CRA MEETING
THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2022
9:00 A.M.

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09:00:29AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
GOOD MORNING.
THE CITY OF TAMPA COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING IS
CALLED TO ORDER.
WE ARE GOING TO START WITH AN INVOCATION.
TODAY, WE HAVE SHERRY SILK.
SHE IS THE CEO OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF TAMPA BAY.
SHERRY HAS WORKED IN ANIMAL WELFARE FOR 35 YEARS.
PRIOR TO BECOMING THE CEO OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF TAMPA
BAY.
THE CRUELTY INVESTIGATOR FOR THE MICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETY IN
DETROIT.
IN THIS CAPACITY, SHE WAS ON ANIMAL PLANET'S "ANIMAL COPS"
FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND WORKED FOR THE APSCA AS A MANAGER.
AND SERVED ON THE BOARD OF THE ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION.
SHE HAS TWO ADULT CHILDREN AND SHARES HER HOME WITH TWO
TERRIER MIXES AND TWO CATS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
09:01:39AM >> OF COURSE.
09:01:40AM >> PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION.
09:01:44AM >> GOOD MORNING, LET US PRAY.
WE GIVE THANKS TO THE CREATURES TO LIVE ALONGSIDE US FOR
COMPANIONS AND FRIENDS FOR THEIR UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND
TRUST THAT ENRICH OUR LIVES AND GIVES US SUCH JOY AND
HAPPINESS.
MAY WE ALL LEARN THE POWER OF KINDNESS, POWER OF MERCY,
STRENGTH OF GENTLENESS AND A NEW SPIRIT OF HUMILITY DURING
THESE DIFFICULT TIMES.
AS WE GO FORWARD TODAY, MAY OUR GRATITUDE UNITE US IN ALL WE
HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO HELP THOSE LESS FORTUNATE THAN OURSELVES.
AMEN.
[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
09:02:34AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
09:02:39AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ROLL CALL.
09:02:40AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THEN ROLL CALL.
09:02:42AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
HERE.
09:02:43AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
HERE.
09:02:44AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HERE.
09:02:46AM >>BILL CARLSON:
HERE.
09:02:47AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
HERE.
09:02:48AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HERE.
09:02:50AM >>CLERK:
WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
09:02:52AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
TAKE A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TO
OFFER MY CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF DEJUAN WASHINGTON.
SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE KNOWN HIM.
A YOUNG MAN.
HE PASSED AWAY, I BELIEVE, TUESDAY AFTER BEING IN THE
HOSPITAL FOR -- FOR WELL OVER A YEAR.
HE PASSED AWAY, I DON'T KNOW, 33 YEARS OLD, I THINK.
VERY, VERY YOUNG.
BUT HE WAS ALWAYS VERY POLITICALLY INVOLVED DOWN IN EAST
TAMPA AND I WANT TO GIVE MY CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY.
THANK YOU.
09:03:24AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
MR. MASSEY, IF YOU COULD PLEASE REVIEW THE RULES PERTAINING
TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND PARTICIPATION IN THE CRA MEETING.
09:03:35AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
HE WILL BE GLAD TO.
JULY 21, 2022 OF THE CITY OF TAMPA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
AGENCY OR CRA.
315 E. KENNEDY BOULEVARD HERE IN TAMPA, FLORIDA.
THE PUBLIC IS ABLE TO ATTEND THIS MEETING IN PERSON OR VIEW
IT BY CABLE TELEVISION OR ON SPECTRUM CHANNEL 640 OR
FRONTIER CHANNEL 15 OR BY THE INTERNET
VIA WWW.TAMPA.GOV/LIVESTREAM.
AND HERE IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS OR VIRTUALLY BY WAY OF
COMMUNICATION MEDIA TECHNOLOGY OR CMT.
THE USE OF CMT DOES REQUIRE PREREGISTRATION FOR THE CITY
CLERK'S OFFICE.
DIRECTION ARE ON THE NOTICE OF THE MEETING AND ON THE
AGENDA.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION WAIVING THE CRA RULES AND PROCEDURES TO
WAIVE.
09:04:34AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
ALL IN FAVOR.
AYE.
OKAY.
BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER, I ALSO DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT
WE HAVE TWO MEMBERS OF ROYALTY IN OUR PRESENCE TODAY.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE ZOE GRACE AND JADE GORDON.
THEY ARE MISS JUNETEENTH AND LITTLE JUNETEENTH.
IF YOU WILL STAND UP.
CONGRATULATIONS, LADIES.
[ APPLAUSE ]
ZOE IS TEN YEARS OLD AND SHE IS AT -- SHE IS A STUDENT AT
RIVERVIEW ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE.
SHE IS LITTLE MISS JUNETEENTH.
AND JADE GORDON IS 14 YEARS OLD AND 9th GRADE AT TAMPA BAY
TECH AND OUR MISS JUNETEENTH.
CONGRATULATION TO BOTH OF YOU.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
09:05:27AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
IF I MAY, MADAM CHAIR.
THESE -- DID MISS JUNETEENTH PAGEANT WAS SPECTACULAR AT
MIDDLETON THIS YEAR.
I WAS THERE.
AND ALL THE CONTESTANTS WERE LOVELY YOUNG LADIES BUT
CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE TWO WINNERS.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
09:05:46AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY.
NOW I WANT TO KNOW -- MR. DRUMGO IS HERE.
09:05:56AM >> GOOD MORNING, MISS CHAIR, CHANGES TO THE AGENDA THIS
MORNING.
09:06:01AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
THE MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO AND SECONDED BY
COUNCILMAN CITRO.
ALL IN FAVOR.
OKAY.
THANK YOU.
THE PUBLIC IS NOW WELCOMED TO COMMENT ON ANY ITEM FOR UP TO
THREE MINUTES.
IF YOU HAVE -- IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT, IF YOU WOULD
PLEASE STAND AND STAND UP TO YOUR RIGHT, MY LEFT.
JUST MAKE A NICE LITTLE LINE AND YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME
TO COME ON UP.
GO RIGHT AHEAD.
09:06:40AM >> GOOD MORNING.
FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE HONOR TO THE MOST HIGH
AND TO ALL OF YOU IN YOUR RESPECTIVE PLACES.
I AM PASTOR TUCKER JOHN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE TAMPA BAY
JUNETEENTH COALITION.
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TUNE IN TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
JUNE 14, 2022 WHICH PROMPTED ME TO COME HERE THIS MORNING.
THE QUESTION WAS ASKED WHY THE CITY DOES NOT WANT TO ADOPT
JUNETEENTH AS A HOLIDAY FOR THE EMPLOYEES.
THE RESPONSE TO THAT QUESTION IS WILL REFER TO BE A FLOATING
HOLIDAY.
EVERYBODY WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE OFF AND CELEBRATE
HOWEVER THEY WISH WHICH WE DO ANYWAY.
PART OF THE NARRATIVE THAT IS OFTEN TOLD ABOUT JUNETEENTH IS
THAT SLAVES WERE STILL ENSLAVED TWO YEARS AFTER THE READING
OF EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION STARTING GENERAL GORDON GRANGER
AS THE LEAD CHARACTER WHO ARRIVED IN TEXAS TO ENSURE THE
FREEDOM OF THE SLAVES.
THE LESSER KNOWN HAS IN I HAVE IT IS SEVERAL UNION REGIMENTS
OF THE UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS.
THE PEOPLE WITH THE HISTORY OF WHY THE EMANCIPATION
PROCLAMATION IS NEEDED IN THE FIRST PLACE CAN NO LONGER
CONTINUE TO HAVE SOMEONE IN CHARGE OF THEIR NARRATIVE.
THE LESSER KNOWN AND OTHER OF BLACK HISTORY HAVE ME TO ASK
MYSELF, WHEN I DO TELL MY OWN STORY AND REWRITE MY OWN
NARRATIVE TO UNCOVER THESE HIDDEN ELEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE
ADDRESSED PROPERLY FOR THE STATE OF LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR
ALL.
AND TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY, MAYOR CASTOR, CHIEF OF STAFF
JOHN BENNETT, CITED THE MAJOR CAUSE TO SHUT DOWN THE CITY
FOR A HOLIDAY AS ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THE OPPOSITION.
HOW DARE ANYONE TO PUT THE COST OF SHUTTING DOWN THE CITY
FOR THE CELEBRATION OF FREEDOM FOR AN OPPRESSED PEOPLE IN
THE SAME SENTENCE REFERRING TO JUNETEENTH.
LEST WE FORGET THAT ONCE SLAVES WERE FREED, THEY RECEIVED NO
REPARATION OR SALUTES BUT THE MASTERS AND OPPRESSORS WERE
COMPENSATED.
THE WORD FLOATING MEANS DRIFTING AWAY FROM THE ORIGINAL
POSITION.
I WOULD LIKE TO CONCLUDE BY ADDRESSING CHAIRMAN JOE CITRO.
SIR, IN ALL DUE RESPECT, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS
SUPPORTING US TO COME OUT TO SUPPORT OUR MISS JUNETEENTH
PAGEANTS FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
YOU SAID TO ME TO TELL YOU IF WE NEEDED ANYTHING AND TO LET
YOU KNOW.
I NOTICED WHEN COUNCILMAN GUDES ASKED EACH COUNCILMEMBER A
STANCE OF JUNETEENTH ON THE CITY HOLIDAY, YOU WERE THE ONLY
MEMBER THAT DID NOT RESPOND.
I AM LETTING YOU KNOW TODAY TO PLEASE STAND ON THE SIDE OF
TRUTH BECAUSE TRUTH BRINGS JUSTICE AND LIBERTY FOR ALL AND
TRUTH IS, JUNETEENTH IS REPRESENTATIVE OF A CELEBRATION OF
MAKING A WRONG A RIGHT WITH NO INTERFERENCE OR DISTRACTION.
AND WHEN YOU SAID -- WHEN YOU STAND ON THE SIDE OF TRUTH,
ONLY THE TRUTH CAN SET YOU FREE.
AND TO ALL OF THE REST OF YOU ON THIS COUNCIL, I JUST WANT
TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR OPENLY STANDING UP FOR THE TRUTH.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR SAYING YES.
09:09:48AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
09:09:48AM >> GOOD MORNING TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS ALFRED T. PYLES.
I AM A SENIOR CITIZEN AT THE AGE OF 68 YEARS YOUNG AND ALSO
A VETERAN.
MY GRANDPARENTS PURCHASED THE PROPERTY EAST 5th AVENUE IN
SEPTEMBER OF 1943.
SEPTEMBER OF 2022 WILL BE 79 YEARS THAT THE PYLES FAMILY
HAVE RESIDED IN YBOR CITY AND PAID TAXES ON SAID PROPERTY,
POSSIBLY I AM REPRESENTATIVE OF BEING THE SENIOR RESIDENTIAL
FAMILY IN THIS AREA.
I AM REQUESTING BY UNOFFICIALLY SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE
RESIDENTS RESIDING ON 5th AVENUE PRIMARILY BETWEEN 15th AND
16th STREET AND INCLUSIVE OF THOSE LIVING TO 21s STREET,
THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IMPLEMENT A RESIDENTIAL-ONLY PARKING
ORDINANCE.
YES, 5th AVENUE IS A CITY STREET.
AND IF THERE IS ANY STREET THAT IS DESERVING TO BEING A
RESIDENTIAL-ONLY STREET, IT IS OURS.
WHY?
BECAUSE OF THE CONTINUOUS OBSESSIONS OF THE NUMEROUS ONGOING
TRAVELERS AND VISITOR THAT'S FREQUENT YBOR CITY.
ROADWAY ARE PUBLIC.
NO ONE HAS A RIGHT TO RESERVE SPACES IN FRONT OF HIS OR HER
HOUSE; HOWEVER, WHY IT IS NOT ILLEGAL TO PARK IN FRONT OF
SOMEONE ELSE'S HOUSE, IT IS CERTAINLY INCONSIDERATE, SO THE
FACT OF THIS MATTER IS THAT WE AS RESIDENTS ARE ALWAYS
SUFFERING FROM CONTINUAL AND INCONSIDERATE BEINGS THAT
CHOOSE TO PARK IN FRONT OF OUR HOMES RATHER THAN THE PARKING
GARAGES DESIGNED AND BUILT FOR THE PUBLIC.
IT IS IN MY OPINION, YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL, CAN MAKE AN
EXCEPTION TO THE RULE, THE LAW IN OUR CASE.
I AND OTHERS CANNOT LEAVE OUR HOMES AT WHATEVER TIME OF DAY
OR NIGHT AND RETURN TO FIND A PARKING SPOT IN PROXIMITY OF
OUR RESIDENCE.
DUE TO THIS FACT, IMAGINE YOURSELVES PLACING YOUR TRASH
CONTAINERS IN A PARKING SPOT TO PRESERVE A PARKING SPOT JUST
TO FIND ONCE YOU RETURNED, SOME VISITOR, TRAVELER, MOVED
THEIR TRASH CONTAINER TO PARK THEIR VEHICLE WHICH IS
INCONSIDERATE.
CAN MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL IMAGINE YOURSELF NOW DUE TO ALL
PARKING SPOTS BEING TAKEN TO BE RELEGATED TO LOOKING FOR A
PARKING SPOT A BLOCK AWAY OR ON A STREET BEHIND WHERE YOU
LIVE.
IN MY CASE, THAT BEING 4th AVENUE.
DURING MY YOUTH, WE NEVER HAD PARKING PROBLEMS ON OUR STREET
5th AVENUE NOT UNTIL THE CITY ALLOWED THE CREATION OF
TURNING YBOR CITY INTO AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT WHICH
BRINGS VOLUMES OF PEOPLE IN YBOR TO OVERTAKE IN VARIOUS
ACTIVITIES.
THE IRONIC THING ABOUT THIS THE CITY HAS BUILT SEVERAL
PARKING LOTS FOR NUMEROUS TRAVELERS, VISITORS AND TOURISTS.
AND ONE OF THE GARAGES DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF MY HOME ON THE
NORTH SIDE OF 5th AVENUE.
PEOPLE ARE INCONSIDERATE AND FOREGO THE PARKING GARAGES AND
PARK IN FRONT OF OUR HOMES.
I WILL ENCOURAGE TO YOU MAKE US WHOLE AND THIS SIMPLE
REQUEST, MAKE 5th AVENUE RESIDENTIAL-ONLY PARK FROM 15TH TO
21s STREET.
IF YOU FIND IT --
09:13:22AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:13:23AM >> I JUST WANTED YOU TO CLEAN THE ALLEYWAYS UP SO WE CAN
POSSIBLY USE OUR BACKYARDS FOR PARKING.
BECAUSE WE NEED IT PAVED.
WE NEED IS CLEANED.
09:13:34AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:13:40AM >> GOOD MORNING, MENTESNOT.
GOOD TO SEE THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR AFRICAN WOMEN AND AFRICAN
CULTURE.
OUR WOMEN ARE CALLED Bs AND HOS AND THE N WORD AND
EVERYTHING.
AND THIS LADY LAID IT OUT SO ELOQUENTLY, IT IS AMAZING.
IT IS GOOD TO SEE.
I AM INSPIRED OF THE FACT WE HAVE THAT UP AND COMING
LEADERSHIP INSIDE OUR COMMUNITY AND INSIDE OUR RACE.
BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, SOME OF THIS STUFF, YOU CAN'T
MAKE THIS STUFF UP.
IT WILL BE RARE AND UNUSUAL THAT I AM ON THE SIDE OF THE
POLICE.
BUT THE POLICE OFFICER WAS JUST TERMINATED, FIRED, LOST HIS
JOB, LOST HIS WAY OF LIVELIHOOD IN THIS CITY OF TAMPA FOR
SOLICITATION OF A PROSTITUTE OR HAVING SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH
A PROSTITUTE.
I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS.
IT IS NOT EVEN BEFORE BECAUSE I SHOULD BE HERE TALKING OF
REPARATIONS, CAPITALISM, IMPERIALISM, SOCIALISM.
THE FACT OF THE MATTER WE ARE 26% OF THIS POPULATION AND
NEVER DID THE CITY JUST CELEBRATE 100 SOME YEARS THE OTHER
DAY AND WE HAVE NEVER SEEN ANY JUSTICE IN THIS CITY.
BUT THE MAYOR AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE TOOK THE TIME TO FIRE
SOMEONE FOR HAVING SOME KIND OF COMMUNICATION WITH A
PROSTITUTE.
NOW IS THAT AN INSULT TO PROSTITUTES?
OR IS IT AN INSULT TO EMPLOYMENT OR AN INSULT TO THE BLACK
COMMUNITY, TO THE AFRICAN COMMUNITY THAT HAVE HAD THEIR
FAMILY MEMBERS MURDERED, BEATEN, BICYCLE LAWS, KICKED OUT OF
OUR HOMES, CODE VIOLATIONS, AND NOBODY EVER GOT FIRED FOR
THAT.
IT IS CALLED INSENSITIVE IN THE WORST WAY.
THE CITY IS TRYING TO MICROMANAGE IGNORANCE.
THE CITY IS TRYING TO MICROMANAGE IGNORANCE.
AND THEY ARE DOING IT OFF THE BACKS AND THE INSULTS OF
AFRICAN PEOPLE.
IT IS INSENSITIVITY IN THE WORSE WAY.
WHAT ABOUT THE LADY DOWNSTAIRS A FEW WEEKS AGO THAT SAID IS
TONY DANIEL OUT ON THE SIDEWALK?
DO YOU NEED SECURITY TO ESCORT -- THAT IS VIOLENCE
PROFILING.
IT IS WORSE THAN HE RACIAL PROFILING.
IT IS VIOLENCE PROFILING.
IS SHE GOING TO GET FIRED?
IS SHE GOING TO GET TERMINATED?
WHAT ABOUT ALL THESE COPS -- WHAT ABOUT JONAS JOSEPH'S
FAMILY.
ARE THOSE OFFICERS GOING TO GET FIRED?
AND THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, I DON'T LIKE TO PERSONALIZE
ANYTHING, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE FOUR OFFICERS THAT PULLED A GUN
ON A 12-YEAR-OLD AND PUT HER IN HANDCUFFS INSIDE OF MY HOME
AT 2204 EAST IDA STREET.
I DON'T LIKE TO PERSONALIZE THINGS AND I NEVER COME DOWN TO
MYSELF.
I COME DOWN TO REPRESENT AFRICAN PEOPLE.
THIS CITY NEEDS TO STAND UP AND TO THE RIGHT THING.
09:16:44AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
09:16:52AM >> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS EDDIE ADAMS JR.
AND I'M HERE TO REINFORM YOU OF WHAT JUNETEENTH ACTUALLY
MEANS SPECIFICALLY HERE IN TAMPA.
I WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE SHERIFF BLACK ADVISORY COUNCIL AT ONE
TIME.
AND AT THAT TIME, THE SHERIFF WAS DAVID GEE.
AND WE FOR 30 YEARS HAD AN AWARDS BANQUET FOR THE SHERIFF
EMPLOYEES, BAILS BONDSMEN, OFFICERS, STAFF, ALL THOSE GOOD
FOLKS.
AND WE WOULD RECOGNIZE THE BLACK ONES, BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE
OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD BEEN DOING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
THE SHERIFF CREATED HISPANIC ADVISORY COUNCIL AND INDIAN
ADVISORY COUNCIL.
AND EVERYBODY HAD AWARD BANQUETS, BECAUSE THEY WERE DOING
WHAT WE WERE DOING.
WE WERE THE FIRST TO DO IT.
THE SHERIFF SAID HE DIDN'T WANT TO DO THREE AWARDS BANQUETS.
THAT IS SOMETHING YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE.
WE HAD OURS THE FOURTH WEEKEND -- THE FOURTH WEEK IN OCTOBER
EVERY YEAR.
WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT FOR 30 YEARS.
AND HE SAID TO US -- TO ME.
HE CAME TO ONE OF OUR MEETINGS AND SAID, HE PREFERRED THAT
BE DO ONE BANQUET.
AND WE DO THAT BANQUET IN OCTOBER, THE WEEK WE USUALLY DO
OURS.
SO PRETTY MUCH HE CAME IN TO SAY, Y'ALL SERVE ME.
WE ARE GOING TO DO ONE BANQUET AND WE WILL DO IT YOUR
WEEKEND.
WE WILL DO IT YOUR WEEK.
AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY CHOICE IN THE MATTER.
SO I SAY LET'S FIND A DAY, A WEEK, A TIME TO HAVE AN ANNUAL
BANQUET TO CELEBRATE US BEING ABLE TO AWARD AND RECOGNIZE
THE BLACK MEMBERS OF THE SHERIFF STAFF.
AND SO I LOOKED DOWN THE CALENDAR AND I SAW JUNE 19 AS A
NATIONAL HOLIDAY THAT SOME FOLKS HAD ALREADY BEEN
CELEBRATING IN TEXAS FOR ALMOST 100 YEARS.
AND I SAID, WHY DON'T WE TAKE JUNETEENTH.
THAT WAS 15 YEARS AGO.
AND WE DID A BREAKFAST FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
WE STARTED DOING A JUNETEENTH LUNCHEON.
AT THAT POINT IN TIME, JUNETEENTH CAME TO TAMPA.
AND I SAID I HOPE ONE DAY WE MAKE IT SUCH THAT ALL 30 DAYS
OF JUNE BLACK FOLKS ARE DOING SOMETHING TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR
FREEDOM.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THEY CAN'T TAKE AWAY FROM US.
SO THAT'S HOW WE GOT HERE.
AND IT IS A SEED AND IT IS GROWING.
NEXT YEAR TWICE AS MANY EVENTS AS WE HAVE THIS YEAR.
09:20:05AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:20:13AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL CHAIR, COUNCIL.
ALISON HEWITT.
I AM STANDING BEFORE TODAY AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE EAST TAMPA CRA.
YOU HAVE TWO ITEMS ON YOUR AGENDA UNDER STAFF REPORTS.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENT ABOUT.
ONE IS ITEM 4, AND THAT IS THE PREDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
THAT PROGRAM WAS PROPOSED FOR CONSIDERATION TO STAFF ABOUT A
YEAR AGO.
THE PURPOSE OF THE REDEVELOPMENTS IS THERE ARE PROPERTY
OWNERS WHO ARE BEING INUNDATED TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE THEIR
PROPERTY.
THEY WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THEIR PROPERTY AND REDEVELOPMENT TO
MAKE IT A MORE PROFITABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY, BENEFICIAL FOR
THE COMMUNITY.
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT SOFT COST THAT ARE
REQUIRED TO GET THAT PROPERTY FINANCED.
AND SO THE PREDEVELOPMENT WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THE SOFT
COSTS, THE ARCHITECTURE, THE ENGINEERING, THE RELOOKING AT
IT.
AND PART OF IT IS HAVING A DEVELOPER CONSULTANT TO STAND
WITH THEM THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO CREATE A PRO
FORMA THAT IS FINANCEABLE, TO TAKE A PRODUCT TO THE BANK TO
HAVE FINANCING.
A LOT OF THESE PROPERTY OWNERS, BECAUSE OF THE HOUSING
CRISIS, ARE ALSO LOOKING TO CHANGE THE CURRENT OR HAVE AN
ADDITION TO THE CURRENT USE TO ADD HOUSING TO BE ABLE TO BE
BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY.
MOST OF THESE PROJECTS THAT HAVE COME TO US IN THE EAST
TAMPA CRA, 50 YEARS, 30 YEARS, AND ONE POINT THEY OWNED IT
FOR OVER 60 YEARS IN THAT FAMILY, PASSED DOWN FROM
GENERATIONS; HOWEVER, THEY NEED SOME HELP.
THAT IS THE IMPETUS TO MITIGATE GENTRIFICATION, TO PUT
TOGETHER A REDEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT HELPS THEM TO FINANCE
THEIR PROJECTS TO CREATE BUSINESS SPACE TO CREATE INCUBATOR
SPACE AND TO CREATE HOUSING.
SO WE HAVE A WORKSHOP WITH THE STAFF.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK VERY MUCH MR. DRUMGO.
BROUGHT SIGNIFICANT IDEAS TO STRENGTHEN THAT PROGRAM AND WE
LOOK FORWARD TO AN ENERGETIC WORKSHOP WITH THE COMMUNITY ON
JULY 26.
THE SECOND ITEM IS ITEM 5 ON FEASIBILITY.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN VIERA FOR BRING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT THE STAFF IS WORKING VERY
DILIGENTLY A CREATE AN APPLICATION PROCESS.
THE EAST TAMPA CRA HAS MORE MONEY IN ITS BUDGET THAN IT EVER
HAS.
WE NEED TO BE MORE RESPONSIBLE HOW WE IMPLEMENT THOSE FUNDS.
SO THE STAFF IS WORKING ON AN APPLICATION TO BE ABLE TO
IMPLEMENT THOSE FUNDS IN A VERY THOUGHTFUL AND VERY
PRODUCTIVE WAY.
CONCERN WITH THIS IS IF YOU DO THIS BEFORE THE APPLICATION,
AND WE FUND A PRIVATE OWN LAND.
THEN THAT MEANS ANY OTHER PRIVATE OWNER SAYS I WOULD LIKE
$100,000, YOU KNOW, TO ANSWER SLUM AND BLIGHT AND PAINT MY
BUILDING OR REDO MY PAVEMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE STAFF FOR WORKING ON
A PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THOSE TYPE OF REQUESTS FORWARD.
09:23:22AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:23:27AM >> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS KEELA McCASKILL, AND I CAME TODAY -- YOU KNOW,
NORMALLY I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THE CHALLENGES IN EAST TAMPA.
I BELIEVE IN FAIRNESS AND I CAME TODAY TO TELL YOU SOMETHING
GOOD OF IT.
