TAMPA CRA
THURSDAY, MAY 11, 2023, 9:00 A.M.
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09:04:02AM [GAVEL SOUNDING]
09:04:07AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THE CITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MEETING IS
09:04:10AM CALLED TO ORDER.
09:04:11AM WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OUR INVOCATION AND BOARD MEMBER HURTAK
09:04:15AM WILL INTRODUCE OUR GUEST, MISS PARISH.
09:04:17AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
09:04:18AM ANGELA PARRISH IS AN ORDAINED MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL
09:04:23AM BUDDHIST ORDER OF INNER BEING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS
09:04:26AM WITH THE FLORIDA COMMUNITY OF MINDFULNESS IN SEMINOLE
09:04:29AM HEIGHTS.
09:04:29AM SHE'S BEEN A PRACTITIONER OF BUDDHISM FOR 25 YEARS
09:04:35AM AND LEADS RETREATS, CLASSES, AND OTHER PROGRAMS AT THE
09:04:38AM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OF MINDFULNESS.
09:04:41AM IF WE CAN PLEASE STAND AND STAY STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE.
09:04:50AM >> THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN, IN OUR COMMUNITY OF MINDFULNESS,
09:04:57AM WE START WITH A BELL AND A FEW MOMENTS OF SILENCE.
09:04:59AM SO WE WILL DO THAT.
09:05:00AM [BELL SOUNDING]
09:05:03AM [MOMENT OF SILENCE]
09:05:06AM TAKING A MOMENT BEFORE WE BEGIN TO LET YOUR MIND RELAX.
09:05:10AM WE MAY HAVE ALL ENTERED THIS ROOM WITH IDEAS, AGENDAS.
09:05:14AM NOW IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RELAX THE MIND, CALM THE MIND AND
09:05:19AM BODY.
09:05:20AM COME BACK TO THE BREATH.
09:05:21AM KIND OF LET GO OF OUR AGENDAS.
09:05:23AM REMEMBER WHY WE ARE HERE.
09:05:25AM AND THEN WE RECITE THIS VERSE TO REMIND OURSELVES OF OUR
09:05:33AM ASPIRATIONS FOR SERVING OUR COMMUNITY IN A WISE AND
09:05:36AM HARMONIOUS WAY AND REMEMBER OUR INTENTIONS TO BE RESPECTFUL
09:05:40AM AND OPEN TO THE VIEWS OF OTHERS.
09:05:41AM WE VOW TO GO THROUGH THAT MEETING IN A SPIRIT OF
09:05:45AM TOGETHERNESS AS WE REVIEW ALL IDEAS AND CONSOLIDATE THEM TO
09:05:50AM A HARMONIOUS UNDERSTANDING AND CONSENSUS.
09:05:53AM WE VOW TO USE THE METHODS OF KIND SPEECH AND DEEP LISTENING
09:05:58AM IN ORDER TO BRING ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF THIS MEETING.
09:06:02AM IN ORDER TO SERVE TAMPA CITIZENS AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF
09:06:06AM LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
09:06:07AM WE VOW NOT TO HESITATE TO SHARE OUR IDEAS AND INSIGHTS, BUT
09:06:11AM ALSO VOW NOT TO SAY ANYTHING WHEN THE FEELING OF IRRITATION
09:06:14AM IS PRESENT IN US.
09:06:15AM WE ARE RESOLUTELY DETERMINED NOT TO ALLOW TENSION TO BUILD
09:06:20AM UP IN THIS MEETING.
09:06:22AM IF ANY ONE OF US SENSES THE START OF TENSION, WE WILL STOP
09:06:26AM IMMEDIATELY AND TAKE CARE OF OUR AGITATION RIGHT AWAY SO AS
09:06:30AM TO RE-ESTABLISH THE ATMOSPHERE OF TOGETHERNESS AND HARMONY
09:06:34AM IN THE COUNCIL.
09:06:35AM MAY WE FULFILL THE IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITIES ENTRUSTED IN
09:06:39AM US TO BENEFIT THE CITIZENS OF OUR TAMPA BAY COMMUNITY AND
09:06:42AM ALL BEINGS.
09:06:44AM [BELL RINGING]
09:06:50AM THANK YOU.
09:06:51AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: NOW WE WILL HAVE THE PLEDGE OF
09:06:55AM ALLEGIANCE.
09:06:55AM [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
09:07:15AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: SO BEFORE ROLL CALL, COUNCILMAN VIERA IS
09:07:18AM RUNNING A LITTLE LATE AND WILL BE HERE SHORTLY.
09:07:20AM ALSO, PLEASE ENTER INTO THE RECORD AND BE ADVISED THAT
09:07:23AM COUNCILMAN CARLSON HAS SENT A MEMO INDICATING THAT HE WILL
09:07:26AM NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE CRA MEETING AS WELL AS THE EVENING
09:07:30AM MEETING TODAY.
09:07:30AM CLERK, CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE.
09:07:36AM >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE.
09:07:39AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE.
09:07:40AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
09:07:42AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
09:07:43AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT.
09:07:44AM >>CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
09:08:12AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WE WILL NEED APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES,
09:08:15AM CORRECT?
09:08:16AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: YES.
09:08:17AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES APRIL 13,
09:08:20AM 2023.
09:08:20AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM MANISCALCO TO
09:08:22AM APPROVE THE MINUTES.
09:08:23AM SECONDED BY MR. MIRANDA.
09:08:26AM DO I HAVE -- ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
09:08:29AM ALL THOSE OPPOSED?
09:08:34AM OKAY.
09:08:34AM MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
09:08:36AM AGENDA ITEM IS APPROVED.
09:08:38AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIRWOMAN, AND GOOD
09:08:44AM MORNING AND GREAT TO SEE YOU AS A NEW BOARD.
09:08:46AM WELCOME.
09:08:47AM I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AS A NEW REDEVELOPMENT
09:08:51AM AGENCY.
09:08:51AM FOR YOUR AGENDA, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS.
09:08:53AM ITEM NUMBER 5, THERE IS A REQUEST FOR THIS ITEM TO BE
09:08:57AM CONTINUED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 14, 2023.
09:09:02AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO CONTINUE.
09:09:03AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
09:09:04AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION TO MOVE TO
09:09:06AM CONTINUE.
09:09:07AM SECONDED BY MIRANDA.
09:09:08AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
09:09:09AM OPPOSED.
09:09:11AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: AND THEN, MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE A REQUEST
09:09:17AM FOR A WALK-ON.
09:09:18AM THE MEMORANDUM WAS PROVIDED BY CRA MANAGER CEDRIC McCRAY
09:09:26AM FOR THE FOOD AND RESTAURANT SERVICES AGREEMENT TO BE PLACED
09:09:30AM UNDER THE REQUIRED APPROVALS.
09:09:32AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
09:09:33AM CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE WALK-ON ITEM.
09:09:37AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO MOVED.
09:09:44AM IS THERE A SECOND?
09:09:47AM MIRANDA, SORRY.
09:09:48AM I DIDN'T HEAR IT.
09:09:50AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
09:09:51AM OPPOSED.
09:09:52AM OKAY.
09:09:55AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
09:09:57AM THAT CONCLUDES THE CHANGES TO THE AGENDA.
09:09:59AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY, THANK YOU.
09:10:06AM >>LYNN HURTAK: MOVE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
09:10:09AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
09:10:14AM SECONDED BY MIRANDA.
09:10:15AM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
09:10:16AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:10:17AM THERE IS A MOTION BY HURTAK TO APPROVE.
09:10:23AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
09:10:25AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: SECONDED BY MANISCALCO.
09:10:26AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
09:10:28AM OPPOSED?
09:10:29AM OKAY.
09:10:29AM THANK YOU.
09:10:29AM NOW IT IS TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
09:10:32AM WE WILL ASK ALL THOSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TO COME TO THE
09:10:40AM PODIUM AND SPEAK YOUR NAME AND THE AGENDA ITEM YOU ARE
09:10:45AM DISCUSSING.
09:10:45AM >> GOOD MORNING.
09:10:47AM MY NAME IS SALLYISE LEE, AND I AM WITH THE VOLUNTEER
09:10:54AM MISSIONARY SOCIETY PENNY FUND.
09:10:57AM AND I WOULD LIKE TO READ TO YOU FROM THE WOMEN'S PROMISES.
09:11:02AM NOW THE LORD IS THE SPIRIT.
09:11:04AM AND WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD THERE IS FREEDOM.
09:11:08AM WE HAVE FREEDOM NOW BECAUSE CHRIST MADE US FREE.
09:11:13AM SO STAND STRONG.
09:11:15AM DO NOT CHANGE AND GO BACK INTO THE SLAVERY OF THE LAW.
09:11:20AM AND I WILL JUST LIKE TO READ YOU SOME OF MY READINGS ABOUT
09:11:25AM MY -- THE CELEBRATION FOR THE MAYOR CASTOR AND COUNCILMEN
09:11:31AM AND THE NEW WOMEN ALSO, WELCOME TO THE BOARD.
09:11:36AM AND I WALKED FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER TO MARION TRANSIT
09:11:43AM CITY.
09:11:43AM I WAS VERY EXCITED.
09:11:44AM AND ALSO, I ATTENDED THE MOSQUE NASIR WITH BROTHER RICHARD
09:11:52AM AND BROTHER JARVIS.
09:11:55AM THEY HAVE A PROGRAM RETURNING CITIZENS' JOBS.
09:12:00AM THEY ARE DOING SUMMER YOUTH CAMP, AND THEY HAVE A FULL
09:12:05AM PANTRY AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL BROTHER JARVIS AND HE
09:12:12AM WILL TELL YOU WHAT THOSE PROGRAMS ARE.
09:12:14AM THIS WAS MY BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.
09:12:16AM THANK GOD FOR EVERYTHING AND EVERYBODY.
09:12:20AM LET NOT HATE GO TOWARD THE SCHOOL BOARD AND HEARINGS ON
09:12:27AM JUST.
09:12:27AM GOD IS NOT PLEASED.
09:12:30AM SO DO NOT CLOSE JUST.
09:12:32AM GOD IS NOT PLEASED.
09:12:33AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR MY TIME HERE.
09:12:36AM AND I HAD A WONDERFUL TIME DURING MY BIRTHDAY.
09:12:39AM JUST REMINISCING AND I TALKED TO EVERYBODY IN THE
09:12:44AM CONVENTION.
09:12:45AM AND IT WAS JUST A GOOD, GLORIOUS TIME.
09:12:48AM NOW I AM WAITING ON SISTER JANELLE McGREGOR TO ANSWER ME
09:12:53AM CALL FROM CHIEF BENNETT.
09:12:55AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:12:56AM AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
09:12:59AM AND I HOPE WE CAN COMMUNICATE AND NOT HATE.
09:13:01AM THANK YOU.
09:13:02AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
09:13:04AM NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE.
09:13:05AM >> GOOD MORNING.
09:13:09AM CONNIE BURTON, ONE OF MY BEST FOLK GROUPS IS SWEET HONEY AND
09:13:19AM THE ROCK.
09:13:20AM FREEDOM.
09:13:21AM FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE.
09:13:23AM ONE OF THE VERSES SAYS "UNTIL THE WORK IS DONE NOT TO GIVE
09:13:29AM UP OR BE DETERRED."
09:13:31AM AS WE CONTINUE TO EXPRESS OUR DESIRES FOR WHAT WE WANT
09:13:34AM IN EAST TAMPA, AND I BELIEVE WE CAN DO MORE THAN ONE THING
09:13:39AM AT ONE TIME, IT BECOMES ALMOST DISHEARTENING BUT HOPEFUL TO
09:13:45AM SEE HOW SOME CRAs AND I AM TALKING OF ITEM 6, 7 AND 8 HAVE A
09:13:54AM VISION FOR THEIR COMMUNITY AND A NEED FOR THEIR COMMUNITY TO
09:13:58AM PROVIDE THE NECESSARY AMENITIES.
09:14:02AM BUT WHEN WE ARE REQUESTING THE SAVING OF LIVES OF YOUNG
09:14:06AM PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY BY INCREASING JOB OPPORTUNITY, IT
09:14:13AM CAN'T GET ON THIS AGENDA.
09:14:14AM IT CAN'T EVEN BE TALKED ABOUT.
09:14:15AM BECAUSE THE DETERMINATION OF ALL OF THE ROADBLOCKS TO SAY
09:14:20AM WHY IT CAN'T HAPPEN.
09:14:21AM CRA HAS THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY.
09:14:24AM WE HAVE THIS AMOUNT OF KILLING.
09:14:26AM WE HAVE THESE AMOUNT OF INJUSTICES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
09:14:30AM AND WHEN WE SAY WE WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE HOPE, IT CAN'T GO
09:14:35AM NOWHERE.
09:14:36AM THAT IS A PROBLEM.
09:14:37AM IN YOUR RESOLUTION THAT YOU ADOPTED TWO YEARS AGO, YOU SAID
09:14:48AM WHEREAS TO HEAL AND NOT TO DIVIDE THE CITY COUNCIL OR THE
09:14:54AM CITY OF TAMPA SEEKS TO REDRESS THE HARM OF THOSE WHO CAME
09:14:57AM BEFORE US AND THE INJUSTICE THAT CONTINUES TO SURROUND US SO
09:15:02AM THAT WE DO WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE THE CITY OF TAMPA AND ITS
09:15:08AM INSTITUTIONS AND COMMUNITIES MORE, JUST AND EQUITABLE FOR
09:15:14AM FUTURE GENERATIONS.
