TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2022
9:00 A.M.
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09:02:12 >>JOSEPH CITRO: -- CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD TODAY, THE
09:02:17 2nd DAY OF JUNE, 2022.
09:02:19 IF WE COULD ALL PLEASE RISE FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
09:02:25 [MOMENT OF SILENCE]
09:02:45 THANK YOU.
09:02:45 JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF OUR COUNTRY.
09:02:50 [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
09:02:59 THANK YOU.
09:03:01 PLEASE BE SEATED.
09:03:02 COUNCILMAN VIERA AND COUNCILMAN MIRANDA WILL BE JOINING US
09:03:08 SHORTLY.
09:03:09 COUNCILMAN CARLSON WILL BE ABSENT TODAY.
09:03:15 ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
09:03:17 >> CARLSON?
09:03:17 VIERA?
09:03:18 MANISCALCO?
09:03:19 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
09:03:19 >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE.
09:03:20 >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE.
09:03:22 >> MIRANDA?
09:03:23 CITRO.
09:03:23 >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE.
09:03:24 >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
09:03:26 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WE HAVE WITH US TODAY THE MAYOR'S YOUTH
09:03:34 CORPS, AND I'M HOPING, MS. MOLLY, ARE YOU HERE?
09:03:37 THERE YOU ARE.
09:03:39 I WOULD LIKE FOR EACH OF THEM TO COME UP QUICKLY, INTRODUCE
09:03:43 THEMSELVES, WHAT HIGH SCHOOL THEY ARE ATTENDING AND IF THEY
09:03:50 ARE GRADUATING SHORTLY, WHICH COLLEGE THEY WILL BE GOING TO.
09:03:54 PLEASE.
09:03:57 DON'T BE SHY.
09:03:58 THIS IS NOT YOUR FIRST TIME IN FRONT OF PUBLIC.
09:04:06 >> HELLO.
09:04:07 I'M RAMONA.
09:04:10 FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL AT BROOKS DeBARTOLO.
09:04:14 I LIKE TO GO TO CALIFORNIA FOR COLLEGE AND MAJOR IN
09:04:18 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS.
09:04:22 >> HI.
09:04:22 MY NAME IS TAMECKA.
09:04:25 A FRESHMAN AT BROOKS DeBARTOLO.
09:04:26 I WOULD LIKE TO GO TO UF FOR COLLEGE AND MAJOR IN THE
09:04:30 MEDICAL FIELD IN PEDIATRICS.
09:04:33 >> HI.
09:04:34 MY NAME IS ALEX LOVETTE.
09:04:35 I'M A JUNIOR AT PLANT HIGH SCHOOL.
09:04:38 I DON'T KNOW WHERE I WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE, BUT I MIGHT
09:04:40 MAJOR IN CHEMISTRY.
09:04:44 >> HI.
09:04:45 MY NAME IS HOUSTON WETHERS.
09:04:47 RISING SENIOR AT JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL.
09:04:49 I WOULD LIKE TO GO TO BOSTON COLLEGE AND STUDY COMPUTER
09:04:52 SCIENCE.
09:04:54 >> MY NAME IS NABIRSON.
09:04:57 FRESHMAN AT HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.
09:04:59 LOVE TO GO TO UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY AND MAJOR IN
09:05:02 PHYSICS.
09:05:03 >> HELLO.
09:05:04 MY NAME IS CORNELL BOYD.
09:05:07 I'M A RISING JUNIOR AT JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL AND I WANT TO GO
09:05:10 TO SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AND STUDY BUSINESS.
09:05:12 >> HELLO.
09:05:13 MY NAME IS SAMUEL TERRY.
09:05:14 I GO TO BROOKS DeBARTOLO COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL.
09:05:17 I PLAN ON ATTENDING UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOR A MAJOR IN
09:05:20 BUSINESS.
09:05:21 >> HI.
09:05:23 MY NAME IS DANE.
09:05:27 I'M A RISING JUNIOR AT PLANT HIGH SCHOOL.
09:05:29 I WANT TO MAJOR IN SPORTS BROADCASTING.
09:05:34 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:05:35 MY NAME IS ZAIN JEDD.
09:05:36 I'M A RISING SENIOR AT PLANT HIGH SCHOOL.
09:05:39 I WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND FSU BUT STILL UNDECIDED ON MY MAJOR.
09:05:42 THANK YOU.
09:05:44 >> MY NAME IS ETHAN MORGAN.
09:05:45 I'M A RISING SOPHOMORE AT PLANT HIGH SCHOOL.
09:05:48 I'M NOT QUITE SURE OF WHAT COLLEGE I WANT TO GO TO YET, BUT
09:05:51 MOST LIKELY WANT TO MAJOR IN BIOLOGY.
09:05:56 >> HELLO.
09:05:56 FRANK KENNY.
09:05:57 I'M A RISING SOPHOMORE AT PLANT HIGH SCHOOL.
09:05:59 I WOULD LIKE TO MAJOR IN LAW AND, IF POSSIBLE, GO TO FSU FOR
09:06:04 COLLEGE.
09:06:07 >> HELLO.
09:06:08 MY NAME IS EVAN SHAGG.
09:06:10 NOT SURE WHICH COLLEGE I WANT TO GO TO YET BUT THINK I WANT
09:06:13 TO MAJOR IN SOMETHING S.T.E.M. RELATED.
09:06:16 >> HELLO.
09:06:17 MAX.
09:06:17 RISING SENIOR AT ROBINSON IB AND WOULD LIKE TO GO TO THE
09:06:20 UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA AND MAJOR IN ENGINEERING.
09:06:23 >> HELLO.
09:06:23 I'M ADAM CASTY.
09:06:25 I WOULD LIKE TO GO SOMEWHERE IN D.C. FOR COLLEGE.
09:06:27 I GO TO BERKELEY PREPARATORY SCHOOL AND WOULD LIKE TO MAJOR
09:06:30 IN POLITICAL SCIENCE AND HISTORY.
09:06:32 >> HI.
09:06:34 ZACARIAS.
09:06:35 RISING SENIOR AT ROBINSON IB.
09:06:37 I WOULD LIKE TO GO TO GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY TO MAJOR IN
09:06:40 INTERNATIONAL POLITICS.
09:06:42 >> HI.
09:06:42 MY NAME IS AUSTIN WHITE.
09:06:44 I'M A RISING SENIOR AT ROBINSON IB.
09:06:46 I WANT TO GO TO THE U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY FOR SOME TYPE OF
09:06:49 ENGINEERING.
09:06:50 >> HI.
09:06:51 MY NAME IS ETHAN SADIDA.
09:06:54 I'M A RISING JUNIOR AT FLORIDA VIRTUAL SCHOOL.
09:06:58 >> HI.
09:06:58 HART McKINNAN.
09:07:00 RISING SENIOR AT PLANT HIGH SCHOOL.
09:07:01 I HOPE TO GO TO FLORIDA AND DOUBLE MAJOR IN POLITICAL
09:07:04 SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS.
09:07:06 >> HI.
09:07:08 I GO TO HILLSBOROUGH IB.
09:07:09 I'M A RISING SENIOR AND I'M INTERESTED IN ZOOLOGY AND BEING
09:07:13 A VETERINARIAN.
09:07:15 >> HI.
09:07:15 SOPHIA.
09:07:16 I'M A RISING JUNIOR AT PLANT HIGH SCHOOL.
09:07:19 I WANT TO GO TO GEORGETOWN AND DOUBLE MAJOR IN FILM STUDIES
09:07:21 AND POLITICAL SCIENCE.
09:07:23 >> HI.
09:07:25 SOPHIA CARBELLO.
09:07:27 I'M A RISING JUNIOR IN PLANT HIGH SCHOOL AND I WOULD LIKE TO
09:07:31 MAJOR IN POLITICAL SCIENCE AT NYU.
09:07:35 >> HI.
09:07:36 MY NAME IS CHRISTEN HOUSE.
09:07:39 11th GRADER AT HILLSBOROUGH VIRTUAL SCHOOL AND PLAN TO
09:07:41 DOUBLE MAJOR IN POLITICAL SCIENCE AND LANGUAGES.
09:07:45 >> HI.
09:07:46 MY NAME IS CAMILLE.
09:07:47 I'M A RISING SENIOR AT ACADEMY OF HOLY NAMES.
09:07:49 I'M STILL UNDECIDED ON MY MAJOR BUT I THINK I WANT TO GO TO
09:07:53 UNC CHARLOTTE.
09:07:55 >> HELLO.
09:07:56 MY NAME IS LANNEY BOSE.
09:07:58 I ATTEND FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL.
09:07:59 I'M A RISING JUNIOR.
09:08:00 I HOPE TO ATTEND UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA AND MAJOR IN DATA
09:08:04 ANALYTICS.
09:08:07 >> HI.
09:08:08 MY NAME IS ADAM.
09:08:09 I'M A RISING JUNIOR AT JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL.
09:08:12 I WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND NYU LAW SCHOOL.
09:08:18 >> HELLO.
09:08:18 MY NAME IS SELAH.
09:08:20 I'M A RISING SENIOR AT ROBINSON IB.
09:08:22 I HOPE TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA TO MAJOR IN
09:08:25 POLITICAL SCIENCE.
09:08:27 >> HI.
09:08:29 MY NAME IS CRYSTAL.
09:08:31 I'M A RISING SENIOR AT PLANT HIGH SCHOOL.
09:08:33 I HOPE TO ATTEND STANFORD TO STUDY PREMED.
09:08:39 >> HI.
09:08:39 MY NAME IS LIVVY MADDOX.
09:08:42 RISING JUNIOR AT PLANT HIGH SCHOOL.
09:08:44 UNSURE WHERE I WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE BUT I'M INTERESTED IN
09:08:46 MAJORING IN JOURNALISM.
09:08:48 >> HELLO.
09:08:51 MY NAME IS KIMBERLY.
09:08:53 JUNIOR AT ACADEMY OF HOLY NAMES.
09:08:55 I WANT TO GO UP TO D.C. TO STUDY INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS.
09:09:01 >> HI.
09:09:02 I'M KATE MARILYN.
09:09:05 RISING SENIOR AT THE ACADEMY OF HOLY NAMES.
09:09:07 I WANT TO GO TO THE NAVAL ACADEMY AND MAJOR IN MECHANICAL
09:09:11 ENGINEERING.
09:09:13 >> HI.
09:09:13 MY NAME IS SOPHIA PAUMA.
09:09:15 I'M A RISING SENIOR AT TAMPA PREP, AND I WOULD LIKE TO GO TO
09:09:18 THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA AND MAJOR IN BIOLOGY.
09:09:22 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MS. MOLLY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE
09:09:25 YOURSELF?
09:09:29 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:09:30 I'M MOLLY BIEBEL.
09:09:32 YOUTH DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR AND COORDINATOR OF THE MAYOR'S
09:09:35 YOUTH CORPS.
09:09:36 I WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA AND MAJORED IN
09:09:39 MATHEMATICS.
09:09:40 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I THANK ALL OF YOU IMPRESSIVE YOUNG PEOPLE
09:09:44 FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
09:09:45 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I BELIEVE IN TWO YEARS SINCE CITY
09:09:52 COUNCIL SAW THE CORPS.
09:09:53 AGAIN, I AM GLAD YOU ARE HERE TO WITNESS HOW YOUR GOVERNMENT
09:09:59 WORKS.
09:10:00 ARE THERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SAY
09:10:02 ANYTHING?
09:10:03 COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:10:05 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I'M GLAD TO SEE YOUNG PEOPLE HERE INVOLVED
09:10:07 IN GOVERNMENT, LEARNING THE PROCESS.
09:10:09 I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING TO COME TO COUNCIL, SEE WHAT WE
09:10:14 DO AND HOW IT WORKS AND LOOK AT THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE
09:10:17 CITY.
09:10:17 PREFERABLE IN THE FUTURE THAT WE MAKE SURE MIDDLETON HIGH
09:10:21 SCHOOL, JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL.
09:10:22 WE HAVE OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS WITHIN THE CITY THAT I'M SURE
09:10:26 THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF THE PROGRAM.
09:10:28 SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE GET A GOOD RECRUITING EFFORT SO THE
09:10:31 COMMUNITY CAN SEE A DIVERSE PROGRAM THAT ALL SCHOOLS ARE
09:10:37 AVAILABLE TO PARTICIPATE.
09:10:38 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:10:38 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
09:10:39 COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
09:10:44 >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
09:10:47 THERE IS NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT AS YOU GROW UP -- I MEAN,
09:10:51 THAN REALLY UNDERSTANDING YOUR ROLE AS A CITIZEN.
09:10:54 AND ONE OF THE ROLES IS KNOWING HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS.
09:10:58 AND SO I APPLAUD YOU ALL FOR BEING INTERESTED AND COMING AND
09:11:01 LEARNING SO THAT YOU KNOW HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS WHEREVER YOU
09:11:05 END UP.
09:11:06 BEST OF LUCK TO ALL OF YOU AND GO GATORS.
09:11:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MS. ZELMAN.
09:11:18 >>ANDREA ZELMAN: I THOUGHT YOU WERE CALLING ON ME BECAUSE OF
09:11:20 THE "GO GATORS" REMARK.
09:11:22 GOOD MORNING.
09:11:22 THIS IS THE JUNE 2nd, 2022 MEETING OF THE CITY OF TAMPA
09:11:27 CITY COUNCIL HELD IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS ON THE THIRD
09:11:30 FLOOR OF OLD CITY HALL, 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, HERE IN
09:11:34 TAMPA, FLORIDA.
09:11:35 THE PUBLIC IS ABLE TO ATTEND THIS MEETING IN PERSON OR VIEW
09:11:38 IT VIA CABLE TELEVISION ON SPECTRUM CHANNEL 640 OR FRONTIER
09:11:43 CHANNEL 15, OR BY THE INTERNET VIA
09:11:46 www.TAMPA.GOV/LIVESTREAM.
09:11:50 THE PUBLIC IS ALSO ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS MEETING
09:11:53 DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR A MAXIMUM OF THREE
09:11:56 MINUTES PER SPEAKER, EITHER HERE IN PERSON IN CITY COUNCIL
09:12:00 CHAMBERS OR VIRTUALLY BY WAY OF COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA
09:12:04 TECHNOLOGY, ALSO REFERRED TO AS CMT.
09:12:07 HOWEVER, THE USE OF CMT DOES REQUIRE PREREGISTRATION WITH
09:12:12 THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND DIRECTIONS FOR PREREGISTRATION
09:12:15 ARE INCLUDED IN THE NOTICES OF THESE MEETINGS AND ON THE
09:12:18 AGENDA.
09:12:19 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THE
09:12:23 QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTERS ON THIS AGENDA EITHER IN PERSON IN
09:12:27 CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS OR REMOTELY VIA CMT.
09:12:31 BUT, AGAIN, CELL PHONES AND SMART PHONES ARE NOT COMPATIBLE
09:12:34 AS THEY WILL NOT ALLOW YOUR CAMERA, WHEN CONNECTED, SO YOU
09:12:38 MUST HAVE ACCESS TO A CMT DEVICE SUCH AS A TABLET OR
09:12:43 COMPUTER EQUIPPED WITH A CAMERA AND MICROPHONE THAT WILL
09:12:45 ENABLE YOU TO BE SEEN AND HEARD BY CITY COUNCIL AND ALL THE
09:12:48 OTHER PARTICIPANTS IN THE QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTER.
09:12:52 FINALLY, PER THE MEMORANDUM FROM THE CHAIR, THE ORDER OF
09:12:55 BUSINESS FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS IS TO MOVE THE STAFF
09:12:59 REPORTS AND UNFINISHED BUSINESS TO TAKE PLACE IMMEDIATELY
09:13:03 AFTER REQUESTS BY THE PUBLIC FOR RECONSIDERATION OF
09:13:06 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS.
09:13:07 AND THEN I WOULD ALSO ASK THAT I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION WAVING
09:13:11 THE CITY COUNCIL STANDARD RULES OF PROCEDURE.
09:13:13 >> SO MOVED.
09:13:14 >> SECOND.
09:13:15 >>ANDREA ZELMAN: IN ORDER TO ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT BY CMT.
09:13:18 AND WHILE THIS APPEARS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH YOUR RULES,
09:13:20 ALSO ALLOWING FOR STAFF REPORTS AND UNFINISHED BUSINESS
09:13:23 IMMEDIATELY AFTER REQUESTS BY THE PUBLIC FOR RECONSIDERATION
09:13:27 OF LEGISLATIVE ITEMS.
09:13:28 THANK YOU.
09:13:28 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN
09:13:30 MANISCALCO, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
09:13:34 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
09:13:35 THANK YOU.
09:13:36 THE MOTION PASSES.
09:13:37 COUNCIL, SHALL WE GO OVER THE STAFF REPORTS?
09:13:48 ITEM 64.
09:13:51 I BELIEVE THIS WAS --
09:14:04 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CONSIDER THE AMOUNTS FOR 64, 65, 66,
09:14:08 THAT THEY ARE IN THE MILLIONS, IF STAFF COULD BE ON STAND BY
09:14:12 JUST IN CASE THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS BECAUSE THE AMOUNTS ARE
09:14:14 SO BIG.
09:14:15 >>JOSEPH CITRO: 67?
09:14:20 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THERE IS A WRITTEN REPORT.
09:14:22 THE MOTION WAS MINE, BUT I'M SATISFIED WITH THE WRITTEN
09:14:25 REPORT FROM MR. BHIDE.
09:14:26 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WISH TO HAVE MR.
09:14:29 BHIDE HERE?
09:14:30 THANK YOU.
09:14:31 WE WILL STRIKE 67.
09:14:37 68?
09:14:37 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 68 WAS VIERA, BUT I SECONDED IT.
09:14:40 IS ADRIANA COLINA HERE OR NO?
09:14:45 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE GO AHEAD AND KEEP
09:14:47 THIS ON UNTIL COUNCILMAN VIERA GETS HERE.
09:14:50 ONCE HE GETS HERE, WE WILL HAVE -- MAN'S SAME WITH 69 SINCE
09:14:54 THAT WAS ALSO COUNCILMAN VIERA'S MOTION.
09:14:57 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ONCE HE GETS HERE, WE WILL GO TO HIM.
09:14:59 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM 70, MR. SHELBY IS NOT HERE.
09:15:02 COUNCILMAN CARLSON WHO MADE THE MOTION IS NOT HERE.
09:15:08 I SAY WE CONTINUE THIS.
09:15:09 LET'S CONTINUE THIS TO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING.
09:15:11 JUNE 16 UNDER STAFF REPORTS.
09:15:18 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN
09:15:20 MANISCALCO, IS SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
09:15:23 ALL IN FAVOR?
09:15:24 AYE.
09:15:24 THANK YOU.
09:15:26 WE HAVE A WALK-ON THAT WE WILL BE DOING WITH STAFF REPORTS.
09:15:33 IS THAT ALL RIGHT WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS?
09:15:35 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
09:15:36 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:15:42 >>ORLANDO GUDES: TWO WALK-ONS.
09:15:44 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE OTHER IS ITEM 38 TO MOVE TO STAFF
09:15:47 REPORTS.
09:15:47 MS. TRAVIS IS IN THE AUDIENCE.
09:15:50 THAT'S IT.
09:15:55 THE TAMPA BAY WATER.
09:15:56 MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
09:15:58 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
09:16:00 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:16:01 ALL IN FAVOR?
09:16:02 AYE.
09:16:03 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, TODAY WE HAVE MR. BOB HENRIQUEZ WITH
09:16:12 US.
09:16:12 HE IS THE PROPERTY APPRAISER FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
09:16:14 HE IS GOING TO GIVE US SOME NEWS.
09:16:19 >>BOB HENRIQUEZ: SOME NEWS.
09:16:21 FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MY YOUTH BACK.
09:16:22 THANK YOU SO MUCH THIS MORNING, COUNCIL, FOR THIS
09:16:28 OPPORTUNITY.
09:16:28 I KNOW IT'S OUT OF THE ORDINARY FOR ME TO APPEAR BEFORE YOU
09:16:33 TO PRESENT OUR PRELIMINARY OR ESTIMATED PROPERTY VALUES, BUT
09:16:37 IT'S CERTAINLY AN EXTRAORDINARY YEAR, SO I FELT IT WAS
09:16:40 IMPORTANT TO COME PERSONALLY AND TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT
09:16:45 ABOUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE MARKET AS YOU GO INTO YOUR
09:16:48 DELIBERATIONS ON YOUR BUDGETS GOING FORWARD.
09:16:54 I HAVE A PowerPoint AND I'LL TRY TO GO THROUGH IT AS
09:16:58 QUICKLY AS I CAN SO WE HAVE TIME PERHAPS FOR QUESTIONS AT
09:17:00 THE END.
09:17:01 AS WE ALL KNOW, THE STATE OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY REAL ESTATE
09:17:06 MARKET IS INCREDIBLY STRONG AND HEALTHY.
09:17:11 WE'VE SEEN STRONG YEAR-OVER-YEAR GROWTH REALLY SINCE 2013,
09:17:17 WITH BUILDING PERMIT ACTIVITY, SALES PRICES AND
09:17:19 TRANSACTIONS.
09:17:21 OVER THE LAST YEAR OR YEAR AND A HALF, OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE
09:17:24 SEEN, AGAIN, EXTRAORDINARY GROWTH IN THE REAL ESTATE MARKET
09:17:30 IN THIS AREA.
09:17:31 AND JUST YESTERDAY, AGAIN, I FEEL AS THOUGH THIS
09:17:35 PRESENTATION HAS BEEN MADE BY THE MEDIA EACH AND EVERY DAY
09:17:38 THERE SEEMS TO BE AN ARTICLE SPEAKING TO THIS ISSUE.
09:17:41 JUST YESTERDAY, THERE WAS ONE IN THE TIMES REFERRING TO THE
09:17:44 FACT THAT THE TAMPA BAY AREA HAS ACTUALLY, FOR THE FIRST
09:17:48 TIME IN THREE YEARS, UNSEATED PHOENIX AS THE NUMBER ONE
09:17:54 PLACE IN THE NATION FOR RISING HOME VALUES, INCREASE OF 34,
09:17:59 ALMOST 35 PERCENT OF HOME PRICES OVER THE LAST YEAR BETWEEN
09:18:05 MARCH -- GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:18:09 QUICKLY, IF YOU INDULGE ME FOR A SECOND, THIS IS A VERY
09:18:14 RUDIMENTARY DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY TAX PROCESS, BUT I
09:18:19 THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO GO THROUGH THIS JUST TO KIND
09:18:22 OF REMIND PEOPLE OF OUR DIFFERENT ROLES.
09:18:24 AND OUR JOB IN THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S OFFICE SIMPLY AND
09:18:29 LEGALLY IS TO DETERMINE THE ASSESSED VALUE OF ALL THE
09:18:32 PROPERTY IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, SOME 550,000 PROPERTIES IN
09:18:35 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
09:18:36 WHICH INCLUDES, OBVIOUSLY, THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:18:39 AND THEN ANY EXEMPTIONS THAT PEOPLE QUALIFY FOR.
09:18:44 AND THEN REPORT ALL THOSE VALUES TO THE TAXING AUTHORITIES
09:18:47 LIKE YOURSELVES, THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:18:48 WE'VE DONE THAT PRELIMINARILY ABOUT A WEEK AGO SO THAT YOU
09:18:53 CAN START THE BUDGET DISCUSSION PROCESS WITHIN THE TAXING
09:18:58 AUTHORITIES AND HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
09:19:00 WE HAVE UNTIL JUNE 1st TO OFFICIALLY SEND OUR PRELIMINARY
09:19:03 ROLL TO THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE IN TALLAHASSEE.
09:19:05 WE GENERALLY DO THAT IN THE THIRD WEEK OF JUNE.
09:19:09 YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE THE JANUARY 1st DATE THERE.
09:19:14 THAT'S AN IMPORTANT DATE FOR ALL OF US TO REMEMBER BECAUSE
09:19:17 THAT IS OUR ASSESSMENT DATE.
09:19:20 SO REMEMBER THAT THE VALUES THAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING WITH
09:19:24 OUR TRIM NOTICE AND THAT YOU'LL BE USING AS YOU MAKE YOUR
09:19:27 DELIBERATIONS FOR TAX RATES IS BASED ON JANUARY 1st OF
09:19:32 2022.
09:19:34 LITERALLY, WE'RE HISTORIANS IN THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S
09:19:38 OFFICE.
09:19:38 ONCE WE SEND ALL THAT INFORMATION TO YOU, THEN YOU'LL
09:19:41 CALCULATE YOUR MILLAGE RATES OR TAX RATES BASED ON THE
09:19:45 DESIRED REVENUE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE HERE IN THE CITY OF
09:19:48 TAMPA.
09:19:50 ONCE THAT HAPPENS, WE'LL SEND OUT THE DREADED TRIM NOTICE OR
09:19:53 NOTICE OF PROPOSED TAXES IN AUGUST.
09:19:55 USUALLY GOES OUT THE SECOND WEEK IN AUGUST.
09:19:57 GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMAN.
09:19:58 AND THEN THAT STARTS AN IMPORTANT PERIOD OF TIME, 25-DAY
09:20:03 PERIOD IN WHICH TAXPAYERS CAN APPEAL THEIR VALUES, IF THEY
09:20:08 DISAGREE WITH THEM, OR ANY EXEMPTIONS THEY MAY HAVE BEEN
09:20:10 DENIED.
09:20:11 TAX BILLS, OF COURSE, GO OUT IN NOVEMBER AND THEN HOPEFULLY
09:20:15 COLLECT ALL THE TAX REVENUE THAT YOU NEED TO DO ALL THE
09:20:18 IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE DO HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:20:19 I'VE INCLUDED COUNTYWIDE INFORMATION AS WELL AS THE CITY'S,
09:20:27 AS A MATTER OF COMPARISON.
09:20:29 IT'S SIMILAR IN NATURE.
09:20:31 I WILL POINT OUT, WE'RE LOOKING FIRST AT RESIDENTIAL MARKET
09:20:37 INFORMATION FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COUNTYWIDE.
09:20:40 AND YOU WILL SEE IN 2007, OBVIOUSLY BETWEEN 2007-2008 WAS
09:20:45 THE BEGINNING OF WHAT'S BECOME KNOWN AS THE GREAT RECESSION.
09:20:48 YOU'LL SEE THAT IT REALLY TOOK US UNTIL 2020 TO COME BACK --
09:20:58 AT LEAST TO CATCH UP COUNTYWIDE IN TERMS OF OUR PER SQUARE
09:21:03 FOOT, COST PER SQUARE FOOT.
09:21:06 SO ALTHOUGH THE RECESSION ENDED, IT TAKES A NUMBER OF YEARS
09:21:12 TO CATCH UP TO WHERE YOU MAY HAVE BEEN PRIOR TO, AT LEAST
09:21:16 THE COUNTY DID AND AGAIN THE CITY.
09:21:19 I WILL ALSO POINT OUT THAT YOU'LL SEE BETWEEN 2020 AND
09:21:24 CURRENTLY, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'VE HAD HEALTHY INCREASES IN
09:21:27 PER SQUARE FOOTAGE, PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT, BUT THEN YOU'LL
09:21:33 SEE -- AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST YEAR, 2022, THAT'S
09:21:38 ONLY THROUGH MAY OF THIS YEAR.
09:21:40 SO WE'RE TRENDING, AGAIN, VERY SIMILAR, IF NOT HIGHER THAN
09:21:44 LAST YEAR IN TERMS OF PER SQUARE FOOT.
09:21:48 THAT CONTINUES TO RISE.
09:21:49 BUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 2019, 2020 WAS IN THE RANGE OF 8
09:21:54 TO 9 PERCENT.
09:21:55 THIS YEAR, WE'RE SEEING A DOUBLING OF THAT INCREASE IN TERMS
09:21:59 OF PER SQUARE FOOT TO NEARLY 20%.
09:22:02 SO, AGAIN, WE'RE SEEING EXTRAORDINARY INCREASES IN PROPERTY
09:22:07 VALUE AS WE LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS.
09:22:09 SIMILARLY, AS WE LOOK AT ACTUALLY THE CITY OF TAMPA, WHICH
09:22:12 OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE MORE INTERESTED IN, SIMILAR INCREASE IN
09:22:16 TERMS OF PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT.
09:22:21 I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT INCREASE OVER
09:22:24 THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IS HIGHER THAN IT IS IN THE COUNTY.
09:22:28 SOME 14% OR SO OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, AND WE'RE SEEING,
09:22:34 AGAIN, UP UNTIL MAY A SIMILAR INCREASE THIS YEAR.
09:22:38 SO VALUES CONTINUE TO TREND UPWARDS AS WE SPEAK.
09:22:41 AGAIN, COMMERCIAL, DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THE POINT,
09:22:46 COUNTYWIDE, BUT YOU'LL SEE VERY SIMILAR NUMBERS.
09:22:48 AGAIN, I'LL POINT OUT THAT BACK IN 2007, AND YOU'LL SEE
09:22:53 INTERESTINGLY THE COMMERCIAL WAS SORT OF THE CANARY IN THE
09:22:57 COAL MINE IN TERMS OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH THE ECONOMY,
09:23:01 IN THAT YOU SAW THE DOWNTURN MAYBE EARLIER IN THE COMMERCIAL
09:23:06 SECTOR.
09:23:07 I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT'S PROBABLY NORMAL.
09:23:09 I'M NOT AN ECONOMIST, BUT PLAY ONE HERE TODAY.
09:23:13 BUT AS YOU'LL SEE, WE HAD BACK IN 2006, $136 PER SQUARE
09:23:17 FOOT, PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT IN COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
09:23:20 COUNTYWIDE.
09:23:22 AND IT TOOK US UNTIL 2017 TO GET BACK TO THAT NUMBER.
09:23:30 YOU'LL SEE THERE ALSO PROBABLY EFFECTIVE OF THE PANDEMIC
09:23:35 BETWEEN '18 AND '19, AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT JANUARY 1st
09:23:39 DEADLINE DATE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE WAS A DROP IN TERMS OF
09:23:42 COMMERCIAL SQUARE FOOTAGE, BUT THEN IT BOUNCED BACK REALLY
09:23:45 TO UNPRECEDENTED NUMBERS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
09:23:48 AGAIN, THAT LAST NUMBER, THE BAR IS SHORTER, THAT'S ONLY
09:23:51 THROUGH MAY.
09:23:55 YOU'LL SEE $250 PER SQUARE FOOT IN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
09:23:59 COUNTYWIDE.
09:24:00 IF YOU LOOK AT THE CITY, SIMILARLY, WE'RE ACTUALLY A LITTLE
09:24:03 BIT MORE, $254, CONTINUING TO TREND HIGHER.
09:24:08 JUST VALUE OVER TIME, AND THIS IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE.
09:24:14 IF YOU LOOK, AGAIN, AT THE AMOUNT, OBVIOUSLY, WE CONTINUE TO
09:24:19 GROW AS A REGION, AS A CITY AND AS A COUNTY.
09:24:23 IF YOU LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS, YOU'LL SEE BETWEEN THE LAST
09:24:27 TWO YEARS, BETWEEN '20 AND '21 AND '21 AND '22 YOU'RE GOING
09:24:33 TO SEE A PRECIPITOUS RISE IN JUST VALUE.
09:24:37 AGAIN, JUST VALUE IS ALL OF THE VALUE THAT'S WITHIN.
09:24:42 YOU HAVE TWO LINES HERE.
09:24:43 THE TOP LINE BEING THE COUNTY.
09:24:47 THE ORANGE LINE BEING THE COUNTYWIDE, AND THE CITY OF TAMPA
09:24:49 BEING BELOW THAT.
09:24:50 BUT YOU SEE THERE IS A HUGE UPTICK.
09:24:52 I WILL ALSO NOTE THAT IT TOOK US A NUMBER OF YEARS AFTER THE
09:24:55 GREAT RECESSION TO CATCH UP TO WHERE WE WERE IN TERMS OF
09:24:57 JUST VALUE.
