAT REGARD ALSO.
17:36:21 YOU KNOW WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TWO AND A HALF YEARS
17:36:22 RIGHTING WRONGS FROM BEFORE.
17:36:26 AND I THINK IF PROMISES ARE MADE BY THE CITY EVEN IF IT
17:36:28 IS UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS, WE NEED TO FOLLOW
17:36:30 THROUGH WITH THEM.
17:36:32 NOT FAIR AND RIGHT TO HAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE TO
17:36:35 PROMISE THE COMMUNITY THAT THE CITY WAS GOING TO DO
17:36:37 SOMETHING AND NOT FOLLOW THROUGH, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU
17:36:40 ARE DEALING WITH VETERANS, WAR HEROES AND THE FAMILIES
17:36:42 OF VETERANS AND WAR HEROES.
17:36:45 I FULLY SUPPORT THE CITY KEEPING THE PROMISES OF THE
17:36:49 PAST EVEN THOUGH NONE OF US MADE THOSE PROMISES.
17:36:56 SECOND JUST TO CLARIFY, MR. ROGERO FOR THE PUBLIC.
17:36:58 THE P & LS FOR DEPARTMENTS.
17:37:04 THE WATER DEPARTMENT SAID 2019 HAD A LOSS OF 23,000.
17:37:10 AND THEN A GAIN OF $180 MILLION IN 2020.
17:37:15 AND PROJECTED LOSS IN 2021 FOR $137 MILLION AND
17:37:20 $237,000 GAIN IN 2022.
17:37:24 ARE WE PREDICTING BECAUSE OF THE NEW TAXES, ARE -- OR
17:37:26 NEW FEES.
17:37:29 ARE WE PREDICTING THAT THAT IS GOING TO STABLE OUT AT
17:37:30 THIS POINT?
17:37:35 OR ARE THERE JUST BIG CHUNK OF EXPERIENCES COMING
17:37:37 PERIODICALLY.
17:37:38 >>DENNIS ROGERO: THAT'S IT, SIR.
17:37:40 I DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION IN FRONT OF ME ABOUT
17:37:43 THE EBB AND FLOW OF THE MAJOR DEBT SERVICE AND EXPENSES
17:37:46 PRIMARILY WITH THE PIPES PROGRAM.
17:37:49 >>BILL CARLSON: I GUESS I COULD GET INTO WHAT KIND OF
17:37:51 ACCOUNTING YOU USE TOO.
17:37:56 BUT EVEN WHEN YOU BOND IT YOU ARE OM AMORTIZING IT OVER
17:38:00 THE LIFE OF THE BOND BUT CHARGING A ADDITIONAL YEAR?
17:38:03 >>DENNIS ROGERO: I GUESS I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
17:38:06 >>BILL CARLSON: IF YOU BOND OUT A MILLION DOLLARS
17:38:09 WOULD YOU AMORTIZE IT THROUGH THE LIFE OF THE BOND OR
17:38:11 WOULD YOU CHARGE IT BACK IN THE YEAR THAT THE ACTUAL
17:38:13 EXPENSE IS MADE?
17:38:16 >>DENNIS ROGERO: WE WOULD CARRY THAT -- ESPECIALLY ON
17:38:17 THE PIPES, AS AN EXAMPLE.
17:38:20 AS WE DISCUSSED WE HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF PAY BILL
17:38:25 FUNDING AND FUND THE DEBT SERVICE TO TAKE CARE OF THE
17:38:27 CURRENT MARKET POSITIONS.
17:38:30 WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT IS THE EBB AND FLOW OF THE
17:38:33 COUNTY AND ALL THAT FUNDING AND THEY ANTICIPATE
17:38:34 EXPENDITURE.
17:38:39 I WILL BE HAPPY TO CIRCLE BACK WITH YOU AND GOING WITH
17:38:42 MORE DETAIL.
17:38:44 >>BILL CARLSON: LETTING THE PUBLIC KNOW.
17:38:46 TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION.
17:38:49 I THINK WE WILL BE INVESTING IN A BIG CRM SYSTEM.
17:38:51 I DON'T THINK THIS IS REFLECTED HERE.
17:38:55 MAYBE THAT IS FARTHER OUT THAN 2022, AND SHOWING LOSSES
17:38:58 AROUND $27 MILLION, $26 MILLION.
17:39:05 2020 AND 2021 AND ALMOST $39 MILLION IN 2020 --
17:39:07 PROJECTED 2021.
17:39:13 AND $31 MILLION, $32 MILLION IN 2022.
17:39:16 DOES THAT INCLUDE THE BIG ENTERPRISE CUSTOMER SERVICE
17:39:17 SYSTEM OR IS IT NOT?
17:39:19 >> I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
17:39:22 THAT IS PRIMARILY DUE TO OUR ACELA SYSTEM.
17:39:25 I WILL CONFIRM THAT AND BRING THAT BACK.
17:39:29 >>BILL CARLSON: IS THERE ANY WAY -- NOT MUCH IS OFFSET
17:39:31 BY FEES AND INCOME.
17:39:34 THERE IS THERE SOME REVENUE MODEL THAT IS OFFSETTING
17:39:35 THAT?
17:39:36 NO?
17:39:39 >>DENNIS ROGERO: NO, SIR.
17:39:41 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON.
17:39:42 MR. MIRANDA.
17:39:43 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AM FINE.
17:39:45 >>BILL CARLSON: THE OTHER THING.
17:39:49 I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING TO ALL OF US
17:39:50 AND ALL OF OUR REQUESTS.
17:39:52 ONE OF THE THINGS I REQUESTED THREE TIMES IN A ROW IS
17:39:56 TO -- IS TO CAREFULLY MONITOR THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE
17:39:57 AND INCREASE IT.
17:40:02 YOU KNOW IF THE BONDING AGENCIES TO KEEP OUR AAA BOND
17:40:05 RATING REQUIRES US TO HAVE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE, THAT
17:40:08 MEANS ANYTHING FROM THAT LEVEL BELOW IS NOT A RAINY DAY
17:40:08 FUND.
17:40:11 ANYTHING ABOVE THAT IS A RAINY DAY FUND AND A CERTAIN
17:40:14 TRADE-OFF BECAUSE CAN'T HOLD TOO MUCH CASH, BUT KNOWING
17:40:16 THE UNCERTAINTY IN THE MARKET, I WOULD ALWAYS
17:40:21 APPRECIATE THAT WE TRY TO BE FISCALLY PRUDENT AND PUT
17:40:23 AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AWAY TO PRESERVE THAT.
17:40:27 SO THANK YOU ALL FOR FOCUSING ON THAT.
17:40:31 AN AREA THAT I DID NOT ASK THIS YEAR.
17:40:34 AND MAYBE NEXT YEAR FROM THE ARTS.
17:40:36 ART AND CULTURE.
17:40:38 THE BUDGET IS VERY SMALL.
17:40:41 WE ALL STARTED -- I KNOW THIS IS AN AREA THAT THE MAYOR
17:40:46 IS VERY INTERESTED IN AND OTHER THAN COVID, SHE WOULD
17:40:47 HAVE INVESTED HEAVILY IN IT.
17:40:53 AND I HOPE WE GO BACK AND AS THE ECONOMY RECOVERS TO
17:40:54 INVEST MORE IN THE ARTS.
17:40:58 AND I LOOKED AT THE INFO CHARTS THAT GO WITH THAT THAT
17:41:01 I AM SURE CHIEF BENNETT WORKED ON, BUT ONE OF THEM SHOW
17:41:04 THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE ARTS INVESTMENT THROUGHOUT THE
17:41:06 CITY AND ALMOST ALL OF IT IS DOWNTOWN.
17:41:09 98% AND 99%.
17:41:12 WE HAVE REQUESTS FOR THE ART EVERYWHERE FROM EAST
17:41:16 TAMPA, WEST TAMPA, NORTH AND SOUTH AND FOR EXAMPLE,
17:41:19 EVERYBODY SOUTH OF GANDY WANTS THE ARTS IN THEIR
17:41:19 COMMUNITY TOO.
17:41:22 THAT IS SOMETHING FOR NEXT YEAR AND JUST TO BE MINDFUL.
17:41:25 THE LAST THING -- COULD I ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON THE
17:41:28 BUDGET IN GENERAL, BUT THE LAST THING IN THE INTRO
17:41:31 WHICH IS A LETTER FROM THE MAYOR -- AND I GUESS WE CAN
17:41:34 MAKE A MOTION TO REQUEST THAT THE MAYOR WILL EDIT THE
17:41:38 LETTER BUT LET ME TELL YOU THIS AS AN IDEA.
17:41:41 IN THE LETTER -- I THINK THE LETTER IS VERY GOOD AND
17:41:43 REPRESENTS -- IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE HEADS IN THE
17:41:48 LETTER, WORK FORCE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.
17:41:50 INFRASTRUCTURE.
17:41:51 MOBILITY.
17:41:55 OUR CONSTITUENTS WANT PARKS, ROADS FIXED, POTHOLES
17:41:59 FIXED, SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE.
17:42:02 I THINK CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR ARE ON THE PAGE OF
17:42:04 ALL THESE THINGS.
17:42:07 THE PRIORITIES OF THE MAYOR ARE PRIORITIES OF THE
17:42:09 COUNCIL AND WHAT WE ARE HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY.
17:42:12 ONE OF THE THINGS I SAW IN THE SUMMARY THAT LOOKS
17:42:12 DIFFERENCE.
17:42:15 IF YOU LOOK ABOVE "STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY SERVICES."
17:42:19 THE PARAGRAPH WHILE PROVIDING GOVERNMENT FOR ALL
17:42:22 GOVERNMENT SERVICES, WE ALSO INCLUDED FUNDS TO START
17:42:24 ADDRESSING SEVERAL KEY REQUEST FROM COMMUNITY AND CITY
17:42:25 COUNCIL.
17:42:28 NUMBER ONE THERE IS THE HANNA AVENUE FACILITY.
17:42:33 AND I AM NOT AWARE THAT REQUEST CAME FROM THE
17:42:36 COMMUNITY, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE IT DID NOT COME FROM
17:42:37 CITY COUNCIL.
17:42:40 AND NUMBER FOUR, OF THE THINGS THERE, ONE OR TWO CAME
17:42:41 FROM COUNCIL.
17:42:43 BUT MY SUGGESTION AND REQUEST IS INSTEAD OF PUTTING
17:42:47 THAT THESE KEY REQUESTS CAME FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE
17:42:48 CITY COUNCIL.
17:42:51 INSTEAD OF PUTTING THAT PHRASE THERE, PUT IT AT THE TOP
17:42:55 IN THE INTRO PARAGRAPH BECAUSE ALL OF THE THINGS IN
17:42:58 THIS LETTER AND THE PRIORITIES THAT YOU ALL SET AND
17:43:00 PRIORITIES REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET SHOWING THE TWEAKS
17:43:04 AND INCREASES THROUGHOUT ALL THE DETAIL ARE REALLY FROM
17:43:08 FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND CITY COUNCIL AND THE
17:43:10 MAYOR IS ON THE SAME PAGE.
17:43:12 THE WAY IT IS WRITTEN, IT LOOKS LIKE CITY COUNCIL IS
17:43:15 ONLY INTERESTED IN THOSE FOUR THINGS, AND I THINK WE ARE
17:43:16 INTERESTED IN ALL OF THEM.
17:43:20 JUST THE REQUEST TO WHOEVER WROTE THAT WHOEVER MOVES
17:43:22 THE PHRASE TO THE TOP WILL BE CLEAR TO THE COMMUNITY
17:43:24 AND SHOW WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE.
17:43:25 THAT'S ALL WE HAVE.
17:43:27 THANK YOU.
17:43:30 >> THANK YOU, SIR.
17:43:34 >> MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I CAN MAKE A COMMENT.
17:43:37 COUNCILMAN CARLSON, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IT IS NOT
17:43:43 VISIBLE YET, BUT SOMETHING THAT WORK ON VERY WELL IS
17:43:47 THE CITIZENS VALUE AND CITIZENS SENTIMENT SURVEY.
17:43:51 I WANT TO YOU KNOW SHE ADDED A SENTIMENT ELEMENT.ARTS
17:43:52 AND CULTURAL.
17:43:56 THAT WILL GET A CITYWIDE FEEDBACK FOR US GOING INTO
17:43:59 FUTURE INVESTMENTS IN DECISION SUPPORT.
17:44:01 SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT HAS BEEN ADDED TO
17:44:04 THAT SURVEY LIST.
17:44:08 >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH, AND -- WHAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE US
17:44:10 TO DO IN SURVEYS, WE NEED TO THINK NOT ABOUT THE ARTS
17:44:12 AS AN AMENITY.
17:44:15 BUT WE NEED TO THINK OF IT AS AN INDUSTRY.
17:44:20 AND EVERY EDC IN THE WORLD HAS FIVE OR SIX -- INDUSTRY
17:44:22 CLUSTERS THEY FOCUS ON.
17:44:26 IN ST. PETERSBURG, ONE IS THE ARTS BECAUSE A REAL
17:44:27 THRIVING INDUSTRY.
17:44:30 IF WE LOOK AT IT AS AN AMENITY COMPARED TO OTHER
17:44:32 AMENITIES AND PRIORITIZE.
17:44:36 WE HAVE THE ONE ABILITY TO BUILD AN ENORMOUS INDUSTRY
17:44:39 THAT WILL BRING MONEY INTO OUR ECONOMY AND I HOPE WE
17:44:41 WILL LOOK INTO IT THAT WAY AS WELL.
17:44:43 THANK YOU.
17:44:46 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK MR. MIRANDA WANTED TO CHIME
17:44:46 IN.
17:44:47 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AM FINE NOW.
17:44:52 ONE OF THOSE BONDS WAS FRONT LOADED WITH 47% PUBLIC
17:44:55 PARTICIPATION AND 53% BEING BONDED OUT.
17:44:56 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CITRO.
17:44:58 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
17:45:00 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMAN VIERA FOR HIS EFFORTS
17:45:06 FOR A NEW FIRE STATION AND ASKING THAT THAT FIRE
17:45:09 STATION BE PLACED IN THIS BUDGET.
