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
05:04:52PM AGENCY MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER.
05:04:53PM I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE AN INVOCATION FOR THIS EVENT.
05:05:02PM PLEDGE?
05:05:13PM [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.
05:05:40PM IF MR. MASSEY, IF YOU WOULD REVIEW THE RULES WITH PUBLIC
05:05:49PM COMMENT.
05:05:51PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: WILL DO, A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING OF THE
05:05:55PM COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OR THE CRA HELD AT 5:01 P.M.,
05:06:00PM SEPTEMBER 20, 2022, IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 315 E. KENNEDY
05:06:05PM BOULEVARD HERE IN TAMPA, FLORIDA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF
05:06:08PM CONSIDERING THE PROPOSED FY CRA BUDGET OF RECOMMENDATION
05:06:12PM OF APPROVAL TO TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
05:06:14PM THIS PUBLIC HEARING PERTAINS SOLELY TO THE PROPOSED CRA
05:06:19PM BUDGET AND COMMENTS LIMITED TO THE CRA BUDGET.
05:06:21PM SPECIAL CALLED CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:00 THIS
05:06:26PM EVENING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE FY '23 MILLAGE RATE AND
05:06:30PM BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA.
05:06:31PM THE PROPOSED CRA BUDGET WILL BE CONTAINED AS PART OF THE
05:06:35PM OVERALL CITY BUDGET AT 6:00 P.M.
05:06:38PM THE PUBLIC IS ABLE TO ATTEND IN PERSON OR VIEW IT ON
05:06:44PM TELEVISION AT SPECTRUM 615 AND THE INTERNET
05:06:53PM TAMPA.GOV/LIVESTREAM.
05:06:53PM THE PUBLIC CAN BE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING THREE MINUTES HERE
05:06:58PM IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS OR BY WAY OF COMMUNICATION MEDIA
05:07:02PM TECHNOLOGY OR CMT.
05:07:05PM THE USE OF CMT PROVIDES PREREGISTRATION.
05:07:08PM AND DIRECTIONS ARE INCLUDED IN THE NOTICE OF THE MEET AND ON
05:07:12PM THE AGENDA.
05:07:13PM CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO WAIVE RULE OF PUBLIC COMMENT BY CMT
05:07:18PM AND PARTICIPATION BY BOARD MEMBER MR. CARLSON BY CMT AS
05:07:22PM WELL.
05:07:22PM THANK YOU.
05:07:23PM >>LYNN HURTAK: MOTION MADE BY BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
05:07:26PM SECOND BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
05:07:30PM 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.
05:07:43PM DEPENDING ON HOW YOU COUNT THE NINTH OR TENTH DAY, PER
05:07:46PM CDC GUIDELINES, IF I TEST NEGATIVE TOMORROW, I WILL COME
05:07:51PM IN PERSON ON THURSDAY UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANY CONCERNS OF
05:07:54PM THAT, BUT SO FAR IT SEEMS LIKE I AM ALMOST AWAY FROM IT AND
05:07:57PM APOLOGIZE I CAN'T BE THERE IN PERSON.
05:07:59PM >>LYNN HURTAK: ABSOLUTELY.
05:08:01PM THANK YOU.
05:08:01PM OKAY.
05:08:02PM YES, MISS TRAVIS.
05:08:07PM OH, DO WE --
05:08:11PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE FOR MISS TRAVIS TO
05:08:15PM PRESENT THE BUDGET AND THEN ALLOW FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND ANY
05:08:18PM QUESTIONS FROM YOU ALL AND THEN HAVE FINAL --
05:08:22PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: WELL, GOOD EVENING, NICOLE TRAVIS, DIRECTOR
05:08:25PM OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OPPORTUNITY.
05:08:27PM I'M HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU THE CRA COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
05:08:33PM AGENCY BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023.
05:08:34PM THIS PRESENTATION IS ONE THAT YOU HAVE SEEN A COUPLE OF
05:08:39PM TIMES AND WE TALKED THROUGH SOME OF THOSE ITEMS THAT I WILL
05:08:44PM BRING TO YOU BACK IN NOVEMBER TO MAKE SOME ALLOCATIONS FOR
05:08:48PM OUR REALLOCATIONS FOR OUR HOUSING INITIATIVE BASED ON THE
05:08:53PM MOTION THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY MADE AND THE DIRECTION THAT YOU
05:08:56PM HAVE GIVEN US AT THE LAST CITY BUDGET WORKSHOP.
05:09:00PM CAN YOU SEE THE PRESENTATION?
05:09:02PM THANK YOU.
05:09:03PM THE TOTAL INCREMENT AMONGST EIGHT OF YOUR DISTRICTS IS
05:09:12PM $57,914,000.
05:09:13PM YOU WILL SEE THAT IS A 28% CHANGE.
05:09:16PM THAT CHANGE IS REFLECTED WHEN YOU HAVE A HEALTHY REAL ESTATE
05:09:20PM MARKET AND YOUR VALUES CONTINUE TO GO UP.
05:09:24PM AND WHEN THINGS ARE NOT AS GREAT, YOU SEE THAT INCREMENT
05:09:28PM STARTS TO GO DOWN.
05:09:28PM AND SO WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY BENEFITED FROM A HEALTHY REAL
05:09:34PM ESTATE MARKET AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE INVESTMENTS HAPPEN
05:09:37PM WITHIN OUR DISTRICTS.
05:09:38PM AND THAT WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE INCREMENT THAT YOU GET
05:09:44PM TO BUDGET FOR OVER THE EIGHT DISTRICTS.
05:09:47PM THIS IS JUST A QUICK CHART TO SHOW YOU HOW THE FUNDING IS
05:09:52PM BROKEN DOWN AND THE BIGGEST ONE IS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
05:09:58PM PROJECTS THAT IS NOT UNLIKE ALL CRAs ACROSS THE STATE.
05:10:01PM CRAs TYPICALLY INVEST WHERE THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS NOT
05:10:06PM INVESTING OR YOU WANT TO JUMP START INVESTMENT OR WHERE
05:10:09PM THERE IS THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN AT -- AT A
05:10:12PM FASTER PACE THAN WHAT YOUR TYPICAL BUDGET PROCESS WOULD
05:10:15PM ALLOW.
05:10:15PM AND SO, THAT'S PRETTY HEALTHY.
05:10:18PM YOUR OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION BUDGET FOR THE SIZE OF
05:10:21PM DISTRICT IS 4.4%.
05:10:26PM KIND OF LOW.
05:10:27PM AS A PART OF MY EVALUATION OF THE BUDGET STAFFING THAT YOU
05:10:33PM ASKED ME TO LOOK AT AND THE HOUSING, THOSE THINGS WILL BE
05:10:36PM BROUGHT BACK TO YOU.
05:10:37PM THE FINANCIAL PIECE IN NOVEMBER.
05:10:39PM STAFFING ADJUSTMENTS IN DECEMBER.
05:10:41PM REDEVELOPMENT INVESTMENTS.
05:10:45PM 0% OF OUR OVERALL BUDGET.
05:10:47PM YOU WILL NOTICE AT THE 3.9% IS FOR YOUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
05:10:51PM INITIATIVES.
05:10:52PM WE ARE GOING TO REDO THIS CHART WHEN WE COME BACK IN
05:10:55PM NOVEMBER TO SHOW YOU WHAT THAT REALLOCATION WAS LIKE.
05:10:57PM ALIS DRUMGO, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR, HAS WENT TO ALL OF THE
05:11:05PM CAC MEETINGS AT THIS POINT, CONVEYED THE CRA BOARD'S INTENT,
05:11:09PM AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CRA MANAGERS, SOME KICKING AND
05:11:14PM SCREAMING, SOME WALKING HAND IN HAND.
05:11:16PM BUT THEY ARE FINE, RIGHT.
05:11:18PM WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT.
05:11:19PM THE INITIATIVE IS THERE.
