TAMPA CRA
THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2022
9:00 A.M.
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09:00:53 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA.
COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
09:01:05 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HE IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
AND OVER THE LAST 13 YEARS, HE LED MORE THAN 200 TOTALS OF
TAMPA'S MOST HISTORIC COMMUNITIES, AND IN 2021, IT WAS
NAMED THE FIRST BLACK HISTORY SPOT FOR TAMPA HISTORY CENTER.
WE CAN PLEASE STAND, AND HE WILL LEAD US IN THE
INVOCATION.
09:01:27 >> GOOD MORNING.
LET US PRAY.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS ASSEMBLAGE OF
THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR THE ASSEMBLY OF THE CRA THIS MORNING.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE CHAIRPERSON.
FOR ALL OTHER MEMBERS OF THE GROUP AND ALL THE SUPPORT
STAFF THAT WORK SO EFFICIENTLY TO CARRY OUT THE
BUSINESS OF THIS CITY.
THANK YOU FOR OUR MAYOR AND MAY YOU STRENGTHEN HER AND
HER ADMINISTRATION EVERY DAY WITH WISDOM AND
UNDERSTANDING.
WE ASK FOR YOUR CONTINUED BLESSINGS UPON THE RESIDENTS
OF THIS CITY AND FOR ALL THOSE WHO TRAVEL THIS WAY FOR
THEIR VARIOUS ENDEAVORS.
MAY WE ALL WORK TOGETHER FOR THE COMMON GOOD.
AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL NATIONALITIES, GENDERS,
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND OTHER MANIFESTATION OF HUMAN
DISTINCTION, FOR IT IS YOU ALONE THAT HAS MADE US IN
YOUR IMAGE AS MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN RACE.
AND FOR THAT WE ARE GRATEFUL.
WE PRAY THAT THIS BODY TODAY AND HENCEFORTH CONTINUES
TO BE GUIDED BY YOUR LOVE AND BY THE WISDOM THAT COMES
FROM YOUR GRACE AND MERCY.
EN.
[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
09:02:57 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
MR. HERTZ, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT LOOKS LIKE THIS CHAMBER IS COMING BACK TO SOME SENSE
OF NORMALCY THE WAY WE USED TO RUN THINGS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
09:03:08 >> THANK YOU, GOD BLESS.
09:03:10 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
ROLL CALL PLEASE.
09:03:13 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
HERE.
09:03:14 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
HERE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
09:03:18 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES, I CAN, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
09:03:20 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:03:21 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HERE.
09:03:22 >>LUIS VIERA:
HERE.
09:03:26 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
HERE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:03:35 >>CLERK:
WE HAVE A QUORUM.
09:03:37 >>MORRIS MASSEY:
THIS IS BEING HELD WITH A LIVE
IN-PERSON QUORUM OF THE CITY COUNCIL PRESENT IN CITY
COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
IN LIGHT OF COVID-19 HEALTH STANDARDS AND GUIDANCE IN
EFFECT, MEMBERS OF PUBLIC ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE
VIRTUALLY THROUGH VIDEO AND AUDIO TELL CONFERENCING
REFERRED TO AS COMMUNICATION MEDIA TECHNOLOGY OR CMT.
THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA ARE ABLE TO WATCH THIS ON CABLE
TV, SPECTRUM 640 AND FRONTIER CHANNEL 15 AND VIA THE
INTERNET, TAMPA.GOV/LIVESTREAM.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALSO ABLE TO VIRTUALLY
PARTICIPATE IN THE CRA PUBLIC MEETING BY USE OF WHAT IS
CALLED -- REFERRED TO BY FLORIDA STATUTE RULES AS CMT
AND BY THE FOLLOWING ALTERNATIVE MELT TODAY THIS,
SENDING WRITTEN COMMENTS BY INTERNET AND WEB.
SENDING WRITTEN COMMENTS BY E-MAIL.
SENDING WRITTEN COMMENTS BY U.S. MAIL OR SPEAKING
REMOTELY DURING PUBLIC COMMENT WITH A USE OF CMT BY
COMPLETING THE PRO APPROPRIATE FORMS WITH THE
SECRETARY'S OFFICE OR CLERK'S OFFICE.
PARTICIPATING BY USING CMT MADE AVAILABLE AT OLD CITY
HALL.
MADE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO DO NOT HAVE
ACCESS TO CMT DEVICES SO MAY HAVE THE OPTION OF
PARTICIPATING THROUGH THE CMT TECHNOLOGY MADE AVAILABLE
DURING THIS HYBRID, LIVE AND VIRTUAL MEET AGENT OLD
CITY HALL, 315 E. KENNEDY BOULEVARD ON THE SECOND
FLOOR.
ALL WRITTEN COMMENTS FOR CRA MATTERS MUST BE RECEIVED
24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING TO BE TIMELY DISTRIBUTED.
THE CRA MEMBERS TO BE MADE PART OF RECORD.
REGISTRATION TO SPEAK REMOTELY SHOULD BE DONE 24 HOURS
PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
PUBLIC COMMENTS OF CRA IN PERSON SHOULD BE HEARD AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.
SHOULD NOT EXCEED THREE MINUTES UNLESS EXPRESSLY
ALLOWED BY THE CRA.
COMMENTS THAT MAIL AND E-MAIL DISTRIBUTED TO CRA
MEETINGS WILL BE PART OF THE PERMANENT RECORD OF THE
MEETING.
I ASK THAT YOU ACCEPT INTO THESE -- THE NOTICE AND
RULES THAT I JUST READ TO YOU ALL ARE DIFFERENT THAN
OUR STANDARD RULES OF PROCEDURES.
I WOULD LIKE A MOTION WAIVING YOUR RULES AND ALLOW THE
MEETING IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE RULES JUST READ ALOUD TO
YOU.
09:06:03 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA AND
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
LET'S HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE.
09:06:10 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
HERE.
09:06:12 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
HERE.
09:06:16 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
LET'S -- A ROLL CALL VOTE.
09:06:18 >>CLERK:
DINGFELDER?
09:06:20 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
YES.
09:06:22 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
09:06:23 >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
09:06:25 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU, YES.
09:06:30 >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON BEING ABSENT.
09:06:32 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU, MR. MASSEY.
POLICE VAN LOAN, ARE YOU DOWNSTAIRS?
YES, WE CAN'T SEE YOU ON OUR MONITORS HERE.
GO AHEAD.
THANK YOU, MISS VAN LOAN.
09:06:52 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
WE HAVE A REQUEST BEFORE WE GET
STARTED TO A SLIGHT AMENDMENT TO THE AGENDA.
WE RECEIVED A COMMUNICATION LATE YESTERDAY FROM THE
APPLICANT FOR THE FACADE GRANT FOR ITEM NUMBER 19 AND
REQUESTING THAT THE ITEM BE PULLED.
THEY NEED TO RE-EVALUATE THEIR SCOPE.
IT IS A NEW BUILDING THEY ACQUIRED AND RAN INTO SOME
ISSUES SO THEY WILL RESUBMIT ONCE THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO
WORK OUT THESE ISSUES WITH THEIR CONTRACTORS.
09:07:17 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
ROLL CALL VOTE.
09:07:26 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
09:07:28 >>CLERK:
DINGFELDER?
09:07:32 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
09:07:33 >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
09:07:34 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YES.
09:07:35 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES.
09:07:39 >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH DINGFELDER BEING ABSENT
AT VOTE AND CARLSON BEING ABSENT.
09:07:42 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
THANK YOU.
09:07:45 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
MISS VAN LOAN, ANY OTHER CHANGES TO
THE AGENDA?
09:07:49 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
NO, SIR.
09:07:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
START WITH ITEM NUMBER 1, PLEASE.
09:08:08 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
CHAIR, I BELIEVE YOU NEED PUBLIC
COMMENT FIRST.
09:08:10 >>MORRIS MASSEY:
SHE IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
ONE OTHER CHANGE TO THE AGENDA.
09:08:15 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
ITEM NUMBER 2.
09:08:18 >>MORRIS MASSEY:
COUNCILMAN CARLSON ASKED FOR THAT TO
BE CONTINUED.
09:08:22 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
PULL NUMBER TWO, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:08:24 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
DOES THAT NEED TO BE CONTINUED FOR ANOTHER DATE?
09:08:32 >>MORRIS MASSEY:
I WILL CONTINUE IT TO THE NEXT CRA
MEETING.
09:08:34 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SO MOVED.
09:08:36 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
SECOND.
09:08:41 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
YES.
09:08:42 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
09:08:44 >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
09:08:45 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YES.
09:08:45 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
09:08:47 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES.
09:08:50 >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON BEING ABSENT.
09:09:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
NOW WE WILL START WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.
YES, SIR.
09:09:16 >> ARE WE READY?
MYRON GRIFFIN.
BORN AND RAISED IN CLEARWATERM BUT I LIVED IN TAMPA FOR
OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS SO I THINK OF THIS A HOMETOWN.
LIKE I SAID, BORN AND RAISED IN CLEARWATER.
I REMEMBER AS A KID WE DROVE TO THE BIG CITY AND SAW
THE GRAND OPENING OF THE SEARS ON EAST HILLSBOROUGH
AVENUE WHICH YOU ARE TAKING A LOOK AT IT THERE BACK IN
1957 WHEN THIS SEARS OPENED.
IT WAS BIG NEWS.
IT WAS LIKE A MALL BEING OPENED, AND WE WERE SO
IMPRESSED.
AND I MOVED BACK TO TAMPA WHENEVER I STARTED GOING TO
THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA MAJORING IN FINE ARTS,
AND I SAW THAT EAST HILLSBOROUGH HAD CHANGED
DRAMATICALLY.
I HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS
FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE HERE AND I STARTED A PROGRAM WAY
BACK WHEN CALLED "HARP."
H-A-R-P, THE HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE RENAISSANCE PROJECT.
AND I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE CONDITIONS ON
EAST HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE, BUT I GOT INVOLVED WITH THE
GREEN ARTERY.
LENA GREEN AND I CO-FOUNDED THE GREEN ARTERY AND TOOK
SEVEN YEARS OF OUR LIFE, AND WE ARE READY TO GO BUT JUST
LOOKING FOR FUNDING.
A LANDSCAPE ARTIST AND ANTIQUE DEALER, AND I RECENTLY
GOTTEN INVOLVED WITH THIS EAST HILLSBOROUGH PROJECT
WHEN ORLANDO GUDES MADE THE COMMENT THAT HE THOUGHT
EAST HILLSBOROUGH LOOK LIKE A DUMP.
THAT LIT MY FIRE AND I GOT INVOLVED, AND I MADE AN
APPOINTMENT TO SEE MR. GUDES.
AND MAURICIO ROSA AND HAVE I BEEN DILIGENTLY WORKING
WITH IDEAS THAT WE CAN SUBMIT TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF EAST
HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE.
WE MADE A PRESENTATION TUESDAY IN FRONT OF CEDRIC
MCCREA.
AND IT WAS, I BELIEVE, A VERY BENEFICIAL PROGRAM.
WE HAD A PRETTY ELABORATE LIST OF SUGGESTIONS THAT WE
HAD THOUGHT THAT COULD BE DONE ON EAST HILLSBOROUGH
AVENUE.
THE ONE WE WOULD REALLY LIKE THE MOST AND LIKE SUPPORT
ON IS WE WOULD LIKE TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE MEDIANS.
THE MEDIANS ON EAST HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE ARE, IN MANY
CASES, VERY, VERY OLD AND SOOTY, GRUNGY, AND THEY JUST
MAKE THE AREA OLD.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE ALL THE RESTRIPING BE DONE ON
EAST HILLSBOROUGH.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE MEDIANS PRESSURE WASHED.
AND HAVE THEM PAINTED A BRIGHT GREEN COLOR SO THEY ARE
MORE VISIBLE.
YOU CAN'T SEE THEM.
50 SHADES OF GREY IS THE WAY I DESCRIBED THE CONTINUES
ON THE HIGHWAY.
EIGHT LANES OF HIGH-SPEED TRAFFIC AND A MONSTROUS
HIGHWAY CARRYING MONSTROUS LOADS OF TRAFFIC.
THEY PUT IN TWO CROSSWALKS FOR PEDESTRIANS.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM PAINTED AND BRIGHTENED UP.
A LONG LIST OF LANDSCAPING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE
DONE.
PERIOD LIGHTING WILL CERTAINLY MAKE IT LOOK BETTER.
PERIOD LIGHTING ON GANDY BOULEVARD AND HILLSBOROUGH
AVENUE IS JUST AS OLD AS THOSE HISTORIC STREETS AND
THEY DESERVE A RECOGNITION OF THE IMPORTANT EAST-WEST
ARTERY THROUGH THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:12:34 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
09:12:50 >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
09:12:51 >> GOOD MORNING.
I AM SALLYISE LEE.
AND I'M HERE TO INVITE YOU ALL TO THE OPENING OF THE
VOLUNTEER MISSIONARY SOCIETY FUNDRAISER PROGRAM AT
SATURDAY MORNINGS AT 7 A.M.
THEY ARE HAVING A FUNDRAISER, AND I WOULD LIKE FOR ALL
OF YOU TO BE PART OF THAT AND CONSIDER THE PENNY FUND.
I LEFT MY NOTES SOMEWHERE.
IT IS ALL ABOUT MAKING A CHANGE WITH CHANGE.
AND I AM THE COORDINATOR AND THE FOUNDATION.
I SENT YOU ALL A LITTLE PACKET SO Y'ALL HAVE A LITTLE
INFORMATION ABOUT ME, WHO I AM AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENT I
MADE IN MY LIFETIME IN COMMUNITY SERVICE AND I WOULD
LIKE FOR YOU ACTUAL CONSIDER ME AND THE MISSIONARY
SOCIETY FUNDRAISER.
DON'T FORGET SATURDAY MORNINGS AT 7 A.M. ON WPMT 1150
ON YOUR RADIO DIAL.
THAT IS WHAT I CAME TO SAY AND I HOPE YOU SUPPORT THIS
CENTER WE NEED SO BAD IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE ALL ABOUT.
I AM JUST GETTING STARTED BECAUSE I AM JUST REALLY
TIRED OF WAITING FOR MONEY.
SO I AM GOING TO SEE WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO DO
TOWARD HELPING US GETTING TO OPEN UP.
THAT IS THE VOLUNTEER MISSIONARY SATURDAY FUND, PO BOX
82466, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 3362.
THANK YOU, AND HAVE A BLESSED DAY.
09:14:46 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I WON'T BE ABLE TO ATTEND.
I WILL BE IN OLDSMAR FOR THE RUNNING OF THE TAMPA BAY
DERBY.
09:14:56 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:14:58 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
GOOD MORNING, MISS BURTON.
09:14:59 >> GOOD MORNING, SIR.
YOU KNOW WHETHER IT IS 1865, 1965, OR PRESENT, ONE OF
THE GREATEST DEMANDS THAT AFRICAN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
ASKING IS THAT OF EQUALITY.
AND THE REASON I'M HERE THIS MORNING IS BECAUSE WE
HAVEN'T REACHED THAT.
AND THE CONSTANT DEMAND FOR THE RESIDENTS OF EAST TAMPA
TO RECEIVE THEIR DUE IS BEING, IN MY OPINION, REVAMPED
TO DO OTHER ISSUES.
ON AGENDA THIS MORNING, THERE IS ABOUT TEN AGENDA ITEMS
DEALING WITH EAST TAMPA.
I WOULDN'T LAY CRITICISM TO ALL OF THEM, BUT THE MAIN
THING THAT THE RESIDENTS OF EAST TAMPA HAVE BEEN ASKING
FOR THAT SEEMED TO BE THE MOST DIFFICULT IN SPITE OF
HAVING A VERY WELL-EDUCATED STAFF HERE AT THE CITY OF
TAMPA, AND THAT IS A RESIDENT REHAB.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THESE OTHER AMENITIES, ALL
OF THE OTHER GRANTS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED THIS
MORNING.
FOR THINGS THAT WILL GIVE DIGNITY INTO HOUSING.
STABILIZE PEOPLE SO THEY CAN GO TO WORK.
GIVE CHILDREN COMFORT IN THE EVENING.
KNOWING THAT THEIR HOUSE IS NOT LEAKING.
THE ROOF IS BEING REPAIRED.
TOILETS ARE GOOD.
WE CAN'T GET THAT.
SINCE YOU, COUNCILMAN GUDES, HAS BEEN FROM THE CRA
BOARD BEING A MEMBER, YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE
COMMUNITY, NOW YOU HAVE ADVANCED TO BEING ON THE CITY
COUNCIL, WE ARE ASKING FOR THE SAME THING.
WE ARE ASKING THAT MONEY, A RFP, HOWEVER IT IS WRITTEN,
MONIES BEING DESIGNATED FIRST.
FIRST CONCERNS ARE STABILIZING THE HOUSING OF THE
RESIDENTS IN EAST TAMPA.
TO NOT TAKE CARE OF THAT IS THE FIRST AND FOREMOST
GIVES STRONG INDICATION THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE BEING
DENIED THEIR TAX DOLLARS COMING BACK TO BENEFIT THEM SO
OTHER PEOPLE OR DEVELOPERS CAN COME IN WHEN THE
RESIDENTS ARE SO TIRED AND PUSHED OUT OF COMMUNITY.
ALL THAT YOU ARE DOING THIS MORNING IS QUESTIONABLE AS
TO HOW YOU PRIORITIZE.
THOSE WHO LIVED IN EAST TAMPA.
SECONDLY, I AM VERY, VERY CONCERNED THAT -- AND I TRIED
TO, YOU KNOW, REACH OUT -- THAT MONIES ARE BEING
TRANSFERRED FROM FUND TO FUND.
WE HAD A SPECIAL HOUSING PROJECT FUND FOR $500,000 AND
NOW IT IS BEING UTILIZED TO TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THESE
GRANTS.
HOUSING IS AN ISSUE.
WE CAN NOT AFFORD $400,000 HOMES IN EAST TAMPA.
AND IT IS GOING TO TAKE COURAGE OF THE COUNCIL, COURAGE
OF THE MAYOR IF THAT IS YOUR PLEASURE IN ENSURING THAT
WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE IN EAST TAMPA IS NOT PUSHED OUT.
BUT WE ARE ALLOWED TO LIVE HERE.
09:18:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU, MISS BURTON.
09:18:18 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
MR. CHAIRMAN.
WHEN EAST TAMPA COMES UP ON THE AGENDA, I WILL ADDRESS
THE HOUSING SITUATION.
THAT HAS BOTHERED ME A LONG TIME SINCE I WAS ON THE CRA
BOARD, WHEN I BECAME A COUNCILMEMBER.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IS TAKING SO LONG EITHER, MISS
BURTON.
I AM GOING TO ADDRESS THAT THIS MORNING.
AND HOPEFULLY STAFF CAN TELL ME WHY THIS IS TAKING SO
LONG.
I DON'T BELIEVE IT SHOULD TAKE THIS LONG AND WE WILL
FIND OUT WHY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
09:19:02 >> THANK YOU.
09:19:04 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
GOOD MORNING, MR. DANIELS.
09:19:06 >> GOOD MORNING.
SAY GOOD MORNING.
UHURU, MEANS GOOD MORNING IN SWAHILI.
WE AS AFRICAN PEOPLE SHOULD BE THINKING OF OUR FREEDOM.
YEARS OF TREATMENT THAT WE, AS AFRICAN-AMERICAN PEOPLE,
SHOULD BE THINKING OF THIS.
THE WORD UHURU IS VERY IMPORTANT.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON IS PANDEMIC TAX
FORGIVENESS FOR HOMEOWNERS AND PANDEMIC RELIEF FOR
HOMEOWNER.
CONGRATULATIONS FOR CITY OF TAMPA AND HILLSBOROUGH
COUNTY PROGRAMS TO ASSIST THE CITY OF TAMPA AND
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY RENTERS AND OTHERS THAT HAVE
EXPERIENCED HOUSING INCAPACITATION IN PART DUE TO THE
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
EVIDENTLY FOR TAMPA HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY RESIDENTS WHO
WERE AFFECTED BY THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, PSYCHOLOGICAL
DEVASTATION BY THE PANDEMIC, RECOVERY HAS BEEN PAIN
STAKING IN SOME INSTANCES NONEXISTENT.
