TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2022
9:00 A.M. SESSION



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09:04:16 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THERE WE GO.

GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.

WELCOME TO TAMPA CITY HALL, OLD CITY HALL.

I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS SPECIAL CALLED MEETING TO

ORDER.

AT THIS TIME, IF WE CAN JUST HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE

PLEASE.

[MOMENT OF SILENCE]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

09:04:56 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

09:04:58 >>BILL CARLSON:
HERE.

09:04:59 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
HERE.

09:05:00 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
HERE.

09:05:01 >>LUIS VIERA:
HERE.

09:05:03 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
HERE.

09:05:05 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HERE.

09:05:08 >>CLERK:
WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.

09:05:09 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MR. SHELBY.

09:05:11 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS

OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.

MARTIN SHELBY, CITY ATTORNEY.

WE ARE HERE FOR A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING AND THE

PURPOSE OF THE SPECIAL CALLED MEETING TO SELECT AND

FILL THE VACANCY FOR THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF DISTRICT 3

AT-LARGE CITY COUNCIL SEAT.

THAT PERSON BEING SWORN IN AT THE APRIL 7, 2022

MEETING.

NOW THE PUBLIC AND THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA ARE ABLE TO

WATCH AND VIEW THIS MEETING ON SPECTRUM 640, FRONTIER

CHANNEL 15, AND ON THE INTERNET LIVESTREAMING AT

TAMPA.GOV/LIVESTREAM, ONE WORD.

NOW THIS MEETING DOES INCORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA

TECHNOLOGY PURSUANT TO COUNCIL'S POLICY.

THEREFORE, WHAT I WOULD ASK IS THAT COUNCIL WOULD WAIVE

THE RULES TO INCLUDE THE USE OF CMT IN TODAY'S

PROCEEDINGS.

09:06:06 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SO MOVED.

09:06:08 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
SECOND.

09:06:10 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL IN FAVOR.

ANY OPPOSED?

09:06:13 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THANK YOU.

09:06:15 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND

WE BEGIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE APPLICANTS THAT ARE

HERE TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF DUTY FOR YOUR

COMMITMENT FOR SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY AND GREAT

CITY.

I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE TO APPLY.

TO PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE IN THE PUBLIC EYE.

TO STAND BEFORE COUNCIL AT THE LECTERN.

PUBLIC SPEAKING IS NEVER EASY.

I WILL TELL YOU THE LAST TIME THIS TOOK PLACE WHEN WE

HAD TWO VACANCIES IN THE COUNCIL IN 2010, I WAS ONE OF

THE APPLICANTS.

AND COUNCILMAN CITRO WAS ONE OF THE APPLICANTS.

SO WE KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE THERE.

AND, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE, YOUR

DEDICATION, YOUR COMMITMENT AND DESIRE TO SERVE.

I KNOW MANY FACES.

I RECOGNIZE MANY FACES, AND I KNOW THAT WE ARE BLESSED

WITH SO MANY WONDERFUL CANDIDATES.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, HAVING SAID THAT, WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC

COMMENT.

THIS IS NOT FOR THE APPLICANTS.

IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK BUT ARE NOT AN APPLICANT,

PLEASE APPROACH THE LECTERN AND STATE YOUR NAME.

YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

09:07:25 >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS JAY PASSMORE.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK OF THE VERY IMPORTANT MATTER OF THE

STATE OF OUR CITY COUNCIL.

AS I LOOK AT CITY COUNCIL, I SEE ALL CISGENDER MEN.

AS I LOOK AT CITY COUNCIL, I SEE ONE BLACK PERSON.

THE STATE OF OUR CITY COUNCIL AND THE WAY THAT IT IS

MOVING COULD POTENTIALLY -- IF ONE MEMBER IS FORCED

OUT, THE ONLY BLACK MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL FORCED OUT

LEADS TO AN ALL-WHITE CITY COUNCIL.

CURRENTLY, OUR CITY COUNCIL IS NOT REFLECTIVE OF THE

DIVERSITY OF TAMPA AND ITS RESIDENTS.

I TAKE VERY -- I TAKE OFFENSE TO SOME OF THE ARTICLES I

HAVE SEEN AND SOME OF THE THINGS I HAVE SAID REGARDING

WHEN OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS -- I KNOW WE ARE NOT

ALLOWED TO SAY NAMES, BUT EVERY CITY COUNCILMEMBER

SITTING THROUGH HAS DONE SOMETHING EGREGIOUS.

JUST LAST YEAR, ONE OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS MET

WITH A KNOWN WHITE SUPREMACIST WHO BEAT BLACK WOMEN IN

THE STREETS.

COMMUNITY PATRIOTS IS WHAT THEY ARE CALLED.

THE FOUNDER OF THAT GROUP WITH THE MOST LAZIEST SEARCH

EVER ON FACEBOOK COULD YOU FIND HIM BRAGGING AND HAVE

PICTURES OF HIM TALKING OF STORMING THE CAPITOL.

YET A CITY COUNCILMEMBER THOUGHT IT WAS IN GOOD

STANDING TO MEET WITH THIS WHITE SUPREMACIST GROUP.

WHEN I TALK ABOUT WHAT CITY -- WHAT THE CITY OF TAMPA

DESERVES AND NEEDS, IT NEEDS PEOPLE WITH EMPATHY, WITH

COMPASSION, AND CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING.

AS I LOOK AND I AM NOT HERE TO SAY IF THE ALLEGATIONS

ARE TRUE OR FALSE SURROUNDING ONE OF OUR CITY

COUNCILMEMBERS, BUT WHEN I SEE A BUNCH OF WHITE MEN

TRYING TO FORCE OUT THE ONLY BLACK PERSON ON COUNCIL

WHO HAVEN'T COME UP AND OWN THEIR WRONGS TO THE

COMMUNITY.

LAST YEAR -- IN 2020, EXCUSE ME, I WAS HIT BY A WHITE

SUPREMACIST AT A PROTEST.

2020, I WAS BEAT AND LEFT UNCONSCIOUS FOR 12 MINUTES BY

TPD.

CURRENTLY, TODAY, MY HIPS ARE NOT ALIGNED.

I AM PERMANENTLY DISABLED FROM THE ACTIONS OF 2020.

ONE CITY COUNCILMEMBER SAY PROTESTS DON'T WORK.

THE LAST TIME I CAME TO CITY COUNCIL, I WAS ASSAULTED

BY A POLICE OFFICER.

AND I TAKE BILL CARSON SAID THAT PROTESTS WORK.

WE DON'T WORK HERE ANYMORE.

HE IS A RETIRED POLICE OFFICER.

THERE IS NO ACCOUNTABILITY.

YOU SIT HIGH, YOU LOOK LOW, AND YOU DON'T LOOK AT THE

NEEDS OF WHAT PEOPLE NEED.

WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING TO SEE WHO IS GOING TO BE

APPOINTED TO DINGFELDER'S SEAT, YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THE

NEEDS AND THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.

YOU NEED TO ANALYZE YOUR OWN PRIVILEGE AND UNDERSTAND

WHERE YOU ARE COMING FROM AND HOW YOU ARE ACTING AND

THIS IS MY TIME.

THANK YOU.

09:10:27 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT SPEAKER.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.

09:10:36 >> GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS SALLYESE LEE.

A GREETING TO ALL WOMEN HERE TODAY WHO TOOK A

GRANDSTAND FORWARD TO COME FORWARD, STAND UP, MOVE

FORWARD ON THE ISSUES.

NUMBER ONE, HOMELESS HOUSING TO SHOW CONCERN FOR

ISSUES.

HOMELESS CHANGING AGENDA TO HUMANITY.

KNOWING HOUSING LAWS SET FOR CHANGE AND TRANSPARENCY.

FOR THE PEOPLE TO DO RIGHT BY ALL, KNOW THE EMERGENCY

FOR RENT FREE TO BE CIVIL AND IMPARTIAL.

WE MUST SURVIVE TOGETHER.

HOUSING JUSTICE.

THE PURPOSE OF HOUSING AND HOMELESS RIGHTS TO

AFFORDABILITY MUST BE ANNOUNCED AND APPOINTED.

EN, AMEN.

FUTURE JUSTICE NOW BEGINS.

EN.

09:11:42 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.

09:11:48 >> GOOD MORNING, JAMES MICHAEL SHAW, JR.

WEST TAMPA RESIDENT.

AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ONE OF THE

APPLICANTS.

I ALREADY E-MAILED YOU WHAT I HAD TO SAY, BUT I WANT TO

READ TO YOU WHAT OTHERS HAD TO SAY THAT COULDN'T BE

HERE THIS MORNING UNTIL THEY STOPPED ME AND THE CLOCK

RUNS OUT.

JADE ALEXANDER CRAIG FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO'S

DISTRICT.

CONNIE BURTON HAS COME FROM AN AREA.

FROM THE ROOTS OF COMMUNITY UNDER AND ADDS A VOICE THAT

NEEDS TO BE ON TABLE.

WHETHER SITTING ON THE OUTSIDE AS AN ACTIVIST, SHE

NEEDS TO BE IN A COLLEAGUE AND DECISION-MAKER.

SHE SAID WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE OUR TIMES AND ADDING HER

TO THE COUNCIL WILL DO JUST THAT.

ROBERT C. WILLIAM, DISTRICT 5, COUNCILMAN GUDES'

DISTRICT.

I KNOW THE YEARS OF TIRELESS EFFORTS OF MISS BURTON

WILL KEEP HER ATTUNED TO THE WORKING-CLASS AND POOR

CITIZENS OF TAMPA.

DEVIN CHEATS.

CONNIE BURTON, A TRUE MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY.

I HAVE THE PLEASURE TO KNOW HER.

SHE IS NOT JUST ONE THAT TALKS THE TALKS BUT WALKS THE

WALKS.

WORKING THE CITY TO SEEK JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

AN ADVOCATE FOR MOTHERS AND CHILDREN AND TRUE PUBLIC

SAFETY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND LIVABLE WAGES AND A

MENTOR TO DOZENS THROUGHOUT TAMPA BAY AREA AND DOESN'T

DO IT FOR NOTE RIGHT BUT PRESERVATION FOR HERSELF AND

HER COMMUNITY.

SHE IS THE TRUTH AND SPEAKS THE TRUTH NO MATTER WHAT

POWER OR NOT.

COUNCILMAN GUDES DISTRICT.

KNOWS HER COMMUNITY COMMITMENT AND REPRESENTS ALL OF

THE PEOPLE.

KNOWN FOR INTEGRITY, HONESTY.

DELIA, A MEMBER OF COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO'S DISTRICT.

A MEMBER AND ADVOCATE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND WILL WORK

HARD FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SEBASTIAN, GUDES DISTRICT.

REPRESENT THOSE WHO ARE NOT USUALLY REPRESENTED IN

TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.

STANDS FOR WHAT I WANT IN A CITY COUNCILLOR.

RAMONA JUDGE, COUNCILMAN GUDES DISTRICT.

I MET CONNIE BURTON IN 1995 FIGHTING FOR THE PEOPLE.

A CHAMPION FOR THE COMMUNITY.

BRITTANY, COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO'S DISTRICT.

I SUPPORT HER BECAUSE SHE IS PROGRESSIVE BLACK WOMAN.

CHARDONNAY, COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO DISTRICT.

WE NEED MORE COMMUNITY LEADERS IN ELECTED OFFICE TO PUT

THEIR VALUES TO WORK.

DAVID JONES.

SHE ADVOCATES FOR THE COMMUNITY AND AID AND RESOURCES

FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY.

THERE IS MANY MORE AND I HAVE TO STOP.

THANK YOU.

09:14:32 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[APPLAUSE]

09:14:38 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
NEXT UP, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME,

SIR.

09:14:39 >> GOOD MORNING.

I AM DENNIS LOPEZ.

I AM PLEASED TO BE HERE THIS MORNING.

I AM A LIFE-LONG TAMPA RESIDENT.

I HAD THE OCCASION AND PLEASURE TO MEET SOME OF YOU

FOLKS ON THE COUNCIL.

I TRULY LOVE AND CARE ABOUT THIS CITY OF MINE.

I HAD THE OCCASION TO LIVE IN OTHER PARTS OF THIS

COUNTRY.

AND I THINK THAT THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT TAMPA HAS AND

CAN OFFER OTHERS IS TO BE ADMIRED.

IT IS TO BE TREASURED.

MY PARENTS, BOTH DECEASED, WERE LIFE-LONG TAMPA

RESIDENTS.

ONE OF MY GRANDPARENTS WERE BORN HERE BEFORE 1890.

SO I THINK I HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THE HISTORY OF THIS

TOWN.

THE WONDERFUL HISTORY OF WHAT A MELTING POT IT WAS FROM

MANY CULTURES THAT CAME HERE.

MY OTHER THREE GRANDPARENTS IMMIGRATED TWO FROM ITALY,

ONE FROM SPAIN ALL SEEKING A BETTER LIFE.

IF THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN WATCHING AND PAYING ATTENTION

AND I AM SURE YOU HAVE.

TAMPA IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING AN UNPRECEDENTED BOON AND

CHANGE.

I READ THAT 100,000 PEOPLE ARE MOVING INTO THE STATE OF

FLORIDA EVERY YEAR.

TAMPA IS EXPERIENCING SOMETHING THIS WE HAVE NEVER HAD

BEFORE.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF THE CANDIDACY OF THIS

VACANCY, AND HER NAME IS MEREDITH FREEMAN.

AND SHE IS SEATED THERE IN THE BACK OF THIS ROOM.

ANOTHER SPEAKER TOUCHED A MOMENT AGO.

LOOKING AT THE PANEL, SUFFICE TO SAY, COULD POSSIBLY

BENEFIT PERHAPS BY A LITTLE DIVERSITY.

MEREDITH IS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN.

SHE LIVED IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA -- WORKED IN THE TAMPA

BAY AREA FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS, GOING TO SCHOOL HERE.

ONE OF THE REASONS I ASKED HER WHY DO YOU WANT TO BE ON

CITY COUNCIL.

SHE SAID, I SEE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

AND I AM A SINGLE MOTHER OF A TEN-YEAR-OLD SON.

SHE IS AN ATTORNEY WITH A STELLAR REPUTATION AND CAREER

WITH FIRMS HERE IN THE TAMPA AREA -- HIGHLY RESPECTED

FIRMS HERE IN THE TAMPA AREA.

SHE BRINGS A VIEWPOINT, I WOULD SUGGEST, THAT PRESENTLY

MAY BE LACKING ON THE COUNCIL.

FOR THOSE REASONS, IF TAMPA IS STILL DESTINED TO BE

ERICA'S NEXT GREAT CITY, I WOULD SEVERELY HOPE THAT

YOU WILL GIVE MISS FREEMAN YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU.

09:17:36 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT.

NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME WHEN YOU APPROACH THE LECTERN.

09:17:46 >> HI, I AM BARBARA KENNEDY GIBSON.

SHE, HER ARE MY PRONOUNS AND I LIVE IN BILL CARLSON'S

DISTRICT.

A PROGRESSIVE BLACK WOMAN.

I LIVED IN TAMPA AND MY PARENT AND GRANDPARENTS ALSO.

AND MY FAMILY HAS BEEN IN REAL ESTATE.

AND I THINK THAT I AND MY FAMILY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR

SOME OF THE DAMAGE DONE IN THIS TOWN.