09:24:59 AND OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS KNOW THAT'S BECAUSE YOU HAD TO MAKE
09:25:02 TOUGH BUDGET DECISIONS OR HAD TO FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
09:25:05 THOSE OF YOU AROUND HERE FOR A WHILE.
09:25:07 THIS YEAR, AGAIN, WE'VE HAD A 19 TO 20 PERCENT INCREASE, AT
09:25:14 LEAST WE'RE SEEING IN TERMS OF OVERALL JUST VALUE.
09:25:17 NOW, THAT'S OVERALL VALUE BUT THEN, OF COURSE, YOU HAVE TO
09:25:20 THEN LOOK AT WHAT THE ACTUAL REVENUES ARE ONCE YOU START
09:25:24 TALKING ABOUT TAXABLE VALUE, YOU BACK OUT CAPPED PROPERTIES,
09:25:30 SAVE OUR HOMES AND OTHER PROPERTIES THAT ARE NOT TAXABLE.
09:25:34 AT THAT POINT, YOU'LL SEE, AGAIN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT REVENUES,
09:25:38 THAT IT TOOK A NUMBER OF YEARS POST GREAT RECESSION TO CATCH
09:25:44 UP PROBABLY BETWEEN 2016 AND 2017 TO CATCH UP IN TERMS OF
09:25:49 OVERALL REVENUES IN THE CITY.
09:25:52 BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT THIS YEAR THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT RISE,
09:25:55 AT LEAST PRELIMINARILY, IN REVENUES, SOME 14% INCREASE IS
09:26:02 WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
09:26:03 14 TO 15% INCREASE IN REVENUE FOR YOU GUYS TO DEAL WITH.
09:26:08 THIS IS AN OVERALL REPORT.
09:26:10 I WON'T BELABOR IT AGAIN.
09:26:12 BUT I WILL PULL OUT THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:26:14 AGAIN, YOU'RE LOOKING AT TAXABLE -- WHAT'S TAXABLE IN TERMS
09:26:20 OF JUST VALUE.
09:26:22 SORRY, TAXABLE VALUE.
09:26:25 ALMOST 16% INCREASE IN TAXABLE VALUE.
09:26:27 THAT TRANSLATES, AGAIN, JUST VALUE IS ALMOST 27%.
09:26:33 THAT TRANSLATES, IF YOU GO FORWARD, TO ABOUT A 14.7%
09:26:44 INCREASE IN POTENTIAL REVENUE.
09:26:47 I WILL POINT OUT THAT THAT'S -- IN FACT, WE SHOULD HAVE
09:26:51 CHANGED THAT, BUT THE LAST LINE IS NOT TAX INCREASE.
09:26:54 THAT'S JUST INCREASING IN POSSIBLE TAXES THAT COULD BE
09:26:58 COLLECTED AS A RESULT OF THE RISING PROPERTY VALUES.
09:27:02 I WILL POINT OUT TO YOU THAT ABOUT 3.6% OF THAT INCREASE,
09:27:12 POTENTIAL INCREASE IN REVENUE COMES THROUGH NEW
09:27:14 CONSTRUCTION.
09:27:16 AND SO AS WE LOOK FORWARD, 11% OF YOUR INCREASE HAS TO DO
09:27:24 WITH THE INCREASED VALUE, TAXABLE VALUE AND ABOUT 3.6% IS
09:27:32 ACTUALLY NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT WILL GO ON THE ROLL THIS
09:27:35 YEAR.
09:27:35 SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY $40 MILLION IN NEW
09:27:40 REVENUE THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH, ASSUMING AN UNCHANGED
09:27:44 MILLAGE RATE.
09:27:45 OF COURSE, THOSE ARE THE TOUGH DECISIONS THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO
09:27:48 MAKE GOING FORWARD HERE IN THIS CHAMBER.
09:27:52 WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN UP TO ANY QUESTIONS.
09:27:54 I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR ME TO COME FORWARD AND
09:27:57 PRESENT THIS TO YOU PERSONALLY.
09:28:00 I WILL WITH THAT TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
09:28:03 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
09:28:04 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
09:28:07 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JUST A QUICK COMMENT.
09:28:09 FIRST, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
09:28:10 ALSO, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR OFFICE AND YOUR STAFF
09:28:14 ALWAYS BEING SO RESPONSIVE ANYTIME WE'VE HAD ANY QUESTIONS.
09:28:18 MR. NOTO, ANYBODY ELSE, YOU, YOU'RE ALWAYS THERE.
09:28:21 WE APPRECIATE THAT AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICES TO THE
09:28:26 COMMUNITY.
09:28:26 >>LUIS VIERA: I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT DETAILED
09:28:30 PRESENTATION.
09:28:31 SORRY I CAME IN LATE FOR THAT.
09:28:32 JUST THE PRESENTATION SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT THE HARD WORK YOU
09:28:36 DO AND YOUR OFFICE DOES.
09:28:38 IF MEMORY SERVES ME RIGHT, IN YOUR LAST ELECTION, I THINK
09:28:41 YOU GOT THE HIGHEST AMOUNT IN THE COUNTY, WHICH SHOWS THAT A
09:28:44 LOT OF REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS SEE YOUR OFFICE FOR WHAT IT
09:28:49 DOES, WHICH IS GOOD WORK AND ACROSS PARTY LINES.
09:28:51 I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
09:28:53 >>BOB HENRIQUEZ: I'VE GOT THEM ALL FOOLED.
09:28:55 >>LUIS VIERA: THERE YOU GO.
09:28:57 THANK YOU, SIR.
09:28:57 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
09:28:59 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I JUST SAW YOU AT THE COUNTY.
09:29:01 YOU RUN PRETTY FAST.
09:29:02 >>BOB HENRIQUEZ: NO.
09:29:03 I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF ARTHRITIS IN RIGHT HIP.
09:29:06 DEPENDS ON WHO IS CHASING ME.
09:29:08 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT.
09:29:09 BOGS IS A FANTASTIC GUY AND DOES -- THE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
09:29:19 IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
09:29:20 I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THE WHOLE SCOPE.
09:29:24 I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THE YEARS '06 THROUGH '13.
09:29:28 I FORGOT WHAT THE LOSSES WERE IN REVENUE TO THE CITY.
09:29:31 I'LL TAKE A GUESS AT OVER 200 MILLION.
09:29:33 THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
09:29:35 I'M TAKING A GUESS.
09:29:36 I DON'T REMEMBER ALL OF IT.
09:29:37 BUT I'LL GET WITH THE FINANCE PERSON HERE DOING THE
09:29:42 CALCULATIONS RIGHT NOW.
09:29:44 I CAN SEE HIM.
09:29:46 HE'S BUSY.
09:29:48 HE HAS A TAMPA THING ACROSS HIS MOUTH.
09:29:51 THE COMMUNITY NEEDS A LOT OF THINGS THAT HASN'T BEEN TOUCHED
09:29:53 AND ROADS, TRAFFIC, ANALYZING THE TRAFFIC FLOW AND CHANGING
09:29:57 THE THINGS WHERE YOU HAVE AT LEAST A TURN SIGNAL IN EVERY
09:30:01 MAJOR FOUR-WAY STOP, AREA WHERE ACCIDENTS HAPPEN.
09:30:04 ACCIDENTS OCCUR BECAUSE OF THAT.
09:30:06 I HOPE WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO FIX THE PROBLEMS THAT WE NEED.
09:30:10 EXTRA REVENUE SHOULD BE EXTRA DONE THINGS FOR THE
09:30:13 NEIGHBORHOODS FOR EACH TAXPAYER.
09:30:15 I BELIEVE IN FAIR TAXATION.
09:30:17 I DON'T BELIEVE IN JUST HAVING EXCESS TAXATION.
09:30:20 THERE ARE SOME THINGS HAPPENING IN THIS COUNTRY THAT NEVER
09:30:23 HAPPENED BEFORE.
09:30:24 MORE FOREST FIRES.
09:30:26 STRONGER TORNADOES WHERE THEY SHOULDN'T HAPPEN.
09:30:30 NEVER HAD TORNADOES MAINLY IN FLORIDA AND ALABAMA, GEORGIA.
09:30:34 TORNADOES USED TO BE IN KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA AND AREAS OF
09:30:38 THAT SORT.
09:30:38 NOW THEY ARE EVERYWHERE.
09:30:39 SO CLIMATE CHANGE HAS A GREAT THING TO DO.
09:30:42 THE WATER PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE CAN TELL YOU THAT IT'S NOT
09:30:45 EASY TO DO WHAT THEY DO BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
09:30:48 EVAPORATION TAKES AWAY 10 TO 15 PERCENT OF ALL RESERVOIRS,
09:30:52 INCLUDING TAMPA BAY WATER'S RESERVOIR AND THE CITY OF
09:30:54 TAMPA'S RESERVOIR.
09:30:56 RIGHT THERE, YOU COULD DO SOMETHING WITH IT, YOU'LL SAVE
09:30:59 SOME MONEY.
09:31:00 THESE ARE THE THINGS NEEDED SO THAT THE INVESTMENT THAT GOES
09:31:02 IN CAN HELP EVERYONE IN THIS WHOLE COUNTY.
09:31:07 YOU MENTIONED HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND THE CITY OF TAMPA AND
09:31:10 HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET TOGETHER WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND
09:31:11 COME UP TO SOME TYPE OF A PLAN WHERE WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO
09:31:15 SAVE THE PLANET.
09:31:17 IF YOU SAVE CITY OF TAMPA, YOU STILL HAVEN'T SAVED THE
09:31:21 PLANET, BUT YOU'RE MAKING A GOAL TOWARDS THAT.
09:31:23 I REALLY BELIEVE IN THE ENVIRONMENT.
09:31:24 I BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE TO DO SOLAR.
09:31:26 I BELIEVE YOU HAVE TO DO THINGS IN SAVING THE EVAPORATION OF
09:31:30 THE CANALS AND THE LAKES THAT GIVE US OUR DRINKING WATER,
09:31:35 LARGE NUMBER OF IT, PROPORTIONATE TO THAT NUMBER AND THESE
09:31:38 ARE THE THINGS NEEDED.
09:31:39 I HOPE TO WORK WITH STAFF.
09:31:40 I'M SURE THEY ARE WORKING ON SOME PLAN TO GET THESE THINGS
09:31:43 DONE.
09:31:44 HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOME ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT WILL REALIZE
09:31:46 THE CITY OF TAMPA IS THE PLACE NOT TO GO AND VISIT, NOT TO
09:31:49 COME AND STAY AND RAISE THE VALUE OF HOUSES, BUT TO HAVE THE
09:31:53 MOST ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY CITY.
09:32:02 >>LYNN HURTAK: I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS INFORMATION
09:32:05 BECAUSE IT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF AN IDEA OF WHAT WE HAVE.
09:32:08 WE KNEW WE HAD EXCESS REVENUE, BUT NOW WE KIND OF HAVE A
09:32:12 BALLPARK FOR WHAT WE HAVE AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG WE'LL
09:32:16 HAVE IT.
09:32:17 I ECHO THE IDEA OF USING IT FOR SOMETHING THAT WE NEED THAT
09:32:21 WE JUST DON'T NORMALLY HAVE THE REVENUE FOR.
09:32:24 SO WE APPRECIATE THIS BECAUSE IT ALLOWS US TO START THINKING
09:32:28 ABOUT WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO.
09:32:31 I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THEM, BUT FOR ME PERSONALLY I HAVE BEEN
09:32:34 THINKING ABOUT THAT.
09:32:35 SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT.
09:32:36 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:32:38 >>ORLANDO GUDES: BOB, THANKS FOR THE REPORT.
09:32:40 I KNOW YOU HAD A GOOD SEASON WITH THE BALL CLUB.
09:32:44 I WAS WATCHING YOU DO YOUR THING AGAIN.
09:32:46 GO BACK A LONG WAY WITH COACHING.
09:32:49 WE MAKE GOOD MONEY.
09:32:50 THE MARKET WAS GOOD, BUT FOR ME, THE REINVEST.
09:32:57 WE MADE MONEY OFF THE HOUSING MARKET.
09:32:59 THAT'S HOW THIS BOOM HAS HAPPENED FOR US.
09:33:02 THAT MONEY NEEDS TO BE PUT BACK IN HOUSING.
09:33:05 I TOLD STAFF AND I'M SURE THE COUNTY SAME THING, THAT'S
09:33:08 WHERE THE MONEY NEEDS TO GO.
09:33:11 PEOPLE ARE HURTING RIGHT NOW.
09:33:13 THE BOOM THAT HELPED CREATE THIS, THAT MONEY GOES BACK TO
09:33:16 FAMILIES NOW HOMELESS AND PEOPLE WHO NEED HOUSES.
09:33:19 GET FOLKS WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.
09:33:22 THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.
09:33:23 I HOPE EVERYONE IS LISTENING BECAUSE THAT MONEY CAN REALLY
09:33:26 HELP THE HOUSING CRISIS.
09:33:28 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COACH, I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING GOOD NEWS,
09:33:31 AND THIS IS GOOD NEWS.
09:33:32 NOW THE CITY COUNCIL CAN LOOK AT THIS GOOD NEWS AND SAY,
09:33:38 OKAY, HOW CAN WE USE THIS?
09:33:40 AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
09:33:42 IF THE ALL FOR TRANSPORTATION DOESN'T GO THROUGH, OUR ROADS
09:33:44 ARE IN DIRE NEED OF REPAIR.
09:33:48 SO MANY THINGS.
09:33:48 WE HAVE OUR BUDGET COMING UP.
09:33:51 FIRE, POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR INCREASES.
09:33:52 THIS IS NOTHING BUT GOOD NEWS FOR CITY COUNCIL.
09:33:57 WE CAN USE THESE DOLLARS TO MAKE OUR CITY EVEN BETTER, OUR
09:34:00 ROADS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, FIRE AND POLICE.
09:34:04 COACH, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US GOOD NEWS.
09:34:06 >>BOB HENRIQUEZ: I APPRECIATE IT, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:34:09 JUST TO YOUR POINTS, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I CAME FORWARD AS
09:34:11 QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO GIVE YOU AT LEAST SOME PRELIMINARY
09:34:14 IDEAS OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
09:34:16 ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT WE MAY HAVE THAT WE CAN HELP AS
09:34:19 YOU WORK THROUGH THIS PROCESS, YOU HAVE TOUGH DECISIONS TO
09:34:21 MAKE.
09:34:22 YOU HAVE A BALANCE BETWEEN YOUR POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL REVENUE
09:34:27 AND HOW YOU'RE GOING TO UTILIZE THAT.
09:34:31 SO THAT'S NOT MY JOB TO DO, THANKFULLY.
09:34:35 SO HAND IT OFF TO YOU AS BEST WE CAN.
09:34:39 WE FEEL WE'VE BEEN AS FAIR AND EQUITABLE AS POSSIBLE IN OUR
09:34:42 ASSESSMENT.
09:34:43 THAT'S OUR JOB.
09:34:43 WE HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF INFORMATION AND WILLING TO HELP IN
09:34:46 ANY WAY WE CAN TO HELP MAKE THOSE TOUGH DECISIONS.
09:34:49 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING.
09:34:51 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, COACH.
09:34:52 WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE FROM TAMPA BAY WATER.
09:35:16 MR. CARDEN, HOW ARE YOU DOING?
09:35:21 >> VERY WELL.
09:35:21 THANK YOU, SIR.
09:35:22 MR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
09:35:24 I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU
09:35:27 TODAY.
09:35:27 MY NAME IS CHUCK CARDEN, AND I AM THE GENERAL MANAGER OF
09:35:32 TAMPA BAY WATER, WHICH IS THE REGIONAL WHOLESALE WATER
09:35:35 PROVIDER IN THE AREA.
09:35:36 WE WERE CREATED BY THE MEMBER GOVERNMENTS THAT IT SERVES
09:35:41 ALMOST 25 YEARS AGO.
09:35:42 SO NEXT YEAR WILL BE OUR 25th ANNIVERSARY SINCE WE BECAME
09:35:46 TAMPA BAY WATER AND THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE DRINKING WATER
09:35:50 PROVIDER.
09:35:50 THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT'S DECISION TO CREATE TAMPA BAY WATER
09:35:56 BACK IN 1998 WAS ONE REASON FOR OUR ECONOMY AND THE
09:36:02 ENVIRONMENT THAT HAS THRIVED FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS.
09:36:05 WATER FUELS OUR ECONOMY, AND WE BUILT A DIVERSIFIED,
09:36:09 INTERCONNECTED SYSTEM THAT HAS SUPPLIED THE REGION FOR MORE
09:36:12 THAN TWO DECADES.
09:36:13 AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS MAP, THIS IS WHAT WE LOOK LIKE TODAY.
09:36:19 BACK IN 1998, EVERYTHING PRETTY MUCH SOUTH OF THE -- WHERE
09:36:24 IT SAYS HILLSBOROUGH RIVER, THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH OPENED WITH
09:36:29 NO FACILITIES, EXCEPT FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH
09:36:31 REGIONAL WELL FIELD.
09:36:32 EVERYTHING TO THE NORTH IS WHAT WE HAD, AND IT WAS OUR
09:36:36 GROUNDWATER SYSTEM.
09:36:37 SO IN THE SOUTH, WE BUILT A DESAL PLANT, SURFACE WATER
09:36:41 TREATMENT PLANT, AND THE RESERVOIR.
09:36:43 ON A PIE CHART, THESE ARE THE THREE SOURCES I DESCRIBED THAT
09:36:52 WE USE.
09:36:52 100% BACK IN 1998 WAS GROUNDWATER.
09:36:55 AS YOU CAN SEE TODAY, ABOUT 57%.
09:36:58 AND THEN YOU HAVE THE DESALINATION, ABOUT 5% OF OUR SYSTEM
09:37:02 AND OUR RIVER WATER ABOUT 38%.
09:37:05 RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE ENOUGH WATER AND TREATMENT CAPACITY TO
09:37:10 MEET THE REGION'S NEEDS FOR ABOUT THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS, BUT
09:37:14 WE HAVE A VERY THRIVING ECONOMY, AS YOU JUST HEARD, AND OUR
09:37:18 POPULATION IS GROWING, WHICH MEANS WE NEED MORE WATER.
09:37:21 SOME DEMAND CHARTS GOING INTO THE FUTURE THROUGH 2027, AND
09:37:28 AS YOU CAN SEE ALL THE WAY TO THE FAR RIGHT, CITY OF TAMPA.
09:37:32 VERY MUCH GROWING AND NEEDING WATER INTO THE FUTURE.
09:37:38 RIGHT NOW, WE'RE WORKING TO BRING NEW SOURCES ONLINE BY THE
09:37:41 YEAR 2028 TO MEET THIS GROWING NEED.
09:37:44 SINCE 2018, WE'VE BEEN STUDYING THREE NEW WATER SUPPLY
09:37:53 OPTIONS TO DETERMINE WHICH ONES ARE FEASIBLE FOR THE NEXT
09:37:57 WATER SUPPLY PROJECTS FOR THE REGION.
09:37:59 NEW GROUNDWATER WELL FIELD IN SOUTHERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
09:38:03 MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH A AQUIFER RECHARGE CREDITS IS THE FAR
09:38:08 LEFT PICTURE.
09:38:09 AND IN THE MIDDLE IS AN EXPANSION TO OUR EXISTING SURFACE
09:38:12 WATER TREATMENT PLANT CAPACITY.
09:38:15 THE LAST ONE IS EXPANDING USER DESALINATION FACILITY AT THE
09:38:19 BIG BEND STATION.
09:38:20 ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, WE HAD OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETING AT
09:38:24 TAMPA BAY WATER, AND THE BOARD VOTED TO REMOVE THE PROPOSED
09:38:27 SOUTH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WELL FIELD FROM CONSIDERATION AND
09:38:30 PUT IT BACK INTO OUR LONG-TERM PLANNING PROCESS FOR FUTURE
09:38:34 CONSIDERATION.
09:38:36 WE WERE UNABLE TO NEGOTIATE RECLAIM CREDITS FOR THIS
09:38:40 PROJECT.
09:38:41 SO, THEREFORE, WE JUST REMOVED IT AT THIS TIME AND WE MAY
09:38:44 PUT IT BACK IN THE NEXT CYCLE OF OUR PLANNING.
09:38:46 SO NOW WE'LL BE CONCENTRATING OUR EFFORTS ON THE TWO
09:38:51 REMAINING PROJECTS GOING FORWARD.
09:38:53 I DID WANT TO SHOW THAT PROJECT THAT WE REMOVED TWO WEEKS
09:38:59 AGO, AND THE COST DOWN THERE BELOW IS $1.12 PER THOUSAND TO
09:39:05 $1.72 BUT IT'S GOT THAT QUESTION MARK.
09:39:07 THAT IS WHERE THE RECLAIMED CREDIT, WE COULD NOT COME TO AN
09:39:11 AGREEMENT WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
09:39:12 THAT PROJECT WON'T WORK WITHOUT THEM PUTTING TREATED
09:39:15 RECLAIMED WATER DOWN INTO WELLS ON THE COAST.
09:39:19 THE DISTRICT WOULD PERMIT GROUNDWATER WELL FIELD INLAND
09:39:22 ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE MILES WITH THOSE CREDITS.
09:39:25 SO THAT IS THE PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED AT THIS TIME.
09:39:29 EXPANSION OF OUR SURFACE WATER TREATMENT PLANT CAPACITY
09:39:34 COULD YIELD US BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY AND
09:39:39 WOULD MAXIMIZE OUR CURRENT PERMITTED SURFACE WATER
09:39:42 WITHDRAWALS.
09:39:43 THE PROJECT DOES INCLUDE TWO OPTIONS.
09:39:46 THE EXPANSION TO THE EXISTING SURFACE WATER TREATMENT PLANT,
09:39:50 WHICH IS REAL CLOSE TO THE FAIRGROUNDS IN BRANDON, OR
09:39:53 BUILDING A BRAND-NEW SURFACE WATER TREATMENT PLANT NEAR OUR
09:39:56 CW BILL YOUNG REGIONAL RESERVOIR.
09:39:59 THE CAPITAL COST FOR THIS PROJECT RANGE FROM 91 MILLION TO
09:40:03 146 MILLION, AND THE COST PER THOUSAND RANGE FROM $1.44 TO
09:40:07 $2.31.
09:40:09 THE DESALINATION PLANT IS VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR SYSTEM.
09:40:15 IT IS TRULY A DROUGHT-PROOF SUPPLY, AND IT CAN MEET -- GIVE
09:40:21 US AN ADDITIONAL 10 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY, BUT IT'S VERY
09:40:25 HIGHLY MECHANICAL AND AS YOU SEE, THE CAPITAL COSTS ARE VERY
09:40:29 HIGH COMPARED TO THE OTHER PROJECT RANGING FROM $310 MILLION
09:40:32 TO $365 MILLION.
09:40:34 AND THE COST PER THOUSAND IS $8.56 ESTIMATE.
09:40:39 I MENTIONED COST IN MY PREVIOUS PROJECT OVERVIEWS, BUT COST
09:40:45 ISN'T THE ONLY FACTOR THAT TAMPA BAY WATER BOARD WILL
09:40:48 CONSIDER WHEN IT SELECTS THE NEW PROJECT.
09:40:50 THEY WILL ALSO CONSIDER THE ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY AND
09:40:54 RELIABILITY.
09:40:55 UNDER EACH OF THESE HEADINGS, THERE'S SOME DETAILED
09:40:59 CRITERIA.
09:41:00 FOR INSTANCE, COST INCLUDES CAPITAL COSTS, OPERATIONS, AND
09:41:03 MAINTENANCE, LIFE-CYCLE COSTS AND WHETHER THE PROJECT CAN BE
09:41:07 PHASED OR NOT.
09:41:08 ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP INCLUDES PERMITTING, CARBON
09:41:12 FOOTPRINT, PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE, AND MORE, AND THE RESILIENCY
09:41:16 BUCKET INCLUDES TECHNOLOGY, AND RISK FACTORS AND HOW THE
09:41:20 PROJECT FITS INTO OUR OVERALL SYSTEM.
09:41:22 OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THE PROJECTS,
09:41:28 THE CONCEPTS WITH THE UTILITY DIRECTORS, WITH THE PUBLIC,
09:41:31 AND WITH OUR BOARD.
09:41:34 OUR BOARD IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A DECISION ON THE NEXT WATER
09:41:38 SUPPLY PROJECT BY AUGUST.
09:41:39 WE'LL BE TRYING TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION BY AUGUST SINCE
09:41:42 THAT ONE PROJECT HAS BEEN REMOVED, WE THINK WE CAN MOVE THAT
09:41:44 UP A LITTLE BIT.
09:41:46 SO LATE IN THE SUMMER WE'LL BE HOPEFULLY SELECTING THAT
09:41:49 PROJECT.
09:41:49 THIS IS JUST A SCHEDULE SHOWING THE VARIOUS MEETINGS AND
09:41:53 SOME OF THE THINGS WE'LL BE DOING TO GET THERE.
09:41:56 AND WITH THAT, I WOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
09:42:01 QUESTIONS.
09:42:01 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
09:42:02 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CARDEN.
09:42:05 MAY I CALL YOU CHUCK?
09:42:06 >>CHUCK CARDEN: YES, SIR.
09:42:07 I KNOW YOU A LITTLE BIT.
09:42:08 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AS I LOOK OUT IN THE AUDIENCE, I SEE A
09:42:10 LOT OF YOUNG FACES, AND THIS IS SOMETHING YOU'RE GOING TO
09:42:14 DEAL WITH THE REST OF YOUR LIVES, WATER.
09:42:17 YEAH, WATER IS WET.
09:42:18 WE ALL KNOW THAT.
09:42:20 BUT CHUCK TALKED ABOUT THE RIVER WATER, GROUNDWATER, DESAL
09:42:23 WATER, WELL WATER, AND RECLAIMED WATER, AND HE MENTIONED ALL
09:42:26 THOSE FIVE.
09:42:27 SO THE TAMPA BAY WATER IS LOOKING FOR, YOU'VE GOT A TEN-YEAR
09:42:33 PLAN.
09:42:34 YOU'VE GOT A 20-YEAR PLAN AND BEYOND.
09:42:37 TELL THIS BOARD AND TELL THESE YOUNG PEOPLE, INCLUDING NOT
09:42:40 SO YOUNG SITTING IN FRONT OF ME LOOKING AT ME FROM THE CITY
09:42:44 OF TAMPA WATER DEPARTMENT AND OTHER FACILITIES THAT USE
09:42:47 THIS, WHAT IS IT THAT IT TAKES -- HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO
09:42:51 GET A CONCEPTUAL PLAN, 15 OR 20 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER AT
09:42:56 TAMPA BAY WATER, HOW MUCH LEAD TIME DO YOU NEED SO THAT THEY
09:42:59 UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT?
09:43:01 >>CHUCK CARDEN: YEAH, THE GENERAL RULE OF THUMB IS TEN YEARS
09:43:04 TO CONCEPT TO PULLING WATER IN AND DRINKING IT.
09:43:12 WE'VE BUILT THE SYSTEM STARTING IN 1998.
09:43:15 TOOK A LONG TIME IN PLANNING.
09:43:18 AND WE DID THAT, AND THEN WE EXPANDED IT IN 2010.
09:43:21 SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING OUT, AS YOU SAY, WE HAVE A FIVE-YEAR
09:43:25 PLANNING CYCLE THAT LOOKS OUT 20 YEARS.
09:43:28 AND SO OUR CYCLE NOW IS COMING TO AN END, AND WE CHOOSE
09:43:33 SOMETHING IN AUGUST, ONE OF THE PROJECTS, AND THEN WE GO AND
09:43:37 GET IT PERMITTED AND BUILT.
09:43:38 IT COMES ONLINE BY 2028.
09:43:40 BUT WE ALSO THINK THERE IS A NEED FOR SOME ADDITIONAL WATER
09:43:43 BY THE YEAR 2033, '34.
09:43:46 SO THAT'S STILL IN PLAY RIGHT NOW AS WE'RE BUILDING THIS.
09:43:48 IT'S A NEVER-ENDING CYCLE, KEEPING YOUR EYE ON IT.
09:43:53 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THE POPULATION GROWS AND THINGS CHANGE.
09:43:56 YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE ENVIRONMENT.
09:43:57 IF I MAY, CHUCK, ALSO, IN '98 IS WHEN WE TRIED TO -- I
09:44:05 FORGET WHAT IT WAS CALLED, BUT REALLY RECLAIMED WATER.
09:44:10 DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY AREAS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY OR
09:44:12 THROUGHOUT THE WORLD -- YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE ME AN EXACT
09:44:16 -- JUST SO THE YOUNG PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE
09:44:18 ALL TYPES OF THINGS.
09:44:19 EVERYBODY THINKS THAT RIVER WATER IS FOR STEAM.
09:44:23 IS IT?
09:44:24 >>CHUCK CARDEN: WELL --
09:44:26 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.
09:44:29 IT NEEDS A LOT OF CLEANING.
09:44:30 >>CHUCK CARDEN: THAT'S EXACTLY CORRECT.
09:44:31 ALL OF THE WATER, GROUNDWATER, SURFACE WATER, WE HAVE LIVING
09:44:34 BODIES AROUND US, NOT ONLY AS HUMANS BUT ANIMALS.
09:44:37 AND WE LIVE LIFE.
09:44:40 SO THESE TREATMENT PLANTS THEY ARE SET UP WITH MULTIPLE
09:44:43 BARRIERS OF PROTECTION.
09:44:45 WE HAVE SURFACE WATER TREATMENT PLANT THAT GOES THROUGH SO
09:44:47 MANY DIFFERENT STAGES AND IT GETS TO OZONE, WHICH IS ONE OF
09:44:52 THE MOST POWERFUL DISINFECTANTS YOU CAN HAVE.
09:44:55 THERE IS TREATMENT.
09:44:56 EXACTLY THE SAME AS YOUR TREATMENT PLANT, THE DAVID TIPPIN
09:45:00 PLANT.
09:45:00 SO --
09:45:03 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IF I MAY, WOULD YOU PLEASE TELL THE BODY
09:45:06 AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE, SHOULDN'T SAY KIDS, YOUNG MEN AND
09:45:11 WOMEN, WHAT IT TAKES TO PUT THAT DESAL PLANT THROUGH A --
09:45:16 NOT MINE, YOURS.
09:45:17 HOW MUCH PRESSURE YOU GOT TO PUT IT THROUGH, WHAT SIZE OF AN
09:45:22 AREA?
09:45:22 >>CHUCK CARDEN: ONE, ONE HUNDREDTH THOUSANDTH THE SIZE OF A
09:45:28 HUMAN HAIR.
09:45:30 IMAGINE THAT IN YOUR MIND THAT WE CAN -- THOSE ARE THE PORE
09:45:37 SIZE IT ALLOWS THROUGH.
09:45:38 THAT'S VERY SMALL.
09:45:39 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT'S WHY IT'S SO EXPENSIVE.
09:45:41 8.56, WHATEVER IT WAS.
09:45:43 I'M GLAD YOU ARE HERE.
09:45:45 I'M GLAD THE YOUNG PEOPLE HERE UNDERSTANDING, AND I HOPE
09:45:48 THEY TAKE UP WATER SOMEWHERE IN THEIR LIFE BECAUSE THERE'S
09:45:51 ALWAYS A NEED FOR GOOD PEOPLE IN WATER AND IN THE TREATMENT
09:45:53 OF WATER.
09:45:54 YOU'LL BE SURPRISED.
09:45:56 IT'S A GOOD CAREER.
09:45:56 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:45:57 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
09:46:00 >>LYNN HURTAK: I JUST HAD A WONDERFUL ONE-HOUR PRESENTATION
09:46:03 WHERE I STARTED TO LEARN ABOUT THE WATER PROCESS YESTERDAY
09:46:06 FROM THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:46:08 THIS COMES AT A GOOD TIME.