THE PROGRAM EXTENSION AND FUNDING IS RECOGNIZED BY THE
CITY OF TAMPA AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS QUITE
HONORABLE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY FOR A SEGMENT OF THE
POPULATION HOMEOWNERS EXPERIENCED THE SAME PANDEMIC
SINCE 2019 AND CONTINUE TO DO SO MARCH 2022, NO VIABLE
RELIEF PROGRAMS WERE INITIATED OR INITIATED TO
FACILITATE OR ACCOMMODATE THE FINANCIAL SHORTCOMINGS OF
CITY.TAMPA AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY RESIDENTS.
PLEASE PUT FORTH A POLICY OR PROGRAMMING TO FINANCIALLY
CHALLENGE HOMEOWNERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS THAT WILL
ADDRESS SUCH ISSUES AS TAX FORGIVENESS AND TAX RELIEF
FOR THE TAX YEARS 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 AND 2022.
THE SCOPE AND AMBITIONS OF THE CURRENT PROGRAMS ARE
CERTAINLY APPRECIATED.
UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA AND HILLSBOROUGH
COUNTY INHABITANTS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME
FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS, THE HONORABLE PROGRAMS ARE SUBJECT
TO SCRUTINY OF A DISCRIMINATORY NATURE THAT ARISES TO
THE LEVEL OF GENERAL DISCRIMINATION LAWSUITS AND
CHALLENGES IF OBSERVED AND INTERPRETED BY RATIONAL
PERSONS.
IT IS INCUMBENT UPON THE CITY OF TAMPA AND ELECTED
OFFICIALS AND POLICYMAKERS AND REPRESENTATIVES TO
ASSIST HOMEOWNERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS IN A MEANINGFUL
WAY THAT IS REFLECTIVE OF THE CURRENT TREND.
WHAT THIS LETTER WAS SUPPLIED TO CITY COUNCIL THIS
MORNING, THIS SPECIFICALLY SPEAKS TO THE FACT THAT
HOMEOWNERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY
THEIR PROPERTY TAXES THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME
PANDEMIC AS EVERYONE ELSE, WHO RENTERS, BUSINESS
PEOPLE, OTHER INDIVIDUALS, HAVE GOTTEN SOME FORM OF
RELIEF BUT HOMEOWNERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE NOT
GIVEN ANY RELIEF, UNEMPLOYED, UNDEREMPLOYED, OR, ONCE
AGAIN, DEVASTATED BY PANDEMIC.
WE WOULD LIKE THE CITY COUNCIL TO LOOK AT THIS LETTER.
LOOK AT THIS CORRESPONDENCE AND TAKE IT INTO SERIOUS
CONSIDERATION.
09:22:26 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU, MR. DANIELS.
09:22:29 >> COUNCIL, WE HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER.
09:23:01 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU.
09:23:02 >> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS CAPTAIN FRANK WILLIAM LOCATED EAST SCOTT
STREET.
AND I WANT TO TELL YOU ALL GOOD MORNING AND HAVE A GOOD
DAY.
THANK GOD FOR ANOTHER DAY'S JOURNEY.
WE COME OUT HERE -- WE BASICALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
CHURCH OVER IN 1112 EAST SCOTT STREET WHERE THE CITY
COUNCIL AND NOBODY ELSE SEEMS TO WANT TO GET INVOLVED
IN NOTHING OVER THERE.
SO WE WANT TO STAND UP FOR OUR RIGHTS, WHETHER PEOPLE
LIKE IT OR NOT.
AND YOU KNOW THAT WE AIN'T GOT NO PROBLEM HERE.
PROBLEM NOW IS IN OUR -- IRAN.
AND THE GAS MILEAGE GOING UP.
GAS IS GOING UP.
IT IS EXTREMELY HIGH ONLY BECAUSE THEY ARE HAVING A
MURDER SITUATION OVER THERE IN IRAN.
AND THEY WANT US TO PAY FOR IT.
BY EXTENDING THE GAS SO HIGH WHICH IS RIDICULOUS.
BUT I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU ALL THAT GOD BLESS ALL OF
YOU ALL.
AND I HOPE HEAVEN WILL CONTINUE TO BLESS US ALL.
AND KEEP OUR FAITH AND TRUST IN ALMIGHTY GOD.
EVERYTHING WILL BE ALL RIGHT.
I ALSO HAVE A LETTER HERE I WANT TO GIVE TO EACH ONE OF
CITY COUNCIL.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY TODAY.
09:24:32 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
09:24:38 >> ON ANOTHER DAY'S JOURNEY.
09:24:56 >> FINAL SPEAKER.
09:24:58 >> YOU MAY WANT TO CONFIRM WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE THAT
THERE IS NO ONE ONLINE.
09:25:04 >>CLERK:
THERE ARE NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS.
09:25:15 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU.
MISS VAN LOAN.
GOOD MORNING.
09:25:24 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
GOOD MORNING, CHAIR CITRO AND
BOARD MEMBERS.
MICHELLE VAN LOAN.
WE HAVE MR. STEPHEN BARBAS, THE CRA CHAIR FOR THE YBOR
CITY CRA.
09:25:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
GOOD MORNING, MR. BARBAS.
09:25:53 >>STEPHEN BARBAS:
GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN CITRO.
THANK YOU FOR THE PLEASURE OF COMING BEFORE THE CRA
BOARD AND REPRESENTING THE YBOR CITY CRA AND THE YBOR
CITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
IT'S ME PLEASURE TO SERVE AS THE CHAIR OF THESE
ORGANIZATIONS HAVING BEEN BORN AND RAISED IN YBOR CITY.
BORN IN GONZALEZ CLINIC.
NOW BEING THE CHAIR OF THIS ORGANIZATION IS VERY, VERY
PROUD.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO INFORM THE BOARD
OF MANY EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING IN YBOR CITY,
INCLUDING EVENTS, PROJECTS, AND DEVELOPMENT.
WE RECENTLY HAD A PRESENTATION BY DARYL SHAW WITH A
QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD AFTERWARDS LAST BEING 15
MINUTES.
THIS WAS, OF COURSE, ADDRESSING THE GAS WORX PROJECT
THAT WE ARE VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT.
WE HAVE BY WAY OF PROJECTS, A GOOD AMOUNT OF PROJECTS
IN YBOR CITY.
THE COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR DREAM TEAM IS TO EXPAND ITS
SERVICES AND WILL SOON BE PLACED OUT TO BID.
THE 7TH AVENUE ARCHWAY LIGHTS ARE GETTING READY TO
START.
AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
BRICKING OF 7TH AVENUE HAS BEEN A TOPIC FOR A COUPLE OF
YEARS.
WE NOW HAVE A FUNDING TO DO A FEASIBILITY STUDY OF THE
BRICKING OF 7TH AVENUE AND BIDS ARE BEING PREPARED
THROUGH THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT.
WITH RESPECT TO OTHER PROJECTS, THE YBOR NATIONAL
HISTORIC DISTRICT SIGNAGE.
DRAFT OF THE BID IS NOW UNDER WAY.
EAST GATEWAY MONUMENT AND 7TH STREETSCAPE PROJECT IS
NOW UNDER WAY.
YBOR CRA MARKETING DEPARTMENT OR MARKETING GROUP THAT
HANDLES THE MARKETING FOR YBOR CITY CRA AND THE YDYC
GAVE A PRESENTATION AND DO OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND
MARKETING AND GAVE A PRESENTATION FOR PLANS FOR THE
UPCOMING YEAR.
WITH REGARD TO THE POLICE PRESENCE IN YBOR CITY,
SPEAKING AS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN THAT
FOR THE LAST TEN OR SO YEARS WITH THE YBOR CITY
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND CRA, I AM VERY, VERY
PLEASED WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA'S RESPONSE AND
PARTICULARLY WITH CAPTAIN BRETT OWEN.
WE HAVE A HOMELESS LIAISON JESSICA PIKE WHO HAS ANOTHER
ASSISTANT JASMINE HOUSE WHO WILL HELPING HER OUT AND IN
TIME REPLACING HER.
WITH RESPECT TO THE HOMELESS, THE BOARD RECENTLY DID A
TOUR OF TAMPA HOPE ON MARCH 3, AND I WILL PERSONALLY DO
A TOUR LATTER PART OF THIS MONTH.
THE YBOR CITY CRA HAS A SECURITY STRATEGY ACTION PLAN
PROMULGATED BY DAVE SCOTT BUSINESS OWNER IN YBOR CITY,
CRA AND CITY OF TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND THIS STRATEGIC PLAN IS ONE THAT IS VERY, VERY
IMPRESSIVE.
UPCOMING EVENTS AFTER THE PANDEMIC.
WE RECENTLY HAD THE SANT'YAGO NIGHT PARADE.
THE OUTBACK BOWL PARADE AND 75TH ANNUAL FIESTA DAY.
COMING UP MANY, MANY EVENTS OCCURRING.
TONIGHT, AS A MATTER OF FACT, ONE OF ORGANIZATIONS NEAR
AND DEAR TO MY HEART, THE YBOR CITY MUSEUM SOCIETY IS
SPONSORING ITS 10TH ANNUAL ARCHITECTURAL HOP, 10, 10,
10.
MARCH 10, TEN LOCATIONS THAT THEY WILL BE VISITING FOR
OUR TENTH ANNIVERSARY.
WE HAVE THE ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE COMING UP THIS
WEEKEND WITH THE ROUGH RIDERS.
THE TAMPA PRIDE ART FESTIVAL THIS WEEKEND AND TAMPA
PRIDE PARADE ON MARCH 26, FOLLOWED BY THE 5K ROAR
THROUGH YBOR FOR THE LION'S EYE INSTITUTE TO OCCUR ON
APRIL 1.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS VERY ACTIVE BY WAY OF PROJECTS.
VERY ACTIVE BY THE WAY OF EVENTS.
IT IS A WONDERFUL BOARD.
A BOARD WE ARE VERY PROUD TO BE A PART OF AND TO CHAIR.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T
COMMEND THE OUTSTANDING STAFF IN YBOR CITY FOR OUR CRA,
COURTNEY, AND WE HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB AND THE CITY HAS
MUCH TO BE PROUD OF AS WE HAVE MUCH TO BE GRATEFUL FOR.
THANK YOU.
09:30:10 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. BARBAS.
COUNCILMAN VIERA.
09:30:13 >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MR. BARBAS FOR HIS VERY DETAILED
REPORT THERE.
HIS LOVE FOR YBOR CITY IS SECOND TO NONE.
SOME OF Y'ALL MAY KNOW THIS, STEVE BARBAS TO ME IS A
PROFESSIONAL MENTOR.
I ACTUALLY CLERKED AT STEVE'S LAW FIRM WHEN I WAS 24
YEARS OLD ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO AND HE IS ONE OF MY
FAVORITE PEOPLE.
I KNOW HE DOESN'T LIKE TO BE PUBLICLY FLATTERED AND I
GOING TO DO IT.
HE IS A GREAT GUY.
WE JUST WANT TO THANK MR. BARBAS FOR ALL THE SERVICE OF
THE CITY OF TAMPA AND OVER FOUR DECADES AS AN ASSISTANT
CITY ATTORNEY ON WORKER COMPENSATION CASES SAVING THE
CITY OF TAMPA MORE MONEY THAN HE WILL EVER MAKE IN HIS
LIFE THROUGH THAT -- THROUGH LITIGATION OF WORKERS
COMPENSATION CLAIMS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, MR. BARBAS, FOR YOUR NEXT BOARD MEETING,
I WOULD LOVE TO COME AND DISCUSS SOME OF THESE ISSUES
WITH Y'ALL.
OBVIOUSLY BEFORE VOTE TIME AND WHAT NOT TO TALK ABOUT
-- I HAVE SOME IDEAS ON THINGS THAT THE CRA COULD BE
POTENTIALLY DOING IN YBOR CITY.
I REACHED OUT TO INSTITUTIONS, AS MUCH TALKING YOU AND
I DO, WE SHOULD PROBABLY TALK ABOUT THIS.
I WILL REACH OUT TO YOU IF I MAY, SIR.
BUT I WANT TO PUBLICLY SALUTE YOUR WORK AND ALL OF YOUR
FAMILY'S WORK IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
YOU ARE ONE OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE.
I LOVE YOU AND THE CITY LOVES YOU.
THANK YOU, SIR.
09:31:44 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
09:31:48 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MR. BARBAS, I KNOW YOU AND YOUR
FAMILY AND I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH MANY BARBASES OVER THE
YEARS.
SO I HAVE -- I HAVE NOTHING BUT GOOD MEMORIES.
WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION THE OTHER DAY IN YBOR FOR
FIESTA DAY.
I MEAN I CAN'T -- COUNCILMAN VIERA SAID IT ALL.
OUR DEEP APPRECIATION TO YOU FROM ALL OF US FOR ALL THE
WORK YOU HAVE DONE IN YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE AND
COMMITMENT TO US AND YBOR CITY.
THANK YOU, SIR.
09:32:16 >> THANK YOU.
09:32:18 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:32:21 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
GOOD MORNING, MR. BARBAS.
09:32:22 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:32:25 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
I RECEIVED A MEMO OF THE BENCHES IN
YBOR CITY.
CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THAT WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE
BENCHES?
HAVE YOU AT CAC MET ABOUT OR TALKED ABOUT THE BENCHES?
09:32:36 >>STEPHEN BARBAS:
WE BRIEFLY DISCUSSED IT AT OUR LAST
BOARD MEETING AND WE WILL DISCUSS IT A LITTLE BIT
FURTHER.
I RECEIVED A MEMO THAT MISS ORR WAS PREPARED TO DISCUSS
WITH YOU DURING THIS MEETING.
09:32:49 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
THANK YOU.
09:32:51 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
09:32:52 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THANK YOU, STEVE, FOR EVERYTHING
THAT YOU DO.
YBOR CITY IS THE ONLY PLACE IN CITY OF TAMPA THAT EVERY
THREE TO FOUR YEARS IT STARTS REINVENTING ITSELF.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY IT HAS BEEN REINVENTING
ITSELF FROM THE BEGINNING MADE FROM PEOPLE WHO HAD VERY
LITTLE OR NOTHING AT ALL AND IMMIGRANTS FOR ALL COLORS,
RACES AND ALL NATIONALITIES AND SOMEHOW THEY HAVE
BLENDED TOGETHER AND NEVER A PROBLEM.
YOU GO BACK TO THE HISTORY OF YBOR CITY, A MELTING POT
AND STILL IS.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU AND YOUR COMMITTEE
HAS DONE.
09:33:30 >> WE APPRECIATE THAT.
09:33:32 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
MR. BARBAS.
I THANK YOU WITH THE CRA IN YBOR CITY.
HAVING BEEN PART OF THAT OVER THE YEARS, WE KNOW THAT
THINGS TAKE TIME.
I KNOW THAT MISS FRAN CONSTANTINO GETS VERY EXCITED
WHEN SHE SEES THE BRICKS BEING LAID FOR THE EAST
GATEWAY WHICH FIVE YEARS AGO WAS BEING TALKED ABOUT.
YOU MENTIONED SOME WONDERFUL PEOPLE THAT HELP IN THE
COMMUNITY.
CAPTAIN OWENS.
THE LIAISON OFFICER.
TPD IS DOING OUTSTANDING WORK IN YBOR CITY, AND I DON'T
THINK THEY GET THE RECOGNITION THEY DESERVE.
YOU ALSO MENTIONED BRENDA, COURTNEY AND CORRINE.
WITHOUT THAT STAFF HELP, IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO
GET THINGS DONE IN YBOR CITY.
WHEN I SAW YOU AT THE FIESTA DAY, THERE WERE PEOPLE
WITH THEIR CHILDREN IN BABY STROLLERS.
AND I AM LOOKING AROUND SAYING WHERE DID THESE PEOPLE
COME FROM, AND THEY ARE ALL YBOR RESIDENTS.
YBOR CITY IS BECOMING A NEIGHBORHOOD AND I WOULD LIKE
TO THANK BECAUSE OF THE CRA YBOR CITY IS BECOMING A
NEIGHBORHOOD AGAIN WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE, WORK,
PLAY AND LEARN.
AGAIN, THANK YOU AND THANK THE CRA AND THE STAFF DOWN
IN YBOR CITY.
09:34:50 >>STEPHEN BARBAS:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
APPRECIATE THOSE KIND COMMENTS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:34:58 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
HAVE A GOOD DAY ALREADY MR. BARBAS.
09:35:06 >>STEPHEN BARBAS:
THANK YOU.
09:35:09 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
MISS VAN LOAN, WE HAVE CONTINUED ITEM
NUMBER 2 UNTIL OUR NEXT CRA MEETING NEXT MONTH.
09:35:17 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
FOR ITEM NUMBER 3.
KIMBERLEE CURTIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE CHAIR OF THE
CHANNEL DISTRICT CAC AND UNABLE LAST MINUTE TO MAKE IT
THIS MORNING AND ASKED JEFFREY BURTON TO COME IN AND
MAKE THE PRESENTATION FOR HER.
09:35:31 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU.
09:35:35 >> GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN, BOARD.
09:35:37 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
GOOD MORNING, MR. BURTON.
09:35:40 >> NOVEMBER 18 OF LAST YEAR THE BOARD MOTIONED TO
INITIATE THE CHANNELSIDE DISTRICT CAC CHAIR FOR THE
MARKETING CONCEPT WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND IF YOU WILL LOOK AT THE PRESENTATION ON YOUR
SCREEN, THIS IS THE SAME PRESENTATION THAT WAS GIVEN
THEN.
AND AGAIN THE GOAL AND THE OVERVIEW TO PUT UP A RFP TO
HIRE A MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT FIRM TO HEAD UP THE
CHANNEL DISTRICT CAC'S WORK AND TO DO A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT ITEMS WITH THEM IN SUPPORT OF THE CAC CRA
OFFICE.
TO BE A LIAISON WITH THE PUBLIC AND THE CRA STAFF AND
THE CAC MEMBERS.
SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT WILL BE ROLLED OUT AS A
DISTRICT BRAND AND MARKETING STRATEGY TO PROMOTE THE
CHANNEL DISTRICT AS AN ATTRACTIVE WORK, LIVE, PLAY
COMMUNITY, WHICH IS ALREADY IS, BUT THIS JUST
RE-EMPHASIZES THAT TO PROMOTE THE DISTRICT AS -- AS A
PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS -- TO PROSPECTIVE BUSINESSES,
PROVIDE RESOURCES AND INFORMATION.
AS YOU KNOW WITH MIXED FAMILY OR MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT,
THE RENTS AND THE OWNERSHIP OF THE HOMES ARE USUALLY
THE FIRST THING TO HAPPEN AND THE BUSINESSES ARE THE
SECOND.
AND THIS WILL PROMOTE BUSINESSES TO COME IN AND FILL IN
THE COMMERCIAL SPACES BUILT AND ALSO STRENGTHEN
BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO SERVICES CONTINUE IN THE CHANNELSIDE DISTRICT HUB,
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, STATUS, TIMELINE.
A LOT OF WORK THROUGH THE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
BETWEEN THE CRA AND DEVELOPERS.
AND THAT PERSON WOULD WORK THERE AND BE COMMUNICATION
WITH THE PUBLIC ABOUT THOSE STREETS THAT ARE CLOSING,
TIME LINES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
DISTRICT DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE PLANNED AND UNDER WAY AS
NEW DEVELOPMENTS COME ONLINE.
THAT PERSON WOULD COMMUNICATE SOME OF THOSE TO THE
PUBLIC.
NEW RESIDENT PACKETS.
RESOURCES FOR BUSINESS.
ALSO TO BE A PART OF THE DISTRICT EVENTS AND PARK
PROGRAMS AND HAPPENINGS IN THE DISTRICT AND PROBABLY
MOST IMPORTANT FOR STAFF IS THE ADMINISTRATION AND HELP
WITH THE GRANTS THAT THE BOARD HAS NOW APPROVED FOR
THIS DISTRICT.
AND ALSO AS A REFERRAL TO CITY DEPARTMENTS IS NEEDED.
THAT IS THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS PROVIDED.
AND WITH ITEM NUMBER 7 TODAY, THE -- THE FIRST APPROVAL
OF THE CRP FOR THE CHANNEL DISTRICT.
WE WANTED TO BRING THAT BACK AND GIVE YOU THE OVERVIEW.
IT WAS APPROVED.
THE IDEA WAS APPROVED TO BE BROUGHT BACK ON NOVEMBER
18, 2021.
09:38:22 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
THIS WAS YOUR MOTION, COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:38:38 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE AS I LOOK AT
THESE PLANS, CRA IS SUPPOSED TO MAKE SURE THE IDEAS ARE
FOR THAT DISTRICT, NOT THE CITY'S IDEA.
