TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 2023
9:00 A.M.
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9:03:23AM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
9:03:25AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
9:03:29AM I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO
9:03:31AM ORDER.
9:03:31AM AT THIS POINT, I YIELD TO COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA TO INTRODUCE
9:03:35AM OUR GUEST FOR THE INVOCATION.
9:03:36AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
9:03:38AM I APPRECIATE IT.
9:03:39AM IT'S MY GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE PASTOR CHRISTOPHER
9:03:41AM HARRIS, WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF MINISTRY -- STRIKE THAT --
9:03:47AM PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS DIRECTOR OF MINISTRY OPERATIONS AND
9:03:51AM MEMBER OF THE PASTORAL TEAM WITH THE CROSSOVER CHURCH IN
9:03:54AM TAMPA.
9:03:54AM CROSSOVER CHURCH IN NORTH TAMPA, WHICH IS ON FOWLER.
9:03:57AM MANY OF YOU ALL WILL REMEMBER IT -- STRIKE THAT -- REMEMBER
9:04:00AM THE BUILDING IT WAS IN.
9:04:01AM IT IS THE OLD Toys R Us BUILDING, IF YOU ALL REMEMBER IT.
9:04:04AM ONE OF THE FINEST CHURCHES IN TAMPA.
9:04:06AM I ALWAYS SAY THAT IS THE CHURCH THAT PUTS THE CHRIST IN
9:04:10AM CHRISTIAN.
9:04:10AM I REALLY, REALLY LOVE THAT CHURCH A GREAT DEAL.
9:04:13AM PASTOR CHRISTOPHER HARRIS CURRENTLY SERVES AS INTERNATIONAL
9:04:15AM LEADER WITHIN THE WORLDWIDE MINISTRY FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST
9:04:20AM CHURCH, FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONAL.
9:04:22AM BISHOP JOSEPH WALKER THE III IS THE PRESIDING BISHOP.
9:04:27AM HE IS AN ALUMNUS OF FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY AND UNIVERSITY
9:04:29AM OF SOUTH FLORIDA AND IS ALSO A MEMBER OF A NUMBER OF
9:04:32AM NATIONAL BOARDS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS.
9:04:34AM HE PREVIOUSLY SERVED IN MINISTRIES IN FLORIDA, THE STATE OF
9:04:38AM NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND ILLINOIS.
9:04:40AM HAVING COMPLETED COURSE REQUIREMENTS FOR HIS DOCTORATE, HE
9:04:43AM HAS ALSO SERVED ON STAFF AT MULTIPLE SECONDARY AND
9:04:46AM POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AS AN ADMINISTRATOR,
9:04:50AM INSTRUCTOR AND STAFF MEMBER.
9:04:51AM AS A LIFELONG LEARNER, HE RECENTLY COMPLETED A CERTIFICATE
9:04:54AM OF MINISTRY IN THEOLOGY AT PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
9:04:59AM HE HAS ALSO BEEN INVOLVED IN MANY, MANY ENDEAVORS.
9:05:02AM HE AND HIS CHURCH DO A WONDERFUL EFFORT CALLED LOVE OUR CITY
9:05:06AM EVERY YEAR WHERE THEY DO MANY, MANY PROJECTS TO REACH OUT IN
9:05:11AM THE COMMUNITY.
9:05:11AM WELCOME OUR FRIEND PASTOR CHRISTOPHER HARRIS WITH THE
9:05:14AM INVOCATION.
9:05:15AM IF YOU'LL STAND AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF
9:05:17AM ALLEGIANCE.
9:05:21AM >> THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY COME BACK
9:05:23AM AGAIN TODAY.
9:05:24AM THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, YOU GUYS INVITED ME BACK, SO I
9:05:28AM MUST NOT HAVE DONE TOO BAD.
9:05:29AM GOD OF PEACE, GIVER OF HOPE, SUSTAINER OF LIFE, SOURCE OF
9:05:33AM HEALTH AND HEALING, WISDOM AND FINISHER OF FAITH WE PAUSE IN
9:05:40AM THIS MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR NEED FOR YOU.
9:05:42AM WE DESPERATELY PROCLAIM OUR DEPENDENCE ON YOUR HELP TO LEAD
9:05:48AM WELL, TO LIVE WELL, AND TO LEGISLATE WELL.
9:05:50AM WE DESPERATELY DECLARE OUR RELIANCE UPON YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
9:05:55AM TO SERVE AS OUR STANDARD OF RIGHT AND WRONG AND NOT OUR EGOS
9:05:58AM OR POLITICAL PREFERENCES OR DISTORTED PERCEPTIONS.
9:06:00AM WE THANK YOU, O GOD, FOR THE PEACE AND SECURITY THAT WE DO
9:06:03AM ENJOY TODAY FOR THE STABILITY THAT WE SO OFTEN TAKE FOR
9:06:06AM GRANTED.
9:06:07AM HOLY SPIRIT, WE ASK YOU TO FILL OUR CITY LEADERS WITH
9:06:10AM WISDOM, WITH UNDERSTANDING, WITH DISCERNMENT, KNOWLEDGE.
9:06:14AM GRANT THEM FAVOR, INCREASE THEIR FAITH, PREPARE THEM TO
9:06:17AM RECEIVE AND PURSUE YOUR WILL FOR THIS CITY.
9:06:20AM DRAW THEM TO YOU AND CAUSE THEM TO KNOW AND FULFILL YOUR
9:06:23AM PURPOSE FOR THEIR LIVES INDIVIDUALLY AND FOR OUR LIVES
9:06:27AM COLLECTIVELY.
9:06:27AM AS THEY CONSIDER THE DECISIONS ON BUDGET TODAY, THANK YOU
9:06:31AM THAT EVERY DECISION MAKER WILL REMEMBER THAT THE MONEY IS
9:06:33AM NOT THEIRS PERSONALLY AND THAT A HEART OF SELFLESSNESS AND
9:06:37AM ACCOUNTABILITY AND DISCIPLINE WILL GUIDE THEM.
9:06:39AM LET EVERY DOLLAR CONSIDER REAL DILEMMAS, EVERY NUMBER
9:06:43AM REMEMBER NAMES AND EVERY CENT REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE
9:06:46AM STORIES CONNECTED TO THEM.
9:06:47AM PLEASE PLACE PEOPLE IN THEIR PATHS THAT WILL PROVIDE
9:06:50AM SCRIPTURAL, SOUND AND GODLY COUNSEL, FOR WITHOUT YOUR
9:06:54AM COUNSEL, ALL OF OUR PLANS WILL GO AWRY.
9:06:57AM DEAL WITH OUR LEADERS ABOUT KEEPING THEIR HEARTS AND MOTIVES
9:07:00AM PURE.
9:07:00AM ASK YOU, GOD, WE ASK YOU TO MAKE THEIR HEARTS PLIABLE,
9:07:04AM WILLING AND OBEDIENT TO YOUR WORD AND WAY, CAUSE EACH OF
9:07:07AM THEIR LIVES GLORIFY YOUR NAME.
9:07:09AM LORD FORGIVE US FOR NOT PRAYING FOR OUR LEADERS
9:07:11AM CONSISTENTLY.
9:07:12AM FORGIVE US, GOD, AS WE HAVE OFTEN LED SELFISHLY IN OUR
9:07:16AM MOTIVES AND MOVEMENTS AND LIMITED EVEN OUR INTERACTIONS WITH
9:07:19AM THEM.
9:07:19AM FORGIVE US, GOD, OF HAVING CALLOUSED HEARTS WHEN CAUSES AND
9:07:25AM COMMITMENTS THAT WILL CAUSE PEOPLE TO CHANGE FOR THE BETTER.
9:07:27AM I PRAY TODAY THAT OUR LEADERS' LIVES WILL BE DEEPER AND MORE
9:07:30AM ROOTED IN A HEALTHY FOUNDATION THAN THEY THAT THEY MIGHT BE
9:07:33AM SHALLOW AND NOT SHALLOW AND TOSSED BY WINDS OF MISGUIDED
9:07:36AM AMBITION.
9:07:37AM FATHER, I PRAY TODAY THAT WE WILL ALWAYS PRIORITIZE PEOPLE
9:07:40AM OVER POLITICS.
9:07:41AM TODAY, I PRAY FOR OUR CITY, OUR CITY COUNCILS, OUR MAYOR,
9:07:45AM GOD, MAY YOUR WISDOM PRODUCE IN THEM CREATIVE IDEAS AND
9:07:48AM SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS, NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND SOLUTIONS AND
9:07:51AM PRODUCTS.
9:07:52AM MAY YOU GIVE THEM SOUND COUNSEL AND GOOD JUDGMENT TO MAKE
9:07:55AM GREAT DECISIONS EVEN BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
9:07:57AM MAY YOU ALSO ALWAYS GIVE THEM GREATER KNOWLEDGE AND GREATER
9:08:01AM POWER SO THAT THEY CAN LIVE SKILLFULLY.
9:08:03AM I PRAY AND CONCLUDE THIS, LORD, THAT YOU BLESS THEM AND KEEP
9:08:06AM THEM, THAT YOU WILL MAKE YOUR FACE TO SHINE ON THEM AND BE
9:08:09AM GRACIOUS TO THEM, THAT YOU WILL TURN YOUR FACE TOWARDS THEM
9:08:12AM AND GIVE THEM PEACE.
9:08:13AM IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.
9:08:15AM >> AMEN.
9:08:17AM [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
9:08:30AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
9:08:33AM >>THE CLERK: CARLSON?
9:08:35AM >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
9:08:37AM >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE.
9:08:38AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE.
9:08:38AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT.
9:08:40AM >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
9:08:41AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
9:08:42AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
9:08:42AM >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
9:08:44AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:08:44AM MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES FROM THE JULY 27
9:08:49AM MEETING.
9:08:49AM MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:08:51AM DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
9:08:52AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
9:08:54AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:08:54AM AYE.
9:08:55AM ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO QUICKLY THROUGH THE APPROVAL OF THE
9:08:57AM AGENDA.
9:08:57AM JUST A COUPLE OF ITEMS.
9:08:59AM THERE IS A SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 11, AND
9:09:04AM WE'LL TAKE THAT UP WHEN WE GET THERE.
9:09:06AM WE HAVE A MEMO FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK PULLING ITEM NUMBER
9:09:10AM 14.
9:09:10AM WE'RE GOING TO HEAR THAT DURING STAFF REPORTS.
9:09:12AM IT WILL BE THE FIRST -- I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS AN
9:09:14AM ADMINISTRATION UPDATE.
9:09:15AM SO IT WILL BE HEARD FIRST UNDER STAFF REPORTS.
9:09:17AM CAN I GET A MOTION TO PULL THAT ITEM?
9:09:19AM MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
9:09:21AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
9:09:22AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:09:22AM AYE.
9:09:24AM ANY OPPOSED?
9:09:24AM ALL RIGHT.
9:09:26AM LET'S GO THROUGH THE STAFF REPORTS REAL QUICK.
9:09:28AM AGAIN, ITEM NUMBER 14 WILL GO FIRST.
9:09:31AM ITEM NUMBER 24, WE HAVE A WRITTEN REPORT FROM THE CHIEF OF
9:09:34AM POLICE.
9:09:36AM WOULD YOU LIKE SOMEONE PRESENT?
9:09:42AM >>LUIS VIERA: I'M FINE WITH A WRITTEN REPORT.
9:09:45AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL HAVE THAT.
9:09:45AM ITEM 25, REGARDING TPD USING HELICOPTERS.
9:09:52AM I MYSELF WOULD LIKE THEM HERE.
9:09:54AM IT IS A BIG ISSUE.
9:09:55AM I ALSO HAVE A REQUEST THAT ITEM NUMBER 25, NUMBER 30 BE
9:10:07AM HEARD TOGETHER RIGHT AFTER EACH OTHER BECAUSE IT IS A TPD
9:10:10AM ITEM.
9:10:11AM WE'LL DO THAT.
9:10:12AM ITEM NUMBER 26, WOULD WE LIKE SOMEONE HERE?
9:10:21AM >>BILL CARLSON: YES, PLEASE.
9:10:21AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON, WE'LL HAVE 26 HERE.
9:10:25AM ITEM NUMBER 27, WE HAVE A WRITTEN REPORT.
9:10:27AM COUNCILMAN VIERA, WOULD YOU LIKE SOMEONE HERE FOR THAT?
9:10:29AM >>LUIS VIERA: I APOLOGIZE.
9:10:30AM LET ME LOOK AT THAT.
9:10:32AM OH, NO, THAT'S FINE.
9:10:33AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL BE GOOD WITH THE WRITTEN REPORT.
9:10:35AM ITEM NUMBER 28, THIS MOTION IS BY COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
9:10:41AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
9:10:42AM JUST A BRIEF CONVERSATION.
9:10:43AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
9:10:44AM ITEM NUMBER 29, WE HAVE A PowerPoint PRESENTATION.
9:10:49AM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
9:10:50AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
9:10:51AM ITEM NUMBER 30 WE BROUGHT UP, YES.
9:10:56AM THAT WILL BE GROUPED IN WITH THE TPD.
9:10:58AM ITEM 31, THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE THE ITEM TO
9:11:01AM SEPTEMBER 28.
9:11:02AM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
9:11:04AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
9:11:05AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:11:06AM AYE.
9:11:07AM WE WILL TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS AFTER THE MAYOR PRESENTS
9:11:10AM THE BUDGET SO THAT CTTV CAN RESET BEFORE WE START THE
9:11:13AM REGULAR AGENDA AND WE WILL BE BREAKING AT NOON FOR LUNCH, IF
9:11:17AM WE NEED TO, BECAUSE IT IS A SHORT AGENDA.
9:11:19AM MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AND THE ADDENDUM?
9:11:22AM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:11:25AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
9:11:27AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:11:27AM AYE.
9:11:28AM ANY OPPOSED?
9:11:28AM ALL RIGHT.
9:11:31AM ITEM NUMBER 1.
9:11:32AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
9:11:34AM [ LAUGHTER ]
9:11:36AM >>MAYOR CASTOR: GOOD THING I TOOK THAT SPEED TALKING CLASS.
9:11:39AM GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN MANISCALCO, COUNCIL, COMMUNITY.
9:11:43AM IT IS MY HONOR TO STAND BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING AND PRESENT
9:11:47AM THE CITY OF TAMPA'S 2024 BUDGET FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
9:11:51AM AS YOU'VE HEARD IN INDIVIDUAL BRIEFINGS, WE HAVE
9:11:56AM PAINSTAKINGLY BUILT A BUDGET THAT ADDRESSES THE NEEDS OF OUR
9:11:59AM COMMUNITY IN THE MOST EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE, AND EQUITABLE
9:12:04AM WAYS POSSIBLE.
9:12:05AM WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE EXCELLENT STEWARDS OF THE PUBLIC
9:12:08AM DOLLARS.
9:12:09AM OUR CFO, DENNIS ROGERO, WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH OUR 2024
9:12:13AM BUDGET PROPOSAL IN DETAIL, BUT I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH
9:12:17AM A BRIEF OVERVIEW.
9:12:18AM THIS 2024 CITY OF TAMPA BUDGET IS A TURNING POINT THAT OPENS
9:12:23AM THE DOOR INTO TAMPA'S FUTURE.
9:12:25AM A BUDGET IN WHICH WE, AS A COMMUNITY, TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
9:12:30AM FOR ADDRESSING THE GREATEST CHALLENGES THAT OUR CITY IS
9:12:33AM FACING.
9:12:35AM IT'S A BUDGET THAT MAKES THE CRITICAL INVESTMENTS IN
9:12:38AM INFRASTRUCTURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE DEMANDING, INVESTMENTS
9:12:42AM THAT ENSURE THAT OUR GROWING CITY REMAINS SAFE, PROVIDES
9:12:45AM NEEDED HOUSING, PAVES OUR CRUMBLING STREETS AND BUILDS
9:12:50AM SIDEWALKS WHILE ALSO INVESTING IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT
9:12:54AM MAKES THE CITY SO SPECIAL.
9:12:55AM THIS BUDGET IS OUR COMMITMENT TO LISTENING TO OUR RESIDENTS
9:13:00AM TO GET THINGS DONE.
9:13:03AM AND THAT AFTER ALL IS WHY WE ARE ALL HERE.
9:13:05AM THE TIME TO INVEST IN OUR FUTURE IS NOW, AND HERE IS WHY.
9:13:11AM TAMPA IS ONE OF THE NATION'S FASTEST GROWING CITIES.
9:13:15AM IT'S ON THE MAP AS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, PLAY, AND
9:13:18AM VISIT.
9:13:19AM WAGES ARE INCREASING BY A RATE THAT'S BEATING INFLATION,
9:13:24AM HOUSEHOLD INCOMES ARE UP 15.7% SINCE 2017 ADJUSTED FOR
9:13:31AM INFLATION.
9:13:31AM HOME VALUES ARE APPRECIATING AND FAMILIES ARE REINVESTING IN
9:13:34AM THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
9:13:35AM WE'RE SEEING NEW BUSINESSES OPEN EVERY DAY AND AT 2.5%,
9:13:41AM TAMPA'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS THE THIRD LOWEST IN THE NATION.
9:13:45AM BUT OVER 50,000 NEW RESIDENTS IN THE PAST DECADE AND TENS OF
9:13:50AM THOUSANDS OF NEW JOBS MEANS HIGHER DEMAND FOR SERVICES AND
9:13:53AM MORE WEAR AND TEAR ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
9:13:57AM AND WITH AN EXPECTED 150,000 NEW RESIDENTS AND 250,000 NEW
9:14:03AM JOBS IN THE NEXT 22 YEARS, PROTECTING OUR QUALITY OF LIFE
9:14:09AM REQUIRES BETTER INFRASTRUCTURE AND SMARTER GROWTH.
9:14:12AM FOUR CONSECUTIVE YEARS OF COMMUNITY VALUE SURVEYS SHOWS THAT
9:14:16AM RESIDENTS FROM ALL DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS ACROSS OUR CITY HAVE
9:14:22AM HIGH LEVELS OF TRUST IN CITY GOVERNMENT.
