TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
WORKSHOPS
THURSDAY, MAY 26, 2022
9:00 A.M
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09:01:53 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MAY 26, 2022 IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER.
09:01:54 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
09:01:58 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES, SIR, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:02:01 CHAIRMAN, MY PLEASURE THIS MORNING TO HAVE TAMPA POLICE
09:02:05 DEPARTMENT CHAPLAIN REVEREND DELIA HARRIS COLEMAN
09:02:07 PRESENT THE INVOCATION.
09:02:10 YOU REMEMBER SHE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO PROVIDE THE
09:02:12 INVOCATION TWICE LAST YEAR.
09:02:15 THE REVEREND IS A CHAPLAIN FOR THE TAMPA POLICE
09:02:17 DEPARTMENT FOR 16 YEARS.
09:02:21 MOVED TO OUR FINE CITY FROM THE FINE CITY OF DETROIT TO
09:02:24 A FINER CITY OF TAMPA 25 YEARS AGO.
09:02:27 SHE IS AN ORDAINED MINISTER SINCE 2000.
09:02:31 SEMI RETIRED FROM PRIVATE DUTY, CARE GIVING AND
09:02:35 PROVIDES A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MINISTRY MISSION AND TO
09:02:38 FREE EVERYONE FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND TAKE PRIDE IN
09:02:40 HAVING A SAFE HOME AND SAFE RELATIONSHIPS.
09:02:43 JUST IN CASE ANYBODY IS THINKING OF GETTING MARRIED, IT
09:02:44 IS NOT ME.
09:02:48 SHE DOES PREMARITAL COUNSELING AND PERFORMS WEDDING
09:02:49 CEREMONIES.
09:02:52 IN HER SPARE TIME, SHE MAKES CUSTOM JEWELRY AND
09:02:53 T-SHIRTS.
09:02:56 IN HER WORD, SHE IS LIVING THE BEST OF THE LIFE.
09:02:58 REVEREND.
09:03:02 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WILL EVERYONE PLEASE RISE.
09:03:06 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE
09:03:07 OF ALLEGIANCE.
09:03:09 >> HEAVENLY FATHER WE THANK YOU FOR ALL OFF THIS
09:03:11 BLESSED US.
09:03:14 WE THANK YOU FOR RISING UP THIS MORNING, FATHER.
09:03:17 BECAUSE WE REALIZE, GOD, THAT WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT
09:03:17 WITHOUT YOU.
09:03:20 AND FATHER, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEND OUT PRAYERS TO THE
09:03:26 BEREAVED FAMILIES TODAY, THE ONE IN TEXAS AND OTHER
09:03:27 PLACES, GOD.
09:03:32 TO ASK YOU GO INTO COMFORT THAT ONLY YOU KNOW WHAT TO
09:03:32 DO.
09:03:35 BLESS THIS MEETING THAT YOU WILL HAVE IT WHAT YOU WILL
09:03:37 HAVE IT TO BE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR CITY AND
09:03:39 COMMUNITY AND LEVERING COME TOGETHER ACCORDING TO YOUR
09:03:42 PLAN, GOD, NOT OUR PLAN, BUT YOUR WILL WILL BE DONE ON
09:03:44 EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
09:03:47 FATHER WE ASK YOUR LORD THAT PEACE BE SPOKEN HERE
09:03:48 TODAY.
09:03:50 THAT IT BE UNITY, GOD.
09:03:52 THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE ACCORDING TO WHAT YOU HAVE
09:03:53 ESTABLISHED US TO DO.
09:03:56 FATHER, WE WILL SOB GRATEFUL TO GIVE YOU THE PRAISE AND
09:03:58 HONOR WHICH IS DUE YOU.
09:04:01 BECAUSE WITHOUT YOU, WE CAN DO NOTHING.
09:04:03 BUT WITH YOU WE CAN DO ALL THINGS.
09:04:07 GOD, WE PRAY THAT YOUR HOPE OR HALLELUJAH OF OUR JOY
09:04:10 WILL BE FILLED TODAY AS WE TRUST.
09:04:13 AND THAT WE WILL OVERFLOW WITH HOPE THROUGH YOUR HOLY
09:04:16 SPIRIT AND IN JESUS'S NAME, AMEN.
09:04:18 >> AMEN.
09:04:29 [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
09:04:32 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, PLEASE BE SEATED.
09:04:37 ROLL CALL.
09:04:38 >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
09:04:39 >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
09:04:40 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
09:04:42 >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE.
09:04:43 >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE.
09:04:44 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
09:04:45 >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE.
09:04:47 >>CLERK: OFF PHYSICAL QUORUM.
09:04:49 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:04:49 MR. SHELBY.
09:04:51 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:04:54 MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, MARTIN SHELBY, CITY
09:04:55 COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
09:04:57 TODAY IS THURSDAY, MAY 26.
09:04:59 AND WE ARE HERE AT OLD CITY HALL.
09:05:02 THE PUBLIC AND THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA ARE
09:05:05 ABLE TO WATCH, LISTEN AND VIEW THIS WORKSHOP MEETING ON
09:05:09 SPECTRUM 640, FRONTIER CHANNEL 15, AND ON THE INTERNET
09:05:12 AT TAMPA.GOV/LIVESTREAM.
09:05:14 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN ATTEND IN PERSON, HERE IN
09:05:17 CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS OR VIRTUALLY AND THEY CAN
09:05:19 PARTICIPATE BY USING WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS STATE OF
09:05:24 FLORIDA RULES AS COMMUNICATION MEDIA TECHNOLOGY.
09:05:27 PREREGISTRATION IS REQUIRED TO SPEAK VIRTUALLY WITH THE
09:05:30 USE OF CMT DURING PUBLIC COMMENT AND THIS INFORMATION
09:05:33 IS LOCATED ON THE CITY COUNCIL'S WEB SITE AT
09:05:36 TAMPA.GOV/CITYCOUNCIL.
09:05:38 THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE WITH THE LINKS ON
09:05:40 TODAY'S NOTICE.
09:05:43 NOW WITH REGARD TO THE NOTICE, MR. CHAIRMAN AND REGARD
09:05:46 TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT, COUNCIL DID MAKE A MOTION
09:05:49 PREVIOUSLY THAT WASN'T REFLECTED ON THE NOTICE THAT
09:05:51 WOULD ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
09:05:55 WORKSHOP SESSIONS AND ALSO PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER EACH
09:05:59 ITEM IS DISCUSSED BUT A SPEAKER CANNOT SPEAK TWICE ON
09:06:00 THE SAME SUBJECT.
09:06:02 WITH REGARD TO THAT, COUNCIL.
09:06:05 IF THAT IS COUNCIL'S PLEASURE, ASK THAT YOU WAIVE THE
09:06:05 RULES.
09:06:08 >>ORLANDO GUDES: TO SO MOVED.
09:06:09 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
09:06:11 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SAITH MOTION AND A SECOND.
09:06:16 LET'S HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE.
09:06:17 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
09:06:19 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
09:06:20 >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
09:06:21 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
09:06:23 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
09:06:24 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
09:06:24 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
09:06:31 >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
09:06:33 >>JOSEPH CITRO: IS THAT ALL, MR. SHELBY?
09:06:34 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, SIR.
09:06:37 THANK YOU.
09:06:38 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
09:06:42 >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY BEFORE WE GET TO NUMBER 1, I
09:06:46 WILL FORMALLY DO A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEM NUMBER TWO.
09:06:48 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
09:06:52 >>LUIS VIERA: HOUSING DISABILITY ISSUE DUE TO A
09:06:54 CONFLICT WITH HOUSING AUTHORITY.
09:06:56 IS AUGUST OKAY?
09:06:57 WHO IS HERE.
09:07:02 HOUSE SOMETHING IN TAMPA -- IF I MAY, I MAKE THAT
09:07:03 MOTION.
09:07:05 GO AHEAD.
09:07:07 YES, SIR.
09:07:09 >>JOSEPH CITRO: UNTIL AUGUST.
09:07:10 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
09:07:13 >>JOSEPH CITRO: DO YOU HAVE DATE, TIME PERSON?
09:07:15 >>LUIS VIERA: THE WORKSHOP IN AUGUST.
09:07:20 YOU GO, SOUNDS GOOD.
09:07:25 >> SECOND.
09:07:27 >>MARTIN SHELBY: AUGUST WORKSHOP?
09:07:29 >>JOSEPH CITRO: DO WE HAVE A --
09:07:36 >>MARTIN SHELBY: DO YOU HAVE YOUR CALENDAR.
09:07:38 >>JOSEPH CITRO: DO WE HAVE A WORK DAY -- WORKSHOP DATE
09:07:40 IN AUGUST?
09:07:41 NO WE DON'T.
09:07:43 THAT'S WHY I AM ASKING.
09:07:47 COUNCILMAN VIERA, WE DO NOT HAVE A WORKSHOP DATE.
09:07:48 >>LUIS VIERA: SEPTEMBER.
09:07:55 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SEPTEMBER.
09:07:57 >>MARTIN SHELBY: SEPTEMBER 22?
09:07:59 >>CLERK: YES.
09:08:02 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN
09:08:02 VIERA.
09:08:04 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
09:08:05 ALL IN FAVOR.
09:08:05 OPPOSED?
09:08:15 THANK YOU.
09:08:22 >>LUIS VIERA: OF COURSE, I DIDN'T KNOW -- HOW ARE YOU,
09:08:23 BUDDY.
09:08:24 I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
09:08:26 YEAH, DO YOU WANT TO COME UP.
09:08:28 IF -- SURE, COME ON, GUYS.
09:08:29 OKAY.
09:08:30 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:08:32 HOW ARE YOU.
09:08:35 A REAL PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY.
09:08:37 WE HAVE SOME VERY DISTINGUISHED GUESTS WITH US TODAY.
09:08:42 MR. CRAIG GROSS, WHO IS THE PROUD FATHER OF THE LATE
09:08:44 CORPORAL FRANK GROSS.
09:08:48 HOLLY ROSS, THE PROUD MOTHER OF THE LATE LIEUTENANT
09:08:52 RIAN ROSS.
09:08:56 LORI FLEMING, THE MOTHER OF THE SERGEANT LAURIE
09:09:00 LISK.
09:09:08 WITH GOLD STAR, WITH THE PURPLE HEART OF TAMPA.
09:09:10 AND COMING UP.
09:09:13 MAYOR MARTIN, WORLD WAR I.
09:09:14 OKAY.
09:09:14 THANK YOU, SIR.
09:09:16 BEFORE WE BEGIN.
09:09:19 A FILM WAS PREPARED THAT DEAL WITH THE FALLEN IN TAMPA
09:09:20 GOING OVER NAMES.
09:09:23 IT IS ABOUT THREE AND A HALF MINUTES AND A GREAT WILLIE
09:09:24 NELSON SONG.
09:09:26 SO GO AHEAD.
09:09:30 Ø
09:09:30 Ø
09:09:50 Ø
09:09:58 Ø YES I UNDERSTAND BUT EVERY LIFE MUST END Ø
09:10:01 Ø AS WE SIT ALONG Ø
09:10:07 Ø I KNOW SOME DAY WE MUST GO Ø
09:10:10 Ø OH I AM A LUCKY MAN Ø
09:10:18 Ø TO COUNT ON BOTH HANDS THE ONES I LOVE Ø
09:10:20 Ø SOME FOLKS JUST HAVE ONE Ø
09:10:28 Ø OTHERS HAVE GOT NONE Ø
09:10:31 Ø STAY WITH ME Ø
09:10:59 Ø LET'S JUST BREATHE Ø
09:11:08 Ø JUST ANOTHER HUMAN BEING Ø
09:11:14 Ø I DON'T WANT TO HURT AND SO MUCH IN MY WORLD THAT
09:11:18 MAKE ME FEEL.
09:11:20 STAY WITH ME Ø
09:11:29 Ø YOU ARE ALL I SEE Ø
09:11:32 Ø I DID SAY THINK THAT NEED YOU Ø
09:11:35 Ø DID I SAY THINK THAT WANT YOU Ø
09:11:40 Ø OH IF I DIDN'T Ø
09:11:45 Ø NO ONE KNOWS THIS MORE THAN ME Ø
09:11:47 Ø WHEN I COME CLEAN Ø
09:11:56 Ø I WONDER EVERY DAY AS I LOOK UPON YOUR FACE Ø
09:11:57 Ø EVERYTHING YOU GAVE Ø
09:12:16 Ø AND NOTHING YOU WOULD TAKE Ø
09:12:20 DID I SAY I NEED YOU.
09:12:25 I DID SAY THINK THAT WANT YOU.
09:12:30 OR IF I DIDN'T I AM A FOOL, YOU SEE.
09:12:35 NO ONE KNOWS THIS MORE THAN ME.
09:12:40 AS I COME CLEAN.
09:13:01 NOTHING WOULD YOU TAKE.
09:13:03 EVERYTHING YOU GAVE.
09:13:11 LOVE YOU UNTIL I DIE.
09:13:28 MEET YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE.
09:13:29 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:13:34 AND SO WE ALWAYS AT CITY COUNCIL INVITE GOLD STAR
09:13:37 FAMILIES FOR MEMORIAL DAY TO REMIND EVERYBODY IN THE
09:13:40 COMMUNITY WHAT MEMORIAL DAY IS ALL ABOUT.
09:13:43 AND PEOPLE DON'T GET THAT FROM HEARING ME, THEY GET IT
09:13:45 FROM HEARING THE FAMILIES OF THE FALLEN.
09:13:51 GO AHEAD.
09:13:58 >> JUST TO GET US STARTED HERE, I WANTED TO EXPLAIN
09:14:01 BASICALLY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A BLUE STAR FAMILY AND
09:14:04 A GOLD STAR FAMILY.
09:14:08 UNFORTUNATELY A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT THERE IS
09:14:12 SUCH A THING AS A BLUE STAR FAMILY AND A GOLD STAR
09:14:13 FAMILY.
09:14:19 AND SO WITH THAT, WHEN A FAMILY'S SON OR DAUGHTER
09:14:24 BECOMES A SOLDIER, THAT FAMILY BECOMES A BLUE STAR
09:14:25 FAMILY.
09:14:32 AND THEY ARE GIVING A FLAG TO PUT IN THEIR FRONT WINDOW
09:14:37 DESIGNATING THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE A SON OR DAUGHTER
09:14:38 THAT IS SERVING THE MILITARY.
09:14:41 THERE ARE SOME FAMILIES -- YOU CAN GO BY SOME HOUSES
09:14:45 AND YOU WILL SEE WINDOWS THAT HAVE AS MANY AS THREE OR
09:14:49 FOUR BLUE STARS.
09:14:56 WHEN A SOLDIER IS KILLED IN ACTION, THAT BLUE STAR
09:15:01 BECOMES A GOLD STAR.
09:15:07 AND THIS GOLD STAR BASICALLY DESIGNATES THE FACT THAT
09:15:16 THE SOLDIER WAS KILLED IN ACTION AND THEN THE FAMILIES
09:15:20 BECOME MEMBERS OF AN ORGANIZATION CALLED THE GOLD STAR
09:15:21 FAMILIES.
09:15:23 AND WE OFTEN SAY THIS.
09:15:29 AND MY GOLD STAR MOM ALSO CONCUR, IT IS A CLUB THAT WE
09:15:38 ARE THANKFUL FOR, BUT A CLUB THAT NOBODY WANTS TO JOIN.
09:15:41 THERE IS ANOTHER STAR.
09:15:46 THIS IS THE GOLD STAR THAT FAMILIES ARE AWARDED IF
09:15:50 THEIR SON OR DAUGHTER IS KILLED IN ACTION.
09:15:53 AND THE BACK PART OF IT IS PURPLE WHICH IS JUST LIKE
09:16:00 THE PURPLE HEART DESIGNATES THAT THEY WERE KILLED WHILE
09:16:02 ENGAGED WITH THE ENEMY.
09:16:06 AND THEN THERE IS THE NEXT OF KINGPIN, WHICH IS EQUALLY
09:16:11 AS IMPORTANT, BUT IT DESIGNATES THE FACT THAT THIS SON
09:16:15 OR DAUGHTER OF THE SOLDIER WAS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT
09:16:21 EITHER ON BASE OR -- BUT STILL WHILE SERVING.
09:16:25 SO THAT IS -- THAT IS MY JOB TODAY.
09:16:28 I AM THE VICE PRESIDENT OF GOLD STAR AWARENESS.
09:16:34 AND OUR WHOLE MISSION IS TO GO OUT TO CIVIC CENTERS,
09:16:39 CITY COUNCILS, SCHOOLS, AND EDUCATE PEOPLE ON WHAT A
09:16:43 BLUE STAR AND GOLD STAR IS.
09:16:54 SO NOW I AM GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO HOLLY ROSS.
09:16:58 OH, BY THE WAY, WE DID BRING PICTURES AND WHEN I GO, BY
09:16:59 BIG, OKAY.
09:17:04 THAT IS MY SON, CORPORAL FRANK ROBERT GROSS.
09:17:09 WE NEEDED THE FULL MEASURE TO HAVE THIS REPUBLIC OF
09:17:14 FREEDOM AND LIBERTY.
09:17:18 >> SO THIS IS A PICTURE OF MY DAUGHTER, LIEUTENANT
09:17:21 ROSS, U.S. NAVY PILOT.
09:17:23 I WAS INVITED HERE TO TELL YOU HER STORY.
09:17:27 AND I AM GOING TO COMPRESS THAT INTO SEVEN MINUTES AND
09:17:36 GIVE YOU A GLIMPSE INTO WHO SHE IS.
09:17:40 SHE PASSED AWAY 2020, SO IT HAVEN'T BEEN THAT LONG.
09:17:44 SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME, I WILL READ YOU HER STORY FOR I
09:17:46 DON'T THINK I CAN DO IT OTHERWISE.
09:17:47 BEAR WITH ME PLEASE.
09:17:50 THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN VIERA, FOR YOUR INVITATION TO
09:17:53 HONOR OUR DAUGHTER, UNITED STATES NAVY INSTRUCTOR
09:17:58 LIEUTENANT ROSS AS WE ANSWER MEMORIAL DAY THIS WEEK.
09:18:01 A DAY TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR HER SERVICE TO OUR NATION
09:18:03 AND HER ULTIMATE SACRIFICE.
09:18:06 NO EXAGGERATION TO SAY THAT EVERY DAY IS MEMORIAL DAY
09:18:09 DAY FOR EVERYBODY WHO KNEW LIEUTENANT ROSS.
09:18:12 SHE WAS OUR FIRST DAUGHTER OF THREE SISTERS BORN IN
09:18:15 CODY, SPAIN.
09:18:19 AN INSTANT HIT WITH THE LOCALS STRAWBERRY BLONDE HAIR,
09:18:21 BLUE EYES AND FAIR SKIN.
09:18:25 WE WERE GOING TO CELEBRATE HER 11TH BIRTHDAY AS THE SUN
09:18:29 ROSE ON THE CLEAR AND TRAGIC DAY OF SEPTEMBER 11.
09:18:33 THE CANDLES ARE LIT NOT JUST NOR HER BUT THOSE IN OUR
09:18:37 NATION THAT WE WILL NEVER FORGET, ALL THOSE LOST.
09:18:41 AS A YOUNG GIRL, SHE WAS DEEPLY EFFECTED BY 9/11 THAT
09:18:44 LED HER TO SERVE ON THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR.
09:18:45 VERY BRIGHT.
09:18:48 A VORACIOUS READER AND CONSISTENT HONOR STUDENT
09:18:51 CHALLENGING HERSELF TO LEARN AND GO FARTHER.
09:18:53 NO SUBJECTS IN SCHOOL SHE WAS NOT INTERESTED IN.
09:18:56 LEARNING ANYTHING NEW WAS FUN FOR HER.
09:18:58 SHE DREAMED OF WORKING WITH NASA ONE DAY.
09:19:02 NO ONE IN HER FAMILY HAD A MILITARY BACK GROUND AND
09:19:08 FORGED HER ON PATH AND ACCEPTED THE ROT C SCHOLARSHIP
09:19:08 TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MY.
09:19:12 MAJORED IN MATH AND MIDDLE EASTERN HISTORY.
09:19:16 AT THE END OF THE SOPHOMORE YEAR, ONLY ONE OF TWO WOMEN
09:19:19 STILL STANDING IN A UNIT OF 30 STUDENT DOWN 15.
09:19:22 SHE VOLUNTEERED AT THE LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTER.
09:19:24 UPON GRADUATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
09:19:26 COMMISSIONED AS A NAVY OFFICER AND ACCEPTED TO NAVY
09:19:29 FLIGHT SCHOOL IN PENSACOLA, FLORIDA.
09:19:33 SHE COULDN'T WAIT TO ADOPT HER FIRST RESCUE DOG AND
09:19:34 NAMED HIM GATOR.
09:19:37 SHE DREAMED OF SOME DAY HAVING CHILDREN.
09:19:42 AFTER SHE LEARNED TO FLY THE CR-60 HELICOPTER OUT OF
09:19:45 VIRGINIA PARK, SHE BECAME MISSION COMMANDER OF HER
09:19:48 AIRCRAFT IN BAHRAIN.
09:19:51 BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE PERSIAN GULF DAY AND NIGHT.
09:19:55 ON ONE EXTREMELY HOT AND HUMID DAY IN THE PERSIAN GULF
09:19:59 JUNE 19, 2017, SHE WAS A MISSION COMMANDER OF AN
09:20:02 MARITIME INTERDICTION.
09:20:08 THAT DAY RIANE AND HER TROOP EXPERIENCED ONE OF THE
09:20:11 WORST HELICOPTER EMERGENCIES POSSIBLE.
09:20:16 A TAIL ROTOR EMERGENCY AS THE HELICOPTER HOVERED OVER
09:20:19 THE DECK IN A CONFINED SPACE.
09:20:23 SPINNING 360 DEGREES OUT OF CONTROL OVER THE FLIGHT
09:20:23 DECK.
09:20:26 NOT ONLY DID SHE QUICKLY RECOGNIZE WHAT WAS HAPPENING
09:20:30 AND TOOK THE CONTROLS FROM HER CO-PILOT, MAINTAINED HER
09:20:34 COMPOSURE AND DID WHAT SHE NEEDED TO DO GAIN CONTROL OF
09:20:36 THE SPINNING AIRCRAFT.
09:20:40 SHE FLEW IT FORWARD BEFORE HITTING THE SUPER STRUCTURE
09:20:45 WOULD HAVE LOST THE AIRCRAFT, ALL PEOPLE ON IT AND THE
09:20:46 SEVEN PEOPLE IN THE CONTROL TOWER.
09:20:50 SHE SAVED THE LIVES OF 17 PEOPLE THAT HOT, HUMID DAY IN
09:20:51 THE PERSIAN GULF.
09:20:56 COMMANDER MATT PIZEKI WAS FLYING ANOTHER HELICOPTER AND
09:21:00 SAW THE WHOLE THING UNFOLD AND HE LOOKED ME IN THE EYES
09:21:04 AND SAID HE NEVER SEEN SUCH FLYING SKILL.
09:21:08 SUPERIOR PROFESSIONALISM AND LOYALTY OF DUTY IN THE
09:21:11 FACE OF HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS, LIEUTENANT ROSS WAS
09:21:15 AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL BY THE U.S. FORCES CENTRAL
09:21:18 COMMAND FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
09:21:25 HER COMMANDER, KELLY HARRISON, WAS AMONG MULTITUDE OF
09:21:31 HER SQUADRON MATES, THAT NOT ONLY WAS SHE AN
09:21:33 EXCEPTIONAL PILOT BUT AN EXCEPTIONAL PERSON AND
09:21:34 OFFICER.
09:21:38 SHE WAS KNOWN FOR HAVING A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR, ALWAYS
09:21:41 POSITIVE AND AN INNATE ABILITY TO BRING THE TEAM
09:21:41 TOGETHER.
09:21:44 SHE WOULD CONVINCE PEOPLE THAT THEY NEEDED TO DO THE
09:21:46 THINGS THAT NEEDED TO DONE IN ORDER TO MAKE THE
09:21:49 ORGANIZATION MORE EFFECTIVE, COMMENCING THEM IN A VERY
09:21:51 POSITIVE, KIND AND DIRECT WAY.
09:21:55 SHE WAS INCLUSIVE AND KIND TO EVERYONE IN HER SQUADRON.
09:21:58 PILOTS, AIR CREW, MECHANICS AND CIVILIAN STAFF.
09:22:02 HER PEERS SAID IT WOULD HAPPEN SO OFTEN THAT WHEN
09:22:04 CONFRONTED WITH A CHALLENGING SITUATION, THEY WOULD
09:22:10 OFTEN STOP AND THINK OF HOW SHE WOULD HAVE HANDLED THE
09:22:14 SITUATION PITCH QUOTE HER COMMANDER KELLY, QUOTE, EVEN
09:22:17 AFTER HER PASSING SHE STILL SERVING AS A MENTOR TO MANY
09:22:20 OF US IN THE NAVY WHO ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO KNOW HER.
09:22:23 AFTER FLYING HELICOPTER OF NAVAL AIR STATION VIRGINIA
09:22:29 PARK, NORFOLK NAVAL IN VIRGINIA PARK, PROMOTED TO A
09:22:33 LIEUTENANT AND INSTRUCTOR AND PENSACOLA NAVAL AIR
09:22:34 STATION.
09:22:37 SHE LOVED TEACHING AND OFTEN WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND TO
09:22:39 MAKE SURE HER STUDENTS RECEIVED THE NECESSARY FLIGHT
09:22:41 HOURS, TRAINING AND MENTORSHIP THEY NEEDED TO BECOME
09:22:46 SOME OF THE WORLD'S BEST AVIATORS.
09:22:49 THE DEPARTMENT HEAD'S SAFETY OFFICER AND SEXUAL ASSAULT
09:22:52 FIRST RESPONSE ADVOCATE IN HER SQUADRON.
09:22:54 SHE REALLY CARED ABOUT PEOPLE.
09:22:55 ALL PEOPLE.
09:22:59 IN HER LIMITED FREE TIME, SHE MADE SURE LIFE WAS GOOD.
09:23:02 ENJOYED TRAVELING THE WORLD, COOKING, GOING TO MUSIC
09:23:05 CONCERTS.
09:23:09 TREATED HERSELF TO SKYDIVING FOR HER 30TH BIRTHDAY.
09:23:12 SHE WAS EXCITED FOR HER NEXT DEPLOYMENT IN JAPAN.
09:23:14 SHE HAD PLANS TO COME HOME FOR THANKSGIVING AND
09:23:16 CHRISTMAS BEFORE SHE DEPLOYED.
09:23:19 THEN ON THE MORNING OF OCTOBER 24, 2020, TWO FEMALE
09:23:24 OFFICERS SHOWED UP ON OUR DOOR TO TELL US THERE WAS AN
09:23:24 ACCIDENT.
09:23:26 SHE HAS AGAIN FOUND HERSELF IN AN EMERGENCY
09:23:30 OUT-OF-CONTROL AIRCRAFT AT LOW ALTITUDE.
09:23:33 THIS TIME IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD IN ALABAMA.
09:23:37 EYE WITNESSES SAY THE PLANE JUST DROPPED FROM THE SKY.
09:23:41 MIRACULOUSLY SHE WAS ABLE TO HAND THE PLANE A FEW FEET
09:23:42 FROM THE GARAGE OF A HOUSE.
09:23:47 NO RESIDENTS WERE HARMED, BUT NAVY LIEUTENANT ROSS AND
09:23:53 HER STUDENT COAST GUARD MORGAN GARRET BOTH INSTANTLY
09:23:58 LOST THEIR YOUNG LIVES OF SERVICE TO OUR NATION.
09:24:03 MAKE NO MISTAKE, THEY DIED FOR US SO THAT WE COULD
09:24:07 LIVE IN FREEDOM AND WITHOUT FEAR.
09:24:14 SO WHEN YOU HEAR STEVIE NICKS OF FLEETWOOD MAC SING THE
09:24:18 SONG WHERE THE LYRICS ARE, SHE COMES ALIVE LIKE A BIRD
09:24:20 IN FLIGHT.
09:24:23 ALL YOUR LIFE NEVER SEEN A WOMAN TAKEN BY THE WIND.
09:24:28 SHE RULES THE LIGHT LIKE A SKYLARK.
09:24:30 I HOPE YOU WILL REMEMBER HER SERVICE.
09:24:34 HER ULTIMATE SERVICE AND COME AWAY KNOWING WHO SHE
09:24:38 REALLY WAS, A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG REDHEAD DRIVING A BIG
09:24:42 BLACK FORD PICKUP TRUCK WITH A BIG BLACK RESCUE DOG
09:24:46 NAMED GATOR AS HER CO-PILOT FLYING A REALLY, REALLY BIG
09:24:50 HELICOPTER AND BEING A BADASS WITH A BIG SENSE OF HUMOR
09:24:52 AND BIGGER HEART AND LOVE FOR LIFE AND OTHERS.
09:24:55 WHEN YOU ARE CONFRONTED WITH A CHALLENGING SITUATION
09:24:57 WHERE IT IS HARD TO CONVINCE THE PEOPLE TO DO WHAT THEY
09:25:00 NEED TO DO TO MAKE YOUR ORGANIZATION MORE EFFECTIVE,
09:25:05 THINK ABOUT WHAT RHIANNE TO DO, APPROACH WITH HUMAN,
09:25:08 KINDNESS, DIRECTNESS AND INCLUSIVENESS.
09:25:11 SHE WOULD GET THINGS DONE QUICKLY WITH NO TIME TO LOSE
09:25:13 AND FOR THE GREATER GOOD.
09:25:16 FOR ALL OF US THE GOLD STAR FAMILY WHO LOVED AND WORKED
09:25:19 WITH HER, TAUGHT BY HER, LUCKY ENOUGH TO KNOW HER,
09:25:21 MEMORIAL DAY IS EVERY DAY.
09:25:35 AND EVERY DAY SHE IS STILL TEACHING US.
09:25:38 >> I AM JUST HERE FOR MORAL SUPPORT.
09:25:42 >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO CITY
09:25:46 COUNCIL, LUIS VIERA FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.
09:25:51 THERE IS A SAYING AMONGST US GOLD STAR FAMILIES IN THE
09:25:54 MILITARY THAT SAYS A SOLDIER DIES TWICE.
09:26:00 THE FIRST TIME WHEN HE OR SHE IS KILLED IN ACTION.
09:26:03 AND THE SECOND TIME, WHEN THEIR NAME IS NO LONGER
09:26:08 MENTIONED THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND GOD BLESS YOU.
09:26:09 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
09:26:10 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
09:26:11 THANK YOU, GUYS.
09:26:12 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:26:13 THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS.
09:26:16 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
09:26:19 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMAN
09:26:22 VIERA, FOR BRINGING THIS -- THIS GROUP FORWARD, THIS
09:26:30 GROUP OF PARENTS OF GREAT AMERICAN HEROES.
09:26:34 MR. GROS S, WE CERTAINLY KNOW YOU AND YOUR SON'S NAME
09:26:39 AND WE KNOW THE NAME RHIANIN ROSS AND SO MANY OTHERS.
09:26:42 BUT IT IS TRUE EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID.
09:26:44 WHEN THEY BREATHE THEIR LAST BREATHE AND WHEN THEIR
09:26:47 NAME IS SPOKEN FOR THE LAST TIME.
09:26:50 AND YOU CONTINUE TO KEEP THEIR SPIRIT AND -- YOU KEEP
09:26:53 THEM ALIVE.
09:26:58 MR. GROSS, I FOLLOW YOU ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND YOU ARE
09:26:59 ALWAYS THERE.
09:26:59 ALWAYS THERE.
09:27:03 AND REMEMBERING YOUR SON WHO IS -- WHO IS A GREAT
09:27:06 AMERICAN HERO WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR OUR FREEDOMS AND WE
09:27:10 CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT EACH AND EVERY DAY BECAUSE
09:27:12 MEMORIAL DAY IS EACH AND EVERY DAY.
09:27:15 PEOPLE OFTEN CONFUSE VETERANS DAY WITH MEMORIAL DAY.
09:27:16 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
09:27:20 NOT ABOUT FOR YOUR SERVICE, BUT THE SACRIFICE THAT WAS
09:27:24 MADE FOR OUR FREEDOMS, NOT JUST IN MODERN TIMES BUT
09:27:29 WORLD WAR II VETS AND VIETNAM VETS AND BEFORE.
09:27:32 AS LONG AS WE HONOR MEMORIAL DAY, WE KEEP THEIR SPIRIT
09:27:35 ALIVE AND WE KEEP THEM ALIVE.
09:27:42 I APPRECIATE THE VIDEO THAT WAS PLAYED.
09:27:44 THERE ARE A FEW PEOPLE I DID NOT KNOW BUT I KNOW THEIR
09:27:45 FRIENDS.
09:27:46 I KNOW SOME OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS.
09:27:54 RALPH VITCH WAS SHOWN, KILLED BY A SNIPER IN VIETNAM
09:27:57 RIGHT AFTER THE -- THE INFAMOUS HAMBURGER HILL.
09:28:00 I SPOKE TO A FRIEND OF HIS THE OTHER DAY AND I ASKED
09:28:04 HER, I GO, WHY IS -- WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF RALPH
09:28:07 VITCH, WAS HE JUST A SCHOOLMATE.
09:28:11 SHE TOLD ME THE STORY AND I AM NOT GOING TO GET INTO
09:28:14 DETAILS BUT SHE DOES TAKE SOME OF THE BLAME WHY HE WENT
09:28:18 TO VIETNAM, WHY HE ENLISTED AND WHATNOT.
09:28:20 I SAID YOU CAN'T BLAME YOURSELF.
09:28:24 IT IS NOT -- THIS IS THE WAY GOD WORK AND WE JUST CAN'T
09:28:24 QUESTION THAT.
09:28:30 RALPH WAS FEATURED IN LIFE MAGAZINE'S ISSUE THAT SAYS
09:28:32 ONE WEEK'S DEAD.
09:28:35 AND RALPH WAS THE ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS LISTED FROM
09:28:37 TAMPA THAT WAS KILLED, AGAIN, BY A SNIPER.
09:28:43 FRANK MCNUT WAS FEATURED IN THE VIDEO KNOWN AS "TANK."
09:28:45 I KNOW SOME OF HIS FRIENDS.
09:28:47 SOME HAVE PASSED AWAY.
09:28:49 HE PLAYED FOOTBALL FOR PLANT HIGH SCHOOL.
09:28:51 AND HE WAS KILLED ON HIS THIRD TOUR OF VIETNAM.
09:28:54 VOLUNTEERED FOR A THIRD TOUR, SPECIAL FORCES.
09:28:58 FROM WHAT I READ AND KNOW, THE ULTIMATE SOLDIER'S
09:28:58 SOLDIER.
09:29:00 LIKE A RAMBO.
09:29:02 IMAGINE LIKE THE ULTIMATE SOLDIER.
09:29:06 BUT THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS AND SO MANY OTHERS, BALTIMORE
09:29:09 LOPEZ, MEDAL OF HONOR.
09:29:14 PAUL SMITH, MEDAL OF HONOR FROM TAMPA.
09:29:15 SO MANY HEROES.
09:29:19 WE CANNOT FORGET THEM WHERE WE READ THEIR FINAL RESTING
09:29:23 PLACES AND SHARE THEIR IMAGES AND STORIES ON SOCIAL
09:29:23 MEDIA.
09:29:25 SOCIAL MEDIA BEING SO POWERFUL.
09:29:28 A NEW GENERATION AND PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T KNOW THEM IN
09:29:31 LIFE WILL KNOW THEM AND REMEMBER THEM AND CONSIDER TO
09:29:35 SAY THEIR NAMES AND KEEP THEM ALIVE MOVING FORWARD.
09:29:36 THANK YOU.
09:29:39 WE THANK THEM FOR THEIR SACRIFICE AND WE APPRECIATE YOU
09:29:40 VERY MUCH.
09:29:42 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
09:29:46 >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU FOR BOTH THE VIDEO, WHICH WAS
09:29:51 VERY MOVING AND YOUR STORY ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER.
09:29:55 I THINK HEARING STORIES OF INDIVIDUALS REALLY DOES GIVE
09:29:58 YOU A PICTURE OF WHAT THEY -- WHAT THEY WERE
09:29:59 ACCOMPLISHING.
09:30:02 YOU DID THAT SO BEAUTIFUL.
09:30:03 SO THANK YOU.
09:30:07 AND THANK ALL FAMILIES BECAUSE EVERY FAMILY IS TOUCHED
09:30:14 BY THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE BUT WHEN THEY GIVE THEIR
09:30:17 SERVICE TO THE COUNTRY, THE LOSS IS JUST MORE
09:30:19 IMMEASURABLE.
09:30:22 AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND THANK
09:30:26 YOU SO MUCH FOR CONTINUING TO KEEP PEOPLE'S NAMES --
09:30:30 KEEP THEIR MEMORIES ALIVE.
09:30:32 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:30:35 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WHEN I LOOK AT THE VIDEO, I AM
09:30:39 REMINDED OF ONE INDIVIDUAL FROM MY COMMUNITY, MR.
09:30:42 WILBUR DAVIS.
09:30:44 MR. DAVIS'S BROTHER.
09:30:48 THERE IS A BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB THAT SITS IN THE HEART
09:30:53 OF BELMONT ESTATES THAT BEARS HIS NAME INSIDE.
09:31:00 SO WHEN A FAMILY LOSE AS LOVED ONE, YOU JUST DON'T
09:31:01 KNOW HOW THEY FEEL.
09:31:07 PEOPLE SAY I AM SORRY -- I AM SORRY WHAT HAPPENED, BUT
09:31:11 THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW THAT PERSON FEELS.
09:31:12 HOW THE FAMILY FEELS.
09:31:17 SO THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS SAY TO PEOPLE.
09:31:20 YOU GIVE PEOPLE FLOWERS WHILE THEY ARE THERE.
09:31:23 YOU CHERISH AND HONOR THEM.
09:31:25 MR. VIERA, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING INFORMATION THINK
09:31:28 THAT DIDN'T KNOW AND I AM SURE THAT OTHERS WOULD KNOW.
09:31:29 BLUE STAR.
09:31:32 I SAW THAT IN WINDOWS AND NEVER KNEW.
09:31:32 NEVER KNEW.
09:31:36 YOU EDUCATED PEOPLE BY TELLING PEOPLE THE STORY OF HOW
09:31:38 THAT CAME ABOUT WITH THE FLAG AND THE DIFFERENCE
09:31:40 BETWEEN THE TWO FLAGS.
09:31:47 I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE STORIES AND, AGAIN,
09:31:49 EVERYBODY IS WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
09:31:51 GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
09:31:53 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
09:31:57 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. VIERA, THANK YOU
09:31:58 VERY MUCH.
09:32:03 ALL THE SPEAKERS, ENLIGHTENED US THE STATE AND THE
09:32:06 COUNTRY WHAT THE BLUE STAR AND GOLD STAR IS.