05:11:20PM THE CRA BOARD, THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR RECOGNIZE WE
05:11:27PM ARE IN A HOUSING CRISIS AND WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO
05:11:30PM CONTINUE TO SPUR ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT, AS WELL AS
05:11:34PM INVESTMENT IN HOUSING.
05:11:35PM YOU WILL SEE THIS UPDATED WHEN I COME BACK TO YOU IN
05:11:38PM NOVEMBER.
05:11:38PM THE FIRST DISTRICT WE ARE GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IS YOUR
05:11:41PM DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.
05:11:42PM YOU HAVE THE CORE AND NONCORE OF DOWNTOWN WITH A $22.9
05:11:49PM MILLION TIF REVENUE AND THOSE EXPENSES ARE BROKEN DOWN INTO
05:11:54PM SOME FOR OPERATIONS, BUT YOU WILL SEE CONTRACTUAL PLANNING.
05:11:58PM WE HAD TO UPDATE THE CRP PLAN THAT IS PART OF THIS BUDGET,
05:12:05PM STREETCAR PROJECTS, THE CROSS BAY FERRY, ALL IS DUE TO
05:12:10PM REPORTS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
05:12:12PM CONVENTION CENTER RENOVATION, LOAN REPAYMENT, AND MASTER
05:12:18PM PLAN INFRASTRUCTURE AGREEMENT AND SOME FACADE AND -- THEN
05:12:21PM YOU SEE A LINE ITEM FOR THE STRAZ CENTER, CULTURAL
05:12:26PM IMPROVEMENT GRANT AT $2.5 MILLION.
05:12:28PM ONE OF THE THINGS I AM GOING TO BRING BACK TO YOU -- AND IT
05:12:31PM WILL BE MORE RELEVANT TO THE DOWNTOWN CRA, BUT WHEN I BRING
05:12:35PM THE PLAN BACK TO YOU IN NOVEMBER, WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS I AM
05:12:41PM GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU WHAT COMMITMENTS WE HAVE MADE AND
05:12:45PM THE DURATION OF THOSE COMMITMENTS.
05:12:47PM THE STRAZ IS ONE OF THOSE THAT YOU MADE A LONGER COMMITMENT
05:12:50PM TOO.
05:12:50PM WE HAVE TAMPA ARTS IS ANOTHER ONE.
05:12:55PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: WE HAVE NOT BROUGHT FORTH A GRANT AGREEMENT
05:13:00PM BUT THE MUSEUM OF ART AND OTHER CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS HAVE
05:13:04PM REQUESTED FUNDING FOR SOME IMPROVEMENTS.
05:13:06PM AND ALSO THE LONG-TERM COMMITMENT WITH THE WATER STREET
05:13:11PM 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
05:13:18PM SO YOU HAVE A REALTIME VIEW WHAT WE ARE WORKING WITH IN THE
05:13:22PM DOWNTOWN CRA.
05:13:22PM IF I -- KEEP GOING?
05:13:26PM OKAY.
05:13:26PM CHANNEL DISTRICT.
05:13:27PM IN YOUR CHANNEL DISTRICT, WE HAVE $10.2 MILLION.
05:13:32PM ABOUT THE SAME IN OPERATING SALARIES AND THEN STREETCAR
05:13:36PM PROJECTS IS ANOTHER LINE ITEM IN THIS BUDGET.
05:13:38PM PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, AGAIN, WE HAVE TO UPDATE OUR CHP PLAN
05:13:43PM AND MAKE SOME OTHER INCENTIVES PROGRAMS AND YOU SEE
05:13:50PM COMMUNITY POLICING AS SOME LONG-TERM FUTURE PROJECTS THAT WE
05:13:55PM ARE ANTICIPATING.
05:13:56PM AND WE HAVE ALLOCATED FOR THOSE LINE ITEMS.
05:13:58PM THE FACADE GRANT PROGRAM, $110,000.
05:14:02PM THEN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, YOU SEE THIS IS A BIG
05:14:05PM PART OF THE BUDGET WITH $8.9 MILLION, LIKE FOR THE ONE --
05:14:10PM THE IMPROVEMENTS YOU ARE SEEING ON CHANNELSIDE, CUMBERLAND.
05:14:15PM WE BROUGHT THOSE GMC CONTRACTS WITH YOU.
05:14:20PM THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF PROJECTS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
05:14:22PM TAMPA HEIGHTS CRA, $1.8 MILLION IN TIF INCREMENT.
05:14:27PM YOU WILL SEE A SMALLER PORTION OF OPERATION AND SALARIES FOR
05:14:31PM THIS DISTRICT.
05:14:32PM AND WE HAVE SOME SMALL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND THEN
05:14:40PM A PORTION OF OUR BUDGET GOES TO THAT CDD THAT WAS APPROVED
05:14:45PM FOR THE TAMPA HEIGHTS RIVERFRONT PROJECT.
05:14:48PM CENTRAL PARK CRA.
05:14:50PM OUR SMALL BUT MIGHTY BUDGET, $249,000 AND $209,000 OF THAT
05:15:02PM BUDGET IS GOING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WITHIN THE
05:15:05PM CRA DISTRICT.
05:15:06PM WE HAVE A SMALL FACADE GRANT PROGRAM.
05:15:08PM YBOR CITY.
05:15:11PM THE CRA HAS YBOR 1 AND YBOR 2.
05:15:15PM YBOR 2 HAS A $3 MILLION TIF INCREMENT.
05:15:19PM AS WE TALKED ABOUT, A LITTLE OVER HALF A MILLION IN
05:15:23PM OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION.
05:15:25PM AND THEN IN DISTRICT PROGRAMS IN SERVICES, THERE HAS BEEN
05:15:31PM SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT THE LINE ITEMS IN HERE.
05:15:36PM I AM HAPPY TO TAKE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS THAT YOU HAVE FOR
05:15:40PM ANY FUTURE CHANGES.
05:15:42PM BUT RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE LANDSCAPING SIGNAGE, ALL OF THE
05:15:46PM THINGS THAT MAKE YBOR REALLY A GREAT DISTRICT.
05:15:49PM DISTRICT AMBASSADORS AND DISTRICT PROMOTIONS AND YOU HAVE A
05:15:53PM LINE ITEM FOR CO-SPONSORSHIPS.
05:15:57PM AND THAT IS REALLY FOR EVENT -- EVENT PROMOTING.
05:16:00PM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, CULTURAL PROGRAMS.
05:16:04PM AND THEN, AGAIN, STREET CAR PROJECT.
05:16:07PM CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
05:16:10PM YOU HAVE THE ICONIC ARCHWAY LIGHTS PRESERVATION PIECE THAT A
05:16:15PM LITTLE OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS THAT IS PART OF THIS
05:16:17PM BUDGET AS WELL.
05:16:18PM IN YBOR 2, THAT INCREMENT AT $1.4 MILLION.
05:16:23PM A SMALLER PORTION OF OPERATIONS IN ADMINISTRATION, BUT YOU
05:16:27PM CAN SEE THE DISTRICT LANDSCAPING, STREETSCAPE SIGNAGE IS THE
05:16:32PM LARGEST PORTION OF THIS BUDGET.
05:16:34PM AND WE HAVE A SMALL AMOUNT FOR FACADE IMPROVEMENT GRANT.
05:16:39PM IN EAST TAMPA -- EAST TAMPA IS OUR LARGEST DISTRICT.
05:16:45PM IT IS ALSO THE DISTRICT WITH THE MOST NEED.
05:16:48PM AND I WOULD CONTEND THAT THE DISTRICT THAT HAS PAID
05:16:51PM ATTENTION TO YOUR HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, THE MOST IN
05:16:55PM PERFORMING IN THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY ARE PROVIDING FOR DOWN
05:16:59PM PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB, LOOKING AT THE
05:17:05PM TENANT OR LANDLORD REHAB PROGRAMS.
05:17:09PM SO OPERATIONS, YOU HAVE A LITTLE OVER HALF A MILLION
05:17:14PM DOLLARS, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND
05:17:19PM SERVICES, A LOT OF THAT IS CLEANING UP.
05:17:22PM NOT JUST THE CLEAN TEAM, BUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL DETECTIVES.