9:14:24AM THEY BELIEVE THAT THE CITY HAS DONE OUR JOB WELL.
9:14:28AM OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING THAT WE
9:14:30AM COULD WITH THE RESOURCES WE HAD TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT
9:14:35AM WE HEAR ABOUT FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND RESIDENTS.
9:14:39AM WE CONTINUOUSLY ANALYZE HOW BEST TO MAINTAIN THE MOST
9:14:43AM EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT WORKFORCE.
9:14:46AM BECAUSE WE'VE SPENT OUR RESOURCES SO RESPONSIBLY, WE'VE
9:14:50AM MAINTAINED TOP-TIER CREDIT RATINGS THAT SAVE OUR TAXPAYERS
9:14:55AM MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUALLY.
9:14:57AM AND WE FOCUSED ON BRINGING IN EXTERNAL FUNDING BY MAKING
9:15:02AM GRANTS A PRIORITY WE BROUGHT IN OVER 139 MILLION IN
9:15:07AM COMPETITIVE STATE AND FEDERAL DOLLARS, INCLUDING 35 MILLION
9:15:11AM THAT WE WERE AWARDED FOR STORMWATER PROJECTS TWO WEEKS AGO.
9:15:14AM WE'VE COMPLETED COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLANS TO ENSURE THAT
9:15:20AM EVERY DOLLAR IS BEING SPENT IN THE MOST IMPACTFUL WAY.
9:15:23AM THESE PLANS ARE MORE THAN DOCUMENTS.
9:15:25AM THEY ARE ROAD MAPS FOR BUILDING A TAMPA OVER THE NEXT 30
9:15:30AM YEARS THAT IS SUSTAINABLE, RESILIENT, AND EQUITABLE.
9:15:33AM BUILDING A TAMPA THAT HAS THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO MEET OUR
9:15:36AM NEEDS BUT ALSO THE ABILITY TO MAINTAIN IT.
9:15:41AM WE'VE COMPLETED THE MOVES MASTER PLAN, VISION ZERO PLAN,
9:15:44AM PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN, TAMPA FIRE RESCUE, PUBLIC
9:15:49AM SAFETY MASTER PLAN AND THE CLIMATE AND EQUITY MASTER PLAN.
9:15:52AM DEVELOPMENT OF A CITYWIDE HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND
9:15:57AM UPDATE TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ARE CURRENTLY UNDER WAY.
9:16:00AM WE HAVE MERGED THE INPUT FROM RESIDENTS FROM OUR DIVERSE
9:16:03AM NEIGHBORHOODS WITH DATA TO ENSURE THAT OUR SPENDING AND
9:16:08AM DECISION MAKING INCLUDES BOTH EFFICIENCY AND EQUITY.
9:16:12AM THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL, FOR SUPPORTING THESE PLANNING
9:16:16AM EFFORTS.
9:16:17AM HAVING PLANS READY FOR IMPLEMENTATION HAS BEEN A BIG
9:16:21AM ADVANTAGE WHEN APPLYING FOR FEDERAL GRANTS AND HAS HELPED US
9:16:24AM BRING IN A GREAT DEAL OF FUNDING.
9:16:26AM AND WE'VE DEMONSTRATED THROUGH PIPES, STORMWATER
9:16:31AM IMPROVEMENTS, AND MANY OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE MANAGE
9:16:35AM LARGE-SCALE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AT EVERY STEP OF THE
9:16:38AM WAY, FROM ISSUING BONDS TO CONTRACTING THE PROJECTS, TO
9:16:43AM BUILDING AND COMPLETING THEM ON TIME AND ON BUDGET.
9:16:46AM FRANKLY, WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN WITH WHAT WE HAVE, BUT
9:16:53AM THE PUBLIC IS DEMANDING WE DO BETTER WITH POTHOLES, HOUSING,
9:16:56AM AND OTHER NECESSARY SERVICES.
9:16:57AM AND THAT'S JUST THE BEGINNING BECAUSE WE MUST ALSO THINK
9:17:03AM ABOUT FUTURE RESIDENTS AND HOW OUR INVESTMENTS IN
9:17:05AM TRANSPORTATION AND PARKS, PUBLIC SAFETY WILL IMPACT HOW AND
9:17:10AM WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND WORK AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEIR
9:17:13AM QUALITY OF LIFE.
9:17:14AM SO LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT IS IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND
9:17:18AM WHAT'S IN IT FOR TAMPA RESIDENTS.
9:17:19AM THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES 45 MILLION IN NEW INVESTMENTS
9:17:24AM IN TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC SAFETY, PARKS, AND HOUSING.
9:17:27AM WE CAN LEVERAGE THESE DOLLARS IN SEVERAL WAYS TO FUND
9:17:32AM PROJECTS ACROSS THE CITY.
9:17:35AM AS WE TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET, I WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF
9:17:38AM CITY COUNCIL FOR BEING STRONG ADVOCATES FOR OUR CITY IN
9:17:42AM THESE KEY AREAS.
9:17:43AM TO FUND THESE CRITICAL PROJECTS AND SERVICES, A MILLAGE
9:17:47AM INCREASE OF 1.0 WILL BE NECESSARY.
9:17:51AM WE RAISED THE MILLAGE RATE ONCE IN 30 YEARS, AND THIS IS AN
9:17:55AM ENTIRELY DIFFERENT CITY THAN IT WAS THREE DECADES AGO.
9:17:59AM THIS WILL COST THE AVERAGE TAMPA HOUSEHOLD $19.29 A MONTH.
9:18:05AM TWICE IN TWO YEARS, TAMPA VOTERS SENT A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT
9:18:10AM THEY WANT TO INVEST IN TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, AND
9:18:14AM THEY ARE WILLING TO PAY FOR IT.
9:18:16AM THEY WANT SIDEWALKS.
9:18:17AM THEY WANT SAFETY.
9:18:19AM THEY WANT OPTIONS.
9:18:20AM THEY WANT SHORTER COMMUTES, LESS CONGESTION, AND SMOOTHER
9:18:24AM TRAFFIC FLOW.
9:18:25AM AND ABOVE ALL, THEY WANT US TO FIX THEIR ROADS.
9:18:29AM LAST YEAR, 82% OF DISTRICT 4 PRECINCTS IN SOUTH TAMPA VOTED
9:18:34AM TO RAISE THEIR OWN TAXES TO PAY FOR TRANSPORTATION
9:18:37AM IMPROVEMENTS.
9:18:38AM 92% OF DISTRICT 5 AND 86% OF DISTRICT 6 AND 7 PRECINCTS DID
9:18:45AM THE SAME.
9:18:46AM THAT'S ALMOST 87% OF PRECINCTS CITYWIDE.
9:18:50AM THERE COULD BE NO CLEAR MESSAGE FROM VOTERS THAT THE TIME TO
9:18:54AM ACT IS NOW.
9:18:56AM THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HEAR ABOUT ALL THE TIME FROM THE
9:18:59AM PUBLIC, BUT ALSO FROM MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
9:19:03AM COUNCILMAN CARLSON, WE HEARD YOU WHEN YOU SAID THAT WE NEED
9:19:06AM TO FOCUS ON REPAVING, AND THAT WE CAN'T WAIT FOR A SURTAX TO
9:19:12AM GET IT DONE.
9:19:13AM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN, WE HEARD YOU WHEN YOU SAID THAT THE
9:19:17AM ONE THING YOU HEAR ABOUT MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE FROM YOUR
9:19:20AM CONSTITUENTS IS THAT WE NEED TO FIX OUR ROADS.
9:19:23AM AND COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, YOU'VE BEEN A VOCAL ADVOCATE OF
9:19:28AM DOING WHAT WE CAN TO SUPPORT TRANSIT AND OUR BUS SYSTEM.
9:19:32AM AND I AGREE THAT WE CAN DO MORE.
9:19:34AM WITH OUR MOVES PLAN, WE'VE LISTENED TO RESIDENTS AND
9:19:38AM NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS TAMPA AND IDENTIFIED OVER $2 BILLION IN
9:19:42AM LONG-TERM NEEDS THAT ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS OVER 30 YEARS.
9:19:47AM THESE ARE NEEDS THAT ARE NOT WANT.
9:19:50AM THIS BUDGET STARTS TO ADDRESS THESE NEEDS BY MAKING HISTORIC
9:19:55AM INVESTMENTS IN TRANSPORTATION TO SAFELY CONNECT PEOPLE TO
9:19:59AM JOBS, SCHOOLS, AND BUSINESSES.
9:20:01AM TAMPA RESIDENTS DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT WHY WE CAN'T AFFORD
9:20:05AM TO FIX OUR OFTEN FAILING STREETS.
9:20:08AM THEY WANT US TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY NOW AND GET TO WORK.
9:20:13AM AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS BUDGET DOES.
9:20:15AM TO GO INTO FURTHER DETAIL ABOUT OUR PROPOSED TRANSPORTATION
9:20:18AM INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, I'D LIKE TO BRING THE
9:20:22AM ADMINISTRATOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND MOBILITY, JEAN DUNCAN,
9:20:26AM UP TO THE PODIUM.
9:20:27AM JEAN?
9:20:28AM >>JEAN DUNCAN: THANK YOU, MAYOR.
9:20:30AM GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
9:20:32AM IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS MORNING.
9:20:33AM COUNCIL, WE'VE HEARD FROM EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU
9:20:38AM REGARDING YOUR CONSTITUENT NEEDS AND REQUEST TO ADDRESS
9:20:41AM TRANSPORTATION ISSUES.
9:20:41AM OUR RESIDENTS CONTACT US DIRECTLY EVERY SINGLE DAY.
9:20:46AM EVERY DAY WE FIND NEW WAYS TO DO MORE WITH LESS.
9:20:50AM WE HAVE UPDATED OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIZATION APPROACH FOR
9:20:56AM THE MOVES PLAN THAT INCLUDED MANY PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS
9:20:58AM TO LISTEN TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS.
9:21:01AM WE HAVE LEVERAGED THE $9 MILLION IN GAS TAX DOLLARS, WHICH
9:21:05AM IS OUR ONLY DEDICATED FUND SOURCE TO SECURE WHAT WE
9:21:09AM AFFECTIONATELY REFER TO AS "OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY," OPM.
9:21:15AM IN FACT, I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS A MOVIE ABOUT THAT, BUT
9:21:17AM APPARENTLY THERE IS.
9:21:18AM UNDER THIS ADMINISTRATION, THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT HAS
9:21:20AM BROUGHT IN A TOTAL OF $50 MILLION IN GRANTS.
9:21:23AM WE HAVE EXISTING STAFF AND RESOURCES TO CREATE THE QUICK
9:21:29AM BUILD PROGRAM AND FIX IT FAST PROGRAM.
9:21:31AM THE QUICK BUILD APPROACH HAS ALLOWED US TO USE IN-HOUSE
9:21:35AM FORCES TO IMPLEMENT SMALL BUT IMPACTFUL SAFETY PROJECTS.
9:21:39AM THE FIX IT FAST PROGRAM HAS IMPROVED RESPONSE TIMES TO
9:21:45AM ADDRESS THE MOST PRESSING REPAIR NEEDS ON OUR ROADWAYS.
9:21:48AM WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT THE STATE OF OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
9:21:51AM IS DIRE.
9:21:52AM OVER 40% OF OUR ROADWAYS ARE IN POOR CONDITION.
9:21:57AM TO LISTEN TO OUR CONSTITUENTS, THEY WOULD PROBABLY SAY 100%
9:22:00AM ARE IN POOR CONDITION.
9:22:02AM THIS MEANS THAT MANY OF THEM NEED TO BE REBUILT RATHER THAN
9:22:06AM JUST REPAVED.
9:22:07AM THAT COST IS DRAMATICALLY HIGHER THAN JUST REPAVING.
9:22:10AM WE HAVE OVER 1300 MILES OF SIDEWALK GAPS THAT ARE NEEDED TO
9:22:15AM CONNECT SCHOOLS, PARKS, AND NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT THE
9:22:18AM ENTIRE CITY.
9:22:19AM THE TAMPA BAY REGION IS REGULARLY IDENTIFIED AS ONE OF THE
9:22:24AM MOST DANGEROUS AREAS FOR PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SAFETY.
9:22:27AM SAFETY AND CONGESTION NEEDS EXIST CITYWIDE.
9:22:30AM TRAFFIC SIGNALS ARE ONE OF OUR ASSETS THAT ALLOWS US TO
9:22:35AM BETTER MANAGE CONGESTION AND IMPROVE SAFETY.
9:22:38AM OVER HALF OF OUR 600 TRAFFIC SIGNALS ARE PAST THEIR USEFUL
9:22:44AM LIFE AND NEED TO BE REPLACED.
9:22:46AM CURRENTLY, IT'S ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS PER INTERSECTION
9:22:49AM WITH THE COST THAT WE HAVE TODAY.
9:22:51AM ROADWAY PAVING COSTS CONTINUE TO ESCALATE, IF YOU LOOK AT
9:22:57AM THIS CHART HERE, YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOTTOM LINE WE CURRENTLY
9:23:00AM DEDICATE ABOUT $5 MILLION OF THE $9 MILLION GAS TAX THAT WE
9:23:05AM GET TO ADDRESS PAVING NEEDS.
9:23:08AM THE PROPOSED MILLAGE WILL TAKE US UP TO THE YELLOW LINE,
9:23:12AM BRING US UP TO ABOUT $19 MILLION PER YEAR.
9:23:14AM THEN WE CAN START TO ADDRESS OUR MOST CRITICAL NEEDS WITH
9:23:17AM THIS FUNDING.
9:23:18AM IF WE WANTED TO KEEP OUR ENTIRE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK FROM
9:23:26AM NOT GETTING ANY WORSE, WE WOULD NEED TO BE SPENDING ABOUT
9:23:29AM $28 MILLION PER YEAR AND TO ACTUALLY BRING OUR ROADS UP TO
9:23:32AM CURRENT STANDARDS TO A FAIR CONDITION, WE NEED TO BE
9:23:36AM SPENDING OVER $45 MILLION PER YEAR.
9:23:38AM SO SIMPLY PUT, WE NEED THIS MILLAGE INCREASE -- EXCUSE ME,
9:23:46AM TO DO MORE PAVING, MORE SIDEWALKS, AND MORE SAFETY.
9:23:49AM THIS MAP SHOWS THE WORST OF OUR WORST NEIGHBORHOODS.
9:23:55AM MANY OF THE ROADS IN THESE LOCATIONS NEED TO BE REBUILT
9:23:58AM RATHER THAN BE REPAVED.
9:24:00AM YOU CAN SEE THEY ARE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY.
9:24:04AM NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
9:24:05AM WITH OUR CURRENT GAS TAX DOLLARS OF $5 MILLION PER YEAR, WE
9:24:11AM WILL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS APPROXIMATELY 30 NEIGHBORHOOD
9:24:14AM PROJECTS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
9:24:15AM WITH THE 1 MILL INCREASE, WE ESTIMATE THAT OVER THE NEXT
9:24:20AM FIVE YEARS WE CAN ADDRESS ABOUT 102 NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECTS
9:24:25AM WHERE THE ROADS ARE IN THE WORST CONDITION.
9:24:27AM THE PROPOSED MILLAGE WILL ALSO ALLOW US TO START TO CHIP
9:24:34AM AWAY AT THE EXTENSIVE SIDEWALK NEEDS THAT WE HAVE.
9:24:36AM WE HAVE OVER 1300 MILES OF NEW SIDEWALK NEEDS CITYWIDE.
9:24:41AM WE WOULD ACTUALLY NEED TO SPEND ABOUT $52 MILLION A YEAR FOR
9:24:46AM THE NEXT 25 YEARS TO ADDRESS THESE NEEDS.
9:24:49AM THAT IS STAGGERING.
9:24:51AM HOWEVER, WE NEED TO START SOMEWHERE AND NOT JUST CONTINUE TO
9:24:54AM IGNORE THE PROBLEM.
9:24:55AM SO IN SUMMARY, THE PROPOSED ADDITIONAL MILLAGE WOULD ALLOW
9:25:00AM US TO CONSTRUCT ABOUT 102 NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECTS OVER THE
9:25:03AM NEXT 5 YEARS, WHICH IMPROVES THE ROADS THAT ARE IN THE
9:25:08AM POOREST CONDITION.
9:25:09AM WE CAN INCREASE SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION FROM ABOUT A HALF A
9:25:12AM MILE PER YEAR TO OVER 17 MILES A YEAR OVER THE NEXT FIVE
9:25:16AM YEARS.
9:25:16AM AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT APPROXIMATELY 25 TRAFFIC
9:25:20AM SIGNAL REPLACEMENT AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENT UPGRADES AT OUR
9:25:25AM NEEDIEST LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE CITY.
9:25:29AM FINALLY, IF WE DO NOTHING, THIS MAP CONTINUES TO GET MORE
9:25:33AM AND MORE RED, WHICH MEANS REDUCED SAFETY, MORE CONGESTION,
9:25:37AM AND EXPONENTIALLY MORE COST TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS.
9:25:41AM SO, COUNCIL, LET'S START TO TACKLE THIS PROBLEM NOW.
9:25:44AM THANK YOU, MAYOR.
9:25:55AM >>MAYOR CASTOR: I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT EVERY TAMPA
9:25:57AM RESIDENT HAS THE RIGHT TO FEEL SAFE IN THEIR OWN HOME,
9:26:00AM BUSINESS, AND SCHOOL REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY LIVE.
9:26:02AM THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN COMMITTED TO THROUGHOUT MY
9:26:07AM CAREER, AND I'VE HEARD THE SAME FROM EACH OF THE COUNCIL
9:26:10AM MEMBERS.
9:26:11AM PUBLIC SAFETY IS A PREREQUISITE TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
9:26:15AM COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AND OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.
9:26:17AM A SUCCESSFUL CITY IS BUILT ON A FOUNDATION OF SAFETY AND
9:26:22AM SECURITY.
