TAMPA CRA
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
5:01 P.M.

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05:04:48PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THE CITY OF TAMPA COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE AN INVOCATION FOR THIS EVENT.
PLEDGE?
[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
05:05:22PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU, ROLL CALL PLEASE.
05:05:24PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
HERE.
05:05:26PM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
HERE.
05:05:28PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HERE.
05:05:29PM >>LUIS VIERA:
HERE.
05:05:31PM >>BILL CARLSON:
HERE.
05:05:33PM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
HERE.
05:05:35PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HERE.
05:05:37PM >>CLERK:
WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
05:05:39PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
IF MR. MASSEY, IF YOU WOULD REVIEW THE RULES WITH PUBLIC
COMMENT.
05:05:51PM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
WILL DO, A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING OF THE
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OR THE CRA HELD AT 5:01 P.M.,
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022, IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 315 E. KENNEDY
BOULEVARD HERE IN TAMPA, FLORIDA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF
CONSIDERING THE PROPOSED FY CRA BUDGET OF RECOMMENDATION
OF APPROVAL TO TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
THIS PUBLIC HEARING PERTAINS SOLELY TO THE PROPOSED CRA
BUDGET AND COMMENTS LIMITED TO THE CRA BUDGET.
SPECIAL CALLED CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:00 THIS
EVENING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE FY '23 MILLAGE RATE AND
BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA.
THE PROPOSED CRA BUDGET WILL BE CONTAINED AS PART OF THE
OVERALL CITY BUDGET AT 6:00 P.M.
THE PUBLIC IS ABLE TO ATTEND IN PERSON OR VIEW IT ON
TELEVISION AT SPECTRUM 615 AND THE INTERNET
TAMPA.GOV/LIVESTREAM.
THE PUBLIC CAN BE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING THREE MINUTES HERE
IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS OR BY WAY OF COMMUNICATION MEDIA
TECHNOLOGY OR CMT.
THE USE OF CMT PROVIDES PREREGISTRATION.
AND DIRECTIONS ARE INCLUDED IN THE NOTICE OF THE MEET AND ON
THE AGENDA.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO WAIVE RULE OF PUBLIC COMMENT BY CMT
AND PARTICIPATION BY BOARD MEMBER MR. CARLSON BY CMT AS
WELL.
THANK YOU.
05:07:23PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MOTION MADE BY BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
SECOND BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
ANY OPPOSED.
05:07:32PM >>BILL CARLSON:
MADAM CHAIR.
05:07:34PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
05:07:39PM >>BILL CARLSON:
FOR THE PUBLIC, I CAME DOWN WITH COVID.
DEPENDING ON HOW YOU COUNT THE NINTH OR TENTH DAY, PER
CDC GUIDELINES, IF I TEST NEGATIVE TOMORROW, I WILL COME
IN PERSON ON THURSDAY UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANY CONCERNS OF
THAT, BUT SO FAR IT SEEMS LIKE I AM ALMOST AWAY FROM IT AND
APOLOGIZE I CAN'T BE THERE IN PERSON.
05:07:59PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
ABSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU.
OKAY.
YES, MISS TRAVIS.
OH, DO WE --
05:08:11PM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE FOR MISS TRAVIS TO
PRESENT THE BUDGET AND THEN ALLOW FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND ANY
QUESTIONS FROM YOU ALL AND THEN HAVE FINAL --
05:08:22PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS:
WELL, GOOD EVENING, NICOLE TRAVIS, DIRECTOR
OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OPPORTUNITY.
I'M HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU THE CRA COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023.
THIS PRESENTATION IS ONE THAT YOU HAVE SEEN A COUPLE OF
TIMES AND WE TALKED THROUGH SOME OF THOSE ITEMS THAT I WILL
BRING TO YOU BACK IN NOVEMBER TO MAKE SOME ALLOCATIONS FOR
OUR REALLOCATIONS FOR OUR HOUSING INITIATIVE BASED ON THE
MOTION THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY MADE AND THE DIRECTION THAT YOU
HAVE GIVEN US AT THE LAST CITY BUDGET WORKSHOP.
CAN YOU SEE THE PRESENTATION?
THANK YOU.
THE TOTAL INCREMENT AMONGST EIGHT OF YOUR DISTRICTS IS
$57,914,000.
YOU WILL SEE THAT IS A 28% CHANGE.
THAT CHANGE IS REFLECTED WHEN YOU HAVE A HEALTHY REAL ESTATE
MARKET AND YOUR VALUES CONTINUE TO GO UP.
AND WHEN THINGS ARE NOT AS GREAT, YOU SEE THAT INCREMENT
STARTS TO GO DOWN.
AND SO WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY BENEFITED FROM A HEALTHY REAL
ESTATE MARKET AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE INVESTMENTS HAPPEN
WITHIN OUR DISTRICTS.
AND THAT WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE INCREMENT THAT YOU GET
TO BUDGET FOR OVER THE EIGHT DISTRICTS.
THIS IS JUST A QUICK CHART TO SHOW YOU HOW THE FUNDING IS
BROKEN DOWN AND THE BIGGEST ONE IS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
PROJECTS THAT IS NOT UNLIKE ALL CRAs ACROSS THE STATE.
CRAs TYPICALLY INVEST WHERE THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS NOT
INVESTING OR YOU WANT TO JUMP START INVESTMENT OR WHERE
THERE IS THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN AT -- AT A
FASTER PACE THAN WHAT YOUR TYPICAL BUDGET PROCESS WOULD
ALLOW.
AND SO, THAT'S PRETTY HEALTHY.
YOUR OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION BUDGET FOR THE SIZE OF
DISTRICT IS 4.4%.
KIND OF LOW.
AS A PART OF MY EVALUATION OF THE BUDGET STAFFING THAT YOU
ASKED ME TO LOOK AT AND THE HOUSING, THOSE THINGS WILL BE
BROUGHT BACK TO YOU.
THE FINANCIAL PIECE IN NOVEMBER.
STAFFING ADJUSTMENTS IN DECEMBER.
REDEVELOPMENT INVESTMENTS.
0% OF OUR OVERALL BUDGET.
YOU WILL NOTICE AT THE 3.9% IS FOR YOUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
INITIATIVES.
WE ARE GOING TO REDO THIS CHART WHEN WE COME BACK IN
NOVEMBER TO SHOW YOU WHAT THAT REALLOCATION WAS LIKE.
ALIS DRUMGO, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR, HAS WENT TO ALL OF THE
CAC MEETINGS AT THIS POINT, CONVEYED THE CRA BOARD'S INTENT,
AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CRA MANAGERS, SOME KICKING AND
SCREAMING, SOME WALKING HAND IN HAND.
BUT THEY ARE FINE, RIGHT.
WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT.
THE INITIATIVE IS THERE.
THE CRA BOARD, THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR RECOGNIZE WE
ARE IN A HOUSING CRISIS AND WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO
CONTINUE TO SPUR ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT, AS WELL AS
INVESTMENT IN HOUSING.
