TAMPA CRA
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2023
9:00 A.M.
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09:02:19AM >>LYNN HURTAK: GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE!
09:02:21AM THE CITY OF TAMPA COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY IS CALLED
09:02:25AM TO ORDER.
09:02:25AM I BELIEVE THAT BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO, YOU HAVE THE
09:02:32AM INVOCATION THIS MORNING.
09:02:33AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:02:34AM IT IS MY HONOR THIS MORNING TO WELCOME OUR FRIEND, SANDY
09:02:37AM SANCHEZ.
09:02:39AM SANDY SANCHEZ SERVING ON THE BOARD OF THE WEST TAMPA CAC,
09:02:44AM A NEIGHBORHOOD LIAISON HOME OF THE VILA BROTHERS PARK AND
09:02:48AM SECRETARY OF THE TAMPA HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION OF
09:02:51AM NEIGHBORHOODS ALSO KNOWN AS T.H.A.N.
09:02:53AM IF YOU CAN PLEASE STAND.
09:02:55AM SANDY WILL GIVE THE INVOCATION.
09:02:57AM THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
09:02:58AM >> I WISH ALL OF YOU SUCCESS.
09:03:05AM ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE HELPED AND KEPT YOUR WORD FROM THE LAST
09:03:10AM ELECTION AND HELPING THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
09:03:11AM WE WISH YOU LUCK ON THAT.
09:03:13AM IF YOU WOULD BOW YOUR HEADS, PLEASE.
09:03:15AM WE ASK FOR GOD'S GUIDANCE, AND WE CONSIDER THE OBSTACLES
09:03:18AM THAT ARE PLACED BEFORE US.
09:03:20AM HELP US TO BE OBJECTIVE WHEN WE CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITIES
09:03:24AM AND FIND REMEDIES TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS.
09:03:26AM HELP US MAKE THOSE DECISIONS WITH HONESTY, INTEGRITY AND
09:03:32AM HUMILITY.
09:03:32AM AMEN.
09:03:33AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AMEN.
09:03:34AM [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
09:03:51AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:03:52AM ROLL CALL.
09:03:54AM >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
09:04:01AM >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
09:04:02AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
09:04:04AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE.
09:04:06AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE.
09:04:06AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
09:04:07AM >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE.
09:04:08AM >>CLERK: YOU HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
09:04:10AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:04:13AM TODAY, MR. MASSEY.
09:04:14AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: GOOD MORNING.
09:04:16AM THIS IS A REGULAR MEETING -- SORRY, LET ME TURN MICROPHONE
09:04:22AM ON.
09:04:22AM THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
09:04:27AM AGENCY, CRA, IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 315 E. KENNEDY
09:04:32AM BOULEVARD, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
09:04:34AM THE PUBLIC IS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS MEETING FOR PUBLIC
09:04:37AM COMMENT MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES IN SPEAKER IN PERSON AT OLD
09:04:41AM CITY HALL OR BY COMMUNICATION MEDIA TECHNOLOGY OR CMT.
09:04:45AM THE USE OF CMT REQUIRES PREREGISTRATION AT THE CITY'S CLERK.
09:04:51AM DIRECTIONS FOR THE MEETING ARE ON THE AGENDA.
09:04:53AM CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO WAIVE TO ALLOW PARTICIPATION BY CMT?
09:05:00AM >>LYNN HURTAK: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, SECOND BY
09:05:05AM BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
09:05:06AM ALL IN FAVOR.
09:05:07AM MOTION PASSES.
09:05:08AM OKAY.
09:05:08AM MISS NICOLE TRAVIS WILL COME AND TALK TO US ABOUT THE
09:05:13AM CHANGES TO THE AGENDA TODAY.
09:05:14AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS,
09:05:19AM WE RECEIVED A MEMO STATING THAT THERE IS AN EVENT YOU ALL
09:05:25AM NEED TO GET OUT FOR.
09:05:26AM SO YOU ARE GOING TO BREAK AT 11:30.
09:05:28AM AND TRYING TO MEET THAT DEADLINE, WE ARE RECOMMENDING
09:05:31AM CONTINUING CERTAIN ITEMS TO THE MARCH MEETING.
09:05:33AM THINGS THAT ARE NOT TIME SENSITIVE.
09:05:35AM SO IF WE WANT TO GO THROUGH THE AGENDA, I WILL MAKE
09:05:38AM RECOMMENDATIONS TO HELP YOU ACHIEVE YOUR GOAL TO GET OUT A
09:05:41AM LITTLE EARLIER TODAY.
09:05:42AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: MADAM CHAIR, WHAT IS THE LAST-MINUTE
09:05:49AM MEETINGS.
09:05:49AM ARE WE ALWAYS ADOPTING MEETINGS?
09:05:52AM WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THAT.
09:05:54AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: I SPOKE TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND SHOULD BE
09:05:57AM SOMETHING OF ADOPTING THE MINUTES FOR THE PRIOR MEETING.
09:06:00AM IT DID NOT MAKE IT ON THIS AGENDA.
09:06:01AM WE WILL PUT IT ON THE NEXT MEETING AND HAVE THE APPROVAL OF
09:06:05AM THE TWO MEETINGS ON THE NEXT AGENDA.
09:06:07AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
09:06:09AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: GO AHEAD?
09:06:11AM OKAY.
09:06:11AM SO I AM SUGGESTING THAT YOU TAKE THE ACTION ITEMS OF THE
09:06:15AM REQUIRED APPROVALS.
09:06:16AM FIRST ON THE AGENDA, THIS MEETING AND THEN STARTING WITH
09:06:20AM ITEM NUMBER 1, CONTINUING THE PRESENTATION FROM
09:06:26AM CHANNELSIDE CEO KIMBERLEE CURTIS TO THE MARCH 9 CRA MEETING.
09:06:33AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION.
09:06:34AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECOND.
09:06:35AM >>LYNN HURTAK: ALL IN FAVOR.
09:06:36AM ANY OPPOSED?
09:06:39AM MOTION PASSES.
09:06:39AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: NEXT ITEM WOULD BE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 5, TO
09:06:45AM CONTINUE THE EAST TAMPA SUMMER USE PROGRAM UNTIL MARCH 9.
09:06:49AM >>LYNN HURTAK: MOTION MADE BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
09:06:52AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
09:06:55AM ALL IN FAVOR.
09:06:56AM ANY OPPOSED?
09:06:57AM MOTION PASSES.
09:06:58AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THANK YOU.
09:06:59AM ITEM NUMBER 6, WE ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY ON THAT AND SHOULD
09:07:03AM HAVE THAT BUTTONED UP FOR YOU AT THE MARCH NIGHT MEETING FOR
09:07:06AM THE TAMPA THEATRE.
09:07:08AM WHAT THEY ARE ASKING.
09:07:10AM AND WE JUST RECEIVED THAT INFORMATION.
09:07:11AM SO MARCH 9 IS MY RECOMMENDATION.
09:07:14AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
09:07:16AM >>BILL CARLSON: I SPOKE TO MISS TRAVIS ABOUT THIS OFF LINE
09:07:19AM AND TO TAMPA THEATRE.
09:07:20AM I WOULD JUST ASK THAT WE HAVE A -- A -- AN AGREEMENT THAT WE
09:07:26AM CAN APPROVE AT THE NEXT MEETING.
09:07:27AM IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SEE A DRAFT OF IT OR HAVE A CONVERSATION
09:07:30AM WITH THEM ABOUT IT, PLEASE DO THAT SO WE CAN MOVE THAT
09:07:32AM FORWARD.
09:07:34AM THE CLOCK IS TICKING FOR THEM AND FOR US.
09:07:37AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: WILL DO.
09:07:39AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I BELIEVE I HAD A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER
09:07:44AM GUDES.
09:07:44AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
09:07:46AM ALL IN FAVOR.
09:07:47AM ANY OPPOSED?
09:07:48AM OKAY, MOTION PASSES.
09:07:50AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THANK YOU.
09:07:50AM I AM ASKING THAT YOU CONTINUE THE CRA STAFF REPORTS TO APRIL
09:07:54AM 13 AND PUT BACK ON YOUR BIMONTHLY REPORTING STRUCTURE
09:07:58AM PLEASE.
09:07:58AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO MOVED.
09:08:00AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECOND.
09:08:01AM >>LYNN HURTAK: MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO AND
09:08:04AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
09:08:06AM ALL IN FAVOR.
09:08:07AM ANY OPPOSED.
09:08:08AM MOTIONS PASSES.
09:08:09AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: LASTLY, MADAM CHAIR, NUMBER 11, THAT ITEM
09:08:14AM NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FROM YOUR AGENDA.
09:08:15AM IT WILL BE ON YOUR COUNCIL AGENDA FOR THE 16th.
09:08:20AM >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY.
09:08:21AM MOTION MADE BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
09:08:24AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
09:08:26AM ALL IN FAVOR?
09:08:27AM ANY OPPOSED?
09:08:29AM ALL RIGHT, MOTION PASSES.
09:08:30AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THAT'S IT FOR THE ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE
09:08:34AM AGENDA.
09:08:34AM IF.
09:08:36AM >>LYNN HURTAK: DO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE THE
09:08:38AM APPROVALS FIRST?
09:08:40AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT, WE WILL START WITH
09:08:43AM THE APPROVALS.
09:08:43AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT IS FINE.
09:08:44AM THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
09:08:46AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: MY PLEASURE.
09:08:47AM >>LYNN HURTAK: AT THIS TIME -- SORRY, WE NEED TO APPROVE THE
09:08:51AM AGENDA.
09:08:51AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: SO MOVED.
09:08:52AM >>LYNN HURTAK: MOTION MADE BY BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
09:08:55AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
09:08:57AM ALL IN FAVOR.
09:08:58AM ANY OPPOSED?
09:08:59AM OKAY, MOTION PASSES.
09:09:00AM IT IS NOW TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
09:09:02AM THE PUBLIC IS WELCOME TO COMMENT ON ANY ITEM FOR UP TO THREE
09:09:07AM MINUTES.
09:09:08AM WELCOME.
09:09:08AM DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THIS MORNING?
09:09:14AM COME ON UP.
09:09:14AM >> GOOD MORNING, CONNIE BURTON.
09:09:25AM I'M HERE THIS MORNING AS A MEMBER OF THE NAACP.
09:09:30AM OUR ONGOING ISSUES AROUND HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THE SYSTEMIC
09:09:38AM ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN TERMS OF THE UNAVAILABLE
09:09:44AM ATTAINABILITY OF HOUSING FOR POOR, WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE.
09:09:48AM I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL BE REPORTED TODAY, BUT IN THE
09:09:53AM LAST CRA -- EAST TAMPA CRA MEETING, IT WAS APPROVED THAT WE
09:09:59AM WOULD EXTEND UP TO -- EXTEND HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR HOMES UP
09:10:07AM TO A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
09:10:09AM SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A COMMUNITY THAT IS COMPLETELY
09:10:15AM WORKING-CLASS, IS WELCOMING TO ALL WHO WANT TO COME TO EAST
09:10:22AM TAMPA, BUT WHEN WE ARE TALKING OF THE SLOW PACE OF REHAB,
09:10:27AM REDEVELOPMENT FOR THAT COMMUNITY, I WOULD SAY THAT THIS
09:10:31AM COUNCIL SHOULD GIVE CAUTION TO DEVELOPERS THAT IT IS
09:10:36AM BUILDING AT THAT RATE.
09:10:37AM AND IF PEOPLE WANT TO PURCHASE AT THAT RATE, FINE WITH THE
09:10:42AM COMMUNITY.
09:10:42AM BUT THE EAST TAMPA CRA MONEY SHOULD NOT BE UTILIZED IN ANY
09:10:49AM FORM OF ASSISTANCE UNTIL WE DEAL WITH THE ONGOING ISSUES OF
09:10:54AM SYSTEMIC WEALTH DIVISIONS BETWEEN THE COMMUNITIES, THOSE
09:10:59AM THAT DON'T HAVE, AND THOSE THAT ARE ABLE TO COME IN AND
09:11:02AM PURCHASE.
09:11:02AM THAT SHOULD BE A PROBLEM AND SOMETHING THAT IS VERY ALARMING
09:11:06AM TO YOU.
09:11:06AM ALSO, IN 2019, WE HAD DISCUSSED WITH DIFFERENT
09:11:18AM COUNCILMEMBERS, THE POSSIBILITY OF DOING CONTAINER HOMES.
09:11:20AM IT SOURS SOME, BUT WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH CREATIVE IDEAS TO
09:11:26AM ALLOW PEOPLE IN EAST TAMPA AND NOT BE PUSHED FURTHER OUT OF
09:11:30AM OUR COMMUNITY.
09:11:30AM NOW WE ARE FINDING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE THAT ONCE LIVED IN
09:11:35AM EAST TAMPA BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE IN PLACE DUPLEXES, WE DON'T
09:11:41AM HAVE QUADRIPLEXES, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE THINGS TO KEEP
09:11:44AM OUR COMMUNITY WHOLE.
09:11:46AM WHY IT IS DRIVEN BY THE ADMINISTRATION, WE QUESTION HOW WAYS
09:11:52AM OF RED LINES HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED NOW IN TERMS OF THOSE WHO
09:11:57AM HAVE RESOURCES AND THOSE THAT DO NOT HAVE RESOURCES.
09:12:01AM AND THEN WHAT CAN THIS COUNCIL TO DO ENSURE THAT OUR
09:12:05AM COMMUNITY IS AWARE OF -- AWARE OF PROGRAMS THAT WILL PROVIDE
09:12:10AM OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL.
09:12:11AM THANK YOU.
09:12:11AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
09:12:14AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: MADAM CHAIR.
09:12:21AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
09:12:23AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: MISS TRAVIS, WILL YOU GIVE A REPORT FROM
09:12:27AM THE CAC AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNT APPROVED TODAY?
09:12:31AM AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT -- AND I HAVE AN ISSUE
09:12:37AM CITYWIDE IN THAT -- I DON'T KNOW IF THIS COUNCIL WILL HAVE
09:12:41AM TO -- THIS BOARD WILL NEED A MOTION TO SEND TO OUR CITY
09:12:44AM COUNCIL, BUT, AGAIN, I HEAR TIME AND TIME AGAIN, EVEN AT
09:12:48AM COMMUNITY MEETINGS ABOUT COMMUNICATION WITHIN THE CITY.
09:12:52AM AND I KNOW WE TRY TO DO THE BEST WE CAN, BUT I THINK THAT
09:12:55AM THE COUNTY DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB, BECAUSE THE COUNTY PUTS
09:12:58AM THOSE -- LIKE I KEEP SAYING THOSE BILLBOARDS ON THE SIDES OF
09:13:02AM THE ROAD.
09:13:02AM PEOPLE CAN SEE OF PROGRAMMING.
09:13:04AM IF WE NEED TO CHANGE AN ORDINANCE BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND
09:13:07AM HOW A COUNTY CAN PUT IN HERE AND PUT THE BIG OL' SIGNS OF
09:13:10AM COMMUNICATE OF PROGRAMS, ZONINGS, AND WE STILL DON'T DO
09:13:15AM THAT.
09:13:15AM I PROBABLY WILL MAKE A MOTION.
09:13:18AM I WILL DO IT AT THE NIGHT COUNCIL MEETING.
09:13:21AM IF ZONING CHANGE NEEDS TO BE CHANGED.
09:13:24AM WE GO TO ALL THESE MEETINGS, THEY ARE SAYING THAT THE CITY'S
09:13:28AM COMMUNICATION IS BAD WHEN IT RELATES TO PROGRAMMING AND OUR
09:13:30AM PROGRAMS.
09:13:30AM I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE MOVE FORWARD IF THIS COUNCIL OR
09:13:34AM ANOTHER COUNCIL FOR THE RIGHT THINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY TO
09:13:37AM KNOW.
09:13:37AM >>ALIS DRUMGO: GOOD MORNING, CRA BOARD, DEPUTY CITY
09:13:43AM ADMINISTRATOR ALIS DRUMGO, ALSO YOUR INTERIM DEPUTY DIRECTOR
09:13:47AM FOR THE CRA.
09:13:48AM I WILL SPEAK TO A COUPLE OF THINGS JUST THE COMMENTS THAT
09:13:50AM WERE JUST MADE.
09:13:51AM THAT WAS ACTUALLY NOT DRIVEN BY THE ADMINISTRATION.
09:13:53AM IT WAS DRIVEN BY THE CAC ITSELF.
09:13:56AM THERE IS A HOUSING SUBCOMMITTEE THAT -- YOU KNOW, THEY TOOK
09:14:00AM THAT UP AMONGST THEMSELVES AND BROUGHT TO THE CAC UP TO
09:14:06AM 500,000 AND A LOT OF DISCUSSION AS WELL RELATIVE TO
09:14:08AM INCREASING THE DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE THEMSELVES AND THEY
09:14:12AM OPTED NOT TO INCREASE THAT AMOUNT, BECAUSE THERE ARE FUNDS
09:14:15AM THAT ARE -- THAT CAN BE LAYERED WITH OTHER SOURCE TO ACHIEVE
09:14:19AM -- TO GET PEOPLE INTO THEIR HOMES.
09:14:21AM SO I WILL JUST -- I WILL LEAVE THAT THERE FOR YOU TO DIGEST,
09:14:25AM BUT RELATIVE TO THE MARKETING, YOU WILL RECEIVE AN UPDATE
09:14:28AM THIS MORNING ON BRANDING AND MARKETING, AND I THINK YOU WILL
09:14:31AM BE PLEASED WITH OUR PROGRESS TO STATE AND HOW WE INTEND TO
09:14:34AM ATTACK THE MARKETING OF OUR PROGRAMS AS A CRA.
09:14:38AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
09:14:39AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
09:14:41AM >> MENTESNOT.
09:14:48AM WANT TO SAY UHURU.
09:14:51AM UHURU MEANS FREEDOM IN SWAHILI.
09:14:56AM WE AS AFRICAN PEOPLE SHOULD BE THINKING OF THE FREEDOM.
09:14:59AM AND THE THINGS THEY TO DO KEEP US AWAY FROM FREEDOM AND
09:15:03AM SELF-DETERMINATION BECAUSE 623 YEARS SINCE WE HAVE BEEN
09:15:06AM LIVING UNDER THESE OPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS.
09:15:08AM THE CONDITIONS ARE REALLY OPPRESSIVE.
09:15:11AM WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING FOR 623 YEARS IS EVOLVING THE
09:15:16AM METHODOLOGY, EVOLVING THE TECHNIQUES OF HOW THEY CARRY OUT
09:15:20AM THE SAME AND BASIC SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION AND REGRESSION AND
09:15:25AM KEEP ATTACKING AFRICAN PEOPLE.
09:15:27AM AND THEY KEEP US CONFUSED.
09:15:29AM THEY KEEP US LIKE CRASH TEST DUMMIES.
09:15:32AM LIKE WE DON'T HAVE ANY SENSE.
09:15:33AM WE HAVE TO GO ALONG WITH IT.
09:15:35AM WE SEE LIKE PEOPLE COME DOWN HERE, AFRICAN PEOPLE.
09:15:38AM MOST AFRICAN PEOPLE ARE SCARED TO COME DOWN HERE.
09:15:40AM JUST LIKE MOST AFRICAN PEOPLE ARE SCARED OF THE POLICE.
09:15:44AM MOST AFRICAN PEOPLE ARE SCARED OF WHITE PEOPLE.
09:15:47AM MOST GROWN ADULT AFRICAN PEOPLE ARE SCARED OF LITTLE WHITE
09:15:50AM CHILDREN.
09:15:51AM I AM SAYING LITERALLY SCARED, AFRAID BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID
09:15:55AM IF WE SAY THE WRONG THING TO THEM, IF WE BUMP UP AGAINST
09:15:59AM THEM WRONG TO ARE SOMETHING, ANYTHING THAT CAN HAPPEN, THAT
09:16:03AM WE CAN LITERALLY GET LYNCHED -- YES, LITERALLY LYNCHED.
09:16:07AM LITERALLY INCARCERATED.
09:16:09AM LITERALLY CHARGES BROUGHT AGAINST US AND ALL THIS OTHER
09:16:12AM CRAZINESS.
09:16:13AM THAT IS WHY YOU DON'T SEE AN INFLUX OF AFRICAN PEOPLE DOWN
09:16:16AM HERE.
09:16:17AM ALTHOUGH THE CITY -- MOST AFRICAN PEOPLE ARE LIVING LIKE IN
09:16:20AM A THIRD-WORLD COUNTRY.
09:16:22AM YOU CAN GO THROUGH THE AFRICAN COMMUNITY AND SEE IT.
09:16:24AM WE ARE LIVING IN ABJECT POVERTY AND ALL THE INFORMATION IS
09:16:31AM THERE.
09:16:31AM WE CAN'T MAKE IT INCUMBENT ON OUR ELECTED OFFICIAL AND WHO
09:16:34AM YOU ALL APPOINT FOR THAT DISTRICT OR CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS.
09:16:39AM NO, YOU WHITE PEOPLE HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE.
09:16:42AM WE ARE 26% OF THIS POPULATION AND WE WANT TO BE TREATED AS
09:16:46AM 26% OF THIS POPULATION.
09:16:47AM WE WANT 26% OF THIS BUDGET.
09:16:49AM WE WANT 26%.
09:16:50AM WE DON'T WANT AFFIRMATIVE ACTION NONSENSE WHERE WE ARE
09:16:55AM GETTING -- WHEN YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE NONSENSE DOING $139
09:16:59AM MILLION PROJECT AND IT DON'T GO THROUGH ANYBODY AND YOU ARE
09:17:01AM CAUGHT IN THE -- IN THE MIDST OF IT AND YOU GIVE A CONTRACT
09:17:04AM HERE AND A CONTRACT THERE.
09:17:06AM NO, $100 MILLION CONTRACT, WE WANT $26 MILLION OF IT.
09:17:11AM ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO REITERATE.
09:17:14AM WHAT WE DO IS WHAT WE DO, BEER OR WEAVE OR WHATEVER.
09:17:18AM WE ARE DESERVING OF 26% OF THE BUDGET.
09:17:21AM THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE TO HOLD THIS WHITE CITY COUNCIL
09:17:24AM ACCOUNTABLE FOR.
09:17:25AM CAN'T KEEP GETTING OFF THE HOOK.
09:17:28AM ONE TIME, BLACK PEOPLE COULDN'T EVEN COME DOWN HERE AND
09:17:31AM SPEAK UNLESS THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT NONSENSE.
09:17:33AM STILL THE SAME WAY, SPEED BUMPS, ROUNDABOUTS, WHAT PARKS AND
09:17:38AM RECREATION, PARADES, ALL THAT NONSENSE.
09:17:41AM IN COMMUNITY THAT WE LIVE IN IS FULL OF AIDS, FULL OF
09:17:45AM DISEASES, FULL OF DIABETES, ILLNESSES AND NOBODY HERE TALKS
09:17:49AM ABOUT IT.
09:17:50AM NOT IN A REAL SENSE.
09:17:51AM WHITE PEOPLE, YOU HAVE TO STEP Y'ALL'S GAME UP.
09:17:54AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
09:17:55AM >> BOB WHITMORE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CITY TREE, CITIZENS
09:18:10AM ACTIONS GROUP.
09:18:11AM A FEW WEEKS AGO A WHITE MAN PURCHASED OVER 6 ,000 BLACK MEN
09:18:14AM AND WOMEN FOR $30,000.
09:18:17AM EMANCIPATED SLAVES, LIVED THROUGH RECONSTRUCTION, JIM CROW
09:18:24AM AND SEGREGATION WERE SOLD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER.
09:18:27AM WHERE THE OUTRAGE?
09:18:29AM 40 ACRES, FOUR CITY BLOCKS OF BLACK AMERICANS ARE NOW THE
09:18:34AM PROPERTY -- THE PROPERTY OF A LAND SPECULATOR WHO ALLOWED TO
09:18:40AM PURCHASE THE PLOTS WITH THE MONEY-SAVING SCHEME OF A CITY
09:18:46AM BUREAUCRAT.
09:18:47AM THIS CITY TRIED TO PULL A FAST ONE GETTING IT ON THE CHEAP
09:18:53AM INSTEAD OF OUTRIGHT PURCHASE CAN IT FOR RESTORATION.
09:18:57AM THE MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY SERVICE IS THE MOST DESPICABLE
09:19:02AM ACTS OF UNBRIDLED GREED THAT THE CITY WILL SEE LONG AFTER
09:19:07AM THE JACKSON HOUSE IS ALLOWED TO COLLAPSE IN THE WEIGHT OF
09:19:11AM WHITE INDIFFERENCE, STAND AS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS GREAT CITY'S
09:19:16AM BUILD IT AND BUY IT FOR RICH WHITE PEOPLE'S POLICIES.
09:19:20AM A CITY THAT CONSISTENTLY SHOWS OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT IT
09:19:24AM BELIEVES BEING BLACK IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE AND SPENDS
09:19:30AM BILLIONS ON PROJECTS FOR THE WEALTHY IN THE CITY AND
09:19:32AM SPENDING A FRACTION OF THAT ON SOCIAL PROGRAMS, GREEN SPACES
09:19:36AM AND HOUSING OPTIONS FOR MEN AND WOMEN OF COLOR COLOR WHO
09:19:39AM STRUGGLE TO SIMPLY GET THROUGH THAT DAY WITHOUT A COP ASKING
09:19:43AM THEM WHERE THEY ARE GOING.
09:19:44AM NOTHING YOU DO HERE TODAY, NOTHING WILL BE AS IMPORTANT AS
09:19:49AM MAKING THE MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY PROBLEM RIGHT.
09:19:52AM WE NEED TO PAY THE RANSOM DEMAND THE CITY HAS NO DOUBT
09:19:57AM RECEIVED AND MOVE FORWARD LEAVING MR. ORTEGA WITH HIS
09:20:02AM CONSCIOUS AND MAKER FOR THESE ATROCITIES.
09:20:05AM I VISITED THE SOULS OF MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY THIS MORNING,
09:20:09AM AND I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS.
09:20:10AM I SAT BESIDE THE SILENT CROWD OF BODIES SET BENEATH THE
09:20:16AM EARTH.
09:20:16AM ONCE FREE, THEY WERE ENSLAVED AGAIN FOR PROFIT.
09:20:21AM $30,000 GRAND THEIR WORTH.
09:20:23AM PLEASE FREE THE SOULS OF MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY.
09:20:27AM THANK YOU
09:20:28AM [APPLAUSE]
09:20:33AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
09:20:33AM >> I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING YET.
09:20:42AM [BEEPING]
09:20:45AM NOT A GOOD DAY FOR THE MAYOR.
09:20:46AM ADRIANNE RODRIGUEZ.
09:20:49AM GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:20:50AM I WOULD LIKE TO ILLUMINATE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT MEMORIAL
09:20:54AM PARK CEMETERY.
09:20:55AM YESTERDAY, MYSELF AND A VESTED PARTY WHO WILL ALSO BE
09:20:59AM SPEAKING TODAY SPOKE WITH THE NEW OWNERSHIP OF MEMORIAL PARK
09:21:02AM CEMETERY ABOUT THEIR NEWLY ACQUIRED HISTORICAL BLACK
09:21:07AM CEMETERY.
09:21:07AM THEY WERE ACCOMMODATING, EASY TO TALK TO, PROVIDED DETAILS
09:21:11AM TO HELP MAKE SENSE OF THIS AND ARE VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN
09:21:14AM SELLING BACK THE CEMETERY TO THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:21:18AM THEY EXPLAINED THE CEMETERY WENT TO A BLIND BID AUCTION VIA
09:21:22AM THE COURTS AS A JUDICIAL SALE.
09:21:24AM THE SALE OCCURRED ON JANUARY 6, 2023.
09:21:28AM A LENGTHY TIMELINE BUT STARTED DECEMBER 2020 AND FINALLY THE
09:21:34AM CEMETERY SOLD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER ON JANUARY 6, 2023.
09:21:40AM TWO YEARS THIS SALE HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS.
09:21:41AM CITY NEVER HAD ANY INTENTIONS IN DOING THE RIGHT THING AS
09:21:46AM MAYOR CASTOR SAID SHE WOULD.
09:21:48AM WE ALL KNOW THAT SHE ONLY CATERS TO WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO
09:21:53AM HER.
09:21:53AM AND WITH HER OWN UNHOLY OBSESSION WITH FIREWORKS, RIBBON
09:22:01AM CUTTINGS AND PARADES.
09:22:03AM LET'S NOT FORGET PARADES.
09:22:06AM SO SHE NEVER DID THE RIGHT THING.
09:22:08AM SHE LET THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY DOWN.
09:22:10AM SHE LET EVERY SINGLE BODY IN THAT CEMETERY MARKED AND
09:22:15AM UNMARKED.
09:22:15AM SHE LET THEM DOWN.
09:22:16AM SHE QUOTED MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. HIMSELF A COUPLE OF DAYS
09:22:20AM BEFORE MLK DAY WHILE STANDING IN MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY.
09:22:24AM THE TIME IS RIGHT TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT.
09:22:26AM THE TIME IS RIGHT TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT.
09:22:29AM I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT AFTER A BID IS WON,
09:22:33AM SOMETHING CALLED A REDEMPTION PERIOD IN WHICH ONE HAS TEN
09:22:36AM DAYS TO RECLAIM THE PROPERTY.
09:22:37AM NOW THE TRUTH IS THE CITY OF TAMPA COULD NOT HAVE MADE THAT
09:22:41AM RECLAIM, BUT YOU KNOW WHO COULD HAVE, THE NONPROFIT THAT
09:22:45AM THEY SAID MEMORIAL PARK WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO.