9:26:22AM TAMPA, AS YOU KNOW, IS ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES OUR SIZE IN
9:26:26AM THE NATION, AND THAT IS NOT BY HAPPENSTANCE.
9:26:30AM IT COMES THROUGH HARD WORK, DEDICATION, AND COLLABORATION
9:26:34AM WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
9:26:35AM AS WE GROW INTO THE FUTURE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO PREVENT
9:26:39AM CRIME THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS, RESPONSIBLE TECHNOLOGICAL
9:26:43AM ADVANCES AND PROGRAMS.
9:26:44AM BUT OUR RAPIDLY GROWING CITY WILL ALSO NEED MORE OFFICERS.
9:26:50AM AS YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO 90% OF TPD'S BUDGET IS PERSONNEL.
9:26:57AM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON, WE APPRECIATE AND AGREE WITH YOUR
9:27:00AM PASSION FOR PROVIDING OUR YOUTH WITH PROGRAMS AND
9:27:03AM OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL ASSIST THEM IN CHOOSING THE RIGHT
9:27:07AM PATH AS THEY GROW INTO ADULTHOOD.
9:27:09AM THIS BUDGET SUPPORTS REQUESTS MADE BY COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC
9:27:14AM FOR ADDITIONAL OFFICERS.
9:27:16AM COMMUNICATION TOOLS FOR COMMUNITY POLICING, AND SUPPORTING
9:27:19AM OUTREACH TO THE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND THOSE WITH MENTAL
9:27:22AM HEALTH ISSUES.
9:27:24AM I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF CHAIRMAN MANISCALCO AND COUNCIL
9:27:29AM MEMBERS CARLSON, HURTAK, CLENDENIN, HENDERSON, VIERA, AND
9:27:34AM MIRANDA.
9:27:35AM ALL OF YOU FOR EXPRESSING YOUR SUPPORT FOR THESE
9:27:40AM INVESTMENTS.
9:27:40AM TO GO INTO FURTHER DETAIL ABOUT OUR PROPOSED TPD BUDGET
9:27:44AM INCREASES, I'M GOING TO BRING UP CHIEF BERCAW.
9:27:51AM >>CHIEF BERCAW: THANK YOU, MAYOR.
9:27:52AM GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:27:54AM IT'S MY HONOR TO PRESENT YOU, AND THE PUBLIC, OUR INCREASED
9:27:57AM BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
9:27:59AM YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS OPERATING AT AN EXTREMELY HIGH AND
9:28:02AM EFFICIENT LEVEL.
9:28:03AM THIS IS EVIDENT IN THE HARD WORK OF OUR FINE OFFICERS AND
9:28:07AM OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF, OUR SUCCESSES, OUR COMMUNITY
9:28:12AM SUPPORT, AND OUR EXCELLENT REPUTATION ACROSS THE STATE AND
9:28:16AM THE NATION.
9:28:17AM OUR MISSION IS TO REDUCE CRIME AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF
9:28:20AM LIFE THROUGH COOPERATIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH ALL CITIZENS, AND
9:28:23AM WE ARE DOING JUST THAT.
9:28:25AM LAST YEAR, VIOLENT CRIME WAS DOWN 3%.
9:28:30AM THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR VIOLENT CRIME IS DOWN AN
9:28:34AM ADDITIONAL 9%.
9:28:35AM MOREOVER, OUR HOMICIDES ARE DOWN AND OUR CLEARANCE RATE IS
9:28:38AM UP.
9:28:39AM HOWEVER, WE ARE STILL EXPERIENCING SURGES IN AUTO BURGLARIES
9:28:43AM AND STOLEN VEHICLES.
9:28:44AM WE CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO LOCK THEIR CARS AND
9:28:48AM REMOVE THEIR VALUABLES FROM THEIR VEHICLES.
9:28:51AM WE ALSO REALIZE THAT THERE'S STILL POCKETS OF CRIME IN THE
9:28:54AM CITY, AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO
9:28:57AM ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS.
9:28:58AM OUR OFFICERS ARE SOLVING CRIMES AT AN UNPRECEDENTED SENSE OF
9:29:04AM URGENCY.
9:29:05AM WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED MANY CASES HERE IN COUNCIL WHERE WE HAVE
9:29:09AM SOLVED MAJOR CRIMES IN LESS THAN 48 HOURS.
9:29:11AM OUR RESPONSE TIMES FOR PRIORITY EVENTS ARE NEARLY TWO TIMES
9:29:18AM QUICKER THAN OUR GOALS.
9:29:20AM TAMPA IS ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES OUR SIZE IN THE NATION,
9:29:24AM JUST AS THE MAYOR SAID.
9:29:25AM THE SENSE OF PERSONAL SAFETY IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE
9:29:29AM CRIME STATISTICS.
9:29:30AM OUR COMMUNITY VALUES SURVEY INDICATES A STRONG SENSE OF
9:29:34AM PERSONAL SAFETY AND THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF OUR
9:29:37AM COMMUNITY IS SATISFIED WITH POLICE PRESENCE AND THE RESPONSE
9:29:40AM IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
9:29:41AM THIS DOES NOT MEAN OUR WORK IS COMPLETE, AS WE STILL HAVE
9:29:46AM AREAS TO ADDRESS.
9:29:47AM HOWEVER, WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK, AND WE ARE MAKING A
9:29:50AM DIFFERENCE.
9:29:51AM THIS TREND IS DUE TO THE HARD WORK OF OUR OFFICERS, OUR
9:29:55AM STAFF IN PREVENTING CRIME, SOLVING CRIME, AND THEY ARE
9:29:59AM EMBRACING OF OUR EXPANDED COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING
9:30:03AM PHILOSOPHY.
9:30:04AM WE HAVE JUST UNDER A THOUSAND OFFICERS AND JUST OVER 400,000
9:30:08AM CITIZENS, AND CLEARLY WE CANNOT DO THIS ALONE.
9:30:11AM WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUCH AN ENGAGED COMMUNITY HERE
9:30:15AM IN TAMPA.
9:30:16AM WE FACE FALLING BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IN LAW
9:30:20AM ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS IF WE FAIL TO KEEP UP WITH TAMPA'S
9:30:24AM GROWTH.
9:30:24AM THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS 2.4 OFFICERS PER 1,000 CITIZENS.
9:30:29AM WE ARE CURRENTLY ALLOCATED 984 SWORN POSITIONS.
9:30:34AM AS YOU KNOW, OUR POPULATION IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE, WHICH
9:30:38AM COULD REDUCE THAT RATIO.
9:30:40AM IN ADDITION TO POPULATION, THERE ARE A PLETHORA OF
9:30:43AM INCREASING DEMANDS ON OFFICERS.
9:30:45AM OUR TIMES ON CALLS ARE INCREASING.
9:30:47AM THE EVOLUTION OF OUR ASSIGNMENTS IS INCREASING.
9:30:51AM THINGS LIKE THE REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER, OUR BEHAVIORAL
9:30:54AM HEALTH UNIT, OUR HOMELESS OUTREACH, THE LARGE NUMBER OF
9:30:58AM GREAT SPECIAL EVENTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY.
9:31:01AM AND THE EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY AND TRAINING THAT OUR OFFICERS
9:31:05AM ARE FACED WITH.
9:31:06AM WE EXCEL IN PREVENTING CRIME, BUT THIS IS LABOR INTENSIVE.
9:31:11AM TO CONTINUE PROVIDING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SERVICE TO OUR
9:31:14AM COMMUNITY, WE MUST ADDRESS THE GAPS IN THE NUMBER OF
9:31:18AM OFFICERS, THE MODERNIZATION OF OUR FLEET VEHICLES AND THE
9:31:22AM COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, SPECIFICALLY OUR POLICE ATHLETIC
9:31:25AM LEAGUE.
9:31:25AM MOREOVER, WE MUST CAPITALIZE ON EVIDENCE-BASED TECHNOLOGY
9:31:29AM THAT INCREASES OUR TRANSPARENCY AND SUPPORTS OUR STAFF
9:31:32AM ALLOWING THEM TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE.
9:31:35AM COUNCIL, JUST AS YOU ALL SUGGESTED AND STRONGLY SUPPORTED,
9:31:41AM WE MUST GROW OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IN CONCERT WITH THE
9:31:44AM GROWTH OF THE CITY.
9:31:45AM WE ARE PROPOSING ADDING 30 ADDITIONAL SWORN OFFICERS.
9:31:51AM THIS WOULD BRING THE SWORN OFFICER LEVELS FROM 984 TO 1,014,
9:31:56AM THUS IMPROVING OUR OFFICER/CITIZEN RATIO IN KEEPING US ABOVE
9:32:01AM THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.
9:32:02AM THESE ADDITIONAL OFFICERS WILL BE ASSIGNED TO OUR FRONT
9:32:05AM LINES IN PATROL AND FILL OUR CURRENT GAPS IN TRAINING AND
9:32:10AM LONG-TERM MILITARY.
9:32:14AM OVER THREE YEARS, THIS INCREASE IN STAFFING WOULD COST OVER
9:32:16AM $9 MILLION, THROUGH A DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE GRANT, WE COULD
9:32:20AM SAVE THE CITY NEARLY $4 MILLION.
9:32:22AM AFTER THE THREE YEARS, THIS INCREASE IN STAFFING WOULD COST
9:32:27AM US AN ADDITIONAL $3.4 MILLION BEFORE THE ADJUSTED SALARIES.
9:32:33AM HIRING AND RECRUITING IS JUST AS ESSENTIAL.
9:32:37AM I'M PROPOSING THAT WE ADD A SECOND SCHOLARSHIP CLASS EACH
9:32:41AM YEAR.
9:32:42AM THESE CLASSES ACTUALLY HELP US IN OUR DIVERSITY RECRUITMENT
9:32:46AM AND HIRING OFFICERS FROM WITHIN OUR OWN CITY.
9:32:48AM ADDING A SECOND CLASS WOULD INCREASE OUR POLICE RECRUIT
9:32:52AM BUDGET BY JUST OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR TUITIONS AND
9:32:56AM SALARIES.
9:32:56AM WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING OUR POLICE VEHICLE FLEET.
9:33:02AM WE ARE GOING TOWARDS A NINE-YEAR ROTATION, BUT TO ACCOMPLISH
9:33:07AM THIS, WE'RE REQUESTING IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET AN ADDITIONAL
9:33:10AM 3.5 MILLION ABOVE OUR BUDGETED ALLOTMENT.
9:33:13AM THE IMPACT OF NOT HAVING THIS FUNDING RESULTS IN FEWER CARS
9:33:16AM BEING PURCHASED, WHICH MEANS KEEPING OLDER CARS IN OUR FLEET
9:33:19AM THAT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR COSTS.
9:33:23AM WHILE WE HAVE A MULTITUDE OF PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON PREVENTING
9:33:28AM CRIME, WE BELIEVE IN INVESTING AND REINVIGORATING OUR PAL
9:33:35AM PROGRAM.
9:33:36AM ENGAGING WITH EVEN MORE OF OUR YOUTH WILL PROVIDE OUR NEXT
9:33:40AM GENERATION WITH THE FOUNDATION TO BECOME THE FUTURE LEADERS
9:33:43AM OF THIS CITY.
9:33:44AM INVESTING ROUGHLY 700,000 WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
9:33:48AM HIRE FOUR FULL-TIME POSITIONS, SIX PART-TIME AND UP TO 14
9:33:53AM SEASONAL POSITIONS.
9:33:54AM EVIDENCE-BASED SUPPORTING TECHNOLOGY IS CRITICAL TO OUR
9:33:59AM MISSION, AND I'M REQUESTING AN ADDITIONAL $1.2 MILLION TO
9:34:03AM INCREASE OUR TRANSPARENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS AND SEVERAL OF
9:34:08AM OUR TOP PROJECTS UNDER THIS PROPOSAL WOULD INCLUDE PROVIDING
9:34:11AM A SMART PHONE FOR ALL OF OUR OFFICERS.
9:34:13AM THIS WOULD NOT ONLY PROVIDE INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES FOR
9:34:17AM COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, BUT WOULD PROVIDE TECHNOLOGY AT THEIR
9:34:23AM FINGERTIPS AS OPPOSED TO GOING BACK TO THEIR CAR.
9:34:25AM OTHER TOP PROJECTS WOULD INCLUDE INCREASED DIGITAL EVIDENCE
9:34:28AM STORAGE AND MORE ADVANCED MAPPING SYSTEMS.
9:34:31AM SO IN SUMMARY, I'M REQUESTING AN INVESTMENT IN OUR COPS, OUR
9:34:37AM CARS, AND OUR COMMUNITY.
9:34:38AM THESE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND FUNDING WILL HELP US TOWARDS
9:34:43AM WORKING TOWARDS OUR SHARED GOALS AS PUBLIC SERVANTS, WHICH
9:34:47AM IS A BETTER, SAFER TAMPA FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE.
9:34:51AM THANK YOU.
9:34:52AM THANK YOU, MAYOR.
9:35:02AM >>MAYOR CASTOR: AS YOU ALL KNOW, TAMPA FIRE RESCUE HAS A LOT
9:35:06AM TO BE PROUD OF.
9:35:07AM THE MEN AND WOMEN OF TAMPA FIRE RESCUE HAVE A DIFFICULT AND
9:35:10AM OFTEN DANGEROUS JOB.
9:35:12AM THEY NEVER HESITATE TO PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE IN
9:35:15AM SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
9:35:18AM RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY COUNT ON THEM TO BE THERE IN THEIR
9:35:22AM MOST DIFFICULT MOMENTS.
9:35:24AM IN 2022, TAMPA FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED TO 10,825 FIRE CALLS
9:35:31AM AND 81,116 MEDICAL CALLS.
9:35:36AM COUNCILMAN VIERA AND OTHER MEMBERS OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL,
9:35:39AM THIS BUDGET IS A COMMITMENT TO UPDATE STATIONS, ADD
9:35:44AM ADDITIONAL FIREFIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS, ADD RESCUE UNITS AND
9:35:47AM INCREASE THE DEPARTMENT'S CAPACITY.
9:35:49AM IT'S ALSO A COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING EFFICIENCIES AND
9:35:54AM RESPONSE TIMES THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.
9:35:57AM TO GO INTO FURTHER DETAIL ABOUT THE TFR PROPOSED BUDGET
9:36:00AM INCREASES, I'M GOING TO BRING UP CHIEF TRIPP.
9:36:08AM >>CHIEF TRIPP: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:36:10AM TAMPA FIRE RESCUE HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR OVER 120 YEARS.
9:36:14AM WITH THOSE YEARS, A RICH TRADITION HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.
9:36:16AM THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 742 MEN AND WOMEN WHO SACRIFICE
9:36:20AM THEIR LIFE EVERY DAY FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND HAVE MADE TAMPA
9:36:24AM FIRE RESCUE AN ELITE DEPARTMENT.
9:36:26AM TAMPA FIRE RESCUE RANKS NUMBER -- SORRY, RANKS IN THE TOP 1%
9:36:30AM OF AGENCIES WITH ISO RATING OF TWO OR BETTER.
9:36:34AM EVEN WITH THE CHALLENGES OF THE PANDEMIC, TAMPA FIRE RESCUE
9:36:37AM RECEIVED ITS THIRD ACCREDITATION IN FEBRUARY OF 2021.
9:36:41AM THAT WAS EVALUATED BY THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC SAFETY
9:36:46AM EXCELLENCE.
9:36:47AM THIS SPEAKS VOLUMES FOR THE COMMITMENT FROM THE MEN AND
9:36:49AM WOMEN WHO MAKE SURE TAMPA FIRE RESCUE CONSISTENTLY MEET THE
9:36:53AM NATIONAL STANDARDS WHEN USING THE BEST PRACTICE WHEN
9:36:56AM DELIVERING A HIGH LEVEL OF EMERGENCY SERVICE TO THE
9:36:59AM COMMUNITY.
9:36:59AM OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 2020, THE
9:37:04AM CALL VOLUME IN THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS INCREASED.
9:37:07AM LAST YEAR, 2022, TAMPA FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED TO OVER 91,000
9:37:12AM CALLS FOR SERVICE WITH OVER 80,000 MEDICAL CALLS.
9:37:15AM AS YOU SEE HERE ON THE CHART, IN THE PAST SIX YEARS, THE
9:37:18AM AVERAGE CALL VOLUME WAS OVER 86,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE PER
9:37:23AM YEAR WITH OVER 200,000 CALLS ANSWERED BY THE TAMPA FIRE
9:37:26AM RESCUE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER, WHICH EQUALS OVER 200 CALLS
9:37:30AM ANSWERED ON A DAILY BASIS.
9:37:32AM THE CURRENT VEHICLE FLEET IS OUTDATED WITH APPARATUSES
9:37:37AM OPERATING BEYOND LIFE EXPECTANCY.
9:37:40AM ONE OF THE MAIN ISSUES THAT TAMPA FIRE RESCUE FACES IS THE
9:37:43AM MANUFACTURER SHORTAGE OF AVAILABLE CHASSIS WHICH IS A
9:37:47AM NATIONWIDE PROBLEM, AS WELL AS PARTS FOR THE VEHICLES AND
9:37:50AM DEFINITELY LET'S NOT FORGET THE EFFECT OF THE RECENT
9:37:52AM PANDEMIC WITH MANPOWER.
9:37:54AM THE AVERAGE DELIVERY TIME FOR ALS TRANSPORT UNITS RANGE FROM
9:37:59AM 18 TO 24 MONTHS AND ENGINE OR AERIAL APPARATUS PRODUCTION
9:38:04AM TIMES CAN BE UP TO 30 MONTHS.
9:38:07AM TAMPA FIRE RESCUE IS ALSO DEALING WITH OUTDATED
9:38:09AM EVIDENCE-BASED TECHNOLOGY, FROM COMPUTERS, AUTOMATIC VEHICLE
9:38:13AM LOCATORS AND, OF COURSE, THE COMPUTER-AIDED DISPATCH SYSTEM.
9:38:16AM EACH OF YOU HAVE STATED THE CITY OF TAMPA IS GROWING.