09:32:07 APPRECIATE THAT.
09:32:09 REALIZE THAT DEMOCRACY IS NOT TREE.
09:32:13 IT TAKES SOMEONE TO DIE FOR US TO HAVE DEMOCRACY AND
09:32:14 THE FREEDOM THAT WE DO HAVE.
09:32:18 WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND AND YOU SEE THE FAMILIES HERE
09:32:21 TODAY, NOT ONLY DO YOU LOSE A LOVED ONE BUT THE
09:32:23 FAMILIES ARE NOT ALWAYS THE SAME.
09:32:25 THEY WILL FEEL THAT HURT, PAIN BECAUSE THAT PERSON IS
09:32:27 NOT COMING BACK.
09:32:32 SO SOMETIMES WE FORGET WHAT DEMOCRACY MEANS OR WHAT IT
09:32:33 STANDS FOR.
09:32:42 BUT THE WOUNDED WARRIORS THAT COME BACK AND SO WHAT
09:32:45 THEY GIVE TO OUR COUNTRY YOU AND I CANNOT PUT IN WORDS.
09:32:47 THOSE FAMILY ALSO SUFFER ALL THE WAY DOWN AND WE ARE
09:32:51 APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT THE LOSS OF YOUR LOVED ONES THAT
09:32:55 YOU LOST AND WISH THERE WAS NO GOLD STAR STANDING WHICH
09:32:56 MEANS THEY ALL COME BACK.
09:32:58 DEFINITELY THAT SIM POSSIBLE.
09:33:00 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND THE
09:33:03 SACRIFICES NOT ONLY THAT YOUR DAUGHTERS AND SONS GAVE
09:33:06 BUT WHAT YOU HAVE GIVEN TO THIS COUNTRY.
09:33:07 THANK YOU.
09:33:08 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
09:33:10 >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU, SIR.
09:33:15 I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR TELLING YOUR
09:33:17 HEARTFELT STORY.
09:33:20 I AM A FATHER OF THREE AND I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT WAS
09:33:21 LIKE TO GO THROUGH THAT.
09:33:25 THANK YOU FOR HONORING THEIR LIVES OF WHAT THEY DID AND
09:33:27 INSPIRE TO DO.
09:33:29 THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THEM AND THEIR DREAMS DESPITE
09:33:32 THE FEARS YOU ALL MUST HAVE HAD AND THE FACT THAT THOSE
09:33:37 FEARS UNFORTUNATELY CAME THROUGH.
09:33:40 THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER OF THE IMPORTANCE MEMORIAL
09:33:44 DAY AND THE FREEDOMS YOUR CHILDREN HELPED US PROTECT.
09:33:49 THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN VIERA, FOR DOING THIS.
09:33:52 I ASK THE GOLD STAR FAMILIES AND ORGANIZES.
09:33:55 PLEASE -- IF OFF LINK TO THE VIDEO, IT WAS SENT IN A
09:33:57 VIDEO FOR MAT.
09:34:00 BUT IF YOU HAVE A LINK TO A VIDEO WE CAN POST ON OUR
09:34:03 SOCIAL MEDIA, PLEASE SEND IT TO US AND YOU HAVE YOUR
09:34:06 CONTACT INFORMATION THAT WE ARE WILLING TO SPREAD THE
09:34:08 STORY AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND OTHER PLACES.
09:34:12 WE WOULD LOVE TO RECORD YOU IN TELLING THESE STORIES.
09:34:21 THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:34:23 >>JOSEPH CITRO: GOLD STAR FAMILIES, THANK YOU VERY
09:34:23 MUCH.
09:34:25 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND FOR THE GOLD STAR
09:34:26 FAMILIES.
09:34:29 I SAY THIS TO YOU AND ALL THE GOLD STAR FAMILIES
09:34:31 THROUGH YOU.
09:34:34 ALL THE SERVICE PERSONNEL WHO IS NO LONGER WITH US.
09:34:41 THANK YOU FOR MY FREEDOMS.
09:34:44 THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE TODAY.
09:34:46 >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. PATTERSON
09:34:50 WANTED TO BRIEFLY SAY SOMETHING TODAY.
09:34:51 IF I MAY.
09:34:53 THANK YOU, SIR.
09:34:55 >> THANK YOU, ALL.
09:34:56 MY NAME IS GUY PATTERSON.
09:35:00 I AM THE COMMANDER OF MILITARY PURPLE HEART HERE
09:35:00 GREATER.
09:35:03 WE HAVE COMBINED SOME FORCES TO MAKE A GREAT TAMPA
09:35:05 ORDER.
09:35:10 AND I KNOW HIM VERY BRIEFLY AND WE HAVE DISCUSSED
09:35:14 THINGS ALONG WITH THE OTHER LADIES TO MERGE SUPPORT TO
09:35:18 TRY TO GET THING DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND ALL THE
09:35:19 VETERANS.
09:35:21 OUR MISSION IS TO HELP VETERANS.
09:35:26 THAT IS THE WHOLE KEY.
09:35:30 WE ARE ALL COMBAT VETERANS, ALL WOUNDED COMBAT VETERANS
09:35:31 IN THE ORDER.
09:35:33 WE KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO LOSE OUR FRIENDS.
09:35:38 I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT I WILL TO DO LOSE A CHILD.
09:35:42 I HAVE COMBAT VETERANS AND BOTH HAVE SERVED MULTIPLE
09:35:46 TOURS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN AND I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE
09:35:47 IF I LOST ONE.
09:35:51 TOGETHER WE CAN ALL STAND BECAUSE WE KNOW ALL GAVE SOME
09:35:52 AND SOME GAVE ALL.
09:35:54 THANK YOU.
09:35:57 >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, MR. CHAIR, I WANTED TO ALSO --
09:35:59 TO THE PUBLIC.
09:36:02 ON SUNDAY AT THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY MEMORIAL -- STRIKE
09:36:05 THAT, THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY VETERANS PARK AT 10 A.M.,
09:36:08 THERE WILL BE A MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE.
09:36:10 MR. GROSS WILL BE SPEAKING THERE AND ON MONDAY,
09:36:14 AMERICAN LEGION POST 5 WEST KENNEDY AT 11 A.M.,
09:36:19 ANOTHER MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE THAT WILL BE GIVEN.
09:36:21 ENCOURAGING EVERYONE TO GO AND MAKE SURE TO SEND OUT
09:36:22 THAT VIDEO.
09:36:27 COPYRIGHT IT TO WILLIE NELSON AND LUCAS NELSON.
09:36:28 THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:36:34 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU ALL.
09:36:59 AT THIS TIME WE WILL BE HAVING PUBLIC COMMENT.
09:37:02 IF ALL SPEAKS CAN LINE UP ON MY LEFT, YOUR RIGHT, AND
09:37:07 PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.
09:37:10 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, JUST A REMINDER THAT
09:37:13 THEY HAVE THE OPTION TO DISCUSS AN ITEM AFTER THE
09:37:16 SUBJECT MATTER COMES UP, BUT THEY CAN'T TALK TWICE.
09:37:20 SO PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT IF YOU SPEAK NOW, AFTER THE
09:37:23 ITEM COMES UP, YOU WON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK
09:37:24 THEN.
09:37:25 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES, SIR.
09:37:26 >> STANLEY GRAY.
09:37:31 AND I RESIDE 3020 WEST HARBOR VIEW, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
09:37:35 I CAN THINK OF NO BETTER DAY THAN TO SHARE MY STATEMENT
09:37:37 TO YOU AFTER THE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SHARED THEIR
09:37:42 STORIES ABOUT BEING A BLUE AND A GOLD STAR PARENT.
09:37:48 ALL THOSE FAMILIES FROM EXEMPT FLY THE WORD ETHICS AND
09:37:49 SACRIFICE.
09:37:54 A SURE WAY TO LOSE THEIR SET OF RESPECT AND NOT LET
09:37:56 OTHERS DISRESPECT THEM.
09:38:00 I'M HERE FOR NOT ONLY UNSATISFACTORY BUT A ETHICAL
09:38:03 CONDUCT OF THE MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
09:38:08 MY UNDERSTANDING ETHICS, MORAL PRINCIPLES THAT GOVERNS
09:38:10 A PERSON'S BEHAVIOR AND ACTIVITY.
09:38:12 WITHOUT GIVING ANY DETAIL I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WHAT
09:38:15 ARE THE PERTINENT FACTS WHAT I BELIEVE IS A ETHICAL
09:38:17 VIOLATION OF A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.
09:38:21 A CITY COUNCILMEMBER CALLED OR HAD SOMEONE CALL ON HIS
09:38:25 BEHALF OUR ORGANIZATION TO ASK FOR TICKETS/ENTRY TO AN
09:38:27 EVENT AT LEAST THREE TIMES.
09:38:29 EACH REQUEST WAS REPLIED TO WITH A NO.
09:38:32 THE NO WAS GIVEN BECAUSE THE EVENT WAS SOLD OUT ALMOST
09:38:35 TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE CALL DUE TO THE SAFETY AND THE
09:38:38 COMFORT OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD TAKEN THE TIME TO
09:38:41 PURCHASE A TICKET.
09:38:43 SAID CITY COUNCIL MEMBER SHOWED UP AT THE EVENT
09:38:47 REGARDLESS OF WHAT HE AND HIS REPRESENTATIVE TOLD.
09:38:49 IMPROPERLY ATTIRED FOR THE FORMAL EVENT.
09:38:51 SHOWED UP WITHOUT PAYING.
09:38:54 ALL PAYMENT WAS DUE ONLINE AND HE AND HIS
09:38:56 REPRESENTATIVE WAS TOLD THREE OCCASIONS THAT REQUEST
09:38:57 WAS DECLINED.
09:39:01 SAID CITY COUNCIL MEMBER LEFT THE EVENT WHEN TOLD THAT
09:39:05 THE TPD WOULD BE CALLED TO ASSIST HIS DEPARTURE.
09:39:07 THE ESSENCE OF THE ETHICS COMPLAINTS.
09:39:10 ONE, ATTEMPTED ENTRY INTO A PAID FOR EVENT WITHOUT
09:39:14 PAYING FOR WITHOUT ANY INTENTION, EVIDENCE OR INTEREST
09:39:16 TO PAY FOR ENTRY.
09:39:19 WHEN QUESTIONED OF HIS DEPARTURE AT A RESTAURANT OF
09:39:23 SOMEONE WHO WITNESSED AND TOLD OF HIS DEPARTURE.
09:39:27 THE SITTING COUNCILMAN SAID F STANLEY GRAY AND F THE
09:39:27 URBAN LEAGUE.
09:39:31 AS PART OF MY ETHICS COMPLAINT RELATED TO THE CITY
09:39:32 COUNCILMAN.
09:39:38 THE CITY COUNCILMAN GAVE WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS LEGITIMATE
09:39:45 PERMISSION TO ATTEND BY A THIRD PARTY.
09:39:50 SAID PARTY DID NOT SEEK AUTHORITY TO GIVE -- EXCUSE ME,
09:39:52 SAID AS THE PARTY DID NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO GIVE
09:39:54 SUCH PERMISSION.
09:39:58 TWO, SAID PARTY TOLD CITY COUNCILMAN IN WRITING THAT
09:40:02 THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY FACE VALUE COMPENSATED TO
09:40:06 COMPENSATE URBAN LEAGUE ACCORDING THE FACE VALID
09:40:07 TICKET.
09:40:11 CITY COUNCILMAN HAS NEVER PAID FOR ENTRY OF.
09:40:14 MY ETHICS COMPLAINT WAS DISMISSED.
09:40:16 THE COMPLAINT IS NOT SUFFICIENT AND RECOMMENDS
09:40:18 DISMISSAL.
09:40:22 SHARED RATIONALE FOR THE DECISION THAT PROBABLE CAUSE
09:40:25 WILL EXIST TO BELIEVE THAT A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL LAW
09:40:26 HAS BEEN COMMITTED.
09:40:30 THE COMPLAINT CALLED DOES NOT VIOLATE CRIMINAL CONDUCT
09:40:31 NOR DO I.
09:40:33 I ALLEGE ETHICAL VIOLATION.
09:40:36 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. GRAY.
09:40:39 >> I WILL SEND A COPY OF MY COMPLAINT AS WELL AS
09:40:42 ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS TO EVERY CITY COUNCILMEMBER AND
09:40:43 I WOULD EXPECT AN ANSWER.
09:40:44 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
09:40:46 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. GRAY.
09:40:51 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
09:40:54 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WHOEVER HAS THAT LIGHT ON IN THE BACK
09:40:59 ON THEIR PHONE, CAN YOU PLEASE TURN IT OFF.
09:41:05 THAT IS BLINDING US UP THERE.
09:41:09 THANK YOU.
09:41:10 YES, MA'AM.
09:41:11 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:41:16 MY NAME IS BARBARA VAN ERSDALE.
09:41:18 I'M HERE ONCE AGAIN TO PLEAD THE COUNCIL TO DO
09:41:20 SOMETHING ABOUT THE RENTS IN TAMPA.
09:41:21 I HAVE BEEN HERE A YEAR.
09:41:24 I DON'T KNOW WHERE I AM GOING TO BE NEXT YEAR.
09:41:25 I AM PRICED OUT OF THE MARKET.
09:41:28 I'M STILL LIVING IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHERE I
09:41:29 AM NOW.
09:41:34 SAFETY IS SO BAD I CAN'T GET INSIDE MY APARTMENT
09:41:38 BECAUSE THERE ARE STEPS AND I AM IN A WHEELCHAIR AND I
09:41:40 CAN'T WALK A STEP ON MY OWN.
09:41:42 I WAS TURNED DOWN BY THE MANAGER TO PUT A RAMP IN THE
09:41:47 PAST FEW WEEKS WHEN THEY RENEWED MY RENT AT A 10%
09:41:49 INCREASE WITHOUT ANY WARNING.
09:41:53 IT IS TOO SOON TO SAVE ME, IT IS OVER MY BUDGET, BUT
09:41:56 NOT TOO LATE NEXT YEAR WHEN I DON'T KNOW WHEN I WILL BE
09:41:57 LIVING.
09:41:59 MY SOCIAL SECURITY AND RENT DON'T COMMUTE TO THE THREE
09:42:02 TIMES THAT YOU NEED TO QUALIFY FOR ANYPLACE ELSE.
09:42:05 I OWN MY OWN HOMES MY WHOLE LIFE.
09:42:09 I AM RENTING AGAIN AT THE MERCY OF LANDLORDS THAT DON'T
09:42:09 CARE.
09:42:12 I COULDN'T EVEN GET INTO MY BATHTUB FOR FIVE MONTHS.
09:42:15 THEY DIDN'T PUT BARS UP FOR ME.
09:42:19 NOW THIS IS TAMPA'S REVITALIZATION OF DOWNTOWN TAMPA
09:42:21 AND THE HOUSING AUTHORITY PROJECT.
09:42:24 I AM STILL OVERWHELMED I SPENT HOURS DOWN THERE IN THE
09:42:26 PAST FEW WEEKS RESEARCHING IT.
09:42:29 AND ALL THE MONEY THAT IS BEING PUT INTO THE MARY
09:42:33 BETHUNE BUILDING, THERE ARE NO SERVICES THERE.
09:42:33 NO BATHROOMS.
09:42:34 THEY ARE LOCKED UP.
09:42:36 THE LAUNDRY ROOMS ARE LOCKED UP.
09:42:38 THE ELEVATORS ARE BROKEN.
09:42:40 PEOPLE WERE STRANDED IN THEM SATURDAY NIGHT.
09:42:43 NEIGHBORS WHO LIVED THERE HAD TO HELP THEM.
09:42:46 THERE IS SO MUCH CRIME AND VANDALISM WITH THE CARS DOWN
09:42:47 THERE.
09:42:49 AND THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A REVITALIZATION OF THIS
09:42:51 WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD.
09:42:57 WEST RIVER IS NOT EVEN ACCEPTABLE NOW AND NOBODY
09:42:59 MANAGING IT.
09:43:01 I HAVE CALLED AND I HAVE THE BROCHURES, I HAVE PERSONAL
09:43:04 KNOWLEDGE AND I GO DOWN THERE ALMOST DAILY WHEN I CAN
09:43:05 TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING.
09:43:07 THERE IS NO PLACE TO MOVE THROUGH.
09:43:08 I AM FRUSTRATED.
09:43:10 I PLEAD FOR HELP.
09:43:11 AND THAT'S IT.
09:43:13 DO SOMETHING ON RENT CONTROL.
09:43:18 ANYTHING OVER 5% A YEAR ON SOCIAL SECURITY IS NOT
09:43:22 AFFORDABLE AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME AGAIN.
09:43:23 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
09:43:23 [APPLAUSE]
09:43:30 YES, MA'AM.
09:43:31 >> MAURA LANCE.
09:43:34 AND I AM A RESIDENT OF CITY OF TAMPA.
09:43:36 33603.
09:43:40 AND I COME TO GIVE YOU A PERSPECTIVE ON HOUSING FROM A
09:43:43 LANDLORD'S PERSPECTIVE.
09:43:45 I HAVE SEVERAL PROPERTIES THAT I MAINTAIN.
09:43:46 I BUILT THEM.
09:43:48 I MAINTAIN THEM.
09:43:50 AND I HAVE MORTGAGES.
09:43:54 NOT ONLY THAT, I HAVE LAWN SERVICE THAT I HAVE TO PAY
09:43:54 FOR.
09:43:58 I HAVE A HANDYMAN I HAVE TO PAY FOR.
09:44:03 I HAVE APPLIANCE PEOPLE, AIR CONDITIONING PEOPLE THAT I
09:44:05 NEED TO PAY TO MAINTAIN MY APARTMENTS.
09:44:09 ON TOP OF THAT, AFTER COVID-19, WHERE THERE WAS A
09:44:13 MORATORIUM ON RENTS AND EVICTING WHERE I HAD PEOPLE WHO
09:44:15 DID NOT PAY, I WAS OUT THAT MONEY.
09:44:17 NEVER GOT THAT BACK YOU.
09:44:20 BUT THEN ON TOP OF THAT, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY RAISED OUR
09:44:22 PROPERTY TAXES.
09:44:26 SO MY PROPERTY TAXES WENT UP A GRAIL DEAL, WHICH ALL MY
09:44:28 PROPERTIES ARE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:44:32 ON TOP OF THAT, OUR WATER RATES WENT UP.
09:44:35 I SUPPLY WATER FOR EVERY UNIT.
09:44:38 MY TENANTS DO NOT PAY WATER.
09:44:43 ON TOP OF THAT, OUR ELECTRICITY -- WELL, I DON'T PAY
09:44:46 ELECTRICITY, BUT OUR INSURANCE RATES EXTREMELY WENT UP.
09:44:49 SO I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO RAISE RENTS.
09:44:54 SO BEFORE YOU PUT A MORATORIUM ON RENTS, YOU NEED TO
09:44:58 PUT A MORATORIUM ON ALL THESE OTHER THINGS BEING
09:44:58 RAISED.
09:45:02 BECAUSE WE, THE LANDLORDS, NEED TO LIVE AND NEED TO PAY
09:45:04 OUR BILLS AND NEED TO SURVIVE ALSO.
09:45:07 EITHER THAT OR WE JUST SELL AND MOVE ON.
09:45:11 BUT WE CAN NOT SUPPLY GOOD RENTAL PROPERTY.
09:45:14 AND I MAINTAIN ALL MY PROPERTIES.
09:45:15 LIKE I SAID.
09:45:16 I BUILT THEM.
09:45:17 I MAINTAIN THEM.
09:45:20 I AM A GOLD STAR WIFE.
09:45:20 ALSO.
09:45:22 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THAT.
09:45:27 BUT I WAS MARRIED TO JAMES WALLACE WHO WAS IN THE NAVY
09:45:28 AND KILLED IN ACTIVE DUTY.
09:45:32 AND I AM LETTING YOU KNOW, WE WORKED HARD TO BUILD
09:45:34 THESE PROPERTIES AND MAINTAIN THEM AND GIVE THEM A
09:45:38 DECENT LIVING HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND IN THE
09:45:39 CITY OF TAMPA.
09:45:41 I JUST WANT YOU TO HAVE THAT PERSPECTIVE.
09:45:43 THANK YOU.
09:45:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
09:45:51 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:45:53 GUYS?
09:45:54 OKAY.
09:46:01 SO WE CAME OUT HERE IN FEBRUARY -- DANIEL DEANGELO.
09:46:02 BORN AND RAISED IN TAMPA, FLORIDA.
09:46:03 GREAT TO SEE YOU.
09:46:06 WE CAME IN FEBRUARY TO TALK OF A HOUSING EMERGENCY AND
09:46:06 RENTAL CONTROL.
09:46:09 YOU COULDN'T DO THAT BECAUSE LEGAL SAID YOU COULDN'T DO
09:46:11 THAT AND THIS AND THAT.
09:46:14 MONTHS AND NOTHING HAS HAPPENED EXCEPT FOR 60 DAYS
09:46:16 NOTICE FROM YOUR LANDLORD WHICH IS NOT ENOUGH TIME IF
09:46:22 YOU GET THE INCREASE -- YOU GET A $50 INCREASE, YOU CAN
09:46:26 BUDGET IN TWO MONTH, $300 INCREASE, TWO MONTHS IS NOT
09:46:26 ENOUGH TIME.
09:46:28 DEFINITELY DOING NOTHING.
09:46:32 SO FROM FEBRUARY UNTIL NOW, NOTHING HAS HAPPENED.
09:46:34 SO I THINK IT IS BEYOND TIME TO DECLARE A HOUSING
09:46:38 EMERGENCY AND GO TOWARD RENT CONTROL.
09:46:39 I DO RECRUITING.
09:46:42 I CAN HELP GET A RESUME AND GET A JOB.
09:46:45 PICK OURSELVES UP BY THE BOOTSTRAPS, WHATEVER.
09:46:47 BECAUSE IT IS HARD TO CARE ABOUT THAT WHEN WE HAVE AN
09:46:48 INCREASING NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING ON THE STREETS
09:46:55 INCLUDING WE ALL ARE HERE DOING THE MEMORIAL DAY STUFF,
09:46:57 INCLUDING A LARGE NUMBER OF VETERANS WHO SERVE, COME
09:46:59 BACK AND LIVE ON THE STREETS.
09:47:03 GAY, QUEER AND PEOPLE OF COLOR, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, POOR
09:47:07 WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE UNABLE TO AFFORD RENT.
09:47:08 THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
09:47:11 FOR YOU ACTUAL STILL HAVE DONE LITERALLY THE BARE
09:47:12 MINIMUM.
09:47:15 I MEAN, NOT EVEN THE BARE MINIMUM.
09:47:17 IN MIAMI AS YOU KNOW -- BECAUSE I LET YOU KNOW
09:47:22 PERSONALLY, PHONE CALLS, E-MAILS, WHETHER YOU RESPOND,
09:47:23 YOU RECEIVE THEM.
09:47:26 MIAMI-DADE HAS A TENANT ADVOCATE OFFICE LIKE PUBLIC
09:47:28 DEFENSE FOR TENANTS.
09:47:31 ONLY LANDLORDS WHO ARE NOT COMPLYING WITH LOCAL AND
09:47:33 STATE LAW WOULD EVER BE CONCERNED ABOUT A REFORM LIKE
09:47:34 THAT.
09:47:37 SO IF THEY CAN DO IT IN MIAMI, THEY CAN DO IT HERE.
09:47:39 NO TIME FOR ANOTHER WORKSHOP IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER.
09:47:42 TIME TO PUT IN AN ORDINANCE TODAY.
09:47:46 WE NEED TO END DISCRIMINATION ON PAST EVICTIONS BECAUSE
09:47:50 PERPETUATES THE CYCLE OF POVERTY AND END THE CRIME-FREE
09:47:51 PROGRAM.
09:47:52 DON'T PUT THE SAFE THING.
09:47:54 GET RID OF IT.
09:47:55 IT IS RACIST.
09:47:58 IT IS CLASSIST.
09:48:04 WE NEED TO CREATE A LANDLORD REGISTRY SO WE CAN FIND
09:48:08 ANY FORMAL COMPLAINTS TO THE ADVOCACY OFFICE.
09:48:11 REPRESENTATION SHOULD BE A RIGHT BECAUSE LANDLORDS ARE
09:48:14 ABLE TO ACCESS ATTORNEYS, SO WHY CAN'T THEIR TENANTS.
09:48:18 PUT $40 MILLION OF ARPA MONEY INTO A NONFAITH-BASED
09:48:22 CITY-RAN HOMELESS SHELTER OR HOUSING FIRST PROGRAM.
09:48:25 $40 MILLION WILL GO THAT INSTEAD OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
09:48:29 WE DON'T NEED TO GIVE MORE DRONES OR NIGHT VISION
09:48:33 GOGGLES OR KITS TO THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
09:48:36 THEY HAVE GOT ENOUGH AND PUT $10 MILLION BACK INTO THE
09:48:39 RENTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND ACTUALLY HELP PEOPLE WHO
09:48:40 ARE IN NEED.
09:48:44 HOUSING, TENANT OFFICE, $40 MILLION INTO A HOMELESS RAN
09:48:49 BY THE CITY NONFAITH-BASED.
09:48:51 AND THAT IS YOUR ASSIGNMENT FOR TODAY.
09:48:53 CAN YOU DO IT.
09:48:55 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
09:48:55 [APPLAUSE]
09:49:01 [GAVEL SOUNDING]
09:49:06 >> HI, I LIVE IN SOUTH SEMINOLE HEIGHTS PUSH.
09:49:11 I AM A HOMEOWNER AND I SPOKE TO YOU A FEW MONTHS --
09:49:17 THANK YOU DEANGELO FOR REMINDING ME IT WAS BACK IN
09:49:19 FEBRUARY.
09:49:21 YOU STUDY, TAKE A TEST.
09:49:22 TAKE A TEST.
09:49:23 MAKE A CHOICE.
09:49:24 ACT FOR PEOPLE.
09:49:27 PEOPLE'S RENTS ARE GOING UP 40% TO 50%.
09:49:29 IN HOUSING THAT IS NOT EVEN MEETING THEIR NEEDS.
09:49:32 AND THEY HAVE NO WAY TO ADVOCATE FOR THAT AND NOWHERE
09:49:34 TO GO ANYWHERE ELSE.
09:49:36 THEY HAVE NOBODY STAND UP FOR THEM.
09:49:39 THE TENANT ADVOCATE OFFICE PASSED IN MIAMI.
09:49:41 OFF TEMPLATE.
09:49:44 SOMEBODY HAS LITERALLY DONE PART OF THE WORK FOR YOU ON
09:49:45 THIS TEST.
09:49:46 TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
09:49:47 REPLICATE THAT HERE.
09:49:52 PLEASE GIVE MONEY AND MAKE SURE WITH A HOUSING FIRST
09:49:57 POLICY THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY GET PEOPLE IN HOMES.
09:50:02 IT IS RIDICULOUS TO WATCH PEOPLE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD,
09:50:05 LONG-TIME RESIDENTS OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD, MOVE BECAUSE
09:50:07 THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE THERE ANYMORE.
09:50:11 THESE ARE TENANTS -- THESE ARE PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY
09:50:14 WHO ARE BEING FORCED OUT OF THEIR HOMES AND DISRUPTING
09:50:19 COMMUNITIES IN ALL OF YOUR CONSTITUENCIES.
09:50:21 THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AT THIS POINT.
09:50:24 OFF SEA OF PEOPLE WEARING RED HERE BEHIND YOU WHO ARE
09:50:28 HERE TO TELL THAT YOU YOU NEED TO STEP UP FOR THEM AND
09:50:31 THAT THE STUDY, NOT IN AUGUST, BUT IN SEPTEMBER,
09:50:34 BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO KEEP PUSHING IT OFF, WE ARE
09:50:36 GOING TO KEEP PUSHING IT OUT.
09:50:38 YOU CAN'T JUST KEEP PUSHING IT OUT.
09:50:41 NOBODY ELSE GETS TO PUSH OUT ANY OF THEIR DEADLINES.
09:50:45 NOBODY ELSE CAN TELL THEIR LANDLORD, NO, NO, I WILL
09:50:46 COME BACK INNED A FEW MONTHS AND LOOK AT IT AGAIN.
09:50:50 THAT IS NOT EXACTLY HOW THIS WORKS SO YOU NEED TO MEET
09:50:53 THESE PEOPLE ON THEIR IMMEDIATE NEEDS, WHICH IS
09:50:55 HOUSING.
09:50:56 SAFE HOUSING.
09:50:57 AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
09:51:01 HOUSING WHERE YOU ARE NOT CHOOSING BETWEEN TWO BASIC
09:51:02 NEEDS AS A HUMAN.
09:51:05 YOU ARE NOT GOING, AM I GOING TO GET FOOD OR AM I GOING
09:51:10 TO GET A SHELTER.
09:51:12 THAT IS NOT HOW IT WORKS.
09:51:12 [APPLAUSE]
09:51:15 [GAVEL SOUNDING]
09:51:17 >> I EXPECT TO YOU PASS THIS TEST TAMPA THAT IS WHAT MY
09:51:22 MAMA USED TO TELL ME AND GOT ME OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL.
09:51:24 I EXPECT YOU TO PASS THIS TEST.
09:51:24 THANK YOU.
09:51:24 [APPLAUSE]
09:51:27 [GAVEL SOUNDING]
09:51:30 >>JOSEPH CITRO: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ALL FEEL YOUR
09:51:32 ZEAL.
09:51:39 BUT IF WE COULD STOP THE CLAPPING AND LISTEN TO ALL OF
09:51:42 THE SPEAKERS, I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.
09:51:48 THANK YOU.
09:51:48 YES, MA'AM.
09:51:49 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:51:54 MY NAME IS LYNN MYERS AND I LIVE IN SOUTH TAMPA.
09:51:56 33629.
09:52:00 I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ALSO ABOUT THE HOUSING AND RENT
09:52:02 CRISIS.
09:52:07 I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE WITH WHAT DEANGELO AND LAWYER-
09:52:12 TO SAY AND THE WOMAN THAT SPOKE FIRST.
09:52:17 THE E-MAIL THAT WE SENT TO YOU ON MAY 15 AND HOPE YOU
09:52:19 ALL HAVE READ IT.
09:52:24 IT IS WHAT DEANGELO TALKED A LOT ABOUT AND I
09:52:27 WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE WITH IT AND I WANT TO DISCUSS A
09:52:28 FEW OTHER THINGS AS WELL.
09:52:32 I AM GOING TO POINT OUT THAT IN 2021, RENT INCREASED BY
09:52:34 24%.
09:52:38 I KNOW PEOPLE, MOSTLY MY CHILDREN'S FRIENDS, WHOSE
09:52:44 RENTS HAVE INCREASED 50% THIS YEAR.
09:52:44 50%.
09:52:50 44% OF TAMPA IS RENTERS.
09:53:00 AND I THINK WHAT IS OFTEN OVERLOOKED ABOUT HOUSE IS
09:53:04 THAT SHELTER ARE, FOOD AND WATER ARE BASIC HUMAN
09:53:05 NECESSITIES.
09:53:08 PEOPLE IN TAMPA CANNOT AFFORD -- SO MANY PEOPLE CANNOT
09:53:13 AFFORD HOUSING ANY LONGER IN TAMPA.
09:53:15 WE HEARD EXAMPLES A FEW MINUTES AGO.
09:53:18 I WANT TO ADDRESS PARTICULARLY DECLARING A HOUSING
09:53:20 STATE OF EMERGENCY.
09:53:27 IT SEEMS LIKE SOME PEOPLE IN LEGAL SAYS IT ILLEGAL.
09:53:33 I HAVE LOOKED AT THE FLORIDA STATUTES, TITLE 12,
09:53:39 CHAPTER 166, SECTION 043, 5 A, B AND C.
09:53:44 READ CLEARLY IT SEEMS PRETTY OBVIOUS TO ME -- I AM NOT
09:53:46 A LAWYER -- BUT IT IS POSSIBLE TO INSTITUTE AN
09:53:52 EMERGENCY, BASED ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN TAMPA TODAY.
09:54:05 YOU CAN ALSO LOOK AT CHAPTER 166, SECTION 04451
09:54:07 EXPLAINING IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS.
09:54:13 CHAPTER 166, SECTION 0451, DISCUSSES THE DISPOSITION OF
09:54:17 MUNICIPAL PROPERTY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
09:54:21 AND THEN TITLE -- THERE ARE OTHERS I AM SURE.
09:54:30 BUT TITLE 30, CHAPTER 420, INJECTION 0004, SUBSECTIONS
09:54:36 3, DISCUSSES WHAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS AND DISCUSSES A
09:54:40 30% IN GENERAL NOT TO EXCEED THE RENTS AND PRICES FOR
09:54:46 HOUSING NOT TO EXCEED 30% OF MEDIUM ADJUST GROWTH --
09:54:48 GROSS ANNUAL INCOME.
09:54:52 NO WAY A PERSON MAKING MINIMUM WAGE OR A PERSON CLOSE
09:54:55 TO THAT WITH LOW INCOME COULD DO THAT.
09:54:57 I WANT TO FINISH BY SAYING THAT I APPEAL TO YOUR
09:54:59 HUMANITY.
09:55:04 I BESEECH YOU TO BE BOLD AND BECOME YOUR TRUE NOBLE
09:55:04 SELVES.
09:55:08 AND I IMPLORE YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING BY ADOPTING THE
09:55:12 PRECEPTS SET FORTH IN THE PEOPLE COUNCIL'S LETTER SENT
09:55:13 TO YOU ON MAY 15.
09:55:16 AND BY DECLARING HOUSING -- LAST THING, DECLARING
09:55:19 HOUSING STATES OF EMERGENCY THAT BEGINS THE PROCESS OF
09:55:24 IMPLEMENTING RENT CONTROL WHICH IS LEGAL AND BYPASS THE
09:55:26 POLITICAL --
09:55:28 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MA'AM, WE ALL HAVE THREE
09:55:32 MINUTES TO SPEAK GUDES MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:55:33 MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:55:35 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:55:37 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MA'AM.
09:55:41 MA'AM, IF YOU GO TO THAT OFFICE NEXT DOOR AND MY
09:55:44 ASSISTANT WILL MAKE A COPY OF THOSE STATUTES.
09:55:47 I WANT TO LOOK AT THOSE STATUTES.
09:55:50 SHE WILL MAKE A COPY SO I CAN GET THOSE STATUTES.
09:55:53 THANK YOU.
09:55:54 >>JOSEPH CITRO: GOOD MORNING.
09:55:56 >> PASTOR FRANK WILLIAMS.
09:55:59 1112 EAST SCOTT STREET.
09:56:03 I COME HERE WEEK AFTER WEEK AND DON'T GET NO KIND OF
09:56:04 RESULT.
09:56:07 SEEMS LIKE WE DON'T HAVE NOWHERE WE CAN GO.
09:56:11 AND THE YOUNG LADY WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT, HOW DO YOU
09:56:15 ALL ALLOW PEOPLE TO GO UP ON THE RENT SO RIDICULOUS.
09:56:16 IT IS RIDICULOUS.
09:56:19 ONE OF MY FRIENDS WAS STAYING IN AN APARTMENT AND HE
09:56:22 HAD TO MOVE BECAUSE THEY DOUBLED HIS RENT.
09:56:23 Y'ALL DO ANYTHING?
09:56:27 DO YOU HAVE THE CALL TO DO ANYTHING BUT EXCEPT SIT
09:56:27 DOWN?
09:56:29 JESUS CHRIST.
09:56:32 Y'ALL NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE AND TRY TO HELP PEOPLE
09:56:33 WHO NEED HELP.
09:56:36 AND THAT INCLUDES ME TOO.
09:56:41 LOCATED ON 1112 EAST SCOTT STREET.
09:56:47 AND SO MANY PIECES OF PAPER THERE TALKING OF MY
09:56:50 VIOLATION AND NOBODY WANTS TO HELP US.
09:56:55 SEEMS LIKE THE DEVIL GIVES US MORE HELP THAN Y'ALL DO.
09:56:57 BUT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE PEOPLE AND WE
09:57:00 HAVE BEEN LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES FOREVER.
09:57:04 AND NOT ONLY IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT TAMPA, FLORIDA.
09:57:08 TAMPA SEEMS TO BE -- BECOMING ONE OF THE WORST CITIES
09:57:09 IN THE WORLD.
09:57:12 YOU CATER TO CERTAIN PEOPLE AND DON'T CARE A DAMN ABOUT
09:57:13 OTHER PEOPLE.
09:57:14 AND THAT IS NOT RIGHT.
09:57:15 THAT IS NOT RIGHT.
09:57:17 WE GOT TO UNDERSTAND.
09:57:18 WE STILL POOR.
09:57:22 WE AIN'T GET NO MONEY FROM NOWHERE.
09:57:23 BUT YOU GET MONEY FROM EVERYWHERE.
09:57:27 I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR JOB PAY YOU, BUT YOU ALL ARE
09:57:29 ELECTED OFFICIALS AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE POWER TO DO
09:57:30 NOTHING, IT LOOKS LIKE.
09:57:33 I'M HERE TO TELL THAT YOU WE NEED SOME RESULTS.
09:57:35 WE NEED SOME HELP.
09:57:38 AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ALL ARE TELLING YOUR MAYOR.
09:57:41 THE MAYOR DON'T HAVE NO PEOPLE IN THE EAST -- EAST
09:57:45 TAMPA.
09:57:48 >> THE THING IS, THAT WE GOT TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE
09:57:51 CARE ABOUT OURSELVES AND ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE.
09:57:53 IF YOU DON'T KNOW, I AM A PREACHER.
09:57:56 WHEN I COME UP HERE I WANT TO PREACH AND YOU ONLY GIVE
09:57:58 ME THREE MINUTES.
09:58:01 AND I CAN'T SPEAK IN THAT MATTER OF TIME.
09:58:04 GIVE ME AN HOUR AND I CAN SHOW YOU HOW I PREACH THE
09:58:06 WORD OF THE GOD.
09:58:08 I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING IN JESUS'S NAME, TRY TO DO
09:58:10 THE RIGHT THING FOR EVERYBODY, NOT CERTAIN PEOPLE.
09:58:13 HAVE MERCY ON US.
09:58:19 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:58:21 >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
09:58:24 THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.
09:58:26 MY NAME IS ELAINE THOMAS.
09:58:32 AND I AM THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR A SMALL SOCIAL SERVICE
09:58:34 AGENCY HERE IN TAMPA CALLED "POSITIVE SPIN."
09:58:37 AND WE ARE FUNDED BY THE CHILDREN'S BOARD.
09:58:41 OUR AGENCY WORKS WITH FAMILIES WHO ARE ON THE VERGE OF
09:58:46 BECOMING HOMELESS, HOMELESS, OR STRUGGLING WITH LIFE TO
09:58:47 JUST TO GET ON THEIR FEET.
09:58:51 OUR GOAL IS TO BRING THEM TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY.
