TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 2022
BUDGET WORKSHOP
9:00 A.M.
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09:01:12AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: WELCOME TO THIS BUDGET WORKSHOP WE HAVE HELD
09:01:16AM TODAY.
09:01:17AM MY NAME IS JOSEPH CITRO, AND I'M CHAIR OF THIS MEETING.
09:01:21AM IF WE CAN ALL PLEASE RISE FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOLLOWED
09:01:25AM BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
09:01:26AM [MOMENT OF SILENCE]
09:01:40AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:01:41AM [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
09:01:53AM THANK YOU, PLEASE BE SEATED.
09:01:55AM ROLL CALL.
09:01:56AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
09:01:59AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE.
09:02:02AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
09:02:03AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: I'M HERE.
09:02:05AM >>CLERK: WE HAVE A QUORUM.
09:02:07AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON WILL NOT BE JOINING US,
09:02:10AM AND I AM SURE THAT COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK AND COUNCILMAN VIERA
09:02:14AM WILL BE HERE SHORTLY.
09:02:15AM CHIEF BENNETT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO -- WE ARE GOING TO GO HERE
09:02:22AM FIRST.
09:02:22AM THEN I AM GOING TO GO TO MR. MASSEY AND THEN TO PUBLIC
09:02:26AM COMMENT.
09:02:26AM CHIEF BENNETT, GIVE US A GUIDELINE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING.
09:02:31AM >>JOHN BENNETT: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:02:33AM JOHN BENNETT, CHIEF OF STAFF.
09:02:35AM FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL FOR
09:02:39AM ACCOMMODATING THIS BUDGET WORKSHOP.
09:02:42AM MY MEMORY SERVES ME WELL THIS IS THE SECOND TIME WE HAVE
09:02:46AM GONE THIS, TO PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY AND ADMINISTRATION
09:02:49AM OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION THAT WE TALKED
09:02:53AM ABOUT SEVERAL WEEKS AGO.
09:02:53AM AT THE COUNCIL'S PLEASURE, AFTER WE RECEIVED ONE-ON-ONE
09:02:58AM BRIEFINGS OVER THE LAST WEEK, WE SENT IN A MEMO YESTERDAY
09:03:02AM WITH A RECOMMENDED AGENDA TO MAKE USE OF THE TWO-HOUR TIME.
09:03:05AM THE COUNCIL'S PLEASURE, WE OFFERED AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT
09:03:11AM INTRODUCTION, OF COURSE, THE RECOMMENDED AGENDA, WHICH IS
09:03:13AM WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT NOW.
09:03:14AM CHIEF ROGERO WILL GIVE A RECAP OR HIGHLIGHTS OF THE
09:03:21AM PRESENTATION FROM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND HE WOULD TALK
09:03:23AM ABOUT THE OPEN GOV PLATFORM AND HOW THAT TRAINS PUBLIC
09:03:31AM OPPORTUNITY AND THE CLERK FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.
09:03:34AM FOLLOWING THAT, SPECIFICALLY A HOUSING PRESENTATION BECAUSE
09:03:36AM WE KNOW THAT IS ALL TOP ON MIND FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL'S
09:03:40AM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AROUND HOUSING.
09:03:41AM AND LASTLY, WE WOULD OPEN UP THE ENTIRE BUDGET WITH ALL OF
09:03:45AM STAFF BEHIND ME TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MAY
09:03:48AM HAVE IN ANY CATEGORY OF THE BUDGET.
09:03:49AM SO IF THAT IS COUNCIL'S PLEASURE, THAT THE AGENDA WE OFFER
09:03:53AM TO MAKE THE BEST OF THESE TWO HOURS AND OUR RECOMMENDATION.
09:03:56AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:03:58AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION.
09:04:01AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
09:04:07AM SECONDED BY MIRANDA.
09:04:08AM ALL IN FAVOR.
09:04:09AM OPPOSED.
09:04:10AM MR. MASSEY.
09:04:11AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: A SPECIAL CALLED TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
09:04:14AM WORKSHOP HELD IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS LOCATED THIRD
09:04:18AM FLOOR, 315 E. KENNEDY BOULEVARD IN TAMPA, FLORIDA, ON
09:04:21AM TUESDAY, AUGUST 16 AT 9 A.M.
09:04:23AM THE PUBLIC IS ABLE TO ATTEND THIS MEETING IN PERSON OR
09:04:26AM REVIEW IT BY CABLE TELEVISION ON SPECTRUM CHANNEL 640 OR
09:04:29AM FRONTIER CHANNEL 15 OR BY THE INTERNET
09:04:37AM VIA WWW.TAMPA.GOV/LIVESTREAM.
09:04:37AM THE PUBLIC IS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE EITHER HERE IN PERSON IN
09:04:41AM CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS OR BY WAY OF COMMUNICATION MEDIA
09:04:45AM TECHNOLOGY, CMT.
09:04:47AM USE OF CMT PROVIDES PREREGISTRATION TO THE CITY'S CLERK
09:04:52AM OFFICE.
09:04:52AM AND DIRECTIONS ARE LOCATED ON THE AGENDA.
09:04:57AM AND PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON.
09:05:01AM THE CITY'S 2023 BUDGET IS THE SOLE ITEM IN THIS WORKSHOP.
09:05:07AM PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE ENTERTAINED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
09:05:11AM MEETING AND NOT LATER UNLESS COUNCIL DETERMINES TO WAIVE ITS
09:05:15AM RULES.
09:05:15AM BUT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE ONLY GIVEN ONE OPPORTUNITY
09:05:19AM TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR
09:05:24AM 2023 OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:05:24AM CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO WAIVE CITY COUNCIL'S RULES TO ALLOW
09:05:28AM PUBLIC COMMENT BY CMT?
09:05:31AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
09:05:32AM SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:05:34AM ALL IN FAVOR?
09:05:36AM ANY OPPOSED?
09:05:37AM OKAY.
09:05:37AM LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK AND
09:05:41AM COUNCILMAN VIERA ARE ALSO IN ATTENDANCE.
09:05:43AM AT THIS TIME, WE WILL TAKE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS PERTAINING TO
09:05:48AM THIS BUDGET WORKSHOP.
09:05:50AM IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS THAT
09:05:54AM WISHES TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS BUDGET WORKSHOP?
09:06:05AM SEEING NONE, I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE ONLINE.
09:06:10AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:06:12AM CAN YOU HEAR ME?
09:06:14AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
09:06:16AM >> GOOD MORNING, STEPHANIE POYNOR, A CITIZEN OF THE CITY OF
09:06:21AM TAMPA AND A MEMBER OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.
09:06:22AM I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT LAST YEAR, WE PROPOSED AS
09:06:26AM THE BUDGET COMMITTEE THAT YOU -- THAT THE COUNCIL RECEIVE A
09:06:30AM RAISE THAT WOULD BE MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT OTHER CITIES OF
09:06:34AM OUR SIZE ARE RECEIVING.
09:06:38AM I READ MR. PREGO'S ARTICLE IN THE "TAMPA BAY TIMES."
09:06:43AM I WOULD LIKE TO ADD A FEW FACTS THAT WEREN'T INCLUDED.
09:06:47AM PLEASE EXCUSE MY NUMBERS FROM THE BUDGET FROM LAST YEAR
09:06:50AM BECAUSE I ONLY READ THE FIRST 100 PAGES OF THIS YEAR'S
09:06:53AM BUDGET, AND I WILL UPDATE THESE NUMBERS LATER AND SEND THEM
09:06:57AM TO YOU.
09:06:57AM ELEVEN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AVERAGE SALARY FOR THE SAME
09:07:01AM POSITIONS THAT YOU HAVE IS $72,000 A YEAR.
09:07:04AM NO, WE ARE NOT OTHER CITIES.
09:07:06AM BUT WE WANT REPRESENTATION THAT IS NOT INDEPENDENTLY
09:07:10AM WEALTHY.
09:07:10AM WE WANT REPRESENTATIONS THAT CAN PAY THEIR MORTGAGES WHILE
09:07:14AM THEY ARE SIT ON OUR COUNCIL.
09:07:15AM THIS IS NOT ABOUT YOU, THE CURRENT COUNCIL, THIS IS ABOUT
09:07:18AM THE FUTURE OF THE REPRESENTATION OF OUR CITY.
09:07:20AM CURRENTLY, IF YOUR SALARY FOR CITY COUNCIL WERE THE ONLY
09:07:26AM SOURCE OF INCOME FOR YOU, YOU ARE AT 80% OF AMI FOR A
09:07:31AM TWO-PERSON FAMILY.
09:07:32AM LAST YEAR, IT WAS FOR A THREE-PERSON FAMILY YOU WERE AT
09:07:35AM 100%.
09:07:35AM SO YOU GOT LESS BARGAINING POWER WITH THE FUNDS THAT YOU
09:07:39AM HAVE THIS YEAR THAN YOU HAD LAST YEAR.
09:07:41AM I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE NITTY GRITTY OF EVERYBODY'S
09:07:45AM PAYCHECK WHO APPEARS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL.
09:07:46AM LOOK AROUND THE ROOM IN FRONT OF YOU, COUNCIL PEOPLE.
09:07:50AM MOST OF THOSE FOLKS ARE MAKING SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN
09:07:56AM DOUBLE YOUR SALARY.
09:07:57AM THE MAYOR'S SALARY IS $175,000 A YEAR.
09:08:01AM CUT THAT IN HALF, THAT IS $87,000 PER YEAR, IF SHE WERE
09:08:06AM PART-TIME.
09:08:07AM BUT THOSE OF YOU WHO FOLLOW FACEBOOK, YOU WILL SEE THAT MOST
09:08:10AM OF THE FOLKS ON CITY COUNCIL ARE OUT EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK
09:08:13AM WORKING FOR THE CITIZENS RIGHT ALONG WITH THE MAYOR.
09:08:16AM SO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
09:08:18AM I TOOK THE TOP FIVE SALERIES FOR FIRE, POLICE, PARKS
09:08:23AM AND REC, REVENUE AND FINANCE, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, CHIEF OF
09:08:27AM STAFF, DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND
09:08:29AM INFRASTRUCTURE AND MOBILITY.
09:08:30AM THIS IS FROM THE YEAR 2022.
09:08:34AM NOT EVEN FOR THIS YEAR.
09:08:35AM AVERAGE FOR DEPARTMENTS WAS $150,000.
09:08:42AM CUT IT IN HALF, $75,000.
09:08:45AM I AM NOT A FAN OF OVERPAYING SERVICES.
09:08:47AM I AM CHEAP.
09:08:48AM ALL MY FRIENDS WILL TELL ME HOW CHEAP I AM.
09:08:51AM I WATCH THE BUDGET.
09:08:52AM I WATCH EXPENDITURES.
09:08:53AM I WATCH OUR TAX DOLLARS WHERE THEY GO.
09:08:55AM BUT WE ARE INVESTING IN OUR FUTURE.
09:08:57AM WE ARE TALKING OF AN EXPENDITURE OF $151,000 OVERALL FOR THE
09:09:02AM CITY BUDGET.
09:09:02AM I CAN'T EVEN CALCULATE THAT.
09:09:04AM I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE INSPECTION LOOK LIKE, BUT YOU WOULD
09:09:07AM HAVE TO CUT A PENNY INTO LITTLE BITTY PIECES, HUNDRED OR
09:09:12AM MORE PIECES IN ORDER TO SHOW THE WE WILL ADVANTAGES OF THIS
09:09:15AM INCREASE IN THE BUDGET.
09:09:16AM THE ARTICLE MADE A BIG DEAL.
09:09:20AM BUT WHAT IS A BIGGER DEAL OF HOW SMALL A PART OF THIS BUDGET
09:09:25AM IT IS AND THE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS THAT WE SPEND ON CITY
09:09:28AM SERVICES TO STUDY THIS OR STUDY THAT, I THINK THIS IS
09:09:31AM INVESTMENT FOR OUR FUTURE.
09:09:32AM PLEASE, COUNCIL, DO NOT MAKE THIS ABOUT YOU.
09:09:35AM MAKE THIS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY.
09:09:37AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
09:09:39AM IS THERE ANYONE ELSE ONLINE?
09:09:42AM THANK YOU.
09:09:42AM AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT THAT
09:09:45AM SOME OF THE PEOPLE MAY HAVE SEEN IN PRINT, AND I QUOTE, WHAT
09:09:50AM IT SAYS IS CITRO SAID VOTERS SHOULD HAVE THE CHANCE TO VOTE
09:09:57AM COUNCILMEMBERS OFF IF THEY DO NOT LIKE THE PAY RAISE.
09:10:03AM THAT IS NOT THE STATEMENT OR A PARAPHRASE.
09:10:05AM THE STATEMENT I SAID IS, I WAS ELECTED TO A CERTAIN PAY
09:10:10AM SCALE WITH AN INCREASE OF COST OF LIVING PER YEAR.
09:10:12AM THAT WAS A CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT I HAD WITH THE VOTERS.
09:10:18AM I WOULD PREFER TO WAIT UNTIL MAY 1 AFTER I AM REELECTED TO
09:10:23AM ENTER INTO A DIFFERENT PAY SCALE I WILL BE VOTED IN FOR.
09:10:30AM HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE VOTERS WANTING TO VOTE IN OR OUT
09:10:33AM OF OFFICE.
09:10:34AM THANK YOU.
09:10:35AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: I HOPE THEY ARE STILL IN ORDER.
09:10:46AM CAN I HAVE THE ELMO.
09:10:48AM DENNIS ROGERO, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
09:10:53AM HERE WE ARE.
09:10:57AM THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE THIS MORNING.
09:11:00AM OF COURSE, AS THE CHIEF OF STAFF SAID, I WILL PROVIDE YOU A
09:11:03AM VERY BRIEF RECAP OF SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.
09:11:06AM TO REFRESH EVERYONE'S MEMORIES, NEARLY $9.9 MILLION FOR NEXT
09:11:11AM YEAR.
09:11:12AM JUST UNDER A 4% INCREASE, PARDON ME, COMPARED TO THE CURRENT
09:11:17AM YEAR.
09:11:17AM THAT 4% IS DUE TO, AGAIN, ALL OF THE GREAT THINGS WE ARE
09:11:20AM DOING.
09:11:21AM INCREASING STAFFING, WHICH, OF COURSE, WE HEAR FROM
09:11:26AM DIFFERENT STAFF MEMBERS.
09:11:28AM AND INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS SHARE THAT WITH COUNCIL AS THE
09:11:32AM PROPERTY TAX GOES UP, SO IS THAT PIECE THAT GOES TO THE
09:11:36AM COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREAS.
09:11:37AM ADDITIONAL POLICE, FIRE AND RESCUE EQUIPMENT.
09:11:40AM HIGHER FUEL COSTS.
09:11:43AM WE MENTIONED THAT AND WILL MENTION THAT AGAIN.
09:11:45AM I AM ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN.
09:11:47AM ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR VEHICLES.
09:11:49AM FISCAL 2023 MAINTAINS THAT IN OUR VEHICLES INCLUDING PUBLIC
09:11:55AM SAFETY THAT WE ARE TRYING TO CATCH UP ON ALL THE WAY BACK
09:11:57AM FROM THE GREAT RECESSION, OVER $30 MILLION.
09:12:01AM CONTINUED FUNDING OF OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER PROJECTS.
09:12:04AM THE PIPES PROGRAM.
09:12:05AM EXPANSION OF THE SOLID WASTE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
09:12:09AM AND YOU WILL SEE MORE OF THAT IN THE FUTURE AS WE DISCUSSED.
09:12:12AM FACILITIES PROJECTS.
09:12:14AM INCREASED FUNDING FOR PARKS AND RECREATION.
09:12:17AM AND, OF COURSE, THE NEGOTIATED PAY INCREASES AND THE
09:12:22AM CONTRACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
09:12:24AM AGREEMENT.
09:12:26AM I WILL NOTE HERE ONE OF THE WAYS WE FUNDED ALL OF THE THINGS
09:12:30AM WE FUNDED BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF NEEDS WAS DEFERRAL OF THE
09:12:33AM PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER.
09:12:34AM IF YOU LOOKED THROUGH THE BUDGET AND YOU COMPLETE LOOKING
09:12:37AM THROUGH THE BUDGET, YOU WILL NOTICE IT IS NOT IN THERE.
09:12:39AM YOU MAY RECALL, THAT WAS GOING TO BE $100, $150 MILLION
09:12:43AM PROJECT.
09:12:43AM WE ARE SAVING MILLIONS IN GENERAL FUND DEBT SERVICE BY
09:12:47AM DEFERRING THAT PROJECT.
09:12:48AM OF COURSE, THAT DOESN'T CHANGE THE NEED FOR US TO LOCATE
09:12:53AM TAMPA POLICE HEADQUARTERS SOME PLACE.
09:12:55AM IT IS A VERY OLD BUILDING AND WE HAVE SOME DIFFICULTIES WITH
09:12:58AM IT AS YOU KNOW.
09:12:59AM BUT WE HAVE DEFERRED THAT IN ORDER TO FUND SOME OTHER
09:13:02AM THINGS.
09:13:02AM AND, AGAIN, THIS IS A BREAKOUT OF THE MAJOR FUNDS AS IS
09:13:07AM TYPICAL.
09:13:08AM GENERAL FUND AND THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS ARE THREE QUARTERS OF
09:13:12AM THE ENTIRE BUDGET, $1.866 BILLION.
09:13:16AM PUT THIS BREAKOUT THAT WE SEE.
09:13:23AM THE TWO MAJOR FUNDS THAT WE CONCENTRATE ON BECAUSE THEY ARE
09:13:28AM SUCH A LARGE -- OR SUCH LARGE COMPONENTS OF THE BUDGET.
09:13:32AM AGAIN ON THE LEFT, THE GENERAL FUND, POLICE AND FIRE IN
09:13:35AM THEIR ENTIRETY.
09:13:36AM PARKS AND RECREATION.
09:13:37AM TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER, NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
09:13:42AM AND MUCH OF OUR GOVERNMENT SUPPORT OPERATIONS.
09:13:45AM AND TO THE RIGHT, AGAIN, THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS.
09:13:48AM THOSE DEPARTMENTS RUN LIKE A BUSINESS.
09:13:50AM I SAID THAT BEFORE.
09:13:50AM THEY GOT TO MAINTAIN LIQUIDITY.
09:13:53AM THEY GOT TO MAINTAIN WHAT IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR WOULD BE A
09:13:56AM PROFIT.
09:13:57AM AND THEY ARE DOING THAT.
09:13:58AM AND THEY ARE DOING THAT VERY WELL.
09:13:59AM WATER, WASTEWATER, SOLID WASTE AND PARKING ARE THE PRIMARY
09:14:03AM ONES.
09:14:04AM A QUICK REVIEW OF THE SALARY ADJUSTMENTS.
09:14:13AM EXCUSE ME.
09:14:15AM QUICK REVIEW OF THE SALARY ADJUSTMENTS.
09:14:18AM THE OVERWHELMING EMPLOYEES RECEIVING 5.6% IN FISCAL YEAR
09:14:24AM '23.
09:14:25AM YOU SEE THE EXCEPTIONS, 6% FOR MANAGERS.
09:14:28AM 3% FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THE MAYOR IS STILL DECIDING ON
09:14:32AM THE DIRECTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS.
09:14:34AM AGAIN, A VERY, VERY STRONG COMPENSATION PACKAGE IN OUR
09:14:39AM OPINION, EMPHASIZING THE REWARDING OF VALUABLE EMPLOYEES
09:14:43AM THAT WE ALREADY HAVE AND THE RECRUITING OF OTHER VALUABLE
09:14:46AM EMPLOYEES IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.
09:14:48AM AGAIN, COUNCIL, SOMETHING YOU HAVE SEEN BEFORE AND YOU WILL
09:15:00AM SEE AGAIN.
09:15:00AM VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO US.
09:15:02AM THE ASSIGNED FUND BALANCE.
09:15:03AM WE STRESS THIS FREQUENTLY BECAUSE IT IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT
09:15:07AM METRIC OF OUR FINANCIAL HEALTH.
09:15:12AM YOU SEE WHAT I WOULD DESCRIBE AS A VERY NICE, STABLE FUND
09:15:16AM BALANCE AS WE REVERT TO OUR HISTORICAL OF 23% TO 24% OF OUR
09:15:20AM GENERAL FUND.
09:15:21AM GETTING OVER THAT HUMP YOU SEE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FEDERAL
09:15:25AM STIMULUS -- THE COVID FEDERAL STIMULUS THAT INFLATED FROM A
09:15:29AM HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OUR FUND BALANCE.
09:15:32AM BROAD LEE, THIS IS A NICE STABLE PICTURE 23, 24% WELL IN
09:15:38AM EXCESS, AGAIN, AS WE TYPICALLY DRIVE TO BE OF OUR POLICY OF
09:15:43AM 20%.
09:15:43AM THE RATING AGENCIES HAVE BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO US EXCEEDING
09:15:48AM -- EXCEEDING OUR POLICY BECAUSE THE POLICY IS MORE OF A
09:15:52AM FLOOR.
09:15:52AM NOT SOMETHING WE SHOOT FOR.
09:15:54AM WE SHOOT MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT.
