TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 2023
9:00 A.M.
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9:15:18AM
9:15:42AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: PRESENTATION AND COMMENDATION TODAY ON
9:16:48AM APRIL 11, 2023.
9:16:52AM STAND FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF
9:16:55AM ALLEGIANCE.
9:16:59AM (MOMENT OF SILENCE)
9:17:12AM I THANK YOU.
9:17:12AM [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ]
9:17:16AM PLEASE BE SEATED.
9:17:32AM MAY WE HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
9:17:34AM >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
9:17:38AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
9:17:41AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
9:17:42AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE.
9:17:45AM >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
9:17:47AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:17:48AM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
9:17:49AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE THE
9:17:52AM ATU COMMENDATION FROM THE AGENDA TODAY, THE NEXT WILL TAKE
9:17:56AM PLACE IN JUNE.
9:17:57AM >> SECOND.
9:17:59AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
9:18:01AM SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
9:18:03AM I MEAN COUNCILMAN VIERA.
9:18:06AM EXCUSE ME.
9:18:07AM ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
9:18:08AM IS THERE ANY OPPOSED?
9:18:10AM MOTION CARRIES.
9:18:10AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
9:18:24AM >>LUIS VIERA: IF I CAN HAVE OFFICER TED CLAY COME UP HERE.
9:18:28AM HOW ARE YOU, SIR?
9:18:31AM IT'S MY GREAT PLEASURE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, MR. CHAIRMAN, TO
9:18:34AM PRESENT OUR OFFICER OF THE MONTH TO OFFICER TED CLAY WHO IS
9:18:39AM HERE, AND LIKE I ALWAYS SAY, WE ALWAYS DO THE POLICE OFFICER
9:18:42AM OF THE MONTH AS WELL AS THE FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER
9:18:45AM BECAUSE IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE VALUES OF OUR CITY, WHICH
9:18:48AM IS OUR CITY OF TAMPA IS VERY PRO-FIRST RESPONDER CITY, A
9:18:53AM CITY THAT SUPPORTS THE HARD WORK OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS,
9:18:55AM AND THAT INCLUDES THE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR TAMPA POLICE
9:18:57AM DEPARTMENT.
9:18:58AM THAT'S A MESSAGE THAT WE HEAR AGAIN AND AGAIN FROM OUR
9:19:01AM CONSTITUENTS IN OUR CITY, AND I BELIEVE THROUGHOUT THE STATE
9:19:04AM OF FLORIDA AND THROUGHOUT ALL OF OUR UNITED STATES, WHICH IS
9:19:07AM WE SUPPORT THE HARD WORK THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT DOES.
9:19:10AM SO I WILL INVITE CHIEF JOHNSON HERE.
9:19:12AM >> I WAS A CAPTAIN IN WITH OFFICER CLAY SHOWED UP, AND JUST
9:19:33AM THE RELATIONSHIP THAT HE HAS, VERY RELAXED, AND THAT'S THE
9:19:37AM ULTIMATE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT RIGHT THERE.
9:19:41AM OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS, OFFICER TED CLAY HAS BEEN A
9:19:45AM QUINTESSENTIAL EXAMPLE AND COLLEAGUE AT THE TAMPA POLICE
9:19:49AM DEPARTMENT, SERVED IN A VARIETY OF ROLES DURING HIS CAREER
9:19:52AM AS A PATROL OFFICER, FIELD TRAINING OFFICER AND A MEMBER OF
9:19:55AM OUR STREET ANTI-CRIMES SQUAD.
9:19:58AM ON TOP OF THE DAILY WORKLOAD HE IS THE FIRST PERSON TO TAKE
9:20:02AM ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS OR OFFER ASSISTANCE TO HIS FELLOW
9:20:06AM OFFICERS.
9:20:07AM OFFICER CLAY STAYS ON TOP OF CURRENT TRENDS AND CURRENT
9:20:12AM INFORMATION OF DETECTIVES.
9:20:15AM HE BROUGHT A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS,
9:20:18AM LOCAL BUSINESSES, WHICH HAVE PROVEN VALUABLE DURING
9:20:23AM INVESTIGATIONS.
9:20:23AM OFFICER CLAY CONSISTENTLY GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT HE IS
9:20:27AM CALLED TO DO.
9:20:27AM AN EXAMPLE OF THAT, OCCURRED IN FEBRUARY WHILE INVESTIGATING
9:20:32AM A COMMERCIAL BURGLARY.
9:20:34AM ON FEBRUARY 16, NINE DAYS AFTER THE CRIME COMMITTED -- OOPS,
9:20:37AM SORRY ABOUT THAT -- ON FEBRUARY 7TH, OFFICER CLAY RESPONDED
9:20:46AM TO A LOCKED STORAGE ON HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE AFTER A SUSPECT
9:20:52AM FORCED HIS WAY INTO SEVERAL LOCKED STORAGE UNITS.
9:20:52AM ONCE INSIDE THE SUSPECT STOLE A GAMING SYSTEM AND VIDEO GAME
9:20:56AM ALONG WITH OTHER VALUABLES.
9:20:57AM HE LATER FLED ON FOOT.
9:21:00AM OFFER CONDUCTING A SURVEY, OFFICER CLAY LOCATED RADIO OF THE
9:21:04AM SUSPECT AND THE VEHICLE HE DROVE AWAY IN INCLUDING HIS TAG
9:21:09AM NUMBER WHICH LED TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE SUSPECT.
9:21:12AM ON FEBRUARY 16, 9 DAYS AFTER THE INCIDENT -- (LOST AUDIO).
9:21:21AM IT WAS LEARNED THAT HE HAD JUST BEEN RELEASED FROM JAIL TEN
9:21:44AM DAYS PRIOR.
9:21:45AM THANKS TO OFFICER CLAY'S DILIGENT INVESTIGATIVE SKILLS A
9:21:49AM CAREER CRIMINAL WAS ONCE AGAIN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND PUT
9:21:53AM BEHIND BARS.
9:21:54AM HIS WILLINGNESS TO FOLLOW UP ON THIS CASE AND OTHER CASES
9:21:56AM AND TO ALWAYS HELP AND STEP UP AND SUPPORT FELLOW OFFICERS
9:22:01AM IS THE REASON WHY OFFICER CLAY HAS BEEN SELECTED AS THE
9:22:05AM OFFICER OF THE MONTH APRIL 2023.
9:22:09AM THANK YOU.
9:22:09AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:22:11AM >>LUIS VIERA: AND NOW BEFORE THE WE FORMALLY PRESENT BEFORE
9:22:21AM TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, I KNOW WE HAVE SOME MEMBERS OF THE
9:22:23AM COMMUNITY HERE, MR. STEVE MICHELINI WHO USUALLY BRINGS GIFTS
9:22:26AM FROM HIS CLIENTS, A NUMBER OF THEM, COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY,
9:22:30AM SO WE WILL PRESENT THOSE OFF-SITE.
9:22:32AM SO GO AHEAD.
9:22:37AM >> TAMPA PBA.
9:22:50AM >> STEPP'S TOWING SERVICE.
9:22:57AM CONGRATULATIONS ON A JOB WELL DONE, WELL DESERVED.
9:22:59AM ON BEHALF OF TODD AND STEPP'S TOWING, A DINNER AND NIGHT OUT
9:23:04AM IN OUR COMPANY LIMOUSINE.
9:23:07AM YOU DESERVE IT.
9:23:08AM AND ALSO BUSCH GARDENS COULDN'T BE HERE AND WE HAVE A GIFT
9:23:12AM PACKAGE FOR YOU FOR BUSCH GARDENS.
9:23:16AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:23:16AM >> WE PRESENT YOU WITH A GAME BALL RECOGNIZING OUTSTANDING
9:23:31AM PERFORMANCE. I PRESENT YOU WITH A GAME BALL.
9:23:36AM >> I PRESENT YOU WITH A MEMBERSHIP TO THE TAMPA THEATRE.
9:23:52AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR OUR
9:23:54AM COMMUNITY.
9:23:55AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:23:56AM >> I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY WITH A GIFT
9:24:10AM CARD TO ANY OF OUR RESTAURANTS.