09:58:56 I HAVE BEEN WORKING IN THIS COMMUNITY SINCE 1992 IN
09:58:59 VARIOUS POSITIONS WITHIN THE COUNTY AND THE STATE.
09:59:09 AND I HAVE SEEN THE RENTS GO FROM LOW TO MEDIUM TO HIGH
09:59:12 TO TRUE THE CEILING.
09:59:16 WE HAVE FAMILIES THAT WE WORK WITH EVERY SINGLE DAY.
09:59:21 WE HAVE FAMILIES IN A HOTEL.
09:59:24 WE CAN NOT TAKE THEM OUT BECAUSE WE HAVE NOWHERE TO PUT
09:59:24 THEM.
09:59:28 MY QUESTION IS, CAN ANYTHING WE HAVE DONE TO ASK THESE
09:59:35 LANDLORDS TO NOT ASK FAMILIES TO PAY THREE TIMES THE
09:59:38 RENT TO MOVE INTO AN APARTMENT.
09:59:39 THREE TIMES THE RENT.
09:59:43 MOST OF THE FAMILIES WE SERVE, THEY WORK IN RETAIL
09:59:47 STORES, WALMART, K-MART.
09:59:50 ALL THE THINGS OUT THERE THAT -- THEY ARE RAISING THE
09:59:53 MINIMUM WAGE TODAY 15 TO $20 AN HOUR AND THAT WILL
09:59:53 ASSIST.
09:59:58 THAT IS NOT HELPING BECAUSE THEY RAISE -- THE RAISED
10:00:02 THE SALARY BUT DECREASED THE HOURS THAT THEY GIVE TO
10:00:02 THE FAMILY.
10:00:06 YOU PAY THEM $20, BUT YOU GIVE THEM 20 HOURS PER WEEK.
10:00:08 THAT DOES NOT HELP THEM.
10:00:12 SO I AM ASKING IF THERE IS ANY WAY THAT YOU GUYS CAN
10:00:18 FIND SOME TYPE OF REGULATION TO -- FOR THESE LANDLORDS
10:00:22 TO NOT CONTINUE TO ASK FAMILIES TO PAY THREE TIMES THE
10:00:24 RENT TO MOVE INTO AN APARTMENT.
10:00:27 SOME OF THESE FAMILIES, THEY HAVE MONEY AND THEY CAN
10:00:28 PAY THEIR RENT.
10:00:30 THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO COME UP WITH
10:00:32 $3,000.
10:00:38 YOU ARE ASKING FOR $1200, $1500, FOR A ONE BEDROOM.
10:00:39 ONE BEDROOM.
10:00:41 THEY HAVE TO COME UP WITH THREE TIMES THAT AMOUNT.
10:00:44 TWO BEDROOM, $2,000, $2300.
10:00:48 THEY HAVE COULD COME UP WITH THREE TIMES THAT AMOUNT.
10:00:51 THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE LIGHTS, WATER, THAT DOESN'T
10:00:52 INCLUDE ANYTHING ELSE.
10:00:55 THAT IS WHY ALL THESE FAMILIES ARE HERE TODAY AND I AM
10:00:58 SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MY AGENCY AND ALL THE FAMILIES IN
10:01:01 SOCIAL SERVICES THAT SO MANY OF US SERVE EVERY DAY.
10:01:02 SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
10:01:06 AND I HOPE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FIND SOME WAY TO MAKE
10:01:10 SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO WHAT THE LANDLORDS ARE DOING TO
10:01:13 THESE FAMILIES BECAUSE THEY ARE GETTING HOMELESS MORE
10:01:15 AND MORE EVERY SINGLE DAY.
10:01:18 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:01:29 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
10:01:30 >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
10:01:35 MY NAME IS GETULIO GONZALEZ-MULATTIERI.
10:01:39 AND I AM WITH LULAC COUNCIL, 759.
10:01:40 I LIVE IN THE CITY.
10:01:43 I AM THANK THANKFUL FOR MR. GRAY EARLIER FOR DEFINING
10:01:44 ETHICS.
10:01:46 THAT IS GOING TO COME BACK AROUND.
10:01:49 ACCORDING TO THE UNITED NATIONS, ADEQUATE HOUSING IS A
10:01:50 FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT.
10:01:54 AND IT IS DEFINED AS THE RIGHT TO LIVE SOMEWHERE IN
10:01:57 SECURITY, PEACE AND DIGNITY.
10:01:58 NOW I HAVE TO MENTION SOMETHING.
10:02:04 I FIND IT APT THAT THE CITY HELD A HOUSING FORUM OF
10:02:08 HOMELESSNESS AT THE HCC PERFORMANCE ART BUILDING
10:02:12 BECAUSE THAT WAS EXACTLY WHAT THAT WORKSHOP WAS.
10:02:14 IT DIDN'T PRESENT WITH US ANY SOLUTIONS.
10:02:17 THE CITY OF TAMPA IT BLEEDING OUT ON A HOSPITAL BED.
10:02:19 AND INSTEAD OF STOPPING THE BLEEDING, PEOPLE ARE MORE
10:02:20 CONCERNED WITH.
10:02:23 WHO ING THE BLOOD OFF OF THE FLOOR SO MORE PEOPLE FROM
10:02:26 OUT OF STATE MOVE TO.
10:02:29 PEOPLE IN THE CITY ARE FED UP WITH THE LACK OF
10:02:37 SOLUTIONS AND ARE FED UP WITH THE INACTION AND FAMED
10:02:41 POWERLESSNESS BECAUSE THAT IS HOW IT IS COMING OFF.
10:02:42 I WAS THERE.
10:02:45 I HEARD CITIZENS OF THIS CITY MAD THAT NOBODY WAS BEING
10:02:48 PRESENTED WITH ADEQUATE SOLUTIONS.
10:02:51 YOU ARE THE CLOSEST THING -- LIKE THIS COMMITTEE RIGHT
10:02:55 HERE, IS THE CLOSEST THING TO A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT
10:02:57 BODY THAT THE CITY HAS.
10:03:01 AND YOU ARE UNDER THE MORAL AND ETHICAL OBLIGATION TO
10:03:03 REPRESENT THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY.
10:03:07 THAT MEANS CONSORTING WITH THE PEOPLE ON THE VARIOUS
10:03:11 BOARDS THAT YOU SERVE ON TO PRESSURE OUR MAYOR TO
10:03:17 IMPLEMENT AN ADEQUATE SOLUTION TO THE HOUSING CRISIS.
10:03:20 A FAILURE TO DO SO IS A FAILURE TO DO YOUR JOBS AS YOU
10:03:22 ARE ELECTED TO DO.
10:03:26 THE EVICTION MORATORIUM FROM 2020 DOES NOT JUSTIFY THE
10:03:30 RAMPANT PRICE GOUGING GOING ON WITHIN THE CITY.
10:03:33 WE NEED ANNUALIZED RENTAL CAPS OR OTHER STABILIZATION
10:03:38 EFFORTS TO STOP THE PRICE GOUGING AND THE MASS EVICTION
10:03:41 GOING ON WITHIN THE CITY.
10:03:45 SHORT OF THAT INDIGENOUS TENANTS MUST HAVE THE RILE TO
10:03:47 LEGAL COUNSEL AND CIVIL LITIGATION.
10:03:50 BALANCE THE DISPARITY OF POWER BETWEEN TENANTS AND
10:03:51 LANDLORD.
10:03:54 LIKEWISE, THE CITY MUST IMPLEMENT A LANDLORD REGISTRY
10:03:59 TO KEEP TRACK OF LANDLORDS TO PREACHED THE TENANTS BILL
10:04:00 OF RIGHTS.
10:04:04 THE NOTICE ON RENT RATE INCREASE SHOULD BE EXTEND TOO
10:04:06 120 DAY PERIOD.
10:04:08 60 DAYS IS WHOLLY INADEQUATE.
10:04:11 AND CITY COUNCIL MUTTS HAVE AN OFFICE OF TENANT
10:04:15 ADVOCACY TO MAKE SURE IT IS A CONSOLIDATED UNDER ONE
10:04:17 AGENCY OR DEPARTMENT.
10:04:18 THANK YOU.
10:04:20 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
10:04:22 >> HELLO, EVERYONE.
10:04:25 MY NAME IS ALICE GORDON.
10:04:27 IF I SOUND FULL.
10:04:28 MAYBE SURE TO CLAP.
10:04:31 ALL OF YOU SHOULD FEEL VERY GUILTY.
10:04:36 STARTING FROM KENNEDY, GANDHI FROM ST. PETE GOING TO
10:04:39 ST. PETE, GOING DOWNTOWN, KENNEDY GETTING READY TO GO
10:04:43 TO ST. PETE AND COLUMBUS DRIVE THAT USED -- WE NOW CALL
10:04:44 BOY SCOUT.
10:04:47 YOU SHOULD BE EMBARRASSED BECAUSE YOU ARE MOVING THESE
10:04:51 PEOPLE OUT, STARTING FROM GANDY, NO HOUSES HAVE
10:04:52 CHANGED.
10:04:53 THINGS HAVE BUILT IN.
10:04:56 THE HOUSES STILL REMAIN THE SAME DESIGN WHEN YOU ARE
10:04:57 BUILDING.
10:05:00 KENNEDY, GOING DOWN THE SAME WAY.
10:05:02 I AM MOVING TOWARD DOWNTOWN.
10:05:05 COLUMBUS DRIVE, OF COURSE, THE AIRPORT TOOK OVER.
10:05:11 BUT GOING DOWN COLUMBUS DRIVE HEADING EAST, THERE IS
10:05:14 ALMOST -- BASICALLY WAS A HISPANIC AREA.
10:05:19 SPRUCE, YOU ARE TRYING TO TAKE CULVER CITY,
10:05:23 PREDOMINANTLY BLACK AND YOU ALREADY HAVE THE TOWN, AND
10:05:28 DYING TO TAKE LINCOLN GARDEN AND POSSIBLY LINCOLN
10:05:31 GARDEN MIGHT BE RESERVED FOR THE VETERANS.
10:05:32 BUT YOU ARE TRYING TO BUY FROM THEM.
10:05:37 COMING ON TO WEST TAMPA, MACFARLAND LAND, GANDY.
10:05:39 YOU ARE TALKING OF ALL OF THE HOUSES.
10:05:41 WEST SHORE.
10:05:44 ALL IN THAT AREA, THE HOUSES HAVE REMAINED THE SAME.
10:05:47 ANYTHING THAT HAS BEEN BUILT IS BUILT IN THE SAME DECOR
10:05:50 TO MATCH THE REST.
10:05:54 COMING FARTHER DOWN HIMES, YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
10:05:58 OTHER PART OF COLUMBUS DRIVE.
10:06:02 BASICALLY THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT WAS BASICALLY HISPANIC
10:06:04 WHITES.
10:06:06 THE HOUSING STILL HAS NOT CHANGED.
10:06:10 AS NEW HOUSES BLEND IN, BUT IT IS STILL UNDER THE SAME
10:06:12 DESIGN.
10:06:19 KENNEDY, USED TO BE PART OF HYDE PARK, STILL IS.
10:06:20 FEW BLACKS LIVE THERE.
10:06:21 THEY ARE NO LONGER THERE.
10:06:25 THE BUILDINGS NOW -- THAT YOU HAVE BEING CON COS,
10:06:27 EVERYTHING BEING TAKEN UP.
10:06:29 WEST TAMPA, SLOWLY ABOLISHED.
10:06:35 AND YOU KNOW MAIN STREET, TO COLUMBUS DRIVE, ALMOST.
10:06:39 YOU ARE CHANGING THE HOUSING STANDARDS.
10:06:41 NOT JUST STANDARDS, DESIGN.
10:06:43 MAKING IT SO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE, THE HOUSES
10:06:45 DON'T EVEN MATCH.
10:06:47 IN THE OTHER AREAS I SAID THAT.
10:06:49 I AM USING COLUMBUS DRIVE.
10:06:52 FROM GANDY, BRITTON PLAZA, ALL OF THE HOUSES ARE THE
10:06:53 SAME.
10:06:55 VERY FEW BLACKS, IF ANY.
10:06:57 YOU ARE BUILDING IN THERE.
10:07:02 BUT THEY ARE BASICALLY FOLLOWING THE SAME DECOR.
10:07:06 BAYSHORE, COMING DOWN TO BAYSHORE, EVERYTHING HAS
10:07:06 CHANGED.
10:07:08 NOTHING HAS CHANGED THERE.
10:07:11 THE HOUSING THE ONLY THING FROM MY LIFETIME.
10:07:12 COLONNADE.
10:07:13 ALL OF YOU REMEMBER THAT.
10:07:18 THERE ARE TWO HUGE APARTMENT BUILDINGS -- AND I SAID
10:07:19 CONDOS.
10:07:20 MOST OF US.
10:07:27 NONE OF US CAN HARDLY AFFORD TO LIVE IT AT ALL.
10:07:30 WHEN I FOUND OUT YOU NEED TO HAVE HOW MANY SLAVES AND
10:07:32 ACRES OF LAND TO MOVE THERE.
10:07:34 THEN COMING ON --
10:07:36 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
10:07:37 >> LET ME SAY THIS PART.
10:07:40 YOU HAVE ABOLISHED ALL OF OUR HISTORY DOWNTOWN.
10:07:40 NOTHING IS LEFT.
10:07:43 AND ALL OF YOU HAVE YOUR HISTORY.
10:07:46 IT IS VERY UNFAIR AND MOVING THESE PEOPLE OUT.
10:07:47 THERE IS NO PLACE TO GO.
10:07:50 THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO TO YBOR CITY.
10:07:51 THEY ARE MOVING THAT.
10:07:55 AND EVERYTHING FROM WEST TAMPA TO DOWNTOWN.
10:07:56 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
10:07:56 >> THANK YOU.
10:07:59 I WANT TO YOU KNOW THAT.
10:08:01 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
10:08:03 >> GOOD MORNING, MINISTER CHRIS WHITE.
10:08:09 AND I AM REPRESENTING 33603.
10:08:13 THE LADY JUST LEFT SAYING SHE WAS THE LANDLORD.
10:08:17 WELL, WHERE I STAY AT WESTSHORE CROSSING, THEY CALL IT
10:08:21 A DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IT IS NOT DIVERSE.
10:08:22 THEY ARE MOVING ALL THE BLACKS OUT.
10:08:26 OUR RENT HAS WENT FROM -- I WAS PAYING FOR A THREE AND
10:08:27 TWO, $1430.
10:08:30 NOW A TWO AND TWO, $1671.
10:08:34 AND I HAVE ANOTHER WOMAN WHO IS HERE WITH ME STAY IN A
10:08:35 ONE BEDROOM.
10:08:38 THEY DON'T HAVE A CAR, BUT WE ARE PAYING FOR A GATE.
10:08:40 WE ARE PAYING FOR A GATE.
10:08:42 WE PAY FOR GARBAGE.
10:08:44 VALET GARBAGE THAT DON'T GET PICKED UP.
10:08:46 A TENNIS COURT THAT WE DON'T USE.
10:08:55 WE PAY FOR -- FOR -- SOMETHING WE CAN'T GO IN.
10:08:58 WE HAVE A KEY BUT IT IS NOT FINISHED.
10:09:00 SHE SAID SHE TAKE CARE OF HER TENANTS.
10:09:02 NO THEY DON'T.
10:09:03 THE WALLS HAVE RATS IN IT.
10:09:05 THEY SAY THESE APARTMENTS ARE HIGHER STANDARD
10:09:06 APARTMENTS.
10:09:12 THEY ARE BEING REMODELED -- THEY ARE DOING NOTHING BUT
10:09:12 PAINT EVERYTHING IT.
10:09:15 REPAINTING THE BATHTUB.
10:09:18 PUT LAMINATE AND THE WATER IS NOT GOING OUT OF YOUR
10:09:18 TOILET.
10:09:22 IF THEY GO OUT OF YOUR TOILET, IT IS COMING OUT IN YOUR
10:09:23 BATHTUBS.
10:09:27 THE RENT -- THEY JUMPED UP $300 AND GAVE US A 30-DAY
10:09:30 NOTICE THAT OUR RENT WOULD BE $300 EXTRA.
10:09:33 HOW CAN WE AFFORD TO PAY THAT?
10:09:35 CAN ANYONE ANSWER THAT QUESTION?
10:09:38 WHAT IS ANYBODY GOING TO DO ABOUT THAT?
10:09:40 HALF OF US ON SOCIAL SECURITY.
10:09:43 OUR SOCIAL SECURITY CHECK DEFINITELY DON'T PAY OUR
10:09:44 RENT.
10:09:46 SO WHAT DO WE DO?
10:09:48 WE ASK FOR ASSISTANCE.
10:09:50 WE CAN'T GET ASSISTANCE.
10:09:54 BUT EVERYBODY OVER IN WEST SHORE CROSSING BEING TOLD
10:09:56 THAT YOUR LEASE IS NOT GOING TO BE RENEWED.
10:09:58 YOU ARE NOT LATE ON YOUR RENT.
10:10:02 YOU ARE NOT BREAKING NO LAWS AND NO RULES, BUT YET
10:10:04 STILL, IF YOU WERE NOT SPANISH.
10:10:05 YOU CAN'T STAY THERE.
10:10:12 THANK YOU.
10:10:13 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:10:15 >>JOSEPH CITRO: GOOD MORNING.
10:10:17 >> KELLA MCCASKILL.
10:10:20 THE PRESIDENT FOR THE CENTER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
10:10:23 AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN OVERWHELMED WITH REQUESTS
10:10:27 FROM INDIVIDUALS FOR SOME KIND OF RESOURCE, SOME KIND
10:10:28 OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
10:10:30 OVERWHELMED.
10:10:33 MOST THESE AREAS HAVE BEEN OVERWHELMED.
10:10:35 METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES SAID THEY USED TO SUPPORT 150
10:10:37 PEOPLE.
10:10:38 NOW UP TO 900.
10:10:40 I AM SAYING THAT BECAUSE THE LAST TIME IN FEBRUARY,
10:10:44 THEY ALMOST SAID WE HAD TO PROVE THERE WAS A CRISIS TO
10:10:47 CALL IT THE LEVEL OF AN EMERGENCY.
10:10:49 I DON'T HAVE TO TELL ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM THAT WE ARE
10:10:50 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CRISIS.
10:10:52 WE LIVED IT.
10:10:53 WE ARE EXPERIENCING IT.
10:10:56 IF WE DIDN'T, WE ARE HEARING IT IN THIS ROOM TODAY.
10:10:58 WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR THIS CRISIS TO BE DECLARED AN
10:10:58 EMERGENCY.
10:11:01 IT WILL HELP US STABILIZE THE RENT SOMEHOW.
10:11:03 IT WILL STOP THIS PRICE GOUGING.
10:11:05 IT WILL ASSIST PEOPLE.
10:11:09 OR EITHER HELP FREEZE THE RENT OR PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO
10:11:14 THE LANDLORD SO THEY CAN PAY THEIR MORTGAGES, ETC.
10:11:16 OTHERWISE WE WILL LOSE THOSE UNITS AS WELL.
10:11:20 WHAT I AM ASKING THAT WE, ONE, MAKE THIS A CRISIS
10:11:21 TODAY.
10:11:22 TWO, COME UP WITH A TASK FORCE.
10:11:26 THEY ARE CALLING IT TENANT ADVOCACY.
10:11:29 PEOPLE TO REPORT THAT AND ESTABLISH AT THE NEXT MEETING
10:11:30 THAT YOU HAVE THAT TOGETHER.
10:11:31 A GROUP THAT WILL COME.
10:11:34 LANDLORDS, TENANTS, PROFESSIONALS IN THIS INDUSTRY,
10:11:37 NONPROFITS, WHOEVER, WE NEED PEOPLE MAKING SOME
10:11:40 DECISIONS BECAUSE APPARENTLY MAYBE YOU ALL ARE
10:11:41 OVERWHELMED.
10:11:43 A LOT GOING ON IN THE CITY, BUT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE
10:11:46 TO HELP YOU MAKE DECISIONS IN THE EVENT YOU CAN'T.
10:11:48 WE ALSO KNOW -- NUMBER THREE, WE NEED TO HOST
10:11:53 POTENTIALLY A LANDLORD WORKSHOP AND SHARE SOME OF THE
10:11:55 RESOURCES SO THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO ACCEPT IT.
10:11:58 A LOT OF THEM ARE NOT IN THIS ROOM AND YOU HAVE
10:12:00 RESOURCES AND MAYBE YOU CAN ASSIST THEM IF YOU DON'T
10:12:04 WANT TO TOTALLY CAP THEM AT WHAT THEIR RENTS WILL BE,
10:12:06 GIVE THEM THE ASSISTANCE TO COVER THE CAP.
10:12:08 I DO BELIEVE THERE WAS A PROGRAM THAT CAME OUT FOR
10:12:09 THAT.
10:12:12 UNRESTRICTED DOLLARS TO HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN
10:12:12 HOTELS.
10:12:14 THAT HAS BEEN EXTENDED.
10:12:15 THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE RESOURCES.
10:12:17 WE NEED MORE OF IT.
10:12:19 ADDRESS THE SLUMLORD ACTIVITY.
10:12:22 I TOLD YOU DOING NOTHING WON'T MAKE THIS GO AWAY AND IT
10:12:23 WILL INCREASE.
10:12:24 HERE WE ARE, IT IS WORSE.
10:12:26 NOT ONLY CAN THEY NOT PAY THEIR RENTS AND SLUMLORD
10:12:29 ACTIVITY IS ON THE RISE ALL OVER THE CITY.
10:12:33 SILVER OAKS, MARION COURT.
10:12:35 THE COMMUNITY HE JUST MENTIONED.
10:12:35 PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO COME.
10:12:37 THEY DON'T HAVE A VOICE.
10:12:38 THEY DON'T HAVE TIME TO COME.
10:12:40 THEY ARE AT WORK.
10:12:42 SLUMLORD ACTIVITY IS ON THE RISE IN ADDITION TO THE
10:12:44 REST OF THE CRISIS.
10:12:47 WE WANT YOU TO MAKE THOSE FUND AND RESOURCES MORE
10:12:47 ACCESSIBLE.
10:12:49 MAYBE THEY NEED TO WORK PAST 5:00.
10:12:54 MAYBE THE CITY MISS ABBYE AND NICOLE OR THE TEAM WORK
10:12:55 LONGER HOURS.
10:12:57 THEY ARE ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA AND IN THE NEWS TO SAY
10:12:58 WE HAVE HELP.
10:13:01 PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT THE RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE.
10:13:03 YOU HAVE THEM, AND THEY DON'T KNOW IT IS THERE.
10:13:06 MAKE SURE WHEN YOU RELEASE THE INFORMATION THAT MORE
10:13:07 FUNDS IN THE POT.
10:13:09 MORE DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE.
10:13:11 MORE VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS.
10:13:12 JUST APPROVE SOMETHING.
10:13:15 LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO HARBOUR ISLAND AND VOTED ON --
10:13:18 THEY DIDN'T WANT TO APPROVE A DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS WELL
10:13:22 WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN -- SHE WILL SHELBY MA'AM,
10:13:25 I AM NOT GOING TO ASK TO YOU TALK OF A HEARING THAT IS
10:13:26 PRESENTLY --
10:13:29 >> MY POINT IS, YOU DON'T WANT TO SEND A MESSAGE THAT
10:13:33 HARBOUR ISLAND IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE MULTIPLE
10:13:35 THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE REPRESENTED IN THIS ROOM
10:13:35 TODAY.
10:13:37 VOTE DEMOCRACY.
10:13:38 LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE.
10:13:40 THEY ARE WILLING TO SEND THEIR TAX DOLLARS ON
10:13:41 LITIGATION.
10:13:44 YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW IF YOU WILL BE SUED IF YOU MAKE
10:13:47 THIS A HOUSING EMERGENCY BUT YOU KNEW THAT MATTER.
10:13:49 MY POINT IS DO SOMETHING.
10:13:53 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, YOU MISS MCCASKILL, WE ALL
10:13:58 HAVE THREE MINUTES.
10:13:59 >> DO SOMETHING TODAY.
10:14:02 >> GOOD MORNING, I AM MARILYN BAILEY.
10:14:09 I AM A REPRESENTATIVE OF 5315 NORTH MADISON STREET
10:14:11 MADISON HIGHLANDS TO JUST OPIOIDS IN DECEMBER.
10:14:14 WE WERE HERE AT CITY COUNCIL THE LAST MEETING.
10:14:17 AND WE WERE PUT IN A SITUATION WHERE OUR RENTS ARE
10:14:22 GOING TO BE INCREASED AS OF JUNE 1.
10:14:25 WE HAVE ONLY BEEN IN THE APARTMENT SINCE DECEMBER.
10:14:28 SO WE HAVEN'T BEEN IN THAT UNIT SIX MONTHS YET.
10:14:32 AND NOW OUR RENTS ARE BEING INCREASED EXORBITANTLY
10:14:33 HIGH.
10:14:39 IN MY CASE, I WILL BE PAYING -- GOING FROM $932 TO
10:14:41 $1043.
10:14:43 WHEN I HAVE A TWO-BEDROOM APARTMENT.
10:14:46 THAT IS A HARDSHIP THAT A LOT OF US.
10:14:48 BECAUSE WE ARE ON FIXED INCOMES.
10:14:53 WE ARE ALL ON SOCIAL SECURITY.
10:14:55 WE HAVE SOME INDIVIDUALS WITHIN A UNIT BECAUSE THEY ARE
10:14:58 GETTING ASSISTANCE THEY ARE NOT BEING AFFECTED BY THIS
10:15:01 INCREASE WHICH I FEEL IS UNFAIR TO US.
10:15:05 HOWEVER, WE HAVE -- YOU ALL SITTING HERE SUPPOSED TO BE
10:15:07 REPRESENTATIVES OF WHO WE ARE.
10:15:12 BUT WE CAN'T SEEM TO GET ANYTHING DONE.
10:15:16 THE NEXT THING IS, WE ARE ONLY GIVEN 30 DAYS TO
10:15:18 READJUST OUR BUDGETS IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT JUNE 1
10:15:19 INCREASE.
10:15:22 I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO.
10:15:24 THERE ARE PEOPLE ALREADY MOVING OUT OF THE COMPLEX
10:15:29 BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT AND THIS INCREASE.
10:15:32 SO WHAT IS THAT INCREASE GOING TO PAY FOR?
10:15:36 IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY WANTED TO GET THE
10:15:40 BUILDING FILLED BY JANUARY 1 FOR SOMEBODY TO GET A BIG
10:15:41 BONUS.
10:15:44 AND THIS -- BUT THAT BONUS DOESN'T HELP US ANY.
10:15:45 NONE WHATSOEVER.
10:15:50 AND TO HAVE TO COME UP WITH $111 BY JUNE 1 WITHIN 30
10:15:53 DAY, THAT SUN FAIR.
10:15:56 IF NOTHING ELSE, WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE
10:15:57 AN INCREASE.
10:16:02 BUT WE DIDN'T EXPECT IT THIS SOON.
10:16:04 SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
10:16:06 WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?
10:16:11 THIS IS GOUGING IN THE PUREST SENSE OF THE WORD.
10:16:13 AND WE CAN'T GET ANYBODY TO STAND UP FOR US.
10:16:15 SO WE HAVE TO MAKE OUR PRESENCE KNOWN.
10:16:17 AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE.
10:16:26 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
10:16:30 >> HI, MARGARET PATTY.
10:16:34 I APPLIED FOR PUBLIC HOUSING IN 2017.
10:16:37 I WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO LIVE WITH FAMILY FOR QUITE A
10:16:37 WHILE.
10:16:43 IN 2017, I PUT IN TRUST TO THE ATTORNEY MY ENTIRE
10:16:44 INHERITANCE.
10:16:46 AND IT WAS STOLEN.
10:16:52 IN TIME THE SYSTEM THINK THAT BELIEVED IN CAME THROUGH
10:16:55 AND THAT MAN IS SITTING IN PRISON AND WILL REMAIN THERE
10:16:56 FOR 15 YEARS.
10:17:01 HE PUT ME IMMEDIATELY INTO A POSITION I WAS NOT REALLY
10:17:02 EVER HAD TO DEAL WITH BEFORE.
10:17:05 AND I STILL WAS ABLE TO LIVE WITH FRIENDS.
10:17:11 I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY FAMILY LEFT.
10:17:17 I -- I CONTACTED OUR FLORIDA, BECAUSE AT ONE POINT, MY
10:17:20 FRIEND WAS LEAVING AND I HAD NOWHERE TO GO.
10:17:23 AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME, THEY HAD JUST OPIOIDS UP OUR
10:17:23 FLORIDA.
10:17:26 AND THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF HELP ON THE LINE.
10:17:28 YOU COULDN'T GET THROUGH.
10:17:30 HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS.
10:17:35 AND THEY -- THEY DECLINED MY APPLICATION BECAUSE IT
10:17:39 DIDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH COVID.
10:17:41 BUT I REAPPLIED.
10:17:45 I STILL HAVE NOT GOTTEN AN ANSWER ON THAT.
10:17:48 WHEN MY FRIEND LEFT AND I SAW ALL OF THIS ON PAPER THAT
10:17:50 WE WERE TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE THAT WERE GOING TO BE
10:17:53 HOMELESS.
10:17:54 WELL, I WAS HOMELESS.
10:17:57 I TOOK EVERY BIT OF MONEY THAT I SAVED STAYING WITH
10:18:02 FAMILY AND I PAID FOR A MOTEL.
10:18:10 IN DECEMBER, I WAS CONTACTED BY A NONPROFIT, AND THEY
10:18:15 HAD FOUND A PLACE FOR ME AT MADISON.
10:18:17 I WAS EXTREMELY HAPPY.
10:18:20 I WAS HELPED WITH MY DEPOSIT AND I MOVED IN THERE
10:18:21 DECEMBER 27.
10:18:23 AS THEY WERE SAYING BEFORE, YES, WE HAD TO BE IN THERE
10:18:27 BY JANUARY 1 OR THEY WEREN'T GOING TO TAKE OUR
10:18:31 APPLICATION BECAUSE THEY WANTED IT FILLED BY JANUARY 1.
10:18:33 MADE THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LOOK REALLY GOOD.
10:18:35 BUT I AM JUST HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE FACTS.
10:18:38 THE FACT IS, I MOVED THERE.
10:18:42 I FINALLY HAD A CHANCE TO ACTUALLY MAYBE GET MY LIFE
10:18:44 TOGETHER.
10:18:48 AFTER BEING THERE FOR JUST A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, GOT
10:18:51 A LETTER ON MY DOOR SAYING THEY DIDN'T GET THE MONEY
10:18:53 FROM GRACE POINT.
10:18:56 THAT I HAD TO COME UP WITH DOUBLE MY RENT.
10:18:59 THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS I GOT A THREE-DAY NOTICE AND
10:19:05 THEN THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO EVICT ME.
10:19:07 AND IT JUST BOGGLED MY MIND.
10:19:12 I CONTACTED HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
10:19:14 I SPOKE WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
10:19:15 AND THEY CAME THROUGH FOR ME.
10:19:16 THEY REALLY DID.
10:19:21 SO I APPLAUD WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO DO.
10:19:24 ON PAPER, IT LOOKS REALLY, REALLY GOOD, BUT THE
10:19:27 IMPLEMENT OF IT IS VERY DIFFICULT.
10:19:33 BECAUSE WE CAN ONLY TALK TO PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY HAVE
10:19:34 -- ARE LISTENING.
10:19:37 AND I KNOW IT IS EASY TO SHUT DOWN WHEN PEOPLE GET
10:19:39 ANGRY AND THEY START SAYING IT.
10:19:41 AND THEY JUST WANT JUSTICE RIGHT AWAY.
10:19:44 BELIEVE ME I FELT LIKE THAT WHEN I FIRST FOUND OUT
10:19:47 ABOUT MY ATTORNEY STEALING MY MONEY.
10:19:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
10:19:53 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:19:55 >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
10:19:57 I AM ORGANIZER FOR FLORIDA RISING.
10:20:00 AS YOU KNOW, I CAN REPEAT WHAT EVERYONE HAS SAID
10:20:04 PREVIOUSLY, BUT YOU ALL ARE VERY MUCH AWARE WHAT IS
10:20:05 GOING ON.
10:20:09 SOME OF YOU ARE AWARE THAT WE HAVE SAT WITH YOU
10:20:11 DISCUSSING OUR ISSUE OF CONCERN AND TRYING TO FIND A
10:20:13 SOLUTION TO THESE ISSUES.
10:20:17 TODAY REALLY MARKS THE DAY I HATE TO SAY EITHER YOU ARE
10:20:20 IT OR GET OFF THE POT.
10:20:22 EITHER DO YOU OR YOU DON'T.
10:20:29 THE REASON IS PEOPLE ARE BEING EVICTED.
10:20:31 THINGS ARE GOING UP.
10:20:34 AND NO IS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
10:20:40 EVERYONE IS SUFFERING.
10:20:44 TODAY IS A DAY THAT YOU ALL MAKE A STRONG DECISION WHAT
10:20:45 NEEDS TO BE DONE.
10:20:47 REASONABLE.
10:20:50 I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS RENT CAP, NOT ONLY FOR
10:20:54 RENT BUT TO HELP THESE LANDLORDS WHO ARE HAVING
10:20:55 PROBLEMS AS WELL.
10:20:58 HOW CAN WE HELP THEM AS WELL AS HELP THE RENTERS.
10:21:01 HOW CAN WE COME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO BUILD THIS GAP
10:21:02 BETWEEN EVERYONE.
10:21:04 HOW WE CAN FIND THE FUNDING THAT WILL HELP PEOPLE THAT
10:21:08 ARE RENTING AS WELL AS HELP THOSE OWNERS WHO OWN THE
10:21:08 PROPERTY.
10:21:13 HOW CAN YOU CAP THE TAXES THAT KEEP GOING UP SO IT IS A
10:21:15 WIN-WIN SITUATION FOR EVERYONE.
10:21:19 BUT TODAY STARTS A CAMPAIGN.
10:21:23 AND I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT YOU LISTEN VERY WELL.
10:21:31 TODAY STARTS A CAMPAIGN, IT OR GET OFF THE POT.
10:21:34 WE ARE MAKING A CHANGE TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
10:21:37 THE MOVEMENT IS, IF YOU WERE NOT DOING YOUR JOB, LET'S
10:21:39 FIND SOMEONE WHO WILL DO IT.
10:21:43 THANK YOU.
10:21:47 >> HI, MY NAME IS ANGELERA BELLAMY AND MY FIRST TIME
10:21:50 EVER COMING TO CITY COUNCIL.
10:21:52 I THINK TWO PEOPLE NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.
10:21:56 AND I AM SO SORRY THAT Y'ALL HAVE TO TAKE THE BRUNT OF
10:21:58 EVERYTHING.
10:22:01 JANE CASTOR BECAUSE I USED TO LOOK UP TO HER.
10:22:04 AND I STILL DO, BUT THE FACT THAT WHEN SHE MADE THE
10:22:08 STATEMENT THAT SHE DON'T WANT TO RUN THE CONTRACTORS
10:22:09 AWAY.
10:22:16 I AM A TRUE TAMPAIAN AND I LIVED HERE ALL MY LIFE.
10:22:20 THEY TREAT THE ROOSTERS IN YBOR CITY BETTER THAN THEY
10:22:24 ARE DOING THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING HOMELESS LIKE THE
10:22:25 ROOSTERS GET FED.
10:22:29 THEY GET EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED WALKING AROUND IN
10:22:30 YBOR CITY.
10:22:32 IF YOU HIT ONE OF THEM, YOU ARE GOING TO JAIL.
10:22:36 ANOTHER PERSON WHO NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE IN
10:22:38 JEROME RYANS.
10:22:41 BECAUSE HE NEEDS TO REVISE THE LEASING THING WHERE
10:22:43 EVERYBODY BEING PUT OUT AND EVERYTHING.
10:22:47 REVISE IS SO THAT MY MOM DON'T HAVE TO GET PUT OUT OF
10:22:49 HER APARTMENT THAT SHE CAN COME TO MY APARTMENT AND
10:22:55 STAY WITH ME BECAUSE I WAS JUST LOOKING AROUND.
10:22:57 I DON'T SEE NO MEXICANS IN HERE.
10:23:02 NONE WHATSOEVER AND THEY STAY AND THEY ARE COLLECTIVELY
10:23:05 IN THEIR HOUSING HOWEVER THEY DO IT.
10:23:08 GIVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE MY FAMILY FROM BEING
10:23:10 HOMELESS.
10:23:12 I AM IN ROBLES PARK AND WHEN CHILDREN -- PEOPLE ARE
10:23:13 SCARED.
10:23:17 WHEN CHILDREN START TO GET SHOT BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS,
10:23:19 BECAUSE THE KIDS ARE FIGHTING BECAUSE -- BECAUSE THEY
10:23:20 GOT US TUG OF WAR.
10:23:23 LIKE, YOU ARE GOING TO MOVE THIS MONTH OR MOVE THAT
10:23:25 MONTH.
10:23:27 WE ARE SCARED.
10:23:31 AND WHAT IS HE WAITING FOR JEROME RYANS FOR US TO KILL
10:23:34 EACH OTHER OFF BECAUSE WE ARE SCARED BECAUSE YOU SAY WE
10:23:35 ARE GETTING READY TO MOVE.
10:23:38 YOU GOT A WHOLE FLOOR IN WEST RIVER.
10:23:39 AND A WHOLE BUILDING.
10:23:45 I SAW HIM OUT THERE WITH BIG WIGS.
10:23:48 AND NONE OF OUR PEOPLE WERE THERE.
10:23:51 THE BUILDINGS THAT WE ARE LIVING IN ARE ELDER THAN MY
10:23:55 GREAT, GREAT, GREAT GRANDMA.
10:23:59 AND IT IS TIME THAT YOU HOLD JEROME RYANS ACCOUNTABLE.
10:24:03 IF HE IS GOING TO MOVE US, YOU DID YOUR MONEY, YOU DID
10:24:06 YOUR PPP LOAN, YOU MOVE US INTO THESE PLACES WHERE WE
10:24:08 CAN HAVE BETTER LIVING.
10:24:10 THANK YOU.
10:24:18 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
10:24:20 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:24:22 MY NAME IS NATHAN HAGAN.
10:24:25 80 YEARS, TAMPA HAS REGULATED WHERE AND HOW WE BUILD
10:24:30 HOUSING USING A FRAMEWORK EXPLICITLY DESIGNED TO
10:24:32 DESTROY COMMUNITIES.
10:24:34 THIS AREA OF LAW IS CALLED LAND USE.
10:24:37 BY NOW, I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF LAND USE MEETINGS.
10:24:40 THE PEOPLE WHO ARE REPRESENTED IN THESE MEETINGS ARE
10:24:43 ALMOST UNIVERSALLY HOMEOWNERS AND DEVELOPERS.