09:15:56AM AND YOU HEARD ME SAYS IT PAID OFF.
09:15:58AM WHICH ALLOWING ME TO SEGUE INTO OUR CREDIT RATINGS.
09:16:09AM AGAIN, A BRIEF REMINDER.
09:16:11AM WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE.
09:16:13AM I AM CONFIDENT WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN.
09:16:16AM YOU AND THE PUBLIC EXPECT NOTHING LESS.
09:16:18AM SAVING A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY ON DEBT SERVICE AND, AGAIN,
09:16:21AM REALLY CONTINUING OUR REPUTATION AS A FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE
09:16:24AM AND WELL MANAGED ORGANIZATION AND BRINGING IT BACK HOME.
09:16:36AM THE ALMOST $1.9 BILLION, AGAIN.
09:16:39AM ALL THE CHALLENGES WE TALKED ABOUT.
09:16:41AM THEY ARE STILL THIS.
09:16:42AM AND WHAT YOU SEE HERE.
09:16:44AM THE SLIDES I SHARED WITH YOU.
09:16:46AM THE PRESENTATION WE HAD ON AUGUST 4 REFLECT A VERY STABLE
09:16:49AM FINANCIAL ENVIRONMENT MEETING THESE CHALLENGES AND THE
09:16:53AM FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
09:16:54AM THIS IS A FISCAL YEAR 2023 BUDGET, BUT WE FORECAST FAR AHEAD
09:16:59AM OF US TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY.
09:17:00AM OF COURSE, YOU READ THE NEWS WHETHER IT IS IN PAPER FORM OR
09:17:04AM INTERNET FORM.
09:17:05AM A GREAT DEAL OF UNCERTAINTY OUT THERE BUT WE HAVE THE BEST
09:17:08AM AND THE BRIGHTEST WORKING ON IT AND LOOKING AHEAD.
09:17:11AM VERY NICE BALANCED BUDGET.
09:17:19AM I WANT TO REMIND COUNCIL AND THE VIEWERS OF THE NEXT STEPS.
09:17:25AM THE CITIZENS ADVISORY BUDGET FINANCIAL COMMITTEE WILL BE
09:17:28AM MEETING NEXT FRIDAY.
09:17:29AM THIS IS THEIR INAUGURAL MEETING FOR THE FISCAL YEAR '23
09:17:33AM BUDGET AND THE TWO PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED IN EARLY AND
09:17:36AM RELATIVELY LATE SEPTEMBER.
09:17:38AM AS THE CHIEF MENTIONED ONCE AGAIN, THIS BUDGET HAS BEEN
09:17:51AM PROVIDED ON THE OPEN GOV PLATFORM.
09:17:55AM AS I MENTIONED BEFORE WE ARE OFFERING -- AND HAVE CONTINUED
09:17:58AM -- OFFERED AND CONTINUE TO OFFER TRAINING OPPORTUNITY.
09:18:01AM THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO HAVE TAKEN PART BUT GONE ABOVE AND
09:18:08AM BEYOND WHAT WE HAVE DONE BY PRINTING OUT HARD COPY EVERY
09:18:11AM SINGLE LINE ITEM OF EVERY DEPARTMENT CONTAINED OF THE
09:18:19AM OPEN GOV PLATFORM.
09:18:20AM WE HAD IT ABOUT A YEAR.
09:18:22AM EVERYBODY IS ACCLIMATED TO THE PLATFORM.
09:18:25AM IT IS TRANSPARENT BUT TAKES TIME AND TRAINING TO GET 100%
09:18:30AM OUT OF IT AND FOR A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST PRESENTED ALL
09:18:35AM THAT INFORMATION OUT.
09:18:35AM IT IS VERY THICK.
09:18:36AM A GREAT DEAL OF INFORMATION.
09:18:37AM PROBABLY THE MOST TRANSPARENT I HAVE SEEN SINCE I GOT HERE
09:18:41AM IN 2009 WHEN WE WENT FROM A LINE ITEM BUDGET TO A MORE
09:18:46AM PERFORMANCE BASED BUDGET.
09:18:49AM A GREAT DEAL OF INFORMATION.
09:18:50AM AS I SAID BEFORE THE 49th LARGEST CITY IN AMERICA.
09:18:54AM IT IS COMPLEX.
09:18:55AM IT IS EXPANSIVE.
09:18:57AM PLEASE HELP US GUIDE YOU THROUGH THERE.
09:18:59AM PLAY IN THE OPEN GOV PLATFORM.
09:19:02AM BUT WE WANT TO MAKE IT KNOWN THAT WE HAVE DONE OUR BEST
09:19:05AM REGARDLESS OF THE FORMAT, VIRTUAL OR HARD COPY, TO MAKE THAT
09:19:13AM INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
09:19:14AM AND THAT ENDS MY HIGHLIGHTS, COUNCIL.
09:19:20AM I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO NICOLE TRAVIS TO TALK ABOUT
09:19:23AM HOUSING.
09:19:23AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: IF I MAY, MR. ROGERO.
09:19:27AM WE WILL GO IN ORDER IN WHICH I HAVE SEEN HANDS UP.
09:19:30AM STARTING WITH COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
09:19:32AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: CERTAINLY, SIR.
09:19:35AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAD A QUESTION ON THE SALARIES.
09:19:38AM FIRST OF ALL, I BELIEVE THAT EVERYBODY DESERVES THAT 9.5%
09:19:43AM WHEREVER THEY ARE, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE THINGS
09:19:47AM WE DON'T TALK ABOUT WITH SALARIES.
09:19:48AM HOW ABOUT -- WHAT ABOUT HEALTH CARE.
09:19:50AM WHAT ABOUT OTHER BENEFITS.
09:19:51AM WHAT ARE WE PROVIDING FOR OUR EMPLOYEES THERE?
09:19:56AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: I WILL GIVE YOU SOME OPENING REMARKS AND
09:19:58AM THEN DEFER TO THE EXPERTS, BUT I THINK THIS THE CITY OF
09:20:02AM TAMPA, WE HAVE A VERY COMPETITIVE HEALTH CARE PROGRAM
09:20:05AM INCLUDING AS YOU HEARD MANY OF US MENTION OUR CLINICS FOR
09:20:08AM EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES.
09:20:10AM WE CREDIT THOSE CLINICS TO CONTRIBUTING A GREAT DEAL OF
09:20:15AM THAT.
09:20:16AM I DON'T HAVE THE SLIDE ON ME BUT THE DISPARITY OF THE
09:20:18AM NATIONAL TREND OF HEALTH CARE INCREASES AND WHAT WE ARE
09:20:22AM EXPERIENCING NOT ONLY NOW BUT HISTORICALLY.
09:20:24AM I THINK I SAID IT BEFORE AND I THINK I WILL SAY IT AGAIN, I
09:20:28AM DON'T ENVISION A TIME WHEN HEALTH CARE COSTS WILL GO DOWN
09:20:31AM BUT CERTAINLY -- AND I THINK WE HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB -- OF
09:20:36AM MITIGATING THOSE COSTS.
09:20:37AM IN TERMS OF THE PROGRAM, I WILL HAVE TO DEFER TO THE
09:20:41AM EXPERTS.
09:20:42AM HOLISTICALLY, WE ARE DOING WELL COMPARED TO THE NATIONAL
09:20:46AM AVERAGE.
09:20:47AM >>LYNN HURTAK: MY QUESTION REVOLVES AROUND, ARE WE PAYING
09:20:50AM FOR AN INCREASE THIS YEAR FOR A STAFF?
09:20:53AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: OH, UNDERSTOOD.
09:20:55AM 7.5% TO 8% INCREASE IN TERMS OF OUR COST.
09:21:01AM IN CONTRAST WITH THAT, WITH THE HEALTH CARE TRUST OF THE
09:21:05AM PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT -- THEY ARE NOT WITH US ANYMORE --
09:21:08AM BUT I CAN SPEAK TO THAT LEVEL IF YOU ARE WANTING TO KNOW ON
09:21:11AM AN AVERAGE PER EMPLOYEE BASIS.
09:21:13AM I DON'T KNOW, PERHAPS THE CHIEF DOES OR SOMEBODY DOES.
09:21:17AM WE CAN CERTAINLY CIRCLE BACK TO YOU WITH DETAILS.
09:21:20AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WANT TO KNOW ARE WE PAYING FOR THAT
09:21:22AM INCREASE?
09:21:23AM ARE THE CITY PAYING FOR IT OR PASSING IT ON TO THE EMPLOYEE.
09:21:26AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: CHIEF?
09:21:30AM >>JOHN BENNETT: AS CHIEF ROGERO SAID, THEY BROKE OFF OF THE
09:21:36AM HOME HEALTH CARE TRUST.
09:21:37AM AND PART OF THE AGREEMENT GOING INTO THAT RELATIONSHIP WAS
09:21:40AM TWO FOLD.
09:21:40AM ONE, IT DID NOT SQUEEZE OVER TO THE GENERAL EMPLOYEES.
09:21:43AM AND SO THAT HAS BEEN GUARDED VERY WELL.
09:21:46AM ALWAYS AN ANNUAL INCREASE IN HEALTH CARE, AND RECOMMENDED
09:21:50AM INCREASE THIS YEAR WAS 7.5% THAT WAS PAID BY THE EMPLOYEE
09:21:54AM AND WAS BELOW THE NATIONAL LEVEL AS I AM TOLD.
09:21:57AM IT IS ALSO BELOW WHAT THE PUBLIC SAFETY GROUPS NEGOTIATED
09:22:01AM WITH THE CITY BECAUSE THEY PUT THEIR CAP AT 8%.
09:22:05AM AND WE ARE ONLY CHARGING SEVEN AND A HALF PERCENT TO THE
09:22:10AM EMPLOYEES FOR AN INCREASE BUT THE EMPLOYEE DOES PAY THAT.
09:22:12AM ONE THING WE DID THIS YEAR WHICH WILL HAVE TO GO INTO DEEPER
09:22:16AM ANALYSIS, WHAT WE DID SHARE WITH THE GENERAL EMPLOYEES IS
09:22:20AM STREET TO STRATEGIZE THE CATEGORY OF INSURANCE.
09:22:24AM RIGHT NOW ONLY SINGLE AND FAMILY.
09:22:26AM WE TRY TO DO SINGLE PLUS ONE.
09:22:28AM AND ALSO SINGLE PLUS CHILDREN.
09:22:30AM AND WE TRIED TO GET FOUR DIFFERENT LANES.
09:22:32AM IT DID -- THE ANALYSIS DIDN'T COME OUT FAVORABLE WHEN THEY
09:22:36AM DID IT.
09:22:37AM IT DIDN'T OFFER THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO THOSE TWO NEW TIERS,
09:22:41AM BUT I THINK WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE METHODOLOGY AND
09:22:44AM GET THAT REFINED MAYBE FOR NEXT YEAR.
09:22:46AM RIGHT NOW AT 7.5% INCREASE AGAIN BELOW WHAT I AM TOLD IS THE
09:22:51AM NATIONAL STANDARD AND GUARDED AGAINST WHAT THE UNION'S
09:22:56AM INCREASES ARE TO MAKE SURE THE GENERAL EMPLOYEES ARE NOT IN
09:22:58AM A PUNITIVE STATE BASED ON THAT HEALTH CARE COST.
09:23:02AM >>LYNN HURTAK: GREAT.
09:23:03AM THANK YOU.
09:23:04AM AND ONE MORE QUESTION THAT I WOULD LOVE IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN
09:23:07AM -- YOU TALK ABOUT OUR CREDIT RATING.
09:23:09AM AND I KNOW IT IS WONDERFUL, BUT CAN YOU KINDS OF EXPLAIN TO
09:23:13AM THE PUBLIC WHY THAT MATTERS.
09:23:14AM >>JOHN BENNETT: CERTAINLY, MA'AM.
09:23:16AM I WILL START AT THE BROAD-BASED LEVEL FROM A
09:23:21AM REPRESENTATIONAL PERSPECTIVE.
09:23:23AM HIGH CREDIT RATING CONTRIBUTES TO OUR REPUTATION.
09:23:25AM WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT?
09:23:27AM BECAUSE IT IS LOVELY TO HAVE A REPUTATION, BUT WHEN WE GO TO
09:23:29AM ISSUE DEBT.
09:23:30AM WHEN WE TALK OF ANYTHING FROM A LARGE-SCALE FINANCIAL
09:23:33AM PERSPECTIVE ELSE, THE MARKET, POTENTIAL INVESTORS, THE
09:23:38AM CREDIT RATING AGENCIES.
09:23:40AM THEY LOOK AT THE CREDIT RATINGS AND WE ARE VERY, VERY HIGH
09:23:44AM AND SENDS A GREAT MESSAGE.
09:23:45AM WE ARE WORTH INVESTING IN.
09:23:47AM AND IT REALLY COMES TO FRUITION WHEN WE ARE ISSUING DEBT.
09:23:50AM WE ARE ISSUING A LOT OF DEBT TO GET ALL THESE THINGS DONE.
09:23:53AM THE MARKET POTENTIAL INVESTORS, RETAIL INVESTORS, INDUSTRIAL
09:23:58AM INVESTORS, THEY LOOK AT US THAT THIS IS A CITY THAT IS WORTH
09:24:02AM INVESTING IN.
09:24:03AM THEY HAVE HIGH CREDIT RATINGS.
09:24:05AM BY VIRTUE OF THAT AND DO NO OTHER RESEARCH -- THEY SHOULD DO
09:24:10AM OTHER RESEARCH -- BUT NO OTHER SNP, FITCH, MOODY'S COME IN
09:24:17AM WITH A FINE-TOOTH COMB AND LOOK AT OUR POSITION NOW AND
09:24:22AM WHERE WE ARE NOW, WE ARE WE ARE GOING.
09:24:26AM TAKES A GOOD DEAL OF MONEY BECAUSE IF WE TAKE OUT DEBT WE
09:24:30AM NEED A BETTER INTEREST RECENT.
09:24:32AM THE MORE COMPETITIVE WE CAN BE IN THE MARKET PLACE THE LOWER
09:24:35AM THAT INTEREST RATE.
09:24:36AM WE SHARED FOR YOU IN THE PAST AND DON'T KNOW THEM FRO
09:24:40AM MEMORY BUT MILLIONS AND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
09:24:43AM OVER TIME.
09:24:43AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
09:24:44AM >>JOHN BENNETT: YOU ARE VERY WELCOME.
09:24:46AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:24:49AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE TALKED OF SALARIES AND PEOPLE ARE
09:24:55AM E-MAILED US.
09:24:55AM TELL US ABOUT THESE CODES THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT.
09:25:01AM AND MAYBE WHAT YOU -- CAN YOU FIVE ME A DEFINITION OF THESE
09:25:04AM DIFFERENT CODES SO PEOPLE CAN UNDER STAND THEY ARE GETTING A
09:25:07AM RAISE.
09:25:07AM I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS COUNCIL IS GIVING EVERYBODY IN
09:25:13AM THE CITY SOMETHING RATHER THAN NOTHING.
09:25:15AM I UNDERSTAND THAT ADMINISTRATORS ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT
09:25:18AM BECAUSE THEIR PAY SCALES ARE HIGHER.
09:25:19AM BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE EMPLOYEES KNOW THEY ARE
09:25:22AM GETTING SOMETHING SO THEY CAN KNOW WHAT THAT IS AND THE
09:25:25AM PUBLIC CAN KNOW.
09:25:26AM BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING E-MAILS WHO SAY WE ARE NOT GETTING
09:25:29AM EVERYTHING.
09:25:29AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, SIR.
09:25:32AM I RECALL OUR BRIEFING AND WE WILL DO A BETTER JOB OF BEING
09:25:36AM MORE OVERT IN GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT OF.
09:25:38AM AS WE DID DISCUSS A LITTLE MORE CUT AND DRY WITH THE
09:25:41AM COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT AND A NEGOTIATION AND
09:25:49AM NONUNION EMPLOYEES AND THIS IS ALL DEPENDING ON THE ADOPTION
09:25:52AM OF THE BUDGET.
09:25:53AM HAVING SAID THAT, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TITLES WHETHER
09:25:59AM AN "N" CLASS, "S" CLASS, A PROFESSIONAL CLASS, ETC., ETC.
09:26:04AM I WILL TRY TO -- IF YOU ARE A PROFESSIONAL, A "N" CLASS,
09:26:10AM 9.5%.
09:26:10AM A "S" CLASS, A SUPERVISOR, 11.5%.
09:26:14AM IF YOU ARE A "F" CLASS, A MANAGER, 6%.
09:26:18AM A MEMBER OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT, THAT 9.5%.
09:26:22AM OTHER THAN THAT WE HAVE THE DIRECTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS AND
09:26:26AM AGAIN THOSE PAY SCALES ARE STILL PENDING.
09:26:29AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: LET ME BE CLEAR.
09:26:31AM THESE DIFFERENT CLASSES.
09:26:33AM E-MAIL FOR LAB TECHNICIAN.
09:26:36AM WHAT CLASS.
09:26:37AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: WOULD VENTURE A "P" CLASS IF YOU ARE
09:26:42AM WORKING IN THE LAB AND ALSO KNOWN AS A "N" CLASS.
09:26:45AM GET IT.
09:26:47AM GETS CONFUSING WITH THE DIFFERENT TITLES BUT THAT WILL BE
09:26:51AM 9.5%.
09:26:53AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: OUR CCTV GUYS, WHAT WILL THEIR CLASS.
09:26:58AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: "P" AS PROFESSIONAL, 9.5%.
09:27:03AM UNLESS YOU KNOW, CHIEF.
09:27:04AM >>JOHN BENNETT: I DON'T KNOW THEIR CLASSIFICATION.
09:27:06AM BUT ONE POSTSCRIPT OF CHIEF ROGERO'S COMMENTS.
09:27:11AM THOSE WHO ARE THE "M" CLASS, THE MANAGEMENT CLASS AT 6%.
09:27:16AM THE OTHER THING THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET WOULD OFFER IS
09:27:19AM THAT EVERY PAY BAND IN THE CITY WILL MOVE 9.5%.
09:27:24AM SO IF THEY GET A 6%.
09:27:26AM AND THEY WERE TOPPED OUT WHICH IS 33% OF OUR "M" CLASSES ARE
09:27:32AM COPPED OUT, GIVES THEM AN ABILITIES TO HAVE A MERIT INCREASE
09:27:36AM THROUGH THE PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITY.
09:27:37AM NOT JUST THAT THEY GET 6.
09:27:40AM THEY WILL OPEN THE DOOR OF ADDITIONAL GROWTH THAT THEY
09:27:43AM WOULDN'T ACTUALLY HAVE.
09:27:46AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: AT THE END OF THE EVALUATION PERIOD.
09:27:48AM >>JOHN BENNETT: YES, SIR.
09:27:50AM THE CLASSIFICATIONS "N" AS IN NANCY CLASSES AND "S" AS IN
09:27:56AM SUPERVISOR.
09:27:58AM AND THE OTHER ONE IS UNCLASSIFIED, YOUR LEGISLATIVE AIDES
09:28:04AM OUR EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS ARE IN THE "U"
09:28:08AM CLASSIFICATION AND SLATED FOR A $9.5% MULTI-FAMILY.
09:28:12AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: LAST QUESTION.
09:28:13AM WHILE YOU ARE UP THERE AND WE SEE SALARIES OF COUNCIL'S
09:28:19AM SALARY.
09:28:19AM EXPLAIN THAT PROCESS YOU WENT THROUGH AND COMMENTS OF THE
09:28:23AM PAPER AND WHAT THE MEDIA HAS ASKED ME.
09:28:26AM >>JOHN BENNETT: SURE, AS COUNCIL MAY RECALL AND THE WAY I
09:28:29AM DESCRIBED IT IN THE BUDGET TRANSPORTATION WAS A NONMOTION
09:28:31AM REQUEST.
09:28:32AM IT WAS JUST A REQUEST TO DO DUE DILIGENCE AND LOOK AT THE
09:28:40AM COUNCIL'S SALARY.
09:28:40AM SOME OF IT CAME FROM THE PUBLIC AS YOU HEARD THIS MORNING OR
09:28:43AM ONLINE AND OFF LINE LOOKING AT COUNCIL'S PAY CLASSIFICATION.
09:28:47AM WE KNOW OF THAT IT IS A DIFFICULT SITUATION FOR COUNCIL TO
09:28:51AM DO THEIR OWN ANALYSIS, SO WE TOOK ON THAT RESPONSIBILITY
09:28:56AM DURING THIS PLANNING CYCLE.
09:28:57AM AND WE DID IT FROM THREE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.
09:28:59AM ONE OF THEM WASN'T PREDICTED.
09:29:03AM BUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD SENT IN COMPARATIVE ACROSS THE COUNTRY
09:29:06AM REVIEWS WHICH WERE VALUABLE FOR INFORMATION.
09:29:09AM THEN WE ASKED OUR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND GOVERNMENT
09:29:12AM AFFAIRS OFFICE TO DO A SCAN, ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL FLORIDA,
09:29:16AM AND THEY LOOKED AT A COUPLE OF THINGS.
09:29:19AM THEY LOOKED AT WHAT THE MEDIAN SALARIES WERE FOR CITY
09:29:23AM EMPLOYEES.