09:15:15AM WHEN WILL THAT START?
09:15:17AM HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THE SAME CONVERSATION ABOUT
09:15:21AM AFFORDABLE HOUSING, OPPORTUNITIES, JOBS.
09:15:24AM HOW DO WE HAVE THAT?
09:15:26AM AND YET WE HAVE AGENDAS THAT WILL NOT ADDRESS IT.
09:15:30AM SO I WILL READ IT, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE YOU HAD ANY
09:15:36AM CONFIDENCE WHEN YOU WROTE IT OR SIGNED IT, BECAUSE IF YOU
09:15:39AM DID, IT WOULD REFLECT ON THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
09:15:42AM AMENITIES ARE FINE.
09:15:44AM BUT THE SAVING OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE'S LIVES IS GREATER THAN
09:15:47AM ALL AMENITIES THAT COULD BE WALKED ON THIS AGENDA TODAY.
09:15:50AM THANK YOU.
09:15:51AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE.
09:15:56AM >> MENTESNOT.
09:16:04AM I WANT TO SAY UHURU, IT MEANS SWAHILI, FREEDOM.
09:16:13AM WE AS AFRICAN PEOPLE SHOULD THINK OF OUR FREEDOM.
09:16:15AM WE AS AFRICAN PEOPLE SHOULD NOT STEP DOWN TO THE LEVELS WE
09:16:18AM HAVE BEEN TO IN THE LAST 623 YEARS.
09:16:21AM IT HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT -- CONSISTENT VIOLATIONS OF
09:16:31AM EVERYTHING ABOUT HUMANITY ABOUT AFRICAN PEOPLE.
09:16:37AM WHITE PEOPLE, EUROPEANS, NORTH AMERICANS.
09:16:41AM WHITE PEOPLE HAVE TREATED US LIKE DIRT.
09:16:45AM TREATED US LIKE ANIMALS.
09:16:47AM AND WHEN I SAY ANIMALS, I DON'T MEAN IN A GOOD WAY THE WAY
09:16:52AM WHITE PEOPLE TREAT ANIMALS.
09:16:53AM I MEAN IN THE WAY THEY DO ANYTHING TO ANIMALS, WHEN THEY
09:16:58AM SPRAY THE CROPS.
09:16:59AM WHEN THEY PUT AGENT ORANGE AND DDT ON THEM.
09:17:03AM WHITE PEOPLE HAVE TREATED US BAD, LIKE REALLY BAD.
09:17:09AM HAVE PUT IN THEIR CONSTITUTION THAT WE WERE THREE FIFTHS OF
09:17:14AM A HUMAN BEING.
09:17:14AM THAT NASTY.
09:17:16AM THE WHITE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT SOME GIFTS THAT CLARENCE
09:17:20AM THOMAS GOT.
09:17:21AM THE WHITE FOLKS IS TALKING ABOUT SOME GIFTS THAT CLARENCE
09:17:25AM THOMAS GOT.
09:17:26AM NO, THE CRACKERS TALK ABOUT WHEN THE WHITE MAN
09:17:31AM SAID AND THE DRED SCOTT DECISION THAT NO BLACK PERSON IS
09:17:36AM DESERVING OF NO RIGHTS.
09:17:38AM HAVE NO RIGHTS A WHITE MAN IS BOUND TO RESPECT.
09:17:42AM LET THEM TALK ABOUT THAT.
09:17:44AM DON'T TALK ABOUT NO GIFT THAT CLARENCE THOMAS GO THE.
09:17:47AM WE KNOW WHAT CLARENCE THOMAS STANDS FOR.
09:17:52AM LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT THE WHITE MAN SAID THE CHIEF SUPREME
09:17:55AM COURT JUSTICE SAID IN 1857 THAT SCARRED AFRICAN PEOPLE
09:17:59AM ETERNALLY.
09:18:00AM LET'S TALK ABOUT WHEN GEORGE WASHINGTON AND THEM OTHER WHITE
09:18:05AM FOLKS PUT IN THEIR CONSTITUTION THAT WE WERE 3/5 OF A HUMAN
09:18:10AM BEING.
09:18:10AM LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT.
09:18:11AM THAT IS WHAT THE WHITE FOLKS ARE WORKING WITH.
09:18:14AM WHAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH IS REPARATIONS.
09:18:16AM WHITE FOLKS OWE US $623 TRILLION IN REPARATIONS.
09:18:22AM AND THAT IS JUST THE AFRICANS HERE IN AMERICA.
09:18:24AM AND THIS CITY OWES US TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN REPARATIONS.
09:18:29AM SO BLACK PEOPLE NEED TO STOP ALL THAT BEGGING NONSENSE.
09:18:33AM BEGGING FOR A SCHOOL, FOR A SPEED BUMP OR ROUNDABOUT.
09:18:39AM WE NEED TO PUT THIS CITY AND CITY COUNCIL TO TASK AND LET
09:18:42AM THEM KNOW THAT THEY OWE US REPARATIONS.
09:18:44AM SEE WHAT IS GOING ON IN CALIFORNIA AND WASHINGTON STATE AND
09:18:46AM OTHER PLACES.
09:18:47AM WHITE FOLKS OWE US MONEY.
09:18:49AM THEY OWE US REPARATIONS SO WE CAN BUILD OUR OWN ECONOMY.
09:18:54AM OUR OWN SOCIAL STRUCTURES.
09:18:55AM OUR OWN SYSTEMS.
09:18:56AM AND STOP JUST ACCEPTING THIS ABUSE AND KEEP BEGGING.
09:19:01AM THIS CITY COUNCIL OWES US MONEY AND WE NEED IT.
09:19:04AM WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS THEY ARE CONTINUING TO -- WHEN YOU
09:19:07AM SPEAK OUT AGAINST IT, THEY PUT THE POLICE, THE FBI AND
09:19:11AM EVERYONE ELSE ON YOU.
09:19:12AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
09:19:16AM NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE.
09:19:18AM >> GOOD MORNING.
09:19:26AM MY NAME IS NORENE COPELAND MILLER, AND I AM A CAC MEMBER FOR
09:19:34AM THE EAST TAMPA CRA, PARTNERSHIP.
09:19:37AM AUTO AND I AM GLAD TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE THIS MORNING FOR
09:19:40AM THE FIRST CRA MEETING FOR THIS NEW GROUP OF FOLKS.
09:19:44AM SOME OF YOU ARE RETURNING.
09:19:45AM SOME OF YOU ARE NEW.
09:19:46AM AND I AM JUST EXCITED TO BE HERE.
09:19:48AM AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE PLANS FOR THE EAST TAMPA COMMUNITY.
09:19:52AM BUT I AM GOING TO NARROW IT DOWN AND TALK BELMONT HEIGHTS.
09:19:56AM FIRST, I NEED TO READ FROM PROVERBS BECAUSE I BELIEVE
09:20:00AM TRUST IN THE LORD IN ALL YOUR HEART AND DO NOT LEAN ON YOUR
09:20:03AM OWN UNDERSTANDING IN ALL YOUR WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, AND HE
09:20:06AM WILL MAKE YOUR PATH STRAIGHT.
09:20:08AM AND I KNOW THAT HE HAS MADE MY PATH STRAIGHT AND DIRECTED MY
09:20:12AM STEPS.
09:20:12AM AND I AM GOING TO SPEAK TO ITEM 3.
09:20:16AM AND ITEM 4 ABOUT MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY.
09:20:20AM AND I WANT TO THANK MISS NICOLE TRAVIS FOR ALL OF HER HARD
09:20:23AM WORK SHE PUT IN AND HER STAFF FOR MAKING SURE THAT THIS
09:20:27AM ISSUE WAS RESOLVED.
09:20:29AM AND I AM EXCITED THAT IT HAPPENED LESS THAN SIX MONTHS THAT
09:20:33AM AT LEAST WE ARE IN MOTION.
09:20:35AM AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN THIS ISSUE AND HOPING THAT IT NEVER,
09:20:39AM EVER HAPPENS AGAIN IN THIS CITY AT ALL TO ANY CEMETERY.
09:20:44AM THAT WE PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE URBAN CORE,
09:20:48AM BECAUSE WE KNOW IT IS CHANGING.
09:20:49AM AND IT IS CERTAINLY NOT DESIGNED FOR FOLKS LIKE MYSELF, BUT
09:20:52AM I AM GOING TO BE HERE.
09:20:54AM I HAVE ENJOYED COMING DOWN HERE SO MUCH, I THINK I AM GOING
09:20:57AM TO PUT IT ON MY CALENDAR EVERY THURSDAY WHEN YOU ALL ARE
09:21:00AM MEETING.
09:21:01AM I HAVE GOT ACCUSTOMED TO SEEING YOUR SMILING FACES AND IT
09:21:05AM HAS BEEN A PLEASURE.
09:21:06AM I AM JUST -- ALSO PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT IS GOING ON IN MY
09:21:10AM CITY THAT I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN AND WE ARE BEING
09:21:12AM FORGOTTEN BECAUSE WE ARE NOT BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR OWN
09:21:16AM HISTORY.
09:21:17AM I PLAN TO DO BETTER.
09:21:18AM AND I THINK A LOT OF OTHER FOLKS ARE, BECAUSE WHAT HAS
09:21:21AM HAPPENED IN MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY HAVE REALLY OPENED UP
09:21:25AM EYES TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
09:21:26AM I WAS THERE YESTERDAY, AND I SEE THE CEMETERY FOLKS ARE
09:21:30AM COMING OUT, CLEANING UP THEIR FAMILY GRAVE WHERE I WAS.
09:21:32AM PUTTING FLOWERS THERE.
09:21:34AM WE HAVE RECEPTACLES, AND WE HAVEN'T HAD IN THAT CEMETERY FOR
09:21:40AM YEARS TO PUT GARBAGE IN.
09:21:42AM I KNOW THIS IS A GOOD THING, AND I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF
09:21:46AM FOR WHAT THEY HAVE DONE AND I KNOW WE WILL PUT A FENCE
09:21:49AM ON MLK.
09:21:50AM PUT A FENCE ON 26.
09:21:51AM PUT A GATE TO BE TREATED LIKE OTHER CEMETERIES WITH HOURS
09:21:56AM AND SIGNAGE.
09:21:59AM A LOT OF RICH HISTORY IN MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY IN THE
09:22:02AM BELMONT HEIGHTS AREA WHERE I LIVE.
09:22:04AM AND WE NEED -- I AM GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT I CONTINUE TO
09:22:07AM SAY BELMONT HEIGHTS.
09:22:09AM IT IS NOT ALL EAST TAMPA.
09:22:11AM THAT IS A BROAD DEMOGRAPHIC.
09:22:14AM MEMORIAL PARKS CEMETERY AND JACKSON HEIGHTS.
09:22:18AM WE NEED TO ROAR THE "HEIGHTS" BECAUSE WE ARE CELEBRATING
09:22:22AM HEIGHTS EVERYWHERE, AND WE ARE FORGETTING ABOUT THE HEIGHTS
09:22:24AM IN THAT PART OF THE CITY.
09:22:25AM WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ARE EXCITED.
09:22:28AM WE ARE NOT ANGRY.
09:22:29AM WE ARE NOT MAD.
09:22:30AM WE ARE NOT CONFUSED.
09:22:32AM OUR CRA KNOW WHAT WE NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY, NOT WHAT THE
09:22:36AM THINK WE NEED.
09:22:37AM BUT OUR NEED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY IS REAL.
09:22:39AM SIDEWALKS IS REAL.
09:22:40AM JOBS ARE REAL.
09:22:41AM AND I WANT YOU TO DO -- AND I AM GOING TO BE EXCITED WORKING
09:22:45AM WITH EACH OF YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY COME BACK
09:22:49AM FROM THE PAST, BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN LEFT BEHIND AS YOU CAN
09:22:52AM VERY WELL SEE.
09:22:53AM ALL THE CRAs ARE THRIVING, BUT WE ARE NOT.
09:22:56AM I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU MAKING A CHANGE THIS YEAR IN
09:22:59AM EAST TAMPA.
09:23:00AM SOME SIMPLISTIC STUFF THAT CAN BE DONE.
09:23:02AM CLEANING UP THE RETENTION POND AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.
09:23:06AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, MISS MILLER.
09:23:09AM >> THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
09:23:11AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT IN THE BUILDING.
09:23:13AM OKAY.
09:23:13AM WE HAVE ONE REMOTE.
09:23:14AM PUBLIC COMMENT.
09:23:17AM >> HI, GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS MICHAEL, AND I AM WITH
09:23:24AM THE WEST TAMPA CAC.
09:23:25AM ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TOOLS THAT WE CAN USE TO REDUCE
09:23:30AM GENTRIFICATION AND GENTLY AND BY DESIGN IS THE CRA.
09:23:36AM I TOOK PART IN THE MOST RECENT NATIONAL DISCUSSION ON
09:23:39AM CHANGING THE CRA TO MAKE IT MORE RACE INCLUSIVE.
09:23:45AM THOSE BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH ME, LET ME
09:23:48AM GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT INFORMATION.
09:23:49AM SO I HAVE OVER 30 YEARS OF COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC
09:23:53AM I DEVELOPMENT.