9:24:18AM THANK YOU.
9:24:18AM >> PLEASE COME AND ENJOY TAMPA THEATRE.
9:24:33AM >> THANK YOU.
9:24:34AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:24:40AM I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD AND WE ARE PRESENTING YOU
9:24:43AM WITH AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO ENJOY.
9:24:46AM I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
9:24:48AM I WANT TO THANK YOUR FAMILY FOR SHARING YOU WITH US.
9:24:52AM TREMENDOUS RESPECT FOR THE POLICE.
9:24:53AM THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
9:24:55AM CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR COMMENDATION.
9:24:57AM >> THANK YOU.
9:25:04AM >>LUIS VIERA: AND THERE ARE MORE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, BUT
9:25:07AM YOU WILL GET THOSE OFF-SITE.
9:25:08AM AND I SEE YOUR BEAUTIFUL FAMILY, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE THEM
9:25:12AM COME UP HERE OR NOT.
9:25:13AM WHATEVER YOU WANT.
9:25:19AM SO WITH YOUR WONDERFUL WIFE HERE AND YOUR TWO BEAUTIFUL
9:25:23AM DAUGHTERS HERE IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE ON BEHALF OF TAMPA
9:25:25AM CITY COUNCIL TO GIVE THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL COMMENDATION
9:25:28AM FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK AND ALL OF YOUR SERVICE HERE FOR THE
9:25:31AM CITY OF TAMPA.
9:25:32AM WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL.
9:25:33AM >> THANK YOU.
9:25:37AM >> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY.
9:25:48AM I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY FAMILY.
9:25:50AM IF IT WASN'T FOR THEM I WOULDN'T BE HERE.
9:25:53AM THANK YOU.
9:25:53AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:25:56AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
9:26:05AM MOST IMPORTANTLY THANK YOU, YOUR FAMILY, AND THANK YOU FOR
9:26:09AM THE SACRIFICE THAT YOU ALL MAKE, EVERY TIME YOU PUT THAT
9:26:12AM UNIFORM ON, YOU ARE OUT THERE PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY,
9:26:14AM MAKING IT A SAFER PLACE, AND TO YOUR CHILDREN, KNOW THAT
9:26:17AM YOUR DAD IS A HERO, AND IT'S PEOPLE LIKE HIM THAT INSPIRE US
9:26:21AM EVERY DAY TO BE BETTER AND TO SERVE AND GIVE BACK TO THIS
9:26:25AM COMMUNITY.
9:26:25AM SO CONGRATULATIONS.
9:26:28AM THANK YOU.
9:26:29AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT AN 8 TO 5 JOB OR
9:26:35AM 11 TO 7 IN THE MORNING JOB.
9:26:37AM THERE'S A POLICE OFFICER 24 HOURS A DAY, NOT BECAUSE THEY
9:26:43AM WANT TO, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO.
9:26:45AM THEY WANT TO DO A JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SAFETY OF ALL
9:26:48AM CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA ARE RESPECTED AND NOT IGNORED.
9:26:54AM FOR YOURSELF AND THE THOUSAND OR SO POLICE OFFICERS, WE
9:26:58AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IN THE PAST,
9:27:00AM CONTINUE WHAT YOU ARE DOING FOR THE FUTURE, AND IF IT WASN'T
9:27:02AM FOR YOUR FAMILY TO ALLOW YOU TO DO ALL THOSE THINGS WE
9:27:06AM WOULDN'T BE STANDING HERE TODAY.
9:27:07AM I WANT TO THANK YOUR FAMILY ALSO AND EVERYONE IN THE
9:27:10AM COMMUNITY WHO UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS IS NOT ABOUT KEEPING A
9:27:15AM SECRET, NOT SAYING WHO DID IT, IT'S NOT A GAME SHOW, THIS IS
9:27:18AM ABOUT SAY WHO DID IT SO WE CAN GET OUR STREETS BACK TO THE
9:27:24AM CITIZENS SO THEY CAN QUACK IN PEACE AND NOT BE DISTURBED,
9:27:27AM NOT TO BE NERVOUS WALKING THE STREETS.
9:27:28AM THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
9:27:30AM I WANT TO THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS FOR THE
9:27:32AM CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
9:27:34AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: OFFICER, I TALKED WITH YOUR WIFE AND YOUR
9:27:39AM TWO DAUGHTERS OUTSIDE IN THE HALLWAY AND I NEED TO HEAR FROM
9:27:42AM YOU.
9:27:42AM OF YOUR TWO DAUGHTERS, WHICH ONE IS THE SHY ONE?
9:27:50AM [ LAUGHTER ]
9:27:50AM I REPEAT MYSELF ALL THE TIME WHEN I TELL PEOPLE IN THE
9:27:59AM AUDIENCE AND ON TV, IF YOU ALL WANT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS, OR
9:28:04AM WHAT THE BRAVE WOMEN AND MEN OF TPD GOES THROUGH EACH AND
9:28:07AM EVERY DAY, GO TO THE CITIZENS ACADEMY.
9:28:10AM YOU WILL FIND OUT IN SIX WEEKS JUST THE SURFACE LEVEL OF
9:28:18AM WHAT THESE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN DO.
9:28:21AM I THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
9:28:22AM KEEPING THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA SAFE, MAKING SURE THAT OUR
9:28:26AM PROPERTY IS PROTECTED, MAKING SURE OUR CHILDREN ARE
9:28:29AM PROTECTED.
9:28:30AM THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THE CITY OF TAMPA'S FAMILY.
9:28:34AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:28:35AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:28:56AM >>LUIS VIERA: I HAVE GOT THE NEXT THREE.
9:28:58AM OR TWO.
9:28:58AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: I WAS THINKING IF YOU WANT TO GO OUT AND
9:29:01AM GET A PICTURE, I CAN DO THE COMMENDATION.
9:29:13AM >>LUIS VIERA: FOR EFFICIENCY AND WHATNOT.
9:29:15AM IT'S MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT THE TAMPA FIREFIGHTER OF THE
9:29:17AM QUARTER TO MR. BRIAN NOONAN.
9:29:23AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:29:29AM IT'S A PLEASURE TO PRESENT THIS TO MR. BRIAN NOONAN, AND THE
9:29:35AM SAME IS TRUE FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS, WHICH IS WE DO THIS TO
9:29:38AM REFLECT THE VALUES OF OUR CITY OF TAMPA WHICH SUPPORTS OUR
9:29:42AM HARD-WORKING MEN AND WOMEN IN TAMPA FIRE RESCUE, SO I WILL
9:29:46AM INVITE OVER HERE CHIEF BARBARA TRIPP.
9:29:53AM >>CHIEF TRIPP: GOOD MORNING, BARBARA TRIPP, FIRE CHIEF,
9:29:59AM TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
9:30:00AM WE HAVE MR. BRIAN NOONAN.
9:30:04AM LET ME TELL YOU WHY HE'S BEEN SELECTED.
9:30:08AM DRIVER ENGINEER, HE CAME TO TAMPA FIRE RESCUE MAY 18th
9:30:12AM OF 2009, HAS BECOME A ROLE MODEL FOR MANY OF THE DEPARTMENTS
9:30:16AM AND HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY FOR EDUCATING HIMSELF UPON OTHERS.
9:30:20AM AND MADE TAMPA FIRE RESCUE A BETTER PLACE TO WORK.
9:30:25AM HE ALWAYS HAD A PASSION FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND HAS STRIVED
9:30:29AM TO PROVE HIMSELF THROUGH EDUCATION AND HARD WORK.
9:30:32AM HE'S A FITNESS INSTRUCTOR, PERSONAL TRAINER, SWIM COACH AND
9:30:37AM NUTRITION COACH.
9:30:38AM HE CONTINUOUSLY VOLUNTEERS HIS TIME TO HELP OTHERS LEARN
9:30:41AM HEALTHY HABITS, THROUGH PHYSICAL FITNESS AND NUTRITION.
9:30:45AM DRIVER ENGINEER NOON DID RAN HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO FIRE
9:30:50AM STATION 19.