09:29:24AM THEY LOCKED AT, AGAIN, THE FLORIDA -- AS FAR AS THE SIZE OF
09:29:27AM THE CITY.
09:29:27AM AND THEY LOOKED AT A NUMBER OF CONSTITUENTS WHETHER BY
09:29:33AM DISTRICT OR CITY WIDE.
09:29:34AM AND BY FAR, THIS COUNCIL HAS MORE CONSTITUENTS PER
09:29:40AM COUNCILPERSON COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES.
09:29:43AM SO WE KNOW WITH THE ADVANCEMENTS IN MEDIA AND
09:29:47AM INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT YOU HAVE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN
09:29:50AM YOUR LIVES AND CLEARLY AS HAVE BEEN MENTIONED OVER AND OVER
09:29:57AM AGAIN A BUSIER TIME THAN WHAT I HAVE SEEN IN MY 40 YEARS.
09:30:01AM WE TOOK THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
09:30:02AM WE DID THE MEDIAN SALARY WITHIN THE CITY AND CAME OUT WITH
09:30:06AM THE RECOMMENDED NUMBER WE OFFERED DURING THE BUDGET
09:30:08AM PRESENTATION.
09:30:08AM COUNCIL HAS MANY OPPORTUNITIES -- I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WANT
09:30:11AM TO DISCUSS THEM NOW, BUT WE CAN.
09:30:13AM IT IS REALLY COUNCIL'S PLEASURE TO HEAR ALL THE DIFFERENT
09:30:17AM OPPORTUNITIES THAT RELATED TO THAT RECOMMENDATION.
09:30:18AM BUT THAT'S HOW WE GOT THERE.
09:30:21AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT, CHIEF.
09:30:23AM BUT, AGAIN, THOSE WATCHING THIS CITY COUNCIL HAVE SEEN THE
09:30:26AM PUBLIC TIME AND TIME AGAIN TALK ABOUT THE WORK.
09:30:30AM TALK ABOUT THE -- THIS COUNCIL GOING OUT THERE DOING THE
09:30:33AM WORK.
09:30:33AM AND I AM GRATEFUL THAT PEOPLE RECOGNIZE WHEN YOU ARE DOING
09:30:37AM YOUR JOB.
09:30:39AM I AM GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
09:30:40AM I AM GRATEFUL THAT YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO STAND UP AND DON'T
09:30:45AM WORRY ABOUT POLITICAL PRESSURE OR MAKING IT POLITICAL.
09:30:48AM AS YOU KNOW -- PEOPLE KNOW I DON'T CARE OF MAKING IT
09:30:52AM POLITICAL.
09:30:53AM I DO WHAT I DO.
09:30:53AM THE BOTTOM LINE IS NOBODY PAYS FOR MY PARKING TICKET I HAVE
09:30:57AM TO GO TO A MEETING AND I RUN OVER IN THE MEETING.
09:31:00AM THE CITY TUNNEL HAVE A PARKING PASS.
09:31:03AM MAYOR HAS A DRIVER THAT PULLS TO THE FRONT DOOR.
09:31:07AM I DON'T DO THAT.
09:31:08AM I NEED TO FIND A PARKING SPACE.
09:31:10AM IF I GET A TICKET, I CAN'T TAKE IT TO CHIEF BENNETT, I HAVE
09:31:14AM TO PAY FOR THAT PARKING TICKET.
09:31:15AM MANY OF US ON THE COUNCIL HAVE A SMALL SAL VIS.
09:31:19AM COUNCILMEMBER, YOU SAID, I HAVE TO USE MY OTHER FAMILY
09:31:24AM MEMBER'S CAR BECAUSE CHEAPER ON GAS.
09:31:26AM UP DO A LOT OF DRIVING IN THE CITY.
09:31:28AM I DRIVE ALL OVER THE CITY.
09:31:29AM I DRIVE TO MY EVENTS.
09:31:31AM I HAVE A BUSY DISTRICT.
09:31:33AM YOU KNOW, MY PENSION, THANK GOD, I WAS BLESSED TO GET ONE
09:31:40AM MEETS MY NEEDS FOR THE MONTH, BUT AFTER THAT I HAVE TO
09:31:45AM HUSTLE LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.
09:31:46AM I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE.
09:31:48AM BUT I AM NOT STUPID.
09:31:49AM AND I THINK THAT CITIZENS AREN'T EITHER AND THEY WANT THEIR
09:31:52AM SERVICES.
09:31:53AM THEY WANT THEIR COUNCILMEMBERS TO DO EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO
09:31:56AM DO.
09:31:56AM I WAS TALKING SINCE 2019, MY OFFICE IS VERY BUSY.
09:31:59AM I AM GRATEFUL THAT I HAVE SALE NE, MISS TONYA, UNTIL I FIND
09:32:07AM AN AIDE, BECAUSE THEY KNOW HOW BUSY IT IS.
09:32:09AM I DIDN'T HAVE TO ASK THEM.
09:32:12AM THEY SAID I KNOW HOW THINGS ARE ANSWERING CALLS AND PUTTING
09:32:15AM THINGS ON MY CALENDAR.
09:32:17AM MY GRATITUDE IS REALLY INDEBTED TO THEM.
09:32:19AM I AM GOING TO SUPPORT THE SALARY AND REALLY TO COME AT THE
09:32:23AM END OR NOW, BUT I WILL SUPPORT THE INCREASE.
09:32:25AM I THINK IT IS NEEDED.
09:32:26AM I WENT TO FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES AND TALKED TO OTHER CITY
09:32:30AM COUNCILMEMBERS.
09:32:31AM THEY TALKED ABOUT IT. WE ARE THE HOTTEST THING IT IS.
09:32:33AM TAMPA HOUSING CRISIS.
09:32:35AM OUR SALARIES.
09:32:37AM THE FIRST QUESTION THAT SOMEBODY ASKS.
09:32:39AM HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN THEIR DISTRICT.
09:32:41AM I TELL THEM HOW MANY PEOPLE I SERVE IN JUST MY DISTRICT
09:32:44AM ALONE THEY ARE LIKE, WOW, I ONLY HAVE, LIKE, 10,000, 12,000
09:32:49AM PEOPLE.
09:32:49AM 10,000, 12,000 PEOPLE, THAT'S WHAT I MAKE -- NOT WHAT YOU
09:32:55AM MAKE AND WHAT YOU DO BUT WHAT YOU DO AND THE PERFORMANCES
09:33:00AM YOU DO.
09:33:00AM I AM GRATEFUL FOR THAT AS WELL.
09:33:02AM HOW WE FIGURE THIS OUT WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AS
09:33:06AM FAR AS THE INCREASE.
09:33:06AM I WILL SUPPORT THE INCREASE WHETHER IT PASSES OR NOT WITH
09:33:09AM THIS COUNCIL.
09:33:09AM I WILL SUPPORT IT IF IT COMES IN A NEW ELECTION WHICH I
09:33:13AM DON'T WORRY ABOUT.
09:33:14AM COULD CARE LESS ABOUT WHEN THAT TIME COMES.
09:33:16AM BUT, AGAIN, I AM GOING TO SUPPORT IT.
09:33:19AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
09:33:23AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
09:33:25AM I HAVE A QUESTION.
09:33:26AM CAN ALL BUDGET RELATED DISCUSSIONS OR TOPICS BE HELD AT THIS
09:33:30AM TIME, PERMISSIBLE.
09:33:32AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: YOUR PREROGATIVE WHAT QUESTIONS YOU WOULD LIKE
09:33:36AM TO ASK, AND I WOULD LIKE TO TRY TO GET THROUGH THE PRESENTATION
09:33:39AM FIRST BEFORE WE GO OFF TO A DIFFERENT QUESTIONING.
09:33:40AM I WAS HOPING WE COULD KEEP THIS TO WHAT MR. ROGERO WAS
09:33:46AM SAYING.
09:33:46AM IF YOU WANT TO ASK A QUESTION.
09:33:48AM >>LUIS VIERA: I WILL SAVE PART OF IT FOR LATER.
09:33:50AM I WAS GOING TO DISCUSS A COUPLE OF ISSUES OF TAMPA FIRE.
09:33:54AM I CAN DISCUSS THAT LATER PURSUANT TO THE CHAIRMAN'S WISHES.
09:33:58AM THAT IS FINE.
09:33:59AM I AM GLAD TO DO THAT.
09:34:00AM I WASN'T GOING TO COMMENT NECESSARILY ON THE SALARY ISSUE,
09:34:04AM BUT I WILL STATE MY PEACE ON IT, IF YOU WILL.
09:34:08AM I THINK IT IS A REASONABLE DISCUSSION TO HAVE.
09:34:10AM I THINK THAT IS FINE.
09:34:12AM IN TERMS OF THE PUBLIC REQUESTING IT, I THINK I HEARD THAT
09:34:15AM HAVE TWO OR THREE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
09:34:18AM NOT SOMETHING THAT I THINK THE PUBLIC IS CLAMORING FOR AND
09:34:21AM WHAT NOT, BUT IS IT A REASONABLE AND NECESSARY DISCUSSION TO
09:34:24AM HAVE, ABSOLUTELY.
09:34:25AM ABSOLUTELY, IT IS.
09:34:27AM WE WANT PEOPLE TO RUN FOR OFFICE.
09:34:29AM WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO SERVE IN PUBLIC
09:34:32AM OFFICE; HOWEVER, I WILL STRONGLY, STRONGLY, STRONGLY OPPOSE
09:34:40AM ANY EFFORT TO MAKE THAT PAY INCREASE FOR THIS COUNCIL BEFORE
09:34:43AM THE NEXT COUNCIL TAKES OVER.
09:34:45AM I PHILOSOPHICALLY -- WE HAVE IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE
09:34:48AM 27th AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION, WHICH SAYS ESSENTIALLY
09:34:51AM THAT IF CONGRESS PASS AS PAY INCREASE -- AND I DON'T REFER
09:34:55AM TO COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS.
09:34:57AM THAT IS DIFFERENT.
09:34:58AM IF CONGRESS PASSES A PAY INCREASE THEN THEY CAN'T RECEIVE
09:35:01AM THE BENEFIT OF THAT UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION.
09:35:02AM I THINK WHAT IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE U.S. CONGRESS IS GOOD
09:35:06AM ENOUGH FOR TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
09:35:08AM IF THAT IS NOT LAW WHICH APPARENTLY IT DIDN'T, WE SHOULD
09:35:13AM MAKE THAT LAW THROUGH A CHARTER AMENDMENT OR WHATEVER WE
09:35:16AM HAVE TO, BECAUSE I THINK PHILOSOPHICALLY, YOU RUN FOR OFFICE
09:35:20AM YOU RUN WITH A CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS AND CONSTITUENTS.
09:35:26AM I WAS A PARTNER WITH MY LAW FIRM WHEN I RAN FOR OFFICE.
09:35:30AM I KNEW I WOULD TAKE A PAY CUT.
09:35:32AM ALL OF US.
09:35:33AM I KNEW WHAT THAT WAS.
09:35:34AM BUT MORE THAN OFFSET BEING ABLE TO HELP THE PUBLIC FOR
09:35:38AM ISSUES THAT I CARE VERY, VERY PASSIONATELY.
09:35:40AM A TRADE-OFF THAT WE MAKE.
09:35:42AM I AM VERY FORTUNATE IN THAT REGARD THAT I AM AN ATTORNEY AND
09:35:46AM I HAVE A PRACTICE -- ACTUALLY A MEDIATION AT 1:30 AND LEAVE
09:35:49AM HERE AT 12:30.
09:35:50AM SPEAK OF THE DEVIL, RIGHT.
09:35:51AM BUT I AM FORTUNATE IN THIS REGARD, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE CITY
09:35:56AM COUNCIL SALARIES THAT ARE MORE AMENABLE TO MORE MEMBERS OF
09:35:59AM THE PUBLIC.
09:35:59AM BECAUSE FOR ME, RUNNING FOR OFFICE SHOULD BE A POSITIVE
09:36:03AM CIVIC ENDEAVOR.
09:36:04AM IT SHOULD BE A PATRIOTIC ENDEAVOR TO GIVE BACK TO YOUR
09:36:08AM COMMUNITY.
09:36:21AM I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD TAKE PLACE FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL.
09:36:23AM WHEN I THINK OF CLAMORING, I THINK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
09:36:27AM POTHOLES AND TRANSPORTATION.
09:36:28AM IS THIS IS A REASONABLE CONVERSATION TO HAVE?
09:36:32AM ABSOLUTELY.
09:36:32AM BUT I THINK IT HAS TO BE DONE IN A CORRECT WAY.
09:36:35AM THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS.
09:36:37AM OF THE OTHER PRIORITIES I WANT TO TALK ABOUT INCLUDING TAMPA
09:36:45AM FIRE, STATION 24 AND OTHER ISSUES BUT I WILL MENTION THAT
09:36:49AM AFTERWARDS IF I MAY.
09:36:50AM THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:36:51AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
09:36:56AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:37:00AM IN TERMS OF THE SALARY, I ASKED WHAT DO YOU MAKE, $83,000.
09:37:06AM LEGISLATIVE AIDE, SOME ARE SAME, SOME ARE MORE.
09:37:10AM IF THEY WORK FOR THE -- THEY GET A PAY INCREASE.
09:37:14AM LOW TO MID-70s.
09:37:17AM IF ATTORNEY, $220,000.
09:37:20AM MAYOR, $175,000.
09:37:22AM I DON'T KNOW WHAT MR. ROGERO OR CHIEF OF STAFF.
09:37:26AM I AM SURE IT IS A GOOD SALARY.
09:37:28AM YOU WORK VERY, VERY HARD.
09:37:30AM THE COMMENT I SAW RECENTLY IN THE MEDIA IS THINGS HAVE
09:37:33AM GOTTEN MORE EXPENSIVE.
09:37:35AM THE CITY HAD CHANGED.
09:37:36AM WHEN MY GRANDFATHER BOUGHT HIS HOUSE IN WEST TAMPA IN 1972,
09:37:40AM HE PAID $18,000.
09:37:42AM ADJUSTED WITH INFLATION IS $127,000.
09:37:45AM BUT FIVE, SIX MONTHS AGO A HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY
09:37:48AM GRANDFATHER'S HOUSE THAT WAS LISTED FOR $418,000.
09:37:52AM AND IT SOLD.
09:37:55AM I DON'T KNOW IF IT SOLD FOR OVER ASKING $418,000.
09:37:59AM IN WORKING-CLASS WEST TAMPA, MY FAVORITE NEIGHBORHOOD
09:38:02AM BECAUSE THAT HOUSE THAT MY GRANDFATHER HAD SOLD YEARS AGO
09:38:06AM WAS THE HOUSE I WAS TAKEN TO WHEN I WAS BORN.
09:38:08AM IF I WANTED TO BUY THAT HOUSE IF IT WERE FOR SALE -- AND IT
09:38:13AM IS NOT IN IT THE $400,000 RANGE.
09:38:15AM UP WOULDN'T QUALIFY.
09:38:16AM I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF MY FRIENDS WOULD QUALIFY.
09:38:18AM WE ARE NOT WEALTHY INDIVIDUALS.
09:38:19AM THINGS HAVE GOTTEN EXPENSIVE.
09:38:22AM THE HOUSING CRISIS IS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
09:38:25AM WE ARE A VERY, VERY HOT MARKET.
09:38:27AM WE SEE INFLATION AND THE COST OF GAS AND NOBODY TALKS ABOUT
09:38:31AM WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS MAKING.
09:38:32AM PEOPLE LOOK AT ME AND GO WHY DOES YOUR AIDES MAKE MORE THAN
09:38:36AM YOU?
09:38:37AM IT DOESN'T SEEM COMPARABLE.
09:38:40AM YOU KNOW, I THINK THE RESEARCH THAT WAS DONE BY THE
09:38:43AM ADMINISTRATION LOOKING AT OTHER COMPARABLE CITIES OF THIS
09:38:48AM SIZE BASED ON THE CONSTITUENCY, THAT'S ALL IT IS.
09:38:53AM NO ONE SAID ANYTHING, WELL, IT WASN'T A PUBLIC THING WHEN
09:38:57AM OTHER SALARIES WERE VERY LARGE SALARIES, BUT YET IF COMES
09:39:01AM DOWN TO THIS LEVEL 37 AND THE DISCUSSION IS OUT THERE IN THE
09:39:04AM MEDIA.
09:39:04AM WE WANT GOOD PEOPLE TO RUN FOR OFFICE.
09:39:07AM I THINK COUNCILMAN CARLSON SAID WHEN YOU ARE RUNNING A
09:39:10AM BUDGET OF ALMOST $2 BILLION, YOU WANT THE BEST AND THE
09:39:13AM BRIGHTEST.
09:39:14AM YOU WANT, YOU KNOW, TO EXPENSE SATURDAY THOSE INDIVIDUALS AS
09:39:18AM WELL THAT WILL BE VOTING ON THAT AND WORKING ON THE BUDGET
09:39:20AM AS WE ARE NOW.
09:39:21AM SO THAT'S IT.
09:39:22AM I APPRECIATE I CAN'T 1998 THIS WAS LOOKED AT AS JUST
09:39:26AM BRINGING IT UP TO PAR TO WHAT OUR AIDES ARE MAKING OR A AIDE
09:39:32AM DOWN THE STREET IS MAKING.
09:39:33AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:39:34AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
09:39:36AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WASN'T GOING TO SPEAK, BUT I GUESS I
09:39:38AM WILL.
09:39:38AM BECAUSE THE MEDIA IS HERE SO THEY DON'T SAY I DIDN'T SAY A
09:39:42AM WORD.
09:39:43AM WAKE UP, CHARLIE.
09:39:44AM I AM TALKING ABOUT YOU.
09:39:45AM SO WHAT I AM SAYING IS THIS, WHEN YOU SEEK AN OFFICE, YOU
09:39:49AM KNOW WHAT THE SALARY IS.
09:39:50AM YOU DON'T RUN FOR OFFICE JUST TO GET A SALARY.
09:40:01AM YOU RUN FOR OFFICE BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE IN ALL EARNEST TOP DO
09:40:07AM THE BEST JOB YOU CAN TO MAKE EVERYBODY GET BETTER AND THE
09:40:11AM CITY OF TAMPA LOOK BETTER.
09:40:13AM YOU LOOK BACK IN HISTORY -- SEVERING BASED IN HISTORY.
09:40:16AM DON'T TELL ME WHAT YOU DID YESTERDAY.
09:40:18AM TELL ME WHAT YOU DID THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY AND I WILL
09:40:21AM TELL YOU WHERE YOU ARE GOING.
09:40:22AM THAT MEANS TO ME THAT A SALARY IS KNOWN WHEN YOU RUN FOR
09:40:25AM OFFICE.
09:40:25AM I AM NOT SAYING YOU SHOULDN'T GET A RAISE.
09:40:27AM BUT WHAT I AM SAYING IS, WHEN YOU -- I DON'T CARE WHAT THEY
09:40:31AM MAKE IN ST. PETERSBURG.
09:40:32AM I DON'T CARE WHAT THEY MAKE IN ORLANDO.
09:40:34AM I DON'T CARE WHAT THEY MAKE IN WEST PALM BEACH.
09:40:37AM I DON'T CARE WHAT THEY MAKE IN MIAMI.
09:40:39AM WHAT THEY MAKE IN SULFUR SPRINGS.
09:40:42AM YOU DON'T CARE IN THE CITY OF HAVANA -- THERE IS A CITY
09:40:47AM CALLED "HAVANA" IN FLORIDA.
09:40:50AM IN MY AGE -- I AM OKAY.
09:40:51AM I AM GOING TO BE 82 NOT TOO FAR FROM NOW.
09:40:54AM I FEEL LIKE I AM 29 AT TIMES.
09:40:56AM THAT'S WHEN I AM SLEEPING.
09:40:58AM WHAT I AM TRYING TO TELL YOU IS, IT IS NOT ABOUT A SALARY.
09:41:02AM IT IS ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO TO MAKE THE CITY BETTER.
09:41:05AM WHEN YOU GO BACK TO 1974 -- THAT IS WHEN I STARTED -- TO
09:41:12AM '79.
09:41:12AM THAT IS WHEN I WORKED FIVE YEARS HERE.
09:41:14AM THE SALARY WAS NOWHERE NEAR THIS.
09:41:17AM IF YOU DO A RATIO WHAT YOU WERE MAKING WITH A
09:41:22AM COUNCILMEMBERS.
09:41:23AM THE SAME RATIO AS IT IS TODAY EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE A
09:41:27AM INCREASE CAN THAN ANYBODY ELSE.
09:41:30AM I NEVER TOOK A JOB IN GOVERNMENT JUST FOR THE SALARY.
09:41:32AM AT 82, I STILL WORK TWO JOBS.
09:41:36AM FROM NOVEMBER TO MAY FITCH WORK SEVEN DAY AS WEEK.
09:41:39AM AND YOU KNOW WHAT, I LIKE IT THAT WAY.
09:41:43AM AND I VENTURE TO SAY DO I HAVE WHAT I HAVE?
09:41:47AM I HAVE WHAT I HAVE BECAUSE I HAVE A WIFE WHO WAS VERY
09:41:50AM UNDERSTANDING AND WORKED WITH ME.
