Tampa CRA
Thursday, March 9, 2023
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09:03:21AM [GAVEL SOUNDING]
09:03:23AM >>LYNN HURTAK: GOOD MORNING.
09:03:25AM THE CITY OF TAMPA COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING IS
09:03:28AM CALLED TO ORDER ON THIS 9th DAY OF MARCH 2023.
09:03:33AM COUNCILMAN CARLSON, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE THE INVOCATION.
09:03:39AM >>BILL CARLSON: YES, GOOD MORNING, RABBI MENDY IS HERE, WHO
09:03:42AM IS -- RIGHT THERE -- OKAY, WHO WE HAVE HAD HERE MANY TIMES,
09:03:47AM BUT I WANT TO WELCOME HIM BACK.
09:03:48AM RABBI MENDY WAS RAISED IN TAMPA AND STUDIED IN DETROIT,
09:03:55AM PARIS, AND NEW YORK CITY WHERE HE RECEIVED HISS RABBINIC
09:03:59AM ORDINATION.
09:04:00AM HE INTERNED AND VOLUNTEERED IN UKRAINE, ISRAEL, ACROSS THE
09:04:05AM U.S., AND SPEAKS FIVE LANGUAGES AND BELIEVES THAT
09:04:07AM COMMUNICATION IS HIS FAVORITE TOOL.
09:04:09AM RABBI MENDY HAD DIRECTED THE LARGEST SCHOOL OUTREACH IN THE
09:04:17AM WORLD WITH 180 BRANCHES AND COORDINATES EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL,
09:04:23AM AND SPIRITUAL PROGRAMS FOR THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE
09:04:26AM CITY OF TAMPA.
09:04:26AM AND HIS GOAL IS TO HELP PEOPLE CONNECT WITH ONE ANOTHER AND
09:04:29AM THEIR SPIRITUALITY.
09:04:30AM THE RABBI SERVES AS THE FIRST-EVER JEWISH CHAPLAIN TO THE
09:04:36AM TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ONE OF HANDFUL SERVING THE FBI
09:04:38AM NATIONALLY.
09:04:39AM SO LET'S STAND FOR INVOCATION AND THEN THE PLEDGE.
09:04:42AM >> GOOD MORNING, LET US PRAY.
09:04:47AM MASTER OF THE WORLD, LOOK FAVORABLY UPON THIS COUNCIL, THE
09:04:54AM TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, BLESS THEM WITH GOOD HEALTH, WISDOM
09:04:58AM AND COMPASSION THAT THEY ENACT THE LAWS ACCORDING TO YOUR
09:05:02AM WILL.
09:05:02AM BLESS THE DISTINGUISHED COUNCILMEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES,
09:05:06AM AND THEY HAVE BEEN CHOSEN BY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO PLACE
09:05:09AM THEIR FAITH AND CONFIDENCE IN THEM TO MAKE DECISIONS ON
09:05:12AM BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF OUR GREAT CITY.
09:05:14AM LET US RECOGNIZE THAT THEY HOLD A GOD-GIVING POSITION TO
09:05:18AM PERFORM AS ONE OF THE SEVEN UNIVERSAL LAWS GIVEN TO NOAH,
09:05:22AM THE FATHER OF ALL HUMANITY, TO ENSURE A PEACEFUL AND MORAL
09:05:28AM SOCIETY BLESSED BE THE RULE OF LAW.
09:05:30AM AND OUR MILITARY TO CONSTANTLY SACRIFICE FOR OUR FREEDOMS,
09:05:35AM THE FREEDOMS THEY CHERISH, AND PROTECT THEM AND RETURN THEM
09:05:39AM SAFELY TO THEIR FAMILY.
09:05:40AM TODAY, WE OPEN THIS COUNCIL MEETINGS TWO DAYS AFTER THE
09:05:42AM JEWISH COMMUNITY CELEBRATED THE HOLIDAY OF PURIM, A FESTIVAL
09:05:52AM OF THE TYRANT HAMAN UNDER THE FOURTH CENTURY BC.
09:05:57AM TODAY, TOO, THE JEWISH COMMUNITY FACES THE SCOURGE OF
09:06:01AM ANTI-SEMITISM.
09:06:02AM LET ALL CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA ACCEPT AND APPRECIATE
09:06:06AM THAT OUR DIVERSITY OF HUMAN BEINGS IS OUR GREATEST STRENGTH
09:06:10AM AND LET US ALL SEE THE UNIQUE AND INDIVIDUAL BEAUTY THAT WE
09:06:14AM CONTRIBUTE TO THE WOVEN FABRIC OF OUR SATURDAY.
09:06:17AM LET US ALL FIND INHERENT GOODNESS IN EACH OTHER AND
09:06:21AM ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER TO FULFILL OUR CHARGE FROM THE
09:06:23AM ALMIGHTY WHICH IS TO PROTECT AND PERFECT THIS WORLD UNDER
09:06:27AM HIS SOVEREIGNTY.
09:06:28AM IN THIS WAY, WE CAN ALL BRING LIGHT IN PLACE OF DARKNESS,
09:06:31AM REDEMPTION IN PLACE OF DESPAIR, AND HAPPINESS AND PEACE FOR
09:06:36AM ALL WHO SEEK IT AND LET US SAY, AMEN.
09:06:39AM [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
09:06:55AM >>LYNN HURTAK: ROLL CALL.
09:06:56AM >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
09:07:05AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
09:07:07AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE.
09:07:08AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE.
09:07:10AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
09:07:11AM >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE.
09:07:11AM >>CLERK: YOU HAVE A QUORUM.
09:07:17AM >>LYNN HURTAK: MR. MASSEY.
09:07:18AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: A QUICK MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES FROM
09:07:21AM THE FEBRUARY 9 MEETING.
09:07:22AM >>LYNN HURTAK: A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
09:07:25AM SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
09:07:27AM ALL IN FAVOR?
09:07:28AM OPPOSED?
09:07:29AM MOTION CARRIES.
09:07:30AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF TAMPA
09:07:33AM COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CRA, MARCH 9, 2023 IN
09:07:37AM THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 315 E. KENNEDY BOULEVARD IN
09:07:41AM TAMPA, FLORIDA.
09:07:42AM THE PUBLIC IS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS MEETING IN PUBLIC
09:07:45AM WITH A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES OF SPEAKERS HERE IN PERSON,
09:07:49AM OLD CITY HALL, OR BY WAY OF COMMUNICATION MEDIA TECHNOLOGY
09:07:53AM OR CMT.
09:07:54AM IT REQUIRES PREREGISTRATION FOR THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
09:07:58AM DIRECTIONS ARE IN THE MEETING AGENDA.
09:08:01AM CAN I HAVE A MOTION WAIVING THE RULES TO ALLOW PUBLIC
09:08:04AM PARTICIPATION BY CMT?
09:08:07AM >>LYNN HURTAK: A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
09:08:10AM SECONDED BE BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
09:08:12AM ALL IN FAVOR.
09:08:14AM OPPOSED?
09:08:16AM MOTION CARRIES.
09:08:25AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: GOOD MORNING.
09:08:26AM >>LYNN HURTAK: GOOD MORNING.
09:08:28AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: NICOLE TRAVIS, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC
09:08:31AM DEVELOPMENT AND OPPORTUNITY.
09:08:34AM YOUR CRA.
09:08:36AM WE FOUND OUT THAT KIMBERLEE CURTIS'S FLIGHT WAS DELAYED, AND
09:08:40AM SHE IS UNABLE TO MAKE IT HERE IN TIME FOR HER PRESENTATION
09:08:42AM THIS MORNING.
09:08:43AM THAT IS ITEM NUMBER 2.
09:08:44AM ITEM NUMBER 9, WE PROVIDED A WRITTEN REPORT AND THE HANDOUT
09:08:51AM PRESENTATION THAT WAS DONE FOR THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS
09:08:54AM WITH THE EAST TAMPA CAC.
09:08:57AM WE ARE ASKING THAT ITEM STAND ON ITS OWN UNLESS IT WAS
09:09:00AM PULLED FOR DISCUSSION.
09:09:02AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
09:09:11AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO HEAR ABOUT
09:09:14AM THAT.
09:09:15AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: ITEM NUMBER 10, WE ARE ASKING THAT THIS
09:09:19AM ITEM BE CONTINUED UNTIL APRIL -- YOUR APRIL 13 CRA MEETING.
09:09:28AM A MOTION RELATED TO COMPENSATION BUT TIED TO YOUR SERVICES
09:09:32AM AGREEMENT.
09:09:32AM WE ARE WORKING ON THE SERVICES AGREEMENT -- EXCUSE ME.
09:09:36AM WORKING ON THE SERVICES AGREEMENT RIGHT NOW.
09:09:39AM THE DETAILS THAT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH RIGHT NOW ARE WITH
09:09:41AM THE BUDGET OFFICE.
09:09:43AM SINCE THE LAST MEETING, YOU WROTE IT ON RESTRUCTURING THE
09:09:47AM CRA STAFF SO WE NEED THE BUDGET TO ALIGN WITH THAT.
09:09:50AM WE NEED UNTIL APRIL TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
09:09:54AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
09:09:55AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I TALKED TO MISS TRAVIS, AND SHE TALKED TO
09:09:58AM ME SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT THIS, AND SHE IS A VERY HUMBLE
09:10:01AM INDIVIDUAL AND KEEPS ASKING ME TO NOT BRING IT UP.
09:10:05AM AND I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE CHIEF OF STAFF LAST NIGHT
09:10:07AM ABOUT THE ISSUE.
09:10:08AM I WILL GO WITH THE CONTINUANCE.
09:10:09AM I WON'T BE HERE AFTER MAY 1.
09:10:12AM I WAS GIVEN A COMMITMENT THAT IT WILL BE DONE AND HANDLED,
09:10:15AM AND YOU WILL GET YOUR PAY, AND MR. DRUMGO WILL GET THE PAY
09:10:18AM AT THE NEXT CRA MEETING.
09:10:19AM I AM HOPING THAT THEY KEEP THEIR WORD BECAUSE NO WAY IN THE
09:10:22AM WORLD THAT YOU AND MR. DRUMGO SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PAID FOR
09:10:25AM THE WORK YOU HAVE BEEN DOING.
09:10:26AM I AM PRAYFUL THAT IT WILL GET DONE.
09:10:29AM IF IT IS NOT, I HOPE THE NEXT COUNCIL OR CRA BOARD WILL MAKE
09:10:33AM SURE THAT YOU AND THIS GENTLEMAN GET PROPERLY COMPENSATED
09:10:36AM BECAUSE YOU ARE DOING A LOT OF WORK IN THE CITY.
09:10:38AM YOU ARE BURNT OUT AND WORKING DIFFERENT JOBS ALL OVER THE
09:10:41AM CITY AND IT'S NOT FAIR, NOT RIGHT.
09:10:43AM I KNOW YOU ASKED ME NOT TO TALK AND DISCUSS ABOUT IT.
09:10:46AM MY --
09:10:47AM MY HEART, MY MOUTH, AND I THINK YOU NEED TO BE COMPENSATED
09:10:50AM LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE BECAUSE ANYBODY ELSE WOULD HAVE BEEN
09:10:54AM PAID AND THEY HAVEN'T YET.
09:10:56AM I WILL GO WITH THE CONTINUANCE.
09:10:58AM >>BILL CARLSON: I WILL SECOND IT WITH THE SAME CAVEAT THAT I
09:11:01AM THINK WE NEED TO RESOLVE IT AT THE NEXT MEETING.
09:11:04AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER MEMBER GUDES.
09:11:08AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER CARSON.
09:11:11AM ALL IN FAVOR.
09:11:12AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THE NEXT ITEM NUMBER 11, A MOTION TO LOOK
09:11:18AM INTO MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY.
09:11:19AM I AM ASKING YOU TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM BECAUSE WE ARE WORKING
09:11:24AM ON IT.
09:11:24AM I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT AND MADE AN OFFER -- EXTENDED AN
09:11:28AM OFFER AND I JUST ASK -- RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE
09:11:31AM THIS ITEM UNTIL REPORTING IS MORE CONCRETE, PLEASE.
09:11:36AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
09:11:40AM >>BILL CARLSON: CAN I ASK ONE QUESTION?
09:11:42AM THE CITY IS WORKING WITH CRA.
09:11:44AM IS IT FROM THE CRA OR THE CITY?
09:11:46AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: FROM THE CITY.
09:11:47AM >>BILL CARLSON: YOU WANT TO CONTINUE IT UNTIL THE NEXT
09:11:50AM MEETING?
09:11:50AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: UNTIL I BRING IT BACK TO YOU WITH SOMETHING
09:11:53AM MORE CONCRETE.
09:11:54AM IF IT IS NOT SOLVED, THEN I WILL ASK FOR A CONTINUANCE
09:11:58AM AGAIN.
09:11:58AM I DON'T WANT TO NEGOTIATE THIS AT THE MEETING.
09:12:02AM >>BILL CARLSON: CAN WE PUT IT ON THE MAY AGENDA?
09:12:05AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THAT IS FAIR.
09:12:06AM I CAN PROVIDE AN UPDATE.
09:12:08AM I CAN BE ABLE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE WHAT IS THE LATEST ON
09:12:10AM THAT.
09:12:11AM >>BILL CARLSON: THAT WILL BE GOOD TO HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA
09:12:13AM SO WE DON'T FORGET IT.
09:12:16AM THE QUESTION IS WHAT THE CRA CAN ASSIST THE CITY IN ANY WAY.
09:12:20AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THERE IS A WAY.
09:12:21AM AND WE WILL WORK TOWARD THAT.
09:12:23AM >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO CONTINUE ITEM NUMBER
09:12:26AM 11 UNTIL THE MAY CRA MEETING.
09:12:29AM >>LYNN HURTAK: MOTION MADE BY BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
09:12:33AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
09:12:35AM ALL IN FAVOR.
09:12:36AM OPPOSED.
09:12:36AM MOTION CARRIES.
09:12:38AM >>BILL CARLSON: MAY CRA MEETING.
09:12:41AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: SORRY, I DON'T HAVE --
09:12:44AM >>LYNN HURTAK: IT IS MAY 11.
09:12:49AM >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU.
09:12:50AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THEN FINALLY ITEM NUMBER 12.
09:12:57AM THIS MOTION WAS MADE WHEN THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP WAS
09:13:01AM LOOKING INTO EXPANDING INTO THE YBOR AREA.
09:13:04AM THAT HAS SINCE WENT AWAY.
09:13:06AM BUT WE WOULD STILL LIKE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION WITH THE
09:13:09AM YBOR CAC.
09:13:11AM WE ARE JUST REQUESTING MORE TIME TO DO THAT.
09:13:13AM WE ARE ASKING FOR A CONTINUANCE UNTIL JUNE 8 TO HAVE THE
09:13:18AM TIME TO HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CAC.
09:13:21AM >>BILL CARLSON: I MOVE TO MOVE IT TO JUNE 8.
09:13:25AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
09:13:26AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE RETREAT DATE.
09:13:29AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT.
09:13:30AM HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
09:13:32AM >>BILL CARLSON: MORRIS, WE ARE OKAY IN JULY TOO?
09:13:34AM WHAT IS THE DEADLINE?
09:13:35AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: WE ARE CONTINUING THIS UNTIL JULY.
09:13:39AM THE PROCESS IS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH A SPECIAL SERVICES
09:13:43AM DISTRICT FOR YBOR THAT THERE HAS TO BE A STUDY DONE AND THEN
09:13:47AM A NOTICE OF INTENT HEARING TYPICALLY BEFORE JANUARY 1.
09:13:51AM IF THAT CAN BE EXTENDED TO MARCH 1 WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE
09:13:55AM PROPERTY APPRAISER AND TAX COLLECTOR.
09:13:58AM >>BILL CARLSON: I MENTIONED THIS THE LAST TIME WE DISCUSSED
09:14:00AM IT.
09:14:00AM JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, A DISCUSSION OF INCLUDING THE YBOR LAND
09:14:06AM OWNERS WANTED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT
09:14:09AM OF DOWNTOWN WHICH MEANS THEY WILL PAY MORE TAXES AND GET
09:14:12AM SPECIAL SERVICES LIKE CLEAN TEAM AND OTHER THINGS.
09:14:14AM AND THEY DECIDED TO GO ON THEIR OWN AND PROPOSE THEIR OWN
09:14:18AM SPECIAL SERVICES DISTRICT.
09:14:19AM SO THERE IS -- THIS WAS BEING PUSHED QUICKLY BECAUSE IT WAS
09:14:22AM A DEADLINE COMING UP, BUT NOW THE DEADLINE IS NOT SO URGENT.
09:14:28AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THE CRA -- IN FAIRNESS, A SPECIAL TAXING
09:14:33AM DISTRICT, NOT A ROLE FOR THE CRA STAFF TO BE INVOLVED IN.
09:14:36AM IT SHOULD BE THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
09:14:39AM IF THE CONVERSATIONS START TO HAPPEN, WE CAN SEE HOW THE CRA
09:14:42AM -- TO YOUR POINT EARLIER, WHAT SERVICES ARE NOW BEING
09:14:46AM OFFERED.
09:14:46AM WHAT SERVICES THE SSD IS GOING TO TAKE.
09:14:49AM >>BILL CARLSON: TWO PIECES, NUMBER ONE, THAT THE CAC IS A
09:14:53AM CONSTITUENT.
09:14:54AM SO THE CAC CHAIR AND OTHERS HAVE SAID THEY WANT TO BE
09:14:58AM INFORMED ABOUT IT AND WANT TO BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND
09:15:01AM GIVE INPUT.
09:15:02AM THAT IS -- THAT IS FAIR.
09:15:07AM THE OTHER THING YOU ALLUDED TO OTHER SERVICES LIKE THE
09:15:11AM JANITORIAL, IF IT MOVES TO THE SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT, IT
09:15:15AM WILL FREE UP MONEY FOR THE CRA.
09:15:16AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: WILL YOU BE WILLING TO CONTINUE IT INTO THE
09:15:20AM JULY 20 CRA MEETING?
09:15:22AM >>BILL CARLSON: MOVE TO CONTINUE ITEM NUMBER 12 TO JULY 20.
09:15:25AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
09:15:27AM >>LYNN HURTAK: A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER CARLSON AND SECONDED
09:15:30AM BY BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
09:15:32AM ALL IN FAVOR.
09:15:33AM OPPOSED?
09:15:34AM OKAY.
09:15:34AM MOTION CARRIES.
09:15:36AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: YOU HAVE A MEMO FROM ALIS DRUMGO TO REMOVE
09:15:42AM ITEM NUMBER 17 FROM THE AGENDA.
09:15:45AM >>BILL CARLSON: CAN I SAY ONE MORE THING ABOUT NUMBER 12?
09:15:49AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: SURE.
09:15:51AM >>BILL CARLSON: A MAP BY SOME OF THE LAND OWNERS IN YBOR
09:15:54AM CIRCULATING, AND THEY HAVE GONE PARCEL TO PARCEL.
09:15:57AM AND THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO BE INCLUDED, THEY ARE
09:15:59AM CARVING THEM OUT.
09:16:00AM THEY ARE NOT FORCING ANYBODY TO PAY MORE, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO
09:16:03AM WANT TO PAY MORE FOR MORE SERVICES WILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
09:16:05AM AND THAT IS THEIR CHOICE, NOT OURS.
09:16:07AM I AM SORRY, GO AHEAD.
09:16:11AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THANK YOU.
09:16:12AM ITEM NUMBER 17 I'M REQUESTING TO BE REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA,
09:16:16AM PLEASE.
09:16:16AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
09:16:21AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
09:16:23AM ALL IN FAVOR.
09:16:24AM ANY OPPOSED?
09:16:26AM MOTION CARRIES.
09:16:27AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: MADAM CHAIR, THAT'S IT FOR THE AGENDA.
09:16:30AM >>LYNN HURTAK: WE NEED TO GO BACK TO ITEM 2 AND REMOVE THAT
09:16:33AM FROM THE AGENDA.
09:16:34AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: OR CONTINUE TO NEXT MONTH, EITHER ONE,
09:16:36AM WHATEVER IS YOUR PLEASURE.
09:16:37AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: WE WILL HAVE TO SEE IF SHE IS AVAILABLE,
09:16:42AM BUT IF YOU GO AHEAD AND REMOVE IT.
09:16:44AM >>BILL CARLSON: CAN I ASK ONE MORE THING?
09:16:50AM 18 AND 22 IS THE TAMPA THEATRE AND FIVE OR SIX FOLKS FROM
09:16:53AM TAMPA THEATRE ARE HERE.
09:16:58AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: UNDER MY DIRECTOR'S REPORT, ITEM NUMBER 6
09:17:02AM WHERE YOU ASKED ME TO LOOK AT THE BUDGET, I WAS GOING TO
09:17:05AM MAKE MY PRESENTATION AND INVITE THE THEATRE TO DO THEIR
09:17:07AM PRESENTATION AT THAT TIME -- ON ITEM NUMBER 6.
09:17:10AM >>BILL CARLSON: OKAY, GREAT, THANK YOU.
09:17:15AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: IS THAT OKAY?
09:17:18AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
09:17:19AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: IT'S 18 AND 22 -- 18 AND 22 TO BE HEARD
09:17:29AM TOGETHER BUT IF YOU WANTED TO PULL THEM, YOU CAN PULL THEM
09:17:31AM AND ACT AFTER THE THEATRE'S PRESENTATION.
09:17:33AM >>BILL CARLSON: SO MOVE TO PUT ITEM 18 AND 22 AFTER ITEM
09:17:47AM NUMBER 6.
09:17:48AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
09:17:48AM >>LYNN HURTAK: WE WILL PUT ITEMS 18 AND 22 AFTER ITEM NUMBER
09:17:52AM 6 MOTION MADE BY BOARD MEMBER CARLSON AND SECONDED BY BOARD
09:17:59AM MEMBER MIRANDA.
09:18:00AM ALL IN FAVOR?
09:18:01AM OPPOSED?
09:18:02AM OKAY.
09:18:02AM I STILL NEED A MOTION TO MOVE ITEM 2.
09:18:05AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO MOVED.
09:18:06AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECOND.
09:18:07AM >>LYNN HURTAK: A MOTION TO MOVE ITEM 2 TO APRIL 13 BY BOARD
09:18:12AM MEMBER MANISCALCO AND SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
09:18:15AM ALL IN FAVOR?
09:18:17AM OPPOSED?
09:18:18AM MOTION CARRIES.
09:18:19AM ANYONE WANTS TO APPROVE THE AGENDA?
09:18:23AM BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO MOVED TO APPROVE.
09:18:26AM AND BOARD MEMBER CARLSON SECONDED.
09:18:28AM ALL IN FAVOR.
09:18:29AM OKAY.
09:18:30AM MOTION CARRIES.
09:18:32AM SO NOW IT IS TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
09:18:36AM PUBLIC IS WELCOME TO COMMENT ON ANY ITEM FOR UP TO THREE
09:18:40AM MINUTES.
09:18:41AM IF ANYONE WISHES TO SPEAK TODAY, PLEASE FORM A LINE.
09:18:48AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS.
09:18:51AM MY NAME IS JEFF SHEER.
09:18:53AM I AM AN ATTORNEY AT 707 N. FRANKLIN STREET, TAMPA, 33602.
09:18:58AM I'M NOT HERE IN A LEGAL CAPACITY THIS MORNING.
09:19:00AM I'M HERE AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF THE TAMPA THEATRE.
09:19:04AM WE, AS COUNCILMAN CARLSON JUST MENTIONED, HAVE AN AGENDA
09:19:10AM ITEM UP FOR CONSIDERATION FOR YOU ALL THIS MORNING, AND WE
09:19:13AM HAVE A FEW PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT
09:19:18AM INFORM MOVING THAT MOTION FORWARD.
09:19:21AM AND YOU WILL HEAR MORE FROM JOHN BELL, OUR EXECUTIVE
09:19:26AM DIRECTOR, WHEN WE MAKE OUR PRESENTATION.
09:19:27AM BUT FROM THE BOARD'S PERSPECTIVE, WE SPEND ALMOST ALL OF OUR
09:19:32AM TIME AND EFFORTS RAISING MONEY TO HELP MAINTAIN A
09:19:37AM 97-YEAR-OLD BUILDING.
09:19:38AM AND AS FAST AS WE CAN GET THE DOLLARS IN, THEY SEEM TO GO
09:19:42AM BACK OUT.
09:19:42AM SO WE ARE NOW AT -- FINALLY ASKING FOR SUPPORT FROM THE CRA
09:19:46AM TO HELP WITH SOME OF THE BIGGER ITEMS THAT NEED ADDRESSING.
09:19:50AM WE ARE COMING UP QUICKLY ON THE THEATRE'S 100-YEAR
09:19:55AM ANNIVERSARY WHICH IS IN 2026.
09:19:57AM AND WE HOPE IT HAVE THE THEATRE IN TIP-TOP SHAPE BY THAT
09:20:01AM TIME.
09:20:01AM SO, AGAIN, WE JUST ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO MOVE THAT -- THAT
09:20:06AM ITEM FORWARD AND THANKS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
09:20:08AM APPRECIATE IT.
09:20:09AM >> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS MIKE HOOKER.
09:20:18AM I AM ALSO AN ATTORNEY BUT ALSO NOT HERE FOR ANY LEGAL
09:20:22AM CAPACITY.
09:20:22AM I AM A RESIDENT HERE OF TAMPA,
09:20:25AM 852 SOUTH NEWPORT AVENUE, AND HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE
09:20:31AM TAMPA THEATRE.
09:20:31AM WE, IN TAMPA, HAVE FORTUNATE TO HAVE EXPERIENCE A
09:20:35AM REVITALIZATION OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA OVER THE LAST MANY
09:20:38AM YEARS.
09:20:39AM FRANKLY, A BENEFICIARY OF THAT, BUT ALSO A SIGNIFICANT
09:20:43AM CONTRIBUTOR, WE THINK, IS THE TAMPA THEATRE.
09:20:45AM AS FANTASTIC AS IT MAY SEEM, THE TAMPA THEATRE WAS ACTUALLY
09:20:50AM SCHEDULED FOR DEMOLITION IN THE 1970s AND THE HARD WORK
09:20:55AM THROUGH A LOT OF CONCERNED CITIZENS AND THE CITY OF TAMPA,
09:20:58AM IT SURVIVED THE WRECKING BALL, AND NOW IS PROBABLY, I THINK,
09:21:02AM SAFE TO SAY, IS VIBRANT WITH PROGRAMMING LIKE LIVE
09:21:06AM ENTERTAINMENT, FIRST-RUN, CLASSIC FILMS IN THE LAST 50
09:21:10AM YEARS.
09:21:10AM NOT ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY, BUT IT IS NOW.
09:21:13AM WE THINK IT IS OBVIOUSLY A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTOR TO THE
09:21:16AM CULTURE OF TAMPA, BUT NOT JUST THAT, IT IS ALSO A
09:21:19AM SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTOR TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND
09:21:23AM ARCHITECTURE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:21:26AM WHEN YOU WALKED IN THROUGH THESE DOORS AND SEE FOR THE FIRST
09:21:30AM TIME THAT ICONIC BALCONY, THE COURTYARD SCENE, THE TWINKLING
09:21:36AM STARS AND THE FAUX SKIES ABOVE, YOU DIDN'T HELP BUT TO
09:21:42AM BE AWE-STRUCK.
09:21:43AM IT IS TRULY THE ARCHITECTURAL MODEL.
09:21:46AM I OWE THIS TO A FAMOUS ARCHITECT, JOHN EBERSON.
09:21:53AM OF ALL THE MOVIE PALACES HE DID OVER THE YEARS, TAMPA
09:21:56AM THEATRE WAS HIS FAVORITE.
09:21:57AM WE ACTUALLY HAD VERY PRESTIGIOUS HISTORIC PRESERVATION FIRM
09:22:04AM COME IN TO HELP WITH THE PRESERVATION OF THE LOBBY, SCRAPING
09:22:06AM AWAY THE PAINT, THE ORIGINAL HUES, AND SO FORTH.
09:22:11AM OF ALL THE WORK THEY HAVE CONTINUE TO IN THE PRESTIGIOUS
09:22:14AM BUILDING, THE TAMPA THEATRE IS THE BEST PRESERVED AND MOST
09:22:19AM ORIGINAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC MOVIE PALACES IN THE UNITED
09:22:23AM STATES.
09:22:23AM WE THINK IT IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTOR TO THE CULTURE
09:22:28AM AND HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE OF THE CITY.
09:22:30AM AS JEFF SAID IN THREE YEARS, WE WILL BE CELEBRATING OUR
09:22:35AM 100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY.
09:22:35AM WE SURVIVED THE FIRST CENTURY.
09:22:39AM WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE SURVIVE AND THRIVE OVER THE NEXT
09:22:42AM CENTURY.
09:22:42AM FOR ALL THOSE REASONS, WE HOPE ALL THIS BE GENEROUS IN YOUR
09:22:46AM SUPPORT OF THE TAMPA THEATRE.
09:22:47AM THANK YOU.
09:22:48AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
09:22:49AM THE LINE -- THE LINE IS RIGHT HERE.
09:22:56AM WE WILL LET THE LINE GO.
09:22:58AM >> THANK YOU, AND GOOD MORNING.
09:23:06AM DELPHIN JONES, 1518 WEST LAZEL, WEST TAMPA CAC BOARD MEMBER
09:23:17AM AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE CRIME WATCH GROUP.
09:23:18AM I'M HERE TO SPEAK THE ISSUE OF THE SOUL WALK.
09:23:22AM I ASKED IN THE PAST TO BE CONTACTED AND LET US KNOW WHAT
09:23:26AM PHASE WE ARE IN.
09:23:26AM I DON'T KNOW WHERE -- WHAT PHASE WE ARE IN, WHAT THEY ARE
09:23:30AM DOING OR ANYTHING.
09:23:31AM BUT THIS IS A SENSITIVE ITEM.
09:23:35AM WE WANT THAT SOUL WALK TO REPRESENT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
09:23:40AM BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL, THE BUSINESSES THAT WERE THERE IN THE
09:23:43AM PAST.
09:23:44AM WE DON'T WANT OTHER PEOPLE'S INPUT.
09:23:46AM LIKE I SAID I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON AT ALL.
09:23:51AM I NEED SOME INFORMATION ON THAT.
09:23:54AM AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE IS A WEB SITE UP THAT SAYS ACCEPTING
09:23:58AM YOUR PICTURES.
09:24:01AM AND THIS IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
09:24:04AM WE NEED THE PERSON, WHOEVER IS IN CHARGE, TO COME TO THE
09:24:07AM COMMUNITY SO IT CAN BE A HOME-ROOTED THING FOR PEOPLE IN THE
09:24:11AM COMMUNITY.
09:24:11AM WE DON'T WANT TO BE LEFT BEHIND.
09:24:13AM IT IS OUR COMMUNITY.
09:24:14AM SO WE WANT THE FACE OF THE WALL TO REPRESENT THAT.
09:24:19AM THANK YOU.
09:24:20AM THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR THE EFFORT YOU PUT IN TO BRING
09:24:26AM THE AFRO-AMERICAN HISTORY BACK IN THE COMMUNITY.
09:24:29AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
09:24:31AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: MISS TRAVIS, CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT THE
09:24:34AM COMMUNITY IS REALLY NOTIFIED.
09:24:35AM I DIDN'T KNOW THEY HAD A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY.
09:24:41AM I DIDN'T GET THE INVITE.
09:24:42AM I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
09:24:44AM IF WE CAN MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY -- DELPHIN, A BIG-TIME
09:24:51AM PERSON AND MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITIES ARE WELL KNOWLEDGEABLE
09:24:54AM ABOUT THAT.
09:24:56AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: I SPOKE WITH MISS DELPHIN AND GAVE
09:24:59AM ADMINISTRATOR WYNN'S CONTACT INFORMATION AND WILL MAKE SURE
09:25:03AM THEY ARE KEPT IN THE LOOP.
09:25:04AM THANK YOU.
09:25:05AM >>BILL CARLSON: MISS DELPHIN, DID ROBIN CALL YOU YESTERDAY?
09:25:11AM ROBIN NIGH?
09:25:14AM I TALKED TO ROBIN AFTER WE SPOKE, AND ANDREW, MY AIDE, SENT
09:25:19AM HER NUMBER.
09:25:21AM IF SHE DIDN'T CALL YOU, LET ME KNOW AND WE WILL PUT YOU IN
09:25:25AM TOUCH WITH HER.
09:25:25AM THANK YOU.
09:25:26AM >> MY NAME IS HALLE REED.
09:25:32AM 2059 RONALD CIRCLE.
09:25:34AM LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I MENTIONED THAT SEVERAL BODIES
09:25:38AM ORIGINALLY BURIED AT ZION CEMETERY WERE REINTERRED INTO
09:25:44AM MEMORIAL CEMETERY.
09:25:46AM MOST OF THE BODIES WEREN'T REMOVED AND REMAINED AS THEY WERE
09:25:50AM AND HAD BUILDINGS BUILT OVER THEM.
09:25:51AM THEY REMAIN THAT WAY TODAY.
09:25:53AM FOUNDER RICHARD DOBY IS ONE OF THE 15 UNMARKED GRAVES.
09:26:01AM UNFORTUNATELY, THE PROPERTY WAS LEVIED WITH SUCH LEVIES THEY
09:26:08AM CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO KEEP THE PROPERTY AND AUCTIONED OFF
09:26:11AM BY THE CITY IN 1915.
09:26:13AM IT WENT THROUGH SEVERAL OWNERS UNTIL IT WAS FINALLY BOUGHT
09:26:16AM BY PROPERTY DEVELOPER HW FULLER IN 1926.
09:26:20AM IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS, FULLER REMOVED MEMORIAL-BUILT
09:26:26AM STOREFRONTS AND SOLD OFF PARCELS OF THE LAND FOR OTHER
09:26:30AM DEVELOPMENTS.
09:26:31AM WASN'T ALL DONE OVERNIGHT BUT WAS GRADUALLY DONE OVER A
09:26:34AM PERIOD OF YEARS.
09:26:35AM THAT IS HOW THE ERASURE OF ZION CEMETERY BECAME ONE OF THE
09:26:41AM MOST SHAMEFUL CHAPTERS IN TAMPA HISTORY.
09:26:45AM MEMORIAL PARK WAS BOUGHT BY A PROPERTY FLIPPER WHOSE ONLY
09:26:49AM MOTIVATION IS GREED AND PROFIT.
09:26:51AM AND IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE STORY DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN,
09:26:55AM THE CITY OF TAMPA, NOT A CRA, NEEDS TO BE THE ONE TO TAKE
09:26:59AM FULL CONTROL OF MEMORIAL.
09:27:00AM IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN NOW.
09:27:02AM THANK YOU.
09:27:04AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
09:27:05AM >> AILEEN HENDERSON, WEST FRIDLEY STREET, TAMPA.
09:27:16AM GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:27:18AM FIRST CONGRATS TO THOSE RETAINING THEIR SEAT.
09:27:22AM GOOD LUCK TO THOSE WHOSE CAMPAIGN SOMETHING NOT YET DONE.
09:27:26AM AND THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO WILL BE MOVING ON TO HOPEFULLY
09:27:28AM BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS.
09:27:30AM TODAY, WHILE MY MISSION REMAINS TO SAVE MEMORIAL PARK
09:27:34AM CEMETERY AND NOT HAVE CRA PURCHASE, BUT THE CITY BUY IT BACK
09:27:38AM AND ADD IT TO THEIR COLLECTION OF ALL-WHITE CEMETERIES.
09:27:41AM I WANT TO ADDRESS THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF TAMPA CITY
09:27:45AM GOVERNMENT AND HOW IT SPECIFICALLY PERTAINS TO MEMORIAL PARK
09:27:48AM CEMETERY ENDING UP WITH A HEARTLESS PROPERTY FLIPPER.
09:27:53AM TO STEP UP, DO THE RIGHT THING, AND HAND THE CEMETERY OVER
09:27:57AM TO TAMPA, OF COURSE, ONLY RECOUPING HIS CURRENT MONETARY
09:28:03AM OUTPUT.
09:28:03AM IF YOU ARE WATCHING MR. ALEXIS ORTEGA, THAT WILL BE YOU.
09:28:07AM IN THE CHARTER THAT OUTLINES THOSE EXECUTIVE DUTIES, ARTICLE
09:28:12AM 4, SECTION 4.01-MAYOR, THE MAYOR SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE TO THE
09:28:18AM PEOPLE FOR PROPER ADMINISTRATION OF AFFAIRS AND THE MAYOR'S
09:28:23AM POWERS AND DUTY.