AND I THINK SOME REPARATIONS CAN BE DONE GETTING CONNIE

ON THE CITY COUNCIL.

CHRIS MORRISON IN DISTRICT 5.

WE NEED PEOPLE SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER.

CONNIE DOESN'T BACK DOWN AND PROPER PAIN FOR MANY

PEOPLE IN THE CITY BUT WILL ALWAYS FIGHT FOR WHAT IS

RIGHT.

WHEN YOU HAVE AN ACTIVIST LIKE CONNIE, SHE WILL STEP UP

IN PUBLIC OFFICE.

THAT IS AMAZING.

MANY ACTIVISTS WANT TO CRITICIZE FROM THE OUTSIDE, BUT

THE FACT SHE WANTS A SEAT AT THE TABLE SPEAK VERY

HIGHLY OF HER.

MANY THINGS HAPPENING IN THE CITY AND HAS A STRONG

OPINION BUT WHEN SHE GETS IN THE OFFICE SHE WILL

REALIZE HOW COMPLEX THE SITUATION IS AND REALIZE IT

AIN'T EASY AND WE MAY THINK IT IS FROM THE OUTSIDE.

AGAIN, A VERY GOOD THING BECAUSE COMMUNICATE THE

COMPLEXITY BACK TO THE PEOPLE IN HER COMMUNITY.

I WOULD LOVE TO SERVE ON THIS SEAT MORE THAN ANYTHING.

THIS IS TOPHER MORRISON.

WOULD LOVED TO SERVE ON THE SEAT MORE THAN ANYTHING BUT

THE MOMENT I HEARD SHE WAS A POTENTIAL FOR THE SEAT, I

DIDN'T PURSUE IT BECAUSE THIS IS HOW STRONGLY I FEEL

SHE DESERVES THIS POSITION.

IN GOVERNMENT WHAT IS EASY ISN'T RIGHT AND WHAT IS

RIGHT ISN'T EASY.

CONNIE BURTON FOR THE CITY COUNCIL IS WHAT IS RIGHT.

DO WHAT IS EASY FOR YOUR OWN INTEREST OR DO WHAT IS

RIGHT FOR THE GOOD CITY OF TAMPA.

FREDDY WEST HUDSON IN ORLANDO GUDES' DISTRICT.

WE NEED SOMEONE WHO IS FAIR TO ALL AND WILL LISTEN AND

SPEAK THE TRUTH.

NESTER ORTIZ FROM DISTRICT 6, SHE UNDERSTANDS THE

COMMUNITY AND ISSUES IN A WAY THAT MANY PEOPLE CAN'T.

WE KNOW THAT.

MICHELLE WILLIAMS FROM DISTRICT 6, MANISCALCO'S.

A CHAMPION FOR THE COMMUNITY AND OUR ISSUES.

CHRISTOPHER CANO, CONNIE IS A TRUE GRASS-ROOTS VOICE

OF THE NEIGHBORS AND OUR FAMILIES.

SHE SHOULD BE THE VOICE ON THE COUNCIL FOR US.

CHRISTINE LEE SAID I BELIEVE IN HER.

JOSEPH MCCLENNAN SAYS SHE IS AS TAMPA AS TAMPA GETS.

YOU WANT TO KEEP THE SPIRIT OF TAMPA BAY, THIS IS A

STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

AND I WANTED TO SPEAK TO THAT.

I WAS -- I WAS INTEGRATED IN PLANT HIGH SCHOOL.

AND I BELIEVE THAT THE PEOPLE I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH

HAVE SUFFERED.

BLACK PEOPLE I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH HAVE SUFFERED IN

THIS CITY.

AND I WOULD LIKE CONNIE BURTON.

THANK YOU.

09:20:35 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT.

NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

STATE YOUR NAME.

09:20:43 >> GOOD MORNING, MENTESNOT.

I THINK THIS IS A MOMENTOUS DAY FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA

BECAUSE PEOPLE WE CRITICIZE FROM THE OUTSIDE AND PEOPLE

THAT WERE ADAMANT ABOUT -- HAD ADAMANT FEELINGS ABOUT

THAT IF THEY ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR THE PEOPLE

WE REPRESENT, WE SAY, HEY, MAYBE THE RIGHT THING ISN'T

DOING DONE AND PEOPLE LEFT OUT -- A PERCENTAGE OF THE

PEOPLE LEFT OUT.

PEOPLE HEARD ME USE THE 26% FIGURE ON NUMEROUS

OCCASIONS.

SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON WITH THE CITY, THAT

SINCE THE CITY HAS BEEN FORMED PROBABLY IN THE 1850S,

THAT AFRICAN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT OF.

BLATANTLY LEFT OUT OF TAMPA.

AND IT IS NOT JUST WITH THE POLITICAL MACHINERY OF THE

CITY.

IT'S WITH THE JUDICIAL MACHINERY OF THE CITY.

IT IS WITH THE ECONOMICAL OF THE CITY.

WITH THE SOCIAL FABRIC OF THE CITY.

IT IS WITH RIVER WALK THAT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

THAT WHERE YOU SEE THEY TOUTING RIVER WALK, BUT THEY

HAVE DESTROYED WEST TAMPA AND EVERYTHING IN ITS PATH.

WHEN I SAY "DESTROY" HOWSOEVER DEVELOPERS LOOK AT IT

AND IT IS LIKE GRAVY TRAIN FOR THEM, BUT FOR US AND

PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE US AND PEOPLE WHO ARE POOR AND

DISADVANTAGED, IT IS NOT A GOOD LOOK.

AND NOT THAT THEY CAN'T MAKE IT ANYMORE IN THIS CITY,

IT IS THAT THEY ARE BEING STAMPED OUT.

PEOPLE RENTS ARE BEING PAID FOR ONE PRICE TO ANOTHER

THAT IS PHENOMENALLY UNREEL.

NOT ONLY UNREAL, BUT UNFAIR.

IF THE RIGHT PEOPLE GET AHOLD OF IT, IT IS PROBABLY

ILLEGAL.

BUT THE RIGHT PEOPLE HAVEN'T GOTTEN A -- A HOLD OF IT.

NOW WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY -- A MOMENTOUS DAY IN THE

CITY OF TAMPA BECAUSE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPOINT

OR ELECT -- WHICHEVER WORD YOU WANT TO USE -- SOMEONE

WHO HAS THE LAST 30 SOMETHING YEARS HAVE STOOD UP

INDEPENDENTLY.

A PERSON WHO PROBABLY NO OTHER PERSON CAN POSSIBLY SAY.

EVEN IF THEY HAD TO STAND BY THEMSELVES YOU CAN PASS

AND SEE THAT PERSON ON THE STREET CORNER BY THEMSELVES

STANDING UP FOR THE PEOPLE.

THAT IS AN INTERESTING PERSON.

THAT IS A VERY INTERESTING PERSON.

THAT ONLY.

THAT IS AN INDICATION.

THAT IS VERIFICATION.

THAT IS AN ENDORSEMENT FOR ONE PERSON ONLY.

I AM NOT EVEN GOING TO CALL THAT PERSON'S NAME.

THAT IS ONE PERSON ONLY.

A PERSON WHO WE KNOW THAT IS NOT FINANCIALLY ENDOWED,

BUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO TAKE OUT OF THEIR POCKETS AND

GIVE TO THIS CITY.

IT IS TIME THIS CITY CAN DO SOMETHING FOR HER.

THANK YOU.

09:23:55 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.

ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER PUBLIC

SPEAKERS HERE IN PERSON HERE TODAY?

ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A FEW THAT ARE REGISTERED ONLINE.

I SEE RICK FERNANDEZ IS THE FIRST SPEAKER.

IS THAT CORRECT?

GO AHEAD.

09:24:11 >> HELLO, CHAIR.

I AM RICK FERNANDEZ.

CAN YOU HEAR ME ALL RIGHT?

09:24:16 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, SIR, GO AHEAD.

09:24:17 >> THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING TO ALL.

I FIRST WANT TO ASSOCIATE MYSELF WITH THE COMMENTS OF

CHAIR MANISCALCO AT THE TOP OF THE MEETING.

THANK YOU TO ALL THE APPLICANTS.

I KNOW SEVERAL OF YOU PERSONALLY.

AND I, TOO, AM AWARE HOW SCARY IT CAN BE TO BE IN THE

SEATS THAT YOU OCCUPY AT THIS MOMENT.

STEPPING UP IS A COURAGEOUS ACT.

FOR ALL US, FROM ME, THANK YOU, FOR EVEN BEING THERE.

THAT SAID, COUNCIL, I COME TO YOU FROM TAMPA HEIGHTS.

INCORPORATE MY WRITTEN COMMENTS BY REFERENCE.

THEY WERE SUBMITTED LAST WEEK AND I STAND IN MORNING OF

ONE OF YOUR APPLICANTS AMANDA LYNN HURTAK TO FILL THE

DISTRICT 3 CITY COUNCIL.

IN CONSIDERING LYNN'S APPLICANT, PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF

HER RELEVANT RESUME REFLECTING, FIRST OFF, LEADERSHIP

IN THE OLD SEMINOLE HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

IN THAT CAPACITY, SHE HAD THE ABILITY TO MANAGE

RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN DEVELOPERS AND RESIDENTIAL

COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, FINDING SOLUTIONS FOR DESIGN

AND INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES.

SHE HAS BEEN ON SERVICE ON THE VARIANCE REVIEW BOARD AS

WELL FOR SEVERAL YEARS UNDERSTANDING CITY CODE AND

ORDINANCES, A POSITION VERY RELEVANT TO THE POSITION

THAT ALL OF YOU FILL TODAY.

ALSO, HER SERVICE ON CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION SEVERAL

YEARS AGO.

AND THE FACT SHE IS A MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION

ADVOCATE AND ALL THAT THAT MEANS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE

CITY OF TAMPA THAT WE ARE LIVING IN TODAY FOR BETTER OR

WORSE, ALL OF YOU KNOW ME.

AND I SAY THAT ADVISORY.

I KNOW I HAVE NOT ALWAYS BEEN ON THE SAME SIDE OF

ISSUES WITH ALL OF YOU.

BUT YOU ALL KNOW THE ISSUES THAT MOVE ME TO ACTION THAT

MOMENTS LIKE THIS.

FOR ME, IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT OPPOSING INTERSTATE

EXPANSION TO THE URBAN CORE OF TAMPA.

BROUGHT ME TO THE PUBLIC LIGHT SEVEN YEARS AGO BUT NOT

THE ONLY ISSUE THAT MOTIVATES ME.

IT IS ABOUT ADVOCACY FOR THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA.

OUR HISTORY, OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.

IN MY OPINION LYNN HURTAK IS THE ADVOCATE WE NEED IN

THIS MOMENT AND FOR THE CITY.

YOU GENTLEMEN HAVE AN EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES THIS

MORNING.

THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD APPLICANTS BEFORE YOU.

BUT IN MY OPINION, LYNN HURTAK IS THE CROWN JEWEL.

AND I ASK THAT YOU FOLLOW MY ADVICE AND APPOINT HER IN

JOINING YOUR DAIS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

09:27:14 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR.

NEXT CHRISTINA ACOSTA.

09:27:21 >>CLERK:
SHE NOT ON LINE.

IN LIEU OF HER APPEARANCE, SHE SENT AN E-MAIL TO

COUNCIL.

09:27:28 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
VERY GOOD.

NEXT IS MICHAEL RANDOLPH.

09:27:31 >> GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS MICHAEL RANDOLPH.

I AM WITH THE WEST TAMPA CAC.

I HOPE YOU DO WELL.

CRIME.

AND A STRONG UNDERSTANDING ON THE GROUND LEVEL AROUND

THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY.

APRIL 26, A NATIONAL MEETING ON WHAT WORKS WITH REGARDS

TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

MY CONCERN IS -- AND YOU SEE THE NUMBER GOES UP, THIS

SUMMIT ONE OF THE VIOLENT SUMMITS PROBABLY IN DECADES.

WE NEED TO BEGIN TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF VIOLENT TIME

FROM A DISTANCE PERSPECTIVE.

AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO BE PART OF THAT DISCUSSION

BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE

NATION TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN THAT

COMMUNITY.

THE CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE -- I WILL NEVER RUN FOR

OFFICE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DO RIGHT AND YOU CAN'T DO

WRONG.

09:28:38 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OH, NO, WE HAVE ONE MORE, STEPHANIE POYNOR.

09:28:48 >> HI, GOOD MORNING.

09:28:50 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
GOOD MORNING.

09:28:54 >> THE PEOPLE OF TAMPA CHOSE COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER FOR

A REASON.

COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, IN HIS POSITION TO STAND UP FOR

THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER VOTED WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS RIGHT

EVEN WHEN IT WASN'T POPULAR.

THAT BIT HIM IN THE BUTT.

THE CITIZENS ARE WATCHING TODAY.

THEY ARE WATCHING TO SEE IF YOU CHOOSE A YES PERSON.

THEY ARE WATCHING TO SEE IF THAT PERSON CHOOSES TO WORK

WITH THE CITIZENS OR IS IT THEIR PRIORITY TO DO WHAT

THOSE WHO FUND THE PAC FUND BY DEVELOPERS WANT.

REMEMBER, CAC FOLKS, THEY MIGHT VOTE, BUT THEY CAN'T

VOTE IN MASS.

REMEMBER VOTERS ARE THE ONES THAT COUNT.

VOTERS ARE WATCHING.

VOTERS VOTE.

AND THEY ARE WATCHING.

VOTERS CREATE NEIGHBORHOODS, NOT PACS.

VOTERS WILL BE WATCHING.

DO THE RIGHT THING.

ASK EACH APPLICANT IF THEY ARE READY TO FIGHT FOR THE

RIGHT THING EVEN WHEN IT GOES AGAINST THE FLOW.

ASK EACH APPLICANT, IF THEY READ THE FLORIDA ETHICS

DECISION OF 2020-008 AND WILLING TO GIVE UP THEIR LEGAL

ESTATE AND LEGAL CAREERS WHILE IN OFFICE MAKING THE

WHOOPING $53,000 A YEAR THAT YOU GUYS DO.

DO THE RIGHT THING, GENTLEMEN.

PS, TWO MINUTES IS NOT ENOUGH FOR EACH ONE OF THESE

CANDIDATES.

THAT WAS UNDER THE ASSUMPTION WOULD YOU HAVE 100

APPLICATIONS.

GIVE EACH APPLICANT AN ADDITIONAL MINUTE TO SPEAK.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

09:30:36 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANYBODY REGISTERED?

SO THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.

COUNCILMAN CARLSON.

09:30:46 >>BILL CARLSON:
YEAH, IF I COULD, JUST WANT TO SAY FOR

THE RECORD I AGREE WITH THE COMMENTS ABOUT ADDING

DIVERSITY.

WE NEED FEMALES AND MORE AFRICAN-AMERICANS ON THE

BOARD, BUT I WANT FOR THE RECORD SINCE THE MEDIA IS

HERE, THE HISPANIC LATINO COMMUNITY IN TAMPA IS ALSO

VERY IMPORTANT AND HELPED BUILD THIS COMMUNITY, AND I

DON'T KNOW WHICH OF MY COLLEAGUES IDENTIFY AS HISPANIC.

ANY OF YOU ALL?