17:45:12 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO FOR HIS
17:45:15 EFFORTS FOR VILA BROTHERS PARK.
17:45:18 NECESSITY THAT HOPE THIS BUDGET WILL PROVIDE.
17:45:21 MY CONCERNS, STAFFING.
17:45:25 WE HAVE DEPARTMENTS THAT MY CONSTITUENTS ARE SAYING ARE
17:45:26 UNDERSTAFFED.
17:45:29 AND I AM HOPING THIS BUDGET IS GOING TO ALLOW US FOR
17:45:31 MORE HIRING.
17:45:35 ONE DAY -- ONE DAY SOON, THIS COVID WILL BE OVER WITH.
17:45:38 AND PARENTS WILL TELL THEIR CHILDREN, GO OUT AND PLAY.
17:45:42 AND OUR CITY PARKS WILL BE VALUABLE FOR THAT.
17:45:44 AND I HOPE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE STAFFING SO THAT
17:45:48 WHEN THAT EVENT HAPPENS, AND FINALLY OUR KIDS ARE BACK
17:45:56 OUT TO THE PLAYGROUNDS THAT WE WILL HAVE THE STAFF FOR
17:45:57 THAT CONSTRUCTION SERVICES.
17:45:59 PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING TO ME THEY CAN'T GET THEIR
17:46:02 THINGS IN FAST ENOUGH AND FOR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES.
17:46:03 PERMITTING.
17:46:07 GETTING COST FOR THEIR PROPERTIES, FOR THEIR BUSINESSES
17:46:11 SO THAT THEY CAN ENTER INTO THE TAX REVENUES HERE FOR
17:46:15 THIS CITY IS TAKING A LONG TIME.
17:46:18 NOT ANY FAULT OF THEIRS, BUT UNDERSTANDABLY, THEY DO
17:46:20 NOT HAVE THE STAFFING FOR IT.
17:46:20 FIRE.
17:46:23 WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING TWO NEW -- HOPEFULLY HAVING
17:46:25 TWO NEW STATIONS.
17:46:29 BUT WE HAVE THIS -- THIS -- THIS SEPARATION BETWEEN
17:46:33 FIRE FIGHTERS AND THE UPPER COMMAND, AND NOBODY IN
17:46:34 THERE FILLING THAT.
17:46:38 WE NEED MORE STAFFING.
17:46:41 AGAIN, I AM HOPING THAT THIS BUDGET IS GOING TO ALLOW
17:46:46 US TO HIRE MORE EMPLOYEES FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA.
17:46:51 AS CHAIR AS CRA, I AM GLAD THAT CRA COULD HELP IN
17:46:55 CERTAIN THINGS, LIKE PARKS WITH FAIR OAKS, BUYING
17:46:59 PROPERTIES, THE CULTURAL ARTS.
17:47:07 HOPEFULLY LOOKING FOR LAND FOR FIRE STATION DOWNTOWN OF
17:47:10 COURSE THE PURCHASE OF LAND FOR WORK FORCE AFFORDABLE
17:47:11 HOUSING.
17:47:15 GENTLEMAN, PLEASE, IF HE CAN FIND FUNDS FOR STAFFING IN
17:47:18 THIS BUDGET, IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
17:47:19 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
17:47:22 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED,
17:47:22 SIR.
17:47:25 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. BENNETT.
17:47:28 DO YOU WANT AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO MR. CITRO?
17:47:32 >>JOHN BENNETT: WELL, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
17:47:39 IN THE GENERAL SENSE, COUNCILMAN CITRO, AS YOU HEARD
17:47:43 MR. ROGERO'S BEGINNING PRESENTATION.
17:47:46 QUITE A FEW FTES FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE THE
17:47:49 COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY IN THE FIRE SERVICE BASED ON THE
17:47:50 DATA WE HAVE SO FAR.
17:47:55 CHIEF TRIPP AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH MR. ROGERO'S
17:47:58 OFFICE LOOKING AT A THREE TO FIVE-YEAR PLAN TO KEEP UP
17:48:03 WITH THE DYNAMICS OF A GREAT CITY LIKE OURS, I THINK
17:48:05 YOU WILL SEE ALL THE THINGS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
17:48:08 OFTEN WE WILL TALK OF PEOPLE PROCESSES AND TECHNOLOGY.
17:48:12 I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR MISS POST, BUT I WILL TELL
17:48:15 YOU THAT I HEAR DAILY OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE
17:48:20 GOING ON THERE TO SERVE THE DEMAND THAT IS GOING
17:48:23 THROUGH THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT SIDE OF THE CITY.
17:48:26 SO I THINK EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE ASKING FOR YOU WILL
17:48:32 SEE ON THE PACK ITSELF THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS.
17:48:37 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, CHIEF.
17:48:39 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED, SIR.
17:48:42 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN GUDES.
17:48:47 SO WITH REGARD TO VILA BROTHERS PARK.
17:48:50 MR. MANISCALCO, I APPRECIATE YOU REMINDING US ABOUT
17:48:59 THAT, AS WELL AS THE FAMILY MEMBERS.
17:49:01 I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF PROBLEM WITH THE GENERALITIES
17:49:09 THAT WE HAVE HEARD MR. BENNETT AND MR. ROGERO, WITH
17:49:10 ALL DUE RESPECT.
17:49:14 I THINK COUNCIL SPOKE VERY LOUD AND CLEAR OF OUR OWN
17:49:21 BUDGET WORKSHOP A FEW WEEKS AGO ON THIS ISSUE I CAN'T
17:49:25 REMEMBER IF THAT EXACT NUMBER WAS TOSSED OUT.
17:49:29 I THINK WHAT MR. MANISCALCO WAS INDICATING
17:49:31 AFFIRMATIVELY THAT IT WAS.
17:49:34 I THINK THE -- I THINK IT IS A FAIRLY REASONABLE
17:49:40 COMPROMISE TO SPLIT THAT BABY INTO $800,000 PER YEAR SO
17:49:42 WE CAN GET THIS THING DONE.
17:49:48 AND IT IS EMBARRASSING BECAUSE LAST TIME I WAS ON
17:49:59 COUNCIL AND MR. MIRANDA WAS THERE AS WELL GOING BACK IN
17:50:03 THE 2000 WHEN WE START THIS CONVERSATION WITH THE VILA
17:50:05 BROTHERS FAMILY AND OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE WITH THAT
17:50:06 COMMUNITY.
17:50:09 AND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THAT COMMUNITY OF WEST TAMPA,
17:50:13 ESPECIALLY AS YOU SLIDE OVER TOWARD THE UNIVERSITY OF
17:50:18 TAMPA IS MASSIVE APARTMENT COMPLEXES.
17:50:21 AND, YES, THERE IS A NICE PARK OVER THERE ON THE RIVER
17:50:30 THAT MAYOR BUCKHORN AND COUNCIL AND THE CITY BUILT BUT
17:50:35 THEY NEED MORE AND WANT MORE AND DESERVE MORE.
17:50:38 SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO HAVE A MORE
17:50:45 SPECIFICS, WHAT, TWO WEEKS FROM NOW FOR THE FINAL
17:50:48 BUDGET.
17:50:53 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, SIR, ON THE 28TH.
17:50:56 DINGFELDER ON THE $800,000 REQUEST THAT I RECALL WAS
17:51:00 PREVIOUSLY UNANIMOUS ON THIS COUNCIL.
17:51:03 YEARS PAST, WE GOT INTO MOTIONS AND THIS SORT OF THING
17:51:06 AND A LITTLE BIT MORE ANIMOSITY WITH THE
17:51:07 ADMINISTRATION.
17:51:13 I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HAS ANY GREAT DESIRE FOR THAT.
17:51:20 BUT THINGS GOT DONE AND WE SAW THAT NEEDLE MOVE.
17:51:22 SO I AM NOT NECESSARILY.
17:51:25 I WILL LEAVE IT UP TO MANISCALCO.
17:51:28 I WILL NOT MAKE A MOTION TONIGHT, BUT YOU ARE HEARING
17:51:31 LOUD AND CLEAR FROM COUNCIL THAT THAT IS EXTREMELY
17:51:33 IMPORTANT AND WE NEED TO FIGURE IT OUT.
17:51:38 A SMALL BOND REQUEST THAT WAS ON MY LIST AS WELL AS MR.
17:51:41 MANISCALCO MENTIONED IT HENRY OLA.
17:51:47 I MET WITH MISS HILL OUT THERE IN HER STAFF AND I GOT A
17:51:49 PAT ON THE BACK AND THEY SAID THEY WILL MAKE SURE
17:51:52 THINGS HAPPEN THIS YEAR, BUT, AGAIN, I HAVEN'T REALLY
17:52:05 HEARD MUCH IN THE WAY OF SPECIFICS THAT ONE THE NEEDS
17:52:08 ARE OF THE VILA BROTHERS PARK.
17:52:09 THAT IS MY TWO CENTS.
17:52:12 WITH REGARDS TO THE VEHICLE PROGRAM A LITTLE BIT ON THE
17:52:17 LIGHTER NOTE, MR. BENNETT.
17:52:19 DO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES?
17:52:24 I MEAN OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE ARE BUYING BIG GIANT TRUCKS
17:52:26 AND FIRE TRUCKS, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE A SOLAR
17:52:31 POWERED OR ELECTRIC POWER OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
17:52:33 BUT WITH REGARDS TO OUR DAY TO DAY VEHICULAR NEEDS.
17:52:44 WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF ELECTRIFYING OUR
17:52:50 FLEET AND GET AWAY FROM GAS VEHICLES.
17:52:56 >>JOHN BENNETT: WE DID AD HOC PROJECTIONS.
17:52:59 AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.
17:53:01 TO MOVE FUEL TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
17:53:05 AND I KNOW CERTAIN DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE FULLY
17:53:09 RESPONDING THOSE.
17:53:25 AS FAR AS SPECIFIC GOES.
17:53:27 >> YES, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
17:53:35 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
17:53:37 >> OKAY --
17:53:43 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WE ARE GETTING WEIRD FEEDBACK, SAL.
17:53:47 >> LITTLE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY FOR SOME REASON.
17:53:52 LAST YEAR WE PURCHASED -- AS AN INTRO, WE PURCHASED SIX
17:53:54 ELECTRIC VEHICLES THE NISSAN LEAF.
17:53:58 AND WE MAINLY ISSUED THEM TO THE WATER DEPARTMENT AND
17:54:03 CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR THE SUPERVISORS.
17:54:04 JUST TO TRY THEM OUT.
17:54:07 AND WE GOT GOOD RESULTS OUT OF THAT.
17:54:10 SO THIS YEAR, WE PURCHASED ANOTHER 11.
17:54:14 AND SIX OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY ON THE ROAD RIGHT NOW WITH
17:54:15 CODE ENFORCEMENT.
17:54:20 THREE IN RISK MANAGEMENT AND TWO WITH CONTRACT ADMIN.
17:54:23 WE ARE GOING TO -- THESE NISSAN LEAFS ARE REALLY
17:54:26 PUTTING UP TO THE TEST.
17:54:30 WE ARE GOING TO ADD MORE.
17:54:33 WE ARE TALKING TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE AND WE
17:54:37 WILL INTRODUCE A LOT ARE THESE EVS INTO OUR SYSTEM.
17:54:41 THE OTHER THING WE ARE GETTING GOOD RESULTS IS ARE THE
17:54:45 HYBRIDS, AND THE POLICE INTERCEPTORS.
17:54:49 THEY ARE PERFORMING VERY WELL.
17:54:54 AND THERE ARE ALSO BIGGER TRUCKS COMING ONLINE THAT WE
17:54:56 ARE MONITORING AS FAR AS SOLID WASTE.
17:54:59 BUT -- BUT THEY ARE NOT OUT ON THE STREET YET.
17:55:02 AND WHEN THEY ARE, WE ARE GOING TO INVESTIGATE THE
17:55:04 POSSIBLE USES OF THAT.
17:55:10 SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILMAN, YES, WE ARE
17:55:13 VERY IN TUNE WITH THE EVS.
17:55:15 THE MAYOR'S RESILIENCY IS HIGH ON THIS ISSUE.
17:55:19 AND WE ARE GOING TO DO THE BEST TO INTRODUCE A LOT MORE
17:55:21 ELECTRIC VEHICLES AS WE CAN.
17:55:26 THANKS.
17:55:29 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I GUESS AS FAR AS SOLID WASTE IS
17:55:30 CONCERNED, SAL.
17:55:33 HAVE WE CONVERTED SOME OF THAT FLEET.
17:55:38 I KNOW WE HAVE THESE GAS -- YOU KNOW, NATURAL GAS
17:55:38 TANKS.
17:55:42 HAVE WE CONVERTED SOME OF THE FLEET TO A NATURAL GAS
17:55:45 INSTEAD OF DIESEL?
17:55:49 >> YES, SIR, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 90-PLUS VEHICLES
17:55:52 THAT RUN ON CNG GAS.
17:55:57 AND EACH YEAR WHEN WE DO OUR -- YOU KNOW, OUR VEHICLE
17:55:59 ORDERS WE KIND OF SPLIT IT.
17:56:05 WE ARE TRYING TO GET A GOOD MIX IN THERE OF CNG AND
17:56:06 DIESEL.
17:56:09 WHEN WE CAN, I KNOW THERE ARE SOME EVS COMING ONLINE
17:56:10 FOR SOLID WASTE VEHICLES.
17:56:14 IN FACT, WE DID A VIRTUAL TOUR OF A COMPANY THAT IS
17:56:18 PRODUCING THEM AND THEY HAVEN'T HIT THE STREET YET AND
17:56:21 WE ARE GOING TO INVESTIGATE THAT WHEN WE DO.
17:56:23 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.
17:56:26 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
17:56:27 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU.
17:56:30 FIRST OF ALL, WHEN WE TALK OF REPLACEMENT OF
17:56:34 AUTOMOBILES AND EQUIPMENT AND TRACTORS AND FIRE ENGINES
17:56:38 AND HAULERS AND SOLID WASTE MATERIALS TO PICK UP.