09:22:48AM I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, THERE ARE GUIDELINES AND REQUIREMENTS
09:22:51AM BEFORE THE SALE OF THE CEMETERY BUT A FORECLOSURE DOESN'T
09:22:55AM REQUIRE ANY DISCLOSURES.
09:22:56AM I STAND BEHIND MY STATEMENTS AND ACCUSATIONS THAT THE CITY
09:23:00AM OF TAMPA ACTED CARELESSLY, RECKLESSLY, AND IRRESPONSIBLY.
09:23:04AM AND THERE NEEDS TO BE REPARATIONS.
09:23:06AM IN MY OPINION, IF I WERE ABLE TO SAY HOW MUCH WE SHOULD WAY,
09:23:14AM $200,000.
09:23:14AM $200,000 IS A NUMBER SHE CAN EASILY REMEMBER.
09:23:17AM SO WHEN IS THIS GOING TO STOP?
09:23:20AM THIS IS THE THIRD CEMETERY I FOUGHT FOR SINCE 2018.
09:23:24AM COLON IN 2018.
09:23:26AM WOODLAWN WHICH, THANK YOU, LAST YEAR YOU GUYS SAVED IT FOR
09:23:30AM US AND NOW WE ARE DOING THIS.
09:23:32AM THEY ARE WILLING TO WITH COUNCILMAN GUDES.
09:23:34AM THEY DON'T WANT TO MEET WITH THE MAYOR.
09:23:36AM THE OWNER IS WILLING TO MEET WITH COUNCILMAN GUDES BECAUSE
09:23:39AM THAT IS HIS DISTRICT.
09:23:41AM AND WE CAN PROVIDE THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE COUNCIL
09:23:45AM ATTORNEY PHONE NUMBERS OF HIS REPRESENTATIVE SO YOU CAN
09:23:49AM ARRANGE THAT MEETING.
09:23:49AM OKAY.
09:23:50AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:23:52AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
09:23:53AM [APPLAUSE]
09:23:59AM >> AT MEMORIAL PARK, I HAVE DOCUMENTED CLOSE TO 15,000
09:24:04AM BURIALS, 10,000 OF WHICH IS UNMARKED.
09:24:07AM TOTAL NUMBER OF BURIALS ARE LIKELY CLOSE TO 20,000 --
09:24:11AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
09:24:13AM >> HALLE REED.
09:24:14AM THE TOTAL NUMBER -- I -- AND THERE IS LIKELY CLOSE TO 20,000
09:24:20AM WITH 15,000 OF THEM BEING UNMARKED.
09:24:22AM THIS INCLUDES A NUMBER OF BURIALS THAT WERE REMOVED FROM
09:24:26AM ZION CEMETERY, COLLEGE PARK CEMETERY AND ROBLES POND
09:24:32AM CEMETERY BEFORE THERE WERE ERASED.
09:24:34AM THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT IMPORTANT.
09:24:36AM TYRUS T. GREEN AND GEORGE MIDDLETON AND POPULAR BASEBALL
09:24:45AM PLAYER FARENAS, WHOSE CUBAN NATIONALITY ALLOWED HIM TO PLAY,
09:24:52AM AND AN ARTIST WHO RECORDED WITH ARETHA FRANKLIN AND BUSINESS
09:24:57AM OWNERS AND PROFESSIONALS THAT WERE THE BACKBONE OF TAMPA'S
09:25:01AM MIDDLE-CLASS COMMUNITY.
09:25:02AM THE OLDEST PERSON BURIED AT MEMORIAL WAS IN 1919, WITH HIS
09:25:06AM AGE AS 106, MEANING HIS BIRTH YEAR WOULD HAVE BEEN IN 1813.
09:25:12AM MANY OF THE EARLY BURIALS ON MEMORIAL WERE OLD ENOUGH TO NOT
09:25:16AM ONLY BORN INTO SLAVERY BUT SPENT A PORTION OF THEIR ADULT
09:25:23AM LIVES AS SLAVES.
09:25:23AM MEMORIAL PARK IN 1920 AND DIGNIFIED TIME RESTING PLACE FOR
09:25:29AM TAMPA'S BLACK VETERANS AND TODAY HOME OF THE ONLY MEMORIAL
09:25:32AM IN TAMPA DEDICATED SPECIFICALLY TO BLACK VETERANS.
09:25:35AM TODAY, THERE ARE 830 VETERANS BURIED THERE SERVING FROM THE
09:25:40AM COLOR REGIMENS OF THE CIVIL WAR TO THOSE WHO DIED SERVING
09:25:44AM THEIR COUNTRY IN VIETNAM.
09:25:45AM MORE THAN ANYTHING, THE PEOPLE BURIED AT MEMORIAL ARE THE
09:25:50AM UNACKNOWLEDGED WORKERS THAT LITERALLY BUILT TAMPA.
09:25:53AM CIGAR MAKERS, FARMERS, DOCK WORKERS AND LABORER, LAUNDRY AND
09:25:59AM HOUSEKEEPER WHO SERVED THE PEOPLE WHOSE NAMES WENT DOWN IN
09:26:03AM HISTORY.
09:26:03AM I AM ASKING THEM -- I AM ASKING YOU TODAY TO NOT LET THEM BE
09:26:07AM FORGOTTEN.
09:26:08AM SAVE MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY.
09:26:10AM THANK YOU.
09:26:14AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
09:26:14AM [APPLAUSE]
09:26:19AM >> GOOD MORNING.
09:26:21AM AILEEN HENDERSON, 914 WEST FRIDLEY STREET, TAMPA.
09:26:26AM I WANT TO YOU KNOW I WAS PREPARED TO SPEAK TODAY AND SHARE
09:26:29AM SOME INFORMATION WITH ALL OF YOU BASED ON A CONVERSATION I
09:26:33AM HAD YESTERDAY WITH MY COHORT WITH THE NEW OWNERSHIP WITH
09:26:38AM MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY.
09:26:39AM BASICALLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO OUTLINE WAS THE TIMELINE OF
09:26:42AM EVENTS UP TO THE DAY THE CITY OF TAMPA LOST ITS 100-YEAR-OLD
09:26:47AM DESIGNATED HISTORICAL BLACK CEMETERY.
09:26:50AM BUT TRUTH IS, I CAN'T SEEM TO FIND THE LIGHT.
09:26:54AM I AM DISILLUSIONED AND LOST.
09:26:58AM WHAT I NOW KNOW FOR TWO YEARS -- TWO YEARS, THE CITY OF
09:27:06AM TAMPA HAS BEEN BACK AND FORTH WITH THE COURTS PREPARING FOR
09:27:08AM THE FORECLOSURE THEN RETRACTING, THEN PREPARING, THEN
09:27:12AM RETRACTING UNTIL FINALLY FOR A SECOND TIME, THEY MADE THE
09:27:17AM REQUIRED PUBLIC NOTICE OF SALE AND PAID THE SERVICE FEE FOR
09:27:20AM THE JUDICIAL SALE OF THAT CEMETERY.
09:27:23AM AGAIN, ALL OF THIS WITHIN A TWO-YEAR TIME SPAN, ALL THE
09:27:29AM WHILE MAKING PUBLIC STATEMENTS ABOUT HOW THEY WERE MAKING
09:27:33AM STRIDES WITH OUR CEMETERIES SPECIFICALLY OUR BLACK
09:27:39AM CEMETERIES.
09:27:40AM HECK, THEY EVEN CREATED A TASK FORCE, A TASK FORCE THAT WAS
09:27:43AM SUPPOSED TO HELP SECURE A NONPROFIT TO TAKE OVER MEMORIAL
09:27:47AM PARK CEMETERY, NOT A FOR PROPERTY PROPERTY FLIPPER.
09:27:53AM I AM BEWILDERED AND THE MULTITUDE OF EMOTIONS IS
09:27:56AM OVERWHELMING.
09:27:57AM BUT MOSTLY, I AM IN PAIN.
09:28:02AM MY HEART HURTS DEEPLY FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
09:28:05AM MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS ... IF THEY WOULD SO GRACIOUSLY
09:28:16AM ALLOW ME THE PRIVILEGE TO CALL THEM MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
09:28:23AM ... STANDING HERE NOW, I STRUGGLE TO FIND THE WORDS AND
09:28:26AM STRENGTH TO SOMEHOW PERSUADE YOU FOR A CALL TO ACTION.
09:28:31AM I HAVE BEEN TOLD I AM ENTIRELY TOO EMOTIONAL.
09:28:35AM IN POLITICS THE FACTS THAT MUST DECIDE.
09:28:38AM AND OH, HOW I BEG TO DIFFER.
09:28:40AM BECAUSE YOU SEE, COUNCIL, I WOULD VENTURE TO GUESS THAT
09:28:44AM EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU BECAME INVOLVED POLITICALLY BECAUSE
09:28:49AM OF A PASSION AND A DEDICATION TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
09:28:54AM LETTING MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY GO TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER WAS
09:28:58AM NOT THE RIGHT THING.
09:28:59AM AMPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT AND ONCE AGAIN,
09:29:02AM TAMPA HAS FALLEN TO ANOTHER NEW LOW.
09:29:04AM IN THE WORDS OF NELSON MANDELA, THE GREATEST GLORY IN LIVING
09:29:08AM LIES NOT IN NEVER FALLING BUT RISING EVERY TIME WE FALL.
09:29:11AM COUNCIL, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO RISE.
09:29:13AM RISE UP AND HELP PICK THIS CITY UP FROM ITS FALLEN STATE OF
09:29:19AM GRACE!
09:29:20AM [APPLAUSE]
09:29:22AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
09:29:22AM BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
09:29:24AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I AM GOING TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER MISS
09:29:27AM COPELAND SPEAKS AND HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC AND THEN I WILL
09:29:31AM ADDRESS MISS TRAVIS.
09:29:32AM >> THANK YOU.
09:29:35AM NORENE COPELAND MILLER.
09:29:37AM AND I'M HERE THIS MORNING TO -- I WAS GOING TO ASK FOR AN
09:29:42AM UPDATE.
09:29:42AM AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, THANK
09:29:47AM YOU FOR THE UPDATE.
09:29:47AM I HAVE GOTTEN AN UPDATE WITH THEM WHAT IS GOING ON WITH
09:29:52AM MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY.
09:29:53AM I WAS AT PEACE FOR A WHILE, BECAUSE I WAS HOLDING ON MY
09:29:56AM GRANDFATHER IN THAT CEMETERY.
09:29:58AM A WORLD WAR II VETERAN.
09:30:00AM MY BROTHER IS IN THERE, A VETERAN.
09:30:02AM AND I HAVE 12 MEMBERS IN THERE.
09:30:04AM BUT WHAT IS MOST OF ALL IS MY MOTHER IS THERE.
09:30:08AM I WAS REALLY AT PEACE KNOWING THAT 35 YEARS AGO, THAT WE
09:30:12AM BURIED HER IN THAT CEMETERY WITH A HEADSTONE AND ALL OF
09:30:16AM THAT.
09:30:16AM THAT DAY WAS -- MY BODY WAS EMPTY.
09:30:21AM THE FEELING I FEEL THAT DAY WAS THE MOST EMPTIEST FEELING I
09:30:26AM EVER FELT IN MY LIFE.
09:30:27AM BUT TO HAVE TO REVISIT THIS ... I CANNOT EVEN SAY HOW
09:30:34AM DISGUSTING IT IS THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS ALLOWED THIS TO
09:30:37AM HAPPEN.
09:30:38AM I DON'T BLAME ONE PERSON.
09:30:40AM I BLAME THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:30:41AM FROM THE LEADERSHIP ON DOWN.
09:30:43AM THIS SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED.
09:30:45AM IT WOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED IN ANY OTHER COMMUNITY.
09:30:48AM NOT ONLY THAT, WE ARE ALWAYS SAYING CRA IN EAST TAMPA THIS.
09:30:53AM EAST TAMPA, PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WANT.
09:30:56AM YES, WE DO.
09:30:58AM WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SAY IT, BUT WE ARE PAINTED A DIFFERENT
09:31:02AM WAY THAT WE ARE ANGRY AND ALL THAT.
09:31:04AM WE ARE MISTREATED AND DIDN'T START HAPPENING.
09:31:07AM I WAS BORN HERE.
09:31:08AM RAISED IN SOUTH TAMPA.
09:31:09AM LIVE IN EAST TAMPA BY CHOICE.
09:31:11AM THANK GOD I HAVE MY OWN HOME TO LIVE IN THAT I KEEP UP, BUT
09:31:15AM THE AUDACITY THAT THIS -- THIS CITY HAD THE AUDACITY TO LET
09:31:20AM SOMEONE BID ON A HISTORICAL BLACK CEMETERY, ANY CEMETERY.
09:31:29AM MY HEART IS ACHING.
09:31:30AM SINCE LAST WEEK MY BODY IS GOING THROUGH THINGS BECAUSE I AM
09:31:34AM RIGHT NOW CONTINUING EVERY DAY, AND I AM THINKING OF MY
09:31:38AM MOTHER.
09:31:39AM ALTHOUGH YOU ALL ARE WORKING ON IT AND GOTTEN TAKEN CARE OF,
09:31:43AM WE KNOW HOW THAT WORKS IN EAST TAMPA.
09:31:45AM TWO YEARS FROM THE DAY WE WILL BE WORKING ON IT.
09:31:48AM I AM RIGHT NOW SAYING TO YOU THIS IS TIME-SENSITIVE WITH THE
09:31:52AM CEMETERY.
09:31:52AM DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND VIERA -- COUNCILMAN, YOU SAID YOU WERE
09:31:57AM WORKING ON IT FOR A LONG TIME.
09:31:59AM AND I CAN TELL, BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IT, YOU LEAVE THE
09:32:02AM ROOM.
09:32:02AM YOU HAVE WAY MORE KNOWLEDGE THAN WE DO.
09:32:04AM IT IS GOOD THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT YOU NEVER TALKED TO
09:32:07AM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT IT.
09:32:08AM YOU ALL LET IT GO TO FORECLOSURE.
09:32:10AM IN 2015, WHEN MR. ROBINSON TRIED TO GIVE THE CEMETERY TO THE
09:32:16AM CITY OF TAMPA WHEN MR. JOHNSON WAS THE MANAGER OF THE CRA,
09:32:20AM THE CITY DIDN'T WANT IT.
09:32:21AM WE ARE NOT IN THE CEMETERY BUSINESS.
09:32:23AM BUT YOU ARE ABLE TO PUT LIENS ON IT, IF TO FORECLOSURE AND
09:32:29AM LET A BIDDER COULD AM IN AND FLIP A CEMETERY.
09:32:32AM MY MOTHER'S SOUL IS NOT AT REST.
09:32:34AM MY GRANDFATHER, MY GRANDMOTHER, 12 FAMILY MEMBERS, PROBABLY
09:32:40AM MORE THAN THAT IN THAT CEMETERY, THEY ARE NOT RESTING NOW.
09:32:44AM THAT MEANS I AM NOT RESTING.
09:32:45AM I COME DOWN HERE EVERY THURSDAY, I WILL.
09:32:48AM BECAUSE I AM GOING ADVOCATE FOR THIS CEMETERY, AND I THANK
09:32:54AM GOD FOR BROTHERS AND SISTERS COMING DOWN FEELING THE
09:32:57AM PASSION.
09:32:57AM BUT I HAVE PEOPLE BURIED IN THERE.
09:32:59AM I AM APPEALING TO YOU ALL TO DO THE THING.
09:33:02AM I THANK MY COUNCILMAN FOR WHAT HE IS DOING, BUT WE NEED ALL
09:33:07AM OF TO YOU DO SOMETHING FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM.
09:33:09AM MAKE THIS RIGHT.
09:33:10AM MAKE IT RIGHT NOW.
09:33:11AM THIS IS TIME SENSITIVE.
09:33:13AM WE CAN NOT ALLOW IT TO DRAW OUT FOR ANOTHER TWO OR THREE
09:33:17AM YEARS TALKING BECAUSE WE ARE WORKING ON IT.
09:33:19AM NOT ACCEPTABLE.
09:33:20AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
09:33:20AM [APPLAUSE]
09:33:22AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
09:33:24AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I DIDN'T DO A LOT OF PUBLIC APPEARANCES
09:33:28AM ABOUT THE CEMETERY.
09:33:29AM I TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
09:33:31AM DEATH AND GRIEVANCE COMES IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS FOR PEOPLE.
09:33:42AM EVERYONE GRIEVES DIFFERENTLY.
09:33:44AM MISS COPELAND CALLED ME AND WE HAD A CONVERSATION -- I
09:33:48AM BELIEVE IT WAS LAST SATURDAY NIGHT.
09:33:49AM SHE BROKE DOWN.
09:33:51AM FELT SO BAD.
09:33:52AM I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
09:33:54AM SHE SAID COUNCILMAN, WE NEED TO GO TO ANOTHER PERSON.
09:33:58AM I INTO YOU WHAT THAT MEANT.
09:33:59AM BEING A BLACK MAN, I KNEW WHAT THAT MEANT.
09:34:01AM I TEXTED HER BACK AND APOLOGIZED AND LET HER KNOW THAT MY
09:34:05AM HEART WAS THERE.
09:34:06AM SHE KNOWS I AM GOING TO DO THE BEST TO DO THE RIGHT THING
09:34:12AM AND CITIZENS -- WE HAVE BEEN GOING TO THESE DEBATES AND
09:34:16AM CITIZENS SAY LACK OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ADMINISTRATION
09:34:19AM AND COUNCIL.
09:34:20AM YOU HEARD IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
09:34:21AM MY COLLEAGUES WERE THERE.
09:34:23AM THERE IS A BREAKDOWN.
09:34:24AM WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON UNTIL IT HAPPENS AND PEOPLE
09:34:28AM COME TO US TO FIX THINGS WHEN WE DON'T KNOW.
09:34:30AM WHAT I WILL SAY TO YOU -- I HAD A CONVERSATION -- I WILL
09:34:34AM TELL THE PUBLIC.
09:34:35AM I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH MISS TRAVIS.
09:34:37AM AND SHE IS PRETTY MUCH BEGGED ME COUNCILMAN, DO NOT TALK --
09:34:42AM I AM GOING TO FIX IT.
09:34:43AM THAT IS WHAT SHE TOLD ME.
09:34:45AM THAT IS WHY I HAVEN'T YELLED A BULLHORN BECAUSE SHE TOLD ME
09:34:49AM BEHIND THE SCENES SHE IS GOING TO FIX IT.
09:34:50AM EVERY TIME SHE HAS TOLD ME, HE WAS GOING TO DO SOMETHING.
09:34:55AM SHE HAS DONE IT.
09:34:56AM I AM HOPING THAT HER AND WHOEVER IS THE LEGAL PERSON WORKING
09:35:00AM ON THIS CEMETERY ISSUE RESOLVE IT.
09:35:03AM FOR -- FOR OUR -- I CAN'T MEET WITH THAT OWNER FOR ANY TYPE
09:35:07AM OF NEGOTIATION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
09:35:08AM I CAN'T DO THAT.
09:35:09AM BUT I PROMISE ONCE THEY GET DONE IN THE PROCESS, I WILL MEET
09:35:15AM WITH THE OWNER, AND I CAN'T DO IT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY ARE
09:35:18AM DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO GET THIS RESOLVE AND I AM
09:35:21AM GOING TO TELL THEM NOW BY WHATEVER MEANS NECESSARY, I WANT
09:35:25AM IT RESOLVED AND I THINK MISS TRAVIS WILL GET IT INVOLVED AND
09:35:29AM MR. MASSEY IS INVOLVED TOO.
09:35:30AM I CAN ASSURE THE PUBLIC.
09:35:32AM I HAVEN'T REALLY HEARD A BULLHORN, BUT THE ADMINISTRATION
09:35:35AM KNOW THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR THE BULLHORN AND I THINK THEY
09:35:38AM WILL DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.
09:35:40AM I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO ANY
09:35:43AM KIND OF NEGOTIATION SITUATION AND LET THEM HANDLE THE
09:35:46AM BUSINESS.
09:35:47AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
09:35:49AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST IF THE OWNER
09:35:51AM WANTS TO MEET WITH COUNCILMAN GUDES, BUT HE CAN'T.
09:35:55AM AND THE ADMINISTRATION OR WHOMEVER AND MISS TRAVIS.
09:35:58AM I KNOW THAT YOU WILL -- YOU WILL RESOLVE THIS.
09:36:01AM A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
09:36:02AM NUMBER ONE, I HEARD THE NUMBER $30,000.
09:36:05AM THEN I HEARD $200,000.
09:36:07AM I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER IS AND WE DON'T HAVE TO
09:36:10AM PUBLICLY DISCUSS THIS.
09:36:11AM WE HAVE TO FIX THIS AND MAKE IT RIGHT.
09:36:14AM ANOTHER THING THAT CAME UP WAS -- THE ITALIAN CLUB CEMETERY
09:36:18AM IS IN THE NEWS AGAIN.
09:36:19AM SOMEONE SAID THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WERE RESIDING AT THE
09:36:22AM ITALIAN CLUB, WHICH IS THE COLLEGE HILL CEMETERY, CORRECT?
09:36:25AM THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS WERE RELOCATED TO THIS OTHER
09:36:29AM CEMETERY.
09:36:30AM IS THAT TRUE?
09:36:31AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: I DO NOT KNOW THAT FOR A FACT.
09:36:33AM I DON'T KNOW.
09:36:34AM I DON'T KNOW.
09:36:35AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A QUESTION COMING UP WHAT IS IN THE
09:36:37AM PARKING LOT AREA THERE.
09:36:38AM THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T KNOW.
09:36:41AM YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER CEMETERIES.
09:36:43AM THE CITY IS NOT IN THE CEMETERY BUSINESS.
09:36:45AM THE CEMETERIES THAT -- LIKE WHERE I AM GOING TO BE BURIED,
09:36:50AM THEY ARE UNDER -- CORPORATIONS HAVE BOUGHT THESE PLACES AND
09:36:53AM PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS.
09:36:56AM HERE, BECAUSE THIS IS AN UNIQUE SITUATION OR SEMI UNIQUE
09:36:59AM SITUATION, WE DON'T HAVE A CORPORATION OVERSEEING THIS.
09:37:02AM BUT WHEN WE SAY THAT THE CITY IS NOT IN THE CEMETERY
09:37:05AM BUSINESS.
09:37:06AM YOU KNOW WE HAVE THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT.
09:37:09AM SHOULD WE ACQUIRE THE CEMETERY, PUT IT UNDER THAT DIVISION
09:37:12AM AND TAKE CARE OF IT FROM THERE.
09:37:13AM WE MAINTAIN A LOT OF OTHER PARKS AND GREEN SPACES.
09:37:16AM WHY NOT A CEMETERY?
09:37:19AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: AGAIN, NICOLE TRAVIS, DIRECTOR.
09:37:26AM CEMETERIES ARE CONSIDERED PASSIVE PARKS.
09:37:30AM IF WE WERE TO ACQUIRE THIS CEMETERY AND ANOTHER CEMETERY, IT
09:37:33AM WOULD BE HOUSED IN THE PARKS AND REC DIVISION, CARED FOR,
09:37:37AM MAINTAINED AND TREATED AS A PASSIVE PARK LIKE ANY OTHER.
09:37:40AM THAT IS NOT ANY REASON FOR US NOT TO ENGAGE OR TAKE A PART.
09:37:44AM WE DON'T NEGOTIATE REAL ESTATE DEALS IN PUBLIC.
09:37:50AM IT IS JUST BAD BUSINESS TO DO THAT.
09:37:53AM I ASSURE YOU -- I HAVE GIVEN YOU ALL MY WORD THAT WE ARE
09:37:57AM WORKING ON THIS.
09:37:58AM I FIND IT IRONIC THAT THE OWNER -- THE NEW OWNER HAVE SPOKEN
09:38:04AM TO SOME OF THE CITIZENS AND YET TO RETURN OUR PHONE CALL
09:38:09AM ABOUT WHAT IT WILL TAKE FOR THE PROPERTY.
09:38:11AM THEY HAVE YET TO RETURN OUR PHONE CALL BECAUSE THEY ARE
09:38:15AM WAITING TO CONTINUE TO SEE HOW MANY COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND
09:38:18AM PUBLIC MEETINGS HAPPEN LIKE THIS.
09:38:19AM SO I ASSURE YOU THAT WE ARE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF IT.
09:38:24AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: MADAM CHAIRMAN.
09:38:30AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
09:38:33AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I KNOW ABOUT THE CEMETERY BUSINESS AND MR.
09:38:36AM ROBINSON AND THE WHOLE SITUATION BACK BEFORE MR. ROBINSON
09:38:41AM PASSED AWAY.
09:38:41AM WHEN YOU TALK OF CEMETERIES, NEW LAWS THAT CAME OUT.
09:38:45AM BECAUSE OF -- ONE SITUATION IN TAMPA AND ANOTHER PLACE WHERE
09:38:51AM AN UNKEPT CEMETERY.
09:38:53AM IN MEMORIAL PARK SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
09:38:56AM CEMETERIES HAVE TO BE IN A TRUST AND A VAST AMOUNT OF MONEY
09:39:00AM WHOEVER OWN AS CEMETERY.
09:39:01AM YOU ARE RIGHT, THE BIGGER CORPORATIONS DO THAT.
09:39:03AM SOME OF THE SMALLER ONES DON'T AND CLOSED DOWN AND PEOPLE
09:39:07AM WALK AWAY FROM THEM.
09:39:08AM BUT TO OWN A CEMETERY -- TO OWN ONE, WILL TAKE A LOT OF
09:39:12AM MONEY TO KEEP THAT CEMETERY PAUSE NEW LAWS IN PLACE TO KEEP
09:39:15AM A CEMETERY AND I CAN TELL THAT YOU BECAUSE MYSELF AND OTHER
09:39:19AM FUNERAL HOME DIRECTORS AROUND HERE TRIED TO TALK TO MR.
09:39:22AM ROBINSON ABOUT THAT AND THE LAW HAS CHANGED.
09:39:25AM THAT IS WHY NO ONE BOUGHT THE CEMETERY.
09:39:28AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THE NONPROFITS THAT THE CITY TRIED TO GET
09:39:30AM THE MEMORIAL CEMETERY REFUSED TO TAKE ON THE MEMORIAL --
09:39:33AM THERE WAS A CONCERTED EFFORT TO TRY TO GET THE NONPROFITS TO
09:39:37AM TAKE THE CEMETERY.
09:39:38AM IF I MAY BEFORE -- JUST -- FOR MISS NORENE.
09:39:43AM I -- WHEN SHE SAID MY MOM IS THERE.
09:39:45AM LIKE THAT RESONATES, RIGHT.
09:39:48AM AND THEY CAN NOT BUILD ON THE CEMETERY.
09:39:51AM THEY CAN NOT DO ANYTHING WITH THE CEMETERY.
09:39:53AM AND IF A BLADE OF GRASS IS NOT -- IT IS TRUE, THIS HE CAN
09:39:57AM NOT BUILD ON THE CEMETERY.
09:39:59AM IT IS TRUE.
09:40:00AM IT IS PROTECTED THEY CAN NOT BUILD ON THE CEMETERY.
09:40:02AM THERE ARE LAWS THAT PROTECT THAT.
09:40:04AM I AM SORRY?
09:40:08AM SO THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
09:40:10AM AND WE ARE GOING TO -- EVERY LETTER OF THE LAW THAT IT WILL
09:40:15AM TAKE TO ENFORCE FOR THAT NEW PROPERTY OWNER TO MAINTAIN AND
09:40:19AM PROTECT AND GIVE THE RESPECT THAT IS DESERVED TO THE
09:40:21AM MEMORIAL CEMETERY, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE ADHERE TO THAT.
09:40:25AM ONE LAST THING BEFORE ANY OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE,
09:40:31AM BEFORE YOU ASSUME ANYTHING WERE FACTS.
09:40:33AM I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY SPEAK TO
09:40:36AM MORRIS AND I ONE ON ONE IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION OF THE THINGS
09:40:39AM THAT ARE SAID, WE WILL BE HAPPY TO CLEAR THOSE THINGS UP.
09:40:42AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
09:40:45AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO ME, I WILL BE
09:40:47AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO SPEAK WITH YOU.
09:40:49AM >> YOU MADE NEVER ATTEMPTS --
09:40:52AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THIS -- THIS IS NOT THE TIME.
09:40:54AM [GAVEL SOUNDING]
09:40:57AM MA'AM, THIS IS NOT THE TIME.
09:40:58AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: WE ARE NOT HAVING A DEBATE.
09:41:01AM THIS IS PUBLIC, COMMENT, AND SHE IS RESPONDING TO QUESTIONS
09:41:03AM FROM THE BOARD.
09:41:04AM >>BILL CARLSON: I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO THE PUBLIC.
09:41:09AM THIS COUNCIL A FEW MONTHS AGO PASSED SOME NEW RULES TO
09:41:12AM PROTECT CEMETERIES SO THEY CAN'T BE DEVELOPED.
09:41:15AM THAT IS WHAT MISS TRAVIS WAS TALKING ABOUT.
09:41:17AM KNOWING ABOUT ZION AND OTHER CEMETERIES.
09:41:21AM SEVEN OF US PUT THAT IN PLACE WITH THE HELP OF STAFF TO
09:41:24AM PROTECT THE CEMETERY PROPERTIES BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT ANYONE
09:41:27AM TO DEVELOP ON TOP OF CEMETERIES AGAIN.