10:24:45 THAT MEANS PEOPLE WHO ARE HOUSING SECURE.
10:24:49 PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T GONE TO APARTMENTS.COM OR TALKED TO
10:24:57 A REALTOR IN YEARS AND HAVE TO FEEL THE EXTENSION WHAT
10:24:59 COMES LOOKING FOR HOUSING TODAY.
10:25:02 TAMPA IS A RENTER MAJORITY CITY, BUT RENTERS ARE THE
10:25:09 AFTERTHOUGHT AND OPENLY SPIT ON BY N.I.M.B.Y.S AND
10:25:11 APPLAUD FOR COUNCIL STEPPING UP WHEN THAT HAPPENS, BUT
10:25:12 IT HAPPENS.
10:25:16 DESPITE WHAT WE SOMETIMES HEAR IN A LAND USE MEETING,
10:25:20 HOMEOWNERS NOT THE ONES SUFFERING FROM AFFORDABLE
10:25:21 CRISIS.
10:25:24 THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER EARNED MORE IN APPRECIATION IN
10:25:29 THEIR HOME THAN AN AVERAGE PERSON LEARNS WITH A YEAR OF
10:25:30 THEIR TOIL.
10:25:32 PEOPLE SUFFERING ARE RENTERS, FAMILIES LOOKING TO
10:25:35 PURCHASE THEIR FIRST HOME, COLLEGE GRADS THAT WORKED
10:25:40 HARD IN SCHOOL TO FIND THEY LITERALLY FROM PLACE TO
10:25:43 LIVE AS THEY ENTER THE WORKFORCE IN TAMPA.
10:25:45 THE NEIGHBORS, BROTHERS, SISTERS, CHILDREN AND PARENTS
10:25:49 WHO HAD TO LEAVE TAMPA AND HAVE BEEN DISPLACED FROM
10:25:50 THEIR COMMUNITY.
10:25:52 WE NEED TO HAVE PROTECTIONS.
10:25:55 BUT WE NEED LAND USE REFORM AS WELL.
10:25:58 HOW WE BUILD HOUSE ASKING NOT BE DETERMINED BY EXISTING
10:26:02 HOMEOWNERS.
10:26:03 LISTEN TO YOUR STAFF.
10:26:07 ASK FOR PROVEN SOLUTIONS EVEN IF IT MAKES SOME
10:26:09 HOMEOWNERS MAD.
10:26:10 SOLUTIONS EXIST.
10:26:13 THIS CRISIS IS A CONSEQUENCES OF OUR CHOICES.
10:26:14 AND WE CAN MAKE DIFFERENT CHOICES.
10:26:15 THANK YOU.
10:26:19 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
10:26:20 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:26:23 MY NAME IS TIMOTHY GREEN.
10:26:25 AND I AM A LONG-TIME RESIDENT.
10:26:28 I WAS THE ONLY ONE IN MY FAMILY BORN IN TAMPA GENERAL
10:26:29 HOSPITAL.
10:26:34 SO I WATCHED TAMPA GROW FROM THE '60S UNTIL NOW.
10:26:39 A LOT OF THINGS ARE NOT FAIR, BUT I AM JUST HERE TO LET
10:26:41 YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT YOU.
10:26:43 AND WE ARE COUNTING ON YOU TO DO YOUR JOBS, WHATEVER
10:26:45 YOUR JOBS ARE.
10:26:49 JUST LIKE WE WERE SAYING, EITHER -- IT OR GET OFF THE
10:26:50 POT.
10:26:55 I AM NOT HERE TO INSULT NO ONE AND I WILL YIELD MY TIME
10:26:59 -- THE REST OF MY TIME TO ROBIN.
10:27:05 >>MARTIN SHELBY: EVERYBODY GETS -- EVERYBODY GETS --
10:27:08 >> WHEN SHE HAVE HER CHANCE, TWO MINUTES.
10:27:11 >>MARTIN SHELBY: SIR, DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU DON'T
10:27:12 GET TO YIELD TIME.
10:27:13 EVERYBODY --
10:27:15 >>JOSEPH CITRO: EVERYBODY GETS THREE MINUTES.
10:27:18 >> I WAS HOPING THAT STRATEGY, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT TO
10:27:19 SAY TO YOU.
10:27:22 AND THREE MINUTES IS SOMETIMES NOT ENOUGH.
10:27:24 >>JOSEPH CITRO: DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, EVERYONE GETS
10:27:25 THREE MINUTES.
10:27:28 >> OKAY.
10:27:29 NOW I DON'T.
10:27:36 THANK YOU.
10:27:38 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:27:48 TO GIVE YOU THANKS FOR APPROVING JUNETEENTH.
10:27:50 WE ARE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.
10:27:54 AND THE FUNDS THAT -- THAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR, WE
10:27:58 DON'T HAVE THOSE FUNDS, SO WE ARE ASKING FOR THE
10:28:02 COUNCIL, THE MAYOR, AND EVERYBODY THAT IS IN THE CITY
10:28:04 TO COME ON BOARD.
10:28:06 BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING -- THIS IS A DAY THAT
10:28:09 EVERYONE NEED, NOT JUST THE BLACKS.
10:28:12 THAT'S -- THAT IS SOMETHING THAT -- IF WE SAY THAT IT
10:28:16 IS BECAUSE THE BLACKS WERE FREE, NO, BECAUSE IT IS FOR
10:28:18 EVERY ONE OF YOU ALL.
10:28:18 EVERYONE IS FREE.
10:28:22 YOU ARE FREE TO SAY THINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HELP
10:28:23 THE COMMUNITY.
10:28:25 THAT THE FREEDOM WE ARE LOOKING AT.
10:28:27 NOT A WHITE OR BLACK THING.
10:28:28 A THING FOR EVERYONE.
10:28:31 MAINLY WE ARE LOOKING TO PUT THIS TOGETHER FOR OUR
10:28:32 BABIES.
10:28:33 AND THEIR BABIES.
10:28:35 THEIR BABY'S BABIES.
10:28:38 BECAUSE WHAT IS IN JUNETEENTH IS A LOT OF WEALTH.
10:28:40 IT IS A LOT OF PROSPERITY.
10:28:43 YOU CAN -- THE YOUNG PEOPLE CAN START BEING
10:28:45 ENTREPRENEURS IN THIS.
10:28:48 THEY CAN BUILD THEIR OWN FARMER'S MARKET.
10:28:52 A LOT OF THING INTO THIS JUNETEENTH THING THAT CAN
10:28:53 BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY.
10:28:55 NOT JUST WEST TAMPA OR MYSELF.
10:28:56 IT IS FOR EVERYONE.
10:28:58 FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE.
10:29:01 I SENT OUT LETTERS TO SOME COUNCIL -- MR. GUDES.
10:29:02 HE DID GET BACK WITH US.
10:29:05 AND HE IS DOING HIS BEST TO TRY TO HELP US.
10:29:10 EVEN OUR PROJECT MANAGER, MR. JESUS, HE IS DOING ALL HE
10:29:13 CAN TO HELP US, BUT HE CAN'T DO TOO MUCH BECAUSE THIS
10:29:14 IS NOT A CITY MATTER.
10:29:16 THIS IS NOT A CITY PROJECT.
10:29:19 THIS IS A PROJECT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
10:29:22 IT IS FOR -- MAINLY FOR THE BABIES.
10:29:23 SO THEY CAN COME UP.
10:29:26 IF WE -- IF WE WERE TO KEPT -- HELD ON TO THIS THING
10:29:28 WHEN WE FIRST STARTED.
10:29:32 WE START DOING THIS ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO AND ALL WE HAVE
10:29:34 BEEN TRYING TO DO SINCE THAT TIME IS TRYING TO GET THE
10:29:36 COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER.
10:29:38 WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET ORGANIZATIONS TO COME
10:29:40 TOGETHER TO UPLIFT THE COMMUNITY.
10:29:42 THIS IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT.
10:29:45 SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME WE TRY TO GET SOMEBODY TO COME
10:29:48 AND WORK WITH US, THEIR MINDS ARE NOT SET ON THE
10:29:51 COMMUNITY AND HELPING THE BABY OR HELPING THE PEOPLE
10:29:51 COME TO UP.
10:29:54 THEY ARE LOOKING AT THEMSELVES COMING UP.
10:29:59 AND THIS IS THE PROBLEM THAT WE ARE HAVING TODAY AROUND
10:30:01 THE I BELIEVE THAT I AM SITTING AT AROUND THE CRA.
10:30:07 BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR LEADERS THANKSGIVING THEY CAN START
10:30:09 SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM THE THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY
10:30:10 HERE.
10:30:13 JUNETEENTH HAS BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME.
10:30:16 WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR 15 YEARS, AND NOW THEY WANT
10:30:17 TO TRY TO START SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
10:30:20 STARTING ANOTHER UNITY.
10:30:26 THAT IS ALL WELL AND GOOD, BUT WHY NOT UPLIFT WHAT IS
10:30:28 HERE WHAT IS HERE.
10:30:28 BRING IT UP.
10:30:31 AND THEN -- SEEMS LIKE IF WE COME TOGETHER AS A WHOLE,
10:30:33 THE UNITY.
10:30:35 THE WHOLE CITY COME TOGETHER, EVERYBODY WILL BE HAPPY.
10:30:38 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO MAKE EVERYBODY IN
10:30:39 THE CITY HAPPY.
10:30:43 BECAUSE IT -- IT IS POSITIVE ENERGY INTO THIS
10:30:45 JUNETEENTH THING.
10:30:47 I DON'T KNOW IF I AM DOING THAT OR -- WHATEVER IT IS.
10:30:49 I GUESS MY NAME IS UP.
10:30:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES, SIR.
10:30:53 >> WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR IS THAT THE COUNCIL TO GET --
10:30:56 PROBABLY GET TO THE MAYOR AND BRING US ALL TOGETHER TO
10:30:58 MAKE THIS AN OFFICIAL DAY.
10:30:59 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:31:00 COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:31:04 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I SEE MISS TRAVIS IN THE BACK THERE.
10:31:09 I DID MAKE A CALL WHEN I RECEIVED THAT.
10:31:11 I WAS DISTURBED ABOUT THAT.
10:31:15 I DID RECEIVE A CALL AND I CALLED MR. NIN NEW YORK CITY
10:31:19 REFERENCE OF HOW WE CAN HELP WITH THAT EVENT.
10:31:21 IT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.
10:31:29 BUT I AM HOPING TO THAT I WILL SEND A MESSAGE TO YVETTE
10:31:30 MCGREGOR.
10:31:31 WE NEED TO BE ONE.
10:31:34 WE CAN'T BE DIVIDED.
10:31:37 WE CAN'T HAVE DIFFERENT JUNETEENTH PROGRAM.
10:31:42 WE NEED A PROGRAM COLLECTIVELY AND I WILL SEND MISS
10:31:46 MCGREGOR AN E-MAIL TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN AS A WHOLE.
10:31:49 I AM STILL WAITING ON THE MAYOR AND MR. BENNETT ARE IN
10:31:52 NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE DIFFERENT UNITS.
10:31:56 I AM TRYING TO GET JUNETEENTH AS A HOLIDAY IN THE CITY
10:31:57 OF TAMPA.
10:32:00 WE HAVE NEGOTIATIONS BECAUSE WE HAVE UNIONS AND
10:32:01 HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HAPPEN.
10:32:03 I KNOW THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DOLLARS MISSING.
10:32:07 I HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM MR. NINO AND I CALLED MISS
10:32:08 TRAVIS AND MAYBE SHE CAN TELL US ABOUT THAT.
10:32:12 >>NICOLE TRAVIS: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL, DIRECTOR OF
10:32:14 DEVELOPMENT AND INTERIM CRA DIRECTOR.
10:32:18 SO THE WEST TAMPA CAC DID HAVE A CONVERSATION AT THEIR
10:32:23 CAC MEETING ABOUT THIS REQUEST, AND THEY RECOMMENDED A
10:32:27 ONE-TIME INCREASE FROM THE $5,000 TO $15,000.
10:32:30 THE ONE THING THAT STAFF IS CHALLENGED WITH IN OUR
10:32:34 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS THAT WE HAVE TO ENSURE WHEN WE
10:32:38 SPEND CRA DOLLARS IT IS -- THAT WE ARE USING IN
10:32:41 ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 163.
10:32:43 SO THERE'S A FINE LINE WITH THAT.
10:32:47 BUT THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION -- WELL, NOT -- WELL,
10:32:51 YEAH, THE CAC A RECOMMENDING A ONE-TIME INCREASE FROM
10:32:54 $5,000 TO $15,000 AND THAT WILL BE AT YOUR NEXT CRA
10:32:57 BOARD MEETING ON JUNE 9 IN ORDER TO DO THAT.
10:33:00 I DO KNOW THAT OUR SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING
10:33:06 VERY CLOSELY AND TO TRY TO GET THEM THE APPROVALS THAT
10:33:09 THEY NEED AND PERMITS THAT NEED TO BE PAID.
10:33:13 WE WILL LOOK INTO HOW WE CAN WORK SOME OF THIS OUT, BUT
10:33:16 A REQUEST FOR THAT INCREASE AT YOUR CRA BOARD MEETING
10:33:17 COMING UP.
10:33:19 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. BENNETT REVAMPED THE PROGRAM FOR
10:33:22 GRANTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
10:33:25 AND MAYBE WITH JANELLE AND WILL GET TOGETHER AND THE
10:33:28 ORGANIZATION AS A WHOLE WILL APPLY AND BE PART OF THAT
10:33:31 GRANT PROCESS IN THE NEAR FUTURE SO WE WON'T RUN INTO
10:33:32 DIFFICULTIES.
10:33:36 HOPING THAT WE WILL GET MR. MCGREGOR AND ALL THE
10:33:37 MEETINGS COME TOGETHER.
10:33:39 BECAUSE WE ARE ALL ONE BIG FAMILY.
10:33:42 WE SHOULDN'T BE DIVIDED.
10:33:43 >>NICOLE TRAVIS: WE WILL DO THAT.
10:33:43 THANK YOU.
10:33:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MISS TRAVIS.
10:33:55 YES, MA'AM.
10:34:00 >> HI, MY NAME IS RESHA MCCOY GREEN AND A RESIDENT OF
10:34:03 SULPHUR SPRINGS FOR OVER 17 YEARS, HOMEOWNER.
10:34:08 WHEN I FIRST MOVED IN SULPHUR SPRINGS, I WAS A SINGLE PARENT
10:34:15 AND I COULDN'T GET CHILD SUPPORT AND WORKED FULL TIME
10:34:18 AND BOUGHT A BRAND-NEW HOME FOR ME AND MY CHILDREN.
10:34:20 THAT WAS 17 YEARS AGO.
10:34:22 WHAT I SEE NOW IN MY COMMUNITY IS TRAGIC.
10:34:25 NO ONE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
10:34:25 OKAY.
10:34:29 AND FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO SAY IN MY HOME, KEEP MY HOME,
10:34:31 MAINTAIN IT.
10:34:31 GREEN GRASS.
10:34:34 YOU GO THERE, A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN AND EVERYTHING.
10:34:39 BUT TO SEE THAT THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE RIGHT NOW.
10:34:40 IT'S TRAGIC.
10:34:43 Y'ALL NEED TO DO SOMETHING AND DECLARE A STATE OF
10:34:43 EMERGENCY.
10:34:46 I AM SEEING PEOPLE COME IN THAT DON'T LIVE THERE, NOT
10:34:48 RESIDENTS, NOT EVEN CITIZENS, AND THEY ARE ABLE TO GET
10:34:52 THIS PROPERTY AT A HIGH -- AND PUT IT AT SUCH A HIGH
10:34:56 PRICE, THAT PEOPLE ARE CALLING ME EVERY DAY TO BUY MY
10:34:57 PROPERTY.
10:34:59 I AM NOT SELLING.
10:35:01 AND THIS DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE BECAUSE THEY KNOW WE
10:35:03 ARE GOING IN THE DIRECTION WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING
10:35:05 TO LOOK LIKE ME IN THAT AREA OF SULPHUR SPRINGS.
10:35:09 WE DON'T WANT HORSE RIDES IN THERE.
10:35:11 I AM HEARING PEOPLE ARE PUTTING HORSE TRAILS IN THERE
10:35:13 AND THINGS THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BENEFIT US.
10:35:15 WE HAVE BLACK ART IN SULPHUR SPRINGS.
10:35:18 WE HAVE THINGS THAT WE WORK HARD FOR US.
10:35:21 I SAT ON EVERY BOARD IN SULPHUR SPRINGS TO MAKE SURE IT
10:35:25 IS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WHERE MY CHILDREN CAN
10:35:26 BENEFIT.
10:35:29 AND I AM GOING TO SEE YOU GUYS DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT
10:35:31 BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
10:35:33 I AM HEARING PEOPLE SAYING EVERYBODY IS SUFFERING.
10:35:34 EVERYBODY IN HERE IS NOT SUFFERING.
10:35:37 Y'ALL ARE NOT SUFFERING, YOU KNOW.
10:35:40 THAT DON'T MAKE ANY SENSE, YOU KNOW.
10:35:42 DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY.
10:35:43 THIS IS AN EMERGENCY.
10:35:44 THIS IS TRAGIC.
10:35:47 AND YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
10:35:50 WE NEED PROTECTION.
10:35:54 GOING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTION OR YOU WON'T BE HAVING
10:35:55 THIS.
10:35:57 THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS.
10:35:58 HAVE A GREAT DAY.
10:36:01 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:36:06 >> I AM A RESIDENT OF MADISON HIGHLAND.
10:36:09 I AM A SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENT.
10:36:11 I AM DISABLED.
10:36:14 I WAS TOLD THE INCREASE OF THE COST OF LIVING GOING UP.
10:36:16 AND I SIGNED THE LEASE, THEY WERE ALREADY AWARE OF
10:36:19 THAT, SO WHY WOULDN'T -- WHY WOULDN'T THAT HAVE BEEN
10:36:23 TAKEN INTO CONSIDERING AND LET ME KNOW -- WHY DID IT
10:36:26 CHANGE AFTER THE FACT, AFTER I SIGNED IT?
10:36:30 MY OTHER PROBLEM IS, I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEM WITH
10:36:33 SMELL, TOXIC SMELL IN MY APARTMENT.
10:36:35 I WAS HERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
10:36:36 I SUBMITTED MY REPORT.
10:36:40 THE LAST ONE THAT SAID THERE WERE HIGH CONCENTRATION OF
10:36:44 MOTHBALL CRYSTALS WHICH YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW IS A
10:36:45 PESTICIDE.
10:36:48 I HAVE BEEN GETTING HEADACHES EVERY SINGLE DAY.
10:36:50 I AM HIV POSITIVE.
10:36:51 I HAVE EMPEDRADO.
10:36:53 I HAD THREE HEART ATTACKS.
10:36:57 I AM HAVING HEADACHE EVERY DAY.
10:36:59 MY DOG IS VOMITING ALL THE TIME.
10:37:00 WE ARE BOTH SICK.
10:37:03 AND THE COMPLEX HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO TELL ME WHY I AM
10:37:05 GETTING THESE THINGS, BECAUSE APPARENTLY WE ALL HAVE
10:37:10 OUR OWN AC UNITS, BUT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE GETTING
10:37:12 WEIRD SMELLS IN OUR APARTMENT.
10:37:16 THE ONLY OPTION I WAS GET SOMETHING YOU CAN MOVE AND
10:37:17 ISN'T AN OPTION.
10:37:19 RENT IS CRAZY.
10:37:23 WHERE AM I GOING TO FIND AN APARTMENT ON A FIXED
10:37:24 INCOME.
10:37:26 I AM FRUSTRATED BECAUSE I AM SITTING HERE EVERY SINGLE
10:37:29 MORNING, EVERY SINGLE NIGHT INHALING THIS STUFF.
10:37:29 I SMELL IT.
10:37:30 I TASTE IT.
10:37:33 I CAN FEEL IT ON MY SKIN.
10:37:38 I HAVE, LIKE, RASHES THAT ARE COMING OUT SO THAT IS MY
10:37:40 TWO THINGS.
10:37:43 AND I WANTED TO JUST AGAIN LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT IS
10:37:45 GOING ON BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO TURN TO.
10:37:51 I MEAN, I THOUGHT BY GOING OUT AND HAVING TESTS DONE
10:37:55 -- BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW -- I ALWAYS GET THE FEELING I
10:37:59 AM GOING TO GET A STIGMA BECAUSE I AM DISABLED THAT I
10:38:00 AM CRAZY.
10:38:00 BUT I AM NOT.
10:38:04 THAT IS WHY I HAD A PRIVATE COMPANY TO COME IN AND DO
10:38:06 TEST AND SO I COULD HAVE PROOF.
10:38:07 THAT IS NOT ENOUGH.
10:38:10 THE MINUTE THEY WALK IN, THE ONLY THING THEY SAY I
10:38:11 SMELL IS DOG FOOD.
10:38:14 THAT IS NOT THE CASE BECAUSE MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS.
10:38:17 THEY ARE -- THEY SMELLED EVERYTHING -- BASICALLY
10:38:19 EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW.
10:38:21 AND SO THAT'S IT.
10:38:22 THANK YOU.
10:38:26 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
10:38:30 >> ANY NAME IS RITA ANDRE.
10:38:32 I ALSO LIVE IN MADISON HIGHLAND.
10:38:35 THE RENT WENT UP AND WE TOLD THEM IF THE RENT WAS GOING
10:38:36 TO GO UP.
10:38:39 THEY TOLD US NO.
10:38:42 THEY TOLD US WE WOULDN'T HAVE A WATER BILL.
10:38:43 NOW WE HAVE A WATER BILL.
10:38:46 WE ALSO -- WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE THE LAST PLACE WE
10:38:47 LIVE IN BECAUSE IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
10:38:51 EVERYTHING WAS GOOD AND EVERYTHING THEY TOLD US WAS A
10:38:51 LIE.
10:38:55 THEY CHANGED WHAT THEY WANTED ON THEIR SIDE, BUT THEY
10:38:56 DIDN'T COME TO US.
10:38:59 THEY JUST GAVE IT TO US, AND THEY UPPED OUR RENT.
10:39:00 AND JUST DIDN'T TELL US.
10:39:03 WE HAVE NOT BEEN THERE FOUR MONTHS.
10:39:05 I THOUGHT AT THE END OF THE YEAR YOU RAISE RENT.
10:39:08 YOU DON'T RAISE RENT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR.
10:39:12 SO IT'S -- IT IS A BOTHER TO EACH EVERY ONE OF US.
10:39:16 A LOT OF DON'T WANT TO COME OUT AND SPEAK, BUT FOR
10:39:19 SENIOR CITIZENS, WE NEED TO SPEAK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER.
10:39:23 A LOT OF US CAME OUT TO SPEAK UP ON OUR BEHALF TO LET
10:39:25 YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE NEED YOUR HELP.
10:39:28 WITHOUT Y'ALL'S HELP, WE CAN'T DO.
10:39:30 WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP.
10:39:31 THAT'S ALL WE ARE ASKING.
10:39:37 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
10:39:39 >> I'M HERE AGAIN FROM THE FIRST MEETING.
10:39:41 MY MOM LIVES THERE.
10:39:48 MY NAME IS LATHERIA P. -- I WILL CHARACTERIZE IT WITH A P.
10:39:52 BASICALLY I LOOK OUT FOR MY MOM, CAREGIVER, JUST HER
10:39:55 DIFFERENT NEEDS AND THEY ARE GIVING HER PROBLEMS AND
10:39:56 NOTICES TO EVICT.
10:39:59 I AM SAYING AS FAR AS FAIR TREATMENT ACROSS THE BOARD,
10:40:04 THAT WE SEE DISCREPANCIES IN WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
10:40:05 ONE RULE FOR ONE.
10:40:07 AND IT DIFFERS FOR ANOTHER.
10:40:09 SECURITY ASPECTS.
10:40:13 DIFFERENT THINGS THAT JUST NEED TO BE LOOKED OVER AT
10:40:15 MADISON HIGHLAND.
10:40:18 SO JUST -- INVESTIGATION -- INVESTIGATION.
10:40:20 EQUALITY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
10:40:24 LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT.
10:40:27 THE RIGHTS FOR SENIORS AND SO ON.
10:40:29 AND BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF IT AND I AM JUST
10:40:30 SIMPLIFYING IT.
10:40:34 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
10:40:36 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IS ANYONE PARKED ACROSS THE
10:40:42 STREET AT THE HOTEL?
10:40:42 OKAY.
10:40:48 THANK YOU.
10:40:50 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:40:51 MY NAME IS JONATHAN JARRETT.
10:40:56 I AM A RESIDENT OF MADISON HIGHLANDS.
10:41:00 ALSO SIGNED A ONE-YEAR LEASE IN DECEMBER FOR SET AMOUNT
10:41:02 THAT THE RENT WOULD BE.
10:41:05 WE HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE BUILDING -- BRAND-NEW BUILDING.
10:41:08 THE ACCOMMODATIONS ARE REALLY NICE AND EVERYBODY HERE
10:41:11 WAS GIVEN A LEASE, A ONE-YEAR LEASE.
10:41:14 WE HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE BUILDING SIX MONTHS.
10:41:18 WE HAVE GOTTEN RENTAL INCREASES.
10:41:22 SOME THAT MAKES IT UNAFFORDABLE FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME ON
10:41:25 FIXED INCOME TO AFFORD RENT.
10:41:30 THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US
10:41:33 ARE A LOT -- MOST OF THE TIME DO NOT PAY THE RENT ON
10:41:39 TIME, THEREFORE, WE ARE ACCUMULATING LATE FEES AND ALL
10:41:42 KINDS OF CHARGES THAT THE -- THE LANDLORDS ARE PUTTING
10:41:46 ON US THAT ARE UNBEARABLE.
10:41:49 BECAUSE WE ARE UNABLE TO PAY.
10:41:53 I, MYSELF, WENT BACK AND PAID RENT TWICE IN ONE MONTH.
10:41:56 WHEN I PAID THEM THE RENT THE SECOND TIME, I GOT A
10:41:59 THREE-DAY NOTICE AFTER I PAID RENT TWICE IN ONE MONTH,
10:42:03 WHICH I THOUGHT WAS UNBEARABLE.
10:42:06 I HAD TALKED TO THE RENT -- TO THE MANAGER OF THE
10:42:10 PROPERTY THAT ASSURED ME THAT MY RENT WAS UPSTANDING,
10:42:13 AND THREE DAYS LATER, THEY WERE SNEAKING AROUND AND
10:42:15 PUTTING NOTICES ON PEOPLE'S DOORS INSTEAD OF TALKING TO
10:42:17 PEOPLE IN PERSON.
10:42:21 YOU WAKE UP, AND YOU GOT A THREE-DAY NOTICE TO GET OUT
10:42:22 OF THE BUILDING.
10:42:25 WHO CAN AFFORD TO MOVE IN THREE DAYS UNDER THESE
10:42:26 CONDITIONS THAT WE ARE LIVING IN?
10:42:29 WHO CAN FIND A PLACE IN THREE DAYS?
10:42:32 SO A LOT OF TENSION ON SENIORS.
10:42:33 UNBEARABLE.
10:42:37 I THINK WE ARE GOING THROUGH ENOUGH WITH THE PANDEMIC
10:42:40 AND THE FINANCIAL CRISIS THAT THE UNITED STATES AND THE
10:42:41 WHOLE AMERICA IS IN.
10:42:45 AND MOST OF THE PEOPLE HAVING TO LEAVE MADISON ISLANDS
10:42:48 ARE BEING REPLACED BY HISPANIC PEOPLE.
10:42:50 IT IS JUST A FACT.
10:42:50 AND IT IS A SHAME.
10:42:54 WE NEED SOMEONE TO SPEAK UP FOR US AS AFRICAN-AMERICANS
10:42:55 TO HAVE THESE PLACES.
10:42:58 AND WE HAVE NO COUNCIL.
10:42:59 NO ONE TO REPRESENT US.
10:43:02 AND I'M HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE OTHER RESIDENTS AT
10:43:05 MADISON HIGHLANDS AND JUST HOPE THAT YOU WILL TAKE A
10:43:09 LOOK AT WHAT IS GOING THERE IN MADISON HIGHLANDS.
10:43:13 NOT ONLY MADISON HIGHLANDS BUT ANY OTHER PUBLIC HOUSING
10:43:16 OR ASSISTED HOUSING THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND ESPECIALLY
10:43:20 HERE IN TAMPA THAT MAKES IT VERY STRESSFUL TO BE IN
10:43:23 THESE -- IN THESE -- THESE FACILITIES.
10:43:25 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
10:43:26 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:43:28 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:43:30 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:43:33 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I SEE MISS TRAVIS.
10:43:41 MISS TRAVIS, IF YOU CAN COME TO THE MIC AGAIN, PLEASE.
10:43:46 AT OUR LAST DISCUSSION, I KNOW A LOT OF THE SENIORS
10:43:48 WERE HERE FROM MADISON HEIGHTS AND I ASKED A QUESTION
10:43:52 THAT STAFF GO OVER TO MADISON HEIGHTS, MEET WITH THE
10:43:53 RESIDENTS.
10:43:57 I ASKED THAT TPD GO OVER THERE AND TALK TO THE
10:44:00 RESIDENTS IN REF REMEMBER RESIDENCE TO THE SECURITY
10:44:03 ISSUES, WHAT WE CAN DO AND WHAT THE MANAGEMENT CAN DO
10:44:06 AND THE INCREASE BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF SOME OF
10:44:09 THE RENT INCREASES AND WHATEVER ASSISTANCE WE CAN GIVE.
10:44:11 HAVE WE ACCOMPLISH ANY OF THAT YET?
10:44:13 BECAUSE SO MANY RESIDENTS THERE.
10:44:15 I NEED FOR YOU TO COMMENT ON THAT.
10:44:18 >>NICOLE TRAVIS: WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS TAKEN THE LEASE.
10:44:21 WE REVIEWED THE LEASE WITH OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT TRYING
10:44:25 TO UNDERSTAND HOW DOES A TENANT THAT SIGNED A LEASE IN
10:44:28 THE MIDDLE OF THE LEASE IS -- IS THAT RENT ABLE TO BE
10:44:29 INCREASED.
10:44:31 WHAT WE FOUND IN THE LEASE, THERE IS A PROVISION IN
10:44:34 THERE THAT TALKS ABOUT PASS THROUGH.
10:44:38 I THINK IT IS CALLED LIKE HOUSING PASS THROUGH.
10:44:42 IT IS A LOW INCOME TAX CREDIT PROJECT -- A PROJECT BY
10:44:44 H. U. D., NOTHING SOMETHING WE HAVE CONTROL OVER.
10:44:49 WHEN H. U. D. INCREASES THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, THE
10:44:53 PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE -- OR THE APARTMENT COMPLEX HAS
10:44:55 THE ABILITY TO THEN ADJUST THEIR RATE.
10:44:58 AND SO WHAT THE TENANTS ARE EXPERIENCING IS SOMETHING
10:45:03 THAT THEY ARE CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED TO PAY; HOWEVER,
10:45:09 IN MARCH 1, THIS COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR APPROVED AN RMAP
10:45:10 PROGRAM.
10:45:13 AND WE STARTED WITH ONE MILLION AND YOU CAME BACK AND
10:45:14 DID FOUR MILLION.
10:45:16 WHAT WE ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO DO TO CONTACT OUR HOUSING
10:45:20 OFFICE TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE WITH THAT INCREASE AND
10:45:22 THAT ADJUSTMENT.
10:45:23 WITH THAT MONEY.
10:45:25 SO THAT IS THE FIRST PART.
10:45:28 THE SECOND PART IS, I HAVE SPOKEN TO CHIEF O'CONNOR
10:45:32 ABOUT THE HARASSMENT ISSUE.
10:45:35 SOME OF IT IS FROM OTHER TENANTS.
10:45:39 AND SO EVEN AT THE HOMELESS DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD AT
10:45:42 HCC ON TUESDAY, WE HEARD SOME OF THAT AFTER THE MEETING
10:45:43 AS WELL.
10:45:46 SO CHIEF O'CONNOR IS PUTTING HER OFFICERS OUT THERE TO
10:45:49 WORK WITH THE RESIDENTS AND THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
10:45:49 COMPANY.
10:45:52 WE ARE WORKING WITH PARKS AND REC TO BE ABLE -- THERE
10:45:57 WAS ALSO A REQUEST FOR US TO COME UP THERE -- WITH
10:45:58 PARKS PROGRAMS AND STUFF.
10:46:00 WE ARE PLANNING TO COME OUT THERE.
10:46:02 WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT YET.
10:46:05 THAT HAS JUST BEEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS SINCE, BUT ALL THE
10:46:10 DIFFERENT I THINK THAT LEGALLY WE ARE DOING.
10:46:12 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MISS TRAVIS, ALL OF WHAT WE ARE
10:46:16 DISCUSSING NOW IS ALSO GOING TO BE FALLING UNDER AN
10:46:18 AGENDA ITEM NUMBERING 4.
10:46:21 SO INSTEAD OF SAYING THINGS NOW AND GOING BACK AND
10:46:28 SAYING THEM UNDER THAT, LET'S -- MISS HURTAK HAS ONE
10:46:30 QUESTION AND I WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK TO PUBLIC COMMENT
10:46:33 AND DISCUSS IN FURTHER ON ITEM AGENDA 4.
10:46:34 >>NICOLE TRAVIS: RIGHT.
10:46:37 I WANT TO SAY THAT ONE PIECE OF CONTACTING OUR HOUSING
10:46:40 OFFICE IN CASE ANYBODY LEAVES THEY WILL GET HELP
10:46:41 IMMEDIATELY.
10:46:42 >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
10:46:43 THANK YOU.
10:46:45 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CHAIRMAN, I DO WANT TOO SAY SO
10:46:48 MANY HIGHLANDS PEOPLE HERE.
10:46:52 SHE WILL DISCUSS HOUSING AND I DIDN'T KNOW SHE WOULD
10:46:53 DISCUSS THAT DURING THAT TIME.
10:46:57 I WANT THE SENIORS TO KNOW THAT WE ARE WORKING ON IT.
10:46:59 SOMETIMES THE PROS SESSION IS SLOW.
10:47:02 AND I WANT THAT MEETING WITH THE RESIDENTS.
10:47:04 >>NICOLE TRAVIS: WE WILL.
10:47:06 >>LYNN HURTAK: CAN YOU SHARE THE NUMBER, THE E-MAIL OR
10:47:08 WHATEVER IT IS SO PEOPLE WHO ARE LISTENING OR PEOPLE
10:47:13 WATCHING OR PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO LEAVE CAN HAVE IT.
10:47:17 >>NICOLE TRAVIS: I AM PUTTING IT ON THE ELMO HERE.
10:47:21 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I.T., THE ELMO, PLEASE.
10:47:25 >>NICOLE TRAVIS: 274-8960.
10:47:26 IS THAT RIGHT?
10:47:28 CAN YOU SEE IT?
10:47:40 274-8960.
10:47:42 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MISS TRAVIS.
10:47:47 >>NICOLE TRAVIS: MY PLEASURE.
10:47:50 >>BILL CARLSON: MR. CHAIR, CAN I ASK A QUICK
10:47:51 FOLLOW-UP.
10:47:53 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
10:47:56 >>BILL CARLSON: MISS TRAVIS, THE ORIGINAL MONEY WE PUT
10:48:01 IN THAT RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WAS TAKEN WITNESS THE
10:48:04 PAST TWO OR THREE DAYS.
10:48:08 THE SECOND PART WAS SEVERAL MONTHS.
10:48:10 WHY HAVEN'T THAT PART BEEN TAKEN UP.
10:48:13 AND PEOPLE -- THE SAME THING THAT MR. GUDES WANTS TO
10:48:16 DO, I WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THE INFORMATION WHILE
10:48:17 THEY ARE IN THE ROOM.
10:48:21 IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER POSSIBLE FUNDING WE CAN USE.
10:48:23 >>NICOLE TRAVIS: I WILL COVER SOME OF THIS IN THE
10:48:25 PRESENTATION, BUT THERE IS STILL FUNDING AVAILABLE.
10:48:30 WE HAVE EXPENDED OVER $1.4 MILLION TO DATE.
10:48:33 YOU -- YOU DECLARED A HOUSING CRISIS ON FEBRUARY 24.
10:48:38 ON MARCH 1, APPROVED THE RMAP PROGRAM FOR $1 MILLION.
10:48:42 AND CAME BACK DAYS LATER AND ASKED YOU FOR MORE MONEY.
10:48:46 WE EXTENDED $1.4 MILLION AND WORKING THROUGH THOSE
10:48:51 ACTIONS -- APPLICATIONS, WE HAVE PEOPLE REGISTERED AND
10:48:53 APPROVED ON THE PROGRAM BUT THEY HAVE NOT SIGNED A
10:48:55 LEASE AS OF YET.
10:49:00 AS SOON AS THEY SIGN A LEASE AND FIND HOUSING.
10:49:02 THERE IS MONEY TO BE SPENT AND WE CAN PROVIDE
10:49:07 ASSISTANCE WITH THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE -- THAT ARE HERE
10:49:10 TODAY AND THE SENIORS HERE TODAY THAT ARE EXPRESSING A
10:49:12 CONCERN.
10:49:14 >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU.
10:49:16 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MISS TRAVIS.
10:49:18 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU MISS TRAVIS.
10:49:21 AND I APPLAUD YOU AND THE REST OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS
10:49:24 FOR DOING WHAT YOU SAID FEBRUARY 24 AND MARCH 1.
10:49:27 HOWEVER, THAT MONEY WILL COME TO AN END SOME TIME IN
10:49:28 THE FUTURE.
10:49:29 VERY SOON, I WOULD IMAGINE.
10:49:32 AND THE PROBLEM IS, WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO?
10:49:35 BECAUSE THAT MONEY WILL END AND THE STORY WHETHER BE IN
10:49:35 THE BOOKS.
10:49:38 BUT THE FUTURE LOOKS DIM.
10:49:42 SO IS THERE ANY OTHER WAY LEGALLY AS THE CITY COUNCIL
10:49:45 ATTORNEY, THAT WE CAN DO ANYTHING REGARDING THE
10:49:46 INCREASE OF RENT.
10:49:48 USUALLY A LOT OF RENT.
10:49:51 SOCIAL SECURITY, CPI, TO ADJUST THE FINDINGS OF THE
10:49:53 RECIPIENTS OF SOCIAL SECURITY.
10:49:56 IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU KNOW AVAILABLE OR ANYTHING
10:49:58 ELSE OR LEGAL DEPARTMENT CAN ANSWER THAT RENTS CAN ONLY
10:50:01 GO UP ACCORDING TO THE CPI?
10:50:02 TROUGH.
10:50:05 >>NICOLE TRAVIS: SO -- I THINK I JUST SAW OUR
10:50:05 ATTORNEY.
10:50:08 I SAW OUR ATTORNEY WALK IN.