9:30:51AM TO SAY HE LIKES WATER IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
9:30:54AM ASPECT A FIREFIGHTER, HE IS HIGHLY EDUCATED.
9:30:57AM HE LIKES TO LEARN BUT HE LIKES TO BE PHYSICALLY AND HANDS-ON
9:31:01AM WHILE DOING IT.
9:31:02AM HE HAS AMAZED AN IMPRESSIVE NUMBER OF CLASSES AND
9:31:06AM CERTIFICATIONS AS HIS DESIRE TO IMPROVE HIMSELF, AMONG THESE
9:31:11AM SEARCH AND WATER RESCUE, SWIFT WATER BOAT PRIORITIES, COAST
9:31:15AM GUARD CAPTAIN, ADVANCED OPEN WATER DIVE, RESCUE DIVER,
9:31:19AM AQUATIC RAPID RESCUE TECH, DIVE INSTRUCTOR AND HAS OVER
9:31:25AM 5,000 HOURS OF SERVICE TIME.
9:31:27AM HE'S ALSO A PwC RESCUE OPERATOR.
9:31:31AM INDIVIDUALS HAVE PERSONALLY SEEN THIS GUY SWIMMING IN TAMPA
9:31:34AM BAY WATERS FOR OVER FOUR HOURS STRAIGHT.
9:31:38AM AGAINST THE TIDES.
9:31:42AM MISSING ONE FLIPPER AND STILL CAME IN FIRST IN THE GROUP.
9:31:47AM JUST RECENTLY HE WAS SELECTED AS TRAIN THE TRAINING
9:31:50AM INSTRUCTOR.
9:31:52AM HE SPENT TWO WEEKS LEARNING, IMPLEMENTING AND INSTRUCTING
9:31:54AM NEW TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES TO FOLLOW ALL PERSONNEL
9:32:00AM ASSIGNED TO MARINE DIVISION AT TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
9:32:03AM DRIVER ENGINEER NOONAN HAS A SECOND PASSION, WHICH AGAIN IS
9:32:08AM IN PUBLIC SERVICE, BUT THIS IS TECH MEDICAL RESCUE, TEAM
9:32:15AM MEMBER, AND A POLICE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA.
9:32:17AM HE HIS TRAINING CONTINUES FROM THERE.
9:32:20AM EMERGENCY EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE AND DEVICE, RESCUE DIVER, FBI
9:32:27AM TRAINING, BOMB MATERIAL, COUNTERTERRORISM AND OPERATION AND
9:32:33AM SUPPORT TRAINING, BIOTERRORISM, WEAPONIZED BIOLOGICAL
9:32:37AM TRAINING, LAB TRAINER, AND NUCLEAR COUNTERTERRORISM
9:32:45AM TRAINING.
9:32:46AM TONGUE TWISTER THERE.
9:32:47AM HE HAS EVEN TAKEN THE TRAINING FOR POLICE CANINES WHEN AND
9:32:54AM IF THEY ARE INJURED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
9:32:56AM HE IS A STATE CERTIFIED PARAMEDIC HAZ-MAT TECH AND FLORIDA
9:33:00AM STATE FIRE COLLEGE INSTRUCTOR, DRIVER ENGINEER NOONAN HAS
9:33:05AM COMMITTED TO THE CITY OF TAMPA FIRE RESCUE, TAMPA POLICE,
9:33:07AM THE COMMUNITIES ON BOTH EAST AND WEST OF FLORIDA, AND LAST
9:33:12AM BUT NOT LEAST HIS FAMILY WHICH INCLUDES HIS LOVELY WIFE, MS.
9:33:18AM JAN, AND THREE YOUNG BOYS, ETHAN, 12, AND CONNOR AND CUREN,
9:33:25AM BOTH 9.
9:33:27AM HE SERVES AS EQUIPMENT MANAGER LITTLE LEAGUE AND NOT
9:33:31AM SURPRISING BOARD MEMBER AS WELL.
9:33:33AM HIS COMMUNITY SERVICE CONTINUES WITH PROVIDING FREE SWIM
9:33:37AM LESSONS NOT ONLY TO MEMBERS OF TAMPA FIRE RESCUE TO THE CITY
9:33:40AM OF TAMPA EMPLOYEES AND THE COMMUNITIES ON BOTH THE EAST AND
9:33:44AM WEST COAST OF FLORIDA.
9:33:46AM THIS GUY THAT MAKES TAMPA FIRE RESCUE BETTER AND WHAT IT IS
9:33:50AM TODAY, HE SETS THE PATH, HE HAS PROVEN HIMSELF AS A LEADER
9:33:54AM IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
9:33:57AM MANY ADMIRE HIM.
9:33:58AM HE ALWAYS HAS A SMILE OWN HIS FACE.
9:34:02AM HE'S VERY SELFLESSLY SACRIFICED HIS TIME AND PUT OTHERS
9:34:07AM BEFORE HIS OWN.
9:34:10AM HE'S NOT A MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER BUT WE ARE GOING TO MAKE
9:34:13AM THAT HIS NEXT JOB, BECAUSE HE HAS DEFINITELY A BIG IMPACT ON
9:34:17AM INDIVIDUALS AND SHOWING THEM THE BEST WAY TO BECOME A
9:34:20AM FIREFIGHTER.
9:34:20AM SOME SAY HE'S A MACHINE, NOT EVEN A REAL PERSON.
9:34:24AM BECAUSE HE NEVER GIVES UP, NEVER GIVES IN, AND PUTS 100% OF
9:34:29AM HIMSELF INTO EVERYTHING HE DOES.
9:34:31AM HE ALWAYS TRIES HIS BEST, AND THE DEFINITION IS WHAT A
9:34:38AM FIREFIGHTER SHOULD BE.
9:34:39AM IT IS WITH GREAT HONOR THAT WE LET NOW DRIVER ENGINEER
9:34:45AM NOONAN HAS SELECTED AS THE SECOND QUARTER FIREFIGHTER FOR
9:34:48AM TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
9:34:49AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:34:50AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR THAT.
9:35:04AM AND BEFORE WE HEAR YOU FROM, WE WILL HAVE AGAIN MEMBERS OF
9:35:07AM THE COMMUNITY COME FORWARD AND SHOW THEIR APPRECIATION.
9:35:10AM YOU HAVE SOME INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL BE PRESENTING THIS
9:35:11AM OFF-SITE BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE --
9:35:19AM >> CONGRATULATIONS ON BEHALF OF THE LOCAL AND
9:35:27AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:35:35AM SORRY ABOUT THAT.
9:35:36AM HE DOES ALL THIS WHILE COMMUTING 3-PLUS HOURS EVERY DAY TO
9:35:40AM WORK.
9:35:42AM >> STEPP'S TOWING.
9:35:52AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:35:59AM THIS IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
9:36:03AM I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
9:36:06AM ON BEHALF OF STEPP'S TOWING, A NIGHT OFF IN THE LIMOUSINE.
9:36:12AM THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
9:36:13AM >> CONGRATULATIONS.
9:36:24AM PRESENTING YOU WITH A GAME BALL RECOGNIZING OUTSTANDING
9:36:26AM PERFORMANCE, MY GOODNESS.
9:36:28AM ON BEHALF OF THE GLAZER FAMILY, A GAME BALL.
9:36:33AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
9:36:33AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:36:43AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO TAMPA.
9:36:45AM WE ARE SO LUCKY.
9:36:48AM WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU AN AND YOUR FAMILY TO ATTEND
9:36:52AM ANY OF OUR RESTAURANTS AROUND THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND HOPE
9:36:54AM YOU ENJOY A NIGHT OFF.
9:36:55AM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:36:59AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:37:03AM ON BEHALF OF TAMPA THEATER, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
9:37:06AM HARD WORK AND IMPRESSIVE RESUMÉ.
9:37:10AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND
9:37:12AM CONGRATULATIONS, A MEMBERSHIP TO TAMPA THEATER, FOUR
9:37:17AM TICKETS.
9:37:20AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:37:20AM >> THANK YOU.