09:23:57AM AS A MATTER OF FACT, I WAS ASKED TO SPEAK AT USF TWICE,
09:24:03AM THE UC OF BALTIMORE AND JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY TO TALK
09:24:07AM ABOUT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
09:24:08AM THE WEST TAMPA CAC IS PROBABLY THE FIRST COMMUNITY BENEFIT
09:24:12AM IN THE CITY.
09:24:13AM AND DELIVERABLES TO COMMAND WITH TECHNOLOGY, AND JOB
09:24:19AM CREATION CENTER.
09:24:20AM HOWEVER, THIS IS NOT OUR FIRST PUBLIC-PRIVATE RELATIONSHIP.
09:24:24AM IN FACT THE FIRST ONE STARTED WITH THE PAM IORIO
09:24:31AM ADMINISTRATION OF SENT DIRECTORS TO WORK WITH THE WEST
09:24:35AM TAMPA CDC.
09:24:36AM I WAS THERE WITH AN EMPLOYMENT CENTER AND $650,000 IN
09:24:40AM PAYMENTS TO LOW-INCOME BODIES TO BUY A HOUSE.
09:24:43AM REDUCE GENTRIFICATION BY DESIGN.
09:24:50AM THIS IS HOW WE MEASURE SUCCESS.
09:24:53AM LIVING WAGES, INCREASE CANNING GENERATIONAL WEALTH BY
09:24:58AM CREATING COMMUNITY BUSINESSES AND HELP WITH PUBLIC SAFETY.
09:25:03AM UNDER OUR POLICY, NO ONE IS LEFT BEHIND FOR THE POOR.
09:25:10AM WE BELIEVE THAT CREATING CHANGE CHANGES, WE DO IT WITHIN.
09:25:13AM WE DO NOT DEPEND ON THE GOVERNMENT'S AGENDA.
09:25:16AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:25:17AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
09:25:21AM THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
09:25:22AM MISS NICOLE TRAVIS, THE CRA DIRECTOR, PLEASE INTRODUCE EACH
09:25:27AM PERSON PRESENTING THEIR STAFF REPORTS ON THE AGENDA.
09:25:29AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
09:25:31AM NEXT, WE HAVE THE WEST TAMPA CAC CHAIR, CARLOS RAMIREZ.
09:25:37AM HE PROVIDED A VERBAL REPORT OUTLYING ACTIVITIES IN THE WEST
09:25:41AM TAMPA CAC.
09:25:43AM MR. RAMIREZ.
09:25:44AM THANK YOU.
09:25:45AM >>CARLOS RAMIREZ: GOOD MORNING.
09:25:51AM GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, CRA BOARD.
09:25:54AM FIRST TO FOLLOW-UP, CONGRATULATIONS ON ELECTIONS AND
09:25:58AM REELECTIONS.
09:25:59AM CONGRATULATIONS, CHAIR HENDERSON ON THE CRA BOARD, AND THANK
09:26:04AM THE PAST CHAIRPERSON, COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK FOR ALWAYS COMING
09:26:08AM TO US AND TALKING TO US AND BEING OPEN AND COLLABORATIVE.
09:26:13AM I APPRECIATE THAT.
09:26:15AM THANK YOU.
09:26:15AM I AM GOING TO GIVE THIS MOMENT AN UPDATE WHAT IS GOING ON
09:26:18AM WITH THE WEST TAMPA CRA.
09:26:20AM WE ARE HARD AT WORK TRYING TO RAISE OUR COMMUNITY.
09:26:22AM ALL ASPECTS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
09:26:24AM LET'S JUST START WITH THE PARKS WE ARE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.
09:26:29AM CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME OKAY?
09:26:30AM OKAY.
09:26:31AM RAY PARK IS THE FIRST PARK WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING.
09:26:34AM WE HAVE $1.8 MILLION SET ASIDE TO RENOVATE THAT PARK.
09:26:38AM WE HAVE THE AGREEMENT IN MAY, EARLIER THIS YEAR TO -- THIS
09:26:42AM MONTH.
09:26:42AM SO WE ARE LOOKING TO BRING THAT UP TO ITS FORMER GLORY.
09:26:48AM CHANGE THE FENCES.
09:26:50AM LOOKING AT THE INSIDE OF THE PARK TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ROOM
09:26:53AM FOR THE KIDS AND ACTIVITIES FOR AFTER SCHOOL AS WELL.
09:26:56AM WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH PARKS AND REC AND THE STAFF
09:27:00AM THERE TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS INCORPORATED.
09:27:02AM MOVING DOWN THE STREET, SALCINES PARK AT THE CONNOR, $1
09:27:07AM MILLION SET ASIDE FOR THIS DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
09:27:10AM THAT AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR.
09:27:12AM THAT IS A SMALL PARK, BUT A VERY IMPORTANT PARK.
09:27:15AM KIND OF ONE OF THE GATEWAY PARKS INTO OUR COMMUNITY.
09:27:18AM SO WE ARE DOING A LOT OF REALLY NEAT STUFF THERE.
09:27:22AM I AM EXCITED ABOUT THE CHANGES.
09:27:23AM I HOPE YOU WILL BE TOO.
09:27:25AM MOVING DOWN MAIN STREET, ANOTHER PARK THERE.
09:27:28AM WE JUST PURCHASED FREEDOM PARK.
09:27:30AM USED TO BE OWNED BY MR. REDNER.
09:27:33AM WE PURCHASED THAT BACK IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR.
09:27:36AM AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE GOING THROUGH REMEDIATION BECAUSE IT
09:27:43AM WAS CONTAMINATED BUT THAT WILL BE FINISHED SOON.
09:27:46AM WE WILL GET WITH THE COMMUNITY AND PUT IT AT GOOD USE AND A
09:27:50AM GOOD PUBLIC SPACE FOR ALL OF US TO USE.
09:27:53AM THE LAST PART IS FREMONT LINEAR PARK.
09:27:55AM I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE GONE TO FREMONT.
09:27:57AM A VERY LONG PARK AND SOME STREETS THAT ARE KIND OF CUT OFF
09:28:00AM FOR THE PARK.
09:28:01AM SO WE ARE TALKING WITH THE CITY, THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS
09:28:04AM TO SEE IF WE CAN OPEN UP THE STREETS AGAIN AND KIND OF
09:28:08AM RECONFIGURE THAT PARK SO IT IS A BETTER USE.
09:28:11AM AND, OF COURSE, ADD ALL THE LIGHTING, SAFETY FEATURES AND
09:28:14AM THINGS LIKE THAT.
09:28:15AM THOSE DISCUSSIONS ARE STARTING RIGHT NOW.
09:28:18AM COMING BACK TO MAIN STREET, WE CURRENTLY HAVE CLEAN TEAM
09:28:22AM RIGHT NOW ON MAIN STREET THAT GO OUT AND CLEAN.
09:28:26AM IT WAS THREE DAY AS WEEK.
09:28:27AM WE WANT TO MOVE IT TO FIVE DAYS A WEEK, JUST BECAUSE THERE
09:28:31AM IS A BIG NEED FOR CLEANUP.
09:28:33AM WILLIAMS LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT IS DOING A GREAT JOB.
09:28:36AM THEY ARE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THEY ARE SCOPED FOR AND
09:28:40AM WE ARE VERY HAPPY OF THAT.
09:28:41AM WE ARE DOING A PARKING STUDY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
09:28:44AM INTERSTATE, NORTH AND SOUTH OF 275.
09:28:46AM WE ARE KIND OF COMING TO THE END.
09:28:48AM WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING WITH THE WHOLE CAC.
09:28:53AM I HAVE BEEN KIND OF THE LIAISON WITH THE CONSULTING TEAM.
09:28:57AM WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION -- A LOT OF GOOD DISCUSSION AND A
09:29:00AM LOT OF GOOD ADVICE WE GAVE THE CONSULTANT TO MOVE FORWARD
09:29:03AM WITH THAT PROJECT.
09:29:03AM WE ARE LOOKING TO FINISH THAT OUT AND SHOULD PRESENT TO YOU
09:29:07AM AT THE END OF SUMMER, JULY AND AUGUST.
09:29:08AM WE ALSO ARE PLANNING AN ALL WEST TAMPA CRA ALLEY CLEANUP.
09:29:16AM SO WE HAVE BEEN DOING THE CLEANUPS FOR THE ALLEYS FOR A LONG
09:29:21AM TIME.
09:29:21AM WE STARTED THIS MANY YEARS AGO.
09:29:24AM AND IT JUST HAS BEEN A GREAT WAY.
09:29:26AM A LOT OF TIMES THE EDUCATION IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART
09:29:29AM BECAUSE WE GO AND WE TELL THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT, YOU
09:29:32AM KNOW, THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR HALF OF THE ALLEY.
09:29:35AM A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT OR WE FIND PEOPLE
09:29:39AM ELDERLY AND UNABLE TO CLEAN THEIR ALLEYS, AND WE ARE ABLE TO
09:29:43AM CLEAN IT AND GET A FRESH START SO IT IS A LITTLE EASIER FOR
09:29:48AM THEM.
09:29:48AM WHAT WE ARE PLANNING ON NOW, DOING IT FOR THE WHOLE CRA AT
09:29:52AM ONCE.
09:29:52AM INSTEAD OF PIECEMEAL, WE WILL DO IT ALL AND KIND OF TIE IT
09:29:56AM INTO SWEEP AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN UNITED FRONT
09:29:59AM THERE.
09:30:00AM WE ALSO HAVE -- SPEAKING OF THE ALLEYS, A WEST TAMPA
09:30:07AM ALLEYWAY ACTION PLAN STUDY.
09:30:10AM SO THIS KIND OF STEMS FROM OUR WEST TAMPA OVERLAY CHANGES
09:30:15AM THAT WE DID, WHERE WE CHANGE THE DRIVEWAYS FOR THE HOMES
09:30:18AM FROM THE STREETS TO THE ALLEYWAY IN ORDER TO MAKE IT SAFER
09:30:22AM FOR PEDESTRIANS AND WE -- IN DOING THAT WE FOUND OUT THERE
09:30:29AM IS NOT A ONE FIX FOR ALL.
09:30:31AM SO WE STARTED TALKING WITH THE CITY, AND LOOKING AT THE
09:30:34AM DIFFERENT ALLEYWAYS AND WHAT USES COULD BE USED.
09:30:37AM FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE AN ALLEYWAY THAT IS ALL NEW HOMES AND
09:30:41AM THEY ALREADY HAVE DRIVEWAYS IN THE FRONT.
09:30:44AM USING THAT ALLEY FOR ACCESS TO THE HOME MAY NOT MAKE SENSE
09:30:47AM OR IN AT THAT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
09:30:48AM WE ARE KIND OF LOOKING AT EACH ALLEY, DEFINING SOME OF THE
09:30:52AM DEFINITIONS THAT ARE IN THE CODE, AND SEEING WHAT WOULD FIT
09:30:56AM BEST USE FOR THAT PARTICULAR ALLEY.
09:30:58AM WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT ONE.
09:31:02AM I THINK ALLEYS ARE KINDS OF A SECRET TOOL WE HAVE IN OUR
09:31:05AM TOOLBOX, AND I THINK WE CAN UTILIZE IN A MUCH MORE POSITIVE
09:31:10AM AND EFFECTIVE WAY.
09:31:11AM SOME COUNTY PROGRAMS WE ARE WORKING ON.
09:31:13AM A DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM RIGHT NOW.
09:31:16AM WE HOPE TO HAVE THIS DONE LATER THIS SUMMER.
09:31:19AM WE HAVE A RESIDENTIAL GRANT PROGRAM.
09:31:20AM THE FIRST ONE WAS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD OF NORTH HYDE PARK.
09:31:24AM WE ARE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.
09:31:25AM IT HELPS PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO ARE
09:31:29AM HOMEOWNERS TO BE ABLE TO IMPROVE THEIR PROPERTY AND,
09:31:34AM THEREFORE, KEEPING THEM IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
09:31:36AM WEST TAMPA IS ALL ABOUT DOING GOOD FOR EVERYBODY THAT IS IN
09:31:40AM THERE AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY RISES TOGETHER.
09:31:43AM WE ALSO HAVE A WEST TAMPA -- WE JUST HAD OUR UNITY FESTIVAL.
09:31:49AM THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.
09:31:50AM I APPRECIATE THAT.
09:31:51AM THAT WAS THIS PAST WEEKEND, ON SUNDAY.
09:31:54AM WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE COME THROUGH.
09:31:56AM WE WERE ABLE TO SHARE A LOT OF INFORMATION AND MARKETING
09:32:01AM PRODUCTS WERE OUT THERE.
09:32:02AM OUR SHEETS TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS
09:32:05AM THAT WE HAVE, ALL THE DIFFERENT MONIES THAT CAN GO TO
09:32:08AM IMPROVE THE AREA.
09:32:09AM AND THEN, OF COURSE, SUBCOMMITTEES.
09:32:12AM WE HAVE SIX SUBCOMMITTEES RIGHT NOW.
09:32:15AM WE HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE.
09:32:16AM WE HAVE OUR SAFETY SUBCOMMITTEE WHICH IS VERY POPULAR.
09:32:20AM WE HAVE A HOUSING SUBCOMMITTEE.
09:32:22AM SPECIAL EVENTS WHICH IS THE ONE WHO COORDINATED THE SPECIAL
09:32:26AM EVENT THAT WE JUST DID.