CHARLIE, ANY --

09:31:19 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MY MOTHER IS FROM CUBA.

09:31:24 >>LUIS VIERA:
I IDENTIFY AS HISPANIC.

09:31:28 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MY MOTHER IS BORN IN CUBA.

09:31:30 >>BILL CARLSON:
I AM NOT SAYING HISPANIC VERSUS

AFRICAN-AMERICAN.

JUST SAYING THAT IT IS ALL WHITE -- I THINK WE NEED TO

RESPECT AND HONOR OUR HISPANIC HERITAGE IN TAMPA.

I AM NOT.

I AM SWEDISH-AMERICAN, AND I WANT TO IDENTIFY THAT.

THREE OF MY COLLEAGUES SPEAK SPANISH, AND AT LEAST A

COUPLE SPEAK ITALIAN, AND WE SHOULD MAKE SURE WE

ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANT HISTORY THEY HAVE IN TAMPA.

THANK YOU.

09:31:58 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMAN

GUDES.

09:32:00 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

YOU KNOW WE LOST, IN MY OPINION, A TRUE SOLDIER, MR.

DINGFELDER.

SOMEONE WHO FOUGHT FOR COMMUNITIES.

SOMEONE WHO IS NOT AFRAID TO STAND UP, AND SOMEONE

THINKS THAT KNOW IN MY HEART CARED FOR THE PEOPLE.

I AM JUST GOING TO BE FRANK WITH THOSE APPLICANTS THAT

COME FORWARD BEFORE ME TODAY.

MOST OF YOU KNOW I STAND WITH THE PEOPLE.

I WON'T SUPPORT ANYBODY THAT WON'T STAND FOR THE

PEOPLE.

I WON'T SUPPORT ANYBODY WHO WON'T LOOK AT THE FACTS AND

MAKE A GOOD DECISION FOR THE CITY AND NOT BECAUSE OF

MONEY.

THE CITY MUST GROW.

WE MUST HAVE DEVELOPMENT, OF COURSE, BUT WE HAVE TO

HAVE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS ENCOMPASSING EVERYBODY IN THE

CITY.

I WILL SUPPORT INITIALLY WHO WILL NOT BE A PERSON WHO

WILL STAND UP WHEN THERE IS A CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE.

AND SUPPORT ANYBODY WHO ADMINISTRATION IS OUT OF

CONTEXT AND WILL PUT IT BACK IN CONTEXT.

I SUPPORT A PERSON LIKE THAT AND MAKE A DECISION AND

THE DECISIONS THEY MAKE AND NOT BE AFRAID OF

CONSEQUENCES AND TO BE ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS.

THAT IS THE PERSON BLACK, WHITE, LATINO.

I WANT THE PERSON WHO WILL STAND UP AND DO THE RIGHT

THING FOR ALL PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF COUNCIL.

09:33:27 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN VIERA.

09:33:30 >>LUIS VIERA:
COUNCILMAN CARLSON, THANK YOU FOR THE

HISPANIC REMARK.

THANK YOU FOR THAT AS I MAY.

I WANTED TO GIVE MY TWO THOUGHTS ON IT.

YESTERDAY EVENING AT AN EVENT AT ALLEN TEMPLE AT AME

CHURCH WITH THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE MARTIN LUTHER KING,

JR.

AND I HAD PRIDE AS AN OFFICIAL.

I SERVED FOR FIVE YEARS, AND WE HAVE ABOUT TWO DOZEN

PEOPLE HERE TODAY WHO ARE GOING FOR PUBLIC OFFICE.

AND IF -- AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE TWO PEOPLE

HERE WHO TRIED TO APPLY.

I KNOW OF -- AND LATER ELECTED.

I KNOW OF OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS

WHO TRIED TO APPLY IN THE PAST.

DIDN'T MAKE IT AND THEN WERE ELECTED AND WHAT NOT.

IF YOU WERE NOT CHOSEN, YOUR TIME IN PUBLIC OFFICE,

THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE IT IS GOING TO GO -- GOING TO GO

AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO -- GOD WILLING -- HAVE MOMENTS

IN PUBLIC OFFICE THAT YOU LOOK BACK TEN MINUTES LATER,

TEN YEARS LATER AND SAY I AM VERY PROUD OF WHAT I DID

THAT DAY.

I AM REALLY PROUD OF WHAT I SAID THAT DAY.

WHETHER IN THE MINORITY, MAJORITY, YOU ARE PROUD THAT

THE TIME YOU CAN LOOK AT IT AND FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES

SAY I KNOW WHY WE DID THAT AND PROUD OF IT.

ALL SIX OF US HAD MOMENTS LIKE THAT.

EVERYBODY IN PUBLIC OFFICE, REGARDLESS OF YOUR PARTY

AFFILIATION HAVE HAD MOMENTS LIKE THAT.

I CAN SAY THE BIGGEST THING THAT I AM LOOKING FOR -- I

SAID THIS MANY TIMES.

I VALUE PHILOSOPHY.

IDEOLOGY -- I SHOULDN'T SAY IDEOLOGY, STRIKE THAT.

I SUPPORT VALUES IN A PERSON.

THAT IS CRITICAL.

CIVILITY WITHIN PEOPLE AND WORK WITH ONE ANOTHER AND

BUILD BRIDGES.

THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR ME.

I WANTED TO SAY THAT THAT ALL OF YOU ARE GOING FOR

PUBLIC OFFICE.

A LOT OF HEART AND CHUTZPA TO GO OUT FOR PUBLIC OFFICE.

YOU PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE IN PUBLIC AND PEOPLE TO

ANALYZE YOU, ETC., ETC., I SALUTE THAT AND, GOD WILLING,

YOU CAN HAVE THAT MOMENT IN PUBLIC OFFICE AND WE ALL

HAVE THAT IN OUR LIVES.

WHEN DO YOU SOMETHING AND YOU ARE PROUD OF THAT.

YOU ARE PROUD OF THAT.

THAT IS WHAT PUBLIC OFFICE IS ALL ABOUT.

BEING A HARRY TRUMAN.

THANK YOU.

09:35:50 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE?

ALL RIGHT.

THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE HAVE 23 CANDIDATES THAT HAVE QUALIFIED TO FILL THIS

VACANCY AND WE HAVE ALL THE APPLICATIONS.

I BELIEVE EVERYBODY HERE DOES.

I RECEIVED MINE ON FRIDAY AND I READ EACH AND EVERY

WORD AND EACH AND EVERY ACTION.

BECAUSE I KNOW YOU PUT A LOT OF HEART, EFFORT AND TIME

INTO THIS.

WE LOOKED AT -- I DID.

I LOOKED AT ALL THESE APPLICATIONS.

I HAVE IT BEFORE US.

EACH APPLICANT HAS TWO MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR

PRESENTATION.

THE APPLICANTS WILL BE CALLED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY

LAST NAME AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL MAY ASK QUESTIONS

OF INDIVIDUAL APPLICANTS FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

IN LOOKING AT HOW WE ALL CAMPAIGNED TIGER BAY AND

NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FORUM, USUALLY GIVEN 30

SECONDS OR 60 SECONDS TO RESPOND.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE FAIR.

THAT IS JUST MY SUGGESTION.

I DON'T WANT TO LIMIT HOW MANY QUESTIONS A

COUNCILMEMBER ASKS.

GENERALLY ASKED THREE QUESTIONS, TWO QUESTIONS,

DEPENDING ON THE FORUM.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY SUGGESTION MOVING FORWARD WITH

REGARDS TO ASKING QUESTIONS OF APPLICANTS AND THEIR

TIME?

COUNCILMAN CARLSON.

09:37:07 >>BILL CARLSON:
SHOULD WE -- OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS

FOR ALL 23 OR --

09:37:11 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL 23.

SURE, TO KEEP IT A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD.

A RESPONSE TIME 60 SECONDS PER QUESTION OR 30 SECONDS

PER QUESTION.

09:37:22 >>BILL CARLSON:
WHAT HAPPENS IF WE ASK A QUESTION OF

ONE CANDIDATE WE FEEL COMPELLED -- WE HAVE SEVEN

QUESTIONS AT LEAST FOR EACH CANDIDATE.

09:37:29 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
UP TO YOU.

THERE MAY NOT BE QUESTIONS.

IT IS OPEN.

COUNCILMAN VIERA.

09:37:35 >>LUIS VIERA:
I DON'T FORESEE MYSELF UNLESS SOMETHING

THAT REALLY NEEDS CLARIFICATIONS ASKING QUESTIONS.

I THINK THAT -- YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING VERY WELL, MR.

CHAIRMAN, WHICH IS THAT A LOT OF FOLKS -- THIS IS VERY

INTIMIDATING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE PRESENT, AND TO ASK

QUESTIONS OF A LOT OF PEOPLE IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I

DON'T SEE MYSELF DOING.

I AM NOT COMMITTED TO NOT DOING IT.

ONE THING I WOULD SUGGEST AND SOMEONE SAID -- I THINK

IT WAS MISS POYNOR, GIVE APPLICANTS A 15-SECOND SAFETY

NET.

09:38:10 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MENTIONED AN EXTRA MINUTE.

09:38:12 >>LUIS VIERA:
JUST BECAUSE -- 15 SECONDS ISN'T GOING

TO DO ANYTHING.

JUST MY OPINION.

BUT I DON'T FORESEE MYSELF ASKING A TON OF QUESTIONS, I

MAY, BUT I DON'T FORESEE IT.

09:38:22 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.

09:38:25 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I DON'T SEE MYSELF ASKING A LOT OF

QUESTIONS.

AND THE REASON IS, ONE OF THE PROBLEMS I SEE WITH THE

WAY IT IS DONE, THE ONES ON THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST ARE

GOING TO HAVE THE ADVANTAGE IF WE ASK THE SAME

QUESTIONS AND THE ONES UP FRONT YOU GET AN ANSWER AND

BETTER PREPARED THAN THE ONES UP FRONT.

LIFE IN, FIRST OUT.

AND I AM OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE CLARITY, I AM NOT GOING

TO ASK TOO MANY QUESTIONS.

09:38:51 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OUR CLERK, MISS SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES, IF YOU WILL TAKE

OVER AND CALL PEOPLE BY LAST NAME ALPHABETICAL ORDER.

09:39:15 >>CLERK:
GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL, SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES,

CITY CLERK.

I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE SELECTION PROCESS TO

FILL THE VACANCY IN DISTRICT 3 AT LARGE.

THE CHAIR HAS NOTED SOME THINGS AS FAR AS THE 23

CANDIDATES.

AND REVIEWING THE APPLICATIONS.

THE SELECTION WILL BE MADE BY BALLOT OF THE CITY

COUNCIL CURRENT MEMBERS.

EACH CITY COUNCILMEMBER SHALL SELECT ONLY ONE NAME.

THE APPLICANT WHO RECEIVES FOUR OR MORE VOTES SHALL BE

THE PERSON SELECTED TO FILL THE REMAINING TERM OF

OFFICE.

IN THE EVENT NO APPLICANT RECEIVES THE REQUISITE FOUR

VOTES, ONLY THE APPLICANTS RECEIVING THE GREATEST

NUMBER AND THE NEXT GREATEST NUMBER OF VOTES SHALL BE

ELIGIBLE FOR ANOTHER BALLOT OR RUNOFF.

AFTER EACH BALLOT ROUND, THE VOTE WILL BE COUNTED AND

AN ANNOUNCEMENT MADE REGARDING HOW EACH COUNCIL MEMBER

VOTED.

THE APPLICANT WHO RECEIVES FOUR MORE VOTES SHALL BE THE

PERSON SELECTED.

AND WITH THAT, I WILL PASS OUT THE BALLOTS BEFORE THE

PRESENTATION.

THE FIRST APPLICANT IS DR. SONJA BROOKIN.

09:41:17 >> GOOD MORNING.

09:41:18 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
GOOD MORNING.

09:41:22 >> MY NAME IS DR. SONJA BROOKIN, AND I CURRENTLY SERVE

AS THE WATER CONSERVATION SUPERVISOR FOR DISTRICT 4.

I AM THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD

AFTER HAVING SECURED OVER 314,000 VOTES.

I APPEAR BEFORE THIS COUNCIL SEEKING AN APPOINTMENT TO

SERVE AS COUNCILWOMAN.

HOW CAN MY APPOINTMENT ENHANCE THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS

COUNCIL?

THERE ARE TWO REASONS BEYOND THE OBVIOUS FACT OF GENDER

AND ETHNICITY.

MY NUMBER ONE CONCERN.

MY CONNECTION AS A TAMPANIAN AS WELL AS MY ACTIVE

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

I HAVE EXPERIENCE RUNNING AN EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT

CAMPAIGN FOR OFFICE.

I RAN AS AN UNDERDOG AND WON.

LET'S NOT CHOOSE SOMEONE WHO WILL HAVE TO SERVE THIS

TERM WHILE SOLELY FOCUSED ON THE NEXT CAMPAIGN.

MY INVOLVEMENT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY SPEAKS VOLUMES.

I WALK THE TALK DAILY.

NUMBER TWO, I AM EQUIPPED WITH THE TOOLS TO TRANSFORM

TAMPA BAY'S TOMORROW EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.

THEREFORE, MY ROLE AS AN EDUCATOR HAS EQUIPPED ME.

MY ROLE AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL WITH SIGNIFICANT BOARD

EXPERIENCE HAS EQUIPPED ME.

MY ROLE AS A RESIDENT AND ROTARIAN HAS EQUIPPED ME.

MY ROLE HAS CREATED A PREPAREDNESS OF ACUMEN FOR

TODAY'S APPOINTMENT.

SELECTING A CANDIDATE THAT DEMONSTRATED THAT TASK OF

LEADERSHIP WILL NOT SUFFICE SHORT TERM.

THE CITY NEEDS LONGEVITY PAST 2023.

REQUEST YOUR SELECTION OF ME, WE WILL TRANSFORM OUR

CITY AND ENSURE A PLACE OF INNOVATION AND SAFETY FOR

ALL RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS WHILE ENHANCING ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

AGAIN, MY NAME IS DR. SONJA BROOKIN.

09:43:35 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[APPLAUSE]

09:43:53 >>CLERK:
THE NEXT CANDIDATE IS MISS CONNIE BURTON.

[APPLAUSE]

09:43:55 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, MA'AM.

GO AHEAD.

09:43:58 >> YES, GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.

THIS IS A HISTORIC MOMENT BECAUSE TODAY WILL DEFINE IF

THIS CITY IS MOVING MORE TOWARD A TWO-TIER SYSTEM OF

THEM AGAINST US OR IS THIS CITY PREPARED UNDER YOUR

LEADERSHIP TO EXPAND DEMOCRACY AND ALSO BE A

TRANSFORMATIVE CITY THAT COULD BE A LIGHTHOUSE FOR

OTHERS TO FOLLOW.

I AM A MOTHER TO A GRANDMOTHER, I DON'T HOLD ANY

SECONDARY DEGREES.

I RESPECT ALL THAT DO, BUT WHAT I DO HAVE IS SOMETHING

THAT MONEY CAN'T BUY.

AND THAT IS LOYALTY AND LOVE TO THE PEOPLE AND THE

COMMUNITY AND THIS CITY.

I HAVE A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF SERVICE TOWARD JUSTICE.