YOU WILL SEE THIS UPDATED WHEN I COME BACK TO YOU IN
NOVEMBER.
THE FIRST DISTRICT WE ARE GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IS YOUR
DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.
YOU HAVE THE CORE AND NONCORE OF DOWNTOWN WITH A $22.9
MILLION TIF REVENUE AND THOSE EXPENSES ARE BROKEN DOWN INTO
SOME FOR OPERATIONS, BUT YOU WILL SEE CONTRACTUAL PLANNING.
WE HAD TO UPDATE THE CRP PLAN THAT IS PART OF THIS BUDGET,
STREETCAR PROJECTS, THE CROSS BAY FERRY, ALL IS DUE TO
REPORTS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
CONVENTION CENTER RENOVATION, LOAN REPAYMENT, AND MASTER
PLAN INFRASTRUCTURE AGREEMENT AND SOME FACADE AND -- THEN
YOU SEE A LINE ITEM FOR THE STRAZ CENTER, CULTURAL
IMPROVEMENT GRANT AT $2.5 MILLION.
ONE OF THE THINGS I AM GOING TO BRING BACK TO YOU -- AND IT
WILL BE MORE RELEVANT TO THE DOWNTOWN CRA, BUT WHEN I BRING
THE PLAN BACK TO YOU IN NOVEMBER, WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS I AM
GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU WHAT COMMITMENTS WE HAVE MADE AND
THE DURATION OF THOSE COMMITMENTS.
THE STRAZ IS ONE OF THOSE THAT YOU MADE A LONGER COMMITMENT
TOO.
WE HAVE TAMPA ARTS IS ANOTHER ONE.
05:12:55PM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
WE HAVE NOT BROUGHT FORTH A GRANT AGREEMENT
BUT THE MUSEUM OF ART AND OTHER CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS HAVE
REQUESTED FUNDING FOR SOME IMPROVEMENTS.
AND ALSO THE LONG-TERM COMMITMENT WITH THE WATER STREET
PROJECT.
05:13:12PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS:
WATER STREET PROJECT.
05:13:13PM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
AND CONVENTION CENTER.
05:13:15PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS:
WE WILL PAINT THAT HOLISTIC PICTURE FOR YOU
SO YOU HAVE A REALTIME VIEW WHAT WE ARE WORKING WITH IN THE
DOWNTOWN CRA.
IF I -- KEEP GOING?
OKAY.
CHANNEL DISTRICT.
IN YOUR CHANNEL DISTRICT, WE HAVE $10.2 MILLION.
ABOUT THE SAME IN OPERATING SALARIES AND THEN STREETCAR
PROJECTS IS ANOTHER LINE ITEM IN THIS BUDGET.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, AGAIN, WE HAVE TO UPDATE OUR CHP PLAN
AND MAKE SOME OTHER INCENTIVES PROGRAMS AND YOU SEE
COMMUNITY POLICING AS SOME LONG-TERM FUTURE PROJECTS THAT WE
ARE ANTICIPATING.
AND WE HAVE ALLOCATED FOR THOSE LINE ITEMS.
THE FACADE GRANT PROGRAM, $110,000.
THEN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, YOU SEE THIS IS A BIG
PART OF THE BUDGET WITH $8.9 MILLION, LIKE FOR THE ONE --
THE IMPROVEMENTS YOU ARE SEEING ON CHANNELSIDE, CUMBERLAND.
WE BROUGHT THOSE GMC CONTRACTS WITH YOU.
THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF PROJECTS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
TAMPA HEIGHTS CRA, $1.8 MILLION IN TIF INCREMENT.
YOU WILL SEE A SMALLER PORTION OF OPERATION AND SALARIES FOR
THIS DISTRICT.
AND WE HAVE SOME SMALL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND THEN
A PORTION OF OUR BUDGET GOES TO THAT CDD THAT WAS APPROVED
FOR THE TAMPA HEIGHTS RIVERFRONT PROJECT.
CENTRAL PARK CRA.
OUR SMALL BUT MIGHTY BUDGET, $249,000 AND $209,000 OF THAT
BUDGET IS GOING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WITHIN THE
CRA DISTRICT.
WE HAVE A SMALL FACADE GRANT PROGRAM.
YBOR CITY.
THE CRA HAS YBOR 1 AND YBOR 2.
YBOR 2 HAS A $3 MILLION TIF INCREMENT.
AS WE TALKED ABOUT, A LITTLE OVER HALF A MILLION IN
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION.
AND THEN IN DISTRICT PROGRAMS IN SERVICES, THERE HAS BEEN
SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT THE LINE ITEMS IN HERE.
I AM HAPPY TO TAKE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS THAT YOU HAVE FOR
ANY FUTURE CHANGES.
BUT RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE LANDSCAPING SIGNAGE, ALL OF THE
THINGS THAT MAKE YBOR REALLY A GREAT DISTRICT.
DISTRICT AMBASSADORS AND DISTRICT PROMOTIONS AND YOU HAVE A
LINE ITEM FOR CO-SPONSORSHIPS.
AND THAT IS REALLY FOR EVENT -- EVENT PROMOTING.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, CULTURAL PROGRAMS.
AND THEN, AGAIN, STREET CAR PROJECT.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
YOU HAVE THE ICONIC ARCHWAY LIGHTS PRESERVATION PIECE THAT A
LITTLE OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS THAT IS PART OF THIS
BUDGET AS WELL.
IN YBOR 2, THAT INCREMENT AT $1.4 MILLION.
A SMALLER PORTION OF OPERATIONS IN ADMINISTRATION, BUT YOU
CAN SEE THE DISTRICT LANDSCAPING, STREETSCAPE SIGNAGE IS THE
LARGEST PORTION OF THIS BUDGET.
AND WE HAVE A SMALL AMOUNT FOR FACADE IMPROVEMENT GRANT.
IN EAST TAMPA -- EAST TAMPA IS OUR LARGEST DISTRICT.
IT IS ALSO THE DISTRICT WITH THE MOST NEED.
AND I WOULD CONTEND THAT THE DISTRICT THAT HAS PAID
ATTENTION TO YOUR HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, THE MOST IN
PERFORMING IN THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY ARE PROVIDING FOR DOWN
PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB, LOOKING AT THE
TENANT OR LANDLORD REHAB PROGRAMS.
SO OPERATIONS, YOU HAVE A LITTLE OVER HALF A MILLION
DOLLARS, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND
SERVICES, A LOT OF THAT IS CLEANING UP.
NOT JUST THE CLEAN TEAM, BUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL DETECTIVES.
WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT -- THAT IS WORKING STRICTLY FOR EAST
TAMPA, LOOKING AT CODE ENFORCEMENT, SECURITY, SAFETY ISSUES,
CALLING ALL THE TIME.
IS PUT TO USE VERY WELL.
THERE YOU HAVE STREETLIGHT OPERATING EXPENSES.
AGAIN CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN WHERE WE
CAN LIGHT UP.
WE ARE DOING THAT.