09:32:28AM WE HAVE AN ART AND CULTURE.
09:32:30AM AND AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE.
09:32:32AM ALL OUR COMMITTEES MEET IN PERSON.
09:32:34AM WE HAVE TO HAVE A QUORUM BEFORE WE CAN START.
09:32:38AM AND WE HAVE BEEN MEETING AT THE BUILDING ON N. BOULEVARD.
09:32:40AM LASTLY, SOME HIGHLIGHTS ON A COUPLE OF FEW OTHER THINGS THAT
09:32:44AM WE HAVE.
09:32:46AM WE ARE TALKING ABOUT REVITALIZING MAIN STREET, WHICH WE WILL
09:32:51AM WANT TO DO LIKE A WHOLE PROJECT WHERE WE WILL JUST DO FROM
09:32:54AM ARMENIA ALL THE WAY TO EITHER ALBANY FOR FREMONT WHERE WE DO
09:32:59AM THE WHOLE ROAD, SIDEWALK, EVERYTHING TO KIND OF FRESHEN IT
09:33:03AM UP AND KIND OF INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE COMING INTO IT MAIN STREET
09:33:08AM AND REVITALIZE SOME OF THE BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS THAT WE HAVE
09:33:11AM RIGHT NOW.
09:33:11AM WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH TPD THROUGH OUR SAFETY
09:33:15AM SUBCOMMITTEE.
09:33:15AM THEY RECENTLY JUST DID A STING THAT RESULTED IN THE ARREST
09:33:19AM OF SEVERAL DRUG DEALERS IN THE AREA.
09:33:21AM WE ARE DOING EFFORTS TO CLEAN UP THE AREA.
09:33:23AM WE ALSO ARE TIED IN WITH THE CITY ON SEVERAL OF THE
09:33:27AM PROJECTS.
09:33:27AM WE ARE TIED -- WE HAVE A LIAISON FOR THE RELATED PROJECT ON
09:33:32AM ROME YARD, FOR THE WEST RIVER WALK, AND ALSO FOR ALL THE
09:33:37AM EXPANSION THAT IS GOING ON IN THE AREA AS WELL.
09:33:39AM SO WE ALWAYS HAVE SOMEBODY FROM OUR COMMITTEE IN THOSE
09:33:43AM PROGRAMS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS HEARD.
09:33:45AM I BELIEVE THAT IS EVERYTHING.
09:33:48AM DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTION?
09:33:50AM YES?
09:33:52AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
09:33:53AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
09:33:57AM THAT WHEREAS A VERY THOROUGH REPORT.
09:33:59AM I AM GRATEFUL FOR IT, BUT I REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
09:34:02AM SOMETHING I AM VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT WHICH IS THE ALLEYS.
09:34:05AM >>CARLOS RAMIREZ: YES.
09:34:08AM >>LYNN HURTAK: EXCITED TO SEE HOW THIS GOES.
09:34:11AM LOVE HEARING ABOUT IT.
09:34:12AM IS THE COMMUNITY GOING TO BE THE ONES REACHING OUT OR DOING
09:34:16AM THE WORK IN THE ALLEYS.
09:34:17AM ARE YOU PLANNING TO DO IT ALL IN ONE DAY OR A WEEK-LONG
09:34:20AM THING?
09:34:21AM >>CARLOS RAMIREZ: SO THE ALLEYS, WE ARE -- WE ARE KIND OF
09:34:24AM PLANNING THAT NOW.
09:34:25AM WE WANT TO HAVE A COUPLE OF MEETINGS TO SEE HOW EVERYTHING
09:34:27AM IS GOING TO GO.
09:34:28AM WITH THE ALLEYS, A LOT OF TIME IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE
09:34:32AM COMMUNITY TO GO OUT THERE AND DO THE ALLEYS BECAUSE WE HAVE
09:34:35AM TREES GROWING OR VEGETATION TOO THICK TO GET INTO.
09:34:38AM WE HAVE BEEN FINDING DANGEROUS ITEMS IN THE ALLEYS AS WELL.
09:34:41AM LARGE PIECES OF FURNITURE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
09:34:45AM WE MAY LEAVE THAT FOR THE PROS TO HANDLE AND THE COMMUNITY
09:34:49AM WILL TAKE THE STREET SIDE.
09:34:50AM >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY.
09:34:52AM >>CARLOS RAMIREZ: WE WILL COMBINE IT WITH A CLEANUP AS WELL.
09:34:54AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I LOVE THE WAY YOU ALL ARE LOOKING AT ALLEYS
09:34:58AM BECAUSE THEY ARE A HIDDEN TREASURE.
09:34:59AM THEY BELONG TO THE CITIZENS.
09:35:01AM AND IN FACT WE JUST WALKED OUR DOG IN AN ALLEY TODAY IN
09:35:05AM SEMINOLE HEIGHTS.
09:35:06AM AND JUST LIKE A NICE LITTLE SPOT THAT -- MANY OTHER THINGS
09:35:11AM BESIDES CARS CAN USE.
09:35:13AM I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
09:35:14AM AND I LOOK FORWARD TO FINDING OUT WHAT YOUR STUDY HAS TO SAY
09:35:17AM AND HOW WE CAN EXPAND THAT TO THE REST OF THE CITY.
09:35:20AM I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT AND APPLAUD IT IN THAT AREA.
09:35:23AM THANK YOU, AGAIN, ALSO, FOR ALL THE WORK YOU ARE DOING WITH
09:35:26AM SOUTHEAST AND WITH THE PARKS.
09:35:28AM VERY EXCITED TO SEE THOSE PLANS COULD AM TO FRUITION.
09:35:31AM >>CARLOS RAMIREZ: THANK YOU.
09:35:32AM IF YOU GUYS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO DOWN ALLEYS IN WEST
09:35:36AM TAMPA, YOU WILL SEE THAT THEY ARE NOT ALL ABANDONED.
09:35:39AM A LOT OF TIME PEOPLE HAVE BACK FENCES.
09:35:41AM THEY GO AND TAKE THEIR WALKS THROUGH THE ALLEYWAY.
09:35:44AM A LOT OF THEM ARE DRIVABLE.
09:35:46AM SO PEOPLE DO UTILIZE THEM TO PULL INTO THE BACK OF THEIR
09:35:49AM PROPERTY.
09:35:49AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
09:35:53AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.
09:35:55AM GREAT EVENT ON SUNDAY.
09:35:56AM I WAS THERE EARLY -- EARLY ON.
09:35:58AM IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY AT A BEAUTIFUL LOCATION.
09:36:01AM >>CARLOS RAMIREZ: IT WAS.
09:36:02AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I HAD A QUESTION.
09:36:03AM YOU MENTIONED MAIN STREET AND THE REVITALIZATION AND I KNOW
09:36:06AM WHERE IT WAS -- BARBECUE KING BUILDING AND NEXT TO IT, THAT
09:36:10AM RED BRICK BUILDING, THE TWO-STORY.
09:36:12AM JUST FOR MY OWN KNOWLEDGE, IF YOU NOTICE A GHOST SIGN HAS
09:36:16AM BEEN MADE VISIBLE.
09:36:18AM THEY TOOK OFF SOMETHING FROM THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
09:36:20AM YOU CAN SEE THE PAINTED SIGN THAT WAS UNDERNEATH.
09:36:22AM DO YOU HAVE ANY HISTORY ON THAT BUILDING?
09:36:26AM >>CARLOS RAMIREZ: I DO NOT.
09:36:27AM I CAN -- LET ME GET IN CONTACT WITH THE OWNERS.
09:36:29AM THEY HAVE BEEN VERY INVOLVED.
09:36:30AM THEY HAVE BEEN VERY INVOLVED WITH THE CAC.
09:36:34AM THEY HAVE BEEN COMING TO ALL OUR MEETINGS.
09:36:36AM AND WE KIND OF DEVELOPED A RELATIONSHIP.
09:36:39AM I WILL REACH OUT AND SEE IF THEY KNOW ANYTHING.
09:36:41AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY, THANKS.
09:36:42AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
09:36:45AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, FOR A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT.
09:36:50AM I ECHO WHAT COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO SAID OF THE COMMUNITY
09:36:54AM EVENT.
09:36:54AM TO BRING IN THE CITY'S SERVICES TOGETHER IS IMPORTANT AND
09:36:59AM LOOK AT THE OUTREACH THAT THE CITY IS DOING AND THE HAND UP
09:37:03AM THEY HAVE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
09:37:04AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT.
09:37:06AM AND, AGAIN, I AM ALSO -- ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO DO OVER
09:37:10AM MY LAST FOUR YEARS ON COUNCIL IS TO PROTECT THOSE ALLEYWAYS
09:37:14AM AND REALLY REVITALIZE ALLEYWAYS THEY THOUGHT ARE ABANDONED
09:37:18AM AND AREN'T.
09:37:19AM I THINK IT IS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN OUR CITY -- CORE IN
09:37:23AM OUR CITY, OUR URBAN CORE AND I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT.
09:37:27AM THANK YOU.
09:37:27AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
09:37:28AM CAN I GET A MOTION ON THE ITEM, PLEASE.
09:37:31AM WE DON'T HAVE TO DO A MOTION ON THAT.
09:37:34AM WE GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
09:37:35AM OKAY.
09:37:36AM >>CARLOS RAMIREZ: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:37:37AM LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL.
09:37:39AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
09:37:40AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: GOOD MORNING, AGAIN.
09:37:53AM SO I'M HERE FOR THE DIRECTOR'S MONTHLY REPORT.
09:37:57AM AND I HAVE A FEW ITEMS TO GO OVER WITH YOU.
09:37:59AM MOST OF YOU HAVE MET ERIKA MOODY, WHO WOULD BE THE NEXT CRA
09:38:09AM DIRECTOR.
09:38:10AM WE WILL GIVE HER AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE NEW BOARD
09:38:13AM MEMBERS.
09:38:13AM BUT SHE HAS ACCEPTED THE POSITION AND WILL HAD BEEN STARTING
09:38:16AM WITH US ON MAY 30.
09:38:18AM THE START DATE IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
09:38:21AM MOST OF YOU KNOW HOW LONG WE HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A CRA
09:38:26AM DIRECTOR FOR MORE THAN A YEAR NOW.
09:38:28AM AND IT IS -- IT IS IMPORTANT THAT SHE IS COMING INTO THIS
09:38:34AM POSITION RIGHT BEFORE OUR JUNE 8 WORKSHOP, SO SHE WILL SEE
09:38:39AM ALL THE SAUSAGE MAKING OF THE WORKSHOP.
09:38:41AM SO JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CRA WORKSHOP AS A REMINDER.
09:38:47AM WE DON'T HAVE A REGULAR SCHEDULED CRA MEETING ON JUNE 8.
09:38:50AM IT IS A WORKSHOP AND HELD AT THE RIVER CENTER, JULIAN B.
09:38:55AM LANE RIVER CENTER AND STARTING PROMPTLY AT 9 A.M.
09:39:00AM YOU CAN EXPECT ON THAT DAY WE WILL GO INTO 3:30.
09:39:03AM WORKING LUNCH IS PROVIDED AND WE WILL WORK THROUGH THAT
09:39:06AM SESSION.
09:39:06AM THERE HAVE BEEN KEY ISSUES THAT WERE RAISED BY THE BOARD,
09:39:11AM STAFF AND STAKEHOLDERS AND THINGS WE KIND OF HAVE BEEN
09:39:15AM PUTTING A PIN IN TO ADDRESS AT THE WORKSHOP.
09:39:18AM ONE OF THOSE ARE OUTLINING THE OVERALL GOALS FOR THE AGENCY.
09:39:23AM COVERING ADMINISTRATIVE MODIFICATIONS AND HOW WE ADMINISTER
09:39:28AM GRANT PROGRAMS TO BE A LITTLE MORE EFFICIENT SO THE STAFF
09:39:32AM TIME IS UTILIZED DOING THE WORK OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
09:39:35AM AND MAKING PROJECTS HAPPEN.
09:39:36AM WE ARE GOING TO GO OVER SPECIFIC PROGRAMMING ELEMENTS.
09:39:39AM WE HAVE ALLOCATED 30% OF OUR BUDGETS TOWARD HOUSING
09:39:43AM PROGRAMS.
09:39:44AM THERE ARE A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS COMING UP WITH EACH OF
09:39:47AM THE CACS AND WE WILL TALK THROUGH SOME OF THE PROGRAMMING.
09:39:51AM AND GOVERNMENT AND IT POLICY IS A BIG ONE AND WE EXPECT TO
09:39:55AM SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME -- A LOT OF TIME, REALLY, TO WORK
09:39:59AM THROUGH THE GOVERNANCE AND POLICY DECISIONS.
09:40:01AM COUNCILMAN -- EXCUSE ME, BOARD MEMBER CARLSON ASKED -- I
09:40:05AM DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THE LAST MEETING OR TWO MEETINGS AGO TO
09:40:08AM SET ASIDE TIME IN THE WORKSHOP TO TALK OF SUNSETTING SOME OF
09:40:13AM THE CRAs AND WE WILL HAVE TIME ALLOCATED FOR THAT.
09:40:16AM THE EVERYONE THING I WANTED TO PUT ON YOUR RADAR, THERE IS
09:40:20AM GOING TO BE TIME SET ASIDE IN THAT WORKSHOP.