09:41:29AM SECOND, BOARD MEMBER GUDES TALKED ABOUT THE LACK OF
09:41:33AM COMMUNICATION.
09:41:35AM AND THE ONLY COMMUNICATION I HAVE GOTTEN THAT THE CITY WOULD
09:41:41AM TAKE THIS OVER AND THERE WAS A PROCESS TO TAKE THIS OVER.
09:41:44AM THE FIRST I LEARNED THAT THE CITY FAILED TO GET IT WHEN I
09:41:49AM READ IT IN THE PAPER PROBABLY ALONG WITH THE REST OF YOU.
09:41:51AM I WAS EQUALLY DISAPPOINTED.
09:41:53AM MISS TRAVIS IS WORKING IN EARNEST TO GET THIS.
09:41:56AM MY QUESTION -- IF I CAN HAVE YOU SWITCH HATS.
09:41:59AM IS MEMORIAL IN THE CRA?
09:42:01AM THE EAST TAMPA CRA?
09:42:04AM >>Nick: I BELIEVE IT IS.
09:42:05AM IT IS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES.
09:42:07AM >>BILL CARLSON: I WILL LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE CRA
09:42:11AM STAFF TO LOOK INTO BUYING MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY AND REPORT
09:42:14AM BACK TO US AT THE NEXT MEETING OF THE POSSIBILITY OF THAT.
09:42:18AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
09:42:19AM BUT I HAVE -- CURRENTLY HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER
09:42:25AM CARLSON.
09:42:25AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
09:42:28AM ANY DISCUSSION?
09:42:30AM BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
09:42:31AM >>LUIS VIERA: FOR THE COMMENT -- GOD BLESS YOU, MA'AM, AND
09:42:34AM YOUR REMARKS.
09:42:34AM YOU STEPPED OUTSIDE A FAMILY MATTER.
09:42:36AM HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.
09:42:38AM I ASSURE YOU.
09:42:39AM I SAID I WAS INVOLVED IN THIS.
09:42:41AM IT WASN'T ON THIS ISSUE.
09:42:42AM IN TERMS OF CLEANUPS.
09:42:44AM I KNOW THIS MAY OF 2023 IS GOING TO BE THE 100th ANNIVERSARY
09:42:49AM OF THE RED CROSS MEMORIAL MARKER THERE AND I WAS WORKING
09:42:52AM WITH THE GENTLEMAN, ELSWORTH WILLIAMS DOING A 100-YEAR
09:43:01AM CEREMONY AND WHATNOT.
09:43:02AM I AM GLAD TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION.
09:43:04AM THE CRA IS LOOKING INTO THE FEASIBILITY OF TAKING OVER AND
09:43:09AM MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING THE CEMETERY, AND THAT CONTINUED
09:43:12AM TO BE PUSH DOWN BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE.
09:43:14AM I GUESS THIS TAKES IT A STEP FURTHER WHICH IS ULTIMATELY THE
09:43:18AM INTENT.
09:43:19AM I AM GLAD TO SUPPORT IT AND MY BIG THING IS -- I AM SPEAKING
09:43:22AM ON BEHALF OF MYSELF WHICH IS WHEN -- AGAIN, ALL DEFER TO
09:43:26AM MISS TRAVIS WITH REGARD TO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS FROM --
09:43:30AM FROM PEOPLE IN THE CITY AND POTENTIALLY, INADVERTENTLY --
09:43:35AM INADVERTENTLY, WE WANT THIS THING TO GO WELL, TO
09:43:39AM INADVERTENTLY MAKE THE PROCESS WORSE.
09:43:42AM MY WHOLE GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THIS IS PRESERVED AND THIS
09:43:46AM INDIVIDUAL, ENTITY OR WHOEVER WHO BOUGHT IT, CAN ULTIMATELY
09:43:50AM -- THE RIGHT THING CAN BE DONE AND WE KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT
09:43:55AM THING AND THAT IS WHAT ALL SEVEN OF US WANT.
09:43:58AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
09:44:00AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE TO DO THE RIGHT THING, AND WE
09:44:03AM WILL DO THE RIGHT THING.
09:44:03AM NOTHING ELSE.
09:44:04AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER CITRO.
09:44:06AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.
09:44:09AM I CANNOT SPEAK FOR ALL SEVEN OF US, SOMEWHERE I KNOW THAT
09:44:12AM ALL SEVEN OF US WANT TO MAKE THIS RIGHT.
09:44:16AM AND HOPEFULLY WITH MISS TRAVIS' HELP AND OUR LEGAL
09:44:20AM DEPARTMENT, THIS WILL BE MADE RIGHT.
09:44:22AM BUT I KNOW RIGHT NOW THE OWNER IS WATCHING THIS, AND
09:44:26AM WATCHING THIS DISCUSSION.
09:44:27AM AND EACH TIME WE SPEAK, THE PRICE GOES UP AND UP AND UP AND
09:44:33AM UP.
09:44:33AM WE WANT TO MAKE THIS RIGHT.
09:44:34AM LET US HAVE OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH MISS TRAVIS AND THE LEGAL
09:44:40AM DEPARTMENT INDIVIDUALLY.
09:44:41AM SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS MADE RIGHT.
09:44:46AM THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRWOMAN.
09:44:50AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
09:44:52AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU.
09:44:53AM I HEAR A LOT OF GOOD THINGS AND CONVERSATIONS OF HOW TO
09:44:57AM REACH THE OBJECTIVE, REACH THE GOAL.
09:45:00AM HOWEVER, I GO BACK TO WHAT MR. GUDES SAID AND IT IS
09:45:05AM INCUMBENT UPON THAT OWNER WHO OWNS THE CEMETERY NOW TO FALL
09:45:09AM UNDER THE NEW GUIDELINES OF THE SYSTEM THAT WAS IN PLACE.
09:45:13AM THAT MEANS THAT OWNER IS ALSO UNDER AN ENORMOUS OBLIGATION
09:45:18AM TO NOT ONLY THOSE WHO ARE BURIED THERE BUT TO SOCIETY AND
09:45:22AM HIMSELF.
09:45:23AM I GO BACK TO WHAT MR. CITRO SAID, IF YOU FINE BY THOSE TWO,
09:45:29AM THE ULTIMATE RESULT WILL BE, IT WILL COME.
09:45:32AM IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
09:45:33AM THE MORE WE TALK, THE WORSE IT GETS.
09:45:35AM WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH NEGOTIATIONS.
09:45:37AM THAT IS UP TO MISS TRAVIS AND THE ADMINISTRATION.
09:45:39AM SO MY ADVICE TO MYSELF, NOT TO THE OTHER SIX IS LISTEN,
09:45:46AM OBSERVE, AND AT THE END, FIND OUT WHERE WE CAN MEAT THE GAP
09:45:50AM TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
09:45:51AM AND RIGHT NOW THAT PROBLEM THE MORE WE SPEAK, THE FURTHER
09:45:55AM APART IT GETS BECAUSE MORE CONVERSATION ON THE TABLE.
09:45:58AM THAT'S ALL I AM GOING TO SAY.
09:46:01AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
09:46:02AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I HEAR THE MOTION ON FLOOR, BUT MY THING IS
09:46:05AM THE CRA WAS NOT A PARTY TO THIS.
09:46:07AM THE CITY WAS.
09:46:09AM I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH CRA DOLLARS TO HANDLE THIS SITUATION.
09:46:12AM WE HAVE OTHER ISSUES IN OUR CRA.
09:46:15AM IT WAS A CITY ISSUE.
09:46:16AM STAY WITH MISS TRAVIS IN THE CITY AND CRA DOLLARS TO BE USED
09:46:20AM IN THE APPROPRIATE MANNER AND PLACE AND THE CITY DEALS WITH
09:46:23AM IT OUT OF WHATEVER FUNDS OUT OF THE CITY MONEY.
09:46:26AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AGREE WITH THAT.
09:46:27AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
09:46:31AM >>BILL CARLSON: FOR THE PUBLIC'S PURPOSE.
09:46:33AM THE CRA IS REPRESENTED BY THE -- BY THE CITY COUNCIL SITTING
09:46:37AM AT A CRA BOARD, BUT A SEPARATE LEGAL ENTITY.
09:46:41AM WE OUTSOURCE STAFF TO THE CITY.
09:46:43AM THAT MISS TRAVIS IS THE INTERIM HEAD OF THE CRA AND THE
09:46:47AM PERSON IN CHARGE OF ECONOMIC AND REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT IN
09:46:50AM THE CITY.
09:46:50AM CRA HAS SP RAT BUCKETS OF MONEY AND WE ALSO HAVE -- EVEN
09:46:54AM THOUGH WE OUTSOURCE TO THE CITY, WE HAVE A QUICKER DECISION
09:46:58AM MAKING PROCESS THAN THE CITY.
09:46:59AM AND THE REASON WHY I MADE MY MOTION IS THAT THE CITY WENT
09:47:05AM THROUGH THEIR PROCESS.
09:47:05AM SOMEONE SAID IT TOOK TWO YEARS.
09:47:08AM I THINK THE CRA CAN MOVE FASTER AND MAKE DECISIONS QUICKLY
09:47:12AM AND FUNDING.
09:47:12AM UNFORTUNATELY, TOO MUCH FUNDING SITTING IN THESE ACCOUNTS
09:47:16AM AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY WITH
09:47:19AM IT.
09:47:19AM ANYWAY, WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
09:47:21AM THIS NOT ABOUT THE PRICE, IT IS ABOUT PROVIDING A QUICKER
09:47:24AM PROCESS ABOUT GETTING IT DONE.
09:47:26AM THANK YOU.
09:47:27AM >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY.
09:47:28AM I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
09:47:29AM AND A SECOND.
09:47:30AM ANY MORE DISCUSSION?
09:47:33AM OKAY.
09:47:34AM SOUNDS LIKE WITHER GOING TO NEED A ROLL CALL VOTE FOR THIS.
09:47:40AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
09:47:44AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
09:47:50AM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
09:47:51AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
09:47:52AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
09:47:55AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
09:47:56AM >>CLERK: MOTION PASSED WITH CITRO ABSENT AT VOTE.
09:48:00AM IF SOMEONE WILL INDULGE ME AND A MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE
09:48:04AM THE JANUARY MINUTES.
09:48:05AM SULING WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
09:48:09AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: SO MOVED.
09:48:12AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: I APOLOGIZE, I UNDERSTAND FROM THE CLERK'S
09:48:15AM OFFICE THOSE WERE AVAILABLE SO I MISSPOKE.
09:48:19AM >>LYNN HURTAK: NO WORRY.
09:48:20AM WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES.
09:48:22AM WE ARE HUMAN, RIGHT.
09:48:23AM SO BOARD MEMBER -- MOTION MADE BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
09:48:27AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
09:48:30AM ALL IN FAVOR?
09:48:31AM ANY OPPOSED?
09:48:32AM MOTION PASSES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:48:33AM WE WILL MOVE ON TO REQUIRED APPROVALS.
09:48:35AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: MR. DRUMGO WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE
09:48:39AM REQUIRED APPROVALS.
09:48:40AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:48:44AM >>ALIS DRUMGO: GOOD MORNING, CRA BOARD.
09:48:47AM ALIS DRUMGO, AGAIN, FOR THE RECORD.
09:48:49AM WE ARE LOOKING AT THE YBOR CAC APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL FOR
09:48:53AM APPOINTMENT OF MEREDITH BURWICK TO THE HISTORIC EAST YBOR
09:48:58AM AND GARY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FOR YOU BOARD CRA BEFORE
09:49:04AM YOU TODAY.
09:49:06AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
09:49:09AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
09:49:11AM ALL IN FAVOR.
09:49:12AM ANY OPPOSED?
09:49:13AM MOTION PASSES.
09:49:17AM >>ALIS DRUMGO: NEXT ITEM UP FOR YOU IS THE REAPPOINTMENT OF
09:49:19AM MR. JOSEPH W.J. ROBINSON FOR THE WEST TAMPA COMMUNITY
09:49:24AM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO BE REAPPOINTED TO THE WEST
09:49:28AM TAMPA CRA.
09:49:28AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED.
09:49:29AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND.
09:49:31AM >>LYNN HURTAK: MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
09:49:33AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER CITRO.
09:49:36AM ALL IN FAVOR.
09:49:37AM OPPOSED.
09:49:38AM MOTION PASSES.
09:49:40AM >>ALIS DRUMGO: NEXT ITEM UP FOR APPROVAL IS THE GRANT
09:49:43AM AGREEMENT FOR THE WELLNESS CENTER AT 5110 NORTH 40th STREET
09:49:46AM IN EAST TESTIMONY.
09:49:47AM YOU ALL HEARD THIS ITEM BACK IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR.
09:49:51AM AND IN GRANT AGREEMENT SOLIDIFIES OF $350,000 AND OUTLINES
09:49:57AM THE PARAMETERS.
09:49:58AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
09:50:02AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: HOW CLOSE ARE YOU, MR. DRUMGO.
09:50:05AM I DON'T KNOW YOU ARE AWARE WHERE THAT IS.
09:50:07AM A NIGHTCLUB IN FOR MANY, MANY YEARS THAT CAUSED PROBLEMS IN
09:50:12AM THE COMMUNITY.
09:50:12AM NEIGHBORS IN EAST TAMPA AND THE BACK SIDE WILL BE VERY
09:50:15AM THRILLED AND CLEAR ALL THE MESS ON THE SIDE.
09:50:18AM HOW CLOSE ARE THEY.
09:50:19AM DO YOU KNOW?
09:50:21AM >>ALIS DRUMGO: THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY ARE WORKING
09:50:23AM THROUGH THEIR FINANCING AND WORKING ON A SBA LOAN AND TAKING
09:50:26AM A LITTLE MORE TIME.
09:50:27AM SERIAL ENTREPRENEURS THAT OWN SOME OTHER BUSINESSES.
09:50:32AM SO WE ARE TRYING TO BE PATIENT AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THAT
09:50:35AM PROSING PROCESS AND THIS COMMUNICATION WILL HELP MOVE THEM
09:50:38AM CLOSER AND GET THAT FINANCING APPROVED.
09:50:41AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I LIKE THAT.
09:50:42AM AND IT'S CLOSER SO SENIORS CAN GET MEDICATIONS FROM THAT
09:50:45AM SPOT.
09:50:46AM >>ALIS DRUMGO: ABSOLUTELY.
09:50:48AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: SO THE BOARD IS AWARE, OUR OBLIGATION TO
09:50:50AM FUND THIS, OUR PORTION OF IT, IS THE LAST FUNDS IN
09:50:55AM BASICALLY.
09:50:55AM THEY NEED TO GET THE BALANCE TO MATCH IT IN ORDER FOR OUR
09:50:58AM FUNDING TO MOVE FORWARD.
09:50:59AM AND OUR FUNDING IS ALSO CONSISTENT UPON THEM HALTING THE
09:51:04AM SERVICE OF ALCOHOL FROM THAT PREMISE AND GIVING UP ANY
09:51:07AM LIQUOR LICENSES IN THAT SITE.
09:51:10AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED.
09:51:14AM >> SECOND.
09:51:15AM >>LYNN HURTAK: WHICH IS ONE OF THE BIG PARTS OF IT AS BOARD
09:51:19AM MEMBER GUDES MENTIONED TO MAKE IT A COMMUNITY SPACE.
09:51:23AM A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
09:51:26AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER CITRO.
09:51:28AM ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
09:51:29AM OKAY.
09:51:29AM ALL IN FAVOR.
09:51:30AM ANY OPPOSED?
09:51:32AM OKAY, MOTION PASSED.
09:51:34AM >>ALIS DRUMGO: NEXT ITEM UP FOR APPROVAL, YOU HEARD THE ITEM
09:51:37AM BACK IN MAY OF LAST YEAR.
09:51:38AM A RESOLUTION AND GRANT AGREEMENT FOR THE SKILL CENTER ALSO
09:51:42AM IN EAST TAMPA, 5107 NORTH STREET.
09:51:47AM HALF A MILLION A PORTION OF THE OVERALL $23 MILLION
09:51:50AM CONTRIBUTION IN ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR THERE ARE PROJECT.
09:51:54AM SO WE ARE BRINGING THIS TO YOU FOR -- FOR YOUR FINAL REVIEW.
09:51:59AM >>LYNN HURTAK: A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER CITRO.
09:52:03AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
09:52:05AM ANY DISCUSSION.
09:52:06AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY.
09:52:07AM THEY ARE DOING GREAT THINGS OUT THERE AND I FEEL THIS IS
09:52:12AM MONEY WELL SPENT TO HELP THE YOUTH IN THE AREA.
09:52:18AM >>LYNN HURTAK: MOTION MADE.
09:52:19AM ALL IN FAVOR.
09:52:20AM OPPOSED?
09:52:21AM OKAY.
09:52:21AM MOTION PASSES.
09:52:23AM >>ALIS DRUMGO: THE LAST ITEM UP FOR APPROVAL WAS A FACADE
09:52:27AM GRANT FOR 2208 EAST 2nd AVENUE.
09:52:30AM YBOR BUNGALOW.
09:52:31AM THIS IS A RETAIL USE IN THE YBOR CRA.
09:52:36AM FACADE GRANT NOT TO EXCEED $26,048.
09:52:40AM THIS THIS GRANT AGREEMENT -- EXCUSE ME, THIS GRANT AGREEMENT
09:52:45AM IS THE SMALL PORTION OF THE OVERALL CONTRIBUTION.
09:52:47AM APPROXIMATELY $200,000 OF PRIVATE INVESTMENT WILL GO INTO
09:52:50AM THIS PROJECT AS WELL.
09:52:51AM WE HAVE THIS BEFORE YOU TODAY.
09:52:54AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: SO MOVED.
09:52:56AM >> SECOND.
09:52:57AM >>LYNN HURTAK: A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER CITRO.
09:53:00AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
09:53:02AM ALL IN FAVOR?
09:53:03AM TO OPPOSED?
09:53:05AM MOTION PASSES.
09:53:05AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:53:06AM FLIP BACK TO THE FIRST PAGE.
09:53:08AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: MISS TRAVIS, DO YOU NEED SOME WATER?
09:53:16AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: NO, I AM GOOD.
09:53:17AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I KNOW THAT LOOK.
09:53:19AM >>ALIS DRUMGO: PARDON ME, I THINK WE ARE STILL UP.
09:53:39AM THE NEXT ITEM IS CRA FUNDING FOR PARKS.
09:53:42AM BACK IN AUGUST LAST YEAR, YOU ASKED US TO BRING THE CRA
09:53:49AM PARKS INTO ADA COMPLIANCE.
09:53:55AM WE BROUGHT THE SUMMARY OF TOTALING $3,000 BACK TO YOU ALL.
09:54:00AM YOU SENT US BACK AND SAID HOW DO WE IMPLEMENT IT?
09:54:03AM WE SPENT TIME WORKING WITH PARK STAFF TO REVIEW THE ACTUAL
09:54:07AM IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
09:54:08AM SO AT THE END OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION, WE WILL BE ASKING YOU
09:54:11AM TO ACCEPT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
09:54:15AM AND OUR PARKS DIRECTOR SHERISHA HILLS WILL SHOW YOU THE
09:54:23AM REDUCTION OF TIME OF THE IMPLEMENTATION ON THE CITY SIDE AND
09:54:27AM HOW WE ACHIEVE IT WITH MINIMAL IMPACT ON THE CRA BUDGETS.
09:54:31AM THERE IS A POWERPOINT.
09:54:36AM SO I WILL ASK THE TEAM TO BRING UP PRESENTATION FOR ITEM
09:54:39AM NUMBER 3.
09:54:40AM >>SHERISHA HILLS: GOOD MORNING, SHERISHA HILLS, DIRECTOR OF
09:54:52AM PARKS AND RECREATION.
09:54:52AM WAIT FOR THIS POWERPOINT TO COME UP.
09:54:55AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THERE WE GO.
09:55:02AM >>SHERISHA HILLS: THANK YOU.
09:55:03AM ALL RIGHT, SO AS DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR DRUMGO MENTIONED
09:55:08AM AUGUST 2022, THE PROJECTED COST OF PARK ACCESSIBILITY WITHIN
09:55:12AM OUR CRAs SO WE ARE IN COMPLIANT WITH CERTAIN PARKS WITH ADA
09:55:19AM GUIDELINES.
09:55:19AM FURTHER IMPLEMENTATION.
09:55:21AM SO I WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION.
09:55:24AM THIS FIRST SLIDE HERE IS -- IF WE WERE NOT TO RECEIVE ANY
09:55:28AM FUNDS WITH THE CRA.
09:55:29AM PARKS AND REC ALONE WILL UTILIZE THE MONEY WE RECEIVE EACH
09:55:35AM YEAR TO ADDRESS THESE PARKS IN THE CRA AREA.
09:55:38AM IT WOULD TAKE US TO 2041.
09:55:40AM SO WANT TO SAY THAT WE ARE IN OUR EXTERIOR.
09:55:49AM WE ARE IN ADA COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE AND WITH WE ARE NOT
09:55:54AM ALWAYS ACCESSIBLE.
09:55:57AM PEOPLE THINK YOU HAVE A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT GETS YOU
09:56:00AM ACCESSIBLE.
09:56:01AM HOW DO YOU GET TO THAT PEACE.
09:56:04AM WHERE DO YOU PARK?
09:56:06AM THAT PLAN WILL LOOK AT THE ACCESSIBILITY FROM THE TIME YOU
09:56:10AM GET UP THERE AND TIME YOU GET TO THE AMENITY IN THE PARK AND
09:56:14AM GET TO A PIECE OF PARK EQUIPMENT.
09:56:16AM THIS PLAN ALSO HERE -- IF PARKS AND REC WERE TO DO IT ALONE,
09:56:22AM NOT THE PLAY EQUIPMENT, BUT STRICTLY ADDRESSING THE
09:56:26AM ACCESSIBILITY OF THESE PARKS.
09:56:28AM WORKING WITH DEPOSIT ADMINISTRATOR DRUMGO WE CAME UP WITH A
09:56:37AM PLAN UTILIZING CRA FUNDS.
09:56:39AM AS SEE HERE A FIVE-YEAR -- NOT AUTO FIVE-YEAR BUT 12-YEAR
09:56:46AM PLAN AND CUTTING THAT TIME BY SIX YEARS.
09:56:47AM THIS PLAN INCLUDES INCLUSIVE EQUIPMENT.
09:56:49AM NOT JUST THE ACCESSIBILITY, BUT IT IS ALSO ADDING INCLUSIVE
09:56:54AM EQUIPMENT FOR ALL ABILITIES AT THESE AREAS.
09:56:57AM YOU CAN SEE THIS -- AND WE NOTED HERE, THIS DOES NOT ACCOUNT
09:57:03AM FOR INFLATION BUT PROJECTED COST TODAY HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE
09:57:06AM US AND HOW MUCH IT WILL COST HERE IS OUR BREAKDOWN HERE BY
09:57:11AM EACH CRA.
09:57:12AM ACCOUNTING TAKING EACH YEAR.
09:57:15AM WE ACCESSED EVERY SINGLE PARK THERE.
09:57:18AM LOOKED AT THAT.
09:57:19AM AND BROKEN TAMPA DOWN EACH YEAR BY THE NUMBER OF FUNDS WE
09:57:23AM CAN PUT IN THERE AND WHAT THE PARKS WILL ACTUALLY GET WITH
09:57:27AM THE FUNDS.
09:57:27AM SO THIS IS A FIVE-YEAR PLAN THAT IS LAID OUT RIGHT HERE.
09:57:31AM LOOK AT FIVE YEARS AT A TIME.
09:57:33AM BASICALLY OUR RECOMMENDATION TO YOU IF WE CAN INVEST $3.
09:57:40AM MILLION INTO THIS, THIS TAKES INTO ACCOUNT FOR THE PLAN
09:57:44AM ALLOWING FOR COMPLIANCE WITHIN FIVE YEARS.
09:57:45AM REDUCES OUR PLAN AT PARKS AND REC TO DO IT ALONE BY SIX
09:57:49AM YEARS.
09:57:50AM AND, AGAIN, ADDS 19 INCLUSIVE PLAY EQUIPMENT PIECES IN THESE
09:57:56AM PARKS.
09:57:56AM FOR US, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE PARKS FUNDING AS IT
09:58:02AM IS PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY.
09:58:03AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
09:58:05AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:58:06AM THANK YOU FOR THAT, SHERISHA.
09:58:10AM WE APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
09:58:11AM GLAD TO SAY THIS INCLUDES PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND I HEAR A
09:58:15AM LOT OF ADA ACCESSIBILITY AND THAT IS PIVOTAL.
09:58:19AM WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OF THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.
09:58:23AM THAT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
09:58:25AM SOME OF THE AREAS, EAST TAMPA, WEST TAMPA THE AREA, OF
09:58:30AM COURSE, IN THE PARK THERE STARTED YEARS AGO AND PRIVATELY
09:58:33AM THE CITY IS HELPING.
09:58:34AM EAST TAMPA WILL BE GETTING THE LARGE RECREATIONAL INVESTMENT
09:58:38AM THAT COUNCILMAN GUDES HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR A WHILE WITH
09:58:42AM THE MAY I DON'T REMEMBER.
09:58:42AM DOWN -- I WOULD LOVE TO -- WITH THE MAY I DON'T REMEMBER.
09:58:45AM DOWN, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HAMMER OUT DOWNTOWN AND YBOR CITY
09:58:51AM DEFICITS I CALL THEM RELATIVELY EASIER ESPECIALLY YBOR CITY
09:58:56AM AND THOSE AREAS DON'T HAVE OR WILL NOT HAVE IN THE NEAR
09:58:59AM FUTURE AN ALL-INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND.
09:59:03AM EAST TAMPA WILL BE GETTING ONE THROUGH THE INITIATIVE I JUST
09:59:06AM TALKED ABOUT.
09:59:07AM WEST TAMPA APPEARS TO ALREADY HAVE ONE.
09:59:10AM AND THOSE TWO AREAS I THINK WILL BE THE MOST NEEDED.
09:59:13AM I DO BELIEVE THIS IS SOMETHING -- NUMBER ONE, GLAD TO SEE WE
09:59:17AM ARE DOING THIS THROUGH THE CRA.
09:59:19AM I MOVED IT TO THE CRA BECAUSE COUNCILMAN CARLSON MENTIONED
09:59:23AM WHICH IS IMPORTANT FOR MEMORIAL CEMETERY.
09:59:26AM WHEN WE DO THIS IT CAN BE DONE ARGUABLY IN A QUICKER WAY
09:59:30AM WITH THE CRA.
09:59:31AM THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SPEED IS IMPORTANT.
09:59:33AM BECAUSE THIS SHOULD BE DONE.
09:59:34AM THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE BEFORE ANY OF US GOT ON COUNCIL.
09:59:38AM IN OTHER WORDS, THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
09:59:40AM IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY IN
09:59:42AM YOUR FAMILY OR LOVED ONE WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY OR
09:59:48AM AUTISM OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY OFTEN THEY ARE EXCLUDED FROM
09:59:52AM BEING IN OUR PARKS AND WE HAVE A WONDERFUL FACILITY IN WEST
09:59:54AM TAMPA.
09:59:55AM WE HAVE THE WEST TAMPA ALL ABILITIES PARK THAT YOU WORKED
09:59:59AM HARD ON AND I THANK YOU YESTERDAY AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR
10:00:03AM THAT.
10:00:03AM AND MAKE SURE ALL PARTS OF THE CITY HAVE RECREATIONAL
10:00:07AM ACTIVITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL
10:00:10AM DISABILITIES, AUTISM, ETC., ETC.
10:00:13AM AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT AND SOMETHING UNIQUE TO THE CRA
10:00:16AM BECAUSE BRING MORE PEOPLE TO THE AREAS AND PROMOTE THE AREAS
10:00:23AM AND BENEFIT THE COMMUNITIES AND GET MORE ECONOMIC
10:00:26AM OPPORTUNITY WITHIN THE CITY.
10:00:27AM THIS IS SOMETHING GREAT.
10:00:28AM OBVIOUSLY I SUPPORT IT 110%.
10:00:31AM I THANK YOU, GUYS, FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS FROM
10:00:36AM THE PRIOR ADMINISTRATION AUTISM -- AUTISM FRIENDLY TAMPA TO
10:00:41AM THE ALL ABILITIES PARK.
10:00:42AM NOW TO THIS WHERE GOD WILLING, WILL HAD BEEN MAKING GREAT
10:00:47AM STRIDES IN AN AREA WHERE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT US FOR HELP
10:00:50AM TO MAKE THOSE STRIDES.
10:00:51AM THANK YOU.
10:00:51AM >>SHERISHA HILLS: YES, SIR.
10:00:53AM >>LYNN HURTAK: ANYONE ELSE.
10:00:55AM DO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION?
10:00:57AM >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, I MOVE -- DO WE NEED THIS TO COME
10:01:00AM BACK TO US AT ALL?
10:01:02AM OKAY, COOL.
10:01:03AM I WILL SET AN INTERNAL ONE-YEAR TIME CLOCK, SO TO SPEAK.
10:01:07AM IF I MAY, I MAKE THE MOTION.
10:01:09AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
10:01:10AM >>LUIS VIERA: TO I GUESS MOVE THE PLAN RECOMMENDED FORWARD.
10:01:13AM YES, ACCEPT.
10:01:14AM >>LYNN HURTAK: SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
10:01:18AM BUT BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
10:01:20AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I WAS GOING TO THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE
10:01:23AM PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT.