SO I THINK THAT A LOT OF THAT DISTRICT PROGRAMMING AND
SERVICES THAT YOU ARE SEEING IS REFLECTED OF A DISTRICT THAT
IS WORKING HARD ON TURNING THE CORNER IN THE REDEVELOPMENT
AREA.
THEN AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE RESIDENTIAL REHAB OWNER
ALTERNATIVE HOUSING OPTIONS.
YOU HAVE $1.7 MILLION ALLOCATED JUST IN THAT HOUSING.
BUSINESS ASSISTANCE IS AT 600,000 AND THAT IS BASED ON A NEW
PROGRAM THAT THE EAST TAMPA CRA JUST APPROVED OR RECOMMENDED
FOR APPROVAL.
AND THIS BOARD APPROVED THAT.
NEIGHBORHOOD INFRASTRUCTURE, $2 MILLION.
AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS AND PUBLIC ART PROJECTS WOULD BE
A LITTLE OVER $2 MILLION.
DREW PARK CRA, THIS IS $2.3 MILLION TIF INCREMENT, AND THAT
IS BROKEN OUT INTO $182,000 FOR YOUR OPERATING.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, WE SUGGEST
THAT THAT ALSO EVIDENCE OF A CRA -- OR A CAC THAT IS WORKING
VERY HARD AND TRYING TO -- BEING -- TRYING TO GET THEIR
PROJECTS ALIGNED AND GET SOME DEVELOPMENT REALLY HAPPENING
IN THE DREW PARK AREA.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING INITIATIVES.
$100,000 IN RESIDENTIAL IMPROVEMENT GRANT AND ANOTHER
$125,000.
NEIGHBORHOOD INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH IS REALLY A LOT OF
STREETSCAPE, BEAUTIFICATION, MASTER PLAN SOMETHING $1.6
MILLION.
THE LIGHTNING IS JUST MAKING SURE WE ARE AWAKE AND I AM NOT
BORING YOU TO DEATH.
THE WEST TAMPA CRA AT $6.6 MILLION INCREMENT FOR BEING ONE
OF YOUR NEWEST CRA DISTRICTS.
THE CAC HAS OPINION WORKING HARD TO BE THOUGHTFUL AND
INTENTIONAL OF THE PROGRAMS THEY ARE PUTTING FORTH, SO THEY
WORKED ON -- THEY HAVE A WEST TAMPA OVERLAY.
SO THEY ARE PLANNING FOR CODE REVISIONS AND ALLOCATED SOME
FUNDS FOR THAT.
DISTRICT MAINTENANCE AND THEN PROMOTIONAL, SPECIAL EVENTS.
I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THAT AND WILL BE -- WE WILL BE
BRINGING BACK TO YOU RECOMMENDING A POLICY TO YOU IN JANUARY
SO THAT ALL EIGHT CRA DISTRICTS ARE OPERATING FROM THE SAME
POLICY WHEN IT COMES TO SUPPORTING PROMOTIONAL EVENTS.
THE REDEVELOPMENT INVESTMENTS, RESIDENTIAL EXTERIORS,
$100,000.
BUSINESS ENHANCEMENTS, MICROGRANTS, $100,000.
BUSINESS SITE IMPROVEMENT, $120,000.
AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IS AT $5.6 MILLION.
THAT CONCLUDES MY BUDGET PRESENTATION.
AND I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
05:20:42PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
05:20:45PM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
GOOD EVENING, MISS TRAVIS.
I HAD A SMALL CONVERSATION WITH YOUR EAST TAMPA MANAGER AND
YOUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR.
WHEN YOU BRING BACK THE BUDGET BREAKDOWN IN NOVEMBER, AS IT
RELATES TO HOUSING, AND I HEARD A LITTLE RUMBLES OF CERTAIN
CRAS HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOUSING.
AND I MADE A COUPLE OF PHONE CALLS TO FEW OF THEIR MEMBERS
AND LET THEM KNOW THAT EVERYBODY HAS TO BE A GOOD PARTNER
AND GOOD NEIGHBOR IN THIS SYSTEM BECAUSE THEY ASK FOR A LOT
OF BIG PROJECTS AND WE GRANT IT TO THEM.
WE HAVE TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR TO EVERYONE.
AND THOSE FEW I DID CALL UNDERSTOOD.
SECONDLY, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT WE DIDN'T DO IN PAST
ADMINISTRATIONS.
WE DIDN'T BUY DIRT.
AND THIS IS KIND OF A PROBLEM WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE DOLLARS, WHEN YOU DOWN WITH
YOUR BREAKDOWN IN HOUSING, I WANT TO SEE WHERE CAN WE HAVE
MONEY ALLOCATED FOR DIRT.
YOU NEED DIRT TO GET OUT OF SOME OF THE HOUSING CRISIS IN
THESE DISTRICTS ESPECIALLY THE EAST AND WEST.
AND EVEN WHEN I TALKED TO SOME OF THE FOLKS IN CHANNEL, WE
SHOULD HAVE BEEN BUYING DIRT BACK THEN AND PROBABLY COULD
HAVE SOME THINGS THAT WE NEED AT THIS POINT.
I WANT TO LOOK WHERE IN THE BUDGET WHEN YOU BRING IT BACK,
HOW WE CAN PUT A LINE FOR DIRT.
WE NEED TO BUY DIRT TO HELP WITH SOME OF THE HOUSING ISSUES.
05:22:00PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS:
SURE.
I KNOW SOME OF YOUR CRAS ALREADY HAVE A LINE ITEM FOR LAND
ACQUISITION.
AND THAT IS ROLLED UP IN THIS PRESENTATION AND NOT
NECESSARILY BROKEN OUT.
BUT I CAN GIVE YOU FOR EACH DISTRICT HOW MUCH IS ALLOCATED,
IF ANY, FOR LAND ACQUISITION.
05:22:18PM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
THANK YOU.
05:22:20PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS:
ABSOLUTELY.
05:22:21PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
05:22:25PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I HAVE A QUESTION, THIS 30% GOAL WE ARE
LOOKING TO ASPIRE TOO.
IS IT FOR ONE YEAR?
HOW LONG ARE WE LOOKING TO DO THAT FOR?
05:22:36PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS:
WELL, I DON'T KNOW.
THAT'S UP TO THIS CRA BOARD.
SO YOU ASKED US TO LOOK FOR FISCAL YEAR '23.
I WOULD CONTEND YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR IT FOR FISCAL YEAR
'24.
ONE OF THE THINGS -- CAN I JUST PUT A PIN IN THAT AND COME
BACK.
ONE THING ABOUT CRA BUDGETS OR THE WAY I LIKE TO APPROACH IT
IS USING THE BUDGET -- DOING A TEN-YEAR CIP IF YOU WILL.
LOOK AT WHAT BIG BUCKETS.
HOW MUCH WE WILL BE PUTTING DOLLARS IN OVER TIME AND HOW
LONG -- SO HOUSING.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE ONE
OF BUDGETS IN CAPITAL PROJECTS.
AND SO WE CAN LOOK OVER -- YOU CAN PLAN FOR IT LONG-TERM.