09:46:12 I GUESS MY QUESTION WHEN LOOKING AT THE CITY AND, AGAIN FOR
09:46:17 THE YOUNGER PEOPLE, THE REASON THAT BAR CHART WAS SO LOW IS
09:46:21 BECAUSE THE CITY ACTUALLY PROVIDES ITS OWN WATER.
09:46:23 SO WE ONLY NEED WATER FROM TAMPA BAY WATER IF WE DON'T HAVE
09:46:28 ENOUGH WATER.
09:46:30 I WANTED YOU ALL TO UNDERSTAND, IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T USE
09:46:32 MUCH WATER; WE DO USE A LOT OF WATER.
09:46:35 MY QUESTION IS BUDGETARY.
09:46:37 THESE WERE -- SO THE $8.60 WOULD BE ADDED TO A BILL FOR
09:46:43 PEOPLE WHO ARE -- I MEAN, THEORETICALLY, FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
09:46:47 CONSUMERS?
09:46:50 >>CHUCK CARDEN: LET ME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
09:46:52 YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE $8.56 THAT WE ESTIMATE FOR THE COST
09:46:55 PER THOUSAND.
09:46:56 THAT IS JUST TO ADD 10 MGD TO THE EXISTING PLANT, FOR
09:47:02 $310 MILLION AND 10 MILLION GALLONS A DAY, THAT'S WHERE WE
09:47:05 GET THE $8.
09:47:07 WHERE WE COME UP WITH THE RATE, EVERY ONE OF THE MEMBERS
09:47:10 GETS CHARGED THE SAME RATE PER THOUSAND, OUR UNITARY RATE.
09:47:13 ABOUT $2.57 AT THIS TIME.
09:47:16 AND IT'S A COMBINATION OF THE THREE SOURCES: GROUNDWATER,
09:47:19 SURFACE WATER AND DESAL.
09:47:21 THEY ARE ALL COMBINED AND BLENDED, THE RATE.
09:47:25 GROUNDWATER IS THE CHEAPEST.
09:47:26 SURFACE WATER IS THE SECOND.
09:47:28 AND THEN DESAL, OF COURSE, IS THE LARGEST.
09:47:30 AS YOU BLEND THEM ALL, AT DIFFERENT USAGE OR VOLUMES, YOU
09:47:34 GET $2.57.
09:47:36 BUT THAT $8, THAT EXTRA 10 MILLION GALLONS WOULD BE ADDED TO
09:47:41 THE EXISTING COST FOR THE 25 MILLION GALLONS A DAY.
09:47:44 THAT WOULD THEN BE BLENDED WITH THOSE OTHER TWO SOURCES AND
09:47:47 WE'D GET A RATE.
09:47:48 IT WOULD RAISE THE RATE A LITTLE BIT.
09:47:51 I WOULD SAY PROBABLY CLOSER TO THE $3 RANGE OR SO.
09:47:56 BUT THAT'S HOW IT WORKS.
09:47:57 IT BLENDS.
09:47:58 >>LYNN HURTAK: I THINK MY OVERARCHING QUESTION, THAT WAS MY
09:48:03 FIRST PART, IS IF WE'RE NOT BUYING WATER FROM TAMPA BAY
09:48:07 WATER, TAMPA IS NOT HELPING WITH THIS NEW GROWTH, OR ARE YOU
09:48:16 COMING TO US ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL MONEY?
09:48:18 >>CHUCK CARDEN: THE WAY IT WORKS, TAMPA HAS GOT THE
09:48:22 EXCLUSIVITY PROVISION IN THE CONTRACT FROM 1998.
09:48:25 SO WHEN YOU'RE BUYING WATER, YOU'RE PAYING INTO NOT ONLY THE
09:48:29 VARIABLE RATE, HOW MUCH IT COSTS, WHAT YOU TAKE, BUT ALSO
09:48:33 THE FIXED COST.
09:48:34 WHEN YOU DO NOT TAKE WATER THAT PARTICULAR YEAR, YOU'RE NOT
09:48:37 PAYING ANYTHING.
09:48:38 >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
09:48:40 THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
09:48:44 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
09:48:45 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA?
09:48:47 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WAS TAKING A DEEP BREATH.
09:48:49 >>CHUCK CARDEN: RELOADING FOR ME.
09:48:51 [ LAUGHTER ]
09:48:54 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: CHUCK KNOWS MORE ABOUT WATER AND BRAD
09:48:58 THAN ANYONE I KNOW.
09:48:59 BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, TALK ABOUT RECLAIMED AND HOW MANY
09:49:04 COUNTRIES USE IT, AND THE STATES USE IT.
09:49:07 I KNOW CALIFORNIA HAS IT SOMEWHERE.
09:49:11 SAY HOW IT'S DONE, IF YOU CAN, IF YOU HAVE TIME.
09:49:15 THERE ARE SO MANY YOUNG MINDS OUT THERE THAT ARE JUST
09:49:19 GRASPING TO LEARN THINGS.
09:49:21 I WANT THEM TO GO THE WAY TO THINK ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT,
09:49:24 BUT THINK ABOUT YOURSELF, WHAT A CAREER THIS WOULD BE.
09:49:27 >>CHUCK CARDEN: RECLAIMED WATER, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY MUCH A
09:49:31 PART OF DISCUSSIONS TODAY.
09:49:32 IT'S VERY MUCH ALIVE IN THE WORLD, A LITTLE MORE THAN THE
09:49:37 UNITED STATES.
09:49:37 CALIFORNIA AND VIRGINIA, I THINK TEXAS IS LOOKING INTO IT.
09:49:42 PLACES WHERE THE SCARCITY OF WATER.
09:49:46 THERE'S NOWHERE ELSE TO GET THE WATER, THEY ARE LOOKING INTO
09:49:49 THAT.
09:49:50 CALIFORNIA HAS DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH AND GONE A LONG WAY TO
09:49:54 THAT AND IS MOVING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
09:49:57 IT IS COMING AT SOME POINT.
09:50:00 I DON'T KNOW WHEN ON THE TIMETABLE.
09:50:02 THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF TO REUSE IT, DIRECT AND INDIRECT.
09:50:07 INDIRECT YOU'LL TREAT IT, HIGHLY TREAT IT, PUT IT IN WITH
09:50:11 THE EXISTING GROUNDWATER OR SURFACE WATERS AND THEN SEND IT
09:50:14 TO A TREATMENT PLANT FOR FORMAL TREATMENT.
09:50:16 DIRECT, MORE OR LESS, YOU TREAT IT TO DRINKING WATER
09:50:19 STANDARDS AND PUT IT RIGHT TO THE SYSTEM TO THE END
09:50:22 CUSTOMER.
09:50:22 WE HAVE LOOKED AT PARTNERING WITH OUR MEMBERS FOR FUTURE
09:50:27 PROJECTS USING RECLAIMED WATER, INCLUDING THE CITY OF TAMPA
09:50:31 WITH THE PURE PROJECT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
09:50:34 WE'RE INVESTIGATING WHETHER WE COULD TAKE 20 MILLION GALLONS
09:50:36 A DAY OF RECLAIMED AND HAVE A PROJECT FOR USE FOR THE REGION
09:50:40 WITH THAT.
09:50:41 WE'RE ALSO LOOKING, YOU HEARD ABOUT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY,
09:50:44 THEY ARE INJECTING RECLAIMED WATER, ADVANCED RECLAIMED WATER
09:50:48 ON THE COAST TO STOP SALTWATER INTRUSION BUT THAT WOULD HAVE
09:50:52 BENEFITED US TO BE ABLE TO PULL DRINKING WATER OUT FOUR
09:50:55 MILES IN.
09:50:55 THAT'S NOT DEAD.
09:50:56 HOPEFULLY WE CAN REVIVE THAT OR HAVE DISCUSSIONS THE NEXT
09:50:59 CYCLE, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER USE.
09:51:01 THOSE ARE THE TWO INDIRECTS.
09:51:03 PINELLAS COUNTY IS WANTING TO TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT THEY
09:51:07 WOULD DO WITH THEIR RECLAIMED WATER AND HOW WE COULD USE IT
09:51:10 AT TAMPA BAY WATER.
09:51:11 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IF I MAY, LAST QUESTION, I PROMISE.
09:51:13 YOU TALK ABOUT RECLAIMED WATER, THE VALUE OF IT IS DIFFERENT
09:51:16 IN DIFFERENT AREAS.
09:51:17 A, YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER WHERE IT IS COMING FROM TO PUMP IT,
09:51:20 THE COST OF TRANSMITTING THAT WATER, A.
09:51:23 AND, B, HOW THAT WATER IS TREATED.
09:51:26 YOU HAVE REGULAR TREATMENT AND THEN ADVANCED TREATMENT.
09:51:28 ADVANCED TREATMENT CERTAINLY MUCH EASIER TO WORK WITH.
09:51:32 THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT VARIABLES ON THE THING.
09:51:36 EVERY WATER IS DIFFERENT.
09:51:37 EVEN GROUNDWATER, RIVER WATER, ALL THAT.
09:51:40 IT TAKES A DIFFERENT WAY OF GETTING IT TO THE CONSUMER
09:51:45 BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE SAME.
09:51:46 YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT ALL EQUAL.
09:51:47 >>CHUCK CARDEN: THEY ARE ALL DIFFERENT TREATMENTS.
09:51:48 THE GROUNDWATER IS PROBABLY THE LESS COMPLICATED.
09:51:52 THE SEAWATER, YOU'VE GOT TO PRETREAT IT TO THE POINT WHERE
09:51:54 YOU GET EVERYTHING OUT OF IT BUT THE SALT BEFORE YOU
09:51:57 PRESSURIZE IT AND PUT IT THROUGH THE MEMBRANES OR YOU'LL
09:52:00 RUIN THE MEMBRANES.
09:52:01 SURFACE WATER YOU'VE GOT TO GET ALL THE SOLIDS OUT AND THEN
09:52:07 YOU'VE GOT TO ZAP IT WITH OZONE AND THEN PUT IT THROUGH A
09:52:11 CARBON FILTER.
09:52:12 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:52:13 I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
09:52:16 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
09:52:18 MR. CARDEN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
09:52:21 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS REPORT.
09:52:22 >>CHUCK CARDEN: YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.
09:52:23 I WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK, MAYBE, IF YOU'LL HAVE ME, LATER
09:52:26 ON, MORE THAN ONCE A YEAR.
09:52:28 MAYBE TWICE A YEAR COME UP AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE
09:52:31 WE'RE AT JUST TO GET TO KNOW YA AND HAVE YOU KNOW WHO I AM,
09:52:35 OUR AGENCY.
09:52:36 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA HAS BEEN SITTING THERE FOREVER AS OUR
09:52:41 BOARD MEMBER.
09:52:41 HE DOES A GREAT JOB.
09:52:43 [ LAUGHTER ]
09:52:44 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO, I'M NOT AS GOOD A BALLPLAYER YOU ARE.
09:52:48 YOU PLAYED FOR UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA SPARKS.
09:52:51 >>CHUCK CARDEN: LONG TIME AGO.
09:52:53 THANK YOU.
09:52:53 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
09:52:54 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
09:53:16 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOOD MORNING, TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
09:53:19 JUNE IS PRIDE MONTH.
09:53:20 LGBTQ PRIDE MONTH.
09:53:22 THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE I CONSIDER MYSELF AN
09:53:26 ALLY, AND I WILL TELL YOU WHY.
09:53:30 REALLY, IT'S INSPIRED BY MY MOTHER, MY MOTHER WHO 40, 50
09:53:34 YEARS AGO WHEN SHE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND SHE WAS GROWING
09:53:36 UP, SO MANY FRIENDS OF HERS THAT WERE GAY THAT COULDN'T COME
09:53:41 OUT, THAT COULDN'T BE WHO THEY WANTED TO BE.
09:53:43 SO MANY FRIENDS OF HERS THAT IN THE 1980s AND 1990s FELL
09:53:51 VICTIM TO THE HIV/AIDS CRISIS AND THE STIGMA AND HOW THEY
09:53:55 WERE SHUNNED BY SOCIETY.
09:53:57 SOME THAT I MET.
09:54:00 AND I REMEMBER AS THEY WERE DYING, THAT WAS MY FIRST
09:54:03 INTRODUCTION INTO THAT.
09:54:05 AND EVERYTHING THAT MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME IN HOW TO TREAT
09:54:11 PEOPLE RESPECTFULLY, LOVINGLY, EQUALLY, SO THAT'S WHY IT'S
09:54:17 MY HONOR TO PRESENT THIS COMMENDATION.
09:54:19 THAT'S WHY I STAND WITH THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY.
09:54:22 THAT'S WHY YEARS AGO I PROPOSED A CONVERSION THERAPY BAN
09:54:25 HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:54:27 THAT'S WHY I LIKE TO GO TO THE PRIDE PARADES AND EVENTS.
09:54:30 THAT'S WHY I LIKE TO STAND WITH MY FRIENDS.
09:54:33 THAT'S WHY I AM PROUD THAT THE CITY, THIS BUILDING YESTERDAY
09:54:40 OR THE DAY BEFORE, MAYOR CASTOR RAISED THE FLAG OVER CITY
09:54:44 HALL.
09:54:45 AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME.
09:54:46 IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME THAT PEOPLE ARE TREATED EQUALLY,
09:54:50 RESPECTFULLY AND, OF COURSE, LOVINGLY.
09:54:52 SO I HAVE THIS COMMENDATION.
09:54:55 THIS IS PRIDE MONTH.
09:54:57 CURRENTLY CELEBRATED EACH YEAR IN THE MONTH OF JUNE TO HONOR
09:55:00 THE 1969 STONEWALL UPRISING IN MANHATTAN.
09:55:04 STONEWALL UPRISING WAS A TIPPING POINT IN THE UNITED STATES
09:55:07 WHILE SOCIETY AT LARGE INCREASINGLY SUPPORTS LGBTQ EQUALITY.
09:55:12 IT WASN'T ALWAYS LIKE THAT.
09:55:14 IT IS ESSENTIAL TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE NEED FOR EDUCATION AND
09:55:17 AWARENESS AND THAT IT REMAIN VITAL TO END DISCRIMINATION AND
09:55:21 PREJUDICE.
09:55:22 TODAY, CELEBRATIONS INCLUDE PRIDE PARADES, PICNICS, PARTIES,
09:55:26 WORKSHOPS, AND CONCERTS.
09:55:28 ALL THESE EVENTS THAT ATTRACT MILLIONS OF PARTICIPANTS
09:55:32 AROUND THE WORLD.
09:55:32 AGAIN, IT WASN'T ALWAYS LIKE THAT.
09:55:34 AS MY MOTHER KNEW AND WHAT SHE SAW WITH HER FRIENDS AND THE
09:55:38 PEOPLE THAT SHE LOVED AND CARED ABOUT.
09:55:40 SO THIS MONTH WE REMIND THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY THAT THEY ARE
09:55:44 LOVED AND CHERISHED.
09:55:46 I'LL FINALIZE MY COMMENTS WITH I WAS IN CHURCH ABOUT FIVE,
09:55:52 SIX YEARS AGO.
09:55:52 THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN NAMED MONSIGNOR HIGGINS WHO PASSED
09:55:55 AWAY, WHICH MANY IN THIS COMMUNITY LOVED AND KNEW.
09:55:58 AND IT WAS THE MARRIAGE EQUALITY DECISION PASSED DOWN FROM
09:56:03 THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
09:56:03 HE DIDN'T GET INTO THE DETAILS IN HIS HOMILY.
09:56:06 PROBABLY THE LAST HOMILY THAT I HEARD HIM GIVE, BUT HE SAID,
09:56:10 "DO NOT CONDEMN ANYONE.
09:56:12 LOVE THEM AND PRAY FOR THEM."
09:56:14 THAT'S IT.
09:56:15 WE TRY TO LIVE BY THAT.
09:56:16 ON THIS SECOND DAY IN JUNE, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THIS TO
09:56:20 THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY FROM TAMPA CITY COUNCIL SIGNED BY
09:56:23 EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A FRIEND, AND YOU HAVE
09:56:26 SUPPORT HERE AND LOVE.
09:56:28 >> THANK YOU.
09:56:28 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:56:36 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING?
09:56:39 >> COUNCIL MEMBERS, ACTUALLY, I'M VERY MOVED BECAUSE 30
09:56:45 YEARS AGO, WE WERE FIGHTING FOR OUR RIGHTS HERE IN TAMPA.
09:56:49 WE HAD A HUGE EVENT AT STRAZ WHERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE CAME
09:56:55 OUT.
09:56:55 MANY AGAINST SAYING, YOU'RE NOT EQUAL TO US.
09:56:59 YOU CAN'T BE REGULAR CITIZENS.
09:57:00 AND IT'S FITTING THAT WE LOOK BACK A LITTLE BIT ON THE GAY
09:57:06 RIGHTS IN TAMPA.
09:57:07 IN 1989, TAMPA -- 1992, TAMPA BAY VOTERS REPEALED THE GAY
09:57:15 RIGHTS MEASURE.
09:57:16 IN 2001, TAMPA POLICE OFFICER KILLED.
09:57:20 LESBIAN PARTNER UNABLE TO CLAIM.
09:57:22 SAME YEAR, 2000, JUNE 4th, I WAS DRAGGED OUT OF THE
09:57:27 YANKEES STADIUM BECAUSE I WAS HOLDING A LITTLE SIGN THAT
09:57:31 SAID JUNE IS GAY PRIDE MONTH.
09:57:34 THEN IN 2003, TAMPA OFFERED BENEFITS TO SAME-SEX COUPLES.
09:57:38 2015, TAMPA BAY SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE.
09:57:43 2014, TAMPA CELEBRATES GAY PRIDE.
09:57:45 WITH GREAT HONOR I CAN SAY I KNOW ALL OF YOU, IT'S WITH
09:57:50 GREAT HONOR THAT WE NOW HAVE A MAYOR WHO IS ALSO, SHE IS
09:57:54 LESBIAN, AND WE CAN BE VERY PROUD TO SAY I AM GAY.
09:57:58 I'M ALSO LATINO.
09:57:59 I'M ALSO A HUSBAND, A SON, AND I HAVE SEVEN KIDS WHO CALL ME
09:58:05 DIO MISIO.
09:58:09 THEY ALL KNOW I AM GAY AND THEY DON'T CARE AND I DON'T CARE
09:58:13 EITHER.
09:58:14 IT IS A WELCOMING COMMUNITY.
09:58:15 WHY THIS FLAG?
09:58:16 THIS FLAG IS INCLUSIVE, UNLIKE OTHER FLAGS THAT JUST HAVE
09:58:20 ONE THING.
09:58:22 WHETHER YOU ARE GAY, STRAIGHT, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO BE, YOU
09:58:25 CAN WEAR THIS FLAG WITH PRIDE AS WELL.
09:58:27 THANK YOU.
09:58:28 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:58:30 >>JOSEPH CITRO: BEFORE YOU WALK AWAY.
09:58:31 PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
09:58:34 >> MAURICIO ROSAS.
09:58:38 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
09:58:40 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, FOR THAT AND
09:58:44 THANK YOU, MAURICIO, FOR YOUR WORDS.
09:58:46 I REMEMBER WHAT YOU MENTIONED ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO WATCHING
09:58:50 THAT AS A KID.
09:58:52 IT'S FUNNY AND REALLY SAD HOW THINGS THAT WE TAKE FOR
09:58:55 GRANTED TODAY USED TO BE SO CONTROVERSIAL.
09:58:59 THE ISSUES DON'T CHANGE AND NEITHER DOES THE MORALITY BEHIND
09:59:02 THAT ISSUE NOR DOES THE EFFECT ON PEOPLES' LIVES AND THE PUT
09:59:08 SUSTAINED AND WHAT NOT.
09:59:09 WE'VE CERTAINLY COME A LONG WAY.
09:59:11 RIGHT HAS ALWAYS BEEN RIGHT.
09:59:13 YOU TREAT PEOPLE WITH DIGNITY.
09:59:16 SHOULDN'T BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST ON ACCOUNT OF WHO YOU
09:59:19 ARE.
09:59:19 AND THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE'VE COME A LONG WAY ON.
09:59:22 WHEN COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO WAS TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE OVER THE
09:59:24 YEARS, I REMEMBER A GENTLEMAN, I NEVER GOT TO MEET HIM, BUT
09:59:28 SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THE NAME HARRIS WOFFORD.
09:59:32 HE WAS A GENTLEMAN, I BELIEVE AIDE TO PRESIDENT KENNEDY,
09:59:35 WORLD WAR II VETERAN, WORKED WITH REVEREND KING.
09:59:38 HE WOULD GET ELECTED TO THE SENATE IN 1991 IN A SPECIAL
09:59:41 ELECTION, LOSE TO RICK SANTORUM IN '94.
09:59:45 HE WOULD COME OUT OF THE CLOSET AT THE AGE OF ABOUT 80, A
09:59:49 COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
09:59:50 HE'S PASSED ON SINCE THEN.
09:59:51 IMAGINE THAT MAN'S JOURNEY IN LIFE.
09:59:54 SUCH A FAMOUS MAN.
09:59:55 UNITED STATES SENATOR, WORLD WAR II VETERAN, CIVIL RIGHTS
09:59:59 ACTIVIST, PEACE CORPS, AS I RECALL, AND SO MANY DIFFERENT
10:00:02 ENDEAVORS THAT HE DID IN LIFE AND ALWAYS SPENT THAT NOT
10:00:05 BEING WHO HE IS AND WHO HE WAS, ET CETERA.
10:00:09 SO I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE A MUCH MORE COMPASSIONATE SOCIETY,
10:00:13 BUT WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.
10:00:15 MAYBE NOT IN TAMPA IN TERMS OF OUR LAW, ET CETERA, BUT
10:00:19 BEFORE THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT RULED ON THE ISSUE OF
10:00:22 EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION, MAJORITY OF STATES REFUSED TO
10:00:26 PASS THE EMPLOYMENT NONDISCRIMINATION ACT.
10:00:28 THAT NEVER GOT PASSED.
10:00:30 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SIMPLY SAID YOU CAN'T DISCRIMINATE ON THE
10:00:32 BASIS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION IN EMPLOYMENT.
10:00:36 NOT A RADICAL IDEA AT ALL BUT COULDN'T GET A LOT OF STATES
10:00:39 BEHIND THAT.
10:00:40 WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO BUT LORD KNOWS WE'VE COME A LONG
10:00:43 WAY.
10:00:43 THANK YOU FOR YOUR HEARTFELT WORDS AND, COUNCILMAN, THANK
10:00:45 YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
10:00:47 >>LYNN HURTAK: I ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO
10:00:49 FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
10:00:51 THIS IS A HUGELY IMPORTANT ISSUE.
10:00:54 AND THANK YOU, MAURICIO, ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU.
10:00:57 IT IS ALWAYS A TIME FOR CELEBRATION.
10:01:02 I DID GROW UP AND WATCH THE FIGHT.
10:01:04 I'LL BE HONEST, IT ALMOST FELT LIKE THE RIGHT TO MARRY WOULD
10:01:10 NEVER COME.
10:01:11 MY HUSBAND AND I GOT MARRIED TEN YEARS AGO, AND WE REFUSED
10:01:15 TO GET MARRIED IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T
10:01:17 HAVE MARRIAGE EQUALITY.
10:01:18 SO WE TOOK OUR FAMILIES TO NEW YORK CITY AND WE GAVE OUR
10:01:21 MONEY TO NEW YORK BECAUSE THEY HAD MARRIAGE EQUALITY.
10:01:25 AND THAT REALLY WASN'T THAT LONG AGO.
10:01:27 AND WE'RE ALREADY FIGHTING THE BATTLE TO, THE ROLLBACKS THAT
10:01:34 SOME MORE CONSERVATIVE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL, STATE
10:01:40 GOVERNMENT WANT TO DO AND IT'S JUST HEARTBREAKING AND
10:01:48 INFURIATING.
10:01:49 SO I'M REALLY HAPPY WE CAN CELEBRATE BECAUSE THERE HASN'T
10:01:55 BEEN A TON OF TIME TO CELEBRATE.
10:01:58 I'M ABSOLUTELY THRILLED THAT WE CAN CELEBRATE THIS MONTH AND
10:02:02 THAT THE COMMUNITY, THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT THE CITY
10:02:08 OF TAMPA REALLY LOVES THEM AND TRULY SUPPORTS THEM.
10:02:11 AND JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO AND ALL YOU
10:02:14 CONTINUE TO DO.
10:02:16 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:02:17 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:02:18 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU SAID SOMETHING, MAURICIO.
10:02:21 YOU TALKED ABOUT TWO CLOSE FRIENDS OF MINE.
10:02:23 LOIS MARRERO, MICKEY MASHBURN.
10:02:26 THEY WERE GOOD FRIENDS OF MINE.
10:02:28 I REMEMBER THOSE DAYS AND I REMEMBER AT THE TIME SHE HAD
10:02:31 WHEN GOING THROUGH THE PENSION FIGHT, DISABILITY.
10:02:34 TRIGGERED MY MIND TO THINK ABOUT LOIS, SHE DIED AND MICKEY.
10:02:42 THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THEIR NAMES BECAUSE THOSE WERE TWO
10:02:44 GOOD PEOPLE BACK IN THE DAY.
10:02:47 MICKEY, SHE WAS A FIGHTER.
10:02:53 SAY WHAT SHE WANTED TO SAY SOMETIMES LIKE I DO.
10:02:58 I KNOW HOW SHE IS.
10:03:00 I UNDERSTAND THAT TIMES ARE CHANGING AND PEOPLE ARE STARTING
10:03:02 TO CHANGE.
10:03:03 UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYONE IS EQUAL.
10:03:09 AS A PARENT YOU LEARN THOSE FIGHTS.
10:03:12 COME HOME FROM SCHOOL UPSET.
10:03:16 TIMES ARE CHANGING.
10:03:17 WE'LL GET THERE.
10:03:18 DON'T KNOW WHEN WE'LL GET THERE, BUT I KNOW WE'LL GET THERE
10:03:22 WITH THE CHANGES, WHAT I CALL OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE
10:03:24 INTEGRATING IN THE SCHOOLS.
10:03:26 THIS IS THEIR CULTURE NOW.
10:03:27 THEY DON'T THINK LIKE WE THOUGHT.
10:03:31 THEIR MINDS ARE CHANGING.
10:03:32 THEY DON'T HAVE THAT MINDSET OF THE THINKING.
10:03:34 THEY ARE JUST ACTING TO WHAT THEY FEEL THIS PARTICULAR TIME.
10:03:38 THANKS FOR BEING PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND BEING AN ACTIVIST
10:03:41 FOR THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY.
10:03:43 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.
10:03:44 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'VE KNOWN BUT 30 YEARS.
10:03:49 ONE THING YOU ALSO DO THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW.
10:03:52 YOU ARE ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVISTS WHO CALLS WHEN HE
10:03:54 SEES SOMETHING THAT'S WRONG, AM I CORRECT?
10:03:57 >> YES, SIR.
10:03:57 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I HAVEN'T HAD A CALL FROM YOU ABOUT TWO,
10:04:00 THREE WEEKS, A MONTH.
10:04:02 SOMETIMES I'VE BEEN ABLE TO HELP.
10:04:03 SOMETIMES I COULDN'T GET IT DONE, BUT YOU ALWAYS TRIED AND
10:04:06 WE ALWAYS TRY TO HELP YOU.
10:04:08 GOD BLESS YOU FOR SAYING WHO YOU ARE.
10:04:10 NOW YOU SEE YOU'VE GOT THAT BEAUTIFUL DOG.
10:04:13 I DON'T EVEN HAVE A DOG.
10:04:15 IT'S JUST A THING I WISH I COULD HAVE AN ANIMAL BUT I'M
10:04:19 NEVER HARDLY HOME SO I DON'T KNOW WHO WOULD FEED THE ANIMAL
10:04:22 SO I DON'T GET ONE.
10:04:24 THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
10:04:26 YOUR WHOLE LIFE, YOU WERE VERY STRAIGHT TELLING EXACTLY HOW
10:04:29 IT WAS.
10:04:29 NO PLAYING AROUND.
10:04:30 YOU AND I ALWAYS GET ALONG.
10:04:33 I APPRECIATE FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND YOU DO FOR YOUR
10:04:36 NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:04:36 PEOPLE LIKE YOU WE NEED MORE OF WHO STAND UP FOR WHAT THEY
10:04:39 BELIEVE IN.
10:04:40 >> THANK YOU.
10:04:41 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMAN.
10:04:42 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, THANK YOU FOR
10:04:45 BRINGING THIS COMMENDATION.
10:04:47 SOCIAL MEDIA, GOOD, BAD, INDIFFERENT, LIKE IT, DON'T LIKE
10:04:55 IT.
10:04:55 TO ME, IT IS LIKE THE TELEVISION.
10:04:57 YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU'RE WATCHING, CHANGE THE CHANNEL.
10:05:01 ALL I DID WAS POST THAT I WAS HAPPY TO HELP CELEBRATE PRIDE
10:05:05 MONTH.
10:05:05 A PERSON ASKED ME WHY I WAS CELEBRATING.
10:05:08 I TOLD THEM THIS: CELEBRATING PRIDE MONTH IS THE ABILITIES
10:05:14 OF EVERY AMERICAN TO LOVE WHO THEY WANT.
10:05:19 IT'S CELEBRATING THE RICH HISTORY AND ACHIEVEMENT OF OUR
10:05:27 LGBT COMMUNITY AND OUR PEOPLES.
10:05:30 AND FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE WITHOUT PROSECUTION FROM THE
10:05:32 IGNORANCE OF OTHERS.
10:05:34 HAPPY PRIDE MONTH.
10:05:36 >> THANK YOU.
10:05:37 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:05:38 THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
10:05:39 >>JOSEPH CITRO: AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:05:57 IF YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE ANY TYPE OF PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY,
10:06:01 PLEASE LINE UP, MY LEFT, YOUR RIGHT.
10:06:08 WHEN YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE
10:06:12 RECORD.
10:06:16 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:06:17 JULIA MANDELL WITH THE LAW FIRM OF GRAY ROBINSON.
10:06:20 401 EAST JACKSON STREET.
10:06:23 I'M EXCITED TO COME AFTER THAT WONDERFUL PRESENTATION AS
10:06:26 I'VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE BEEN THROUGH ALL OF THESE
10:06:30 TIMES AS WELL.
10:06:30 I'M SPEAKING REGARDING AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 32.
10:06:34 I SERVE AS THE LAND USE COUNCIL TO THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
10:06:38 SCHOOL BOARD.
10:06:39 I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS SOME COMMUNICATION THAT CAME INTO
10:06:43 COUNCIL REGARDING THAT ITEM AND THE PROPORTIONATE SHARE
10:06:46 AGREEMENT THAT'S ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA.
10:06:48 I DID WANT TO BE ABLE TO BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS ON
10:06:51 IT.
10:06:52 JUST BRIEFLY, THIS IS AN ISSUE AND AN AGREEMENT THAT'S AN
10:06:56 OBLIGATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE TO IMPLEMENT YOUR CONCURRENCY
10:07:00 MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR SCHOOLS.
10:07:02 IT'S REALLY A RATHER PERFUNCTORY MATTER OF ENSURING THAT NEW
10:07:07 DEVELOPMENT CAN PAY FOR ANY SCHOOL CAPACITY THAT IS
10:07:12 NECESSARY.
10:07:13 I UNDERSTAND IN SOME OF THE CORRESPONDENCE THERE WAS A LOT
10:07:15 OF DISCUSSION OF EXISTING SCHOOLS AND WHETHER OR NOT THIS
10:07:19 MONEY SHOULD BE USED TO PAY FOR THAT.
10:07:21 UNDER FLORIDA STATUTE AND UNDER YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IT
10:07:25 CANNOT.
10:07:25 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I DON'T WANT TO GET DEEP INTO THAT BECAUSE
10:07:28 I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT ITEM.
10:07:30 >>JOSEPH CITRO: DO YOU WANT TO PULL THAT ITEM?