10:50:11 >>REBECCA JOHNS: REBECCA JOHNS, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
10:50:14 IF WE WERE TO LIMIT RENT IN THAT WAY, THAT WOULD BE
10:50:18 CONSIDERED A PRICE LIMITATION UNDER THE FLORIDA
10:50:20 STATUTES.
10:50:20 OF RENT CONTROL.
10:50:23 AND WE WOULD BE SUBJECT TO ALL THE REQUIREMENT OF THE
10:50:28 RENT CONTROL STATUTE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN FEBRUARY.
10:50:32 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT MEANS YOU CAN'T DO IT.
10:50:36 >>REBECCA JOHNS: NOT THAT YOU CAN'T DO IT, YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW ALL
10:50:38 THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATUTE, TO DECLARE A HOUSING
10:50:39 CRISIS.
10:50:43 TO HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT SETS OUT YOUR BASES FOR
10:50:46 DECLARING A HOUSING CRISIS AND IT WILL HAVE TO GO TO A
10:50:48 REFERENDUM, FOR THE VOTERS.
10:50:49 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IT CAN BE DONE.
10:50:51 WHAT IS THE PERIOD OF TIME IF EVERYTHING FALLS PLACE
10:50:54 AND TALKING OF A REFERENDUM?
10:50:56 >>REBECCA JOHNS IT CAN BE DONE, BUT, AGAIN, THE BURDEN IS ON THE
10:50:59 CITY TO PROVE THAT THE CITY MET ALL OF THOSE ELEMENTS
10:51:01 OF THE STATUTE.
10:51:03 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ARE WE HEADED IN THE RIGHT
10:51:03 DIRECTION?
10:51:04 >>NICOLE TRAVIS: YES.
10:51:05 WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN FEBRUARY.
10:51:08 WHEN COUNCIL WAS DISCUSSING THIS IN FEBRUARY, YOU
10:51:09 DECLARED A HOUSING CRISIS.
10:51:12 YOU ALSO MADE A MOTION FOR US TO DO THE YOU HOUSING
10:51:15 NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT WILL HELP YOU CREATE THAT BASIS
10:51:17 IN THAT THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO
10:51:20 TAKE IT TO THE NEXT STEP IF YOU WERE ABLE TO DO THAT.
10:51:24 I AM GOING TO REPORT ON THAT THIS MORNING.
10:51:28 THE RFP HAS BEEN ISSUED AND WE WILL BRING THAT BACK TO
10:51:28 YOU.
10:51:29 THAT IS PART OF THE PRESENTATION.
10:51:30 YOU SAID THAT IN FEBRUARY.
10:51:32 WE HAVE STARTED THE PROCESS IN DOING THAT.
10:51:37 IT'S NOT -- NOT A QUICK FIX SHORT PROCESS.
10:51:40 WHAT I TALKED TO BUT THE PROGRAM IS SOMETHING WE CAN
10:51:44 USE RIGHT NOW FOR IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE BY PAYING
10:51:48 MOVE-IN ASSISTANCE OR PAYING THE ADJUSTMENT IN THEIR
10:51:48 RENT INCREASE.
10:51:50 AND THAT IS UNRESTRICTED DOLLARS.
10:51:54 GENERAL FUND MONEY THAT WE ARE ABLE TO USE RIGHT NOW TO
10:51:56 PROVIDE IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE.
10:51:58 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MR. CHAIRMAN, IF YOU MIGHT INDULGE
10:51:59 ME.
10:51:59 ONE OTHER QUESTION.
10:52:02 ALONG WITH THE MONIES YOU HAVE $4 MILLION.
10:52:05 AND DOWN TO SOMETHING OTHER THAN $4 MILLION.
10:52:07 I WOULD IMAGINE $2.3 MILLION.
10:52:11 THAT ENOUGH TIME TO HOLD IT ON UNTIL THIS PROCESS YOU
10:52:16 ARE TALKING ABOUT AND TIME-WISE ARE WITH EACH OTHER.
10:52:18 >>NICOLE TRAVIS: NO, THAT IS NOT ENOUGH MONEY.
10:52:21 BECAUSE THE PROCESS -- IT IS GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN 12
10:52:25 MONTHS TO COMPLETE THAT PROCESS.
10:52:28 BUT WE HAVE NEW MONEY.
10:52:32 THE MAYOR HAS COMMITTED TO GIVE ANOTHER $4 MILLION OF
10:52:36 UNRESTRICTED FUNDS IN THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
10:52:37 SO THERE IS NEW MONEY.
10:52:41 IN OUR PRESENTATION, CDBG, HOME, SHIP MONEY THAT WE ARE
10:52:44 LAYERING THE MONEY WE GET FROM THE FEDS IN ORDER TO
10:52:49 HELP MORE PEOPLE AND TO DO THINGS MORE EXPEDIENTLY.
10:52:50 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU
10:52:52 ARE TRYING TO DO TO HELP THE CITIZENS.
10:52:54 THANK YOU.
10:52:56 >> PARTICULAR CLARIFY VERY QUICKLY IN YOUR QUESTION.
10:52:58 THAT THE STANDARD THAT NEEDS TO BE FOUND THAT THE RENT
10:53:01 CONTROL WILL BE NECESSARY AND PROPER TO ELIMINATE AN
10:53:05 EXISTING HOUSING EMERGENCY, WITH WHICH IS SO GRAVE AS
10:53:10 TO CONSTITUTE A GENERAL MENACE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
10:53:13 THAT IS THE STANDARD YOU WILL HAVE TO FIND AND BACK UP.
10:53:14 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:53:17 APPRECIATE IT.
10:53:19 >>JOSEPH CITRO: LADIES, EXCUSE ME.
10:53:21 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:53:23 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: TO PIGGY BACK ON THAT.
10:53:25 I WANTED TO BRING THAT AT THE END OF THE MEETING THE
10:53:27 TENANT ADVOCACY OFFICE.
10:53:29 THAT MIAMI HAS DONE SOMETHING.
10:53:32 AND SO WE HAVE A FRAMEWORK TO LOOK AT.
10:53:34 I DON'T KNOW IF COUNCILMAN VIERA OR OTHER
10:53:36 COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE A MOTION TO MAKE.
10:53:38 BUT I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION AT THE END OF THE MEETING
10:53:41 WE LOOK AT PERHAPS ESTABLISHING THAT HERE.
10:53:42 AND I KNOW WE HAVE MEMORIAL DAY.
10:53:45 I KNOW -- WHATEVER.
10:53:49 BUT SOME TIME IN JUNE, JUNE 2 OR WHAT NOT, JUST TO
10:53:51 LOOK AT A STAFF REPORT TO SEE IF WE CAN DO THAT.
10:53:54 YOU SAID THE MAYOR IS COMMITTING $4 MILLION IN THE
10:53:57 UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR WITH THE BUDGET, WE CAN SEE HOW WE
10:53:58 CAN WORK THAT OUT.
10:53:59 BUT THAT IS WHAT I PLAN TO DO.
10:54:02 I DON'T KNOW IF OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS WANT TO PIGGYBACK
10:54:04 ON THAT AND HAVE OTHER MOTIONS.
10:54:05 OKAY.
10:54:08 I WILL BRING IT UP AT THE END OF THE MEETING.
10:54:10 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:54:11 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:54:14 AND THANK YOU FOR THAT, COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO AND I WAS
10:54:16 GOING TO SAY SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT AND I THANK YOU
10:54:17 FOR SAYING THAT, SIR.
10:54:20 BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE WHO HAVE TAKEN TIME OUT OF
10:54:24 THEIR DAY AND BUSY SCHEDULES TO HE KNOW THAT I BELIEVE
10:54:27 WE WILL DO SOMETHING THAT MOVES US FORWARD AND IF WE
10:54:30 FOLLOW WHAT COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO PROPOSES, THAT WILL
10:54:33 MOVE US FORWARD WITH RESULTS RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW, BUT
10:54:38 ON TOP OF THE FUNDS THAT MISS TRAVIS HAS TALKED ABOUT
10:54:41 WILL HELP US COORDINATE EFFORTS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR
10:54:44 AND IN THE FAITH COMMUNITY, IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR IN THE
10:54:46 COUNTY AND THE CITY AND THE STATE.
10:54:49 THAT IS THE KIND OF COORDINATION THAT WE REALLY NEED.
10:54:54 AND SO I THINK SOMETHING LIKE THAT WILL GET SEVEN VOTES
10:54:57 TO MOVE US FORWARD 100% RIGHT NOW.
10:55:01 I KNOW I WOULD SUPPORT THAT VERY ENTHUSIASTICALLY.
10:55:03 I WANT TO SAY THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOWING ABOUT
10:55:06 HERE THAT SOMETHING WILL MOVE FORWARD.
10:55:08 SOMETHING GOOD WILL MOVE FORWARD.
10:55:09 THANK YOU FOR THAT.
10:55:11 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WE NEED TO GET TO THAT STARTING LINE
10:55:16 FIRST, AS SOON AS WE GET TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 4, THAT
10:55:17 IS THE STARTING LINE.
10:55:20 SO LET'S HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:55:26 AND THEN WE WILL GET TO THAT ITEM.
10:55:27 >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
10:55:30 MY NAME IS EVELYN MANLEY.
10:55:31 I AM A SENIOR CITIZEN.
10:55:35 AND I CURRENTLY LIVE IN MADISON HIGHLAND CONCEPT THAT
10:55:37 WAS JUST RECENTLY BUILT.
10:55:39 I MOVED IN THERE IN DECEMBER.
10:55:42 I SIGNED A YEAR LEASE.
10:55:43 CONTRACT.
10:55:44 WHATEVER THEY CALL IT.
10:55:49 AND THEY SAID I -- MY RENT WOULD BE BASED ON MY INCOME,
10:55:52 WHICH THEY HAVE PROOF OF MY SOCIAL SECURITY AND MY
10:55:54 DISABILITY.
10:55:55 OKAY.
10:56:01 LESS THAN SIX MONTHS, THEY INCREASED THE RENT TO WHERE
10:56:05 IT WOULD TAKE ALL MY SOCIAL SECURITY AND ME A JOB FULL
10:56:08 TIME TO PAY WHAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR.
10:56:11 AND I TOLD -- I WENT TO THE LANDLORD.
10:56:12 I TALKED TO THE MANAGER.
10:56:14 I TALKED TO HER.
10:56:17 HER ATTITUDE AT THE TIME WAS TO THE POINT I WANTED TO
10:56:18 SLAP HER.
10:56:22 SHE WAS LIKE, YOU EITHER PAY IT, GET A JOB, OR LEAVE.
10:56:24 AND I DIDN'T LIKE THAT.
10:56:27 I TOLD HER, I SAID, IF I GET A FULL-TIME JOB WHICH I AM
10:56:29 NOT ABLE TO WORK.
10:56:31 THEY TAKE MY SOCIAL SECURITY CHECK.
10:56:33 AND THEN I AM ON THE STREET.
10:56:36 SHE SAID THAT IS NOT MY PROBLEM.
10:56:39 I ASKED HER, WHY WON'T WE MOVE THERE.
10:56:41 Y'ALL HAD SECURITY.
10:56:46 Y'ALL HAD A DUMPSTER FOR US TO PUT OUR TRASH IN.
10:56:47 THEY TOOK AWAY THE SECURITY.
10:56:49 THEY TOOK AWAY THE BUMP ADMINISTER.
10:56:54 THE LITTLE TRASH CHUTE THAT WE HAVE CANNOT HOLD TRASH
10:56:56 FOR OVER 100 APARTMENTS.
10:57:01 THIS WEEKEND, WE HAD MAGGOTS OUTSIDE OUR BUILDING.
10:57:02 WE HAD FLIES.
10:57:03 WE COMPLAINED.
10:57:08 WE EVEN TOLD HER AS RESIDENTS, WE ARE WILLING TO TAKE
10:57:12 THE MONEY OUT OF OUR POCKET TO PAY FOR A CITY DUMP SO
10:57:16 WE CAN HAVE A DUMPSTER TO PUT OUR TRASH IN.
10:57:20 SHE TOLD US, NO.
10:57:22 IT IS NOT ALLOWED.
10:57:25 CORPORATE WOULD NOT ALLOW US TO HAVE A DUMPSTER.
10:57:28 CORPORATE WILL NOT ALLOW US TO HAVE SECURITY.
10:57:28 OKAY.
10:57:32 THE RENT OFFICE CLOSE AT 5:00 ON FRIDAY.
10:57:35 THEY RETURN AT 9:00 MONDAY MORNING.
10:57:40 BETWEEN FRIDAY 5:30 TO MONDAY MORNING, WE GOT PEOPLE
10:57:42 THAT DON'T BELONG ON THE PROPERTY.
10:57:46 WE HAVE HAD CARS STOLEN.
10:57:49 WE HAVE PEOPLE COME IN THERE AND THEY EXPECT US -- YET
10:57:52 THEY WILL CALL US AND SAY WHO IS THIS, WHO IS THAT?
10:57:54 WHAT DID Y'ALL DO.
10:57:56 WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO POLICE OUR PROPERTY.
10:58:00 WHEN Y'ALL HAD SECURITY THERE, Y'ALL DECIDE, NO.
10:58:02 IT WASN'T ENOUGH.
10:58:06 SO WE HAVE TO POLICE OUR OWN SELVES.
10:58:10 AND I COME IN AT 9:00 AT NIGHT.
10:58:12 THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING IS DARK.
10:58:14 I AM SCARED TO WALK UP THE SIDEWALK BECAUSE I DON'T
10:58:16 KNOW WHO IS COMING AROUND THE CORNER.
10:58:17 BUT WE CAN'T HAVE SECURITY.
10:58:19 SO I ASKED HER.
10:58:22 I SAY IF RESIDENTS GET TOGETHER AND PAY FOR SECURITY,
10:58:24 WOULD THAT BE ALL RIGHT?
10:58:26 SHE SAID NO, IT IS NOT ALLOWED.
10:58:33 I WANT TO KNOW WHAT CAN WE DO SINCE YOU GET US CERTAIN
10:58:36 9:00 IN THE MORNING TO 9:00 AT NIGHT.
10:58:39 WE DON'T HAVE NO FREEDOM AS SENIOR CITIZENS.
10:58:39 THANK YOU.
10:58:49 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
10:58:50 >> HELLO.
10:58:52 MY NAME IS ARLENE WASHINGTON.
10:58:56 I AM A RESIDENT AT MADISON HIGHLAND APARTMENT.
10:58:59 AND WE HAVE PEOPLE THERE THAT ARE MOVING OUT THIS MONTH
10:59:02 BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY THE RENT ANYMORE.
10:59:04 AND IT IS WRONG.
10:59:08 IT HURTS MY HEART TO KNOW HOW YOU TREAT SENIORS IN THIS
10:59:09 STATE.
10:59:10 IT IS A SHAME.
10:59:14 AND YOU GUYS OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED FOR NOT TRYING TO HELP
10:59:17 US TO LIVE WHERE WE THINK IT IS NICE TO LIVE.
10:59:21 MOST OF US NOW HAVE TO MOVE OUT TO MOVE INTO PLACES
10:59:24 THAT WE LEFT, THAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO BE IN.
10:59:27 AND WE ARE IN A PLACE THAT IS DECENT AND NICE, AND WE
10:59:29 CAN'T LIVE THERE ANYMORE.
10:59:29 AND IT IS WRONG.
10:59:31 IT MAKES ME CRY AT NIGHT.
10:59:33 I DON'T SLEEP AS WELL AT ALL.
10:59:35 AND I AM ON SECTION 8.
10:59:38 AND I DON'T GET ANY RAISE UNTIL NOVEMBER, AND THEY WILL
10:59:40 RAISE MY RENT.
10:59:43 RIGHT NOW THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO, FROM WHAT I HEAR.
10:59:47 THE ONLY ONES THEY DIDN'T RAISE RATE WAS SECTION 8 AND
10:59:48 THE SOLDIERS, THE VETERANS.
10:59:51 OTHER THAN THAT, THEY RAISED EVERYBODY'S RENT.
10:59:52 WE DON'T EAT RIGHT.
10:59:55 WE DON'T GET OUR MEDICINE RIGHT.
10:59:57 WE DON'T SLEEP RIGHT.
10:59:58 AND IT IS WRONG.
11:00:01 YOU HAVE PARENTS THAT ARE BEING SENIORS.
11:00:03 I GATHER YOU HAVE TAKEN CARE OF YOUR PARENTS, BUT SOME
11:00:05 OF US WHO ARE NOT LIKE THAT.
11:00:08 AND WE ARE ON A FIXED INCOME.
11:00:12 WE DON'T GET RAISES LIKE YOU DO WHEN OFF JOB.
11:00:15 AND IT IS WRONG FOR HOW YOU GUYS ARE TREATING ALL OF
11:00:16 US.
11:00:18 I AM ASHAMED.
11:00:20 AND I LOST MY RESPECT FOR YOU.
11:00:29 IT IS A SHAME.
11:00:31 >> I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW --
11:00:36 >>JOSEPH CITRO: DID YOU ALREADY SPEAK?
11:00:39 >> YES, I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.
11:00:41 I WANT TO KNOW WHO IS OVER DISTRICT --
11:00:45 >>JOSEPH CITRO: PLEASE GO AHEAD.
11:00:48 >> HELLO, COUNCIL.
11:00:55 CAN EVERYBODY STAND UP.
11:00:56 UNITED WE STAND.
11:00:59 DIVIDED WE FALL.
11:01:03 AND THIS IS EVERYBODY STANDING TOGETHER.
11:01:09 OKAY, Y'ALL CAN SIT BACK DOWN.
11:01:14 SO YOU HAVE HEARD THE STORIES OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
11:01:16 IT IS THERAPEUTIC FOR SOME PEOPLE.
11:01:19 PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO GET THINGS DONE.
11:01:22 SOME PEOPLE WHEN THEY COME HERE, THEY SEE ALL THE OTHER
11:01:24 PEOPLE THAT HAVE WHAT'S IN COMMON WITH THEM, BECAUSE
11:01:27 THEY THINK THEY ARE THERE BY THEMSELVES, RIGHT.
11:01:30 SO IT IS A CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS FOR THEM.
11:01:33 BECAUSE THEY -- A LOT OF THEM HAVE NEVER BEEN DOWN
11:01:34 HERE.
11:01:36 SO THIS IS WHERE -- THIS IS -- THIS IS A LEARNING
11:01:39 PROCESS FOR THEM.
11:01:44 RENT STABILIZATION, I AM GLAD THAT THE EAR IS
11:01:46 LISTENING.
11:01:48 I ALWAYS SAID THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION WHETHER
11:01:52 YOU ARE GOING TO BE FOR THE -- FOR THE DEVELOPERS TO
11:01:53 MAKE PROFIT, OR BE FOR THE PEOPLE.
11:01:56 BECAUSE THE PEOPLE ARE WHO VOTES FOR YOU.
11:01:57 NOT THE CORPORATIONS.
11:02:00 THEY PROVIDE YOU WITH MONEY, BUT THE PEOPLE ARE THE
11:02:02 ONES WHO VOTE FOR YOU.
11:02:05 AND THESE ARE THE PEOPLE.
11:02:08 THERE IS NOT ONE THING THAT WAS -- THAT WILL RESOLVE
11:02:09 THIS.
11:02:12 A LANDLORD HERE EARLIER SAYING THAT SHE WAS FIRED.
11:02:13 YOU.
11:02:17 MY QUESTION TO HER WAS, ARE YOU RAISING YOUR RENT, 50,
11:02:19 60, 30%?
11:02:21 SAID NO.
11:02:23 SAID WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT YOU.
11:02:29 SO WITH THAT, MADISON HIGHLAND HAS ISSUES.
11:02:30 RIGHT.
11:02:33 SO THEY ARE GOING -- THEY ARE GOING TO THROW THEIR
11:02:34 FRUSTRATION OUT.
11:02:37 BUT IT IS NOT ONLY CITY COUNCIL.
11:02:38 IT IS COUNTY COMMISSION.
11:02:39 THE STATE REPRESENTATIVES.
11:02:42 IT IS H.U.D.
11:02:45 WHEREIN YOU HEAR A PROBLEM OF A SITUATION THAT HAS TO
11:02:48 DO WITH H.U.D.
11:02:52 OUR PHONE CALLS MAY NOT REACH H.U.D.
11:02:54 YOUR PHONE CALLS MAY REACH HUD.
11:02:58 THE MAYOR'S PHONE CALLS MAY REACH HUD.
11:03:00 SO IT INTERSECTS WITH ONE ANOTHER.
11:03:05 I SENT AN E-MAIL AND I WANT TO APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WHO
11:03:09 -- I MET LUIS BECAUSE DEALT WITH COVID-19 AND
11:03:11 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA WERE COMING.
11:03:14 BUT I SENT AN E-MAIL TO YOU WITH REGARDS TO WHAT
11:03:16 FLORIDA RISE SOMETHING ASKING.
11:03:21 LATE LAST NIGHT BUT I SENT IT.
11:03:24 RIGHT TO COUNCIL.
11:03:27 OFFICE OF TENANT ADVOCACY.
11:03:29 LANDLORD REGISTRY.
11:03:32 TENANT BILL OF RIGHTS MODIFIED.
11:03:34 SO THE LINKS AND EVERYTHING.
11:03:37 THE WORDING AND EVERYTHING IS THERE.
11:03:39 TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA.
11:03:41 BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE INNOVATIVE.
11:03:44 OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING THINGS AND YOU MAY HAVE TO PIECE
11:03:45 THINGS TOGETHER.
11:03:47 YOU MAY HAVE TO TAKE SOMETHING FROM ONE TO TAKE
11:03:48 SOMETHING FROM ANOTHER.
11:03:50 AND IT CAN BE DONE.
11:03:51 SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
11:03:56 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
11:03:58 GO AHEAD.
11:03:59 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I STEPPED OUT OF THE ROOM.
11:04:02 I HEARD EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID IN THE BACK.
11:04:03 BUT THE GENTLEMAN AGAINST THE WALL.
11:04:07 YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO YOUR COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE WAS.
11:04:10 >> ZIP CODE 33603.
11:04:12 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHERE ARE YOU AT EXACTLY.
11:04:13 IT WOULD BE ME LIKELY.
11:04:16 >> I STAY IN WESTSHORE CROSSING.
11:04:19 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU ARE ON ROME AVENUE.
11:04:20 I AM YOUR REPRESENTATIVE.
11:04:22 I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL ACROSS THE STREET AND I DRIVE BY
11:04:23 THERE EVERY DAY.
11:04:25 I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE AT, SIR.
11:04:29 >> WE NEED SOMEONE TO REALLY COME AND LOOK AT THOSE
11:04:29 APARTMENT.
11:04:42 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY, YES, SIR.
11:04:46 >>JOSEPH CITRO: DO WE HAVE ANY MORE PUBLIC COMMENT.
11:04:49 SIR, DO YOU WANT TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM.
11:04:52 >> I DON'T WANT TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM.
11:04:53 MY SENIOR CITIZENS ARE STRUGGLING.
11:04:56 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
11:05:02 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY.
11:05:12 NO YOU ARE NOT.
11:05:14 WE WILL TAKE THREE-MINUTE INTERMISSION.
11:05:15 THANK YOU.
11:15:53 RECESS.
11:15:58 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WE WILL GO TO THE ONLINE SPEAKERS.
11:16:00 MISS MEGAN THOMAS.
11:16:08 ARE YOU WITH US?
11:16:10 MEGAN THOMAS.
11:16:12 ARE YOU WITH US?
11:16:14 ALL RIGHT, MICHAEL RANDOLPH.
11:16:19 ARE YOU THERE?
11:16:20 >> YES, I'M HERE.
11:16:21 CAN YOU HEAR ME?
11:16:23 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. RANDOLPH.
11:16:24 >> THANK YOU.
11:16:26 MY NAME IS MICHAEL RANDOLPH.
11:16:29 I AM WITH THE WEST TAMPA CAC.
11:16:32 TODAY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TWO TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT.
11:16:37 THE FIRST TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT IS KNOWN -- JUST KNOWN AS
11:16:39 NEED ASSESSMENT MODEL.
11:16:42 THIS TYPE OF MODEL IS DRIVEN BY OUTSIDE AGENCIES.
11:16:48 THIS MODEL ALSO CONSISTENCY OF PROGRAMS.
11:16:52 AND THE MODEL WE USE IS WHAT IS CALLED AS THE ABSTRACT
11:16:53 BUILDING MODEL.
11:16:57 IF FOCUSES ON EXEMPTION CAPACITY.
11:17:00 RELATIONSHIP-DRIVEN.
11:17:05 IT PROMOTES SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND IT RECYCLES COMMUNITY
11:17:09 RESOURCES.
11:17:15 ALSO CORE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE RARELY PERCEIVED AS ABSENT.
11:17:20 PERCEIVED AS RECIPIENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND CRIME
11:17:20 PROGRAMS.
11:17:25 IN CONTRAST, AN ASSESS MAPPING APPROACH TO COMMUNITY
11:17:29 DEVELOPMENT BEGINS ON FOCUSING ON THE POTENTIAL
11:17:33 OPPORTUNITY FOR DEVELOPMENT.
11:17:38 CONTRARY TO CONVENTIONAL ASSUMPTION THAT INNER CITY
11:17:43 NEIGHBORHOODS THAT CONSIST OF POOR MARKETS, SOME
11:17:47 STUDIES SUGGEST THE ISSUE IS NOT THE LACK OF INCOME BUT
11:17:50 THE USE OF EXPENDITURES OF PATTERNS.
11:17:54 THAT IS WHAT WE PLAN TO CHANGE IN WEST TAMPA.
11:17:59 A LOCAL ECONOMY FOR RESIDENT INCOME TO THE SPENDING
11:18:06 WAGE THAT SUPPORT COMMUNITIES.
11:18:11 THE MOBILIZING WHATEVER ASPECTS WE HAVE.
11:18:14 AND THE OTHER THING I WANT TO MAKE IS THAT THE WEST
11:18:18 TAMPA CAC WILL BE GIVING A COMMUNITY MEETING ON THE
11:18:21 CURRENT HOUSING CRISIS OF WHICH WE WILL ADDRESS ISSUES
11:18:26 OF HOW DO WE RESOLVE THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE IN ORDER
11:18:28 OTHER TO CHANGE THE NARRATIVE.
11:18:32 ONE THING WE ARE ADVANCING TO THE STATE IS THAT
11:18:36 LANDLORDS RECEIVE WHAT IS KNOWN AS TAX CREDIT.
11:18:38 SO THEY INCREASE THE RENT ON A TENANT.
11:18:40 LET'S SAY 20%.
11:18:45 THEY WILL GET A TAX CREDIT IF THEY ONLY CHARGE THE
11:18:46 TENANT 3%.
11:18:49 THIS WAY EVERYBODY WINS.
11:18:51 THEN YOU HAVE A LAND TRUST.
11:18:56 THIS IS ONLY WHAT WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF
11:18:58 THE HOUSING CRISIS.
11:19:01 MY HEART GOES OUT TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT
11:19:03 TODAY.
11:19:04 WE NEED TO DO BETTER.
11:19:07 WE DO BETTER BY LOOKING AT THINGS DIFFERENTLY.
11:19:08 THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:19:12 AND WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO CITY CLERK FOR GETTING
11:19:13 ME ON TODAY.
11:19:21 AND COMPLAINT TO THE CITY COUNCILMEMBERS, MAYOR AND
11:19:23 MAYOR FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO TALK.
11:19:24 THANK YOU.
11:19:27 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. RANDOLPH.
11:19:30 ERIC GARGUNGO, ARE YOU THERE?
11:19:31 >> GOOD MORNING.
11:19:31 THANK YOU.
11:19:35 I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.
11:19:38 BAY AREA PARTNER ASSOCIATION WHICH REPRESENT THE
11:19:41 APARTMENT INDUSTRY IN THE GREATER TAMPA BAY REGION.
11:19:46 TODAY'S WORKSHOP IS INTENDED TO FOCUS ON MEASURES THAT
11:19:48 CAN ADDRESS THE CURRENT HOUSING CRISIS.
11:19:51 THIS CRISIS IS ROOTED IN A HOUSING SHORTAGE LONG IN THE
11:19:55 MAKING MADE ALL THE WORSE BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
11:19:58 OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, DEMAND FOR HOUSING HAS
11:20:00 SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED THE SUPPLY.
11:20:04 IN ADDITION TO THE ISSUES OF POPULATION, PEOPLE ACROSS
11:20:07 THE COUNTRY HAVE FLOCKED THROUGH OUR REGION BETWEEN
11:20:13 JULY 2020 AND JUNE 2021, SOUGHT MIGRATION OF 67,000
11:20:14 PEOPLE.
11:20:16 TO PUT THIS INTO PERSPECTIVE, LESS THAN 13,000
11:20:20 AVAILABLE APARTMENT IN THE REGION AT THAT TIME.
11:20:22 AT THE START OF THAT PERIOD.
11:20:26 ON TOP OF THIS, WE HAVE ALSO SEEN SIGNIFICANT COST
11:20:28 INCREASES THAT IMPACT APARTMENT CONSTRUCTION AND
11:20:29 OPERATIONS.
11:20:33 THE COST OF WOOD, CEMENT, PAINT, FIXTURES, LAND,
11:20:35 INSURANCE AND SALARIES WHERE PEOPLE WORKING THE
11:20:40 INDUSTRY HAVE ALL GONE UP OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
11:20:43 THIS HOUSING SHORTAGE AND THE COST INCREASES HAVE
11:20:47 CREATED A PERFECT STORM LEADING TO HIGHER RENTAL RATES.
11:20:50 THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION IS TO
11:20:52 GET MORE HOUSING ON TO THE MARKET AS QUICKLY AS
11:20:53 POSSIBLE.
11:20:56 THIS IS SOMETHING THE CITY HAS ALREADY LEADING THE WAY
11:20:57 ON.
11:21:02 OVER THE LAST YEAR, 7500 NEW APARTMENT HOMES HAVE COME
11:21:05 ONTO THE MARKET WITH A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF THESE
11:21:06 IN THE CITY.
11:21:10 AS A RESULT, WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THE VACANCY RATE
11:21:15 CREEP UP FROM LOW OF 4.6% LAST YEAR TO 5.1% IN MARCH.
11:21:22 AN ALIS ARE TRACKING OVER 14,000 -- 14,500 APARTMENT
11:21:28 UNITS CURRENTLY IN CONSTRUCTION WILL OUTPACE DEMAND AND
11:21:29 BUMP UP RATES.
11:21:34 OUR RECOMMENDATIONS IS TO FOCUS TO EXPEDITE SUPPLIES OF
11:21:37 AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS WHICH CONDITION TO SEE LOW
11:21:39 VACANCY RATES.
11:21:42 A FEW IDEAS IS EXPANDING AREAS IN THE CITY WHERE
11:21:46 APARTMENTS CAN BE BUILT, ALLOW DIFFERENT HOUSING
11:21:50 OPTIONS LIKE ADU AND SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING.
11:21:54 AND SB 39 AND 962 SO THERE ARE MORE AREAS WHERE
11:21:56 AFFORDABLE HOUSING CAN BE BUILT.
11:21:57 DEVELOP A PROGRAM TO SUPPORT AND PRESERVE NATURALLY
11:22:01 OCCURRING AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING.
11:22:05 EXPEDITE PROCESSES AND UPDATE VARIOUS REQUIREMENTS LIKE
11:22:06 PARKING RATIOS.
11:22:09 WE ALSO RECOMMEND AVOIDING POLICY OPTIONS THAT WILL
11:22:12 DISCOURAGE NEW SUPPLY.
11:22:16 THIS IS THE PATH FORWARD TO REALLY ADDRESS THE ROOT
11:22:17 CAUSES OF THE CRISIS.
11:22:20 AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
11:22:20 THANK YOU.
11:22:22 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
11:22:25 MR. BRENEL.
11:22:26 ARE YOU ON LINE?
11:22:28 >> YES, SIR, I AM, THANK YOU.
11:22:33 JACOB BRENEL, DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AT TAMPA
11:22:34 REALTORS.
11:22:37 201 WEST KENNEDY BOULEVARD.
11:22:40 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THOSE WHO GAVE FOR THIS COUNTRY,
11:22:42 THEIR DEVOTION, FAMILY AND VERY LIVES.
11:22:44 GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS.
11:22:46 THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO ADDRESS YOU THIS MORNING.
11:22:50 AS AN ASSOCIATION OF OVER 15,000 REALTOR MEMBERS,
11:22:55 GREATER TAMPA REALTORS COMMENDS YOUR EFFORTS TO GATHER
11:22:58 TO GET FEEDBACK AND RESEARCH SOLUTIONS TO REMEDY
11:23:02 TAMPA'S HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND SUPPLY PROBLEM.
11:23:05 OVER THE PAST MONTH, OUR ASSOCIATION HAS SURVEYED TAMPA
11:23:09 RESIDENTS ACROSS SEVERAL DEMOGRAPHICS AND POLITICAL
11:23:13 AFFILIATIONS ON THEIR VIEWS OF RENT CONTROL POLICIES.
11:23:16 WHILE RENT CONTROL POLICIES RECEIVED AN INITIAL BUMP IN
11:23:19 SUPPORT WHEN INTRODUCED, THAT SUPPORT QUICKLY
11:23:23 DISAPPEARS ONCE RESIDENT ARE GIVEN A COMPLETE VIEW OF
11:23:25 THE SITUATION.
11:23:29 FOR EXAMPLE, 63% OF RESPONDENTS AGREED THAT RENT
11:23:34 CONTROLS HAVE NEGATIVE, UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
11:23:37 64% AGREED THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT SHOULD
11:23:40 BE FAST TRACKED TO COMBAT HOUSING SCARCITY.
11:23:45 74% OF DEMOCRATS SUPPORTED PROVIDING MORE HOUSING
11:23:48 INSTEAD OF RENT CONTROL POLICIES, ALONG WITH THE
11:23:51 MAJORITY OF INDEPENDENTS AND REPUBLICANS.
11:23:55 64% SUPPORTED ADDING ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS ON A
11:24:00 PROPERTY TO INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
11:24:03 EXPERTS AGREE THE RENT CONTROL -- THE RENT CONTROLS
11:24:06 SUCH AS INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF NOTICE FOR RENT
11:24:10 INCREASES OR CAPPING RENTS ALL TOGETHER DO NOTHING TO
11:24:12 COMBAT HOUSING SHORTAGES.
11:24:15 AS RECOMMENDED BY CITY STAFF, COUNCIL SHOULD CONSIDER
11:24:19 PRODUCTIVE SOLUTIONS SUCH AS FURTHER FUNDING FOR
11:24:22 TAMPA'S R MAP PROGRAM.
11:24:27 ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO REMOVE REGULATORY BARRIERS THAT
11:24:31 ARTIFICIALLY CONSTRAIN THE SUPPLY OF AFFORDABLE
11:24:34 HOUSING, FEES, BUILDINGS CODES, ENTITLEMENT, GROWTH
11:24:36 RESTRICTIONS AND TAX POLICIES.
11:24:40 A RECENT SUCCESS STORY IS THE CITY OF SALZBURG,
11:24:42 MARYLAND.
11:24:45 FACING A SIMILAR HOUSING CRISIS, THE CITY ENACTED AND
11:24:48 ORDINANCE TO RAISE FEES FOR ALL RESIDENTIAL
11:24:49 DEVELOPMENTS.
11:24:53 THE CITY APPROVED 67 PROJECTS TOTALING 8,000 UNITS
11:24:57 WHICH IS MORE THAN THE TOTAL UNITS BUILT IN THE LAST 22
11:24:58 YEARS.
11:25:00 WITHOUT COMPREHENSIVE CHANGE TO IDENTIFY DEVELOPMENT,
11:25:03 OUR HOUSING SUPPLY WILL CONTINUE TO SHRINK.
11:25:08 GREATER TAMPA REALTORS.
11:25:14 AND WE STAND READY TO ASSIST IN ANY MANNER.
11:25:16 THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED EFFORTS TO ALLEVIATE THIS
11:25:17 PROBLEM.
11:25:18 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
11:25:25 MISS STROHMEYER.
11:25:28 >> HELLO?
11:25:31 I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION OF ORDER HERE.
11:25:34 JUST -- SO RIGHT NOW IS PUBLIC COMMENT.
11:25:38 SO IF WE SPEAK NOW, SAY FOR ITEM 4, THEN WE DON'T SPEAK
11:25:39 LATER, CORRECT?
11:25:41 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THAT'S CORRECT.
11:25:44 >> BUT IF YOU DON'T SPEAK TO, SAY, NUMBER 3, I CAN
11:25:47 SPEAK LATER OR DO I NEED TO DO IT ALL NOW.
11:25:49 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YOU WILL HAVE TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC
11:25:51 COMMENT IN GENERAL.
11:25:54 IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK TO ITEMS NUMBER 3 AND 4, YOU WILL
11:25:58 HAVE TO DO IT AT THAT TIME.
11:26:00 >> EVERYBODY IS SPEAKING ON 4 NOW.
11:26:03 IT IS PUBLIC COMMENT.
11:26:07 I CAN RESERVE MY NUMBER 3 FOR LATER.
11:26:10 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
11:26:12 IF YOU MAKE COMMENTS ON EITHER AGENDA ITEM, WOULD YOU
11:26:14 HAVE TO DO IT AT THAT TIME.
11:26:17 IF YOU WERE JUST MAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS IN GENERAL, NOW
11:26:19 WOULD BE THE TIME.
11:26:19 >> OKAY.
11:26:21 JUST CHECKING.
11:26:21 OKAY.
11:26:23 WELL, I AM GOING TO START NOW.
11:26:29 JEAN STROHMEYER, RESIDENT OF TAMPA, SOUTH TAMPA.
11:26:32 I AM JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SPEAK ON -- ITEM NUMBER
11:26:36 3 IS TALKING OF THE CITY OF TAMPA TAKING OVER COUNTY
11:26:36 ROADS.
11:26:37 ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
11:26:38 REALLY?
11:26:39 THAT IS THE WORST IDEA.
11:26:43 BECAUSE WE SEE THE -- WE SEE THE CONDITIONS OF THE
11:26:44 ROADS IN THE CITY.
11:26:46 AND THEY WANT TO TAKE ON COUNTY ROADS?
11:26:48 THAT IS A VERY BAD IDEA.
11:26:51 JUST -- THAT IS JUST -- JUST USE COMMON SENSE.
11:26:54 SPEAKING OF ALL THIS -- EVERYBODY I HAVE LISTENED TO.
11:26:58 EVERYBODY ARGUMENTS ON RENT CONTROL.
11:27:02 I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT RENT CONTROL HAS BEEN
11:27:04 BANNED IN 37 STATES.
11:27:06 THEY HAVE COMPLETELY BANNED IT.
11:27:09 AND THERE IS A REASON FOR THAT.
11:27:12 OTHER THAN THEY ARE ALLOWED IN A FEW CITIES, OF COURSE,
11:27:15 THESE ARE THE WORST CITIES.
