TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, MAY 18, 2023, 9:00 A.M.
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09:02:45AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO
ORDER.
WE NOW GO TO INVOCATION.
DO WE HAVE SOMEONE FOR INVOCATION TODAY?
IF NOT, WE WILL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOLLOWED BY THE
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
NO INVOCATION TODAY?
OKAY, STAND FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND THEN DO THE PLEDGE
OF ALLEGIANCE.
[MOMENT OF SILENCE]
09:03:16AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
09:03:31AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL RIGHT, IF WE CAN HAVE ROLL CALL,
PLEASE.
09:03:34AM >>BILL CARLSON:
HERE.
09:03:35AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HERE.
09:03:36AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HERE.
09:03:37AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
PRESENT.
09:03:39AM >>LUIS VIERA:
HERE.
09:03:42AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
HERE.
09:03:43AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HERE.
09:03:44AM >>CLERK:
WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
09:03:47AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A MOTION FOR THE MAY 11 MEETING.
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR.
AYE.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GO TO THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AND THE ADDENDUM.
A COUPLE OF ITEMS.
I SENT OUT A MEMO FOR ITEM NUMBER 32.
A LITTLE BIT OF AN UNIQUE SITUATION.
I WOULD LIKE A MOTION, IF IT IS ALREADY FOR COUNCIL, TO MOVE
32 AHEAD OF CEREMONIAL ACTIVITIES.
WE WILL OFFER PUBLIC COMMENT SPECIFICALLY ON THAT ITEM
SEPARATE FROM OUR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND GO BACK TO THE
REGULAR ORDER OF THE AGENDA A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON
AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR.
ALL RIGHT, SENT A MEMO OF THE CONSENT DOCKET BEFORE PUBLIC
COMMENT AND SECOND READINGS IF WE CAN MOVE THAT UP.
09:04:40AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SO MOVED.
09:04:41AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ALL RIGHT.
IF I CAN GET A MOTION TO REMOVE ITEM NUMBER 45 BECAUSE A
DUPLICATE OF ITEM 52 SET FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AT 10:30.
A MOTION TO REMOVE ITEM 45.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
09:05:05AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WITH REGARDS TO ITEM 54.
A REVIEW HEARING.
BECAUSE WE HAVE AN INTERPRETER HERE AND A VERY TIME-SENSITIVE
ITEM.
IF WE CAN TAKE THAT AT 10:30 OR SOON THEREAFTER BECAUSE OF
THE INTERPRETER HERE.
A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
ALL RIGHT.
WE WILL BE STOPPING -- HARD STOP AT NOON UNTIL 1:30 FOR
LUNCH.
SO EVERYONE KNOWS AHEAD OF TIME WE WILL BE STOPPING AT NOON.
I ALSO ASKED THE CLERK TO SET A TIMER FOR EACH
COUNCILMEMBERS' COMMENTS FOR FIVE MINUTES EACH.
WE BROUGHT IT UP.
ANY OBJECTION TO THAT?
09:05:47AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
MR. CHAIRMAN, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE FIVE
MINUTES BUT YOU CAN ALSO SPEAK TWICE.
TWO AND A HALF MINUTES.
09:05:53AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL RIGHT.
TO WRAP --
09:05:56AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
EXCUSE ME, IF I MAY.
SPEAK TWICE AFTER EVERYONE HAS GONE.
IS THAT CORRECT?
09:06:02AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YOU CAN HAVE A SECOND TURN.
ALL RIGHT.
WE WILL GO TO THE STAFF REPORTS REAL QUICK.
55 IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE.
IF WE HAVE ANYTHING.
ITEM 56, DO WE NEED STAFF HERE FOR THAT?
ANYBODY?
09:06:24AM >>JOHN BENNETT:
JOHN BENNETT.
ITEM 56 WILL NEED A VOTE.
09:06:30AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ONLY ASKING IF STAFF NEEDS TO BE
PRESENT?
09:06:34AM >>JOHN BENNETT:
OH, UNDERSTOOD.
09:06:36AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
DON'T NEED STAFF PRESENT ON 56.
ITEM 57 IS THE PARKS AND REC MASTER PLAN.
WE WILL HAVE STAFF PRESENT.
ITEM 58 IS NELSON CONSTRUCTION.
WE WILL HAVE STAFF PRESENT.
ITEM 59 INVOLVING WATERING RESTRICTIONS .DO WE NEED STAFF
PRESENT?
YEAH, THEY DON'T HAVE A WRITTEN -- A WRITTEN ONE, SO WE WILL
HAVE THEM.
ITEM 60 REGARDING ACCELA, I WILL SAY YES.
THAT IS A BIG ISSUE.
ITEM NUMBER 61, THERE IS A REQUEST THAT WE CONTINUE THIS TO
JUNE 15, 2023.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION?
09:07:07AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SO MOVED.
09:07:10AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN AND 51 TO JUNE 15, 2023.
ALL IN FAVOR.
OPPOSED?
ALL RIGHT.
62, REGARDING ALTERNATING MEETING WEEKS.
THERE IS NO WRITTEN REPORT.
WE WILL HAVE STAFF PRESENT FOR THAT.
ITEM 63 --
09:07:29AM >>LUIS VIERA:
SO MOVE CONTINUANCE REQUESTED.
09:07:31AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION TO CONTINUE JUNE 15, 2023 FROM A
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
SECONDED FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ALL RIGHT.
ITEM 64, A REQUEST TO CONTINUE FOR 60 DAYS.
THEY DIDN'T SPECIFY A DATE.
I WILL SAY JULY 13?
JULY 13, 2023, MOTION TO CONTINUE.
WHO MADE THE MOTION?
NUMBER 64.
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
SECONDED FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ANYTHING ELSE REGARDING THE AGENDA BEFORE I ASK TO APPROVE
THE ADDENDUM AND THE AGENDA?
EVERYTHING IS GOOD?
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
09:08:14AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SO MOVED.
09:08:16AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
SECONDED FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR.
ALL RIGHT, WE WILL NOW GO TO ITEM NUMBER 32, WHICH WE HAVE
MOVED TO THE FRONT OF THE AGENDA.
IS THERE A -- OPENING REMARKS ON THIS?
CHIEF BENNETT, ANYTHING?
MR. SHELBY?
09:08:34AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
JUST A REMINDER, COUNCIL.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT NOW, BUT
SPEAK TO ITEM 3, JUST ITEM NUMBER 32, TAKE THE PUBLIC
COMMENT BEFORE THE PRESENTATION.
09:08:45AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE TWO REGISTERED SPEAKERS AND NOT
HERE FOR ITEM 32.
BUT HERE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 32?
ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK TO ITEM 32?
I SEE AND HEAR NO ONE.
CHIEF BENNETT, ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO OPEN WITH
REGARDING THIS ITEM?
09:09:09AM >>JOHN BENNETT:
GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
GOOD MORNING, PUBLIC.
ESPECIALLY TO OUR TAMPA COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
TODAY ITEM 32, THE MAYOR COMES BACK FOR US RECOMMENDED FOR
APPOINTMENT BY THE AGENDA RESOLUTION.
ITEM 32 MOVED TO ITEM NUMBER 1.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR HONORING THAT MOVEMENT SO OUR
EMPLOYEES CAN GET BACK TO WHAT THEY ARE DOING AFTER
CONSIDERING.
PRIOR TO TODAY, WE SUBMITTED A COVER MEMO TO COUNCIL AND OUR
PUBLIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT WE CALL SIRE OF THE
CURRICULUM VITAE CARRIED OVER FOR RECOMMENDATION FOR
APPOINTMENT.
NO NEW NAMES ON THAT ROSTER AT THIS TIME; HOWEVER, IT IS
NOTED THAT THE CITY IS IN THE PROCESS FOR A NEW WATER
DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR FOR CHUCK WEBER'S REPLACEMENT.
NEW CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR TO REPLACE MIKE CHUCRAN AND
PURCHASING DIRECTOR TO REPLACE GREG SPEARMAN ON CONTRACT
WITH YOUR GRACIOUS SUPPORT UNTIL THAT SELECTION.
AND LOOKING TO BRING A NEWLY RECOMMENDED CRA DIRECTOR EARLY
IN JUNE THAT WILL MAKE THE 27 POSITIONS NAMED IN THE CHARTER
UNDER -- UNDER COUNCIL'S APPROVAL FOR APPOINTMENT.
SO THAT IS THE GAP IS THE FOUR AGAINST THE 23 FOR TODAY.
SO THE 23 MEMBERS ARE BEHIND ME.
FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION IN THE SAKE OF THE YOU CAN WILL
I CAN, I WOULD LIKE TO READ THE NAMES ON THE RESOLUTION A
ALIGN WITH THE CITY CHARTER AND WILL BE IN ALPHABETICAL
ORDER WITH JOB WORKING TITLES AND ASK THEM TO STAND AND
RAISE THEIR HAND WHEN ANNOUNCED SO THE PUBLIC CAN SEE WHO
THEY ARE OR IF ANY COUNCILMEMBERS MAY NOT HAVE MET THE
DIRECTORS AS ABOVE.
AS MENTIONED IN THE MEMORANDUM AFTER COUNCIL CONSIDERS THE
RESOLUTION FOR STAFF APPOINTMENTS, WE ARE REQUESTING A
PUBLIC SWEARING IN BY WAY OF THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND
MISS SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES IS HERE TO SUPPORT THAT.
SO IF THE COUNCIL IS IN AGREEMENT I CAN READ THE NAMES AND
IDENTIFY THE MEMBERS ON STAFF.
09:11:06AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
GO AHEAD.
09:11:07AM >>JOHN BENNETT:
THANK YOU.
AGAIN, IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
SORRY, I HAVE A LITTLE APPLIANCE TO ANNOUNCE.
KELLY AUSTIN AS THE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND TALENT
DEVELOPMENT.
THANK YOU, KELLY.
BRAD BAIRD IS THE DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
THANK YOU, BRAD.
JOHN BENNETT AS THE CHIEF OF STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
LEE BERCAW AS THE INTERIM CHIEF OF POLICE.
VIK BHIDE AS THE DIRECTOR MOVE HE BUILT.
THANK YOU, VIK.
ADRIANA COLINA, DIRECTOR OF LOGISTICS AND ASSETS MANAGEMENT.
ALIS DRUMGO AS THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AND OPPORTUNITY.
JEAN DUNCAN AS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND
MOBILITY.
ABBYE FEELEY AS THE DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR DEVELOPMENT AND
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
MISS SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES AS THE CITY CLERK.
MISS CHRISTINE GLOVER AS THE DIRECTOR OF INTERNAL AUDIT.
MR. RUSSELL HAUPERT, DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION.
HIS SHERISHA HILLS AS THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
DAVID INGRAM AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE TAMPA
CONVENTION CENTER.
MR. DENNIS ROGERO AS THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
MR. SAL RUGGERIO AS THE DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR OF SERVICES.
MR. ADAM SMITH, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS.
MISS NICOLE TRAVIS THE ADMINISTRATOR FOR DEVELOPMENT
OPPORTUNITY.
MISS BARBARA TRIPP AS THE FIRE CHIEF.
MR. LARRY WASHINGTON AS THE DIRECTOR OF SOLID WASTE.
MR. ERIC WEISS AS DIRECTOR OF WASTEWATER.
MISS OCEA WYNN AS ADMINSTRATOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD AFFAIRS, AND
ANDREA ZELMAN IS THE CITY ATTORNEY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
THAT IS THE -- THE ROSTER THAT WE BRING FOR YOU FROM THE
MAYOR TODAY AS RECOMMENDED FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE CITY OF
TAMPA.
AGAIN, NO NEW NAMES ARE ON THAT ROSTER.
09:13:18AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, YOU HAVE YOUR MIC.
09:13:22AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROTOCOL IS AFTER THIS.
09:13:26AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION.
YES, SIR, COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
09:13:30AM >>BILL CARLSON:
I WANT TO COMMENT.
AN ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED A LOT IN THE COMMUNITY AND
DURING THE CAMPAIGN.
FIRST, I SHOULD SAY THAT THE -- THE MAYOR AND STAFF HAVE
HIRED AN EXCELLENT TEAM.
A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE WITH THE CITY THAT HAVE FANTASTIC
EXPERIENCE.
THEY ARE VERY RESPONSIVE TO US AND THE PUBLIC AND VERY
THANKFUL FOR THAT.
EVERY TIME ONE OF THE PEOPLE SITTING BEHIND YOU RESPONDS TO
THE PUBLIC MAKES US ALL LOOK BETTER.
AS WE DISCUSSED BEFORE, CHIEF OF STAFF, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN
THE PUBLIC CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE THE DIFFERENCE OF THE
MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL.
ALL THEY WANT IS A RESULT.
THE FASTER WE GET IT TO THEM AND THE MORE THOROUGH IT IS THE
BETTER.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME INCIDENTS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS WHERE
SOME MEMBERS OF STAFF HAVE BEEN RUDE AND DISMISSIVE TO
CITY COUNCIL WHICH IN EFFECT IS RUDE TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE
THE PUBLIC WANTS ANSWERS AND TRANSPARENCIES.
INCIDENTS WHERE SOME STAFF HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH ATTACKS
OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AS I SAID A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, I TOLD MY SUPPORTERS THAT I
WANT TO TRY TO HIT THE RECESS BUTTON IN THE CITY SAND MOVE
FORWARD.
AND PUT WHATEVER ISSUES WE HAD IN THE PAST BEHIND US.
I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE GUY WHO RAN AGAINST ME THAT SPENT
MILLION DOLLARS AGAINST ME I MET WITH HIM A COUPLE OF TIMES
AND SAID BURY THE HATCHET.
I CALLED THE MAYOR TO CONGRATULATIONS 1998 HER THE DAY AFTER
THE ELECTION.
AND SHE CALLED ME AGAIN THIS MORNING AND MET WITH CHIEF OF
STAFF.
AND I SEE THAT -- WHAT I AM SEEING RIGHT NOW HOPEFULLY WILL
LAST, BUT WHAT I AM SEEING IS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WANTS
TO PARTNER WITH CITY COUNCIL.
I AM WILLING TO TAKE WHOEVER WORKED ON THE NEGATIVE ADS AND
FOUGHT US IN THE PAST AND HURT CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM WILLING TO TAKE ALL OF THAT AND MOVE IT TO THE PAST
WITH THE PROMISE FROM THE MAYOR, CHIEF OF STAFF AND OTHERS
THAT THE CITY STAFF WILL WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH US.
WHAT THE PUBLIC EXPECTS THE NOT ABOUT EGOS OR POLITICS
MAKING SURE WE DELIVER THE RIGHT SERVICES AND BENEFITS TO
THE PUBLIC.
UP WOULD JUST ASK ALL OF FOLKS SITTING HERE AND PEOPLE WHO
REPORT TO THEM, PLEASE DON'T GET INVOLVED IN POLITICS
ANYMORE.
WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME TEAM.
WE ARE -- WE NEED -- THE MAYOR'S LEGACY IS GOING TO BE
DETERMINED IN FOUR YEARS.
OUR LEGACY WILL BE DETERMINED IN FOUR YEARS.
YOU MAY BE HERE PAST THAT, BUT AS AN ONGOING MEASURE, FOLKS
WILL BE LOOKING AT HOW WE ALL WORK TOGETHER.
PLEASE LOOK AT US AS PEOPLE WHO CAN COLLABORATE WITH YOU.
WE ARE NOT ENEMIES OF ANYONE.
WE ARE ALL HERE TO SERVE THE PUBLIC.
37 AND I WOULD -- THE LAST THING I WOULD JUST REMIND STAFF
AND ESPECIALLY DEPARTMENT HEADS IS YOU DON'T REPORT TO
AND YOU DON'T REPORT TO THE MAYOR.
THERE MIGHT BE A -- AN OFFICIAL ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE WHERE
YOU OFFICIALLY REPORT TO THE MAYOR, BUT YOU TECHNICALLY
REPRESENT THE CITY OF TAMPA WITH A BIG C AND WE ALL
REPRESENT THE PUBLIC.
IF THE MAYOR OR ANYONE ASKS TO YOU DO SOMETHING NOT IN THE
BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY, PLEASE COME TO US.
THERE ARE TWO BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT IN EFFECT ARE EQUAL AS
SET OFF IN THE CHARTER, AND WE WOULD APPRECIATE
COLLABORATING WITH YOU TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE RESULTS.
I AM THANKFUL TO EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY THE MAYOR FOR TRYING
TO SET A NEW -- A NEW MIND SET GOING FORWARD AND HOPEFULLY
WE CAN ALL COLLABORATE.
THANK YOU.
09:16:53AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANYONE ELSE?
YES, MA'AM.
09:16:56AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YOU KNOW, I ECHO A LOT OF WHAT COUNCILMAN
CARLSON SAID.
IT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE EVERYONE WHO STOOD UP THAT I HAVE
RELATIONSHIP WITH ALMOST EVERYONE THERE THAT I HAVE VISITED
DEPARTMENTS.
AND ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN GRACIOUS WITH YOUR TIME AND
HELPFUL.
AND JUST REALLY GOOD REPRESENTATIONS FOR THE CITY.
AND I GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT.
THE MAYOR HAS DEVELOPED A WONDERFUL TEAM.
WE HAVE GOTTEN A COUPLE OF E-MAILS ABOUT -- ABOUT THE
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS.
AND I HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH HIM YESTERDAY.
I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, THAT BECAUSE, TO ME, THAT IS THE
LYNCHPIN OF THE CITY.
I WORK IN COMMUNICATIONS.
AND THE QUESTIONS I HAD WEREN'T FULLY ANSWERED TO MY
SATISFACTION.
I AM CONCERNED.
WE TALKED YESTERDAY ABOUT HOW ARE WE EDUCATING THE PUBLIC OF
THINGS LIKE THIS PARK AND REC DOCUMENT THAT IS VERY
CONFUSING, AND THE ANSWER I GOT WAS NOT SATISFACTORY.
I FEEL VERY, VERY STRONGLY THAT -- THAT IS OUR FIRST STEP
FORWARD TO EVERYONE IN THIS CITY.
AND I DON'T FEEL THAT THAT PARTICULAR ROLE IS BEING AS
PROACTIVE AS NECESSARY.
SO I WILL NOT BE VOTING FOR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS TO GO
FORWARD.
SO THAT IS BASICALLY MY CONCERN.
AND AFTER MY CONVERSATION YESTERDAY, I GOT TWO E-MAILS THAT
BASICALLY ECHOED THE CONCERNS I HAVE.
AND SO WHAT -- WHAT WORRIES THE MOST IS THE PUBLIC NOTICES.
I DON'T FEEL THAT'S OKAY.
WE NEED TO BE VERY OPEN AND FORWARDING AND ENCOURAGING AND
CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE HAVE CONCERN ME TOO.
THANK YOU.
09:19:16AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, MA'AM.
09:19:21AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
I APPRECIATE THE -- I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
AS A NEW CITY COUNCILPERSON TO READ YOUR RESUME AND AREAS OF
EXPERTISE.
I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH ANY OF YOU.
AND THERE HAS BEEN TAN E-MAIL OF THE DIRECTOR OF
COMMUNICATION.
I DON'T SEE IT UNSATISFACTORY ENOUGH TO PREVENT THAT PERSON
FROM MOVING FORWARD IN THEIR POSITION.
OF COURSE ALL OF US DESERVE AN OPPORTUNITIES AND AREAS OF
IMPROVEMENT.
WE KNOW THAT.
I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH ALL THE NOMINATIONS AND
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION OR CAN I DO THAT RIGHT NOW.
09:19:51AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE WILL FINISH DISCUSSION AND THEN
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
VIERA AND THEN MIRANDA.
09:19:57AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
THANK YOU.
09:19:58AM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
I AM INCLINED TO SUPPORT.
I APPRECIATE THE WORDS OF EVERYONE TODAY.
I KNOW -- WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO TALK OF POLITICS UP HERE,
BUT YET IT IS HERE.
THERE WAS VERY HIGH-PROFILED RACES.
I THINK IT WAS IN THE 1976 CAMPAIGN, I THINK WHEN HE WAS
RUNNING IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FOR THE, I BELIEVE IT WAS
RONALD REAGAN FAMOUSLY SAID I PAID FOR THIS MICROPHONE AND
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK AND COUNCILMAN CARLSON PROBABLY THE TWO
MOST HIGH-PROFILE RACES IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
THEY -- WE ALL PAID FOR THIS MICROPHONE, BUT YOU CAN
CERTAINLY SAY THAT ABOUT THEM.
I RESPECT THEIR OPINIONS WHICH IS TO GO IN DIFFERENT WAYS,
BUT I RESPECT YOUR OPINIONS 110% BECAUSE YOU PAID FOR THIS
MICROPHONE LIKE WE DID.
I WILL BE VOTING YES ON IT.
I APPRECIATE ALL OF CITY STAFF, AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE MENTIONED THAT I THINK ARE THROUGHOUT
THE -- YOU KNOW, THE LAST YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF.
PARTICULARLY -- ACUTE TIMES IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
I HOPE AND PRAY THAT WE CAN -- WE CAN MAYBE -- THE WORD
ISN'T "MOVE BEYOND IT," BUT BUILD ON THE WORK WE DO HERE IN
THE CITY OF TAMPA AND ALL OF US AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH ALL OF Y'ALL TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:21:15AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU.
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
09:21:17AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
I APPRECIATE THE LAST TWO COUNCILMEMBERS.
ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS THAT SPOKEN BEFORE ME.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE SAYING.
LET ME JUST SAY THAT WHEN YOU WORK FOR THE PUBLIC, YOU DON'T
-- THE MAYOR MAY OR MAY NOT SELECT YOU AS A DEPARTMENT HEAD
OR EMPLOYEE.
AND YOU MAY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AS A DEPARTMENT HEAD TO COME
BE CONFIRMED BY THE COUNCIL LIKE WE ARE TODAY.
IN ESSENCE, WHO YOU REALLY WORK FOR IS NOT THE MAYOR AND US,
YOU WORK FOR THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT PAY FOR EVERYBODY'S MIC.
FOR EVERYBODY'S OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE -- NOTICE I SAY THE
WORD "SERVE" THE PUBLIC.
WHEN YOU RUN FOR PUBLIC OFFICE, YOU NEVER REALLY HAVE AN
OPPONENT.
THE ONLY OPPONENT YOU HAVE WHEN RUN FOR ANY OFFICE IS
YOURSELF, PERIOD.
LET WHOEVER RUNS SAY WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
GOES IN ONE EAR WITH ME AND OUT THE OTHER PAUSE THAT IS HOW
LIFE IS.
I CANNOT CONTROL EMOTIONS.
AT ANY MOMENT, MYSELF, OTHERS, INCLUDING THOSE HERE THAT ARE
DEPARTMENT HEADS, YOU MIGHT BE EMOTIONALLY IN A MOOD.
AND YOU MAKE AN ERROR.
NOW THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ERROR A MISTAKE.
A MISTAKE IS SOMETHING YOU PLAN ON AND OPERATION YOU MAY
HAVE A MISTAKE LIKE RUSSIA.
THAT IS A BIG MISTAKE.
THEY INVADED A COUNTRY AND NOW THEY ARE PAYING FOR IT.
AN ERROR IS WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING AND YOU
FALTER, BUT YOU WON'T DO IT AGAIN.
THESE THINGS THIS LIFE -- I AM NOT PERFECT.
I NEVER SAID I AM PERFECT.
I DON'T BELIEVE ANYONE HERE IS PERFECT IN THIS ROOM.
SO WHAT I AM SAYING IS, GO DO YOUR JOB.
IF I DISAGREE WITH SOMEBODY AND I GOT TO TELL THEM H-E
DOUBLE HOCKEY STICKS, I TELL THEM RIGHT TO THEIR FACE IN
PERSON.
BECAUSE THIS CITY IS NUMBER ONE IN SO MANY THINGS THAT I
DON'T WANT TO CHANGE THE IMAGE THAT WE HAVE AND TARNISH IT.
THE MAY JACKSONVILLE GOT ELECTED THE OUR DAY AND NOT
SUPPOSED TO WIN.
SHE WON.
GUESS WHAT SHE SAID.
WE ARE MUCH BIGGER THAN TAMPA.
AND TAMPA IS MUCH BETTER THAN WE ARE.
WHY?
I DIDN'T HEAR THAT.
I WAS TOLD THAT BY PEOPLE ON THE STREET.
THAT THEY MENTION EVEN THE CITY OF TAMPA WHEN YOU GET
ELECTED IN A BIG COUNTY LIKE JACKSONVILLE IS.
A DIFFERENT FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
WHEN YOU SAY THAT ABOUT A CITY, SOMEBODY IS DOING PRETTY
WELL IN THIS CITY.
YES, PEOPLE WHO GOT -- HAVE TO HAVE A HAND UP TO PUSH UP,
GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO BETTER FOR THEIR FAMILY, BUT
AT THE SAME TIME, WE GOT TO STOP THE NONSENSE FROM THAT SIDE
AND THIS SIDE.
I AM NOT TAKING SIDES.
I AM SAYING IN ORDER TO HAVE A TRUCE, NOT ONE PARTY HAS GOT
TO AGREE TO IT.
BOTH PARTIES HAVE TO AGREE TO IT.
I WILL HOLDS BOTH PARTIES TO THAT SAME TOKEN WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT.
THAT IS THE APPROVAL AND I AGREE WITH MY TWO PREVIOUS THAT I
WILL ALSO BE SUPPORTING THIS SLATE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:24:10AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
09:24:12AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HI, GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
BEING ONE OF THE NEW PERSONS ON COUNCIL, I HAD THE
PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO MEET THE DEPARTMENT HEADS OVER THE
LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND I CAN TELL YOU I ENJOYED ALL THE
MEETINGS AND I THINK THE LEVEL OF PUBLIC SERVICE IS HIGH.
PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA CAN BE PROUD OF YOU
ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR THE CITY EVERY DAY.
PUBLIC SERVICE IS ONE OF THE BEST, HIGHEST CALLING, WORKING.
NOBODY IS GOING TO ENDS UP BEING A BILL GATES WORKING FOR
GOVERNMENT, BUT YOU MAKE HUGE CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR CITY.
AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU FOR THE SEGMENTS YOU CONTROL.
YOU KNOW, I GUESS, WHAT PREVIOUS COUNCILPERSON SAID, SAME
THING.
WE ALL HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT EVERYBODY HAS AN UNIQUE ROLE
IN OUR GOVERNMENT FROM THE DEPARTMENT HEADS TO THE MAYOR TO
THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND WE -- SOMETIMES WE HAVE -- WE HAVE LANES AND SOMETIMES
OUR LANES CROSS EACH OTHER, BUT WE ALL HAVE TO BE RESPECTFUL
OF EACH OTHER AND I RECOGNIZE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH
EACH ONE OF YOU AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO EVERY DAY
AND THE CITY OF TAMPA IS IN GOOD SHAPE BALLS YOU ALL ARE
THERE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:25:18AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MR. SHELBY.
09:25:21AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
NO, MR. CHAIRMAN.
I WILL HOLD MY COMMENTS, UNLESS IT IS NECESSARY.
09:25:26AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
CHIEF BENNETT.
09:25:28AM >>JOHN BENNETT:
THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
I JUST WANT TO SAY AGAIN BECAUSE I AM REPRESENTING THE
ADMINISTRATION ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR IS, FIRST, THANK YOU
FOR THE FEEDBACK.
I THINK OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, A LOT OF PROCESS
IMPROVEMENT HAS HAPPENED BECAUSE OF OUR INTERACTION WITH
STAFF AND COUNCIL.
I WAS SHARING THIS MORNING THAT PART OF THE THINGS ON OUR
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, THE FOUNDATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN
THERE, BUT ADDING THE GRADE A ELEMENTS OF THAT WITH PUBLIC
OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATION IS ALLOWING THIS CULTURAL SHIFT
TO HAPPEN WHERE GOVERNMENT IS NOT WORKING IN A SILO ANYMORE
AND ENGAGEMENT, NO MATTER HOW SMALL THE ITEM IN.
COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN, YOU TALKED OF A FENCE THAT IS A BIG
DEAL.
EVERYTHING IS A BIG DEAL FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND WE HAVE TO DO
OUTREACH AND WE ARE LEARNING THAT.
IF ONE BRANCH OF THE LOGISTICS AND ASSET MANAGEMENT IS
STRUGGLING, THEN WE ARE ALL STRUGGLING, AND WE NEED TO COME
TOGETHER AND WORK THROUGH IT.
I CELEBRATE THE TEAM EVERY DAY WORKING WITH MY NOW 22
COLLEAGUES BUT CLOSELY TO THE 26 COLLEAGUES.
WE ALL SIT AROUND AND HUDDLE UP OVER FAILURES AND TRY TO
PROCESS IMPROVE THOSE.
EVERYBODY IS IN A DIFFERENT JOURNEY.
I TRY TO MEET THEM WHERE THEY ARE.
WE ALL TRY TO MEET THEM WHERE THEY ARE ADMINISTRATION OR
COUNCIL AND TRY TO IMPROVE IT GOING FORWARD TO MAKE SURE ALL
THE CHECKS AND BALANCES ARE IN PLACE.
MOSTLY, TOTALLY FOR THE PUBLIC.
AND I KNOW I MET WITH YOU ONE ON ONE.
I MET WITH THE PUBLIC ONE ON ONE.
WE MET COLLECTIVELY, AND I WAS JUST ASK -- EVERYBODY IS
ENTITLED TO THEIR POSITION, OF COURSE, ON THIS AGENDA ITEM,
BUT I WILL ASK THAT EVERYBODY LOOKS AT IT AS A TEAM THAT IS
ALWAYS WILLING TO IMPROVE AND WORK HARD TO GET THERE.
AND I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
09:27:12AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, MA'AM.
09:27:15AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I DID NOT REALIZE THAT WE WERE JUST
ABSOLUTELY APPROVING THIS RESOLUTION WHOLEHEARTEDLY INSTEAD
OF INDIVIDUALLY.
SO I ABSOLUTELY WILL NOT STOP THE MOTION AND WILL SUPPORT,
BECAUSE OF THE OTHER TEAM MEMBERS.
BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE WORKING AS -- AMAZINGLY AS
POSSIBLE.
I AM STILL DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT I CONSIDER THE MOST
IMPORTANT PART OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
AND I AM NOT ALONE.
I HAVE SPOKEN TO OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS WHO ARE ALSO
CONCERNS.
SO -- AND FRANKLY I AM CONCERNED THAT THE REST OF COUNCIL
ISN'T CONCERNED.
BUT, AGAIN, I WILL TAKE YOUR -- YOUR WORDS IN THE SPIRIT OF
WHICH THEY ARE INTENDED.
AND I ANTICIPATE SEEING A LOT OF IMPROVEMENT.
09:28:09AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, SIR?
09:28:14AM >>BILL CARLSON:
YES, JUST TO RESPOND TO THAT.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, I HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT SOME
MEMBERS OF STAFF IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS.
AND WITH THE COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, MY
BACKGROUND IS COMMUNICATION TOO.
I HAD A LOT OF CONCERNS.
MANY OF THE THINGS I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT, LACK OF
COMMUNICATION IN THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE IMPROVED.
OF COURSE THAT MEANT A BUNCH MORE NEW STAFF TOO, BUT I THINK
THEY ARE JUSTIFIED TO A CERTAIN EXTENT BECAUSE WE NEED MORE
COMMUNICATION PEOPLE.
SHOULD NOT BE BLINDSIDED BY -- BY RATE INCREASES AND THINGS
LIKE THAT.
THREE, FOUR YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A -- THERE WAS A MAILER
INSERT ABOUT TAMPA BAY WATER FEE, BUT THEN THE REGULAR RATE
INCREASE WAS NOT COMMUNICATED VERY WELL.
THERE HAVE BEEN THINGS LIKE THAT OVER THE LAST YEARS THAT
WERE POLITICAL AND SOME VERY POLITICAL AGAINST TWO OF OUR
FORMER COLLEAGUES.
AND I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS DONE BY THE CITY THAT
WERE UNETHICAL AND NOT RIGHT.
I HAVE EXPRESSED ALL THOSE TO THE CHIEF OF STAFF, TO THE
MAYOR.
I ALSO MET WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEAD OF COMMUNICATION AND
TALKED ABOUT THAT DEPARTMENT.
I HAVE CONCERNS, BUT I ALSO HAVE THE ASSURANCES OF THE
MAYOR, CHIEF OF STAFF AND THE DEPARTMENT HEAD THAT THINGS
WILL BE DIFFERENT GOING FORWARD.
ALTHOUGH BY CHARTER, CITY COUNCIL GETS THIS ONE BITE OF THE
APPLE TO APPROVE OR NOT APPROVE.
BUT WE HAVE A BULLY PULPIT TO USE HERE AND OTHER PLACE IT IS
WE SEE STAFF TURNING CITY RESOURCES AGAINST US.
IT IS NOT ETHICAL TO DO THAT.
YOU HAVE TO TREAT -- WE EXPECT MAKE DECISIONS FOR POLITICAL
REASONS AND, AGAIN, I WILL ASK STAFF IF SOMEBODY ABOVE YOU
OR OUTSIDE IN THE COMMUNITY ASKS TO YOU GET INVOLVED IN
POLITICS, THAT YOU JUST SAY NO.
IT IS NOT ETHICAL.
IT IS NOT ALLOWED.
IT IS NOT LEGAL.
DON'T DO IT.
COME TO US AND WE WILL PROTECT YOU AND GUIDE YOU THROUGH A
PROCESS TO DEFEND AGAINST WHOEVER MIGHT WANT TO DO THAT.
THE COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT, I WILL SAY TO ALL THE STAFF IN
COMMUNICATION, THE BRAND THAT YOU ARE REPRESENTING, THE
BRAND YOU ARE PROMOTING IS THE CITY OF TAMPA.
IT IS THE BIG C AND THE LITTLE C, ANYTHING THAT GOES AGAINST
IT, A FIGHT BETWEEN THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OR ATTACKING
A CITY COUNCILMEMBER OR TRYING TO ONE-UP A CITY
COUNCILMEMBER ALL LOOKS DIVISIVE AND HURTS THE CITY OF
TAMPA'S RECOMMEND REPUTATION IN THE COMMUNITY.
THE MAYOR PICKED UP THE PHONE AND TALKED THROUGH MY
CONCERNS.
WE NEED TO PICK UP THE PHONE AND YOU CAN REACH
OTHERS, AND MAKE SURE WE RESOLVE THESE THINGS GOING FORWARD.
I HAVE THE COMMITMENT FROM EVERYBODY THAT THEY WILL DO THAT.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL VOTE FOR THIS AS WELL.
09:30:45AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I WAS GOING TO WRAP IT UP WITH A FEW
COMMENTS.
YES, SIR?
09:30:52AM >>JOHN BENNETT:
I WANT TO MAKE ONE COMMENT THAT THE MAYOR IN
ALL OF OUR MEETINGS LEADING UP TO THIS TERM HAS SAID ONE
WORD OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO ALL OF IT IS "COMMUNICATION."
I THINK THAT IS THE THEME YOU WILL SEE OVER THE FOUR YEARS
IS -- AND, AGAIN, I DON'T LOOK AT THE DEPARTMENT -- KIND OF
LIKE WHEN I WAS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
WE CAN'T JUST HAVE ONE COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICER.
EVERYBODY HAS TO BE COMMUNITY SERVICE.
AND ALL OF US TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY AND FEED THE BALL
TO COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH OUR PROCESSES TO MAKE SURE THEY
HAVE THE ACTIONABLE ITEMS.
SO I PUT THE BURDEN ON ALL OF US TO DO THAT AND THE MAYOR
TOLD THEM DIRECTLY AND ME DIRECTLY THAT IS OUR CHARGE
COMMUNICATION, INTERNAL, EXTERNAL, UP, DOWN, SIDEWAYS.
BEEN PART OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE FOR 25 YEARS AND CHANGING
CULTURE IS -- WE HAVE TO BE STRONG WILLED THROUGH IT AND WE
WILL GET THERE AND THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO SHINE WITH YOUR
LEADERSHIP.
THANK YOU.
09:31:48AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
BEFORE I TAKE A MOTION TO MOVE THIS RESOLUTION, I APPRECIATE
EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS.
AND I SHARE MANY OF THE SAME CONCERNS.
I SPECIFICALLY AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER CARLSON.
HE WAS VERY SPECIFIC.
I MET WITH THE MAYOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
I TALKED OF SPECIFIC CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE.
AND I ALSO RECEIVED HER ASSURANCES.
YOU KNOW IF WE -- IF WE HAVEN'T LEARNED FROM THE LAST YEAR
OR FOUR YEARS AND ALL THE DRAMA THAT CAME ALONG WITH IT,
THEN WE WILL NEVER MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER.
BUT I THINK THROUGH A VERY GRUELING AND DIFFICULT CAMPAIGN
SEASON AND EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS,
THAT WE HAVE LEARNED, WE UNDERSTOOD, WE SEEN PROBLEMS, THE
OBSTACLES IN HOW WE OVERCOME THAT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO A
VERY PRODUCTIVE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
AS COUNCILMAN CARLSON SAID THE NEXT FOUR YEARS WITH THE MAY
I DON'T REMEMBER AND COLONEL.
WORK TOGETHER COLLABORATIVELY, SIT DOWN AND HAVE THOSE
DISCUSSIONS.
PICK UP THE PHONE AND WORK THINGS OUT.
WE WILL MAKE A LOT OF PROGRESS.
I APPRECIATE.
A MOTION.
09:32:54AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
I AM EXCITED TO MAKE THE MOTION, CHARLIE.
09:32:58AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
OKAY, YOU CAN MAKE THE MOTION.
09:32:59AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A VERY EXCITED MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN
HENDERSON.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:33:08AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
CONGRATULATIONS.
[APPLAUSE]
09:33:18AM >>JOHN BENNETT:
THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
NOW I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MISS SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES SO THE
PUBLIC CAN SEE US TAKE OUR OATH OF OFFICE WHICH IS THE
FOUNDATION OF OUR SERVICE.
09:33:26AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, MA'AM, GO AHEAD.
09:33:30AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES:
GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE COUNCIL.
IT IS MY PLEASURE TO PROVIDE THE OATH OF OFFICE.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.
BY, STATE YOUR NAME.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT, UPHOLD, AND DEFEND
THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, THE
CONSTITUTION AND LAWS, OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND THE
CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND THAT I AM ENTITLED TO HOLD THE POSITION OF ... THAT I
HAVE BEEN APPOINTED AND I WILL FAITHFULLY PERFORM THE DUTIES
OF SAID POSITION INTO AND OF WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER.
SO HELP ME GOD.
I STATE YOUR NAME.
A CITIZEN OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
AND OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND BEING EMPLOYED BY OR
AN OFFICER OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND A RECIPIENT OF
PUBLIC FUNDS AS SUCH EMPLOYEE OR OFFICER DO HEARBY SOLEMNLY
SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION.
THE UNITED STATES AND OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY
OF TAMPA!
[APPLAUSE]
09:35:38AM >>JOHN BENNETT:
AGAIN, THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU,
COUNCIL, THANK YOU, PUBLIC, AND THANK YOU, STAFF.
THE MAYOR IS OUT OF TOWN, BUT THANK HER AS WELL.
WE ASKED STAFF TO TAKE A PICTURE ON THE STAIRCASE TOGETHER.
I DON'T KNOW IF COUNCIL WANTS TO JOIN OR CONTINUE THE
AGENDA.
09:35:56AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE WILL CONTINUE.
YOU HAVE KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS WAITING FOR YOU ON THE FIRST
FLOOR.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GOT THE MEMO, BUT I SAW SOMETHING.
09:36:04AM >>JOHN BENNETT:
MY HISTORY WITH DOUGHNUTS.
09:36:07AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE WILL PAUSE FOR A MOMENT AS THEY CONTINUE TO LEAVE.
09:37:03AM >> MY PEERS ARE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE.
AND MY COMMENDATION IS ITEM NUMBER 1 ON THE AGENDA.
IF COUNCIL WILL SWITCH THE ITEM NUMBERS AROUND SO I CAN TAKE
THE PICTURE AND COME BACK AND BE WITH MY TEAM.
09:37:17AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE WILL GO TO ITEM NUMBER 2, AND WE WILL
HAVE YOU AFTER THAT.
WE WILL FLIP IT.
SO WE WILL GO TO ITEM NUMBER 2, AND WILL GIVE YOU TIME FOR
THE PHOTO.
09:37:27AM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
09:37:30AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN VIERA.
YES, SIR.
09:37:36AM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
I HAVE WITH ME HERE MISS STEPHANIE YASLOWITZ BARNES,
CHRISTINA ROBERTS AND THE POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION
COMING UP.
THIS WEEK -- COME ON UP, GUYS.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
THIS WEEK, MR. CHAIRMAN, IS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK AND POLICE
PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY WHICH I BELIEVE WAS MARKED ON
MONDAY.
AND I WANTED THE COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO HEAR FROM OUR FRIENDS
FROM THE ORGANIZATION "COPS" CALLED THE CONCERNED FOR POLICE
SURVIVORS.
THIS IS A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES SUPPORT AND
ASSISTANCE TO THE SURVIVORS OF POLICE OFFICERS WHOSE LIVES
WERE TAKEN IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
I HAD THE GREAT PLEASURE OF GOING TO THEIR GALA ABOUT TWO
MONTHS OR SO AGO IF I RECALL.
I WANTED THEM TO COME HERE DURING THIS WEEK, BECAUSE A GREAT
ORGANIZATION THAT I THINK THIS COUNCIL WILL REALLY, REALLY
SUPPORT AND I THINK ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS WILL REALLY
SUPPORT AND GET INVOLVED IN.
I WANT TO INTRODUCE OUR TWO SPEAKERS IF I MAY.
MISS STEPHANIE BARNES IS THE PROUD SISTER TO THE LATE
OFFICER JEFFREY YASLOWITZ OF ST. PETERSBURG POLICE
DEPARTMENT WHO GAVE ALL JANUARY 4, 20 11.
HE SERVED IN THE K-9 UNIT AND FILLING IN FOR ANOTHER OFFICER
AND GAVE ALL FOR CITY OF ST. PETERSBURG.
HE SERVED WITH K-9 ACE.
WORKED WITH THE ST. PETERSBURG FOR 12 YEARS SURVIVED BY HIS
WIFE, THREE CHILDREN, PARENTS AND TWO SISTERS INCLUDING
STEPHANIE WITH US AND HE WAS ONLY 39 YEARS OLD AND A TRUE
TAMPA BAY AREA HERO.
WE HAVE WITH US HERE MISS CINDY ROBERTS, WHO IS SUCH A
WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL WOMAN.
THE PROUD WIFE OF THE LATE CORPORAL MIKE ROBERTS ON AUGUST
19, 2009 IN THE CITY OF TAMPA GAVE ALL AS A POLICE OFFICER.
CORPORAL ROBERTS LOST HIS LIFE WORKING WITH A THE TAMPA
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
HE WAS A FAMILY MAN, HUSBAND, FATHER, GULF WAR AREA VETERAN
WHO SERVED IN BOSNIA AND RESTS WITH HIS FELLOW HEROES.
IF WE CAN HAVE THE -- IF YOU DON'T MIND -- THANK YOU.
AND REST WITH HIS FELLOW HEROES AT FLORIDA NATIONAL CEMETERY
OVER IN BUSHNELL.
SO I WANTED TO INVITE IS STEPHANIE AND CINDY TO COME AND
SPEAK ABOUT THIS ORGANIZATION.
AND CHIEF BERCAW, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
HOW ARE YOU SIR.
TO SPEAK OF THIS ORGANIZATION.
ORGANIZATION THAT STAND UP FOR THOSE WHO STOOD UP FOR US AND
PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE.
LADIES, COME ON UP.
09:40:43AM >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN VIERA.
SUCH A WONDERFUL INTRODUCTION.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ADD TO THAT IN ANY VALUABLE MANNER.
AS HE MENTIONED MAY 15 IS NATIONAL PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL
DAY.
THIS YEAR IN WASHINGTON D.C., WE SAT ON THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN
WHILE THEY HONORED 443 OFFICERS NATIONWIDE WHO LOST THEIR
LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY SERVING THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY
LIVE.
IT WAS A LONG DAY AND TOUGH DAY TO SEE THE FAMILIES, THE
EXTENDED FAMILIES EFFECTED.
NOT JUST THE FAMILY THAT THE OFFICER LIVED WITH AT HOME BUT
FRIENDS AND CO-WORKERS.
THE CONCERN OF POLICE SURVIVORS IS THERE.
WE HOLD CONFERENCES DURING NATIONAL POLICE WEEK TO BRING THE
NEW FAMILIES AND WHAT COPS HAVE TO OFFER AND HELP THEM
ADJUST TO WHAT WE REFER TO AS "THE NEW NORMAL."
THAT OFFICER WILL NEVER COME BACK AND YOUR LIFE WILL NEVER
BE THE SAME BUT YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD AND BEYOND THAT.
THERE ARE CONFERENCES FOR FIRST-YEAR SURVIVORS AND MANY ARE
RETURNING, I ATTENDED FOR THE 14th TIME.
FIRST TIME ATTENDED NATIONAL POLICE WEEK, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA
WAS THERE.
AND I THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO SERVE WITH THE CITY.
SO COPS IS THERE.
WE ARE HERE LOCALLY.
3,000 FAMILIES IN OUR NINE COUNTY AREAS WE SERVE IN THE
TAMPA BAY AREA.
COPS IS THERE FOR THE FAMILY EVEN IF THEY DON'T HAVE THESE
NEED.
IF SOMETHING COMES UP LATER IN LIFE, WE ARE HERE IN AND OUT
AS THEIR NEEDS.
AGAIN, TOMORROW, ON MAY 19 WHEN THE CITY OF TAMPA WILL HONOR
TWO OF THEIR OWN WHO WERE LOST IN THE LINE OF DUTY 25 YEARS
AGO AND DETECTIVE BELL AND CHILDERS.
I AM SURE THEIR FAMILIES WILL APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE
REMEMBERING THE SACRIFICES THAT THOSE TWO OFFICERS MADE ON
THAT DAY AS WELL.
PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY WAS INSTITUTED IN 1972 BY THE
JOHN F. KENNEDY TO HONOR THOSE OFFICERS.
THE WEEKS SURROUNDING THAT EVERY YEAR IS NATIONAL PEACE
OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY WHICH MEAN THOSE OF US WHO ARE
SURVIVING PARENT -- FEMALE IN PARTICULAR, WE CELEBRATE
MOTHER'S DAY IN D.C. HONORING OUR LOST LOVED ONES AND
BRINGING OUR CHILDREN ALONG WITH US TO CELEBRATE MOTHER'S
DAY IN A PARTICULARLY UNIQUE FASHION.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK
WITH YOU AND TO ADDRESS THE CITY.
IT IS ALWAYS AN HONOR FOR ME TO SAY I AM FROM TAMPA.
YOU HAVE DONE THINGS FOR US THAT OTHER CITIES DO NOT DO FOR
THEIR SURVIVORS.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR STANDING BEHIND THE DEPARTMENT AS
YOU HAVE, AND THAT THEY ARE THE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE IN
HEINOUS SITUATION THAT CITIZENS MAY ENCOUNTER AND THEY DO
THAT HONORABLY EVERY DAY.
09:43:38AM >> I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SPEAK AFTER THAT.
I LOVE HEARING HER SPEAK, SO ELOQUENT ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE
TALKS OF OUR ORGANIZATION AND CHAPTER.
BY JUST WANT TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT FROM BEING A SIBLING OF
IT AND WHAT OUR ORGANIZATION OFFERS.
ONE OF THE THINGS I ALWAYS FELT -- YOU KNOW I LOST MY
BROTHER.
SOMEONE I GREW UP WITH.
SOMEONE I WAS FRIENDS WITH, FOUGHT WITH, HAD ALL THOSE
RELATIONSHIPS.
KNEW HIS SECRETS THAT OTHER PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW.
WHEN YOU LOSE A BROTHER, IT'S A HARD THING, REGARDLESS OF,
YOU KNOW, WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
WHEN IT IS ON THE NEWS AND YOU ARE ACTUALLY WATCHING IT ON
THE NEWS AS IT IS HAPPENING AND NOT REALIZING IT IS YOUR
BROTHER, IT IS WORSE.
I TOTALLY FORGOT MY BROTHER WAS WORKING THAT DAY
SO IT WAS VERY HARD.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS HARD FOR SIBLINGS AND PARENTS AS
WELL, THERE IS NO -- THERE -- WITHOUT CONCERNS OF SURVIVORS,
WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER EMOTIONAL SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY
WHEN IT IS THERE.
IT IS SO NICE TO HAVE AN ORGANIZATION THAT OFFERS THAT
EMOTIONAL SUPPORT.
CHEF WAS NOT ONE THAT WAS SUPPORTING US FINANCIALLY.
NOTHING THAT WE NEED FINANCIALLY.
WE HAVE OUR FAMILY.
MY MOM HAD HER HUSBAND.
BUT THE ONE THING THAT IS NICE TO HAVE IS SOMETHING THAT CAN
EMOTIONALLY AND MENTALLY SUPPORT US.
I HAVE SEEN.
AS A SIBLING, I WATCHED OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS IN THIS
ORGANIZATION HAVING A LOT OF PAIN REGARDLESS OF -- MAYBE
THEY WEREN'T -- THEY HAD FALLING OUTS WITH THEIR SONS,
DAUGHTERS AND SIBLINGS.
THE REGRET WHEN THE OFFICER LEAVES THAT QUICKLY AND YOU HAVE
NEVER GOTTEN TO MAKE AMENDS FOR SOMETHING THAT MAYBE
HAPPENED YEARS AGO.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT I HAVE
SEEN WITH THE EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBERS BEYOND, YOU KNOW, THE
SPOUSE AND CHILDREN.
MY NUMBER ONE FOCUS IS ALWAYS PUTTING ON THE SPOUSE AND
CHILDREN.
THEY ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE LOST THE GREATEST LOVE WITH THEIR
SPOUSE.
AND THEIR DAD, WHO EVEN IF THE MOM REMARRIES OR THE DAD
REMARRIES IF IT IS A -- THEY ARE NEVER GOING TO GET ANOTHER
DAD AGAIN.
SO MY FOCUS IN DOING THE GALA WAS WANTING -- I REALLY
BELIEVED THAT WE NEEDED TO GET OUR INFORMATION OUT FOR.
I FELT AS GREAT AS OUR NATIONAL ORGANIZATION IS, OUR LOCAL
AREA DID NOT KNOW -- THEY MAY HAVE KNOWN WHO WE ARE, BUT
DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHO WE ARE AND I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT.
AND THE FIRST MONTH OR SO EVEN AFTER THE FIRST YEAR -- EVEN
AFTER THE FORS YEAR.
AND THAT SUPPORT GOES DAY WAY, NOT BECAUSE PEOPLE FORGET,
BUT BECAUSE PEOPLE KIND OF GO ON TO THEIR NORMAL, FORGETTING
THAT WE HAVE A NEW NORMAL.
WHERE OUR ORGANIZATION COMES IN, WE TRY TO KEEP THAT SUPPORT
FOR OUR SURVIVORS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO DO WITH OUR GALA AND
MOVING FORWARD WITH THINGS IS TO BE ABLE TO BUILD OUR
SUPPORT AROUND THOSE LOCAL SURVIVORS.
WE FEEL THAT MANY WANT TO GO TO NATIONAL AND CAN'T ALWAYS GO
BACK TO NATIONAL SO WE WANT TO HAVE THAT SUPPORT HERE WHERE
WE ARE ALLOWING FUNDS FOR MENTAL HEALTH.
I BECAME A COUNSELOR AFTER MY BROTHER DIED JUST RECENTLY.
HE WAS A PSYCHOLOGIST BEFORE HE WENT INTO IT A -- PSYCHOLOGY
MAJOR IN COLLEGE AND I WANTED TO FOLLOW HIS LEAD, AND THAT
IS THE WAY I CAN HONOR MY BROTHER BY DOING THINGS THAT HE
WOULD BE PROUD OF ME FOR.
AND YOU KNOW JUST BEING ABLE TO ENTER MENTAL HEALTH FOR OUR
SURVIVORS.
I FEEL THAT OUR SPOUSES NEED A LOT MORE.
I LISTEN TO CINDY, MY SISTER-IN-LAW, TERESA, PENNY, ALL ARE
SPOUSES.
I SEE THAT THERE IS SO MANY NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE THAT WE
COULD BE OFFERING THEM THAT WE HAVEN'T REALIZED THE NEED
THAT THEY HAVE.
AND I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO BE OFFERING THEM THAT SUPPORT.
I WANT -- PART OF MY REASON FOR THE GALA TO RAISE FUNDS TO
GIVE THEM MORE SUPPORT HELPING THEIR KIDS IN COLLEGE WITH
EXPENSES THAT MAYBE THEY CAN'T AFFORD.
YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS.
MAYBE NEEDS FOR THEM.
NOT JUST WHEN THEY FIRST LOSE THEIR SPOUSE, BUT MOVING
FORWARD BECAUSE AN ONGOING THING FOR THEM.
I REALLY BELIEVE IN THIS ORGANIZATION.
I THINK IT IS A GREAT THING.
AND I AM HOPING THAT MORE PEOPLE JOIN IN OUR MISSION.
AND WANT TO LEARN MORE US.
AND HELP IN ANY WAY THAT THEY CAN.
09:48:30AM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU.
EITHER OF YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING?
09:48:38AM >> I WILL SPEAK REAL QUICKLY.
I WILL SAY THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN VIERA FOR RECOGNIZING THIS
ORGANIZATION.
A FABULOUS ORGANIZATION THAT MORE PEOPLE DEFINITELY NEED TO
GET BEHIND.
I KNOW I HAVE BEEN WITH THIS AGENCY NOW FOR 18 YEARS, AND I
HAVE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THIS ORGANIZATION.
THEY HAVE BEEN THERE FOR US AS MUCH AS I HOPE WE HAVE BEEN
THERE FOR THEM.
IT DEFINITELY -- WE BECOME ONE BIG FAMILY AND UNFORTUNATELY
IT TAKES A LOSS TO MEET THE SPOUSE OR SIBLINGS OF THE OTHER
OFFICERS, BUT WE ALWAYS FROM A LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE
WANTED SURVIVORS TO KNOW THAT WE ARE ONE FAMILY AND WE WILL
ALWAYS BE THERE FOR THEM.
THEY, IN TURN, HAVE MADE A LOT OF US REALIZE THAT WE ARE
SURVIVORS AS WELL PAUSE WE HAVE LOST OUR CO-WORKERS WHEN WE
DON'T NECESSARILY THINK OF IT THAT WAY, OUR CO-WORKERS,
FRIENDS AND FAMILY, BUT A LOT OF TIMES WE PUT THE FOCUS ON
THEM.
BUT THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY A SURVIVOR
AS WELL THROUGH THIS.
AND THEY SUPPORT US AS WELL.
AND IT'S REALLY NICE TO KNOW IF SOMETHING DID HAPPEN TO ME
OR MY HUSBAND, THAT NOT ONLY WILL MY CHILDREN FROM WOULD
HAVE THE DEPARTMENT, THEY WOULD HAVE THIS GREAT ORGANIZATION
AND DO SO MANY FABULOUS THINGS FOR CHILDREN THROUGH CAMPS
OVER THE SUMMER AND MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS TAKEN CARE OF FROM
IMMEDIATE FAMILY TO THE WORK FAMILY.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE CINDY AND THE ORGANIZATION AND YOU,
COUNCIL, FOR RECOGNIZING THEM.
09:50:13AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:50:15AM >>LEE BERCAW:
GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
LEE BERCAW HERE.
AND NATIONAL POLICE WEEK.
IF YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED, THE OFFICERS WEARING A BAND OVER
THEIR BADGE TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE OFFICERS WHO LOST THEIR
LIVES AND AGAIN THEIR LIVES FOR THE COMMUNITY ACROSS THE
NATION FOR THIS WEEK.
YOU WILL SEE IN THE MEDIA ON THE NEWS, THEY ARE HONORING
LOCAL OFFICERS EVERY DAY TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT THEY HAVE DONE.
AND, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T NOT RECOGNIZE OUR OWN
OFFICERS.
WE HAD OUR MEMORIAL CEREMONY.
AND I THINK THE MAJORITY OF YOU ALL WERE THERE.
CINDY ALSO TALKED BRIEFLY ABOUT COPS.
AND I WILL TELL YOU ONE THING I DIDN'T HEAR YOU SAY, ONE
THING THAT COP DID FOR ME WENT I WAS A LIEUTENANT.
I WAS A SHIFT COMMANDER ON THE SCENE WHEN MIKE ROBERTS WAS
KILLED AND CURTIS AND KOLKAB WERE.
THEY HAD A CLASS THAT I WAS SENT CONTINUE TO THAT TALKS
ABOUT HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THE FAMILY AND WHAT WE CAN DO.
AND THAT WAS VERY EYE OPENING FOR ME.
BALLS THAT IS WHO WE ARE, A FAMILY AND TAKE CARE OF ONE
ANOTHER.
TO PUT ON A CLASS TO TEACH LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HOW TO
TAKE THAT INSPIRATION FOR ME AND TO THAT DATE, WE SUPPORT
COPS AND SUPPORT EVERYBODY.
AND JOHN -- YOU ARE LIKE FAMILY WITH ME.
I HAVE A SPECIAL BOND WITH YOU.
SO MY HONOR TO BE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU.
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING HER IN THE COPS ORGANIZATION.
09:51:33AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANYBODY FROM COUNCIL HAVE ANY COMMENTS?
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
09:51:40AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THANK YOU FOR THE INDICTMENT YOU HAVE
GIVEN US NOT ONLY THIS COUNCIL BUT PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE
AND THOSE LISTENING ON THE TELEVISION.
AMAZING WHEN YOU GET TOGETHER, YOU CAN CERTAINLY DO A LOT
MORE THAN DOING IT BY ONE PERSON.
IT MEANS A LOT, BECAUSE NOT ONLY FOR YOUR OWN SPECIAL
SATISFACTION BUT WHAT THAT PERSON DID TO MAKE LIFE BETTER
NOT ONLY FOR HIM, HIS FAMILY, BUT FOR THE CONSTITUTION OF
AMERICA AND HELPING PEOPLE ALL THE WAY ALONG.
IT IS A BLESSING TO HAVE THE THREE OF YOU SPEAK, AND THANK
GOD I'M HERE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK I CAN FOLLOW YOU WITH
THREE SPEECHES.
THEY ARE EXCELLENT.
WE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
09:52:17AM >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:52:18AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
09:52:20AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
VERY INFORMATIVE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.
I WAS NOT AWARE OF IT.
COUPLED BY THE MEMORIAL SERVICE I EXPERIENCED LAST WEEK BEEN
I APPRECIATE THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA IS WELL REPRESENTED EVEN
IN OUR SADDEST HOURS.
BUT IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED THE KNOWLEDGE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:52:37AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
NO?
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
09:52:42AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU FOR COMING AND EXPLAINING MORE
ABOUT THIS ORGANIZATION AND HOW YOU ARE HELPING THOSE WHO
HAVE SUFFERED ONE OF THE GREATEST LOSSES NICE TO KNOW THIS
IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS NOT JUST OFFICERS BUT
FAMILY MEMBERS AND COLLEAGUES.
SOMETHING THAT MANY PEOPLE DON'T THINK ABOUT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:53:08AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
09:53:10AM >>BILL CARLSON:
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE HEROES THAT WE
LOST AND THEIR FAMILIES.
PLEASE KEEP US POSTED WHAT WE CAN TO DO HELP.
ALSO SINCE YOU DO HAVE SOME PEOPLE WATCHING AT HOME, IS
THERE ANY OTHER WAY THAT TO HE WAS OF THE PUBLIC CAN SUPPORT
YOU ALL?
09:53:26AM >> WELL, ONE THING I WANTED TO ADD TOO IS WE HAD DONE
NATIONAL -- WE WILL DO CONFERENCES IN AREAS.
AND LAST YEAR, CINDY AND I WERE FORTUNATE TO ABLE TO HAVE
NATIONAL DO A TRAUMAS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN OUR AREA.
SO WE HAD THAT.
AND NATIONAL IS DOING THEIR NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN ORLANDO.
AND WE ARE HOPING -- BECAUSE OUR -- TAMPA IS A GREAT CITY.
WE NEED TO HAVE MORE THINGS.
NATIONAL COMING DOWN AND DOING.
WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE THEM DO ONE IN TAMPA SOME TIME.
BUT AS FAR AS HELPING US, WE HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE, WEST
CENTRAL FLORIDA CONCERNS OF POLICE SURVIVORS.
WE HAVE INSTAGRAM, WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA CONCERNS OF POLICE
SURVIVORS.
AND WE DO HAVE A WEB SITE.
NEVER CAN REMEMBER.
BUT I THINK WCFL -- I NEVER CAN REMEMBER IT BUT LINKED TO
OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.
THEY CAN GO ON THERE AND WE DO -- THERE IS A LINK THIS THEY
CAN ASK QUESTIONS OR RESPOND TO US AND WE GET E-MAILS FROM
THAT.
09:54:31AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICE AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO
AND THE MEMORY OF THOSE YOU LOST AND THE SERVICE TO THIS
COMMUNITY.
AND WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THEM.
THEY WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.
AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:54:48AM >> THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
09:54:57AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
NEXT UP QUICK APPOINTMENTS FOR 3 AND 4
AND GO BACK TO NUMBER 1.
MILLS SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES.
09:55:04AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES:
GOOD MORNING, AGAIN, COUNCIL.
THIS IS ITEM NUMBER 3.
MISS DOMINIQUE COBB ASKING FOR REAPPOINTMENT TO THE HISTORIC
PRESERVATION COMMISSION.
09:55:14AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, MA'AM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY
ANYTHING?
09:55:18AM >>DOMINIQUE COBB:
YES, GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS
DOMINIQUE ALSHALA COBB.
I HAVE BEEN SERVING AS VICE-CHAIR FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION
OF 2019.
TUESDAY, I WAS VOTED AS CHAIR FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
I SIT AT THE URBAN PLANNER, BUT IN MY COMMUNITY, I DO A HOST
OF THINGS.
I WAS PREVIOUSLY THE VICE-CHAIR FOR THE CRA FOR EAST TAMPA
ALONG WITH OTHER PROJECTS.
MY MAIN COMMITMENT FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION NOT ONLY
PRESERVE TAMPA, BUT THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY THAT WAS
NEGLECTED FOR MANY YEARS.
I HOPE THAT I WILL BRING MORE COMMUNICATION TO THE PUBLIC IN
REGARDS TO THE HISTORY THAT IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND VAST IN
TAMPA.
AND MAKE SURE THAT A GENERATION DOES NOT LOSE THE FOCUS AND
ALSO BRING UP THINGS THAT CAN ALSO ESTABLISH FORWARD
MOVEMENT AS FAR AS HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THIS AREA.
09:56:21AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
A MOTION TO REAPPOINT THE APPLICANT.
MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
MR. SHELBY?
09:56:33AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IF YOU INCLUDED IN THAT MOTION A REQUEST TO
I THINK BACK A RESOLUTION OF THAT.
09:56:38AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
INCLUDING MR. SHELBY BRINGING BACK A
RESOLUTION SO WE CAN RATIFY THAT.
AT THAT MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSE?
CONGRATULATIONS.
ITEM NUMBER 4.
09:56:50AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES:
SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES, CITY CLERK.
WE HAVE SAMANTHA DECKER ASKING FOR REAPPOINTMENT TO IT THE
VARIOUS REVIEW BOARD.
09:57:04AM >>SAMANTHA DECKER:
GOOD MORNING, IT IS A MAN THAT DECKER.
GOOD TO SEE FAMILIAR FACES AND COUPLE OF NEW FACES.
A REAL ESTATE STATE ATTORNEY AT STEARNS, WEAVER, MILLER BUT
THE OF THE BALLAST POINT NEIGHBORHOOD AND SEEKING
REAPPOINTMENT TO THE VARIANCE BOARD AND I HAVE A PLEASURE
NOW SERVING AS CHAIRMAN OF ITS BOARD -- CHAIRWOMAN OF THE
BOARD AND LOOKING FORWARD TO FOUR MORE YEARS.
09:57:40AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
SECONDED FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
THIS IS ALSO TO INCLUDE MR. SHELBY BRINGING BACKING A
RESOLUTION TO CERTIFY, RATIFY, APPROVE THAT.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
YES, MA'AM.
09:57:52AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
NO, WHEN YOU ARE DONE.
09:57:55AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
CONGRATULATIONS.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
09:57:58AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS.
MISS DECKER AND I SERVED ON THE VARIANCE REVIEW BOARD
TOGETHER AND I REMEMBER WHEN YOU JOINED.
AND I AM JUST SO EXCITED FOR YOU FOR BEING NOMINATED AND THE
NEW CHAIR OF THE BOARD.
CONGRATULATIONS.
AND SHE IS JUST A WONDERFUL ADDITION.
I AM VERY EXCITED TO HEAR.
09:58:18AM >>SAMANTHA DECKER:
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
09:58:21AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GO BACK TO ITEM NUMBER 1.
MR. ROGERO STEPPED OUT FOR A MOMENT FOR THE REVENUE AND
FINANCE STAFF TO RECOGNIZE THEM.
A MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
YES, THERE HE IS.
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, THIS IS YOUR ITEM.
YES, SIR.
ITEM NUMBER 1.
09:58:42AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
MR. CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE MEMBERS OF CITY
COUNCIL TO BE HERE WITH DENNIS ROGERO, THE INDIVIDUAL IN
CHARGE OF REVENUE AND FINANCIALS.
THIS COMBINATION IS SOMETHING YOU MAKE, SOMETHING THAT
IS VERY NICE FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA.
THIS IS THE 34th TIME YOU RECEIVED THIS?
09:59:06AM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
YES, SIR.
09:59:07AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
WELL, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT IT IS.
HOW YOU RECEIVED IT.
AND WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO COMPLY WITH THIS, SO THE PUBLIC
UNDERSTANDS THAT IT IS SOMETHING YOU DON'T GIVE AWAY.
THAT YOU HAVE TO EARN.
09:59:20AM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
THANK YOU, SIR.
HELLO, AGAIN, COUNCIL.
DENNIS ROGERO, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
AS COUNCILMAN MIRANDA SAY NOT SOMETHING THEY SET AND FORGET.
A NUMBER OF RIGOROUS STANDARDS THAT THIS TEAM HAS TO COMPLY
WITH, WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD.
THE STATE AUDITOR GENERAL.
STATE LAW.
GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES.
THE LIST GOES ON AND ON AND THIS TEAM NOT ONLY MEETS THE
RIGOROUS STANDARDS BUT EXCEEDS THEM EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
MANY OF THEM ARE ALWAYS CHANGING.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.
IT IS A TERRIFIC REFLECTION ON THE CITY.
10:00:00AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I WOULD BE REMISS -- SEVEN INDIVIDUALS
BEHIND US ARE THE ONES THAT DID A LOT OF THE WORK.
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. ROGERO, BUT UNDER THEM, SO MANY
PEOPLE WHO WOULD IN THIS DEPARTMENT ON A DAILY BASIS TO KEEP
THE NUMBERS STRAIGHT.
JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T EARN BY SOMEBODY GIVING IT TO
YOU.
YOU HAVE TO EARN IS BY THE PROCESS OF WHICH YOU SIT.
ALL OF YOU, THANK YOU FOR THE TYPE OF WORK YOU DO AND IN THE
FINANCE AND REVENUE DIVISION.
MY HONOR TO GIVE YOU THIS PRESENTATION.
A PLEASURE OF THE TAMPA OF CITY DOWN PRESENT IN RECOGNITION
OF CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE FINANCING
REPORTING FROM THE GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL OFFICERS
ASSOCIATION.
THE 54th TIME YOU RECEIVED THIS, CORRECT?
10:00:44AM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
YES.
10:00:46AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
MY PLEASURE.
ALL OF FROM THE CITY OF TAMPA, YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB.
FINANCE PEOPLE.
THEY DON'T TALK.
THEY JUST GO THROUGH THE NUMBERS.
10:00:57AM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
THEY WANT TO GO BACK TO THE NUMBERS.
THANK YOU, AGAIN.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT EARLIER, COUNCIL.
I DON'T TAKE THAT SUPPORT FOR GRANTED.
I NEVER WILL.
LEE HUFFSTUTLER, CHIEF ACCOUNTANT AND AN AMAZING TEAM.
I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THEM.
THEY ARE WORLD-CLASS.
10:01:15AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
INTRODUCE THEIR NAMES FOR US, PLEASE BY
NAME.
THANK YOU.
10:01:19AM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
CAN I DO ONE BETTER AND HAVE EACH OF YOU
SAY YOUR NAME.
THANK YOU.
LEE HUFFSTUTLER.
MANAGER, SABRINA McADOO AND SUPERVISOR OF THE FLOOR, PAM
McCARTER AND LAPASHA GIBBS, ONE OF THE SUPPORT TECHS.
WE HAVE CHRISTOPHER HUTCHCRAFT.
THANK YOU.
CHRISTOPHER HUTCHCRAFT, ONE OF THE ACCOUNTANTS.
NANCY HARPER ONE OF THE ACCOUNTANTS AND CARMEN SOUTHWELL ONE
OF THE ACCOUNTANTS.
I COULD HAVE SPOKEN BUT WE WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME,
BECAUSE THEY DO AN EXCELLENT, DIFFICULT TIME.
AND THIS YEAR WAS ESPECIALLY CHALLENGING AS IT ALWAYS IS AND
CAME THROUGH AGAIN.
NUMBER 34.
10:02:07AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:02:08AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY COUNCILMEMBERS MAKE ANY COMMENTS?
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
10:02:12AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I THINK I GOT TO SAY THIS LAST YEAR AT THE
33, THE DAUGHTER AND GRANDDAUGHTER OF ACCOUNTANTS.
PARTICULARLY, I KNOW THE DIFFICULTY OF WHICH BEING
COMPACTING -- EXACTING WITH NUMBERS AND HOW THINGS HAVE
CHANGED IN ACCOUNTING BUT NOT REALLY.
YOU STILL HAVE TO GO BACK -- ONLY SO MUCH THAT COMPUTERS CAN
DO FOR YOU.
10:02:39AM >> WELL SAID.
10:02:40AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
TO UNDERSTAND THE ANNUALS.
AS I WAS TELLING YOU EARLIER ON OUR BRIEFING CALL HOW I AM
GOING THROUGH THE -- THE REPORT THAT YOU PUT THROUGH.
AND HOW MUCH WORK THAT IS.
AND JUST CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU FOR THIS AWARD AND
ALL THE WORK DO YOU.
GOING THROUGH THAT REPORT AND PREPARING MYSELF FOR BUDGET,
IT IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE HOW WELL YOU ALL KNOW WHAT YOU TO
EVERY DAY.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE SIMPLY COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT YOU.
10:03:10AM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
THANK YOU, MA'AM.
10:03:12AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYBODY ELSE?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO.
I HAVE KNOWN YOU SINCE YOU STARTED HERE WHEN YOU WERE CHIEF
OF STAFF YOU ARE THE BOSS OVER THERE.
YOU DO A GREAT JOB.
YOUR TEAM DOES A GREAT JOB.
NOT AN EASY TASK AND VERY WELL DESERVED 34 TIMES.
SEE YOU NEXT YEAR WHEN YOU GET IT AGAIN.
10:03:32AM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
YES, SIR.
10:03:34AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU.
10:03:37AM >>DENNIS ROGERO:
THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
[APPLAUSE]
10:03:49AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL RIGHT, NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 5,
AND THIS EN WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:03:54AM >>CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE:
YES, MA'AM, COUNCILMAN, GOOD
MORNING, CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S
OPTION.
THE 2022 CITIZENS REVIEW BOARD ANNUAL REPORT.
PURSUANT TO 18-8, SOMEBODY SECTION I, THE CHAIR OF THE
CITIZEN REVIEW BOARD MR. AKIL AND THE VICE-CHAIR
COLONEL REYES IS PRESENT TO PRESENT THE 2022 REVIEW BOARD
ANNUAL REPORT ALONG WITH THE CHAIR.
ALSO ARE CORPORAL KATIE THANUS AND DR. COLLINS IS
PRESENT.
SHE IS IN THE AUDIENCE.
EACH ONE OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THE
2022 CITIZEN REVIEW BOARD ANNUAL REPORT IN FRONT OF YOU.
AFTER THE PRESENTATION OF THE ANNUAL REPORT, I HAVE A
DOCUMENT FOR EACH CITY COUNCIL MEMBER TO SIGN AFFIRMING THAT
YOU HAVE REVIEWED THE CITIZENS REVIEW BOARD 2022 ANNUAL
REPORT.
WITH THAT, I WILL TURN OVER TO THE SHARE.
10:04:58AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:05:01AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
GOOD MORNING, I AM RASHEED ALI AQUIL, THE THE OF THE CITIZEN
REVIEW BOARD.
I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE 2022 ANNUAL REPORT.
I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN THIS PRESENTATION WITH ACKNOWLEDGING
THE SUPPORT OF OUR CITY LEADERSHIP.
FROM OUR CITY MAYOR TO CITY COUNCIL TO CITY STAFF AND
ADMINISTRATION AND OUR LEGAL TEAM, INCLUDING TAMPA POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND STAFF.
I WOULD LIKE TO JUST BE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW ITEMS IN
THIS REPORT.
I WOULD LIKE TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE BOTTOM OF PAGE TWO TO
RECOGNIZE THE MEMBERS OF CRB CONTINUED COMMITMENT START WITH
REVEREND BARTHOLOMEW BANKS, IRENE GUY,
MR. DEVIN INGANDELA, LINCOLN DeMAYO, CARLOS VALDES,
COLONEL REYES AND DR. CAROLYN COLLINS.
WE WOULD LIKE, IF YOU WILL, CONTINUE TO SECTION 2, PAGE 3
ALREADY UNDER THE ALLEGED POLICY VIOLATIONS OF SELECTED
CASES I PULLED.
UNDER CATEGORY STANDARD OF CONDUCT WAS SUSTAINED ON NUMEROUS
OCCASIONS.
WE HOLD OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO A HIGHER STANDARD.
IT IS PLEASING TO REPORT THAT OUR OFFICERS ARE UPHOLDING THE
INTEGRITY AND PROFESSIONALISM OUTLINED BY THE CITIZENS AND
THE CHANGING COMMUNITY THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT OUR
OFFICERS CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THE NECESSARY SUPPORT FOR
VARIOUS TRAINING EXERCISES TO REDUCE THE NEED OF DEADLY
FORCE ORCHESTRATED WITH TWO NOT SUSTAINED.
IN ADDITION TO THE TEN CLOSED INTERNAL AFFAIR CASES, THE CRB
HEARD AND ADDITIONAL MATTERS OF DEPARTMENT BILLS OF PUBLIC
INTEREST.
DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATION PROVIDED UPDATED INFORMATION ON
THE REVISED SAFE PROGRAM THAT INCORPORATED BUSINESS WATCH
AND NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH.
PRESENTATION WAS ALSO MADE TO THE CRB ABOUT UPDATES TO THE
DEPARTMENT'S BODY WORN CAMERA POLICY, SCHOOL SAFETY
INITIATIVE, GUN VIOLENCE STATISTICS, AND THE CHIEF COMMUNITY
IMPACT TEAM.
ALSO IN REFERENCE TO DATA TRANSPARENCY REGARDING TRAFFIC
STOPS.
ADDITIONAL METRICS IN THE RESERVE OFFICER PROGRAM.
WE WILL CONTINUE WITH SECTION 3 ON PAGE 5.
THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT TRACKS ALL CITIZENS' COMPLAINTS
RELATING TO POLICY.
A LIST TO THE CRB OF ALL NEW COMPLAINTS RECEIVING THE
DEPARTMENTAL EMPLOYEES IN THE PREVIOUS MONTH.
THE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES A MONTHLY LIST NO TO THE CRB SHOWING
THE STATUS OF ALL PENDING INVESTIGATIONS IN THE PROFESSIONAL
STANDARDS BUREAU AND INTERNAL AFFAIRS UNIT IN ADDITION TO
MAKING A COMPLAINT DIRECTLY WITH THE DEPARTMENT, CITIZENS
MAY NOW SUBMIT A COMPLAINT VIA E-MAIL TO THE CRB BY
E-MAILING TPD-CRB@TAMPAGOV.NET.
ACCORDING TO THE TABLE, THE TELEPHONE SEEMS TO BE THE
SELECTIVE CHOICE.
WE AS A BOARD HAD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS OF MONITORING
COMPLAINTS.
AS WE RECEIVE MORE DATA, I AM SURE THE BOARD MAY HAVE
COMMUNICATIONS -- EXCUSE ME RECOMMENDATIONS MOVING FORWARD
ON THE CURRENT METHOD OF COMPLAINT BY E-MAIL AND TELEPHONE.
WE AS A BOARD HAD DISCUSSIONS OF THE CITIZENS REVIEW BOARD
WEB SITE TO BE REVISED TO PROVIDE A SIMPLER WAY FOR CITIZENS
TO SUBMIT A COMPLAINT.
WE ARE AWARE THAT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION THIS MONTH IN
REFERENCE TO THAT PARTICULAR WEB SITE AND HOW CITIZENS ARE
ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT COMPLAINT.
IF YOU WILL, CONTINUE WITH SECTION 4 ON PAGE 6.
AS MENTIONED IN SECTION, TWO INTERNAL AFFAIR INVESTIGATIONS
CLOSED WERE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACTIONS OF THE CRB THE
ACTIONS OF THESE INVESTIGATIONS WERE ALSO REVIEWED.
IN THE REVIEW OF THESE CASES, THE CRB MAY REND IRA
RECOMMENDATION OF THE DISPOSITION OF THE INVESTIGATION AND
THE DISCIPLINE IMPOSED BAILED ON THE EVIDENCE.
AND TWO CASES REVIEWED, THE CRB CONCURRED WITH THE
DEPOSITION OF THE CASE AND NOT THE IMPOSED DISCIPLINE.
I CAN SHARE WITH YOU ALL TODAY THAT THE CRB HAD SEVERAL
DISCUSSIONS IN REFERENCE TO IT THE IMPOSED DISCIPLINE AND A
SUBJECT WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR TO SUPPORT FUTURE
RECOMMENDATIONS IF SO DESIRED.
IF YOU WILL, WE WILL CONTINUE WITH SECTION 5 OF PAGE 7.
THE CRB HAS CONTINUED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE HIRING PROCESS
OF PROSPECTIVE TAMPA POLICE OFFICERS.
THE DESIGNATED CRB MEMBER IS ABLE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS
REGARDING THEIR BEEN OF THE SUITABILITY OF EACH CANDIDATE.
THE ROLE IS ROTATED ACROSS MEMBERS OF THE CRB AND ALL
MEMBERS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN IT THE INTERVIEW PANEL.
HIRING PROCESS AND WE SHARED OUR SURVEY WITH THE TPD STAFF.
AS A WHOLE, WE WERE VERY PLEASED WITH THE LAST GRADUATING
CLASS.
I BELIEVE THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PLACE OF SAFE
HAVEN, A PLACE WHERE ONE CAN RAISE A FAMILY, PROSPER AND
GROW KNOWING THAT WE HAVE OFFICERS WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK
TO ENSURE WE CAN HAVE BETTER SLEEP AT NIGHT.
I BELIEVE THE CITY OF TAMPA IS BECOMING THE ICON OF THE
STATE AND WE ARE ATTRACTING VERY GOOD PROSPECTS FROM OTHER
CITIES AND NEIGHBORING COUNTIES.
OUR RATE OF PAY AND BENEFIT PROGRAMS SUPERCEDES OTHER CITIES
OF FLORIDA.
GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE SELECTIVE AND ONLY SELECT
THOSE THAT CAN SUPPORT OUR HIGHER STANDARDS.
BELL CONTINUE WITH SECTION 6 OF PAGE 8.
ALL MEMBERS OF THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL SHALL ATTEND AT
LEAST CRB MEETING PER CALENDAR YEAR, EITHER IN PERSON OR
VIRTUALLY AND ATTENDANCE MUD IS BE REPORTED IN THE ANNUAL
REPORT, WHICH YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU.
AND IN ADDITION, WE ALSO HAVE A MEETING IN EACH CITY COUNCIL
MEMBER DISTRICT AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR SAID DISTRICT
SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND THAT MEETING IN THAT
DISTRICT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THAT ENCOURAGEMENT TO ATTEND THE
MEETING TO ALL MECHANICS MUCH CITY COUNCIL AND APPLAUD THE
TWO CITY COUNCILMEMBERS WHO ATTENDED THIS PAST YEAR,
COUNCILMAN JOSEPH CITRO AS WELL AS COUNCILMAN GUIDO
MANISCALCO.
AND IN OUR RECENT PAST MEETING, LUIS VIERA.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT, AND I HOPE THIS
ANNUAL REPORT REFLECTS THE COMMITMENT AND OBLIGATION OF THE
CITIZENS HAVE TO ITS CITY.
THANK YOU.
I WILL ASK IF ANY MEMBER OF CITY COUNCI HAS A STATEMENT OF
CONCERN I CAN TAKE BACK TO THE COURT -- TAKE BACK TO THE
BOARD AS WELL AS GIVE OUR VICE-CHAIR AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE
HIS THOUGHTS WITH THIS COUNCIL AS WELL.
10:12:42AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT REPORT.
AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE MEMBERS THAT SERVE.
AND THEY GIVE SO MUCH TIME AND EFFORT TO THIS.
WE APPRECIATE YOU AND THE SERVICE YOU PROVIDE TO THIS
COMMUNITY.
I SAW MEMBER ROBERT IRVIN.
HE PASSED AWAY RECENTLY, CORRECT?
10:13:00AM >> YES.
10:13:01AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AND THANK HIM
FOR HIS SERVICE.
I KNOW IT WAS MAYBE IN JANUARY, BUT -- YOU KNOW, WE
APPRECIATE HIM.
COLONEL REYES, DOCTOR, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR ANYTHING
YOU LIKE TO SAY?
IF NOT, WE WILL GO TO COUNCILMEMBERS.
10:13:18AM >> SURE.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR AND CITY COUNCIL.
JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
I AM THE YOUNG GUY ON THE TEAM.
THESE ARE THE FOUNDERS.
I AM IN MY FOURTH YEAR.
I JUST WANT TO SAY A FEW THINGS.
FIRST, I AM EXTREMELY -- AS A CITIZEN AND AS A VOLUNTEER, I
AM EXTREMELY HUMBLED AND HONORED TO SERVE ALONGSIDE SUCH
ELSE STEAMED ACCIDENTS SUCH AS MR. AQUIL AND DR. COLLINS.
I WILL JUST TELL YOU -- AND I WANT YOU TO TAKE THIS AS
FEEDBACK, THEY ARE UNIQUE PERSPECTIVES, LIFE EXPERIENCES AND
ACUMEN LEND AN UNMEASURABLE PERSPECTIVE AND IMPACT, POSITIVE
IMPACT, ON THIS BOARD.
YOU CAN REST ASSURED THEY LEAD A GROUP OF DEDICATED
VOLUNTEER CITIZENS IN OUR GREAT CITY THAT ARE VERY ATTUNED
AND SENSITIZED TO NOT ONLY THE SOCIAL ISSUES OF THE DAY, BUT
THEIR IMPARTIALITY OF JUDGMENT TRANSCENDS TO THE POINT WHERE
WE CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AT BOTH SIDES OF THE COIN.
AND THAT, I BELIEVE, IS THE POWER OF THIS COMMITTEE.
THE SECOND THING I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T THANK OUR
CITY ATTORNEYS.
MISS CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE AND THEY ARE UNHERALDED AND PULL
MY BUTT OUT OF THE FIRES ON PROCEDURES AND EDUCATE ME OF THE
WAYS OF THE WORLD.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
DEDICATED SERVANTS, PUBLIC SERVANTS.
THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY AND GIVE POSITIVE FEEDBACK ON
ONE OF THE MANY CHANGES WE EXPERIENCED WITH REGARD TO OUR
INTERACTION WITH THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
HAND THIS IS -- THE CHAIR ALLUDED TO IT.
THE ACTIVE ROLE IN THE INTERVIEWING PROCESS FOR OUR
CANDIDATES.
THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND I SHARED WITH A PERSONAL
PERSPECTIVE.
SERVED IN THE MILITARY FOR OVER THREE DECADES.
HAVING SAT ON NUMEROUS ASSESSMENT BOARDS WHERE THEY ARE
ASSESSING PEOPLE FOR CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY.
THAT WHAT THIS BOARD DOES.
I AM VERY ENCOURAGED.
AND I PARTICIPATED AS THEY HAVE ON SEVERAL OF THESE BOARDS.
AND I LISTEN WITH INTENT, THE TYPE OF QUESTIONS THAT ARE
BEING ASKED BY TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IT IS NOT THE TYPICAL ROTE -- WHAT DOES SCRIPTURE, LINE AND
VERSE SAY IN THIS POLICY.
IT IS YOU ARE THIS.
HE IS THAT.
YOU ARE IN THIS SITUATION.
NOW WHAT DO YOU DO.
AND THEN WHEN -- INEVITABLY WHEN A CANDIDATE WILL GIVE A --
A SCHOOL BOOK SOLUTION ANSWER WHICH IS GREAT, THEN THE
INTERVIEWING BOARD WILL THEN GO TO THE SECOND DEGREE AND TO
THE THIRD DEGREE, TO THE POINT WHERE THEY HAVE LITERALLY
TESTING THAT CANDIDATE'S INTEGRITY AND THEIR CHARACTER.
I THINK THAT -- THAT IS IMPORTANT.
BECAUSE IN THIS CITY, THAT IS WHAT WE NEED FOR OUR CITIZENS
AND WHAT WE DEMAND FROM OUR POLICE.
EVEN MORE SO, THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT THIS BOARD HAS
PROVIDED NOW AS A CONDUIT, AS A CONNECTIVE TISSUE BETWEEN
OUR COMMUNITY, OUR CITY COUNCIL, OUR MAYOR, OUR TPD AND THE
FOLKS THAT LIVE IN THIS GREAT CITY I THINK CANNOT BE
EMPHASIZED EVEN MORE.
I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
KIND OF A PERSPECTIVE OF THE SITTING MEMBER OF THE
COMMITTEE.
10:16:51AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
DR. COLLINS, ANYTHING?
10:16:57AM >> I AM ACTUALLY HERE -- GOOD MORNING TO THE COUNCIL, TO THE
COMMUNITY, AND TO MY -- YOU ANY BUDDY OVER HERE.
I DID NOT COME TO SPEAK.
I CAME TO SUPPORT.
BUT YOU CAN'T ASK FOR MEAL TO COME TO THE MIC.
THAT IS NOT A GOOD THING.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE CITIZENS REVIEW
BOARD WHICH WAS NECESSARY IN OUR CITY.
I AM BLESSED TO BE GOING INTO THE END OF MY SECOND TERM AS
ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS.
AND WHILE GONE, I WILL STILL MONITOR THEM.
SIT IN SOME OF THEIR MEETINGS.
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE TO REALLY WATCH THE THINGS THAT HAVE
BEEN DONE FOR ALMOST EIGHT TO NINE YEARS.
WE OFTEN DO NOT COMPLAIN.
WE WANT TO SERVE THE CITIZENS.
WE WANT THE CITIZENS TO UNDERSTAND THE CITIZENS REVIEW
BOARD.
IF NO NOTHING ELSE, NOT ONLY ENCOURAGING BOARD MEMBERS OR IN
PERSON.
WE WILL ALSO TRY TO ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY AND I WANT TOP
GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL OF THE COMMUNITY PEOPLE WHO
CONSTANTLY CALL ME AND TELL ME WHETHER WE DID A GREAT JOB OR
WE DIDN'T DO A GREAT JOB, BECAUSE THEY DO NOT SIT IN THE
CHAMBER AND THEY WATCH US.
I MEAN FROM LEGAL PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY.
HEY, YOU GUYS DID A GOOD ONE ON THAT ONE.
WE ARE REALLY GLAD.
THANK YOU.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE CITIZEN REVIEW AND MY HONOR
AND I DITTO THE CHAIR AND THE VICE-CHAIR.
I JUST WANTED TO BE A SERVANT AND I ENJOYED ALMOST TWO TERMS
OF DOING JUST THAT.
THANK YOU.
10:18:25AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DR. COLLINS.
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:18:30AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN TO THE CHAIRMAN
AND THE VICE-CHAIRMAN AND THE COMMITTEE.
AND THE PRESENTATION WAS EXCELLENT, FROM ONE TO SEVEN, TABLE
OF CONTENTS.
YOU WENT THROUGH EACH SECTION AND AN EXPLANATION OF SECTION
ONE, TWO.
VERY EASY READING.
AND ONE THAT IS VERY PRECISE.
WHAT WAS SAID OF THE NEW PEOPLE, THOSE THAT ARE THERE
ALREADY IS THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS WITH A CONFERENCE CALL.
UP TALKED TO THEM EYE TO EYE AND YOU GOT A FEELING WHAT THEY
STAND FOR.
WE HAVE TO THINK OF WHAT HAPPENED.
WE CAN DISCUSS EVERYTHING AFTER IT HAPPENED, BUT THESE
INDIVIDUALS HAVE TO THE TO BE TRAINED TO DO SOMETHING IN
WHAT, A GENTLEMAN WHO RETIRED 30 YEARS IN THE MILITARY
SERVICE.
AND 100th OF A SECOND THEY SAY YAY OR NAY TO SOMETHING
WHATEVER THAT IS AND THEY WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT.
YOU AND I CAN DISCUSS IT FOREVER, BUT OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S
TRAINING AND ABILITY TO SERVE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL THAT WE
LOOK FOR IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
THIS WHOLE COUNTRY, I HOPE THEY HAD INDIVIDUALS LIKE YOU
RUNNING THOSE BOARDS AND CITIZENS BECAUSE I THINK YOU HAVE
DONE A FANTASTIC JOB.
I AM SORRY, BUT I WILL MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR YOUR
SEPTEMBER HEARING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
10:19:45AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:19:47AM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE.
FOR ME, THE IDEA OF A CIVILIAN REVIEW BOARD IS SOMETHING
THAT IS ABOUT GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY.
AND I -- I REMEMBER WHEN I RAN IN 2016 FOR CITY COUNCIL,
THE CRB WALLS A HOTLY CONTESTED INTEREST AS IT IS TODAY AND
WILL CONTINUE TO BE BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE -- OF THE
ISSUE BEFORE US, BUT I ALWAYS SAID FOR ME, THE CRB IS
CONSISTENT WITH THE VALUE OFF OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS AND AS
AMERICAN AS JAMES MADISON AND ABOUT GOVERNMENT
ACCOUNTABILITY.
THAT'S IT.
LAW ENFORCEMENT IS -- IS A PART OF GOVERNMENT THAT HAS
INTERACTIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS OVERSIGHT ON THAT BEEN
RIGHT.
THAT OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T MEAN THAT HAD YOU DON'T SUPPORT THE
POLICE, OBVIOUSLY, BUT HAVING COMMUNITY RELATIONS IS A VERY,
VERY GOOD THING.
WE ARE VERY BLESSED.
WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED NOT JUST WITH THE THREE FOLKS THAT ARE
UP THERE, OF WHOM I THINK THE WORLD OBVIOUSLY.
THOSE MY GOOD FRIEND, LINCOLN TAMAYO, THE HEAD OF ACADEMY
PREP, AN AMAZING, AMAZING MAN.
JUDGE E.J. SALCINES USED TO SERVE.
IRENE GUY.
DEMETRIA.
SHE HAS SERVED IN THE PAST.
SO MANY GREAT FOLKS AND BLESSED TO HAVE SO MANY CITIZENS
AND TAMPANIOS ON THIS BOARD.
WE ARE REALLY IN YOUR DEBT.
ANYTHING WE CAN TO DO MAKE THE CRB BETTER, ETC.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PROPOSED CHANGES I SUPPORTED.
SOME I HAVE NOT SUPPORTED.
I TAKE EVERY ONE OF THEM ONE BY ONE AND WE HAVE TO BE
DEPENDENT ON THAT ISSUE TO HAVE A BALANCING TEST OF THE
MISSION OF THE CRB AND WHAT NOT.
BUT, AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORDS TODAY.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
10:21:42AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANYBODY ELSE?
ALL RIGHT, YES, MA'AM, COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
10:21:48AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I ALSO WANT TO ECHO WHAT COUNCILMAN VIERA
SAID, THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT BOARD.
AND I WANT YOU ALL FOR SERVING AND OBVIOUSLY TAKING THIS
INCREDIBLY SERIOUSLY.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
I LOVE HEARING.
HOW YOUR ROLE NOW.
PARTICIPATING IN THE -- IN THE -- THE CHOOSING OF OFFICERS
AND HOW THAT HAS IMPACTED YOU AND THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND
ABOUT TPD AND AS COUNCILMAN VIERA IS SAID ABOUT
ACCOUNTABILITY AND OPENNESS AND I THINK IT IS WONDERFUL THAT
YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN MORE AND MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO FIND THAT
OPENNESS.
SO JUST THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE.
AND THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT BOARD.
10:22:42AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, MA'AM.
COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
10:22:46AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO DR. COLLINS
WHO SCHOOLED ME DURING THE CAMPAIGN AND PROVIDED ME A WEALTH
OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE CRB SO I CAN HAVE A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE IN THIS
ROLE.
THANK YOU.
10:23:00AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND THE ATTORNEYS AS WELL THAT ARE THERE WORKING OVERTIME.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA THAT IS NOT A
PUBLIC HEARING, PLEASE COME UP TO IT THE LECTERN.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
STATE YOUR NAME.
AND REMEMBER THAT AFTER THIS PUBLIC COMMENT, WE ARE GOING TO
ITEM 54, BECAUSE OF THE SCHEDULE AND THE INTERPRETER THAT WE
TALKED ABOUT AT THE BEGINNING.
YES, MA'AM, GO AHEAD.
10:23:34AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
STEPHANIE POYNOR.
I'M GOING TO HIT ON TWO THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED THIS
MORNING.
I AM ALWAYS A BIG FAN OF CITY STAFF AND THE ADMINISTRATION
-- THE ADMINISTRATORS WHO WERE IN HERE THIS MORNING.
I HAVE DEALT WITH ALMOST ALL OF THEM PERSONALLY, AND ALMOST
EXCLUSIVELY WILL I SAY NOTHING BUT GREAT THINGS ABOUT THEM.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I GIVE A HEADS UP ON THAT.
ACCELA IS ON THE SCHEDULE LATER ON TODAY.
ACCELA IS NOT FIXED.
JC HUTCHINS DID TRAINING WITH US WHICH IS VERY, VERY HELPFUL
BUT STILL A GOAT ROPE.
NOT SOMETHING THAT WORKS PERFECTLY.
NOT SOMETHING THAT IS FUNCTIONAL.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GET -- WE ARE NOT -- THIS
IS NOT CAKE.
IT MIGHT BE BATTER, BUT IT IS NOT CAKE.
THIS IS NEXT TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS PROPERTY IS OWNED BY TECO.
IT IS PART OF A SUBSTATION.
NOW, WHEN THE CITY OF TAMPA APPROVED THE BUILDING PERMIT,
ALL OF THE PERMITS, THE MITIGATION -- THESE ARE MITIGATION
TREES, OKAY.
IT WAS ALL DONE WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
MAKES SENSE, RIGHT, BECAUSE THEY ARE BUILDING SOMETHING AND
THEY HAVE TO ASK FOR PERMITS, RIGHT.
BUT THESE BUSHES ARE DEAD.
THEY HAVE BEEN DEAD FOR OVER A YEAR.
I HAVE TEN-FOOT TREES LAYING ON THEIR SIDE.
I HAVE -- LET ME SEE, I WROTE IT DOWN.
I CALLED TECO FOUR TIMES.
I E-MAILED MR. JOSEPH AT TECO REPEATEDLY FIVE OR SIX TIMES.
I HAVE TALKED TO THE LAWN CARE WORKERS WHO GO THERE TO MOW
THE GRASS, REPEATEDLY.
I CALLED THAT COMPANY AND I SAID WHO DO YOU TALK TO AT TECO.
I HAVE REPEATEDLY FOR ALMOST A YEAR NOW TRIED TO GET TECO TO
DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.
I FINALLY GAVE UP.
THREW MY HANDS IN THE AIR THE OTHER DAY AND SENT AN E-MAIL
AND PLACED A NEIGHBORHOOD ENFORCEMENT COMPLAINT FOR IT.
NEIGHBORHOOD ENFORCEMENT TOLD ME THAT WE SHOULD TAKE UP
THOSE BUSHES OURSELVES.
THAT IS NOT OUR PROPERTY.
NOT MY NEIGHBORHOOD'S PROPERTY.
YOU CAN'T GO ON OTHER PEOPLE'S PROPERTY AND PULL IT UP
BECAUSE THEY ARE DEAD AND A FIRE HAZARD.
ALL YOU HAVE IS SOMEONE FLICK A CIGARETTE OUT THE WINDOW AND
WE WILL HAVE A FIRE.
THE CITY OF TAMPA'S PROBLEM BECAUSE THE FIRE TRUCKS COME
FROM THE CITY OF TAMPA.
I GOT A CALL FROM MR. AMOS THIS MORNING -- I DEBATED OF
COMING DOWN HERE.
MR. AMOS CALLED ME AND SAID REQUEST WE HAVE NO JURISDICTION
HERE.
I ASKED HIM.
HE SAID YOU NEED TO GO TO THIS PUBLIC UTILITY.
I AM FINE WITH THAT.
BUT I ALSO ASKED HIM TO PUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENFORCEMENT
COMPLAINT, BECAUSE ONCE THE CITY PUTS IT IN WRITING, THEN --
THERE IS A PAPER TRAIL.
HE SAID WE CAN'T DO THAT.
AND I -- I THINK THAT IS CRAP.
IF THEY HAVE TO FILE FOR A BUILDING PERMIT, WHY DON'T -- WHY
CAN THEY NOT BE FINED JUST THE SAME AS EVERYBODY ELSE.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT, IF THE FIRE GETS STARTED, THEN WE
STILL HAVE A PROBLEM.
SO TELL ME HOW THIS WORKS.
PAUSE I WENT THROUGH ALL THE PROPER CHANNELS.
AND I AM BEING TOLD THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA WILL NOT HELP US.
10:26:51AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I WILL REACH OUT TO TECO.
I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THIS PROPERTY IS AT, AND I WILL TALK TO
THEM.
AND SEE ABOUT GETTING IT TAKEN CARE OF.
10:26:59AM >> THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE YOU.
HAVE A GOOD DAY.
10:27:02AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, MA'AM.
YES, SIR.
10:27:04AM >> MENTESNOT, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
I WANT TO SAY UHURU, UHURU MEANS FREEDOM IN SWAHILI.
WE AS AFRICAN PEOPLE NEED TO THINK ABOUT OUR FREEDOM.
ONE THING IN LIFE, EASY TO MOLEST LITTLE CHILDREN AND GET
AWAY WITH, BEEN PEDOPHILE ALL OVER THE WORLD GETTING AWAY
WITH IT.
IT IS EASY TO MOLEST LITTLE CHILDREN AND GET AWAY WITH IT.
IT IS PEDOPHILE SITTING RIGHT IN THIS ROOM THAT HAVE
MOLESTED LITTLE CHILDREN AND GOTTEN AWAY WITH IT.
AND THIS IS HOW WHITE PEOPLE TREAT US AS AFRICAN PEOPLE.
THEY THINK OUR MENTALITY IS THAT OF A LITTLE CHILD.
OF LITTLE CHILDREN.
SO THEY MOLEST US AND GET AWAY WITH IT JUST LIKE WITH THIS
POLICE REVIEW BOARD THEY CAME UP WITH.
NO BLACK PERSON CARE ABOUT THAT.
WE TRIED IT, AND IT DIDN'T WORK.
NO BLOCK PERSON CARE ABOUT SPEED BUMPS AND PARKS AND
RECREATION.
OLD PEOPLE COMING DOWN TALKING ABOUT PARKS AND RECREATION.
WHAT BLACK PEOPLE CARE ABOUT IS OUR REPARATIONS.
THIS CITY OWE US EACH AND EVERY BLACK PERSON IN THE CITY OF
TAMPA AT LEAST $3 MILLION IN REPARATIONS.
AND THAT IS WHAT IS IMPORTANT.
ALL THIS NONESSENTIALS Y'ALL TALK ABOUT, ALL THIS NONSENSE,
HOMELESSNESS AND ALL THIS OTHER GARBAGE THAT YOU ALL TALK
ABOUT, POLICE VIOLENCE AND ALL THIS STUFF, DON'T NOBODY CARE
ABOUT THAT.
DON'T NOBODY REALLY CARE ABOUT THAT.
WE CARE ABOUT OUR REPARATIONS.
WE HAVE TO PUT WHITE PEOPLE ON NOTICE THAT WE WANT OUR
REPARATIONS.
THAT OUR PARENTS AND US DIDN'T WORK FOR FREE AND UNDERPAID
AND ALL THIS NONSENSE AND THE WHITE FOLKS GET AWAY WITH IT
AND THEY TALK OF THE GREAT CITY THEY ARE BUILDING.
NO, WE WANT OUR REPARATIONS, $3 MILLION PER PERSON.
$3 MILLION PER PERSON RIGHT HERE IN THIS CITY.
THAT IS THE ONLY THING BLACK PEOPLE GOT TO CARE ABOUT.
ALL THIS OTHER NONSENSE THAT YOU TALK ABOUT, WE DO NOT CARE
ABOUT.
WE WILL SHOW YOU WHAT WE THINK OF THE POLICE REVIEW BOARD
NEXT TIME A GEORGE FLOYD COME AROUND.
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WILL SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHAT WE THINK ABOUT
IT.
YOU ALL CAN'T KEEP TRICKING US, MAN.
YOU ALL GOT TO TIGHTEN UP.
I WOULD LIKE THE CITY OF TAMPA TO REMOVE EVERY CODE
ENFORCEMENT VIOLATION AGAINST ANY PROPERTY I OWN IN THE CITY
OF TAMPA.
THEY STARTED OUT WITH VICKY PRATT.
AND THEY PUT THESE LITTLE CODE ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE ON YOU AND
START CITING YOU FOR ANYTHING.
BLACK PEOPLE CAN'T RESIST AGAINST THAT.
WE DON'T HAVE ATTORNEYS.
WE DON'T HAVE MONEY.
WE DON'T HAVE NONE OF THAT.
YOU SEE OUR KIDS IN A NICE CAR AND PUT THE POLICE BEHIND
THEM AND DO ALL SORT OF CRAZINESS.
THAT HAS TO STOP.
THAT HAS TO STOP.
AND WE TALK ABOUT RECONCILIATION AND ALL THIS OTHER
NONSENSE.
WHITE PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO ARE RECONCILIATION.
BUT WHO IS GOING TO DO THE RECONCILIATION WHAT THEY DID TO
ORLANDO GUDES?
WHO IS GOING TO DO THAT?
WHO IS GOING TO DO HOW THEY CHARACTERIZE AN AFRICAN MAN IS
AN INSULT TO ALL AFRICAN PEOPLE.
AN INSULT TO ALL AFRICAN PEOPLE.
WHAT WE WANT IS OUR REPARATIONS, $3 MILLION PER PERSON IN
THIS CITY OF TAMPA.
10:30:14AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
NEXT SPEAKER.
YES, SIR.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
10:30:22AM >> MY NAME IS DAVID CORNELL, A VETERAN.
THE REASON I'M HERE IS BECAUSE OF HART.
AND HART PLUS AND THE WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY OF HART.
ALSO, THAT HART PLUS IS RECOGNIZED BY CARROLL WEST COAST
TAXI.
THEY HAVE IT ON A RECORDING THAT I HEARD ON THE PHONE.
ON THE 14th FLOOR OF THE DMV NOT TOO FAR FROM HERE,
NANCY MILAN TAX ASSESSMENT OFFICE AND ALSO OFF OF
HILLSBOROUGH, NO RECOGNITION ON THEIR TELEVISION MONITORS
THAT HART EXISTS SPECIFICALLY AT MARION TRANSFER
STATION.
THIS IS A TRAVESTY, ALSO AT HILLSBOROUGH TAX ASSESSMENT
OFFICE.
THAT'S IT.
THANK YOU.
10:31:14AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:31:15AM >> I WANT YOU TO CONSIDER TO HAVE THOSE ON THOSE TELEVISION
MONITORS SPECIFICALLY DOWNTOWN ON THE 14th FLOOR, THANK YOU.
10:31:22AM >>LUIS VIERA:
MR. CHAIR.
10:31:23AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:31:26AM >>LUIS VIERA:
I AM CHAIRMAN OF THE HART BOARD.
10:31:29AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HE WILL MEET YOU OUTSIDE.
HE IS THE CHAIRMAN OF HART.
10:31:33AM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SEEING ME AGAIN.
10:31:35AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, SIR.
NEXT SPEAKER.
10:31:38AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
HERE AGAIN FOR ANOTHER MEMORIAL EVENT THAT IS -- THAT
OCCURRED BECAUSE OF THE CITY BUYING BACK THAT MEMORIAL PARK
CEMETERY.
WHERE HE ALL DAY WHEN IT COMES TO VETERANS IT DOESN'T MATTER
OF RAILS, COLOR, GENDER, YOU KNOW WE ALL ARE VETERANS, BUT
BACK IN 1923, IT WASN'T.
IF YOU ARE AFRICAN-AMERICAN, YOU HAD TO GO TO A
AFRICAN-AMERICAN CEMETERY.
SO GLAD THE CITY PASSED THIS, AND I WILL TELL YOU WHY.
THERE IS AN ACTUAL MEMORIAL DEDICATED TO FLORIDA NEGROS,
WORLD WAR VETERANS IN A CEMETERY THAT I HAD AN EVENT
LAST YEAR FOR.
IT WAS DEDICATED MAY 30, 1923.
BACK IN THAT TIME, THEY RECOGNIZED THAT TRYING TO SERVE AND
HONOR VETERAN WHO DIED BY SUICIDE.
VETERAN COUNCIL, IN CONJUNCTION WITH GAMMA BETA SIGMA, 100th
YEAR CEREMONY DEDICATION 11:00 ON THE 30th AT THE MEMORIAL
PARK CEMETERY -- THE MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY.
WE ARE INVITING YOU.
THANK YOU FOR -- FOR PAYING THAT FOR THAT CEMETERY.
THAT IS WHAT I WANT TO DO.
I WANT TO MENTION REAL QUICKLY ONE OF OUR GUEST SPEAKERS IS
BEHIND ME, NORENE COPELAND MILLER WHOSE FATHER IS BURIED IN
THAT CEMETERY.
THAT IS WHAT IT MEANS TO KEEP THAT CEMETERY.
I AM PROUD TO HAVE HER SINCE SHE IS CONNECTED WITH THAT TO
BE ONE OF THE GUEST SPEAKERS.
THANK YOU FOR LUIS VIERA FOR HELPING ME MOVE THIS THING
ALONG AND HOPE YOU MAKE IT ON THE 30th OF MAY, 11 A.M.
AND WE CALL IT FOR VETERAN COUNCIL OF VETERANS, WE CALL IT A
PATH TO HEALING.
AT THAT PATH TO HEALING AND MAKE THOSE VETERANS WHO DIED
BACK THEN.
MILITARY WHO DIED BACK THEN CAN GET THE HONOR THEY DESERVE
TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME AND HOPEFULLY SEE YOU ON THE
30th OF MAY.
10:33:34AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
YES, SIR.
10:33:38AM >> GOOD MORNING.
I AM REVEREND JAMES T. BOLDEN, PASTOR OF THE MOUNT ZION
AFRICAN METHODIST MUNICIPAL CHURCH HERE IN TAMPA, FLORIDA.
I RESIDE IN MANATEE COUNTY IN BRADENTON.
I RISE TO THANK YOU FOR ITEM NUMBER 38 ON YOUR AGENDA.
IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.
I WANT TO THANK THOSE OF HOW HAVE COME TO VISIT THAT SITE TO
WELCOME THE FREDERICK DOUGLASS MEMORIAL PARK.
I AM NOT TOO FAMILIAR HOW THINGS ARE DONE IN THE BIG CITY OF
TAMPA.
I SERVED ON THE CITY COUNCIL OF BRADENTON.
OUR MEETINGS WERE USUALLY OVER BY NOW.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS MUCH BUSINESS.
AND I HAVE TO GET BACK TO BRADENTON.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.
I AM NOT QUITE SURE HOW THE AGENDA WORKS IN TERMS OF WHETHER
THIS IS A CONSENT ITEM OR WHETHER THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT
ANYONE MIGHT HAVE.
BUT I DID WANT TO AT LEAST FOR MY MEMBERS TO LET THEM KNOW
THAT I REALLY WAS HERE AND THAT I AND.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE WORK WE ARE GOING TO DO TOGETHER TO
MAKE THE PORT TAMPA HISTORY BE SOMETHING THAT IS NOT FOR
GOTTEN AND TO MAKE THE PORT TAMPA COMMUNITY A COMMUNITY THAT
EMBRACES THE DIVERSITY THAT IS THERE, THE EQUITY THAT HAS
BEEN SHOWN BY THIS COUNCIL, AND THE INCLUSION THAT WE SEE
WITH THE CHANGING OF COMPLEXION, NO PUN INTENDED, TO THAT
PARTICULAR AREA TO THE CITY OF TAMPA.
10:35:41AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
10:35:43AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IS THERE A WAY TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE THAT ITEM
WHILE HE IS HERE.
10:35:47AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WHY NOT.
MR. SHELBY CAN'T HAVE US SO WE CAN GET AWAY WITH IT.
I AM KIDDING, I AM KIDDING.
LET'S VOTE ON THIS WHILE YOU ARE HERE.
I KNOW YOU CAME FROM A LONG WAY.
IF WE CAN JUST PULL ITEM NUMBER 38.
10:36:00AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SO MOVED TO PULL 38.
10:36:01AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SECOND.
10:36:03AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
TO VOTE ON IT.
SO YOU KNOW WE APPROVED IT WHILE YOU ARE HERE.
A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA AND SECOND FROM
COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON --
10:36:11AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
TO PULL IT.
10:36:12AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SORRY.
WE PULLED IT.
COUNCILMAN CARLSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE ITEM NUMBER 38?
10:36:19AM >>BILL CARLSON:
SURE, MOVE ITEM 38.
10:36:21AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECOND.
10:36:22AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
OPPOSED.
CONGRATULATIONS.
10:36:28AM >> I WOULD -- I WOULD JUMP UP AND DOWN BUT IT WOULD BE
UNSEEMLY FOR REVEREND GOLDEN TO DO THAT.
10:36:36AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
I WANT TO BE CLEAR.
YOU ARE NAMING IT FREDERICK DOUGLASS?
10:36:41AM >> YES, MA'AM, THE FREDERICK DOUGLASS MEMORIAL PARK.
10:36:46AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
MEMORIAL PARK, THANK YOU.
10:36:47AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ON THE PROPERTY WAS THE SCHOOL.
10:36:50AM >> SO SORRY.
IT IS NAMED THAT BALLS THAT WAS A SCHOOL.
THE SCHOOL FOR NEGROS AT THAT TIME WAS NAMED FREDERICK
DOUGLASS SCHOOL.
10:37:00AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
10:37:03AM >>BILL CARLSON:
REVEREND, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AND
YOUR PARISHIONERS FOR KEEPING THE STORIE ALIVE OF THE
CHURCH AND THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN OF PORT TAMPA.
AN IMPORTANT HERITAGE THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE
KNOW ABOUT.
AND APPRECIATE YOU DRIVING ALL THE WAY UP FROM BRADENTON TO
DO THIS AND TO GO TO MANY OTHER EVENTS.
YOU HAVE GREAT MEMBERS WHO ARE WALKING HISTORY BOOKS, AND WE
NEED TO CAPTURE THAT HISTORY AND SUPPORT YOU IN WHAT YOU ARE
DOING SO FOLKS KNOW THE IMPORTANT ROLE.
10:37:32AM >> THANK YOU.
FIRST OFF FOR COMING.
AND I THINK I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T PRESERVE FOR
PROSPERITY THE NAME OF SISTER CLARA GLEN.
SHE IS THE MEMBER OF THE MOUNT ZION FAMILY THAT LET ME KNOW
EXACTLY WHERE THE SCHOOL WAS AND TOOK ME OVER AFTER WE
CLEARED IT OFF AND SHOWED ME THE FOUNDATION TO THE BUILDING.
SO I DO WANT THE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT I'M HERE TODAY
BECAUSE OF THE MEMORY OF SISTER GLEN WHO IS ALIVE AND WITH
US IN THE CONGREGATION.
10:38:12AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER.
10:38:15AM >> THANK YOU, REVEREND.
10:38:18AM >> Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD DAY.
I WILL JUMP UP OUTSIDE.
10:38:22AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, SIR.
AND IT TWO MORE PEOPLE REGISTER $ON LINE AND WE WILL TAKE
THE REVIEW HEARING AND THE INTERPRETER AND THE TIMING FOR
10:30.
10:38:29AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
STEVE MICHELINI.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK OF THE ACCELA ISSUE.
AND I WAS ASKED TO GIVE YOU SPECIFICS ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT
ARE NOT WORKING.
AND WHICH ONES ARE WORKING INTERMITTENTLY AND THEY INVOLVE
THE SEARCH FUNCTIONS.
WENT YOU PUT IN THE ADDRESS OR THE PROJECT NUMBER, IT IS NOT
ALWAYS COMING UP, AND THE SYSTEM DOESN'T ALWAYS FIND YOU.
SO IN A SYSTEM LIKE THIS, IT USED TO BE A LUXURY, AND NOW IT
IS A NECESSITY.
SO WE HAVE GOTTEN TO THE POINT THAT RUN RELIES ON THAT FOR
SEARCHING OUT THE INFORMATION.
AND IT IS NOT WORKING TO THE DEGREE IT SHOULD BE.
IT IS INTERESTING -- I MEAN I AM GLAD THAT STAFF IS
CONDUCTING THE TRAINING SESSIONS, AND I PLAN TO ATTEND ONE
OF THEM, BUT IT IS LIKE A NEW CAR VERSUS AN OLD CAR.
WHEN YOU GET IN THE OLD CAR, YOU TURN IT ON AND IT RUNS.
YOU GET IN THE NEW CAR, IT HAS ALL KIND OF NEW FUNCTIONS AND
ALL KINDS OF CAPABILITIES.
YOU TURN IT ON AND IT GOES.
THE ACCELA SYSTEM SHOULD BE THE SAME.
SHOULD BE HAVING 90% RELIABILITY CONCERNING THESE SEARCH
FUNCTIONS AND HOW DO YOU ACCESS YOUR RECORDS.
ALL OF YOUR PERMITS.
ALL OF YOUR APPLICATIONS.
THEY CALL GO THROUGH ACCELA.
WE ARE 100% DEPENDENT ON THAT SYSTEM WORKING AND FUNCTIONS
CORRECTLY.
I WILL ASK -- NOT THE CITY STAFF'S PROBLEM.
I THINK IT IS THE SOFTWARE AND ACCELA FUNCTIONS PROBLEM.
WE HAVE ASKED YOU BEFORE IN OCTOBER OF 2022, WE RECEIVED A
MEMORANDUM SAYING WE WERE GOING TO GET THE SYSTEM FIX.
JANUARY 2023, ANOTHER MEMORANDUM WE WILL GET THE SYSTEM
FIXED, AND WE MEET REGULARLY WITH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE -- FROM THE I.T. DEPARTMENT ABOUT
IT -- ABOUT ACCELA AND TRYING TO GET IT FIXED.
THEY NEED TO REALLY COMMIT THOSE RESOURCES FROM ACCELA TO
FIX IT.
AND I KNOW -- I AM SPEAKING FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE
WHO HAVE -- THEY HAVE TO RELY ON THAT SYSTEM.
AND SOMETIMES WHEN YOU HAVE COMMENTS COME OUT, THE COMMENTS
COME BACK TO YOU AND YOU CAN'T ACCESS THE COMMENTS.
SO IT DELAYS PROJECTS.
IT DELAYS TIMING.
PLACES YOU IN JEOPARDY OF SCHEDULING AND A NUMBER OF OTHER
THINGS.
SO THE SYSTEM, AS YOU SAID, IT IS GETTING BETTER.
IT NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO BE WORKED ON AND CONTINUED TO BE
FOCUSED ON TO MAKE IT THE BEST POSSIBLE SYSTEM.
TAMPA WAS ONE OF THE FIRST COMMUNITIES TO ENGAGE WITH
ACCELA.
WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY IN THERE.
THERE AREN'T OTHER OPTIONS.
SO I AM NOT SAYING GET RID OF ACCELA.
GET IT FIXED, PLEASE.
THANK YOU.
10:41:10AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
YES, MA'AM.
10:41:13AM >> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS NORENE COPELAND MILLER, 1911 EAST CHELSEA.
HE WAS HERE THIS MORNING TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 57 ABOUT
THE PARKS AND REC MASTER PLAN, BECAUSE I WAS -- AS YOU ALL
TALK ABOUT COMMUNICATION, IT WAS NOT VERY CLEAR AND PRECISE.
IT IS BASICALLY WHEN WE TALK OF THE FAIR OAKS, WE NEVER --
YOU WHEN THAT PROJECT WILL GET STARTED.
I WAS HOPING TO BE HERE ABOUT THE MASTER PLAN.
BUT AS THE GENTLEMAN BEFORE ME SAID, I NEVER HAVE BEEN HERE
THIS LONG, SO I PROBABLY WILL MISS THIS PRESENTATION, BUT I
DO WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE WORK THAT TOUGH DONE
AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO.
I AM GLAD THAT I WAS HERE WHEN I WAS LISTENING YOU,
COUNCILMAN CARLSON TALKING OF RESET, PUSHING THE BUTTON AND
ALL THAT, AND I AM HOPING TO DO THAT.
WHEN I SAY GOOD MORNING TO ALL OF YOU, I'M HERE TO DO
IT IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER.
I HOPE THAT THINGS CHANGE AND THAT YOU WORK TOGETHER.
BECAUSE YOU WORK TOGETHER WITH THE CEMETERY WITH THE MAY
HAVE I DON'T REMEMBER AND ALL THAT.
I THANK YOU FOR THAT PART.
BUT THIS MORNING, I HAVE TO SHARE WITH YOU THE WAY I WAS
TREATED BY ONE OF YOUR COUNCILMEMBERS THIS MORNING WHEN I
SAID GOOD MORNING.
AND I AM HOPING THEY LET THAT GO, IF THEY DON'T THEN WHAT I
SAID BEFORE DURING THE CAMPAIGN SEASON IS TRUE.
AND I AM GOING TO STAND ON THAT AND THIS MORNING HE
CERTAINLY CONFIRMED WHAT I SAID ABOUT HIM WAS TRUE, BECAUSE
HE WOULD NOT EVEN SAY GOOD MORNING AND ANYBODY CAN DO THAT
IN A NICE WAY.
I'M HERE BECAUSE I AM GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK IN MY
COMMUNITY WITH MY REPRESENTATIVE AND ALL OF YOU, BECAUSE YOU
-- WE ARE YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
WE ARE NOT HERE TO BE YOUR ENEMY.
IT TAKES ALL OF US TO MAKE THIS CITY WORK.
I WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INVITE YOU ALL.
WE ARE HAVING A CLEANUP AT MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY ON THE
27th AND I HOPE YOU ALL ARE ABLE TO COME AND THANK
COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO BEFORE AND HE CAME OUT TO ONE OF THE
CLEANUPS AND SUPPORTED US.
AS MR. WILLIAMS SAID OF THE 30th, WE ARE HOPING THAT YOU ALL
WILL BE THERE AS WELL.
WHEN YOU COME IN THAT CEMETERY, YOU WILL FEEL WHAT WE FEEL
EACH TIME WE GO THERE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMEN AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I
AM LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
I CERTAINLY HOPE THE NEXT TIME I SAY GOOD MORNING YOU HAVE
THE COURTESY TO RETURN THAT SAME DESIRE.
THANK YOU.
10:43:52AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, MA'AM.
10:43:54AM >> GOOD MORNING.
SO TODAY WAS MY FIRST TIME EXPERIENCING THE SWEARING IN OF
THE DEPARTMENT HEADS.
IT WAS INTERESTING.
SO I WAS -- IT WAS REAL NICE.
MISS NORENE JUST MENTIONED THE WORD "RESET," RIGHT.
A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AGAIN AS I STATED BEFORE THAT WE RESET
AND START ANEW.
WHAT IS INTERESTING IS THAT THERE WERE CONCERNS AROUND
COMMUNICATION.
RIGHT.
THAT IS INTERESTING TO ME BECAUSE THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS,
I WONDERED HOW IS THE CITY OF TAMPA GETTING THIS INFORMATION
OUT, HOW ARE THEY COMMUNICATING.
THAT HAS BEEN A BIG CONCERN OF MINE.
AND EVIDENTLY IT IS NOW A CONCERN OF A COUPLE OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS.
IF YOU ARE NOT THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX, TRYING TO
COMMUNICATE TO EVERYBODY, A LOT OF MESS GETS LOST.
THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE FOUND SO THERE HAS TO BE -- EVEN IN
THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, NOT PICKING ON YOU, MISS TRAVIS.
NICOLE TRAVIS DOES A GREAT JOB -- A GREAT JOB, BECAUSE SHE
HAS THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.
YOU CAN NOT HAVE THESE JOBS IN THE CITY AND LET IT BE JUST A
FLY-BY-NIGHT, JUST A JOB.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE IN ORDER FOR YOU TO
PUSH IT THROUGH, BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE,
UNFORTUNATELY THINK I DON'T OUT SIGHT OF THE BOX.
YOU WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN.
-- OUTSIDE OF THE BOX, YOU WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN.
YOU WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES.
THAT IS WHY SHE IS GREAT AT HER JOB.
NO PUN INTENDED FOR ANY OF THE DEPARTMENTS.
I JUST KNOW HER.
WITH REGARDS TO COMMUNICATION.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION GETTING OUT?
AND THESE ARE THE CITIZENS, RIGHT.
TAXPAYER MONEY.
SO THERE SHOULD BE A REAL EFFORT WITH REGARDS TO INFORMATION
BEING DISPERSED.
I MEAN, TESTS BEING DONE.
SOMETHING BEING DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY -- THAT
THE COMMUNITY RECEIVE THE INFORMATION.
NOT TELLING THE COMMUNITIES TO GO TO THE WEB SITE AND CHECK
IT.
SO THAT IS ONE THING.
CHANGING CULTURES, RIGHT.
I STILL CALL HIM OFFICER BENNETT, BUT HE MENTIONED THAT,
RIGHT.
CHANGING THE CULTURES.
YOU CAN NOT CHANGE THE CULTURE FROM YOUR LENS.
YOU HAVE TO BE RECEPTIVE AND RESPECT OTHER PEOPLE'S LENSES
IN ORDER TO THINK ABOUT TRYING TO CHANGE CULTURE.
CHANGING CULTURE IS HARD.
BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU
ARE TRYING TO GET TO CHANGE CULTURE.
THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AND I JUST WANT TO SEE MOVEMENT.
I HAVE BEEN HERE A WHILE, AND I AM HAPPY WITH WHAT IS GOING
ON BUT I WANT TO SEE MOVEMENT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
10:47:07AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND WE HAVE TWO
REGISTERED SPEAKERS, AILEEN HENDERSON AND MR. RANDOLPH.
10:47:16AM >>CLERK:
MR. RANDOLPH, IF YOU HEAR ME, UNMUTE YOURSELF.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
10:47:21AM >> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS MICHAEL RANDOLPH AND I AM WITH
THE WEST TAMPA CAC.
TODAY, I COME WITH A HEAVY HEART IN TERMS OF A DECISION TO
ELIMINATE THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE CAC.
WHEN YOU REDUCE THAT -- THE COMMITTEES, YOU REDUCE COMMUNITY
INPUT.
IT IS THE COMMITTEE WHERE THE WORK IS DONE.
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE CITY COUNCIL DIDN'T HAVE A
SUBCOMMITTEE TO COMPARE WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL NEEDS.
THAT COMMUNITY WILL BE MOSTLY AFFECTED BY THE DECISION TO
REMOVE SUBCOMMITTEE.
THE SUBCOMMITTEES ARE SO IMPORTANT.
IT IS THE ESSENCE OF COMMUNITY INPUT.
BY DOING THAT, ESPECIALLY IN HAD WEST AND EAST TAMPA, WHICH
IS AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY, YOU REDUCE THE VOICE OF THE
COMMUNITY.
POINT OF FACT.
THE PUBLIC SECTOR COMMITTEE IS VERY IMPORTANT.
HERE IS WHAT WE KNOW.
BLACK AMERICANS DIE FROM GUN VIOLENCE IN NEARLY 2.4% RATE OF
WHITE AMERICANS.
ONE IN 12,000 BLACK PEOPLE DIE FROM GUNSHOTS THIS YEAR.
15,000 DEATHS ALONE IN 2021.
YOUNG BLACK MEN ARE THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN 2021,
BLAK MEN BETWEEN 14 AND 24 DIED THE MOST.
GUN VIOLENCE HAS BEEN A LEADING CAUSE OF BLACK CHILDREN'S
DEATH AS WELL.
67% OF GUNS RELATED TO BLACK KIDS.
HOMICIDE RATES AMONG BLACK WOMEN AND GIRLS ARE IN THE SAME
PLACE.
IT IS THE SUBCOMMITTEE THAT MOVES THE CAC.
IF YOU ELIMINATE THE SUBCOMMITTEE, YOU ARE ELIMINATE IT THE
VOICE.
AND PEOPLE IN TAMPA, WEST AND EAST TAMPA, YOU NEED TO
LISTEN, BECAUSE IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY MAKE IT
IMPORTANT AND GIVE SUPPORT.
WHEN YOU REDUCE THAT, YOU REDUCE THE COMMUNITY'S INPUT.
NOW TAMPA IS THE BEST.
LET'S GET BETTER BY MAKING SURE WE REINSTITUTE THE CAC'S
SUBCOMMITTEES THAT ARE THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND APPRECIATE 1998 YOUR TIME.
10:49:44AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU, MR. RANDOLPH, NEXT UP IS
AILEEN HENDERSON.
10:49:49AM >>CLERK:
MISS HENDERSON.
IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, UNMUTE YOURSELF.
YOU HAVE THREE MEN TO SPEAK.
10:49:55AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
AILEEN HENDERSON, FOUNDER OF THE CEMETERY SOCIETY.
FIRST WANT TO CONGRATULATE THOSE RETURNING TO COUNCIL AND
THOSE NEWLY ELECTED
A HUGE THANK YOU FOR THOSE APPROVING TO PURCHASE MEMORIAL
PARK CEMETERY.
WE KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED, WE
ARE HOPING THAT EVERYONE SEES THE VALUE IN ALL EFFORTS TO DO
THE RIGHT THING.
ADDING MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY TO TAMPA'S ALL-WHITE
COLLECTION OF HISTORIC CEMETERIES WAS HISTORY IN THE MAKING
TO RECOGNIZE AND RESTORING TAMPA'S BLACK HISTORY.
ANOTHER THING OF NOTE THAT TOOK PLACE MAY 24, 2023, WHEN
COUNCIL APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF THE SEMINOLE HEIGHTS TERRY
WATCHING THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCH WORK TOGETHER
FOR A COMMON GOAL.
PEOPLE MISSED THAT COOPERATION IN THE MAKING.
FIRST TIME FOR THE FIRST TIME WE SAW BOTH BRANCHES
RECOGNIZING THEIR ROLES, RESPECTING THE DUTIES OF EACH, AND
TOGETHER HELPING TO RESOLVE A CALL TO ACTION BY
CONSTITUENTS, YOUR PEOPLE.
HOPING THE BEGINNING OF AN OVERDUE PROCESS OF CHECKS AND
BALANCES BETWEEN TAMPA'S EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES.
BRAVO CARLSON, MANISCALCO, MIRANDA AND HURTAK.
YOU BEAT ME TO THE PUNCH AND EXPRESSED MY SENTIMENTS
ADEQUATELY HAD THIS MORNING.
THE FRIENDS OF BELMONT HEIGHTS IS HOSTING A CLEANUP AT THE
CEMETERY SATURDAY MAY 27 AT 9 A.M.
ASKED BY ELLSWORTH TONY WILLIAMS WITH VETERANS COUNSELING
VETERANS TO DO THE CLEANUP.
WE GLADLY ACCEPTED THAT HONOR TO HELP THEM PREPARE FOR THE
CELEBRATION OF THE 100-YEAR MONUMENT AT THE CEMETERY OF THE
FLORIDA NEGRO WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL DEDICATED FEBRUARY 23,
1923.
WE WANT TO EXTEND A SPELLINGS INVITE TO COUNCILMAN HENDERSON
BECAUSE THIS IS HER DISTRICT AND OF COURSE ALL OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND AS WELL TO SUPPORT ONCE
AGAIN HISTORY IN THE MAKING, MOST SPECIFICALLY BLACK HISTORY
IN THE MAKING.
THANK YOU ALL.
10:52:10AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
A MOTION TO OPEN 9:30 AND 10:30 PUBLIC HEARINGS.
MOTION AND A SECOND.
10:52:22AM >>LUIS VIERA:
REGARDING THE CLEANUP ON THE 27th.
TWO EFFORTS ON THE SAME LEVEL.
TONY -- I WILL JUST TAKE, THE FIRE FIGHTERS AND THE VETERANS
HELPING VETERANS, CAN WE TALK OUTSIDE.
JUST OUTSIDE.
THANK YOU.
10:52:38AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
AT THIS TIME IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK --
WE WILL DO IT ALL AT ONCE.
ANY OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, 9:30 OR 10:30.
PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND SO WE CAN SWEAR YOU
IN.
[SWEARING IN]
10:53:03AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE WILL GO TO ITEM 54 HAD, AGAIN BY REQUEST.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION IF THERE IS ANY TO RECEIVE AND FILE ANY
EX-PARTE COMMUNICATION ON ITEM 54.
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA WITH A SECOND.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
ALL IN FAVOR.
AYE.
OPPOSED?
10:53:32AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:53:34AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IS THE INTERPRETER PRESENT HERE TODAY.
10:53:36AM >> SHE IS.
10:53:39AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
HAVE THE INTERPRETER SWORN IN.
FOR THE INTERPRETER, PLEASE.
[SWEARING THROUGH INTERPRETER]
10:53:52AM >> I WILL.
10:53:52AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IF THE PERSON NEEDING THE INTERPRETATION
HERE.
10:53:57AM >> YES, AND SHE HAS ALREADY BEEN SWORN.
10:54:00AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
WITH REGARD TO THE CONDUCT OF THE HEARING.
IF WE CAN ALLOW THE INTERPRETER TO BE ABLE TO TRANSLATE
WHAT IS SAID SO WE DON'T ALL SPEAK TOGETHER TO GIVE HER THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE APPLICANT UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS AND
LIKEWISE, IF ANYTHING SHE WISHES TO SAY, SHE SHARE WITH THE
INTERPRETER AND THE INTERPRETER WILL TRANSLATE.
THANK YOU, MISS PETTIS-MACKLE.
10:54:26AM >>CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE:
GOOD MORNING, CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE
FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
ITEM NUMBER 54, FILE NUMBER DE1-23-88 IS A REVIEW HEARING
FOR A PETITION FOR REVIEW THAT WAS FILED BY MIGUEL
AND ROSITA LOPEZ.
THEY FILED A PETITION FOR REVIEW REGARDING A DECISION OF THE
ZONING ADMINISTRATOR REGARDING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2716
WEST WALNUT STREET.
THE REQUEST FILED BY MR. AND MRS. LOPEZ WAS TO SAY LOW
VEHICLE ACCESS TO THE STREET IN LIEU OF ACCESS OF THE ALLEY
TO THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY.
STAFF DENIED THE APPLICATION ON FEBRUARY 6, 2023 ON THE
BASIS THAT THE APPLICATION DID NOT MEET THE CRY CRITERIA
270-241 SUBSECTIONS E2C5.
I PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED CITY COUNCIL THE FOLLOWING
INFORMATION: CODE SECTIONS 27-241, SUBSECTIONS E2C5 FOR
ALLEY ACCESS.
CODE SECTION 27-60, ALTERNATIVE DESIGN EXCEPTION.
AND CODE SECTION 27-61, THE REVIEW FOR REVIEW HEARINGS.
ALSO PROVIDED SAMPLE MOTIONS FOR CITY COUNCIL TO USE IN
CONDUCTING THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
THE STANDARD OF REVIEW OF CODE SECTION 27-61, SUBSECTIONS J
2 IS A DE NOVO STANDARD OF REVIEW, QUESTION MEANS THAT CITY
COUNCIL CAN ACCEPT NEW EVIDENCE, TAKE PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND
MAKE A DECISION TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE PETITIONER MEETS
THE STANDARDS OF THE TAMPA HEIGHTS DESIGN GUIDELINES.
AND SPECIFICALLY CODE EXCEPTION 27-241, SUBSECTIONS E2C5.
STAFF IS PRESENT TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE APPLICATION
AND THE DECISION.
UPON RECEIVING ALL OF THE TESTIMONY AND THE EVIDENCE
REGARDING THIS MATTER, CITY COUNCIL CAN TAKE THE FOLLOWING
STEPS: CITY COUNCIL CAN AFFIRM THE DECISION OF THE ZONING
ADMINISTRATOR AND DENY THE REQUEST FOR THE DESIGN EXCEPTION
BECAUSE IT DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIRED CODE SECTION.
OR CITY COUNCIL CAN OVERTURN THE DECISION OF THE ZONING
ADMINISTRATOR AND, THEREFORE, GRANT THE DESIGN EXCEPTION.
WITH THAT, I WILL TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO STAFF.
MR. COTTON.
10:57:42AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MR. COTTON.
10:57:45AM >>ERIC COTTON:
GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
ERIC COTTON, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
BEFORE I GET STARTED, WANT TO INTRODUCE DAVID HUNTER, OUR
NEW URBAN DESIGN COORDINATOR.
IN THE FUTURE YOU WILL SEE HIM BEFORE Y'ALL ON SOME OF THE
POSITIONS.
FOLLOWING UP ON WHAT MISSION, MISS PETTIS-MACKLE SAID.
LET ME PUT THIS UP ON THE -- HERE WE GO.
AGAIN, THIS IS A PETITION FOR REVIEW FOR DESIGN EXCEPTION DE
1-23-88.
THE PETITIONERS ARE MIGUEL AND ROSITA LOPEZ AT PROPERTY AT
2716 WEST WALNUT STREET.
RESIDENTIAL RS-50 AND LOCATED IN THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY
DISTRICT.
THEY ARE PROPOSING TO BUILD A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME.
THE CODE REQUIREMENT IS THAT IN WEST TAMPA, YOU HAVE -- YOU
SHOULD ACCESS THE ALLEY IF IT IS AN OPEN AND USED ALLEYWAY
VERSUS THE MAIN STREET.
I CAN DO A QUICK AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS -- THIS IS WALNUT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WALNUT
BETWEEN TAMPANIA AND HABANA.
HERE IS A BETTER PHOTO OF THE AREA.
YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY.
THERE IS AN EXISTING ALLEY NETWORK THAT YOU CAN SEE RUN
ACROSS TAMPANIA AND RUNS BEHIND THESE PROPERTIES AND CROSSES
OVER HABANA AND MOVING TO THE WEST.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSED -- THIS IS THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSED
SITE PLAN.
A 14-FOOT ALLEY IN THE REAR.
THE HOUSE HAS BEEN DESIGNED FOR ACCESSING THE MAIN STREET
OFF OF WALNUT, WHICH BEGAN BY CODE IS NOT ALLOWED.
SPECIFICALLY, THE CODE SECTION 27-241 E 2C 5 STATES
BASICALLY AFTER AN EXISTING LOT ADJACENT TOP A OPEN AND USED
ALLEY, VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE SITE SHOULD BE PROVIDED FROM
THE ALLEY AS PRIMARY ACCESS.
JUST A PHOTO.
PROPERTY RIGHT NOW IS CURRENTLY VACANT.
WHEN STAFF DID THE REVIEW, THIS WAS THE CONDITION OF THE
ALLEY.
THERE WAS SOME DEBRIS IN THE ALLEYWAY.
YOU CAN SEE PALM FRONDS AND SUCH.
AND THERE WAS SOME DIRT AND CLEARING THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE.
MORE RECENT PHOTOS AND PROVIDED BY A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC
DID E-MAIL THEM TO ME YESTERDAY.
SHE IS HERE TO DISCUSS THE REQUEST, BUT JUST TO HIGHLIGHT
THEM.
THIS IS THE ALLEY AS IT EXISTS TODAY.
IT HAS BEEN CLEARED.
DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AT THIS POINT?
11:00:51AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY COUNCILMEMBERS?
YES, MA'AM.
11:00:55AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
DOES THIS PROPERTY SIT IN THE WEST TAMPA CRA.
11:00:59AM >>ERIC COTTON:
NO, MA'AM, THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY DISTRICT
BUT NOT IN THE CITY ITSELF.
11:01:05AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
11:01:07AM >>ERIC COTTON:
YOU ARE WELCOME.
11:01:08AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR PRESENTATION, SIR?
11:01:12AM >>ERIC COTTON:
YES, SIR.
11:01:13AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE WILL NOW GO TO THE APPLICANT.
11:01:20AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
IF I MAY ASK, I AM LOOKING AT THE WHOLE
THING.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK -- THIS IS A NEW LOT THAT IS VACANT AND
A NEW HOME BUILT.
11:01:29AM >>ERIC COTTON:
YES, SIR, A PROPOSED SINGLE-FAMILY HOME.
11:01:31AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
IN DOING THAT THE ALLEY IS THERE AND
LOOKS -- APPEARS THAT IT DOES HAVE SOME DRIVEWAY THAT YOU
CAN ACTUALLY DRIVE AND CLEANED UP JUST A LITTLE BIT.
IS THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE ALLEY WIDE ENOUGH TO MAKE A TURN
-- HOW MANY HOUSES ARE THERE THAT HAVE ACCESS TO THE ALLEY
IN THE BACK FOR RESIDENTS?
11:01:49AM >>ERIC COTTON:
I WILL SHOW YOU THE AERIAL AGAIN.
IT IS A MIX.
A MIXTURE OF HOW IT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AT THIS POINT YOU CAN
SEE SOME PROPERTIES HAVE DRIVEWAYS, SOME DO NOT.
A FAIR MIX OF HOW IT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED THE STRUCTURE HERE.
DO NOT HAVE THE DRIVEWAY, THIS HOUSE DOES.
DEPENDS IF YOU ARE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET WHO HAS A
DRIVEWAY, AND SOME DO NOT.
SOME ACCESS THE ALLEYWAY.
IF YOU CAN SEE SOME CARS AND JUST DRIVE AND PARK IN THE
FRONT, REGARDLESS WHETHER THEY HAVE A DRIVEWAY OR NOT.
BUT I DID -- THIS WAS VERIFIED BY MOBILITY THAT THE ALLEY IS
-- MOBILITY DID VERIFY THE ALLEY IS DRIVABLE AND CAN BE
UTILIZED FOR THE ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY.
11:02:47AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?
11:03:01AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
NO, SIR.
11:03:03AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
11:03:05AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HAS THERE EVER BEEN A HOUSE ON THAT PIECE
OF PROPERTY?
11:03:09AM >>ERIC COTTON:
I DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
11:03:12AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
A CURB CUT ON THE STREET?
11:03:13AM >>ERIC COTTON:
I DO NOT BELIEVE SO.
11:03:15AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
APPLICANT.
YES, MA'AM.
11:03:19AM >> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS --
11:03:29AM >> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS MILADES, AND I CAME TO REPRESENT
MISS ROSITA AND MIGUEL.
[SPEAKING THROUGH INTERPRETER]
11:03:56AM >> MR. MIGUEL IS REQUESTING TO HAVE A DRIVEWAY IN THE FRONT
OF THE HOUSE BECAUSE AS YOU WERE ABLE TO SEE THE PLANS AND
THE MAPS, THE HOUSES THERE DON'T HAVE ACCESS THROUGH THE
BACK TO THE ALLEY.
AND HE IS AN OLDER GENTLEMAN WHO HAS MOBILITY PROBLEMS AND
USE AS CANE TO WALK.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO
HAVE A DRIVEWAY IN THE FRONT, BECAUSE AS -- AS YOU WERE ABLE
TO SEE, IN THE ALLEY, NEIGHBORS THROW OUT TRASH AND THINGS
LIKE THAT.
THANK YOU.
11:04:55AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT?
I SEE NONE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND GIVE YOU AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL AFTER THE FACT.
11:05:07AM >> OKAY.
11:05:12AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, MA'AM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
YOU HAVE THERE MINUTES.
11:05:18AM >> SHOULD I SPEAK SLOWLY FOR THE TRANSLATOR.
IF SO I DON'T WANT TO BE PENALIZED.
MY NAME IS SANDY DIEGO SANCHEZ.
2805 THIXTON.
I AM A CITY OF TAMPA NERD AND I HAPPENED TO SEE THIS ON THE
AGENDA AND THOUGHT I WOULD.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, ON MY WAY TO A WEST TAMPA CAC MEETING,
I AM ON THE COMMITTEE, AND I DROVE BY THE PROPERTY.
AND EASILY DROVE THROUGH THE ALLEY IN MY RELATIVELY NEW CAR.
RESULTS, NO SCRATCHES.
THIS ALLEY IS PRETTY CLEAR EVERYWHERE EXCEPT BEHIND THE
APPLICANT'S PROPERTY.
I DID NOT HAVE TO MOVE A BLOCK THAT HAD FALLEN FROM A
NUISANCE CONCRETE WALL.
I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE I AM NOT HERE AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE WEST TAMPA CAC.
I'M HERE AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN.
BUT WITH THAT, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY, RATHER, EVEN THOUGH
THIS PROPERTY IS NOT WITHIN THE WEST TAMPA CRA, IT IS WITHIN
THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY AND IS A CITY ORDINANCE.
THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY UNDER ITEM 5, RESIDENTS, I AND I
QUOTE, DRIVEWAY CAN BE MINIMIZE DRIVEWAY PROLIFERATION,
LIMIT CONFLICT POINTS BETWEEN VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS AND
PRIORITIZE SAFETY OF THE PEDESTRIAN.
IF AN EXISTING LOT IS ADJACENT TO AN OPEN --
11:06:51AM >> COULD YOU SLOW DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
11:06:53AM >> IF AN EXISTING LOT IS ADJACENT TO AN OPEN AND USED PUBLIC
ALLEY, VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THIS SITE SHOULD BE PROVIDED FROM
THE ALLEY AS THE PRIMARY VEHICULAR ACCESS POINT PROVIDED TO
MEET MINIMAL STANDARDS 27-283-12.
ALL STREET PARKING SPACE STANDARDS.
UNQUOTE.
THIS PROPERTY IS DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE WEST TAMPA
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL'S PICKUP LINE.
IT WILL BE IN THE INTEREST OF IT THE SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN
THAT ALLEY ACCESS FOR PARKING BE CONFIRMED.
IN THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, THEY STATED THAT OTHER HOMES ON
THE BLOCK HAVE FRONT DRIVEWAYS, AND THEY DO.
THESE HOMES WERE BUILT BEFORE THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY WAS
DESIGNED.
THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEST
TAMPA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PICKUP LINE.
I ALSO NOTED THAT THE APPLICANT MAY HAVE TROUBLE WALKING ON
GRASS.
I AM NOT SURE WHY THIS IS AN ISSUE BECAUSE OF NO ORDINANCE
THAT PROHIBITS A CONCRETE DRIVEWAY FROM BEING BUILT
THROUGH THE ALLEY ACCESS DESIGN.
THEIR SITE PLAN SHOW A PAVED DRIVEWAY THAT CAN EASILY BE
ADAPTED FOR THE ALLEY ACCESS.
THE PICTURES IN THE FILE FROM THE CITY'S PAST PRESENTATION
SHOW THAT THE ALLEY MAY HAVE BEEN OVERGROWN.
BUT YOU CAN EASILY STAND IN THE MID{SUFFIX}LE OF THE ALLEY
AND LOOK TO THE EAST AND WEST TO TAMPANIA AND HABANA AND SEE
CLARITY THERE.
THE SLIGHT CONGESTION IN THE ALLEY IS DIRECTLY BEHIND THE
APPLICANT'S PROPERTY.
I AM NOT SURE WHY CODE ENFORCEMENT HAVEN'T NOTED THE
NUISANCE OF THE CUMBERLAND BLOCK WALL WHICH IS THE
APPLICANT'S RESPONSIBILITY.
I ASK YOU TO CONTINUE TO DENY THIS APPLICANT'S REQUEST IN
THE INTEREST OF THE SCHOOL AND ADHERING TO THE WEST TAMPA
OVERLAY WHICH SHOULD GUIDE YOU TO MAKE THIS DECISION.
THANK YOU.
11:08:53AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER FOR PUBLIC COMMENT?
WE HAVE NO ONE REGISTERED.
ANYONE ELSE HERE FOR THIS ITEM?
I SEE NO ONE.
DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL STAFF COMMENT AT THIS TIME?
WE HAVE REBUTTAL TIME.
YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TOP
ANYTHING AT THIS TIME.
[SPEAKING THROUGH INTERPRETER]
11:09:39AM >> I WOULD SAY THAT ACCESS THROUGH THE BACK AND THROUGH THE
ALLEY IS AN OBSTACLE FOR THAT FAMILY.
THE TREES AND ALL THE PLANTS ARE OVERGROWN.
AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO KEEP UP WITH THE
MAINTENANCE.
AND THE REST OF THE HOUSE HAS AN ACCESS THROUGH THE FRONT
WITH A DRIVEWAY, WHY CAN'T THIS HOUSE NOT HAVE IT.
11:10:01AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYTHING ELSE?
11:10:08AM >> NO, THANK YOU.
11:10:09AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THAT WILL WRAP UP THE REBUTTAL.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE WE ASK FOR A
MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING?
YES, SIR.
11:10:20AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
MISS PETTIS-MACKLE CAVE YOU THE PACKET TO HAVE IN FRONT OF
NEW ADDITION TO THE STAFF REPORT.
IF YOU TURN TO WHAT IS MARKED AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 3 AND 4,
IS THE CRITERIA FOR YOU TO APPLY FOR YOUR ANALYSIS OF YOUR
DECISION BASED ON THE EVIDENCE YOU HAVE HEARD.
AND THAT, AGAIN, IS -- IS SUB 5.
11:10:46AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING?
11:10:51AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MOTION TO CLOSE.
11:10:52AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ANYONE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION AT THIS TIME.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
11:11:03AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
I AM GOING TO MOVE TO UPHOLD THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR'S
DENIAL OF DE 1-2388 FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2716 WEST
WALNUT STREET, BECAUSE THE PETITIONER FAILED TO PROVIDE
COMPETENT AND SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE
WEST TAMPA OVERLAY, DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT DESIGN STANDARDS
FOR ALLEY ACCESS IN CITY OF TAMPA CODE SECTION 27-241 E2C5
SHOULD BE WAIVED FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS: HEALTH OF -- OF
AN OWNER IS NOT COMPETENT AND SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE BECAUSE
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE LAND, NOT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE
THERE.
AND AS EVIDENCED BY PHOTOGRAPHS AND STAFF AND MOBILITY
DEPARTMENT AGREEMENT, THE ALLEY IS ACCESSIBLE.
IT IS WIDE ENOUGH TO TRAVERSE.
AND THE -- YES, THAT IS WHERE I WILL STOP.
11:12:27AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION?
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:12:34AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I JUST FEEL THAT I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND
THAT THERE IS A LAW, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.
WHEN YOU LOOK -- I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS CASE
PARTICULARLY, BUT YOU LOOK AT THIS BLOCK AND ANY OTHER BLOCK
THAT HAS AN ALLEY AND YOU LOOKED AT EVERYBODY ELSE CAN PARK
UP FRONT -- AND I APPRECIATE WHAT HAD THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS
SAYING.
I APPRECIATE THAT THEY WANT PUT THE AUTOMOBILES IN THE BACK
TO SEE MORE PEOPLE WALKING THE STREETS AND PLANING AND DOING
THAT THING.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DISTRICT, THIS IS NOT WHERE YOU
COME IN AND SAY I AM GOING TO DO -- TEAR DOWN 50 ACRE AND DO
IT THE RIGHT WAY AND ALL THE PARKING IN THE BACK.
SOMETHING LIKE THAT RIGHT THERE ON SPRUCE.
AND MacDILL AVENUE.
THE WHOLE BLOCK WHERE THE MARTINEZ FAMILY USED TO HAVE THE
HOUSE.
EVERYTHING NOW IS THE IN ALLEY.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
I THINK IT WORKS WONDERFUL, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A SITUATION
LIKE THIS, WE ARE GOING TO -- IN MY OPINION, IF I WAS A
PETITIONER, I WILL ASK THE CITY TO GIVE ME PERMISSION
TO PUT IN THE ALLEY WHEN EVERYBODY'S INGRESS IS THROUGH THE
FRONT.
A LAW THAT WORKS FINE IF EVERYTHING IS WAS BEING CLEANED OUT
AND YOU ARE BUILDING SOMETHING NEW AND DONE THAT WAY, BUT
WHEN YOU HAVE TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO HERE,
AND NO ONE ELSE HAS THAT I THINK ABOUT THE WHAT.
WHAT IF WE TURN IT DOWN AND WHATEVER AND IT GOES TO COURT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE JUDGE IS GOING TO DO?
THE LAW IS THERE BUT WHERE IS THE EVIDENCE THAT EVERYBODY IS
DOING THAT?
NONE.
JUST LIKE WHEN WE DO THINGS IN ANOTHER -- I WILL TELL YOU
ANOTHER AREA.
YOU GO APPLY FOR A BUILDING PERMIT OR SOMETHING THAT YOU
WANT TO DO IN REPAIRING OF A HOUSE AND YOU WANT TO PUT
PAVERS OR DO WHATEVER.
AT THE TIME OF PERMITTING, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY GIVE YOU THE
INFORMATION THAT -- IF YOU HAVE PAVERS, THEN YOU HAVE TO PAY
MORE THE RUNOFF WATER AND CONCRETE TO EXPAND THE FRONT OF
IT.
YOU FOLLOW THE PERMIT AND DO YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DO YOU GET
A KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND YOU ARE VIOLATE CAN THE LAW AND NOT
PAY FOR THE WATER RUNOFF.
I AGREE WITH THAT, BUT I DON'T THINK ONE HAND IS TELLING THE
OTHER HAND TO ADDRESS PUBLIC.
SAME WITH SWALES.
APPROVAL OF A RESIDENCE.
YOU SELL IT TO ME.
I DON'T LIKE THAT SWALE.
I FILL IT UP AND I FLOOD BOTH PEOPLE ON EACH SIDE.
NOBODY TOLD ME WHEN I BOUGHT THE HOUSE.
SAME THING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SELL THE HOUSE TO GUIDO AND SOMEBODY ELSE SELL IT IS TO
SOMEBODY ELSE AND THAT PERSON THEY WANT TO YOU DO WHAT I DID
WRONG.
SO THERE HAS GOT TO BE SOME MIDDLE GROUND ON ITEMS WE HANDLE
LIKE THIS, NOT ONLY IN THIS CASE, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME
UNDERSTANDING OF COMPASSION, WHEN THEY BOUGHT THIS HOUSE,
DID SOMEBODY TELL YOU HERE IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO, I DOUBT
IT.
THAT IS WHERE WE ARE MISSING THE ACTION, NOT THAT THEY ARE
RIGHT OR WRONG, BUT WHERE HAVE WE HAVE GIVEN PROPER
NOTIFICATION -- NOT THIS CASE, BUT WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IF
YOU DO SOMETHING.
THAT I KNOW OF, NEVER.
MAYBE I AM WRONG.
I AM NOT SAYING I AM RIGHT.
BUT THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE DONE GOING
FORWARD THAT THESE THINGS CONTINUE -- NOT CONTINUE, I SHOULD
SAY, AND MECHANISM OF WHICH WE CAN NOW DO SOMETHING THAT
BETTER FOR SOCIETY.
I AM NOT SAYING IT IS NOT BETTER, IT IS, BUT HOW DO WE
EQUATE THAT TO THE PROPER STANDARDS OF THE WAY YOU GET
THINGS DONE.
ONLY TIME OF PERMITTING AND AFTER THAT NOBODY CHECKS IT.
THE SELL THE HOUSE TO SOMEONE ELSE AND RECORDED IN THE
COURTHOUSE.
I BUY THE HOUSE AND I AM STUCK WITH IT.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I DON'T PARTICULARLY LIKE BECAUSE
THEY ARE NOT SAYING THE FACTS TO THE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS
BUYING WHO HAS NOTHING TO DO -- NOT ABOUT THIS CASE.
BUT THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT I LOOK AT.
I AM NOT SAYING THAT I AM RIGHT AND WRONG.
CHANGE THE MECHANISM TO DO THINGS SO EVERYBODY KNOWS.
THE CODE ENFORCEMENT IS ACTIVE, NOT REACTIVE.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:16:53AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYONE ELSE?
COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
11:16:55AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
QUESTION.
11:16:56AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION.
11:16:58AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
YOU HAVE A QUESTION RELATING --
11:17:02AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE WILL HAVE TO REOPEN THE HEARING THAT.
11:17:06AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
LET ME RESTATE MY ASSUMPTION.
DURING THE TESTIMONY, THAT THE CITY DISCLOSED THERE WERE
OTHER HOUSES ON THE STREET THAT HAD ALLEY ACCESS.
11:17:15AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IF YOU WANT TO REOPEN THAT.
11:17:18AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I MOVE TO REOPEN SO THE GENTLEMAN CAN
HAVE HIS QUESTION ANSWERED.
11:17:23AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A MOTION AND A SECOND.
THE HEARING IS REOPENED.
11:17:29AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
YOU WANT TO SEE THE OVERHEAD.
11:17:31AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I AM OKAY -- SIR, YOU TESTIFIED OTHER
HOUSE ON THE STREET THAT HAD ALLEY ACCESS AND UTILIZING
ALLEY ACCESS.
11:17:38AM >>ERIC COTTON:
ERIC COTTON, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
OTHER PROPERTIES THAT DON'T HAVE DRIVEWAYS ALONG THE FRONT.
I DO NOT DRIVE THE ALLEY
I DO NOT KNOW IF THEY HAVE ALLEY ACCESS OR NOT, BUT THERE
ARE OTHER PROPERTIES ON THAT STREET THAT DO NOT HAVE
DRIVEWAYS TO THE STREET.
THAT WOULD LEAD ME TO BELIEVE THEY ARE PARKING IN THE
REQUIRE OR HAVE ACCESS TO THE REAR OR I THINK AS I
INDICATED, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO JUST PARK IN THEIR
FRONT YARDS AND POP THE CURB AND PARK IN THE GRASS.
11:18:10AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
11:18:11AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE ASK FOR
ANOTHER CLOSING OF THE HEARING?
YES, MA'AM.
11:18:16AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
I AM JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, WAS THIS
ALLEY ACTUALLY CLEARED FOR THE SAKE OF THE PRESENTATION
TODAY?
BECAUSE IT -- IT APPEARS TO ME TO BE A VERY WEAK CLEANING OF
AN ALLEY IN TERMS OF ACCESS.
IT IS A BARE MINIMUM TYPE OF CLEANUP TO SAY, OH, YEAH, IT IS
ACCESSIBLE.
11:18:37AM >>ERIC COTTON:
ERIC COTTON, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
I AM NOT SURE WHO CLEARED THE ALLEYWAY.
THE PICTURES OF THE BRUSH IN THE ALLEYWAY.
THAT IS THE SITUATION WHEN STAFF REVIEWED THE REQUEST
INITIALLY AND WE DENIED TO HAVE ACCESS OFF OF WALNUT.
THE.
THE ALLEY IS ACCESSIBLE.
ALLEY MAINTENANCE OR CLEANUP GETTING RID OF TRASH AND DEBRIS
AND STUFF BY CODE IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ADJACENT
PROPERTY OWNERS.
I AM NOT SURE IF CLEAN CITY WENT OUT TO CLEAN THE ALLEY.
WEST TAMPA CRA CLEANED IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHO CLEANED THE ALLEYWAY ON THIS ONE.
11:19:15AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MOTION TO CLOSE ORDINANCE MANISCALCO WE HAVE
A MOTION.
YES, MA'AM, ANYTHING ELSE?
NO?
MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
WE HAD A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK WITH A
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION.
11:19:33AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES, PLEASE.
11:19:34AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, SIR.
11:19:35AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SO I HAVE -- YOU KNOW, AND I WILL -- IN
ALL DEFERENCE TO MY COLLEAGUE AND DISCUSSION ONLY THIS
ISSUE, I HAVE TO GO WITH THE FACT THAT THE OVERLAY DISTRICT
IS A JOINT AGREEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT WAS
ESTABLISHED, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE PUBLIC PROCESS.
AND AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW PEOPLE WITHIN THIS AREA ARE
GOING TO LIVE AND BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR PROPERTY.
SO I AM EMPATHETIC WITH THE PETITIONER'S PLEA AND THEIR
CIRCUMSTANCE, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE TO CONFORM WITH THE
OVERLAY DISTRICT AND THE STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE SET.
IT IS WHAT WE HAVE DECIDED AS A COMMUNITY THAT WE WILL HOLD
THE PROPERTY OWNERS THE OVERLAY DISTRICT ACCOUNTABLE.
SO I WILL BE VOTING IN FAVOR OF WHY UP HOLDING THE ZONING
ADMINISTRATOR'S DECISION ONLY THIS PROPERTY.
11:20:28AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANYTHING ELSE?
A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
THIS IS TO WHY UP HOLD THE DENIAL.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
LET'S HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:20:39AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES.
11:20:47AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
YES.
11:20:48AM >>LUIS VIERA:
NO.
11:20:50AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
NO.
11:20:51AM >>BILL CARLSON:
YES.
11:20:53AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
11:20:55AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
NO.
11:20:56AM >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA, MIRANDA AND MANISCALCO
VOTING NO.
11:21:04AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AT THIS TIME WE WILL GO TO THE CONSENT AGENDA AND BEGIN WITH
COUNCILMAN VIERA, OUR CHAIR FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
YES, MA'AM, COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
11:21:13AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
BEFORE WE START CONSENT AGENDA, I WAS WONDER
GOING WE CAN GET THE NELSON CONSTRUCTION IN BEFORE LUNCH
BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN WAITING HERE BEFORE.
11:21:22AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I WILL DO THE CONSENT AGENDA AND GO TO
ITEMS 6 AND 7.
THEN NELSON BEEN BEFORE WE BREAK FOR LUNCH, THREE MINUTES
FOR CHIEF BENNETT FOR THE ADMINISTRATION UPDATE.
COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:21:34AM >>BILL CARLSON:
IN THIS FIRST SECTION ITEMS NUMBER 12 AND
13, MY FIRM WORKS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
NOT ON THESE MATTERS BUT OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION STEP
OUT ON 12 AND 13.
IF YOU VOTE ON THEM SEPARATELY AND I CAN VOTE THE REST.
11:21:53AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOVE ITEMS 8-11 AND 14 AND 15.
11:22:00AM >> I MOVE 8-11 AND 14 AND 15.
11:22:03AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
COUNCILMAN CARLSON, STEP OUT OF THE ROOM AND TAKE ITEMS 12
AND 13 SEPARATELY.
11:22:11AM >>LUIS VIERA:
I MOVE 12 AND 13.
11:22:13AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
ALL IN FAVOR.
NEXT UP PARKS AND REC --
11:22:23AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
I AM SORRY.
WE CAN HAVE THE CLERK ANNOUNCE THE VOTE ON 12 AND 13.
11:22:29AM >>CLERK:
ITEMS 12 AND 13, CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH
COUNCILMAN CARLSON ABSTAINING.
11:22:36AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
I MOVE ITEMS 16 AND 17.
11:22:39AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECOND.
11:22:40AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
SECONDED FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ALL RIGHT.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
CHAIR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
11:22:48AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I MOVE ITEMS 18-27.
11:22:50AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MANISCALCO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND
FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR.
OPPOSED.
FINANCE COMMITTEE COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:23:01AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
TAKEN CARE OF.
11:23:03AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
OPPOSED.
CARRIES.
MOVE ALL BUT 35 AND 48.
11:23:15AM >>BILL CARLSON:
SO MOVED.
11:23:18AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
NEXT UP, CHAIRMAN CLENDENIN, TRANSPORTATION.
11:23:25AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOVE ITEMS 46-47.
11:23:28AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN
MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR.
NUMBER 48 TO SET THE PUBLIC HEARING 815999 FOR JUNE 8, 2023
AT 5:301.
A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL GO TO 6 AND 7 AND TAKE NELSON
CONSTRUCTION R CONSTRUCTION AND CHIEF OF STAFF.
WE MAY HAVE MORE TIME.
ITEM NUMBER 6 FOR A SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE.
YES, MA'AM.
11:24:02AM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL, LaCHONE
DOCK, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
ITEM NUMBER 6 IS A PRIVATELY INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENT BEFORE
YOU FOR A FIRST READING.
I WOULD LIKE TO REFRESH COUNCIL'S MEMORY AND JUST BECAUSE WE
HAVE A COUPLE NEW COUNCILMEMBERS, THE PROCESSING SCHEDULE
FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM AND TOP BRING YOU WHY WITHER HERE
TODAY.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE ITEM WAS HEARD BEFORE THE COUNCIL AT A
WORKSHOP IN NOVEMBER OF '22.
IT WENT TO PLANNING COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC HEARING IN JANUARY
OF 23.
AT THAT TIME, THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED TO FIND THE
REQUEST CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THIS ITEM CAME TO COUNCIL FOR FIRST READING IN FEBRUARY ON
FEBRUARY 2.
AT THAT TIME, THE APPLICANT REQUESTED TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM
TO ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL OUTREACH AND ALSO TO MAKE CERTAIN
MODIFICATIONS TO THE LANGUAGE.
SO THIS REQUEST IS BACK BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING FOR FIRST
READING AGAIN.
AND IF THIS IS APPROVED, SECOND READING WILL BE HELD ON JUNE
15.
SO I JUST WANTED TO REVIEW THAT TIME LINE WITH YOU.
COUNCIL.
ALSO, I PROVIDED FOR YOU STAFF FINDS.
WITHIN THOSE FINDS, YOU WILL FIND THAT STAFF SUPPORTS THE
REQUEST THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT.
THE APPLICANT IS ALEX SCHALER AND TYLER HUDSON.
ALEX IS HERE TO PRESENT FOR YOU THE REQUEST.
ALSO PROVIDED FOR YOU IS A DRAFT ORDINANCE.
THE DRAFT ORDINANCE HAS BEEN SUBSTITUTED.
I HAVE COPIES I WILL PROVIDE FOR THE RECORD.
IT HAS BEEN MODIFIED TO EXCLUDE SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT
WERE MADE TO THE LANGUAGE SINCE THE FIRST ORDINANCE WAS
UPLOADED FOR YOU.
SO I HAVE THAT, AND I WILL PROVIDE THAT TO YOU ON THE
RECORD.
WHAT I WILL DO WITH THAT TURN IT OVER TO ALEX SCHALER, SHE
IS HERE AND THE AIR FORCE AND WILL REVIEW THE REQUEST.
11:26:02AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
MAY I JUST FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
WHEN YOU SAY A DRAFT ORDINANCE.
SENT THROUGH SIRE AND FILED THROUGH THE CLERK.
SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE FOR FIRST READING.
11:26:13AM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
YES.
I JUST HAVE THE HARD COPY JUST IN CASE.
11:26:16AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
OKAY, THANK YOU.
11:26:17AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I HAVE COPIES HERE.
THANK YOU.
YES, MA'AM.
11:26:21AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
ALEX SCHALER, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE.
I HAD LACHONE RUN THROUGH THE BACKGROUND STATES.
I FILED IN BACK IN JANUARY '22.
WE HAVE BEEN WORK ON THIS QUITE SOME TIME, A LITTLE OVER A
YEAR WITH THE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AND STAFF WHO HAVE BEEN
VERY SUPPORTIVE AND HELPED US TWEAK THE LANGUAGE AND TWEAK
THE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION AS WELL.
THE REQUEST WE HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY, THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY
IS STILL PALM.
EASTERN BOUNDARY THE YBOR CHANNEL AND NEBRASKA.
THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY IS THE GARRISON CHANNEL AND WESTERN IS
THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER.
A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND HERE, THIS REQUEST APPLIES TO
MULTIFAMILY PROBLEMS IN THE CDB PERIPHERY.
WE NARROWED THE SCOPE OF THIS REQUEST.
REMOVED HARBOUR ISLAND AND THE LAND WEST OF THE HILLSBOROUGH
RIVER, UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA PROPERTY, JUST OFF OF REQUESTS
FROM THEM.
THEY WERE NOT THE INTENDED BENEFICIARY OF THIS APPLICATION.
ORIGINALLY THIS WAS OVERALL FOR THE CDB PERIPHERY AND TO
MAKE THIS STRAIGHTFORWARD, THOSE AREAS HAVE BEEN REMOVED
FROM THE REQUEST TODAY.
THE AMENDMENTS WE HAVE BEFORE YOU ARE.
RELATED TO PARKING, LOADING AND GREEN SPACE.
A LOT OF THOSE CODE SECTIONS WILL BE FAMILIAR WITH YOU.
A LOT OF THE WAIVERS WE REQUESTED ON OUR URBAN PDs IN THE
PAST.
TO SET THE TABLE, THIS APPLICATION IS NOT RELATED TO ANY
SPECIFIC PROJECT UPCOMING.
THIS DOESN'T PROCEED ANY SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT; HOWEVER, THIS
IS US REVIEWING OUR PD THAT WE FILE IN THE URBAN CORE AND
REALIZING WE ARE REQUESTING A LOT OF WAIVERS FOR THESE SAME
CODE SECTIONS, LET'S CHANGE THE CODE TO APPLY TO MORE URBAN
DEVELOPMENT.
THE FIRST REQUEST IS IN REGARDS TO PARKING.
THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA WITHIN THE CDB PERIPHERY THAT
MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS IN THAT SPECIFIC AREA WILL BE HELD TO
THE SAME PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR MULTIFAMILY AND
THE CBD 0.75 SPACES PER UNIT.
WE ARE BEING ASKED TO BE ELIMINATED FROM THE VISITOR
PARKING.
THIS IS NOT A NEW INTRODUCTION TO LAND IN THE CDB.
THE SPECIAL DISTRICTS YBOR CITY AND CHANNELSIDE DON'T
INCLUDE THAT .25 SPACES FOR VISITOR PARKING EITHER AND WE
ARE REQUESTING THAT OTHER AREAS THAT ARE LEFT IN THE
GEOGRAPHIC AREA BE WAIVED FROM THE VISITOR PARKING
REQUIREMENTS AS WELL.
THE NEXT REQUEST WITH REGARDS TO LOADING.
THESE SHOULD BE VERY, VERY FAMILIAR CODE SECTIONS FOR YOU.
WE ARE PROPOSING NO MORE -- THE DEVELOPMENTS REGARDLESS OF
SIZE AND SQUARE FOOTAGE ARE ABLE TO USE A SINGLE LOADING
BERTH FOR THE DEVELOPMENT.
WE ARE ALSO ASKING TO REMOVE THE CONTINUOUS MANEUVER
REQUIREMENT AS WELL.
AGAIN, WAIVERS THAT YOU HAVE SEEN QUITE OFTEN HERE.
AND THE LAST REQUEST IN REGARDS FOR GREEN SPACE.
CURRENTLY THE WAY THE CODE READS, BUILDINGS SIX STORY OS ARE
GREATER ALLOWED TO USE A PERCENTAGE OF THE LAND AFTER THE
BUILDING FOOTPRINT CALCULATION; HOWEVER, SOME PROJECTS THAT
AREN'T AS TALL, LESS THAN SIX STORY ARE HELD TO A PER UNIT
THE WAY THE CODE READS.
WE ARE PROPOSE POSING THAT ALL MULTI FAMILY BE ABLE TO
CAPITALIZE ON THE PERCENTAGE OF PARCEL CALCULATION INSTEAD
OF A PER UNITS CALCULATION.
A GOOD COMPARISON AND I WAS TRYING TO BREAK IT DOWN AND NOT
BE SO TECH CAL WHEN IT COMES TO THE MATH.
WITH THE CBS PERIPHERY, DENSITY AS F.A.R. INSTEAD OF PER
UNIT AND OF GREEN SPACE OF THE UNIT, BECAUSE THIS IS AN
EXAMPLE OF THE PLAN AND ESTIMATED NUMBERS.
WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED GREEN SPACE FOR A DEVELOPMENT OF 100
UNITS IF SHORTER THAN SIX STORIES 1.27 ACRES.
IF BY THE PERCENTAGE CALCULATION REQUIRED ABOUT .13 OR .14
FOR OUR URBAN AND THE BUILDING PERMITS ARE PUSHED FAR BACK
FOR PROJECTS JUST OUTSIDE OF THE URBAN CORE.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS, I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
11:30:51AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:30:56AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
I SAW SOMETHING ABOUT THIS AREA.
IS THIS ONE WHERE THE DEVELOPER CAN PARK THEIR CAR ANYWHERE
THEY WANT.
11:31:04AM >> WE TOOK THAT PORTION OUT FROM THE REQUEST.
IN ADDITION TO THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA BEING LIMITED.
THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION DID INCLUDE LANGUAGE THAT ALLOWED
25% OF ON-STREET PARKING TO BE COUNTING TOWARD YOUR ZONING
PARKING AND A LITTLE CONFUSING OF BEING ABLE TO PARK.
AGAIN, IT WASN'T KNOWN IN THE SAY THAT ONLY.
DEVELOPMENT CAN PARK -- IT WOULD SAY THESE ARE STREET SPOTS,
PARKING.
AND THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED AND WILL BE VISITED LATER.
11:31:40AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THEY ARE NOT BRINGING THIS UP.
I WONDER WHY.
I GLAD YOU ADDRESSED IT.
THIS MUST BE SOMETHING COMING UP THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT.
11:31:47AM >> I THINK IT WILL BE ADDRESSED IN A LARGER UPDATE.
11:31:53AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I REMEMBER TAKING THE HEAT VOTING AGAINST
SOMETHING THAT I REALLY LIKED.
THE PARKING WAS CLOSE TO UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA AND THEY
WANTED .04 AND THEY NEEDED .02.
WHY DO WE HAVE A TRANSIT PROBLEM.
NEVER SAID I AM SMART.
AND WITH MY ONE-CELL BRAIN, MAYBE GET NEW EYES AND GET NEW
GLASSES BECAUSE YOU ARE SEEING SOMETHING THAT IS NOT THERE.
WE HAVE MORE ACCIDENTS.
MORE PEOPLE GETTING IN ACCIDENTS THAN EVER BEFORE.
I AM NOT BLAMING ANYBODY, BUT WE HAVE OTHER THINGS IN LIFE
THAT WAS NEVER USED BEFORE LIKE TEXTING WHILE YOU ARE
DRIVING.
TRYING TO LIGHT YOUR CIGARETTE, TEXT AND DRIVE AT THE SAME
TIME.
TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE YOU ARE GOING BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE
BECAUSE ALL CARS ARE AROUND YOU AND YOU WANT TO TEXT, DRIVE
AND SMOKE AT THE SAME TIME.
THAT IS YOUR HAVING ACCIDENTS.
BUT I JUST -- I -- I -- I DON'T KNOW OF THE CONTEXT OF
EVERYTHING HERE BECAUSE IT IS ALL -- YOU HAVE A LOT OF PAGES
AND I AM NOT SAYING YOU ARE RIGHT OR NOT RIGHT, BUT SO MUCH
TO ALLOW, YOU KNOW, 1500 SQUARE FOOT ON A PARCEL.
THAT IS ONE THING.
LOADING DOCK.
I CAN UNDERSTAND THE LOADING DOCK, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY
WANT TWO 60-FOOTERS AND ONE 30.
LET ME GIVE AN EXAMPLE.
DOWN ASHLEY STREET, JACKSON AND YOU MAKE A LEFT.
YOU ARE LUCKY YOU DON'T GET WHAT THE CITY PUT AN ISLAND
SAYING HIT ME.
I'M HERE.
AND LOADING DOCKS RIGHT NEXT TO IT AND THE TRAFFIC BACKS UP
RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE YOU HAVE THREE LOADING DOCKS.
AND ONE OF THEM -- IS COMPLETELY FULL BECAUSE IT IS THE ONE
THAT THROWS IN THE REMAINS OF SOMETHING SO THE PEOPLE FROM
SOLID WASTE CAN REMOVE IT.
I UNDERSTAND ALL THAT.
BUT IT HAS GOT TO BE DONE SOMEWHERE WHERE WE DON'T IMPEDE
TRAFFIC ANYMORE.
I AM SURE YOU ARE WITH THIS.
AND I AM SURE THIS IS HELPING.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A TRACTOR-TRAILER BEING MOVED BUT DON'T
CREATE SOMETHING FROM THE OTHERS THAT WANT TO GET FROM
POINT A TO POINT B AND A SEMI BACKING OUT OF A BUILDING.
WE ARE GROWING.
THANK GOD WE ARE.
OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR KIDS, GRANDKIDS AND FUTURE FAMILY
OF YOURS TO STAY IN TAMPA, A NUMBER ONE PLACE TO LIVE.
NUMBER ONE IN THE COUNTRY IN JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND YOU FOR TAKING THAT OUT RELATING
TO THE PARKING OF CARS ON PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY.
I THINK IT IS JUST -- BEFORE WE USE THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY,
EVERYBODY IS ENTITLED TO IT.
THAT IS TRUE BEFORE YOU BUILD YOUR BUILDING.
AFTER THAT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE CARE OF WHATEVER YOU
ARE BUILDING.
SO I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.
AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT MIGHT CREATE MY HAIRS TO CURL.
OR IS THAT IS IT?
11:34:54AM >> I THINK THAT IS IT.
I THINK FOR THE LOADING FOR PREDOMINANTLY MULTIFAMILY
PROJECTS.
NOT THE BIG COMMERCIAL HOTEL DROP-OFFS.
11:35:03AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I UNDERSTAND.
I AM NOT AGAINST THAT.
11:35:04AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:35:08AM >>BILL CARLSON:
CAN YOU GO BACK TO -- ONE OF THE FIRST
SLIDES HAS A MAP ON IT.
YEAH, THAT ONE.
GO BACK -- THE ONE YOU HAD.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR TAKING HARBOUR ISLAND OUT OF IT.
BUT WHAT HI REALIZE THIS INCLUDES THE MARITIME LAND AROUND
THE CHANNEL.
I JUST -- JUST TO TELL MY COLLEAGUES, THERE IS A MOVEMENT BY
PEOPLE WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND ECONOMICS TO SHUT DOWN THE PORT.
AND STARTING WITH THAT PERIOD ALONG THERE, THEY JUST GOT
FIVE PAGES IN THE BUSINESS JOURNAL THE OTHER DAY HOW THE
CRUISE AGENCY IS SO STUPID AND BACKWARDS IF WE CAN GET RID
OF THE UGLY STUFF ACROSS THE CHANNEL.
AND I AM GOING TO COME BACK WITH SOME PROPOSALS TO PROTECT
THE LAND.
THE LAND AT THE END OF THE CHANNEL WAS REZONED 15 OR 20
YEARS AGO.
THE LANDS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CHANNEL, WE NEED TO PROTECT
AT ALL COST.
WHAT YOU DON'T SEE IS A PENINSULA TO THE RIGHT.
ALL THE LAND HAS BEEN DESIGNATED ALREADY.
AND LAND THEY WILL RECLAIM THROUGH DREDGING.
THERE IS AN ARGUMENT MOVE THE UGLY STUFF SOMEWHERE ELSE.
THERE IS NOWHERE ELSE TOLL MOVE IT.
I WILL COME BACK AND DISCUSS THAT FOR ANOTHER DAY.
BUT I WANT TO ASK THE APPLICANT AND LEGAL, WHAT IS THE
IMPLICATION TO THAT LAND ALONG THE STRIP OF THE CHANNEL
WHERE THE CRUISE TERMINALS ARE NOW.
OF SOMEONE'S POLITICAL TO RIP OUT THE BLUE COLLAR IN THE
PORT OR BUILD CONDOS OR JUST HAPPEN TO COVER IN IF SOMETHING
CHANGES IN THE FUTURE?
11:36:50AM >> I CAN JUST ADDRESS THIS INITIALLY BEFORE YOU ADD
SOMETHING.
AS MENTIONED THIS IS NOT -- I FILED THIS PERMANENTLY.
NOT RELATED TO A SPECIFIC APPLICATION.
THE SCOPE OF THIS IS PARKING, LOADING AND GREEN SPACE FROM
THE APPLICANT'S PERSPECTIVE BUT I WILL LET YOU SPEAK TO THAT
TOO.
11:37:05AM >>DANA CROSBY-COLLIER:
DANA CROSBY-COLLIER, CITY ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE.
THIS WILL BE AN APPLICATION OF MULTIFAMILY IN THIS AREA.
11:37:17AM >>BILL CARLSON:
DOES THIS MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO RIP
OUT THE CRUISE TERMINALS AND BUILD MULTIFAMILY THERE.
OR ONLY IF THAT HAPPENED, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO FOLLOW THESE
RULES.
11:37:29AM >>DANA CROSBY-COLLIER:
THAT'S CORRECT.
THEY WILL REQUIRE THE REZONING AND THE APPLICATION, THE
SITE PLAN, EVERYTHING TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
THEN AS THE DEVELOPMENT STARTED TO BE -- TO BE ENTITLED AT
THAT POINT IN TIME, THIS TYPE OF REGULATION WOULD KICK IN.
11:37:43AM >>BILL CARLSON:
AGAIN, THIS IS QUASI JUDICIAL --
11:37:49AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
I WANT TO CHIME IN TO LET YOU KNOW A BROAD
A APPLICABILITY.
IT IS LEGISLATIVE.
NOT QUASI-JUDICIAL BUT IT HAS THE EFFECT OF CODE
REQUIREMENTS THAT COMPLY TO DEVELOPMENTS WHEN THEY COME IN,
WHETHER IT IS SITE PLAN OR PERMITTING.
11:38:04AM >>BILL CARLSON:
I HAVE -- IT IS LEGISLATIVE.
THAT IS WHAT I MEANT.
SORRY, I GOT OFF A PLANE LATE LAST NIGHT.
THE POINT IS THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO REPLACE
LOW-LEVEL SERVICE JOBS -- HIGH-LEVEL BLUE COLLAR JOBS WITH
LOW-LEVEL SERVICE JOBS BECAUSE SOMEBODY WILL MAKE A QUICK
BUCK ON CONDOS IN THE SHORT RUN.
PLENTY OF PLACES DOWNTOWN TO BUILD CONDOS.
NO PLACE ELSE TO MOVE THE MARITIME INDUSTRY.
WE HAVE A LIMITED DEEP WATER CHANNELS.
THIS IS ONE OF THEM.
WE NEED TO PROTECT AT ALL COST THAT LAND.
THE IDIOTS THAT ARE PUSHING FOR THIS WE NEED TO PUSH BACK
AND SAY WE CANNOT GIVE UP HIGH-PAYING BLUE COLLAR JOBS.
IN 50 OR 100 YEARS MORE LAND FOR THE MARITIME INDUSTRY, NOT
LESS.
STRATEGIC, IMAGINE IF WE HAVE TO GET OUR OIL FROM MIAMI, HOW
WILL THAT CHANGE US IN -- IN A HURRICANE AND OTHER KINDS OF
SITUATIONS.
WE HAVE TO RESIST THE ATTEMPTS TO TAKE OUT THE MARITIME
INDUSTRY.
AND JUST -- THE CRUISE INDUSTRY IS THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
THEY WANTON GO AFTER THE REST OF IT.
PLENTY OF LAND AND WANT TO FOCUS ON OTHER AREAS.
I WILL WANT TO SEND THIS MESSAGE LOUD AND CLEAR TO FIGHT FOR
THE MARITIME LAND.
END OF THE CHANNEL BY THE SELMON WAS REZONED 10 TO 20 YEARS
AGO.
WE CAN'T PROTECT THAT, THE OTHER LAND NEAR THE CHANNEL, I
WILL HAVE 1,000 PEOPLE IF ANY PLANS TO CONVERT THAT.
AN IDIOTIC PROPOSAL.
THANK YOU.
11:39:39AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
11:39:41AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ON THAT ISSUE, I THINK WE CAN LIVE TO
FIGHT ANOTHER DAY ON THAT.
AND MAYBE WE WILL HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS OF BEST USE OF
LAND.
BUT ON THIS PROPOSAL, THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF THING --
WENT I RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL THAT I WANTED TO ENCOURAGE.
I MAY ONLY HAVE BEEN ON COUNCIL FOR A FEW WEEKS, BUT I HAVE
BEEN A POLITICAL GEEK AND WATCHED THESE MEETINGS FOR A LONG
TIME.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT FRUSTRATED ME AS A CITIZEN, WE KEEP
HAVING TO GO BACK THROUGH PROCESS EVEN THOUGH WE KEEP
APPROVING THINGS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
IF WE -- IF WE ARE ROUTINELY APPROVING SOMETHING, WHY DON'T
WE CHANGE THE RULES TO CONFORM WITH WHAT THE REAL WORLD IS.
I APPLAUD THE FOLKS INVOLVED IN THIS.
AND I HOPE AS WE LOOK FURTHER IN THE PROCEDURES OVER THE
NEXT FEW YEARS, WE LOOK FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO
STREAMLINE PROCESS AND DO BETTER WORK FOR BOTH THE PEOPLE
WHO LIVE HERE AND THE PEOPLE THAT DO BILLS IN THE CITY OF
TAMPA.
SO I THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:40:37AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MR. SHELBY.
11:40:41AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THIS IS ON FOR FIRST-READING CONSIDERATION.
IT IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING.
WILL COME BACK IF APPROVED BY COUNCIL FOR A SECOND READING
AND PUBLIC HEARING.
YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM CONSTITUENTS IF THERE
ARE ANY ISSUELESS.
11:40:55AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, MR. CARLSON.
11:40:57AM >>BILL CARLSON:
CAN I ASK A TECHNICAL QUESTION, POSSIBLE TO
MOVE THE EASTERN BOUNDARY BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING?
11:41:10AM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
LaCHONE DOCK, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
AS FAR AS THE BOUNDARY, IT IS A PRIVATELY INITIATED TEXT
AMENDMENTS.
THE APPLICANT CAN STATE IF THEY AGREE TO ELIMINATE THE
BOUNDARY OF THE EASTERN PORTION.
LET THE APPLICANT --
11:41:26AM >>BILL CARLSON:
I WILL PROPOSE NORTH OF THE AQUARIUM, YOU
TAKE THE LAND BETWEEN THE CHANNEL AND CHANNELSIDE DRIVE AND
JUST -- YOU JUST DRAW A LINE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT WHERE THAT
INLET IS UP THERE AND SAY THAT THE CRUISE TERMINAL AREAS ARE
EXCLUDED FROM IT.
11:41:42AM >> I WILL SAY THAT THOSE ARE ALL IN THE CHANNEL DISTRICT.
A LOT OF THIS STUFF IS ALREADY THERE IN THE CODE IN TERMS OF
REDUCED LOADING REQUIREMENTS, REDUCED PARKING, AND SPECIFIC
GREEN SPACE CODES.
11:41:56AM >>BILL CARLSON:
I AM JUST GOING TO VOTE AGAINST IT BEFORE
THE BUSINESS JOURNAL PROTOTYPES WRITES A STORY OF HOW I AM
AGAINST DEVELOPING DOWNTOWN.
I AM IN FAVOR OF KEEPING THE MARITIME INDUSTRY WHICH IS A
MUCH BIGGER ISSUE THAN BUILDING A FEW CONDOS DOWNTOWN.
PLEASE QUOTE ME ON THAT.
I WILL VOTE AGAINST IT.
11:42:16AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THAT'S IT.
WE DON'T TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
IT IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING.
SOMEONE READ A SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE.
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ IT?
11:42:27AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AND I
UNDERSTAND THAT THE BUILDING, THE INDIVIDUALS TO RUN THE
PORT, A MULTIBILLION DOLLAR OPERATION FOR THE WHOLE AREA NOT
JUST THE CITY OF TAMPA.
WHAT THEY DO -- NOT JUST CRUISE SHIPS BUT WHAT THEY DO ALL
OVER THE AREA AND MOST LIKELY THE LARGEST EMPLOYER AND
INCORRECTLY IN THE CITY OF TAMPA BECAUSE OF -- NOT WHAT THEY
DO THEMSELVES BUT HOW MANY CORPORATIONS THAT WORK OUT OF
THERE AND WHO THEY HIRE.
I AM NOT AGAINST THIS.
THEY TOOK THE PARKING OUT IS THE ONE THING THAT WAS
BOTHERING ME.
BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME TYPE OF GUIDANCE
THAT THE PORT IN ANY WAY WILL NOT BE HINDERED.
THAT'S ALL I WANT.
11:43:17AM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
ABBYE FEELEY, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR OF GROWTH
MANAGEMENT.
I AM TRYING TO YIELD IN ON WHAT THE CONCERN IS RELATED HERE
SO I MIGHT BE ABLE TO EITHER ANSWER THAT QUESTION, OR WE CAN
-- RIGHT NOW THE PORT PROPERTY IS IN THE CHANNEL DISTRICT.
IT IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE PORT.
SHOULD THE PORT EVER WANT TO DO ANYTHING ON THIS PROPERTY,
THEY WOULD NEED TO COME AND REZONE WHICH WOULD COME BEFORE
YOU IN THAT INSTANCE FOR ANY SORT OF WAIVERS OR OTHER
STANDARDS TO BE APPLIED TO THIS PROPERTY.
SO MUCH THE CHANNEL DISTRICT HAS ITS OWN CODE.
UP SAW ONE REZONING FOR THEM LAST THURSDAY NIGHT THAT HAD
SOME WAIVERS ON IT.
SO IF I -- IF YOU CAN JUST ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT.
I WANT TO BE SURE I CAN I AM ANSWERING THE QUESTION AND SURE
THAT I UNDERSTAND ANY IMPLICATIONS THAT YOU MIGHT THINK
WOULD BE HAPPENING THROUGH THIS TEXT AMENDMENT.
11:44:18AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
WELL, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET INTO A
CONVERSATION WITH YOURSELF OR ANYONE ELSE WHEN YOU SUGGEST
CONCEPTUAL BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING BECAUSE WE
ARE DOING SOMETHING IN A WAY THAT IS NORMAL, BUT ABNORMAL
WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT.
THE ONE YOU ALLUDED TO LAST THURSDAY WAS ON THE NORTHERN
WEST SIDE OF THE YELLOW LINE OF THE EAST SIDE OF THIS MAP.
AND THAT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
225 OR 227 UNITS, IF I RECALL AND THREE ITEMS ON THAT THAT
THEY ENDED UP BUILDING, RESIDENTIAL AND A HOTEL AND I FORGOT
THE THIRD ONE.
PASSED, I BELIEVE, UNANIMOUSLY.
WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
LIKE LOOKING AT A GHOST.
YOU HEAR A VOICE AND YOU DON'T SEE A BODY.
I AM NOT TRYING TO BE COMICAL BUT THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IT
IS.
11:45:15AM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
I THINK I UNDERSTAND.
WHAT THIS TEXT AMENDMENT FOR MULTIFAMILY PARKING WITHIN THE
PERIPHERY AREA, THAT IN LIEU OF -- AND I THINK IT IS IN THE
ANALYSIS THAT LACHONE PROVIDED THAT YOU REVIEWED.
IF YOU HAVE 101 BEDROOM UNITS IN THAT AREA, YOU WOULD OWE
175 SPACES, RIGHT.
WITH THIS AMENDMENT, IF PUFF 100 UNITS, YOU OWE 75 SPACES.
SO CHANGING THE PARKING RATIO WHEN THOSE PROJECTS COME IN.
RIGHT NOW IF THAT PROJECT HAD 75 SPACES AND CAME IN FOR A
REZONING, IT WOULD BE ASKING YOU FOR A WAIVER, RIGHT.
175 TO 75 AND YOU WOULD CONSIDER THAT.
IT IS JUST CHANGING THE RATIO THAT THEY GET TO USE TO BE
SIMILAR TO THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT RATIO.
BUT IT WILL HAVE TO HAPPEN AS THE PROJECTS ARE HAPPENING.
IS THAT --
11:46:11AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THERE AGAIN -- AND I'M HERE -- YOU ARE
MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE THAN I AM.
I ALWAYS SAY THE WHAT.
WHAT IF THIS IS ALLOWED AND GOES UP.
WHAT IF THE CALCULATIONS WERE WRONG.
YOU GO FROM 175 TO 75, RIGHT.
YOU ARE MISSING 100 PARKING SPACES, RIGHT.
WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO PARK?
UNDERGROUND?
11:46:34AM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
THIS IS A CHALLENGE WE FACE WHEN YOU ISSUE
WAIVERS ALSO.
AND WE SAY, OKAY, THEY NEEDED 60 SPACE HE IS AND WAIVED DOWN
TO FOUR AND NOW NOT OPERATING AND SOMETHING WE HAVE TO SPEAK
TO DEVELOPERS ABOUT TOO TO SAY THAT YOU NEED TO BE REALISTIC
IN YOUR OPERATION OF THE MULTIFAMILY AND THE OPERATION OF
YOUR COMMERCIAL HOW THAT IS -- HOW THAT IS SUPPORTED.
THIS WILL BE ON A PER REQUEST TYPE OF BASIS.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT WILL HAVE ANY ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE
PORT AS THEY CONTROL THAT PROPERTY IN ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
WOULD THEN BE COMING EITHER TO YOU OR FUNCTIONS UNDER THE
CHANNEL DISTRICT ZONING THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE.
SO, I JUST WANTED IF I COULD TO CLARIFY ANYTHING ELSE, I
WOULD LOVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
IF NOT, OBVIOUSLY IT IS YOUR CHOICE OF HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO
PROCEED WITH THIS.
11:47:28AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
11:47:31AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT I BE GIVEN
TWO MORE ADDITIONAL WEEKS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS AND THE
EFFECTS AROUND THE AREA IF THAT IS OKAY WITH COUNCIL.
THAT A MOTION.
11:47:41AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YOU WANT TO CONTINUE THIS.
11:47:42AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST TWO WEEKS SO I CAN
LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS TO MAKE A BET EVERY DECISION.
11:47:48AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MR. SHELBY, THAT IS APPROPRIATE, I DON'T
SEE ANY PROBLEM WITH IS THAT?
11:47:54AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THAT'S CORRECT.
11:47:56AM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
A PRIVATELY INITIATED AMENDMENT.
SO THE APPLICANT WILL COME -- IF THEY ARE WILLING TO TAKE
THE CONTINUANCE.
11:48:04AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WOULD YOU BE AMENABLE TO A CONTINUANCE
UNTIL JUNE 1, OUR NEXT CITY COUNCIL REGULAR SESSION.
11:48:10AM >> SURE, THAT IS FINE.
11:48:11AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY OBJECTION FROM COUNCIL.
I WOULD LIKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM, ITEM NUMBER 6,
TO JUNE 1.
WE WILL PUT IT ON THE BEGINNING OF THE AGENDA UNDER
COMMITTEE REPORT, CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS.
A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
COUNCILMAN CARLSON, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY?
11:48:30AM >>BILL CARLSON:
I SECONDED IT BEFORE.
11:48:32AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON WITH THE MOTION.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
THIS IS TO CONTINUE THIS UNTIL JUNE 1.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH APPROXIMATELY YES, SIR.
11:48:42AM >>BILL CARLSON:
ONE MORE LAST COMMENT.
AS YOU ALL ARE RESEARCHING THIS, THIS BY ITSELF WILL NOT
ALLOW DEVELOPMENT WHERE THE CRUISE TERMINALS ARE, AND, YES,
THE PORT CONTROLS THE LAND AND THEY WILL HAVE TO JUMP
THROUGH A LOT OF HOOPS -- CITY COUNCIL -- YOU CAN'T SEE
WHERE I AM POINTING 15 OR 20 YEARS AGO ALLOWED THE MOST
VALUABLE PIECE OF PROPERTY, PRIVATELY OWNED IN THE NORTHERN
PART OF THE CHANNEL.
THAT WAS REZONED AND THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN REZONED AND
TOO LATE.
WE CAN'T DO THAT.
AND THAT WILL BE DEVELOPED INTO SOMETHING ELSE.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY LAND FOR THE MARITIME INDUSTRY TO MOVE
TO.
IF WE ALLOW SOMEONE TO GO WHERE THE CRUISE TERMINALS ARE AND
BUILD CONDOS, NICE WHEN IT IS FIRST DONE AND SOMEBODY WILL
MAKE A LOT OF MONEY AND PEOPLE WILL HAVE WATERFRONT VIEWS,
BUT A VIEW OF ALL THE STUFF ACROSS THE STREET.
WE FOUND THE CLOSER AND CLOSER, PEOPLE COMPLAIN OF THE UGLY
STUFF ACROSS THERE.
NOWHERE ELSE TO MOVE IT.
STRATEGIC INDUSTRY.
THOUSANDS OF HIGH-PAYING BLUE COLLAR JOBS JUST FOR THE ONE
IN THE NORTHERN PART.
500 HIGH-PAYING BLUE COLLAR JOBS.
WE WILL NOT REPLACE THOSE.
THE REASON IS -- OH, WE WILL JUST MOVE THAT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
THAT BUILDING, UNFORTUNATELY THE FOUNDER PASSED AWAY.
IT WILL NOT EXIST.
I WILL RECOMMEND THAT YOU TALK TO THE PORT ABOUT THE DANGERS
OF -- OF ENCROACHING ON -- ALL THIS WILL DO IS -- IT WOULD
-- IF -- I WOULD VOTE FOR IT IF IT EXCLUDED THAT PORT
PROPERTY RIGHT UP TO THE INLET.
OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING THAT WILL MAKE
IT EASIER IN THE FUTURE TO CONVERT THAT PROPERTY.
11:50:20AM >> MAY I ANSWER COUNCILMAN CARLSON FOR A MOMENT.
YOU BROUGHT THAT UP THE MARITIME WORKING WITH THE PLANNING
COMMISSION TO HAVE POLICIES THAT ADDRESS THAT PROTECTION.
I DO -- JUST A PARALLEL TO THIS, YOU ARE CONTINUING TO TRACK
THAT AND ENSURING THOSE PROTECTIONS AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE
COMP PLAN UPDATE AS WELL.
11:50:42AM >>BILL CARLSON:
I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO SIT AT THE PORT TO
APOLLO BEACH.
NO MORE LAND.
THE RECLAIMED LAND, ALL HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED ALREADY.
NO ROOM TO GROW.
IF WE SAY WE ARE GOING TO MOVE AND GET RID OF THAT, NO MORE
ROOM AND SHRINK OUR PORT IN A TIME WHEN WE NEED MORE OF IT.
WE NEED TO THINK OF A DYNAMIC ECONOMY AND NOT JUST AN
ECONOMY WITH ONE LEG.
REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
LOOK AT DOWNTOWN.
WE NEED MORE OF IT BUT NOT TO MAKE THE MARITIME LAND.
11:51:18AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THIS ITEM HAS BEEN CONTINUED UNTIL JUNE
1.
ITEM NUMBER.
A SCRIVENER'S ERROR, I BELIEVE.
11:51:29AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SO MOVED.
11:51:31AM >>CATE WELLS:
CATE WELLS WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
YES, ITEM NUMBER 7, ORDINANCE CORRECTING A SCRIVENER'S ERROR
THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL NOVEMBER 23.
THE CHANGE IN THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION DOES NOT IMPACT HOW THIS
WAS ADVERTISED FOR THE HEARINGS IN 2022 FOR DOES IT REQUIRE
AN AMENDMENT TO THE SITE PLAN.
SO WE WILL ASK COUNCIL THAT YOU APPROVE THE ORDINANCE.
AND I KNOW MR. PORTER, THE APPLICANT'S AGENT IS PRESENT IF
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU.
11:52:05AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MR. PORTER, ANYTHING?
NO, SIR?
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS SUNSHINE IN COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:52:15AM >>BILL CARLSON:
ITEM NUMBER 7, ORDINANCE AMENDING 2022-205
WHICH HAVE REZONED THE PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF
4848 EAST BUSCH BOULEVARD AND 2941 NORTH HYALEAH ROAD IN THE
CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, TO CORRECT A SCRIVENER'S ERROR OF
EXHIBIT A TO SAID AND REPLACING SAME WITH THE ATTACHED AND
CORRECT EXHIBIT A PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:52:47AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:52:52AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
11:52:54AM >>BILL CARLSON:
YES.
11:52:55AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
11:52:56AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES.
11:52:57AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
YES.
11:52:58AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
11:52:59AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
11:53:00AM >>CLERK:
WE -- MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION HELD ON JUNE 15, 2023 AT 9:30
A.M.
11:53:09AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE ARE NOW GOING TO ITEM NUMBER 58 WHICH IS NELSON
CONSTRUCTION TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE.
THEN A CHIEF OF STAFF FOR A QUICK ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE AND
THEN STOP AND BREAK FOR LUNCH.
MR. BAIRD.
11:53:24AM >>BRAD BAIRD:
GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL, BRAD BAIRD, DEPUTY
ADMINISTRATOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
I'M HERE TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON SOUTHEAST SEMINOLE HEIGHTS
STORMWATER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
I HAVE WITH ME WRINKLE STOCK OF NELSON CONSTRUCTION TO FIRST
PROVIDE AN UPDATE AND THEN WE HAVE ONLINE, WE HAVE BRIAN
HUNTER WITH D.O.T. AND WILL PROVIDE AND UPDATE OF THE SHORT
WORK THEY HAVE ONGOING AS WELL.
AND WILL.
11:53:54AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MR.
11:54:00AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
CAN YOU ZOOM OUT JUST A LITTLE BIT?
11:54:13AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, MA'AM.
11:54:13AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
11:54:15AM >>BRAD BAIRD:
I THINK THEY DO IT IN THE BACK.
11:54:17AM >> I WILL GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE ON 9 PROJECT AS WE ARE
SEEING RIGHT NOW.
RIVERSIDE PARK.
THE WORK IS ALMOST COMPLETE, EXCEPT FOR A GRASS PLUGS IN THE
TURF BLOCK DRIVEWAY.
RIGHT HERE.
AS WELL AS A LITTLE BIT OF SOD THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AS
WELL ALONG THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
ON CREST, WORK IS COMPLETED EXCEPT FOR OF THE FINAL LIFT OF
ASPHALT IN THE HIGHLAND INTERCONNECTION.
ON FRIERSON, WATER MAIN IS COMPLETELY CONNECTED TO THE
CITY'S SYSTEM.
ALL THE REMAINING CURB INLETS WAITING FOR THE OLD WATER MAIN
TO BE TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE HAS BEEN INSTALLED.
ROAD BUILDING IS UNDER WAY WITH A FIRST COUPLE OF BLOCKS OF
CURBS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK.
AND ASPHALT SCHEDULED THREE TO FOUR WEEKS FROM NOW.
ON FLORIDA AVENUE, THE WORK HAS BEEN DELAYED THERE UNTIL THE
NEBRASKA WORK IS COMPLETED.
THE STORMWATER INLET WORK WILL BEGIN -- SHOULD BEGIN THE
WEEK OF JUNE 5.
AND TWO TO THREE WEEKS AFTER THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THE FINAL
LIFT OF ASPHALT.
CENTRAL AVENUE SOUTH OF HILLSBOROUGH, A PORTION THERE.
ALL ROAD BUILDING IS NOW COMPLETE, INCLUDING BETWEEN WILDER
AND CARACAS.
SOME PUNCH-OUT WORK REMAINS BEFORE WE ARE READY FOR THE
MILLING -- BEFORE WE ARE READY TO MILL THE REST OF THE ROAD
AND PUT DOWN THE FINAL LIFT OF ASPHALT WHICH IS ABOUT THREE
WEEKS FROM NOW.
CARACAS BETWEEN CENTRAL AND I-275.
A LITTLE PORTION RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.
THAT ROAD IS COMPLETELY BUILT AND THE FIRST LIFT OF ASPHALT
WAS INSTALLED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
FROM RIVER TO THE INTERSTATE, WE ARE ABOUT THREE TO FOUR
WEEKS AWAY FROM HAVING ALL THE ASPHALT WORK COMPLETED IN THE
WHOLE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT.
MIAMI AND OSCEOLA UP ON THE NORTHEAST ARE COMPLETELY PAVED.
ALL WORK THERE IS COMPLETE.
ON CHEROKEE, LITTLE PORTION RIGHT HERE.
ALL PERMEABLE PAVER WORK IS COMPLETE AND ALL THE ASPHALT HAS
BEEN COMPLETED BUT A 20 X 20 PATCH AT THE IDLEWILD
INTERSECTION.
THANK YOU.
CENTRAL AND NORTH OF HILLSBOROUGH WORK ON THE COMANCHE
INTERSECTION IS COMPLETE.
BOX CULVERT COMPLETE FROM COMANCHE FROM HENRY.
WATER MAIN INSTALLED FROM HILLSBOROUGH TO PALATIN.
MARCH 30, JUMPING UP FROM PARIS TO WORK FROM PARIS TO HANNA
AND FROM SEMINOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHILE THE SCHOOL IS OUT
FOR THE SUMMER STARTING BACK ON AUGUST 10.
THAT IS THIS RIGHT HERE AT THE TOP.
ON CARACAS EAST OF THE INTERSTATE, THE FIRST LIFT OF ASPHALT
WAS INSTALLED FROM TALIAFERRO TO THE ALLEY BEHIND THE
LAUNDROMAT.
ON NEBRASKA, WE ARE ON SCHEDULE TO HAVE NEBRASKA PAVED AND
REOPENED ON JUNE 1, IF NOT BEFORE.
SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, EAST OF NEBRASKA, THE SOUTHEAST SEMINOLE
HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD.
SOUTH OF CARACAS AND EAST OF NEBRASKA STARTED WOULD, IN
EARLY APRIL.
AND WE WILL BE STARTING BACK THERE AGAIN TOMORROW.
WE ALSO STARTED WORK ON 12th STREET AND INSTALLING 24-INCH
WATER MAIN THIS WEEK BY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY 48-INCH STORM
TAKING PLACE RIGHT THERE.
WORK ON 9th AND ELLICOTT WILL BEGIN IN A FEW WEEKS WORK ON
LOUISIANA WILL BEGIN IN A FEW WEEKS AS WELL WITH WATER MAIN
INSTALLS.
THAT IS ALL WHEN IT COMES TO WATER UPDATE GOES.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, YOU HAD A FEW QUESTIONS FOR US AS WELL,
ONE OF THEM HAVING TO DO WITH THE UNFINISHED WORK ON FLORIDA
AVENUE.
AS WE STATED ONCE NEBRASKA OPENS, WORK SHOULD BEGIN BY THE
WEEK OF JUNE 5, AND WE HAVE TWO WEEKS OF WORK REDOING THE
INLET TOPS BEFORE WE CAN INSTALL THE FINAL LIFT OF ASPHALT
THAT WILL BE INSTALLED BY MIDJUNE.
THERE WAS -- THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR A REIMBURSEMENT FOR
SOFT WASHING HOUSES.
SOFT WASHING AND PRESSURE WASHING MUCH HOMES ALONG THE
CONSTRUCTION ROUTE.
NOT PART OF THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT SPECIFICATION,
AND NOT STANDARD FOR THE ROADWAY BY THE DOT.
CONTRACT DEPARTMENT HAS MADE IT CLEAR THEY DON'T INTEND TO
PURSUE OR REIMBURSE ANY OF THE CLAIMS FOR PRESSURE WASHING
OR SOFT WASHING OF HOMES.
THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT FREQUENT INTERRUPTION OF
INTERNET.
A LOT OF THOSE HAVE BEEN DUE TO UTILITIES THAT WERE NOT
MARKED ALONG THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
THE COMMUNICATION COMPANIES DON'T OFTEN MARK THE LINES --
THEY NEVER MARK THE LINES THAT CONNECT INDIVIDUAL HOMES TO
THEIR SYSTEM.
AND WE HAD ISSUES GOING BACK AND FORTH ON THEM NOT UPDATING
THEIR LOCATES THROUGH THE 811 SYSTEM ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
BECAUSE OF THIS, WE ARE GOING TO OCCASIONALLY, WE ARE GOING
TO INTERRUPT SERVICE AND WORK WITH THE COMMUNICATION COMPANY
TO GET THE SERVICE RECONNECTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
A MOBILE HOT SPOT ROUTER WE ARE GIVING TO RESIDENTS UNTIL
THEY ARE ABLE TO GET THEIR SERVICE RECONNECTED.
QUESTION OF THE PUNCH ...
WE FINISHED THE ADA ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF HIGHLAND AND
CREST, AS WELL AS THE ADJACENT DRIVEWAY APRON.