17:56:39 HOW MANY VEHICLES DO HE?
17:56:42 YOU CAN'T BUY THEM ALL AT ONE TIME.
17:56:47 BY THE WAY, THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE ELECTRICAL MOVEMENT
17:56:51 IS GOING TO MOVE SO FAST THAT WHETHER WE WANT TO OR
17:56:55 DON'T WANT TO, WITHIN NOT ONLY THIS GOVERNMENT, BUT ALL
17:56:59 THE GOVERNMENTS, BY 2030, I WOULD SAY THAT MOST
17:57:02 GOVERNMENTS ARE GOING TO HAVE ELECTRIC VEHICLES, 50% TO
17:57:06 100% OF THE VEHICLES WILL BE POWERED BY ELECTRICITY.
17:57:08 BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT GOING TO FIND TOO MANY CARS THAT
17:57:12 ARE COMING OUT WITH ELECTRIC -- WITH ENGINES THAT ARE
17:57:15 -- LIKE THEY ARE GASOLINE OR DIESEL ENGINES, INCLUDING
17:57:17 THE SEMIS.
17:57:19 THERE ARE THREE OR FOUR COMPANIES ALREADY THAT ARE
17:57:20 GOING TO BUILD THEM OUT.
17:57:23 THEY ARE ALREADY BEING TRIED OUT.
17:57:26 THEY DON'T GO 200 TO 300 MILES.
17:57:28 THEY GO MUCH FURTHER.
17:57:32 THE BATTERY THAT MAKES THE ELECTRIC ENGINE GO OBSOLETE
17:57:37 -- OBSOLETE AND THE BATTERY SYSTEM AND EVERY TIME
17:57:42 BATTERY FOR SOLID WASTE, THERE IS ANOTHER ONE BETTER
17:57:44 THAN THE SOLID BATTERY NEXT.
17:57:49 POWER 400, 500 MILES INSTEAD OF 300.
17:57:54 I ALWAYS SAY, DON'T ASK WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO DO, ASK
17:57:55 WHAT YOU ARE DOING YOURSELF.
17:57:58 NO OFFENSE MADE TO ANYONE.
17:58:00 JUST THINK ABOUT IT.
17:58:01 WHAT DO YOU DRIVE?
17:58:02 WHAT IS IN YOUR HOUSE.
17:58:03 WHAT YOU DO.
17:58:04 THE SAME AS THE GOVERNMENT.
17:58:06 WE ARE NO BETTER THAN THE GOVERNMENT.
17:58:09 WE ARE A REFLECTION OF WHO WE ARE.
17:58:13 SO I AM ASKING ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS TO DO THE SAME
17:58:16 THING YOU ARE ASKING FOR.
17:58:17 THAT IS NUMBER ONE.
17:58:20 NUMBER TWO, REGARDING VILA BROTHERS.
17:58:22 I HAD A COMMITMENT FROM THE ADMINISTRATION NOT
17:58:27 YESTERDAY BUT FROM SOME TIME THAT VILA BROTHERS WILL
17:58:30 GET ONE THIS YEAR AND THE OTHER NEXT YEAR.
17:58:34 I TALKED TO SOMEONE IN THE VILA BROTHERS
17:58:36 ORGANIZATION, WHICH IS MR. SANCHEZ.
17:58:37 AND WE MADE NO COMMITMENTS.
17:58:42 I THINK WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE FIRST IS THE WALK
17:58:43 AROUND THE PARK.
17:58:46 AND THE DOG PARK NEXT YEAR.
17:58:47 THAT WAY IF YOU HAVE A DOG PARK.
17:58:49 WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
17:58:50 STAY AND WATCH A DOG.
17:58:53 IF YOU HAVE A DOG WITHOUT THE DOG PARK, FIRST YOU HAVE
17:58:56 THE COMPLETE CIRCLE AROUND, YOU CAN WALK THE DOG AND
17:58:58 STILL DO YOUR YOUR EXERCISE AND SEE THE YOUNG KIDS PLAYING
17:59:01 AND ENJOYING THEMSELVES.
17:59:03 I BELIEVE THAT IS WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO
17:59:03 DO.
17:59:06 I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THEM, BUT THE FIRST PART IS THE WALK
17:59:07 WITH MR. GUIDO MANISCALCO.
17:59:10 AND YOU ARE RIGHT, SIR, I AGREE WITH YOU.
17:59:13 AND ALONG WITH SOLID WASTE, ONE THING WE HAVEN'T
17:59:14 DISCUSSED.
17:59:15 AND THIS IS ANOTHER THING.
17:59:19 I AM NOT TAKING UP FOR THE ADMINISTRATION, BUT I WANT
17:59:23 TO THANK MAYOR IORIO, BECAUSE SHE IS THE ONLY MAYOR I
17:59:28 WORKED WITH IN THE LAST 20 YEARS WHEN SHE CAME HAD H-E
17:59:31 DOUBLE STICKS WENT TO HELL.
17:59:32 THERE WAS KNOWING.
17:59:34 REDUCED BY 700 EMPLOYEES.
17:59:37 SHE HAD TO DO THE HARD JOB WE ARE BEARING THE FRUITS
17:59:38 FOR.
17:59:42 SHE TOOK THE HIT AND MADE THE CITY WORK AMONG ALL THOSE
17:59:43 THINGS.
17:59:46 IT WAS HER THAT DID THE HARD JOB SO WE CAN HAVE A
17:59:48 PROSPEROUS.
17:59:51 THE REST WAS DIFFICULT BECAUSE NOW WE ARE FACED WITH
17:59:53 THE OPPOSITE.
17:59:58 WE HAD -- IF YOU HAVE 5,000, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN TEN
18:00:02 KIDS, THAT MEAT IS NOT GOING TO LAST THAN IF YOU WERE
18:00:03 LIVING ALONE.
18:00:04 THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE NOW.
18:00:07 IN REALITY IF YOU LOOK AT IT, A GROWTH IN THIS
18:00:10 COMMUNITY THAT SPURRED SO QUICKLY THAT EVEN THE
18:00:12 ANALYSTS WERE WRONG.
18:00:14 THE WATER GOING TO SOUTH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
18:00:17 WE PROJECTED IT FROM ANOTHER AGENCY.
18:00:20 AND GUESS WHAT, IT GOT THERE A FEW YEARS BEFORE AND
18:00:23 THAT IS WHERE THE PROBLEM IT TODAY.
18:00:26 WE ARE GROWING SO MUCH BECAUSE OF PEOPLE OF THIS
18:00:28 COUNTRY ARE LOOKING AT THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS WHERE IT
18:00:29 WANTS TO COME TO.
18:00:31 FOR WHATEVER REASON.
18:00:33 WE VOTED NUMBER ONE THE OTHER DAY.
18:00:36 THE WHOLE COUNTRY FOR TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION.
18:00:39 I THOUGHT THAT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN TO BE HONEST WITH
18:00:40 YOU.
18:00:43 BEATING NEW YORK, CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, BEATING ALL OF
18:00:43 THEM.
18:00:46 THE CITY OF TAMPA IS RATED NUMBER ONE.
18:00:48 I READ THAT, SAW THAT ON TV.
18:00:51 THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE AMAZING TO ME.
18:00:55 BUT SOLID WASTE NEEDS A LITTLE HELP WITH ALL THE
18:00:57 TRAFFIC AND ALL THE STREETS IN SOUTH TAMPA.
18:01:00 I BELIEVE WE ONLY HAVE ONE SMALL VEHICLE THAT CAN
18:01:04 SERVICE THAT AREA AND I AM A LITTLE CONCERN -- NOT
18:01:07 LITTLE, I AM A LOT CONCERNED THE INDIVIDUALS THAT DRIVE
18:01:11 THE BIG TRUCKS PARKING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET
18:01:16 AND THEY SOMETIMES CANNOT PICK UP THE GARBAGE BECAUSE
18:01:18 PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET.
18:01:22 I AM NOT TELLING PEOPLE TO NOT DRIVE A CAR, BUT WORK
18:01:25 WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 6:00 IN THE
18:01:26 MORNING AND 11:00.
18:01:29 PARK ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET ON THE DAY WE PICK UP
18:01:33 THE GARBAGE AND WE ONLY HAVE ONE SMALL TRUCK, AND I HAVE
18:01:36 BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE ADMINISTRATORS AND I THINK WE
18:01:38 WILL GET SOMETHING DONE IN THE NEAR FUTURE SOONER
18:01:40 RATHER THAN LATER.
18:01:44 THOSE ARE THE THINGS I AM LOOKING AT AND THANK THE
18:01:47 EMPLOYEES FOR HAVING THAT CITY CLEAN -- A CLEAN CITY.
18:01:48 ALL THE SOLID WASTE PEOPLE.
18:01:49 ALL THE FIRE.
18:01:53 ALL THE POLICE WITHOUT THE WORK THAT THE EMPLOYEES DO
18:01:56 FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA.
18:02:34 NO MATTER WHAT WE DO, WE FAIL
18:02:36 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIR, I HATE TO INTERRUPT.
18:02:39 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED, SIR.
18:02:42 >>JOSEPH CITRO: VERY QUICKLY, GENTLEMEN, THERE IS A
18:02:45 NAME THAT I FORGOT TO MENTION.
18:02:47 ANGUS GOSS.
18:02:50 THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO SEE THAT
18:02:57 MEMORIAL, THAT PARK, THAT POOL STILL HONORING THAT
18:02:58 BRAVE SOLDIER.
18:02:59 THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.
18:03:00 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
18:03:04 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU ARE WELCOME, SIR.
18:03:08 WELL, I THINK WE ALL RECEIVED CALLS ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE
18:03:11 WANT TO SEE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
18:03:13 WE ALWAYS GET COMPLAINTS.
18:03:15 NEVER GOING TO MAKE ANYBODY HAPPY.
18:03:17 IT IS NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN.
18:03:18 NEVER.
18:03:21 BUT WE CAN DO OUR BEST TO EASE THE PAIN.
18:03:24 EASE THE BURDEN A LITTLE BIT THOUGH.
18:03:26 WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT FIRST.
18:03:29 THE CALLS THAT I AM GETTING AND SOMEBODY TRIED TO WALK
18:03:32 ME THROUGH THE WEB SITE LAST NIGHT REFERENCING THE
18:03:33 BUDGET.
18:03:36 FOLKS ARE SAYING IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO READ THE
18:03:37 BUDGET ON THE WEB SITE.
18:03:40 THEY CAN'T MANEUVER IT.
18:03:46 I TRIED TO GET ON IT LAST NIGHT TO GET A WALK-THROUGH
18:03:47 AND I HAD DIFFICULTIES AS WELL.
18:03:50 WITH A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON.
18:03:53 AT THIS TIME, PEOPLE NEED TO HIT THE BUTTON AND CLICK
18:03:56 WHATEVER TO GO TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO TO GET THE
18:03:58 INFORMATION THEY NEED AND PEOPLE FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT
18:04:00 TO READ THE BUDGET ON THE WEB SITE.
18:04:05 WE MAY NOT GET DONE BEFORE THE 28TH, BUT I AM HOPING
18:04:08 THE FUTURE WE WORK ON GETTING THE WEB SITE FOR THE
18:04:11 BUDGET SO THAT ANYBODY CAN GET ON THERE, A SMALL KID
18:04:17 CAN GET ON THERE AND LOOK AT THE WORD "BUDGET 2025" GO
18:04:21 ON IT AND GO FIND WHATEVER TO GET THEIR ANSWERS.
18:04:23 THAT IS THE CHIEF COMPLAINT I AM GETTING IN REFERENCE
18:04:27 TO OUR BUDGET PROCESS THAT PEOPLE DO NOT FEEL IT IS
18:04:31 TRANSPARENT ENOUGH OR CAN BE THAT WE CAN'T FIND IT AND
18:04:32 UTILIZE THE SYSTEM.
18:04:36 IF WE CAN LOOK AT THE SYSTEM AND NAVIGATE THAT.
18:04:39 MR. CITRO MADE A POINT ABOUT STAFFING.
18:04:45 THE CITY IS GOING -- MR. MIRANDA JUST ALLUDED TO THAT.
18:04:47 EVERYBODY WANTS TO COME HERE NOW.
18:04:49 HOUSING MARKET IS UP.
18:04:51 PEOPLE SELL THEIR HOUSES UP NORTH.
18:04:53 THEY HAVE CASH, THEY COME DOWN HERE.
18:04:56 FOLKS WHO LIVE HERE CAN'T GET A PLACE -- CAN'T GET A
18:04:59 PLACE BECAUSE THEY HAVE CASH IN HAND, SO THE FOLKS
18:05:05 LIVING HERE, BORN AND RAISED HERE, LOSE OUT.
18:05:09 WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT STAFFING, WE GET CALLS ABOUT
18:05:10 CONSTRUCTION SERVICE.
18:05:13 I THINK MISS POST HAS DONE A GREAT JOB TRYING TO GET
18:05:16 SOME OF THE ASPECTS AND THE KINKS OUT, BUT WE ARE STILL
18:05:19 MISSING THE POINT TO WHERE PEOPLE ARE SAYING THEY CAN'T
18:05:24 GET THEIR WORK COMPLETED TO GET THEIR JOBS DONE.
18:05:26 SO THERE IS STAFFING ISSUE.
18:05:29 AND IT TURNS INTO MY HOUSING ISSUE AND LOOKING AT
18:05:31 STAFFING FOR HOUSING.
18:05:35 YOU KNOW, WE CAN TALK ABOUT FIRE NEEDS AND THE FIRE
18:05:36 STATION IS A NEED.
18:05:36 WE KNOW THAT.
18:05:39 BUT I AM GOING TO TELL THE COUNCIL, THE BIGGEST CRY
18:05:42 SAYS THAT WE ARE GOING TO FACE IS HOUSING.
18:05:45 I DON'T CARE HOW YOU LOOK AT IT.
18:05:45 IT IS HOUSING.
18:05:49 WHEN A PERSON DOESN'T A PLACE TO LIVE OR A PLACE TO LAY
18:05:51 THEIR HEADS, THAT IS A PROBLEM.