11:27:19 WE HAVE LA, SAN FRANCISCO, WASHINGTON.
11:27:23 SO THERE ARE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES AS THE GENTLEMAN
11:27:24 JUST SAID BEFORE ME.
11:27:28 ACCORDING TO THE BROOKS INSTITUTE, RENT CONTROL EFFECTS
11:27:30 TENANT HOUSING MARKETS.
11:27:33 THEY -- THEY HELP RIGHT NOW, BUT IN THE LONG RUN, IT
11:27:38 DECREASES AFFORDABILITY, FUELS GENTRIFICATION AND
11:27:39 CREATES A NEGATIVE SPILLOVER IN SURROUNDING
11:27:41 NEIGHBORHOODS.
11:27:45 IT ALSO LEADS TO MISMATCH BETWEEN TENANTS AND RENTAL
11:27:46 UNIT.
11:27:51 ONE A TENANT GETS A RENT-CONTROLLED DEPARTMENT MAY NOT
11:27:55 CHOOSE TO MOVE OR GIVE UP RENT CONTROL EVEN IF HOUSING
11:27:55 NEEDS CHANGES.
11:27:59 IT LEAD TO EMPTY NEST LIVING IN FAMILY-SIZED APARTMENTS
11:28:04 AND YOUNG FAMILIES CRAMMED INTO SMALL STUDIOS.
11:28:05 INSUFFICIENT ALLOCATION.
11:28:11 IF RENT RATES ARE BELOW MARKET RATES, RENTERS CAN
11:28:14 CONSUME EXCESSIVE QUALITY OF HOUSING AND RENT CONTROL
11:28:16 CAN LEAD TO DECAY OF THE HOUSING STOCK.
11:28:20 LANDLORDS WILL NOT INVEST IN MAINTENANCE BECAUSE CAN'T
11:28:22 RECOUP BY RAISING RENT.
11:28:26 GENTRIFICATION IN SAN FRANCISCO WAS INTENSIFIED DUE TO
11:28:30 RENT CONTROL AS MANY LANDLORDS CONVERTED RENTAL UNIT
11:28:33 INTO CONDOMINIUMS TO CONFORM TO THE MIDDLE CLASS.
11:28:37 THE MAJORITY OF ECONOMISTS SAY IT BENEFITS THE PEOPLE
11:28:38 TODAY AT THE EXPENSE OF TOMORROW.
11:28:42 I WOULD NEVER SELL MY CHILD OUT AND HAVE HER BE STUCK
11:28:44 IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS KNOWING THAT THE FUTURE IS GOING
11:28:47 TO BE BREAK BY ADOPTING THESE.
11:28:50 AND SOMEBODY ALSO SPOKE OF MIAMI.
11:28:51 THEY JUST DID IT IN MIAMI.
11:28:54 AND EVEN OUR STAFF REPORT SAY IF WE DO THIS, IT IS
11:28:56 GOING TO BE CHALLENGED.
11:29:00 WHEN IT GETS CHALLENGED, IT IS GOING TO LOSE.
11:29:02 I THINK IT IS A VERY BAD IDEA.
11:29:05 IF WE WANT A QUICK FIX, THIS IS NOT HOW TO SOLVE
11:29:08 PROBLEMS WITH QUICK FIXES AND CRAM THESE THINGS
11:29:09 THROUGH.
11:29:11 ANYWAY, LOOK AT THE STUDY.
11:29:15 IT IS A BAD IDEA, EVEN THOUGH IT SOUNDS GOOD IN THEORY.
11:29:19 EVEN OUR OWN STAFF REPORT SAYS NOT A GREAT IDEA.
11:29:21 HAVE A GREAT DAY, Y'ALL.
11:29:25 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MISS STROHMEYER.
11:29:28 IS MISS ESTRADA ON THE LINE.
11:29:31 >>CLERK: CHAIR, SHE DID LOG IN EARLIER BUT NOT LOGGED
11:29:33 IN AT THIS TIME.
11:29:36 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:29:37 GOING BACK TO MISS THOMAS.
11:29:39 IS SHE ON THE LINE?
11:29:41 >>CLERK: SHE IS NOT.
11:29:42 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:29:44 WITHOUT OBJECTION, COUNCILMEMBERS, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE
11:29:48 ITEM NUMBER 4 TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
11:29:50 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SO MOVED.
11:29:51 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
11:29:53 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:29:56 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:29:57 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:29:59 THANK YOU.
11:30:01 MISS TRAVIS.
11:30:06 >>NICOLE TRAVIS: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
11:30:09 I WOULD LIKE TO GET THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION UP,
11:30:14 PLEASE.
11:30:21 SO WE ARE HERE BECAUSE COUNCIL IN JUNE -- EXCUSE ME
11:30:26 FEBRUARY OF -- FEBRUARY 24, 2022, COUNCIL DECLARED A
11:30:29 HOUSING CRISIS IN THE CITY.
11:30:32 YOU ASKED US TO GATHER IDEAS, WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY
11:30:34 FOR THINGS THAT COULD BE IMPLEMENTED TO SOLVE THE
11:30:40 HOUSING PROBLEM SO REALLY WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
11:30:42 EXPANDING HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.
11:30:45 CITY, STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES ARE HELPING TO FUND
11:30:47 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO MEET THE
11:30:50 POPULATION'S GROWING HOUSING NEEDS.
11:30:53 AS HOUSING NEEDS COST GO UP, HOUSEHOLDS LIKE YOU HEARD
11:31:00 THIS MORNING ARE INCREASINGLY BECOMING COST BURDENS BY
11:31:02 THEIR HOUSING.
11:31:05 THAT MEANS THAT MORE OF A THIRD OF THEIR INCOME IS USED
11:31:07 TO PAY FOR HOUSING ALONE.
11:31:10 WE HAVE AN IMMEDIATE AND GROWING NEED FOR HOUSING.
11:31:13 AS COSTS GO UP, MORE HOUSEHOLDS ARE SPENDING MORE OR
11:31:15 PRICED OUT OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
11:31:17 TO ADDRESS THAT NEED, THE CITY WORKING TO CREATE MORE
11:31:19 OPTIONS FOR EVERYONE.
11:31:23 WORK WE ARE DOING IS AN ONGOING EFFORT TO FILL MAYOR
11:31:26 CASTOR AND OUR CITY COUNCIL'S EFFORTS TO FILL A
11:31:29 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR A INCLUSIVE, CONNECTED AND
11:31:31 HEALTHY CITY.
11:31:34 WHEN MAYOR CASTOR TALKED ABOUT NOT TURNING AWAY
11:31:38 DEVELOPERS FROM A MORATORIUM.
11:31:40 SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT ADDRESSING THE SUPPLY PORTION OF
11:31:42 FILLING THIS HOUSING NEED.
11:31:44 IT IS IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND FOR THIS
11:31:47 COUNCIL, FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND NOT A SINGLE
11:31:49 SOLUTION AND YOU HEARD A LOT OF THAT TODAY EXPANDING
11:31:52 HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.
11:31:56 WHERE WE ARE AGGRESSIVELY ESTABLISHING A BLUEPRINT FOR
11:32:01 DESIRE FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTION AND TO
11:32:04 PROVIDE IMMEDIATE RELIEF TO OUR TAMPA RESIDENTS.
11:32:08 THAT BLUEPRINT WILL HAVE MARKET-BASED SOLUTIONS FOR
11:32:09 DEVELOPMENT.
11:32:11 COMPLEMENT EXISTING TOOLS AND RESOURCES.
11:32:14 YOU HEARD SOME OF THIS THIS MORNING OF ENSURING THAT
11:32:23 NEW HOMES ARE BUILT AND AFFORDABLE HOMES ARE BUILT AS
11:32:24 WELL.
11:32:28 A PROGRAM THAT ADDRESSES NEED FOR FAMILIES WITH LOW OR
11:32:29 MODERATE INCOME.
11:32:32 A PROGRAM WITH CLEAR TRANSPARENT PROCESSES AND
11:32:33 OUTCOMES.
11:32:36 A MARKET-PLACED PROGRAM THAT RESPONDS TO THE VARIOUS
11:32:41 MARKET CONDITIONS.
11:32:44 YOU HEARD A LITTLE BIT FROM ONE OF THE CALLERS OF
11:32:45 POLICY REFORM.
11:32:47 THERE ARE POLICY OPPORTUNITIES.
11:32:50 ON FEBRUARY 24 OF THIS YEAR, YOU VOTED FOR THAT
11:32:52 HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
11:32:55 THAT HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS CURRENTLY OUT FOR RFP
11:32:56 RIGHT NOW.
11:32:59 WE ARE HOPING WE CAN DO THAT AWARD AND HAVE A CONTRACT
11:33:03 TO COUNCIL BY THE END OF JULY, EARLY AUGUST TO MOVE
11:33:04 FORWARD WITH THAT.
11:33:07 THAT HOUSE CAN NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS A 12- TO 18-MONTH
11:33:07 PROCESS.
11:33:09 IT WILL BE DONE IN PHASES.
11:33:12 ALONG THAT PROCESS, ONCE IT IS DONE IN PHASES, WE WILL
11:33:16 REPORT TO YOU WHEN A PHASE IS COMPLETE SO YOU HAVE THAT
11:33:18 INFORMATION ALONG THIS TIME.
11:33:20 THAT NEW INFORMATION OR THAT INFORMATION THAT IS
11:33:23 PROVIDED IN THAT HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT MAY HELP US
11:33:25 TO CONTINUE TO GUIDE AND SHAPE PROGRAMS AND POLICIES
11:33:30 ALONG THE WAY.
11:33:32 WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
11:33:38 A PUBLIC SERVER ON THE CITY'S SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM AND
11:33:40 BEST PRACTICES COMPARABLE TO OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
11:33:41 ABOUT ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
11:33:45 AND THEN IN JUNE, WE ARE COMING BACK TO YOU WITH CODE
11:33:46 CHANGES.
11:33:51 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS AN SPECIFIED USE, MULTIFAMILY
11:33:54 RESIDENTIAL, PERMITTED USE IN GENERAL AND COMMERCIAL
11:33:58 INTENSIVE AND ALSO RESTRUCTURING OUR BONUS DENSITY.
11:34:03 AND LASTLY, THE HOUSING LEGISLATION FROM 2020.
11:34:06 THE 2020 LEGISLATIVE SESSION A BILL THAT WAS PASSED
11:34:09 THAT ALLOW LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO OVERRIDE OUR
11:34:12 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND OUR ZONING CODES TO APPROVE
11:34:15 AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUIREMENTS ON PARCELS ZONED FOR
11:34:17 RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL.
11:34:21 SO THIS NEW LAND USE FLEXIBILITY HELP US EXPEDITE
11:34:23 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
11:34:26 WE ARE CURRENTLY SPEAKING FOR THE DEVELOPER NOW FOR THE
11:34:33 FIRST TIME TRYING TO USE HOUSE BILL 1339.
11:34:35 WE HAVE DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.
11:34:38 THE DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR THIS CURRENT
11:34:41 FISCAL YEAR, WE HAVE -- IT PROVIDES UP TO $40,000 FOR
11:34:44 INCOME ELIGIBLE FIRST-TIME HOMBURGS.
11:34:49 IF YOU LOCATED IN THE EAST TAMPA, AN ADDITIONAL FUNDING
11:34:52 OF UP TO $50,000 THAT COULD BE AVAILABLE.
11:34:55 JUST RECENTLY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS WE INCREASED
11:34:58 OUR HOME VALUE PURCHASE PRICE TO $300,000.
11:35:00 WE HAD 19 CLOSINGS TO DATE.
11:35:06 AND THERE ARE 12 APPLICANTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER
11:35:08 CONTRACT.
11:35:12 AS YOU WILL SEE ON THIS SLIDE, THE BUDGETED FUND --
11:35:19 FUNDS THAT WE HAVE TO HELP WITH DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE
11:35:24 AND EAST TAMPA CRA IS MORE THAN $6.5 MILLION AND WE
11:35:30 ENCUMBERED 3.6 OF THAT AMOUNT.
11:35:33 NEXT, I AM GOING TO TALK OF RENTAL AND MOVE-IN
11:35:34 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
11:35:36 THIS IS THE PROGRAM I MENTIONED EARLIER DURING PUBLIC
11:35:37 COMMENTS.
11:35:42 AGAIN, FEBRUARY 24, YOU DECLARING CRISIS.
11:35:45 MARCH 1, YOU APPROVED THE RENTAL AND MOVE-IN ASSISTANCE
11:35:47 PROGRAM FOR AN ADDITIONAL.
11:35:51 FOR $1 MILLION WITH AN ADDITIONAL $4 MILLION.
11:35:57 SO A TOTAL $5 MILLION THAT IS ALLOCATED FOR THIS
11:35:58 PROGRAM.
11:36:03 $5 MILLION IS GENERAL FUND AND UNRESTRICTED AND A LOW
11:36:04 BARRIER PROGRAM.
11:36:07 WE TRY NOT TO MAKE IT CUMBERSOME FOR APPLICANTS TO BE A
11:36:11 PART OF, BUT WHAT YOU WILL SEE HERE, WE HAVE 128
11:36:13 APPLICANTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
11:36:15 38 ACTIONS HAVE BEEN FUNDED.
11:36:18 THAT MEANS PEOPLE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO LIVE
11:36:20 THAT THEY ARE LOOKING TO SIGN A LEASE.
11:36:28 ONCE THEY SIGN THE LEASE, WE WILL BE ABLE TO FUND SOME
11:36:32 OF THEM ARE MOVE-INS AND SOME LEASE RENEWAL.
11:36:36 THE $5 MILLION AND THE 1.4 MILLION IS WHAT IS
11:36:37 ENCUMBERED.
11:36:40 THIS PROGRAM, WE DON'T PAY ALL OF IT UP FRONT.
11:36:44 WE PAY IT TO THE LANDLORD.
11:36:47 MONTH TO MONTH TO ENSURE THAT THE TENANT IS ON THE
11:36:48 PROPERTY.
11:36:53 THE ACTUAL APPLICANT IS OVER 13,000 AND AMI IS BROKEN
11:36:59 OUT ON THE SCREEN FOR YOU.
11:37:05 WITH TAMPA, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE GREAT
11:37:09 NEED THAT TAMPA HOPE IS MEETING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE --
11:37:12 EITHER ON THE STREET HOMELESS OR ARE TRANSITIONING IN
11:37:16 SOME PLACE AND WE HAVE ASSISTED OVER 230 CLIENT AND
11:37:20 THEIR AVERAGE STAY AT TAMPA HOPE IS 43 DAYS.
11:37:22 25% HAVE MOVED INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.
11:37:27 AND THERE ARE -- 100 BEDS OUT THERE ARE FULLY OCCUPIED.
11:37:29 18% ARE EMPLOYED.
11:37:32 5% ARE VETERANS AND 40% REPORT SOME KIND OF SUBSTANCE
11:37:35 ABUSE OR MENTAL HEALTH BARRIERS.
11:37:39 YESTERDAY, YOU OUR HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM HOUSED THREE
11:37:41 INDIVIDUALS ON THE STREET AND HOUSED THEM AT TAMPA
11:37:41 HOPE.
11:37:45 THE ONE THING YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND WITH TAMPA HOPE,
11:37:48 THAT WE DO PROVIDE THE WRAP-AROUND SUPPORT OF CARE THAT
11:37:51 OUR RESIDENTS NEED AS THEY ARE LOOKING FOR PERMANENT,
11:37:57 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
11:37:59 NOTHING PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE THAT IS ONGOING THE
11:38:01 OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB.
11:38:04 THESE ARE FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THEIR HOME BUT
11:38:08 OTHERWISE COULD NOT AFFORD THE COST OF REPAIRING THEIR
11:38:12 HOME, WHETHER IT IS ROOF, WATER HEATER, OR JUST OTHER
11:38:15 THINGS TO THE PROPERTY.
11:38:18 WE HAVE 46 HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING HELPED
11:38:18 RIGHT NOW.
11:38:25 THERE IS A WAIT LIST OF 131.
11:38:28 AND WE HAVE SEVEN THAT ARE CLOSING THIS WEEK AND NEXT
11:38:28 WEEK.
11:38:32 SOMEONE MENTIONED EARLIER CONTRACTED WORKSHOP OR SOME
11:38:36 LEVEL OF WORKSHOP TO GET MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN OUR
11:38:36 PROGRAMS.
11:38:39 WE HAVE FOUR WORKSHOPS IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
11:38:41 25 COMPANIES PARTICIPATING.
11:38:44 16 OF THOSE ARE GENERAL CONTRACTORS.
11:38:48 RESULTED IN SIX NEW CONTRACTORS THAT WERE CERTIFIED.
11:38:51 AND 12 CONTRACTORS WERE RECERTIFIED.
11:38:54 WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING A CERTIFICATION
11:38:55 LIST OF SUBCONTRACTORS.
11:39:00 NOT ALL HELP THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AT THESE HOMES
11:39:01 REQUIRE A GENERAL CONTRACTOR.
11:39:03 SOME OF THEM ARE SUBS AND WE ARE DEVELOPING THAT LIST
11:39:11 TO HELP MORE PEOPLE SPECIFIC TO THEIR NEEDS SO THE NEXT
11:39:15 CONTRACTED WORKSHOP WILL BE IN FALL OF 2022.
11:39:20 WITH THE OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB, THE WEST TAMPA CRA HAVE
11:39:24 APPROVED A PROGRAM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY A THIRD-PARTY
11:39:25 ADMINISTRATOR.
11:39:29 THAT RFP IS CURRENTLY OUT AND CLOSES ON JUNE 7.
11:39:31 AFTER THAT WE WILL HAVE A COMMITTEE TO REVIEW IT AND
11:39:38 HOPE TO HAVE A CONTRACT TO COUNCIL BY JULY OR AUGUST
11:39:43 AFTER SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR.
11:39:46 WE ARE ABLE TO EVALUATE THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY AND TO
11:39:48 HELP AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.
11:39:51 WE WILL HAVE THE THIRD PARTY ADMINISTERING AND AT THAT
11:39:54 POINT ONCE WE HAVE ENOUGH DATA WE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS.
11:39:58 OUR GOAL IS TO HELP AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN AS FAST AS
11:39:59 POSSIBLE.
11:40:02 WE ALSO HAVE THE INFILL PHASE TWO PROGRAM, WHERE WE HAD
11:40:10 17 LOTS THAT WERE AWARDED IN JUNE 20 -- JUNE 22, 2021
11:40:13 WITH 11 DEVELOPERS THAT WERE AWARDED THROUGH RFP
11:40:14 PROCESS.
11:40:17 THE FIRST HOME IS BEING DELIVERED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF
11:40:20 WEEKS ON JUNE 7.
11:40:24 THIS INCLUDES SEVEN NEW CITY PARTNER.
11:40:27 THREE HOMES ARE AT 50% AREA MEDIAN INCOME AND 14 HOMES
11:40:30 REALITY THAT 80% AMI.
11:40:36 WE BEGAN PERMITTING THOSE 17 HOME BACK IN NOVEMBER AND
11:40:39 DECEMBER OF 2021.
11:40:44 WE ALSO PROVIDED WATER CAPACITY FEE CREDIT AND AVERAGE
11:40:48 ASSISTANCE FOR THAT IS ABOUT $1,000 PER HOME.
11:40:51 INFILL PHASE 3, WE ARE EXPECTING TO BE ONLINE COMING
11:40:54 THIS FALL.
11:40:58 AND THEN LASTLY, WE ARE TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE WHO WANT
11:41:00 TO OWN THEIR HOME.
11:41:06 WE ARE PROVIDING A HOMEOWNERS -- HOMEOWNERSHIP EVENT
11:41:10 JUNE 25, 2022 AT THE CONVENTION CENTER.
11:41:13 THEY ARE GOING TO BE MULTIPLE WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO GET
11:41:16 ASSISTANCE, BUT PARTICULARLY, THIS IS FOR -- IF WOULD
11:41:19 YOU LIKE TO OWN YOUR HOME AND RECEIVE INFORMATION TO
11:41:20 GET QUALIFIED.
11:41:20 WE WILL DO THAT.
11:41:24 IF PEOPLE SHOW UP THAT ARE NOT YET READY TO PURCHASE A
11:41:26 HOME AND STILL NEED ASSISTANCE, WE WILL HAVE PEOPLE
11:41:28 THERE TO HELP AS WELL.
11:41:31 AND EARLIER, YOU PUT A SLIDE ON THE ELMO THAT GAVE YOU
11:41:35 A NUMBER FOR PEOPLE TO CALL IF THEY REQUIRE ASSISTANCE
11:41:38 WITH THE RENTAL AND MOVE-IN ASSISTANCE.
11:41:41 WE OPIOIDS UP A SECOND LINE, SO THE NUMBERS ON THE
11:41:44 SCREEN FOR ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO GET
11:41:49 ASSISTANCE, THE RENTAL MOVE-IN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
11:41:51 WE HAVE A WAIT LIST GOING ON AND WE ARE QUALIFYING
11:41:53 PEOPLE AS FAST AS WE CAN.
11:41:54 THE PROGRAM IS WORKING.
11:41:57 AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
11:41:59 I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
11:42:00 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:42:02 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
11:42:04 PRESENTATION, MISS TRAVIS.
11:42:07 YOU NODE AID MEETING WITH CHIEF BENNETT YESTERDAY.
11:42:10 AND I ASKED MY REQUEST FOR THE UPCOMING BUDGET THAT WE
11:42:15 PUT MORE MONEY INTO OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB.
11:42:18 I THINK THAT IS THE WAY THAT WE CAN REALLY GET THE
11:42:20 HOUSING STOP.
11:42:25 A LOT OF HOUSING STOP IN THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN THAT IS
11:42:26 DILAPIDATED.
11:42:28 THAT IS IN PROBATE.
11:42:29 PEOPLE ARE DIED.
11:42:30 DON'T KNOW THE FAMILY.
11:42:32 A LOT OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE CAN DO.
11:42:35 I ASKED FOR RESEARCH OF A POLICY.
11:42:38 AND MY PREMISE OF THE WHOLE MATTER IS IF WE HAVE
11:42:42 UNRESTRICTED DOLLARS THAT CAN GO TO OWNER-OCCUPIED
11:42:47 REHAB OR REHAB, WE CAN SAVE A LOT OF STUFF.
11:42:50 WE HAVE A LOT OF VAGRANTS IN SOME OF THOSE PLACES THAT
11:42:53 ARE RUN DOWN AND CREATE DRUG PROBLEMS.
11:42:55 HOMELESSNESS IS GOING ON AND SOME OF THAT CAN BE
11:42:58 FLIPPED BACK TO US IF WE TAKE CONTROL OF IT.
11:43:00 AND WE CAN HAVE SOME AFFORDABILITY IN THOSE
11:43:01 COMMUNITIES.
11:43:03 ONE BIG PART OF THAT.
11:43:06 I WAS LISTENING TO -- WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT ZONING.
11:43:09 AND I AM HOPING WE ARE LOOKING AT INCLUSIONARY ZONING
11:43:12 AS WELL, AS A BIG PART OF COMMUNITIES.
11:43:16 I THINK THAT WILL HELP GIVE A MIXTURE OF A COMMUNITY TO
11:43:16 EVERYBODY.
11:43:18 POOR PEOPLE.
11:43:19 RICH PEOPLE.
11:43:21 MIDDLE-INCOME PEOPLE, WHATEVER.
11:43:23 RESOURCES IN COMMUNITIES SO WE DON'T GET BACK TO THIS
11:43:27 RED LINING WHERE WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL EXCLUDE
11:43:29 CERTAIN CLASSES OF PEOPLE.
11:43:32 THE PREMISE THAT WE DON'T DO THAT AS A CITY ANYMORE AND
11:43:37 LOOK AT THE CITY FOR A WHOLE AND HAVE EVERYONE BENEFIT
11:43:39 AND HELPS EVERYBODY GROW.
11:43:44 NUMBER THREE, AS I WAS LISTENING TO THE CALLERS, -- I
11:43:48 THINK HE SAID SALISBURY, MARYLAND, HOW THEY TOOK AWAY
11:43:53 THE FEES TO TRY TO GET THE AFFORDABILITY UP, TO TRY TO
11:43:54 GET MORE HOUSING.
11:43:55 MAYBE WE CAN LOOK AT THAT.
11:43:57 SOMETIMES PLACES DOCTOR OTHER PLACES HAVE OTHER IDEAS
11:43:59 THAT WE CAN LOOK AT.
11:44:00 I THOUGHT THAT COULD BE A WAY.
11:44:04 I HEAR CONTRACTORS ALWAYS SAYING THE FEES HURT THEM
11:44:07 SOMETIMES DO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
11:44:10 MAYBE A PERIOD OF TIME WE CAN STOP THAT TO GET THOSE
11:44:14 DEVELOPERS AND HAVE THAT IN TO BE ABLE TO HAVE LESS OF
11:44:17 THEIR PAY COME OUT AND DO MORE TO HELP US WHAT A OUR
11:44:18 NEEDS ARE AT THIS TIME.
11:44:19 MAYBE WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT.
11:44:22 I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO HEAR.
11:44:26 AND LASTLY FOR ME, WE TALK ABOUT THE MIAMI MODEL, BUT
11:44:30 WE ALSO TALK ABOUT -- I HAD MEETING WITH SOME GROUPS OF
11:44:33 THE LANDLORD COMPLAINT REGISTRY THAT GAINESVILLE HAS
11:44:37 THAT TAKES DOLLARS IN TO HELP WITH AFFORDABILITY AND
11:44:38 HOUSING.
11:44:41 SO I WILL LISTEN SO SOME OF THE OTHER GENTLEMEN AND
11:44:44 LADIES WITH REFERENCE -- I KNOW YOU HAVE QUESTION OF
11:44:48 THE MINORITY AND POVERTY REGISTRY AND I WILL PROBABLY
11:44:52 CHIME IN LATER ON TO SEE IF THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO
11:44:54 OR SOMETHING WE CAN DO RIGHT AWAY, BUT -- AND, AGAIN,
11:44:58 WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT -- I NEVER SAY "RENT CONTROL."
11:45:01 I DON'T LIKE THAT WORD "CONTROL."
11:45:03 FLORIDA IS A PROPERTY STATE.
11:45:05 PEOPLE HAVE CONTROL OF THEIR PROPERTY.
11:45:08 I DO BELIEVE IN RENT STABILIZATION.
11:45:11 BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO STABILIZE AT SOME POINT.
11:45:17 TAXES WENT UP IN THE CITY 20% TOMORROW, YOU WOULD HAVE
11:45:20 EVERYBODY FROM ALL CLASSES, RACING HECK OF 20% OF TAXES
11:45:23 BEING RAISED IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
11:45:26 AND WE WILL FIND A WAY TO STOP IT OR FIND A WAY TO DO
11:45:27 SOMETHING.
11:45:32 I DO BELIEVE THAT RENT STABILIZATION COULD BE A WAY TO
11:45:34 KIND OF SLOW IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
11:45:37 I DON'T THINK IT WILL HURT DEVELOPERS COMING HERE TO
11:45:40 DEVELOP, BUT I DO THINK IT WILL BE A WAY TO HAVE
11:45:41 AFFORDABILITY FOR EVERYBODY.
11:45:43 NOT JUST PEOPLE WHO ARE POOR.
11:45:48 MIDDLE CLASS AND UPPER CLASS TO SLOW IT DOWN AND BUILD
11:45:49 IT UP A LITTLE BIT.
11:45:50 GROWTH IS STILL GOING TO HAPPEN.
11:45:51 IT IS GOING TO TURN.
11:45:56 YOU CAN'T LOOK AT A CITY WHERE WE SAY 50% TO 60% RENT
11:45:58 INCREASE AND THE PAY IS NOT INCREASING.
11:46:02 ONE LADY IS RIGHT GOING $15, AND THEY ARE REDUCING THE
11:46:03 HOURS THAT THEY ARE WORKING.
11:46:05 SO IF YOU WERE REDUCING THE HOURS THAT THEY ARE
11:46:10 WORKING, YOU ARE STILL NOT -- PEOPLE ARE RAISING HOLY
11:46:13 HECK THAT THEY ARE GETTING UNDERPAID.
11:46:14 BUT NOT SOLVING THE ST. LOUIS.
11:46:17 I AM IN FAVOR OF RENT STABILIZATION.
11:46:20 I AM LOOKING AT SOME DOCUMENTS HERE THAT MR. MIRANDA
11:46:21 BROUGHT.
11:46:23 AND SAID HOW DO WE SOLVE THIS.
11:46:27 I SAID MR. MIRANDA, NO EASY FIX, BUT YOU START BY
11:46:31 SAYING HOW DO WE LOOK AT THE MONEY MARKET IF IT IS 3%,
11:46:34 4%, JUST TO START THE YEAR TO KIND OF GET PEOPLE A
11:46:36 CHANCE TO CATCH UP.
11:46:38 THE PAY INCREASES ARE NOT INCREASING.
11:46:40 THOSE ARE THE THINGS I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT.
11:46:46 I WILL RESERVE MY TIME AT THE END FOR ANY -- FOR ANY
11:46:50 MOTIONS BUT THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS.
11:46:51 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
11:46:52 >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS
11:46:55 PRESENTATION, BUT THERE IS ONE REALLY GLARING THING I
11:46:58 NOTICE ABOUT IT, AND THAT IT IS REALLY HELPING
11:47:00 HOMEOWNERS.
11:47:01 AND I THINK THAT IS FABULOUS.
11:47:03 I AM GLAD THE CITY IS FOCUSED ON THAT.
11:47:08 WE NEED TO HELP PEOPLE FIX UP THEIR HOMES, BUT RIGHT
11:47:11 NOW, WE ARE HEARING THAT OVER HALF OF THE CITIZENS OF
11:47:13 TAMPA ARE RENTERS.
11:47:17 SO WE NEED TO FOCUS ON WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THEM.
11:47:20 SO I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
11:47:24 RIGHT NOW WE HAVE $5 MILLION IN RMAP.
11:47:25 AND I KNOW THAT IS NOT ENOUGH.
11:47:29 BUT IF YOU WERE QUEEN OF THE WORLD, HOW MUCH MONEY --
11:47:31 JUST TO STABILIZE.
11:47:40 TO STABILIZE RENTS, COULD WE USE.
11:47:43 >>NICOLE TRAVIS: HARD FOR ME TO PUT A DOLLAR AMOUNT TO
11:47:48 THAT BECAUSE WE DO NOT CONTROL THE PROPERTY NOR -- SO
11:47:51 -- THERE IS NO WAY TO PREDICT WHAT LANDLORDS ARE GOING
11:47:52 TO INCREASE THEIR RENTS TO.
11:47:56 THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT WITHIN OUR CONTROL.
11:47:59 I DO BELIEVE THAT THE RMAP PROGRAM IS A PROGRAM THAT
11:48:02 WILL PROVIDE THAT GAP ASSISTANCE.
11:48:06 RIGHT NOW WE ARE AT $1.4 MILLION AND TRYING TO PUSH IT
11:48:14 OUT AS FAST AS WE CAN WITH THE SMALL TEAM THAT WE HAVE.
11:48:17 WE HAVE A LIST OF 2500 PEOPLE ON OUR WAITING LIST TO
11:48:19 TRY TO BE CLEAR.
11:48:20 PART OF THE PROBLEM IS SUPPLY.
11:48:23 TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION AS TO WHAT AMOUNT OF MONEY
11:48:27 WOULD HELP STABILIZE, YOU CAN'T REALLY PUT A DOLLAR
11:48:30 AMOUNT TO THAT OF SOMETHING WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER.
11:48:34 I DO THINK THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE TO FUND THE RMAP
11:48:38 PROGRAM IN THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR TO CONTINUE TO DO
11:48:39 THAT.
11:48:42 AND WE WILL MAKE ADJUSTMENTS ONCE WE -- WE -- WE
11:48:49 EXTENDED $1.4 MILLION SINCE MARCH 1.
11:48:52 YEAH, I REALLY CAN'T PUT A DOLLAR AMOUNT.
11:48:56 REGARDING HOUSING, EASILY, YOU CAN PUT $100 MILLION
11:48:56 TOWARD IT.
11:48:59 WE CAN'T BUILD THE HOUSES FAST ENOUGH.
11:49:01 YOU SAW WITH THE INFILL HOUSING PROGRAM.
11:49:03 YOU ISSUED THAT IN JULY.
11:49:05 PULLED PERMITS IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, AND NOW THEY
11:49:07 ARE COMING ONLINE IN JUNE.
11:49:08 >>LYNN HURTAK: I AGREE.
11:49:13 AND THAT'S OWNER, WHICH IS, AGAIN -- I THINK THAT IS
11:49:14 GREAT.
11:49:16 BUT I THINK THAT THIS CONVERSATION NEEDS TO BE ABOUT
11:49:17 RENTERS.
11:49:19 NOT OWNERS.
11:49:23 AND I JUST DID -- I DID SOME QUICK MATH.
11:49:26 SO IF YOU WERE TELLING ME 2500 PEOPLE ON THE WAITING
11:49:29 LIST AND EVERYBODY GETS AN AFTER $1600?
11:49:36 >>NICOLE TRAVIS: I THINK 13, $13,600.
11:49:39 >>LYNN HURTAK: I TRY TO DO THE MATH ON THAT.
11:49:41 THEN MY MATH ISN'T RIGHT.
11:49:46 THE QUICK MATH WITH 1600 WAS 4.5 MILLION.
11:49:48 14.5 MILLION, SORRY.
11:49:50 WE WOULD PROBABLY --
11:49:52 >>NICOLE TRAVIS: $34 MILLION.
11:49:55 >>LYNN HURTAK: 34 MILLION.
11:49:56 SO, I MEAN.
11:50:02 I CHALLENGE US TO FIND -- WE HAVE TO FIND THAT.
11:50:04 >>NICOLE TRAVIS: I DON'T DISAGREE THAT WE HAVE TO FIND
11:50:07 AND YOU CAN PUT ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO THAT.
11:50:10 A BIG PART OF THE PROBLEM IS SUPPLY.
11:50:15 WE ARE STRUGGLING TO FIND SUPPLY IN -- TRYING -- THE
11:50:18 PROGRAM ALSO IS HELPING PEOPLE TO HAVE -- TO STABILIZE
11:50:22 THEIR HOUSING SO THEY DON'T HAVE MOVE OUT ONCE THE RENT
11:50:25 INCREASES ONCE THEY COME TO THEIR LEASE RENEWAL.
11:50:28 THEY CAN AT LEAST STAY IN THE UNIT THAT THEY ARE IN.
11:50:32 IF THEY LEAVE, WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO GO?
11:50:33 >>LYNN HURTAK: THEN I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION.
11:50:39 AND I KNOW -- ONCE WE HAVE ALL SAID OUR PEACE, WE WILL
11:50:40 PIGGYBACK ON TOPICS.
11:50:43 >>NICOLE TRAVIS: SURE.
11:50:46 >>LYNN HURTAK: THE OTHER ISSUE THAT CONCERNS ME THE
11:50:48 MOST IS -- AND I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THIS BEFORE AND I
11:50:49 TALKED TO STAFF.
11:50:57 WHAT CAN WE TO DO INCENTIVIZE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN
11:51:02 THESE MULTIFAMILY NOT 5%, 10%, BUT 20%.
11:51:06 WHAT WILL THINGS LIKE COUNCILMAN GUDES JUST MENTIONED
11:51:09 THAT CITY --
11:51:11 >>NICOLE TRAVIS: IN SALISBURY.
11:51:12 >>LYNN HURTAK: IN THE NORTHEAST.
11:51:14 GREAT THEY WERE ABLE TO GET HOUSING IN.
11:51:19 AND THAT'S -- WHILE IN THEORY ADD BE MORE HOUSING DOES
11:51:26 HELP STABILITY FOR THOSE WHO ARE ON THE LOWER AMI, I --
11:51:30 I FEEL LIKE WE COULD DO MORE AS A CITY TO REALLY
11:51:36 INCENTIVIZE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHEN IT COMES TO THESE
11:51:37 PROJECTS.
11:51:40 I AM TIRED SEE PROJECTS COME IN FRONT OF US THAT DON'T
11:51:42 -- I HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN HERE THIS LONG.
11:51:44 THEY ARE COMING IN FRONT OF US AND HAVE NO AFFORDABLE
11:51:45 HOUSING.
11:51:52 AND THAT IS JUST NOT ACCEPTABLE.
11:51:54 >>NICOLE TRAVIS: SO RIGHT NOW YOUR CODE DOESN'T
11:51:58 REQUIRE -- YOUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIRE --
11:52:00 >>LYNN HURTAK: HOW CAN WE MAKE IT REQUIRE.
11:52:03 >>NICOLE TRAVIS: YOU AS A LEGISLATIVE BODY IS
11:52:05 RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE MORE THAN
11:52:06 ANYTHING.
11:52:08 WE ARE PROPOSING IN JUNE SOME OPTIONS OF HOW TO DO
11:52:09 THAT.
11:52:12 BONUS DENSITY IS ONE WAY TO DO THAT FOR OUR DEVELOPER
11:52:16 THAT ARE ASKING FOR -- FOR ADDITIONAL DENSITY TO
11:52:21 LINKING THAT SOMEHOW TO AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING NUMBER OF
11:52:22 UNITS.
11:52:25 YOU WILL SEE PROJECTS THAT COME BEFORE YOU.
11:52:28 I DON'T WANT TO GET SUPER TECHNICAL, BUT PROJECTS
11:52:31 BEFORE YOU FOR ZONING MATTERS.
11:52:35 YOU -- IT IS NOT REQUIRED IN YOUR -- NOT REQUIRED IN
11:52:38 YOUR CODE RIGHT NOW AND YOU CAN NOT REQUIRE THEM TO DO
11:52:39 THAT IN A ZONING CASE.
11:52:43 WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELF, LIKE A QUID PRO
11:52:44 QUO THING.
11:52:49 AND MY ATTORNEYS WILL PROBABLY TACKLE ME IN A MINUTE,
11:52:55 BUT WHEN WE CAN, WE NEED TO DO IT.
11:52:59 YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE AS A LEGISLATIVE BODY FOR THE LAND
11:52:59 DEVELOPMENT CODE.
11:53:00 THAT IS SOMETHING YOU CONTROL.
11:53:03 WHAT WE ARE PRESENTING IN JUNE ARE SOME OPTIONS WE CAN
11:53:05 DO WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE TO HELP WITH THE
11:53:08 SUPPLY, ATTACKING IT FROM THAT LEGISLATIVE ANGLE AS
11:53:09 WELL.
11:53:11 WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS, BUT THERE ARE SOME
11:53:15 LITTLE HANGING TRUTH, THINGS WE CAN DO SOONER RATHER
11:53:19 THAN LATER.
11:53:20 >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
11:53:22 >>NICOLE TRAVIS: YOU ARE WELCOME.