09:41:52AM I NEVER WROTE A CHECK AS LONG AS SHE WAS ALIVE.
09:41:55AM I NEVER DID A LOT OF THINGS.
09:41:57AM SHE DID IT ALL.
09:41:58AM SOMETIMES THROWING MYSELF UNDER THE MERCY OF THE BUS.
09:42:09AM LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
09:42:11AM I WENT TO COLLEGE AND DID TWO JOBS.
09:42:13AM IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING IN THIS COUNTRY, YOU DO OUT OF
09:42:16AM IT.
09:42:16AM DEVELOPMENT GET YOURSELF IN DEBT.
09:42:18AM DON'T BUY ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN'T PAY FOR 30 DAYS.
09:42:22AM AND KEEP ON GOING BECAUSE YOU WILL GET OUT OF IT.
09:42:26AM BUY A NEW CAR AND GO TO MACY'S AND DO THIS AND THAT.
09:42:30AM GO DO IT.
09:42:31AM BUT DON'T COME TO ME AND SAY YOU CAN'T AFFORD IT.
09:42:34AM EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN WAY OF LIFE AND GOD BLESS THEM THAT
09:42:37AM THEY DO.
09:42:38AM EVERYBODY THINKS DIFFERENTLY AND THANK GOD THAT THEY DO.
09:42:41AM THAT IS WHY THEY MAKE DIFFERENT COLORS OF PAINT AND NOW ONLY
09:42:45AM ONE COLOR OF PAINT.
09:42:46AM EVERYBODY IS DIFFERENT.
09:42:47AM SOME LONG HAIR, SOME SHORT HAIR, SOME HAVE NO HAIR.
09:42:50AM WHAT I AM TRYING TO TELL YOU ALL IS NOT ABOUT MONEY BUT
09:42:54AM SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC, JUST LIKE MILITARY.
09:42:56AM BASICALLY JUST LIKE THE MILITARY.
09:42:59AM YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GETTING INTO WHEN YOU SIGN UP.
09:43:01AM AND THIS IS A VERY DIFFERENT PART OF LIFE THAT YOU HAVE TO
09:43:04AM GO THROUGH.
09:43:05AM I IS IT NOT -- I DIDN'T -- LISTEN, I AM NOT GOING TO BRAG,
09:43:10AM BUT I AM GOING TO TELL YOU, CHIEF OF STAFF KNOWS AND MAYBE
09:43:12AM YOU KNOW THIS.
09:43:15AM THAT $300 A MONTH DOWN THE COUNT ON YOUR SALARY.
09:43:19AM YOU ARE TALKING OF A BASIC SALARY OF THE TOWNSHIP ENDS.
09:43:24AM I NEVER TAKEN IT.
09:43:27AM I DIDN'T NEED IT.
09:43:28AM I HAD TWO JOBS.
09:43:29AM SO LET'S NOT TALK REALISTICALLY.
09:43:32AM LET'S NOT TALK WHAT YOU WANT TO BE.
09:43:34AM TELL ME WHERE YOU ARE AND WHERE YOU ARE GOING.
09:43:36AM THE PUBLIC TODAY AND IN TODAY'S SOCIETY IS WORST OFF THAN
09:43:41AM WHEN I STARTED HERE IN 1974.
09:43:43AM THERE WAS NO HOUSING CRISIS.
09:43:44AM THERE WAS NO HIGH GAS.
09:43:46AM THE FOOD STORE WAS ACCEPTABLE.
09:43:49AM THERE WAS TRANSPORTATION BETTER THAN IT IS TODAY BECAUSE
09:43:53AM MORE CARS TODAY AND YOU CAN'T GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT BEING STOP
09:43:56AM AND GO AND WHAT KIND OF LIFE DO WE HAVE TODAY.
09:43:58AM YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT PEOPLE HAVE CRAZY?
09:44:02AM BECAUSE LIFE IS TOO FAST.
09:44:04AM LIFE PRESSURES YOU TOO MUCH.
09:44:06AM NO RELAXATION IN YOUR BODY.
09:44:08AM YOU GO TO SLEEP, YOU WAKE UP TIRED.
09:44:10AM IF THOSE DAYS, YOU WENT TO SLEEP AND YOU WOKE UP REFRESHED.
09:44:14AM I AM NOT GOING TO BOTHER YOU ANYMORE.
09:44:16AM I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING ME GO OVER THREE MINUTES.
09:44:20AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:44:21AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: YOU ARE WELCOME.
09:44:22AM I WILL FINISH OFF THESE ROUNDS OF STATEMENTS.
09:44:26AM WE AS AN ELECTIVE BODY HAVE FACED MORE ISSUES IN THE LAST
09:44:31AM THREE AND A HALF YEARS THEN ANY OTHER COUNCIL THAT CAME
09:44:41AM BEFORE US.
09:44:42AM WE WEREN'T ABLE TO CALL UP A COUNCILPERSON AND SAY HOW DID
09:44:47AM YOU HANDLE YOUR PANDEMIC?
09:44:55AM WE WERE FLYING BY THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS AND ELECTED BY THE
09:44:58AM PEOPLE TO TOO OUR JOB.
09:44:59AM IF YOU LOOK AT THIS DAIS, THE MAJORITY OF US WORK TWO JOBS.
09:45:04AM THIS IS STILL DESIGNATED AS A PART-TIME POSITION.
09:45:15AM EVEN THOUGH I WORK 40 HOURS HERE.
09:45:17AM WHETHER IT BE AT CITY HALL OR SOME OTHER FUNCTIONS THAT I
09:45:22AM HAVE TO GO TO, THAT I WANT TO GO TO, BUT I STILL HAVE MY
09:45:25AM OTHER JOB.
09:45:26AM AGAIN, I WOULD -- I WOULD WELCOME THIS PAY RAISE AFTER MAY 1
09:45:33AM WHEN I AM REELECTED.
09:45:35AM THIS BODY WE HAVE HERE.
09:45:42AM THIS COUNCIL HAS ENDURED SO MUCH OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS
09:45:45AM AND A HALF YEARS, THE CORE OF THIS COUNCIL WAS GOING TO STAY
09:45:49AM TOGETHER -- I PREDICT WILL STAY TOGETHER AND REAP THE
09:45:53AM BENEFITS OF WHAT WE HAD TO GO THROUGH FOR THE LAST THREE
09:45:56AM YEARS AND SEE THE STAFF THAT HAVE WORKED THROUGH THE MAYOR,
09:45:59AM FOR THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA.
09:46:00AM AND WE WILL WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS CITY EVEN BETTER THE
09:46:05AM NEXT FOUR YEARS.
09:46:05AM I WILL TAKE THE PAY INCREASE MAY 1.
09:46:09AM THANK YOU.
09:46:09AM MR. ROGERO.
09:46:12AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
09:46:14AM APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
09:46:16AM THAT IS ALL I HAVE.
09:46:17AM IF YOU ALL ARE READY, MISS TRAVIS IS READY TO COME UP AND
09:46:20AM GIVE A HOUSING PRESENTATION.
09:46:21AM THANK YOU.
09:46:23AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: MISS TRAVIS.
09:46:27AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: HELLO.
09:46:29AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: HOW ARE YOU TODAY?
09:46:32AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: GOOD MORNING.
09:46:33AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: GOOD MORNING.
09:46:35AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: NICOLE TRAVIS, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC
09:46:38AM DEVELOPMENT AND OPPORTUNITY.
09:46:39AM I HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION ON HOUSING FOR YOU TODAY.
09:46:41AM IT IS NOT AS LONG AS THE OTHERS.
09:46:43AM WE CAN HAVE THE ELMO.
09:46:58AM ABBYE WILL PASS OUT THE SLIDE FOR YOU.
09:47:03AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
09:47:05AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: YOU ARE WELCOME.
09:47:06AM SO WHEN WE WERE HAVING OUR CONVERSATION AS RENT
09:47:14AM STABILIZATION AND A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY
09:47:16AM WAS GOING INTO THE DIFFERENT HOUSING BUCKETS AND WE WERE
09:47:22AM TALKING ABOUT THE $5.5 MILLION THAT CAME FROM THE GENERAL
09:47:29AM FUND.
09:47:29AM I WAS TELLING YOU MORE THAN THE GENERAL FUND MONEY.
09:47:32AM YOU ARE PUTTING MORE OF THAT INTO HOUSING PROGRAMS.
09:47:34AM SO THE SLIDE THAT YOU HAVE IS JUST SHOWING YOU WHAT WE HAVE
09:47:37AM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 IN THE DIFFERENT HOUSING ASSISTANCE
09:47:44AM PROGRAMS.
09:47:44AM SO WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 26.4 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR HOUSING
09:47:51AM PROGRAMS IN FISCAL YEAR 2023.
09:47:54AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: REPEAT THAT, PLEASE.
09:47:56AM >> $26.4 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR HOUSING PROGRAMS IN FISCAL
09:48:01AM YEAR 2023.
09:48:02AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU.
09:48:04AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: AND SO THE OTHER THING YOU SHOULD
09:48:08AM UNDERSTAND IS WITH THE BUDGET REQUEST -- THE BUDGET PROPOSAL
09:48:12AM THAT CHIEF ROGERO PRESENTED TO YOU INCLUDED SOME FULL-TIME
09:48:18AM POSITIONS.
09:48:18AM WE REQUESTED EIGHT FULL-TIME POSITIONS FOR THE HOUSING
09:48:22AM DEPARTMENT TO CONTINUE TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAMS.
09:48:26AM I JUST NEED TO STRESS FOR A MINUTE THAT THE HOUSING PROGRAMS
09:48:31AM THAT WE ARE PUTTING FORWARD, THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND THE
09:48:34AM LEVEL OF SERVICE BEING PROVIDED FOR HOUSING PROGRAMS IS NEW
09:48:37AM TERRITORY FOR US.
09:48:39AM NOT -- I AM NOT TALKING OF CDBG, SHIP FUNDS AND THE PROGRAMS
09:48:44AM WE HAD FOR A LONG TIME.
09:48:45AM LEVEL OF SERVICE AND RESPONSIVENESS THAT WE ARE PERFORMING
09:48:48AM RIGHT NOW IS UNLIKE ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE DONE BEFORE.
09:48:50AM WE HAVE 38 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES TWO PART-TIME EMPLOYEES AND
09:48:59AM ONE CONTRACT ON THE HOUSING DIVISION TEAM -- IN THE HOUSING
09:49:02AM TEAM IN GENERAL.
09:49:02AM WE ASKED EIGHT ADDITIONAL FULL-TIME POSITIONS IN THE
09:49:06AM UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
09:49:07AM AND I AM GOING TO TELL YOU THAT, IT'S STILL NOT ENOUGH,
09:49:10AM OKAY.
09:49:11AM AND SO ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING OR ANY NEW PROGRAMMING THAT
09:49:16AM YOU WANT TO DO FOR FISCAL YEAR '23, I HAVE TO STRESS TO YOU
09:49:22AM THAT THE BAD WIDTH OF THE STAFF WE HAVE IN PLACE INCLUDING
09:49:26AM THE EIGHT ADDITIONAL STAFF THAT WE ARE ASKING HAS TO BE
09:49:30AM COUNTERED WITH THE STAFFING NEEDS.
09:49:32AM WE TALKED BRIEFLY ABOUT THE CRA PROGRAMS AND THE AFFORDABLE
09:49:39AM HOUSING PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE PUTTING FORTH IN THE CRA.
09:49:42AM WE WILL DIG A LITTLE DEEPER INTO THAT ON THURSDAY IN YOUR
09:49:45AM BUDGET WORKSHOP, BUT YOU HAVE $10.6 MILLION OF NEW FUNDING
09:49:50AM FOR CRA.
09:49:52AM THERE IS $2.2 MILLION ALLOCATED IS A IN THREE OF THE CRA
09:50:01AM DISTRICTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 FOR HOUSING.
09:50:04AM THAT DOESN'T COME WITH ADDITIONAL STAFF.
09:50:06AM IF YOU MAKE ADJUSTMENTS ON THURSDAY, I NEED TO SHARE WITH
09:50:11AM YOU THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS ON THE STAFFING LEVEL
09:50:14AM AS WELL.
09:50:19AM I CAN TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE -- GO AHEAD.
09:50:22AM I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A CONVERSATION.
09:50:23AM GO AHEAD.
09:50:24AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: HANG ON, COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:50:27AM ARE YOU GOING TO FINISH THIS PRESENTATION.
09:50:30AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: I HAVE THIS ONE SLIDE FOR YOU.
09:50:32AM I HAVE BACK-UPS IF WE GET INTO SOME QUESTIONS BUT I FEEL
09:50:35AM LIKE THIS WILL PROBABLY BE MORE OF A DIALOGUE.
09:50:38AM YOU HAVE BEEN HEARING FROM MY TEAM AND I ABOUT HOUSING.
09:50:41AM THIS IS AN ONGOING CONVERSATION.
09:50:44AM BUT YOU ASKED FOR HOW MUCH MONEY IN FISCAL YEAR 2023, HOW
09:50:48AM MUCH IN TOTAL AND NOT $5.5 MILLION.
09:50:50AM THE $5.5 MILLION IS JUST GENERAL FUND.
09:50:55AM THE SLIDE IS FEDERAL, STATE AND GENERAL FUND MONEY OF $26.4
09:50:59AM MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 IN HOUSING PROGRAMS.
09:51:03AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:51:05AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I MEAN, THAT'S GREAT, BUT A LOT OF THOSE
09:51:08AM PROGRAMS, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T QUALIFY AT TIMES.
09:51:11AM THAT IS MY ONLY CONCERN.
09:51:12AM IT SOUNDS GOOD IN THEORY, BUT WE PUT THE APPLICATION TO IT,
09:51:17AM IT DOESN'T MEET.
09:51:18AM BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET
09:51:21AM THAT.
09:51:21AM THAT IS NUMBER ONE.
09:51:22AM I RECALL LAST YEAR WE ASKED FOR MORE PEOPLE TO BE EMPLOYEES
09:51:30AM FOR HOUSING.
09:51:31AM HOW MANY OF THOSE JOBS WENT UNFILLED?
09:51:34AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: WE FILLED ALL OF THEM.
09:51:35AM >>ABBYE FEELEY: COUNCILMAN GUDES, ABBYE FEELEY.
09:51:42AM WE ARE IN THE PROCESS, BUT WE HAD PEOPLE RESIGN AND LEAVE.
09:51:45AM I MEAN THIS IS PART OF REGULAR EMPLOYMENT AND ATTRITION AND
09:51:48AM PEOPLE MOVING ON.
09:51:50AM THERE IS ALWAYS OPEN VACANCIES IN DGM, BUT WE ARE ACTIVELY
09:51:56AM PURSUING FILLING THOSE VACANCIES AT ALL TIMES.
09:51:58AM WE JUST HIRED MICHELLE BOONE WHO CAME TO US. SHE WAS IN
09:52:03AM FRONT OF YOU A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
09:52:04AM THE KAYON POSITION.
09:52:07AM HERE IS THE OTHER THING -- I WILL TELL YOU MY PHILOSOPHY OF
09:52:11AM STAFFING THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
09:52:12AM IT IS GOING TO BE THE RIGHT FIT.
09:52:14AM WE HAVE NOT -- YOU KNOW, WE PAY -- IN TIME AND WE PAY IN
09:52:20AM MONEY WHEN THEY COME IN AND NOT THE RIGHT FIT FOR OUR TEAM
09:52:23AM AND THEY ARE GONE IN SIX MONTHS OR THEY DON'T HAVE THE
09:52:27AM EXPERIENCE TO SUCCESSFULLY EXECUTE THESE PROGRAMS.
09:52:31AM A LOT OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE OUT-OF-THE-BOX PROGRAMS.
09:52:35AM WE ARE FINDING NEW WAYS TO DO THEM.
09:52:37AM BUT I CAN TELL YOU OF THE NEW POSITIONS WE HAVE GOTTEN, WE
09:52:41AM HAVE FILLED THEM.
09:52:41AM NOW DID SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE LEAVE, YEP.
09:52:44AM I MEAN THAT IS JUST PART OF REGULAR EMPLOYMENT NOBODY STAYS
09:52:49AM THE WHOLE TIME OR THEY GET ANOTHER OFFER.
09:52:51AM WE HAVE BEEN FACE THAT PEOPLE CAN WORK REMOTE AND MAKE MORE
09:52:54AM MONEY.
09:52:57AM SOME THEY LEAVE.
09:52:58AM SO WE ARE MEETING THOSE CHALLENGES HEAD ON BY A BALANCED
09:53:02AM APPROACH OF TRYING TO FIND THE RIGHT FIT.
09:53:04AM SOMEBODY WITH THAT EXPERTISE THAT CAN WORK WITH OUR TEAM AND
09:53:09AM THOSE WHO HAVE LEFT DUE TO OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ARE NOT
09:53:14AM DIRECTLY RELATED TO WHAT THE CITY CAN PROVIDE THEM.
09:53:17AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I WOULD AGREE, BUT MISS TRAVIS ABOUT MORE
09:53:23AM PEOPLE WHEN YOU TALK OF THE CRA.
09:53:25AM I SAID THIS FROM DAY ONE.
09:53:26AM YOU CAN'T MAKE SOMETHING WORK IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE PEOPLE
09:53:29AM TO MAKE IT WORK.
09:53:30AM AND I REMEMBER MY LITTLE BROTHER SAID, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE
09:53:35AM RIGHT TOOLS TO DO THE JOB.
09:53:36AM IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TOOLS, YOU CAN'T GET THE JOB
09:53:39AM DONE.
09:53:39AM SO I AM HOPING WITH THE CRA -- AND I BELIEVE -- I SAID THIS
09:53:44AM BEFORE WITH THE CRA, YOU NEED TO HAVE A HOUSING TEAM.
09:53:47AM BECAUSE WE ASKED SEVERAL TIMES THAT -- AND SOME OF
09:53:53AM THESE CRAs.
09:53:54AM DOWNTOWN CHANNELSIDE BE DOWN WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND YOU
09:54:00AM WILL HAVE A TEAM.
09:54:01AM I HOPE YOU ARE RIGHT.
09:54:03AM AND THE CRAs AND THE DOLLARS THAT ARE HERE.
09:54:09AM I LOOK AT THE VACANT APARTMENTS.
09:54:11AM HIGH MARKET RENT AND VACANT APARTMENTS AND HOW YOU CAN USE
09:54:16AM AND TALK TO THESE DEVELOPERS AND HAVE DEVELOPMENTS GOING ON
09:54:20AM AND HOW TO GET PEOPLE INTO SOME OF THOSE BUILDINGS AND CRAZY
09:54:24AM THAT WE SAY WE HAVE A HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND YOU HAVE EMPTY
09:54:27AM APARTMENTS.
09:54:28AM I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.
09:54:29AM I KNOW IT IS THE MARKET AND FINDS A WAY TO BALANCE IT OUTND
09:54:41AM AND MEET WITH THE PEOPLE.
09:54:42AM I AM HAPPY THAT YOU WILL GO THAT WAY AND I WILL SUPPORT
09:54:45AM THAT.
09:54:46AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: I AM HOPING ON THURSDAY.
09:54:47AM THE CRA BOARD -- IN WHY YOU ARE CAPACITY AS THE CRA BOARD,
09:54:52AM YOU SUPPORT MOVING MORE OF THAT $10.6 MILLION TO AFFORDABLE
09:54:56AM HOUSING PROGRAMS IN ALL OF THE DISTRICTS IN ADDITION TO
09:54:59AM PROVIDING STAFF NOT THESE EIGHT PEOPLE BUT PROVIDING STAFF
09:55:04AM THAT IS FUNDED FROM THE CRA.
09:55:06AM I DO NOT -- I THINK I SHARED THIS WITH YOU BEFORE -- I DON'T
09:55:10AM BELIEVE THAT IT IS EFFICIENT USE OF GOVERNMENT FUNDS OR
09:55:14AM THE CRA FUNDS TO BUILD A GOVERNMENT-OWNED HOUSING MINI
09:55:18AM KINGDOM DEPARTMENT, RIGHT.
09:55:20AM I THINK YOU CAN FUND THE POSITIONS FROM THE CRA AND THEY
09:55:24AM WOULD BE FROM THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT TEAM AND FOCUSED
09:55:26AM STRICTLY ON THE CRA PROGRAMS.
09:55:29AM THEN THEY ARE IN THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.
09:55:32AM JUST AS A SIDEBAR.
09:55:34AM OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB IS SOMETHING WE TRIED TO DO THROUGH A
09:55:38AM THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR.
09:55:40AM WE PUT OUT THAT RFP.
09:55:42AM ONE OF ITS FIRST THINGS YOU ASKED ME TO DO WHEN I BECAME
09:55:45AM YOUR INTERIM CRA DIRECTOR.
09:55:48AM WE PUT OUT THAT RFP.
09:55:50AM TWO RESPONSES.
09:55:51AM ONE OF THOSE BIDDERS WAS NONRESPONSIVE.
09:55:54AM THE OTHER ONE WAS CHARGING $800,000 IN ADMINISTRATIVE COST
09:55:59AM TO EXECUTE THE PROGRAM.