09:40:23AM ANY BURNING ISSUES OR ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT STAFF TO WORK
09:40:26AM ON, DO RESEARCH ON, YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIST
09:40:30AM THOSE ITEMS AT THE WORKSHOP.
09:40:32AM WANTED TO OUT A PIN -- JUST TO PUT THAT OUT THERE FOR YOU
09:40:35AM TO START THINKING ABOUT THAT.
09:40:36AM IF ANYTHING WE HAVEN'T COVERED.
09:40:38AM THINGS THAT ARE PRESSING AND IMPORTANT TO YOU THAT YOU WOULD
09:40:41AM LIKE FOR US TO WORK ON, WE WILL HAVE TIME AT THE WORKSHOP TO
09:40:44AM DISCUSS THAT.
09:40:44AM GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HOMEWORK BEFORE THE JUNE 8 WORKSHOP
09:40:48AM TO THINK OF THOSE ITEMS.
09:40:50AM WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME PREPARING FOR YOUR WORKSHOP TO MAKE
09:40:55AM SURE THAT THE TIME IS WELL SPENT, MAKE SURE WE ARE EFFICIENT
09:40:58AM AND TAKE YOU OUT OF THE WEEDS AND RAISE SOME OF THE -- THE
09:41:03AM GOVERNANCE AND POLICY DECISION MAKING AS A REDEVELOPMENT
09:41:06AM AGENCY THAT YOU SHOULD BE MAKING.
09:41:08AM WE OPEN THAT WE NEED A SECOND WORKSHOP TO KIND OF WORK
09:41:12AM THROUGH SOME OF -- THERE WILL BE TAKEAWAYS FROM THE FIRST
09:41:16AM WORKSHOP.
09:41:16AM STAFF WILL BE WORKING ON THAT FOR THE NEXT 60 DAYS AND
09:41:20AM PROPOSING A SECOND WORKSHOP ON THE 10TH.
09:41:23AM WE WILL HAVE A REGULAR SESSION IN JULY, AND THEN ANOTHER
09:41:27AM WORKSHOP ITEM TO KIND OF CLOSE OUT SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE
09:41:31AM ARE DOING.
09:41:31AM ALL OF THIS HAS BEEN IN PART TO KIND OF MOVE THE AGENCY.
09:41:35AM THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF COMMENTS FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND
09:41:45AM THE CACS.
09:41:47AM NOT A LOT IS GETTING DONE.
09:41:49AM EFFICIENCY, HOW WE ARE USING OUR TIME, LEVERAGING RESOURCES,
09:41:54AM HOW ARE THE PROGRAMS DOING.
09:41:55AM ARE THE PROGRAMS MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE CRA DISTRICTS.
09:41:58AM SO THESE TWO WORKSHOPS WILL HELP US GET TO WHERE WE NEED TO
09:42:02AM GO.
09:42:03AM SO IF YOU ARE AMENABLE, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER
09:42:08AM CANCELS THE REGULAR AUGUST MEETING AND REPLACING IT WITH AT
09:42:12AM THAT WORKSHOP MEETING ON AUGUST 10, PLEASE.
09:42:14AM >>LYNN HURTAK: SO MOVED.
09:42:17AM >> SECOND.
09:42:18AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THERE IS A MOTION TO MOVE THE MEETING BY
09:42:23AM COUNCILMEMBER HURTAK SECONDED BY ALAN CLENDENIN.
09:42:28AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
09:42:31AM OPPOSED?
09:42:35AM MOTION PASSES.
09:42:36AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:42:37AM SO THAT CONCLUDES MY HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE WORKSHOP.
09:42:42AM AND IN PREPARATION.
09:42:45AM I AM GOING TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE OVERHEAD FOR YOU TO --
09:42:50AM CAN YOU TELL ME IF YOU --
09:42:52AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WE CAN SEE IT.
09:42:53AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: YOU CAN SEE IT.
09:42:54AM OKAY.
09:42:55AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: IT IS A LITTLE CROOKED.
09:42:58AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: IT IS CROOKED.
09:42:59AM HOW IS THAT?
09:43:01AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
09:43:02AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: IN FEBRUARY -- DURING THE FEBRUARY MEETING,
09:43:05AM WE TALKED OF RESTRUCTURING THE -- THE DEPARTMENT AS A WHOLE.
09:43:10AM WE TALKED OF STAFFING NEEDS.
09:43:12AM WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE COULD BE MORE EFFICIENT, AND REALLY
09:43:16AM BRINGING TOGETHER THE WORK -- OR GETTING THE WORK DONE THAT
09:43:19AM NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
09:43:20AM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT TAKES THE MOST STAFF TIME IS WHAT IS
09:43:26AM BEFORE YOU ARE REALLY STAFFING THE CAC AND SUBCOMMITTEE
09:43:30AM MEETINGS.
09:43:31AM FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTION, WE CAN NOT CONTINUE TO
09:43:35AM SUPPORT OUR SUBCOMMITTEES.
09:43:36AM WE JUST CAN'T.
09:43:37AM WE ARE TALKING OF PUBLICLY NOTICING THE MEETING STAFF.
09:43:41AM GOING TO ALL THOSE MEETINGS.
09:43:43AM MINUTES HAPPENING.
09:43:44AM AND, YOU KNOW, IF I AM BEING COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT WITH
09:43:48AM YOU, SUBCOMMITTEES LIKELY EVOLVE THINGS HAPPENING AT A STAFF
09:43:58AM LEVEL.
09:43:59AM HAPPENING A DECADE OF ANY OF US OR THOSE IN THE ROOM OF
09:44:04AM STAFF HAVE BEEN WORK.
09:44:05AM A FUNCTION OF SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT REALLY BEEN WORKING.
09:44:08AM PUSHING THE PACE AND IN ORDER FOR THEM TO GET THE WORK WE
09:44:15AM NEED TO HAVE HAPPEN IN THE DISTRICT, WRECK NOT CONTINUE TO
09:44:19AM STAFF THE SUBCOMMITTEES.
09:44:20AM SO I WILL BE SENDING OUT A MEMO TO ALL OF THE CAC CHAIRS AND
09:44:25AM THEIR -- THE CACS THEMSELVES TO THE STAFF THAT INDEFINITELY,
09:44:33AM WE WILL BE CANCELLING THE SUPPORT OF OUR SUBCOMMITTEE
09:44:35AM MEETINGS.
09:44:35AM OVER 168 MEETINGS A YEAR.
09:44:38AM AND THAT TIME NEEDS TO IT BE MOVED -- GOING FORWARD TO DO
09:44:42AM THE WORK OF THE CACS.
09:44:45AM THE CACS WILL CONTINUE TO MEET.
09:44:48AM THE SUBCOMMITTEES NEED TO BE DOING THE WORK AT THE CAC LEVEL
09:44:52AM AND SENDING -- GIVING THE INFORMATION BACKING TO STAFF FOR
09:44:55AM STAFF TO DO MORE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAMS AND
09:44:59AM PROJECTS AND BRINGING THAT PACK INTO THE CAC.
09:45:01AM SO -- AND SEEING THAT PUBLICLY TODAY THAT THE MEMO WILL FALL
09:45:06AM THIS AFTERNOON THAT WE ARE INDEFINITELY CANCELLING OUR
09:45:10AM SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS AND WILL NOT BE STAFFING THEM ANY
09:45:13AM FURTHER.
09:45:14AM ANY QUESTIONS?
09:45:16AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS?
09:45:19AM IS THAT EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, MISS TRAVIS?
09:45:22AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: YES, MA'AM.
09:45:22AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
09:45:23AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: ANY QUESTIONS?
09:45:29AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: QUESTIONS?
09:45:30AM OKAY.
09:45:30AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: ALL RIGHT.
09:45:31AM THAT CONCLUDES THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
09:45:34AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: QUICKLY BEFORE WE MOVE ON, THE CLERK HAS
09:45:39AM BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT ACTUALLY YOU DON'T HAVE A
09:45:41AM MEETING SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 10.
09:45:43AM THE REGULAR CRA MEETING IS AUGUST 17.
09:45:46AM SO THE -- WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS GO BACK AND -- AND CANCEL
09:45:50AM YOUR REGULAR MEETING -- CRA MEET FOR AUGUST 17 AND SCHEDULE
09:45:54AM A WORKSHOP INSTEAD FOR AUGUST 17.
09:45:56AM >>LYNN HURTAK: SO MOVED.
09:45:58AM I MOTION THAT WE CANCELLED AUGUST 17 MEETING AND INSTEAD
09:46:02AM MAKE IT A CRA WORKSHOP.
09:46:05AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
09:46:06AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER HURTAK.
09:46:10AM SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER MIRANDA.
09:46:13AM ALL IN FAVOR.
09:46:15AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THANK YOU FOR THAT.
09:46:17AM I WOULD HAVE BEEN THE ONLY ONE SHOWING UP ON AUGUST 10.
09:46:21AM THAT CONCLUDES MY DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
09:46:24AM IF NO QUESTIONS, I WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEMS IF THAT IS
09:46:27AM OKAY WITH YOU.
09:46:28AM THE NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE RELATED TO THE MEMORIAL PARK
09:46:32AM CEMETERY.
09:46:33AM IT IS PRETTY MUCH MOOT AT THIS POINT BECAUSE YOU KNOW THERE
09:46:36AM IS A CONTRACT IN PLACE.
09:46:39AM AND WE ARE -- WE ARE SCHEDULED FOR CLOSING ON MAY 22.
09:46:44AM WE ARE HOPING TO CLOSE ON MAY 22.
09:46:46AM THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE MORE THAN 15 DAYS AFTER THE CONTRACT
09:46:50AM HAS BEEN EXECUTED.
09:46:51AM THERE IS -- THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CONVERSATION OR COMMENTS.
09:46:56AM AND MISS NORENE MADE COMMENTS OF A FENCE GOING AROUND.
09:47:00AM WE DO HAVE MONEY ALLOCATED IN THE BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO DO
09:47:04AM THAT.
09:47:04AM I MENTIONED TO YOU THAT THERE HAS BEEN A DESIGN FOR THE
09:47:07AM FENCE, AND WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR PROCUREMENT PROCESS TO
09:47:11AM EXPEDITIOUSLY WORK ON THIS FENCE TOGETHER.
09:47:14AM OTHER THAN THAT, UNLESS THERE ARE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OF THE
09:47:18AM CEMETERY, I WOULD SAY THESE ITEMS HAVE BEEN RESOLVED AS PART
09:47:22AM OF THE CONTRACT.
09:47:22AM AND I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY OTHER
09:47:26AM QUESTIONS.
09:47:26AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
09:47:28AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR
09:47:30AM WORK.
09:47:31AM AND THE COMMUNITY IS SO APPRECIATIVE OF YOU AND YOUR STAFF
09:47:37AM ABLE TO GET THIS DONE.
09:47:38AM NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THE FORWARD THINKING OF PREPARING FOR THE
09:47:41AM FENCE AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL HAPPENS AS QUICKLY AS
09:47:44AM POSSIBLE.
09:47:44AM IT WAS SO NICE TO HEAR FROM MISS COPELAND-MILLER THAT PEOPLE
09:47:52AM ARE TENDING TO THAT CEMETERY AND REALLY HAVE A -- THE FAMILY
09:47:56AM MEMBERS ARE COMING OUT AND SHOWING INTEREST.
09:47:58AM I AM REALLY GLAD THAT WE, AS A CITY, ARE GOING TO BE SHOWING
09:48:04AM THAT INTEREST AND LEVEL OF -- OF JUST IMPROVING IT.
09:48:10AM THANK YOU FOR THAT.
09:48:11AM I JUST WANTED TO SAY.
09:48:12AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THANK YOU.
09:48:13AM I DON'T THINK MY RIGHT-HAND MAN, ATTORNEY MASSEY, SAID WE
09:48:17AM WERE IN THIS TOGETHER.
09:48:18AM AND I WANT TO THANK HIM.
09:48:20AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU, MR. MASSEY.
09:48:22AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: COUNCILMEMBER CLENDENIN.
09:48:26AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WANT YOU TO BE AWARE I WAS IN CONTACT
09:48:30AM WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA FIRE FIGHTER UNION AND LOCAL WOULD
09:48:33AM LIKE TO HELP CLEAN UP AND MAINTAIN THE CEMETERY.
09:48:36AM IF YOU CAN REACH OUT TO THEM AND INCORPORATE THEM INTO THE
09:48:39AM PLANS.
09:48:39AM THEY HAVE VOLUNTEERED FOR YOU.
09:48:41AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: PERFECT.
09:48:43AM WE WILL DO THAT.
09:48:43AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ABSOLUTELY.
09:48:45AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ANYTHING ELSE?
09:48:49AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: ANYTHING ELSE?
09:48:50AM OKAY, PERFECT.
09:48:51AM ALIS, ARE YOU TALKING TO THE NEXT ONE?
09:48:57AM SO ITEM 6, 7 AND 8, YOU HAVE MEMOS PROVIDED TO YOU BY CRA
09:49:03AM MANAGER COURTNEY ORR AND MR. DRUMGO WILL TALK YOU THROUGH
09:49:07AM THOSE ITEMS.
09:49:07AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
09:49:08AM >>ALIS DRUMGO: GOOD MORNING, BOARD, FOR THE RECORD, DEPUTY
09:49:20AM ADMINISTRATOR ALIS DRUMGO.
