CITY OF TAMPA
THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 2022, 9:00 A.M.
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09:00:46 >>JOSEPH CITRO: -- MOMENT OF SILENCE FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE
09:01:26 OF ALLEGIANCE.
09:01:35 [MOMENT OF SILENCE]
09:01:44 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:01:45 [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
09:02:01 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
09:02:05 >> CARLSON?
09:02:05 VIERA?
09:02:07 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
09:02:08 >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE.
09:02:09 >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE.
09:02:10 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
09:02:10 >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE.
09:02:11 >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
09:02:12 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
09:02:14 MR. MASSEY.
09:02:14 >>MORRIS MASSEY: GOOD MORNING.
09:02:16 THIS IS THE JULY 16, 2022, REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF
09:02:21 TAMPA, CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS ON
09:02:25 THE THIRD FLOOR OF OLD CITY HALL, 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD
09:02:28 HERE IN TAMPA, FLORIDA, AT 9 A.M.
09:02:30 THE PUBLIC IS ABLE TO ATTEND THIS MEETING IN PERSON OR VIEW
09:02:33 IT BY CABLE TELEVISION ON SPECTRUM CHANNEL 640 OR FRONTIER
09:02:38 CHANNEL 15 OR BY THE INTERNET VIA
09:02:41 www.TAMPA.GOV/LIVESTREAM.
09:02:44 THE PUBLIC IS ALSO ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS MEETING
09:02:47 DURING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES PER
09:02:50 SPEAKER, EITHER HERE IN PERSON IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS OR
09:02:54 VIRTUALLY BY WAY OF COMMUNICATION MEDIA TECHNOLOGY OR CMT.
09:02:58 HOWEVER, THE USE OF CMT DOES REQUIRE PREREGISTRATION WITH
09:03:03 THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
09:03:04 DIRECTIONS FOR PREREGISTRATION ARE INCLUDED IN THE NOTICE OF
09:03:07 THE MEETING AND ON THE AGENDA.
09:03:09 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC
09:03:12 HEARINGS AND QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTERS REMOTELY USING CMT, BUT
09:03:16 CELL PHONES AND SMARTPHONES ARE NOT COMPATIBLE FOR USE IN
09:03:19 QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARINGS AS THEY WILL NOT ALLOW YOUR CAMERA
09:03:23 WHEN CONNECTED.
09:03:24 YOU MUST HAVE ACCESS TO A CMT DEVICE SUCH AS A TABLET OR
09:03:28 COMPUTER EQUIPPED WITH A CAMERA AND A MICROPHONE THAT WILL
09:03:31 ENABLE YOU TO BE SEEN AND HEARD BY CITY COUNCIL AND ALL
09:03:34 OTHER PARTICIPANTS IN A QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTER.
09:03:38 FINALLY, PER THE MEMORANDUM FROM THE CHAIR, THE ORDER OF
09:03:40 BUSINESS FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS IS CHANGED TO MOVE STAFF
09:03:44 REPORTS AND UNFINISHED BUSINESS TO TAKE PLACE IMMEDIATELY
09:03:47 AFTER REQUESTS BY THE PUBLIC FOR RECONSIDERATION OF
09:03:50 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS.
09:03:51 CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO WAIVE THE CITY COUNCIL RULES AND
09:03:55 PROCEDURES ALLOWING PUBLIC COMMENT BY CMT?
09:03:58 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
09:04:00 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:04:01 ALL IN FAVOR?
09:04:03 >> AYE.
09:04:03 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY OPPOSED?
09:04:04 THANK YOU.
09:04:05 MOTION PASSES.
09:04:08 >>MORRIS MASSEY: I BELIEVE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CHANGES TO
09:04:09 THE AGENDA IF YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH THOSE NOW.
09:04:18 >>JOSEPH CITRO: GOING THROUGH OUR AGENDA RIGHT NOW, I
09:04:20 BELIEVE THE FIRST ONE IS ITEM NUMBER 12 WILL BE HEARD UNDER
09:04:23 STAFF REPORTS.
09:04:30 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: [INAUDIBLE]
09:04:32 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
09:04:33 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE?
09:04:34 MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN
09:04:37 MIRANDA.
09:04:38 ALL IN FAVOR, AYE?
09:04:38 I BELIEVE 27 IS BEING ASKED TO BE CONTINUED UNTIL JULY
09:04:45 14th.
09:04:46 >>MORRIS MASSEY: WE NEED A TIME CERTAIN.
09:04:48 10:30 A.M.
09:04:49 >> SO MOVED.
09:04:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN GUDES, SECONDED BY
09:04:53 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
09:04:55 >>THE CLERK: [INAUDIBLE]
09:04:57 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:04:59 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
09:05:00 ALL IN FAVOR?
09:05:01 >> AYE.
09:05:02 >>JOSEPH CITRO: AGAIN, WE HAVE ITEM --
09:05:08 >>MORRIS MASSEY: 41.
09:05:09 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES, MOVED TO JULY 14th.
09:05:11 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE ITEM 41 TO JULY 14th, 10:30.
09:05:15 >>MORRIS MASSEY: IT WOULD BE UNDER STAFF REPORTS.
09:05:18 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN GUDES, SECONDED BY
09:05:22 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
09:05:23 ALL IN FAVOR?
09:05:24 ANY AGAINST?
09:05:28 >>MORRIS MASSEY: 48, REMOVE THAT FROM TODAY'S AGENDA.
09:05:31 WE'LL BE COMING FORWARD WITH ANOTHER RESOLUTION.
09:05:33 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:05:36 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
09:05:39 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE?
09:05:40 ANY OPPOSED?
09:05:41 >>MORRIS MASSEY: UNDER STAFF REPORTS, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
09:05:44 CHANGES.
09:05:44 DO YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH THOSE NOW?
09:05:46 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES, MR. MASSEY.
09:05:48 AGAIN, WE'LL BE HEARING NUMBER 12 UNDER STAFF REPORTS.
09:05:52 ITEMS 59, 60, AND 68 AND 69 WILL BE MOVING TO JULY 14th.
09:06:02 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MAY I MAKE A REQUEST FOR 59, SEEING THAT
09:06:07 IT IS THE COUNCIL ATTORNEY, CAN WE MOVE IT TO JULY 28th
09:06:10 UNDER STAFF REPORTS?
09:06:11 I KNOW WE HAVE OUR BREAK AND THERE IS TIME TO GET ORGANIZED.
09:06:15 >>JOSEPH CITRO: 59 TO JULY 28.
09:06:17 >>MORRIS MASSEY: DO YOU WANT TO MOVE 60 TO THE 28th?
09:06:20 THAT IS A COMPANION ITEM.
09:06:22 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SURE.
09:06:23 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 59 AND OVER TO JULY 28 UNDER STAFF
09:06:26 REPORTS.
09:06:26 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
09:06:28 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:06:29 ALL IN FAVOR?
09:06:30 THEN WE WILL MOVE 60 AND 69 TO THE 14th OF JULY.
09:06:36 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 60 WAS DONE.
09:06:38 >>JOSEPH CITRO: 59 AND 69.
09:06:43 68 AND 69 TO JULY 14th.
09:06:58 MOTION MADE BY MANISCALCO.
09:07:01 SECONDED BY HURTAK.
09:07:03 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
09:07:04 JULY 14.
09:07:10 MR. MASSEY, I BELIEVE THAT -- 65 IS GOING TO BE UNDER JULY
09:07:20 14.
09:07:21 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO CONTINUE 65, STAFF REPORTS, JULY
09:07:24 14th.
09:07:25 >>MORRIS MASSEY: I ALSO BELIEVE YOU HAVE A MEMO FROM
09:07:28 COUNCILMAN CARLSON TO CONTINUE ITEM 67 AND 64.
09:07:32 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:07:36 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
09:07:37 ALL IN FAVOR?
09:07:39 >>MORRIS MASSEY: I BELIEVE WE HAVE A MEMO FROM COUNCILMAN
09:07:41 CARLSON REGARDING CONTINUING ITEM 63 AND 64, AS WELL AS 66.
09:07:51 >>BILL CARLSON: 63 AND 64 I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO OCTOBER,
09:07:58 PLEASE.
09:07:59 HOW ABOUT OCTOBER 20th?
09:08:01 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
09:08:02 >>JOSEPH CITRO: TIME CERTAIN?
09:08:05 >>BILL CARLSON: MAKE IT 9 A.M.
09:08:08 >>JOSEPH CITRO: LET'S MAKE IT STAFF REPORTS, PLEASE.
09:08:11 MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN --
09:08:18 [ENCODER DISCONNECTED]
09:08:43 [ENCODER DISCONNECTED]
09:08:47 >>BILL CARLSON: AUGUST 25th, THANK YOU.
09:08:48 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
09:08:50 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
09:08:52 ALL IN FAVOR?
09:08:53 ANY OPPOSED?
09:08:54 DOES THAT CLEAR OFF OUR DOCKET?
09:09:02 >>MORRIS MASSEY: ITEM 65, DID THAT GET CONTINUED AS WELL?
09:09:05 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
09:09:07 >>MORRIS MASSEY: I THINK WE CONTINUED ITEM 27.
09:09:09 THAT SHOULDN'T BE CONTINUED.
09:09:11 IT HAS TO BE SET FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AND FOR JULY 14th AT
09:09:17 10:30 A.M.
09:09:18 IS THAT CORRECT?
09:09:20 >>JOSEPH CITRO: 10:30, YES.
09:09:22 >>MORRIS MASSEY: IT'S NOT TO CONTINUE, BUT IT IS TO SET FOR
09:09:26 A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE MATTER.
09:09:27 IT'S NOT PROPERLY BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING BECAUSE IT WASN'T
09:09:30 SET FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, I DON'T THINK.
09:09:38 >>BILL CARLSON: I APOLOGIZE.
09:09:39 I'M A COUPLE OF MINUTES LATE.
09:09:41 NUMBER 68 I ASSUME YOU MOVED ALREADY.
09:09:43 I JUST WANT TO SAY, IT SOUNDS LIKE OUR ATTORNEY IS COMING
09:09:46 BACK SOON, BUT IN THE EVENT WE NEED A POLICY IN THE EVENT
09:09:51 THAT OUR ATTORNEY GOES OUT THAT -- AND NO OFFENSE TO MR.
09:09:56 MASSEY BECAUSE HE'S A GREAT ATTORNEY AND DOES A GREAT JOB,
09:09:59 BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE UNTIL WE CHANGE THE CHARTER, WE
09:10:03 NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTING CITY
09:10:05 COUNCIL REPRESENTS CITY COUNCIL AND ONLY CITY COUNCIL.
09:10:07 >>JOSEPH CITRO: AND THAT'S UNDERSTOOD -- [INAUDIBLE]
09:10:11 WE'LL WAIT UNTIL THE 14th?
09:10:21 >>BILL CARLSON: CORRECT.
09:10:21 WHEN WE GO TO CHANGE THE CHARTER, WE NEED TO MAKE IT CLEAR
09:10:25 -- I'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF ATTORNEYS RELATED TO THE FLORIDA
09:10:28 BAR.
09:10:29 THERE IS AN INHERENT CONFLICT IN THE WAY --
09:10:35 [ENCODER DROP]
09:11:39 [ENCODER DROP]
09:11:43 >>ORLANDO GUDES: EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH COMMENDATION,
09:11:44 MR. ANTWAN WILLIAMS.
09:11:46 MR. WILLIAMS IS OUT OF THE AUTOMOTIVE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR.
09:11:52 HE WILL TELL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE JOB DESCRIPTION SO WE
09:11:57 KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
09:11:59 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.
09:12:01 GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN, COUNCIL, AND CITY OF TAMPA.
09:12:03 I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MR. ANTWAN
09:12:09 WILLIAMS, THE ATU EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.
09:12:14 ANTWAN WILLIAMS IS A VERY DEDICATED, HARDWORKING EMPLOYEE.
09:12:18 HE BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA'S NEIGHBORHOOD
09:12:21 ENHANCEMENT DIVISION AS PART OF THE EAST TAMPA CRA SUMMER
09:12:25 YOUTH PROGRAM IN 2017.
09:12:28 AS SOON AS HE WAS ELIGIBLE, HE APPLIED AND WAS HIRED AS A
09:12:32 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE IN THE DEPARTMENT AS A SERVICE ATTENDANT.
09:12:37 THROUGH HARD WORK AND CONTINUED DEDICATION, HE OBTAINED HIS
09:12:41 COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE AND HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO AN
09:12:44 AUTOMOTIVE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR ONE.
09:12:46 MR. WILLIAMS IS A TRUE SUCCESS STORY ON THE BENEFITS OF
09:12:49 INVESTING IN OUR YOUTH PROGRAMS AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES
09:12:52 FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.
09:12:55 HE IS A GREAT EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS AND ALWAYS HAS A POSITIVE
09:12:58 MESSAGE FOR THE NEW ROUND OF SUMMER YOUTH THAT JOIN THE
09:13:01 PROGRAM.
09:13:02 HE IS A GREAT ASSET TO THE TEAM AND TO THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:13:05 AND NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE NEIGHBORHOOD AND
09:13:11 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS ADMINISTRATOR, OCEA WYNN TO SAY A FEW
09:13:15 WORDS, PLEASE.
09:13:15 >>OCEA WYNN: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:13:21 IT IS A GREAT PLEASURE TO STAND BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING TO
09:13:24 INTRODUCE A MEMBER OF OUR TEAM OF UNSUNG HEROES.
09:13:27 THIS IS A TEAM THAT THEY ARE OFTEN SEEN BUT NOT HEARD.
09:13:30 TO REALLY CELEBRATE THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE FROM SUMMER
09:13:35 YOUTH TO A MIGRATION OR MATRICULATION UP, ATTRITION UP
09:13:43 THROUGH OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT IT IS
09:13:48 AN HONOR FOR ME TO HAVE ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES TO NAVIGATE
09:13:52 THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
09:13:54 SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUPPORTING IT.
09:13:57 THANK YOU, ANTWAN, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
09:14:00 ENHANCEMENT TEAM MEMBERS WHO ARE ACTUALLY OUT THERE DOING
09:14:04 THE WORK!
09:14:05 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:14:05 THEY ARE DOING THE WORK.
09:14:06 SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:14:07 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:14:14 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:14:15 KEITH O'CONNOR, NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT MANAGER.
09:14:17 I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE WHAT ADMINISTRATOR WYNN SAID.
09:14:21 THESE ARE YOUR TRUE UNSUNG HEROES.
09:14:23 THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ANSWER THE CALL FROM THE COMMUNITY,
09:14:25 FOR THE PICKUPS AND FROM COUNCIL AND FROM THE POLICE
09:14:29 DEPARTMENT, WHEREVER THE CALL COMES, THEY RUSH OUT THERE TO
09:14:32 PICK UP WHAT NEEDS TO BE PICKED UP.
09:14:35 I APPRECIATE THE TIME AND THE PUBLIC RECOGNITION FOR THEM.
09:14:38 THANK YOU.
09:14:46 >> I WOULD LIKE TO START -- WELL, CONTINUE ALONG THE LINES
09:14:49 OF THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT WE HAVE A LETTER FROM MAYOR
09:14:51 CASTOR, AND I'D LIKE TO READ IT IN PART.
09:14:56 DEAR ANTWAN, CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING SELECTED AS THE
09:15:00 AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION'S EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR YOUR
09:15:03 PROFESSIONALISM, STRONG WORK ETHICS, LEADERSHIP, AND FOR
09:15:05 GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND IN ALL ASPECTS IN YOUR POSITION AS AN
09:15:08 AUTOMOTIVE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR.
09:15:10 YOU ARE AN ASSET TO THE CITY OF TAMPA, THE NEIGHBORHOOD
09:15:13 ENHANCEMENT DIVISION, AND TO OUR COMMUNITY.
09:15:15 YOU ARE WELL-RESPECTED AND SET A SHINING EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS
09:15:19 TO FOLLOW.
09:15:19 IT IS EMPLOYEES LIKE YOU, ANTWAN THAT MAKE ME PROUD TO SERVE
09:15:23 AS MAYOR.
09:15:23 THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND SERVICE.
09:15:27 SINCERELY, MAYOR JANE.
09:15:29 AND ALSO, ON BEHALF OF ATU LOCAL 1464, I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER
09:15:38 YOU A HUNDRED DOLLAR GIFT CARD TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION.
09:15:41 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:15:49 >>ORLANDO GUDES: BEFORE I LET ANTWAN SPEAK, GENTLEMEN, MAYOR
09:15:53 CASTOR SENT THE LETTER, BUT NO ONE CAN BE MORE PROUDER THAN
09:15:56 THE PERSON WHO REPRESENTS DISTRICT 5 AND SOMEONE WHO HAD AN
09:16:00 OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF OUR YOUTH PROGRAM IN EAST TAMPA.
09:16:04 THAT'S WHY I TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAM BEING SO VIABLE AND
09:16:07 HAVING YOUNG PEOPLE BE A PART OF THE PROCESS OF THE CITY TO
09:16:11 BE ABLE TO HAVE A SUMMER JOB, WORK, GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO
09:16:13 SEE WHAT GOES ON IN THE CITY AND THEN GET UPWARD MOBILITY TO
09:16:17 GET A JOB WITHIN THE CITY.
09:16:19 THAT'S WHAT MAKES ME SO PROUD TO SAY YOU DID.
09:16:23 I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME, WE GOT A YOUNG MAN.
09:16:26 HE GOING TO BE ELEVATED, AND THAT'S WHY I'M SO HAPPY WE HAVE
09:16:29 THESE TYPE OF PROGRAMS AND WANT TO ENHANCE THE PROGRAMS FOR
09:16:33 OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
09:16:35 ON BEHALF OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, IN RECOGNITION OF ANTWAN
09:16:38 WILLIAMS, ATU EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR HARD WORK AND
09:16:41 DEDICATION AS AUTOMOTIVE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR WITH THE
09:16:43 NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT DIVISION.
09:16:45 ANTWAN BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH CITY OF TAMPA DIVISION AS A
09:16:48 PART-TIME WORKER IN EAST TAMPA.
09:16:50 YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THAT GIVES ME CHILLS WHEN I HEAR THAT WORD,
09:16:56 EAST TAMPA HAS SOMEONE DOING THE RIGHT THING AND MOVING IN
09:16:59 THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
09:17:02 CITY COUNCIL IS PROUD TO PRESENT THIS COMMENDATION TO ANTWAN
09:17:05 TO EXEMPLIFIES THE TYPE OF EMPLOYEE EVERYONE ADMIRES,
09:17:10 RESPECTS AND CHEERS TO SUCCESS.
09:17:14 YOU'RE A GREAT ACCESS TO THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:17:16 I'M VERY PROUD.
09:17:17 YOU CAN TELL IN MY VOICE BECAUSE WE HAD SOMEBODY WHO WALKED
09:17:21 THE WALK AND DID IT.
09:17:22 I APPRECIATE YOU.
09:17:23 >> I APPRECIATE YOU.
09:17:24 I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M BIG ON, YOU KNOW, APPRECIATION,
09:17:29 GIVING SOMEBODY FLOWERS WHILE THEY ARE HERE.
09:17:31 I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS AWARD, GETTING RECOGNIZED FOR MY
09:17:35 HARD WORK.
09:17:36 I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO SUSAN.
09:17:38 SHE WAS ALWAYS 100% BEHIND ME.
09:17:40 THANK YOU TO ALL MY COWORKERS.
09:17:42 THEY REALLY TAUGHT ME A LOT.
09:17:44 SO THERE IS AWARD FOR ALL OF US.
09:17:46 AWARD FOR THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT.
09:17:48 I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL.
09:17:49 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:18:01 >> DONNA McBRIDE WITH THE STRAZ CENTER.
09:18:03 IT'S A GREAT PRIVILEGE TO MEET YOU, MR. WILLIAMS.
09:18:08 THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY.
09:18:10 THE STRAZ CENTER WOULD LIKE YOU TO ENJOY A SHOW AT YOUR
09:18:13 LEISURE.
09:18:14 >> APPRECIATE YOU.
09:18:15 THANK YOU.
09:18:16 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:18:24 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:18:26 STEPP'S TOWING SERVICE ON BEHALF OF TODD STEPP AND STEPP'S
09:18:31 TOWING SERVICE AND EVERYBODY ON THE TEAM, PRESENT WITH YOU A
09:18:34 $50 GIFT CARD TO TEXAS ROAD HOUSE.
09:18:37 TAKE TIME OFF AND GO TO DINNER.
09:18:39 APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO.
09:18:42 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:18:42 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:18:42 YOU WORK FOR SUE'S?
09:18:47 YOU DO.
09:18:47 I'VE KNOWN HER FOR A WHILE.
09:18:47 IF SHE SAYS SHE'S SUPPORTING YOU, THAT IS A BIG STATEMENT.
09:18:56 ON BEHALF OF A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT FOLKS, WOULD LIKE TO
09:19:00 RECOGNIZE YOU AND PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME GIFT CERTIFICATES SO
09:19:05 YOU CAN ENJOY YOURSELF.
09:19:06 YOU MIGHT TAKE SUSIE WITH YOU.
09:19:08 [ LAUGHTER ]
09:19:08 ON BEHALF OF THE CICCIO'S RESTAURANT GROUP, A $50 GIFT
09:19:16 CERTIFICATE TO ENJOY YOURSELF AT ONE OF THEIR RESTAURANTS
09:19:18 FOR BREAKFAST, LUNCH, OR DINNER.
09:19:20 ON BEHALF OF THE YMCA -- YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO TO THE Y
09:19:24 BUT I'LL GIVE YOU ONE ANYWAY SO YOU CAN GO TO THE Y AND
09:19:27 ENJOY YOURSELF OVER THERE.
09:19:29 ON BEHALF OF YUMMY HOUSE CHINA BISTRO, YOU CAN ENJOY
09:19:34 YOURSELF OVER THERE.
09:19:35 LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, BELLABRAVA IS PROVIDING YOU WITH A $50
09:19:40 GIFT CERTIFICATE SO YOU CAN ENJOY YOURSELF OVER THERE.
09:19:43 SO THAT'S A LUNCH OR DINNER.
09:19:45 THERE'S YOUR LETTERS.
09:19:47 HERE IS YOUR GIFT CARD.
09:19:50 AND HERE ARE YOUR CERTIFICATES FOR BELLABRAVA.
09:19:55 CONGRATULATIONS.
09:19:56 THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
09:19:59 WE APPRECIATE YOU.
09:20:00 LIKE I SAID, IF SUSIE LIKES YOU, THAT'S A BIG STATEMENT.
09:20:04 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:20:13 >>ORLANDO GUDES: COUNCIL MEMBERS?
09:20:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
09:20:16 >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE
09:20:19 AND THANKS FOR ALL YOU'RE GOING TO DO IN THE FUTURE.
09:20:22 WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING.
09:20:23 THANK YOU.
09:20:23 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
09:20:25 I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO THAT.
09:20:27 THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE.
09:20:29 WHAT YOU DO IS VERY HONORABLE WORK AND INVESTING IN YOUNG
09:20:32 PEOPLE'S LIVES SO YOU CAN LOOK AT YOUR TIME HERE AND
09:20:35 CONTINUING HERE IS JUST MAKING THAT REALLY CRITICAL
09:20:38 INVESTMENT.
09:20:38 IT'S BEEN RECOGNIZED BY YOUR PEERS, AND THAT'S A BIG DEAL.
09:20:41 THAT DOESN'T COME EASILY.
09:20:42 SO CONGRATULATIONS.
09:20:44 >> THANK YOU.
09:20:47 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS RECOGNITION.
09:20:48 THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK, YOU AND THE ENTIRE TEAM, THE
09:20:51 ENTIRE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE YOU ARE OUT THERE TIRELESSLY
09:20:55 WORKING HARD.
09:20:56 WE APPRECIATE YOU FROM ALL OF US UP HERE AND FROM THE ENTIRE
09:20:59 CITY OF TAMPA, THANK YOU.
09:21:00 >>LYNN HURTAK: I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AS WELL.
09:21:02 I THINK IT'S AMAZING HOW YOU ARE ABLE TO START AS A YOUTH
09:21:06 AND THEN CHOOSE TO JUST CONTINUE THE PATH BECAUSE CITY
09:21:10 EMPLOYMENT HAS A LOT OF GREAT BENEFITS AND WONDERFUL THINGS.
09:21:14 I'M PROUD OF YOU AS A UNION MEMBER, AS A FORMER UNION
09:21:17 MEMBER.
09:21:18 SO I THINK IT'S REALLY WONDERFUL AND CONTINUE ON WITH WHAT
09:21:21 YOU'RE DOING.
09:21:21 WHO KNOWS, YOU MAY BE RUNNING THE DEPARTMENT BEFORE
09:21:24 EVERYTHING IS SAID AND DONE.
09:21:26 CONGRATULATIONS.
09:21:28 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
09:21:29 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE
09:21:33 BEEN DOING.
09:21:33 THANK YOU FOR BEING A MEMBER OF 1464 ALONG WITH THE
09:21:36 LEADERSHIP OF MR. SIMON.
09:21:39 IN LIFE, THOSE THAT TAKE SMALL STEPS ARE THE ONES THAT MAKE
09:21:42 IT ALL THE WAY UP TO ANOTHER LEVEL.
09:21:44 IN YOUR CASE, THIS IS YOUR FIRST, SECOND, OR THIRD STEP, BUT
09:21:48 I CAN SEE IN YOU YOUR DETERMINATION AND ABILITY TO KEEP
09:21:51 GOING FORWARD AND HELPING PEOPLE IS WHAT IT TAKES.
09:21:54 LOCAL 1464 IS WHAT KEEPS THE CITY OF TAMPA MOVING AND CLEAN
09:21:57 AND WONDERFUL.
09:21:59 SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK FOR ALL YOU DO, NO
09:22:02 MATTER WHERE YOU WORK AT IN THE CITY, OVER 4,000 EMPLOYEES
09:22:05 ARE LOOKING AT YOU SAYING, NOW, IF HE CAN DO IT, SO CAN I.
09:22:11 YOU'RE GIVING INSPIRATION TO PEOPLE COMING TO WORK 8 TO 5,
09:22:14 OR WHATEVER, BUT YOU SEPARATED YOUR EXPERIENCE AND YOUR WORK
09:22:19 TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY.
09:22:20 CONGRATULATIONS IN GETTING THE AWARD.
09:22:23 >> THANK YOU.
09:22:23 >>JOSEPH CITRO: CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, SIR.
09:22:25 YOU'VE WORKED HARD.
09:22:27 YOU ARE PART OF THE FAMILY THAT IS THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:22:31 THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
09:22:33 CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.
09:22:34 >> APPRECIATE YOU.
09:22:35 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:22:44 >>ORLANDO GUDES: TRAILBLAZER HERE IN TAMPA, EAST TAMPA, FEEL
09:22:47 COMPELLED TO COME UP AND BLESS YOU.
09:22:50 PASTOR WILLIE, LONGTIME HERO OF EAST TAMPA'S COMMUNITY.
09:22:55 HE'S ALSO BEEN THERE FOR YOUNG FOLKS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE
09:22:59 OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
09:23:01 HE WANTS TO BLESS YOU.
09:23:03 >> ALL RIGHT.
09:23:04 HOW ARE YOU DOING?
09:23:05 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL PERSON.
09:23:07 I AM THE REVEREND WILLIE DIXON, THE FOUNDER AND CEO AND
09:23:13 FORMER SCHOOLTEACHER.
09:23:14 AT THE AGE OF 90 YEARS OLD, I WANT TO INVEST IN OUR YOUTH.
09:23:19 [ENCODER DROP]
09:24:21 [ENCODER DROP]
09:24:47 >> -- OFFICER OF THE MONTH COMMENDATION TO ANGELICA TORRES.
09:24:53 IT IS A REAL PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.
09:24:55 YES, MA'AM, HOW ARE YOU DOING?
09:24:56 I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THIS WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL INDIVIDUAL,
09:25:02 WHO FORMERLY WAS IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS AND NOW
09:25:06 DOES WONDERFUL WORK HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA ON MENTAL
09:25:09 HEALTH IN THE COMMUNITY AND FOR OUR OFFICERS.
09:25:12 AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE CHIEF BENNETT, IF YOU WOULD LIKE
09:25:16 TO COME UP.
09:25:17 I'VE HAD A COLD FOR FOUR DAYS.
09:25:32 I'M SLOW TODAY.
09:25:33 I APOLOGIZE.
09:25:33 MY MIND IS NOT WORKING.
09:25:35 >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
09:25:37 CHIEF MARY O'CONNOR HERE WITH THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
09:25:40 [ LAUGHTER ]
09:25:40 HERE TO PRESENT OFFICER OF THE MONTH FOR JUNE 2022 AS
09:25:45 COUNCILMAN VIERA SAID, OFFICER ANGELICA TORRES, WE ARE VERY
09:25:50 PROUD TO PRESENT TODAY.
09:25:51 SHE STARTED HER CAREER WITH TAMPA PD IN 2019.
09:25:55 BEFORE COMING TO OUR DEPARTMENT, SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE
09:25:57 SAN DIEGO'S POLICE DEPARTMENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNIT.
09:26:01 IN FEBRUARY 2021, OFFICER TORRES HAD AGREED TO TAKE A SCHOOL
09:26:05 RESOURCE OFFICER ASSIGNMENT SO SHE COULD ASSIST WITH THE
09:26:08 DEVELOPMENT OF OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNIT FOR OUR
09:26:11 DEPARTMENT.
09:26:12 WHILE SHE WAS ASSIGNED BE TO A SCHOOL, SHE WOULD REGULARLY
09:26:16 MEET WITH OUR BEHAVIORAL UNIT LEADERSHIP AT THE ASSIGNED
09:26:20 SCHOOL AND ASSIST WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNIT.
09:26:21 HER EXPERTISE IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WAS EVIDENT.
09:26:25 SHE TOOK A VERY PROACTIVE ROLE IN HELPING FORMULATE IDEAS
09:26:28 AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WOULD BE USED IN THE PROGRAM'S
09:26:31 OPERATIONAL SUCCESS.
09:26:33 SHE ASSISTED IN WRITING SEVERAL POLICIES, THE STANDARD
09:26:35 OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR THE UNIT, AND IN JULY OF 2021, SHE
09:26:39 WAS PERMANENTLY ASSIGNED, RIGHTFULLY SO, TO OUR BEHAVIORAL
09:26:44 HEALTH UNIT.
09:26:45 DURING HER TIME WITH THIS UNIT, SHE HAS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP
09:26:48 HER KNOWLEDGE OF THE MENTAL HEALTH FIELD RELATED TO LAW
09:26:51 ENFORCEMENT.
09:26:51 SHE HAS IMMERSED HERSELF IN STUDYING STATUTES SURROUNDING
09:26:55 BAKER ACTS, THE CARE AND CONCERN THAT SHE DEMONSTRATES ON A
09:26:59 DAILY BASIS FOR THE INDIVIDUALS SHE HAS IN HER CASELOAD ARE
09:27:02 EVIDENT DURING THE WEEKLY STAFFING MEETINGS.
09:27:04 SHE VIGOROUSLY ADVOCATES FOR HER CLIENTS, ENSURING THAT THEY
09:27:08 RECEIVE THE SERVICES THEY SO NEED AND DESERVE.
09:27:12 RECENTLY, OFFICER TORRES WAS HAND SELECTED TO ATTEND THE
09:27:15 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE SYMPOSIUM ON
09:27:19 OFFICER SAFETY AND WELLNESS.
09:27:21 THERE SHE DEVELOPED A DEEPER DESIRE TO BRING BACK WHAT SHE
09:27:25 LEARNED FROM THE SYMPOSIUM TO HELP CREATE AN INTERNAL
09:27:28 OFFICER WELLNESS PROGRAM AT TAMPA PD.
09:27:31 SHE'S CURRENTLY WORKING TOWARDS ESTABLISHING PROCEDURE FOR
09:27:34 THE CHAPLAIN PROGRAM TO PROVIDE BETTER ACCESS FOR OFFICERS
09:27:38 WHEN THE NEED ARISES TO SPEAK TO A POLICE CHAPLAIN.
09:27:42 FINALLY, OUR AGENCY BEGAN TRAINING OUR OWN 40-HOUR CIT,
09:27:46 WHICH IS CRITICAL INTERVENTION TRAINING COURSE FOR OUR
09:27:49 HOLDOVER CLASSES, WHICH IS OUR NEWEST RECRUITS.
09:27:52 BEING A CIT TRAINED OFFICER, SHE WAS CALLED UPON TO ASSIST
09:27:55 IN THE TRAINING OF OUR NEW OFFICERS.
09:27:57 SHE PROVIDED INSIGHT INTO MENTAL HEALTH AND WAS ONE OF THE
09:28:01 PRIMARY ROLE PLAYERS.
09:28:02 AS A VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS, OFFICER
09:28:05 TORRES WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO VETERANS THAT ALSO
09:28:09 SUFFER FROM PTSD AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
09:28:13 WHILE OFFICER TORRES IS YOUNG TO OUR DEPARTMENT, SHE CARRIES
09:28:17 HERSELF AND DEMONSTRATES THE KNOWLEDGE OF A VERY TENURED
09:28:20 OFFICER.
09:28:22 SHE HAS BEEN AN INVALUABLE ASSET TO OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
09:28:25 UNIT.
09:28:26 FOR THESE REASONS, OFFICER ANGELICA TORRES HAS BEEN SELECTED
09:28:29 AS TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT'S OFFICER OF THE MONTH FOR JUNE
09:28:32 2022.
09:28:32 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:28:32 COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD
09:28:43 ME SAY BEFORE THAT WELLNESS IS VERY IMPORTANT, BEHAVIORAL
09:28:46 HEALTH IS VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR
09:28:49 DEPARTMENT.
09:28:49 AND OFFICER TORRES IS LEADING THE WAY IN MAKING SURE THAT
09:28:52 THIS VERY IMPORTANT INITIATIVE GETS MOVED FORWARD.
09:28:55 I'M ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL FOR HER HARD WORK.
09:28:59 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
09:29:00 THAT'S WHAT I GET FOR TAKING NYQUIL LAST NIGHT.
09:29:04 IT AFFECTS ME SIGNIFICANTLY.
09:29:06 WELL, BEFORE WE BEGIN WITH THE GIFTS AND WHATNOT, I WOULD
09:29:10 LIKE TO PRESENT THIS OFFICER OF THE MONTH COMMENDATION TO
09:29:13 TAMPA POLICE OFFICER ANGELICA TORRES WHO DOES SUCH A GREAT
09:29:17 JOB.
09:29:18 WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE HARD WORK THAT YOU DO.
09:29:20 AND WE APPRECIATE -- AND YOU'VE BEEN IN TAMPA FOR HOW LONG?
09:29:25 >> 2019.
09:29:25 >>LUIS VIERA: WOW.
09:29:26 THREE YEARS AND YOU'RE TAKING OVER.
09:29:28 THAT'S GREAT.
09:29:29 GOD BLESS YOU.
09:29:29 WE APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH.
09:29:31 HERE YOU GO, MA'AM.
09:29:32 WE APPRECIATE YOU.
09:29:33 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
09:29:35 >> GOOD MORNING TO ALL.
09:29:37 THANK YOU, CHIEF AND STAFF.
09:29:38 THANK YOU TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS AWARD.
09:29:41 DEFINITELY HUMBLED BY THIS EXPERIENCE.
09:29:43 I'M GRATEFUL.
09:29:44 I AM PROUD TO BE A POLICE OFFICER WITH THE TAMPA POLICE
09:29:46 DEPARTMENT.
09:29:47 AS CHIEF SAID, MENTAL HEALTH IS IMPORTANT TO ME AND I WILL
09:29:50 CONTINUE TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS MY VERY, VERY BEST.
09:29:53 THANK YOU ALL.
09:29:54 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
09:29:55 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:29:55 BEFORE WE HEAR FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE HAVE SOME GIFTS OF
09:30:02 APPRECIATION FROM THE COMMUNITY.
09:30:05 PBA, GO AHEAD, GUYS.
09:30:06 >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
09:30:07 DARLA PORTMAN, TAMPA PBA PRESIDENT.
09:30:11 BRANDON BARKLEY, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE TAMPA PBA.
09:30:13 I'M SUPER PROUD OF YOU.
09:30:15 YOU EMBODY WHAT A POLICE OFFICER IS.
09:30:17 YOU SHOW CITY COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU CARE FOR
09:30:19 THE COMMUNITY BUT ALSO CARE FOR THE POLICE OFFICERS BY
09:30:22 SHOWING HOW YOU TAKE MENTAL HEALTH AS A SERIOUS ISSUE THAT'S
09:30:24 GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY BUT ALSO IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
09:30:27 I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO.
09:30:28 I ALSO AM VERY PROUD THAT YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE TAMPA PBA.
09:30:32 WE'VE GOT BUSCH GARDEN TICKETS FOR FOUR.
09:30:35 PETE COULDN'T BE HERE TO GIVE THEM TO YOU TODAY.
09:30:38 WE ALSO HAVE A PLAQUE MADE BY ONE OF OUR OFFICERS THAT WORKS
09:30:41 HERE.
09:30:42 KEEP DOING A GREAT JOB.
09:30:43 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:30:47 >> DONNA McBRIDE, STRAZ CENTER.
09:30:50 OFFICER TORRES, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.
09:30:53 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING FOR OUR OFFICERS AND
09:30:56 THE COMMUNITY.
09:30:58 AND ESPECIALLY HUMBLING TO KNOW THAT IN THIS DAY AND TIME,
09:31:03 WELLNESS MEANS A GREAT MANY THINGS.
09:31:05 AND YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR
09:31:08 CITY.
09:31:09 THE STRAZ CENTER WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO ENJOY A SHOW ON OUR
09:31:13 BEHALF AND WE HOPE WE SEE YOU OFTEN.
09:31:15 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:31:16 >> THANK YOU.
09:31:17 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:31:20 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:31:22 JEFF HOUCK, VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING FOR THE COLUMBIA
09:31:24 RESTAURANT GROUP.
09:31:26 ON BEHALF OF THE GONZMART FAMILY AND 1200 EMPLOYEES OF THE
09:31:30 COMPANY, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO THIS
09:31:33 VITAL TOPIC AND INVITE YOU TO USE THIS GIFT CARD AT THE
09:31:36 COLUMBIA RESTAURANT.
09:31:38 HOPE YOU ENJOY IT.
09:31:39 ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:31:40 >> I APPRECIATE IT.
09:31:41 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:31:44 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:31:46 GOOD MORNING, CHIEF.
09:31:47 GOOD MORNING, OFFICER TORRES.
09:31:48 >> GOOD MORNING, SIR.
09:31:49 >> BRIAN FORD WITH THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS, AND WE HAVE A
09:31:52 LITTLE TRADITION OVER AT ONE BUC.
09:31:54 ANYBODY THAT GOES OVER AND ABOVE GETS A GAME BALL.
09:31:56 HEARING YOUR STORY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR MILITARY SERVICE,
09:32:00 YOUR SACRIFICE, YOUR SERVICE FOR OUR CITY AND LOOKING OUT
09:32:03 FOR OUR YOUNGER OFFICERS AND OUR COMMUNITY.
09:32:05 WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO.
09:32:07 GAME BALL.
09:32:08 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:32:08 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:32:13 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:32:13 GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:32:16 MIKE McARTHUR, STEPP'S TOWING SERVICE.
09:32:19 OFFICER, CONGRATULATIONS ON A JOB WELL DONE.
09:32:21 SOUNDS LIKE YOU NEED TO TAKE TIME OFF.
09:32:24 ENJOY IT.
09:32:24 LITTLE BIT OF YOU TIME.
09:32:25 ON BEHALF OF TODD STEPP AND STEPP'S TOWING, $50 GIFT CARD TO
09:32:30 A RESTAURANT OF YOUR CHOICE HERE AND ALSO A NIGHT OUT IN OUR
09:32:32 COMPANY LIMOUSINE.
09:32:34 TAKE YOU, A GROUP OF FRIENDS, UP TO 18 PEOPLE, GO OUT, HAVE
09:32:37 FUN, TAKE TIME OFF AND HAVE A GOOD TIME ON US.
09:32:42 THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO AND CONGRATULATIONS.
09:32:43 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:32:48 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
09:32:50 TAMPA THEATRE.
09:32:52 OFFICER TORRES, CONGRATULATIONS.
09:32:54 ON BEHALF OF THE TAMPA THEATRE, WE WANT TO GIVE YOU THIS
09:32:59 LITTLE BIT OF GRATITUDE.
09:33:00 A GIFT MEMBERSHIP TO THE TAMPA THEATRE AND TO THANK YOU FOR
09:33:04 PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR BUSINESSES HERE IN TAMPA.
09:33:07 AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS AND BE SAFE OUT THERE.
09:33:11 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MA'AM.
09:33:12 THANK YOU.
09:33:13 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:33:17 >> OH.
09:33:18 >> WHY DO YOU SAY OH?
09:33:20 ARE YOU EXPECTING SOMETHING.
09:33:21 [ LAUGHTER ]
09:33:21 LET ME START BY SAYING THAT YOU ARE JOINING THE LONG BLUE
09:33:25 LINE THAT STARTED WITH THESE VARIOUS COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES
09:33:30 30 YEARS AGO WHEN WE STARTED GIVING OFFICER OF THE MONTH AND
09:33:33 FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER GIFT CERTIFICATES.
09:33:36 IT GREW OUT OF VARIOUS DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS AND COMMERCIAL
09:33:41 ENTERPRISES THAT WANTED TO RECOGNIZE OFFICERS WHO DID
09:33:44 OUTSTANDING SERVICE AND WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND, NOMINATED BY
09:33:48 THEIR PEERS, CONFIRMED BY THE CHIEF AND THEIR SUPERVISORS,
09:33:53 AND I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING MORE, BUT YOU'RE NOT AT THE END OF
09:33:56 THE LINE.
09:33:57 HOPEFULLY WE'LL CONTINUE DOING THIS FOR AS LONG AS THEY'LL
09:34:00 ALLOW US.
09:34:02 WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU FROM THE CICCIO'S RESTAURANT GROUP.
09:34:05 AGAIN, YOU'LL HAVE A LOT OF PLACES TO GO AND EAT.
09:34:08 ENJOY YOURSELF OVER THERE.
09:34:10 ENJOY YOURSELF AT THE MEAT MARKET.
09:34:13 AGAIN, $50 WORTH OF GIFT CERTIFICATES.
09:34:16 AND I KNOW YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT HEALTH.
09:34:19 SO I'M SURE YOU BELIEVE IN THE Y.
09:34:21 SO YOU HAVE A GIFT CERTIFICATE TO GO TO THE Y AND THE YUMMY
09:34:24 HOUSE CHINA BISTRO AND BELLABRAVA, WHICH IS OVER IN THE
09:34:29 MIDTOWN, NEW DEVELOPMENT OVER THERE.
09:34:31 SO HERE ARE YOUR GIFT CERTIFICATES.
09:34:32 IF YOU HAVE ANY TROUBLE WITH THIS, MY PHONE NUMBER IS ON
09:34:35 HERE.
09:34:36 I GUARANTEE THEM.
09:34:38 SO THEY ARE NOT PHONY.
09:34:40 [ LAUGHTER ]
09:34:40 THEY WILL WORK.
09:34:42 IT'S NOT CASH, BUT IT'S JUST AS GOOD AS CASH.
09:34:46 SO I APPRECIATE YOU.
09:34:47 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:34:47 AND HURRAH FOR THE MARINES.
09:34:51 >> THANK YOU, SIR.
09:34:52 APPRECIATE IT.
09:34:53 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:34:56 >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE OUR FRIENDS AT THE LIGHTNING COULD NOT
09:34:59 BE HERE TODAY, SO THEY ASKED ME TO PRESENT THIS $50 GIFT
09:35:02 CERTIFICATE FROM THE LIGHTNING.
09:35:05 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
09:35:05 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:35:07 >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCIL, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING.
09:35:10 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
09:35:11 >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE
09:35:14 DONE.
09:35:15 THANK YOU FOR UPGRADING COMMUNITIES BY MOVING HERE AND THANK
09:35:19 YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE MARINES.
09:35:22 TWO YEARS AGO, WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY
09:35:24 THAT MENTAL HEALTH WAS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT WE NEEDED TO
09:35:28 ADDRESS, AND CITY COUNCIL HAS PUSHED HARD FOR THE LAST
09:35:31 COUPLE OF YEARS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE PROGRAMS AND FUNDING
09:35:34 FOR MENTAL HEALTH.
09:35:35 THANK YOU TO THE POLICE CHIEF AND OTHERS FOR PUSHING THAT
09:35:38 FORWARD.
09:35:39 WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS HELPING TO SOLVE SOME OF THE MOST
09:35:42 IMPORTANT CHALLENGES IN THE COMMUNITY AND HOPEFULLY HELPING
09:35:44 TO PREVENT CRIMES THAT OTHER FOLKS IN YOUR DEPARTMENT WILL
09:35:48 HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
09:35:49 THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:35:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
09:35:51 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:35:53 JUST TO ECHO WHAT COUNCILMAN CARLSON SAID, MENTAL HEALTH IS
09:35:56 SO IMPORTANT AND THAT WE INVEST IN THAT.
09:36:00 ALTHOUGH THEY SAY HEALTH IS WEALTH, WHAT YOU EAT,
09:36:03 EXERCISING, EVERYTHING STARTS -- A LOT STARTS HERE.
09:36:06 AND WHAT STARTS HERE, WHEN IT'S NOT PROPERLY TAKEN CARE OF
09:36:10 OR ADDRESSED CAN TRIGGER SO MANY OTHER THINGS FOR ANYBODY IN
09:36:15 GENERAL.
09:36:15 YOU'RE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE STRESS OF THE JOB AND
09:36:18 EVERYTHING ELSE, MENTAL HEALTH IS EVERYTHING.
09:36:21 SO WE APPRECIATE HAVING YOU HERE.
09:36:23 THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE BECAUSE IT WAS A LONG MOVE, BUT WE
09:36:27 APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO FOR EVERYONE.
09:36:29 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:36:29 >> THANK YOU, SIR.
09:36:30 >>LYNN HURTAK: I WANT TO ECHO THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS'
09:36:37 SENTIMENTS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH.
09:36:39 BUT I ALSO WANT TO JUST HIGHLIGHT HOW YOU ARE HELPING TO
09:36:47 REDUCE THE MENTAL HEALTH STIGMA WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT AS
09:36:50 WELL.
09:36:50 I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, BUT I
09:36:53 KNOW THAT WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT AS WELL, EVERYBODY DO THE
09:36:58 BEST THEY CAN AND GET HELP WHEN THEY NEED IT.
09:37:01 I THINK THAT IS THE WONDERFUL THING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND
09:37:03 THE DEPARTMENT HOW NOW MENTAL HEALTH IS GETTING MORE
09:37:06 ATTENTION, AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
09:37:08 I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
09:37:10 I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING MORE OF WHAT YOU DO.
09:37:13 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MA'AM.
09:37:17 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WELL, CONGRATULATIONS THIS MORNING.
09:37:21 MENTAL ILLNESS IS A VERY CHRONIC THING NOW IN OUR COMMUNITY,
09:37:27 ALL COMMUNITIES.
09:37:28 I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE FOOD -- WHAT THEY ARE PUTTING IN
09:37:31 THE FOOD OR WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THE NEWER
09:37:35 GENERATIONS ARE EXPERIENCING QUITE A DIFFERENT MENTALITY
09:37:40 THAN WHEN I GREW UP.
09:37:41 I'M GLAD WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO IS TAKING CLASSES.
09:37:45 I HATE TO HEAR THE WORD SIGNAL 20.
09:37:49 I THINK THEY CHANGED IT NOW IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
09:37:52 YOU HEAR THAT, UH-OH.
09:37:53 I'M GLAD WE GOT SOMEBODY WHO IS WORKING HARD TO MAKE A
09:37:56 DIFFERENCE AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITH OFFICERS' MINDS AS
09:37:59 WELL.
09:37:59 THAT BRINGS IN A LOT WHEN DEALING WITH PEOPLE IN THE
09:38:02 COMMUNITY BECAUSE YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GOING
09:38:04 THROUGH.
09:38:04 I'M GLAD YOU ARE PART OF THE FORCE AND MAKING THE TRANSITION
09:38:08 WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO DO BETTER.
09:38:09 >> THANK YOU, SIR.
09:38:10 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
09:38:11 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:38:14 LIKE SAID BEFORE BY THE OTHER SPEAKERS, MENTAL HEALTH WHEN I
09:38:16 WAS GROWING UP WASN'T AT THE TOP ANYWHERE.
09:38:19 IT WASN'T KNOWN ABOUT.
09:38:20 I ATTRIBUTE THAT, THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING, BUT WE
09:38:23 THOUGHT WE HAD EVERYTHING.
09:38:24 NOW MOST HAVE EVERYTHING AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE.
09:38:27 WHEN YOU GET TO THAT POINT IN LIFE AND YOU HAVE THE
09:38:30 PRESSURES THAT WE IN AMERICA HAVE TO SUCCEED, TO GO FORWARD,
09:38:33 TO BE THE BEST YOU CAN BE AND SO FORTH AND SO ON AND YOU
09:38:36 HEAR ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN LIFE AND TODAY,
09:38:39 EVERY TIME YOU TURN ON THE TV, SOMEBODY IS GETTING SHOT.