09:56:00AM SO WHAT I AM CON TENDING IS, YOU CAN YOU -- FOR HALF OF
09:56:04AM THAT, YOU CAN HIRE THREE FULL-TIME PEOPLE FUNDED BY THE CRAs
09:56:09AM TO EXECUTE A CRA-ONLY FUNDING PROGRAMS AND BE PART OF
09:56:14AM THE CRA TEAM.
09:56:15AM IN YOUR CAPACITY AS A CRA BOARD, I HOPE ON THURSDAY THAT WE
09:56:20AM DO THAT AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FUNDED FROM ONE CRA
09:56:23AM DISTRICT.
09:56:23AM THE FUNDING CAN BE SHARED AMONG THE THREE DISTRICTS.
09:56:26AM JUST ONE OTHER POINT.
09:56:28AM I TOLD YOU THAT OF THE $10.6 MILLION INCREASE OF NEW REVENUE
09:56:32AM THAT YOU ARE RECEIVING, THAT ONLY 2.2 OF THAT IS BEING
09:56:39AM ALLOCATED TO HOUSING PROGRAMS.
09:56:41AM OF THOSE CRA DISTRICTS, IT IS DREW PARK, WEST TAMPA AND EAST
09:56:47AM TAMPA.
09:56:47AM THAT IS 80% OF THE INCREASE IN THOSE THREE DISTRICTS.
09:56:51AM SO THOSE DISTRICTS HAVE TAKEN 80% OF THE NEW MONEY THEY HAVE
09:56:55AM RECEIVED AND HAVE ALLOCATED IT TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
09:56:59AM SO THE REMAINING $8 MILLION IS STILL OUT THIS AND UP TO
09:57:06AM THE CRA BOARD.
09:57:07AM I KNOW THE CACS CAN HAVE THEIR ALL CASES AND PRIORITY
09:57:11AM PROJECTS, BUT ULTIMATELY, THE DECISION IS THE CRA BOARD.
09:57:16AM UP IF WANT TO CONTINUE TO FUND HOUSING PROGRAMS, OUR CORE
09:57:20AM SERVICE, IN ORDER FOR US TO CONTINUE TO GET FEDERAL AND
09:57:23AM STATE FUNDING, WE HAVE TO PUT OUT THE MONEY AND RUN THE
09:57:26AM PROGRAMS THAT WERE CHARGED IN PROVIDING THROUGH THOSE
09:57:30AM FEDERAL AND STATE DOLLARS.
09:57:32AM WE CONTINUE TO ADD LOCAL PROGRAMS.
09:57:34AM YOU HAVE TO ADD STAFFING TO THAT AS WELL.
09:57:36AM I THINK TO YOUR POINT, THE TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX IS ADDING
09:57:40AM STAFF.
09:57:40AM I THINK WE CAN ADD STAFF, FULLY FUND AND BY THE CRAs TO
09:57:44AM IMPLEMENT ONLY CRA FUNDED PROGRAMS BECAUSE YOU ARE RIGHT,
09:57:48AM THEY GO.
09:57:48AM THEY ARE LESS RESTRICTIVE THAN THE FEDERAL FUNDING AND TAKES
09:57:51AM ALL OF IT TO MAKE IT WORK.
09:57:53AM RIGHT NOW THE HOUSING TEAM IS ADMINISTERING THE DOWNPAYMENT
09:57:58AM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND IF THE EAST TAMPA DOWN PAYMENT
09:58:02AM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
09:58:03AM I AM NOT TRYING TO DUPLICATE SERVICES I AM EFFICIENT WITH
09:58:08AM THE MONEY SO THAT IN MY CRA ROLE, THE GOAL OF THE CRA IS TO
09:58:13AM OBJECT OUT OF BUSINESS IN THE CRA.
09:58:15AM OUR GOAL TO HAVE NO MORE BLIGHT IN THE DISTRICT.
09:58:19AM WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK.
09:58:21AM HOUSING IS OUR PRIORITY, AND THERE IS WORK FOR US TO DO.
09:58:24AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I WILL TELL YOU LIKE I TOLD THE CHIEF OF
09:58:27AM STAFF YESTERDAY.
09:58:27AM I BELIEVE THIS HOUSING, WE JUST -- WE JUST GOT TO PUT THE
09:58:31AM TEAM TOGETHER TO PUT THAT BACK INTO CIRCULATION.
09:58:35AM WE HAVE ABANDONED HOUSES.
09:58:37AM ABANDONED BUILDINGS.
09:58:38AM I BELIEVE IF YOU HAD A SEPARATE TEAM THAT ARE REALLY IN
09:58:41AM THOSE CRAs, YOU CAN FOCUS ON THAT AND THE REGULAR HOUSING
09:58:47AM DIVISION CAN FOCUS ON THE REGULAR PROGRAMS.
09:58:49AM I DO AGREE YOU HAVE TO HAVE A DIFFERENT TEAM TO START
09:58:52AM BRINGING THIS STUFF BACK IN CIRCULATION.
09:58:54AM PEOPLE WATCH FAMILIES -- DON'T HAVE DOLLARS.
09:58:57AM AND GETTING THAT GOING.
09:58:59AM REHAB.
09:59:00AM AND I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED -- NOT YOUR FAULT WE HAVEN'T
09:59:07AM GOT THE RFP LIKE WE SHOULD.
09:59:09AM THE REHAB IS IN A STALEMATE AND THAT NEEDS TO BE MOVING.
09:59:13AM WE HAVE ROOFTOPS.
09:59:15AM I BELIEVE WHEN YOU GENT THE SMALL THINGS, THE COMMUNITY
09:59:18AM LOOKS BETTER, PEOPLE FEEL BETTER AND PEOPLE THRIVE BETTER.
09:59:21AM I AM IN SUPPORT OF GETTING A TEAM AND A SEPARATE TEAM.
09:59:25AM YOU ARE RIGHT, ABBYE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE.
09:59:29AM HIT THE GROUND RUNNING BECAUSE WHEN NOVEMBER HITS, ITCH
09:59:33AM PEOPLE CALLING ME OF NOTICES OF RENEWALS BECAUSE THEY ARE
09:59:36AM NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PAY AND SOME ARE ASKING WHERE AM I
09:59:40AM GOING TO GO?
09:59:41AM A LAIDY THE EAR DAY HAS A DECENT JOB AND HER MORTGAGE IS
09:59:44AM GOING TO GO UP $1,000 BECAUSE OF INSURANCE, TAXES.
09:59:48AM YOU KNOW, SO NOW WE ARE TALKING OF THE HOUSING MARKET IN
09:59:51AM CRISIS.
09:59:51AM LIKE I TOLD THE CHIEF, THE HOUSE GOES INTO FORECLOSURE.
09:59:54AM YOU HAVE ALL THESE INVESTORS IN TAMPA'S MARKET.
09:59:57AM ECONOMY, AND THEY WILL TAKE THAT HOUSE, PUT IT INTO
10:00:01AM CIRCULATION BECAUSE IT IS A NICE PLACE.
10:00:03AM THE THING OF THE HOUSING MARKET IS GOING TO CRASH, HOGWASH.
10:00:07AM AIN'T GOING TO CRASH.
10:00:09AM IT IS GOING TO MAKE MONEY.
10:00:10AM MY THING IS LET'S LOOK AT THESE OTHER SMALL HANGING FRUIT.
10:00:13AM REHAB.
10:00:14AM THESE PROBATE ISSUES.
10:00:16AM SOME OF THESE OTHER SMALL THINGS TO GET PEOPLE INTO HOUSING.
10:00:19AM THAT IS MY SPIEL ON THAT.
10:00:23AM I THINK YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.
10:00:24AM YOU AND MR. DRUMGO.
10:00:29AM TOOLS IN THE TOOLBOX.
10:00:32AM I WANT US TO WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE IT IS
10:00:35AM GOING INTO FRUITION.
10:00:36AM THANK YOU.
10:00:37AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:00:40AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION
10:00:42AM AND CLARIFYING THE NUMBERS.
10:00:43AM THE CITY OF TAMPA IS DEDICATING AND COMMITTING AND SPENDING
10:00:47AM AND ALLOCATING $26.6 MILLION FROM WHAT I SEE HERE IN THE
10:00:53AM CITY OF TAMPA GENERAL FUND.
10:00:56AM IN THE CRA AN ADDITIONAL $10 MILLION.
10:00:58AM SOMETHING WE WILL DISCUSS ON THURSDAY.
10:01:00AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: ON THURSDAY.
10:01:02AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: INVESTING $36.6 MILLION IN HOUSING.
10:01:05AM SOMEONE SAID IN GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT SAILED I WANT $40
10:01:09AM MILLION DEDICATED TO HOUSING.
10:01:10AM AND WE ARE DEDICATING ALMOST $40 MILLION.
10:01:13AM WE ARE AT $37 MILLION FOR A VARIETY OF SERVICES ON TOP OF --
10:01:18AM I THINK YOU MENTIONED OR MAYBE ABBYE FEELEY MENTIONED THE
10:01:22AM HOUSING THAT IS IN THE QUEUE THAT IS BEING BUILT, CLOSE TO
10:01:27AM 4,000 UNITS.
10:01:28AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: 3600 UNITS.
10:01:29AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 3600 THAT --
10:01:31AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: SOMEWHERE IN THE QUEUE.
10:01:33AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SOME PLACE THERE.
10:01:34AM I THINK WE ARE DOING A LOT.
10:01:36AM MAYBE WE ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH.
10:01:37AM AND I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT MORE OPTIONS.
10:01:40AM AND WE WILL DISCUSS THAT WITH THE CRA BECAUSE, OF COURSE, WE
10:01:44AM HAVE DIFFERENT ALLOCATED MONIES THAT CAN ONLY BE SPENT
10:01:47AM THERE, AS YOU ALREADY EXPRESSED.
10:01:48AM BUT THE CITY OF TAMPA IS INVESTING ALMOST $37 MILLION IN
10:01:53AM HOUSING.
10:01:54AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THE $26.1 MILLION IS NOT ALL FEDERAL FUND,
10:02:01AM GENERAL, STATE AND FEDERAL FUND.
10:02:04AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE BIGGER PICTURE IS THESE ARE T
10:02:08AM ACTUAL NUMBERS.
10:02:08AM NOT COUNTING WHAT WE CAN DO WITH CRA.
10:02:11AM I THANK YOU.
10:02:12AM I HOPE THE MARKET COOLS.
10:02:16AM IN TALKING TO REALTORS, THEY SAY THINGS ARE SLOWLY CHANGING.
10:02:21AM COUNCILMAN GUDES SAID APARTMENTS AVAILABLE, UNITS AVAILABLE.
10:02:26AM WHY ARE THEY NOT OUT THERE?
10:02:28AM THAT IS ANOTHER DISCUSSION.
10:02:29AM BUT WE ARE DOING A LOT.
10:02:31AM A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT.
10:02:33AM MAYBE WE SHOULD DO MORE, I GET IT.
10:02:35AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: IF WE DO MORE.
10:02:37AM I AM JUST TELLING YOU THAT I NEED MORE STAFF.
10:02:39AM I AM TELLING YOU.
10:02:41AM THIS TEAM IS BURNT OUT.
10:02:44AM YOU ADD MORE PROGRAMS AND ADD MORE FUNDING, I AM GOING TO
10:02:47AM HAVE TO BE THE MAMA BEAR AND SAY I CAN'T DO NIP MORE UNTIL
10:02:51AM WE HAVE THE STAFFING TO DO THAT.
10:02:52AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU TELL US WHAT YOU NEED, AND WE WILL
10:02:55AM SUPPORT YOU.
10:02:56AM AND WE WILL WORK AS A TEAM IN TRYING TO SOLVE THIS TOGETHER.
10:02:59AM THANK YOU.
10:03:00AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
10:03:01AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I DO THINK THAT $37 MILLION IS WONDERFUL.
10:03:07AM I AM ON THURSDAY GOING TO ASK THAT WE DO A CRA HOUSING
10:03:13AM WORKSHOP THAT ACTUALLY BRINGS ALL THIS TOGETHER BEFORE THE
10:03:17AM BUDGET.
10:03:17AM IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE CAN DO A SPECIAL CALL TO ACTUALLY
10:03:21AM BRING THE MANAGERS IN TO REALLY LISTEN.
10:03:24AM TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THIS MONEY GOES
10:03:28AM TOWARD HOUSING.
10:03:29AM BUT TO LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS -- I AM SORRY, BUT 500 -- I AM
10:03:36AM GOING TO HAVE TO START BRINGING A CALCULATOR BECAUSE I HAVE
10:03:38AM TO DO THE OLD SCHOOL LONG DIVISION ON HERE.
10:03:41AM BUT 500 HOUSEHOLD FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
10:03:47AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: HOW MANY WE CAN HELP WITH THE 679.
10:03:51AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I DID BACK OF THE ENVELOPE MAP AND I GOT 13.8
10:03:58AM THOUSAND DOLLARS PER PERSON WHICH SEEMS -- ZONING HEARING
10:04:01AM MASTER.
10:04:01AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: PER HOUSEHOLD.
10:04:03AM >>LYNN HURTAK: SORRY, PER HOUSEHOLD.
10:04:05AM THAT SEEMS AWFULLY HIGH GIVEN ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE
10:04:08AM OFFERING IS JUST $300 EXTRA POSSIBLY --
10:04:12AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: SO, YEAH, THAT IS BASED ON THE NUMBERS WE
10:04:15AM HAD AT THE TIME.
10:04:15AM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT -- WITH RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
10:04:18AM THAT NUMBER, THAT AVERAGE NUMBER FLUCTUATES.
10:04:20AM .GOES UP AND DOWN BASED ON -- YOUR NEED MAY NEED A SECURITY
10:04:25AM DEPOSIT AND NOT NECESSARILY A GAP.
10:04:28AM AND COUNCILMAN VIERA MAY BE A GAP OF $100 A MONTH.
10:04:31AM NOT ONLY THAT, PEOPLE MOVE OUT OF THE CITY LIMITS.
10:04:34AM SOME PEOPLE -- THAT NUMBER FLUCTUATES HE.
10:04:37AM JUST WITH THE NUMBERS THAT CAME OUT SINCE LAST NIGHT
10:04:40AM PROBABLY AT 2 A.M., AND SHE DID A REPORT.
10:04:43AM IT WAS LIKE 9,000 -- LIKE $8,000 ON AVERAGE PER PERSON.
10:04:48AM SO IT LIKELY WILL BE -- WE CAN HELP MORE THAN 500 PEOPLE BUT
10:04:52AM BASED ON THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAD AT THE TIME JUST GIVING YOU
10:04:55AM AN ESTIMATE.
10:04:56AM AND WE CAN COME PACK AND -- YOU KNOW, WE PROVIDE YOU WITH
10:05:00AM ANNUAL REPORTS.
10:05:01AM WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO THAT.
10:05:02AM SO WE CAN DO THAT SIX MONTHS IN AND TELL YOU WHAT THAT
10:05:06AM UPDATE -- WE DO THE MONTHLY UPDATE FOR THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE
10:05:10AM AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO E-MAIL THAT TO YOU EVERY TIME WE GET
10:05:13AM IT JUST SO YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY HOUSEHOLDS AND WHAT THAT
10:05:17AM AVERAGE IS.
10:05:17AM >>LYNN HURTAK: ABSOLUTELY.
10:05:18AM YOU WILL BE COMING BACK US TO HE EVERY OTHER MONTH ANYWAY.
10:05:22AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: I'M HERE WITH YOU EVERY WEEK, IT SEEMS
10:05:25AM LIKE.
10:05:25AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I UNDERSTAND WE WILL BE WORK ON THIS BUT THAT
10:05:32AM NUMBER SHOULD BE TIMES 10.
10:05:34AM AND $6.9 MILLION CONSIDERING WHAT WE DID TWO WEEKS AGO IN
10:05:39AM NOT HELPING PEOPLE WITH RENT STABLELATION.
10:05:41AM WE REALLY OWE IT TO PEOPLE -- THAT IS WHAT THIS COUNCIL
10:05:50AM SAYS, WE NEED TO PUT MONEY INTO IT AND BEEF UP RENTAL
10:05:53AM ASSISTANCE.
10:05:54AM THAT IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THIS BUDGET MORE THAN
10:05:58AM $6.9 MILLION FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
10:06:00AM STAND HOWEVER THAT HAPPENS, THAT IS A PRIORITY OF MINE.
10:06:05AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: OKAY.
10:06:06AM WHEN WE TALK ON THURSDAY -- SO JUST FROM A TIMING
10:06:11AM PERSPECTIVE, YOU ARE ASKING FOR A HOUSING WORKSHOP.
10:06:14AM AND YOU HAVE THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING IS SEPTEMBER 6.
10:06:19AM AND YOU HAVE YOUR BUDGET -- I AM JUST SAYING THAT WE CAN
10:06:24AM HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AND DIRECTION ON THURSDAY WITH
10:06:29AM THE CRA STAFF.
10:06:29AM I FEEL LIKE WE WOULD BE PREPARED AND READY TO TAKE ANY
10:06:32AM DIRECTION THAT YOU WANT FROM HOUSING.
10:06:34AM AS WE WORK THROUGH PROGRAMS, IF THERE ARE NEW PROGRAMS, THEY
10:06:36AM HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU ANYWAY, BUT FROM A TIMING
10:06:39AM PERSPECTIVE, WE COULD DO A SPECIAL-CALLED MEETING BUT I
10:06:43AM THINK WE CAN AT LEAST GET STARTED ON THE CONVERSATIONS ON
10:06:45AM THURSDAY ON HOW -- HOW YOU -- HOW YOU WANTED TO ALLOCATE
10:06:50AM THAT FUNDING AND IF YOU WANTED TO DO RENTAL ASSISTANCE AS
10:06:53AM ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS TO USE SOME OF THAT $10.6 MILLION,.YOU
10:07:00AM CAN DO THAT AS WELL.
10:07:01AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I AM FINE WITH THAT GETTING THE BALL ROLLING.
10:07:05AM MY CONCERN -- I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS NOTICED
10:07:09AM PROPERLY AND PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT
10:07:11AM I KNOW THE AGENDA IS SORT OF ALREADY SET FOR THURSDAY.
10:07:14AM I AM NOT -- I AM PERFECTLY HAPPY TO START THE DISCUSSION AND
10:07:19AM MAYBE WE DON'T NEED TO SOLVE IT RIGHT BEFORE THE BUDGET
10:07:22AM CYCLE, BUT I DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY WANT TO HAVE THAT
10:07:25AM CONVERSATION.
10:07:25AM AND I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOUR STAFF IS DOING.
10:07:31AM I WILL ECHO WHAT COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO SAID.
10:07:35AM I TRULY BELIEVE THAT WHAT YOU WANT, WHAT YOU NEED NOR STAFF,
10:07:38AM JUST BRING IT TO US.
10:07:39AM BECAUSE I DO FEEL PERSONALLY AGAIN THAT HOUSING IS THE MOST
10:07:43AM IMPORTANT THING.
10:07:43AM AND IN EVERY SITUATION.
10:07:45AM IF WE ARE WORKING ON HOUSING REHAB.
10:07:47AM THIS IS IT SHALL NOT THAT THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AREN'T
10:07:53AM IMPORTANT, BUT THIS IS WHERE THE CRISIS IS.
10:07:55AM SO I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT PROVIDING ADDITIONAL STAFF TO MAKE
10:07:59AM IT HAPPEN.
10:07:59AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: I JUST WANT TO -- FROM A HISTORICAL
10:08:03AM PERSPECTIVE.
10:08:03AM I HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE JANUARY, BUT EVEN LOOKING BACK FROM
10:08:07AM WHAT THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS PUT TOWARD HOUSING
10:08:09AM AFFORDABILITY WITH IT BEING ONE OF THE MAYOR'S TOP PILLAR
10:08:14AM PRIORITIES.
10:08:15AM ONE OF THE TOP PRIORITIES OF THIS COUNCIL AND OF THE
10:08:18AM COMMUNITY, RIGHT.
10:08:18AM THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS, EVERY FULL-TIME POSITION THAT
10:08:25AM WE ASKED FOR IN HOUSING WE HAVE RECEIVED.
10:08:27AM AND SO WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY BEEN SUPPORTIVE.
10:08:30AM WHAT YOU ARE SEEING NOW IS AN UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL OF SERVICE
10:08:33AM IN HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.
10:08:35AM SO I DON'T WANT FOR YOU TO -- AT ANY POINT THINK THAT WE
10:08:39AM HAVEN'T BEEN SPORTS WILDFIRE STAFFING.
10:08:42AM WE ARE JUST PROVIDING A LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT IS
10:08:45AM UNPRECEDENTED EVEN WITH THE INFLUX OF ARPA FUNDS AND CARES
10:08:49AM FUNDING WE HAD OVER TIME.
10:08:50AM AND SO WE ARE TRYING TO STAFF UP AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
10:08:55AM AND STILL CREATE NEW LEVELS OF FUNDING.
10:09:02AM SOME OF THE FUNDING -- ABBYE COME AND WHISPER QUICKLY, $6
10:09:08AM MILLION.