9:38:20AM CURRENTLY, THE RATIO OF FIREFIGHTERS TO RESIDENTS IS 1.5 TO
9:38:24AM 1.8 PER THOUSAND CITIZENS.
9:38:26AM WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDS, TAMPA FIRE RESCUE WOULD ADD MORE
9:38:29AM PERSONNEL.
9:38:30AM RECENTLY, TAMPA FIRE RESCUE APPLIED FOR THE SAFER GRANT,
9:38:34AM STAFFING NEEDS OF FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
9:38:37AM THE AVERAGE COST OF A FIREFIGHTER TO START IS OVER $85,000.
9:38:40AM THE ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE GROWTH
9:38:44AM -- WILL ASSIST WITH THE GROWTH OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
9:38:46AM TAMPA FIRE RESCUE HAS FIVE STATIONS WITHOUT ALS TRANSPORT
9:38:51AM UNITS.
9:38:51AM ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL WILL FULFILL THE STAFFING NEEDS FOR THE
9:38:55AM ALS TRANSPORT UNITS BASED ON THE RECENT REVIEW OF THE 80,000
9:38:59AM MEDICAL CALLS ADDITIONAL RESOURCES IS NEEDED.
9:39:01AM RESPONSE TIME HAS BEEN A BIG CONCERN FROM EACH OF YOU AS
9:39:06AM WELL AS THE COMMUNITY.
9:39:07AM TAMPA FIRE RESCUE'S MISSION IS TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY BY
9:39:11AM PROVIDING IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TO ALL REQUESTS FOR SERVICE.
9:39:13AM REDUCTION IN RESPONSE TIME, AS WELL AS REDUCTION IN UNIT,
9:39:19AM DEFINITELY WILL BE GRANTED WITH THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
9:39:22AM MARCH OF 2023, ADDITIONAL ALS UNIT WAS ADDED IN THE CITY
9:39:25AM LIMITS.
9:39:26AM DATA HAS SHOWN 19% DECREASE HOURLY UTILIZATION.
9:39:32AM WHEN THIS AGENCY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1895, IT WAS KNOWN AS
9:39:36AM TAMPA FIRE DEPARTMENT.
9:39:36AM MEANING THE FIRE STATIONS WERE BUILT FOR FIRE APPARATUSES
9:39:41AM ONLY.
9:39:42AM AROUND 1978 WHEN THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE WAS
9:39:45AM INTRODUCED TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND LATER BECOMING TAMPA
9:39:47AM FIRE RESCUE.
9:39:48AM MANY OF THE STATIONS WERE NOT REDESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE THE
9:39:52AM ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL OR EQUIPMENT.
9:39:55AM THESE ADDITIONAL FUNDS WILL ASSIST WITH UPGRADING,
9:39:58AM REMODELING, REBUILDING THE FIRE STATION TO ACCOMMODATE
9:40:01AM ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL AS WELL AS EQUIPMENT.
9:40:03AM TAMPA FIRE RESCUE CONTINUES TO REDUCE RESPONSE TIMES, THERE
9:40:08AM ARE MULTIPLE COMPONENTS INVOLVED TO MAINTAIN AND STAY IN
9:40:12AM COMPLIANCE WITH NATIONAL STANDARDS, WHICH INCLUDES
9:40:16AM PURCHASING OF NEW VEHICLES, CONTINUE TO UPDATE AND IMPLEMENT
9:40:21AM BEST PRACTICE TECHNOLOGY, INCLUDING NEW PRE-EXEMPTION
9:40:24AM PLATFORM TO ALLOW VEHICLES TO MOVE THROUGH THE CITY OF TAMPA
9:40:27AM SAFELY, EFFECTIVELY, AND IN AN EFFICIENT MANNER.
9:40:30AM K-BAR RANCH IS LOCATED IN COUNCIL MEMBER LUIS VIERA'S
9:40:36AM DISTRICT, DISTRICT 7.
9:40:37AM EVEN THOUGH TAMPA FIRE RESCUE IS MEETING NATIONAL STANDARDS,
9:40:41AM THAT'S ONE AREA WHERE RESPONSE TIME IS LONGER THAN NORMAL.
9:40:44AM THE GOAL IS TO ADD ADDITIONAL RESCUE RESOURCES TO DECREASE
9:40:47AM THE RESPONSE TIME NOT ONLY IN DISTRICT 7 BUT THROUGHOUT THE
9:40:51AM CITY OF TAMPA.
9:40:52AM STATISTICS SHOW THE FIRE STATIONS ARE GEOGRAPHICALLY LOCATED
9:40:57AM THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF TAMPA.
9:40:58AM AS WE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST, COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN,
9:41:02AM BEFORE BUILDING ADDITIONAL FIRE STATIONS, WE SHOULD FILL THE
9:41:05AM STATIONS WITH THE APPROPRIATE RESOURCES TO PROVIDE THE
9:41:07AM COMMUNITY WITH THE REQUIRED LEVEL OF SERVICE.
9:41:11AM WE HAVE STATIONS BUILT IN 1914 AND 1921.
9:41:16AM THOSE ARE THE TWO OLDEST STATIONS.
9:41:17AM I HAVE SEVEN STATIONS BUILT IN 1958, PLUS AN OUTDATED
9:41:22AM MAINTENANCE SHOP THAT WAS BUILT IN 1955.
9:41:25AM STATIONS ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF REPAIR AND UPGRADES.
9:41:30AM THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING WOULD ALLOW STATIONS TO RECEIVE
9:41:32AM CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE WINDOWS, OVERHEAD DOORS, ELECTRICAL,
9:41:37AM GENDER APPROPRIATE BATHROOMS AND MUCH MORE.
9:41:39AM FROM THE RECENT ASSESSMENT OF THE STATIONS, THE PRICE RANGE
9:41:43AM FOR UPGRADING AND/OR REBUILDING RANGE FROM 1.3 MILLION TO
9:41:47AM 8.5 MILLION, BASED ON THE YEAR AND THE CONDITION OF THE
9:41:53AM STATION.
9:41:53AM THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING WILL ASSIST TAMPA FIRE RESCUE TO
9:41:57AM CONTINUE TO BE THE ELITE DEPARTMENT.
9:42:00AM THANK YOU.
9:42:00AM TURN IT BACK TO THE MAYOR.
9:42:02AM >>MAYOR CASTOR: THANK YOU, CHIEF.
9:42:03AM COUNCIL, AS YOU'RE AWARE, PROVIDING INADEQUATE SUPPORT FOR
9:42:07AM OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL COSTS DOWN
9:42:11AM THE ROAD AND LITERALLY COST LIVES.
9:42:14AM TAMPA'S GOLD AND MEDAL AWARD-WINNING PARKS AND RECREATION
9:42:21AM SYSTEM IS A CORNERSTONE OF OUR COMMUNITY'S QUALITY OF LIFE,
9:42:24AM BRINGING RESIDENTS TOGETHER WITH OPPORTUNITIES THAT BENEFIT
9:42:29AM NOT ONLY THEIR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING, BUT ALSO BUILDS A
9:42:32AM SENSE OF COMMUNITY IN EACH AND EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD.
9:42:34AM WE NEED TO PRESERVE, MAINTAIN, AND IMPROVE THESE PARKS FOR
9:42:40AM CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.
9:42:41AM TAMPA'S BOOMING POPULATION IS PUTTING A STRAIN ON OUR PARK
9:42:45AM SYSTEM AND STAFF.
9:42:47AM SINCE 2009, 35% OF OUR PARK STAFF WERE LAID OFF IN 2009
9:42:56AM DURING THE GREAT RECESSION.
9:42:57AM TAMPA HAS GROWN BY OVER 50,000 CITIZENS DURING THAT TIME,
9:43:02AM CREATING ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE NEEDS AND PROGRAMMING BACK
9:43:05AM LOGS FOR AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS, SUMMER CAMPS, GYMNASTICS AND
9:43:10AM OTHER CLASSES.
9:43:13AM WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS, IT'S NOT JUST ONGOING AND
9:43:16AM DEFERRED MAINTENANCE; IT'S EQUITY, CONNECTIVITY AND
9:43:21AM ACCESSIBILITY.
9:43:22AM THE LAST TIME THAT THE CITY RAISED ITS MILLAGE, ONE OF THE
9:43:25AM TOP ITEMS FUNDED WAS THE NEW TAMPA RECREATION CENTER, WHICH
9:43:30AM HAD A TERRIBLE BACKLOG FOR DANCE AND GYMNASTICS.
9:43:34AM CHILDREN ALL OVER OUR CITY SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO QUALITY
9:43:37AM PROGRAMMING, AND THIS BUDGET WILL ENSURE THAT IT'S PROVIDED.
9:43:42AM THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN VIERA, FOR YOUR HARD WORK TO BRING
9:43:46AM EQUITY TO NEW TAMPA AND THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON,
9:43:50AM FOR YOUR VOICE AND DETERMINATION TO BRING THIS PROGRAMMING
9:43:53AM TO EAST TAMPA AS WELL.
9:43:54AM COUNCILMAN VIERA, YOUR FIGHT TO MAKE OUR PARKS ACCESSIBLE
9:44:00AM FOR PEOPLE OF ALL ABILITIES, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN, HAS NOT
9:44:03AM GONE UNNOTICED.
9:44:05AM LAST WEEK, WE WERE AWARDED THE 2023 KAREN JACOBS OUTSTANDING
9:44:10AM ACCESSIBLE PLACES AWARD FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA ALL ABILITIES
9:44:14AM PLAYGROUND IN NEW TAMPA.
9:44:15AM THIS BUDGET WILL MAKE ACCESSIBLE PARKS A REALITY FOR MORE
9:44:22AM AND MORE CHILDREN EACH AND EVERY DAY.
9:44:24AM TO GO INTO FURTHER DETAIL ON THE PROPOSED PARKS AND
9:44:27AM RECREATION INVESTMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP OUR
9:44:30AM ADMINISTRATOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, OCEA
9:44:34AM WYNN.
9:44:37AM >>OCEA WYNN: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:44:38AM THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR.
9:44:39AM OUR PARKS HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY, WITHIN THE STATE,
9:44:45AM AND ON THE LOCAL LEVEL.
9:44:47AM HOWEVER, IT HAS NOT BEEN WITHOUT ITS CHALLENGES.
9:44:50AM WE HAVE A PARKS AND RECREATION -- NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE -- WE
9:45:00AM FACE A GROWING NEED WITHIN OUR PARKLAND WITHIN OUR
9:45:04AM NEIGHBORHOODS.
9:45:05AM WITH THE GROWING BACK LOG, WITH LONG WAIT LISTS, AS THE
9:45:09AM MAYOR HAS MENTIONED, AND WITH THE REDUCTION OF THE PARK
9:45:12AM STAFF.
9:45:13AM THAT 35% REDUCTION IN THE PARK STAFF, THAT EQUATES TO 245
9:45:19AM EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE NOT RECOVERED.
9:45:22AM AS TAMPA CONTINUES TO GROW AND THE POPULATION CONTINUES TO
9:45:27AM GROW, THAT WOULD CONTINUE TO PUT MORE STRAIN AND IMPACT ON
9:45:33AM OUR EXISTING PARK SYSTEM.
9:45:36AM SO WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING, WE'RE PROPOSING IMPLEMENTING THE
9:45:41AM FIRST FIVE YEARS OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION RECOMMENDATIONS
9:45:45AM AS IDENTIFIED IN THE MASTER PLAN.
9:45:48AM THESE RECOMMENDATIONS HIGHLIGHT THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS AND THE
9:45:52AM HIGHEST PRIORITIES OF THE COMMUNITY.
9:45:55AM THE RENOVATIONS AND REINVESTMENT IN THE EXISTING PARKS AND
9:45:59AM FACILITIES, NEW FACILITIES IN EXISTING PARKS, AND PROVIDING
9:46:06AM ADDITIONAL RECREATION AMENITIES IN OUR 15 UNDEVELOPED PARKS.
9:46:12AM THESE IMMEDIATE ACTIONS WILL ALSO HAVE INCREASED THE
9:46:18AM CAPACITY OF OUR PARK SYSTEM BY ADDING MORE FACILITIES, MORE
9:46:23AM AMENITIES, AND HELP CREATE OPEN SPACE IN OUR PARKS.
9:46:30AM OUR MASTER PLAN IDENTIFIED THE ESTIMATES THAT ARE NEEDED FOR
9:46:34AM OUR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AND THESE COSTS FOR THE FIRST
9:46:38AM FIVE YEARS COSTS WITH THE INCLUSION OF 26 ADDITIONAL STAFF
9:46:43AM MEMBERS WILL COST US ABOUT $3 MILLION ANNUALLY.
9:46:47AM THE MASTER PLAN HAS ALREADY ALSO IDENTIFIED PROJECTS -- AND
9:46:54AM I WILL JUST NAME A FEW THAT WE WILL RENOVATION.
9:46:59AM WE WILL IMPROVE.
9:47:00AM THE RIVER TOWER TRAIL SHORELINE RESTORATION AND PARK
9:47:08AM IMPROVEMENTS.
9:47:10AM THAT WILL INCLUDE PARKING AT THE RIVER TOWER PARK.
9:47:11AM WE WILL REHAB THE SULPHUR SPRINGS PARK.
9:47:17AM COUNCILMAN CARLSON, WE'VE HAD CALLS REGARDING THE HYDE PARK
9:47:21AM ART STUDIO AND REDEVELOPING THAT AREA.
9:47:23AM WE WILL TACKLE THAT AS WELL.
9:47:25AM THE DUNDEE PLAYGROUND AND SIDEWALKS, THAT WAS A REQUEST FROM
9:47:34AM THE COMMUNITY.
9:47:35AM WE WILL REIMAGINE HOW THIS FUNDING COULD BE USED FOR
9:47:41AM STORMWATER PONDS AND CREATING THOSE PONDS INTO PARKS.
9:47:44AM COUNCILMAN VIERA, WE HEARD YOU ABOUT THE LACK OF PARK AND
9:47:51AM PARK AMENITIES IN YOUR DISTRICT.
9:47:55AM SO WITH THE K-BAR RANCH, WE WILL LOOK AT PUTTING
9:48:01AM MULTIPURPOSE FIELDS, PLAY AREAS, NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIONS
9:48:03AM AND PARKING.
9:48:04AM THE TAMPA PALMS PARK, THE FIVE ACRE PARK, WE'LL LOOK AT
9:48:10AM PUTTING TRAILS AND AMENITIES.
9:48:11AM THE NEW TAMPA NATURE PARK WILL LOOK AT INCLUDING A NATURE
9:48:19AM CENTER, EXPANDING THE TRAIL SYSTEM AND THE RESTROOMS.
9:48:23AM THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE MANY NEEDS THAT HAVE BEEN
9:48:27AM IDENTIFIED BY THE MASTER PLAN.
9:48:30AM IN TERMS OF PROGRAMMING, THE MAYOR MENTIONED THE WAIT LIST
9:48:36AM FOR GYM AND DANCE.
9:48:37AM WELL, EVEN WITH THE PREVIOUS MILLAGE, WE STILL HAVE A WAIT
9:48:41AM LIST.
9:48:41AM SO AT THE WAYNE PAPY FACILITY, WE HAVE A WAIT LIST OF
9:48:49AM APPROXIMATELY 1200 PEOPLE, AS WELL AS IN THE NEW TAMPA.
9:48:52AM SO BOTH FACILITIES HAVE WAIT LISTS OF 2400 COLLECTIVE.
9:48:59AM 1200 AT EACH LOCATION.
9:49:02AM IN COMPARISON, THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 1100 STUDENTS
9:49:05AM ENROLLED AT WAYNE PAPY NOW.
9:49:07AM AND 1400 ENROLLED AT THE NEW TAMPA REC CENTER.
9:49:12AM THE WAIT TIMES COULD BE IN EXCESS OF A YEAR, AND THIS IS
9:49:18AM FURTHER IMPACTED BY THE LOW STUDENT TO TEACHER RATIO THAT'S
9:49:22AM NEEDED FOR THE YOUNGER STUDENTS.
9:49:24AM SO THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING WILL ALLOW US TO THINK CREATIVELY
9:49:30AM ABOUT HOW WE CAN EXPAND OUR SERVICES THROUGHOUT OUR
9:49:33AM RECREATION SYSTEM AND TO HIRE ADDITIONAL STAFF TO ATTEND TO
9:49:39AM THE GYM AND DANCE.
9:49:41AM AND IT'S NOT ONLY GYM AND DANCE, WE SEE THE SAME THING IN
9:49:45AM OUR AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMMING AS WELL.
9:49:46AM MAINTENANCE, ON AVERAGE, PARKS AND RECREATION SENDS
9:49:51AM APPROXIMATELY 2500 WORK ORDERS, 2500 WORK ORDERS TO FACILITY
9:49:57AM MANAGEMENT.
9:49:57AM AND THIS IS MOSTLY DUE TO THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE OF OUR
9:50:01AM FACILITIES.
9:50:01AM OUR FORESTRY DEPARTMENT RECEIVES APPROXIMATELY 1800 WORK
9:50:06AM ORDERS ANNUALLY.
9:50:09AM OUR FORESTRY STAFF IS TAKING FROM SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS FOR NEW
9:50:13AM INSPECTIONS.
9:50:14AM THIS IS DUE TO THE LACK OF PERSONNEL AS WELL AS THE LACK OF
9:50:17AM RELIABLE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE TO ATTEND TO THESE NEEDS.
9:50:21AM ALL OF OUR 17 SWIMMING POOLS AND SPLASH PAD AMENITIES ARE
9:50:27AM NEEDING SOME LEVEL OF REPAIR.
9:50:28AM IN ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING AREAS.
9:50:32AM WE HAVE NEEDS FOR SURFACE REPAIR, FILTRATION AND PUMP
9:50:36AM SYSTEMS, HEATERS AND BLANKETS, CONTROLLERS, UV AND DECKS,
9:50:42AM EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM.
9:50:43AM THE MASTER PLAN HAS IDENTIFIED APPROXIMATELY $24 MILLION IN
9:50:50AM EXISTING POOL REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE NEEDS.