10:01:25AM >>SHERISHA HILLS: HOW DOES IT WHAT?
10:01:27AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: TIE IN TO THE PARKS MASTER PLAN.
10:01:29AM YOU HAVE A MASTER PLAN COMING TO US SOME TIME NEXT MONTH OR
10:01:32AM SO, RIGHT.
10:01:32AM WE ARE TALKING OF TAKING THE CRA MONEY.
10:01:35AM I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE MASTER PLAN IS FOR THE CITY AS A
10:01:39AM WHOLE WHEN WE TALK OF THE ACCESSIBILITIES OF PARKS AND REC.
10:01:43AM BECAUSE REMEMBER, WE CAN DO THIS, BUT THE GUIDELINES STILL
10:01:46AM SAY CERTAIN ISSUES HAVE TO BE TAKEN CARE OF BY THE CITY
10:01:49AM VERSUS CRA FUNDING.
10:01:51AM >>SHERISHA HILLS: I WILL TAKE A LOOK.
10:01:54AM SO THE MASTER PLAN AS A WHOLE, YES, WE WILL LOOK AT THE
10:01:57AM WHOLE PARK.
10:01:58AM THESE ACCESSIBILITIES ARE FIXES THAT NEED TO BE BUILT INTO
10:02:03AM HAD THE MASTER PLAN.
10:02:03AM THE BREAKDOWN OF THE PARKS.
10:02:05AM SOME MAY BE SIMPLE AS PARKING SPACES.
10:02:08AM ACCESSIBLE RAMPS.
10:02:09AM ONE PIECE OF PLAY EQUIPMENT.
10:02:11AM THE MASTER PLAN WILL HOLISTICALLY AND SAY AT THIS PARK YOU
10:02:15AM NEED TO DO THIS, THIS, AND THIS AT THIS ENTIRE PARK.
10:02:19AM THIS WILL ADDRESS THE ACCESSIBILITY.
10:02:22AM REALLY WE WILL BE KNOCKING OUT SOME OF THESE AHEAD OF TIME
10:02:25AM INSTEAD OF WAIT FOR A MASTER PLAN, A 10 TOO 15-YEAR PLAN.
10:02:29AM SHORT OF THAT TIME LINE AND ADDRESSING THESE NEEDS THAT ARE
10:02:33AM NEEDED IMMEDIATELY.
10:02:34AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I AM SAYING IF YOU ARE GOING TO PUT CRA
10:02:37AM MONEY THERE.
10:02:38AM PEOPLE WILL SAY, WHY ARE WE WAITING SO LONG.
10:02:41AM PUTTING DOLLARS -- WE ARE NOT GOING TO WAIT WHEN THE CITY
10:02:44AM WILL FIX THE PLAYGROUND.
10:02:46AM IF WE SAY THAT IS MY MONEY.
10:02:48AM I WANT THAT FIXED NOW.
10:02:50AM THE CITY WILL SAY DO THAT FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD -- NO, IF
10:02:55AM WE ARE GOING TO ALLOCATE DOLLARS TO GET THINGS FIXED I WANT
10:02:59AM MY STUFF FIXED NOW.
10:03:00AM >>SHERISHA HILLS: REMEMBER THAT THE FIXES ON THE EQUIPMENT
10:03:03AM ARE NOT THE ENTIRE PLAYGROUND.
10:03:04AM ADDING ONE OR TWO PIECES.
10:03:07AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I HAVE NO PROBLEM, BUT AS LONG AS YOU KNOW
10:03:09AM -- WHAT I AM SAYING IF I AM GIVING YOU MY MONEY AND YOU ARE
10:03:12AM TELLING ME THIS IS NEEDED AT THIS PARTICULAR PLAYGROUND.
10:03:14AM I WANT MY STUFF FIXED NOW.
10:03:16AM I DON'T WANT TO WAIT FIVE OR SIX YEARS.
10:03:18AM I WANT IT NOW.
10:03:19AM >>SHERISHA HILLS: IT IS A PLAN.
10:03:22AM EVERY YEAR, WHAT WILL BE ADDRESSED AND THEN YOU WILL HAVE
10:03:25AM THOSE PARKS LAID OUT.
10:03:27AM FIRST YEAR WEST TAMPA WHICH I CAN DIVE INTO THAT A LITTLE
10:03:31AM BIT IS PART OF -- WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CRA AND THE RAY
10:03:34AM PARK.
10:03:35AM THAT PLAN IS GOING INTO PLACE.
10:03:37AM WE ARE ALREADY USING CRA DOLLARS APPROVED BEFORE AND SOME OF
10:03:43AM THESE THINGS ARE ALREADY IN THE WORKS WHICH ARE THERE.
10:03:45AM SOME OF THEM ARE LARGER FIXES BUT SOME OF THEM ARE TRULY
10:03:48AM SMALLER, ACCESSIBLE THINGS TO GET TO THAT PARK AND TO BE
10:03:51AM ABLE TO ENJOY THAT FACILITY.
10:03:53AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: JUST A REMINDER TO THE BOARD THAT CRA FUNDS
10:03:58AM CAN ONLY BE SPENT ON CRA FACILITIES WITHIN THE CRA.
10:04:02AM THEY CAN NOT -- THE CITY CANNOT DIVERT THE FUNDS TO OTHER
10:04:05AM PROJECTS.
10:04:07AM >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY.
10:04:08AM I HAVE A MOTION MADE BY BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
10:04:10AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
10:04:12AM ANY MORE DISCUSSION?
10:04:14AM OKAY.
10:04:14AM ALL IN FAVOR.
10:04:15AM ANY OPPOSED?
10:04:17AM OKAY.
10:04:17AM MOTION PASSES.
10:04:18AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
10:04:25AM >>LUIS VIERA: NOT ON THIS AT ALL.
10:04:27AM IT IS FOR MISS TRAVIS.
10:04:30AM SOME COMMENTS WERE MADE.
10:04:32AM I DON'T THINK I WAS HERE DURING THAT -- I WAS OUTSIDE.
10:04:34AM BUT I WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH I -- I KNOW HOW MUCH WE
10:04:37AM APPRECIATE NICOLE TRAVIS.
10:04:39AM HER INTEGRITY.
10:04:40AM HER SINCERITY.
10:04:42AM HER PASSION.
10:04:43AM HER HARD WORK THAT SHE BRINGS HERE FOR THE CRA AND THE CITY.
10:04:47AM SOMEBODY CALLED ME ON SOMETHING THIS MORNING.
10:04:49AM WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HER AND ABOUT YOU AND WHAT AN AMAZING
10:04:53AM -- YOU KNOW MY SENTIMENTS.
10:04:54AM I WANT TO KNOW THAT I APPRECIATE YOUR SINCERITY, PASSION ON
10:04:59AM ALL ISSUES INCLUDING MEMORIAL CEMETERY YOU COME FORWARD AS A
10:05:04AM PROFESSIONAL, A PERSON WITH GREAT SINCERITY.
10:05:07AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
10:05:08AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: I APPRECIATE THAT.
10:05:10AM >>BILL CARLSON: I SECOND THAT ALSO.
10:05:11AM I APPRECIATE YOUR ACCESSIBILITY AND BRILLIANCE ON ISSUE AND
10:05:15AM HONESTY AND INTEGRITY.
10:05:16AM JUST FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW, SHE IS STILL DOING THREE OR
10:05:20AM FOUR JOBS.
10:05:21AM ONE OF THEM LIKE THREE OR FOUR FULL-TIME JOBS.
10:05:23AM THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP.
10:05:25AM >>LYNN HURTAK: INDEED, THEY SPEAK THE TRUTH.
10:05:27AM AND I THINK THEY SPEAK FOR ALL OF US ON HOW MUCH WE
10:05:30AM APPRECIATE YOUR ACCESSIBILITY FOR US AND YOUR TRUTH.
10:05:36AM I THINK THAT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT YOU IS THAT
10:05:39AM YOU DON'T SUGAR COAT WHICH IS WHAT WE ALL NEED.
10:05:41AM WE JUST WANT TO GET THINGS DONE.
10:05:44AM SPEAKING OF.
10:05:46AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: SPEAKING OF.
10:05:47AM ALL RIGHT, MADAM CHAIR AND BOARD, I HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR
10:05:50AM YOU.
10:05:51AM THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.
10:05:53AM WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT OVER TIME SINCE WE WENT
10:05:56AM THROUGH THE RECRUITMENT OF THE CRA DIRECTOR.
10:05:59AM I AM PRESENTING YOU TO A RESTRUCTURING AND STAFFING AND
10:06:04AM EFFICIENCY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CRA AS AN AGENCY.
10:06:07AM I AM GOING TO WALK THROUGH SEVERAL STEPS WITH YOU.
10:06:10AM I DO HAVE A SLIDE SHOW.
10:06:12AM >>LYNN HURTAK: IT'S UP.
10:06:14AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: ALL RIGHT, PERFECT.
10:06:15AM WITH THIS RESTRUCTURING OF ALL YOUR NINE DIFFERENT -- EIGHT
10:06:25AM DISTRICTS, YBOR ONE AND TWO MAKES IT NINE.
10:06:28AM YOU HAVE OVER 8300 ACRES IN YOUR CITY FOR -- DEDICATED TO
10:06:35AM REDEVELOPMENT WORK.
10:06:36AM OF THE LARGEST OF THEM IS THE EAST TAMPA CRA DISTRICT WHICH
10:06:42AM IS THE DISTRICT THAT HAS THE GREATEST NEED THAT DISTRICT IS
10:06:48AM OVER 4800 ACRES.
10:06:54AM YOU WILL SEE THE DIFFERENT SIZES OF BUDGET.
10:06:57AM WE LOOK AT NEEDS, HOW THE CRA AS A DEPARTMENT IS STRUCTURED.
10:07:02AM FOR AS LONG AS I CAN TELL THE CRA HAS AS AN AGENCY HAS BEEN
10:07:15AM SEGMENTED IN GEOGRAPHIC AREAS.
10:07:17AM YOU HAVE A CRA MANAGER.
10:07:20AM THEY WORK IN SILOS AND NOT BEING ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
10:07:25AM EACH OTHER'S STRENGTHS AND EXPERIENCES FOR THE OVERALL
10:07:29AM DEPARTMENT.
10:07:30AM WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 15 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.
10:07:38AM AT ONE POINT UP 21 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES AND I AM NOT SURE
10:07:44AM WHERE WE LOST THEM ALONG THE WAY.
10:07:47AM SOMETHING TO CONSIDER CRA MANAGERS IN EACH DISTRICT AND ALSO
10:07:50AM IN THREE DIFFERENT PHYSICAL OFFICES.
10:07:54AM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SPOKEN TO YOU ABOUT IS THE NUMBER
10:08:03AM OF MEETINGS THAT THE CRA MANAGERS AND THE STAFF SUPPORT FOR
10:08:06AM INCLUDING THE CACS.
10:08:09AM I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE CAC MEETINGS AND
10:08:13AM SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS.
10:08:14AM CAC MEETINGS, THOSE ARE PUBLICLY NOTICED AND MINUTES HAVE TO
10:08:19AM BE TAKEN.
10:08:19AM SO ARE THE SUBCOMMITTEES.
10:08:21AM YOU LOOK AT ANY ONE OF THE DISTRICTS AND THE CAC MEETINGS
10:08:25AM AND SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS.
10:08:26AM WE ARE TALKING OVER 287 MEETINGS ANNUALLY.
10:08:30AM IF YOU WERE TO MULTIPLY THAT BY TWO HOURS FOR A MEETING.
10:08:33AM WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE TIME IT TAKES TO FOLLOW UP ON
10:08:36AM MOTIONS.
10:08:36AM WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE TIME IN APPLICATION ITEMS 861
10:08:44AM DAYS OF STAFF TIME.
10:08:45AM WHEN HEAR OF WHY THINGS ARE TAKING SO LONG, WE ARE
10:08:55AM SUPPORTING A LOT OF MEETINGS.
10:08:56AM IN CONTEXT, A CITY COUNCIL IN YOUR CAPACITY OF CRA AND CITY
10:09:03AM COUNCIL MEETINGS.
10:09:03AM COMBINATION AND NIGHT MEETINGS, 84 MEETING ANNUALLY.
10:09:07AM LOOK AT THAT IN COMPARISON OF THE 287 MEETINGS AT THE CRA IS
10:09:11AM HAVING.
10:09:11AM IT IS INEFFICIENT AND MAKES IT DIFFICULTY TO GET THINGS
10:09:21AM DONE.
10:09:21AM A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES LOST AND OPPORTUNITY COST WHEN IT
10:09:25AM COMES TO THE CAPITAL.
10:09:26AM WE HAVE GOALS THAT WE SIMILAR GOALS AND PROGRAMS ARE BEING
10:09:33AM ADMINISTERED DIFFERENTLY.
10:09:34AM ONE THING THAT DEVELOPERS WANT ANYONE INVESTING IN IT IS
10:09:39AM STRICT, THEY WANT CERTAINTY.
10:09:40AM WE CAN'T PROVIDE CERTAINTY BECAUSE WE ARE OPERATING A
10:09:43AM PROGRAM DIFFERENT IN EACH ONE OF THE DISTRICTS.
10:09:45AM PROBLEMATIC EFFICACY.
10:09:47AM WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS WORKING AND WHAT IS NOT WORKIN
10:09:50AM WE ARE NOT ABLE TO MEASURE OUR SUCCESS AND CHANGE POLICIES
10:09:53AM BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL THE SAME.
10:09:56AM AGAIN WE HAVE A COMMON -- WE KNOW WE HAVE A COMMON GOAL.
10:10:00AM WE WANTS AREAS OF DISINVESTMENT TO BE HEAVILY INVESTED ON
10:10:04AM AND RAISE THAT TIDE.
10:10:07AM RIGHT NOW WE CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHICH PROGRAMS ARE WORKING,
10:10:09AM WHICH ONES AREN'T WORKING BECAUSE OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL SILOS.
10:10:13AM LACK OF COOPERATION AND THE NOT CONSISTENT POLICIES.
10:10:19AM WHEN IT COMES TO THE PUBLIC TRUST, I THINK THAT OVER TIME
10:10:24AM WHEN THINGS NOT GETTING DONE WE ERODE THE PUBLIC'S TRUST
10:10:28AM BECAUSE THINGS ARE NOT MOVING FAST ENOUGH.
10:10:30AM WE ARE HONESTLY TRYING, BUT IF WE CAN ALIGN POLICIES AND BE
10:10:35AM CONSISTENT IN THE SHARED COMMON GOAL ACROSS ALL DISTRICTS WE
10:10:38AM WILL START TO RESTORE SOME OF THE PUBLIC TRUST IN US DOING
10:10:40AM THE WORK.
10:10:45AM IT WAS MENTIONED THIS MORNING WE HAVE A LOT MONEY IN OUR CRA
10:10:49AM BUDGET THAT HAS NOT BEEN SPENT.
10:10:50AM THAT HAS BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO GETTING THE PROGRAMS OUT.
10:10:55AM BEING ABLE TO SPEND THE MONEY AND RECRUIT INVESTMENT INTO
10:10:58AM THE DISTRICTS.
10:10:59AM BEING ABLE TO BE TALK TO BUSINESS OWNERS THAT WANT TO TAKE
10:11:01AM ADVANTAGE OF SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS.
10:11:03AM AND SO HAVING $100 MILLION IN OUR CRA BUDGET, IN MY OPINION,
10:11:09AM IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
10:11:10AM WE NEED TO GET THE MONEY OUT AND DO THE WORK OF WHAT THE
10:11:14AM STATE STATUTE DICTATES THAT WE SHOULD DO.
10:11:17AM AND I HAVE GENERAL OBSERVATIONS TO SET US ON THIS NEW
10:11:20AM TRAJECTORY, IF YOU WILL.
10:11:21AM THIS IS NOT ME TRYING TO SLOW YOU DOWN.
10:11:26AM THIS IS NOT ME TRYING TO FORCE A WILL, IT IS JUST
10:11:32AM OBSERVATION OF WHY THINGS ARE NOT MOVING AND JUST HAVING A
10:11:34AM SERIOUS AND HARD CONVERSATION ABOUT THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION
10:11:39AM FROM THE CRA BOARD.
10:11:40AM IT HAS BEEN MENTIONED SEVERAL TIME HAVE A RETREAT OF SOME
10:11:44AM KIND WITH THIS BOARD.
10:11:45AM AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT OFTENTIMES, THE MOTION YOU MAKE AS
10:11:48AM A CRA BOARD ARE NOT NECESSARILY CONSISTENT WITH THE MOTIONS
10:11:52AM THAT ARE BEING MADE AT THE CAC LEVEL.
10:11:55AM THEY OFTEN ARE IN CONFLICT OR NOT AT THE SAME PACE THAT YOU
10:12:00AM WANT PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS MOVED OUT.
10:12:02AM WE WOULD BENEFIT FROM POLICY AND GOVERNANCE.
10:12:10AM REORGANIZING THE DEPARTMENT SO WE ARE USING PEOPLE IN THE
10:12:14AM RIGHT -- PUTTING PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT PLACES.
10:12:16AM INCREASING STAFF CAPACITY, RELOCATION OF ALL STAFF UNDER ONE
10:12:21AM ROOF IN SUPPORT.
10:12:21AM THE STAFF SUPPORT OF CRA MEETINGS.
10:12:25AM I WILL GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.
10:12:28AM I HOPE YOU WOULD CONSIDER THEM.
10:12:29AM AND IF YOU CAN, MAKE A MOTION TO GIVE US SOME DIRECTION ON
10:12:33AM HOW WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD.
10:12:34AM THE END OF THE DAY THE WAY WE ARE OPERATING RIGHT NOW IS NOT
10:12:37AM IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE AGENCY.
10:12:39AM SO RECOMMENDATION NUMBER 1 IS FOR THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION.
10:12:44AM I AM RECOMMENDING THAT IF YOU MUST -- IF YOU EXPECT COME UP
10:12:47AM WITH ANOTHER DAY, CANCEL ONE OF YOUR REGULAR CRA MEETINGS
10:12:51AM AND USE THAT MEETING FOR A DAY RETREAT THAT IS FACILITATED
10:12:55AM BY AN OUTSIDE FACILITATOR.
10:12:57AM I PUT TWO DATES FOR US TO DO THAT BOARD RETREAT.
10:13:00AM AT THAT RETREAT, I THINK WE CAN DISCUSS POLICY AND
10:13:05AM GOVERNANCE IN.
10:13:08AM I WILL GET TO THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
10:13:10AM WOULD YOU LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THIS ONE OR WANT ME TO GO
10:13:12AM THROUGH THE ENTIRE PRESENTATION?
10:13:15AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO THROUGH ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS FIRST
10:13:17AM BEFORE MAKING A DECISION.
10:13:18AM >>LYNN HURTAK: GO THROUGH ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE CAN
10:13:21AM GO BACK TO THE SLIDE RECOMMENDATION.
10:13:22AM THAT WAY WE KIND OF HAVE A MORE HOLISTIC IDEA.
10:13:26AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: PERFECT.
10:13:27AM THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT STRATEGIC DIRECTION
10:13:31AM RETREAT.
10:13:31AM AND THEN RECOMMENDATION NUMBER TWO FROM A CONSISTENT POLICY
10:13:36AM GOVERNANCE TO PUT A MORATORIUM ON CREATING ANY NEW PROGRAMS.
10:13:40AM WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW PROGRAMS IN EACH ONE OF THE CRA
10:13:46AM DISTRICT.
10:13:46AM WE NEED TO REALIGN THEM TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE CONSISTENT.
10:13:50AM SOME PROGRAMS CAN BE USED IN OTHER CRA DISTRICTS AND WE NEED
10:13:54AM THE TIME.
10:13:54AM PUT A MORATORIUM ON WHY YOU PROGRAMS UNTIL WE CAN ALIGN THE
10:13:59AM POLICIES.
10:13:59AM GRAND AND TO POLICY ALIGNMENT FOR THE AND GOVERNMENT
10:14:05AM AND BYLAWS FOR ALL DISTRICTS.
10:14:07AM I SHOWED YOU A SLIDE BEFORE WITH THE TABLE, YOU SEE THAT THE
10:14:10AM EAST TAMPA PARTNERSHIP IS A MEETING THAT OUR STAFF ALSO
10:14:16AM SERVICES THAT MEETING IN ADDITION TO SUBCOMMITTEES.
10:14:21AM YBOR AND EAST TAMPA ARE ELECTED POSITIONS OPPOSED TO THE
10:14:26AM OTHERS.
10:14:26AM NOT CONSISTENCY IN THE LENGTH OF TIME THE CLEAR PERSON OF
10:14:32AM THE CAC IS ON THE BOARD WHICH WITH THAT LACK OF CONTINUITY
10:14:36AM OR -- IT BREAKS MOMENTUM.
10:14:38AM SO MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE HAVE CONSISTENT BYLAWS AND
10:14:46AM GOVERNANCE FOR ALL DISTRICTS.
10:14:48AM THE THIRD IS REORGANIZING THE DEPARTMENT AS A WHOLE, LOOKING
10:14:51AM AT -- INSTEAD OF HAVING THEM GEOGRAPHICALLY SEGMENTED OUT
10:14:57AM ONE FOR YBOR.
10:14:57AM ONE FOR CHANNELSIDE.
10:14:59AM WE SEPARATE -- WE NOT SEPARATE, BUT DIFFERENT AREAS THAT ARE
10:15:03AM DEDICATED TO POLICY AND PLANNING, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
10:15:07AM FISCAL OPERATIONS AND ASSET MANAGEMENT.
10:15:09AM ALSO PROGRAM -- EXCUSE ME NOT PROGRAM, PROJECT MANAGEMENT
10:15:13AM AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
10:15:14AM SO THESE ARE THE GENERAL CATEGORIES THAT THE CRA -- AND TRUE
10:15:19AM IN ALL OF THE DISTRICTS.
10:15:21AM YOU JUST HAVE ONE OR TWO PEOPLE WORKING ON THEM.
10:15:24AM AND THEY HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF EXPERTISE.
10:15:27AM IF WE BREAK IT DOWN THIS WAY, THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT
10:15:33AM EXPERTISE IN THE RIGHT AREA TO HELP MOVE THE PROGRAMS ALONG.
10:15:36AM THAT IS THAT BREAKDOWN I AM SHOWING YOU FOR THE
10:15:39AM REORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT.
10:15:40AM HAVING POLICY AND PLANNING.
10:15:43AM TWO FULL-TIME POSITIONS.
10:15:44AM PROJECT MANAGEMENT, THREE POSITIONS.
10:15:46AM COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, FOUR.
10:15:49AM FISCAL OPERATIONS AND ASSET MANAGEMENT.
10:15:51AM LET ME JUST STOP A SECOND FOR AS SET MANAGEMENT.
10:15:55AM ONE THING WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR FROM THIS BOARD IS OUR
10:15:57AM NEED TO PURSUE STRATEGIC ACQUISITIONS OF PROPERTY ALONG --
10:16:03AM ALONG CERTAIN CORRIDORS OR EVEN FOR RESIDENTIAL.
10:16:07AM SO THIS IS REALLY BUILDING US UP TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THE
10:16:11AM ASSETS AS WE ACQUIRE THEM.
10:16:13AM AND THEN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
10:16:15AM ONE OF OUR GREATEST NEEDS IN OUR DISTRICT AND TRUE TO YOUR
10:16:21AM BOLDNESS, IF YOU WILL, AS A CRA BOARD, MAKING THAT DECISION
10:16:26AM TO ALLOCATE 30% OF HOUSING FUNDS -- FUNDS FOR HOUSING
10:16:30AM AFFORDABILITY.
10:16:31AM BEING ABLE TO STAFF UP IN THAT POSITION.
10:16:32AM MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO ADD EIGHT POSITIONS.
10:16:35AM NOT ALL AT THE SAME TIME, BECAUSE WE NEED TO GET THE RIGHT
10:16:38AM PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT ROLE.
10:16:39AM I ANTICIPATE THAT WE CAN ADD THREE IN FISCAL YEAR '23 WITH
10:16:46AM THE BUDGET YOU HAVE ALREADY APPROVED AND THEN FIVE GOING
10:16:48AM FORWARD IN FISCAL YEAR '24.
10:16:50AM SORRY.
10:16:54AM I HAD ANIMATION ON MY SLIDE.
10:16:59AM LET'S SEE.
10:17:00AM IN ADDITION TO THE REORGANIZATION, I -- WE ARE NOT
10:17:05AM RECOMMENDING TO HIRE THESE PEOPLE ALL AT ONCE.
10:17:08AM WE DO BELIEVE THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE CAPACITY ADDED.
10:17:11AM WE CAN ADD CAPACITY USING A CONSULTANT THAT CAN HELP US WITH
10:17:15AM PROJECT AND OPERATIONAL SERVICES.
10:17:16AM IF I CAN JUST PAUSE FOR A SECOND TO SAY THAT IF -- ONCE WE
10:17:21AM ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT CHANGE, YOU CAN'T DO IT ALL AT
10:17:23AM ONCE.
10:17:23AM YOU CAN'T JUST STOP SERVING THE CRA DISTRICT.
10:17:27AM WE HAVE TO CONTINUE SERVING THE DISTRICT.
10:17:29AM CONTINUE THE PROGRAMS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE AND CAN ADD THAT
10:17:32AM CAPACITY AND DO THIS BALANCING ACT WITH HIRING A CONSULTANT
10:17:36AM TO HELP US WITH DATA MANAGEMENT, PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND
10:17:39AM PRODUCT AND OPERATIONAL SERVICES.
10:17:41AM AS WE STAFF UP AND TRAIN AND GET THE RIGHT STAFF IN THE
10:17:44AM RIGHT PLACE.
10:17:46AM NOT A LONG-TERM ASK, BUT SOMETHING IN THAT TRANSITION
10:17:50AM PERIOD.
10:17:50AM THEN ULTIMATELY, THE CONSULTANT.
10:17:52AM WE CAN HAVE THEM HELP US WITH THE ULTIMATE RECRUITMENT OF
10:17:56AM YOUR CRA DIRECTOR.
10:17:58AM AND LASTLY, THE LAST RECOMMENDATION IS TO COLLOCATE THE CRA
10:18:04AM STAFF.
10:18:04AM TERMINATE EXISTING LEASE AGREEMENTS, OPERATIONAL PURCHASES
10:18:09AM -- MO MOVE FORWARD FOR OPERATIONAL PURCHASES FOR
10:18:11AM COLLOCATION.
10:18:12AM THAT MEANS CUBICLE FURNITURE.
10:18:14AM IF WE PUT THEM ALL -- WE MAY NEED TO PURCHASE CUBICLE
10:18:19AM FURNITURE.
10:18:19AM THAT KIND OF STUFF.
10:18:20AM COLLOCATE THE STAFFING TO ONE LOCATION, WE HAVE THE BENEFIT
10:18:23AM OF A CULTURE OF COLLABORATION, BEING ABLE TO -- LIKE YOU
10:18:28AM SAID, WATER COOLER TALK.
10:18:29AM WHAT PROBLEMS ARE YOU WORKING ON.
10:18:31AM HOW CAN I HELP STEP IN.
10:18:34AM RIGHT NOW WE CANNOT DO THAT HAVING STAFF AT THREE DIFFERENT
10:18:37AM LOCATIONS.
10:18:38AM THIS IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.
10:18:40AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I SAW ONE THAT HAD A LONGER ORGANIZATIONAL.
10:18:47AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THERE YOU GO.
10:18:48AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT ONE.
10:18:49AM WE MISSED THAT ONE.
10:18:51AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THIS IS THE ONE WHERE WE ARE SHOWING YOU
10:18:55AM THE SAME OFFICE SUPPORT STAFF THAT PETITION WITH WE HAVE A
10:18:59AM POSITION FOR MARKETING.
10:19:01AM BUT BREAKING DOWN -- INSTEAD OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL, BUT
10:19:06AM BREAKING DOWN BY POLICY, PROJECT MANAGEMENT.
10:19:10AM COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
10:19:11AM COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PIECE IS WHAT YOU HAVE NOW WITH
10:19:16AM YOUR CRA MANAGERS, LIAISONS TO THE CAC, HEARING WITH THE
10:19:21AM COMMUNITY AND WORKING WITH OUR CACS.
10:19:24AM FISCAL AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT WHAT I MENTIONED WITH
10:19:27AM STAFFING UP TO BE ABLE TO STRATEGICALLY -- DO STRATEGIC
10:19:32AM ACQUISITIONS AND THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT TEAM.
10:19:34AM THIS IS THE ONE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, COUNCILMAN GUDES?
10:19:38AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
10:19:39AM >>LYNN HURTAK: IF WE CAN GO BACK TO RECOMMENDATION NUMBER
10:19:42AM ONE AND START THERE, IF THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE.
10:19:44AM A LITTLE MORE ORGANIZED.
10:19:47AM OKAY, SO --
10:19:48AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: ANY FEEDBACK OR ANY COMMENTS.
10:19:51AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I BELIEVE I SAW BOARD MEMBER CARLSON'S HAND.
10:19:55AM >>BILL CARLSON: JUST TALKING ABOUT EACH ONE AT A TIME.
10:19:57AM I MADE A MOTION FOR THIS ALMOST FOUR YEARS AGO AND I THINK
10:20:00AM IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED AND I THINK WE BROUGHT IT UP
10:20:03AM AGAIN A YEAR LATER.
10:20:05AM I THINK WE NEED TO DO THIS.