AND I AM GOING TO ADDRESS THE EAST TAMPA C.A.P.
LATER ON BECAUSE THESE PLANS SHOULD NOT MIRROR WHAT THE
CITY WANTS TO DO BUT WHAT THE PEOPLE WANTS TO DO WITH
THEIR MONEY IN THE DISTRICT.
WHEN I LOOK AT CERTAIN PLANS, I SEE THE CITY'S IDEAS
VERSUS THE CITIZENS' IDEAS.
BECAUSE IT IS THEIR TAX MONEY AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME.
SO I WILL CONTINUE TO VIEW AND MONITOR, BUT I THINK
WHAT THE CITIZENS ARE ASKING FOR IS NOT UNREASONABLE
BECAUSE CHANNEL IS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF PLACE.
AND THEY DO NEED MARKETING DOWN THERE.
I DO UNDERSTAND THAT CONCEPT.
THANK YOU, MR. CITRO.
09:39:24 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
MR. BURTON, THIS INITIATIVE, WILL IT INCLUDE A
STOREFRONT OR OFFICE?
09:39:30 >> THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS IN THE FUTURE.
AS YOU WELL KNOW, SQUARE FOOTAGE IN CHANNELSIDE
DISTRICT IS VERY HIGH IN DEMAND AND LOW IN SUPPLY.
SO TO START OUT WITH WE ARE GOING TO WORK WITH THE RFP
TO GET IT OUT AND THEN WORK WITH THE PERSON THAT IS
CHOSEN, WHETHER IT IS FROM THEIR OFFICE OR FROM --
WHETHER THEY WORK FROM HOME OR WHETHER THEY WORK IN THE
CRA'S OFFICE DOWNTOWN BUT THE IDEA IS TO FIND A
LOCATION IN THE CHANNELSIDE DISTRICT.
WE WILL DO THAT VERY JUDICIOUSLY BECAUSE, AGAIN, THE
SQUARE FOOT PRICES FROM THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY OF
TAMPA AND THAT CAC AND THE CRA ARE VERY HIGH AND THAT
IS VERY GOOD.
AGAIN, TO REITERATE WHAT BOARD MEMBER GUDES SAID.
ABSOLUTELY.
WE FOLLOW THE CAC.
WE FOLLOW THE CRP AND THE SAP.
THE CRP IS FOUND IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY'S
REQUIREMENTS WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, BUT IT IS THE
CRA.
IT IS NOT THE CITY SO WE WILL FOLLOW THE PLAN YOU PUT
BEFORE US AND FOLLOW THAT JUDICIOUSLY AND PRUDENTLY AND
ALWAYS REMEMBER TO BRING THE ACTIONS BACK TO THE BOARD.
09:40:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU, MR. BURTON.
09:40:58 >> YES, SIR.
CITRO.
09:41:04 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
OKAY, THANK YOU.
DO YOU NEED A MOTION ON THIS OR IS THIS JUST A
PRESENTATION?
09:41:11 >> THE CAC WAS LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD
WITH THE --
09:41:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
OKAY, I AM SORRY.
WELL, THAT WILL BE ITEM NUMBER 7.
09:41:20 >> NO, SIR, THAT IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CRP TO MOVE
FORWARD.
IT IS A REVIEW BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
09:41:26 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
WHAT YOU ARE ACTUALLY ASKING YOU US TO
DO IS TO MAKE A MOTION SO THAT THIS PERSON THAT YOU ARE
GOING TO CONTRACT -- OH, I UNDERSTAND NOW.
09:41:36 >> YES, SIR.
09:41:38 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THAT
REQUEST?
I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
09:41:44 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
MR. CHAIRMAN, STILL FOR ITEM NUMBER
7.
09:41:45 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SEPARATE FROM THIS.
09:41:47 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
SEPARATE FROM THIS.
09:41:49 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
THEN I AM CONFUSED.
REPEAT THAT AGAIN.
I AM CONFUSED.
09:41:53 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT, I
BELIEVE, MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THE
PERSON IDENTIFIED AS THE LEAD PERSON IN MAKING THE
CONCEPT OF WHAT THEY WANT FROM -- FROM PAPER TO
REALITY.
AND THAT IS A PERSON THAT THEY WANT TO PUT IN AND MAKE
SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS DONE ACCORDING TO PLAN AND ONE
THING LEADS TO THE OTHER AND THEY ARE ON THE RIGHT
TRACK AND I MOVE THAT -- 7 IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN
WHAT I JUST MENTIONED.
IT IS REGARDING OTHER SUBJECT MATTERS BUT NOT THAT
PERSON.
09:42:23 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
I WANT TO MAKE SURE I AM CLEAR.
MISS VAN LOAN.
09:42:30 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
SO WE ARE REQUESTING THAT WE ARE
ALLOWED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROGRAM AND WITH THE
CONSULTANT TO WORK WITH THE CAC AND WORK ON BEHALF OF
THE CAC.
THE CAC DID PROGRAM THIS MONEY IN THE FY '22 BUDGET AND
IT WAS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD AS PART OF THE BUDGET OF FY
'22.
THIS HAS BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD IN THE FALL.
AND THE MOTION WAS MADE TO MAKE SURE THIS IS PART OF
THE CRP AND PART OF THE COMMUNITY PROCESS AND THIS IS A
REQUEST -- A REQUEST DIRECTLY FROM THE CAC.
THEY HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A
HALF.
AND WE INCLUDED IT AS PART OF THE CRP PROJECT.
AND THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT
NEEDING THAT INTERFACE AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO
HELP ENGENDER THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND SENSE OF
CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CRA AND THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE
DISTRICT.
09:43:26 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
SO THIS IS NOT RELATED TO THE REQUEST
FOR NUMBER 7, CORRECT?
09:43:28 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
NO.
WHEN WE GET TO NUMBER 7, THAT WILL BE THE REQUEST TO --
IT IS STRICTLY TO ACCEPT THE CRP AND MOVE IT FORWARD TO
THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
YOU ARE NOT FORMALLY ADOPTING THE CRP UNTIL AFTER IT
COMES BACK FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
09:43:47 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SO MOVED ON NUMBER 3.
09:43:50 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
SECOND.
09:43:52 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
ROLL CALL VOTE.
09:43:52 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
09:43:54 >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
09:43:54 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YES.
09:43:57 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
09:44:00 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
YES.
09:44:01 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES.
09:44:05 >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON BEING ABSENT.
09:44:07 >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
09:44:08 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:44:09 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
GOOD MORNING, MICHELLE VAN LOAN.
FOR THE NEXT ITEM, WE HAVE THE WALK.
A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN VIERA OF HOW CAN THE CRA
PURCHASE THE SOUL WALK PROJECT.
I DO HAVE WRY ROBIN NYE WITH ME WHO IS HERE TO ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS AND GO OVER THE PROGRAM.
WE HAVE SUBMITTED TO YOU A MEMO THAT EXPLAINS WHERE
THERE IS AN INTERSECTION BETWEEN THIS PROJECT AND THE
CRAS AND WHERE WE WILL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT
MOVING FORWARD.
WE ALSO SUPPLIED A BACKGROUND POWERPOINT ON THE SOUL
WALK.
AND, AGAIN, ROBIN IS HERE TO EITHER PROVIDE ANY PORTION
OF THAT REVIEW AND TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
09:45:02 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:45:04 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
GOOD MORNING.
09:45:08 >>LUIS VIERA:
I WAS GOING TO SAY -- MAY I --
09:45:09 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
SURELY.
09:45:13 >>LUIS VIERA:
I WILL GO AFTER ROBIN SPEAKS, IF I MAY.
09:45:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
SURELY.
09:45:16 >>LUIS VIERA:
BEFORE, MAY I SAY SOMETHING.
09:45:21 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
SURELY.
09:45:24 >>LUIS VIERA:
I WANT TO THANK MISS NYE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
WE TALKED ON THIS AND OTHER THINGS AND I WANT TO SAY TO
THE FOLKS WATCHING THIS IS A WOMAN WHO REALLY CARES
ABOUT THIS ISSUE, ABOUT LOCAL HISTORY, BLACK HISTORY,
IGNORED HISTORY, ACUTE HISTORY, HISTORY THAT HAS GREAT
CIVIC RELEVANCE TO TODAY.
AND YOU SHARE THE VALUES OF THIS PROJECT 100%.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT PUBLICLY.
OUR GOOD WOMAN.
AND I APPRECIATE YOUR VALUES.
THANK YOU, MA'AM.
09:45:51 >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
I AM NOT SURE IF ANYTHING ELSE I CAN ADD TO THE REPORT.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ANY PART OF THE POWERPOINT, I
CAN CERTAINLY BRING THAT UP.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
09:46:06 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
MAY WE SEE YOUR POWERPOINT, PLEASE?
09:46:08 >> YES, SIR.
YES, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
SOUL WALK IS ACTUALLY BEEN -- IT IS A VERY SLOW PROCESS
BECAUSE WE ARE MOVING VERY METHODICALLY AND CAREFULLY
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE STEP BY STEP NOT MISSING
ANYTHING, NOT FORGETTING ANYTHING.
AND IT REALLY IS INTENDED TO BE INCLUSIVE AND CAST A
WIDE NET AS -- MUCH OF A CAMARADERIE AS POSSIBLE.
AND THE HEADLINE THERE -- AND I KNOW I DON'T NEED TO
READ IT, BUT IT IS ACKNOWLEDGING THE IMPORTANCE OF
BLACK HISTORY AND PUBLIC SPACE.
AND AN INTEGRAL COMPONENT FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD AND
GROW AS A CITY.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF BENCHMARKS WE LOOKED AT.
I WILL SAY THIS ONE THING AT SOUL WATCH CONSENSUALLY IS
SOMETHING THAT IS NOT DONE ANYWHERE BECAUSE BASICALLY
COMBINING WASHINGTON D.C.'S HISTORIC AFRICAN-AMERICAN
HERITAGE TRAIL WITH SOMETHING LIKE YOU MAY SEE IN
MUSCLE SHOALS AND WEST VIRGINIA, IT DOES BRING IN THE
ARTS AND THE CULTURE BECAUSE IT REALLY IS ABOUT
CAPTURING THE SPIRIT AND THE JOY AND THE RESILIENCE AND
REALLY THE ESSENCE OF A COMMUNITY.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS THROUGH -- THAT'S WHY IT IS
THROUGH THE ARTS IN THAT SENSE.
WE ARE WORKING, AS I MENTIONED, COHESIVELY.
WE ARE TRYING TO WORK COHESIVELY TO WORK WITH -- ALL OF
OUR PARTNERS, WHETHER IT'S -- THE -- GOSH.
I GUESS I -- I SKIPPED UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT THE -- THE
CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS, TAMPA BAY HISTORY CENTER.
A LOT OF THESE PARTNERS ARE WORKING WITH US COHESIVELY
AS WELL INTENDED WITH INTERNAL SITES AND OUR PARTNER.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND ARCHIVES.
PULLING EVERYONE TO WORK TOGETHER AND GROW ALL IN THE
SAME DIRECTION.
YOU CAN SEE HERE WHAT SOME OF THE OBJECTIVES HERE AND
THE KEY WORDS ARE "RECONNECTION" AND
"RESILIENCY", "RECOGNITION" AND JOY AND EMPOWERING.
WE WANT THIS TO BE A DESTINATION.
AND ALSO FOR IT TO BE THAT, IT HAS TO BE VERY GOOD.
FOR IT TO BE GOOD, IT HAS TO BE INCLUSIVE AND HAS TO BE
THOROUGH AND THAT IN ITSELF CAN TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE
TIME THAN WE WOULD LIKE SOMETIMES IN THE CITY, BUT IT
IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
THAT IS, AGAIN, THE CURATORIAL APPROACH TO THINK
THOROUGHLY.
CONSIDER DIFFERENT TYPES OF ART.
DIFFERENT WAYS TO BRING IN CULTURE.
AND THE ESSENCE OF WHAT A COMMUNITY MIGHT WANT.
IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT OR OFF THE BEATEN PATH
OF WHAT YOU MIGHT NORMALLY SEE IN THE PUBLIC REALM WITH
REGARD TO PUBLIC ART AND THAT KIND OF THING.
REALLY TAKE A CLEAR, FRESH VIEW AND THINK IT THROUGH.
SO THE HIGHLIGHTS TODAY, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON IT FOR A WHILE.
AND STILL AT THIS POINT NOT QUITE READY TO GO PUBLIC.
BY THAT, I MEAN ROLL IT OUT IN TERMS OF COMMISSIONING
ARTISTS AND THAT KIND OF THING.
WE ARE NOT THERE YET AND LAYING THE FOUNDATION AND
GETTING THE SITES AND PARTICULARLY WORKING ON THE
MAPPING AREA OF THAT.
A NUMBER OF PARTNERS ALREADY SIGNED ON AND A LIST OF
THAT MOMENTARILY.
WE SUBMITTED GRANTS.
WE RELEASED NATIONWIDE RFQ, CALL TO ARTISTS FOR THAT.
AND WE ALSO HAVE COMMITTED FUNDING FROM THE ARTS
PROGRAMS TO WORK ON SOME COMMUNITY-BASED ART ON THE
BLOCK PROJECTS IN THAT.
AND THE OUTREACH IS GETTING UNDER WAY AND ALSO VERY
THOROUGH THAT INCLUDES SURVEYS.
WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT
THE HISTORY, AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS.
THEY ARE HARD TO FIND.
YOU THINK YOU HAVE GOT IT AND THEN THE SAME
PHOTOGRAPHS.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR THAT CONTENT THAT WE KNOW ARE IN
SOMEBODY'S FAMILY PHOTO ALBUMS.
TUCKED ON THE SHELF.
WE WANT TO BE THOROUGH AND MAKE A GOOD TRY TO BRING
THEM OUT INTO THE PUBLIC REALM.
THERE IS A LOT OF DATA POINTS.
QUITE A FEW SITES AND ANOTHER REASON WE ARE MOVING
LITTLE METHODICALLY, 91 TO 108.
WE DON'T HAVE THEM QUITE NAILED DOWN YET.
IF YOU THREAD IT THROUGH AND THE ARTWORK AT THE
HISTORICALLY DESIGNATED SITES AND ARTWORK LIKE THE
CEMETERIES AND IN THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTIONS, YOU CAN
START TO EEK OUT A PORTRAIT OF A COMMUNITY AMAZINGLY
IMPRESSIVE, IF YOU WILL, AND REALLY, REALLY BEAUTIFUL.
WORKING LIST OF PARTNERS AT THE MOMENT.
AND AGAIN I WANT TO STRESS THAT WE ARE NOT WORKING IN
SILOS.
CROSS-FERTILIZATION.
SOMEBODY ELSE IN ONE OF THE INSTITUTIONS HAD A MEETING
WITH THE HISTORY CENTER YESTERDAY AND I HAD A DOCUMENT
THEY HAVEN'T SEEN SO WE SHARED IT WITH THEM AND
LIKEWISE IT GOES BACK AND FORTH.
A VERY GOOD DIALOGUE AND ABSOLUTELY COLLEGIAL.
SOME OF OUR PARTNERS THAT YOU HAVE SEEN IN THE PREVIOUS
SLIDE WERE SOME OF THE DEVELOPERS AND ABSOLUTELY KEY.
WE ARE WORKING AND WE HAVE WORKED.
WE WORKED FOR YEARS WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
AND WE ARE WORKING WITH RELATED AND SO ON THAT THE
ARTWORK WITH THE COMMUNITY, WHAT THEY WANT IS HIGH
QUALITY, VERY THIS THOROUGH AND GOOD AND WE WANT TO
PLAN AND NOT BE IN A REACTIONARY POSITION.
THIS I AM GOING TO GO THROUGH VERY QUICKLY BECAUSE THEY
ARE -- I KNOW ONE THING YOU HAVE A LONG AGENDA.
BUT, TWO, I WANT TO STRESS THIS IS STILL IN MOTION.
IT IS STILL VERY FLUID.
BUT YOU CAN START TO SEE THE CONTEXT THAT WE ARE
LOOKING AT HERE.
THERE ARE -- NOT JUST CENTRAL IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, BUT
WE ARE CERTAINLY LOOKING AT ALL OF THE AREAS, EVEN DOWN
IN PORT TAMPA AND TRY TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS.
I AM REALLY TRYING TO WHIP THROUGH HERE QUICKLY BECAUSE
I KNOW -- I DON'T WANT TO TAKE TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME.
BUT THIS -- THIS IS SORT OF A TIMELINE HERE.
AND YOU CAN SORT OF SEE WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO MOVE
THROUGH THIS.
SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE AT BASICALLY STAGE 3, WHICH, IN MY
OPINION, IS THE SCARIEST PART, BECAUSE IT MEANS STAGE
3-8, WE ALL HAVE TO RAMP UP AND DO IN A VERY
COORDINATED EFFORT AND TO BE VERY THOROUGH AND KIND OF
HIT ALL THE MARKS WE WANT TO TRY TO DO.
WE ARE ABOUT TO GET VERY, VERY BUSY.
AND WE FEEL VERY, VERY GOOD WHERE WE ARE GOING AND WHAT
WE HAVE GOT AND WHO WE ARE WORKING WITH.
WE ARE COGNIZANT WE NEED TO WORK ON CONNECTIVITY.
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE SIGNAGE, KIND OF OPPORTUNITIES
THAT CAN WORK AS AESTHETIC LINKAGE.
AS WAY FINDING.
ST. PETE HAS A REALLY NICE AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE
TRAIL.
IT IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE SIGNAGE THAT YOU SEE ON THE
THIRD SECTION RIGHT THERE.
WE CAN DO SOMETHING THAT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE ROBUST
AND THAT IS KIND OF A WONDERFUL CHALLENGE FOR ME.
EDUCATION IS ABSOLUTELY BOTTOM LINE.
IT IS VERY, VERY CRITICAL.
IF YOU THINK OF SOMETHING FROM THE JACKSON HOUSE TO
ZION CEMETERY, A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR A FIELD TRIP
FOR A FOURTH-GRADE CLASS TO LEARN ABOUT OUR
AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IT IS REALLY KIND OF DRIPPING WITH OPPORTUNITY.
WE HAVE ALSO BEEN IN DIALOGUE WITH SOME EDUCATORS IN
ADDITION TO VISIT TAMPA BAY AND HOW WE CAN REALLY RAISE
VISIBILITY.
I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH -- OF COURSE THIS IS WHERE IT
HITS HOME, I AM SURE, FOR THIS CRA, IS THE SENSE THAT
SOME OF THIS IS A OPPORTUNITY TO GENERATE CATALYST
PROJECTS FOR OTHER IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
WHETHER IT IS HAVING A LITTLE GALLERY IN AN EMPTY SPACE
FOR ARTISTS OF COLOR.
I THINK THAT WILL BE ONE THAT, ONE, IS A HUGE NEED.
WE CAN WORK CLOSELY WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, PERHAPS
WITH THEIR AFRICAN-AMERICAN ART MUSEUM AS THAT KIND OF
BEGINS TO COME ON LINE AND COORDINATE THAT AND WE WANT
TO W WITH THAT.
A REAL GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF CONNECT AND
CERTAINLY -- IF IT IS GOOD, PEOPLE WILL COME.
PEOPLE COME, THEY GO INTO NEIGHBORHOODS.
IF THEY GO INTO NEIGHBORHOODS, IT WILL BE VERY SWELL IF
THEY SPENT MONEY THERE, RIGHT.
GOOD TO GIVE RECOGNITION FOR SOME BLACK-OWNED
BUSINESSES AND THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY TO REALLY KIND OF
MAKE IT A CROSS-FERTILIZATION AND AN OVERALL BENEFIT
FOR EVERYONE IS REALLY THE IDEA.
SO THIS IS WRAPPING IT UP PRETTY MUCH THAT WE ARE -- WE
REALLY ARE WANTING TO GRAB OUR GREATEST STRENGTHS WHICH
IS OUR DIVERSITY AND ELEVATE THAT AND CELEBRATE THAT
AND TO JUST REALLY CONNECT THE DOTS.
THERE IS A LOT OF ARTWORK OUT THERE THAT IS ITTY-BITTY
STUFF, BUT IF IT IS NOT CONNECTED, IT REALLY DOESN'T
MEAN ANYTHING IF YOU CATCH IT ONE OFF.