10:07:32 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:07:33 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MS. MANDELL, IF YOU CAN PLEASE BE HERE TO
10:07:35 ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
10:07:36 >> I CAN CONTINUE MY PRESENTATION OR I CAN BE AVAILABLE TO
10:07:40 ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THAT TIME.
10:07:41 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SINCE COUNCILMAN GUDES REQUESTED TO PULL
10:07:44 THAT AGENDA ITEM, WOULD YOU MIND STAYING HERE?
10:07:47 >> OH, ABSOLUTELY.
10:07:47 THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:07:53 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:07:54 I'M EXCITED TO SEE SO MANY PLANT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
10:07:56 THAT'S WHERE I GRADUATED FROM.
10:07:58 GO PANTHERS.
10:07:59 MY NAME IS KEILA McCASKILL.
10:08:03 I'M HERE TO SHARE SOME CONCERNS.
10:08:06 I'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE SHARING CONCERNS WEEKLY.
10:08:08 THIS TIME I'M COMING TO TALK ABOUT THE REPLACEMENT OF
10:08:12 MICHELLE VAN LOAN.
10:08:14 IT'S BEEN ABOUT 30 PLUS DAYS SINCE SHE'S BEEN GONE AS
10:08:18 DIRECTOR.
10:08:18 I'VE E-MAILED, CALLED HR, I E-MAILED ALL YOU AND BASICALLY
10:08:23 BEEN CONSISTENT ABOUT SHARING THE CONCERNS WITH THAT
10:08:25 POSITION BEING POSTED.
10:08:26 NOTHING AGAINST NICOLE TRAVIS, BUT SHE WAS HIRED FOR A
10:08:31 SPECIFIC ROLE.
10:08:33 THAT'S AN INTIMIDATING TASK TO COME IN AS NEW HIRE TO LEARN
10:08:36 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, COMING FROM POLK COUNTY, WHICH IS
10:08:38 DIFFERENT TO ME, BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT DYNAMIC.
10:08:41 TO COME HERE AND LEARN THIS, THE CITY OF TAMPA, AND THEN TO
10:08:45 TAKE ON EAST TAMPA WHICH IS A VERY DAUNTING TASK, IN MY
10:08:49 OPINION.
10:08:50 LIKE I SAID, SHE WAS HIRED FOR A VERY PARTICULAR ROLE.
10:08:53 AND IN THE MIDDLE OF A CRISIS.
10:08:54 SHE'S NOW TAKING ON EAST TAMPA, WHICH IS HEAVILY IMPACTED.
10:08:58 LAST WEEK, SHE WAS GIVEN I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ASSIGNMENTS
10:09:02 FROM THIS BODY.
10:09:03 SHE WAS GIVEN MANY ASSIGNMENTS.
10:09:05 SHE MENTIONED IN HER PRESENTATION THAT SHE WILL BE HIRING
10:09:08 ASSISTANTS TO HELP HER ACCOMPLISH WHATEVER THAT IS.
10:09:10 THAT'S FINE, BUT WE ALSO WANT THAT POSITION POSTED.
10:09:13 WE STILL WANT THE POSITION.
10:09:14 I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES, WHAT IS THE PROCESS TO GET
10:09:17 THAT POSITION POSTED BUT IT NEEDS TO BE POSTED.
10:09:20 HR WAS THE ONLY RESPONSE.
10:09:22 I DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE WAITING FOR DIRECTION FROM BUT WE
10:09:25 WANT TO SEE THAT POSITION POSTED AND/OR EXPLANATION AS TO
10:09:27 WHY IT WAS NOT.
10:09:31 IT IS THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION THAT THE CITY STAFF CARRIES OUT
10:09:34 THE MISSION OR THE DESIRES OF THE MAYOR AND YOU ALL CARRY
10:09:37 OUT THE DESIRES AND NEEDS OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS, THOSE PEOPLE
10:09:40 THAT HAVE VOTED YOU IN.
10:09:41 I WANT TO REITERATE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CRA MAINTAINING
10:09:44 THEIR AUTONOMY.
10:09:45 WE STILL WANT THE PROCESS.
10:09:47 WE STILL WANT SOMEONE HIRED FOR THAT ROLE AND IT NEEDS TO
10:09:50 REMAIN UNDER CITY COUNCIL.
10:09:52 LAST WEEK IT WAS PRESENTED THE CITY'S OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB.
10:09:56 THEY HAD ABOUT 46 HOUSEHOLDS IN PROGRESS.
10:09:58 THEY HAD A WAIT LIST OF ABOUT 131 HOUSEHOLDS.
10:10:02 THEY ONLY HAVE 18 CONTRACTORS HANDLING THE 131 HOUSEHOLDS.
10:10:06 THAT'S WHAT THEY HAVE AS FAR AS WAIT LIST.
10:10:08 IF YOU ADD THE CITY, EAST TAMPA'S PROGRAM, THERE WILL BE
10:10:12 HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ON THAT LIST.
10:10:14 THEN THE OTHER CONCERN IS THE PRIORITY OF IT.
10:10:16 YOU SEE WHERE WE ARE AS EAST TAMPA.
10:10:18 WE'VE ALREADY BEEN BEHIND.
10:10:20 WE ARE ALREADY BACKLOGGED.
10:10:22 THE NEEDS ARE GREAT.
10:10:23 WE'RE COMING UP ON STORM SEASON AND WE'RE PRIORITIZED AS
10:10:26 LAST.
10:10:27 IN FINAL, I'LL SAY THIS, THE CITY OF TAMPA'S REHAB PROGRAM
10:10:30 ALSO HAS ITS CHALLENGES.
10:10:32 IT'S MISSING THE OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAM FOR EAST TAMPA
10:10:35 IS MISSING THE HUMAN ELEMENT COMPONENT THAT WE HOPE THE
10:10:39 THIRD PARTY WOULD BRING TO THE EQUATION.
10:10:41 I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED TO THE RFP.
10:10:43 IT'S BEEN RIPPED APART.
10:10:45 IT'S NO LONGER WHAT YOU APPROVED.
10:10:46 I HAVE CONCERNS WITH THE PROGRAM.
10:10:47 ONE OF THE PEOPLE I WALKED THROUGH THE PROCESS TO SEE WHAT A
10:10:50 THIRD-PARTY ADMINISTRATOR WOULD DO, SHE WAS APPROVED -- I
10:10:54 SUBMITTED A YEAR AGO.
10:10:55 APPROVED LAST WEEK ONLY TO FIND OUT HER PROPERTY ISN'T IN
10:10:59 HER NAME AND NEEDS TO BE PROBATED.
10:11:01 SHE'S 75.
10:11:02 DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.
10:11:03 NOW SHE UNDERSTANDS.
10:11:04 CAN'T GET THE ROOF REPAIRED.
10:11:05 SHE CAN'T GET THE REPAIRS DONE BECAUSE OF THE PROCESS.
10:11:08 THEY RUSHED HER THROUGH IN A YEAR AND EVEN NOW SHE CAN'T GET
10:11:11 THE WORK DONE.
10:11:12 INCLUDE THE HUMAN ELEMENT.
10:11:14 REVAMP THE PROCESS, REVIEW AGAIN AND REMEMBER TO KEEP THE
10:11:19 POSITION AT THE FOREFRONT.
10:11:20 THANK YOU.
10:11:23 >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
10:11:25 ROD HATCH.
10:11:26 1013 EAST PATTERSON STREET.
10:11:28 TWO DAYS AGO I FOUND THIS PHOTO ON GOOGLE EARTH, AND I WAS
10:11:33 JUST COMPELLED TO COME BEFORE YOU AGAIN BECAUSE I MISSED YOU
10:11:36 ALL.
10:11:36 IT'S ONLY BEEN TWO YEARS SINCE I CAME BEFORE YOU TO TALK
10:11:39 ABOUT LITTER IN OUR CITY.
10:11:40 IT'S KIND OF FUZZY HERE, BUT IF YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE A
10:11:43 NUMBER OF MANATEE.
10:11:44 THIS IS AT SULPHUR SPRINGS PARK.
10:11:46 RIGHT THERE, THERE'S ABOUT 30 MANATEES ON GOOGLE EARTH.
10:11:50 I THOUGHT IT WAS COOL TO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
10:11:53 IN THINKING ABOUT THAT, I THOUGHT I'D SHARE SOME OTHER
10:11:55 PHOTOS WITH YOU AS WELL.
10:11:58 I SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER.
10:12:00 JUST ONE OF THE THINGS I ENJOY DOING, KAYAKING AND PRETTY
10:12:04 MUCH FROM FLORIDA ALL THE WAY UP TO ROWLETT PARK.
10:12:07 IT'S JUST AMAZING THE AMOUNT OF WILDLIFE WE HAVE THERE.
10:12:10 IT'S AMAZING TO ME THAT FOR WHATEVER REASON, CITY COUNCIL
10:12:14 REFUSES TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE TO ADDRESS LITTER.
10:12:18 I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH MR. BHIDE IN THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT,
10:12:26 TALKING ABOUT AN ANTILITTER CAMPAIGN.
10:12:29 IT NEEDS TO HAVE NEATH IT AND THE TEETH NEED TO COME FROM
10:12:32 CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT SOME LEGISLATION TO INCREASE LITTER
10:12:35 FINES.
10:12:36 I WAS PLEASED TO SEE COUNCILMAN MIRANDA THIS MORNING TALK
10:12:38 ABOUT MAKING TAMPA A ROLE MODEL FOR THE COUNTRY ABOUT THE
10:12:42 ENVIRONMENT.
10:12:43 WELL, LET'S DO THAT TODAY.
10:12:44 IT STARTS RIGHT HERE IN OUR BACKYARD.
10:12:46 THIS IS A SIMPLE ISSUE.
10:12:48 YOU CAN'T DEBATE LITTER.
10:12:49 NOBODY LIKES IT, BUT YET WE REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
10:12:53 THESE ARE -- THIS WAS JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND.
10:12:58 SOME MANATEES, SOME PEACOCKS.
10:13:00 WHEN I ENLARGED IT THIS MORNING, IT CAME OUT A LITTLE
10:13:03 BLURRY.
10:13:04 HERE IS A MANATEE FAMILY AND A PUP THAT WAS JUST BORN.
10:13:08 THIS IS AN OTTER, THIS WAS ACTUALLY AT ULELE.
10:13:12 I HAD TO INCLUDE IT BECAUSE EVERYBODY LIKES TO SEE OTTERS.
10:13:16 SATURDAY, I WAS ON THE KAYAK, THIS IS THE RAINWATER RUNOFF
10:13:20 BY ROWLETT PARK NEXT TO THE RAILROAD TRESTLE.
10:13:24 THE AMOUNT OF LITTER AND AMOUNT OF LITTER IN THE WATER WHERE
10:13:27 THE ANIMALS LIVE IS INCREDIBLE.
10:13:29 WHEN I RETURNED SATURDAY, THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF LITTER.
10:13:32 THIS IS LITTER FREE FLOATING IN THE WATER ON SATURDAY.
10:13:35 I WENT LATER THAT DAY AND FOUND A COOLER FLOATING IN THE
10:13:40 WATER IN THE SAME SECTION OF THE RIVER BECAUSE IT WASHES
10:13:42 RIGHT OFF OF THE ROADWAY.
10:13:43 THIS IS SUNDAY, LITTLE GIRL IN THE PARK AND SHE WAS PLAYING
10:13:47 THERE IN THE PARK AND HER PARENTS WERE THERE AND SHE KEPT
10:13:50 ASKING ME QUESTIONS ABOUT LITTER.
10:13:52 SHE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE LITTER.
10:13:54 I TRIED TO GIVE HER AN EXPLANATION, AND I COULDN'T DO IT.
10:13:58 I'M COMING BEFORE YOU TODAY ASKING YOU FOR AN EXPLANATION
10:14:01 WHY THE CITY DOESN'T DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.
10:14:03 TWO WEEKS AGO, WE DID A CLEANUP ON SLIGH.
10:14:07 WE COLLECTED 17 BAGS FROM 22nd STREET TO NEBRASKA.
10:14:11 TWO WEEKENDS AGO -- THAT WAS THREE WEEKENDS AGO.
10:14:14 TWO WEEKENDS AGO, WE COUNTED 21 BAGS FROM SLIGH TO THE
10:14:18 BRIDGE AT THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER.
10:14:20 IF WE DON'T PICK THIS STUFF UP, IT GOES RIGHT TO THE RIVER.
10:14:23 WE TALKED ABOUT WATER THIS MORNING.
10:14:24 WE TALKED ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT, LET'S DO SOMETHING ABOUT
10:14:27 IT.
10:14:27 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
10:14:29 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS MORE.
10:14:32 >> YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST -- I KNOW COUNCILMAN MIRANDA AT ONE
10:14:38 TIME WAS CONCERNED ABOUT EXCESSIVE FINES.
10:14:42 THIS IS EXCESSIVE.
10:14:45 PLEASE FEEL COMPELLED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
10:14:51 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE DON'T HAVE A LITTERING ORDINANCE?
10:14:55 >>ANDREA ZELMAN: I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT, COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:14:58 WE ACTUALLY DO.
10:15:01 AS THE GENTLEMAN WAS SPEAKING, I WAS LOOKING AT THE CODE.
10:15:04 FOR INSTANCE, SECTION 26-150 MAKES IT UNLAWFUL TO LITTER IN
10:15:10 PARKS AND PUBLIC PLACES.
10:15:14 THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER PROVISIONS IN THE CODE THAT TALK
10:15:16 ABOUT THE DISPOSAL OF RUBBISH AND TRASH IN WATERS BEING
10:15:21 UNLAWFUL.
10:15:22 THERE ACTUALLY ARE ANTILITTERING PROVISIONS THROUGHOUT THE
10:15:26 CITY OF TAMPA CODE.
10:15:27 >>ORLANDO GUDES: JUST ENFORCEMENT WE'RE LACKING, SEEMS LIKE
10:15:30 TO ME.
10:15:30 SECONDLY, I THOUGHT IN LATE 2019 THAT THE -- BUYING A BOAT
10:15:44 THAT WE APPROVED.
10:15:45 I CAN'T REMEMBER.
10:15:49 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
10:15:51 >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
10:15:52 ACTUALLY, I TALKED TO SOMEONE -- I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH
10:15:54 DEPARTMENT, BUT, YES, IT'S COMING SOON, LIKE THE NEXT MONTH
10:15:57 OR SO.
10:15:58 THERE WILL BE A BOAT ON THE RIVER THAT DOES NOTHING BUT
10:16:02 COLLECT LITTER 24 HOURS A DAY.
10:16:06 >> YES, BUT THAT DOESN'T ADDRESS THE SOURCE.
10:16:08 >>LYNN HURTAK: EXACTLY.
10:16:09 >> WE USE THE FLORIDA LITTER LAW.
10:16:11 IT'S $150 FOR UNDER 15 POUNDS.
10:16:14 SECOND LOWEST LITTERING FINE IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
10:16:17 AS FAR AS ENFORCEMENT GOES, IN THE FIVE YEARS, THERE WERE 83
10:16:20 CITATIONS FOR LITTERING UNDER 15 POUNDS.
10:16:23 IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO
10:16:26 GET ENFORCED.
10:16:28 LITTER IS NOT GOING TO GO AWAY BUT WE CAN REDUCE IT IF WE DO
10:16:32 SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
10:16:33 BY INCREASING FINES IT INCREASES AWARENESS IN COMBINATION
10:16:36 WITH THE COMPELLING ANTILITTER CAMPAIGN.
10:16:38 IT'S LIKE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AND YOU SEE FINES DOUBLED
10:16:40 IN THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE.
10:16:42 IT MAKES YOU LOOK AT YOUR SPEEDOMETER.
10:16:44 WE NEED TO PUT SOME TEETH IN IT.
10:16:46 THANK YOU.
10:16:46 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:16:51 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS THERE ANY PREEMPTION, ANYTHING FROM
10:16:53 THE STATE LEVEL THAT WE CANNOT REDUCE THESE FINES?
10:16:56 IF IT'S $150, SOME PLACES ARE A THOUSAND DOLLARS?
10:17:01 WHAT'S CALIFORNIA AT?
10:17:02 DO YOU KNOW, SIR?
10:17:04 >> THOUSAND DOLLARS.
10:17:06 GEORGIA IS A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
10:17:08 SIESTA KEY IS 500 BUCKS.
10:17:10 THERE ARE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN FLORIDA --
10:17:12 >>JOSEPH CITRO: PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
10:17:15 >> SORRY.
10:17:15 THERE ARE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN FLORIDA THAT HAVE
10:17:18 ADDRESSED IT, BUT WE HAVEN'T.
10:17:20 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MS. ZELMAN, IF WE WERE TO MAKE A MOTION
10:17:22 TO INCREASE THE LITTERING FINE AT THE END OF THIS MEETING,
10:17:26 WOULD THERE BE ANY ISSUE, ANY STATE PREEMPTION, IF I WANT TO
10:17:30 RAISE IT OR MAKE A MOTION FOR $500, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR UNDER
10:17:34 15 POUNDS.
10:17:36 >>ANDREA ZELMAN: COUNCILMAN, I'M NOT OFFHAND AWARE OF ANY
10:17:39 SUCH PREEMPTION BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO THAT.
10:17:41 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:17:42 I'LL MAKE A MOTION AT THE END OF THE MEETING THAT WE COME
10:17:44 BACK WITH STAFF REPORTS SO THAT WE HAVE TIME TO LOOK AT IT,
10:17:47 RAISE FINES AND SEE ABOUT INCREASING THE ENFORCEMENT, AND
10:17:50 THEN, OF COURSE, THE BOAT THAT WAS ALREADY MENTIONED WILL BE
10:17:52 IN OPERATION I THINK IN THE NEXT 30 OR 60 DAYS SO THAT WILL
10:17:56 HELP.
10:17:56 THE ISSUE THERE IS YOU SHOWED THE PICTURE OF THE RUNOFF, AND
10:18:00 THAT'S FOLKS THROWING A BOTTLE OUT THE CAR WINDOW, GOES INTO
10:18:03 A DRAIN AND THERE IT IS.
10:18:05 LET'S SEE -- I'LL MAKE A MOTION AT THE END OF THE MEETING TO
10:18:08 INCREASE THE FINES.
10:18:09 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:18:10 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
10:18:11 >>LYNN HURTAK: ALSO, I DO KNOW THAT ONE OF THE STORMWATER,
10:18:16 WHEN THEY ARE DOING ALL OF THE -- PUTTING THE NEW PIPES IN,
10:18:20 THEY ARE DOING ALL OF THAT.
10:18:21 WHEN THEY HIT THE RIVER, I KNOW THEY HAVE BRAND-NEW
10:18:24 FILTERING SYSTEMS THAT ARE GOING TO HELP STOP THAT.
10:18:27 IT'S NOT GOING TO HELP EVERYTHING, BUT IT WILL STOP MORE
10:18:31 TRASH FROM GETTING INTO THE RIVER.
10:18:34 ONCE THEY IMPROVE THOSE STORMWATER RUNOFF, OR THE STORMWATER
10:18:39 PIPES.
10:18:41 >> THE CITY HAS ASKED US TO TAKE THEM DOWN AS WELL.
10:18:44 >>LYNN HURTAK: I AGREE WITH YOU.
10:18:48 I WILL DO AN ADDENDUM TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT A
10:18:52 CAMPAIGN, BECAUSE I AGREE WITH YOU.
10:18:55 >> THANK YOU.
10:18:59 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT
10:19:01 COUNCILMAN GUDES HAS PULLED AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 32 FOR
10:19:04 DISCUSSION.
10:19:10 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:19:12 BENJAMIN BAYS.
10:19:15 WAS HERE BEFORE.
10:19:16 STILL LIKE TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR APPROVING FOR JUNETEENTH.
10:19:19 BUT WE STILL HAVE A PROBLEM.
10:19:23 WE HAVE PEOPLE AROUND THE CITY -- COUNCILMAN, I TALKED TO
10:19:31 YOU.
10:19:31 YOU ASKED ABOUT FELICIA TUCKER.
10:19:35 I DIDN'T KNOW THIS, THAT HER ORGANIZATION CALLED THE
10:19:38 COALITION IT SEEMS LIKE THEY PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER.
10:19:44 REALLY, THEY ARE TRYING TO TAKE THIS FROM I WOULD SAY THE
10:19:47 COMMUNITY, FROM OUR KIDS BECAUSE THE KIDS NEED HELP.
10:19:52 THEY NEED OUR HELP.
10:19:54 THE KIDS COMING UP BEHIND US NEED OUR HELP.
10:19:57 JUNETEENTH, WE PUT THIS TOGETHER, IT'S LIKE A PROSPERITY
10:20:00 BASE FOR THEM BECAUSE IT HAS SO MUCH IN IT.
10:20:04 BUT WE ARE LACKING EVERYBODY TO COME ABOARD DUE TO THE FACT
10:20:08 THAT MS. FELICIA TUCKER IS A PASTOR, BUT SHE DONE TAPPED
10:20:17 INTO NEGATIVE ENERGY.
10:20:19 I BELIEVE IN POSITIVE NEGATIVE ENERGY.
10:20:22 WE WON'T GO INTO NAMES.
10:20:24 SHE TAPPED INTO THIS.
10:20:25 GETTING PEOPLE TO DO THINGS THEY DON'T NORMALLY DO.
10:20:28 ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD SAY WE'LL GO TO THIS, MR. CLAYTON
10:20:32 SUTTON IS A GOOD MAN.
10:20:34 LIEUTENANT -- RETIRED LIEUTENANT COLONEL.
10:20:36 SHE FORCED THIS MAN TO GO TO PARKS AND REC AND CHANGE THE
10:20:40 PAPER WORK.
10:20:41 THAT'S HOW THIS COALITION CAME UP.
10:20:45 SHE GOT SOME POWERFUL PEOPLE TO VOTE IN HER FAVOR, TO DO
10:20:50 THINGS IN HER FAVOR.
10:20:51 AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HAVE SO MUCH -- A BIG
10:20:55 PROBLEM FOR GETTING THIS THROUGH.
10:20:57 WE STARTED THIS THING LAST YEAR IN DECEMBER AND REALLY HAD
10:21:00 IT DONE IN JANUARY.
10:21:01 IT'S NOW JUNE AND IT'S STILL NOT DONE BECAUSE WE ARE LACKING
10:21:05 THE FUNDS.
10:21:06 NOW, THE CRA, THEY DID APPROVE THE $5,000, BUT WE ARE
10:21:10 LACKING THE AMOUNT, 15,000 THE MAX BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE
10:21:14 500 NOT GOING TO COVER WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
10:21:18 BUT THE BIGGEST PROBLEM THAT WE ARE HAVING AND I DON'T
10:21:21 UNDERSTAND IT BECAUSE I WAS IN THE SAME CHURCH WITH FELICIA
10:21:25 TUCKER, WHY WOULD SHE GO AGAINST THE COMMUNITY WHEN IT'S
10:21:30 TRYING TO UPLIFT THE COMMUNITY?
10:21:32 WHY WOULD SHE HAVE, IF SHE DONE RUB ELBOWS WITH THE MAYOR
10:21:37 BECAUSE THE MAYOR SEEMS LIKE IS THE ONLY THING THAT'S
10:21:40 KEEPING THIS FROM COMING TOGETHER AS A WHOLE.
10:21:46 I NEED YOUR HELP.
10:21:47 COUNCIL, I NEED YOUR HELP TO TRY TO GET THE MAYOR TO COME
10:21:51 ABOARD BECAUSE WE NEED THE PARTNERSHIP.
10:21:53 WE NEED EVERYBODY TO COME ABOARD.
10:21:55 IF THIS THING WITH FELICIA TUCKER REALLY GETS IN, IT'S LIKE
10:22:01 SEPARATING.
10:22:02 WE DON'T WANT TO SEPARATE NOTHING.
10:22:04 AS A MATTER OF FACT, WANT TO WORK WITH FELICIA TUCKER, BUT
10:22:08 IT SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING INSIDE OF HER THAT SHE HAS TO HAVE
10:22:12 EVERYTHING.
10:22:13 SHE HAS TO CALL ALL THE SHOTS.
10:22:15 I'M SORRY.
10:22:15 I JUST NEED YOUR HELP.
10:22:17 THANKS AGAIN.
10:22:17 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CHAIRMAN, I SPOKE ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK,
10:22:22 AND I THOUGHT I WAS PRETTY CLEAR ON IT THAT I WANTED THE
10:22:26 COMMUNITY RELATIONS DEPARTMENT TO GET WITH ALL THOSE PARTIES
10:22:29 THAT DEAL WITH JUNETEENTH.
10:22:31 I KNOW EVERYONE HAS DIFFERENT CLIQUES.
10:22:33 I SEE MS. WYNN IN THE AUDIENCE.
10:22:36 I'LL LOOK AT HER AGAIN TO LOOK INTO -- I DON'T MIND
10:22:40 EVERYBODY HAVING A PIECE OF THE PIE TO DO WHAT THEY WANT TO
10:22:42 DO.
10:22:43 BUT AT SOME POINT WE HAVE A CERTAIN ACTIVITY, AT SOME POINT
10:22:47 WE ALL NEED TO COME TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY IF CITY DOLLARS
10:22:50 UTILIZED FOR ONE MAJOR EVENT THAT EVERYBODY IS A PART OF IT.
10:22:53 I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH EVERYBODY DOING THEIR OWN THING.
10:22:56 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOLLARS BEING DIVIDED AMONG PEOPLE, I
10:22:58 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ONE BIG EVENT THAT EVERYBODY
10:23:02 IS A PART OF THE EVENT, THAT THE DOLLARS BE PROVIDED.
10:23:04 AGAIN, I TALKED TO REVEREND SUTTON.
10:23:08 I CALLED HIM AFTER THAT MEETING, I CALLED HIM AND TALKED
10:23:10 ABOUT THE WHOLE SITUATION.
10:23:11 HE AGREED EVERYONE NEEDS TO COME TOGETHER AND BOND TOGETHER
10:23:14 FOR THE SAME THING OF JUNETEENTH.
10:23:17 I'LL ASK AGAIN AND APPEAL TO MS. WYNN'S DEPARTMENT TO GET
10:23:20 WITH ALL PARTIES THAT DEAL WITH JUNETEENTH IN THE CITY.
10:23:23 I THINK THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS.
10:23:25 HAVE A MEETING, COME TOGETHER, SO WE CAN HAVE A BOND OF
10:23:28 TOGETHERNESS FOR JUNETEENTH.
10:23:29 BUT AGAIN, PEOPLE CAN DO THEIR OWN THINGS.
10:23:32 NO ISSUE WITH THAT.
10:23:34 WHEN IT COMES TO A MAJOR EVENT OR MAKING SURE ALL GETTING
10:23:36 DOLLARS, EVERYBODY WANTS SOME DOLLARS FROM THE CITY, BUT WE
10:23:39 CAN'T GET EVERYBODY.
10:23:40 IF YOU HAVE ONE MAJOR EVENT THAT EVERYBODY CAN BE A PART OF,
10:23:43 IT CAN HELP OUT TREMENDOUSLY.
10:23:44 I'M GOING TO ASK HER.
10:23:45 I SEE MS. TRAVIS IS HERE, TOO.
10:23:48 WE CAN GET TOGETHER AND TRY TO SORT THIS THING OUT.
10:23:50 I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT YOUR SITUATION HAD BEEN
10:23:55 DEALT WITH AND IT WAS DONE OVER WITH.
10:23:56 I DON'T KNOW.
10:23:57 HOPEFULLY MS. WYNN CAN GET WITH ME LATER ON TODAY TO TELL ME
10:24:01 WHERE WE'RE AT WITH YOUR SITUATION.
10:24:02 I THOUGHT THE CRA WAS HELPING SO YOUR EVENT COULD MOVE
10:24:05 FORWARD.
10:24:06 FROM THAT POINT, THE ADMINISTRATORS ARE HERE.
10:24:09 THEY HAVE HEARD ME.
10:24:12 HOPEFULLY WE GET RESOLUTION SOON.
10:24:14 >> I'M HOPING WE CAN PULL IT TOGETHER.
10:24:16 THANK YOU AGAIN.
10:24:20 >> MY NAME IS ERIC PEREZ.
10:24:21 LONGTIME RESIDENT OF WEST TAMPA.
10:24:25 I'VE BEEN HAVING ISSUES.
10:24:26 I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO.
10:24:27 I'M REALLY SICK.
10:24:29 I'M AUTHENTIC, DISABLED PERSON.
10:24:32 I WANT TO BALLAST POINT, STUDENT WITH DISABILITY.
10:24:36 I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS.
10:24:37 I'M A RESIDENT BECAUSE OF MY NEIGHBOR.
10:24:41 I GOT THIS HERE, CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT.
10:24:46 MY NEIGHBOR'S ALLEGATIONS POSSIBLY BECAUSE OF RELIGION.
10:24:49 I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK ANY NAMES BECAUSE MY CASE IS
10:24:52 DELICATE.
10:24:53 I'M NOT GOING TO MENTION NAMES.
10:24:57 MY ATTORNEY CHARGE ME NOTHING.
10:24:59 THIS IS MY WIFE ELAINE.
10:25:03 I BOUGHT MY RESIDENCE IN 2001 WITH EVERYTHING AS IS. WITH
10:25:13 MOTHER-IN-LAW.
10:25:13 THIS IS DELICATE.
10:25:15 REALLY DELICATE.
10:25:17 WHEN I MENTION THE WORD -- THINGS HAPPENING OUT IN WEST
10:25:24 TAMPA.
10:25:24 I CAN TAKE OVER 50 PICTURES HOW IT'S BEEN -- COMPLETELY,
10:25:28 NOTHING HAPPEN.
10:25:31 CODE ENFORCEMENT TURN FACE OTHER WAY.
10:25:33 THEY DON'T LOOK AT WHAT IS GOING ON.
10:25:34 WRONG ALLEGEMENT OF SOMEBODY.
10:25:42 CALL CODE ENFORCEMENT ON ME AFTER 20 SOME YEARS.
10:25:44 I BOUGHT MY HOME --
10:25:44 THERE IS A ROOM IN THE BACK THAT IS IN THE APPRAISER'S
10:25:49 OFFICE.
10:25:49 I HAVE PROBLEMS.
10:25:50 MY APOLOGY.
10:25:51 2013, CODE ENFORCEMENT MADE A COMPLAINT AGAINST ME.
10:25:55 SOMEBODY MADE A COMPLAINT.
10:26:02 WE'RE GOING TO FIX THE PROBLEM ABOUT THE APARTMENT IN THE
10:26:05 BACK.
10:26:06 I DON'T KNOW.
10:26:06 I BOUGHT THE HOUSE AS IS.
10:26:08 I DON'T KNOW NOTHING.
10:26:09 I TRIED TO FIX THE PROBLEM WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
10:26:18 I CAN'T EXPLAIN MYSELF.
10:26:19 I HAVE PROBLEMS.
10:26:19 I TAKE OVER 40 MEDICATIONS.
10:26:22 I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO.
10:26:23 TWO DAYS AGO, I CAME AND SPOKE TO MR. MIRANDA'S SECRETARY.
10:26:26 I EXPLAINED TO HER THE SITUATION.
10:26:28 I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO ANYMORE.
10:26:30 I'M SICK.
10:26:32 CAUSED ME A HEART ATTACK.
10:26:34 I CAME OUT OF THE HOSPITAL.
10:26:36 MAKING MY LIFE MISERABLE.
10:26:44 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: JUST TAKE IT EASY.
10:26:46 >> I HAVE EVERYTHING IN EVIDENCE.
10:26:47 EVERYTHING IN CAMERA.
10:26:48 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: TAKE IT EASY.
10:26:49 TAKE IT EASY.
10:26:53 YESTERDAY, I GOT A CALL FROM MY AIDE MARY.
10:26:56 I'LL GIVE YOUR ADDRESS, BUT NOT THE STREET.
10:26:59 2914, AM I CORRECT?
10:27:01 >> YES, SIR.
10:27:01 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I GOT THAT YESTERDAY.
10:27:04 I'VE BEEN TALKING TO MARY ABOUT IT.