10:20:07AM GOOD IDEA TO HOLD IT AFTER THE NEW BOARD IS SEATED JUST IN
10:20:12AM CASE ANYTHING CHANGES.
10:20:13AM BUT I THINK IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO DO THIS.
10:20:15AM WE HAVE GOT TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE.
10:20:17AM AN EXAMPLE IS THAT MOST OF THE CACS DID NOT COME BACK ASKING
10:20:22AM US ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUT WE KNOW LOOKING CITYWIDE IT
10:20:26AM IS A HUGE PROCESS AND WE NEED TO PUT MONEY AND WE ALL AGREED
10:20:30AM TO DO THAT.
10:20:30AM WE NEED TO THINK STRATEGICALLY AND PROVIDE PARAMETERS WITHIN
10:20:36AM WHAT THE LAW ALLOWS.
10:20:37AM I THINK SOMETIMES IN THE PAST, THEY MAY HAVE STRETCHED IT A
10:20:41AM LITTLE BIT.
10:20:41AM AND WE STAY WITHIN SOLVING SLUM AND BLIGHT, HOUSING,
10:20:46AM AFFORDABILITY, AND DISEASE.
10:20:48AM I THINK WE CAN COME UP WITH SOME VERY FOCUSED PROGRAMS THAT
10:20:51AM WILL HELP SOLVE PROBLEMS.
10:20:53AM THANK YOU.
10:20:53AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
10:20:55AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK IT IS A GREAT IDEA BECAUSE I KNOW
10:20:58AM WHEN I WENT TO THE ASHEVILLE CRA CONFERENCE, ONE OF THE
10:21:04AM THINGS THAT YOU DON'T KNOW -- IT IS CRITICAL THAT BOARD
10:21:07AM MEMBERS -- THAT BOARD MEMBERS GO TO THAT CONFERENCE SO YOU
10:21:11AM UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PARAMETERS OF CRA ARE ABOUT.
10:21:15AM I THINK THAT IS REALLY NECESSARY.
10:21:18AM >>LYNN HURTAK: MY -- MY RECOMMENDATION LOOKING AT THE
10:21:25AM CALENDAR WOULD BE FOR JUNE 8.
10:21:27AM BECAUSE MAY 16, WE ALREADY HAVE SOME ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
10:21:31AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THE MAY 11.
10:21:34AM >>LYNN HURTAK: MAY 11.
10:21:35AM WE ALREADY HAVE ITEMS ON THAT AGENDA.
10:21:37AM LOOKS LIKE NOW THAT JUNE 8 WAS WIDE OPEN.
10:21:41AM NICK IT WAS JUST RECOMMENDATIONS.
10:21:44AM EITHER WAY, IT DOESN'T --
10:21:46AM >>LYNN HURTAK: ANYONE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION.
10:21:48AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I MAKE A MOTION OF ACCEPTING
10:21:50AM RECOMMENDATION 1 FOR JUNE 8 SINCE IT WAS OPEN AND THE NEW
10:21:55AM COUNCIL WILL BE SEATED.
10:21:56AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
10:21:57AM >>LYNN HURTAK: A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
10:22:00AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
10:22:03AM ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
10:22:05AM ALL IN FAVOR.
10:22:05AM OPPOSED?
10:22:06AM OKAY.
10:22:07AM MOTION PASSED.
10:22:08AM >>Nick: JUST TO BE CLEAR.
10:22:09AM YOU ARE OKAY TO HAVE AN OUTSIDE FACILITATOR TO HELP US BRING
10:22:14AM THIS UP.
10:22:14AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
10:22:15AM BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:22:16AM >>BILL CARLSON: JUST EXPERIENCE ON THE CHARTER REVIEW
10:22:19AM COMMISSION AND THEN WITH CITY COUNCIL, WE NEED TO GET A
10:22:25AM FACILITATOR WHO CAN TAKE CONTROL AND MANAGE AND WE NEED THE
10:22:30AM RULES SET IN ADVANCE.
10:22:32AM AND IF IT IS A CONTENT EXPERT, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
10:22:36AM THEY FACILITATE AND MAYBE LAYER IN OBJECTIVE CONTENT, NOT
10:22:41AM TRY TO STEER IT IN ANY WAY.
10:22:43AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: ABSOLUTELY.
10:22:45AM >>BILL CARLSON: WE HAVE SEEN THAT KIND OF THING IN THE PAST.
10:22:47AM THANK YOU.
10:22:48AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: GOT IT.
10:22:51AM THANK YOU.
10:22:52AM RECOMMENDATION NUMBER TWO IS TO REALLY GET US IN LINE WITH
10:23:00AM THE POLICY ON GOVERNANCE.
10:23:05AM WOULD LIKE A MORATORIUM OF CREATING NEW PROGRAMS.
10:23:07AM WE HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF PROGRAMS IN PLACE NOW NOT BEING
10:23:11AM UTILIZED THE WAY -- OR MARKETED IN AN EFFORT -- IN A
10:23:16AM COLLECTIVE EFFORT.
10:23:17AM SO WE CAN IF PAUSE OF CREATING ANY NEW PROGRAMS RIGHT NOW
10:23:21AM UNTIL AFTER WE HAVE OUR RETREAT, REALIGN OUR POLICIES I
10:23:30AM WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
10:23:31AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
10:23:32AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT IS A GOOD IDEA AND WE HAVE A LOT ON
10:23:36AM OUR PLATE AND THE CRA IS DOING A LOT.
10:23:39AM WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE OBSTACLES WE ARE TRYING TO OVERCOME
10:23:42AM INSTEAD OF PILING ON BECAUSE WE WILL LOSE OUR FOCUS AND
10:23:46AM SPREAD OURSELVES THINNER.
10:23:47AM UNSPENT DOLLARS FOR HOUSING THAT IS A FOCUS ON THAT AND
10:23:52AM OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE ALREADY WORKING ON.
10:23:54AM CATCH UP AND THEN AFTER THAT RETREAT WHEN WE CAN HAVE THIS
10:23:58AM DISCUSSION WITH THE FACILITATOR, WE CAN REVISIT NEW THINGS
10:24:05AM AND SEE WHERE WE ARE AT.
10:24:06AM I THINK THAT IS A GOOD IDEA.
10:24:09AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:24:11AM >>BILL CARLSON: I AGREE WITH THAT TOO.
10:24:14AM FOR THE RETREAT, CONTENT EXPERT FOR A HOUR.
10:24:18AM MORRIS WILL BE A CONTENT EXPERT ON THE LAW IF HE IS WILLING
10:24:23AM TO DO IT.
10:24:24AM CONTENT EXPERT ON PROGRAMMING FROM FPR AND WHATEVER IT IS
10:24:31AM CALLED TO TALK OF INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS.
10:24:33AM I THINK -- THERE ARE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE MIGHT I THINK WE
10:24:37AM SHOULD RELOOK AT ALL THE EXISTING PROGRAMS.
10:24:39AM I MADE A MOTION A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO TO LIMIT FACADE GRANT
10:24:43AM TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND THAT FAILED.
10:24:45AM WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT AGAIN BECAUSE WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT
10:24:47AM WHERE IS THE BEST USE OF MONEY.
10:24:49AM MOST IMPORTANTLY, I THINK WE NEED TO TIE THE PROGRAMS TO
10:24:55AM OUTCOMES INSTEAD OF OUTPUT.
10:24:56AM SO AN OUTPUT IS THAT THE FACADE HAS CHANGED.
10:25:02AM THE OUTCOME THAT THE MEDIUM HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN THAT
10:25:06AM NEIGHBORHOOD WENT, YOU, RIGHT.
10:25:07AM SO NOT THAT WE HAVE DIRECT INFLUENCE OVER THAT.
10:25:10AM BUT WE NEED TO BE TRACKING THAT.
10:25:11AM USF OFFERED THREE YEARS AGO AND NOBODY ON THE ADMINISTRATION
10:25:18AM TOOK US UP.
10:25:18AM BUT USF OFFERED FOR FREE TO GIVE THEIR DATA AND ANALYTICS
10:25:25AM PEOPLE TO HELP US MOVE THE NEEDLE ON THE NUMBERS.
10:25:28AM I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY KNOWS, BUT THE LATEST DATA SHOWS
10:25:32AM THAT -- ONE DATA POINT.
10:25:35AM IN 2019, THE DISPARITY IN ST. PETE BETWEEN BLACKS AND WHITES
10:25:41AM WAS 15,000.
10:25:42AM IN TAMPA, 21,000.
10:25:44AM NOW IT IS 35,000.
10:25:45AM SO THE NUMBERS HAVE GOTTEN WORSE WHILE DURING THE TIME 100
10:25:51AM MILLION IN THE BANK, THE PROBLEM, DISPARITY NUMBER IS GOTTEN
10:25:58AM WORSE.
10:25:59AM AND WE GOT TO QUICKLY CHANGE THESE.
10:26:01AM BUT WE CAN'T BE -- IT IS LIKE A COMPANY THAT SAYS, OH, LET'S
10:26:05AM LAUNCH A NEW PRODUCT.
10:26:06AM IF YOU DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO PROFIT OR SHAREHOLDER VALUE,
10:26:09AM THEN IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER THE -- WHETHER YOU THINK THE
10:26:13AM PRODUCT WAS SUCCESSFUL OR NOT.
10:26:16AM WE NEED TO STAY FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY OUTCOMES TO MOVE THE
10:26:20AM NEEDLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES TO MAKE THEM MORE SUCCESSFUL.
10:26:23AM CAN'T BE AD VALOREM TAXES.
10:26:26AM WE HOOK AT IT ECONOMICALLY, NOT JUST WITH REAL ESTATE.
10:26:30AM THANK YOU.
10:26:31AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WILL ALSO MENTION THAT WHEN -- WHEN WE
10:26:35AM SHARE THIS WITH THE PUBLIC, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
10:26:37AM WE SHARE THIS WITH CAC MEMBERS, WHAT KIND OF TIMELINE ARE WE
10:26:44AM CONSIDERING.
10:26:44AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: MORATORIUM, YOU MEAN?
10:26:51AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FRUSTRATED WE
10:26:54AM AREN'T GOING AS FAST.
10:26:55AM WHEEL THIS WILL HELP WITH THE RESTRUCTURING TO SPEED THINGS
10:26:58AM UP, IT IS NOT -- FOR A TIME, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO JUST
10:27:02AM HIT A LITTLE BIT OF A PAUSE ON CREATION.
10:27:04AM BUT THAT -- SO IT WILL BE GREAT IF WE CAN GIVE SOME TPD OF
10:27:08AM EXPECTATION -- AGAIN, IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE, YOU KNOW,
10:27:12AM HARD AND FAST, BUT WE EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE NEW PROGRAMS
10:27:17AM UP IN AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER.
10:27:22AM AND TO PROVIDE.
10:27:25AM THIS DOESN'T MEAN WE ARE STOPPING CREATING NEW PROGRAMS AND
10:27:27AM I THINK THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO HEAR THAT.
10:27:30AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: I WOULD RECOMMEND MAYBE PAUSING ANY NEW
10:27:34AM PROGRAMS AT LEAST UNTIL SEPTEMBER BECAUSE YOU HAVE A RETREAT
10:27:37AM IN JUNE.
10:27:37AM IN THE MEANTIME, WE ARE GOING TO TOO TOY ALIGN THESE -- THE
10:27:42AM POLICIES AND THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE NOW.
10:27:44AM AND LET ME JUST MAKE SURE THAT I AM CLEAR.
10:27:47AM THIS IS JUST A MORATORIUM ON CREATING ANY NEW PROGRAMS.
10:27:50AM EXISTING PROGRAMS WE WILL SERVICE THEM.
10:27:53AM IF WE HAVE AN APPLICANT, WE WILL TECH THEM IN AND MOVE THOSE
10:27:57AM PROGRAMS IT SHALL THOSE GRANT APPLICATIONS ALONG.
10:28:00AM SO I WOULD RECOMMEND RIGHT NOW FOR SEPTEMBER OR JULY -- I
10:28:05AM MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATION FOR YOU, BUT AT LEAST
10:28:09AM RIGHT NOW, PAUSE FOR CREATING ANY NEW PROGRAMS UNTIL
10:28:12AM SEPTEMBER SO WE CAN GET WITH THE POLICY ALIGNMENT WITH THE
10:28:15AM EXISTING PROGRAMS.
10:28:17AM HAVE THE RETREAT IN JUNE.
10:28:18AM AND SEE IF THERE IS ANY ADDITIONAL DIRECTION YOU HAVE AGAIN
10:28:22AM US BASED ON THE GRANT AND PROGRAM POLICY ALIGNMENTS.
10:28:26AM >>LYNN HURTAK: WHAT ABOUT JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT
10:28:28AM FISCAL YEAR?
10:28:30AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THAT WOULD BE A GOOD START.
10:28:32AM OCTOBER 1.
10:28:33AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM SEPTEMBER.
10:28:36AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
10:28:39AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THINGS SITTING
10:28:42AM ON THE SHELF IS ALIGNING WITH THE NEEDS AND MAKE SURE WE
10:28:45AM IMPLEMENT IT.
10:28:46AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: SURE.
10:28:49AM ONE OF THE THINGS -- WE ARE TALKING OF GRANT AND PROGRAM
10:28:52AM POLICY ALIGNMENT.
10:28:53AM OTHER THING WE WILL TO DO COUNCILMAN CARLSON'S POINT IS WHAT
10:28:56AM ARE THE OUTCOMES IN THE -- WHAT ARE THE OUTCOME AND NOT
10:29:06AM NECESSARILY THE OUTFITS.
10:29:08AM IS IT DOING THE WORK WE WANT IT TO DO.
10:29:10AM I BELIEVE IF WE DO THE POLICY ASSESSMENT ALIGNMENT WITH THE
10:29:14AM GRANT PROGRAMS, WE WILL COME WITH YOU WITH RECOMMENDATIONS
10:29:17AM TO SUNSET SOME PROGRAMS OR MAKE MODIFICATION FOR PROGRAMS
10:29:22AM THAT ARE NOT LET CAN THE TARGET AND FACADE IMPROVEMENT
10:29:25AM GRANT.
10:29:26AM DOING WHAT WE INTEND FOR IT TO DO.
10:29:28AM HAVE THINGS CHANGE THE.
10:29:30AM OFTENTIMES A PROGRAM IS IN PLACE FOR SOME TIMES AND NOT
10:29:33AM NECESSARILY IN PLACE THE SAME WAY AND YOU MAY WANT TO CHANGE
10:29:36AM IT.
10:29:36AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I AGREED WITH THE FACADE.
10:29:40AM LOOKING AT SOME AREAS, PEOPLE COULD HAVE A CAPITAL THAT WILL
10:29:43AM DO CERTAIN THINGS.
10:29:44AM OTHER PEOPLE DON'T AND THE KIDS, TO GIVE THEM CAPITAL TO BE
10:29:48AM ABLE TO DO THE PROGRAM -- TO DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH
10:29:51AM THE COMMUNITY OR THE BUSINESSES AND WHATEVER.
10:29:53AM THAT IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT.
10:29:55AM I DON'T HAVE THOSE MATCHING DOLLARS TO GET THERE, BUT YOU
10:29:59AM KNOW I HAVE A NEED.
10:30:00AM HOW WE BALANCE THIS NEED TO HELP THIS PERSON.
10:30:02AM TO WE NEED TO CHANGE SOME CRITERIA?
10:30:05AM WHAT DO WE TO DO HELP THEM WITH THE NEED.
10:30:07AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: IF I MAY --
10:30:09AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WAS GOING TO AGREE AND SAY BY DOING THIS
10:30:14AM AND REALIGNING MAKING SURE OUR PROGRAMS MATCH THROUGHOUT,
10:30:17AM THAT IT IS JUST EASIER TO DISCUSS, TO IMPLEMENT.
10:30:23AM SO I -- I 100% AGREE.
10:30:26AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: I HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK ON
10:30:28AM MORATORIUM ON CREATING NEW PROGRAMS UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF
10:30:32AM THE NEW FISCAL YEAR.
10:30:33AM GRANT PROGRAM POLICY ALIGNMENT SEEMS LIKE CONSENSUS ON THAT.
10:30:37AM IF YOU GIVE ME TWO MINUTES ON GIVING ME SOME DISCUSSION ON
10:30:40AM THE CAC GOVERNANCE AND BYLAWS.
10:30:45AM WE BROUGHT TO YOU SEVERAL TIMES.
10:30:48AM UP DON'T EXPECT A DECISION, BUT GIVE US GUIDANCE AND IN THE
10:30:53AM RETREAT.
10:30:53AM THIS CAME UP NUMEROUS TIMES.
10:30:56AM YOUR PREVIOUS DIRECTOR BROUGHT RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU.
10:30:59AM MORRIS HAS.
10:31:01AM I NEED FOR YOU GIVE ME MORE DIRECTION.
10:31:04AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
10:31:07AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: GOVERNS AND POLICIES FOR THE CRA, THE CRAS
10:31:14AM THIS HAVE THE SAME SO THEY RUN AND DON'T HAVE AN UNBALANCED
10:31:19AM SCALE.
10:31:19AM YBOR AND WEST TAMPA THE DALE IS UNBALANCED.
10:31:24AM SOMETIMES AN EVENING MEETING WITH THE PARTNERSHIP.
10:31:27AM THE PARTNERSHIP NEEDS TO DO THIS AND IT IS CONFUSING AND
10:31:30AM PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND AND THAT IS WHY A LOT OF STUFF, YOU
10:31:34AM CAN'T GET DONE.
10:31:35AM THE IN FIGHTING.
10:31:37AM THERE NEEDS TO BE A BLANKET.
10:31:39AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: YOU ARE SUGGESTING THAT THE SAME GOVERNANCE
10:31:44AM THAT -- THE SAME GOVERNANCE THAT DICTATES.
10:31:47AM THE OTHER TWO CACS BE CONSISTENT FOR EAST TAMPA AND YBOR.
10:31:53AM THE TWO OUTLIERS. N
10:31:55AM IS THERE CONSENSUS ON THAT?
10:31:58AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
10:31:59AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: WE WILL SHAPE STUFF AND BRING IT TO YOU A
10:32:04AM ALONG THE WAY.
10:32:04AM I AM NOT ASKING FOR A DECISION HARD AND FAST.
10:32:09AM WE MAY BRING -- ONCE WE START WORK ON IT WE BRING IT AS ONE
10:32:13AM OF THE TOPICS YOU TALKED ABOUT COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
10:32:17AM THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT IN THE RETREAT.
10:32:20AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT WITH THIS
10:32:24AM GOES TO COMMUNICATION.
10:32:25AM AND I KNOW WE SAW ON THE FLOW CHART A FOCUS ON
10:32:30AM COMMUNICATION.
10:32:30AM AND I THINK THAT IS AN AREA WHERE WE ARE HEARING FROM A LOT
10:32:34AM OF COMMUNITY THAT THEY DON'T KNOW THOSE THINGS ARE GOING ON.
10:32:38AM IF WE HAVE SOME CONSISTENT GOVERNANCE AND BYLAWS SO THAT WE
10:32:43AM CAN SHARE THINGS, JUST ACROSS THE CRA FROM -- FROM OUR
10:32:50AM SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS.
10:32:50AM FROM POSTING.
10:32:51AM I THINK THAT WILL SAVE A LOT OF TIME AND MAKE IT MORE
10:32:58AM CONSISTENT.
10:32:59AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: YES.
10:32:59AM YOU WILL HEAR YOU A LITTLE BIT LATER.
10:33:02AM ONE THING FROM HER PRESENTATION.
10:33:06AM ONE OF THE THINGS I HEARD YOU LOUD AND CLEAR THAT PEOPLE
10:33:09AM NEED TO KNOW THAT THEIR CRA DOLLARS ARE AT WORK.
10:33:13AM THE CRA NEEDS TO BE MARKETED AS PARTNER WHETHER A CRA-LED OR
10:33:23AM SUPPLEMENTING FUNDS, WE NEED TO KNOW THAT THE CRA IS
10:33:26AM PARTICIPATING IN THAT.
10:33:27AM SOME OF THE PRESENTATION THIS AFTERNOON IS TO GET THAT
10:33:29AM CONSISTENT MESSAGE AND JUST A LOGO AND START TO BUILD OUR
10:33:34AM MARKETING STRATEGY AROUND THAT.
10:33:35AM BUT -- AND HOW WE SUPPORT THE DISTRICT AS WELL.
10:33:38AM SO -- IF I CAN GET A MOTION.
10:33:41AM >>LYNN HURTAK: WOULD YOU LIKE A MOTION?
10:33:43AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: YES, I WOULD LIKE A MOTION ON EVERYTHING.
10:33:45AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY.
10:33:47AM TO THAT POINT, COUNCILMAN GUDES HAS TALKED ABOUT THIS.
10:33:51AM I TALKED ABOUT THIS.
10:33:52AM IF PEOPLE DON'T VISUALLY SEE WHERE THEIR DOLLARS ARE GOING
10:33:56AM TO, THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT.
10:33:58AM MISS TRAVIS, A BEG SIGN IN FRONT OF EVERY PROJECT THAT CRA
10:34:05AM DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT ON.
10:34:07AM THIS IS YOUR CRA DOLLARS AT WORK.
10:34:13AM IF THEY DON'T SEE IT, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO KNOW ABOUT IT.
10:34:17AM THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
10:34:18AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:34:20AM >>BILL CARLSON: I JUST -- I WANT TO SAY -- NOT A COMMENT
10:34:23AM ABOUT YOU, I OBJECT TO ANYONE SAYING THAT CRA BOARD HAS NOT
10:34:29AM MADE DECISIONS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
10:34:31AM WE MADE DECISIONS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN ANY
10:34:34AM DECISIONS.
10:34:35AM IF A STAFF MEMBER NEEDS US TO MAKE A DECISION, WE MAKE IT
10:34:39AM WITH A QUICK VOTE.
10:34:40AM AND WE HAVE TAKEN THE INITIATIVE WITH MANY THINGS THAT
10:34:43AM DIDN'T GET DONE.
10:34:44AM AND IF STAFF WANTED US TO MAKE A DECISION ON SOMETHING, THEY
10:34:49AM COULD HAVE ASKED US TO MAKE A VOTE JUST LIKE YOU ARE RIGHT
10:34:52AM NOW.
10:34:52AM I DON'T -- THERE HAS BEEN NO LACK OF DECISIVENESS ON THIS
10:34:57AM BOARD.
10:34:57AM WE MOVED VERY QUICKLY AND DID REMARKABLE AND AMAZING THINGS
10:35:01AM IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
10:35:02AM THANK YOU.
10:35:02AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
10:35:04AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
10:35:06AM I ALSO BELIEVE IN ANOTHER THING.
10:35:07AM A PICTURE IS MORE THAN 1,000 WORDS.
10:35:09AM YOU TAKE THE PICTURE BEFORE AND AFTER.
10:35:12AM NOT ONLY ONE, BUT MANY AND PUT A COLLAGE OUT AND TAKE IT AND
10:35:19AM SHOW IT TO A PUBLIC WHEN YOU HAVE A MEETING BECAUSE IT
10:35:21AM ENERGIZES SOMEBODY ELSE.
10:35:23AM IT REALLY DOES.
10:35:24AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: GLAD YOU SAID THAT.
10:35:26AM WHEN WE REACH OUT TO YOU TO TAKE THE PICTURE, MAKE SURE YOU
10:35:30AM RETURN MY CALL.
10:35:31AM I AM ONLY KIDDING.
10:35:32AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
10:35:34AM >>LYNN HURTAK: WE NEED A MOTION FOR WHAT SPECIFICALLY.
10:35:37AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: ASKING FOR A MOTION TO DO A MORATORIUM ON
10:35:39AM CREATING NEW UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2024.
10:35:44AM OCTOBER 1, 2023.
10:35:46AM GRANT --
10:35:46AM >>LYNN HURTAK: A MOTION A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER CITRO AND
10:35:52AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
10:35:53AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:35:55AM ANY OPPOSED?
10:35:55AM OKAY.
10:35:56AM MOTION PASSES.
10:35:56AM ANYTHING ELSE?
10:36:00AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: I DON'T REALLY -- I AM TRYING TO THINK -- I
10:36:03AM DON'T REALLY THINK I NEED A MOTION FOR THE GRANT PROGRAM AND
10:36:06AM POLICY ALIGNMENT.
10:36:07AM ANY DECISIONS -- DO I NEED A MOTION?
10:36:12AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: I DON'T THINK WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE A
10:36:14AM SPECIFIC MOTION NEEDS TO BE MADE.
10:36:16AM I THINK THE MORATORIUM WILL ALLOW US TIME TO COME FORWARD
10:36:20AM WITH A -- WITH SOME POLICIES AND PROCEDURES RELATIVE TO
10:36:23AM ALIGN THE -- THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CRA AND THE GRANT
10:36:28AM PROGRAMS WE HAVE IN PLACE.
10:36:29AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: JUST THAT MOTION IS GOOD.
10:36:33AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: THE MOTION FOR THE RECOMMENDATION.
10:36:36AM >>LYNN HURTAK: ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE A MOTION.
10:36:41AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: MAKE A MOTION.
10:36:42AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: SECOND.
10:36:43AM >>LYNN HURTAK: A MOTION FROM BOARD MEMBER GUDES TO ACCEPT
10:36:46AM AND A SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER CITRO.
10:36:48AM ALL IN FAVOR, OPPOSED?
10:36:51AM OKAY, MOTION PASSES.
10:36:52AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THANK YOU, THE NEXT SLIDE I HAVE IS
10:36:54AM RECOMMENDATION NUMBER 3.
10:36:55AM THIS IS -- THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION ON GENERALLY HOW TO
10:36:58AM STRUCTURE THE DEPARTMENT.
10:37:00AM I AM OPEN TO FEEDBACK IF YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK ON HOW TO
10:37:04AM RESTRUCTURE.
10:37:05AM INSTEAD OF DOING GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION SPECIFIC AREAS, WE DO
10:37:11AM IT MORE ALONG THE LINES WITH WHAT WE NEED TO HAPPEN AS A
10:37:15AM FUNCTION IN THE DEPARTMENT.
10:37:16AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:37:18AM >>BILL CARLSON: I THINK THAT IS A GOOD IDEA BUT JUST LIKE
10:37:21AM ANY ORGANIZATION LIKE THIS, WE NEED ACCOUNT MANAGERS,
10:37:24AM ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES.
10:37:25AM I THINK THAT IS IT WHAT YOUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PEOPLE ARE
10:37:28AM AND MAYBE WE SHOULD GET A BETTER TITLE FOR IT.
10:37:31AM COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS A GOOD THING BUT MAYBE A TITLE THAT
10:37:36AM CARRIES A LITTLE MORE WEIGHT.
10:37:38AM I WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS ASSIGNED TO EACH OF THEM
10:37:45AM SO THEY KNOW HOW TO CONTACT.
10:37:51AM >> ABSOLUTELY.
10:37:52AM A LOT OF CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SEVERAL OF THE DISTRICTS AND
10:38:01AM YBOR AND EAST TAMPA ARE FAR AWAY.
10:38:03AM AND THERE HAS BEEN SOME CRITICISM THE LAST FEW YEARS OF THE
10:38:10AM OVERHEAD IN YBOR.
10:38:17AM MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO RENT A SMALLER SPACE FOR THE
10:38:22AM COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PERSON TO BE A PHYSICAL PRESENCE AT
10:38:24AM LEAST IN YBOR.
10:38:25AM I DON'T KNOW HOW EVERYBODY FEELS ABOUT EAST TAMPA, BUT MAYBE
10:38:28AM THAT PERSON CAN BE THERE PART-TIME TO HAVE OFFICE HOURS FOR
10:38:34AM PEOPLE THERE.
10:38:34AM I PREVIOUSLY SPOKEN TO A CHAMBER AND THEY ARE PRETTY
10:38:38AM SQUEEZED BUT MAYBE LEASE A TABLE FROM THEM OR SOMETHING.
10:38:41AM THERE IS ALWAYS CO-WORK SPACE LIKE INDUSTRIAL AND OTHERS
10:38:48AM THERE.
10:38:48AM IF WE RENT A HUGE SPACE BUT A SMALL SPACE WITH OFFICE HOURS,
10:38:53AM I THINK THAT WILL MEAN A LOT FOR THE COMMUNITIES.
10:38:56AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: UNDER RECOMMENDATION NUMBER 4, WE TALK OF
10:38:59AM THE COLLOCATION.
10:39:00AM BEFORE I MAKE ANY DECISIONS ON THAT.
10:39:02AM I WOULD LIKE TO BRING YOU OPTIONS TO THAT.
10:39:05AM AND QUICK CERTAINLY TALK ABOUT OFFICE HOURS AND LOCATION.
10:39:11AM BEFORE I DO ANYTHING.
10:39:12AM I WANT TO BRING IT BACK TO YOU ABOUT SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.
10:39:14AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
10:39:19AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: LOOK AT 3-A WITH YOUR ORG CHART, CORRECT?
10:39:25AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THAT'S CORRECT.
10:39:26AM >>LYNN HURTAK: CAN YOU MOVE TO THAT ONE.
10:39:29AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: SURE.
10:39:30AM IF I CAN MAKE ONE COMMENT.
10:39:31AM THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS A WORKING TITLE FOR THE
10:39:35AM DESCRIPTION.
10:39:35AM PRESIDENT TITLES OF THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS.
10:39:39AM I AM NOT PROPOSING CHANGES TO THAT RIGHT NOW.