11:59:52AM >> THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF FINAL GRADING AND SODDING THAT
WILL BE TAKING PLACE THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
THE ONLY OTHER PUNCH LIST ITEMS WE'RE AWARE OF, 322 AND
CHANGING THE PITCH OF A DRIVEWAY AT 102 CREST.
THERE WAS AN INDIVIDUAL -- THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT HOW
LONG IT TAKES FOR CLAIMS TO GET RESPONDED TO FOR
REIMBURSEMENT.
AVERAGE LENGTH OF TIME IS TYPICALLY ABOUT A MONTH.
IF IT GOES TO THE INSURANCE CARRIER, SOMETIMES IT CAN LINGER
A BIT LONGER THAN THAT.
ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT HIGH LINEAR PARK, WE HAVE SOME
SIDEWALK THAT WAS -- SIDEWALK DAMAGE THAT WAS PREEXISTING TO
THE PROJECT AS WELL AS CURB DAMAGE DOWN AT THE CUL-DE-SAC.
THAT IS SCHEDULED TO ALL GET REPLACED AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE
CUL-DE-SAC AT THE END OF RIVER WILL BE RESURFACED.
THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF AREA WHERE WE HAD SOME SOD AND A
MUDDY AREA THAT CONTINUED TO GET DRIVEN OVER, CARS PARKING
ON TOP OF IT WHICH KILLED THE SOD, SO THAT SOD AREA WILL BE
RESODDED.
DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THE LAST ONE?
12:01:10PM >> THE LAST QUESTION WAS ON CONCERN ABOUT POTENTIAL DAMAGES
TO HOUSE AND HOUSE FOUNDATION.
WE HAVE MADE THE DECISION, COUNCILWOMAN, TO INSTITUTE
VIBRATION MONITORING GOING FORWARD.
I WILL SAY THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH CONSTRUCTION, THE