10:27:06 CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
10:27:07 HERE'S WHAT I GOT FROM MARY.
10:27:09 SOMEONE CAME FROM THE CITY, WHICH IS NORMAL, AND THEY TOLD
10:27:12 YOU WHAT, ABOUT MOVING WHAT -- THE RANGE, THE STOVE OUT,
10:27:16 RIGHT?
10:27:18 >> YES, SIR.
10:27:18 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: DID YOU DO THAT?
10:27:20 >> YES, SIR.
10:27:21 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IN THE OLD DAYS, IF THEY FOUND A BUILDING
10:27:23 LIKE THIS AND YOU TOOK THE STOVE OUT, IT WOULD BE IN
10:27:26 CONFORMITY WITH THE LAW.
10:27:28 THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD.
10:27:31 NOW WHAT HAVE THEY CHANGED, I DON'T REALLY KNOW.
10:27:34 HOWEVER, IT IS NOT YOUR HOUSE.
10:27:35 YOU BOUGHT THAT HOUSE HOW MANY YEARS AGO?
10:27:38 >> IN 2001.
10:27:39 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WAS THAT BUILDING THERE?
10:27:41 >> YES, SIR.
10:27:41 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NOW, YOU DIDN'T PUT IT IN.
10:27:44 SOMEBODY PRIOR TO YOU PUT THE BUILDING.
10:27:46 THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT NOT ONLY TO THIS
10:27:48 ADMINISTRATION BUT TO OTHERS, YOU'RE THE ONE PAYING THE
10:27:52 PRICE FOR SOMEBODY ELSE WAY BACK.
10:27:55 HOWEVER, WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL, WHEN SOMEBODY SELLS THE
10:27:59 HOUSE, WE'RE NOT PERMITTED TO GO IN AND TELL THE PEOPLE,
10:28:02 HEY, YOU CAN'T SELL THIS HOUSE BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT A LIVING
10:28:05 QUARTERS IN THE BACK AND YOUR LAND IS NOT ZONED FOR THAT.
10:28:08 WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT.
10:28:10 HOWEVER, NOW COMES CODE ENFORCEMENT, WHICH TRY TO DO THEIR
10:28:14 JOB AND TRY TO DO THAT, THEY TELL ME THAT YOU HAVE A LOT OF
10:28:21 CAMERAS.
10:28:21 >> YES.
10:28:22 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'M TRYING TO FACILITATE YOUR CASE.
10:28:24 WITH THOSE CAMERAS, YOU HAVE THE ACTIVITIES OF WHAT'S
10:28:28 HAPPENING AROUND YOUR HOUSE FOR MANY MONTHS, AM I CORRECT?
10:28:32 >> YES.
10:28:32 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT'S YOUR BENEFIT.
10:28:33 WE'RE NOT THERE YET, BUT SOONER OR LATER THIS IS GOING TO
10:28:37 COME IN THIS CHAMBER, MORE THAN LIKELY, TO FACILITATE OR
10:28:41 WHATEVER THEY CALL IT -- A MAGISTRATE, AND YOU'RE GOING TO
10:28:48 PRESENT YOUR CASE TO THEM.
10:28:51 >> I DON'T KNOW.
10:28:51 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I UNDERSTAND THAT.
10:28:53 BELIEVE ME, I GET AS UPSET AS YOU DO SOMETIMES.
10:28:57 I WANT YOU TO HAVE SOMEBODY TO PRESENT YOUR CASE SO THAT
10:29:01 THEY CAN PLAINLY SEE THAT THE ACTION WAS THE ACTION OF
10:29:05 SOMEBODY PRIOR TO YOU AND YOU BOUGHT THAT HOUSE AS IT IS
10:29:10 TODAY.
10:29:10 YOU'VE ALREADY TAKEN OUT THE STOVE, AM I CORRECT?
10:29:13 >> YES.
10:29:13 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'M TELLING YOU, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE
10:29:16 ACTION WILL BE BECAUSE I'M NOT THE MAGISTRATE.
10:29:18 BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.
10:29:21 AND IF THAT PROCESS, THEN YOU CAN PRESENT YOUR CASE.
10:29:25 WE'LL HEAR IT, BUT THAT'S ALREADY IN THE MAGISTRATE CYCLE.
10:29:29 LET'S FACE IT.
10:29:33 WEST TAMPA, EVERY BLOCK, THERE'S AT LEAST TWO OR THREE
10:29:35 HOUSES NOT ONLY THAT THEY HAVE A HOUSE IN THE BACK.
10:29:38 THEY HAVE A HOUSE DIVIDED IN FOUR AREAS AND NOBODY IS DOING
10:29:40 A DAMN THING.
10:29:42 THEY ARE NOT PAYING THE TAXES ON IT.
10:29:47 THEY ARE NOT PAYING THE AD VALOREM TAX.
10:29:49 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COLLECTING NO MONEY ON THE RENT.
10:29:51 THAT'S WHAT IS GOING ON.
10:29:53 IT'S MY KIND AND YOUR KIND.
10:29:55 AM I CORRECT?
10:29:56 >> CORRECT.
10:29:57 NOBODY NEVER LIVED THERE.
10:29:59 THE HOUSE IS PAID FOR AND I RAISED ALL MY CHILDREN IN WEST
10:30:03 TAMPA.
10:30:04 LONG TIME.
10:30:05 NEVER HAD A PROBLEM.
10:30:06 THERE ARE THINGS THAT I'LL TALK WITH THE COUNSELOR,
10:30:10 WHATEVER.
10:30:11 I'M HERE BECAUSE THEY TOLD ME, SO I THINK THEY HAVE BEEN
10:30:15 LYING -- I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE BEEN LYING TO ME.
10:30:19 GOT TO THE POINT I COULDN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE.
10:30:21 I END UP IN THE HOSPITAL.
10:30:22 ASKED FOR TIME.
10:30:23 FIRST, THEY DIDN'T SAY NOTHING ABOUT THIS, AFTER THE FACT.
10:30:29 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MARY TOLD ME EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU.
10:30:31 I KNOW YOUR HISTORY MEDICALLY.
10:30:38 I WAS TALKING AT SAM'S SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE IN THE COUNTY AREA
10:30:42 DOING A LITTLE SHOPPING AND HAD TO EAT FOR THE MONTH.
10:30:46 SO THAT'S WHERE I WAS AT.
10:30:48 I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE I WAS.
10:30:50 I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE CALL WAS ABOUT.
10:30:52 SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO HELP YOU AND NOT HURT YOU.
10:30:54 LET'S STAY WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE LAW.
10:30:57 I'LL CALL YOU.
10:31:01 >> THANK YOU.
10:31:04 THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
10:31:13 >>JOSEPH CITRO: GOOD MORNING.
10:31:14 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:31:14 I'M VALERIE BULLOCK, A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF EAST TAMPA.
10:31:20 I'VE JUST BEEN HEARTBREAKING THE LAST TWO WEEKS ABOUT HOW
10:31:24 THE CITY OF TAMPA IS GOING.
10:31:25 I WAS READING IN THE PAPER ABOUT THE POLICE OFFICER WHO
10:31:30 TURNED OFF HIS CAMERA TO ARREST THE PEOPLE AND DO SEARCH AND
10:31:35 SEIZURES, AND THAT'S NOT THE PROPER WAY TO DO BUSINESS IF WE
10:31:39 ARE GOING TO BE FAIR WITH EVERYBODY AND WE WANT TO BUILD
10:31:43 POLICE TRUST IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT THAT MAKES IT HARD TO DO.
10:31:48 AND THEN HE WAS REWARDED FOR.
10:31:52 TAMPA, USED TO BE WHEN I WAS GROWING UP IN YBOR CITY AND
10:31:55 EAST TAMPA, IT USED TO BE LIKE A FLAVOR PARK.
10:31:59 WHATEVER IT WAS, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS AND EVERYBODY JUST MIXED
10:32:02 TOGETHER AND HUNG OUT.
10:32:03 BUT NOW IT SEEMS TO BE SO MUCH DIVERSITY AND MISTREATMENT
10:32:10 GOING ON TOWARD CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS.
10:32:13 IT'S JUST REALLY SAD AND HEARTBREAKING.
10:32:17 I HATE TO SEE THE CITY OF TAMPA GOING THIS WAY.
10:32:19 IT REMINDS ME OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WHEN THE COUNTY
10:32:23 COMMISSIONERS AND ALL THAT WAS GOING ON, CORRUPTNESS WAS
10:32:28 GOING ON AT THE COURTHOUSE.
10:32:30 THAT SEEMS TO BE THE WAY THE CITY OF TAMPA IS GOING, FULL OF
10:32:34 NEPOTISM, MY FRIENDS, QUID PRO QUO AND WE CAN'T BE THE NEXT
10:32:40 GREAT CITY IF WE ARE GOING TO OPERATE THE CITY OF TAMPA LIKE
10:32:44 THAT.
10:32:45 AND ONCE WE KNOW BETTER, WE SHOULD DO BETTER.
10:32:50 THANK YOU.
10:32:51 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
10:32:51 IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT?
10:32:56 IF NOT, I BELIEVE WE HAVE MR. RANDOLPH ON THE LINE.
10:33:04 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:33:05 HOW IS EVERYBODY?
10:33:06 GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
10:33:09 GOOD MORNING, CITY OF TAMPA.
10:33:10 I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THREE THINGS.
10:33:13 FIRST, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS UPCOMING TRAININGS THAT I
10:33:17 THINK THE CITY COUNCIL MIGHT WANT TO BE A PART OF.
10:33:23 JUNE 29 FROM 10 TO 12.
10:33:26 MEETING BEING DELIVERED --
10:33:30 [INDISCERNIBLE]
10:33:30 INCORPORATION AND THE OFFICE OF.
10:33:33 [INDISCERNIBLE]
10:33:33 THE MEETING WILL BRING TOGETHER ALL OF THE.
10:33:42 [INDISCERNIBLE]
10:33:42 HOW TO MOVE THE STATE OF FLORIDA FORWARD WITH THAT.
10:33:46 I'LL BE SENDING YOU INFORMATION ON THAT.
10:33:48 I'LL BE MEETING WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE OFFICE
10:33:53 TOMORROW TO TALK ABOUT WEST TAMPA AND BRING TOGETHER THE
10:33:57 WEST TAMPA TO TALK ABOUT LAND TRUST AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
10:34:02 THE OTHER THING COMING UP THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU IS
10:34:06 WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT NOW, THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT AGREEMENT.
10:34:09 I BELIEVE IF YOU USE THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT AGREEMENT
10:34:14 CORRECTLY, YOU CAN BRING ON ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 15 THOUSAND
10:34:20 NEW HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES.
10:34:22 THAT'S IN ADDITION TO THE LAST COMMITMENT OF 10,000.
10:34:27 THIS -- COMMUNITY BENEFIT -- IN THE CRA DISTRICT.
10:34:31 I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT MORE LATER.
10:34:33 THE OTHER THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY
10:34:38 AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
10:34:40 EVERY DAY, I SEE MOTHERS CRYING.
10:34:43 I SEE PEOPLE MARCHING IN THE STREETS RELATED TO THE.
10:34:48 [INDISCERNIBLE]
10:34:49 WE'RE GOING TO USE A DIFFERENT APPROACH.
10:34:51 WE'RE GOING TO USE WHAT IS KNOWN AS.
10:34:56 [INDISCERNIBLE]
10:34:56 YOU REMEMBER THE PIED PIPER?
10:35:05 HE WOULD PLAY MUSIC AND GET EVERYBODY TO FOLLOW HIM.
10:35:10 IF YOU ARE OLD ENOUGH, YOU KNOW THE PIED PIPER.
10:35:13 WE'RE USING A DIFFERENT STRATEGY.
10:35:15 WE'RE USING HIP-HOP TO ATTRACT YOUNG PEOPLE, TO EDUCATE THEM
10:35:22 AND TO TRANSFORM THEM.
10:35:22 BELIEVE THIS.
10:35:25 THEY WILL NOT PAY ATTENTION TO THE CRYING MOTHER BUT THEY
10:35:28 WILL PAY ATTENTION TO HIP-HOP.
10:35:29 SO IF WE USE HIP-HOP IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE CAN REDUCE CRIME
10:35:35 IN THE COMMUNITY.
10:35:37 I WANT TO APOLOGIZE, I GUESS I HAD TO EAT CROW TODAY.
10:35:43 LAST WEEK WHEN I TALKED ABOUT NOT GETTING IN, I DIDN'T GET
10:35:47 IN BECAUSE I DIDN'T ADD A LETTER.
10:35:49 I APOLOGIZE TO THE COUNCIL FOR MAKING ALL THAT NOISE BUT I
10:35:53 LOVE SO MUCH TO SPEAK.
10:35:55 THANK YOU SO MUCH AND HAVE A GREAT DAY.
10:35:58 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. RANDOLPH.
10:36:00 MS. POYNOR.
10:36:06 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:36:08 CAN YOU HEAR ME?
10:36:10 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES, MA'AM.
10:36:12 >> I WANTED TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 32, AND I WOULD PREFER
10:36:15 TO SPEAK THEN, AFTER MS. MANDELL SPEAKS.
10:36:21 BUT I JUST WANT TO MENTION VERY QUICKLY AS THE THAN
10:36:26 PRESIDENT, ITEM NUMBER 30 KIND OF DISTURBS ME.
10:36:31 TEMPLE CREST IS DONATING THEIR CIVIC CENTER TO THE CITY.
10:36:34 THAN WAS NEVER CONTACTED THAT THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION WAS
10:36:38 REALLY IN DESPERATE NEED OF SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE.
10:36:42 I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DIDN'T DO MORE TO
10:36:48 KEEP THIS CIVIC CENTER AN ACTUAL CIVIC CENTER.
10:36:51 I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN CITY COUNCIL APPROVES
10:36:55 THIS THAT THE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, IF IT EVER
10:37:00 STANDS BACK UP, IS GIVEN FREE ACCESS TO THIS COMMUNITY
10:37:04 CENTER AS IT BELONGS TO THE COMMUNITY.
10:37:07 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:37:10 I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU LATER ABOUT NUMBER 32.
10:37:13 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CHAIRMAN?
10:37:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:37:15 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I'M FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
10:37:17 I BELIEVE THAT THE COMMUNITY OVER THERE IS AN OLDER
10:37:22 COMMUNITY AND THE PRESIDENTS AND THE BOARDS ARE VERY
10:37:25 ELDERLY.
10:37:26 IT HASN'T BEEN FUNCTIONING.
10:37:27 THEY CAME TO MY OFFICE AND CAME TO THE CITY ASKING THAT THE
10:37:32 CITY TAKE IT OVER FOR FUTURE SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COME
10:37:35 BACK, THE RECREATION DIRECTOR WENT OUT THERE.
10:37:38 STAFF WENT OUT THERE AND WE WENT AHEAD AND I BELIEVE
10:37:42 SUPPOSED TO DO GET THAT CENTER AND IT'S GOING TO STILL BE
10:37:45 COMMUNITY CENTER WHEN NECESSARY.
10:37:47 I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE GIVEN UP OR DESTROYED.
10:37:50 THAT HE THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT IDEA TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP IT
10:37:53 IN THE STOCK FOR THAT COMMUNITY.
10:37:54 I SEE ABBYE IS HERE.
10:37:59 MAYBE WANT TO SPEAK TO IT LATER ON.
10:38:02 IT WASN'T JUST GIVING IT UP TO SELL.
10:38:03 IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE UTILIZED FOR THAT COMMUNITY STILL.
10:38:08 >> THANK YOU, SIR.
10:38:15 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MS. POYNOR, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON ITEM 32
10:38:18 LATER ON WHEN WE HEAR ABOUT IT?
10:38:20 >> YES, SIR, PLEASE.
10:38:21 I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MS. MANDELL AND THE PRESENTATION ABOUT
10:38:26 IT.
10:38:27 >>JOSEPH CITRO: PLEASE STAY ON THE LINE.
10:38:29 >> THANK YOU.
10:38:30 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MS. BATSEL, ARE YOU THERE?
10:38:35 I'M GOING TO ASK HER TO.
10:38:41 MS. BATSEL.
10:38:43 MR. REALI.
10:38:49 THAT IS ALL WE HAVE OF PEOPLE ONLINE THAT ARE REGISTERED TO
10:38:56 SPEAK?
10:38:56 LET'S GO TO STAFF REPORTS.
10:39:01 MS. TRAVIS, YOU HAVE A WALK-ON.
10:39:11 >> NICOLE TRAVIS: GOOD MORNING, NICOLE TRAVIS,
10:39:18 ADMINISTRATOR FOR DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
10:39:19 I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING TO TALK
10:39:22 ABOUT THE RESTRUCTURING AND REALIGNMENT WITHIN MY PORTFOLIO
10:39:26 AND TO BRING BEFORE YOU OUR NEW DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR, ALIS
10:39:33 DRUMGO AND THE PROMOTION OF ABBYE FEELEY TO DEPUTY
10:39:38 ADMINISTRATOR.
10:39:39 THANK YOU, ABBYE AND ALIS.
10:39:43 IF I CAN TAKE A MOMENT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE
10:39:45 RESTRUCTURING OF THE PORTFOLIO AND THE ACCOMPANYING
10:39:49 RESOLUTION WITH THIS.
10:39:51 IN MY PORTFOLIO IN THE TIME I'VE BEEN HERE, WE'VE BEEN
10:39:58 WORKING ON A NUMBER OF THINGS.
10:39:59 THE DAY-TO-DAY GROWTH AND MANAGEMENT IN THIS BOOM THAT WE'RE
10:40:03 SEEING RIGHT NOW.
10:40:04 MS. FEELEY HAS WORKED WITH THE CITY SINCE 1999, STARTING
10:40:09 WITH LONG-RANGE PLANNING, AND THEN DEVELOPING COORDINATION
10:40:14 FOR ABOUT 17 TO 18 YEARS, AND THEN SHE TOOK A BRIEF BREAK
10:40:19 AND WENT TO STEARNS WEAVER IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND CAME
10:40:23 BACK TO LEAD THE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT TEAM.
10:40:26 I AM PROMOTING ABBYE TO DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR TO CONTINUE TO
10:40:29 SEE OUR DAY-TO-DAY GROWTH MANAGEMENT WITH ALL OF OUR ZONING,
10:40:34 LAND USE, PERMITTING, BUT ALSO TO LOOK FOR EFFICIENCIES, TO
10:40:40 CREATE OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THAT AREA OF THE PORTFOLIO, AND
10:40:44 ALSO TO LOOK AT OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CHANGES AND CODE
10:40:48 REFORM TO CONTINUE TO ASSIST DEVELOPMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
10:40:51 ALIS DRUMGO, RECRUITED FROM THE CITY OF LAKELAND WITH ME.
10:41:00 I KNOW, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:41:01 I RECRUITED HIM FROM THE CITY OF LAKELAND TO WORK WITH ME,
10:41:04 BUT FUN FACT, I STOLE HIM FROM THE CITY OF TAMPA WHEN I WAS
10:41:08 IN LAKELAND.
10:41:10 ALIS AND I HAVE WORKED TOGETHER FOR SOME YEARS DOING
10:41:14 ECONOMIC BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT.
10:41:17 HE HAS A TRACK RECORD OF WORKING IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES
10:41:22 AND SPURRING ECONOMIC PROSPERITY IN THOSE COMMUNITIES.
10:41:25 AND WITH ALL THREE OF US, ABBYE, ALIS, AND MYSELF, WE ALL
10:41:31 HAVE EXTENSIVE HOUSING BACKGROUND.
10:41:33 SO THE THREE OF US ARE WORKING ALL HANDS ON DECK TO WORK ON
10:41:37 THE HOUSING CRISIS THAT'S BEFORE US.
10:41:40 ALIS WILL BE WORKING ON THE STRATEGIC VISIONARY
10:41:46 REDEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING FOCUS OF THE PORTFOLIO CREATING
10:41:50 STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND WORKING WITH THESE PARTNERSHIPS.
10:41:54 THIS IS HOW THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE PORTFOLIO WILL WORK.
10:41:58 I'M BRINGING THEM BEFORE YOU FOR CONFIRMATION TODAY AND ALSO
10:42:02 INCLUDED IN THE RESOLUTION IS A RESIDENCY WAIVER FOR ALIS
10:42:08 DRUMGO AND ANOTHER RESIDENCY WAIVER FOR ADAM SMITH AS WELL.
10:42:14 JUST ONE FINAL THING, WE DO HAVE FAMILY AND FRIENDS HERE.
10:42:18 I'M EXCITED THAT ABBYE'S DAUGHTER IS HERE WITH US AND SHE
10:42:21 GETS HER LICENSE NEXT WEEK MONDAY.
10:42:23 SO I WANTED TO GIVE HER A QUICK SHOUT-OUT TO THAT.
10:42:26 REALLY EXCITED TO PRESENT BOTH OF THEM AS DEPUTY
10:42:28 ADMINISTRATORS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
10:42:32 PORTFOLIO, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR FAVORABLE APPROVAL.
10:42:37 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:42:39 >>ORLANDO GUDES: JUST A FEW QUESTIONS.
10:42:42 AS WE TALKED YESTERDAY, I WAS KIND OF UPSET, BECAUSE TO GET
10:42:46 THIS TYPE OF WALK-ON AFTER 5:00, HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO
10:42:50 LOOK AT THIS OR KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND THE CHARTER IS
10:42:53 SPECIFIC.
10:42:53 AGAIN, WE'VE ASKED ABOUT THIS.
10:42:55 I KNOW YOU'RE TRYING TO DO THE PORTFOLIO TO GET THAT HOUSING
10:42:58 AND GET THINGS UP TO SPEED, WHICH WE DESPERATELY NEED.
10:43:04 I ALWAYS SAID TAKING ON THE CRA WOULD BE A BIT MUCH AND I
10:43:09 STILL SAY THAT.
10:43:10 YOU HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY TODAY TALK ABOUT THE CRA AND
10:43:14 THE ABUNDANCE OF WORK.
10:43:15 I WAS ABLE TO MEET THE FINE GENTLEMEN THIS MORNING.
10:43:19 WALKED IN, INTRODUCED THEM.
10:43:20 SEEMS LIKE A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE AND BE ABLE
10:43:22 TO HELP OUR CRAs.
10:43:26 THAT WILL BE GREAT FOR MR. McCRAY AND SOME OF THE OTHERS.
10:43:31 I'M GOING TO SUPPORT IT TODAY BECAUSE OF OUR NEED, BUT I
10:43:34 DON'T LIKE THESE TYPE OF WALK-ONS COMING ON WHEN WE'RE
10:43:37 TALKING ABOUT APPOINTMENTS.
10:43:37 THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS PRIOR
10:43:40 TO THIS COMING TO THIS COUNCIL.
10:43:43 ALSO, I DON'T KNOW WHY ADAM SMITH WOULD BE INSIDE THE
10:43:46 RESOLUTION.
10:43:47 THAT SHOULD BE A SEPARATE RESOLUTION ITSELF.
10:43:49 I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT AT ALL.
10:43:51 >>NICOLE TRAVIS: I CAN SPEAK TO A COUPLE OF THINGS.
10:43:53 THE IMMEDIATE OR ME WALKING ON THIS AGENDA ITEM FOR YOU IS
10:43:59 WHEN I WAS CONFIRMED, I LISTENED TO ALL THE COMMENTS MADE BY
10:44:02 COUNCIL.
10:44:03 THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT HOW LONG A PERSON WAS IN THE
10:44:06 POSITION BEFORE THEY CAME BEFORE COUNCIL.
10:44:08 BOTH ABBYE AND ALIS WERE APPOINTED TO THEIR POSITIONS ON
10:44:10 TUESDAY, MAY 31st.
10:44:12 IN THE SPIRIT OF TRANSPARENCY, I CAME TO THE NEXT COUNCIL
10:44:16 MEETING JUST BEING AS TRANSPARENT AS I CAN AND AS RESPONSIVE
10:44:19 AS I CAN TO THIS COUNCIL TO BRING THEM FOR THE WALK-ON.
10:44:23 REGARDING ADAM SMITH'S RESIDENCY WAIVER, USUALLY THE
10:44:28 RESIDENCY WAIVERS ARE BUNDLED IN PACKAGES, AND THAT'S HOW
10:44:32 THE LAST SEVERAL OF THEM.
10:44:34 SO THIS IS THE ONLY ONE UP FOR RENEWAL.
10:44:37 SINCE I WAS ASKING FOR RESIDENCY WAIVER FOR MR. DRUMGO, WE
10:44:43 PUT ONE UP FOR RENEWAL AS WELL.
10:44:46 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MS. ZELMAN IS THAT SO?
10:44:48 >>ANDREA ZELMAN: I'M GLAD SHE EXPLAINED THAT.
10:44:50 THAT'S CORRECT.
10:44:51 I ACTUALLY WAS WORKING OFF LAST JULY'S RESOLUTION WHEN I
10:44:55 DRAFTED IT, WHEN I DRAFTED THE ONE YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU
10:44:59 TODAY.
10:44:59 AND THAT'S ALWAYS HOW WE'VE DONE IT.
10:45:03 AT THE SAME TIME, WE JUST LOAD IN ALL THE OTHER EXTENSIONS
10:45:05 THAT ARE BEING ASKED FOR.
10:45:08 LAST YEAR, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF THEM.
10:45:10 TODAY THERE'S ONLY ADAMS.
10:45:13 >>ORLANDO GUDES: GOT A COPY FROM SULING NOW.
10:45:18 WE UNDERSTOOD THE CONVERSATION ABOUT IT.
10:45:21 I APPRECIATE YOU DID GIVE ME THE CALL.
10:45:24 I'LL SUPPORT IT TODAY, BUT IN THE FUTURE, THESE APPOINTMENTS
10:45:28 NEED TO BE TALKED TO COUNCIL PRIOR TO COMING TO COUNCIL FOR
10:45:31 APPROVAL.
10:45:31 I JUST THINK THAT'S WHAT THE CHARTER STATES.
10:45:35 WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE CHARTER.
10:45:36 SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T BENEFIT THE COUNCIL BUT BENEFITS
10:45:39 OTHERS.
10:45:39 IF WE HAVE A CHARTER, FOLLOW WHAT THE CHARTER SAYS.
10:45:41 THAT'S ALL, MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU.
10:45:47 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:45:48 THEY TOOK YOU FROM TAMPA AND THEY TOOK YOU FROM LAKELAND.
10:45:51 IT'S LIKE MICHAEL CORLEONE IN GODFATHER III.
10:45:55 JUST WHEN I THOUGHT I WAS OUT, THEY PULL ME BACK IN.
10:45:58 HERE YOU ARE.
10:45:59 GLAD YOU ARE HERE.
10:46:00 YOU CAN HIT THE GROUND RUNNING BECAUSE YOU KNOW NICOLE.
10:46:03 MS. TRAVIS HAS BEEN WONDERFUL.
10:46:06 LIKE I SAID BEFORE, YOUR REPUTATION SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
10:46:08 GREAT TO HAVE THAT PARTNERSHIP.
10:46:09 OF COURSE, MS. FEELEY, I REMEMBER WHEN YOU RETIRED THE FIRST
10:46:14 TIME, AND IT WAS VERY EMOTIONAL.
10:46:15 I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, WE ARE LOSING SOMEBODY, THE BIGGEST
10:46:21 SHOES TO FILL, BUT YOU'RE BACK AND YOU'VE BEEN BACK, AND
10:46:24 CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS PROMOTION, WHICH I'M HAPPY TO
10:46:28 SUPPORT, YOU'RE A WONDERFUL TEAM.
10:46:31 YOU GO ABOVE AND BEYOND.
10:46:32 AGAIN, YOU'RE ALWAYS RESPONSIVE.
10:46:33 YOU KNOW YOUR STAFF.
10:46:35 WE'RE REALLY BLESSED TO HAVE YOU HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
10:46:38 THANK YOU.
10:46:38 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:46:39 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I CAN ONLY SAY ONE THING.
10:46:41 IF JUDGE -- SHERIFF GRADY JUDD CALLS ME, I'LL TELL HIM I HAD
10:46:46 NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
10:46:48 I DON'T WANT HIM ON ME.
10:46:49 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:46:50 WELCOME TO THE FAMILY.
10:46:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
10:46:52 >>LYNN HURTAK: I ALSO RECEIVED A CALL LAST NIGHT, AND I DO
10:46:57 APPRECIATE THE HEADS-UP.
10:46:58 I THINK OTHER CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH YOU, I DID SORT OF
10:47:05 KNOW THIS WAS COMING.
10:47:06 I AM EXCITED BECAUSE WE DESPERATELY NEED HOUSING HELP.
10:47:12 MY ONLY REQUEST, THOUGH, IS THAT WE DO NEED TO THINK ABOUT
10:47:16 THE CRA DIRECTOR POSITION NOW.
10:47:19 NOW THAT THERE'S MORE HELP, THERE'S MORE AVAILABILITY, WE DO
10:47:22 NEED THAT EXTRA PIECE.
10:47:24 SO I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT THAT IN THE FUTURE, ABOUT WHAT
10:47:29 IS HAPPENING WITH THAT.
10:47:30 I WANTED TO SAY WELCOME BACK BOTH OF YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS
10:47:36 ON THE PROMOTION AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR DAUGHTER.
10:47:44 BEST OF LUCK OUT THERE.
10:47:46 IT'S SCARY.
10:47:46 IT'S SCARY TO DRIVE.
10:47:47 I KNOW HOW PROUD YOU ARE.
10:47:52 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
10:47:53 >> SECOND.
10:47:58 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MS. FEELEY, I AM VERY, VERY PROUD OF YOU AND
10:48:00 THE THINGS YOU'VE DONE WITH THE CITY AND ON THIS PROMOTION.
10:48:03 CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.
10:48:04 SIR, I'M GOING TO THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES, AND YOU KNOW
10:48:12 WHO THE PRESIDENT IS.
10:48:15 THE MAYOR OF LAKELAND.
10:48:16 I'M GOING TO HAVE TO CATCH GRIEF AGAIN BECAUSE WE'RE
10:48:22 STEALING ALL OF THE PRIME PEOPLE FROM LAKELAND.
10:48:25 WE'RE RETRIEVING ALL THE PRIME PEOPLE WE ONCE HAD.
10:48:31 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BOTH OF YOU.
10:48:33 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
10:48:34 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN
10:48:36 MANISCALCO.
10:48:36 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:48:39 IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
10:48:40 ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:48:44 >> CARLSON?
10:48:45 GUDES?
10:48:46 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:48:47 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:48:47 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:48:48 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:48:49 >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
10:48:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:48:51 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON BEING
10:48:54 ABSENT.
10:48:56 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:48:56 [ APPLAUSE ]
10:49:03 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:49:04 WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE AGENDA AND WE DECIDED TO COME BACK
10:49:09 TO THE STAFF REPORTS ITEM 68 AND 69 BECAUSE THEY WERE YOUR
10:49:15 ITEMS.
10:49:15 ARE YOU STILL WANTING STAFF TO APPEAR?
10:49:20 >>LUIS VIERA: LET'S SEE HERE, SIR.
10:49:22 FOR 68, I'VE SEEN THAT.
10:49:24 69.
10:49:26 NO, I'LL TALK ABOUT IT WHENEVER THEY COME UP, BUT I DON'T
10:49:29 THINK WE NEED ANYTHING ON THAT.
10:49:31 I'VE SPOKEN TO STAFF ABOUT THIS.
10:49:34 I MAY NEED TO DO SOME FOLLOW-UP MOTIONS ON THIS, BUT NO
10:49:39 STAFF IS NECESSARY.
10:49:40 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
10:49:41 WE'LL STRIKE 68 AND 69.
10:49:43 OKAY.
10:49:52 AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 64.
10:49:55 >>BRAD BAIRD: GOOD MORNING.
10:49:56 BRAD BAIRD, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
10:49:59 I'M HERE FOR ITEM 64, WHICH IS A $3.3 MILLION AGREEMENT
10:50:04 BETWEEN THE CITY AND KCI TECHNOLOGIES FOR UTILITY LOCATING
10:50:09 SERVICES.
