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