18:05:53 BECAUSE THE PROBLEM FOR OTHER PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY LOOK
18:05:56 FOR HELP OTHER PLACES THAT THEY CAN'T FIND IT.
18:06:02 SO REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE BULK SO
18:06:05 THE COMMUNITY CAN KNOW HOW WE ARE GOING WITH HOUSING
18:06:09 AND HOW MUCH MONEY WILL WE ALLOCATE FOR HOUSING IN A
18:06:13 NONSUBSIDIZED ASPECT SO PEOPLE COULD BE ABLE TO GET
18:06:15 WHAT THEY NEED AND WE CAN HELP THEM.
18:06:18 BECAUSE THAT SEEMS TO BE THE BIG CRY RIGHT NOW.
18:06:19 HOUSING.
18:06:22 IF THE CHIEF OR WHOEVER IS ON THE LINE FROM THE HOUSE
18:06:25 ASKING TO TALK TO US OF THE TOTAL MONEY THAT WILL BE
18:06:30 ALLOCATED IN A NONSUBSIDIZED WAY TO BRING PROGRAMS THAT
18:06:32 WILL HELP EVERYBODY AND NOT HAVE CERTAIN STRINGS
18:06:39 ATTACHED OR CERTAIN CRITERIA THAT PEOPLE CAN GET HELP.
18:06:42 IF I CAN HEAR THAT BECAUSE I GET SO MANY CALLS IN
18:06:43 REFERENCE TO HOUSING.
18:06:44 >>JOHN BENNETT: THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.
18:06:46 JOHN BENNETT, CHIEF OF STAFF.
18:06:48 I THINK THE BEST PART TO GO ABOUT YOUR QUESTION, WHICH
18:06:51 IS A GOOD ONE, AND CLEARLY ONE OF THE MAYOR'S HIGHEST
18:06:56 PRIORITY FOR HOUSING AS WELL IS WHAT LET OUR CFO DENNIS
18:07:00 ROGERO TALK ABOUT IT IN A QUANTITATIVE BUDGET WAY AND
18:07:06 THEN TURN IT OVER TO CAROLE POST AND HER PORTFOLIO TO
18:07:10 TALK OF THE PROGRAMMATIC SIDE OF THE FY '22 BUDGET.
18:07:12 >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU, CHIEF.
18:07:18 MR. CHAIR, IN FISCAL YEAR '22, AND I BELIEVE PART OF OUR
18:07:21 BUDGET PRESENTATION, WE DISCUSSED $16 MILLION OF
18:07:24 AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING FOR THE HOUSING
18:07:25 DEPARTMENT.
18:07:29 WE ALSO HAVE AN ANTICIPATED $18 MILLION IN ANTICIPATED
18:07:33 GRANTS FOR THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT IN FISCAL YEAR '22.
18:07:37 WE ALSO HAVE AN AMOUNT THAT IS UNSPENT IN THE CURRENT
18:07:41 YEAR THAT WILL CARRY FORWARD FOR EXPENDITURE IN THE
18:07:43 NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
18:07:48 NEARLY $35 MILLION IN HOUSING BETWEEN ARPA AND THE
18:07:50 ANTICIPATED GRANT NEXT YEAR.
18:07:55 FOR MORE DETAIL AS THE CHIEF SAID, I WILL DEFER TO MISS
18:08:01 POST.
18:08:06 >>CAROLE POST: GOOD AFTERNOON, CAROLE POST FOR
18:08:07 ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
18:08:08 CAN YOU HEAR ME?
18:08:12 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE CAN HEAR YOU, CAROLE.
18:08:14 >>CAROLE POST: I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH EACH OF YOU AND CHAIR
18:08:19 GUDES OF THE NEEDS THERE AND OUR DESIRE TO DRIVE A VERY
18:08:23 AGGRESSIVE AGENDA FORWARD TO SUPPORT AND BEGIN TO FILL
18:08:26 THOSE NEEDS AND WE HAVE THOSE ON MANY FRONTS.
18:08:31 I AM JOINED THIS AFTERNOON BY ABBYE FEELEY, OUR
18:08:33 DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT WHO CAN
18:08:37 ADD SOME DETAIL OF SOME OF OUR PROGRAMMING.
18:08:40 I DO WANT TO ECHO WHAT DENNIS ROGERO MENTIONED, THOUGH,
18:08:44 FROM A BUDGET PERSPECTIVE IS THAT WE HAVE -- WE NOW
18:08:49 HAVE THE BENEFITS OF MULTIPLE FUNDING SOURCES -- THANK
18:08:52 YOU -- OF MULTIPLE FUND SOURCES THAT WE HAVE NOT
18:08:56 OTHERWISE HAD AT OUR DISPOSAL.
18:09:00 THE GRANT FUNDS WERE REFERENCED THAT BRING US TO ABOUT
18:09:02 A $19 MILLION TOTAL.
18:09:05 AND AS WE ALL KNOW, THOSE CARRY A FAIR AMOUNT OF
18:09:06 RESTRICTIONS.
18:09:12 THEY DO SERVE A WIDE RANGE OF NEEDS AND WE ARE -- WE
18:09:13 ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE THAT BALANCE, BUT THE DOORS
18:09:17 HAVE BEEN OPEN TO US IN A MORE LIBERAL WAY THROUGH THE
18:09:21 USE OF BOTH CARES FUNDS OF WHICH WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY
18:09:26 $14 MILLION LEFT TO BE SPENT THROUGHOUT THIS FISCAL
18:09:30 YEAR AND THEN INTO A FEW FISCAL YEARS MOVING FORWARD.
18:09:34 AND NOW WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE ARPA FUNDS AND
18:09:38 FURTHER GROW THAT BALANCE AND HAVE LESS RESTRICTIONS.
18:09:40 I DO WANT TO NOTICE THAT THESE ARE NOT COMPLETELY
18:09:41 UNRESTRICTED FUNDS.
18:09:44 THEY DO HAVE CRITERIA.
18:09:47 THERE ARE CERTAIN ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.
18:09:50 AND THERE ARE EXPENDITURE DEADLINES THAT COME.
18:09:52 THERE ARE SOME STRINGS ATTACHED, FULL.
18:09:55 AND THEY ARE FAR LESS RESTRICTIVE THAN THE FUNDS WE ARE
18:09:59 TYPICALLY EXPOSED TO AND FOR THAT REASON, WE ARE VERY
18:10:02 EXCITED TO OPEN A NUMBER OF DOORS TO NEW PROGRAMMING,
18:10:06 AS WELL AS EXPAND EXISTING PROGRAMMING TO INDIVIDUALS
18:10:11 WHO WOULD NOT OTHERWISE QUALIFY FOR MANY OF THE FEDERAL
18:10:13 FUNDS THAT WE ALREADY RECEIVE.
18:10:18 SO WITH THAT, I WILL PAUSE AND ABBYE, IF YOU WOULD
18:10:20 LIKE TO ADD ANY DETAIL --
18:10:23 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I WANT TO SAY THIS, CAROLE.
18:10:25 I RESPECT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING AND I WENT TO THE FLORIDA
18:10:30 LEAGUE OF CITIES AND LISTENED TO THE PRESENTATION.
18:10:33 AND NOT A LOT OF RESTRICTIONS ON THE FUND.
18:10:39 PEOPLE WHO ARE PUTTING A VAST MAJORITY OF ARPA MONEY TO
18:10:42 HOUSING BECAUSE NO RESTRICTIONS TO RELATE TO THAT.
18:10:45 I WANT TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT WE HAVE THESE
18:10:48 DOLLARS AND BECAUSE OF A NONSUBSIDIZED WAY TO GET THEM
18:10:48 OUT TO THE PEOPLE.
18:10:51 I JUST WANT TO MAKE CLEAR ON THAT.
18:10:54 YES, THERE MAY BE SMALL, SMALL RESTRICTIONS BUT NOT
18:10:56 MANY WHEN IT RELATES TO HOUSING.
18:10:59 >> I AGREE 100%.
18:11:02 ONE OF THE -- ONE OF THE CONSTRAINTS THAT DOES EXIST IS
18:11:04 EXPENDITURE DEADLINES.
18:11:07 BUT WE ARE MINDFUL OF THOSE, BUT WE ARE EAGER TO
18:11:10 RAPIDLY BEGIN MOVING THESE FUNDS OUT.
18:11:12 THE OTHER REALLY EXCITING THINGS ABOUT THE FUNDS IS
18:11:18 THAT THEY CAN BE PUT FOR ACQUISITION AND LOT READINESS
18:11:19 IMPROVEMENTS.
18:11:24 AND WE KNOW THAT IS A PRIMARY WAY FOR US TO ACTIVATE
18:11:27 ASSETS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY EXISTED AND NOT HAVE
18:11:29 FUNDING BEFORE TO BE ABLE TO PUT THEM BACK IN THE
18:11:30 MARKETPLACE.
18:11:33 OFTEN THAT WOULD FALL TO A DEVELOPER OR CONTRACTOR OR
18:11:35 BUILDER TO BRING THAT ONLINE.
18:11:40 SO WE ARE ABLE TO, AS WE SET OUT FOR THE USE OF THE 16
18:11:44 MILLION, PROBABLY LARGELY HALF OF IT MAY GO TOWARD
18:11:49 ACTIVATING MUNICIPAL ASSETS IN A WAY THAT PUT THEM.
18:11:53 SO THAT THEY CAN BECOME ACTIVE HOUSING STOCK.
18:11:56 I DON'T KNOW YOU ALL HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
18:12:01 AGAIN, I HAVE ABBYE HERE WITH ME, IF YOU WOULD LIKE FOR
18:12:04 US TO ELABORATE ON SOME OF THE PROGRAMMING AND PLANNING
18:12:08 FOR THE ARPA FUNDS, WE WILL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
18:12:11 OR IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, WE ARE READY,
18:12:13 WILLING AND ABLE FOR DISCUSSION.
18:12:16 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THE THING WITH ABBYE IS MAKING SURE
18:12:20 WE HAVE A ROBUST REHAB PROGRAM THAT WE DON'T -- THAT
18:12:23 YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT RESTRICTIVE FUNDS TO DO
18:12:24 THIS AND THAT.
18:12:25 I THINK THAT IS KEY.
18:12:27 WE HAVE HOUSING A LOT OF THE AREAS LIKE YOU SAID.
18:12:31 WE NEED TO PUT OUR MONEY TO ACQUIRE THAT HOUSING STOCK
18:12:34 TO PUT PEOPLE IN THOSE HOUSES AS FAR AS DEVELOPMENT AND
18:12:36 BUILDINGS TO MAKE APARTMENTS OUT OF THEM FOR AFFORDABLE
18:12:39 HOUSING.
18:12:41 FOR THE MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES.
18:12:46 AND THOSE DOLLARS WILL BE UTILIZED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
18:12:49 OTHER DEVELOPER TO HAVE A ROBUST HOUSING PROGRAM WITHIN
18:12:51 SOME OF THESE COMMUNITIES.
18:12:54 I HOPE THIS IS GEARED TO DO -- NOT ONLY NEW HOUSING BUT
18:12:58 A LOT OF REHAB AND -- AND BUILDING COMMUNITIES THAT ARE
18:13:00 ALREADY EXISTING.
18:13:05 ANY OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS RELATED TO HOUSING?
18:13:10 MISS FEELEY, DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING?
18:13:14 >>ABBYE FEELEY: GOOD EVENING, CHAIR -- CHAIRMAN GUDES,
18:13:15 CITY COUNCIL.
18:13:18 I DID JUST WANT TO REMIND THAT YOU WE DID COME BEFORE
18:13:24 YOU JUST AT THE END OF JULY ON THE ACTION PLAN THAT HAD
18:13:27 FUNDS, AND THE END OF THIS MONTH, REMEMBER BRINGING
18:13:30 BACK THOSE AGREEMENTS FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF THOSE
18:13:33 FUNDS AS WE OUTLINED IN THAT PROGRAM.
18:13:39 THE OTHER ITEM THAT AS CAROLE JUST MENTIONED WE ARE
18:13:42 LOOKING AT WILL BE TO EXPAND THE OWNER-OCCUPIED
18:13:50 REHABILITATION, THE DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AND
18:13:57 THE -- OUR -- THE THIRD ONE -- ESCAPING ME RIGHT NOW --
18:14:00 WITH ONE RESTRICTIVE FUNDS.
18:14:03 AS YOU -- AS WE DISCUSSED IN PREVIOUS, WE HAVE THOSE
18:14:06 RESTRICTIONS RIGHT NOW UP TO THE 80%.
18:14:10 OUR GOAL IN THIS FISCAL YEAR IS TO EXPAND THAT AS YOU
18:14:15 JUST MENTIONED TO SERVE THE 80 TO THE 140 BECAUSE
18:14:19 THESE FUNDS ARE UNRESTRICTED IN THAT MANNER.
18:14:21 WE WILL BE TAKING THOSE EFFORTS AND MOVING FORWARD ON
18:14:23 THAT AS THE FUNDS ARE RECEIVED.
18:14:25 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
18:14:29 ANYONE ELSE ON THIS TOPIC?
18:14:31 I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS.
18:14:37 MR. ROGERO, WHAT'S UP NEXT, SIR.
18:14:40 >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
18:14:42 WILL YOU OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE OPERATING AND
18:14:45 OPERATING BUDGET.
18:14:49 >>ORLANDO GUDES: PUBLIC COMMENT IS OPEN FOR THE
18:14:50 MANAGING AND OPERATING BUDGET.
18:14:52 MADAM CLERK, WE HAVE THE SECOND FLOOR.
18:14:54 ONE PERSON REGISTERED?
18:14:55 OKAY, ALL RIGHT.
18:14:58 WE WILL GO DOWNSTAIRS FIRST AND THEN GO TO THE PHONE
18:15:00 LINES NEXT.
18:15:16 SECOND.
18:15:22 ANYBODY DOWN ON THE SECOND FLOOR?
18:15:24 >> YES, SHE IS COMING.
18:15:24 >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
18:15:26 >>ORLANDO GUDES: GOOD EVENING.
18:15:27 STATE YOUR NAME FOR US.
18:15:31 >> MARISA BOTTEN.