10:09:08AM YOU SEE THESE DIFFERENT BUCKETS OF MONEY.
10:09:10AM THE MONEY IS NOT INTERCHANGEABLE FROM THE BUCKETS.
10:09:14AM WE GET IN FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR SPECIFIED USE, WE
10:09:17AM CAN'T SOME OF THAT AND ADD IT TO RENTAL ASSISTANCE WHICH IS
10:09:20AM WHY I GO BACK AND SAY IF YOU WANTED TO SUPPLEMENT WHAT YOU
10:09:24AM HAVE -- WHAT YOU ARE SEEING TODAY WITH CRA MONEY THAT IS A
10:09:28AM LITTLE LESS RESTRICTIVE, ALTHOUGH YOU STILL HAVE -- THERE IS
10:09:31AM -- THERE ARE STILL REQUIREMENTS AROUND AND WE HAVE TO DO IT
10:09:36AM IN THE COULD BE FINES OF 163 ANNUAL REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.
10:09:39AM WE CAN DO THAT AND GET CREATIVE IN DOING THAT AND YOU CAN
10:09:42AM SUPPLEMENT USING THOSE FUNDS AS WELL.
10:09:44AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. MASSEY.
10:09:46AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: THE ONLY OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION
10:09:48AM THAT THE CRA BUDGET IS ON THE AGENDA FOR THE CRA DISCUSSION
10:09:52AM ON THURSDAY.
10:09:53AM IT REALLY -- HOW YOU WANT TO BUDGET, ALLOCATE FUNDS FOR THE
10:09:57AM NEXT FISCAL YEAR IS ONE OF THE PRIMARY POINTS OF DISCUSSION
10:09:59AM THAT IS ALREADY ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS NEXT THURSDAY.
10:10:01AM I JUST WALMARTED TO SAY THAT.
10:10:03AM >>LYNN HURTAK: GREAT.
10:10:04AM THANK YOU.
10:10:05AM AND I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE STAFF.
10:10:07AM BECAUSE EVERY TIME I ASK FOR A CONVERSATION, EVERY TIME I
10:10:10AM ASK FOR DATA, I GET IT.
10:10:13AM SO I REALLY -- AND I -- I JUST -- I APPRECIATE THE
10:10:19AM RESPONSIVENESS.
10:10:20AM I KNOW HOW YOU ALL ARE REALLY TRYING TO TURN A GIANT SHIP ON
10:10:24AM A DIME.
10:10:25AM AND YOU HAVE DONE A REALLY PHENOMENAL JOB.
10:10:28AM I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF -- WE HAVE A LOT MORE TO DO, BUT
10:10:32AM YOUR -- YOU -- YOU AND YOUR TEAM'S WORK HAS NOT GONE
10:10:38AM UNNOTICED AND UNAPPRECIATED.
10:10:41AM SO THANK YOU.
10:10:41AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN UPSTATE VIERA.
10:10:43AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
10:10:44AM THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
10:10:45AM A COUPLE OF THINGS.
10:10:47AM HIKE COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK SAID, JUST TO THANK YOU.
10:10:49AM I ALWAYS TRY TO BE AS ENCOURAGING AS TO YOU IT BECAUSE YOU
10:10:53AM ARRIVED HERE IN JANUARY, LIKE YOU SAID AND IN THE MIDDLE OF
10:10:57AM A STORM WHERE HOUSING COSTS GONE UP 30, 35% OVER THE PAST
10:11:03AM YEAR AND HERE YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE ISSUE WITH THE
10:11:05AM PRESSURE OF THE PUBLIC.
10:11:06AM SOMETIMES THE FRUSTRATION OF THE PUBLIC, ELECTED OFFICIALS
10:11:09AM AND ETC..
10:11:10AM I THINK YOU ARE DOING A MARVELOUS JOB.
10:11:14AM WHEN I SAID BEFORE ELECTED OFFICE AND PUBLIC SERVICE IS A
10:11:18AM CIVIC ENDEAVOR, A CIVIC ENDEAVOR, PATRIOTIC EXAMPLE, YOUR
10:11:24AM JOB IS STAFF GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT.
10:11:26AM YOU ARE HELPING PEOPLE.
10:11:27AM THE WORK YOU DO.
10:11:28AM STAYING UP LATE NIGHTS.
10:11:30AM PEOPLE ARE BEING HELPED.
10:11:31AM WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, I ALWAYS SAY THAT I NEVER -- I NEVER
10:11:34AM LIKED TO OVERPROMISE ON SOMETHING.
10:11:36AM I NEVER LIKE TO SAY ILL DO X, Y AND Z.
10:11:44AM I DON'T LIKE TO WRITE POLITICAL CHECKS THAT I EXPECT CASH.
10:11:47AM THAT IS HOW I OPERATE.
10:11:48AM THIS IS REALLY BIG POLITICAL CHECK.
10:11:51AM DEDICATING $35 MILLION TO $40 MILLION.
10:11:54AM THAT IS DOLLAR-FOR-DOLLAR, MONEY THAT WILL HELP PEOPLE WITH
10:11:57AM THEIR BACKS UP AGAINST THE WALL, WORKING FULL-TIME, LIVING
10:12:02AM IN POVERTY, TRYING TO WORK HARD TO MAKE IT TO THE MIDDLE
10:12:05AM CLASS.
10:12:05AM JUMPING OUT OF MIDDLE CLASS BECAUSE OF CHANGES WE ARE SEEING
10:12:08AM IN THE ECONOMY.
10:12:09AM AND THIS MONEY GOES TO HELP THEM.
10:12:10AM A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE DO.
10:12:12AM THIS COUNCIL WITH THE TENANT BILL OF RIGHTS, ETC.
10:12:15AM THAT DEALS WITH RIGHTS, RIGHT?
10:12:18AM THAT DEALS WITH RIGHTS.
10:12:19AM THIS IS MONEY IN THE POCKET, SO TO SPEAK, OF PEOPLE WHO
10:12:23AM REALLY NEED IT.
10:12:24AM I JUST WANT TO COMMEND THAT AND LAUD THAT AND THANK YOU HAVE
10:12:29AM I MUCH AGAIN.
10:12:29AM THANK YOU.
10:12:30AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:12:32AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JUST REAL QUICK.
10:12:33AM I DON'T REMEMBER WHO I SAID IT TO.
10:12:35AM WE WERE TALKING ABOUT YOU AND I SAID YOU ARE A SUPERSTAR.
10:12:39AM NICOLE TRAVIS IS A SUPERSTAR.
10:12:40AM I WANT TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
10:12:43AM WE ARE GRATEFUL AND LUCKY TO HAVE YOU HERE NOW.
10:12:45AM THIS IS A CRISIS UNPRECEDENTED AND I THINK WE HAVE THE BEST
10:12:48AM PERSON LEADING WITH YOUR TEAM.
10:12:50AM EVERYBODY BEHIND YOU AND WITH YOU, WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE YOU
10:12:53AM BECAUSE YOU GO ABOVE AND BEYOND.
10:12:55AM WHEN YOU SAY WE ARE BURNT OUT, YOU ARE WORKING TIRELESSLY,
10:13:00AM ENDLESSLY TO FIND SOLUTIONS FOR THE PEOPLE.
10:13:02AM UP WANT TO SAY PERSONALLY THAT HI APPRECIATE YOU.
10:13:05AM WE ALL APPRECIATE YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
10:13:07AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THANK YOU.
10:13:08AM MULTI-FAMILY.
10:13:09AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:13:11AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I DON'T SPEAK VERY MUCH WELL WITH ANYBODY
10:13:13AM BECAUSE IF I DO THEY WILL GO SOMEWHERE ELSE AND SOMEBODY
10:13:17AM WILL OFFER THEM MORE MONEY.
10:13:18AM NICOLE TRAVIS IS A SUPERSTAR.
10:13:20AM STARRING TOMORROW AT THE TAMPA THEATRE.
10:13:23AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: MY GOODNESS.
10:13:24AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND WHAT
10:13:26AM YOU DO.
10:13:26AM AND YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THINGS REALISTICALLY.
10:13:29AM IT IS INCUMBENT TO TRY TO HELP EVERYONE AM.
10:13:34AM AND WE HAVE TO REALIZE AND UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF THIS
10:13:36AM MONEY THAT WE PAY IN RENT CONTROL WILL NEVER COME BADGE.
10:13:39AM SO IT IS A ONE-SHOT DEAL BECAUSE AFTER THAT, IT ENDS.
10:13:42AM AND I TONIGHT WANT TO GIVE FALSE HOPE TO PEOPLE.
10:13:47AM BUT THE CRISIS THAT WE HAVE WITH A COMPLICATED SIMPLE ONE.
10:13:50AM WHAT IS IT I SAY?
10:13:54AM COMPLICATED BECAUSE YOU HAVE A SUPPLY AND DEMAND IN REVERSE.
10:13:57AM YOU HAVE NOT MORE HOUSING, BUT LESS HOUSING AND MORE PEOPLE
10:14:01AM LOOKING FOR HOUSING.
10:14:02AM SO YOU HAVE A REAL, REAL TRACK THAT IS COMING ONE WAY.
10:14:07AM ON THE OTHER SIDE THE ROAD, A TRACK -- A TRAIN COMING IN THE
10:14:11AM SAME DIRECTION.
10:14:12AM THEY GET TOO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER, WHAT DO YOU HAVE?
10:14:16AM >> A COLLISION.
10:14:18AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: BAD ACCIDENT.
10:14:19AM WE HAVE A MAYOR BEFORE US THAT WON'T BE SOLVED VERY SHORTLY.
10:14:24AM IF THE CITY OF TAMPA COULD AND I AM NOT SAYING THEY CAN'T,
10:14:30AM BUT MAYBE THEY COULD, START THEIR OWN BUILDING PROCESS.
10:14:33AM UNDER ANOTHER NAME.
10:14:34AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: EXACTLY.
10:14:36AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: START IT ALL.
10:14:38AM BUILD YOUR OWN HOUSES.
10:14:40AM CUT OUT THE MIDDLE MAN AND BUILD MORE HOUSES AT A BETTER
10:14:44AM RATE.
10:14:44AM THAT'S ALL I CAN TELL UP.
10:14:46AM I AM NOT SAYING YOU CAN TO THAT IF IT IS POSSIBLE.
10:14:49AM YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO REF TIRE FROM THE CITY THAT ARE GENERAL
10:14:52AM CONTRACTORS.
10:14:52AM HIRE ONE OF THEM JUST LIKE YOU HIRE ANYBODY ELSE TO DO
10:14:57AM SOMETHING ELSE IN THE CITY AND GO OUT AND BUILD THEM.
10:14:59AM I DON'T THINK YOU CAN GET SUED.
10:15:02AM IF YOU DO IT, I DON'T THINK YOU ARE GOING TO LOSE.
10:15:05AM BECAUSE USING FEDERAL DOLLARS FOR THE RIGHT THING TO GET
10:15:09AM THINGS DONE.
10:15:09AM IF THEY DON'T LIKE IT.
10:15:11AM SORRY, CHARLIE.
10:15:13AM NOT YOU, CHARLIE.
10:15:15AM BUT THIS CHARLIE.
10:15:16AM THOSE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO DO.
10:15:17AM AND I AM NOT SAYING YOU SHOULD TO IT, BUT A POSSIBILITY THAT
10:15:22AM YOU CAN DO IT.
10:15:23AM START WHY YOU ARE OWN DEVELOPMENT COMPANY AND BUILD THEM.
10:15:25AM PUT YOUR BID UP AGAINST THEM AND YOU GO DO IT AND THAT WAY
10:15:31AM YOU STAY HERE A LITTLE LONGER.
10:15:33AM THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
10:15:34AM I APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR STAFF.
10:15:35AM LET'S GET TO WORK.
10:15:40AM THANK YOU.
10:15:40AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THANK YOU.
10:15:41AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN BE GUDES.
10:15:43AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IT.
10:15:49AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I THOUGHT IT.
10:15:50AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE HAVE TO USE COMMON SENSE.
10:15:51AM IT SCARES ME.
10:15:53AM LET ME TELL YOU WHY.
10:15:56AM TALKING OF CRA MONEY.
10:15:57AM DON'T BE FOOLED BY THAT BIG NUMBER.
10:15:59AM THOSE BIG NUMBERS THERE COME WITH A LOT OF CRITERIA.
10:16:02AM IT MAY HELP SOME, BUT, AGAIN, THAT BIG NUMBER AIN'T GOING TO
10:16:07AM GET WHAT WE NEED TO GET DONE AND THAT MONEY WON'T ARRIVE
10:16:10AM WITH THE RENTAL ASSISTANT MONEY.
10:16:13AM WITH THE CRA.
10:16:15AM IT GOES BACK TO BUILD BUT GOES BACK TO THOSE WHO MAY BE
10:16:20AM RENTING OR THE OWNER OF THOSE PROPERTIES WHERE YOU MAKE A
10:16:23AM DEAL WHERE YOU CAN'T RAISE THAT RENT FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF
10:16:27AM TIME.
10:16:27AM GET YOUR PLACE FIXED UP, BUT YOU ARE GOING TO HELP ME BY
10:16:32AM KEEPING MY FAMILY INTACT.
10:16:33AM THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF STRATEGIES THAT WE NEED TO DO.
10:16:40AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: IT IS.
10:16:40AM THOSE ARE THINGS WE TALKED.
10:16:42AM OF MR. DRUMGO AND THE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST AND COMING UP
10:16:48AM WITH DIFFERENT STRATEGIES HOW DO WE IN PERPETUITY CONTINUE
10:16:53AM TO LOOK AT KEEPING UNITS AFFORDABLE, NOT JUST RIGHT NOW, BUT
10:16:57AM IN PERPETUITY.
10:16:58AM SO HOW DO WE.
10:17:00AM INCREASE THAT STOCK.
10:17:01AM AND NUMBERS INCH PART OF THIS IS HOW WE DO THE COMMUNITY
10:17:05AM LAND TRUST.
10:17:06AM PUTTING -- IF WE DO OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB OR TENANT REHAB
10:17:11AM UNITS, HOW DO WE ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH THE LANDLORD TO
10:17:15AM KEEP THE RENTS AT A RESTRICTED OR A LOWER RATE.
10:17:22AM ALL THINGS THAT WE REMEMBER WORKING ON AND WILL BRING IT
10:17:25AM BACK TO YOU.
10:17:25AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT FATHER.
10:17:29AM YOU NEED A SPECIAL TEAM TO DO THAT.
10:17:31AM TO DO HELP WORK WITH THE OTHER THINGS YOU ARE DOING.
10:17:35AM UP DON'T WANT ALL THE CRA MONEY.
10:17:40AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: ABSOLUTELY NOT.
10:17:41AM I JUST TELL YOU IN GOOD CONSCIOUS I CAN'T TELL YOU OR ADVISE
10:17:45AM YOU AS YOUR CRA DIRECT TO USE YOUR $10.6 MILLION FOR RENTAL
10:17:49AM ASSISTANCE.
10:17:50AM QUITE HONESTLY THAT SCARES THE HECK OUT OF ME.
10:17:53AM HOW DO WE PARTNER WITH DEVELOPERS FOR NEW UNITS.
10:17:56AM HOW DO WE INCENTIVIZE THAT SUPPLY PIECE WE NEED TO GET TAX
10:18:02AM INCREMENT FINANCE SOMETHING IS AN UNIQUE TOOL THAT SHOULD BE
10:18:05AM USED TO LEVERAGE YOUR DOLLARS AND CONTINUE TO INVEST IT SO
10:18:10AM YOU CAN GET MORE MONEY TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THE
10:18:12AM DISTRICT.
10:18:12AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: TALK ABOUT INCLUSIONARY ZONING.
10:18:16AM A LOT OF CITIES SAY THAT.
10:18:17AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: YOU CAN DO THAT WITH THE MONEY.
10:18:21AM ON THURSDAY TALK ABOUT THE 10.6 MILLION.
10:18:23AM WE CAN ALLOCATE IN LARGER BUCKETS.
10:18:25AM WE HAVE TO DO THAT ON THURSDAY BEFORE THE BUDGET WORKSHOP
10:18:28AM AND THEN WORK DOWN THE DETAILS OF PROGRAMS AND BRING THAT
10:18:32AM BACK TO YOU.
10:18:33AM BUT --
10:18:34AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
10:18:35AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: I WANT TO MENTION REAL QUICKLY A NUMBER OF
10:18:38AM NEW GRANT PROGRAMS THAT ALL HAVE RECENTLY APPROVED BY
10:18:42AM THE CRA DO HAVE RESTRICTION WILLING.
10:18:44AM IF THE RECIPIENT OF THE GRANT CANNOT RAISE RENT BEYOND A
10:18:48AM CERTAINLY AMOUNT.
10:18:48AM THAT IS PART OF THE PROGRAM AND I WANT TO MAKE THAT YOU KNOW
10:18:53AM WE ARE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT THOSE CONCEPTS IN THE CRA GRANT
10:18:58AM PROGRAMS.
10:18:58AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
10:19:00AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION OR STATEMENT, I
10:19:03AM SUPPOSE.
10:19:03AM WHEN WE DO GET TOGETHER ON THURSDAY, IF -- IF YOU HAVE --
10:19:08AM OBVIOUSLY I AM NOT EXPECTING A MAJOR PRESENTATION, BUT IF
10:19:12AM YOU KNOW WHAT TYPE OF STAFF THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
10:19:16AM LIKE HOW MANY, MAYBE.
10:19:17AM LIKE JUST A GENERAL BALLPARK SO WE CAN START TO FACTOR THAT
10:19:24AM -- THAT MONEY IN.
10:19:25AM THAT WILL BE GREAT.
10:19:26AM SO THANK YOU.
10:19:27AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: I KNOW YOU ARE NOT AS YOUR CRA BOARD.
10:19:32AM IF YOU GIVE US A NOD IF YOU WANT ME TO LOOK AT STAFFING, I
10:19:35AM HAVE TO BRING THAT BACK.
10:19:36AM I NEED TO -- I NEED TO TALK TO THE MONEY BAGS.
10:19:40AM THE THE PEOPLE OVER HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM ALLOCATING
10:19:43AM THE RIGHT -- BUT WE MET ON BUDGET THIS -- EARLY THIS
10:19:50AM MORNING, LAST WEEK, YESTERDAY, WE CAN TRY TO FACTOR SOME OF
10:19:52AM THAT IN.
10:19:53AM BUT JUST LOOKING AT THAT $800,000 FOR THE OWNER-OCCUPIED
10:19:57AM REHAB JUST IN ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
10:19:59AM WE LOOKED AT THAT AND SAID WE CAN HIRE PEOPLE AND DO THE
10:20:02AM FRACTION OF THE COST AND DO MORE.
10:20:06AM YEAH, SO --.
10:20:08AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I APPRECIATE THAT.
10:20:09AM APPRECIATE THE LOOKING AT THAT.
10:20:10AM IF WE CAN JUST GET AN IDEA.
10:20:12AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: AN IDEA, SURE.
10:20:14AM >>LYNN HURTAK: AGAIN, DOESN'T HAVE TO BE WRITTEN IN STONE
10:20:16AM BUT SOMETHING WE CAN START WORK WITH WHEN WE PUT THE MONEY
10:20:20AM IN THE BUCKETS WE ARE ALLOCATE IT IN THE BIG BUCKETS
10:20:24AM CORRECTLY.
10:20:25AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: SURE.
10:20:26AM SETH.
10:20:27AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR STATEMENTS?
10:20:29AM ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
10:20:30AM NOW THAT ALL MY TALKING POINTS HAVE BEEN TAKEN, MILLS
10:20:34AM NICOLE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:20:35AM OF COURSE A CONVERSATION WITH COMMISSIONER WALKER AND I SAID
10:20:39AM NO, HE CAN NOT HAVE YOU BACK.
10:20:41AM MAKING THAT QUITE CLEAR.
10:20:43AM YES, LET'S TALK ABOUT RENTAL REHAB.
10:20:45AM WE PUT OUT FOR THOSE MONIES FOR RENTAL REHAB.
10:20:52AM WE CAN'T CAP RENTAL INCREASES.
10:20:54AM LET'S THINK ABOUT THAT.
10:20:57AM ARE YOU FINISHED WITH YOUR PRESENTATION OR YOU STILL HAVE
10:21:00AM MORE TO GO.
10:21:01AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: I DON'T ANYTHING LEFT FOR MY PRESENTATION.
10:21:04AM I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE.
10:21:07AM BUT I WANT TO THANK THE TEAM THAT I WORK WITH.
10:21:09AM I HAVE THE BEST JOB OF LEADING AN AMAZING TEAM.
10:21:12AM THEY WORK TIRELESSLY.
10:21:14AM WE ARE PUBLIC SERVANTS FOR A REASON.
10:21:17AM IT IS A CHOICE.
10:21:19AM WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THIS JOB.
10:21:21AM OUR CHOICE TO BE A PUBLIC SERVANT AND OUR PLEASURE TO HAVE
10:21:25AM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE.
10:21:25AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
10:21:27AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: I THINK I -- EVERYBODY HERE WOULD SAY THANK
10:21:29AM YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND YOUR TEAM.
10:21:32AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THANK YOU.
10:21:33AM COUNCILMAN SELF IF VIERA.