05:17:25PM WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT -- THAT IS WORKING STRICTLY FOR EAST
05:17:31PM TAMPA, LOOKING AT CODE ENFORCEMENT, SECURITY, SAFETY ISSUES,
05:17:36PM CALLING ALL THE TIME.
05:17:37PM IS PUT TO USE VERY WELL.
05:17:39PM THERE YOU HAVE STREETLIGHT OPERATING EXPENSES.
05:17:43PM AGAIN CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN WHERE WE
05:17:46PM CAN LIGHT UP.
05:17:47PM WE ARE DOING THAT.
05:17:48PM SO I THINK THAT A LOT OF THAT DISTRICT PROGRAMMING AND
05:17:51PM SERVICES THAT YOU ARE SEEING IS REFLECTED OF A DISTRICT THAT
05:17:54PM IS WORKING HARD ON TURNING THE CORNER IN THE REDEVELOPMENT
05:17:57PM AREA.
05:17:57PM THEN AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE RESIDENTIAL REHAB OWNER
05:18:02PM ALTERNATIVE HOUSING OPTIONS.
05:18:04PM YOU HAVE $1.7 MILLION ALLOCATED JUST IN THAT HOUSING.
05:18:11PM BUSINESS ASSISTANCE IS AT 600,000 AND THAT IS BASED ON A NEW
05:18:15PM PROGRAM THAT THE EAST TAMPA CRA JUST APPROVED OR RECOMMENDED
05:18:21PM FOR APPROVAL.
05:18:22PM AND THIS BOARD APPROVED THAT.
05:18:23PM NEIGHBORHOOD INFRASTRUCTURE, $2 MILLION.
05:18:27PM AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS AND PUBLIC ART PROJECTS WOULD BE
05:18:31PM A LITTLE OVER $2 MILLION.
05:18:33PM DREW PARK CRA, THIS IS $2.3 MILLION TIF INCREMENT, AND THAT
05:18:44PM IS BROKEN OUT INTO $182,000 FOR YOUR OPERATING.
05:18:49PM AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, WE SUGGEST
05:18:53PM THAT THAT ALSO EVIDENCE OF A CRA -- OR A CAC THAT IS WORKING
05:19:00PM VERY HARD AND TRYING TO -- BEING -- TRYING TO GET THEIR
05:19:04PM PROJECTS ALIGNED AND GET SOME DEVELOPMENT REALLY HAPPENING
05:19:07PM IN THE DREW PARK AREA.
05:19:08PM AFFORDABLE HOUSING INITIATIVES.
05:19:11PM $100,000 IN RESIDENTIAL IMPROVEMENT GRANT AND ANOTHER
05:19:16PM $125,000.
05:19:18PM NEIGHBORHOOD INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH IS REALLY A LOT OF
05:19:21PM STREETSCAPE, BEAUTIFICATION, MASTER PLAN SOMETHING $1.6
05:19:25PM MILLION.
05:19:25PM THE LIGHTNING IS JUST MAKING SURE WE ARE AWAKE AND I AM NOT
05:19:34PM BORING YOU TO DEATH.
05:19:35PM THE WEST TAMPA CRA AT $6.6 MILLION INCREMENT FOR BEING ONE
05:19:40PM OF YOUR NEWEST CRA DISTRICTS.
05:19:43PM THE CAC HAS OPINION WORKING HARD TO BE THOUGHTFUL AND
05:19:48PM INTENTIONAL OF THE PROGRAMS THEY ARE PUTTING FORTH, SO THEY
05:19:52PM WORKED ON -- THEY HAVE A WEST TAMPA OVERLAY.
05:19:55PM SO THEY ARE PLANNING FOR CODE REVISIONS AND ALLOCATED SOME
05:19:59PM FUNDS FOR THAT.
05:20:00PM DISTRICT MAINTENANCE AND THEN PROMOTIONAL, SPECIAL EVENTS.
05:20:03PM I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THAT AND WILL BE -- WE WILL BE
05:20:06PM BRINGING BACK TO YOU RECOMMENDING A POLICY TO YOU IN JANUARY
05:20:11PM SO THAT ALL EIGHT CRA DISTRICTS ARE OPERATING FROM THE SAME
05:20:15PM POLICY WHEN IT COMES TO SUPPORTING PROMOTIONAL EVENTS.
05:20:19PM THE REDEVELOPMENT INVESTMENTS, RESIDENTIAL EXTERIORS,
05:20:26PM $100,000.
05:20:26PM BUSINESS ENHANCEMENTS, MICROGRANTS, $100,000.
05:20:30PM BUSINESS SITE IMPROVEMENT, $120,000.
05:20:33PM AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IS AT $5.6 MILLION.
05:20:37PM THAT CONCLUDES MY BUDGET PRESENTATION.
05:20:40PM AND I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
05:20:42PM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
05:20:45PM >>ORLANDO GUDES: GOOD EVENING, MISS TRAVIS.
05:20:47PM I HAD A SMALL CONVERSATION WITH YOUR EAST TAMPA MANAGER AND
05:20:52PM YOUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR.
05:20:53PM WHEN YOU BRING BACK THE BUDGET BREAKDOWN IN NOVEMBER, AS IT
05:20:57PM RELATES TO HOUSING, AND I HEARD A LITTLE RUMBLES OF CERTAIN
05:21:01PM CRAS HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOUSING.
05:21:03PM AND I MADE A COUPLE OF PHONE CALLS TO FEW OF THEIR MEMBERS
05:21:07PM AND LET THEM KNOW THAT EVERYBODY HAS TO BE A GOOD PARTNER
05:21:10PM AND GOOD NEIGHBOR IN THIS SYSTEM BECAUSE THEY ASK FOR A LOT
05:21:12PM OF BIG PROJECTS AND WE GRANT IT TO THEM.
05:21:15PM WE HAVE TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR TO EVERYONE.
05:21:17PM AND THOSE FEW I DID CALL UNDERSTOOD.
05:21:19PM SECONDLY, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT WE DIDN'T DO IN PAST
05:21:23PM ADMINISTRATIONS.
05:21:24PM WE DIDN'T BUY DIRT.
05:21:26PM AND THIS IS KIND OF A PROBLEM WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW.
05:21:28PM SO WHEN WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE DOLLARS, WHEN YOU DOWN WITH
05:21:32PM YOUR BREAKDOWN IN HOUSING, I WANT TO SEE WHERE CAN WE HAVE
05:21:36PM MONEY ALLOCATED FOR DIRT.
05:21:38PM YOU NEED DIRT TO GET OUT OF SOME OF THE HOUSING CRISIS IN
05:21:41PM THESE DISTRICTS ESPECIALLY THE EAST AND WEST.
05:21:43PM AND EVEN WHEN I TALKED TO SOME OF THE FOLKS IN CHANNEL, WE
05:21:47PM SHOULD HAVE BEEN BUYING DIRT BACK THEN AND PROBABLY COULD
05:21:49PM HAVE SOME THINGS THAT WE NEED AT THIS POINT.
05:21:51PM I WANT TO LOOK WHERE IN THE BUDGET WHEN YOU BRING IT BACK,
05:21:55PM HOW WE CAN PUT A LINE FOR DIRT.
05:21:56PM WE NEED TO BUY DIRT TO HELP WITH SOME OF THE HOUSING ISSUES.
05:22:00PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: SURE.
05:22:01PM I KNOW SOME OF YOUR CRAS ALREADY HAVE A LINE ITEM FOR LAND
05:22:06PM ACQUISITION.
05:22:06PM AND THAT IS ROLLED UP IN THIS PRESENTATION AND NOT
05:22:10PM NECESSARILY BROKEN OUT.
05:22:12PM BUT I CAN GIVE YOU FOR EACH DISTRICT HOW MUCH IS ALLOCATED,
05:22:15PM IF ANY, FOR LAND ACQUISITION.
05:22:18PM >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
05:22:20PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: ABSOLUTELY.
05:22:21PM >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY.