09:38:45 IT'S ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE, ANYWHERE IN AMERICA.
09:38:48 AND THAT, ALONG WITH OTHER PRESSURES OF LIFE, THAT YOU HAVE
09:38:51 TO BE UNDER PRESSURE TO SUCCEED, YOU HAVE TO DO BETTER, YOU
09:38:54 HAVE TO DO THIS, YOU HAVE TO DO THAT, IT'S RECOGNIZED ONE OF
09:38:57 THE LEADING ILLNESSES IN AMERICA NOW IS MENTAL HEALTH.
09:39:01 I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE YESTERDAY, WHAT
09:39:04 YOU'RE DOING TODAY, WHAT YOU'LL DO TOMORROW AND WHAT YOU IN
09:39:06 THIS DEPARTMENT WILL DO FOREVER TO PROTECT EVERYONE, PROTECT
09:39:11 YOURSELF BY CURING SOME OF THE ILLS THAT YOU HAVE WITH
09:39:13 MENTAL HEALTH.
09:39:18 >>JOSEPH CITRO: EVERY OFFICER'S JOB IS TOUGH, AND ANYTIME
09:39:24 THEY ANSWER A CALL, THEY NEVER KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO
09:39:32 EXPECT.
09:39:32 FOR YOU ESPECIALLY.
09:39:33 YOU ARE SKILLED.
09:39:34 YOU HAVE PROVEN YOURSELF, AND I THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING
09:39:37 THAT YOU DO FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
09:39:40 THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:39:45 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:39:54 >>JOSEPH CITRO: AT THIS TIME, WE WILL BE TAKING PUBLIC
09:40:27 COMMENT.
09:40:27 IF YOU ARE WISHING TO SPEAK -- OH, YES.
09:40:33 I'M SORRY.
09:40:33 WE DO HAVE RED CROSS.
09:40:34 THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
09:40:39 WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE RED CROSS HERE.
09:40:50 >> YES, SIR.
09:40:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO: PLEASE, COME FORWARD.
09:40:52 THIS IS YOUR TIME.
09:41:00 >> GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
09:41:02 THAT IS RATHER HARD TO FOLLOW BECAUSE I MUST SAY, THE RED
09:41:07 CROSS ALSO PROVIDES MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO PEOPLE WHO
09:41:09 HAVE HAD A DISASTER, SO THAT REALLY SPOKE TO OUR HEARTS.
09:41:14 MY NAME IS ELA LANDEGGER, TOMORROW, I HOPE I WILL BECOME THE
09:41:19 CHAIR OF THE TAMPA BAY CHAPTER OF THE RED CROSS.
09:41:21 THIS IS ERIC CORLISS WHO IS OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR TAMPA
09:41:26 BAY AS WELL AS BEING THE REGIONAL CEO ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL
09:41:30 FLORIDA, FROM HERE ALL THE WAY OVER TO THE SPACE COAST.
09:41:33 I'M LOOKING AT THE ROOM AND SAYING, "OH, ISN'T THIS NICE?
09:41:36 SO MANY PEOPLE DRESSED IN RED."
09:41:38 GO FOR IT.
09:41:41 >> CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THE CITY, THANK YOU FOR THE
09:41:44 OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE MISSION OF THE RED CROSS.
09:41:47 WHAT WE WANT TO GO THROUGH BRIEFLY IS HOW WE SERVE THE CITY
09:41:51 BUT ALSO AROUND THE WORLD.
09:41:52 WE ARE A GLOBAL MOVEMENT, AND WE'RE GOING TO WALK THROUGH
09:41:54 THAT.
09:41:55 BUT HERE'S OUR MISSION.
09:41:56 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL CAN SEE IT.
09:41:58 TO READ IT FOR THOSE THAT CAN'T, IT'S TO ALLEVIATE HUMAN
09:42:02 SUFFERING THROUGH THE FACE OF EMERGENCIES BY MOBILIZING THE
09:42:04 POWER OF VOLUNTEERS THAT IS ENABLED BY THE GENEROSITY OF OUR
09:42:08 DONORS.
09:42:09 HERE ARE LINES OF SERVICE.
09:42:11 WE'LL FOCUS IN ON SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN SIGNIFICANT IN THE
09:42:13 LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THAT IS THE FREQUENCY AND
09:42:15 INTENSITY OF DISASTERS THAT HAVE AFFECTED THE UNITED STATES
09:42:18 AND ITS TERRITORIES.
09:42:19 WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE IN FLORIDA, PARTICULARLY TAMPA IN THE
09:42:22 LAST TWO YEARS, THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN WHAT ARE -- AND THE
09:42:26 OTHERS.
09:42:26 I'LL TOUCH BASE ON THIS.
09:42:27 FIRST, SERVICE TO THE ARMED FORCES.
09:42:31 WE MAINTAIN A CRITICAL COMMUNICATION LINK TO PEOPLE WITHIN
09:42:34 THE TAMPA AREA AND THEIR LOVED ONES.
09:42:36 WE ALSO BRIEF NEW RECRUITS THAT GO THROUGH THE MILITARY
09:42:40 ENTRANCE PROCESSING CENTER IN TAMPA, ONE OF THE BUSIEST IN
09:42:43 THE COUNTRY AND BRIEFING THE NEW FAMILY MEMBERS, MANY ARE
09:42:46 NEW TO THE SERVICE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE STRESSES AND THE
09:42:49 CHALLENGES AND ON THE THEME OF MENTAL HEALTH, HOW DO YOU
09:42:52 SUPPORT AND CARE FOR YOUR LOVED ONE WHO HAS BEEN IN COMBAT,
09:42:57 WHO HAS BEEN IN CONFLICT ZONES THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST
09:43:00 COUPLE OF YEARS AND THE IMPACT HAVING ON NOT ONLY THE
09:43:02 SERVICE MEMBER BUT THE LOVED ONES WHEN THEY COME OVER AND
09:43:05 THEY ARE CAREGIVERS.
09:43:06 DISASTER SERVICES, WE COLLECT 40% OF THE NATION'S BLOOD
09:43:09 SUPPLY.
09:43:10 WE ARE THE LARGEST BLOOD BANK IN THE UNITED STATES AND ITS
09:43:12 TERRITORIES.
09:43:13 WE DO CPR AND FIRST AID TRAINING AND INTERNATIONAL SERVICES,
09:43:16 WHICH RIGHT NOW I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T REFERENCE.
09:43:19 THE RED CROSS IS A GLOBAL MOVEMENT, AND WE HAVE RED CROSSERS
09:43:23 THAT ARE AROUND UKRAINE THAT ARE PROVIDING HUMANITARIAN
09:43:26 ASSISTANCE TO THOSE WHO HAVE FLED THE AREA.
09:43:28 THE RED CROSS HAS A UNIQUE ROLE THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL
09:43:32 COMMITTEE OF RED CROSS TO LOOK FOR AND HELP NEGOTIATE SAFE
09:43:36 PASSAGE OF NONCOMBATANTS OUT OF CONFLICT ZONES.
09:43:39 THAT IS A ROLE THAT THE RED CROSS HAS AROUND THE GLOBE
09:43:41 BECAUSE OF THE GENEVA CONVENTION, AND IT IS A KEY PART OF
09:43:44 WHAT WE DO IN THE FULFILLMENT OF THE UNITED STATES
09:43:47 COMPLIANCE WITH THE GENEVA CONVENTION.
09:43:50 HERE IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE REGION.
09:43:52 HERE'S WHAT I WANTED TO COME TO AND TALK ABOUT AND THE POINT
09:43:54 OF WHY WE ARE HERE.
09:43:55 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU ALL, WHEN I SAW HURRICANE AGATHA IN
09:43:59 THE PACIFIC COME ACROSS CENTRAL AMERICA AND COME IN THE GULF
09:44:03 AND BECOME TROPICAL STORM ALEX, IT REINFORCES WHAT WE'VE
09:44:07 SEEN OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
09:44:08 SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS MAP, THIS IS A GRAPHIC PROVIDED BY
09:44:11 NOAA.
09:44:12 AND IN 2020, NOT ONLY DID WE HAVE COVID, BUT WHAT WE HAD OF
09:44:17 SIGNIFICANCE WAS $22 BILLION DISASTERS.
09:44:20 AND IN THE PREVIOUS DECADE, THE AVERAGE WAS $12 BILLION
09:44:26 DISASTERS.
09:44:26 AND THEN YOU MOVED TO 2021, AND WE ARE AT $20 BILLION
09:44:31 DISASTERS, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
09:44:33 SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS AN INCREASE IN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
09:44:37 THE SCOPE, SCALE, AND THERE IS NO LONGER A NON-DISASTER
09:44:41 SEASON.
09:44:41 WE'RE SEEING HURRICANES, TORNADOES, A DERECHO, FLOODS,
09:44:46 TORNADOES, WILDFIRES ON THE WEST COAST.
09:44:49 NOW MORE THAN EVER, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE PREPARING
09:44:52 AND EVERYBODY THAT WE CAN, THAT WE PREPARE AND REACH OUT TO
09:44:55 VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES AND HELP THEM PREPARE.
09:44:57 WHAT WE HAD PRIOR TO THE YEARS WHERE WE HAD A COUPLE OF
09:45:02 WEEKS IN SHELTERS, WE'RE SEEING FAMILIES STAYING IN RED
09:45:04 CROSS SHELTER, CONGREGATE CARE SHELTERS, FOR UP TO 90 DAYS.
09:45:08 THE REASON THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO LEAVE IS THREE THINGS.
09:45:11 WE PUT IT IN THREE BUCKETS: HEALTH, HUNGER, AND HOUSING.
09:45:17 AND IT'S THAT ABILITY TO ACCESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
09:45:21 WHEN YOU HAVE A DISASTER COME IN AND THE EFFECTS IT HAS ON
09:45:23 THE COMMUNITY IS SIGNIFICANT.
09:45:24 SO THE NEED FOR US TO WORK TOGETHER AND GET THE PREPAREDNESS
09:45:28 MESSAGE OUT THERE IS MORE CRITICAL THAN EVER.
09:45:30 AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE WANT TO TALK TO, MOVE PEOPLE
09:45:35 FORWARD, WHAT CAN YOU DO NOW, BECAUSE IT IS HURRICANE
09:45:37 SEASON, AND TO GET READY.
09:45:38 AND TO THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO ELA, WHO WILL BE THE
09:45:42 CHAIR OF OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE AMERICAN RED CROSS
09:45:44 OF TAMPA BAY AND HER PARTICULAR PASSION IS PREPAREDNESS.
09:45:47 SO ELA.
09:45:49 >> THANK YOU.
09:45:49 PREPAREDNESS.
09:45:51 I'M SURE EVERYONE HERE IS WELL AWARE THAT WE ARE IN
09:45:54 HURRICANE SEASON.
09:45:55 THAT IS SOMETHING, OBVIOUSLY, WE HOPE EVERYONE IS TAKING
09:45:58 SERIOUSLY, ESPECIALLY ANYONE WHO IS LISTENING IN ON THIS
09:46:02 STREAMING, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE READY.
09:46:04 JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU TO GET A KIT, MAKE A PLAN, AND BE
09:46:07 INFORMED.
09:46:09 THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT THING TO HAVE THAT KIT, TO HAVE
09:46:12 THAT GO BAG.
09:46:14 AS IT HAPPENS, LAST WEEK, MY MOTHER'S APARTMENT BUILDING HAD
09:46:17 A FIRE.
09:46:17 AND SHE LIVES IN A SENIOR RESIDENCE AND 150 SENIORS STREAMED
09:46:22 OUT OF THE BUILDING.
09:46:23 NOBODY WAS HURT, AND THE FIRST THING THEY WERE THINKING
09:46:25 ABOUT, WHERE ARE MY MEDICATIONS, MY PHONE, MY CHARGER?
09:46:29 I SUGGEST YOU HAVE A LIST, PUT IT TOGETHER, PUT IT IN THE
09:46:32 TRUNK, IN YOUR SUITCASE, THROW IT IN YOUR CLOSET AND HAVE
09:46:35 THAT LIST READY SO THAT EVENTUALLY IF YOU HAVE TO LEAVE FOR
09:46:38 A HURRICANE, YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR THINGS ARE.
09:46:40 YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
09:46:42 IN A FIRE, YOU DON'T GRAB ANYTHING.
09:46:44 YOU GET OUT AND STAY OUT.
09:46:46 BUT START BEING PREPARED NOW, THINKING AHEAD WHERE YOUR
09:46:49 THINGS ARE IF YOU HAD TO LEAVE OR ASKED A FIREFIGHTER TO GO
09:46:52 RETRIEVE IT FOR YOU.
09:46:54 THAT SAID, ONE OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO
09:47:01 YOU FOR FREE IS READY RATING.
09:47:03 THE RED CROSS OFFERS READY RATING, READYRATING.ORG, TO ALL
09:47:05 ORGANIZATIONS WHETHER THEY BE COMMUNITY BASED, FAITH-BASED,
09:47:08 REGULAR CORPORATIONS, MOM-AND-POP SHOPS.
09:47:12 AS WE LEARNED DURING COVID, A WHOLE LOT OF THEM DID NOT DO
09:47:16 VERY WELL WHEN THEY COULDN'T BE IN THEIR PHYSICAL LOCATIONS.
09:47:18 READY RATING HELPS YOU WALK THROUGH THE STEPS.
09:47:20 IT IS A QUICK FIVE-MINUTE PROGRAM OR A LONGER ONE ONLINE.
09:47:24 EITHER DO THE QUICK FIVE-MINUTE ONE AND HOPEFULLY YOU GET
09:47:27 SUCKED IN AND DO THE LONG ONE.
09:47:29 WE SUGGEST YOU TALK TO ALL OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS, EVERYBODY
09:47:31 IN TAMPA -- NORTH, SOUTH, WHEREVER THEY ARE -- TO LOOK AT
09:47:35 READYRATING.ORG.
09:47:37 EVEN EVERY HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION CAN HELP WITH THAT.
09:47:40 THIS IS THE FUN PART THAT I GET TO DO.
09:47:44 I GET TO GO INTO SCHOOLS AND WE TALK TO CHILDREN BASICALLY,
09:47:48 KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE FIVE.
09:47:49 WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS.
09:47:51 OBVIOUSLY, THEY ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT EMOTIONAL LEVELS.
09:47:54 LAST YEAR WE HAD THE INCREDIBLE PRIVILEGE OF BEING ABLE TO
09:47:57 STREAM OUR PROGRAM, AND IT WAS AVAILABLE TO EVERY SINGLE
09:48:02 SCHOOL IN TAMPA AS WELL AS ALL OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY,
09:48:05 TALKING ABOUT PREPAREDNESS.
09:48:06 I HOPE ONE DAY THIS BECOMES PART OF THEIR CURRICULUM.
09:48:09 I THINK THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE BECAUSE EVERY CHILD
09:48:12 IN FLORIDA WILL FACE HURRICANES.
09:48:14 IF THERE ARE SCHOOLS IN YOUR DISTRICT, SUMMER PROGRAMS,
09:48:17 BOYS, GIRLS CLUB, YMCA PROGRAMS, LET THEM KNOW ABOUT IT.
09:48:21 WE'LL GO IN AND TALK TO THEM IN PERSON WHENEVER POSSIBLE.
09:48:26 AND IT IS REALLY FUN.
09:48:29 HURRICANES, WE NORMALLY TALK ABOUT 120-HOUR TIMELINE.
09:48:32 RIGHT NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING AND STRETCHING OUT PAST 160
09:48:35 HOURS.
09:48:36 THAT'S BECAUSE WE NEED TO MOVE THINGS UP AND DOWN THE STATE
09:48:39 AND SO ON.
09:48:40 HOWEVER, WHAT I JUST LEARNED IS WHEN WE WERE HEARING FROM
09:48:43 THE HEAD OF THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER, SAID OF THE 10
09:48:48 LAST CATEGORY 5 STORMS, 9 OF THEM WERE ONLY A TROPICAL
09:48:53 DEPRESSION THREE DAYS OUT OF HITTING LAND.
09:48:57 THEY SPED UP.
09:48:58 THEY PICKED UP MORE WATER, AND THEN THEY SLAMMED INTO LAND.
09:49:01 ALTHOUGH WE TRY TO WORK ON THE LONG TIME FRAME, AS ERIC
09:49:05 SAID, STORMS ARE GETTING BIGGER FASTER AND HAVE A FAR BIGGER
09:49:10 IMPACT THAN THEY DID.
09:49:11 SO, PLEASE, DO TALK TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS, TALK TO EVERYBODY
09:49:14 TO PLEASE GET A KIT, MAKE A PLAN, AND BE INFORMED.
09:49:17 AND THAT'S WHY.
09:49:19 HERE'S A QUICK PICTURE OF JUST WHAT HAPPENS DURING THE
09:49:22 STORM.
09:49:23 ALTHOUGH, IN ACTUALITY, IF YOU GO TO AN EVACUATION CENTER,
09:49:26 THERE ARE NO COTS.
09:49:27 THERE ARE NO BLANKETS.
09:49:29 YOU GET THE FLOOR.
09:49:30 THIS IS WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE.
09:49:31 THE FLOOR THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU.
09:49:33 THAT'S IT.
09:49:33 BRING YOUR OWN PILLOW.
09:49:34 BRING YOUR OWN BLANKET.
09:49:36 THE COTS COME IN AFTERWARDS WHEN HELPING PEOPLE RELOCATE,
09:49:39 BUT THAT'S AFTER THE STORM.
09:49:40 DURING THE STORM IT'S THERE AS SHELTER AND WE DO PROVIDE
09:49:43 WATER AND SNACKS IN THAT TIME FRAME.
09:49:45 AFTER THE STORM, OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE VERY
09:49:48 CAREFUL.
09:49:49 NOT WALK INTO FLOODED WATERS.
09:49:51 THIS IS WHAT WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO COME IN AND TALK TO
09:49:54 PEOPLE ABOUT THAT.
09:49:55 YES, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS AS WELL.
09:49:58 SO WE HAVE THE BEFORE, THE DURING, AND THE AFTER.
09:50:00 THE MORE WE CAN PREPARE, THE BETTER WE CAN FACE A STORM AND,
09:50:04 OBVIOUSLY, THEN THE RECOVERY GETS BETTER AND BETTER, PEOPLE
09:50:07 GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND ASSESS IT.
09:50:10 I SUGGEST EVERYONE RIGHT NOW, STOP AND EVEN HERE IN THIS
09:50:13 ROOM, PULL OUT YOUR PHONE AND TELL YOURSELF YOU WOULD
09:50:17 DOWNLOAD THE RED CROSS EMERGENCY APP AND FIRST AID APP.
09:50:20 THEY ARE FREE AND AVAILABLE ON ANY OF THE PHONE STORES.
09:50:23 EMERGENCY, IT HAS A RED EXCLAMATION MARK.
09:50:25 TYPE IN RED CROSS EMERGENCY.
09:50:27 THAT WILL GET IT TO YOU.
09:50:29 YOU CAN THEN PUT IN AND YOU'LL GET THE WARNINGS, NOT JUST
09:50:32 HERE, BUT YOU CAN PUT IN YOUR FAMILY THAT'S ANYWHERE ELSE IN
09:50:34 THE UNITED STATES AND IT WILL LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON
09:50:38 IN THEIR AREAS.
09:50:39 MY CHILDREN ARE SCATTERED AROUND.
09:50:40 I CAN TELL WHEN SOMETHING IS HAPPENING THERE.
09:50:43 BE CAREFUL WALKING HOME.
09:50:44 THERE IS A TORNADO IN YOUR AREA.
09:50:46 THAT KIND OF THING.
09:50:47 REALLY GREAT IDEA TO DO THAT.
09:50:48 ALSO, ANYTIME REDCROSS.ORG/PREPAREFLORIDA PUTS YOU IN INTO
09:50:53 OUR OFFICE AND ONE WAY YOU CAN FIND ME.
09:50:56 COMMUNICATION, AGAIN, WE'RE ON EVERYWHERE AND ALL AROUND.
09:51:01 I HOPE TO MEET ANY ONE OF YOU AT ANY TIME.
09:51:03 PLEASE GIVE ERIC AND I A CALL.
09:51:08 HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU ONE ON ONE.
09:51:10 WE ARE THERE FOR YOU.
09:51:11 WE ARE THE SCENE BEHIND THE SCENE.
09:51:14 THE FIRST RESPONDERS ARE OUT THERE DEALING WITH BUILDING AND
09:51:17 CRISIS, WHETHER IT'S FIRES OR HURRICANES, AND THEN WE'RE
09:51:20 THERE TO HELP WITH THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED.
09:51:24 WE ALWAYS NEED VOLUNTEERS IN A VARIETY OF ROLES.
09:51:28 A LOT OF THEM ARE EVEN VIRTUAL.
09:51:30 YOU CAN BE AT HOME ON A COMPUTER AND HELPING US FEED PEOPLE
09:51:33 ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STATE EVEN.
09:51:36 THERE'S VARYING LEVELS AND HERE YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'VE GOT
09:51:38 THE DISASTER ACTION TEAM, THE PEOPLE WHO GO OUT IN A VEST
09:51:43 LIKE THIS, WHICH I HOPE YOU NEVER SEE.
09:51:45 I SAW MY FIRST ONE AT 5 A.M. IN THE MORNING IN NEW YORK WHEN
09:51:48 I WALKED OUT OF MY BURNING BUILDING, AND THERE WAS SOMEONE
09:51:50 WHO MATERIALIZED AND SAID, "HI, I'M WITH THE RED CROSS."
09:51:54 "WE'RE HERE TO SUPPLY SHELTER, CLOTHING, DO YOU NEED
09:51:59 ANYTHING?
09:52:00 HOW CAN WE HELP YOU?"
09:52:01 THAT WAS 35 YEARS AGO.
09:52:04 YOU NEVER FORGET THAT MOMENT.
09:52:06 PLEASE, I HOPE YOU NEVER HAVE TO SEE SOMEONE IN THIS IN YOUR
09:52:09 HOUR OF NEED.
09:52:10 BUT PLEASE REMEMBER, WE ARE ALWAYS THERE AND WE COULD ALWAYS
09:52:13 USE MORE PEOPLE HELPING US BEING THERE.
09:52:17 I MENTIONED THE APPS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
09:52:18 THE READY RATING.
09:52:19 PLEASE MARK READYRATING.ORG.
09:52:22 WE ALSO HAVE AND YOU CAN FIND IT THROUGH THE PREPARE FLORIDA
09:52:25 WEBSITE ON SECOND AND FOURTH THURSDAYS, WE DO A WEBINAR ON
09:52:29 HURRICANE AND HOME FIRE PREPAREDNESS.
09:52:31 ANYONE, EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN US ON THAT.
09:52:38 ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND DR. KEN, WHO IS UNAVAILABLE TODAY,
09:52:40 AND ERIC, I SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING TO THIS
09:52:43 MESSAGE.
09:52:44 ONE DAY WE'LL COME BACK AND LIKE TO GET A COMMENDATION, BUT
09:52:47 HOPEFULLY NOT BECAUSE WE HAD A HURRICANE, BUT JUST BECAUSE
09:52:50 WE ARE ALWAYS THERE FOR EVERYONE IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
09:52:52 SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, EVERYONE BACK HERE.
09:52:56 THE OTHER MESSAGE I'M GOING TO LEAVE YOU WITH: HAVE YOU
09:52:59 DONE A FIRE DRILL AT SCHOOL?
09:53:01 EVERYONE, HANDS UP.
09:53:02 REMEMBER DOING THOSE.
09:53:05 HAVE YOU EVER DONE ONE AT HOME?
09:53:07 HOW ABOUT IT?
09:53:08 WHERE DO YOU SPEND MORE TIME?
09:53:10 HOME?
09:53:10 SCHOOL?
09:53:11 WORK?
09:53:12 IT'S ALWAYS AT HOME.
09:53:13 PLEASE, DO A FIRE DRILL AT HOME.
09:53:15 THINK ABOUT TWO EXITS FROM EVERY ROOM.
09:53:17 GET OUT IN LESS THAN TWO MINUTES.
09:53:19 FIRE SPREADS FASTER THAN YOU CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE, AND CHECK
09:53:22 THOSE ALARMS EVERY SINGLE MONTH AND DO THAT FIRE DRILL TWICE
09:53:25 A YEAR.
09:53:26 TWO MINUTES OUT, TWICE A YEAR DO THAT FIRE DRILL, EVERY
09:53:30 MONTH CHECK THE SMOKE ALARMS.
09:53:32 MOST IMPORTANTLY, HAVE A SAFE MEETING SPOT AWAY FROM YOUR
09:53:35 HOME.
09:53:35 IF YOU HAVE A MEETING SPOT, YOU ALL GO TO THE SAME PLACE AND
09:53:38 YOU'RE NOT RUNNING AROUND LOOKING FOR EACH OTHER.
09:53:40 THE MOST TRAGIC IS WHEN WE HEAR OF AN ADULT GOING BACK INTO
09:53:44 THE BUILDING OR CHILD GOING BACK INTO THE BUILDING LOOKING
09:53:46 FOR A PARENT.
09:53:47 PLEASE, HAVE A MEETING SPOT SO YOU ARE ALL THERE AND LET THE
09:53:50 FIREFIGHTERS DO THEIR JOB IN TERMS OF GOING INTO BUILDING.
09:53:54 NEVER, EVER GO INTO A BURNING BUILDING.
09:53:57 THOSE ARE THE WORST TRAGEDIES WE ENCOUNTER.
09:54:01 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
09:54:02 COUNCIL MEMBERS?
09:54:02 COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
09:54:04 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
09:54:05 THANK THE ORGANIZATION, THE RED CROSS.
09:54:07 WE LIVE TODAY IN A WORLD THAT'S EVER-CHANGING, NOT BECAUSE
09:54:11 WE WANT TO CHANGE IT, BUT WE'VE BEEN ABUSING IT FOR SO LONG
09:54:15 THAT THE ENVIRONMENT IS SO THIN THAT THE AREAS LIKE
09:54:18 COLORADO, LIKE NEW MEXICO, FIRES ARE THERE, BEEN GOING ON
09:54:22 THERE NOW FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
09:54:25 YOU LOOK AT CALIFORNIA, YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE
09:54:27 AND YOU LOOK THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, RIGHT NOW THE MIDDLE
09:54:30 PART OF THE COUNTRY, THEY ARE MUCH HOTTER THAN WE ARE, AND
09:54:34 WE'RE DOWN SOUTH AND THEY ARE UP NORTH AND THEY ARE HAVING
09:54:37 HEAT STROKES, 110, 105 DEGREES.
09:54:40 THESE ARE NOT NORMAL THINGS.
09:54:42 THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE, THE HUMAN BEINGS HAVE CREATED.
09:54:45 NO ONE TO BLAME BUT US.
09:54:47 NOT ONLY IN THIS COUNTRY BUT IN CHINA, INDUSTRIOUS COUNTRY,
09:54:52 ALL OVER EUROPE, SOUTH AMERICA, YOU CANNOT CONTINUE DOING
09:54:55 WHAT WE'RE DOING.
09:54:56 YOU MUST TAKE A STEP BACK AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IF WE HAD ALL
09:55:01 THOSE THINGS BACK.
09:55:02 WOULD IT BE THE SAME?
09:55:03 WOULD YOU HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF HURRICANES?
09:55:05 WOULD YOU HAVE THE SAME FOREST FIRES?
09:55:07 THE ANSWER IS MORE THAN LIKELY NO.
09:55:10 WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SAYING YES TO HELPING EVERYONE WHO
09:55:13 SAID, CONTINUE DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
09:55:15 IT'S FINE.
09:55:17 IT'S NEVER GOING TO END.
09:55:18 IT MAY END IN THE WRONG WAY.
09:55:20 THANK YOU AND YOUR ORGANIZATION FOR WHAT YOU DO AND GOD
09:55:23 BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
09:55:24 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
09:55:27 >>BILL CARLSON: SAME THING.
09:55:28 THANK YOU.
09:55:28 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU ALL DO.
09:55:30 YOU ALL HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE WORLD'S GREATEST DISASTERS
09:55:33 AND HAVE COME THROUGH FOR ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE AND COME
09:55:35 THROUGH IN FLORIDA DURING TERRIBLE DISASTERS.
09:55:38 I PRAY EVERY DAY AND HOPE EVERYONE ELSE WILL PRAY THAT WE
09:55:41 NEVER GET A DIRECT HIT THAT HITS US LIKE KATRINA, ANDREW, OR
09:55:46 ONE OF THOSE OTHER HURRICANES, AND THAT WE CAN INSTEAD BE
09:55:49 DONORS TO OTHER COMMUNITIES TO HELP THEM.
09:55:51 THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR PERSONAL STORY.
09:55:53 IT'S A GOOD REMINDER THAT WE ALL NEED TO DO THAT AND PLEASE,
09:55:56 IF YOU ALL HAVE INFORMATION LIKE THE APP AND OTHER THINGS,
09:56:01 PLEASE BE SURE TO SEND IT TO US SO WE CAN POST IT ON OUR
09:56:04 SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS AND MAKE SURE OUR CONSTITUENTS KNOW,
09:56:06 TOO.
09:56:07 THANK YOU.
09:56:07 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:56:10 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOUR ORGANIZATION DOES.
09:56:12 I'VE BEEN IN A FIRE.
09:56:16 I'VE TAKEN PEOPLE OUT OF A FIRE.
09:56:18 THE HEAT IS SO INTENSE WITH A FIRE.
09:56:26 DO NOT REENTER BECAUSE YOU WILL NOT GET OUT BECAUSE YOU
09:56:29 CANNOT SEE.
09:56:32 YOU CAN'T SEE AT ALL.
09:56:34 STAY LOW TO THE GROUND IF YOU DO.
09:56:36 AND LOOK FOR THE LIGHT, BUT USUALLY IT'S PITCH DARK AND YOU
09:56:40 CAN'T SEE SO YOU CAN'T FIND YOUR WAY OUT.
09:56:43 THAT'S WHY IT'S SO VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU HAVE A LOVED ONE
09:56:45 AND YOU WANT TO GO BACK AND SAVE THEM, BUT THE HEAT IS SO
09:56:49 INTENSE AS SOON AS YOU HIT THE DOOR FRAME, YOU'RE GOING TO
09:56:52 START TO BURN, YOUR SKIN VERY BADLY AND YOU WILL BE ENGULFED
09:56:57 WITH THE SMOKE, THE BLACK THICK SMOKE OR GRAY.
09:57:02 AND IT JUST OVERTAKES YOUR BODY RIGHT AWAY.
09:57:05 I DO LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU GAVE A FEW TIPS.
09:57:08 THE RED CROSS DOES A LOT OF DISASTERS, BUT THE MOST
09:57:11 DISASTERS THEY GO TO PRETTY MUCH ON A DAILY BASIS ARE FIRES.
09:57:16 >> YES, SIR, THERE ARE FOUR A DAY IN OUR REGION.
09:57:18 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THEY ARE HOUSE FIRES.
09:57:20 TALK ABOUT SHELTER, ABOUT DISPLACEMENT.
09:57:23 THE BEST THING YOU COULD HAVE TOLD PEOPLE IS THE MEETING
09:57:26 SPOT.
09:57:27 BECAUSE IF SOMEONE COMES OUT OR SOMEONE MAKES IT OUT THEY
09:57:30 KNOW WHERE THAT SPOT IS AND THEY CAN TELL FIRE, HEY, JOHNNY
09:57:35 DIDN'T COME OUT YET BECAUSE HE OR SHE IS NOT AT THE MEETING
09:57:39 SPOT.
09:57:40 FIRE DETECTORS.
09:57:43 BATTERIES GO OUT.
09:57:44 YOU THINK THEY ARE DURACELL, BUT THEY DON'T.
09:57:48 >> NOT ONLY THAT, IF THEY ARE YELLOW, PLEASE REPLACE THEM.
09:57:52 BECAUSE THE BEEP MIGHT WORK BUT THE SMOKE DETECTING PART
09:57:56 DOES NOT.
09:57:56 >>ORLANDO GUDES: CORRECT.
09:57:57 I LIKE THOSE TIPS.
09:57:58 I HOPE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE WILL TAKE THAT BACK TO OUR
09:58:01 COMMUNITIES AS WELL.
09:58:03 THOSE ARE TWO CRITICAL POINTS THAT PEOPLE NEED TO
09:58:05 UNDERSTAND.
09:58:06 THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION THIS MORNING.
09:58:09 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN HURTAK.
09:58:12 >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU FOR THIS.
09:58:15 MOST TIMES I HAVE SEEN RED CROSS WORK HAS BEEN
09:58:19 INTERNATIONAL.
09:58:20 SO IT'S NICE TO LOOK AT THE DOMESTIC SIDE AND THINK ABOUT,
09:58:24 OF COURSE, WHAT YOU DO HERE, WHICH IS A WHOLLY DIFFERENT
09:58:28 ROLE.
09:58:29 SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR COMING AT THE BEGINNING OF
09:58:32 HURRICANE SEASON TO REMIND EVERYONE.
09:58:34 I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE APP, SO I'M VERY EXCITED.
09:58:37 I'M GOING TO ECHO COUNCILMAN CARLSON'S REQUEST TO PLEASE
09:58:41 JUST SEND IT TO US SO WE CAN PUSH IT OUT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA
09:58:44 AND ENCOURAGE.
09:58:46 WE CAN SEND IT OUT TO NEIGHBORHOODS, THINGS LIKE THAT WHEN
09:58:49 WE GO TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT PREPAREDNESS.
09:58:51 THE CITY DOES A GREAT JOB WITH US, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO SHARE
09:58:57 THAT WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS AND WITH THE COMMUNITY
09:59:03 EVERYWHERE.
09:59:04 THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
09:59:05 WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
09:59:06 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.
09:59:09 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
09:59:10 WE APPRECIATE IT, AND WE HOPE WHOEVER IS OUT THERE YOU'RE
09:59:13 LISTENING AND PAYING ATTENTION.
09:59:15 THANK YOU.
09:59:15 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
09:59:18 [ APPLAUSE ]
09:59:18 NOW AT THIS TIME WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
09:59:31 IF ANYONE WISHING TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME,
09:59:36 PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.
09:59:40 FORM A LINE -- MS. ADAMS, YOU CAN STAY THERE.
09:59:44 FORMING A LINE, MY LEFT, YOUR RIGHT.
09:59:46 PLEASE AND THANK YOU.
09:59:47 MR. ADAMS.
09:59:49 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:59:51 >>JOSEPH CITRO: STATE YOUR NAME.
09:59:53 >> EDDIE ADAMS JUNIOR.
09:59:55 I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT,
10:00:03 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HAVE RECOGNIZED AND HAVE OFFICIAL
10:00:10 JUNETEENTH DAY CELEBRATIONS.
10:00:14 IT'S A HOLIDAY.
10:00:15 IT'S A NATIONAL HOLIDAY.
10:00:17 IT IS A COUNTY HOLIDAY, BUT IT'S NOT A CITY OF TAMPA
10:00:20 HOLIDAY.
10:00:21 AND THE REQUEST WAS MADE LAST YEAR FOR THE CITY TO CONSIDER
10:00:25 IT.
10:00:26 I'M QUITE SURE YOU SEE THAT THEY HAVE ABOUT 20 OR 30
10:00:31 JUNETEENTH EVENTS GOING ON WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
10:00:37 I THINK IT'S A DISSERVICE, BECAUSE I KNOW ALL YOU GOOD GUYS
10:00:41 UP THERE ARE DEMOCRATS, AND IT'S A CELEBRATION OF FREEDOM
10:00:45 FOR BLACK FOLKS, AND THAT'S YOUR HIGHEST, BIGGEST
10:00:49 CONSTITUENT AS FAR AS VOTING AND HELPING YOU GUYS DO STUFF.
10:00:53 AND FOR THE CITY NOT TO RECOGNIZE JUNETEENTH AS A HOLIDAY,
10:01:00 YOU'RE DOING A SIGNIFICANT DISSERVICE AND DISRESPECT TO A
10:01:05 COMMUNITY THAT HIGHLY FAVORS YOU GUYS.
10:01:09 I MEAN, THE ONE THAT'S HERE ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO, I WAS
10:01:13 INVOLVED WITH THE SHERIFF BLACK ADVISORY COUNCIL AND THE
10:01:19 SHERIFF DAVID GEE DECIDED HE WANTED TO DO HIS THEME ON THE
10:01:26 SAME DAY WE CELEBRATE AND AWARD BLACK MEMBERS OF HIS STAFF,
10:01:31 JAIL AND BAILIFFS AND ALL THAT STUFF.
10:01:33 SO THEY DECIDED THEY WANTED TO PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER.
10:01:35 SO THEY TOOK THAT DAY FROM US.
10:01:37 WE DECIDED WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A DAY, FIND A DAY WHITE FOLKS
10:01:43 CAN'T TAKE FROM US.
10:01:44 THAT'S WHY WE STARTED A JUNETEENTH BREAKFAST, ABOUT 15 YEARS
10:01:48 AGO.
10:01:48 WE MOVED ON TO JUNETEENTH LUNCHEON, AND WE'VE BEEN HAVING
10:01:51 THE LUNCHEON EVERY YEAR FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS, EXCEPT FOR
10:01:54 THE COVID.
10:01:55 AND NOW, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THE NATIONAL
10:02:00 LEADER OF THE JUNETEENTH COALITION WAS GOING TO BE OUR GUEST
10:02:03 SPEAKER AT OUR TAMPA JUNETEENTH LUNCHEON.
10:02:06 SO THAT WAS GOING TO BE A BIG DEAL, BUT HE GOT SICK.
10:02:10 SO I AM HERE TO REQUEST FROM YOU GUYS AND YOUNG LADY LEFT,
10:02:16 THAT YOU DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO MAKE JUNETEENTH A HOLIDAY
10:02:23 FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA.
10:02:26 BECAUSE YOU'RE MISSING THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING FOR A
10:02:31 SIGNIFICANT PART OF YOUR COMMUNITY.
10:02:33 AND THIS EVENT IS GOING TO GET BIGGER.
10:02:36 I MEAN, WHEN I FIRST STARTED, YOU KNOW, LIKE 15 YEARS AGO,
10:02:39 ST. PETE HAD ALREADY BEEN DOING IT FOR TEN YEARS.
10:02:41 SO WE'RE BEHIND THE TIME ON ALL THIS STUFF.
10:02:45 BUT I WANT IT TO BE SO THAT THE MONTH OF JUNE WE'RE DOING
10:02:50 STUFF ALL MONTH LONG.
10:02:52 REVEREND DIXON -- OKAY.
10:02:58 ALL RIGHT.
10:02:59 THANK YOU.
10:02:59 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
10:03:00 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CHAIRMAN?
10:03:01 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:03:02 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. ADAMS, A YEAR AGO I MADE THAT REQUEST
10:03:06 TO ADMINISTRATION IN A MOTION.
10:03:08 I THOUGHT ABOUT SIX, SEVEN MONTHS I DID ANOTHER REQUEST
10:03:12 ASKING FOR AN UPDATE.
10:03:13 I WAS TOLD THIS TIME THAT THEY ARE IN NEGOTIATIONS BECAUSE
10:03:16 WE HAVE A UNION OVER HERE.
10:03:17 SO THEY ARE IN NEGOTIATIONS.
10:03:19 I'M HOPING THAT THAT IS IMPLEMENTED, REGARDING NEGOTIATION
10:03:25 OR NOT, THEY CAN IMPLEMENT THAT.
10:03:27 I'M HOPING THAT WILL BE DONE WITH THE NEXT CONTRACT
10:03:29 HOPEFULLY.
10:03:29 SOONER RATHER THAN LATER WHEN IT COMES OUT.
10:03:32 I KNOW I'LL BE LOOKING FOR THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE
10:03:35 THAT IMPLEMENTED.
10:03:37 AGAIN, A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES, I KNOW THEY HAVE BEEN TALKING
10:03:41 ABOUT IT AS WELL.
10:03:42 I'M HOPING THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE UPCOMING HERE.
10:03:45 THANK YOU, SIR.
10:03:46 >> HOPEFULLY NOT ANOTHER JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION COME IN THE
10:03:51 CITY OF TAMPA AND CITY COUNCIL IS NOT ON BOARD.
10:03:54 THANK YOU.
10:03:58 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:03:59 I HAD A COUPLE OF PICTURES I WANT TO DISPLAY.
10:04:02 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YOUR NAME.
10:04:04 >> MY NAME IS ANDY SAVITT.
10:04:08 I'M HERE TO DISCUSS OR MENTION A HUGE FLOODING ISSUE LOCATED
10:04:12 OFF OF TAMPA STREET BETWEEN JUST SOUTH OF COLUMBUS BETWEEN
10:04:19 AMELIA AND FRANCES.
10:04:22 IT IS THE ALLEYWAY THAT GOES BETWEEN THOSE TWO.
10:04:25 I HAVE A FEW PICTURES.
10:04:27 I COULD SEND THEM LATER IF IT'S A HASSLE TO CONNECT UP.
10:04:31 >>JOSEPH CITRO: IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PUT THEM ON THE ELMO
10:04:34 AND SHOW US WHILE YOU'RE TALKING.
10:04:36 >> I CAN DO.
10:04:37 I HAVE COMPUTER OR PHONE.
10:04:39 >>JOSEPH CITRO: EITHER ONE WILL WORK.
10:04:41 YOU GOT YOUR THREE MINUTES.
10:04:43 >> I GOTCHA.
10:04:44 I CAN DO IT WHILE I'M TALKING.
10:04:46 BASICALLY, THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR MANY YEARS.
10:04:49 THE STORMWATER WHICH THE STORMWATER FOLKS KIND OF BLAME IT
10:04:54 ON THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND BACK AND
10:04:57 FORTH.
10:04:58 AND IT'S A LOT OF RUNAROUND.
10:05:00 BASICALLY, WHEN IT RAINS -- DO I JUST SHOW THE SCREEN?
10:05:05 IS THAT THE BEST WAY TO GO ABOUT IT?
10:05:07 OKAY.
10:05:07 THE PROBLEM IS EVERY TIME THERE'S RAIN, BASICALLY FROM TAMPA
10:05:11 ROAD, COMES DOWN FROM ONE BLOCK WEST, COMES DOWN AND THERE'S
10:05:18 ACCUMULATION ABOUT SIX HOUSES IN THE ALLEY, HUGE WATER
10:05:22 PROBLEM.
10:05:23 THE CITY DID COME AND TAKE A LOOK AND BASICALLY THEY SAID,
10:05:26 WELL, WHAT WE COULD DO FOR YA IS WE CAN RESURFACE CRUSHED
10:05:32 GRAVEL ON THE ALLEYWAY.
10:05:36 THAT IS NOT THE SOLUTION.
10:05:38 BASICALLY WHAT IT'S DOING IS DISSIPATING WATER INTO
10:05:41 EVERYBODY'S YARD IN THAT AREA.
10:05:44 SO WHAT TENDS TO HAPPEN -- AND LET ME JUST SEE IF I CAN DO
10:05:48 THIS WHILE WE'RE TALKING.
10:05:49 WHAT TENDS TO HAPPEN -- THIS IS JUST OFF OF MY PROPERTY --
10:05:56 >>JOSEPH CITRO: CAN YOU LIFT THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN, MAYBE A
10:06:00 HALF INCH TO STOP THAT GLARE?
10:06:04 YOUR SCREEN.
10:06:06 THERE YOU GO.
10:06:07 THANK YOU.
10:06:08 >> SO BASICALLY, AS YOU COULD SEE WITH THE MINUTE AND EIGHT
10:06:12 SECONDS LEFT, THE WATER IS HUGE.
10:06:14 IT'S COMING FROM THE ALLEY, AND IT JUST ACCUMULATES NOT ONLY
10:06:20 ON THIS PROPERTY, BUT ALSO -- IT'S BEING STUBBORN.
10:06:27 ANYWAYS -- SO, WHAT HAPPENS IS, AGAIN, THERE'S ABOUT SIX
10:06:33 HOUSES THAT FLOOD.
10:06:37 IT IS A MAJOR ISSUE THAT'S BEEN ADDRESSED.
10:06:39 IT'S BEING NEGLECTED.
10:06:41 THIS IS LITERALLY A POND.
10:06:43 CARS WILL COME THROUGH THE ALLEY AND EITHER HAVE TO WAIT
10:06:46 UNTIL THE RAIN STOPS AND THE WATER SETTLES OR THEY'LL GO AND
10:06:51 SIT IN A CAR AND WAIT UNTIL THEY CAN GET.
10:06:55 SO THE LINE, IT COMES UP ALMOST TO ABOUT A FOOT AND A HALF
10:06:58 ON ALL THESE PROPERTIES, AND WHAT HAPPENS IS IN THIS CASE,
10:07:04 INTENSIFIED BY THE LOCATION OF BUILDER DANIEL GOMEZ BUILT
10:07:10 THE PROPERTY, 106 WEST AMELIA.
10:07:15 HE BUILT UP THE PROPERTY AS ACCORDING TO PLAN AND BASICALLY
10:07:20 IT JUST -- YEP -- AND IT BASICALLY JUST INTENSIFIED THE
10:07:26 PROBLEM.
10:07:26 THERE'S ALSO I BELIEVE ANOTHER GENTLEMAN THAT WILL BE
10:07:28 FOLLOWING SOON.
10:07:29 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:07:29 >>JOSEPH CITRO: BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE PODIUM, THE ADDRESS OF
10:07:33 THAT PROPERTY.
10:07:34 >> 104 WEST AMELIA.
10:07:39 >>JOSEPH CITRO: AMELIA?
10:07:41 >> A-M-E-L-I-A STREET.
10:07:44 AND I ACTUALLY HAVE A PICTURE REAL QUICK, AND THIS MAY BE A
10:07:51 LITTLE BIT SHY.
10:07:52 BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY -- IT'S NOT ONLY COMING FROM THE ALLEY,
10:07:56 THIS IS THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY THAT IT'S ACTUALLY COMING
10:07:58 OVER A CURB.
10:07:59 THE CURBS WERE INTENTIONALLY BUILT ABOUT A FOOT HIGH.
10:08:03 I'M TRYING TO ESCAPE.
10:08:06 AND IT'S STILL COMING FROM THE FRONT OVER THE CURB INTO THE
10:08:12 PROPERTY ALSO IN THE ALLEY.
10:08:13 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:08:14 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
10:08:18 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. D'ANGELO.
10:08:24 >> MY NAME IS ANGEL.
10:08:26 I TOOK ANOTHER DAY OFF WORK TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL.
10:08:29 GREAT JOY OF MY LIFE.
10:08:31 SO THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE, WE TALKED EXTENSIVELY ABOUT
10:08:36 SOME ITEMS THAT WE'RE HOPING YOU'RE GOING TO LEAVE HERE
10:08:38 TODAY WITH THE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE TO IMPLEMENT
10:08:40 BECAUSE YOUR STAFF WILL BE DOING THE STAFF REPORT.
10:08:43 GOOD NEWS FOR THEM, WE ALREADY DID A LOT OF THAT RESEARCH
10:08:45 FOR THEM.
10:08:46 WE SENT IT TO YOU SEVERAL TIMES.
10:08:48 IT GOT SENT THROUGH THE GROUP OF FLORIDA RISING, THROUGH THE
10:08:50 PEOPLE'S COUNCIL.
10:08:51 YOU HAVE SO MUCH RESEARCH, I MEAN, SO MUCH GOING IN YOUR
10:08:54 FAVOR.
10:08:55 IN 2021, THE CITY OF TAMPA WON THE SUPER BOWL, OR WHATEVER,
10:08:59 AND WE WERE CHAMPA-BAY.
10:09:02 WELL, RIGHT NOW, THE CITY OF MIAMI HAS WHAT WE ASKED FOR.
10:09:07 THEY ALREADY BEAT US THERE.
10:09:09 CITY OF ORLANDO IS REALLY EXTENSIVELY LOOKING IN RENT
10:09:12 CONTROL, SO THEY ARE ABOUT TO BEAT US.
10:09:14 AT THIS RATE, LIBERTY COUNTY, FLORIDA, WILL HAVE RENT
10:09:17 CONTROL BEFORE TAMPA.
10:09:18 DOES THAT SOUND LIKE CHAMPA-BAY TO YOU?
10:09:21 BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE LOSING.
10:09:23 MY HOPE TODAY IS THAT WE LEAVE WITH NOT ONLY AN ORDINANCE TO
10:09:28 IMPLEMENT THE MIAMI-DADE ORDINANCE AS WELL AS THE HOUSING
10:09:32 EMERGENCY IN RENT CONTROL, BUT WE DO THAT WITH A UNANIMOUS
10:09:36 VOTE.
10:09:36 THERE SHOULDN'T BE A REASON WHY THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
10:09:39 IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, YOUR VOTING BLOC IS HERE IN THE ROOM
10:09:42 WEARING RED AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WATCHING AT HOME BECAUSE
10:09:45 THEY CAN'T TAKE THE TIME AWAY FROM WORK.