IF YOU PULL IT ALL TOGETHER, YOU HAVE GOT SOMETHING VERY
COHESIVE AND VERY ROBUST AND SOMETHING THAT I THINK
INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WILL GO OUT TO SEE.
AND IT WILL BE REALLY NICE WHICH IS WHAT WE DO TRY TO
BRING QUALITY WORK OUT TO THE PUBLIC REALM AND IT IS
FREE AND KIND OF WHAT THE OBJECTIVE IS TO MAKING IS --
MAKING IS POSITIVE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
BOTTOM LINE, THIS IS WHAT OUR GOAL IS, WHAT WE WOULD
LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN.
WHAT WE WOULD CALL SUCCESSFUL.
THAT IS REALLY BECOMES A DESTINATION.
ACTS AS A CATALYST FOR ADDITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD
IMPROVEMENT.
THAT THE COMMUNITY IS ENGAGED.
WE OPEN DIALOGUE OF RACE AND BECOMES A RESOURCE FOR
SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES.
WE WANT SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE.
WE KNOW -- THE THING ABOUT ARTWORK -- I HAVE BEEN DOING
THIS FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME.
NOT EVERYBODY WILL LIKE EVERYTHING.
I KNOW HE DON'T.
NOT MY JOB.
THE JOB IS TO BRING THE BEST ARTIST AND WORK FOR THE
SITE AND FOR THE COMMUNITY.
WE TRY TO HAVE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE ARE HOPING THAT THIS PARTICULAR
INITIATIVE BRINGS TO THE COMMUNITY.
09:56:23 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
MR. VIERA.
09:56:25 >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU, SIR.
AND ROBIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I APPRECIATES YOUR HARD WORK AND PASSION BECAUSE YOU --
YOU RALEIGH BELIEVE THIS AND I APPRECIATE IT.
FRED AMERICANS WAS JUST HERE.
AND WE JUST TOOK A TRIP -- GOSH, FRIDAY TO GO TO
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA AND SELMA, ALABAMA FOR THE EQUAL
JUSTICE INITIATIVE.
PORTICO AND HYDE PARK PASTOR JUSTIN LAROSA AND A
WONDERFUL TRIP.
A WONDERFUL TRIP.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY WHO IS HERE TO KNOW THAT
THE SO-CALLED LYNCHING MUSEUM OF THE EQUAL JUSTICE
INITIATIVE.
THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE IS A MERE
SEVEN OR EIGHT HOUR TRIP AWAY.
SELMA IS AN HOUR FROM THAT.
MONTGOMERY IS TWO HOURS FROM THAT.
SO JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE, BUT A LOT OF
HISTORY HERE IN FLORIDA AND NEAR TAMPA THAT IS SO
CRITICAL.
AND ROBIN YOU TALKED ABOUT IT IN HISTORY THAT IS VERY,
VERY IGNORED.
WHEN I MET WITH YOU.
WE TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS.
ROBERT SAUNDERS THAT TOOK OVER THE NAACP AFTER THE
MURDERS ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT 1951.
MARTINE MASEO.
SO GLAD AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT LATER IN CRA.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO TALK TO OUR FRIEND STEVE
BARBAS ABOUT IS MARTINE MASEO.
THE RACE RIOTS THAT HAPPENED IN TAMPA.
THAT WAS HISTORICAL THAT WAS DOCUMENTED IN THE
COMMISSION OF '68, I THINK IT WAS.
I WANT TO ASK YOU, ROBIN, FOR PURPOSES OF THE PUBLIC.
WHEN CAN THE PUBLIC EXPECT TO SEE PHYSICAL MOVEMENT ON
THIS, SO TO SPEAK IF YOU CAN ANSWER.
IF YOU KNOW.
09:58:18 >> OUR OBJECTIVE IS MAY.
AT LEAST THE FIRST BOOKLET FOR PEOPLE TO SEE --
CONNECTING THE DOTS FROM PERRY HARVEY PARK TO JULIAN B.
LANE.
AND REALLY LOOKING AT THE HISTORICALLY BLACK
NEIGHBORHOODS, PARTICULARLY IN DOWNTOWN.
AT LEAST THAT THE GOAL AT THE MOMENT AND THEN START
ROLLING OUT CERTAIN COMMISSIONS OR.
THE ARTWORK WILL START AGAIN.
THE NEW COMMISSIONS -- NOT JUST WITH THE CITY BUT MANY
OF THEM ARE WITH OUR PARTNERS AND THE NEXT TWO OR THREE
YEARS WITH THAT.
09:58:52 >>LUIS VIERA:
THAT IS REASONABLE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
I WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IF THE
PUBLIC HAVE IDEAS ON PLACES THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN
THIS, WE SHOULD KNOW.
THE THING OF HISTORY OF MARGINALIZED AND IGNORED
PEOPLE.
A LOT OF IT NOT KNOWN.
TAKE MOUNT ZION.
HUGE, 99% OF PEOPLE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS UNKNOWN THAT FAMILIES AND
COMMUNITIES KNOW ABOUT THAT THE CITY DOESN'T RECOGNIZE.
THAT THE WHOLE POINT WITH THIS.
ONE OF THE REASONS I WANTED TO GET THE CRA INVOLVEMENT
IN THIS IS BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE THIS BE LIKE IT IS, A
ROBUST PROGRAM, A PROGRAM BE WITH ART AND HISTORY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY DISNEY VERSION OF CIVIL
RIGHTS HISTORY.
IT IS A WORK OF HISTORY AND ACHIEVEMENT BUT A HISTORY
OF BLOOD AND HEARTBREAK AND TORTURE.
AND WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT KIND OF STUFF PUBLICLY.
BUT, AGAIN, IF THE PUBLIC HAVE ANY IDEAS ON IT -- AND
THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.
OVER THE WEEKEND TALKING TO FRED AMERICANS.
DIDN'T KNOW A FREEMAN'S BUREAU PRESENCE IN HILLSBOROUGH
COUNTY DURING RECONSTRUCTION.
I WILL BE DARNED.
I DIDN'T NO HE THAT DURING RECONSTRUCTION.
YOU MENTIONED CENTRAL AVENUE.
THE VAST AMOUNT OF HISTORY THAT IS THERE.
10:00:20 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COUNCILMAN VIERA, I FEEL YOUR PASSION.
I FEEL YOUR PASSION.
10:00:24 >>LUIS VIERA:
MAY I FINISH.
10:00:26 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
SURELY.
10:00:28 >>LUIS VIERA:
LIKE I WAS SAYING, CENTRAL AVENUE, SO
MUCH THAT IS WITH REGARD TO HISTORY, THAT WE SHOULD
KNOW ABOUT THAT.
MR. LEARN TALKING OF FREEMAN'S BUREAU.
MY REMARKS WERE INTERRUPTED BUT I APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU.
10:00:48 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU, ANY OTHER COUNCILMEN?
MADAM, I THINK IT IS YOUR ATTEMPT TO GO TO THE VARIOUS
CACS AND ASK FOR A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM IN THIS?
10:00:57 >> YES, SIR, ABSOLUTELY.
IF ONE THING IF I CAN MESSAGE SOMETHING WHAT COUNCILMAN
VIERA JUST SAID IS THAT IT JUST WENT LIVE ON OUR WEB
SITE TAMPAGOV.NET/ARTS.
IF ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING TO CONTRIBUTE, TO SAY, AND TO
GIVE US GUIDANCE BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING SOME THINGS
THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT.
AN OPPORTUNITY TO UPLOAD PHOTOS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO
THAT.
WE WOULD WELCOME THAT.
10:01:27 >>LUIS VIERA:
MR. CHAIR, MAY I MAKE A MOTION?
10:01:28 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
MAY I FINISH.
10:01:30 >>LUIS VIERA:
YOU MAY, THANK YOU, SIR.
10:01:32 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
AFTER YOU HAVE TOUCHED BASE WITH
VARIOUS CACS, CAN YOU REPORT BACK TO US.
GIVE US A WRITTEN REPORT OR IF WOULD YOU LIKE TO APPEAR
IN PERSON AND LET US KNOW HOW THAT WENT.
COUNCILMAN VIERA, MAKE YOUR MOTION.
10:01:46 >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT.
MY REMARKS WERE CUT OFF AND I WANT TO MAKE MY MOTION IF
I MAY, BEING SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T TAKE UP A LOT OF
COUNCIL'S, I WAS SURPRISED WITH THAT INCLUDING CRA.
IF I MAY, MAKE A MOTION TO RETURN BACK TO US IN LET'S
SAY, WE ARE IN MARCH -- LET'S SAY IN MAYBE FIVE MONTHS
TO SEE WHAT THE PLANS ARE GOING IN THAT REGARD, IF I
MAY.
I WILL BE LOOKING FOR A SECOND FOR THAT.
AND I ESPECIALLY WANT TO LOOK FOR THE EDUCATION
COMPONENT IN SCHOOLS, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS
MENTIONED AND WHAT THE CRA CAN TO DO PUSH THAT FORWARD,
IF I MAY.
I WANT TO STRESS TO THE PUBLIC WATCHING PLEASE GIVE US
YOUR IDEAS THAT COULD BE A PART OF THIS.
A LOT OF HISTORY THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT.
10:02:37 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
MOTION BY MR. VIERA.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:02:40 >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
10:02:47 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YES.
10:02:48 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
10:02:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES.
10:02:54 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
DINGFELDER IS YES.
10:02:57 >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH MIRANDA BEING ABSENT AND
VOTE AND CARLSON BEING ABSENT.
10:03:03 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WONDERFUL
PRESENTATION AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU.
10:03:22 >> THANK YOU.
10:03:24 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
GOOD MORNING, MICHELLE VAN LOAN
FOR ITEM NUMBER 5.
WE HAVE BROUGHT THIS CONCEPT ORIGINALLY IN JANUARY TO
DEVELOP AN OVERALL CRA POLICY FOR OUR GRANT PROGRAMS
THAT WOULD PROVIDE A BASIC OVERALL FRAMEWORK ON TERMS
AND CONDITIONS AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL SO WE KNOW THAT WE
HAVE CONFORMANCE ACROSS ALL OF THE CRAS, THE CRA
DISTRICTS AND THAT IT IS EQUITABLE FOR THE DIFFERENT
APPLICANTS FROM EACH CRA SO THEY ARE NOT ALL BEING
TREATED 100 DIFFERENTLY AND THE LEVEL AND TERMS THEY
WOULD BE GRANT RECIPIENTS OTHER WILL NOT BE SO ALL OVER
THE PLACE.
WE WERE TRYING TO DEVELOP AN OVERALL POLICY.
ASKED TO COME BACK WITH A DECISION MATRIX TO WALK CRA
BOARD THROUGH SOME OF THESE DECISIONS AND WE ARE COMING
BACK WITH THAT NOW.
IF I CAN HAVE THE POWERPOINT UP.
SO, AGAIN, OUR GOAL.
WE HAVE DEVELOPED FIVE NEW GRANTS IN WEST TAMPA, EAST
TAMPA, AND TODAY WE ARE BRINGING FOUR MORE OF THOSE.
WE EXPANDED THE FACADE GRANT PROGRAM CHANNELSIDE AND IN
APRIL TWO OR THREE MORE GRANT PROGRAMS FOR THE CHANNEL
DISTRICT.
GENERALLY WE WILL PROVIDE ALL YOUR PROGRAM GUIDES LIKE
WE DO NOW, BUT WITH ALL OF THE APPLICATION FORMS
SIMILAR BY WHAT YOU SEE BY HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT SO WE SEE THE ENTIRE PROCESS.
WHEN WE BRING A GRANT PROGRAM TO YOU FOR APPROVAL, AND
ALL THE GRANTS WILL STATE THE PURPOSE AND INCLUDING
THAT ALIGNMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
PLANNING SO EVERYTHING IS CLEARLY TIED UNDER 163 TO THE
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLANS AND EVERYTHING IS
TRANSPARENT.
AGAIN, WE WILL BRING ALL THOSE FORMS SO WE UNDERSTAND
WHAT YOU ARE ASKING FOR AND WHAT THE PROCESS IS.
EVERYTHING WILL HAVE CLEAR ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND
CLEARLY DEFINED PARAMETERS SO COUNCIL -- SORRY, CRA
BOARD KNOWS WHAT IT IS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH
AND WHAT WILL BE EXPECTED OF THE APPLICANTS.
AS FAR AS OUR DUE DILIGENCE, WE WILL HAVE A DEFINED
CHECKLIST TO GO THROUGH AS STAFF SIMILAR TO THE
CONSULTANT ON THE FACADE GRANT.
WE WILL DO ALL THE SAME VERIFICATIONS THAT WE GO
THROUGH WITH THE FACADE GRANT, THE PROPERTY OWNER,
LICENSES, CODE VIOLATIONS, MAKING SURE CONTRACTORS MEET
ALL THE REQUIREMENTS AS REQUIRED BY REGULAR LAW.
OUR LIEN WAIVERS, DETAILS RECEIPTS, WE WILL GO THROUGH
THE SAME ITEMIZED DETAIL PROCESS WITH ALL OF OUR
GRANTS.
SO WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING FOR EACH OF THESE CRITERIA.
FOR THE COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS GRANTS, IF IT IS
$15,000 OR UNDER, WE ARE ASKING FOR THAT TO BE APPROVED
ADMINISTER STIFFLY WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT.
AND -- ADMINISTRATIVELY WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT AND THIS
WILL BE A FUNDING AGREEMENT THAT LEGAL WILL DRAW UP FOR
US LIKE THE BUSINESS MICROGRANT
AND WE ESTABLISHED THE BUSINESS MICROGRANTS BUSINESSES
THAT ONLY NEEDED A DOOR, WINDOW OR AWNING, SOME SIMPLE
IMPROVEMENT DID NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT FULL FACADE
GRANT PROCESS.
HAVE THE RESTRICTIVE CONVENANCE REPORTED ON THEIR
PROPERTY FOR FIVE YEARS AND WAIT TWO MONTHS TO BE ABLE
TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME OF THESE SMALLER.
AGAIN, THESE WILL BE VERY PRESCRIBED TYPES OF
ELIGIBILITY.
YOU HAVE ALREADY SEEN THE TWO MICROGRANT PROGRAMS.
ONE OF THEM IS ON THE AGENDA TODAY AND BASICALLY A
FACADE GRANT LIGHT WITH AN EASIER PROCESS FOR APPROVAL.
ANY PROGRAMS THAT GO OVER THAT $15,000 THRESHOLD WILL
BE BROUGHT TO THE CRA BOARD.
THEY WILL ALL HAVE THE FULL GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE
RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS, AND THOSE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS
WILL BE ON THE LAND FOR FIVE YEARS.
WE HAVE AS A MINIMUM THAT NO ONE -- NO -- NO ONE
APPLICANT WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR THAT SAME GRANT ANY
MORE OFTEN THAN WITHIN A 12-MONTH PERIOD.
THERE WILL BE SOME PROGRAMS THAT WE ASK FOR THAT PERIOD
TO BE EXTENDED DUE TO VOLUME AND MAKING SURE THAT WE,
AT LEAST, ARE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE EVERYONE IN NEED AT
LEAST ONCE BEFORE WE GET TO SOMEONE REAPPLYING.
SO WITH THE TREE GRANT RECENTLY, WE EXTENDED THAT TO
THREE YEARS.
IN WEST TAMPA, ONE OF THE HOUSING PROGRAMS BECAUSE OF
DEMAND, THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THEM FIRST
BEFORE PEOPLE COME BACK AND IN CASE THE WORK NEEDED
GOES BEYOND THE MAXIMUM OF THE GRANT.
AT MINIMUM, NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY MORE ONCE
EVERY 12 MONTHS.
AND SOME OF THE PROGRAMS DURING VOLUME MAY HAVE A
HIGHER, LONGER-TERM PERIOD BETWEEN APPLICATIONS.
THE STACK MEANS IF THERE IS A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS
GRANT, IF YOU GUEST A RESTAURANT GRANT AND A FACADE
GRANT, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF GRANTS AWARDED WITHIN YOUR
12-MONTH PERIOD CANNOT EXCEED $75,000.
AND YOU CAN NOT EXCEED MORE THAN TWO GRANTS IN ANY
12-MONTH PERIOD.
SO IF YOU ARE A RESTAURANT WITH AN UPSTAIRS AND YOU
NEED A FACADE, YOU CAN NOT GET THREE GRANTS FOR THE
UPSTAIRS CONVERSION AND THE FACADE GRANT AND THE
RESTAURANT GRANT.
WE ARE LIMITING EACH OF THE APPLICANTS TO NO MORE THAN
TWO GRANTS IN ANY 12-MONTH PERIOD AND NO MORE THAN
$75,000 TOTAL ACROSS THOSE GRANTS.
ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE --
10:09:06 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
MICHELLE, I HAVE A QUESTION.
10:09:09 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
YES, SIR.
10:09:14 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:09:16 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
PLEASE PROCEED.
10:09:17 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
I LIKE THE IDEA WHERE YOU ARE
HEADED RIGHT NOW.
I THINK IT ALL LOOKS REALLY GOOD.
I AM JUST WONDERING ABOUT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.
BECAUSE $75,000 ISN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE.
HAS THERE BEEN DISCUSSION ON THAT ISSUE?
10:09:35 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
ACTUALLY IT IS AT $75,000, AND
RECOGNIZING THAT THE $50,000 ON SOME OF THE GRANTS THAT
WE HAD ARE NOT ENOUGH.
THAT'S WHY WE ARE ALLOWING THEM TO DUPLICATE OR STACK.
ONE OF THE GRANTS DOES GO AS HIGH AS $75,000.
OTHERS ARE UP TO $50,000.
SO FOR STACKING PURPOSES, AGAIN, WE ARE ALSO TRYING TO
NOT USE UP ANYONE'S CRA'S FUNDING RESOURCE SO AS MUCH
WITH ANY ONE APPLICANT SO THAT WE RUN OUT AND ARE NOT
ABLE TO SPREAD THAT EQUITABLY OF THE BUSINESSES IN
NEED.
WE ARE TRYING TO WALK THE FINE LINE OF HELPING ENOUGH
PEOPLE BUT TO HELP THEM ENOUGH TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
OUR GOAL IS NOT TO BE FULLY FUND ALL OF THEIR
CONSTRUCTION AND NEEDS, BUT AT LEAST TO MAKE ENOUGH OF
A DIFFERENCE TO BE ABLE TO HELP THAT BUSINESS THRIVE
AND SURVIVE OR ATTRACT THEM TO OUR CRAS.
10:10:41 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
IN OTHER WORDS, $50,000 IS A FACADE
AND MATCHED, A $100,000 PROJECT.
THAT TYPICALLY ENOUGH TO -- TO REALLY INDUCE OR
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BE INVOLVED IN THE PROGRAM?
10:10:55 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
SO FAR TO DATE WE HAVE MORE THAN
1450 FACADE GRANTS SINCE 2009 AND HAS BEEN AT $50,000.
WE ARE STILL REGULARLY SEEING MOST OF THE PROGRAMS --
OR THE PROJECTS THAT GO WAY ABOVE THE $100,000 MARK ARE
USUALLY THE MUCH MORE HISTORIC.
AND IF THEY HAVE INTERIOR LIKE WEST TAMPA, THE OLDER
BUILDINGS, CIGAR FACTORIES, $25,000 FOR THE INTERIOR
REHAB AND ADD ON THE VANILLA SHELL AND OTHER GRANTS
THEY CAN ADD ON UP TO THE $75,000.
IF WE MAKE IT $75,000 OR $90,000.
ONCE YOU GET INTO THE MUCH OLDER BUILDINGS AND THAT
EXTRA LITTLE BIT WILL NOT MAKE OR BREAK A PROJECT
BECAUSE IT WILL REQUIRE SUCH AN INVESTMENT BY THE
PROPERTY OWNER.
10:11:47 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
NO, I REALIZE THAT.
I THINK IT HAS BEEN A GOOD PROGRAM FOR MANY YEARS, JUST
THE LAST TWO YEARS SINCE COVID, WE HAVE -- THE PRICES
OF MATERIALS AND PRICES OF LABOR VIRTUALLY DOUBLED.
SO I JUST THINK WE NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT AND MAKE
SURE THAT WE REFER THE CONSTRUCTION CITY WILL ALONG
THOSE LINES.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:12:12 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
OVER TIME, IF WE FIND THIS ISN'T
ENOUGH AND RESOURCES ARE NOT INCREASING ENOUGH, WE CAN
ADJUST.
OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE ADJUSTED FACADE GRANTS AND COME
BACK WITH OTHER GRANTS AND ADJUSTED THOSE.
IF THE RESOURCES ARE SUCH THAT WE CAN GO BEYOND THE
$75,000 AND STILL BE ABLE TO ASSIST MULTIPLE BUSINESSES
THEN WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT ADJUSTING THAT IF THE
NEED ARISES OR THE RESOURCES ARE THERE.
10:12:44 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
MISS VAN LOAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
FINISH YOUR PRESENTATION?
10:12:47 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
SURE.
ON RESIDENTIAL SIDE, SOME OF THE SAME CONCEPTS.
UP TO $10,000.
THE CRA DIRECTOR IN HOUSE CAN APPROVE IT WITH A FUNDING
AGREEMENT.
IF IT GOES OVER THAT $10,000, IT WILL STILL WITH
IN-HOUSE, BUT WE WILL BE USING A ZERO INTEREST
FORGIVEABLE MORTGAGE WITH A NOTE FOR FIVE YEARS.
THIS IS SIMILAR TO HOW IT IS HANDLED AT HCD.
HCD DOES NOT BRING THESE LARGER HOUSING GRANTS BACK TO
CRA BOARD EACH TIME.
THE PROCESSES THEY BRING YOU, ALL THE PROGRAM, ALL OF
THE FORMS, AND THE ENTIRE PROCESS FOR YOU TO APPROVE
ALL OF THAT AND THAT IS HANDLED ADMINISTRATIVELY IN
HOUSE.
THE NOTE FOR FIVE YEARS LESS THAN WHAT HDC REQUIRES FOR
MOST OF THE FUNDING FROM THE STATE AND THE FEDS BUT WE
ALSO DO NOT WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE OUR INVESTMENT SO
PEOPLE CAN FLIP THEIR HOMES.
THIS IS MEANT FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED ASSISTANCE TO
BRING THEIR AGING HOUSING UP TO CODE AND TO MAKE IT
LIVABLE AND SAFE AND THEY PLAN TO STAY INTO THEIR HOME.
SAME CONCEPT WITH ONE GRANT PER 12 MONTHS.
IF THERE IS A GRANT THAT IS A HIGH VOLUME, THE
INDIVIDUAL CAC MAY REQUEST A LONGER TERM TO GET ALL
HOMEOWNERS AT LEAST ONE GRANT BEFORE WE GO TO A SECOND
ROUND.
TWO GRANTS STACKED IN ANY PERIOD AND NO MORE THAN
$75,000.
LASTLY, THESE ARE STAND ALONE OR WHAT I CALL
"SUBJECTIVE GRANTS."
FOR THE OBVIOUS SUBJECTIVE IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD AMENITY
GRANTS.
THESE GRANTS COULD BE ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF
PROJECTS.
IT IS A VERY BROADLY WRITTEN GRANT.
IT IS IN SEVERAL OF OUR CRAS.
BUT WITH THIS, IT IS NOT A CLEAR CUT THAT STAFF CAN
CLEARLY DEFINE THE PARAMETERS SO THAT CRA BOARD KNOW
WHAT IS WE ARE APPROVING.
SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING THE NEIGHBORHOOD AMENITY
GRANTS TO CRA BOARD SO YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT TYPES
OF APPLICANTS.
YOU ALSO HAVE THAT FINAL SAY BUT, YES, THIS IS YOUR
INTENT AND WE HAVE THOSE UP TO $10,000.
AND WE HAVE THE STAND-ALONE GRANTS.
THE STAND-ALONE GRANTS WILL BE ANYTHING FROM THE STRAZ
TO THE CDC FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
AND ANY OF THOSE GRANTS THAT WE DO STAND-ALONE GRANTS
WILL COME BACK.
NO DOLLAR LIMIT.
THE CRA BOARD WILL SET THAT AND WE WILL HAVE THOSE
AGREEMENTS.
UNDER $10,000, A SIMPLE FUNDING AGREEMENT AND THE GRANT
RECIPIENTS SIGNS OFF ON THAT ARE CREATED BY OUR CRA
ATTORNEY AND OVER THAT, WE WILL HAVE THE DETAILED
CUSTOM AGREEMENT THAT GOES WITH THE SPECIFIC REQUEST.
SO GENERALLY, WE WOULD INTERNALLY FOR THE
ADMINISTRATIVE GRANTS, THESE ARE STANDARD, EVERYBODY
KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT IS REQUIRED.
THE CRA BOARD CLEARLY UNDERSTANDS WHAT IS ELIGIBLE IN
THOSE GRANTS, WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE GRANTS, AND YOU
ARE ALLOWING US TO HANDLE THOSE ADMINISTRATIVELY IN
ORDER TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS AND HELP THE GRANT
RECIPIENTS MUCH MORE QUICKLY.
FOR AGENCY GRANTS THAT ARE APPROVED BY CRA BOARD, WE
WILL HAVE COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS THAT SUPPORT THE
COMPLIANCE WITH THE GRANT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.
THEY WOULD AUTOMATICALLY BURN OFF IN FIVE YEARS.
AS WE HAVE CURRENTLY BEEN PRACTICING, SHOULD THEY
TRANSFER THE PROPERTY IN LESS THAN FIVE YEARS.
WE PRORATE THAT SO THEY PAY BACK BASED ON 160TH TIMES
THE REMAINING MONTHS AND WE GET PAID BACK IN CLOSING.
IF IT IS A RESIDENTIAL THAT RECORDED A MORTGAGE WOULD
BURN OFF IN FIVE YEARS.
THERE IS NO INTEREST.
NO EXTRA COST TO THE RESIDENT FOR HAVING THAT.
BUT IT WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE A WAY TO ENSURE THAT
THOSE PROPERTIES ARE NOT FLIPPED, AND IF THEY ARE,
AGAIN, AT CLOSING, WE WOULD GET A PRORATION OF OUR
INVESTMENT BACK AND ANY STAND AN ALONE GRANTS OR
COMMUNITY GRANTS WILL COME BACK TO THE CRA BOARD.
AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
IF THERE ARE ANY EDIT TO THE TERMS, WE ARE HAPPY TO
ACCEPT THOSE BUT WE WERE ASKED TO COME BACK.
THESE ARE WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE AS STAFF AND
THROUGH LEGAL.
10:17:22 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:17:23 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
I AM APPRECIATE IN EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, BUT IN
DOING THAT, I -- I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SOME OF THESE
THINGS ARE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
I AM SURE THEY ARE WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP AND STAFF;
HOWEVER, BUT HAVE YOU ENCOUNTERED ANYONE WHO APPLIED
FOR THESE GRANTS AT ALL THAT HAVE A REVERSE MORTGAGE ON
THE RESIDENTIAL?
10:17:47 >> WE HAVE NOT DONE RESIDENTIAL GRANTS YET.
SO I -- NOT -- I CAN CHECK WITH HCD TO SEE HOW THEY
HANDLED THAT.
WE HAVE NOT BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT DONE RESIDENTIAL.
10:17:58 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THE ONLY REASON I AM SAYING THAT
WHAT HAPPENS AND REVERSE MORTGAGE HAVE A PACE LOAN
THROUGH THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
AND WHAT HAPPENS WITH THOSE, THEY HAVE A SEPARATE
LOCATION THAT WHEN YOU DO THOSE THINGS AND I HOPE THAT
THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THAT ONCE YOU DO THESE THINGS,
YOU ARE IN DEBT TO THOSE YOU SHOULDN'T BE IN DEBT WITH,
BECAUSE OF HIGH INTEREST RATE.
AND WHEN YOU FINISH YOUR LIFE HERE AND GO TO HEAVEN, I
HOPE, THAT RESIDENT DOESN'T BELONG TO ANYBODY ELSE BUT
WHOEVER HOLDS THAT REVERSE MORTGAGE LOAN.
AND SOMETHING THAT IS REAL HIGH LIKE 12% TO 18%
INTEREST.
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T GET CAUGHT IN
SOMETHING THAT YOU DO A SEARCH -- I AM SURE WHEN YOU
HAVE THE ATTORNEYS DO THAT, IT COMES OUT AT THE TIME OF
CLOSING OR SHOULD COME OUT AT THE TIME OF CLOSING AND
THESE THINGS ARE -- VERY HARD TO DEAL WITH, BECAUSE AT
THE TIME THEY DO IT.
THEY THINK THAT IS THEIR LAST RESORT.
THEY ARE ASHAMED TO ASK FRIENDS OR FAMILY FOR HELP.
THESE ARE WHY THEY GIVE TO THESE THINGS.
THE NEXT THING IS, YOU TALKED ABOUT 75,000.
AND IT USED TO BE ARE YOU KNOW, WIN -- WHEN YOU BECOME
MY AGE, 18 BACKWARDS, YOU UNDERSTAND WHEN I SAW
$75,000 I STARTED CHUCKLING INSIDE OF MYSELF BECAUSE
THAT IS FIVE HOUSES THAT I BOUGHT MY HOUSE FOR IN 1964.
YOU COULD BUY A HOUSE FOR $12,500.
AND NOW A $75,000 LOAN SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF MONEY, AND
IT IS; HOWEVER, IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS AND LOOKING AT
REALITY THE COST OF BUILDING MATERIAL -- I THINK MR.
DINGFELDER ALLUDED TO THAT -- RELATIVELY THE SAME
OUNT OF MONEY THAN WHAT I BOUGHT MY HOUSE FOR.
AND THAT $75,000 AT THAT TIME WAS MUCH LESS.
TODAY WHEN YOU LOOK AT BUILDING -- AND YOU TALK ABOUT
RESTAURANTS, WHICH -- IT IS A GREAT BUSINESS IF YOU ARE
SUCCESSFUL, BUT MANY RESTAURANTS DON'T MAKE IT FOR FIVE
YEARS.
THE FIRST FIVE YEARS IS DO I HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO MAKE
PAYROLL THIS WEEK.
WHAT ABOUT NEXT WEEK.
AND IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AND THE COST TODAY OF SETTING
UP A RESTAURANT WITH ALL THE HIGH-TECH EQUIPMENT THAT
YOU NEED AND ALL THE DIFFERENCE THAT EVERY CITY AND
COUNTY HAS, DIFFERENT AREAS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS
WELL TAKEN CARE OF IS VERY HIGH AND COSTLY.
I CAN APPRECIATE THAT -- I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE
SAYING AND APPRECIATE WHAT YOU AND YOUR APARTMENTS ARE
COMING UP WITH SO MANY ONCE EVERY 12 MONTHS AND SO
FORTH AND SO ON BECAUSE NOT ONLY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
THOSE YOU ARE TRYING TO HELP BUT HOW MANY MORE ARE
COMING IN TOMORROW AND YOU HAVE TO PLAN FOR WHAT IF
THIS DOESN'T WORK.
AND I APPRECIATE THE ITEMS THAT YOU GOING THROUGH AND
VERY DIFFICULT -- I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL DUE
PROCESS IS NOT ON YOUR PART BUT THE SYSTEM'S PART IS
DONE ACCORDINGLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC IS WELL
PROTECTED AT THE TIME OF THE LOAN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:21:03 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:21:05 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YOU LOOK AT THESE GRANTS.
PEOPLE SAY "GRANTS," YOU LOOK AT CRITERIA.
AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF CRITERIA.
BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS A CHANCE TO
BE ABLE TO GET A GRANT.
BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE MAKE CRITERIA WHERE PEOPLE
CAN'T GET A GRANT THAT WE KNOW WE NEED A GRANT.
HAPPENS MORE TIMES THAN OFTEN IN THE MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES.
I KNOW BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE GO TO BANKS AND WE ARE
LIKE, HOW IN THE WORLD -- HOW DID THEY GET A LOAN AND
WE COULDN'T GET IT OVER HERE AND WE SUBMITTED THE SAME
TYPE OF PAPERWORK.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IF WE ARE GOING TO DO GRANTS
THAT WE HAVE A SYSTEM TO WHERE -- BECAUSE THIS IS CRA
MONEY.
THIS IS NOT OTHER MONEY.
THIS IS PEOPLE WHO WORKED HARD BUT MAYBE ARE STRUGGLING
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE ABLE TO GET SOMETHING
RATHER THAN NOTHING.
BECAUSE SOMETIMES THINGS ARE BETTER IF YOU GET A JUMP
START.
YOU TALK ABOUT MINI GRANTS AND A GRANT.
MAKE SURE.
WHAT CAN WE DO WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A GRANT.
10:22:21 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
SILT ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
10:22:31 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
I AM GOOD, MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU.
10:22:33 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MISS VAN LOAN.
10:22:37 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
YES, SIR.
10:22:39 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
CAN YOU COME BACK WITH SOMETHING FOR
APPROVAL THE NEXT CRA MEETING?
10:22:45 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
WE ARE ASKING THAT THE CRA BOARD
SAY, YES, YOU APPROVE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND DIRECT US
TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND OUR CRA
ATTORNEY WOULD FORMALLY PUT THESE TERMS INTO AN ACTUAL
-- AND POLICY TO BRING BACK TO YOU.
MR. MASSEY WILL HAVE TO TELL YOU WHETHER THAT WILL BE
APRIL OR MAY.
10:23:06 >>MORRIS MASSEY:
I BELIEVE THAT CAN BE DONE IN A
MONTH'S TIME IF WE ARE TO CONFORM WHAT THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF STAFF ARE.
ONE THING I WANT TO CLARIFY TO COUNCILMAN MIRANDA'S
POINT.
WHILE THE -- WHAT WAS PRESENTED IS IN THE TERM OF A
LOAN AND MORTGAGE, IT TRULY IS A GRANT.
FOR GIVEABLE AS LONG AS THEY ARE THERE FOR FIVE YEARS.
WE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE PAID BACK THE MONEY.
AND WE ARE PUTTING MORTGAGE IN PLACE SO THEY DON'T FLIP
THE HOUSE TO AN INVESTOR OR SOMEONE ELSE COMING IN THE
COMMUNITY.
IT IS A NOTE TO THE MORTGAGE.
10:23:43 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
10:23:46 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
MOTION.
10:23:49 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SECOND.
10:23:51 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:23:53 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
I AM GOING TO SAY YES, BUT I WANT TO
MAKE SURE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CRITERIA AND BEING ABLE TO
LET PEOPLE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
YES.
10:24:02 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
10:24:05 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
YES.
10:24:08 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
10:24:09 >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
10:24:11 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES.
10:24:16 >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIES WITH CARLSON BEING ABSENT.
10:24:17 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU.
10:24:19 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
TO ADDRESS COUNCILMAN GUDES'
POINT.
OUR NEXT STEP WILL BE TO DEVELOP -- AND THIS WILL
HAPPEN MUCH MORE QUICKLY BECAUSE THEY ARE MUCH EASIER,
MANY HOUSING GRANTS JUST LIKE WE ARE DOING WITH THE
MINI BUSINESS GRANTS SO APPLICANTS WILL HAVE MUCH
EASIER CRITERIA.
THE PAPERWORK THAT WE NEED IN PLACE TO PROTECT AGAIN
THE PUBLIC DOLLARS.
SO IF WE DO HAVE PEOPLE WHERE YOU SAY YOU WANT TO GET
THEM AT LEAST SOMETHING IF THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE FULL PROGRAM WE WILL BE LOOKING TO
CREATE GRANTS ON A MUCH SMALLER SCALE TO HELP THESE
PEOPLE WHO NEED SOMETHING TO GET IMPROVEMENTS ON THEIR
HOUSE AND, AGAIN, AN ABILITY TO REAPPLY EVERY FEW YEARS
AS WE HELP THEM AND MOVE THROUGH THE FUNDS AND VOLUME.
10:25:12 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:25:16 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
THAT'S WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT.
SMALL MINI GRANT SO PEOPLE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE ROOF
RIGHT QUICK.
THEY CAN APPLY.
WE CAN SEE THEY HAVE A HOLE IN THEIR ROOF.
THEY ARE A TAXPAYER AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THEY CAN HELP PEOPLE ALONG AND BEAUTIFIES THE
COMMUNITY.
I AM ALL FOR THAT.
10:25:35 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
I THANK YOU FOR EXPEDITING THESE
GRANTS AND FUNDS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM NOW AND
NOT TOMORROW.
10:25:44 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
SO WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 6, AND I
WILL BRING UP MR. BURTON TO START US OFF WITH THE URBAN
CORE CRA MONTHLY REPORT.
10:25:56 >> MR. CHAIRMAN, BOARD.
IF YOU WILL LOOK AT THE POWERPOINT.
EXCUSE ME.
10:26:04 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES, SIR.
ARE YOU GOOD?
10:26:06 >> YES, SIR, I AM.
SO WE WILL START WITH DOWNTOWN CRA.
WE HAVE COMPLETED TWO OF THE COVID INFRASTRUCTURE
GRANTS, ONE FOR TAMPA THEATRE UP IN THE RIGHT-HAND
CORNER YOU SEE AN INSPECTION DONE BY ONE OF OUR STAFF
AT THE THEATRE.
THE STRAZ PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IS COMPLETE.
THE DOWNTOWN MULTIMODAL TRAIL.
PART OF THE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE -- WITH
THE DOWNTOWN CRA AND THE DEVELOPERS.
IT IS GOING IN TO USE NOW.
AND, ALSO, THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
WE NEED TO GET THIS MOVING FORWARD AND WE WILL BE
MOVING FORWARD ON THAT SINCE THE CHANNEL DISTRICT IS
NOW ON ITS WAY.
THE CHANNEL DISTRICT CRA, MADISON STREET PARK.
IT RECEIVED THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP URBAN EXCELLENCE
AWARD FOR THE PUBLIC SECTOR PROJECT.
EAST TWIGGS IS CURRENTLY BEING PAVED, THE PHASE ONE
PART OF THAT.
CHANNELSIDE DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
ONCE IT MOVES FORWARD FROM THIS BOARD, IT WILL GO TO
THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND MOVE FORWARD TO THE PROCESS
TO BE APPROVED.
AND FINALLY THE RV LOT PURCHASE WAS STRICT FROM THE
AGENDA FOR ONE MONTH, AND IT WILL BE BACK FOR THE
BOARD'S APPROVAL.
TAMPA HEIGHTS RIVERFRONT, THESE ARE SOME OF THE ITEMS
ON LIST THAT THE TAMPA HEIGHTS CAC HAD YESTERDAY.
CALLAHAN AND I WENT OUT AND REVIEWED EACH AND EVERY ONE
OF THOSE AND WILL BE REPORTING BACK TO THE BOARD.
SOME OF THE THINGS NEED TO MOVE FORWARD.
SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.
AND SOME OF THEM ARE NOT PRACTICAL TO DO.
AND WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THE CAC ON THOSE.
AND THEN FINALLY, THE CENTRAL PARK CRA, MEACHAM URBAN
FARMS WAS ALSO SELECTED AS A TAMPA DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP
YOU ARE BANS EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR URBAN EXPERIENCE.
THE CENTRAL PARKS OPEN DISCUSSION WITH TAMPA HOUSING
AUTHORITY IN THE CITY REGARDING RELOCATION OF THE
JOHNSON.
ONE OF THE JOHNSON HOUSES WHICH IS ON SCOTT AVENUE.
HAS HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE IN THE AREA.
AND WE ARE CURRENTLY MEETING WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY
THIS MONTH JUST TO FIND OUT.
THEY ACTUALLY PURCHASE THOSE HOUSES.
AND WE WILL BE MEETING WITH THEM TO FIND OUT WHAT --
WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE FOR THOSE HOUSES.
THE GAS WORK, WE MET WITH THEM ON PHASE 1 -- GAS WORX,
THAT WILL COME BACK LATER AND IS MOVING FORWARD AND IS
MOVING AHEAD AS WELL.
THAT ENDS THE FOUR CRAS THAT I MANAGE FOR THE CRA
BOARD.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:29:10 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
10:29:12 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I WANT TO SHOUT OUT -- TAMPA
THEATRE IN THE MID-'70S THAT A GENTLEMAN THAT I LEARNED
A LOT FROM LEE DUNCAN MADE A MOTION -- I BELIEVE IT WAS
$96,000 TO $9 7,000 TO SAVE THE TAMPA THEATRE PLANNED
DUNCAN WAS SPEAR HEADING THAT TO MAKE IT.
AND IT PASSED THE COUNCIL AT A CORE OF 4-3.
10:29:41 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
ANYONE ELSE?
I HAVE ONE QUESTION, MULTIMODAL TRAILS FOR THE DOWNTOWN
CRA, DO WE KNOW WHAT THE RIDERSHIP IS FOR THAT?