05:22:22PM BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
05:22:25PM >>LUIS VIERA: I HAVE A QUESTION, THIS 30% GOAL WE ARE
05:22:29PM LOOKING TO ASPIRE TOO.
05:22:31PM IS IT FOR ONE YEAR?
05:22:33PM HOW LONG ARE WE LOOKING TO DO THAT FOR?
05:22:36PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: WELL, I DON'T KNOW.
05:22:37PM THAT'S UP TO THIS CRA BOARD.
05:22:39PM SO YOU ASKED US TO LOOK FOR FISCAL YEAR '23.
05:22:43PM I WOULD CONTEND YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR IT FOR FISCAL YEAR
05:22:47PM '24.
05:22:48PM ONE OF THE THINGS -- CAN I JUST PUT A PIN IN THAT AND COME
05:22:52PM BACK.
05:22:54PM ONE THING ABOUT CRA BUDGETS OR THE WAY I LIKE TO APPROACH IT
05:22:58PM IS USING THE BUDGET -- DOING A TEN-YEAR CIP IF YOU WILL.
05:23:07PM LOOK AT WHAT BIG BUCKETS.
05:23:09PM HOW MUCH WE WILL BE PUTTING DOLLARS IN OVER TIME AND HOW
05:23:13PM LONG -- SO HOUSING.
05:23:14PM AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE ONE
05:23:17PM OF BUDGETS IN CAPITAL PROJECTS.
05:23:21PM AND SO WE CAN LOOK OVER -- YOU CAN PLAN FOR IT LONG-TERM.
05:23:24PM YOUR INCREMENT IS GOING TO ADJUST ALL THOSE YEARS BUT THEN
05:23:29PM YOU HAVE A BIG PICTURE OF WHAT IS COMING IN YEAR TWO.
05:23:32PM WHAT IS COMING IN YEAR THREE.
05:23:34PM RIGHT NOW WE ARE BUDGETING ONE YEAR OUT, AND THE CRA WITH
05:23:39PM CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
05:23:40PM THESE ARE MULTIYEAR PROJECTS AND EVERYTHING -- REDEVELOPMENT
05:23:44PM I TRY TO TELL YOU GUYS THAT REDEVELOPMENT TAKES TIME.
05:23:48PM AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE PATIENCE IN REDEVELOPMENT.
05:23:51PM BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO PLAN.
05:23:52PM AND IF THERE IS DIRECTION THAT YOU WANT TO SEE HOUSING OR --
05:23:58PM EXCUSE ME RESIDENTIAL OCCASION LATER ON FOR THE RESIDENTIAL
05:24:03PM COMPONENT, YOU CAN SAY TO PROJECT OUT TWO FOR THREE -- YOU
05:24:08PM CAN'T COMMIT TO THAT.
05:24:08PM IT IS LIKE A SNAPSHOT ON HOW THOSE NUMBERS WILL MOVE.
05:24:12PM AND EVERY YEAR WE WILL ADJUST BASED ON WHAT THAT INCREMENT,
05:24:16PM WHAT THE MARKET IS DOING AT THIS TIME.
05:24:17PM WHAT INCREMENT YOU ARE USING AND PROJECT, AND BECOMES A
05:24:23PM PRIORITY.
05:24:23PM AND YOU GET TO SHUFFLE.
05:24:25PM BUT GIVES YOU A BIG PICTURE.
05:24:27PM IF IT WERE ME, I WOULD SAY A THREE-YEAR HORIZON THAT YOU
05:24:31PM SHOULD KNOW WHAT YOUR COMMITMENT IS GOING TO BE TO HOUSING.
05:24:34PM AND I WOULD SAY IN MY VERY DIRECT WAY, THAT YOU CAN'T TELL
05:24:40PM ME THAT HOUSING IS A CRISIS AND YOU ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION
05:24:43PM TO WHAT IT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN YEAR TWO AND THREE.
05:24:47PM SO I KNOW WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOUSING IN OUR NEXT
05:24:54PM BUDGET SESSION, BUT AS A CRA, YOU HAVE $10 MILLION OF NEW
05:24:59PM INCREMENT.
05:24:59PM YOU HAVE A CRISIS ON YOUR HANDS.
05:25:01PM AND WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN.
05:25:02PM BUT THE CRISIS DOESN'T END AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR '23.
05:25:07PM HOW DO WE BEGIN TO POSITION OURSELVES TO MOVE FORWARD.
05:25:10PM THAT WILL BE UP TO YOU HOW LONG YOU WILL DO IT.
05:25:12PM IT WILL HAVE TO BE APPROVED ANNUALLY FOR THE BUDGETS.
05:25:15PM >>LUIS VIERA: YEAH.
05:25:16PM THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
05:25:17PM BECAUSE I KNOW IN CERTAIN CRAs WE HAVE CERTAIN BUDGET THINGS
05:25:21PM THAT WERE PASSED THAT ARE GOING TO GO UP IN COST.
05:25:24PM AND COULD POSE A PROBLEM IN THE COMING YEARS, ETC.
05:25:27PM SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP.
05:25:29PM I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS A ONE-YEAR THING.
05:25:32PM I AM CERTAINLY NOT AN ECONOMIST BUT I THINK THESE HIGH PRICE
05:25:36PM ALSO SEE SOME SLACK SOMETHING OFF OF THEM BUT THEY WILL BE
05:25:39PM WITH US FOR A LONG TIME AND THE AFTEREFFECTS OF THEM.
05:25:42PM SO THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHAT WE CAN.
05:25:46PM BUT -- BUT, AGAIN, INQUIRING IN THAT REGARD.
05:25:50PM I GUESS IT WOULD BE UP TO THE BOARD.
05:25:52PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: ULTIMATELY UP TO THE BOARD, BUT I TELL YOU
05:25:55PM JUST BEING IN THE PROFESSION FOR A LONG TIME, YOU HAVE TO
05:25:59PM POSITION YOURSELF TO FINANCIALLY TO MAKE CERTAIN DEALS.
05:26:01PM YOU HAVE TO STRATEGICALLY LOOK AT THINGS.
05:26:05PM I AM NOT A TYPE OF PERSON TO BUY A PIECE.
05:26:09PM PROPERTY UNLESS IS A STRATEGIC ACQUISITION, RIGHT.
05:26:13PM AND SO -- OKAY.
05:26:17PM THE CRA -- I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT IS THE ROLE OF THE CRA TO
05:26:22PM INFLUENCE THE PRIVATE MARKET WHEN THE MARKET IS DOING WELL.
05:26:25PM I THINK WHAT YOU CAN DO IS AUGMENT THE AREAS THAT YOU WANT
05:26:31PM TO IMPROVE.
05:26:31PM AND SO WHETHER THAT MEANS BUYING HIGHLY OVERPRICED PROPERTY,
05:26:37PM I DON'T KNOW, BUT YOU CAN POSITION YOURSELF TO BE A PLAYER
05:26:40PM WHEN THOSE PROPERTIES ARE BEING DEVELOPED.
05:26:42PM AND SO YOU -- IF -- THERE NEEDS TO BE STRATEGIC ACQUISITION.
05:26:50PM AND NOT JUST PINPOINT WE ARE GOING TO GO AFTER THIS.
05:26:53PM HOW DO WE MAKE A CONCENTRATED EFFORT IN SOME OF THE LARGER
05:26:57PM DISTRICTS SO YOU HAVE A BIGGER IMPACT.
05:26:58PM IF YOU MAKE INVESTMENTS SCATTERED OUT THROUGH A VERY LARGE
05:27:02PM DISTRICT, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU ARE NOT HAVING ANY IMPACT
05:27:05PM BECAUSE THE WHOLE THING IS BLIGHTED.
05:27:07PM HOW CAN WE BE MORE STRATEGIC AND POSITION OURSELVES
05:27:11PM FINANCIALLY SO WHEN OPPORTUNITIES PRESENT THEMSELVES.
05:27:15PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANSWERS.
05:27:16PM 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
05:27:25PM ROOM FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
05:27:27PM AND THAT WILL BE IN THE YBOR CITY AREA.