10:50:09 I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
10:50:12 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BAIRD?
10:50:14 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
10:50:15 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
10:50:16 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:50:18 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:50:20 ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:50:25 >> GUDES?
10:50:25 VIERA?
10:50:26 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:50:26 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:50:27 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:50:28 >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
10:50:31 >> CARLSON?
10:50:33 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:50:35 >> GUDES?
10:50:35 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:50:36 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON BEING
10:50:39 ABSENT.
10:50:40 >>BRAD BAIRD: THANK YOU.
10:50:40 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
10:50:41 COUNCILMAN GUDES, COUNCILMAN VIERA HAS GONE AHEAD AND
10:50:45 STRICKEN AGENDA ITEM 68 AND 69 FROM THE AGENDA.
10:50:49 AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 65.
10:51:00 >> GOOD MORNING, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
10:51:02 I'M TRYING TO TURN IT ON RIGHT NOW.
10:51:10 LARRY WASHINGTON, DIRECTOR OF SOLID WASTE AND ENVIRONMENTAL
10:51:13 PROGRAM MANAGEMENT.
10:51:14 LET'S SEE.
10:51:21 ALL RIGHT, CAN YOU SEE ME?
10:51:22 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES, WE CAN.
10:51:23 >>LARRY WASHINGTON: YES.
10:51:24 ALL RIGHT.
10:51:25 GREAT.
10:51:25 GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:51:27 I'M LARRY WASHINGTON, LIKE I MENTIONED.
10:51:29 I'M HERE TO DISCUSS ITEM 65, WHICH IS THE RESOLUTION AND THE
10:51:33 APPROVAL FOR THE RENEWAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMPA
10:51:36 AND PUBLIC SERVICES FOR THE 40% OF THE -- COMMERCIAL
10:51:45 ACCOUNTS.
10:51:46 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?
10:51:47 >> MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
10:51:48 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:51:50 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:51:52 ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:51:55 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:51:56 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:51:56 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:51:57 >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
10:51:59 >> CARLSON?
10:51:59 GUDES?
10:52:00 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:52:01 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:52:01 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON
10:52:04 BEING ABSENT.
10:52:05 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:52:06 AGENDA ITEM 66.
10:52:17 >> I DON'T THINK MS. COLINA IS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.
10:52:21 I'LL MOVE FORWARD.
10:52:22 THIS IS TO DISCUSS.
10:52:27 GARY STUART.
10:52:28 DISCUSS APPROVAL OF THE $3.2 MILLION FOR THE AGREEMENT
10:52:32 BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMPA -- EXCUSE ME.
10:52:35 I APOLOGIZE.
10:52:40 66, THE AWARD FOR ROGERS PETROLEUM.
10:52:47 AVAILABLE FOR ANY KIND OF QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
10:52:49 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCIL MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
10:52:54 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
10:52:55 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:52:57 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:52:58 ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:52:59 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:53:00 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:53:02 >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
10:53:02 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:53:04 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:53:06 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
10:53:06 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON BEING
10:53:09 ABSENT.
10:53:09 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GENTLEMEN.
10:53:11 I BELIEVE THAT FINISHES OUR STAFF REPORTS.
10:53:17 >>LUIS VIERA: MAY I MAKE TWO MOTIONS REALLY QUICKLY BEFORE I
10:53:20 FORGET FOR 68 AND 69 FOR FOLLOW-UPS?
10:53:23 YES, SIR.
10:53:23 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:53:25 FOR 68, I SEE FIRE STATION, WHAT IS THAT, 25, I BELIEVE IT
10:53:29 IS THE ONE FOR THE NORTH TAMPA AREA IS GOING TO BE COMPLETED
10:53:35 FOR OPENING IN JULY.
10:53:37 I WANT TO DO A FOLLOW-UP REPORT ON THAT AS WELL AS 24 FOR,
10:53:43 LET'S DO THE SECOND WEEK IN JULY, SOMEWHERE AROUND THE
10:53:46 MIDDLE OF JULY.
10:53:48 THERE YOU GO.
10:53:49 IF I MAY FOR JULY 14th.
10:53:51 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:53:53 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:53:56 ALL IN FAVOR?
10:53:59 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. VIERA, YOU SAID THEY WILL OPEN THAT
10:54:02 FIRE STATION 25 IN JULY.
10:54:04 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
10:54:05 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MAKE SURE ALL COUNCILMEN ARE AWARE SO WE
10:54:09 CAN BE THERE.
10:54:10 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:54:11 I'M SURE THEY WILL AND WHATNOT.
10:54:13 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN VIERA, COULD YOU ASK THEM TO GIVE
10:54:15 US ENOUGH NOTICE INSTEAD OF A TWO-DAY NOTICE.
10:54:22 >>LUIS VIERA: I DON'T DO THAT WITH THE ADMINISTRATION.
10:54:26 THEY ARE HERE AND -- THE MEMO SAYS IT SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY
10:54:37 JULY.
10:54:37 WHEN THE OPENING IS, I DON'T KNOW.
10:54:39 THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I KNOW.
10:54:41 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ONE SECOND.
10:54:43 CHIEF TRIPP, PLEASE GIVE US ENOUGH NOTICE FOR THE OPENING OF
10:54:47 THAT FIRE STATION.
10:54:48 THANK YOU.
10:54:49 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
10:54:50 AND IF I MAY FOR 69, THIS IS ON THE FOREST HILLS RECREATION
10:54:54 CENTER IMPROVEMENTS.
10:54:55 I WANT TO DO A MOTION FOR FOLLOW-UP AND LET'S JUST SAY, WHAT
10:55:00 ARE WE IN, FOR OCTOBER, THE SECOND WEEK IN OCTOBER.
10:55:03 THOSE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME SINCE A
10:55:07 YOUNG MAN BY THE NAME OF CHRIS BERG ROAMED THE HALLS AT CITY
10:55:11 HALL.
10:55:12 HE'S LAUGHING.
10:55:13 THAT'S BEEN WAITING IN THE BUDGET AND KICKED DOWN THE ROAD
10:55:15 FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME.
10:55:16 I WANT TO DO A FOLLOW-UP IN THAT MONTH IF I MAY.
10:55:19 >>JOSEPH CITRO: DO WE NOT HAVE OUR AGENDA FOR OCTOBER?
10:55:23 >>LUIS VIERA: LET'S DO 20th.
10:55:25 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:55:27 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:55:28 ALL IN FAVOR?
10:55:31 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
10:55:41 >>THE CLERK: [INAUDIBLE]
10:55:45 >>JOSEPH CITRO: OKAY.
10:55:46 I'M SORRY.
10:55:46 NUMBER 38, WALK-ON AGENDA ITEM.
10:55:50 MS. TRAVIS.
10:55:52 >>NICOLE TRAVIS: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:55:55 ITEM 38 IS A RESOLUTION FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE PENNY SAVER
10:56:02 PROPERTY.
10:56:03 THIS IS ANJ TRADE, LLC.
10:56:09 I GAVE YOU ALL A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT
10:56:09 CONTRACT.
10:56:09 THE CONTRACT THAT IS BEFORE YOU IS FOR $1.3 MILLION TO
10:56:13 PURCHASE TWO PARCELS THAT'S OVER 1.7, 1.8 ACRES OF PROPERTY
10:56:19 WITH THE 20,000-SQUARE-FOOT BUILDING ON THAT PROPERTY.
10:56:25 WE ENTERED INTO CONTRACT WITH THIS PROPERTY A WHILE AGO.
10:56:28 FELL OUT OF CONTRACT AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR BECAUSE
10:56:31 THE BROKER NOR THE CITY KNEW THAT THERE WAS A TENANT ON THE
10:56:37 PROPERTY.
10:56:37 THE TENANT HAS A TEN-YEAR LEASE AND HAS FIRST RIGHT OF
10:56:41 REFUSAL ON THAT PROPERTY.
10:56:44 SO WHEN WE ENTER INTO THE CONTRACT AGAIN, A TERMINATION
10:56:49 AGREEMENT -- THE CLOSING OF THE PROPERTY IS CONTINGENT ON
10:56:52 THE SIGNING AND EXECUTION OF A TERMINATION AGREEMENT.
10:56:55 WE ALSO FACTORED IN SOME FUNDS FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER TO BUY
10:56:59 OUT THE LEASE OF THE TENANTS.
10:57:02 WE JUST GOT OUR SECOND APPRAISAL.
10:57:05 THEY WERE APPRAISED BACK IN 2020, 2021, WE HAD TO DO A NEW
10:57:12 APPRAISAL BEFORE WE BROUGHT IT TO YOU.
10:57:14 THE AVERAGE OF THE TWO APPRAISALS NOW IS OVER $1.3 MILLION.
10:57:17 SO THE VALUE HAS GONE UP SIGNIFICANTLY, BUT WE HAVE A SIGNED
10:57:22 CONTRACT BEFORE YOU TODAY.
10:57:24 THE CLOSING WILL BE DONE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
10:57:28 THE CONTRACT ALSO STIPULATES THAT IF FOR ANY REASON, THE
10:57:32 PROPERTY OWNER REQUESTS AN EXTENSION, THEY COULD BE GIVEN
10:57:36 EXTENSIONS UP TO 15 DAYS, BUT THAT WOULD BE AT A COST OF
10:57:40 $75,000 FOR EVERY 15 DAYS.
10:57:43 SO WE NEGOTIATED THAT IN THE CONTRACT TO INCENTIVIZE THE
10:57:48 EXPEDIENCE OF CLOSING ON THIS PROPERTY.
10:57:54 WE KNOW THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER'S ATTORNEY AND THE TENANT'S
10:57:58 ATTORNEY ARE NEGOTIATING THEIR TERMINATION AGREEMENT.
10:58:02 WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE THAT EXECUTED BEFORE COUNCIL MEETING
10:58:05 TODAY.
10:58:06 BUT I WANTED TO AT LEAST START THE CLOCK TOWARDS THE CLOSING
10:58:10 DATE BY BRINGING YOU A SIGNED CONTRACT TO YOU THIS EVENING.
10:58:16 JUST A LITTLE NOTE, MORRIS MASSEY AND I PUT THIS ON THE
10:58:21 AGENDA AS A PLACEHOLDER MORE THAN A WEEK AGO TO PRESS THE
10:58:25 PROPERTY OWNER TO MOVE ON THE PROPERTY.
10:58:27 WE DIDN'T RECEIVE THE SIGNED CONTRACT UNTIL LATE YESTERDAY
10:58:30 AFTERNOON, WHICH IS WHY I FOLLOWED UP WITH A PHONE CALL TO
10:58:33 LET YOU KNOW WE ACTUALLY THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE TO PULL IT
10:58:36 BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET THE SIGNED CONTRACT.
10:58:38 THIS RESOLUTION IS BEFORE YOU FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
10:58:41 I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
10:58:42 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:58:43 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MS. TRAVIS, THANK YOU AGAIN.
10:58:47 I CONTACTED YOUR OFFICE WITH A MEMO TO PICK THIS BALL BACK
10:58:50 UP FOR THE COMMUNITY.
10:58:51 YOU PICKED IT BACK UP.
10:58:53 THIS THING IS GOING TO GO THROUGH BECAUSE IT WILL BE A BIG
10:58:57 IMPACT FOR EAST TAMPA.
10:58:58 MY PRAYERS HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
10:59:02 I WANT TO SEE THIS THING FOLLOW THROUGH TO THE END BECAUSE
10:59:04 THE COMMUNITY WANTS IT, NEED IT.
10:59:07 UPLIFT TO 34th STREET, TAKE AWAY THE CRIME AND BLIGHT
10:59:12 LOOK.
10:59:12 WE NEED THIS PROPERTY TO REALLY TRANSFORM EAST TAMPA TO MAKE
10:59:17 SURE ALL COMMUNITIES ARE AT THIS FACILITY.
10:59:23 FAIR OAKS HAS BEEN THERE A LONG TIME.
10:59:25 THE COMMUNITY IS NOT CALLED FAIR OAKS.
10:59:27 THAT'S WHY I WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL THE COMMUNITIES, GRANT
10:59:30 PARK, JACKSON HEIGHTS.
10:59:32 YOU HAVE THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES IN THAT AREA.
10:59:35 THAT'S WHY THE NAME HAS TO BE FOR EVERYBODY, SO EVERYBODY
10:59:37 CAN FEEL A PART OF THAT AND GET THAT STIGMA AWAY FROM THAT.
10:59:42 I'M GLAD YOU ARE BACK ON THE BALL AND PRESSING IT, EVEN MR.
10:59:45 MASSEY.
10:59:46 GRATEFUL FOR THAT AND HOPEFULLY GET IT DONE IN THE NEXT 30
10:59:49 YEARS.
10:59:49 >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THANK YOU.
10:59:51 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:59:54 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:59:56 ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:59:56 >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
10:59:57 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:00:00 >> CARLSON?
11:00:00 GUDES?
11:00:01 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:00:01 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:00:02 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:00:03 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:00:04 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON BEING
11:00:07 ABSENT.
11:00:07 >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:00:09 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:00:10 >>LUIS VIERA: I JUST WANTED TO JUST THANK YOU AND EVERYBODY
11:00:14 FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS.
11:00:16 THIS IS A BIG ACQUISITION FOR A REALLY BIG PROJECT THAT I
11:00:20 KNOW COUNCILMAN GUDES HAS WORKED VERY HARD ON WITH THE
11:00:23 ADMINISTRATION.
11:00:24 THE MAYOR HAS WORKED VERY HARD ON.
11:00:26 WHEN WE SEE THE FINAL PRODUCT, I KNOW IT WILL BE SOMETHING
11:00:29 THAT WE ALL WILL BE VERY PROUD OF.
11:00:31 JUST FOR EVERYBODY.
11:00:32 JUST WELL DONE FOR EVERYBODY.
11:00:34 THANK YOU.
11:00:34 >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THANK YOU.
11:00:35 APPRECIATE IT.
11:00:38 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:00:40 THE FIRST ONE AND THEN 32.
11:00:42 WE HAVE ANOTHER WALK-ON FROM OUR ADDENDUM.
11:00:52 >>REBECCA JOHNS: REBECCA JOHNS, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
11:00:54 THIS IS JUST A RESOLUTION TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING FOR NEXT
11:00:58 THURSDAY NIGHT FOR US TO OBTAIN THE COMMENTS IN ORDER TO
11:01:03 PREPARE THE FIVE-YEAR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE ANNUAL
11:01:06 ACTION PLAN.
11:01:06 SO THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT WILL COME AND THE PUBLIC CAN COME
11:01:10 AND PROVIDE ANY COMMENT THAT THEY HAVE.
11:01:12 THE RULES REQUIRE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THIS WILL BE THE
11:01:15 FIRST PUBLIC HEARING.
11:01:16 THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING WOULD BE JUNE 23rd.
11:01:19 THIS RESOLUTION IS JUST TO SET THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR NEXT
11:01:22 WEEK.
11:01:23 >> MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
11:01:25 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:01:27 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:01:29 ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:01:31 >> CARLSON?
11:01:32 HURTAK?
11:01:33 >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
11:01:33 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:01:34 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:01:35 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:01:36 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:01:37 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:01:38 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON
11:01:40 BEING ABSENT.
11:01:41 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
11:01:46 COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:01:47 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THIS IS A BIG DEAL.
11:01:51 SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY
11:01:55 KNOWS SO THEY MAY COME IN REFERENCE TO THIS.
11:01:59 >>REBECCA JOHNS: YES, WE PUBLISHED --
11:02:01 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT ROBUST COMMUNICATION
11:02:03 GOING ON WITH THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THIS IS DEALING WITH
11:02:06 HOUSING AND THEY NEED TO BE A PART OF IT.
11:02:08 >>REBECCA JOHNS: WE PUBLISHED THE NOTICE LAST WEEK FOR THE
11:02:11 HEARING, AND I WILL GET WITH KAYON AND MAKE SURE WE DISPERSE
11:02:18 THE NOTICE.
11:02:18 >>ABBYE FEELEY: THANK YOU.
11:02:20 JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON THAT, WE WILL HAVE OTHER COMMUNITY
11:02:23 MEETINGS.
11:02:23 THIS IS JUST PART OF THE TECHNICAL ASPECT OF THE ACTION PLAN
11:02:27 WHERE WE HAVE TO COME TO YOU AND OPEN IT UP WITH YOU FOR
11:02:30 THOSE FUNDS.
11:02:31 WE HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS PLANNED AS WELL.
11:02:33 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
11:02:38 >>JOSEPH CITRO: LET'S NOW GO TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA, ITEM
11:02:40 NUMBER 32.
11:02:41 DO WE HAVE STAFF HERE?
11:02:49 MS. JOHNSON VELEZ.
11:03:07 >>SUSAN JOHNSON-VELEZ: SUSAN JOHNSON VELEZ, SENIOR ASSISTANT
11:03:10 CITY ATTORNEY.
11:03:11 I BELIEVE MS. MANDELL IN HER COMMENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF
11:03:14 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WAS EXPLAINING THIS IS A RATHER
11:03:17 PERFUNCTORY AGREEMENT THAT IMPLEMENTS FLORIDA STATUTES, THE
11:03:21 INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
11:03:23 OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AS WELL AS YOUR TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE
11:03:26 PLAN.
11:03:26 THIS IS A WAY TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS ADEQUATE SCHOOL
11:03:29 CAPACITY FOR A NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
11:03:33 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY COMMENTS FROM STAFF?
11:03:34 ANY QUESTIONS?
11:03:35 COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:03:37 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MS. VELEZ, THE REASON I PULLED IT, WE
11:03:39 BRIEFLY TALKED YESTERDAY, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE
11:03:42 COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE AGREEMENT IS WHEN THEY TALK
11:03:46 ABOUT DOLLARS BECAUSE PEOPLE THINK THAT THOSE DOLLARS NEED
11:03:49 TO GO THERE.
11:03:51 THEY WANT TO KNOW WHERE THE DOLLARS ARE GOING AND SO FORTH.
11:03:54 I THINK THE EXPLANATION TO THE PUBLIC SO THEY KNOW.
11:03:56 MAYBE MS. MANDELL CAN EXPLAIN ABOUT THOSE DOLLARS OR HOW
11:03:59 THAT'S CALCULATED OR WORKED OUT SO THEY WON'T THINK THEIR
11:04:03 MONEY IS BEING SPENT OTHER PLACES AND NOT ON THEIR KIDS AND
11:04:06 COMMUNITY.
11:04:06 THAT'S WHY I PULLED THIS SO PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT'S
11:04:08 GOING ON.
11:04:09 >>SUSAN JOHNSON-VELEZ: I UNDERSTAND.
11:04:10 THE OTHER THING IMPORTANT TO NOTE, THE CITY OF TAMPA IS A
11:04:12 PASS-THROUGH FOR THESE FUNDS.
11:04:14 THEY'LL GO TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
11:04:16 I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MS. MANDELL TO ADDRESS IT FURTHER.
11:04:20 >> AGAIN, FOR THE RECORD, JULIA MANDELL, LAW FIRM OF GRAY
11:04:22 ROBINSON, 401 EAST JACKSON STREET.
11:04:25 I SERVE AS LAND USE COUNSEL FOR THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
11:04:27 SCHOOL DISTRICT.
11:04:27 AS MS. VELEZ SAID AND I SAID EARLIER, THESE ARE PERFUNCTORY.
11:04:31 THEY ARE TO IMPLEMENT SCHOOL CONCURRENCY AS REQUIRED BY BOTH
11:04:35 FLORIDA STATUTE AND YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE
11:04:37 INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMPA AND THE
11:04:41 SCHOOL BOARD.
11:04:41 I DID SEE SOME OF THE CORRESPONDENCE AND JUST FOR THE SAKE
11:04:45 OF CLARITY, UNDER FLORIDA LAW, THIS MONEY THAT IS OBTAINED
11:04:50 THROUGH THESE AGREEMENTS, AND THERE MAY BE MORE COMING TO
11:04:54 LOOK AT AND DEAL WITH THE GROWTH IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, CAN
11:04:58 ONLY BE USED FOR SCHOOL CAPACITY PROJECTS.
11:05:02 YOU RECENTLY APPROVED THE MANHATTAN K-8 SCHOOL.
11:05:05 THAT IS WHY THESE FUNDS WILL BE DEDICATED TOWARDS THE
11:05:08 CONSTRUCTION OF THAT CAPACITY PROJECT, THAT NEW SCHOOL.
11:05:11 SO ALL OF THE OTHER ITEMS THAT I THINK I SAW IN SOME
11:05:15 CORRESPONDENCE, WHILE ABSOLUTELY APPROPRIATE AND FAIR FOR
11:05:18 DISCUSSION AND OTHER CONTEXT, UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, THOSE
11:05:21 FUNDS CANNOT BE SPENT IN THAT WAY.
11:05:23 THIS IS THE ONLY WAY THOSE FUNDS CAN BE SPENT.
11:05:26 SO WHEN DEVELOPERS COME IN AND THERE'S A CAPACITY ISSUE,
11:05:29 THAT MONEY WILL GO TOWARDS ANY NEW CAPACITY PROJECTS THAT
11:05:32 MANHATTAN K-8 BEING THE ONE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA AT THIS
11:05:35 TIME ON OUR FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
11:05:37 I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
11:05:41 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY QUESTIONS?
11:05:42 I DO HAVE ONE.
11:05:44 THIS IS JUST PASS-THROUGH MONEY FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA.
11:05:48 >> YES, CORRECT.
11:05:48 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THE CITY OF TAMPA IS JUST TAKING WITH ONE
11:05:50 HAND AND GIVING WITH THE OTHER HAND.
11:05:53 >> ABSOLUTELY.
11:05:53 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS MONEY.
11:05:55 >> THE ONLY REASON THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS TO BE A SIGNATORY
11:05:58 TO THIS AGREEMENT IS BECAUSE THAT IS AN OBLIGATION OF
11:06:00 FLORIDA STATUTE, AND WITHOUT THAT AS BEING THE REASON, THERE
11:06:04 WOULD BE NO NEED FOR THIS TO COME TO THE CITY OF TAMPA.
11:06:08 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.
11:06:13 MS. POYNOR, ARE YOU STILL ON THE LINE?
11:06:20 >> YES, SIR, I AM.
11:06:22 ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS IS IT IS
11:06:24 THE FIRST TIME THAT ANY AGREEMENT LIKE THIS HAS COME ACROSS
11:06:27 THE DESK OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
11:06:34 SO MS. BATSEL SPENT A BIT OF TIME WITH ME DISCUSSING IT.
11:06:40 I UNDERSTAND IT.
11:06:41 I STILL KIND OF HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT, BUT I WILL CONTACT
11:06:45 MS. MANDELL ABOUT IT PRIMARILY BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY, SOUTH
11:06:51 OF GANDY, THIS IS $191,000.
11:06:56 THE NEXT TWO, THREE, FIVE, THEY ARE GOING TO BE MILLIONS OF
11:07:01 DOLLARS.
11:07:03 AND, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND IT'S STATE STATUTE BUT I ALSO
11:07:08 UNDERSTAND THAT FOR STUDENTS WHO GO TO ROLAND PARK, THEY GET
11:07:13 A BUMP IF THEIR PARENTS ARE PART OF THE WESTSHORE ALLIANCE.
11:07:16 IF ALL THESE FUNDS ARE GOING NORTH OF GANDY TO THIS SCHOOL,
11:07:21 THEN I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE SAME SORT OF
11:07:25 BUMP IS GIVEN TO THE COMMUNITY WHO IS TAKING THE BRUNT OF
11:07:30 THE DWELLING UNITS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED THAT DO THIS.
11:07:34 I WOULD ALSO -- I'M OKAY WITH IT.
11:07:38 I UNDERSTAND HOW IT WORKS NOW, AND I APPRECIATE MS. BATSEL
11:07:42 REACHING OUT TO ME AND TALKING TO ME ABOUT IT, BUT I ALSO
11:07:46 THINK THAT IT'S INFORMATION THAT CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO
11:07:48 UNDERSTAND, TOO, SINCE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT'S BEEN
11:07:52 BEFORE THE CITY.
11:07:53 THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT IN THE COUNTY FOR A LONG TIME.
11:07:56 BUT AS WE GET MORE POCKETS OF MONEY, WE'RE GOING TO GET
11:07:59 FURTHER AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT IS DEALING
11:08:02 WITH THE DWELLING UNITS BECAUSE WE CAN'T GO EAST OR WEST OR
11:08:07 SOUTH.
11:08:07 WE HAVE TO ONLY GO NORTH.
11:08:09 YOU ALL HAVE A GOOD DAY AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
11:08:12 CONSIDERATION.
11:08:13 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
11:08:13 IS MR. REALI ON THE LINE?
11:08:17 >> YES, SIR.
11:08:19 KEVIN REALI, 401 EAST JACKSON STREET HERE FOR THE APPLICANT.
11:08:23 MOSTLY WE'RE ON THE LINE TO ANSWER FURTHER QUESTIONS THE
11:08:26 COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE.
11:08:27 BUT I WANTED TO ADD A COUPLE OF DETAILS TO MS. MANDELL'S
11:08:31 COMMENTS.
11:08:31 THESE AGREEMENTS HAVE BECOME SOMEWHAT ROUTINE IN PORTIONS OF
11:08:36 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
11:08:36 THIS IS THE FIRST ONE TO COME BEFORE THE CITY.
11:08:40 TO MS. MANDELL'S POINT, THE MONEY HAS TO GO TO THE MANHATTAN
11:08:45 K-8 RADIOLOGIC.
11:08:46 IT'S NOT JUST THAT IT'S SET TO GO THERE.
11:08:48 THE AGREEMENT FORCES THE MONEY TO GO THERE.
11:08:50 THIS IS TO ADD CAPACITY.
11:08:55 ONCE THE CAPACITY IS ADDED, TO MS. POYNOR'S POINT, IT MAY BE
11:09:00 THAT THE CAPACITY IS NORTH OF GANDY, BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A
11:09:02 NEW SCHOOL GETS BUILT IS NEW LINES GET DRAWN AND THEN
11:09:05 THERE'S MORE CAPACITY AVAILABLE CLOSER TO OTHER FACILITIES
11:09:08 AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
11:09:10 IT'S A PIECE OF THE LARGER DISTRICTING PIE FOR THE SCHOOL
11:09:18 BOARD, AND THEN JUST TO REEMPHASIZE, THE MONEY GOES DIRECTLY
11:09:23 TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.
11:09:24 IN FACT, TYPICALLY THE CITY IS A PASS-THROUGH.
11:09:26 THIS AGREEMENT ACTUALLY SAYS THAT WE'RE TO PAY THE SCHOOL
11:09:29 BOARD.
11:09:30 IT'S EVEN MORE PERFUNCTORY.
11:09:31 REALLY WHAT IT DOES IS MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY DOESN'T ALLOW
11:09:34 THE DEVELOPMENT UNLESS THE DEVELOPER PAYS.
11:09:37 BECAUSE THE CITY HOLDS THOSE DEVELOPMENT APPROVALS, THE CITY
11:09:41 IS PART OF THE AGREEMENT TO SAY NO TO THE DEVELOPER IF THE
11:09:44 PAYMENT HASN'T BEEN MADE AND THEN THE PAYMENT IS MADE, THE
11:09:47 SCHOOL BOARD GETS THE GREEN LIGHT AND THEN THE CITY CAN
11:09:50 PROCEED WITH THE PERMIT.
11:09:52 THANK YOU.
11:09:54 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:09:55 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WHO IS HE WITH?
11:09:57 WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD?
11:09:58 >>JOSEPH CITRO: NO.
11:09:59 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ENTITY.
11:10:01 >> I'M WITH STEARNS, WEAVER, MILLER REPRESENTING THE
11:10:04 APPLICANT.
11:10:05 >>SUSAN JOHNSON-VELEZ: HE IS THE DEVELOPER IN THE AGREEMENT.
11:10:08 SUSAN JOHNSON VELEZ, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
11:10:11 COUNCIL, ON PAGE 4 OF THE AGREEMENT BEFORE YOU, IT DOES
11:10:14 DESIGNATE IN PARAGRAPH 7 OF THE AGREEMENT, IT DIRECTS THE
11:10:18 FUNDS TO THE MANHATTAN K-8 SCHOOL.
11:10:20 THAT IS WITHIN THE AGREEMENT.
11:10:22 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MS. FEELEY.
11:10:22 >>ABBYE FEELEY: THANK YOU.
11:10:23 ABBYE FEELEY, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND
11:10:26 ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
11:10:28 JUST TO PUT MY ZONING HAT BACK ON FOR YOU FOR A SECOND AND
11:10:32 BACK THIS UP, WHEN ZONING APPLICATIONS COME TO YOU OR WHEN A
11:10:36 BUILDING PERMIT GOES IN, THAT INFORMATION IS SENT TO THE
11:10:39 SCHOOL BOARD TO SEE THAT THERE IS ADEQUATE CAPACITY IN THE
11:10:42 SCHOOLS THAT SERVE THAT AREA.
11:10:43 IF THERE IS NOT ADEQUATE CAPACITY PER THE SCHOOL CONCURRENCY
11:10:49 FLORIDA STATUTE, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO LOOK IN THE ADJACENT AREA
11:10:55 TO SEE IF THERE IS ADDITIONAL CAPACITY.
11:10:56 IF THERE IS NOT, THEN THE DEVELOPER MUST PAY THEIR
11:10:59 PROPORTIONATE FAIR SHARE OF THE IMPACT THAT THEY ARE GOING
11:11:02 TO HAVE ON THAT SCHOOL BY CREATING THE DEVELOPMENT.
11:11:06 IN THIS CASE, IT'S SEVEN SEATS, I BELIEVE, THAT THE
11:11:09 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS DEFICIENT.
11:11:11 SO THIS IS THE FIRST BECAUSE WE LOOKED IN THAT AREA.
11:11:15 THERE IS NOT CAPACITY.
11:11:16 THEY WENT TO THE ADJACENT AREA, THERE WAS NOT CAPACITY.
11:11:19 SO IN THAT CASE, THEY MUST PAY THEIR PROPORTIONATE FAIR
11:11:24 SHARE OF THE IMPACT THAT THAT DEVELOPMENT WILL BE HAVING.
11:11:27 SO WHAT YOU'RE GETTING BEFORE YOU TODAY IS THAT FIRST
11:11:29 AGREEMENT THAT FOR THOSE SEVEN SEATS AND AS HAS BEEN NOTED,
11:11:35 IT IS DIRECTED DIRECTLY TO THAT AREA FOR WHEN THAT CAPACITY
11:11:39 COMES ONLINE, THEY WILL BE PAYING INTO THAT SYSTEM TO TAKE
11:11:44 CARE OF THEIR FAIR SHARE.
11:11:47 JUST TO BACK IT UP A LITTLE BIT, I KNOW WE'RE KIND OF NOW AT
11:11:49 THAT PAYMENT PORTION, BUT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND SO IN THE
11:11:53 FUTURE, IF YOU SEE THESE CONTINUE TO COME, WHICH WE DON'T
11:11:56 KNOW, BECAUSE DEVELOPMENT IS HAPPENING OVER THE CITY,
11:11:59 STUDENTS GROW UP AND GROW OUT OF THE SYSTEM WHICH CREATES
11:12:02 OTHER SEATS AVAILABLE, SO IT IS KIND OF A REVOLVING
11:12:07 CAPACITY, BUT I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT PERSPECTIVE TO
11:12:09 THIS DISCUSSION.
11:12:10 THANK YOU.
11:12:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
11:12:15 MS. MANDELL.
11:12:17 >> THANK YOU.
11:12:19 I THINK DIRECTOR FEELEY IS CORRECT IN WHAT SHE SAID.
11:12:24 I'M A LITTLE FLUMMOXED BY IT BECAUSE WE HAVE A LONG TIME
11:12:29 TOGETHER IN FRONT OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, BUT WHAT MS. FEELEY
11:12:34 HAS INDICATED IS THE PROCESS, AND MS. POYNOR UNDERSTANDS,
11:12:38 CAPACITY MOVES.