18:15:34 CAN YOU HOLD THE TIME WHILE I PUT SOME PHOTOS ON THE
18:15:36 BOARD, PLEASE.
18:15:40 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I WILL HOLD IT FOR YOU.
18:15:45 IF YOU LIFT YOUR MICROPHONE A LITTLE BIT SO I CAN HEAR
18:15:46 YOU.
18:15:47 THERE YOU GO.
18:15:51 >> I SHOULD JUST BE THREE MINUTES BUT MRS. GRANT ME IF
18:15:53 I AM A FEW MINUTES OVER.
18:15:56 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE WILL LET YOU PUT IT ON THE ELMO
18:15:56 THERE.
18:15:57 ALL RIGHT.
18:15:58 WE WILL START THE TIMER.
18:15:59 >> OKAY.
18:16:05 I AM MAKING THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FY '22.
18:16:08 FOR THE $40 MILLION WHICH THE CITY HAS RECEIVED FROM
18:16:13 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR COVID RELIEF, I BELIEVE WE
18:16:16 SHOULD BE USING ITEMS OF ITEMS THAT BENEFIT THE
18:16:19 CITIZENS OF TAMPA WITH REGARDS TO COVID.
18:16:23 AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE ARTICLE ENTITLED "5G TECHNOLOGY
18:16:27 AND INDUCTION OF CORONAVIRUS AND SKIN CELLS."
18:16:35 5G IS BY SKIN CELLS TRANSFERRED TO OTHER CELLS AND
18:16:45 GENERATE COVID CELLS.
18:16:50 SHUNGITE IS A STONE FOR ABSORPTION OF 90% OF
18:16:56 MICRORADIATION EMITTED BY ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND OTHER
18:17:00 MACHINERY SUCH AS THE CELL TOWERS IN OUR EVERYDAY LIFE.
18:17:04 THE CHEMICAL MAKE-UP OF THE STONE CONTAINS A MOLECULAR
18:17:15 STRUCTURE OF THE MAKE-UP OF THE GEOLOGY OF EARTH.
18:17:40 SHUNGITE ROOM OF A FLOOR WITH SHUNGITE TILES OR
18:17:45 WITH PAINT WHICH IS GROUNDS-UP OF SHUNGITE POWER.
18:17:50 IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE MILITARY ACADEMY IN ST.
18:17:52 PETERSBURG, RUSSIA IN 1996.
18:17:55 SUCH ROOMS ARE COMMON IN REHAB CENTERS AND HOSPITALS
18:17:57 ALL OVER THE WORLD.
18:18:02 ACCORDING TO SCIENTISTS HAVE SHUNGITE ROOM TO HELP
18:18:07 RECOVERY FROM VARIOUS DISEASES BY HAVING THE IMMUNE
18:18:11 SYSTEM TO COMBAT DISEASE FASTER.
18:18:18 25 MINUTES IN A SHUNGITE IMPROVES BLOOD PRESSURE AND
18:18:19 METABOLISM.
18:18:24 IT HELPS BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA AND RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES.
18:18:28 FOR THIS REASON, MEDICAL TREATMENT IN A SHUNGITE ROOM
18:18:31 HAS INCREASED EFFICIENCY.
18:18:38 THE OVERALL RECOVERY INCREASE BUSINESS THREE DAYS.
18:18:41 THEY CAN TREAT PERSONS TREATED WITHOUT MUCH ADDITIONAL
18:18:42 COSTS.
18:18:46 THEREFORE, IN SUMMARY, I ASK YOU ARE WE GOING TO SPEND
18:18:49 A DONATION BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITH ITS PURPOSE
18:18:53 BEING TO HELP AMERICANS RECOVER FROM COVID FOR
18:18:56 SOMETHING OTHER THAN RECOVERY FROM COVID?
18:19:02 SHUNGITE PAINT IS SHUNGITE POWDER MIXED WITH PAINT.
18:19:07 IT COSTS $44 FOR A TWO-POUND BAG.
18:19:10 CAN I FINISH THE LAST -- THE MIXTURE TO CREATE
18:19:16 SHUNGITE PAINT IS ONE TABLESPOON POWDER TO ONE GALLON
18:19:17 OF PAINT.
18:19:20 DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF PAINT THE CITY OF TAMPA
18:19:24 DECIDES TO USE AND THE AMOUNT OF ROOMS THE CITY
18:19:27 PAINTS, THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR THE COST OF THIS
18:19:30 PROJECT WOULD BE MAINLY THE AMOUNT IT WOULD TAKE TO PAY
18:19:32 THE PAINTERS.
18:19:34 THAT IS IF YOU PAINT EXISTING ROOMS RATHER THAN
18:19:36 BUILDING A NEW FACILITY.
18:19:40 SOME OPTIONS FOR THIS ARE DESIGNATING ONE ROOM OUT OF
18:19:43 THE PARKS AND REC COMMUNITY CENTERS OR ISSUING THE
18:19:46 FUNDS TO OUR LOCAL HOSPITALS OR MEDICAL TREATMENT
18:19:50 CENTERS FOR SUCH DESIGNATED.
18:19:53 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT IS YOUR TEN SECONDS.
18:19:55 I GAVE YOU TEN SECONDS OVER.
18:19:57 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
18:19:58 >> THANK YOU.
18:20:12 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYBODY ELSE ON THE SECOND FLOOR?
18:20:14 ANYBODY ELSE ON THE SECOND FLOOR?
18:20:17 >> NO, THAT'S ALL.
18:20:20 GO TO THE PHONE LINES.
18:20:22 >>CLERK: ANGELO DEANGELO.
18:20:24 YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
18:20:28 >> ANGELO DEANGELO, BORN AND RAISED IN TAMPA, FLORIDA.
18:20:32 I WANT TO ECHO COUNCILMAN GUDES' SENTIMENT ABOUT
18:20:33 HOUSING.
18:20:35 A CRISIS WE CAN AVOID.
18:20:39 ALL OF THIS IS AVOIDABLE AND THAT IS BESIDE THE POINT.
18:20:44 WE NEEDS TO PRIORITIZE NOT JUST FOR HOMEOWNERS BUT
18:20:45 RENTERS.
18:20:49 A RENTERS BAILOUT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE GET CAUGHT UP TO
18:20:51 AVOID THIS HOUSELESS CRISIS.
18:20:55 LOOK AT UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AS AN OPTION REGARDLESS
18:21:02 OF YOUR INCOME STATUS OR HEAD START DOESN'T COVER
18:21:05 ENOUGH -- YOU HAVE TO BE FIVE YEARS OLD AND 100% OF THE
18:21:09 POVERTY LINE OR BELOW AND NOT SUFFICIENT ENOUGH FOR
18:21:10 PEOPLE IN TAMPA.
18:21:13 LOOKING AT A JOBS PROGRAM THAT LOOKS AT PEOPLE WITH
18:21:16 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY, BLACK, BROWN, INDIGENOUS
18:21:21 PEOPLE, GETTING THEM EMPLOYED, GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT.
18:21:24 WE NEED TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
18:21:28 TAMPA IT NEEDS TO GO DIRECTLY TO US INSTEAD OF GIVING
18:21:29 ANY MORE MONEY.
18:21:33 WE HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING IN PPD AND HAS NOT GOTTEN
18:21:35 BETTER OR SAFER.
18:21:37 AND THINGS HAVE GOTTEN WORSE AND COMMUNITY
18:21:39 RELATIONSHIPS HAVE NOT GOTTEN BETTER.
18:21:43 I ECHO FOR DEFUND THE POLICE AND DEFUND THE COMMUNITY
18:21:46 IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD SO WE CAN HAVE AN
18:21:49 EQUITABLE SOCIETY THAT WORKS FOR EVERYBODY.
18:21:50 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.
18:21:54 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
18:21:55 NEXT CALLER.
18:21:58 >>CLERK: NEXT SPEAKER, LOUISE THOMPSON.
18:22:00 IF YOU CAN HEAR ME.
18:22:02 PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
18:22:03 YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
18:22:09 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME BACK?
18:22:14 LOUISE THOMPSON OF TAMPA BAY COMMUNITY NETWORK AND A
18:22:18 TAMPA BAY RESIDENT FOR 40 YEARS.
18:22:19 I WANT TO THANK YOU, FIRST OF ALL.
18:22:22 I THINK IT WAS TREMENDOUS THAT YOU GOT US BACK IN THE
18:22:27 BUDGET, SPEAK UP TAMPA BAY AND TAMPA BAY COMMUNITY
18:22:29 NETWORK THAT YOU GOT US BACK IN THE BUDGET AFTER A
18:22:38 THREE-YEAR HIATUS AFTER THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTERING
18:22:40 DEFUNDED US.
18:22:42 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
18:22:46 I AM THANKING YOU, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I AM ASKING FOR
18:22:46 MORE.
18:22:49 WE WERE FUNDED AGAIN BUT AT A VERY LOW RATE.
18:22:53 WE HAD BEEN FUNDED FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA FOR $540,000.
18:22:56 THAT GOT DWINDLED DOWN TO THE FACT THAT WE WERE AT
18:23:00 $207,000 PRIOR TO BEING DEFUNDED.
18:23:04 AND WE REALLY NEED THE MONEY, BECAUSE WE HAVE EQUIPMENT
18:23:07 THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
18:23:12 AND -- AND NEW EQUIPMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE PURCHASED IN
18:23:13 SOFTWARE.
18:23:16 WE HAVE A GREAT MISSION WHERE WE ARE TRAINING
18:23:17 INDIVIDUALS.
18:23:22 WE ARE DOING WORKFORCE TRAINING AND NONPROFITS IN
18:23:24 VIDEO PRODUCTION WHICH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IS THE PLACE
18:23:28 TO BE THESE DAYS, BECAUSE EVERYTHING HAS TO BE ON VIDEO
18:23:30 TODAY.
18:23:33 SO WE ARE HELPING PEOPLE GET THEIR MESSAGES OUT ON
18:23:36 CABLE, THE INTERNET, AND ALSO HELPING THEM GET
18:23:38 EMPLOYED.
18:23:42 WE GET A LOT OF INEXPERIENCED HANDS USING OUR
18:23:47 EQUIPMENT, WHICH IS COSTLY TO MAINTAIN, REPAIR AND
18:23:47 REPLACE.
18:23:49 RIGHT NOW THAT IS WHERE WE ARE.
18:23:51 NEEDING TO REPLACE THEM.
18:23:56 SO I ASK TO YOU AT LEAST IF YOU CAN PUT US IN THE
18:23:59 BUDGET FOR $300,000, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
18:24:02 IF YOU CAN'T, IF YOU CAN TAKE US BACK TO OUR PRIOR TO
18:24:08 THE DEFUNDING LEVEL, $207,360, THAT WOULD BE ENORMOUSLY
18:24:10 APPRECIATED.
18:24:13 BUT, AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO.
18:24:14 I DO APPRECIATE IT.
18:24:17 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
18:24:23 >>CLERK: SPEAKER IS ANTONIA MCCUTCHEN.
18:24:26 IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
18:24:26 >> YES.
18:24:26 HELLO.
18:24:28 CAN YOU HEAR ME?
18:24:30 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, MA'AM.
18:24:31 >> WONDERFUL ALL RIGHT.
18:24:34 GOOD EVENING.
18:24:36 HOPE YOU ALL ARE DOING WELL.
18:24:37 THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
18:24:44 ANTONIA MCCUTCHEN AND THE PROGRAM MANAGER OF TAMPA BAY
18:24:46 NETWORK.
18:24:50 THE REASON I'M CALLING IS TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR
18:24:52 FISCAL YEAR 2022.
18:24:55 I WANT TO KNOW HOW GRATEFUL WE ALL ARE WE ARE ONCE
18:24:58 AGAIN IN THE CITY BUDGET OF $108,000.
18:24:59 VERY GRATEFUL.
18:25:02 THIS AMOUNT WAS ROLLED OVER LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE
18:25:04 VOTED BACK TO THE BUDGET WITH THE HELP OF THE CITY
18:25:05 COUNCIL.
18:25:10 ON BEHALF OF EVERYBODY HERE, WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH.
18:25:12 HOWEVER, AS GRATEFUL AS WE ARE, UNFORTUNATELY IT IS
18:25:13 STILL NOT ENOUGH.
18:25:14 I WISH IT WERE.
18:25:17 WE HAD MANY LOSSES THROUGHOUT THE THREE YEARS AFTER
18:25:21 MAYOR BUCKHORN CHOSE TO CUT US OUT OF BUDGET.
18:25:24 WE SUFFERED LOSS AFTER LOSS INCLUDING NOT BEING ABLE TO
18:25:27 PURCHASE NEW EQUIPMENT OR FIX THE BROKEN EQUIPMENT WE
18:25:28 CURRENTLY HAVE.
18:25:31 WE HAD TO LAY OFF STAFF AND HAD TO CUT OUT MANY OF OUR
18:25:32 WONDERFUL PROGRAMS.
18:25:35 WE HAVE BEEN OPERATING ON A LOSS BY LOSS BASIS AND
18:25:38 ALTHOUGH THE CURRENT CITY FUNDING HAS HELPED US A
18:25:41 LITTLE BIT, IT HAS BEEN UNABLE TO COMPLETELY GET US OUT
18:25:46 OF THE BARE-BONES PREDICAMENT AND WE ARE AT A POINT
18:25:50 WHERE THE INCREASE IN FUNDING IS TRULY A NECESSITY AS
18:25:53 OUR EQUIPMENT IS IN DIRE NEED OF REPLACEMENT, AND WE
18:25:55 NEED TO BE ABLE TO BRING BACK SOME OF THE COMMUNITY
18:25:57 PROGRAMS THAT WE LOST.
18:26:00 WE ASK YOU, CITY COUNCIL, PLEASE CONSIDER GETTING US
18:26:03 BACK TO AT LEAST WHAT WE WERE RECEIVING BEFORE MAYOR
18:26:07 BUCKHORN CUT US OUT OF THE BUDGET IN 2018, AND THAT WAS
18:26:09 THE AMOUNT OF $207,000.