05:27:30PM HOW ARE WE GOING TO TELL THEM TO PUT 0% OF THEIR MONIES --
05:27:34PM 30% OF THEIR MONIES INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHEN THERE IS
05:27:38PM LITTLE OR NO ROOM FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHIN THAT CRA?
05:27:45PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: I AM UP FOR THE CHALLENGE.
05:27:48PM I WOULDN'T SAYS THERE NO ROOM FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
05:27:51PM THERE ARE SECOND FLOORS AND SOME OF THEM ARE VACANT IN
05:27:55PM DEVELOPMENT.
05:27:55PM SO WE MAKE THE ALLOCATION.
05:27:58PM AND YOU ADJUST.
05:27:59PM SO THE ONE THING ABOUT CRAs.
05:28:02PM YOU HAVE TO BE NIMBLE, RIGHT.
05:28:04PM WHEN THINGS ARE WORKING, YOU DOUBLE DOWN ON IT TO GET IT.
05:28:07PM WHEN THEY ARE NOT WORKING, YOU NEED TO BE FLEXIBLE AND
05:28:12PM CHANGE THE PROGRAM.
05:28:13PM IN RESPONDING WHAT THE DEVELOPERS -- DEVELOPERS IS NOT A
05:28:16PM FOUR-LETTERED CURSE WORDS.
05:28:18PM IT IS NOT A BAD THING.
05:28:20PM WE NEED THE INVESTMENTS.
05:28:21PM HOW DO WE WORK ALONGSIDE THE DEVELOPERS TO FILL THOSE GAPS
05:28:25PM AND NEED.
05:28:25PM IN YBOR, I THINK THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUSING.
05:28:29PM MAYBE NOT THE SIZE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS THAT
05:28:33PM WE BUT I THINK WE CAN GET CREATIVE.
05:28:40PM IF YOU PUT THE CHALLENGE BEFORE US, IT IS UP TO US TO BE
05:28:43PM CREATIVE.
05:28:43PM I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU RIGHT NOW, BUT I AM UP FOR
05:28:46PM 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
05:28:54PM FUN LAND.
05:28:55PM WE SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT FUN LAND.
05:28:58PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT BUT THE
05:29:01PM DEVELOPER -- WE WERE TRYING TO PURCHASE FUN LAND AND MADE
05:29:04PM TWO PASSES AT THEM.
05:29:05PM THE DEVELOPER THAT BOUGHT FUN LAND.
05:29:08PM BOUGHT FUN LAND FOR SIGNIFICANTLY MORE MONEY THAN WE HAD.
05:29:12PM >>ORLANDO GUDES: NOT WHEN IT WAS ON THE MARKET FIRST.
05:29:15PM WE HAD A BITE OF THE APPLE FIRST WHEN IT WAS LOW.
05:29:17PM ONLY A MILLION FIRST.
05:29:19PM AND WE DIDN'T BITE THE APPLE.
05:29:22PM A MILLION AT FIRST.
05:29:23PM WE DIDN'T BITE -- I TOLD THE LAST FOLKS, WE NEEDED TO BUY
05:29:27PM THE PROPERTY.
05:29:27PM 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.
05:29:44PM WHEN YOU SEE ANOTHER PROPERTY THAT YOU THINK WE SHOULD
05:29:46PM INVEST IN, I WILL BE HAPPY TO TAKE THAT PHONE CALL AND
05:29:48PM INVESTIGATE THAT.
05:29:49PM $11 MILLION.
05:29:55PM >>ORLANDO GUDES: IT WAS $1 MILLION.
05:29:56PM 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
05:30:15PM STORMS.
05:30:15PM TO RESPOND TO A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT MY COLLEAGUES SAID,
05:30:20PM 30% RULE YEARS AGO IT WAS ASPIRATIONAL AND DIDN'T HAVE AN
05:30:24PM END DATE, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW WE NEED.
05:30:26PM AND IF WE ARE GOING TO TAKE MONEY FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE
05:30:30PM CITY AND DISTRIBUTE THEM IN THESE AREAS, THEN WE NEED TO
05:30:36PM MAKE SURE THEY ARE USED FOR THE RIGHT PURPOSES.
05:30:38PM AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS ONE OF THE SPECIFIED AREA THAT THE
05:30:42PM LEGISLATION SAYS WE CAN SPEND MONEY ON.
05:30:44PM THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK WE SHOULD SPEND MONEY ON IS THE
05:30:47PM BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE TO HAVE PEOPLE HAVE A HIGHER, BETTER
05:30:50PM QUALITY OF LIFE.
05:30:51PM YOU KNOW IN THE PAST, THE MONEY FOR THESE CRAs HAVE BEEN
05:30:55PM USED TO SUBSIDIZE DEVELOPMENT.
05:30:57PM AND I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT, BECAUSE I THINK IT IS
05:31:00PM ANTI-COMPETITIVE.
05:31:01PM NOT FAIR TO SUBSIDIZE ONE DEVELOPER VERSUS ANOTHER.
05:31:05PM THAT IS HOW COUNTRIES AND CITIES GET IN TROUBLE BY PICKING
05:31:10PM SOMEONE.
05:31:10PM AND NOT FAIR FOR THE CAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL MARKET.
05:31:15PM GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE IN THE POSITION OF SERVING MARKET
05:31:18PM FAILURES.
05:31:19PM WHEN THERE IS A SITUATION WHERE YOU NEED TO BRING SOME
05:31:21PM SERVICES IN TO SOLVE A PROBLEM, WE CAN DO THAT.
05:31:24PM AND IDEALLY, THEY WOULD BE AMENITIES THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE BY
05:31:30PM EVERYBODY THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
05:31:31PM BUT IN TERMS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, NICOLE, I THINK THAT WE
05:31:35PM SHOULD HAVE -- WE DON'T HAVE -- WE DON'T HAVE WORKSHOPS FOR
05:31:39PM THE CRA, BUT I WISH WE COULD HAVE SOMETHING LIKE A WORKSHOP
05:31:43PM WITH YOU JUST TO TALK ABOUT YOUR EXPERTISE ON HOW I THINK A
05:31:50PM CRA SHOULD SPEND MONEY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
05:31:53PM EVERYTHING I HAVE BEEN TAUGHT SAYS THAT INSTEAD OF HAVING
05:31:56PM BIG CONCENTRATION OF POVERTY.
05:31:58PM BIG MULTIPLEX DEVELOPMENTS WITH HUNDREDS OF UNITS THAT WE
05:32:02PM SHOULD HAVE IT DISPERSED.
05:32:03PM AND REALLY WHAT WE SHOULD FOCUS ON IS HOMEOWNERSHIP FOR
05:32:08PM FOLKS.
05:32:08PM THAT IS A PHILOSOPHICAL CONVERSATION WE SHOULD HAVE.
05:32:12PM MY COLLEAGUES WILL REMEMBER THREE, THREE AND A HALF YEARS
05:32:15PM AGO WE ASKED -- AND I MADE A MOTION AND PASSED UNANIMOUSLY
05:32:20PM TO CREATE A SPECIFIC PLAN FOR THE CRA, NOT FOR THE CAC BUT
05:32:25PM THE CRA.
05:32:27PM NEVER GOT AROUND IT TO.
05:32:28PM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THING IS THE ONLY STRATEGIC
05:32:33PM TEMPERATURES THRUST THROUGHOUT THE CRA AND I HOPE WE CAN
05:32:35PM COME BACK TO THE PLANNING AT SOME POINT, BUT AFFORDABLE
05:32:38PM HOUSING IS DEFINITELY A MAJOR ISSUE WE NEED TO ADDRESS.
05:32:42PM AND IF WE CAN'T ADDRESS IT IN CERTAIN AREAS DOWNTOWN AND
05:32:47PM CHANNEL TIS STRICT -- I WOULDN'T TOUCH THE AREAS BUT
05:32:50PM DOWNTOWN AND CHANNEL DISTRICT PUT A CAP ON IT AND REDUCE THE
05:32:53PM FUNDING AND MOVE THE MONEY THAT COULD PAY FOR AFFORDABLE
05:32:57PM HOUSING, SIDEWALKS, BIKE LANES, WHATEVER WE WANT WITH OUR
05:33:01PM CITY COUNCIL HATS ON.