REMAINING CONSTRUCTION IS SMALLER DIAMETER PIPELINE, LITTLE
BIT LESS INTRUSIVE.
IT SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM, BUT INSURANCE POLICY GOING TO
USE SEISMOGRAPHS AND PROVIDE THAT ASSURANCE TO OUR
RESIDENTS.
WITH THAT, IF WE COULD HAVE BRIAN HUNTER, HE HOPEFULLY IS
ONLINE THERE.
12:01:58PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, IF WE CAN BRING HIM UP.
12:02:00PM >> BRIAN, I WOULD ASK YOU TO BE AS BRIEF AS YOU CAN.
I KNOW THEY HAVE A HARD STOP RIGHT AT NOON.
12:02:07PM >> BRIAN HUNTER WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION.
CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME?
12:02:12PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
GO AHEAD, SIR.
12:02:14PM >> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY.
WE HAVE BEEN HAPPY TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA ON THIS
PROJECT AND MOVE THIS FORWARD SO THAT THE DRAINAGE ISSUES
DOWN IN THIS AREA CAN BE ADDRESSED AND TIE INTO OUR FUTURE
IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO DO ON FLORIDA AND TAMPA
CORRIDOR.
AND WE'VE HAD VERY GOOD COMMUNICATION AND COORDINATION ON
THESE PROJECTS AS IT WENT FROM PLANNING, DESIGN, ALL THE WAY
THROUGH TO CONSTRUCTION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING A FANTASTIC PARTNER WITH THE
F.D.O.T.
12:02:43PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:02:45PM >> WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS?
12:02:47PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, MA'AM.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
12:02:50PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE ARE TRYING TO PROVIDE OUR QUESTIONS THAT WE GATHER FROM
THE PUBLIC IN ADVANCE TO ALLOW YOU TO PREPARE RESPONSES.
SO I GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION TO THAT AND YOUR
RESPONSES YOU'RE ABLE TO GIVE.
AS FAR AS THE MOBILE HOT SPOT, IF SOMEONE NEEDS THAT, HOW DO
THEY REACH OUT TO GET THAT?
12:03:14PM >> THROUGH THE PROJECT HOTLINE.
12:03:18PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
PROJECT HOTLINE.
AS FAR AS REQUESTS FOR REIMBURSEMENT OR CONCERN, YOU SAY
THEY COULD TAKE UP TO A MONTH.
IS THERE AT LEAST A PROCESS THAT SAYS, HEY, WE GOT YOUR
CLAIM OR JUST SOMETHING LIKE THAT SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT'S
IN PROCESS?
12:03:34PM >> YES, MA'AM.
WE RESPOND IMMEDIATELY, LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THEIR CLAIM IS
UNDER REVIEW.
SO WE DO PROVIDE THOSE IMMEDIATE RESPONSES BACK TO THEM, TO