YOUR INCREMENT IS GOING TO ADJUST ALL THOSE YEARS BUT THEN
YOU HAVE A BIG PICTURE OF WHAT IS COMING IN YEAR TWO.
WHAT IS COMING IN YEAR THREE.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE BUDGETING ONE YEAR OUT, AND THE CRA WITH
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
THESE ARE MULTIYEAR PROJECTS AND EVERYTHING -- REDEVELOPMENT
I TRY TO TELL YOU GUYS THAT REDEVELOPMENT TAKES TIME.
AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE PATIENCE IN REDEVELOPMENT.
BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO PLAN.
AND IF THERE IS DIRECTION THAT YOU WANT TO SEE HOUSING OR --
EXCUSE ME RESIDENTIAL OCCASION LATER ON FOR THE RESIDENTIAL
COMPONENT, YOU CAN SAY TO PROJECT OUT TWO FOR THREE -- YOU
CAN'T COMMIT TO THAT.
IT IS LIKE A SNAPSHOT ON HOW THOSE NUMBERS WILL MOVE.
AND EVERY YEAR WE WILL ADJUST BASED ON WHAT THAT INCREMENT,
WHAT THE MARKET IS DOING AT THIS TIME.
WHAT INCREMENT YOU ARE USING AND PROJECT, AND BECOMES A
PRIORITY.
AND YOU GET TO SHUFFLE.
BUT GIVES YOU A BIG PICTURE.
IF IT WERE ME, I WOULD SAY A THREE-YEAR HORIZON THAT YOU
SHOULD KNOW WHAT YOUR COMMITMENT IS GOING TO BE TO HOUSING.
AND I WOULD SAY IN MY VERY DIRECT WAY, THAT YOU CAN'T TELL
ME THAT HOUSING IS A CRISIS AND YOU ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION
TO WHAT IT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN YEAR TWO AND THREE.
SO I KNOW WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOUSING IN OUR NEXT
BUDGET SESSION, BUT AS A CRA, YOU HAVE $10 MILLION OF NEW
INCREMENT.
YOU HAVE A CRISIS ON YOUR HANDS.
AND WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN.
BUT THE CRISIS DOESN'T END AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR '23.
HOW DO WE BEGIN TO POSITION OURSELVES TO MOVE FORWARD.
THAT WILL BE UP TO YOU HOW LONG YOU WILL DO IT.
IT WILL HAVE TO BE APPROVED ANNUALLY FOR THE BUDGETS.
05:25:15PM >>LUIS VIERA:
YEAH.
THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
BECAUSE I KNOW IN CERTAIN CRAs WE HAVE CERTAIN BUDGET THINGS
THAT WERE PASSED THAT ARE GOING TO GO UP IN COST.
AND COULD POSE A PROBLEM IN THE COMING YEARS, ETC.
SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS A ONE-YEAR THING.
I AM CERTAINLY NOT AN ECONOMIST BUT I THINK THESE HIGH PRICE
ALSO SEE SOME SLACK SOMETHING OFF OF THEM BUT THEY WILL BE
WITH US FOR A LONG TIME AND THE AFTEREFFECTS OF THEM.
SO THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHAT WE CAN.
BUT -- BUT, AGAIN, INQUIRING IN THAT REGARD.
I GUESS IT WOULD BE UP TO THE BOARD.
05:25:52PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS:
ULTIMATELY UP TO THE BOARD, BUT I TELL YOU
JUST BEING IN THE PROFESSION FOR A LONG TIME, YOU HAVE TO
POSITION YOURSELF TO FINANCIALLY TO MAKE CERTAIN DEALS.
YOU HAVE TO STRATEGICALLY LOOK AT THINGS.
I AM NOT A TYPE OF PERSON TO BUY A PIECE.
PROPERTY UNLESS IS A STRATEGIC ACQUISITION, RIGHT.
AND SO -- OKAY.
THE CRA -- I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT IS THE ROLE OF THE CRA TO
INFLUENCE THE PRIVATE MARKET WHEN THE MARKET IS DOING WELL.
I THINK WHAT YOU CAN DO IS AUGMENT THE AREAS THAT YOU WANT
TO IMPROVE.
AND SO WHETHER THAT MEANS BUYING HIGHLY OVERPRICED PROPERTY,
I DON'T KNOW, BUT YOU CAN POSITION YOURSELF TO BE A PLAYER
WHEN THOSE PROPERTIES ARE BEING DEVELOPED.
AND SO YOU -- IF -- THERE NEEDS TO BE STRATEGIC ACQUISITION.
AND NOT JUST PINPOINT WE ARE GOING TO GO AFTER THIS.
HOW DO WE MAKE A CONCENTRATED EFFORT IN SOME OF THE LARGER
DISTRICTS SO YOU HAVE A BIGGER IMPACT.
IF YOU MAKE INVESTMENTS SCATTERED OUT THROUGH A VERY LARGE
DISTRICT, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU ARE NOT HAVING ANY IMPACT
BECAUSE THE WHOLE THING IS BLIGHTED.
HOW CAN WE BE MORE STRATEGIC AND POSITION OURSELVES
FINANCIALLY SO WHEN OPPORTUNITIES PRESENT THEMSELVES.
05:27:15PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANSWERS.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
05:27:19PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
BOARD MEMBER CITRO.
05:27:22PM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
WE HAVE A CRA WHO HAS VERY LITTLE IF ANY
ROOM FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND THAT WILL BE IN THE YBOR CITY AREA.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO TELL THEM TO PUT 0% OF THEIR MONIES --
30% OF THEIR MONIES INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHEN THERE IS
LITTLE OR NO ROOM FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHIN THAT CRA?
05:27:45PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS:
I AM UP FOR THE CHALLENGE.
I WOULDN'T SAYS THERE NO ROOM FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THERE ARE SECOND FLOORS AND SOME OF THEM ARE VACANT IN
DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE MAKE THE ALLOCATION.
AND YOU ADJUST.
SO THE ONE THING ABOUT CRAs.
YOU HAVE TO BE NIMBLE, RIGHT.
WHEN THINGS ARE WORKING, YOU DOUBLE DOWN ON IT TO GET IT.
WHEN THEY ARE NOT WORKING, YOU NEED TO BE FLEXIBLE AND
CHANGE THE PROGRAM.
IN RESPONDING WHAT THE DEVELOPERS -- DEVELOPERS IS NOT A
FOUR-LETTERED CURSE WORDS.
IT IS NOT A BAD THING.
WE NEED THE INVESTMENTS.
HOW DO WE WORK ALONGSIDE THE DEVELOPERS TO FILL THOSE GAPS
AND NEED.
IN YBOR, I THINK THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUSING.
MAYBE NOT THE SIZE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS THAT
WE BUT I THINK WE CAN GET CREATIVE.
IF YOU PUT THE CHALLENGE BEFORE US, IT IS UP TO US TO BE
CREATIVE.
I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU RIGHT NOW, BUT I AM UP FOR
THE CHALLENGE.