10:21:38AM >>LUIS VIERA: FOR OTHER QUESTIONS?
10:21:40AM SETH.
10:21:40AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: I BELIEVE HE BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE WILL COME
10:21:43AM UP NEXT TO SPEAK NEXT AT THE PODIUM.
10:21:52AM >>JOHN BENNETT: GOOD MORNING, AGAIN, COUNCIL.
10:21:54AM JOHN BENNETT, CHIEF OF STAFF.
10:21:56AM THIS PHASE OF THE WORKSHOP IS AN OPEN QUESTION AND OPEN CALL
10:21:59AM TO THE REST OF THE BUDGET.
10:22:00AM OF COURSE THE BUDGET TEAMS DO LINE-BY-LINE QUESTIONS AND
10:22:06AM OTHER VISION AND INITIATIVE THAT COUNCIL EITHER DISCUSSED
10:22:10AM WITH US OR WANTS TO DO SOME VERIFICATION.
10:22:12AM THOSE KIND OF THINGS ARE IN PLAY AT THIS POINT.
10:22:14AM AGAIN, THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ARE HERE TO TALK OF THEIR
10:22:18AM SPECIFIC BUSINESS UNITS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT -- I JUST WANT
10:22:21AM TO, IF I COULD, TAKE A QUICK MOMENT ON THE INSURANCE
10:22:24AM QUESTION.
10:22:25AM I WAS REACHING OUT TO OUR BENEFITS TEAM.
10:22:28AM AND THE ONE THING THAT DIDN'T COME OUT IN OUR DISCUSSION AND
10:22:33AM ABLE TO GET THE PERCENTAGES, APPROXIMATELY 60% OF OUR
10:22:37AM GENERAL EMPLOYEES USE THE SINGLE COVERAGE AND THAT IS AT NO
10:22:40AM COST TO THEM.
10:22:41AM AND THE OTHER 40% IN FAMILY WOULD GET THAT 7.5% INCREASE.
10:22:46AM SO WE MAINTAINED ZERO COST SYSTEM FOR SINGLES, WHICH IS WHY
10:22:50AM WE ARE LOOKING TO TRY TO BUILD MULTIPLE PLANES.
10:22:53AM BUT I NEED MORE DATA -- LANES.
10:22:56AM BUT I NEED MORE DATA FIRST.
10:22:57AM SO THE QUESTIONS ARE READY.
10:22:59AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:23:01AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:23:02AM A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WITH THIS BUDGET.
10:23:05AM I SEE HERE -- AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK, CHIEF
10:23:09AM BENNETT, WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE CREATE YOU.
10:23:11AM ON MAJOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 PROJECTA FOR FIRE STATION 24 IT
10:23:16AM SAYS HERE -- AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND WHAT NOT.
10:23:18AM I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS SOMETHING IN THE WORKS
10:23:23AM UNDER THIS BUDGET.
10:23:24AM I THINK -- NOW CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IT WAS A MILLION
10:23:27AM DOLLARS THAT WAS DEDICATED IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS.
10:23:30AM IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE SURROUNDING AREA OF STATION 24,
10:23:35AM THE BIG PROBLEM IS RESPONSE TIMES AND YOU KNOW THIS AND
10:23:38AM SAYING THIS FOR BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.
10:23:40AM WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT ACCORDING TO A STUDY DONE BY LOCAL
10:23:44AM 754, THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS, FOUR
10:23:47AM OUT OF THE SIX FIRE STATIONS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA WITH THE
10:23:50AM LONGEST RESPONSE TIMES COME FROM 33647, STATION 20 THAT HAD
10:23:54AM SERVE MOSTLY TAMPA PALMS, 21 AND 22 OFF CROSS CREEK AND 23
10:23:59AM FOR.
10:24:00AM GRAHAM HAMPTON.
10:24:01AM THE BIG ISSUES IS RESPONSE TIMES.
10:24:03AM MY UNDERSTANDING THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY REAL ESTATE
10:24:07AM PURCHASED OR SITED FOR THIS.
10:24:11AM SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS BUDGET --
10:24:14AM AND THE WAY I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT FOR FIRE STATIONS --
10:24:17AM EVERY SINGLE BUDGET BECAUSE LAST YEAR FIRE STATION 25.
10:24:20AM AND DESIGNED FOR 24.
10:24:22AM I WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR EVERY SINGLE YEAR IS A GOAL THAT I
10:24:25AM THINK IS ATTAINABLE TO HAVE CONSTRUCTION FUNDS FOR A FIRE
10:24:29AM STATION, RIGHT.
10:24:29AM AND DESIGN FOR -- I GUESS, VISUAL DOWNPAYMENT, I GUESS FOR
10:24:34AM THE FIRE STATION FOR NEXT YEAR WERE WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE
10:24:40AM THAT THERE IS NOT CONSTRUCTION UNDER IN COMPLEX FOR FIRE
10:24:44AM STATION 24 FOR K-BAR RANCH BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE.
10:24:48AM FOLKS OUT THERE IN THE K-BAR RANCH IN THE NEW TAMPA AREA
10:24:52AM HAVE TO RESPOND TO RESPONSE TIMES OF 12, 13, 14 MINUTES,
10:24:56AM ETC.
10:24:56AM AND AGAIN GEOGRAPHICALLY LOCATED FOUR OUT OF THE SIX FIRE
10:25:00AM STATIONS BEING THERE.
10:25:01AM THAT WAS ONE THING I WAS GOING TO MAKE A MOTION IN THAT
10:25:04AM REGARD TO FOLLOW UP IN A FEW MONTHS TO SEE WHERE WE ARE ON
10:25:09AM THAT.
10:25:09AM I WANT TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE A RESPONSE.
10:25:11AM >>JOHN BENNETT: UP APOLOGIZE, CHIEF TRIPP WAS DOUBLE BOOKED
10:25:16AM WITH AN ADMINISTRATIVE HOPING SHE WOULD MAKE IT BACK FOR IN
10:25:19AM QUESTION, BUT I WILL TRY TO BRIDGE IT UNTIL SHE GETS HERE.
10:25:22AM RECENTLY KNOWING THIS IS OF IMPORTANCE AND HAS BEEN OF
10:25:27AM IMPORTANCE, LAND CONTROL IS OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE MOST
10:25:29AM IMPORTANT FACTORS TO ADDING DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SERVICE.
10:25:39AM RESPONSE TIME IN MEDICAL RESPONSE.
10:25:41AM 89% OF OUR CALLS OF SERVICE IS MEDICAL BASED ACROSS THE
10:25:45AM CITY.
10:25:45AM RESPONSE TIME IS CRITICAL AND WE WANT THAT AT EVERY
10:25:50AM DOORSTEP, RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL OR A VISITOR'S DOOR.
10:25:52AM I HAVE ASKED CHIEF TRIPP FOR AN UPDATE ON RESPONSE TIMES FOR
10:25:57AM THAT ENTIRE SPACE.
10:25:58AM I WENT OUT THERE AND DROVE LAST WEEK INTO THAT AREA CAN TO
10:26:02AM SEE -- WE KNOW THAT THERE IS AN ACCESS ROAD.
10:26:05AM WE DID VERIFY THAT WILL BE ON THE AGENDA FOR THE 25th.
10:26:09AM AND ONCE APPROVED AND THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATIVE CYCLE, THAT
10:26:13AM PASSAGEWAY TO GET THE RESPONSE TIMES DOWN SHOULD BE --
10:26:17AM OBVIOUSLY HELPING THE SITUATION.
10:26:19AM I AM TO UNDERSTAND WITHOUT SEEING THE DATA THAT IT IS NOT A
10:26:24AM CALL LOAD ISSUE.
10:26:25AM IT IS A GEOGRAPHIC ISSUE.
10:26:27AM THE OTHER THING WE ARE TALKING BEFORE AND WE ARE WORK WITH
10:26:30AM THE COUNTY ON IS THE CYCLE TIME TO GET OUT OF THE HOSPITALS.
10:26:34AM UNTIL A PATIENT CAN GET SITUATED IN THE HOSPITAL, THAT UNIT
10:26:37AM IS OUT OF SERVICE.
10:26:38AM AND SO WE ARE WORKING ON THE HOSPITAL SIDE.
10:26:41AM I AM ALSO -- AS A MATTER OF FACT, I AM MEETING TODAY WITH
10:26:44AM THE 211 CEO.
10:26:46AM AND THEY HAVE A PRIVATE AMBULANCE SYSTEM.
10:26:48AM WE NEED TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT -- AGAIN, IT
10:26:52AM DOESN'T REALLY FROM MY EXPERIENCE OF DEALING WITH MULTIPLE
10:27:00AM FIRE DISTRICTS, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR
10:27:03AM DOES ON AN AMBULANCE, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT IT IS SO WE KNOW
10:27:07AM OUR LEVEL OF SERVICE IS OVER AND ABOVE THAT.
10:27:10AM I AM TRYING TO GET BENCHMARKING ON THIS.
10:27:14AM WHY I AM SAYING ALL THIS STUFF, A LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET
10:27:19AM FOR STATION 24 WHERE THAT GEOGRAPHIC SPOT HAS YET TO BE
10:27:23AM DETERMINED BUT CHIEF TRIPP ASSURED ME THAT THE RESPONSE
10:27:28AM TIMES WILL MEET THE ACCEPTABLE AREAS.
10:27:34AM AS COUNCIL KNOWS AND COME TO YOU FOR APPROVAL.
10:27:36AM ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT HAPPENED WHEN I GOT HERE IS THE
10:27:39AM COUNTY REACHED OUT BECAUSE THEY HAD A DOUGHNUT HOLE IN
10:27:42AM RESPONSE AND ASKED FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA TO SERVE THAT
10:27:44AM COUNTY.
10:27:45AM I ALSO ASKED CHIEF TRIPP TO EXPLORE A MEMORANDUM OF
10:27:51AM UNDERSTAND WITH ALL OF THE CONTIGUOUS JURISDICTIONS TO SEE
10:27:57AM WHOEVER GETS THERE FIRST TO PAY THE BILL.
10:28:00AM AND DO THAT ON A QUARTERLY BASIS OF THE RESPONSE TIME IN
10:28:05AM BRICK AND MORTAR OPPORTUNITIES.
10:28:06AM >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, SIR.
10:28:09AM I THANK YOU FOR THAT.
10:28:10AM I APPRECIATE IT.
10:28:12AM THE UPCOMING CONNECTOR THAT WE WILL BE APPROVING ON THE 25th
10:28:14AM FOR ME -- AND AGAIN, I AM NOT A PUBLIC SAFETY EXPERT AS I
10:28:18AM SAID IN OUR CALL.
10:28:19AM I DON'T SEE THAT, JUST FROM MY OWN PERSPECTIVE, SEE THIS
10:28:23AM MAKING A SERIOUS DENT.
10:28:25AM THIS WILL BE QUICK ACCESS TO PASCO COUNTY FROM THE K-BAR
10:28:29AM RANCH.
10:28:29AM THE WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.
10:28:32AM BY AND LARGE THE STATIONS OF 21 AND 22 ON CROSS CREEK GOT TO
10:28:37AM GO INTO IT K-BAR RANCH.
10:28:40AM ALL THE WAY DOWN CROSS STREET TO MANSFIELD AND GO INTO THERE
10:28:44AM WHICH IS VERY, VERY, VERY LONG WHICH IS POTENTIALLY UNSAFE
10:28:48AM WITH A HUGE EMERGENCY VEHICLE COMING THROUGH.
10:28:50AM AGAIN WITH THE FINAL ANALYSIS WE WILL DO THINGS TO TAME THE
10:28:56AM ACCESS, BUT I THINK AT THE END, A FIRE STATION WILL HAVE TO
10:28:59AM BE THERE.
10:29:00AM AGAIN, I AM NOT A PUBLIC SAFETY EXPERT BUT IN MY VIEW IN
10:29:04AM TERMS OF THE ACCESS.
10:29:05AM THAT AREA CONTINUES TO GROW.
10:29:06AM I KNOW A COUPLE OF YEARS IN THE PRIOR CITY COUNCIL, WE
10:29:09AM APPROVED ANOTHER 600 TO 700 HOMES.
10:29:13AM AND I WILL MAKE A MOTION IN THAT REGARD, IF I MAY.
10:29:17AM THE GOAL IS HAVING CONSTRUCTION AND IT HE SIGN MONEY FOR
10:29:20AM ANOTHER FIRE STATION.
10:29:21AM WE LOOK FORWARD THE CITY OF TAMPA AND CONTINUING DEFICIT
10:29:27AM WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND FIRE IN A LOT OF
10:29:29AM DIFFERENT AREAS.
10:29:30AM UPCOMING DEFICITS WITH GROWTH, ETC.
10:29:32AM WE ARE LOOKING AT WORKFORCE HOUSING IN THE WEST TAMPA AREA,
10:29:36AM WESTSHORE CONTINUES TO GROW.
10:29:38AM DOWNTOWN, CHALLENGES.
10:29:39AM SOUTH OF GANDY, ETC., ETC.
10:29:42AM WITH THE GROWTH, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT -- I AM NOT GOING TO
10:29:46AM MENTION AT THAT QUASI-JUDICIAL, BUT TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF
10:29:49AM THINGS HANG IN YBOR CITY.
10:29:51AM I THINK IT IS A WISE WAY TO GO CONSTRUCTION COUPLED WITH
10:29:54AM DESIGN EVERY SINGLE YEAR BECAUSE WE CAN AFFORD IT AS A CITY
10:29:58AM AND WHAT NOT AND A BIG PRIORITY OF YOU GUYS AND THAT IS MY
10:30:02AM PIECE I GUESS IF YOU WILL.
10:30:03AM AND VERY BRIEFLY AND JUST FOR THE BEN 50 PUBLIC, A COUPLE OF
10:30:08AM GOOD PROGRAMS IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
10:30:10AM THE RETURNING CITIZENS APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM WHERE WE ARE
10:30:13AM WORK WITH THE COUNTY ON THAT.
10:30:14AM I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH COMMISSIONER MYERS AS PART OF OUR
10:30:21AM RETURNING CITIZENS INITIATIVE TO ENCOURAGE FEV CONTRACTORS
10:30:25AM WHO HIRING RETURN CITIZENS.
10:30:27AM RETURNING CITIZENS APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM WHO ARE LEAVING
10:30:31AM THE PRISON SYSTEM WHO WANT TO WORK HARD TO PUT FOOD ON THE
10:30:35AM TABLE FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
10:30:36AM VERY IMPORTANT.
10:30:37AM AND GRANT FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE AS OUR FRIEND JAY
10:30:41AM JOHNSON OFTEN SAYS WHEN YOU LOSE A LOVED ONE TO CRIME, YOU
10:30:45AM HAVE TO PAY THE RENT AND UTILITIES.
10:30:46AM THAT BUDGET -- AND THIS BUDGET MOVES US FORWARD.
10:30:50AM AS WE DISCUSSED THIS TRULY FOR THE BENNETT OF THE PUBLIC.
10:30:54AM THANK YOU FOR THAT, MR. CHAIR.
10:30:56AM >>JOHN BENNETT: CAN I CONFIRM, CHAIRMAN, TO THE COUNCILMAN.
10:30:59AM JUST BRIEFLY.
10:31:00AM CAN I CONFIRM --
10:31:02AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES, BRIEFLY.
10:31:04AM >>JOHN BENNETT: YES AND YES.
10:31:06AM ON THE RE-ENTRY.
10:31:08AM RETURNING CITIZEN SIDE, AS YOU KNOW, INTERNALLY PATHWAY, AND
10:31:14AM OUR OWN METHODOLOGY TO BRING IT INTO CITY GOVERNMENT
10:31:18AM EMPLOYEES.
10:31:18AM PART OF THAT PROCESS WE HAVE SENT OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
10:31:21AM DIRECTOR BRETT McKENZIE OUT TO WORK GROUPS AND CHANNEL BACK
10:31:30AM FUNDING IN SOCIAL ACTS FUND AND GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO
10:31:33AM NAVIGATE THAT SPOT AND TALKING TO CHIEF O'CONNOR POSITIONED
10:31:37AM ALREADY FOR THE VICTIMS ADVOCACY PROGRAM.
10:31:40AM AND IN ADDITION OF THAT WITH MY 2111 MEETING TODAY.
10:31:47AM HOW TO PARTNER TO BE CHANNEL OF VICTIMS OF ACUTE SITUATIONS.
10:31:52AM >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
10:31:54AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:31:55AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF BENNETT.
10:31:57AM FIRST, LET ME SAY THANK YOU FOR -- AND I MENTIONED THIS THE
10:32:01AM OTHER DAY -- FOR LISTENING TO MY CONCERNS AND INCLUDING
10:32:04AM BASICALLY EVERYTHING THAT I HAD REQUESTED IN THIS BUDGET.
10:32:07AM I APPRECIATE IT VERY, VERY MUCH.
10:32:09AM TO THE CFO, HIS TEAM, AND YOU, YOURSELF, YOU ALWAYS LISTEN
10:32:14AM AND UP APPRECIATE IT SINCERELY.
10:32:17AM I LOVE WORKING HERE.
10:32:18AM I LOVE SERVING HERE.
10:32:19AM I LOVE WORK WITH THIS GREAT TEAM.
10:32:21AM I ALWAYS SAY WE ARE A FAMILY.
10:32:23AM AS A FAMILY WE SHOULD BE THERE TO SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER.
10:32:26AM AND I CERTAINLY FEEL THAT WAY FROM YOU AND THE
10:32:28AM ADMINISTRATION.
10:32:29AM A COUPLE OF THINGS.
10:32:30AM IN SPEAKING TO SOME OF MY CONSTITUENTS AND LOOKING AT HOW
10:32:35AM BUSY WE HAVE BEEN GETTING WITH THE REZONING HEARINGS, THE
10:32:37AM NIGHT MEETINGS.
10:32:38AM THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF IN THE PIPELINE.
10:32:40AM WHAT I THINK WE SHOULD DO OR CONSIDER IS HAVING -- HIRING A
10:32:45AM NEW POSITION, CREATING A NEW POSITION WHERE THAT PERSON IS,
10:32:48AM LIKE, A NEIGHBORHOOD -- A NEIGHBORHOOD ADVOCATE.
10:32:51AM AND I KNOW WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT -- COMMUNITY LIAISONS AND
10:32:56AM WHATNOT.
10:32:57AM BUT SOMEBODY WHO CAN GO OUT TO NEIGHBORHOOD I CAN
10:32:59AM ASSOCIATIONS BECAUSE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ALSO GET
10:33:01AM TOGETHER AND DISCUSS POTENTIAL REZONINGS, PROJECTS, THEY
10:33:04AM DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE ANSWERS.
10:33:05AM THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE -- OUR CITY CODE, REZONINGS.
10:33:10AM QUASI-JUDICIAL, THE RULES.
10:33:12AM VERY TRICKY AND COMPLICATED.
10:33:15AM WE HAVE A DEDICATED INDIVIDUAL THAT WE MAY HAVE OTHER PEOPLE
10:33:18AM IN THAT CAPACITY, BUT SOMEBODY THAT BE CAN ANSWER THE
10:33:20AM QUESTIONS GO OUT TO A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
10:33:25AM 50 FEET, 10 PEOPLE, TO BETTER EXPLAIN THE PROCESS WHICH WILL
10:33:29AM HELP THE PUBLIC WHEN THEY COME HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
10:33:32AM WHETHER THEY COME IN GROUPS OF 100 OR TWO PEOPLE AND PEOPLE
10:33:35AM ARE INFORMED AND THEY KNOW WHAT THEY CAN AND CANNOT DO.
10:33:38AM WHAT COUNCIL CAN AND CANNOT DO.
10:33:40AM WHAT AN ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL IS.
10:33:43AM PEOPLE ASK HOW DID THIS GET APPROVED.
10:33:45AM I DON'T REMEMBER IT IN A MEETING.
10:33:46AM CERTAIN THINGS DON'T COME HERE.
10:33:48AM IF WE CAN CONSIDER THAT AND PERHAPS ADD THAT IN THE BUDGET
10:33:53AM AND LOOKING AT HIRING A SPECIFIC INDIVIDUAL.
10:33:56AM I HAVE MY GO-TO PEOPLE.
10:33:57AM BUT THEY ARE -- I AM LOOKING AT ABBYE FEELEY WHO IS THE GURU
10:34:00AM OR BE STEVEN BENSON AND SOMEBODY LIKE THAT.
10:34:03AM THEY ARE DOING THEIR OWN THING.
10:34:05AM BUT I THINK WE NEED SOMEBODY ELSE.
10:34:09AM THAT IS ONE THING AND PROBABLY MY BIGGEST ASK THAT WAS NOT
10:34:12AM INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET BUT I THINK SHOULD BE LOOKED AT.
10:34:17AM A COUPLE OF OTHER PROJECTS FROM.
10:34:20AM PAST PROJECTS.
10:34:22AM I AM GOING TO A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THEY WILL ASK
10:34:24AM ME THE DOCKS AT RIVERCREST PARK.
10:34:28AM I REACHED OUT TO SHERISHA HILLS AND I MET WITH THE
10:34:37AM NEIGHBORHOOD AT 2019.