THE PROJECT HOTLINE.
12:03:44PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
UPDATE EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS, WHETHER IT BE
AN AUTOMATIC THING, JUST SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW THEY ARE BEING
HEARD?
12:03:51PM >> WE'LL DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT AND MAKE SURE MOVING FORWARD,
NO PROBLEM.
12:03:55PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THEN WE HAD A REQUEST, WHICH I THINK IT'S
PROBABLY ABOUT TIME AND DUE AGAIN, FOR POSSIBLY REACHING OUT
TO ESPECIALLY THOSE FLORIDA AVENUE BUSINESSES THAT ARE
STRUGGLING WHERE THE CONCRETE OR THE RESURFACING HASN'T
HAPPENED YET, THE NEBRASKA AREA TO MAYBE REACH OUT TO THOSE
BUSINESSES AGAIN, LIKE A DOOR TO DOOR, JUST SAY, HEY, HOW
ARE THINGS GOING?
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THERE'S A CONCERN ABOUT?
I MIGHT ALSO RECOMMEND DOING THAT ALONG CENTRAL WHERE FOLKS
ARE HAVING THE INTERNET OUTAGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, JUST
TO KIND OF MAYBE LET THEM KNOW RIGHT AWAY THAT, HEY, THE HOT
SPOTS AND AVAILABILITY TO YOU, LET US KNOW AS SOON AS YOU
FIND OUT ABOUT THESE THINGS.
SOMETIMES, AS WE LEARNED WITH THE CREST AVENUE ISSUE, IF WE
KNOCK ON DOORS AND HAVE THOSE QUICK CONVERSATIONS, A LOT OF
THE CONFUSION CAN BE MITIGATED AND GETTING THAT INFORMATION
JUST IN PERSON IS ALWAYS SO HELPFUL.
12:05:05PM >> DEFINITELY.
12:05:05PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
AND THEN I WOULD CERTAINLY ABSOLUTELY DO THAT