9:37:23AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:37:25AM I'M MARYLOU BAILEY ON THE BOARD OF ZOO TAMPA.
9:37:28AM >> AND I'M MARK HAINES.
9:37:32AM >> THE BOARD HAS BROUGHT A MEMBERSHIP FOR YOU AND YOUR
9:37:36AM FAMILY TO THE ZOO AND I THANK YOU YOUR FAMILY FOR SHARING
9:37:40AM YOU WITH US.
9:37:40AM IT'S A HECK OF A COMMUTE.
9:37:41AM I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO THAT.
9:37:44AM BUT WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE AND WHEN YOU RUN INTO DANGER
9:37:50AM WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE IS SCREAMING AND RUNNING AWAY.
9:37:52AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
9:37:53AM >> IF YOU WE WANT TO YOU COME INSIDE THE HABITAT.
9:38:02AM BUT ENJOY IT.
9:38:03AM THANK YOU.
9:38:04AM >> STRAZ CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS.
9:38:10AM THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE.
9:38:12AM IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE.
9:38:14AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING.
9:38:15AM ENJOY A NIGHT OF THEATER HERE AT THE STRAZ CENTER AND ENJOY
9:38:19AM THE RIVERWALK AND COME DOWN.
9:38:20AM >> THANK YOU, SIR.
9:38:22AM >> I FORGOT TO MENTION, PETE OF BUSCH GARDENS COULDN'T BE
9:38:28AM HERE BUT HE HAS SOME TICKETS FOR YOU TO BUSCH GARDENS.
9:38:32AM SO HE WILL CATCH UP WITH YOU.
9:38:34AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
9:38:38AM >> MY NAME IS STEVEN WHITE, AND I AM THE CO-CHAIR OF THE
9:38:41AM TAMPA FIREFIGHTER AWARDS REVIEW COMMITTEE, AND I JUST WANT
9:38:46AM TO THANK EVERYBODY.
9:38:46AM I WANT TO THANK CITY COUNCIL FOR GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY
9:38:49AM TO RECOGNIZE BRIAN AS OUR FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER.
9:38:52AM I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR EXECUTIVE STAFF AND ALL THE OTHER
9:38:54AM STAFF MEMBERS AND FORMER COLLEAGUES AND CO-WORKERS AND ALL
9:38:58AM THE OTHER PEOPLE OUT IN THE AUDIENCE THAT ARE HERE TO
9:39:01AM WITNESS THIS, AND WANT TO THANK HIS WIFE AND FAMILY FOR
9:39:07AM BEING A STRONG PERSON BECAUSE I AM SURE THAT SHE'S THE GLUE
9:39:10AM THAT HOLDS THE FAMILY TOGETHER.
9:39:13AM BUT WE ARE VERY HONORED TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT
9:39:20AM DRIVER ENGINEER BRIAN NOONAN AS OUR FIREFIGHTER OF THE
9:39:23AM QUARTER.
9:39:24AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:39:25AM >>LUIS VIERA: IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE TO PRESENT THIS TO
9:39:34AM YOU.
9:39:34AM WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND WANT YOUR BEAUTIFUL FAMILY TO
9:39:38AM COME UP.
9:39:38AM YOU MAY SPEAK, SIR.
9:39:40AM GO AHEAD.
9:39:40AM >> COUNCIL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.
9:39:44AM MY EXECUTIVE CHIEF OF STAFF, THANK YOU ALL FOR RECOGNIZING
9:39:48AM ME.
9:39:48AM IT'S HUMBLING.
9:39:49AM IT'S AN HONOR TO REPRESENT TAMPA.
9:39:53AM I GET TO DO IT WITH MY CREW.
9:39:56AM MY CREW, MY GUYS.
9:39:58AM THAT'S WHO I DO IT FOR, EVERY ONE OF YOU GUYS.
9:40:00AM THANK YOU FOR MY FAMILY, MOSTLY FOR ENABLING ME TO DO THIS.
9:40:05AM WITHOUT THEM I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO.
9:40:08AM SO MY BOYS, MY WIFE, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.
9:40:11AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:40:12AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHAT AN IMPRESSIVE LIST OF
9:40:21AM ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
9:40:22AM EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, YOU MAKE TAMPA FIRE RESCUE
9:40:26AM HEALTHIER, STRONGER, BETTER.
9:40:28AM YOU MAKE ME WANT TO BE DO BETTER.
9:40:30AM LISTENING TO THAT, GOT TO BE HEALTHY, TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF,
9:40:33AM AND YOU TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
9:40:39AM BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU.
9:40:40AM WE APPRECIATE THE SACRIFICE YOU MAKE.
9:40:41AM WE APPRECIATE YOU COMMUTING.
9:40:43AM WHAT IS IT, TWO-PLUS HOURS?
9:40:45AM I HEARD MERRITT ISLAND, IS THAT TRUE?
9:40:48AM AND YOUR FAMILY, IF SACRIFICE THEY MAKE BECAUSE I KNOW IT
9:40:50AM TAKES A LOT.
9:40:53AM BUT WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE YOU AS PART OF THE CITY OF
9:40:56AM TAMPA FAMILY, THE TAMPA FIRE RESCUE FAMILY, WELL DESERVED.
9:40:59AM YOU LIVE AN AMAZING LIFE.
9:41:01AM YOU ARE AN AMAZING PERSON.
9:41:02AM SO KEEP ON DOING WHAT YOU DO.
9:41:04AM THANK YOU FOR INSPIRING ALL OF US.
9:41:06AM >> I APPRECIATE IT.
9:41:07AM THANK YOU, SIR.
9:41:09AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
9:41:12AM BRIAN, THIS LIST OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, I SAW A MOVIE
9:41:17AM ONCE ABOUT YOU.
9:41:18AM IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO.
9:41:21AM RAMBO.
9:41:24AM BUT I WAS THINKING, I SAID IF I WAS BRIAN, HOW DO I CUT IN
9:41:30AM HALF MY TWO HOUR TIME?
9:41:35AM YOU CAN WALK HERE FASTER.
9:41:38AM BUT THE TRUE COST IS EXPENSIVE BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU MUCH
9:41:41AM FOR WHAT YOU DO.
9:41:42AM YOU REALLY HAVE TO BE INTO IT.
9:41:44AM LIKE I SAY, IN THE STREETS OF TAMPA, TO DRIVE AT LEAST TWO
9:41:47AM HOURS ONE WAY, AND AFTER 24 HOURS, TWO HOURS BACK.
9:41:52AM AND BY THE TIME YOU TURN AROUND THOSE TWO DAYS, 48 HOURS GO
9:41:55AM BY AWFUL QUICK.
9:41:56AM AND LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, FIRE STATIONS DON'T CLOSE.
9:42:00AM THEY STAY OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAYS A
9:42:05AM YEAR.
9:42:06AM IT'S THE MEN AND WOMEN IN THAT DEPARTMENT THAT DO THE
9:42:09AM SERVICING LIKE YOU DO TO HELP THE CITY OF TAMPA BE WHAT IT
9:42:12AM IS TODAY.
9:42:13AM IF IT WASN'T FOR THAT IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, OTHER UNIONS
9:42:17AM THAT WE HAVE, THE ONE THAT KEEPS THE CITY RUNNING, AND IT'S
9:42:22AM A COMFORT TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE ALL IN THE SAME POOL.
9:42:26AM I SAY WATER BECAUSE I DON'T SWIM TOO WELL.
9:42:29AM I AM GOING TO TAKE THAT POOL BACK.
9:42:32AM BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU KEEP YOURSELF HEALTHY AND
9:42:38AM KEEP YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS HEALTHY.
9:42:40AM YOU SEE, IT'S NOT ABOUT ALL STATISTICS IN LIFE.
9:42:44AM IT'S WHAT YOU DO FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE YOU MEET THAT
9:42:48AM MAY MAKE THAT PERSON, HIM OR HER, THAT FOR THE FUTURE OF
9:42:51AM THIS COUNTRY, AND BELIEVE ME, WE HAVE A FUTURE.