10:39:41AM TO YOUR POINT, THEY WILL KNOW WHO TO CONTACT THIS IN
10:39:44AM DISTRICT.
10:39:45AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 3, 3-A AND 3-B,
10:39:52AM CORRECT?
10:39:55AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THAT'S CORRECT, SIR.
10:39:57AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: 3-B.
10:39:58AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: CLICK TO 3-B.
10:40:01AM SORRY.
10:40:01AM I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT IS STILL IN THERE.
10:40:03AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: BACK TO 3-A.
10:40:05AM BACK TO 3-A?
10:40:12AM 3 AND 3-A IS DEALING A ALIGNMENT.
10:40:15AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THREE IS THE REALIGNMENT.
10:40:20AM AND 3-A ASKING FOR EIGHT POSITIONS.
10:40:23AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: FOR ME I DON'T NEED TO SEE A RECOMMENDATION
10:40:26AM -- IF THAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION FROM 3 TO 3-A.
10:40:29AM I MOVE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR 3 AND 3-A, THE ORG CHART FOR
10:40:34AM IT.
10:40:36AM >> I WILL SECOND BUT ADD -- --
10:40:40AM >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD SECOND THAT, BUT A FRIENDLY
10:40:42AM AMENDMENT TO ADD LOOKING INTO HAVING DEDICATED
10:40:47AM REPRESENTATIVES WITH OFFICE TIME IN YBOR, EAST TAMPA.
10:40:51AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT IS YOUR 4.
10:40:54AM >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH, BUT A DIFFERENCE.
10:40:56AM IF THEY ARE ALL COLLOCATED IN DOWNTOWN, FOR EXAMPLE OR
10:40:59AM HANNA.
10:41:00AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT IS WHAT 4 IS.
10:41:02AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: 4 IS THE COLLOCATION.
10:41:05AM THIS IS THE ORGANIZATION.
10:41:06AM THIS IS HOW TO DIVIDE THE STAFF ING.
10:41:12AM >>BILL CARLSON: I SECOND.
10:41:13AM >>LYNN HURTAK: ANYBODY ELSE?
10:41:14AM I WANT TO SAY THIS IS AN EXCELLENT WAY.
10:41:16AM WE HAVE A LOT OF REALLY GREAT STAFF RIGHT NOW THAT HAVE
10:41:23AM EXPERTISE AND WE ARE SILOED THEM AND THEY ARE NOT SHARING
10:41:27AM THE EXPERTISE WITH ALL THE CRAs.
10:41:30AM THIS IS A WONDERFUL WAY.
10:41:31AM AGAIN, IT WILL TAKE A LITTLE TIME.
10:41:34AM AND WE NEED TO BE VERY CLEAR.
10:41:35AM WE NEED TO HAVE A PRESENTATION ONCE THIS PASSES THAT WE CAN
10:41:40AM SHARE WITH ALL THE CACS REASSURED THAT THEY ARE NOT IT SHALL
10:41:47AM THINGS ARE NOT GOING TO CHANGE BUT CHANGE FOR BETTER THAT
10:41:51AM THEY WILL BE RECEIVING MORE SUPPORT WITH -- WITH -- WITH
10:41:54AM MORE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS.
10:41:56AM THAT IS MY ONLY CAVEAT.
10:41:58AM A MOTION FROM BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
10:42:00AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:42:02AM ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
10:42:04AM ALL IN FAVOR.
10:42:05AM ANY OPPOSED.
10:42:06AM MOTION PASSES, THANK YOU.
10:42:07AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THANK YOU.
10:42:09AM IF WE GO TO RECOMMENDATION 3-B.
10:42:11AM THIS IS FOR US TO SUPPLEMENT WHILE WE ARE MAKING SOME OF THE
10:42:15AM CHANGES TO PUT OUT AN RFP FOR CONSULTANT TO PROVIDE PROJECT
10:42:21AM AND OPERATIONAL SERVICES, PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND WON'T BE
10:42:23AM LIMITED TO JUST THIS BUT DURING THE TRANSITION AND
10:42:28AM ORGANIZATION, THERE ARE CONSULTANT FIRMS THAT SPECIALIZE
10:42:32AM IN CRA WORK.
10:42:33AM SO IT IS NOT LIKE WE ARE GOING OUT -- WOULDN'T VIEW SOMEBODY
10:42:38AM A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT, BUT HELP US TO CONTINUE SERVING THE
10:42:41AM DISTRICT WHILE WE ARE IN THIS TRANSITIONAL PERIOD AND
10:42:45AM GETTING EVERYTHING ALIGNED.
10:42:46AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
10:42:49AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH RECRUITMENT,
10:42:52AM BUT BEFORE WE HIRE THIS PERSON, YOU HAVE THE BASE SET.
10:42:55AM AND I DON'T WANT -- I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE
10:42:58AM BASE SET SO THEY CAN JUST COME IN AND KEEP THE BASE MOVING
10:43:02AM VERSUS COMING IN AND MAKING A BUNCH OF CHANGES.
10:43:06AM I WANT THE BASE SET.
10:43:07AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: IF YOU WANT TO EXCLUDE THAT FROM THE
10:43:10AM RECOMMENDATION.
10:43:10AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I DON'T WANT TO EXCLUDE IT.
10:43:12AM WE STILL NEED THAT.
10:43:14AM I WANT TO MAKE SURE BEFORE THAT PERSON IS HIRED, WE HAVE GOT
10:43:17AM IT MOVED.
10:43:18AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: CORRECT.
10:43:20AM WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FOUNDATION IS RIGHT.
10:43:23AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: CORRECT.
10:43:24AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:43:27AM >>BILL CARLSON: I DON'T KNOW WHO THE CONSULTING FIRMS ARE
10:43:30AM OPINION WHAT I WOULD LIKE -- THE REASON I DON'T GO TO THE --
10:43:33AM WHATEVER IT IS CALLED, THE FRA MEETINGS BECAUSE I WANT US TO
10:43:38AM LEAPFROG.
10:43:38AM I SAW THEIR NEWSLETTERS.
10:43:42AM I AM NOT PLEASED WITH WHAT THEY ARE DOING IN OTHER CITIES.
10:43:44AM TAMPA IS AN INNOVATIVE CITY AND WE HAVE SMART PEOPLE AND
10:43:49AM INCREDIBLE RESOURCE AT USF AND INSTEAD OF -- WHAT
10:43:55AM CONSULTANTS DO A LOT OF TIME IS TAKE WHAT SOME PLACES ARE
10:43:58AM DOING AND SELL THAT TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
10:44:00AM AND INSTEAD, WE SHOULD BE THINKING WAY AHEAD OF EVERYONE
10:44:03AM ELSE.
10:44:05AM WE HAVE BRILLIANT PEOPLE AT USF.
10:44:09AM A COUPLE OF KEY PEOPLE WERE MIKE BLOOM AND MOAZ LEMAN --
10:44:15AM BOTH LEFT.
10:44:15AM IF WE TALK TO CORPORATE RELATIONS OR RESEARCH AND BUSINESS
10:44:20AM SCHOOL, I AM HAPPY TO HAVE YOU DO THAT.
10:44:23AM BUT IF WE HAVE ANY MONEY, WE CAN OUTSOURCE TO THEM AND WILL
10:44:29AM HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR DATA ANALYTICS PEOPLE AND THEY OFFERED
10:44:33AM TO HELP US FOR FREE.
10:44:34AM THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS, THEY HAVE ANALYTICS AND HELPED
10:44:39AM BUILD BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF WEALTH WITH COMPANIES LIKE
10:44:42AM CONNECT WISE IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH THEIR DATA ANALYTICS
10:44:45AM AND I THINK WE CAN LEAPFROG BY REALLY LOOKING DOWN DEEP INTO
10:44:49AM THE NUMBERS AND UNDERSTANDING WHICH PROGRAMS HAVE THE
10:44:54AM PROPENSITY TO CHANGE THE COMMUNITY AND NUMBERS SO WE WILL BE
10:44:56AM BY DATA, NOT BY CLAIM.
10:44:58AM WE WILL BE BY DATA ONE OF THE BEST CITIES IN THE WORLD.
10:45:02AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: I THINK AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO TWO
10:45:05AM DIFFERENT ONCE.
10:45:06AM GO AHEAD.
10:45:07AM >>LYNN HURTAK: MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO
10:45:10AM WILL KEEP GOING WHILE -- THE CONSULTANTS ARE SIMPLY GOING TO
10:45:15AM BE DOING THE JOBS THAT ARE ALREADY HAPPENING WHILE WE
10:45:18AM RESTRUCTURE THE CURRENT STAFF.
10:45:21AM DID I -- DID I GET THAT WRONG?
10:45:25AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: NO.
10:45:25AM >>ALIS DRUMGO: THAT IS ACCURATE.
10:45:30AM TO COUNCIL CARLSON'S POINT.
10:45:34AM WE ARE LOOKING TO GET INNOVATIVE AND TALKING WITH USF WITH
10:45:39AM THE REDEVELOPMENT PLANS.
10:45:40AM WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT PLANS WE CAN TALK OF RECOMMENDATIONS
10:45:44AM AND ANALYTICS TO DRIVE US A LITTLE BIT BETTER BUT YOU ARE
10:45:48AM CORRECT ON THAT.
10:45:49AM >>BILL CARLSON: JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
10:45:51AM THAT IS WHAT I MEAN.
10:45:52AM WE CAN GET THEM INVOLVED IN OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING.
10:45:55AM IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE -- IF WE NEED HANDS AND PEOPLE TO
10:45:58AM IMPLEMENT STUFF, WHY NOT GET PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING AT THE
10:46:01AM BEST IN THE WORLD, AND THEN BY ACCIDENT OR COINCIDENCE, THEY
10:46:07AM WILL HELP US WITH THOSE IDEAS AT THE SAME TIME.
10:46:09AM MAY BE SERVICES THAT WE CAN DO.
10:46:11AM BASED ON COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, I WOULD RATHER NOT ADD
10:46:15AM BLOOMBERG IN HERE.
10:46:16AM I KNOW YOU HAVE GREAT EXPERIENCE WITH THEM, BUT THE
10:46:18AM COMMUNITY WANTS DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT.
10:46:20AM THANK YOU.
10:46:23AM >>LYNN HURTAK: ANYONE ELSE?
10:46:25AM BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
10:46:27AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I WOULD SAY MR. CARLSON, HE HAS BEEN ALL
10:46:30AM OVER THE WORLD AND SEEN ALL KIND OF THINGS.
10:46:33AM I WISH I COULD HAVE BEEN ALL OVER THE WORLD.
10:46:35AM GLAD YOU HAD PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEEN THINGS THIS OTHER PLACES
10:46:39AM THAT HAVE THAT KIND OF THOUGHT PATTERN.
10:46:41AM I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE -- WE LOOK AT MAYBE ADDING THOSE
10:46:46AM EXPERT PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE BOX PEOPLE.
10:46:48AM USF IS GREAT, BUT IF HE HAS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PEOPLE FROM
10:46:53AM OTHER PLACES, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THE -- THE OUTSIDE
10:46:57AM THINKERS WORK BEST TEAMS.
10:46:59AM I WOULD LIKE AT THOSE IDEAS TO KEEP PEOPLE ALONG WITH THE
10:47:03AM PROCESS.
10:47:03AM IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
10:47:06AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: NO, NOT AT ALL.
10:47:07AM I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WE ADD THAT SPECIFICALLY TO THE ONES TO
10:47:12AM HELP US TO KEEP -- TO KEEP THE SHIP GOING WITH ALL WE ARE
10:47:16AM DOING.
10:47:16AM BUT I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HE IS ASKING FOR.
10:47:18AM AND HOW WE ARE DOING OUR REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.
10:47:20AM HOW DO WE LEVERAGE JUST USING THE DATA FOR THE -- FOR THE
10:47:25AM OUTPUTS AND OUTCOMES THAT WE REALLY WANT, RIGHT.
10:47:29AM GETTING THE EXPERTS TO HELP US.
10:47:31AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: IN PRESENTATION TWO --
10:47:35AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: YEAH, I THINK THERE IS A WAY FOR US TO
10:47:38AM INCLUDE THAT.
10:47:38AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:47:41AM >>BILL CARLSON: I DON'T KNOW I SAID THIS IN THIS FORUM, BUT
10:47:44AM I SAID IT OTHER PLACES.
10:47:46AM I THINK TEN YEARS FROM NOW, YBOR CITY WILL BE THE BASE CASE
10:47:50AM STUDY IN THE ENTIRE WORLD FOR INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY.
10:47:53AM NOT BECAUSE OF THE BUILDINGS BEING BUILT.
10:47:56AM THE BUILDINGS WILL BE IMPRESSIVE, BUT WITH -- DEFENSE
10:48:00AM CONTRACTORS, I.T. COMPANIES, ALL KIND OF REALLY CREATIVE
10:48:05AM COMPANIES, THE COMMUNITY BEING BUILT, SOFTWARE AND THE
10:48:10AM HARDWARE, THE BEST CASE STUDY -- WE ALL TOUCH IT ALREADY,
10:48:15AM EVERYBODY THAT TOUCHES IT CAN BE A CONSULTANT TO GO TO OTHER
10:48:19AM COUNTRIES TO TALK ABOUT IT.
10:48:20AM IN EAST TAMPA, WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT IT DIFFERENTLY.
10:48:22AM MOST CITIES LOOK AT AREAS TO TEAR THINGS DOWN, GENTRIFY AND
10:48:27AM BUILD REAL ESTATE.
10:48:28AM WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THE HISTORY AND CULTURE AND HELPING
10:48:32AM TO BUILD A SENSE OF COMMUNITY.
10:48:34AM AND THAT WILL BE A CASE STUDY AT LEAST THROUGHOUT THE
10:48:36AM COUNTRY.
10:48:37AM AND I THINK IF WE ARE REALLY INNOVATIVE AND FOCUSED ON THE
10:48:40AM NUMBERS, WHEN YOU WANT TO USE IT AS A CASE STUDY, YOU HAVE
10:48:44AM GOT TO USE IT AS THE ECONOMICS NUMBERS AND SHOW HOW YOU MOVE
10:48:48AM THE NEEDLE.
10:48:49AM THE OUTPUTS DON'T MATTER HOW MANY FACADES AND HOW MANY ROADS
10:48:53AM YOU FIX BUT WHAT MATTERS IS THE ECONOMIC NUMBERS.
10:48:56AM IF WE STAY FOCUSED WE CAN DO THAT.
10:48:59AM >>LYNN HURTAK: WHAT KIND OF MOTION WOULD YOU LIKE FOR THIS?
10:49:02AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: I WOULD LIKE A MOTION FOR US TO MOVE
10:49:04AM FORWARD FOR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR CONSULTING SERVICES.
10:49:09AM >> 3-A AND 3-B.
10:49:14AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE A MOTION FROM BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO
10:49:16AM TO MOVE RECOMMENDATION 3-B.
10:49:19AM A SECOND FROM BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
10:49:21AM ALL IN FAVOR.
10:49:22AM ANY OPPOSED?
10:49:24AM OKAY.
10:49:24AM IT PASSES.
10:49:25AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THANK YOU.
10:49:26AM THE LAST ONE IS WHERE COUNCILMAN CARLSON WITH AS TALKING
10:49:31AM ABOUT THE COLLOCATION OF CRA STAFF
10:49:34AM WHAT I AM ASKING YOU FOR THIS IS TO -- IF WE WERE TO
10:49:38AM COLLOCATE EVERYONE, WE NEED TO TERMINATE EXISTING LEASES.
10:49:43AM I AM NOT GOING TO CUT IT OFF TODAY, BUT WE NEED TO START
10:49:47AM PREPARING IF THAT IS THE DRINK THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO ANY
10:49:50AM -- I AM ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL FOR ANY NEEDS THAT WE HAVE
10:49:53AM WITH COLLOCATION WHETHER IT'S CUBICLES, FURNITURE, ANYTHING
10:49:57AM LIKE THAT THAT IS CONSISTENT.
10:49:59AM JUST REALLY GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A CULTURE OF
10:50:03AM COLLABORATION.
10:50:03AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOVE THE RECOMMENDATION.
10:50:05AM >>LYNN HURTAK: SORRY, I HAVE A MOTION -- BUT I HAVE -- FROM
10:50:09AM BOARD MEMBER GUDES AND SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBERS MIRANDA.
10:50:13AM I HAVE DISCUSSION.
10:50:14AM BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
10:50:15AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
10:50:16AM I APPRECIATE THAT.
10:50:17AM QUESTION FOR THIS.
10:50:18AM FOR THE CAC MEETINGS, ETC., HOW WILL THIS AFFECT THOSE, IF
10:50:24AM AT ALL?
10:50:25AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THE CAC MEETINGS RIGHT NOW, THEY HAPPEN IN
10:50:29AM MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS AND OTHER PARKS FACILITIES.
10:50:31AM I HAVE SOME IDEAS.
10:50:33AM I PROBABLY WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT, IF WE WERE
10:50:36AM TO COLLOCATE THE CRA STAFF, A POSSIBILITY OF BUILDING OUT A
10:50:42AM ROOM FOR US TO HAVE OUR CAC MEETINGS IN -- IN A SIMILAR
10:50:47AM LOCATION.
10:50:47AM THIS IS JUST GIVING ME DIRECTION THAT YOU ARE OKAY WITH
10:50:51AM MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.
10:50:52AM HIM IN RECOMMENDATION FOR ADDITIONAL LEASES, I WOULD HAVE TO
10:50:58AM BRING THAT BACK TO YOU WITH A LOCATION REQUIREMENT.
10:51:00AM >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY.
10:51:02AM >>LYNN HURTAK: GO RIGHT AHEAD.
10:51:04AM >>LUIS VIERA: THIS MAY CHANGE.
10:51:07AM HAVE WE SPOKEN TO THE CAC MEMBERS IN TERMS OF THEIR
10:51:10AM SENTIMENT?
10:51:11AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: I AM BRINGING IT TO YOU.
10:51:13AM >>LUIS VIERA: YEAH, PROBABLY -- MY OPINION, IF IT IS GOING
10:51:17AM TO CHANGE -- THIS WILL CHANGE THEIR LOCATIONS OF THEIR
10:51:20AM MEETINGS?
10:51:20AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: NOT RIGHT NOW.
10:51:22AM I AM NOT SUGGESTING MAKING ANY LOCATION MEETING CHANGES.
10:51:26AM WHERE THEY ARE MEETING WILL STAY.
10:51:28AM ANY CHANGE TO THAT THERE WILL BE AT LEAST SEVEN, EIGHT
10:51:32AM MONTHS BEFORE THAT EVEN -- I CAN'T EVEN BEGINNING -- WE ARE
10:51:36AM NOT RECOMMENDING THAT NOW.
10:51:38AM I WILL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU.
10:51:40AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER CITRO.
10:51:41AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
10:51:44AM PLAYING DEVIL'S ADVOCATE.
10:51:45AM THE FIRST WORD IN CRA IS "COMMUNITY."
10:51:49AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: YEAH.
10:51:50AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: I TEND TO AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN CARLSON,
10:51:55AM EVEN IF WE WERE TO CLOSE DOWN SOME OF THESE AREAS YOU WILL
10:51:58AM NEED SATELLITES SO THE COMMUNITY CAN GO TO THESE OFFICES.
10:52:03AM ALL THESE BOARDS ARE MADE UP OF VOLUNTEERS.
10:52:06AM I AM NOT TALKING STAFF.
10:52:07AM I AM TALKING VOLUNTEERS.
10:52:08AM AND IF YOU HAVE A CENTRALIZED LOCATION.
10:52:13AM ARE THESE VOLUNTEERS GOING TO BE COMPENSATED FOR TIME,
10:52:16AM TRAVEL, GAS, PARKING?
10:52:19AM ESPECIALLY IF IT MAY HAPPEN TO BE DOWNTOWN.
10:52:22AM WE HAVE A NEW BUILDING BEING BUILT ON HANNA STREET WHICH HAS
10:52:28AM SUPPOSEDLY GOING TO HAVE A HUGE AREA MEETING -- MEETING
10:52:33AM AREA, EXCUSE ME, THAT MIGHT BE CONVENIENT.
10:52:35AM BUT, AGAIN, THE COMMUNITY SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST A SMALL
10:52:39AM OFFICE FRONT TO GO TO WITHIN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY TO ASK HOW
10:52:44AM THINGS CAN BE DONE.
10:52:45AM THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
10:52:47AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:52:48AM >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH, I WOULD -- I WOULD VOTE FOR THIS WITH
10:52:54AM THE CAVEAT THAT WE SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST ONE RELOCATED WITH
10:53:04AM OFFICE HOURS IN YBOR AND EAST TAMPA.
10:53:06AM AND THEN A QUESTION IS, WOULD YOU JUST PUT THEM.
10:53:10AM HANNA AVE --
10:53:14AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: NO.
10:53:15AM I MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU, AND THAT IS NOT ONE OF THEM.
10:53:19AM >>BILL CARLSON: I WILL THROW OUT AN IDEA THEN.
10:53:22AM THIS KIND OF COMBINES TWO IDEAS, BUT YOU KNOW I PUSHED THE
10:53:26AM IDEA A FEW YEARS AGO OF NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS.
10:53:28AM AND THE PLANNERS I TALKED TO SAID THERE COULD BE 130 OF THEM
10:53:33AM THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND I DRIVEN WITH FOLKS IN EAST TAMPA,
10:53:36AM THERE COULD BE THREE OR FOUR THERE.
10:53:38AM AND PROVIDING A LITTLE COMMERCIAL ON A CORNER SO THEN -- AND
10:53:41AM MAYBE SOME DENSITY OF HOUSING THAT WILL THEN SUPPORT THE
10:53:45AM NEIGHBORHOOD SO PEOPLE CAN WALK TO A DUCKWEED OR SOME KIND
10:53:48AM OF GROCERY STORES TO BUY EGGS AND MILK.
10:53:51AM SOMETHING ELSE THAT EAST TAMPA IS MISS SOMETHING A COFFEE
10:53:54AM SHOP.
10:53:54AM I THINK WE NEED SOMETHING THAT IS LIKE A COFFEE SHOP WITH AN
10:53:59AM INCUBATOR SPACE NEXT TO IT.
10:54:01AM WHAT I HAVE SEEN IN BOSTON AND OTHER CITIES, SIMILAR
10:54:04AM ORGANIZATION ALSO BUY -- BUY OR BUILD A BUILDING.
10:54:07AM LET'S SAY WE BUILT A COFFEE STOP TO MONETIZE IT AND TWO OR
10:54:14AM THREE STORIES ABOVE.
10:54:15AM AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON ONE LEVEL.
10:54:17AM THERE COULD BE OUR OFFICES.
10:54:18AM IF WE BUILT IT IN THE RIGHT RAY, WE COULD LEASE IT SO WE
10:54:23AM DON'T HAVE OPERATIONAL EXPENSES AND MAKE MONEY ON THE
10:54:27AM LEASES.
10:54:27AM AN MAKE SPACE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND OR OFFICE SPACE AND
10:54:33AM PLACE FOR ENTREPRENEURS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS TO MEET.
10:54:36AM JUST AN IDEA.
10:54:38AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBERS GUDES.
10:54:40AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR.
10:54:42AM STAFF IS ONE LOCATION.
10:54:44AM SO WE CAN COLLABORATE.
10:54:45AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THAT IS WHAT I AM RECOMMENDING.
10:54:47AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I DON'T --
10:54:50AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: I HAVEN'T SAID WHERE YET.
10:54:52AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE ARE TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM HAVING A
10:54:55AM STAFF PERSON IN ALL THE SILOS.
10:54:57AM TRYING TO BRING THE STAFF IT ONE PLACE.
10:55:00AM IF YOU SAY YOU WANT TO HAVE A STAR PERSON WHO IS STILL GOING
10:55:04AM TO BE ASSIGNED TO THE AREA TO HAVE A COUPLE OF HOURS IN THE
10:55:07AM COMMUNITY I AM OKAY, BUT I THINK ALL THE STAFF NEEDS TO GO
10:55:10AM TO ONE LOCATION AND YOU CAN HAVE A DIFFERENT SECTION WITH
10:55:13AM COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT PEOPLE -- A PERSON OR WHATEVER, A
10:55:16AM PART-TIMER, WHATEVER, TO HANDLE THOSE ISSUES AND COME FOR
10:55:21AM WHATEVER NEED.
10:55:21AM SHE IS SAYING SHE NEEDS THE MANAGERS AT A LOCATION TO BE
10:55:25AM ABLE TO DO THEIR JOB AND BRING THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
10:55:28AM STILL TO THE COMMUNITY AND A PART-TIME PERSON WHATEVER,
10:55:32AM WHATEVER, TO TAKE ON A COUPLE OF AREAS AND BRING THAT
10:55:35AM INFORMATION BACK.
10:55:36AM BUT TO LEASE A BUNCH OF PLACES -- WHAT SHE IS TRYING TO GET
10:55:40AM OUT OF.
10:55:41AM LEASING DIFFERENT PLACES.
10:55:42AM COFFEE SHOP.
10:55:43AM WE CAN BUILD SOMETHING.
10:55:44AM THAT OFFICE PERSON, STAFF PERSON CAN GO THERE.
10:55:49AM THERE IS NO PLACE IN THE EAST PART OF TO HAVE A MEETING AND
10:55:53AM A CUP OF COFFEE AND SUCH AND SUCH.
10:55:55AM I THINK STAFF NEEDS TO BE ALL TOGETHER COLLABORATING AND GET
10:56:00AM SOME PART-TIMERS TO DO SOME OTHER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
10:56:03AM PEOPLE NEED TO MEET OR GO TO A CERTAIN LOCATION.
10:56:06AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER CITRO.
10:56:08AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:56:10AM THANK YOU FOR ARTICULATING MY COMMENTS, COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:56:19AM TO NARROW DOWN THE EXPENSES THAT WE ARE PAYING, BUT SOMEONE
10:56:23AM WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT EXPRESSES ABOUT AN FACADE GRANT
10:56:28AM AND NEED AN OPINION ABOUT A PARK AND NEED TO GO THERE.
10:56:31AM BECAUSE REMEMBER WE ARE DEALING WITH SLUM AND BLIGHT.
10:56:35AM SOME PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO SPEND THREE HOURS ON BUS TO GO
10:56:38AM DOWNTOWN, HANNA STREET.
10:56:40AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: I DON'T RECOMMEND ANY OF THOSE PLACES YET.
10:56:43AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WOULD -- I KNOW THAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR
10:56:49AM POSSIBLE PURCHASE SPACE FOR COLLOCATIONS.
10:56:53AM SO I MIGHT SUGGEST SOMEWHERE IN THE YBOR/EAST TAMPA AREA FOR
10:56:59AM THAT --A, FOR COST.
10:57:02AM ABSOLUTELY CENTRALIZED LOCATION BUT DOWNTOWN IS WILDLY
10:57:08AM EXPENSIVE NOW.
10:57:09AM MAY NOT BE THE BEST USE OF OUR CRA RESOURCES.
10:57:12AM SO I WOULD -- I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT.
10:57:15AM I WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH EVEN, YOU KNOW, WE WOULDN'T
10:57:20AM NECESSARILY HAVE TO RENT SPACE SOMEWHERE.
10:57:24AM WE COULD EVEN -- I MEAN, WE COULD EVEN DO SOMETHING LIKE A
10:57:29AM BUS.
10:57:29AM I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY REMEMBERS THE BOOKMOBILE FROM WAY
10:57:34AM BACK.
10:57:34AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: I REMEMBER THE BOOKMOBILE.
10:57:37AM >>LYNN HURTAK: SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT YOU CAN BE IN A
10:57:39AM DIFFERENT SPACE AT DIFFERENT TIMES TO HAVE A COMMUNITY
10:57:43AM OUTREACH PERSON.
10:57:44AM I DON'T THINK OUTREACH NECESSARILY NEEDS TO HAVE OFFICE
10:57:46AM SPACE.
10:57:46AM BECAUSE OFFICE SPACE IS VERY EXPENSIVE.
10:57:50AM OR FULL-TIME TO OF SPACE, RATHER.
10:57:52AM HE BELIEVE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM
10:57:55AM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:57:56AM SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA FOR APPROVAL OF
10:58:01AM RECOMMENDATION NUMBER FOUR.
10:58:03AM MR. DRUMGO.
10:58:05AM >>ALIS DRUMGO: WELL, MADAM CHAIR, I THINK YOU ARE MOVING IT
10:58:09AM ALONG.
10:58:10AM BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO GET IN THE WEEDS ON IT.
10:58:12AM I THINK PART OF THE CHALLENGE, EVEN TODAY, OUR STAFF, THEY
10:58:15AM DON'T -- THEY ARE MOBILE.
10:58:17AM THEY HAVE CARS AND FEET AND SHOULD BE WALKING IN THE
10:58:19AM COMMUNITY AND ENGAGE WITH THEIR CONSTITUENTS AS WELL.
10:58:22AM A LOT OF THIS GO SELL THE GRANT PROGRAMS DOOR TO DOOR AND
10:58:26AM ENGAGE WITH THE CONSTITUENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
10:58:29AM I DON'T THINK WE ARE TRYING TO TAKE THE COMMUNITY OUT IF
10:58:32AM THEY ARE CENTRALLY LOCATED.
10:58:33AM THOSE BODIES CAN PHYSICALLY GET UP AND WALK AWAY FROM A DESK
10:58:37AM IN THE COMMUNITY AND DO THE WORK.
10:58:38AM DOES NOT CHANGE THE INTENT OF WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO
10:58:41AM GOING FORWARD.