I WANT MY BODY OF WORK TO REFLECT THAT I HAVE ADVOCATE

-- I HAVE BEEN A PROUD ADVOCATE AND DEDICATED SERVANT

FOR THE COMMUNITY EVEN AT THE COST.

MY PASSION IS DEMONSTRATED THROUGH MY DESIRE FOR THE

BETTERMENT OF ALL PEOPLE.

I DON'T POSSESS A -- A PASSIVE PIECE, BUT I BELIEVE

THAT TAMPA CAN BE TRANSFORMED THAT IT IS ENOUGH IN THIS

CITY FOR EVERYBODY.

I BELIEVE THAT GENTRIFICATION BEING ON THE FRONT LINE

IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS OUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.

I BELIEVE THAT THERE, YOU GUYS, KNOW WHAT IS THE RIGHT

THING TO DO.

WHAT IS MISSING IS THAT PERHAPS YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO

SPEND YOUR POLITICAL CAPITAL TO DO IT.

BUT WHAT I AM ASKING IS BASED ON YOUR RESOLUTION THAT

YOU PASSED IN 2020, THAT YOU RECOGNIZE THE MOST

MARGINAL GROUP IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT IF THE ATTENTION

WAS PASSED ON TO THOSE COMMUNITIES TO LIFT THOSE PEOPLE

UP AND GIVE THEM A VOICE, THEN EVERYTHING ELSE WILL

FALL IN LINE.

THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY THIS MORNING.

AND I APPRECIATE BEING HERE.

THANK YOU.

09:46:05 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[APPLAUSE]

09:46:23 >>CLERK:
THE NEXT APPLICANT IS MR. JAMES CHITTENDEN.

09:46:25 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, SIR, GO AHEAD.

09:46:29 >> GOOD MORNING, GENTLEMEN.

MY NAME IS JAMES CHITTENDEN.

I AM THE FOUNDER AND CHIEF START-UP AND SMALL BUSINESS

STRATEGIST AT ONECLICKADVISOR.COM, THE ENTREPRENEUR'S

BEST FRIEND.

I HAVE HELPED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE START, MARKET,

OPERATE AND FINANCE BUSINESSES IN.

I HAVE ALSO SERVED ON BOARDS AND COMMITTEES THAT

ADVISED THE COUNCIL AND MAYOR IN BUDGET, CRA, AND

PUBLIC NUISANCE AND CODE ENFORCEMENT MATTERS.

WITH THAT SAID, I AM SURE ALL THIS AGREE IT IS PAST

TIME TO LEVEL UP SOME THINGS HERE IN.

I HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO THOSE WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY TO

RECRUIT BUSINESSES SUCH AS FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES HERE.

AND THE RESPONSES WE GET FROM THOSE CEOS.

WE HAVE BEEN REJECTED.

WE OUGHT TO USE THAT REJECTION AS MEMO PAD REMINDING US

OF SOME THINGS WE NEED TO IMPROVE TO LEVEL UP.

TAMPA HAD CHAMPIONSHIP BIG LEAGUE TEAMS BUT A MINOR

LEAGUE TRANSIT SYSTEM.

LET'S DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO LEVEL UP OUR PUBLIC

TRANSPORTATION.

TAMPA HAS HOUSING PRICE AND COST INCREASES OF LIVING

LIKE CALIFORNIA, BUT WITH WAGES MORE LIKE ALABAMA.

IF TAMPA HAD NEARLY AS MANY SOFTWARE ENGINEERS AND OTHER

TECH PROBLEM-SOLVERS AS IT DID REALTORS AND PERSONAL

TRAINERS, WE WOULD SURPASS SILICON VALLEY AS AN

INNOVATION DESTINATION.

THE RESULT WILL BE A MORE EQUITABLE AND DIVERSE

ECONOMY.

THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF TAMPA GOVERNMENT IS MIRED IN

NEGATIVE POLITIC AND MISPLACED PRIORITIES.

LIKE ALL OF YOU I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE FOCUS OF THE

HANDLING OF THE POLICE CHIEF.

I AM BOTHERED BY THE FOCUS ON JOHN DINGFELDER'S E-MAILS

AND ALL OF YOU -- AND EVERYTHING THAT SPUN OFF OF IT BY

THE WAY.

LIKE ALL OF YOU, I AM BOTHERED BY THE FOCUS OF

ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT.

LET'S LEVEL UP OUR POLITICS.

CHANGE THE CONVERSATION.

GET BETTER RESULTS.

FOCUS ON BETTER THINGS AND GET BETTER RESULTS.

I AM JAMES CHITTENDEN.

THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.

09:48:54 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

09:49:00 >>CLERK:
THE NEXT CANDIDATE IS DR. CAROLYN HEPBURN

COLLINS, IF SHE IS HERE.

09:49:07 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
DR. COLLINS, ARE YOU HERE?

THE NEXT CANDIDATE IS THOMAS CONNELLY.

09:49:20 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, SIR, GO AHEAD.

09:49:22 >> CHAIRMAN MANISCALCO, COUNCILMEMBERS, STAFF, FELLOW

APPLICANTS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

UNLIKE MOST APPLICANTS, I DID NOT GROW UP IN TAMPA.

MY DAD WAS A CAREER ARMY OFFICIAL, AND I FOLLOWED IN HIS

FOOTSTEPS AND JOINED THE AIR FORCE AND SERVED FOR THREE

DECADES.

50 YEARS I LIVED AND SERVED ALL OVER THE WORLD WITH

DIVERSE CULTURES, RELIGIONS AND IN WAR AND IN PEACE.

MANY PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT AMERICA'S MILITARY IS A

CROSSSECTION OF SOCIETY, DRESS ALIKE AND LIVE TO SERVE

BUT SOMETIMES THAT IS WHERE THE SIMILARITIES STOP.

50 YEARS TOLD ME TO BUILD TEAMS WITH PEOPLE DIFFERENT

THAN ME, RESPECT OTHERS IN EXPERIENCES AND LIVE AND

BUILD CONSENSUS AND GET THINGS DONE AND NOT JUST THINGS

MY WAY.

WHEN WE RETIRED, MY WIFE AND I PICKED TAMPA BECAUSE OF

DIVERSITY AND HISTORY.

I AM PROUD I LIVE IN TAMPA, BUT REGULARLY LISTENING TO

FELLOW CITIZENS SPEAK AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS I HEARD

FIRST HAND WHAT WE MUST DO BETTER.

I KNOW HOW TO GET THINGS DONE WITH NO-NONSENSE, HARD

WORK, TEAMWORK AND CONSENSUS.

I WANT TO DEVELOP A NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT DIRECTS

GROWTH TO BEST SUITED AREAS WHERE IT MAKES SENSE SO

PLANS DON'T ECONOMICALLY DISPLACE PEOPLE FROM THEIR

NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOMES AND DESTROY THE CHARACTER OF

THE UNIQUE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT MAKE TAMPA WHAT IT IS.

I WANT TO BUILD RESPONSIBLE GROWTH AMID CLIMATE CHANGE.

ON DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND NEED FOR REALISTIC PUBLIC

TRANSPORTATION.

TRANSPORTATION IS A QUALITY OF LIFE AND A PUBLIC SAFETY

CONCERN.

IF SELECTED, I WOULD DO BETTER THE WORKING RELATIONSHIP

WITH THE MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION.

PEOPLE WON'T ALWAYS AGREE, BUT PEOPLE NEED TO TALK AND

NOT BLINDSIDE EACH OTHER ON DECISIONS THAT IMPACT US

ALL.

LASTLY, I WAS DISAPPOINTED TO READ IN THE NEWS THAT

SOME MEMBERS WILL NOT SELECT A MALE APPLICANT.

I HOPE THIS IS NOT TRUE.

A COUNCIL SHOULD NOT REDUCE TO SEX, GENDER.

TO REDUCE WITH A CATEGORY IS IN ACTUALITY

DISCRIMINATION.

ALL APPLICANTS, EACH OF US, DESERVE EQUAL

CONSIDERATION.

I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME THIS CHALLENGE AND THANK YOU

FOR YOUR TIME.

09:51:44 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

09:51:51 >>CLERK:
COUNCIL, THE NEXT CANDIDATE IS MR. ROBERT

"PETE" EDWARDS.

09:51:54 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.

I WILL GET RIGHT TO IT.

I AM ROBERT PETE EDWARDS.

MY FOURTH TIME SEEKING AN INTERIM SEAT ON CITY COUNCIL.

THE ORIGINAL ONE WAS AN ELECTION.

I GOT ALL FOUR MAJOR NEWSPAPER ENDORSEMENTS THAT WENT

TO LES MILLER.

FRANK REDDICK WAS ALSO ON THAT SEAT.

DURING THAT TIME, I CONTINUED TO DO WORK IN THE

COMMUNITY.

MY RECORD IN THE COMMUNITY PROFESSIONALLY AND

PERSONALLY SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.

WHEN I CAME BACK FOR THE SECOND TIME TO GET AN INTERIM

APPOINTMENT, THE WORD WAS OUT THAT, HEY, THE COUNCIL

SAID THEY DIDN'T WANT SOMEONE THAT WAS GOING TO RUN FOR

OFFICE.

MY INTENTIONS THEN AND NOW STILL -- I AM NOT SEEKING A

PERMANENT SEAT.

WHEN I SAW THAT FIRST ONE, I WAS TOLD OFF CHANCE.

BETTY WIGGINS WON THAT SEAT.

ONE OF THE THINGS I LEARNED ABOUT THAT ONE, WE HAD A

COUNCILMEMBER WHO MADE IT CLEAR THEY WEREN'T INTERESTED

IN APPOINTING ANY BLACK MAN FOR INTERIM SEAT.

I CAME BACK THE THIRD TIME.

THAT IS WHEN FRAN DAVIN GOT THE SEAT.

I GOT ONE MORE VOTE THAN THE FIRST TIME.

NOW I'M HERE AGAIN.

MY WORK SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.

I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE PLANNING OF THE MARION

TRANSIT WAY.

I SERVED ON THAT AS A LAY LEADER ON THAT BOARD WITH

FATHER CANELY TO DEAL WITH ALL THE ISSUES WITH

DOWNTOWN.

I COME BACK.

I WAS IN THE HOUSING BOARD -- THE HOUSING.

MOBLEY PARK.

ALL I AM ASKING IS YOU GOT TO START WORKING WITH PEOPLE

WHO HAVE AN INDEPENDENT MIND, WHO IS A POLICY, AND

WHEN IS IT AGAINST THE LAW THAT YOU CAN'T -- YOU CAN

SERVE BUT NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.

I TOOK THE LIBERTY THIS TIME NOT TO CONTACT ANY

COUNCILMEMBER BECAUSE I KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

WE GOT TO CHANGE IT.

I CAN GO RIGHT IN TOMORROW AND GIVE YOU 13 THINGS WE

GOT ON OUR PLATE RIGHT NOW THAT HAS BEEN LINGERING FOR

A LONG TIME.

I REALIZE THE DYE HAS BEEN CAST ON THIS ONE LIKE THE

LAST TWO.

EVEN ON THE CRA BOARD WHEN THEY TOLD ME TO APPLY

BECAUSE THE DOWNTOWN CRA BOARD DOESN'T HAVE A BLACK

MEMBER.

APPLIED AND THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP AND THE DEVELOPERS

GOT WHO THEY WANT AND GOT THE SECOND PERSON THE SECOND

TIME I APPLIED FOR THAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

09:54:19 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.

09:54:26 >>CLERK:
COUNCIL, THE NEXT CANDIDATE IS MR. RON FAIR.

09:54:28 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, SIR, GO AHEAD.

09:54:29 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS RON FAIR.

I AM A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER LICENSED IN 16 STATES.

A LICENSED GENERAL CONTRACTOR, PETROLEUM CONTRACTOR,

ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR, PLUMBING CONTRACTOR.

YOU HAVE MY EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE.

IT ALSO INCLUDES ALL THE CHARITIES THAT MY WIFE AND I

SERVE.

I, TOO, LOVE THE CITY BUT I HAVE SEEN THE CITY EVOLVE,

SOME VERY GOOD, AND SOME NOT SO GOOD IN THE 30 YEARS I

HAVE BEEN HERE.

I PULLED A SURVEY OF THE TOP 25 CITIES TO LIVE IN THE

U.S. AND I WAS SAD TO SEE TAMPA IS NOT THERE.

MONEY MAGAZINE TOP 50, TAMPA IS NOT THERE.

I HAD TO GO TO A SURVEY FOR THE TOP 150 TO FIND US IN

8TH.

ST. PETE IS 43.

HIALEAH IS 67.

TALLAHASSEE IS 76 AND MIAMI IS 86.

WE ARE BETTER THAN THEM.

THE GOOD NEWS IS, ECONOMICALLY, WE ARE 16.

THE NUMBERS DON'T MATCH, BUT THEY DON'T LIE.

SADLY, ALSO, ONE OF THE BAD AND NOT SO GOOD THINGS IS

WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY.

SYSTEMATICALLY, THE ISSUE WAS NOT FIXED WITHIN.

IT WAS FIXED EXTERNALLY.

THAT MEANS THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.

IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED BY SOMEBODY IF NOT MYSELF, LIKE

MYSELF WHO IS AN ENGINEER, A BUSINESSMAN, OR AS DIVERSE

A COMPANY HAS ANYBODY AMONGST OUT PEERS.

WE FIX PROBLEMS BY DEFINING THEM.

65 TO 70% OF FIXING A PROBLEM IS DEFINING IT PROPERLY.

YOU GET YOUR SOLUTIONS, YOU PICK THE BEST ONE, YOU

MONITOR IT, YOU HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR IT, BUT YOU

ALSO HAVE THE HUMILITY IN MONITORING IT THAT IF IT IS

NOT GETTING THE INTENDED RESULTS, YOU FIX IT.

YOU CHANGE THE COURSE.

IN THE WORDS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON, WE MUST FOLLOW THE TRUTH

WHEREVER IT MAY LEAD.

I HEARD TALK ABOUT DIVERSITY.

AND I AGREE, BUT IT IS NOT GENDER.

IT IS NOT RACE.

IT IS THE AGENDA OF THOUGHT.

IT IS AN AGENDA OF STRENGTH.

IT IS AN AGENDA OF A WILL TO SERVE AND CHANGE.

I HAVE THAT EDUCATION AND COMMON SENSE.

09:57:00 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.

09:57:02 >> THAT MY TIME.

OKAY.

09:57:29 >>CLERK:
THE NEXT CANDIDATE IS MR. THOMAS E. FEASTER.

09:57:31 >> GOOD MORNING.

THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN YOU

ON COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS TOM FEASTER.

THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA RECRUITED ME TO TAMPA OVER FOUR

DECADES AGO WHERE I COMPLETED A MASTER'S DEGREE IN

EDUCATION AND SERVED THERE IN A NUMBER OF

ADMINISTRATIVE IN ADMISSION, ATHLETICS AND PUBLIC

AFFAIRS.

I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH CLASSES ON THE PRINCIPLES

OF REAL ESTATE AS WELL.

WHILE SERVING AS UT'S ALUMNI DIRECTOR, MY MISSION WAS

TO DEVELOP ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR UT FROM THE TAMPA

COMMUNITY.

THIS LED ME TO BEING SELECTED TO ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS

LEADERSHIP TAMPA AND LEADERSHIP TAMPA BAY.