05:28:47PM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
05:28:49PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
05:28:51PM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
I DON'T WANT TO MISS THE OPPORTUNITY WITH
FUN LAND.
WE SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT FUN LAND.
05:28:58PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS:
I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT BUT THE
DEVELOPER -- WE WERE TRYING TO PURCHASE FUN LAND AND MADE
TWO PASSES AT THEM.
THE DEVELOPER THAT BOUGHT FUN LAND.
BOUGHT FUN LAND FOR SIGNIFICANTLY MORE MONEY THAN WE HAD.
05:29:12PM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
NOT WHEN IT WAS ON THE MARKET FIRST.
WE HAD A BITE OF THE APPLE FIRST WHEN IT WAS LOW.
ONLY A MILLION FIRST.
AND WE DIDN'T BITE THE APPLE.
A MILLION AT FIRST.
WE DIDN'T BITE -- I TOLD THE LAST FOLKS, WE NEEDED TO BUY
THE PROPERTY.
WE DIDN'T BUY THE PROPERTY.
05:29:29PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS:
HINDSIGHT IS ALWAYS 20/20.
05:29:33PM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
WE HAD THE MONEY.
05:29:35PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS:
BUT YOU DIDN'T GET IT, SO HERE WE ARE.
05:29:38PM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
I DON'T WANT TO MISS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.
05:29:40PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS:
I GOT YOU.
WHEN YOU SEE ANOTHER PROPERTY THAT YOU THINK WE SHOULD
INVEST IN, I WILL BE HAPPY TO TAKE THAT PHONE CALL AND
INVESTIGATE THAT.
$11 MILLION.
05:29:55PM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
IT WAS $1 MILLION.
AND GETS BEHIND AND SELL IT IS FOR $11 MILLION.
05:30:00PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS:
YEAH.
05:30:03PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
ANYONE ELSE.
05:30:05PM >>BILL CARLSON:
MADAM CHAIR.
05:30:08PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SORRY, BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
05:30:11PM >>BILL CARLSON:
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IN BETWEEN THE
STORMS.
TO RESPOND TO A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT MY COLLEAGUES SAID,
30% RULE YEARS AGO IT WAS ASPIRATIONAL AND DIDN'T HAVE AN
END DATE, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW WE NEED.
AND IF WE ARE GOING TO TAKE MONEY FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE
CITY AND DISTRIBUTE THEM IN THESE AREAS, THEN WE NEED TO
MAKE SURE THEY ARE USED FOR THE RIGHT PURPOSES.
AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS ONE OF THE SPECIFIED AREA THAT THE
LEGISLATION SAYS WE CAN SPEND MONEY ON.
THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK WE SHOULD SPEND MONEY ON IS THE
BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE TO HAVE PEOPLE HAVE A HIGHER, BETTER
QUALITY OF LIFE.
YOU KNOW IN THE PAST, THE MONEY FOR THESE CRAs HAVE BEEN
USED TO SUBSIDIZE DEVELOPMENT.
AND I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT, BECAUSE I THINK IT IS
ANTI-COMPETITIVE.
NOT FAIR TO SUBSIDIZE ONE DEVELOPER VERSUS ANOTHER.
THAT IS HOW COUNTRIES AND CITIES GET IN TROUBLE BY PICKING
SOMEONE.
AND NOT FAIR FOR THE CAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL MARKET.
GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE IN THE POSITION OF SERVING MARKET
FAILURES.
WHEN THERE IS A SITUATION WHERE YOU NEED TO BRING SOME
SERVICES IN TO SOLVE A PROBLEM, WE CAN DO THAT.
AND IDEALLY, THEY WOULD BE AMENITIES THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE BY
EVERYBODY THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
BUT IN TERMS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, NICOLE, I THINK THAT WE
SHOULD HAVE -- WE DON'T HAVE -- WE DON'T HAVE WORKSHOPS FOR
THE CRA, BUT I WISH WE COULD HAVE SOMETHING LIKE A WORKSHOP
WITH YOU JUST TO TALK ABOUT YOUR EXPERTISE ON HOW I THINK A
CRA SHOULD SPEND MONEY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
EVERYTHING I HAVE BEEN TAUGHT SAYS THAT INSTEAD OF HAVING
BIG CONCENTRATION OF POVERTY.
BIG MULTIPLEX DEVELOPMENTS WITH HUNDREDS OF UNITS THAT WE
SHOULD HAVE IT DISPERSED.
AND REALLY WHAT WE SHOULD FOCUS ON IS HOMEOWNERSHIP FOR
FOLKS.
THAT IS A PHILOSOPHICAL CONVERSATION WE SHOULD HAVE.
MY COLLEAGUES WILL REMEMBER THREE, THREE AND A HALF YEARS
AGO WE ASKED -- AND I MADE A MOTION AND PASSED UNANIMOUSLY
TO CREATE A SPECIFIC PLAN FOR THE CRA, NOT FOR THE CAC BUT
THE CRA.
NEVER GOT AROUND IT TO.
THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THING IS THE ONLY STRATEGIC
TEMPERATURES THRUST THROUGHOUT THE CRA AND I HOPE WE CAN
COME BACK TO THE PLANNING AT SOME POINT, BUT AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IS DEFINITELY A MAJOR ISSUE WE NEED TO ADDRESS.
AND IF WE CAN'T ADDRESS IT IN CERTAIN AREAS DOWNTOWN AND
CHANNEL TIS STRICT -- I WOULDN'T TOUCH THE AREAS BUT
DOWNTOWN AND CHANNEL DISTRICT PUT A CAP ON IT AND REDUCE THE
FUNDING AND MOVE THE MONEY THAT COULD PAY FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, SIDEWALKS, BIKE LANES, WHATEVER WE WANT WITH OUR
CITY COUNCIL HATS ON.
WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO LOOK AT OPTIONS.
A PRECIOUS AMOUNT OF RESOURCES GETTING BIGGER EVERY YEAR.
BUT A PRECIOUS AMOUNT OF RESOURCES THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE
CITY IS GIVING US OR ALLOWING US TO SPEND IN A VERY
STRATEGIC WAY AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE SPENDING IN
THE MOST RESPONSIBLE WAY GETTING THE MOST RESULTS OF GETTING
THE LEGISLATION TO SOLVE PROBLEMS OF SOME BLIGHT, DISEASE IN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THANK YOU.
05:33:26PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS:
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
SHOULD THE CRA BOARD DECIDE OR IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP BY
COUNCILMAN CARLSON TO DO A STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION WITH
THE CRA BOARD.
I AM ALL IN.
ALIS IS ALL IN ON THAT.
IF YOU WANT TO PICK A TIME FOR ONE OF YOUR CRA BOARD
MEETINGS, WE CAN TRY TO STRATEGICALLY DO IT IN A MONTH WITH
NOT A LOT OF REPORTS AND LIGHTER ACTION ITEMS.
05:34:01PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND.
05:34:04PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS:
I WOULD LIKE TO GET THROUGH THE BUDGET AND
COME BACK AND ASK YOU GUYS FOR THAT.