AGAIN FOR THE HANNA AND PARIS STREET ISSUE RIGHT BEFORE
CLOSING HANNA DOWN DURING THE SUMMER.
THAT'S A HUGE PASS-THROUGH THAT MANY, MANY, MANY PEOPLE USE.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE AN AREA OF CONCERN.
I KNOW THE BUSINESSES IN THAT AREA ARE ALSO CONCERNED.
THEY HAVE ALREADY SEEN A DRASTIC LOSS IN FOOT TRAFFIC.
SO THAT'S GOING TO EXTEND FOR THE SUMMER.
SO CERTAINLY REACHING OUT TO THEM INDIVIDUALLY WOULD BE
REALLY WONDERFUL.
12:05:43PM >> THAT WAS ALREADY ON OUR AGENDA FOR THE WORK IN THAT AREA,
YES, MA'AM.
12:05:47PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL.
DO YOU BY ANY CHANCE HAVE PLANS FOR MAYBE A MIDSUMMER
REVIEW, PUBLIC MEETING AGAIN?
POSSIBLY ONCE NEBRASKA IS DONE IN THAT AREA SO THAT THE
FOLKS IN SOUTHEAST SEMINOLE HEIGHTS CAN GET A LITTLE MORE,
NOW THAT THEY ARE MORE IN THE THICK OF THINGS, HAVE THAT
OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND BRING QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS?
12:06:12PM >> ABSOLUTELY.
WE HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED FOR MID AUGUST.
I BELIEVE WE'RE FINALIZING THE DATE, WORKING WITH CONTRACT
ADMIN ON THAT.
12:06:22PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WONDERFUL.
IF YOU COULD LET MY OFFICE KNOW AS SOON AS YOU HAVE THAT,
WE'LL PASS IT ALONG.

I KNOW IT WILL ALSO BE ON YOUR WEBSITE, BUT WE WILL
CERTAINLY MAKE SURE THAT INFORMATION GETS OUT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I APPRECIATE IT.
12:06:34PM >> THANK YOU.
12:06:35PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND YOUR UPDATE.
MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED.
TUESDAY MORNING, WE DID A RIDE-ALONG TOGETHER THROUGH THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU ADDRESSED EVERYTHING YOU'VE ADDRESSED
HERE, BUT I SAW IT IN PERSON.
WE WENT THROUGH THOSE AREAS THAT ARE MOST AFFECTED.
I STOPPED AND I TALKED TO NEIGHBORS AFTER THE FACT AND GOT
UPDATE FROM THEM AND LET THEM KNOW, ESPECIALLY ON CARACAS
AND ELLICOTT AND ALL THESE OTHER STREETS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING SO COMMUNICATIVE AND RESPONSIVE.
I KNOW THIS IS EXTREMELY CHALLENGING AND IT IS VERY
FRUSTRATING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT
PROGRESS IS CONTINUING TO BE MADE AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:07:19PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
AGAIN, LIKE THE CHAIRMAN SAID, THANK YOU.
YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS ARE NECESSARY.
THIS PROJECT IS SAVING THE CITY, ALTHOUGH THE EXPENSE IS
HIGH, BUT THE PIPES DOWN THERE WERE 80 TO 100 YEARS OLD AND

WE'RE SPENDING ABOUT $25 MILLION ON IT FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO
JUST GOING AFTER -- NOT REPLACING BUT REPAIRING THE PIPES.
IT BREAKS TODAY, FIVE FEET LATER, BREAKS ON THE OTHER SIDE.
SO THESE ARE NECESSARY THINGS.
WHEN IT'S COMPLETE, THE CITY OF TAMPA WILL BE ONE OF THE,
MORE THAN LIKELY, BEST UNDERGROUND, WHICH NOBODY SEES, BUT
WE PAY THE PRICE BECAUSE ALL OF US, WE DON'T SEE THE PIPES
BUT THE WATER LINES AND TERTIARY TREATMENT LINE GOING TO THE
PLANT THEY WILL ALL BE CHANGED AND BE ONE OF THE FINER
CITIES IN THE WORLD LIKE IT IS NOW.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:08:07PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
12:08:07PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, DO I NEED TO MAKE
ANOTHER MOTION TO MAKE THIS COME BACK AGAIN NEXT MONTH?
YES.
OKAY.
I FIND THAT THE PUBLIC -- IT'S JUST A REALLY NICE CHANCE TO
STOP AND SAY, HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON.
12:08:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HOW ABOUT THE JUNE 15th MEETING?
12:08:26PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE FOLKS COME BACK JUNE
15th FOR ANOTHER UPDATE.
AGAIN, IT'S A GOOD SPOT FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW TO TUNE IN.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU CONTINUING TO COME AND UPDATE AND BE
WILLING TO SHARE.

WE GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.
12:08:46PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN
HURTAK.
SECONDED FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
THAT'S FOR JUNE 15th.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CHIEF BENNETT, YOU ARE UP AND THEN WE BREAK.
12:09:00PM >>JOHN BENNETT:
GOOD MORNING, AGAIN, COUNCIL.
JOHN BENNETT, CHIEF OF STAFF.
IN THE EFFORT OF PROACTIVE COMMUNICATION, I JUST WANTED TO
CHAIR WITH COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC, BECAUSE I KNOW WE ALL
ENJOY OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR THREE UNIONS, AND
SPECIFICALLY THE ATU LOCAL 1464 IS GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY
THE GOVERNOR'S SIGNING OF SENATE BILL 256 INTO LAW WHERE THE
DUES PAYMENTS CAN NO LONGER BE CHANNELED THROUGH THE CITY.
SO THE MAYOR AND I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT KNOWING THAT
COUNCIL HAS A STRONG RELATIONSHIP, AS WE ALL DO WITH ALL
THREE OF OUR UNIONS, AND JUST FOR QUICK DATA, 4,887
EMPLOYEES IN THE CITY, AND WHEN YOU APPROVED LAST YEAR'S
BUDGET, THAT WAS THE NUMBER THAT WAS IN THERE.
ABOUT 3800 OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE UNION-ELIGIBLE.
IF YOU TAKE POLICE AND FIRE OUT OF THE EQUATION, WE PROBABLY
HAVE JUST OVER 2,000 THAT ARE ATU ELIGIBLE.
SO I'VE WORKED WITH STEVE SIMON OFF-LINE.
WE PUT A FOCUS GROUP TOGETHER WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

T&I, TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION, ARE A GROUP UNDER DENNIS
ROGERO AND HR TO SEE HOW WE CAN BEST INTERFACE WITH THE
UNION GOING FORWARD BASED ON THE BILL AND THE SIGNATURE.
WE ALSO KNOW FROM THE LEGAL OFFICE THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES
OUT THERE AGAINST THIS, BUT WE WANT TO WORK PROACTIVELY WITH
THE UNION TO SEE HOW MUCH GROUND WE CAN COVER BEFORE THAT
JULY 1st DEADLINE IS IN PLACE.
SO WE JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION THAT WE ARE
WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE ATU OFF-LINE AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN
FIND AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT THE ATU GOING FORWARD BASED
ON THE NEW LEGISLATION.
THAT'S IT.
12:10:35PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, MA'AM.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
12:10:36PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
PROACTIVE WITH THIS.
OUR UNION MEMBERS ARE OBVIOUSLY -- OBVIOUSLY THE WORKERS ARE
THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE ORGANIZATION AND I REALLY APPRECIATE
THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS TAKING THIS AS SERIOUSLY AS
POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE REPRESENTED
CAN BE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
12:10:59PM >>JOHN BENNETT:
OUR PLEASURE.
THANK YOU.
12:11:00PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN VIERA.

12:11:02PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I ECHO COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK'S COMMENTS.
THERE WERE A LOT OF BAD BILLS PASSED IN TALLAHASSEE.
IT'S TERRIBLE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS THE WORST, BUT IT'S
REALLY, REALLY BAD.
THE WORST PART ABOUT IT WAS HOW IT EXEMPTS CERTAIN PUBLIC
SECTOR UNIONS THAT GO A CERTAIN WAY.
IT'S TERRIBLE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING THAT.
I'VE SPOKEN TO STEVE SIMON AND OTHERS ABOUT IT, AND IT IS
PUNITIVE, IT'S ARBITRARY BUT YET IT'S NOT ARBITRARY.
IT'S REALLY BAD.
BUT THANK YOU.
12:11:32PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF.
12:11:34PM >>JOHN BENNETT:
THANK YOU.
12:11:35PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE ARE IN RECESS UNTIL 1:40.
I ADDED TEN MINUTES.
[ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
[LUNCH RECESS]
1:47:57PM >> HERE.
1:47:59PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
PRESENT.
1:48:03PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
HERE.
1:48:04PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HERE.
1:48:05PM >>THE CLERK:
WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
1:48:08PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN VIERA WILL BE A FEW MINUTES

LATE, BUT HE WILL BE HERE.
WE ARE AT ITEM NUMBER 49.
THESE ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS AT SECOND READING.
THEY ARE NON-QUASI-JUDICIAL.
IF WE DIDN'T SWEAR ANYBODY IN, WHEN WE GET TO THAT, WE WILL.
ITEM NUMBER 49, WHO DO WE HAVE PRESENTING ON 49?
1:48:36PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THAT WOULD BE THE CITY ATTORNEY WITH REGARD
TO THE SECOND READING AND ADOPTION FOR CHANGES TO THE
CHARTER AS PREVIOUSLY AMENDED AND DISCUSSED RELATIVE TO, I
BELIEVE SPECIFICALLY WITH REGARD TO -- PARDON?
1:48:51PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THIS HAS TO DO WITH AMENDMENT ONE THAT WE
PASSED AS THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION, WHICH HADN'T BEEN
IMPLEMENTED.
1:48:58PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THE CHANGES TO GENDER.
1:49:00PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YEAH.
SIMPLE GENDER CHANGES.
THE VOTERS PASSED IT.
WHAT HAPPENED, IT WAS JUST OVERLOOKED.
BASICALLY IT IS LIKE A SCRIVENER'S ERROR BUT NOT REALLY.
1:49:11PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
WELL, IT'S MORE THAN SCRIVENER'S ERROR.
IT WAS PASSED BY THE VOTERS BUT NEVER IMPLEMENTED THROUGH AN
ORDINANCE CHANGING THE GENDER.
1:49:26PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO
SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 49?
MOVE TO CLOSE.

MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
ALL IN FAVOR?
1:49:36PM >> AYE.
1:49:37PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL RIGHT.
ANY OPPOSED?
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ ITEM 49.
1:49:41PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES, FILE E2023-8 CHAPTER 2, AN ORDINANCE IN
THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CITY OF TAMPA
CHARTER OF 1975, AS REVISED, IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THAT
CHARTER CHANGE, INCLUDED IN ORDINANCE NUMBER 2018-129 AND
APPROVED BY A MAJORITY OF VOTERS AS AMENDMENT 1 IN THE MARCH
5, 2019 ELECTION, BY REVISING THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS TO
REMOVE ALL REFERENCES TO GENDER.
SECTION 2.02, QUALIFICATIONS, LIMITATION ON TERMS, SECTION
2.03, ORGANIZATION, SECTION 2.10, VETO, SECTION 2.13,
RECORDING AND AUTHENTICATION, SECTION 5.01A, DEPARTMENTS,
LEGAL DEPARTMENT, SECTION 7.02, BUDGET, SECTION 8.07,
CONFLICTS, SECTION 10.02, SUCCESSION.
SECTION 10.06, REEMPLOYMENT; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR
PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
1:50:50PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
HURTAK.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.

YES, MA'AM, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO PRESENT?
1:50:58PM >>ANDREA ZELMAN:
I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LATE, GETTING
DOWNSTAIRS.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU TO COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK WHO WAS THE ONE WHO CAUGHT
THAT THIS PARTICULAR CHARTER AMENDMENT HAD NOT EVER BEEN
ACTUALLY INCORPORATED INTO THE TEXT OF THE CHARTER.
HAPPY TO HAVE IT DONE PROPERLY.
1:51:16PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
1:51:28PM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
1:51:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, MA'AM.
1:51:33PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IF I MAY, I JUST WANT TO THANK CITY ATTORNEY
ZELMAN FOR DOING THE WORK.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
THANKS AGAIN.
1:51:42PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ITEM NUMBER 50, WHO IS PRESENTING ON ITEM NUMBER 50?
I SEE ROSS SAMONS ONLINE.
1:51:53PM >>ROSS SAMONS:
PRESENTING VAC-23-04, PRESENTED FOR SECOND
READING AND ADOPTION.
PROPOSED VACATING TO VACATE A PORTION OF THE UNIMPROVED
ALBANY AVENUE RIGHT-OF-WAY LOCATED NORTH OF UNIMPROVED
FRIERSON AVENUE, SOUTH OF HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE, EAST OF

HOWARD AVENUE AND WEST OF MENDENHALL DRIVE WITHIN THE PLAT
OF ZAMBITO SUBDIVISION.
I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
ALSO, IF A BRIEF PRESENTATION IS NEEDED AGAIN, I CAN DO
THAT.
1:52:22PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN?
NO.
ALL RIGHT.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC HERE ON ITEM NUMBER 50?
NO APPLICANT OR ANYTHING.
A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
MR. SAMONS, DID WE SWEAR YOU IN?
1:52:47PM >>ROSS SAMONS:
YES.
1:52:53PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, WOULD YOU MIND
READING ITEM NUMBER 50?
1:52:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I MOVE FILE VAC-23-04, AN ORDINANCE BEING
PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, VACATING,
CLOSING, DISCONTINUING, AND ABANDONING THAT PORTION OF
UNIMPROVED ALBANY AVENUE RIGHT-OF-WAY LOCATED NORTH OF
UNIMPROVED FRIERSON AVENUE AND SOUTH OF HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE,

EAST OF HOWARD AVENUE AND WEST OF MENDENHALL DRIVE, WITHIN
THE PLAT OF ZAMBITO SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF TAMPA,
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN
SECTION 2 HEREOF, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN COVENANTS, CONDITIONS,
AND RESTRICTIONS AS MORE PARTICULARLY SET FORTH HEREIN;
PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS;
PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATIONS, AND REPEALING
CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
1:53:46PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECOND.
1:53:47PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
CLENDENIN WITH A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
1:53:55PM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
1:53:59PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ITEM NUMBER 51.
1:54:10PM >>ROSS SAMONS:
ROSS SAMONS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION
PRESENTING FILE VAC-23-07, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
THIS PROPOSED VACATING TO VACATE A PORTION OF JUNEAU STREET
RIGHT-OF-WAY LOCATED NORTH OF SITKA STREET, SOUTH OF WATERS
AVENUE, EAST OF EDISON AVENUE AND WEST OF NORTH BOULEVARD.
IT IS IN THE PLAT OF WILMA SUBDIVISION.
AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.

1:54:33PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
I SEE NONE.
DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT?
YES, SIR.
I KNOW YOU WERE SWORN IN EARLIER.
GO AHEAD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
1:54:42PM >> I AM THE APPLICANT AND I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
FOR ME.
1:54:46PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
NO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON
ITEM NUMBER 51?
ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC?
MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ 51?
1:55:05PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
I MOVE FILE VAC-23-07, ORDINANCE BEING
PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE OF
THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, VACATING, CLOSING,
DISCONTINUING, AND ABANDONING THAT PORTION OF JUNEAU STREET
RIGHT-OF-WAY LOCATED NORTH OF SITKA STREET, SOUTH OF WATERS

AVENUE, EAST OF EDISON AVENUE AND WEST OF NORTH BOULEVARD,
WITHIN THE PLAT OF WILMA SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF TAMPA,
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN
SECTION 2 HEREOF, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN COVENANTS, CONDITIONS,
AND RESTRICTIONS AS MORE PARTICULARLY SET FORTH HEREIN;
PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS;
PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATIONS, AND REPEALING
CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
1:55:57PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
HENDERSON.
WHO WAS THE SECOND?
VIERA.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
1:56:08PM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
1:56:10PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL RIGHT.
ALL PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE OPEN SO WE'LL GO RIGHT INTO ITEM 52.
THIS IS TO APPROVE AN INVENTORY LIST OF ALL REAL PROPERTY
WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMPA THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR USE AS
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
YES, MA'AM.
1:56:26PM >> I HAVE NOT BEEN SWORN.
1:56:27PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
UH-OH.

ANYBODY WHO HAS NOT BEEN SWORN IN THAT WILL BE SPEAKING
TODAY.
WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TO GO.
[OATH ADMINISTERED]
1:56:40PM >> MICHELLE VAN LOAN, REAL ESTATE.
FORGIVE ME, THIS IS MY FIRST PUBLIC HEARING.
SO WE WERE HERE IN MARCH.
WE BROUGHT YOU THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING LIST.
WE ARE NOW COMING BACK AS PRESCRIBED BY LAW THAT WE HAVE TO
COME BACK FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
YOU HAVE A MEMORANDUM WITH THE LIST AND VERY BRIEFLY, JUST
SHOWING THE PUBLIC WHERE THIS INFORMATION IS, THIS IS JUST A
REMINDER SO THAT EVERYONE AGAIN UNDERSTANDS WHAT BEING ON
THIS LIST MEANS, AND IT DESIGNATES THAT THESE PROPERTIES
WILL BE USED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT THAT DOES NOT
COMPLETELY TIE YOUR HANDS.
SHOULD THERE BE A PROPERTY THAT AN OPPORTUNITY ARISES THAT
IT MAKES SENSE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, YOU DO HAVE THE
ABILITY TO SELL THAT PROPERTY.
YOU JUST HAVE TO USE THOSE PROCEEDS TO GO BACK TOWARDS THE
FUNDING OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR FROM WHERE ACQUISITIONS OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND THAT IS THE FIRST BULLET.
THE OTHER THREE BULLETS THEN SAY THAT WE CAN SELL IT WITH A
RESTRICTION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

WE CAN DONATE TO A NONPROFIT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, OR WE
OURSELVES CAN DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
ON THE CITY'S MAP'S WEBSITE RIGHT THERE AT THE TOP, YOU'LL
SEE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING MAP.
THAT MAP SHOWS ALL OF THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE ON THE LIST.
AS WE SHOWED EARLIER WHEN WE DEMONSTRATED THE FULL
INTERACTIVE MAP, IF YOU CLICK ON ANY OF THOSE ORANGE
DIAMONDS, THEY WILL BRING UP THE PARCEL INFORMATION FOR THAT
INDIVIDUAL PARCEL.
AND OFF ON THE RIGHT ON THE LAYERS, YOU CAN PULL UP THE
FUTURE LAND USE, THE COUNCIL DISTRICT, THE ZONING, ALL OF
THAT INFORMATION IS THERE.
LASTLY, ANYONE WANTING TO SEE THE ACTUAL SPREADSHEET OF THE
LIST, IF THEY GO TO TODAY'S AGENDA AND CLICK ON ITEM NUMBER
52, THE THIRD ATTACHMENT, PDF WHICH IS YOUR RESO DOES HAVE
THE FULL LIST.
WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS.
1:58:36PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS?
COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
1:58:40PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS LIST.
I WAS TALKING TO NICOLE TRAVIS ABOUT THIS AND HOW WE MIGHT
BE ABLE TO MOVE SOME OF THESE PROPERTIES INTO OUR LAND TRUST
WHEN THAT'S COMPLETED, AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO WITH
THE PROPERTIES.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I MADE THAT MENTION FOR THE

PUBLIC.
THANK YOU FOR NOT ONLY YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION FOR CREATING
THIS LIST, BUT TO CONNECT IT WITH THE GIS MAP.
I KNOW THAT SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE CONCERNED WITH
THAT, AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT SO MUCH EASIER FOR THE
PUBLIC TO ACCESS THE INFORMATION AND FOR FOLKS THAT WORK IN
THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SPACE.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN.
1:59:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANYBODY ELSE?
NO.
BECAUSE IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FROM THE
PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, ITEM 52?
ALL RIGHT.
COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE THIS
RESOLUTION?
1:59:37PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I DO.
1:59:38PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
DO WE HAVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING,
MR. SHELBY?
LET'S GET A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?

COUNCILMAN VIERA, YOU HAVE THE MOTION TO MOVE THE
RESOLUTION.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ITEM NUMBER 53.
2:00:13PM >>SUSAN JOHNSON-VELEZ:
ITEM 53 IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE
SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE
MIDTOWN DEVELOPMENT WHICH MOST OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH.
IT'S BORDERED BY DALE MABRY HIGHWAY ON THE WEST, HIMES
AVENUE ON THE EAST, CYPRESS TO THE SOUTH AND I-275 TO THE
NORTH.
THE PLAT FOR THE MIDTOWN DEVELOPMENT WAS ACCEPTED BY THE
CITY IN 2017.
THE PLAT INCLUDED DEDICATION OF A 30-FOOT PUBLIC DRAINAGE
EASEMENT TO THE CITY OF TAMPA.
THE DRAINAGE EASEMENT CONTAINS SIGNIFICANT STORMWATER
INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL AS OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SERVES
NOT ONLY MIDTOWN BUT ALSO OFF-SITE AREAS.
ENCROACHMENTS INTO THE PUBLIC DRAINAGE EASEMENT WERE
PROHIBITED UNDER THE PLAT UNLESS ALLOWED UNDER THE
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
SO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR MIDTOWN WAS APPROVED IN

2018 AND DID NOT ALLOW ANY ENCROACHMENTS AT ALL.
CITY COUNCIL DID APPROVE A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IN 2022 TO GRANT APPROVAL FOR A CANOPY
STRUCTURE TO ENCROACH INTO THE PUBLIC EASEMENT AREA.
AND THIS IS A SECOND REQUEST FROM THE DEVELOPER FOR
ENCROACHMENTS INTO THE PUBLIC EASEMENT AREA.
THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS FOR A TEMPORARY ENCROACHMENT INTO
THE EASEMENT FOR A CONSTRUCTION CRANE AND A CONCRETE CRANE
FOUNDATION THAT WOULD ENCROACH IN AREAS SHOWN ON EXHIBIT A
TO THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
SECOND AMENDMENT OBLIGATES THE DEVELOPER TO TAKE CERTAIN
ACTIONS PRIOR TO INSTALLATION OF THE CRANE AND THE CONCRETE
FOUNDATION AND THEN AGAIN AFTER REMOVAL TO ENSURE THE SAFETY
OF THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE DRAINAGE EASEMENT.
SO THESE THINGS INCLUDE VIDEOING THE CONCRETE STORMWATER
PIPE THAT'S IN THE EASEMENTS PRIOR TO INSTALLATION OF ANY
ENCROACHMENTS INTO THE EASEMENT, REMOVAL OF THE CONCRETE
CRANE FOUNDATION PILES, ONCE THE CRANE AND THE FOUNDATION
ARE REMOVED, AND THEN VIDEO INSPECTION OF THE STORMWATER
PIPE AFTER REMOVAL OF THE CRANE AND CONCRETE CRANE
FOUNDATION.
THE DEVELOPER IS OBLIGATED TO REPAIR ANY DAMAGE TO OUR
STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE DRAINAGE EASEMENT.
IN THE EVENT THAT DOES NOT OCCUR, THE DEVELOPER ALSO WILL BE
POSTING A PERFORMANCE BOND SO THAT WE WILL HAVE FUNDS

AVAILABLE TO COMPLETE THE REPAIRS SHOULD THAT BE NECESSARY.
THE LAW REQUIRES COUNCIL TO HAVE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE
APPROVING THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
THIS IS THE FIRST OF THOSE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
THE SECOND ONE WILL BE ON JUNE 1st.
SO NO ACTION IS TAKEN, NEEDED BY CITY COUNCIL FOLLOWING THE
PUBLIC HEARING.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
I BELIEVE MR. BENTLEY, THE DEVELOPER'S REPRESENTATIVE, IS
ALSO AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
2:02:45PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. JOHNSON VELEZ?
NO.
MR. BENTLEY.
2:02:50PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR.
MARK BENTLEY, 401 EAST JACKSON STREET, TAMPA, 33602, I
REPRESENT BROMLEY TAMPA INVESTORS.
ALSO KNOWN AS MIDTOWN DEVELOPERS.
THE INTENT OF THE ENCROACHMENT IS TO AUTHORIZE A PAD IN THIS
DRAINAGE EASEMENT FOR A LARGE CRANE TO CONSTRUCT TECO'S
REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS, BE ABOUT 300 FEET TALL.
IT WOULD BE TEMPORARY AND PROBABLY AT MAX BE THERE ABOUT A
YEAR.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER THEM.
2:03:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME?
DO WE CLOSE THE HEARING OR KEEP IT OPEN?

2:03:27PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
CLOSE IT AND IT WILL BE ANNOUNCED FOR THE
SECOND READING.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ANY ACTION.
2:03:33PM >>SUSAN JOHNSON-VELEZ:
ASK IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK.
2:03:37PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO
SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?
ANY BEATLES ALTERNATIVE I CAN'T TODAY?
2:03:45PM >> I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START, MR. CHAIRMAN.
ACTUALLY, PAUL McCARTNEY IS LOOKING AT MY MOVIE THIS WEEK.
2:03:50PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HE IS?
2:03:52PM >> THAT'S GREAT.
HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE.
WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES.
2:03:57PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION TO CLOSE?
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
ALL RIGHT.
THANKS.
2:04:10PM >>THE CLERK:
SECOND PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON JUNE
1st, 2023, AT 9:30 A.M.
2:04:15PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THANK YOU.
2:04:19PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I BELIEVE WE GO TO STAFF REPORTS.

ITEM NUMBER 56.
I BELIEVE BRAD BAIRD IS HERE FOR THAT.
2:04:28PM >>BRAD BAIRD:
BRAD BAIRD, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR OF
INFRASTRUCTURE.
I WROTE A MEMO ON THIS ONE, SO I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS.
2:04:34PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BAIRD?
ANY QUESTIONS FOR ITEM 56?
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THIS RESOLUTION?
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
2:04:50PM >> THANK YOU.
2:04:51PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU.
ITEM NUMBER 57.
WE HAVE A CONSULTANT HERE FROM AECOM TO PRESENT THE PARKS
AND REC MASTER PLAN.
2:05:08PM >> CAN WE HAVE THIS MONITOR AND SHOW THE PRESENTATION,
PLEASE?
2:05:18PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
DO YOU HAVE A FLASH DRIVE TO PLUG IN
OR --
2:05:21PM >> IT SHOULD BE PRELOADED.
2:05:22PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
PRESENTATION FOR ITEM 57.
2:05:28PM >> THANK YOU ALL.

2:05:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HOW MANY SLIDES DO YOU HAVE?
2:05:34PM >> ABOUT 20.
2:05:35PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I HEARD 300.
2:05:37PM >> 26.
2:05:41PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, IT'S UP.
WE'LL PULL IT UP ON THE MAIN SCREEN HERE IN JUST A MOMENT.
IF WE CAN GET THE PowerPoint -- THERE WE GO.
IT'S ALL YOURS.
2:06:09PM >> BEFORE WE START, SHERISHA HILLS, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND
RECREATION.
INTRODUCE JOE WEB WHO IS THE CONSULTANT FOR AECOM.
THE PARKS AND REC GOLD MEDAL DEPARTMENT BASED OFF OF OUR
PROGRAMS, WHAT WE OFFER, INTERACT WITH THE COMMUNITY, HOW WE
WORK WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
THIS PLAN REALLY FOCUSES ON THE PHYSICAL, THE
INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THE ASSETS OF WHAT WE OFFER.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE THAT GOLD MEDAL.
THAT IS OUR NEXT STEP.
JOE WEB WITH AECOM.
2:06:45PM >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY.
JOE WEB WITH THE COMPANY AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES.
DAVID CARLY IS HERE WITH ME IN THE AUDIENCE.
BEEN A WONDERFUL PROCESS, LONG PROCESS, LOTS OF WORK, LOTS
OF INTERACTION WITH THE PUBLIC, BUT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR

WORK AND VERY HAPPY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU
TODAY.
OUR AGENDA VERY SIMPLE.
GO OVER THE MASTER PLAN PROCESS, SUMMARY OF FINDINGS,
LONG-RANGE VISION, OUR IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES, AND THEN
HOPEFULLY IN THE END, IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, AND EQUAL
NUMBER OF ANSWERS.
OUR PROCESS, WON'T GO OVER IN DETAIL, FOUR-STEP PROCESS,
LIKE ALL PLANNING, QUITE SIMPLE.
WHERE ARE WE, WHERE DO WE NEED TO BE, HOW DO WE GET THERE.
WE'VE GONE THROUGH THOSE STEPS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
I REALLY THINK WE'VE PUT TOGETHER A PLAN THAT'S
COMPREHENSIVE AND PRETTY CONCISE.
SUMMARY OF OUR FINDINGS, WE DID AN EXTENSIVE PUBLIC OUTREACH
PROCESS AS A PART OF THIS AND ALSO A THOROUGH, WE VISITED
EVERY SINGLE PARK IN THE SYSTEM.
WE INTERVIEWED PEOPLE.
WE'VE GONE OUT AND SENT PEOPLE TO EVERY FACILITY, REALLY,
LOOKING UP AT THE CHART ON THE RIGHT, IT'S 60, 56, 62,
ET CETERA, THAT'S MEETING EXPECTATIONS.
I THINK THERE WAS SOME DISPARITY BETWEEN THE LARGE, MORE
MAJOR FACILITIES ARE PROBABLY IN BETTER CONDITION.
THE SMALLER COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS AND
PARTICULARLY YOUR LIKE NATURAL AREAS AND CONSERVATION AREAS
PROBABLY IN SOME OF THE MOST NEED.

JUST AS A FRAME OF REFERENCE, OVER 75 WOULD BE GREEN,
MEANING THE BEST.
50 TO 75 WOULD BE ORANGE MEETING THE EXPECTATIONS, WHICH ARE
ALL THESE CATEGORIES.
AND THEN WE DON'T SEE ANY RED BUT TENDING DOWN TOWARDS THAT
AND TIME IS TAKING ITS TOLL.
THERE'S CERTAINLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE THINGS.
I THINK THE PARKS YOU CURRENTLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, IT'S
BASICALLY A NEED FOR IMPROVEMENT.
I HATE THE TERM DEFERRED CAPITAL AND CAPITAL MAINTENANCE OR
DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
IT'S REALLY JUST REINVESTMENT.
IT'S NOT THAT THEY ARE NOT MAINTAINED, IT'S NOT THAT PEOPLE
AREN'T TAKING CARE OF THEM OR ANY FAULT ON THE OPERATIONS
PEOPLE FROM SHERISHA'S, BUT THINGS ARE REACHING THEIR LIFE
CYCLE.
THAT'S PRETTY PREDICTABLE WITH THINGS AND FROM A PHYSICAL
PLANT, PHYSICAL STRUCTURE POINT OF VIEW, THAT'S WHERE THEY
ARE AT.
IT'S OKAY, BUT THERE'S CERTAINLY A SIGN THAT IF WE ARE
LOOKING OUT 10 OR 15 YEARS, GOT TO BE A PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE
THINGS DON'T FAIL.
WE ALSO DID AN EXTENSIVE LEVEL OF SERVICE ANALYSIS.
IT'S A REALLY COMPLICATED MAP.
IF YOU ZOOM IN ON IT, DARKER GRAY AREAS REPRESENT

RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
SO OUR HOPE IS THAT EVERY PERSON CAN REACH A MEANINGFUL,
OPEN SPACE WITHIN A TEN-MINUTE WALK OF THEIR HOME.
THERE ARE SOME SMALL GAPS, BUT IN GENERAL, JUST AS A GENERAL
SCHEME, EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS A LITTLE COMPLICATED, CITY OF
TAMPA IS DOING VERY WELL.
SOMETIMES THERE ARE WHOLE GAPS OR WHOLE SECTIONS WHERE THERE
ARE AREAS MISSING AND WHERE THERE REALLY IS NO SERVICE.
BUT WITH SOME SURGICAL KINDS OF ACQUISITIONS AND/OR
IMPROVEMENTS IN CONNECTIVITY, WE HOPE WE CAN ACHIEVE THAT
OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS.
THE FACILITY LEVEL OF SERVICE, THIS IS ONE THAT IS SOMETIMES
COMPLICATED TO USE, BUT BASED ON YOUR COMP PLAN, YOU'RE
DOING WELL IN THAT REGARD.
THE QUESTION WOULD BE I THINK AS YOU MOVE FORWARD TO
REEVALUATE AND MAYBE UPDATE YOUR COMP PLAN TO BE A LITTLE
MORE RELEVANT TO TODAY'S DEMOGRAPHICS AND LIFESTYLES.
THOSE ARE SOMEWHAT ANTIQUATED, PROBABLY PROJECTED 30 YEARS
AGO ON A DIFFERENT LIFESTYLE, DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHIC.
WE NEED A NEW APPROACH TO THAT.
MOST CITIES ARE DOING THAT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY TODAY.
LASTLY, OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVED ACCESSIBILITY IN ALL
DIFFERENT MODES.
PEOPLE DON'T ALL WALK OR DRIVE TO A PARK ANYMORE.
THERE ARE LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS, MAXIMIZING THAT CAN REALLY

IMPROVE ACCESS AND THE MEANINGFUL USE OF YOUR PARK SYSTEM.
THE GOOD NEWS, YOU DO HAVE REALLY -- I MEAN, SOME OF THESE,
THE OVERALL, THE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE A GREAT JOB.
AS SHERISHA MENTIONED, THEY ARE A GOLD MEDAL WINNER.
THE PROGRAMS RUN.
SPECIAL EVENTS, 500 OR A THOUSAND SPECIAL EVENTS. THAT'S
INSANE.
MOST PEOPLE IN MY FIELD DON'T BELIEVE ME WHEN I TELL THEM
THAT'S WHAT THE NUMBER IS.
IT'S INCREDIBLE WHAT THEY DO WITH THE STAFF AND EVERYTHING.
YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THESE NUMBERS AND THIS WAS FROM A BLIND
POLL FROM STAFF, VERY POSITIVE.
I CAN GET EVERYTHING I NEED TO DO MY JOB.
YOU ADD THOSE TOGETHER, THAT'S 75 TO 80 PERCENT, IT'S NOT
UNCOMMON FOR ME TO SEE THAT BE BELOW 50.
A LOT OF THESE NUMBERS BEING REALLY LOW WHERE IT'S
INCREDIBLY HIGH.
KIND OF THE SUM OF THE SLIDE IS YOU HAVE A VERY COMMITTED
STAFF, WHAT WE CALL IN PARKS AND RECREATION, THEY BLEED
GREEN AND ENERGIZED DIRECTOR AND LEADERSHIP THAT I THINK IS
DRIVING A LOT OF PROGRAMS, REAL PASSION FOR DELIVERING GREAT
SERVICES TO THE CITY.
BUT WHEN WE GET TO THE PHYSICAL PART, IT'S A LITTLE HARDER.
WE DID A REALLY EXTENSIVE PUBLIC OUTREACH PROCESS AS PART OF
THIS WHOLE PROGRAM.

WE USE WHAT WE CALL A MIXED METHODS RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE USE OBSERVATIONS, QUALITATIVE AND
QUANTITATIVE METHODS TO COME TO KIND OF A CONSENSUS AND THEN
WE LOOK AT ALL THOSE DIFFERENT METHODS AS TO WHAT KEEPS
COMING TO THE TOP AS THE TOP PRIORITIES.
SO WE DON'T JUST ASK THE PUBLIC WHAT DO YOU WANT.
THAT'S EASY, RIGHT?
WHAT IS A WANT VERSUS A NEED VERSUS A PRIORITY.
SO REALLY TRYING TO WHITTLE DOWN TO WHAT IS, WHAT DO PEOPLE
THINK ARE THE HIGHEST NEEDS THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT AND NEED
TO BE DONE FIRST.
THAT WAS THE INITIATION OF THE PROCESS.
IF YOU CAN SEE LOTS OF PARTICIPATION.
IT ISN'T UNCOMMON TO HAVE PUBLIC MEETINGS, EVEN WELL
ADVERTISED, EVEN TRYING AS HARD AS WE CAN TO HAVE VERY SMALL
TURNOUT.
BUT WITH A VIRTUAL ROOM AND SOME OF THE ONLINE PROCESSES WE
USE, WE TOUCHED 36,000 PEOPLE.
THAT'S ALMOST 10% OF THE POPULATION.
WE'RE AWARE OF THE PROGRAM, FOLLOWING IT, GIVING INPUT.
THAT'S REALLY AMAZING.
THAT'S ANOTHER ALMOST STARTLING ONE.
IT'S REAL TREND WHERE PEOPLE DON'T TURN UP ON AVERAGE
TUESDAY NIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN A PUBLIC MEETING.
SO I THINK EVEN EXTENDING IT OUT FOR A PERIOD LITTLE LONGER,

A GREAT AMOUNT OF PUBLIC INTEREST AND A LOT OF REAL GOOD
INPUT.
OUT OF THAT WE TAKE ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS AND WE LOOK
FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT KEEP COMING TO THE TOP.
WHAT'S GOOD IS THAT WE'VE GOT KIND OF A CONSENSUS.
THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD FROM SOME OF YOU, THE THINGS THAT
WE HEARD FROM FOCUS GROUPS, WHAT WE HEARD FROM PUBLIC
MEETINGS AND ONLINE, ALL KIND OF CONVERGED AT THE TOP
THINGS.
IF WE BOIL IT DOWN EVEN SIMPLER, THIS IS THE TOP LIST AND WE
SOMETIMES LOOK AT THEM AS BOTH ACTIVITIES AND FACILITIES.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS SURPRISES YOU, IF YOU'RE LOOKING, IF
YOU'RE THINKING WHAT IT IS PEOPLE WOULD SAY, NATURE
ENJOYMENT, NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, NATURAL AREAS, CONSERVATION
AND ENVIRONMENTAL LANDS.
THAT MIGHT NOT BE WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WOULD HAVE
BEEN IT, BUT IT'S INDICATIVE OF TRENDS ALL ACROSS THE U.S.
PEOPLE ARE REALLY TRENDING MORE TOWARDS AN AT-WILL
RECREATION.
THEY LIKE TO GO CANOEING, KAYAKING, BIKING, WALKING, THOSE
KINDS OF ACTIVITIES.
IT'S PRETTY TYPICAL IN MAJOR AMERICAN CITIES IN THE U.S.
LONG-RANGE VISION DERIVED DIRECTLY FROM WHAT WE HEARD FROM
THE PUBLIC.
WHAT WE DID IS DEVELOP THESE THEMATIC SUBSYSTEMS THAT WE

CALL THEM.
KIND OF A FACET OF A WAY TO LOOK AT THE OVERALL PLAN.
THIS WAS BASED ON HOW THE PUBLIC PERCEIVES THE DEPARTMENT,
SO WE TOOK THAT DIRECTLY FROM THE COMMUNITY INPUT AND KIND
OF FORMULATED A WAY TO LOOK AT IT MORE COMPREHENSIVELY.
NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY PARKS, AS I SAID, THE
REINVESTMENT IN THE PARKS AS REALLY KIND OF THE CORE OF THE
PLAN.
I THINK THE LAST TIME I PRESENTED HERE I WAS ENCOURAGED TO
REALLY FOCUS ON THE WHOLE SYSTEM, NOT JUST ON A FEW HIGH
PROJECTS, BUT REALLY THIS IS ACROSS THE BOARD, CORNER TO
CORNER, TOP TO BOTTOM, EVERY SINGLE PARK KIND OF EVALUATION.
AND YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES.
14 PARKS THAT YOU CURRENTLY OWN THAT WERE NEVER DEVELOPED
BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THIS IS REALLY IN YOUR EXISTING
SYSTEM.
CONNECTIVITY AND WALKABILITY, THIS HAS JUST BEEN A THEME
THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS.
LOTS OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT, I DON'T FEEL SAFE CROSSING THE
STREET, DON'T FEEL SAFE GETTING TO THE PARK.
WE NEED MORE GREENWAYS AND TRAILS, WE NEED BETTER SIDEWALK
CONNECTIVITY RIGHT IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE PARK.
JUST OVER AND OVER AND ALL THE WAY UP TO WE HAD A SERIES
OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS OF PUBLIC OUTREACH AND OPEN HOUSES
FOR THE MASTER PLAN AND THOSE SEEM TO BE A LOT OF THE THINGS

WE HEARD RIGHT TO THE END.
CONSERVATION, SUSTAINABILITY.
I CAN SAY, I WORKED LONG ENOUGH IN THE INDUSTRY WHERE 30
YEARS AGO, WE DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THOSE THINGS WHEN WE
DESIGNED PARKS.
WE DIDN'T THINK ABOUT STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND WATER
QUALITY AND HOW WE CAN USE THE PARKS AND IN A LOT OF CITIES,
PARKS ARE A MAJOR PART OF CONSERVATION, SUSTAINABILITY,
WATER QUALITY, ALL THE OTHER INITIATIVES THAT ARE VERY HIGH
PRIORITY, ESPECIALLY IN FLORIDA, ESPECIALLY IN COASTAL
FLORIDA.
I THINK WE CREATED WITHIN THE MASTER PLAN STRATEGIES IN HOW
TO LOOK AT THOSE DIFFERENTLY.
ATHLETICS AND AQUATICS, STILL VERY POPULAR.
REALLY WANT TO CREATE THAT EVERY KID HAS EQUAL OPPORTUNITY.
THIS PLAN IS REALLY PREDICATED ON EQUITY AND MAKING SURE
THAT EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME ACCESS AND IS TREATED FAIRLY.
SO THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR DOING THAT.
AGAIN, NOT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE FACT THAT YOU'RE DOING VERY
GOOD AS IT IS.
YOU'RE FORTUNATE THAT YOU WEREN'T LEFT WITH A LEGACY OF BIG
DISPARITIES, BUT THERE ARE IMPROVEMENTS THAT COULD BE MADE
WITH A COUPLE MORE FACILITIES.
LONG-RANGE, AGAIN, THIS IS A TREND IN AMERICA.
MAYBE A LESSER EMPHASIS ON COMPETITIVE SPORTS, MORE ON THE

EMPHASIS DOESN'T TAKE AWAY FROM COMPETITIVE SPORTS BUT MORE
HEALTH AND WELLNESS.
NOT JUST YOUTH CENTERED.
I GREW UP, HUGE FAMILY, LOTS OF KIDS, BUT NOW IT'S ABOUT
EVERYBODY, ALL AGE GROUPS, ALL ABILITIES AND MAKING SURE
EVERYONE CAN USE THE PARKS AND NOT JUST KIDS DURING THE DAY
AND WEEKENDS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
CULTURAL PROGRAMMING, AGAIN, SHERISHA'S TEAM DOES A GREAT
JOB IN DOING THOSE.
THE MORE SHE DOES THE MORE PEOPLE TELL ME THEY WANT MORE,
THAT IT IS A WONDERFUL THING, THAT YOU CAN BRING PEOPLE
TOGETHER OVER SMALL EVENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO BIGGER
CONVENIENCE AND COMMUNITY CENTERS TO CITYWIDE EVENTS.
THAT REALLY IS KIND OF THE GOLD MEDAL OF THIS DEPARTMENT.
PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER, KIND OF A BLURRY MAP.
HARD TO LOOK AT ON A LITTLE TINY SCREEN LIKE THIS, BUT IF
YOU SEE IT AS A GREAT BIG MAP, YOU CAN REALLY DRILL DOWN TO
EACH AND EVERY AREA AND SEE WHAT THE IDEAS ARE AND WHAT
KINDS OF THINGS CAN BE DONE.
I THINK IT'S COMPREHENSIVE AND PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
I DO THINK YOUR VISION FOR ART TOMORROW IS MORE THAN A TAG
LINE.
I'D LIKE TO SAY IT'S NOT MY PLAN.
IT'S NOT AECOM'S PLAN, SHERISHA'S OR THE CITY'S PLAN.
THIS IS A PLAN WE DEVELOPED THROUGH THE PUBLIC.

SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO THINK OF IT AS THE PUBLIC'S PLAN.
IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES, OF COURSE, ALWAYS SOMETHING.
HOW DO WE GET THERE?
WE BROKE THIS DOWN, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THESE PIE CHARTS,
AGAIN, IT IS A MASSIVE REPORT AND A BUNCH OF APPENDICES IF
YOU NEED SOMETHING TO READ LATE AT NIGHT.
BUT 2,200 LINE ITEMS OF INDIVIDUAL THINGS TO IMPROVE.
REALLY PROPOSED FACILITIES IN EXISTING PARKS AND JUST
IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING.
IF YOU JUST TAKE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE FIXING IN THE PARKS,
70% OF THE TOTAL, IF YOU ADD IN THOSE THINGS, THE 14
UNDEVELOPED, IT'S OVER 80% OF THE TOTAL.
SO REALLY A COMMUNITY-WIDE KIND OF APPROACH TO THE PLAN.
AND IT'S INTENDED TO BE IMPLEMENTED NOT JUST TODAY.
I WILL SAY SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE SEE, THESE THINGS
HAPPEN OVER A SLOW PERIOD, MAYBE STARTING 2008 OF KIND OF
FALLING BEHIND.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE TO FIX IT BACK UP.
THIS ISN'T ABOUT RUN OUT IN ONE DAY AND FIX THIS.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO KIND OF TILT THAT BACK IN
THE OTHER DIRECTION.
WE'VE BROKEN IT ALL INTO PHASES, ONE TO FIVE, SIX TO TEN, SO
THAT THIS -- A STRATEGIC APPROACH BASED ON SOMEWHAT
PROFESSIONAL STRATEGY, BUT ALSO ON THE PUBLIC'S PRIORITIES
OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FIRST AND HOW THINGS CAN BE ORDERED

IN A CERTAIN WAY TO MOVE THE PROGRAM AHEAD EFFICIENTLY AND
EFFECTIVELY.
PRIORITY ACTION ITEMS, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, INVEST IN
EXPANDED FOCUSED APPROACH TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
SAYING THAT THERE'S GOT TO BE AN INVESTMENT.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME AND EVALUATE OTHER FUNDING.
THERE ARE SOME PARTNERS.
THERE ARE SOME WAYS IN WHICH THAT CAN BE SHARED
RESPONSIBILITY.
THERE ARE CERTAINLY THINGS OUT THERE, EVEN FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT ON TRAILS AND GREENWAYS AND THINGS, BUT IT'S
ABOUT BEING FOCUSED AND NOT JUST EVERYTHING BEING CARRIED BY
THE CITY ITSELF.
POLICY INITIATIVES.
I THINK THIS IS UNDERWAY, UPDATING YOUR COMP PLAN, MAYBE
DEVELOPING A COMPREHENSIVE GREENWAYS AND TRAILS MASTER PLAN
TO LOOK AT THE CONNECTIVITY ISSUES.
REALLY, A PARKS-ORIENTED APPROACH TO SUSTAINABILITY AND
RESILIENCE I THINK WOULD BE VERY POSITIVE FOR THE CITY.
JUST ACHIEVE MULTIPLE GOALS THAT THE CITY IS TRYING TO DO.
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAMMING AND OPERATIONS,
CONTINUE THE WIDE VARIETY OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY
HAPPENING, BUT SOME OF THAT IS BEING LIMITED BY THE
FACILITIES RIGHT NOW.
SO REALLY FOCUSING ON EQUITY AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE

HAS THE EQUAL ACCESS TO THOSE GREAT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
THAT SHERISHA PROVIDES.
TRYING TO BE QUICK.
I KNOW THAT'S A LOT FOR A LOT OF WORK AND A GREAT BIG
DOCUMENT, BUT I WAS ENCOURAGED TO BE BRIEF AND BE OPEN TO
LOTS OF QUESTIONS.
HOPEFULLY IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN ANSWER ANYTHING
YOU MAY WISH TO KNOW ABOUT.
2:22:18PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
2:22:19PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS.
I DID READ THROUGH THIS.
2:22:24PM >> OKAY, GOOD.
2:22:24PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YEAH, I READ IT.
MY AIDE KELLY HAS BEEN READING THROUGH IT AND I READ THROUGH
IT LAST NIGHT.
I APPRECIATE EACH PART OF IT.
I WAS INTERESTED -- AND YOU DIDN'T TOUCH ON IT BECAUSE I
LOOKED AT THE SLIDES EARLIER -- YOU DIDN'T TOUCH ON THE FACT
THAT THERE IS A REALLY INTERESTING PIE CHART THAT TALKS
ABOUT WHAT THE RESPONDENTS WOULD BE WILLING TO PAY, TO
INCREASE THIS PARK.
IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, IT WAS A GOOD PERCENTAGE THAT WOULD
BE WILLING TO PAY BETWEEN 5 AND 10 DOLLARS AND MORE A MONTH.
2:23:01PM >> UM-HUM, YEAH.
2:23:03PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
AM I CORRECT IN THAT?

2:23:05PM >> YEAH.
IT'S PRETTY COMMON.
I WILL SAY MOST PEOPLE REALLY DO LOVE THEIR PARKS.
GREAT PLACES.
I'M A PARKS GUY.
TAKE IT FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH.
GREAT PARKS MAKE GREAT CITIES.
MOST PEOPLE, IF IT'S GOING TO REALLY BENEFIT THEIR LOCAL
NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY, THERE'S GENERALLY A WILLINGNESS
TO PAY.
2:23:25PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I APPRECIATE THAT.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS A REALLY WONDERFUL COMPLIMENT TO SHERISHA
AND THE ENTIRE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO
DO WITH THE PARK SYSTEM.
I WAS REALLY HARDENED TO SEE THAT, AGAIN, PUTTING MONEY
WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS, WHERE YOUR HEART IS HOW YOU KNOW YOU
HAVE A REALLY WONDERFUL SYSTEM.
THE BIGGEST CONCERN I HAD FROM THE PUBLIC WHEN LOOKING AT
THIS IS THAT THE PHASES DETAIL WHICH PARKS SHOULD BE
INCLUDED IN WHICH PHASE, BUT IT DOES NOT DRILL DOWN AND TALK
ABOUT THE POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS FOR EACH PARK.
I KNOW THAT RESIDENTS WERE VERY CONCERNED, IS MY PARK
GETTING THIS?
IS MY PARK GETTING THAT?
I WAS WONDERING IF THERE'S AN APPENDIX SOMEWHERE THAT DOES

DETAIL WHETHER INFORMATION YOU GOT FROM THE PUBLIC OR WHEN
YOU DID VISITS TO THE PARKS, WHAT YOU ANTICIPATE THE ACTUAL
NEEDS WOULD BE FOR EACH PARK.
2:24:28PM >> AND THERE IS.
EVERY SINGLE PARK, EVERY SINGLE LINE OF EVERY SINGLE
IMPROVEMENT.
SO THAT'S HOW WE GOT TO THESE NUMBERS.
IT WAS NOT BROAD STROKE.
IT WAS EVERY SINGLE THING, EVERY SINGLE ONE, ALL THE WAY
DOWN FOR EVERY SINGLE PARK.
I BELIEVE THAT CAN BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE'S PERUSAL OR
LATE-NIGHT READING OR DETAILING THROUGH.
AGAIN, THIS IS AS BEST AS WE CAN BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE TODAY
THAT DOESN'T PRECLUDE AS YEARS GO BY, THAT GETS ADJUSTED A
LITTLE, IT IS A WORKING DOCUMENT BUT WE REALLY PUT OUR
EFFORT INTO MAKING SURE, AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT WILLINGNESS
TO PAY AND I'LL TALK ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE ELSEWHERE, PEOPLE
CAN GET THEIR ARMS AROUND A BIG IDEA, BUT WHAT THEY REALLY
WANT TO KNOW IS WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE PARK DOWN THE
STREET.
WHEN THEY GO AND IF IT IS A PART OF A VOTE OR IT IS A PART
OF THEIR WILLINGNESS TO PAY, THEY WANT TO KNOW ABOUT HOW
WILL IT AFFECT THEIR PERSONAL LIVES?
IT'S VERY PERSONAL.
AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY SEES THAT IT IS EQUITABLY

ACROSS THE WHOLE SYSTEM.
I WILL CAUTION ON THE WORD EQUITY.
IT DOESN'T MEAN EVERYBODY -- SOME PARKS ARE MUCH BETTER THAN
OTHERS.
SOME NEED MORE WORK, AND WE HAVE TO BE HONEST ABOUT THAT
FACT, TOO, SO IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR IN
EVERY SINGLE SPOT.
BUT TRYING TO GET IT ALL UP TO A HIGHER LEVEL OF QUALITY IS
THE AMBITION, I GUESS.
WANT TO ADD TO THAT?
2:26:02PM >> ALSO JUST TO SAY DEPENDING ON THE PROJECTS AND
IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE THERE, WE ALSO WANT TO REALLY FOCUS IN
ON THE COMMUNITY, SO GETTING THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
IF IT'S A LARGER PROJECT, SO -- THIS DID START TWO YEARS
AGO.
WE MIGHT HAVE PEOPLE NEW THAT HAVE MOVED INTO THE COMMUNITY,
SO WE'RE GOING OFF OF THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS BUT IF IT IS A
PARTICULAR PROJECT AT A PARK, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GO
BACK AND DO THE OUTREACH SO WE SAY, HERE IS WHAT WE HAVE,
WHETHER A DOLLAR AMOUNT OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE, WHAT DOES
THAT FINAL PROJECT LOOK LIKE?
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE RIGHT NOW AT THIS TIME?
2:26:34PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
BUT MY QUESTION IS, IS THAT APPENDIX ANNEX
AVAILABLE?
IS IT AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE?