10:58:42AM >>LYNN HURTAK: VERY GOOD POINT.
10:58:44AM ANYONE ELSE?
10:58:45AM OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION -- SORRY, BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:58:49AM >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH, I WILL VOTE FOR IT.
10:58:51AM MAYBE NOT THE VOTES FOR AN AMENDMENT, BUT I ASK THE STAFF TO
10:58:55AM LOOK AT HAVING SOME KIND OF OFFICE HOURS.
10:58:58AM RENTING A DESK FROM THE CHAMBER IN YBOR CITY IS NOT THAT BIG
10:59:02AM A DEAL IF THEY HAVE IT.
10:59:03AM BUT I WILL ASK THAT SOME PLACE THAT PEOPLE KNOW THEY CAN
10:59:08AM MEET SOMEONE.
10:59:08AM I WILL ASK YOU ALL TO LOOK AT.
10:59:10AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: I HEAR YOU GUYS LOUD AND CLEAR.
10:59:13AM I WILL BRING RECOMMENDATIONS BACK.
10:59:14AM I NEEDED A DIRECTION AND NEEDED FOR TO YOU HAVE THIS
10:59:17AM DISCUSSION SO THAT I KNOW WHERE TO GO.
10:59:20AM I WILL BRING IT BACK TO YOU.
10:59:21AM I HEAR THAT LOUD AND CLEAR.
10:59:22AM >>LYNN HURTAK: A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
10:59:24AM ALL IN FAVOR.
10:59:26AM ANY OPPOSED.
10:59:27AM OKAY, MOTION -- NA WHY?
10:59:31AM OKAY, A 6-1 VOTE.
10:59:33AM BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:59:37AM >>BILL CARLSON: WITH AS THAT THE LAST RECOMMENDATION?
10:59:40AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: YES, IT WAS.
10:59:42AM >>BILL CARLSON: A CRAZY QUESTION THAT I ASKED FOUR YEARS AGO
10:59:45AM THAT THIS -- THE CRA OUTSOURCES STAFF FROM THE CITY.
10:59:51AM IT OUTSOURCES SERVICES TO THE CITY.
10:59:53AM AND THE STATED PEN FITS OF THAT THAT WE GET ACCESS TO LEGAL
11:00:00AM SERVICES AND PURCHASING SERVICES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
11:00:02AM BUT THE QUESTION IS, WOULD IT MAKE SENSE FOR -- AS YOU
11:00:05AM RESTRUCTURE TO TAKE SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES, ESPECIALLY NEW
11:00:08AM ONES, AND PUT THEM IN -- IN AN EMPLOYEE LEASING SITUATION OR
11:00:12AM SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
11:00:13AM I AM NOT ASKING NOW --
11:00:17AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: WHAT?
11:00:18AM >>BILL CARLSON: EMPLOYEE LEASING SITUATION.
11:00:20AM I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO ANSWER THAT TODAY.
11:00:22AM EFFICIENCIES PEOPLE WOULD RATHER WORK FOR THE CITY OR THE
11:00:26AM CRA.
11:00:27AM WOULD THEY LIKE THE CITY BENEFITS OR MORE FLEXIBLE BENEFITS.
11:00:32AM I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT I AM ASKING THE QUESTION.
11:00:34AM I ASSUME SOME CRAS HAVE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STAFF THAT
11:00:38AM REPORT TO THEM.
11:00:39AM DON'T ANSWER RIGHT NO YOU.
11:00:41AM I AM ASKING A QUESTION.
11:00:42AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: WE HAVE TO BRING BACK THE SERVICE LEVEL
11:00:44AM AGREEMENT FOR NEW MARCH AND WE CAN DO A LITTLE LEGWORK AND
11:00:48AM REPORT THAT TO YOU WHEN WE BRING IT BACK IN MARCH.
11:00:52AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
11:00:55AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I BELIEVE HE IS ASKING THAT QUESTION IF YOU
11:00:58AM LOOK IN ACTUALITY, ALL OF THE STAFF OF THE CRA BELONG TO THE
11:01:03AM CITY AND THEY ANSWER TO THE ADMINISTRATION.
11:01:05AM THEY DON'T ANSWER TO THE BOARD.
11:01:07AM ONLY THE DIRECTOR ANSWERS TO THE BOARD.
11:01:09AM AND WHY THINGS HAVE BEEN IN CONFLICT A LITTLE BIT AS WELL,
11:01:12AM BECAUSE I GOT A BOSS, BUT HAVE TO ANSWER WHAT ADMINISTRATION
11:01:17AM SAYS.
11:01:18AM THIS IS A CRA BODY BOARD.
11:01:20AM I THINK THAT IS WHY HE IS ASKING THAT QUESTION WHICH IS A
11:01:22AM VALID QUESTION TO ASK.
11:01:23AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: YES.
11:01:26AM I JUST HOPE THAT MR. DRUMGO AND I HAVE OPINION DOING A GOO
11:01:31AM JOB THAT --
11:01:34AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU AND MR. DRUMGO.
11:01:36AM YOU ARE UP FRONT.
11:01:37AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: I WILL BRING THAT BACK WITH THE SERVICE
11:01:39AM LEVEL AGREEMENT.
11:01:40AM THE NEXT ITEM -- ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME AND
11:01:44AM INDULGING IN THAT CONVERSATION.
11:01:46AM I HAVE SOME GOOD DIRECTION ON THIS AND I WILL LOOK FORWARD
11:01:49AM TO BRINGING THESE ITEMS BACK TO YOU.
11:01:52AM >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU FORKING THE LEADERSHIP ON THAT.
11:01:57AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THE NEXT ITEM WE HAVE IS -- ALIS WILL DO
11:02:01AM THE INTRODUCTION FOR IT.
11:02:02AM SORRY.
11:02:03AM THANK YOU.
11:02:04AM >>ALIS DRUMGO: FINAL ITEM FOR YOU TODAY UPDATE ON MARKETING
11:02:12AM AND COMMUNICATION.
11:02:13AM WE HAVE BE PARKS WITH US TODAY.
11:02:15AM I WILL SAY THAT THIS IS NOT AN EASY JOB TO TAKE ON OR TO
11:02:19AM JUMP INTO.
11:02:19AM I THINK THAT THE COMMUNITIES BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU HEARD OF
11:02:23AM THE SILOS HAVE VARYING UNDERSTANDINGS AND OBJECTIVES HOW
11:02:28AM THEY WOULD LIKE TO GO ABOUT SEEING THEIR -- THEIR
11:02:31AM PARTICULAR CRAs REPRESENTED.
11:02:33AM I THINK YOU HAVE SOME CRAs THAT ARE CURRENTLY EXPLORING
11:02:36AM MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION CONTRACTS THROUGH THEIR
11:02:39AM SUBCOMMITTEES.
11:02:39AM QUITE THE CHALLENGE TO PULL THE REINS AND POLL TOGETHER A
11:02:46AM UMBRELLA REPRESENTATION OF THE TAMPA CRA AS A WHOLE.
11:02:49AM I WANT TO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT AS SHE IS PRESENTING WHETHER
11:02:53AM OR NOT YOU ALL WOULD WANT TO SEE INDIVIDUALIZED
11:02:57AM REPRESENTATIONS OR LOGOS GENERATED THROUGH SOME OF THE
11:03:01AM OTHER CRAs.
11:03:02AM BE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB REACHING OUT THROUGH YOUR AIDS TO
11:03:07AM OBTAIN FEEDBACK.
11:03:10AM I WILL LET HER TAKE IT AWAY.
11:03:12AM PLEASE, THE PRESENTATION FOR ITEM NUMBER 6.
11:03:15AM >>BE PARKS: ALL RIGHTY.
11:03:19AM GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS.
11:03:22AM THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.
11:03:23AM I AM EXCITED.
11:03:25AM THIS HAS BEEN A LONG WAY COMING.
11:03:27AM AND I AM PROUD THAT I TOOK ON THE TASK TO WORK AND CREATE A
11:03:32AM LOGO TO REPRESENT TAMPA COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
11:03:36AM NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
11:03:38AM SO ABOUT US.
11:03:41AM EACH MEMBER UP HERE UNDERSTANDS THE COMMUNITY.
11:03:44AM THEY KNOW WHAT THEY BRING TO THAT COMMUNITY ALONG WITH THAT
11:03:48AM THAT COMMUNITY REPRESENTS.
11:03:49AM WE ARE THE TAMPA COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
11:03:53AM WE PRIDE OURSELF WITH WORKING CLOSELY WITH RESIDENTS, LOCAL
11:03:57AM BUSINESSES COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR OF
11:04:03AM REDEVELOPING AND SUSTAINING ALL COMMUNITIES CONDITION WITH
11:04:06AM OUR CRA BOUNDARIES.
11:04:08AM THAT -- THAT IS WHO WE ARE.
11:04:09AM EACH MEMBER UP THERE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS.
11:04:13AM I HAVE LISTENED TO THE COMMUNITY AND THIS IS WHO TAMPA
11:04:18AM COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY IS.
11:04:19AM NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
11:04:20AM THIS IS OUR COLOR PALETTE FOR OUR LOGO.
11:04:24AM I DID A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THIS.
11:04:26AM I STARTED HERE IN MARCH AND NOW IN FEBRUARY AND WE ARE NOW
11:04:33AM TO HAVE OUR TAMPA LOGO.
11:04:35AM IN KIND OF REPRESENTS SOME COLORS WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMPA
11:04:45AM LOOKING AT DIFFERENT LOGOS AND COMING UP WITH A PALETTE THAT
11:04:52AM REPRESENTS US.
11:04:52AM THIS IS OUR TYPEFACE.
11:04:54AM I DOUBLE CHECKED AND MADE SURE THIS IS ADA COMPLIANCE AND
11:05:00AM THE PROJECTS, FIRE SIGNS.
11:05:01AM I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR.
11:05:03AM THOSE PROJECT SIGNS ARE GOING OUT AND I'M HERE TODAY TO MOVE
11:05:10AM THAT FORWARD.
11:05:10AM I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
11:05:13AM THIS IS ADA COMPLIANT AND WILL ROLL INTO ANY MARKETING
11:05:17AM MATERIALS THAT COME OUT OF THE CRA.
11:05:19AM NEXT, PLEASE.
11:05:21AM THE PROCESS.
11:05:22AM IT HAS BEEN A PROCESS.
11:05:24AM WHEN I FIRST STARTED HERE THAT MARCH, I TOOK ON THE TASK TO
11:05:28AM JUST DESIGN A COUPLE OF LOGOS, PASS THAT AROUND STAFF.
11:05:32AM WE COMMUNICATED AMONG EACH OTHER AND STAFF GAVE GREAT
11:05:40AM FEEDBACK OF THE LOGOS.
11:05:42AM WE SAID LET'S LOOK AT OTHER AVENUES.
11:05:44AM WE EXPLORED THAT AVENUE AT THAT TIME WITH THE OUTSIDE, YOU
11:05:48AM KNOW LOGO DESIGN COMPANY THAT CAME UP WITH A COUPLE OF
11:05:56AM DESIGNS AND BROUGHT IT BACK INHOUSE AND SAID, LISTEN, HAVE
11:06:00AM CONVERSATIONS THAT EACH OF THE BOARD MEMBERS.
11:06:04AM THANK YOU FOR THE MAJORITY OF YOU WHO RESPONDED TO ME
11:06:07AM HOUNDING YOU GUYS, YOUR AIDS, TO SIT TOWN AND PLEASE LET'S
11:06:11AM LOOK AT THIS LOGO AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE THIS DONE AFTER ALL
11:06:18AM OF THAT WE TOOK THOSE DESIGNS AND FLESHED THEM BACK WITH
11:06:24AM GREAT FEEDBACK AND MOVING FORWARD WITH WHAT I AM PRESENTING
11:06:28AM TODAY.
11:06:28AM THAT IS HOW THE THAT PROCESS WENT.
11:06:31AM NEXT SLIDE.
11:06:32AM THIS IS OUR BRAND.
11:06:33AM THIS IS OUR LOGO.
11:06:35AM TAMPA CRA IS THE PRIMARY LOGO.
11:06:37AM ME PERSONALLY.
11:06:38AM I LIKE THE COLORS.
11:06:39AM IT REPRESENTS US WELL.
11:06:40AM OUR SOCIAL MEDIA LOGO IS STACKABLE.
11:06:43AM I WANT TO GIVE THANKS TO JEREMY REX AND HIS TEAM FROM THE
11:06:48AM CITY SIDE.
11:06:49AM HE HAS BEEN GREAT WORKING WITH ME TO COME UP WITH THIS
11:06:53AM DESIGN ALONG WITH GETTING THE FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD
11:06:57AM MEMBERS AND THE STAFF TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE CLEARLY
11:07:01AM REPRESENTED.
11:07:02AM THAT IS WHAT WE DID HERE.
11:07:05AM NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
11:07:07AM DIFFERENT LOGOS IN THE COMMUNITY.
11:07:09AM THE PROJECT SIGNS IN DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW WILL HAVE OUR
11:07:12AM TAMPA CRA LOGO.
11:07:15AM UNDERNEATH WILL BE STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES.
11:07:18AM THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
11:07:19AM WE ARE -- WE WORK WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR, WITH THE PUBLIC
11:07:23AM SECTOR, OUR STAKEHOLDERS, OUR BUSINESSES AND WE STRENGTHEN
11:07:28AM THOSE COMMUNITIES.
11:07:29AM I THOUGHT THAT WAS A PERFECT LOGO TO USE FOR THOSE SIGNS.
11:07:36AM MARKETING MATERIALS COME IN BLACK AND WHITE AND A SAMPLE OF
11:07:40AM THAT ALONG WITH OUR NEWS RELEASE AND OUR PRESS RELEASES THAT
11:07:44AM GO OUT IF ANYONE ATTENDED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO IN EAST
11:07:48AM TAMPA, WE HAD OUR FIRST PRESS RELEASE.
11:07:50AM AND IT WAS GREAT.
11:07:51AM WE GOT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE OF THE PROGRAMS WITHIN THE EAST
11:07:55AM TAMPA CRA.
11:07:56AM AND TOMORROW WE GET TO CELEBRATE ANOTHER RECIPIENT OF ONE OF
11:08:00AM OUR PROGRAMS IN WEST TAMPA SO WE -- UPON CONVERSATION HERE,
11:08:04AM WE WILL USE THIS HEADLINE FOR THAT.
11:08:07AM NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
11:08:08AM PRETTY MUCH THAT IS MY LOGO PRESENTATION.
11:08:13AM ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LOGO BEFORE I GO INTO MARKETING
11:08:17AM OUTLINE?
11:08:18AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
11:08:21AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
11:08:22AM I VERY MUCH LIKE THE FONT.
11:08:26AM IT GIVES IT AN ART DECO LOOK.
11:08:28AM SO IT IS THE HISTORY.
11:08:29AM BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT IS FRESH AND NEW AND VIBRANT IT
11:08:34AM POPS AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WON'T BE EYE-CATCHING.
11:08:37AM IF PEOPLE LOOK OVER, THEY WILL BE WHAT'S THAT.
11:08:41AM I NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE.
11:08:42AM AT THE SAME TIME, IT IS INVITING.
11:08:44AM IT IS POSITIVE.
11:08:45AM EVERYTHING THAT THE CRA SHOULD BE.
11:08:47AM VERY GOOD.
11:08:48AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:08:48AM >>BE PARKS: THANK YOU.
11:08:49AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
11:08:52AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I WILL SAYS IT DIFFERENT.
11:08:53AM I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE LITTLE BR ON THE BOTTOM.
11:08:57AM I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
11:08:59AM >>BE PARK CAN YOU PULL IT BACK UP PLEASE.
11:09:02AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: THE B IN -- TYPE SETTING MISTAKE?
11:09:06AM I DON'T KNOW --
11:09:07AM >>BE PARKS: YOU SAID TYPEFACE?
11:09:09AM THAT IS THE FRONT FOR THE LOGO.
11:09:12AM SO YOU CAN SEE IT IN EACH -- EACH LETTER IS REPRESENTED SO
11:09:16AM YOU CAN SEE HOW CLEAR IT LOOKS.
11:09:19AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: DON'T LOOK CLEAR TO ME.
11:09:23AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: HE DOESN'T LIKE THE B.
11:09:26AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
11:09:29AM THAT IS GREAT YOU HAVE A BIG THING THAT SAYS TAMPA CRA, BUT
11:09:33AM I THOUGHT YOU WOULD HAVE SOME TYPE OF LOGO SEAL THAT YOU
11:09:36AM HAVE THAT WOULD HAVE THE DIFFERENT CRAS UNDER THAT -- IN
11:09:40AM THAT SEAL OR SOMETHING.
11:09:41AM I MEAN, I JUST THINK WHEN YOU -- WHEN YOU PUT SOMETHING OUT
11:09:45AM THERE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE -- YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT PUTTING IT
11:09:48AM ON A BIG BOARD, YOU ARE CAN HAVE THE TAMPA CRA ON IT.
11:09:52AM BUT I WAS LOOKING FOR ALSO MAYBE A SEAL AS WELL.
11:09:57AM NO DIFFERENT THAN HERE.
11:09:58AM YOU HAVE A CITY SEAL AND A CRA SEAL THAT WE PUT ON THE
11:10:03AM BOARD.
11:10:03AM THAT IS JUST MY THINKING.
11:10:04AM MR. DRUMGO, YOU ARE JUMPING UP.
11:10:07AM DON'T BEAT ME UP, SIR.
11:10:09AM >>ALIS DRUMGO: I AM NOT.
11:10:12AM WE ARE STILL THE CITY OF TAMPA AND STILL A INDEPENDENT
11:10:16AM SPECIAL DISTRICT.
11:10:17AM KEEP THAT IN MIND.
11:10:18AM PROMOTING WHAT THE CRA REPRESENTS INDIVIDUALLY, WE ARE ALSO
11:10:23AM STILL REMINDING THAT STILL CITY OF TAMPA.
11:10:27AM WITHER NOT GETTING AWAY FROM THAT FROM CREATING A SEPARATE
11:10:31AM SEAL.
11:10:31AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER CITRO.
11:10:33AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:10:35AM I LIKE IT.
11:10:36AM WHEREAS EACH INDIVIDUAL CAC IS ITS OWN BODY AND WE ARE
11:10:44AM THE CRA.
11:10:44AM IS THERE GOING TO BE A SEPARATE TYPE OF LOGO OR A LOGO NAME
11:10:50AM UNDERNEATH EACH -- FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL CRA?
11:10:55AM SAY THE TAMPA CRA, STRENGTH IN COMMUNITY.
11:10:58AM UNDERNEATH IT IS GOING TO BE YBOR CAC 1, 2, DREW PARK CAC.
11:11:07AM IS IT GOING TO GO THAT WAY.
11:11:09AM >>ALIS DRUMGO: I DON'T WANT TO TAKE OVER HER PRESENTATION,
11:11:12AM BUT THAT IS NOW I LED IN TO GET DIRECTION FROM YOU IF YOU
11:11:15AM WANT TOP ALLOW THOSE ADDITIONAL LOGOS TO STAND ALONE.
11:11:18AM BECAUSE AS A BODY, AS THE CRA.
11:11:22AM A REPRESENTATION OF THE TAMPA CRA, YOUR CACS ATTEMPT TO
11:11:28AM PROMOTE AND SEPARATE THEMSELVES IN THAT WAY.
11:11:30AM I THINK IF WE WANT TO HAVE A STRONG BRAND.
11:11:32AM COCA-COLA DOES NOT HAVE SEPARATE LOGOS FOR DIFFERENT
11:11:36AM PRODUCTS.
11:11:36AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: BUT THEY DO -- I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT
11:11:41AM YOU.
11:11:41AM >>ALIS DRUMGO: THEY STAND WHOLE.
11:11:43AM BUT IT IS UP TO YOU ALL.
11:11:46AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: IF I MAY, MADAM CHAIR AND PLEASE AND THANK
11:11:52AM YOU BEFORE MR. MASSEY CHIMES IN.
11:11:54AM TO YOUR POINT, COKE CLASSIC, COKE ZERO, IT IS ALL UNDER THE
11:11:58AM BRAND.
11:11:59AM MY POINT IS THAT TAMPA CRA, SOMEONE SEES THAT.
11:12:03AM OKAY, THAT IS THE CITY OF TAMPA, BUT IF SOMEONE SEES THE
11:12:07AM TAMPA CRA STRENGTH IN COMMUNITY AND THE INDIVIDUAL CRAS HAVE
11:12:12AM SOMETHING UNDERNEATH, THAT PERSON IN THAT COMMUNITY SAYS
11:12:15AM OKAY, I AM PART OF IT.
11:12:17AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: I WANT TO QUICKLY INTERRUPT.
11:12:25AM ONLY ONE CRA.
11:12:27AM YOU WANT TO THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA AND NOT THE CAC.
11:12:33AM IT IS JUST AN ADVISORY BODY THAT YOU CAN IDENTIFY THAT
11:12:36AM SEPARATE REDEVELOPMENT AREAS PERHAPS IN YOUR SIGNAGE AND
11:12:40AM BRANDING.
11:12:40AM BUT WE ONLY HAVE ONE AGENCY WITH DIFFERENT REDEVELOPMENT
11:12:45AM AREAS THAT THIS ONE AGENCY REPRESENTS.
11:12:48AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: I STAND CORRECTED.
11:12:50AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:12:52AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU KNOW, I LOOKED AT IT REAL QUICKLY.
11:12:55AM AND WHAT -- WHAT I LIKE ABOUT IT IS THAT THE COLORS ARE NOT
11:12:59AM OFFENSIVE.
11:13:00AM THEY BLEND IN WITH A WELCOMING THING.
11:13:03AM IT IS NOT LIKE MY OLD POLITICAL SCIENCE THAT ARE RED AND
11:13:07AM BLACK AND YOU LOOK AT IT AND YOU WANT ATTENTION.
11:13:10AM I AM JUST TELLING YOU HOW I FEEL.
11:13:12AM WHEN YOU SEE THIS, IT'S CALMING.
11:13:14AM IT'S -- I AM NOT WANTING TO -- I DON'T DO PRODUCTION.
11:13:18AM I DON'T DO THIS KIND OF WORK, BUT IT IS PLEASANT TO THE EYE.
11:13:22AM AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT.
11:13:24AM SOMETHING THAT IS PLEASANT TO THE EYE AND IT SAYS WHAT IT
11:13:31AM IS.
11:13:31AM STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES.
11:13:37AM I UNDERSTAND THAT.
11:13:38AM THAT IS HOW I FEEL.
11:13:39AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
11:13:42AM >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU FOR GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
11:13:45AM THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS I DO FOR A LIVING SO I HAVE A
11:13:48AM HARD TIME LOOK AT IT WITHOUT THINKING OF THE BIGGER PROCESS.
11:13:52AM BUT ONE THING I WILL ADD IN IS -- THAT IS -- A DESIGN SHOULD
11:13:59AM BE BASED ON CRITERIA.
11:14:01AM AND -- ESPECIALLY IF YOU SHOW THIS PRESENTATION TO ANYBODY
11:14:05AM ELSE, THERE NEEDS TO BE A SLIDE THAT TALKS ABOUT AT
11:14:09AM TRIBUTES.
11:14:09AM WHEN YOU INTERVIEWED US, I AM SURE YOU PICKED UP CERTAIN
11:14:13AM ATTRIBUTES LIKE COUNCILMEMBER -- SORRY, BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA
11:14:17AM MENTIONED FRIENDLY OR PLEASING.
11:14:20AM YOU MIGHT ADD CONNECTION TO HISTORY, CULTURE, INNOVATION.
11:14:26AM I MEAN IT -- EVEN THOUGH IT IS -- IT IS ALLUDING TO THE
11:14:31AM PAST, IT ALSO IS KIND OF MODERN IN ITS LOOK AND FEEL.
11:14:35AM IT ALSO -- ALSO ONE OF THE CRITERIA IT HAD TO HAVE SOME
11:14:41AM SIMILARITY TO THE CITY EVEN THOUGH IT DOESN'T USE THE SEAL.
11:14:44AM YOU USED THE SAME COLORS THAT THE CITY USES WHEN PEOPLE SEE
11:14:47AM THEM TOGETHER DO IT IN THE SAME FAMILY.
11:14:50AM I THINK YOU DID THAT INTUITIVELY AND THE DESIGN TEAM DID
11:14:54AM THAT INTUITIVELY AND WORTH MENTIONING THE CRITERIA.
11:14:58AM NOT JUST FOR LOGO BUT THE BRIEF OF ALL THE OTHER MARKETING
11:15:01AM STUFF WE ARE GOING TO DO.
11:15:02AM ONE OTHER THINGS -- WE HAD A LOT OF CRITICISM CRA OVER THE
11:15:07AM PAST FOUR YEARS, PARTLY COMING FROM US, PARTLY COMING FROM
11:15:11AM THE COMMUNITY.
11:15:12AM WE NEED TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE GOING FOR THE FUTURE.
11:15:15AM STRATEGIC GOAL IN COMMUNICATION AND SHOULD BE EMBEDDED IN
11:15:18AM THE DESIGN AND ALSO CONNECT TO THE OTHER MARKETING STUFF.
11:15:20AM THE SECOND THING FOR THE PUBLIC IS, WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?
11:15:24AM 9 CRA LEGALLY IS A SEPARATE ENTITY.
11:15:27AM A SEPARATE BUCKET OF MONEY $53 MILLION OR SOMETHING A YEAR.
11:15:32AM WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY AS THE CRA BOARD TO SPEND MONEY
11:15:37AM WISELY.
11:15:37AM A LOT OF CONCERN FROM DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES THAT MONEY
11:15:39AM HAVEN'T BEEN SPENT OR SPENT AS WISELY IN THE PAST AS THEY
11:15:45AM WANTED.
11:15:45AM WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON SPENDING THE MONEY WISELY WITH MISS
11:15:49AM TRAVIS'S WHOLE RECOMMENDATIONS, YOU CAN SEE WE ARE
11:15:51AM AGGRESSIVELY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FOCUS ON RESULTS
11:15:57AM FOR THE FUTURE.
11:15:58AM I THINK THE IDEA OF THE LOGO IS NOT TO PROMOTE OURSELVES.
11:16:02AM IS THAT THE PUBLIC CAN SEE THAT WE ARE SPENDING THE MONEY.
11:16:05AM FOR EXAMPLE, WE ARE RENOVATING TAMPA UNION STATION.
11:16:08AM IF IT DOESN'T SAY CRA, NOBODY KNOWS WHO IS PAYING FOR IT.
11:16:12AM IF THE COMMUNITY DRIVES BY A FACADE AND SEES THE CRA LOGO,
11:16:18AM THEY KNOW WHO PAID FOR IT SO THEY CAN BE COMFORTABLE THAT
11:16:21AM THEIR MONEY IS BEING SPENT WISELY.
11:16:23AM SOMEBODY MENTIONED PICTURES.
11:16:24AM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:16:27AM THEY SEE THE PICTURE THEY KNOW CRA IS SPENDING THE MONEY AND
11:16:31AM THAT'S WHY -- BECAUSE YOU DID IT IN HOUSE, IT PROBABLY
11:16:34AM DIDN'T COST VERY MUCH EITHER.
11:16:36AM THE NEXT THING -- YES, THE CITY AS A SYMBOL BUT A LOGO.
11:16:40AM THE LOGOTYPE SCRIPT AND STANDS BY ITSELF.
11:16:44AM I GUESS SOMETIMES IT STANDS BY THE SYMBOL AND THE LOGO OF
11:16:47AM THE CITY.
11:16:47AM I LOVE THAT LOGO.
11:16:49AM I DON'T KNOW WHO DESIGNED THAT OR WHEN, BUT IT IS BEAUTIFUL.
11:16:52AM THE IDEA HERE IS THAT WE HAVE WHAT IS CALLED A LOGO TPD.
11:16:57AM I THINK IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO CREATE A SYMBOL, NOT BECAUSE
11:17:02AM THE CITY HAS A SEAL, BUT TYPICALLY YOU CREATE A SYMBOL WHEN
11:17:08AM YOU ARE TRYING TO BUILD OTHER SUBUNITS OF A COMPANY AND YOU
11:17:11AM NEED TO HAVE A SYMBOL -- LIKE YOU MIGHT USE THE SAME
11:17:15AM TYPEFACE AND COLORS WITH A SYMBOL AND DIFFERENT NAMES.
11:17:17AM THE SYMBOL HELPS TO TIE IT IN VISUALLY TO BE A PART OF THE
11:17:22AM SAME ORGANIZATION.
11:17:22AM WE DON'T HAVE THAT AND A WHOLE OTHER PROCESS WITH SYMBOLS
11:17:28AM AND HARD TO TRADEMARK IT I THINK WE SHOULD TRADEMARK IT TOO,
11:17:33AM BY THE WAY.
11:17:34AM NOT THE NAME, BUT THE LOOK.
11:17:36AM YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED WHO TRIES TO STEAL TRADEMARK.
11:17:42AM THE NEXT THING IF YOU GO BACK A COUPLE OF SLIDES TO
11:17:46AM TYPEFACE.
11:17:47AM HERE IS WHAT I RECOMMEND.
11:17:48AM I RAN A BUNCH OF MANUALS ON IDENTITY.
11:17:52AM USUALLY COMPANIES HAVE A SECONDARY TYPEFACE.
11:17:56AM AND THE SECONDARY TYPEFACE USED IN PRESENTATIONS LIKE THIS.