9:50:52AM WE SPOKE OF ACCESSIBILITY.
9:50:56AM AND COUNCILMAN VIERA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR DRUM BEAT
9:51:01AM AND YOUR PASSION FOR LEADING THIS EFFORT, BUT OUR ACCESSIBLE
9:51:05AM PARK SHOULD BE EVERY PARK, NOT JUST HIGHLIGHTED AND JUST ONE
9:51:08AM PARK.
9:51:08AM SO WE WILL PROVIDE ADA ACCESSIBILITY WITHIN ALL 192 PARKS.
9:51:14AM AND WE WILL UPGRADE OUR SWIMMING POOLS WITH ADA LIFTS,
9:51:22AM RAMPS, AND WADING ACCESS.
9:51:25AM WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR SUSTAINABILITY AND
9:51:28AM RESILIENCY OFFICER TO EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOLAR
9:51:33AM INSTALLATIONS AS WE ARE RENOVATING BUILDINGS, AS WELL AS
9:51:37AM DEVELOPING A CANOPY MAINTENANCE PROGRAM FOR TREE PLANTING.
9:51:43AM BOTH OF THESE PROGRAMS HAVE HUGE UP FRONT CAPITAL
9:51:47AM INVESTMENTS.
9:51:47AM WITH THAT, MAYOR, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU.
9:51:51AM THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL.
9:51:59AM >>MAYOR CASTOR: ONE OF THE GREATEST CHALLENGES FACING TAMPA
9:52:01AM IS ENSURING THAT OUR RESIDENTS OF ALL INCOME LEVELS CAN FIND
9:52:07AM HOUSING THAT THEY CAN AFFORD.
9:52:08AM THERE IS A HOUSING SHORTAGE AT ALL INCOME LEVELS IN OUR
9:52:13AM CITY.
9:52:14AM THIS SHORTAGE IS PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT FOR OUR LOWER-INCOME
9:52:18AM RESIDENTS, BUT OUR MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES ARE ALSO HAVING
9:52:22AM LESS CHOICES THAN EVER BEFORE.
9:52:25AM ACCORDING TO THE 2023 COMMUNITY VALUES SURVEY, ACCESS TO
9:52:29AM AFFORDABLE HOUSING WAS THE ISSUE WITH THE LARGEST
9:52:32AM EXPECTATION GAP.
9:52:34AM THE CITY'S ROLE IN HOUSING IS FOCUSED ON EXPANDING HOMEOWNER
9:52:39AM OPPORTUNITIES, PREVENTING EVICTIONS, PARTNERING WITH
9:52:42AM DEVELOPERS TO INCLUDE MORE ATTAINABLE HOUSING IN NEW
9:52:46AM PROJECTS AND ESTABLISHING THE CONDITIONS THROUGH TRANSIT
9:52:50AM CORRIDORS AND LAND USE REFORMS TO INCREASE DENSITY.
9:52:54AM THIS BUDGET MAKES A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN HOUSING THAT
9:52:57AM WE CAN LEVERAGE WITH LOCAL, STATE, FEDERAL, AND PRIVATE
9:53:02AM PARTNERS.
9:53:03AM YOUR SUPPORT OF TAMPA HOPE AND ITS PARTNERS IS ALSO A KEY
9:53:08AM NECESSITY WHEN WE ADD THE NEED TO SHELTER AND ASSIST OUR
9:53:11AM HOMELESS POPULATION.
9:53:12AM I'D LIKE TO THANK CHAIRMAN MANISCALCO, COUNCIL MEMBER
9:53:17AM MIRANDA FOR YOUR INCREASING ASSISTANCE AND ATTENTION ON OUR
9:53:23AM HOUSING ISSUE.
9:53:25AM TO GO FURTHER IN DETAIL ON PROPOSED HOUSING INVESTMENTS, I'D
9:53:28AM LIKE TO BRING UP OUR ADMINISTRATOR FOR DEVELOPMENT AND
9:53:31AM ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, NICOLE TRAVIS.
9:53:36AM >>NICOLE TRAVIS: THANK YOU, MAYOR.
9:53:37AM GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:53:38AM IN 2019, AND WITH LIMITED DATA, MAYOR CASTOR SET A GOAL OF
9:53:44AM 10,000 AFFORDABLE UNITS BY 2027.
9:53:47AM KNOWING TAMPA WAS FALLING BEHIND IN HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.
9:53:52AM THIS COUNCIL HAVE HEARD FROM THE CITIZENS, ESPECIALLY IN THE
9:53:55AM PAST TEN MONTHS, ABOUT THE NEED TO HAVE HOUSING FOR ALL.
9:53:59AM AS OF JULY 2023, THERE ARE 2,034 AFFORDABLE UNITS THAT HAVE
9:54:05AM BEEN COMPLETED OR ARE UNDERWAY.
9:54:07AM 3,082 UNITS ARE IN THE PLAN AND CONCEPTUAL PHASE.
9:54:13AM IT WILL REQUIRE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO HAVE THESE UNITS GO
9:54:16AM INTO THE DEVELOPMENT CONSTRUCTION PHASE.
9:54:19AM FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TAMPA'S HISTORY, GENERAL FUND
9:54:23AM INVESTMENTS WERE MADE IN HOME OWNERSHIP AND RENTAL
9:54:26AM ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS REMAIN HOUSING
9:54:30AM STABLE.
9:54:30AM WE'VE ALSO INVESTED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING NEEDS
9:54:34AM ASSESSMENT AND A SIGNIFICANT UPDATE TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT
9:54:37AM CODE WHICH WILL HELP INFORM POLICY DECISIONS ON HOUSING IN
9:54:41AM THE FUTURE.
9:54:42AM THE CITY OF TAMPA IS EXPECTED TO SEE APPROXIMATELY A 20%
9:54:47AM INCREASE IN HOUSEHOLDS BY 2030.
9:54:50AM THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL 32,000 HOUSEHOLDS IN THE NEXT SEVEN
9:54:54AM YEARS.
9:54:55AM TO ACCOMMODATE THAT GROWTH WITHOUT DISPLACING CURRENT
9:55:00AM RESIDENTS, THE CITY NEEDS TO BUILD A SOLID FOUNDATION
9:55:03AM COMPLETE WITH INFRASTRUCTURE TO MEET THE HOUSING NEEDS OF
9:55:06AM OUR COMMUNITY.
9:55:07AM WITHOUT INTENTIONAL AND STRATEGIC INVESTMENT, WE WILL
9:55:11AM CONTINUE TO FALL FURTHER BEHIND IN TAMPA'S HOUSING GAP OF
9:55:16AM 26,000 AFFORDABLE UNITS TO HOUSEHOLDS AT OR BELOW 50% OF THE
9:55:22AM AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
9:55:23AM 50% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME IS $43,450 FOR A FAMILY OF
9:55:31AM FOUR.
9:55:31AM SO THAT'S JUST NOT A NUMBER, COUNCIL.
9:55:35AM WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR TEACHERS, OUR LABOR WORKERS, HEALTH
9:55:38AM CARE PROVIDERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
9:55:42AM WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NURSES, CERTIFIED NURSE ASSISTANCE AND
9:55:46AM TECHNICIANS.
9:55:47AM IT WILL TAKE ALMOST $1 BILLION TO REACH THE 10,000 UNIT GOAL
9:55:54AM BY 2027 OF BOTH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC INVESTMENT.
9:55:57AM YOUR COMMITMENT TO FAIR HOUSING THROUGH YOUR SUPPORT OF THE
9:56:02AM PROPOSED 1 MILL INCREASE WILL ALLOW US TO CONTINUE ONGOING
9:56:07AM FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
9:56:09AM IT WILL ALLOW US TO MAKE UNITS AFFORDABLE BY LOWERING THE
9:56:13AM PER UNIT COST THROUGH SUBSIDIZATION AND STRATEGIC PROPERTY
9:56:18AM ACQUISITION.
9:56:20AM THE ABILITY TO RELY ON FUNDING FROM THE MILLAGE INCREASE
9:56:24AM ALLOWS US TO PLAN STRATEGICALLY FOR OUR OPERATIONAL AND HR
9:56:29AM NEEDS.
9:56:29AM THE FUNDING WOULD ALSO ALLOW US TO PROVIDE AN INFUSION OF
9:56:34AM LAND AND START-UP CASH FOR THE ONLY TRUE WAY TO ENSURE
9:56:38AM LONG-TERM HOUSING AFFORDABILITY THROUGH A COMMUNITY LAND
9:56:41AM TRUST.
9:56:41AM I JUST MENTIONED DISPLACEMENT OF RESIDENTS, BUT PERHAPS I
9:56:45AM SHOULD BE A LITTLE MORE DIRECT.
9:56:47AM WE WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN OUR HOMELESS POPULATION
9:56:52AM UNLESS A BOLD AND SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT IS MADE IN FAIR
9:56:56AM HOUSING.
9:56:56AM THE PROPOSED MILLAGE WILL YIELD $9 MILLION ANNUALLY THAT CAN
9:57:02AM BE LEVERAGED TO $134 MILLION OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD.
9:57:07AM THIS INCREASE IS A MISSION-ORIENTED INVESTMENT THAT WILL
9:57:11AM INVEST IN AND ALONGSIDE LOCAL HOUSING DEVELOPERS TO CREATE
9:57:15AM AND PRESERVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS FOR RESIDENTS OF THE
9:57:18AM CITY OF TAMPA.
9:57:19AM THE INFUSION OF CASH IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS YOU ALL KNOW,
9:57:23AM DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION TAKES YEARS.
9:57:28AM DEVELOPERS NEED CERTAINTY.
9:57:29AM WHEN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS CAN DEPEND ON FUNDING IN
9:57:33AM OUT YEARS, IT INCREASES THEIR LIKELIHOOD THAT THEY WILL POOL
9:57:37AM PRIVATE AND PHILANTHROPIC FUNDS TO LEVERAGE WITH LOCAL
9:57:41AM FUNDS, REDUCING THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION ON A PER UNIT BASIS.
9:57:45AM THEY CANNOT PLAN INVESTMENT IN OUT YEARS BASED OFF A SINGLE
9:57:51AM YEAR ALLOCATION.
9:57:52AM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, YOU HAVE CALLED ME SEVERAL TIMES WITH --
9:57:57AM ABOUT PROPERTY AVAILABLE OR SUITABLE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
9:58:00AM BUT THEY ARE OUTSIDE OF THE CRA DISTRICTS.
9:58:02AM THIS MILLAGE INCREASE WILL GIVE US THE CAPITAL NEEDED TO BUY
9:58:07AM LAND IN BULK OUTSIDE OF OUR CRAs.
9:58:10AM COUNCIL, YOUR SUPPORT FOR FAIR HOUSING IS TANTAMOUNT TO
9:58:15AM SUPPORTING SOCIAL EQUITY AND INCLUSIVITY WITHIN OUR
9:58:19AM COMMUNITIES.
9:58:20AM BY ENSURING EQUAL ACCESS TO HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES,
9:58:23AM INDIVIDUALS FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS CAN THRIVE LEADING TO A
9:58:27AM MORE VIBRANT AND DYNAMIC LOCAL ECONOMY.
9:58:30AM FAIR HOUSING POLICIES CONTRIBUTE TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY
9:58:34AM ATTRACTING BUSINESSES, FOSTERING A SKILLED WORKFORCE, AND
9:58:39AM CREATING STABLE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ENCOURAGE INVESTMENTS AND
9:58:43AM GROWTH.
9:58:44AM COUNCIL, I THANK YOU FOR YOU SUPPORTING OUR PROTECTED
9:58:46AM POPULATIONS AND MOST VULNERABLE CITIZENS WITH THEIR HOUSING
9:58:49AM NEEDS.
9:58:50AM MAYOR, I TURN IT BACK TO YOU.
9:58:55AM >>MAYOR CASTOR: THANK YOU, NICOLE.
9:58:56AM COUNCIL, JUST LIKE YOU, I HEAR OFTEN FROM OUR RESIDENTS
9:59:00AM ABOUT THE CONDITIONS OF OUR STREETS, ABOUT HOW CHILDREN AND
9:59:03AM SENIORS THROUGHOUT TAMPA SHOULD HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO PARKS
9:59:07AM AND RECREATION SERVICES, ABOUT HOW WHERE YOU LIVE IN TAMPA
9:59:12AM SHOULDN'T DETERMINE HOW FAST FIRST RESPONDERS GET TO YOU IN
9:59:16AM AN EMERGENCY AND ABOUT HOW FAMILIES ARE WORRIED THAT THEY
9:59:19AM ARE BEING PRICED OUT AS HOUSING COSTS RISE.
9:59:23AM I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT WHILE OUR ECONOMY IS STRONGER THAN
9:59:27AM EVER, WITH HIGHER INCOMES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR JOB TRAINING
9:59:31AM AND FOR BETTER PAYING JOBS, WE STILL HAVE VULNERABLE
9:59:36AM POPULATIONS THAT ARE STRUGGLING, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
9:59:39AM THAT THEY ARE NOT LEFT BEHIND.
9:59:41AM TO BE CLEAR, THIS BUDGET IS NOT GOING TO ADDRESS ALL OF OUR
9:59:47AM GAPS OR OUR GROWTH CHALLENGES, BUT WITHOUT ADDITIONAL
9:59:51AM FUNDING, THE CITY OF TAMPA WILL STRUGGLE TO MOVE FORWARD ON
9:59:55AM ADDRESSING ANY OF THESE CORE SERVICES OUTLINED TODAY OR IN
10:00:00AM OUR MASTER PLANS.
10:00:02AM WITHOUT ADDITIONAL FUNDING, SERVICE LEVELS WILL REMAIN AS
10:00:07AM THEY ARE WHILE DEMAND AND DEFERRED MAINTENANCE INCREASES.
10:00:12AM THE PUBLIC IS DEMANDING THAT WE START TACKLING THESE
10:00:16AM CHALLENGES HEAD ON, THAT WE INVEST IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND
10:00:21AM INCREASE OUR SERVICE LEVELS.
10:00:26AM TODAY, NOT TOMORROW, NOT IN THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION OR UNDER
10:00:29AM THE NEXT COUNCIL, BUT NOW.
10:00:31AM AND WE HAVE TO LISTEN.
10:00:35AM TAMPA IS AT A PIVOTAL POINT IN OUR HISTORY, AND I'M ASKING
10:00:38AM YOU TO HELP ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO KEEP TAMPA
10:00:42AM THRIVING.
10:00:44AM EACH OF US HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THE BOLD DECISIONS
10:00:49AM NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT THIS GREAT CITY GROWS TO ITS
10:00:54AM POTENTIAL.
10:00:54AM THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ATTENTION TODAY.
10:00:57AM AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CFO, DENNIS ROGERO, TO PRESENT
10:01:02AM THE 2024 BUDGET.
10:01:03AM THANK YOU ALL.
10:01:03AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:01:04AM ALL RIGHT.
10:02:07AM GO AHEAD.
10:02:07AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU, CHAIR.
10:02:09AM GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:02:10AM DENNIS ROGERO, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
10:02:12AM THANK YOU ALSO FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY FOLLOWING ON THE
10:02:15AM MAYOR AND HER ADMINISTRATORS FOR THE RECOMMENDED FISCAL YEAR
10:02:22AM -- RECOMMENDED FISCAL YEAR '24 BUDGET.
10:02:24AM YOU SEE ON SCREEN THE AGENDA.
10:02:27AM WE'LL BEGIN BY TALKING AND EXPANDING ON THAT 1 MILL
10:02:31AM RECOMMENDED INCREASE.
10:02:32AM WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGETS, AS WE
10:02:36AM ALWAYS DO, AND AGAIN, AS WE ALWAYS DO AN OVERVIEW OF OUR
10:02:40AM FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND DEBT PROGRAMS.
10:02:42AM SO MOVING INTO AN EXPANSION OF THAT 1 MILL INCREASE, LET ME
10:02:50AM SET THAT ASIDE, IF I MAY, FOR JUST A MOMENT.
10:02:52AM AND GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW.
10:02:58AM THE CITY IS VERY FORTUNATE IN MANY RESPECTS.
10:03:00AM SOME OF THE LAST COMMENTS THE MAYOR MADE IDENTIFIED SOME OF
10:03:04AM OUR STRENGTHS -- ECONOMIC DIVERSITY, WHICH IS WHAT YOU WANT.
10:03:08AM IT'S SIMILAR TO AN INVESTMENT.
10:03:12AM YOU WANT TO HEDGE YOUR RISKS IN THIS AREA, IN THIS AREA, IN
10:03:14AM THIS AREA, AND WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE CAN DO THAT WITH
10:03:17AM ALL OF OUR VARIOUS REVENUES.
10:03:19AM YOU SEE ON SCREEN HERE A TAXABLE VALUE INCREASE OF NEARLY
10:03:22AM 12%.
10:03:24AM I'LL TAKE THAT EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
10:03:26AM THAT'S FANTASTIC.
10:03:26AM I REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS IN THE LOW SINGLE DIGITS.
10:03:31AM ONCE THAT IS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, YOU SEE THE REVENUE
10:03:34AM INCREASE OF JUST ABOUT $35 MILLION.
10:03:37AM ONCE THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY GETS THEIR PORTION
10:03:41AM OF NEARLY $9 MILLION, WE NET IN THE GENERAL FUND A LITTLE
10:03:44AM OVER $26 MILLION.
10:03:46AM THAT'S VERY, VERY GOOD.
10:03:48AM I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT'S NOT.
10:03:50AM BUT THE BAD NEWS IS SOMEWHAT TWOFOLD.
10:03:58AM YOU SEE HERE THE CONTINUING LEVELS OF SERVICE WILL LEAVE US
10:04:03AM WITH VERY LITTLE REMAINING.
10:04:04AM WHEN WE'RE TALKING IN THE BACK, AS WE DEVELOP THIS BUDGET
10:04:08AM OVER MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS, THE CONTINUING LEVELS OF
10:04:10AM SERVICE, AND YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD US REFER TO IT AS SUCH.