IF THAT IS A DIRECTION AND TELL ME TO KIND OF FIGURE THAT
OUT.
I WILL COME BACK TO YOU WITH MAYBE A RECOMMENDATION.
BUT THE ONE THING I WANTED TO SAY ABOUT YBOR IN PARTICULAR,
BUT ALL OF THE CRAs IS REALLY HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO
EVALUATE THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE IN PLACE.
AND TO EVALUATE WHETHER THEY ARE WORKING OR NOT.
ARE WE GETTING THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT THAT WE SHOULD BE
GETTING?
ARE WE CONTINUING TO PUT FUNDING TOWARDS PROGRAMS THAT
AREN'T YIELDING THE BEST RETURN.
AND I THINK THIS EXERCISE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE HOUSING
COMPONENT REAL LEAVE IS GIVING US A CHANCE TO LOOK AT ALL
ITEMS, SEE HOW THE PROGRAMS ARE PERFORMING, PRIORITIZE THIS
BOARD'S INTENT AND COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO YOU.
THAT'S IT.
05:34:56PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
ACTUALLY FIRST I NEED TO OPEN IT TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
05:35:04PM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YOU WANT ME.
05:35:09PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS:
NO, POSITIVE.
05:35:10PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
ANYONE IN THE ROOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A
PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM?
OKAY.
GOING ONCE.
OKAY.
WELL THEN.
OKAY.
I HAVE A MOTION.
05:35:28PM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
SECOND.
05:35:30PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I HAVE -- MOVE THE -- -- I WAS A MOTION TO
APPROVE THE RESOLUTION FROM BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
ROLL CALL VOTE.
05:35:44PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
05:35:47PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
05:35:48PM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES.
05:35:50PM >>BILL CARLSON:
YES.
05:35:51PM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YES.
05:35:52PM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
05:35:53PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
05:35:54PM >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
05:35:57PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THERE IS ONE MORE THING I THINK YOU WANTED TO
ASK ABOUT.
05:36:03PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS:
I HAVE ONE ITEM FOR YOU.
IF I CAN HAND THIS MEMO OUT TO THE CLERK AND TO CRA BOARD ON
SEPTEMBER 8 AT THE CRA BOARD MEETING, WE DISCUSSED OF THE
PROCESS OF THE CRA DIRECTOR AND INTERVIEW PROCESS YOU WANTED
TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.
AND YOU ASKED ME FOR DATE AT THAT TIME AND I COULDN'T GIVE
YOU AN ANSWER AND I SAID IT WILL REQUIRE SPECIAL CALLED
MEETINGS.
SO I AM ASKING TO YOU SET THOSE SPECIAL CALLED MEETINGS FOR
THE INTERVIEWS IN THE NEXT CRA DIRECTOR.
AND SO FIRST, WE NEED TWO PUBLIC NOTICE -- PUBLICLY NOTICED
MEETINGS.
ONE IS FOR THE CANDIDATE INTERVIEWS THAT YOU WANTED TO DO
COLLECTIVELY AS A BOARD.
YOU HAVE -- YOU AND YOUR AIDES HAVE RECEIVED E-MAIL FROM ME
SETTING UP YOUR 30-MINUTE SESSIONS WITH EACH ONE OF THE
CANDIDATES.
SO WE ARE FILLING THOSE SLOTS NOW.
BUT YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE AN INTERVIEW TIME WITH THE
CANDIDATES PUBLICLY FOR THE OCTOBER 19.
AND OCTOBER 26 IS FOR YOUR DECISION ON WHAT YOU WOULD WANT
HOW YOU WANT TO PROCEED WITH THE CRA DIRECTOR, WHETHER YOU
HAVE ADDITIONAL DECISIONS.
THAT TIME IS ALLOTTED FOR THE CRA DIRECTOR.
LASTLY, WE TALKED OF HAVING A MEET AND GREET FOR THE CAC
MEMBERS.
BECAUSE THE CACS ARE HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH YOUR CRAs.
YOU GUYS DEPEND ON THEM A LOT.
WE ARE DOING WHAT I AM RECOMMENDING IS A MEET AND GREET
SOCIAL WITH THE CANDIDATES TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER
19 AT THE TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER BETWEEN 6 AND 7:30.
THIS IS STRICTLY A SOCIAL GATHERING.
NO OFFICIAL CRA BUSINESS CAN TAKE PLACE.
MORE HIS LIKE TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT
BECAUSE WE HAD EXTENSIVE CONVERSATION THIS IS STRICTLY
SOCIAL.
05:38:25PM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
RIGHT.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO DO THIS STRICTLY A SOCIAL TYPE OF
MEETING.
IT CAN'T BE DISCUSSION REALLY -- IT CAN'T BE PART OF THE
CANDIDATE PROCESS.
IT CAN'T.
IF IT BECOMES THAT, WE ARE GET INTO A SUNSHINE TYPE OF
SITUATION WHICH IS WHERE WE NEED ANOTHER TYPE OF MEETING.
YOU CAN MEET WHO THESE FOLKS ARE.
SHAKE THEIR HAND.
THIS IS WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING IS.
IT IS NOT AN EVALUATION BY YOU AND THE CAC ANYWAY.
05:39:00PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
05:39:03PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WILL THERE BE SNACKS AND REFRESHMENTS?
05:39:07PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS:
I CAN ADVANTAGE THAT.
05:39:08PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THEN I WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.
05:39:10PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
05:39:12PM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
FOR THE CACS TO MEET THE CANDIDATES.
05:39:16PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS:
THE CACS.
WHAT WE WILL DO SHOULD YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS
RECOMMENDATION FOR THE SOCIAL, WE ARE GOING TO TALK TO
THE CACS AND INVITE -- WE WILL DO AN INVITATION.
THEY WILL GET A PRINTED INVITATION FROM US, BUT WE WILL TALK
TO THEM ABOUT -- ABOUT THIS BEING STRICTLY SOCIAL.
NOT DISCUSSING CRA BUSINESS AND THEY WILL TAKE THEIR
FEEDBACK BACK TO YOU.
IF YOU WANT SOMETHING MORE FORMAL, YOU TELL ME AND THE CRA
-- A PUBLICLY NOTICED MEETING IN THE SUNSHINE.
05:40:02PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
05:40:05PM >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YOU NEED TO GIVE THE BOARD MEMBERS WHAT
THEY CAN ASK OR NOT.
THEY MAY ASK A QUESTION.
YOU MAY WANT TO GIVE GUIDELINES OF WHAT CAN BE ASKED AND
WHAT CAN'T.
THAT WAY THEY DON'T GET IN TROUBLE AND AN ACTUAL SOCIAL.
05:40:20PM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
ONE ISSUE THAT THE CLERK RAISED IS THE -- I
THINK YOU WANT TO HAVE THE MEETING -- ONE OF THE MEETINGS ON
A WEDNESDAY OR ARE THEY BOTH ON WEDNESDAYS?
05:40:33PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS:
YES -- NO, I THINK THE 26th IS --
05:40:38PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
A WEDNESDAY.