10:29:56 >> NOT AT THIS TIME, THE CACS HAVE DECIDED TO MAKE
MULTIMODAL PEDESTRIAN AND NONVEHICLE COUNTS.
THE TYPE OF COUNTS YOU DO FOR CARS.
AND ONCE THAT IS IN PLACE WE WILL TELL WITH YOU SOME
ACCURACY PEDESTRIANS, BIKERS, SCOOTERS AND THINGS
LIBRARY THAT.
THAT IS IN THE WORKS.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS NEW.
AND WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT WITH THE CHANNELSIDE
-- THE CHANNEL DISTRICT AND THE DOWNTOWN CRAS -- CACS.
10:30:26 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
I KNOW THAT THE DOWNTOWN TAMPA
PARTNERSHIP HAS DONE SOMETHING ON ITS OWN.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS INCLUDED.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE FUTURE IF WE CAN GET SOME
KIND OF RIDERSHIP COUNT OR PEDESTRIAN COUNT JUST SO
THAT WE CAN PROVE OUR POINT.
10:30:41 >> MR. CHAIRMAN, WE HAD A TALK YESTERDAY OR THE DAY
BEFORE WITH THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP EXACTLY ABOUT THE
TYPES OF TRANSPORTATION, MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION, NOT
ONLY THROUGHOUT CHANNEL DISTRICT AND DOWNTOWN AND ALL
FOUR OF URBAN AREAS AND HOW THEY WOULD INTERLINK WITH
EACH OTHER.
A PRODUCTIVE.
10:31:02 >> SHARON IS A GREAT PERSON TO WORK WITH.
10:31:05 >> AN EXCELLENT PERSON TO WITH WORK WITH.
10:31:06 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:31:27 >> THANK YOU, SIR.
10:31:32 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
MOOD MORNING, MR. NINO.
10:31:37 >> GOOD MORNING, JESUS NINO THE COMMUNITY RESOURCE
MANAGER.
IF WE CAN GO TO THE SLIDE.
THERE WE GO.
STAFF CONTINUES TO WORK WITH THE CONSULTANT POND &
COMPANY WITH A PARKING STUDY IN THE WEST TAMPA AREA.
WE TEMPORARILY PUT IT ON HOLD A LITTLE BIT.
THEY ARE STILL DOING A LITTLE BIT OF DATA COLLECTION
OUT THERE.
BUT WE DID EXPAND THE DATA COLLECTION AREA THAT YOU SEE
THE MAP BEFORE YOU HIGHLIGHTED IN THE BLACK BOX NORTH
OF 275.
WE WENT ALL THE WAY UP TO COLUMBUS DRIVE.
THAT FUNDING REQUEST IS COMING TO YOU TODAY.
ONCE WE GET ALL THAT APPROVED, WE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH A PARKING STUDY.
STAFF IS CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE CITY'S PARKS AND
REC DEPARTMENT FOR DESIGN-BUILD PLANS FOR THREE PARKS
IN THE WEST TAMPA AREA, RAY PARK, SAL SEEN HAS IN AND
FREMONT LINEAR PARK.
YOU CAN SEE HERE, A MAP THAT SHOWS ALLEYS THAT WERE
CURRENTLY -- THESE ARE COMPLETED CLEANING OR ABOUT TO
START TO BE CLEANED SO FAR WE HAVE CLEANED 90 ALLEYWAYS
IN THE WEST TAMPA AREA.
WE CONCLUDED 21 ALLEYS THIS TUESDAY.
AND NEXT WEEK, WE ARE BEGINNING ANOTHER PHASE.
PHASE 5 OF ALLEYWAYS CLEANUPS.
BY THE TIME WE ARE DONE WITH PHASE 5, OVER 100 ALLEYS
AND AFTER THAT, ONE OR TWO MORE PHASES AND WE WILL BE
DONE WITH THE ENTIRE ALLEYWAY CLEAN-UP IN WEST TAMPA
AND OPEN ALLEYS.
AS FAR AS THE CLEAN TEAM IN WEST TAMPA, WE HAD A
TEMPORARY CLEAN TEAM AND THEY ARE HIGHLIGHTED ON THE
MAP IN YELLOW.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CAC AND INFRASTRUCTURE
SUBCOMMITTEE TO SEE IF WE CAN EXPAND THAT BOUNDARY AND
SEND OUT AN RFP TO HAVE A YEAR-ROUND CLEAN TEAM.
THAT CONCLUDES WEST.
10:33:28 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:33:32 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
MR. NINO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON
THIS PROJECT.
THIS IS GREAT THING.
WHAT WAS THE COST ON THE PROJECT.
10:33:39 >> ON AVERAGE $15,000 PER PHASE.
EACH PHASE WAS 20 ALLEYS.
BY THE TIME IT WAS DONE, IT WOULD BE ABOUT $75,000 TO
$80,000.
10:33:52 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
I WILL TALK TO MR. MCCREA ABOUT THAT FOR EAST
TAMPA.
A GREAT PROGRAM.
10:33:56 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
ALONG THE SAME QUESTION AS MR.
GUDES.
IS THIS A ONE-TIME DEAL OR MAINTENANCE ON REGULAR
BASIS?
10:34:06 >> THIS IS A ONE-TIME DEAL BY THE CAC AND CRA.
COURTESY FOR THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
AND ALSO AN EDUCATION OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
DURING THIS PROCESS WE HAVE BEEN OUT THERE WITH CODE
ENFORCEMENT TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THEIR
RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP THE ALLEYWAYS.
IF THE CAC WANTS TO DO AN ANNUAL THING, THAT IS FINE,
RIGHT NOW A COURTESY, ONE-TIME CLEANUP.
10:34:26 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
WHAT IS YOUR FEELING, DO YOU
BELIEVE THAT THE OWNERS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR
ALLEY?
10:34:31 >> SO FAR THEY HAVE.
THE ONES I HAVE SPOKEN TO.
THEY CLAIM THEIR PORTION OF THE ALLEYS.
SOME WEREN'T AWARE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO CLEAN THEM.
10:34:43 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
SORRY, WE HAVE TO GO IN RECESS.
FIVE-MINUTE RECESS, PLEASE.
10:39:47 >> THIS IS JESUS NINO.
THAT CONCLUDED WEST.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS?
10:39:54 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS?
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA WAS ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
I WAS GOING TO ASK THE SAME THING.
ALLEYS KEPT UP OR HAVE YOU NOTICED MORE ILLEGAL DUMPING
NOW THAT IT IS CLEANED.
WILL THIS HELP THE AREA.
I KNOW IT WILL HELP THE AREA BUT ARE WE ABLE TO
MAINTAIN IT FOR RESIDENTS AND THE CITY.
10:40:19 >> SORE THE EXCEPTION OF THE OF THE ALLEYS BEING SAFER
HAS BEEN QUOTED TO ME OF SEVERAL RESIDENTS SAYING THANK
YOU TO THE CRA AND TO STAFF.
AS FAR AS -- I HEARD FROM ONE RESIDENT -- AND I CAN'T
VERIFY THIS AND COMMUNICATING WITH PD TO COME UP WITH
ANY KINDS OF DATA TO SEE IF THE ALLEYS ARE SAFER, BUT A
RESIDENT IN THE AREA ON SOUTH 275 INDICATED THAT AN
INDIVIDUAL -- INDIVIDUALS THAT WAS ALLEGEDLY COMMITTING
A CERTAIN CRIME WAS APPREHENDED EASY BECAUSE PD WENT
THROUGH THE ALLEY THAT WAS CLEARED.
BUT AS FAR AS -- WE HOPE TO MAYBE CONTINUE TO DO MORE
CLEANUPS HERE AND THERE AND UP TO THE CDC IN THE
COMMUNITY.
10:41:01 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
MR. NINO, I WANTS TO YOU KNOW THAT WE
RECEIVED MANY, MANY PHONE CALLS OF WEST TAMPA PRAISING
THE GREAT THINGS YOU ARE DOING.
THANK YOU AND WELL-DONE.
10:41:11 >> THANK YOU.
NEXT, WE HAVE DREW PARK.
STAFF IS WORKING WITH PLACE AKER DESIGN STUDIO LCC.
IT IS AN ARCHITECTURAL FIRM AND PARTNERED UP WITH THE
CITY'S PARK AND REC DEPARTMENT.
MR. TONY MONK, ONE OF THE CITY'S LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT TO
DO CONSENSUAL DESIGN AND STUDYING FOR A NEW POTENTIAL
NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.
YOU SEE THERE ON THE MAP.
AND ALSO TO ACTIVATE MORE THE TAMPA BAY LINEAR PARK TO
MAKE IT MORE -- MORE FROM A PASSIVE PARK TO LITTLE MORE
ACTIVE AND THE RIGHT-OF-WAYS THERE WILL BE A CHALLENGE
AND THE REASON WE HAVE PLACE MAKERS TO HELP US STUDY
AND COME UP WITH CONCEPTS THAT ARE APPROVED BY THE CAC
AND CRA.
WE ARE TRYING KEEP THE THEME THROUGHOUT DREW PARK.
DREW FIELD.
THE BIG MARKERS THAT -- CERTAIN ENTRANCES INTO DREW
PARK.
WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP THOSE THEMES THROUGHOUT WITH DREW
FIELD AIRPORT STUFF.
ALSO CURRENTLY WE ARE DOING A PHASE ONE ENVIRONMENTAL
ASSESSMENT FOR THE POTENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS.
WE ARE HOPING THAT COMES BACK CLEAN.
BUT EITHER WAY, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH A
CONSULTANT.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CITY'S HOUSING DIVISION TO COME
UP WITH AN RFP THAT WILL BE ISSUED TO THE PUBLIC FOR
THE DISPOSAL OF TWO PROPERTIES WE HAVE THERE AND
SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL.
TO -- TWO RFPS AMOUNT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THAT CONCLUDES DREW PARK.
ANY QUESTIONS?
10:42:45 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU.
10:42:59 >> THANK YOU, SIR.
10:43:03 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
GOOD MORNING, MISS ORR.
10:43:08 >> COURTNEY ORR:
GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING, COURTNEY ORR, YBOR CITY CRA MANAGER.
I AM GOING TO SWITCH TO THE SLIDE NOW PLEASE SO WE
COVERED A VARIETY OF TOPICS AT FEBRUARY'S CAC MEETING.
ONE POINT OF INTEREST I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION IS THE
INTRODUCTION OF HOMELESS LIAISON OFFICER JASMINE HOUSE.
SHE STARTED WITH US JUST -- A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
AND IMMEDIATELY BEGAN HER OUTREACH.
WE WELCOME OFFICER HOUSE TO YBOR AND DO APPRECIATE
OFFICER PYKE -- THE OTHER HOMELESS LIAISON OFFICER PIKE
PAYS TO US AS WELL.
WE ARE THRILLED TO SEE EVENTS, AS STEVE MENTIONED,
COMING BACK TO FULL SWING AGAIN IN YBOR.
KREWE OF SANT'YAGO NIGHT PARADE AND AS USUAL HUGE HITS.
AND NOW WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS SATURDAY'S ST.
PATRICK'S DAY BY THE 5K ROAR THROUGH YBOR.
THE LAST ITEM I WILL MENTION SINCE MR. BARBAS HAS
PROVIDED A VERY CONCISE REPORT ON THE BULLETS HERE,
ARE THE PARKING ENHANCEMENTS FOR MOBILITY INCLUDING
RESTRIPING ON-STREET SPACES, INSTALLATION OF PAY
STATIONS AND SIGNAGE TO ALLOW PAY PARKING TO BEGIN
MARCH 14 WHICH IS THIS COMING MONDAY WITH THE TWO-HOUR
FREE PARKING MOVING TO THE THREE CITY SURFACE LOTS IN
YBOR WHICH ARE SURFACE LOTS THREE, FIVE AND SIX.
SO THAT IS MY BRIEF REPORT.
THANK YOU.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
10:44:52 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
10:44:54 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
MISS ORR, BENCHES.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SENT TO ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS OF
MEMO.
DID EVERYONE GET THAT?
IF THEY DIDN'T GET IT, CAN YOU ELABORATE?
BECAUSE THE PHONE CALLS AND PHOTOGRAPHS ARE STILL
COMING.
BRIEF THE BODY ON SOLUTIONS AND WHAT THE MEMO WAS IN
REFERENCE TO.
10:45:17 >> YES, THE MEMO WAS IN REFERENCE OF TAKING AN ANALYSIS
OF BENCHES, SPECIFICALLY A COUPLE LOCATED ON 17TH
AVENUE ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF 17TH AVENUE.
THERE HAS BEEN CONCERN FROM THE -- JUST A FEW OF THE
SURROUNDING BUSINESSES WITH ACTIVITY CONCERNING SOME OF
THE ACTIVITY ON THE BENCHES.
SO MY RECOMMENDATION, WHICH HAS BEEN THE COURSE OF
ACTION IS TO -- IF A BENCH -- IF ANYONE IS REQUESTING A
BENCH REMOVED, WE DO NOT REMOVE BENCHES BECAUSE THEY
ARE THERE FOR THE GOOD OF THE PUBLIC.
THAT THEY BE RELOCATED TO ANOTHER LOCATION.
THAT SEEMS MORE SUITABLE, BUT I WAS LOOKING FOR
DIRECTION FROM CRA BECAUSE MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO NOT
REMOVE THE BENCHES.
10:46:04 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
I CONCUR SOMEWHAT TO YOUR
RECOMMENDATION.
BUT I HAVE BEEN DOWN THERE AND ONE PARTICULAR SPOT IT
SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER ONES.
I DON'T GET COMPLAINTS OF THE OTHER BENCHES, BUT THIS
ONE PARTICULAR SPOT, WE GET TONS OF COMPLAINTS.
I GET TONS OF COMPLAINTS.
MAYBE IT IS TIME THAT WE ROTATE THAT BENCH FROM
PARTICULAR BUSINESS WHO IS VERY COMPLAINING.
THAT SPOT RIGHT THERE IS A VERY, VERY BUSY SPOT WITH A
LOT OF BUSINESSES AND ACTIVITIES AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF
OUTSIDE PATRONS AND TABLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MAYBE THAT PARTICULAR BENCH
MOVED TO ANOTHER LOCATION TO SEE HOW THAT WORKS.
THAT PERSON MAY GO DOWN TO THE OTHER END BUT AT LEAST
WE DID TRY TO SOLVE SOME TYPE OF PROBLEM AT THAT
PARTICULAR LOCATION BECAUSE THAT LOCATION IS A BUSY,
BUSY LOCATION.
SO THAT BE LIKE THE RECOMMENDATION I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE
ON THAT.
DO WE NEED A MOTION ON THAT?
OR GIVE YOU DIRECTION TO MOVE THAT BENCH?
WHAT DO WE NEED.
10:47:13 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE MISS
ORR SEE WHAT CAC SAYS.
BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
10:47:21 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
I CAN TAKE IT TO THE CAC, MR. CITRO,
BUT I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION WITH THAT PARTICULAR
BENCH.
10:47:28 >>COURTNEY ORR:
CAN I INTERRUPT?
TWO BENCHES.
10:47:30 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YOU ARE RIGHT.
TWO BENCHES.
SIDE BY SIDE, TWO BENCHES.
10:47:38 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
MISS ORR, YOU AND I KNEW EACH OTHER
QUITE A LONG TIME THROUGH THE YBOR CITY CAC CRA, AND
THE BENCHES HAVE BEEN ONGOING BACK AND FORTH FOR MANY,
MANY YEARS.
PEOPLE AND BUSINESS OWNERS WHO DON'T WANT THEM BECAUSE
OF CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AND THE PUBLIC SAYS THEY ARE
THERE ALSO.
HAS THIS BEEN A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION OVER THE LAST FEW
YEARS ABOUT THE BENCHES ON 7TH AVENUE?
10:48:01 >> YES.
THAT IS WHY IN THE MEMO I INCLUDED, I WOULD LIKE CRA
DIRECTION BECAUSE THIS SUBJECT HAS COME BEFORE THE
GROUP BEFORE.
AND IT ALWAYS ENDS ON THE SIDE NOT REMOVING BENCHES.
BECAUSE THEY ARE FOR -- THEY ARE THERE FOR THE GOOD OF
THE PUBLIC.
10:48:20 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COUNCILMAN GUDES, MAKE YOUR MOTION.
10:48:23 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
I MAKE A MOTION FOR THE BENCHES TO BE
RELOCATED TO A DIFFERENT AREA OF YBOR.
10:48:27 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN
GUDES, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
I SEE THAT COUNCILMAN MIRANDA WANTS TO MAKE A
STATEMENT.
10:48:38 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I DIDN'T HAVE ANY -- MAYBE I --
FORGET THE MEMO OR -- I DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE CALL ME ON
BENCHES THAT I KNOW OF.
AND I CAN SEE WHERE THE BENCHES ARE KNEADED WITH THE
ELDERLY AND THE YOUNG.
YOU GOT A PARENT, A MOTHER, A FATHER WITH TWO OR THREE
KIDS AND WANTS TO SIT THEM DOWN FOR A SECOND TO GET --
RELOAD HIMSELF, NOT THE KIDS.
KIDS HAVE ALL THE ENERGY IN THE WORLD.
AND AN ELDERLY INDIVIDUAL MAY WANT TO SIT DOWN.
YBOR CITY IF YOU WANT TO WALK ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
STREET, YOU ARE WALKING AT LEAST HALF A MILE FROM ONE
SIDE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 22ND STREET, COME BACK.
YOU ARE WALKING A GOOD HALF MILE.
I CAN SEE WHERE THERE IS A NEED FOR IT.
I UNDERSTAND THE PUBLIC'S -- WHOEVER THE PROPRIETORS
ARE MAY OR MAY NOT LIKE IT, I AM NOT FOR OR AGAINST THE
BENCH BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT TAMPA BY
HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANYTHING THINK THAT KNOW OF.
MAYBE THEY ARE IN THE BASKET AND I HAVEN'T SEEN THEM
YET.
THAT'S ALL.
10:49:36 >>MORRIS MASSEY:
BEFORE YOU HAVE THE VOTE I WOULD LIKE
TO CLARIFY FOR THE RECORD, THESE BENCHES ARE BENCHES
THAT ARE PLACED WITHIN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY BY THE CRA, SO
THAT THE BENCHES ARE REALLY UNDER THE CRA'S CONTROL.
TYPICALLY MOST STREET FURNITURE IN THE CITY IS REALLY
-- SOMETHING THAT THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS
ARE INVOLVED WITH.
I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
CITRO.
10:49:57 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
MISS OR R, CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT
STATEMENT?
10:50:03 >> YES, THE BENCHES WERE FUNDED BY TIF DOLLARS.
10:50:04 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:50:08 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
NO.
10:50:13 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
YES.
10:50:15 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
10:50:17 >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
10:50:19 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YES.
10:50:22 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES.
10:50:25 >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH MIRANDA VOTING NO AND
CARLSON BEING ABSENT.
10:50:32 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
I DID HEAR COUNCILMAN CARLSON, ARE YOU
WITH US NOW?
I THOUGHT SOMEBODY ANSWERED FOR COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
10:50:42 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
DON'T SAY THAT --
10:50:46 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
I THOUGHT I HEARD COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
OKAY.
THANK YOU, MISS ORR.
ANYTHING FURTHER?
10:50:53 >> THAT'S ALL.
THANK YOU.
10:51:05 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MR. MCCREA.
10:51:20 >> GOOD MORNING.
FIRST UP, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST PROVIDE AN UPDATE OF OUR
STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN.
WE HAVE HELD VARIOUS COMMUNITY MEETINGS AT THE CAC,
EAST TAMPA PARTNERSHIP AND ANOTHER MEETING ON THE 17TH
AT CYRUS GREEN.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE CONSULTANT AND STAFF HEARD
BACK AND FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY ARE LISTED.
AND SOME OF THEM -- CONCERN OF INTENT ON PRIORITY
OPINION SOME OF THE ACTIONS STATEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE
MORE CLEARLY STATED AND REFINED WHEN IT RELATES TO THE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
CONSIDER THE NEED FOR GRANTS/LOANS FOR CITIZENS FOR
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND BUILDING CODES.
SO I THINK WE DEFINITELY ADDRESS THAT AND YOU ALL WILL
BE VOTING ON SOME ITEMS LATER ON THE AGENDA THAT SPEAK
TO THAT.