09:49:23AM FOR ITEM NUMBER 6, STAFF WAS ASKED TO APPEAR AND REPORT ON THE
09:49:27AM FEASIBILITY OF CRA FUNDING GOING TO THE MARTI MACEO SOCIAL
09:49:31AM CLUB IN YBOR, AND TO DISCUSS THE EXTENT OF WHICH THE CRA
09:49:36AM CAN ASSIST.
09:49:37AM STAFF HAS DONE THAT.
09:49:38AM AGAIN CRA MANAGER COURTNEY ORR PROVIDED THE MEMORANDUM FOR
09:49:43AM THE FILE.
09:49:44AM SHE MET WITH MISS SHARON GOMEZ OF THE SOCIAL CLUB AND
09:49:49AM EXPLAINED THE PROCESSES AND GRANTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE
09:49:52AM BETWEEN THE CRA AND THE COUNTY AS WELL TO HELP WITH THE
09:49:55AM PRESERVATION OF THAT FACILITY.
09:49:56AM SO WE REQUESTED THAT MISS GOMEZ PROVIDE THE GRANT DOCUMENTS
09:50:02AM BACK TO US AND FOLLOW UP WITH STAFF.
09:50:03AM SO, YOU KNOW, AT THIS JUNCTURE, WE CAN HANDLE THIS WITHIN
09:50:09AM THE NORMAL BUSINESS ASPECT OF GRANTS.
09:50:12AM AND STAFF IS SEEKING TO CLOSE THIS ITEM OUT.
09:50:15AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
09:50:19AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
09:50:22AM WORK, MR. DRUMGO, I APPRECIATE IT.
09:50:24AM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO MAY NOT BE AWARE, THE MARTI MACEO
09:50:29AM IS A SOCIAL CLUB THAT STARTED ABOUT 120 YEARS AGO WITH THE
09:50:33AM CUBAN CLUB AND AFRO-CUBANS WERE ESSENTIALLY KICKED OUT OF
09:50:38AM THE CLUB BY THE WHITE CUBAN WHO WANTED TO ADOPT INTO THE JIM
09:50:43AM CROW TAMPA WAYS, SO TO SPEAK.
09:50:45AM SO AFRO-CUBAN ALSO BEGIN THE MARTI MACEO SOCIAL CLUB,
09:50:50AM OBVIOUSLY JOSE MARTI, AND GENERAL MACEO, THE UNIFICATION
09:50:58AM OF THE BOTH HAVING A VISION OF AN INTEGRATED,
09:51:01AM BIRACIAL, CUBAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN TAMPA AND THE CLUB
09:51:07AM WILL UNDERGO SO MANY CHALLENGES INCLUDING URBAN RENEWAL
09:51:10AM WHERE IT WAS ORIGINALLY SAID IT WOULD BE TORN DOWN, MOVED TO
09:51:13AM ITS PRESENT LOCATION.
09:51:14AM THE CLUB HAVING JUST SO MANY AMAZING MEMBERS AND PEOPLE WHO
09:51:17AM HAVE DONE SO MUCH FOR OUR CITY.
09:51:19AM OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE TOP ONES BEING FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ.
09:51:26AM AN AMAZING INDIVIDUAL.
09:51:27AM FLORIDA NAACP ATTORNEY, UNITED STATES AND WORLD WAR II
09:51:35AM VETERAN AND RAN FOR PUBLIC OFFICE AND AN AMAZING INDIVIDUAL.
09:51:39AM THE REASON I BROUGHT THIS UP.
09:51:40AM I SEE MARTI MACEO ALL THE TIME WHEN I GO TO HART FOR HART
09:51:44AM BOARD MEETINGS, AND THEY ARE IN.
09:51:47AM AND LOCATION WHERE FOLKS CAN PARK HAVE BEEN TAKEN AWAY AND I
09:51:52AM FORESEE A LOT OF REVENUE CHALLENGES FOR THEM, ETC.
09:51:54AM A CLUB THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN ATTACKED.
09:51:56AM THE UNIQUE ISSUE WITH MARTI MACEO THAT A LOT OF OTHER MAYBE
09:52:00AM TRADITIONAL SOCIAL CLUBS DIDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH WHICH IS
09:52:04AM -- IS THAT THE REASON I BELIEVE THEY ARE HERE AND CONTINUE
09:52:06AM TO BE IN DIRE STRAITS IS BECAUSE OF A VERY ACUTE HISTORY OF
09:52:10AM RACISM.
09:52:10AM AND I THINK THAT IS WHY WE HAVE A REAL UNIQUE DUTY TO HELP
09:52:15AM MARTI MACEO AND TO CONTINUE TO DO SO.
09:52:18AM SO WHAT I AM GOING TO DO IS, I ALWAYS HAVE IS ITEMS COME
09:52:23AM BACK JUST SO I DON'T FORGET ABOUT THEM BECAUSE I GET REALLY,
09:52:29AM REALLY BUSY.
09:52:29AM WHAT I CAN DO, IF I MAY, I AM NOT GOING TO DO IT FOR THE
09:52:32AM OTHER ONES.
09:52:33AM I ALSO MENTION FOR THE YBOR CITY MUSEUM, IS JUST TO HAVE
09:52:38AM THIS COME BACK IN SIX MONTHS JUST TO SEE WHERE THE PROCESS
09:52:41AM IS AT.
09:52:41AM NOT FOR A SPOKEN REPORT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
09:52:44AM JUST A WRITTEN REPORT.
09:52:45AM JUST TO SEE IF THEY APPLIED.
09:52:48AM AND SOME I KIND OF HAVE A SELF-REMINDER.
09:52:51AM AND BRANDON, IF YOU ARE WATCHING THIS, SET UP A MEETING WITH
09:52:55AM MYSELF AND SHARON GOMEZ, IF I MAY.
09:52:58AM AND THAT'S IT.
09:52:59AM I WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE.
09:53:01AM ALL OF YOU ALL.
09:53:02AM MR. DRUMGO, NICOLE, OBVIOUSLY COURTNEY, FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD
09:53:07AM WORK WITH THIS.
09:53:08AM AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOMETHING TO THEM BECAUSE, AGAIN,
09:53:11AM THIS IS A REALLY, REALLY CRITICAL ISSUE.
09:53:14AM IF THIS SOCIAL CLUB SOMEHOW GOES DOWN BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN IN
09:53:18AM THE PAPER FOR YEARS REPORTED BY PAUL GUZZO OF THE CHALLENGES
09:53:23AM THE CLUB HAS.
09:53:24AM IT WOULD REALLY, REALLY BE A TERRIBLE THING FOR THE CITY OF
09:53:27AM TAMPA.
09:53:27AM GOD WILLING WE DON'T GET THAT.
09:53:29AM THE WHAT -- I AM SORRY?
09:53:32AM I WILL TAKE IT.
09:53:32AM NOVEMBER 9, IF I MAY.
09:53:34AM AND, AGAIN, IF I MAY, AGAIN, NOT FOR -- NOTHING THAT YOU ALL
09:53:38AM NEED TO WORK ON, ETC.
09:53:39AM JUST A WRITTEN REPORT.
09:53:41AM NOT APPEARANCE.
09:53:42AM WE CAN HAVE THAT SPECIFICALLY ON THE STATUS OF MARTI MACEO.
09:53:47AM AND THAT'S IT.
09:53:48AM THANK YOU.
09:53:48AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
09:53:50AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:53:53AM AND COUNCILMAN VIERA SAID IT ALL.
09:53:56AM AND I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UP.
09:53:58AM THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE.
09:53:59AM I HAVE A LOT OF GOOD MEMORIES GOING THERE WITH MY
09:54:03AM GRANDMOTHER GROWING UP.
09:54:04AM A LOT OF PEOPLE, THROUGH THE YEARS, THEY HAVE PASSED AWAY.
09:54:07AM THE NAME MACEO, ONE OF HIS FAMILY MEMBER PASSED AWAY NOT TOO
09:54:13AM LONG AGO, MAYBE A COUPLE OF YEARS, MAYBE MORE, FIVE, SIX
09:54:18AM YEARS AGO AND SHE WAS VERY ACTIVE.
09:54:19AM HER NAME WAS MACEO.
09:54:21AM SO SHE CARRIED ON THE TRADITION.
09:54:23AM SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE HISTORY OF THIS COMMUNITY AND
09:54:28AM YBOR CITY.
09:54:28AM AS COUNCILMEMBER VIERA MENTIONED, ALWAYS BEEN -- I DON'T
09:54:34AM WANT TO SAY "UNDER ATTACK" BUT ALWAYS SOMETHING WITH IT.
09:54:38AM THE CLUB STRUGGLED TO SURVIVE WITH EVERYTHING CHANGING
09:54:41AM AROUND IT.
09:54:41AM URBAN RENEWAL WAS MENTIONED.
09:54:44AM AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND DO EVERYTHING WE CAN
09:54:48AM TO HELP PROTECT IT AND CONTINUE TO INVEST IN IT, BECAUSE IT
09:54:51AM IS SO SPECIAL HERE IN YBOR CITY RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM
09:54:54AM IT THE JOSE MARTI PARK.
09:54:58AM A VERY IMPORTANT VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY.
09:55:01AM THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS US.
09:55:03AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
09:55:04AM >>ALIS DRUMGO: SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, A REQUEST FOR STAFF TO
09:55:12AM PROVIDE A REPORT IN NOVEMBER.
09:55:15AM A STATUS REPORT.
09:55:16AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: IS THERE A MOTION TO PROVIDE A STAFF
09:55:19AM REPORT IN NOVEMBER?
09:55:21AM SECONDED BY WHO?
09:55:23AM BY MIRANDA.
09:55:23AM COUNCILMEMBER MIRANDA.
09:55:26AM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
09:55:27AM OPPOSED?
09:55:30AM >>ALIS DRUMGO: NEXT UP ON THE AGENDA IS A SIMILAR REPORT FOR
09:55:34AM SUPPORT FOR THE YBOR CITY HISTORY MUSEUM.
09:55:36AM MANAGER COURTNEY ORR PROVIDED THAT MEMORANDUM FOR FILE AS
09:55:41AM WELL.
09:55:41AM AND STAFF DID MEET WITH MR. HOLSPIN AND REQUESTED THAT HE
09:55:47AM APPLY FOR GRANTS AND PROVIDED THOSE SPECIFIC AVENUES.
09:55:50AM SO WE ARE -- WE ARE, AGAIN, IN A SIMILAR SITUATION WHERE WE
09:55:54AM ARE EITHER SEEKING A MOTION TO CLOSE OUT OR JUST SOME STATUS
09:55:58AM UPDATE.
09:55:59AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
09:56:00AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:56:02AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AGAIN, FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
09:56:04AM I -- AND BRANDON, IF YOU DON'T MIND, HAVE ME MEET WITH STEVE
09:56:09AM BARBAS.
09:56:10AM I GOT CONNECTED WITH THE YBOR CITY HISTORY MUSEUM WITH THE
09:56:18AM YBOR PURPLE HEART WORK AND THEY ARE REALLY GOOD FOLKS AND
09:56:21AM STEVE HESPIAN IS A GREAT GUY.
09:56:24AM I INTERVIEWED WITH STEVE.
09:56:25AM I CHECKED AT HIS LAW FIRM ,AND I CLERKED WITH STEVE WHEN I
09:56:30AM WAS 25 YEARS OLD -- YOU NO, 24 YEARS OLD.
09:56:33AM WE HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR A LONG TIME.
09:56:37AM STEVE BARBAS.
09:56:39AM IF I MAY, I CAN CLOSE THIS PROCESS AND LET IT WORK ITSELF
09:56:43AM OUT.
09:56:44AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
09:56:47AM SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
09:56:50AM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
09:56:51AM OPPOSED?
09:56:52AM OKAY.
09:56:52AM >>ALIS DRUMGO: VERY GOOD.
09:56:56AM ITEM NUMBER 8, SIMILAR REPORT BACK REGARDING THE CUBAN CLUB
09:57:01AM REGARDING ANYTHING THAT THE IN CRA CAN TO DO SUPPORT THE
09:57:04AM CLUB, STRUCTURE AND FACILITY.
09:57:05AM CRA MANAGER COURTNEY ORR MET WITH MR. MANTEGA TO TALK OF THE
09:57:13AM GRANT PROCESSES.
09:57:14AM ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT CAME OUT OF THE MEETING WITH MR.
09:57:18AM MANTEGA AS WELL AND CRA MANAGER COURTNEY ORR AND HER TEAM
09:57:23AM ARE WORKING WITH DEPARTMENTS INTERNALLY TO TALK THROUGH
09:57:25AM PROCESSES AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO MEET THOSE NEEDS.
09:57:28AM THEY ARE ASSOCIATED WITH RIGHT-OF-WAY ISSUES AND SHE WILL
09:57:30AM CONTINUE TO WORK WITH HIM ON THAT.
09:57:32AM HOWEVER, WE DID -- YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN A SIMILAR SITUATION
09:57:35AM WHERE WE ARE IDEALLY LOOKING TO CLOSE THIS OUT.
09:57:40AM A GRANT PROCESS FOR THE CUBAN CLUB TO FOLLOW.
09:57:44AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
09:57:45AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:57:47AM AGAIN, ANOTHER IMPORTANT BUILDING.