18:26:13 THE CITY OF TAMPA RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES NEED US.
18:26:16 IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER, ESPECIALLY IN THE AGE
18:26:17 OF THE INTERNET.
18:26:20 AND WE ARE NOT JUST A TV STATION.
18:26:22 BUT WE ARE EVERYTHING VIDEO.
18:26:24 IN STUDIO AND ONLINE.
18:26:27 WE ARE A VERY BIG PART OF THE WORKFORCE AND IN THE
18:26:29 NONPROFIT SECTOR.
18:26:32 VIDEO IS AN EVER-GROWING FIELD AND CONTINUES TO GROW
18:26:35 EXPONENTIALLY, ESPECIALLY HERE IN TAMPA.
18:26:39 AND ANYWHERE ELSE THE COMMUNITY CAN GO TO GET THEIR
18:26:40 NEEDS MET.
18:26:41 WE ARE IT.
18:26:43 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND THANK YOU
18:26:44 FOR YOUR TIME.
18:26:46 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
18:26:53 >>CLERK: NEXT SPEAKER IS ZULIMA RAMOS.
18:26:54 IF YOU HEAR ME.
18:26:58 UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
18:27:04 >> I AM ZULIMA RAMOS OF THE THE TAMPA HOUSING COMMITTEE AND
18:27:07 A GROUP OF 50 RESIDENTS COMMITTED TO GET A ROOF OVER
18:27:08 EVERYBODY'S HEAD.
18:27:11 WHEN DECIDING ON THE BUDGET, THE 134TH AMENDMENT OF THE
18:27:17 UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION ABOLISHED SLAVERY AND
18:27:22 INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE EXCEPT FOR CRIME.
18:27:26 AND RAZOR WIRE AND TRAINED PEOPLE TO ENFORCE IT.
18:27:30 I CO-RUN A HOTLINE AND THESE ARE ONE OF THE MESSAGES I
18:27:31 RECEIVED.
18:27:32 I NEED HELP.
18:27:35 I AM ABOUT TO LOSE MY HOME TODAY AND I HAVE THREE KIDS.
18:27:41 I AM A SINGLE PARENT WHEN MY HUSBAND DIED OF COVID.
18:27:44 I USED TO WORK BEFORE THIS COVID VIRUS CAME AROUND.
18:27:48 PLEASE, PLEASE, I NEED TO PROVIDE THE LANDLORD WITH
18:27:50 SOMETHING, ANYTHING.
18:27:53 I CAN'T LOSE MY HOME.
18:27:58 I JUST LOST MY HUSBAND AND I NEED MONEY, PLEASE.
18:28:02 FOR HOUSING, GARDENS, FOOD DESERT, HEALTH CARE, SOLAR
18:28:06 POWER, PUBLIC TRANSIT, CHILD CARE, EDUCATION, PARKS AND
18:28:10 REC, GREEN ENERGY, CLIMATE CRISIS, WEATHER
18:28:13 PREPAREDNESS, PANDEMIC RELIEF AND OTHER EXISTING
18:28:17 COMMUNITY-LED PROGRAMS THAT STOP CRIMINALIZED BEHAVIOR.
18:28:21 WE DO NOT NEED MORE MONEY FOR A SLAVERY DEPARTMENT LIKE
18:28:28 TPD WHO OPENLY DOXES CITY RESIDENTS THROUGH FUNDS.
18:28:29 USE CHEMICAL AGENTS AGAINST CHILDREN.
18:28:33 WHO DISPLACE HUNGRY AND HOUSELESS PEOPLE AND MURDERED
18:28:37 DISABLED ELDERS LIKE ARTHUR GREEN JR.
18:28:39 THE SOLUTIONS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED AND STUDIED FOR YOU
18:28:42 AND THEY COST LESS MONEY AND LIVES.
18:28:45 ASK THE INSTITUTE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN ARTS
18:28:47 WHICH PROVIDES TRAINING AND RESOURCES FOR SHIFTING
18:28:52 POLICY AND PRACTICE AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND GATHERS
18:28:56 EXPERTS THAT SHARE STRATEGIES AND SUCCESSES AROUND
18:29:00 ILLUMINATING LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM CRISIS CARE.
18:29:05 AND MENTAL HEALTH FIRST OAKLAND A MOBILE CRISIS
18:29:08 RESPONSE THAT PROVIDES ASSISTANCE AND PUT CALLERS'
18:29:13 NEEDS FIRST AND BASED ON A CULTURE OF SOLIDARITY,
18:29:18 COMPASSION AND COMMUNITY AID THAT ALREADY EXISTS AND
18:29:21 COMMUNITIES OF COLOR THAT HAVE POLICE BRUTALITY AND
18:29:22 HARASSMENT.
18:29:26 WE THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD TO COMPLETELY END
18:29:27 POVERTY AND JUSTICE.
18:29:30 AND DEFUND THE POLICE AND REFUND THE COMMUNITY.
18:29:31 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
18:29:35 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
18:29:39 >>CLERK: NEXT SPEAKER LUNDY HARRISON.
18:29:41 IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, UNMUTE YOURSELF.
18:29:42 >> GOOD EVENING.
18:29:43 CAN YOU HEAR ME?
18:29:45 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE CAN HEAR YOU, SIR.
18:29:48 >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
18:29:50 HARRISON LUNDY.
18:29:51 I AM TAMPA BAY RESIDENT.
18:29:54 AND THE MAIN MESSAGE THAT I JUST WANT TO GET ACROSS
18:29:57 PERSONALLY AS IT RELATES TO THIS BUDGET IS THE ISSUE OF
18:29:58 HOUSING.
18:30:00 AND I THINK THAT IT IS VERY GOOD THAT THIS IS BEING
18:30:05 ECHOED AND I HOPE IT CONTINUES ON AFTER TONIGHT.
18:30:08 I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT A VERY RECENT REPORT.BY THE
18:30:14 "TAMPA BAY TIMES" THAT IT TAKES UP TO THREE MINIMUM
18:30:18 WAGE JOBS TO MAKE RENT AND THE AVERAGE WORKING-CLASS
18:30:22 WORKER PAYS 30% OF THEIR INCOME ON RENT AND DEFINITELY
18:30:23 A BUDGET ISSUE.
18:30:27 IN THE SAME METRO AREA WHERE ROADS AND SIDEWALKS ARE IN
18:30:31 NEED OF CONSTRUCTION AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS
18:30:34 THAT ARE CLIMBING AS A REFLECTION OF THE CITY.
18:30:39 SO WE DO NEED A RESILIENT TAMPA AS MAYOR CASTOR SAYS
18:30:43 BUT ALSO A RESILIENT TAMPA THAT CONSIDERS OUR COMMUNITY
18:30:44 VOICE AS WELL.
18:30:47 MANY GRASS-ROOTS ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS AREA -- I CAN
18:30:52 NAME A FEW PSL TAMPA BAY, DREAM DEFENDERS AND SO ON
18:30:57 HAVE BEEN PUSHING FOR A REVAMP ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING, A
18:31:00 RE-EXAMINATION OF POLICE BUDGET, ESPECIALLY BETWEEN --
18:31:03 WITH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND A CALL TO ACTION ON HOW
18:31:05 WE CAN SET THE STANDARD FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
18:31:07 RESPONSIBILITY.
18:31:10 OUR FISCAL EXAMINATIONS NEED EVERYBODY, ESPECIALLY OUR
18:31:12 WORKING-CLASS COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY OUR COMMUNITIES
18:31:18 OF COLOR, AND ESPECIALLY AT-RISK COMMUNITIES NAVIGATING
18:31:21 THE PANDEMIC THAT WE ARE ABLE TO INCLUDE FOLKS IN THE
18:31:23 WAY WE GOVERNOR OUR BUDGET.
18:31:27 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
18:31:29 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
18:31:31 >>CLERK: NEXT SPEAKER, JASON CAMPBELL.
18:31:33 IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
18:31:35 YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
18:31:35 >> THANK YOU.
18:31:37 GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
18:31:40 I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS COVID-19 RELIEF FUNDS.
18:31:43 AND I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO REVIEW THE BUDGET TO SEE
18:31:47 WHERE FUNDS ARE GOING, BUT MY PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE
18:31:50 ABOUT TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL.
18:31:55 IF THERE ANY FUNDS GOING TO TGH OR TGH DOCTORS TO
18:31:56 CONSULT ON ANYTHING FOR THE CITY.
18:31:59 THERE IS A DIRE SITUATION GOING ON RIGHT NOW AT TAMPA
18:32:03 GENERAL HOSPITAL THAT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS AWARE OF
18:32:06 AND I HAVE FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE OF IT.
18:32:08 THEY ARE INTUBATING EVERYONE THAT GOES INTO TAMPA
18:32:12 GENERAL HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW AS A FIRST LINE OF ACTION.
18:32:15 THEY ARE USING HIGH FATALITY TREATMENT PROTOCOLS, AND I
18:32:18 THINK THAT THE CITY COUNCIL REALLY NEEDS TO DO AN
18:32:18 INVESTIGATION.
18:32:21 IT MIGHT BE OUTSIDE THE PURVIEW OF THIS HEARING BUT I
18:32:24 THINK YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
18:32:28 THAT TAMPA CITY RESIDENTS ARE IN DANGER WHEN THEY GO TO
18:32:29 TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL.
18:32:32 AND I THINK THAT ANY OF THE CITY'S INVOLVEMENT
18:32:34 WITH THE HOSPITAL NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED.
18:32:38 AND ESPECIALLY FROM A BUDGET STANDPOINT, ANY SORT OF
18:32:40 FUNDS AND ARE GOING OVER TO THEM.
18:32:42 AND IT -- IT IS A DIRE SITUATION.
18:32:45 THEY ARE INTUBATING PEOPLE ILLEGALLY.
18:32:49 I AM GOING TO SEND -- FOLLOW UP WITH THIS AND SEND CITY
18:32:51 COUNCIL MEMBERS SOME INFORMATION WHAT IS GOING ON OVER
18:32:51 THERE.
18:32:55 BUT ESSENTIALLY, WHEN YOU CALL 911, AND YOU GO TO THAT
18:32:57 HOSPITAL, YOU ARE GOING INTO A BAD SITUATION.
18:32:59 YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET TREATMENT.
18:33:01 YOU ARE GOING INTO A VERY BAD SITUATION.
18:33:06 AND I WANT TO MAKE EVERYONE AWARE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
18:33:08 I AM FINDING THIS OUT FROM THE WEEKEND AND THURSDAY AND
18:33:12 FRIDAY, THINGS THAT I FOUND OUT, EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND.
18:33:19 SO I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
18:33:21 PLEASE REMEMBER THIS AND LOOK AT TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL
18:33:23 AND THE TREATMENT OF THEIR RESIDENTS.
18:33:24 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
18:33:27 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
18:33:29 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: POINT OF ORDER AND WE RESPECT THE
18:33:31 FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
18:33:32 I WILL REBUT THAT LAST COMMENT.
18:33:36 I THINK IT IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS COMMENT TO BE
18:33:39 SPREADING TO THE COMMUNITY THEY SHOULDN'T GO TO TAMPA
18:33:40 GENERAL HOSPITAL.
18:33:44 TO THE CONTRARY, TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL IS IF NOT THE
18:33:48 MOST, FINEST HOSPITAL IN THIS COMMUNITY, IT IS ONE OF
18:33:51 THE TOP ONE OR TWO HOSPITALS IN THIS COMMUNITY.
18:33:54 I USED TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL
18:33:55 YEARS AGO.
18:33:57 AND THERE IS NO FINER PLACE.
18:34:01 THE DOCTORS AND STAFF ARE DEDICATED TO SAVING LIVES.
18:34:05 AND IF I WERE SICK WITH COVID OR ANYTHING ELSE
18:34:09 SIGNIFICANT AND I NEEDED IT TO GO TO HOSPITAL, I WOULD
18:34:11 GO TO TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL.
18:34:16 NOT AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR TGH, BUT A VERY DANGEROUS
18:34:18 COMMENT FROM THAT INDIVIDUAL AND PEOPLE LISTEN TO
18:34:23 RIDICULOUS COMMENTS AND, YOU KNOW, FOR SOME REASON,
18:34:24 THEY DON'T DO THEIR OWN RESEARCH.
18:34:28 SO ANYWAY, I FEEL VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT, MR.
18:34:29 CHAIRMAN.
18:34:32 I RARELY CHIME IN AND RESPOND TO PEOPLE'S COMMENTS AND
18:34:36 THAT ONE I THINK WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, WITH ALL DUE
18:34:38 RESPECT TO THE GENTLEMAN.
18:34:41 HE CAN HAVE HIS OWN OPINIONS AND THAT IS FINE, THIS IS
18:34:42 MY OPINION AS WELL.
18:34:44 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
18:34:47 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
18:34:49 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO ECHO MR. DINGFELDER'S
18:34:50 REMARKS.
18:34:53 I THINK WHEN YOU SEE HOSPITALS RANK IN THE TOP FIVE,
18:34:56 SIX, SEVEN AREAS DIFFERENT AREAS FROM HEART, DIABETES,
18:35:03 KIDNEY TO ONE OF THE TOP IN THE WHOLE AREA.
18:35:06 TOP TEN IN FLORIDA FOR SURE IN HOSPITALIZATION AND THE
18:35:09 AMOUNT OF VOLUME THAT THEY DO.
18:35:10 THE DOCTORS AND NURSES.
18:35:13 WHEN I AM SICK AND I AM NOT HERE ADVERTISING FOR TAMPA
18:35:15 GENERAL OR ANY OTHER HOSPITALS.
18:35:17 WE HAVE GREAT HOSPITALS HERE, BUT TAMPA GENERAL IS
18:35:18 WHERE I GO.
18:35:21 WHEN I HAD COVID, HERE IS WHERE I WENT.
18:35:23 I DIDN'T STAY OVERNIGHT.
18:35:24 I WAS TREATED THERE AND RELEASED.
18:35:26 NOT ONE, BUT TWICE.
18:35:30 I CAN ONLY SAY THAT I WAS TREATED WITH THE UPMOST
18:35:33 RESPECT, NOT ANY DIFFERENT THAN ANYONE ELSE THAT I
18:35:34 NOTICE.