10:52:10 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
MR. MCCREA, BACK TO YOUR APPLICATION
PLAN, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
I AM GLAD THAT I SEE THAT WORD IN THERE.
APPLICATION STATEMENTS NEEDED.
BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT I WAS MISSING IN THE ACTION PLAN.
BECAUSE A LOT OF IT IS REFERRED TO AS CITY OF TAMPA.
AND IT SHOULDN'T BE REFERRED TO.
BECAUSE THE CITY HAS AN OBLIGATION TO CONTINUE TO WORK
AND DO THINGS WITH THIS GENERAL FUND DOLLARS FOR THE
CITY AS A WHOLE FOR THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS GOES SPECIFIC FOR THE ACTION
PLAN OF EAST TAMPA AND GOALS OF EAST TAMPA TO MAKE SURE
THEY ARE AN ACTIONABLE ITEM.
NOT JUST FLUFF BUT ACTION ALLY TERMS TO BE MOVED ON.
IF WE CAN PUT A PLAN OUT TO THE PUBLIC, WE NEED TO SAYS
IT GOING TO MOVE AND NOT JUST YOU ABOUT THE FLUFF IN
THERE AND IT JUST SITS AND SITH IN THE AIR.
I AM LOOKING FOR -- KEY WORD ACTIONABLE ATTAINABLE
ACTIONS WHEN THE PLAN IS LAID OUT.
NOT JUST FLUFF OR THE CITY'S PLAN TRANSFORM TOMORROW.
THAT IS A GREAT PLAN, BUT NOT THE GOAL OF EAST TAMPA
CRA.
IT IS FOR EAST TAMPA.
TO TRANSFORM EAST TAMPA.
10:53:18 >> UNDERSTOOD.
10:53:20 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
THANK YOU.
10:53:22 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OR ARE YOU GOING
TO PROCEED?
10:53:25 >> I AM GOING TO PROCEED.
10:53:27 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU.
10:53:31 >> NEXT UP WE HAVE A FACADE GRANT FOR 3800 NORTH
NEBRASKA THAT YOU WILL BE SEEING ON THE AGENDA THIS
MORNING.
THEY ARE PUTTING IN -- RIGHT AT AROUND $1.2 MILLION OF
WORK TO THAT PROPERTY.
MLK AND NEBRASKA RIGHT SOUTH OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
BOULEVARD.
TREE TRIMMING STILL ONGOING.
WE ARE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS AND VENDORS ARE OUT
WORKING DILIGENTLY TO GET TREES TRIMMED WITHIN THE EAST
TAMPA CRA BOUNDARIES.
AND ALSO THE UPCOMING GRANTS THAT YOU ALL WILL BE
DISCUSSING LATER ON THIS MORNING AS IT RELATES TO THE
TENANT READY VANILLA SHELL, BUSINESS ENHANCEMENT
RESTAURANT AND FOOD SERVICES GRANT AND UPSTAIRS
RESIDENTIAL CONVERSION GRANT WITH THE CDC THAT WAS
VOTED ON THIS PAST TUESDAY.
AND MOVING ON AS IT RELATES TO DEMOLITION, DEBRIS
REMOVAL.
WE HAD FROM MY UNDERSTANDING 15 DEMOLITIONS OF VACANT
PROPERTIES OR DILAPIDATED OR CONDEMNED STRUCTURES IN
2021 INTO 2022 AND WE HAVE REMOVED 2400 TONS OF EXCESS
TRASH IN AND AROUND EAST TAMPA.
AND WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE SERVICE PICKUP RATE
HAS BEEN LOWERED.
SO WE WANT TO -- WE WILL BE SENDING OUT SOME
CORRESPONDENCE AS IT RELATES TO THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT
RESIDENTS KNOW THAT PRICE HAS DROPPED DRASTICALLY AND
WE APPRECIATE SOLID WASTE AND COUNCIL WORKING WITH US
TO DO THAT.
I KNOW THAT OUR ENVIRONMENTAL DETECTIVE CURTIS WILLIAMS
IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND HOPEFULLY WILL HELP CURB
ILLEGAL DUMPING IN EAST TAMPA ON A CONTINUOUS BASIS.
10:55:25 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:55:27 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
MR. GUDES.
10:55:29 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT
BUILDING IS, BUT THAT BUILDING HAS CAUSED A LOT OF
HEARTACHE TO EAST TAMPA.
THE OLD LIQUOR STORE THERE.
AND TO SEE THAT COME DOWN WAS A GREAT THING FOR THE
FOLKS IN EAST TAMPA.
I WISH WE COULD GET THE FRONT PART OF THAT BUILDING AND
THEN REALLY START DEVELOPING 29TH STREET AGAIN THE WAY
IT NEEDS TO BE DEVELOPED.
TEARING DOWN SOME OF THESE EYESORES OR THESE BUILDINGS
THAT HAVE BEEN CONSTANT CRIME AREA FOR THE COMMUNITY IS
A GOOD THING TO BRING US SOME NEW BREATH OF FRESH AIR.
SO I AM HAPPY TO SEE THAT GO AND THE WORK THAT
DETECTIVE NEWMAN IS DOING TO BRING A DIFFERENT FLAVOR
TO EAST TAMPA.
LASTLY, TREE TRIMMING.
HOW IS THE ARBORIST SITUATION GOING, MR. MCCREA.
ARE WE THERE YET?
THAT IS A KEY COMPONENT TO THAT TREE TRIMMING GRANT.
10:56:24 >> YES, SIR.
WE PUT THE RFPS IN PRIORITY BASED ON COMMUNITY NEED AND
INPUT, AND WE HAVE ONE IN THE HOPPER THAT WE ARE
WAITING ON AS IT RELATES TO THE RESIDENTIAL REBUILD --
SORRY, REHAB PROGRAM AND THE NEXT ONE UP WILL BE THE
TREE TRIMMING.
10:56:42 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
THE REASON I ASK THAT, SIR.
PEOPLE SAID THEY WERE TRYING TO APPLY FOR ARBORIST JOB
AND THEY HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING.
AND I AM GETTING REALLY FRUSTRATED.
JOHN IF THIS IS A PROCUREMENT ISSUE OR WHAT THE ISSUE
BUT I AM GETTING FRUSTRATED THAT THESE RFPS ARE BEING
HELD UP SO LONG.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS OTHER PRIORITIES BECAUSE THE CITY
IS DOING OTHER PRIORITIES, BUT WE HAVE A PRIORITY FOR
THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN.
I AM GOING TO NEED UPDATES WHEN WE WILL GET THESE RFPS
DONE BECAUSE TAKING WAY TOO LONG FOR THE REHAB TO BE
DONE.
I MEAN WAY TOO LONG.
AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING ANGRY.
WE HAVE A HOUSING CRISIS SITUATION RIGHT NOW AND PEOPLE
ARE ANGRY ABOUT IT.
AND ASK ABOUT THE REHAB PROGRAM FOR EAST TAMPA.
I NEED FOR YOU TO GET AN UPDATE WHOEVER YOU GET AN
UPDATE FROM WHEN THERE IS A MOVE DATE FOR THAT.
FOR ARBORIST.
OTHER AREAS DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THIS LONG.
FOR WHATEVER REASON.
I AM NOT SAYING BY DESIGN, I AM JUST SAYING OTHER AREAS
DON'T WAIT THIS LONG AND EVERYTHING IS A WAIT FOR THE
EAST SIDE OF TOWN.
WE HAVE A STAFF OVER IN EAST TAMPA, AND I AM EXPECTING
THE STAFF TO SAY WE HAVE PRIORITIES AND BOSSES WE HAVE
TO LISTEN TO.
AND WE NEED ANSWERS WHEN THIS IS GOING TO BE DONE SO WE
CAN TELL MY CONSTITUENTS THAT WE HAVE DUE DATES AND IT
IS COMING.
DOWN THE PIPELINE.
DOWN THE PIPELINE.
IT IS FRUSTRATING TO THEM AND THAT MEANS IT IS
FRUSTRATING TO ME.
IF WE CAN GET CONCRETE DATES, THAT WILL BE APPRECIATED.
I GOT A CALL FROM KATHY CASTOR.
SHE JUST INFORMED ME FOR THE RESIDENTS OF EAST TAMPA
ABLE TO SECURE -- VOTED TO SECURE $1 MILLION FOR EAST
TAMPA.
I WANT TO YOU KNOW THAT AND THE -- SHE DID WHAT SHE
ASKED ME TO DO -- WHAT DID I NEED.
I TOLD HER I NEED SOME MONEY AND SHE CAME THROUGH FOR
EAST TAMPA FOR GETTING $1 MILLION FOR US.
THANK YOU, SIR.
10:58:36 >> THANK YOU.
AND AS IT RELATES TO THE REHAB RFP, IT IS IN THE REVIEW
PROCESS.
I HAVE BEEN HAVING WEEKLY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
PURCHASING DEPARTMENT.
AND IT WILL BE GOING THROUGH RISK MANAGEMENT AND LEGAL
FOR REVIEW, SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE SOME FOLLOW-UP
VERY SOON AND THE RFP WILL BE OUT ON THE STREET FOR
HOUSING REHAB.
10:59:00 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
LOOKING FOR A DATE, SIR.
LOOKING FOR A DATE.
10:59:02 >> YES, SIR.
10:59:06 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
PLEASE PROCEED.
10:59:07 >> THANK YOU, A FEW OTHER ITEMS.
CONTINUOUS COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY
CHAIRPERSON AND VARIOUS CONCERNS AS IT RELATES TO EAST
TAMPA.
AND ALSO I BELIEVE YOU HAVE ON THE AGENDA AS WELL, THE
PURCHASE OF SIX CAMERAS APPROVED BY THE CAC AND USED
AND MOTIONED IN VARIOUS AREAS TO COMBAT ILLEGAL DUMPING
AND ASSIST US IN BUILDING CASES IN EAST TAMPA TO CURB
SOME OF THOSE ACTIVITIES.
ONE OTHER ITEM THAT I WOULD LIKE TO LIFT UP THAT IS NOT
ON THE POWERPOINT.
THE EAST TAMPA HEALTH AND NUTRITION FAIR MIDDLETON HIGH
SCHOOL MARCH 26 FROM 10:00 TO 2 P.M.
10:59:54 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
10:59:56 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
ONE MORE THING.
10:59:58 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:00:02 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
MR. MCCREA, WHEN I SEE SOMETHING GOOD
-- I AM TRENDSETTER, IF I SEE SOMETHING GOOD I WANT TO
PIGGY BACK AND LOOK AT IT TOO.
IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND GOING BACK TO THE CAC AND TALK
ABOUT THE ALLEY.
EAST TAMPA.
EVEN THOUGH IT COULD BE A ONE-TIME SHOT.
THEY NEED TO BE CLEARED OUT.
GET A SURVEY HOW MANY ALLEYS IN THAT ZONE AND KIND OF
MIRROR THAT PROGRAM WHERE WE CAN.
I THINK IT IS WELL NEEDED BECAUSE I HAVE GOTTEN CALLED
OUT.
PEOPLE TALK OF ALLEYS AND SO FORTH AND PEOPLE RUN AND
DUMP DEBRIS THROUGH THERE.
ONCE PEOPLE GET AN IDEA, HEY, THEY CAME AND DID
SOMETHING, THEY CAN TAKE OVER AND EDUCATE THEM AND BE
GOOD STEWARDS AND TAKE CARE OF ALLEYS AS WELL.
IF WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT, I WOULD BE MOST GRATEFUL.
LAST THING BEFORE I LET YOU GO.
WE TALKED OF A SITUATION YESTERDAY AND I TALKED TO MR.
MORRIS MASSEY TOO.
ABOUT THE SITUATION YESTERDAY THAT WILL FILL THE BOARD
ON LATER.
THE LAST THING I WANT TO TALK TO YOU BEFORE YOU GO, I
GETTING A LOT OF TALK OF MONEY FOR PREDEVELOPMENT.
SO I -- PROBABLY AT THE END I WILL BE MAKING A MOTION
OF A RFP, RFQ FOR PREDEVELOPMENT, SCOPE, CRITERIA AND
ANALYSIS TO BE DONE, REDEVELOPMENT FOR THE EAST TAMPA
CRA DOLLARS.
I THINK IT IS CRUCIAL.
YOU DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO DO IT OR THE EXPERTISE TO DO
IT.
WE NEED SOMEBODY ELSE WITH THE EXPERTISE TO DO IT
BECAUSE CRUCIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT.
BUILDS GOING DOWN IN EAST TAMPA AND NEED SOMEBODY TO
GIVE US THE SCOOP OR IDEA FOR DEVELOPMENT MONEY OR HOW
FOLKS WHO ARE SOME BUILDINGS THAT CAN BE REHABBED WITH
DEVELOPMENT MONEY.
SO GOING TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IS COMING FORWARD.
HOPEFULLY WILL GET A SECOND AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT
AND I WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE NOW.
11:01:50 >> THANK YOU.
ONE OTHER THING.
I HAVE THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE OF INTRODUCING MISS
BELIZ PARKS.
SHE HAS BEEN HIRED FOR THE COMMUNICATION POSITION FOR
THE CRAS.
AND I KNOW EAST TAMPA WILL BE PULLING ON HER A LOT, BUT
I JUST WANTED TO BRING HER UP AND ALLOW HER TO
INTRODUCE HERSELF.
THANK YOU.
11:02:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
ANY OTHER FURTHER COMMENTS AND
QUESTIONS.
11:02:17 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
A MOTION AND A FLOOR WITH A SECOND.
11:02:19 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
I AM SORRY.
MOTION MADE BY --
11:02:23 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
I WILL MAKE THE MOTION.
11:02:25 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
SECONDED BY MR. MANISCALCO.
ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
11:02:38 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
YES.
11:02:39 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
11:02:40 >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
11:02:42 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YES.
11:02:45 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
11:02:46 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES.
11:02:50 >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON BEING ABSENT.
YES, MA'AM.
11:02:51 >> GOOD MORNING.
I WANT TO REINTRODUCE MYSELF TO THE BOARD.
MY NAME IS BELIKS PARK.
THE COMMUNITY CALLS ME B.
THE COMMUNITY CALLS ME B.
I HAVE WORKED IN THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY FOR OVER 14
YEARS NOW.
JUST DID THE COUNT YESTERDAY AND, WOW, IT WAS 14 YEARS.
IN THAT CAPACITY EVERYTHING FROM GRANT MANAGEMENT TO
PROGRAM DELIVERY, SPECIFICALLY FOR FIRST-TIME HOME
BUYERS AND DEVELOPMENT OF -- OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
PREPPING HOME BUYERS TO PURCHASE HOMES AND THAT'S
'08, '09 AREA HELPED INDIVIDUALS SAVE HOMES THROUGH
FORECLOSURE SERVICE PREVENTION.
AND IN MY TENURE IN MY CAREER, I HAVE HOSTED AND
ORGANIZED MULTIPLE MARKETING EVENTS, OUT REACH EVENTS
IN THE COMMUNITY.
MOST OF MY WORK HAS BEEN IN EAST TAMPA.
I HAVE A SPECIAL LOVE FOR EAST TAMPA, AND I CONTINUE TO
WORK THERE TO THIS DAY.
I DID MULTIPLE SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS WITH MARKETING
DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT COME OUT OF THE CRAS AND THE
CITY OF TAMPA.
WHEN I WAS WORKING THE CAPACITY AT THE CITY OF TAMPA'S
HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
I AM EXTREMELY EXCITED TO JOIN THE CRA TEAM IN THIS
CAPACITY OF BEING THE COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR AND
PROJECT COORDINATOR.
I AM WORKING WHERE ALL OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES TO CARRY
OUT AND COMMUNICATE THOSE PROGRAMS TO THE RESIDENTS OF
TAMPA AND TO CONTINUE TO DO THE GOOD WORK THAT TAMPA
NEEDS.
I THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALLOWING ME TO REINTRODUCE MYSELF
AND I HOPE SOON TO GET TO KNOW YOU GUYS PERSONALLY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ANY QUESTIONS?
11:04:49 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
I CALL HER BELIX.
11:04:51 >> BELIX.
YOU CAN CALL ME B AS WELL IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND I AM GRATEFUL TO BE PART OF THE CITY OF TAMPA CRA
TEAM AND I LOOK FORWARD TO COMMUNICATING ALL OF THE
PROGRAMS AND THE GOOD WORK THAT THE CRA DOES.
11:05:06 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
THANK YOU FOR JOINING THE TEAM.
THAT IS WHAT WE NEED COMMUNICATION SO THE RESIDENTS
KNOW OF THESE PROGRAMS SO THEY ARE NOT COMPLAINING WHAT
WE ARE DOING.
WE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS.
YOU HAVE A BIG, BIG JOB AHEAD OF YOU BEA.
AND I KNOW YOU CAN HANDLE IT AND I KNOW YOUR WORK AND I
KNOW HOW YOU DO WORK.
THANK YOU, AND WELCOME ABOARD.
11:05:25 >> THANK YOU, MR. GUDES.
HAVE A GREAT DAY.
11:05:28 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
ANYONE ELSE?
WELCOME TO THE FAMILY.
11:05:29 >> THANK YOU.
HAVE A GREAT DAY.
11:05:46 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
GOOD MORNING, AGAIN, MICHELLE VAN
LOAN, MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR AGENDA.
ITEM NUMBER 7 IS THE EARLIER REFERENCED COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE CHANNEL DISTRICT.
YOU HAVE HAD THE DRAFT PLAN SINCE, I BELIEVE, DECEMBER.
AND THIS IS THE FIRST STEP.
THIS RESO ACCEPTS THE NEW UPDATED PLAN.
IT WILL REFER IT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THEM TO
REVIEW WITH CONFORMANCE WITH THE COMP PLAN.
ONCE THEY HAVE THAT REVIEW AND THEY SIGN OFF ON IF, IT
WILL COME BACK TO THE CRA BOARD FOR FORMER ADOPTION OF
THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND IT WILL GO TO THE
CITY COUNCIL FOR THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTION
OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.
AND BOTH MR. BURTON AND I ARE HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.
11:06:34 >>MORRIS MASSEY:
JUST CLARIFY, THE FORMAL ADOPTION OF
THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN WILL ACTUALLY BE MADE
BY YOU ALL SITTING YOU AS CITY COUNCIL.
ONLY CITY COUNCIL CAN AMEND UNDER STATE LAW.
YOU WILL BE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO YOURSELF ONCE IT
COMES BACK FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
11:06:53 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
A RESOLUTION.
11:06:54 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECOND.
11:06:58 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THE
RESOLUTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO AND SECONDED BY
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
ANY DISCUSSION?
ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
11:07:07 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
11:07:08 >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
11:07:09 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YES.
11:07:13 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
11:07:15 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
YES.
11:07:16 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES.
11:07:19 >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON BEING ABSENT.
11:07:21 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
THANK YOU, SIRS.
NEXT ITEM NUMBER 8 IS THE CENTRAL PARK CRA COMMUNITY
ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
WE ARE RECOMMENDING A PROPOSED CHANGE TO THE CAC POLICY
IN THE MATRIX FOR CENTRAL PARK.
WE ARE REQUESTING THAT THE MEMBERSHIP BE REDUCED DOWN
BE FROM NINE TO SEVEN.
AND THEN FORMALLY ADOPT TAMPA HOUSING AUTHORITY AS AN
EX-OFFICIO AS ONE OF THOSE -- EX-OFFICIO.
AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN USE AT THAT TIME.
IN PRACTICE, HAVE BEEN USED BY TAMPA HOUSING AUTHORITY
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO CODIFY THAT AND THE COUNTY HAS
CONFIRMED THAT THEY WOULD NOT WANT TO HAVE A COUNTY
DESIGNATED ON -- CAP -- SORRY, TOO MANY ACRONYMS IN
CENTRAL PARK.
WE ARE ASKING THAT WE CAN MORE EFFECTIVELY CONDUCT
MEETINGS AND MEET QUORUMS THAT WE REDUCE NINE DOWN TO
SEVEN.
I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
11:08:35 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ANY DISCUSSION?
ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.
11:08:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
11:08:45 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YES.
11:08:48 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
11:08:51 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
YES.
11:08:52 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES.
11:08:56 >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA BEING ABSENT AT
VOTE AND CARLSON BEING ABSENT.
11:09:02 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
NUMBER 9 IS A REPROGRAMMING OF
1,080,000 FOR UNION STATION.
THIS WAS APPROVED BY THE CAC LAST FALL.