09:28:24AM NUMBER TWO, NEGOTIATIONS OF ALL CONTRACTS, FRANCHISES,
09:28:27AM ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY, AND UPON APPROVAL
09:28:30AM THEREOF CITY COUNCIL, THE EXECUTION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF
09:28:35AM ALL AGREEMENTS, LEASES, DEEDS, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS IN
09:28:39AM CONNECTION THERE WITH.
09:28:40AM LET ME HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF AWARDS INCLUDED IN THOSE DUTIES
09:28:45AM UPON APPROVAL THEREOF CITY COUNCIL.
09:28:47AM I ASK ALL OF THAT YOU HAVE BEEN SEATED FOR THE LAST TWO
09:28:50AM YEARS, EXCEPT ONE, IF THERE EVER WAS AN AGENDA ITEM SEEKING
09:28:55AM CITY COUNCIL'S APPROVAL TO MOVE MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY TO
09:28:59AM FORECLOSURE STATUS.
09:29:00AM I MEAN, THEY HAD TWO YEARS TO WORK WITH THEIR LEGISLATIVE
09:29:04AM BRANCH.
09:29:06AM CHECK THE CLERK'S OFFICE RECORDS AND INFORMATION IS OUTLINED
09:29:09AM HOW THIS IS ALL CAME TO BE.
09:29:11AM I AM NO LAWYER, BUT PRETTY SURE SAYS THE MAYOR NEEDS CITY
09:29:17AM COUNCIL'S APPROVAL PRIOR TO MOVING FORWARD WITH THE
09:29:19AM EXECUTION OF THIS PROPERTY AS OUTLINED IN THOSE EXECUTIVE
09:29:23AM DUTIES.
09:29:23AM CLEARLY, THERE IS A NEED FOR MORE CHECKS AND BALANCES AND
09:29:26AM YOUR CONSTITUENTS VOTED YES ON THREE OUT OF FOUR CHARTER
09:29:30AM AMENDMENTS JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO FORCING MORE OF A CHECK
09:29:34AM AND BALANCE SYSTEM TO BE IN PLACE.
09:29:35AM BRAVO TO THAT.
09:29:36AM BUT WHILE THE WORDS ARE THERE, WHERE IS THE GATEKEEPER
09:29:41AM ENSURING COMPLIANCE, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND TRANSPARENCY?
09:29:45AM THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WE HAVE SEEN A RECKLESS AND
09:29:48AM IRRESPONSIBLE CITY ADMINISTRATION OPERATE AS IF THEY ARE THE
09:29:51AM ONE AND FINAL WORD AS WE HAVE SUFFERED CONSEQUENCES AND
09:29:54AM NATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT.
09:29:58AM ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE FACING CONSEQUENCES AND HAVE MADE
09:30:04AM NATIONAL NEWS.
09:30:04AM STOP THE MADNESS.
09:30:06AM SAVE THE CITY FROM ITS OWN DESTRUCTIVENESS.
09:30:10AM TAKE SNIPE SIGNS OFF OF MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY.
09:30:13AM THANK YOU.
09:30:13AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
09:30:23AM >> THIS IS LIKE PROJECTING HERE.
09:30:24AM SO THAT CAN STAY UP WHILE I AM TALKING.
09:30:27AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THEY ARE WORKING ON IT.
09:30:30AM >> IT'S ALL GOOD.
09:30:31AM GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:30:33AM THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
09:30:34AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THERE WE ARE.
09:30:40AM >> GREAT.
09:30:40AM BOB WHITMORE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CITY TREE, CITIZENS
09:30:48AM ACTION GROUP.
09:30:49AM I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU, THE COUNCIL, TO MISS
09:30:54AM BRIDGETTE BROOKS, THE YOUNGEST RESIDENT OF MEMORIAL PARK
09:30:58AM CEMETERY.
09:30:58AM BORN IN 1968, AND SHE WAS LAID TO REST IN 1969.
09:31:03AM DURING THAT SHORT LIFE, SHE LIVED THROUGH A LOT OF BLACK
09:31:07AM HISTORY.
09:31:08AM ARTHUR ASHE BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAN TO WIN THE
09:31:13AM U.S. OPEN EVEN AS PEOPLE OF COLOR WERE BEING PREVENTED FROM
09:31:17AM STEPPING ON TO TENNIS COURTS THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY.
09:31:20AM LYNDON JOHNSON SIGNED A SWEEPING CIVIL RIGHTS BILL INTO LAW
09:31:24AM IN AN ATTEMPT TO END THAT SORT OF THING FROM HAPPENING.
09:31:28AM ONE NIGHT IN APRIL, WHEN BRIDGETTE BEING PUT TO BED, MARTIN
09:31:36AM LUTHER KING, JR. WAS SHOT AND KILLED STANDING ON A BALCONY
09:31:40AM IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.
09:31:43AM MEMORIAL PARK ISSUE IS NOT A LAND DEAL.
09:31:45AM IT IS NOT SOMETHING TO BE NEGOTIATED.
09:31:47AM IT IS ONE MORE MISTAKE IN THE CITY AND COUNTRY'S LONG LIST
09:31:50AM OF MISTAKES MADE AT THE EXPENSE OF BLACK AMERICANS.
09:31:56AM AND IT IS A MISTAKE THAT NEEDS TO BE RECTIFIED NOW.
09:32:01AM I AM HAPPY TO HEAR A DEAL IS IN THE WORKS, BUT UPON
09:32:05AM PURCHASE, WE ARE CALLING ON THE CITY AND THIS COUNCIL AND
09:32:08AM THIS MAYOR TO PUT THE SHAMEFUL SITUATION BEHIND US, CLAIM
09:32:13AM MEMORIAL PARK AS ITS OWN AND BEGIN TO RESTORE IT TO ITS
09:32:17AM RIGHTFUL PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY AS A PLACE TO BE REVERED AND
09:32:21AM MARVELED OVER.
09:32:22AM I CAN'T HELP BUT LOOK AT THIS PICTURE OF THIS CHILD'S GRAVE
09:32:27AM AND WONDER ABOUT HER FAMILY AND THE GRIEF THEY FELT THAT
09:32:31AM YEAR.
09:32:31AM MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. HAD BEEN SHOT.
09:32:34AM BOBBY KENNEDY HAD BEEN SHOT.
09:32:36AM BOYS IN THEIR COMMUNITY WERE BEING PLUCKED FROM THEIR HOMES
09:32:40AM TO FIGHT IN VIETNAM.
09:32:42AM THE COUNTRY IS ON FIRE.
09:32:43AM AND NOW THEIR BABY DIES.
09:32:47AM ONE CHILD IN A CEMETERY OF 10,000 BLACK BODIES.
09:32:52AM BUT I WILL NOT ASK YOU TO SAVE MEMORIAL CEMETERY FOR 100
09:32:59AM YEARS OF BLACK HISTORY.
09:33:00AM I WILL ASK YOU TO SAVE MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY FOR ONE SHORT
09:33:04AM YEAR OF BLACK HISTORY.
09:33:05AM BRIDGETTE M. BROOKS, BLACK HISTORY.
09:33:12AM THANK YOU.
09:33:13AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
09:33:14AM [CLAPPING]
09:33:21AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:33:22AM MY NAME IS DAVID FEEMAN.
09:33:26AM WEST OBISPO STREET.
09:33:29AM AND I'M HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THE TAMPA THEATRE'S REQUEST
09:33:33AM FOR CRA FUNDING.
09:33:34AM I AM A BOARD MEMBER AND FORMER CHAIR OF OUR BOARD OF TAMPA
09:33:39AM THEATRE.
09:33:40AM AS YOU KNOW, TAMPA THEATRE IS FAST APPROACHING OUR 100-YEAR
09:33:46AM ANNIVERSARY.
09:33:47AM THE CRA ALLOCATION WILL GO A LONG WAYS OF SETTING UP THE
09:33:52AM THEATRE FOR THE NEXT 100 YEARS, INCLUDING CRITICAL FUNDING
09:33:57AM TO HELP COMPLETE OUR RESTORATION AND FULLY RESTORE THE
09:34:00AM THEATRE GOING FORWARD.
09:34:03AM YOU ARE AWARE OF TAMPA THEATRE'S RICH HISTORY IN OUR
09:34:07AM COMMUNITY.
09:34:08AM I THINK BY BEING GOOD STEWARDS, WE CAN DO OUR PART TO PASS
09:34:12AM THIS CROWN JEWEL ON FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF OUR CHILDREN,
09:34:17AM GRANDCHILDREN, AND FUTURE GENERATIONS TO COME.
09:34:19AM I CAN PROMISE YOU THE THEATRE IS IN GREAT HANDS WITH THE
09:34:23AM DEDICATED, COMMITTED AND PASSIONATE STAFF, LEADERSHIP, AND
09:34:30AM BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
09:34:31AM WE WANT TO THANK THE CITY OF TAMPA FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF TAMPA
09:34:35AM THEATRE FOR SO MANY YEARS.
09:34:37AM AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS REQUEST TODAY.
09:34:40AM THANK YOU.
09:34:40AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
09:34:44AM >> MENTESNOT, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
09:34:56AM I WANT TO SAY UHURU, IT MEANS FREEDOM IN SWAHILI.
09:35:03AM WE AFRICAN PEOPLE SHOULD THINK OF FREEDOM AND THINKING OF
09:35:06AM REPARATIONS.
09:35:07AM WE SHOULD THINK OF EMANCIPATION. ABRAHAM LINCOLN
09:35:11AM EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION.
09:35:13AM WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE THINKING OF OUR 40 ACRES AND A MULE.
09:35:16AM WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE THINKING OF OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN
09:35:19AM AFRICA AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD THAT HAVE BEEN SPREAD
09:35:22AM THROUGHOUT THE WORLD FOR VARIOUS REASONS, MOSTLY DEALING
09:35:25AM WITH SLAVERY, COLONIALISM, IMPERIALISM, SETTLER COLONIALISM,
09:35:33AM VENTURE CAPITALISM, AND ALL OTHER FORMS OF OPPRESSION THAT
09:35:37AM WE EXPERIENCED FOR THE LAST 623 YEARS.
09:35:41AM AND RIGHT HERE IN THIS CITY, ALWAYS SAY NOT LIBERALLY OR
09:35:47AM PASSIONATELY, A DO-NOTHING GARBAGE CITY COUNCIL.
09:35:51AM NOTHING MORE.
09:35:52AM NOTHING LESS.
09:35:53AM IT IS A DO-NOTHING GARBAGE OF CITY COUNCIL.
09:35:57AM THE MAYOR RUNS THE CITY OR SOMEBODY ELSE RUN THE CITY.
09:36:01AM AND THEY ARE AFRAID -- THE CITY COUNCIL HALLS BEEN AFRAID TO
09:36:06AM DO WHATEVER THEY DO.
09:36:06AM AND WHEN IT IS ANY FORM OF OUTSIDE IDEAS THAT THIS CITY
09:36:18AM COUNCIL HEAR, ALWAYS BEEN PUSH BACK.
09:36:20AM BUT THEY HAVE A GOOD WAY OF TRICKING AFRICAN PEOPLE.
09:36:24AM AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY PUT OUT THROUGHOUT OUR
09:36:27AM COMMUNITY THAT -- MAY BE AVERAGE IN THE POLITICAL GAME, BUT
09:36:32AM WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHO PUT THIS OUT BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN'T
09:36:35AM COME THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY LIKE THIS, PEOPLE CAN'T DO THIS
09:36:38AM AND GET AWAY WITH IT.
09:36:40AM WE NEED TO KNOW WHO IT IS.
09:36:42AM WE ARE SAYING RIGHT NOW AND RIGHT NOW THEY ARE NOT INVITED
09:36:45AM IN OUR COMMUNITY.
09:36:45AM WHOSOEVER PUT THIS OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY, I AM SAYING RIGHT
09:36:49AM HERE AND RIGHT NOW.
09:36:50AM THAT IS WHAT THEY EXPECT FOR AFRICAN PEOPLE.
09:36:52AM DO TO US ANYTHING AND GET AWAY WITH IT.
09:36:55AM THEY EXPECT US NOT TO BE THINKERS.
09:36:57AM THEY EXPECT TO GO GET PEOPLE TO RUN AGAINST PEOPLE.
09:37:00AM WHO IS GWEN HENDERSON?
09:37:03AM WHO IS THAT?
09:37:04AM NOBODY KNOWS.
09:37:04AM BUT THE WHITE PEOPLE HAVE A NICE LITTLE TREK FOR US.
09:37:08AM THEY WENT AND GOT SOMEBODY TO RUN AGAINST EVERYBODY.
09:37:11AM THEY GOT A MAN FROM McDONALD'S TO RUN AGAINST A MAN FROM
09:37:14AM SOUTH TAMPA.
09:37:15AM BUT THE WHITE PEOPLE WON'T GO FOR THAT.
09:37:18AM THE PLAN IN McDONALD'S NEEDS TO WORRY OF THE LAWSUIT COMING
09:37:22AM SOON FOR ALL THE FOOD POISONING HAVE KILLED, CAUSED HIGH
09:37:26AM BLOOD PRESSURE, DISEASES, AND EVERYTHING INSIDE THE AFRICAN
09:37:31AM COMMUNITY.
09:37:31AM HE DOESN'T NEED TO BE A SURROGATE OR PUPPET FOR A MAYOR OR
09:37:34AM THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:37:35AM HE HAS OTHER PROBLEMS.
09:37:37AM BLAINE CASPER HAVE OTHER PROBLEMS.
09:37:41AM WHAT I'M HERE TO SAY SPECIFICALLY WHOSOEVER PUT OUT IN OUR
09:37:45AM COMMUNITY, WE NEED TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT.
09:37:47AM THIS GWEN MYERS NEEDS TO MAKE AN APOLOGY.
09:37:52AM SHE DOESN'T REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITY.
09:37:53AM WE DON'T KNOW WHO THAT IS.
09:37:55AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
09:37:58AM >> THANK YOU.
09:37:59AM [CLAPPING]
09:38:08AM >> GOOD MORNING.
09:38:09AM NOREEN COPELAND MILLER.
09:38:12AM 1911 EAST CHELSEA STREET IN EAST TAMPA, AND I AM A EAST
09:38:19AM TAMPA BOARD MEMBER OFTEN EAST TAMPA CRA.
09:38:22AM I WANT TO SAY THIS AND I WANT TO COMMEND THIS MORNING WHAT
09:38:25AM MR. DANIELS SAY.
09:38:26AM YOU MAY NEVER HEAR ME SAY THIS AGAIN, BUT DISGRACEFUL HOW
09:38:31AM THEY.
09:38:34AM BASTARDIZED MY REPRESENTATIVE.
09:38:37AM I KNOW THAT COUNCILMAN GUDES DID NOT DESERVE THAT.
09:38:40AM AND I AGREE WITH MR. DANIELS WHOEVER SENT THAT OUT IS
09:38:43AM CRIMINAL.
09:38:44AM THAT WAS VERY DISTASTEFUL, DISGRACEFUL.
09:38:47AM I HATE TO THINK -- I KNOW POLITICS IS DIRTY, AND I DIDN'T
09:38:51AM COME HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT I AM VERY CONCERNED AND
09:38:54AM DISTURBED THE WAY HE WAS TREATED BECAUSE HE DECIDED TO RUN
09:38:58AM FOR REELECTION.
09:38:59AM ONCE AGAIN, OUR BLACK FOLKS IN EAST TAMPA WERE TREATED ANY
09:39:03AM KIND OF WAY.
09:39:03AM PEOPLE WERE ALLOWED TO DO ANYTHING, SAY ANYTHING, AND GET
09:39:07AM AWAY WITH IT IN OUR BLACK COMMUNITY.
09:39:09AM BUT I'M HERE TODAY WHEN I SAW AN AGENDA ABOUT THE CEMETERY,
09:39:13AM I WAS HOPING TO GET AN UPDATE, BECAUSE WE WERE HERE IN
09:39:17AM FEBRUARY.
09:39:18AM NOW WE ARE GOING ON TWO MONTHS.
09:39:19AM BUT SINCE IT IS CONTINUED, I GUESS WE WON'T GET AN UPDATE
09:39:24AM TODAY.
09:39:24AM BUT WE KNOW THE PROCESS.
09:39:26AM AND THEY WERE WORKING ON IT.
09:39:28AM THAT HAS BEEN A MONTH AGO.
09:39:29AM I WAS LOOKING AT ITEM 7.
09:39:33AM ANOTHER ITEM IN EAST TAMPA THAT HAS BEEN CONTINUED.
09:39:37AM THEY ARE WORKING ON IT.
09:39:38AM AS I LOOK AT THE HISTORY FOR THAT ITEM, I CERTAINLY HOPE WE
09:39:41AM ARE NOT GOING TO CONTINUE THIS FOR FIVE OR SIX MONTHS.
09:39:44AM EVERY MONTH WE COME BACK, WE ARE CONTINUING TALKING ABOUT
09:39:47AM THE CEMETERY.
09:39:49AM WE DESERVE BETTER.
09:39:50AM WE WANT RESOLUTION.
09:39:53AM IT SHOULD NOT BE THAT DIFFICULT.
09:39:54AM WITH THE BUDGET LAST YEAR WHEN I LOOKED, THE BUDGET -- THE
09:39:58AM CITY OF TAMPA BUDGET COMMITTEE DID THEIR REPORT THEY FOUND
09:40:01AM $41 MILLION SOMEWHERE THAT WAS NOT USED.
09:40:04AM LET'S USE THAT MONEY.
09:40:05AM NOT THE CRA DOLLARS.
09:40:07AM I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW WHEN I PURCHASED MY MOTHER'S PLOT --
09:40:13AM MY GRANDFATHER BOUGHT THE FAMILY PLOT.
09:40:15AM WE BOUGHT -- KEYWORD WITH OUR MONEY.
09:40:18AM WE WILL NOT PAY DOUBLE OR DO DUPLICATION AT THAT CEMETERY.
09:40:23AM PLOTS ARE NOT FREE.
09:40:24AM WE ALREADY PAID FOR IT.
09:40:25AM THE CITY OF TAMPA SHOULD DO WHAT IS RIGHT.
09:40:28AM WE TALK ABOUT RESILIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY.
09:40:32AM IT IS CLEAR THAT IS NOT HAPPENING IN EAST TAMPA.
09:40:34AM WE NEED TO DO BETTER BY OUR COMMUNITY.
09:40:37AM EAST TAMPA IS THE HEART OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:40:39AM LOOK AT YOUR DEMOGRAPHICS.
09:40:42AM I THANK YOU GUYS THE COUNCILMEN FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE.
09:40:46AM WE NEED YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.
09:40:48AM THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING UP FOR US BUT KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT
09:40:51AM GOING TO GO AWAY AND WE ARE RESILIENT.
09:40:54AM I WILL KEEP BOUNCING BACK AND BOUNCING BACK.
09:40:57AM WE ARE NOT GOING AWAY.
09:40:59AM DO RIGHT BY THE MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY AND DO IT TODAY.
09:41:02AM THANK YOU.
09:41:02AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
09:41:03AM HELLO, MY NAME IS DAVID JONES, 9606 EAST 12th STREET IN EAST
09:41:18AM TAMPA AFTER SOME REDISTRICTING A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
09:41:21AM ALSO, ECHOING A LOT OF THOUGHTS OF SAVING THE MEMORIAL PARK
09:41:25AM CEMETERY THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SAID.
09:41:27AM YOU KNOW, IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE REMEMBER RESPECTING
09:41:30AM THE DEAD, PERIOD.
09:41:31AM AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND THAT IS THE ONLY CEMETERY IN TAMPA
09:41:36AM THAT HOUSES BLACK VETERANS TO REST.
09:41:39AM AS I UNDERSTAND, IT IS ONE OF -- WHAT, THREE BLACK
09:41:45AM CEMETERIES IN TAMPA.
09:41:46AM AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE SEEING IT ON THE TRAJECTORY TO REPEAT
09:41:51AM THE ATROCITY LIKE THE ZION CEMETERY WHERE WE SAW PROJECTS GO
09:41:55AM ON TOP OF THAT CEMETERY.
09:41:57AM WHERE WE DID SEE PEOPLE'S DEAD LOVED ONES DISRESPECTED ONCE
09:42:02AM THAT DEVELOPER PUT THOSE HOUSING -- THAT HOUSING THERE.
09:42:06AM IT IS LIKE A VIOLATION TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
09:42:10AM A VIOLATION TO THE FAMILIES WHOSE LOVED ONES ARE THERE.
09:42:13AM VIOLATION TO PEOPLE WHO PAID THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO
09:42:16AM PURCHASE THOSE PLOTS.
09:42:17AM I AM JUST HOPING THAT Y'ALL DO THE RIGHT THING
09:42:20AM DO THE RIGHT THING.
09:42:21AM MAKE SURE THAT ISN'T BOUGHT UP BY DEVELOPERS TO REGAIN IT
09:42:26AM FOR THE CITY.
09:42:26AM ALSO PUT A FENCE UP AROUND THAT.
09:42:29AM JUST -- YEAH, PUT UP A FENCE AROUND THAT.
09:42:32AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
09:42:33AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
09:42:34AM YES, BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
09:42:40AM >>BILL CARLSON: SORRY, I TRY NOT TO SAY ANYTHING DURING
09:42:44AM PUBLIC COMMENT.
09:42:44AM THOSE WATCHING ABOUT MEMORIAL, THE PROCESS FOR MEMORIAL WAS
09:42:49AM HANDLED BY THE ADMINISTRATION.
09:42:50AM AND THE ADMINISTRATION, THROUGH THEIR HEAD OF ECONOMIC
09:42:54AM DEVELOPMENT AND REAL ESTATE, NICOLE TRAVIS, IS -- IS WORKING
09:42:58AM ON RESOLVING THAT.
09:42:59AM BUT AS SHE SAID EARLIER, SHE DOESN'T WANT TO NEGOTIATE IT
09:43:03AM IN PUBLIC, SO SHE IS WORKING HARD TO TRY TO RESOLVE THE
09:43:07AM ISSUE ON BEHALF THE CITY.
09:43:09AM THIS -- I KNOW IT IS CONFUSING EVERYBODY BUT THIS IS THE CRA
09:43:13AM MEETING. WE PUT THE MEMORIAL ON THE AGENDA WHEN MANY OF YOU
09:43:16AM CAME AND SPOKE US TO A MONTH OR TWO BEFORE AS A BACK-UP TO
09:43:20AM MAKE SURE WITH THE CRA HAT ON AND THE CITY HAT, WE HAD TWO
09:43:25AM DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO TRY TO SAVE THAT.
09:43:26AM THE THING WE CONTINUED TODAY WAS JUST THE BACK-UP PLAN IF
09:43:31AM THE CITY IS NOT ABLE TO NEGOTIATE SOMETHING, THEN THE CRA
09:43:35AM WILL GO AND NEGOTIATE.
09:43:36AM HAPPENS THAT NICOLE IS SERVING IN BOTH ROLES.
09:43:39AM TODAY'S AGENDA ITEM WAS NOT THE BIGGER DISCUSSION ON
09:43:42AM MEMORIAL.
09:43:43AM IT WAS JUST THE BACK-UP DISCUSSION IF THE CITY IS NOT ABLE
09:43:47AM TO NEGOTIATE SOMETHING.
09:43:48AM THANK YOU.
09:43:49AM >> GOOD MORNING, JOHN WOLF, 200 SOUTH AUDUBON.
09:43:55AM IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT, I WAS SMALLER AND MY DAD USED TO TAKE
09:43:59AM ME TO TAMPA THEATRE, AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON ITS BEHALF FOR
09:44:03AM THE CONSIDERATION SO MY NIECES AND NEPHEWS AND THEIR FUTURE
09:44:06AM KIDS AND GENERATIONS CAN ENJOY TAMPA THEATRE.
09:44:09AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:44:10AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
09:44:11AM >> GOOD MORNING, CONNIE BURTON.
09:44:23AM NASTY, FILTHY, DISGUSTING THE WAY THE ELECTION WENT DOWN.
09:44:29AM COUNCILMAN GUDES, WE HAVE NOT ALWAYS AGREED, BUT I HAVE
09:44:34AM RESPECTED YOUR LEADERSHIP.
09:44:36AM AND FOR THOSE WHO THOUGHT IT WAS NECESSARY TO SEND OUT A
09:44:44AM SHAMEFUL, DISGUSTING FLY WE ARE A BLACK MAN'S FACE THAT
09:44:49AM LOOKED LIKE YOU HAD BEEN ARRESTED WITH A SMALL LETTER
09:44:53AM ACCUSED OF SHAMEFUL SEXIST AND ABUSIVE BEHAVIOR.
09:44:59AM SHAME ON THEM.
09:45:01AM THE WAY IT IS TOLD US TO IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT THE MAYOR'S
09:45:03AM HANDS ARE ALL OVER IT.
09:45:04AM MAYBE HER DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, MOTHER-IN-LAW AND MAYBE EVEN HER
09:45:09AM LOVER.
09:45:09AM AS THEY ACCUSE YOU, THIS IS HOW OUR COMMUNITY IS THINKING
09:45:13AM HOW THIS CITY CANNOT GO FORWARD.
09:45:15AM WITH NASTINESS SUCH AS THIS.
09:45:18AM BUT WHAT I COME TO SAY THIS MORNING IS ITEM NUMBER 7.
09:45:23AM IN OUR COMMUNITY REALITY NOW, WE KNOW THE FEEDER FOR OUR
09:45:28AM YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE NOT BEEN COLLEGE.
09:45:30AM AND IT DON'T PRESENT A PROMISING FUTURE BECAUSE TOO MANY
09:45:35AM YOUNG PEOPLE ARE IN THE SYSTEM OF CORRECTION.
09:45:40AM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY LEADS THE STATE IN THE NUMBER OF ADULTS
09:45:48AM SENT TO PRISON AND RETURNING TO HOME AND LEADS THE STATE IN
09:45:52AM A NUMBER OF ADULTS SENT TO PRISON AND THOSE RETURNING HOME.
09:45:59AM 48% OF THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION.
09:46:02AM OVERALL POPULATION IS BLACK FOLKS.
09:46:05AM TOO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE GOING THERE.
09:46:07AM SO WHILE PEOPLE TALK OF A BEAUTIFUL ENTITIES AND THEATRES
09:46:14AM COMING TO THE COMMUNITY.
09:46:15AM FINE AND WELL, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO SAVE BLACK BODIES.
09:46:20AM THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT AT THIS POINT IS GOOD OPPORTUNITY.
09:46:23AM ITEM NUMBER 7 OF SHOULD NOT BE PUSHED DOWN THE ROAD.
09:46:27AM WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR TO OVER TWO YEARS.
09:46:30AM WE WANT TO SEE AN ACTUAL OPPORTUNITY WHERE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE
09:46:34AM CAN WALK HAND IN HAND.
09:46:36AM EVEN IF SOME RESISTANCE FROM CITY STAFF, WE SAY BRING IN A
09:46:41AM COORDINATOR THAT WILL ALLOW PEOPLE NOT TO BE IN A HYBRID
09:46:44AM SITUATION BUT THEY CAN ACTUALLY GO TO STORMWATER.
09:46:47AM THEY CAN ACTUALLY GO TO HUMAN RESOURCES.
09:46:49AM THAT CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE POSSIBILITY THAT IF THEY DO THE
09:46:52AM RIGHT THING, THEY CAN MOVE FROM POINT A TO POINT B.
09:46:57AM THAT IS WHAT WE NEED TO SEE.
09:46:59AM SOME OF YOU ALL -- AND I -- I WON'T BE BACK ON THIS COUNCIL,
09:47:04AM BUT I HOPE YOU WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN THIS COMMUNITY.
09:47:08AM BECAUSE WE WILL NEED YOUR LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT.
09:47:10AM NEXT FOUR YEARS, THE COUNTDOWN OF ALL COUNTDOWNS.
09:47:14AM BECAUSE ONE OF YOU ALL IS GOING TO EMERGE TO BE THE MAYOR.
09:47:18AM AND WE NEED TO SEE WHO IS ON THE SIDE OF THE PEOPLE.
09:47:22AM RIGHT NOW STARTING TODAY.
09:47:23AM THANK YOU.
09:47:24AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
09:47:26AM [CLAPPING]
09:47:30AM >> GOOD MORNING, KELLA McCASKILL, RESIDENT HERE IN TAMPA.
09:47:35AM AS I THINK OF ALL THEY HAVE SAID, IT SENDS A STRONG MESSAGE
09:47:39AM THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA, MAYBE IT APPEARS IN DISTRICT 5, THEY
09:47:44AM DON'T WANT STRONG BLACK LEADERSHIP.
09:47:46AM BECAUSE WHEN YOU SEE A LEADER WHO HAS TRULY SHIFTED THE
09:47:49AM COMMUNITY, PROVIDED SOME REAL OUTCOMES, I MEAN RESOLVES SOME
09:47:54AM REAL SITUATIONS IN THIS DISTRICT.
09:47:57AM THERE IS SOME GROWTH HAPPENING AND ECONOMIC GROWTH AND WE
09:48:02AM BECAME UNIFIED ON SOME ISSUES THAT HAD NOT HAPPENED
09:48:06AM HISTORICALLY AT LEAST IN MY EXPERIENCE.
09:48:07AM IT SENDS A MESSAGE THAT IS NOT WELCOME.
09:48:11AM IN DISTRICT 5 YOU HAVE TO BE A PUBLIC, A LAP DOG, SOME
09:48:16AM PEOPLE CALL IT A NAPKIN.
09:48:17AM NOT ACCEPTABLE.
09:48:18AM GOING FORWARD, WE SEE THE MESSAGE.
09:48:20AM WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS.
09:48:21AM AND THIS LEADER DID NOT CHOOSE TO GET MUDDY IN THAT DIRTY
09:48:25AM CAMPAIGN.
09:48:25AM THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN MY CHOICE.
09:48:27AM BUT IT TAUGHT ME THAT IS NOT THE WAY YOU LEAD.
09:48:30AM WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU HAVE DONE SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT.
09:48:33AM AND IT WAS, YOU HAVE ABOUT NOT FOR THOSE THAT WANT DISTRICT
09:48:36AM 5 TO HAVE A LAP DOG AS A REPRESENTATIVE.
09:48:38AM WE WON'T STAND FOR IT GOING FORWARD.
09:48:40AM I'M HERE TODAY ON THE SOUL WALK WITH MISS DELPHIN.
09:48:45AM I GREW UP IN WEST TAMPA WITH MY MOM AND EAST TAMPA WITH MY
09:48:50AM DAD, DID THE PARK.
09:48:51AM RIVERFRONT PARK.
09:48:53AM THAT IS WHAT I CALL IT.
09:48:55AM WE MADE UP THE FABRIC OF THAT PARK.
09:48:58AM THE RESIDENTS ACROSS THE STREET, WEST TAMPA, PRESBYTERIAN.
09:49:01AM MOST OF THAT IS GONE.
09:49:03AM OAKHURST.
09:49:04AM RIVERFRONT PARK HAVE NO REFLECTION OF THE MANY YEARS, 15, 18
09:49:09AM YEARS OF MY LIFE AT RIVERFRONT PARK.
09:49:12AM NO REFLECTION -- NOTHING RESEMBLES THAT.
09:49:14AM SO WHEN IT COMES TO THIS SOUL WALK, IT IS SO IMPORTANT.
09:49:17AM THERE ARE MANY AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARTISTS IN THIS AREA THAT
09:49:21AM REMEMBERS THIS AREA.
09:49:22AM THEY WERE A PART OF IT TOO.
09:49:24AM SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE INCLUDE SOME OF THOSE ARTISTS
09:49:27AM TO GET THE STORY FROM THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA, MAKE SURE
09:49:32AM WE PRESERVE THE HISTORY.
09:49:33AM WE DIDN'T DO JULIAN B. LANE AND RIVERFRONT PARK.
09:49:38AM GET THE SOUL WALK TO INCLUDE THE HISTORY OF APPEAR
09:49:41AM AFRICAN-AMERICANS SINCE THAT IS WHAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE
09:49:44AM ABOUT, RIGHT.
09:49:44AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:49:45AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
09:49:46AM >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
09:49:49AM DARYL HICH.
09:49:52AM I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT MISS CONNIE BURTON WAS SPEAKING
09:49:56AM WITH RESPECT TO.
09:49:56AM ABOUT A WEEK AGO, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH THE
09:50:00AM VIOLENT CRIME -- TAMPA PD HAD A VIOLENT CRIME FORUM.
09:50:05AM AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT A PARTICULAR ALLEY OVER IN THE
09:50:08AM WEST TAMPA AREA THAT HAD TO BE CLOSED OFF.
09:50:11AM THIS ALLEY HAD TO BE CLOSED OFF BECAUSE THERE WAS OBVIOUSLY
09:50:14AM SOME FORM OF CRIME TAKING PLACE OR CONTINUES TO TAKE PLACE
09:50:20AM INCH THAT AREA AND THEY MADE THE DECISION TO GO FORWARD AND
09:50:24AM CLOSE THAT ALLEY OFF.
09:50:25AM IN THAT CONVERSATION, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE MANY
09:50:28AM DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THE TAMPA PD COULD CONTROL OR WHAT
09:50:31AM THEY COULD NOT CONTROL.
09:50:32AM AND I HAVE -- I GOT UP AND I SPOKE AND I SAID THE PROBLEM WE
09:50:35AM HAVE HERE IS, YES, WE DO HAVE A TAMPA PD ISSUE.
09:50:40AM WE HAVE A VIOLENT CRIME ISSUE.
09:50:42AM BUT WHAT WE HAVE IS AN ECONOMIC ISSUE.
09:50:44AM OUR YOUNG MEN AND OUR YOUNG WOMEN AND EVEN THEIR PARENTS AND
09:50:49AM IN SOME RESPECT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A GENERATION OF OUR
09:50:54AM GRANDPARENTS ARE NOW 40 YEARS OLD.
09:50:55AM IF A GRANDPARENT IS MAKING ONLY $11, $12 AN HOUR, HOW IS IT
09:51:00AM THAT THEY ARE GOING TO SUPPORT THEIR CHILD AND SUPPORT THAT
09:51:04AM GRANDCHILD.
09:51:05AM IN THAT RESPECT, AS MISS CONNIE BURTON WAS JUST SPEAKING
09:51:08AM ABOUT, THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU HAVE -- THE OPPORTUNITY TO
09:51:11AM PRESENT THESE YOUNG MEN AND THESE YOUNG WOMEN.
09:51:13AM I TEACH YOUTH ENTREPRENEURIALSHIP.
09:51:16AM I KNOW OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, IF YOU GIVE THEM THE TOOLS FOR
09:51:20AM SUCCESS, THEY WILL WIN, HISTORICALLY.
09:51:22AM YOU PUT BLACK MEN AND BLACK WOMEN AS YOU HAVE SEEN IN
09:51:26AM SPORTS, IN THEATRE, IN ACTIVITIES, WE WIN.
09:51:28AM BUT IF YOU NEVER GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN THOSE
09:51:31AM SPACES, WE WON'T WIN.
09:51:34AM IF YOU BRING YOUR SHIELD AS I WAS SPEAKING EARLIER TODAY
09:51:38AM WITH SOMEONE, OUR CHILDREN DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO
09:51:42AM TO McDONALD'S AND BURGER KING TO WORK WITH THEIR PARENTS.
09:51:46AM BUT IF YOU GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY BASED UPON THE TOOLS
09:51:49AM THAT YOU'VE AVAILABLE TO YOU, I.E., TO GO TO THE CITY
09:51:54AM OFFICES AND WORK.
09:51:54AM TO GO TO LEGISLATURE AND WORK.
09:51:57AM TO WATCH, MENTOR AND SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE HR SPACE.
09:52:02AM TO POSSIBLY GO FOLLOW THIS YOUNG LADY AROUND IN HER
09:52:06AM WORKSPACE.
09:52:07AM IF YOU DON'T ALLOW THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY, YOU ARE ACTUALLY
09:52:10AM SAYING THAT ALLEYWAY, THAT IS THE GRAVEYARD.
09:52:13AM THAT IS -- YOU ARE PUTTING PEOPLE IN MINI GRAVES BECAUSE YOU
09:52:17AM ARE CONTINUING TO ALLOW THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HAPPEN.
09:52:19AM SO I ASK YOU TO REALLY CONSIDER, TO REALLY TAKE INTO
09:52:24AM CONSIDERATION AND TAKE AN INTERNAL LOOK AND ASK YOURSELF IF
09:52:29AM THIS IS MY CHILD, WHERE WOULD I WANT MY CHILD TO BE BEST
09:52:33AM SERVED AT.