09:57:49AM I BELIEVE THE ARCHITECT WAS M. LEO ELLIOTT WHO DESIGNED THIS
09:57:55AM BUILDING AND THE ITALIAN CLUB AND THE CENTRO ESTURIANO.
09:58:03AM AND THE MASONIC LODGE DOWN THE STREET.
09:58:06AM ANOTHER ONE.
09:58:06AM CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH TO OUR COMMUNITY.
09:58:09AM WITH THESE HISTORIC BUILDINGS, THE MAINTENANCE IS CRAZY.
09:58:12AM REBUILD THOSE TODAY, COST PROHIBITIVE IS THE FIRST THING YOU
09:58:16AM WOULD HEAR.
09:58:18AM IF YOU WOULD FIND SOMEBODY TO BE DO THAT KIND OF WORK.
09:58:21AM IMPORTANT TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO PROTECT OUR HISTORY.
09:58:23AM AGAIN, YBOR CITY WAS A VICTIM, AS OTHER PARTS OF THE SYSTEM,
09:58:27AM OF URBAN RENEWAL.
09:58:28AM WE HAVE TO PROTECT WHAT IS THERE TO MAINTAIN THIS FOR FUTURE
09:58:32AM GENERATIONS AND KEEP OUR HISTORY ALIVE AND KEEP THE STORY OF
09:58:35AM TAMPA AND YBOR CITY GOING.
09:58:37AM SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:58:38AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO CLOSE.
09:58:47AM >> SECOND.
09:58:48AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: A MOTION TO CLOSE THIS OUT BY MANISCALCO.
09:58:50AM SECONDED BY MEMBER VIERA.
09:58:52AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
09:58:55AM AYE.
09:58:56AM >>ALIS DRUMGO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:58:58AM IF YOU WOULD LIKE, TAKE YOU THROUGH THE REQUIRED APPROVAL
09:59:01AM STARTING WITH ITEM NUMBER 9, THE HARE BAUER ISLAND BRIDGE
09:59:07AM AND LIGHTING DESIGN.
09:59:08AM IN YOUR REDEVELOPMENT AREA.
09:59:10AM INCLUDES THE ISLAND BRIDGE.
09:59:12AM THE CAC MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH POTENTIAL REDESIGN AT
09:59:16AM ITS MAY REGULAR MEETING.
09:59:18AM SO STAFF IS SEEKING APPROVAL OF $150 THOUSAND IN TO PLAN
09:59:22AM THAT REDESIGN.
09:59:23AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO APPROVE.
09:59:26AM >> SECOND.
09:59:26AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WOW, THERE IS A MOTION.
09:59:28AM WHO MADE IT.
09:59:29AM BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
09:59:31AM SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HURTAK.
09:59:36AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
09:59:38AM ALL THOSE OPPOSED?
09:59:40AM OKAY.
09:59:41AM >>ALIS DRUMGO: THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE WEST TAMPA
09:59:46AM COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA ALLEYWAY CLEANING AND CLEARING
09:59:52AM PROJECT.
09:59:52AM STAFF IS REQUESTING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AN INVITATION TO
09:59:56AM BID TO HIRE A CONTRACTOR APPLY THE CLEANING AND CLEARANCE OF
09:59:59AM PUBLIC ALLEYWAYS WITHIN THE CRA.
10:00:03AM FISCAL IMPACT $1,000,000.
10:00:05AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
10:00:07AM SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER MANISCALCO.
10:00:09AM ALL IN FAVOR.
10:00:10AM OPPOSED.
10:00:11AM >>ALIS DRUMGO: ITEM NUMBER 11, A REQUEST TO ADD FUNDING TO
10:00:15AM THE WEST TAMPA CLEAN TEAM.
10:00:16AM I WANT TO TOUCH ON THIS A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF SEVERAL OF
10:00:19AM YOU WERE IN ATTENDANCE AT A PUBLIC MEETING THAT OCCURRED IN
10:00:22AM WEST TAMPA AND STAFF HEARD IT LOUD AND CLEAR AND WORKING TO
10:00:25AM BUILD OUT AN ACTION PLAN.
10:00:27AM IN RESPONSE TO THAT, WE HAVE INCREASED THE LEVEL OF SERVICE
10:00:29AM TO ENSURE THAT THE PUBLIC SPACES ARE A LOT CLEANER.
10:00:33AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO APPROVE.
10:00:35AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMEMBER
10:00:38AM MANISCALCO.
10:00:38AM SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER MIRANDA.
10:00:40AM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
10:00:40AM OPPOSED?
10:00:41AM OKAY.
10:00:42AM >>ALIS DRUMGO: ITEM NUMBER 12, 7th AVENUE ARCHWAY LIGHTING
10:00:49AM REPLACEMENT.
10:00:49AM AN ACTIVE PROJECTS AND NEEDED A FEW MORE DOLLARS.
10:00:53AM $23,000 FROM IMPROVEMENT LINE ITEMS INTO THIS PROJECT.
10:00:57AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THERE IS A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:01:00AM SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:01:02AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
10:01:03AM OPPOSED.
10:01:04AM >> NEXT ITEM UP FACADE GRANT NOT TO EXCEED $50,000 FOR 1902
10:01:16AM AT THE MacFARLANE BUILDINGS.
10:01:20AM ALMOST ONE AND A HALF TO ONE PRIVATE INVESTMENT.
10:01:24AM >>LYNN HURTAK: SO MOVED.
10:01:25AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
10:01:25AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMEMBER
10:01:28AM HURTAK.
10:01:28AM SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:01:31AM ALL IN FAVOR.
10:01:35AM DISCUSSION ON IS THIS?
10:01:37AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM, A QUICK COMMENT.
10:01:38AM I SEE THE MacFARLANE BUILDING AND PRESERVING OUR HISTORY
10:01:43AM THAT WE ARE DOING A LOT BETWEEN MEMORIAL CEMETERY, YBOR
10:01:48AM CITY.
10:01:48AM THE NAME MacFARLANE IS HUGH MacFARLANE, THE FATHER OF WEST
10:01:56AM TAMPA THE NAMESAKE OF MacFARLANE PARK.
10:01:59AM GLAD TO SEE THAT.
10:02:00AM I KNOW WHICH BUILDING THIS IS.
10:02:03AM GLAD TO SEE WE ARE MAKING THE INVESTMENT TO HELP AND IMPROVE
10:02:06AM THIS.
10:02:07AM GLAD TO SUPPORT THIS.
10:02:08AM >>ALIS DRUMGO: YES, SIR.
10:02:10AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: DID WE FINISH THAT MOTION.
10:02:14AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE DID VOTE.
10:02:15AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
10:02:16AM PROCEED.
10:02:17AM >>ALIS DRUMGO: THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS SOMETHING THAT
10:02:21AM CAME BEFORE THE BOARD LAST MONTH.
10:02:22AM RESOLUTION.
10:02:23AM AND A REVISION TO THE FUNDING AGREEMENT FOR THE TAMPA
10:02:27AM THEATRE, $14 MILLION WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED.
10:02:29AM WE NEEDED TO UPDATE THE SCOPE OF WORK ON THE PROJECT.
10:02:33AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO MOVED.
10:02:34AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
10:02:35AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ANY COMMENTS FIRST IN COUNCILMAN MIRANDA?
10:02:39AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I JUST WANT TO SAY SITTING IN THE SAME
10:02:43AM CHAIR I AM IN TODAY WAY BACK IN 1975 OR '76.
10:02:46AM THE COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD PASS THIS RESOLUTION TO BUY THAT
10:02:50AM PORTION OF THE THEATRE FOR $90,000.
10:02:52AM AND PASSED ON A 4-3 VOTE.
10:02:54AM AND JUST SAYING I WAS ONE OF THE FOUR.
10:02:57AM NOT BRAGGING OR ANYTHING.
10:02:59AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:03:01AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I THINK COUNCILMAN MIRANDA DESERVES
10:03:06AM CREDIT FOR BEING HERE AND ONE OF THE VOTES TO SAVE THIS
10:03:10AM BUILDING.
10:03:10AM I THINK YOUR MEMBERS WERE COPELAND AND DUNCAN AND I DON'T
10:03:14AM KNOW.
10:03:14AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AM JUST SAYING HOW IT WENT.
10:03:18AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THIS IS ANOTHER -- THIS IS ANOTHER ONE
10:03:20AM OF TAMPA'S GEMS.
10:03:22AM AND INVESTING AND PROTECTING THE TAMPA THEATRE, I MEAN WALK
10:03:26AM IN THERE.
10:03:26AM EVERYBODY KNOWS.
10:03:28AM YOU SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF IT TO THE COMMUNITY.
10:03:30AM THE MARQUEE OUTSIDE THAT SAYS "TAMPA."
10:03:33AM A LOGO RECOGNIZED FAR AND WIDE.
10:03:35AM GLAD TO SUPPORT THIS.
10:03:37AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 14?
10:03:43AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO MOVED.
10:03:44AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:03:46AM SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
10:03:48AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
10:03:50AM OPPOSED.
10:03:51AM OKAY.
10:03:52AM >>ALIS DRUMGO: LAST ITEM IS YOUR WALK-ON, REQUESTING APPROVAL
10:03:58AM OF A EAST TAMPA CAC AND FOOD SERVICES BRANCH.
10:04:03AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: CAN HE FINISH WHAT HE WANTED TO SAY FIRST
10:04:06AM FOR MY SAKE.
10:04:07AM CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND EXPLAIN THE MOTION FOR CRA OF EAST
10:04:12AM TAMPA.
10:04:12AM >>ALIS DRUMGO: THE PRIVATE INVESTMENT ON THIS PROJECT IS
10:04:16AM APPROXIMATELY $68,750.
10:04:19AM THE PROJECT LOCATED 3222 NORTH 34th STREET.
10:04:23AM THIS IS A CONVERSION OF AN EXISTING.
10:04:26AM PART OF IT IS A CHURCH FACILITY.
10:04:28AM AND CONVERTING THAT INTO AN ACTUAL RESTAURANT.
10:04:31AM THE OWNER EQUITY IN THIS PROJECT IS $196,000 AND REPRESENTS
10:04:35AM A 3-TO-1 PRIVATE INVESTMENT TO PUBLIC DOLLARS.
10:04:39AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
10:04:41AM ANY COMMENTS ON THIS?
10:04:43AM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
10:04:44AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
10:04:45AM I AM EXCITED TO SEE THIS.
10:04:47AM THE OPEN CAFE IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF EAST TAMPA.
10:04:51AM AND IT BEING CLOSED WAS DEFINITELY HINDERED THE CONNECTION
10:04:56AM OF THE COMMUNITY.
10:04:57AM SO I AM THRILLED ABOUT THIS.
10:04:59AM SO I'M REALLY GLAD YOU ARE ABLE TO MAKE IT A WALK-ON AND WE
10:05:03AM CAN GET STARTED ON THIS.
10:05:04AM THANK YOU.
10:05:05AM >>ALIS DRUMGO: THANK YOU.
10:05:06AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
10:05:09AM CAN I HAVE A MOTION.
10:05:10AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO MOVED.
10:05:12AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: SECOND.
10:05:14AM I MEAN COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO SECONDED.
10:05:17AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
10:05:18AM OPPOSED.
10:05:19AM OKAY.
10:05:19AM I'M GOING TO HAND THE GAVEL OVER TO YOU.
10:05:21AM WE ARE GOING ON TO NEW BUSINESS.
10:05:23AM OKAY.
10:05:26AM IN AN EFFORT TO STREAMLINE THE CRA MEETINGS, I MAKE A MOTION
10:05:31AM THAT ALL ITEMS LISTED ON THE CRA AGENDA AS REQUIRED
10:05:35AM APPROVALS ALSO BE IDENTIFIED BY THE CLERK CRA SECRETARY AS
10:05:39AM CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ON THE CRA AGENDA AND ALLOW THE
10:05:43AM APPROVAL OF THOSE ITEMS BY A SINGLE MOTION APPROVED BY
10:05:47AM THE CRA BOARD INSTEAD OF BY SEPARATE MOTIONS AND VOTES ON
10:05:50AM EACH ITEM.
10:05:51AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
10:05:52AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: IN THE FUTURE, IF THE CRA BOARD MEMBER
10:05:55AM WANTS TO DISCUSS OR HAVE A SPECIFIC VOTE ON ONE OF THE
10:05:58AM REQUIRED APPROVALS OR CRA AGENDA, HE OR SHE CAN REQUEST THAT
10:06:03AM ITEM BE PULLED FOR DISCUSSION AT A SEPARATE VOTE WHEN
10:06:06AM THE CRA BOARD REVIEWS AND APPROVES THE AGENDA AT THE
10:06:09AM BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.
10:06:10AM THERE IS A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:06:12AM -- MY MOTION AND YOU SO MOVED IT.
10:06:17AM >>LUIS VIERA: A MOTION BY CHAIRWOMAN HENDERSON.
10:06:21AM SECONDED I BELIEVE FIRST BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:06:24AM ANY DISCUSSION?
10:06:26AM ALL IN FAVOR.
10:06:27AM OPPOSED.
10:06:28AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
10:06:32AM ALL RIGHT.
10:06:32AM ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR NEW BUSINESS BY
10:06:38AM COUNCILMEMBERS?
10:06:39AM THANK YOU, MISS HURTAK, I APPRECIATE THAT.
10:06:42AM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:06:44AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NONE.