9:42:56AM THERE'S MORE THINGS HAPPENING IN THIS COUNTRY AND I AM NOT
9:42:58AM GOING TO GO INTO IT BECAUSE EVERY TIME YOU TURN THE MEDIA ON
9:43:03AM WHAT HAPPENS EVERY DAY.
9:43:04AM AND INDIVIDUALS LIKE YOU TRY TO CHANGE THAT AND MAKE IT A
9:43:07AM BETTER DAY FOR EVERYONE.
9:43:09AM WITH THAT IN MIND WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, THANK YOUR FAMILY,
9:43:13AM AND START WALKING FROM MERRITT ISLAND.
9:43:15AM YOU WILL GET HERE QUICKER, NOT SPEND THAT KIND OF GAS AND
9:43:20AM EVERYTHING ELSE.
9:43:21AM AND MORE THAN LIKELY INCONVENIENT ELECTRIC ROLLER SKATES SO
9:43:24AM YOU CAN GET HERE QUICKER.
9:43:26AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO, SIR.
9:43:28AM >> THANK YOU, SIR.
9:43:31AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: AGAIN, IF PEOPLE IN TAMPA WANT TO SEE WHAT
9:43:34AM THESE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN GO THROUGH IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT,
9:43:38AM GO THROUGH THE CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY.
9:43:40AM IN ONE DAY YOU WILL FIND OUT WHAT THEY DO TO YOUR FAMILY.
9:43:45AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:43:46AM THANK YOU FOR LETTING US HAVE HIM.
9:43:54AM I AM CHOOSING MY WORDS PROPERLY HERE.
9:43:59AM CITIZENS OF TAMPA THINK THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ENDS AT THE
9:44:01AM SHORELINE.
9:44:11AM IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF DISASTER AT THE AT THE PORT, THEY
9:44:14AM CALL TAMPA FIRE.
9:44:15AM ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS AT MacDILL, THEY CALL TAMPA FIRE.
9:44:18AM YOU GUYS GO AS FAR SOUTH AS THE SUNSHINE SKYWAY.
9:44:23AM ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN TAMPA BAY WHERE THEY NEED HELP ON
9:44:25AM THE WATER, THEY CALL TAMPA FIRE.
9:44:30AM TAMPA FIRE DOES NOT END AT THE SHORELINE.
9:44:33AM AND THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE DONE -- AND I AM NOT GOING TO
9:44:37AM SAY THAT WE HAVE BEEN ON THE BOAT TOGETHER BUT WE HAVE WE
9:44:40AM HAVE BEEN ON THE ROAD TOGETHER -- IS AMAZING.
9:44:44AM PEOPLE DO NOT REALIZE WHAT THE MARINE FIRE DEPARTMENT
9:44:48AM ACTUALLY DOES.
9:44:51AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
9:44:53AM THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE.
9:44:54AM THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THE CITY OF TAMPA'S FIRE
9:44:58AM DEPARTMENT FAMILY.
9:45:00AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:45:00AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:45:02AM >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
9:45:03AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: LET'S TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS, PLEASE.
9:45:24AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, FOR THE ROOM TO CLEAR.
9:49:41AM (TAMPA CITY COUNCIL IN RECESS.)
9:51:25AM
9:52:22AM >>LUIS VIERA: THIS IS A GREAT PLEASURE FOR ME,
9:55:24AM MR. CHAIRMAN, AND MEMBERS OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
9:55:26AM BEGINNING IN 1889, COLLEGE HILL CEMETERY WAS IN PUBLIC
9:55:32AM RECORDS, THEN THEREAFTER THE CEMETERY WITH ITS SECTIONS FOR
9:55:37AM IT IS BELIEVED 1,200 SOULS.
9:55:42AM WAS ERASED, AND THIS YOUNG WOMAN LED THE FIGHT TO HAVE THE
9:55:46AM 1200 SOULS AT THIS LOCATION RECOGNIZED.
9:55:50AM I READ ABOUT HER IN THE WONDERFUL WORK THAT SHE HAS DONE IN
9:55:54AM AN ARTICLE BY PAUL GUZZO AND GETTING TO KNOW ANGELA. SHE'S
9:55:58AM A VERY, VERY GOOD WOMAN.
9:56:00AM I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS LOOKING OVER THIS ISSUE AND TALKING
9:56:02AM WITH FOLKS ABOUT IT, SOMEBODY SAID, OH, THIS IS ALL
9:56:05AM POLITICS.
9:56:06AM THIS IS NOT POLITICAL TO ANGELA.
9:56:09AM I DON'T EVEN KNOW HER POLITICS.
9:56:11AM IT IS WHAT IT IS.
9:56:17AM THIS IS 100% A MORAL THING FOR ANGELA.
9:56:22AM AMONG THE MANY SOULS BURIED THERE ARE HER UNCLE, FRANK
9:56:27AM MARTINEZ WHO IS IN COLLEGE HILL CEMETERY, AND ANGELA WORKED
9:56:31AM TO GET A HISTORICAL MARKER THROUGH OUR FRIENDS AT THE
9:56:34AM HISTORICAL COUNTY, THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HISTORICAL
9:56:37AM ADVISORY COUNCIL WHO APPROVED THE REQUEST.
9:56:39AM THE COUNTY PAID FOR HALF OF IT.
9:56:41AM ANGELA HAD TO FUND RAISE FOR THE OTHER HALF OF IT.
9:56:44AM THIS WOMAN LED THAT FIGHT, AND BECAUSE OF HER THOSE 1200
9:56:48AM SOULS AT COLLEGE HILL CEMETERY ARE FOREVER MEMORIALIZED
9:56:52AM THERE.
9:56:54AM I'M A BIG HISTORY FAN.
9:56:56AM I HAVE ALLEGES BEEN A BIG U.S. HISTORY GUY.
9:56:59AM BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT HISTORY IS THE PEOPLE
9:57:01AM THAT WE KNOW BUT THEN THE PEOPLE WHOSE NAMES WE'LL NEVER
9:57:04AM KNOW.
9:57:05AM YOU WALK THROUGH STREETS, AND THINGS HAPPEN THAT YOU JUST
9:57:09AM NEVER KNOW, BUT IF YOU KNEW ABOUT IT, IT WOULD BE SO
9:57:13AM CONSEQUENTIAL.
9:57:14AM AND I BROUGHT WITH ME -- AND I HAD TO DO THIS BECAUSE THIS
9:57:17AM MEANS SO MUCH TO ME -- LYRICS FROM ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS.
9:57:21AM IT'S A VERY UNKNOWN SONG BY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, YES, BRUCE
9:57:25AM SPRINGSTEEN, CALLED "WE ARE ALIVE."
9:57:27AM AND IT SAYS IN PART: A VOICE CRIED.
9:57:29AM I WAS KILLED IN MARYLAND IN 1877 WHEN THE RAILROAD WORKERS
9:57:33AM MADE THEIR STAND.
9:57:34AM I WAS KILLED IN 1963 WHEN SUNDAY MORNING IN BIRMINGHAM. I
9:57:40AM DIED LAST YEAR CROSSING THE SOUTHERN DESERT.
9:57:43AM MY CHILDREN LEFT BEHIND IN SAN PABLO.
9:57:46AM THEY LEFT OUR BODIES HERE TO ROT BUT LET THEM KNOW WE ARE
9:57:49AM ALIVE.
9:57:50AM AND WHERE BODIES LIE ALONE IN THE DARK OUR SOULS WILL RISE
9:57:53AM TO CARRY THE FIRE AND LIGHT THE SPARK TO STAND SHOULDER AND
9:57:57AM SHOULDER AND HEART TO HEART.
9:57:58AM THAT'S AN AWESOME SONG BY THE GREATER SONG WRITER IN
9:58:01AM AMERICAN HISTORY, BUT ONE OF THE REASONS IT'S AWESOME IS
9:58:04AM BECAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT PEOPLE WHOSE NAMES WE'LL NEVER KNOW
9:58:08AM BUT THEIR LIVES MEAN SO MUCH TO US.