09:52:34AM THANK YOU.
09:52:35AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
09:52:36AM ANYONE ELSE INFORM THE ROOM FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
09:52:44AM OF COURSE, BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
09:52:46AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU KNOW ITEM NUMBER 7 IS DEAR TO MY HEART.
09:52:50AM AND I TALKED ABOUT THE MAYOR AVENUES YOUTH PROGRAM AND
09:52:53AM THE TLC PROGRAM LAST WEEK AND I MADE A MOTION ABOUT THAT.
09:52:56AM YOU KNOW EVEN THOUGH I WON'T BE HERE, SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT
09:52:59AM WILL BE COMING BACK I THOUGHT WAS NEEDED.
09:53:05AM ESPECIALLY NUMBER 5.
09:53:08AM WHEN COUNCIL COMES UP I HOPE THESE PROJECTS DON'T GET SWEPT
09:53:13AM UNDER THE RUG OR WATERED DOWN.
09:53:14AM OPPORTUNITY DOESN'T COME FOR EVERYONE.
09:53:16AM IT DOESN'T COME FOR EVERYBODY.
09:53:18AM SO I AM HOPING THAT MISS TRAVIS WILL REALLY, REALLY MAKE
09:53:23AM SURE THAT MR. DRUMGO -- BECAUSE I KNOW THEY ARE WORKING
09:53:27AM HARD.
09:53:27AM AND I APPLAUD THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO COME HERE AND PUT IN
09:53:31AM THE WORK.
09:53:31AM THEY DIDN'T COME HERE TO BE RUBBER-STAMPED.
09:53:34AM THEY COME IN TO WORK AND I HAVE TO APPLAUD THEM TO THAT.
09:53:37AM THEY STAND UP TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND SAY, I DON'T AGREE
09:53:40AM OR DISAGREE, YOU KNOW.
09:53:41AM YOU HAVE TO -- YOU HAVE TO APPLAUD PEOPLE WHO WILL DO THAT.
09:53:44AM I APPLAUD THEM TODAY FOR DOING THAT.
09:53:48AM AND I KNOW THAT NUMBER 7, THEY ARE RIGHT.
09:53:51AM SOME ADMINISTRATORS AND SOME MANAGERS THAT WENT TO THAT
09:53:56AM PROGRAM, BUT HOPING THAT THEY WILL PRESENT THE INFORMATION
09:54:01AM THAT THIS IS NEEDED TO MOVE FORWARD.
09:54:04AM I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITIZENS FOR ALLOWING ME TO SERVE
09:54:07AM ON THIS BOARD.
09:54:08AM IT HAS BEEN A GREAT RIDE.
09:54:09AM I TRY TO PUT THE HARD WORK IN.
09:54:11AM COMPLETE MY ASSIGNMENT, AS THEY SAY.
09:54:13AM I BELIEVE I DID THAT.
09:54:14AM WITH A STUMBLE ALONG THE WAY.
09:54:17AM PEOPLE HAVE STUMBLED ALONG THE WAY, BUT I DIDN'T RUN.
09:54:20AM I AM A SOLDIER.
09:54:21AM I CONTINUE TO BE A SOLDIER.
09:54:23AM I JUST NEED FOR MY COMMUNITY TO START BEING SOLDIERS.
09:54:27AM I NEED TO COME AND NOT BELIEVE EVERYTHING THEY HEAR AND GET
09:54:32AM THE ANSWERS.
09:54:34AM NOT GET BAMBOOZLED.
09:54:36AM YOU KNOW THE FORMULA THAT COST ME THE ELECTION IS NO DOUBT.
09:54:40AM I AM NOT UPSET ABOUT THAT AT ALL.
09:54:42AM BECAUSE THERE WILL BE A RECKONING FOR THAT ONE DAY.
09:54:45AM I JUST WANT MY PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU HAVE ZERO, ONE
09:54:49AM OR TWO PEOPLE GO TO A POLLING SITE IN A COMMUNITY, IT IS
09:54:52AM PATHETIC.
09:54:53AM IF WE WANT BETTER, WE GOT TO DO BETTER.
09:54:56AM HE SAID THAT TO MY COMMUNITY, WE WANT BETTER WE GOT TO DO
09:55:00AM BETTER.
09:55:01AM NO LONGER COMPLAIN OF THE DISEASE IF WE DOESN'T THE CURE.
09:55:04AM OUR CURE IS VOTING.
09:55:06AM YOU HAVE A COUNCIL HERE -- WE HAVE SEVERAL BLACK FEMALES
09:55:11AM RUNNING IN THIS RACE.
09:55:12AM I HAVE SEVERAL FRIENDS UP HERE.
09:55:14AM WHAT I SAY TO THE PEOPLE?
09:55:16AM IF YOU DON'T VOTE, YOU DON'T GET YOUR ISSUES RESOLVED.
09:55:20AM YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE WHO YOU VOTE FOR HAS YOUR ISSUES.
09:55:25AM LIKE ANY OTHER COMMUNITY.
09:55:26AM SOMEONE SAID THAT SOUTH TAMPA WITH MR. CARLSON -- SOUTH
09:55:32AM TAMPA STOOD UP FOR HIM.
09:55:34AM BUT MY COMMUNITY DON'T KNOW BETTER TO KNOW.
09:55:36AM WE HAVE TO START KNOWING THESE THINGS TO KNOW.
09:55:39AM I DON'T KNOW THE NEW -- THE NEW PERSON WHO IS COMING FROM
09:55:42AM THE CAMPAIGN.
09:55:43AM I DON'T CARE.
09:55:43AM I HOPE SHE DOES A GREAT JOB.
09:55:45AM I HOPE SHE WILL FIGHT THE ISSUES FOR THE PEOPLE LIKE I DID.
09:55:48AM AND I WISH HER WELL.
09:55:49AM BUT I WILL TELL YOU, ELECTIONS DO HAVE CONSEQUENCES.
09:55:53AM I AM HOPE MY COMMUNITY DOES NOT SUFFER.
09:55:56AM I HOPE WE DO NOT SUFFER.
09:55:58AM BUT I AM GOING TO FIGHT ON.
09:56:00AM I AM STILL GOING TO BE THERE FIGHT FOR MY COMMUNITY
09:56:03AM REGARDLESS, WORKING AS A HARD AS I CAN.
09:56:06AM I WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS WHO THOUGHT IT WAS NOT -- TO STILL
09:56:11AM COME OUT AND VOTE.
09:56:11AM THOSE WHO DIDN'T, I AM GRATEFUL I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO
09:56:16AM SERVE AND MAKE SOME KIND OF COMMENT MY WHOLE DISTRICT AND
09:56:19AM DISTRICT 5 BECAUSE A COMPLETELY DIVERSE DISTRICT.
09:56:23AM WE MAKE UP 52% OF THAT DISTRICT.
09:56:25AM THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR MY COLLEAGUES FOR IN LETTING ME
09:56:28AM SERVE WITH YOU ON THAT BOARD.
09:56:30AM I WISH EVERYONE WELL.
09:56:32AM THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRWOMAN.
09:56:35AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
09:56:35AM [APPLAUSE]
09:56:39AM >>BILL CARLSON: I JUST WANT TO SAY ALSO THIS IS THE -- THIS
09:56:43AM IS THE WORST ELECTION SEASON I THINK EVERYBODY HAS EVER SEEN
09:56:45AM IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:56:46AM THIS -- THESE NASTY MAILERS AND ATTACKS ARE NOT WHAT WE WANT
09:56:51AM FOR OUR CITY.
09:56:52AM AND EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN IT SHOULD BE EMBARRASSED.
09:56:56AM AND THE COMMUNITY SHOULD STAND UP AGAINST THEM AND MAKE SURE
09:57:01AM WE DON'T SUPPORT THEM IN THE FUTURE.
09:57:02AM WHEN YOU HELD UP THE MAILER RIGHT NOW, I THOUGHT IT WAS THE
09:57:05AM ONE ABOUT ME.
09:57:06AM AND IT LOOKED LIKE THE ONE ABOUT LYNN BECAUSE ALL DESIGNED
09:57:10AM FROM THE SAME PERSON AND CAME FROM DIFFERENT PACS AND
09:57:13AM DESIGNED FROM THE SAME PERSON.
09:57:14AM ALL THE MESSAGING CAME FROM THE SAME SURVEY JANUARY.
09:57:18AM WE KNOW WHO IS BEHIND THEM BUT WAITING FOR THE EVIDENCE TO
09:57:21AM COME OUT SO THE PUBLIC CAN SEE AND SHINE LIGHT ON IT.
09:57:24AM THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO PUSH BACK FROM THIS.
09:57:28AM THIS IS NOT TAMPA.
09:57:28AM NOT WHO WE ARE AS A CITY WHAT HAPPENED OUR CITY WANTS.
09:57:31AM LUCKILY I WON OVERWHELMINGLY BECAUSE I HAD THE MONEY TO
09:57:35AM EDUCATE MY PUBLIC ABOUT THE NASTINESS OF THE CAMPAIGN AND
09:57:38AM LIES THAT WERE TOLD.
09:57:39AM BUT WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU IS THAT HUNDRED OF THOUSAND OF CITY
09:57:44AM RESOURCES AND CITY STAFF WERE USED TO SLANDER YOU.
09:57:48AM AND THAT REALLY BOTHERS ME.
09:57:51AM CITY COUNCIL HAS INVESTIGATIVE AUTHORITY.
09:57:53AM AND I WISH WE HAD THE VOTES TO DO THAT.
09:57:56AM BECAUSE -- BECAUSE CITY -- I WOULD JUST ASK CITY STAFF, DO
09:58:00AM NOT PARTICIPATE IN THAT KIND OF CAMPAIGN.
09:58:02AM SOMEBODY WAS KEEPING TALLY OF OUR VOTES AND GAVE IT TO
09:58:06AM WHOEVER CAME UP WITH THE MAILERS.
09:58:08AM ACCUSED ME OF THINGS BECAUSE I DIDN'T SUPPORT THE OVERALL
09:58:11AM BUDGET.
09:58:11AM AND -- THE CLAIMS WERE OUTLANDISH.
09:58:17AM AND WE CAN NOT AS A CITY MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
09:58:19AM BUT I WOULD ASK CITY STAFF IF SOMEBODY ASKS YOU TO DO THIS.
09:58:23AM AND IT IS UNETHICAL AND ILLEGAL, YOU CANNOT ON CITY TIME
09:58:28AM USING CITY RESOURCES PARTICIPATE IN A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN.
09:58:32AM YOU CAN NOT.
09:58:32AM IF SOMEBODY -- WHOEVER IT IS, IF THEY ASK YOU TO DO IT,
09:58:36AM PLEASE TELL US, AND WE WILL REPORT THEM.
09:58:38AM WE WILL REPORT THEM TO THE POLICE.
09:58:40AM WE WILL REPORT THEM TO WHOEVER.
09:58:41AM YOU CANNOT DO THAT AND USE CITY RESOURCES AGAINST PEOPLE.
09:58:44AM WHAT HAPPENED TO COUNCILMAN GUDES, THE ATTACKS, THE HUNDRED
09:58:48AM OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS USED BY THE CITY, IT WAS REALLY BAD.
09:58:52AM THAT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:58:53AM NOT WHAT OUR PUBLIC WANTS.
09:58:56AM THE LAST THING I WILL SAY, COUNCILMAN GUDES, IT HAS AN HONOR
09:59:01AM WORKING WITH YOU.
09:59:01AM I HAVE BEEN PROUD TO SUPPORT MANY OF YOUR INITIATIVES.
09:59:04AM BY MAY 1, THE GOOD NEWS WE WON'T BE COVERED BY SUNSHINE AND
09:59:08AM I WANT TO TALK TO YOU AS OFTEN AS I CAN AND I WILL COMMIT TO
09:59:11AM YOU I WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND IF MY COLLEAGUES WILL
09:59:14AM SUPPORT ME, AND I THINK THEY WILL, WE WILL GOING -- WE ARE
09:59:17AM GOING TO KEEP THE FIRE GOING AND WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE
09:59:19AM WE REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY.
09:59:20AM THANK YOU.
09:59:20AM [APPLAUSE]
09:59:26AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER CITRO.
09:59:27AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:59:29AM I JUST NEED TO ADD ALSO, DIRTY POLITICS IS DIRTY POLITICS.
09:59:35AM NO MATTER WHERE IT COMES FROM.
09:59:37AM NEGATIVE FLYERS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED.
09:59:42AM YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A PERSON SITTING UP AT THIS DAIS THAT
09:59:46AM MADE A PERSONAL ATTACK ON ME.
09:59:49AM SENT OUT FLYERS WITH FALSEHOODS AND HALF-TRUTHS.
09:59:55AM BUT YET NO ONE IS REPORTING THAT.
09:59:57AM BUT I'M GOING TO SAY THAT, THAT SHOULD NOT BE A TOLERATED BY
10:00:02AM ANYONE HOP IS VOTING FOR ANY RACE.
10:00:06AM DIRTY POLITICS IS JUST THAT, DIRTY POLITICS.
10:00:12AM THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
10:00:15AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
10:00:15AM WE HAVE PEOPLE ONLINE.
10:00:20AM MICHAEL RANDOLPH, IF YOU ARE AVAILABLE.
10:00:23AM IS HE THERE?
10:00:35AM MR. RANDOLPH, YOU NEED TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.
10:00:38AM >> YES, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
10:00:40AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YOU ARE DIFFICULT TO HEAR.
10:00:43AM YOU MAY WORK -- YOU MAY WANT TO SEE ABOUT YOUR VOLUME.
10:00:47AM >> OKAY.
10:00:49AM CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
10:00:51AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BETTER, YES.
10:00:52AM >> OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:00:53AM MY NAME IS MICHAEL RANDOLPH, AND I AM WITH THE WEST
10:00:59AM TAMPA CAC.
10:01:00AM TODAY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT -- MY THING IS GOING OFF AND NOT
10:01:10AM GOING TO LET ME TALK.
10:01:11AM BUT I THINK I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE YOUTH ORGANIZATION THAT
10:01:15AM HAS STARTED IN WEST TAMPA, THE WEST TAMPA -- REPRESENT
10:01:21AM AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN WEST TAMPA.
10:01:23AM I ALSO WANT TO TALK OF THE NEW CLASS GRANT WRITING FOR WEST
10:01:31AM TAMPA TO TAKE A PART OF AND UPDATE ON THE MARCH 24 MEETING.
10:01:36AM MY CONCERN WHEN I TALKED TO PEOPLE IN THE STREET AS TO WHY
10:01:40AM IT WAS A LOW TURNOUT.
10:01:42AM BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT SPEAKING TO THEM.
10:01:44AM YOU ARE NOT SPEAKING OF GENTRIFICATION.
10:01:49AM YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE EXERCISE THEIR RIGHTS IN OUR
10:01:53AM COMMUNITY AND NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT THAT.
10:01:55AM THAT IS THE MANY CONCERN.
10:01:56AM THE OTHER CONCERN NOBODY IS TALKING OF EMPOWERMENT FOR BLACK
10:02:00AM COMMUNITY.
10:02:01AM THE UNFAIR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
10:02:03AM THE LOW AND MODERATE INCOME.
10:02:05AM IF YOU WANT TO GET MORE PEOPLE OUT, GO ALL THE WAY DOWN AND
10:02:08AM DEAL WITH THE GRASS-ROOTS ISSUES.
10:02:11AM THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON, COUNCIL.
10:02:18AM YOU WANT TO SEE THE HEARTBEAT OF THE CITY, YOU NEED TO HEAR
10:02:25AM WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING IN THE GRASS-ROOTS EFFORT.
10:02:29AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:02:30AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
10:02:30AM IS MISS TATE ONLINE?
10:02:33AM OKAY, MISS TATE.
10:02:35AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS.
10:02:38AM CAN YOU HEAR ME?
10:02:39AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES, THANK YOU.
10:02:40AM >> OKAY, VERY GOOD.
10:02:42AM FIRST OF ALL, MY HEART IS TRULY HEAVY.
10:02:46AM COUNCILMAN GUDES, I WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR
10:02:52AM ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK IN DISTRICT 5.
10:02:54AM YOU HAVE DONE SO MUCH IN THIS DISTRICT TO BRING ALL OF US
10:02:59AM TOGETHER.
10:03:01AM YOU EDUCATED US TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY.
10:03:04AM SOME PEOPLE JUST -- THEY ARE BEYOND REACHING.
10:03:12AM PLEASE STAY WITH US.
10:03:14AM THE CRA NEEDS YOUR HELP.
10:03:16AM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS NEED YOUR HELP.
10:03:19AM PLEASE STAY WITH US.
10:03:22AM CONGRATULATION TO THOSE WHO WON THEIR RACES AND BEST OF LUCK
10:03:32AM TO THOSE WHO ARE IN THE RUNOFF.
10:03:35AM TEAM JACKSON HEIGHTS IS RESTING RIGHT NOW.
10:03:39AM WE CAMPAIGNED SO, SO HARD FOR SO MANY OF YOU OUT THERE.
10:03:45AM AND WE ARE A LITTLE BIT UNDER THE WEATHER RIGHT NOW.
10:03:47AM SO WHEN WE GET BACK UP AND ROLLING, WE ARE READY.
10:03:53AM I WANT TO SPEAK ON ISSUE 7, 11 AND ITEM NUMBER 16.
10:04:04AM I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT IS GOING TO WORK.
10:04:07AM THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM.
10:04:12AM MISS BURTON, I AM 100% WITH YOU.
10:04:14AM OUR CHILDREN NEED A WAY OUT OF CRIME POVERTY AND GANG AND
10:04:25AM GANG BANGING.
10:04:27AM I UNDERSTAND A PORTION THAT WILL INCLUDE TRAINING OF OUR
10:04:31AM YOUTH AND SOME OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS.
10:04:35AM I AM LOOKING FORWARD THAT.
10:04:37AM CAN WE PLEASE GET THIS UP AND RUNNING TO SAVE OUR BLACK
10:04:41AM CHILDREN HERE IN DISTRICT 5.
10:04:43AM MR. HYATT, I HAVE NOT MET YOU SIR, BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR
10:04:53AM INPUT.
10:04:54AM I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING YOU.
10:04:59AM THE MEMORIAL PARK.
10:05:01AM I HEAR YOU.
10:05:03AM MISS TRAVIS, I AM GOING TO RESPECT YOUR WISHES, BUT I AM
10:05:08AM GETTING PHONE CALLS ABOUT THAT PARK AND WE DO NEED TO ACT
10:05:13AM EXPEDITIOUSLY ON THE PARK.
10:05:16AM I THINK THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
10:05:24AM I WANT TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEM 16 AND I WILL HOLD OFF ON
10:05:29AM THAT.
10:05:29AM I WANT TO SAY IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE -- I THANK EACH AND
10:05:33AM EVERY ONE OF YOU -- ESPECIALLY YOU COUNCILMAN GUDES
10:05:36AM ENCOURAGE ME TO GET INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.
10:05:38AM I AM THE CHAIR -- REELECTED CHAIR OF THE CAC.
10:05:42AM I WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CRAs AND HOW THEY FUNCTION,
10:05:46AM THEREFORE I'M GOING TO ENROLL IN THAT -- THIS CLASS, THAT
10:05:50AM SCHOOL THAT THE CRA OF FLORIDA OFFERS SO I CAN LEARN MORE
10:05:54AM AND BE MORE INVOLVED, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU, SIR, FOR
10:05:57AM LOOKING AT ME AND JUST, MISS TATE, IT IS YOUR TURN.
10:06:01AM YOU ARE AT BAT.
10:06:03AM LET'S DO THIS AND IN YOU TO PULL ME OUT BECAUSE I AM ONE OF
10:06:12AM THOSE PEOPLE WHO KIND OF -- I WORK FROM BEHIND THE SCENES,
10:06:17AM BUT I SEE NOW I HAVE TO GET OUT TO HELP THE COMMUNITY.
10:06:20AM BUT I THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
10:06:22AM YOU ALL HAVE A BLESSED DAY.
10:06:24AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
10:06:25AM ANYONE ELSE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK?
10:06:30AM OKAY.
10:06:30AM >> I DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE DOING THIS TODAY.
10:06:44AM ROBIN LOCKETT.
10:06:45AM CONGRATULATIONS BILL CARLSON FOR THE REELECTION.
10:06:51AM COUNCILMAN GUDES, THAT'S -- YOU ARE A SOLDIER.
10:06:58AM YOU DEFY ODDS.
10:07:02AM YOU HAVE BEEN TRUE TO DISTRICT 5.
10:07:06AM AND I HAVE ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU AROUND POLICY.
10:07:12AM SOMETIMES FUSSING WITH YOU, BUT AROUND POLICY.
10:07:17AM WHEN I WAS -- AS I WAS WORKING IN THE CAPACITY OF FLORIDA
10:07:20AM RISING.
10:07:20AM YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS IDENTIFIED YOU AS A MAN'S MAN.
10:07:27AM ANYTHING THAT YOU TOLD ME, YOU HELD YOUR WORD.
10:07:30AM INTEGRITY.
10:07:34AM I ADMIRE THAT.
10:07:35AM AND I ADMIRE SOMEBODY WHO KEEPS THEIR WORD.
10:07:39AM IF YOU CAN'T DO IT, MISS LOCKETT, I CAN'T DO IT.
10:07:42AM BUT YOU HAVE BEEN AT THAT MAN'S MAN AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
10:07:45AM I WASN'T PREPARED TO SPEAK TODAY.
10:07:50AM BUT IN REGARDS TO THE YOUTH PROGRAM, I KEEP HEARING THAT IT
10:07:57AM IS DRAG ITS FEET.
10:08:00AM YOU KNOW, WHEN OUR COMMUNITY COMES UP, IT ALWAYS APPEARS
10:08:06AM THAT WE ARE BEG.
10:08:07AM IT ALWAYS APPEARS THAT BEGGING AND THE CAN CONTINUES TO GET
10:08:14AM KICKED DOWN THE ROAD.
10:08:16AM WHEN AN IDEA IS BROUGHT, WHY ISN'T IT IMPLEMENTED?
10:08:24AM IT KEEPS GOING DOWN THE ROAD.
10:08:26AM THE FAIR OAKS PROJECT.
10:08:29AM I HEARD YOU SAY, HEY, WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER SURVEY.
10:08:33AM WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER STUDY.
10:08:35AM PEOPLE -- EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT IS WE WANT.
10:08:37AM BREAK THE GROUND.
10:08:38AM BREAK THE GROUND.
10:08:41AM SO I WANT TO SEE THAT PROJECT BREAK THE GROUND.
10:08:44AM YOUTH PROGRAM.
10:08:46AM SUMMER IS COMING.
10:08:47AM IT SHOULD BE -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT IS THE DELAY.
10:08:54AM SO TO BE NEXT -- NEXT SUMMER?
10:09:00AM OH -- SO DIVVIED OUT.
10:09:02AM OH, OKAY.
10:09:05AM NOTHING GETS -- SO -- I JUST WANT THINGS TO MOVE, RIGHT.
10:09:11AM I JUST WANT THINGS TO MOVE.
10:09:14AM COMMUNITY COMES OUT -- LIKE I SAID, IT ALWAYS APPEARS THAT
10:09:17AM WE ARE BEGGING AND THAT IS NOT A GOOD FEELING.
10:09:20AM ME SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE, THAT IS NOT A GOOD FEELING.
10:09:23AM THAT WE ARE PLEADING AND BEGGING AND PLEADING AND BEGGING,
10:09:28AM RIGHT.
10:09:28AM BUT WHEN THE INFORMATION COMES TO OUR COMMUNITY, IT IS WHAT
10:09:33AM YOU ARE GOING TO DO IN THE FUTURE.
10:09:34AM AND YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY DO IT WHILE YOU ARE ON THE DAIS
10:09:37AM NOW AND IT IS NOT BEING DONE.
10:09:39AM COUNCILMAN GUDES, YOU ARE GOING TO BE FINE.
10:09:42AM WITH GOD'S WILL, YOU WILL BE FINE.
10:09:47AM BIGGER AND BETTER.
10:09:48AM THANK YOU.
10:09:48AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
10:09:51AM ANYONE ELSE?
10:09:56AM OKAY.
10:09:56AM THEN I WILL TAKE A QUICK MOMENT TO SAY THANK YOU, ALSO, TO
10:10:03AM MY COLLEAGUES COUNCILMAN GUDES FOR ALL OF HIS WORK IN THIS
10:10:07AM COMMUNITY.
10:10:07AM AND, YOU KNOW, MISS LOCKETT IS RIGHT, BIGGER AND BETTER
10:10:16AM THINGS.
10:10:16AM I KNOW IT.
10:10:17AM AND INCUMBENT UPON THE REST OF US TO -- TO REALLY TAKE UP
10:10:26AM FOR THE COMMUNITY IN AREAS WHERE.-- WHERE THEY AREN'T GOING
10:10:32AM TO BE REPRESENTED ANYMORE.
10:10:34AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
10:10:35AM WE ARE I AM SORRY, BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
10:10:43AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SORRY.
10:10:44AM I DIDN'T KNOW WE WOULD HAVE THIS DISCUSSION TODAY.
10:10:47AM I AM GLAD WE DID.
10:10:48AM AND I WILL SAY -- I DON'T THINK I HAVE KNOWN ANYBODY THAT
10:10:51AM WORKED HARDER FOR THEIR DISTRICT THAN COUNCILMAN GUDES.
10:10:53AM NOT ANY THAT WORKED HARDER THAN HIM.
10:10:58AM HE HAS DEDICATED HIMSELF FOR FOUR YEARS ENDLESSLY,
10:11:01AM TIRELESSLY WORK FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
10:11:03AM SO THANK YOU, SIR.
10:11:05AM AS IT HAS BEEN SAID, YOU WILL GO ON TO BIGGER AND BETTER
10:11:08AM THINGS.
10:11:08AM YOU MAY COME BACK.
10:11:09AM YOU DON'T KNOW.
10:11:10AM YOU ARE YOUNG -- I AM YOUNGER THAN YOU, BUT OFF LONG WAYS TO
10:11:14AM GO.
10:11:14AM [LAUGHTER]
10:11:15AM BUT IN FOUR YEARS, I HAVE WATCHED YOU -- WE MAY NOT HAVE
10:11:18AM AGREED ON EVERYTHING.
10:11:19AM WE MAY NOT HAVE VOTED THE SAME, BUT YOU WERE ALWAYS OUT
10:11:23AM THERE.
10:11:24AM ALWAYS WITH THE PEOPLE.
10:11:24AM THANK YOU, SIR.
10:11:25AM >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY.
10:11:29AM MISS TRAVIS -- SORRY, BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
10:11:32AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ORLANDO -- ORLANDO HAS AN OFFICE RIGHT
10:11:38AM NEXT -- SOMETIMES WE LOOK AT EACH OTHER EYE TO EYE AND KEEP
10:11:42AM ON WALKING BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT WE ARE THINKING ABOUT.
10:11:44AM WE BOTH COME BACK RAISED IN A SIMILAR AREA.
10:11:49AM I DON'T KNOW ABOUT WHERE YOU LIVED AT, BUT I AM SURE IT WAS
10:11:54AM CLOSE BY THE DISTRICT YOU REPRESENT IN THAT DISTRICT.
10:11:58AM AND IN FACT, MY ORIGINAL HOUSE WHERE I LIVED AT WAS IN THE
10:12:02AM DISTRICT.
10:12:03AM AND I JOKE WITH HIM ONCE AND WHILE AND I SAY THE ONLY GUY
10:12:07AM THAT GOT ELECTED IN DISTRICT 5 WHO WAS NOT OF COLOR, BUT
10:12:11AM THAT IS THE WAY IT WAS BACK IN THE '70s, LIVE IN THE
10:12:15AM DISTRICT BUT YOU HAD TO RUN CITYWIDE.
10:12:17AM THAT CHANGED AGAIN AND THANK GOD IT DID.
10:12:19AM SO I EXPERIENCED -- I LEARNED A LOT LIVING AT 1816 CHANNEL
10:12:28AM COURT.
10:12:28AM I LEARNED A LOT MORE THEN THEY TEACH YOU IN MOST COLLEGES.
10:12:34AM AND IT IS ABOUT COMMUNICATION.
10:12:36AM IT IS ABOUT LOOKING AT EACH OTHER.
10:12:38AM AND RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER.
10:12:42AM YOU SEE I LEARNED SO MUCH THAT THE GUYS THAT TALKED NEVER
10:12:45AM BOTHERED ME.
10:12:46AM THOSE THAT WERE SILENT THAT I WAS AFRAID OF, BECAUSE YOU CAN
10:12:51AM NEVER TELL WHAT WAS IN THEIR MIND.
10:12:53AM WHEN PEOPLE TALK TO EACH OTHER, YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE
10:12:56AM TALKING ABOUT, WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE.
10:12:58AM WHEN YOU DON'T SPEAK TO EACH OTHER, YOU HAVE THAT SEPARATION
10:13:01AM AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE AT.
10:13:02AM I THINK ORLANDO COMES IN THERE DURING THAT SEPARATION AND
10:13:05AM MADE A LOT OF PEOPLE TOGETHER THAT WERE NOT UNITED WITHIN
10:13:08AM THE COMMUNITY.
10:13:09AM AND THAT IS -- IF ANY HONOR TO GIVE TO HIM, THAT IS THE ONE,
10:13:14AM TO PUT PEOPLE TOGETHER TO HAVE A VOICE TO REPRESENT THE
10:13:17AM WHOLE DISTRICT HE REPRESENTED.
10:13:19AM FOR THAT, I SAY THANK YOU.
10:13:21AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
10:13:25AM MISS TRAVIS.
10:13:27AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: GOOD MORNING.
10:13:44AM A PLEASURE TO BE BEFORE YOU TODAY AND I'M HERE TO UPDATE YOU
10:13:48AM ON SOUL WALK.
10:13:48AM IF I CAN HAVE THE POWERPOINT UP, PLEASE.
10:13:53AM PRESENTATION -- PRESENTATION NUMBER ONE UP PLEASE.
10:13:57AM >>LYNN HURTAK: SHARE YOUR NAME.
10:13:58AM >> ROBIN NIGH, DIRECTOR OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS FOR THE CITY OF
10:14:05AM TAMPA.
10:14:05AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
10:14:07AM >> OKAY, GOT IT.
10:14:09AM OKAY.
10:14:16AM THANK YOU.
10:14:17AM GOOD MORNING.
10:14:20AM ON FEBRUARY 22, MAYOR CASTOR LAUNCHED SOUL WALK, THAT IS A
10:14:27AM PROJECT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON AND UPDATED YOU A COUPLE OF
10:14:31AM TIMES DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS.
10:14:32AM TAKEN TWO YEARS JUST TO GET TO THAT POINT, AND IT IS --
10:14:36AM HOPEFULLY IF -- WE HAVE GOT WAYS TO GO, BUT IT IS ALL
10:14:39AM REALLY, REALLY GOOD STUFF.
10:14:41AM THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF SOUL WALK IS TO REALLY RECOGNIZE AND
10:14:48AM CONNECT THE DOTS OF WHAT IS OUT IN OUR PUBLIC REALM AND TO
10:14:54AM CELEBRATE AND RECOGNIZE THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE AND
10:14:59AM COMMUNITIES.
10:14:59AM AND FOCUSING ON A LOT OF THE LOST NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE ARE
10:15:04AM LOOKING AT.
10:15:05AM SO ANYWAY, THE -- IT IS -- ART AND HERITAGE TRAIL THAT IS
10:15:14AM INCREDIBLY DEEP AND RICH.
10:15:18AM THERE IS OVER 100 DATA POINTS ON THE MAP.
10:15:21AM THERE ARE ABOUT 30 TO 40 EXISTING ARTWORKS ON THERE.
10:15:26AM ABOUT 15 OAR SO HISTORIC MARKERS AND THE HISTORICALLY
10:15:33AM DESIGNATED SITES.
10:15:34AM THAT IS WHAT THE EXISTING AREA IS.
10:15:36AM WHAT IS WHAT THIS WHOLE LAUNCH ACHIEVED OF CONNECTING THE
10:15:40AM DOTS WHAT IS OUT THERE AND WHAT IS EXISTING.
10:15:42AM LET'S RECOGNIZE WHAT HAS BEEN INVESTED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY
10:15:45AM AND LET'S MAKE THOSE CONNECTION POINTS.
10:15:48AM THE NEXT PHASE OF IT IS THE REALLY EXCITING PHASE WE ARE
10:15:51AM GOING TO BE DIGGING INTO AND FOCUSING ON.
10:15:54AM AS YOU CAN SEE HERE WITH THE FOUNDATION THAT WE HAVE BEEN
10:15:58AM WORK ON THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE EXAMINE THE FEASIBILITY
10:16:02AM OF URBAN TRAILS.
10:16:03AM LET'S MAKE THIS RIGHT.
10:16:04AM WHAT KIND OF AN URBAN TRAIL WILL WORK IN TAMPA.
10:16:09AM WHAT IS SUCCESSFUL?
10:16:11AM HOW CAN WE ENGAGE IT?
10:16:13AM HOW CAN WE MAKE IT SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WANT TO PARTICIPATE
10:16:16AM IN AND ENGAGE AND HOW CAN WE REALLY RECOGNIZE THE RICH,
10:16:19AM DIVERSE CULTURAL LIFE WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
10:16:22AM AND THIS IS -- OUR ROAD OR OUR PATH TO THAT.
10:16:26AM SO WE ASSEMBLED A TEAM.
10:16:33AM A GROUP OF WONDERFUL SCHOLARS THAT WE ARE BLESSED TO WORK
10:16:36AM WITH.
10:16:36AM USF INSTITUTE OF BLACK LIFE, WORKING WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF
10:16:41AM TAMPA, HCC, TAMPA BAY HISTORY CENTER IS VERY MUCH OUR
10:16:45AM PARTNER ON THIS.
10:16:46AM SO SOMETHING THAT IS PULLING TOGETHER FOR IT TO BE SOUND,
10:16:52AM SOLID, AND SOMETHING THAT WILL BE SUSTAINABLE AND EVERYBODY
10:16:56AM HOPEFULLY WILL BE PROUD OF IT AND MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER.
10:16:59AM OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, THE TRAIL WILL CONTINUE.
10:17:02AM NOW IT IS TIME TO JUST -- WE NEED INPUT.
10:17:07AM BE NEED INFORMATION, WE NEED TO CONNECT THE DOTS.
10:17:10AM THE BEAUTY OF THIS -- WHAT I REALLY LOVE ABOUT IT.
10:17:14AM SO HAPPY THERE WERE THESE COMMENTS IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY
10:17:18AM BECAUSE IT IS FOR THEM.
10:17:18AM THE WHOLE -- THE WHOLE ESSENCE IS IT IS NOT MY STORY.
10:17:23AM IT IS THEIR STORY.
10:17:27AM IT NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS WONDERFUL.
10:17:28AM THE MODEL WE LOOKED AT IS WASHINGTON D.C.'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN
10:17:32AM HERITAGE TRAIL.
10:17:33AM THAT TRAIL IS SO SMARTLY DESIGNED.
10:17:35AM IT IS CONNECTED.
10:17:36AM IT TOOK A LONG TIME FOR THEM TO DO IT.
10:17:39AM IF YOU LOOK AT THAT TRAIL, THAT TRAIL BECAUSE IT WAS SO
10:17:43AM WELL-DONE AND HOW IT WAS CONNECTED AND YOU GOT THE
10:17:45AM SCHOLARSHIP.
10:17:46AM YOU BRING UP THE HISTORY.
10:17:47AM BRING THOSE CONNECTIONS IN.
10:17:49AM THEY DO A TON OF MONEY FOR PRESERVATION.
10:17:52AM PEOPLE WANT TO BE ON THE TRAIL AND ON THE SOUL WALK --
10:17:56AM EXCUSE ME OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE TRAIL OF D.C.
10:18:00AM OUR NAME IS JUST A LITTLE BIT SHORTER.
10:18:02AM AND IT IS AN AVENUE.
10:18:03AM IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST CONNECT THE DOTS AND PULL
10:18:07AM TOGETHER AND MAKE SOMETHING THAT IS HONESTLY FOR EVERYONE.
10:18:10AM AND OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT AND
10:18:18AM RECOUNTED THAT.
10:18:18AM NOT JUST 14 HISTORIC MARKERS.
10:18:23AM MORE LIKE THAT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT AND WORKING WITH OUR
10:18:26AM PARTNERS AND HISTORIANS TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS CONNECT
10:18:30AM AND FRESH SCHOLARSHIP.
10:18:31AM ONE THING I FOUND OUT THIS MORNING.