05:40:40PM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
CODE ENFORCEMENT HAVE THEIR HEARINGS ON THE
CHAMBER AT THAT TIME.
WE EITHER NEED ANOTHER TIME OR ANOTHER LOCATION.
05:40:48PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WHICH DATE?
05:40:51PM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
BOTH WEDNESDAYS, SULING?
BOTH -- THEY HAVE IT IN THE AFTERNOON, I KNOW.
05:40:57PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS:
WE CAN MAKE ARRANGEMENTS.
JUST FROM A CALENDARING PERSPECTIVE, SCHEDULING 28 INTERVIEW
MEETINGS AND TRYING TO GET THIS ON AND TO MOVE IN AN
EXPEDITIOUS PROCESS WHEN YOU ARE RECRUITING FOR THIS TYPE OF
POSITION.
SO I WOULD REQUEST THAT YOU ALLOW ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIND
A DIFFERENT VENUE FOR US TO MEET.
AND KEEP THE DATES AS PRESENTED.
05:41:27PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
05:41:31PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
IS THERE GOING TO BE PUBLIC COMMENT AT
ANY OF THESE OR NO?
05:41:35PM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
YES.
05:41:37PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
GOING TO SUGGEST THE SISTER CITIES ROOM
BUT IT MAY BE TOO SMALL.
05:41:42PM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
WE HAD -- AND I WILL HAVE TO TALK TO CABLE
AND TNI ABOUT THIS, BUT WE DID -- YOU WILL REMEMBER DURING
THE OUTBREAK OF COVID, WE DID HAVE MEETINGS AT THE
CONVENTION CENTER.
THAT IS A POTENTIAL LOCATION FOR THIS.
SO WE WILL -- WE WILL WORK ON THAT.
05:41:58PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS:
I KNOW THE CONVENTION CENTER DIRECTOR.
05:42:01PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
IF NOT THE CONVENTION CENTER, THERE IS
ALSO THE RIVER CENTER.
JULIAN LANE THAT HAVE PARKING AND INTO ISSUE WITH ADA.
05:42:14PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS:
ALL THREE OF THOSE WHEN THINKING VENUES.
05:42:19PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YOU KNOW THE CONVENTION CENTER DIRECTOR.
05:42:21PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS:
I KNOW THE CONVENTION CENTER DIRECTOR.
05:42:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A MOTION OCTOBER 16 AND 19 PENDING A
LOCATION.
05:42:30PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS:
CORRECT, WE WILL MAKE SURE WHEN WE PUBLICLY
NOTE THE MEETINGS, THAT THE LOCATIONS IS PRESENTED.
[INAUDIBLE]
05:42:39PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
-- AND THE CONVENTION CENTER --
05:42:42PM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
I CAN'T DO THOSE DAYS.
JUST LETTING YOU KNOW NOW.
LIVABLE ROADWAYS.
05:42:50PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS:
NEITHER ONE OF THE DATES, YOU SAID?
ONE OF THE THINGS -- ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE ARE DOING THE
INDIVIDUAL INTERVIEWS IS SO THAT -- SO -- I AM GOING TO BE
ON ALL OF THE INTERVIEWS WITH YOU.
AFTER THAT, I WILL MEET WITH YOU INDIVIDUALLY WITHOUT THE
CANDIDATES TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK.
AND SO COUNCILMAN CITRO, YOU CAN KNOW THAT I WILL MEET WITH
YOU AND CONVEY YOUR WISHES.
05:43:17PM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU.
05:43:18PM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
AT A NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING.
05:43:21PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS:
AT A NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING.
LISTEN, I CAN'T DO THIS WITHOUT MORRIS.
I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW.
05:43:28PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION STANDS.
05:43:30PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
A MOTION MADE BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
ALL IN FAVOR.
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
OKAY.
05:43:40PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS:
THANK YOU.
05:43:41PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THAT'S IT.
OKAY, MOTION TO RECEIVE AND --
05:43:48PM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
I -- I AM SORRY, MISS, BUT MISS NICOLE
TRAVIS IS GUIDING ME.
I GOT -- I HAVE GOT TWO REQUESTS COMING UP.
AND THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE ANY MOTIONS OR ANYTHING.
BECAUSE NOT ALLOWED TO MAKE MOTION.
I AM JUST ASKING.
NUMBER ONE, FLORIDA AQUARIUM RECEIVES A LARGE PART OF
OUR PARKS AND RECREATION CHILDREN GOING TO THE FLORIDA
AQUARIUM.
ANY WAY WE CAN HELP THEM NOT ONLY IN THE RENOVATIONS BUT IN
GREEN SPACE SURROUNDING THE AQUARIUM ITSELF.
THAT IS ONE.
THIS IS JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
NUMBER TWO.
I SPOKE WITH HOPE, WHICH IS A FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATION, AND
THEY HAVE CONCERNS OF RETENTION PONDS IN WEST TAMPA AND EAST
TAMPA.
AND I KNOW THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH WASTEWATER AND WITH
PARKS AND RECREATION, BUT I AM HOPING THIS CAN BE A CRA
PROJECT THAT CAN MOVE THESE FENCES FROM THE OUTSIDE
PERIMETERS TO THE INSIDE MORE TOWARD THE POPPED, SO THAT WE
CAN FREE UP SPACE FOR PARKS -- PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS, THOSE
TYPE OF THINGS AND GET SOME SORT OF AERATION OR FOUNTAINS IN
THE RETENTION PONDS THAT HELP WITH STAGNATION, BRING BACK
CRUSTACEAN, FISH, BIRDS, WILDLIFE TO NOT ONLY BRING UP EXTRA
SPACE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS BUT BEAUTIFICATION.
05:45:19PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS:
IS THAT WEST TAMPA ONLY?
05:45:23PM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
WEST TAMPA -- NO, NO, EAST TAMPA AND
POTENTIAL POND IN WEST TAMPA ALSO.
05:45:28PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
05:45:32PM >>BILL CARLSON:
IF BOARD MEMBER CITRO WAS FINISH, THANK YOU.
NICOLE -- MISS TRAVIS, AN EXAMPLE YOU CAN LOOK AT IS CALLED
"SWAN POND" ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF HYDE PARK VILLAGE.
A PROGRAM I WORKED ON AS A VOLUNTEER, AND IT WAS A
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN SEVERAL DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND DID JUST
WHAT BOARD MEMBER CITRO WAS RECOMMENDING RIGHT NOW.
ONE OF THE THINGS MOVING -- PUTTING A NICER FENCE AND MOVING
IT CLOSER TO THE WATER LINE AND AERATING IT SO YOU CAN
ACTIVATE WHAT LITTLE GROUND SPACE.
THE SECOND THING WHILE I HAVE THE FLOOR, MISS TRAVIS, I
WON'T MAKE A MOTION ON THIS, BUT CAN YOU TALK TO THE
ADMINISTRATION OF A CRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE ORGANIZATION
CHART INSIDE THE BUDGET OF THE CITY HOOKS LIKE AN OLD
ORGANIZATIONAL CHART.