I WAS HARSH FOR NICOLE TRAVIS BECAUSE I WAS DESPERATE FOR
SOME TYPE OF A SOLUTION AND I FELT SHE WOULD BE OVERWHELMED
TOO IG TO DEAL WITH EAST TAMPA AND THE ROLE SHE WAS HIRED
FOR.
I WANT TO APOLOGIZE PUBLICLY FOR DOUBTING HER ABILITIES.
SHE ADDED AN ADDITION TO THE LEADERSHIP.
SHE BROUGHT IN MR. DRUMGO.
I WANT TO THANK HER FOR BRINGING HIM BECAUSE NOW I HAVE A
RESTORED FAITH IN THE STAFF THAT REPRESENTS EAST TAMPA.
I DON'T BELIEVE HE HAS BEEN HERE 30 DAYS, AND ALREADY HE HAS
MEANT COUNTLESS NUMBERS OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEY
FEEL CONFIDENT IN THAT LEADERSHIP.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAS JUST NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE BECAUSE
IT PREDATES ME.
I PROBABLY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED THREE, FOUR YEARS.
AND MOST OF OWNERS AND THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT
HE HAS MET HAVE BEEN SUPER EXCITED ABOUT ADDITION, THANK
YOU, AND NICOLE TRAVIS, MY APOLOGIES.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT PREDEVELOPMENT.
THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE JUST ALLUDED TO THAT.
BUT IN THAT, I WANT TO SHARE THAT THE PROGRAM IS VERY
INSTRUMENTAL IN ELIMINATING BLIGHT, ELIMINATE THE TAX
INCREMENTAL FINANCES AND KEEP THESE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE
BEEN IN BUSINESS SINCE 1975 IS ONE, SERVING THE COMMUNITY
WITH NO ASSISTANCE FROM THE CITY OF TAMPA.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR OUTREACH HAS BEEN TO THE BUSINESSES
BUT MULTIPLE -- HUNDREDS OF BUSINESSES WITHIN EAST TAMPA AND
SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN HERE OVER 30 YEARS.
THEY NEVER KNEW THAT THE CITY COULD ASSIST THEM REQUEST
SUSTAINING THEIR BUSINESSES.
THEY MAY NOT HAVE THE NECESSARY FINANCE TO DO ALL OF IT.
THEY CAN'T RESTORE IT ON THEIR OWN.
THEY HAVE BEEN OPERATING IN THE DAY TO DAY OF THE BUSINESS.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY -- EAST TAMPA HAS MORE MONEY THAN HE
EVER HAVE AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN SERVING THE COMMUNITY AS WE
SHOULD.
THIS IS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO GET INVOLVED TO CHANGE A
COMMUNITY THAT WAS BLIGHTED AND LOOKING EMPTY AND DESTITUTE
FOR A LONG TIME.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP.
WE NEED A WOW FACTOR OF KEY PROPERTIES FROM NEBRASKA TO 22nd
TO 29th, 34th TO 40th STREET ALL WITHIN THE 7.5 SQUARE MILES
OF EAST TAMPA.
SAYING YES TO THE PREDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS GIVE US THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A WOW IN EAST TAMPA.
AND I THINK EACH ONE OF YOU WOULD WANT TO SUPPORT SOMETHING
LIKE THAT.
EVEN IF YOU DON'T, I AM ASKING YOU TO SAY YES.
THANK YOU.
09:26:20AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
09:26:27AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
ROBIN LOCKETT WITH FLORIDA RISING.
FIRST, I WANT TO ECHO WHAT MISS MCKASKILL SAID OF NICOLE
TRAVIS.
LOVE HER TO LIFE.
READY TO HELP AND IN THIS AGE WE NEED INNOVATION AND
CREATIVITY, AND I APPRECIATE HER A LOT AND LOOK FORWARD TO
YOU.
NUMBER TWO, DR. TUCKER JOHNSON.
GREAT EXAMPLE OF -- YOU HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF WHAT YOU DO UP
HERE IF IT DOESN'T REFLECT THE SAME THING IN THE COMMUNITY.
BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THE ELECTED COME ON THE COMMUNITY AND
THEY SAY ONE THING AND THEY GET UP ON THE DAIS THEY SAY
SOMETHING ELSE.
I REALLY, REALLY TELL THE COMMUNITY, WATCH BOTH ACTIONS,
BECAUSE THEY COULD BE FRIENDLY IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT WHEN IT
COMES UP HERE, THEY ARE NOT VOTING ON ANYTHING THAT PROTECTS
YOU.
THAT IS WHAT LEADS ME INTO WHAT I AM ABOUT TO SAY.
YOU KNOW, I THINK OF CITY COUNCIL -- WELL, THE MEETINGS A
LOT WHEN I AM HOME, RIGHT.
LIKE I DON'T HAVE A LIFE.
[LAUGHTER]
BUT THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME.
THIS HOUSING SITUATION.
A LOT OF MONEY IS GOING INTO ALL THE PROGRAMS.
WE CAN APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT THE RENT IS STILL GOING UP.
AND WHEN THE MONEY IS GONE, THE RENT IS STILL GOING TO BE
UP.
SO THAT'S WHY IT IS EVEN THAT MUCH MORE IMPORTANT FOR US TO
PUT SOME TYPE OF HALT TO IT.
SOME TYPE OF STOP TO IT.
BECAUSE THE RENT IS GOING TO GO UP.
THAT PERSON -- I TALK TO PEOPLE EVERY DAY AROUND HOUSING.
THEY ARE GLAD THEY ARE ABLE TO GET THE ASSISTANCE.
IT IS FLOWING.
I MEAN IT IS FLOWING.
NO COMPLAINTS.
WHEN A NEWS REPORTER CALLS ME AND ASKS ME, HEY, DO YOU HAVE
SOMEBODY, BLAH-BLAH-BLAH.
I SAY, YES, THEIR RENT IS PAID BECAUSE THE COUNTY AND THE
CITY IS PAYING IT, YOU KNOW.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THAT PERSON THAT CAN'T AFFORD THAT HIGH RENT
ONCE ALL THE MONEY THAT THE CITY AND THE ESTABLISHMENT IS
PUTTING IN IS GONE?
EVICTIONS.
BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT.
SO I LOVE THE PROGRESSIVENESS OF -- OF THE BOARD, BUT WE
HAVE TO BE -- WE HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD ALSO.
HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO PROTECT THE TENANTS IN THIS SITUATION
KNOWING THAT THEY CAN NOT AFFORD THAT RENT.
ORLANDO RIGHT NOW -- AND THEY DID NOT HAVE AN 18-MONTH
STUDY, MR. ATTORNEY.
ORLANDO RIGHT NOW IS IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING THE WORDING.
DIDN'T TAKE THEM 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE A STUDY.
SO LIKE I SAID -- AND AT THE LAST MEETING, WALKING AND
CHEWING BUBBLE GUM AT THE SAME TIME.
WHILE Y'ALL ARE DOING THE STUDY, PUT IT ON THE BALLOT AND
LET THE PEOPLE VOTE ON IT WHETHER THEY WANT RENT
STABILIZATION OR NOT.
NOT A DECREASE, 5% CAP.
THANK YOU.
09:29:32AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
09:29:33AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
MADAM CHAIR, POINT OF PRIVILEGE.
MISS LOCKET, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I AM LOOKING AT THAT AND MAKING PHONE CALLS OF FRIENDS OF
MINE AND COUNCILMEMBERS UP THERE IN REFERENCE WHAT THEY ARE
DOING.
I CAN'T DO ANYTHING TODAY, BUT HOPEFULLY WHEN I GET THE REST
OF THE INFORMATION I WILL BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING NEXT WEEK
AT A REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
MR. DRUMGO AND -- COME TO THE PODIUM.
LET ME THANK YOU BOTH FOR THE FAST RESPONSES TO THE CHURCH.
WE WENT THERE TRYING TO GET INFORMATION.
BUT ONCE WE GOT INTO IT, THEY WERE SPECIFIC WHAT THEY
WANTED.
THEY WANTED TO MEET AND YOU WERE ABLE TO GO GIVE THEM THAT
MEET.
I HAD SEVERAL PHONE CALLS AFTER THAT MEETING ON SUNDAY.
I AM GLAD YOU WERE ABLE TO ASSIST ME TO GO OUT THERE AND BE
ABLE TO GIVE ANSWERS.
WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS BUT WILL BE BACK IN DUE TIME
TO GIVE THEM WHAT THEY NEEDED.
THEY ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE.
I AM APPRECIATIVE YOU BROUGHT THAT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TABLE.
PEOPLE APPRECIATE YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AND MR. DRUMGO, THEY
SEE YOUR LEADERSHIP.
WHAT I WANT TO SAY PUBLICLY IS THAT PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY WE ARE
ANGRY, BLACK PEOPLE ARE ANGRY.
WE ARE ANGRY BECAUSE WE DON'T GET OUR JUST DUE AT TIMES.
AND RIGHTLY SO.
WHAT WE DON'T GET.
IT MAKES US ANGRY.
WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.
HOW DO WE GET THAT FRUSTRATION OUT.
YOU AND MISS TRAVIS COME IN.
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LIVE IT TO UNDERSTAND IT.
YOU HAVE TO LIVE IT TO UNDERSTAND IT.
AND WHEN I SEE PEOPLE CALL ME AND SAY, THEY LOVE CEDRIC.
CEDRIC HAS BEEN AROUND.
HE WAS AN AIDE AND DID OTHER ISSUES, BUT NOW CEDRIC HAS A
BOSS NOW.
BEFORE HE HAD A BOSS BUT HE WAS LIMITED -- OR THAT PERSON
DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO MOVE THINGS.
NOT TO -- ANYBODY.
NOW THAT YOU ARE HERE AND DOUBTFUL OF MISS TRAVIS -- I
WASN'T DOUBTFUL I KNEW WHAT SHE HAD DONE, FOR YOU TO BRING
HER IN AS A DEPUTY TO OVERSEE THE CRA AND CONCENTRATE ON
EAST TAMPA AND PEOPLE CALL ME -- HE CAN MAKE DECISIONS ON
THE SPOT.
AND THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE HAVE WANTED.
PEOPLE CAN MAKE A DECISION.
NOT TO HAVE TO GO WAY BACK HERE.
TO SAY THAT CAN HAPPEN OR I CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE
SAYING, WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.
I LIVE IT.
I UNDERSTAND IT.
VERSUS SOMEBODY WHO DON'T KNOW TRYING TO FIGURE OUT -- WE
ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT.
BUT SOMEBODY WHO HAS DONE IT OTHER PLACES AND SAY THAT COULD
HAPPEN AND CRAFT IT TO WHERE WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.
I WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU AND NICOLE FOR BRINGING YOU HERE
AND MAKING YOU A PART OF THE EAST TAMPA FOCUS.
AND PEOPLE ARE REALLY TALKING AND SAYING -- BECAUSE, AGAIN,
THEY ARE ALWAYS FEELING THAT PEOPLE DON'T IT TELL US THE
TRUTH.
THEY ALWAYS PUT US TO THE SIDE.
I WANT TO SAY THEY ARE STARTING TO TRUST AGAIN AND TRUSTING
YOU YOU WILL DO THE RIGHT THING WITH THE PENNY SAVER.
YOU GUYS CAME IN AND WAS ABLE TO COME UP WITH A STRATEGY TO
MAKE THAT STRATEGY WORK TO MOVE THAT PROJECT AND GET IT
DONE.
PEOPLE ARE EXCITED IN EAST TAMPA THAT THAT'S GOING TO GET
DONE.
I HEARD THEY HAD A MEETING YESTERDAY.
I AM HOPE IT DOESN'T TAKE A YEAR TO DO A COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT.
I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS TO BE A YEAR.
WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT WE WANT OVER THERE.
TOOK A YEAR FOR AN ENGAGEMENT PROJECT.
HERE IT IS.
WE ALREADY TOLD YOU WHAT WE WANT.
WHO CAN BUILD THE DARN THING AND GIVE US A GREAT PRICE TO DO
IT.
FOR YOU TO WORK ON THAT THING.
I DON'T THINK IT TAKES THAT LONG TO DO A COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT PROJECT.
WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT A PHASE HERE AND STOP A PROJECT
HERE.
IT NEEDS TO BE, OKAY, WHO CAN DO THE PROJECT NOW.
WHO CAN COMPLETE THE PROJECT NOW.
NOT JUST ONE BUILDING NOW AND GO BACK -- NO.
HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO COMPLETE THE WHOLE PROJECT AND GET
IT DONE SO THE COMMUNITY CAN SAY WE GOT IT.
WE GOT THE WOW AND NOT PUTTING IT OFF.
A CHALLENGE I WILL BRING TO YOU TO BRING BACK TO
WHATEVER RFP OUT THERE.
WHO CAN GET IT DONE.
WHO CAN DO THE WHOLE PROJECT.
I AM NOT CONCERNED OF SHUTTING THE PARK DOWN.
KIDS ARE NOT THERE ANYWAY BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T LIKE WHAT IS
GOING ON.
NUMBERS ARE VERY LOW.
MY CHALLENGE TO YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU ARE DOING.
YOU ARE WORK WITH CEDRIC OVER THERE.
HE IS WORKING HARD OVER THERE.
I AM SAYING THAT I THINK THINGS ARE STARTING TO GO THE
UPTICK.
LIKE YOU SAID WE NEED TO SPEND THE MONEY.
I ALWAYS SAY WE NEED TO SPEND THE MONEY.
THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO
09:34:10AM >> THANK YOU.
09:34:11AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF FOLKS ON LINE.
09:34:17AM >>CLERK:
YES, TWO REGISTERED SPEAKERS.
GOOD MORNING, CHAIR, WE HAVE MICHAEL RANDOLPH ON THE LINE.
IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
09:34:39AM >> GOOD MORNING.
HOPEFULLY YOU CAN HEAR ME.
MY NAME IS MICHAEL RANDOLPH, AND I AM WITH THE WEST
TAMPA CDC.
I WANT TO GIVE A COUPLE OF UPDATES.
ON JULY 31 AT 7 P.M., THE CAC WILL BE HOSTING WHAT IS KNOWN
AS REDUCING THE VIOLENCE, A NATIONAL FOCUS TO END VIOLENCE.
SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS WILL BE BALTIMORE, NEW YORK, TAMPA,
CHICAGO, AND PHILLY.
WHAT ARE THEY DOING IN THOSE CITIES.
THE OTHER THING IN WEST TAMPA FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO START
THEIR OWN BUSINESS.
ON AUGUST 2, A BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CLASS.
IT IS GOING TO LAST SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO
START A HIS.
FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO BE A GRANT WRITER.
TEACHING THEM HOW TO WRITE A GRANT AS A WAY TO BRING IN
INCOME, AS WELL AS HOW TO PUT TOGETHER A PROFESSIONAL
BUSINESS PLAN AS A WAY TO CREATE MONEY IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
WE ALSO ARE DOING A HOME/E-COMMERCE PROGRAM AND OFFERING
MICROLOANS AND SMALL GRANTS FOR BUSINESS WHO WANT TO START A
MICRO BUSINESS.
IF YOU ARE A DEVELOPER IN WEST TAMPA, YOU NEED THE SKILLSET
TO DO HOUSING IN WEST TAMPA, BUT TO BUILD YOU UP TO
CAPACITY.
THE OTHER THING I WANT TO MENTION IS THAT WE ALSO ARE
WORKING IN THE BACKGROUND WITH DEVELOPERS TO BUILD
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN WEST TAMPA.
SO WEST TAMPA IS REALLY MOVING FORWARD.
I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO EAST TAMPA.
WE ARE TALKING WITH THE WEST, THE EAST, THE CAC OF TAMPA TO
DO A COMBINATION OF THE WEST TAMPA CDC AND THE CDC OF TAMPA
TO DO A JOINT PROJECT IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE QUALITY OF
LIFE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THIS
PRESENTATION.
AND DO HAVE A GREAT DAY.
09:36:33AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:36:37AM >>CLERK:
CHAIR, THE OTHER REGISTERED SPEAKER IS NOT LOGGED
ON AT THIS TIME.
SO THAT WILL CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
09:36:44AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY, MR. DRUMGO, TIME TO SHINE.
GOOD MORNING.
09:36:52AM >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIRWOMAN.
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
ADMINISTRATOR TRAVIS SENDS HER REGARDS.
SHE CAN'T BE WITH US TODAY.
STAFF REPORTS, ITEM NUMBER 1 IS THE CENTRAL PARK CRA
COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHAIR.
THOMAS MURPHY.
WILL PROVIDE A REPORT.
IF YOU WOULD.
09:37:19AM >>THOMAS MURPHY:
GOOD MORNING.
I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE COPIES OF THIS AS WELL.
A LITTLE UPDATE ON CENTRAL PARK.
WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS.
CONTINUE DISCUSSING SUSTAINABLE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE TWO
JOHNSON HOMES ON SCOTT STREET, THE TWO LAST REMAINING SCRUB
HOMES THERE.
THE ADDITION WOULD BE REALIZED THROUGH THE TAMPA HOUSING
AUTHORITY PARTNERSHIP.
WE ACTUALLY WOULD BE USING THOSE HOMES AS RESIDENTIAL
OWNER-OCCUPANT HOMES AS WELL IN HOPING -- AND HOPING TO
MAYBE SET A PATH FOR FUTURE HOMES TO BE BUILT AS WELL --
09:37:57AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WAIT JUST A SECOND.
09:37:59AM >> THAT'S OKAY.
09:38:00AM >> AND HOPE TO BUILD FUTURE HOMES SIMILAR TO WHAT WE ARE
DOING IN YBOR CITY WITH A LOT OF THEIR COMMUNITY CENTER AND
WHATNOT.
THE HOMES WILL PROVIDE A HISTORIC MODE FOR MORE
SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES IN THE AREA AND THE CAC REQUESTED FUNDS
IN THE NEW BUDGET WITH THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TAMPA
HOUSING AUTHORITY.
ARE YOU ALL FAMILIAR WITH THOSE TWO HOMES?
EVERYONE IS GOOD?
OKAY, COOL.
EXCELLENT.
THE SOUL WALK IS SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING.
CENTRAL PARK CAC HELD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY ARTS AND
CULTURAL RECORDING THE SOUL WALK.
DIFFERENT STOPS.
HOW CENTRAL PARK WILL BE PART OF THAT WALK.
THE CRA REDEVELOPMENT STUDY STRONGLY IDENTIFIES WITH TAMPA
CENTRAL AVENUE HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
WE ALSO REQUESTED FUNDS IN THE NEW BUDGET FOR THIS
PARTNERSHIP AS WELL.
HERE IS THE BIG ONE.
PARADISE BAPTIST CHURCH.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A WHILE.
CENTRAL PARK CRA VISITED WITH THE PARADISE BAPTIST CHURCH.
EVERYONE IS FAMILIAR WITH US.
COUNCILMAN GUDES WAS WITH US.
AN EXPERIENCE.
VERY COOL.
TO GO DOWN AND SEE A LOT OF THE ARTIFACTS AND THINGS THAT
PASTOR FRANK HELD ON TO.
HE HELD THAT OPEN IN THE '90s AND 2000S AS A MUSEUM AND HE
STOPPED WHEN PEOPLE STARTED STEALING FROM HIM.
HE WAS NO LONGER DOING THAT.
AND PRETTY PRIVILEGED TO GO DOWN AND CHECK THIS OUT.
THE CHURCH AND BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 1904.
A LITTLE DISCREPANCY BASED ON COMMUNICATION THAT I HAVE,
MAYBE THE BUILDING COULD BE POTENTIALLY EVEN OLDER THAN
THAT.
BASEMENT.
FLORIDA BASEMENT.
IF THAT IS NOT SOMETHING.
BASEMENT OF CENTRAL AVENUE AND SCRUB HISTORY.
A LOT OF ARTIFACTS THAT PASTOR HAS BROUGHT FROM AFRICA.
THINGS THAT PERTAIN TO OLD PHOTOS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
THINGS HE HAD FROM THERE.
SHACKLES THAT WERE ACTUALLY SLAVE SHACKLES THAT HE HELD ON
TO AND WHATNOT.
THE OWNER EXPRESSED INTEREST OF SELLING THE SITE AS A
HISTORIC AND CULTURAL CENTER AND KIND OF WHAT WE ARE WORKING
ON NOW.
THE CAC RECOMMENDS BORROWING FUNDS AGAINST THE CRA'S
INCREMENTS REVENUE TO SECURE THE BUILDING FOR HISTORIC
PRESERVATION AND COMMUNITY USE.
WE ARE A LOW MAN ON THE TOTEM POLE WITH CRAs IN OUR BUDGET
AND WHATNOT.
WE HAVE GREAT IDEAS AND THIS IS ONE OF THE LAST BUILDINGS
THAT IS STILL IN CENTRAL PARK, CENTRAL AVENUE, THAT IS STILL
STANDING THAT WASN'T DEMOLISHED.
IT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE PRESERVE THIS AND DON'T
LET IT GET TO A TOO BLIGHTED STATE.
FINISHING UP ST. PETER CLAVER.
COUNCILMAN GUDES WENT TO ST. PETER CLAVER CATHOLIC PARISH.
A DISCUSSION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA AND THE SCHOOL
DOWN THERE.
THE PARISH OF A CRA ACTIONS AND PLAN ANALYSIS AND EXPRESSED
INTEREST IN THE PROPOSED BRIGHTLINE RAIL.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE?
YES, SIR.
09:41:08AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES, COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:41:10AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
I AM GLAD FOR THE SECOND TIME GOING DOWN
THERE, BUT GETTING AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO INSIDE THERE.
FOLKS, I AM JUST GOING TO TELL YOU.
THAT IS IS A TREAT.
YOU REALLY NEED TO HAVE A CHANCE TO GO IN AND SEE.
GIVES YOU CHILLS TO SEE -- ESPECIALLY WHEN I SEE SOME OF MY
HISTORY.
I SEE SOME OF MY HISTORY.
AND I TOOK PHOTOS AND PUT IT ON FACEBOOK, BUT I AM GLAD WE
ARE LOOKING TO DO SOMETHING WITH THAT.
WE JUST CAN'T LOSE THAT STUFF.
THAT STUFF IS SO VALUABLE IN THERE.
IT IS LIKE A GOLD MINE.
AND I AM GLAD THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING.
I AM VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT BECAUSE I TELL YOU, IT WAS A
TREAT TO GO IN THERE.
TRULY.
09:41:51AM >>THOMAS MURPHY:
ABSOLUTELY.
REALLY, REALLY COOL.
A LOT OF THE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS HAVE BEEN BROKEN OUT.
RATS HAVE INFESTED IT.
NOT COMPLETELY FALLING APART.
NOT AS BAD AS JACKSON HOUSE, BUT IT IS WELL ON ITS WAY
UNLESS WE TAKE CARE OF IT NOW
AWESOME.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I APPRECIATE IT.
09:42:12AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
09:42:14AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
MADAM CHAIR, CENTRAL PARK.
I DID READ THE MEMO YOU SENT ME IN REFERENCE TO CENTRAL
PARK.
TWO OPEN SPOTS BUT NOBODY FROM THE CHURCH ON THE BOARD,
THAT'S CORRECT?
09:42:32AM >> I DO BELIEVE THERE IS A PERSON FROM THE CHURCH ON THE
BOARD.
MR. BURTON SHARED THE NAME OF THE PERSON HAD WHEN WE WERE IN
THE MEETING.
09:42:39AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY GOT SOMEBODY SINCE
THEY WILL ALL BE INVOLVED NOW.
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SOMEONE.
09:42:45AM >> SURE.
ITEM NUMBER 2 ON THE AGENDA IS A STAFF REPORT FROM
MAYOR DEFELICE, TPD, UPDATING ON CRIME ACTIVITY AND
COLLABORATION IN EAST TAMPA AND YBOR.
09:43:04AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
MAJOR DEFELICE, DISTRICT 3.
I WANT TO PRESENT THE REPORT WHAT WE ARE DOING IN EAST TAMPA
AND YBOR.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, VIOLENT CRIME IS OUR NUMBER ONE CONCERN.
SO TO KICK OFF THIS SUMMER, WARRANT ROUND-UP AND 75 MEMBERS
WHO HAVE WARRANTS IN THE COMMUNITY WERE ROUNDED UP WITH AN
EMPHASIS ON EAST TAMPA, FOCUSING ON THAT AREA.
WE ALSO INSTITUTED A GUN BUYBACK PROGRAM WHERE 1,000 GUNS
WERE BOUGHT AND RAN OUT OF FUNDS WITHIN FOUR HOURS.
THAT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS.
WE HAVE INSTITUTED MORE FREQUENT PATROLS IN OUR HOT SPOT
AREAS IN EAST TAMPA, TRYING TO FOCUS ON THOSE AREAS WHERE
THE COMMUNITY HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN HAVING US THERE TO
QUELL THE VIOLENCE.
AND SO FAR TO DATE, WE HAVE REMOVED 342 GUNS IN JUST
SECTOR E ALONE, WHICH IS A HUGE AMOUNT, STAGGERING.
AND WE ARE STILL PROVIDING RESOURCES TO TRY TO INCREASE THAT
NUMBER AND REMOVE NOT ONLY THOSE GUNS BUT ALSO REMOVE MORE
GUNS THAN WE DID LAST YEAR.
SO OUR SECOND POINT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON IS THE
YOUTH.
SO ENGAGING WITH THE YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY IS HUGELY
IMPORTANT.
SO WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH PARKS AND REC TO ASSIST WITH THE
STAY AND PLAY PROGRAMS.
SO OUR OFFICERS HAVE BEEN ASSIGN TO GO OUT THERE TO THE
DIFFERENT AREAS AND ENGAGE WITH THE YOUTH.