THE MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION OF FLORIDA RECOGNIZING MY

PASSION FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE SUBSEQUENTLY EMPLOYED ME

OF COMMUNITY OF LIAISON.

WHILE WITH THE MERCHANTS, I SERVED ON A HOST OF

NONPROFIT BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN ADDITION TO WORKING

WITH BOTH THE CITY OF TAMPA AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA ON

SPECIAL PROJECTS.

CURRENTLY, I SERVE AS PRESIDENT OF THE STEWART'S

FOUNDATION, INC. WHOSE MISS MISSION IS TO USE TEAMWORK

AND RESPONSIBILITY TO YOUNG PEOPLE IN TAMPA.

MY PASSION FOR IMPROVING DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION LED ME

TO RUN AND BE ELECTED AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED

STATES ROWING ASSOCIATION.

DURING MY NINE-YEAR TENURE, I TOOK A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN

FORMING A U.S. ROWING TASK FORCE THAT LED TO THE

HIRING OF ITS FIRST DIRECTOR OF INCLUSION.

ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENT WHILE A DIRECTOR WAS

BEING SELECTED TO SERVE AS CHAIR.

THIS COMMITTEE CHAMPIONED A PROGRAM ENCOURAGED BY THE

UNITED STATES OLYMPIC COMMITTEE CALLED SAFE SPORT,

WHICH FOCUSED ON THE ELIMINATE OF BAD BEHAVIOR IN THE

SPORT.

TO DEAL WITH SUBJECTS SUCH AS BULLYING, HARASSMENT AND

SEXUAL MISCONDUCT.

I AM PROUD TO REPORT THAT THE TRAINING AND COMPLIANCE

WITH SAFE SPORT HAS NOW BECOME AN INSTITUTIONAL PART OF

ALL OLYMPIC SPORTS.

09:59:58 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.

10:00:03 >>CLERK:
COUNCIL, THE NEXT CANDIDATE IS MISS MEREDITH

A. FREEMAN.

10:00:12 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, MA'AM, GO AHEAD.

10:00:13 >> GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS MEREDITH FREEMAN.

A PLEASURE TO BE HERE AND AN HONOR TO SPEAK WITH YOU

TODAY.

MORE THAN ANYTHING, I APPLIED BECAUSE I WANT MY

TEN-YEAR-OLD SON TO SEE MORE PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE ME IN

THE HALLS OF POWER.

HE IS WATCHING ME.

AND I WANT HIM TO KNOW AND OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE TO KNOW

THAT TAMPA IS A PLACE OF OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE.

AS A SISTER OF A FIRE FIGHTER, I AM A PROUD SUPPORTER

OF FIRST RESPONDERS.

AND I AM A MOTHER WHO IS RAISING A BLACK MAN.

I WANT MY SON'S INTERACTION WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND

THE INTERACTIONS OF OTHER BLACK MEN TO BE SAFE AND TO

BE POSITIVE.

AS A DAUGHTER OF A RETIRED TEACHER WHO LIVES IN TAMPA,

I AM ACUTELY AWARE OF OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS.

I AM COMMITTED TO ROBUST INVESTMENTS TO TACKLE THIS

ISSUE.

I AM A LIFE-LONG ATHLETE, AND I FOUND MY WAY THROUGH

SPORTS, THROUGH PARKS AND REC.

I AM COMMITTED TO FULLY FUNDED PARKS AND REC IN EVERY

AREA IN.

SOMEWHERE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW THERE IS A YOUNG WOMAN

WHO WILL BE A LEADER AND WILL BE CONFIDENT BECAUSE SHE

PLAYED SPORTS.

AS A BOARD CERTIFIED ATTORNEY, A BOARD CERTIFIED

CONSTRUCTION ATTORNEY, I BRING A SKILL SET THAT IS

NECESSARY DURING THIS TIME.

FINALLY, AS A WOMAN WITH A PERSONAL CONNECTION TO A

MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, IN GIVING MY TIME AS THE CRISIS

CENTER OF TAMPA BAY AS MEMBER OF THAT BOARD.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS.

10:02:14 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

10:02:18 >>CLERK:
COUNCIL, THE NEXT CANDIDATE IS MISS CONNIE

GAGE.

10:02:30 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MISS FOXX-KNOWLES, I BELIEVE THAT

IS DR. COLLINS IN THE BACK.

AFTER CONNIE GAGE, CAN WE GO TO DR. COLLINS.

10:02:43 >> GOOD MORNING, I AM CONNIE GAGE, THIRD GENERATION

TAMPA NATIVE.

A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE TO LET YOU KNOW WHY I BELIEVE I

THE RIGHT PERSON TO FILL THIS VACANCY ON TAMPA CITY

COUNCIL.

I SPENT MY ENTIRE ADULT LIFE VOLUNTEERING AND SERVING

MY COMMUNITY IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS HELPING PEOPLE FROM

ALL WALKS OF LIFE.

RECENTLY SERVING TWO CONSECUTIVE TERMS FOR CHAIRMAN OF

THE BOARD FOR THE SOUTH TAMPA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

MANAGING THE METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES HOMEBOUND TO

FAMILIES OUT OF THEIR LOGISTIC WAREHOUSE AFTER THE

FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE COVID SHUTDOWNS AND NUMEROUS

BOARDS THAT I HAVE VOLUNTEERED AND SERVED IN LEADERSHIP

CAPACITY.

I SERVED A SIX-YEAR TERM FOR THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY

LAND USE APPEALS BOARD WHERE I LEARNED THE POLICIES AND

PROCEDURES THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE TO MAKE FAIR AND JUST

DECISIONS FOR THE RESIDENTS AND CITIZENS OF OUR

COMMUNITY BASED ON THE SITUATIONS BROUGHT BEFORE THAT

ENTITY.

I FEEL THAT EXPERIENCE WILL ALSO BE A BENEFIT IN THIS

ROLE.

I HAVE BEEN IN SOME TYPE OF SERVICE INDUSTRY PROFESSION

SINCE THE AGE OF 14 YEARS OLD AND I HAVE LEARNED AND I

KNOW HOW TO RELATE TO ALL DIFFERENT PERSONALITY TYPES,

I THINK IS A QUALITY THAT IS NEEDED IN THIS POSITION AS

WELL.

I WANT TO WORK WITH THE CITIZENS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO

MAKE THEM FEEL HEARD AND FIND OUT WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE.

I WILL LISTEN TO THOSE WHO COME BEFORE THIS COUNCIL

WITH FAIRNESS AND AN OPEN MIND WHILE WORKING WITH

FELLOW COUNCILMEMBERS TO BRING A RESOLUTION TO THIS

SITUATION BASED ON WHAT THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES MIGHT BE.

TAMPA IS MY HISTORY.

TAMPA IS MY FUTURE.

I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY ABILITY TO UPHOLD THIS

POSITION IN THE HIGHEST REGARD.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING.

10:04:31 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

10:04:35 >>CLERK:
COUNCIL, THE NEXT CANDIDATE IS DR. CAROLYN

HEPBURN COLLINS.

10:04:47 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, MA'AM, GO AHEAD.

10:04:48 >> GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS DR. CAROLYN HEPBURN COLLINS, LASALLE

STREET. AND ALMOST A LIFE-LONG RESIDENT OF TAMPA,

FLORIDA.

I RAISED FROM MY PERSONALITIES IN THE PROJECTS UNTIL

THEY BUILT A HOME.

MY SPOUSE AND I SELECTED TAMPA AND BUILT OUR HOME IN

CARVER CITY TO RAISE OUR TWO BOYS.

LEFT THIS TOWN IN A SENSE OF SPEAKING THREE TIMES.

I WAS BORN IN NEW YORK.

WENT BACK TO TAMPA IN A YEAR.

I LEFT TO GO TO COLLEGE.

AND I LEFT WHEN MY HUSBAND JOINED THE VETERANS

ASSOCIATION TO BECOME GAINFULLY EMPLOYED AS A

KINESIOTHERAPIST.

I PRESENT MY LIFE EXPERIENCE FROM A MULTITUDE OF

ORGANIZATIONS THAT I WILL NOT MENTION THEM.

AND COUNTLESS SO MANY OTHERS.

BUT TO SERVE A GREAT CITY IS YET ANOTHER CAPACITY AND

THAT IS WHY I APPLIED.

I AM PREPARED TO SERVE WITH A POLICYMAKING LEGISLATIVE

BRANCH WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA, THE GROWTH OF THE

COMMUNITY TO DO THE BEST THINGS TO REPRESENT THE

CONSTITUENCIES AND WE HAVE -- TO MEET THE NEED OF OUR

CITY AND OUR COLLECTIVE DUTIES FOR THE PURSUIT OF GOOD

WORK.

OUR CITY HAS A MYRIAD OF WORK TO DO A PURSUIT OF BEING

THE NEXT GREAT CITY.

A PLETHORA OF PROJECTS ON THE DOCKET FROM SAFETY TO

MULTIYEAR INVESTMENT, NOISE ORDINANCE THAT MEETS THE

NEED OF THE CITIZENS AND PEOPLE, RENT COST AND HOME

PRICES ESCALATING THE NEED TO CONTROL HOMELESSNESS,

HUNGER, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND SO

MANY OTHERS.

I WANT TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH EACH OF YOU

DISTINGUISHED COUNCILMEMBERS TO ACHIEVE IT BUT LET ME

SKIP DOWN SO I DON'T LOSE TIME AND SKIP OVER SOMETHING

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO SAY WILLIAM WADSWORTH SAY SMALL

SERVICE IS TRUE SERVICE.

I PARALLEL THAT TO ONE OF MY FAVORITES TO SAY THE

SERVICE THAT WE GIVE IS NOT ABOUT ME, BECAUSE I AM NOT

THAT IMPORTANT.

IT IS ACTUALLY NOT ABOUT YOU AND ALL THESE OTHER GREAT

CANDIDATES THAT HAVE APPLIED.

IT IS ABOUT OUR BABIES.

OUR BABIES ARE YET UNBORN.

SO IT IS UP TO US TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

MY CHALLENGE TO EACH OF YOU IN THE CHALLENGE OF THIS

MORNING IS JUST DO THE RIGHT THING.

THANK YOU AND BLESS YOU.

10:07:06 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE HAVE A CANDIDATE WHO IS APPEARING VIRTUALLY,

CORRECT?

SHE IS ON?

OKAY.

YES, MA'AM.

10:07:25 >>CLERK:
THE NEXT CANDIDATE IS NATASHA GOODLEY.

10:07:27 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, MA'AM, GO AHEAD.

10:07:28 >> GOOD MORNING.

CAN YOU HEAR ME?

10:07:31 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, WE CAN.

GO AHEAD.

WE CAN HEAR.

10:07:37 >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.

THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING PRESENT,

UNFORTUNATELY, I AM IN NEW ORLEANS.

AND IT WAS A TRIP THAT WAS SCHEDULED FAR IN ADVANCE AND

COULD NOT BE RESCHEDULED.

I AM APPLYING -- I WILL JUST GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF MY

BACKGROUND.

I AM ORIGINALLY FROM SOUTH CAROLINA, THE UNIVERSITY OF

SOUTH CAROLINA.

AND MIGRATED TO THE STETSON COLLEGE OF LAW.

FROM STETSON, I WORKED IN LAW AND AT PRIVATE UNIVERSITY

AND OVER THEIR SATELLITE CAMPUS.

I TAUGHT COLLEGE, AND THEN -- AND AN ENTREPRENEUR.

AND IN THAT ROLE, I HAVE HELPED COUNTLESS INDIVIDUALS

CREATE BUSINESSES.

HELP PEOPLE GROW THEIR BUSINESSES AND ESTABLISH

FINANCIALLY WITH THEIR BUSINESS.

I HAVE HELPED COUNTLESS INDIVIDUALS RUN FOR OFFICE AND

GET ELECTED OR AT LEAST GET THE EXPERIENCE THEN LOOKING

FOR.

IN THE PAST, I HAD SOME LEADERSHIP POSITIONS.

I SERVED THE EAST TAMPA COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION

PARTNERSHIP AS THE CHAIR OF THE CAC.

I AM CURRENTLY SITTING AT THE PUBLIC NUISANCE ABATEMENT

BOARD AND THE CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD.

ONE THING I CAN SAY IS EVERY ORGANIZATION THAT I HAVE

BEEN INVOLVED WITH, I HAVE WORKED TO SOMEHOW CREATE

CHANGE WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION.

AND I WILL SAY POSITIVE CHANGE.

SO RUNNING FOR THIS SEAT FOR ME, I BELIEVE WE NEED

SOMEONE THAT IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO IN.

HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND HELP THINGS RUN SMOOTHLY.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I BELIEVE WE NEED SOMEONE WHO

MIGHT NOT BE COMMITTED TO RUNNING FOR A SECOND TERM.

BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW THIS POLITICS, ONE OF THE FIRST

THINGS YOU DO WHEN YOU GET ELECTED IS TO GET REELECTED.

IF WE HAVE SOMEONE FOCUSING ON GETTING REELECTED WE ARE

NOT FOCUSSED ON HANDS LING THE MATTERS OF THE CITY.

YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT.

I AM TRULY GOING IN TO FULFILL THE ROLE RIGHT NOW AND

NOT TRYING TO RUN FOR REELECTION WHICH GIVES EVERYONE

WHO WANTS TO STEP INTO THIS ROLE A CHANCE TO RUN ONCE

IT COMES AND HAVE A FAIR SHOT OF TAKING OVER THIS

POSITION.

THANK YOU.

10:10:05 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

10:10:17 >>CLERK:
COUNCIL, THE NEXT CANDIDATE IS DC GOUTOUFAS.

10:10:20 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, SIR, GO AHEAD.

10:10:23 >> THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE.

MY NAME IS DC.

THE LAST NAME SOUNDS LIKE GO-TO-FAST, WITHOUT THE

T.

A GREEK NAME.

MY FAMILY HAS BEEN IN TAMPA SINCE 1887, 135 YEARS AGO.

MY GREAT GRANDFATHER BECAME THE FIRST GREEK IN THIS

TOWN.

SO I DO HAVE DEEP ROOTS.

AND KEEN INTERESTS IN MY COMMUNITY.

WHAT I BRING TO THE TABLE IS BACKGROUND,

QUALIFICATIONS, AND LIFE EXPERIENCE.

WHEN I WAS FOUR, I LOST MY HEARING LIKE THAT.

AND MY MOM WAS A TEACHER AND SHE TAUGHT ME HOW TO READ

LIPS.

IT TOOK A LOT OF TIME.

GRAND THERE I BECAME THE FIRST DEAF PERSON WHO

GRADUATED FROM UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA.

[APPLAUSE]

AND AFTER THAT, I STARTED WORKING AT THE BANK.

AND I MOVED UP AND BECAME THE BRANCH MANAGER OF BANK OF

ERICA AND IN WACHOVIA DOWNTOWN ON ASHLEY DRIVE.

I WAS ALSO INVOLVED WITH -- WITH OTHER BOARDS WITH THE

CITY OF TAMPA, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ELEMENT BOARD AND AS

WELL AS THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TASK FORCE.

YOU NOTICE THESE CLOSED CAPTIONING BOXES.

WASN'T THERE BACK IN 1991.

SO I CAME HERE AND PROPOSED IT AND I MADE IT HAPPEN.

10:12:28 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
ONE MORE MINUTE.