11:12:39 SO ONCE SOMETHING COMES ONLINE, IT HAS THE POSITIVE IMPACT
11:12:46 ON THE OTHER SCHOOLS BECAUSE YOU MOVE KIDS AROUND AND THEN
11:12:48 YOU'RE ABLE TO DEAL WITH OTHER CAPACITY ISSUES.
11:12:51 SO THIS IS A WIN-WIN.
11:12:52 IT IS THE WAY THE SYSTEM IS SET UP.
11:12:54 BUT I WOULD SAY THAT YOU WILL POTENTIALLY SEE MORE OF THESE
11:13:00 AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND WE HAVE SEEN THESE IN THE COUNTY AND
11:13:03 WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE
11:13:04 CONSTRUCTION OF THE MANHATTAN K-8.
11:13:09 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN VIERA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE
11:13:11 ITEM NUMBER 32?
11:13:12 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
11:13:12 SO MOVED.
11:13:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:13:16 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:13:18 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
11:13:20 ANY OPPOSED?
11:13:21 THANK YOU.
11:13:22 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
11:13:24 >> CHAIRMAN, IF I COULD TAKE ANOTHER POINT OF PERSONAL
11:13:26 PRIVILEGE.
11:13:27 I HATE TO INTERRUPT YOUR MEETING.
11:13:28 BUT I DID WANT TO INTRODUCE THE NEW ATTORNEY WITH THE LAW
11:13:31 FIRM OF GRAY ROBINSON, CHRIS BERG.
11:13:35 HE HAS JOINED OUR OFFICE AND HE HAS COME HOME BACK TO TAMPA.
11:13:40 I DID WANT TO TAKE THAT MOMENT TO ANNOUNCE THAT AND
11:13:42 INTRODUCE HIM.
11:13:43 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. BERG, COME ON UP HERE.
11:13:46 MR. BERG, NICE TO SEE YOU BACK IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
11:13:57 >> THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME UP.
11:13:59 IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK AND GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY'S FACES UP ON
11:14:02 THE DAIS.
11:14:03 GLAD TO BE BACK.
11:14:05 I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL GOING FORWARD.
11:14:07 >>JOSEPH CITRO: CONGRATULATIONS.
11:14:09 >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, SIR, CHRIS, I'LL TALK TO AFTER THIS,
11:14:14 MAN.
11:14:15 I'M DAMN PROUD OF YOU.
11:14:17 SORRY, MAN.
11:14:18 I'M LATIN.
11:14:18 I'M DRAMATIC.
11:14:20 CAN'T HELP IT.
11:14:21 I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU.
11:14:22 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:14:26 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'M NOT DRAMATIC, BUT THANK YOU FOR
11:14:27 COMING BACK.
11:14:28 [ LAUGHTER ]
11:14:29 >>JOSEPH CITRO: PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, COUNCILMAN VIERA,
11:14:31 ITEMS 4-8.
11:14:33 >>LUIS VIERA: SO MOVE 4-8.
11:14:34 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN VIERA, SECONDED BY
11:14:37 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, ALL IN FAVOR?
11:14:39 COUNCILMAN GUDES, PARKS AND RECREATION, ITEMS 9-10.
11:14:46 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOVE 9-10.
11:14:47 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN GUDES, SECONDED BY
11:14:51 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:14:52 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:14:52 ANY OPPOSED?
11:14:53 COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE, ITEMS 11
11:14:57 THROUGH 19.
11:14:58 >>LYNN HURTAK: YES, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THOSE ITEMS.
11:15:00 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
11:15:03 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:15:05 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE?
11:15:07 ANY OPPOSED?
11:15:08 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, FINANCE COMMITTEES, ITEMS 20 THROUGH 25.
11:15:13 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE ITEMS 20 THROUGH 25.
11:15:15 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:15:17 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:15:19 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:15:19 ANY OPPOSED?
11:15:21 BUILDING AND ZONING, COUNCILMAN CARLSON ISN'T HERE.
11:15:25 COUNCILMAN VIERA, COULD YOU MOVE ITEMS 26 THROUGH 38, MINUS
11:15:31 32 AND 37?
11:15:33 >>LUIS VIERA: SO MOVE THE AFOREMENTIONED ITEMS.
11:15:35 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:15:37 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:15:39 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:15:40 >> AYE.
11:15:40 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY OPPOSED?
11:15:42 WE HAVE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, 39
11:15:49 THROUGH 41.
11:15:51 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE ITEMS 39 THROUGH 41.
11:15:53 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:15:54 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:15:56 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:15:57 >> AYE.
11:15:57 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY OPPOSED?
11:15:58 THANK YOU.
11:16:00 AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 42.
11:16:07 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:16:07 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I HAVE A QUESTION ON ITEM 42.
11:16:11 THERE IS A MEMO FROM MS. FEELEY.
11:16:13 I HAVE A QUESTION HERE.
11:16:18 SO IT IS REQUESTING MS. FEELEY, OR THE CITY IS REQUESTING
11:16:24 EMERGENCY HISTORIC DESIGNATION PUBLIC HEARING BE SCHEDULED.
11:16:27 NOW, THERE IS A LETTER FROM A SCOTT McLAREN ELECTING TO
11:16:31 INITIATE AN ECONOMIC HARDSHIP DETERMINATION.
11:16:33 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
11:16:34 THAT THEY ARE OPPOSED TO SETTING THIS HEARING?
11:16:38 >>CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE: CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE FROM THE CITY
11:16:40 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
11:16:42 I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT.
11:16:44 THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PROPERTY OWNER, THERE IS SOMEONE
11:16:48 HERE, JAIME MAIER FROM HILL WARD HENDERSON.
11:16:51 THEY ARE ASKING AND THE CITY IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION IS
11:16:54 IN AGREEMENT TO SCHEDULE THIS FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
11:16:57 THEY ARE JUST ELECTING TO INITIATE AN ECONOMIC HARDSHIP AND
11:17:03 THAT'S A DIFFERENT PROCESS.
11:17:05 THAT'S A DIFFERENT ITEM THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS TO ADDRESS,
11:17:11 BUT IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, WE'RE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC
11:17:14 HEARING TO BE SET REGARDING THE EMERGENCY HISTORIC
11:17:18 DESIGNATION.
11:17:21 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THEN SO MOVED ON ITEM 42 TO SET THE
11:17:24 PUBLIC HEARING.
11:17:24 >>CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE: THE DEPARTMENT IS RECOMMENDING A
11:17:26 DATE OF JULY 28th FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
11:17:29 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO SET THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM
11:17:31 HPC 22-01-C FOR YOU SAID JULY 28th.
11:17:38 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:17:40 SECONDED BY --
11:17:42 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHAT TIME?
11:17:43 10:30?
11:17:45 >>CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE: IS THAT A REGULAR CITY COUNCIL
11:17:47 MEETING?
11:17:48 WOULD CITY COUNCIL PREFER A 10:30 OR 9 A.M. OR A 1?
11:17:53 IT'S THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL.
11:17:57 >>JOSEPH CITRO: LET'S MAKE IT 10:30.
11:17:59 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 10:30.
11:18:00 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:18:02 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:18:03 ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:18:09 >> VIERA?
11:18:09 MANISCALCO?
11:18:11 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:18:11 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:18:12 >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
11:18:14 >> CARLSON?
11:18:14 GUDES?
11:18:15 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:18:15 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:18:17 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH VIERA BEING
11:18:19 ABSENT AT VOTE AND CARLSON BEING ABSENT.
11:18:22 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO SET ITEMS 43 THROUGH 49 FOR I
11:18:26 BELIEVE THEY ARE ALL AUGUST 25th -- I'M SORRY, 43 IS JULY
11:18:31 14th.
11:18:31 EVERYTHING ELSE IS AUGUST 25th AT 9:30 A.M.
11:18:35 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:18:37 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:18:39 ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:18:40 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:18:42 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:18:43 >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
11:18:44 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:18:46 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:18:48 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH VIERA BEING
11:18:50 ABSENT AT VOTE AND CARLSON ABSENT.
11:18:52 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:18:53 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARINGS ITEM 50
11:19:01 THROUGH 61.
11:19:02 >>ANDREA ZELMAN: IF I CAN INTERRUPT FOR ONE MOMENT.
11:19:06 WHEN WE APPROVED THE CONSENT AGENDA, I BELIEVE COUNCILMAN
11:19:09 VIERA EXCLUDED ITEM 37, AND HE MEANT TO INCLUDE 38.
11:19:15 SO I THINK COUNCIL NEEDS TO APPROVE ITEM 37.
11:19:18 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 37.
11:19:23 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:19:25 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:19:26 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:19:27 ANY OPPOSED?
11:19:28 THANK YOU, MS. ZELMAN.
11:19:30 ANYONE IN CHAMBERS WHO WILL BE GIVING ANY TYPE OF EVIDENCE
11:19:35 AT ALL OR MAKING ANY COMMENTS, PLEASE RISE TO BE SWORN IN.
11:19:45 [OATH ADMINISTERED]
11:19:55 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
11:19:56 MOTION TO OPEN BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, SECONDED BY
11:19:59 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:20:00 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:20:02 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:20:02 AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 50, PLEASE.
11:20:07 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
11:20:08 ELAINE LUND WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW AND HISTORIC
11:20:11 PRESERVATION STAFF.
11:20:12 CAN YOU HEAR ME THIS MORNING?
11:20:13 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?
11:20:27 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
11:20:28 THANK YOU.
11:20:29 FOR THE RECORD, YONI WASSER WITH THE LAW FIRM OF GARDNER
11:20:31 BREWER HUDSON.
11:20:33 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT.
11:20:36 I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND HOPE TO RECEIVE
11:20:39 UNANIMOUS APPROVAL AGAIN TODAY.
11:20:41 THANK YOU.
11:20:41 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE REPRESENTATIVE.
11:20:44 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO AGENDA ITEM
11:20:50 NUMBER 50?
11:20:54 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
11:20:55 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:20:57 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:21:00 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:21:02 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:21:03 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:21:04 IT'S MY PLEASURE TO READ THIS LOCAL LANDMARK DESIGNATION.
11:21:09 ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION,
11:21:11 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, DESIGNATING THE
11:21:14 STOVALL HOUSE LOCATED AT 4621 BAYSHORE BOULEVARD, TAMPA,
11:21:18 FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 3 HEREOF
11:21:21 AS A LOCAL LANDMARK, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES
11:21:24 IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN
11:21:26 EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:21:29 >> SECOND.
11:21:29 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO,
11:21:32 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:21:33 ANY COMMENTS?
11:21:35 ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:21:39 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:21:39 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:21:40 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:21:42 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:21:43 >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
11:21:45 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:21:45 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON BEING
11:21:48 ABSENT.
11:21:48 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
11:21:49 FILE NUMBER VAC-21-15, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 51.
11:21:55 >>REBECCA JOHNS: REBECCA JOHNS, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
11:21:58 WE ACTUALLY ASK THAT YOU MOVE ITEM 61 UP TO BE HEARD EITHER
11:22:02 WITH 51 OR DIRECTLY BEHIND 51 SINCE 51 IS THE VACATION AND
11:22:07 ITEM 61 IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT
11:22:11 IMPLEMENTS THE VACATION.
11:22:18 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU HAVE TO PASS 51 BEFORE YOU DO 61.
11:22:22 >>REBECCA JOHNS: RIGHT.
11:22:22 WE'RE NOT SAYING YOU HAVE TO OPEN THEM TOGETHER.
11:22:25 WE'RE SAYING THEY SHOULD BE HEARD BACK TO BACK.
11:22:27 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES, WE WILL DO THAT.
11:22:28 PETITIONER?
11:22:36 >> JULIA MANDELL WITH THE LAW FIRM OF GRAY ROBINSON, 401
11:22:40 EAST JACKSON STREET.
11:22:41 I'M HERE REPRESENTING SPP.
11:22:44 WITH ME ARE JIM SHIMBERG AND DARREN MORSE ALSO OF SPP.
11:22:49 YOU APPROVED THIS ON FIRST READING.
11:22:51 WE WOULD ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL TODAY AND ARE AVAILABLE FOR
11:22:53 ANY QUESTIONS.
11:22:55 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT?
11:22:57 WE'LL NOW HEAR 61 ALSO?
11:23:10 >> WHATEVER YOUR PLEASURE IS.
11:23:13 IF YOU WANT TO VOTE ON THE FIRST ONE AND THEN MOVE INTO THE
11:23:16 SECOND ONE, IF THAT'S YOUR PLEASURE, THAT'S FINE.
11:23:19 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOVE TO CLOSE?
11:23:24 >> PUBLIC COMMENT?
11:23:25 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I SEE NONE HERE.
11:23:27 ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS?
11:23:29 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
11:23:30 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO MADE THE MOTION,
11:23:32 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:23:34 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:23:34 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:23:36 COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
11:23:40 >>LYNN HURTAK: I AM READING FILE NUMBER VAC-21-15, ORDINANCE
11:23:46 BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN
11:23:49 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, VACATING, CLOSING,
11:23:51 DISCONTINUING, AND ABANDONING CERTAIN RIGHTS-OF-WAY LOCATED
11:23:56 SOUTH OF WHITING STREET, NORTH OF CUMBERLAND AVENUE, EAST OF
11:24:00 NEBRASKA AVENUE, AND WEST OF MERIDIAN AVENUE, WITHIN THE
11:24:03 PLAT OF FINLEY AND CAESAR SUBDIVISION, A SUBDIVISION IN THE
11:24:08 CITY OF TAMPA, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS MORE FULLY
11:24:11 DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 HEREOF, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN COVENANTS,
11:24:15 CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS AS MORE PARTICULARLY SET FORTH
11:24:17 HEREIN; PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES FOR
11:24:20 VIOLATIONS, PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATIONS AND
11:24:23 REPEALING CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, APPROVING A
11:24:26 REQUEST TO IMPACT CERTAIN VITRIFIED BRICK STREETS LYING
11:24:31 WITHIN SAID RIGHTS-OF-WAY, SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS MORE
11:24:35 PARTICULARLY SET FORTH HEREIN, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:24:38 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
11:24:40 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:24:42 ANY DISCUSSION?
11:24:43 ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:24:44 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:24:45 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:24:46 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:24:47 >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
11:24:48 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:24:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:24:51 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON BEING
11:24:54 ABSENT.
11:24:54 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ITEM 61, FILE PH 22-74005.
11:25:02 >> AGAIN, FOR THE RECORD, JULIA MANDELL WITH THE LAW FIRM OF
11:25:05 GRAY ROBINSON.
11:25:06 I'M HERE WITH JIM SHIMBERG AND DARREN MORSE.
11:25:11 WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, AND WE ASK FOR YOUR
11:25:13 APPROVAL.
11:25:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PETITIONER?
11:25:16 ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE?
11:25:18 I DO NOT SEE ANYONE ONLINE.
11:25:21 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
11:25:21 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA TO CLOSE.
11:25:25 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:25:26 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:25:27 LET'S GO WITH COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:25:29 >>ORLANDO GUDES: FILE NUMBER PH 22-74005, RESOLUTION
11:25:36 APPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR WATER
11:25:39 STREET TAMPA, LLC, REGARDING PROPERTY BOUNDED BY E
11:25:43 CUMBERLAND AVENUE TO THE SOUTH, EAST FINLEY STREET TO THE
11:25:46 NORTH, SOUTH NEBRASKA AVENUE AND TO THE WEST AND MERIDIAN
11:25:50 AVENUE TO THE EAST, COMMONLY KNOWN AS WATER STREET TAMPA
11:25:54 PHASE 3A, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE
11:25:56 EXECUTION THEREFORE BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMPA,
11:25:56 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:25:59 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:26:01 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:26:03 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
11:26:05 ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:26:07 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:26:08 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:26:08 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:26:10 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:26:11 >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
11:26:12 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:26:13 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON BEING
11:26:15 ABSENT.
11:26:16 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:26:16 AGENDA ITEM 52, FILE VAC 22-04.
11:26:31 >> DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION PRESENTING VAC 22-04.
11:26:35 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. SAMONS, HAVE YOU BEEN SWORN IN?
11:26:40 >> YES.
11:26:41 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:26:42 PROCEED.
11:26:44 >>ROSS SAMONS: THIS IS A VACATING REQUEST THAT WAS APPROVED
11:26:46 ON FIRST READING AND STAFF IS AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY
11:26:48 QUESTIONS.
11:26:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?
11:26:51 MR. HUDSON, ARE YOU THE PETITIONER?
11:27:00 >> I DO NEED TO BE SWORN, ALTHOUGH I'LL SAY FIVE WORDS.
11:27:04 >>THE CLERK: PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT-HAND.
11:27:06 DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY THAT YOU ARE ABOUT
11:27:08 TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH?
11:27:10 >> I DO.
11:27:11 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS APPLICATION ON FIRST
11:27:15 READING.
11:27:15 NOTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE THE FIRST READING.
11:27:18 I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
11:27:19 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
11:27:20 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
11:27:21 ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. HUDSON?
11:27:23 IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK TO
11:27:27 THIS?
11:27:28 ONLY ONE ONLINE I SEE IS MR. LETO.
11:27:31 ARE YOU AVAILABLE?
11:27:31 MR. LETO, ARE YOU THERE?
11:27:41 >> YES.
11:27:41 >>JOSEPH CITRO: PLEASE GO AHEAD.
11:27:42 YOU NEED TO TURN ON YOUR VIDEO, PLEASE.
11:27:46 THANK YOU, MR. LETO.
11:27:52 >>THE CLERK: PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT-HAND.
11:27:54 DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY THAT YOU'RE ABOUT
11:27:57 TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH?
11:28:01 THANK YOU.
11:28:08 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. LETO, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
11:28:09 YOU NEED TO TURN YOUR MICROPHONE ON.
11:28:15 YOU'RE MUTED.
11:28:23 >> YES.
11:28:24 CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
11:28:28 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW.
11:28:31 >> OKAY.
11:28:31 I'M FINE.
11:28:32 I'M JUST -- I JUST WANTED TO SEE THE PROCEEDINGS AS THEY
11:28:36 WENT.
11:28:36 I HAVE NO QUESTIONS, SIR.
11:28:39 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YOU DO NOT WISH TO MAKE A STATEMENT.
11:28:42 >> NO.
11:28:43 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:28:44 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
11:28:45 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:28:47 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:28:49 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:28:51 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:28:52 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:28:54 ITEM NUMBER 52, FILE NUMBER VAC 22-04.
11:28:58 ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
11:29:01 AN ORDINANCE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, VACATING,
11:29:03 CLOSING, DISCONTINUING AND ABANDONING A
11:29:05 RIGHT-OF-WAY/ALLEYWAY LOCATED SOUTH OF 7th AVENUE, NORTH
11:29:09 OF HENDERSON AVENUE, EAST OF INTERSTATE 275 AND WEST OF
11:29:14 TALIAFERRO AVENUE WITHIN THE PLATS OF LYKES SUBDIVISION AND
11:29:22 MAP OF OAKRIDGE, WHICH ARE SUBDIVISIONS IN THE CITY OF
11:29:25 TAMPA, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED
11:29:27 IN SECTION 2 HEREOF, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN COVENANTS,
11:29:30 CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS AS MORE PARTICULARLY SET FORTH
11:29:32 HEREIN, PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTY FOR
11:29:34 VIOLATIONS, PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATIONS AND
11:29:37 REPEALING CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND
11:29:39 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:29:40 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:29:42 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:29:44 ANY FURTHER COMMENT?
11:29:46 ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:29:48 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:29:50 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:29:51 >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
11:29:52 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:29:55 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:29:55 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:29:56 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON BEING
11:29:59 ABSENT.
11:29:59 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:30:00 AGENDA ITEM 53, FILE REZ-22-05.
11:30:08 MS. BARNES.
11:30:12 >>ANNIE BARNES: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
11:30:13 ANNIE BARNES, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
11:30:15 ITEM NUMBER 53 IS REZ 22-05 BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND
11:30:20 READING AND ADOPTION FOR 623 EAST 7TH AVENUE.
11:30:24 THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RM 24, RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY
11:30:28 24, AND PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT,
11:30:31 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY OR STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL OFFICE AND
11:30:35 COMMERCIAL USES.
11:30:36 SITE PLANS WERE DROPPED OFF AT CITY HALL YESTERDAY.
11:30:38 I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
11:30:39 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?
11:30:41 MR. HUDSON?
11:30:44 >> GOOD MORNING, AGAIN, COUNCIL.
11:30:46 TYLER HUDSON.
11:30:48 I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AGAIN OF THIS APPLICATION.
11:30:51 I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
11:30:52 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANYONE IN CHAMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK
11:30:55 TO THIS ITEM?
11:30:56 MR. LETO, DO YOU WANT TO GIVE ANY KIND OF TESTIMONY OR MAKE
11:30:59 ANY COMMENTS?
11:30:59 >> NO.
11:31:00 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:31:01 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
11:31:02 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOVE TO CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:31:05 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:31:06 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:31:07 ANY OPPOSED?
11:31:08 COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:31:09 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR, AND THIS ONE LOOKS LONG BUT IT'S
11:31:14 NOT.
11:31:15 I GUESS ORIGINAL MOTION HERE.
11:31:16 I MAY VOTE NO JUST SO I DON'T HAVE TO READ IT.
11:31:18 I'M JOKING.
11:31:19 I MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND
11:31:22 ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL
11:31:25 VICINITY OF 623 EAST 7TH AVENUE AND THE PROPERTY UNDER FOLIO
11:31:29 NUMBER 192,674.0005, LOCATED SOUTH OF 7th AVENUE, NORTH OF
11:31:35 HENDERSON AVENUE, EAST OF INTERSTATE 275 AND WEST OF
11:31:38 TALIAFERRO AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE
11:31:42 PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT
11:31:45 CLASSIFICATION RM-24, RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY AND PD PLANNED
11:31:48 DEVELOPMENT TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL,
11:31:51 MULTIFAMILY OR STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL, OFFICE AND
11:31:53 COMMERCIAL, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:31:55 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:31:57 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:31:59 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
11:32:00 ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:32:02 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:32:03 >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
11:32:04 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:32:06 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:32:08 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:32:09 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:32:10 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON BEING
11:32:12 ABSENT.
11:32:13 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:32:14 ITEM NUMBER 54, FILE NUMBER REZ-22-13, MS. BARNES.
11:32:20 >>ANNIE BARNES: ITEM NUMBER 54 IS REZ-22-13 BEING PRESENTED
11:32:27 FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION FOR 4202 AND 4204 NORTH
11:32:32 15th STREET.
11:32:33 THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM PD, PLANNED
11:32:35 DEVELOPMENT, TO SH-RS, SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, RESIDENTIAL,
11:32:39 SINGLE-FAMILY, DETACHED.
11:32:41 I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
11:32:42 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?
11:32:44 PETITIONER.
11:32:45 >> JEREMY VANDERLOOP.
11:32:47 BEEN SWORN IN.
11:32:49 JUST LOOKING FOR ANOTHER UNANIMOUS VOTE TO REZONE.
11:32:52 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PETITIONER?
11:32:54 SEEING NONE --
11:33:05 IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT?
11:33:06 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
11:33:08 >> SECOND.
11:33:08 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:33:10 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:33:12 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:33:14 THANK YOU.
11:33:14 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:33:16 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:33:18 I HAVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND
11:33:21 ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL
11:33:24 VICINITY OF 4202 AND 4204 NORTH 15th STREET IN THE CITY OF
11:33:28 TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1
11:33:31 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
11:33:34 TO SH-RS SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY
11:33:37 DETACHED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:33:40 >> SECOND.
11:33:42 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:33:43 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:33:45 ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?
11:33:46 ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:33:49 >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
11:33:51 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:33:52 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:33:53 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:33:55 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:33:57 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:33:57 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON
11:34:01 BEING ABSENT.
11:34:03 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
11:34:04 AGENDA ITEM 55, FILE NUMBER REZ-22-17.
11:34:11 MS. BARNES.
11:34:13 >>ANNIE BARNES: ANNIE BARNES, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
11:34:15 ITEM NUMBER 55 IS REZ-22-17 BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND
11:34:20 READING AND ADOPTION FOR 4201 EAST 12th AVENUE.
11:34:24 THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM CG COMMERCIAL
11:34:27 GENERAL TO CI COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE.
11:34:28 I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
11:34:30 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?
11:34:32 PETITIONER?
11:34:37 >> GOOD MORNING.
11:34:37 RUTH LONDONO.
11:34:39 I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
11:34:41 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PETITIONER?
11:34:44 ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS AGENDA ITEM?
11:34:50 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
11:34:51 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:34:53 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:34:55 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:34:55 COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
11:34:59 >>LYNN HURTAK: ITEM NUMBER 55, FILE NUMBER REZ-22-17,
11:35:04 ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
11:35:07 AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF
11:35:09 4201 EAST 12th AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND
11:35:13 MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1, FROM ZONING
11:35:15 DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION CG COMMERCIAL GENERAL TO CI
11:35:19 COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:35:23 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
11:35:24 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN HURTAK, SECONDED
11:35:28 BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:35:30 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
11:35:31 ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:35:34 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:35:35 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:35:36 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:35:37 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:35:38 >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
11:35:40 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:35:40 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON BEING
11:35:43 ABSENT.
11:35:43 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:35:44 AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 56, FILE REZ-22-39.
11:35:49 MS. BARNES.
11:35:50 >>ANNIE BARNES: THANK YOU.
11:35:52 ITEM NUMBER 56 IS REZ-22-39 BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND
11:35:56 READING AND ADOPTION FOR 506 WEST PLAZA PLACE.
11:36:00 THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM RS 50 RESIDENTIAL
11:36:04 SINGLE-FAMILY TO RM 18 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY 18.
11:36:08 I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
11:36:09 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. BARNES?
11:36:11 IS THE PETITIONER HERE OR ARE THEY ONLINE?
11:36:22 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
11:36:24 >> SECOND.
11:36:24 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:36:28 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:36:29 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:36:30 ANY OPPOSED?
11:36:32 COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:36:33 >>ORLANDO GUDES: FILE REZ-22-39, AN ORDINANCE BEING
11:36:40 PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE
11:36:42 REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 506 WEST PLAZA
11:36:45 PLACE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY
11:36:47 DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION
11:36:50 RS 50 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO RM 18, RESIDENTIAL
11:36:53 MULTIFAMILY.
11:36:54 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:36:55 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:36:57 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:36:58 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
11:37:00 ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:37:03 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:37:03 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:37:04 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:37:05 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:37:06 >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
11:37:08 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:37:09 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON BEING
11:37:12 ABSENT.
11:37:12 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
11:37:13 AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 57, FILE NREZ-22-18.
11:37:18 >>ANNIE BARNES: ANNIE BARNES, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
11:37:20 ITEM NUMBER 57 IS REZ 22-18 BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND
11:37:25 READING AND ADOPTION FOR 307 SOUTH MELVILLE AVENUE.
11:37:28 THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM RM 16,
11:37:31 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY 16, TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, PD,
11:37:35 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED AND RESIDENTIAL
11:37:37 SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED USES.
11:37:41 SITE PLANS WERE DROPPED OFF AT CITY HALL YESTERDAY, AND I'M
11:37:41 AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
11:37:42 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?
11:37:43 PETITIONER?
11:37:47 >> MY NAME IS PHILIP SEARS.
11:37:49 I'M WITH CAMPO ENGINEERING.
11:37:50 I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT ON BEHALF OF REZONING
11:37:55 22-18.
11:37:56 LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING APPROVAL.
11:37:59 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PETITIONER?
11:38:01 ANY COMMENTS IN CHAMBERS, PUBLIC COMMENT?
11:38:08 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
11:38:09 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:38:11 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:38:13 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:38:14 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:38:16 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU.
11:38:17 FILE NUMBER 57, REZ 22-18, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR
11:38:22 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY
11:38:24 IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 307 SOUTH MELVILLE AVENUE, IN THE
11:38:28 CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
11:38:30 SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RM-16,
11:38:34 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY, TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT,
11:38:36 RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED AND RESIDENTIAL,
11:38:39 SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:38:43 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:38:45 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:38:46 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
11:38:48 ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:38:51 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:38:51 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:38:52 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:38:54 >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
11:38:56 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:38:57 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:38:57 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON BEING
11:39:00 ABSENT.
11:39:01 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:39:02 AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 58, FILE NUMBER REZ-22-27.
11:39:09 MS. BARNES.
11:39:10 >>ANNIE BARNES: ANNIE BARNES, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
11:39:12 ITEM NUMBER 58 IS REZ-22-27 BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND
11:39:16 READING AND ADOPTION FOR 2303 NORTH OLA AVENUE AND 211 WEST
11:39:21 PARK AVENUE.
11:39:21 REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RM 24 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY TO
11:39:25 PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL -- FOR RESIDENTIAL
11:39:29 SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED USES.
11:39:30 SITE PLANS DROPPED OFF AT CITY HALL YESTERDAY AND AVAILABLE
11:39:33 FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
11:39:34 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. BARNES?
11:39:36 THANK YOU.
11:39:38 WHO IS THE APPLICANT TODAY?
11:39:40 MR. MECHANIK.
11:39:42 >> MR. CHAIRMAN, DAVID MECHANIK HERE ON BEHALF OF THE
11:39:45 APPLICANT.
11:39:47 >>JOSEPH CITRO: CAN I GET YOU BOTH TO BE SWORN IN, PLEASE?
11:39:50 >> I DID THAT BEFORE.
11:39:52 >>THE CLERK: PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT-HAND.
11:39:56 >> MR. COHEN, YOUR OTHER HAND.
11:40:01 >>THE CLERK: DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU
11:40:03 ARE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH?
11:40:06 >> I DO.
11:40:07 >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU.
11:40:11 >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
11:40:13 I AM HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND TO REQUEST YOUR
11:40:19 SUPPORT OF THE APPLICATION ON SECOND READING.
11:40:21 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT?
11:40:23 IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO MAKE ANY
11:40:30 COMMENTS?
11:40:30 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
11:40:32 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:40:34 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:40:35 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:40:36 THANK YOU.
11:40:38 COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:40:38 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
11:40:42 THIS IS -- I MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND
11:40:47 READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE
11:40:49 GENERAL VICINITY OF 2303 NORTH OLA AVENUE AND 211 WEST PARK
11:40:53 AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY
11:40:55 DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION
11:40:58 RM-24, RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT,
11:41:01 RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED.
11:41:04 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:41:05 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:41:07 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:41:09 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
11:41:10 ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:41:12 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:41:13 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:41:13 >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
11:41:14 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:41:17 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:41:17 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:41:18 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON BEING
11:41:21 ABSENT.
11:41:22 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:41:23 AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 59, FILE REZ 22-23.
11:41:30 MS. BARNES.
11:41:30 >>ANNIE BARNES: THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
11:41:34 ITEM NUMBER 59 IS REZ-22-23 BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND
11:41:38 READING AND ADOPTION FOR 5411 WEST TYSON AVENUE.
11:41:41 THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM IG, INDUSTRIAL
11:41:45 GENERAL, TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL,
11:41:49 MULTIFAMILY, SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED, RETAIL SALES, SHOPPER'S
11:41:53 GOODS AND RESTAURANT USES.
11:41:55 SITE PLANS WERE DROPPED OFF AT CITY HALL YESTERDAY.
11:41:57 I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
11:41:58 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?
11:42:00 MS. BATSEL, HAVE YOU BEEN SWORN IN?
11:42:04 >> YES, I HAVE.
11:42:05 I'VE BEEN SWORN.
11:42:06 ELISE BATSEL, STEARNS WEAVER MILLER.
11:42:08 I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF HOUSEKEEPING MATTERS.
11:42:11 IF I MAY SHARE MY SCREEN VERY BRIEFLY FOR YOU.
11:42:14 THANK YOU.
11:42:41 CAN YOU SEE MY SCREEN?