11:18:00AM I RECOMMEND IF THIS IS A TYPEFACE FOR THE LOGOTYPE, I WOULD
11:18:04AM LEAVE THAT ASIDE.
11:18:05AM FIRST OF ALL, BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO RE-CREATE IT
11:18:10AM ON THE COMPUTERS.
11:18:10AM YOU WANT THEM TO USE THE ORIGINAL ART THEY HAVE.
11:18:12AM SECOND -- AND IDEALLY, CHANGE IT TO MAKE SURE IT ALL FITS
11:18:17AM TOGETHER SO YOU DON'T WANT SOMEONE TO MIX IT UP.
11:18:20AM THE SECOND THING THOUGH IT WILL HELP IT TO BE MORE READABLE.
11:18:23AM I WILL ASK JEREMY OR SOMEBODY TO TRY TO FIND A COMPATIBLE
11:18:27AM SECONDARY TYPEFACE.
11:18:32AM THAT WILL CHANGE THE B SITUATION.
11:18:36AM AND THE LAST THING IS WHAT BOARD MEMBER CITRO AND OTHERS
11:18:41AM MENTIONED.
11:18:42AM WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT THE SUB BRANDS.
11:18:44AM I DON'T THINK THAT -- I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE
11:18:46AM SEPARATE LOGOS.
11:18:47AM I KNOW EAST TAMPA ALREADY HAS THEIR LOGO.
11:18:50AM SHOULDN'T HAVE SEPARATE LOGOS BUT NEED HOW TO IDENTIFY IT.
11:18:54AM UNDERNEATH INSTEAD OF THE TAG LINE, YBOR CITY DISTRICT.
11:19:01AM THAT IS COMING UP AND TIMES THE TAG LINE WILL COME
11:19:04AM UNDERNEATH IT AND WE NEED A CONSISTENT WAY OF HANDLING IT.
11:19:07AM THANK YOU.
11:19:07AM >> JUST TO COMMENT REALLY QUICKLY ON WHAT YOU SAID, BOARD
11:19:12AM MEMBER CARLSON.
11:19:13AM WE HAVE ALTERNATIVE FONTS IN DESIGN.
11:19:22AM OUR LOGO WITH EACH DISTRICT.
11:19:27AM EAST TAMPA HAS THEIR OWN LOGO.
11:19:30AM YBOR CITY HAS THEIR OWN LOGO.
11:19:33AM WHAT IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO BRAND US UNIFORMLY.
11:19:37AM >>BILL CARLSON: IN A WAY IS A MINI GRAPHICS MANUAL AND THE
11:19:43AM NEXT PAGE AFTER THIS THAT SAYS SECONDARY TYPEFACE.
11:19:47AM INSTEAD OF PRIMARY, I WOULD SAY LOGO TYPEFACE OR SOMETHING
11:19:51AM LIKE THAT SO WE ARE NOT ASKING PEOPLE TO USE THAT IN
11:19:55AM DESCRIPTIONS OF THINGS LIKE TAMPA CRA BRAND GUIDELINES.
11:19:58AM WILL NOT IN THAT TYPEFACE.
11:20:01AM IN A SECOND TYPEFACE.
11:20:03AM CLICK DOWN A COUPLE.
11:20:08AM JUST AFTER THIS BEFORE OR AFTER THIS SLIDE, ALL THE
11:20:12AM DIFFERENT DISTRICTS WITH THAT TYPE SHOW HOW IT WILL BE USED
11:20:19AM SOME MARKETING PERSON IN THE FUTURE WILL SEE WHAT THE
11:20:21AM STANDARD GUIDELINES ARE.
11:20:22AM THANK YOU.
11:20:23AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBERS GUDES.
11:20:27AM >> I GOT WITH HIM.
11:20:29AM I REACHED OUT.
11:20:30AM HE GAVE ME GOOD IDEAS AND ACTUALLY SOME WORDS THAT HE GAVE
11:20:34AM -- CONVERSING ABOUT WHEN HE SAYS THE BACKGROUND OF HOW IT
11:20:37AM WAS DESIGNED.
11:20:38AM EVERY CONVERSATION THAT I HAD WITH THE MEMBERS THAT
11:20:41AM RESPONDED.
11:20:47AM HE DID GIVE CONCRETE WORDS FOR THE ANNUAL REPORT.
11:20:50AM I WANT ALL OF YOU GUYS TO KNOW.
11:20:52AM >>LYNN HURTAK: GO BACK A FEW SLIDES TO THE ORIGINAL WHERE IT
11:20:56AM SHOWS THE SOCIAL -- THERE YOU GO SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO.
11:21:01AM THEY MAY MAKE IT TOO BUSY BUT JUST TO SURROUND THE SOCIAL
11:21:05AM MEDIA LOGO WITH THE INDIVIDUAL CRAs IN BLACK, SAME TYPEFACE,
11:21:13AM BUT SMALL.
11:21:13AM KIND OF A -- YEAH.
11:21:15AM I MEAN, JUST.
11:21:17AM IT WOULDN'T REALLY BE READABLE MORE AS JUST PUTTING THEM --
11:21:22AM MAKING SURE WE TALK ABOUT THEM.
11:21:23AM BUT I THINK BOARD MEMBER CARLSON HIT ON MANY DIFFERENT
11:21:31AM THINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY.
11:21:33AM BUT IT IS BEAUTIFUL.
11:21:34AM THE COLORS ARE BEAUTIFUL.
11:21:35AM >> THANK YOU.
11:21:38AM >>LYNN HURTAK: AS OTHERS HAVE SAID, IT EVOKES HISTORY AND
11:21:42AM YET FRESH, NEW.
11:21:43AM AND SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOU.
11:21:45AM AND I KNOW ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED YOU BECAUSE I KNOW YOU
11:21:48AM HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A LONG TIME AND JUST
11:21:52AM CONGRATULATIONS.
11:21:52AM THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
11:21:55AM >>LYNN HURTAK: ANY TIME OF MOTION?
11:22:02AM >> CAN I HAVE AN APPROVAL.
11:22:04AM >>LYNN HURTAK: A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
11:22:07AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER CITRO.
11:22:10AM ANY OPPOSED.
11:22:12AM >>BE PARKS: THANK YOU AND WHOEVER IS COMING FOR IT.
11:22:23AM >>LYNN HURTAK: ANY NEW BUSINESS?
11:22:25AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: IF I MAY, PLEASE.
11:22:26AM FIRST OF ALL, TOWARD THAT MOTION.
11:22:28AM THE WEST TAMPA COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA WILL BE HOLDING
11:22:34AM A CELEBRATION FOR MR. BARTIGE.
11:22:39AM I HOPE I AM SAYING THAT CORRECTLY.
11:22:41AM A LOCAL ARTIST AND A LIFE-LONG RESIDENT OF TAMPA AND THEY
11:22:45AM ARE GOING TO BE DOING A RESIDENTIAL EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENT
11:22:49AM GRANT RECIPIENT CELEBRATION TOMORROW FEBRUARY 10, 2023.
11:22:56AM 10 A.M. IN THE LOCATION IS 2116 WEST CASS STREET.
11:23:04AM RIGHT HERE IN TAMPA, FLORIDA.
11:23:06AM >>BE PARKS: YES, WEST TAMPA.
11:23:09AM GOTCHA.
11:23:09AM THANK YOU.
11:23:11AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: NOW IF I MAY, MADAM CHAIR, AND I WILL TRY
11:23:16AM NOT TO TAKE FIVE MINUTES BUT I NEED TO MAKE THIS STATEMENT.
11:23:21AM WITH THE FAILING OF TRANSPORTATION TO PASS.
11:23:27AM AND WHAT TALLAHASSEE IS PLANNING ON DOING WITH THE FUNDS
11:23:32AM THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN TRYING TO RETURN THEM TO PEOPLE
11:23:40AM WHO BOUGHT PRODUCTS -- TAXPAYERS WHO BOUGHT PRODUCTS AND
11:23:44AM THEN WHAT IS LEFT OVER TO GO TO TRANSPORTATION WITHIN
11:23:48AM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, IT IS TIME THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA START
11:23:51AM TAKING STEPS FOR ITS OWN TRANSPORTATION WITHIN THE CITY
11:23:55AM LIMITS OF TAMPA IF YOU REMEMBER, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO I
11:24:00AM MADE A MOTION.
11:24:01AM AND IT WAS SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON THAT THE CRA
11:24:05AM BOARD, THE CRA STAFF EXPLORE THE PRIOR PLANS TO -- TO PALM
11:24:14AM AVENUE USING CRA FUNDS FROM.
11:24:25AM FUND FROM THE MATCHING FUNDS FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND
11:24:29AM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO TO CONTACT FDOT FOR THE EXISTING
11:24:33AM PLANS TO BE MODIFIED TO LOWER THE AMOUNT OF MATCHING FUNDS
11:24:37AM NEEDED FURTHER AND REPORT BACK ON MARCH 9.
11:24:40AM LADIES AND GENTLEMEN -- LADY AND GENTLEMEN OF THE BOARD,
11:24:45AM THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN PLANS BY THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP.
11:24:48AM AND THANK YOU MISS KAREN CRESS FOR PARKING MINIMUMS OF THE
11:24:55AM AREA OF TAMPA STREET, PALM AND FLORIDA AVENUE.
11:24:58AM AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
11:25:02AM A PERSON WHO IS IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY WHO OWNS A CAR.
11:25:08AM LONG DISCUSSION OF PEOPLE OWN CARS AND NOT GOING TO OWN CARS
11:25:12AM THAT WORK IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
11:25:13AM I WISH TO RESCIND THAT MOTION AND HAVE CRA STAFF COME BACK
11:25:24AM ON MARCH 9 AFTER HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH POLICE BETH ALBAN
11:25:29AM OF TPO.
11:25:34AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: TPO.
11:25:37AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: DYSLEXIA AT ITS FINEST.
11:25:39AM MR. VIK BHIDE, AND MISS LAGRANGE FROM HART TO SEE IF WE CAN
11:25:47AM AFFORD CRA FUNDS IN THE TUNE OF $16 MILLION TOWARD PREMIUM
11:25:51AM TRANSIT URBAN CIRCULATOR THAT WILL RUN IN DEDICATED LANES
11:25:56AM BETWEEN FT. BROOKE GARAGE AND THE TAMPA HEIGHTS USING THE
11:26:01AM SAME ROADS THAT I ASKED FOR EXTENSION OF THE STREETCAR,
11:26:09AM TAMPA, FLORIDA, PALM AVENUE.
11:26:11AM URBAN CIRCULATE WILL PROVIDE SEAMLESS CONNECT BETWEEN TAMPA
11:26:17AM HEIGHTS AND THE CHANNELSIDE DISTRICT AND YBOR IN CONJUNCTION
11:26:21AM WITH THE TECO STREET LINE.
11:26:23AM THE CIRCULATOR WILL ENABLE AGGRESSIVE OFF-PARKING
11:26:28AM FACILITIES, ESPECIALLY THE HOUSING THAT IS BEING BUILT WITH
11:26:31AM THE PARKING MINIMUMS LOWERED.
11:26:33AM IN FOUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
11:26:36AM GIVEN THE STREETCAR RIDERSHIP OF ONE MILLION PER YEAR WHICH
11:26:42AM IS SECOND IN THE NATION.
11:26:43AM THE EQUALITY OF THE CIRCULATOR WILL CONNECT UNDER THE
11:26:48AM OBSERVED COMMUNITIES SEPARATED BY I-275.
11:26:51AM I AM ASKING THIS BOARD TO PLEASE SECOND MY MOTION FOR A CRA
11:26:56AM STAFF TO COME BACK AND TO DISCUSS FUNDING THAT WOULD HELP IN
11:27:01AM THIS CIRCULATOR AND WILL HELP PEOPLE THAT NEED DOWNTOWN
11:27:06AM WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR.
11:27:09AM >>BILL CARLSON: I WILL SECOND.
11:27:10AM >>LYNN HURTAK: A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER CITRO.
11:27:13AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
11:27:15AM BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
11:27:16AM >>BILL CARLSON: I THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO START WITH -- I
11:27:20AM THINK YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT SOME BUS SERVICE.
11:27:22AM BECAUSE THE TEST -- THE ARGUMENT AGAINST RAIL IS THAT YOU
11:27:29AM BUILD SOMETHING HOPING THAT PEOPLE WILL RIDE IT AND THEY
11:27:32AM DON'T ALWAYS RIDE IT.
11:27:33AM BUT IF YOU START WITH SOMETHING FLEXIBLE FIRST, THEN YOU
11:27:36AM PROVE -- YOU CAN PROVE THE CASE IF PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO
11:27:39AM RIDE IT.
11:27:40AM THEN YOU BUILD UP THE RIDERSHIP AND MAKE A CASE FOR
11:27:43AM SOMETHING ELSE LATER ON.
11:27:45AM MY ONLY QUESTION IS, WHY IS IT THE SAME PRICE, FOR A YEAR?
11:27:50AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: I AM HOPING WE CAN REDUCE THAT.
11:27:52AM I WOULD HOPE THAT THE CRA STAFF CAN COME BACK AND SAY, HEY,
11:27:55AM WE WILL LOWER IT BY DOING 70 DAYS.
11:28:00AM APPARENTLY HART DOESN'T WANT THE DESIGNATED AREAS OR ASPEN
11:28:07AM THE FUNDING.
11:28:08AM THAT IS WHAT IT WILL BE FOR.
11:28:09AM THE DESIGNATED LANES GOING UP THE STREETS, TAMPA, PALM AND
11:28:15AM FLORIDA AVENUES.
11:28:16AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: WE WILL COME BACK AND LOOK AT IT.
11:28:19AM WE WILL LOOK AT THE EXISTING PLANS AND THEY WILL COME
11:28:23AM FORWARD NOW AND IMPORTANT TO INCORPORATE TO AN UPDATE TO THE
11:28:27AM DOWNTOWN PLAN.
11:28:27AM TYPICALLY WHAT CRA FUNDS WILL BE ON CAPITAL NOT OPERATING
11:28:32AM TYPE OF ITEMS.
11:28:32AM AND WE WILL LOOK AT THAT AS WELL.
11:28:34AM WE WILL BE GLAD TO LOOK AT IT.
11:28:36AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: THE IDEA I HAD SPOKEN ABOUT PREVIOUSLY.
11:28:38AM THIS ALL HAS TO GO THROUGH THE PLANS, THE STRATEGIC ACTION
11:28:43AM PLANS OF VARIOUS CRAS.
11:28:45AM TO COUNCILMAN CARLSON'S, WITH THIS IDEA THAT IT IS NECESSARY
11:28:54AM AND NEEDED AND COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT THE STREETCAR.
11:28:57AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:29:00AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AM NOT AN EXPERT ON TRANSPORTATION, BUT
11:29:05AM I WAS HERE WHEN THE TAMPA HAD THEIR OWN TRANSIT.
11:29:09AM THE BUSES WHERE THEY GET AND GET THEIR CARS TO DRIVE HOME.
11:29:12AM IT WAS ALSO THE MAINTENANCE SHED THERE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
11:29:17AM I REMEMBER THAT AND WHEN HARRY ORR CAUGHT ME ON THE BOTTOM
11:29:22AM OF THE STEPS AND SAID THAT IS THE DUMBEST MOVE IN THE WORLD
11:29:24AM WHEN YOU DISBAND IT, BECAUSE YOU GET ONE DOLLAR FROM THE
11:29:29AM FEDS.
11:29:29AM THEY WILL TELL YOU HOW TO RUN IT.
11:29:30AM AND THEY DID.
11:29:32AM I NEVER FORGET THE WORDS AFTER THAT.
11:29:33AM HE SAID YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY THE BUS TO GO FROM HERE
11:29:37AM TO WIMAUMA TO DROP ONE PASSENGER UP.
11:29:41AM AND THEY DID.
11:29:42AM IT STAYED ON.
11:29:43AM WHAT HAPPENED -- AND, AGAIN, I AM NOT AN EXPERT ON TRANSIT.
11:29:47AM TRANSIT DEPENDS ON SOMETHING COMING AT A CERTAIN HOUR AT A
11:29:51AM CERTAIN TEAM ON A DAILY BASIS OFTEN.
11:29:54AM THE WORD "OFTEN" IS WHAT I LOOK AT.
11:29:57AM I LOOK AT OFTEN.
11:29:59AM AND ANOTHER THING, RELATE IT TO THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS.
11:30:02AM NO MATTER HOW GOOD THE FOOD TASTES, GO TO THE RESTAURANT 300
11:30:07AM SEAT RESTAURANT AND 20 AND 30 PEOPLE EATING, YOU DO NOT GO
11:30:12AM BACK.
11:30:12AM THE BUSES WE RUN IN THE CITY OF TAMPA ARE NOT FULL.
11:30:15AM THEY ARE HALF FULL.
11:30:16AM AND THE PEOPLE ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING AT THE BUSES SAY WHY
11:30:20AM SHOULD I SPEND MY MONEY ON BUSES BECAUSE NOBODY IS RIDING
11:30:24AM THEM.
11:30:24AM WHICH NOT THE FACT.
11:30:25AM BUT IF THEY HAD MORE SMALLER BUSES ARE 20, 25 PASSENGERS,
11:30:29AM NOT THE BIG MONSTERS THAT THEY HAVE AND GOING NATURAL GAS
11:30:34AM AND ALL THAT AND ELECTRIC IN THE FUTURE AND ALL THAT.
11:30:36AM BUT AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF CAPITAL THAT YOU HAVE TO SPEND ON
11:30:41AM A BIG BUS.
11:30:42AM MUCH LESS CAPITAL ON TWO OR THREE BUSES THEN ONE BIG ONE AND
11:30:49AM YOU MOVE TRAFFIC THAN THE BIG ONE WITH A BECAUSE THE BIG
11:30:53AM ONES ARE NOT ACCEPTED BY THE PUBLIC.
11:30:55AM THE SMALL BUSES CAN GO TO AREAS THAT THE BIG BUSES CANNOT GO
11:30:59AM TO.
11:31:00AM BETTER CARE AND SERVICE FOR OUR CUSTOMERS.
11:31:02AM WE TO NOT DO THAT.
11:31:04AM AGAIN I NEVER SAT AT HART.
11:31:06AM I CAN TELL YOU WHAT THE PEOPLE TELL ME ON THE STREET.
11:31:09AM IT IS A GOOD IDEA, BUT IF WE FUNDING IS AND SPEND THAT
11:31:13AM MONEY, THAT MONEY IS COMING FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE LIKE A
11:31:16AM WORKFORCE HOUSING OR ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO CALL -- THAT
11:31:20AM IS NEEDED TODAY.
11:31:21AM RENT SUBSIDIES CAN ONLY GO SO FAR.
11:31:25AM INSTEAD OF PAYING THE RENT SUBSIDIES GET THE GOVERNMENT
11:31:29AM TOGETHER AND BUILD HUNDRED OF FOURPLEXES SO PEOPLE CAN HAVE
11:31:36AM THEIR OWN HOUSE.
11:31:36AM RENT SUBSIDIES DOES NOT CURE IT EXACERBATED TO A DUMB DATE
11:31:43AM AND IT GETS WORSE.
11:31:44AM YOU GET TOGETHER WITH THE GOVERNMENT AND BUILD HOUSING, THEN
11:31:48AM YOU ARE SOLVING THE PROBLEM.
11:31:50AM I AM FOR HELPING THE PUBLIC BUT I CANNOT CONTINUE TO GIVE
11:31:54AM THE MONEY AWAY AND NOT HAVE A RETURN FOR THEM TO HAVE A
11:31:56AM BETTER LIFE IN THIS CITY.
11:31:58AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
11:32:00AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: A GREAT IDEA TO WANT TO DO SOMETHING LIKE
11:32:05AM THIS.
11:32:05AM BUT I CAN TELL YOU, NOBODY RIDES THE BUS.
11:32:09AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I DO.
11:32:10AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU MAY -- I KNOW YOU DO -- BECAUSE YOU ARE
11:32:15AM -- YOU ARE IN THAT -- THAT STAGE.
11:32:16AM BUT I CAN GO TO MY COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW -- I MAY HAVE RODE
11:32:23AM THE BUS MAYBE TWICE.
11:32:25AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU ARE MISSING OUT.
11:32:27AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I RODE IT TWICE, MAN.
11:32:29AM A COUPLE OF BALL PLAYERS GO -- I WILL RIDE THE BUS AND SEE
11:32:33AM WHAT YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT.
11:32:34AM WE ARE NOT THERE YET.
11:32:36AM BUT FOR ME, THIS TYPE OF MONEY -- MR. MIRANDA IS RIGHT.
11:32:41AM WE NEED TO BE IN THE HOUSING BUSINESS, I AM SORRY.
11:32:44AM THAT KIND OF MONEY SHOULD BE IN THE HOUSING BUSINESS.
11:32:46AM WE NEED TO FIEND LAND AND WE NEED TO BUILD AND WE CONTROL
11:32:49AM SOME HOUSING VERSUS THA, TAMPA HOUSING AUTHORITY, DOING A
11:32:55AM GREAT JOB.
11:32:56AM WE NEED TO BE IN THE HOUSING BUSINESS AND PEOPLE ARE
11:32:58AM DEPENDING ON THE CITY.
11:32:59AM WHAT IS THE CITY DOING.
11:33:00AM WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY MANAGE IT OR WHATEVER, BUT TO ME,
11:33:04AM THOSE KEEP OF DOLLARS SOMEHOW WORKING WITH SOME DEVELOPERS,
11:33:09AM BUILDING SOME HOUSING UNITS TO PUT PEOPLE IN HOUSING
11:33:12AM SOMEWHERE.
11:33:13AM I SUPPORT IT TODAY JUST TO SEE WHAT IT WILL BE LIKE, BUT I
11:33:17AM DON'T KNOW IN THE FUTURE.
11:33:17AM MY FOCUS RIGHT NOW -- ALL I HEAR -- THE NUMBER ONE TOPIC OF
11:33:21AM YOU GOING TO THESE DEBATES AND SHOWING UP AND PEOPLE CARING
11:33:25AM ABOUT -- THEY TALK ABOUT TRANSIT BUT THAT IS NUMBER TWO, TWO
11:33:28AM AND A HALF OR THREE ON THE LIST.
11:33:30AM RIGHT NOW ALL THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT HOUSING, FOUR WALLS AND
11:33:34AM A ROOF.
11:33:34AM I AM JUST SAYING.
11:33:35AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
11:33:37AM >>BILL CARLSON: JUST FOR THE PUBLIC.
11:33:39AM I THINK WHAT WE ARE DOING TODAY IS ASKING STAFF TO COME BACK
11:33:42AM AND REPORT ON IT.
11:33:44AM WE ARE NOT APPROVING IT.
11:33:45AM IT IS A CONCEPT TO LOOK AT.
11:33:47AM WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PRICE WILL BE.
11:33:52AM MY COLLEAGUE THREW OUT A NUMBER.
11:33:55AM I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WILL COST.
11:33:56AM PROBABLY LESS THAN THAT.
11:33:57AM ALL OF THE PEOPLE UPSET OF POTHOLES IN THE CITY OF TAMPA,
11:34:02AM BECAUSE IT IS CRA, WE CAN'T TRANSFER IT TO SOUTH TOP DO
11:34:06AM THAT.
11:34:06AM OTHER THING WE HAVE SEEN RIDERSHIP ON THE STREETCAR INCREASE
11:34:11AM DRAMATICALLY.
11:34:12AM I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBERS LIKE MY COLLEAGUES HERE BUT IN THE
11:34:18AM PAST WE FUNDED THESE OTHER SERVICES IN DOWNTOWN WHICH I WAS
11:34:21AM NOT IN FAVOR OF.
11:34:22AM IF WE ARE TRYING TO SEE IF LIKE PROOF OF CONCEPT IS
11:34:27AM EXPANDING THE STREET CAR FEASIBLE OR NOT.
11:34:30AM THIS IS A MUCH BETTER OPTION THAN SPENDING THE MONEY TO GO
11:34:33AM AHEAD AND BUILD SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY EXPENSIVE WHEN,
11:34:37AM INSTEAD, WE CAN TEST IT WITH -- WITH WHEELED VEHICLES.
11:34:40AM AND IT WON'T BE THE SAME RIDERSHIP AS THE STREET CAR WILL BE
11:34:45AM EVENTUALLY AND AT LEAST WE CAN TEST IT.
11:34:48AM THE LAST THING IS THAT TRANSPORTATION IS ALWAYS -- ACCESS TO
11:34:51AM PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS NECESSARY FOR TRANSIT-ORIENTED
11:34:55AM DEVELOPMENT AND DENSITY ALLOW US TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING
11:35:01AM AND THEY GO TOGETHER.
11:35:02AM AS THIS GOES UP AND MAKE A COMMITMENT.
11:35:04AM AT LEAST WITH WHEELED VEHICLES.
11:35:06AM IT WILL GIVE THE INVESTMENT COMMUNITY SOME COMFORT THAT THIS
11:35:12AM MIGHT STAY.
11:35:13AM IF THAT HAPPENS, IT WILL BUILD DENSITY AMONG IT WHICH WILL
11:35:18AM INCLUDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ADD TO THE TAX ROLLS OF THE
11:35:22AM CITY AND PROVIDE FOR OTHER THINGS AND PROVIDE MORE UNITS TO
11:35:25AM PUT MORE UNITS ON THE MARKET AND TRY TO INCENTIVIZE THEM TO
11:35:28AM PUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS WELL.
11:35:30AM THANK YOU.
11:35:30AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER CITRO.
11:35:33AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: ONE LAST THING.
11:35:35AM IF WE CAN REMEMBER, I CHAMPIONED A $10 MILLION PURCHASE OF
11:35:39AM THE OLD ARMY-NAVY STORE DESIGNATED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
11:35:44AM THIS WILL RUN RIGHT BY IT.
11:35:45AM SO I AM SAYING -- WHAT -- WHAT I AM SAYING IS THAT PUT THIS
11:35:49AM IN PLACE.
11:35:50AM COUNCILMAN CARLSON IS SAYING DENSITY BECOMES AFFORDABLE
11:35:54AM HOUSING.
11:35:54AM THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
11:35:57AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I AM JUST GOING TO SAY THAT BOARD MEMBER
11:36:00AM CARLSON HIT MORE ON WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.
11:36:02AM TRANSIT AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING GO TOGETHER.
11:36:04AM IF WE ARE BUILDING MORE HOUSING MORE CARS AND PEOPLE WILL
11:36:08AM COMPLAIN ABOUT TRAFFIC.
11:36:09AM ONLY WAY TO ALLEVIATE THAT IS TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF
11:36:13AM TRANSPORTATION.
11:36:14AM IT IS HARD TO SEE NOW, BUT IT IS COMING.
11:36:17AM I HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER CITRO.
11:36:19AM SECOND BY BOARD MEMBER CARLSON TO JUST ASK STAFF TO COME
11:36:24AM BACK AND TALK ABOUT IT.
11:36:25AM SO -- MARCH 9.
11:36:27AM ALL IN FAVOR.
11:36:29AM ANY OPPOSED?
11:36:32AM OKAY.
11:36:32AM MOTION PASSES.
11:36:33AM ANYTHING FROM --
11:36:39AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THIS MIGHT BE BEFORE MANY OF OUR TIME
11:36:42AM HERE, BUT BURT BACHARACH PASSED AWAY.
11:36:46AM NOTHING TO DO WITH CITY BUSINESS.
11:36:49AM ONE OF THE GREAT OF THE 20th CENTURY.
11:36:51AM BURT BACHARACH.
11:36:54AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: I AM COMING BACK FROM THIS.
11:36:56AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NOTHING.
11:36:57AM I SAW THAT.
11:36:58AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: WHAT HAPPENED?
11:37:01AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HE DIED.
11:37:02AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: IF I MAY.
11:37:03AM IF I CAN ADD ON TO THAT.
11:37:05AM HE IS PROBABLY THE GREATEST AMERICAN SONGWRITER NEXT TO DUKE
11:37:10AM ELLINGTON.
11:37:12AM EVERY GREAT SONG THAT -- WHO WAS IT, DIONNE WARWICK DID WAS
11:37:18AM WRITTEN BY BURT BACHARACH.
11:37:22AM THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
11:37:24AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
11:37:26AM >>BILL CARLSON: I AM NOT GOING TO MAKE A MOTION BUT I WANT
11:37:29AM TO ALERT, ANOTHER PUSH-PULL OUT THAT YOU IS INCREDIBLY
11:37:33AM DISPARAGING OF CITY COUNCIL IN GENERAL.
11:37:36AM IT ASKS SPECIFIC NAMES ABOUT SPECIFIC PEOPLE.
11:37:38AM BUT IT IS REALLY DISAPPOINTING WHOEVER IS DOING IT THAT IT
11:37:43AM IS -- THAT THEY -- THEY SO EASILY DISPARAGE CITY COUNCIL.
11:37:47AM I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO LOOK AT IT AND IF YOU DON'T SEE
11:37:51AM IT, I AM HAPPY TO READ SOME OF THEM TONIGHT.
11:37:53AM I THINK WE OUGHT TO -- WE OUGHT TO TRY TO PLAY FAIR IN THIS
11:37:56AM COMMUNITY AND TALK ABOUT ISSUES INSTEAD OF -- INSTEAD OF
11:38:00AM PERSONAL ATTACKS LIKE THAT.
11:38:01AM THANK YOU.
11:38:02AM >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY.
11:38:03AM MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
11:38:07AM MADE BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
11:38:11AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:38:15AM THANK YOU.
11:38:16AM WE ARE ADJOURNED.
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