10:12:32 >> I ALMOST DID NOT APPLY FOR THIS POSITION -- AND HE

WOULD LIKE ME TO READ THIS OUT LOUD NOW CLOSING.

I ALMOST DID NOT APPLY TO THIS APPOINTMENT DUE TO

STATEMENT BY A CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HE WILL NOT

VOTE FOR A MALE APPOINTEE.

IN THE END, I DID NOT LET THAT STOP ME.

I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR REPRESENTATION OF MINORITY

GROUPS WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN THE INTENTION OF THE

COUNCILMAN.

WHATEVER THE INTENTIONS WERE, THE FACT IS THAT THE

STATEMENT REJECTS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONSIDERATIONS OF

OTHERS WITH SMALLER OR BETTER QUALIFICATIONS, INCLUDING

MINORITY GROUPS AND OTHER THAN GENDER.

TAKE A LOOK AROUND.

PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ARE THE MOST UNDERREPRESENTED

GROUP.

EQUALITY IS IMPORTANT.

I THANK YOU AND APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT

THE APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT.

AS YOU CAN SEE, I CLEARLY HAVE A EXTRAORDINARY

QUALIFICATIONS TO SERVE IN THIS POSITION.

IF I GET THE HONOR TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THIS

APPOINTMENT, TAMPA WILL BE PAVING THE WAY FOR NEW

CHAPTER TOWARD BEING ONE OF THE MOST INCLUSIVE AND

DIVERSE CITIES IN AMERICA.

I WILL SERVE WITH DEDICATION, COMMITMENT AND HONOR,

THANK YOU.

10:13:36 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COUNCILMAN VIERA?

[APPLAUSE]

10:13:41 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

10:13:45 >>LUIS VIERA:
IF I MAY MR. GOUTOUFAS, IF I MAY, SIR, I

JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT.

THANK YOU.

I -- OH, YES, SIR.

I FOLLOWED YOUR RACE FOR PROPERTY APPRAISER, AND YOU RAN

A GENTLEMAN'S RACE.

CABELLERO AS IN TAMPA.

IF YOU DON'T MAKE IT HERE -- I WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH

YOU AND ASKING MY WONDERFUL AIDE, BRANDON, TO COME AND

GET YOUR INFORMATION.

IF YOU DON'T MAKE IT, I WOULD LOVE TO MEET YOU BECAUSE

WE WANT TO GET YOU INVOLVED IN THIS CITY, SIR.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HEART.

THANK YOU.

10:14:18 >> THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE]

10:14:26 >> THEY ARE GOOD FRIENDS NOW.

10:14:30 >>LUIS VIERA:
LIKE I KNOW, A GENTLEMAN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

10:14:37 >>CLERK:
COUNCIL, OUR NEXT CANDIDATE MISS ALISON

A. HEWITT.

10:14:47 >> GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR, CITY COUNCILMEN.

I AM THIRD GENERATION FROM TAMPA, HAVING ATTENDED ST.

PETER AND ST. LAWRENCE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS AND

CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL.

BECAUSE OF MY PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE I WILL

BE READY DAY ONE TO SERVE.

MAJOR ISSUES COMING BEFORE CITY COUNCIL, THE 2023

BUDGET, THE CHARTER REVIEW, TRANSPORTATION FUNDS AND

THE HOUSING CRISIS.

AND MANY MORE.

I HAVE DIRECT HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE WITH PUBLIC,

NONPROFIT AND GOVERNMENTAL BUDGETS, PUBLIC POLICY,

ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

I HAVE SERVED AS CHAIR OF THE HART BOARD, MANAGED

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOR CRAS AND REPRESENTED THE PORT

OF TAMPA, THE AIRPORT, AND ZOO TAMPA BEFORE BEFORE THE

STATE, THE COUNTY AND THE CITY.

I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN CREATING, DEBATING AND

PROMOTING PUBLIC POLICY IN THE FIELDS OF ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT, TOURISM AND TRANSPORTATION WITH THE HEART

AND DEDICATION OF MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN MY COMMUNITY,

MY CITY, AND MY STATE.

COUNCIL WORK IS NOT EASY NOR IS IT MEANT BE TOO PLACE

WHERE EVERYONE HOLDS HANDS AND SINGS FROM THE SAME

HYMNAL.

A PLACE FOR RESPECTFUL, INTENSE, PASSIONATE DISCUSSION

AND DEBATE.

ULTIMATELY IF DONE CORRECTLY, YOU HAVE SOME ACTIONABLE

AND MEANINGFUL ACTIONS.

WHEN OFF BODY AS DIVERSE AS -- AS CITY OF TAMPA, THE

PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT IT MUST REPRESENT THAT DIVERSITY

TOO.

WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER.

IF I AM FORTUNATE TO BE SELECTED, I WILL SERVE WITH

HONOR, INTEGRITY AND A HEART FOR ALL THOSE I REPRESENT.

THANK YOU.

10:16:24 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[APPLAUSE]

10:16:38 >>CLERK:
COUNCIL, OUR NEXT CANDIDATE IS PARKER

ALEXANDER HOMANS.

10:16:45 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, SIR.

GO AHEAD.

10:16:48 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEN.

FIRST I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ENERGY YOU

NEWT THIS PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT YOU SELECT THE RIGHT

PERSON TO SERVE ALONGSIDE YOU ALL.

WHEN I MOVED HERE IN 2013, I DOVE HEAD FIRST INTO THIS

THRIVING COMMUNITY.

I SERVED ON THE TAMPA HUMAN RIGHTS BOARD AND DEDICATED

MYSELF TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE HUMANE

SOCIETY OF TAMPA BAY, QUALITY FLORIDA AND THE TAMPA

LBGTQ CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO NAME A FEW.

MAYOR JANE CASTOR APPOINTED ME TO BE ON THE TAMPA

HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.

I TOOK ON THIS CHALLENGE BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT

AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS ONE OF THE CITY'S MOST PRESSING

ISSUES.

AS A TAMPA HOUSING AUTHORITY COMMISSIONER, WITH EVERY

BEEN HONORED TO BE ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE WEST

RIVER DEVELOPMENT, CREATION OF THE ROME YARD AND

PLANNING OF REDEVELOPMENT.ROBLES PARK VILLAGE AND MOUNT

ZION PARK TO A TRANSFORMATIVE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AS OUR CITY GROWS, IT IS VITAL WE DEVELOP CONCRETE AND

EFFECTIVE PLANS FOR AFFORDABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY SO

WE DO NOT SHUT OUT LOW-INCOME FAMILIES WHO EITHER HAVE

BEEN HERE THEIR ENTIRE LIVES OR WISH TO MOVE HERE.

MY EXPERIENCE ON THE THA BOARD WILL BRING ADDITIONAL

EXPERTISE TO COUNCIL TO PLAN OUR YOUTH TO BE INCLUSIVE

OF ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.

FINALLY, AS A YOUNG PERSON AND A MEMBER OF OUR LBGTQ

COMMUNITY, I WILL BRING A NEW LEVEL OF DIVERSITY TO THE

COUNCIL AND A FRESH AND INFORMED PERSPECTIVE WHEN IT

COMES TO ISSUES LIKE TRANSIT, GROWTH AND TECHNOLOGY.

I BRING A PERSONAL UNDERSTANDING WHAT MAKES A YOUNG

PERSON WANT TO STAY HERE OR ATTRACTS THEM TO MOVE HERE.

FINALLY, AS OUR CITY TRANSFORMS AND NEW BUSINESSES

ARRIVE HERE DAILY, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT OUR CITY

LEADERSHIP REPRESENT ALL WALKS OF LIFE.

I CAN HELP YOU DO THIS AND BE HONORED TO SIT NEXT TO

YOU AND LEAD THIS COMMUNITY AS COHESIVE AND EMPOWERING

CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU.

10:18:50 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[APPLAUSE]

10:19:03 >>CLERK:
COUNCIL, THE NEXT CANDIDATE IS AMANDA LYNN

HURTAK.

10:19:11 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, MA'AM, GO AHEAD.

10:19:13 >> GENTLEMEN, I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOUR TIME.

IN YOUR CONSIDERATION OF MY APPLICATION FOR THE VACANT

CITY COUNCIL SEAT, I ASK YOU TO EXAMINE THREE THINGS.

WHEN IS THE RIGHT TIME?

WHERE IS THE RIGHT PLACE?

AND WHO IS THE RIGHT PERSON TO BE TAMPA'S NEXT CITY

COUNCILMEMBER?

FIRST, THE RIGHT TIME.

WITH OUR CITY IN A PERIOD OF BOTH MOUSING CRISIS AND

ONE IN WHICH HOME VALUES ARE OUTPACING PERSONAL

INCOMES, IT IS VITAL THAT SOMEONE WHO HAS PROVEN THE

ABILITY TO FIND SOLUTIONS BETWEEN DEVELOPERS AND

NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS BE SEATED TO COUNCIL.

I AM PROUD OF THE WORK I HAVE DONE IN OLD SEMINOLE

HEIGHTS TO BRING ALL STAKEHOLDERS TO THE TABLE.

WITH THE RESULT BEING MULTIPLE LARGE-SCALE PROJECTS

THAT WERE SUCCESSFUL FOR DEVELOPERS, RETAIN THE

HISTORIC CHARACTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND SPURRED

MUCH-NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT.

I AM CONFIDENT THAT I CAN BRING THAT SUCCESS TO ALL OF

TAMPA'S NEIGHBORHOODS.

SECOND, THE RIGHT PLACE.

I HAVE ALREADY BEEN SITTING THROUGH FOR TWO AND A HALF

YEARS AS A VRB MEMBER AND I AM GRATEFUL FOR COUNCILMAN

CITRO'S RECOMMENDATION OF ME.

AND I THANK MAYOR JANE CASTOR FOR TWICE APPOINTING ME

TO THE BOARD.

I KNOW THE PROCESS.

I KNOW THE RULES.

AND I KNOW HOW THINGS WORK IN THIS CHAMBER.

FINALLY, THE RIGHT PERSON.

YOU ALL KNOW ME.

MANY OF YOU SERVED ON THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION

WITH ME.

YOU KNOW I AM A DEEPLY ETHICAL PERSON.

DEDICATED TO PRAGMATIC SOLUTIONS THAT WILL MAKE TAMPA A

BETTER, MORE INCLUSIVE AND MORE PROSPEROUS CITY.

THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME.

THIS IS THE RIGHT PLACE.

AND I AM THE RIGHT PERSON TO BE TAMPA'S NEXT CITY

COUNCILMEMBER.

THANK YOU.

10:21:24 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

10:21:31 >>CLERK:
COUNCIL, THE NEXT CANDIDATE IS MISS JULIE

JENKINS.

10:21:36 >> HELLO, COUNCILMEMBERS.

MY NAME IS JULIE JENKINS.

I HAVE BEEN SERVING TAMPA OVER 30 YEARS.

IT IS MY HOME AND COMMUNITY.

I AM APPLYING FOR THE NEXT -- TO BE THE NEXT MEMBER OF

TAMPA CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE THE COUNCIL HAS AN IMPACT ON

PEOPLE'S LIVES.

I AM READY TO SERVE THE CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES OF

TAMPA.

I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME SPECIFICS IN HOW I

BELIEVE I AM THE MOST QUALIFIED FOR THE CITY COUNCIL

POSITION.

MY BUSINESS BACKGROUND, I WORKED OVER 15 YEARS IN

CORPORATE SALES WITH VIRGIN ATLANTIC AIRWAYS.

I PROMOTED TAMPA AS A DESTINATION BOTH IN THE LEISURE

AND CORPORATE MARKET.

MANY PEOPLE COMING TO TAMPA CONTRIBUTED TO OUR LOCAL

ECONOMY.

I WAS ALSO A BIG ADVOCATE FOR THE RIVER WALK WHEN

PEOPLE AND POLITICIANS WERE NOT.

DURING THE PANDEMIC, I HIGHLIGHTED AND PROMOTED OVER

300 SMALL BUSINESSES TO ASSIST WHEN HELP WAS NEEDED IN

THOSE DIFFICULT TIMES.

NEIGHBORHOODS AND SCHOOLS.

I HAVE AN EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND WORKING WITH NEIGHBORS

AND SMALL BUSINESSES TO REDUCE CRIME AND BRING

NEIGHBORS TOGETHER.

I HAVE STARTED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND ALWAYS BEEN

INVOLVED TO IMPROVE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS FOR THE

BETTERMENT OF THE COMMUNITY.

IN REGARDS TO YOUTH, BESIDES RAISING MONEY FOR OUR

PUBLIC SCHOOLS, I ALSO WORK FOR ONE OF OUR COUNTRY'S

OLDEST AFRICAN-AMERICAN SCHOOLS LOCATED RIGHT HERE IN

TAMPA, ST. PETER CLAVER.

KIDS IN NEED OF HELP.

WORK I AM QUITE PROUD OF.

STRONG ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES AND WORKED MANY WEEKENDS

ON OUR TAMPA RIVER WALK.

I BRING A TEMPERAMENT AND WORK ETHIC THAT THE PEOPLE OF

TAMPA CAN COUNT ON.

I PROMISE THE CITY COUNCIL THAT I WILL BE A GOOD

LISTENER AND WORK TO FIND COMMON GROUNDS.

30 YEARS WITH NO TITLES OR HONORIFICS USUALLY WHEN

NOBODY WAS LOOKING.

I BELIEVE IN THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, AND I HOPE

IT GIVE BACK.

THANK YOU.

10:23:55 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

10:23:58 >>CLERK:
COUNCIL, THE NEXT CANDIDATE IS KELLA

MCCASKILL.

10:24:05 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, MA'AM, GO AHEAD.

10:24:07 >> MY NAME IS KELLA MCCASKILL.

I AM A NATIVE OF TAMPA.

WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE

THIS MORNING.

I WOULD ALSO CONSIDER IT AN HONOR TO CONTINUE IN THE

LEGACY OF FORMER COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER.

AS A NATIVE, I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO SERVE THE GREATER

TAMPA BAY AREA IN THE MORTGAGE LENDING AND THE REAL

ESTATE INDUSTRY FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS.

I LOVE TAMPA, BECAUSE AS A RESULT, BEING GROOMED BY MY

FAMILY, THE CULTURE, PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND THE TAMPA

EXPERIENCE AFFORDED ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE REAL

ESTATE PROFESSIONAL COMING FROM THE INNER CITY TO BE

THE REAL ESTATE CHOICE FOR WORLD-CLASS ATHLETES.

I MEAN SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS IN MY HOME CITY.

AS A WAY TO GIVE BACK, I RECENTLY LAUNCHED A NONPROFIT

WHERE THE OVERARCHING THREAD IS COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND

SERVICE, WHICH RAISES THE AWARENESS OF THE NEEDS IN THE

COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE.

WHICH IS HOW THE VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS REACHED ME AND

ASKED FOR ME TO REPRESENT THEM AS THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL

MEMBER HERE IN DISTRICT 3.

THEY LABELED ME AS THE AMBASSADOR FOR CHANGE IN

COMMUNITIES, ONE ZIP CODE AT THE TIME.

AS THE NEXT CITY COUNCILMEMBER, I WILL SPEND THIS TERM

TRIAGING THIS HOUSING CRISIS.

AS MANY OF YOU KNOW WE ARE IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY AND

DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING COULD IMPACT US ALL.