11:53:23 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:53:25 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:53:28 I APPRECIATE COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK AND COUNCILMAN GUDES
11:53:29 FOR THEIR COMMENTS.
11:53:30 THEY SAID A LOT.
11:53:32 I BELIEVE -- TAMPA IS THE GREATEST CITY IN AMERICA.
11:53:35 AT LEAST MY FAVORITE CITY; HOWEVER, WE CAN'T HAVE WHAT
11:53:36 IS GOING ON.
11:53:39 WE CAN'T HAVE PEOPLE ON THE VERGE OF HOMELESSNESS,
11:53:43 SENIORS THAT ARE WORRIES ON FIXED INCOME, PEOPLE ON
11:53:46 DISABILITY AND THE RENTAL ISSUE, THE CRISIS THAT WE
11:53:49 HAVE RIGHT NOW.
11:53:52 YOU MENTIONED IN JUNE YOU WILL BRING BACK SEVERAL
11:53:53 OPTIONS.
11:53:56 >>NICOLE TRAVIS: WE HAVE A WORKSHOP IN JUNE.
11:53:58 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE CAN LOOK AT THAT.
11:54:02 WE HAVE WHAT I MADE THE MOTION WITH THE TRIPLEXES AND
11:54:07 QUADS AND WHATNOT TO SEE TO HELP CREATE NEW TYPE OF
11:54:09 AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
11:54:11 >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THAT WILL BE IN JUNE AS WELL.
11:54:16 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WILL BE IN JUNE WELL.
11:54:19 WE HAVE SEVERAL OPTIONS AND TOOLS WITHIN REASON.
11:54:23 WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF THE LAW THAT WE CAN DO AS A
11:54:24 LEGISLATIVE BODY.
11:54:26 THIS ISN'T GOING TO STOP ANY TIME SOON.
11:54:29 I SEE HOW THE STOCK MARKET IS WORKING OR HOW IT IS
11:54:29 BEING AFFECTED.
11:54:33 HOW INTEREST RATES ARE RISING, BUT THE DEMAND IS STILL
11:54:33 HERE.
11:54:35 PEOPLE ARE STILL COMING HERE FROM NEW YORK AND
11:54:39 CALIFORNIA AND ALL THESE PLACES WHERE IT'S CHEAPER FOR
11:54:40 THEM TO COME DOWN HERE.
11:54:42 WE DON'T HAVE THE STATE INCOME TAX.
11:54:45 WE DON'T HAVE -- WHAT IS $2 MILLION IN NEW YORK IS
11:54:48 $80,000 HERE.
11:54:49 STILL NOT AFFORDABLE.
11:54:52 WE ARE PRICING TAMPA PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR OWN TAMPA
11:54:52 COMMUNITY.
11:54:54 AND THAT IS NOT RIGHT.
11:54:58 SO I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
11:55:00 I SEE ABBYE FEELEY HERE.
11:55:02 I SEE THE ENTIRE TEAM.
11:55:04 I SEE JOHN BENNETT.
11:55:04 WE HAVE TO DO MORE.
11:55:08 IF NOT, WE BECOME A VICTIM OF OUR OWN SUCCESS, BUT THE
11:55:10 SUCCESS IS BENEFITING THE PEOPLE WITH THE MEANS AND THE
11:55:12 MONEY THAT CAN AFFORD.
11:55:13 WHAT ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE?
11:55:15 YOU KNOW, I AM BORN AND RAISED HERE.
11:55:18 FIRST GENERATION SON OF IMMIGRANT JUST LIKE A LOT OF
11:55:21 PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM HAVE BEEN HERE THEIR ENTIRE LIVES.
11:55:25 AND THE FIRST TIME, THEY ARE FACED NOT BEING ABLE TO
11:55:27 AFFORD LIVING IN THEIR -- THEIR OWN COMMUNITY THAT THEY
11:55:30 GREW UP IN.
11:55:32 SO I MENTIONED EARLIER, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION
11:55:35 AT THE END WITH THE TENANT ADVOCACY OFFICE.
11:55:38 WE WILL SEE WHATEVER MOTIONS.
11:55:41 WHAT OTHER THINGS COUNCILMEMBERS BRING UP, BUT THE
11:55:44 PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN, AND WE KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON.
11:55:46 WE HAVE TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO EASE THE SITUATION.
11:55:50 THANK YOU.
11:55:52 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:55:53 [APPLAUSE]
11:55:55 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
11:55:58 AND I AGREE WITH THE COMMENTS THAT WERE JUST MADE.
11:56:01 IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING -- YOU KNOW IT IS
11:56:04 HAPPENING NATIONALLY, BUT FLORIDA IS REALLY GETTING HIT
11:56:05 HARDER THAN OTHER AREAS.
11:56:10 AND IT SEEMS TO BE ONE OF THE CENTERS -- OF THE EYE OF
11:56:14 THE STORM IS THE TAMPA BAY AREA WHERE RENTS HAVE GONE
11:56:18 UP 27% SINCE THE START OF THE YEAR THAT DOES NOT APPEAR
11:56:19 TO BE SLOWING DOWN.
11:56:22 IT IS SAD BECAUSE FOLKS, YOU KNOW, WANTED TO SLOW DOWN.
11:56:25 PEOPLE ARE SAYING, HEY, INSTEAD OF 27%.
11:56:26 LET'S DO 10%.
11:56:31 BUT 10% WOULD HAVE BEEN ATROCIOUS TWO, THREE YEARS AGO.
11:56:34 PEOPLE ARE JUST LOOKING TO MAKE THE PAY MORE MANAGEABLE
11:56:35 AND WE SHOULDN'T BE THERE.
11:56:40 I SEE THIS AS FORCES THAT ARE GOING THROUGH OUR STATE,
11:56:42 THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE AN ATTACK ON THE
11:56:47 WORKING-CLASS, THE MIDDLE CLASS, AND PEOPLE DES OFFICER
11:56:50 RATLEY TRYING AND WORKING HARD TO GET IN THE
11:56:52 WORKING-CLASS AND GET IN THE MIDDLE CLASS AND JUST TO
11:56:54 STAY WHERE THEY ARE AT.
11:56:57 WAGES AS COUNCILMAN GUDES SAID.
11:56:59 WAGES GO UP.
11:57:00 FOR SOME, RIGHT.
11:57:03 BUT IT GETS EATEN AWAY.
11:57:08 WE HAVE INFLATION UP 8, 9% IN GENERAL.
11:57:10 GAS BEING WHERE IT IS AT.
11:57:11 THINGS ARE OUT OF CONTROL.
11:57:19 WE ARE LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK AND LIVING ON A
11:57:20 FIXED INCOME, ETC.
11:57:22 IT IS REALLY, REALLY TORTURE.
11:57:25 WHAT I WANT TO SEE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS WHAT I CALL
11:57:28 TRIAGE HELP, WHICH IS FOR IMMEDIATE HELP RIGHT HERE,
11:57:33 RIGHT NOW, RIGHT WITH THE FUNDS -- THE THINGS THAT YOU
11:57:34 ARE TALKING ABOUT WHICH IS PROVIDING MONETARY
11:57:38 ASSISTANCE THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA CAN PROVIDE.
11:57:40 AND ALSO THE PARTNERS CAN PROVIDE.
11:57:42 WE HAVE GOT THE COUNTY.
11:57:44 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, IT HAS TONS OF MONEY.
11:57:47 I KNOW THEY WILL BE MAKING GOOD INVESTMENTS.
11:57:50 WE HAVE ALSO GOT TO LOOK AT THE STATE OF FLORIDA, ETC.
11:57:54 BUT I WANT TRIAGE TYPE HELP TO HELP DEAL WITH THE
11:57:55 CRISIS.
11:57:58 AS COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO SAID, I WILL SUPPORT STRONGLY
11:58:03 AN ADVOCATE FOR -- FOR HOUSING ACCESS AND TENANT ACCESS
11:58:05 AN DIGNITY HERE.
11:58:08 AND WE GOT TO MAKE LONG-TERM CHANGES AS COUNCILWOMAN
11:58:12 HURTAK SAID BY LOOKING AT CODE ISSUES.
11:58:16 THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I THINK THAT WE AS WE PUSH
11:58:19 FORWARD CAN REALLY MAKE ROBUST CHANGES ON AN ISSUE THAT
11:58:22 IS A REAL CRISIS FOR PEOPLE, BUT THE NUMBER ONE THING,
11:58:25 AGAIN, AS I SAID BEFORE IN MY REMARKS THAT WE CAN TO DO
11:58:28 SHOW PEOPLE HERE THAT YOUR VALUABLE TIME HERE HAS BEEN
11:58:31 FOR SOMETHING IS TO GET A TENANT ADVOCATE HERE IN THE
11:58:33 CITY OF TAMPA.
11:58:38 AGAIN, IT PULLS TOGETHER RESOURCES AND INFORMS THE
11:58:40 COMMUNITY WHERE THOSE DOLLARS ARE AT.
11:58:43 SO I WILL BE GLAD TO SUPPORT THAT 110%.
11:58:44 THANK YOU.
11:58:46 [APPLAUSE]
11:58:47 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:58:49 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:58:51 THERE ARE OTHER THINGS WE HAVE TO DO.
11:58:53 AND I AM SURE YOU ARE DOING SOME OF THEM ALREADY.
11:58:56 BUT WE HAVE TO REVIEW ALL THE HOUSING STOCK WE HAVE
11:58:59 THAT NEEDS REPAIRS.
11:59:02 TO STOP THAT BEING MUCH MORE DRASTIC AND MUCH MORE
11:59:07 COSTLIER EVERY DAY TO EVERY YEAR, TO THE ROOF, THE
11:59:11 PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL TO SUPPLY THAT MONEY TO BUILD A
11:59:14 HOUSE SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUILD A NEW ONE.
11:59:15 THAT IN NUMBER ONE.
11:59:17 EIGHT OF THE TOP TEN CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES ARE
11:59:19 LOSING POPULATION.
11:59:20 WHY?
11:59:23 THEY ARE OUTPRICED AND THAT IS WHY THEY ARE LOSING THE
11:59:24 POPULATION.
11:59:26 WHY ARE WE COMING TO FLORIDA?
11:59:29 WELL, YOU GET THE ADVERTISING OF THE WEATHER ALONE.
11:59:30 THEY ARE COMING THERE FOR THAT.
11:59:33 THEY ARE COMING HERE BECAUSE NO STATE INCOME TACK AND
11:59:35 COMING HERE FOR OTHER BENEFITS IF THEY HAVE IT, THAT
11:59:38 THEY DON'T HAVE WHERE THEY ARE AT.
11:59:40 IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THAT AND YOU LOOK UP THE BIG TALL
11:59:43 BUILDINGS THAT ARE GOING UP AND LOOK AT SOMEBODY PAYING
11:59:46 $11.4 MILLION.
11:59:48 AND YOU SAY, WOW, THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY.
11:59:49 IT IS TO US.
11:59:54 BUT TO THEM, BASED ON A CONDO SMALLER THAN THAT FOR $30
11:59:55 MILLION.
11:59:59 THEY HAVE ONE HELL OF A BARGAIN FOR 11.4.
12:00:02 THESE ARE THE THINGS YOU HAVE TO REALIZE THAT IS PART
12:00:05 OF THE CRUST, NOT THE WHOLE BREAD, BUT THE CRUMBS ON
12:00:07 THE OUTSIDE THAT ARE CAUSING THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE TODAY
12:00:09 ALONG WITH A POPULATION EXPLOSION WITHIN AND COMING OUT
12:00:12 OVER 1,000 PEOPLE A DAY COME OUT OF FLORIDA.
12:00:15 AND MOST OF THEM ARE MOVING TO THIS AREA, THE TAMPA BAY
12:00:16 AREA.
12:00:19 LUKE A THIS THING AND YOU START TO REALIZE HOW DID IT
12:00:20 HAPPEN?
12:00:21 IT HAPPENED REALLY QUICK.
12:00:23 THAT IS HOW IT HAPPENED WITHIN TWO FOR THREE YEARS.
12:00:27 YOU GOT BOMBARDED BY ALL THESE THING.
12:00:28 NOW WHAT DO YOU DO?
12:00:30 DOING WHAT YOU SAID TO DO IN JUNE.
12:00:33 YOU ARE STARTING TO DO THAT AND STARTING TO PUT MORE
12:00:36 MONEY WHERE THE RUBBER HIT THE ROAD TO STOP.
12:00:39 YOU HAVE TO PLUG THE HOLE BEFORE YOU BUY YOUR TIRE.
12:00:42 IF NOT, YOU WON'T BE ROLLING MUCH FURTHER.
12:00:44 I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT THE COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE
12:00:44 SAID.
12:00:48 AND IT IS TIME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE ALL UP
12:00:48 AGAINST.
12:00:49 AND IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT MR. GUDES SAID EARLIER ABOUT PAID
12:00:50 $15 AN HOUR, THAT'S TRUE.
12:00:52 BUT THEY USED TO HAVE 15 CASHIERS, NOW THEY HAVE TWO.
12:00:56 AND ALL THESE MACHINES YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR YOURSELF.
12:00:58 SO IN ESSENCE THEY ARE NOT PAYING MORE MONEY.
12:01:00 THEY ARE SPENDING MONEY, AND THEY ARE WORKING FROM 40 HOURS
12:01:04 TO 30 HOURS SO SHE DON'T HAVE TO PAY BENEFITS.
12:01:07 I IMAGINE THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON.
12:01:08 AND I GO OUT SHOPPING EVERY DAY.
12:01:11 I EXERCISE EVERY DAY.
12:01:13 I WALK A MILE EVERY DAY.
12:01:14 AND I GO TO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT STORES TO DO THAT.
12:01:18 AND WHAT I SEE, NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY BUT
12:01:22 THE COMMODITIES, AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT
12:01:26 DISTRIBUTION AND THE PROCESS GOING ON.
12:01:28 IT'S UNBELIEVABLE THE COST OF FOOD, WHAT THE COST IS, AND
12:01:33 IT'S JUST UNREALISTIC.
12:01:35 YOU SPEND $100, YOU GET THREE BAGS.
12:01:38 IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.
12:01:39 THE PRAISE OF EGGS ALONE HAS TRIPLED.
12:01:42 THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING HAS DOUBLED OR TRIPLED SO IT'S MUCH
12:01:45 MORE DIFFICULT AND I AM NOT TAKING THIS OUT OF CONTEXT.
12:01:52 AND YOU CAN DO MUCH MORE BACK IN THE 50s WITH A MINIMUM
12:01:56 WAGE THAN YOU CAN NOW AND THAT'S A PROBLEM WE HAVE.
12:01:58 SO I AM READY TO UNDERSTAND THIS, AND REALIZE THAT THE
12:02:04 HOUSING STOCK NEEDS TO BE MORE ADDRESSING, NOT LET OTHER
12:02:08 PEOPLE DO IT, GO TO THE ELECTORATE AND PUT A PROBLEM THERE
12:02:15 IN CASE YOU DON'T PAY, THEY TAKE YOUR HOUSE AWAY.
12:02:19 THERE'S BEEN AN ENORMOUS INCREASE.
12:02:22 I HAD THREE, PEOPLE THAT THOUGHT THEY HAD A REVERSE
12:02:27 MORTGAGE.
12:02:27 I SAID HOW DID YOU GET THIS?
12:02:29 WELL, I WAS -- THIS GUY TOLD ME TO GET A REVERSE MORTGAGE.
12:02:34 THAT'S ALMOST ASKING FOR A QUICK DEATH.
12:02:39 BE THE PROBLEM IS YOU SAY LOOK, YOU CHARGE ME 1.2%.
12:02:43 A MONTH?
12:02:44 YES, BUT YOU HAVE TO MULTIPLY IT TIMES 12.
12:02:47 AND THEY NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.
12:02:49 THEY ALSO HAVE A REINSURANCE ON THE INSURANCE POLICY FOR
12:02:52 HOUSES OVER OF 0 YEARS OLD, YOU HAVE TO GET ANOTHER
12:02:57 INSURANCE IN CASE YOUR POLICY DOESN'T COVER ALL OF IT.
12:03:00 THESE ARE THINGS THAT I LEARNED QUICKLY.
12:03:02 IT'S A DRAG ON SOCIETY.
12:03:05 DO NOT GET A REVERSE MORTGAGE.
12:03:07 IF YOU HAVE TO GO OUT TO THE BANK, BECAUSE THE HOUSE
12:03:11 STRUCTURE THAT YOU ARE IN NOW FIVE YEARS AGO IS WORTH 250
12:03:17 NOW AND YOU SHOULD HAVE ENOUGH FOR THAT HOUSE TO GET YOU
12:03:19 GOING.
12:03:20 SO PLEASE DO NOT -- DON'T BE ASHAMED TO ASK YOUR RELATIVES,
12:03:24 DON'T BE ASHAMED TO ASK FOR HELP BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT
12:03:26 HAPPENED TO THE THREE PEOPLE THAT I KNOW THAT I MET, AND
12:03:29 THEY WENT THROUGH THAT.
12:03:30 ALL OF THEM, ONE ALREADY LOST THE HOUSE.
12:03:34 THE OTHER TWO ARE GOING TO LOSE THEIR HOUSE.
12:03:36 THAT MEANS THAT THAT FAMILY WILL NEVER BE HANDED OUT TO THE
12:03:41 CHILDREN OR SON OR GRANDDAUGHTER CAN LIVE IN THE SAME HOUSE
12:03:44 IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD AND BEAR THE FRUITS OF THE TREE.
12:03:46 THERE ARE NO MORE FRUITS OF THE TREE BECAUSE THE HOUSE IS
12:03:49 GOING TO BE GONE THE DAY YOU DIE.
12:03:51 AND THAT'S WHAT A REVERSE MORTGAGE IS.
12:03:53 SO IT SOUNDS GREAT.
12:03:54 YEAH, YOU CAN GET IT RIGHT AWAY.
12:03:56 YEAH, YOU CAN GET IT WITH BAD CREDIT MAYBE, IF YOU HAVE
12:03:59 ENOUGH EQUITY IN YOUR HOUSE.
12:04:00 SO IT IS WHAT IT IS.
12:04:03 BUT TRY TO -- AT LEAST A FRIEND BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE
12:04:12 IN YOUR FAVOR.
12:04:13 THANK YOU, SIR.
12:04:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
12:04:16 >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR THE IDEAS AND THE
12:04:20 FEEDBACK.
12:04:20 I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN IN OFFICE
12:04:24 ABOUT THREE YEARS, AND WE HAVE BEEN LISTENING.
12:04:27 PART OF THE REASON WHY WE GOT ELECTED IS BECAUSE WE LISTEN
12:04:30 TO ISSUES.
12:04:32 FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, IT'S TAKEN WAY LONGER THAN ANY OF
12:04:35 US EXPECTED BUT WE ARE LISTENING.
12:04:37 WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO TRY TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.
12:04:40 LOTS OF MONEY, AND LOTS OF RESOURCES TO ADDRESS THESE
12:04:44 ISSUES.
12:04:45 THIS IS THE SECOND FORUM WE HAVE HAD IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS,
12:04:48 AND YES, IT TAKES LONGER THAN WE WANT TO GET SOME THINGS
12:04:51 PASSED, BUT WE ARE TO PUSH REALLY HARD.
12:04:55 AS TO THE 60-DAY RULE BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM THE
12:05:00 PUBLIC, WE ARE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT SIX MONTHS, THE PUBLIC
12:05:04 TOLD US THE WORST WE CAN DO IS 60 DAYS SO WE KNOW IT'S NOT
12:05:08 ENOUGH BUT IT'S A STEP YOU ALL RECOMMENDED AND THANK YOU FOR
12:05:11 THAT.
12:05:14 SOME FOLKS HAVE TALKED ABOUT WHY WE ARE HERE, AND I JUST
12:05:18 WANT TO MENTION THREE OR FOUR THINGS REAL FAST.
12:05:21 NUMBER ONE, WE HAD EIGHT YEARS AN ADMINISTRATION OF A
12:05:26 PROGRAM THAT'S NOW CALLED WHITEWASHING OF TAMPA, PUSHING OUT
12:05:30 POOR PEOPLE, PUSHING OUT BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE, WITH
12:05:33 POLICIES LIKE BIKING WHILE BLACK AND RENTING WHILE BLACK.
12:05:38 BOTH INVESTIGATED BY THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, IN FACT IT'S
12:05:43 NOW BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE UNITED STATES JUSTICE
12:05:45 DEPARTMENT ALTHOUGH WE FOUND OUT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO
12:05:51 INVESTIGATE IN DECEMBER.
12:05:54 WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WHAT HAPPENED THERE AND SOME OF
12:05:56 THE RACIST POLICIES CONNECTED TO IT.
12:05:59 KICKED OUT OF THEIR HOMES, KICKED FAMILIES OUT, AND WE NEED
12:06:02 TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE THOSE KINDS OF POLICIES GOING
12:06:05 FORWARD.
12:06:05 ALSO THE LAST ADMINISTRATION WORKED HARD TO TEAR DOWN 2,000
12:06:08 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS AND MOST OF THEM WERE IN REALLY BAD
12:06:11 SHAPE, NEEDED TO BE CORN TORN DOWN AT SOME POINT BUT WHAT
12:06:17 MOST CITIES DO IS THEY TEAR DOWN HOUSING STOCK BEFORE THEY
12:06:21 TEAR DOWN OLD ONES, AND INSTEAD OF BUILDING THE HOUSING
12:06:25 UNITS THAT WE NEEDED, WHICH I DID A QUICK MATH, IT COST LIKE
12:06:29 $10 BILLION DOLLARS AND THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WILL TALK
12:06:35 ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE, BUT THE LAST ADMINISTRATION TORE
12:06:38 DOWN 2,000 OR LED TO TEARING DOWN 2,000 THAT SET US BACK,
12:06:41 AND THIS COUNCIL, THIS ADMINISTRATION IS TRYING TO WORK HARD
12:06:44 TO REPLACE THOSE, BUT WE ARE STARTING FROM A DEFICIT AND
12:06:47 SHOULD HAVE BEEN BUILDING INSTEAD OF TEARING THEM DOWN.
12:06:49 THE OTHER THING THAT'S AFFECTED US, SOMEBODY MENTIONED, IS
12:06:52 COVID.
12:06:53 COVID SLOWED DOWN CONSTRUCTION AND SLOWED DOWN THE WHOLE
12:06:56 ECONOMY FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND THAT SET US BEHIND.
12:06:58 THEN WE ALSO GOT WHACKED BY MONETARY POLICY THAT FOR SEVERAL
12:07:03 YEARS TO KEEP THE ECONOMY MOVING WAS PRINTING MONEY AND
12:07:09 ANYBODY WHO HAS HAD ECONOMICS 101 KNOWS THAT PRINTING MONEY
12:07:14 CAUSES INFLATION, ALSO GOING UP EVERYWHERE, AND WE HAD A
12:07:17 PRESENTATION LAST WEEK ON HOW COSTS FOR THE CITY ARE GOING
12:07:20 UP TO, AND WE HELP OUR OWN EMPLOYEES TO TRY TO STAY AHEAD OF
12:07:23 THESE CURVES, CAUSE IN HOUSING AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
12:07:28 WE ARE ALL BEING IMPACTED BY.
12:07:31 AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT HIT US ON TOP OF ALL OF THAT
12:07:33 WAS ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO MOVE HERE, AS ANOTHER
12:07:36 SAID, TO MOVE HERE RATHER THAN WHEREVER THEY LIVE BUT THAT'S
12:07:42 CAUSING THE HOUSING CRISIS FOR ALL OF US AND ANYBODY OWNS
12:07:47 THEIR HOME KNOW THE VALUE HAS GONE UP
12:07:53 AND THE LAST THING I WILL SAY, THERE'S A LOT OF POLICIES
12:07:55 THAT WE NEED TO IMPLEMENT, BUT THE MIAMI POLICY, THANKS FOR
12:08:00 DOING.
12:08:01 THAT THANK YOU ALL FOR REACHING OUT TO US AND HAVING
12:08:03 CONVERSATIONS WITH US, HAVING A DIALOGUE AND WORKING WITH
12:08:05 US, WORKING WITH STAFF, LIKE TO CALL TO GET POLICIES PASSED.
12:08:13 I THINK THERE ARE THINGS IN THE MIAMI POLICY THAT WE PASSED,
12:08:16 SOUND LIKE SOME OTHERS WANT TO PROPOSE ON THAT.
12:08:19 THE LAST THING I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH IS THAT THE CALL ABOUT
12:08:23 TWO YEARS AGO, WE, CITY COUNCIL SITTING AS THE CRA BOARD,
12:08:27 ASKED STAFF TO SPEND ABOUT 30% OF ITS BUDGET ON AFFORDABLE
12:08:32 HOUSING.
12:08:33 HAD WE DONE THAT, THIS FUND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING -- BUT TO
12:08:40 MY KNOWLEDGE ALMOST NONE OF THAT HAS BEEN DONE.
12:08:42 SO I KNOW YOU ARE NOT PREPARED TO GIVE US A REPORT ON THAT
12:08:44 TODAY, BUT I WOULD ASK YOU TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT.
12:08:47 WE HAVE ASKED ABOUT IT SEVERAL MEETINGS, BUT WE NEED TO FIND
12:08:53 THE COST JUST FOR 50,000 SHORTAGE WOULD BE CLOSE TO $10
12:08:57 BILLION AND THE COST FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE IS GOING TO BE
12:09:01 JUST 32 MILLION.
12:09:02 WE HAVE GOT TO FIND EVERY BIT OF MONEY. IF WE SPENT 30% CRA
12:09:05 MONEY ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THAT WOULD BE 12 OR $15 MILLION
12:09:10 A YEAR.
12:09:10 SO WE HAVE GOT TO FIND EVERY RESOURCE WE CAN, AND ALSO AS
12:09:16 CITY IS FIGHTING INFLATION BUT AS THE BUDGET GOES UP, WE
12:09:19 NEED TO TRY TO FIND EVERY BIT WE CAN TO TRY TO ASSIST.
12:09:23 THANK YOU ALL.
12:09:23 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
12:09:28 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. TRAVIS, FOR BRINGING THIS TO US.
12:09:31 AND STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH MY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
12:09:36 I MET LAST WEEK WITH FLORIDA RISING, MS. LOCKETT AND TWO
12:09:41 OTHER PEOPLE, AND SOME OF THE THINGS SHE PRESENTED TO ME AND
12:09:44 MY STAFF I DID MY HOMEWORK ON, AND I THINK I WAS ABLE TO
12:09:48 ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS BEFORE THEY WERE EVEN ASKED.
12:09:50 SO I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT I AM GOING TO STAND WITH
12:09:53 FLORIDA RISING, ON THE MAJORITY OF THINGS THAT ARE BEING
12:09:55 ASKED FOR.
12:09:59 BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE MENTIONED TODAY THAT I AM
12:10:07 REALLY UPSET ABOUT, PEOPLE LIVING IN DEPLORABLE HOUSING.
12:10:13 PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE LIVING IN DEPLORABLE HOUSING.
12:10:17 I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO CALL UP THE DEPARTMENT HEADS OF
12:10:21 CODE ENFORCEMENT AND SEND THEM DOWN THERE AND WRITE THEM UP
12:10:24 FOR PEOPLE THAT SHOULD NOT BE LIVING WITH RATS, SHOULD NOT
12:10:27 BE LIVING WITH MAGGOTS, SHOULD NOT BE LIVING WITH MOLD.
12:10:32 HOWEVER, I AM NOT PASSING THE BUCK.
12:10:35 I AM STATING A FACT.
12:10:38 OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT CANNOT WRITE UP ANY DWELLINGS MORE THAN
12:10:46 FIVE UNITS.
12:10:49 SO EVERYONE THAT IS IN THIS ROOM, EVERYONE THAT CAN HEAR MY
12:10:53 VOICE, EVERYONE THAT MAY BE LIVING IN THAT TYPE OF
12:10:58 ENVIRONMENT, I URGE YOU, MYFLORIDALICENSE.COM.
12:11:10 ALL ONE WORD.
12:11:13 .COM.
12:11:15 OR CALL UP AREA CODE 850-487-1395,
12:11:25 LET ME REPEAT THAT.
12:11:28 850-487-1395.
12:11:34 THAT IS THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT THAT IS BASICALLY TELLING THE
12:11:40 CITY OF TAMPA -- NO, NO, YOU DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO
12:11:46 IT; WE ARE GOING TO DO IT.
12:11:49 I URGE YOU TO CALL THEM UP AND SHARE YOUR COMPLAINTS AND
12:11:53 YOUR COMMENTS WITH THEM.
12:11:59 ON THAT NOTE, IS THERE ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS HERE
12:12:05 THAT WANTS TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT TO THIS AGENDA ITEM NOW?
12:12:09 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CHAIR, ADDRESSING A QUESTION ABOUT
12:12:15 THAT, MS. TRAVIS, I ASKED A WHILE BACK, IN REFERENCE TO THE
12:12:22 STATE, AS TO HOW WE CAN ASSIST OR HOW WE CAN HAVE AN
12:12:28 AGREEMENT, HAVE WE GOTTEN ANY RESPONSE ON THAT?
12:12:34 >>NICOLE TRAVIS: I KNOW OF THAT ADMINISTRATOR OCEA WYNN WAS
12:12:37 WORKING ON THAT.
12:12:38 I DON'T KNOW THE LATEST ON IT AND I WILL BE SURE THAT SHE
12:12:42 PROVIDES YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT INFORMATION.
12:12:44 I DO KNOW ONE OF THE MEASURES THAT WE HAVE TAKEN, OR THE
12:12:47 CODE ENFORCEMENT TEAM HAS TAKEN, IS TO START TO DOCUMENT AND
12:12:52 ACT, SO WHEN YOU HAVE A CODE CASE, YOU GET A CODE NUMBER,
12:12:55 CODE VIOLATION NUMBER.
12:12:57 SO EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE THE PURVIEW TO SITE PROPERTY
12:13:02 OWNERS OF UNITS MORE THAN FIVE, WE DON'T HAVE THE PURVIEW TO
12:13:06 DO THAT.
12:13:07 WE ARE STARTING TO RECORD IT SO THAT WE CAN DOCUMENT FOR THE
12:13:10 STATE HOW MANY TIMES WE REFER UNITS TO THE STATE FOR THEM TO
12:13:15 ENFORCE, TO HAVE A SAFE HOUSING ENVIRONMENT, SO I KNOW THAT
12:13:21 WE HAVE TAKEN THAT STEP, COUNCILMAN GUDES, TO START LOGGING
12:13:24 IT AND DOCUMENTING IT SO WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE A REPORT TO
12:13:27 THIS COUNCIL WHEN YOU ASK HOW MANY TIMES WE HAVE REFERRED
12:13:30 CASES TO DDPR, THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU THAT.
12:13:34 SO I WILL MAKE SURE THAT ADMINISTRATOR WYNN PROVIDES AN
12:13:38 UPDATE ON ASKING FOR THE AUTHORITY FROM THE STATE TO GIVE
12:13:41 ANY UPDATE ON THAT.
12:13:43 I CAN'T PROVIDE THAT TO YOU RIGHT NOW.
12:13:45 >>ORLANDO GUDES: LASTLY, I GET A LOT OF CALLS FROM MY OWN
12:13:48 EMPLOYEES THAT DO LIVE IN THE CITY, AND WOULD HAVE A PROGRAM
12:13:54 FOR THE POLICE AND FIRE, BUT I KNOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
12:14:00 BUT SOME OF OUR OTHER WORKERS DO LIVE IN THE CITY THAT HAVE
12:14:03 HOUSING ISSUES, ROOFS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
12:14:06 WHAT I HEAR FROM TIME TO TIME, IF WE CAN PROVIDE SOME TYPE
12:14:15 OF PROGRAM OR ASSISTANCE FOR OUR OWN EMPLOYEES BUT WE DO
12:14:18 HAVE A LOT OF EMPLOY THAT'S DO LIVE IN THE CITY VERSUS
12:14:21 POLICE AND FIRE THAT DO NEED HELP WITH ROOFS AND OTHER
12:14:24 ISSUES, AND HOUSING, FIRST TIME HOMEOWNER PROGRAM, THEIR
12:14:30 INCOMES OR WHATEVER.
12:14:31 SO I AM HOPING THAT WE ARE ABLE TO ALSO TAKE CARE OF OUR
12:14:34 HOUSE AS WELL.
12:14:38 JUST FYI.
12:14:39 >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THANK YOU.
12:14:40 >>LYNN HURTAK: ONE MORE QUESTION?
12:14:45 TO GO BACK TO THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THAT 20% THAT I WOULD
12:14:49 LOVE TO SEE FOR FUTURE BUILDING, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE
12:14:52 COULD -- IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN PROVIDE INCENTIVES LIKE,
12:14:58 HEY, IF YOU ARE GOING TO PROVIDE 20% AFFORDABLE HOUSING, YOU
12:15:01 GET TO JUMP TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE.
12:15:04 IS THERE A WAY THAT WE COULD INCENTIVIZE IT THAT PEOPLE ARE
12:15:09 GOING TO BE CLAMORING FOR IT?
12:15:11 >>NICOLE TRAVIS: WE DO BELIEVE HOUSE BILL 39 FROM
12:15:15 AUTOMATICALLY DOES THAT.
12:15:16 PERMITTING, PERMITTING, WE TRIED IT, OUR PERMITTING, BUT WE
12:15:23 ARE ALREADY EXCEEDING THOSE METRICS AND THOSE NUMBERS.
12:15:28 SO IF WE ADD A PROGRAM WE WILL JUST BE ADDING IT
12:15:31 SYMBOLICALLY.
12:15:31 BUT YES, WE ARE TRYING.
12:15:33 WE ARE TRYING TO WORK WITH THE DEVELOPERS TO EXPEDITE WHERE
12:15:36 WE CAN.
12:15:37 WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT INCENTIVIZING AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS,
12:15:41 ONE THING THAT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU ARE
12:15:43 CONSTRUCTING THOSE UNITS, IT COSTS THE SAME TO BUILD IN THE
12:15:49 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS SO DEVELOPERS ARE LOOKING FOR TAX
12:15:52 CREDIT OR SOME KIND OF FINANCIAL INCENTIVE TO ADD TO THEIR
12:15:56 PERFORMANCE, SO SOME OF THEM -- SOME MAY WANT BONUS DENSITY.
12:16:02 THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO.
12:16:04 BUT IF THEY ARE NOT ASKING FOR BONUS DENSITY AND YOU WANT TO
12:16:07 INCENTIVIZE IT, THAT IS A FINANCIAL INCENTIVE BECAUSE YOU
12:16:12 WILL PRETTY MUCH HAVE TO FILL THE GAP IN THEIR COST
12:16:17 ANALYSIS, TO MAKE THE PROJECT WORK.
12:16:19 AND SO I THINK IT'S MULTIPLE WAYS.
12:16:22 BUT YES, WE ARE WORKING ON PERMITTING LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE
12:16:25 CHANGES.
12:16:25 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
12:16:33 BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT?
12:16:34 >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
12:16:44 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.
12:16:46 >> SABARIS MITCHELL AND I APOLOGIZE FOR MY OUTBURST EARLIER.
12:16:55 IT HURTS ME TO HEAR MY SENIOR CITIZENS SUFFER ESPECIALLY IN
12:16:58 THE BLACK COMMUNITY BUT I'M HERE TO OFFER SOME IDEAS ON THE
12:17:02 HOUSING CRISIS.
12:17:03 SO I WAS WONDERING IF THE CITY ATTORNEY COULD LOOK INTO CALL
12:17:11 SENTer, we are going to sign the leases anyway.
12:17:14 Some people just don't understand the leases that we are
12:17:16 going to sign and just because it's one little clause in
12:17:19 there, that said this, it wouldn't stop us from signing that
12:17:25 lease anyway so I think the city should look into clauses
12:17:29 and tort law.
12:17:30 We should have our own -- do some research on property
12:17:36 insurance crisis that's going on in the whole state and see
12:17:40 how it relates to the owners in Tampa because if we can get
12:17:44 that under control then maybe the renters would have some
12:17:47 slack and maybe find some kind of way to deal with
12:17:50 incentives to lower rents to working with insurance
12:17:53 companies and whatever going on.
12:17:56 Trust me, I am no expert.
12:17:58 I'm just offering an opinion.
12:18:00 Also, limits in the ability of landlords to have a clause to
12:18:04 RAISE THE RENT WITHIN THE LEASE PERIOD.
12:18:06 THAT'S ONE THING.
12:18:07 I HAVE SEEN IN ANOTHER CITY, IT PROBABLY WASN'T IN THIS
12:18:09 STATE BUT MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE AIRBNB LIMITS, WITH THREE
12:18:15 AIRBNB PROPERTIES.
12:18:17 THAT'S JUST AN IDEA.
12:18:18 AS FAR AS PUBLIC HOUSING IS CONCERNED, I UNDERSTAND WE ARE
12:18:21 NO LONGER GOING TO HAVE PUBLIC HOUSING IN THAT SENSE.
12:18:23 I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULDN'T LEAVE PROPERTIES TO THE CARE OF
12:18:31 CORPORATE.
12:18:31 I THINK EVERYONE THAT'S MANAGING THESE PROPERTIES SHOULD BE
12:18:34 TAMPA EMPLOYEES, GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.
12:18:37 AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
12:18:38 >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
12:18:46 MY NAME IS FRAN TATE.
12:18:48 AND I AM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT FOR JACKSON
12:18:51 HEIGHTS.
12:18:53 I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I STAND IN SUPPORT OF MRS. ROBIN
12:18:57 LOCKETT, RESIDENT OF TAMPA.
12:19:00 THE QUESTION WAS ASKED BY COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK TO MS. TRAVIS
12:19:06 HOW MUCH MONEY WOULD IT TAKE TO HANDLE THE SITUATION FOR
12:19:11 TENANTS, AND I AM HEARING $4 MILLION, BUT I ALSO HEARD $35
12:19:15 MILLION.
12:19:16 AND MY QUESTION IS, IF WE CAN FIND $4 MILLION RIGHT HERE
12:19:21 RIGHT NOW, CAN'T WE FIND $35 MILLION?
12:19:27 I'M A HOMEOWNER.
12:19:28 I'M CONCERNED ABOUT MY HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE.
12:19:36 I HEARD COUNCILMAN GUDES TALKED ABOUT ALL THE HOMES WE HAVE
12:19:43 THAT ARE NEEDING TO BE REHABBED IN EAST TAMPA, AND HE IS
12:19:47 TRUE.
12:19:48 THERE'S A HOUSE RIGHT BESIDE ME.
12:19:49 REHAB THE HOUSE AND PUT A RENTER IN THE HOUSE.
12:19:53 THERE ARE MANY HOUSES OUT THERE IN EAST TAMPA.
12:19:56 JUST REHAB THEM.
12:19:57 LET US REHAB THEM.
12:19:59 LET US TAKE THE MONEYS AND REHAB THEM AND PUT THESE TENANTS
12:20:02 IN THOSE HOUSES.