18:35:37 I WENT THROUGH THE EMERGENCY ROOM LIKE ANYONE ELSE
18:35:38 DOES.
18:35:41 FOR EVERYONE -- NOT BECAUSE I WAS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL,
18:35:43 I WAS TREATED LIKE ANY OTHER PATIENT.
18:35:46 AND I CAN TELL YOU ONE OF THE FINEST HOSPITALS I HAVE
18:35:47 BEEN IN.
18:35:51 NOTHING WRONG WITH ST. JOSEPH OR ADVANT OR ANYTHING
18:35:51 ELSE.
18:35:52 MY CHOICE.
18:35:55 EVERYONE ELSE HAS THEIR OWN PERSONAL CHOICE.
18:35:57 IS ALL I CAN SAY.
18:35:58 THANK YOU, MR. DINGFELDER.
18:35:59 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO.
18:36:00 YOUR HAND IS UP.
18:36:03 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JUST A QUICK FACT OF TAMPA GENERAL
18:36:04 HOSPITAL.
18:36:07 I BELIEVE IT IS RANKED NUMBER FOUR IN THE COUNTRY FOR
18:36:08 TRANSPLANTS.
18:36:11 IT IS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED BEYOND THIS COMMUNITY.
18:36:13 I WANTED TO THROW THAT IN.
18:36:14 THANKS.
18:36:16 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I CAN SAY I HAD EXPERIENCE AT TAMPA
18:36:19 GENERAL HOSPITAL AS A POLICE OFFICER, GETTING PEOPLE
18:36:23 THERE.
18:36:25 WHO HAVE BEEN SHOT, BRUTALLY BEATEN.
18:36:29 ALL KIND OF SITUATIONS AND ME HAVING COVID, I WAS A
18:36:30 PATIENT THERE FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
18:36:32 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CALLER'S INTENT AND WHAT
18:36:35 KNOWLEDGE HE HAS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THOSE FOLKS
18:36:38 OVER THERE, THEY WORK HARD OVER THERE AND I KNOW COVID
18:36:41 IS A TOUGH TIME, BUT MOST PEOPLE THAT GO TO THE
18:36:44 HOSPITAL WITH COVID, THEY ARE PRETTY SICK.
18:36:46 I AM TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW.
18:36:50 YOU GO TO THE HOSPITAL WITH COVID, YOU ARE PRETTY SICK.
18:36:52 AND I GUESS THEY ARE TRYING TO DO WHATEVER THEIR
18:36:53 PROCEDURES ARE.
18:36:56 I CAN TELL YOU WHEN I WENT THERE, I WAS SICK.
18:36:58 THEY DID WHAT THEY HAD TO DO AND I CAME OUT.
18:37:01 I KNOW SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO WENT THERE WHEN I WENT THERE
18:37:02 DIDN'T COME OUT.
18:37:05 AND I LOST SEVERAL FRIENDS OVER THE LAST WEEK THAT
18:37:09 DIDN'T GET VACCINATED, AND DIDN'T MAKE IT.
18:37:10 AND WENT TO THE HOSPITAL.
18:37:15 SO WE RESPECT THE CALLER'S COMMENTS, BUT I JUST WANT TO
18:37:18 MAKE IT CLEAR THAT TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL IS ONE OF THE
18:37:20 FINEST HOSPITALS IN THE COUNTRY.
18:37:22 WE NEED TO MOVE ON.
18:37:27 ANY MORE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, MRS. DEPUTY CLERK.
18:37:32 >>CLERK: ONE OTHER PERSON DANA ROSARIO BUT SHE DID NOT
18:37:34 LOG ON.
18:37:36 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECOND ROUND OF QUESTIONS AND
18:37:37 COMMENTS.
18:37:38 DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING.
18:37:40 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AM FINE.
18:37:42 WE DID WELL WITH THE PRESENTATION AND ANSWERED
18:37:43 QUESTIONS.
18:37:45 ALL COUNCILMEMBERS DID AN EXCELLENT JOB AND I SECONDED
18:37:46 IT.
18:37:48 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, ANY FURTHER COMMENTS,
18:37:50 SIR?.
18:37:53 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ON THE BUDGET OR NEW BUSINESS.
18:37:57 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ON THE BUDGET.
18:37:59 MR. CITRO.
18:38:01 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MR. MIRANDA FOR
18:38:03 COMMENT ON OUR EMPLOYEES.
18:38:07 IF NOT FOR THE EMPLOYEES, OUR CITY WOULD NOT OPERATE
18:38:08 PROPERLY.
18:38:11 THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY ON OUR STAFF AND THANK YOU TO
18:38:13 OUR TAMPA FAMILY.
18:38:14 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON.
18:38:18 >>BILL CARLSON: NO, THANK YOU, SIR.
18:38:20 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO.
18:38:23 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WITH VILA BROTHERS PARK.
18:38:26 I HEARD WE ARE LEANING ON, WORKING ON, IN THAT
18:38:27 DIRECTION AND WORKING TO.
18:38:29 AND REALLY NO GUARANTEE.
18:38:31 WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE BETWEEN NOW AND THE SECOND
18:38:36 READING OF THIS BUDGET IS A GUARANTEE FROM THE
18:38:40 ADMINISTRATION AS TO WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO, WHAT
18:38:45 THE TIMELINE WILL BE FOR VILA BROTHERS PARK.
18:38:47 WHETHER THEY BONDED OUT.
18:38:50 I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS GET DONE, THIS HAS BEEN 16
18:38:52 YEARS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN
18:38:53 ASKING FOR IT.
18:38:56 THE FAMILY HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR IT.
18:38:59 THIS NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE 16 YEARS HAVE GROWN
18:39:01 SIGNIFICANTLY.
18:39:06 AND A LOT OF OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY RECEIVED EVEN MORE
18:39:08 IN REGARDS TO PARKS.
18:39:12 I REMEMBER WHEN WE SUPPORTED JULIAN B. LANE PARK AT $36
18:39:13 MILLION.
18:39:16 THE MAYOR WANTED IT OPEN BY MOTHER'S DAY.
18:39:19 BY MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND AND IT WAS OPEN BY MOTHER'S DAY
18:39:20 WEEKEND.
18:39:23 SO WHEN SOMEONE WANTS TO GET SOMETHING DONE AND GETS
18:39:28 DONE, I WOULD HOPE THAT THE ADMINISTRATION FEELS THE
18:39:32 SAME WAY AND THIS THEY COME BACK AT THE SECOND READING
18:39:40 WITH WHAT THE PLAN IS.
18:39:44 I CAN'T HAVE -- WORKING ON IT AND NEXT YEAR WE HAVE THE
18:39:44 DISCUSSION.
18:39:46 I NEED IT FINISHED.
18:39:49 TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.
18:39:51 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO, ARE YOU MAKING A
18:39:52 MOTION?
18:39:54 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT WILL BE A MOTION THAT THE
18:39:56 ADMINISTRATION COME BACK -- THAT WOULD BE CHIEF OF
18:40:01 STAFF JOHN BENNETT AND OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER UPON
18:40:06 SECOND READING WHICH I BELIEVE IS, WHAT, THE 28TH OF
18:40:07 THIS MONTH?
18:40:11 AND LET US KNOW HOW WE WILL BE FUNDING THIS PARK.
18:40:13 AGAIN, I WANT TO SEE IT COMPLETED.
18:40:16 I WANT A PLAN IN PLACE, WHETHER IT IS PART OF A BONDING
18:40:19 PROCESS, WHETHER THEY FIND THE MONEY FROM CERTAIN AREAS
18:40:20 OF THE BUDGET.
18:40:24 AGAIN, WE CAN SPLIT IT UP IN TWO PARTS, TWO PAYMENTS.
18:40:27 BUT WE FINISH THAT MASTER PLAN THAT THE CITY PREPARED
18:40:29 AND FINISHED SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
18:40:31 SO WE KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
18:40:32 EVERYTHING HAS BEEN DONE.
18:40:35 IT IS ABOUT BREAKING GROUND AND BUILDING AND MOVING
18:40:35 FORWARD.
18:40:38 SO THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION.
18:40:39 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA?
18:40:41 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WILL SUPPORT THE MOTION BUT I
18:40:45 GUARANTEE YOU WHERE I GOT IT FROM, IT WILL GET DONE,
18:40:47 BUT I SUPPORT THE MOTION.
18:40:50 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. VIERA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
18:40:53 >>LUIS VIERA: LET ME ADD TO THAT AND MAYBE A FRIENDLY
18:40:54 AMENDMENT, I DON'T KNOW.
18:40:57 BUT MAYBE COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO WANT TO DO A SEPARATE
18:41:01 MOTION WHERE WE GO AHEAD AND CALENDAR, BECAUSE I
18:41:03 BELIEVE THIS ADMINISTRATION WILL GET THIS DONE.
18:41:07 I FUNDAMENTALLY BELIEVE THAT AND I BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE
18:41:09 THEY ARE SAYING IT IS GOING TO GET DONE AND I BELIEVE
18:41:14 IT BECAUSE OF THE VALUES THAT VILA PARK REPRESENTS.
18:41:17 A PARK THAT IS A PATRIOTIC PARK THAT SUPPORTS THE MEN
18:41:18 AND WOMEN THAT SUPPORT IN MILITARY.
18:41:23 THIS CITY DOESN'T HAVE A PARK LIKE THAT, LIKE --
18:41:24 ANOTHER PARK LIKE THAT.
18:41:27 WE DON'T HAVE A PARK LIKE THE COUNTY VETERANS PARK.
18:41:30 AND THIS IS SOMEWHERE THAT WE CAN REALLY, REALLY START
18:41:34 -- I ALWAYS TRY TO GO TO MANY VETERAN EVENTS THAT I
18:41:37 CAN, AND ALWAYS JOKE WITH PEOPLE THAT A LOT OF TIMES
18:41:40 HISTORICALLY THE CITY HAS ALLOWED THE COUNTY TO TAKE
18:41:43 THE LEAD ON SOME OF THESE EVENTS AND I JOKE THAT WE
18:41:47 CAN'T ALWAYS LET OUR FRIENDS IN THE COUNTY TO TAKE THE
18:41:47 LEAD ON THAT.
18:41:51 AND THIS PARK IS A VALUES-BASED PARK THAT THE
18:41:54 ADMINISTRATION STRONGLY SUPPORTS; HOWEVER, I WILL ASK
18:41:57 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO IF HE WISHES TO CONCUR WITH HIS
18:42:00 MOTION AND MAYBE SCHEDULE FOR NOW -- WE ARE IN, WHAT,
18:42:01 SEPTEMBER.
18:42:04 MAYBE MAY OF NEXT YEAR TO HAVE A REPORT NEXT MONTH TO
18:42:08 HAVE A REPORT ON THE STATUS OF VILA PARK.
18:42:12 SEVEN MONTHS, WHERE ARE WE AT?
18:42:13 TRUST BUT VERIFY.
18:42:15 I DON'T THINK THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT AND WORK
18:42:17 WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ON FINDING THE MONEY.
18:42:19 WHERE IS IT GOING TO COME FROM.
18:42:20 THE RESERVES.
18:42:21 WHEREVER IT MAY BE.
18:42:24 JUST A THOUGHT IN THAT REGARD.
18:42:25 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
18:42:28 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I SAW MR. CARLSON'S HAND.
18:42:31 >>BILL CARLSON: I LIKE COUNCILMAN VIERA'S IDEA.
18:42:34 A GOOD IDEA IF MANISCALCO ACCEPTED TO ADD A REPORT AT
18:42:35 SOME POINT.
18:42:39 I SAID THAT BEFORE IN A WAY.
18:42:43 IT BREAKS MY HEART EVERY TIME MARTHA VILA AND HER
18:42:46 FAMILY HAVE TO BEG US FOR THE MONEY THAT THE CITY
18:42:49 PROMISED THEM FOR LAST ADMINISTRATION.
18:42:50 IT IS REALLY SAD.
18:42:54 AS YOU ALL TALKED ABOUT THIS, THIS PARK IS NOT JUST A
18:42:59 NEIGHBORING PARK BUT REPRESENTS WAR HEROES AND VETERANS
18:43:03 AND WIDOWS AND FAMILY MEMBERS AND WE CAN'T TREAT THEM
18:43:04 LIKE THAT.
18:43:06 WE HAVE TO FIX THEM WRONG.
18:43:08 I THINK WE HAVE TO INSIST ON PUTTING THIS IN THE
18:43:08 BUDGET.
18:43:12 THAT $8800,000 HAS TO -- THAT $800,000 HAS TO BE IN
18:43:16 THIS YEAR'S BUDGET OR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
18:43:17 WE NEED TO GET THIS DONE.
18:43:19 WE HAD A PRESENTATION BY THE -- BY THE BUDGET ADVISORY
18:43:21 COMMITTEE LAST WEEK.
18:43:25 THEY SAID THERE MIGHT BE $40 MILLION IN SLUSH FUNDS.
18:43:28 I WAS HEARING THIS WEEK, $15 MILLION OR $20 MILLION.
18:43:33 THERE IS MONEY AND WE NEED TO EXPLICITLY DO IT.
18:43:36 THE REASON TO BE EXPLICIT SO THE VILA FAMILY DOESN'T
18:43:39 HAVE TO BEG FOR THIS ANYMORE AND NOT THAT IT IS
18:43:41 SOMETHING THAT THEY JUST WANT.
18:43:44 SOMETHING THEY WERE PROMISED AND WE NEED -- EVEN THOUGH
18:43:47 WE DIDN'T MAKE THE PROMISE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE
18:43:48 CITY LIVES UP TO THE PROMISE.
18:43:49 THANK YOU.
18:43:50 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO MADE A MOTION.
18:43:54 MR. VIERA ASKED FOR A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
18:43:57 IS YOUR PLEASURE.
18:43:58 YOU HAVE A SECOND.
18:44:00 MR. DINGFELDER.
18:44:01 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: FOR THE ADMINISTRATION, MEANING
18:44:04 CHIEF OF STAFF JOHN BENNETT ON THE CALL TODAY AND OUR
18:44:07 CFO TO TELL ME HOW THEY FUND IT.