THE MILLION DOLLAR PORTION IS FOR THE WINDOWS AND
REPAIRING.
THERE IS A LOT OF WATER INTRUSION THROUGH THE WINDOWS
AND LEAKAGE.
THE WATER LEAKING HAS DAMAGED MUCH OF THE PLASTER AND
INTERIOR AND WE NEED TO UPGRADE THE PLUMBING.
THIS MONEY BEING REPROGRAMMED NOW BEFORE WE HAVE THE
BIDS AND SCOPE OF WORK FLESHED OUT HELPS US TO APPLY
FOR GRANTS AND SHOW THIS MONEY AS A MATCH TO GRANTS AT
THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL SO WE CAN TRY TO GET
ADDITIONAL DOLLARS FOR UNION STATION BUT 80,000 ONCE WE
START MEETING WITH OUR LOGISTICS AND ASSET FOLKS, MIGHT
ISSUES AND THE FIRST THING WE HAVE TO ADDRESS BEFORE
ANYTHING IS REMEDIATING THE TERMITES.
WE WILL HAVE TO TENT THE BUILDING FOR FOUR DAYS AND
PROVIDE RELOCATED SERVICES FOR AMTRAK TO CONTINUE THEIR
SERVICE DURING THOSE FOUR DAYS.
REQUESTING $1,080,000 INTO A UNION STATION LINE ITEM.
11:10:16 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
MOTION.
AND SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION?
ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
11:10:22 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
QUESTION ON THE MOTION.
11:10:24 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
11:10:28 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
MICHELLE, I DON'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT BECAUSE I
KNOW YOU ARE KIND OF BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD SPACE,
BUT I GUESS MY QUESTION TO YOU, MICHELLE, AND TO
EVERYBODY IS, THIS WAS A CITY ASSET.
HAS BEEN A CITY ASSET FOR 30 PLUS YEARS.
WHY IS IT THAT THE CITY LET THIS ASSET GO AS FAR AS
WINDOWS AND OTHER ISSUES, TERMITES NOW ETC.
SO WE HAVE ANYTHING FROM REAL ESTATE OR MR. MASSEY HAS
ANYTHING.
BOTHERS ME A LITTLE BIT THAT THE CITIES A SIT THAT HAS
GONE IN DECLINE.
ONE OF OUR MOST VALUABLE ASSET IN TERMS OF BEING
HISTORICAL WHAT HAS HAPPENED THE LAST 10 TO 15 YEARS TO
LET IT GO UNDER DISREPAIR.
11:11:33 >>MORRIS MASSEY:
ONLY THING I WOULD MENTION,
COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, IS THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A
PRESENTATION EARLIER TODAY FROM FACILITIES REGARDING
TAMPA UNION STATION.
COUNCILMAN CARLSON ASKED THAT BE DELAYED SINCE HE
WASN'T PRESENT TODAY.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DELAY THIS ITEM SINCE IT
IS TIED TO TAMPA UNION STATION TO THAT PRESENTATION.
REALLY RIGHT A CITY-OWNED ASSET AND REPAIRS AND WHAT
THE CITY CAN DO BELONGS TO YOU MORE IN CONTEXT OF ACT
AS CITY COUNCIL AND THIS IS WHAT MISS VAN LOAN IS
BRINGING TO YOU THIS MORNING THAT WE CAN PROVIDE SOME
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, BUT IT IS A CITY BUILDING IF YOU
WANT TO HOLD THAT UNTIL YOU HEARD THE PRESENTATION FROM
CITY STAFF, THAT IS DOABLE.
11:12:27 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
IF I MAY.
11:12:29 >>MORRIS MASSEY:
GO AHEAD.
11:12:30 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
WE ARE TRYING TO APPLY FOR GRANTS
AND THIS WILL HELP US LEVERAGE THAT.
SECONDLY -- NOT TO PRESUME TO SPEAK FOR THE
ADMINISTRATION, BUT AS THE CITY COUNCIL HAS SEEN, WE
OWN -- THE CITY OWNS A LOT OVER TIME AND THERE HAS TO
BE PRIORITIES.
WHETHER IT HAS BEEN AGING COMMUNITY CENTERS, AGING
FIREHOUSES, THE CITY HAS BEEN SLOWLY TRYING TO CATCH UP
IN ADDRESSING THAT BACKLOG.
THEY CAN NOT ADDRESS ALL OF IT IN A TIMELY MANNER AND
SEVERAL ISSUES IF IT IS ROADWAYS THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN
ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH.
MOST OF EAST TAMPA AND MOST OF DREW PARK, FACILITY
ALSO THAT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY AND WOULD
NOT HAVE HAPPEN IN A TIMELINE TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE
NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND UNION STATION IS THE SAME.
THE CITY BUDGET DOES NOT HAVE THE WHEREWITHAL TO FIX
EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE AND WHERE WE CAN STEP IN AS A
PRIORITY WITHIN THE CRAS AND COME IN AND HELP AND
ADDRESS AN ISSUE BEFORE IT GETS TOO LATE.
HOW DO YOU DECIDE BETWEEN UNION STATION, A COMMUNITY
CENTER AND FIREHOUSE.
THE COMMUNITY HAS STEPPED UP.
THE UNION STATION IS SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT AS A
HISTORIC STRUCTURE WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE
SUPPORTED BY THE CRA.
11:14:05 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
I DON'T -- I DON'T HAVE ANY INTEREST IN DELAYING THIS
IF THE DOWNTOWN CORE OR NONCORE HAS THE MONEY.
WE SHOULDN'T DELAY IT BECAUSE THE TERMITES WILL KEEP
EATING IT.
SO IT NEEDS TO GET DONE.
IT BOTHERS ME A LITTLE BIT THIS HAS SORT OF BEEN
DEFERRED MAINTENANCE WITH REGARD TO THE CITY.
LIKE I SAY, IT IS ONE OF OUR MOST VALUABLE HISTORIC
ASSETS.
LIKE MR. MASSEY INDICATED WE CAN TAKE THIS UP -- TAKE
THIS BIGGER ISSUE UP NEXT MONTH WHEN FACILITIES COMES
IN AND OR AT CITY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:14:47 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
ANY OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION.
ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
11:14:50 >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
11:14:51 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YES.
11:14:58 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
11:15:01 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
YES.
11:15:02 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
11:15:04 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES.
11:15:08 >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON BEING ABSENT.
11:15:13 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
THANK YOU, SIR AND THE CACS THANK
YOU.
ITEM NUMBER 10, THE ANNUAL REPORT THAT NEEDS TO BE
TURNED IN TO THE STATE.
11:15:21 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
NOTION APPROVE.
11:15:22 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECOND.
11:15:25 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
MOTION MOVED BY COUNCILMAN GUDES AND
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ANY DISCUSSION?
ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:15:31 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YES.
11:15:34 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
11:15:39 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
YES.
11:15:41 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
11:15:43 >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
11:15:44 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES.
11:15:47 >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON BEING ABSENT.
11:15:48 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
I WILL COME BACK TO ITEM NUMBER
11 BECAUSE IT IS SLIGHTLY OUT OF ORDER.
SO I DON'T WANT TO REPROGRAM THE MONEY UNTIL YOU HAVE
APPROVE THE ACTUAL PROGRAMS.
SO ITEM 12 IS EAST TAMPA GRANT PROGRAM FOR RESTAURANT
AND FOOD SERVICES THAT IS, AGAIN, A DUPLICATE OF WHAT
WE HAVE -- THAT YOU APPROVED LAST SUMMER IN WEST TAMPA.
11:16:08 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
MR. CHAIR.
IF THEY ARE ALL EAST TAMPA, CAN WE TAKE 11-19 -- 18?
11:16:16 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
JUST FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LISTENING
AND FOR THE COMMUNITY, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO BRIEFLY,
MISS VAN LOAN, JUST GIVE AN EXAMPLE.
11:16:25 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
SO FOR -- I CAN DESCRIBE ALL FOUR
OF THEM ALL AT ONCE VERY QUICKLY.
ITEM NUMBER 12 IS THE RESTAURANT AND FOOD SERVICES
GRANT.
THAT WILL PROVIDE A MATCHING GRANT FOR AN EXISTING
RESTAURANT THAT NEEDS TO EXPAND, UPDATE OR ATTRACT A
NEW RESTAURANT OR FOOD SERVICES BUSINESS INTO EAST
TAMPA.
C 11:16:47 TENANT READY GRANT IF A VACANT STOREFRONT OR A TENANT
LEFT A STOREFRONT AND IT IS NOT IN GREAT SHAPE AND THE
LANDLORD NEEDS ASSISTANCE TO HELP REFRESH THAT SPACE SO
IT DOES NOT REMAIN VACANT FOR A LENGTHY PERIOD OF TIME.
THE UPSTAIRS RESIDENTIAL CONVERSION GRANT.
WHERE YOU HAVE A TWO-STORY BUILDING COMMERCIAL AND
RETAIL ON THE FIRST FLOOR.
SPACE ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
IN ORDER TO SUPPORT MORE RENTAL HOUSING WITHIN THE CRA,
WE WILL HELP SUPPORT THE LANDLORD IN CONVERTING
SECOND-STORY SPACES INTO RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS.
LASTLY THE BUSINESS ENHANCEMENT MICROGRANT.
THE ONE I MENTIONED EARLIER, A FACADES GRANT.
A SMALLER GRANT UP TO $10,000 AND MEANT SO THAT WE CAN
APPROVE THESE GRANTS A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND
HELP THE BUSINESS.
11:17:41 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
WERE BOTH THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS
OWNERS IN EAST TAMPA.
ARE THESE APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE NOW OR WAITING FOR
THIS PROCESS TO BE HANDLED?
11:17:50 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
ONCE YOU APPROVE IT, YOUR PROGRAM
GUIDES INCLUDE THE FULL APPLICATION SO AS THOSE
APPLICATIONS ARE READY TO HIT THE STREETS AND PEOPLE
CAN START APPLYING WINS YOU APPROVE IT.
11:17:58 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
RESIDENTS OF EAST TAMPA, BUSINESS
OWNERS OF EAST TAMPA.
YOU HEARD IT.
MR. MASSEY, CAN WE DO 12, 13, 14 AND 15 ALL IN ONE
VOTE?
11:18:08 >>MORRIS MASSEY:
YES.
11:18:10 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
NOTION ADOPT.
11:18:11 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SECOND.
11:18:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
RALE ROLL CALL DISCUSSION.
11:18:20 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
11:18:22 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
YES.
11:18:23 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
11:18:25 >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
11:18:26 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YES.
11:18:27 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES.
11:18:32 >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON BEING ABSENT.
11:18:35 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
DESCRIBE 11, 15, 17 AND 18 ALL
TOGETHER.
11 A REQUEST TO REPROGRAM $100,000 INTO THE BUSINESS
ENHANCEMENT MICROGRANT.
NUMBER 16 IS A REQUEST TO REPROGRAM 250,000 INTO THE
RESTAURANT AND FOOD SERVICE GRANT.
NUMBER 17 IS A REQUEST TO REPROGRAM FUNDS OF $100,000
INTO THE UPSTAIRS RESIDENTIAL CONVERSION GRANT.
AND NUMBER 18 IS A REQUEST TO REPROGRAM $100,000 INTO
THE TENANT READY GRANTS.
11:19:06 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:19:07 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE BUILDINGS
WITH A RESTAURANT DOWNSTAIRS AND LIVABLE SPACE
UPSTAIRS.
WHAT IS THE -- YOU TALK TO THE LANDOWNER.
WHAT IS HE OR SHE PUTTING IN?
11:19:25 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
MOST OF THESE ARE 50/50 GRANTS.
11:19:28 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN IN
EXISTENCE.
11:19:31 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
HOLD ON A SECOND -- HOW LONG YOU
REQUIRE FOR A BUSINESS TO BE IN EXISTENCE?
11:19:36 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I WANT TO KNOW FOR MYSELF.
11:19:38 >> EXISTING RESTAURANTS FIVE YEARS.
IF YOU ARE A NEW BUSINESS COMING INTO AN AREA, YOU
WOULD HAVE TO BE A RESTAURANT FIVE YEARS SOMEPLACE
ELSE.
11:19:49 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
GOOD LUCK -- I WILL VOTE FOR IT,
AND GOOD LUCK.
11:19:55 >> AS YOU MENTIONED NEW RESTAURANTS DON'T TEND TO --
THEY DON'T HAVE A GREAT TRACK RECORD.
A DIFFICULT BUSINESS TO GET INTO AND GET GEARED UP.
11:20:05 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THAT'S WHY I SAID GOOD LUCK.
11:20:07 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
CLARIFICATION.
11:20:07 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
SO MOVED.
11:20:13 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
I AM SORRY, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.
11:20:14 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
CLARIFICATION ON THE MOTION.
I READ THE BACKGROUND, MICHELLE, FOR ALL THESE ITEMS,
BUT I JUST WANTED TO PUT ON THE RECORD THAT THE -- ALL
THESE ITEMS HAVE HAD THE SUPPORT OF THE -- OF THE --
THE EAST TAMPA CAC IT LOOKS LIKE AT THEIR MARCH 1
MEETING?
11:20:34 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
YES.
ALL OF THE PROGRAMS WERE APPROVED BY THE CAC AND
REPROGRAMMING -- EACH OF THE REPROGRAMMING HAD ONE KNOW
AND OTHERWISE ALL YESES.
11:20:49 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
OKAY.
THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:20:54 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:20:56 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECONDED ALREADY.
I WILL SECOND IT.
11:20:59 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA SECONDS IT.
ANY DISCUSSION NOW?
THANK YOU.
ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:21:08 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
YES.
11:21:09 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
11:21:10 >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
11:21:11 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YES.
11:21:12 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
11:21:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES.
11:21:17 >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIES WITH CARLSON BEING ABSENT.
11:21:19 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:21:21 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES, SIR.
11:21:23 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
TENANT READY AND RESIDENTIAL
CONVERSION.
A LOT OF THOSE BUILDINGS CAN BE CONVERT FLOOD
APARTMENTS FOR HOUSING.
I AM DEFINITELY FOR THAT.
11:21:32 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
SOME OF THE BUILDINGS WHY THE OWNERS
CAN'T AFFORD TO BUILD OUT THE STOREFRONT ON BOTTOM.
IN WILL HELP THEM GET IT READY FOR THEM.
THESE BUILDINGS LONG ABANDONED -- EXCUSE ME, UNDERUSED
CAN BE USED AND HELP THE ECONOMY OF EAST TAMPA.
YOU ARE CORRECT.
SKIPPING OVER 19 AND GOING OVER 20.
11:21:57 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
20 IS A FACADE GRANT IN EAST
TAMPA, 3800 EAST NEBRASKA.
TAKES UP THE WHOLE BLOCK.
FOOD AND PROGRAMMING AND BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPING AND WE
ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.
THEY HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING THE GASPARILLA ARTS
FESTIVAL AND GASPARILLA BEFORE THAT.
11:22:18 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
MOVE TO ADOPT.
11:22:18 >> SECOND.
11:22:20 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
-- BEFORE THEY ARE DONE WILL
INVITE OUT TO RIBBON CUTTING.
11:22:26 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GUDES AND
SECONDED BY MIRANDA.
11:22:30 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
11:22:32 >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
11:22:36 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YES.
11:22:36 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES,
11:22:38 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
YES.
11:22:41 >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON BEING ABSENT.
11:22:45 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
ITEM 21 FOR CHANNEL DISTRICT,
REPROGRAMMING MONEY OUT OF A COMPLETED PROJECT JUST TO
CLOSE OUT THAT LINE ITEM.
11:22:53 >> MOTION.
11:22:55 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECOND.
11:22:57 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
ANY DISCUSSION.
ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:22:59 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
11:23:01 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YES.
11:23:07 >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
11:23:10 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
YES.
11:23:11 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES.
11:23:15 >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON BEING ABSENT.
11:23:18 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
ITEM NUMBER 2 IS EAST TAMPA
REPROGRAMMING FOR AFOREMENTIONED SIX CAMERAS AND IN
SUPPORT OF OUR URBAN CRIME UNIT.
11:23:28 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO,
SECOND BY MR. MIRANDA.
ANY DISCUSSION?
11:23:35 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
DISCUSSION.
MISS VAN LOAN, PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE'S CIVIL
LIBERTIES.
11:23:44 >> THE CAMERAS -- WE HAD HAD TRAIL CAMERAS THAT DON'T HAVE
VERY GOOD RESOLUTION.
THEY HAVE BEEN SET UP TO ADDRESS THE ILLEGAL DUMPING
WHERE WE HAVE CHRONIC ISSUES, WHERE PEOPLE USE AREAS
THAT ARE NOT VERY LIT OR TREED.
WE END UP HAVING TO CLEAN IT UP WHETHER THE CRA OR THE
CITY.
WE HAVE BEEN USING CAMERAS IN THE PAST AND WE WOULD
LIKE TO UPDATE THE CAMERAS THAT WILL BE HARD-WIRED INTO
SOME OF THE CHRONIC AREAS THAT WE HAVE AND EXPERIENCING
THIS.
SO WE CAN PURSUE THE ILLEGAL DUMPSTERS TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE ACTIVITY CEASES.
11:24:21 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:24:23 >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
11:24:24 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YES.
11:24:27 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
11:24:31 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
YES.
11:24:32 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
11:24:34 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES.
11:24:37 >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON BEING ABSENT OF.
11:24:40 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
ITEM NUMBER 23 FOR WEST TAMPA IS
A PROGRAMMING OF $39,000 OF EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF THE
PROPOSED PARKING STUDY.
11:24:50 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SO MOVED.
11:24:51 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
SECOND.
11:24:52 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
ANY DISCUSSION?
ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:24:54 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YES.
11:24:58 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
11:25:02 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
YES.
11:25:07 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
11:25:08 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES.
11:25:12 >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON BEING ABSENT.
11:25:13 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
JENNETTE FENTON TO WEST TAMPA, PETER WRIGHT TO THE YBOR
CAC, AND JULIO PIAZA TO THE DREW PARK CAC.
11:25:26 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
SAITH MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO,
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
ANY DISCUSSION?
ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:25:33 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
11:25:36 >>JOHN DINGFELDER:
YES.
11:25:37 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
11:25:38 >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
11:25:40 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YES.
11:25:42 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES.
THREE GREAT PEOPLE.
11:25:46 >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON BEING ABSENT.
11:25:48 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
SILT THREE GREAT PEOPLE ADDED TO THIS
CAC.
11:25:51 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
THANK YOU, SIR.
THAT IS ALL THE REQUESTS OF OUR CRA STAFF.
11:25:57 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
WE ARE DONE.
WE ARE FINISHED?
11:26:01 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
YOU WANT ME TO TALK LONGER, I
CAN?
[LAUGHTER]
11:26:05 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
INFORMATION AND REPORTS.
COUNCILMAN VIERA.
[INAUDIBLE]
11:26:14 >>LUIS VIERA:
I DIDN'T -- LET ME ASK MISS VAN LOAN, IF
I MAY.
AND WE ARE -- IT'S 11:30.
WE ARE FINISHED?
OKAY.
THERE YOU GO.
SO WITH -- I -- I WAS SPEAKING WITH YOU REGARDING THE
DISTRICT ONE AND THAT JESSIE MADSEN MEMORIAL.
THAT WILL BE OUTSIDE OF CRA?
11:26:38 >>MICHELLE VAN LOAN:
THE SOUTH SIDE OF TAMPA BOULEVARD
IS OUTSIDE OF CRA BOUNDARY.
AND IT IS ONLY TO THE NORTH OF THAT.
THE NORTH SIDE OF ROADWAY.
11:26:47 >>LUIS VIERA:
I WILL BRING IT UP AT COUNCIL.
JUST MISSED IT.
APPRECIATE IT, MARCH, ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
11:26:59 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
IS THAT IS IT, COUNCILMAN VIERA?
11:27:01 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
NOTHING.
11:27:04 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COUNCILMAN GUDES.
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:27:09 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SAY THANK YOU TO THE PRESIDENT OF
UKRAINE.
11:27:14 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
TO BE NAMED THE NOBEL PRIZE WINNER
PERIOD.
11:27:18 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
ANY LEADER THAT DOES NOT RUN AND STAYS
TO FIGHT FOR THEIR COUNTRY, YES, SIR.
AND NOTHING FROM ME.
I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
11:27:30 >>MORRIS MASSEY:
RECEIVE AND FILE.
11:27:32 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
SECONDED BY MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.
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