10:04:14AM WE CALL IT TARGET BUDGET.
10:04:15AM THE CONTINUING BUDGET.
10:04:16AM THE STATUS QUO.
10:04:18AM BUT YOU SEE HERE IN SPITE OF THE REVENUE INCREASES OUTSIDE
10:04:23AM OF THAT ADDITIONAL MILL, WE CAN PRETTY MUCH JUST KEEP UP
10:04:28AM WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW.
10:04:29AM NO SERVICE EXPANSIONS.
10:04:30AM YOU SEE THE USUAL SUSPECTS.
10:04:32AM WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THEM BEFORE.
10:04:34AM PAY BENEFITS AND PENSION INCREASES.
10:04:36AM MANY OF THESE INCREASES ARE CLOSELY TIED WITH THE
10:04:39AM INFLATIONARY ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE IN.
10:04:43AM I DON'T WANT TO PIN IT ALL ON INFLATION, BUT I'LL PIN A
10:04:46AM GREAT DEAL OF IT ON INFLATION.
10:04:48AM AS WE'VE SHARED WITH YOU IN THE PAST, WE REMAIN AND
10:04:51AM HISTORICALLY HAVE BEEN PERCENTAGE POINTS HIGHER IN OUR LOCAL
10:04:54AM INFLATION THAN THE NATIONAL INFLATION.
10:04:57AM SO TO COUNTER THAT, THESE PAY BENEFITS AND PENSION INCREASES
10:05:01AM TO KEEP UP WITH INFLATION, THOSE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
10:05:05AM COST US IN FISCAL YEAR '24.
10:05:08AM CANDIDLY FISCAL YEAR '25 AND '26.
10:05:11AM IN PERPETUITY, THEY ARE RECURRING EXPENSES.
10:05:16AM INFLATIONARY INCREASES TO DELIVER SERVICES.
10:05:18AM WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE.
10:05:20AM YOU'VE RECENTLY SEEN SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL RESOLUTIONS THAT
10:05:22AM COME BEFORE YOU DURING REGULAR COUNCIL MEETINGS TO ACCOUNT
10:05:25AM FOR THESE COST INCREASES, INCLUDING, OF COURSE, PROPERTY AND
10:05:32AM LIABILITY INSURANCE INCREASES.
10:05:33AM WE'RE PART OF A BIG CLUB NOBODY WANTS TO BE PART OF.
10:05:36AM I KNOW MY INSURANCES AND COSTS ARE GOING UP SIGNIFICANTLY,
10:05:39AM AND WE ARE NO DIFFERENT FROM ANYBODY ELSE WHEN IT COMES TO
10:05:42AM THAT.
10:05:42AM SO WE'VE ASKED FOR A ONE MILL INCREASE.
10:05:48AM THE USUAL SUSPECTS, AGAIN, WE'VE REFERRED TO THEM AS THE
10:05:53AM FOUR Ps, FIVE Ps.
10:05:56AM PADS OR HOUSING, PAVING OR TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC SAFETY,
10:06:00AM PARKS AND RECREATION.
10:06:01AM DON'T HAVE A P FOR VEHICLES, BUT IT GOES WITH THE FIVE Ps.
10:06:06AM I'LL GET INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON EACH ONE OF THESE, BUT
10:06:11AM AS YOU'VE HEARD THE MAYOR SAY AND AS YOU'VE HEARD ME OR AS
10:06:14AM YOU WILL HEAR ME GET INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL, WE ARE
10:06:18AM BEHIND ON ANY NUMBER OF THEM.
10:06:20AM BUT BEFORE I TELL YOU WHAT THAT 1 MILL IS GOING TO GET US,
10:06:35AM PLEASE LET ME GO INTO A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY, EXPAND ON A
10:06:40AM LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY THAT THE MAYOR TOUCHED UPON.
10:06:42AM THIS IS FROM 1982 TO OUR POTENTIAL AND RECOMMENDED MILLAGE
10:06:46AM IN FISCAL YEAR 2024.
10:06:49AM YOU HEAR A GREAT DEAL OF TALK -- I'VE SAID IT MYSELF MANY
10:06:53AM TIMES.
10:06:53AM WHEN WE INCREASE THE MILLAGE IN 2018 TO 6.2076, THAT WAS THE
10:06:58AM FIRST MILLAGE INCREASE WE'VE HAD IN ALMOST 30 YEARS, AND
10:07:02AM THAT'S TRUE, BUT THAT'S ONLY PART OF THE STORY.
10:07:04AM THE OTHER PART OF THE STORY YOU SEE IN RED UP THERE.
10:07:08AM WE HAD REDUCED OUR MILLAGE TWICE WITHIN THAT 30-YEAR PERIOD
10:07:13AM AND AN ADDITIONAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION OF $25,000 WAS TACKED
10:07:18AM ON.
10:07:18AM AT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE SPOTS IN RED, THAT ADVERSELY
10:07:24AM AFFECTED, OF COURSE, OUR ABILITY TO BRING IN REVENUE, BUT IT
10:07:27AM DIDN'T JUST ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR ABILITY TO BRING IN REVENUE
10:07:30AM AND POTENTIAL REVENUE IN THAT YEAR, IT CONTINUED.
10:07:33AM AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE WITH THAT RED LINE.
10:07:35AM THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT BAR CHART AND THAT RED LINE IS
10:07:39AM TENS AND TENS AND TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF REVENUE
10:07:43AM THAT WE HAVE NOT RECOVERED, AND WE CAN'T RECOVER STAYING
10:07:47AM WITH THE MILLAGE WE HAVE RIGHT HERE.
10:07:50AM MOVING INTO A COMPARISON OF MILLAGE RATES WITH WHAT ARE
10:07:58AM GENERALLY IDENTIFIED AS OUR PEER CITIES.
10:08:01AM YOU SEE TAMPA, ORLANDO, ST. PETERSBURG, AND MIAMI.
10:08:05AM I AM THE FIRST TO ADMIT IT'S DIFFICULT TO DO AN
10:08:09AM APPLES-TO-APPLES COMPARISON WITH OTHER MAJOR AMERICAN
10:08:12AM CITIES.
10:08:13AM WE'VE GOT A LOT GOING ON.
10:08:16AM WE DO A GREAT MANY THINGS.
10:08:17AM THEY'VE GOT A LOT GOING ON.
10:08:19AM THEY DO A GREAT MANY THINGS.
10:08:20AM BUT I THINK YOU'LL AGREE AND I WOULD SUBMIT TO YOU IT DOES
10:08:24AM SHOW A VERY CONSERVATIVE MILLAGE HISTORY ON THE PART OF THE
10:08:28AM CITY OF TAMPA WITH THE LOWEST IN EACH OF THE YEARS GOING
10:08:32AM BACK TO 2017.
10:08:33AM THIS IS WHAT WE WILL GET WITH THAT 1 MILL.
10:08:46AM YOU SEE A SIGNIFICANT REVENUE INCREASE OF NEARLY $54
10:08:48AM MILLION.
10:08:49AM THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AGAIN GETS ABOUT $8
10:08:52AM MILLION, AND THE GENERAL FUND WILL NET 45, ALMOST $46
10:08:58AM MILLION.
10:08:59AM THAT'S SIGNIFICANT FUNDING.
10:09:04AM AND WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR OUR PORTFOLIOS, FOR THE
10:09:10AM ADMINISTRATORS AND THEIR AGENCIES THAT CAME UP TO SPEAK TO
10:09:13AM YOU?
10:09:13AM I'LL GO INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT RIGHT NOW.
10:09:16AM YOU SEE IN BLACK IN THE INITIAL YEAR, GETS US ABOUT $18
10:09:21AM MILLION.
10:09:22AM IN TRANSPORTATION.
10:09:24AM AND $18 MILLION IS NOT AN INSIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUNDING.
10:09:28AM BUT AS YOU KNOW, IF WE, AND AS WE HAVE CONTINUED OUR LEVEL
10:09:35AM OF SERVICE, WE ARE GOING BACKWARDS, AND WE'RE GOING
10:09:39AM BACKWARDS VERY, VERY FAST.
10:09:40AM DECADES AND DECADES BEHIND IN OUR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS.
10:09:45AM YEARS AND YEARS BEHIND IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS, WHETHER
10:09:49AM IT'S VEHICLES FOR AMBULANCES, FIRE ENGINES, OR AS YOU HEARD
10:09:53AM CHIEF TRIPP SAY, REFURBISHMENT AND UPGRADES OF OUR FIRE
10:09:58AM STATIONS.
10:09:58AM SO I WOULD SUBMIT TO YOU THAT THE SINGLE-YEAR INCREASE --
10:10:02AM YOU SEE IT ON SCREEN HERE -- IS NOT GOING TO MOVE THE
10:10:05AM NEEDLE.
10:10:05AM AND, OF COURSE, WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT OVER THE COMING
10:10:09AM WEEKS.
10:10:09AM WHAT WE HAVE PROVIDED YOU HERE IS A FIVE-YEAR PICTURE TO
10:10:16AM CORRESPOND WITH OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM OF WHAT WILL
10:10:19AM HAPPEN IF WE CONTINUE THE APPORTIONMENT, MORE OR LESS, EACH
10:10:23AM YEAR FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, THIS IS WHAT THEY'LL GET.
10:10:26AM AGAIN, NOT INSIGNIFICANT, BUT IN TRANSPORTATION I THINK IS
10:10:32AM AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE, NOT GOING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE.
10:10:35AM THE NUMBERS WERE SO BIG THAT JEAN SHARED WITH YOU, I'VE
10:10:37AM ALREADY FORGOTTEN THEM BECAUSE WE CAN'T ACCOMMODATE THAT
10:10:41AM NEED.
10:10:42AM BUT WHAT WE WILL SHARE WITH YOU IS THE POTENTIAL, AND YOU'VE
10:10:46AM HEARD THIS WORD BEFORE.
10:10:48AM YOU'LL HEAR ME MENTION IT AGAIN, LEVERAGING THAT MONEY.
10:10:51AM LEVERAGING THAT MILLAGE INCREASE.
10:10:53AM SIMILAR TO THE PIPES PROGRAM THAT WE'VE IMPLEMENTED, AND I
10:10:59AM WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU AND I THINK IT'S GENERALLY CONSIDERED
10:11:02AM VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL.
10:11:03AM WE'VE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB WITH A 20-YEAR $3 BILLION
10:11:09AM PROJECT, GETTING THE MONEY IN, SPENDING THE MONEY, SEEING
10:11:11AM THE RESULTS.
10:11:12AM AND WHAT WE DID, IF YOU'LL RECALL IN THE PIPES PROGRAM, WAS
10:11:15AM COMBINE YEAR-TO-YEAR CASH AND FINANCING ASSOCIATED WITH DEBT
10:11:20AM SERVICE.
10:11:20AM AND WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS A POTENTIAL SCENARIO TO LEVERAGE
10:11:26AM THAT PORTION OF THE MILL FOR TRANSPORTATION.
10:11:29AM SO A COMBINATION OF PAY GO, WHAT WE CALL CASH AND FINANCING.
10:11:34AM YOU SEE RESURFACING SIDEWALKS, ET CETERA.
10:11:36AM WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
10:11:37AM TREMENDOUS VEHICLE NEEDS AND GRANT MATCHES.
10:11:41AM AND WE CAN END UP WITH ABOUT 137 MILLION.
10:11:45AM I BRING UP THE GRANTS MATCH BECAUSE YOU SEE THE 145 MILLION
10:11:49AM ON SCREEN ARE GRANTS THAT WE HAVE VERY, VERY HIGH CONFIDENCE
10:11:53AM THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET, BUT WE NEED THAT GRANT MATCH TO GET
10:11:57AM THEM.
10:11:59AM YOU'VE HEARD MS. TRAVIS TALK ABOUT LOST OPPORTUNITIES WITH
10:12:03AM LAND ACQUISITION, FOR INSTANCE, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE
10:12:06AM REVENUE AVAILABLE.
10:12:07AM YOU WILL CONTINUE TO HEAR IN SOME INSTANCES, ESPECIALLY IN
10:12:12AM TRANSPORTATION, ABOUT MISSED OPPORTUNITIES IN FEDERAL AND
10:12:16AM STATE FUNDING FOR TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A
10:12:20AM DEDICATED REVENUE SOURCE.
10:12:22AM OUR DEDICATED REVENUE SOURCE IS BASICALLY THE FUEL TAX FOR
10:12:26AM TRANSPORTATION AND IT'S WOEFULLY INADEQUATE.
10:12:28AM SO HERE IS A SCENARIO.
10:12:30AM ALMOST -- A LITTLE OVER $280 MILLION FOR TRANSPORTATION.
10:12:35AM I WOULD SUBMIT TO YOU AND THE PUBLIC THAT THAT WILL MOVE THE
10:12:39AM NEEDLE.
10:12:40AM WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, AGAIN, A LITTLE UNDER
10:12:47AM $10 MILLION IN THE FISCAL YEAR WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, FISCAL
10:12:49AM YEAR '24 IN BLACK.
10:12:51AM A FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM ACROSS THE BOARD YOU SEE THERE,
10:12:53AM INCLUDING FINANCING AND CASH OR PAY-GO.
10:12:57AM AGAIN, THESE ARE ONE OF THE DEPARTMENT'S WOEFULLY BEHIND ON
10:13:01AM THEIR VEHICLE REPLACEMENT, THEIR POLICE SEDANS.
10:13:04AM THAT IS SIGNIFICANT FUNDING ONCE AGAIN.
10:13:08AM WE HAVE NEEDS FAR IN EXCESS OF THAT, THOUGH.
10:13:11AM SO WHAT CAN WE DO?
10:13:15AM I OFFER YOU AN EXAMPLE HERE.
10:13:16AM AGAIN, OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, INCLUDING CASH, BONDING OF
10:13:21AM ALMOST $124 MILLION.
10:13:24AM AND THIS PARTICULAR SCENARIO, FIRE STATION INFRASTRUCTURE
10:13:27AM AND FIRE AND POLICE VEHICLES.
10:13:29AM I KNOW WE'VE GOT WEEKS OF DISCUSSION AHEAD OF US, AND IF AND
10:13:34AM AS PRIORITIES CHANGE, AGAIN, FIRE AND POLICE VEHICLES
10:13:37AM INCLUDES ANY NUMBER OF POLICE SEDANS, FIVE ENGINEERS,
10:13:42AM AMBULANCES, THOSE ARE VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE ASSETS.
10:13:45AM WE'VE TALKED AGAIN AND AGAIN AT OTHER MEETINGS ABOUT THE
10:13:48AM NEEDS OF OUR FIRE STATION INFRASTRUCTURE.
10:13:50AM AS YOU HEARD CHIEF TRIPP SAY, WE'VE GOT ONE OUT THERE OVER A
10:13:54AM HUNDRED YEARS OLD.
10:13:55AM SO AS WE ENTER INTO THESE DISCUSSIONS OVER THE NEXT FEW
10:13:59AM WEEKS, ALTHOUGH THE PRIORITIES MAY CHANGE EITHER AMONG THESE
10:14:04AM APPORTIONMENTS OR WITHIN THESE APPORTIONMENTS, THE AMOUNT OF
10:14:07AM FUNDING I'M SHARING WITH YOU WILL NOT VARY GREATLY.
10:14:10AM SO IN THIS EXAMPLE, AGAIN, A LITTLE OVER $123 MILLION FOR
10:14:15AM PUBLIC SAFETY PURPOSES.
10:14:18AM AGAIN, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE.
10:14:20AM WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR PARKS AND RECREATION?
10:14:22AM IN THE CURRENT YEAR, A LITTLE OVER -- OR THE YEAR WE'RE
10:14:27AM TALKING ABOUT, EXCUSE ME, A LITTLE OVER $9 MILLION AND
10:14:30AM CONTINUING ACROSS THE BOARD WITH LITTLE VARIATION.
10:14:34AM SIGNIFICANT FUNDING.
10:14:36AM THIS IS -- I'LL REMIND YOU -- THIS IS OF THE $45 MILLION IN
10:14:41AM ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT WE ANTICIPATE TO GET FROM THAT MILL
10:14:45AM -- 1 MILL INCREASE.
10:14:46AM THIS IS WHAT WE COULD DO WITH IT.
10:14:51AM AGAIN, MULTIYEAR PAY-GO AND FINANCING EXAMPLE OF OVER $135
10:14:55AM MILLION.
10:14:56AM FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND LIKE SO MANY OTHER THINGS WE'RE
10:15:01AM TALKING ABOUT, DIRE NEED FOR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.
10:15:04AM WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR HOUSING?
10:15:11AM LITTLE OVER $10 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR HOUSING.
10:15:14AM YOU HEARD MS. TRAVIS SPEAK TO THIS A LITTLE BIT.
10:15:16AM BUT YOU ALSO HEARD HER SAY AND SHARE WITH YOU NOT ONLY THE
10:15:23AM NEEDS NOW, BUT THE EXTENSIVE NEEDS THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED
10:15:27AM OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
10:15:28AM WE ARE ANTICIPATED TO STAY A FANTASTIC CITY THAT EVERYBODY
10:15:32AM WANTS TO COME TO.
10:15:33AM AND THAT'S GREAT.
10:15:35AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. ROGERO, THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL
10:15:38AM INVESTMENT IN HOUSING.
10:15:39AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, SIR.
10:15:40AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AN ADDITIONAL 9 MILLION.
10:15:42AM 9.8, 11.1.
10:15:43AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, SIR.
10:15:44AM I'M SORRY IF I DIDN'T MAKE THAT CLEAR.
10:15:46AM ALL OF THESE ARE ADDITIONAL FUNDING SCENARIOS.
10:15:48AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ON TOP OF EXISTING INVESTMENT.
10:15:50AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, SIR.
10:15:51AM AGAIN, YOU HEARD ME SAY IT WITH THE PREVIOUS SLIDES, I'LL
10:15:55AM SAY IT AGAIN.
10:15:56AM NOBODY, I THINK, ANTICIPATES THIS TO MOVE THE NEEDLE.