10:18:34AM AS A MATTER OF FACT, ONE OF OUR SCHOLARS AT USF WILL BE
10:18:38AM INCORPORATING SOUL TALK ABOUT THEIR CURRICULUM WHICH IS
10:18:42AM GREAT.
10:18:42AM IF WE CAN GET THE STUDENTS WORKING ON IT, WE ALL WIN AND
10:18:46AM THEY PLUG IN WITH THAT KNOWLEDGE AND STAY CONNECTED WITH THE
10:18:49AM COMMUNITY.
10:18:49AM THERE ARE SOME THINGS UNDER WAY.
10:18:52AM THE PROBLEM WITH -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY PROBLEM LIKE IT IS A
10:18:56AM NEGATIVE, BUT A CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS THAT IT TAKES A LONG
10:19:00AM TIME AND SLOW AND MAY LOOK LIKE NOTHING IS HAPPENING AND I
10:19:03AM CERTAINLY RECOGNIZE THAT FRUSTRATION.
10:19:05AM WE DO HAVE TWO ARTWORKS UNDER WAY.
10:19:08AM A TEMPORARY MEMORIAL.
10:19:09AM THE ARTIST FOR ZION CEMETERY, EXCUSE ME, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
10:19:13AM THE TAMPA HOUSING AUTHORITY.
10:19:14AM THAT ARTIST IS WORKING.
10:19:15AM WE SHOULD HAVE SOME CONCEPTS I THINK BY THE END OF MARCH, I
10:19:19AM THINK.
10:19:19AM I THINK.
10:19:20AM THEN WE ALSO HAVE ARTIST NNEKA JONES, WHO IS A RISING STAR,
10:19:26AM WORKING WITH US ON A PROJECT IN HANNA AVENUE.
10:19:31AM A DIFFERENT EXAMPLE OF HOW WE ARE ENGAGING AND CONNECTING
10:19:35AM WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE NNEKA WILL BE WORKING WITH
10:19:38AM SENIORS FROM ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS.
10:19:41AM PARKS AND RECREATION ARE A HUGE PARTNER WITH US
10:19:43AM THEY WILL BE REPRESENTATIVES OF OUR SENIORS.
10:19:46AM THEY WILL BE WORKING WITH NNEKA MAKING LIKE A SEWING CIRCLE.
10:19:56AM SO WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AND THIS
10:20:02AM IS THE NATURE OF THE BEAST, I GUESS, THESE PROJECTS TAKE A
10:20:05AM LONG TIME.
10:20:05AM AT GLIMPSE, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK.
10:20:09AM I AM SURE IT IS HARD TO READ, BUT THERE IS A LOT THAT IS
10:20:12AM STILL TO COME.
10:20:13AM THE ENGAGEMENTS ARE IMPORTANT.
10:20:15AM IT IS.
10:20:17AM IT IS THE ONLY WAY TO BE ACCEPTED AND USED.
10:20:20AM IF IT IS A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AND PEOPLE LIKE IT AND
10:20:24AM WANT IT AND ENJOY IT.
10:20:25AM SO IT'S -- IT HAS GOT TO HAVE INPUT.
10:20:28AM IT HAS GOT TO HAVE EVERYBODY CONNECT TO IT.
10:20:30AM THE NICE THING ABOUT IT ALSO IS THAT THROUGH -- AND IT IS
10:20:35AM ALL ABOUT OF CULTURE.
10:20:37AM FOUNDATIONALLY, CONNECTED TO CULTURE THROUGH DISCUSSIONS AND
10:20:42AM JUST AWARE AND SOMETIMES SOFT BRUSHING AND BUMPING UP
10:20:46AM AGAINST EACH OTHER.
10:20:47AM YOU LEARN ABOUT EACH OTHER.
10:20:48AM AND YOU LEARN ABOUT OTHER CULTURES AND THIS LEADS REALLY TO
10:20:51AM SOME GOOD CONVERSATIONS AND UNDERSTANDING.
10:20:54AM I ALSO WANT TO STRESS THAT OUR ARTISTS ARE REALLY, REALLY
10:20:57AM GOOD.
10:20:58AM AND OUR ARTISTS GET SOME OF THE TOUGH CONVERSATIONS STARTED
10:21:02AM AND THAT IS WHERE YOU CAN MAKE PROGRESS ESPECIALLY IN A
10:21:04AM COMMUNITY OR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS GOT A LOT OF THINGS THAT
10:21:07AM THEY WANT TO TALK THROUGH.
10:21:08AM WE ALSO -- WE HAVE GOT SOME -- I WANT TO MENTION REAL QUICK
10:21:14AM AND I -- I THINK I PROBABLY HAVE GONE ON LONGER THAN I
10:21:17AM SHOULD HAVE, BUT SUCH A GOOD PROJECT.
10:21:20AM WE HAVE WONDERFUL PEOPLE WORKING WITH US.
10:21:22AM I MUST STRESS THE KINDNESS AND HOW PEOPLE ARE SHARING THEIR
10:21:25AM KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION, RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP.
10:21:28AM IT IS JUST VERY, VERY POSITIVE.
10:21:30AM WE WILL ALSO BE WORKING ON A FOOD BLOG TO HAVE RECIPES.
10:21:35AM JUST A WAY TO CONNECT AND ENGAGE.
10:21:37AM A DIFFERENT WAY OF DOING KIND OF CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT.
10:21:42AM AND I THINK HONESTLY A LOT MORE CITIES SHOULD BE DOING WHAT
10:21:45AM WE ARE DOING, IF I MAY BE SO BLUNT.
10:21:47AM WITH THAT, THANK YOU.
10:21:49AM >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY.
10:21:50AM BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
10:21:53AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.
10:21:56AM YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU -- A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.
10:22:00AM IF YOU LOOK AT TAMPA IN GENERAL, WE TALK ABOUT -- EVERYBODY
10:22:04AM KNOWS YBOR CITY AND THE ITALIAN HISTORY AND ITALIANS AND
10:22:10AM CUBANS ON AND ON AND ON.
10:22:12AM AND MANUFACTURE THIS SO LONG.
10:22:14AM YBOR CITY EVEN AFTER URBAN RENEWAL, WE CAME IN AND WE -- THE
10:22:20AM PEOPLE BEFORE US CREATED IN NATIONAL LANDMARK DISTRICT.
10:22:23AM OUTSKIRTS, THE OUTSKIRTS OF DOWNTOWN, CENTRAL AVENUE AND THE
10:22:28AM SCRUB WHICH IS MENTIONED IN THIS BOOK HERE.
10:22:30AM THE HISTORY OF WEST TAMPA ON MAIN STREET.
10:22:33AM PEOPLE LIKE MOSES WHITE THAT CAME FROM CENTRAL AVENUE TO
10:22:37AM HERE.
10:22:37AM PEOPLE LIKE MR. DOBY, DOBYVILLE, A DISCUSSION WE HAD
10:22:46AM RECENTLY BUT NEVER EMPHASIZE IT.
10:22:48AM WE TOOK THE NAME OF THE LAUREL STREET BRIDGE AND PUT BACK
10:22:52AM FORTUNE.
10:22:53AM THE MADAM FORTUNE TAYLOR BRIDGE, A WOMAN WHO WAS ENSLAVED AT
10:22:58AM ONE POINT AND NOW IS A VERY LARGE LAND OWNER AND HIGHLY
10:23:02AM RESPECTED INDIVIDUAL HERE IN TAMPA, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE
10:23:06AM DON'T KNOW THAT.
10:23:06AM EVERYBODY KNOWS YBOR.
10:23:07AM PEOPLE COME TO TAMPA AND THEY GO YBOR CITY.
10:23:10AM YBOR CITY.
10:23:11AM YOU HEAR IT ALL THE TIME.
10:23:12AM BUT WHAT ABOUT THIS?
10:23:16AM THE RENAISSANCE YOU ARE GOING THROUGH IN MANY PARTS OF THE
10:23:19AM CITY, NOT ALL.
10:23:20AM BUT ALL THE PEOPLE MOVING HERE -- I WAS LOOKING AT THE
10:23:23AM RESIDENCE INN DOWNTOWN.
10:23:25AM WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT TYPE OF RESIDENTIAL NOT TO LONG AGO.
10:23:29AM YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY HERE.
10:23:33AM THIS IS THEIR COMMUNITY.
10:23:34AM RIGHT AROUND HERE WHERE THEY CAN WALK, SO MUCH TO LEARN.
10:23:36AM WE TORN DOWN SO MUCH; HOWEVER, WHAT WE STILL HAVE WE NEED TO
10:23:40AM PROTECT, PRESERVE AND MANUFACTURIZE.
10:23:43AM SO WHEN PEOPLE COME TO TAMPA THEY DON'T SAY THE WALK IS
10:23:48AM GREAT.
10:23:48AM I LOVE GOING TO ARMATURE WORKS.
10:23:51AM THEY NEED TO LEARN WHAT USED TO BE.
10:23:54AM THAT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
10:23:56AM I ENJOYED SERVING ON THE ARTS COMMITTEE AND SOMETHING THAT
10:23:59AM HAS COME UP.
10:24:02AM A HUGE UNDERTAKING, BUT WE HAVE TO ADVERTISE THIS SO
10:24:05AM EVERYBODY KNOWS.
10:24:06AM AGAIN, EVERYBODY COMES DOWN FOR ALL THESE WONDERFUL THINGS
10:24:09AM THAT I MENTIONED, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THIS, YOU ARE EDUCATING
10:24:11AM A NEW GENERATION OR EVEN TAMPA NATIVES THAT JUST NEVER KNEW.
10:24:15AM SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
10:24:19AM THIS IS WONDERFUL.
10:24:20AM AND I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR EFFORTS.
10:24:23AM >> THANK YOU.
10:24:23AM I SHOULD MENTION REAL QUICK -- SO SORRY THAT I FORGOT TO
10:24:29AM MENTION THIS, APP, BLOOMBERG CONNECTS.
10:24:31AM AN APP THAT THE INFORMATION ON THE GUIDE BOOK IS ON THE APP
10:24:35AM AS WELL.
10:24:36AM WE ONLY HAD 20 OR 30 GUIDE BOOKS PRINTED BECAUSE A TEST TO
10:24:40AM SEE HOW THEY LOOKED.
10:24:41AM WE WILL BE WORKING PRINTING MORE OF THOSE.
10:24:44AM WE NEED -- HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO SPONSOR A
10:24:47AM PRINTING, WE WILL ENTERTAIN THAT RIGHT NOW.
10:24:52AM THANK YOU.
10:24:52AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
10:24:54AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
10:24:56AM I APPRECIATE IT.
10:24:57AM GOOD REACTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO ON THIS.
10:25:02AM ROBIN, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LOT.
10:25:04AM THIS COMES FROM YOUR HEART.
10:25:05AM YOU REALLY BELIEVE IN MISSION.
10:25:09AM YOU ARE SINCERE AND PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS.
10:25:12AM THIS IS TIM HEBERLINE'S -- THIS IS MR. CITRO'S AIDE'S COPY.
10:25:23AM CAN WE HAVE SOME.
10:25:26AM >> I LEFT MINE ON THE TABLE IN MY OFFICE.
10:25:28AM >>LUIS VIERA: NO, YOU ARE FINE.
10:25:29AM THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
10:25:31AM YOU GO THROUGH PARTS OF FLORIDA AND YOU READ ABOUT THINGS
10:25:33AM THAT HAPPEN IN FLORIDA AND YOU HAVE TO FIND THEM BECAUSE WE
10:25:35AM DON'T TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THEM.
10:25:36AM I ALWAYS POINT PEOPLE TO A FLORIDIAN THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD
10:25:40AM KNOW AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DO KNOW BUT NOT ENOUGH, QUAD NEAL
10:25:43AM IN MARIANA, 1994 JACKSON PARTY, THE LAST SPECTACLE LYNCHING
10:25:50AM IN THE UNITED STATES.
10:25:50AM STUFF I CAN'T EVEN TALK ABOUT IN PUBLIC, SO TO SPEAK.
10:25:54AM IF YOU GO TO MARIANA BY THE JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE, THE
10:25:59AM TREE WHERE MR. NEAL'S BURNED SCARRED, TORN-UP BODY WAS PUT
10:26:05AM UP.
10:26:06AM NO MARKER THERE, YOU GO 20 FEET AND A CONFEDERATE AND THERE
10:26:10AM IS A MEMORIAL THAT TALKS OF THE LOST CAUSE OF THE
10:26:12AM CONFEDERACY.
10:26:13AM A PUBLIC MEMORIAL AND PUBLIC LAND.
10:26:15AM WILLIE HOWARD IN LIVE OAK, FLORIDA.
10:26:18AM YOU CAN GO ON AND ON AND ON.
10:26:20AM THIS IS SOMETHING GREAT FOR TAMPA BECAUSE TALKS A LOT ABOUT
10:26:22AM OUR HISTORY.
10:26:23AM ETC.
10:26:24AM YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS AS
10:26:30AM WELL, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND SEE THE
10:26:36AM MARKERS, BUT OF THE JIM CROW ERA VIOLENCE.
10:26:39AM THE PORTICO RECENTLY DID A TRIP TO MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA FOR
10:26:44AM THE COLLECTION FOR LEWIS JACKSON WHO WAS LYNCHED IN 1903
10:26:49AM NEAR YBOR CITY AND WHAT NOT.
10:26:51AM DIFFERENT THING LIKE THE TERM HOUSTONIZED MET IN TAMPA A
10:26:56AM YEAR AGO.
10:26:57AM THIS IS JUST VERY, VERY WONDERFUL.
10:26:59AM JUST LOOKING -- AGAIN, I REALLY URGE THE PUBLIC TO GET THEIR
10:27:03AM HANDS ON THIS BOOK HE.
10:27:05AM THIS IS JUST VERY, VERY GOOD STUFF.
10:27:08AM REALLY ENCOURAGING.
10:27:09AM IT IS POSITIVE IN THE SENSE THAT IT MOVES US FORWARD, BUT,
10:27:13AM AGAIN, SOMETHING TO REALLY, REALLY COME FROM YOUR HEART.
10:27:16AM WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
10:27:17AM PART OF YOUR HEART.
10:27:18AM PART OF YOUR SOUL.
10:27:19AM YOU ARE REALLY ENGAGED WITH GOOD PUBLIC SERVICE ON THIS.
10:27:22AM THANK YOU.
10:27:23AM >> THANK YOU.
10:27:24AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:27:26AM >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH, A FEW THINGS CAN EXIST.
10:27:28AM THANK YOU, ROBIN, FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU DO AND
10:27:33AM EVERYTHING.
10:27:33AM PUBLIC SERVICE ALONG THE SAME LINE, STAGE WORKS HAVE A PLAY
10:27:38AM NEXT WEEK.
10:27:39AM ABOUT THE SIT-INS IN TAMPA.
10:27:43AM AND THE LOBBY.
10:27:47AM EVERYBODY SHOULD GO AND LEARN ABOUT THAT PART OF THE CITY OF
10:27:51AM TAMPA.
10:27:51AM LENNY FOSTER, A FRIEND OF MINE FROM ST. AUGUSTINE, HAS AN
10:27:55AM EXHIBITION HE JUST INSTALLED IN THE LOBBY.
10:27:58AM HE WENT THROUGH ST. AUGUSTINE AND TOOK PICTURES OF SHOES
10:28:02AM WHERE THE CIVIL RIGHTS AND HE AND I MAPPED OUT THE PLACES IN
10:28:06AM ALL OF FLORIDA ARE MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. VISIT AND HE CAME
10:28:10AM OVER AND TOOK PICTURES OF THE ARMORY BUILDING WITH SHOES IN
10:28:15AM FRONT REPRESENTING MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
10:28:16AM AND ALSO THE JACKSON HOUSE.
10:28:18AM THOSE PHOTOS WILL BE THERE.
10:28:21AM SUPPORT STAGE WORKS AND LENNY'S PHOTOS.
10:28:26AM HE WILL DO A WHOLE TOUR OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. SITES.
10:28:29AM NNEKA, THE ARTIST.
10:28:33AM I SAW HER AT GASPARILLA ARTS FESTIVAL, AND SHE IS A
10:28:39AM PHENOMENAL ARTIST, AND WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO KEEP HER
10:28:42AM IN THE COMMUNITY.
10:28:43AM THANK YOU FOR GETTING HER INVOLVED.
10:28:45AM SHE HAD THE COVER OF "TIME" MAGAZINE.
10:28:48AM HER ART IS A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE THAN OF A NUMBER OF YEARS
10:28:53AM AGO AND HARD FOR US INDIVIDUALLY TO COLLECT.
10:28:55AM BUT A RISING INTERNATIONAL STAR AND SHE IS ONLY IN HER EARLY
10:29:01AM 20s.
10:29:01AM YOU MENTIONED BLOOMBERG.
10:29:03AM I APPRECIATE THE GO NATION, BUT GREAT CONCERN OF BLOOMBERG
10:29:07AM BEING INVOLVED AND EMBEDDED, PRIMARILY BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT
10:29:11AM MORE THAN ONE PHILOSOPHY AND MORE THAN ONE SCHOOL OF
10:29:14AM THOUGHT.
10:29:14AM I HAVE CONCERN OF USING BLOOMBERG TECHNOLOGY.
10:29:17AM IF OUR CONTENT IS EMBEDDED IN THEIR SITES AND THEIR APPS, I
10:29:22AM HAVE GREAT CONCERN ABOUT THAT.
10:29:23AM I WOULD RATHER -- IF YOU NEED BUDGET FOR APPS OR WEB SITE OR
10:29:28AM SOME OTHER MATERIALS, PLEASE COME BEFORE US OR CITY COUNCIL
10:29:31AM AND DISCUSS FOR IT.
10:29:32AM I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE PUTTING ON BLOOMBERG TECHNOLOGY.
10:29:36AM >> MAY I SPEAK SOMETHING TO THAT.
10:29:39AM >>BILL CARLSON: THE LAST THING REAL PAST CONNECTED WITH
10:29:41AM THAT.
10:29:41AM ALSO, WE HAD SOMEONE TALK OF PUBLIC INPUT BEFORE.
10:29:46AM ALSO IF YOU NEED A BUDGET TO HIRE PEOPLE TO GET PUBLIC INPUT
10:29:49AM RELATED TO THIS OR OTHER PROJECTS, PLEASE LET US KNOW THAT
10:29:52AM TOO.
10:29:53AM THE CITY HAD VERY TIGHT BUDGETS AROUND THIS STUFF, AND WE
10:29:59AM NEED TO LOOK CAREFULLY WITH MONEY AND PROTECTING THE
10:30:02AM CULTURAL HISTORY AND ASSETS OF OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY
10:30:06AM PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAVE BEEN UNDERREPRESENTED, WE
10:30:09AM NEED TO MAKE SURE WE DO IT CAREFULLY AND GET IT FOR
10:30:12AM EVERYBODY.
10:30:13AM THANK YOU.
10:30:13AM >> THANK YOU.
10:30:14AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
10:30:16AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JUST TO FOLLOW UP.
10:30:18AM YOU KNOW, WHEN I -- WHEN I WANT PEOPLE -- WHEN THEY THINK OF
10:30:22AM TAMPA, I WANT THEM TO NOT ANY OF CUBAN SANDWICH OR TOM BRADY
10:30:27AM OR WHATEVER.
10:30:28AM THAT WE ARE A CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL DESTINATION.
10:30:33AM COUNCILMAN CARLSON BROUGHT UP ST. AUGUSTINE.
10:30:37AM BEING THE OLDEST AND ST. AUGUSTINE AND TAMPA HAS SO MUCH TO
10:30:44AM OFFER.
10:30:44AM MORE THAN JUST THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA, ONE OF THE TOP TEN
10:30:47AM MOST IMPORTANT VICTORIAN STRUCTURES OR 7th AVENUE OR AIR
10:30:53AM FORCE BASE OR WHATEVER.
10:30:54AM THERE IS SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT GOING BACK TO THE BEGINNING
10:30:57AM BEFORE -- WHEN IT WAS TAMPA TOWN.
10:30:58AM TAMPA TOWNSHIP.
10:31:00AM WHATEVER IT WAS CALLED BEFORE THE 1887 ORGANIZATION OF WHAT
10:31:04AM WE HAVE TODAY.
10:31:04AM I WANT PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE TAMPA AS A PLACE WHEN THEY VISIT,
10:31:11AM NOT JUST -- WHEN THEY GO TO A RESTAURANT THAT MAY BE WELL
10:31:13AM KNOWN.
10:31:14AM THAT THEY VISIT OUR MUSEUMS.
10:31:16AM THEY GO TO OUR HISTORY CENTER.
10:31:17AM THEY HAVE PICK UP THIS BOOK OR USE IT DIGITALLY WITH THE APP
10:31:22AM AND WALK THE WALK AND WALK THE FOOTSTEPS EVEN IF IT IS A
10:31:26AM PLACE WHERE THE BUILDING WAS TORN DOWN OR AS COUNCIL VIERA
10:31:30AM SAID, WHERE A MURDER TOOK PLACE.
10:31:33AM WHATEVER IT IS, WE NEED TO TALK IT AND SHARE WITH EVERYBODY.
10:31:38AM IT COULD BE VERY SIMPLE.
10:31:39AM CURTIS HIXON, A MARKER FOR JIMI HENDRIX.
10:31:43AM BECAUSE HE PLAYED TWO CONCERTS HERE IN THE '60S BUT WE
10:31:46AM EMPHASIZE THAT.
10:31:47AM A NATIONAL HISTORIC MARKER.
10:31:49AM THAT COSTS MONEY.
10:31:50AM SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT.
10:31:51AM YESTERDAY I SPOKE TO A GROUP, A LEADERSHIP GROUP, AND I
10:31:54AM TRIED TO TALK ABOUT HISTORY.
10:31:55AM AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, I APOLOGIZED AND SAID I TALK A LOT AND
10:32:01AM GO ON A LOT OF TANGENTS.
10:32:03AM TALK AND TALK.
10:32:04AM AND ONE PERSON IN THE FRONT SAID I CAN LISTEN TO YOU TALK
10:32:10AM ALL DAY AND PEOPLE CARED AND ARE INTERESTED IN THIS HISTORY.
10:32:12AM MY LAST QUESTION IS, DO YOU HAVE MORE OF THESE SO I CAN PASS
10:32:17AM THEM OUT?
10:32:17AM >> I ONLY HAVE 10 OR 12 MORE COPIES.
10:32:20AM WE GOT 100 PRINTED AND WE NEED A PRESENTER -- SPONSOR, IF IS
10:32:27AM INTERESTED.
10:32:27AM I WILL REPEAT THAT.
10:32:31AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SOMETHING WILL HELP WITH THAT.
10:32:32AM >> WE HAVE OVER 100,000 AFRICAN-AMERICAN GUESTS COMING TO
10:32:37AM TAMPA THIS SUMMER WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.
10:32:39AM WE WANT THIS TO BE AVAIL TO THEM AS WELL.
10:32:42AM THESE ARE A NUMBER OF CONVENTIONS THAT ARE COMING.
10:32:44AM SO IT WILL BE JUST ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIC TO MAKE THEM FEEL
10:32:48AM WELCOME.
10:32:48AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WANT THIS PLACED EVERYWHERE ALL OVER
10:32:51AM THE CITY WHEN PEOPLE -- THEY COULD BE HAVING LUNCH IN WEST
10:32:54AM TAMPA AND SAY I DON'T KNOW WHAT -- I HAVE NOTHING TO DO THIS
10:32:57AM WEEKEND OR BORING OR WHATEVER TO GO UP EXPLORE TAMPA HISTORY
10:33:05AM THEY MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN AND DRIVEN BY FOREVER AND EVER.
10:33:10AM WHATEVER YOU NEED IN SUPPORT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW ABOUT
10:33:13AM THIS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW, AND I AM SURE THIS COUNCIL WILL BE
10:33:17AM SUPPORTIVE BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE HAVE TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE.
10:33:20AM >> THANK YOU.
10:33:21AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER CITRO.
10:33:22AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:33:24AM MISS NIGH, THANK YOU.
10:33:27AM A PLEASURE TO BE AT THE OPENINGS AND WHILE THERE, I TOOK THE
10:33:31AM STROLL THROUGH PART OF IT AND I FOUND OUT VERY INTERESTING
10:33:34AM THINGS AND I AM NOT GOING TO DISCUSS IT BECAUSE I WANT
10:33:37AM PEOPLE TO FIND OUT ON THEIR OWN, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO TAKE
10:33:40AM THE REST OF THE TOUR ABOUT WITH THAT.
10:33:42AM ARE YOU WORKING WITH IKE, THE KIOSK DOWN HERE?
10:33:45AM SO THAT WAY PEOPLE WILL KNOW ABOUT IT WHEN THEY ARE WALKING
10:33:49AM AROUND TRYING TO FIND OUT THINGS TO DO.
10:33:51AM >> YES, THERE ARE ADS ON IKE.
10:33:53AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: EXCELLENT.
10:33:56AM YOU WERE GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT BLOOMBERG?
10:33:59AM >> I WANT TO MENTION THERE IS AN APP ON THE CITY'S WEB SITE
10:34:05AM AS WELL.
10:34:05AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
10:34:08AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
10:34:09AM THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
10:34:10AM I APPRECIATE THAT.
10:34:11AM A COUPLE OF THINGS.
10:34:12AM YOU KNOW, I AM GLAD COUNCILMAN CARLSON MENTIONED THAT ON
10:34:16AM FUNDING BECAUSE THAT IS WHY I ORIGINALLY MOTIONED FOR THIS
10:34:19AM TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY SUPPLEMENTAL IDEAS THAT THE CRA
10:34:24AM WANTS TO GET INTO THIS TO SUPPLEMENT.
10:34:27AM SO WE CAN HELP OUT ON THAT.
10:34:29AM AND MAYBE PRINTING MORE IS ONE OF THEM, WHO KNOWS.
10:34:32AM ANOTHER THING ALSO I WANTED TO MENTION THAT WE ARE WORKING
10:34:35AM ON HERE, HOPEFULLY IN THE CRA THAT I SEE IS MARTI MACEO,
10:34:42AM THE AFRO-CUBAN HISTORY.
10:34:45AM A SOCIAL CLUB OUT OF RACISM AND TERRIBLE INJUSTICE AND NOW
10:34:49AM ONE, IN MY OPINION, THAT CONTINUES TO BE AT RISK AND REALLY,
10:34:53AM REALLY DESERVES SUPPORT ON MANY, MANY, MANY DIFFERENT SCALES
10:35:01AM -- SO, YEAH, JUST SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT AND IN TERMS OF
10:35:05AM FUNDING.
10:35:06AM THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
10:35:07AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AS WELL FOR THIS.
10:35:11AM OBVIOUSLY AN AMAZING BOOK.
10:35:13AM AMAZING PRESENTATION.
10:35:14AM WHAT YOU ARE DOING TO PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
10:35:17AM I KNOW -- I BELIEVE IT IS FLORIDA STORIES THROUGH THE
10:35:20AM FLORIDA HISTORY HAS A GREAT WEB -- GREAT APP THAT YOU CAN
10:35:25AM LISTEN TO WALKING TOURS.
10:35:26AM THEY HAVE ONE OF YBOR.
10:35:27AM THEY HAVE ONE OF OTHER PLACES ALL OVER THE STATE.
10:35:30AM AND MAYBE BEING ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THEM WILL BE WONDERFUL.
10:35:35AM AND THEN THE OTHER THING I WANT TO MENTION WE HAD PEOPLE
10:35:41AM COME UP AND TALK ABOUT THE FACT THEY HAD NOT HAD A CHANCE TO
10:35:44AM SHARE THEIR HISTORY.
10:35:45AM AND I SEE THAT THAT ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH ONLY HAS ONE,
10:35:51AM LIKE, CALL TO ACTION AND SURVEYS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN DONE YET,
10:35:57AM BUT I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW HOW WE COULD ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY
10:36:04AM MORE FOR THEIR STORIES.
10:36:06AM IN ADDITION TO THE STORIES THAT WE ARE FINDING.
10:36:09AM THAT WOULD BE JUST BE MY ONLY REQUEST.
10:36:12AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: MAY I?
10:36:17AM GOOD MORNING, AGAIN, COUNCIL.
10:36:18AM THE ARTS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ECONOMIC AND
10:36:23AM REDEVELOPMENT.
10:36:23AM AND WE BROUGHT BEFORE NEWS CONVERSATION ABOUT THE ARTS.
10:36:28AM WHEN YOU TALK OF EXPANDING THE ENGAGEMENT.
10:36:30AM AND YOU TALK ABOUT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, I JUST -- I
10:36:35AM COULDN'T SIT ON THE SIDELINE AND SAY WHEN GOING INTO OUR
10:36:40AM BUDGET SEASON, ROBIN IS A DEPARTMENT OF ONE.
10:36:42AM SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE ENGAGE THAT IS NEEDED THAT WE
10:36:45AM WOULD LIKE TO -- I AM GOING TO PUT A PLUG IN HERE FOR YOU TO
10:36:48AM DOUBLE DOWN ON YOUR REDEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC INVESTMENT
10:36:52AM AND POSSIBLY ME INVEST IN THE ARTS AND POSSIBLY ME FUNDING A
10:36:56AM POSITION TO HELP US, NOT JUST WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT
10:36:59AM BUT ALL OF THE ARTS PROJECTS WE WANT TO START PULLING
10:37:02AM TOGETHER.
10:37:03AM THE PROGRAM THAT COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, I THINK, HOLDING UP
10:37:07AM AND ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL COPIES, THE CRA CAN FUND
10:37:10AM ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THAT.
10:37:12AM THE PLATFORM THAT COUNCILMAN CARLSON WAS TALKING ABOUT, IF
10:37:15AM WE NEED TO DO THAT, THERE ARE THINGS THAT THE CRA CAN
10:37:18AM PARTNER TO DO.
10:37:19AM BUT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE ROBBERY IF I DIDN'T TAKE THE
10:37:23AM OPPORTUNITY PUT A PLUG IN THAT THE ARTS ARE UNDERFUNDED AND
10:37:27AM OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO -- TO DO THAT ACROSS ALL DISTRICTS
10:37:30AM WITH YOUR NEW MODEL THAT YOU APPROVE, I WOULD LOVE TO DO
10:37:34AM THAT FOR YOU.
10:37:35AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
10:37:37AM BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:37:40AM >>BILL CARLSON: IF I CAN JUST ADD TO WHAT YOU SAID.
10:37:43AM YOU MENTIONED FLORIDA STORIES.
10:37:45AM I USED TO BE ON THE BOARD OF THE HUMANITIES -- FLORIDA
10:37:49AM HUMANITIES IN THE ARTS COUNCIL AND ONE OF THE STORIES YOU
10:37:54AM CAN FIND WITH THE FLORIDA STORY IS THE JOSE MARTI TRAIL, ONE
10:37:59AM I CREATED WITH GARY MERMINO AND CHAZ MANA WHO IS A JOSE
10:38:05AM MARTI SCHOLAR.
10:38:06AM THE IDEA WAS, IF YOU GO TO A PLACE, YOU REMEMBER IT BY THE
10:38:09AM STORIES THAT ARE TOLD.
10:38:11AM AND TAMPA HAS VERY RICH AND IMPORTANT HISTORY WITH -- WITH
10:38:15AM JOSE MARTI.
10:38:16AM AND THE REASON WHY MY OTHER OFFICES IN OF YBOR AND LOCATION
10:38:21AM WHERE HE GAVE TWO OF HIS MOST FAMOUS SPEECHES.
10:38:24AM BUT PUTTING TOGETHER ONE OF THOSE FLORIDA STORIES IS NOT
10:38:28AM THAT MUCH MONEY.
10:38:29AM I CAN TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT OFF LINE.
10:38:31AM BUT A HUGE AUDIENCE.
10:38:32AM THOUSAND OF PEOPLE HAVE DOWNLOADED THAT AND TOOK A TOUR OF
10:38:36AM YBOR LISTENING TO THAT.
10:38:39AM SO THEY HAVE THEIR OWN PLATFORM THEY PROMOTE BUT AN
10:38:43AM INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN PLATFORM THAT PEOPLE CAN TUESDAY WHILE
10:38:48AM IN TAMPA.
10:38:49AM ANOTHER THEY THINK, WITH THE ARTS ALLIANCE, PARTNERING WITH
10:38:52AM VISIT TAMPA BAY AND CREATED SIX VIDEOS.
10:38:54AM ROBIN PARTICIPATED IN IT.
10:38:56AM SIX VIDEOS ABOUT THE ARTS IN TAMPA AND THEY ARE AMAZING AND
10:39:00AM DYNAMIC.
10:39:03AM THEY ARE PROMOTING THEM AND MAKES THE POINT IS THERE ARE
10:39:07AM RESOURCES THAT WE CAN PARTNER.
10:39:08AM TO YOUR LAST POINT ABOUT STAFF.
10:39:11AM I THINK WE SHOULD HIRE ROBIN AND LET THE CITY USE HER SALARY
10:39:16AM TO HIRE A SECOND PERSON, BECAUSE -- BECAUSE WE COULD REALLY
10:39:20AM DO DYNAMIC THINGS WITH THE ARTS.
10:39:23AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THAT WOULD MEAN I HAVE TO GO ACROSS THE
10:39:26AM STREET.
10:39:26AM I CAN'T DO THAT.
10:39:27AM >>BILL CARLSON: SERVE STILL EMPLOYED WITH THE CITY.
10:39:30AM WE ARE JUST WORKING WITH THEM.
10:39:33AM BUT I THINK THROUGH THE CRAs AMAZING THINGS WE CAN DO WITH
10:39:37AM THE ARTS.
10:39:37AM IF WE CAN'T -- IF WE CAN'T HAVE ROBIN DEDICATED TO US, MAYBE
10:39:42AM WE CAN HAVE THE SECOND PERSON.
10:39:44AM BUT WE KNOW THAT THE ARTS ARE -- AS WE DID IN ST. PETE, THEY
10:39:49AM ARE -- THEY ARE COMPLETELY CONNECTED TO INNOVATION AND
10:39:51AM TECHNOLOGY.
10:39:52AM AND THE GROWTH OF THE HIGH VALUE COMPANIES.
10:39:56AM SO LOOK FORWARD WORKING WITH YOU ON THAT.
10:39:58AM THANK YOU.
10:39:59AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: IF YOU WOULD LIKE, WE WOULD LIKE TO PUT
10:40:03AM FORTH THE POSITION THAT WOULD WORK DIRECTLY WITH ROBIN AND
10:40:06AM WORK WITH THE CRAs AND IF IT IS A POSITION FULLY FUNDED BY
10:40:10AM THE CRA, LIMITED TO JUST THE CRA.
10:40:12AM SO IF THAT IS THE CONSENSUS GOING INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS,
10:40:15AM WE NEED TO KNOW THAT SO WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT ASK FOR '24.
10:40:20AM FISCAL YEAR '24.
10:40:22AM >>BILL CARLSON: WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT IN THE CONTEXT OF
10:40:27AM OTHER BUDGET BECAUSE FOR A WHILE IT SEEMED LIKE WE WERE
10:40:30AM GETTING STAFF HEAVY.
10:40:31AM I BELIEVE THAT THE ARTS IS AN ECONOMIC ENGINE NOT ONLY FOR
10:40:36AM REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT BUT ALSO FOR CONNECTIVITY AND
10:40:38AM CULTURE.
10:40:38AM BUT WE KNOW -- I PROBABLY SAID THIS BEFORE, I INTERVIEWED A
10:40:43AM LOT OF CIOs OF TECH COMPANIES AND THEY SAY THEIR BEST
10:40:47AM PROGRAMMERS STUDIED MUSIC.
10:40:49AM WE KNOW THAT THE ARTS ARE COMPLETELY INTERCONNECTED WITH
10:40:53AM INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY.
10:40:55AM THE ONLY WAY OUR TECH CENTER WILL GROW IS ENGAGE THE ARTS IN
10:40:59AM A MUCH HIGHER WAY.
10:41:00AM THANK YOU.
10:41:01AM >> I FEEL -- WOULD YOU ALLOW ME -- WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO
10:41:05AM BRING IT BACK SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT FALLS?
10:41:08AM OR NOT -- I DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN THAT ROAD IF THAT IS NOT
10:41:13AM SOMETHING YOU DOESN'T ME TO INVESTIGATE.
10:41:16AM >>BILL CARLSON: I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO JUST ASK STAFF TO
10:41:19AM BRING BACK A PROPOSAL FOR AN ARTS PERSON HE AS PART OF THE
10:41:24AM STAFFING BUDGET PROPOSAL.