12:20:03 I DON'T THINK THAT'S TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR.
12:20:06 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HEARING.
12:20:08 HAVE A BLESSED DAY.
12:20:09 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
12:20:12 >> HI.
12:20:17 MY NAME IS EMILY BAKER.
12:20:19 YOU LIVE OFF ANDERSON.
12:20:21 AND I HAVE A 3-YEAR-OLD.
12:20:24 BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT A DECADE.
12:20:25 I GOT MY BACHELORS AND MASTERS AT USF.
12:20:28 TAMPA IS SOMETHING SPECIAL TO ME.
12:20:30 I'M A DATA SCIENTIST AND I CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE HERE.
12:20:34 WHY DOES IT TAKE THIS FOR THINGS TO CHANGE?
12:20:39 I JUST WANTED TO ADD MY VOICE.
12:20:41 AND THE QUALITY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS IMPACTING OUR
12:20:45 CHILDREN'S FISCAL AND MENTAL WELL-BEING.
12:20:48 BUS DRIVING DRIVERS ARE DROPPING CHILDREN OFF AT MOTELS.
12:20:53 WHEN PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE ON THEIR OWN YOU FORCE
12:20:55 PEOPLE TO EXIST IN ABUSIVE SITUATIONS.
12:20:58 WHATEVER IS HAPPENING IS NOT WORKING.
12:21:00 IT'S VIOLENCE.
12:21:02 AND WE NEED HELP NOW.
12:21:07 OH, AND FUNDS INTO THE EAST TAMPA COMMUNITY, PUT A GROCERY
12:21:11 STORE THERE --
12:21:14 >> HEY.
12:21:16 >> I'M SORRY.
12:21:17 YOU INVEST BY PUBLIC SAFETY BY MAKING QUALITY HOUSING
12:21:19 AFFORDABLE.
12:21:20 >> MA'AM, YOU SAID YOU LIVED ON ANDERSON.
12:21:23 WHAT IS YOUR ZIP CODE?
12:21:25 >> 33624.
12:21:26 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
12:21:27 >> JUST QUICKLY, MY NAME IS ROBIN LOCKETT.
12:21:36 I LOVE THE EXPANSION OF THE CONVERSATION, SO THANK YOU FOR
12:21:40 THAT.
12:21:40 THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY THAT STAND WAS FLORIDA RISING
12:21:43 BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO MAKE CHANGE.
12:21:46 WE WANT TO SEE CHANGE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, WITH THE OTHER
12:21:49 STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE FIGHTING THE SAME FIGHT.
12:21:52 WE CAN GET THIS DONE.
12:21:53 WE HAVE TO BE INNOVATIVE ENOUGH TO DO IT.
12:21:57 I WANT EVERYONE TO TAKE A SERIOUS LOOK AT THE MODEL FROM
12:22:00 GAINESVILLE IN REGARDS TO THE COMPLAINT REGISTRY.
12:22:05 THE TENANT ADVOCACY OFFICE THAT EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT,
12:22:10 RIGHT? SO THERE'S A WAY FOR US TO DOUGH THIS BUT WE HAVE TO
12:22:12 BE BRAVE ENOUGH TO DO IT.
12:22:14 THANK YOU.
12:22:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
12:22:19 DO WE HAVE ANYONE REGISTERED ONLINE?
12:22:23 IS THERE ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT?
12:22:27 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:22:29 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD, SINCE WE ARE
12:22:32 CLOSING, MAKE A MOTION, ALL RIGHT?
12:22:35 I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT STAFF COME BACK WITH A
12:22:40 STAFF REPORT.
12:22:41 I THINK IT CAN BE DONE JUNE 2nd WHICH IS NEXT THURSDAY.
12:22:44 AND THE REASON I SAY THIS REGARDING THE TENANT ADVOCACY
12:22:47 OFFICE CREATION BY JUST LOOKING AT WHAT MIAMI IS DOING AND
12:22:52 JUST GIVING YOUR THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS ON THAT TO CREATE
12:22:54 THAT HERE.
12:22:56 IF WE COULD HAVE THAT UNDER STAFF REPORTS AND UNFINISHED
12:22:59 BUSINESS.
12:23:00 THAT'S A JUNE 2nd MEETING WHICH IS NEXT THURSDAY.
12:23:03 >>JOSEPH CITRO: EXCUSE ME, MR. SHELBY.
12:23:08 MS. TRAVIS, MS. FEELEY, CAN YOU PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM?
12:23:19 WILL THAT GIVE YOU ENOUGH TIME?
12:23:25 >> NO.
12:23:28 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HOW ABOUT JUNE 16th?
12:23:31 >>JOSEPH CITRO: TAKE THAT FIRST AGENDA ITEM?
12:23:32 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: UNDER STAFF REPORTS.
12:23:34 >> GO AHEAD.
12:23:42 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I SEE MS. HURTAK, BUT THE GAINESVILLE --
12:23:52 THE GAINESVILLE LANDLORD COMPLAINT LIST.
12:23:59 >> THANK YOU BECAUSE I HAVE ACTUALLY USED IT AS A LANDLORD
12:24:02 AND IT WORKED REALLY WELL IN GAINESVILLE.
12:24:05 I WILL TELL YOU THAT.
12:24:05 IF YOU WANT PERSONAL INPUT, I AM HAPPY TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE.
12:24:09 AND IT HELPS.
12:24:11 AND IF YOU ARE A GOOD LANDLORD, YOU HAVE NO PROBLEMS. SO I
12:24:16 WANT TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO ADD, LOOKING AT THAT MUNICIPAL
12:24:20 CODE, ALREADY PART OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, IT'S BEEN IN
12:24:24 PLACE FOR SUCH A LONG TIME, THAT I DON'T -- I CAN'T IMAGINE
12:24:27 THIS BEING ANYTHING -- BUT I WANT YOUR THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS
12:24:34 ALONG WITH THAT SO WE CAN KIND OF TRY TO GET THIS DONE AS
12:24:37 SOON AS POSSIBLE.
12:24:37 >>JOSEPH CITRO: AN AMENDMENT HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCILWOMAN
12:24:46 HURTAK. IS THERE A SECOND ON THAT AMENDMENT?
12:24:48 OKAY.
12:24:49 AMENDMENT ON MS. HURTAK, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
12:24:53 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:24:58 OKAY.
12:24:58 ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
12:24:59 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:25:05 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:25:06 >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
12:25:08 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:25:10 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:25:11 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:25:13 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:25:14 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
12:25:15 [ APPLAUSE ]
12:25:17 >>JOSEPH CITRO: HANG ON ONE SECOND.
12:25:23 NOW, MS. HURTAK, WILL YOU PLEASE RESTATE THE ENTIRE MOTION
12:25:27 SO THAT OUR CLERK HAS ACCURATE RECORD, INCLUDING DATE?
12:25:34 >>LYNN HURTAK: I MAKE A MOTION THAT STAFF BRING BACK A
12:25:38 REPORT REVIEWING THE GAINESVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE LANDLORD
12:25:45 REGISTRY BY JUNE 16th.
12:25:51 >> SECOND.
12:25:52 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THAT IS GOING TO INCLUDE COUNCILMAN
12:25:55 MANISCALCO'S PART OF THE MOTION AND INCLUDING.
12:26:01 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THERE WAS A TENANT ADVOCACY ISSUE IN YOUR
12:26:07 AMENDMENT?
12:26:08 >>LYNN HURTAK: CORRECT. I CAN MAKE IT SEPARATED BUT I
12:26:10 THINK IT WORKS IN THIS AMENDMENT BECAUSE --
12:26:13 >>MARTIN SHELBY: IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO HAVE IT SEPARATE.
12:26:16 >>LYNN HURTAK: WE CAN DO IT.
12:26:18 >>JOSEPH CITRO: NOW, COUNCILMAN HURTAK MADE A MOTION
12:26:26 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
12:26:28 ROLL CALL VOTE.
12:26:28 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:26:34 >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
12:26:36 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:26:37 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:26:38 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:26:39 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:26:41 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:26:41 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
12:26:42 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:26:46 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I DID IT THAT WAY JUST SO THE CLERK
12:26:48 HAS A RECORD.
12:26:49 EVERYBODY HAS A RECORD AND WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING LEGALLY
12:26:52 THIS WAY.
12:26:53 SO THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
12:26:55 IT IS NOW 12:30.
12:26:58 WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO TAKE A LUNCH BREAK UNTIL 1:30.
12:27:03 IF I HEAR NO OBJECTIONS, WE ARE IN RECESS.
12:27:10 [ RECESS ]
12:27:17
13:36:15 >>THE CLERK: CARLSON?
13:36:47 VIERA?
13:36:47 MIRANDA?
13:36:49 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
13:36:50 >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE.
13:36:52 >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE.
13:36:53 >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE.
13:36:56 >> WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
13:36:58 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
13:36:59 MR. BHIDE, ARE YOU WITH US?
13:37:04 THERE HE IS.
13:37:08 WE HAD HIM.
13:37:10 VIK?
13:38:07 MR. BHIDE?
13:38:11 >>VIK BHIDE: GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL, VIK BHIDE, DIRECTOR
13:38:14 OF MOBILITY DEPARTMENT, HEAR TO ADDRESS ITEM 3.
13:38:18 MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON AND MIRANDA FOR THE STATUS
13:38:26 OF THE CITY MANAGING COUNTY ROADS WITHIN CITY LIMITS.
13:38:32 QUICK BACKGROUND ON THIS.
13:38:35 THE COUNTY DOES OWN AND MAINTAIN SEVERAL CRITICAL ROADWAYS
13:38:39 WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMPA, AND I AM JOINED BY PUBLIC WORKS
13:38:45 ADMINISTRATOR FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY JOHN LIONS AS WELL.
13:38:51 THESE ROADS ARE ALL THE WAY FROM NORTH TAMPA, ROADS LIKE
13:38:57 BAYSHORE, COLUMBUS DRIVE,
13:39:07 BAY TO BAY AND MANY OTHERS.
13:39:11 IN GENERAL, THE COUNTY AND THE CITY HAVE MET AND DISCUSSED
13:39:15 THIS ISSUE SEVERAL TIMES.
13:39:16 WE ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT THE CITY SHOULD IN PRINCIPLE TAKE
13:39:23 THE ROADS OVER FROM THE COUNTY IN SOME SORT OF LEGAL
13:39:27 TRANSFER, WITH THE STANDARDS, AND THOSE ARE SHARING THE
13:39:37 COUNTY AND THE CITY.
13:39:43 TRANSPORTATION STANDARDS RELATIVE TO ACCESS AND CONDITIONS
13:39:45 OF THE ASSETS.
13:39:48 THE MAJOR CHALLENGE AT THIS STAGE OF THIS JUNCTURE IS THE
13:39:55 COUNTY AND THE CITY, IN TERMS OF UPGRADING THESE FACILITIES
13:39:58 BEFORE THE CITY CAN ACCEPT OWNERSHIP OF THEM BY TRANSFER.
13:40:03 THERE ARE ALSO OTHER PENDING ISSUES THAT WE DO NEED TO
13:40:07 DISCUSS AROUND THE MECHANISM OF TRANSFERRING THESE ROADWAYS
13:40:11 TO THE CITY, MAINTENANCE AND OTHER ITEMS.
13:40:16 WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS IN DETAIL YET,
13:40:20 ALTHOUGH WE ARE IN AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPAL, BUT IT REALLY
13:40:25 DOES COME DOWN TO A RESOURCE ISSUE.
13:40:28 AND JOHN.
13:40:32 >> JOHN LYONS: THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TODAY.
13:40:37 AS VIK DESCRIBED, WE HAVE A LONGSTANDING RELATIONSHIP ON
13:40:42 MAINTENANCE OF COUNTY ROADWAYS WITHIN THE CITY.
13:40:45 THE AGREEMENT HAS KIND OF HE INVOLVED OVER TIME AS WELL.
13:40:49 WE COMPENSATE THE CITY.
13:40:51 WE PAY INTO THIS AGREEMENT TODAY FOR OPERATION OF TRAFFIC
13:40:55 SIGNALS, AS AN EXAMPLE, ON COUNTY ROADS AND CITY ROADS.
13:40:58 THE CITY OPERATES THOSE, AND WE PROVIDE CAPITAL MAINTENANCE,
13:41:03 COSTS AS WELL, RESURFACING, THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS.
13:41:07 CONCEPTUALLY, WE WERE INITIALLY LOOKING AT THOSE ROADS THAT
13:41:12 BEGIN AND END WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, SO BAYSHORE,
13:41:15 CHANNELSIDE, 40TH STREET, MCKINLEY ARE SOME GOOD EXAMPLES OF
13:41:20 THOSE THAT COULD DO THAT.
13:41:22 BAY TO BAY AS WELL.
13:41:23 AND SO VIK IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, WE HAVE RESOURCE
13:41:28 CHALLENGES, AS WE ALL DO, THE CITY DOES AS WELL.
13:41:32 IN DOING THIS WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE SOME MAINTENANCE
13:41:36 ITEMS AND CAPITAL ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF AS
13:41:39 PART OF THIS PROCESS, IN TRANSFERRING.
13:41:42 INFORMALLY, OUR BOARD HAD BRIEFINGS WITH BOARD MEMBERS AND
13:41:47 CONCEPTUALLY THEY AGREED THIS IS A GOOD THING TO DO.
13:41:51 THESE ROADS ARE PRIMARILY IN THE CITY, AND THEY SERVE THE
13:41:54 PURPOSE OF THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY AS WELL.
13:41:59 THE SOURCE OF THEM, BAYSHORE, FOR EXAMPLE, IS AN OLD COUNTY
13:42:02 ROAD.
13:42:02 IT'S BEEN THERE FOR WELL OVER 100 YEARS IN SOME FORM.
13:42:06 AND OTHER ROADS, SUCH AS GANDY AND COLUMBUS, BRUCE B. DOWNS,
13:42:14 WERE STATE ROADS THAT WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE COUNTY,
13:42:17 TYPICALLY BACK IN THE EARLY 80s.
13:42:20 AND SO IT'S KIND OF A LONGSTANDING SITUATION THERE.
13:42:24 BUT I'LL STOP TALKING AND BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
13:42:28 THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
13:42:28 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY QUESTIONS FROM -- COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
13:42:33 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
13:42:36 MR. LYONS, I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
13:42:38 BEING HERE FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME ON AND OFF, I WAS HERE IN
13:42:41 THE 70s, 74 THROUGH 79, AND I RECALL SOME, I DON'T RECALL
13:42:48 THE CONVERSATION, BUT I AM ALMOST POSITIVE THAT THEN MAYOR
13:42:53 POE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THAT HAPPENING IN THE CITY, AND I
13:42:56 THINK THERE WAS TALK ABOUT A LAWSUIT.
13:42:58 MAYBE HE DID FILE A LAWSUIT.
13:43:00 I REMEMBER THAT PART.
13:43:01 AND IT'S NOT JUST WHAT -- MENTIONED SOME NAMES BUT THE
13:43:06 AMOUNT OF ROAD, SOME 40 OR 50 MILES, I FORGET WHAT IT WAS,
13:43:10 TALKING ABOUT 48 YEARS AGO.
13:43:15 I AM NOT GOING TO SUPPORT IT BASED ON WHAT I REMEMBER FROM
13:43:18 THE 74 THROUGH 79 ERA, AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG THE WAY IT
13:43:23 IS.
13:43:25 WE PAY TAXES JUST LIKE YOU PAY TAXES IF YOU LIVE IN THE CITY
13:43:28 OR THE COUNTY.
13:43:29 AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE TAX BASE, THE COUNTY GETS EQUAL TO IF
13:43:34 NOT GREATER THAN THE PROPORTION OF TAXES THAT WE COLLECT
13:43:37 JUST ON AD VALOREM.
13:43:39 I'M NOT SAYING THAT SHOULD BE CHANGED.
13:43:41 I'M JUST SAYING IT'S BASED ON THAT.
13:43:43 AND THESE MONEYS COME FROM GAS TAX.
13:43:45 AM I CORRECT?
13:43:46 >> MOST OF OUR DOLLARS DO COME FROM GAS TAXES, YES.
13:43:51 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO I AM NOT GOING TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF
13:43:54 THIS.
13:43:54 I THINK THE SYSTEM WORKS THE WAY IT IS.
13:43:56 AND TO CHANGE THIS I THINK WOULD BE A MISTAKE ON OUR PART.
13:44:02 WE HAVE TRIED TO CATCH UP AND WE HAVEN'T.
13:44:05 I GET COMPLAINTS EVERY DAY FROM SIDEWALKS, THE MIAMI GUTTERS
13:44:11 THAT ARE OPEN, LIKE THEY HAVE WATER, SEVEN YEARS TO FIX
13:44:18 THINGS.
13:44:18 AND I AM NOT HERE TO DOWNGRADE MY CITY OR DOWNGRADE THE
13:44:22 COUNTY.
13:44:22 BUT I AM NOT GOING TO SUPPORT IT.
13:44:24 IT'S UP TO THE OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL THAT WANT TO DO THAT
13:44:26 BUT I THINK THE SYSTEM WORKS THE WAY IT IS AND I SHOULD NOT
13:44:29 CHANGE IT.
13:44:29 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
13:44:36 >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU ALL FOR COME BACK ON THIS.
13:44:40 THE GENESIS OF THIS TOPIC WAS THAT A FEW MONTHS AGO THERE
13:44:43 WAS AN ACCIDENT ON BAY TO BAY WHERE TWO PEOPLE PASSED AWAY,
13:44:48 AND NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND THAT AREA SAID FOR CONSISTENCY
13:44:53 PURPOSES THEY WISHED THAT THE CITY WAS MANAGING ALL THE
13:44:59 ROADS IN THAT AREA, AND SOME OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS IN WHICH
13:45:03 THE CITY WAS, TOO.
13:45:05 IT'S NOT THAT I THINK THE COUNTY OR CITY WOULD DO A BETTER
13:45:08 JOB, BUT I THINK -- MAYBE THERE'S SOME FOLKS TO SPEAK FROM
13:45:11 THE PUBLIC -- BUT IT WAS ABOUT CONSISTENCY.
13:45:14 AND SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BRINGING THIS BACK.
13:45:16 VIK, DO YOU KNOW ANY OTHER ARGUMENTS FOR WHY THIS WOULD BE A
13:45:20 GOOD IDEA?
13:45:24 AND IT WASN'T THAT I WAS FOR OR AGAINST IT.
13:45:26 IT WAS JUST A REQUEST FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
13:45:27 >>VIK BHIDE: SURE, AND COUNCIL, COUNCILMAN CARLSON, THAT'S
13:45:32 A GOOD QUESTION.
13:45:33 YES, THERE IS ONE OTHER ITEM, AND THAT IS ALTHOUGH OUR
13:45:36 STANDARDS ARE VERY SIMILAR, OUR APPROACH IS IMPLEMENTATION
13:45:43 MAY VARY SLIGHTLY ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS, AND SO FROM THAT
13:45:48 PERSPECTIVE, AND I'M SPEAKING TO OUR VISION ACTION PLAN,
13:45:54 SPEAKING TO THE CITY'S PRIORITY BEHIND NETWORKING AND SO ON,
13:45:59 OUR PRIORITIES IN TERMS OF INVESTMENTS MIGHT DEFER FROM THE
13:46:05 COUNTY'S GIVEN THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT A VERY DIFFERENT
13:46:08 GEOGRAPHY IN THE CITY.
13:46:11 SO THAT WOULD BE ONE.
13:46:12 THE OTHER IS FROM A CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE STANDPOINT, IT DOES
13:46:17 GET A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING FOR THE COMMUNITY ON WHO TO
13:46:25 REPORT THINGS TO, AND FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, BEING WITHIN
13:46:28 THE CITY, IT WOULD BE A LOT MORE EFFICIENT FOR THE CITY TO
13:46:34 HAVE A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT ON A LOT OF THESE CONCERNS.
13:46:37 AND TRACK SOME OF THESE ISSUES AS WELL.
13:46:40 >>BILL CARLSON: AND EXAMPLE IN THAT CASE I THINK SOME
13:46:44 PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD DIDN'T WANT A TRAFFIC LIGHT
13:46:46 THERE, AND PEOPLE, RESIDENTS DON'T KNOW WHO TO GO TO,
13:46:51 WHETHER IT'S STATE OR LOCAL OR COUNTY.
13:46:53 CAN YOU JUST TELL US HOW THE PROCESS WORKS TODAY, IF IT'S A
13:46:57 COUNTY ROAD, AND HOW IT WOULD WORK IF IT WERE A CITY ROAD,
13:47:00 IF SOMEBODY ASKED FOR A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING OR SIDEWALKS OR
13:47:04 TRAFFIC LIGHTS?
13:47:06 >>VIK BHIDE: SURE.
13:47:08 SO THE AGREEMENT IS INTERIM RIGHT NOW, THE INTERLOCAL FOR
13:47:13 MAINTENANCE OF COUNTY ROADS WITHIN THE CITY.
13:47:16 THE CITY, AT THE END OF MARCH OF EVERY YEAR, IS REQUIRED TO
13:47:21 SUBMIT A LIST OF CAPITAL PROJECTS, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT.
13:47:27 OUR COUNTY ROADS ON REQUEST TO THE COUNTY, WE DO SUBMIT THIS
13:47:31 LETTER AND WE HAVE BEEN FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, AND THIS
13:47:37 LANGUAGE WAS AMENDED, THIS AGREEMENT, AND THEN IT'S UP TO IT
13:47:41 COUNTY TO LOOK AT THE RESOURCE AND THEN PRIORITIZE.
13:47:43 AND THAT'S WHAT I MEANT, PRIORITIZATION THEN GOES OUT OF THE
13:47:47 CITY'S CONTROL AND INTO THE COUNTY'S, AND THE COUNTY HAS ITS
13:47:52 PROCESS TO DO SO.
13:47:54 AND OUTCOMES OF CUSTOMER EXPECTATIONS, AND WHAT WE ARE ABLE
13:48:04 TO DO FOR THE COMMUNITY.
13:48:09 >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU.
13:48:11 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
13:48:13 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I CAN ONLY SAY THIS.
13:48:17 THE COUNTY HAS ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT LIVE IN THE CITY OF
13:48:19 TAMPA, AND I SEE IT IN TODAY'S SOCIETY WHERE YOU HAVE GOT
13:48:27 BUSH BUTTON THINGS, YOU CAN GET IT AND SEND IN THE ONE
13:48:31 SECOND, IF IT'S A CITY ROAD OR, THE COUNTY COMES TO US AND
13:48:36 WE GO TO THEM, AND WE ARE BEHIND WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IN THE
13:48:39 CITY, AND I GUESS MY THE FACTS ABOUT IT, I HAVE EMAILS TO
13:48:45 PROVE IT, THAT WE DID CONVERSATION BY PHONE, PEOPLE WANT
13:48:48 THINGS THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO.
13:48:50 I DON'T SEE ONE BIT IOTA DIFFERENCE IN HAVING IT BY THE CITY
13:48:54 OR BY THE COUNTY IN TODAY'S SOCIETY.
13:48:56 WE DON'T HAVE THE HUMMING BIRD PIGEON TO SEND THE MESSAGE TO
13:49:02 THE COUNTY.
13:49:03 THAT WENT AWAY IN THE 20s.
13:49:05 HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE COMPUTERS THAT YOU CAN SEND IT OVER TO
13:49:07 THAT RESPONSIBLE PERSON IN THE COUNTY NOT ONLY THROUGH THE
13:49:10 TRANSPORTATION BUT TO THE ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT LIVE IN THE
13:49:12 CITY.
13:49:13 AND I WOULD IMAGINE YOU WOULD GET THE SAME RESULT BASICALLY
13:49:17 AT THE SAME TIME TO DO THE REPAIRING WORK FOR THAT AREA.
13:49:19 I DON'T SEE A BENEFIT IN THAT.
13:49:22 AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ELECTED THERE TO SERVE THE COUNTY
13:49:25 THAT LIVE IN THE CITY DO THE SAME EQUAL JOB THAT WE DO.
13:49:28 THEY GET PAID BY THE TAXPAYERS SO THEY WILL BE REMISS IF
13:49:32 THEY WERE NOT TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS AS TO THEM ABOUT
13:49:34 FIXING THE ROADWAY.
13:49:36 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
13:49:39 >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT FUNDING.
13:49:41 SO IF THESE ROADWAYS WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE CITY, WOULD WE
13:49:45 GET INCREASED REVENUE FROM THESE TAXING SOURCES TO HANDLE
13:49:51 THE 40 TO 50 MILES MORE OF ROADS?
13:49:56 >>VIK BHIDE: WELL, THAT'S ALSO A GOOD QUESTION.
13:50:00 A COUPLE OF THINGS THERE.
13:50:02 ONE IS, THE STATE OF THE ROADWAYS THEMSELVES.
13:50:06 SO WHAT WE HAVE AGREED ON WITH THE COUNTY IS WHAT ARE THE
13:50:10 STANDARDS THAT THE ROAD NEEDS TO BE -- OR THE CITY GETS
13:50:16 THAT.
13:50:16 SO WHEN ACCEPTED IT WOULD BE A 20-YEAR, 25-YEAR MISSION WITH
13:50:26 THE LATEST STANDARDS.
13:50:27 THE MAINTENANCE ASPECT OF IT IS SOMETHING THAT DOES REQUIRE
13:50:31 DISCUSSION AMONG THE DEPARTMENTS.
13:50:35 >>LYNN HURTAK: SO WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS THAT THE COUNTY
13:50:38 WOULD TRANSFER ROAD OVER WHEN IT'S IN -- THEY WOULD UPGRADE
13:50:44 THE ROAD TO WHATEVER THE STANDARD WOULD NEED TO BE, PERHAPS
13:50:48 TO ACCEPT IT -- FOR US TO ACCEPT IT?
13:50:52 >>VIK BHIDE: CORRECT.
13:50:53 EITHER THAT OR TRANSFER FUNDS COMMENSURATE WITH THE UPGRADE.
13:50:57 >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY.
13:50:58 BECAUSE I AM LOOKING AT IT ALSO THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD LENS,
13:51:03 AND I DO KNOW THAT, YES, PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE,
13:51:06 AND, B, WHAT A LOT OF NEIGHBORS ARE ASKING FOR ARE
13:51:10 IMPROVEMENTS TO THOSE ROADWAYS FOR BIKABILITY, WALKABILITY,
13:51:15 CROSSWALKS, AND I KNOW THAT THAT HAS BEEN A HUGE THORN IN
13:51:20 THE SIDE OF MANY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS TRY TO GET THOSE
13:51:24 TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT AND NOT KNOWING WHO THE ROAD BELONGS TO
13:51:29 OR IF THE ROAD CROSSES A CITY AND A COUNTY ROAD, AN
13:51:34 INTERSECTION, AND TRYING TO GET WORK DONE AT THAT
13:51:36 INTERSECTION I KNOW IS DIFFICULT.
13:51:38 SO I SEE THE POINT TO THIS.
13:51:39 AND THANK YOU.
13:51:40 >> JOHN LIONS: IF I MIGHT ADD SOMETHING.
13:51:45 THERE ARE ABOUT 60 CENTER LINE MILES OF COUNTY ROADWAY
13:51:49 WITHIN THE CITY.
13:51:50 WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE COMPLETE TRANSFER OF ALL COUNTY
13:51:53 ROADS.
13:51:54 AS AN EXAMPLE, COLUMBUS DRIVE BEGINS OUTSIDE THE CITY AND
13:51:59 PASSES INTO THE CITY.
13:52:00 SAME THING WITH PORTIONS OF WATERS, SLIGH.
13:52:03 AND SO WHAT WE WOULD INITIALLY DISCUSS IS A LIMITED NUMBER
13:52:07 OF ROADS.
13:52:08 AS AN EXAMPLE, CHANNELSIDE, THERE'S BEEN SOME OF THE COUNTY
13:52:13 INVESTMENT IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE AS PART OF THE WATER STREET
13:52:17 DEVELOPMENT, CHANNELSIDE WILL BE LIKE A BRAND SPANKING NEW
13:52:21 ROAD HERE IN A FEW MONTHS, AND THE QUESTION ABOUT THE
13:52:25 ONGOING MAINTENANCE COSTS, YES, THOSE WOULD HAVE TO BE
13:52:28 DISCUSSED AND NEGOTIATED, THIS PART OF THE TRANSFER.
13:52:32 I DON'T THINK THAT WE WOULD UNREASONABLY BURDEN THE CITY
13:52:36 WITH ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE COSTS ON ANOTHER ASSET WITHOUT
13:52:39 HAVING A CONVERSATION.
13:52:40 >>JOSEPH CITRO: OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BY COUNCIL
13:52:55 MEMBERS?
13:52:56 >>STEVE MICHELINI: I WAS WITH THE CITY IN '78 WHEN THIS
13:53:00 ISSUE FIRST CAME UP, AND AT THAT POINT MAYOR BILL POE SUED
13:53:07 THE COUNTY BECAUSE THEY WERE COLLECTING AD VALOREM TAXES
13:53:10 FROM CITY RESIDENTS, AND THEY COULD NOT ACCOUNT FOR THE
13:53:13 AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WAS BEING TRANSFERRED IN SERVICES BACK
13:53:17 TO THE CITY.
13:53:18 SO IF THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT MAINTENANCE COMING UP OF GAS
13:53:22 TAX, THAT DOESN'T EVEN BEGIN TO ADDRESS THE AD VALOREM TAX
13:53:25 DISPARITY BETWEEN SERVICES AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY BEING
13:53:28 COLLECTED.
13:53:30 WHAT HAPPENED WAS, IN THAT LAWSUIT, THE CITY AND THE COUNTY
13:53:34 REACHED AN AGREEMENT WHERE THERE WAS GOING TO BE EQUITABLE
13:53:37 DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS FOR STREETS AND ROADS THAT CAME CLOSE
13:53:41 TO MATCHING THE SERVICES THAT WERE TO BE PROVIDED BY THE
13:53:45 COUNTY FROM TAXES BEING PAID BY CITY CITIZENS.
13:53:50 THAT EVENTUALLY HE INVOLVED INTO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT,
13:53:54 WHICH WE ARE REFERRING TO NOW, AND I WOULD STRONGLY URGE YOU
13:53:58 NOT TO TRANSFER THESE WITHOUT THE EQUITABLE TAX DISTRIBUTION
13:54:03 COMING BACK FROM THE COUNTY, NOT FROM GAS TAX, BUT FROM
13:54:06 THEIR GENERAL FUND FOR AD VALOREM TAXES, BECAUSE THAT WILL
13:54:10 CONTINUE TO HAPPEN EVERY YEAR.
13:54:11 IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR TAX BILL, YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE'S A
13:54:15 WHOLE LINE ITEM FOR COUNTY TAXES AND AN ENTIRE LINE ITEM FOR
13:54:18 CITY TAXES.
13:54:19 AND THE TRANSFER THAT RESPONSIBILITY TO US SIMPLY BASED ON
13:54:23 GAS TAX IS NOT FAIR AND IS THE NOT EQUITABLE.
13:54:26 I THINK WE HAVE LOST SIGHT WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT CITY
13:54:29 ROADS, ONLY IN THE CITY.
13:54:31 IT WASN'T ABOUT THE ROADS.
13:54:32 IT WAS ABOUT REPAYING THE CITY FOR THE SERVICES THAT WERE
13:54:36 NEVER RENDERED BY THE COUNTY FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT
13:54:39 SERVICES.
13:54:40 WE HAVE OUR OWN POLICE.
13:54:41 WE HAVE OUR OWN FIRE.
13:54:43 AND THE COUNTY AD VALOREM TAXES GOES TO THE SHERIFF'S
13:54:45 OFFICE, IT GOES TO FIRE RESCUE, IT GOES TO A VARIETY OF
13:54:49 OTHER PLACES, INCLUDING PARKS AND ALL KINDS OF OTHER THINGS.
13:54:53 THEY ARE ALL MAINTAINED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS THAT ARE CITY
13:54:56 PROPERTIES AND CITY PARKS.
13:54:58 SO WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT I AM GOING TO TRANSFER THIS
13:55:01 ROAD AND THAT ROAD AND ALL THAT, IT WAS ABOUT THE CASH.
13:55:05 IT WASN'T ABOUT THE ROADWAY ITSELF.
13:55:08 THE CASH WAS EQUATED TO ROADS BECAUSE IT WAS THE EASIEST
13:55:12 DENOMINATOR TO IDENTIFY AND TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU WERE GOING
13:55:16 TO ASSIGN THE MONEY.
13:55:18 AND THOSE NEGOTIATIONS WENT ON FOR OVER TWO YEARS.
13:55:21 THE LAWSUIT STARTED IN '78 AND IT WASN'T RESOLVED UNTIL BOB
13:55:27 MARTINEZ' ADMINISTRATION SOMETIME IN '81 OR '82.
13:55:30 I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
13:55:33 BUT IT ALL WAS BASED ON TAX MONEYS COLLECTED FROM CITY
13:55:36 RESIDENTS THAT WERE NOT BEING PROVIDED AS SERVICES BACK TO
13:55:39 THE CITY RESIDENTS.
13:55:41 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MICHELINI?
13:55:48 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
13:55:49 IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS, PUBLIC COMMENTS?
13:55:52 DO WE HAVE ANYONE ONLINE?
13:55:54 >>MARTIN SHELBY: IS THERE ANY ACTION TO BE TAKEN?
13:56:04 >>BILL CARLSON: MR. CHAIR, COULD I SAY ONE LAST THING?
13:56:08 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SURELY.
13:56:08 >>BILL CARLSON: AS I SAID THIS IS THE NOT AS A BUDGET ISSUE
13:56:11 BUT AS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE.
13:56:13 AND NEIGHBORS IN THAT AREA ESPECIALLY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT
13:56:21 THEIR MULTI-YEAR COMPLAINTS TO GET TRAFFIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT
13:56:26 THERE, AND THEY FELT THAT THE CITY MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
13:56:28 PUSH THAT FORWARD QUICKER.
13:56:31 SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US PUTTING THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR
13:56:35 THEIR SAKE.
13:56:36 AND TO MR. MIRANDA'S POINT, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA'S POINT, WHEN
13:56:40 THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED, THE NEIGHBOR REACHED OUT TO ME, MY
13:56:44 FIRST CALL WAS TO VIK, I THINK MY SECOND CALL WAS TO HARRY
13:56:48 COHEN, AND HE AND I WORKED CLOSELY BEHIND THE SCENES WITH
13:56:52 THE TWO FOLKS HERE ON THE COUNCIL AND I THANK THEM FOR
13:56:55 RESPONDING QUICKLY TO THAT PARTICULAR PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE.
13:56:59 BUT THAT LED HARRY TO TALK TO BONNIE WISE AND IT SEEMS THERE
13:57:04 HAS BEEN A CHANGE IN STRATEGY, PHILOSOPHY IN THE LAST COUPLE
13:57:08 YEARS AT THE COUNTY AND THEY ARE READY TO WORK WITH US IN
13:57:10 ANY WAY WE WANT, AND OF COURSE THE POLITICAL DOORS AND AS
13:57:14 YOU CAN SEE STAFF DOORS ARE ALWAYS OPEN, BUT IF AT SOME
13:57:19 POINT WE WANT TO MOVE ROADS, I AGREE THAT WE NEED TO
13:57:23 RENEGOTIATE AND NOT BE A HUGE FINANCIAL BURDEN ON THE CITY
13:57:27 EITHER.
13:57:28 BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE GET ALL THE
13:57:31 PUBLIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEED AND THE CONSISTENCY
13:57:33 THROUGHOUT THE CITY SO THAT RESIDENTS HAVE THE SAFE
13:57:37 ENVIRONMENT THEY NEED.
13:57:38 THANK YOU.
13:57:38 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
13:57:41 ANYONE ELSE?
13:57:45 ALL RIGHT.
13:57:47 I TAKE IT WE WILL NOT TAKE ANY ACTION ON THIS.
13:57:49 OKAY.
13:57:52 IT'S TIME FOR INFORMATION REPORTS.
13:57:54 COUNCILMAN VIERA.
13:58:01 MARK THIS DAY.
13:58:03 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO, SIR.
13:58:06 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
13:58:10 >>LYNN HURTAK: NO.
13:58:12 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, SIR, MR. CHAIRMAN.
13:58:14 THE HONORABLE BETTY REED PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK.
13:58:17 THE SERVICES WILL BE WEDNESDAY, THIS UPCOMING WEDNESDAY AT
13:58:20 10 A.M. AT BEULAH BAPTIST CHURCH IN TEMPLE TERRACE.
13:58:24 I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION POSTHUMOUSLY.
13:58:31 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
13:58:33 ALL IN FAVOR?
13:58:34 ANY OPPOSED?
13:58:34 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I WILL BE HANDING IT TO THEM AT THE
13:58:38 SERVICES.
13:58:40 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NONE SIR.
13:58:43 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE?
13:58:45 I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE YOU, COUNCILMAN CARLSON. HAVE YOU
13:58:47 GOT ONE?
13:58:48 >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO ZOOM IN.
13:58:50 RUBEN BUTCH DELGADO ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT AND IF WE
13:58:56 HAVEN'T ALREADY, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A COMMENDATION FOR
13:58:58 HIM.
13:58:59 I DON'T HAVE THE CALENDAR IN FRONT OF ME, BUT IF SOMEONE
13:59:03 COULD HELP US FIND IT.
13:59:05 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WHAT IS THE NEXT ONE?
13:59:18 TUESDAY -- I'M SORRY?
13:59:20 JULY 18th?
13:59:20 >>BILL CARLSON: SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
13:59:30 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON, SECONDED
13:59:33 BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
13:59:34 ALL IN FAVOR?
13:59:35 ANY OPPOSED?
13:59:36 >>BILL CARLSON: THAT'S IT.
13:59:38 THANK YOU.
13:59:40 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. SHELBY?
13:59:42 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, COUNCIL.
13:59:43 I HAVE SEVERAL RESOS THAT WERE ACTION ITEMS THAT COUNCIL
13:59:48 TOOK ON MAY 19th RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING APPOINTMENTS.
13:59:53 ROBERTO ANTONIO TORRES, MEMBER OF THE BARRIO LATINO
13:59:59 COMMISSION,
14:00:01 THOMAS PLUCKHAHN TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION.
14:00:01 JOHN PROKOP, ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION. SAMANTHA
14:00:10 DECKER TO THE VARIANCE REVIEW BOARD, AND CHER LENA POWERS AS
14:00:19 THE ALTERNATE ON THE VARIANCE REVIEW BOARD.
14:00:22 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
14:00:22 >> MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN
14:00:24 MIRANDA.
14:00:25 ALL IN FAVOR?
14:00:26 ANY OPPOSED?
14:00:27 MOTION TO -- MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, SECOND BY
14:00:31 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
14:00:32 ALL IN FAVOR?
14:00:34 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
14:00:34 WE ARE ADJOURNED UNTIL 5:01.
14:00:46 [ ADJOURNED ]
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