10:15:59AM BUT AS MS. TRAVIS MENTIONED, WE CAN LEVERAGE THAT FUNDING IN
10:16:04AM BOTH CASH AND FINANCING FOR NEARLY $134 MILLION.
10:16:08AM IT'S GOING TO COST MONEY, OF COURSE.
10:16:18AM AND WHAT WE HAVE FOR YOU OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES ARE
10:16:21AM AVERAGE EXAMPLES OF HOMEOWNER IMPACT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS 1
10:16:26AM MILL INCREASE.
10:16:26AM WE'LL START RIGHT HERE.
10:16:27AM YOU SEE THE AVERAGE ASSESSED VALUE IN THE CITY, CITYWIDE, IS
10:16:32AM JUST A LITTLE -- JUST A LITTLE OVER $281,000.
10:16:36AM ONCE THE HOMEOWNER TAKES ADVANTAGE OF, AGAIN, THOSE TWO
10:16:39AM HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS OF $50,000 TAXABLE VALUE IS A LITTLE
10:16:43AM OVER 231,000.
10:16:46AM THAT'S THE VALUE OF THEIR PROPERTY.
10:16:49AM FROM THERE, THE ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT IS PRETTY EASY, AS YOU CAN
10:16:53AM SEE, $231.50 AND OVER TO THE FAR RIGHT, THE MONTHLY
10:16:57AM ADJUSTMENT AS YOU HEARD THE MAYOR SAY.
10:17:00AM LITTLE LESS THAN $20 A MONTH.
10:17:05AM THAT'S AVERAGE CITYWIDE.
10:17:06AM WE'LL GO DISTRICT BY DISTRICT.
10:17:11AM DISTRICT 4, AVERAGE ASSESSED VALUE JUST UNDER $482,000.
10:17:16AM AGAIN, TAKE IT TO THE RIGHT, LESS THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION
10:17:20AM AND TO THE FAR RIGHT YOU'LL SEE THE PROPOSED MONTHLY IMPACT
10:17:26AM IS ONE CENT UNDER $36.
10:17:29AM FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, $36.
10:17:31AM AND INTO DISTRICT 5, AVERAGE ASSESSED VALUE OF A LITTLE OVER
10:17:40AM $125,000, TAKING IT ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT AGAIN, THE
10:17:45AM PROPOSED MONTHLY IMPACT BE A LITTLE OVER $6 A MONTH.
10:17:50AM AND IN DISTRICT 6, AGAIN, THE AVERAGE ASSESSED VALUE A
10:17:58AM LITTLE OVER $263,000 AFTER THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS, TO THE
10:18:04AM RIGHT, JUST A LITTLE UNDER $18 A MONTH ANTICIPATED IMPACT
10:18:09AM FOR THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER IN DISTRICT 6.
10:18:12AM IN DISTRICT 7, AVERAGE ASSESSED VALUE, 257,000, JUST UNDER
10:18:20AM 258,000.
10:18:21AM AGAIN, A PROPOSED MONTHLY IMPACT OF UNDER $20, JUST A LITTLE
10:18:26AM OVER $17.
10:18:28AM THAT CONCLUDES MY PORTION RIGHT NOW OF THE ADDITIONAL
10:18:40AM MILLAGE IMPACT.
10:18:41AM THE MAYOR ASKED THAT WE EXPAND UPON THAT OVER AND ABOVE THE
10:18:45AM PRESENTATION THAT SHE AND THE ADMINISTRATORS MADE.
10:18:47AM NOW, AS WE TYPICALLY DO, WE'LL ZOOM OUT MUCH, MUCH WIDER TO
10:18:52AM THE BUDGET IN ITS ENTIRETY.
10:18:54AM AND HERE IT IS.
10:18:59AM 1.9, LITTLE OVER $1.9 BILLION.
10:19:02AM THIS IS JUST OVER A 3% INCREASE FROM THE CURRENT YEAR,
10:19:06AM FISCAL YEAR '23, AND AT THE RISK OF BELABORING SOME THINGS
10:19:11AM WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, WHY THE INCREASE, PRIMARILY
10:19:16AM SERVICE COST INCREASES ASSOCIATED WITH INFLATION, WHETHER
10:19:21AM IT'S HIGHER SALARIES, HEALTH CARE COSTS, PENSION COSTS,
10:19:26AM DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND, OF COURSE, THE INCREASING
10:19:30AM CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
10:19:34AM AS WE ALWAYS DO, WE TEND TO CONCENTRATE ON THE ENTERPRISE
10:19:40AM AND GENERAL FUNDS, JUST ABOUT THREE-QUARTER OF THE ENTIRE
10:19:44AM BUDGET, AND WE'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL AS WE TYPICALLY DO ON
10:19:47AM THE NEXT FEW SLIDES.
10:19:48AM HERE ARE THE EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES FOR EACH OF THOSE FUNDS.
10:20:01AM GENERAL FUND ON THE LEFT, AND YOU CAN SEE PUBLIC SAFETY,
10:20:03AM WHICH INCLUDES POLICE, FIRE, AND CODE ENFORCEMENT, LITTLE
10:20:07AM OVER HALF OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET IN ITS ENTIRETY, PARKS
10:20:11AM AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHICH
10:20:15AM INCLUDES THE TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER, NEIGHBORHOOD AND
10:20:18AM COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, AND THEN A SIZABLE CHUNK FOR ESSENTIAL
10:20:22AM GOVERNMENT, AND THESE ARE THE SUPPORT AGENCIES BEHIND THE
10:20:25AM SCENES THAT KEEP THE I ASK RUNNING, WHETHER IT'S TECHNOLOGY
10:20:27AM AND INNOVATION, REVENUE AND FINANCE, HUMAN RESOURCES,
10:20:32AM PURCHASING, ET CETERA.
10:20:34AM ON THE RIGHT, THE ENTERPRISE FUND AGENCIES THAT, AGAIN, WE
10:20:38AM ALWAYS TALK ABOUT.
10:20:39AM I WILL REMIND COUNCIL AND THE VIEWING PUBLIC THAT THESE ARE
10:20:43AM THE AGENCIES THAT ARE ANTICIPATED AND EXPECTED TO RUN LIKE A
10:20:47AM BUSINESS.
10:20:47AM THEY ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE A PROFIT EVERY YEAR AND REINVEST
10:20:50AM THOSE PROFITS INTO THEIR ENTERPRISE, THUS THE NAME.
10:20:56AM AND NOT NEARLY AS MANY AGENCIES AS YOU SEE ON THE LEFT.
10:21:01AM YOU'VE GOT THE WASTEWATER, WATER, SOLID WASTE, BY FAR THE
10:21:04AM LARGEST AND THEN YOU SEE THE PARKING DEPARTMENT IS ALSO A
10:21:07AM BUSINESS AS ARE THE GOLF COURSES.
10:21:10AM AND HERE WE SHOW TWO IMPORTANT DRIVERS OF OUR PROPERTY TAX
10:21:19AM REVENUE.
10:21:20AM THE FIRST, OF COURSE, ON THE RIGHT IS JUST A LITTLE UNDER
10:21:24AM $388 MILLION IN ANTICIPATED PROPERTY TAXES NEXT YEAR WITH
10:21:30AM NEARLY $60 MILLION OF THAT GOING TO THE COMMUNITY
10:21:34AM REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES.
10:21:36AM AND ON THE LEFT, AS IS TYPICAL AND AS I DON'T ANTICIPATE
10:21:42AM WILL EVER CHANGE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUES
10:21:46AM THAT WE RECEIVE BY THEMSELVES ARE NOT SUFFICIENT, NOT NEARLY
10:21:51AM SUFFICIENT TO COVER JUST OUR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH POLICE
10:21:56AM AND FIRE, WHICH, AGAIN, IS ABOUT HALF, A LITTLE OVER HALF OF
10:22:01AM OUR GENERAL FUND.
10:22:02AM I AM HAPPY TO SHARE THIS NEXT SLIDE AS I HAVE BEEN FOR THE
10:22:13AM LAST FEW YEARS.
10:22:14AM OUR GENERAL FUND BALANCE HISTORY.
10:22:17AM AND I WOULD BE REMISS, SO I'M NOT GOING TO BE REMISS, THANK
10:22:20AM YOU, COUNCIL, FOR YOUR CONTINUING SUPPORT OF THESE FIGURES.
10:22:25AM IT REALLY IS DIFFICULT FOR ME TO
10:22:31AM EXPRESS HOW IMPORTANT THE NUMBERS ARE.
10:22:32AM IT IS A SIGNIFICANT METRIC, AS WE SAY, OF THE CITY'S
10:22:36AM FINANCIAL HEALTH.
10:22:37AM AND CONTRIBUTES A GREAT DEAL TO THE WONDERFUL RATING AGENCY
10:22:42AM FIGURES THAT THE MAYOR SHARED WITH YOU AND THAT I WILL SHARE
10:22:44AM WITH YOU AGAIN.
10:22:46AM AS ALWAYS, THE AMOUNT INCREASES AS THE BUDGET INCREASES,
10:22:51AM BECAUSE AS THE BUDGET INCREASES, IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THAT
10:22:54AM RATIO, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE HAVE TO SET ASIDE FOR OUR FUND
10:22:58AM BALANCE ALSO INCREASES.
10:23:00AM I'LL REMIND COUNCIL AND THE VIEWING PUBLIC THAT OUR POLICY
10:23:04AM IS 20%.
10:23:06AM YOU SEE THAT IN RED.
10:23:07AM REALLY SHOULD PUT THAT IN GREEN, I SUPPOSE.
10:23:09AM AND THAT CONTINUING INCREMENT ABOVE OUR POLICY IS GREAT
10:23:17AM NEWS, BUT I DO WANT TO CAUTION AGAINST THINKING THAT'S MONEY
10:23:20AM THAT'S FREE TO SPEND.
10:23:21AM AND HERE IS WHY.
10:23:22AM OUR POLICY IS 20%.
10:23:24AM WE CONSISTENTLY COME IN ABOVE THAT AND THAT'S GREAT.
10:23:29AM BUT AS THE MARKET LOOKS AT US, AS CREDIT RATING AGENCIES
10:23:32AM LOOK AT US, HONESTLY, THEY DON'T PAY MUCH ATTENTION TO OUR
10:23:36AM POLICY.
10:23:36AM THEY PAY ATTENTION TO OUR HISTORY AND OUR HISTORY, FOR LACK
10:23:41AM OF A BETTER EXPRESSION, WE HAVE REALLY IDENTIFIED A SWEET
10:23:45AM SPOT THERE AS THE '23 TO '-- 23 TO 24% OUTSIDE OF 20 AND 21
10:23:52AM WHICH WERE THE PANDEMIC ERA WHERE WE RECEIVED A GREAT DEAL
10:23:55AM OF FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING.
10:23:56AM THIS CONSISTENCY YOU SEE PAINTS A VERY, VERY NICE PICTURE OF
10:24:02AM THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STABILITY.
10:24:04AM YOU HEARD THE MAYOR BRAG -- THANK YOU, MAYOR -- ON OUR
10:24:13AM GRANTS PROGRAM.
10:24:13AM I REALLY WANT TO BRAG ON THE DEPARTMENTS, ON MY SHOP, ON
10:24:18AM COUNCIL, ON THE MAYOR, ON ALL OF THOSE AGENCIES THAT GIVE
10:24:22AM US, AS YOU HEARD MS. DUNCAN SAY, OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY, OPM.
10:24:27AM AND YOU SEE HERE, WE ARE ON A TEAR.
10:24:30AM WE'VE GOT A WELL-PLANNED AND INTEGRATED PROCESS WITHIN THE
10:24:34AM CITY.
10:24:35AM IT'S ONLY OCCURRED WITHIN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND I
10:24:39AM THINK YOU SEE THE RESULTS OF THAT, AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED,
10:24:41AM NEARLY 140 MILLION AWARDED.
10:24:44AM AND NOT ONLY IS IT WELL INTEGRATED AND WELL THOUGHT OUT, BUT
10:24:48AM IT'S VERY AMBITIOUS.
10:24:50AM BY THE TIME THIS FISCAL YEAR IS OUT, WE WILL HAVE APPLIED
10:24:53AM FOR $230 MILLION.
10:24:56AM AND IT'S PAYING OFF.
10:24:58AM AND, OF COURSE, THE CAVEAT IS, AS I ALWAYS LIKE TO REMIND
10:25:02AM EVERYBODY, WE'RE GOING TO APPLY FOR $230 MILLION.
10:25:06AM I GUARANTEE YOU ONE THING, WE WON'T GET ALL OF IT, RIGHT?
10:25:09AM BUT AS WE EXPAND THE NET AND WE MAKE THAT NET BETTER, WE
10:25:14AM REALLY GET MORE OPPORTUNITY AND HELP US HELP OURSELVES.
10:25:21AM AND INTO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, AGAIN, A FIVE-YEAR
10:25:28AM PROGRAM.
10:25:29AM WE HAVE FISCAL YEAR '24, THE YEAR WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW,
10:25:32AM AND THE ENTIRETY OF THE FIVE-YEAR SUMMED ON THE FAR RIGHT,
10:25:36AM JUST A LITTLE UNDER $1.7 BILLION.
10:25:40AM AS YOU LOOK THROUGH THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, YOU
10:25:42AM WILL SEE IT'S VERY CONSISTENT WITH OUR CURRENT CAPITAL
10:25:46AM IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
10:25:47AM THE POTENTIAL FUNDING SCENARIOS I SHARED WITH YOU EARLIER
10:25:50AM ARE NOT IN THIS.
10:25:51AM IT TAKES OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM RIGHT NOW AND
10:25:55AM CONTINUES TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN.
10:25:58AM NO SURPRISE, I WOULD SUBMIT TO YOU THE BIG TICKETS ARE WATER
10:26:02AM AND WASTEWATER ASSOCIATED WITH OUR PIPES PROGRAM, SOLID
10:26:06AM WASTE, WE'VE TALKED MANY, MANY TIMES ABOUT THEIR NEEDS.
10:26:10AM GETTING INTO A FEW MORE DETAILS ON THE PROJECTS, YOU SEE
10:26:17AM MANY OF THEM OR YOU WILL SEE MANY OF THEM LISTED HERE.
10:26:20AM LET'S START WITH THE BIG ONE, PIPES, AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS
10:26:24AM THAT HAVE CONTINUED TO BE IN OUR PLAN AND I ANTICIPATE WILL
10:26:27AM CONTINUE TO BE IN OUR PLAN.
10:26:28AM AND THROUGH TO PARKS AND RECREATION AND THE SOLID WASTE AND
10:26:41AM ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT, THERE IS A
10:26:44AM MOUTHFUL, THE WASTE TO ENERGY FACILITY AT THE VERY BOTTOM,
10:26:48AM AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN, THE
10:26:50AM EAST TAMPA RECREATIONAL COMPLEX AT THE TOP, THE FIRST BULLET
10:26:55AM THERE, AGAIN, MORE DISCUSSION COMING WITH THAT AND I WILL
10:26:57AM SHARE WITH YOU IN THE DEBT SECTION SOME OF OUR PLANNED DEBT
10:27:01AM ISSUANCES ASSOCIATED WITH THESE PROJECTS.
10:27:03AM MOVING INTO FIRE AND THE CONVENTION CENTER AND TOURISM,
10:27:09AM AGAIN, ANY NUMBER OF FIRE STATION IMPROVEMENTS AND UPGRADES
10:27:12AM THAT ARE NEEDED, ALONG WITH THESE SPECIFIC ONES THAT ARE
10:27:15AM IDENTIFIED IN THE CIP.
10:27:19AM AND WE CONTINUE, OF COURSE, AS YOU KNOW, I THINK MANY OF YOU
10:27:22AM ARE AWARE OF THE BEAUTIFUL CONVENTION CENTER THAT WE'VE GOT
10:27:25AM DOWN THERE.
10:27:25AM MANY, MANY MOBILITY PROJECTS.
10:27:30AM AGAIN, NO SURPRISE THERE.
10:27:31AM THAT IS NOT ONLY ONE OF OUR GREATEST NEEDS, BUT PROBABLY ONE
10:27:34AM OF THE SUBJECTS THAT WE HEAR THE MOST ABOUT, I'M SURE, OR
10:27:37AM I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT COUNCIL CAN SAY THE SAME.
10:27:41AM AND MOVING INTO -- I WON'T READ FROM THE SLIDE, BUT MOVING
10:27:49AM INTO THE MAJOR FISCAL YEAR '24 AND ON PROJECTS WITHIN EACH
10:27:53AM DISTRICT, PARDON ME, YOU SEE THE MAPS TO THE RIGHT.
10:27:57AM YOU'LL FIND THESE INTERACTIVE MAPS IN THE OPEN GOV PROGRAM
10:28:01AM ONLINE, AND THERE IS BOTH A LINK AT THE END OF THIS PROGRAM
10:28:05AM AND A LINK PROVIDED ON THE CITY'S MAIN WEB PAGE.
10:28:09AM I WILL SAY A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE
10:28:17AM INFRASTRUCTURE FOR TAMPA'S NEIGHBORHOODS.
10:28:20AM THERE IS A TITLE.
10:28:22AM IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, VIRGINIA PARK, YOU WILL SEE
10:28:24AM THIS IN EACH DISTRICT.
10:28:27AM THESE OCCUR IN ALL THE DISTRICTS BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE
10:28:30AM WATER, WASTEWATER, STORMWATER AND MOBILITY COME TOGETHER TO
10:28:34AM DO A LARGE PROJECT WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, COORDINATED, AND
10:28:37AM RELATIVELY AT THE SAME TIME SO DEPARTMENT A DOESN'T COME IN
10:28:42AM TEAR UP THE ROAD AND MAKE IT GOOD AND DEPARTMENT B A YEAR
10:28:45AM LATER COMES IN AND TEARS UP THE ROAD FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
10:28:49AM AS YOU ARE PROBABLY AWARE, WE HAVE EXPERIENCED THAT IN THE
10:28:52AM PAST.