10:41:26AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
10:41:27AM >>BILL CARLSON: WHEN CAN YOU BRING IT BACK, NEXT MONTH.
10:41:30AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: I WILL BRING IT BACK IN APRIL FOR THE
10:41:35AM SERVICES AGREEMENT.
10:41:35AM >>BILL CARLSON: APRIL 13.
10:41:37AM >>LYNN HURTAK: A MOTION MADE BY BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:41:39AM SECOND BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
10:41:42AM ALL IN FAVOR, OPPOSED?
10:41:44AM MOTION CARRIES.
10:41:45AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THANK YOU.
10:41:46AM >> EXCUSE ME, AM I OUT OF ORDER BY ASKING --
10:42:01AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU WANT TO ASK A QUESTION?
10:42:05AM >> YES.
10:42:06AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COME ON UP, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
10:42:08AM >> I AM NOT PLEASED OF HOW THIS IS GOING.
10:42:13AM THIS IS NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMUNITY.
10:42:18AM THIS IS DISRESPECTFUL.
10:42:23AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:42:24AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: MISS TRAVIS --
10:42:29AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
10:42:32AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: MISS DELPHIN, I KNOW WHERE SHE IS COMING
10:42:37AM FROM.
10:42:37AM AS THE CRA IN WEST TAMPA AND TO GET WITH HER AND MAKE WHAT
10:42:41AM THEY WANT SO THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD.
10:42:43AM I KNOW THE CITY IS DOING EVERYTHING, BUT IN DIFFERENT
10:42:46AM COMMUNITIES, THEY HAVE PEOPLE WHO THEY FEEL ARE PRIORITY AND
10:42:49AM THAT IS THE PROBLEM AT TIMES.
10:42:50AM PEOPLE BELIEVE BLACK FOLKS.
10:42:53AM OTHER CULTURES BELIEVE THEY KNOW WHO OUR LEADERS ARE.
10:42:56AM YOU KNOW WHO I AM TALKING ABOUT.
10:42:58AM SERVE NOT OUR LEADER.
10:42:59AM HOPE THEY KNOW WHO TRULY IS OUR WORKFORCE IN THE COMMUNITY.
10:43:07AM SUCH AND SUCH -- THIS PERSON -- NO HE WAS THE ONE AT THE
10:43:11AM BOTTOM WHO WAS REALLY DOING THE WORK.
10:43:15AM TALK ABOUT PUTTING PORCHES OUT FOR PEOPLE.
10:43:18AM LET US SEE WHO THEY BELIEVE ARE THE LEADERS IN THEIR
10:43:23AM COMMUNITY.
10:43:23AM NICK I GAVE MISS DELPHIN MY CARD AND ADMINISTRATOR WYNN'S
10:43:34AM INFORMATION.
10:43:34AM WE WILL DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
10:43:36AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
10:43:37AM >> JUST INTRODUCING THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
10:43:40AM IT IS AN UPDATE ON TAMPA UNION STATION.
10:43:43AM AND BRANDIE MIKLUS IS HERE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE
10:43:48AM PROGRESS ON THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT.
10:43:50AM AND THAT SLIDE NUMBER 3 -- EXCUSE ME, PRESENTATION NUMBER 3
10:43:53AM BE BROUGHT UP.
10:43:54AM AND IT IS JUST A SIMPLE SLIDE AND SHE WILL PROVIDE THAT
10:43:57AM UPDATE FOR YOU.
10:43:59AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:44:00AM BEFORE YOU BEGIN, MA'AM.
10:44:02AM I ATTENDED THE URBAN LEAGUE OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY'S GALA
10:44:07AM SATURDAY AT THE TRAIN STATION.
10:44:08AM IT WAS SO BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED AND SET UP, THAT IF YOU DID
10:44:14AM GO, GREAT.
10:44:15AM IF YOU SAW IT, IT REALLY MADE OUR CITY PROUD.
10:44:18AM A GREAT GROUP OF COMMUNITY LEADERS.
10:44:21AM ALL SORTS OF FOLKS.
10:44:23AM BUT HOW SPECIAL THAT PLACE IS.
10:44:24AM AND THEN I REALIZED, AGAIN, HOW UNDERUTILIZED IT IS.
10:44:28AM A VERY IMPORTANT HISTORIC STRUCTURE.
10:44:32AM SO I WANTED TO MAKE THAT KNOWN.
10:44:34AM GO AHEAD.
10:44:35AM >> THANK YOU.
10:44:35AM GOOD MORNING, CRA BOARD MEMBERS.
10:44:37AM BRANDIE MIKLUS.
10:44:39AM I SERVE AS A VOLUNTEER BOARD MEMBER AND PRESIDENT OF FRIENDS
10:44:42AM OF TAMPA UNION STATION.
10:44:43AM AND I AM THERE GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE RESTORATION PROJECT
10:44:48AM THAT WILL SOON BE UNDER WAY AT TAMPA UNION STATION.
10:44:52AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE PRESENTATION IS UP.
10:44:57AM >> PERFECT.
10:44:58AM BEFORE I GO INTO THAT, I WAS SUGGESTED TO BRING AN AWARD
10:45:02AM THAT FRIENDS OF TAMPA UNION STATION RECEIVED LAST MONTH FROM
10:45:07AM THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP.
10:45:08AM IT WAS DURING THEIR ANNUAL URBAN EXCELLENCE AWARDS.
10:45:11AM AND THE AWARD IS THE DOWNTOWN COLLABORATION AWARD.
10:45:17AM IT IS RIGHT HERE.
10:45:18AM IT IS PRETTY HEAVY, BEAUTIFUL.
10:45:21AM SCRATCHED ME A COUPLE OF TIMES THAT EVENING ACTUALLY.
10:45:24AM THE DOWNTOWN COLLABORATION AWARD RECOGNIZE AS GROUP
10:45:28AM PARTNERSHIP THAT PROVIDES AN UNIQUE AND POSITIVE
10:45:34AM CONTRIBUTION TO DOWNTOWN.
10:45:35AM AND THIS GROUP PARTNERSHIP, THIS UNIQUE POSITIVE
10:45:43AM CONTRIBUTION BOO NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF CRA
10:45:46AM STAFF, FACILITIES STAFF, HISTORIC PRESERVATION STAFF, AND,
10:45:51AM AND, OF COURSE, THE CRA BOARD.
10:45:54AM CITY ADMINISTRATION, MAYOR JANE CASTOR.
10:45:57AM SHE WAS THERE OR OUR RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE RENOVATION BACK
10:46:02AM IN NOVEMBER.
10:46:02AM WE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT.
10:46:06AM IT WAS A BIG VOLUNTEER EFFORT WITHOUT GETTING THE
10:46:10AM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HISTORIC PRESERVATION GRANT AWARD FOR
10:46:15AM $95,000 AND WE HAD PRIVATE DONATIONS THAT BASICALLY
10:46:18AM COLLECTIVELY GOT TO ABOUT $200,000 TO DO THIS.
10:46:21AM SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO FOR MENTIONING
10:46:27AM THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE PARTY AT THE MANY
10:46:31AM STATION.
10:46:31AM SORRY, NOT A PARTY, IT WAS THEIR ANNUAL GALA.
10:46:35AM WE ALWAYS LOVE ANY SORT OF ACTIVIST THAT OCCURS IN UNION
10:46:40AM STATION.
10:46:40AM AND IT THE BAGGAGE BUILDING WAS BUILT ALSO IN 1912 STAND NOT
10:46:45AM HAVE FIRE PROTECTION.
10:46:46AM IT DID NOT HAVE AIR CONDITIONING AND NEEDED A LOT OF WORK
10:46:50AM WITH THE WINDOWS.
10:46:51AM SO AN ADDITIONAL SPACE.
10:46:53AM 3200 SQUARE FEET TO ADD TO THE WHOLE TAMPA UNION STATION
10:46:59AM PROPERTY.
10:47:01AM SO NEXT -- WAS THERE A SECOND SLIDE?
10:47:03AM OKAY, PERFECT.
10:47:04AM THAT RECOGNIZES THE -- THE AWARD.
10:47:08AM AND THEN -- OH -- WILL IT FAST FORWARD ON ITS OWN.
10:47:13AM SO -- SORRY ABOUT THAT.
10:47:16AM AND BRIEFLY, OUR OVERALL UPDATE.
10:47:20AM YOU SEE TEAM MEMBERS FOR THE DESIGN BUILD RESTORATION THAT
10:47:24AM IS UNDER WAY AT TAMPA UNION STATION.
10:47:26AM THE KICKOFF MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT FRIDAY, MARCH 17,
10:47:31AM WITH COLLAGE COMPANIES AND THE CITY.
10:47:34AM SO THAT WILL BE OUR OFFICIALS START YOU AND WE HAVE A FEW
10:47:43AM STAFF IN THE AUDIENCE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
10:47:45AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT
10:47:52AM THANK YOU -- OH -- BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:47:56AM >>BILL CARLSON: DO YOU HAVE MORE SLIDES OR IS THAT THE END
10:48:00AM OF THE PRESENTATION?
10:48:01AM >> THAT IS THE LAST SLIDE.
10:48:02AM >>BILL CARLSON: OKAY.
10:48:03AM COULD YOU JUST TELL US -- SO YOU TALKED ABOUT THE -- THE
10:48:07AM BAGGAGE AREA WHICH WAS FUNDED BY THE COUNTY, RIGHT.
10:48:10AM SO THE WORK THAT THE CRA IS FUNDING.
10:48:13AM WHEN DOES THAT STATE-OF-THE-ART AND WHEN DOES THAT END?
10:48:17AM >> THE KICKOFF MEETING NEXT FRIDAY, MARCH 17, WE WILL BE
10:48:20AM FINALIZING THE SCHEDULE AN DATES AND MORE INFORMATION AFTER
10:48:23AM THE KICKOFF MEETING.
10:48:24AM MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WILL BE DONE WITHIN A 12-MONTH
10:48:29AM PERIOD.
10:48:29AM >>BILL CARLSON: YOU ALL STILL -- THE PRICES ARE GOING UP
10:48:35AM BEFORE WE INCREASED OUR COMMITMENT DURING THE PROCESS OF
10:48:37AM TALKING TO YOU ALL.
10:48:38AM DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO CONTINUE TO DO WHATEVER YOU NEED
10:48:42AM TO DO?
10:48:46AM >> IN ADDITION TO THE MONEY THAT WAS COMMITTED BY THIS
10:48:49AM BOARD, THE CRA BOARD, FRIENDS OF TAMPA UNION STATION HAVE
10:48:55AM BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CITY'S GRANT MANAGER AND GRANT
10:48:59AM DEPARTMENT TO ALSO GET ADDITIONAL FUND WILLING.
10:49:01AM LAST NOVEMBER, WE WERE -- WE WERE NOTIFIED THE CITY GRANTS
10:49:08AM TEAM WAS NOTIFIED THAT WE RECEIVED $400,000 FROM THE
10:49:13AM HISTORIC STATE PRESERVATION GRANT.
10:49:17AM AND WE WERE ACTUALLY RANKED NUMBER 2 OUT OF 30 APPLICANTS.
10:49:23AM THAT IS FANTASTIC.
10:49:25AM AND WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH THE CITY'S GRANT TEAM FOR A
10:49:32AM $1.5 MILLION GRANT THROUGH THE FEDERAL RAILWAY
10:49:35AM ADMINISTRATION.
10:49:36AM >>BILL CARLSON: WHEN WE WERE TALKING OF THE BUDGET, WE GOT
10:49:40AM SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE YOU WERE SAYING OR THE CITY
10:49:44AM WAS SAYING THEY WERE GOING TO GO FOR GRANTS AND WHY WE FUND
10:49:47AM ALL OF THIS.
10:49:48AM WE SAID WE WILL PRELOAD IT SO YOU ALL CAN MOVE FAST.
10:49:52AM AND THEN IF YOU GET GRANTS, THE CRA WILL BE REIMBURSED.
10:49:56AM DO YOU THINK WHEN THESE GRANTS COME IN, WILL IT BE ON TOP OF
10:50:00AM THE BUDGET SO YOU WILL HAVE MORE MONEY TO DO THINGS OR A
10:50:04AM REIMBURSEMENT TO THE CRA?
10:50:06AM >> THE CRA'S INITIAL INVESTMENT IN UNION STATION IS
10:50:09AM EXPERIENCING WITH THESE OTHER GRANT OPPORTUNITIES A
10:50:12AM SIGNIFICANT MULTIPLIER.
10:50:15AM THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT IS IT ALLOWS FOR ADDITIONAL
10:50:21AM RESTORATION WORK AND UPDATE TO TAKE PLACE OF FURTHER
10:50:25AM COMMITMENT OF CIA.
10:50:29AM >> NO REFUND BUT WE HAVE TO TOP IT OFF.
10:50:33AM SO THE OTHER THING IS PARALLEL TO THIS.
10:50:40AM TALKED ABOUT THE WORLD WAR II MONUMENT.
10:50:42AM ROBIN IS DEALING WITH THAT.
10:50:44AM PUTTING A COFFEE SHOP AND CO-WORK SPACE.
10:50:46AM WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THAT AND THE RFPs THAT MIGHT GO OUT
10:50:50AM FOR THAT.
10:50:50AM THERE WAS GOING TO BE A REDESIGN OF THE TICKETING AREA TO
10:50:54AM OPEN UP THE BACK ROOM AND THE UPSTAIRS.
10:50:56AM IS ALL THAT UNDER WAY?
10:50:58AM THE TEAM WAS MEETING, THE GOAL WAS TO HAVE THE SPACE
10:51:04AM ACTIVATED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER THE RESTORATION.
10:51:09AM AND THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS NOT AS SOON AS THE RESTORATION
10:51:14AM WAS DONE BUT BEFORE, THAT WAY THEY ARE TIMED AND PARALLELED
10:51:18AM -- PARALLEL STREAMS.
10:51:19AM >>BILL CARLSON: TWO OTHER THINGS.
10:51:21AM SINCE THIS IS A -- THIS IS A CITY-OWNED PROPERTY BUT A CRA
10:51:24AM INITIATIVE, I WILL ASK THAT WHOEVER WAS CRA CHAIR AT THE
10:51:32AM TIME STAND WITH YOU OR WITH PRESIDENT OR FRIENDS OF THE
10:51:36AM TAMPA UNION STATION.
10:51:37AM WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT IT IS A CRA
10:51:40AM PROJECT AND THEIR MONEY IS BEING SPENT WISELY.
10:51:43AM AS MUCH AS PEOPLE ARE EXCITED OF THE RESTORATION OF THIS
10:51:46AM IMPORTANT BUILDING, THEY ARE MORE EXCITED OF THE IDEA OF THE
10:51:49AM INCUBATOR SPACE.
10:51:50AM THE BUSINESS INCUBATOR SPACE.
10:51:52AM WE HAVE INCREMENTAL ANNOUNCEMENTS TO THE MEDIA, MAKE SURE
10:51:55AM THAT THE CHAIR OF THE CRA IS FRONT AND CENTER.
10:51:59AM LASTLY, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR BOARD AND JACKSON
10:52:06AM McQUIGG WHO HAS BEEN AROUND LONG TIME.
10:52:09AM HE AND HIS DAD WERE PIONEERS IN SAVING THIS FACILITY AND HE
10:52:13AM WAS A GREAT ADVISOR TO ALL OF US ON FIXING THIS.
10:52:16AM HE PROBABLY IS WATCHING RIGHT NOW FROM ATLANTA.
10:52:21AM AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE STAFF MEMBERS, DENNIS AND WHO HAVE
10:52:25AM BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS.
10:52:27AM THANK YOU TO THE CHIEF OF STAFF.
10:52:28AM WE WERE BOGGED DOWN WITH THIS AND THE CHIEF OF STAFF --
10:52:33AM WHERE THERE WAS 10 TO 12 STAFF PEOPLE AND EVERYTHING MOVED
10:52:36AM ALONG QUICKLY.
10:52:36AM THANK YOU TO HIM FOR MOVING THIS FORWARD.
10:52:38AM THANK YOU.
10:52:39AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:52:40AM >> I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE.
10:52:43AM ONE LAST THING, THIS YEAR IS THE 25th ANNIVERSARY OF THE
10:52:50AM ORIGINAL RESTORATION OF THE STATION THAT OCCURRED IN 1998.
10:52:53AM WE HAVE NOT HELD A TAMPA TRAIN DAY SINCE PRECOVID.
10:52:56AM SO WE ARE ON FOR A TAMPA TRAIN DAY EVENT.
10:53:00AM IT ALWAYS RECOGNIZES THE BIRTHDAY OF THE STATION WHICH IS ON
10:53:05AM MAY 15, 1912.
10:53:07AM SO WE USUALLY RECOGNIZE IT ON THE SECOND SATURDAY IN MAY.
10:53:11AM THIS YEAR IT FALLS ON SATURDAY MAY 13.
10:53:14AM MORE INFORMATION TO COME.
10:53:15AM BUT IT WILL BE RECOGNIZING THE 25th ANNIVERSARY OF THE
10:53:19AM STATION REOPENING.
10:53:22AM >>BILL CARLSON: CAN I ASK A QUESTION?
10:53:25AM >>LYNN HURTAK: OF COURSE.
10:53:27AM >>BILL CARLSON: ONE QUICK QUESTION, THE EXPRESSWAY AUTHORITY
10:53:29AM HAD IN THEIR PROPOSAL TO TAKE AWAY THE LAND FRONT AND ALSO
10:53:32AM AN IDEA SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY TO PUT THE GREYHOUND STATION
10:53:36AM THERE.
10:53:38AM EITHER ONE OF THOSE COULD DESTROY THIS WHOLE PROJECT.
10:53:40AM I THINK THEY ARE DEAD.
10:53:41AM AM I RIGHT OR STILL FLOATING AROUND?
10:53:45AM >> THE TAMPA EXPRESSWAY AUTHORITY, THEY DID HAVE A PD&E
10:53:51AM STUDY.
10:53:51AM IT WAS ON NEBRASKA, PD&E STUDY.
10:53:56AM THEY DETERMINED THEY WOULD GO WITH THE NO BUILD ALTERNATIVE
10:53:59AM LAND NOT BE PURSUING ANY OF THE LAND IN FRONT OF THE
10:54:02AM STATION.
10:54:02AM THE STATION IS NESTLED IN BETWEEN TWIGGS, NEBRASKA AND
10:54:07AM NUCCIO PARKWAY.
10:54:10AM >>BILL CARLSON: WE CAN'T TALK OUTSIDE OF THE SUNSHINE.
10:54:12AM MY COLLEAGUES, I TALKED TO THE HEAD OF THE EXPRESSWAY
10:54:14AM AUTHORITY AND SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE WE
10:54:17AM CAN'T ALLOW THAT LAND TO BE TAKEN.
10:54:19AM JUST BECAUSE IT IS NOT USED THAT PUT A BIG RAMP RIGHT IN
10:54:23AM FRONT OF HAD IMPORTANT HISTORIC BUILDING BECAUSE THE CENTER
10:54:26AM OF ALL THE ACTIVITY WITH WHAT GASWORX IS DOING AND ENCORE
10:54:31AM AND CHANNEL DISTRICT AND ALL THOSE THINGS HAPPENING THERE.
10:54:34AM AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS, THE BUS STATION, THAT WOULD
10:54:38AM JUST BE A DISASTER, BECAUSE IT IS NOT SYNERGISTIC AT ALL
10:54:43AM WITH -- IF IT WAS A LOCAL BUS ROUTE, HART STATION THAT MAY
10:54:48AM MAKE SENSE, BUT MAKES MORE SENSE TO HAVE THEM GO TO MARIAN
10:54:53AM STREET INSTEAD OF GOING TO THE TRAIN STATION.
10:54:55AM THANK YOU.
10:54:56AM >> THANK YOU.
10:54:56AM THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
10:54:58AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER CITRO.
10:55:02AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: MISS MIKLUS, HOLD UP THAT AWARD AGAIN.
10:55:07AM >> HERE WE GO.
10:55:09AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: I CONGRATULATE YOU AND EVERYONE INVOLVED AND
10:55:12AM WHEN THEY PRESENTED THAT I WAS THERE.
10:55:14AM AND MADE ME PROUD OF ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
10:55:17AM >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:55:18AM THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
10:55:20AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
10:55:22AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: HELLO, AGAIN.
10:55:31AM SLIDE SHOW NUMBER 4.
10:55:34AM FOR ITEM NUMBER 4 THE CRA DIRECTOR'S MONTHLY REPORT.
10:55:41AM THAT THE MEETING, YOU REQUESTED -- A REQUEST FOR US TO LOOK
10:55:45AM AT SEVERAL ITEMS THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH
10:55:49AM IT.
10:55:49AM AND WHAT I AM GOING TO DO IS TALK TO YOU BOTH ABOUT THE
10:55:53AM URBAN CIRCULATOR WHAT BOARD MEMBER CITRO MADE A MOTION FOR
10:55:58AM US TO INVESTIGATE.
10:55:59AM THEN I AM GOING TO SHOW YOU YOUR BUDGET AS IT RELATES TO
10:56:02AM THAT ITEM.
10:56:03AM AND IF YOU WERE TO CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR TAMPA THEATRE,
10:56:06AM WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
10:56:08AM AS YOU CAN TELL, WE HAVE A PACKED AGENDA.
10:56:11AM SOMETIMES WE DON'T GET TO TALK THROUGH POLICY ISSUES AND HOW
10:56:15AM YOU WANT TO FUND CERTAIN INITIATIVES.
10:56:18AM OR CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS.
10:56:21AM AND SO I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR JUNE RETREAT WHERE WE CAN
10:56:25AM START TALKING ABOUT THAT AND SET WILLING SOME POLICY
10:56:28AM PARAMETERS AND ALLOW YOU TO LOOK AT THE BUDGET AT A TEN
10:56:33AM -YEAR WINDOW SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT YOU CAN OR CAN'T FUND.
10:56:37AM SLIDE SHOW.
10:56:38AM THANK YOU.
10:56:38AM THE FIRST ITEM THAT WE WILL TALK ABOUT IS THE URBAN
10:56:42AM CIRCULATOR WHICH IS ITEM 5.
10:56:44AM COUNCILMAN CITRO MADE A MOTION FOR STAFF TO LOOK AT FUNDING
10:56:49AM $16 MILLION TOWARD THE PREMIUM TRANSIT URBAN CIRCULATOR THAT
10:56:53AM WILL RUN IN DEDICATED LANES OF FORT BROOKE GARAGE AND TAMPA
10:56:58AM HEIGHTS.
10:56:58AM RIGHT NOW, HDR IS CURRENTLY DOING AN ANALYSIS.
10:57:04AM WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ULTIMATE FUNDING REQUEST WILL BE OR
10:57:08AM HOW TO BREAK OUT THE FUNDING OVER TIME BUT I WANTED TO SHOW
10:57:14AM YOU WHAT THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE.
10:57:16AM WHAT YOUR BUDGET LOOKS LIKE FOR THE DOWNTOWN CRA.
10:57:18AM THIS IS -- WE HAVE A LOT OF IT.
10:57:23AM THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
10:57:25AM WE HAVE A LOT OF ROADS IN THE BUDGET AND COLLAPSED IT JUST
10:57:28AM SO YOU CAN SEE PLUGGED IN NUMBERS.
10:57:35AM THINGS FOR THE MUSEUM OF ART, THE STRAZ, THAT ARE PLUGGED IN
10:57:39AM AND SHOWS YOU AT THE BOTTOM LINE HOW MUCH MONEY YOU HAVE IF
10:57:46AM YOU WERE TO MAKE SOME OF THESE COMMITMENTS.
10:57:48AM YOU HAVE THE CAPACITY IF YOU ARE GO OUT TO THE OUTER YEARS
10:57:51AM IN FISCAL '27 -- FISCAL YEAR '28 AND BEYOND ESPECIALLY SOME
10:57:58AM OF THE FUNDING COMMITMENTS THAT YOU MADE START TO FREE UP.
10:58:01AM OTHER PROJECTS IN THE WORKS.
10:58:02AM CAPITAL PROJECTS.
10:58:03AM I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK IN 2028, YOU HAVE A WINDFALL OF
10:58:07AM MONEY.
10:58:07AM YOU HAVE PROJECTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN FUNDED YET BUT IN THIS
10:58:15AM COLLAPSED BUDGET.
10:58:16AM IF YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE URBAN CIRCULATOR PLUG
10:58:20AM AN ITEM IN THE OUTER YEARS THAT YOU CAN DO IT NOT IN THIS
10:58:25AM FISCAL YEAR, BUT YOU CAN AFFORD TO DO THAT.
10:58:27AM I PLUGGED IN FOR PURPOSES OF THIS CONVERSATION IF YOU WERE
10:58:30AM TO FUND TAMPA THEATRE, WHAT THOSE NUMBERS WOULD LOOK LIKE.
10:58:36AM SOME OF JUST TALKING THROUGH THE SPREADSHEET, THE BEGINNING
10:58:44AM NUMBER.
10:58:44AM THAT IS ALLOCATED SURPLUS.
10:58:48AM $22 MILLION.
10:58:49AM YOUR INCREMENT FOR THE DOWNTOWN CRA IS ABOUT $23 MILLION.
10:58:54AM THE INTEREST IS THERE AND SHOW IN FISCAL YEAR '23, $45
10:58:58AM MILLION TO WORK WITH.
10:58:59AM SEVERAL COMMIT NUMBERS THIS YEAR, BUT THE OTHER LINE ITEM I
10:59:08AM WANT YOU TO BE AWARE OF IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS
10:59:11AM OTHER THAN BUILDING.
10:59:11AM I SHOULD HAVE CHANGED THIS -- THAT NUMBER IS $8 MILLION.
10:59:17AM WHAT I AM SHOWING -- YOU MOVED MONEY FOR TAMPA THEATRE BUT
10:59:21AM $637,000 IN THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
10:59:25AM WE NEED TO TALK OF THE URBAN CIRCULATOR.
10:59:28AM IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO IT.
10:59:29AM I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT FUNDING REQUEST LOOKS LIKE HOW MUCH
10:59:32AM OVER TIME BUT YOU CAN START PLUGGING AWAY $1 MILLION AND
10:59:36AM PROBABLY INCREASE THAT NUMBER AS YOU HAVE MORE AVAILABILITY
10:59:42AM IN YOUR BUDGET IN THE FUTURE.
10:59:44AM I WILL BE HAPPY TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH YOU.
10:59:46AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:59:48AM >>BILL CARLSON: I WANT TO SAY FIRST FOR THE PUBLIC WATCHING,
10:59:51AM UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS CRA MONEY WHICH IS TRAPPED IN THIS
10:59:53AM DISTRICT IN DOWNTOWN THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT I HEAR IN SOUTH
11:00:00AM TAMPA, WHY CAN'T WE FILL POTHOLES.
11:00:03AM WHY CAN'T WE FIX OUR PARKS.
11:00:05AM WHY CAN'T WE HAVE SIDEWALKS.
11:00:07AM WHY CAN'T WE HAVE MORE POLICE AND FIRE.
11:00:09AM AND UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS -- WE CANNOT CREATE A CRA IN
11:00:13AM SOUTH TAMPA.
11:00:14AM SO WE CAN'T CAPTURE MONEY DOWN THERE.
11:00:17AM I TRIED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO TO MOVE THIS MONEY OUT AND
11:00:20AM FAILED.
11:00:20AM HAVING FAILED THAT, THE -- AND THERE IS NO SLUM AND BLIGHT
11:00:24AM IN DOWNTOWN ANYMORE, ALTHOUGH THE CRA CONTINUES.
11:00:28AM AND THE ABSENCE OF HAVING SLUM AND BLIGHT, WHAT WE HAVE
11:00:34AM TRIED DO IS INVEST IN PROJECTS THAT BENEFIT THE WHOLE CITY.
11:00:37AM THESE ARE ECONOMIC ENGINES BUT ASSETS THAT THE WHOLE CITY
11:00:41AM CAN ATTEND TO.
11:00:42AM TAMPA THEATER IS A HIS FOR, INC. BUILDING AND ONE OF THE
11:00:47AM LITERAL ICONS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND A BELOVED PLACE THAT
11:00:53AM EVERYBODY CAN ATTEND.
11:00:54AM SOME PEOPLE FELT THEY COULDN'T ATTEND THE STRAZ CENTER,
11:00:59AM INVESTMENT OF 25% IN A $100 MILLION CITY BUILDING.
11:01:03AM THAT WAS A GREAT INVESTMENT AND THEY ARE OPENING A LOT OF IT
11:01:06AM UP TO THE PUBLIC SO IT WILL BE MORE ACCESSIBLE.
11:01:08AM BUT THE TAMPA THEATRE IS -- IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY SUPPORT
11:01:16AM AN IMPORTANT PROJECT AND ASSET.
11:01:18AM THOSE WATCHING FOR THE FIRST TIME, TAMPA THEATRE IN THE 80s
11:01:23AM HAD DUST OVER THE PLASTER FIGURES.
11:01:27AM AND SOMEBODY LITERALLY LIKE SPRAYED WATER OVER IT TO FIX IT.
11:01:31AM IF YOU WENT TO SEE THE RESTORATION OF THE LOBBY, THERE IS
11:01:35AM EXPERTS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY THAT JUST SPECIALIZE IN THESE
11:01:39AM THEATRES.
11:01:40AM ONE WHO IS A PAINTER AND MATCHED THE PIGMENT.
11:01:43AM YOU HAVE TO METICULOUSLY GO THROUGH IT.
11:01:46AM POLITICAL THREATS TO TAMPA THEATRE WHICH I WON'T GO INTO
11:01:50AM THAT SET THEM BACK ON TRYING TO INVEST IN THEIR FUTURE.
11:01:54AM THERE ALSO WAS AN UNDERLYING LEASE ISSUE THAT SLOWED US DOWN
11:02:01AM A PAYROLL WE BROUGHT FORWARD TWO YEARS AGO AND THEY HAD TO
11:02:04AM DEAL WITH THE UNDERLYING LEASE ISSUE.
11:02:06AM THAT WAS RESOLVED.
11:02:09AM THAT WAS A MUCH CITY ISSUE.
11:02:11AM THIS IS A CRA ISSUE.
11:02:12AM TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT GROUPS.
11:02:14AM WHAT THIS WILL DO ALONG WITH THE OTHER ARTS PROJECTS IS
11:02:17AM REALLY HELP ENERGIZE OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR OUR TECHNOLOGY
11:02:27AM COMMUNITY INTERTWINED WITH ARTS.
11:02:29AM SO I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S SUPPORT ON THE -- ON THE TAMPA
11:02:33AM THEATRE.
11:02:34AM HE WILL LEAVE IT UP TO MY COLLEAGUE, BOARD MEMBER CITRO.
11:02:38AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: I WILL PRESENT ON THE TAMPA THEATRE AND
11:02:41AM THEN LET THEM PRESENT AFTERWARDS SO THAT -- TO YOUR POINT,
11:02:46AM COUNCILMAN CARLSON, IF YOU WANTED TO GO THERE, I WILL NEED
11:02:50AM FOR A VOTE TO REALLOCATE SOME OF THE FUNDS IN THIS CURRENT
11:02:53AM FISCAL YEAR.
11:02:54AM LET'S TALK URBAN CIRCULATOR AND THEN WE WILL WALK YOU
11:02:57AM THROUGH WHAT YOU NEED TO DO FOR THE THEATRE, SHOULD YOU
11:03:01AM CHOOSE.
11:03:01AM >>BILL CARLSON: DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THIS?
11:03:06AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: ONLY FOR THE URBAN CIRCULATOR.
11:03:09AM I NEED GUIDANCE WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO.
11:03:12AM IF YOU WANT TO ADD THE URBAN CIRCULATOR AS A PROJECT, DO TWO
11:03:16AM THINGS.
11:03:17AM WAIT FOR HDR'S ANALYSIS TO COME BACK AND THE FUNDING REQUEST
11:03:21AM SO YOU CAN STRUCTURE THE FUNDING OR CREATE IT AS A PROJECT
11:03:24AM RIGHT NOW AND START TO DO A SET-ASIDE FOR THAT URBAN
11:03:30AM CIRCULATORS.
11:03:32AM >>BILL CARLSON: THAT WAS BOARD MEMBER CITRO'S PROPOSAL.
11:03:34AM SO I WILL LET HIM SPEAK TO THAT.
11:03:36AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, REGARDING THE
11:03:39AM CIRCULATOR.
11:03:40AM I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE STUDY WHEN IT IS COMPLETE.
11:03:43AM I HAVE KNOWN OF SOME CIRCULATORS THAT HAVE DONE WELL AND
11:03:47AM OTHERS THAT HAVE NOT DONE WELL.
11:03:52AM I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT WE DO IT THE RIGHT WAY AND I DON'T
11:03:55AM KNOW IF I KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT IT TODAY TO VOTE ON IT MYSELF.
11:03:59AM >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY.
11:04:00AM BOARD MEMBER CITRO.
11:04:02AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: THE REASON WHY I BROUGHT THIS UP WAS
11:04:06AM TWOFOLD.
11:04:06AM NUMBER ONE, THE PARKING MINIMUMS NORTH -- THE NORTH PART OF
11:04:10AM TOWN HAVE BEEN REDUCED.
11:04:15AM HOPING TO GET PEOPLE ON PUBLIC/MASS TRANSPORTATION.
11:04:20AM SOME OF THE OTHER GREAT THINGS THAT THE CRA DOLLARS HAVE
11:04:23AM DONE WITH THE PERFORMING ARTS AND WITH OUR MUSEUM.
11:04:25AM THERE ARE NOW COMPLAINTS THAT PEOPLE CAN'T FIND PARKING
11:04:31AM SPACES AND THEY DON'T WANT TO WALK THE EXTRA FOUR OR FIVE
11:04:35AM BLOCKS.
11:04:35AM THE CIRCULATOR WILL HELP ACCOMMODATE THOSE PEOPLE PARKING IN
11:04:40AM OUTLYING AREAS AND GET THEM TO OUR VARIOUS ATTRACTIONS
11:04:45AM DOWNTOWN.
11:04:45AM AGAIN, THIS WAS TO HELP HART IN THE PUBLIC MASS
11:04:50AM TRANSPORTATION WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
11:04:54AM I FEAR OF THAT I HART WILL NOT GET THE FUNDING THAT IT NEEDS
11:04:58AM AND MY INTENT WAS TO EXTEND THE STREETCAR WHICH A LOT OF
11:05:02AM PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR.
11:05:03AM A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN.
11:05:07AM I SAW THIS AS A PILOT PROJECT SO THAT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS
11:05:11AM OUT, THEY COULD BE PROVEN THAT THE EXTENSION OF THAT
11:05:15AM STREETCAR WILL COME WITH THIS, WE WILL BRING MORE ABILITY
11:05:23AM FOR PEOPLE TO AFFORD HOUSING IN DOWNTOWN AND WORK DOWNTOWN.
11:05:28AM AGAIN, I CAN'T AFFORD TO DO THIS.
11:05:32AM CRA CAN HELP HART TO EXTEND ITS CIRCULATOR.
11:05:38AM THE FORMER CIRCULATORS WERE POINT A TO POINT B.
11:05:43AM THIS IS GOING TO BE COVERING SEVEN EXTRA MILES AND A
11:05:49AM CIRCULATING MANNER.
11:05:50AM AND I STILL FEEL THAT THERE IS SLUM AND BLIGHT DOWNTOWN.
11:05:57AM YOU GO NORTH OF ZACK --
11:06:00AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THE NORTH SIDE.
11:06:02AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: NORTH OF ZACK.
11:06:03AM ALL WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE WOOLWORTH AND CREST BUILDINGS.
11:06:06AM THE OLD GREYHOUND BUILDING.
11:06:09AM STILL SLUM AND BLIGHT IN DOWNTOWN.
11:06:13AM THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
11:06:16AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
11:06:17AM AND I WILL -- I WILL SAY THAT I AGREE THAT IT WILL BE BEST
11:06:23AM TO WAIT TO SEE WHAT THEIR STUDY SAYS AND WHAT THE POSSIBLE
11:06:28AM PROPOSAL BUDGET IS.
11:06:29AM BUT I HEARD ONE MEMBER -- BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA TALK ABOUT
11:06:33AM THAT.
11:06:33AM AND I AGREE.
11:06:35AM >>BILL CARLSON: CAN I JUST MAKE ONE STATEMENT.
11:06:39AM IF THE CREST BUILDING COUNTS TO JUSTIFY SLUM AND BLIGHT IN
11:06:44AM DOWNTOWN, WE HAVE A LOT OF BUILDINGS FALLING APART IN SOUTH
11:06:48AM TAMPA AND CREATE A CRA THERE.