WE CAN'T JUST BUILD OUR WAY OUT OF IT, WHICH IS WHY I

WOULD APPROACH THIS HOUSING CRISIS WITH SHORT AND

LONG-TERM -- SHORT AND LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE WHICH

INCLUDES NEIGHBORHOOD AND DEVELOPMENT FRIENDLY

OBJECTIVES.

IT WILL CONTINUE.

WE ARE THE THIRD MOST POPULATED CITY IN FLORIDA BEHIND

JACKSONVILLE AND MIAMI.

THE CITY IS ON FIRE AND I FEEL WE ARE ON TOP BEST TEN

LIST EVERY SINGLE LIST.

EVERYTHING IS GOING UP, BUT THE SALARIES ARE THE SAME.

MY QUEST TO FIND A WAY TO ADDRESS THAT.

I AM COMPELLED TO FIND WAYS TO CONTINUE TO THRIVE YET

PRESERVE THE CHARACTER OF THE CITY YOUR GENTRIFYING.

AS A COUNCILMEMBER, I WANT MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO HEAR

FROM THE DISTRICT TO GIVE VOICE TO THEIR CONCERNS AS

WELL AS THEIR NEEDS.

THE GREAT URBAN PLANNER JANE JACOBS SAID THE CITY HAS

THE CAPABILITY OF PROVIDING SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY.

ONLY BECAUSE AND WHEN THEY INCLUDE AND CREATED BY

EVERYBODY.

IN CLOSING, I AM THRILLED AT THE LEVEL OF INTEREST IN

THIS VACANCY.

A ROOM FULL OF SKILLED TALENT USED COLLECTIVELY WHETHER

IN THE SEAT OR NOT TO MOVE THIS CITY FORWARD.

I LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY OF REACHING WITH EACH

OF YOU.

THANK YOU.

10:26:24 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[APPLAUSE]

10:26:38 >>CLERK:
COUNCIL, THE NEXT CANDIDATE IS MR. PATRICK

MURPHY.

10:26:45 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, SIR, GO AHEAD.

10:26:46 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.

I AM PATRICK MURPHY.

I LIVE IN TAMPA WITH MY WIFE, LEX AND TWIN

TWO-YEAR-OLDS, MAX AND MILES.

I AM SEEKING APPOINTMENT TO THE VACANCY BECAUSE THIS IS

OUR HOME.

MY WIFE'S FAMILY MOVED HERE FROM CUBA.

MARRIED AT SACRED HEART.

TGH AND MY BOYS WERE BORN THERE.

AND TAMPA GROWN FOR 20%.

A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO SHAPE OUR CITY AND

LEAVE IT BETTER FOR OUR CHILDREN.

THE COUNCIL HAS A CHANCE TO MAINTAIN OUR STRONG

COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL VALUES, TO MANAGE THE BOOMING

ECONOMY AND GROWTH OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND MAKE

SURE WE DEVELOP OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF

OUR EXPANDING POPULATION.

AND TO AID THE COUNCIL, MY PAST EXPERIENCE WILL BE A

VALUABLE ADDITION.

THE FLORIDA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD THE MOST OF

TIME AND RESOURCES.

TRAIN ONTO A FRACTION OF TIME AND BUDGET.

THE SAME STANDARDS AS THE ACTIVE-DUTY ARMY.

RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CARE AND STEWARDSHIP OF

MULTIMILLION DOLLAR WORTH OF EQUIPMENT PROVIDED BY

TAX-PAYING FLORIDIANS.

MY TIME AT THE TAX COLLECTOR'S OFFICE TO FACILITATE FOR

CITY RESIDENTS DURING TRYING TIMES.

RESPECT ON THE STRUGGLES BY MANY MEMBERS OF OUR

COMMUNITY AND HELP TO UNDERSTAND THE CAUSE OF THE

PROBLEM AND HOW THE CITY CAN INTERVENE.

MY WORK IN THE REAL ESTATE MARKET AS A LICENSED BROKER,

HELP ME FAMILIARIZE WITH THE ISSUES FACING HOMEOWNERS,

TENANTS AND BUSINESSES.

AS A PARTNER IN A FAMILY FIRM -- I APOLOGIZE.

AS PARTNER IN A FAMILY FIRM, I FEEL I HAVE SEEN WHERE

THE CITY CAN HELP AND HINDER SMALL BUSINESSES AS WELL.

I BELIEVE THESE EXPERIENCES WILL TRANSLATE TO A

DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITY WITH THE FOCUS ON SERVICE

AND STEWARDSHIP AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL'S

TIME AND ATTENTION AND HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER ME FOR

THE VACANCY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

10:28:40 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.

[APPLAUSE]

10:28:58 >>CLERK:
COUNCIL, THE NEXT CANDIDATE IS REVEREND

THOMAS SCOTT.

10:29:03 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
BISHOP THOMAS SCOTT.

10:29:08 >> GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR AND TO THIS AUGUST BODY AND

BOARD.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

I DON'T HAVE TO RUN DOWN THE LIST OF MY QUALIFICATIONS

BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHO I AM.

YOU KNOW WHAT I HAVE DONE.

YOU KNOW I SERVED ON HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COMMISSION FOR

TEN YEARS.

SERVED THREE TIMES AS CHAIRMAN.

YOU ALREADY KNOW I SERVED ON THIS BOARD WITH SOME OF

YOU AND SERVED IT THREE TIMES AS CHAIRMAN.

YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT THE CRA IN EAST TAMPA WAS CREATED

BY ME AND THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSION.

YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT BEING ON THIS BOARD, I WORKED

WITH THE BOARD REWRITING THE SBE AND THE MBE ORDINANCE

THAT YOU ARE NOW FUNCTIONING AND OPERATING UNDER.

YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT THE HILLSBOROUGH AFFORDABLE

HOUSING TASK FORCE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND OPERATE

BASED ON THAT WHICH WE ESTABLISHED.

I COULD GO ON.

I COULD TALK ABOUT 40TH STREET THAT WE PUT IN $7

BILLION TO PULL DOWN $100 MILLION FROM THE FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT TO PULL DOWN 40TH STREET.

I HAVE A TRACK RECORD.

A TRACK RECORD OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT A TRACK RECORD

OF LOVING PEOPLE AND UNDERSTANDING PEOPLE.

I HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF WORKING AND BUILDING

CONSENSUS.

I HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF BEING ABLE TO LISTEN TO WHAT

THE ISSUES ARE AND TRY TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO THOSE

PROBLEMS.

AND TO THOSE NEEDS.

YOU KNOW WHO I AM.

YOU KNOW MY RECORD.

YOU KNOW I WILL WORK TO BUILD CONSENSUS.

YOU KNOW I WILL WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WORKING

TOGETHER AND THAT WE MOVE THIS CITY FORWARD.

A LOT OF TALENT IN THIS ROOM.

BUT BE MINDFUL OF THIS, YOU HAVE ONE YEAR TO LEARN THAT

POSITION.

ONE YEAR.

AND YOU KNOW BASED ON YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE IT TAKES MORE

THAN A YEAR TO LEARN WHAT YOU ARE DOING.

AND SO CONSIDER THE EXPERIENCE THAT I BRING.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS TIME.

AND GOD BLESS YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING.

THANK YOU.

10:30:58 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[APPLAUSE]

10:31:11 >>CLERK:
COUNCIL, THE NEXT CANDIDATE IS MISS TAMARA

SHAMBURGER.

10:31:16 >> GOOD MORNING.

10:31:17 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
GOOD MORNING.

10:31:19 >> MR. CHAIRMAN, COUNCILMEN, GOOD MORNING.

SO GLAD TO SEE EACH OF YOU TODAY.

I AM TAMARA SHAMBURGER.

A VERY PROUD TAMPA NATIVE.

FOURTH GENERATION TAMPANIAN.

THE GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER OF CUBAN MIGRANTS TO MIGRATES

WHO IS THE FINEST OF CIGAR ROLLERS.

BORN AT MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE TO NORMAN AND DOROTHY

SHAMBURGER.

BUT BY CHOICE I DEDICATED MY LIFE PERSONALLY,

PROFESSIONALLY AND EDUCATIONALLY.

I AM TAMPA.

AS A FORMER ELECTED OFFICIAL, I AM UNIQUELY POSITIONED

FOR THIS SEAT.

I HAVE BROAD EXPERIENCE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING

WORKING WITH VERY LARGE BUDGETS, POLICY GOVERNANCE AND,

OF COURSE, STAFF OVERSIGHT.

AS THE FORMER CHAIR OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL

BOARD I AM WELL VERSED IN RUNNING A BUSINESS MEETING IN

THE PUBLIC EYE.

COUNCILMEN, FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, I DEEPLY

REFLECTED IN MY TIME AS A PUBLIC SERVANT AND EMERGED

STRONGER AND WISER, WELL SUITED AND MORE EQUIPPED TO BE

AN EVEN MORE EFFECTIVE PUBLIC LEADER.

YOU SEE, I BELIEVE THAT A STRONG TAMPA CITY COUNCIL IS

ONE THAT IS WELL BALANCED.

I AM A BLACK WOMAN WITH THE NEEDED EXPERIENCE TO HELP

ENSURE THAT EVERY DECISION SYSTEMS TO BE MADE WITH

WELL-INFORMED DIVERSE OPINION AND INPUT.

A BLACK WOMAN NEEDS TO BE A PART OF EVERY DECISION MADE

HERE ON THIS COUNCIL.

COUNCIL, I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH NO ALLEGIANCES

OR NO ALLIANCES OR NO BEEFS OR GRUDGES FOR THAT MATTER

NOR STAND WITH ANY SOLID POSITION.

I VOW TO BE FAIR AND NEUTRALITY IN EVERY DECISION HERE

ON COUNCIL.

I AM READY TO WORK WITH YOU ON SOME OF THE MAJOR ISSUE

THAT'S CORRECT COUNCIL, SMART DEVELOPMENT, WATER,

HOUSING AND OTHER ISSUES.

OFF GRAND OPPORTUNITY BEFORE TO YOU MAKE A DECISION TO

APPOINT A PERSON WHO IS READY, THAT IS READY TO HELP

YOU CONTINUE THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA MOVING

WITHOUT INTERRUPTION.

I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATIONS.

10:33:22 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[APPLAUSE]

10:33:34 >>CLERK:
COUNCIL, THE NEXT CANDIDATE IS -- EXCUSE ME

FOR THE PRONUNCIATION, VIBDA SHEVADE.

10:33:51 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEN.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR OPPORTUNITY AND CONSIDERATION.

I AM VIBDA SHEVADE.

I BELIEVE THE CITY COUNCIL DESERVES MORE DIVERSITY AND

PRESENTATION OPINION WITH MY IN-DEPTH EXPERIENCE IN

HOUSING AS A REAL ESTATE BROKER FOCUSSING ON HUMANS

OVER HOUSES.

I SEE HOW HOUSING HAS BEEN A STRESSFUL SITUATION WITH

FIRST-TIME BUYERS AND RENTERS.

NEW RESIDENTS MOVING INTO TAMPA, WE EXPERIENCE

CHALLENGES IN THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

I WANT TO SERVE EACH EQUALLY AND EFFICIENTLY.

I WORKED HARD FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS SERVING THE

RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA BY PROVIDING DIRECT

SERVICES TO STUDENTS AND PUBLIC EDUCATION WORKING FOR

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS.

SERVING ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND

FINANCE.

AS THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SHERIFF'S INDIAN ADVISORY

COUNCIL FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, I SERVED AS A PAST

PRESENT.

SERVED ON THE SHOOTING REVIEW BOARD AND SERVED ON THE

BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.

I HAVE THE ABILITY TO RUN A SUCCESSFUL, COMPETITIVE

CAMPAIGN WHICH I DID IN 2019 FOR THE SAME SEAT,

DISTRICT 3.

WHICH MAKES ME UNIQUE AMONG THE APPLICANTS.

VOTERS VOTED FOR ME BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO SEE ME IN

THIS SEAT.

THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS CHOSE ME AS THEIR REPRESENTATIVE

FOR THE VERY SEAT.

THIS OPPORTUNITY WOULD SATISFY THEIR CHOICE.

I HOLD THE SAME QUALIFICATION AS EACH COUNCILMAN, AND

THAT IS THE ABILITY TO LISTEN AND FIND SOLUTIONS.

I AM A SOLUTION-ORIENTED PERSON AND I GET THE JOB DONE.

I BUILT MANY RELATIONSHIPS ALONG THE WAY AND I

UNDERSTAND HOW THE DECISIONS WE HAVE TO MAKE IMPACT

EVERYONE'S QUALITY OF LIFE.

I AM APPROACHABLE.

AND I DO LISTEN.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, EMPOWERING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS

IS THE KEY TO OUR SUCCESS.

THANK YOU.

QUESTIONS.

10:36:04 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

10:36:08 >>CLERK:
COUNCIL, THE NEXT CANDIDATE IS A. KENDALL

TROSKY.

10:36:13 >> GOOD MORNING.

I AM KENDALL TROSKY.

I AM A LIFE-LONG RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF TAMPA AND

THREE OTHER GENERATIONS IN MY FAMILY ARE ALSO TAMPA

RESIDENTS.

I AM INVESTED IN THIS CITY.

I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING REVIEWED MY APPLICATION FOR THE

VACANCY OF CITY COUNCIL.

MY YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AS A BROKER

ASSOCIATE REALTOR AND MY ASSOCIATION IN SERVICE ON

COMMITTEES AND BOARDS AT VARIOUS LEVELS THROUGHOUT THE

COMMUNITY HAS GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW AND

UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF OUR CITY.

SAFETY.

REASONABLE GROWTH, ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY, AS WELL

CITY STRUCTURE, ORGANIZATIONS AND PROTOCOL.

I WORKED WITH THE CITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ON NEW

CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATIONS AND AT TIMES ZONING WAS

INVOLVED, BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS.

MUTUAL RESPECT AND CONTINUED COMMUNICATION AMONGST MY

COLLEAGUES AND CLIENTS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MY MANTRA.

I FEEL CONFIDENT IN MY ABILITY TO CONFER AMICABLY WITH

OTHERS, LISTEN TO THEIR OPINIONS, OPTIONS AND IDEAS TO

COME UP WITH THE CONSCIOUS DECISION WITHIN A GROUP

SETTING.

THESE QUALITIES HAVE SUSTAINED MY MARKETING CONSULTING

BUSINESS FOR OVER 23 YEARS.

I AM EXCITED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR THIS

AT-LARGE POSITION.

I HAVE ALWAYS TAKEN A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN ALL OF MY

ENDEAVORS AND I KNOW I CAN BE AN EFFECTIVE LEADER ON

THIS CITY COUNCIL AS WELL AS A VIABLE REPRESENTATIVE

FOR THE CITIZENS OF OUR CITY.

I AM NOT A CONSERVATIVE.

I AM NOT LIBERAL.

I AM REASONABLE.

THANK YOU.

10:37:51 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE]

10:38:05 >>CLERK:
COUNCIL, OUR LAST CANDIDATE THIS MORNING IS

CARROLL "CARRIE" WEST.

10:38:21 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
GOOD MORNING.

GO AHEAD.

10:38:23 >> GOOD MORNING.

NYE MY NAME IS CARRIE WEST, AND I WOULD LIKE TO APPROACH

YOU AND SAY THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU ARE DOING TO

FILL THIS POSITION.