SO THEY HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO LET US KNOW THEIR HOURS.
THEY HAVE BEEN PLAYING BASKETBALL, KICKBALL, ENGAGING IN
PROGRAMS WITH THE YOUTH, AND BEING THERE, MENTORING, TALKING
TO AND GENERALLY BEING AVAILABLE FOR THE YOUTH IN THE STAY
AND PLAY PROGRAMS.
THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED FROM THAT IS GREAT, AND WE ARE
LOOKING TO CONTINUE THAT PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR AND
EXPAND UPON IT.
WE ALSO HAVE SAFE AND SOUND.
SO WITH THE SAFE AND SOUND PROGRAMMING, THEY DO AND HELP
SPONSOR PROGRAMMING AT THE RICH HOUSE.
THEY ALSO SPONSOR THE REPORTING CENTER FOR THE JUVENILES
AFTER THEY ARE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
A # 1-DAY PROGRAM WHEN THEY GET OUT AND THEY TRY TO -- A
21-DAY PROGRAM WHEN THEY GET OUT TO MENTOR SO THEY DON'T
REOFFEND.
COMMUNITY EVENTS FOR GUN VIOLENCE AND PUBLIC SAFE WHICH IS
HUGE.
THEY ALSO INSTITUTE A PROGRAM FOR MENTORING TRYING TO MAKE
SURE WE REACH THE YOUTH THAT NOT ONLY HAVE BEEN IN TROUBLE
BUT PROTECT THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN GET IN TROUBLE IN THE
FUTURE.
SO THE KEY PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR LOCAL ENTITIES
ARE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNIT.
WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS WITH THAT.
THAT IS -- I AM SURE YOU ARE WELL AWARE OF THAT HOW WE HAVE
A CLINICIAN RIDE ALONG WITH A TAMPA POLICE OFFICER TRYING TO
REDUCE THE RATE OF RECIDIVISM FOR THOSE SUFFERING FROM
MENTAL ILLNESS AND IN CRISIS.
WE HAVE SEEN GOOD RESULTS WITH THAT.
MAKING SURE WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK OUT DEALING WITH THOSE
TYPE OF CALLS AND REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CALLS OF SERVICE.
WE ALSO HAVE MADE GREAT PROGRESS WITH OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS.
WE HAD A MEETING TO ADDRESS NOT ONLY THE PREVENTION OF THE
STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE DEA THE ATF, ETC., WE HAVE
MEETING WITH THEM TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO TO PREVENT SOME
OF THE CRIME, TARGET THE CRIME AND IDENTIFY THOSE OFFENDERS,
WHAT WE CAN TO DO MAKE SURE THEIR PENALTIES MATCH THEIR
CRIMES AND THEY ARE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS.
THE CITY IN GENERAL HAS TAKEN A HOLISTIC APPROACH OF VIOLENT
CRIME AND ISSUES AND COMPLAINTS WE HAVE RECEIVED.
WE HAVE MADE AN EMPHASIS ON FOCUSING ON ALL OF THE CITY
ENTITIES COMING TOGETHER, NOT JUST FROM THE POLICE SIDE OF
THINGS BECAUSE MANY TIMES LAW ENFORCEMENT INTERVENTION IS
NOT THE ANSWER.
SO WE PARTNER WITH PARKS AND REC, PARKING, CODE ENFORCEMENT,
ETC., WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT A PROBLEM TO TRY TO ADDRESS IT
AND HA HOLISTIC APPROACH.
FOR YBOR, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS WE DID WAS STARTED
REGULAR MEET WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS.
NOT ONLY THE BUSINESS OWNERS BUT THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
YDYC TO HAVE MORE MEETINGS TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE ARE AT AND
WHAT WE CAN TO DO IMPROVE UPON WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY AND KIND
OF GIVE OURSELVES METRICS, HOW TO MEASURE THE SUCCESS THAT
WE HAVE RECEIVED IN THAT AREA.
THAT HAS BEEN A HUGE SUCCESS BECAUSE IT ALLOWS ALL THE
PEOPLE INVOLVED TO COME TOGETHER IN HAD ONE ROOM TO DISCUSS,
YOU KNOW, HOW WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE HAVE RECENTLY INSTITUTED OUR YBOR LIAISON POSITION WHICH
WILL BE HUGE FOR YBOR.
AN OFFICER, A SPECIFIC ONE WILL BE COMING -- ACTUALLY I
THINK HIS FIRST DAY WILL BE MONDAY -- WILL BE COMING BACK
AND ADDRESSING YBOR CONCERNS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
WHAT WE FEEL THAT WILL DO IS GIVE THE BUSINESS OWNERS, THE
MAN INJURIES OF THE SAID PROPERTIES, A PERSON THAT WILL BE
-- MANAGERS OF THE SAID PROPERTIES A PERSON THAT WILL BE
THERE AND NOT PULLED TO OTHER ASSIGNMENTS AND ONE OF THE
STRUGGLES WE HAVE.
TO BE THERE ON A FULL-TIME MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY BASIS THAT
MANY OF THE CONCERNS WE ARE SEEING AND ADDRESSING DOWN IN
YBOR WILL BE ABLE TO BE HANDLED AT THE OFFICER LEVEL.
AND JUST WILL IMPROVE EFFICIENCY ALL THE WAY AROUND.
OUR HOMELESS LIAISONS.
WE STRUGGLE WITH THE HOMELESS ISSUE, NOT ONLY IN YBOR BUT
DOWNTOWN AND IN THE CITY AS WELL.
WE HAVE REMOVED THEM.
THEY WERE CENTRALIZED DOWN IN 411, OUR HEADQUARTERS, AND
WHAT WE DID WAS BRING THEM BACK TO DISTRICT 3 WHERE WE ARE
EXPERIENCING A GREATER NUMBER OF HOMELESS ISSUES.
THAT WILL GIVE US -- BEING ABLE TO SEE THEM AND TO BE ABLE
TO DIRECT THEM A LITTLE BIT BETTER TO SOME OF THE ISSUES WE
ARE FACING.
THAT IS THE APPROACH THAT WE HAVE TAKEN.
SOME OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE.
I SEE A COUPLE OF HANDS RAISED.
09:49:01AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES, COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
09:49:04AM >>BILL CARLSON:
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING.
AND OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO ADDRESS THIS -- THE VIOLENT CRIME
RATE AS PRESENTED BY THE POLICE CHIEF HAS GONE UP EVERY YEAR
FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.
SO WE HAVE TO TRY TO ADDRESS THAT.
I THINK THAT IS THE CITY-WIDE STATISTIC.
IN YBOR, ALMOST EVERY MONDAY, I GET PERSONAL COMPLAINTS FROM
PEOPLE WHO FELT THREATENED OVER THE WEEKEND WITH EITHER
SHOTS BEING FIRED IN THE AIR OR SHOTS BEING FIRED BY A
PERSON NEARBY.
PEOPLE BEING CHASED DOWN THE STREET WITH THEIR LIVES
THREATENED.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE MOST OF IT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN A BETTER
POSITION TO REVIEW IT, BUT SEEMS MOST OF IT A HAPPENING
BETWEEN 3 AND 4 A.M.
THE BARS LET OUT -- AS I AM TOLD, I DON'T HANG OUT THAT LATE
ANYMORE.
PEOPLE GET IN A FIGHT IN THE BAR, GO TO THE PARKING LOTS.
SIT IN THE PARKING LOTS WITH MUSIC AND EVERYTHING.
THEN WHATEVER FIGHT HAPPENED INSIDE THE BAR CARRIES OUT TO
THE PARKING LOT OR NEW FIGHTS START.
AND THEN THERE IS VIOLENCE.
I KNOW YOU ALL ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES.
BUT LOOKING AT MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, LET'S PLEASE MAKE SURE
SOMEBODY OR MORE THAN ONE PERSON IS THERE LATE AT NIGHT.
ONE OTHER STORY I HEARD IS THAT POLICE -- EVEN THOUGH WE
MIGHT HAVE A DEDICATED POLICE OFFICER.
THEY ARE AT ONE END OF YBOR AND SOMETHING IS HAPPENING ON
THE OTHER ENDS.
MY QUESTION IS, WHAT DO YOU THINK CAN BE DONE TO HELP WITH
THIS.
ONE SUGGESTION IS LIGHTING, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE PARKING
LOTS.
I THINK WHEN DICK GRECO WAS MAYOR THEY PUT UP BRIGHT LIGHTS
IN YBOR AFTER 3:00 IN THE MORNING TO GET PEOPLE TO MOVE ON.
ANOTHER MIGHT BE SOME KIND OF TIME LIMIT THAT PEOPLE CAN'T
CONGREGATE IN PARKING LOTS PAST 3:30 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT IF THERE ARE TOOLS THAT WE CAN GIVE YOU TO TRY TO HELP
YOU TO MOVE THIS ON.
WE DON'T -- WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO IT GO FROM A PARKING LO
THE IN YBOR TO GO TO ANOTHER PART OF THE CITY.
IF YOU ALL THINK WE CAN DO SOME THINGS HERE ARE FROM A
POLICY POINT OF VIEW TO FIX THE PROBLEM, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
09:51:23AM >> SO WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS.
YBOR EVOLVED.
WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE 7th AVENUE COVERED WITH THE INFLUX
OF PEOPLE.
WE ALWAYS HAVE PEOPLE THERE.
WEEK FIVE OF THE SIX-WEEK INITIATIVE TO ADDRESS THOSE LATE
NIGHT CONCERNS.
SO WE HAVE AN OPERATION THAT IS IN PLACE WHERE WE HAVE
ANYWHERE FROM 35 TO 45 OFFICERS THERE ON THE WEEKENDS
ADDRESSING THOSE CONCERNS.
AND WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS, JUST LIKE YOU SAID, WE WERE
EXPERIENCING CONCERNS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE NOTHING HAPPENS
ON 7th AVENUE.
WE HAVE A VERY SOPHISTICATED WAY TO CLEAR PEOPLE OUT AND WE
CLEAR THEM OUT AND FLUSHING A VERY LARGE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE
INTO THE PARKING AREAS TO MAKE SURE THEY DID GO HOME.
BUT THAT WAS PUSHING THOSE PEOPLE AND CONCENTRATING IN THE
PARKING LOTS.
OUR PLAN -- OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN INVOLVES SECURITY ON 7th
AVENUE AND ENFORCEMENT GROUPS NORTH AND SOUTH OF 7th AVENUE
ADDRESSING CONCERNS ALL NIGHT LONG.
AND THEN IT FOCUSES THOSE OFFICERS IN THE PARKING LOT AREAS,
SPECIFICALLY ON FIFTH AND 15th.
ANYWHERE FROM 5th AND 8th, PARKING ALL THROUGH THERE.
THE CROWDS MOVE THROUGH THE PARKING AREA, THE OFFICERS ARE
THERE, LIGHTS ON, FLOODING THE AREA TO MAKE SURE NOTHING
HAPPENS IN THOSE AREAS.
WHAT WE ARE LOOK TO REDUCE ARE ANY VIOLENT CRIME, LOUD
MUSIC, ETC.
LIGHTS IS A DEBATABLE TOPIC.
AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, WE ARE
IDENTIFYING WHAT WE THINK WE NEED THAT WILL BE AMICABLE TO
ALL INVOLVED.
SOME PEOPLE LIKE THE LIGHTS.
SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THE LIGHTS.
WE NEED TO FIND AT BALANCE.
CAMERAS IS AN ISSUE THAT CAME UP.
WE ARE ADDING AND SHOULD BE ADDING MORE CAMERAS TO THAT AREA
TO HELP.
AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE GO IN PHASES.
WE SEE WHAT OUR CRIME INITIATIVE HAS DONE, HOW THAT HAS
AFFECTED THE CRIME, ARE WE DISPLACING IT BECAUSE WE FULLY
EXPECT THAT AS WE MOVE THE CRIME AND FLOOD THE AREA WITH
RESOURCES THAT THAT CRIME WILL BE DISPLACED FURTHER OUT.
SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT.
AND WE ALTER OUR PLAN AS SUCH.
AS WE MOVE ON IN PHASES, WE SEE WHAT WILL BENEFIT US.
LIGHTING CAN AND MAY BE THE ANSWER AND MAY HELP.
IT MIGHT BE A TEMPORARY FIX THAT WE PUT IT UP UNTIL WE GET A
HANDLE ON THE PARKING LOTS AND CONTINUITY WITH EVERYTHING.
IF WE HAD THAT CONSISTENCY, THAT CONSISTENT ENFORCEMENT, WE
HOPE TO SEE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS DISSIPATE.
09:53:56AM >>BILL CARLSON:
WHAT ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THE IMAGE -- OR
CURFEW WHATEVER WE CALL IT, 3:30, 4:00 IN THE MORNING TO SAY
NOW IT IS TIME TO CLEAR.
09:54:06AM >> WE ARE FINDING AT 3:
00, WE INSTITUTE OUR SHUTDOWN
PROGRAM.
TAKE TWO BIG HORSES, TWO SUVs AND TEN OFFICERS AND WE FLUSH
EVERYBODY OUT.
BY 2:30, FOR THE MOST PART, IT IS CLEAR DOWN THERE.
SO THE PROCESS WE HAVE DOWN THERE RIGHT NOW REALLY CLEARS IT
OUT.
WE HAVE BEEN DOWN THERE UNTIL 4:00 IN THE MORNING.
I HAVE SEEN IT MYSELF, AT 3:30, WE HAVE NOTHING BUT
STRAGGLERS AND SHUT IT DOWN.
OUR PROCESS FOR CLEARING IT OUT IS GOOD.
I WOULD SAY THE 2:30 TO 3:30 MARK.
PEOPLE FLUSH OUT GETTING READY TO GO HOME WHEN EVERYTHING
AMPS UP AND WHEN WE HAVE THOSE OFFICERS IN THE AREA.
09:54:50AM >>BILL CARLSON:
THANK YOU.
ONE LAST THING MADAM CHAIR.
MR. GUDES MADE THE MOTION TO DO THIS.
I WILL HAVE TO MAKE HIM MAKING MOTION, BUT TO BRING IT BACK
IN TWO MONTHS TO TRACK IT AND HAVE AN UPDATE LIKE THIS EVERY
COUPLE OF MONTHS.
09:55:06AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:55:07AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
SINCE YBOR WAS LAST.
I AM IN YBOR EVERY WEEKENDS.
I KNOW ALL THE OFFICERS OUT THERE.
I DON'T KNOW A TOTAL OF 35 ON YBOR, BUT I KNOW WE HAVE
OFFICERS DOWN THERE.
OLD STRATEGIES DO WORK.
THE MAJOR IS RIGHT.
THEY HAVE INSTITUTED BLOCK IT OFF.
THAT IS GOOD.
BLOCKS OFF THE BOOM-BOOM GUYS AND CONTINUOUS TRAVEL.
THAT IS GOOD.
AND NOW PUT A CAMERA BEHIND -- THE -- WHAT APPEARS TO BE A
CAMERA BEHIND 7th AND GROVE.
I THINK THAT IS GOOD BECAUSE A LOT OF TIME PARKING LOT
ISSUES ARE ISSUES, AND SOMETIMES WE BLAME THE CLUB
SOMETIMES, BUT ACTUALLY PEOPLE -- THEY GET DRUNK.
GET IN A SPAT, GO BEHIND THE BUILDINGS AND THESE SHOOTINGS
AND THINGS THAT DID OCCUR.
GOOD TO SEE THAT.
TALK OF THE CAMERAS.
PUTTING SOME OF THOSE BEHIND THE BUSINESS ALSO HELP THE
POLICE AND I BELIEVE CLEARING THE PARKING LOT.
MOST OF THE BARS -- GAS BAR SHUTS DOWN.
THEY SHUT DOWN ABOUT 1:45.
THEY DON'T SHUT DOWN AT 2:30.
MOST BARS SHUT DOWN AT 2:30 AND RUSH EVERYBODY OUT.
A GOOD CONCEPT THEY HAVE INSTITUTED.
AGAIN MR. CARLSON, YOU ARE SAYING A LOT OF TIME THE BEFORE
-- BECAUSE WHEN THEY START TO COME OUT, THAT IS WHEN IT ALL
BREAKS LOOSE.
SO I THINK IN THE OLD DAYS, YOU KNOW, WHEN -- WHEN WE HAD
SECURITY AT THE BARS, WHEN I USED TO WORK THEM.
THOSE GUYS START DEALING WITH THAT PARTICULAR TRAFFIC OR
THOSE PEOPLE MAKING SURE -- TO PREVENT THOSE TYPE OF THINGS
FROM HAPPENING.
BUT A LOT OF TIMES, A LOT OF OFFICERS CAN'T GET TO WORK THE
BARS NOW.
AND AN ISSUE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WILL RESOLVE THAT.
I KNOW THERE IS AN ORDINANCE TO HAVE OFFICERS AT THOSE -- AT
THOSE NIGHTCLUBS.
A LOT OF TIME YOU EXPECT GET OFFICERS -- AND THIS HE GO
WITHOUT.
IT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT.
THEY NEED TO GET SECURITY AND OTHER PEOPLE THERE OR OTHER
AGENCIES THAT CAN WORK IT.
THAT MIGHT CAN HELP US AS WELL.
BUT IT IS A TRY.
A LOT OF TIMES JOBS GO UNFILLED AND YOU DON'T HAVE OFFICERS
AT NIGHTCLUBS, THINGS GO AWRY REAL QUICKLY AND MAYBE LOOKING
TO SEE IF OTHER AGENCIES CAN WORK WITH CLUBS WITH A MOUSAVI
CAL AID.
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE -- I KNOW THEIR POLICY THEY DON'T WORK
NIGHTCLUBS.
AND MAJOR IS HERE AND THE GENTLEMAN AND THE CONCERN OF
PARKING AND MR. DRUMGO AND THE FIFTH AVENUE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO, BUT IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING OR
GET WITH VIC TO HELP THEM OUT BACK THERE.
I UNDERSTAND HIS COMPLAINT.
PEOPLE ARE PARKING AND THEY CAN'T GET OUT.
GARBAGE CANS.
I TALKED OF ALLEYWAYS.
WHAT WEST TAMPA -- MAYBE CLEANING UP THE ALLEYWAYS SO THAT
-- I WILL SAY THAT THE SOUTHERN PORTION, THAT YOU COULD
DRIVE THROUGH THE ALLEYWAYS AND GET TO THEIR HOMES.
MAYBE WE CAN TO DO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE ISSUES THEY ARE
HAVING DOWN TO 5th AVENUE WHEN THERE ARE HOMES THAT ARE DOWN
THERE.
SO WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT.
LET'S GO TO EAST TAMPA.
I HAVE SOME FOLKS, FRIENDS THAT CAME INTO TOWN LAST WEEK.
A COUNCILWOMAN FROM ATLANTA AND SOME OTHERS AND WANT TO SEE
TAMPA.
WE WERE DRIVING AND I SAID IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN BETWEEN
22nd STREET AND 26th STREET, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE
FOLKS THAT HAVE TABLES SET UP ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD ON
TAMPA HOUSING THAT IS TAKING OVER BELMONT HEIGHTS ESTATES
AND GAMBLING AND CONGREGATING ON THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OR RIGHT
ON THE PROPERTY.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ENGAGED WITH TSJ OR NOT, BUT THERE
NEEDS TO BE SOME -- SOME TYPE OF NEGOTIATION TO STOP THAT.
LOOKS BAD WHEN YOU HAVE ALL THAT HAPPENING BETWEEN -- ON
LAKE AVENUE.
500 FEET FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE.
I HOPE THEY LOOK AT SECURING SOME OF THOSE PROPERTIES,
ESPECIALLY THAT LIQUOR STORE.
AND CLEAR SOME OF THAT OUT WHICH IS A PROBLEM OF THE LIQUOR
STORES.
AND THAT IS A PROBLEM.
WE DON'T WANT TO FORCE PEOPLE OUT AND MAKE CHANGES AND EAST
TAMPA MAKES MONEY.
TO TRY TO ACQUIRE SOME OF THAT STUFF AND WORK WITH PEOPLE TO
MAKE THEM BETTER.
MAJOR, I AM JUST SERIOUS, BETWEEN 22nd AND 26th.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE.
I DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS, BUT SOMETIMES OLD STRATEGIES
DO WORK, BUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND WE HAVE THAT
MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE ON THE RIGHT-OF-WAY WITH PICNIC TABLES
OUT THERE.
YOU SEE THEM GAMBLING OR THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE RESIDENTS IN
TAMPA HOUSING ON BELMONT ESTATES, MAYBE THEY NEED TO TELL
THOSE PEOPLE OR THEIR FRIENDS AND WHATEVER, YOU NEED TO MAKE
SURE TO CONTROL YOUR PEOPLE.
IT'S VERY BAD.
CHELSEA.
AGAIN, I KNOW WE HAVE A SHORTAGE OF OFFICERS, BUT, AGAIN, I
AM GLAD YOU SAID ABOUT THE HOT SPOT, BLUE STAR.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE DRIVEN AND GO BY CHELSEA AND 409S
STREET, THE OTHER BLUE STORE, THE DOLLAR.
I MEAN IT IS TONS OF MULTIPLE PEOPLE.
SOMETIMES I GO IN THERE JUST -- THEY KNOW WHO I AM.
I GO IN THERE SOMETIMES TO BUY BREAKFAST SOMETIMES --
DINNERS OR LUNCH.
IT IS A MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE UP THERE.
AND I KNOW I HAD ASKED FOR CAMERAS.
THE CRA HAS MONEY.
CERTAIN STIPULATIONS WHEN YOU TALK OF CAMERAS, BUT JUST TO
SEE WHAT THE AREA IS DOING, HAPPENING.
IDENTIFYING SOME OF THESE PEOPLE OF SOME BAD ACTIVITY.
A DIFFERENT STRATEGY.
I AM GETTING CALLS FROM FOLKS ON CHELSEA.
THE RESIDENTS.
THEY ARE TIRED OF EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING ON.
I LOVE THE POLICE.
BUT I THINK WE GOT TO AMP UP A LITTLE BIT MORE IF WE HAVE
MONEY TO HELP THE POLICE I BELIEVE ON OUR CRA AND CRA MONEY
CAN BE USED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
I THINK THAT IS A CONVERSATION WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
WHAT ELSE DO THEY NEED AS RESOURCE TO HELP THEM.
WE HAVE MONEY.
WE HAVE TO UTILIZE THAT.
AND PEOPLE ARE ASKING, WHAT ARE WE DOING.
AND I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.
AND, AGAIN, I KNOW WE HAVE MONEY.
LET'S SEE HOW WE CAN HELP THEM.
BUT, AGAIN, SOME OF THOSE HOT POCKET AREAS.
I AM GLAD YOU SAID YOU ARE BEEFING IT UP, WHATEVER MONEY WE
HAVE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, ASK THEM TO GIVE IT FOR YOU AND I AM
SURE THE BOARD WILL APPROVE IT BECAUSE THE CALLS I AM
GETTING THEY ARE GETTING IT TOO.
I GO OUT TO THE SCENE.
I DON'T AS A COUNCILMAN SIT BACK -- I DON'T JUST SIT AROUND,
I GO THERE.
ALL RIGHT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
10:02:00AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:02:01AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
FIRST I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU
EFFORTS IN COMBATING THE GUN VIOLENCE.
YOU HAD MENTIONED 342 GUNS OFF THE STREET WITH THE BUYBACK
THAT WITH AS SO SUCCESSFUL THAT YOU RAN OUT OF MONEY WHICH
IS GOOD.
10:02:14AM >> 1,000 GUN WITH THE BUYBACK.
3412 WITH POLICE ACTIVITY.
10:02:21AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
EVEN MORE SO.
EACH GUN -- WE CAN'T ASSUME THAT EACH GUN WILL BE INVOLVED
IN A VIOLENT CRIME, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WON'T BE
KILLED.
YOU KNOW, THERE WON'T BE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
WHATEVER HAPPENS, WE DON'T KNOW.
BUT I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, IN
DETAIL OF WHAT TPD IS DOING.
YOU MENTIONED STAY AND PLAY.
YOU MENTIONED MENTORING THE YOUTH.
SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT.
YOU ARE USING THE TOOLS THAT ARE OUT THERE, BUT, YOU KNOW,
AS COUNCILMAN GUDES MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN HELP YOU
AS A CRA AND AS A COUNCIL, I AM SURE WE MOST CERTAINLY
WOULD.
BECAUSE I, MYSELF, PERSONALLY, HAS NEVER UNDERSTOOD THE GUN
VIOLENCE.
IN THIS COUNTRY, IT'S -- IT'S OUT OF CONTROL.
SCHOOL SHOOTINGS IS ONE THING.
MASS SHOOTINGS IS ONE THING.
IN THE COMMUNITIES PEOPLE FIGHTING AND RESORT TO A GUN.
THEY RESULT TO MURDER OR ATTEMPTED MURDER.
YOU LOSE A LIFE AND DESTROY A LIFE BECAUSE SOMEBODY ENDS UP
IN PRISON FOR A LONG TIME IF NOT THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.
AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY SOCIETY HAS BECOME LIKE THIS.
IT'S LIKE WE HAVE GONE BACK TO THE WILD WEST.
YOU KNOW, THE CLUB GOES OUT, THE CLUB CLOSES, PEOPLE GO OUT
ON THE STREETS.
A FIGHT, AN ALTERCATION IN THE PARKING LOT, AND THEY RESULT
TO GUN VIOLENCE.
IT COULD BE GANG VIOLENCE.
WHATEVER IT IS.