11:06:50AM BUT ANYWAY, I THINK -- I THINK SOME TIME IN THE NEXT FEW
11:06:55AM YEARS WE GOT TO MOVE SOME OF THIS MONEY OUT.
11:06:57AM IT IS NOT -- NOT -- I MEAN, LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS
11:07:02AM EVENTUALLY.
11:07:03AM WHAT IS THE EXPIRATION DATE.
11:07:04AM 40 SOMETHING?
11:07:07AM NICK 42.
11:07:08AM >>BILL CARLSON: 15, 30 MILLION IN THIS ONE CRA AND NOT
11:07:12AM COUNTING THE CHANNEL DISTRICT.
11:07:14AM MOVE $10 MILLION OUT PER YEAR, WE WILL TRIPLE THE POTHOLE
11:07:18AM BUDGET.
11:07:18AM AND -- AND SO WE -- WE DESPERATELY NEED MONEY FOR BASIC
11:07:24AM SERVICES IN THE CITY AND MAYBE WE ARE NOT ABLE TO SHUT THE
11:07:28AM WHOLE THING DOWN.
11:07:29AM I KNOW THERE IS SOME DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE GOING ON THAT
11:07:31AM WILL NEED PART OF IT, BUT IF WE TAKE 20% OR 50%, WE WILL
11:07:37AM REALLY TRANSFORM.
11:07:38AM WITH $10 MILLION WE CAN BUILD MOST OF THE SIDEWALKS IN THE
11:07:42AM CITY THAT WE WANT.
11:07:43AM I WILL ASK EVERYBODY TO THINK AHEAD ONCE WE GET PAST THE
11:07:47AM NEXT TWO OR THREE YEARS.
11:07:49AM THANK YOU.
11:07:49AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I THINK THAT IS A WONDERFUL --
11:07:52AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: IN YOUR RETREAT.
11:07:53AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YOU ARE ON MY MIND.
11:07:55AM DEFINITELY THINKING OF THE RETREAT.
11:07:58AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: WE WILL PUT IT IN.
11:08:01AM COUNCILMAN CARLSON -- EXCUSE ME, BOARD MEMBER OF CARLSON HAS
11:08:07AM TALKED BEFORE OF SUNSETTING CRA DISTRICTS WHEN THE WORK OF
11:08:11AM THE CRA IS DONE.
11:08:12AM WHEN THE PRY SECTOR IS GOING IN CERTAIN PLACE NO, SIR NEED
11:08:18AM FOR GOVERNMENT TO BE IN A SPACE ANYMORE.
11:08:21AM WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION AT OUR RETREAT AT WHICH DISTRICTS
11:08:25AM YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO UNDERSTAND EARLIER AND TALK ABOUT
11:08:28AM SOME OF THIS.
11:08:29AM >>BILL CARLSON: CAN I SAY I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF PUSH BACK
11:08:34AM FROM CERTAIN STAKEHOLDERS BY SUNSETTING BUT THE COMPROMISE
11:08:38AM WE COULD MOVE 20% OF IT OUT.
11:08:40AM BEFORE SOMEBODY SENDS OUT A PRESS RELEASE.
11:08:46AM I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CRA DOES NOT CONTROL.
11:08:50AM AND WE CAN SET UP A SEPARATE FUND OR ALLOCATE IT.
11:08:54AM WE MAY NEED THE MAYOR'S APPROVAL ALSO, BUT THERE IS A WAY TO
11:08:57AM WORK OUT A PARKS FUND OR A ROADS FUND OR A PUBLIC SAFETY
11:09:03AM FUND OR A -- OR A -- OR AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND SINCE
11:09:09AM BURTON IS SITTING RIGHT BEHIND YOU.
11:09:11AM AND WITH AN EXTRA $10 MILLION TO $20 MILLION A YEAR.
11:09:16AM $31 MILLION BY 2029.
11:09:19AM AND THE CHANNEL DISTRICT ONE WILL PROBABLY BE 20 OR 30 ALSO.
11:09:23AM IF WE TOOK $20 MILLION OUT, THAT WILL BE UNBELIEVABLE WHAT
11:09:27AM WE COULD DO WITH THAT.
11:09:29AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THE IDEA AT THE RETREAT BRINGS YOU TEN-YEAR
11:09:32AM BUDGETS FOR ALL OF THE DISTRICTS SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY
11:09:35AM ARE.
11:09:35AM AND FOR THE PROJECTS -- AGAIN, A LOT OF PROJECTS IN HERE
11:09:38AM THAT ARE NOT FUNDED YET.
11:09:43AM WE NEED TO PLUG IN AND CONSIDER ALONG THE WAY.
11:09:45AM IF I HEAR YOU.
11:09:47AM IF THERE IS CONSENSUS LIKE TO GET THE HDR STUDY WHICH IS
11:09:53AM SOON, WE ARE EXPECTING IT WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.
11:09:56AM WE CAN BRING BACK WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND AT THE SAME TIME,
11:09:59AM YOU CAN DECIDE HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO ALLOCATE THE $16
11:10:03AM MILLION IF YOU WISH TO DO THAT AT ALL.
11:10:06AM IS THAT -- YEAH?
11:10:09AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
11:10:09AM BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
11:10:11AM >>BILL CARLSON: WITHOUT TALK OF SPECIFICS, REQUESTS IN THE
11:10:15AM NEXT FEW YEARS FOR MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE.
11:10:18AM ROAD AND SIDEWALK REDEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE
11:10:21AM REALLOCATION AND PARTS OF DOWNTOWN HE AND YOU DON'T HAVE ANY
11:10:27AM OF THAT ON THE BUDGET YET, RIGHT?
11:10:33AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: IF THEY ARE NOT APPROVED BY THE BOARD THEY
11:10:36AM ARE NOT LISTED IN THE PROJECT.
11:10:37AM I WILL GO THROUGH THAT WITH THE WORKSHOP WITH YOU TO PLUG IN
11:10:41AM THOSE NUMBERS.
11:10:41AM YOU WILL SEE A FORWARD PROJECTION EVEN ON THE MUSEUM OF ART.
11:10:46AM WE PLUGGED IN NUMBERS PROJECT WHAT IS GOING ONLINE AND DOING
11:10:50AM THAT WITH OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS.
11:10:52AM WE WILL GO THROUGHOUT EXERCISE AT THE RETREAT SO YOU HAVE AN
11:10:56AM IDEA WHAT IS COMING ON LINE.
11:10:57AM >>BILL CARLSON: VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.
11:10:59AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: ARE YOU GOOD WITH THE URBAN CIRCULATOR.
11:11:03AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I BELIEVE WE ARE.
11:11:03AM THE CONSENSUS IS TO WAIT.
11:11:05AM DOES ANYBODY WANT TO MOVE TO BRING IT BACK OR ARE YOU GOING
11:11:08AM TO BRING IT BACK WHEN IT IS READY?
11:11:11AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: I WOULD SAY WE KNOW -- WE KNOW WE HAVE
11:11:14AM ANOTHER MONTH BEFORE THE STUDY IS FINISHED BUT I DON'T KNOW
11:11:18AM IF IT WILL BE IN TIME FOR YOUR APRIL MEETING.
11:11:21AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THEN WE WILL WAIT.
11:11:22AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: OKAY.
11:11:24AM SORRY, JUST MAKING A NOTE.
11:11:27AM THE NEXT BUDGET THAT I WOULD LIKE TO GO THROUGH IS REGARDING
11:11:31AM THE TAMPA THEATRE.
11:11:33AM THE MOTION WAS FOR US TO OUTLINE A BUDGET AND POSSIBLY DRAFT
11:11:37AM AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CRA AND TAMPA THEATR
11:11:41AM AND THE TAMPA THEATRE'S GOAL IS TO FULLY RENOVATE THE
11:11:45AM BUILDING FOR THE 100th ANNIVERSARY BY 2026.
11:11:47AM SO IN THEIR ASK ON THE SLIDE AHEAD -- THAT YOU ARE SEEING
11:11:52AM SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT THEY ARE HAVING NOR PROJECT.
11:11:55AM SOME COMING FROM THE STATE.
11:11:57AM SOME FROM THE COUNTY.
11:11:58AM THE PRIVATE SECT EVERY AND REQUEST OF $14 MILLION FROM
11:12:04AM DOWNTOWN.
11:12:06AM THE REQUEST IS BROKEN INTO $3 MILLION IN THE CURRENT REQUEST
11:12:11AM FISCAL YEAR OF 2023.
11:12:12AM $3 MILLION IN 2024.
11:12:15AM AND $4 MILLION FOR '25 AND '26.
11:12:19AM IN YOUR -- THE SLIDES REVERSED, SORRY.
11:12:25AM IF YOU LOOK ON THIS SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE THE NEIGHBORHOOD
11:12:29AM MUCH FROM INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT OTHER THAN BUDGET LINE
11:12:33AM ITEM IS $8 MILLION.
11:12:34AM SO WE CAN REALLOCATE FUNDING -- I HAD MY SLIDES INVERTED.
11:12:39AM REALLOCATE THE $3 MILLION IN YOUR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR TO
11:12:43AM MEET THAT REQUEST, SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
11:12:46AM THE TAMPA THEATRE RESTORATION PROJECT.
11:12:48AM SO -- IN 2024, WE WOULD THEN JUST ALLOCATE IN THE BUDGET FOR
11:12:57AM YOUR APPROVAL, $3 MILLION, $3 MILLION, $4 MILLION, AND $4
11:13:03AM MILLION.
11:13:03AM YEAR'S 24 THROUGH '26, YOU CAN ABSORB.
11:13:08AM >>BILL CARLSON: ALL OF THAT WAS IN THE OTHER SLIDE.
11:13:11AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: MY SLIDES WERE IN REVERSE.
11:13:13AM LET ME DO THIS EM SHOWS THAT YOU ABSORB THAT IN THE BUDGET
11:13:24AM WITH A REALLOCATION WHICH IS ON THE AGENDA IF YOU DECIDE TO
11:13:28AM MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
11:13:29AM DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS HOW TO MOVE FORWARD.
11:13:35AM I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE THEATRE TO DO A PRESENTATION.
11:13:39AM A SEPARATE SLIDE SNOW SHOW PRESENTATION.
11:13:42AM ITEM NUMBER 6, PLEASE.
11:13:44AM AND I ASK INVITE JOHN AS WELL TO COME UP.
11:13:47AM SO, THANK YOU.
11:13:48AM >> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS JOHN BELL, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF
11:14:02AM THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT OPERATES THE TAMPA THEATRE
11:14:05AM ON BEHALF OF THE CITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.
11:14:09AM AND I AM PLEASED TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY -- HERE WE GO --
11:14:15AM OUR PLANS FOR THE FULL RESTORATION OF THE TAMPA THEATRE
11:14:20AM WHICH HAS BEEN AT THE VERY CENTER OF DOWNTOWN TAMPA.
11:14:23AM IF YOU LITERALLY TRY TO HIT THE BULLS-EYE OF THE CENTER OF
11:14:28AM TAMPA, DOWNTOWN, YOU HIT THE TAMPA THEATRE.
11:14:31AM HAS BEEN THERE SINCE 1926.
11:14:34AM OUR TIMELINE IS AMBITIOUS, ADMITTEDLY BUT WE WANT TO
11:14:39AM COMPLETE THE RESTORATION BY THE TIME THE THEATRE TURNS 1
11:14:42AM UNION WILL IN OCTOBER 15, 2026.
11:14:46AM YOU CAN'T TALK OF TAMPA THEATRE WITHOUT TALKING A LITTLE BIT
11:14:49AM ABOUT ITS GLORIOUS HISTORY.
11:14:50AM BUILT IN 1926 DESIGNED BY THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER ARCHITECT OF
11:14:54AM HIS DAY.
11:14:55AM THE DESIGNER, JOHN EBERSON.
11:14:59AM WHEN OPENED IT WAS CONSIDERED A MODERN MARVEL.
11:15:02AM FEATURED -- THE FIRST PUBLIC BUILDING IN TAMPA TO FEATURE
11:15:06AM CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONING.
11:15:07AM THAT, ALONG WITH ITS OVER-THE-TOP ARCHITECTURE, MADE IT
11:15:13AM ENORMOUSLY POPULAR.
11:15:15AM >>BILL CARLSON: DO YOU HAVE THAT SIGN -- THAT COOLED BY
11:15:18AM REFRIGERATION.
11:15:18AM DO YOU HAVE THAT SIGN STILL?
11:15:21AM >> NO, WE DO NOT.
11:15:22AM >>BILL CARLSON: THAT WOULD BE SUPER COOL.
11:15:24AM THANK YOU.
11:15:25AM >> TIMES CHANGE.
11:15:26AM THE '50s AND '60S, THE TAMPA THEATRE PERSEVERED, BUT IN THE
11:15:32AM '70s, IT WAS ENDANGERED AND PLANS TO DEMOLISH IT.
11:15:37AM OUTCRY OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CITY OF
11:15:41AM TAMPA, MAYOR POE AND CITY COUNCIL, VOTED TO RESCUE IT IN
11:15:49AM 1976.
11:15:49AM TAMPA THEATER IS CONSIDERED THE BEST PRESERVED MOST INTACT
11:15:53AM JOHN EBERSON THEATRE IN THE WORLD.
11:15:58AM NATIONALLY SIGNIFICANT LANDMARK.
11:16:01AM ONE OF TAMPA'S DEFINING BUILDINGS.
11:16:03AM WE HOST -- OPENED OUR DOORS MORE THAN 700 TIMES EVERY YEAR,
11:16:08AM ENJOYED BY MORE THAN 1,000,000 RESIDENTS AND WERE
11:16:13AM VISITORS THIS YEAR.
11:16:14AM THE THEATRE ATTRACTS A LOT OF ATTENTION ESPECIALLY RECENTLY.
11:16:18AM WE HAD HUNDRED OF THESE HE ACCOLADES.
11:16:21AM THE THEATRE WAS NAMED ONE OF THE MOST TEN MOST BEAUTIFUL HE
11:16:28AM CINEMAS IN THE WORLD BY THE BBC.
11:16:31AM THE BEST MOVIE THEATRES BY THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OF
11:16:35AM AMERICA.
11:16:35AM SUNDANCE IN THE SUNDANCE INSTITUTE ARTHOUSE PROJECT
11:16:41AM THEATRES.
11:16:41AM OF COURSE IT WAS REGISTERED -- PUT ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER
11:16:45AM IN 1978 AND CONSIDERED AN OFFICIAL TAMPA CITY LANDMARK IN
11:16:51AM 1988.
11:16:51AM THE PROGRAM SOMETHING DIVERSE.
11:16:54AM IT HAS TO BE DIVERSE BY DEFINITION IF YOU ARE OPENING YOUR
11:16:58AM DOORS 700 TIMES A YEAR.
11:17:00AM IT IS DYNAMIC, CREATIVE AND OFTEN UNIQUE.
11:17:03AM WE ARE CONSTANTLY ON THE SEARCH WITH NEW WAYS TO ENGAGE WITH
11:17:06AM OUR COMMUNITY AND AUDIENCES IN WAYS THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THE
11:17:10AM CURRENT ZEITGEIST.
11:17:18AM THE TAMPA THEATRE IS AN ECONOMIC ENGINE, A CATALYST.
11:17:21AM THESE NUMBERS ON THE SLIDE REPRESENT AN AVERAGE YEAR.
11:17:24AM WE ARE OPENING OUR DOOR 720 TIME A YEAR TO.
11:17:28AM ALMOST 126,000 VISITORS ON AVERAGE TO TAMPA THEATRE
11:17:33AM DOWNTOWN.
11:17:33AM 13,000 STUDENTS ARE SERVE $THROUGH OUR FIELD TRIPS, SUMMER
11:17:37AM CAMPS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.
11:17:39AM ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN FOR THE ARTS ECONOMIC PROSPERITY
11:17:45AM CALCULATOR, TAMPA THEATRE HAS A DIRECT IMPACT ON 246
11:17:50AM FULL-TIME JOBS.
11:17:50AM ALMOST $900,000 IS GENERATED BY TAMPA THEATER IN LOCAL AND
11:17:56AM STATE TAX REVENUES AND ADD $5.7 MILLION TO HOUSEHOLD NORTH
11:18:02AM CAROLINA IN AN AVERAGE OF $8.65 MILLION IN ECONOMIC IMPACT.
11:18:07AM SO WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK.
11:18:09AM WE MADE IMPROVEMENTS AND CARED FOR THAT BUILDING.
11:18:14AM WE HAVE KEPT IT GOING.
11:18:15AM AND OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE BEEN MET WITH SOME SUCCESS.
11:18:18AM WE HAD A $6 MILLION CAMPAIGN IN 2017, WHICH WE SUCCESSFULLY
11:18:24AM COMPLETED ON TIME AND ON BUDGET.
11:18:26AM IT WAS THE FIRST MAJOR RESTORATION WORK TO BE DONE IN THE
11:18:29AM BUILDING IN 40 YEARS.
11:18:31AM AND THAT PHASE OF WORK INCLUDED THE MOST URGENT AND CRITICAL
11:18:36AM INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS LIKE ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION.
11:18:43AM THE LOBBY WAS FULLY RESTORED.
11:18:45AM WATER INTRUSION ISSUES.
11:18:47AM WE PUT IN NEW SEATS, CARPETS AND DRAPES IN THE AUDITORIUM
11:18:52AM AND A LOT MORE TO DO.
11:18:53AM A BIG BUILDING, 38,000 SQUARE FEET.
11:18:55AM AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS WELL POSITIONED TO SERVE OUR
11:19:00AM COMMUNITY IN THE NEXT CENTURY OF ITS LIFE.
11:19:02AM SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS A SORT OF TWO BUCKETS IN THE WAY WE ARE
11:19:07AM LOOKING FOR THE WORK TO BE DONE.
11:19:08AM NICOLE SHARED THE NUMBERS A $47 MILLION TOTAL, THAT INCLUDED
11:19:12AM THE $6 MILLION WORK THAT WE ALREADY COMPLETED.
11:19:15AM THIS IS WHAT IS IN FRONT OF US.
11:19:17AM SO WE HAVE GOT TWO BUCKETS.
11:19:19AM ONE FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS WHICH IS THE RESTORATION AND
11:19:22AM RENOVATION.
11:19:23AM AND HE WILL GO THROUGH EACH OF THOSE BULLET POINTS THERE IN
11:19:26AM JUST A SECOND.
11:19:27AM AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE, WHICH IS JUST AS IMPORTANT IS THE
11:19:30AM ENDOWMENT THAT WE WILL RAISE THROUGH PRIVATE SECTOR FUND
11:19:34AM RAISING PRIMARILY FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL GIVE IN THEIR
11:19:37AM ESTATE PLANS, PLANNED GIFTS SO THIS ENDOWMENT WILL BE BUILT
11:19:44AM AND PLANNED OVER TIME.
11:19:45AM WE WANT TO GET IN FRONT OF THOSE FOLKS AND GET THEIR
11:19:48AM COMMITMENTS SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
11:19:50AM WE TAKE EACH ONE OF THESE, THE FIRST PROJECT IN THIS
11:19:53AM CAMPAIGN IS THE SECOND SCREENING ROOM.
11:19:56AM A PROBABLY WE ANNOUNCED IN 2019, AND SOMETHING NAPPED 2020
11:20:00AM THAT CAUSED US TO SHORT OF DELAY IT AND THE WORLD TO COME TO
11:20:06AM AN END.
11:20:06AM BUT A $1.4 MILLION PROJECT.
11:20:08AM NOW A $3 MILLION PROJECT, NOT BECAUSE WE ADDED ANYTHING
11:20:12AM FANCY, BUT BECAUSE CONSTRUCTION COSTS HAVE COME UP.
11:20:16AM I WILL TELL YOU THIS IS THE GAME CHANGER FOR THE THEATRE.
11:20:20AM IMPROVES THE BUSINESS MODEL FOR THE THEATRE.
11:20:23AM AND DOUBLES THE FILM DISTRIBUTORS AND THE WANTS THEY HAVE
11:20:27AM FOR SCHEDULES AND RELEASES AND OF HAS US TO SAY YES TO MORE
11:20:31AM COMMUNITY GROUPS AND BOOK MORE LIVE EVENTS INTO THE HISTORIC
11:20:35AM HALL.
11:20:35AM THIS OUR TOP PRIORITY.
11:20:37AM IT IS DESIGNED AND READY TO GO.
11:20:40AM WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE BEFORE, BUT
11:20:43AM STILL A LOT TO DO.
11:20:44AM THIS IS BUILDING THAT AGAIN, 38,000 SQUARE FEET.
11:20:48AM A LOT OF ELECTRICAL AND HVAC WORK.
11:20:51AM ALTHOUGH THE CRA DID FUND AND HELP US MATCH A FEDERAL CARES
11:20:55AM ACT GRANT IN 2021 TO INSTALL A BRAND-NEW AIR HANDLER UNIT TO
11:21:02AM REOPEN RESPONSIBLY AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THAT, BUT THE AIR
11:21:06AM HANDLER UNIT IS ONE OF MANY COMPONENTS OF THE AIR
11:21:09AM CONDITIONING SYSTEM.
11:21:10AM THE SLIDE SHOWS THE PICTURES OF THE CHILLERS,S THE PRESSERS
11:21:15AM THAT CREATE THE COLD WATER FOR THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM.
11:21:18AM THE CHILLERS STARTED IN 1968, BEFORE ENERGY CONSERVANCY.
11:21:24AM BEFORE THAT WAS A THING.
11:21:25AM THIS SYSTEM IS OBSOLETE.
11:21:28AM THE PARTS ARE NOT IN SOMEONE'S SHELVES, IF SOMETHING BREAKS
11:21:34AM DOWN, THE CITY HAS TO FIND SOMEONE TO MAKE THE PARTS, TO
11:21:38AM MILL THE PARTS.
11:21:38AM IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO MAINTAIN.
11:21:41AM PORTIONS OF THE BEINGS THAT DO NOT HAVE CENTRAL AIR
11:21:44AM CONDITIONING.
11:21:44AM OBVIOUSLY THE AUDITORIUM AND THE LOBBY DO, BUT MANY OFFICES,
11:21:49AM THE DRESSING ROOMS, THE BACK STAGE SPACES, NONE OF THAT IS
11:21:54AM AIR-CONDITIONED SPACE.
11:21:55AM AND THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED.
11:21:58AM THE THEATRE'S PLUMBING I WILL SAY IS SKETCHY AT BEST.
11:22:02AM A TECHNICAL TERM.
11:22:03AM PRETTY SKETCHY.
11:22:05AM THE ELECTRICAL NEEDS.
11:22:06AM WE NEED TO FINISH THOSE.
11:22:08AM SO THE -- WHEN YOU SAY YOU WANT TO RESTORE THE TAMPA
11:22:12AM THEATRE, THE AUDITORIUM DECORATIVE PAINT AND BLASTER THAT IS
11:22:15AM WHAT MOST PEOPLE THINK OF WHEN YOU SAY RESTORE THE THEATRE.
11:22:19AM A PIECE OF IT.
11:22:20AM A VERY IMPORTANT PIECE OF IT BUT THE LAST PROJECT WE WILL DO
11:22:25AM AS WE CLOSE DOWN THE PROJECT IN TIME FOR THE THEATRE'S
11:22:29AM BIRTHDAY.
11:22:29AM NUMBER OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO BE INTEGRATED INTO THE
11:22:33AM HALLS OF THE BUILDING.
11:22:35AM A LOT OF FIBEROPTICS AND A LOT OF ELECTRICAL WORK THAT NEEDS
11:22:39AM TO BE DONE THAT MAY RARE TRENCHING BUT WE HAVE DONE THE
11:22:42AM FORENSIC PAINT ANALYSIS WITH THE TEAM.
11:22:46AM WE KNOW WHAT THE PALETTE WILL BE.
11:22:50AM IF YOU THINK THE BUILDING LOOKS NOW, WHEN THE AUDITORIUM IS
11:22:53AM RESTORED IT WILL BE MORE VIBRANT.
11:22:56AM IT WILL POP.
11:22:58AM IT WILL BE GLORIOUS.
11:22:59AM FIVE MONTHS OF SHUT DOWN FOR THE THEATRE TO SCAFFOLD AND GET
11:23:02AM ACCESS TO EVERY SQUARE INCH OF THE AUDITORIUM THAT THE
11:23:05AM ARTISTS NEEDS.
11:23:06AM PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY.
11:23:08AM I MENTIONED FIBEROPTICS.
11:23:09AM IN TODAY'S WORLD, THE TOURING ARTISTS AND STREAMING CONTENT
11:23:14AM PROVIDERS AND OTHER CLIENTS WE DEAL WITH, EXPECT CERTAIN
11:23:18AM THINGS IN A MODERN EVENT.
11:23:20AM WE ARE AN ANALOG THEATER IN A DIGITAL WORLD.
11:23:24AM WE NEED TO PUT FIBEROPTIC CONNECTIVITY AND PROVIDE THE
11:23:28AM RIGGING SYSTEMS, LIGHTING SYSTEMS, SOUND SYSTEMS THAT
11:23:32AM PROMOTERS AND PRODUCERS EXPECT IN THE THEATRE.
11:23:36AM THE TRICK IS WE NEED TO INTEGRATE IT IN A SENSITIVE WAY TO
11:23:41AM KEEP THE 1926 HOOK, BUT THE UNDER LYING TECHNOLOGY, THE WAY
11:23:46AM BUILDING WORKS IS MODERN AND EFFICIENT.
11:23:50AM SO THE LITTLE KNOWN TO THE PUBLIC IS THIS THIRD FLOOR WHICH
11:23:56AM ON THE FLORIDA AVENUE SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
11:23:58AM THIS IS A FLOOR THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE SEEN RECENTLY, BUT
11:24:01AM 2,000 SQUARE FEET.
11:24:03AM IT HAVEN'T BEEN OCCUPIED IN PROBABLY 60 YEARS, AND FOR GOOD
11:24:07AM REASON.
11:24:07AM THIS PICTURE IS IT ON A GOOD DAY.
11:24:11AM BUT IT IS IN TERRIBLE CONDITION.
11:24:12AM IN ORDER TO ACCESS IT AND ACTIVATE IT, WE NEED TO PUT IN AN
11:24:17AM ELEVATOR WHICH DOESN'T EXIST YET TO MAKE THE FACILITY ADA
11:24:21AM COMPLIANT.
11:24:21AM OUR PLANS CALL FOR THIS TO BE BUILT OUT AS AN OPEN EVENT
11:24:25AM PLAN THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE MEETINGS, EDUCATION AND WORK
11:24:30AM SPACE WITH TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPORT CONTENT CREATION AND OTHER
11:24:33AM ACTIVITIES.
11:24:34AM THIS SPACE HAS TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL FOR HELPING US EXPAND
11:24:39AM OUR PROGRAMMATIC CAPACITY.
11:24:40AM FINALLY SUPPORT SPACES AND OTHER.
11:24:42AM I KNOW THAT IS A VERY VAGUE TURN.
11:24:46AM A VERY LARGE BUILDING AND MANY OTHER NONPUBLIC SUPPORT, BACK
11:24:50AM STAGE, BASEMENT HALLWAYS, DRESSING ROOMS, 100 DOORS IN THE
11:24:55AM BUILDING THAT NEED ATTENTION.
11:24:57AM STORAGE AREAS, ORGAN BAYS AND TUNNEL SPACES.
11:25:01AM ALL HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AS WE
11:25:06AM CONCENTRATED ON THE PUBLIC SPACES.
11:25:08AM WILL ALLOW US TO ADDRESS THE POOR CONDITIONS OF MANY OF
11:25:10AM THESE SPACES.
11:25:11AM SO IN TOTAL HERE, WE HAVE GOT -- AGAIN, BACK TO THE CAPITAL
11:25:14AM IMPROVEMENTS IS $20,816.
11:25:17AM THEN THE ENDOWMENT.
11:25:20AM I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT AND HOW IT ARRIVES AT THOSE NUMBERS
11:25:24AM IT IS BROKEN INTO TWO CATEGORIES, ARTISTIC ENDOWMENT OF $8
11:25:31AM MILLION.
11:25:31AM THE IDEA IS TO TAKE THOSE GIFTS ARE, PARK IN AN ENDOWMENT
11:25:36AM WHERE TEST IT WILL NEVER BE TOUCHED AND INVESTED IN A WAY
11:25:39AM THAT WILL EARN 5%, 6% MINIMUM PERCENT AT THAT YEAR.
11:25:43AM FROM THAT WE WILL WITHDRAW 3%, 4%, 5% A YEAR.
11:25:49AM PRESERVATION ENDOWMENT, THE PROGRAMMING ENDOWMENT AT $8
11:25:53AM MILLION WILL GENERATE BETWEEN $250,000 AND $400,000 A YEAR
11:25:58AM AT THOSE RATES.
11:25:59AM AND THE PRESERVATION ENDOWMENT WILL GENERATE BETWEEN
11:26:04AM $390,000 AND 650,000 A YEAR.
11:26:06AM THIS IS KEY BECAUSE WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS NOT ONLY FIX THE
11:26:10AM BUILDING UP NOW BUT EQUIP THE FUTURE MANAGEMENT AND
11:26:13AM LEADERSHIP AND THIS COMMUNITY WITH THE ABILITY AND THE FUNDS
11:26:17AM TO ALWAYS TAKE CARE OF THIS BUILDING.
11:26:18AM EVERY YEAR, WE NEED TO PUT SOMETHING BACK IN THIS BUILDING TO
11:26:22AM MAINTAIN IT IN WORLD-CLASS CONDITION BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT
11:26:25AM DESERVES.
11:26:26AM SO THE BENEFITS TO THIS CAMPAIGN ARE THAT IT IS GOING TO
11:26:29AM POSITION THE TAMPA THEATRE TO BE A 21st CENTURY BUILDING.
11:26:32AM MAKE IT A FAR MORE USABLE AND DESIRABLE EVENT VENUE.
11:26:37AM KEEP THE THEATRE COMPETITIVE WITH OTHERS WITH THE NEW
11:26:40AM TECHNOLOGIES WE WILL BE INTEGRATING INTO THE BUILDING.
11:26:43AM AND INCREASE OUR ATTENDANCE WHICH MEANS MORE VISITORS TO
11:26:46AM DOWNTOWN.
11:26:46AM MORE FOOTSTEPS ON THE SIDEWALKS.
11:26:49AM A LOT MORE ENERGY DOWNTOWN.
11:26:50AM IMPROVE THE EXPERIENCE FOR PATRONS AND PRESERVE AND PROTECT
11:26:54AM THIS THEATRE FOR OF FUTURE GENERATIONS AND, OF COURSE, IT
11:26:58AM WILL POLISH DOWNTOWN TAMPA'S CROWN JEWEL.
11:27:01AM THIS IS THE FUNDING PIE.
11:27:03AM IT IS, AGAIN, ALMOST A $42 MILLION CAMPAIGN.
11:27:06AM THE PRIVATE SECTOR CAMPAIGN THAT WE WILL CONDUCT FOR CASH
11:27:11AM AND ENDOWMENT GIFTS END CASES REPRESENT 60 FERRARI OF ALL
11:27:16AM THE -- 60% OF ALL THE FUNDS AND A LEGISLATIVE REQUEST TO
11:27:22AM FUND THE THEATRE AT THE STATE LEVEL THIS YEAR.
11:27:25AM THE COUNTY HAS A PROGRAM.
11:27:28AM THEY ARE PRETTY SOLID CAPITAL ASSET MATCHING PROGRAM THAT WE
11:27:33AM ARE RECIPIENTS ARE AND COUNTING THOSE DOLLARS.
11:27:36AM AND OUR REQUEST FOR THE CRA IS FOR $14 MILLION.
11:27:40AM THAT IS MY PRESENTATION, BUT I CAN'T CLOSE WITHOUT THANKING
11:27:45AM ALIS, NICOLE AND JEFF.
11:27:47AM THEY ARE SO PROFESSIONAL AND SO RESPONSIVE.
11:27:50AM THEY ARE ROCK STARS.
11:27:51AM AND THEY HAVE BEEN INVEST HELPFUL THROUGHOUT THIS.
11:27:54AM AS YOU CONSIDER THIS, WE ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
11:27:58AM AND I WILL HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, IF YOU HAVE GOT
11:28:02AM THEM.
11:28:02AM PITCH.
11:28:06AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
11:28:07AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I ASKED THIS QUESTION WHEN WE GAVE THE
11:28:11AM STRAZ DOLLARS AND CENTS AS WELL.
11:28:12AM WHAT DOES THE CRA GET BACK FROM THAT?
11:28:15AM WHAT TYPE OF -- I DON'T WANT TO USE CENTER -- BUT FOLKS CAN
11:28:20AM KNOW THAT THE CRA KIND OF HELPED MAKE THIS DREAM COME TRUE
11:28:24AM FOR THE TAMPA THEATRE.
11:28:25AM IF YOU WERE TALK IN TERMS OF RECOGNITION, YES.
11:28:28AM I MEAN, ALL SEVEN NAMES WILL BE ON A PLAQUE IN A
11:28:34AM PROMINENT LOCATION TO BE DETERMINED.
11:28:36AM BUT, YEAH, WE ARE WE WILL -- WE RECOGNIZE THE CRA FOR
11:28:41AM CONTRIBUTION AND INVESTMENT.
11:28:42AM I THINK THE LARGER QUESTION IS, WHAT -- WHAT IS DOWNTOWN
11:28:46AM GET.
11:28:46AM WHAT DOES THE DOWNTOWN CRA GET IN RETURN.
11:28:49AM I TELL THAT YOU OUR STAFF AND OUR BOARD, WE HAVE COME TO
11:28:54AM REALIZE OVER MANY YEARS NOW THAT ALTHOUGH WE COME TO WORK AT
11:28:58AM TAMPA NEITHER EVERY DAY AND THAT IS OUR FOCUS, THE WORK WE
11:29:01AM DO IS NOT JUST ABOUT TAMPA THEATRE.
11:29:04AM THIS IS A PROJECT THAT IS ABOUT DOWNTOWN TAMPA AND ABOUT
11:29:07AM TAMPA AND THE COMMUNITY THAT WE WANT TO LIVE IN.
11:29:09AM WHAT KIND OF COMMUNITY DO WE WANT TO LIVE IN.
11:29:12AM THIS IS A CIVIC JEWEL.
11:29:14AM AN AS OTHER CITIES WOULD DROOL OVER IF THEY HAD THIS.
11:29:19AM WE ARE JUST ASKING FOR THAT KINDS OF SUPPORT.
11:29:22AM IT IS NOT AN INEXPENSIVE PROJECT, BUT HE BELIEVE THE VALUE
11:29:26AM OF TAMPA THEATRE IS IMMEASURABLE.
11:29:30AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: EXCUSE ME, BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
11:29:34AM WHEN WE TALK OF INVESTING IN COMMUNITY ASSETS, YOU LOOK AT
11:29:37AM THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT.
11:29:38AM I WOULD ASK JOHN TO TALK ABOUT IS THE PROGRAMMING -- SOME OF
11:29:42AM THE PROGRAMMING THAT THEY ARE --
11:29:44AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT'S WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT.
11:29:49AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: REINVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
11:29:51AM HAVING OUR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES HAVE ACCESS TO THE
11:29:54AM THEATRE THROUGH PROGRAMMING.
11:29:56AM AND WE TALKED SIGNIFICANTLY ABOUT THAT.
11:29:58AM IF YOU ALLOW HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO JUST TALK ABOUT THAT A
11:30:01AM LITTLE BIT.
11:30:01AM >> I WILL BE HAPPY TO.
11:30:04AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT IS WHY YOU ARE A ROCK STAR.
11:30:05AM >> THANK YOU.
11:30:06AM JILL, I MAY ASK YOU TO COME UP.
11:30:08AM OUR DIRECTING OF MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS AND SHE
11:30:12AM HANDLED A LOT OF THESE PROGRAM INITIATIVES I WANT TO TALK TO
11:30:16AM YOU ABOUT.
11:30:16AM OUR FILM PROGRAMMING IS IN TWO DIFFERENT OF BUCKETS.
11:30:20AM WE DO A LOT OF NEW FILM WHICH IS VERY INTERESTING THESE DAYS
11:30:23AM COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC, BUT WE ALSO DO A LOT OF CLASSIC
11:30:29AM OF AND REPERTORY PLANNING.
11:30:31AM ONE OF THE RECENT SERIES WAS A BLACK LOVE SERIES.
11:30:35AM OUR SECOND YEAR WITH FRANK CRUM, WHERE HE CURATED THE
11:30:42AM SERIES.
11:30:42AM PANEL DISCUSSIONS AFTERWARDS.