IF NOT, CAN WE GET IT ADDED TO THE WEBSITE?
2:26:44PM >>SHERISHA HILLS:
THE WHOLE DOCUMENT IS ON THERE, RIGHT?
2:26:46PM >> YES, I THINK THE APPENDIX WAS UPDATED RECENTLY.
EVERYTHING IS PUBLIC RECORD.
WE WANT EVERYBODY TO LOOK AT IT.
2:26:52PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WILL GO BACK TO THAT WEBSITE AND SEE IF I
CAN FIND IT.
I HAD TWO MORE QUICK QUESTIONS.
I NOTICED THAT YOU ADDED ATHLETICS AND AQUATICS TOGETHER
WHEN LOOKING AT LARGER ISSUES.
THOSE TO ME HAVE VERY DIFFERENT DOLLAR AMOUNTS.
AQUATICS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE COMPARATIVELY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT A LITTLE MORE DEFINED BECAUSE I
THINK IT GIVES US A BETTER IDEA.
I THINK THE ATHLETIC DOLLARS CAN BE A SPREAD A LOT MORE
READILY THAN AQUATICS DOLLARS.
AND WHEN LOOKING, AGAIN, IN THE REPORT, THERE WERE DOLLAR
AMOUNTS ATTACHED TO WHAT THE PROJECTION, AND THE AMOUNT OF
MONEY FOR ATHLETICS AND AQUATICS WAS LARGE BY VERY FAR, AND
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT DIVIDED OUT, JUST TO GET AN IDEA
OF WHAT YOU EXPECT TO POSSIBLY SPEND IN THOSE AREAS JUST
BECAUSE I KNOW HOW DIFFERENT THEY ARE.
AND ONE MORE THING THAT I HADN'T SEEN MENTIONED BUT THAT
I'VE SEEN OTHER CITIES USE, WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TRAILS
AND GREENWAYS, AND WE ACTUALLY HAD A CONVERSATION SORT OF

SURROUNDING IT TODAY, AND SHORT, QUICK STORY, WE FOSTER --
MY HUSBAND AND I FOSTER BEAGLES.
WE ARE ON OUR 21st FOSTER RIGHT NOW, AND HER NAME IS
JELLY, AND SHE IS A BEAGLE CATTLE DOG FOSTER.
SHE REQUIRES A LOT MORE ENERGY EXPENDED THAN NORMAL DOGS,
THAN OUR NORMAL BEAGLE FRIENDS.
WE HAVE BEEN TAKING HER MORE AND MORE ON DIFFERENT WALKS.
ONE OF THE THINGS SHE LIKES BEST IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ARE OUR
ALLEYS.
IF YOU FIND -- WE WILL RUN INTO PEOPLE WALKING DOGS.
THEY ARE WALKING JUST THEMSELVES AND THEIR NEIGHBORS IN
ALLEYS.
I WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE EXPANSION
OF GREENWAYS AND HOW WE USE EXTRA SPACE, THAT WE DON'T
DISCOUNT ALLEYS AS SPACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN WALK.
THEY ARE NOT USED BY CARS TREMENDOUSLY.
THEY ARE AN ACCESS POINT, BUT THEY ARE ALSO OFTEN VACANT.
SO WHAT DO WE DO WITH THAT IN THE MEANTIME?
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT IT MIGHT TAKE TO ENCOURAGE THAT.
I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY NOT PART OF THE SCOPE, BUT WHILE WE
WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS AND WHILE I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT
THE EXPERIENCES I'VE BEEN HAVING IN ALLEYS RECENTLY, I
REALLY WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T BRING THAT UP.
BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I THINK THIS WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.

I APPRECIATE THE REPORT AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO READING
THE APPENDIX.
2:29:28PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN VIERA AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER
--
2:29:34PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM'S AMAZING
WORK AND SHERISHA, ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH.
I CAN ALWAYS TELL WITH SHERISHA THAT YOU ARE IN YOUR DREAM
JOB.
YEAH, YOU ARE IN YOUR DREAM JOB, AND IT SHOWS.
YOU ARE ALWAYS SO ACCESSIBLE AND YOU DO A GREAT JOB.
ALSO COMPLIMENT YOU ON THE ROBUST SIZE OF THE REPORT.
FOR THE RECORD, THIS IS A PARKS MASTER PLAN.
WE'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR A PUBLIC SAFETY MASTER PLAN.
WHEN PEOPLE ASK WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR IN THE PUBLIC
SAFETY MASTER PLAN, I WANT TO HAND OVER YOUR REPORT BECAUSE
THAT IS ROBUST.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT RECOMMENDATIONS, AS I'LL TALK ABOUT A LOT
OF DIFFERENT AREAS, INCLUDING LOOKING AT INDIVIDUAL PARKS,
WHAT INDIVIDUAL PARKS NEED, ET CETERA, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO
SEE.
NO RELEVANCY TO YOU, SIR, BUT THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SEE JUST
FOR THE RECORD IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY MASTER PLAN.
SO THIS REPORT IS OBVIOUSLY GREAT.
THE REASON I SEE THAT THIS REPORT WAS DONE SO THAT WE COULD
TAKE A LOOK THROUGHOUT ALL OF OUR CITY OF TAMPA, SEE THE

AREAS GROWING, SEE THE AREAS THAT HAVE A LACK OF BALANCE, I
GUESS, IF YOU WILL, WITH REGARDS TO PARKS AND OTHER THINGS
IN PARKS, FOR EXAMPLE.
WE HAVE THREE CITY OF TAMPA RUN GOLF COURSES WHICH ARE
AMAZING GREENSPACES FOR THE COMMUNITY.
IN MY DISTRICT WE HAVE BABE ZAHARIAS WHICH IS AMAZING AND
GETS THE JOB DONE SO TO SPEAK, SO WE CAN HIGHLIGHT THE GAPS,
IDENTIFY THE GAPS AND TALK ABOUT HOW TO FUND THE GAPS AND
WHATNOT.
I THINK COUNCILMAN CARLSON HAD A MOTION THAT WE'LL HEAR -- I
THINK IT GOT CONTINUED, BUT TO TALK ABOUT POTENTIAL SOURCES
FOR FUNDING PARKS.
I SUPPORT THAT 110%.
THE TALK OF NEW REVENUE TAXES, ET CETERA, COMES UP.
I DO NOT SUPPORT NEW TAXES FOR PARKS.
I JUST DON'T.
WE HAVE CRITICAL NEEDS IN OUR CITY WHEN IT COMES TO
TRANSPORTATION AND MASS TRANSIT, WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC
SAFETY FOR POLICE AND FIRE, ET CETERA.
I COULD NOT SUPPORT ASKING THE PUBLIC FOR MORE REVENUE WHEN
WE HAVE THESE ISSUES THAT COME BEFORE IT.
THAT'S MY POSITION.
I SAW THE SECTION THAT YOU ALL DID, NUMEROUS SECTIONS ON
DISABILITY ACCESSIBILITY WITHIN OUR PARKS.
WONDERFUL.

JOB WELL DONE.
I THINK I MENTIONED THAT BEFORE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT.
THAT'S SOMETHING SO IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE TO REALLY PUT A ROBUST EFFORT IN OUR CITY OF TAMPA
IN MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR PARKS HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS
ACCESS AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS HAVE AN
ALL-ABILITIES PARK, AT LEAST ONE IN EACH DISTRICT AND THAT
ALL PARKS HAVE ACCESSIBILITY.
I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
WE'RE WORKING ON IT THROUGH OUR CRA FOR THE AREAS IN THE CRA
THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED AND OUTSIDE OF THAT FOR AREAS LIKE
NEW TAMPA, NORTH TAMPA, SOUTH TAMPA, WE CAN WORK ON THAT AS
WELL.
THE PURPOSE WAS TO HAVE AN OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS ON WHERE THE
PARKS ARE, ET CETERA, AND I WANTED TO BRING UP SOMETHING
THAT'S OPEN AND OBVIOUS BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS MAP AND
YOU LOOK AT THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE THERE AND YOU TAKE A LOOK
AT DISTRICT 7, THE NUMBERS ARE QUITE RELEVANT.
I KNOW THERE ARE SOME ISSUES I'LL TALK ABOUT WITH CERTAIN
PARTS OF DISTRICT 7 THAT ARE RELEVANT AND I'LL GET INTO
THOSE AS WELL.
IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE ANALYSIS, DISTRICT 7 HAS 11 PARKS.
ONE OF THOSE PARKS IS THE K-BAR RANCH AREA WHICH IS NOT A
PARK, WHICH IS A -- THAT'S NOTED IN THE REPORT.

I'M NOT MAKING THAT AS A CORRECTION.
I'M SAYING FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE PUBLIC WHICH IS A
POTENTIAL PARK THAT CAN BE DEVELOPED THROUGH THE COUNTY,
ET CETERA, ET CETERA, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE OTHER
DISTRICTS, DISTRICT 4, ABOUT 50, DISTRICT 5 ABOUT 60,
DISTRICT 6 ABOUT 60, THE REPORT FOR DISTRICT 7 I DON'T THINK
IT HAS THAT FOR ANY OTHER DISTRICT, ALSO NOTES COUNTY PARKS
AND THEN PARKS THROUGH CDDs AND HOAs WHICH IS UNIQUE TO
NEW TAMPA, EVEN IF YOU INCLUDE THOSE, THAT'S 26 PARKS IN
DISTRICT 7.
50% LESS ON AVERAGE THAN THE OTHER DISTRICTS.
THAT OBVIOUSLY IS AN ISSUE.
BUT IT'S AN ISSUE THAT CONTINUES TO BE A CONCERN IN DISTRICT
7.
YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE FIRE ISSUE.
SOME OF OUR MOST ACUTE FIRE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN BEFORE US
HAVE BEEN FROM DISTRICT 7.
FOUR OUT OF THE SIX STATIONS WITH THE LONGEST RESPONSE TIMES
IN THE CITY OF TAMPA ARE 33647.
WE HAD STATION 13 BY FAR AND AWAY THE BUSIEST STATION IN THE
CITY OF TAMPA, 50th OR SO BUSIEST STATION IN OUR UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA IN NORTH TAMPA, RIGHT THERE IN DISTRICT 7.
SO THAT'S A DISTRICT, RIGHT, WHERE THERE ARE A LOT OF ACUTE
NEEDS.
PARKS IS A REAL ROBUST WANT, NOT NECESSARILY A NEED.

WE NEED TO REALLY, REALLY HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THIS ISSUE,
PARTICULARLY WITH K-BAR RANCH, ABOUT 4500 OF OUR
CONSTITUENTS LIVE OUT THERE.
THERE'S AREA OUT THERE.
I KNOW THE CITY SAYS THERE'S NOT A LOT OF LAND PARTICULARLY
FOR THE NEW TAMPA AREA FOR DEVELOPMENT.
THERE IS A LOT OF LAND.
SO I WANT US IN THE BUDGET TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE I
THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
BUT AGAIN, IN SUMMARY, A GREAT JOB ON THE REPORT.
A WONDERFUL JOB AS ALWAYS FROM PARKS AND RECREATION.
WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOUR HELP.
I'M BEING TOLD TO SHUT UP.
THANK YOU.
2:34:50PM >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN VIERA.
COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
2:34:54PM >>BILL CARLSON:
I WANT TO SAY TO PIGGYBACK FOR A SECOND ON
WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA JUST SAID, PARKS ARE INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT.
WE FOUND OUT DURING COVID THAT PEOPLE USE THEIR PARKS MORE
THAN EVER AND THEY FOUND ALL THE PROBLEMS WITH THEM AND THEY
LET US KNOW ABOUT ALL OF THOSE.
WE ALSO FOUND THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAS CHANGED
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF COVID.
COVID SPED IT UP.

BUT IT USED TO BE THAT YOU WOULD SUBSIDIZE DOWNTOWNS AND YOU
WOULD SUBSIDIZE COMPANIES AND NOW WE NEED TO BUILD A BETTER
QUALITY OF LIFE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE RUNNING BUSINESSES OUT OF
THEIR HOMES.
THEY ARE WORKING OUT OF THEIR HOMES.
AND THE OLD STYLE OF SUBSIDIZING BIG OFFICE BUILDINGS AND
SUBSIDIZING COMPANIES DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE.
CAUSES RACE TO THE BOTTOM.
WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO THE LAST FEW YEARS AS CITY
COUNCIL IS TO FUND QUALITY-OF-LIFE ISSUES THAT HELP PEOPLE
WANT TO MOVE HERE AND LIVE HERE AND STAY HERE AND BE EXCITED
ABOUT THIS AREA AND PEOPLE, OBVIOUSLY, ARE EXCITED.
TECHNICAL QUESTION FOR A SECOND.
I GOT BACK FROM OVERSEES LAST NIGHT, BUT I DILIGENTLY READ
EVERYTHING THE LAST FEW DAYS.
EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT A HUNDRED-PAGE DOCUMENT.
I DID NOT SEE THAT.
IN FACT, I SENT AN E-MAIL TO STAFF THE OTHER DAY AND SAID
ALTHOUGH I LIKE THE PRESENTATION, I WAS DISAPPOINTED THERE
WAS NOT DETAIL IN IT.
I LOOKED JUST NOW AND NO LONGER A HUNDRED-PAGE DOCUMENT ON
SIRE.
WHERE IS THE HUNDRED-PAGE DOCUMENT?
WHERE IS THE 340 PAGE DOCUMENT?
2:36:32PM >> IT IS SITTING ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

2:36:34PM >>BILL CARLSON:
CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE PUT IT ON SIRE?
MAYBE THERE WAS AN E-MAIL THAT WENT OUT WHERE IT IS.
IF I WAS A CITIZEN LOOKING AT THIS ON THE AGENDA, IT'S NOT
ON THE AGENDA AND NOT ON SIRE AS TO WHERE THAT IS.
I WAS GONE, I THOUGHT I READ EVERY E-MAIL, BUT FROM A
CITIZEN POINT OF VIEW THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS
TO IT.
THAT SHOULD BE ADDED TO SIRE ASAP.
2:37:00PM >>SHERISHA HILLS:
BEFORE WE DOWNLOADED THE PowerPoint INTO
SIRE, WHEN JOE STARTED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE PUT THE
ENTIRE REPORT ONLINE SO THAT CITIZENS COULD SEE IT BEFORE
THEY WENT TO THE OPEN HOUSES.
IT'S A 340 PAGES --
2:37:12PM >>BILL CARLSON:
LIKE MY COLLEAGUES, I DON'T MIND READING A
THOUSAND PAGES IF I HAVE TO.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR AFTER THE LAST TWO YEARS AND I
DIDN'T SEE IT.
I WAS DISAPPOINTED.
NOW I HEAR YOU HAVE IT BUT I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.
WHOEVER IN THE FUTURE IS WORKING ON REPORTS, WE NEED TO MAKE
SURE WE PUT THEM ON SIRE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE PUBLIC
LOOKS TO GET INFORMATION.
SO I'LL LOOK THROUGH THAT.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS YOU TALK ABOUT EQUITY, BUT THE
EQUITY I THINK PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT IN MY DISTRICT IN

PARTICULAR IS THAT IF OUT OF ALL THE PARKS, BENCHES ARE
BROKEN IN TEN OF THE PARKS, IF BENCHES ARE A HIGH PRIORITY
THEY'LL GET FIXED IN ALL TEN PARKS WHERE THEY ARE BROKEN
DESPITE WHERE THEY ARE IN THE CITY AND DESPITE THE OTHER
THINGS.
I'LL LOOK THROUGH AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT IS.
IN THE SUMMARY, ANYWAY, I DID NOT SEE THAT PICKLEBALL WAS A
HIGH PRIORITY.
COME OUT IN THE THREE HUNDRED AND SOMETHING PAGE REPORT.
2:38:07PM >> PICKLEBALL, EVERYWHERE I GO, IT'S A CRISIS.
2:38:11PM >>BILL CARLSON:
THE PUBLIC IS UPSET BECAUSE IF YOU HAD TO
CHOOSE BETWEEN FIXING BENCHES AND FIXING THE BASIC WORKING
OF A PARK, WHAT WE'RE DOING IN SOME PARKS IS WE'RE BUILDING
PICKLEBALL INSTEAD OF THAT.
PEOPLE ARE FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THE BASIC THINGS ARE NOT
GETTING FIXED.
I DON'T MIND CHASING WHATEVER THE FAD OF THE DAY IS.
LAST TIME I SAID I WAS INTO POKEMON WHEN IT WAS POPULAR IN
PARKS, BUT I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD GO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY
ON THAT WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THE BASIC THINGS FIXED,
ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE LIMITED MONEY.
WE NEED TO FIND WAYS TO ACTIVATE PARKS.
IF PEOPLE WANT PICKLEBALL, WE NEED TO HAVE.
TO ME THAT IS A NICE TO HAVE NOT A PRIORITY WHEN PEOPLE SIT
ON A BENCH AND IT FALLS APART BECAUSE IT IS BROKEN.

I'M USING THAT AS AN EXAMPLE.
THE LAST THING IS, I'VE TALKED ABOUT CRA MONEY SEVERAL
TIMES.
THIS IS NOT THE CRA BOARD, BUT JUST TO REMIND MY COLLEAGUES
IN THE DOWNTOWN AND CHANNEL DISTRICT CRAs, THERE'S
SOMETHING LIKE $30 MILLION A YEAR RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS THE LAST FEW DAYS, THOSE NUMBERS
ARE GOING TO GET BIGGER AND BIGGER OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
LET'S SAY AFTER WE FINISH OUR CURRENT COMMITMENTS, IF THE
DOWNTOWN CRA GOES FROM 15 TO $40 MILLION IN THE NEXT FEW
YEARS, IF WE TOOK 20% OF THAT, THAT WOULD BE $10 MILLION A
YEAR, AND IT STILL WOULD HAVE NO IMPACT ON THE STUFF WE'RE
ABLE TO DO IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA BUT IT WOULD TRIPLE THE
PARK'S BUDGET.
THERE IS A COUNTERCAMPAIGN GOING RIGHT NOW APPARENTLY BY THE
MEDIA WHERE SOMEBODY IS TRYING TO GET MORE CORPORATE
SUBSIDIES, BUT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON WHAT'S FAIR FOR THE REST
OF THE CITY AND -- ALL THAT MONEY I'M NOT PROPOSING MOVING
ALL OF THAT, BUT TRAPPING THE MONEY IN DOWNTOWN AND CHANNEL
DISTRICT, SPENDING $4 MILLION ON A PARK WHEN OUR WHOLE
BUDGET FOR THE WHOLE CITY IS 5 MILLION IS NOT A GOOD IDEA.
2:39:58PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA AND COUNCIL MEMBER --
2:40:02PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGIES, AS I
LOOK AT IT, WE GOT, WHAT, ABOUT 80 PLAYGROUNDS.

MAYBE I'M -- YOU MIGHT CALL IT PARKS BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT 80
PARKS PLUS TWO NEW PARKS AND I'M LOOKING AT PLAYGROUNDS.
IS THAT THE SAME THING OR DIFFERENT?
THE CITY HAS 191 PARKS, WITHIN THAT THERE ARE 80
PLAYGROUNDS, 173 OUTDOOR COURTS OR TENNIS, WHATEVER, AND
THREE GOLF COURSES.
THREE EVENT CENTERS, 17 INTERACTIVE WATER FACILITIES,
FEATURES, 104 ATHLETIC FIELDS, 32 RECREATION CENTERS, FOUR
ART STUDIOS, TWO GYMNASTICS AND DANCE CENTERS WHICH ARE
GREAT, EVERYTHING IS GREAT.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS LOOKING AT IT AND HOW CAN WE
IMPROVE WHAT WE HAVE?
2:40:53PM >> IN A LOT OF RESPECTS, YES.
THAT'S THE CORE OF THE PLAN.
ALL PLANS HAVE DONE MANY, ARE DIFFERENT, BUT CITY OF TAMPA'S
PLAN AND WHAT WE HEARD FROM PEOPLE IS A LOT OF WHAT WAS JUST
MENTIONED, FIX WHAT YOU HAVE FIRST.
MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE.
MAKE SURE IT'S EQUITABLE.
MAKE SURE IT'S FUNCTIONAL.
SO A LOT OF THIS FOCUS IS THAT KIND OF BASELINE INTO THE
EXISTING SYSTEM.
THAT DOESN'T PRECLUDE SOME NEW FACILITIES, BUT THAT'S THE
CORE OF THIS PLAN.
2:41:24PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
LIKE HAVING A USED CAR AND YOU HAVE TO

FIX THE ENGINE OR BUY TIRES.
YOU BUY THE TIRES, YOU CAN'T MOVE.
THE ENGINE, YOU CAN MOVE A LITTLE BIT.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
2:41:37PM >> THAT IS REALLY WHAT WE HEARD A LOT FROM PEOPLE IS THAT
THERE IS A NATURAL AREA IN THE PARK AND WE WANT TO GO WALK
THROUGH BUT THE LIGHTS ARE OUT.
WE DON'T FEEL SAFE.
IT'S NOT DOING WHAT -- IT'S A GREAT ASSET, IT'S BEAUTIFUL,
BUT WITHOUT THAT, WITHOUT THE RESTROOM FIXED UP, WITHOUT THE
POLICE ABILITY AND WITHOUT JUST REPAIR OF THE FACILITIES,
KIND OF LOSING OUT ON THE VALUE THAT YOU HAVE THERE.
2:42:08PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT.
2:42:09PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
2:42:13PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS REPORT.
HOW WOULD COUNCIL GO ABOUT PROVIDING YOU WITH ADDITIONAL
INPUT AS YOU CONTINUE THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT TO THE FINAL
DRAFT?
2:42:25PM >> WELL, ANY OTHER IDEAS OR ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE, SEND
THEM THROUGH SHERISHA TO US.
WE CAN CONTINUE TO LOOK -- IT'S A WORKING DOCUMENT.
WE'VE GOTTEN TO THIS POINT, BUT THIS ISN'T THE END.
THIS IS REALLY THE BEGINNING.
SOMETIMES WE GET CAUGHT UP IN TRYING TO FINISH A MASTER

PLAN.
THIS IS GOING TO BE YOUR PLAN HOPEFULLY FOREVER, RIGHT?
KEEP UPDATING AND TRYING TO -- THE IDEA THAT WE'RE TRYING TO
PUT FORTH IS THAT IF YOU HAVE LITTLE OR A LOT OF MONEY,
FOCUS ON THE TOP PRIORITIES AND AT LEAST BE WORKING DOWN A
LIST THAT IS KIND OF A CONSENSUS OF THE PUBLIC AND OUR
EXPERT EVALUATION TO PROVIDE THAT GUIDANCE.
2:43:09PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
I DIDN'T SEE IT, BUT CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT
WAS THE PERCENTAGE OF YOUTH INVOLVEMENT IN DEVELOPMENT OF
YOUR COMMUNITY INPUT?
2:43:18PM >> I CAN'T ANSWER THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
WE CAN TRY AND GET BACK TO YOU WITH THAT.
WE DID HAVE SOME YOUTH-FOCUSED GROUPS.
WE HAVE YOUTH INVOLVED IN THE PROGRAM.
WE SOMETIMES -- THAT'S AN ASPECT OF IT.
IT'S REALLY ABOUT EVERYBODY, NOT ONLY THE YOUTH, THE
PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, PEOPLE WITH SMALL CHILDREN AND PEOPLE
WITH NO CHILDREN.
WE SEE SOME OF THE KIND OF SHIFTING OF DEMOGRAPHICS AND
LIFESTYLES WHERE IT ISN'T AS MUCH YOUTH AND WE'RE KIND OF
LEAVING OUT SOME TEENS, MAYBE ACTIVE OLDER ADULTS ARE NOT
GETTING THE SAME KIND OF EQUITY.
SO IT'S EQUITY VERTICALLY AS WELL AS HORIZONTALLY.
YOUTH IS ALWAYS A BIG PART OF IT.
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT IS PART OF SHERISHA'S CORE PILLARS OF HER

DEPARTMENT.
THEY REALLY DO TRY AND DO THAT A LOT THROUGH THE PROGRAMMING
AND THROUGH THE FACILITIES.
THE ATHLETICS I DIDN'T SEPARATE YOUTH FROM OTHER USERS, BUT
LOTS OF WHAT THAT PROGRAM IS.
2:44:21PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
JUST SOMETHING TO CONSIDER BECAUSE AT THE
END OF THE DAY, PICKLEBALL MAY NOT BE THE PRIORITY DEPENDING
ON WHO YOU ARE TALKING TO.
JUST A THOUGHT.
IT MIGHT BE BASKETBALL COURTS, BUT THANK YOU.
2:44:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
VERY COMPREHENSIVE REPORT.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE SOMEONE GO THROUGH AND REALLY LOOK AT OUR
ASSETS TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU HAVE.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
I KIND OF -- SAYING DITTO TO A LOT OF WHAT YOU HEARD,
ESPECIALLY WHAT COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON JUST SAID.
ONE, I AGREE 100%, YOU HAVE TO FIX WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU
START BUYING NEW.
IF YOUR HOUSE IS FALLING DOWN, YOU DON'T GO OUT AND BUY A
NEW CAR.
FIX YOUR HOUSE.
WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE ON OUR CURRENT ASSETS BEFORE WE
CONTINUE TO BUILD ON NEW.
THAT BEING SAID, AGAIN, BACK TO COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON,

YOUTH AND WE HAVE A LOT OF SOCIETAL ISSUES AND WE AS
GOVERNMENT HAVE RESPONSIBILITY.
ONE OF THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY IS NURTURING YOUNG PEOPLE
AS THEY GROW UP IN THE SYSTEM.
SPEAKING WITH POLICE CHIEF, TALKING ABOUT REINVIGORATING THE
POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE, DOING THOSE TYPES OF THINGS TO GET
SOME OF THE KIDS INVOLVED IN ATHLETICS TO BE ABLE TO FOSTER
ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT COME WITH IT.
DEFINITELY, AS YOU SKEW THESE -- THE STUDY FORWARD INTO MORE
ACTIONABLE ITEMS AND FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE, I WANT TO
MAKE SURE WE STAY FOCUSED ON ONE OF THE MOST PRIORITY THINGS
WE SHOULD BE AS A SOCIETY AND AS A COMMUNITY AND THAT'S THE
YOUNG PEOPLE GROWING UP IN OUR SOCIETY.
PICKLEBALL IS FINE.
WE CAN CHARGE THEM PER PERSON BECAUSE THEY'LL HAVE THE MONEY
TO DO THAT, THE PEOPLE PLAYING PICKLEBALL.
2:46:08PM >> JUST TO RESPOND TO THAT, SOMETIMES THE POLICE ARE OUR
BIGGEST ADVOCATES.
I HAD A POLICE CHIEF SPEAK WITH ME SAYING I'D RATHER GIVE
$4,000 TO PARKS THAN $40,000 FOR ME TO INCARCERATE A YOUNG
PERSON.
WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO BE OUT OF BUSINESS IS WHAT THEY SAY.
IT IS A LOT FOCUSED ON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, PROVIDING SAFE AND
GOOD AREAS IN WHICH THERE CAN BE ACTIVITIES.
I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.

2:46:41PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, MA'AM.
2:46:43PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I JUST HAD ONE MORE QUESTION AS I WAS
LISTENING TO MY COLLEAGUES AND THEIR WONDERFUL COMMENTS.
THERE IS A SECTION OF THE REPORT WHERE YOU COMPARE OTHER
CITIES AND YOU LOOK AT THEIR PARKS.
COULD YOU SPEAK TO A LITTLE BIT -- ONE OF THE THINGS I
NOTICED, I THINK WITH ALMOST EVERY OTHER CITY IS HOW MUCH
MORE FUNDING THEY HAVE FOR THEIR PARKS.
IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND TALKING ABOUT -- DO WE KNOW HOW AND
WHY?
IS IT JUST A LARGER PERCENTAGE OF THE REGULAR BUDGET?
IF YOU COULD DRILL DOWN TO THAT.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION, MAYBE BRINGING THAT
FORWARD IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THOSE CITIES
REGARDLESS, I WAS TRYING TO DO THE DIVISION AND TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT THE SIZE AND EVERYTHING.
MAN, THEY CERTAINLY JUST HAVE A LOT MORE RESOURCES THAN WE
DEDICATE TO OUR PARKS.
2:47:39PM >> I CAN SPEAK OF IT IN GENERAL.
I THINK IF YOU DRILL DOWN INTO IT, THE INFORMATION IS THERE.
IT'S TRUE.
I WORK WITH MANY CITIES AND WE'RE LOOKING -- I CAN SPEAK IN
OUR OWN STATE, MIAMI, AND FT. LAUDERDALE AND JUST SOME OF
THE ONES YOU WOULD CONSIDER.
I THINK ALSO WE PICKED THE COMPARABLE SPACE ON WHAT WE

THOUGHT WAS REALLY RELEVANT TO TAMPA.
THEN WE DID THE RESEARCH.
SO THERE WAS NO RESEARCH IN ADVANCE.
IT WAS JUST BLIND, AUSTIN IS LIKE US, PHOENIX IS LIKE US.
IT'S NOT FAIR TO COMPARE TAMPA TO CHICAGO OR NEW YORK.
SO WE CHOSE ONES THAT WERE.
WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE EXERCISE AND GET TO THE END, YEAH,
IT'S OBVIOUS.
PARTICULARLY IN WHAT I SEE ARE THE CAPITAL REINVESTMENT
PROGRAMS.
MIAMI HAS ONE FOR 400 MILLION RIGHT NOW.
IT'S HALF THE SIZE.
AND THINGS ARE STRUCTURED AND SOMETIMES I DON'T WANT TO GET
TOO HELD UP IN MONEY BECAUSE HALF OF THE MONEY WAS FOR
SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE AND FIXING THEIR WATERFRONT.
40% OF THE WATERFRONT IS PARKS.
I'M ACTUALLY SPENDING MOST OF THE RESILIENCE, BUT WE'RE
PUTTING THEM BACK SO THAT THEY ARE MORE FUNCTIONAL AND
ACHIEVE THE GOALS OF THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT.
SO IT'S REALLY ABOUT LOOKING AT PARKS AS MULTIPLE BENEFIT.
AND THAT WAY YOU HELPED TO LEVERAGE THE MONEY THAT YOU'RE
USING TOWARDS MEETING MULTIPLE GOALS OF THE CITY.
THAT'S KIND OF THE IDEA.
PRUDENT.
I UNDERSTAND PRUDENT.

BUT IT'S ABOUT BEING, LOOKING AT ALL THE SOURCES.
2:49:23PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
2:49:27PM >> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY.
IT'S BEEN A REAL JOY WORKING WITH STAFF.
THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY PLEASURABLE PLAN TO WORK ON.
2:49:35PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, MA'AM.
2:49:38PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS?
WHAT'S NEXT ON THIS JOURNEY OF THE PARKS PLAN?
2:49:49PM >> I THINK WE HAVE SOME OF THE NEXT STEP THINGS.
WE'RE COMPLETING THIS PHASE WITH JUST THE MASTER PLAN.
AGAIN, THAT'S NOT THE END.
THERE'S GOT TO BE STEPS GOING FORWARD ON HOW TO IMPLEMENT
IT.
I THINK WE HAD SOME RECOMMENDATIONS IN THERE.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO FOCUS ON JUST THE MONEY, BUT UPDATING THE
COMP PLAN, DOING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WILL HELP YOU WHEN
YOU POSITION TOWARDS LEVERAGING CAN BE SOME OF THE FIRST
STEPS, MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE SET UP TO TAKE EVERY FEDERAL
DOLLAR FOR GREENWAYS AND TRAILS WHICH ARE BEING FUNDED
INCREDIBLY RIGHT NOW, MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH
ALL OF YOUR PARTNERS.
SCHOOL BOARD, THE COUNTY, PRIVATE, BEING IN A POSITION WITH

YOUR COMP PLAN TO DO THAT, THAT'S KIND OF THE FIRST STEPS.
DO YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT?
2:50:44PM >>SHERISHA HILLS:
I THINK YOU SUMMED IT UP.
TAKING THE RECOMMENDATIONS, LOOKING AT THE BUDGET YEAR AND
FUNDING OVER THE YEARS, SO COME UP WITH THAT LONG STREAM
FUNDING SOURCES AND THAT WILL BE OUR NEXT STEP SO WE CAN
PLAN ACCORDINGLY.
HOW DO WE PUT OUR MONEY TOWARD THAT.
2:51:06PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT USING SCHOOLS BEFORE.
WAS THAT AT ALL INCLUDED IN THIS LOOK AT A PARKS PLAN?
2:51:14PM >>SHERISHA HILLS:
ACTUALLY FOR US, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE
STARTED WHILE HIS TEAM WAS GOING THROUGH THERE.
WE ALREADY MADE OUR FIRST STEPS WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL
SYSTEM.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET IN THERE.
WE'LL BE UTILIZING FOR ATHLETICS KNOWING WE HAVE LIMITED
GREENSPACE FOR ATHLETIC FIELDS, WE'LL BE UTILIZING THEIR
FOOTBALL FIELDS, TALKING ABOUT USING THEIR TRACKS AND HOW WE
CAN WORK WITH IT MORE.
YOU MENTIONED IT BEFORE, WE STARTED THAT PROCESS AND WE'LL
BE USING IT THIS COMING YEAR, FOOTBALL FIELDS JUST FOR
ATHLETICS TO START THERE.
COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT ALREADY WITH THEM.
HOW WE CAN BE MORE COOPERATIVE.

THEY UTILIZE OUR POOLS.
WE'LL UTILIZE THEIR FIELDS, TALKING ABOUT TRACKS AND OTHER
RESOURCES, WHETHER THEATERS FOR OUR THEATER PROGRAM, BUT
MORE AGREEMENTS WITH THEM.
2:52:02PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WONDERFUL.
I HOPE TO SEE THAT INCLUDED IN THE FUTURE AS MAYBE DIFFERENT
COLOR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHERE YOU HAVE COUNTY-OWNED
PARKS, MAYBE SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS
WITH IN PINK OR SOMETHING SO WE CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE AND
SEE HOW THAT MIGHT IMPACT PEOPLE WITHIN THAT TEN-MILE
RADIUS.
2:52:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
2:52:25PM >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
2:52:27PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
NEXT UP IS ITEM 59, MR. BAIRD, WATER
RESTRICTIONS UNTIL RAINY SEASON KICKS IN.
2:52:33PM >>BRAD BAIRD:
GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN.
BRAD BAIRD, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
FEELS LIKE OLD TIME FOR ME AS I USED TO REPORT ON THIS
WEEKLY BACK IN THE LAST DROUGHT, WHICH WAS '06 THROUGH '09.
JUST REAL QUICKLY, OVERVIEW, WE DO HAVE MANDATORY YEAR-ROUND
WATER USE RESTRICTIONS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT.
WATERING IS NOT ALLOWED BETWEEN 8 A.M. AND 6 P.M. OR ANY
TIME OF THE DAY ON SUNDAY.
PLEASE KNOW YOUR WATERING DAYS.

I'M GOING TO PUT THEM ON THE RECORD.
THEY ARE ON OUR WEBSITE.
WE HAND THEM OUT AT EVERY EVENT WE GO TO.
WE INCLUDE THEM IN THE BILL, BUT IF YOUR HOUSE NUMBER ENDS
IN 0, 1, 2, OR 3, YOUR WATERING DAYS ARE MONDAY AND
THURSDAY.
IF YOUR HOUSE NUMBER ENDS IN 4, 5, OR 6, THAT IS TUESDAY OR
THURSDAY -- OR TUESDAY AND/OR THURSDAY.
AND THEN 7, 8, OR 9 IS WEDNESDAY AND/OR SATURDAY.
GOT THAT ON THE RECORD.
2:53:50PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
WE'LL GIVE YOU A TEST ON THAT.
2:53:52PM >>BRAD BAIRD:
I WATER ON MY WATERING DAYS.
NOW THE GOOD NEWS BEFORE I GO INTO SOME NUMBERS FOR YOU ON
OUR RESERVOIR, MAY AND JUNE ARE PREDICTED TO BE WETTER THAN
NORMAL.
SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS.
WE ARE CURRENTLY BUYING OVER 40 MILLION GALLONS A DAY OF
FINISH WATER FROM TAMPA BAY WATER.
MORRIS BRIDGE CONNECTION.
AND WE ARE OPERATING AT ABOUT 20 MILLION GALLONS A DAY OF
RAW WATER FROM THE TAMPA BYPASS CANAL VIA THE HARNEY CANAL
TO KEEP THE RESERVOIR FULL.
THE RESERVOIR IS HOLDING STEADY AT A LITTLE OVER 19 FEET.
THE RESERVOIR IS FULL AT 22.5 FEET.
SO I'D LIKE TO SHOW, USE THE OVERHEAD HERE TO SHOW HOW WE --

JUST ONE OF THE TOOLS WE USE TO MONITOR.
CAN YOU SEE THAT?
THIS CHART USUALLY HAS MULTIPLE LINES ON IT FROM ALL THE
YEARS WHERE WE'VE HAD DRY CONDITIONS, BUT I NARROWED IT DOWN
TO JUST THIS YEAR TO TRY TO SIMPLIFY IT.
OVER ON THE LEFT IS THE RESERVOIR ELEVATION.
AND THE X AXIS IS TIME.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'LL START ON MARCH 15th AT 22.5
FEET DESIRED.
THAT'S TYPICALLY THE BEGINNING OF THE DRY SEASON.
THEN WE DRAW A STRAIGHT LINE DOWN TO MID JUNE OR JUNE 15th
AT 16 FEET ELEVATION.
AND 16 FEET IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT IS WHEN -- IT'S
CALLED CAVITATION.
THAT'S WHEN THE PUMP WOULD START PULLING IN AIR.
YOU START GETTING LOWER THAN 16 FEET AND YOU CAN GET INTO
SOME TROUBLE.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS YEAR -- OH, AND THE RED LINE OR THE
LIGHT -- OR THE PINK LINE IS THE RESERVOIR ELEVATION.
AND THIS IS UP TO TODAY.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WHEN THAT LINE AND THAT SLOPE OF THAT
LINE STARTS TO EXCEED THE BLACK LINE, THAT'S WHEN YOU KNOW
YOU MAY BE HEADED FOR SOME TROUBLE.
SO THAT'S WHEN YOU NEED TO START BUYING WATER -- WE NEED TO
START BUYING WATER FROM TAMPA BAY WATER.

YOU CAN SEE AS WE STARTED TO DO THAT, IT CAME BACK IN LINE
AND NOW WE ARE OVER THAT SLOPE LINE.
IT'S A SIMPLE TOOL BUT IT'S A VERY EFFECTIVE ONE.
JUST FROM A REGIONAL LEVEL, S.W.F.W.M.D. IS NOT CONSIDERING
MOVING TO MORE STRICT WATERING RESTRICTIONS.
SO THAT'S THE LATEST WE GOT FROM THEIR LEADERSHIP OVER
THERE.
IN SUMMARY, I GUESS, OUR WATER SUPPLY IS SUFFICIENT AND WE
ARE NOT PROPOSING GOING TO MORE STRICT WATER USE
RESTRICTIONS AT THIS TIME.
OUR RESERVOIR IS HOLDING STEADY.
WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.
2:57:15PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
NO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
2:57:19PM >>BRAD BAIRD:
THANK YOU.
2:57:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HAVE A NICE AFTERNOON.
NEXT UP IS ITEM NUMBER 60 REGARDING ACCELA, AND WE HAVE
ABBYE FEELEY.
AND RUSSELL AS WELL.
2:57:32PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
RUSSELL HAUPERT, CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF
TAMPA.
I HEARD SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTS TODAY.
LET ME START OFF WITH WHAT I WAS GOING TO TELL YOU AND WHAT

I MAY HAVE ALREADY TOLD SOME OF YOU AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH
THIS PROCESS OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, JUST IN SUMMARY,
ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE NEW.
WE HAD CONCERNS BROUGHT TO US ABOUT THE ACCELA SYSTEM AND
ITS RELIABILITY AFTER ONE OF OUR RECENT UPGRADES.
WE UPGRADED TO A CLOUD-BASED SYSTEM TO IMPROVE ITS
RELIABILITY.
WHEN WE HEARD THOSE CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT TO YOU AND
OTHERS, WE TOOK THEM SERIOUSLY.
WE FORMED A COMMITTEE OF BOTH OUR BUSINESS UNIT FROM
CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, ACCELA TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVES AND
BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES, AS WELL AS MY GROUP, TECHNOLOGY
INNOVATION THAT SUPPORT THE SYSTEM.
WE REACHED OUT TO THE TAMPA BAY BUILDERS ASSOCIATION,
SCHEDULED A SESSION, AND REVIEWED ALL OF THE ITEMS.
WE ASKED THEM IN ADVANCE, PLEASE, SEND US ANY ITEMS YOU
HAVE, ANY EXAMPLES, ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED WITH.
DURING THAT MEETING, THERE WERE SOME 25 PEOPLE TOTAL IN THE
MEETING BETWEEN ALL SIDES, I WOULD SAY.
WE WENT THROUGH EVERY SINGLE ITEM AND SHOWED THEM WITH
ABSOLUTE EVIDENCE THAT THE SYSTEM DOES WORK AS DOCUMENTED
AND THAT THE ISSUES AS THEY INDICATED WERE ADDRESSED.
IN FACT, I THINK SOME OF THE MEMBERS, THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
PERSON FROM THE TAMPA BUILDERS ASSOCIATION MAY HAVE REACHED
OUT TO SOME OF YOU TO INDICATE THAT THEY WERE VERY PLEASED

WITH THAT SESSION.
DURING OUR LAST SESSION, WE REALIZED THAT WE STILL HADN'T
REACHED OUT TO THE TAMPA HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, THAN GROUP.
JC AND HIS GROUP DID DO THAT OUTREACH.
IN ADDITION TO TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR THE SYSTEM
AS A WHOLE, WE ALSO DEBUTED SOME ENHANCEMENTS TO OUR GIS
MAPS.
YOU SAW SOME OF THEM WITH THE REAL ESTATE.
WHAT WE DID WAS WE IMPLEMENTED WHAT WE CALL DEEP LINKING,
AND WE HAVE A DIGITAL SERVICES TEAM THAT HELPS WITH SOME OF
THIS STUFF.
ESSENTIALLY, WHAT WE DID, WHEN YOU CLICK ON A PROPERTY, IF
YOU'RE LOOKING AT EITHER SOME OF OUR PERMITTING ACTIONS OR
SOME OF OUR DEVELOPMENT ACTIONS, YOU CAN CLICK ON THAT ITEM.
IT WILL BRING YOU RIGHT TO THAT ITEM IN ACCELA WITHOUT
HAVING TO SEARCH FOR ANYTHING.
WE FELT THAT FOR THE MAJORITY OF OUR CASUAL CUSTOMERS,
CERTAINLY THAT ADDRESSED WHAT WE HAD, AND THAT WAS OUR
EXPECTATION.
UP UNTIL YESTERDAY I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE CASE AS WELL.
SO WE HAD THESE TEAMS.
WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE ISSUES.
AS NEAR AS WE CAN TELL WITH ALL OF THE RESOURCES WE BROUGHT
TO BEAR ON IT, OUR SYSTEM IS NOT ONLY MORE RELIABLE THAN IT
WAS BEFORE, IT PERFORMS FASTER THAN IT DOES BEFORE AND IT

HAS MORE FEATURES THAN IT DID BEFORE.
WHAT WE ARE SEEING FOR A SMALL NUMBER OF USERS, THE TRAINING
IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, SHOWING THEM HOW TO USE THE NEW
SYSTEM.
SO AS PART OF THAT, AGAIN AT YOUR SUGGESTION AS WELL, WE'VE
CONDUCTED A SERIES OF THOSE WORKSHOPS FOR OUR FOLKS.
I THINK WE STILL HAVE ONE MORE LEFT.
WE HAVE DONE THAT.
WE HAVE CHASED EVERY ISSUE THAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED.
WE HAVE SPARED NO RESOURCE TO SAY IS THIS REALLY AN ISSUE?
IS THE SYSTEM REALLY USABLE?
WE BELIEVE WE'VE ADDRESSED THOSE QUESTIONS BOTH ON THE
BUSINESS UNIT'S BEHALF, ON THE CUSTOMER'S BEHALF AND ON YOUR
BEHALF.
WE DO STILL HAVE A FEW USERS WHO ARE INDICATED THEY ARE
UNHAPPY OR THAT THEY THINK IMPROVEMENTS SHOULD HAPPEN.
WHAT I WOULD ASK FOLKS, AND I'M ASKING THESE CUSTOMERS AS
WELL, ANYONE WHO HAS ATTENDED A TRAINING SESSION WITH US,
ANYONE WHO HAS SAT DOWN WITH THE GROUP HAS BEEN ABLE TO SEE
THAT THE SYSTEM DOES WORK.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE PASSED ALONG ALL OF THEIR INPUT
TO ACCELA TO THE POINT WHERE THEY HAVE RECENTLY ADDED ME TO
THEIR CUSTOMER ADVISORY BOARD, SO I HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO
THEIR EXECUTIVES WHEN WE'RE PUSHING THESE ITEMS.
AGAIN, I FEEL WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN DO.