BUT AT LEAST AS YOU EXPLAIN, WE ARE TAKING STEPS THAT ARE
VERY NECESSARY AND PRODUCTIVE AND EFFECTIVE IN HELPING TO
REDUCE THAT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO FURTHER, BUT I WILL SAY AS
COUNCILMAN GUDES SAYS, IF WE CAN HELP MORE, YOU KNOW, FROM A
CRA OR CITY COUNCIL PERSPECTIVE, I CERTAINLY WOULD BE
SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND YOUR TEAM AND TPD AND WHAT
YOU HAVE ALL DONE.
THANK YOU.
10:04:14AM >> THANK YOU.
10:04:15AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I YIELD TO THE CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
10:04:18AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
HE WANT TO BRIEFLY STATE THAT CRA DOLLARS
CAN BE USED FOR COMMUNITY POLICING INNOVATION.
THAT IS WHAT THE STATUTE PROVIDES.
WE ALSO HAVE USED CRA FUNDS FOR CERTAIN ENHANCEMENTS OR
CERTAIN EQUIPMENT THAT GO BEYOND WHAT THE CITY WILL
TYPICALLY PROVIDE.
WE CAN NOT SUPPLANT OUR CRA FUNDS FOR BASIC POLICE SERVICE.
THAT HAS TO COME OUT OF THE CITY BUDGET.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE CRA IS AWARE OF THAT.
10:04:44AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:04:47AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THANK YOU, APPRECIATE THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAJOR.
YOU HAVE RISEN MY HOPES OF SUCCESS OF THE WAY YOU ANSWERED
THE QUESTIONS AND THE WAY YOU SPOKE.
YOU DIDN'T READ A SPEECH, YOU SPOKE FROM YOUR HEART AND
INFORMATION YOU GATHERED THROUGH YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE AS AN
OFFICER.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
10:05:05AM >> THANK YOU.
10:05:06AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I HEARD DIFFERENT THINGS.
WHAT IS AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU ASK.
IS MONEY GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM?
NO, I DON'T THINK MONEY WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
THE PROBLEM IS MUCH DEEPER THAN THROWING MONEY AND
ATTEMPTING TO SOLVE IT FOR THAT INCIDENT OR THAT TIME.
THAT HABIT WE CREATED THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENT THAT IS THERE
WILL CONTINUE WITH OR WITHOUT MONEY.
THE CULTURE -- YOU SPOKE OR ALLUDED IT TO EARLIER WHEN WE
TALK OF THE YOUNG KIDS.
THE ONLY WAY TO SOLVE IN MY OPINION ANYWAY THESE KIND OF
THINGS IS THROUGH A LONG MANY YEARS OF HABIT OF WHAT YOU
SEE, WHAT YOU HEAR, WHEN YOU ARE GROWING UP.
EVEN WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW AND YOU SEE AND HEAR THINGS, NO
MATTER WHERE YOU ARE AT IN THE CITY.
NO MATTER WHAT RACE YOU ARE.
NO MATTER WHAT COLOR YOU ARE, IT STARTS WHEN YOU ARE A YOUNG
KID, WHEN YOU ARE A YOUNG GIRL, A YOUNG BOY, THAT YOU SEE
THINGS THAT STICK IN YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND THAT LATER ON IN
LIFE YOU WANT TO EXPERIENCE, I GUESS.
BUT IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO BE IN YOUR POSITION BECAUSE A
HABIT STARTS AT 2:30 AND 3:00 IN THE MORNING.
AND WHY DOES IT START?
WHERE DO THEY COME FROM?
WHERE ARE THEY GOING?
WHO ARE THOSE WHO APPEAR THERE?
A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO ANSWER WITHOUT KNOWING
WHO THEY ARE.
I WOULD ASSUME THAT STARTING OFF, WHERE THEY COME FROM?
THEY DON'T COME FROM A CHURCH.
THEY DON'T COME FROM A FAMILY GATHERING.
LET'S TAKE THAT OUT.
THEY COME FROM WHERE?
A BAR.
WHAT ARE THEY HIGH ON?
WE DON'T KNOW.
THEY COULD BE HIGH ON THEMSELVES.
THEY COULD BE HIGH ON FEELING GOOD.
THEY COULD BE HIGH ON DRUGS.
THEY COULD BE HIGH ON MANY THINGS, ALCOHOL, WHATEVER.
BUT THE QUESTION YOU HAVE IS A DIFFERENT ONE BECAUSE IT
CHANGES AS YOU GO ON.
AFTER THEY LEAVE, WHERE ARE THEY GOING?
ARE THEY GOING TO CREATE ANOTHER PROBLEM SOMEWHERE ELSE.
IT DOESN'T TAKE MORE THAN ONE PERSON TO CREATE A PROBLEM.
IF YOU HAVE 50, 60, 100, 300, YOU COULD HAVE A LOT OF
PROBLEMS AND EXPAND TO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
THAT IS -- NOT ONLY IS IT BAD FOR THERE, BUT BAD FOR THE
CITY AND WHEREVER THEY ARE GOING BECAUSE THAT MIND SET AND
INCIDENT WHERE THEY ARE DOING THESE THINGS, YOU AND I CAN'T
SOLVE IT.
TAKES A LOT MORE HELP THAN SAYING WE ARE GOING TO SOLVE IT.
YOU CAN'T SOLVE ALCOHOLISM UNLESS YOU GO TO AAA AND HELP
WITH INDIVIDUALS.
YOU CAN'T HELP DRUG ABUSE UNTIL YOU KNOW WHAT THEY ARE AND
HELP THEM.
THESE THINGS ARE MORE DEEPLY ROOTED THAN OUR CONVERSATION
TODAY AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE.
AND YOU ARE START THE RIGHT AREA BY PUTTING MORE INDIVIDUAL
BODY SO AS THEY CAN SEE WE MEAN BUSINESS AND WE ARE NOT
TRYING TO GET ROUGH WITH ANYONE CERTAINLY.
I HEARD OF GUN VIOLENCE.
THEN THE QUESTION BECOMES OUT OF THE 1,000 GUNS, HOW MANY
DID YOU BUY THAT WERE NOT OPERABLE?
I DON'T KNOW.
COULD BE ONE.
COULD BE 900 OF THEM.
SO THE GUN BUYBACK IS GREAT.
IT MAKES FOCUS ON THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON
IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE 300 PLUS THAT YOU GUYS, OFFICERS,
MEN AND WOMEN, PICKED UP ON YOUR OWN.
ONE-THIRD OF THE GUN VIOLENCE YOU PICKED UP WITH THE
BUYBACK.
I GUARANTEE YOU THE ONES THAT YOU PICKED UP WERE MUCH MORE
OPERABLE THAN THE ONES YOU BROUGHT.
THAT IS JUST MY OPINION.
I SEE THESE AND WONDER WHAT IS THE PROBLEM.
THE PROBLEM IS NOT TOMORROW AND NOT TODAY, BUT IT IS
STARTING YEARS BACK THAT THINGS THAT EXACERBATED BY THINGS
YOU SEE ON TV.
THINGS YOU SEE IN MOVIES.
VIOLENCE -- WHEN I WAS A KID, COWBOYS SHOT THEMSELVES AND THE
NEXT MOVIE THE SAME TWO COWBOYS AND THEY NEVER DIE, NOW WHAT
YOU SEE IN LIFE MOVIES THAT DO A LOT -- WHAT ARE THEY ABOUT?
THEY ARE NOT ABOUT MARY POPPINS, I WILL TELL YOU THAT.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IN SOCIETY, ALL YOU SEE IS VIOLENCE WHEN YOU
ARE A KID.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO BE, A DOCTOR?
NO, A VIOLENT PERSON, POSSIBLY.
SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT YOU AS A MAJOR AND POLICE
DEPARTMENT ARE SETTLED WITH THAT IS A VERY DIFFICULT
QUESTION TO ANSWER EVEN HARDER TO IMPLEMENT AND RECEIVE IT.
BUT I SEE YOU ARE STARTING THE PROCESS OF SOLVING SOME OF
THE PROBLEMS.
SOLVE THEM ALL?
I DOUBT IT.
IT IS A START.
PUTTING PEOPLE IN JAIL IS ONE THING, BUT SOMEBODY WILL
REPLACE THEM AT THAT SEAT DOING THE SAME THING BECAUSE WE
HAVEN'T TALKED TO THOSE KIDS WHEN WE WERE SIX, SEVEN, FIVE
YEARS OLD.
I KNOW YOU ARE DOING THAT.
ALL OF YOU, MEN AND WOMEN OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE
COMMUNITIES ARE GETTING INVOLVED.
THE RECREATION CENTERS ARE GETTING INVOLVED.
ALL OF THAT WILL SOLVE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS LONG TERM YEARS
FROM NOW.
THANK YOU, MISS CHAIRMAN, FOR GIVING ME MY FIVE MINUTES.
10:10:20AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
I WILL YIELD.
10:10:22AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
THANKS THE MAY JOR ON THE QUICK RESPONSE OF
THE OFFICERS IN REFERENCE TO THE POSSIBLE OVERDOSES LAST --
IN JACKSON STORE.
I MEAN THE QUICK RESPONSE TO THOSE PERCENT TO GET TO THOSE
FOLKS.
SEVEN PEOPLE -- A GENTLEMAN -- WHAT I CALL A BAD BATCH OF
DRUGS IN THE COMMUNITY.
I KNOW UP IN THE PANHANDLE, SIX DID DIE IN THE PANHANDLE
RECENTLY OF A BAD BATCH OF DRUGS WAS PUT OUT THERE.
PEOPLE WERE UNCONSCIOUS.
AND THE FOLKS OF DISTRICT 3 RESPONDED VERY QUICKLY WITH OUR
FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT.
GET BACK TO BREATHING AND SO FORTH AND SO ON.
I WANT TO COMMEND YOU, YOUR FOLKS FOR GETTING A FAST
RESPONSE BECAUSE THAT COULD BE A REALLY BAD FOR FAMILIES AND
OTHERS THAT DAY.
THANK YOU, AGAIN.
LET THE OFFICERS KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE THAT.
10:11:11AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCILMAN CITRO.
10:11:13AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIRMAN HURTAK.
I WILL BE BRIEF.
THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS THAT THE TAMPA
POLICE DEPARTMENT FACES.
THERE WAS A LOCATION EAST OF 22nd BACK WHEN I WAS WITH YCDC.
EXCUSE ME, YBOR CITY CRA.
WE WOULD HAVE POP-UP PARTIES AND YOU GET 100 PEOPLE ON THIS.
HERE IS WHERE WE ARE MEETING.
AND YOU WOULD HAVE WITHIN A MATTER OF 25 MINUTES, 150 PEOPLE
PARK IN THAT LOCATION.
I DON'T WANT TO PUT ANY BUSINESS OUT OF BUSINESS.
THAT'S -- THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANT TO DO.
I LOVE DRIVING UP AND DOWN 7th AVENUE ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
NIGHT AT 12:00.
I LOVE TO PEOPLE WATCH.
BUT THERE IS A LOT OF ESTABLISHMENTS THAT BEFORE YOU ENTER
THOSE ESTABLISHMENTS, YOU HAVE TO BE PATTED DOWN.
YBOR CITY IS TURNING INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD AGAINST.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY TAMPA WOULD
WANT AN ESTABLISHMENT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE YOU HAVE
TO BE PATTED DOWN, SEARCHED FOR WEAPONS BEFORE YOU CAN
ENTER.
I THINK THE CITY OF TAMPA AND NEED TO LOOK WHO WE GIVE
ALCOHOL SALES TOO.
YBOR CITY IS TURNING INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD AGAIN AND THIS
SOMEONE FROM ANOTHER PART OF TOWN SEE SOMEBODY THEY DON'T
LIKE, WHERE ARE THEY AT?
LET'S GO AND BEAT THEM UP.
THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT JOB YOU ARE DOING BUT CERTAIN THINGS
WE NEED TO LOOK AT WE AS A CITY AND CITY COUNCIL, WE AS A
NEIGHBORHOOD, WE AS A COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
10:13:25AM >> THANK YOU.
10:13:26AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I JUST WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE HOW YOU ARE
WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND ANSWERING WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS
SAYING THEY WANT.
I APPRECIATE THIS UPDATE.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REALLY FOCUSING ON -- OR USING
WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS TELLING YOU THEY WANT AND NEED TO
DEVELOP SOLUTIONS.
10:13:56AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
MR. CARLSON WANTS TO BRING THAT UP IN TWO
MONTHS.
10:14:00AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
A TWO-MONTH UPDATE.
10:14:02AM >>BILL CARLSON:
NOT TO HAVE YOU DO MORE WORK.
BUT IF EVERYTHING YOU PUT IN PLACE IS SUCCESSFUL WE WILL
CELEBRATE.
10:14:12AM >>CLERK:
SEPTEMBER 8.
10:14:13AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
THAT WILL BE FINE.
10:14:14AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN GUDES AND SECONDED
BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
ALL IN FAVOR.
OKAY.
10:14:22AM >> THANK YOU.
10:14:26AM >> ITEM 3 ON THE AGENDA IS CRA STAFF REPORTS.
BEFORE WE JUMP IN ON STAFF REPORTS, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE --
IF I COULD GET THE OVERHEAD, PLEASE.
I WANT TO SHARE THAT THE CRA DIRECTOR POSITION IS OFFICIALLY
ADVERTISED AS OF JULY 15.
SO WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU A LIST OF OUR STEPS HERE -- HERE WE
GO.
OF HOW WE EXPECT THAT RECRUITMENT PROCESS TO GO.
IF ANYONE IS WATCHING, THE POSITION IS POSTED ON
TAMPA.GOV/CAREERS.
AND THAT PERSON -- ANYONE INTERESTED CAN GO VIEW THE JOB
OPENINGS.
LISTED AS AN UNCLASSIFIED POSITION AND THE COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DIRECTOR.
THAT POSITION WILL BE OPEN FOR RECRUITMENT FOR THE NEXT FOUR
TO SIX WEEKS OR UNLESS WE GET ENOUGH QUALIFIED APPLICANTS TO
INTERVIEW.
WE WILL BE LOOKING AT INITIAL INTERVIEWS AND WITLE DOWN THAT
LIST TO THREE OR FOUR CANDIDATES THAT WILL BE REQUIRED TO
HAVE A MEET AND GREET FORUM.
CONSIST OF YOU AS THE BOARD OF CRA MEMBERS, AND ALSO THE CAC
MEMBERS AND STAFF.
NICOLE TRAVIS WILL END AND TO HAVE SOMEONE OCTOBER 1 TO TAKE
OVER THAT POSITION.
I WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU BEFORE STAFF REPORTS.
10:16:19AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
10:16:23AM >>BILL CARLSON:
ISN'T THERE ANYBODY ELSE FROM LAKELAND WE
CAN STEAL?
10:16:30AM >> UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE ALL HERE.
WE ARE ALL HERE.
10:16:32AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCILMAN CITRO.
10:16:34AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COUNCILMAN CARLSON, THE MAJOR OF LAKELAND
HAS THREATENED ME.
THE NEXT -- THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES NOT TO TAKE ANY
MORE PEOPLE FROM LAKELAND.
10:16:47AM >> UP FIRST STAFF REPORTS WILL BE JEFF BURTON FROM THE URBAN
CORE CRA.
10:17:05AM >> WE WILL START ANYWHERE.
START WITH THE DOWNTOWN --
10:17:08AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THERE YOU GO.
10:17:10AM >> THERE WE GO.
THERE WE GO.
DOWNTOWN CRA.
WE VOTED TO NEGOTIATE WITH KITTLESON TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
THE PLAN REWRITE.
WE ALSO ARE DISCUSSING IMPROVEMENT OF THE DOWNTOWN STREETS.
THIS COMES OUT OF THE CITY'S CODE ITSELF.
VERY DESCRIPTIVE.
EXCITED TO SEE THAT.
THE FLORIDA MAIN STREET PROGRAM.
MAIN STREET PROGRAM IS WHAT EVERY STATE HAS A VERSION AND
DESIGNATE AN AREA.
MAIN STREET IN FLORIDA THERE WAS -- THERE WERE WHEN WE
LOOKED AT 353 MAIN STREETS IN THE STATE AND 79% OF THEM WERE
IN CRAs.
A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MAIN STREETS AND CRAS, THE MAIN
STREET MARKETS, THEY HOLD EVENTS, THEY ADD ADDED MAINTENANCE
TO THE MAIN STREET.
THE MAIN STREET DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A STREET, IT CAN BE AN
AREA AROUND A STREET.
IT CAN BE A RIVERWALK.
WHAT IT DOES IS IT EMPHASIZES WHAT CAN HAPPEN WITH -- AND
ESPECIALLY WITH THE BUSINESSES IN THE AREA.
SO WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THAT.
ALSO WE HAVE OPINION TALKING -- HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH
THE STRAZ AND STREETCAR.
ANY TIME ONE OF THE CRAs OFFERS TO PUT MONEY OUT AS A
PARTNERSHIP, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE BEING REPRESENTED
IN EVERYTHING THAT THEY USE TO PROMOTE WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
SO I HAD A REALLY GREAT MEETING WITH TECO -- OR WITH THE --
WITH THE STREETCAR THEY WERE VERY FRIENDLY AND VERY WILLING
TO HELP US ADVERTISE THE FACT THAT THE TAMPA CRA IS A
PARTNER OF SHARES AND PROVIDING WITH THE SERVICE AND THE
FREE RIDES.
THAT IS PROBABLY THE FIRST THING YOU WILL SEE THAT SAYS
ANYTHING OF THE CRAs.
STRAZ AND EVERYBODY ELSE WE ARE ASKING THEM NICELY TO
INCLUDE US IN ALL OF THEIR PROMOTIONS.
CHANNEL DISTRICTS, DISCUSSING PARKS AND RECREATION PROPOSALS
FOR ENHANCED MAINTENANCE OF THE PUBLIC REALM.
THAT IS ACTUALLY -- THE MAINTENANCE PART IS A PARTNERSHIP
WITH THE CITY'S PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
I HAD A REALLY GREAT MEET WITH THEM.
MEETING WITH THEM NEXT WEEK TO TALK ABOUT ENHANCED
MAINTENANCE OF THE PUBLIC REALM, ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THE
CITY CURRENTLY DOES.
AND THEN ALSO, AS FAR AS THE PARK -- THE OPEN SPACES AND THE
GREEN SPACES.
AT THIS TIME IN THIS ECONOMY, IT IS HARD TO ACQUIRE MORE
GREEN SPACES ESPECIALLY IN THE CHANNEL AND DOWNTOWN.
WHAT WE ARE DOING IS MAKING AN EFFORT AS THE CRA PLAN THAT
IS COMING ON LINE SAYS "OPEN SPACES."
THAT WILL BE TO USE OUR EXISTING LAND TO INCREASE THE SQUARE
FOOTAGE OF OPEN SPACES AND ALSO DO A COUPLE MORE VERY
IMPORTANT SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY OF THAT WE JUST HAVEN'T
SEEN BEFORE, ESPECIALLY WITH DOGS.
THAT WILL BE COMING FORWARD.
AND WE HAD A REALLY GOOD MEETING WITH THE CAC IN THE LAST
MEETING THERE.
ON THE URBAN CRAs, WE ARE CONTRACTING WITH USF, SCHOOL OF
GEO SCIENCES TO DO AN UPDATE OR REVIEW OF THE LEGAL
PRESCRIPTIONS FOR ALL THE CRAs JUST TO VERIFY THE MAPS,
ESPECIALLY WHEN THE NEW PLANS COME ON LINE.
BECAUSE NOT ADDING OR SUBTRACTING ANYTHING BUT JUST
VERIFICATION.
AND WE ARE WORKING WITH CONTRACT SERVICES ON THAT RIGHT NOW
THAT WILL BEGIN AND BE DONE BY OCTOBER.
AND WORK WITH THE SCHOOL OF GEO SCIENCES TO DO A INVENTORY
IN CHANNEL.
AND IF IT GOES WELL, WE WILL MOVE THAT TO THE DOWNTOWN.
THE REASON WE DO THAT IS TO IDENTIFY ALL OF THE IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE PUBLIC REALM AREAS.
THAT WILL BECOME IMPORTANT IN THE DOWNTOWN AS WE MOVE
FORWARD AND THERE IS FINANCING OUT THERE.
VERY GOOD FINANCING THAT WILL PAY TO REPLACE ANY OF THE
ASSETS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE WITH NEW ASSETS.
AND WE ARE TALKING 20 YEARS, 0% MONEY.
SO WE ARE LOOKING -- BUT WE HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR ALL OF THOSE
ASSETS.
HAVING GRADUATE STUDENTS OUT GEO CODING ALL THE LOCATIONS.
AND WE ARE LOOKING ALSO TO GET WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA
I DON'T HAVE THE CONTACTS THAT I HAVE WITH USF, BUT WE NEED
TO MAKE SURE WE ARE USING ALL OF THE SCHOOLS THAT WE ARE
ALLOWED TO USE LEGALLY.
BOTH HARD SCAPE AND NATURAL SCAPE.
CENTRAL -- YOU HEARD THE DISCUSSION ABOUT ST. PETER CLAVER
OF THE PARADISE BAPTIST.
THE VISIT.
THAT WILL BE COMING FORWARD.
THAT IS IN THE BUDGET.
AND SOMETHING WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD ON TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA
OF THE TIMELINE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.
THE CRA ITSELF DOES NOT HAVE THE INCREMENT REVENUE TO PAY
CASH AT THIS TIME.
INCREMENT REVENUE CAN BE BONDED AND CAN BE USED FOR LOANS.
THE FIRST PHASE OF THE -- OF THE GASWORX WILL BE IN CENTRAL
PARK, BUT WE DON'T FORESEE ANY INCREMENTAL REVENUE COMING
THAT WORK UNTIL 2025.
BUT IT IS COMING AND WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM AND
TALKED OF THE INCREMENT AND DONE PROJECTIONS.
TAMPA HEIGHTS WATERFRONT.
CONTINUE TO WORK WITH ROBIN IN CITY ARTS AND CULTURE AND
MELISSA FOR PUBLIC ART FOR THE PALM AVENUE ROUNDABOUT.
WE HAD A MEETING TWO NIGHTS AGO, AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD
TO BEGIN WORK WITH THEM ON THAT SPECIFICALLY AND ALSO START
IN OCTOBER.
PLANS FOR A CROSSWALK FROM THE STETSON UNIVERSITY PARKING
LOT TO THE WATER WORKS PARK JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE
WHO ARE GOING ACROSS THAT STREET AND THAT STREET HAS THAT
CURVE ON IT AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS NOT ONL
SAFE BUT PROVIDES AN ENHANCED CROSSING AND WORKING ON
MOBILITY WITH THAT TRYING OUR BEST TO WORK WITH THE OTHER
CITY DEPARTMENTS TO GET PROJECTS DONE THAT ARE IN THE CRA
PLANS AND WHY UP DATE THE CRA PLANS AT THE SAME TIME.
WE ARE LOOKING TO UPDATE CENTRAL PARK NEXT YEAR.
AND WE HAVE TAMPA HEIGHTS RIVERFRONT THE YEAR AFTER THAT.
BECAUSE THEY ARE EACH OVER SEVEN YEARS OLD AND THAT IS
USUALLY WHERE WE WANT TO UPDATE THE PLANS AND KEEP THEM
FRESH.
AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE JUST NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK
ON.
BUT THAT IS THE URBAN CRAs IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE THIS MORNING.
YES, SIR.
10:24:16AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:24:18AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
JUST A SMALL UPDATE ON KID MASON.
HOW ARE WE COMING ALONG WITH THAT?
10:24:25AM >> KID MASON AS REPORTED BY CITY STAFF AND THE ARCHITECT,
OVER 70 ITEMS THEY HAD TO WORK WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ON.
THEY HAVE ADDRESSED THOSE.
AND I THINK AS OF THIS WEEK, WE WERE INFORMED THAT THEY ARE
DOWN TO JUST TO 40 ITEMS THEY ARE STILL WORK WITH
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ON THE PERMITS WILL NOT BE ISSUED UNTIL
ALL OF THOSE ITEMS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND CHECKED OFF.
SO IT IS MOVING FORWARD BUT THEY ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
10:24:58AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
JUST GIVE ME A BRIEF UPDATE NEXT MONTH WHEN
YOU COME, MR. BURTON, HOW YOU ARE COMING ALONG WITH THIS
PROCESS.
A LONG TIME COMING AND THIS HAS BEEN DRAGGING.
JUST DRAGGING.
10:25:10AM >> I CAN TELL YOU THIS.
YOU HAVE A VOTE TODAY ON UNION STATION.
WE MET TWO DAYS AGO ON MASSEY PARK.
AND THAT IS MOVING FORWARD.
THERE WAS SOME -- LIGHTING ISSUE AND WE SAID, NO, WE WILL
WORK WITH THAT IN A PROJECT COMING BEFORE YOU IN A YEAR AND
LET'S MOVE FORWARD AND GET IT PERMITTED AND GET IT MOVING.
KID MASON, WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO GET IT THROUGH THE
APPROPRIATE CITY SERVICES.
AND BELIEVE ME, YOU KNOW, I HAVE WORKED IN DEVELOPMENT
SERVICES, IT'S -- YOU HAVE TO MEET WITH THE BUILDING CODE,
LIFE SAFETY CODE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO MEET THOSE
REQUIREMENTS AND THEY ARE WORKING THROUGH THEM AS FAST AS
POSSIBLE.
10:25:53AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
I BELIEVE THE BUILDING IS SO OLD AND YOU
ARE TALKING OF UPGRADING THAT BUILDING.