9:58:11AM FOR THAT AND SO MANY REASONS, WE ARE HONORED HERE TO GIVE TO
9:58:14AM ANGELA ALDERMAN, A TAMPA CITY COUNCIL CITY COUNCIL
9:58:17AM COMMENDATION.
9:58:18AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:58:19AM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:58:28AM I WASN'T GOING TO CRY UNTIL YOU DID THAT.
9:58:30AM THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
9:58:31AM I WROTE A LITTLE SOMETHING.
9:58:33AM SORRY, I CRIED.
9:58:36AM I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL COMMENDATION,
9:58:41AM COUNCILMAN VIERA, COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
9:58:44AM I PROBABLY SAID YOUR NAME WRONG.
9:58:45AM I'M SORRY: FOR DOING THIS FOR ME.
9:58:51AM I HAD BEEN THE VOICE FOR THE LOST OF COLLEGE HILL AND
9:58:57AM DEDICATE THIS TO EVERY ONE OF THOSE PRECIOUS SOULS.
9:59:02AM I AM SO VERY HONORED TO BE A PART OF THIS BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY.
9:59:08AM TO BE THE VOICE FOR THOSE WHO DESERVE TO BE REMEMBERED AND
9:59:11AM CHERISHED.
9:59:12AM ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL
9:59:15AM COMMENDATION.
9:59:17AM AND CITY COUNCIL FOR HELPING MAKE WHAT WAS TAKEN FROM THEM
9:59:20AM TO BE RESTORED.
9:59:23AM CONTINUE TO LEAD THIS JOURNEY WITH TRUTH AND LOVE AND
9:59:26AM GUIDANCE FROM THE FORGOTTEN.
9:59:28AM I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TODAY TO RECOGNIZE THE
9:59:30AM IMPORTANCE OF REMEMBERING THOSE AT COLLEGE HILL, THE 1200
9:59:35AM THAT RESIDE THERE.
9:59:36AM WITHOUT HOPE, WHAT WOULD THIS WORLD BE?
9:59:42AM I LEAVE YOU WITH JUST THAT.
9:59:44AM MY HEART HOLDS ONTO THE HOPE THAT THE LOST WILL BE FOUND AND
9:59:48AM THEY WILL BE HONORED AND RESPECTED.
9:59:50AM THANK YOU AGAIN.
9:59:51AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:59:52AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
9:59:58AM I WAS THERE WITH COUNCILMAN VIERA AND MANY OTHERS IN THE
10:00:00AM COMMUNITY FOR THE UNVEILING OF THE HISTORIC MARKER.
10:00:03AM YOU KNOW, WE ARE SO AWFUL TO EACH OTHER IN LIFE I.MEAN, THIS
10:00:07AM WORLD IS SUCH AN UGLY PLACE.
10:00:09AM AND POLITICALLY, I GET TO SEE THE WORST OF IT AND HOW PEOPLE
10:00:13AM ARE TERRIBLE.
10:00:14AM AND WE ARE EVEN AWFUL TO EACH OTHER IN DEATH BECAUSE YOU
10:00:17AM KNOW THE STORY OF COLLEGE HILL, AND SO MANY OTHER CEMETERIES
10:00:20AM IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
10:00:21AM I AM NOT GOING TO NAME THEM BUT WE KNOW BECAUSE THE
10:00:23AM CONVERSATIONS HAPPEN HERE.
10:00:25AM BUT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING HOPE, FOR BRINGING AWARENESS, FOR
10:00:29AM REMEMBERING 1200 SOULS, 1200 PEOPLE THAT BUILT THIS
10:00:33AM COMMUNITY THAT WERE HERE WITH THE LIVING.
10:00:37AM SO LONG AGO.
10:00:38AM AND AS HISTORY HAS SHOWN, THEY ARE FORGOTTEN, THEY ARE
10:00:45AM ERASED, BUT YOU BRING THEM BACK TO LIFE.
10:00:47AM I SAID THIS BEFORE TO COUNCIL, BUT THERE'S A SAYING THAT WE
10:00:51AM DIE TWICE, WITH HE WE TAKE OUR LAST BREATH AND WHEN SOMEBODY
10:00:54AM SPEAKS OUR NAME FOR THE LAST TIME.
10:00:55AM YOU ARE SPEAKING THEIR NAMES.
10:00:57AM EVEN AS A WHOLE 1200 INDIVIDUALS.
10:00:59AM OKAY.
10:01:00AM YOU BRING THEM BACK TO LIFE.
10:01:01AM YOU MAKE THEM KNOWN THAT THEY ARE IMPORTANT, THAT THEY ARE
10:01:05AM REMEMBERED, THAT THEY ARE NOT FORGOTTEN, JUST BECAUSE
10:01:09AM THERE'S A GREEN HISTORICAL MARKER BUT BECAUSE YOU ARE HERE,
10:01:11AM BECAUSE YOU ARE RESEARCHING, YOU ARE LOOKING UP, NAMES OF
10:01:14AM FAMILY MEMBERS.
10:01:16AM WAS IT AN UNCLE, YOU SAID?
10:01:18AM >> MY GREAT UNCLE.
10:01:21AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU BROUGHT THOSE PEOPLE BACK TO LIFE
10:01:23AM AND LET THEM KNOW AND THEIR FAMILIES KNOW THAT THEY ARE NOT
10:01:26AM FORGOTTEN SO THANK YOU.
10:01:28AM IN IS VERY WELL DESERVED AND THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN VIERA,
10:01:30AM FOR BRINGING THIS TO US AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND
10:01:33AM THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
10:01:34AM CONGRATULATIONS.
10:01:35AM >> THANK YOU.
10:01:36AM THAT MEANS A LOT.
10:01:37AM THANK YOU.
10:01:37AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AGAIN THANK YOU, ANGELA, FOR WHAT YOU
10:01:41AM HAVE DONE.
10:01:41AM IT TAKES A PERSON THAT'S VERY DEDICATED, BECAUSE THERE'S SO
10:01:47AM MUCH OTHER THINGS YOU COULD HAVE DONE.
10:01:48AM BUT WHEN YOU BROUGHT BACK THE PEOPLE, AND YOU LOOK AT TAMPA,
10:01:53AM YOU SAID WHAT HAPPENED, HOW DID WE GET TO BE WHAT WE ARE?
10:01:57AM WELL, MOST OF THE PEOPLE BURIED ARE THE ONES THAT STARTED
10:01:59AM ALL THIS MOVEMENT TO GET US WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
10:02:02AM AND I AM NOT TRYING TO BE IN ANY WAY DISRESPECTFUL, BUT IN
10:02:05AM MY OWN WORLD THAT I LIVE IN, I ALWAYS SAY DEAD PEOPLE DON'T
10:02:10AM SPEAK.
10:02:14AM WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
10:02:15AM THAT MEANS I WAS GROWING UP, LUCKY TO HAVE A MOTHER AND
10:02:19AM FATHER BUT ALL THOSE WHO HELPED ME ALONG COUSINS, THEY ARE
10:02:22AM NO LONGER HERE, BUT I REMEMBER WHAT THEY TOLD ME AND WHAT TO
10:02:26AM DO AND WHAT NOT TO DO.
10:02:28AM THEY MAY NOT BE HERE BUT I STILL HEAR A WHISPER, DON'T DO
10:02:33AM THAT, AND THAT'S WHAT KEEPS ME GOING STRAIGHT.
10:02:35AM SO I WANT TO THANK YOU, AND THANK ALL OF YOU AND YOUR
10:02:38AM FAMILY, IT TAKES A SPECIAL PERSON TO DO WHAT YOU HAVE DONE
10:02:43AM AND VERY FEW THAT SPECIAL.
10:02:45AM CONGRATULATIONS.
10:02:45AM THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE.
10:02:46AM >> THANK YOU.
10:02:47AM I APPRECIATE IT.
10:02:48AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU FOR KEEPING ALIVE AND REMEMBERING
10:02:54AM THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE BURIED AT THE CEMETERY.
10:02:57AM THANK YOU FOR MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE GOING -- THAT THEIR
10:03:03AM MEMORIES ARE GOING TO LAST FOREVER.