11:30:44AM MENT NUMBERS THIS YEAR DOUBLED ALMOST, THE SERIES LAST YEAR.
11:30:47AM SO THAT WAS A FEBRUARY SERIES EVERY DAY.
11:30:50AM AND EVERY SUNDAY AFTERNOON, I BELIEVE, RIGHT.
11:30:55AM WE HAVE A VERY POPULAR 30-YEAR-OLD SUMMER CLASSIC MOVIE
11:31:02AM SERIES WHERE IT RUNS THE GAMUT FROM VERY OLD FILMS TO
11:31:06AM RELATIVELY MODERN FILMS.
11:31:08AM 700 TIMES A YEAR OR -- NOT 700 TIMES, BUT 700 PEOPLE EVERY
11:31:14AM SUNDAY AFTERNOON DURING THE SUMMER SHOW UP AT A MINIMUM FOR
11:31:17AM THESE CLASSIC FILMS.
11:31:19AM I THINK -- YOU KNOW, WE DO A LOT OF LIVE EVENTS.
11:31:22AM A LOT OF COMEDY BEING BOOKED RIGHT NOW.
11:31:25AM MORE MUSIC EVENTS AS WELL.
11:31:27AM SUMMER CAMP IS A VERY STRONG PROGRAM.
11:31:30AM BUT I THINK THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KEEP IN MIND.
11:31:33AM AND ONE OF THE REASONS I BECAME SO ENAMORED WITH MOVIE
11:31:37AM PALACES AS YOUNG MAN IS THAT THE MOVIE PALACE IN THE 1920s
11:31:43AM WASN'T BUILT FOR THE RICH AND ELITE.
11:31:45AM IT WAS BUILT FOR THE COMMON MAN AND WOMAN.
11:31:47AM WE REMIND OURSELVES OF THAT EVERY DAY.
11:31:49AM OUR TICKET PRICES FOR FILMS ARE VERY AFFORDABLE.
11:31:53AM WE ARE AN ACCESSIBLE, AFFORDABLE VENUE.
11:31:56AM ARTIST TICKET PRICES ARE DICTATED BY THE ARTIST, BUT WE RUN
11:32:02AM THE GAMUT.
11:32:02AM JILL, AM I MISSING ANYTHING FROM -- WE TALK OF EDUCATION
11:32:06AM PROGRAMS, FILMS, CONCERTS, SPECIAL EVENTS, LOTS OF COMMUNITY
11:32:11AM EVENTS.
11:32:11AM >> THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD TO FURTHER ANSWER YOUR
11:32:16AM QUESTION OF MAKE CAN THE BUILDING MORE ACCESSIBLE TO MORE
11:32:19AM PEOPLE ARE THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE.
11:32:21AM THE WORK WE HAVE DO WITH FRANK AND THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
11:32:26AM TEAM AT THE CITY HAS NOW TESTED IN THE BLACK LOVE SERIES.
11:32:30AM WORKING ON HISPANIC HERITAGE FILM SERIES AND COMMUNITY
11:32:35AM PARTNERSHIPS WITH FOLKS LIKE CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,
11:32:37AM WITH THE HEAD START PROGRAM.
11:32:38AM WE HAVE AN ENDOWMENT FROM 13 MEN THAT ALLOW US TO INVITE
11:32:44AM CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THAT CAN'T OTHERWISE GO INTO THE
11:32:47AM BUILDING.
11:32:47AM PARK CINEMA PROGRAM THAT HAVE FREE SCREENINGS IN THE
11:32:51AM COMMUNITY.
11:32:51AM ONE OF THEM MOST RECENTLY IN PERRY HARVEY PARK, AND WE
11:32:55AM TALKED ABOUT TODAY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IN OUR
11:32:58AM COMMUNITY GET TO APPRECIATE OUR PROGRAMMING, NOT JUST THE
11:33:01AM FOLKS THAT COME UP AND BUY TICKETS.
11:33:02AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU KNOW YOUNG PEOPLE ARE INTO A LOT OF
11:33:05AM THINGS.
11:33:05AM YOU TALK OF MUSIC AND MAKING VIDEOS AND TALKING ABOUT
11:33:09AM MOVIES.
11:33:09AM YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU OFFER AS A TRAINING PROGRAM OR SOME
11:33:13AM TYPE OF -- I WOULD SAY -- A CHANCE TO ACCESS TO UNDERSTAND
11:33:18AM HOW THE MOVIE INDUSTRY WORKS OR HOW PRODUCTION WORKS, HOW DO
11:33:22AM THE CAMERAS WORK, THE LIGHTS, THE SOUND.
11:33:24AM THAT IS WHAT I AM INTERESTED IN.
11:33:26AM IF I AM GIVING DOLLARS AS A CRA, I WANT TO KNOW HOW YOUNG
11:33:30AM PEOPLE CAN BENEFIT FROM THAT TO BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF WHAT
11:33:33AM WE SAY A CITY FACILITY AND BE ABLE TO MAKE A CAREER OUT OF
11:33:37AM MOVIES AND THE CINEMA AREA.
11:33:39AM >> FANTASTIC QUESTION.
11:33:40AM RIGHT NOW, ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR, ONE OF OUR FAVORITE
11:33:44AM PROGRAMS THAT WE DO IS OUR SUMMER FILM CAMP.
11:33:47AM A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FLORIDA CENTER OF INSTRUCTIONAL
11:33:50AM TECHNOLOGY AT USF AND FUNDED BY OUR FRIENDS AT FILM TAMPA
11:33:54AM BAY.
11:33:54AM ADDRESSES EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.
11:33:57AM KIDS COMING IN HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY OVER THE COURSE OF A
11:33:59AM WEEK TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE A MOVIE, NOT ONLY FROM THE CAMERA,
11:34:03AM THE SOUND, AND THE EDITING BUT A STORYTELLING ASPECT.
11:34:07AM THEY LEARN THAT VISUAL LITERACY WHICH IS SOMETHING WE DON'T
11:34:12AM TALK ABOUT IN TERMS OF MOVIES BUT TEACHING KIDS TO
11:34:15AM UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE WATCHING AND UNDERSTAND THE
11:34:17AM MOTIVATION WHAT THEY ARE WATCHING.
11:34:19AM WHEN THEY SEE SOMETHING OR A COMMERCIAL ON TV, WHAT MESSAGE
11:34:22AM THAT DIRECTOR IS TRYING TO SEND.
11:34:23AM ALL OF THAT IS INCLUDED IN OUR SUMMER FILM CAMP.
11:34:26AM RIGHT NOW IN OUR CURRENT FACILITY AND UNDER OUR CURRENT
11:34:30AM FUNDING, WE CAN ONLY OFFER THAT PROGRAM FOR 20 KIDS PER
11:34:33AM SESSION.
11:34:33AM WE OFFER AS MANY SESSIONS AS WE CAN, BUT ONLY ACCOMMODATE 20
11:34:37AM KIDS.
11:34:38AM TWO OR THREE OF THOSE SPOTS EVERY SESSION FOR KIDS THAT
11:34:43AM CAN'T AFFORD TO COME TO THE CAMP UNDER THEIR OWN POWER.
11:34:46AM THAT IS WHERE THE THIRD FLOOR BECOMES SO IMPORTANT.
11:34:48AM ONCE WE HAVE THAT SPACE, ONCE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
11:34:51AM TURN THAT SPACE INTO CLASSROOM SPACE, INTO MAKER LABS.
11:34:55AM ONCE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE SPACE AND FUND THE
11:34:58AM PROJECTS THAT CAN HAPPEN IN THAT SPACE, SUMMER FILM CAMP CAN
11:35:04AM GO WILD.
11:35:05AM WE CAN HIT MORE THAN 20 KIDS A SESSION --
11:35:08AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: WHAT ARE THE AGE GROUPS?
11:35:09AM >> RISING 3rd THROUGH 12th GRADE.
11:35:11AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: I ASK THAT QUESTION BECAUSE SOME OF OUR
11:35:15AM AREAS IN THE CITY -- PARKS AND REC HAVE TRIED TO GET LITTLE
11:35:19AM AREAS FOR DOING OF MUSIC AND THINGS LIKE THAT, MAKING CDs
11:35:26AM AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
11:35:27AM I WISH SOMEHOW IN THE FUTURE YOU CAN PARTNER WITH OUR PARKS
11:35:31AM AND REC IN THE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES GET THE KIDS IN THERE
11:35:35AM TO SEE HOW IT WORKS.
11:35:37AM WE HAVE SCHOLARSHIPS BUT THE REAL GROUPS THAT ARE SUFFERING
11:35:43AM IN SOME OF THOSE AREAS AND THEY ARE CRAFTY WITH THEIR MINDS
11:35:48AM AND HANDS TO MAKE PRODUCTIONS.
11:35:50AM I SEE SOME OF THE THINGS TOE DO.
11:35:52AM HAVE THE PARKS AND REC AND HAVE SCHOLARSHIPS AND DAYS WHERE
11:35:57AM THEY CAN COME AND SEE THE BRIGHT LIGHTS IN THERE.
11:35:59AM SEE THE STAGE AND SEE THE ACTUAL MECHANICAL OPERATION OF IT
11:36:03AM ALL.
11:36:04AM >> WORK WITH PARKS AND REC WITH THE OUTDOOR SCREENING AND WE
11:36:10AM CAN'T WAIT TO WORK WITH THEM MORE ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
11:36:13AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:36:15AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
11:36:17AM MR. BELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:36:19AM I LISTENED CAREFULLY OF YOUR PRESENTATION.
11:36:22AM I HAD TO LEAVE THE ROOM FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES.
11:36:24AM WHAT YOU HAVE DO DONE AND WHAT YOUR GROUP HAVE DONE.
11:36:27AM BACK IN THE '70s, ZERO PEOPLE NOT GOING TO THE THEATRE
11:36:33AM BECAUSE IT WASN'T WORKING THAT WELL.
11:36:34AM $95,000 IF I REMEMBER IS THE AMOUNT FOR THE LOBBY AND IT
11:36:39AM PASSED COUNCIL.
11:36:41AM WHAT YOU MADE IT INTO NOW FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN FROM THE
11:36:44AM NUMBERS YOU BROUGHT UP IN MANY DIFFERENT VENUES IS SOMETHING
11:36:47AM THAT DOES GET BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
11:36:49AM AND I AM JUST THINKING WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID, STILL A KID,
11:36:57AM I REMEMBER THE TAMPA THEATRE.
11:36:58AM CONTROLS THE STREET WAS THE FLORIDA THEATRE AND THEN THE
11:37:02AM STATE THEATRE AND PALACE THEATRE AND PARK THEATRE.
11:37:05AM ONLY ONE THEATRE YET, YOU HAVE ABOUT THE OTHERS WERE
11:37:08AM STANDARD THEATRES.
11:37:09AM THE TAMPA THEATRE IS NOT THEN AND NOT NOW A STANDARD
11:37:13AM THEATRE.
11:37:14AM LIKE AN OPERA HOUSE WITH A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL STUFF IN IT.
11:37:17AM TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, I ASKED MY FRIEND -- MY LATE
11:37:22AM FRIEND WHO PASSED AWAY THREE YEARS AGO DENNIS PATELLO, FAN
11:37:27AM IT IS A HEART SURGEON AND FABULOUS ROCKERS, THE LEAD PIANO
11:37:33AM PLAYER OF THE BAND.
11:37:34AM I ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD DO A FEW CONCERTS, 30 MINUTES OR SO.
11:37:39AM HE SAID HE WOULD DO IT, AND I PICKED THEM UP.
11:37:43AM THE BACK DOOR WAS OPEN, AND I HATE TO TELL YOU WE DID WALK
11:37:47AM IN AND HE HAD THE SOUND GUY WITH HIM.
11:37:49AM A FELLOW WALKED UP TO THE EDGE OF THE STAGE AND JUST STARTED
11:37:52AM TALKING.
11:37:53AM AND HE TURNED AROUND AND TOLD THE SAME GUY, WE DON'T NEED
11:37:58AM ANYTHING HERE, THIS THEATRE IS PERFECT.
11:38:00AM WITHOUT EVEN -- HE SAID OF SET UP THE MICS WHATEVER YOU DO.
11:38:04AM WE DON'T NEED ANY NEW CHANGES.
11:38:06AM WE DON'T NEED THIS THEATRE FOR SOUND.
11:38:08AM IT IS PERFECT.
11:38:09AM IF THAT GUY TOLD ME THAT AND HE TRAVELED WITH FRANKIE VALLI,
11:38:14AM BRENDA LEE, CONNIE FRANCIS, YOU NAME IT, TONY -- HE --
11:38:18AM ANYBODY WHO WAS SOMEBODY, THAT GROUP WENT WITH HIM.
11:38:21AM AND THEY WERE THE OPENING ACT -- PEOPLE IN TAMPA DON'T EVEN
11:38:25AM KNOW THAT, THOSE GUYS ARE ALL FANTASTIC.
11:38:27AM AND TOO BAD THEY NOW ARE NOT PLAYING MUSIC, BUT MAYBE WE CAN
11:38:32AM GET THEM TO COME BACK AND DO SOMETHING IN THE THEATRE ONCE
11:38:36AM YOU GET FIXED UP AGAIN.
11:38:38AM THEY ARE YOUNG GUYS LIKE I AM.
11:38:40AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH, OF MADAM CHAIR.
11:38:43AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER CITRO.
11:38:46AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
11:38:48AM WE HAD A LONG CONVERSATION THE OTHER DAY AND I WILL GIVE YOU
11:38:51AM HAVE THE EXACT DATE I WALKED IN TO THE TAMPA THEATRE.
11:38:55AM JULY 31, 1979.
11:39:00AM I WALKED IN WITH A FRIEND WHO HAD HAD AN EXTRA TICKET TO GO
11:39:05AM SEE.
11:39:06AM AND COUNCILMAN CARLSON SAY MY TASTE IN MUSIC IS DIFFERENT.
11:39:10AM IT IS ODD.
11:39:11AM I WILL ADMIT IT.
11:39:12AM THE FIRST DAY I GOT TO SEE BLONDIE AND ROCK PILE.
11:39:15AM NOW MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHO ROCK PILE IS, BUT AT THAT
11:39:18AM TIME, IT WAS ALTERNATIVE MUSIC.
11:39:21AM SINCE THEN, I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE LIKE IGGY POP, DAVID. BYRNE,
11:39:28AM THOMPSON TWINS, RECENTLY JOE JACKSON, THOMAS DOLBY, NEW
11:39:32AM ORDER AND PRETENDERS.
11:39:35AM ALL ALTERNATIVE MUSIC.
11:39:37AM GREAT FILMS LIKE CASABLANCA AND GONE WITH THE WIND.
11:39:41AM AND PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT THERE ARE MODERN FILMS THAT
11:39:45AM ARE NOW ACADEMY NOMINATED THAT WERE SHOWN BEFORE THEY WERE
11:39:49AM EVER PUT IN THEATRES.
11:39:50AM I SAW ONE OF THE GREATEST TRANSPORTATION GURUS IN A LECTURE.
11:39:57AM MISS JENNETTE SODACAN THERE.
11:40:01AM THE REASON WHY I AM SAYING ALL THIS IS THERE IS NOT A BETTER
11:40:08AM VENUE -- WHEN I SAY "ALTERNATIVE" I MEAN A PLACE WHERE SOME
11:40:13AM OF THESE BANDS, SOME OF THESE FILMS, SOME OF THESE
11:40:18AM LECTURERS, SOME COMEDIANS WILL NEVER BE SEEN IN TAMPA THIS
11:40:22AM IS THE ONLY VENUE THAT IS OFFERED TO THEM.
11:40:26AM THIS NEEDS TO BE SAVED.
11:40:28AM THIS NEEDS TO BE HELPED.
11:40:30AM THIS IS A LANDMARK IN TAMPA.
11:40:32AM LLOYD PEARSON, A FRIEND OF MINE WHO IS YOUR BACK STAGE MAN,
11:40:42AM AGREES.
11:40:42AM MODERN TECHNOLOGY NEEDS TO COME IN SO WE CAN HAVE -- KEEP
11:40:46AM HAVING THESE TPD OF BANDS, LECTURERS AND MOVIES COME IN, BUT
11:40:50AM I MUST SAY, THAT IF THE HUB IS STILL WITHIN DISTANCE TO
11:40:55AM TAMPA THEATRE, YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE CROWD TO
11:40:58AM COME SEE THESE -- SEE THESE MOVIES, THESE CONCERTS AND THE
11:41:03AM LECTURERS.
11:41:03AM LET'S SAVE THIS JEWEL IN TAMPA OH, IF I MAY, MADAM CHAIR,
11:41:12AM HOW DID YOU GUYS GET BERNIE SANDERS TO GET IN YOUR PICTURE?
11:41:16AM >> YOU DID CATCH THAT, DIDN'T YOU.
11:41:18AM THAT WAS A LITTLE EASTER EGG WE DROP IN THERE.
11:41:23AM JILL WORKED HER MAGIC.
11:41:24AM EMPTY SEAT IN THE LAST ROW OF THE SLIDE.
11:41:29AM THE MEME THAT WAS -- THERE IS BERNIE -- REMEMBER THAT MEME
11:41:34AM GOING AROUND RIGHT AFTER THE INAUGURATION FOUR YEARS AGO.
11:41:38AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
11:41:41AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
11:41:43AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:41:46AM SO I HAVE MANY WONDERFUL MEMORIES AT THE TAMPA THEATRE, I
11:41:49AM DON'T KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN AND SO MANY MOVIES THAT I HAVE
11:41:52AM SEEN THERE OR EVENTS I HAVE ATTENDED.
11:41:54AM BUT AS I WAS TALKING EARLIER ABOUT HISTORIC PRESERVATION,
11:41:58AM WHEN IT COMES TO THEATRES OR MOVIE PALACES IN THIS CASE, WE
11:42:02AM HAVE OF DEMOLISHED SO MUCH.
11:42:04AM WE HAVE MORE THEATRES IN DOWNTOWN TAMPA, THE STRAND
11:42:09AM WHERE MAAS BROTHERS WAS.
11:42:10AM THE PALACE THEATRE WHICH WAS A RESIDENTIAL HIGH-RISE.
11:42:13AM THE FLORIDA THEATRE ACROSS FROM THE TAMPA THEATRE, ALL
11:42:18AM DEMOLISHED.
11:42:18AM WHAT IS INTERESTING WITH THE PALACE THEATRE, IN THE 1960s
11:42:24AM WAS CONVERTED TO A CINERAMA THEATRE IN LOS ANGELES I THINK
11:42:30AM FINALLY CLOSED.
11:42:31AM I HAD A CHANCE TO FINALLY GO TO LOS ANGELES DURING COVID
11:42:34AM BECAUSE FLIGHTS WERE VERY, VERY CHEAP AND I WANTED TO GO AND
11:42:37AM SEE AND CLOSED DUE TO COVID AND I NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY.
11:42:42AM AND THE PREDECESSOR WHAT IMAX IS TODAY.
11:42:46AM DEMOLISHED AND MY MOTHER WOULD GO TO THAT THEATRE, THE TAMPA
11:42:50AM THEATRE GROWING UP.
11:42:51AM ALL THE MOVIES SHE SAW.
11:42:53AM BUT THE IMPORTANT THING IS WHEN IT COMES TO HISTORIC
11:42:56AM PRESERVATION WE HAVE VERY FEW OF THESE MOVIE PALACES LEFT.
11:42:59AM BECAUSE SO MANY WENT INTO DECLINE.
11:43:02AM THERE WERE CONVERTED TO WAREHOUSE SPACE.
11:43:04AM OFFICE SPACE.
11:43:05AM OR JUST THEIR PARKING LOTS TODAY.
11:43:07AM WE HAVE SOMETHING SO SPECIAL HERE IN TAMPA.
11:43:10AM THE MARQUEE ON THE OUTSIDE EVERYBODY RECOGNIZE IT.
11:43:15AM YOU WEAR IT AS YOUR LAPEL.
11:43:17AM PEOPLE SEE IT AND THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.
11:43:20AM WHEN YOU TALK OF BRANDING IN TAMPA, PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THAT IS
11:43:23AM LIKED UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA I SAID EARLIER, THE MINUETS. .
11:43:32AM IF YOU HAD TO RE-CREATE THAT THEATRE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
11:43:35AM COULD -- MAYBE IF YOU ARE DISNEY HOW THEY RE-CREATED THE
11:43:39AM CHINESE THEATER IN ORLANDO, AT LEAST THE FACADE.
11:43:42AM BUT LOOK HOW SPECIAL THIS IS.
11:43:43AM THE A TENT THAT YOU MENTIONED EARLIER.
11:43:50AM NO PLACE LIKE THE TAMPA THEATRE.
11:43:52AM I HAVE SEEN THIS SO MANY TEAMS WHEN YOU SEE YOUNG PEOPLE --
11:43:56AM KIDS, LIKE A SCHOOL BUS PULLS UP AND ADULTS THAT GO IN THERE
11:44:00AM FOR THE FIRST TIME.
11:44:01AM THEIR JAW IS ON THE FLOOR AND THEY ARE GOING, THIS IS
11:44:04AM UNBELIEVABLE!
11:44:05AM YOU ARE WALKING DOWN FRANKLIN STREET AND A PLAIN --
11:44:09AM WHATEVER, COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT.
11:44:10AM UP WALK IN THERE AND YOU ARE TRANSPORTED BACK IN TIME.
11:44:14AM YOU ARE GOING BACK TO THE 1920s.
11:44:16AM I KNOW UPDATES RECENTLY -- NOT RECENTLY BUT SEVERAL YEARS
11:44:20AM AGO REGARDING THE SEATING.
11:44:22AM THE CARPET.
11:44:23AM TAKING IT BACK TO HOW IT LOOKED AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO
11:44:27AM 1926.
11:44:27AM HOWEVER, THESE HISTORIC STRUCTURES REQUIRE SO MUCH MATE
11:44:31AM NANCE PAUSE OF THE DETAIL, THE DELICATE DETAIL OF
11:44:37AM EVERYTHING.
11:44:37AM THE EXPANSION INTO THE SECOND SCREEN THAT WE ARE TALKING
11:44:41AM ABOUT NEXT DOOR.
11:44:42AM POINT I AM MAKING.
11:44:44AM I RAMBLE AND TALK A LOT.
11:44:47AM EXACTLY.
11:44:48AM WE HAVE TO PRESERVE THIS THEATRE.
11:44:49AM IT IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE NOTHING ELSE LIKE IT IN TAMPA.
11:44:52AM WE WILL NOT RE-CREATE IT.
11:44:53AM NOT LIKE ANY OTHER MOVIE PALACE.
11:44:57AM YOU HAVE MY TOTAL SUPPORT AND I HOPE THAT THE COUNCIL
11:45:00AM AGREES.
11:45:00AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
11:45:03AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, APPRECIATE IT.
11:45:07AM I WANT US TO FIND A WAY TO SAY YES ON THIS.
11:45:10AM AND THING IS SOMETHING ACCESSIBLE AND USE BY ALL OF THE
11:45:13AM COMMUNITY.
11:45:14AM I AM NOT GOING TO RECOUNT ALL THE TIMES I HAVE BEEN TO THE
11:45:16AM TAMPA THEATRE.
11:45:17AM LOTS OF TIMES.
11:45:18AM AND A LOT OF GREAT MEMORIES THERE.
11:45:20AM ONE THING COUNCILMAN GUDES SAID I WANT TO BUILD ON.
11:45:25AM IF WE ULTIMATELY MOVE FORWARD AND FINALIZE THIS AND ETC., IF
11:45:31AM SOMEONE DOES -- IF SOMEONE DOESN'T DO IT, I WILL, MAKE A
11:45:34AM MOTION FOR SOME OF THESE POTENTIAL NEW PROGRAMS THAT Y'ALL
11:45:38AM ARE OF TALKING ABOUT TO COME BACK AND SHOW US WHAT IS
11:45:41AM HAPPENING WITH OUR MONEY AND I KNOW YOU WILL BE 100%
11:45:45AM AMENABLE TO THAT.
11:45:46AM FILM PROGRAM MY SON DID IT A FEW YEARS AGO.
11:45:50AM A GREAT PROGRAM.
11:45:51AM OUT OF NOWHERE, CASEY AFFLECK IS THERE.
11:45:55AM CASEY AFFLECK.
11:45:57AM GREAT ACTOR AND DIRECTOR, ETC.
11:46:00AM I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WITH THIS MONEY, JUST WITH THIS PART OF
11:46:03AM IT, SOMETHING TAILORED TOWARD FAMILIES IN WEST TAMPA,
11:46:07AM SULPHUR SPRINGS, YBOR CITY, ETC.
11:46:09AM TO MAKE SURE IT IS FULLY ACCESSIBLE TO THE EXTENT -- I SAY
11:46:13AM THIS NOT KNOWING IF THERE IS ANY ADA ACCESSIBILITY ISSUE
11:46:18AM THAT CAN BE IMPROVED WITH THOSE FUNDS.
11:46:20AM BUILDING ON THAT TO THE EXTENT -- I DON'T KNOW, I JUST PUT
11:46:23AM THAT OUT THERE.
11:46:24AM AND THIS IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT IS VERY, VERY POSITIVE
11:46:28AM AND LOOKING -- LOOKING FOR A WAY TO, YES, LET'S PUT IT THAT
11:46:32AM BY A.
11:46:32AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:46:33AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
11:46:35AM >>BILL CARLSON: JUST A FEW MORE COMMENTS.
11:46:37AM I HAD ONE OR TWO KIDS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THOSE PROGRAMS
11:46:40AM TOO.
11:46:40AM IF WE HAVE A WAY THAT EITHER THE CITY OR CRA COUNTY SUPPORT
11:46:45AM THE SCHOLARSHIPS, WE SHOULD DO THAT.
11:46:48AM BROOKLYN PUBLIC MEDIA -- BROOKLYN SPENDS $6 MILLION ON
11:46:53AM PUBLIC MEDIA.
11:46:54AM A LOT OF IT IS TO TRAIN PEOPLE CREATING THEIR OWN CHANNELS
11:46:59AM AND EVENTUALLY BROADCAST CHANNELS.
11:47:01AM AN INCUBATOR FOR TECHNOLOGY AND CREATIVITY AND I KNOW MY
11:47:06AM KIDS EXPERIENCED BOTH AT TAMPA THEATRE.
11:47:08AM IT'S A FACILITY THAT IS LOVED BY EVERYONE.
11:47:11AM UP ALL MENTIONED A BUMP OF KIND OF EVENTS.
11:47:14AM I WENT TO A FUNERAL.
11:47:17AM ART KEEBLE, A GREAT LEADER OF THE ARTS WAS THERE ESPECIALLY
11:47:23AM AGED CREDIBLE EXPERIENCE.
11:47:24AM LYNN MARVIN DINGFELDER, THE WIFE OF OUR FORMER COLLEAGUE,
11:47:29AM HAS PRODUCED SEVERAL MOVIES.
11:47:31AM THE GOODY GOODY MOVIE AND THE LA GACETA MOVIES AND THEY WERE
11:47:37AM SCREENED THERE.
11:47:38AM WHERE ELSE GACETA AND GOODY GOODY MOVIES OTHER THAN THE
11:47:44AM TAMPA THEATRE.
11:47:44AM I ALSO WANT TO THANK LINDA SAUL-SENA, FORMER CHAIR AND
11:47:52AM ADVOCATE FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND THE TAMPA THEATRE.
11:47:57AM HENRY GONZALEZ WAS THE CHAIR IN THIS PROCESS.
11:48:01AM YOU HAVE FORMER CHAIRS HERE AND CHARLIE BRITTON, A LONG,
11:48:05AM LONG-TIME ADVOCATE.
11:48:07AM I THINK ONE OF THE THREE WAS THE FIRST ONE TO COME TO ME
11:48:10AM YEARS AGO AND SAID WE NEED TO PROTECT THIS IN THE FUTURE.
11:48:13AM FIGHTING WITH POLITICAL BATTLES TO STAY ALIVE AND FIGHT FOR
11:48:17AM FUNDING AND I THINK THE OVERALL IDEA WITH THIS IS TO REALLY
11:48:20AM PROTECT THE THEATRE FOR THE NEXT 100 YEARS.
11:48:23AM DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT WILL PAY FOR ANY NEW DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
11:48:27AM OR WHATEVER COMES UP, BUT MY GOAL WOULD BE TO HAVE YOU ALL
11:48:32AM NOT BARELY SCRAPING BY, THIS BUILDING THIS FACILITY SHOULD
11:48:36AM NEVER BE IN DANGER AGAIN.
11:48:37AM AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL PROTECT IT WAY INTO THE FUTURE AND
11:48:41AM TO REPEAT AGAIN TO ANY OF THE SOUTH TAMPA PEOPLE WATCHING,
11:48:44AM WE CAN'T USE THIS ON POTHOLES AND THE THINGS WE WANT, SOUTH
11:48:48AM TAMPA.
11:48:48AM WE CAN'T USE IT IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN EAST TAMPA.
11:48:51AM WE CAN ONLY TUESDAY IN THIS DISTRICT.
11:48:54AM A BELOVED FACILITY THAT IS USED BY ALMOST EVERYBODY IN THE
11:48:57AM COMMUNITY AND ALMOST EVERYBODY AGREE IT IS NEEDS TO BE
11:49:00AM PROTECTED IN THE FUTURE.
11:49:01AM THANK YOU.
11:49:09AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION AND
11:49:10AM ALL THE THINGS THAT THIS -- THIS THEATRE REPRESENTS TO THE
11:49:15AM CITY.
11:49:15AM I BELIEVE MISS TRAVIS IS LOOKING FOR --
11:49:22AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE THE RESOLUTION, ITEM 22.
11:49:25AM >>BILL CARLSON: SECOND.
11:49:28AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: MOVE 18, $3 MILLION.
11:49:31AM >>LYNN HURTAK: WE CAN DO IT AT THE SAME TIME OR --
11:49:34AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: I WOULD DO IT SEPARATELY, BUT THEY NEED TO
11:49:36AM HAPPEN.
11:49:37AM >>LYNN HURTAK: WHICH ONE FIRST.
11:49:39AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: 18 FIRST.
11:49:40AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE ITEM 18.
11:49:41AM >> SECOND.
11:49:43AM >>LYNN HURTAK: MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
11:49:46AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:49:48AM YOU WANT ROLL CALL?
11:49:52AM WE WILL DO A ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
11:49:53AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:49:58AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:50:00AM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:50:01AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:50:02AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:50:03AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:50:03AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
11:50:04AM >>CLERK: MOTION PASSES.
11:50:08AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE ITEM NUMBER 22.
11:50:10AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
11:50:11AM >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY.
11:50:12AM MOTION MADE BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
11:50:14AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:50:16AM ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:50:20AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
11:50:21AM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:50:22AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
11:50:23AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:50:25AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:50:25AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:50:26AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
11:50:27AM >>CLERK: MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
11:50:30AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:50:31AM NEXT WE HAVE AN UPDATE FROM ALIS DRUMGO ON THE EAST TAMPA
11:50:38AM SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM.
11:50:40AM THANK YOU.
11:50:46AM >>ALIS DRUMGO: IF I MAY.
11:50:47AM PRESENTATION FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 7.
11:50:50AM ALL RIGHT, ALIS DRUMGO, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR DIRECTOR OF
11:51:00AM ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
11:51:02AM THANK YOU MUCH.
11:51:04AM SO BEFORE I JUMP INTO THE PRESENTATION, I JUST WANT TO TOUCH
11:51:09AM ON A COUPLE OF ITEMS BECAUSE I HEARD THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND
11:51:12AM THE WHISPERS ABOUT THE -- ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND THE APPROACH
11:51:15AM TO THE EAST TAMPA SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM.
11:51:20AM COMMUNITY HAS EVERY RIGHT WHETHER OR NOT WE WILL EXECUTE ON
11:51:24AM THIS.
11:51:24AM I WILL TELL YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY
11:51:27AM PRETTY NEAR AND DEAR TO ME ONCE IT WAS ASSIGNED TO ME.
11:51:32AM I HAVE TAKE THIS HE AS THE EXECUTIVE SPONSOR AND WORK SIDE
11:51:38AM BY SIDE WITH THE STAFF ON THIS.
11:51:40AM A CROSS COLLABORATIVE PROJECT AND PROCESS AND INVOLVES MANY
11:51:45AM DEPARTMENTS AND I WILL WORK YOU THROUGH WHERE WE ARE THIS
11:51:49AM FISCAL YEAR TO MEET SOME OF THE CHANGES WE HAVE BEEN ASKED
11:51:52AM TO IMPLEMENT AND HOW THIS WILL LOOK GOING FORWARD.
11:51:54AM THE BOARD ASKED US TO BRING BACK THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM
11:51:58AM AND ASKED HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DIVERSIFY -- DIVERSIFY AND
11:52:02AM ENGAGE AND INCREASE THE WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE
11:52:06AM YOUTH AND THIS GENERALLY DOES FALL UNDER WORK FORCE
11:52:10AM DEVELOPMENT.
11:52:10AM THIS PROGRAM, IT SLOTS IN THE SUMMER YOUTH AND HIRE 36 YOUTH
11:52:17AM OUT OF EAST TAMPA AND PARKS AND REC HIRE ANOTHER 12 YOUTH.
11:52:21AM TYPICALLY THE YOUTH ARE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 AND 18.
11:52:26AM KEEP IN MIND WE ARE WORKING WITH MINORS AS WE WORK THROUGH
11:52:29AM THIS PROCESS, OKAY.
11:52:30AM PART OF THE EFFORTS FOR US IS TO REALLY PROVIDE THOSE CAREER
11:52:34AM DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, BUT THEN TO BRIDGE THE GAP
11:52:38AM BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE CITIZENS BY PROVIDING THIS
11:52:40AM TRAINING.
11:52:40AM WE LOOKED AT SOME WAYS, TOO, THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY ADD
11:52:46AM TO THE LABOR POOL FOR SOME OF THE HARDEST TO FILL ENTRY
11:52:51AM LEVEL POSITIONS AND WHAT WE WILL BE DOING THIS FISCAL YEAR
11:52:54AM AND I WILL EXPLAIN HOW OF THAT MOVES FORWARD FOR NEXT FISCAL
11:52:58AM YEAR.
11:52:58AM WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING FOR YOU HAVE HERE IS A PHASED APPROACH
11:53:02AM HE.
11:53:03AM A PHASED APPROACH OF IMPROVING THE PROGRAM BETWEEN THIS
11:53:07AM FISCAL YEAR AND NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
11:53:09AM OKAY, FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE ARE LOOKING FIRST TO HIRE A
11:53:13AM TEMPORARY COORDINATOR THAT WILL COME IN AND WORK WITH US SO
11:53:16AM THAT WE CAN TAKE SOME OF THIS OFF OF OUR CRA MANAGER'S PLATE
11:53:20AM BECAUSE HE CAN NOT CIRCULATE AND IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM AND
11:53:25AM KEEP TRACK OF ALL THOSE?
11:53:26AM YOUTH.
11:53:27AM THE TEMPORARY HIRE WILL GIVE US THE ADDED RESOURCE FOR
11:53:31AM CHECK-INS AND PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CERTAINTY TO THE
11:53:35AM FUTURE USER GROUPS AS WE BUILD OUT THAT PROGRAM THAT I'M
11:53:38AM REFERRING TO FOR -- BEING ABLE TO EMBED THE YOUTH INTO THE
11:53:42AM DEPARTMENT.
11:53:42AM SO WE HAVE SOME DEPARTMENTAL IMMERSION AND EXPOSURE
11:53:48AM THROUGHOUT THE FIRST SUMMER AS WE WORK UP TO RAMPING UP THE
11:53:52AM PROGRAM.
11:53:52AM OKAY.
11:53:54AM THEN WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR PROGRAMMATIC ADJUSTMENTS FOR
11:54:00AM FISCAL YEAR '24.
11:54:02AM PART OF THIS PROCESS IS TO HAVE THE YOUTH WORK IN ADVERTISED
11:54:05AM POSITIONS THAT WILL REFLECT ACTUAL ROLES THAT ARE AVAILABLE
11:54:09AM WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMPA AND TAKES TIME TO BUILD OUT THOSE
11:54:11AM JOB DESCRIPTIONS.
11:54:12AM WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW IS BUILD OUT THOSE JOB DESCRIPTIONS
11:54:17AM AND ADVERTISE JOB DESCRIPTIONS.
11:54:24AM THE ONES PRE-EXISTING WE HAVE TO HIRE IN FOR THOSE JOBS.
11:54:27AM BUT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE WILL INTEGRATE THE NEW
11:54:31AM JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND HAVE SOME DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC WORK
11:54:35AM EXPERIENCES.