SOME OF THE CHALLENGES -- I BELIEVE THOSE ARE SOME OF THE
CHALLENGES AND WE SHOULD HAVE WENT ON HERE -- I DON'T KNOW
IF THAT WAS EARMARKED AS HISTORICAL OR NOT, BUT I THOUGH
WE SHOULD -- THAT IT BE TORN DOWN -- I WAS TOLD IT WAS
BETTER TO REHAB IT.
IF WE ARE HAVING THIS MANY CHALLENGES, WE MAY NEED TO
RETHINK IT.
THERE ARE A LOT OF CHALLENGES.
IF YOU CAN LOOK AT HOW -- PEOPLE ARE WAITING ON THAT.
AND IT IS JUST TAKING LONG.
10:26:27AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
10:26:30AM >>BILL CARLSON:
ANY UPDATE ON THE JACKSON HOUSE?
10:26:33AM >> ON THE JACKSON HOUSE?
YES, SIR, WE MET WITH -- JUST SO YOU KNOW NOT -- IN THIS
UPCOMING BUDGET WE MOVED MONEY FORWARD TO ASSIST WITH THAT
IF IT EVER MOVES FORWARD.
AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE IS.
THE NEED FOR LAND AROUND THE BUILDING IN ORDER TO DO THE
WORK.
WE MET WITH THE ATTORNEY THAT REPRESENT -- THAT WAS TALKING
WITH THE -- WITH THE PARTNERSHIP THAT OWNS THE ACTUAL
BUILDING AND THEY ARE STILL NEGOTIATING WITH THE PROPERTY
OWNER THAT'S OWN THE PROPERTY AROUND THE BUILDING ITSELF.
SO IT IS MOVING FORWARD.
10:27:12AM >>BILL CARLSON:
DOES EVERYBODY HERE KNOW THE ISSUE.
MAYBE FOR THE PUBLIC IF YOU ARE ALLOWED TO -- MAYBE MORRIS
WILL SHUT YOU DOWN.
IN 30 SECONDS TELL US WHAT THE ISSUE IS?
10:27:22AM >> THE PROPERTY THAT THE BUILDING SITS ON, IT IS BASICALLY
ON A ZERO LOT LINE.
THE BUILDING IS ON THE PROPERTY LINE OR RIGHT NEXT TO IT.
AND IN ORDER TO UPGRADE THE BUILDING AND IN ORDER TO BRING
IT BACK, YOU NEED SPACE AROUND THE BUILDING IN WHICH TO
WORK.
WHEN THE BUILDING -- THE STRUCTURE OF THE BUILDING WAS
IMPROVED A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN THEY WENT IN AND IMPROVED THE
ACTUAL STRUCTURE, THE PROPERTY OWNERS GAVE THEM PERMISSION
TO USE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME THAT PROPERTY.
IN ORDER TO FIX THE BUILDING, WE NEED TO USE 15 FEET ON
EITHER SIDE IN ORDER TO DO THAT WORK.
THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON ALL THE PROPERTIES AROUND IT AND THEY
ARE NEGOTIATE WITH THEM TO TRY TO FIND A WAY TO GAIN THAT
PROPERTY TEMPORARILY OR LONG TERM.
10:28:16AM >>BILL CARLSON:
ARE YOU ALLOW TO SAY WHAT THEY WANT IN
EXCHANGE?
10:28:19AM >> I DON'T KNOW.
10:28:22AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
I THINK THEY ARE STILL IN NEGOTIATIONS.
AND THE NEGOTIATIONS ARE BEING HANDLED THROUGH THE JACKSON
HOUSE FOLKS PRIMARILY, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO ASSIST, BUT,
AGAIN --
10:28:34AM >>BILL CARLSON:
COUNCIL MAY BE ASKED TO DO SOMETHING RELATED
TO THE LAND AROUND IT, AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE WORKED OUT
IN ADVANCE.
THE SECOND THING I WANT TO SAY IS THAT, YOU ALL KNOW
JUDY LISI IS RETIRING AT THE STRAZ CENTER.
A NEW PERSON COMING ON BOARD THAT SOUNDS FANTASTIC.
THIS CRA SAVED THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE STRAZ CENTER.
IT WAS GOING TO BE ABANDONED AT LEAST FOR A FEW YEARS AND
THEY WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF COVID.
LOSING MONEY BECAUSE THEY WERE SHUT DOWN, AND WE ALL STEPPED
UP TO IN THEM.
A CITY-OWNED PART.
WE PUT IN 25%.
AND THEY WILL PUT IN 75% MORE.
AND FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC,
FREE EVENTS, A LOT OF TRAINING AND OTHER THINGS.
WE KNOW THAT THE ARTS IS A MAGNET FOR REDEVELOPMENT.
EVERYTHING THAT IS HAPPENING AROUND THERE.
THEY ARE GETTING SQUEEZED OUT.
SOME POINT WHEN JUDY IS STEPPING DOWN AND NEW PEOPLE ARE
COMING IN AND THEY BREAK GROUND, I BELIEVE THE WHOLE CRA
SHOULD BE THERE BECAUSE PRIVATELY THEY ALL THANKED US.
AND THANKED EVERYBODY FOR SUPPORTING THAT.
I THINK IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT INVESTMENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT CENTER BECAUSE OF THE -- OF THE WAY THE BUILDING WAS
BUILT UNDER THE MARTINEZ ADMINISTRATION AND THE WAY IT HAS
BEEN RUN BY JUDY LISI AND HER TEAM, ONE OF THE BEST
RESPECTED VENUES IN THE COUNTRY AND THEY INVEST IN BROADWAY
THEATRE TO BRING THE BEST SHOWS HERE.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT PAUSE IMPORTANT FOR TAMPA'S FUTURE.
10:30:16AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:30:18AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
IN RESPONSE TO THAT, COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
I AM NOW ON THE STRAZ BOARD.
AND THEY ACKNOWLEDGED PUBLICLY THE CRA.
ANY TIME I AM THERE, THEY ARE THANKING CRA AND THE CITY AND
THE CITY, OVER AND OVER AND OVER FROM JUDY LISI'S LIP TO
OTHER PEOPLE.
THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT IS THERE.
AND YOU SAID IT, THE COMMITMENT MADE BY US FOR THAT -- THAT
CENTER WHICH IS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED IS SIGNIFICANT.
NO THE TO REPEAT WHAT YOU SAID, BUT THEY ARE VERY GRATEFUL
AT LEAST WHAT I HEARD MANY, MANY TIMES.
10:31:00AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:31:01AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I WANT TO ECHO WHAT COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO
SAID.
WHEN HE WAS MAYOR, TOOK GUTS WHAT HE DID.
HOW MANY PEOPLE VOTED DOWN BY THE CITIZENS SAY WE ARE GOING
TO BUILD IT ANYWAY.
AND HE HAD THE COURAGE AND FORESIGHT TO DO SOMETHING AND
THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AT TODAY.
10:31:20AM >>BILL CARLSON:
WERE YOU ON THE BOARD THEN?
10:31:22AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I AM NOT THAT OLD.
BUT WHAT I AM SAYING SIR -- NO, I WAS ON THE BOARD LATER ON
IN LIFE, BUT NOT DURING THAT TIME.
BUT YOU GOT TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE.
IT IS VERY HARD, VERY DIFFICULT, FOR AN ELECTED OFFICIAL TO
MAKE A DECISION AT THE TIME -- AT THE TIME HE DID IT.
NOW YOU CAN SAY ANYBODY CAN DO IT.
AT THE TIME HE DID IT, HE DID IT WITH COURAGE AND
UNDERSTANDING WHAT HAD TO BE DONE TO BRING SOMETHING BACK
AND WHAT HE BROUGHT BACK WAS THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE WHOLE
CITY.
I AM NOT SAYING THAT IS THE ONLY REASON, YOU GO BACK IN
HISTORY AND WHAT WAS THERE WHEN THEY CAME IN AND WHAT
HAPPENED AFTERWARDS, YOU CAN UNDERSTAND JUST BY THE NUMBERS
WHAT IT DID TO HAVE ENCOURAGEMENT TO STAY UP AND AFLOAT.
AND WHAT THINGS HAPPENED AND WHAT THINGS -- WILL THE
RIVERWALK BE THERE TODAY?
WE DON'T KNOW.
SO MANY THINGS THAT WHEN YOU DO THINGS HERE THAT YOU VOTE ON
THAT MAY BE CASUAL, AND SOME THAT ARE NOT CASUAL THAT HAPPEN
FOR THE FUTURE, NOT ONLY THIS CITY BUT ANY CITY.
I WANT TO THANK GOVERNOR MARTINEZ AND MAYOR MARTINEZ FOR
HAVING THE COURAGE TO DO THAT.
10:32:25AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I AM GOING TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE ON
THE JACKSON HOUSE.
I WOULDN'T BE OPPOSED TO -- IF SOMEONE WANTED TO MAKE A
MOTION FOR A MONTHLY UPDATE ON THAT UNTIL WE GET IT
RESOLVED.
10:32:37AM >>BILL CARLSON:
I WILL MAKE A MOTION.
10:32:39AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THAT, TO ME, SEEMS LIKE THAT IS SOMETHING WE
ALL NEED TO KEEP FRONT AND CENTER.
HONESTLY IF THIS BOARD MET EVERY WEEK, I WOULD LIKE A WEEKLY
UPDATE.
BUT WE WILL TAKE WHAT WE CAN GET.
10:32:50AM >>BILL CARLSON:
I MOVE WE GET AN UPDATE OF JACKSON HOUSE AT
EVERY MEETING.
10:32:57AM >>CLERK:
FOR AUGUST 18?
10:32:59AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SORRY.
EVERY MONTH UNTIL IT IS RESOLVED.
10:33:03AM >>CLERK:
OKAY, GOT IT.
10:33:05AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
AGAIN, THE JACKSON HOUSE IS OWNED BY
PRIVATE ENTITY.
SO THERE IS A LIMIT WHAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO UPDATE YOU ON.
IT MAY BE -- MAYBE NOTHING NEW TO REPORT.
10:33:16AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THAT IS FINE.
I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE TO KEEP IT IN OUR
CONSCIOUSNESS.
10:33:22AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
IF I MAY MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO
KNOW WHAT PROPERTY, IF ANY PROPERTY, IS OWNED BY THE CITY IN
CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE JACKSON HOUSE.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS WHEN YOU DEAL WITH A BUSINESS
DEAL, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A PLAN B JUST IN CASE
PLAN A DOESN'T WORK.
I DON'T KNOW IF PROPERTIES AT UNION STATION CAN BE USE FOR
SOME ASSEMBLY.
10:33:46AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
WE CAN PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE.
I CAN TELL THAT YOU THE ONLY PROPERTY UNDER ANY CITY CONTROL
THAT IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OR ADJACENT TO THE JACKSON HOUSE.
THERE IS AN ALLEY THAT IS IN THE REAR OF THE JACK ON HOUSE
THAT IS A PUBLICLY DEDICATED ALLEY THAT I BELIEVE THERE WAS
A POSITION AT ONE POINT IN TIME THAT WAS ABANDONED.
BUT THAT IS ONE AREA WE HAVE SOME JURISDICTION OVER.
10:34:14AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
WE ALREADY PICKED UP SOME LAND.
THERE YOU GO.
10:34:17AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON AND A SECOND
BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED.
OKAY.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
10:34:26AM >> THANK YOU.
10:34:32AM >> UP NEXT IS JESUS NINO, WEST TAMPA AND DREW PARK CRAs.
10:34:37AM >> GOOD MORNING, JESUS NINO, WEST TAMPA AND DREW PARK,
DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
EXCITED TO CLOSE ON THE REDNER PROPERTY AT 1201 WEST MAIN
STREET.
NOW I HAVE TO GO OUT THERE AND GET THE GRASS CUT EVERY WEEK.
THAT IS OKAY.
WE ARE EXCITED.
WE ARE ABOUT TO INITIATE THE PROCESS TO DESIGNATE THE
PROPERTY A BROWN FIELD SITE.
A SIMPLE PROCESS AS FAR AS A DESIGNATION.
DONE THROUGH RESOLUTIONS OF PUBLICATIONS IN FRONT OF CITY
COUNCIL AND ENTER A BROWN FIELD SITES REDEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT THAT GETS RECORDED IN EPA AND RUN WITH THE LAND
AND GOES BEFORE CITY COUNCIL.
AFTER WE ARE DONE WITH THAT WE WILL GO OVER VOLUNTARY TAX
CLEANUP CREDITS THAT WILL BE SOLD IN OPEN MARKET.
WE WILL BASICALLY REMOVE TWO FEET OF SOIL FROM THE ENTIRE
PROPERTY INCLUDING ALL THE CONCRETE YOU SEE IN THE PICTURES,
THEN REPLACE IT, AND THEN WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY, PARKS
AND REC, TO REDEVELOP IT AS A FOCAL POINT OF MAIN STREET AND
OPEN SPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THE BROWN FIELD PROGRAM IS VERY VALUABLE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT TOOL THAT CAN BE LOOKED FOR WITH OTHER CRAS IN
MY.
A LOT YOU CAN DO WITH IT.
NEXT, WE HAVE THE NEW FULL-TIME CLEAN TEAM.
WE ACTUALLY RECEIVE BIDS BACK AND WILL MEET OUT THERE
ON-SITE IN THE AREA WITH SOME OF THE COMPANIES THAT ARE KIND
OF GOING AFTER THIS.
CLEAN TEAM DESIGNATION FOR US.
AND HOPEFULLY WE HAVE THEM IN PLACE PRETTY SOON.
THE NEW DAYS OF CLEANUP WILL BE MONDAYS, THURSDAYS AND
SATURDAYS.
THAT WILL BE RESPOND TO WHATEVER LITTER -- OR ANYTHING THEY
NEED TO BE CLEANED UP, THEY WILL CLEAN IT UP.
IF THEY SEE ANY KIND OF SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY, THEY WILL
REPORT IT TO THE PROPER INDIVIDUALS IN THE CITY.
I THINK THAT IS IS IT FOR WEST TAMPA.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS OUT THERE, BUT I AM KEEP IT VERY
BRIEF.
10:36:38AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCILMAN CITRO HAS A QUESTION.
10:36:42AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
JESUS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK
YOU HAVE BEEN DOING IN WEST TAMPA AND GETTING KUDOS FROM THE
CITIZENS OF WEST TAMPA THE PARK THAT WAS FORMALLY OWNED BY
MR. REDNER THAT WE ARE DOING A BROWN FIELD ON, THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ASKING.
THAT PART OFF TO THE WEST THAT PEOPLE WERE NORMALLY PARKING
THEIR CARS THERE, IS THAT GOING TO BE PART OF THE PARK OR
STILL PART OF A PARKING AREA?
10:37:08AM >> THAT IS PRIVATE PROPERTY.
10:37:10AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THAT IS PRIVATE PROPERTY.
OKAY.
10:37:12AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:37:18AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
HAVE WE TALKED TO MR. KNIGHT.
BECAUSE I WAS WITH MISS SANCHEZ THE OTHER DAY DRIVING
THROUGH THE ALLEYS, OF COURSE.
GREAT TIME WITH HER.
MAYBE A CONVERSATION WITH MR. KNIGHT IN REFERENCE WITH THAT
BECAUSE IT LOOKS PRETTY BAD.
10:37:33AM >> MANY TIMES AND APPROACH AND MAYBE I WILL HAVE LUNCH WITH
HIM AND WE WILL TALK.
10:37:37AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
MAKE SURE HE PAYS.
[LAUGHTER]
10:37:44AM >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
10:37:46AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I THINK WE ARE READY TO MOVE ON.
10:37:47AM >> FOR DREW PARK, WE ARE PRETTY EXCITED THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO
INITIATE PUBLIC LISTENING PROCESS FOR TWO NEW PARKS IN DREW
PARK -- ACTUALLY ONE IS ALREADY EXISTING BUT TO UPGRADE TO
MAKE IT MORE ACTIVE, TAMPA BAY BOULEVARD LINEAR PARK.
ALSO WE HAVE THE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.
SO WE HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 17 AT 5:30,
HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO MEET WITH THE COMMUNITY TO
DISCUSS THEIR IDEAS ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS.
WE ALSO HAVE A SURVEY.
WE HOPE ALL OF YOU TAKE THAT
SURVEY, WWW.TAMPA.GOV/CRAS/DREW-PARK.
HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS IN THE COMMUNITY TAKE THAT SURVEY.
WE HAVE A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING -- PUBLIC MEETING ON AUGUST
30 AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO HELP US MOVE THIS PROJECT
FORWARD TO HAVE GOOD PARKS OUT THERE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS SLIDE?
ONE OF THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IS WE HAVE SECURED
OONA JOHNSEN ARCHITECTURE LANDSCAPE TO GO OUT THERE
AND AUDIT LOIS AND GRADY AND GIVE US AN UPDATE WHAT THE
CONDITION OF THE PLANTS, LANDSCAPING, SAFETY FEATURES,
WHATEVER HAS OR HAVEN'T WORKED IN THE PAST WHEN WE DO A
STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENT.
ONCE WE ARE DONE WITH THEM, WE WILL GO AFTER A -- WE WILL GO
AHEAD TO IMPROVE IT WITH IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY RECOMMEND,
THAT ALSO INCLUDES THE ROUNDABOUT RIGHT THERE ON TAMPA BAY
BOULEVARD.
WE ARE HOPE THAT ROUNDABOUT WILL BE A FOCAL POINT WHEN YOU
ARE ENTERING INTO DREW PARK.
I THINK THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU.
10:39:42AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:39:55AM >> GOOD MORNING, COURTNEY ORR, YBOR CITY REDEVELOPMENT
MANAGER.
THE COMMUNITY FOR THE AMBASSADORS AND CLEAN TEAM MA I HAD A
DECISION AND PROVIDED A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION TO THE
CONTRACTOR THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO AWARD THAT CONTRACT TO.
SO PURCHASING POSTED A LETTER OF INTENT LAST FRIDAY.
IT EXPIRES ON -- TOMORROW ACTUALLY, THIS FRIDAY.
AND THEN AT THAT POINT, IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS TO THE --
TO THE RECOMMENDATION, THEN WE WILL BE MOVING THAT CONTRACT,
TO BE AWARDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN AUGUST, SOME
TIME IN AUGUST.
AUGUST 25, I BELIEVE.
AND THEN A MUCH-NEEDED YBOR IMPROVEMENT IS A THOROUGH,
DIRECTIONAL AND STREET NAME SIGN ASSESSMENT.
SO WE HAVE DRAFTED A SCOPE OF SERVICE FOR THAT AND IT WAS
RELEASED ON JULY 1.
WE WILL BE OPENING THOSE BIDS NEXT WEEK.
SO HOPEFULLY WILL BE ABLE TO GET SOMEBODY ON BOARD SOON TO
IMPROVE THOSE SIGNS THAT YOU CAN'T READ, THE STREET NAME
SIGNS ESPECIALLY.
THEY ARE WAY OVERDUE TO BE REPLACED.
IT WAS A COMPLIMENT -- WANT TO SHARE THAT LOWER RIGHT-HAND
SIDE PICTURE, A COMPLIMENT THAT THE MUNICIPAL TEAM --
CERTAIN MUNICIPAL STAFF FROM AUSTIN, TEXAS INCLUDING POLICE
OFFICERS REACHED OUT TO THE CITY OF TAMPA AND YBOR CRA STAFF
TO PUT TOGETHER A QUICK, QUICK TEAM TO MEET WITH THEM.
THEY CAME ON-SITE INTO YBOR BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO GLEAN
SOME INFORMATION FROM US ON HOW WE RUN EVENTS VERY WELL.
AND OUR PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVES WITH TPD.
THAT WAS A GOOD MEETING.
AND THEN WE -- WE ARE WORKING ON IMPROVING THE DELIVERIES,
THE IMPROPER PARKING OF DELIVERY TRUCKS ON 7th AVENUE HAVE
BEEN AN ISSUE FOR A WHILE ON 7th OR 8th AVENUE.
CAUSES A LOT OF BACK-UP IN TRAFFIC.
PEOPLE UNABLE TO NAVIGATE 7th AVENUE.
TPD AND ARE MAKING CITATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DELIVERY
TRUCKS ARE NO LONGER IMPROPERLY PARKING ON 7th AND USING THE
NORTH AND SOUTH STREETS TO DO THEIR DELIVERIES, AND IT SEEMS
TO BE WORKING EFFECTIVELY.
ANNUAL SPECIAL EVENTS GRANT CYCLE IS OPEN.
WE USUALLY HAVE 15 SPECIAL EVENT GRANTS WE AWARD ANNUALLY
AND THAT DEADLINE FOR THAT APPLICATION PROCESS IS COMING UP
ON AUGUST 1.
AND NOT LISTED HERE, SPEAKING OF EVENTS, I WANTS TO MENTION
THAT THE TIE THE KNOT EVENT, WHICH IS A WEDDING EVENT, WHICH
FEATURES SIX YBOR HISTORIC CLUBS THAT ARE SET UP EXACTLY
LIKE YOU ARE ATTENDING A WEDDING.
ALL THE CATERS ARE THERE, THE DEEJAY IS THERE.
THE PLACE IS DECORATING LIKE YOU ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO THE
WEDDING SO THE POTENTIAL UPCOMING BRIDES CAN PICK SOME OF
THOSE CONTRACTOR THAT ARE THERE IN ONE OF THOSE SIX WEDDING
VENUES.
AND THAT IS THIS SUNDAY.
IT IS A TICKETED EVENT.
IF YOU PLAN TO GO -- A TROLLEY THAT TAKES YOU, NAVIGATES TO
TAKE YOU TO ALL SIX OF THE HISTORIC CLUBS.
THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORTS.
ANY QUESTIONS?
10:43:03AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCILMAN CITRO.
10:43:05AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
MISS ORR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SINCE PAID PARKING HAS GONE IN, HAS THE BUSINESS OWNERS BEEN
HAPPY WITH THAT?
AND HAS THE -- WHAT -- AS I REMEMBER, THE $50,000 A YEAR
THAT THE YBOR CRA HAD TO PAY INTO CLEAN UP AND MAINTENANCE
OF THE PARKING GARAGES, HAS THAT BEEN RETURNED OR STOPPED?
10:43:32AM >> STOPPED, YEAH, WE ARE NOT -- WHEN THIS MARCH 14, WHEN THE
PAID PARKING WENT INTO PLACE AT THAT POINT WE WERE NO LONGER
TRANSFERRING FUND TO THAT $50,000.
THAT HAS BEEN REALLOCATED.
10:43:47AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
HAVE YOU HEARD REACTION FROM THE BUSINESS
OWNERS ABOUT THE PAID PARKING?
10:43:51AM >> WE HAVE TAKEN IN A LOT OF REACTION.
THANKFULLY THE CITY PARKING MANAGER HAD OPEN EARS.
HE HAS ATTENDED TWO, THREE, FOUR MEETINGS AND HAS BEEN
TAKING IN INFORMATION FROM RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES JUST ON
MAYBE SOME TWEAKS THAT MAYBE WERE UNKNOWN ISSUES THAT --
THAT HAPPEN AFTER THE PROGRAM ROLLED OUT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, HE IS GREAT AND HAS OPEN EARS AND LOOKING AT
SUGGESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATION FROM THE BUSINESS OWNERS AND
THE RESIDENTS.
10:44:21AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
SO FAR WHAT I HAVE HEARD IS 50/50.
AND PARKING SPACE ARE NOT USED ALL DAY FOR PARKING AND MORE
AND MORE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO PARK IN FRONT OF THE
ESTABLISHMENTS TO GO IN AND SPEND THEIR MONEY.
10:44:36AM >> THERE ARE STATS.
HE HAS A -- TONIGHT AT OUR MEET WITH TRANSPORTATION, WE ARE
PROVIDING STATS ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE
PARK THE DISTRICT.
SO -- SO FAR SO GOOD.
BUT THERE ARE SOME TWEAKS.
AND SO WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THOSE.
10:44:51AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU, MISS ORR.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
10:44:56AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
10:44:58AM >>BILL CARLSON:
I GOTTEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK.
60-40.
60 AGAINST.
MY OTHER OFFICE IS IN YBOR AND I SPEND MOST OF THE TIME
THERE DURING THE DAY WHEN I AM NOT HERE.
I THINK IT IS A HUGE IMPROVEMENT THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT JUST
PARKING ALL DAY.
IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR ANY OF THE BUSINESS TO HAVE PEOPLE COME
IN FOR A SHORT TIME.
AND I CAN TALK TO PARKING PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE MEETING IF
THEY ARE NOT WATCHING NOW.
BUT A COUPLE LITTLE SUGGESTIONS THAT I WOULD MAKE.
NUMBER ONE, THE PARKING RATE IS REALLY HIGH.
LIKE SOMEONE SAID TO ME YESTERDAY, I AM PAYING TWICE AS MUCH
HERE AS I AM PAYING IN DOWNTOWN ST. PETE.
SO I THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO CHARGE.
PAUSE IT GETS US TO TURN OVER THE PARKING SPACES, BUT I HAVE
A SPACE AT THE NORIEGA GARAGE AND SOMETIMES I TRY TO SHORTEN
MY WALK AND I WILL PAY.
AND IT IS EXPENSIVE.
AND THE SECOND PART IS I WISH THERE WAS A 15 OR 30-MINUTE
ALTERNATIVE.
I THINK THE MINIMUM IS AN HOUR.
IF THERE IS A 30 MINUTE, I MISS IT.
THAT YOU CAN PAY FOR A SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME.
SOME PEOPLE WANT TO BUY SOMETHING QUICK AND GO IN AND GET
OUT.
HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE BUT SOMETHING TO LOOK AT TO TRY TO NOT
-- WE DON'T WANT TO HURT THE BUSINESS THERE IS.