10:09:47 PEOPLE WHO AREN'T IN THE 9 TO 5 SCENE DON'T HAVE THE
10:09:51 PRIVILEGE TO COME HERE AND SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT THESE ISSUES
10:09:53 OR SIT ON THE CMT.
10:09:56 YOU ALL TOOK THE VOICE MAIL OPTION AWAY, SO THEY CAN'T SIT
10:09:59 BY THE SCREEN AND WAIT BECAUSE THEY HAVE JOBS THAT FACE THE
10:10:02 PUBLIC.
10:10:02 SO THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT.
10:10:05 WE HAVE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
10:10:06 WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOW INCOME.
10:10:08 PEOPLE WHO ARE INSECURE AND CAN'T BE HERE.
10:10:12 WE'LL BE REACHING OUT TO THEM IN MARCH DURING THE ELECTION
10:10:15 SEASON, AND THINGS ARE JUST NOT REALLY LOOKING GOOD FOR THIS
10:10:18 CITY COUNCIL.
10:10:19 WE'VE BEEN TOLD HOW PROGRESSIVE THE CITY COUNCIL IS.
10:10:22 WE GOT 60 DAYS' NOTICE FOR RENT.
10:10:25 WE'VE OVERFUNDED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
10:10:26 WE NEVER HAVE MONEY FOR ANYTHING ELSE BUT POLICING.
10:10:30 I WAS SURPRISED THE OFFICER OF THE MONTH THIS YEAR DIDN'T
10:10:32 HAVE LIKE A DISCIPLINARY RECORD THIS LONG BECAUSE THE ONE
10:10:35 TWO MONTHS AGO OR WHATEVER WAS LIKE FIRED AND REHIRED FOR
10:10:39 VIOLATIONS.
10:10:41 I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT KIND OF RECORD AND BE
10:10:44 EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.
10:10:45 I GET LIKE 3s OUT OF 5 ON MY PERFORMANCE REVIEW, I'M
10:10:49 EXCITED.
10:10:50 AND I HAVE NOT EVER TAKEN A LIFE OR WRONGFULLY TAKEN
10:10:54 SOMEBODY'S LIBERTY AND ALL I GET ARE 3s.
10:10:58 I'LL TALK TO MY BOSS TO SEE IF I CAN BE RATED ON THOSE
10:11:02 METRICS BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE PHENOMENALLY.
10:11:05 WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR US THE PEOPLE?
10:11:07 US THE PEOPLE ARE HURTING.
10:11:09 THE HOUSING CRISIS IS NOT GOING TO BE SOLVED BY RENT CONTROL
10:11:12 BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE ALREADY HOUSELESS.
10:11:14 WE NEED TO INVEST IN HOUSING FIRST.
10:11:16 HOUSING FIRST WORKS EVERYWHERE, MINNEAPOLIS, SEATTLE.
10:11:20 IF YOU WANT THAT RESEARCH, I HAVE THAT, TOO.
10:11:23 [ APPLAUSE ]
10:11:24 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
10:11:26 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:11:27 MY NAME IS KELLA McCASKILL.
10:11:30 I DON'T HAVE ON RED BUT I STAND WITH THE PEOPLE COUNCIL AND
10:11:33 FLORIDA RISING.
10:11:34 I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN VIERA AND COUNCILMAN GUDES FOR
10:11:38 THIS PAST WEEKEND FOR ACTING SO QUICKLY IN A MATTER OF WHERE
10:11:42 SOME RESIDENTS WERE LIVING IN UNSAFE, HAZARDOUS HOUSING.
10:11:46 AND THANK YOU FOR ACTUALLY STANDING UP AND ACTUALLY GETTING
10:11:50 HER TEMPORARY HOUSING RATHER QUICKLY.
10:11:52 THAT SENDS A MESSAGE WHEN YOU ALL DO THAT.
10:11:54 IT SENDS A MESSAGE THAT SLUMLORD ACTIVITY IS NOT ACCEPTABLE
10:11:57 IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA.
10:11:59 I'M NOT HERE FOR THAT.
10:12:00 I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.
10:12:02 A WHILE BACK, YOU VOTED TO HAVE POSSIBILITY TO RESEARCH A
10:12:06 PROBATE PROGRAM.
10:12:08 WHAT THAT WOULD DO IS HOPEFULLY PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THOSE
10:12:11 INDIVIDUALS IN MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, LOW-INCOME OR
10:12:14 MIDDLE INCOME THAT CAN'T AFFORD TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THE
10:12:18 PROBATE PROCESS.
10:12:19 I CAME BY TO SHARE INFORMATION BECAUSE TWO DAYS AGO, I
10:12:22 HOSTED A PROBATE SUMMIT.
10:12:25 WHAT WE FOUND FROM THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PROPERTY
10:12:27 APPRAISER IS APPROXIMATELY -- THERE'S ABOUT $1.1 BILLION IN
10:12:31 REAL ESTATE POTENTIALLY SITTING OR AWAITING TO GO THROUGH
10:12:34 THE PROBATE PROCESS, WHICH IS AN INDICATION THAT TOO MANY
10:12:37 PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN HOMES WITH NO LEGAL RIGHT PRETTY MUCH.
10:12:41 THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING IN THAT HOME EXCEPT FOR OCCUPY IT FOR
10:12:45 AS LONG AS THE HOUSE WILL WITHSTAND.
10:12:46 CAN'T APPLY FOR FEMA ASSISTANCE IN THE EVENT OF HURRICANE.
10:12:49 CAN'T PAY THE DELINQUENT TAXES I DON'T BELIEVE.
10:12:53 THEY CAN'T CONTACT THE BANK TO MAKE ANY NEGOTIATIONS.
10:12:56 THEY CAN'T EVEN PARTICIPATE IN THE CITY PROGRAM FOR
10:12:58 REHABILITATION BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY THEY DON'T OWN THE HOME.
10:13:01 THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE SITUATION ALMOST LIKE A SQUATTER
10:13:04 BECAUSE ALL THEY CAN DO IS OCCUPY IT.
10:13:07 IT'S ALMOST UNAUTHORIZED UNTIL IT GOES THROUGH THE PROBATE
10:13:10 PROCESS.
10:13:13 AS AN INDIVIDUAL IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS A VERY SMALL
10:13:16 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, I'M NOT AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, BUT I
10:13:19 FEEL COMPELLED TO DO SOMETHING TO HELP PEOPLE GET THROUGH
10:13:23 THE PROCESS WHEN THEY ARE LIVING IN A HOME AS ALMOST A
10:13:26 SQUATTER.
10:13:27 WHEN I SAW THAT INFORMATION I FELT COMPELLED TO DO EVEN MORE
10:13:31 THAN WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
10:13:32 WHAT I'M ASKING FOR, I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'LL COME BACK TODAY
10:13:35 OR NOT.
10:13:35 I BELIEVE IT WAS SCHEDULED FOR TODAY.
10:13:37 BUT I WANT TO ASK AGAIN THAT YOU ALL CONSIDER AS ELECTED
10:13:40 OFFICIALS THE CONSTITUENTS SHOULD BE YOUR PRIMARY CONCERN.
10:13:43 I'M GOING TO ASK THAT YOU WOULD APPROVE A PROGRAM THAT WILL
10:13:46 ASSIST WITH IDENTIFYING A PROGRAM THAT COULD HELP.
10:13:50 DOING THIS PROGRAM WILL HELP IMPROVE CONDITIONS OF
10:13:52 NEIGHBORHOODS BY ELIMINATING BLIGHT AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE
10:13:55 IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:13:56 SECONDLY, A HOME AND MANY FAMILIES IS THE LARGEST ASSET.
10:13:59 IT WILL HELP THEM CONTINUE IN THEIR GENERATIONAL WEALTH.
10:14:02 DOING THIS PROGRAM WILL MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD AS AN ELECTED
10:14:05 OFFICIAL BECAUSE YOU ACTUALLY CAN SAY YOU HELPED PEOPLE
10:14:07 MAINTAIN THEIR FAMILY HOME.
10:14:09 YOU END THE RATIO STATE PLANNING GAP.
10:14:12 65% OF WHITE AMERICANS HAVE ESTATE PLANNING AND 23% OF BLACK
10:14:16 OR HISPANICS DOES.
10:14:17 THAT IS A GREAT GAP.
10:14:19 I WANT TO ASK THE STAFF IN CLOSING IF THEY WOULD FACTOR IN
10:14:21 THE AMOUNT, IF WE WOULD ONLY SAVE 20% OF THE INDIVIDUALS IN
10:14:25 THIS CITY THAT ARE IN THAT CATEGORY, IN THE PROBATE THAT
10:14:28 NEEDS TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, HOW MUCH THEY WOULD EARN ON
10:14:30 JUST INHERITANCE TAX AND HOW MUCH THEY WOULD EARN IN
10:14:36 PROPERTY TAX.
10:14:36 I BELIEVE IT'S OVER A COUPLE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.
10:14:39 DO THE MATH AND YOU'LL SEE THE BENEFIT OF THIS PROGRAM.
10:14:41 THANK YOU.
10:14:42 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:14:44 [ APPLAUSE ]
10:14:47 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I JUST SAW MS. FEELEY COME IN.
10:14:49 I ATTENDED THE SUMMIT A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO WITH THE PROPERTY
10:14:54 APPRAISER HENRIQUEZ.
10:14:57 YOU CAN TELL HIS PASSION IN WANTING TO DO SOMETHING.
10:15:01 HE SEES IT.
10:15:02 THE AMOUNT OF MONEY, REVENUE TO ALL THE CITY AND THE COUNTY
10:15:07 IS ASTRONOMICAL.
10:15:09 BUT MS. FEELEY WILL TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE LATER WHEN WE GET
10:15:12 TO THAT ITEM.
10:15:13 I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HER YESTERDAY OF REMAKING THE
10:15:17 MOTION THAT I'M GOING TO RESTATE LATER ON IN REFERENCE TO
10:15:21 HOW WE CAN GET WITH THE OTHER ENTITIES TO LOOK AT SOME TYPE
10:15:24 OF POLICY OR PROGRAM WITHIN THE COUNTY.
10:15:27 SO WE'LL BE RESTATING THE MOTION.
10:15:29 I DID TALK TO HER YESTERDAY.
10:15:31 THAT'S WHY YOU DIDN'T SEE A MEMORANDUM IN YOUR FILES THIS
10:15:39 MORNING, GENTLEMEN.
10:15:39 THANK YOU.
10:15:40 >> KATHY CASSNER.
10:15:41 I AM FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF FOREST HILLS.
10:15:44 I'M HERE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE TODAY TO APPROVE THE BID
10:15:51 FOR THE FOREST HILLS PARK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
10:15:57 I'VE BEEN VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS, SINCE ABOUT 2015 OR
10:16:02 16, WE GOT A NOTICE THAT THEY WILL COME IN AND IMPROVE THE
10:16:05 PARK.
10:16:07 IN MARCH OF 2017, THEY GATHERED THE COMMUNITY AND WE DECIDED
10:16:13 ON WHAT AMENITY WE WOULD LIKE.
10:16:16 THAT WAS MARCH 2017, WHICH HAS BEEN FIVE YEARS AGO OR SO.
10:16:23 THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DELAY FOR VARIOUS REASONS, AND WE ARE
10:16:28 JUST REALLY EXCITED TO GET THIS PARK PROJECT MOVING.
10:16:33 IT WILL TAKE ANOTHER YEAR I GUESS TO COMPLETE.
10:16:36 I'M HERE TO ENCOURAGE YOU AND PLEASE ASK YOU TO VOTE TO
10:16:38 APPROVE THIS PROJECT.
10:16:39 THANK YOU.
10:16:39 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
10:16:47 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:16:48 CHUCK SIEGEL.
10:16:49 I'VE LIVED IN FOREST HILLS MY WHOLE LIFE.
10:16:52 LITTLE OVER 50 YEARS.
10:16:55 I JUST WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO GO AHEAD AND VOTE
10:17:00 FOR THIS.
10:17:00 WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT MAKING SOME IMPROVEMENTS OVER THERE,
10:17:04 AND WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN KEEP THE
10:17:08 COMMUNITY ROLLING AND MOVING AND PEOPLE EXERCISING.
10:17:12 THAT'S MY POINT.
10:17:14 THANK YOU.
10:17:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
10:17:16 >>LUIS VIERA: I WANTED TO THANK CHUCK AND KATHY.
10:17:19 I ALWAYS CALL CHUCK THE MAYOR OF FOREST HILLS.
10:17:21 AND I CALL KATHY, CONGRESSWOMAN KATHY.
10:17:26 I'VE KNOWN THEM A NUMBER OF YEARS FROM COMING IN.
10:17:29 BACKGROUND JUST TO AMPLIFY WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT,
10:17:32 THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WAS PASSED BACK WHEN BARACK OBAMA WAS
10:17:35 PRESIDENT.
10:17:36 HERE WE ARE TWO PRESIDENTS LATER AND IT STILL HASN'T COME
10:17:39 FORWARD.
10:17:40 THERE HAVE BEEN MANY, MANY, MANY DELAYS, AND HOPEFULLY WE
10:17:44 CAN REMEDY THAT IMMEDIATELY, BUT I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU
10:17:50 ALL FOR COMING OUT.
10:17:51 IT'S BEEN A PRIORITY OF MINE, CERTAINLY.
10:17:54 AGAIN, IT'S BEEN DELAYED FOR SO MANY REASONS, SO MANY
10:17:57 REASONS.
10:17:58 BUT GOD WILLING, IT WILL BE REMEDY IMMEDIATELY.
10:18:01 SO JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS.
10:18:02 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
10:18:04 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: BY THE WAY, WHERE YOU FOLKS LIVE, FIRST
10:18:10 FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH THERE IS A WHAT?
10:18:12 KARAOKE.
10:18:15 I HEARD ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAS BEEN THERE AND HE
10:18:18 SANG SO-SO.
10:18:19 [ LAUGHTER ]
10:18:19 THAT'S WHAT THE RUMOR IS.
10:18:21 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:18:22 WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.
10:18:24 >> WE'LL SEE YOU THERE.
10:18:25 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: TAKE CARE.
10:18:29 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:18:30 MY NAME IS SUSAN ROOT.
10:18:32 I LIVE IN SULPHUR SPRINGS.
10:18:34 I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
10:18:37 I'M HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
10:18:43 WE HAVE A TERRIBLE PROBLEM.
10:18:46 PEOPLE ARE BEING DISPLACED.
10:18:48 I'M A VOLUNTEER FOR IDLEWILD BAPTIST CHURCH.
10:18:51 MY JOB IS TO ASSIST MY NEIGHBORS IN FINDING SOMEWHERE TO GO
10:18:55 THAT THEY CAN AFFORD.
10:18:57 AND I'M HAVING A TERRIBLE TIME FINDING THIS.
10:19:02 WHAT ARE WE DOING?
10:19:03 EVERY TIME A PROGRAM OPENS, IT'S FULL IN TWO DAYS.
10:19:07 PEOPLE DON'T EVEN HAVE TIME TO APPLY.
10:19:10 WE NEED SOME ANSWERS.
10:19:12 MOST OF THE PROPERTIES IN SULPHUR SPRINGS RIGHT NOW ARE
10:19:15 RENTALS BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS BEING BOUGHT UP BY
10:19:20 OUT-OF-STATE PEOPLE.
10:19:21 THEY ARE NOT DOING REPAIRS.
10:19:23 THE LIVING CONDITIONS ARE DEPLORABLE.
10:19:27 IT'S NOT GETTING ANY BETTER, AND I SEE NOTHING HAPPENING TO
10:19:32 HELP THESE PEOPLE.
10:19:33 WE'RE HAVING SENIOR CITIZENS ON FIXED INCOMES BEING
10:19:36 DISPLACED.
10:19:37 WE'RE HAVING FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN BEING DISPLACED.
10:19:43 WHAT ARE WE DOING?
10:19:44 WE NEED SOME HELP.
10:19:47 PEOPLE LIVING ON FIXED INCOME CANNOT AFFORD THESE RENT
10:19:52 INCREASES.
10:19:52 IT'S JUST RIDICULOUS, AND TRYING TO GET INTO A NEW PLACE --
10:19:58 [ APPLAUSE ]
10:19:58 -- WHERE YOU HAVE TO HAVE THREE TIMES THE AMOUNT OF RENT TO
10:20:01 GET INTO A PLACE.
10:20:03 THAT'S CLOSE TO $5,000.
10:20:06 AND PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD THAT.
10:20:07 THEY JUST CANNOT AFFORD THAT.
10:20:10 EVERYBODY IS COMING OUT ON THE STREETS, AND NOBODY WANTS THE
10:20:16 HOMELESS.
10:20:16 BUT GUESS WHAT.
10:20:18 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT MORE.
10:20:20 IT'S JUST GOING TO KEEP INCREASING.
10:20:22 IT'S NOT GETTING BETTER AT ALL.
10:20:25 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK MY PIECE TODAY,
10:20:28 AND YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL BLESSED DAY.
10:20:31 THANK YOU.
10:20:31 [ APPLAUSE ]
10:20:43 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:20:44 MY NAME IS GETULIO GONZALEZ MULATTIERI.
10:20:50 HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT.
10:20:52 WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE?
10:20:53 IT'S THAT SIMPLE.
10:20:54 WE'VE BEEN COMING HERE FOR MONTHS, SINCE FEBRUARY.
10:20:58 IF YOU CAN PASS IT TODAY, THE OFFICE OF TENANT ADVOCACY,
10:21:02 SOME FORM OF RENT STABILIZATION MEASURE.
10:21:05 YOU'VE HEARD THE STORIES.
10:21:06 HEARD THE ANECDOTES.
10:21:08 ANOTHER TWO MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY HAD TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY
10:21:10 BECAUSE THEY CAN'T LIVE OFF OF THEIR RETIREMENT.
10:21:13 SO THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING.
10:21:15 THE TAMPA THAT YOU KNEW, THAT MOST OF YOU GREW UP IN IS
10:21:18 CHANGING.
10:21:18 PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE ARE CHANGING THIS CITY CULTURALLY
10:21:21 BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE BEING DISPLACED.
10:21:25 THE TAMPA YOU KNEW ISN'T GOING TO EXIST ANYMORE UNLESS YOU
10:21:28 DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
10:21:29 THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TO SAY.
10:21:31 [ APPLAUSE ]
10:21:39 >> COUNCIL, I WANT TO WISH FOLKS --
10:21:43 >>JOSEPH CITRO: PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:21:44 >> MY NAME IS KAT.
10:21:49 I WANT TO WISH FOLKS HERE A HAPPY UPCOMING JUNETEENTH.
10:21:53 I ALSO WANT TO STAND IN SUPPORT JUST TO TALK ABOUT HOW
10:21:57 LANDLORDS CONTINUE TO PRICE GOUGE.
10:22:00 PROPERTY TAXES KEEP INCREASING AS WELL AS FOOD AND GAS AND
10:22:03 EVERY OTHER EXPENSE.
10:22:05 HEALTH CARE STILL UNAFFORDABLE.
10:22:06 CHILD CARE IS UNAFFORDABLE.
10:22:08 GENTRIFICATION AND THE DISPLACEMENT OF THE WORKING CLASS,
10:22:13 ESPECIALLY BLACK AND BROWN RESIDENTS, CONTINUES IN EVERY
10:22:15 CITY AND TOWN IN THIS COUNTRY.
10:22:17 I SUPPORT A LANDLORD COMPLAINT REGISTRY, A TENANT ADVOCACY
10:22:22 OFFICE.
10:22:23 TENANTS AND WORKERS ARE THE MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION IN
10:22:27 THIS COUNTRY.
10:22:28 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL KNOW THAT.
10:22:29 BUT THEY ARE THE MAJORITY.
10:22:31 I ALSO SUPPORT 120-DAY NOTICE FOR TENANTS WHEN RECEIVING A
10:22:35 RENT INCREASE.
10:22:36 AND DECLARING HOUSING A STATE OF EMERGENCY.
10:22:38 I WAS HOMELESS FOR 11 MONTHS.
10:22:40 EVERYWHERE, HOUSING IS INCREASING.
10:22:45 THIS IS ALL ON PURPOSE.
10:22:46 YOU CAN TALK ABOUT POLICIES.
10:22:50 YOU ALL CAN TALK ABOUT -- WE KNOW THIS IS ON PURPOSE.
10:22:53 IT'S BECAUSE OF LANDLORDS WHO ARE HOARDING HOMES AND BUYING
10:23:00 OFF POLITICIANS.
10:23:03 I AM NEURODIVERGENT MYSELF, AND IT WAS VERY IRONIC WALKING
10:23:07 IN AND SEEING YOU ALL SHOWER THAT COP WITH PRAISE OVER THEIR
10:23:11 MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT WHEN THE POLICE ARE INFAMOUS FOR
10:23:14 ABUSING AND MURDERING THOSE WHO ARE NEURODIVERGENT AND
10:23:18 STRUGGLING.
10:23:19 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
10:23:22 [ APPLAUSE ]
10:23:43 >> GREETINGS TO ALL OF YOU, COUNCIL PERSONS.
10:23:47 I AM RIGHT NOW STANDING AS THE AMBASSADOR FOR CHRIST.
10:23:51 I DON'T WEAR THIS RED BECAUSE I'M A -- OR FLORIDA RISING.
10:23:58 I DO AGREE WITH FLORIDA RISING.
10:24:00 BUT THERE WAS ONE THAT SAY YOU SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE
10:24:04 TRUTH WILL MAKE YOU FREE.
10:24:05 THERE ARE ONLY THREE PEOPLE IN HERE RIGHT NOW THAT CAN
10:24:08 UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
10:24:12 ATTORNEY MORRIS MASSEY, COUNCILMAN CHARLIE MIRANDA.
10:24:17 THEY WERE AROUND WHEN A LOT OF DESTRUCTION CAME INTO THE
10:24:22 BLACK COMMUNITY.
10:24:23 PEOPLE WERE DISPLACED.
10:24:24 AND HERE OUR BELOVED MAYOR, MY DISCLAIMER, SHE WAS NOT THE
10:24:30 MAYOR, BUT IT STARTED BACK WITH MAYOR BILL POE WHEN THEY
10:24:37 STARTED TAKING ALL OF THE PROPERTY IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
10:24:39 LAST WEEK, I HEARD SOMEONE SAY, WELL, I WASN'T AROUND WHEN
10:24:42 ALL THIS HAPPENED.
10:24:43 I WANT YOU TO KNOW EVERY PERSON THAT'S WHITE IS BENEFITING
10:24:46 FROM WHAT HAPPENED TO BLACK PEOPLE.
10:24:47 YOU'RE BENEFITING TODAY.
10:24:51 SO, THEREFORE, I WANT YOU TO DO AS MAYOR CASTOR SAID.
10:24:56 TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE DESTRUCTION THAT YOU HAVE DONE
10:25:00 WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
10:25:01 AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT DISTRICT 5 NOT ONLY HAVE ONE
10:25:05 COUNCIL MEMBER BUT HAVE THREE MORE.
10:25:08 ALL OF THE AT-LARGE COUNCILMEN AND THE MAYOR REPRESENT
10:25:11 DISTRICT 5.
10:25:12 WE WANT DISTRICT 5 TO BE SEEN AS ANY OTHER CITY -- OR
10:25:18 DISTRICT.
10:25:18 SO THEREFORE I'VE GIVEN YOU TEN THINGS THAT I WANT YOU TO
10:25:24 CONSIDER AND ACCEPT.
10:25:26 NOW, HERE I HAVE THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
10:25:30 WHEN IT WAS WRITTEN, IT SAY ALL MEN WERE CREATED EQUAL.
10:25:34 IT DID NOT EVEN INCLUDE YOU WOMEN.
10:25:36 WE GOT OUR RIGHTS BEFORE WOMEN.
10:25:38 SO WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO, READ IT, ACCEPT IT, BECAUSE WHEN
10:25:43 THE CONSTITUTION WAS WRITTEN, IT WAS TEN YEARS LATER WHEN
10:25:46 THEY CAME BACK WITH THE TEN AMENDMENTS TO THE BILL OF RIGHTS
10:25:50 BECAUSE GOVERNMENT NEVER RESPECTS THE PEOPLE UNLESS THE
10:25:53 PEOPLE FORCE THEM TO RESPECT.
10:25:57 I'M A VOTER.
10:25:58 WE HAVE MANY VOTERS HERE.
10:25:59 THE ELECTION IS COMING, AND WE'RE GOING TO REMEMBER.
10:26:03 ONE THING I WANT TO SAY, THERE WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER SITTING
10:26:07 RIGHT IN THAT SAME SEAT.
10:26:08 SOMEBODY SAID THIS.
10:26:10 WANTED TO CUT HIS THROAT BECAUSE HE WAS TELLING THE TRUTH.
10:26:13 SO WE KNOW A LOT OF THINGS HAPPEN HERE, AND I KNOW THAT BELL
10:26:17 SOUNDS ONE TIME.
10:26:18 THERE WAS A LADY IN RED UP HERE.
10:26:19 THE BELL SOUNDED FOUR TIMES, YOU DIDN'T STOP HERE.
10:26:22 THERE WAS ANOTHER MAN OVER HERE, THE BELL RANG FOUR TIMES
10:26:25 AND YOU DIDN'T STOP.
10:26:26 BUT HERE COME A BLACK MAN, YOU'RE GOING TO STOP.
10:26:29 SO I'M GOING TO STOP.
10:26:30 [ APPLAUSE ]
10:26:36 >>JOSEPH CITRO: REVEREND DIXON, YOU'VE STILL GOT 30 SECONDS
10:26:39 LEFT.
10:26:39 YOU STILL GOT 30 SECONDS LEFT.
10:26:42 >> WELL, 30 SECONDS, I WANT YOU TO USE THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON
10:26:46 BECAUSE YOU CANNOT USE YOUR NATURAL WISDOM AND DO THE RIGHT
10:26:50 THING.
10:26:51 IT'S ALWAYS RIGHT.
10:26:52 DO THE RIGHT THING BECAUSE IF JUNETEENTH IS GOING TO MEAN
10:26:56 ANYTHING, ALL PEOPLE HAVE TO BE TREATED RIGHT.
10:26:59 MORE PEOPLE -- LET ME SAY THIS ONE THING -- THERE IS MORE
10:27:04 HATE CRIME NOW TODAY THAN THERE WAS IN 1885.
10:27:08 AND I THANK YOU.
10:27:09 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:27:10 [ APPLAUSE ]
10:27:24 >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
10:27:32 I'M ZULEMA RAMOS.
10:27:34 ZIP CODE 33614.
10:27:37 I COFACILITATE A LOCAL NONPROFIT THAT SUPPORTS LOW-INCOME
10:27:41 RESIDENTS, HAVE LIVED IN TAMPA FOR 15 YEARS AND AM DEEPLY
10:27:46 CONCERNED LIKE THE REST OF THE FOLKS IN RED AND MANY OTHERS
10:27:48 ABOUT THE STATE OF HOUSING IN THE CITY.
10:27:51 I'VE WATCHED COUNTLESS FAMILIES THROWN OUT OF THEIR HOMES BY
10:27:55 THE TAMPA POLICE AND HILLSBOROUGH SHERIFF ONTO THE STREET IN
10:27:59 A GLOBAL HEALTH CRISIS SIMPLY BECAUSE IT COSTS MORE THAN
10:28:03 THEY WILL EVER MAKE TO KEEP THEM HOUSED.
10:28:06 IN 2022, WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES IF HUMAN LIFE IS WORTH
10:28:11 MORE TO YOU THAN MONEY.
10:28:12 IF CUTUP PIECES OF TREE ARE REALLY MORE VALUABLE THAN OUR
10:28:17 NEIGHBORS.
10:28:17 AS YOUR CONSTITUENT, I AM HERE IN FULL SUPPORT OF THE
10:28:20 PEOPLE'S COUNCIL OF TAMPA, HOUSING DEMAND LETTER, AS WELL AS
10:28:25 OTHER DEMANDS.
10:28:26 MANY THAT ARE BASED UPON A SUCCESSFUL ORDINANCE IN MIAMI.
10:28:30 AND IF THEY CAN DO IT IN MIAMI, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO IT HERE
10:28:33 WITH LESS PEOPLE TO SUPPORT.
10:28:35 GUARANTEE LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND MOVEMENT TOWARDS THE END
10:28:39 OF EVICTION DISCRIMINATION WILL POSITIVELY IMPACT THE
10:28:43 MATERIAL LIVES OF SO MANY POOR AND WORKING-CLASS RENTERS IN
10:28:47 TAMPA, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF COLOR AND ESPECIALLY THOSE OF US
10:28:52 BOTH OF COLOR AND DISABLED AS WELL AS ALL OF THE OTHER
10:28:54 THINGS THAT ARE AGAINST US.
10:28:56 THE CREATION OF AN OFFICE OF TENANT ADVOCACY WILL HELP
10:29:00 ENSURE THAT LANDLORDS ARE SIMPLY FOLLOWING ALL LOCAL AND
10:29:03 STATE LAWS.
10:29:04 IN ADDITION, I'M URGING YOU TO INVEST AT LEAST $40 MILLION
10:29:08 OF ARPA FUNDS INTO A COMMUNITY-RAN HOUSELESS SHELTER AND
10:29:12 HOUSING FIRST PROGRAM THAT IS UNCONDITIONAL AND NOT
10:29:15 FAITH-BASED.
10:29:15 DEFUND FROM WHAT DOESN'T WORK, LIKE MILITARIZATION AND
10:29:19 INCREASE OF POLICE THAT ARE CLEARLY NOT HELPING WITH THE
10:29:22 HOUSELESSNESS CRISIS AND REFUND COMMUNITY NEEDS LIKE
10:29:25 GUARANTEED AFFORDABLE, CLIMATE-READY HOUSING FOR ALL
10:29:30 RESIDENTS REGARDLESS OF THEIR IMMIGRANT STATUS.
10:29:32 CONTINUE TO CREATE HOUSING THAT YOUR KIDS DESERVE, THAT HAS
10:29:37 ORGANIC COMMUNITY GARDENS, SOLAR POWER, AND LIVABLE
10:29:41 CONDITIONS, THAT INCLUDE WELL-TRAINED COUNSELORS AND NOT
10:29:44 INEPT COPS THAT HAVE MORE OF A HISTORY OF RAPE AND SEXUAL
10:29:48 ASSAULT THAN COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE BECAUSE I MYSELF HAVE BEEN
10:29:51 SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY AT LEAST ONE OF THE TAMPA POLICE
10:29:55 DEPARTMENT OFFICERS.
10:29:57 IN PUBLIC.
10:29:58 THESE TYPES OF REFORMS WILL NOT END THE ENTIRE HOUSING
10:30:01 CRISIS, BUT IT WILL MOVE US IN A MUCH-NEEDED DIRECTION.
10:30:06 AS STEWARDS IN THIS COMMUNITY, WE ARE COUNTING ON YOUR
10:30:10 SUPPORT FOR THE SIMPLE COMMUNITY-BASED, WELL-RESEARCHED
10:30:14 SOLUTIONS THAT WILL HELP KEEP OUR NEIGHBORS OFF THE STREET.
10:30:17 PLEASE HAVE COMPASSION FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND THE PEOPLE
10:30:20 THAT LIVE HERE AND DON'T ALLOW MORE FAMILIES TO BE CAST OUT
10:30:25 IN 2022.
10:30:26 THANK YOU.
10:30:28 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
10:30:28 [ APPLAUSE ]
10:30:33 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:30:33 MY NAME IS BETTER RITA ANDRE.
10:30:36 I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MADISON HIGHLAND APARTMENTS.
10:30:41 WENT UP ON OUR RENT $111, ONE BEDROOMS, WENT UP 93.
10:30:47 WE CAN'T AFFORD IT.
10:30:48 WE ARE ALL SENIOR CITIZENS TRYING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN.
10:30:50 WE ARE ALL ON FIXED INCOMES.
10:30:52 WE NEED YOUR-ALL HELP AND WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU-ALL.
10:30:56 WE ALSO KNOW GOD IS IN CONTROL AND HE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO
10:31:00 CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN FOR US.
10:31:02 SO I THANK GOD FOR THAT ALSO.
10:31:03 WE ALSO THANKING GOD FOR THE HELP THAT HE'S SENDING US, NOT
10:31:08 ONLY YOU ALL, BUT OUR FLORIDA AND OUR THREE.
10:31:14 THEY ARE TRYING TO HELP US ALSO GET THE RENT UNDER CONTROL.
10:31:16 A LOT OF THEM GAVE $932.
10:31:19 THEY SENT IT BACK TO THEM AND TOLD THEM THEY WANT THE FULL
10:31:22 $1,043.
10:31:22 WE CAN'T AFFORD THAT RIGHT NOW.
10:31:29 ALSO, THINGS HAPPENING IN THE APARTMENTS WHERE WE CAN'T COME
10:31:31 OUT OUR DOORS BECAUSE WE'RE SCARED WE HAVE NO SECURITY.
10:31:34 THAT'S NOT RIGHT.
10:31:35 WE HAD SECURITY WHEN WE FIRST MOVED THERE.
10:31:37 THEY TOOK IT AWAY FROM US.
10:31:38 WE ARE SCARED TO GO OUTSIDE.
10:31:40 THEY SIT OUTSIDE, BUT THEY COME RIGHT BACK IN TO SMOKE THE
10:31:44 CIGARETTES BECAUSE SO SCARED SOMEBODY IS GOING TO HURT THEM.
10:31:47 WE HAD ONE THAT GOT ROBBED.
10:31:49 CARS TAKEN OUT.
10:31:51 DRIVEWAYS WHERE THEY HAVE STOLEN OUR CARS AND STUFF.
10:31:54 WE'RE SCARED TO LEAVE OUR CARS AND NOT PUT OUR ALARM ON,
10:31:57 MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS GOING ON RIGHT OVER WHERE WE ARE
10:32:00 AT.
10:32:00 WE ALL WORK TOGETHER OVER THERE.
10:32:01 WE ALL GET ALONG OVER THERE.
10:32:03 BUT WE CAN'T GET ALONG AND SOMEONE PUT OUT.
10:32:06 THREE-DAY NOTICE, EVERYBODY OVER THERE GOT A THREE-DAY
10:32:09 NOTICE ON OUR DOORS FOR WHAT WE TRIED AND WE CAN'T DO IT
10:32:13 WITHOUT YOU ALL.
10:32:14 COULD YOU ALL PLEASE HELP US?
10:32:16 [ APPLAUSE ]
10:32:17 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
10:32:30 >> HI.
10:32:31 MY NAME IS ALEAH COLEMAN.
10:32:38 I'VE LIVED IN A SERIES OF URBANIZED COMMUNITIES MAINLY, AND
10:32:42 I'M MAINLY SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF SINGLE BLACK MOTHERS WHO
10:32:47 HAVE TO BASICALLY WORK PRACTICALLY EVERY DAY TO AFFORD
10:32:54 HOUSING AND RENT FOR FAMILIES SPECIFICALLY AND A LOT OF MY
10:32:58 FRIENDS WHO COULDN'T COME IN BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO GO TO WORK
10:33:02 TO AFFORD RENT, WHICH IS EXTREMELY HIGH AT THE MOMENT.
10:33:07 AND IT'S UNACCEPTABLE THAT THESE PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD
10:33:11 SOMEWHERE TO LIVE AND THAT IS A BASIC HUMAN NEED.
10:33:16 I SPECIFICALLY WOULD LIKE TO SAY, LIKE OVER IN ONE OF THE
10:33:21 APARTMENTS I USED TO STAY IN, THEY ARE CURRENTLY HAVING AN
10:33:25 ISSUE WITH MOLD AND SERIOUS DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS THAT MOST
10:33:30 PEOPLE WOULDN'T LIVE IN AND SHOULDN'T HAVE THE CHOICE TO
10:33:35 HAVE -- SHOULDN'T BE LIVING IN THAT, PERIOD.
10:33:41 WORKING HERE DOWNTOWN, I ACTUALLY WORK IN THIS SPECIFIC
10:33:45 AREA.
10:33:46 AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS -- I'VE SEEN PLENTY OF PEOPLE
10:33:51 WHO ROAM THESE STREETS WITHOUT HOUSING, WITHOUT FOOD TO EAT,
10:33:56 DIGGING IN THE TRASH CANS AND EVERYTHING.
10:33:58 IT'S QUITE SAD TO SEE.
10:34:00 I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU GUYS CAN STAND SEEING IT EVERY
10:34:03 DAY.
10:34:05 I JUST PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO ASK, LIKE, IF THESE PEOPLE
10:34:09 AREN'T FINDING ANY PLACES TO GO, IF HOUSING IS FILLING UP,
10:34:14 ESPECIALLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SUPPOSEDLY AND SHELTERS
10:34:20 FILLING UP, WHERE ARE YOU TAKING THESE PEOPLE AS THEY ARE
10:34:23 DISAPPEARING ON THE STREETS.
10:34:26 WHAT EXACTLY IS HAPPENING TO THEM?
10:34:27 WHERE ARE THEY GOING?
10:34:28 IS ANYTHING HAPPENING TO THEM?
10:34:32 LIKE, EXACTLY, THAT'S PUTTING THEM IN A BETTER HOUSING
10:34:36 POSITION, A BETTER POSITION IN GENERAL?
10:34:39 BUT I JUST HAVE THAT QUESTION AS TO WHERE THEY ARE GOING, IF
10:34:46 YOU ALL CAN ANSWER THAT FOR ME, WHETHER IT BE TODAY,
10:34:50 TOMORROW, OR WHENEVER.
10:34:53 THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SAY.
10:34:54 THANK YOU.
10:34:56 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
10:34:57 [ APPLAUSE ]
10:35:05 >> MY NAME IS PASTOR FRANK WILLIAMS.
10:35:07 LOCATED AT 1112 EAST SCOTT STREET.
10:35:10 I THINK YOU ALL KNOW THAT BY HEART NOW.
10:35:14 BUT NOBODY SEEM TO COME TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEM.
10:35:18 THEY BUILD A FENCE ALL AROUND MY CHURCH.
10:35:21 KEEP US FROM WORSHIP.
10:35:23 THEY DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO PARK OVER THERE.
10:35:25 EVERYTHING HAS GONE ON AT THE CHURCH AND NOT REALIZING, IF
10:35:30 IT WASN'T FOR THE CHURCH, TAMPA WOULDN'T BE AS GREAT AS IT
10:35:33 IS.
10:35:34 WE GOT TO UNDERSTAND, YOU ALL MISTREAT BLACK FOLKS.
10:35:38 WHY?
10:35:39 I DON'T KNOW.
10:35:39 AND WHO IS KILLING THE WHITE FOLKS IS THE WHITE BOY, GOING
10:35:44 TO DIFFERENT SCHOOL, KILLING UP LITTLE CHILDREN, KILLING UP
10:35:48 ALL GROWN PEOPLE.
10:35:49 DON'T CARE ABOUT WHO THEY KILL.
10:35:51 BUT WE TRY TO BE PEACEFUL WITH ALL MANKIND BUT YOU ALL DON'T
10:35:56 GIVE A DAMN ABOUT US WHATSOEVER.
10:35:58 YOU DON'T CARE WHETHER THEY SHUT DOWN THE CHURCH OR NOT, PUT
10:36:01 A FENCE AROUND THE CHURCH, BROKE OUT MY WINDOWS, THEY ARE
10:36:04 DOING ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
10:36:05 BUT WE STILL THERE.
10:36:07 WE JUST GOT TO PRAY TO GOD ALMIGHTY THAT WILL HELP US TO DO
10:36:12 THE RIGHT THING.
10:36:13 AND WE GOT A BLACK MAN SITTING UP THERE ON THE PODIUM.
10:36:17 HE CAME TO CHURCH ONE TIME.
10:36:19 I DIDN'T MEET HIM THERE BECAUSE I HAD ANOTHER MEETING, AND
10:36:22 HE NEVER COME BACK.
10:36:23 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
10:36:27 WE WILL PREVAIL.
10:36:28 WE'RE GOING TO PREVAIL BECAUSE GOD IS ON OUR SIDE.
10:36:31 IF WE GOT JESUS, WE GOT IT ALL.
10:36:34 I DON'T CARE WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT.
10:36:38 IT DON'T MAKE NO DIFFERENCE.
10:36:40 FAITHFUL TO JESUS UNTIL GO TO THE GRAVEYARD.
10:36:43 ANOTHER THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT BEFORE YOU RING THE BELL,
10:36:47 YOU ALL GOT THOSE RETENTION PONDS, AND I FIND OUT THE
10:36:51 RETENTION POND AIN'T NOTHING BUT FOR TAMPA TO TAKE YOUR
10:36:56 PROPERTY.
10:36:56 THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
10:36:58 THEY GOT RETENTION POND ALL OVER IN BELMONT HEIGHTS AND
10:37:02 JACKSON HEIGHTS.
10:37:02 YOU AIN'T GOING TO SEE NO RETENTION POND DOWNTOWN.
10:37:05 AND THAT'S WHERE THEY REALLY NEED IT.
10:37:08 IF YOU TALK ABOUT OZONE.
10:37:11 WHAT IS OZONE?
10:37:12 NOBODY HERE DON'T KNOW.
10:37:14 I DON'T KNOW WHAT OZONE IS.
10:37:16 I LOOK IT UP IN THE DICTIONARY, I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY
10:37:19 ARE TALKING ABOUT OZONE.
10:37:21 OZONE AIN'T NOTHING BUT TRASH AND THAT'S WHAT CITY OF TAMPA
10:37:25 IS COMING TO BE.
10:37:27 NOTHING BUT A BUNCH OF TRASH.
10:37:28 WE GOT TO UNDERSTAND, TREAT EVERYBODY EQUALLY.
10:37:32 TREAT THE WHITE FOLKS, BLACK FOLKS, THE JEWS, THE MEXICANS,
10:37:36 TREAT ALL EQUAL.
10:37:38 YOU KNOW WHAT?
10:37:38 WE SHOULDN'T BE CALLED NO AFRICAN AMERICA OR BLACK AMERICA.
10:37:38 WE SHOULD CALL ALL PEOPLE JUST -- IF THEY ARE CITIZENS OF
10:37:47 AMERICA, CALL THEM AMERICA.
10:37:49 THAT'S ALL.
10:37:50 I AIN'T NEVER BEEN TO NO DAMN AFRICA.
10:37:53 I AIN'T NEVER COME OUT OF NO AFRICA.
10:37:56 I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT BLACK AFRICA LOOK LIKE.
10:37:59 I KNOW ONE THING, I'M HERE IN TAMPA, FLORIDA.
10:38:01 MY BROTHER FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR II.
10:38:04 FOUGHT FOR THIS NATION.
10:38:05 AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
10:38:06 HE DIDN'T GET NO KIND OF RESPECT.
10:38:10 THEY CAN CARE LESS THAN A DAMN, JUST LIKE THEY CARE LESS
10:38:14 THAN A DAMN ABOUT ME AND THE REST OF THE BLACK FOLKS.
10:38:16 GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
10:38:18 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:38:19 >>ORLANDO GUDES: PASTOR WILLIAMS, BEFORE YOU GO.
10:38:22 YOU WEREN'T HERE LAST WEEK, SIR, BUT LAST WEEK I ASKED OUR
10:38:25 CRA DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL DISTRICT TO CONTACT YOU, FIND A
10:38:32 WAY TO CONTACT YOU TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO TO HELP YOU WITH
10:38:34 THAT CHURCH OVER THERE OR THE SURROUNDINGS PROPERTIES OF
10:38:37 YOUR CHURCH.
10:38:38 >> WELL, I'M HERE THIS WEEK.
10:38:39 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I MADE A PERFECT PLAN TO ASK THEM TO GO AND
10:38:46 LOOK AND SEE WHAT THEY COULD DO IF ANYTHING TO HELP YOU OUT
10:38:49 WITH THE GRASS, WHATEVER IS GOING ON.
10:38:51 ALSO, I'M BY YOUR CHURCH AND MADE MENTION ABOUT IT, YOUR
10:38:55 CHURCH USED TO BE THE OLD TEMPLE.
10:38:59 I KNOW ABOUT THE HISTORY.
10:39:00 MY GRANDKIDS GO NEXT DOOR.
10:39:03 I'M BY THE CHURCH ALL THE TIME.
10:39:06 IT UPSETS ME TO SEE THE CHURCH IN THAT CONDITION.
10:39:08 THAT'S WHY I MADE THE SUGGESTION LAST WEEK.
10:39:10 GOD BLESS YOU, SIR.
10:39:13 I'D LIKE TO GET INSIDE THE CHURCH LIKE MR. MANISCALCO DID.
10:39:17 >> MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO COME DOWN THERE AND SEE ME.
10:39:20 I GUARANTEE YOU, I'LL BE RIGHT THERE WAITING ON YOU.
10:39:23 [INAUDIBLE]
10:39:32 [ LAUGHTER ]
10:39:42 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES, MA'AM.
10:39:43 >> MY NAME IS MARGARET PATTY.
10:39:45 I RESIDE AT --
10:39:48 [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
10:39:49 >>JOSEPH CITRO: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IS PUBLIC
10:39:50 COMMENT.
10:39:50 SO PLEASE ALLOW THE LADY TO SPEAK.
10:39:52 THANK YOU.
10:39:53 >> AGAIN, MARGARET PATTY.
10:39:55 RESIDE AT MADISON HIGHLANDS.
10:39:58 I AM FROM TAMPA.
10:40:00 I GREW UP IN TAMPA.
10:40:01 I SAW OLD TAMPA.
10:40:03 I LOVE TAMPA.
10:40:07 I KNOW THAT EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD HAS CHANGED, AND MENTAL
10:40:11 ILLNESS HAS A LOT TO DO WITH IT.
10:40:14 AND PUBLIC HOUSING WAS SOMETHING I NEVER THOUGHT I'D DEAL
10:40:18 WITH.
10:40:18 BUT I'LL TELL YOU, WHEN I CAME TO THE POINT WHERE I REALLY
10:40:23 NEEDED IT, I'M FINDING IT WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.
10:40:28 I WAS JUST ABOUT TO BE HOMELESS OUT OF A HOTEL WHEN MADISON
10:40:32 HIGHLAND GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE THERE WHERE I WAS
10:40:36 TOLD IT WAS SAFE AND, OF COURSE, IT WAS AFFORDABLE.
10:40:40 AND ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS WAS SAYING, IT HAD SECURITY.
10:40:45 I WAS THERE FOR FIVE WEEKS BEFORE MY CAR WAS VANDALIZED.
10:40:51 TWO WEEKS LATER, MONEY WAS STOLEN OUT OF MY APARTMENT.
10:40:54 THERE IS NO SECURITY.
10:40:55 THERE'S SURVEILLANCE.
10:40:56 SO WE CAN SEE WHO DID IT AFTER THEY DID IT.
10:40:59 AND AS FAR AS SAFETY, YES, WE NEED SOMEONE THERE THAT CAN
10:41:06 HAVE US FEEL COMFORTABLE JUST GOING TO OUR CAR BECAUSE I
10:41:09 NEVER LEAVE AFTER 7:30.
10:41:11 THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT I KNOW YOU KNOW HAVE TO BE DONE
10:41:16 AND I THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US BECAUSE THE WORLD TODAY
10:41:19 FOR US HAS CHANGED.
10:41:20 THE WORLD TODAY FOR EVERYONE HAS CHANGED.
10:41:23 AND YOU'RE HAVING TO DEAL WITH TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT.
10:41:26 AND IT'S NOT BLACK AND WHITE.
10:41:28 IT'S NOT.
10:41:30 WHEN I APPLIED FOR DARE FLORIDA AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF, I
10:41:36 DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE A COMPUTER.
10:41:37 THE WAY I WAS BROUGHT UP, I SHOULD BE ABLE TO BUT I DON'T.
10:41:41 WITH BIPOLAR AND A.D.D., MY BRAIN IS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
10:41:50 OH, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS THIS.
10:41:52 I'M INCAPABLE AND THEN YOU'RE DISMISSED.
10:41:55 I KNOW THEY HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO USE THE
10:41:59 SYSTEM.
10:41:59 FOR THE FIRST TIME I'M IN THE SYSTEM, AND IT IS BROKEN.
10:42:05 BUT I KNOW THAT I HAVE HOPE, AND I KNOW THAT I'M BEING
10:42:11 HEARD, AND I KNOW THAT IT'S A MARATHON, AND IT'S NOT A
10:42:15 SPRINT.
10:42:16 SO I THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE HERE TODAY, AND I THANK YOU
10:42:20 FOR LISTENING TO MY FELLOW NEIGHBORS, AND I'M JUST SAD THAT
10:42:26 THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY HAS ALL THE POWER OVER THE VULNERABLE
10:42:30 BECAUSE WE ARE JUST TRYING TO LIVE.
10:42:32 THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
10:42:33 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:42:36 [ APPLAUSE ]
10:42:39 >> I'M ALICE MOORE.
10:42:41 I TRIED TO SIT STILL AND NOT SAY ANYTHING.
10:42:45 LISTENING TO EVERYBODY, LOOKING AT ALL THESE FACES, IT'S SO
10:42:48 SOLEMN.
10:42:49 WHEN THE MAN SPOKE ABOUT JUNETEENTH, THERE WAS NO REACTION.
10:42:53 YOU SHOULD BE REALLY, REALLY UPSET LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE
10:42:56 CRYING, HURTING, THE YOUNG MAN COULD BARELY TALK TO HIS
10:43:00 EXPERIENCE.