WE'VE TRIED TO HELP THE CUSTOMERS AS BEST WE CAN.
I'VE IDENTIFIED EVERY ISSUE THAT WE COULD.
I'VE REVIEWED IT WITH OUR BUSINESS UNIT, AND I BELIEVE THEY
AGREE WITH ALL THE ACTIONS THAT WE'VE TAKEN.
I JUST THINK AT THIS POINT, FOLKS, IF YOU COULD, IF YOU HAVE
ANY ADDITIONAL CONTACT, PLEASE ASK THEM TO REACH OUT TO US
AND SPECIFICALLY ATTEND A TRAINING SESSION, SPECIFICALLY
GIVE US AN ITEM THAT WE CAN RESEARCH AND SEE IF THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CHANGE.
LIKE I SAID IN EVERY CASE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SHOW OUR USERS
THAT THE SYSTEM DOES WORK AND IT IS RELIABLE.
THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY, AS WE PUT IN THESE SET OF
IMPROVEMENTS, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A MILLION AND A HALF
DOLLAR MODERNIZATION EFFORT FOR ACCELA.
I RECOGNIZE THAT SOME PEOPLE SAY, RUSS, WHY CAN'T YOU JUST
PUT THE SYSTEM BACK THE WAY IT WAS?
AND WE CAN'T.
TO GO BACK 11 VERSIONS TO THE OLD SYSTEM WOULD CUT OFF SO
MANY IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE THE LARGE MAJORITY OF OUR USERS
ARE ENJOYING TODAY.
NOT ONLY THAT, IT WOULD CUT OFF ALL OF THE ENHANCEMENTS
WE'RE PLANNING TO BRING TO THE SYSTEM IN THE NEXT 90, 180
DAYS, OVER THE NEXT LIFE OF THE SYSTEM.
WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD.
I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE ANY OF OUR CUSTOMERS BEHIND, BUT I

NEED THEM TO MEET US AT LEAST SOME OF THE WAY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES WE CAN BRING TO THEM TO SHOW THEM
HOW TO USE THE SYSTEM EFFECTIVELY, BUT I WILL NEED YOUR
HELP, WILL NEED THE DIVISION'S HELP IN BRINGING THE LAST
CUSTOMERS ALONG WITH US.
I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN DIFFICULT.
I KNOW THE ISSUES COME UP IN PUBLIC.
I WANT TO ASSURE YOU WE'VE HEARD THE CONCERNS AND WE ARE
ADDRESSING THEM AND WE ARE ADDRESSING THEM AS EXPEDIENTLY
AND AS OPENLY AS WE CAN AND ALL I CAN SAY, FOLKS, THIS IS A
MATTER OF PRIDE FOR ALL OF US THAT PROVIDE THESE SERVICES.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS HAPPY, BUT I WANT
YOU TO KEEP IN MIND WE DID DO TWO AND A HALF BILLION DOLLARS
OF PERMITTED CONSTRUCTION IN THIS SYSTEM.
WE HAVE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF HAPPY USERS EVERY DAY.
I DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM FOLKS WHO STILL NEED
HELP, BUT WE HAVE THOSE RESOURCES FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO STILL
NEED HELP.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
I'M WILLING TO ENTERTAIN ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT
OR IF WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM STAFF.
3:04:06PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
3:04:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE OUR PRIVATE ONE-ON-ONE BRIEFINGS ON THIS ISSUE
THAT WE'VE BROUGHT UP AND WE'VE TALKED AT LENGTH ABOUT.

SO, QUESTION, VERY SPECIFICALLY.
IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH
THE SEARCH FUNCTION AND POSSIBLY PART OF THE USING
QUOTATIONS OR NOT USING QUOTATIONS.
CAN YOU EXPAND UPON THAT OR OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE ISSUES
WITH THAT?
3:04:36PM >> YEAH, AGAIN, A MATTER OF TRAINING.
BUT THE SEARCH FUNCTION AS IT USE IT WORK WAS SOMETHING OF A
GLOBAL, YOU TYPE IN WHATEVER YOU WANT AND IT WOULD HIT WHAT
YOU WANT.
TODAY WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS BECAUSE OF CHANGES IN HOW THINGS
WERE ENGINEERED FOR THE CLOUD, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE WHERE
THEY ASKED YOU TO PUT QUOTATION MARKS AROUND THE ITEM THAT
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
IF YOU PUT THE QUOTATION MARKS IN, UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S NOT
SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CHANGE AT THIS POINT.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS A BASE PART OF THE PRODUCT THAT
LITERALLY THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF OTHER CUSTOMERS USE
ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
WE CAN'T MAKE THAT CHANGE, SO WE ASK PEOPLE, IF YOU WANT TO
USE THE SYSTEM THAT WAY, USE THOSE QUOTATION MARKS.
BUT EVEN BETTER, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A SPECIFIC BUILDING
PERMIT, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A SPECIFIC NUMBER, THEY HAVE
SEARCH SECTIONS THAT WILL BRING YOU RIGHT TO THE ADDRESS YOU
NEED, RIGHT TO THE PERMIT THAT YOU NEED.

AND THIS IS DOCUMENTED.
IT IS ON OUR WEBSITE AND IT IS PART OF OUR TRAINING, AND IT
WORKS BEAUTIFULLY.
3:05:36PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THE USE OF QUOTATIONS ISN'T THE INTERNET
STANDARD AS FAR AS BEING SPECIFIC.
YOU CAN'T DO A BROAD SEARCH WITHOUT THE QUOTATIONS?
3:05:47PM >>RUSSELL HAUPERT:
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, BECAUSE THERE
ARE SO MANY SPECIALTIES, THE QUOTATION MARKS -- HOW DO I
WANT TO PUT THIS?
SORRY, DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT TECHNICAL, FOLKS.
BUT IT WILL PARSE THE TEN WORDS AND DO SEARCHES LIKE THERE
ARE 30 DIFFERENT SEARCHES AND TRY AND BRING THEM TOGETHER.
THEN YOU'LL GET A LOT OF UNRELATED WORDS OR RESULTS THAT
DON'T MAKE SENSE FOR YOU.
I THINK THAT'S SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE'RE HEARING.
WHEN YOU USE THOSE QUOTATION MARKS, IT SAYS SEARCH FOR THIS
ALL IN ONE THING.
IF YOU DON'T SEE THIS ALL TOGETHER, IT'S NOT A GOOD RESULT
FOR US.
3:06:21PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WHICH IS THE INTERNET STANDARD FOR
QUOTATION MARKS.
3:06:26PM >>RUSSELL HAUPERT:
PRETTY MUCH THE STANDARD.
3:06:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THE BROAD SEARCH OF RANDOMLY THE SKY IS
BLUE, THAT PART OF THE SEARCH ENGINE.
3:06:33PM >>RUSSELL HAUPERT:
IT WILL GET YOU THE, SKY, BLUE, ANY OF

THOSE THINGS THAT MENTION INDIVIDUALLY.
3:06:40PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WITHOUT ANY ALGORITHM TO PRIORITIZE IT.
3:06:43PM >>RUSSELL HAUPERT:
ALGORITHM PRIORITIZING, GOOD.
FROM OUR SIDE, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS IF YOU DON'T INCLUDE
THOSE, YOU GET THAT UNPRIORITIZED SEARCH.
IF YOU PUT THE QUOTATION MARKS, YOU GET THE WHOLE PHRASE AS
YOU'VE INTENDED.
AGAIN, I'M NOT SAYING THERE CAN'T BE SITUATIONS WHERE YOU
MIGHT SEARCH IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAN WAS ENTERED INTO THE
SYSTEM, THAT IS ALWAYS AN ISSUE FOR PEOPLE.
AGAIN, WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS IF YOU USE THE SEARCH AS
DOCUMENTED ON A WEBSITE, IT IS RELIABLE.
AGAIN, WE CAN SHOW OUR CUSTOMERS THAT AND WE WANT TO SHOW
OUR CUSTOMERS THAT.
AGAIN, IT DOES WORK AS WE'VE INDICATED.
AGAIN, WE POURED THAT BOTH THROUGH ACCELA TECHNICAL FOLKS,
MY TECHNICAL FOLKS AND OUR BUSINESS UNIT AS WELL.
3:07:30PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
3:07:31PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
3:07:32PM >>RUSSELL HAUPERT:
YOU'RE WELCOME.
3:07:33PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYBODY ELSE?
3:07:37PM >>LUIS VIERA:
JUST VERY BRIEFLY, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR
WORK.
I THINK WE SHOULD KEEP TABS ON THIS AND JUST CONTINUE TO
KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOLKS, FOLKS FROM THE

BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, ET CETERA, TO SEE HOW THE ACCELA
SYSTEM CONTINUES TO WORK AND PROCESS.
IT SEEMS SOME SIGNIFICANT ADVANCEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE,
ET CETERA.
THERE ARE CHALLENGES.
I WANT TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW UP WITH THESE FOLKS AND WILL
PROBABLY COME BACK TO THIS IF PROBLEMS PERSIST IN MAYBE 90
DAYS --
3:08:13PM >> YOU REMINDED ME WHEN YOU SAID THAT, ONE OF THE THINGS WE
WERE ABLE TO DO IS PUT TBBA FOLKS IN CONVERSATION WITH
ACCELA, AND THEY'VE INDICATED THEY WANT TO ATTEND
CONFERENCES.
THEY WANT TO HAVE THEIR SAME INPUT.
I THINK WE OPENED A VERY NICE CHANNEL BETWEEN THE FOLKS AT
THE BUILDING ASSOCIATION AND ACCELA.
I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE VALUABLE MOVING FORWARD.
THAT'S AN ONGOING COMMITMENT, AS YOU'VE INDICATED.
3:08:40PM >>LUIS VIERA:
YEP.
THEN HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE NO FURTHER INVOLVEMENT AND THINGS
WILL GO GREAT.
THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE YOUR REPORT AND ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
3:08:48PM >>RUSSELL HAUPERT:
CERTAINLY, SIR.
THANK YOU.
3:08:49PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

3:08:57PM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
ABBYE FEELEY, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR OF
DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT.
I AM IN AGREEMENT WITH RUSSELL.
WE ARE WORKING HAND IN HAND TOGETHER TO RESOLVE THIS.
AND ALWAYS TO MAKE OUR TOOLS BETTER FOR THE COMMUNICATION --
[ENCODER DROP]
-- I KNOW IT IS THE 3:00 HOUR, COMPLETELY UP TO YOU.
3:09:42PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYBODY LIKE TO SEE A DEMONSTRATION?
3:09:46PM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
IT WILL BE QUICK.
IN FACT, IF YOU ALL HAVE YOUR CELL PHONES WITH YOU, YOU CAN
PULL ONE OUT AND DO THIS YOURSELF.
AND FOR ANYBODY WHO IS WATCHING ON THE PUBLIC, THEY CAN DO
THIS ON THEIR TV SCREEN RIGHT NOW.
THE TOP ONE IS THE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES ACTIVE PERMIT MAP,
THAT IS EVERY PERMIT EXCLUDING TRADES.
AC CHANGE-OUT, HOT WATER CHANGE-OUT, BUT BUILDING
REMODELING, DEMOLITION, YOU CAN GET TO THAT PERMIT IN JUST A
MOMENT.
THE ONE BELOW THAT IS THE DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION MAP.
THAT IS ALL YOUR REZONINGS, YOUR SPECIAL USES, YOUR DESIGN
EXCEPTIONS, YOUR FORMAL DETERMINATIONS.
SO WHEN YOU CLICK ON THAT, THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO EITHER OF
THOSE TWO MAPS.
HERE IS WHAT THE MAP LOOKS LIKE.
THIS IS ON THE DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION HOME PAGE.

THERE IT GOES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH THAT.
THAT WAS OPERATOR ERROR.
ON THE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES PAGE, YOU'D SEE THE ACTIVE
RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
IF YOU ARE OUT --
IF YOU ARE OUT ANYWHERE IN THE CITY AND YOU PULL THIS MAP UP
ON YOUR CELL PHONE, IT WILL GO TO YOUR LOCATION ON YOUR
PHONE, SO YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW I AM AT THE CORNER OF OAK
AND 7th OR I'M AT THE CORNER OF FLORIDA AND OAK TO GET
THAT GOING.
3:12:19PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
IT WORKED ON MY PHONE.
I SCANNED THE BOTTOM ONE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION MAP.
I WENT TO A SPECIFIC PART OF THE CITY.
I CLICKED THE DOT AND IT GAVE ME THE ADDRESS WITH A LINK TO
ACCELA.
IT OPENED RIGHT UP.
IT'S VERY EASY TO USE IN MY OPINION.
3:12:40PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO SEE THIS.
3:12:46PM >> ACTUALLY, IT WAS ONLINE AND NOW IT IS DOWN.
3:12:49PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
IT LOADED SLOWLY WHEN I CLICKED ACCELA,
BUT IT LOADED.
OH, IT'S DOWN THERE, TOO.
IT'S NOT YOU.
IT APPEARED ON MINE.

3:13:03PM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
I'LL USE JC'S PHONE.
WHEN YOU ZOOM IN TO WHEREVER IT IS, THE BLACK, THIS IS THE
PERMIT MAP.
BLACKS ARE DEMO PERMITS.
THE GREEN IS THE RESIDENTIAL PERMIT.
IT PULLS RIGHT UP TO SHOW YOU THE RESIDENTIAL PERMIT, RIGHT?
AND THEN IT TAKES YOU INTO THE ACCELA LINK.
IT BRINGS YOU INTO THE RECORD OF ACCELA.
SO I NEVER HAD TO GO IN AND SEARCH.
I NEVER HAD TO PUT AN INTERNET ADDRESS.
YOU GO IN AND THEN IN THE RECORDS YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE
RECORD INFORMATION, ALL THE ATTACHMENTS, THE SITE PLAN,
WHATEVER IS RELATED TO THE PERMIT IS THERE AT YOUR
FINGERTIPS.
SO WE HAVE ONE OF THESE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WHICH
ARE ALL THE REZONINGS, ACTIVE STATUS MAPS, FORMAL
DETERMINATIONS, SPECIAL USES AND WE DO HAVE THIS FOR ALL OUR
PERMIT RECORDS.
ACCELA IS PROCESSING IN FISCAL YEAR 22, WE PROCESSED 26,000
RECORDS IN ACCELA, AND THAT EQUALED $2.6 BILLION IN
DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CITY.
UP NOW FOR FISCAL YEAR '23, WHICH STARTED OCTOBER 1st,
WE'RE AT 15,000 RECORDS.
SO WHILE I BELIEVE THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS OR OPERATIONS
INFORMATION, EDUCATION, IT'S WORKING OR WE WOULD HAVE MAYBE

15,000 PEOPLE UNHAPPY DOWN HERE THAT THEY CAN'T PROCESS
ANYTHING THROUGH OUR SYSTEM.
I FEEL LIKE IT IS WORKING.
WE DID DO THE ACCELA LEARNING LABS AS RUSSELL MENTIONED.
WE HAVE ONE MORE COMING UP NEXT WEEK, MAY 24th.
WE ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO PLEASE SIGN UP.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO SIGN UP.
JC TOOK IT UPON HIMSELF, WE HAVE 15 INDIVIDUAL LAPTOPS IN
THAT LAB.
YOU COME IN, YOU HANDS-ON WORK IN THAT LAB YOURSELF.
THIS IS NOT US GUIDING YOU.
WE ACTUALLY CREATE DUMMY PERMITS THROUGH THIS AND YOU CAN
COME IN, CREATE THAT PERMIT AND THEN AFTER THE LAB IS OVER,
WE TAKE THOSE PERMITS OBVIOUSLY OUT BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT
REAL, BUT YOU GET TO TOUCH AND USE THE SYSTEM AS YOU
ACTUALLY WOULD FROM THE ACA SIDE OF THE SYSTEM.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO CLOSING THAT OUT, AND LOOKING
FORWARD TO CLOSING THESE REPORTS OUT WITH YOU.
SO THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING EVERYONE'S CONCERNS, PROVIDING THE
BEST PRODUCT TO THE CUSTOMER.
3:15:38PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
3:15:38PM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
THANK YOU.
SORRY ABOUT THE HICCUPS.
I'LL GET IT ROCKING AND ROLLING.
3:15:43PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
IT'S FINE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE APPRECIATE THE REPORT.
THANK YOU, RUSSELL.
IS THAT JC BACK THERE?
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.
I KNOW YOU DID RECEIVE AN AWARD THE OTHER DAY.
WE ACKNOWLEDGED YOU HERE, BUT I SAW IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
CONGRATULATIONS.
ITEM 62, MR. SHELBY.
THAT IS THE LAST ITEM OF THE DAY.
3:16:14PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
I'M HERE TO PROVIDE A REPORT ON THE POSSIBILITY OF
ALTERNATING MEETING WEEKS TO ALIGN WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
SCHOOLS SPRING BREAK.
IF YOU GO TO THE OVERHEAD, YOU'LL SEE THAT I HAVE THE
2023-24 ACADEMIC CALENDAR.
YOU'LL SEE HIGHLIGHTED SPRING BREAK NEXT YEAR IS MONDAY,
MARCH 11 THROUGH FRIDAY MARCH 15 OF 2024.
NOW, AS YOU KNOW, COUNCIL, YOU APPROVED THE CALENDAR
PREPARED BY THE CLERK CONSISTENT WITH THE WAY COUNCIL HAS
PREVIOUSLY DIRECTED IT.
AND TAKING INTO ACCOUNT HOW THE WEEKS FALL IN ANY PARTICULAR
MONTH DETERMINES HOW THE MEETING IS SET UP.
AS YOU KNOW, ON THE FIRST AND THIRD MEETING OF EACH MONTH,

TRADITIONALLY, IT'S SET FOR YOUR REGULAR SESSION.
THE SECOND WEEK OF THE MONTH, YOU HAVE THE CRA MEETING IN
THE MORNING AND YOUR LAND USE EVENING MEETING AT 5:01 P.M.
ON THE LAST OR THE FOURTH MEETING OF THE MONTH IS YOUR
WORKSHOP SESSION AT 9 A.M. AND YOUR EVENING SESSION IS AT
5:01.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT MARCH
DATE AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARCH CALENDAR
FOR NEXT YEAR.
AND WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS, IT IS A TYPICAL MONTH OF CALENDAR
MEETINGS FOR CITY COUNCIL.
AGAIN, THE FIRST, THIRD AND SECOND AND FOURTH.
THERE IS NO FIFTH THURSDAY OF THE MONTH IN MARCH OF 2024,
UNLIKE THIS YEAR, MARCH OF 2023.
NOW, WHEN A FIFTH MEETING OF THE MONTH -- EXCUSE ME, WHEN A
FIFTH THURSDAY OF THE MONTH APPEARS ON YOUR CALENDAR, IT IS
NORMALLY SCHEDULED FOR NO MEETING.
AND THAT HAS BEEN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, THAT HAS BEEN
COUNCIL'S CUSTOM.
THOSE FIFTH THURSDAYS, WHEN IT IS NECESSARY, THOSE ARE USED
TO REJUGGLE THE CALENDAR TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THIS SORT
OF SCHEDULE.
FOR INSTANCE, LET'S SAY JULY TAKES INTO ACCOUNT OF THE FACT
THAT THERE IS NO MEETING FOR SUMMER VACATION IN THE FIRST
WEEK OF JULY.

WHAT THAT DOES THEN, THAT PUSHES THINGS DOWN TO REMOVE THE
WORKSHOP MEETING.
I COULD PUT THE CALENDAR ON THE OVERHEAD IF YOU NEED IT.
BASICALLY, WHAT IT DOES IS IT USES THE FIFTH THURSDAY WHEN
IT'S AVAILABLE TO FILL OUT HAVING THOSE FOUR MEETINGS A
MONTH WITH THE MEETINGS IN JULY AND AUGUST.
YOU DO NOT HAVE A WORKSHOP.
AND THAT'S WHY IF YOU RECALL, THERE ARE NO WORKSHOPS IN JULY
OR AUGUST BECAUSE JULY ACCOMMODATES YOUR SUMMER RECESS AND
AUGUST ACCOMMODATES THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES ANNUAL
CONFERENCE, WHICH THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE THE SECOND WEEK,
THE END OF THE SECOND WEEK IN AUGUST.
SO THAT BEING THE CASE, COUNCIL, IF YOU WERE TO WANT TO
ALIGN IT, YOU WOULD LOSE ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS.
YOU WOULD EITHER LOSE A WORKSHOP AND I RECOMMEND THAT IF YOU
HAVE TO LOSE ANYTHING, COUNCIL DOES NOT WANT TO HAVE ONLY
ONE REGULAR MEETING A MONTH.
NORMALLY YOU NEED TO HAVE TWO.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, MR. MIRANDA WOULD RECALL WHEN WE USED
TO HAVE IT WEEKLY AS I RECALL.
THAT BEING THE CASE, COUNCIL, AGAIN, YOUR CALENDAR.
IT'S PREPARED BY THE CLERK.
YOU GET TO APPROVE IT FOR THE FORTHCOMING YEAR, BUT WITH
REGARD TO ALIGNING IT WITH THE PARTICULAR SPRING BREAK, THIS
IS HOW IT CONFLICTS WITH YOUR MARCH CALENDAR THIS YEAR.

AGAIN, WE CAN LOOK AT IT IN THE FUTURE.
IF THERE IS A FIFTH THURSDAY WE CAN MOVE THINGS AROUND AND
PERHAPS ACCOMMODATE IT THAT WAY TO ALLOW FOR THAT WEEK.
BUT THAT'S MY REPORT.
WHATEVER COUNCIL'S PLEASURE IS WE'LL BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE
IT AS BEST WE CAN WORKING WITHIN THE PARAMETERS THAT WE
HAVE.
3:20:06PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
3:20:08PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MY COLLEAGUES.
IS ANYONE PLANNING TO ATTEND THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES?
3:20:14PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I HAVE BEFORE BUT I HAVEN'T MADE PLANS
YET.
3:20:18PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
BECAUSE I WENT LAST YEAR, AND IT WAS JUST
COUNCILMAN CITRO AND I.
I'M WONDERING IF MAYBE IN THE FUTURE INSTEAD OF HAVING THE
AUGUST DATE FOR 2024, WE SWITCH THAT WITH MARCH SO WE COULD
TAKE AWAY THE WORKSHOP SESSION IN MARCH AND THAT WAY STAFF
AND THOSE WITH CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN CAN TAKE THAT
SPRING BREAK TIME OFF.
THEN IF SOMEBODY WERE WANTING TO GO TO THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF
CITIES, IT MAY BE ONE OR TWO PEOPLE AND NOT THE ENTIRE
COUNCIL.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT?
3:20:52PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I THINK IT IS A GOOD SUGGESTION.
IT MAKES IT FAIR.

AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT DID GO TO THE
CONFERENCE, YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD WORK.
3:21:03PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IT ALSO GIVES OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO
WISH TO ATTEND THIS YEAR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO BECAUSE
WE'LL STILL HAVE THAT TIME OFF, WE ALREADY APPROVED THE
CALENDAR FOR AUGUST OF THIS YEAR, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT AUGUST
-- WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CALENDAR YEAR -- SORRY, THE FISCAL
YEAR WHICH WOULD START IN OCTOBER.
3:21:19PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
ACTUALLY YOUR CALENDAR GOES --
3:21:21PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I CAN NEVER REMEMBER.
3:21:24PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
END OF THE YEAR.
IT GOES TO APRIL.
3:21:29PM >> APRIL 2024.
3:21:31PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IT USUALLY -- THE CLERK HAS IT BEFORE THE
END OF THE YEAR.
3:21:35PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
THE END OF THE YEAR.
PREPARING AND PLANNING FOR 2024, JUST BECAUSE THIS YEAR I
KNOW THERE ARE PROBABLY STAFF THAT ARE ALREADY TAKING THAT
WEEK OFF OR ARE DOING SOMETHING ELSE.
3:21:49PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
[INAUDIBLE] AND YOU ONLY HAVE FIVE
MEMBERS AND SOMEBODY GETS SICK, DOWN TO FOUR.
GOT TO LEAVE IT FOR THE FOLLOWING MONTH.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE DON'T THINK
OF WHEN WE DO THESE THINGS AND YOU HAVE TO PUT THEM INTO

PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS AND WE'RE DOWN TO
FIVE MEMBERS AND SOMETHING HAPPENS, SOMEBODY CAN GET ILL,
WHATEVER.
3:22:17PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IF I MAY, I THINK THAT IS A GREAT POINT, BUT
I THINK WHAT HAPPENS IS WE SIMPLY SHIFT IT.
IS THAT WHAT HAPPENS?
3:22:27PM >> NO.
3:22:27PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IF WE WERE TAKING THE MIDDLE WEEK --
3:22:29PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
YOU CAN.
WHAT YOU END UP DOING LET'S SAY ASSUMING -- TAKE MARCH OF
'24 AS AN EXAMPLE, IF YOU WERE TO TAKE AWAY THE 14th, THEN
WHAT YOU'D HAVE TO DO IS HAVE A DAY MEETING AND NIGHT
MEETING TOGETHER.
YOUR NIGHT MEETING WOULD KICK INTO 5:01 ON THE 21st
INSTEAD OF ON THE 14th.
I USED TO CALL THEM TWILIGHT DOUBLEHEADERS WHEN IT WAS A
WHOLE LONG DAY.
3:22:54PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I THINK ONCE A YEAR WE COULD --
3:22:56PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
ALSO, IF I CAN, OF COURSE, THROUGH THE
PANDEMIC AND THE WAY THINGS HAVE BEEN WORKING THE PAST FEW
YEARS, THERE HASN'T BEEN MUCH ATTENDANCE AT THE LEAGUE OF
CITIES.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT IN THE 25 YEARS I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH
THE LEAGUE OF CITIES IN SOME FORM OR FASHION, I FIND IT
INVALUABLE, PARTICULARLY FOR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I WOULD CERTAINLY RECOMMEND IT.
THEY DO HAVE NEW MEMBER ORIENTATIONS.
COUNCIL MEMBER CITRO WAS ACTUALLY ON THE BOARD OF THE
FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES, AND WHAT -- IT IS NOT ONLY A
LEARNING OPPORTUNITY, IT IS ALSO A GOOD NETWORKING
OPPORTUNITY FOR BEST PRACTICES AND ALSO, FRANKLY, WITH WHAT
MUNICIPALITIES ARE FACING WITH REGARD TO HOME RULE,
CERTAINLY SAFETY IN NUMBERS.
I JUST LISTENED TO A PRESENTATION BY SOMEBODY FROM THE
FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES YESTERDAY ON THE LEGISLATIVE
UPDATE.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I'LL SEND YOU THAT INFORMATION.
IT WAS INVALUABLE.
THEY WORKED VERY HARD TO BE ABLE TO -- TO THE DEGREE THAT
THEY ARE ABLE TO, PROTECT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM HAVING
HOME RULE AUTHORITY, RETAIN WHATEVER AUTHORITY AND
MITIGATING THE POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED
AS THESE BILLS WENT THROUGH AMENDMENTS.
IT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SEE ITS
VALUE THIS YEAR.
I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT SUGGESTION.
CERTAINLY AS WE PREPARE THE CALENDAR, WE CAN BRING THAT BACK
AND REVISIT THAT, UNLESS YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TODAY FOR
US TO MAKE SURE WE DO THAT WHEN THE TIME COMES AT THE END OF
THE YEAR TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT 2024 AND HOW WE WOULD ADDRESS

THAT.
NOT -- YEAH, IT WOULD BE.
3:24:33PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
3:24:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
IF I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AS MUCH AS I
JUST LOVE THOSE DOUBLE SESSIONS, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO
ACCOMMODATE THE SPRING BREAK CHANGE WITHIN THE MONTH OF
MARCH IF WE JUST CHANGE THAT 21st TO A DOUBLE SESSION?
3:24:56PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
WELL, WHAT YOU WOULD LOSE THEN -- LET'S
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, IF WE'RE TALKING MARCH OF 2024, YOU'D
ALSO -- YOU'D PROBABLY HAVE TO LOSE A WORKSHOP SESSION, SO
YOU WOULDN'T HAVE A WORK SESSION IN MARCH.
YOU WOULD MOVE YOUR REGULAR MEETING TO THE 28th AND MOVE
YOUR EVENING MEETING TO THE EVENING OF THE 21st, AND THEN
YOU'D HAVE A BACK-TO-BACK NIGHT MEETING ON THE 21st TO THE
28th.
THE COUNCIL HAS DONE THAT BEFORE.
IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT SCHEDULE.
IF YOU LOOKED AT THIS YEAR'S SCHEDULE, IT IS VERY DIFFERENT
THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR WHEN WE PLAYED CATCH-UP.
THE NORMAL RULE OF THUMB IS YOU DO NOT HAVE A NIGHT MEETING
ON THE SAME DAY YOU HAVE A REGULAR AGENDA BECAUSE THAT IS A
GRUELING SESSION.
AND WHAT YOU WOULD DO THEN IS YOU'D LOSE A WORKSHOP IN MARCH
LET'S SAY FOR 2024 AND YOU WOULD THEN HAVE A BACK-TO-BACK
EVENING SESSION OR YOU WOULD MOVE AN EVENING SESSION TO THE

7th AND THEN HAVE A SECOND ONE ON THE 21st -- EXCUSE ME,
ON THE 28th.
THE 7th AND 28th, BECAUSE THIS WOULD NOT BE HERE BECAUSE
NEXT YEAR THAT WOULD BE SPRING BREAK.
3:26:04PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
BEING ONE OF THE TWO NEW PEOPLE AT THE
DAIS, WHAT ARE THE LOGISTICAL PROBLEMS WITH ADDING ANOTHER
DAY IN ONE OF THOSE WEEKS?
3:26:16PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
YOU MEAN A DAY OF THE WEEK?
3:26:19PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES.
3:26:20PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
QUITE DIFFICULT.
FIRST OF ALL, TRADITIONALLY, PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THAT THURSDAY
IS A COUNCIL MEETING DAY.
SO ADDING A DAY THROWS -- WELL, FIRST OF ALL, YOU HAVE TO
MAKE SURE THE ROOM IS AVAILABLE.
OF COURSE, IT PROBABLY IS BECAUSE IT'S CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
BUT WHAT THAT DOES IS THAT MIGHT FORCE THE REMOVAL OF
ANOTHER BOARD THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR THIS TIME.
FOR INSTANCE, THE VARIANCE REVIEW BOARD OR THE CIVIL SERVICE
BOARD, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
THEN YOU HAVE ALSO THE STAFF, THE CLERK STAFF THAT STAFFS
THE MEETING, CTTV THAT STAFFS THE MEETING AND ALL THE
LOGISTICS THAT REQUIRES STAFF MEMBERS WHO APPEAR DURING
STAFF REPORTS, FOR INSTANCE, TO MAKE THE REPORTS TO ADJUST
THEIR SCHEDULE.
3:27:01PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
IS IT UNPRECEDENTED TO ADD ANOTHER DAY?

3:27:04PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IT WAS LAST YEAR AND IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT.
THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION.
IF IT'S COUNCIL'S PLEASURE, IT'S COUNCIL'S MEETINGS,
COUNCIL'S CHAMBERS, WHATEVER ITS DIRECTION IS, I'M SURE
WE'LL BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE IT.
PAST PRACTICE SHOWS IT'S NOT EASY SHIFTING TO ANOTHER DAY.
3:27:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
-- BETWEEN TWO ALTERNATIVES, SURELY WE CAN
ACCOMMODATE JUST ONE WEEK OUT OF THE YEAR, IT SEEMS LIKE
THOSE OF US WHO DON'T HAVE KIDS CAN ACCOMMODATE THE FOLKS
THAT DO.
I AM AMICABLE TO CONSIDERING ALL THE ALTERNATIVES.
3:27:44PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WHY DON'T WE THINK ABOUT IT AND COME
BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING WITH SOMEWHAT OF A PLAN OR OPTIONS
AND THEN THAT'S IT.
3:27:50PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WAS GOING TO SAY ALSO THAT IF WE HAD TO
BUMP A REGULAR SESSION AND HAVE THE 28th, THE EVENING
SESSION, THAT SESSION TENDS TO BE NOT AS LONG BECAUSE IT'S
ALCOHOL PERMITTING.
IT'S NOT OUR REZONING.
IF WE HAD TO MOVE IT THAT WAY.
I THINK THERE ARE POSSIBILITIES, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE
THIS BEING BROUGHT FORWARD BECAUSE FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO WANT
THAT TIME OFF, IT'S NOT JUST COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IT'S STAFF.
I THINK THAT IN WORKING WITH STAFF, WE'RE PROVIDING A REAL

SERVICE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
SO I THINK IT'S WORTH OUR WHILE TO FIGURE THIS OUT SO WE CAN
BRING STAFF AND COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT BREAK AND NOT MAKING
THEM HAVE TO JUGGLE TO FIND CHILD CARE AND/OR TRAVEL AND ALL
THAT STUFF.
3:28:49PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
I THINK IT'S DOABLE.
3:28:52PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
3:28:53PM >>BILL CARLSON:
MARTY, I WOULD ASK IF WE COME BACK, CAN WE
MAKE IT LIKE A TWO-MINUTE DISCUSSION.
YOU CAN'T CARRY MESSAGES BETWEEN US BUT YOU CAN TALK TO ALL
OF US AND IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU COULD COME BACK AND SAY,
HERE'S WHAT I PROPOSE AND THEN WE VOTE ON IT.
3:29:07PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET A CONSENSUS RIGHT
NOW AND BRING FORTH A PROPOSAL.
SULING, ANYTHING YOU NEED FROM A CLERK PERSPECTIVE TO INFORM
CITY COUNCIL, I APPRECIATE IT.
3:29:17PM >>THE CLERK:
I THINK WE CAN RESOLVE THIS TODAY.
IT IS A GREAT IDEA WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK BROUGHT UP,
THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE EVENINGS ARE NOT AS STRENUOUS AS THE
ZONING.
MOVING A REGULAR SESSION, JUST MARCH 2024, MOVING REGULAR
SESSION TO THE 28th IS DOABLE.
WE HAVE TO COUNCIL OUT THAT WORKSHOP AND HAVE CRA IN THE
ZONING EVENING SESSION ON THE 21st.
3:29:42PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
CAN YOU THROW THAT PIECE OF PAPER BACK UP?

I'M SORRY.
I'M VERY VISUAL.
3:29:48PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IF I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT, MADAM CLERK.
KEEP THE 7th THE SAME WAY IT IS.
3:29:53PM >>THE CLERK:
YES.
3:29:54PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THE 14th --
3:29:56PM >>THE CLERK:
THE 14th WILL BE --
3:29:58PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
NOW USED FOR SPRING BREAK.
3:30:00PM >>THE CLERK:
CORRECT.
THE 21st WOULD BE CRA.
AND THE LAND REZONING EVENING SESSION TOGETHER.
3:30:09PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
BASICALLY JUST MOVING ALL OF THE 14th DOWN
TO THE 21st.
3:30:14PM >>THE CLERK:
RIGHT.
THEN YOU CANCEL THE WORKSHOP SESSION AND MAKE THAT A REGULAR
SESSION.
3:30:19PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
PERFECT.
THAT WORKS OUT PERFECTLY.
3:30:23PM >> SO MOVED.
3:30:23PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
CLENDENIN, SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
ALL IN FAVOR?
3:30:29PM >> AYE.
3:30:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THAT WORKS OUT PERFECTLY.
3:30:31PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
3:30:34PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THAT CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA.
LET'S GO TO NEW BUSINESS.
COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING SIR?
3:30:38PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I HAVE 42, BUT NOT FOR HERE.
3:30:41PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA?
3:30:45PM >>LUIS VIERA:
REALLY QUICK.
YOU HEARD THE FOLKS FROM CONCERNS OF POLICE SURVIVORS SAY
THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE CONVENTION HERE IN TAMPA.
I MOTION FOR COUNCIL TO WRITE A LETTER TO THE NATIONAL
ORGANIZATION SUPPORTING THEM.
3:30:59PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA WITH A
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
3:31:04PM >>LUIS VIERA:
MOTION ON JUNE 1st OF 2023 FOR WRITTEN
REPORT ONLY ON THE STATUS OF REPAVING OF NORTH BOULEVARD.
FOREST HILLS.
3:31:14PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
VIERA.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
3:31:20PM >>LUIS VIERA:
LASTLY, I MOTION FOR JULY 13th OF 2023, FOR
A STATUS ON THE UPTOWN PROJECT FROM BOTH TAMPA INNOVATION AS

WELL AS THE CITY.
SOME YEARS AGO, THE PROCESS WAS STARTED, ET CETERA, AND I'D
LOVE TO SEE WHERE EVERYTHING IS AT, ET CETERA.
BY THE WAY, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T CHECKED WITH TAMPA INNOVATION
ON THE SPECIFIC DATE.
JULY 13, IF THEY NEED MORE TIME OR WHATEVER, GLAD TO
ACCOMMODATE TO HAVE THAT THERE.
3:31:49PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, SECOND
FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
3:31:55PM >>LUIS VIERA:
NOT A MOTION, LASTLY I WANT TO STRESS WHAT I
SAID, WHICH IS WE SAW THAT PARKS MASTER PLAN AND HOW ROBUST
IT WAS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY MASTER
PLAN.
SOMETHING AS THICK AS THE BIBLE.
THERE YOU GO.
THANK YOU, SIR.
3:32:09PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON, DO YOU HAVE ANY NEW BUSINESS?
3:32:13PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
I HAVE NO NEW BUSINESS.
3:32:14PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
3:32:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION TO HAVE BETH ALDEN FROM THE

TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION PRESENT TO COUNCIL
ABOUT THE TRI-COUNTY MPO MERGER CONCEPT AT THE AUGUST 24th
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR SESSION.
3:32:28PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
CLENDENIN WITH A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?
3:32:36PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THAT'S ALL.
3:32:39PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IS THAT UNDER PRESENTATIONS INITIALLY,
EARLY IN THE MEETING?
3:32:42PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YEAH, AT THE BEGINNING.
UNDER CEREMONIAL AND PRESENTATIONS.
YES, MA'AM, COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
3:32:48PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
I JUST WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE PASSED UNDER CONSENT,
UNDER ITEM NUMBER 44 A RESOLUTION THAT APPROVED THE 47th
STREET LAND DISPOSITION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMPA
AND RUDG, LLC THAT IS TAKING SEVEN AND A QUARTER ACRES AND
PUTTING IT TOWARD AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHERE THEY WILL CONTAIN
175 RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS, THE MAJORITY OF WHICH WILL
BE AT 80% OR BELOW FOR AMI.
I JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE STAFF WHO PUT THAT
PROJECT TOGETHER.
WE USED I BELIEVE SHIP FUNDING FOR THAT OR SOME TYPE OF

HOUSING FUNDING WHERE WE BOUGHT THAT LAND AND THEN WERE ABLE
TO GIVE IT OVER.
IT REQUIRES THE DEVELOPER TO KEEP THOSE AFFORDABLE UNITS FOR
99 YEARS.
THAT'S REALLY AMAZING.
IT'S 175 MORE UNITS.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO STAFF AND JUST TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC DIDN'T MISS OUT ON THAT.
THEN I HAVE A MOTION.
A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CITY OF TAMPA'S FISCAL YEAR 2024,
PROGRAM YEAR 2023 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, ANALYSIS OF
IMPEDIMENTS TO FAIR HOUSING, WHICH INCLUDES THE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM, EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANTS
PROGRAM, HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, AND HOUSING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSON WITH AIDS PROGRAM ACTION PLAN IS
SCHEDULED FOR THE EVENING HEARING ON JUNE 8th, 2023.
THE CITY'S CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN REQUIRES THAT HEARINGS
ON THE CITY'S HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS BE
HELD IN THE EVENING TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR INTERESTED
CITIZENS TO ATTEND.
STAFF'S PRESENTATION ON THE ACTION PLAN WILL BE NO MORE THAN
7 TO 10 MINUTES.
PER STAFF REQUEST, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO HEAR
THIS ITEM FIRST ON THE AGENDA DURING THE JUNE 8, 2023,
EVENING SESSION IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR

INTERESTED CITIZENS TO ATTEND AND BE HEARD AND THEN BE
RELEASED FOR THE EVENING.
3:34:58PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
HURTAK.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
ANYTHING ELSE?
3:35:04PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
NO.
THAT'S ALL.
3:35:06PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
3:35:07PM >>BILL CARLSON:
BASED ON THE CONVERSATION EARLIER, I WOULD
LIKE TO ASK THAT A REPRESENTATIVE OF PORT TAMPA BAY PRESENT
ON AUGUST 31st AS TO WHY WE NEED TO PROTECT MARITIME LAND
IN TAMPA.
3:35:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?
I HAVE A MOTION HERE.
3:35:33PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
3:35:35PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THIS IS ABOUT JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL
BASEBALL TEAM.
I KNOW.

I KNOW.
I KNOW I HAVE THREE DRAGONS RIGHT HERE.
BUT THEY ARE CURRENTLY THE 4A REGIONAL CHAMPS AND PLAYING
THIS WEEKEND IN FORT MYERS.
FRIDAY SEMIFINALS AND SATURDAY THE FINALS.
IF THEY WIN ON SATURDAY, THEY WILL BE 4A STATE CHAMPS.
THEIR COACH SPENCER NUÑEZ HAS BEEN NAMED 4A DIVISION
STATEWIDE DIVISION COACH OF THE YEAR AND A JEFFERSON PLAYER
CAMERON MALLO WAS NAMED 4A DIVISION PLAYER OF THE YEAR.
COACH NUÑEZ, FIRST-TIME HIGH SCHOOL HEAD COACH AND TAMPA
NATIVE IN THIRD YEAR COACHING AT JEFFERSON.
IN THE THREE YEARS, THE SECOND TRIP TO THE STATE FINALS.
FIRST, I'D LIKE TO WISH THEM GOOD LUCK THIS WEEKEND AND
SECOND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION WITH EVERYONE BECAUSE
YOU'RE ALL THE JEFFERSON DRAGONS, MAKE A MOTION TO PRESENT
THE JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL TEAM WITH A COMMENDATION
AT A LATER DATE TO BE DETERMINED BUT I WANT ALL OF US THERE.
SULING, YOU CAN COME TOO.
PRIDE OF JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
I'D LIKE TO PRESENT THEM THE COMMENDATION WITH OTHER COUNCIL
MEMBERS AT A LATER DATE OFF-SITE OR EVEN HERE.
3:36:43PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECOND.
3:36:48PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
3:36:53PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
QUICK LITTLE COMMENT.
I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT THERE ARE FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS
HEADED TO THE FINAL FOUR.
I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT.
JESUIT, PLANT HIGH SCHOOL, SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL, AND
JEFFERSON.
3:37:06PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
BUT ISN'T JEFFERSON THE MOST IMPORTANT?
3:37:09PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
ALL ARE IN THE FINAL FOUR AND THEY ARE ALL
REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR GREAT CITY.
IT IS FAIR TO MENTION ALL OF THEM.
3:37:17PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
3:37:21PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO WISH MY STEP
DAUGHTER WHITNEY A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
ON SUNDAY SHE WILL BE TURNING 11.
EVEN MORE IMPORTANT, MY LEGISLATIVE AIDE, LISA, IS HAVING A
BIRTHDAY ON MONDAY.
SHE'S, YEAH, 21 YEARS OLD AND WE WANT TO WISH HER ALL A
HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
3:37:43PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
I WANT TO MAKE A CORRECTION, COUNCIL.
I MISSPOKE.
NORMALLY YOU DON'T HAVE A WORKSHOP IN AUGUST, BUT THIS YEAR
YOU DO BECAUSE WE'RE USING THAT FIFTH THURSDAY.
WE DO HAVE SOMETHING.
I JUST DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO MAKE PLANS FOR THE 31st OF

AUGUST.
WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE.
3:37:57PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE ALL DOCUMENTS.
3:37:59PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.
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