THE IDEA WAS TO HELP THEM PROVIDING MORE TURNOVER.
WE DON'T WANT THEM TO THINK THEY HAVE TO PAY $5 TO GET A CUP
OF COFFEE FOR $3.
10:46:30AM >> WE SHIFTED OVER THE UBER, LYFT RIDE SHARE.
SPOTS DEDICATE TO THE RIDE SHARE PARKING HAS BEEN CONVERTED
TO 15-MINUTE PARKING.
LITTLE BIT QUICKER IF SOMEONE WANTS TO POP IN LIKE YOU WERE
MENTIONING, THOSE HAVE ALREADY BEEN CONVERTED.
10:46:47AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IF EVERYONE IS DONE, I WILL ECHO THE PARKING.
I ACTUALLY DID HAVE A MEETING.
AND I AM STILL NOT CLEAR -- THERE ARE THREE PARKING AREA
THAT THE CITY OWNS THAT YOU ARE ALLOW TO PARK FOR FREE FOR
TWO HOURS.
AND IT IS STILL A COMPLICATION.
I LITERALLY HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE FOLLOW ME TO THOSE PAY
STATIONS TO TEACH -- I COULDN'T GET MY HUSBAND TO AGREE WITH
ME HOW IT ALL WORKED UNTIL I SHOWED HIM.
SO IT WOULD REALLY BE HANDY IF -- TO MAYBE FOR THE CRA TO
CONSIDER A -- OR EVEN IF PARKING IS GOING TO DO IT, JUST A
BIT MORE OF ADVERTISING, TELLING PEOPLE HOW AND WHEN THEY
CAN PARK FOR FREE IN YBOR.
SEEMS LIKE IT IS SUCH A GREAT THING, ESPECIALLY FOR LUNCH
PEOPLE WHO WANT TO POP IN AND OUT.
AS COUNCILMAN CARLSON WAS SAYING, SOMETHING FASTER AND THEN
-- HAVING TO ACTUALLY GO TO THE PAY STATION INSTEAD OF USING
YOUR PHONE WHICH EVERYONE IS USED TO PARK MOBILE ON THE
PHONE IS A LITTLE TRICKY.
10:48:03AM >> THAT WILL BE AT OUR MEETING TONIGHT, FRED, I WILL BE ABLE
TO TALK TO HIM AGAIN.
10:48:08AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
GREAT.
ONE OF THOSE ISSUES I THINK IF THE RESIDENTS ARE MORE CLEAR
ON WHERE THEY CAN PARK FOR FREE OR CHEAPER, I THINK THAT
WILL BE WONDERFUL.
IT'S -- YOU KNOW, A LOT OF VISITORS WHO COME TO OUR CITY
EXPECT TO PAY FOR PARKING.
WHILE WE DO WANT TO SUPPORT THEM, IT IS REALLY A LOT OF THE
RESIDENTS WHO ARE USED TO BEING ABLE TO PARK FOR FREE.
IT IS NICE -- IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE CAN EXPLAIN THAT TO
THEM A LITTLE BIT CLEARER.
10:48:36AM >> I AGREE.
THE EDUCATION COMPONENT WE CAN DEFINITELY IMPROVE THAT.
10:48:41AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
ABSOLUTELY.
COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:48:43AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
SINCE YOU BROUGHT THAT UP, A LOT OF TIME
THE MACHINES DON'T WORK.
YOU CAN'T PUT MONEY IN THE MACHINES.
NOT EVERYBODY HAS CREDIT CARDS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE CREDIT CARDS, BUT THEY NEED TO
PARK.
I REMEMBER ONE TIME I LEFT MY CARD -- I HAD CASH.
YOU KNOW, I HAD TO GET A TICKETS -- I HAD TO PAY IT.
AND, AGAIN, YOU TALK OF EDUCATING THE PEOPLE.
THE FIRST TWO HOURS ARE FREE.
WELL, IF YOU DON'T GO TO THE MACHINE TO PUT YOUR THING IN
THERE, YOU GET A TICKET.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT LOGIC.
IF IT IS FREE, IT'S FREE.
I DON'T KNOW UNDERSTAND THE.OF THAT.
10:49:21AM >> ACTIVATES THE SESSION.
IF YOU GO OVER THE TWO HOURS, YOU HAVE A FORM OF PAYMENT IT
CAN START CHARGING TOO.
YOU NEED TO ACTIVATE A SESSION TO HAVE A CREDIT CARD TO
CHARGE RIGHT AFTER THE TWO HOURS IS UP.
10:49:35AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
I DON'T KNOW HOW OLD THE MACHINES ARE, BUT
A LOT OF YOUNG KIDS -- THEY DON'T HAVE CARDS.
I MEAN -- CASH IS STILL AROUND.
SO I JUST AM THROWING IT OUT THERE.
10:49:46AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THAT IS ACTUALLY NOT HOW IT WORKS.
YOU PUNCH YOUR NUMBER IN.
AND IT -- YOU CHOOSE THE NUMBER OF HOURS YOU WANT.
SO IF IT IS ONE OR TWO, IT SAYS, OKAY.
IT FIX OUT YOUR TOTAL.
AND THEN IT SPITS YOU OUT A TICKET FOR ZERO.
10:50:04AM >> YOU DON'T HAVE TO ENTER A CREDIT CARD?
10:50:06AM >> NO, DON'T HAVE TO ENT A CARD.
SO, AGAIN, IT IS -- IT IS MORE INCREDIBLY COMPLICATED SYSTEM
THAN IT NEEDS TO BE.
AND SO JUST ANYTHING THAT ALLOWS THE CITIZENS ESPECIALLY FOR
PEOPLE WHO JUST WANT TO SPEND TIME IN YBOR AND ARE USED TO
NOT PAYING.
I MEAN WE DO HAVE THOSE THREE LOTS.
I THINK THAT EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THEM.
COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
10:50:33AM >>BILL CARLSON:
JUST TO BE CLEAR FOR ME AND THE PUBLIC, THE
-- THE FREE PARKING IS ONLY IN THOSE GARAGES, RIGHT --
10:50:43AM >> SURFACE LOTS.
LOTS 3, 5 AND 6.
10:50:46AM >>BILL CARLSON:
THE EXAMPLE I WAS GIVING EARLIER PARK WITH
ONE THE METERS, I NEVER SEEN TWO HOURS FOR FREE ON THAT.
YOU PAY FOR THAT.
THAT IS WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT IS SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE
RUNNING LATE AND THEY DON'T HAVE -- EVEN THOSE TWO OR THREE
BLOCKS AWAY DON'T HAVE TIME AND THEY PARK.
AND A MINIMUM OF $4 OR $5, AND YOU BUY A $3.
AND SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
10:51:14AM >> YES, I AGREE.
KINKS TO WORK OUT.
EVEN WITH THE MARKET, SATURDAY MARKET.
THE VENDORS.
WE ARE TRYING TO WORK WITH THAT AS WELL.
THEY WERE USED TO PULLING UP, UNLOADING.
WHERE THE CUSTOMERS CAN POP IN AND POP OUT.
YOU KNOW, THAT IS ANOTHER AVENUE THAT WE NEED TO GO DOWN AND
INVESTIGATE HOW TO IMPROVE THAT SITUATION AS WELL.
10:51:34AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES, COUNCILMAN.
10:51:39AM >>BILL CARLSON:
ONE MORE QUESTION.
MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC MENTIONED RESIDENTIAL PARKING ON 5th.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT PARTS OF YBOR HAS RESIDENT PARKING OR NOT.
I KNOW IN HYDE PARK IT IS CONTROVERSIAL.
SOME PEOPLE LOVE IT.
SOME PEOPLE HATE IT.
DO YOU KNOW --
10:51:54AM >> RESIDENTIAL PARKING AT 6:
00 -- 6:00 AND AFTER.
SO I BELIEVE THAT 5th AVENUE PORTION MR. POWELL IS
REFERENCING IS RESIDENTIAL PARKING AFTER 6:00.
10:52:05AM >>BILL CARLSON:
WE CAN TAKE THAT UP WITH PARKING.
10:52:09AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE?
10:52:10AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
I GAVE MR. -- GAVE INFORMATION --
[INAUDIBLE]
10:52:20AM >> THAT IS RIGHT, COUNCILMAN.
I EXCHANGED INFORMATION WITH ADMINISTRATOR WYNN TO GET
TOGETHER WITH COURTNEY AND MORE HISTORY ON IT AND WE WILL
ADDRESS IT.
10:52:31AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
EXCELLENT, SIR.
10:52:32AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
EXCELLENT.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:52:40AM >> GOOD MORNING, SET DRECK Mc CRAY, TAMPA CRA HAD.
HOW IS EVERYBODY DOING.
10:52:49AM >> DOING VERY WELL.
10:52:52AM >> WE CONTINUE TO MEET.
LAST MEETING JULY 12 ON THAT MEETING.
SEVERAL TOPICS OF DISCUSSION.
WE HAVE HAD ROB ROSNER COME INTO ONE OF OUR SUBCOMMITTEE TO
DISCUSS THE COMMUNITY BUSINESS AGREEMENT PRIOR TO A MEETING
THEY HAD LAST MONTH.
SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT IS GOING WELL.
WE HAVE A CAPSTONE EVENT THAT IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE ON
JUNE 28.
AND I BELIEVE A COUPLE OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS -- SORRY --
JULY 28.
A COUPLE OF COUNCILMEMBERS -- CRA MEMBERS ATTENDED LAST
SUMMER AND THEY ARE LOOKING TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT.
AND WE HAVE A SERVICE COMPONENT.
WE PARTNERED WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.
THEY WILL BE DOING A PROJECT IN THE HIGHLAND PINES AREA ON
JULY 26 AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION.
I WILL BE GLADLY MAKE SURE IT IS PUSHED OUT TO YOU FOR YOUR
KNOWLEDGE AND EDIFICATION.
ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT WE HAD A MENTORS MEET AND GREET
FOR THE EAST TAMPA LEADERSHIP AND ENTREPRENEURIALSHIP
ACADEMY.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THAT BALL WAS ROLLING SOME TIME LAST
YEAR PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL AND FINALLY GETTING -- GETTING IT
GOING.
HAD ABOUT 15 OR 16 FOLKS TO SHOW UP.
SOME FOLKS THAT COULDN'T ATTEND STATED THEY WERE STILL VERY
INTERESTED IN SERVES AS MENTORS AND THE CONSULTANT WE HIRED
WILL BE HAVING CORRESPONDENT -- CORRESPONDENCE WITH THEM AS
WELL.
AND THANK YOU COUNCILMAN GUDES FOR ATTENDING THAT EVENT.
NEXT SLIDE.
OKAY.
AS YOU KNOW OUR CRA BUDGET WAS APPROVED ON JUNE 2 BY OUR CAC
AND THE EAST TAMPA PARTNERSHIP.
WE ARE LOOKING TO KIND OF LAND THE PLANE AS IT RELATES TO
THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN, SPECIFICALLY WITH A STRATEGIC --
BUT A SPECIALLY CALLED MEETING AND A DATE TO SOLIDIFY THAT.
AS IT COMES TO TREE TRIMMING, THERE WERE QUESTIONS AND
PEOPLE WANT TO BE UPDATE.
IT SAYS 50 FOR THE REPORT, BUT FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 60
APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE GONE OUT OF TREES THAT WERE IN THE
HOPPER AND GONE OUT TO THE VENDORS FOR SERVICE.
OUR OWNER-OCCUPIED REHABILITATION GRANT KICKOFF WAS HELD
YESTERDAY ON JULY 20.
AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVING AN
OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE APPLICATION THAT WAS SUBMITTED.
AND WE WILL HAVE A CORRESPONDING DATE SOME TIME EARLY AUGUST
WHEN EVERYONE'S SCHEDULES ARE -- AND THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO
MEET, REVIEW, AND THEN COMMENT AND DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT WE
WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE APPLICANT THAT SUPPLIED ALL
THE INFORMATION NECESSARY.
I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE ISSUED OUR FIRST
TENANT READY GRANT AND A BUSINESS OWNER ON 40th STREET THAT
MET ALL THOSE QUALIFICATIONS.
AND THAT -- THAT BUSINESS WILL BE STARTING TO DO WORK HERE
VERY SOON IF THEY VICE PRESIDENT ALREADY.
BUT WE APPROVED THAT JULY 1 OF THIS MONTH.
ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST.
AND I WANT TO SLIDE THIS ON THE ELMO AND MENTIONED BY
COUNCILMAN GUDES A LITTLE EARLIER.
ON THE ELMO.
AS IT RELATES TO THE PENNY SAVER.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SEE THIS.
DID SHARE THIS INFORMATION LAST TUESDAY TO THE MEMBERS OF
OUR CAC AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WERE ASSEMBLED TO APPLAUSE
AND A LOT OF CELEBRATION AS IT RELATES TO THE CLOSING OF THE
PENNY SAVER AND THE ACQUISITION BY THE CITY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN THAT.
AND LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING THAT BALL FORWARD AS IT
RELATES TO THE DEMOLITION.
THE FENCING HAS ALREADY BEEN PUT UP AND LOOKING FORWARD TO
GETTING IT DONE FOR EAST TAMPA AND THE CITY AT LARGE.
[APPLAUSE]
10:57:02AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WANT TO GIVE YOU A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
[APPLAUSE]
PROBABLY NOT AS LARGE AS THE ONE THAT EAST TAMPA GAVE YOU,
BUT WE ARE REALLY THRILLED ABOUT THAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:57:13AM >> NO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND THE MEMBERS OF THE
ADMINISTRATION THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN BRINGING THAT TO A
CLOSE.
10:57:21AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:57:24AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
I KNOW WE HAVE GOT TO DEAL WITH TEARING IT
DOWN.
HOW SOON -- THE END OF THE MONTH BEFORE WE GET THAT DEMOED?
10:57:34AM >> I BELIEVE IT WILL BE WITHIN THE MONTH.
10:57:36AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
WE ARE MOVING VERY QUICKLY.
THE ADMINISTRATION IS TRYING TO GET THAT DEMOLISHED AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
10:57:43AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
LET US KNOW WHEN THAT IS DONE.
10:57:45AM >> WHEN WE DID THE WALK THROUGH LAST TUESDAY, THE GENTLEMAN
FROM THE DEMOLITION COMPANY WAS ON-SITE AND WILL MOVE
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
10:58:00AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
WHAT BUSINESS OF THE NEW TENANT MOVED IN?
10:58:05AM >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GOT THE NAME RIGHT.
IT WAS -- IT WAS TOTAL IMAGE BEAUTY SALON.
NORTH 40th STREET.
10:58:15AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
OKAY, GREAT.
NEXT ONE I HAVE IS THE RFP.
HOW FAST.
ONCE WE DO THE REVIEW WE HAVE THE BALL ROLLING TO DO
ROOFTOPS AND THINGS MOVING?
10:58:33AM >> SO WE MET YESTERDAY WITH THE KICKOFF THE REPRESENTATIVE
MISS GIBBONS-PEOPLES.
AND SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WEREN'T ABLE TO BE THERE.
AS SOON AS WE RECEIVED CONFIRMATION WHEN THEY WILL RECEIVE
THE INFORMATION TO REVIEW AND THEN SCORE, AND THEN RECONVENE
AND DISCUSSIONS AND CALCULATE THE VOTES AND TOTALS AFTER THE
SCORE TO SEE IF THEY ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE.
THERE ARE TWO APPLICATION THAT WERE SUBMITTED.
ONE OF THEM WERE INCOMPLETE AND NOW WE ARE MOVING FORWARD
WITH THE ONE APPLICANT.
10:59:17AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
I WANT TO GET IT RIGHT.
THE OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB, BUT WE ARE TALKING OF A SEPARATE
ROOF.
10:59:25AM >> YES, THAT IS ON THE AGENDA TODAY FOR YOU TO DISCUSS.
10:59:28AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
TWO DIFFERENT ONES.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAVE THE RIGHT ONES.
RAINING AND PEOPLE ARE CALLING ABOUT ROOFS.
ON THE AGENDA.
HOW FAST WILL WE BE ABLE TO MOVE ON THAT?
10:59:40AM >> WE WON'T BE GOING THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS WITH THE
OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB.
THAT WILL BE HANDLED IN HOUSE BETWEEN MYSELF AND THE STAFF.
10:59:50AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
CRITERIA NOT TOO STRICT THAT PEOPLE WILL BE
ABLE TO AFFORD IT.
10:59:54AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT IN JUST A FEW
MINUTES.
10:59:57AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
OKAY.
I'M EXCITE ABOUT THAT ONE.
LAST ONE I HAVE IS THE ALLEY WAYS.
WHERE ARE WE AT GETTING THOSE ALLEYS CLEANED UP IN EAST
TAMPA?
11:00:06AM >> WE DID HAVE A DISCUSSION ON MONDAY DURING THE LAND USE
SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING.
I WAS PRESENT.
CONVERSATION ABOUT THE ALLEYWAY S AND I KNOW THAT WEST
COMPANY HAS DONE A LOT TO DO THAT.
EAST TAMPA IS SOMEWHAT OF A DIFFERENT ANIMAL AND A LOT MORE
SPACE TO COVER.
MY SUGGESTION TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE AND THEY PROBABLY WILL
BRING IT BACK TO THE CAC AT THE AUGUST MEETING WAS TO START
LOOKING AT DIFFERENT QUADRANTS TO START FOCUSING ON A
QUADRANT.
IF WE LOOK AT MAYBE AREAS THAT ARE HIGHER IN TRAFFIC OR
RETAIL.
IF WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE CORRIDORS, NORTH-SOUTH
THROUGH EAST TAMPA TALKING NEBRASKA, 15 TO 29th, 34th OR
40th, SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT BUT LOOKING AT A QUADRANT AND
MOVING FROM SPACE TO SPACE.
SOME NEIGHBORHOODS, SOME OF THE RESIDENTS MAY NOT WANT THEIR
ALLY WAYS TOUCHED.
IF YOU DO THAT OPENS IT UP FOR PEOPLE TO DO ILLEGAL DUMPING
AND DOING SOME OTHER THINGS THAT MAY NOT BE CONDUCIVE TO
THEIR STANDARD OF LIVING.
AND THEN YOU HAVE SOME RESIDENTS THAT MAY WANT TO.
AND I HEARD MR. PILES -- I HAD INTERACTION WITH HIM YEARS
AGO OF WANTING TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE ALLEYWAY SO THEY CAN
PARK.
AND CASE-BY-CASE BASIS.
AND MY SUGGESTION IS TO FOCUS ON SPECIFIC QUADRANTS ALONG
THOSE CORRIDORS AND I THINK IF THOSE CONTINGENT OF RESIDENTS
DON'T SUPPORT IT, MOVE ON TO THE NEXT.
11:01:46AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
AFTER THE NEXT MEETING AND A PLAN IN PLACE,
LET US KNOW WHAT THE PLAN IS SO I CAN TELL THE RESIDENTS WHO
ARE LOOKING TO ARE THAT AND CLEAN UP THE ALLEYS IN WEST
TAMPA.
11:01:57AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:01:59AM >>BILL CARLSON:
THANK YOU.
AS YOU KNOW ALMOST EVERY WEEK WE HAVE RESIDENTS FROM EAST
TAMPA COMING AND SAYING WE ARE EITHER NOT SPENDING MONEY OR
NOT SPENDING IT EFFECTIVELY IN EAST TAMPA AND NOT DOING
ENOUGH.
THREE YEARS AGO, WE -- WE ALMOST -- AS SOON AS WE ALL
STARTED WE HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE COME HERE IN FRONT OF US AND
SAY THAT WE NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT FAIR OAKS COMMUNITY
CENTER AND THEY REPORTED RATS IN THE CEILING.
IT WAS A FIRE TRAP.
ALL KIND OF THINGS.
THIS CRA HELD A PUBLIC MEETING WHERE MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE
ATTENDED.
AND WE HEARD THEIR FEEDBACK.
AND COUNCILMAN GUDES AND OTHERS PUSHED HARD FOR THE CRA TO
PUT MONEY IN AND PUSHED FOR THE CITY TO PUT MONEY IN.
IN THE END THE CRA'S FINANCIAL ROLE WILL BE SMALL COMPARED
TO THE CITY BECAUSE THE CITY IS PUTTING IN SUCH A BIG
AMOUNT.
MY POINT IS, OF THE ARTICLES I READ ABOUT PENNY SAVER, I
DIDN'T SEE ANY MENTION ABOUT THE CRA.
AND IT IS NOT SO THAT WE CAN GET OUR NAMES IN THERE AND
PROMOTE OURSELVES, BUT IF THE RESIDENTS DON'T SEE THAT THE
CRA CONTRIBUTED TO IT, IF THEY DON'T SEE A SIGN UP THAT CRA
INVESTED IN.
AND DON'T SEE IN THE PRESS THAT THE CRA INVESTED IN IT.
THEY WILL COME BACK BEFORE SAYING YOU GUYS DIDN'T DO
ANYTHING.
I WILL ASK WHATEVER COMMUNICATION APPARATUS WE HAVE NOW, TO
MAKE SURE WE COMMUNICATE.
THERE WILL BE SEVERAL MILESTONES AS THIS PARK IS DEVELOPED.
AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS KNOW THAT THE --
THAT THE CRA IS -- IS INVOLVED AND A MAJOR PARTNER.
AND I WOULD SUGGEST AS I SAID BEFORE THAT THE CRA CHAIR, AT
A MINIMUM, BE PRESENT, NOT SO SHE COULD GET PUBLICLY TEASE,
BUT TO TELL THE PUBLIC THAT THE CRA INVESTS IN IT.
THE CITY PARTNERED WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND BUILT A
HOUSE, TAB CHAIR AND SOMEBODY WILL SHOW UP.
IF THE CRA PARTNERS WITH THE CITY, WE NEED THE CRA TO BE
FRONT AND CENTER TO KNOW THAT THE PUBLIC'S MONEY IS BEING
PUT TO GOOD USE.
11:04:04AM >> POINT TAKEN.
11:04:05AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:04:07AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
THE ARTS SITUATION.
THE LONGEST AFRICAN-AMERICAN EMPLOYEE IN THE CITY.
ALMOST 50 YEARS.
I UNDERSTAND HE IS A LITTLE ILL RIGHT NOW.
BUT YOU KNOW MR. GAMBREL RAN ALL OF THE EAST SIDE PARKS, YOU
WILL THE WAY TO SULPHUR SPRINGS.
HE RAN ALL THE EAST SIDE.
AND THAT PARK THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, IT WAS KIND
OF LIKE HIS HOMESTEAD.
HIS PACE FOR EVERYBODY.
OF BELMONT HEIGHTS LITTLE LEAGUE.
THEY ARE DOING A STORY BECAUSE IT IS THE PREMIERE PROGRAM
BACK IN THOSE DAYS AND CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MONUMENTAL
PROGRAMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
IN THE PAMPHLET THEY ARE PUTTING OUT FOR 75th OR 100th
ANNIVERSARY.
I KNOW IT IS A BIG ANNIVERSARY FOR LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL.
WITH SAYING THAT, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO -- TO TAKE BACK TO
THE ADMINISTRATION -- I THINK TO MAKE A MOTION, MAYBE I
WILL, THAT COMPLEX BEING DEDICATE TO MR. GAMBREL IN SOME
WAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE PEOPLE THEIR FLOWERS WHILE THEY ARE
STILL WITH US.
HE IS A MAN THAT RAN THE WHOLE EAST SIDE.
ALL THE PARKS ON THE EAST SIDE.
UP WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING AT HIS HONOR AT THAT
FACILITY.
IF YOU TAKE THAT BACK.
I THINK THAT IS MORE THAN APPROPRIATE FOR MR. GAMBREL.
11:05:40AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED.
THANK YOU.
11:05:48AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
THANK YOU, SIR.
11:05:52AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
ANYONE ELSE?
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:05:53AM >> THANK YOU.
11:05:55AM >> BEFORE WE JUMP INTO ITEM NUMBER 4, I WANT TO REFERENCE A
COMMENT YOU JUST MADE COUNCILMAN CARLSON, REGARDING THE
MARKETING AND SHARING OF INFORMATION.
IN MY ONE ON ONE WITH THE CHAIRWOMAN THIS WEEK, I ACTUALLY
TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AND HOW WE NEED TO
INFORMATION SHARE.
WE RESERVED SOME HANDLES FOR THE CRA, AS YOU KNOW WE ARE
GETTING READY TO PULL TOGETHER THE BRANDING PIECE OF THAT,
BUT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO NEED TO GO FORWARD WITH
THE INFORMATION SHARING PIECE, BECAUSE A LOT WE WANT TO PUSH
OUT THERE AND WE WILL BACK INTO THE BRAND ITSELF, AND
SOMETHING THAT WE WILL BE DOING AND BRING AN UPDATE BACK TO
YOU IN AUGUST ON THAT.
SO ITEM NUMBER FOUR ON THE AGENDA IS A REPORT ON THE EAST
TAMPA CRA PREDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
THIS IS YOUR UPDATE.
THERE IS A MEMO THAT IS ACCOMPANYING THIS UPDATE.
JUST FOR THE BOARD, THE EAST TAMPA CRA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SUBCOMMITTEE ACTUALLY TOOK THE LEAD ON THIS PARTICULAR
PROGRAM.
AND THEY START TO DRAFT OUT PROGRAM PARAMETERS AND MISS
HEWITT IS THE CHAIR OF THAT SUBCOMMITTEE.
SHE IS SITTING IN THE BACK.
SHE PRESENTED THAT PRELIMINARY PROGRAM IN JUNE AT THE CAC
MEETING.
THE CAC VOTED TO HAVE THAT SUBCOMMITTEE WORK IN
COLLABORATION WITH STAFF.