WHEN WE INITIATED A NEW AGREEMENT WITH THE CRA A FEW YEARS
AGO AROUND THE STAFF, THE WAY WE STRUCTURED THAT IS THAT THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THE STAFF WILL REPORT TO THE CRA
BOARD AND WILL BE A DOTTED LINE TO THE MAYOR, CHIEF OF STAFF
FOR HR REASONS.
THE WAY IT IS STRUCTURED IN THE ORG CHART, A SOLID LINE FROM
THE MAYOR TO THE CRA STAFF AND NO LINE FROM THE COMPANY
BOARD AND THE CITY COUNCIL AND I WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF
THAT.
05:47:00PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS:
I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT IT AN OVERSIGHT
BECAUSE A WORKING TABLE OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT SHOW A LINE TO
THE COUNCIL AS A BOARD BUT ONE OF THE THINGS SINCE
TALKING ORG CHART AND I WASN'T PREPARED TO DO THIS.
ONE OF THE THING YOU WANT TO HIRE THE CRA DIRECTOR AND LIKE
THE PACE THAT ALIS DRUMGO AND I HAVE SET AND WANT TO BE
INVOLVED.
THAT IS THE CONSIDERATION IN HIRING A CRA DIRECTOR.
A SOLID LINE FROM THE DIRECTOR TO THE CRA BOARD, THERE NEEDS
TO BE A REPORTING STRUCTURE.
NOT A CONVERSATION FOR RIGHT NOW, BUT I KNOW THAT THE ORG
CHART IS PROBABLY JUST AN OVERSIGHT BECAUSE ONE THAT IS --
THAT IS PROPERLY ALIGNED AND I HAVE SEEN IT AND I HAVE IT IN
MY OFFICE.
IS A CARRY OVER FROM FUTURE BUDGETS.
05:47:53PM >> ONE QUICK RESPONSE TO THAT IF I COULD, MADAM CHAIR.
IN ANY ORG START, THE WAY LEADERSHIP CAN CONSULT US AND HR,
MANAGEMENT IS MANAGING THE WHITE SPACE BETWEEN THE BOXES AND
THAT IS MORE OF THE NUANCE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.
THE WAY IT IS STRUCTURED OF THE ONE INSIDE THE BUDGET, THE
BOX OF THE CRA STAFF IS ALONG THE SAME LINES AS THE OTHER
STAFF AND BY PUT IT THERE, THERE IS AN IMPLIED LEVEL OF
COLLABORATION.
AND THAT IS REALLY WHAT IT IS.
COLLABORATION.
I THINK WE ALL WITH BOTH OF OUR HATS WOULD ENCOURAGE
COLLABORATION AND THE WAY IT IS STRUCTURED THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR REPORTS TO US.
TECHNICALLY ALL STAFF TO THE CITY AND THE CRA BOARD IS
LEASING THEM OR BUYING THEIR TIME.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE DEDICATED TO THE CRA.
IF THEY ARE WORKING ON SOMETHING ELSE, THAT NEEDS TO BE
EXPLICIT IN THE CONTRACTS.
THEN THIS -- YOU KNOW, YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS IN LENGTH
YESTERDAY, BUT ALSO A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REGULAR ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT THE CRAs ARE DOING.
AND HOPEFULLY SOMEONE ENLIGHTENED LIKE YOU, AND WE CAN
COLLABORATE MORE.
IF SOMEBODY WHO IS NOT ALIGNED LIKE YOU, WE NEED TO SEE THAT
THE CRA DON'T GET GRABBED TO WORK ON SOMETHING ELSE OR
PUSHED IN THE WRONG DIRECTION WHEN THE CACS AND CRA BOARDS
HAVE A CERTAIN PLAN TO IMPLEMENT.
THANK YOU.
05:49:19PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
BOARD MEMBER CITRO.
05:49:21PM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MISS -- NICOLE, MISS TRAVIS.
05:49:25PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS:
YES.
05:49:27PM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING TO MY
CONCERNS ABOUT THOSE RETENTION PONDS.
I WILL TELL YOU LATER ON WHICH PONDS I AM THINKING ABOUT,
BUT IF WE LOOK THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY AREA IF THERE IS A
CHANCE, I APPRECIATE THAT TOO.
05:49:40PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS:
SURE.
MADAM CHAIR, MAY I?
05:49:43PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
05:49:44PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS:
JUST TAKING NOTES AS YOU GUYS SPEAK.
SO FLORIDA AQUARIUM.
I HAVE A MEETING WITH THE CEO THIS FRIDAY.
SO WHEN APPROPRIATE, I WILL REPORT BACK.
BUT I AM ACTIVELY WORKING ON THAT.
THE RETENTION PONDS WITH THE CRA.
I DO BELIEVE THAT SOME OF THOSE RETENTION PONDS ARE
ADDRESSED IN THE EAST TAMPA SAP THAT WAS RECENTLY ADOPTED.
BUT WHAT I HEAR YOU ASKING HOW CAN WE USE OUR RETENTION
PONDS AS AN AMENITY TO THE DISTRICT.
AND ALSO WHILE IT IS FUNCTIONING -- A FUNCTIONAL USE FOR IT,
BUT HOW CAN WE MAKE IT MORE OF AN AMENITY FOR THE DISTRICT.
05:50:24PM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
RIGHT.
05:50:27PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS:
I WILL GET WITH ADMINISTRATOR WYNN AND
DUNCAN.
OCEA FOR PARKS AND REC AND JEAN FOR THE STORMWATER COMPONENT
AND SEE HOW WE CAN WORK TO THAT.
I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT -- SO THAT I AM FULLY
TRANSPARENT WITH YOU.
WE CAN TALK OF ENHANCING THESE AMENITIES TO BE -- FOR THEM
TO BE AMENITIES TO THE DISTRICT; HOWEVER, WE HAVE TO BE VERY
CAREFUL WITH CLEANING OR DOING ANY WORK THAT SHOULD BE DONE
BY THE CITY BUDGET AND NOT SUPPORTED BY THE CRA BUDGET.
SO I WILL -- WE ARE -- I -- OKAY, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A
COMMENT.
WE ARE VERY COLLABORATIVE AND WE GET ALONG WE WELL AND
HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS ON AT ADMINISTRATION IS EASY TO
HAVE AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO PARTNER.
I WILL TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN GET A BREAK
BEFORE THE NEXT ONE.
05:51:24PM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
HOPEFULLY WORK EVERYBODY TOGETHER UNDER THE
UMBRELLA OF THE CRA.
05:51:30PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MORRIS.
05:51:32PM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
THESE ITEMS ARE BETTER WHEN WE COME BACK.
PONDS OUTSIDE OF THE CRA AREA IS NOT SOMETHING SUBJECT TO
THIS BOARD'S DISCUSSION AND COME BACK IN NOVEMBER AND
ADDRESS THIS.
05:51:44PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I HAVE A MOTION FROM BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
A SECOND BY BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
ALL IN FAVOR.
THE CRA MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
05:51:53PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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