10:03:06AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:03:06AM >> THANK YOU.
10:03:09AM [ APPLAUSE ]
10:03:11AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:03:28AM NEXT UP.
10:03:31AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: WE ARE IN RECESS TO CLEAR THE CHAMBERS.
10:05:51AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: COUNCIL MEMBERS, SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD,
10:05:54AM SOME OF YOU LIKE MYSELF, HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN ON THE RADIO
10:05:58AM PROGRAM WHICH HAPPENS EVERY SATURDAY, 9:00 A.M., ON WTMP.
10:06:05AM I STILL SAY THE SOUL OF TAMPA BAY.
10:06:11AM WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING?
10:06:13AM AND IT IS HOSTED BY A NUMBER OF PEOPLE, BUT OF COURSE THE
10:06:19AM RADIO PERSONALITY IS MICHELLE B. PATTY.
10:06:25AM THIS RADIO PROGRAM HAS A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT IT DOES.
10:06:32AM IT INFORMS.
10:06:32AM IT UNITES.
10:06:34AM IT TALKS ON MANY SUBJECTS.
10:06:36AM IT TALKS ABOUT FUNDRAISING.
10:06:39AM IT TALKS ABOUT GOD.
10:06:40AM IT TALKS ABOUT POLITICS.
10:06:43AM IT TALKS ABOUT EVERYTHING.
10:06:46AM BUT MOST OF ALL, WHAT THIS PROGRAM DOES IS INFORMS.
10:06:51AM AND THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE -- IF I MAY, THAT IS THE NUMBER
10:06:57AM ONE THING TO INFORM THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA AND BEYOND.
10:07:05AM SO TONIGHT WE ARE HERE FOR THE YEARS THAT BISHOP MICHELLE B.
10:07:10AM PATTY AND WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING ON THE AIR.
10:07:18AM AND I CONGRATULATE YOU AND FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.
10:07:22AM TAMPA CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZES WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING RADIO
10:07:27AM SHOW FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO INFORMING AND ENTERTAINING THE
10:07:31AM CITY COMMUNITY, THE CITY OF TAMPA COMMUNITY, THE LAST SIX
10:07:34AM YEARS, ON 950 AM WTMP, THE SOUL OF TAMPA BAY, THROUGHOUT THE
10:07:43AM YEARS.
10:07:43AM WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING HELPED RAISE MONEY AND AWARENESS FOR
10:07:46AM OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS AND CHURCHES IN THE TAMPA
10:07:49AM AREA.
10:07:50AM THE SHOW HAS ALSO PROVIDED AN OUTSPOKEN VOICE IN A FIGHT
10:07:56AM AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
10:07:59AM TAMPA CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZES CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THIS SHOW
10:08:02AM HAS MADE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
10:08:04AM IT IS THE HONOR OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL TO PRESENT THIS
10:08:07AM COMMENDATION OF RECOGNITION OF THE WTMP RADIO SHOW, WHAT'S
10:08:12AM REALLY HAPPENING, ON THIS THE 11th DAY OF APRIL 2023.
10:08:19AM BISHOP?
10:08:21AM [ APPLAUSE ]
10:08:21AM >> I'M NOT ALWAYS AT LOSS FOR WORDS BUT I WOULD LIKE TO
10:08:32AM THANK GOD ALMIGHTY WHO HAS GIVEN US THE COURAGE TO STAND UP
10:08:37AM TO VANGUARD FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
10:08:39AM I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN JOSEPH CITRO.
10:08:42AM I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN LUIS VIERA, COUNCILMAN
10:08:46AM GUIDO MANISCALCO, COUNCILMAN CHARLIE MIRANDA.
10:08:49AM WE HAVE WTMP MANAGER HAVE A WORD.
10:08:54AM I WANT YOU TO STAND WITH US, BECAUSE HE HAS STOOD UP AGAINST
10:08:58AM ALL KIND OF ATTACKS BECAUSE OF HIS SHOW.
10:09:04AM WE SEE WHAT JUST HAPPENED IN TENNESSEE.
10:09:06AM IT'S NOT EASY TO STAND UP AND FACE THE ADVERSARY, BUT WE DO
10:09:12AM IT EVERY SATURDAY.
10:09:13AM WE THANK YOU ALL FOR RECOGNIZING THIS PROGRAM IS TO EDUCATE,
10:09:18AM TO ENLIGHTEN, TO INFORM, AND MOST OF ALL TO MOVE US FORWARD.
10:09:25AM I WILL SOON BE 70 YEARS OLD IF THE GOOD LORD IS WILLING.
10:09:29AM THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE GOOD HERE IN TAMPA.
10:09:31AM I WAS BORN AND RAISED.
10:09:33AM BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE HAVE GONE BACKWARDS.
10:09:35AM SO WITH THIS PROGRAM WE ARE HERE TO HELP THE CITY COUNCIL.
10:09:38AM WE ARE HERE TO HELP THE COUNTY COMMISSION, THE STATE OF
10:09:41AM FLORIDA.
10:09:41AM WE ARE HERE AS A HELP, NOT AS A HINDER.
10:09:45AM SO WE ALWAYS HAVE OUR AIR WAVES OPEN TO THE CITY TO PROMOTE
10:09:50AM YOU ALL'S JOBS, TO PROMOTE WHAT'S GOING ON, PROMOTE POSITIVE
10:09:54AM THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY.
10:09:56AM YES, WE ARE NOT RIGHT BY SO BUT WE ARE LOVED BY ITS BY THE
10:10:02AM COMMUNITY SO I SAY THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEART.
10:10:06AM WE HAVE OUR HONORARY HOST, MR. JOE --
10:10:10AM COME -- MR. JOE ROBINSON.
10:10:15AM HE IS SO FULL OF INFORMATION.
10:10:16AM ALSO REVEREND BANES IS HERE.
10:10:20AM WE HAVE A SUPPORTER REVEREND COFFEE STANDING BACK HERE.
10:10:23AM AND THIS IS MY FAMILY FRIEND, BUT I HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING TO
10:10:26AM THESE GENTLEMEN, JAY JOHNSON, AS YOU ALL KNOW, HIS SON WAS
10:10:30AM MURDERED AND THIS IS MY SON, FROM COLBERT ENTERPRISE.
10:10:36AM THESE GUYS MAKE THE SHOW GO FORWARD EVEN WHEN I AM NOT
10:10:39AM THERE, WE ARE ABLE TO CALL -- OH, HE'S STANDING RIGHT HERE.
10:10:44AM THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT KEEP THIS SHOW GOING, BECAUSE THE
10:10:47AM COMMUNITY STOPPED IN A BUNCH OF STORES, BUT YOU RECALL HAVE
10:10:53AM TO UNDERSTAND THAT FOR SIX YEARS WE HAVE PEOPLE IN GRATEFUL
10:10:58AM FOR THIS PROGRAM.
10:10:59AM AND FOR YOU ALL TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO RECOGNIZE OUR WORK,
10:11:02AM WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
10:11:06AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:11:07AM [ APPLAUSE ]
10:11:09AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA?
10:11:14AM >> NOW THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING TO YOU ALL.
10:11:38AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
10:11:40AM YOU DEAL WITH A LOT OF ISSUES.
10:11:42AM ONE OF THEM IS WITH GUN VIOLENCE.
10:11:47AM YOUR FAMILY HAS BEEN TOUCHED BY THAT, THE ISSUE OF VIOLENCE,
10:11:50AM YOU MENTIONED JAY AND SO MANY OTHERS AND YOU ALWAYS PROVIDE
10:11:53AM A FORUM FOR PEOPLE TO MOURN AND TO TALK ABOUT THEIR LOSS,
10:11:57AM AND INFORM THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
10:12:00AM IT'S NOT EASY TO HAVE A TRAGEDY LIKE THAT IN YOUR LIFE AND
10:12:06AM THEN TALK ABOUT IT PUBLICLY.
10:12:07AM THAT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE.
10:12:09AM THAT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE.