ON THE PROGRAM.
AND SO UNDERSTANDING YOUR DESIRE TO HAVE AN UPDATE TODAY,
KNOW THAT WE ARE WORK ON THAT PROGRAM.
WE DO HAVE A SCHEDULE THAT IS ENCLOSED WITH THE MEMO.
WE ALREADY HAD AN INTERNAL WORKSHOP JULY 15.
WE NOW HAVE SOMETHING WE NEED TO SEND OVER TO DEPUTY CITY
ATTORNEY MASSEY.
AND WE HAVE A WORKSHOP ON THE 26th WITH THAT SUBCOMMITTEE TO
FLUSH OUT THE PROGRAM AND KIND OF CROSS COMPARE TO MAKE SURE
WE GET ON THE SAME PAGE BEFORE WE GO BACK TO THE CAC.
OUR INTENT IS TO PRESENT THE PROGRAM AT THE NEXT CAC
MEETING.
AND THEN FROM THERE, IF WE GET ANY FEEDBACK, WE ARE
RESERVING TIME IN SEPTEMBER TO GO BACK TO THE CAC IF THERE
ARE TWEAKS AND SOME ADJUSTMENTS WE NEED TO MAKE BUT IDEALLY,
WE WILL BE BRINGING BACK THE FULL PROGRAM TO IMPLEMENT TO
YOU ALL, TO THE BOARD, IN SEPTEMBER.
11:08:12AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:08:13AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
I REMEMBER I MOTIONED THIS A COUPLE OF
TIMES.
AND SINCE MISS HEWITT IS STILL HERE, WHAT SHE SAID IS
CORRECT, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES I GET FOLKS TO CALL MY
OFFICE THAT HAVE DIFFICULT TIME WITH ZONING, THEY DON'T KNOW
THIS OR THAT A LOT OF TIMES THE MINORITY COMMUNITIES DON'T
HAVE THE DOLLARS TO COME AND ARGUE THEIR POINTS.
I SEE THE DRAFT DESIGNS.
HOW THIS CAN HELP CRAS IN EAST TAMPA BECAUSE DON'T HAVE THE
FUNDS.
WITH THIS AND WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT WILL BE ABLE TO
HELP IF YOU HAVE A HEART THAT WILL BE ABLE TO COME IN, SIT
DOWN AND GO THROUGH THE STEPS AND BE ABLE TO HELP WITH WHAT
IS A ZONING.
WHAT IS A LAND USE NUMBER.
WE ALL HAD TO LEARN IT TOO, DIFFERENT CODES.
SO THEY WILL KNOW IT THEMSELVES AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I THINK IT IS VERY GOOD.
GOING TO HELP OUT ESPECIALLY WITH THOSE CORRIDORS.
WITH ALL THE BUSINESSES ARE TO GO AND KNOCK ON THOSE DOORS
AND SAY THIS IS WHAT WE GOT.
WE CAN HELP YOU NOW.
THANK YOU FOR PUSHING THIS.
LIKE I SAID BEFORE, WE ALWAYS HEARING NO, NO, NO, BUT I AM
GLAD THAT HE DIDN'T SAY NO, NO, NO, BECAUSE HE UNDERSTANDS
IT.
HE UNDERSTANDS THE CONCEPT AND WORKING TO PUSH IT THROUGH.
AGAIN, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE AND WHAT YOU DO.
11:09:55AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:09:57AM >>BILL CARLSON:
A QUICK QUESTION.
AS I UNDERSTOOD IT FROM WHAT MISS HEWITT SAID EARLIER,
PURPOSE IS TO HELP THOSE WHO HAVE OWNED A PROPERTY FOR A
LONG TIME INSTEAD OF HAVING TO SELL IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
IN THIS, IS THERE A MINIMUM NUMBER OF YEARS FOR OWNERSHIP.
SOMETHING TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM COMING AND BUYING THE
PROPERTY AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS?
11:10:20AM >> WITHIN THE PROGRAM WE ARE PROPOSING, THERE ARE NO MINIMUM
NUMBER OF YEARS FOR OWNERSHIP, BUT I THINK PART -- PART OF
THE GOAL IS TO CREATE A CONCEPT OF WHAT CAN BE DEVELOPED ON
THE SITE AND THAT INDIVIDUAL THAT OWNS A PROPERTY IF THEY
SAY I DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXECUTE THIS AND DECIDE TO SELL, TO
PAIR THEM WITH PEOPLE WHO CAN WRITE THEM INTO A DEAL SO THEY
DON'T HAVE TO DISPOSE OF THEIR PROPERTY AND HELP THEM
UNDERSTAND WHAT VALUE THEY WILL BE SEEKING FOR THOSE
PROPERTIES.
IDEAL LEER TO PAIR PEOPLE WITH THE RIGHT TO HAVE A TON OF
PROPERTY CHANGING HANDS.
AND WE HAVE PROPOSED LIMITATION HOW OFTEN SOMEBODY WILL BE
ABLE TO COME BACK AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT PROGRAM.
WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE COMING IN AND CYCLING THROUGH PROJECT
CONCEPTS YEAR-OVER-YEAR, BUT IDEALLY, WE GET A FEW THAT WE
CAN HELP GET OUT OF THE GROUND.
WE CAN HELP PEOPLE BUILD THEM COLLECTIVELY OR PAIR THEM WITH
A DEVELOPER THAT CAN THEN EXECUTE ON THOSE PROJECTS.
11:11:21AM >>BILL CARLSON:
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO HEAR MISS HEWITT'S
COMMITTEE FEEDBACK ON THAT.
BASE ON WHAT I HEARD EARLIER SHOULD BE A FIVE-YEAR LIMIT OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IF THE IDEA IS TO FORCE -- NOT FORCE
PEOPLE TO SELL THEIR PROPERTIES AND HOLD PROPERTY FOR A LONG
TIME.
I WILL LEAVE THAT UP TO THEM.
11:11:41AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:11:43AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
ALONG THE SAME ITEMS THAT COUNCILMAN
CARLSON IS TALKING ABOUT.
I AGREE WITH THAT IF I LOSSLY, 10, 100, 1,000 HOUSES, ONES
THERE THE LONGEST NEED THE MOST HELP AND CAN NEVER AFFORD IT
AND NEVER WILL IF THAT WILL BE THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
AND IN THOSE STATISTICAL AREAS.
CAN'T BE SOMEBODY WITH MULTIPLE PROPERTIES, ESPECIALLY IF
THEY ARE RENTALS.
THEY ARE MAKING MONEY SOMEWHERE ALONG THE RENTAL CERTIFICATE
OR WHATEVER THEY GOT GOING.
AND GOT TO BE SOMEBODY -- IN MY OPINION, SOMEBODY WHO IS
SINGLE HOMEOWNER FIRST AND A FINANCIAL DISTRESS PROBLEM.
DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY THE ELECTRIC BILL OR WATER
BILLS.
THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF FIRST AND
NEED THE MOST MONEY AT THE TIME THEY NEED IT AND FROM THERE,
YOU GOT TO WORK TO THE OTHERS.
THE MOST NEED AND DON'T HAVE THE INCOME AT ALL SHOULD BE
FIRST.
HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME AT THE HOUSE.
AND YOU CANNOT -- IN MY OPINION, YOU CAN BE A MULTIPLE
LISTER FOR ONE HOUSE, BUT NOT FOR TEN, 15 OR TWO HOUSES
EVEN.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT SPREAD ALONG -- I AM NOT TELLING WHAT
YOU TO DO, BUT JUST WHAT THE IDEA, MY IDEA IS ANYWAY, THE
IDEA IS ONE HOUSE FOR SINGLE-FAMILY.
AND IT HAS TO BE THE ONE THAT HAS BEEN THE LONGEST AND THE
MOST NEEDY FIRST AND YOU WALK DOWN THE LIST TO CATCH THEM
ALL UP IF YOU CAN.
YOU WILL NOT GET THEM ALL, BUT YOU WILL GET MOST OF THEM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:13:13AM >> THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK, COUNCILMAN.
THE PREDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IS TARGETED TOWARD COMMERCIAL AND
MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT.
TALKING OF COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS IN EAST TAMPA WHERE PROPERTY
OWNER HAVE BEEN LONG-STANDING RESIDENTS WHO SAT ON PROPERTY
FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND THEY INHERITED THE PROPERTY AND THEY
ARE NOT SURE WHAT TO DO WITH IT OR OWN PROPERTY ALONG
CORRIDORS THAT NEED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT AND
THEY ARE NOT QUITE SURE HOW TO RENOVATE THEM AND REACTIVATE
THOSE PROPERTIES.
11:13:45AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH, BUT YOU HAVE
PROPERTY OWNERS OWNED IT FOR A LONG TIME HAVE BEEN DOING
SOMETHING AND JUST HAVEN'T BEEN TAKING CARE OF THEIR
BUILDING, AM I CORRECT?
11:13:56AM >> ABSOLUTELY.
11:13:56AM >> THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT OUGHT TO BE LAST.
11:14:02AM >> UNDERSTOOD, SIR.
11:14:03AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCILMAN CITRO.
11:14:05AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, MISS HEWITT AND I
TALKED ABOUT THIS TWO YEARS AGO AND A WIN-WIN FOR JUST ABOUT
EVERYBODY.
IF WE PUT THIS ON THE ECONOMIC CORRIDORS.
YOU HAVE WHAT MAY BE AN ELDERLY PERSON WHO JUST WANTS TO
LIVE OUT THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.
CAN'T MAINTAIN THEIR PROPERTY.
THEY DON'T WANT TO MAINTAIN THEIR PROPERTY.
THEY WANT TO LIVE IN SOMETHING COMFORTABLE.
WITH NOT PUT A TRIPLEX OR QUADPLEX ON IT SO THAT PERSON CAN
LIVE, STILL LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, STILL LIVE THERE HAVE
SOMEONE WHO IS FROM THE COMMUNITY LIVE THERE, BUT ALSO BE
ABLE TO MAKE WALKABLE TO A DOCTOR'S OFFICE OR GROCERY STORE.
THAT IS HOW YOU BUILD A COMMUNITY.
MISS HEWITT, THANK YOU.
I DID LISTEN TO YOU WHEN YOU WERE TALKING TO ME.
THIS IS A PERFECT IDEA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:14:56AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I JUST WANT TO SAY I REALLY DO LOVE THIS IDEA
IN THE TERMS OF HELP TO DETERMINE GENERATIONAL WEALTH.
I THINK THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
I HEARD THE COMMUNITY SAY LOUD AND CLEAR THAT IS WHAT THEY
ARE LOOKING FOR.
I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THIS -- WHERE
THIS GOES.
I THINK IT WILL BE A HUGE DRIVER FOR THAT.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS.
11:15:23AM >> SURE.
11:15:30AM >> THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE REPORT REGARDING THE
FEASIBILITY OF SUPPORT FOR MEMORIAL CEMETERY.
11:15:36AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
I WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT.
REAL QUICKLY, I THINK MOST OF YOU ARE AWARE WE HAVE BEEN
STRUGGLING FOR A LONG TIME TO ADDRESS CERTAIN TITLE ISSUES
WITH MEMORIAL CEMETERY.
WE THINK WE ARE CLOSE TO THAT THAT MEMORIAL CEMETERY WILL BE
UNDER THE OWNERSHIP OF THE CITY AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT
ASSOCIATED WITH THE CITY AND WILL OPEN UP OPPORTUNITIES FOR
FURTHER CITY AND CRA INVOLVEMENTS.
THE CRAs DO NOT SUPPORT OPERATIONAL COST FOR THESE TYPE OF
THINGS.
BUT, AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE
PROCESS WITH THE CAC AND CRA LOOKING AT BUDGETS WHAT NEED TO
BE DONE AND THE POSSIBILITY ONCE WE RESOLVE THE TITLE ISSUE
FOR THE CRA TO PERHAPS MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARD FISCAL
IMPROVEMENTS AT MEMORIAL CEMETERY.
I THINK THERE HAS BEEN DISCUSSIONS OF PUTTING A FENCE AROUND
IT OR SECURING IT IN BETTER WAYS, DEALING WITH SOME OF THE
ISSUES WITH THE MONUMENTS THERE THAT HAVE DETERIORATED.
I THINK THE CRA COULD HELP ONCE WE GET THOSE ISSUES
RESOLVED.
THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
11:16:45AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
YES, COUNCILMAN --
11:16:49AM >>LUIS VIERA:
WERE YOU GOING TO SPEAK ON THIS?
OKAY.
MAY I?
11:16:56AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:16:59AM >>LUIS VIERA:
I WON'T YET.
I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S HARD WORK ON THIS.
THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL FOR THE CITY
OF TAMPA.
VERY, VERY HISTORICAL.
I HAVE BEEN OUT THERE A FEW TIMES -- MORE THAN A FEW TIMES.
I KNOW COUNCILMAN GUDES -- DOING A WORK DAY WITH HIM A
COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WITH SOME FOLKS.
SOMETHING THAT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
YOU KNOW THE REASON I DID THIS IS BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING THIS
GO INTO DETERIORATION IN MANY, MANY WAYS, AND I DON'T CARE
WHO DOES IT.
I DON'T CARE THE CRA, THE CITY, THE PRIVATE SECTOR, WHOEVER.
WE CAN'T LET THIS CEMETERY GO INTO DETERIORATION.
SUCH A PIVOTAL.
IN 1923, A CEREMONY OUT THERE.
IF YOU HAVE EVER SEEN THE RED CROSS MEMORIAL THEY HAVE OUT
THERE FOR FALLEN AFRICAN-AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN WORLD WAR I.
IT WAS -- A BIG CEREMONY WAS HELD OUT THERE.
A LOT OF FOLKS OUT THERE INCLUDING FOLKS FROM AMERICAN
LEGION POST 5, BLANCHE ARMWOOD-BEATTY AND MANY FOLKS OUT
THERE.
SHE DIRECTED IT.
THE PASTOR AT THE TIME OF ST. PAUL AME WAS OUT THERE.
AND GRAVES OUT THERE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN SOLDIERS WHO WERE
KILLED IN ACTION DURING WORLD WAR I.
AND JUST SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE TO PRESERVE.
I MEAN, I HAVE NO PROBLEM.
I KNOW IT IS A TRANSITION AND ALL THIS STUFF.
AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM MAKING A MOTION, IF I MAY, THAT IS
MULTIPRONGED TO HAVE THIS RETURN.
MR. MASSEY, WHAT DO YOU THINK, SIX MONTHS?
11:18:31AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
SIX MONTHS SHOULD BE FINE.
11:18:33AM >>LUIS VIERA:
THEN IF WE NEED MORE TIME.
11:18:36AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
HOPEFUL TO RESOLVE THE TITLE ISSUE VERY
SOON.
SO YOU ARE AWARE -- YOU MAY BE AWARE OF THIS, ADMINISTRATION
THROUGH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN
DOCK BASIC MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T
FURTHER DETERIORATE AND GET OVERGROWN.
THE CITY HAS BEEN DOING THAT SINCE WE HAVE BEEN IN THIS
LIMBO SITUATION.
11:18:56AM >>LUIS VIERA:
ABSOLUTELY.
SO -- I KNOW -- I WAS SPEAK TO MR. McCRAY YESTERDAY OF A
PLAN ONCE WE RESOLVE THE ISSUE OF OWNERSHIP OF THE MONETARY
AMOUNT TO HAVE A PROPER RENOVATION, ETC., ETC., I WILL
STRONGLY SUPPORT THAT.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
IN WORK WITH OUR FRIENDS AT THE CAC WITH THEIR GUIDANCE,
LEADERSHIP AND INPUT, WITH HAVING CRA FUND THAT IF IT IS --
IF IT IS LEGALLY FEASIBLE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE -- AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS
SEPARATE FROM THIS BODY -- BUT A HISTORICAL MARKER OUT THERE
DONE BY A HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HISTORICAL MARKER COMMITTEE
BECAUSE THE MEMORIAL IS HARD TO SEE WHEN YOU ARE WALKING OUT
THERE.
THAT IS A TOTALLY SEPARATE ISSUE.
AGAIN, IF THE CITY HAS TO ASSUME -- MY POSITION, IF THE CITY
HAS TO ASSUME OWNERSHIP OF THIS TO MAKE SURE IT IS
PRESERVED, I SUPPORT THAT 110%.
AND VAST MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE OF TAMPA WOULD.
MY MOTION, IF I MAY, WILL BE TO HAVE THIS RETURN TO US I
LET'S SAY -- LET'S SAY THE FIRST WEEK IN JANUARY -- THERE WE
GO, JANUARY 12 WITH, I GUESS, AN UPDATED REPORT ON THE
FEASIBILITY, THE STATUS OF THE OWNERSHIP ISSUE.
AND IF IT IS RESOLVED A MONETARY PLAN FOR CRA TO APPROVE AND
WORKING WITH THE CAC TO PRESERVE THIS IMPORTANT CEMETERY.
11:20:25AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SO I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA AND
FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ALL IN FAVOR --
11:20:32AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
QUESTION.
11:20:33AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SORRY.
COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:20:37AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
JUST FOR THE RECORD, THE CAC MANY YEARS AGO
BOUGHT THE FENCE THAT WAS AROUND THERE NOW.
PART OF A FDOT PLAN.
THE CAC HAS BEEN A VOCAL PART OF KEEPING THAT CEMETERY UP
WHEN IT WAS ASKED.
I DON'T THINK IT IS A PROBLEM NOW.
THE FENCING IS UP, THE METAL ONE.
11:20:57AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
ALL IN FAVOR.
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
OKAY.
COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:21:01AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I AM GLAD THIS WAS BROUGHT UP.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN VIERA.
I SPENT A LOT OF I'M IN CEMETERIES.
JUST A -- I GUESS A HOBBY THAT I HAVE.
AND I HAVE BEEN TO MANY ALL OVER THE PLACE.
AND I SEE HOW WELL THEY ARE PRESERVED.
PEOPLE ASK ME -- PEOPLE TEASE ME.
WHY YOU SPEND SO MUCH TIME IN THE GRAVEYARD, BECAUSE IT'S --
IT IS NOT LIKE VISITING A MUSEUM.
IT IS NOT LIKE -- I DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN IT.
BUT IT IS -- SO THE DEAD KNOW THEY ARE NOT FORGOTTEN, RIGHT.
SO MANY SIGNIFICANT AND IMPORTANT PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS
COMMUNITY.
IF YOU GO TO THE CEMETERIES THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED IN SO MANY
WAYS.
MY GRANDPARENTS ARE AT MYRTLE HILL.
OTHER PEOPLE -- PIONEERS IN TAMPA UP THE STREET IN OAKLAND.
OTHERS HAVE WOODLAWN.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT IS SO IMPORTANT.
WHAT HAPPENS WITH OWNERSHIP AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS
CEMETERY, THAT THIS CEMETERY IS TREATED LIKE THESE OTHERS.
THE PEOPLE THAT CAME BEFORE US, THE ANCESTORS, PIONEERS AND
PEOPLE WHO BUILD THIS COMMUNITY ARE NOT FORGOTTEN AND ARE
TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT EVEN AFTER THEY PASSED.
MEMORIAL CEMETERY IS SOMETHING I HAVE HEARD ABOUT FOR A
VERY, VERY LONG TIME.
LACK OF UPKEEP.
AND I JUST WANT TO SEE IT GARNER THE SAME RESPECT THAT --
THAT WE OFFER TO OTHER CEMETERIES, PRIVATE AND PUBLIC
THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF TAMPA.
I AM GLAD THIS WAS BROUGHT UP.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO JANUARY WHEN WE GET THAT UPDATED
REPORT.
THANK YOU.
11:22:34AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:22:36AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A POLICE OFFICER, I
WOULD GO AND DO REPORTS AND LOOK AT THE NAMES -- A LOT OF
FAMOUS PEOPLE.
YOU SEE DIFFERENT STONES THAT ARE MADE -- MARKERS -- MY
FATHER PASSED AWAY, I REMEMBER THE STONE.
I ALWAYS WANTED TO HAVE MYSELF IF WOULD BE TO DIE.
AND MADE IT OUT OF THE STONE.
AND PEOPLE NEED TO BE MORE AWARE, AND YOU GET TO SEE PEOPLE.
LIKE MR. STONE -- A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, STONE FUNERAL,
STONE WAS A BIG FAMILY.
YOU GO TO A SEMINOLE HEIGHTS TERRY -- IT IS NOT WEIRD.
11:23:18AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YOU WERE THERE WHEN MY GRANDMOTHER
PASSED AWAY.
AND WHERE MY ETERNAL CONDO WILL BE.
I WILL BE THERE THE CRYPT RIGHT THERE.
A FRIEND OF MINE CAME WITH ME.
I SAID LET'S JUST TAKE A WALK AND SHOW YOU SOME OF THE
NAMES.
HE GOES, IS THAT -- IS THAT SO -- I SAID THAT IS THE BRIDGE.
AND THAT IS THE BUILDING.
THAT IS THE STREET.
YOU KNOW, I SEE HOW SOME CEMETERIES -- THAT ONE IS PRIVATELY
OWNED.
HOW THEY ARE MAINTAINED.
THAT PERPETUAL CARE THEY TALK ABOUT AND PERPETUAL CARE
FUNDS.
COUNCILMAN MENTIONED.
SERVING IN WORLD WAR I AND PIONEERS THAT BUILT THIS CITY
FROM WAY BACK, EARLY 1800s AND THE EARLY DAYS OF TAMPA.
ANYTHING IN SUPPORT, I WILL BE IN SUPPORT OF.
THANK YOU.
11:24:09AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:24:11AM >>BILL CARLSON:
FIRST OF ALL, I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES.
WE SHOULD DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO PROTECT AND SUPPORT THE
CEMETERIES.
WE DON'T WANT IT TO BECOME THE NEXT ZION OR ANYTHING ELSE.
WHICH WANT TO PROTECT THE LEGACY OF THE PEOPLE THERE AND
THEIR FAMILIES.
SECOND THING THOUGH -- AND MAYBE THIS IS FOR CITY COUNCIL
ANOTHER DAY.
WE GOT TO LOOK AT WHAT OTHER REGULATIONS WE MIGHT, SHOULD OR
COULD PUT IN PLACE.
MY DATA IS A YEAR OR SO OLD.
BUT THE STATE REQUIRES A TRUST FUND THAT EQUAL TO MAYBE ONE
YEAR OF MAINTENANCE.
SO IF IT IS A PRIVATE CEMETERY -- I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT
THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR -- BUT IF IT IS A PRIVATE CEMETERY
AND MAKING MONEY ALL OF THE YEARS AND SELL ALL THE LAND, IF
NO REVENUE MECHANISM TO KEEP -- TO UPDATE IT, AT SOME POINT
DUMP TO THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.
NOT REALLY FAIR TO THE TAXPAYERS OF THE CITY AND THE COUNTY
TO PA I THAT IN THE FUTURE.
SITUATIONS LIKE THIS WHERE IT IS IN THE PAST WE NEED TO DO
THAT.
GOING FORWARD, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT REGULATIONS TO PUT
SAFEGUARDS IN FOR THE PUBLIC BECAUSE IF IT IS A COUPLE
HUNDRED THOUSANDS A YEAR, THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY AND INSTEAD
-- IF THERE IS SOME REGULATION THAT ANOTHER CITY USES TO
PROTECT TAXPAYERS WHILE THE OWNERS OF THE CEMETERY ARE
MAKING MONEY, THAT WILL BE GREAT TO LOOK AT.
THANK YOU.
11:25:40AM >>LUIS VIERA:
ONE LAST MORE THING, IF I MAY.
11:25:45AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:25:46AM >>LUIS VIERA:
I BRIEFLY MENTIONED IT, ONE OF THE REASON THE
CEMETERY IN PARTICULAR -- AND I AGREE WITH THE COMMENTS MADE
-- THESE WERE AFRICAN-AMERICAN SOLDIERS AFTER WORLD WAR I
WHO SERVED.
SOME OF THEM KILLED IN ACTION.
WORLD WAR I 1917-1918.
40 YEARS AT THE END OF RECONSTRUCTION AND HERE ARE
INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE NOT TREATED -- CITIZENS TO SAY THEY
WERE NOT GIVEN RESPECT IS ONE HELL OF AN UNDERSTATEMENT AND
WORE THIS COUNTRY'S UNIFORM.
WORE THEM OVERSEAS.
MANY OF THEM WERE KILLED IN ACTION.
THOSE WHO DID RETURNED, IOTA OF DIGNITY AND RESPECT TREATED
AS AMERICANS IN THE HIGHEST RATE OF LYNCHINGS WE WOULD HAVE
THE UNITED STATES AND THE HIGHEST FROM AFTER WORLD WAR I AND
SOLDIERS WERE RETURNING AND IT DEMANDING RESPECT.
THIS CEMETERY IS VERY, VERY POIGNANT IN THAT REGARD.
A CEMETERY WITH A LOT OF VETERANS BUT ALSO WITH A MEMORIAL.
SPECIFICALLY PAYS TRIBUTES TO THOSE WORLD WAR I VETERANS IN
TAMPA.
AFRICAN-AMERICANS WHO SERVED AND GAVE ALL AT A TIME WHEN
THEY WERE NOT GIVEN THE PROPER RESPECT THEY SHOULD HAVE
BEEN.
SO MUCH THERE AND WE ARE VERY PASSIONATE FOR PRESENTATION OF
THE CEMETERY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND WE LOOK FORWARD
TO HAVING THIS COME BACK IN JANUARY.
THANK YOU, GUYS.
11:27:09AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:27:12AM >> ITEM NUMBER 6, RECOMMENDED APPOINTMENT OF ARNOLD TREABO
TO THE YBOR CAC AS EX-OFFICIO OF SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
11:27:26AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
A MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA AND
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
I BELIEVE WE NEED A ROLL CALL VOTE FOR THIS.