10:43:01 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE DONE.
10:43:05 IT HAS NOT.
10:43:06 IT'S REALLY BEING A SLOW MOVEMENT.
10:43:08 AS THE PERSON SPOKE ABOUT CHURCH, EVERYBODY SEES EVERYBODY
10:43:12 ONCE ELECTION TIME.
10:43:14 NONE OF YOU COME BACK IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
10:43:15 NOBODY KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND YOU'RE SITTING
10:43:19 HERE LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS MY JOB TODAY.
10:43:21 THAT'S LIKE THE PUBLIC DEFENDER.
10:43:22 THEY HAVE SO MANY THINGS IN THE CASELOAD, THEY ARE JUST
10:43:25 GOING THROUGH, THEY DON'T HELP ANYBODY AND NOBODY CARES
10:43:27 WHETHER THEY DO OR NOT SO THE PEOPLE GO TO JAIL FOR NOTHING.
10:43:30 THESE PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING, ALL OF US, NOT JUST SAY MYSELF,
10:43:35 BUT THEY ARE REALLY SUFFERING TO LOOK AT THE LADY THAT STAYS
10:43:39 IN THE APARTMENTS SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT, SHE'S GOING TO BE
10:43:41 SPEAKING IN A FEW MOMENTS.
10:43:43 $2 LEFT OUT OF HER CHECK.
10:43:46 SHE HAS TWO MORE WEEKS BEFORE HER NEXT CHECK COMES.
10:43:51 I DON'T KNOW IF IT COMES AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
10:43:53 I KNOW SOCIAL SECURITY COMES AT DIFFERENT TIMES.
10:43:56 THESE PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING.
10:43:57 YOUR FACES ARE SO SOLEMN.
10:43:59 IT LOOKS LIKE YOU DON'T EVEN CARE.
10:44:01 YOU'RE JUST LISTENING OUT OF BOREDOM.
10:44:04 AND THESE ARE SERIOUS PROBLEMS.
10:44:06 THE HOMELESS IS NOWHERE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:44:09 YOU WOULDN'T ALLOW IT.
10:44:11 BUT YOU HAVE THEM DOWNTOWN.
10:44:12 YOU HAVE THEM IN WEST TAMPA, AND YOU HAVE THEM IN EAST
10:44:16 TAMPA.
10:44:17 IT'S VERY UNFAIR.
10:44:18 WHEN YOU GO HOME, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK AT ANY HOMELESS.
10:44:21 YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANYBODY BEING PUT OUT.
10:44:23 THESE ARE SERIOUS PROBLEMS, PEOPLE, AND THEY ARE.
10:44:27 LADY STAY ON THE STREET AND YOU LOOK AND TURN YOUR NOSE UP.
10:44:31 YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES DOES NOT MEET
10:44:34 ANY OF THESE PEOPLE'S NEEDS.
10:44:35 THE MAN WAS TALKING ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION.
10:44:38 THE CONSTITUTION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR BLACK FOLKS WHEN IT
10:44:41 CAME IN.
10:44:42 WE WERE NOT EVEN CONSIDERED.
10:44:45 THIS IS AFTER THE FACT AND WAS ONLY FOR THE EUROPEANS, WHITE
10:44:49 FOLKS, CAUCASIANS, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO PUT IT.
10:44:52 BUT THERE YOU HAVE TO COME ALIVE.
10:44:55 AND GO AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:44:56 THE LADY WAS TALKING ABOUT SULPHUR SPRINGS.
10:44:59 THEY HAVE BEEN FIXING SULPHUR SPRINGS FOR I DON'T KNOW HOW
10:45:01 LONG AND NOTHING IS HAPPENING.
10:45:03 GO THROUGH, LOOK AT THE APARTMENTS.
10:45:04 LOOK HOW THE STREET LOOKS.
10:45:06 PLEASE, THIS IS SERIOUS.
10:45:08 YOU HAVE PEOPLE ON THE STREET.
10:45:10 YOU GO TO PALMA CEIA.
10:45:12 YOU GO ALL OVER BAYSHORE, YOUR AREA IS PERFECT.
10:45:18 COME AND LOOK AT THE REAL PEOPLE.
10:45:19 COME AND LOOK AT THE PEOPLE THAT'S HURTING, IN TEARS, AND
10:45:23 YOU SEE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME STANDING HERE ABOUT TO CRY.
10:45:26 IT'S TIME TO WAKE UP AND NOT VISIT CHURCHES ONLY ELECTION
10:45:31 TIME.
10:45:31 COME OUT, TALK TO THE PUBLIC AND SEE MORE OF WHAT'S
10:45:35 HAPPENING.
10:45:36 IT'S RIDICULOUS HOW YOU ARE MAKING MUCH MORE MONEY THAN
10:45:39 THESE PEOPLE ARE MAKING.
10:45:40 THEY WON'T SEE IT AND THEY HAVE EARNED THEIR RIGHT FOR
10:45:43 SOCIAL SECURITY TO WORK ALL OF THEIR LIVES AND NOT HAVE TO
10:45:45 SUFFER.
10:45:46 IT'S RIDICULOUS, AND YOU GUYS SHOULD GET ON THE ROAD.
10:45:49 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
10:45:49 [ APPLAUSE ]
10:46:06 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:46:07 >>JOSEPH CITRO: GOOD MORNING.
10:46:08 >> MY NAME IS AMERICA LIVRONE.
10:46:12 I LIVE IN MADISON HIGHLAND.
10:46:16 LAST WEEK, THEY PUT A NOTICE ON MY DOOR THAT IF I DON'T PAY
10:46:22 MY RENT FULL, THEY ARE GOING TO THROW ME OUT.
10:46:26 WHERE AM I GOING TO GO?
10:46:28 I DON'T KNOW.
10:46:30 FLORIDA HOUSING, ALL OF FLORIDA -- OUR FLORIDA IS GOING TO
10:46:37 HELP ME BUT I DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO START
10:46:39 SENDING THE MONEY.
10:46:40 ANYWAY, THE THING IS, I WAS LIVING LAST YEAR IN AN APARTMENT
10:46:46 THAT THE SEWAGE WATER WAS GOING IN MY APARTMENT.
10:46:50 I MOVE OUT OF THERE TO GO INTO -- I SHOULD HAVE STAYED IN
10:46:57 THE SEWAGE APARTMENT BECAUSE IT WAS CHEAPER, BUT I HAD TO
10:47:00 DEAL WITH THE SEWAGE WATER COMING IN MY HOUSE.
10:47:04 NOW, WHEN I WAS LIVING THERE, I GOT THE STIMULUS CHECK, TWO,
10:47:12 THREE STIMULUS CHECKS.
10:47:14 MY SON GOT A CALL FROM HOUSING BECAUSE MY SON LIVE WHERE I
10:47:19 LIVE, AND MANAGEMENT TOLD HIM THAT THE REASON THAT WE ARE
10:47:24 GETTING THE RENT INCREASE BECAUSE WE GOT THE STIMULUS CHECK.
10:47:29 HE WASN'T LIVING THERE.
10:47:31 I WASN'T LIVING THERE, AND PEOPLE WERE NOT LIVING THERE
10:47:35 EITHER.
10:47:35 WHAT IN HEAVEN'S NAME THEY HAVE TO TAKE OUR LITTLE BIT OF
10:47:39 MONEY WHEN WE WERE TOLD IT WAS TAX-FREE.
10:47:44 ISN'T IT TAX-FREE, SIR?
10:47:46 YES?
10:47:47 NO?
10:47:47 MAYBE?
10:47:48 WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO WITH THE RENT INCREASE WHERE I LIVE
10:47:54 BECAUSE OF THE STIMULUS?
10:47:56 HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT?
10:47:58 CAN YOU GUYS ANSWER ME THAT QUESTION, PLEASE?
10:48:01 NOBODY CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION?
10:48:08 >> [INAUDIBLE]
10:48:13 >> NOBODY CAN ANSWER?
10:48:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
10:48:16 I WOULD LIKE TO GO -- BUT WE STILL HAVE COUNCIL PEOPLE THAT
10:48:22 TEND TO ANSWER PEOPLE WHO ARE SPEAKING IN PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:48:26 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IS PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:48:29 >> IT'S A PUBLIC COMMENT, TOO, SIR.
10:48:32 [ENCODER DROP]
10:48:49 -- BECAUSE I GOT THE STIMULUS CHECK.
10:48:57 HAVE TO DO WATER.
10:49:01 THEY DON'T HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
10:49:03 ANYWAY, YOU CAN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION, OKAY, THANK YOU VERY
10:49:07 MUCH FOR LISTENING TO ME.
10:49:12 [ APPLAUSE ]
10:49:12 >>JOSEPH CITRO: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE.
10:49:13 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'M TRYING TO -- MA'AM.
10:49:18 PLEASE, ONE SECOND.
10:49:19 I'M LISTENING TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING.
10:49:21 I WAS WRITING ALSO.
10:49:22 WERE YOU LIVING -- I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE STIMULUS
10:49:26 CHECK.
10:49:26 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GOT TO PAY TAXES ON IT.
10:49:29 I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR LANDLORD, I DON'T KNOW THAT PART OF IT
10:49:32 BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR CONTRACT SAYS.
10:49:34 YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE A CONTRACT.
10:49:36 I DON'T KNOW.
10:49:36 BUT WHEN YOU GOT THE STIMULUS CHECK, WERE YOU LIVING AT THE
10:49:40 PLACE YOU'RE LIVING AT NOW?
10:49:42 >> NO, SIR.
10:49:43 I WAS LIVING IN THE SEWAGE APARTMENT.
10:49:47 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO NOW YOU GO TO ANOTHER APARTMENT AND
10:49:52 THEY ARE ASKING FOR MORE RENT BECAUSE YOU GOT A STIMULUS
10:49:55 CHECK WHEN LIVING SOMEWHERE ELSE?
10:49:57 >> YES, SIR.
10:49:57 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I THINK YOU OUGHT TO GO TO THE STATE
10:49:59 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
10:50:00 SOMETHING WRONG HERE SOMEWHERE.
10:50:01 >> THIS IS WHY WE COME HERE TO ASK YOU GUYS.
10:50:05 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE COMING HERE FOR.
10:50:07 WHAT I'M SAYING IS IF SOME LANDLORD, B, WHICH IS WHERE YOU
10:50:12 ARE AT NOW, YOU GOT YOUR STIMULUS CHECK AND LANDLORD A, BUT
10:50:16 THEY ARE NOT THE SAME LANDLORD, RIGHT?
10:50:18 >> NO.
10:50:19 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HOW IN THE WORLD THE GUY, INDIVIDUAL, THE
10:50:21 LANDLORD -- WHEN SOMETHING THAT YOU WEREN'T EVEN THERE WHEN
10:50:24 THE TIME YOU GOT THE STIMULUS CHECK.
10:50:26 >> SIR, I ASKED HER THAT, AND THIS IS THE QUESTION THAT SHE
10:50:29 SAY YOU GOT THE MONEY SO YOU GOT TO PAY.
10:50:32 SO I FIGURE THAT MONEY WAS FOR US.
10:50:34 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'M GOING TO SEE THAT THIS CITY COUNCIL
10:50:37 ATTORNEY CAN ANSWER, BUT I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO ANYTHING
10:50:39 ABOUT THE STIMULUS CHECK.
10:50:41 I CAN SEND YOU THE DIRECTION, IF WHAT YOU'RE TELLING -- I'M
10:50:46 NOT QUESTIONING YOU.
10:50:47 IF YOU GOT THE STIMULUS CHECK AND YOU WERE NOT AT THAT
10:50:50 APARTMENT COMPLEX AND THEY WANT YOU TO PAY A HIGH RENT
10:50:53 BECAUSE YOU GOT SOMEWHERE ELSE, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S --
10:50:56 YOU OUGHT TO GO TO THE STATE ATTORNEY AND FILE A CHARGE.
10:50:59 >> OKAY, THEN.
10:50:59 THANK YOU, SIR.
10:51:00 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT'S WHAT I THINK.
10:51:06 >>MORRIS MASSEY: WE DON'T RENDER LEGAL ADVICE TO PRIVATE
10:51:08 INDIVIDUALS HERE.
10:51:09 BUT IT SOUNDS -- THE STIMULUS CHECK IS A GOVERNMENTAL
10:51:12 PROGRAM.
10:51:13 IT SHOULDN'T BE RELATED TO THE RENTAL PAYMENTS OR UNDER YOUR
10:51:19 LEASE.
10:51:19 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TERMS OF YOUR LEASE AGREEMENT ARE.
10:51:22 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:51:25 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE'VE BEEN HEARING THIS MADISON HEIGHTS
10:51:30 ISSUE --
10:51:30 >> HIGHLAND.
10:51:32 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MADISON HEIGHTS.
10:51:34 YOU KNOW WHAT I'M REFERRING TO.
10:51:35 HIGHLAND.
10:51:36 I'VE BEEN OVER THERE.
10:51:38 I'VE DRIVEN THROUGH THE PARKING LOT.
10:51:40 I'VE GONE DOWN THE STREETS.
10:51:42 I'VE ASKED STAFF TO HAVE THE POLICE GO OVER AND HAVE A
10:51:45 COMMUNITY MEETING WITH THE RESIDENTS IN REFERENCE TO
10:51:47 SECURITY ISSUES.
10:51:48 I'VE ASKED STAFF TO GET WITH THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY IN
10:51:51 REFERENCE TO YOUR SECURITY GUARD THAT WAS THERE OR WHAT'S
10:51:54 GOING ON WITH YOUR SECURITY ISSUES.
10:51:56 I'VE ASKED STAFF TO GO OVER THERE FOR FOLKS HAVING ISSUES
10:51:59 WITH THEIR HOUSING ISSUES TO TALK TO THOSE FOLKS OR GET A
10:52:02 MEETING WITH THOSE WHO ARE HAVING ISSUES.
10:52:04 ME AS DISTRICT 5 COUNCILOR, I HAVE DONE THOSE THINGS.
10:52:08 I DON'T CONTROL STAFF.
10:52:11 I CAN ONLY ASK THEM TO DO THINGS BECAUSE STAFF WORKS FOR THE
10:52:13 MAYOR.
10:52:14 MAKE THAT CLEAR.
10:52:14 I CAN ASK THEM, BUT I'VE ASKED THOSE THINGS TO BE DONE.
10:52:21 I HAVEN'T HAD A REPORT ON THAT.
10:52:24 I ASK FOR A REPORT FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, HAVE THEY
10:52:27 GONE OVER THERE, MET WITH THE RESIDENTS OF THEIR CONCERNS
10:52:30 ABOUT THE CRIME, WHAT IS GOING ON.
10:52:32 I SEE MS. FEELEY IS HERE.
10:52:34 I'M SURE SHE IS WRITING IT DOWN.
10:52:36 I WANT TO KNOW, HAVE WE GONE OVER THERE, GOTTEN WITH
10:52:38 RESIDENTS WHO NEED ASSISTANCE WHO MAY NOT HAVE COMPUTERS,
10:52:41 WHO MAY NOT BE LITERATE TO SEE WHO WE CAN HELP, WHO WE CAN'T
10:52:45 AND WHERE WE CAN SEND THEM TO GET HELP.
10:52:47 ASK ONE MORE TIME.
10:52:48 STAFF I KNOW THEY ARE LISTENING.
10:52:50 I'VE DONE THAT THREE TIMES NOW.
10:52:51 I'LL ASK FOR THE FOURTH TIME THAT WE HAVE TAMPA POLICE
10:52:53 DEPARTMENT GO OVER THERE.
10:52:55 I ASKED OUR CRA MANAGER TO GO OVER AND HAVE A COMMUNITY
10:52:58 MEETING WITH THE RESIDENTS TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON TO
10:53:00 SEE IF WE CAN ADDRESS THE ISSUES.
10:53:03 I'LL PERSONALLY E-MAIL AND CALL TODAY TO SEE WHEN FACILITATE
10:53:05 THAT ISSUE BECAUSE THAT IS A POINT THAT WE HAVE TO DO, AND
10:53:08 IT HURTS OUR SENIORS.
10:53:10 I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR TO THE FOLKS, SENIOR CITIZENS THAT
10:53:13 I'M GOING TO DO THAT FOR THE FOURTH TIME AGAIN AND ASK THE
10:53:17 ADMINISTRATION TO PLEASE GET BACK WITH ME ON WHEN THEY WILL
10:53:19 DO THE THINGS SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME HERE.
10:53:22 YOU HAVE TO FIND PARKING, DO A LOT OF THINGS, BECAUSE A LOT
10:53:25 OF YOU ARE DISABLED.
10:53:26 A LADY IN THE BACK, TRYING TO GET UP AND HELP HER.
10:53:31 FOURTH TIME I ASK THE ADMINISTRATION GET THOSE THINGS DONE
10:53:34 AND REPORT BACK TO ME SO I CAN GIVE A REPORT TO THE
10:53:37 COMMUNITY.
10:53:38 THANK YOU.
10:53:41 >> BEFORE MY TIME STARTS, I WANT TO REPLY TO COUNCILMAN.
10:53:45 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MS. LOCKETT, THIS IS THREE MINUTES OF PUBLIC
10:53:49 COMMENT.
10:53:49 IF YOU WANT TO TAKE YOUR THREE MINUTES TO REPLY, REBUTTAL TO
10:53:53 COUNCILMAN GUDES --
10:53:53 >> NO I WANT TO PROVIDE HIM INFORMATION --
10:53:56 >>JOSEPH CITRO: CAN YOU DO THAT AFTER THE MEETING?
10:53:58 OR WRITE IT DOWN.
10:53:59 >> ROBIN LOCKETT.
10:54:01 FLORIDA RISING.
10:54:02 COUNCILMAN GUDES, I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH MS. TRAVIS IN
10:54:07 THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP SERVICES MORE MADISON HIGHLAND,
10:54:13 GETTING THOSE TOGETHER.
10:54:15 MADISON HIGHLAND, WE ALSO HAVE MET WITH THE POLICE CHIEF,
10:54:19 AND THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO SEND -- INCREASE THE SERVICE
10:54:23 AROUND THERE.
10:54:24 SO SOME OF THAT STUFF IS IN THE PROCESS.
10:54:27 GOOD INFORMATION, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA IN REGARDS TO PROVIDING
10:54:33 THAT.
10:54:33 MAYBE THIS IS A STATE ATTORNEY'S ISSUE BECAUSE THEY ARE
10:54:38 PRICE GOUGING.
10:54:38 THEY ARE DOING THINGS THAT DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT AND SO FORTH.
10:54:41 SO THAT IS A BIG QUESTION.
10:54:43 THIS IS A CIVIC ENGAGEMENT SITUATION, RIGHT?
10:54:49 SOME OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE NOT BEEN DOWN TO CITY COUNCIL.
10:54:53 SO THIS HAS BEEN A REAL INTERESTING JOURNEY FOR ME, RIGHT?
10:54:56 THEY KNEW THAT THERE WAS NOTHING GOING TO BE DONE WITH THE
10:55:03 REQUEST, THE UNANIMOUS VOTE TWO WEEKS AGO.
10:55:06 BUT THEY WANTED TO COME AND SIT AND LISTEN TO THE PROCESS TO
10:55:09 BE INVOLVED TO SEE WHAT THE FINDINGS WERE.
10:55:12 SO THIS IS A REAL CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.
10:55:15 I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU GUYS REALIZE THAT BECAUSE ONCE THEY
10:55:18 REALLY START TO UNDERSTAND HOW THINGS WORK AND THAT THIS
10:55:23 COUNCIL CHAMBERS IS FOR THEM, THEY ARE GOING TO BE DOWN HERE
10:55:27 A LOT.
10:55:27 THEY ARE GOING TO BE DOWN HERE A LOT AND THAT'S WHAT YOU
10:55:31 SHOULD WANT.
10:55:32 IN REGARDS TO WE'RE DEALING WITH A LOT OF SENIORS, THERE IS
10:55:36 AN ISSUE WITH PARKING HERE.
10:55:38 CAN'T FIND PARKING SPACES.
10:55:40 NOW, WHEN THEY GO TO THE METER, THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY, BUT
10:55:45 THERE IS NO -- JUST LIKE MAYBE ON CITY COUNCIL DAYS, WHEN
10:55:49 THERE'S A COUNCIL MEETING, THAT THOSE THINGS ARE OUTLINED,
10:55:52 SOMEWHERE IDENTIFIED FOR DISABILITY BECAUSE THERE'S NOWHERE
10:55:57 FOR THEM TO PARK ANYWHERE.
10:55:59 SO I'M DRIVING UP KENNEDY AND I SEE MS. AMERICA PUSHING HER
10:56:08 WALKER UP THE STREET.
10:56:10 SO THERE'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE DONE THERE FOR THEM TO
10:56:13 BE INVOLVED WITH THIS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.
10:56:19 >> [INAUDIBLE]
10:56:23 >> AND -- OH, SHOOT.
10:56:25 I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT.
10:56:26 THAT'S EASY TO DO.
10:56:27 I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS, EVERYBODY, FOR THE UNANIMOUS VOTE.
10:56:32 I DO RECOGNIZE -- I DIDN'T EXPECT ANYTHING TODAY, BUT I LOOK
10:56:36 FORWARD TO WORKING WITH COUNCIL IN REGARDS TO GETTING THE
10:56:40 COMPLAINT REGISTRY PASSED AND ALSO THE TENANT ADVISORY
10:56:43 ADVOCACY OFFICE COMPLETE AND, AMONG OTHER THINGS.
10:56:49 BUT I THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AT IT BECAUSE WE CAME A LONG WAY
10:56:52 FROM FEBRUARY.
10:56:53 SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
10:56:54 I DO APPRECIATE THAT.
10:56:55 THAT'S ALL.
10:56:56 MY TIME IS UP.
10:56:56 [ APPLAUSE ]
10:57:03 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
10:57:05 NO, WE'RE NOT.
10:57:07 WE STILL HAVE PLENTY.
10:57:08 I JUST SAW ONE PERSON COME IN.
10:57:11 I AM SUSPECTING HE WANTS TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:57:13 BUT WE STILL HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE ONLINE.
10:57:15 DO YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR COMMENT?
10:57:17 OKAY.
10:57:19 BROTHER JARVIS, YOU JUST WALKED IN.
10:57:23 AM I ASSUMING YOU WANT TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT?
10:57:27 IS THAT YES OR NO, BROTHER JARVIS?
10:57:35 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CITRO AND CITY COUNCIL.
10:57:37 I JUST WANT TO SAY THERE IS A NEW WAVE OF ACTIVISM THAT'S
10:57:41 COMING INTO THIS COMMUNITY, ELECTED OFFICIALS, I THINK YOU
10:57:45 NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO.
10:57:47 FLORIDA RISING HAS BEEN ABLE TO ORGANIZE PEOPLE AND MAKE
10:57:51 CERTAIN DEMANDS.
10:57:52 ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES AND POLITICS IS A SERIOUS
10:57:56 MATTER.
10:57:57 BUT IT'S ABOUT SERVING.
10:57:59 ABOUT SERVING AND ABOUT LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE AND SEE IF
10:58:01 WE CAN MAKE SOME CONCRETE CHANGES.
10:58:04 WE WANT TO GO DOWN IN HISTORY SAYING WHEN I SAT ON CITY
10:58:06 COUNCIL, I CAN LOOK BACK AND SAY THESE ARE THE POSITIVE
10:58:10 CHANGES THAT I DID AND SUPPORTED THAT AFFECTED OUR COMMUNITY
10:58:12 IN A POSITIVE WAY.
10:58:14 THIS TOWN IS A GREAT TOWN, BUT WE HAVE TO STAND UP AND
10:58:17 ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF GREAT LEADERSHIP.
10:58:19 AND WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT LEADERSHIP BE INDEPENDENT
10:58:23 THOUGHT AND DOING WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE CONSTITUENCY AND
10:58:25 WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE.
10:58:26 THANK YOU.
10:58:27 >>JOSEPH CITRO: BROTHER JARVIS, MOST OF US KNOW YOU AND MOST
10:58:31 OF THE PEOPLE KNOW YOU, BUT PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE
10:58:34 RECORD.
10:58:35 >> JARVIS DEL MEAN, COMMUNITY ORGANIZER, LOVE THIS TOWN.
10:58:39 BEEN HERE OVER 35 YEARS.
10:58:42 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
10:58:42 ANYBODY IN CHAMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT?
10:58:45 IF NOT, WE WILL GO INTO THE CALL-IN.
10:58:50 DO WE HAVE MR. SOTO ON THE LINE?
10:58:54 >> HI, GOOD MORNING.
10:58:56 COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL ATTORNEY MASSEY, AND MADAM CLERK,
10:58:59 MY NAME IS CAMILO SOTO.
10:59:01 I AM A NEIGHBOR OF MR. SAVITT WHO SPOKE EARLIER TODAY
10:59:07 REGARDING THE FLOODING ISSUE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:59:10 WANT TO ELABORATE MORE ON THE FLOODING ISSUE.
10:59:12 THERE ARE TWO MAIN CONTRIBUTING FACTORS THAT ARE OCCURRING
10:59:15 THAT ARE CAUSING, I THINK, AN EXACERBATION OF THE FLOODING.
10:59:20 WOULD LIKE TO BRING THEM TO YOUR ATTENTION IN CASE THEY ARE
10:59:22 NOT ON YOUR RADAR.
10:59:24 THERE ARE DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA IS
10:59:27 PUTTING ON NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT REQUIRES ASPHALTING OF
10:59:31 ALLEYWAYS.
10:59:34 SOMETIMES THE WHOLE ALLEYWAY WHEN A PARTICULAR NEW BUILDING
10:59:38 IS ACCESSING A CITY OF TAMPA RIGHT-OF-WAY.
10:59:40 I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT NO CIVIL ENGINEERING OR STORMWATER
10:59:44 ENGINEERING IS REQUIRED IN THE ANALYSIS OF THE ASPHALTING.
10:59:50 THE OTHER CONTRIBUTING FACTOR THAT I FOUND OUT IS THAT WHEN
10:59:53 NEW POOLS ARE BUILT, THE OVERFLOW OF THOSE POOLS ARE
10:59:57 DIRECTED OR INDICATED TO GO INTO I GUESS WHATEVER DRAINAGE
11:00:01 SYSTEM THERE IS, BUT THEN ALSO THEY DIRECT WHATEVER OVERFLOW
11:00:05 THE SYSTEM DOESN'T CAPTURE INTO THE CITY'S ALLEYWAY.
11:00:07 NOW, I KNOW DEVELOPMENT IS INEVITABLE, BUT IN ORDER TO HAVE
11:00:13 DEVELOPMENT, WE NEED TO HAVE RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT.
11:00:15 AND SO THE OTHER FACTOR IS THAT WE LACK STORMWATER
11:00:19 INFRASTRUCTURE.
11:00:21 ANY OF IT AROUND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:00:23 AND SO THOSE TWO ISSUES I'VE BROUGHT TO STAFF'S ATTENTION.
11:00:29 I'VE BEEN BOUNCED AROUND MORE THAN JACKIE CHAN IN THE MOVIE
11:00:35 DRUNKEN MASTER.
11:00:36 I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET A RESPONSE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN
11:00:39 BOUNCED AROUND ENOUGH NOW THAT I KNOW THAT STORMWATER
11:00:42 ENGINEERING NEEDS TO MAKE A CALL.
11:00:44 THEY NEED TO EVALUATE THE FLOODING SITUATION OVER IN OUR
11:00:48 NEIGHBORHOOD, AND DO THE RIGHT THING AND INSTALL STORMWATER
11:00:52 INFRASTRUCTURE INTO THE ALLEYWAY THAT THEY ARE BASICALLY
11:00:56 MAKING FOLKS DO THINGS FOR, BUT THE CITY HAS NOT DONE
11:00:59 ANYTHING WITH.
11:01:01 I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY IRRESPONSIBLE.
11:01:03 IT'S NEGLIGENT, AND IT'S JUST EXACERBATING OUR FLOODING
11:01:08 ISSUE.
11:01:08 SO I AS A PROPERTY OWNER, I'M HAVING TO EXPEND A SIGNIFICANT
11:01:12 AMOUNT OF MONEY TO UPGRADE MY DRAINAGE SYSTEM IN ORDER TO
11:01:16 MITIGATE NOW THE ADDITIONAL FLOODING THAT I'M HAVING TO
11:01:20 CAPTURE ON MY PROPERTY.
11:01:21 AN EXAMPLE OF A VERY RECENT RAIN EVENT OCCURRED ON JUNE
11:01:25 2nd, JUST THIS MONTH, FROM JUNE 2nd TO JUNE 3rd.
11:01:30 WE EXPERIENCED ON MY PROPERTY, AT LEAST 12-INCH RISE IN
11:01:35 FLOOD.
11:01:35 THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
11:01:36 THAT'S NOT EVEN A HURRICANE.
11:01:37 IT WAS JUST A VERY INTENSE SHORT RAIN EVENT.
11:01:41 SO MY ASK IS, WE NEED STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE, AND I LOVE
11:01:45 MR. AL HOLE TO RESPOND TO MY E-MAILS AND INDICATE WHAT NEEDS
11:01:49 TO BE DONE.
11:01:50 I'VE CORRESPONDED WITH HIM VIA E-MAIL.
11:01:52 JUST HAVEN'T GOT RESPONSES.
11:01:54 CORRESPONDED WITH STAFF.
11:01:55 BEEN BOUNCED AROUND.
11:01:56 I WOULD LIKE TO SEE STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE PUT IN THAT
11:01:59 ALLEYWAY.
11:01:59 THANK YOU.
11:02:01 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. SOTO.
11:02:03 IS MS. SOTO ON THE LINE?
11:02:13 >>THE CLERK: MRS. SOTO, IF YOU ARE ON THE LINE, PLEASE
11:02:17 UNMUTE YOURSELF.
11:02:18 >> GOOD MORNING.
11:02:20 CAN YOU HEAR ME?
11:02:21 >>JOSEPH CITRO: GOOD MORNING.
11:02:23 >> MY NAME IS ARLENE SOTO, RESIDE AT 105 WEST FRANCES AVENUE
11:02:29 IN TAMPA HEIGHTS AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT AND REQUEST
11:02:31 IMMEDIATE ACTION ON ALLEYWAY MENTIONED EARLIER BY MR. SOTO
11:02:37 AND MR. SAVITT FROM 104 WEST AMELIA AVENUE.
11:02:41 WE ARE NEIGHBORS, AND OUR PROPERTIES ARE BEING IMPACTED WITH
11:02:45 THE SAME -- MY PROPERTY IS IMPACTED WITH THE SAME LEVEL OF
11:02:48 FLOODING THAT WAS JUST REFERENCED BY MR. SOTO.
11:02:50 THE ALLEYWAY IS LOCATED NORTH OF FRANCES AVENUE, SOUTH OF
11:02:54 AMELIA AVENUE, EAST OF HIGHLAND AVENUE AND WEST OF TAMPA
11:02:58 STREET FOR REFERENCE.
11:03:01 AGAIN, THAT ALLEYWAY, STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THE
11:03:08 CITY HAS BEEN APPROVING ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THERE IS
11:03:12 NO INTERLOCK OR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE STORMWATER
11:03:15 INFRASTRUCTURE TO ADDRESS THE FLOODING ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN
11:03:19 INCREDIBLY INCREASING IN THE DEVELOPMENT BY POOL ADDITIONS
11:03:24 THAT GET APPROVED.
11:03:26 SO MY REQUEST FOR THE CITY COUNCIL HERE IS TO SUPPORT OUR
11:03:29 NEIGHBORHOOD AND FACILITATE WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA TO LOOK
11:03:33 INTO THIS ALLEYWAY IMMEDIATELY AND HAVE THE CITY WORK WITH
11:03:36 STORMWATER AND INCLUDE IMPROVEMENTS TO ADDRESS THE FLOODING
11:03:41 SITUATIONS TO PREVENT RISKS AND FURTHER PROPERTY DAMAGES.
11:03:45 WE ARE ALL AWARE IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME FOR THE MAJORITY
11:03:49 OF THE BLOCK TO BE FLOODED AGAIN.
11:03:53 SO WE ARE INCURRING ADDITIONAL COSTS TO PROTECT OUR
11:03:57 PROPERTIES SO WE ALSO NEED THE CITY TO ADDRESS THIS AND DO
11:04:01 DUE DILIGENCE.
11:04:02 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
11:04:05 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
11:04:13 MS. STEPHANIE POYNOR.
11:04:20 >>THE CLERK: MS. POYNOR, IF YOU ARE ON THE LINE, PLEASE
11:04:23 UNMUTE YOURSELF.
11:04:24 >> YES, SIR, SORRY.
11:04:25 I WAS LISTENING TO THE TV, NOT THE RADIO. HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
11:04:31 NUMBER 67, I WANT TO BRIEFLY ADDRESS THIS TENANTS ADVOCACY
11:04:36 PROGRAM.
11:04:38 I THOUGHT THERE WAS DISCUSSION WHEN THE RENTAL REGISTRATION
11:04:41 WAS PUT ON OCTOBER 28th OF 2021, I AM NUMBER 5 ON THAT
11:04:46 WORKSHOP -- ITEM NUMBER 5 ON THAT WORKSHOP AGENDA.
11:04:49 SO THAT WOULD BE PUT IN PLACE AT THAT POINT IN TIME,
11:04:52 APPROXIMATELY 10:30 A.M. DURING THAT MEETING, THERE WAS A
11:04:55 DISCUSSION ABOUT A REPORTING SYSTEM.
11:05:00 SO I AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY ARE WE DOING THIS AGAIN, OR
11:05:03 WHY WASN'T IT STARTED ALREADY?
11:05:06 JUST CURIOUS.
11:05:08 NUMBER 58, WOW, WE CAN TALK ABOUT CFI.
11:05:13 OH, MY GOSH, IT'S AMAZING.
11:05:15 I'M SURPRISED, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT THE FLUEDRA IS
11:05:19 COMPLETE.
11:05:21 HEY, I'M NO LAWYER, NOR I DO PLAY UP WITH AT CITY COUNCIL.
11:05:27 IN 2005 THERE WAS A STUDY DONE FOR SOUTHERN GANDY, AND THERE
11:05:32 WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A RED LIGHT PUT IN AT WESTSHORE.
11:05:35 HERE WE ARE 17 YEARS LATER, WE STILL DON'T HAVE IT.
11:05:38 BUT WE HAVE DOUBLE THE DWELLING UNITS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
11:05:44 THE CITY NEEDS MORE DWELLING UNITS?
11:05:47 WE STARTED ON THIS TIRADE ABOUT THE HOUSING SOUTH OF GANDY,
11:05:53 WE WEREN'T IN A HOUSING CRISIS.
11:05:55 BUT WE ALSO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT SAYS WE ARE NOT
11:06:00 SUPPOSED TO HAVE MORE HOUSING SOUTH OF GANDY.
11:06:02 WHY?
11:06:03 WELL, BECAUSE OF THE DEAD-END. ANYWAY, BUT THE NICE PART IS
11:06:07 THAT SOUTHEASTERN HAS DECIDED TO PURCHASE THE LAND FOR CFI,
11:06:13 AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME HELP FROM THE CITY TO GIVE
11:06:18 US A PUBLIC PARK.
11:06:20 NOW, I HAVE PULLED THE FY 2022 BUDGET.
11:06:23 THERE'S A $7 MILLION ALLOCATION TO EXTEND TYSON FROM
11:06:27 WESTSHORE TO MANHATTAN.
11:06:29 WE DON'T WANT IT.
11:06:30 THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE REALLY THINK THAT'S A STUPID WASTE
11:06:33 OF MONEY SO LET'S APPLY IT TO THE MONEY FOR THE PARK THAT WE
11:06:35 ARE TALKING ABOUT.
11:06:37 AND THE RED LIGHT AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE, SEWER, WATER,
11:06:41 BLAH-BLAH-BLAH.
11:06:42 AND I WOULD POINT OUT THAT TWO OF THE FIVE OR SIX APARTMENT
11:06:48 COMPLEXES ARE ALREADY PULLING IN 2.6 MILLION A YEAR MORE IN
11:06:54 TAX MONEY FOR APARTMENT COMPLEXES PUT IN THERE SO WHY NOT
11:07:02 REINVEST SOME OF THAT MONEY.
11:07:03 I RECALL WEEKS AGO BEING UP HERE TALKING TO YOU GUYS ABOUT
11:07:06 HOW WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ALL THIS NEW MONEY COME IN AND IT'S
11:07:09 GOING TO GO TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:07:11 WE JUST WANT A LITTLE BIT BACK.
11:07:18 WE DON'T NEED THE APARTMENTS IN OUR AREA BECAUSE -- COMING,
11:07:24 AND THEN WE HAVE FOLKS IN CL CRAS WHO CAN'T GET ENOUGH
11:07:28 HOUSING TO SAVE THEIR LIVES.
11:07:29 I DON'T GET IT. WHY DON'T WE SEND SOME OF THESE FOLKS TO
11:07:32 THE AREAS OF TOWN WHERE WE NEED THE HOUSING AND WHERE
11:07:35 THERE'S LAND FOR THE HOUSING?
11:07:37 BUT WHAT DO I KNOW?
11:07:39 4,000 UNITS IN SIX YEARS, WE HAVE 3500 SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES.
11:07:43 WE HAVE 22,000 PEOPLE WHO TRAVEL THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY EVERY
11:07:47 DAY TO GO TO WORK AT MacDILL.
11:07:50 [BELL SOUNDS]
11:07:51 PLEASE TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION.
11:07:52 HAVE A GOOD DAY.
11:07:54 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MS. POYNOR.
11:07:56 IS MR. MARTIN ON THE LINE?
11:08:02 MR. KILMARTIN?
11:08:06 >> THIS IS ROBERT KILLMARTIN.
11:08:10 I WAS GOING TO ADD TO MR. aND MRS. SOTO AS WELL AS MR.
11:08:14 SAVITT.
11:08:15 I LIVE AT 106 AMELIA WHICH AGAIN IS THE FLOODING ALLEY
11:08:19 ISSUE, JUST WANT TO TALK ON A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WERE
11:08:22 BROUGHT UP EARLIER IN THE MEETING ABOUT A LOT OF DANGER
11:08:27 WARNINGS ON FLOODING AND WE HAVE TO PREPARE OURSELVES AND A
11:08:29 LOT OF TALK OUT THERE FROM FOLKS THAT TALKED ABOUT
11:08:33 DIVERSITY.
11:08:34 THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS VERY DIVERSE.
11:08:35 WE HAVE FOLKS THAT HAVE LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 40
11:08:38 SOME ODD YEARS.
11:08:39 THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE AFRICAN-AMERICAN.
11:08:41 THIS IS AN ALLEYWAY THAT PEOPLE UTILIZE CONSTANTLY AS FAR AS
11:08:46 BLOCKING THROUGH AS A COMPLETELY LEGAL SHORTCUT.
11:08:54 AGAIN AS MR. aND MRS. SOTO STATED, THE RAIN ABOUT A WEEK
11:08:59 OR SO AGO.
11:09:00 IT WAS UNTENABLE.
11:09:01 EVEN A VEHICLE COULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH THE WATER.
11:09:04 THEREFORE, HOW IS SOMEONE WHO IS WALKING THROUGH WITH THEIR
11:09:06 CHILDREN OR RIDING THEIR BIKE THROUGH THAT ALLEY, HOW ARE
11:09:09 THEY SUPPOSED TO DO THAT WITH WATER THAT WOULD BE ALMOST AT
11:09:14 THEIR KNEE LEVEL.
11:09:15 SO ESSENTIALLY, WHAT I AM ASKING IS ON TOP OF WHAT THEY ARE
11:09:19 ASKING IS, JUST SOME TYPE OF RESEARCH ON INFRASTRUCTURE OR A
11:09:23 CONVERSATION.
11:09:24 WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE LIKE MR. SOTO WHO HAS SENT COUNT JUST
11:09:28 E-MAILS AND IS BEING BOUNCED AROUND THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE.
11:09:31 THIS IS SOMETHING AGAIN THAT IS AN INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUE, NOT
11:09:34 A SOCIAL ISSUE, NOT A POLITICAL ISSUE, JUST SIMPLY
11:09:37 INFRASTRUCTURE.
11:09:38 SO WE NEED TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF RESPONSE TO THIS FOR
11:09:47 OURSELVES AND OTHER PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO TRAVEL
11:09:49 THROUGH.
11:09:49 THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE ESPECIALLY WITH HURRICANES COMING.
11:09:52 AGAIN WE HAVE NOT HAD A HURRICANE.
11:09:54 WE HAVE HAD SOME STRONG RAINS.
11:09:55 THOSE STRONG RAINS ARE PREVENTING THE ALLEYWAY FROM ANY TYPE
11:09:59 OF TRAVEL.
11:10:00 THAT'S OUR MAIN ENTRY TO AND FROM FOLKS' DRIVEWAYS.
11:10:04 IN ADDITION WITH THE HURRICANE COMING, IT'S GOING TO BE
11:10:07 ABSOLUTELY CATASTROPHIC FOR THOSE FOLKS.
11:10:10 IN ADDITION, THERE'S PROBABLY SIX TO SEVEN PEOPLE THAT LIVE
11:10:14 IN MR. SAVITT'S COMPLEX AND THOSE FOLKS CAN'T EVEN LEAVE THE
11:10:21 BACK OF THEIR HOUSE OR DRIVEWAY TO WALK OUT BECAUSE THE
11:10:24 WATER IS FILLING UP SO HEAVY.
11:10:26 MR. SOTO, AND I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT AMOUNT OF
11:10:29 MONEY HE SPENT BUT EACH AS WE SPEAK THERE'S A CREW OF ABOUT
11:10:32 FIVE PEOPLE THERE LAYING DOWN ROCKS AND ATTEMPTING TO HELP
11:10:36 HIM TO FIX IT.
11:10:37 HE'S ALREADY PURCHASED A SUMP PUMP.
11:10:40 THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT THE CITY IS BLOWING OFF AND NOT
11:10:44 PAYING ATTENTION TO ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
11:10:46 IT SHOULDN'T BE UP TO A PRIVATE CITIZEN, ESPECIALLY PRIVATE
11:10:49 CITIZENS IN THAT AREA THAT ARE UNDERPRIVILEGED OR DON'T HAVE
11:10:52 THE FINANCES, SIT HERE AND KEEP PILING UP GRAVEL AND
11:10:55 EVERYTHING ELSE SO THEY AND THEIR CHILDREN CAN MAKE IT TO
11:10:58 THE BUS STOP.
11:10:59 AGAIN, THIS IS ROBERT KILMARTIN FROM AMELIA AVENUE IN THAT
11:11:03 ALLEY AREA.
11:11:04 THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
11:11:06 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
11:11:08 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:11:09 MR. RANDOLPH.
11:11:09 >> GOOD MORNING.
11:11:12 MY NAME IS MICHAEL RANDOLPH.
11:11:14 AND I LIVE AM WITH THE WEST TAMPA CDC.
11:11:19 YESTERDAY A 16-YEAR-OLD WAS SHOT.
11:11:22 ON JULY 10th -- FOR UNDERSTANDING THE KILLING?
11:11:40 PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
11:11:43 CONNECTING THE DOTS TO ADJACENT STREETS.
11:11:52 IN BALTIMORE OVER 120 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED SO FAR.
11:11:55 YET, A PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAM IS ANYWHERE FROM ZERO TO 40%
11:12:03 DOWN ON THE NUMBER.
11:12:06 THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL.
11:12:15 THEY ACTUALLY GO TO THE HOSPITAL WHEN A PERSON IS SHOT
11:12:18 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE FIRST 24 HOURS RETALIATION OCCURS, SO
11:12:24 THEY GO TO THE HOSPITAL TO INTERVENE
11:12:34 IN CHICAGO THEY HAD THIS GROUP WITH INMATES HAVE GOTTEN
11:12:38 TOGETHER TO COMBAT.
11:12:42 WHEN IT COMES TO KILLING ON THE STREETS, THE STREETS
11:12:47 CONTROL.
11:12:48 COUNCILMAN GUDES, THE MAYOR, AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE WILL
11:12:55 TELL YOU, THEY DON'T CONTROL THE STREETS.
11:12:58 THE STREETS CONTROL THE STREETS.
11:13:00 THEY JUST MAINTAIN IT.
11:13:02 THAT'S WHY THE STREETS ARE CONTROLLED BY THE STREETS.
11:13:11 THE SUMMER IS COMING AND KILLINGS ARE GOING TO GO UP.
11:13:16 PEOPLE ARE CRYING OUT THERE TO STOP THE KILLING.
11:13:23 AGAIN, HOW DO YOU REALLY STOP THE KILLING?
11:13:28 THE STREETS CONTROL.
11:13:33 WE WANT A PROGRAM THAT THE STREETS STOP THE KILLING.
11:13:36 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:13:36 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
11:13:39 MS. BENNETT.
11:13:39 >>THE CLERK: PUT ON THE RECORD THAT MS. STROHMEYER DID
11:13:50 E-MAIL ME SAYING SHE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SPEAK DUE TO A
11:13:54 CONFLICT.
11:13:57 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:13:58 ANYONE ELSE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS THAT WANTS TO MAKE PUBLIC
11:14:01 COMMENT?
11:14:02 IF NOT WE WILL GO ON WITH STAFF REPORTS.
11:14:10 COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:14:11 >>BILL CARLSON: JUST FOR ANYBODY WATCHING FOR THE FIRST
11:14:14 TIME OR HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME, AS CHAIR SAID, THE RULES OF
11:14:17 CITY COUNCIL ARE THAT DURING PUBLIC COMMENT WE ARE NOT
11:14:20 SUPPOSED TO ASK QUESTIONS, WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO RESPOND TO
11:14:22 QUESTIONS, WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO MAKE STATEMENTS.
11:14:24 AND IF YOU SEE US LOOK FRUSTRATED UP HERE HAVE, BLANK STAIRS
11:14:29 STARES, PROBABLY IT'S FRUSTRATION THAT WE CAN'T SAY
11:14:32 ANYTHING.
11:14:32 IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING.
11:14:35 IT'S THAT'S CITY COUNCIL RULES.
11:14:36 SOMETIMES WE BREAK THE RULES BECAUSE WE FEEL COMPELLED.
11:14:40 I THINK WE WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TO EVERY PERSON IN PUBLIC
11:14:44 COMMENT.
11:14:44 HOWEVER I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT WE ARE AVAILABLE ALL
11:14:46 THE TIME TO MEET WITH CONSTITUENTS, AND MY OFFICE HAS MET
11:14:50 WITH SEVERAL OF YOU.
11:14:51 WE CAN'T MEET TOGETHER BECAUSE OF SUNSHINE BUT WE CAN MEET
11:14:54 WITH YOU INDIVIDUALLY.
11:14:56 I MEAT H MET WITH FOUR OR FIVE OF MS. LOCKETT'S COLLEAGUES
11:15:00 AND WE CAN MEET AND HAVE CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.
11:15:06 IF YOU WANT CONVERSATION PLEASE TALK TO US.
11:15:08 THE OTHER THING I WANT TO LET NOW EVEN THOUGH SEVERAL OF US
11:15:11 REPRESENT DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY, I REPRESENT SOUTH
11:15:13 TAMPA, I HAVE BEEN CRITICIZED FOR SPENDING TOO MUCH IN EAST
11:15:18 TAMPA.
11:15:20 I WANT ORLANDO GUDES TO COME TO SOUTH TAMPA BECAUSE WE VOTE
11:15:23 ON ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND IT.
11:15:25 SO PLEASE CONTINUE TO TALK TO US.
11:15:29 JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW POWERFUL THE PUBLIC IS, I
11:15:32 DON'T KNOW IF D'ANGELO IS STILL THERE, BUT ABOUT FIVE YEARS
11:15:36 AGO HE AND OTHERS CAME BEFORE THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION
11:15:40 AND FIVE OF US LISTENING TO THE PUBLIC, WE EXPANDED THE
11:15:46 CATEGORIES OF PROTECTION IN THE COMMUNITY, ALSO AMONG OTHER
11:15:50 THINGS, A MONTH AGO I SAT THROUGH THE FOUR HOURS OF THE
11:15:56 ADVISORY, SO THE PBA AT THE TIME ASKED US NOT TO SINGLE THEM
11:15:59 OUT, AND SO WE AGREED TO EXPAND IT TO COVER EVERYBODY IN THE
11:16:03 CITY, SO EVERY SINGLE BODY INCLUDING US ARE SITTING THROUGH
11:16:07 IT AND IT'S NOT PERFECT BUT IT'S A LOT BETTER.
11:16:10 I WANT TO ASK YOU ALL, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ACTIVISM
11:16:14 AND BRINGING PEOPLE HERE TODAY, PLEASE INCLUDE THE MAYOR IN
11:16:16 YOUR DISCUSSIONS, BECAUSE THE MAYOR CONTROLS THE STAFF, AND
11:16:20 THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, AND WE CAN'T GET ANYTHING DONE UNLESS
11:16:24 WE CAN HAVE COLLABORATION THERE.
11:16:25 THE SAME THING WITH THE COUNTY.
11:16:26 THE COUNTY HAS A MUCH BIGGER BUDGET THAN THE CITY.