10:06:45AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
10:06:46AM I HAVE A FEW ITEMS.
10:06:47AM I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE JULY 20 CRA MEETING.
10:06:51AM HAND THIS WOULD JUST BE A -- A REPORT.
10:06:55AM AND THIS IS A -- COUPLE OF MOTIONS REGARDING STORMWATER
10:06:59AM PONDS IN EAST TAMPA.
10:07:00AM LET'S SEE, I WOULD LIKE A REPORT ON JULY 20.
10:07:06AM IT CAN BE A WRITTEN REPORT WHICH CAN BE FINE AT THE CRA
10:07:10AM MEETING REGARDING CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS FOR THE STORMWATER
10:07:16AM PONDS IN EAST TAMPA.
10:07:17AM I KNOW THERE SHOULD BE ABOUT SEVEN OF THEM. AND I CAN SPECIFY
10:07:21AM WITH THE STAFF, BUT AT LEAST FIVE OF THE SEVEN EAST TAMPA
10:07:25AM STORMWATER PONDS.
10:07:26AM IF WE HAVE CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS, WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT
10:07:30AM PROCESS AND HOW WE CAN STRENGTHEN THE STORMWATER PONDS WITH
10:07:34AM NATIVE TREES AND PLANTS THAT WILL HELP REDUCE AND IMPROVE
10:07:37AM THE WATER QUALITY.
10:07:38AM AND ALSO AS PART THE REPORT, THE INCLUSION OF GREEN
10:07:42AM INFRASTRUCTURE PRINCIPLES IN TAMPA'S STORMWATER DESIGN
10:07:47AM MANUALS FOR ANY FUTURE STORMWATER PONDS TO SEE WHAT WE ARE
10:07:50AM DOING, IF WE HAVE ANY PLANS IN THE WORK, ANYTHING THAT IS
10:07:54AM BEING INCLUDED AND ADDED INTO THAT DESIGN MANUAL.
10:07:58AM THAT IS FOR JULY 20 AND I CAN GIVE A MOTION TO THE CLERK.
10:08:02AM >> SECOND.
10:08:02AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:08:04AM SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:08:06AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
10:08:08AM OPPOSED.
10:08:09AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THEN TWO QUICK ITEMS.
10:08:11AM I WOULD LIKE TO WISH TONYA OVER HERE AT THE FRONT DESK IN
10:08:16AM OUR OFFICE A HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY.
10:08:18AM IT WAS MAY 9.
10:08:20AM ALSO -- HE IS NOT HERE WITH US, COUNCILMAN CARLSON, AN EARLY
10:08:25AM HAPPY BIRTHDAY WHICH IS MAY 13.
10:08:28AM THAT'S IT.
10:08:28AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:08:29AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:08:31AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.
10:08:33AM I HAVE ONE QUICK MOTION, IF I MAY.
10:08:36AM WE -- WE HAVE BEEN TALKING SOME OF GROCERY STORES IN
10:08:40AM BLIGHTED AREAS AND FOOD DESERTS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
10:08:43AM AND I THINK CRA WILL CAN A GOOD PLACES TO HAVE A FORMAL
10:08:48AM DISCUSSION ON THIS, TO PLACE THIS NOW -- AND WE CAN -- SO I
10:08:52AM WILL TAKE A LOOK AT HOW I AM GOING TO MAKE THIS MOTION.
10:08:54AM I WILL MOVE -- WHAT ARE WE IN -- WE ARE IN MAY.
10:08:57AM WE ARE IN MAY.
10:08:58AM SO I WILL HAVE IT COME BACK, IF I MAY, IN OCTOBER.
10:09:01AM IF STAFF NEEDS MORE TIME, PLEASE, LET'S DO THAT.
10:09:06AM TO HAVE A PLAN OF ACTION -- IN A FORM OF A MOTION.
10:09:10AM A PLAN OF ACTION ON FEASIBILITY, ON THE CRA LOOKING AT THE
10:09:16AM AREAS WHERE THERE ARE KNOWN FOOD DESERTS INCLUDING EAST
10:09:20AM TAMPA AND I CAN MAKE A MOTION IN CITY COUNCIL FOR SULFUR
10:09:24AM SPRINGS TO BE INCLUDED WHICH IS NOT UNDER OUR CRA TO LOOK AT
10:09:28AM EXISTING AND PROPOSED AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS THAT COULD
10:09:33AM INCLUDE GROCERY STORES WITHIN THESE AREAS.
10:09:36AM I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
10:09:39AM WE HAVE PARTS OF OUR CITY OF TAMPA WHERE THERE ARE NO NEWER
10:09:45AM GROCERY STORES.
10:09:46AM WHERE I LIVE WITHIN SEVEN GROCERY STORES WITHIN 15 MINUTES
10:09:51AM OF ME.
10:09:51AM I THINK IT IS TERRIBLE THAT CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY OF
10:09:54AM TAMPA WE DON'T HAVE THAT.
10:09:55AM I THINK IN OUR CRA WE CAN USE DOLLARS -- INCENTIVE DOLLARS
10:10:02AM TO DO THIS.
10:10:03AM I MOVE THIS FOR THE PURPOSES OF FEASIBILITY.
10:10:06AM THE MEANS OF GETTING THERE I WILL SEE HOW WE DO IT.
10:10:09AM I THINK WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE A DEVELOPMENT WITH A GROCER
10:10:13AM COMING INTO THIS AREA, WHETHER IT BE SULFUR SPRINGS IN THE
10:10:16AM CITY COUNCIL OR EAST TAMPA AND THE CRA AND WHETHER WE DO IT
10:10:20AM THROUGH SUBSIDIES, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, I JUST WANT TO GET IT
10:10:24AM DONE.
10:10:24AM SOMETHING THAT IS VERY, VERY OFFENSIVE TO LOCAL RESIDENTS
10:10:29AM AND IT IS NOT THERE.
10:10:30AM AND WE HEARD ABOUT IT -- COUNCILMAN GUDES WAS VERY
10:10:33AM PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.
10:10:35AM HE DISCUSS IT A MONTH AGO TO PUT IT ON OUR RADAR AND I THINK
10:10:38AM WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD ON THIS.
10:10:42AM THANK YOU.
10:10:43AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
10:10:44AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT IS A GREAT IDEA AND SOMETHING WE CAN
10:10:46AM TALK ABOUT IN JUNE AT OUR RETREAT.
10:10:48AM >>LUIS VIERA: SURE, ABSOLUTELY.
10:10:49AM >>LYNN HURTAK: IS THAT NOT -- IS THAT TOO SPECIFIC?
10:10:53AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: NO.
10:10:53AM >>LYNN HURTAK: PAUSE I THINK THAT WE COULD LOOK AT DIFFERENT
10:10:58AM AREAS.
10:11:00AM IT IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD HAVE GIVEN TO YOU ANYWAY.
10:11:04AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: I WILL ASK THAT UNDER -- UNDER THE HOMEWORK
10:11:09AM THAT I GAVE YOU, AS FAR AS LIKE THE BURNING ISSUES AND
10:11:13AM THINGS YOU LIKE TO DISCUSS, ADD THAT TO ONE OF THEM.
10:11:16AM WE CAN DO A LITTLE WORK -- BECAUSE WE KNOW IT WILL BE A
10:11:18AM CONVERSATION AND THEN FOLLOW-UP.
10:11:20AM SO THE MOTION IS GOOD FOR OCTOBER TO DO THE FEASIBILITY BUT
10:11:25AM MAYBE WE CAN HAVE A MORE GENERAL DISCUSSION AT THE BOARD
10:11:28AM RETREAT TO JUST KIND OF SHAPE WHAT WE COME BACK TO YOU IN
10:11:31AM OCTOBER.
10:11:32AM >>LYNN HURTAK: KINDS OF WHAT I WAS HOPING FOR IN TERMS OF,
10:11:35AM LIKE, JUST AN OVERALL BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS AS A CRA
10:11:40AM GLAD TO BRING THAT UP.
10:11:41AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:11:45AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAD A DISCUSSION A COUPLE OF WEEKS
10:11:48AM AGO THAT I BROUGHT UP FOLKS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY THAT CAME
10:11:51AM AND GAVE A PRESENTATION REGARDING CITY OWNED PROPERTY.
10:11:54AM AND THEY GAVE US A LIST TO ADDRESS THE FOOD DESERTS.
10:11:58AM BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE -- AND ESPECIALLY IN EAST
10:12:01AM TAMPA.
10:12:01AM LIKE I WAS SAYING AT THAT DISCUSSION, EAST OF NEBRASKA DOWN
10:12:07AM MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
10:12:07AM SAY MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., EVERYTHING CHANGES.
10:12:10AM YOU STOP AT THAT WINN-DIXIE THERE AT NEBRASKA AND MLK AND
10:12:17AM THE DEMOGRAPHICS CHANGE AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE SAME
10:12:19AM AMENITIES.
10:12:20AM THE NEED IS THERE.
10:12:21AM I AM GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP SULPHUR SPRINGS AND CAME UP A LOT
10:12:26AM IN THE CAMPAIGN AND HOW THAT AREA WAS NEGLECTED.
10:12:29AM FOOD DESERTS WERE PROMINENT AND HAPPY TO SUPPORT YOU AND
10:12:32AM OCTOBER 12 IS THE CRA DATE.
10:12:35AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
10:12:37AM >>LYNN HURTAK: JUST ONE OTHER THING.
10:12:38AM UP KNOW THAT FOOD DESERTS IS THE HISTORIC NAME, BUT WHEN THE
10:12:43AM -- WHEN THE PRESENTERS WERE HERE FROM THE COUNTY, THEY
10:12:48AM TALKED ABOUT THE NEW TERMINOLOGY, NATIONALLY BEING
10:12:54AM LOW-INCOME, LOW-ACCESS.
10:12:55AM LILA.
10:12:57AM IF WE CAN USE THAT TERMINOLOGY.
10:13:00AM I SEE COMPLETELY WHAT SHE MEANS OF JUST LOOKING AT IT -- NOT
10:13:05AM CREATING A VISUALIZATION OF NEGATIVITY.
10:13:08AM SO --
10:13:09AM >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, MADAM CHAIR.
10:13:11AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:13:13AM >>LUIS VIERA: I APPRECIATE THAT COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
10:13:15AM IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO USE THE MOST INCLUSIVE SENSITIVE
10:13:18AM LANGUAGE.
10:13:18AM THANK YOU FOR THAT.
10:13:19AM I THINK THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
10:13:20AM I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
10:13:22AM I THINK IT IS FINE TO JUST TALK ABOUT IT IN OUR RETREAT IN
10:13:27AM JUNE.
10:13:27AM A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT
10:13:29AM THERE.
10:13:30AM THIS COULD BE ONE OF THEM AND HAVE IT COME BACK IN OCTOBER.
10:13:32AM AND I AM GLAD I MADE THE MOTION -- GLAD I WAS ABLE TO MAKE A
10:13:37AM MOTION.
10:13:37AM I WAS AT A CONCERT UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT AND I AM KIND OF
10:13:41AM REALLY TIRED.
10:13:41AM I GOT THE WORD OUT.
10:13:43AM THANK YOU.
10:13:43AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
10:13:47AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WOULD LIKE TO APPLAUD COUNCILMEMBER
10:13:51AM HENDERSON FOR RULE CHANGES AND TO EXPEDITE THE BUSINESS OF
10:13:54AM THE CITY OF TAMPA, AND I URGE HER TO CONTINUE AND FELLOW
10:13:58AM COUNCILPERSONS TO CONTINUE TO STREAMLINE THE MEETINGS TO DO
10:14:02AM THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
10:14:03AM SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:14:05AM I KNOW THERE IS GOING TO BE MANY OTHER WAYS.
10:14:07AM AS WE LOOK AT THIS WITH NEW EYES AND A NEW COUNCIL AND ARE
10:14:12AM WILLING TO DO THE PEOPLE'S WORK.
10:14:13AM I KNOW A LOT OF WORK IN FRONT OF US AND I KNOW YOU WILL DO A
10:14:16AM GOOD JOB OF THAT.
10:14:17AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
10:14:18AM BEFORE THE VOTE, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WE WERE ON THE CAMPAIGN
10:14:21AM TRAIL, THIS CAME UP QUITE A BIT.
10:14:22AM AND I AM HAPPY THAT WE ARE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT
10:14:25AM MOVING EAST TAMPA FORWARD AND THINKING ABOUT THAT AT THE
10:14:29AM VERY FIRST MEETING THAT I AM CHAIRING.
10:14:32AM APPRECIATE THAT AND YOU CAN HEAR THE REPORT ON THE DAIS AND
10:14:36AM NOW WE CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT MOTION.
10:14:37AM THERE IS A MOTION BY VIERA.
10:14:40AM SECONDED BY MIRANDA.
10:14:42AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
10:14:44AM OPPOSED.
10:14:45AM ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS?
10:14:49AM OKAY.
10:14:49AM THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
10:14:51AM DO WE HAVE TO --
10:14:53AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
10:14:55AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
10:14:57AM NOT IN MY NOTES.
10:14:58AM MOTION TO MOVE AND RECEIVE THE DOCUMENTS -- WAIT A MINUTE.
10:15:02AM I WANT TO DO THAT.
10:15:03AM A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:15:05AM SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER MIRANDA.
10:15:08AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
10:15:10AM OPPOSED.
10:15:11AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:15:12AM THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
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