05:33:02PM WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO LOOK AT OPTIONS.
05:33:04PM A PRECIOUS AMOUNT OF RESOURCES GETTING BIGGER EVERY YEAR.
05:33:08PM BUT A PRECIOUS AMOUNT OF RESOURCES THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE
05:33:11PM CITY IS GIVING US OR ALLOWING US TO SPEND IN A VERY
05:33:14PM STRATEGIC WAY AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE SPENDING IN
05:33:18PM THE MOST RESPONSIBLE WAY GETTING THE MOST RESULTS OF GETTING
05:33:21PM THE LEGISLATION TO SOLVE PROBLEMS OF SOME BLIGHT, DISEASE IN
05:33:24PM AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
05:33:25PM THANK YOU.
05:33:26PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
05:33:29PM SHOULD THE CRA BOARD DECIDE OR IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP BY
05:33:38PM COUNCILMAN CARLSON TO DO A STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION WITH
05:33:42PM THE CRA BOARD.
05:33:43PM I AM ALL IN.
05:33:45PM ALIS IS ALL IN ON THAT.
05:33:48PM IF YOU WANT TO PICK A TIME FOR ONE OF YOUR CRA BOARD
05:33:53PM MEETINGS, WE CAN TRY TO STRATEGICALLY DO IT IN A MONTH WITH
05:33:57PM 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
05:34:08PM COME BACK AND ASK YOU GUYS FOR THAT.
05:34:09PM IF THAT IS A DIRECTION AND TELL ME TO KIND OF FIGURE THAT
05:34:13PM OUT.
05:34:14PM I WILL COME BACK TO YOU WITH MAYBE A RECOMMENDATION.
05:34:16PM BUT THE ONE THING I WANTED TO SAY ABOUT YBOR IN PARTICULAR,
05:34:20PM BUT ALL OF THE CRAs IS REALLY HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO
05:34:23PM EVALUATE THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE IN PLACE.
05:34:25PM AND TO EVALUATE WHETHER THEY ARE WORKING OR NOT.
05:34:28PM ARE WE GETTING THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT THAT WE SHOULD BE
05:34:32PM GETTING?
05:34:32PM ARE WE CONTINUING TO PUT FUNDING TOWARDS PROGRAMS THAT
05:34:38PM AREN'T YIELDING THE BEST RETURN.
05:34:40PM AND I THINK THIS EXERCISE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE HOUSING
05:34:44PM COMPONENT REAL LEAVE IS GIVING US A CHANCE TO LOOK AT ALL
05:34:48PM ITEMS, SEE HOW THE PROGRAMS ARE PERFORMING, PRIORITIZE THIS
05:34:53PM BOARD'S INTENT AND COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO YOU.
05:34:55PM THAT'S IT.
05:34:56PM >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY.
05:34:59PM 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
05:35:14PM PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM?
05:35:17PM OKAY.
05:35:17PM GOING ONCE.
05:35:20PM OKAY.
05:35:20PM WELL THEN.
05:35:21PM OKAY.
05:35:26PM I HAVE A MOTION.
05:35:28PM >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECOND.
05:35:30PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE -- MOVE THE -- -- I WAS A MOTION TO
05:35:37PM APPROVE THE RESOLUTION FROM BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
05:35:40PM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
05:35:42PM 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
05:36:03PM ASK ABOUT.
05:36:03PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: I HAVE ONE ITEM FOR YOU.
05:36:06PM IF I CAN HAND THIS MEMO OUT TO THE CLERK AND TO CRA BOARD ON
05:36:32PM SEPTEMBER 8 AT THE CRA BOARD MEETING, WE DISCUSSED OF THE
05:36:36PM PROCESS OF THE CRA DIRECTOR AND INTERVIEW PROCESS YOU WANTED
05:36:39PM TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.
05:36:41PM AND YOU ASKED ME FOR DATE AT THAT TIME AND I COULDN'T GIVE
05:36:44PM YOU AN ANSWER AND I SAID IT WILL REQUIRE SPECIAL CALLED
05:36:47PM MEETINGS.
05:36:47PM SO I AM ASKING TO YOU SET THOSE SPECIAL CALLED MEETINGS FOR
05:36:51PM THE INTERVIEWS IN THE NEXT CRA DIRECTOR.
05:36:55PM AND SO FIRST, WE NEED TWO PUBLIC NOTICE -- PUBLICLY NOTICED
05:37:04PM MEETINGS.
05:37:04PM ONE IS FOR THE CANDIDATE INTERVIEWS THAT YOU WANTED TO DO
05:37:07PM COLLECTIVELY AS A BOARD.
05:37:09PM YOU HAVE -- YOU AND YOUR AIDES HAVE RECEIVED E-MAIL FROM ME
05:37:13PM SETTING UP YOUR 30-MINUTE SESSIONS WITH EACH ONE OF THE
05:37:16PM CANDIDATES.
05:37:17PM SO WE ARE FILLING THOSE SLOTS NOW.
05:37:18PM BUT YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE AN INTERVIEW TIME WITH THE
05:37:22PM CANDIDATES PUBLICLY FOR THE OCTOBER 19.
05:37:25PM AND OCTOBER 26 IS FOR YOUR DECISION ON WHAT YOU WOULD WANT
05:37:34PM HOW YOU WANT TO PROCEED WITH THE CRA DIRECTOR, WHETHER YOU
05:37:37PM HAVE ADDITIONAL DECISIONS.
05:37:39PM THAT TIME IS ALLOTTED FOR THE CRA DIRECTOR.
05:37:43PM LASTLY, WE TALKED OF HAVING A MEET AND GREET FOR THE CAC
05:37:48PM MEMBERS.
05:37:49PM BECAUSE THE CACS ARE HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH YOUR CRAs.
05:37:54PM YOU GUYS DEPEND ON THEM A LOT.
05:37:56PM WE ARE DOING WHAT I AM RECOMMENDING IS A MEET AND GREET
05:38:00PM SOCIAL WITH THE CANDIDATES TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER
05:38:05PM 19 AT THE TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER BETWEEN 6 AND 7:30.
05:38:09PM THIS IS STRICTLY A SOCIAL GATHERING.
05:38:11PM NO OFFICIAL CRA BUSINESS CAN TAKE PLACE.
05:38:14PM MORE HIS LIKE TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT
05:38:19PM BECAUSE WE HAD EXTENSIVE CONVERSATION THIS IS STRICTLY
05:38:24PM SOCIAL.
05:38:25PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: RIGHT.
05:38:26PM IF YOU ARE GOING TO DO THIS STRICTLY A SOCIAL TYPE OF
05:38:28PM MEETING.
05:38:28PM IT CAN'T BE DISCUSSION REALLY -- IT CAN'T BE PART OF THE
05:38:33PM CANDIDATE PROCESS.
05:38:35PM IT CAN'T.
05:38:36PM IF IT BECOMES THAT, WE ARE GET INTO A SUNSHINE TYPE OF
05:38:40PM SITUATION WHICH IS WHERE WE NEED ANOTHER TYPE OF MEETING.
05:38:50PM YOU CAN MEET WHO THESE FOLKS ARE.
05:38:53PM SHAKE THEIR HAND.
05:38:54PM THIS IS WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING IS.
05:38:56PM 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.
05:39:18PM WHAT WE WILL DO SHOULD YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS
05:39:22PM RECOMMENDATION FOR THE SOCIAL, WE ARE GOING TO TALK TO
05:39:25PM THE CACS AND INVITE -- WE WILL DO AN INVITATION.
05:39:29PM THEY WILL GET A PRINTED INVITATION FROM US, BUT WE WILL TALK
05:39:32PM TO THEM ABOUT -- ABOUT THIS BEING STRICTLY SOCIAL.
05:39:36PM NOT DISCUSSING CRA BUSINESS AND THEY WILL TAKE THEIR
05:39:40PM FEEDBACK BACK TO YOU.