10:12:12AM SO WHEN IT COMES TO TALKING ABOUT THAT GREATEST LOSS, THE
10:12:16AM KIND I HAVE NEVER SUSTAINED IN MY LIFE, I APPRECIATE YOU
10:12:19AM FOLKS.
10:12:19AM THANK YOU.
10:12:20AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA?
10:12:22AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:12:24AM I WANT TO SAY AGAIN WHAT WAS SAID EARLIER.
10:12:26AM YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT GUN VIOLENCE TOUCHES EVERYONE.
10:12:31AM IN MY OWN FAMILY BACK IN 1959 I HAD AN UNCLE, IN FACT I
10:12:35AM NAMED MY SON AFTER HIM.
10:12:36AM HE WAS JUST DROPPING OFF HIS INCOME TAX, AND SOMEBODY HAD
10:12:42AM JUST COME OUT OF JAIL THAT SAME DAY AND JUST SHOT SOMEBODY,
10:12:48AM AND HE DIED.
10:12:49AM SO I JUST TOOK IT UPON MYSELF, THAT I SAID I AM GOING TO
10:12:53AM NAME MY SON AFTER HIM.
10:12:54AM AND I DID.
10:12:57AM SO NO ONE IS IMMUNE.
10:13:01AM YOU MIGHT TAKE A SHOT IN THE ARM FOR OF THE COVID-19 OR FOR
10:13:08AM THE FLU BUT NO ONE IS IMMUNE TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS
10:13:11AM COUNTRY.
10:13:12AM WE HAVE DIVIDED THIS COUNTRY TO THE POINT THAT YOU CAN'T PUT
10:13:14AM IT TOGETHER.
10:13:15AM IT'S LIKE A JIGSAW PUZZLE, EITHER TO THE RIGHT OR TO THE
10:13:19AM LEFT WITH US IN THE MIDDLE HAVE SOMEHOW BEEN FORGOTTEN.
10:13:24AM AND I THINK OF THAT AS VIOLENCE.
10:13:26AM I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S WHAT CAUSES GUN VIOLENCE.
10:13:29AM BUT WHEN YOU HAVE SOCIETY THAT DOESN'T TALK TO EACH OTHER,
10:13:33AM WHEN YOU HAVE SOCIETY THAT DOESN'T GO TO SCHOOL TOGETHER,
10:13:38AM THAT THEY DON'T PLAY TOGETHER, THAT THEY DON'T GO OUT
10:13:41AM TOGETHER, THEY HAVE FORGOTTEN WHO THEY ARE.
10:13:45AM AND I MAY NOT THE SMARTEST ONE EVER, BUT I HAVE A FEELING
10:13:50AM THAT'S COMING DOWN BECAUSE WE ARE TOO BUSY DOING THINGS WE
10:13:54AM WANT TO DO INSTEAD OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE SHOULD DO.
10:13:58AM AND THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT'S EATING AMERICANS ALIVE.
10:14:02AM WHEN YOU SEE THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE
10:14:04AM GOVERNMENT, AND GOVERNMENT IS EASY TO TALK ABOUT, AND IT'S
10:14:08AM SAD.
10:14:09AM AND I THINK THAT HAPPENS BECAUSE AT ONE TIME WHEN I WAS A
10:14:12AM YOUNG KID, I REMEMBER THEY COME HOME THREE OR FOUR TIMES A
10:14:18AM YEAR, HAD A HOUSE IN WASHINGTON, THEY LIVED TOGETHER, THEY
10:14:21AM TALKED TOGETHER, THEY PRAYED TOGETHER, THEY PLAYED TOGETHER,
10:14:23AM AND THEY RESPECTED EACH OTHER TOGETHER.
10:14:26AM THAT'S GONE BECAUSE MOST OF THEM FLY IN AND OUT ON MONDAY SO
10:14:31AM THEY DON'T SEE EACH OTHER.
10:14:32AM CAN'T TALK TO EACH OTHER.
10:14:34AM YOU DON'T KNOW HOW THEY LIVE.
10:14:35AM YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY LIKE OR DISLIKE.
10:14:38AM SO THESE ARE THE THINGS IN LIFE THAT I HOPE THAT I AM WRONG
10:14:41AM IN, BUT I THINK THAT'S THE MAIN THING WE HAVE IN LIFE.
10:14:44AM AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE WORLD, IT'S REALLY SAD.
10:14:50AM I LOOK AT WHAT COMES IN AND STARTS KILLING THE OTHER SIDE OF
10:14:56AM THE GOVERNMENT FOR NO REASON AT ALL, ALL OVER THE WORLD.
10:14:59AM IN SOME PARTS OF THE WORLD.
10:15:03AM THE FOOD, THE DROUGHTS, THE RAINS, THE STORMS, THE TORNADOES
10:15:08AM THAT ARE STRONGER THAN EVER, HURRICANES ARE STRONGER THAN
10:15:10AM EVER, BUT AS CITIZENS WE HAVE TO GET TOGETHER AND START
10:15:14AM DOING THE GLUE TOGETHER BECAUSE IF NOT THIS EARTH IS NOT
10:15:18AM GOING TO TAKE IT MUCH LONGER.
10:15:19AM I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
10:15:20AM I APPRECIATE EVERYONE THAT'S HERE DOING WHAT THEY WANT TO DO
10:15:23AM TO MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE.
10:15:26AM NOT JUST ABOUT YOU AND I.
10:15:27AM BUT YOU AND I AND ALL OF US.
10:15:31AM THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT I PRAY.
10:15:34AM GOD BLESS YOU.
10:15:34AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CONGRATULATIONS.
10:15:37AM AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
10:15:40AM I THINK EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SAID.
10:15:43AM ESPECIALLY WITH THE VIOLENCE, THE GUN VIOLENCE, IN GENERAL.
10:15:49AM YOU THINK WE ARE MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE TIME PASSES BY WHERE
10:15:52AM WE ARE GOING BACKWARDS.
10:15:53AM AND THINGS STAY THE SAME BUT SO MUCH CHANGES AROUND US BUT
10:15:58AM AT THE SAME TIME WE ARE NOT BECOMING BETTER AS A SOCIETY.
10:16:00AM PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME WORRIES THAT THEY HAD 50, 60 YEARS AGO
10:16:03AM AND WE CAN'T LIVE LIKE THAT.
10:16:05AM WE ARE NOT GOING TO PROSPER AND GROW AS A COMMUNITY IF WE
10:16:08AM KEEP ACTING LIKE THIS TOWARD ONE ANOTHER.
10:16:10AM I ALWAYS SAY THAT WE ARE A BIG FAMILY, REGARDLESS OF INCOME,
10:16:16AM WHATEVER, WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS.
10:16:18AM WE HAVE A LIMITED TIME HERE ON EARTH.
10:16:20AM LET'S COULD HAVE BEEN RIGHT BY EACH OTHER.
10:16:22AM LET'S TREAT EACH OTHER BETTER, MORE RESPECTFULLY, GROW
10:16:25AM TOGETHER, AND I HOPE THAT PEOPLE LISTEN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE
10:16:30AM LIFE ISN'T EASY AND PEOPLE FIGHT AND PEOPLE -- THEY HURT
10:16:34AM EACH OTHER FOR NOTHING, FOR EGO, FOR WHATEVER IT IS, YOU
10:16:38AM KNOW.
10:16:39AM AND AGAIN, WE NEED TO BE BETTER AS A PEOPLE, AND AS A
10:16:42AM COMMUNITY, SO WE CAN ALL MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER.
10:16:45AM SO CONGRATULATIONS, AND THANK YOU, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU.
10:16:49AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:16:49AM [ APPLAUSE ]
10:16:52AM >> YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE A PICTURE.
10:17:10AM >>JOSEPH CITRO: IF WE HAVE NO OTHER BUSINESS, WHICH WE
10:17:13AM DON'T, THEN WITHOUT -- WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE
10:17:18AM BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:17:19AM SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:17:21AM ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
10:17:22AM ANY OPPOSED?
10:17:23AM WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE ARE ADJOURNED.
10:17:24AM [MEETING ADJOURNED]
10:17:30AM
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