11:42:43 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES, WE CAN.
11:42:45 >> THANK YOU.
11:42:46 IF YOU RECALL AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR LAST HEARING, I SHOWED
11:42:50 YOU THIS LARGER VISION FOR RATTLESNAKE POINT.
11:42:53 I MENTIONED THAT WE WOULD BE APPLYING FOR A NUMBER OF
11:42:56 ADDITIONAL APPLICATION IF THE CURRENT REZONING IS APPROVED.
11:42:59 I DID WANT YOU TO KNOW WITH RESPECT TO THE CHEMICAL
11:43:03 FORMULATOR'S PROPERTY WHICH IS SHOWN WITH A 2 DASH 3 OVER
11:43:06 IT, WE DID FILE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT YESTERDAY
11:43:09 WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE
11:43:14 OF THAT LAST REMAINING INDUSTRIAL PIECE ON RATTLESNAKE POINT
11:43:17 TO CMU 35.
11:43:19 I ALSO WANTED TO REVISIT ONE ISSUE AND CLARIFY THE RECORD
11:43:22 ABOUT THE PUBLIC PARK.
11:43:23 WHEN I WAS READING BACK THROUGH THE TRANSCRIPT, PARTICULARLY
11:43:27 COUNCILMAN CITRO'S QUESTIONS, IT BECAME VERY CLEAR TO ME
11:43:31 THAT I DID A POOR JOB AT 11:30 P.M. CLARIFYING SOME OF THESE
11:43:35 DETAILS.
11:43:36 THE IDEA OF THE PARK CAME THROUGH EXTENSIVE MEETINGS AND
11:43:39 DISCUSSIONS WITH THE SOUTH OF GANDY NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS.
11:43:41 THE PARK COULD, IN FACT, CONNECT ALL OF THE PUBLIC
11:43:44 BOARDWALKS ON THIS PENINSULA AND BENEFIT PROPERTIES MUCH
11:43:48 BEYOND RATTLESNAKE POINT.
11:43:50 BUT I DID WANT TO CLARIFY FOR THE RECORD THAT THE PARK WILL
11:43:53 NOT BECOME A PUBLIC PARK UNTIL IT'S EITHER ACQUIRED BY THE
11:43:57 CITY OR THERE IS SOME ALTERNATIVE FUNDING MECHANISM PUT IN
11:44:01 PLACE FOR THE ACQUISITION.
11:44:03 THAT'S WHAT WE ENVISION AS THE FOURTH APPROVAL.
11:44:06 WE'RE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF PUTTING TOGETHER A SPECIAL
11:44:09 ASSESSMENT STUDY TO PRESENT TO THE CITY, AND THAT WOULD FUND
11:44:14 THE PARK PURCHASE, THE PARK IMPROVEMENTS, IMPROVEMENTS TO
11:44:18 TYSON AVENUE, INCLUDING ADDITIONAL ON-STREET PARKING AND TO
11:44:21 FUND ANY DEFICIT IN THE CITY FUNDING FOR THE LIGHT AT TYSON
11:44:26 AVENUE AND WESTSHORE.
11:44:28 UNLESS THERE'S SOME SORT OF SUBSEQUENT ACTION BY COUNCIL,
11:44:31 THIS PARK WILL BE A NICE PRIVATE PARK FOR THIS PARTICULAR
11:44:35 DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE A PUBLIC PARK UNTIL
11:44:38 SUBSEQUENT ACTION OCCURRED.
11:44:40 FINALLY, I WANTED TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT EARLY LAST
11:44:42 FALL I SPOKE WITH EVERY MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL WITH THE
11:44:44 EXCEPTION OF COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK ABOUT A POTENTIAL TAX
11:44:48 INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT FOR THIS AREA.
11:44:51 THAT DIDN'T MOVE FORWARD.
11:44:53 BUT I DID WANT TO JUST PUT THAT ON THE RECORD IN FULL
11:44:57 TRANSPARENCY.
11:44:58 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO TAKE THESE ADDITIONAL
11:45:01 COMMENTS.
11:45:01 WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
11:45:06 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR MYSELF.
11:45:07 I ASSUME OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS GOT E-MAILS FROM THE AREAS
11:45:10 OUTSIDE OF THIS LOCATION SAYING THEY DIDN'T WANT TO PAY THE
11:45:13 TAX FOR A PARK SOMEWHERE ELSE.
11:45:16 IN ESSENCE, THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID.
11:45:16 SHE CLEARED IT UP.
11:45:17 THAT PARK IS TO BE A PRIVATE PARK, AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE NOT
11:45:21 GOING TO BE CHARGED ANY ADDITIONAL TAX, AM I CORRECT?
11:45:26 >> YES, SIR.
11:45:27 UNTIL THERE'S SOME TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT, WHICH
11:45:30 WOULD BE A CITY COST, OR UNTIL CITY COUNCIL APPROVES SOME
11:45:34 SORT OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT FOR A CERTAIN LIMITED
11:45:38 AREA, THIS IS A PRIVATE PARK.
11:45:41 WHAT YOU'RE VOTING ON TODAY MAKES IT A PRIVATE PARK UNTIL
11:45:44 THERE'S SUBSEQUENT CITY COUNCIL ACTION.
11:45:46 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU.
11:45:49 >> THANK YOU.
11:45:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MS. WELLS.
11:45:54 >>> CATE WELLS FOR THE RECORD.
11:45:55 DURING THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM, MS. BATSEL
11:45:58 PRESENTED COUNCIL WITH THE CONCEPT THAT THERE WOULD BE
11:46:00 WORKFORCE HOUSING UNITS AT THIS SITE.
11:46:04 I DON'T BELIEVE STAFF ADDRESSED THAT OR MS. BATSEL ADDRESSED
11:46:07 THAT.
11:46:07 THEY WERE GOING TO WORK ON LANGUAGE TO BE INCLUDED ON THE
11:46:10 SITE PLAN AS A CONDITION WITH REGARD TO THE PROPOSED
11:46:14 WORKFORCE HOUSING.
11:46:15 IF WE COULD HEAR FROM EITHER STAFF OR MS. BATSEL ON WHERE
11:46:18 THAT LANGUAGE ENDED UP, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
11:46:20 THANK YOU.
11:46:21 >> YES.
11:46:22 THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME, MS. WELLS.
11:46:24 WE PRESENTED A CONDITION FOR THE REZONING THAT WOULD REQUIRE
11:46:29 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING.
11:46:32 WE HAVE INCLUDED THAT IN THE SITE PLAN, AND WE HAVE TO DO AN
11:46:36 ANNUAL REPORT TO THE CITY SHOWING THAT WE ARE COMPLYING WITH
11:46:40 THAT WORKFORCE HOUSING REQUIREMENT.
11:46:42 THAT WAS ADDED TO THE SITE PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE
11:46:44 CITY YESTERDAY.
11:46:45 I BELIEVE THAT MS. BARNES CAN CONFIRM THAT.
11:46:48 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:46:48 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
11:46:50 MS. BATSEL -- SORRY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
11:46:53 MS. BATSEL, THE PLANT THAT IS THERE NOW, HOW MUCH IS THAT
11:47:00 HINGING ON THE CONSTRUCTION DATE TO START?
11:47:07 >> SO CHEMICAL FORMULATORS, THERE IS AN EXISTING LEASE, AND
11:47:11 THAT CHEMICAL FORMULATORS WILL BE VACATED AND THEY WILL
11:47:14 LEAVE THE PROPERTY PRIOR TO US STARTING CONSTRUCTION.
11:47:17 WE'LL HAVE TO DEMOLISH THE EXISTING.
11:47:21 NOW, AGAIN -- I'M SORRY.
11:47:22 ARE YOU ASKING FOR CONSTRUCTION FOR THIS PARTICULAR
11:47:25 PROPERTY?
11:47:26 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES, MA'AM.
11:47:30 >> CHEMICAL FORMULATORS, THE LEASE EXPIRES IN DECEMBER OF
11:47:33 2023.
11:47:35 WE WOULDN'T BE IN ANY POSITION TO START CONSTRUCTION OTHER
11:47:39 THAN -- OR TO HAVE ANY KIND OF OCCUPANCY PRIOR TO 2023 WHEN
11:47:43 THE LEASE IS UP.
11:47:45 WE WOULD -- WE WILL START CONSTRUCTION SITE WORK --
11:47:54 [INDISCERNIBLE]
11:47:59 >>JOSEPH CITRO: IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES
11:48:01 TO SPEAK TO THIS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 59?
11:48:05 I SEE THAT WE HAVE MS. CARROLL ANN BENNETT AND MS. STEPHANIE
11:48:12 POYNOR.
11:48:13 MS. BENNETT, ARE YOU THERE?
11:48:17 >> HI.
11:48:18 THIS IS CARROLL ANN BENNETT.
11:48:19 CAN YOU HEAR ME?
11:48:23 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:48:29 >> I NEED TO BE SWORN.
11:48:30 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MS. BENNETT, YOU NEED TO HAVE YOUR CAMERA
11:48:33 ON, PLEASE.
11:48:34 MS. POYNOR, ARE YOU THERE NOW?
11:48:53 >> I'M HERE.
11:48:54 >>JOSEPH CITRO: CAN YOU TURN YOUR CAMERA ON?
11:48:57 SORRY, MS. POYNOR.
11:48:58 MS. BENNETT.
11:49:00 >> THERE WE GO.
11:49:05 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MS. BENNETT, YOU NEED TO BE SWORN IN.
11:49:07 AND MS. POYNOR.
11:49:10 THANK YOU.
11:49:11 >>THE CLERK: DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY THAT
11:49:13 YOU ARE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE
11:49:15 TRUTH?
11:49:17 >> I DO.
11:49:18 >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU.
11:49:19 MS. BENNETT, YOU NEED TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.
11:49:27 >> HI.
11:49:28 MY NAME IS CARROLL ANN BENNETT.
11:49:30 LIFELONG RESIDENT OF SOUTH TAMPA.
11:49:35 I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT EVERYTHING I SAID AT FIRST READING
11:49:38 IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL
11:49:41 BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
11:49:43 I WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD SAYING AGAIN WE SUPPORT THIS.
11:49:46 I SUPPORT THIS.
11:49:48 AND WE ARE VERY MUCH HOPING THAT THE CITY WILL DO WHAT NEEDS
11:49:53 TO BE DONE TO MAKE THIS A PUBLIC PARK.
11:49:57 THE CITIZENS OF SOG AND SOUTH TAMPA ARE THE ONES WHO ARE
11:50:02 GOING TO SUFFER THE DISTURBANCE AND BURDEN OF THE INCREASED
11:50:07 TRAFFIC AND EVACUATION TIMES, AND WE WOULD LIKE FOR THE CITY
11:50:14 TO HELP US OUT AND PROVIDE THIS PART THAT I THINK -- PARK
11:50:20 THAT THE CITY CAN BE PROUD OF, THAT THEY CAN ADVERTISE AND
11:50:22 BECOME A WONDERFUL ADDITION AND WILL CERTAINLY MAKE THE
11:50:28 MEDICINE GO DOWN A LOT EASIER IF WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL PUBLIC
11:50:32 WATERFRONT PARK AND WE HAVE A BOARDWALK AND EVENTUALLY
11:50:36 HOPEFULLY THE CSX CAN BECOME A GREENWAY AND WE CAN GET
11:50:43 MICROMOBILITY, SCOOTERS STATIONED OUT THERE.
11:50:45 I JUST THINK IT COULD TURN INTO A WONDERFUL THING.
11:50:48 WE JUST NEED FOR THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR TO SEE THE
11:50:53 POTENTIAL HERE AND TO HELP THE RESIDENTS OF SOG GET
11:50:59 SOMETHING OUT OF THIS FOR THEMSELVES PERSONALLY.
11:51:01 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO ASK.
11:51:05 THANKS.
11:51:06 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MS. POYNOR.
11:51:11 >> GOOD MORNING.
11:51:13 STEPHANIE POYNOR.
11:51:16 I HAD A SPEECH LAST TIME, BUT IT GOT THROWN OUT THE WINDOW
11:51:19 BECAUSE PEOPLE GOT UP THERE DISTURBED ABOUT SOME OF THE
11:51:22 THINGS THAT WERE SAID.
11:51:24 I STILL WANT TO SAY THAT SPEECH.
11:51:26 IN MY TWO AND A HALF YEARS SINCE MY FIRST APPEARANCE BEFORE
11:51:29 CITY COUNCIL, I'VE LEARNED A LOT.
11:51:30 I'VE LEARNED LANDOWNERS' RIGHTS, I'VE LEARNED LAND USE CODE
11:51:34 AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN -- AND LEGISLATIVE MATTERS.
11:51:37 BUT ONE THING I REALLY LEARNED IS THAT YOU CAN NEVER MAKE
11:51:41 EVERYBODY HAPPY.
11:51:42 WELL, HERE WE ARE TONIGHT, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN AT NIGHT,
11:51:46 WITH A DAMN GOOD PLAN FOR SOG.
11:51:49 DOES IT MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY?
11:51:51 NO.
11:51:51 BECAUSE YOU CAN NEVER GET TO THAT.
11:51:53 LAST SEPTEMBER, SOUTHEASTERN BROUGHT THE PLAN TO THE GANDY
11:51:58 CIVIC ASSOCIATION, PRESENTED THE PROJECT WITH 27 UNANIMOUS
11:52:01 AN ACRE, A WATERFRONT PARK AND A NEARLY TWO MILE LONG
11:52:05 WATERFRONT WALK AND FOLKS WHO WERE WILLING TO LISTEN TO THE
11:52:09 NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS.
11:52:10 THEY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT BEFORE THE CITY EVEN HEARD IT.
11:52:14 AND OVER THE PAST TWO-PLUS YEARS, THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL HAS
11:52:18 WENT FROM A RUBBER STAMP GROUP OF ELECTED OFFICIALS TO THOSE
11:52:22 WHO REPRESENT THE CITIZENS.
11:52:23 YOU HAVE DONE THIS BY ASKING QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS ABOUT
11:52:26 INTERACTING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS, QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW
11:52:29 PROJECTS CAN BE BETTER, QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW PROJECTS
11:52:34 CONSIDER THEIR SURROUNDINGS.
11:52:35 QUESTIONS ABOUT DEVELOPER USE OF RIGHT-OF-WAYS, ALLEYWAYS
11:52:40 AND OTHER PUBLIC SPACES.
11:52:42 ALL THESE QUESTIONS MAKE FOR BETTER PROJECTS.
11:52:44 BUT TONIGHT, I BELIEVE WITH THE COOPERATION BETWEEN
11:52:47 SOUTHEASTERN AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS YOU'LL SEE A BETTER
11:52:50 PROJECT BROUGHT FORWARD WITHOUT WASTING ANYBODY'S TIME,
11:52:54 ENERGY, OR MONEY, NOT TO MENTION THAT SOUTHEASTERN DESERVES
11:52:57 A BIG THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE COMMITMENT TO PURCHASE CFI
11:53:01 BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.
11:53:03 THIS TAKES A DANGEROUS MONSTER OUT OF OUR MIDST.
11:53:08 YOU'VE SEEN SEVERAL CASES THAT WE HAVE FOUGHT TOOTH AND
11:53:11 NAIL.
11:53:12 WELL, SOUTHEASTERN HAS CURED THE PROBLEM, NOT JUST FOR THE
11:53:16 CITIZENS OF SOG BUT FOR CITY COUNCIL AS WELL.
11:53:19 LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT BEING FIRST.
11:53:22 YES, FIRST.
11:53:23 THE FIRST DEVELOPER TO AGREE TO AFFORDABLE AND WORKFORCE
11:53:26 HOUSING UNITS IN THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT FUNDING FROM THE
11:53:29 CITY.
11:53:30 DOES THIS WITHOUT DENSITY AND SOUTHEASTERN WORKED WITH OUR
11:53:35 NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
11:53:37 WHAT AN AMAZING THING THIS PROJECT WILL BE FOR SOG.
11:53:41 PLEASE VOTE YES FOR THIS.
11:53:42 AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT WHAT WE HAVE DONE HERE
11:53:46 IS A COMMUNITY-BASED AGREEMENT.
11:53:50 WE DID THIS, AND YOU GUYS ARE STILL STUDYING IT.
11:53:52 WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE COMMUNITY BASE AGREEMENT GO BROADLY
11:53:58 ACROSS THE CITY, NOT JUST FOR THE STUFF THE CITY IS INVOLVED
11:54:01 IN, BUT BROADLY BASED SO THAT THE NEIGHBORHOODS CAN BECOME
11:54:05 MORE INVOLVED AND MORE BOUGHT INTO THE PROCESS.
11:54:10 THANK YOU.
11:54:10 HAVE A GOOD DAY.
11:54:11 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
11:54:12 DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE ONLINE?
11:54:15 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
11:54:17 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:54:19 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:54:20 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:54:21 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:54:25 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM 59.
11:54:26 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:54:26 ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION,
11:54:28 AN ORDINANCE REZONING THE PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY
11:54:31 OF 5411 WEST TYSON AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND
11:54:34 MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING
11:54:36 DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION IG INDUSTRIAL GENERAL TO PD PLANNED
11:54:40 DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY, RESIDENTIAL,
11:54:42 SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED, RETAIL SALES, SHOPPER'S GOODS,
11:54:45 RESTAURANT, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:54:46 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:54:48 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:54:50 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
11:54:51 ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:54:54 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:54:54 >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
11:54:55 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:54:57 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:54:58 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:54:59 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:55:00 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON BEING
11:55:03 ABSENT.
11:55:03 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:55:04 AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 60, REZ-22-12, MS. BARNES.
11:55:09 >>ANNIE BARNES: THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
11:55:12 ITEM NUMBER 60 IS REZ-22-12 BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND
11:55:16 READING AND ADOPTION FOR 1 TAMPA GENERAL CIRCLE AND 25 AND
11:55:20 35 COLUMBIA DRIVE.
11:55:22 THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM RS 60,
11:55:25 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY, AND PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PD
11:55:29 PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, HOSPITAL, MEDICAL OFFICE USES.
11:55:32 SITE PLANS WERE DROPPED OFF AT CITY HALL YESTERDAY.
11:55:34 I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
11:55:36 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. BARNES?
11:55:40 >> YONI WASSER WITH THE LAW FIRM OF GARDNER, BREWER, HUDSON.
11:55:44 MY ADDRESS IS 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE.
11:55:46 WE HAVE THE PLEASURE OF REPRESENTING TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL
11:55:48 ON THIS REZONING, AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
11:55:51 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PETITIONER?
11:55:52 I SEE NO ONE HERE.
11:55:54 WE HAVE NO ONE ONLINE.
11:55:55 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
11:55:56 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:55:58 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:56:00 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:56:02 COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
11:56:03 >>LYNN HURTAK: ITEM NUMBER 60, FILE REZ-22-12, ORDINANCE
11:56:08 BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN
11:56:11 ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 1
11:56:14 TAMPA GENERAL CIRCLE AND 25 AND 35 COLUMBIA AVENUE IN THE
11:56:18 CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
11:56:21 SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATIONS RS 60,
11:56:26 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY, AND PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PD
11:56:30 PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, HOSPITAL, MEDICAL OFFICE, PROVIDING AN
11:56:33 EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:56:35 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
11:56:38 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:56:39 ANY FURTHER CONVERSATION?
11:56:43 ANY FURTHER DEBATE?
11:56:44 ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:56:46 >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
11:56:46 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:56:49 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:56:50 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:56:51 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:56:53 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:56:54 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON BEING
11:56:57 ABSENT.
11:57:00 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I BELIEVE THAT FINISHES OUR AGENDA.
11:57:02 SHALL WE DO -- SORRY?
11:57:06 >> [INAUDIBLE]
11:57:07 >>JOSEPH CITRO: NUMBER 62 CANNOT BE HEARD.
11:57:12 >> [INAUDIBLE]
11:57:17 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO CONTINUE ITEM 62 TO JULY 28 AT
11:57:21 1:30 P.M.
11:57:23 MOVE TO RESCHEDULE ITEM NUMBER 62 TO JULY 28 AT 1:30 P.M.
11:57:34 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:57:36 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:57:37 I BELIEVE ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:57:41 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:57:43 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:57:44 >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
11:57:46 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:57:47 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:57:47 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:57:49 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON
11:57:51 BEING ABSENT.
11:57:52 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
11:57:53 INFORMATION REPORTS.
11:57:55 COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:57:58 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:57:59 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I'LL MAKE UP FOR IT.
11:58:01 I HAVE A FEW ITEMS.
11:58:02 I MADE A MOTION AT THE LAST MEETING REGARDING THAT THE CITY
11:58:08 COME BACK -- I FORGOT THE DATE THAT I REQUESTED.
11:58:11 I DON'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
11:58:13 REGARDING THE TENANT ADVOCACY OFFICE.
11:58:15 I WANT TO CLARIFY ON THAT MOTION THAT THE CITY LOOK AT THE
11:58:18 MIAMI-DADE TENANT ADVOCACY OFFICE.
11:58:20 I THINK I MENTIONED IT, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT
11:58:23 WAS CLEAR.
11:58:24 SO THAT WAS THAT.
11:58:25 DO I NEED A SECOND?
11:58:29 >> SECOND.
11:58:29 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO,
11:58:32 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:58:33 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:58:36 >> AYE.
11:58:36 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:58:37 NEXT IS I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO INVITE SENATOR
11:58:41 JANET CRUZ AND THE CAPDEVILA FAMILY TO A FUTURE MEETING, IT
11:58:45 WILL BE A DATE TO BE DETERMINED, WHERE SENATOR CRUZ CAN
11:58:50 PRESENT JUST A DISCUSSION.
11:58:52 SHE'LL BE PRESENTING HER OWN LEGISLATION, THAT A PORTION OF
11:58:57 WEST COLUMBUS DRIVE BETWEEN HIMES AND MacDILL AVENUE,
11:59:01 RIGHT HERE IN TAMPA, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, BE DESIGNATED
11:59:04 AS -- I DON'T KNOW IF MAXEMILIO -- MAXIMINO CAPDEVILA ROAD.
11:59:12 SO SENATOR CRUZ'S OFFICE WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT AT A FUTURE
11:59:16 DATE.
11:59:16 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:59:18 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:59:20 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:59:21 >> AYE.
11:59:21 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY OPPOSED?
11:59:23 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE LAST ITEM IS THE GENTLEMAN,
11:59:25 MR. HATCH, CAME BEFORE US TO SPEAK ABOUT LITTERING.
11:59:30 I DID RECEIVE A MEMO HERE LOOKING AT THE FINES THAT WE HAVE.
11:59:36 WE HAVE CLASS ONE THROUGH FOUR.
11:59:40 THERE ARE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
11:59:42 DEBRIS, RUBBISH, TRASH THAT IS DECLARED A PUBLIC NUISANCE,
11:59:46 OFFENSE BEGIN AT 75 AND GO ALL THE WAY TO 450, FOR A FOURTH
11:59:51 OFFENSE.
11:59:52 AND THEN GOES ALL THE WAY UP TO -- I'M NOT GOING TO READ
11:59:55 EVERYTHING -- OFFENSIVE MATTER ON STREETS, VACANT LOTS AND
11:59:57 STREAMS, THAT IS $450 FOR EACH OFFENSE.
12:00:02 I WILL JUST ASK FOR, I GUESS, A STAFF REPORT TO SEE HOW WE
12:00:06 OR -- I MEAN, I HAVE THE INFORMATION HERE, BUT I'D LIKE THAT
12:00:12 WE RAISE THE FINES, INSTEAD OF THE $75 FOR A FIRST OFFENSE,
12:00:17 JUST DO A FLAT $500.
12:00:20 I THINK SOMETHING THAT IS -- OR SOMETHING CLOSE TO IT THAT
12:00:24 SENDS A MESSAGE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO TOLERATE THIS KIND
12:00:27 OF LITTERING.
12:00:28 I KNOW THAT SOME PLACES HAVE AS HIGH AS A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
12:00:31 THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS 150, BUT WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
12:00:35 SO I'D LIKE A STAFF REPORT JULY 28 UNDER -- SOMEBODY TO COME
12:00:41 BACK.
12:00:42 I SEE SOMEBODY FROM THIS -- THIS MEMO IS FROM OCEA WYNN.
12:00:47 SOMEBODY FROM NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND WE'LL
12:00:50 FROM THERE DISCUSS TO WHAT WE RAISE THE FINES TO.
12:00:54 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WILL FIVE-MINUTE DISCUSSION BE ENOUGH?
12:00:57 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
12:00:57 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:00:59 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:01:00 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:01:02 >> AYE.
12:01:04 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT'S IT.
12:01:05 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
12:01:07 >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE A MOTION.
12:01:09 I'M MAKING A MOTION ASKING FOR THE THREE DEPARTMENTS THAT
12:01:13 PROVIDE EMPLOYEES FOR COMMENDATIONS TO PRESENT ON
12:01:17 SPECIFICALLY HOW THEY CHOOSE THOSE EMPLOYEES FOR SUCH
12:01:21 HONORS, PREFERABLY JULY 14.
12:01:23 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
12:01:24 >>JOSEPH CITRO: STAFF REPORTS?
12:01:26 >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
12:01:27 YOU ALL HELP ME WITH THIS.
12:01:29 >>JOSEPH CITRO: STAFF REPORTS.
12:01:31 FIVE MINUTES ENOUGH TIME?
12:01:34 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALSO, IF YOU DON'T MIND, REFERENCE TO THE
12:01:39 CITY EMPLOYEES.
12:01:40 I FOUND THAT IF YOU ARE NOT A ATU MEMBER, YOU CAN'T BE
12:01:43 RECOGNIZED AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH BY THE ATU.
12:01:48 I THINK THAT'S WRONG.
12:01:49 EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE A PART -- IF YOU'RE NOT PART OF UNION,
12:01:52 YOU STILL GET THE BENEFITS OF THE UNION.
12:01:54 I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THAT AS WELL.
12:01:58 >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY.
12:02:00 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MS. ZELMAN, YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING.
12:02:02 >>ANDREA ZELMAN: WHEN YOU MENTION THE THREE DEPARTMENTS --
12:02:06 >>LYNN HURTAK: WE DO COMMENDATIONS FOR ATU, COMMENDATIONS
12:02:10 FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE.
12:02:11 I'M JUST NOT CLEAR HOW THOSE -- WHAT THE PROCESS IS, SO I'D
12:02:17 LIKE TO GET INFORMATION ON THAT.
12:02:19 >>JOSEPH CITRO: FIVE MINUTES FOR ALL THREE --
12:02:22 >>LYNN HURTAK: 15 TOTAL.
12:02:24 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
12:02:27 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:02:28 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:02:30 >> AYE.
12:02:31 >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE A SECOND ONE.
12:02:32 THIS ONE I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW TO MAKE.
12:02:35 I WANT A MOTION FOR WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS COUNCIL TO HAVE
12:02:47 SUPPLEMENTARY CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY FOR THE TIME THAT WE ARE
12:02:51 WITHOUT.
12:02:52 I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO DO A PRESENTATION.
12:02:58 I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED A FUNDING REQUEST, BUT I BELIEVE
12:03:03 THAT WE NEED TO HAVE SOMEONE IN THAT POSITION.
12:03:08 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IN A TEMPORARY POSITION TO FILL THE --
12:03:11 WELL, THE TEMPORARY --
12:03:16 >>LYNN HURTAK: VACANCY.
12:03:17 >>JOSEPH CITRO: STAFF REPORT?
12:03:19 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, STAFF REPORT.
12:03:21 I'LL SECOND IT IF IT IS JUST FOR A STAFF REPORT.
12:03:25 WHEN DO YOU WANT THAT?
12:03:27 >>LYNN HURTAK: AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
12:03:29 WE DON'T HAVE AN ATTORNEY RIGHT NOW.
12:03:31 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE THE 16th OF JUNE.
12:03:33 THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING.
12:03:35 >>LYNN HURTAK: I WOULD LOVE THAT.
12:03:36 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
12:03:38 >>JOSEPH CITRO: OUR ATTORNEY HAS TAKEN A DAY OFF.
12:03:42 >>LYNN HURTAK: NO.
12:03:43 FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE.
12:03:44 >>JOSEPH CITRO: PLEASE BE CAREFUL.
12:03:45 PLEASE BE CAREFUL.
12:03:46 HE HAS TAKEN A DAY OFF, AND HE IS NOT HERE TODAY.
12:03:56 HOWEVER -- CAREFUL -- LET'S HAVE A STAFF REPORT ON THIS.
12:04:05 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU'LL HAVE A STAFF REPORT.
12:04:07 BUT THERE WAS A MEMO SENT OUT.
12:04:09 >>JOSEPH CITRO: LET'S BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT THIS.
12:04:11 NOW WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL, PLEASE.
12:04:13 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BECAUSE THE ATTORNEY COULD BE BACK HERE
12:04:17 BEFORE THEN.
12:04:17 WE DON'T KNOW.
12:04:18 IT MAY BE NULL AND VOID.
12:04:20 WE DON'T KNOW.
12:04:20 >>JOSEPH CITRO: HE HAS TAKEN THE DAY OFF.
12:04:24 WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, SECONDED BY
12:04:28 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:04:29 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:04:32 >> AYE.
12:04:33 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY OPPOSED?
12:04:34 COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER?
12:04:38 >>LYNN HURTAK: NO, THAT IS IT.
12:04:40 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN GUDES?
12:04:41 >>ORLANDO GUDES: NOTHING, SIR.
12:04:42 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA?
12:04:44 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ONLY ONE.
12:04:45 DOWN STAIRS, WE HAVE TWO GUARDS, JOE AND AL.
12:04:49 THANK YOU FOR ALL OF US TO SAY THANK YOU TO GUARD JOE.
12:04:54 THAT IS THE ONE TO THE NORTHERN PART.
12:04:56 NOT THE ONE BETWEEN THE TWO ELEVATORS, WHO IS RETIRING
12:04:59 TODAY.
12:05:00 HE JUST BOUGHT AN RV --
12:05:03 [ APPLAUSE ]
12:05:03 WE WANT TO WISH HIM GOOD TIDINGS IN HIS JOURNEYS.
12:05:09 THAT'S IT.
12:05:10 >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, WHEN IS HIS LAST --
12:05:14 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: TODAY.
12:05:17 THROUGH MY SECRET SOURCES.
12:05:18 >>LUIS VIERA: HE IS SUCH A NICE GENTLEMAN.
12:05:21 THANK YOU FOR LETTING ALL OF US KNOW.
12:05:23 I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
12:05:23 THANK YOU.
12:05:24 NICE GENTLEMAN.
12:05:25 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IF JOE IS GOING TO BE HERE AT 5:01 WHEN
12:05:29 WE START TONIGHT, CAN WE INVITE HIM UP?
12:05:32 IF JOE IS GOING TO BE HERE, JOE, I KNOW YOU'RE DOWN THERE,
12:05:36 BUT IF YOU'RE HERE AT 5:01 WHEN WE START TONIGHT'S MEETING,
12:05:39 PLEASE COME UP TO CHAMBERS SO WE CAN PERSONALLY THANK YOU
12:05:42 AND CONGRATULATE YOU.
12:05:44 OKAY, JOE?
12:05:45 OKAY.
12:05:47 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANYTHING FURTHER?
12:05:49 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
12:05:56 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I MOVE THAT STAFF REPORTS GO BACK TO OUR
12:06:01 RULES AND PROCEDURES AND TO BE HEARD DIRECTLY AFTER PUBLIC
12:06:06 COMMENT.
12:06:09 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
12:06:09 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM CHAIRMAN CITRO.
12:06:12 SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:06:13 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:06:14 ANY OPPOSED?
12:06:14 ANYTHING ELSE.
12:06:16 >>JOSEPH CITRO: NO, SIR.
12:06:17 >> MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
12:06:18 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:06:20 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:06:21 ALL IN FAVOR?
12:06:23 >> AYE.
12:06:23 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WE'RE ADJOURNED UNTIL 5:01.
12:06:27 [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
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