05:39:54PM IF YOU WANT SOMETHING MORE FORMAL, YOU TELL ME AND THE CRA
05:39:59PM -- 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
05:40:10PM THEY CAN ASK OR NOT.
05:40:11PM THEY MAY ASK A QUESTION.
05:40:12PM YOU MAY WANT TO GIVE GUIDELINES OF WHAT CAN BE ASKED AND
05:40:15PM WHAT CAN'T.
05:40:16PM 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
05:40:26PM THINK YOU WANT TO HAVE THE MEETING -- ONE OF THE MEETINGS ON
05:40:28PM 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
05:40:44PM CHAMBER AT THAT TIME.
05:40:45PM WE EITHER NEED ANOTHER TIME OR ANOTHER LOCATION.
05:40:48PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WHICH DATE?
05:40:51PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: BOTH WEDNESDAYS, SULING?
05:40:55PM BOTH -- THEY HAVE IT IN THE AFTERNOON, I KNOW.
05:40:57PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: WE CAN MAKE ARRANGEMENTS.
05:41:01PM JUST FROM A CALENDARING PERSPECTIVE, SCHEDULING 28 INTERVIEW
05:41:08PM MEETINGS AND TRYING TO GET THIS ON AND TO MOVE IN AN
05:41:11PM EXPEDITIOUS PROCESS WHEN YOU ARE RECRUITING FOR THIS TYPE OF
05:41:14PM POSITION.
05:41:15PM SO I WOULD REQUEST THAT YOU ALLOW ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIND
05:41:18PM A DIFFERENT VENUE FOR US TO MEET.
05:41:21PM 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
05:41:33PM ANY OF THESE OR NO?
05:41:35PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: YES.
05:41:37PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOING TO SUGGEST THE SISTER CITIES ROOM
05:41:40PM BUT IT MAY BE TOO SMALL.
05:41:42PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: WE HAD -- AND I WILL HAVE TO TALK TO CABLE
05:41:45PM AND TNI ABOUT THIS, BUT WE DID -- YOU WILL REMEMBER DURING
05:41:49PM THE OUTBREAK OF COVID, WE DID HAVE MEETINGS AT THE
05:41:52PM CONVENTION CENTER.
05:41:53PM THAT IS A POTENTIAL LOCATION FOR THIS.
05:41:55PM 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
05:42:06PM ALSO THE RIVER CENTER.
05:42:07PM 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
05:42:30PM LOCATION.
05:42:30PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: CORRECT, WE WILL MAKE SURE WHEN WE PUBLICLY
05:42:34PM NOTE THE MEETINGS, THAT THE LOCATIONS IS PRESENTED.
05:42:38PM [INAUDIBLE]
05:42:39PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: -- AND THE CONVENTION CENTER --
05:42:42PM >>JOSEPH CITRO: I CAN'T DO THOSE DAYS.
05:42:46PM JUST LETTING YOU KNOW NOW.
05:42:48PM LIVABLE ROADWAYS.
05:42:50PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: NEITHER ONE OF THE DATES, YOU SAID?
05:42:54PM ONE OF THE THINGS -- ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE ARE DOING THE
05:42:57PM INDIVIDUAL INTERVIEWS IS SO THAT -- SO -- I AM GOING TO BE
05:43:02PM ON ALL OF THE INTERVIEWS WITH YOU.
05:43:04PM AFTER THAT, I WILL MEET WITH YOU INDIVIDUALLY WITHOUT THE
05:43:07PM CANDIDATES TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK.
05:43:08PM AND SO COUNCILMAN CITRO, YOU CAN KNOW THAT I WILL MEET WITH
05:43:12PM 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.
05:43:23PM LISTEN, I CAN'T DO THIS WITHOUT MORRIS.
05:43:26PM I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW.
05:43:28PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION STANDS.
05:43:30PM >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY.
05:43:31PM A MOTION MADE BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
05:43:33PM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
05:43:36PM ALL IN FAVOR.
05:43:36PM AYE.
05:43:38PM ANY OPPOSED?
05:43:39PM OKAY.
05:43:40PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THANK YOU.
05:43:41PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT'S IT.
05:43:43PM OKAY, MOTION TO RECEIVE AND --
05:43:48PM >>JOSEPH CITRO: I -- I AM SORRY, MISS, BUT MISS NICOLE
05:43:54PM TRAVIS IS GUIDING ME.
05:43:55PM I GOT -- I HAVE GOT TWO REQUESTS COMING UP.
05:43:59PM AND THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE ANY MOTIONS OR ANYTHING.
05:44:01PM BECAUSE NOT ALLOWED TO MAKE MOTION.
05:44:03PM I AM JUST ASKING.
05:44:04PM NUMBER ONE, FLORIDA AQUARIUM RECEIVES A LARGE PART OF
05:44:08PM OUR PARKS AND RECREATION CHILDREN GOING TO THE FLORIDA
05:44:11PM AQUARIUM.
05:44:11PM ANY WAY WE CAN HELP THEM NOT ONLY IN THE RENOVATIONS BUT IN
05:44:16PM GREEN SPACE SURROUNDING THE AQUARIUM ITSELF.
05:44:20PM THAT IS ONE.
05:44:21PM THIS IS JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
05:44:24PM NUMBER TWO.
05:44:25PM I SPOKE WITH HOPE, WHICH IS A FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATION, AND
05:44:30PM THEY HAVE CONCERNS OF RETENTION PONDS IN WEST TAMPA AND EAST
05:44:34PM TAMPA.
05:44:34PM AND I KNOW THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH WASTEWATER AND WITH
05:44:38PM PARKS AND RECREATION, BUT I AM HOPING THIS CAN BE A CRA
05:44:43PM PROJECT THAT CAN MOVE THESE FENCES FROM THE OUTSIDE
05:44:47PM PERIMETERS TO THE INSIDE MORE TOWARD THE POPPED, SO THAT WE
05:44:54PM CAN FREE UP SPACE FOR PARKS -- PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS, THOSE
05:45:02PM TYPE OF THINGS AND GET SOME SORT OF AERATION OR FOUNTAINS IN
05:45:08PM THE RETENTION PONDS THAT HELP WITH STAGNATION, BRING BACK
05:45:12PM CRUSTACEAN, FISH, BIRDS, WILDLIFE TO NOT ONLY BRING UP EXTRA
05:45:17PM 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
05:45:26PM 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.
05:45:37PM NICOLE -- MISS TRAVIS, AN EXAMPLE YOU CAN LOOK AT IS CALLED
05:45:41PM "SWAN POND" ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF HYDE PARK VILLAGE.
05:45:45PM A PROGRAM I WORKED ON AS A VOLUNTEER, AND IT WAS A
05:45:50PM PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN SEVERAL DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND DID JUST
05:45:52PM WHAT BOARD MEMBER CITRO WAS RECOMMENDING RIGHT NOW.
05:45:55PM ONE OF THE THINGS MOVING -- PUTTING A NICER FENCE AND MOVING
05:45:59PM IT CLOSER TO THE WATER LINE AND AERATING IT SO YOU CAN
05:46:03PM ACTIVATE WHAT LITTLE GROUND SPACE.
05:46:05PM THE SECOND THING WHILE I HAVE THE FLOOR, MISS TRAVIS, I
05:46:10PM WON'T MAKE A MOTION ON THIS, BUT CAN YOU TALK TO THE
05:46:12PM ADMINISTRATION OF A CRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE ORGANIZATION
05:46:17PM CHART INSIDE THE BUDGET OF THE CITY HOOKS LIKE AN OLD
05:46:26PM ORGANIZATIONAL CHART.
05:46:28PM WHEN WE INITIATED A NEW AGREEMENT WITH THE CRA A FEW YEARS
05:46:33PM AGO AROUND THE STAFF, THE WAY WE STRUCTURED THAT IS THAT THE
05:46:36PM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THE STAFF WILL REPORT TO THE CRA
05:46:39PM BOARD AND WILL BE A DOTTED LINE TO THE MAYOR, CHIEF OF STAFF
05:46:42PM FOR HR REASONS.