18:44:08 I NEED A GUARANTEE.
18:44:09 I WANT TO KNOW.
18:44:13 WE CAN MAKE PROMISES ALL DAY BUT I WANT TO SEE IT DONE
18:44:16 AND A SEPARATE MOTION THAT WE GET A REPORT APRIL 7,
18:44:21 2022 ON THE STATUS OF CONSTRUCTION WORK, UPDATES,
18:44:24 ANYTHING THAT IS GOING ON IN THE REPORT.
18:44:27 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I AM TWO MOTIONS.
18:44:29 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT WILL BE SEPARATE.
18:44:32 >>ORLANDO GUDES: LET'S GET THROUGH THE FIRST ONE, SIR.
18:44:35 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION IS AT THE SECOND READING OR
18:44:38 SECOND BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING THAT OUR CFO AND THE CHIEF
18:44:42 OF STAFF COME BACK WITH HOW VILA BROTHERS WILL BE
18:44:47 FUNDED FOR THAT $1.6 BILLION, HOW WE WILL COMPLETE IT.
18:44:52 I WILL LOOK FOR A GUARANTEE AND A COMMITMENT NOT -- WE
18:44:53 ARE HEADED IN THAT DIRECTION.
18:44:56 I NEED MORE OF THAT TO PUT THIS TO BED AND MOVE
18:44:57 FORWARD.
18:44:59 THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION.
18:45:03 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MADAM CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ALL OF THAT.
18:45:04 MOTION BY MR. MANISCALCO.
18:45:06 SECOND BY MR. DINGFELDER.
18:45:07 ALL IN FAVOR.
18:45:10 >>MARTIN SHELBY: WE NEED A ROLL CALL.
18:45:14 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. SHELBY SAYS WE NEED A ROLL CALL.
18:45:15 >>MARTIN SHELBY: PLEASE.
18:45:16 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
18:45:17 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
18:45:18 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
18:45:19 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
18:45:20 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ABSOLUTELY.
18:45:21 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
18:45:23 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
18:45:26 >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
18:45:29 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE SECOND MOTION IS THAT THE
18:45:31 ADMINISTRATION COME BACK AFTER, OF COURSE, STAFF
18:45:34 REPORTS ANTICIPATE 7, 2022.
18:45:37 A REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND GIVE US AN UPDATE OF
18:45:40 THE STATUS OF PARK IMPROVEMENTS AND HOW THINGS ARE
18:45:45 COMING ALONG IN VILA BROTHERS PARK.
18:45:46 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SECOND.
18:45:49 >>ORLANDO GUDES: A MOTION BY MR. MANISCALCO AND SECOND
18:45:51 BY MR. DINGFELDER.
18:45:52 ROLL CALL, MR. SHELBY.
18:45:55 >>MARTIN SHELBY: IN KEEPING CONSISTENT WITH THIS
18:45:58 HEARING, WHY DON'T WE DO THAT.
18:46:02 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MADAM DEPUTY CLERK, ROLL CALL --
18:46:06 >>BILL CARLSON: CAN I -- SORRY TO ADD A WRINKLE -- DO
18:46:09 YOU WANT TO SET UP ANOTHER ONE SIX MONTHS -- A YEAR
18:46:12 AFTER THAT SO WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION LATER.
18:46:16 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MY SUGGESTION, COUNCIL, JUST SO YOU
18:46:18 KNOW THE CALENDAR DOESN'T GO THAT FAR OUT.
18:46:20 CERTAINLY YOU CAN BRING IT BACK.
18:46:23 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOES TO OCTOBER -- I AM LOOKING AT
18:46:24 THE WRONG YEAR.
18:46:24 OCTOBER.
18:46:27 WE WILL MAKE THAT MOTION LATER ON.
18:46:28 PLENTY OF TIME.
18:46:31 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MADAM CLERK, THE CURRENT MOTION.
18:46:35 MOTION BY MANISCALCO AND SECONDED BY DINGFELDER.
18:46:36 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
18:46:37 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
18:46:44 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
18:46:45 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
18:46:48 YOU ARE RECOGNIZED, MR. CHAIR.
18:46:53 >>LUIS VIERA: FOR THE -- COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO IS
18:46:54 SICK.
18:46:57 GOD BLESS HIM FOR DOING THAT WHILE HE IS SICK.
18:47:01 BUT TO TRY TO FIND WAYS IN THE BUDGET TO MAKE THAT
18:47:01 HAPPEN.
18:47:05 TOP OF THE HEAD RESERVES AND -- JUST AN IDEA IN THAT
18:47:05 REGARD.
18:47:08 THANK YOU, SIR.
18:47:13 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK I LEFT OFF AT MR. DINGFELDER.
18:47:14 MR. CITRO HAD NOTHING.
18:47:17 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I HAVE ALREADY SPOKE.
18:47:19 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON.
18:47:20 MR. MANISCALCO MADE HIS MOTION.
18:47:22 MR. VIERA, YOU HAVE THE LAST ONE.
18:47:23 I HAVE NOTHING.
18:47:27 WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR OPERATING CAPITAL
18:47:29 BUDGETS.
18:47:31 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO CLOSE.
18:47:33 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE DON'T NEED A MOTION FOR THAT.
18:47:35 MR. SHELBY?
18:47:39 MR. VIERA, WHAT IS NEXT --
18:47:42 >>DENNIS ROGERO: WILL THE FINANCE CHAIR MAKE A NOTION
18:47:44 ADOPT THE TENTATIVE MILLAGE RATE.
18:47:45 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES, SIR.
18:47:46 THANK YOU.
18:47:49 I MOVE TO TENTATIVELY ADOPT THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE
18:48:01 OF 6.2076 MILLS.456 OF THE ROLL JOCK 4.93 FOR PROPERTY
18:48:03 TAX THAT IS USED TO SUPPORT THE GENERAL FUND OPERATING
18:48:05 BUDGET OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
18:48:06 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND.
18:48:08 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA MADE A MOTION.
18:48:09 MR. CITRO HAS SECONDED IT.
18:48:10 ROLL CALL VOTE.
18:48:11 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
18:48:13 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
18:48:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
18:48:15 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
18:48:16 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
18:48:18 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
18:48:19 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
18:48:23 >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
18:48:29 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. ROGERO, WHAT IS THE NEXT ITEM.
18:48:32 >>DENNIS ROGERO: MAY THE FINANCE CHAIR READ FIRST
18:48:33 ORDINANCE.
18:48:37 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THE FISCAL YEAR OCTOBER 1, 2021
18:48:40 ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 AS PRESENTED BY THE MAYOR
18:48:46 PROVIDING FOR THE LEVY AS PROVIDED BY LAW OF AT TAX ON
18:48:49 ALL TAXABLE PROPERTIES OF THE CITY OF TAMPA AND FIXING
18:48:53 A MILLAGE RATE WITHIN SAID CITY, MAKING APPROPRIATIONS
18:48:56 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECISIONS OF SAID BUDGET
18:48:59 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK AND PROPER
18:49:01 AUTHORITIES OF THE CITY OF TAMPA TO CERTIFY THE
18:49:03 PROPERTY APPRAISER OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE
18:49:09 MILLAGE TO BE LEVIED FOR ALL PURPOSE FOR THE FISCAL
18:49:12 2022 FOR THE CITY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
18:49:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND.
18:49:19 GUDES MOTION BY MR. MIRANDA AND SECONDED BY DINGFELDER.
18:49:20 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
18:49:21 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
18:49:22 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
18:49:23 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
18:49:25 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
18:49:25 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
18:49:27 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
18:49:31 >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
18:49:34 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. ROGERO, WHAT IS THE NEXT ITEM.
18:49:38 >>DENNIS ROGERO: PLEASE MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
18:49:39 >> SOLVED.
18:49:41 >>LUIS VIERA: I APPRECIATE PEOPLE'S INDULGENCE.
18:49:44 I WANT TO MAKE A REQUEST AND I KNOW EVERYONE WILL
18:49:47 SUPPORT THIS 110% AND BE HAPPY ABOUT IT -- NOT HAPPY ON
18:49:48 THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
18:49:51 OUR GOOD FRIEND JOE GRECO IS LEAVING -- HE IS NOT
18:49:55 LEAVING TAMPA FIRE BUT LEAVING THE PRESIDENCY OF FIRE
18:49:57 FIGHTER 754.
18:50:00 HE WANTS TO COME IF THE CHAIR PERMITS FIVE MINUTES ON
18:50:04 SEPTEMBER 23 TO SPEAK BEFORE CITY COUNCIL JUST IN HIS
18:50:07 THOUGHTS OF BEING THE OUTGOING UNION PRESIDENT.
18:50:10 WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING YOU WOULD ALLOW, SIR?
18:50:12 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THAT TROUBLEMAKER?
18:50:14 >>LUIS VIERA: I KNOW.
18:50:16 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I WILL SECOND THAT, IF THAT IS A
18:50:17 MOTION.
18:50:18 [ LAUGHTER ]
18:50:21 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. SHELBY, CAN WE MAKE THAT MOTION
18:50:22 AT THE BUDGET HEARING.
18:50:25 >>LUIS VIERA: MAYBE NOT MAKE A MOTION BUT BRING IT TO
18:50:26 YOUR ATTENTION.
18:50:28 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. SHELBY?
18:50:30 >>MARTIN SHELBY: WE DO HAVE A INFORMATION REPORTS AND
18:50:33 NEW BUSINESS BY COUNCILMEMBERS.
18:50:35 MADAM CLERK, WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING YOU WOULD CONSIDER
18:50:38 FOR THE BUDGET HEARING?
18:50:41 >>CLERK: YES, YOU CAN MAKE THAT MOTION.
18:50:44 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. VIERA HAS MADE A MOTION.
18:50:45 MR. MANISCALCO HAS SECONDED IT.
18:50:48 AND MADAM CLERK, DID YOU GET THAT?
18:50:49 OKAY.
18:50:52 ALL IN FAVOR.
18:50:54 AYE.
18:50:57 I BELIEVE MR. DINGFELDER HELD UP HIS HAND.
18:50:59 DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING?
18:51:01 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: IF YOU WERE DOING NEW BUSINESS ON
18:51:07 THIS DIRECTIVE BY THE ILLUSTRIOUS CYNTHIA STARK TO MAKE
18:51:08 A MOTION.
18:51:14 AND SO ON OCTOBER 21, THE INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY A
18:51:20 FANTASTIC LADY SHERRY SILK, THE LONG-TIME PRESIDENT OF
18:51:23 THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF TAMPA BAY.
18:51:28 AND SHE LIKES TO GIVE US PERIODICALLY AN UPDATE ON THE
18:51:31 HUMANE SOCIETY AND THE GOOD WORK THEY DO FOR THE LITTLE
18:51:33 ANIMALS.
18:51:36 SO THEY ARE ASKING FOR FIVE MINUTES FOLLOWING HER
18:51:43 INVOCATION OR WHENEVER MR. CHAIR WOULD ACCOMMODATE AT
18:51:46 THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING ON OCTOBER 21.
18:51:47 >> SECOND.
18:51:49 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. SHELBY, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
18:51:53 >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF IT IS FIVE MINUTES, COUNCILMAN, I
18:51:57 WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION OCTOBER 21 YOU HAVE
18:52:00 ONE, TWO, THREE COMMENDATIONS AND A PRESENTATION OF
18:52:04 FDOT ON YOUR REGULAR SESSION ON OCTOBER 21.
18:52:07 >>ORLANDO GUDES: POLICE AND FIRE --
18:52:08 >>MARTIN SHELBY: PRESENTATION.
18:52:10 NO, THE COMMENDATION OF THE HOUSE OF HOPE PROVIDING
18:52:11 SUPPORT.
18:52:16 AND WE HAVE HANDS OF HOPE SICKLE CELL AWARENESS
18:52:22 FOUNDATION AND COMMENDATION FOR THE USA SOFTBALL SILVER
18:52:26 MEDALISTS IN HONOR OF THE COACHING TEAM, KEN ERICKSON
18:52:30 AND THEN THE FDOT PRESENTATION OF THE UPDATE FOR CITY
18:52:34 COUNCIL OF PROJECTS WITHIN THE CITY.
18:52:36 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WELL, TWO THINGS.
18:52:38 NUMBER ONE, SHE IS COMING FOR THE INVOCATION.
18:52:40 I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE CONVENIENT.
18:52:45 AND NUMBER TWO, I SO RARELY REQUEST ANY OF COUNCIL'S
18:52:49 TIME DURING ANY OF THESE TYPES OF CEREMONIAL STUFF, AND
18:52:51 THING IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
18:52:55 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER MADE A MOTION.
18:52:58 SECOND BY MR. CARLSON.
18:52:59 ALL IN FAVOR.
18:53:00 OPPOSED.
18:53:05 MOTION CARRIES.
18:53:08 MR. ROGERO, ANY OTHER ITEMS BEFORE I CLOSE THE
18:53:10 HEARING?
18:53:14 >>DENNIS ROGERO: NO THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
18:53:17 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION TO CLOSE THE FIRST PUBLIC
18:53:18 HEARING.
18:53:21 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOTION TO MOVE THE CLOSING.
18:53:23 >>LUIS VIERA: SECOND.
18:53:24 >>ORLANDO GUDES: A SECOND BY MR. VIERA.
18:53:27 ALL IN FAVOR.
18:53:28 MR. SHELBY, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
18:53:33 >>MARTIN SHELBY: JUST BEFORE YOU ADJOURN, MR. --
18:53:37 CHAIRMAN, JUST A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
18:53:39 >> SO MOVED.
18:53:41 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
18:53:43 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT WAS MR. MIRANDA.
18:53:44 MR. VIERA.
18:53:47 ALL IN FAVOR.
18:53:48 MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
18:53:51 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
18:53:53 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA.
18:53:56 SECOND BY MR. CITRO.
18:53:58 ALL IN FAVOR.
18:54:00 MOTION CARRIES.
18:54:02 WE STAND ADJOURNED.
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