11:16:29 THE STATE HAS A BUDGET.
11:16:30 THE STATE ALSO PREEMPTS US FROM DOING CERTAIN THINGS.
11:16:33 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS A MUCH BIGGER BUDGET.
11:16:36 PLEASE DON'T FORGET THE TAMPA HOUSING AUTHORITY WHICH
11:16:38 CONTROLS A LOT OF THE STOCK OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
11:16:44 AS YOU ARE WATCHING, IF YOU WATCHED THE AGENDA OVERALL
11:16:47 THERE'S NOT A LOT OF BUDGET THAT WE HAVE WIGGLE ROOM WITH
11:16:50 BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS GOING THROUGH LIKE 200 MILLION
11:16:53 PROJECT FOR NEW OFFICE ON HAN EH AVENUE.
11:16:57 THANK HOW MANY AFFORDABLE HOMES COULD HAVE BEEN BUILT WITH
11:16:59 THAT MONEY HAD WE BEEN ABLE TO STOP THAT.
11:17:02 CITY COUNCIL IS NOT ABLE TO STOP THAT PROJECT.
11:17:04 THERE'S A PROJECT GOING THROUGH THE WATER DEPARTMENT CALLED
11:17:07 TOILET TO TAP THAT COULD COST BETWEEN 2 BILLION AND 6
11:17:11 BILLION DOLLARS.
11:17:12 WE CAN'T USE THOSE FUNDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUT WE WOULD
11:17:18 HAVE SOLVED THAT PROBLEM BY NOW.
11:17:21 THIS CITY COUNCIL LISTENING TO THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN WORKING
11:17:24 HARD FOR THREE YEARS ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING, INCLUDES
11:17:26 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER ISSUES, AND INCLUSIVE
11:17:29 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE COMMUNITY -- THEY DON'T WANT TO
11:17:34 WORK ON IT.
11:17:36 THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE CAN DO TO WORK TOGETHER.
11:17:38 THERE ARE CRAs IN DOWNTOWN AND CHANNEL DISTRICT WE CAN
11:17:41 SHIFT UP TO 10 OR 15, 20 MILLION A YEAR FROM THESE AREAS
11:17:44 THAT DON'T HAVE SLUM AND BLIGHT OR PROPERTY AND MOVE THEM TO
11:17:47 AREAS THAT DO.
11:17:48 BUT WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO DO THAT.
11:17:50 THE LAST THING I WILL SAY IS WHILE WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO
11:17:52 IMPLEMENT ALL THESE NEW POLICIES LISTENING THROUGHOUT THE
11:17:54 LAST FEW YEARS, WE FOUND OUT LAST FALL THAT FROM THE "TAMPA
11:17:58 BAY TIMES" THAT THERE WAS A PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN CALLED NOW
11:18:01 RENTING WHILE BLACK, WHICH WAS EVICTING PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR
11:18:04 HOMES WITHOUT DUE PROCESS.
11:18:06 AND THE TAMPA HOUSING AUTHORITY WAS PART OF THAT.
11:18:09 THIS CITY COUNCIL WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE INTERIM POLICE
11:18:13 CHIEF RUBEN DELGADO TO END THAT PROGRAM, AND THEN IT TURNS
11:18:17 OUT A MONTH OR SO AGO WE FOUND OUT THE UNITED STATES JUSTICE
11:18:20 DEPARTMENT AT THE REQUEST OF THE ACLU AND NAACP, SENT THE
11:18:25 MAYOR A LETTER IN DECEMBER, AND NOW THEY ARE DOING A CIVIL
11:18:28 RIGHTS INVESTIGATION OF THE CITY.
11:18:29 BUT WE CITY COUNCIL ONLY FOUND OUT SIX MONTHS LATER.
11:18:32 SO WHILE WE ARE TRYING TO PUSH THESE POLICIES FORWARD, WE
11:18:35 NEED THE COLLABORATION AND COOPERATION OF THE
11:18:37 ADMINISTRATION, BUT IN THE MEANTIME ADMINISTRATION IS BEING
11:18:40 INVESTIGATED BY THE UNITED STATES JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
11:18:42 SO PLEASE, WE NEED YOUR HELP.
11:18:44 THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN THE CITY, A LOT OF MULTIPLE
11:18:47 GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
11:18:48 WE WANT TO COLLABORATE WITH YOU.
11:18:49 PLEASE SET UP MEETINGS WITH US INDIVIDUALLY.
11:18:52 WE WOULD LOVE TO MEET WITH YOU.
11:18:54 THANK YOU.
11:18:54 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:19:00 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:19:02 I WANT TO MAKE SURE WHAT I HEARD IS CORRECT AND I NEED AN
11:19:04 OPINION FROM ONE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S, ENTERPRISE MONEY
11:19:08 FOR GENERAL FUND.
11:19:09 >>MORRIS MASSEY: YOU CANNOT USE ENTERPRISE MONEY FOR OTHER
11:19:14 THINGS ON THE THAN R WHAT ENTERPRISE MONEY IS INTENDED FOR.
11:19:20 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:19:22 >>LYNN HURTAK: I ECHO A LOT OF WHAT COUNCILMAN CARLSON
11:19:26 SAID.
11:19:27 ONE OF THE THINGS, WHEN I GOT IN THIS POSITION I THOUGHT,
11:19:32 GREAT, I CAN DO SO MUCH.
11:19:34 YEAH.
11:19:34 AND COUNCILMAN GUDES JUST LAUGHED, BECAUSE WHAT I AM FINDING
11:19:38 IS THAT IT TAKES SO LONG TO GET SOMETHING DONE, BECAUSE WE
11:19:44 DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE ALL THE POWER.
11:19:47 THE STATE HAS GONE AND PREEMPTED SO MUCH.
11:19:50 SO WE ARE SITTING UP HERE, AND IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T CARE,
11:19:54 IT'S THAT WE ARE WORKING FEVERISHLY, I MEAN, WE ARE WORKING
11:20:01 BEHIND THE SCENES TO TRY TO GET SOME THINGS TO WORK.
11:20:05 WE DO CARE.
11:20:07 I THINK SOME OF THE PREEMPTION HAPPENED SO MANY YEARS AGO,
11:20:13 AND WE ARE NOT SEEING THE IMPACT UNTIL NOW.
11:20:16 SO WE WANT TO TRY TO DO THINGS ABOUT HOUSING, BUT THE STATE
11:20:19 PREEMPTED US YEARS AGO FROM GOING IN TO ANYTHING, ANY
11:20:24 APARTMENT COMPLEXES OF FIVE OR MORE AND THE FRUSTRATION IS
11:20:29 CERTAINLY FELT BY US.
11:20:30 AND I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE DO FEEL THAT
11:20:32 FRUSTRATION, AND WE ARE DOING WHAT WE CAN.
11:20:36 AND I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO STOP
11:20:39 UNTIL WE FIND SOME SOLUTION.
11:20:43 NO IS NOT AN OPTION.
11:20:44 SO WE ARE WORKING.
11:20:47 UNFORTUNATELY, I'M FINDING -- SO I APPRECIATE YOU COME OUT.
11:20:54 HE HAVE TIME YOU COME OUT YOU BRING MORE ATTENTION, AND
11:20:56 THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT OF WE NEED, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR
11:20:59 VOICE.
11:20:59 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, THANK YOU FOR
11:21:03 ARTICULATING THE POINT I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE FOR AT
11:21:06 LEAST THE LAST THREE YEARS.
11:21:08 IT'S NOT OUR HANDS THAT ARE TIED, IT'S YOUR HANDS BY THE
11:21:13 STATE OF FLORIDA.
11:21:16 WE TRY TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
11:21:18 BUT WE ARE PREEMPTED.
11:21:22 PLEASE CALL YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE.
11:21:24 PLEASE CALL YOUR STATE SENATORS.
11:21:27 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:21:27 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ONE MORE THING.
11:21:31 AND WHEN YOU LOOK BACK, I AM NOT FOR EVERYTHING AND I AM NOT
11:21:34 AGAINST ANYTHING.
11:21:35 I HAVE TO LISTEN TO EVERYTHING.
11:21:36 AND WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AND YOU SEE ONE ENTITY IN A SPORTS
11:21:40 ARENA TRYING TO PLAY YOUR CITY AGAINST ANOTHER CITY, LOOK
11:21:44 OUT, BECAUSE WHAT THEY WANT IS MONEY OUT OF YOUR POCKET.
11:21:47 AND I AM NOT SAYING THAT I AM AGAINST ANYBODY MOVING.
11:21:51 IF YOU WANT TO COME TO TAMPA, COME.
11:21:52 BUT PAY YOUR OWN DAMN WAY.
11:21:55 DON'T ASK FOR PUBLIC MONEY TO BUILD YOUR STADIUM.
11:21:57 DON'T ASK FOR PUBLIC FUNDS AND EVERY TIME YOU HAVE ANYTHING
11:22:00 COSTS $250,000.
11:22:02 LISTEN TO WHAT I AM SAYING.
11:22:04 DON'T ASK EVERY TIME YOU HAVE A CONCERT AND THE SPORTS
11:22:07 AUTHORITY TO MAKE SOME MONEY SO THEY CAN CONTINUE
11:22:10 FUNCTIONING AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE, OR THE FIRST
11:22:13 $2 MILLION IN THEIR POCKET, AND GETTING ZERO FOR THE FIRST 2
11:22:19 MILLION, AND HALF OF THAT AFTER THAT BECAUSE THE OTHER HALF
11:22:21 GOES TO THEM AGAIN.
11:22:22 YOU HAVE TO BE -- I MAY NOT BE HERE.
11:22:25 AT MY AGE, I AM LIVING ON BORROWED TIME BUT I AM SURE THAT I
11:22:30 AM 18 YEARS OLD BACKWARDS.
11:22:32 I LIVED LONGER THAN I AM SUPPOSED TO BE.
11:22:35 SO WHAT I AM SAYING, I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WHOLE
11:22:38 SYSTEM WORKS.
11:22:40 IT MOVES AND SHAKES AROUND, BUT YOU HAVE TO KEEP TRACK OF
11:22:43 WHAT'S GOING ON.
11:22:44 WHEN SOMEBODY COMES TO TELL YOU, I WANT TO BUILD SOMETHING,
11:22:48 THAT I NEED YOUR SUPPORT, RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY -- ALL OF
11:22:52 US DO.
11:22:54 TELL ME HOW MUCH THEY PAY.
11:22:55 I'LL TELL YOU.
11:23:00 NADA.
11:23:01 ZERO.
11:23:02 SO WHAT I AM SAYING, OPEN YOUR EYES, OPEN YOUR EARS, AND
11:23:05 UNDERSTAND WHAT'S COMING.
11:23:09 IN 96 THERE WAS A VOTE CAST, THE CITY OF TAMPA, AND
11:23:13 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR HALF PENNY SALES TAX, FOR THE NEEDS
11:23:22 AND THE SCHOOL SYSTEM TO HAVE THE MONEY FOR THE BEST
11:23:25 EDUCATION SYSTEM FOR YOUR KID AND GRANDKIDS AND THAT FAILED.
11:23:29 THE SAME YEAR THEY HAD THE SAME TAX.
11:23:34 THEY SPENT $484,000 AGAINST THE PUBLIC'S WHAT NUMBER?
11:23:40 ZERO.
11:23:41 AND IT PASSED
11:23:44 49 TO 51.
11:23:46 WHY?
11:23:50 BECAUSE THEY SAY IF WE BUILD THIS WE'LL GTE THE TAX AND
11:23:52 THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
11:23:54 I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN IT HAPPENS, THIS GUY IS PAYING
11:23:58 THE TAXES.
11:24:01 THEY CAN COME ANYTIME THEY WANT BUT PAY FOR THE DAMN THING.
11:24:04 DON'T COME AND TELL ME ABOUT CREATING A NEW CRA, WE ARE NOT
11:24:09 VOTING FOR ANOTHER.
11:24:11 SO THIS IS THE THIRD TIME I AM GOING TO SAY IT. TWO WORDS.
11:24:16 DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS.
11:24:18 WHAT THAT MEANS, THAT IF THIS PAPER, THE TAXPAYERS IS WORTH
11:24:24 A DOLLAR FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS, THAT GOES TO THEM.
11:24:30 WHAT A COUNTRY.
11:24:31 SO THEY ARE GOING TO PAY YOU 50 PERCENT BACK FROM THE
11:24:34 STADIUM WITH YOUR OWN MONEY.
11:24:37 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:24:37 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
11:24:39 >>LUIS VIERA: I WANT TO ECHO SOMETHING THAT OTHER VERSUS
11:24:45 SAID AS WELL WHICH IS WE MEET INDIVIDUALLY.
11:24:48 I BELIEVE I AM MEETING WITH MRS. LOCKETT THIS COMING WEEK,
11:24:52 IF MEMORY SERVICE ME RIGHT, BUT I AM GLAD TO GO OUT TO THE
11:24:55 COMMUNITY AND WHATNOT AND MEET WITH RESIDENTS PERSONALLY.
11:24:59 I DON'T DIRECTLY REPRESENT THAT AREA.
11:25:02 COUNCILMAN GUDES WORKED VERY, VERY HARD FOR THAT COMMUNITY,
11:25:05 BUT IF FOLKS WANT TO TALK IN PERSON, I WOULD BE MORE THAN
11:25:09 HAPPY TO DO SO.
11:25:10 BUT WHAT WE SEE HERE REALLY IS THE EFFECT OF I CALL, WHAT
11:25:14 MANY PEOPLE CALL, A WAR ON THE MIDDLE CLASS AND THOSE
11:25:17 WORKING SO HARD TO GET INTO THE MIDDLE CLASS.
11:25:19 WE HAVE INFLATION OF ALMOST 10% NATIONALLY.
11:25:22 WE HAVE 30% INCREASE IN HOUSING COSTS IN THE TAMPA AREA.
11:25:25 WE HAVE FIVE DOLLAR GAS.
11:25:27 IT'S GETTING TOUGHER AND TOUGHER AND TOUGHER.
11:25:30 AND THE MIDDLE CLASS, THE WORKING CLASS, AND THOSE WHO ARE
11:25:34 STRUGGLING TO LIVE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK EVERY WEEK ARE
11:25:37 TAKING TREMENDOUS HITS IN OUR CITY AND THROUGHOUT THIS
11:25:39 COUNTRY AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE SEEING.
11:25:41 BUT I DO A SURE YOU ALL THAT WEE WE ARE ALL WORKING VERY
11:25:45 HARD IN OUR JOBS, AND WE ARE ONE OF MANY.
11:25:47 BUT JUST WANTED TO CONTRIBUTE THOSE THOUGHTS.
11:25:50 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
11:25:51 >>JOSEPH CITRO: LET'S MOVE ON WITH OUR STAFF REPORTS.
11:25:54 WE WILL NOT BE HEARING FROM ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE.
11:25:57 BUT IF WE COULD, LET'S START WITH ITEM AGENDA 12.
11:26:04 PW-22-75191.
11:26:09 >>JEAN DUNCAN: ADMINISTRATOR FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND
11:26:14 MOBILITY.
11:26:15 WE APPRECIATE YOU PULLING THIS ITEM THIS MORNING.
11:26:17 WE WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE MORE LIGHT ON IT THAT THERE'S
11:26:22 BEEN SOME INTEREST EXPRESSED BY THE NEIGHBORS OF SUNSET
11:26:26 PARK, AND REASONS AND FRUSTRATIONS AS WELL.
11:26:29 THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS A TAKEOVER AGREEMENT FOR THE
11:26:35 DEFAULTED SITUATION WE HAVE WITH AMERICAN PIPELINE
11:26:51 SO THIS ACTION TODAY AROUND THE INSURANCE COMPANY THAT
11:26:54 MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY TO WORK TO SECURE ANOTHER
11:26:57 CONTRACTOR TO CONTINUE THE WORK THAT WAS STARTED AND FINISH
11:27:03 AND REPLACING THE ASSOCIATED WORK THAT GOES WITH THAT.
11:27:06 IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:27:09 SO WE ALSO ARE EXPECTING THE A SURETY COMPANY TO COMPLETE
11:27:12 THE WORK WITH THE REMAINING FUNDS, WHICH ARE ABOUT 3.8
11:27:17 MILLION.
11:27:17 THIS IS 2.5 MILLION REMAINING.
11:27:21 OUR TEAM HAS BEEN OUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TALKING FACE TO
11:27:25 FACE WITH RESIDENTS GO THE SITUATION.
11:27:30 AND AFTER THIS TRANSACTION TODAY WE PLAN TO SEND A LETTER TO
11:27:34 ALL THE RESIDENTS TO GIVE THEM AN UPDATE ON THE SITUATION.
11:27:37 WE WILL ALSO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE OUR CONTACT INFORMATION FOR
11:27:41 ANY CONCERNS THEY HAVE ABOUT ANY SITUATIONS THEY ARE SEEING
11:27:45 IN THE ROADWAY THAT ARE OF CONCERN OR A SAFETY ISSUE THAT WE
11:27:50 NEED TO GO OUT AND FURTHER BUTTON UP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
11:27:53 ARE KEEPING THEM SAFE UNTIL WE GET A NEW CONTRACTOR.
11:27:58 THE ISSUES OF THE CITIZENS WE HEARD, AND I KNOW COUNCILMAN
11:28:02 MANISCALCO ASKED THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, IS THE
11:28:07 CONDITION OF THE ROADS WITH THE UNPAVED ROADS, EXPOSED PIPE,
11:28:14 AND PAVING CONDITION.
11:28:16 SO WE DON'T HAVE A SCHEDULE WE CAN SHARE WITH THE RESIDENTS
11:28:19 OTHER THAN THE STATEMENT TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE TO GET THE
11:28:24 WORK DONE.
11:28:25 BUT WE DO HAVE PLANS TO RESTORE THOSE ROADWAYS THAT ARE
11:28:29 IMPACTED RIGHT NOW.
11:28:36 WE HAVE A MAP SHOWING WHICH AREAS WILL GET IMPROVED ONCE THE
11:28:42 WATER MAIN WORK IS DONE.
11:28:43 SO WE WANTED TO SHARE THOSE DETAILS WITH YOU THIS MORNING,
11:28:47 EVEN THOUGH THIS ITEM WAS ON CONSENT, WE ARE FULLY AWARE OF
11:28:50 THE PUBLIC'S CONCERN ABOUT THE DELAY THAT'S OCCURRED, WHICH
11:28:55 IS VERY UNFORTUNATE.
11:28:56 WHEN DON'T HAVE TOO MANY DEFAULTED CONTRACTOR SITUATIONS BUT
11:29:01 THEY DO HAPPEN ON OCCASION.
11:29:03 WE HAVE RECOURSE TO CORRECT THE SITUATION AND STAY WITHIN
11:29:07 BUDGET.
11:29:08 SO I WILL STOP THERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
11:29:11 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO THEN GUDES.
11:29:15 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU FOR THAT.
11:29:17 YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION.
11:29:18 I KNOW YOU SAW THE E-MAIL, I SENT TO THE YOU, VIK AND CHIEF
11:29:21 BENNETT.
11:29:22 I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE.
11:29:24 BUT YOU WILL BE -- I KNOW TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE BUT YOU
11:29:30 ALREADY ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS.
11:29:32 YOU ARE GOING TO BE NOTIFYING THE RESIDENTS.
11:29:35 I WILL UPDATE TO THE INDIVIDUAL THAT DID E-MAIL ME.
11:29:38 I APPRECIATE IT.
11:29:39 >>JEAN DUNCAN: ONCE WE DO HAVE THE NEW CONTRACTOR ON BOARD,
11:29:44 WE WILL GO OUT AND HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT TO GET
11:29:48 FURTHER DETAILS TO THE COMMUNITY ON THE NEW SCHEDULE AND ANY
11:29:52 OTHER LOGISTICAL ISSUES RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION.
11:29:54 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:29:58 >> HOW LONG WAS THIS PROJECT DELAYED?
11:30:03 >> I HAVE THE TIMELINE HERE.
11:30:05 THE PROJECT STARTED
11:30:20 THE SAME COMPANY THAT DEFAULTED AT THE ARMENIA BUSCH
11:30:24 INTERSECTION.
11:30:28 DOWN IN MIAMI.
11:30:29 NOTHING AGAINST MIAMI, OF COURSE.
11:30:30 SO I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT DATE ON HOW LONG IT'S BEEN DELAYED,
11:30:35 BUT IT'S BEEN AT LEAST FROM JANUARY UNTIL NOW SIX MONTHS OF
11:30:40 A DELAY, AND WE EXPECT SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE WE GET ANOTHER
11:30:44 CONTRACTOR ON BOARD.
11:30:45 SO SIX MONTHS PLUS RIGHT NOW.
11:30:47 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SO KNOWING HOW COSTS HAVE RISEN, YOU SAY
11:30:54 2.8 YOU HAVE LEFT.
11:30:55 DO YOU BELIEVE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FULFILL THE DEAL OR WILL
11:31:01 THERE BE AN ESCALATION?
11:31:03 >>JEAN DUNCAN: THE AGREEMENT WILL REQUIRE THAT THEY
11:31:05 COMPLETE THE WORK WITH THE REMAINING FUNDS.
11:31:07 HOWEVER, THERE COULD BE CHANGE ORDERS THAT ARE LEGITIMATE
11:31:11 AND NOT RELATED TO PRIOR WORK THAT WE COULD APPROVE.
11:31:15 IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE SITUATION.
11:31:17 BUT WE WILL NOT BE APPROVING ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS OR ANY
11:31:20 CHANGE ORDERS FOR PRIOR WORK THAT WAS DONE AS PART OF THE
11:31:24 ARRANGEMENT WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANY.
11:31:27 AND WHILE WE HAVE THIS INSURANCE FOR UNFORESEEN
11:31:31 CIRCUMSTANCES, THAT COVERAGE IS COMING ON THEIR SIDE, NOT
11:31:34 OUR SIDE.
11:31:36 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
11:31:37 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:31:38 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I BELIEVE MRS. DUNCAN JUST GOT DONE WITH
11:31:42 THE ASSURITY OF THE BOND, THAT ENSURED THE BOND THAT
11:31:49 EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE DONE RIGHT, THE CONTRACT?
11:31:52 >>JEAN DUNCAN: I BELIEVE SO.
11:31:55 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I DID SEE SOME OF THAT BY ACCIDENT A FEW
11:32:11 MONTHS BACK ON THE WEST SIDE OF WESTSHORE AND THE EUCLID
11:32:17 AREA, BACK IN THERE, AND I SAW SOME OF THE PIPES STILL OPEN,
11:32:20 AND THEY WERE NEVER COVERED OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.
11:32:23 THEY TRIED TO DO SOMETHING BUT THEY NEVER COMPLETED THE JOB.
11:32:26 THEY DID THE LAYING OF THE PIPES BUT NEVER COMPLETED THE
11:32:29 REST OF IT AND THERE WERE A LOT OF RED FLAGS, YELLOW FLAGS
11:32:32 AND ALL THAT STUFF.
11:32:33 BUT IT'S A SHAME THIS HAPPENED, BUT IT HAPPENED ONCE, IN A
11:32:37 SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
11:32:41 BECAUSE THIS COMPANY NOW IS GOING THROUGH HAD-E DOUBLE
11:32:48 HOCKEY STICKS.
11:32:49 SO THIS COMPANY, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY MUCH MORE DIFFICULT
11:32:54 FOR THEM TO GET ANOTHER JOB BECAUSE OF THE ASSURITY
11:32:58 COMPANIES.
11:32:59 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:33:02 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I ALSO HAVE GOTTEN SIPS WE ARE RIGHT ON THE
11:33:08 BORDER, IT WAS FARRED TO ME AND VIK IS ALWAYS RESPONSIVE.
11:33:15 I APPRECIATE YOU FOR PULLING THIS.
11:33:18 CAN YOU PLEASE IN A SENTENCE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT COUNCIL HAS
11:33:21 RECEIVED THE COMMENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND PASS THEM ON TO
11:33:26 YOU ALL AND WE ASKED YOU ALL TO WORK QUICKLY?
11:33:31 THAT WAY IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE SPEAKING WITH ONE VOICE.
11:33:33 IS THAT POSSIBLE?
11:33:34 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES.
11:33:35 WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT.
11:33:37 >>BILL CARLSON: AND IF YOU WANT TO PUT THE E-MAIL FOR ALL
11:33:41 OF US TO BE E-MAILED TO, BUT JUST SO THEY KNOW THAT WE ARE
11:33:44 ALL CONNECTED.
11:33:45 SOME FOLKS GET UPSET BECAUSE WE HAND OFF, BUT CITY COUNCIL
11:33:50 DOESN'T HAVE CONTROL OVER STAFF, SO ALL WE CAN DO IS HAND
11:33:53 OFF.
11:33:54 BUT WE NEED TO SHOW THAT WE ARE ALL COORDINATING ON IT.
11:33:58 THE SECOND THING IS, AS YOU SAID, THE ONLY THING THEY CARE
11:34:01 ABOUT IS WHEN IS IT GOING TO BE DONE?
11:34:03 AND SO WHEN DO YOU THINK -- IS IT POSSIBLE IN THE LETTER TO
11:34:08 PUT A DATE AND SAY ON THIS DATE WE WILL BE ABLE TO TELL YOU
11:34:11 WHEN IT WILL BE DONE?
11:34:12 BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO SET EXPECTATIONS.
11:34:15 AND IF IT'S GOING TO BE SIX MONTHS BEFORE THE DATE WHEN WE
11:34:18 KNOW IT WILL BE DONE.
11:34:19 IN THOSE NEXT SIX MONTHS WE ARE GOING TO GET A WHOLE BUNCH
11:34:22 OF E-MAILS SO WE NEED EXPECTATION OF HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO
11:34:26 TAKE.
11:34:26 >>JEAN DUNCAN: WE COMPLETELY AGREE THAT SCHEDULE IS OF THE
11:34:30 MOST IMPORTANCE AND INTEREST BUT WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE
11:34:33 ABILITY TO COMMIT TO A SCHEDULE OR OFFER A SCHEDULE OTHER
11:34:38 THAN TO COMMIT THAT WE ARE GOING TO WORK AS HARD AS WE CAN
11:34:41 TO GET THE NEW CONTRACTOR UNDERWAY.
11:34:44 >>BILL CARLSON: IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN THAT PRO'S SEES AND
11:34:47 ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO EXPECTATION ON TIME, IF I WAS A
11:34:51 NEIGHBOR AND SAID, OKAY, IT WILL BE FIXED NEXT WEEK?
11:34:54 BUT IF IT'S NOT, SOMEHOW WE SET EXPECTATIONS.
11:34:59 THE LAST THING, IS IT NOT POSSIBLE ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS TO
11:35:01 GET SOMEBODY TO GO IN AND PAVE SOME OF THESE STREETS JUST TO
11:35:04 MAKE IT A LITTLE BETTER FOR FOLKS?
11:35:07 >>JEAN DUNCAN: WE CAN'T PAVE THE STREETS UNTIL THE WORK IS
11:35:10 DONE AND THE WORK IS UNFINISHED.
11:35:12 SO THAT'S THE DILEMMA.
11:35:15 >>BRAD BAIRD: DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
11:35:18 TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MR. CARLSON, THE ASSURITY WILL BE
11:35:28 WORKING TO BRING A CONTRACTOR ON BOARD.
11:35:30 THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN DOING THAT OVER THE LAST MONTH, AND
11:35:32 THEY HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL THUS FAR.
11:35:34 THEY ARE TALKING TO TWO CONTRACTORS CURRENTLY THAT WE USE ON
11:35:38 A REGULAR BASIS.
11:35:39 WE EXPECT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS TO COME TO TERMS WITH
11:35:42 ONE OF THOSE CONTRACTORS, AND THEN AT THAT POINT, ABOUT TWO
11:35:45 WEEKS FROM NOW WE SHOULD HAVE A SCHEDULE.
11:35:48 SO OUR PLAN WOULD BE AT THAT POINT TO ISSUE A LETTER TO THE
11:35:52 RESIDENTS TO LAY OUT THE SCHEDULE.
11:35:55 SO WE CAN SAY THAT MUCH AT THIS POINT.
11:35:57 >>BILL CARLSON: THE MORE DETAIL YOU CAN PUT IN ABOUT HOW
11:36:00 LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE, THE BETTER.
11:36:02 >>JEAN DUNCAN: I THINK MR. MASSEY WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING.
11:36:10 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:36:12 >>MORRIS MASSEY: A COUPLE THINGS REAL QUICK.
11:36:13 AND THIS IS WHAT MR. BAIRD HAS ALLUDED TO, MS. DUNCAN AS
11:36:22 WELL.
11:36:24 WE REQUIRED A RESPONSE BY THE ASSURITY COMPANY AND NOW THAT
11:36:28 CONTRACTOR HAS GONE INTO DEFAULT THE SURETY COMPANY IS NOW
11:36:32 INVOLVED IN GETTING A CONTRACTOR TO REPLACE THE DEFAULTED
11:36:35 CONTRACTOR.
11:36:36 IT'S WHY YOU HAVE A BOND.
11:36:38 BECAUSE WE HAVE A THIRD PARTY INVOLVED, THE SCHEDULING, THAT
11:36:45 IS PART OF THE REASON FOR THE DELAY SO WE HAD TO WORK WITH
11:36:47 THE THIRD PARTY.
11:36:48 THE OTHER THING IS, THE FIRST STEP IN MAKING SURE -- IT
11:36:58 WORKS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND YOU DO NEED TO TAKE A VOTE
11:37:01 ON THIS ITEM AND ACTUALLY APPROVE IT.
11:37:03 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:37:08 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATES.
11:37:11 I DID GET THAT E-MAIL.
11:37:14 BRAD AS WELL.
11:37:16 BUT I DID WANT COUNCIL TO KNOW THAT YESTERDAY I WAS OUT
11:37:19 DRIVING LIKE I USUALLY DO, AND ONE OF THE CONTRACTS WE HAVE
11:37:23 OUT THERE, WE HAD BIG MINORITY CREW OUT THERE WORKING.
11:37:27 AND THAT I WAS VERY SATISFIED SEEING SOMEBODY ACTUALLY GOING
11:37:33 TO WORK LIVING THERE.
11:37:34 THAT WAS A BIG THING TO ME, PUT THAT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
11:37:37 SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE EBO GET THOSE NUMBERS UP.
11:37:42 >>JEAN DUNCAN: THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
11:37:44 I HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT TO BRAD WHO WORKED VERY HARD ON THE
11:37:48 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND APPRENTICESHIP ASPECTS AS WELL AS
11:37:51 WORKING WITH OUR EBO OFFICE ON GOAL SETTING.
11:37:56 SO GLAD TO SEE RESULTS ON THAT.
11:37:58 >>JOSEPH CITRO: IS EVERYONE FINISHED?
11:38:00 MS. DUNCAN, FIRST I WANT TO SEND A SHOUTOUT TO MR. BHIDE.
11:38:04 THIS SAME COMPANY AS WAS STATED, AT ARMENIA AND BUSCH,
11:38:09 DEFAULTED ON THEIRS, AND MS. SIERRA WAS AT MY PLACE OF WORK
11:38:15 AND VOICING HER COMPLAINT.
11:38:16 I CALLED UP MR. BHIDE.
11:38:18 I SAID WHAT COULD BE DONE?
11:38:20 AND WITHIN A MATTER OF A FEW DAYS, THE LANES WERE OPEN FOR
11:38:23 THE PUBLIC AGAIN.
11:38:26 WEREN'T PAVED, BUT STILL TRAFFIC CAN GO THROUGH THERE.
11:38:29 SO WE AS CITY COUNCIL CAN MAKE CONTACT WITH DEPARTMENTS AND
11:38:33 MAKE REQUESTS.
11:38:36 COUNCILMAN SAID THIS TYPE OF THING DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY
11:38:39 OFTEN.
11:38:40 BUT NOW WE HAVE TWO IN FRONT OF US FROM THE SAME CONTRACTOR.
11:38:46 HOW OFTEN DOES THIS HAPPEN?
11:38:48 >>JEAN DUNCAN: VERY RARELY.
11:38:49 IT REALLY IS AN IRREGULARITY TO SEE WITH THE SAME COMPANY.
11:38:54 IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVE THIS WITH DIFFERENT COMPANIES
11:38:57 OCCURRING.
11:38:58 BUT FORTUNATELY WE HAVE A GREAT PROCESS IN PLACE WITH THE
11:39:01 BOND AND THE INSURANCE THAT WE HAVE RECOURSE TO GET THE JOB
11:39:05 DONE, ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE TO ENDURE THE DELAY, WHICH IS
11:39:09 UNFORTUNATE.
11:39:09 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WHAT IS OUR RECOURSE?
11:39:13 I HATE THE WORD LAWSUIT.
11:39:16 BUT THIS IS COSTING TIME, MONEY, REDIRECTING TRAFFIC.
11:39:20 WHAT IS OUR RECOURSE AGAINST THIS COMPANY THAT DEFAULT IF
11:39:24 THERE IS ANY?
11:39:25 >>JEAN DUNCAN: THE RECOURSE IS A PATHWAY TO GET THE PROJECT
11:39:29 FINISHED WITHIN BUDGET.
11:39:31 IF THERE'S OTHER RECOURSE TO GO AFTER THE COMPANY, I WOULD
11:39:35 LIKE TO DEFER TO MORRIS MASSEY ON THAT PART OF THE BUSINESS.
11:39:38 >>MORRIS MASSEY: WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE CONTRACTORS THAT
11:39:45 DEFAULTED ON THE CONTRACT TO GO AFTER THEM ON THE CLAIM.
11:39:51 MRS. HAMILTON IS HERE.
11:39:52 SHE REVIEWS ALL THOSE CONTRACTS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
11:39:55 DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD THERE?
11:39:57 >> HAMILTON, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY.
11:40:05 I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME TO FOR
11:40:13 BANKRUPTCY, HASN'T COME ACROSS ANY AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
11:40:16 MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS COMPANY ALSO MAY HAVE
11:40:18 DEFAULTED ON OTHER CONTRACTS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
11:40:20 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I THANK YOU FOR THAT.
11:40:25 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:40:26 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: [OFF MICROPHONE] ALSO INCOMPLETED AND I
11:40:34 WOULD IMAGINE THE ONLY THING THAT'S LEFT OF THIS COMPANY
11:40:36 WOULD BE USED EQUIPMENT.
11:40:37 >>MORRIS MASSEY: YOU MAY WELL BE RIGHT.
11:40:42 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AND ANOTHER POLICY, ASSUMING THAT WE
11:40:47 DON'T KNOW ANY MONEY OR ANY OTHER THING THAT MIGHT BE -- YOU
11:40:51 CAN'T FIND IT.
11:40:53 THE ONLY THING WE WILL FIND IS USED EQUIPMENT.
11:40:56 I HATE TO SAY THAT.
11:40:57 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THAT MIGHT SAVE THE MONEY ON BIG TRUCKS AND
11:41:01 OTHER THINGS.
11:41:02 SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
11:41:04 MS. DUNCAN, THANK YOU.
11:41:06 MR. BHIDE, THANK YOU AGAIN.
11:41:07 >>JEAN DUNCAN: CHAIR, ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE A VOTE ON THIS
11:41:12 ITEM, I BELIEVE?
11:41:13 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WE ARE GOING TO DO IT IN CONSENT.
11:41:16 I AM THE COMMITTEE CHAIR ON THAT.
11:41:18 IS THAT ALL RIGHT WITH YOU?
11:41:19 WHEN WE GO BACK TO CONSENT.
11:41:22 >>JEAN DUNCAN: AND THE MEMO THAT WE SENT IN A REQUEST THAT
11:41:24 THIS ITEM BE PULLED, WE ALSO ASKED TO SHARE QUICK FEEDBACK
11:41:29 TO YOU ON FRANCES AVENUE, WHICH YOU HEARD SOME COMMENTS THIS
11:41:33 MORNING FROM THE PUBLIC.
11:41:34 AND I KNOW THAT COUNCIL IS ALWAYS INTERESTED IN HAVING SOME
11:41:38 RESPONSE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT YOU HEAR.
11:41:40 SO I ASKED MR. BHIDE TO OFFER A FEW COMMENTS ABOUT THE
11:41:47 FRANCES AVENUE IF THAT'S OKAY.
11:41:48 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THAT'S FINE.
11:41:49 MR. BHIDE.
11:41:50 >>VIK BHIDE: THANK YOU, JEAN.
11:41:53 GOOD MORNING, VIK BHIDE, MOBILITY DEPARTMENT.
11:41:58 HERE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE AND PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT YOU HEARD
11:42:01 FROM THE COMMUNITY ON FRANCES AVENUE.
11:42:04 THIS IS AN UNIMPROVED ALLEY JUST WEST OF TAMPA STREET IN THE
11:42:08 TAMPA HEIGHTS AREA.
11:42:10 I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF BY SAYING MR. KILMARTIN WHO CALLED
11:42:15 IN EARLIER IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, THIS IS AN INFRASTRUCTURE
11:42:18 ISSUE.
11:42:19 IT'S A LITTLE MORE COMPLEX BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A
11:42:22 BACKGROUND.
11:42:24 SO WHAT HAPPENED IS, THERE ARE SOUND REASONS THAT PROVIDE
11:42:28 ACCESS TO DEVELOP ON TOP OF ALLEYS, IT DOES TAKE PRESSURE
11:42:36 OFFER OTHER STREETS AND THERE ARE TRANSPORTATION ADVANTAGES.
11:42:39 OUR STANDARDS FOR BUILDINGS HAVE, AS THEY SHOULD, CHANGED,
11:42:42 AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS ARE NOW BUILT HIGHER THAN THEY USED TO
11:42:47 BEFORE.
11:42:48 AND SO WHAT HAPPENS IN ALLEYS LIKE THESE, YOU HAVE OLDER
11:42:52 DEVELOPMENTS OR HOUSES OR OTHER PROPERTIES THAT ARE AT
11:42:57 DIFFERENT LEVELS THAN THE NEWER DEVELOPMENTS.
11:42:59 THE NEWER DEVELOPMENTS, AS YOU HEARD FROM ANOTHER HOMEOWNER
11:43:03 EARLIER TODAY, ARE REQUIRED TO MITIGATE FOR THE STORMWATER
11:43:09 IMPACTS.
11:43:09 SO THERE'S A FOUR-UNIT MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT ON AMELIA AND
11:43:18 THEY WERE REQUIRED AND THEY DID PUT IN TWO PONDS AND TWO
11:43:22 SWALES ON PROPERTY.
11:43:24 ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS OVER TIME HOW WELL THESE THINGS ARE
11:43:28 MAINTAINED AND DO THEY WORK.
11:43:30 AND THAT'S A STAFFING CHALLENGE FOR INSPECTION AND THINGS
11:43:34 LIKE THAT.
11:43:34 THAT CREATES ONE PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE CHALLENGE.
11:43:39 AS FAR AS 107 FRANCES, THE POOL I THINK MR. SOTO MENTIONED,
11:43:44 AND HE IS RIGHT, THAT CURRENTLY THE REQUIREMENT IS FOR IT TO
11:43:50 DRAIN ON THE ALLEY WHICH CREATES PRESSURE OH ON THE ALLEY AS
11:43:54 WELL.
11:43:54 THE OTHER THING THAT HAPPENED WITH THE NEWER DEVELOPMENT,
11:43:57 BECAUSE THEY ARE HIGHER, THE DRIVEWAY APRONS ARE SLOPING.
11:44:00 SO EVEN THOUGH THEY MIGHT HAVE MITIGATION ON PROPERTY, THERE
11:44:04 IS A CHANCE THAT THE WATER RUNNING BACK ONTO THE ALLEYS
11:44:08 THEMSELVES.
11:44:10 WE HAVE AN INTERIM SOP THAT WE WORK WITH DEVELOPMENT GROWTH
11:44:14 MANAGEMENT TO REQUIRE PROPERTY OWNERS TO PAVE UNIMPROVED
11:44:22 ALLEYS UP TO A CERTAIN STANDARD.
11:44:26 THAT STANDARD IS INSUFFICIENT IN TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT TO
11:44:31 SUPPORT STORMWATER NEEDS THAT ARE REQUIRED.
11:44:33 SO IN THIS CASE, THAT PROPERTY OWNER FROM 108 AMELIA HAD AN
11:44:41 OBLIGATION TO PAVE THE ALLEY, BUT THE CITY, AND RIGHTLY SO,
11:44:45 GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND CURRENT POLICY, WAIVED THAT
11:44:48 REQUIREMENT TO PAVE IT, BECAUSE PAVING IT WITHOUT STORMWATER
11:44:52 IMPROVEMENTS WOULD INCREASE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AND AGGRAVATE
11:44:57 THE FLOODING ISSUE.
11:44:58 SO THE ISN'T AN INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUE, IT IS A POLICY ISSUE
11:45:04 TO UPDATE THE SOP TO BUT THOSE CONDITIONS TO MITIGATE FOR
11:45:09 STORMWATER ESPECIALLY IN ALLEYS THAT ARE COMPLETELY UNFUNDED
11:45:13 CURRENTLY WOULD REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT BY PROPERTY
11:45:17 OWNERS AND DEVELOPERS TO MITIGATE STORMWATER ISSUES.
11:45:22 SO THAT'S A DISCUSSION THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE WITH
11:45:25 OUR PARTNERS IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING DEVELOPMENT AND
11:45:29 GROWTH MANAGEMENT, LEGAL AND OTHERS.
11:45:32 SO A QUICK BACKGROUND ON SOME OF THE CHALLENGES, AND THE
11:45:36 PICTURE THAT YOU SAW OF THE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING THAT
11:45:39 HAPPENED ON JUNE 2nd, SO THE JUNE 2nd DATE CAME UP A
11:45:44 COUPLE OF TIMES AND THIS KIND OF GOES BACK TO THE RED CROSS
11:45:47 DISCUSSION ABOUT CHANGE IN SEVERITY OF STORMS, AND NOT JUST
11:45:50 HURRICANES, BUT OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, WE HAVE AVERAGED
11:45:54 AROUND SIX EVENTS EVERY YEAR OF TWO INCHES-PLUS OF RAIN IN
11:46:00 ONE HOUR.
11:46:02 IN SOME PART OF THE CITY.
11:46:04 THAT WILL INUNDATE THAT AREA BEYOND OUR CURRENT DESIGN
11:46:09 STANDARDS FOR STORMWATER, WHICH ARE DRIVEN BY THE
11:46:12 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH ARE DRIVEN BY OTHER REQUIREMENTS
11:46:16 AS WELL.
11:46:17 SO WHAT I AM TRYING TO SAY, OUR STORM INTENSITIES HAVE
11:46:21 INCREASED, AND THEY ARE MORE FREQUENT THAN THEY USED TO BE.
11:46:25 THAT COMBINED, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE IN TAMPA, WHETHER
11:46:29 IT'S TIDAL EFFECTS ON WHETHER IT'S INADEQUATE STORMWATER
11:46:32 SYSTEM, AS IN THIS CASE THERE IS AN INADEQUATE STORMWATER
11:46:35 SYSTEM, THE NEAREST INLET TODAY IS THREE AND A HALF BLOCKS
11:46:40 SOUTH ON PALM AVENUE.
11:46:41 AND WE'LL ADDRESS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO ABOUT THAT AS
11:46:44 WELL.
11:46:44 BUT THIS IS PUTTING SERIOUS PRESSURE ON THE CITY'S
11:46:49 STORMWATER SYSTEM AND OUR ABILITY.
11:46:52 WE HAVE AN ASSESSMENT, AN IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENT THAT WAS
11:46:55 APPROVED IN 2010, AND THAT'S HELPED.
11:46:58 YOU RECEIVED QUARTERLY REPORTS WHICH SHOW WHICH PROJECTS WE
11:47:01 ARE WORKING ON.
11:47:02 THE SOUTHEAST SEMINOLE HEIGHTS PROJECTS, STORMWATER PROJECT,
11:47:06 WERE AT CAPACITY THAT WILL BENEFIT THIS AREA, BUT
11:47:09 CONNECTIONS HAVE TO BE MADE TO IT TO MOVE THE WATER FROM ONE
11:47:14 PLACE TO ANOTHER.
11:47:16 SO THAT'S THE OVERALL CHALLENGE.
11:47:18 IN THE SHORT TERM, WE HAVE CREWS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW MAKING
11:47:24 AT BEST TEMPORARY FIXES BY ADDING MILLING MATERIALS AND
11:47:29 THINGS LIKE THAT, TO IMPROVE ABSORPTION AND DRAINAGE AND
11:47:33 MAYBE AT THE SURFACE.
11:47:35 WE ARE DOING WHAT WE CAN WITH OUR OPERATIONS CREW.
11:47:38 THE LONG-TERM CAPITAL FIX FOR THIS ALLEY, AND THEN WE'LL
11:47:43 HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT OTHER NEEDS THERE ARE IN ALLEYS.
11:47:47 ALLEYS ARE NOT VERY WELL STUDIED OR INCONVENIENCE STORIED
11:47:52 BECAUSE THERE'S NO FUNDING FROM THEM.
11:47:53 THERE'S ALSO OPPORTUNITY FOR VARIOUS REASONS, DIFFERENT ITEM
11:47:56 THERE.
11:47:57 BUT SO THE LONG-TERM FIX FOR FRANCES IS GOING TO BE TO
11:48:03 CONNECT THE STORMWATER SYSTEM FROM FRANCES TO TAMPA STREET,
11:48:07 WHICH IS LITERALLY ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE PROPERTIES AWAY.
11:48:12 THAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN AS PART OF THE GRANT FDOT IMPROVES THE
11:48:17 STORMWATER STRUCTURES, AND STORMWATER SYSTEM ALONG TAMPA AND
11:48:21 FLORIDA.
11:48:23 THE RAISE GRANT IS A GRANT THAT WE RECENTLY -- OR FDOT
11:48:29 RECENTLY ONE BUT WE PUSHED FOR WITH USDOT, AND CONNECTS
11:48:34 DOWNTOWN TO NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE ALL THE WAY UP TO JUST
11:48:38 SHORT OF MLK, PROVIDE WALK-BIKE CONNECTIONS, PROVIDES BETTER
11:48:43 TRANSIT CONNECTION, BUT A KEY COMPONENT WAS ALSO STORMWATER.
11:48:47 AND FDOT STEPPED UP AND ADDED $17 MILLION OF THEIR PROJECT
11:48:53 TO IMPROVE STORMWATER, AND THAT'S GOING TO BENEFIT TAMPA
11:48:55 HEIGHTS.
11:48:56 OF COURSE, THAT WILL TAKE SEVERAL YEARS, BUT IN THE SHORT
11:49:00 TERM AND THAT LONG-TERM, THERE WILL BE A MIDTERM WHERE WE
11:49:05 WILL MANAGE AS MUCH AS WE CAN ON THAT ALLEY.
11:49:08 AND I WILL COMMIT TO YOU THAT OUR ENGINEERING TEAMS WILL
11:49:13 CONTINUE TO EXPLORE OTHER OPTIONS.
11:49:15 BUT I AM AWARE OF RIGHT NOW.
11:49:18 BUT WE WON'T STOP UNTIL WE FIND SOME SORT OF MITIGATION.
11:49:22 BUT THERE'S A LONG-TERM FIX THAT WILL HAPPEN, AND THE SHORT
11:49:25 TERM, WE ARE GOING TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS.
11:49:27 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:49:28 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU FOR STATING EVERYTHING.
11:49:35 HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THERE'S ONE FLAW IN THE WAY WE DO THINGS.
11:49:38 LET ME EXPLAIN ABOUT THE WHAT-IF.
11:49:44 I WILL MAKE YOU THE NICE GUY IN THIS COMPARISON.
11:49:47 YOU ARE A NICE GUY AND BUILT EVERYTHING ACCORDING TO SPECS
11:49:53 AND YOU HAVE A SWALE, BOTH SIDES OF THE HOUSE, HAVING IS
11:49:56 HONKY-DORY.
11:49:57 HOWEVER, YOU SAY, GEE, I GOT TRANSFERRED AND I HAVE GOT TO
11:50:00 LEAVE.
11:50:00 SO YOU LEAVE WITH YOUR FAMILY, AND I BUY YOUR HOUSE.
11:50:05 NOW, A YEAR, WHATEVER, SAID YOU KNOW WHAT?
11:50:08 I DON'T LIKE THE SWALES, I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY BUILT THAT.
11:50:12 SO WHAT DO THEY DO?
11:50:14 THEY COVER THE SWALE.
11:50:15 AND THEY PLANT TREES OR BRUSHES.
11:50:20 BUT WHAT HAPPENED THERE, NO ONE KNOWS.
11:50:25 THE DOCUMENTS, THE CITY.
11:50:26 BUT THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS DO WE CHECK THOSE THINGS ON A
11:50:31 CONSTANT BASIS? I WOULD DOUBT IT BECAUSE THERE'S THOUSANDS
11:50:33 OF THEM.
11:50:34 THAT'S JUST MY OPINION.
11:50:35 I MAY BE WRONG.
11:50:36 SO WE ARE NOT HAVING A CHECK ON THE PEOPLE ON THE PLAN THAT
11:50:40 WHEN YOU FIRST BUILT YOUR HOUSE IT'S STILL THERE.