05:46:43PM THE WAY IT IS STRUCTURED IN THE ORG CHART, A SOLID LINE FROM
05:46:49PM THE MAYOR TO THE CRA STAFF AND NO LINE FROM THE COMPANY
05:46:52PM BOARD AND THE CITY COUNCIL AND I WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF
05:46:55PM THAT.
05:47:00PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT IT AN OVERSIGHT
05:47:03PM BECAUSE A WORKING TABLE OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT SHOW A LINE TO
05:47:05PM THE COUNCIL AS A BOARD BUT ONE OF THE THINGS SINCE
05:47:12PM TALKING ORG CHART AND I WASN'T PREPARED TO DO THIS.
05:47:15PM ONE OF THE THING YOU WANT TO HIRE THE CRA DIRECTOR AND LIKE
05:47:19PM THE PACE THAT ALIS DRUMGO AND I HAVE SET AND WANT TO BE
05:47:25PM INVOLVED.
05:47:25PM THAT IS THE CONSIDERATION IN HIRING A CRA DIRECTOR.
05:47:31PM A SOLID LINE FROM THE DIRECTOR TO THE CRA BOARD, THERE NEEDS
05:47:34PM TO BE A REPORTING STRUCTURE.
05:47:37PM NOT A CONVERSATION FOR RIGHT NOW, BUT I KNOW THAT THE ORG
05:47:41PM CHART IS PROBABLY JUST AN OVERSIGHT BECAUSE ONE THAT IS --
05:47:45PM THAT IS PROPERLY ALIGNED AND I HAVE SEEN IT AND I HAVE IT IN
05:47:49PM MY OFFICE.
05:47:49PM IS A CARRY OVER FROM FUTURE BUDGETS.
05:47:53PM >> ONE QUICK RESPONSE TO THAT IF I COULD, MADAM CHAIR.
05:47:56PM IN ANY ORG START, THE WAY LEADERSHIP CAN CONSULT US AND HR,
05:48:03PM MANAGEMENT IS MANAGING THE WHITE SPACE BETWEEN THE BOXES AND
05:48:07PM THAT IS MORE OF THE NUANCE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.
05:48:10PM THE WAY IT IS STRUCTURED OF THE ONE INSIDE THE BUDGET, THE
05:48:13PM BOX OF THE CRA STAFF IS ALONG THE SAME LINES AS THE OTHER
05:48:16PM STAFF AND BY PUT IT THERE, THERE IS AN IMPLIED LEVEL OF
05:48:20PM COLLABORATION.
05:48:20PM AND THAT IS REALLY WHAT IT IS.
05:48:22PM COLLABORATION.
05:48:23PM I THINK WE ALL WITH BOTH OF OUR HATS WOULD ENCOURAGE
05:48:27PM COLLABORATION AND THE WAY IT IS STRUCTURED THE EXECUTIVE
05:48:33PM DIRECTOR REPORTS TO US.
05:48:33PM TECHNICALLY ALL STAFF TO THE CITY AND THE CRA BOARD IS
05:48:38PM LEASING THEM OR BUYING THEIR TIME.
05:48:39PM SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE DEDICATED TO THE CRA.
05:48:43PM IF THEY ARE WORKING ON SOMETHING ELSE, THAT NEEDS TO BE
05:48:46PM EXPLICIT IN THE CONTRACTS.
05:48:47PM THEN THIS -- YOU KNOW, YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS IN LENGTH
05:48:52PM YESTERDAY, BUT ALSO A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REGULAR ECONOMIC
05:48:56PM DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT THE CRAs ARE DOING.
05:48:58PM AND HOPEFULLY SOMEONE ENLIGHTENED LIKE YOU, AND WE CAN
05:49:04PM COLLABORATE MORE.
05:49:04PM IF SOMEBODY WHO IS NOT ALIGNED LIKE YOU, WE NEED TO SEE THAT
05:49:08PM THE CRA DON'T GET GRABBED TO WORK ON SOMETHING ELSE OR
05:49:11PM PUSHED IN THE WRONG DIRECTION WHEN THE CACS AND CRA BOARDS
05:49:17PM HAVE A CERTAIN PLAN TO IMPLEMENT.
05:49:18PM THANK YOU.
05:49:19PM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER CITRO.
05:49:21PM >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
05:49:23PM MISS -- NICOLE, MISS TRAVIS.
05:49:25PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: YES.
05:49:27PM >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING TO MY
05:49:29PM CONCERNS ABOUT THOSE RETENTION PONDS.
05:49:31PM I WILL TELL YOU LATER ON WHICH PONDS I AM THINKING ABOUT,
05:49:35PM BUT IF WE LOOK THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY AREA IF THERE IS A
05:49:38PM CHANCE, I APPRECIATE THAT TOO.
05:49:40PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: SURE.
05:49:41PM MADAM CHAIR, MAY I?
05:49:43PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
05:49:44PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: JUST TAKING NOTES AS YOU GUYS SPEAK.
05:49:47PM SO FLORIDA AQUARIUM.
05:49:50PM I HAVE A MEETING WITH THE CEO THIS FRIDAY.
05:49:52PM SO WHEN APPROPRIATE, I WILL REPORT BACK.
05:49:54PM BUT I AM ACTIVELY WORKING ON THAT.
05:49:57PM THE RETENTION PONDS WITH THE CRA.
05:49:59PM I DO BELIEVE THAT SOME OF THOSE RETENTION PONDS ARE
05:50:02PM ADDRESSED IN THE EAST TAMPA SAP THAT WAS RECENTLY ADOPTED.
05:50:08PM BUT WHAT I HEAR YOU ASKING HOW CAN WE USE OUR RETENTION
05:50:13PM PONDS AS AN AMENITY TO THE DISTRICT.
05:50:15PM AND ALSO WHILE IT IS FUNCTIONING -- A FUNCTIONAL USE FOR IT,
05:50:20PM 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
05:50:30PM DUNCAN.
05:50:31PM OCEA FOR PARKS AND REC AND JEAN FOR THE STORMWATER COMPONENT
05:50:38PM AND SEE HOW WE CAN WORK TO THAT.
05:50:40PM I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT -- SO THAT I AM FULLY
05:50:44PM TRANSPARENT WITH YOU.
05:50:45PM WE CAN TALK OF ENHANCING THESE AMENITIES TO BE -- FOR THEM
05:50:49PM TO BE AMENITIES TO THE DISTRICT; HOWEVER, WE HAVE TO BE VERY
05:50:54PM CAREFUL WITH CLEANING OR DOING ANY WORK THAT SHOULD BE DONE
05:50:59PM BY THE CITY BUDGET AND NOT SUPPORTED BY THE CRA BUDGET.
05:51:04PM SO I WILL -- WE ARE -- I -- OKAY, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A
05:51:08PM COMMENT.
05:51:08PM WE ARE VERY COLLABORATIVE AND WE GET ALONG WE WELL AND
05:51:14PM HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS ON AT ADMINISTRATION IS EASY TO
05:51:18PM HAVE AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO PARTNER.
05:51:20PM I WILL TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN GET A BREAK
05:51:23PM BEFORE THE NEXT ONE.
05:51:24PM >>JOSEPH CITRO: HOPEFULLY WORK EVERYBODY TOGETHER UNDER THE
05:51:29PM UMBRELLA OF THE CRA.
05:51:30PM >>LYNN HURTAK: MORRIS.
05:51:32PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: THESE ITEMS ARE BETTER WHEN WE COME BACK.
05:51:34PM PONDS OUTSIDE OF THE CRA AREA IS NOT SOMETHING SUBJECT TO
05:51:40PM THIS BOARD'S DISCUSSION AND COME BACK IN NOVEMBER AND
05:51:43PM ADDRESS THIS.
05:51:44PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE A MOTION FROM BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
05:51:48PM A SECOND BY BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
05:51:50PM ALL IN FAVOR.
05:51:51PM THE CRA MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
05:51:53PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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