I AM A 42-YEAR RESIDENT OF TAMPA.

MY PARTNER AND I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 44 YEARS TOGETHER.

AND I GRADUATED FROM UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, ALSO

THE ALUMNI OF THE YEAR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA --

USF.

AND PROUD VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AND

ALSO A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WITH THE UNITED STATES

AIR FORCE.

PROUD MOMENTS HAVE BEEN MOST RECENTLY AS BRING -- BEING

A CO-PERSON -- BRINGING IN THE MULTIBILLION DOLLAR

CORPORATION HERE IN FLORIDA, THAT BEING THE KROGER

CORPORATION LAST YEAR, IN BRINGING THEM INTO FLORIDA

AND ALSO BEING PART OF TAMPA PRIDE.

AND SPEAKING ON THEIR BEHALF.

BRINGING IN AND BRINGING TOGETHER PEOPLE IS ONE OF THE

MAJOR THINGS THAT I LIKE TO DO IN PARTNERSHIP AND ALSO

IN REASONING.

I HAVE ALSO BEEN -- HELPING WITH THE CRA, THE YBOR CITY

DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE BARRIO LATINO

COMMISSION AS BEING ONE OF THE THINGS.

A LOT OF THE THINGS I LIKE TO DO IS ALSO HELPING WHERE

THE YOUTH IN THE AREA.

BEING ON THE YBOR YOUTH CLINIC AND A LOT OF OTHER

ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ON, AS YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN

ON MY RESUME.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO DO IS

GOING OUT THERE AND LOOKING FOR AFFORDABILITY IN

HOUSING.

THE OTHER ONE AS FAR AS TRANSPORTATION.

A TRANSMIT THE SYSTEM IS NEEDED.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WILL BE CREATING -- AND

HELP CREATE TAMPA IN ITS GROWTH.

WE LOOK MANY YEARS AGO AND WE SAID WE NEED TO KEEP THE

YOUTH IN TAMPA.

GUESS WHAT, THEY ARE SAYING NOW.

WE HAVE TO GO AND FIND PLACES FOR THEM AND THE OUTREACH

OF TRYING TO FIND BETTER PLACES FOR THEM TO LIVE AND

ALSO BETTER PLACES FOR THEM TO TRAVEL AND ALSO

ECONOMICALLY.

GIVE THEM A PLACE TO HAVE A GREAT TIME.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE GOING HAVE TO DO IN OUR TIME.

I APPRECIATE GOLDEN GATE TIME AND CARRIE WEST AND I AM

LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

BYE-BYE.

10:40:35 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

10:40:39 >>CLERK:
COUNCIL, WILL YOU COMPLETE YOUR BALLOT AND

PASS THEM DOWN.

10:42:26 >>LUIS VIERA:
MOTION FOR A 20-MINUTE RECESS -- JUST

KIDDING.

10:42:35 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MR. SHELBY, THE FIRST VOTE IS

TALLIED.

THE FIRST PERSON WHO GETS FOUR VOTES WILL BE ELECTED

COUNCILMEMBER.

10:42:41 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
ACTUALLY, COUNCIL.

THAT WILL BE YOUR SELECTION.

YOUR APPOINTMENT, ITEM NUMBER 2 WOULD BE A RESOLUTION

THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO YOU TO ACTUALLY APPOINT THE

PERSON TO THE VACANCY.

THAT WILL BE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

10:42:54 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ONCE THERE IS A

COUNCILMEMBER-ELECT, THAT PERSON FALLS UNDER THE

SUNSHINE LAWS AND BASICALLY IS -- BEFORE THEY ARE SWORN

IN ON THURSDAY.

10:43:04 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THAT'S CORRECT.

ONCE YOU MAKE YOUR APPOINTMENT AND SELECTION, THE

SUNSHINE LAW APPLIES AND I SEE MY COUNCILMEMBERS

NODDING IN AGREEMENT.

SO WHOEVER THE PERSON SELECTED IS AND CERTAINLY I AM

HAPPY TO ADVISE THEM ABOUT THAT.

BUT -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR BEING MINDFUL OF THAT,

THANK YOU.

10:43:27 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THAT INDIVIDUAL WILL BE SWORN IN

ON THURSDAY.

OUR NEXT MEETING.

IT WOULDN'T BE TODAY.

10:44:06 >>CLERK:
COUNCIL, THE RESULTS ARE AS FOLLOWS.

MR. CARLSON VOTED FOR AMANDA HURTAK.

MR. GUDES VOTED FOR TAMARA SHAMBURGER.

MR. CITRO VOTED FOR AMANDA HURTAK.

MR. VIERA VOTED FOR MEREDITH FREEMAN.

MR. MIRANDA VOTED FOR MEREDITH FREEMAN.

AND MR. MANISCALCO VOTED FOR JULIE JENKINS.

THE INDIVIDUALS MOVING FORWARD IS MEREDITH FREEMAN AND

ANDA HURTAK.

WE WILL HAVE A ROUND TWO.

10:45:01 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
DO YOU HAVE TO PRINT UP THE NEW

BALLOTS?

WE HAVE IT.

YOU ARE QUICK.

10:47:45 >>CLERK:
COUNCIL --

10:47:47 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SIR [GAVEL SOUNDING]

10:47:51 >>CLERK:
CARLSON VOTED FOR AMANDA HURTAK.

GUDES ALSO VOTED FOR AMANDA HURTAK.

CITRO VOTED FOR AMANDA HURTAK.

VIERA VOTED FOR MEREDITH FREEMAN.

MIRANDA VOTED FOR MEREDITH FREEMAN.

AND MANISCALCO VOTED FOR AMANDA HURTAK.

AND AMANDA HURTAK IS THE WINNER.

[APPLAUSE]

10:48:25 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MR. SHELBY, WHAT IS PROTOCOL NOW?

10:48:31 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
COUNCIL, IF YOU WILL, PLEASE TAKE A

FIVE-MINUTE RECESS OR LESS.

10:48:37 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE ARE IN RECESS FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU.

[GAVEL SOUNDING]

11:01:53 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WELCOME BACK.

I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS CITY COUNCIL BACK TO ORDER.

ROLL CALL PLEASE.

11:01:59 >>BILL CARLSON:
HERE.

11:02:00 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
HERE.

11:02:01 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
HERE.

11:02:02 >>LUIS VIERA:
HERE.

11:02:05 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
HERE.

11:02:07 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL RIGHT.

THAT WAS MUCH QUICKER THAN EXPECTED PROCESS.

WE HAVE OUR NEW COUNCILMEMBER-ELECT HURTAK.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO APPROACH THE PODIUM AND ASA FEW

WORDS.

YOU WILL BE SWORN IN ON THURSDAY AND YOU WILL BE UP

HERE WITH US.

YES, MR. SHELBY.

11:02:23 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE

COUNCIL, YOU ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER 2 ON YOUR AGENDA.

11:02:29 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, SIR, I WANTED TO ALLOW THE

COUNCILMEMBER-ELECT TO SPEAK BEFORE WE MOVE THE

RESOLUTION.

11:02:34 >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO

WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU.

AND LIKE YOU KNOW THAT I AM DEEPLY ETHICAL, AND I AM

REALLY WILLING TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU ON EVERYTHING.

I AM EXCITED TO BE HERE.

11:02:50 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WELL, WELCOME.

COUNCILMEMBER-ELECT HURTAK.

YOU ARE CLEARLY IN MY OPINION THE MOST QUALIFIED

INDIVIDUAL THAT APPLIED TODAY.

PEOPLE MAY OR MAY NOT AGREE TO THAT, VARIANCE REVIEW

BOARD, CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION, NEIGHBORHOOD

INVOLVEMENT.

MAKES ME THINK OF MYSELF BECAUSE I WAS ON CITY BOARDS

AND NEIGHBORHOODS ASSOCIATIONS AND YOUR APPLICATION

REFLECTED THAT ON TOP OF THE SUPPORT FROM THE

COMMUNITY, ENDLESS -- I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PHONE CALLS

AND E-MAILS THAT CAME IN.

CAME IN FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE WHEN WE SAY HIT THE GROUND

RUNNING, YOUR APPLICATION SPEAKS FOR ITSELF AND YOUR

SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY DOES.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

ANY OTHER COUNCILMEMBER HAVE ANYTHING.

COUNCILMAN VIERA AND THEN CITRO.

11:03:37 >>LUIS VIERA:
I WANT TO SAY WELCOME ABOARD.

WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.

I KNOW YOU ARE A PASSIONATE PERSON WHO HAS BEEN

INVOLVED ON A LOT OF THINGS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO

WORKING WITH YOU AND DOING GREAT THINGS FOR THIS CITY.

CONGRATULATION POPS GO IN THERE -- I REMEMBER IN 2011,

I THINK IT WAS THE LAST OPENING THAT WE HAD LIKE THIS,

AND I -- I BRIEFLY THOUGHT OF PUTTING MY HAT IN THE

RING, AND I SAID TO MYSELF, JUST TOO MUCH.

BUT YOU DID IT.

AND SO CONGRATULATIONS.

TAKES A LOT OF HEART.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

11:04:14 >> THANK YOU.

11:04:17 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN CITRO AND COUNCILMAN

GUDES.

11:04:21 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YOU AND I MET EACH OTHER AND SERVED ON

A BOARD TOGETHER.

CONGRATULATIONS.

NOW IT IS UP TO YOU.

YOU GOT THE VOTES TO BE HERE.

NOW YOU HAVE TO GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.

YOU HAVE TO TELL THE PEOPLE WHO YOU ARE.

WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT.

YOU NEED TO GO TO CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.

YOU NEED TO GO TO THE UNIONS.

YOU NEED TO GO TO THE PLACES OF THE RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY.

YOU NEED TO BE OUT IN THE PUBLIC.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT YOU REPRESENTED SEMINOLE HEIGHTS.

NOW YOU REPRESENT ALL OF TAMPA.

AND YOU NEED TO BE WITH ALL THE PEOPLE.

LYNN, IT'S UP TO YOU NOW.

GO PROVE YOURSELF.

THANK YOU.

11:05:08 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN GUDES.

11:05:12 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
MY FRIEND, YOU HAVE NOTHING TO PROVE.

YOU WORKED WITH THREE OF US ON THIS BOARD BEFORE.

I KNOW YOU ARE QUALIFIED.

I KNOW YOU WILL STAND UP.

I KNOW YOU WILL FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT.

WE NEED SOMEBODY TO MAKE SURE WE ARE FIGHTING THE GOOD

FIGHT.

AIN'T GOING TO BE EASY, LYNN.

UP HERE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT

PEOPLE DON'T LIKE SOMETIMES.

WORKING WITH YOU BEFORE, YOU MADE THE DECISION, ME,

BILL AND JOE.

WEREN'T POPULAR BUT WE DID IT.

WELCOME ON BOARD.

11:05:39 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA AND COUNCILMAN

CARLSON.

11:05:43 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YOU AREN'T ASKING FOR ADVICE, BUT

MY ONLY THING TO TELL YOU IS, SURE IT IS NOT EASY.

BUT NO MATTER WHICH WAY YOU VOTE, YOU CANNOT MAKE

EVERYBODY HAPPY.

AND THIS IS ABOUT YOU.

YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT YOU THINK IS BEST FOR THE WHOLE

CITY.

AND THAT'S HOW YOU BECOME ACCEPTED.

YOUR VOTE IS YOUR VOTE.

I WILL NEVER QUESTION YOUR VOTE.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU INHERITED BY THIS VOTE TODAY.

AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO SPEND MUCH MONEY.

[LAUGHTER]

BUT I -- I COMMEND YOU FOR BEING HERE AND DOING WHAT

YOU ARE DOING; HOWEVER, THE NEXT VOTE THAT YOU ARE

GOING TO FACE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BECAUSE IT WILL BE

THE VOTE OF THE PUBLIC.

SO THE ONLY ADVICE I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU WITHOUT YOU

ASKING FOR IT IS JUST BE YOURSELF.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

11:06:30 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN CARLSON.

11:06:33 >>BILL CARLSON:
THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP AND

VOLUNTEERING.

YOU HAVE BEEN DOING THAT IN A LOT OF CAPACITY BUT

IMPORTANT THAT YOU STEPPED UP AND THE OTHER 22 STEPPED

UP TO OFFER TO HELP AT THE TIME THAT CITY COUNCIL IS

UNDER ATTACK, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE HONEST,

ETHICAL GOVERNMENT, AND I AM GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT IN

YOUR PRESENTATION AND FROM YOUR TIME ON THE CHARTER

REVIEW COMMISSION, I KNOW YOU WILL WORK ON THAT.

YOU WILL BE THOROUGH.

AND YOU WILL LOOK LIEU THE DOCUMENTS.

AND -- AND DO WHAT YOU THINK IS BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY

REGARDLESS OF WHATEVER THREATS ARE OUT THERE.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STEPPING UP.

AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.

UNFORTUNATELY, NONE OF US CAN TALK TO YOU NOW UNLESS IN

THESE CHAMBERS.

THAT IS ONE OF THE FRUSTRATING THINGS.

I BELIEVE IN SUNSHINE AND IT IS HARD BECAUSE WE ALL

KNOW -- WE KNEW EACH OTHER PREVIOUSLY TOO.

SO THANK YOU.

11:07:23 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NOW MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION.

11:07:27 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
MOTION.

11:07:29 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECOND.

11:07:30 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL IN FAVOR.

OPPOSED?

WE WILL SEE YOU THURSDAY.

11:07:37 >>LUIS VIERA:
WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE TOGETHER.

11:07:39 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THAT VOTE FOR THE

RECORD.

11:07:42 >>CLERK:
YOU WANT TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.

11:07:43 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
NO.

11:07:47 >>CLERK:
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GUDES AND SECONDED BY

COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.

PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

11:07:50 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THANK YOU.

11:07:51 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY.

11:07:53 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, SIR.

11:07:57 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, WHAT OTHER FEMALES

WERE AT-LARGE ON COUNCIL.

11:08:02 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
GWEN MILLER.

11:08:06 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
GWEN MILLER WAS THE FIRST TO RUN

CITYWIDE AND GET ELECTED.

BUT, YOU HAVE TO GO BACK.

IN THE OLD DAYS, IT WAS LITTLE DIFFERENT.

YOU HAD TO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT AND RUN CITYWIDE.

IT WAS HAPPENING IN '74.

YOU CAN CHECK THE RECORD.

I THINK I AM CORRECT, BUT I AM NOT SURE.

LIVE IN A DISTRICT AND RUN CITYWIDE.

BUT I THINK THAT CHANGED.

11:08:25 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
I BELIEVE THAT WAS CHALLENGED IN

COURT.

11:08:30 >> IT WAS CHALLENGED IN A LOT OF COURTS.

11:08:34 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE BEGIN MONDAY -- SORRY, NOT

MONDAY, THURSDAY, 9 A.M.

YOU KNOW THE DRILL.

YOU WILL HAVE YOUR NAME IN A PARKING SPACE.

YOUR OFFICE IS IN THE BACK AND YOU WILL GET SWORN IN

TOP OF THE MEETING AND THAT'S IT.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

11:08:47 >> THANK YOU.

11:08:49 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.

11:08:51 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
SECOND.

11:08:52 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL IN FAVOR.

WE ARE ADJOURNED.

[GAVEL SOUNDING]


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