11:50:45 I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM OTHER THAN IF THERE'S
11:50:47 A SALE OF A HOUSE, THE CITY MUST HAVE TO GO OUT AND MAKE
11:50:50 SURE WHEN THAT SALE IS CONSUMMATED THAT THEY BE CALLED IN
11:50:55 LIKE AN INSPECTOR ON A ROOF OR ANYTHING ELSE, MAKE SURE THAT
11:50:58 HOUSE IS STILL JUST LIKE IT WAS WHEN IT WAS PROCESSED AND
11:51:01 GOT THE BUILDING PERMIT.
11:51:03 THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN SOLVE THAT PROBLEM.
11:51:05 AND I HATE TO TAKE UP YOUR TIME.
11:51:06 YOU ARE STILL A NICE GUY.
11:51:09 >>VIK BHIDE: AND YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT THAT IS AN ALLEY
11:51:13 PROBLEM.
11:51:13 AND IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET EXACERBATED WITH OUR CHALLENGES
11:51:18 WITH RESILIENCY, BUT THAT'S WHY WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK
11:51:23 TOGETHER ACROSS DEPARTMENTS TO SEE WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT'S
11:51:25 NOT, AND START LOOKING AT OTHER CITIES THAT MAY HAVE GOTTEN
11:51:29 THIS --
11:51:31 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AND YOU ARE RIGHT, THE TWO TO FOUR
11:51:32 INCHES THE OTHER DAY, AND I HAVE PICTURES OF IT AT THE
11:51:35 HOUSE, MOST EVERY SWALE OR DITCH IN WEST TAMPA WAS
11:51:39 OVERFILLED GOING INTO THE STREET.
11:51:41 YOU COULDN'T SEE THE STREET.
11:51:42 >>VIK BHIDE: YES.
11:51:43 AND ON THAT NOTE, IN TWO HOURS, FROM 8 P.M. TO 10 P.M. THAT
11:51:48 DAY, IN THAT YBOR AND SOUTHEAST TAMPA HEIGHTS AREA, WE GOT
11:51:53 FIVE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN.
11:51:54 THAT'S A 100 YEAR STORM, AND WILL INUNDATE ANY SYSTEM IN THE
11:51:59 U.S.
11:52:00 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AGREE WITH THAT.
11:52:01 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. BHIDE?
11:52:08 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING.
11:52:11 THANK YOU FOR HANDING ME THIS.
11:52:13 AS YOU KNOW EARLIER, SINCE I HAVE YOU HERE, THE CITIZENS
11:52:16 THAT WERE HERE, I AM GLAD YOU SENT THIS TO ME.
11:52:19 AND THIS IS DISABLED PARKING INVENTORY WITHIN THE CITY.
11:52:24 THE MEMO READS DISABLED PARKING ON COUNCIL DATES.
11:52:28 I THINK THE CHALLENGE IS --
11:52:34 >>VIK BHIDE: AND THEN WE DO -- IN THE ENTIRE DOWNTOWN AREA,
11:52:39 IN THE ENTIRE DOWNTOWN AREA, IF YOU HAVE A DISABLED DECAL ON
11:52:44 COUNCIL DAYS, YOU WILL NOT GET CHARGED.
11:52:51 UNTIL THE COUNCIL MEETING IS OVER.
11:52:52 I THINK THERE'S A TIME LIMIT ON THAT.
11:52:54 I NEED TO CONFIRM WHAT THAT IS.
11:52:56 BUT THAT HAS BEEN THE CASE.
11:52:59 IT'S ON THE WEBSITE.
11:53:00 AGAIN, PEOPLE DON'T OFTEN, YOU KNOW, GO TO WEBSITES OR KNOW
11:53:04 HOW TO NAVIGATE THE WEBSITES.
11:53:06 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MAYBE WE CAN WORK BETTER ON THAT.
11:53:11 I SEE SOME OF THE POINTS BECAUSE SOME HAVE A CHALLENGE TO
11:53:14 GET DOWN.
11:53:15 SO IF YOU CAN LOOK AT A PARKING LOT TO WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY
11:53:20 HAVE THAT FOR THE SENIORS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO
11:53:23 COME DOWN HERE, SO WE CAN LOOK AT THAT.
11:53:27 I APPRECIATE IT.
11:53:27 >>LYNN HURTAK: JUST TO ADD A LITTLE TO THAT.
11:53:31 IS THERE A WAY THAT WE COULD ADD THAT TO THE INTRO, OR THE
11:53:37 INVITE ON THE AGENDA?
11:53:39 IT SEEMS LIKE A QUICK FIX.
11:53:41 >>VIK BHIDE: WE CAN WORK WITH MS. KNOWLES AND HER OFFICE.
11:53:52 >>MORRIS MASSEY: THAT WOULD BE WORKING WITH THE CLERK'S
11:53:55 OFFICE.
11:53:56 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. BHIDE.
11:54:00 AS SUGGESTED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, AND I AGREE, LET'S GO
11:54:03 AHEAD AND TAKE NUMBER 67 AT THIS TIME, FILE CM 21-71562.
11:54:32 THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING.
11:54:33 >> REBECCA JOHNS, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY.
11:54:40 YOU ASKED THAT WE INVESTIGATE THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY OFFICE
11:54:46 OF HOUSING ADVOCACY.
11:54:50 I HAVE SPOKEN WITH ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES IN THE OFFICE ALONG
11:54:54 WITH ONE OF THE ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEYS DOWN THERE.
11:54:59 THEIR OFFICE HAS THREE MEMBERS.
11:55:05 THEY BASICALLY ACT AS A CLEARINGHOUSE.
11:55:10 THEY BASICALLY ANSWER THE PHONE WHEN SOMEONE CALLS WITH
11:55:14 ISSUES, THEY DIRECT THEM TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE, WHETHER
11:55:16 IT'S ANOTHER DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTY OR AN OUTSIDE AGENCY.
11:55:21 THEY DO NOT PROVIDE LEGAL ADVICE OR LEGAL REPRESENTATION.
11:55:26 THEY DO NOT GET INVOLVED IN THE ISSUES WITH THE LANDLORD
11:55:33 UNLESS IT'S ONE OF THE ITEMS WITHIN THEIR PURVIEW, WHICH IS
11:55:36 THE TENANT RIGHTS, TENANTS RIGHTS OR THE INCREASE IN THE
11:55:44 RENT.
11:55:44 SO BASICALLY WHAT THEY DO IS THOSE THREE PEOPLE, THEN THE
11:55:49 CALLER, WHOEVER IT NEEDS TO BE, EITHER INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF
11:55:53 THE COUNTY, THEY HAVE BUDGETED $100,000 THIS YEAR FOR THAT
11:55:57 OFFICE.
11:55:57 IT'S NOT PART OF THEIR HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
11:55:59 THEY CREATED A SEPARATE OFFICE WITHIN THE COUNTY.
11:56:02 AND IN THE PAST MONTH, THEY HAVE HANDLED APPROXIMATELY 400
11:56:07 CALLS.
11:56:08 THAT IS IN ADDITION TO THE E-MAILS THAT THEY RECEIVED.
11:56:12 AND THE REFERRALS THAT THEY RECEIVED FROM THEIR
11:56:14 COMMISSIONERS.
11:56:15 >>JOSEPH CITRO: QUESTIONS, COMMENTS?
11:56:19 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.
11:56:21 I DID SIMILAR RESEARCH.
11:56:23 AND THE DETAILS ARE THERE.
11:56:25 I WOULD LIKE TO CREATE SOMETHING LIKE THAT HERE FOR CITY OF
11:56:30 TAMPA AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IS MUCH BIGGER THAN THE
11:56:34 MUNICIPALS, SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED THREE PEOPLE OR TWO
11:56:37 PEOPLE FOR OUR POPULATION.
11:56:40 WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC, AND THEY HAVE ASKED FOR
11:56:45 SOMETHING LIKE THIS, OR WE HAVE EVERYTHING HERE AS
11:56:49 MIAMI-DADE HAS DONE IT.
11:56:51 I KNOW WE HAVE A TENANT'S BILL OF RIGHTS.
11:56:53 WE CAN INCLUDE THAT THERE.
11:56:56 I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY IT.
11:56:57 I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, OF COURSE.
11:57:00 BUT MAKE A MOTION.
11:57:04 WOULD IT HAVE TO COME BACK AS AN ORDINANCE TO CREATE THIS
11:57:07 DEPARTMENT?
11:57:08 OR --
11:57:11 >> I BELIEVE SO.
11:57:13 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. MASSEY.
11:57:14 >>MORRIS MASSEY: YOU WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO SPELL OUT AN
11:57:17 ORDINANCE, AND WE WOULD PROBABLY -- ALSO THERE WOULD HAVE TO
11:57:20 BE MONEY BUDGETED.
11:57:22 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO AS WE GO INTO IT IS BUDGET SEASON
11:57:27 NOW AND THE MAYOR WILL BE PRESENTING IN AUGUST, I SEE $800
11:57:30 THAT YOU HERE.
11:57:31 I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WOULD NEED.
11:57:33 WHAT DO WE NEED, THREE PEOPLE, ONE PERSON, TWO PEOPLE?
11:57:36 HOW MUCH THAT WOULD BE.
11:57:38 OF COURSE, IT WOULD BE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, NOT A COUNTY
11:57:42 DEPARTMENT.
11:57:45 BUT I'LL STOP THERE AND WAIT TO HEAR WHAT OTHER COUNCIL
11:57:48 MEMBERS HAVE TO SAY.
11:57:49 >>LYNN HURTAK: I AGREE.
11:57:50 I THINK -- I KNOW IT WOULD BE HARDER BUT IT SEEMS VERY
11:57:56 SIMPLE.
11:57:56 I APPRECIATE YOUR BULLETED POINTS.
11:57:58 I WOULD RECOMMEND THREE.
11:58:02 JUST NOW BECAUSE OF THE HOUSING CRIES THAT'S WE ARE IN, AND
11:58:04 SEE HOW THAT GOES.
11:58:05 BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE PUT INTO
11:58:12 ANY SORT OF BUDGET ITEM IS A DEDICATED AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT
11:58:17 GOES TOWARD ADVERTISING THAT WE HAVE THIS.
11:58:23 HOWEVER WE CAN GET IT OUT TO PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THEY CAN
11:58:27 CALL.
11:58:28 SO ONCE THE OFFICE IS ESTABLISHED, WE NEED TO TELL PEOPLE
11:58:33 IT'S THERE.
11:58:34 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I AGREE.
11:58:38 ANYONE ELSE?
11:58:40 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA?
11:58:40 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ALONG THOSE SAME THOUGHTS, HOW LONG HAS
11:58:45 THIS ORDINANCE BEEN IN MIAMI, MIAMI-DADE, THE ADVOCACY
11:58:50 OFFICE?
11:58:51 HOWEVER, I WANT TO KNOW THE RESULTS OF WHAT THEY HAVE DONE.
11:58:53 IN OTHER WORDS, IF THEY HAD 400 CASES UP TO NOW, NOT THE
11:58:58 WHOLE 400 BECAUSE SOME OF THEM MORE THAN LIKELY HAVEN'T BEEN
11:59:01 HEARD, HOW MANY OF THOSE, I WANT TO KNOW IF THE PROGRAM
11:59:04 REALLY WORKS.
11:59:05 I DON'T WANT TO SPEND $800,000 AND IF WE CAN'T SOLVE
11:59:10 SOMETHING.
11:59:10 I WANT SOMETHING THAT'S SOLVABLE F.MIAMI-DADE HAS SOMETHING
11:59:13 THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT AND WE ARE 100% WITH IT THAT THEY
11:59:17 CAN SAVE SOMEBODY FROM GETTING EXHAUSTED THAT IS ALREADY OUT
11:59:23 OF THEIR RENTAL UNIT FOR 60 DAYS OR FOUR MONTHS, WHAT HAS
11:59:27 THIS ORDINANCE DONE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THE ONES THAT
11:59:30 HAVE BEEN SERVED WITH NOTICES?
11:59:32 THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW.
11:59:34 >> I CAN ANSWER A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.
11:59:35 THEY DID TELL ME THE MAJORITY OF THEIR CALLS THAT THEY HAD
11:59:37 RECEIVED, AND THEIR OFFICE HAS ONLY BEEN OPEN FOR ABOUT A
11:59:41 MONTH, THE MAJORITY OF THEIR CALLS HAS BEEN FOR RENTAL
11:59:43 ASSISTANCE, SO THEN THEY REFER THOSE PEOPLE TO THE RENTAL
11:59:47 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND THEIR HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
11:59:50 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: BUT THEN I HAVE GOT TO KNOW IN THE
11:59:52 RENTAL ASSISTANCE DEPARTMENT, DO THEY STILL HAVE THE FUNDS
11:59:54 AVAILABLE TO HELP THOSE PEOPLE?
11:59:56 I DON'T WANT TO PASS SOMETHING THAT, YEAH, THERE'S MONEY,
11:59:58 THERE'S NO MONEY, THERE IS.
12:00:00 I HAVE TO KNOW SOMETHING.
12:00:00 >> AND THAT I DON'T KNOW.
12:00:04 THAT WOULD DEPEND ON HOW MUCH MONEY --
12:00:08 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: FOR SOMEBODY WHO REALLY NEEDS IT.
12:00:16 THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO FIND OUT.
12:00:17 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
12:00:19 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND
12:00:26 NON-RESPONSIBILITIES.
12:00:32 THIS IS WHAT MIAMI HAS DONE.
12:00:34 IT'S REALLY CREATING A REAL PROGRAM, IT'S MORE OR LESS, WE
12:00:41 ARE GOING TO SEND YOU TO THIS PARTICULAR SERVICE OVER HERE,
12:00:44 AND A FACTOR SAYING, IS IT WORKING OR NOT?
12:00:48 I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT YOU JUST PROVIDED TO ME.
12:00:51 MR. MIRANDA IS RIGHT.
12:00:53 BASICALLY TO ME, WHAT I AM SAYING, WHAT YOU PRESENTED TO ME,
12:01:01 AND YOU GOT IT FROM THE MIAMI TOKES AND THIS IS THEIR
12:01:05 LITERATURE, BASICALLY -- AND AGAIN, I AM JUST GOING BY WHAT
12:01:11 YOU PRESENTED AND WHAT YOU SAY YOU HAVE TALKED TO THEM, AND
12:01:16 IF ALL THEY ARE DOING IS PICKING UP A PHONE, AND DIRECTING
12:01:22 THEM TO SOME OUTSIDE SERVICE, HOW DO YOU MANAGE THE
12:01:26 ACCOUNTABILITY?
12:01:28 THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT.
12:01:31 I DON'T SEE HOW MIAMI-DADE IS REALLY HELPING THE PEOPLE.
12:01:34 BECAUSE TO ME THERE'S NO POWER THERE.
12:01:36 >> TO BE CLEAR, THEY DO DIRECT THEM, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT
12:01:42 THE COUNTY HAS JURISDICTION OVER, THEY DO DIRECT THEM TO THE
12:01:47 APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENT SUCH AS HOUSING DISCRIMINATION, OR
12:01:49 THE RENTAL INCREASE.
12:01:51 JUST TO BE CLEAR, THEY DO HANDLE THOSE ISSUES.
12:01:53 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
12:01:59 >>LYNN HURTAK: CAN YOU PUT THAT BACK UP ON THE SCREEN?
12:02:03 THE WAY I LOOK AT THIS, YES, IT IS A CLEARINGHOUSE.
12:02:05 HOWEVER, AS WE ARE FINDING OUT, AND AS I AM FINDING OUT TO
12:02:10 TRY TO SOLVE THIS IS WE HAVE FEDERAL AGENCIES, WE HAVE HUD,
12:02:13 WE HAVE STATE AGENCIES FOR APARTMENTS THAT ARE FIVE AND
12:02:17 OVER, WE HAVE LOCAL CODE ENFORCEMENT TO APARTMENTS OR HOUSES
12:02:22 THAT ARE FOUR AND UNDER.
12:02:23 TO ME, AS A RENTER WHO WOULD BE IN THIS SITUATION, MY
12:02:31 EXPECTATIONS OF THIS OFFICE WOULD BE TO HELP PEOPLE TRY TO
12:02:35 FIND THE PLACE THEY NEED TO GO BEFORE THEY RUN OUT OF TIME.
12:02:40 YES.
12:02:40 DO WE NEED TO DO MORE?
12:02:42 ABSOLUTELY.
12:02:43 BUT RIGHT NOW, I KNOW WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW -- I
12:02:48 KNOW THAT WE ARE RIGHT NOW TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN
12:02:52 SOLVE SOME OF THE ISSUES WITH THE LARGER APARTMENT COMPLEXES
12:02:55 BY WORKING WITH THE STATE AND THE COUNTY BUT RIGHT NOW WE
12:02:58 DON'T HAVE THOSE ANSWERS.
12:03:00 IT'S KNOW IT THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO CONTINUES TO WORK ON
12:03:02 THESE ISSUES. TO ME, THIS IS AN AREA, A SPACE THAT A RENTER
12:03:08 CAN GO TO SEE WHAT THEIR ACTUAL SOLUTIONS COULD BE.
12:03:14 I DON'T DISAGREE THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF
12:03:18 SOLUTION, BUT IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN YOU ARE
12:03:27 REALLY STUCK.
12:03:28 AND I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO BE KICKED OUT OF THEIR HOMES
12:03:30 BECAUSE THEY ARE TRYING TO TAKE TIME TO REACH THESE
12:03:34 AGENCIES.
12:03:34 WE CAN EVEN TRY TO PUT SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S
12:03:36 LEGAL,
12:03:37 OR HOW WE CAN MAKE IT, SO THAT WHEN SOMEONE IS SERVED WITH
12:03:42 AN EVICTION NOTICE OR A LATE NOTICE, THAT THEY GET
12:03:46 INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.
12:03:50 >> I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WEBSITE IS
12:03:54 THE TENANTS RIGHTS WHICH YOU APPROVED A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.
12:03:57 THE SECOND PAGE OF THAT NOTICE DOES HAVE THE RESOURCES AS TO
12:04:01 WHERE TENANTS CAN CALL.
12:04:05 I REALIZE IT MAY NOT BE AS MUCH AS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE BUT
12:04:09 WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO EXPAND TO THAT R THAT.
12:04:11 I HAVE ALSO PULLED FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
12:04:13 AGRICULTURE, THEY HAVE PUT OUT A BROCHURE THAT GOES INTO A
12:04:18 LITTLE BIT OF LANDLORD AND TENANT LAW WITHOUT PROVIDING
12:04:21 LEGAL ADVICE.
12:04:22 WE CAN ALSO ADD THIS TO THE HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
12:04:25 WEBSITE SO THOSE RESOURCES ARE THERE FOR PEOPLE, ALSO.
12:04:29 >>LYNN HURTAK: WE WERE LISTENING TO A LADY EARLIER THIS
12:04:33 MORNING WHO DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO USE A COMPUTER, AND A LOT OF
12:04:37 OUR SENIORS ARE IN THAT SPACE WHERE THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO
12:04:40 USE A COMPUTER, WHICH IS WHY I THINK THIS OFFICE IS
12:04:43 IMPORTANT, BECAUSE YOU CAN PICK UP A PHONE.
12:04:45 BUT WHAT YOU SHOWED ME IS EIGHT DIFFERENT AGENCIES, AND
12:04:49 WHILE THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION, PEOPLE LIKE OUR SENIORS OR
12:04:54 OTHERS, THEY DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE TO CALL.
12:04:57 SO I AM THINKING THAT THIS AGENCY IS A GOOD SPOT FOR THEM TO
12:05:11 FIGURE OUT THE RIGHT SPACE BECAUSE TIME IS.
12:05:16 >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS RESEARCH.
12:05:19 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, I THINK YOU SHOULD MAKE A MOTION TO
12:05:22 ASK STAFF TO COME BACK WITH AN ORDINANCE IN JULY, AND THEN
12:05:25 HAVE FIRST READING IN AUGUST.
12:05:26 I'M HAPPY TO SECOND THAT.
12:05:30 BUT WOULD YOU PUT THE SLIDE BACK UP, THE DUTIES IN MIAMI?
12:05:38 SO OF THE FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES, I THINK WE OUGHT TO TAKE
12:05:41 THE FOURTH ONE OUT.
12:05:43 WE, CITY COUNCIL, THE MAYOR, HAVE SUPPORTED ADDING MORE
12:05:46 STAFF.
12:05:46 I DON'T REMEMBER HOW MANY STAFF ARE IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING
12:05:49 NOW BUT THERE'S A TEAM OF PEOPLE THAT WORKING WITH
12:05:52 DEVELOPERS AND OTHERS TO TRY TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
12:05:56 MY FEAR IS IF WE INCLUDE THAT IN THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT
12:05:58 PERSON IS GOING TO GET SUCKED INTO WORKING ON THOSE PROGRAMS
12:06:00 AND NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS OF THE PUBLIC.
12:06:02 AND I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS, THIS PERSON BE
12:06:05 AN ADVOCATE AND BE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
12:06:10 THIS ALL IS VERY COMPLICATED.
12:06:15 IT'S HARD FOR US TO NAVIGATE AND UPPER ALL THE PIECES.
12:06:19 I KNOW THERE ARE EXPERTS IN THE AUDIENCE WHO UNDERSTAND A
12:06:21 LOT OF THE DIFFERENT PLACES WHERE MONEY IS AND PROGRAMS, BUT
12:06:24 WE NEED SOMEBODY WHO CAN SIMPLIFY AND DIRECT PEOPLE IN THE
12:06:29 RIGHT PLACE.
12:06:30 IF THERE ARE FOLKS WHO ARE MISSING $200 IN THE GAP THAT
12:06:34 MONTH AND THERE'S A PROGRAM THAT WOULD SOLVE THAT PROBLEM
12:06:37 AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO, HOPEFULLY THIS PERSON WILL
12:06:40 HELP GUIDE THEM TO IT WHETHER IT'S IN THE CITY OR OUTSIDE.
12:06:42 >>ORLANDO GUDES: NOW YOU ARE TALKING.
12:06:45 >>BILL CARLSON: AND THE OTHER THING IS, IN AND SOME OF THE
12:06:50 AUDIENCE MIGHT DISAGREE, BUT I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE START
12:06:53 WITH ONE PERSON THE FIRST YEAR, AND HERE IS WHY.
12:06:57 AS THE COMMUNITY HAS SAID AND WE HAVE SAID, THERE'S A
12:06:59 HOUSING CRISIS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.
12:07:02 THERE ARE HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE BEING PUT OUT
12:07:05 BECAUSE THEIR RENTS HAVE GONE UP SO MUCH.
12:07:07 WE CREATED RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
12:07:10 DOES ANYBODY REMEMBER THE TOTAL BUDGET, 4 MILLION OR
12:07:14 SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
12:07:15 BUT THE MONEY WAS OVERSUBSCRIBED AND WE HAVE WAY MORE PEOPLE
12:07:18 THAT WANT THAT ASSISTANCE MONEY THAN WE HAVE MONEY TO FILL.
12:07:22 AND IF WE FOUND $800,000, LET'S SAY WE COULD PROVIDE $1,000
12:07:28 PER PERSON, IN WE SET ASIDE 200,000 FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF
12:07:31 THIS PROGRAM AND PUT THE OTHER $600,000 IN RENTAL
12:07:35 ASSISTANCE, THAT'S 600 FAMILIES THAT MIGHT NOT BE KICKED OUT
12:07:38 OF THEIR HOMES BECAUSE WE ARE ABLE TO HELP THEM.
12:07:40 SO I THINK EVENTUALLY WE NEED TWO OR THREE PEOPLE IN THIS
12:07:43 AUDIENCE, BUT AS IT STARTS TO DEVELOP, RIGHT NOW IN THIS
12:07:45 CURRENT CRISIS WE NEED TO PUT EVERY PENNY WE CAN TO HELP
12:07:49 PEOPLE NOT GET KICKED OUT OF THEIR HOMES.
12:07:51 THANK YOU.
12:07:51 >> COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
12:07:54 >>LYNN HURTAK: I APPRECIATE THE SENTIMENT AND WE DO NEED
12:08:03 MONEY FOR HOUSING.
12:08:04 I FEEL THIS DOES ENABLE RESIDENTS TO FIND THOSE ISSUES
12:08:08 FASTER.
12:08:08 SO IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WHO IS CALLING AND CAN'T REACH, I
12:08:14 THINK THAT MAYBE FURTHER DOWN THE LINE, WHEN WE ARE NOT IN
12:08:18 SUCH A CRISIS, WE COULD PULL BACK EMPLOYEES.
12:08:24 BUT I THINK AT LEAST TWO INITIALLY TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND,
12:08:27 BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO GET OVERWHELMED.
12:08:29 JUST LOOK WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE RMAP PROGRAM.
12:08:32 PEOPLE ARE GOING TO IMMEDIATELY CALL AND USE THIS SERVICE,
12:08:35 AND WE WANTS THEM TO.
12:08:36 BUT THE RMAP ONCE THE MONEY WAS GONE IT IS GONE.
12:08:39 THIS IS NOT GOING TO HAVE MONEY THAT'S GOING TO DISAPPEAR.
12:08:42 IT'S A SERVICE.
12:08:42 SO IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO HELP PEOPLE GO TO THE PLACES
12:08:47 THAT SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS.
12:08:48 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:08:52 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
12:08:56 YOU GO FIRST AND THEN I WILL GO AHEAD.
12:08:59 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I'M SUPPORTIVE.
12:09:00 I WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS HAS A LITTLE MORE TEETH.
12:09:02 I WANT TO MAKE SURE, ONE PERSON ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE OF THOSE
12:09:10 OTHER PROGRAMS, NOT JUST PICK UP A PHONE CALL AND SAY, JUST
12:09:14 TURN THEM TO ANOTHER LINE, AND STILL PEOPLE MAY NOT GET THE
12:09:18 RIGHT SERVICE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A
12:09:20 PROGRAM, AND GIVE PEOPLE ADVICE, AND GET THEM TO THE RIGHT
12:09:26 PLACE SO THEY CAN GET THE HELP THEY NEED.
12:09:27 I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY TO JUST BE ANSWERING THE PHONE AND
12:09:30 TRANSFER THEM TO SOME OTHER AGENCY.
12:09:32 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANYONE ELSE?
12:09:40 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:09:40 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO HAVING LISTENED TO THE COMMENTS FROM
12:09:45 MY COLLEAGUES, YOU KNOW, FOLKS JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE TO TURN
12:09:49 FOR HELP.
12:09:50 MY OWN MOTHER, HOW MUCH TIMES DOES SHE CONTACT ME, HELP ME
12:09:54 WITH THIS, BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T KNOW.
12:09:56 AND ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO SOMETHING SO IMPORTANT AS
12:09:59 HOUSING, WHICH IS A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT, PEOPLE ARE SCARED,
12:10:06 BECAUSE WE SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
12:10:10 RENTS ARE OUT OF CONTROL, ISSUES WITH HOUSING ALL OVER THE
12:10:13 PLACE.
12:10:14 I THINK THIS IS A GOOD THING TO DO.
12:10:16 MY MOTION WOULD BE THAT THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT COME BACK WITH
12:10:22 A DRAFT ORDINANCE, DRAFT, SO WE HAVE TIME TO READ IT AND
12:10:26 LOOK AT IT.
12:10:27 AUGUST 4th.
12:10:28 I KNOW WE ARE ALMOST ON SUMMER BREAK.
12:10:33 AUGUST 4th UNDER STAFF REPORTS.
12:10:35 I'M SORRY, IF IT'S A DRAFT ORDINANCE BEFORE THAT, THAT WE
12:10:39 BUDGET -- AND I'M SAYING $400,000 FOR TWO PEOPLE TO WORK IN
12:10:45 THIS NEW OFFICE.
12:10:47 I DON'T KNOW HOW BIG MIAMI-DADE IS.
12:10:50 I KNOW HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS OVER A MILLION PEOPLE.
12:10:52 CITY OF TAMPA IS RIGHT AT 400.
12:10:55 UNDER A HALF MILLION PEOPLE.
12:10:57 SO I THINK WITH 400,000, TWO EMPLOYEES, AND IF WE HAVE TO
12:11:02 REDUCE IT OR INCREASE IT, AT LEAST WE CAN TEST IT OUT, AND
12:11:06 REMOVE EVERYTHING HERE THAT YOU SEE, BUT REMOVE BULLET POINT
12:11:10 4 THAT SAYS WORKS WITH DEVELOPERS/AGENCIES TO DEVELOP
12:11:14 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES, AS COUNCILMAN CARLSON MENTIONED, AND
12:11:18 LEAVE EVERYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT.
12:11:21 >> SECOND.
12:11:23 >>MORRIS MASSEY: I THINK WANT TO SAY A COUPLE THINGS REAL
12:11:28 QUICK.
12:11:28 WE CAN CERTAINLY ON A DRAFT ORDINANCE.
12:11:30 BUT THE STAFFING AND THE BUDGET OF THAT, IT TAKES
12:11:35 COOPERATION WITH THE ADMINISTRATION.
12:11:36 I THINK MAYBE THE MOTION OUGHT TO SUGGEST THAT THE
12:11:39 ADMINISTRATION APPEAR ON AUGUST 4 AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT HOW
12:11:46 THAT MIGHT BE ACCOMPLISHED EITHER NOW OR IN THE NEXT BUDGET
12:11:49 CYCLE.
12:11:49 I THINK THAT'S KIND OF PART AND PARCEL OF THIS.
12:11:54 TO BE DONE BY THE ADMINISTRATION.
12:11:55 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WOULD ALSO ASK THAT OUR CFO DENNIS
12:11:58 ROGERO, OF COURSE HE OVERSEES THE BUDGET, AND ALSO BRING IN
12:12:04 CHIEF OF STAFF JOHN BENNETT, WHO IS VERY GOOD AND VERY
12:12:07 RESPONSIVE, AND I KNOW HE'S A PROBLEM SOLVER, AND IF HE
12:12:12 WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS, INCLUDED IN THE DISCUSSION,
12:12:17 WHATEVER HIS THOUGHTS ARE, AND THAT THESE FOLKS LOOK AT IN
12:12:20 THE MEANTIME AND COME BACK AUGUST 4th WHEN THIS IS
12:12:23 PRESENTED TO US.
12:12:24 SO WE HAVE ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDED HERE.
12:12:28 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN --
12:12:33 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AM GOING TO SUPPORT IT.
12:12:37 I SECONDED MR. MANISCALCO'S MOTION BACK ON JUNE 2nd.
12:12:40 HOWEVER, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HERE UNDERSTANDS
12:12:44 THAT I HAVE GOT TO SEE RESULTS.
12:12:45 BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GIVE ANYONE ANOTHER FALSE HOPE THAT
12:12:47 I'M GOING TO SELL THE PROPERTY, THAT'S WHAT I AM WORRIED
12:12:52 ABOUT.
12:12:52 THANK YOU.
12:12:53 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:12:56 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
12:12:58 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO, MANISCALCO.
12:13:00 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MANISCALCO, I'M SORRY.
12:13:02 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
12:13:03 >>BILL CARLSON: DID YOU WANT TO SECOND IT THIS TIME?
12:13:03 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO, I'M NOT THAT WAY, YOU KNOW THAT.
12:13:15 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
12:13:15 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:13:17 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:13:18 >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
12:13:18 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:13:20 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:13:20 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:13:23 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH VIERA BEING
12:13:25 ABSENT AT VOTE.
12:13:26 >>BILL CARLSON: MR. CHAIR.
12:13:27 QUICKLY, THERE ARE FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE, I MENTIONED
12:13:31 EARLIER WE NEED YOUR HELP WITH OTHER ANALYSIS LIKE THE
12:13:34 HOUSING OFFICE, THE STATE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. IN THIS
12:13:38 CASE, WE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY, WE HAVE THE ADMINISTRATION COME
12:13:42 BACK ON AUGUST 4th SO WE NEED YOUR HELP MAKING SURE THE
12:13:45 ADMINISTRATION COMES WITH AN ORDINANCE WE CAN PASS AND WITH
12:13:48 THE MONEY TO APPROVE THIS, BECAUSE THE TWO FORMS OF
12:13:51 GOVERNMENT HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER.
12:13:52 THANK YOU.
12:13:52 >>JOSEPH CITRO: IS THERE ANY MORE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO
12:14:00 SAY?
12:14:04 >> REBECCA JOHNS: THE SECOND PART, I WAS LOOKING INTO THE
12:14:09 GAINESVILLE PROGRAM.
12:14:13 WOULD YOU LINING ME TO DISCUSS THAT?
12:14:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO: PLEASE.
12:14:15 >> SO THE GAINESVILLE RENTAL CERTIFICATE PROGRAM PROVIDES
12:14:19 THAT A LANDLORD PRIOR TO RENTING A UNIT MUST REGISTER WITH
12:14:24 THE CITY, THEY MUST SUBMIT A SELF-INSPECTION CHECKLIST, THAT
12:14:31 THEY DO THE INSPECTION THEMSELVES, SUBMIT A CERTIFICATE
12:14:35 STATING THEIR PROPERTY WILL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
12:14:38 REQUIREMENTS OF THE SELF-INSPECTION AND THEY PAY A PERMIT
12:14:41 FEE.
12:14:42 THE CITY OF GAINESVILLE THEN HAS THE ABILITY TO GO OUT AND
12:14:45 INSPECT A PROPERTY AND SHALL YOU A VIOLATION IF THEY
12:14:49 DETERMINE THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
12:14:52 REQUIREMENTS.
12:14:54 THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE RENTAL CERTIFICATE PROGRAM THAT
12:14:57 THE CITY OF TAMPA CURRENTLY HAS, THAT IN OCTOBER, I BELIEVE,
12:15:03 THAT WAS DISCUSSED HERE, THAT THAT PROGRAM WAS NOT
12:15:06 EFFECTIVE, AND SHOULD BE DISSOLVED, AND I TALKED TO OCEA
12:15:11 WYNN AND SHE IS COME -- COMING BACK IN JULY OR AUGUST TO
12:15:15 TALK ABOUT A NEW REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.
12:15:18 SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO GO INTO MORE DETAIL ABOUT
12:15:22 THAT.
12:15:22 BUT THAT'S WHERE THEY ARE.
12:15:24 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
12:15:27 >>LYNN HURTAK: THEY JUST PASSED A NEW ONE THAT HASN'T GONE
12:15:31 INTO EFFECT YET.
12:15:32 WERE YOU ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT AS WELL?
12:15:35 >> THIS IS THE ONE I FOUND WHEN I CALLED, THIS IS WHAT THEY
12:15:38 GAVE ME.
12:15:38 >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY.
12:15:39 THEN I CAN TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT AFTERWARDS.
12:15:43 BUT THE QUESTION -- AND I HAVE CALLED TO TRY TO GET A
12:15:48 MEETING WITH SOMEONE UP THERE, TOO.
12:15:52 DOES THIS ONLY DEAL WITH THE PROPERTIES WITH FOUR AND UNDER?
12:15:57 OR DOES IT DEAL WITH THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE THE LARGER
12:16:02 COMPLEXES?
12:16:04 >> THIS BEING GAINESVILLE?
12:16:09 >>LYNN HURTAK: THERE'S.
12:16:10 >> THERE'S APPEARS TO DEAL WITH EVERYTHING.
12:16:13 >>LYNN HURTAK: I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENS.
12:16:15 >>MORRIS MASSEY: WE ARE RESEARCHING THAT ISSUE AND COME
12:16:19 BACK TO YOU I BELIEVE ON JULY 14 TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE CAN
12:16:24 DO.
12:16:24 I THINK WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING, TO SEE HOW WE CAN
12:16:31 EFFECTIVELY DO MORE THAN WHAT WE HAVE HISTORICALLY DONE
12:16:35 BECAUSE OF THE PREEMPTION ISSUE THAT WAS IDENTIFIED.
12:16:38 SO WE ARE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW.
12:16:40 AND WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU ON JULY 14th.
12:16:42 >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
12:16:44 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
12:16:45 >> REBECCA JOHNS: THANK YOU.
12:16:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ITEM NUMBER 56.
12:16:53 FILE T-22-75 TO 63.
12:16:58 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY COUNCIL.
12:17:02 BRAD BAIRD, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
12:17:06 I AM VERY EXCITED TO PRESENT TO YOU A PROPOSAL WITH DAVID
12:17:12 NELSON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY PERTAINING TO THE PARK
12:17:21 IMPROVEMENT --
12:17:23 >> I'M SORRY.
12:17:23 AS WE ARE LEAVING, COULD WE DO THAT VERY QUIETLY, PLEASE?
12:17:27 THANK YOU.
12:17:27 GO AHEAD.
12:17:29 BARED BARRED I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMAN VIERA, THE
12:17:32 PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, THE CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION
12:17:35 DEPARTMENT, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF HARD WORK TO BRING THIS
12:17:38 BEFORE YOU TODAY.
12:17:41 AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT ON THAT.
12:17:42 AND WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.
12:17:45 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
12:17:49 MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN
12:17:53 CARLSON.
12:17:54 ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
12:17:55 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:17:57 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:17:58 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:17:59 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:18:01 >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
12:18:01 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:18:02 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH VIERA BEING
12:18:04 ABSENT AT VOTE.
12:18:06 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
12:18:07 AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 57, PW-22-75007.
12:18:15 >>BRAD BAIRD: THIS IS AN ITEM ACCEPTING THE PROPOSAL TO
12:18:25 SELECT SEWER REPLACEMENT WITH THE WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT AND
12:18:29 I HAVE WRITTEN A MEMO ON IT AND WILL ENTERTAIN ANY
12:18:31 QUESTIONS.
12:18:32 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
12:18:34 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
12:18:35 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:18:37 ROLL CALL VOTE.
12:18:38 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:18:41 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:18:42 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:18:43 >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
12:18:44 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:18:45 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:18:46 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH VIERA BEING
12:18:48 ABSENT AT VOTE.
12:18:51 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:18:53 AGENDA NUMBER 58.
12:18:57 FILE CM 21-72024.
12:19:02 MS. FEELEY.
12:19:03 >>ABBYE FEELEY: ABBYE FEELEY, EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATOR,
12:19:08 DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
12:19:11 ITEM 58 WAS A MOTION TO PROVIDE A REPORT ON THE CFI, THE
12:19:18 ELIMINATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE CHLORINE PLANT.
12:19:27 YOU HAVE BECOME AWARE THAT CFI WAS SOLD AT THE END OF
12:19:30 DECEMBER 2021.
12:19:32 I BELIEVE THE DEED WAS RECORDED THE END OF MAY.
12:19:35 AND ALSO THAT EVEN IN SOME PROCEEDINGS THAT YOU PARTICIPATED
12:19:40 IN THAT THE ONE FLAWED RAH PROCEEDING HAD TWO ALTERNATIVES.
12:19:47 ONE, IF CFI REMAINS, ONE IF IT'S REMOVED AND THAT DEVELOPER
12:19:51 IN FACT TOOK OUT THE ALTERNATIVE IF CFI REMAINED
12:19:55 ACKNOWLEDGING THAT CFI WAS PURCHASED AND WILL BE REMOVED,
12:19:58 AND THAT DEVELOPMENT WILL NOT BE CONSTRUCTED UNLESS IT IS
12:20:02 DONE SO.
12:20:03 SO THERE IS A LEASE RIGHT NOW THAT I AM AWARE OF THROUGH
12:20:07 DECEMBER OF '23 AND AT THAT TIME IT IS INTENDED THAT CFI
12:20:14 WOULD REMOVE OPERATIONS FROM THE PROPERTY.
12:20:18 I BELIEVE ALSO THAT MS. BATSEL A FEW WEEKS AGO TESTIFIED
12:20:23 THAT SOME OPERATIONS HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO MOVE FROM THAT
12:20:26 SITE.
12:20:27 SO AT THIS TIME I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION
12:20:30 ON ANY ACQUISITION RELATED TO THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY, BUT I
12:20:33 AM HERE FOR ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND MS. WELLS IS HERE
12:20:38 AS WELL.
12:20:39 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THE ONLY THING I AM GOING TO ASK IS
12:20:41 WHOEVER THE BUYER IS, I GUESS CAME UP TO SOME MUTUAL
12:20:45 AGREEMENT WITH CFI.
12:20:48 BUT THEN YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY
12:20:51 SPENT ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROPERTY OF CFI.
12:20:54 AM I CORRECT?
12:20:56 WHO IS GOING TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT?
12:21:00 >>ABBYE FEELEY: THE PRIVATE DEVELOPER WOULD.
12:21:02 I AM NOT PRIVY TO THAT INFORMATION OR THE ENVIRONMENTAL
12:21:04 STATUS OF THE PROPERTY.
12:21:06 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THE DEVELOPER.
12:21:10 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MRS. MS. FEELEY.
12:21:13 AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 61, FILE CM 22-74, 625.
12:21:28 >>ABBYE FEELEY: THIS WAS A REPORT RESEARCH UPDATING A
12:21:31 PROGRAM TO ADDRESS THE PROBATE ISSUES.
12:21:33 I DID SPEAK WITH COUNCILMAN GUDES ON THIS THIS WEEK, AND I
12:21:36 BRIEFED MANY OF YOU LETTING YOU KNOW THAT PROBATE IS REALLY
12:21:39 A PRIVATE PROPERTY MANNER WHEN SOMEBODY'S PROPERTY GOES INTO
12:21:42 PROBATE, IT GOES THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
12:21:46 AND I BELIEVE THERE IS SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATED
12:21:50 TO THAT MOTION THAT COUNCILMAN GUDES MAY WISH TO SHARE.
12:21:55 IN ADDITION, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY ONE MATTER THAT I
12:21:58 HEARD THIS MORNING.
12:21:59 I DID HAVE A CALL WITH MR. HENRY GETZ YESTERDAY IN
12:22:05 PREPARATION FOR OUR WORKSHOP NEXT WEEK ON ABUs, AND I HAD
12:22:11 MENTIONED TO HIM THAT IT HAD COME TO MY ATTENTION RELATED TO
12:22:14 THE ESTATE PROPERTIES, THE 600 MILLION THAT WAS QUOTED.
12:22:21 SO HE CLARIFIED FOR ME, AND I THINK IT WAS CLARIFIED IN THE
12:22:26 WFLA ARTICLE, THAT THEY DO A RUN ON THE PROPERTIES WITHIN
12:22:29 THE CITY THAT CONTAIN THE NAME, STATE OR TRUST OR TO KNOW
12:22:34 HOW MANY ARE IN THAT GROUPING, AND THE PROPERTY VALUE IS
12:22:39 THAT VALUE.
12:22:40 THOSE ARE NOT DEFUNCT PROPERTIES THAT ARE NOT PAYING THEIR
12:22:43 TAXES.
12:22:44 SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CLEAR ON THAT.
12:22:47 THERE IS NOT THIS INVENTORY OF 600 MILLION OR 1.4 BILLION IN
12:22:51 PROPERTIES THAT ARE DEFUNCT IN ANY WAY.
12:22:54 THAT IS WHAT IS ENCOMPASSED WITHIN OUR OVERALL INVENTORY OF
12:22:58 PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMPA PROPER.
12:23:00 SO WE WERE GOING TO HAVE SOME FURTHER DISCUSSIONS THAT
12:23:05 REALLY LIE IN MR. HENRIQUEZ HOUSE.
12:23:12 I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THERE ARE TO
12:23:14 ENSURING PROPERTIES ARE MAINTAINED OR IF THERE ARE
12:23:17 DILAPIDATED PROPERTIES THAT COULD COME IN, BUT TYPICALLY THE
12:23:21 CITY RECEIVES PROPERTIES THAT GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, THEY
12:23:26 HAVEN'T PAID TAXES AND THEN THEY ARE EVENTUALLY TURNED OVER
12:23:28 TO THE CITY.
12:23:29 THE OTHER THING IS THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE A TAX
12:23:33 CERTIFICATE IF SOMEBODY IS NOT PAYING THEIR TAXES, BUT THAT
12:23:37 CERTIFICATE HAS A HOLD OF THREE YEARS.
12:23:39 SO EVEN IF YOU ARE TAKING THAT ON AS A PROPERTY, THAT
12:23:42 PROPERTY OWNER HAS AN OPTION TO PURCHASE THAT WITHIN A
12:23:45 THREE-YEAR PERIOD.
12:23:46 SO THAT IS CORRECT I DON'T BELIEVE IS GOING TO RESULT IN
12:23:48 ANYTHING QUICKLY CHANGING IN TERMS OF THOSE PROPERTIES.
12:23:52 BUT THAT'S WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
12:23:54 I AM HAPPY TO HEAR IF THERE IS ADDITIONAL DIRECTION OR FROM
12:23:57 COUNCIL THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS.
12:24:00 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. MASSEY.
12:24:02 >>MORRIS MASSEY: TO MRS. FEELEY'S POINT, A LOT OF PROPERTY
12:24:06 OWNERS THROUGH ESTATE PLANNING SET UP A TRUST AS THEY DO PUT
12:24:10 THEIR HOMESTEAD OR HOUSES IN THE NAME OF THE TRUST.
12:24:13 SO A LOT OF THE VALUE THAT YOU MAY BE HEARING AS BEING OWNED
12:24:19 BY THE STATE OR A TRUST ARE NOT PROPERTIES THAT ARE
12:24:22 DELINQUENT OR DILAPIDATED OR DON'T HAVE A LIVING INDIVIDUAL
12:24:25 THERE, AND IN FACT THEY ARE HOMESTEADED SO THAT IS
12:24:30 ESSENTIALLY CORRECT.
12:24:30 THE OTHER ISSUE IS REALLY PROBATE IS A PRIVATE MATTER
12:24:35 PRIMARILY, SO THE CITY, THE WAY THE CITY COULD ENTER THAT IS
12:24:41 DIFFICULT.
12:24:42 I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IF PROPERTIES ARE RUN DOWN BECAUSE THEY
12:24:46 ARE STUCK IN PROBATE, WE COULD BE MORE AGGRESSIVE ABOUT CODE
12:24:49 ENFORCEMENT.
12:24:50 THAT'S ONE STRATEGY WE CAN EMPLOY, AND AS STATED, IF THERE
12:24:56 IS NONPAYMENT OF TAXES OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, TAX DEEDS WILL
12:25:00 BE ISSUED.
12:25:02 IT USED TO BE THAT THE CITY WOULD GET A FAIR NUMBER OF
12:25:04 PROPERTIES FOR THE BEINGS TAX DEED BECAUSE PROPERTY OPENERS
12:25:09 FAILED TO PAY THEIR TAXES, AND NO ONE ELSE IS INTERESTED IN
12:25:12 BIDDING ON OR REDEEMING THOSE TAX CERTIFICATES.
12:25:17 AND PROPERTY VALUES HAVE INCREASED IN TAMPA, SO INVESTORS
12:25:22 ARE PICKING UP THOSE TAXES, BUT THAT'S MORE OF A PRIVATE
12:25:26 INVESTMENT PROCESS THAN WHAT WE DEAL WITH.
12:25:29 >>ORLANDO GUDES: LIKE YOU SAID, I WOULD LIKE A CONVERSATION
12:25:35 WITH BOB HENRIQUEZ.
12:25:38 I THINK A LOT OF FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY IN UNDERSERVED
12:25:42 COMMUNITIES THAT DON'T KNOW THE PROCESS, DON'T UNDERSTAND
12:25:45 PROBATE, AND BEING IN THE FUNERAL BUSINESS, WE SEE IT ALL
12:25:48 THE TIME.
12:25:49 AND THEN AGAIN, THAT PROPERTY SITS THERE FOR DECADE, BECAUSE
12:25:53 MAYBE JOHNNY CAN'T AFFORD THE $1500 TO GO DOWN AND FILE,
12:25:58 DOESN'T KNOW.
12:25:59 SO I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A WAY WHERE PEOPLE CAN KNOW A
12:26:05 CALL, SET UP A FUND TO WHERE THOSE WHO ARE INDIGENT, WHO
12:26:08 CAN'T GET THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH
12:26:11 THAT PROCEEDS PROCESS, THE ASPECT OF GOING INTO THE
12:26:15 PERIMETER BUT HAVING SOMEWHERE FOR THEM TO GO UNDERSTANDING
12:26:18 THE PROCESS AND MAYBE BEING ABLE TO HAVE A FUND WHERE THEY
12:26:22 CAN GET MONEY TO GET AN ATTORNEY OR HAVE AN ADVOCACY GROUP
12:26:26 OR PRIVATE THIRD PARTY TO HELP WITH THAT.
12:26:32 AGAIN, YOU TALK ABOUT CODE.
12:26:35 IF THAT WEREN'T THE CASE YOU WOULDN'T HAVE ALL THESE
12:26:37 PROBLEMS IN EAST TAMPA, IF CODE ENFORCEMENT HAD THE STAFF OR
12:26:40 TIME TO DO ALL OF THAT.
12:26:42 >>MORRIS MASSEY: CAN I ALSO SUGGEST THAT MAYBE YOU ADD BAY
12:26:44 AREA LEGAL SERVICES? THEY PROVIDE FREE LEGAL SERVICES, AND
12:26:48 THEY DO HAVE FOLKS THAT ARE, IN FACT, DO DEAL WITH PROBATE.
12:26:52 THAT IS ONE OF THEIR AREAS.