10:34:37AM AND THESE PROJECTS ALONG WITH THE SHORE RESTORATION WAS
10:34:41AM FUNDED AND I KNOW COVID HIT AND SHERISHA HILLS RESPOND WITH
10:34:46AM A TIMELINE WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
10:34:48AM THEIR QUESTION IS BECAUSE THEY FUNDED IT, WHY IS THE
10:34:53AM CONTRACTOR TAKE BEING SELECTED.
10:34:58AM COVID HELD THINGS UP.
10:35:00AM RIVERCREST, IF THERE IS A COMPLETION THERE AND VILA BROTHERS
10:35:08AM PARK.
10:35:08AM BABY STEPS AND FUNDED FROM LAST YEAR TO THE YEAR BEFORE TO
10:35:11AM MAKE SURE THESE THINGS GET DONE BECAUSE THE NEIGHBORHOOD --
10:35:14AM 6:00 TONIGHT, THEY WILL BE ASKING ME ABOUT RIVERCREST IN
10:35:18AM SOUTH SEMINOLE HEIGHTS AND I WANT TO GIVE AN ANSWER BEYOND
10:35:20AM WHAT MILLS HILLS SAID.
10:35:23AM THAT'S REALLY IT.
10:35:24AM EVERYTHING ELSE THAT I REQUESTED IS IN THE BUDGET.
10:35:26AM EVERYTHING FROM TOWER PARK WITH THE WATER TOWER STOW OTHER
10:35:34AM PROJECTS TO THE DOCK REPLACEMENT.
10:35:37AM THAT WAS ADD.
10:35:38AM APPRECIATE THAT REALLY IT.
10:35:42AM IF YOU HAVE ANY RESPONSE FOR ANY UPDATE OR NOT.
10:35:44AM WERE.
10:35:45AM >>JOHN BENNETT: I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK ON THE OMBUDSMAN.
10:35:49AM A CONVERSATION BETWEEN MISS TRAVIS AND MISS WYNN ELSE
10:35:53AM OFFICE.
10:35:54AM I KNOW WAS OFFERED ADDITIONAL STAFF TO GET MORE COMMUNITY
10:35:58AM ENGAGEMENT.
10:35:59AM LET US TALK ABOUT THAT AND BRING THAT BACK TO YOU.
10:36:03AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:36:04AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
10:36:05AM NO?
10:36:06AM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:36:07AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, CHIEF, TWO THINGS.
10:36:09AM MR. VIERA BROUGHT IT UP THE FIRE STATION.
10:36:12AM GLAD HE BROUGHT THAT UP OF A PLAN FOR EACH YEAR, GETTING
10:36:15AM INTO THAT THE BUDGET.
10:36:16AM I THINK THAT IS A GREAT IDEA, BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE
10:36:19AM THAT THESE DEVELOPER THAT ARE BUILDING, WE NEED TO PARTNER
10:36:22AM WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE BUILDING IT.
10:36:25AM >>JOHN BENNETT: ABSOLUTELY.
10:36:27AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: THEY ARE BUILDING IT.
10:36:29AM A TRUE STAKE IN THE GAME IN HELPING THE CITY.
10:36:33AM I WANT TO MAKE SURE IF WE DO THIS, WE GO TO THEM.
10:36:37AM YOU WANT THESE REZONINGS AND COMP PLANS.
10:36:39AM YOU HAVE ALL THESE PEOPLE.
10:36:41AM YOU NEED TO BE A PART OF THE PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
10:36:44AM FOLKS YOU WANT TO PAY YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE SERVICES.
10:36:47AM WHEN YOU DO THAT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ADVOCATING
10:36:50AM TO PUT SKIN IN THE GAME.
10:36:51AM WE WANT TO HELP BUT PUT SKIN IN THE GAME TO DO THAT.
10:36:54AM I THINK THAT WILL HELP US OUT A LOT FINANCIALLY.
10:36:57AM SO --
10:36:59AM >>JOHN BENNETT: I AGREE.
10:37:00AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I SAW THE PROJECT GROUP.
10:37:03AM THEY GOT -- WHOEVER THIS DESIGNER -- GOT THIS BIG OL' MAP IN
10:37:07AM THE ROOM AND GOES 33-D AND SHOULD PINPOINT WHERE THE FIRE
10:37:13AM STATION WILL BE.
10:37:14AM IT IS AMAZING.
10:37:15AM I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY COUNCILMEN HAVE BEEN THERE, BUT IF WE
10:37:20AM CAN DO THAT AMAZING.
10:37:21AM AND THE WATER WORKS PROJECT AS WELL.
10:37:23AM PROGRAMS.
10:37:25AM A LOT OF PEOPLE CALL ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS.
10:37:28AM SO IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T SEE SOMETHING IN THE BUDGET, TALK
10:37:32AM ABOUT YOU CAN -- HOW THIS OPERATES IN TERMS OF THE DOLLAR
10:37:37AM AMOUNTS.
10:37:37AM I KNOW POM SEEM -- I AM A FIRM ADVOCATE OF -- IF I GIVE YOU
10:37:42AM SO MUCH, WHAT IS THE BENEFIT I AM GIVING.
10:37:44AM IF I AM GIVING YOU DOLLARS, HOW DO I GET THAT RETURN OF
10:37:48AM INVESTMENT OF DOLLARS.
10:37:49AM IF EXPLAIN HOW THAT, BOSS AND WHAT WE ARE DOING.
10:37:52AM I KNOW THERE ARE CHANGES A YEAR AGO.
10:37:54AM >>JOHN BENNETT: THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.
10:37:55AM IT IS AN IMPORTANT JOURNEY WE ARE ON.
10:37:58AM WHEN THE ADMINISTRATION CONNECTED OFF, WE -- WHEN I SAY "WE"
10:38:02AM IT IS THE BUDGET TEAM AND I LOOKED AT WHAT IS CALLED THE 200
10:38:05AM FUND AND THE LIST WHICH IS MONEY GIVEN TO CERTAIN NONPROFITS
10:38:10AM TO DO GOOD WORK IN THE COMMUNITY.
10:38:12AM AND WE KIND OF DID AN OVERSIGHT OF THAT AND REALIZED NOT A
10:38:20AM LOT OF ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE PROCESS.
10:38:21AM SO ABOUT A YEAR LEADER WE IMPLEMENTED WHAT WAS CALLED THE
10:38:25AM "SOCIAL ACTION AND ARTS FUND."
10:38:28AM IT IS GIVING A NAME TO THESE GROUPS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN
10:38:31AM GETTING MONEY FROM THE CITY AS A NONPROFIT FOR DIFFERENT
10:38:33AM OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING SOME STRATEGIC GOOD INTO THE
10:38:36AM COMMUNITY.
10:38:37AM SOME OF THOSE YOU HAVE ASKED FOR INDIVIDUALLY.
10:38:39AM AND THEY HAVE BEEN PUT INTO THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND
10:38:42AM FUNDED.
10:38:42AM SOME OF THEM ARE REPEAT SYSTEM.
10:38:44AM SOME OF THEM WE SENT OUT SOME OF OUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS.
10:38:50AM >> SPECIFICALLY IN WORK TO GO OUT AND SEE HOW WE CAN PUT
10:38:53AM TOGETHER A GOOD STRATEGY AND GET THAT FUNDING AND RETURN ON
10:38:57AM INVESTMENT, BUT THE PROCESS IS FAIRLY SIMPLE A ONE PAGE,
10:38:59AM ALMOST LIKE A MINI GRANT AND WHAT IT DOES IS EXPLAINS WHAT
10:39:03AM RESOURCES THIS GROUP HAS, WHAT THE GAP ANALYSIS IS BETWEEN
10:39:08AM WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO AND WHAT THEY CAN AFFORD.
10:39:11AM ON AT THAT QUARTERLY BASIS, THEY SEND THEIR REPORTS INTO THE
10:39:15AM BUDGET OFFICE AND THEY GET THEIR NEXT QUARTER OF FUNCTION.
10:39:19AM AS LONG AS THEY FILL OUT THE APPLICATION, REPORT QUARTERLY
10:39:22AM AND THE REST OF THE FUNDING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
10:39:24AM THE REASON WE TIGHTEN THAT UP IS TO GIVE NEW NONPROFITS
10:39:28AM OPPORTUNITIES TO BENEFIT FROM THIS FUND WITHIN THE CITY.
10:39:31AM SO THAT IS KIND OF THE PROCESS WE ARE ON.
10:39:33AM WHAT WE ENVISION COME INTO THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE IS TO WORK
10:39:38AM TESTIMONY MORE COMMITTEE 'APPROVAL SYSTEM SO THAT WAY WE ARE
10:39:41AM MAKING SURE WE HAVE GOOD EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN THE PROCESS
10:39:45AM OTHER THAN THE FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVE KIND OF APPROACH
10:39:49AM TOWARD THAT FUND.
10:39:51AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:39:52AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NOTHING.
10:39:54AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, THEN I WILL JUST MAKE SOME
10:39:59AM REQUESTS, CHIEF.
10:39:59AM AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE ANY STATEMENT NOW.
10:40:01AM JUST -- JUST PLANTING A SEED.
10:40:06AM TO COUNCILMAN VIERA'S POINT, WE NEED TO BE PRO ACTIVITY.
10:40:10AM NOT REACTIVE.
10:40:12AM ESPECIALLY IN OUR FIRE RESCUE.
10:40:13AM DOWNTOWN, WE BETTER START THINKING OF ABOUT THAT NOW.
10:40:16AM LAND IS SCARCE AND WILL BECOME MORE SCARCE, IF NOT FOR A
10:40:24AM FIRE STATION BUT AN EMS RESCUE.
10:40:27AM A POINT OF THAT COUNCILMAN VIERA MADE OF STATION 24.
10:40:31AM WE CAN BUILD A BUILDING AND DON'T HAVE STAFF THERE.
10:40:33AM WE DON'T HAVE THE FIRE TRUCKS.
10:40:34AM WE DON'T HAVE THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE VEHICLES WHAT IS THE
10:40:38AM USE OF BUILDING THE STATION.
10:40:39AM NEWER POLICE VEHICLES.
10:40:40AM WE ARE STILL DRIVING AROUND 2006 CROWN VICS.
10:40:44AM WE -- I'M HOPING THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO VOTE FOR THE
10:40:50AM TRANSPORTATION TAX.
10:40:51AM IF 23409, THE CITY OF TAMPA ONLY OWNS 19% OF THE ROADS
10:40:59AM WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS.
10:41:00AM HOW ARE WE GOING TO FILL THOSE POTHOLES.
10:41:03AM EMPEOPLE ARE COMING TO ME EVERY DAY SAYING YOU ARE RUINING
10:41:10AM THE ALIGNMENT IN MY CAR.
10:41:11AM MY RIM GOT BENT HITTING A POTHOLE.
10:41:15AM THAT TRANSPORTATION DOESN'T GO THROUGH.
10:41:17AM TAX DOESN'T GO THROUGH.
10:41:18AM HOW ARE WE GOING TO FILL THOSE POTHOLES.
10:41:23AM HOW MUCH MONEY.
10:41:24AM THE MAYOR MADE A PROMISE OF BEING RESILIENT BY A CERTAIN
10:41:29AM TEAM.
10:41:29AM ARE WE FUND THAT ADEQUATELY.
10:41:31AM PERSONNEL, ALL OVER EVERY DEPARTMENT.
10:41:42AM WE HAVE HIRES OF 25 PEOPLE AND RETIRING, MUCH WE ARE LOSING
10:41:47AM TWO PEOPLE.
10:41:50AM THOSE ARE QUESTIONS THAT I HOPE YOU CAN ANSWER THE NEXT TIME
10:41:52AM WE TALK OF THE BUDGET.
10:41:53AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SORRY, WHEN YOU SAID -- I DO HAVE
10:41:57AM SOMETHING TO ADD.
10:41:57AM YOU KNOW, CHIEF, JUST WALKING THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON
10:42:00AM THOUGHT THE COUNTRY, THE COLORADO RIVER WATER SUPPLY FOR
10:42:03AM ABOUT OVER 40 MILLION PEOPLE.
10:42:05AM IT IS DOWN ABOUT 38 FEET FROM THE LEVEL IT SHOULD BE AND
10:42:12AM WON'T LAST MUCH LONGER AND THEY ARE IN TROUBLE OUT IN THAT
10:42:15AM AREA.
10:42:16AM THE RHINE RIVER IN GERMANY.
10:42:19AM NOW THOSE EXCURSIONS IN THE RHINE WILL BE STOPPED BECAUSE
10:42:26AM THE RHINE IS SO LOW, THEY ARE AFRAID THAT WILL
10:42:30AM HAPPEN.
10:42:30AM THAT CAN HAPPEN ANY GIVEN TIME AND I KNOW YOU FOLKS ARE
10:42:34AM DOING THE BEST YOU CAN AND WORKING AND TRYING TO SOLVE SOME
10:42:37AM OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS WORLD THAT WE HAVE
10:42:41AM ABUSED FOR THE LAST 200 YEARS OR WHATEVER.
10:42:45AM EMHAS TO BE A PLAN TO PUT MORE SOLAR ON.
10:42:52AM SOMETHING YOU CAN GIVE.
10:42:53AM EVERY YEAR THAT YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO PUT -- THE GOVERNMENT
10:42:56AM NOW GIVES YOU 30% REBATE ON YOUR SOLAR.
10:42:59AM THE CITY SHOULD GET INVOLVED IN THE AD VALOREM TAXES WHEN IT
10:43:04AM GOES UP BY VALUE, NOT BY PERCENTAGE.
10:43:06AM THEN YOU GET A CERTAIN BACK FOR SO MANY YEARS SO YOU CAN PAY
10:43:10AM IT OFF AND DO THE SAME THING WITH THE BENEFIT YOU GET FRO
10:43:15AM THE DECREASE OF ELECTRICAL USE OF WHAT THE CITY GIVES AND
10:43:18AM THE FEDS GIVE AND MAYBE THE COUNTY CAN SHARE IT ALSO.
10:43:21AM I THINK WE WILL HAVE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS MUCH SAFER THAN
10:43:24AM THE ONE WE LIVE IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS.
10:43:26AM IT WILL TAKE TIME.
10:43:27AM I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT PUTTING THE PANELINGS ON THE CANAL.
10:43:33AM AND PANELS ON THE RESERVOIR AND I KNOW THAT MAY BOTHERSOME
10:43:38AM OF THE NEIGHBORS.
10:43:38AM WELL, IF IT DOES, I AM SORRY.
10:43:41AM BUT IT HAS TO HAVE SOMETHING CONTINUE TO THAT IN THIS
10:43:45AM ENVIRONMENT THAT WE LIVE IN.
10:43:46AM THIS EARTH THAT WE LIVE IN.
10:43:49AM IT IS NOT GETTING ANY BETTER.
10:43:51AM AND I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR DOING WHAT THEY
10:43:55AM ARE DOING, AND -- I KNOW YOU HAVE SO MANY THINGS ON THE
10:43:58AM PLATE, YOU NEED A PLATTER, NOT A PLATE.
10:44:00AM SO I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
10:44:02AM AND SO THAT IS TRYING TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
10:44:06AM AND GENT IT DONE.
10:44:07AM AND I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH
10:44:09AM >>JOHN BENNETT: MR. REMMER PUT IN FOR ADDITIONAL STAFFER
10:44:12AM THIS YEAR.
10:44:12AM TO INCREASE, NOT JUST THE ENVIRONMENTAL SIDE BUT THE SOCIAL
10:44:16AM NEEDS OF RESILIENCY.
10:44:18AM TO MAKE THAT PLAN MORE ROBUST.
10:44:20AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
10:44:23AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
10:44:24AM >>JOHN BENNETT: MR. CHAIRMAN, ONE QUICK QUESTION.
10:44:27AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: PLEASE.
10:44:28AM >>JOHN BENNETT: COUNCILMAN GUDES, I DON'T WANT TO GET AHEAD.
10:44:32AM BUT MR. GUDES, YOU WANTED TO REMEMBER PHI THE HOLIDAY.
10:44:36AM DO IT NOW OR DURING THE HEARING.
10:44:37AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK IT IS GOOD TO KNOW, YES, SIR.
10:44:40AM >>JOHN BENNETT: SO IN OUR BRIEFING, AS YOU KNOW LEADING INTO
10:44:44AM THE BUDGET PROCESS AND THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT.
10:44:48AM A CONTINUUM THAT IS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, BUT THE
10:44:51AM BUDGET IS NOT IN THE EXPERT OF THE HOLIDAY.
10:44:53AM LET ME MAKE THAT CRYSTAL CLEAR.
10:44:55AM THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE EVERYTHING IT COULD TO SUPPORT
10:44:58AM THE NEW EVENTS SURROUNDING JUNETEENTH; HOW MUCH, THE REQUEST
10:45:02AM FROM COUNCIL WAS TO CLOSE THE CITY ON JUNETEENTH.
10:45:05AM AND SO THE MAYOR APPROVED THAT IN THE BUDGET PRESENTATION.
10:45:10AM AND IT WOULD BE HER FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS UPON APPROVAL OF
10:45:14AM THE BUDGET TO SIGN THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER TO CLOSE THE CITY ON
10:45:17AM JUNETEENTH AS AN OFFICIAL AM HOLIDAY.
10:45:19AM SO WE JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP BASED ONLY THE REQUEST THAT
10:45:23AM ALL OF YOU HAD GIVEN US IN DIRECTION FOR THE BUDGET.
10:45:26AM AND IT IS IN THE BUDGET.
10:45:27AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: LET ME THANK YOU, CHIEF AND THE MAYOR.
10:45:30AM YOU KNOW, IT'S SYMBOLIC FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN PEOPLE.
10:45:34AM I SAY BLACK PEOPLE.
10:45:35AM I AM GLAD THIS COUNCIL SAW FIT TO STAND BEHIND ME ON THAT,
10:45:40AM BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW FLORIDA SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRST.
10:45:42AM BUT TEXAS CAME.
10:45:43AM SO I AM -- I AM OVERJOYED THAT WE GOT THIS HURDLE.
10:45:49AM WE WILL WAIT FOR IT TO BE OFFICIAL, BUT FOR THE CITIZENS TO
10:45:52AM KNOW THAT IS SOME OF THE REQUESTS THAT I FIGHT FOR.
10:45:55AM AND I WILL FIGHT FOR WHAT THE PEOPLE ASK ME MORE AND SEE THE
10:45:59AM NEED THAT WE CAN DO THIS.
10:46:00AM I AM GLAD THAT THE MAYOR SAW FIT TO WORK WITH US AND GET
10:46:03AM THAT DONE.
10:46:03AM AGAIN, WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT AND I AM SURE MY
10:46:07AM COMMUNITY IS TOO.
10:46:08AM >> MOVE.
10:46:10AM >> SECOND.
10:46:10AM >>LUIS VIERA: ARE WE TAKING ANY MOTIONS AT ALL?
10:46:16AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: IT IS A WORKSHOP MUCH.
10:46:18AM >>LUIS VIERA: I HAVE A TIME SENSITIVE ONE FOR STAFF, CAN I
10:46:21AM --
10:46:21AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT TIME SENSITIVE
10:46:24AM SUBJECT MATTER IS.
10:46:24AM >>LUIS VIERA: YOU KNOW WHAT THAT'S FINE.
10:46:27AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. MASSEY.
10:46:30AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: YOU HAVE TAKEN MOTIONS IN THE PAST DURING
10:46:32AM WORKSHOPS.
10:46:33AM YOU CAN NOT TAKE ANY ACTION ON THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE
10:46:37AM WORKSHOP.
10:46:37AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. VIERA, GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR MOTION.
10:46:42AM >>LUIS VIERA: REALLY FAST BECAUSE THIS IS COMING UP.
10:46:44AM LET ME SEE THE EXACT LANGUAGE HERE.
10:46:46AM I APOLOGIZE.
10:46:47AM I HAD REQUESTED STREET RENAMINGS AND THEY ARE COMING UP.
10:46:53AM I BELIEVE A WEEK AGAIN BEFORE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE LATE DR.
10:46:56AM WALTER SMITH STAND JAY CLIFFORD McDONALD.
10:46:59AM AND I ASKED THAT THOSE BE CONTINUED FOR THE FIRST WEEK IN
10:47:02AM JANUARY 2023 FOR DR. SMITH AND FOR CLIFFORD McDONALD TO THE
10:47:08AM -- TO THE FIRST WEEK.
10:47:13AM >> SECOND.
10:47:15AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN VIERA AND SECONDED BY
10:47:17AM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:47:18AM ALL IN FAVOR.
10:47:19AM >>LUIS VIERA: REALLY FAST, IF I MAY.
10:47:22AM ONE REALLY FAST -- LONG STORY SHORT 37.
10:47:25AM IF I MAY MY MOTION?
10:47:30AM THAT JOSE VALIENTE, A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE, I WANT TO GIVE A
10:47:35AM COMMENDATION AT A TIME TO BE DETERMINED.
10:47:37AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:47:39AM SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:47:41AM ALL IN FAVOR.
10:47:42AM MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO AND
10:47:45AM SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:47:47AM ALL IN FAVOR.
10:48:00AM WE ARE ADJOURNED.
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