11:27:34AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YES.
11:27:35AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
11:27:36AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES.
11:27:37AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
11:27:38AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
11:27:40AM >>BILL CARLSON:
YES AND.
11:27:46AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
11:27:48AM >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:27:50AM >> AND AN APPOINTMENT TO THE DOWNTOWN CAC.
11:27:55AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:28:01AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
11:28:02AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
11:28:03AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES.
11:28:04AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
11:28:06AM >>BILL CARLSON:
YES.
11:28:08AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YES.
11:28:09AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
11:28:10AM >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:28:12AM >> NUMBER 8 OF ANDREW KUNISH TO THE CENTRAL PARK CAC.
11:28:18AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:28:22AM >>BILL CARLSON:
: YES.
11:28:24AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
11:28:26AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
11:28:27AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES.
11:28:28AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
11:28:29AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YES.
11:28:30AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
11:28:31AM >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:28:37AM >> ITEM NUMBER 9, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A MEMO WITH
MODIFICATIONS OF THE GRANT PACKET.
TO CLARIFY THIS IS FOR MAINLY SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL
STRUCTURES DUPLEXES OR ACCESSORY STRUCTURES USED FOR
PURPOSES.
AND THE OTHER CLARIFICATION IS IF IT IS RENTAL PROPERTY
CONTINUE TO BE RECEIVING EMERGENCY ROOF GRANT FROM THERE
YEARS OF THE COMPLETION OF THE ROOF THEY CAN RAISE THE
REPRESENT 3% OVER WHAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY CHARGING A
RESTRICTING COVENANT.
THOSE ARE THE TWO PRIMARY CHANGES.
IF YOU ALL APPROVE THE ITEM, YOU APPROVE THE UPDATED PACKET
WITH THE RESTRICTED COVENANTS.
11:29:31AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
EXCELLENT.
11:29:33AM >> SO AS DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY REFERENCED, EAST TAMPA CRA
EMERGENCY RESIDENTIAL EFFECT PROGRAM.
IF I MAY HAVE THE OVERHEAD CAMERA.
SHARE THE PARAMETERS OF THE PROGRAM WITH YOU --
11:29:48AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
TURN MY HEAD BACKWARDS.
11:29:51AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YOU NEED TO TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN.
11:29:57AM >> I WILL GET USED TO IT.
THERE WE GO.
SO THE EAST TAMPA CAC HEARD THIS ITEM AT THEIR JULY 12
REGULAR MEETING AND APPROVED IS WITH A 8-1 VOTE.
THE PROING IS REALLY SET UP -- IT IS DESIGN TO AID THOSE
RESIDENTS IN THE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT OF THEIR ROOF.
WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THAT WE THINK THIS WILL
IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND SO BY IMPLEMENTING THIS PROGRAM WE WILL REDUCE FURTHER
DAMAGE TO THE HOUSING UNIT.
THE PROGRAM PROVIDES UP TODAY 15,000 IN GRANT ASSISTANCE FOR
THAT REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT OF THE ROOF.
AS YOU SEE HERE, A LIST OF ELIGIBLE IMPROVEMENTS WE LAID OUT
FROM SHINGLES TO EAVES TO FASCIA, VENTING AND GUTTERS AS
WELL IF THEY ARE PART OF THE HOME AND SOME ROOF TRUSSES.
OUR GOAL HERE IS TO REALLY ADDRESS SOME OF THE RESIDENTS WHO
ARE EAST TAMPA RESIDENTS, WHO ARE ON THE HOUSING LIST FOR A
GOOD PERIOD OF TEAM.
THAT IS HOW WE CAME UP WITH THE FIRST ROUND OF APPLICANTS OR
POTENTIAL RECIPIENTS FOR THIS PROGRAM.
A TOTAL OF 54 ON THAT LIST.
AND WE BELIEVE 50 OF THOSE OR APPROXIMATELY 50 OF THOSE ARE
HOMEOWNER-OCCUPIED.
JUST LOOKING AT THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROGRAM, AGAIN, IT
IS SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES, DUPLEXES AND ALSO THOSE LEGAL
ACCESSORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE THAT'S WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR
REPAIR.
AGAIN, THE GRANT WILL BE UP TODAY 15,000.
AND THOSE FUNDS WILL BE PAID DIRECTLY TO THE VENDOR.
WE ARE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN THIS PROGRAM DUE TO THE PURCHASING
POLICY THAT ALLOWS FOR US TO COMPLETE THESE REPAIRS UP TO
THIS AMOUNT.
AGAIN, THE -- JUST LOOKING AT THIS.
WE DO HAVE SOME PROTECTIONS WITHIN THE PROGRAM.
WHERE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HOMEOWNERS STILL
ELIGIBLE FOR OTHER HOUSING PROGRAMS BECAUSE THEY ARE
RECEIVING THIS EMERGENCY REPAIR TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF
LIFE.
THEY STILL WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE OTHER HOUSING
IMPROVEMENTS TO THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF THEIR HOMES.
AND AGAIN, THE LANDLORDS MUST LIMIT THOSE RENT INCREASES TO
3% RENEWAL WITH THE TENANT HAVING THE FIRST RIGHT WITHIN THE
24-MONTH PERIOD AND REALLY TO ANSWER YOUR EARLIER QUESTION,
COUNCILMAN GUDES, WE DON'T HAVE A TON OF RESTRICTIONS ON
THIS.
GOAL IS TO MAKE THIS EASILY ACCESSIBLE AS POSSIBLE TO THOSE
RESIDENTS.
OUR INTENT AFTER THE FIRST ROUND TO GO OUTS AND INVENTORY
INDIVIDUAL HOMES.
IDEALLY THE BLUE TARPS WE SEE ON THE HOMES.
THE STAFF WILL POUND THE PAVEMENT AND TAKE NAMES AND
ENCOURAGE THOSE PEOPLE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR PROGRAM.
I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
11:32:44AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:32:46AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
MAN, SOMEBODY HAS FINALLY LISTENED.
THIS IS WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT, NOT BEING AFRAID.
GLAD YOU ARE UP TO THE 15.
MOST ROOF REPAIRS BECAUSE OF THE COST OF MATERIALS HAVE GONE
UP DRAMATICALLY.
JUST DID A COUPLE OF ROOFS.
THE COST IS CRAZY.
GLAD YOU MADE THAT AMOUNT.
ONCE THE ROOF GOES, THE INTERIOR GOES, THE DRYWALL, THE
INSIDE WALL, IT IS A MESS.
I AM GLAD IT WILL NOT HAMPER A PERSON TO GET TO THE NEXT
PROGRAM.
PROBABLY WHEN WE DO THIS -- YOU HAVE TO LOOK TO MAKE SURE
THAT WAY THEY ARE NOT LOST, BUT NOW YOU GOT THIS.
CAN I APPLY FOR THAT.
GET THEM ON THE LIST AND START MAKING THE TRAIN REALLY MOVE.
I APPLAUD THE FOLKS FOR LISTENING TO ME.
IT HAS BEEN A LONG-TIME COMING.
THE STOCK IS THERE AND WE HAVE TO REHAB WHAT IS THERE TO PUT
PEOPLE IN THEM SO THEY ARE NOT HOMELESS.
I THANK STAFF AND THE CAC FOR DOING THIS.
11:33:45AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
11:33:47AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:33:50AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I KNOW THAT ROOFS ARE EXPENSIVE.
USUALLY DONE BY SQUARE.
THEY CHARGE YOU WITH THE SQUARE.
WHAT IS MORE EXPENSIVE IS WHEN YOU GO UNDER THAT FASCIA AND
FIND THE WOOD IS ROTTED OUT.
BECAUSE THEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT -- YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW IF
THE 2 Xs ARE DAMAGED AND THE COST OF REPAIR COMES IN.
PLYWOOD IS VERY EXPENSIVE AND WHAT YOU SHOULD UP THERE.
I OPEN THE OWNER-OCCUPIED ONES GO FIRST AND THE TENANTS GO
RIGHT AFTER THAT.
THANK YOU.
11:34:25AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:34:27AM >>BILL CARLSON:
I KNOW THE STATE HAS BEEN LOOKING AT
INSURANCE FRAUD WHERE THEY CLAIM THAT CONTRACTOR ALSO KNOCK
ON DOORS AND SAY THEY CAN GET A FREE ROOF AND REPLACE THE
ROOF BEFORE THE INSURANCE COMPANY CAN EVEN INSPECT IT.
DO WE HAVE SOME KIND OF INSPECTION PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE THE
ROOFS IN PLEAS SO IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE CAN GET
APPROVAL OF AFTER THE FACT.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT FIRST AND DECIDE IT NEEDS TO BE
REPAIRED.
11:34:58AM >> WE DO, COUNCILMAN.
SOME APPLICATION, INTAKE PROCESSES WE DO HAVE, PHOTOS AND
THINGS LIKE THAT TO MAKE SURE THE ROOF DOES NEED TO BE
REPAIRED.
AGAIN, THE FIRST 50 OR SO PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THIS LIST WERE
ALREADY ON THE HOUSING LIST.
AND WE BASICALLY TOOK THEM OUT OF THE QUEUE.
AND EXPEDITED -- WE INTEND TO EXPEDITE THEIR REPAIRS AS
LISTED IN THE HOUSING QUEUE.
WE HAVE DONE LEGWORK FOR THOSE.
THOSE FUTURE RESIDENCES, WE WILL MAKE SURE WE DO THE DUE
DILIGENCE.
11:35:27AM >>BILL CARLSON:
LIKE MY COLLEAGUES, I KNOW THIS IS A GREAT
IDEA.
AS YOU KNOW I DON'T LIKE FACADE GRANTS.
I WILL MOST RATHER FUNDING IS LIKE THIS OR RENOVATION BESIDE
FACADE.
THANK YOU.
11:35:39AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOVE TO APPROVE.
11:35:41AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECOND.
11:35:42AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO MADE THE MOTION.
AND COUNCILMAN GUDES SECONDED.
APPROXIMATELY ROLL CALL.
11:35:51AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YES.
11:35:52AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
11:35:53AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES.
11:35:54AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
11:35:55AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
11:35:56AM >>BILL CARLSON:
YES.
11:35:57AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
11:35:58AM >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:36:02AM >> ITEM NUMBER 10 IS A FUNDING REPROGRAMMING FOR EAST TAMPA
CRA TO ALLOW FOR ADMINISTRATION OF THIS PROGRAM.
WE WILL BE SHIFTING MONEY FROM -- APPROXIMATELY $250,000
FROM A COVID ASSISTANCE FUND TO BUSINESSES, AND THEN ANOTHER
$1.5 MILLION FROM THE EAST TAMPA DETERIORATED HOUSING
REBUILT PROGRAM.
THOSE TWO LINE ITEMS WILL SEE THOSE FUNDS SHIFT INTO THE
EMERGENCY ROOFING REPAIR PROGRAM AND STAFF IS SEEKING
APPROVAL OF THIS REPROGRAMMING.
11:36:34AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:36:40AM >>BILL CARLSON:
YES.
11:36:42AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
11:36:43AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
11:36:44AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES.
11:36:45AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
11:36:46AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YES.
11:36:46AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
11:36:47AM >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:36:50AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I SEE YOU AVERAGE $14,000 A ROOF THEN.
FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
CLOSE TO IT.
11:36:56AM >> ITEM NUMBER 11 IS A REQUEST TO REPROGRAM $50,000 FROM A
LAND ASSEMBLAGE TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF THE
CHANNEL DISTRICT CRA'S PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT FOR STREET
PROJECTS.
DUE TO THE NEED FOR TREE SURVEY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT APPROVAL.
11:37:16AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
SO MOVED.
11:37:18AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
SECOND.
11:37:19AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ROLL CALL.
11:37:24AM >>BILL CARLSON:
YES.
11:37:25AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
11:37:26AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
11:37:27AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES.
11:37:28AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
11:37:29AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YES.
11:37:30AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
11:37:31AM >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:37:34AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES, COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:37:36AM >>BILL CARLSON:
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW SINCE YOU ARE LOOKING
AT SOME OF THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME.
11:37:40AM >> YES.
11:37:41AM >>BILL CARLSON:
A DISCUSSION WE HAD A YEAR OR TWO AGO THAT
STAFF HAD PREVIOUSLY PUT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN THE INTEREST
LINE ITEM ON THE BUDGET.
AND WE ASKED THAT THEY PUT IT INTO A RESERVE FUND OR SOME
OTHER -- SOME OTHER ACCOUNT AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
BUT IF YOU ARE MOVING MONEY FROM ONE ACCOUNT ANOTHER, PLEASE
MAKE SURE YOU LOOK AT THOSE TWO ACCOUNTS, WHATEVER THEY ARE
CALLED NOW.
BUT IN PARTICULAR, MAKE SURE THERE IS NOT A BUNCH OF MONEY
ACCUMULATING IN THE INTEREST ACCOUNT TO SWEEP INTO SOMETHING
LIKE THIS.
THANK YOU.
11:38:12AM >> SO MOVED.
11:38:14AM >> SECOND.
11:38:15AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO --
11:38:20AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
I BELIEVE IT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE.
THAT WE CLEAN THOSE ACCOUNTS UP, I BELIEVE.
MISS VAN LOAN DID THAT ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
11:38:27AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY, SO WE -- SO THIS MOTION WE DON'T NEED.
11:38:31AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
YOU CAN MAKE THE MOTION, BUT I WANTED TO
LET YOU KNOW I THINK THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE.
OH, YOU ARE TALKING OF THE PROGRAM?
OKAY, ALL RIGHT.
11:38:42AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
GO AHEAD.
11:38:43AM >> ITEM NUMBER 12 IS ACTUALLY A COLLECTIVE REPROGRAMMING OF
FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH CHANNEL DISTRICT ROADWAY
IMPROVEMENTS.
THESE DATE BACK TO AUGUST OF 2021.
IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT WE NEEDED TO CORRECT
THIS BEFORE THE CLOSE OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
SO THIS -- THIS IS ACTUALLY A -- TWO AMOUNTS THAT ARE BEING
ADJUSTED HERE.
THE FIRST IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,348,917.
THE SECOND IS A REDUCTION WHICH WOULD BE SHIFTED INTO
ANOTHER ACCOUNT TO MAKE THAT WHOLE OF $226,505 THAT WILL BE
RESTORED TO THE AMOUNT FOR THE AQUARIUM PARKING LOT PROJECT.
JUST FOR CLARITY, THESE REALLOCATIONS DO NOT INCREASE
FUNDING FOR ANY PROJECTS.
AND STAFF IS JUST RECOMMENDING APPROVAL ON THIS.
11:39:38AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SO MOVED.
11:39:39AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
SECOND.
11:39:40AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
ROLL CALL.
11:39:47AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
11:39:48AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES.
11:39:50AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
11:39:52AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YES.
11:39:53AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
11:39:55AM >>BILL CARLSON:
YES.
11:39:55AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
11:39:56AM >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:40:00AM >> ALL RIGHT.
AND ITEM NUMBER 13 IS A GRANT AGREEMENT FOR THE REPAIR,
RENOVATION, RESTORATION AND REHABILITATION OF TAMPA UNION
STATION.
THIS RESOLUTION -- ACTUALLY WENT -- I BELIEVE IT WENT BEFORE
YOU AS A -- AS A COUNCIL.
SO NOW IT IS BACK BEFORE YOU AS A CRA BOARD.
11:40:17AM >>BILL CARLSON:
SO MOVED.
11:40:22AM >> SECOND.
11:40:23AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
BEFORE WE VOTE ON IT, I WOULD LIKE TO
THANK COUNCILMAN CARLSON FOR BEING A CHAMPION OF TAMPA UNION
STATION.
I WAS THERE RECENTLY.
I WALKED OVER.
BEAUTIFUL BUILDING THAT DESERVES PRESERVATION.
I AM GLAD WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS.
11:40:36AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR -- SORRY, ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:40:44AM >>BILL CARLSON:
YES.
11:40:48AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
11:40:49AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
11:40:50AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES.
11:40:51AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
11:40:53AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YES.
11:40:54AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
11:40:55AM >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:40:57AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
ONE POINT OF QUESTION.
FOR ITEM NUMBER 5, COUNCILMAN VIERA MADE A MOTION.
DID WE VOTE ON THAT?
11:41:06AM >> I DON'T THINK WE DID.
11:41:07AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCILMAN CITRO BROUGHT THAT TO MY
ATTENTION.
I WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK.
THANK YOU.
11:41:18AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
I THOUGHT WE SKIPPED.
11:41:20AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
AND WE VOTED.
OKAY.
EXCELLENT.
WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK.
11:41:23AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN.
EXCUSE ME, MADAM CHAIR.
11:41:27AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
ANY -- SO ANY BUSINESS -- COUNCILMEMBER
CARLSON?
OH, I AM SORRY --
11:41:37AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF WE HAVE DONE IT BEFORE, THAT IS FINE.
BUT IF WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVE TO KNOW HOW MANY LOTS ARE
BUILDABLE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA OF THE CRA DISTRICT SO WE CAN
USE SOME OF THE MONEY OF CRA TO START BUILDING AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
AND I HAVE ALWAYS SUPPORTED FACADE GRANTS TO A POINT, BUT
SOMETIMES EMERGENCIES THAT COME UP THAT ARE NEEDED TO LOOK
AT SOONER THAN WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST.
NOTHING WRONG WITH WHAT WE HAVE DONE.
WE IMPROVED THE AREA FROM DECAYING FURTHER, BUT TIME TO PUT
THE NAIL AND THE HAMMER TO WORK.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW -- HOW MUCH LAND WE HAVE ASSEMBLED.
ANY BUILDABLE LOTS THAT ARE ASSEMBLED TO BUILD AFFORDABLE
HOUSING WITH CRA MONEY.
11:42:24AM >> IS THAT A MOTION?
11:42:25AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THAT A MOTION?
11:42:26AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE, BUT I
WANT TO LET YOU KNOW UNDER STATE LAW, WE ARE NOW SUPPOSED TO
BE COMING UP WITH AN OVERALL INVENTORY OF ALL CITY-OWNED
PROPERTY NOT ONLY IN THE CRA AND CITYWIDE AND BRING THAT
BEFORE YOU ALL AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION WHAT CAN BE USED
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND THAT PROCESS IS BEING DONE AT THIS POINT IN TIME FROM
OUR REAL ESTATE DIVISION AND SHOULD BE COMING FORWARD SOON.
11:42:53AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SOON IS WHAT DATE, ABOUT?
11:42:56AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
THE REAL ESTATE DIVISION DIRECTOR OR
MANAGER IS ON VACATION, BUT I BELIEVE -- I BELIEVE IT IS
GOING TO BE COMING TO YOU MAYBE IN AUGUST.
AS SOON AS NEXT MONTH.
11:43:06AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
AUGUST WILL BE FINE.
11:43:11AM >> I WAS JUST ABOUT TO ADD THAT SOMETHING IN THE WORKS WHILE
SHE IS ON VACATION, AND I DO THINK WE WILL BE CONCLUDED.
11:43:18AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I AM READING MINDS.
KNOWING ON VACATION.
11:43:22AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SO WE ARE STILL -- WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
AND I BELIEVE COUNCILMAN CARLSON SECONDED THAT.
ALL IN FAVOR?
OKAY.
ANY OPPOSED.
OKAY.
COUNCILMAN CITRO.
11:43:39AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THE LAST MOTION I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD -- I
GOT MY ANSWER IF WE WERE GOING TO SEPARATE THE PROPERTIES
WITHIN THE CITY FROM THOSE IN THE CRAS.
I GOT MY ANSWER, MADAM CHAIR.
11:43:53AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:43:57AM >>LUIS VIERA:
I WANT STAFF TO COME BACK OF THE CRA MEETING
IN NOVEMBER ON THE FEASIBILITIES OF PROVIDING LEGALLY
AUTHORIZED -- I DON'T WANT TO USE THE WORD ASSISTANCE, BUT
CRA FUNDS TO THE EXTENT THAT IT CAN TO MEET WITH INDIVIDUALS
-- AND I CAN CONNECT WITH THEM TO THE MARTI MACEO SOCIAL
CLUB IN YBOR CITY THAT CONTINUES TO HAVE FINANCIAL PROBLEMS.
AND TO THE INTENT THAT THEY CAN HAVE ISSUE WITH ISSUES LIKE
FACADE, WHATEVER YOU WOULD LIKE TO CALL IT.
I WILL MAKE A MOTION OF FEASIBILITY OF THAT.
LET'S TRY NOVEMBER.
IF YOU NEED MORE TIME, PLEASE, THAT IS FINE.
11:44:32AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
A MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
NOVEMBER 10 -- NOVEMBER 10 WORKS.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
ANYTHING ELSE?
11:44:45AM >> NO.
11:44:46AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:44:49AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
NO, NOTHING.
I AM GLAD TO HEAR MARTI MACEO BROUGHT UP.
I USED TO GO THERE WITH MY GRANDMOTHER OFTEN.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE PASSED AWAY.
BUT US AS COUNCILMEMBERS TO VISIT AND GO, AND SIGNIFICANT TO
THE HISTORY OF YBOR.
WE KNOW JOSE MARTI.
WE DON'T OFTEN TALK OF GENERAL MACEO WHO HAD FAMILY MEMBERS
-- SHE WAS KNOWN AS REMEMBER MACEO.
SHE PASSED AWAY RECENTLY.
AND FAMILY MEMBERS ARE STILL AROUND, AND WE NEED TO KEEP THAT
LEGACY GOING.
THAT CLUB HAS BEEN THERE WITH THE AFRO-CUBAN POPULATION
OVER A CENTURY.
AND, AGAIN, WE HAVE TO KEEP THIS HISTORY ALIVE.
VERY GOOD.
11:45:33AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCILMAN CITRO.
11:45:35AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.
I WOULD LIKE TO WISH A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ONE OF OUR CITY
HALL FAMILY.
RICHIE MACHADO, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, BROTHER.
11:45:51AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SECOND.
[LAUGHTER]
11:45:53AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THAT'S IT.
11:45:54AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCILMAN GUDES.
11:45:56AM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
NOTHING TODAY, BUT I WANT TO SAY THE WORK
THAT THE CRA MANAGERS ARE DOING RIGHT NOW IS A DIFFERENT VIBE
GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
PUSHING THINGS THROUGH, GETTING THEM DONE.
SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK -- I KNOW WE APPRECIATE THE
WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING.
BUT NOW A DIFFERENT VIBE TO REALLY TRY TO GET THINGS -- NOT
SAYING WHAT WE EXPECT DO, BUT WHAT WE CAN DO AND FIND A WAY
TO GET IT DONE, WITH THE NEW LEADERSHIP WITH MISS TRAVIS.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:46:28AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
ANYTHING ELSE?
11:46:31AM >>LUIS VIERA:
MAY I QUICK.
NOT A MOTION.
WE OFTEN NOTE PEOPLE WHO PASS ON BUT JUDGE ROBERT FOSTER OF
THE 13th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.
OVER 20 YEARS A TRIAL JUDGE THERE.
HE WAS JUST A GREAT GUY AND HE PASSED ON A FEW DAYS AGO.
HE -- I HAVE KNOWN HIM AS AN ATTORNEY BEING IN HIS COURT
ROOM FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS BUT I GOTTEN TO BE FRIENDS WITH
HIM OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS BECAUSE OF MY WIFE.
HE WAS JUST A GOOD GUY.
I LIKED HIM A LOT.
AND WE ALL MOURN HIM.
HE WAS SUCH A FUN-LOVING GUY.
HE MOVED INTO HUNTERS GREEN IN THE LAST YEAR AND STARTED
MAKING A LOT OF TROUBLE THERE -- I MEAN THAT LOVINGLY.
JUST SUCH A GOOD GUY.
GOD BLESS HIM.
GOD REST HIS SOUL AND HIS FAMILY AND ALL THAT LOVED HIM.
OUR SINCERE CONDOLENCES.
11:47:20AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MR. MIRANDA.
11:47:22AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THE PASSING AWAY OF DAVID TIPPIN.
THE WATER PLANT IS NAMED AFTER, DAVID TIPPIN.
HE LED THE CITY FOR MANY YEARS OF THE DIRECTOR OF WATER AND
DOING A JOB OF SETTING THE PAVEMENT OF A ROAD TO FOLLOW FOR
THE CITIZENS TO HAVE THE BEST WATER QUALITY AT THE BEST
PRICE POSSIBLE.
HE WAS A GIANT NOT ONLY IN SIZE BUT THE WAY HE APPROACHED
THINGS AND THE WELL-MANNERED DEMEANOR.
HE SEEMED TO NEVER GET AGITATED.
BRETT OWEN I LOOKED AT HIM.
HE LOOKED AT ME AND KEPT WALKING.
HE TOLD ME MORE BY NOT SAYING ANYTHING THAN TO SAY YOU ARE
WRONG.
HE WAS A GREAT GUY AND TAUGHT A LOT ABOUT WATER AND LATER ON
BECAME HEAD OF THE WATER DEPARTMENT BRAD BAIRD.
11:48:11AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCILMAN CITRO.
11:48:13AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
MADAM CHAIR, I APOLOGIZE.
MONDAY WAS THE BIRTHDAY OF A GIANT IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
AND THAT IS THE HONORABLE EJ SALCINES.
EJ, HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
11:48:28AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WE HAVE A MOTION -- I HAVE A MOTION BUT NO
SECOND.
11:48:32AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
SECOND.
11:48:33AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO TO
RECEIVE AND FILE.
A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
ALL IN FAVOR.
OKAY.
CRA MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

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