12:26:54 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I CALLED OVER THERE AND THEY --
12:26:58 >>MORRIS MASSEY: OFTENTIMES THEY ASK FOR VOLUNTEER
12:27:02 ASSISTANCE IN THE LEGAL COMMUNITY AND ONE OF THE MAJOR ITEMS
12:27:05 YOU SEE THEY ASK FOR VOLUNTEER ASSISTANCE IS ON PROBATE
12:27:08 MATTERS, AND MAYBE WE COULD WORK WITH THEM TO HELP THEM IF
12:27:13 THEY NEED HELP, HELP WITH THAT.
12:27:19 BUT THAT'S THE VEHICLE FOR FOLKS WHO CAN'T AFFORD LEGAL
12:27:21 SERVICES TO WORK THROUGH TO GET THAT HELP.
12:27:23 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MAYBE THE CHIEF JUDGE, TOO, BECAUSE WE
12:27:28 FOUND A LOT OF TIMES, IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET A JUDGE,
12:27:31 THE COURT TO FAIL THAT PROCESS, AND THERE'S A LONG STRETCH
12:27:38 AT TIMES.
12:27:39 SO I JUST THINK IT NEEDS TO LOOK AT THOSE ISSUES, FIGURE OUT
12:27:45 THAT MAYBE WITH WHATEVER, A FUND TO WHERE WE CAN HELP THOSE
12:27:49 FOLKS WHO CAN'T HELP THEMSELVES TO GET THAT BACK IN, TO LIVE
12:27:53 AT HOME, BUT I JUST THINK THERE'S A MISSING GAP.
12:27:58 I WANT TO SEE HOW WE CAN FILL THAT GAP.
12:28:01 SO IF YOU JUST BRING THAT BACK.
12:28:04 >>ABBYE FEELEY: I WOULD ASK FOR AT LEAST 90 DAYS MAYBE.
12:28:07 >>ORLANDO GUDES: 90 DAYS IS FINE.
12:28:13 TIME TO MEET WITH ALL PARTIES AND SO FORTH AND SEE WHAT WE
12:28:16 CAN COME UP WITH.
12:28:19 TO HELP PEOPLE THAT CAN'T HELP THEMSELVES AT TIMES.
12:28:21 >>JOSEPH CITRO: IS THAT YOUR MOTION, MR. GUDES?
12:28:25 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:28:26 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:28:28 ROLL CALL VOTE.
12:28:29 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:28:33 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:28:34 >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
12:28:35 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:28:37 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:28:38 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:28:38 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH VIERA BEING
12:28:41 ABSENT AT VOTE.
12:28:43 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. REMER.
12:28:53 >>WHIT REMER: WHIT REMER, SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE
12:29:00 OFFICE FOR THE CITY, APPEARING TODAY AT THE REQUEST OF
12:29:03 COUNCIL TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON MASHING THE ONE YEAR
12:29:08 ANNIVERSARY OF THE RELEASE OF THE CITY'S RESILIENCY TAMPA
12:29:11 ROAD MAP.
12:29:14 I SUBMITTED A MEMO TO COUNCIL.
12:29:17 I AM GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE
12:29:22 INCLUDED IN THAT MEMO.
12:29:23 BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SPRINKLE IN A COUPLE OF ANECDOTES
12:29:27 BASED ON PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE HEARD TODAY TO SHOW THAT THE
12:29:30 CITY IS AND CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON MANY OF THE ISSUES THAT
12:29:33 WERE BROUGHT BEFORE COUNCIL TODAY.
12:29:35 SOME HIGHLIGHTS, AND A BRIEF HISTORY ON THE RESILIENT TAMPA
12:29:39 ROAD MAP, IF YOU WILL.
12:29:41 WHEN I STARTED IN THIS POSITION, JUST OVER TWO YEARS AGO,
12:29:45 THE MAYOR HAD ENTERED INTO A RELATIONSHIP THAT WAS APPROVED
12:29:49 BY CITY COUNCIL TO WORK WITH THE RESILIENT CITIES BASED OUT
12:29:54 OF NETWORK THAT HAS HELPED PRODUCE RESILIENCY ROAD MAPS FOR
12:29:58 CITIES ACROSS THE WORLD.
12:29:59 WHEN I TALK TO PEERS IN MY POSITION IN DIFFERENT CITIES,
12:30:03 EACH CITY HAS A DIFFERENT DEFINITION OF RESILIENCE.
12:30:07 THE DEFINITION THAT WE TOOK HERE AT THE CITY OF TAMPA WAS
12:30:09 ALL ENCOMPASSING AND INCLUDED THINGS LOOKING AT HOUSING,
12:30:13 TRANSPORTATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, OF COURSE
12:30:15 SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT.
12:30:19 JACKSONVILLE RECENTLY HIRED A SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE
12:30:22 OFFICER AND THAT THEY ARE FOCUSED SLOWLY ON COASTAL
12:30:26 RESILIENCE, PROTECTION FROM STORM SURGE AND HEAVY RAIN
12:30:29 EVENTS.
12:30:30 SO EVERY CITY HANDLES THIS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.
12:30:34 OUR 58 INITIATIVES THAT ARE LAID OUT IN THE RESILIENT TAMPA
12:30:37 ROAD MAP ARE A REFLECTION OF THE MAYOR'S TRANSFORMING
12:30:41 TAMPA'S TOMORROW STRATEGY INTO FIVE AREAS THAT SHE FOCUSED
12:30:46 ON WHEN SHE TOOK OFFICE, AND I THINK THAT THOSE AREAS OF
12:30:49 FOCUS STILL REMAIN TRUE TODAY.
12:30:51 ALLOW ME, IF YOU WILL, JUST TO TICK OFF A COUPLE OF THE 58
12:30:56 INITIATIVES THAT WE ARE WORKING ON BASED ON WHAT WE HEARD
12:30:59 HERE TODAY.
12:31:00 ACCELERATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING
12:31:03 COMPLEX -- UNITS, PRESERVE AND RESTORE MORE AFFORDABILITY
12:31:08 HOUSING UNITS, LAUNCH A CLIMATE RISK EDUCATION AND
12:31:11 COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGN, ADDRESS AND FORTIFY CRITICAL
12:31:15 INFRASTRUCTURE, STORMWATER SYSTEMS FOR CHANGING CLIMATE.
12:31:21 WE HEARD FROM MR. BHIDE THAT WE EXPERIENCED ONE IN 100 YEAR
12:31:25 STORM EVENT LAST WEEK.
12:31:26 I THINK THAT'S THE THIRD ONE IN THE LAST YEAR THAT WE
12:31:29 EXPERIENCED.
12:31:30 THESE STORMS ARE BECOMING MORE INTENSE AND MORE FREQUENT AND
12:31:34 OUR STORMWATER DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO LOOK AT THESE ISSUES
12:31:37 AND BASED ON RESILIENCE AND CLIMATE CHANGE.
12:31:40 OF THOSE 58 INITIATIVES, 72% ARE ON TRACK.
12:31:46 80% OF THE CLIMATE RELATED INITIATIVES ARE ON TRACK.
12:31:51 AND THE REMAINING INITIATIVES ARE STILL IN THE PLANNING
12:31:55 PHASES.
12:31:56 THIS IS A BIG DEAL AND THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY BEHIND THIS.
12:31:59 IN THE FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT WAS PASSED LAST
12:32:01 YEAR, THERE'S 47 BILLION DOLLARS SLATED FOR CLIMATE
12:32:05 RESILIENCE INFRASTRUCTURE.
12:32:07 THIS STATE, STATE OF FLORIDA HAS A BILLION DOLLARS IN THE
12:32:10 RESILIENT FLORIDA PROGRAM.
12:32:13 AS FUNDING PRIORITIES OF STATE AGENCIES CONTINUE TO SHIFT TO
12:32:17 MEET CHANGING DEMANDS, THE RESILIENT FLORIDA PROGRAM IS
12:32:20 GOING TO BECOME ONE OF THE TOP FUNDING PROGRAMS FOR
12:32:22 STORMWATER AND FLOOD MITIGATION.
12:32:24 THAT'S GOING TO BE AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FUND.
12:32:27 OUR STORMWATER DEPARTMENT, MOBILITY DEPARTMENT AND
12:32:30 RESILIENCE DEPARTMENT TO SEEK.
12:32:33 I CAN GO THROUGH A NUMBER OF THE STATISTICS THAT WE USE TO
12:32:36 TRACK THESE 58 INITIATIVES.
12:32:40 WE USE THE PROPRIETARY DASHBOARD DEVELOPED BY THE CITY TO
12:32:44 UNDERSTAND WHERE THESE INITIATIVES ARE, WHO IN THE CITY IS
12:32:46 HELPING SPONSOR THEM, WHERE THE FUNDING IS COMING FROM, HOW
12:32:51 MUCH FUNDING HAS BEEN EXTENDED.
12:32:53 FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE OVER $113 MILLION FOR THE RESILIENCY
12:32:58 TAMPA ROAD MAP SO FAR.
12:33:00 MUCH OF THAT COMES FROM THE FUNDS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUT
12:33:04 I CAN TELL YOU JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I WORKED WITH
12:33:07 THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT TO GET A $2.5 MILLION HUD GRANT TO
12:33:13 FOCUS ON WEATHERIZATION AND OWNER OCCUPIED PROGRAM.
12:33:17 YOU HEARD OVER AND OVER FROM THE HOUSING ADVOCATES THE NEED.
12:33:20 ONE OF THE CHEAPEST WAYS TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS TO
12:33:24 KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES, KEEP THEM SAFE IN THEIR HOMES,
12:33:27 OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAMS IS AN EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE
12:33:31 PROGRAM AND I AM PROUD TO WORK WITH MS. FEELEY'S PROGRAM TO
12:33:34 BRING THAT WEATHERIZATION FUNDING TO BEAR.
12:33:36 WE CAN'T DO THIS ALONE.
12:33:38 I CERTAINLY CAN'T DO THIS ALONE.
12:33:39 YOU JUST HEARD, WE CONTINUE TO UTILIZE PARTNERSHIP, 45
12:33:45 PUBLIC AND PUBLIC PARTNERS ACROSS THE CITY AND ACROSS THE
12:33:47 TAMPA BAY AREA TO HELP US ACHIEVE OUR GOALS.
12:33:50 AND WE ARE DOING ALL OF THIS ON A DAILY BUYS.
12:33:55 I LOOK FORWARD TO ANSWERING ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
12:33:57 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY QUESTIONS?
12:34:05 COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
12:34:03 >>BILL CARLSON: I SAID THIS TO YOU AND CHIEF OF STAFF LAST
12:34:07 YEAR.
12:34:08 I DON'T AGREE WITH THE ALL-ENCOMPASSING DEFINITION WHICH
12:34:12 INCLUDES WHAT I CONSIDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SOLVING
12:34:15 PROBLEMS OF POVERTY AND OTHER THINGS.
12:34:16 I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S AN ACADEMIC VIEW THAT COULD
12:34:21 ENCOMPASS ALL THOSE THINGS, BUT I THINK IN LOOKING AT THEM
12:34:24 THROUGH THAT LENS, IT GIVES US THE WRONG VIEW OF IT.
12:34:27 SO I HAVE HAD OTHER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ALL OF THAT.
12:34:29 BUT THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION I GET IN SOUTH TAMPA IS, WHEN IS
12:34:33 SOUTH TAMPA GOING TO BE UNDERWATER AND WHAT ARE WE GOING TO
12:34:35 DO TO MITIGATE THAT?
12:34:37 >>WHIT REMER: SO THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, COUNCILMAN
12:34:42 CARLSON.
12:34:45 MESSAGING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SEA LEVEL RISE AND STORM
12:34:51 SURGE IS SOMETHING UNTIL WE HAVE THE STORMWATER CAMPAIGN.
12:34:54 STORM SURGE IS CERTAINLY A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE FOR THE SOUTH
12:34:57 TAMPA PENINSULA AND MUCH OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
12:35:04 WE WORK ON THAT TYPE OF NEW JERSEY PREPARATION, RED CROSS
12:35:07 WAS HERE THIS MORNING TALKING ABOUT PREPARATION.
12:35:10 WE HAVE HEARD THROUGH OUR FORMATION OF THE CLIMATE ACTION
12:35:13 EQUITY PLAN THAT PREPAREDNESS IN THOSE KITS THAT RED CROSS
12:35:17 REFERENCED ARE JUST A CRITICAL ELEMENT.
12:35:19 STORM SURGE IS A MAJOR ISSUE, AND WE HAVE MAPS THAT SHOW OUR
12:35:24 NEW EVACUATION THAT WAS RELEASED TWO WEEKS AGO, AND SO
12:35:29 CATEGORY 2 OR CATEGORY 3 STORM WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT
12:35:34 THE SOUTH TAMPA PENINSULA.
12:35:36 THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN SEA LEVEL RISE WHICH IS A LOWER
12:35:39 GRADUALLY OCCURRING RISING OF THE SEAS, AND THE DATA THAT WE
12:35:43 HAVE TO DATE ON THAT SHOWS THAT IN ABOUT 30 YEARS WE'LL HAVE
12:35:49 BETWEEN 2 AND 8 FEET OF SEA LEVEL RISE ON OUR CLIMATE
12:35:54 MITIGATION ACTIONS.
12:35:55 RIGHT NOW THE LEVEL THAT WE ARE ADVANCING, THAT WE TEND TO
12:36:00 USE IF NOAA EYE, AND THAT PUTS US AROUND TWO AND A HALF TO
12:36:06 FOUR FEET IN THE SOUTH TAMPA PENINSULA, WHICH IS AROUND 1250
12:36:12 PROPERTIES THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED BY SEA LEVEL RISE.
12:36:14 OF THOSE 1250 PROPERTIES, ABOUT 80% OF THEM ARE PUBLICLY
12:36:18 OWNED PROPERTIES ESSENTIALLY BAYSHORE PARKS, THINGS LIKE
12:36:23 THAT.
12:36:23 SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO MESSAGE THAT.
12:36:27 ACTUALLY WE HAVE GOT SOME TIME IN THE NEXT 30 YEARS, VIA SEA
12:36:31 LEVEL RISE.
12:36:32 IF YOU COMPOUND HURRICANES ON TOP OF SEA LEVEL RISE, IT
12:36:36 BECOMES MORE SERIOUS AND REAL.
12:36:38 BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE MOBILITY
12:36:43 DEPARTMENT, THE WORK THAT I AM DOING WORKING WITH KATHY
12:36:47 CASTOR'S OFFICE TO WORK FOR BETTER SEAWALLS AND PROTECTION,
12:36:51 WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PREPARE THIS CITY FOR
12:36:53 CLIMATE READY STRUCTURAL, RAISING PUMPS, LOOKING AT
12:36:56 EVACUATION ROUTES, MAKING SURE THAT OUR PIPES ARE UP TO DATE
12:37:01 AND CAN HANDLE THAT TYPE OF MITIGATION, AND OF COURSE
12:37:05 ENCOURAGING THAT TRANSACTION TO A CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY
12:37:08 WHEREBY WE ARE NOT BURNING FOSSIL FUELS AND FURTHER
12:37:10 INCREASING OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.
12:37:13 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANYONE ELSE?
12:37:19 MR. REMER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:37:20 >>WHIT REMER: THANK YOU.
12:37:23 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ITEM NUMBER 66.
12:37:24 FILE CM-2274, 624.
12:37:29 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT WAS TAKEN OUT.
12:37:37 >>JOSEPH CITRO: EXCELLENT.
12:37:38 GOOD.
12:37:38 THANK YOU.
12:37:39 OKAY THEN.
12:37:40 WITHOUT OBJECTION, SHALL WE RECESS TILL 2:00?
12:37:46 >> YES, SIR.
12:37:47 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WE ARE IN RECESS.
12:37:54 THANK YOU.
12:38:02 [ MEETING RECESSED ]
12:38:10
13:57:34 >> ROLL CALL.
14:00:36 >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
14:00:38 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
14:00:41 >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE.
14:00:42 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
14:00:43 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
14:00:44 >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
14:00:47 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WE WILL START WITH FILE NUMBER 4, THAT IS
14:00:50 E-2-0-22-8 CHAPTER 27.
14:00:53 >>MORRIS MASSEY: I HANDED OUT TO CITY COUNCIL A SUBSTITUTE
14:01:01 ORDINANCE FOR NUMBER 4.
14:01:02 I UNDERSTAND FROM SUSAN JOHNSON-VELEZ THAT THERE IS A
14:01:08 SCRIVENER'S ORDINANCE.
14:01:09 SO PLEASE USE THE ORDINANCE I PASSED OUT.
14:01:12 THANK YOU.
14:01:25 ABBYE SHOULD BE HERE FOR NUMBER 35, I BELIEVE.
14:02:05 IF YOU WANT TO MOVE THE STAFF REPORTS.
14:02:08 >>JOSEPH CITRO: LET'S GO WITH STAFF REPORTS.
14:02:10 PARKS AND RECREATION, COUNCILMAN GUDES, 9 THROUGH 11.
14:02:14 >> MOVE 9 THROUGH 11.
14:02:17 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
14:02:20 ALL IN FAVOR?
14:02:22 THANK YOU.
14:02:24 COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, PUBLIC WORKS, 12 THROUGH 25.
14:02:30 >>LYNN HURTAK: I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ITEMS 12 THROUGH 25.
14:02:33 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK,
14:02:37 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
14:02:38 ALL IN FAVOR?
14:02:45 COUNCILMAN CARLSON, BUILDING AND ZONING.
14:02:48 >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE 32 THROUGH 43.
14:03:01 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND EXCEPT 41.
14:03:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ALL IN FAVOR?
14:03:20 I'M SORRY.
14:03:21 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, FINANCE.
14:03:22 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THE JULY AGENDA, SO I WILL MOVE 26, 28
14:03:27 THROUGH 31.
14:03:28 >> SECOND.
14:03:30 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
14:03:33 ALL IN FAVOR?
14:03:35 THANK YOU.
14:03:35 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
14:03:43 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I DID THAT.
14:03:45 >>MORRIS MASSEY: THANK YOU.
14:03:46 >>JOSEPH CITRO: LET'S GO BACK TO COUNCILMAN VIERA.
14:03:52 >>LUIS VIERA: I HEREBY MOVE ITEMS 5 THROUGH 8.
14:04:02 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
14:04:05 ALL IN FAVOR?
14:04:07 OKAY.
14:04:07 TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, ITEM 44-45.
14:04:12 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE ITEMS 44 AND 45.
14:04:15 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO,
14:04:17 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
14:04:23 ALL IN FAVOR?
14:04:25 THANK YOU.
14:04:25 >>MORRIS MASSEY: ITEM NUMBER 4, I BELIEVE MS. JOHNSON-VELEZ
14:04:35 IS HERE.
14:04:36 AND THE SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE.
14:04:39 >>JOSEPH CITRO: GOING BACK TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 4, E
14:04:42 2022-8 CHAPTER 27.
14:04:44 >>SUSAN JOHNSON-VELEZ: LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
14:04:51 THIS ORDINANCE IS PRESENTED TO YOU IN RESPONSE TO AN
14:04:54 APPLICATION THAT THE CITY RECEIVED FROM THE K-BAR RANCH 2
14:04:59 COMMUNITY DISTRICT.
14:05:01 SOME OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
14:05:03 DISTRICTS, A LOCAL UNIT WITH SPECIAL PURPOSE GOVERNMENT THAT
14:05:05 PROVIDE MAINTENANCE AND OWNERSHIP FOR CERTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE
14:05:09 WITHIN COMMUNITIES.
14:05:10 SO THIS PARTICULAR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT IS THE
14:05:14 THIRD WITHIN K-BAR RANCH AND WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2017 AND
14:05:17 BECAUSE OF SALE OF LAND THE CDD IS REQUESTING TO CONTRACT OR
14:05:23 PULL IN THE BOUNDARIES, REMOVE ABOUT 100 ACRES FROM THE
14:05:26 BOUNDARIES OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
14:05:29 THERE IS AN APPLICATION CURRENTLY PENDING WITH THE CITY FOR
14:05:31 ESTABLISHMENT OF ANOTHER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
14:05:34 WHICH WOULD ABSORB THIS LAND AS PART OF -- IN CONJUNCTION
14:05:39 WITH FURTHER DEVELOPMENT BY ANOTHER PARTY.
14:05:42 AND SO MR. DAVID JACKSON, WHO IS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE K
14:05:45 BAR 2 CDD IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
14:05:49 BUT IF YOU DECIDE TO READ THE ORDINANCE I WOULD ASK THAT YOU
14:05:53 USE THE ORDINANCE THAT MR. MASSEY HAS PASSED OUT TO READ THE
14:05:56 TITLE.
14:05:56 >>LUIS VIERA: I HAVE A QUESTION, IF I MAY.
14:06:00 I SEE A NOTE HERE, AND I SPOKE TO MR. MASSEY ON THIS.
14:06:05 I USUALLY REVIEW THE AGENDA VERY DETAILED BUT I WAS SICK
14:06:08 THIS WEEK SO I GUESS I GET A WHATEVER, NOTE, WHATEVER IT IS.
14:06:11 I SEE A NOTE FROM BETTY VALENTI.
14:06:19 WHAT'S THAT ABOUT?
14:06:21 >>SUSAN JOHNSON-VELEZ: THERE WAS A CONCERN FROM THE CITY
14:06:23 THAT THE CDD RESPONDED TO MAINTENANCE IN THE GAP BETWEEN THE
14:06:27 ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEW CDD AND THE CRACKS OF THESE LANDS
14:06:30 FROM THE EXISTING CDD, SO THE BOARD OF THE EXISTING CDD HAS
14:06:35 ACKNOWLEDGED IN THAT LETTER THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO
14:06:37 PERFORM THE MAINTENANCE OBLIGATIONS FOR THE LANDS AND THE
14:06:41 INFRASTRUCTURE ON THESE 100 ACRES UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE NEW
14:06:44 CDD IS CREATED.
14:06:46 SO THAT IS ADDRESSED WITHIN THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU HAVE
14:06:48 BEFORE YOU AS WELL.
14:06:49 >>LUIS VIERA: SO THERE'S NO OBJECTION FROM THE CDD AT ALL?
14:06:55 >> WE ACTUALLY FILED A PETITION.
14:06:57 >>LUIS VIERA: THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
14:06:58 >> AND IT'S YOU A UNDEVELOPED LAND AT THIS POINT SO IT'S
14:07:02 KIND OF PROCEDURAL.
14:07:04 DAVID JACKSON, REPRESENTING K-BAR RANCH II, COMMUNITY
14:07:09 DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
14:07:10 CAN'T BE IN TWO CDDs AT ONCE.
14:07:13 THE APPLICATION IS ALREADY IN AS MRS. JOHNSON-VELEZ
14:07:18 MENTIONED.
14:07:18 >>MORRIS MASSEY: SO THE PLAT WITHIN THE AREA THAT WILL BE
14:07:25 CONTRACTED IN AND OUT OF.
14:07:26 THE CDD 1 WANTED TO BE ASSURED THAT IF THE CREATION OF THE
14:07:32 NEW CDD WAS DELAYED THE CDD WOULD REMAIN RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
14:07:36 MAINTENANCE THAT WOULD OCCUR AS A RESULT OF THAT.
14:07:38 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
14:07:39 THANK YOU FOR THAT.
14:07:42 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
14:07:49 COUNCILMAN VIERA, YOU WORKED VERY HARD ON THIS.
14:07:51 WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THIS RESOLUTION?
14:07:54 >>LUIS VIERA: I REALLY HAVEN'T WORKED HARD ON THIS.
14:07:57 IT IS IN MY AREA BUT I AM GLAD TO READ THIS SECTION HERE?
14:08:02 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
14:08:03 >>LUIS VIERA: SURE.
14:08:10 AGAIN, I'M 25% TODAY.
14:08:12 MOVE AN ORDINANCE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA FOR THE
14:08:15 K-BAR RANCH 2 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT BY REMOVING
14:08:21 PARCELS OF LAND THAT WILL NOT BE SERVED BY THE DISTRICT
14:08:23 AFTER THE CREATION OF THE K-BAR RANCH 3 COMMUNITY
14:08:26 DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WHICH WILL RESULT IN A NET REDUCTION OF
14:08:29 102.778 ACRES MOL FOR A TOTAL OF 757.799 ACRES COMPROMISING
14:08:36 THE CITY OF TAMPA, HILLSBOROUGH -- SORRY, COMPROMISING THE
14:08:41 DISTRICT AND SITUATED ENTIRELY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE
14:08:43 CITY OF TAMPA, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FLORIDA, SAID DISTRICT
14:08:46 BEING GENERALLY LOCATED NORTH OF CROSS CREEK BOULEVARD, WEST
14:08:49 OF MORRIS BRIDGE ROAD, EAST OF BRUCE B. DOWNS BOULEVARD AND
14:08:52 SOUTH OF THE PASCO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY LINE, THE AMENDED
14:08:56 BOUNDARY BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2
14:08:58 HEREOF PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 190 FLORIDA STATUTES PROVIDING
14:09:02 FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
14:09:06 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
14:09:10 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
14:09:12 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
14:09:13 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
14:09:16 ROLL CALL VOTE.
14:09:17 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
14:09:19 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
14:09:20 >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
14:09:21 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
14:09:22 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
14:09:23 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
14:09:24 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
14:09:24 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
14:09:26 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON JULY 14, 2022 AT
14:09:30 9:30 A.M.
14:09:31 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
14:09:32 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE 46 AND 47 PUBLIC HEARINGS.
14:09:37 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
14:09:39 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
14:09:40 ALL IN FAVOR?
14:09:41 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO OPEN ITEMS 49 THROUGH --
14:09:47 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
14:09:48 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
14:09:50 ALL IN FAVOR?
14:09:52 AT THIS TIME, ANYBODY THAT'S GOING TO BE GIVING ANY --
14:09:58 EXCUSE ME, WHAT AM I TRYING TO SAY?
14:10:01 EVIDENCE, THANK YOU.
14:10:02 ANYBODY THAT'S GOING TO GIVE ANY TYPE OF EVIDENCE TODAY,
14:10:08 PLEASE RISE SO YOU CAN BE SWORN IN.
14:10:11 IS THAT ALL THAT'S GOING TO GIVE EVIDENCE TODAY?
14:10:14 IS THAT ALL THAT'S GOING TO GIVE EVIDENCE TODAY?
14:10:16 >>THE CLERK: RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
14:10:18 (OATH ADMINISTERED BY CLERK).
14:10:20 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
14:10:26 AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 46, FILE NUMBER F-2022-05 -- I'M SORRY.
14:10:39 49.
14:10:39 FILE NUMBER EZ 2022-8 CHAPTER 22.
14:10:45 >>ABBYE FEELEY: DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR, DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC
14:10:53 OPPORTUNITY.
14:10:54 NUMBER 49 ON YOUR AGENDA, THIS IS THE SECOND READING FOR THE
14:10:57 LOCAL ORDINANCE, THIS IS CHANGING CHAPTER 22 TO ALLOW FOR
14:11:02 STREET CAFES.
14:11:03 WE DID A FULL PRESENTATION ON FIRST READING.
14:11:05 I AM HAPPY TO PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR ANSWER
14:11:08 ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
14:11:09 THANK YOU.
14:11:09 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
14:11:16 COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
14:11:19 >>BILL CARLSON: 49, CORRECT?
14:11:23 I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE --
14:11:27 >> ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS?
14:11:29 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO CLOSE.
14:11:30 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO,
14:11:32 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
14:11:34 ALL IN FAVOR?
14:11:36 COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
14:11:35 >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FILE E 2022-8 CHAPTER
14:11:41 22, FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE OF THE
14:11:44 CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA RELATING TO STREET CAFES MAKING
14:11:47 REVISIONS TO CITY OF TAMPA CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 22
14:11:50 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, AMENDING SECTION 22-5, DEFINITIONS,
14:11:55 AMENDING SECTION 22-223, ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY, AMENDING
14:11:59 SECTION 22-224, ESTABLISHMENT AUTHORIZED TO OPERATE SIDEWALK
14:12:04 CAFES, APPLICATION CRITERIA, REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCEDURES
14:12:08 AMENDING SECTION 22-225, PERMIT ISSUANCE, AMENDING SECTION
14:12:13 22-226, CONDITIONS OF PERMIT, AMENDING SECTION 22-227,
14:12:18 OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES, AMENDING SECTION 22-228, REVOCATION
14:12:22 OR SUSPENSION OF PERMIT, AMENDING SECTION 22-229, PERMIT
14:12:27 RENEWAL, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN
14:12:30 CONFLICT THEREWITH, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN
14:12:33 EFFECTIVE DATE.
14:12:33 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON, SECONDED
14:12:39 BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
14:12:40 ANY DISCUSSION?
14:12:42 ROLL CALL VOTE.
14:12:42 >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
14:12:43 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
14:12:44 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
14:12:45 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
14:12:46 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
14:12:48 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
14:12:49 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
14:12:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
14:12:52 ITEM NUMBER 50, TA/CPA 22-05.
14:12:56 >>ABBYE FEELEY: ABBYE FEELEY AGAIN.
14:13:01 THIS IS THE SECOND READING FOR THE JACKSON HEIGHTS CEMETERY.
14:13:04 THIS WAS THE LAND USE CHANGE TAKING IT FROM PUBLIC
14:13:06 SEMI-PUBLIC TO REC AND OPEN SPACE WHICH IS SOMETHING OVEN
14:13:12 DOING WITH SEVERAL OF YOUR PARKS AND CEMETERIES IN ORDER TO
14:13:14 BRING THEM INTO CONFORMANCE AND PROTECT AGAINST FOUGHT
14:13:17 DEVELOPMENT.
14:13:17 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
14:13:20 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS?
14:13:26 MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, SECONDED BY
14:13:28 COUNCILMAN GUDES.
14:13:29 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
14:13:32 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
14:13:32 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I HAVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PAREN
14:13:36 PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE
14:13:39 AMENDING THE IMAGINE 2040 TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE
14:13:43 LAND USE ELEMENT FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR THE PROPERTY
14:13:45 LOCATED AT 3600 EAST LAKE AVENUE OTHERWISE KNOWN AS JACKSON
14:13:49 HEIGHTS CEMETERY FROM PUBLIC SEMI-PUBLIC P-SP TO
14:13:52 RECREATIONAL OPEN SPACE R-OS PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF OWL
14:13:57 ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING
14:13:59 AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
14:14:00 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
14:14:03 ROLL CALL VOTE.
14:14:04 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
14:14:06 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
14:14:07 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
14:14:07 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
14:14:08 >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
14:14:09 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
14:14:10 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
14:14:11 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
14:14:12 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON, YOU ABSTAINED LAST
14:14:17 TIME.
14:14:19 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
14:14:19 COULD I PLEASE MAKE A MOTION TO FILE MY FORM AB, THE FIRM TO
14:14:24 WHICH I AM RETAINED, ALTHOUGH THE FIRM AND I ARE NOT
14:14:28 INVOLVED IN ANY WAY IN THIS MATTER, MY VOTE COULD BE SEEN IN
14:14:32 SOME WAY AS HELPING A CLIENT SO I ABSTAIN.
14:14:39 SO I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE FORM.
14:14:41 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
14:14:43 ALL IN FAVOR?
14:14:44 ANY OPPOSED?
14:14:45 FILE NUMBER VAC 22-15.
14:14:53 51.
14:14:56 AH, THERE YOU ARE.
14:14:57 CAN'T HEAR YOU.
14:14:58 YOU ARE MUTED.
14:14:59 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
14:15:04 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES, WE CAN.
14:15:07 >>ROSS SAMMONS: DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
14:15:08 THIS IS SECOND READING FOR PROPOSED VACATING REQUEST AT
14:15:11 WHITING STREET LOCATED SOUTH OF WASHINGTON STREET, NORTH OF
14:15:15 BROREIN, EAST OF HILLSBOROUGH RIVER AND WEST OF ASHLEY
14:15:19 STREET.
14:15:20 AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
14:15:21 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
14:15:24 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS?
14:15:27 DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ONLINE?
14:15:31 MOVE TO CLOSE BY GUDES, SECONDED BY MIRANDA.
14:15:34 ALL IN FAVOR?
14:15:36 COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
14:15:37 >>LYNN HURTAK: FILE VAC 22-15, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED
14:15:42 FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
14:15:43 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA VACATING,
14:15:45 CLOSING, DISCONTINUING, ABANDONING THAT PORTION OF WHITING
14:15:49 STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY LOCATED SOUTH WASHINGTON STREET, NORTH
14:15:52 OF BROREIN STREET, EAST OF THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER AND WEST
14:15:55 OF ASHLEY STREET AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2 HEREOF
14:15:59 SUBJECT TO CERTAIN COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS AS
14:16:02 MORE PARTICULARLY SET FORTH HEREIN, PROVIDING FOR
14:16:05 ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS, PROVIDING FOR
14:16:09 DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATIONS AND REPEALING CONFLICTS,
14:16:12 PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
14:16:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK,
14:16:19 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
14:16:20 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
14:16:22 ROLL CALL VOTE.
14:16:22 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
14:16:25 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
14:16:26 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
14:16:26 >>LYNN HURTAK: YES CARL.
14:16:31 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
14:16:32 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
14:16:33 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON
14:16:36 ABSTAINING.
14:16:37 >>JOSEPH CITRO: 352 ON THE AGENDA.
14:16:39 REZ 21-131.
14:16:41 >>ZAIN HUSAIN: DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
14:16:45 AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 52, CASE REZ 21-131, PRESENTED FOR SECOND
14:16:51 READING AND ADOPTION AT THE LOCATION 5406 NORTH PERSHING
14:16:55 PLACE PROPOSED REZONING FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO PD
14:17:01 PLANNED DEVELOPMENT RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED.
14:17:05 SITE PLANS WERE DROPPED OFF TO CITY COUNCIL TUESDAY.
14:17:08 I AM HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
14:17:10 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?
14:17:13 I SEE NONE.
14:17:14 THANK YOU.
14:17:16 YES, MA'AM?
14:17:16 >> I AM THE APPLICANT, 5406 PER SHIPPING PLACE, AND THANK
14:17:33 YOU.
14:17:35 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
14:17:37 ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT?
14:17:38 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO ASK ANY
14:17:42 QUESTIONS OR COMMENT?
14:17:44 ANYONE ONLINE?
14:17:46 MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
14:17:48 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
14:17:49 ALL IN FAVOR?
14:17:51 COUNCILMAN GUDES.
14:17:52 >>ORLANDO GUDES: PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION,
14:17:55 AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF
14:17:58 5406 NORTH PERSHING PLACE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND
14:18:01 MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING
14:18:04 DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS-50 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO
14:18:06 PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED
14:18:09 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
14:18:11 >> SECOND.
14:18:12 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
14:18:14 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
14:18:15 ROLL CALL VOTE.
14:18:16 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
14:18:18 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
14:18:20 >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
14:18:21 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
14:18:22 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
14:18:24 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
14:18:24 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
14:18:25 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
14:18:26 >>JOSEPH CITRO: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 53.
14:18:30 FILE REZ 22-25.
14:18:32 >>ZAIN HUSAIN: DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
14:18:37 THIS IS BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AT
14:18:40 THE LOCATION 1715 WEST POWHATAN AVENUE, PROPOSED REZONING
14:18:45 FROM RS-60 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO RS-50 RESIDENTIAL
14:18:49 SINGLE-FAMILY.
14:18:51 I AM HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS IF NEEDED.
14:18:53 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF?
14:18:55 SEEING NONE.
14:18:59 PETITIONER?
14:18:59 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOVE TO CLOSE.
14:19:09 >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
14:19:11 ALL IN FAVOR?
14:19:13 ANY OPPOSED?
14:19:17 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
14:19:17 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I MOVE ITEM NUMBER 53, FILE REZ 22-25,
14:19:23 AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND
14:19:25 ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL
14:19:27 VICINITY OF 1715 WEST POWHATAN AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA,
14:19:31 FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM
14:19:33 ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS-60 RESIDENTIAL
14:19:36 SINGLE-FAMILY TO RS-50 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY PROVIDING
14:19:40 AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
14:19:41 >> SECOND.
14:19:46 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, SECONDED
14:19:48 BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
14:19:49 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
14:19:51 ROLL CALL VOTE.
14:19:51 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
14:19:54 >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
14:19:55 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
14:19:56 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
14:19:57 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
14:19:59 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
14:20:00 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
14:20:01 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
14:20:02 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
14:20:05 ITEM NUMBER 54.
14:20:06 FILE REZ 22-62.
14:20:13 >>ZAIN HUSAIN: DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
14:20:15 THIS IS BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION AT
14:20:18 THE LOCATIONS 2408 NORTH HIMES AVENUE, 3604 BEACH STREET AND
14:20:24 3606 BEACH STREET, PROPOSED REZONING FROM RS-50 RESIDENTIAL
14:20:29 SINGLE-FAMILY TO RM-16 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY.
14:20:33 I AM HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS IF NEEDED.
14:20:34 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF?
14:20:35 >> I'LL DEFER PRESENTATION TO.
14:20:45 HAPPY TO GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION IF YOU LIKE.
14:20:47 >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT?
14:20:53 IS THERE ANYONE IN CHAMBERS?
14:20:56 DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ONLINE?
14:20:59 MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
14:21:01 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
14:21:02 ALL IN FAVOR?
14:21:11 COUNCILMAN VIERA.
14:21:05 >>LUIS VIERA: I MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR
14:21:13 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY
14:21:15 IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 2408 NORTH HIMES AVENUE 3604
14:21:20 BEACH STREET AND 3606 BEACH STREET IN THE CITY OF TAMPA,
14:21:23 FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM
14:21:25 ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS-50 RESIDENTIAL
14:21:29 SINGLE-FAMILY TO RM-16 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY, PROVIDING AN
14:21:33 EFFECTIVE DATE.
14:21:34 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
14:21:34 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
14:21:36 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
14:21:38 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
14:21:39 ROLL CALL VOTE.
14:21:40 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
14:21:41 >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
14:21:42 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
14:21:44 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
14:21:45 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
14:21:46 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
14:21:47 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
14:21:48 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
14:21:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
14:21:52 I THINK THAT CLEARS OFF OUR AGENDA.
14:22:02 ARE YOU SURE?
14:22:02 WANT TO DO THEM AGAIN?
14:22:04 OKAY.
14:22:04 INFORMATION REPORTS.
14:22:05 COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
14:22:06 >>BILL CARLSON: LET ME PREFACE BY SAYING YOU MAY HAVE SEEN
14:22:16 ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH TAMPA THERE ARE A LOT OF FLYERS BEING
14:22:20 DROPPED IN FRONT OF HOMES THAT ANTI-SEMITIC AND I WOULD LIKE
14:22:26 TO ASK STAFF TO REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL ON JULY 8th WITH
14:22:29 IDEAS ON HOW TO REDUCE THE ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACKS SLASH
14:22:34 COMMUNICATION.
14:22:35 JULY 28th.
14:22:39 JULY 28th.
14:22:39 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY CARLSON, SECONDED BY
14:22:44 MANISCALCO.
14:22:45 ALL IN FAVOR?
14:22:46 >>BILL CARLSON: THE SECOND ONE, I THINK WE WERE SENT ALL OF
14:22:56 THE PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS, BUT I THINK WHAT I HAVE
14:22:59 DISCOVERED IN THAT IS THAT THE VERBAL REQUESTS ARE NOT BEING
14:23:01 INCLUDED, AT LEAST NOT THE VERBAL REQUESTS THAT ARE BEING
14:23:03 MADE TO THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, AND AS YOU MAY KNOW BY OUR
14:23:07 RULES, THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT CANNOT TALK TO THE MEDIA WITHOUT
14:23:10 GETTING THEIR CLIENT'S APPROVAL, IN THIS CASE ONE OF THEIR
14:23:13 CLIENTS IS CITY COUNCIL, SO IN ORDER FOR THE LEGAL
14:23:15 DEPARTMENT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH A REPORTER, THEY
14:23:18 WOULD HAVE TO GET CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE TO APPROVE, IF IT'S A
14:23:22 MATTER THAT PERTAINS TO CITY COUNCIL, AND BY EXTENSION, IT
14:23:24 WOULD BE ANY INDIVIDUAL CITY COUNCIL MEMBER BECAUSE A MATTER
14:23:29 THAT AFFECTS AN INDIVIDUAL CITY COUNCIL MEMBER COULD HAVE A
14:23:32 NEGATIVE IMPACT ON CITY COUNCIL AS A WHOLE AS WE HAVE SEEN
14:23:34 IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
14:23:35 SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ASK LEGAL TO RETURN TO
14:23:39 COUNCIL ON AUGUST 4th WITH A PROPOSED ORDINANCE TO
14:23:43 REQUIRE THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO LOG ALL VERBAL PUBLIC
14:23:46 RECORDS REQUESTS IN THE CITY CENTRAL RECORDS REQUEST SYSTEM,
14:23:50 OBVIOUSLY OMITTING ANY REQUESTS THAT THE APPLICANT IS
14:23:54 ANONYMOUS.
14:23:55 >>MORRIS MASSEY: I BELIEVE THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT IS ALREADY
14:24:02 DOING THAT.
14:24:05 MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT ALL REQUESTS THAT WE HAVE
14:24:07 RECEIVED -- NOW, PEOPLE CAN REQUEST PUBLIC RECORDS VERBALLY.
14:24:17 WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE REQUEST IS, SO WE CAN'T JUST IGNORE
14:24:22 A VERBAL REQUEST.
14:24:24 >>BILL CARLSON: YES, SO MY POINT IS JUST THAT IT BE IN THE
14:24:27 LOG AND I CAN GO THROUGH THE SPECIFIC ONES THAT ARE NOT IN
14:24:30 THERE, AT LEAST I COULDN'T FIND, IF YOU WANT TO.
14:24:32 BUT IF SOMEONE IS MAKING A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST ABOUT
14:24:35 ANYTHING, BUT IN PARTICULAR ABOUT CITY COUNCIL, I THINK IT
14:24:37 SHOULD BE DISCLOSED, IN THE LOGBOOK.
14:24:41 AN EXAMPLE IS LEGAL WAS ASKED FOR AN ETHICS REPORT REGARDING
14:24:46 FORMER COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER, A REPORTER ASKED FOR THAT AND
14:24:51 AS FAR AS I COULD TELL THAT REQUEST IS NOT LOGGED IN THE
14:24:53 SYSTEM.
14:24:54 AND THAT CHARGES WERE MADE AGAINST COUNCILMEMBER GUDES, HIS
14:24:59 FILE WAS DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC.
14:25:01 I CANNOT FIND THAT A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST WAS MADE FOR
14:25:04 THAT.
14:25:04 SO IF A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST WAS NOT MADE THEN SOMEBODY
14:25:08 VOLUNTARILY GAVE IT OUT.
14:25:09 I ALSO COULD NOT FIND A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST FOR THE
14:25:12 INVOICE FROM TRENAM LAW.
14:25:15 INTERESTINGLY, ANOTHER LAW FIRM THAT WAS INVOLVED, I DIDN'T
14:25:19 SEE A REQUEST FOR EITHER ONE OF THEM BUT SOMEHOW THE
14:25:22 $100,000 FOR TRENAM LAW WAS ALL OVER THE MEDIA. I WOULD
14:25:26 LIKE TO SAY IF THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT IS FULLY COMPLAINING
14:25:29 THAT MEANS THAT SOMEBODY VOLUNTARILY DISSEMINATED THIS
14:25:31 INFORMATION.
14:25:32 OTHER WISE, I WOULD LIKE TO PASS AN ORDINANCE TO REQUIRE,
14:25:35 SINCE LEGAL DEPARTMENT IN PART REPRESENTS CITY COUNCIL AS
14:25:38 THE CHARTER IS NOW, THAT THEY SIMPLY LOG IT.
14:25:41 THE MAYOR SAID SHE WANTS TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY SO
14:25:45 LET'S MAKE SURE THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT LOGS ALL OF THESE SO WE
14:25:48 CAN SEE, IF THE PERSON SAYS THEY WANT TO BE ANONYMOUS THEY
14:25:51 DON'T HAVE TO PUT THE NAME IN THERE BUT AT LEAST WE KNOW
14:25:53 THAT SOMEBODY REQUESTED THE INFORMATION.
14:25:54 >>CATE WELLS: I CAN PERSONALLY ATTEST THAT EVERY PUBLIC
14:26:00 RECORDS REQUEST THAT WAS HANDLED WITH REGARD TO COUNCILMAN
14:26:04 GUDES MATTER WAS PUBLICLY LOGGED.
14:26:06 I HANDLED ALL OF THOSE REQUESTS.
14:26:08 I AM REVIEWED ALL THE DOCUMENTS BEFORE THEY WENT OUT.
14:26:11 SO THOSE REQUESTS WERE RECEIVED IN WRITING.
14:26:14 THEY WERE OPENED IN GOV QA AND THAT WILL IDENTIFY WHEN ALL
14:26:19 OF THE REQUESTS WERE COMPLIED WITH.
14:26:21 SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GETTING YOUR INFORMATION, BUT
14:26:23 I KNOW HOW I HANDLED ALL OF THOSE REQUESTS.
14:26:26 >>BILL CARLSON: AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS OFFLINE, BUT IN
14:26:29 THE CASE -- I'M SORRY TO TALK GO THIS IN FRONT OF YOU -- IN
14:26:34 CASE OF A --
14:26:36 >>CATE WELLS: THAT WOULD HAVE GONE THROUGH TPD.
14:26:38 THE TPD HAS A SEPARATE GOV QA SYSTEM SO IT COULD BE THAT YOU
14:26:42 ARE NOT SEEING WHAT GOES OUT UNDER TPA.
14:26:45 >>BILL CARLSON: WHAT ABOUT THE TRENAM INVOICE?
14:26:47 >>CATE WELLS: WE WERE ASKED TO PROVIDE A COMPLETE COPY OF
14:26:49 THE ENTIRE INVESTIGATIVE REPORT INCLUDING THE MATERIALS THAT
14:26:53 WERE PROVIDED TO US AND THAT INVOICE WAS INCLUDED IN THE
14:26:55 MATERIALS THAT WERE PROVIDED TO EVERYONE THAT MADE THAT
14:26:57 REQUEST.
14:26:59 IT WASN'T A SPECIFIC REQUEST, WE WERE ASKED TO PROVIDE ALL
14:27:04 DOCUMENTS AS RELATED TO THE INVESTIGATION.
14:27:05 >>BILL CARLSON: I WILL WITHDRAW MY MOTION AT THIS TIME, BUT
14:27:09 I WOULD JUST REMAINED THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN PART OF
14:27:13 REPRESENTS CITY COUNCIL, AND IF -- WHEN I HAVE ASKED ABOUT
14:27:19 DOCUMENT BEING LEAKED, THEY SAY IT'S NOT LEAKED, IT'S A
14:27:21 PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST, BUT I DON'T FIND IT ON THE PUBLIC
14:27:24 REQUEST FORM.
14:27:24 SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE TRANSPARENCY BECAUSE BY OUR RULES THE
14:27:29 CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CANNOT TALK ABOUT CITY COUNCIL TO THE
14:27:32 MEDIA WITHOUT GETTING CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE TO ALLOW THAT,
14:27:36 AND GIVING DOCUMENT VOLUNTARILY TO MEDIA WOULD BE A BREACH
14:27:40 OF FLORIDA BAR RULES AS WELL.
14:27:41 SO JUST GOING FORWARD, I WILL BE WATCHING CAREFULLY AND I
14:27:44 HOPE ALL OF YOU WILL, TOO, THAT NOBODY IS TRYING TO
14:27:47 UNDERMINE CITY COUNCIL.
14:27:48 THANK YOU.
14:27:48 >>CATE WELLS: I THINK THE WHOLE PURPOSE TO PROVIDE FOR THAT
14:27:54 TRANSPARENCY THAT EVERYBODY IS ENTITLED TO, SO AGAIN I DON'T
14:27:57 KNOW WHERE YOUR INFORMATION IS COMING FROM, BUT THESE PUBLIC
14:28:00 RECORDS REQUESTS ARE LOGGED IN THE EVENT THAT SOMEONE
14:28:04 REACHES OUR OFFICE, REQUESTS A DOCUMENT AND THEY DON'T WANT
14:28:07 TO GO THROUGH GOV Q HA, WE THEN SEND AN E-MAIL TO THE
14:28:12 CLERK'S OFFICE TO OPEN --
14:28:14 >>BILL CARLSON: IF IT WAS THE --
14:28:16 >>CATE WELLS: IF I CAN FINISH, PLEASE.
14:28:18 SO OPEN UP A MATTER IN GOV QA, THEY ARE ASSIGNED A TRACKING
14:28:23 NUMBER THAT STARTS WITH PRR AND THAT ALLOWS EVERYBODY TO
14:28:28 UNDERSTAND HOW QUICKLY RESPONSES ARE PROVIDED, WHAT WAS
14:28:31 REQUESTED, AND WHEN THE RESPONSES PROVIDED.
14:28:34 SO WE ARE -- ACTUALLY, WE APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE ARE
14:28:38 ENHANCING THE CITY'S PORTAL WITH THE PROCESSING OF PUBLIC
14:28:42 RECORDS SO THAT IT IS A COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT PROCESS.