11:54:35AM AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WILL HAVE FURTHER IMMERSION AND
11:54:39AM EMBEDDING INTO THOSE DEPARTMENTS.
11:54:41AM JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE SIT
11:54:46AM WITH SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL STEPS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE.
11:54:48AM PLEASE KEEP IN MIND, AS I MENTIONED, IT IS ACROSS
11:54:54AM DEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATION HERE.
11:54:55AM WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO IS FIRM UP OUR JOB DESCRIPTIONS
11:54:58AM AND WORK WITH OUR HUMAN RESOURCES, OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND
11:55:02AM RISK TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL BASES COVERED FOR INTEGRATING
11:55:06AM MINORS INTO THE WORKFORCE.
11:55:07AM AS I MENTIONED THE AGE GROUP 16-18.
11:55:11AM WE NEED TO HAVE THAT WORK SITE COMPLIANCE AND REQUESTING
11:55:15AM APPROVAL FROM THE BOARD TO BE ABLE TO HIRE TEMPORARY PROGRAM
11:55:20AM MANAGER TO COME IN AND WORK WITH US AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD
11:55:23AM THAT UP.
11:55:24AM THE STAFF I WORK WITH TO DO THIS AND ADMINISTRATOR WYNN'S
11:55:29AM TEAM, WE HAVE CURRENTLY 75 PAGES OF CURRICULUM THAT WE
11:55:34AM DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE.
11:55:35AM THIS PROGRAM NEEDS TO OPERATE AND FOLKS JUST WENT ALONG
11:55:38AM THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND NOW WE BUILT THIS UP.
11:55:43AM ONE OF THE THINGS CAME UP FOR US IS HAVING THAT COORDINATOR
11:55:46AM THAT CAN CHECK IN WITH THE YOUTH.
11:55:48AM WE THINK THAT IN DOING THAT THIS YEAR, THIS HELPS US RAMP
11:55:53AM UP, HELPS US WITH THE CIRCULATION OF THE IMMERSION AS WELL,
11:55:56AM AND THIS
11:56:00AM THAT COORDINATOR CAN KEEP TRACK AND WE BUILD ON THAT.
11:56:03AM BUILDING ON THIS PROGRAM MIRRORS WHAT WE DO WITH OTHER YOUTH
11:56:06AM PROGRAMS AS WELL.
11:56:07AM SO KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE RAMP-UP.
11:56:13AM IDEALLY WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR YOU ALL IS TO BRING BACK THE
11:56:16AM PROGRAM IN FINAL FORM IN DEPARTMENT BECAUSE KEEP IN MIND
11:56:19AM THIS IS A -- CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL, CROSS-FUNCTIONAL, GIVES US
11:56:23AM THE ABILITY TO REVIEW WITH OUR LEGAL, HUMAN RESOURCES AND
11:56:28AM RISK TEAM.
11:56:29AM OUR JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND JOB HIRING WILL START IN DECEMBER.
11:56:34AM AS WE RAMP THAT UP, WE ARE LOOKING TO HAVE A GREAT KICKOFF
11:56:38AM THIS SUMMER, AND NEXT YEAR WE SHOULD BE FULLY OPERATIONAL.
11:56:43AM AND SO AND TWO NOW AND SEPTEMBER, WE WILL CONTINUE THAT WORK
11:56:47AM AND CONTINUE TO BUILD THE PROGRAM OUT WITH THE PROGRAM
11:56:50AM COORDINATOR AND PILOT THAT IMMERSION PROCESS AND FINALIZE
11:56:54AM OUR GUIDING DOCUMENT TO HAVE THAT BACK TO YOU AND HOPEFULLY
11:56:58AM TOO HAVE FEEDBACK FROM OUR PARTICIPANTS, THE PARENTS AND
11:57:01AM WORK TEAMS IN SEPTEMBER AS WELL.
11:57:03AM I WILL STOP AND STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
11:57:06AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
11:57:08AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
11:57:10AM I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL THIS MORNING -- YOU WERE TALKING OF
11:57:13AM MISINFORMATION.
11:57:14AM THE PERSON SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS CAN'T JUST BE ABOUT PICKING
11:57:18AM UP TRASH.
11:57:19AM AND IT IS A LOT DEEPER THAN THAT, CORRECT, AS YOU EXPLAINED.
11:57:24AM WHAT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES ARE GOING TO BE THERE?NOT JUST
11:57:30AM PICKING UP TRASH BUT -- YOU KNOW, TELL ME -- LIKE WHAT.
11:57:35AM HE SPECIFIC THINGS WILL THERE BE NUMBER DRUMGO SURE, THIS
11:57:40AM YEAR.
11:57:51AM >>ALIS DRUMGO: SOME OF IT IS HUMAN RESOURCES AND WE DO
11:57:53AM COMMIT FROM OUR DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES TEAM AND HE WORKING
11:57:58AM WITH INSPECTIONS, UNDERSTANDING INSPECTIONS AS WELL.
11:58:00AM SO IT IS ACROSS THE CITY.
11:58:03AM THIS IS NOT BEING THAT WE ARE LIMITING SOLELY TO SOLID
11:58:06AM WASTE.
11:58:06AM OUR GOAL IS TO BUILD OUT THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS THAT REFLECT
11:58:10AM THOSE SPECIFIC DEPARTMENT USES.
11:58:11AM SOFT SOME OF THEM WILL BE WORKING WITH US IN THE
11:58:14AM REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AS WELL.
11:58:15AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WILL THIS ALLOW -- OBVIOUSLY IT IS TO
11:58:20AM POSSIBLY INSPIRE FOR FUTURE YEARS BUT PATHWAY SAY MUCH THEY
11:58:28AM TOOK PART IN THIS PROGRAM.
11:58:29AM AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO STAY THAT IS WHERE I WANT TO WORK
11:58:32AM IN THE FUTURE.
11:58:33AM THINK OF ON MY RESUME.
11:58:34AM MUCH I HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING.
11:58:39AM >>ALIS DRUMGO: PART OF THE ROLE IS TO ACT AS A COACH AND
11:58:41AM SHARE HOW THOSE SKILLS MAY TRANSFER.
11:58:45AM YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, COUNCILMAN.
11:58:47AM ABOUT GETTING STUDENTS EXPOSED TO THE JOBS AND INTERESTED IN
11:58:51AM PERFORMING THOSE FUNCTION NOTICE FUTURE.
11:58:54AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:58:56AM >>ALIS DRUMGO: OF COURSE.
11:58:58AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
11:59:01AM >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE HAD CONVERSATIONS FOR.
11:59:05AM I KNOW IT HAS BEEN TOUGH FOR YOU.
11:59:07AM YOU ARE MAKING A LITTLE PROGRESS AND IN THE LAST CRA MEETING
11:59:10AM AND MAYBE THE ADMINISTRATION HEARD ME.
11:59:14AM AGAIN, I WON'T BE HERE BUT I WILL BE WATCHING.
11:59:16AM I WILL COME BEFORE THAT -- WHERE YOU ARE AT RIGHT NOW I
11:59:20AM DON'T THINK IT IS MOVING RIGHT AND I WILL SAY SOMETHING
11:59:22AM BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY
11:59:24AM HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY SEE WHAT THE CITY DOES VERY AN
11:59:31AM OPPORTUNITY AND PATH TWICE EMPLOYMENT.
11:59:32AM WE HAD YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WORKED IN OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT
11:59:36AM SUMMER PROGRAM AND THEY GOT ON.
11:59:39AM OUR ENHANCEMENT TEAMS.
11:59:41AM THAT WAS A GOOD PHASE FOR THOSE PARTICULAR PERSONS.
11:59:46AM BUT IT AIN'T FOR EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW.
11:59:49AM SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY
11:59:52AM GROW AND TO BE ABLE TO SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
11:59:55AM I KNOW ME, I -- I AM NOT -- OLD AGENDA CALLED NICE NASTY.
12:00:01PM I AM NOT NICE NASTY, BUT -- I AM NOT A -- WHEN I CAME UP
12:00:07PM FROM COLLEGE AND MY DAD SAID YOU ARE GOING TO PULL CONCRETE,
12:00:12PM MUD.
12:00:12PM LASTED ONE WEEK FOR ME.
12:00:15PM LASTED ONE WEEK.
12:00:17PM THAT WASN'T FOR ME.
12:00:18PM THAT WASN'T FOR ME.
12:00:19PM I KNOW CERTAIN THINGS AIN'T FOR EVERYBODY.
12:00:21PM SO I AM GLAD THAT YOU ARE TRYING.
12:00:24PM I KNOW YOU ARE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME.
12:00:27PM I AM HOPING THAT YOU WILL KEEP THE FIGHT.
12:00:29PM MAKE SURE THE PROGRAM IS CEREBRAL FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE SO
12:00:33PM THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AND HOPEFULLY THE.
12:00:36PM NEW HAMPSHIRE NEXT COUNCIL WILL MONITOR THIS AND MAKE SURE
12:00:39PM THAT THEY GET OPPORTUNITIES.
12:00:40PM THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
12:00:44PM >>ALIS DRUMGO: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.
12:00:45PM IF I MAY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COLLABORATING ON
12:00:49PM THIS.
12:00:49PM WE HAD A HUDDLE TO REALLY DISCUSS THIS WITH THE DEPARTMENT
12:00:53PM HEADS AS WELL.
12:00:54PM OUR CHIEF OF STAFF WAS AT THE TABLE WITH OUR HUMAN RESOURCES
12:00:58PM DIRECTOR AND OTHER ADMINISTRATORS ALONG WITH OUR LEGAL TEAM.
12:01:01PM FOR US, MY CHALLENGES HAVE COME WITH ALL THE HATS I HAVE TO
12:01:05PM WEAR.
12:01:05PM AND WANTING TO MAKE SURE I SHEPHERD THIS THROUGH TO THE END.
12:01:09PM THE STAFF HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO THIS, THEY HAVE PULLED
12:01:13PM TOGETHER QUITE A BIT AND REALLY DOES.
12:01:15PM IT JUST HAS TO BE VENTED.
12:01:17PM WE ARE AT A 60% PROCESS WHEN YOU THINK OF PROJECT
12:01:20PM MANAGEMENT.
12:01:21PM AND WE NEED THE TIME TO BE ABLE TO FINALIZE AND MAKE SURE WE
12:01:26PM HAVE ALL THE CHECKS IN PLACE.
12:01:27PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I JUST WANT TO SAY AS A MAKER OF THE MOTION,
12:01:35PM I APPRECIATE THE UPDATE.
12:01:37PM I AM REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THE KIDS ARE GOING TO BE
12:01:43PM ABLE TO DO SELF IF NEXT YEAR.
12:01:45PM MUCH THIS IS NOT JUST A SUMMER JOB, BUT IT IS A SUMMER JOB
12:01:54PM WITH THE IDEA OF WHAT -- WHAT ENTRY-LEVEL JOBS THERE ARE.
12:01:59PM AND I WOULD JUST -- I AM -- JUST FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR OUR
12:02:02PM OWN EDIFICATION, CAN YOU SHEAR MAYBE SOME OF THOSE
12:02:06PM ENTRY-LEVEL JOBS THAT YOU ARE -- THAT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO
12:02:10PM STAFF THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET YOUTH IN.
12:02:15PM >>ALIS DRUMGO: SURE.
12:02:16PM I DON'T HAVE A LIST OF THOSE A THIS TIME CHAIRWOMAN -- MADAM
12:02:20PM CHAIR, BUT I CAN CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP AND GIVE YOU SOME OF
12:02:24PM THE CHALLENGES WE EXPERIENCE OVER THE APARTMENT AND FOLLOW
12:02:26PM UP WITH HR TO GET YOU A REPORT PEP.
12:02:30PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I APPRECIATE IT.
12:02:31PM I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU KNEW OFF THE TOP WHAT SOME OF THE AREAS
12:02:36PM IS.
12:02:36PM THE GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE GETTING THE KIDS MORE THAN
12:02:39PM JUST PICKING UP TRASH.
12:02:41PM I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT IS GOING TOWARD THIS.
12:02:44PM AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE UPDATES EVEN BEFORE SEPTEMBER ON
12:02:49PM MAYBE JUST OF WHERE -- WHERE WE STAND HOW WE ARE DOING.
12:02:54PM THE SUMMER PROGRAM IS OVER IN AUGUST?
12:03:03PM >>ALIS DRUMGO: AUGUST, THAT'S CORRECT.
12:03:05PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT'S WHY YOU WANT TO COME BACK IN
12:03:08PM SEPTEMBER.
12:03:08PM I WAS GOING TO SAY I WOULD LIKE MAYBE A MID UPDATE IN JULY.
12:03:17PM >>ALIS DRUMGO: SURE.
12:03:18PM WE CAN DO A MIDPOINT UPDATE AND LET YOU KNOW -- BY THAT
12:03:22PM POINT, WE SHOULD BE FINALIZED WITH DOCUMENTATION AND LOOK AT
12:03:27PM SOME OF THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COORDINATOR AND PARTICIPANTS.
12:03:30PM >>LYNN HURTAK: REALLY WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR AND THIS WILL BE
12:03:33PM JULY 20. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION FROM BOARD MEMBER
12:03:41PM CHAIR HURTAK.
12:03:42PM SECOND FROM -- WHO WAS THE SECOND?
12:03:45PM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:03:46PM ALL IN FAVOR.
12:03:47PM ANY OPPOSED?
12:03:49PM ALL RIGHT.
12:03:49PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:03:52PM IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ALSO NEED A MOTION --
12:03:55PM >>ALIS DRUMGO: I DO, BECAUSE WE ARE ASKING TO BE ABLE TO
12:03:57PM HIRE THAT PART-TIME PERSON.
12:04:00PM >>LYNN HURTAK: A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER GUDES AND SECOND BY
12:04:04PM BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
12:04:05PM ALL IN FAVOR.
12:04:05PM AYE.
12:04:06PM ANY OPPOSED?
12:04:08PM MOTION CARRIES.
12:04:09PM >>ALIS DRUMGO: THANK YOU.
12:04:10PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK NOTE OF THE TIME.
12:04:12PM IT IS 12:00; HOWEVER, WE ARE ALMOST TO THE END OF OUR
12:04:16PM AGENDA.
12:04:17PM DO WE FEEL -- IS IT OKAY TO SOLDIER ON?
12:04:21PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S JUST DO IT.
12:04:22PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: WE CAN GET IT DONE IN 30 MINUTES.
12:04:29PM COURTNEY ORR WILL REPORT ON ITEM NUMBER 8 FOR.
12:04:33PM >> YOU GOOD MORNING, COURT KNEE ORR.
12:04:39PM YBOR CITY.
12:04:41PM YOU WILL GET A CORRECTED DOCUMENT AND YOU RECEIVED A MEMO
12:04:45PM RESPOND TOPPING THE MOTION MADE OF SUPPORTING THE CUBAN CLUB
12:04:48PM BUILDING.
12:04:48PM SO THERE WAS CORRECTION.
12:04:59PM THE CUBAN CLUB REQUESTED STATEMENT AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE
12:05:04PM IT WAS CORRECTED WITHIN THE MEMO.
12:05:07PM AND THEY DISCUSSED PATRICK MONTE, THE PRESIDENT OF THE CUBAN
12:05:12PM CLUB FOUNDATION THE INTENT OF ASKING HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR
12:05:15PM ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE EXTERIOR BUILDING REPAIRS
12:05:18PM THAT ARE NEEDED; HOWEVER, IT HAS NOT MADE THAT AND HAVE NOT
12:05:21PM MATE THAT REQUEST YET.
12:05:24PM OTHERWISE EVERYTHING ELSE SP EXACTLY WHAT WAS DISCUSSED WITH
12:05:28PM REGARD TO THE OUTSIDE WORK THAT THE CUBAN CLUB WOULD LIKE
12:05:31PM ADDRESSED THAT IS ADJACENT IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OF THE
12:05:34PM BUILDING.
12:05:35PM SO I MET WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS, ADA COORDINATOR AND THEN
12:05:40PM MOBILITY REPRESENTATIVES TO TRY TO ADDRESS WHAT -- WHAT
12:05:43PM WOULD FALL WITHIN THEIR WHEELHOUSE AND WHATEVER THEY MAY BE
12:05:47PM ABLE TO ASSIST.
12:05:48PM ALSO IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING INFORMATION ON THE GRANT
12:05:51PM FUNDING FOR THE YBOR CITY CRA.
12:05:54PM IT IS MOVING FORWARD.
12:05:55PM THE DISCUSSION IS STILL HAPPENING.
12:05:57PM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER TOUCHDOWN CARLSON.
12:06:00PM >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ASK
12:06:02PM YOU TO DISCUSS THIS WITH THE CAC AND COME BACK WITH US.
12:06:05PM WHEN IS THE GOOD TIME TO COME BACK?
12:06:09PM >> I COULD PUT IT ON THE MARCH ANSWER -- THE LATE MARCH
12:06:15PM AGENDA.
12:06:16PM >>BILL CARLSON: THE MAY.
12:06:18PM >> ON OUR MARCH AGENDA SO FOR APRIL.
12:06:20PM >>BILL CARLSON: WHATEVER -- SORRY, APRIL 13.
12:06:24PM OKAY.
12:06:24PM TO DISCUSS THIS WITH THE CAC AND BRING BACK THEIR ADVICE AND
12:06:30PM RECOMMENDATION ON APRIL 13.
12:06:31PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
12:06:33PM >>LYNN HURTAK: A MOTION BY FETCH BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
12:06:38PM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:06:40PM ALL IN FAVOR.
12:06:41PM OPPOSED.
12:06:43PM MOTION CARRIES.
12:06:44PM >> THANK YOU.
12:06:48PM >>ALIS DRUMGO: NEXT UP ON THE AGENDA, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 9,
12:06:52PM REPORT ON A DISCUSSION BETWEEN AND CAC WITH ACCESSORY
12:06:59PM DWELLING UNITS AND THERE WAS DESIRE TO TALK OF MONIES
12:07:02PM AVAILABLE FOR PROGRAMS AS WELL.
12:07:03PM SO STAFF SUBMITTED A MEMORANDUM ALONG WITH A PRESENTATION.
12:07:07PM AND HE DIRECTOR STEVEN BENSON AND UP ATTENDED THE CAC
12:07:16PM MEETING TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION.
12:07:17PM AND HE CAN GIVE YOU THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE DISCUSSION.
12:07:19PM CURRENT REGULATIONS.
12:07:22PM CURRENT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ADU AND EXTENDED FAMILY
12:07:26PM RESIDENCE.
12:07:26PM WE TALKED OF THE NEED TO ALIGN FOR MORE ADUs AND HOW THAT
12:07:31PM FITS INTO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN POLICY.
12:07:33PM A LOT OF DISCUSSION AMONGST THE CAC AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC
12:07:37PM ABOUT ADUs BECAUSE THERE WERE THOUGHTS THAT ADUs CAN BE USED
12:07:43PM TO HELP WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND AFFORDABILITY AND
12:07:47PM RESIDENTS WERE CONCERNED THEY WOULD BE CAPPED OFF IF THEY
12:07:50PM ADOPTED ADUs AND NOT REAP THE GENERATIONAL WEALTH BENEFITS
12:07:55PM IF THAT WAS SOMETHING TO BE IMPLEMENTED.
12:07:57PM ULTIMATELY WE ENDED WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW,
12:08:01PM THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL STILL HALLS TOO TAKE UP LONG
12:08:04PM TERM AND YOU ALL COLLECTIVELY HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION OF
12:08:07PM ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, WHERE WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE
12:08:10PM THEM AND ONGOING DISCUSSIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND WE
12:08:13PM REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY FUNDING DOLLARS OR PROGRAMS AVAILABLE
12:08:16PM RIGHT NOW CONTINUE TO ABLE TO FUND ADUs BECAUSE THOSE.
12:08:20PM INCH DISCUSSIONS NEED TO HAPPEN BY THIS BOARD AS A COUNCIL.
12:08:24PM HE AND I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS YOU MAY
12:08:29PM HAVE.
12:08:29PM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:08:32PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: JUST FOR CLARITY.
12:08:35PM THE FUNDING ADUs PROPERTY A HAS A NOW FRONT AND LOT ON THE
12:08:42PM SIDE AND ONE THAT MEETS THE SETBACK REQUIREMENT -- YOU WILL
12:08:46PM REQUIRE THE SETBACK THE SAME AS NIP HOUSE, AM I CORRECT OR
12:08:49PM NOT?
12:08:51PM >>ALIS DRUMGO: SPECIFIC LAND USE REGULATIONS THAT ARE
12:08:54PM GUIDING.
12:08:55PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: I BELIEVE IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE,
12:08:58PM THERE ARE SOME -- REGULATIONS THAT ALLOW TO YOU HAVE
12:09:00PM STRUCTURES, ACCESSORY STRUCTURES CLOSER TO THE PROPERTY
12:09:05PM LINES.
12:09:06PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: DIFFERENT AREAS, DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES.
12:09:08PM I AGREE WITH THAT.
12:09:09PM JUST BRINGING IT TO US.
12:09:12PM AND ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE SEPARATE MEET EFFORTS OR ONE
12:09:15PM METER FROM THE MAIN HOUSE OR SEPARATE METERS.
12:09:18PM >>ALIS DRUMGO: AGAIN, COUNCILMAN --
12:09:21PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MAYBE I AM AHEAD OF MYSELF.
12:09:24PM >>ALIS DRUMGO: NOT NECESSARILY, BUT REGULATIONS IN CHAPTER
12:09:27PM 27 THAT DESCRIBE HOW ADUs AND HOW EXTENDED FAMILY RESIDENCES
12:09:32PM ARE TREATED AND REGULATED AND GOVERNED.
12:09:35PM IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT CHANGED, WE WILL CONTINUE
12:09:39PM TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
12:09:40PM COLLECTIVELY THAT IS A DISCUSSION FOR YOU ALL TO TAKE ON.
12:09:44PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AGREE WITH THAT.
12:09:46PM WE SHOULD HAVE A CONTINUATION AND FIND OUT WHAT THAT IS.
12:09:49PM BECAUSE THE PUBLIC IS HEARING US AND THEY DON'T.
12:09:53PM KNOW EITHER.
12:09:54PM IT IS TIME TO HAVE A SERIOUS LOOK AT THESE THINGS THAT YOUR
12:09:59PM AIDE OR MISS TRAVIS SHOULD BE PRESENTING TO THE BOARD WHAT
12:10:02PM YOU THINK IS NECESSARY AND HOW TO DO THOSE THINGS AND
12:10:05PM WHEREABOUTS AND THE FUNDING.
12:10:07PM I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT COMES ABOUT, BUT I GUESS WHOEVER THE
12:10:11PM PROPERTY OWNER IS.
12:10:12PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: I THINK PART OF WHAT MR. DRUMGO HAS TO SAY,
12:10:15PM A LOT OF THESE CONVERSATIONS NEED TO AS YOU ALL SITTING AT
12:10:19PM CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE YOU NEED TO MAKE DECISION OF HOW THE
12:10:22PM LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE TREATS ADUs.
12:10:25PM THE CITY AS A WHOLE OR IN DIFFERENT AREAS IF THAT IS HOW YOU
12:10:29PM WANT TO PROCEED.
12:10:30PM THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND IF THE CRA POTENTIAL LEGAL STEPS IN
12:10:34PM THAT ADU s ARE AN ACCEPTABLE ALTERNATIVE AND PROVIDE
12:10:39PM ADDITIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO STRUCTURE A PROGRAM TO
12:10:43PM PROVIDE AND HELP PEOPLE TO CONSTRUCT ADUs AND REHAB
12:10:48PM ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS FOR THAT PURPOSE.
12:10:53PM >>ALIS DRUMGO: COLLECTIVELY YOU ASKED THAT WE DO COMMUNITY
12:10:56PM CONVERSATIONS AND DO ADDITIONAL RESEARCH OF ADUs AND STAFF
12:11:00PM CONTINUE TO HOST WORKSHOP SESSIONS AND WE CAN COME BACK
12:11:04PM LEADER AFFIDAVIT A WORKSHOP WITH ALL THE OTHER HOUSING
12:11:06PM RELATED POTENTIAL ITEMS AND IMPACTS SOMETHING THAT IS ON
12:11:12PM HOLD AS WE WORK THROUGH OUR HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
12:11:15PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU.
12:11:16PM >>ALIS DRUMGO: ABSOLUTELY.
12:11:18PM IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT
12:11:26PM --
12:11:26PM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER GUDES, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
12:11:29PM THIS WAS YOUR ITEM.
12:11:31PM OKAY.
12:11:32PM >>ALIS DRUMGO: NOW ON TO THE REQUIRED APPROVAL.
12:11:35PM NEXT AGENDA ITEM, NUMBER 13, CARLOS RAMIREZ.
12:11:45PM FOURTH CONSECUTIVE TERM.
12:11:47PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO MOVED.
12:11:48PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
12:11:49PM >>LYNN HURTAK: A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
12:11:51PM AND SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
12:11:54PM ALL IN FAVOR.
12:11:55PM OPPOSED.
12:11:56PM >>ALIS DRUMGO: NEXT ITEM FOR APPROVAL IS A RESOLUTION TO PURCHASE A
12:12:02PM SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE IN WEST TAMPA 1940 WEST SPRUCE
12:12:05PM STREET FOR A TOTAL OF $423,000 TOGETHER WITH -- AND WITH THE
12:12:10PM CLOSING COSTS.
12:12:11PM THE HOME IS A THREE-BEDROOM, TWO-BATH, 1500 SQUARE FEET.
12:12:16PM THE WEST TAMPA CRA CAC RECOMMENDED ACQUISITION TO SUPPORT
12:12:21PM AFFORDABLE HOUSING INITIATIVES.
12:12:25PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA : SO MOVED.
12:12:26PM >>LYNN HURTAK: MOTION MADE BY BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:12:28PM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
12:12:30PM ROLL CALL VOTE.
12:12:31PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:12:39PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:12:41PM >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:12:43PM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:12:44PM >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:12:45PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:12:46PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
12:12:50PM >>CLERK: MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
12:12:52PM >>ALIS DRUMGO: THE APPOINTMENT OF JUSTIN RICK.
12:12:55PM AS A COMMITTEE MEMBER, THIS IS MR. RICK'S FIRST TERM.
12:13:00PM >>LYNN HURTAK: MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
12:13:03PM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:13:04PM ALL IN FAVOR.
12:13:05PM OPPOSED?
12:13:06PM MOTION CARRIED.
12:13:07PM >>ALIS DRUMGO: NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA ARE, ITEM NUMBER 16,
12:13:14PM PROGRAM CHANGE FOR THE SKILLS CENTER.
12:13:17PM THE REGULAR MEETING THE BOARD APPROVED FUNDING.
12:13:21PM REPROGRAMMING OF DOLLARS TO MEET THAT FUNDING COMMITMENT IN
12:13:25PM THE AMOUNT OF $500,000.
12:13:28PM >>LYNN HURTAK: MOTION MADE BY BOARD MEMBER GUDES.
12:13:31PM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:13:34PM ROLL CALL VOTE.
12:13:36PM >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
12:13:37PM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:13:38PM >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
12:13:39PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:13:40PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:13:41PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:13:42PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
12:13:44PM >>CLERK: MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
12:13:46PM >>ALIS DRUMGO: NEXT ITEM, ITEM NUMBER 19, RESOLUTION
12:13:50PM APPROVING THE ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF A FACADE GRANT TO
12:13:56PM ANOTHER ENTITY.
12:13:57PM THEY CREATED ANOTHER ENTITY AND CODIFYING THAT CHANGE WITHIN
12:14:01PM AN EFFECTIVE.
12:14:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO MOVED.
12:14:03PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
12:14:04PM >>LYNN HURTAK: A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN AND SECONDED BY
12:14:11PM BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:14:13PM NUMBER MOTION CARRIES.
12:14:15PM >>ALIS DRUMGO: NEXT ITEM IS A ORDINACE OF THE CRA.
12:14:22PM TETHERED TO THE PREVIOUS ITEM WHERE THE CRA IS SUBORDINATING
12:14:26PM ITS POSITION TO ALLOW FOR FINANCING IN A LOAN IN THE AM
12:14:31PM AMOUNT OF $500,000 TO OUR ENTITY AND SWITCHING OUR POSITION
12:14:36PM ON IT THIS.
12:14:38PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO MOVED HE.
12:14:40PM >>LYNN HURTAK: MOTION MADE BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO AND
12:14:42PM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:14:44PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:14:46PM ANY OPPOSED?
12:14:47PM OKAY, MOTION CARRIES.
12:14:48PM >>ALIS DRUMGO: NEXT ITEM NUMBER 21, A FACADE GRANT NOT TO
12:14:57PM EX-SEAT ESPECIALLY.50,000.
12:15:02PM JUST OVER $1 04,000 AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
12:15:06PM >>LYNN HURTAK: MOTION MADE BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO AND
12:15:10PM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:15:12PM ALL IN FAVOR.
12:15:13PM ANY OPPOSED?
12:15:15PM OKAY.
12:15:15PM >>ALIS DRUMGO: OUR LAST ITEM, MADAM CHAIR.
12:15:20PM >>LYNN HURTAK: DO WE HAVE ANY INFORMATION OR REPORTS.
12:15:22PM START WITH BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:15:25PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO MA'AM, THANK YOU.
12:15:27PM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER GUDES, CITRO, MANISCALCO.
12:15:33PM >>LUIS VIERA: BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I HAVE MANY -- I NEVER MAKE
12:15:36PM CRA MOTIONS, BUT I DO TODAY.
12:15:39PM ONE -- I MADE A MOTION ON VETERAN HOUSING AND IT WAS
12:15:44PM SUGGESTED THAT I REQUEST THAT WHEN -- WHEN STAFF COME BACK
12:15:48PM WITH A REPORT ON -- ON USING SOME OF THE FUNDS FOR OUR
12:15:51PM VETERANS, THAT THEY LOOK ON HAVING A SPECIFIC PERCENTAGE
12:15:56PM DEDICATED TO VETERAN HOUSING SO I WANT TO AMEND WHEN THAT IS
12:15:59PM COMING BACK TO US TO -- TO LOOK AT THAT PERCENTAGE.
12:16:04PM AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT IS COMING BACK TO US.
12:16:07PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: APRIL 13 IS THE NEXT MEETING AND MAY NOT
12:16:10PM BE THAT DATE.
12:16:10PM >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
12:16:11PM BUT I WILL JUST AMEND IT.
12:16:13PM IF I MAY, BRANDON -- IF YOU DON'T MIND, BRANDON, SENDING A
12:16:18PM MEMO FOR THAT TO AMEND IT.
12:16:20PM THAT IS MY MOTION.
12:16:22PM >>LYNN HURTAK: MOTION MADE BY BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
12:16:24PM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
12:16:26PM ALL IN FAVOR.
12:16:27PM ANY OPPOSED.
12:16:28PM >>LUIS VIERA: SECOND, IF I MAY.
12:16:30PM WE JUST PASSED THAT TAMPA THEATRE.
12:16:32PM I WANT TO COME BACK IN A YEAR BECAUSE WE ARE IN -- THAT WILL
12:16:36PM BE JUST BEFORE SUMMER TO SEE WHAT THE PLANS WOULD BE ON THE
12:16:41PM FILM CAMP FOR -- FOR COMMUNITIES.
12:16:45PM IF WE CAN SCHEDULE A YEAR INTO THE FUTURE.
12:16:48PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
12:16:48PM >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY.
12:16:50PM MOTION MADE BY BOARD MEMBER VIERA AND SECONDED BY BOARD
12:16:53PM MEMBER MANISCALCO.
12:16:54PM ALL IN FAVOR.
12:16:54PM OPPOSED.
12:16:55PM MOTION CARRIES.
12:16:57PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
12:16:57PM THAT WILL BE THE MEET MEETING IN MARCH.
12:17:01PM LASTLY, I WANT TO MOTION NOR TO COME BACK IN -- LET'S SAY
12:17:05PM JUNE OF 2023 FOR CRA STAFF TO SEE ON WHAT HELP FROM ANY,
12:17:11PM THEY CAN GET EITHER THROUGH GRANTS, YOU KNOW, EXISTING
12:17:14PM PROGRAMS AND ETC. FOR THE YBOR YBOR HISTORY MUSEUM.
12:17:19PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT WILL BE THE BOARD RETREAT.
12:17:21PM SO JULY -- JULY 20 OF IT.
12:17:24PM >>LUIS VIERA: MY APOLOGIES.
12:17:26PM THAT IS MY MOTION.
12:17:27PM >>LYNN HURTAK: MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER VIERA AND SECONDED BY
12:17:31PM BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:17:32PM ALL IN FAVOR.
12:17:33PM OPPOSED.
12:17:34PM BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
12:17:36PM >>BILL CARLSON: A COUPLE REAL FAST HERE.
12:17:38PM NICOLE, DO YOU KNOW -- OR IF SOMEBODY KNOWS IF WE HAVE THE
12:17:44PM YBOR BRICKING COMING UP.
12:17:45PM IF NOT CAN I SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT FOR APRIL 13.
12:17:52PM I WANT TO GIVE AN UPDATE TO REBRICK 7th AVENUE ON APRIL 13.
12:17:58PM >>LYNN HURTAK: MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER CARLSON AND SECONDED
12:18:02PM BY BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:18:03PM ALL IN FAVOR.
12:18:04PM MOTION CARRIES.
12:18:06PM >>BILL CARLSON: THE TAMPA THEATRE, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE
12:18:09PM STAFF COME BACK TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE RENOVATION AND
12:18:14PM ACTIVATION OF THE OF CO-WORK SPACE OF TAMPA THEATRE TO COME
12:18:19PM BACK JUNE 8, SEPTEMBER 14 ALREADY DECEMBER 14 AND MARCH 14.
12:18:25PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
12:18:27PM >>LYNN HURTAK: CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN?
12:18:30PM >>BILL CARLSON: I THINK IT IS MARCH 14.
12:18:32PM I AM TRYING TO DO IT QUARTERLY BUT INSTEAD OF SAYING
12:18:35PM QUARTERLY I WANTED TO PUT THE DATES UP.
12:18:38PM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: FOR THE THEATRE.
12:18:40PM >>BILL CARLSON: TAMPA THEATRE.
12:18:41PM SORRY, I MIXED UP THE TWO.
12:18:44PM TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON TAMPA UNION STATION RENOVATION AND
12:18:48PM ACTIVATION OF CO-WORK SPACE JUNE 8, SEPTEMBER 14, DECEMBER
12:18:54PM 14 AND MARCH 14 MUCH HE.
12:18:58PM >>LYNN HURTAK: AGAIN, JUNE 8 IS THAT RETREAT.
12:19:00PM >>BILL CARLSON: SORRY, JULY 20, SEPTEMBER 14, DECEMBER 14
12:19:05PM AND MARCH 14.
12:19:06PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
12:19:09PM >>LYNN HURTAK: MOTION MADE BY BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
12:19:11PM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
12:19:13PM ALL IN FAVOR.
12:19:14PM ANY OPPOSED?
12:19:16PM >>BILL CARLSON: SAME THING, LIKE TO COME BACK FOR AN UPDATE
12:19:19PM ON THE TAMPA THEATRE RENOVATION ON JULY 20, SEPTEMBER 14,
12:19:23PM DECEMBER 14, MARCH 14 OF.
12:19:25PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
12:19:25PM >>LYNN HURTAK: MOTION MADE BY BOARD MEMBER CARSON AND SECOND
12:19:30PM BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
12:19:32PM ALL IN FAVOR.
12:19:32PM >>BILL CARLSON: LASTLY, I KNOW THIS IS CRA, BUT TODAY IS IT
12:19:36PM THE TWO-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE PASSING OF OFFICER JESSIE
12:19:40PM MADSEN, AND JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEND CONDOLENCES TO THINKS
12:19:45PM FAMILY AND COLLEAGUES.
12:19:46PM HE WAS HEROIC OF SAVING LIVES AND PUTTING HIS LIFE IN HARM'S
12:19:52PM WAY AND LOST HIS LIFE.
12:19:54PM AND THANK HIS FAMILY AND CO-WORKERS FOR THE SACRIFICE THAT
12:19:59PM HE MADE.
12:19:59PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU FOR THAT.
12:20:01PM MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
12:20:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILED.
12:20:04PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND MUCH.
12:20:05PM >>LYNN HURTAK: MOTION BY INCH BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO AND
12:20:08PM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:20:10PM ALL IN FAVOR.
12:20:11PM OKAY.
12:20:12PM WE ARE ADJOURNED.
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