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

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