14:28:44 >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH, IT'S JUST INTERESTING THAT ON A
14:28:48 PARTICULAR DAY, LIKE FIVE MEDIA OUTLETS AT THE SAME TIME
14:28:52 FOUND OUT ABOUT THE TRENAM INVOICE.
14:28:55 I DON'T KNOW IF THEY SAW TOM GONZALEZ INVOICE BUT THEY FOUND
14:29:00 OUT ABOUT IT AND THE HEADLINE IS $100,000 SPENT.
14:29:03 SO FIRST OF ALL, I GET COMPLAINTS ALL THE TIME FROM PEOPLE
14:29:07 IN THE PUBLIC THAT IT TAKES 60 DAYS TO GET PUBLIC RECORDS
14:29:09 REQUESTS.
14:29:10 SOMEHOW THESE WERE PREPARED AND SENT OUT.
14:29:12 AND I WOULD JUST REMAINED THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THAT
14:29:15 ONE OF THEIR CLIENTS IS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, AND IF THE CITY
14:29:19 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SEES A CONFLICT BETWEEN ITS THREE CLIENTS
14:29:23 THAT WE RESOLVE THOSE WITH CITY COUNCIL SITTING AS A BODY,
14:29:26 AND THAT INFORMATION NOT BE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC WITHOUT
14:29:30 DISCLOSING IT OR MEDIA WITHOUT DISCLOSING IT IN THESE LOGS
14:29:35 SO THAT WE AND THE PUBLIC CAN BE SEE THAT AND SEE THAT IT'S
14:29:38 NOT A POLITICAL ATTACK, THAT IT'S A RESPONSE TO A REQUEST.
14:29:40 THANK YOU.
14:29:41 >>JOSEPH CITRO: CAN YOU ASK THE MEDIA HOW THEY GOT THE
14:29:43 INFORMATION?
14:29:48 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
14:29:49 THEY SAID THE COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENTS IS PUSHING OUT THE
14:29:52 INFORMATION, THE COMMUNICATION -- THIS IS WHAT THEY SAID,
14:29:55 THE COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT WAS PUSHING OUT, SEVEN DAYS OF
14:29:57 INFORMATION THAT IT -- THEIR OPINION IS IT WAS A
14:30:02 PRE-PREPARED HIT WHERE INFORMATION WAS BEING PUSHED OUT, AND
14:30:05 I AM SAYING THIS BECAUSE ANY ONE OF US IF WE VOTE AGAINST
14:30:07 THE WRONG THING COULD SUDDENLY GET ATTACKED, AND WE HAVE TO
14:30:10 RELY ON LEGAL ADVICE.
14:30:12 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU ALL BUT WITH THE SUBPOENAS AND PUBLIC
14:30:15 RECORDS REQUEST I HAVE GONE UP TO LIKE $15,000 IN RESPONDING
14:30:18 BECAUSE I AM TRYING TO BE THOROUGH, AND SOME OF YOU HAVE HAD
14:30:22 YOUR PERSONAL PHONES SCANNED BY THE I.T. DEPARTMENT.
14:30:27 THERE'S A LOT OF STRANGE THINGS GOING ON AND WE NEED TO MAKE
14:30:32 SURE THAT WE CAN RELY ON OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT AT THE VERY
14:30:34 LEAST, COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT DOESN'T REPORT TO US, IF
14:30:38 THEY WANT TO ATTACK CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR TELLS THEM
14:30:40 TO, THESE FINE, I GUESS, BUT THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, ONE OF
14:30:43 THEIR CLIENTS IS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
14:30:45 THEY MAY NOT REPRESENT US INDIVIDUALLY BUT WITH THE
14:30:47 DINGFELDER SITUATION, WE ALL GOT SUBPOENAS BECAUSE OF IT.
14:30:51 AND SO THE POINT IS THAT THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT CAN'T SAY,
14:30:54 WELL, WE DIDN'T REPRESENT DINGFELDER, SO WE THROW HIM UNDER
14:30:58 THE BUS AND ALLOW HIM TO GET SUED, AND THEN THAT DOESN'T
14:31:02 AFFECT OUR CLIENT.
14:31:03 THEIR CLIENT WAS IMPACTED BECAUSE ALL OF US GOT SUBPOENAS,
14:31:08 AND IT TAKES TIME STRESS AND MONEY TO RESPOND TO THESE
14:31:11 THINGS AND THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO TAKE CITY COUNCIL
14:31:14 THEIR CLIENT IN THE BEST INTEREST.
14:31:18 >>JOSEPH CITRO: PLEASE, I DON'T HAVE THIS INFORMATION FOR
14:31:20 THE MEDIA.
14:31:21 COUNCILMAN CARLSON, I DON'T HAVE THIS INFORMATION FOR THE
14:31:23 MEDIA.
14:31:24 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOUR MEDIA FRIENDS OR PEOPLE YOU
14:31:26 KNOW IN THE MEDIA TO SEND ME THIS INFORMATION STATING THAT,
14:31:29 I WILL GET WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND FIND OUT WHAT'S
14:31:31 GOING ON.
14:31:32 AS FAR AS THE SUBPOENA, I HANDED IN MY PHONE BEFORE I WAS
14:31:35 S&P 500 BECAUSE I HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE.
14:31:37 COUNCILMAN GUDES.
14:31:37 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU GUYS NEVER WORKED FOR CITY GOVERNMENT.
14:31:43 I HAVE.
14:31:45 I KNOW GOVERNMENT.
14:31:46 AND I CAN TELL YOU, AND I CAN'T REALLY TELL, BUT IT WAS A
14:31:50 PERSONAL ATTACK.
14:31:51 I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYBODY SAYS.
14:31:53 I KNOW THE POLITICAL -- I HAVE SEEN IT DONE BEFORE.
14:31:56 I HAVE GOT PEOPLE TOLD ME THESE THINGS.
14:32:00 SO I ALREADY KNOW WHAT THE DEAL IS.
14:32:02 BUT AFTER THIS WHOLE MATTER IS CONCLUDED, I AM GOING TO BE
14:32:10 MAKING A MOTION IN REFERENCE TO HOW CITY COUNCIL IS HANDLED.
14:32:15 SECRET INVESTIGATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I THINK IT'S
14:32:19 UNETHICAL.
14:32:21 I THINK COUNCIL NEEDS TO BE NOTIFIED, I THINK THE CITY
14:32:23 ATTORNEY WHO REPRESENTS US AS WELL AS THE MAYOR, I DON'T
14:32:25 THINK WE GET THE SAME TREATMENT AS THE ADMINISTRATION DOES.
14:32:29 AND I THINK IT'S WRONG.
14:32:30 AND AGAIN I WILL DEAL WITH THAT AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF ALL
14:32:34 MY MATTERS ARE TAKEN CARE OF BUT I THINK THERE IS A BIG GAP
14:32:38 TO DEAL WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, BECAUSE THE CITY ATTORNEY IS
14:32:40 APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR.
14:32:41 WE JUST APPROVE IT.
14:32:43 SO WHO IS YOUR BOSS?
14:32:44 THAT'S THE WAY I FEEL.
14:32:45 I HONESTLY FEEL THAT WAY.
14:32:46 AND AGAIN, WHEN MY THINGS ARE CONCLUDED I AM GOING TO BE
14:32:50 LOOKING BECAUSE I THINK WHAT HAPPENED TO ME IS WRONG.
14:32:54 >> MR. CHAIR --
14:33:01 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I HAVE TWO PHONES.
14:33:03 HOW COME YOU GOT TWO PHONES?
14:33:05 I SAID IN CASE I LOSE IT.
14:33:06 IF I PUT SOMETHING OVER IT, I HAVE GOT ANOTHER NUMBER TO
14:33:09 ANSWER MY PHONE.
14:33:10 THAT WAY I CAN FIND MY PHONE.
14:33:11 THEY CAN CHECK ANYTHING THEY WANT ANYTIME THEY WANT.
14:33:14 I DON'T CARE IF THEY WANT TO ASK THE MEDIA -- IN FACT I WAS
14:33:19 GOING TO ASK MR. CARLSON, GIVE ME THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE YOU
14:33:22 MAY KNOW AND INVESTIGATE ALL OF THEM AND THAT WAY THE AIR IS
14:33:28 CLEAR, OURS, THE MAYOR'S, CITY COUNCIL.
14:33:30 THEY SHOULD INVESTIGATE ALL, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US.
14:33:31 LET ME TELL YOU ONE THING I LEARNED IN LIFE, AND I HAVE SAID
14:33:34 THIS BEFORE.
14:33:35 NEVER ACCUSE MY FATHER'S LAST NAME.
14:33:38 SO I AM ASKING, INVESTIGATE MY FATHER, AND INVESTIGATE ME
14:33:42 BECAUSE WE GOT THE SAME LAST NAME.
14:33:44 AND INVESTIGATE ALL OF US.
14:33:46 AND ONE THING ABOUT ME.
14:33:48 IF I'M ACCUSED OF SOMETHING AND I'M INNOCENT AND I KNOW THAT
14:33:51 I'M INNOCENT, I DON'T GIVE A DAMN WHAT I GOT TO SELL TO
14:33:54 PROTECT MYSELF, I AM GOING TO GO FIGHT IT UNTIL I'M
14:33:57 DEAD-ASSED BROKE, AND SOMEHOW, I AM GOING TO GET REIMBURSED.
14:34:03 THAT'S IF I KNOW THAT I AM INNOCENT.
14:34:04 THAT'S ALL I AM GOING TO SAY ABOUT MYSELF.
14:34:06 I AIN'T TALKING ABOUT ANYONE ELSE.
14:34:08 I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT ANYBODY'S LAWSUIT BUT MY OWN.
14:34:12 IF THEY WANT TO INVESTIGATE ME AND I HAVE DONE SOMETHING
14:34:14 WRONG, COME ON, BABY, I'M WAITING ON YOU.
14:34:16 >>BILL CARLSON: MR. CHAIR?
14:34:20 I AGREE WITH YOU THAT IF SOMEONE IS INNOCENT -- THE CITY
14:34:24 ATTORNEY HAS ACCUSED ME OF SEVERAL THINGS TO THE MEDIA,
14:34:26 WHICH IS INAPPROPRIATE, A VIOLATION OF FLORIDA BAR RULES,
14:34:29 AND IT WAS OUTSIDE HER AREA OF EXPERTISE, AND SHE DID NOT
14:34:34 CONSULT PROPER COUNSEL ON THOSE MATTERS.
14:34:38 AND I DID, AND MY SITUATION IS COMPLETELY FINE.
14:34:42 I PROVIDED ALL THE INFORMATION THAT EVERYBODY WANTED.
14:34:44 THE POINT IS THAT WHEN YOUR OWN ATTORNEY IS NOT WORKING ON
14:34:48 YOUR BEHALF YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO RELY ON YOUR ATTORNEY TO
14:34:52 REPRESENT YOU ADEQUATELY, AND WHEN YOUR ATTORNEY HAS A
14:34:54 CONFLICT WITH THREE DIFFERENT CLIENTS AND FAVORS ONE CLIENT
14:34:57 OVER THE OTHER, THEN THAT'S A PROBLEM.
14:34:59 AND WE SEE INFORMATION BEING LEAKED IN THE DINGFELDER CASE,
14:35:04 IN THE GUDES CASE, WE SEE THE CITY ATTORNEY SPEAKING OUT OF
14:35:08 SCHOOL.
14:35:09 IMAGINE HIRING AN ATTORNEY AND YOUR ATTORNEY GOES TO THE
14:35:11 MEDIA AND SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT YOU.
14:35:13 THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.
14:35:14 THE CITY ATTORNEY DID NOT COME TO CITY COUNCIL AND REQUEST
14:35:17 PERMISSION TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ANY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS,
14:35:19 TO SPEAK ON ANY CASES.
14:35:21 IT'S DIFFERENT -- THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS BAR GUIDELINES THEY
14:35:26 HAVE TO FOLLOW, AND IF THEY DON'T FOLLOW THOSE GUIDELINES,
14:35:29 THERE ARE REPERCUSSIONS FOR THAT, BUT ONE OF THEIR CLIENTS
14:35:33 IS CITY COUNCIL.
14:35:33 AND AT SOME POINT IF THESE ATTACKS CONTINUE, I AM GOING TO
14:35:36 ASK FOR A MOTION, TO ASK THE FLORIDA BAR TO COME IN AND STOP
14:35:39 THIS.
14:35:39 THE CITY ATTORNEY CANNOT WORK AGAINST CITY COUNCIL, AND NOT
14:35:42 WORK AGAINST INDIVIDUAL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, BECAUSE EVEN
14:35:47 INDIVIDUAL CITY COUNCIL SITUATIONS AFFECT ALL CITY COUNCIL.
14:35:51 AND WE ARE ALL FULLY COMPLYING AND SUBMITTING ALL THE
14:35:54 INFORMATION FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT WE ARE GETTING, AND I
14:35:56 EXPECT TO BE REIMBURSED AT SOME POINT.
14:35:58 AS TO THE MEDIA, THAT MR. CITRO ASKED, LOOK AT THE STORIES
14:36:02 ABOUT ORLANDO GUDES OR JOHN DINGFELDER ON THE MEDIA. YOU
14:36:07 KNOW, WHY WOULD THE MEDIA GET TIPS OF THINGS THAT NOBODY
14:36:10 WOULD KNOW EXISTED IN ADVANCE OF EVERYBODY ELSE, BECAUSE
14:36:13 SOMEBODY IS WORKING THE SYSTEM TO TRY TO ATTACK, AND THE
14:36:16 LEGAL DEPARTMENT SHOULD NOT BE INVOLVED IN IT.
14:36:18 THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT SHOULD NOT BE INVOLVED IN IT.
14:36:20 THE POLITICAL ADVISER OF THE MAYOR SHOULD NOT BE INVOLVED IN
14:36:25 IT.
14:36:25 YOU KNOW, I SAT WITH THE MAYOR IN FEBRUARY AND TALKING TO
14:36:27 HER ABOUT THE PURE SYSTEM.
14:36:29 YOU KNOW WHAT HER RESPONSE TO ME WAS?
14:36:32 YOU DON'T FILL OUT YOUR ETHICS FORMS CORRECTLY.
14:36:35 AND I SAID, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
14:36:39 THE MAYOR OF THIS CITY HAD READ ALL 32 OF MY ETHICS FORMS,
14:36:42 AND BY THE WAY, I HAVE GOTTEN OPINIONS FROM THREE DIFFERENT
14:36:46 ATTORNEYS -- MY PHONES ARE FINE.
14:36:48 I SAID TO THE CHIEF OF STAFF, WHY IS IT THE MAYOR OF THIS
14:36:50 CITY KNOWS WHAT ALL 32 OF MY ETHICS FORMS SAY?
14:36:54 BECAUSE SHE WAS SITTING AT A MEETING WHERE SOMEBODY WAS
14:36:56 PLANNING A POLITICAL ATTACK AGAINST ME. IT'S DISGUSTING.
14:36:58 WE NEED TO STOP IT.
14:36:59 THE ONLY WAY WE CAN REPRESENT THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY
14:36:59 INSTEAD OF SITTING AT MEETINGS PLANNING ATTACKS AGAINST CITY
14:37:03 COUNCIL, WE NEED TO BE SOLVING PROBLEMS LIKE AFFORDABLE
14:37:06 HOUSING.
14:37:07 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AM NOT GOING TO LET THIS CITY AND THIS
14:37:09 COUNCIL COME OUT WITH TWO BLACK EYES.
14:37:11 THIS CITY IS GOING FORWARD, AND THERE'S A CLOUD HANGING OVER
14:37:14 THE CITY.
14:37:15 FORGET ABOUT THE RAINFALL.
14:37:16 I WANT THE NUMBERS OF THE AUTHORITIES THAT YOU SAY YOU KNOW
14:37:18 SO I CAN CALL THEM AND DO AN INVESTIGATION, INCLUDING MINE,
14:37:20 ALL OF US.
14:37:21 THAT'S WHAT I WANT, SIR.
14:37:22 GIVE ME THE NUMBERS, IF YOU HAVE THEM.
14:37:25 GIVE ME THE NUMBER AND I'LL CALL.
14:37:27 >>BILL CARLSON: LAW ENFORCEMENT IS LOOKING, INVESTIGATING.
14:37:30 IT TAKES A LONG TIME.
14:37:31 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I DON'T KNOW WHO IT IS.
14:37:33 >>JOSEPH CITRO: I'M CHAIRMAN. GIVE ME YOUR NUMBERS, GIVE
14:37:36 ME YOUR EVIDENCE AND I'LL MAKE THE PHONE CALL.
14:37:38 >>BILL CARLSON: CALL THE MEDIA THAT COVERED THE ISSUE.
14:37:40 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WHO ARE THE MEDIA?
14:37:42 JUST GIVE ME NAMES. AND I'LL WRITE LETTERS --
14:37:43 >>BILL CARLSON: TO EVERY TV -- YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT -- YOU
14:37:49 HAVE TO LOOK AT --
14:37:50 >> LOOK AT YOUR EVIDENCE. LET'S GO FORWARD.
14:37:51 LET'S GO FORWARD. ARE YOU FINISHED?
14:37:52 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ALL I WANT IS CLARITY.
14:37:56 I WANT THE PEOPLE OF TAMPA TO UNDERSTAND CLARITY, HONESTY.
14:37:59 AND I AM NOT SAYING ANYBODY IS DISHONEST, BUT I WANT TO TAKE
14:38:03 THIS DARK CLOUD OUT OF THE CITY.
14:38:05 >>BILL CARLSON: IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THE DARK CLOUD OUT OF
14:38:05 THE CITY, ASK THE MAYOR TO STOP.
14:38:07 THE MAYOR NEEDS TO COME HERE AND APOLOGIZE TO CITY
14:38:09 COUNCIL --
14:38:10 [SOUNDING GAVEL]
14:38:11 >>JOSEPH CITRO: LET'S MOVE FORWARD. PLEASE. LET'S MOVE
14:38:12 FORWARD.
14:38:12 >>BILL CARLSON: THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
14:38:14 >>CHARLIE MIRDANDA: GIVE ME THE NUMBERS AND I'LL CALL.
14:38:14 >>BILL CARLSON: YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE STORIES WHERE THE
14:38:18 MAYOR --
14:38:19 >> MR. CARLSON.
14:38:20 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I DON'T FOLLOW MEDIA.
14:38:22 >>BILL CARLSON: I HAVE ONE THING TO SAY.
14:38:23 THERE WAS A POLICE OFFICER A COUPLE WEEKS AGO THAT WAS
14:38:26 CHARGED WITH 100 COUNTS OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.
14:38:29 DID YOU SEE THE MAYOR RELEASE THIS PERSON'S HR FILE?
14:38:34 DID YOU SEE THE MAYOR SPEND $100,000 INVESTIGATING? DID YOU
14:38:36 SEE THE MAYOR HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE OR SEND OUT A PRESS
14:38:39 RELEASE TO CONDEMN THIS PERSON?
14:38:41 NO.
14:38:41 HOW IS IT THAT 100 COUNTS OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY IS NOT A
14:38:45 TERRIBLE DISGUSTING THING?
14:38:47 BUT YOU DIDN'T SEE THE MAYOR GO OUT AND ATTACK THIS PERSON
14:38:49 AND TRY TO GET ALL KINDS OF PUBLICITY AND SEND OUT SEVEN
14:38:52 DAYS OF PUBLICITY.
14:38:53 THERE WAS ANOTHER POLICE OFFICER THAT WAS IN A CRASH THE
14:38:55 OTHER DAY WITH A DUI.
14:38:57 DID THE MAYOR SPEND $100,000 TO INVESTIGATE THIS PERSON?
14:38:59 DID THE MAYOR SEND OUT A PRESS RELEASE AND HOLD A PRESS
14:39:01 CONFERENCE TO ATTACK THIS PERSON?
14:39:03 NO.
14:39:03 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT'S OF INTEREST TO ALL OF US; HOWEVER
14:39:07 LET'S GO BACK.
14:39:08 LET'S NOT SIDELINE OURSELVES AND TALK ABOUT THESE 8 ELECTED
14:39:13 OFFICIALS AND INVESTIGATE US ALL FROM THE DAY WE WERE BORN
14:39:15 TILL NOW AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
14:39:16 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN VIERA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING?
14:39:21 >>ANDREA ZELMAN: MR. CHAIRMAN, CAN I PLEASE JUST CLARIFY A
14:39:26 FEW THINGS ABOUT THE PUBLIC RECORDS PROCESS?
14:39:28 >>JOSEPH CITRO: BRIEFLY, PLEASE.
14:39:30 >>ANDREA ZELMAN: I'LL BE BRIEF. ANDREA ZELMAN, DEPUTY CITY
14:39:33 ATTORNEY.
14:39:33 I AM PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THIS TOPIC BECAUSE I HAVE
14:39:36 SPENT THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF WORKING WITH A COMMITTEE AND
14:39:39 WITH STAFF TO IMPROVE ON OUR PUBLIC RECORDS PROCESS AND IN
14:39:43 FACT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE NEW PUBLIC RECORDS STAFF WHO
14:39:48 ARE GOING TO TAKE OVER THE PROCESS WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS
14:39:51 ARE PLANNING TO MAKE A PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL.
14:39:54 WE ARE TRYING TO FIND A DATE SOMETIME IN JULY TO EXPLAIN THE
14:39:56 NEW PROCESS TO YOU.
14:39:58 I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST THAT EVERY ONE OF YOU READ THE NEW
14:40:02 PUBLIC RECORDS MANUAL.
14:40:04 IT'S ONLINE.
14:40:06 WE E-MAILED IT TO YOU.
14:40:08 IT'S CALLED THE CITY OF TAMPA PUBLIC RECORDS POLICY AND
14:40:11 GUIDE, AND IT EXPLAINS HOW THE PROCESS WORKS.
14:40:14 I DO WANT TO CLARIFY, I NOTE, COUNCILMAN CARLSON, YOU HAD
14:40:19 E-MAILED US ABOUT IT THE OTHER DAY, YOU WERE LOOKING AT A
14:40:22 REPORT AND REQUESTING WHY CERTAIN PUBLIC REQUESTS WEREN'T ON
14:40:25 IT.
14:40:25 THE REPORT YOU WERE LOOKING AT WAS A SNAPSHOT IN TIME, GOV
14:40:29 QA PRODUCES, I BELIEVE, 7-DAY AND THEN 30-DAY OPEN AND
14:40:33 CLOSED PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST REPORTS, BUT THAT WOULDN'T
14:40:36 SHOW YOU PUBLIC RECORDS THAT -- PUBLIC RECORDS FILES THAT
14:40:41 WERE CLOSED PRIOR TO THAT 30-DAY PERIOD.
14:40:44 SO, FOR INSTANCE, YOU ASKED ABOUT THE TRENAM INVESTIGATION.
14:40:49 THOSE PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS WERE RECEIVED IN MARCH,
14:40:51 RESPONDED TO IN MARCH, AND WOULDN'T BE ON THE 30-DAY REPORT
14:40:55 THAT CAME OUT THIS WEEK BECAUSE THAT WAS MORE THAN 30 DAYS
14:40:58 AGO.
14:41:00 SO IF YOU WANT, YOU CAN GET A YEAR TO DATE REPORT, WHATEVER,
14:41:04 BUT YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THE DATES OF WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT
14:41:07 TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT, I SHOULD SAY.
14:41:12 BUT AS FAR AS OUR OFFICE REPRESENTING YOU, LET ME SAY FIRST,
14:41:16 YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE THE TARGET OF PUBLIC
14:41:20 RECORDS REQUESTS.
14:41:22 AS GINA GRIMES TELLS ME, HER CELL PHONES WERE BROUGHT OVER
14:41:27 TO T&I TO BE SEARCHED.
14:41:30 ASK THE MAYOR HOW MANY TIMES SHE'S GOTTEN THESE VERY
14:41:33 PERSONAL PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS.
14:41:35 WE REVIEW ALL OF THEM.
14:41:36 OUR DUTY UNDER THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT IS TO PRODUCE RECORDS.
14:41:42 IT'S NOT TO ADVISE YOU INDIVIDUALLY ON HOW TO WITHHOLD
14:41:47 RECORDS, OR WHATEVER.
14:41:48 WE CERTAINLY DO PROVIDE ADVICE AND ARE GLAD TO PROVIDE IT TO
14:41:53 ANY ONE OF YOU, AND ANY OTHER OFFICIAL OR CITY OF TAMPA
14:41:57 EMPLOYEE, ABOUT WHAT EXEMPTIONS MAY APPLY, WHAT DOES
14:42:02 CONSTITUTE A PUBLIC RECORD AND WHAT DOESN'T.
14:42:06 I'M NOT SAYING THAT EVERYTHING IS A PUBLIC RECORD.
14:42:09 EVERYTHING DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TURNED OVER NECESSARILY THAT
14:42:12 DOESN'T MEET THE STATUTORY DEFINITION OF A PUBLIC RECORD,
14:42:16 BUT WE PROVIDE THAT SAME ADVICE TO EVERYONE.
14:42:19 WE MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE TO EACH ONE OF YOU AND TO EVERY
14:42:23 CITY OF TAMPA EMPLOYEE.
14:42:26 AND AGAIN, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES.
14:42:30 I CAN ATTEST TO THAT BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN ASSISTING WITH SOME
14:42:33 OF THE INCREDIBLE VOLUME OF PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS THAT THE
14:42:38 CITY HAS BEEN RECEIVING IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
14:42:41 HAS THE CITY OF TAMPA'S PUBLIC RECORDS PROCESS BEEN
14:42:45 WEAPONIZED? I THINK IN SOME CASES IT HAS, BUT IT CERTAINLY
14:42:48 ISN'T JUST FOR YOU ALL, IT'S HAPPENING TO ALL OF US.
14:42:51 AND UNFORTUNATELY, OR FORTUNATELY, WHATEVER, DEPENDING ON
14:42:55 YOUR PERSPECTIVE, WE CAN'T DISCRIMINATE BASED ON THE MOTIVES
14:43:00 BEHIND THE PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS OR WHO MADE THE PUBLIC
14:43:03 RECORDS REQUEST.
14:43:03 THEY ALL HAVE TO BE COMPLIED WITH.
14:43:06 SO I CAN TELL YOU IT'S NOT JUST YOU THAT'S RESPONDING TO ALL
14:43:09 THESE PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS.
14:43:11 IT'S ALL OF US.
14:43:12 AND ONE FINAL COMMENT, BECAUSE I CAN'T LET THIS HANG OUT
14:43:17 THERE UNRESPONDED TO.
14:43:21 OUR OFFICE DID NOT LEAVE COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER HANGING OR
14:43:26 THROW HIM UNDER THE BUS.
14:43:27 WE EXPLAINED TO HIM IN GREAT DETAIL, SENT HIM A WRITTEN
14:43:32 MEMO, A COPY OF WHICH WAS PROVIDED TO ALL OF YOU ABOUT THE
14:43:35 LEGAL STANDARD THAT GOVERNS THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE CITY
14:43:41 HAS AN OBLIGATION OR A DUTY TO DEFEND AN OFFICIAL OR AN
14:43:46 EMPLOYEE WHEN THEY ARE SUED IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY.
14:43:49 OUR RESPONSE TO HIM WAS CONSISTENT WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
14:43:53 POLICY, WITH LEON COUNTY POLICY, WITH STATE STATUTE, WITH
14:43:58 PRIOR CITY OF TAMPA CASES.
14:44:02 IF SOMEONE COMMITS AN ACT FOR WHICH THEY ARE INDIVIDUALLY
14:44:06 SUED IN THE COURSE OF WHILE PERFORMING THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES
14:44:11 AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND DID IT FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE, THEN
14:44:16 THE CITY MAY BUT IS NOT OBLIGATED TO PAY FOR THEIR DEFENSE.
14:44:23 BECAUSE THAT'S OFTEN A GRAY AREA AT THE BEGINNING OF A
14:44:25 LAWSUIT, WHAT ALL THE JURISDICTIONS I JUST MENTIONED DO, AND
14:44:29 WHAT THE CITY TOLD MR. DINGFELDER WE WOULD DO, IS SUGGEST TO
14:44:35 GET A PRIVATE ATTORNEY, AND IF ULTIMATELY HE PREVAILED, AND
14:44:38 WAS ABLE TO SHOW THAT THE ACTS FOR WHICH HE WAS SUED WERE
14:44:43 ACTS THAT HE PERFORMED IN THE COURSE AND SCOPE OF HIS
14:44:45 OFFICIAL DUTIES AND THAT HE TOOK THE ACTIONS FOR A PUBLIC
14:44:48 PURPOSE, THEN THE CITY WOULD REIMBURSE HIS LEGAL FEES.
14:44:52 THAT'S THE STANDARD.
14:44:53 IT'S STATE LAW.
14:44:55 IN FACT, WHEN WE MET WITH MR. DINGFELDER, HE SAID, YOU'RE
14:44:59 RIGHT, I REMEMBER THAT FROM WHEN I WAS AT THE COUNTY.
14:45:01 SO I HATE SEEING THIS FALSE NARRATIVE HANGING OUT THERE THAT
14:45:05 SOMEHOW WE THREW HIM UNDER THE BUS BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT
14:45:08 FAIR TO OUR OFFICE.
14:45:09 BUT AGAIN ON PUBLIC RECORDS, WE ARE GOING TO BE MAKING A
14:45:12 PRESENTATION NEXT MONTH.
14:45:14 WE WILL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS IN PUBLIC
14:45:18 AND PRIVATE ABOUT HOW PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS ARE RESPONDED
14:45:24 TO OR HANDLED, BUT I BELIEVE AS MORRIS AND CATE EXPLAINED
14:45:27 ALSO, WE DO THE SAME THING THAT WE DIRECT EVERY OTHER CITY
14:45:31 EMPLOYEE OR OFFICIAL TO DO, AND THAT IS WHEN A PUBLIC
14:45:33 RECORDS REQUEST COMES IN, ASK THE PERSON TO PUT IT INTO GOV
14:45:38 QA, AND TAKE THE REQUEST AND FORWARD IT.
14:45:42 HAVE THERE BEEN OCCASIONS WHEN SOMEONE AT THE CITY GAVE
14:45:45 SOMEBODY SOMETHING WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS?
14:45:48 PERHAPS, BUT IF SO THAT WAS THE EXCEPTION TO THE RULE.
14:45:50 IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE RULE ISN'T FOLLOWED 99% OF THE
14:45:54 TIME.
14:45:55 SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT, BECAUSE I FEEL AS IF THERE'S
14:45:58 SOME INACCURACIES HANGING OUT HERE.
14:46:02 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
14:46:03 >>BILL CARLSON: JUST QUICKLY, I COULD SAY A LOT OF THINGS
14:46:05 TO RESPOND, BUT TWO DATA POINTS.
14:46:08 SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY, THERE'S A
14:46:11 TIMES ARTICLE, AND AN ATTORNEY THREATENS TO SUE
14:46:16 COUNCILMEMBER DINGFELDER.
14:46:17 COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER SAYS, I AM GOING TO FULLY COMPLY WITH
14:46:20 THE REQUEST AND THERE'S NO REASON FOR ME TO BE SUED.
14:46:22 I'M PARAPHRASING.
14:46:23 THE CITY ATTORNEY THEN SAYS, IF HE GETS SUED WE ARE NOT
14:46:26 GOING TO DEFEND HIM.
14:46:29 >>ANDREA ZELMAN: I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID.
14:46:31 >>BILL CARLSON: THAT IS.
14:46:32 LET'S LOOK IT UP.
14:46:33 >> I REMEMBER THE QUOTE AND I BELIEVE IT SAID SOMETHING TO
14:46:34 THE EFFECT OF IF HE DIDN'T COMPLY WITH THE PUBLIC RECORDS
14:46:39 ACT.
14:46:39 >>BILL CARLSON: BUT THE POINT IS THAT THIS CITY COUNCIL DID
14:46:41 NOT VOTE TO ALLOW HER TO SAY THAT, AND THAT IS A FLORIDA BAR
14:46:44 VIOLATION BECAUSE THAT, THREE OR FOUR DAYS LATER HE GOT
14:46:48 SUED, AND THAT CAUSED MONTHS OF PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS AND
14:46:52 SUBPOENAS AGAINST THIS CITY COUNCIL WHICH IS A CLIENT OF THE
14:46:54 CITY ATTORNEY.
14:46:54 THE SECOND THING IS THAT -- AND I WILL PARAPHRASE AGAIN, BUT
14:46:59 WHEN EACH OF US MET WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO HEAR
14:47:01 THE WHOLE DOSSIER ON WHY DINGFELDER WAS GUILTY, EVEN THOUGH
14:47:05 I STILL DISAGREE WITH IT, BUT PART OF IT WAS I ASKED YOU AND
14:47:10 JOHN BENNETT AND DOSSIE AND GINA WERE THERE, I SAID HOW DID
14:47:15 THE BUSINESS JOURNAL GET A COPY OF THIS ETHICS OPINION ON
14:47:20 JOHN DINGFELDER?
14:47:21 AND NOT ONLY FOUND OUT ABOUT IT, BUT FOUND OUT ABOUT IT ON
14:47:24 THE DAY THAT HE RESIGNED.
14:47:26 AND THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID, AND I'M PARAPHRASING, BUT SAID,
14:47:30 I GOT A CALL FROM THEIR REPORTER, AND I WAS TALKING TO THE
14:47:32 REPORTER, AND THE REPORTER SAID, DID YOU KNOW THAT
14:47:34 DINGFELDER RESIGNED, AND SHE SAID NO, AND SHE SAID, WELL,
14:47:37 HAVE YOU BEEN TALKING?
14:47:41 AND SHE SAID, YES.
14:47:41 WELL, WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN TALKING ABOUT? BEEN TALKING ABOUT
14:47:42 OTHER THINGS.
14:47:43 AND BY SAYING THAT -- THAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT OTHER
14:47:44 THINGS, LIKE TO CAUSE THE BUSINESS JOURNAL TO FILE A PUBLIC
14:47:49 RECORDS REQUEST, WHICH WE RESPONDED TO HER ON MONDAY, NOT 60
14:47:51 DAYS LATER, BUT ON MONDAY, AND GIVING AWAY THIS DOCUMENT.
14:47:54 SO AFTER THE FRIDAY STORY THAT DINGFELDER RESIGNED, MONDAY
14:47:56 HE GOT ANOTHER NEGATIVE STORY THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH
14:47:59 THE LAWSUIT, BY THE WAY, BUT IT WAS JUST SOMETHING
14:48:01 DISPARAGING.
14:48:02 SO THE POINT THERE IS THAT IN EFFECT IT LOOKED LIKE SOMEBODY
14:48:04 ON THE OUTSIDE MIGHT SAY THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY IS SUPPOSED
14:48:07 TO BE REPRESENTING CITY COUNCIL OFFERED A DOCUMENT TO THE
14:48:10 REPORTER.
14:48:11 AND SOMEHOW THAT REPORTER FOUND OUT WITHOUT A PUBLIC RECORDS
14:48:14 REQUEST, AND I HAVE SEEN LOGS GOING BACK A COUPLE MONTHS,
14:48:18 BUT IF THERE IS A LOG BEFORE THAT, THAT REPORTER ASKED FOR
14:48:21 CERTAIN DOCUMENTS AND THAT ONE CAME UP, THEN I WILL COME
14:48:24 BACK HERE AND SAY I WAS WRONG.
14:48:26 BUT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CANNOT WORK AGAINST
14:48:29 INDIVIDUAL CITY COUNCILMEN, AND CANNOT WORK AGAINST THIS
14:48:32 CITY COUNCIL.
14:48:37 ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO FULFILL PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS.
14:48:39 BUT THERE'S A NUANCE THERE WHERE PEOPLE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
14:48:42 THAT YOU CAN'T FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES THROW SOMEBODY UNDER
14:48:44 THE BUS.
14:48:45 THANK YOU.
14:48:46 >>ANDREA ZELMAN: I AGREE THAT WE HAVE TO REPRESENT THE CITY
14:48:47 COUNCIL.
14:48:48 I DON'T AGREE WITH YOUR CHARACTERIZATION OF WHAT MS. GRIMES
14:48:52 TOLD YOU.
14:48:54 IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR REPORTERS TO GET WIND OF SOMETHING AND
14:48:59 TO ASK FOR IT.
14:49:00 AND IF IT'S SOMETHING READILY AVAILABLE AND THE PUBLIC
14:49:03 RECORDS POLICY TALKS ABOUT THIS, SOMETIMES WE JUST TURN IT
14:49:06 OVER QUICKLY RATHER THAN MAKE THEM GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
14:49:10 YESTERDAY, ONE OF YOU SENT A MEMO OUT.
14:49:13 WITHIN AN HOUR, JUSTIN GARCIA WAS AT THE CLERK'S OFFICE
14:49:16 ASKING FOR A COPY OF THAT MEMO.
14:49:19 JUSTIN GARCIA, CREATIVE LOAFING.
14:49:21 OBVIOUSLY, SOMEONE TOLD HIM THIS MEMO WAS OUT, I DON'T KNOW
14:49:24 WHO.
14:49:25 AND THE CLERK'S OFFICE SAID, SHOULD I GIVE IT TO HIM OR DOES
14:49:31 HE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS?
14:49:32 I SAID, JUST GIVE IT TO HIM.
14:49:34 I MEAN, THERE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE EXCERPTIONS TO THE
14:49:34 RULE. WE DON'T ALWAYS MAKE PEOPLE GO THROUGH THE WHOLE
14:49:36 PROCESS.
14:49:36 AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON, IN THE MEDIA WORLD, FOR THEM
14:49:41 TO GET TIPS.
14:49:42 WHO THEY ARE GETTING IT FROM, I DON'T KNOW, BUT OBVIOUSLY IN
14:49:46 THAT CASE IT SOUNDS AS IF THE REPORTER KNEW ENOUGH TO ASK
14:49:51 GINA FOR WHATEVER IT WAS SHE HAD.
14:49:53 BUT AGAIN, THE EXCEPTION DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE RULE ISN'T
14:49:58 FOLLOWED 99% OF THE TIME.
14:49:59 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
14:50:02 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
14:50:04 I HAVE A FEW MOTIONS, IF I MAY.
14:50:08 I HAD DONE A MOTION FOR A MAYOR'S VETERANS ALLIANCE TURNING
14:50:14 TO SOMETHING MORE, I GUESS, FOR THE -- SORRY, I AM A LITTLE
14:50:22 SLOW OVER HERE TODAY.
14:50:22 AND I DID NOT PUT A DATE FOR THIS TO COME BACK.
14:50:25 IF I MAY, I WISH FOR IT TO COME BACK FOR ADMINISTRATION
14:50:28 REPORT ON JULY 28th, AND A WRITTEN REPORT IS FINE.
14:50:30 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
14:50:31 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN VIERA, SECONDED
14:50:34 BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
14:50:36 ALL IN FAVOR?
14:50:37 >>LUIS VIERA: ALSO, THIS IS A CRA MATTER BUT I ALSO THINK
14:50:40 IT'S SOMETHING WITH THE CITY.
14:50:41 I MET WITH WALTER SMITH WHO MANY OF YOU ALL KNOW AND I AM
14:50:47 LOOKING AT HOW THE CRA AND CITY OF TAMPA CAN PARTNER UP TO
14:50:51 PROVIDE SOME FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE DR. WALTER L. SMITH
14:50:56 LIBRARY, AND EACH SIDE HAS DIFFERENT ROLES TO PLAY.
14:51:01 I MET WITH JESUS WITH OUR CRA ON THAT, AND THINGS SEEM TO BE
14:51:05 POSITIVE, BUT EACH SIDE HAS DIFFERENT ROLES TO PLAY, SO I
14:51:08 REQUEST THAT THIS COME BACK AT THE JULY 28th REGULAR
14:51:11 SESSION, AND IF IT NEEDS TO BE MOVED FOR MORE TIME, WE CAN
14:51:14 DO THAT.
14:51:15 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
14:51:15 >>JOSEPH CITRO: DO WE WANT TO GO TO THE CRA FIRST?
14:51:18 >>LUIS VIERA: NO, BECAUSE I AM LOOKING AT IT, MR. CHAIRMAN,
14:51:20 THROUGH BOTH LENS.
14:51:23 THE CITY CAN HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY WITH ONGOING FUNDING.
14:51:27 I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
14:51:28 IF I MAY, I WILL PUSH THIS TO THE LAST DATE OF JULY,
14:51:33 WHATEVER, IN AUGUST, I'M SORRY.
14:51:37 AUGUST.
14:51:38 IF THAT WORKS.
14:51:39 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
14:51:41 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
14:51:43 ALL IN FAVOR?
14:51:43 >>LUIS VIERA: LAST THING, COUNCILMAN CARLSON SPOKE ABOUT
14:51:46 THIS ISSUE WITH THE FLYERS.
14:51:48 I HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING, AND THIS CAN COMPLEMENT THIS,
14:51:52 IF YOU ARE FINE WITH IT, COUNCILMAN, FOR A RESOLUTION
14:51:55 CONDEMNING ANTI-SEMITISM IN LIGHT OF THAT, AND THEN THAT CAN
14:51:59 COME BACK ON THE DATE THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED, SIR, IF YOU
14:52:04 WOULD BE AMENABLE TO THAT.
14:52:05 I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH FOLKS IN THE JEWISH AMERICAN
14:52:07 COMMUNITY, WHATEVER DATE WE HAVE FOR DR. CARLSON'S, IF
14:52:10 THAT'S OKAY.
14:52:11 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN VIERA, SECONDED
14:52:13 BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
14:52:14 ALL IN FAVOR?
14:52:16 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
14:52:17 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
14:52:19 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: FIRST, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.
14:52:22 I KNOW IT'S TOMORROW.
14:52:23 >>JOSEPH CITRO: OH, THANK YOU.
14:52:24 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
14:52:26 AND I THINK THAT'S IT.
14:52:27 THANK YOU.
14:52:27 >>JOSEPH CITRO: WHICH, BY THE WAY -- COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
14:52:39 >>LYNN HURTAK: NOTHING.
14:52:42 >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN GUDES?
14:52:49 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU KNOW, THE RECENT VIOLENCE IN OUR CITY
14:52:50 WITH GUN VIOLENCE IS VERY HIGH.
14:52:57 BUT THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY, I KNOW HER MOTHER, BECAUSE I
14:53:00 USED TO BE A RESOURCE OFFICER AT ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL, AND
14:53:03 SHE WAS GETTING READY TO GO TO WORK -- AND I SAY SOMETIMES
14:53:12 YAY, SOMETIMES NO.
14:53:14 THIS YOUNG LADY, HER MOTHER TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE, TRYING TO
14:53:18 HELP PUBLIC SERVANTS, FAMILY WELL KNOWN, BARBEQUE.
14:53:22 SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO
14:53:25 INVESTIGATE INSTALLING A MEMORIAL BENCH FOR MS. SAVANNAH
14:53:30 MATTHEWS WHO LOST HER LIFE AT A VERY YOUNG AGE DUE TO
14:53:33 SENSELESS GUN VIOLENCE. MS. MATTHEWS WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE
14:53:34 COMMUNITY AS WELL AS A ARISING STAR IN TAMPA. I AM
14:53:36 EXTREMELY HEARTBROKEN THAT SHE DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO
14:53:40 COMPLETELY LIVE OUT HER DREAMS.
14:53:41 THEREFORE, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FITTING TO DEDICATE A
14:53:44 MEMORIAL BENCH.
14:53:46 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN GUDES. SECONDED
14:53:47 BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
14:53:48 ALL IN FAVOR?
14:53:49 >>ORLANDO GUDES: BRING IT BACK JULY 21, 2022.
14:53:55 JULY 21?
14:54:01 >> COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
14:54:02 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I JUST WANT TO SAY, PASSING AWAY OF A
14:54:05 YOUNG LADY NAMED TERRY SANCHEZ, ONE OF THE MOST CORDIAL,
14:54:12 WONDERFUL, LOVING INDIVIDUALS.
14:54:14 SHE WORKED FOR MANY YEARS FOR THEN STATE REPRESENTATIVE ALAN
14:54:21 MARTINEZ AND THE LAST 10 OR 20 YEARS WORKED IN THE OFFICE
14:54:24 HANDLING SOME OF THE AFFAIRS OF CONGRESSWOMAN KATHY CASTOR,
14:54:29 AND SHE WAS A WOMAN THAT HELPED ANYONE.
14:54:32 I NEVER EVER SEEN HER IN ANY WAY GET UPSET.
14:54:36 SHE WOULD CERTAINLY FROWN IF SHE LISTENED TO US TODAY. AND
14:54:36 SHE IS JUST A BEAUTIFUL PERSON, AND HER PASSING MEANS A LOT,
14:54:44 AND LATER ON, I WILL SEE WHAT I CAN DO TO DO SOMETHING ON
14:54:49 HER BEHALF.
14:54:50 I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT TODAY, BUT APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
14:54:53 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS THIS TERRY SANCHEZ ON OHIO STREET?
14:54:58 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES, RIGHT BEHIND ME.
14:55:00 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I HAVE BEEN TO HER HOUSE.
14:55:02 WONDERFUL PERSON.
14:55:02 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION BY MIRANDA, SECOND BY MANISCALCO.
14:55:06 ALL IN FAVOR?
14:55:07 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I JUST WANT TO HOLD IT.
14:55:07 >>LUIS VIERA: I SENT OUT MEMO JUST REMINDING ALL MEMBERS
14:55:25 ABOUT CAMP HOPETAKE, BECAUSE IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COME ON
14:55:28 FRIDAY EVENING, AND WISHING ALL OF YOU ALL WHO ARE FATHERS
14:55:30 OUT THERE, HAPPY FATHERS DAY.
14:55:32 >>JOSEPH CITRO: TRINITY AND FAITH MINISTRIES IS HAVING
14:55:40 THEIR ANNIVERSARY THIS SATURDAY, AND I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT
14:55:44 A COMMENDATION ON BEHALF OF CITY COUNCIL.
14:55:47 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
14:55:48 >>> MOTION FROM CHAIRMAN CITRO, SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN
14:55:50 MIRANDA.
14:55:51 ALL IN FAVOR?
14:55:52 ANYTHING ELSE?
14:55:53 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
14:55:53 JUST SO THAT YOU ARE ALL AWARE, DENVER CITY COUNCIL
14:55:58 PRESIDENT MS. GILMORE, I AM GOING TO MAKE A FRIENDLY WAGER
14:56:05 WITH HER ON THE STANLEY CUP, AND THE WAGER WILL GO IF THE
14:56:10 AVALANCHE WIN, I WILL HAVE TO WEAR AN AVALANCHE JERSEY THE
14:56:13 FIRST MEETING AFTER THE STANLEY CUP IS OVER.
14:56:18 AND WHEN THE LIGHTNING WIN, SHE WILL HAVE TO WEAR A
14:56:21 LIGHTNING JERSEY AT THEIR FIRST COUNCIL AFTER THE STANLEY
14:56:25 CUP.
14:56:27 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I DON'T KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT GAMBLING.
14:56:29 AND I KNOW YOU DON'T GAMBLE AT ALL. YOU ARE ALREADY 25%
14:56:31 BEHIND.
14:56:35 >> LOOK AT THE STATS.
14:56:39 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I HOPE THE LIGHTNING WIN.
14:56:41 >>JOSEPH CITRO: LOOK AT THE STATS.
14:56:43 >>ORLANDO GUDES: 25% ALREADY AGAINST YOU.
14:56:44 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
14:56:48 RECEIVE AND FILE.
14:56:48 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: RECEIVE AND FILE.
14:56:53 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BEFORE WE LEAVE, I KEPT IT SHORT, BUT
14:56:55 COUNCILMAN GUDES MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT A VICTIM OF
14:56:59 SENSELESS GUN VIOLENCE. HOW OLD WAS THIS PERSON?
14:57:05 21?
14:57:06 >>ORLANDO GUDES: 22.
14:57:10 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO WE HAVE A MURDER, ONE OF MANY.
14:57:13 WE HAVE AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS.
14:57:16 WE HAVE A HOMELESS CRISIS.
14:57:17 WE HAVE SO MANY ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON IN THIS CITY
14:57:20 INSTEAD OF ALL THIS FIGHTING AND ALL THIS NONSENSE.
14:57:24 YOU KNOW, WHEN THE GENERAL PUBLIC SEES EVERYTHING, TALKING
14:57:26 ABOUT THE BIG PICTURE, THEY GET A BAD TASTE IN THEIR MOUTH.
14:57:30 WHAT WE ASSUME OR WHAT IS OR WHAT IS NOT GOING ON IN CITY
14:57:33 HALL, WE CANNOT CONTINUE LIKE THIS.
14:57:35 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AGREE WITH YOU, MR. MANISCALCO.
14:57:37 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WANTED TO SAY IT EARLIER, BUT I AM
14:57:42 TALKING ABOUT --
14:57:43 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AND I AGREE WITH YOU.
14:57:44 >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO,
14:57:50 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
14:57:51 ALL IN FAVOR?
14:57:53 IF YOU ALL DON'T MIND, WE ARE ADJOURNED.
14:58:05 [ MEETING ADJOURNED ]
14:58:09
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