10:28:53AM YOU'LL SEE THESE ON EACH SLIDE WITH THE PARTICULAR
10:28:55AM NEIGHBORHOOD BEING AFFECTED.
10:28:56AM EXTENSIVE STORMWATER AND STREET FLOODING WORK.
10:29:01AM THE BUILD GRANT AND THE WEST RIVER WALK, YOU'LL SEE THAT
10:29:05AM ALSO ON MANY OF THESE SLIDES.
10:29:06AM DISTRICT 5, AGAIN, THE EAST TAMPA RECREATIONAL COMPLEX.
10:29:12AM AGAIN, THE COMPREHENSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, THE BUILD
10:29:16AM GRANT AND THE WEST RIVER WALK AND A NUMBER OF FIRE STATIONS.
10:29:21AM ON TO DISTRICT 6, MORE OF THE SAME.
10:29:29AM AGAIN, MORE FIRE STATION WORK.
10:29:32AM I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT MENTION THE SULPHUR SPRINGS
10:29:37AM PARKS IMPROVEMENT AND WELLS WOOD CHURCH ALSO.
10:29:40AM AND IN DISTRICT 7, AGAIN, THE NEIGHBORHOOD INFRASTRUCTURE
10:29:44AM PROJECTS, FIRE STATION NUMBER 13 AND THE FOREST HILLS
10:29:47AM STORMWATER PUMPING STATION.
10:29:49AM THESE ARE JUST THE MAJOR PROJECTS.
10:29:52AM AND BECAUSE IT IS SO CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH DEBT, I WOULD LIKE
10:30:00AM TO GET INTO OUR DEBT PROGRAM NOW.
10:30:02AM BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, AGAIN, YOU'VE SEEN THIS MANY TIMES
10:30:12AM BEFORE.
10:30:13AM YOU SAW IT RECENTLY IN THE MAYOR'S PRESENTATION, BUT I WOULD
10:30:16AM LIKE TO POINT OUT, IT VARIES A LITTLE BIT FROM LAST YEAR'S,
10:30:19AM AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SHARING WITH YOU THAT WE HAVE
10:30:22AM BEEN UPGRADED ONCE AGAIN.
10:30:24AM YOU SEE THAT DOUBLE A 1 IN GREEN AND UNDERLINED IN JANUARY,
10:30:29AM MOODY'S UPGRADED OUR NON-AD VALOREM REVENUE BONDS TO THE
10:30:34AM SECOND HIGHEST YOU CAN ATTAIN.
10:30:36AM CONGRATULATIONS.
10:30:37AM THAT IS DUE TO YOUR EFFORTS, THE MAYOR'S EFFORTS, OUR
10:30:40AM EFFORTS.
10:30:41AM WHEN I SAY OUR, IT'S CITYWIDE.
10:30:43AM IT REALLY IS A VERY, VERY STRONG TEAM.
10:30:46AM THIS BODES VERY WELL FOR US, AS WE ANTICIPATE GOING OUT FOR
10:30:50AM NON-AD VALOREM BOND DEBT WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS FOR ANY
10:30:53AM NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT I'LL SHARE WITH YOU IN A MINUTE.
10:30:57AM IN SUMMARY, ALL OF THE RATINGS ARE HIGH GRADE OR BETTER.
10:31:02AM YOU SEE AT THE TOP THERE, AS I POINTED OUT BEFORE, THE ISSUE
10:31:05AM OF CREDIT RATING.
10:31:07AM THIS IS BASICALLY OUR PERSONAL CREDIT SCORE, OUR FICO SCORE.
10:31:12AM FAR RIGHT, STANDARD & POOR'S HAS GIVEN US THE HIGHEST RATING
10:31:16AM POSSIBLE, AND THAT'S TRIPLE A.
10:31:18AM FITCH AND MOODY'S, THE OTHER TWO HAVE GIVEN US THE SECOND
10:31:21AM HIGHEST POSSIBLE.
10:31:22AM SO WE ARE IN VERY, VERY GOOD SHAPE.
10:31:26AM AND THESE RATINGS, AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, GO HAND IN HAND WITH
10:31:30AM ALL THE BIG PROJECTS WE WANT TO DO BECAUSE THE BETTER THE
10:31:33AM RATINGS, THE LESS MONEY WE HAVE TO SPEND IN INTEREST, SO THE
10:31:36AM MORE WE CAN DO.
10:31:37AM AND COSTING US LESS IS GREAT.
10:31:41AM DON'T GET ME WRONG, BUT THESE RATINGS, THESE TYPES OF
10:31:44AM RATINGS ALSO REINFORCE THE CITY AS FINANCIALLY STABLE AND
10:31:48AM FINANCIALLY CONSERVATIVE.
10:31:50AM I DO ALWAYS LIKE TO REMIND COUNCIL AND THE VIEWING PUBLIC
10:31:56AM THAT UNLIKE PROBABLY MOST OTHER CITY ORGANIZATIONS, WE ARE
10:32:01AM SCRUTINIZED SIX WAYS TO SUNDAY, WHETHER IT'S BY OUTSIDE
10:32:04AM INDEPENDENT CPAs, WHETHER IT'S BY THE THREE CREDIT RATING
10:32:08AM AGENCIES THAT YOU SEE AND THEY ARE ALL FREQUENTLY REVIEWED
10:32:13AM AND RATED.
10:32:13AM THEY DO WHAT THEY CALL DUE DILIGENCE.
10:32:15AM THEY COME IN EVERY YEAR.
10:32:17AM WE GAVE YOU THIS RATING, AND IT'S GREAT.
10:32:24AM IS IT STILL WORTHY OF BEING GREAT?
10:32:25AM AND SO FAR THEY ARE.
10:32:27AM AS I BRAG ON THESE AND CONGRATULATE YOU, I'D LIKE TO SAY
10:32:30AM BOTH OUT IN THE PUBLIC AND TO CITY COUNCIL MY OPINION, THE
10:32:33AM PUBLIC AND COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR SHOULD EXPECT NOTHING LESS
10:32:36AM THAN THESE FANTASTIC RATINGS.
10:32:38AM THE CITY DOES A VERY, VERY GOOD JOB.
10:32:40AM SO CONGRATULATIONS.
10:32:41AM OUR PRINCIPAL OUTSTANDING DEBT, YOU CAN SEE OUR DEBT IS ON
10:32:50AM A DECLINE.
10:32:52AM IN THE YEARS THAT IS A VERY GOOD PROFILE.
10:32:54AM LAST PAYMENT RIGHT NOW IN FISCAL YEAR '57.
10:32:57AM AS ALWAYS, THE BLUE LINE IS OUR GOVERNMENTAL DEBT, WHICH IS
10:33:00AM SEPARATE AND APART FROM OUR ENTERPRISE DEBT.
10:33:02AM THOSE ENTERPRISE AGENCIES, WATER, WASTEWATER, ET CETERA,
10:33:06AM THEY TRULY ARE RUN LIKE THEIR OWN BUSINESS AND THEIR DEBT IS
10:33:09AM THEIR OWN.
10:33:10AM WE DO NOT HAVE AN OBLIGATION FOR THAT.
10:33:14AM SHOULD CITY COUNCIL DECIDE TO ISSUE ADDITIONAL DEBT, AND WE
10:33:19AM WILL BRING YOU THOSE OPPORTUNITIES OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS
10:33:22AM TO A YEAR, THEN WE WILL CHANGE THIS DEBT PROFILE.
10:33:25AM THIS IS THE DEBT PROFILE RIGHT NOW.
10:33:27AM BUT WE LIKE THIS PROFILE.
10:33:30AM WE ALWAYS TRY TO PLAN FOR THIS PROFILE, AND I HAVE NO
10:33:35AM IMPRESSION THAT WHATEVER WE DECIDE TO DO OUR GENERAL PROFILE
10:33:39AM WILL NOT CHANGE IN TERMS OF ITS TREND.
10:33:42AM AS IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, GREEN BARS ARE ENTERPRISE FUNDS,
10:33:53AM BLUE GOVERNMENTAL.
10:33:53AM YOU CAN SEE AGAIN THAT OUR LAST DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT RIGHT
10:33:57AM NOW IS IN 2057.
10:33:59AM NICE, SMOOTH, DECREASING PAYMENTS.
10:34:01AM I ALWAYS LIKE TO BRAG.
10:34:02AM NO SURPRISES FOR ANY FORTHCOMING COUNCILS, FOR ANY
10:34:07AM FORTHCOMING MAYORS.
10:34:08AM THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
10:34:15AM AGAIN, AS WE ALWAYS DO, WE'LL SHARE WITH YOU WHERE WE THINK
10:34:19AM WE'RE GOING.
10:34:20AM THIS IS THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT DEBT ISSUANCE.
10:34:22AM THIS WILL IN ALL LIKELIHOOD END IN A NON-AD VALOREM BOND
10:34:27AM ISSUANCE AS WE JUST DISCUSSED.
10:34:29AM ABOUT $170 MILLION IS WHAT WE PLAN FOR THESE PROJECTS YOU
10:34:33AM SEE RIGHT HERE.
10:34:35AM THEY CLOSELY MIMIC THE PROJECTS WE SHARED WITH YOU, THAT OUR
10:34:39AM PLAN WAS LAST YEAR WHEN I GAVE THIS PRESENTATION, WITH THE
10:34:42AM ADDITIONS OF THE THREE LAST BULLETS ON THE RIGHT, PARKS
10:34:46AM MASTER PLAN PROJECTS.
10:34:47AM AGAIN, COUNCIL HAS BEEN PRESENTED WITH THAT MASTER PLAN.
10:34:51AM TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS AND THE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST.
10:34:55AM I WILL NOTE THE LAST BULLET AT THE BOTTOM, REIMBURSEMENT
10:35:01AM RESOLUTION HAS ALREADY BEEN ADOPTED FOR MOST OF THESE
10:35:04AM PROJECTS.
10:35:05AM AGAIN, THE REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION ALLOWS US TO QUICK START
10:35:08AM THESE PROJECTS BY SAYING WHATEVER WE SPEND NOW, EVEN THOUGH
10:35:12AM WE DON'T HAVE THE DEBT, WE CAN CHARGE BACK TO THE DEBT ONCE
10:35:16AM WE ISSUE IT.
10:35:17AM IT ALLOWS US BASICALLY TO FLOAT OUR FUNDING, START THE
10:35:21AM PROJECT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER AND PAY OURSELVES BACK AND
10:35:24AM WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF THAT ON MOST OF THESE.
10:35:27AM AND PIPES.
10:35:33AM AGAIN, IN KEEPING WITH OUR ANTICIPATED PLAN -- MIGHT BE
10:35:39AM REDUNDANT -- IN KEEPING WITH OUR PLAN, LITTLE OVER $400
10:35:41AM MILLION SPLIT OUT AMONG WATER AND WASTEWATER, AS YOU SEE
10:35:46AM HERE.
10:35:46AM THE REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADOPTED.
10:35:52AM AS YOU SEE ON THE SECOND BULLET FROM THE BOTTOM, THESE WILL
10:35:56AM BE LONG-TERM BONDS JUST AS THE FIRST ISSUANCES OF THE PIPES
10:36:00AM PROGRAM HAVE BEEN.
10:36:01AM AS YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY BEFORE, IN SCUBA DIVING, YOU PLAN TO
10:36:05AM DIVE AND YOU DIVE THE PLAN.
10:36:06AM THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING AND DOING SUCCESSFULLY IN
10:36:09AM THE PIPES PROGRAM.
10:36:11AM SOLID WASTE, AGAIN, A SIGNIFICANT ISSUANCE.
10:36:19AM WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE.
10:36:21AM ANY NUMBER OF PROJECTS UNDER THAT DEBT ISSUANCE UMBRELLA,
10:36:25AM THE WASTE TO ENERGY PROGRAM OR WASTE TO ENERGY FACILITY
10:36:29AM PROGRAM WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.
10:36:31AM WE HAVE RECENTLY FOUND THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE SOLID
10:36:37AM WASTE LOCATION AT 34th STREET, WHAT THEY CALL THE CEMEX
10:36:41AM PROPERTY, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE THAT PROPERTY
10:36:43AM ACROSS THE STREET FOR $4 MILLION.
10:36:45AM THE EXTENSIVE RELOCATION OF THE SOLID WASTE HEADQUARTERS,
10:36:48AM AGAIN, FROM SPRUCE STREET OUT TO THE MAIN FACILITY THAT
10:36:51AM WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST, FREEING UP THAT LAND FOR ANY
10:36:54AM NUMBER OF PURPOSES, AND THEN BROWNFIELD REMEDIATION.
10:36:58AM REIMBURSEMENT IS READY FOR MOST OF THE PROJECTS.
10:37:07AM IN FACT, I THINK THE ONLY ONE THAT IS NOT IS THE RECENT
10:37:09AM OPPORTUNITY WITH THE CEMEX PROPERTY.
10:37:11AM WE ANTICIPATE WE'LL BRING THIS TO YOU LATER ON THIS YEAR,
10:37:15AM OCTOBER/NOVEMBER.
10:37:16AM AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST, A RATE STUDY IS BEING
10:37:19AM TAKEN UP RIGHT NOW.
10:37:20AM THAT WILL LEAD TO A FEASIBILITY STUDY.
10:37:23AM AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE OUTSOURCED THAT RATE STUDY TO AN
10:37:30AM ORGANIZATION THAT SPECIALIZES IN THIS TYPE OF THING, AND
10:37:33AM IT'S REALLY THE FIRST PIECE OF THAT PUZZLE BECAUSE THAT WILL
10:37:38AM DEFINE, AS THE NAME IMPLIES, WHAT IS FEASIBLE TO DO IN THE
10:37:43AM FEASIBILITY REPORT.
10:37:44AM WHAT CAN WE DO WITH THESE RATES?
10:37:45AM WHAT CAN WE DO WITH THESE RATES?
10:37:47AM AND WHAT DO WE ANTICIPATE THE POLITICAL AND PUBLIC APPETITE
10:37:52AM WILL BE FOR THOSE RATE INCREASES?
10:37:53AM SO A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES ASSOCIATED
10:37:58AM WITH SOLID WASTE AND THEIR ANTICIPATED DEBT.
10:38:01AM FINALLY, STORMWATER, ANOTHER BIG SUCCESS STORY.
10:38:09AM I FEEL SORRY FOR STORMWATER SOMETIMES BECAUSE WHEN WE
10:38:13AM INITIALLY EMBARKED ON THIS PROGRAM IT WAS BIG, AND THEN THE
10:38:16AM PIPES PROGRAM CAME AND NOW IT PALES IN COMPARISON, BUT IT
10:38:20AM HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL RIGHT FROM THE GET-GO.
10:38:22AM SO MY COMPLIMENTS TO THAT TEAM.
10:38:24AM AND WE STILL HAVE ABOUT $36 MILLION MORE TO GO.
10:38:28AM WE HAVE THE REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ALREADY BY
10:38:33AM COUNCIL, AND WE ANTICIPATE, AGAIN, LATER ON THIS YEAR COMING
10:38:36AM BEFORE YOU.
10:38:37AM FOR THOSE PROJECTS.
10:38:40AM AND THE BUDGET CALENDAR.
10:38:54AM SO FAR I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN DISCUSSION ABOUT A BUDGET
10:38:58AM WORKSHOP.
10:38:58AM WE HAVE NONE ON THE CALENDAR RIGHT NOW.
10:39:00AM SO WHAT REMAINS AFTER THIS PRESENTATION TODAY ARE THE FIRST
10:39:02AM TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS, SEPTEMBER 5th AND SEPTEMBER 19th.
10:39:06AM IF YOU'LL EXCUSE THE USER ERROR.
10:39:17AM THERE WE ARE.
10:39:18AM AS I WRAP UP THE PRESENTATION I WILL SHARE WITH YOU AGAIN
10:39:23AM THAT THIS BUDGET IS ONCE AGAIN PRESENTED WITH OPEN GOV ON
10:39:28AM THE INTERNET.
10:39:30AM WE CONTINUOUSLY UPGRADE THIS PLATFORM.
10:39:32AM WE JUST UPGRADED IT.
10:39:35AM WE ARE VERY IMPRESSED WITH IT AND HOPEFULLY MORE AND MORE
10:39:38AM PEOPLE WILL BE IMPRESSED WITH IT AS TIME GOES BY.
10:39:41AM YOU SEE THE SIGNIFICANT USER ENHANCEMENTS THAT WE'VE
10:39:44AM IMPLEMENTED.
10:39:45AM NAVIGATION IS MUCH EASIER, ACCESSIBILITY, TRANSPARENCY.
10:39:50AM WE HAVE ALSO, AS COUNCIL MOTIONED AND I BELIEVE A PRIORITY
10:39:53AM FOR COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK WE ALSO HAVE THE PDF COPY WE'LL MAKE
10:39:58AM AVAILABLE ON THE CITY WEBSITE WITH THE EXCEPTION -- AND I
10:40:03AM APOLOGIZE FOR THAT -- OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM.
10:40:05AM RIGHT NOW THE C.I.P. IS JUST TOO EXTENSIVE TO LEND ITSELF TO
10:40:10AM PRINTING A PDF.
10:40:11AM WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT.
10:40:13AM I AM THE FIRST TO ADMIT IT TOOK ME QUITE SOME TIME TO
10:40:16AM ACCLIMATE FROM THE HARD COPY BOOK.
10:40:19AM I DID A BUDGET BOOK FOR 20 YEARS, BUT I WAS COMPELLED TO
10:40:24AM ACCLIMATE, SO I DID.
10:40:26AM HOPEFULLY YOU ALL FIND THE TRANSITION LESS TRAUMATIZING.
10:40:31AM BUT IT'S A FANTASTIC PRODUCT.
10:40:32AM IT ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR PERFORMANCE METRICS,
10:40:37AM NOT ONLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE FINANCES, BUT ACROSS THE CITY.
10:40:40AM I WILL REMIND COUNCIL, OF COURSE, AND THE VIEWING PUBLIC WE
10:40:46AM ARE A MAJOR AMERICAN CITY.
10:40:49AM 49, 50th LARGEST.
10:40:50AM THE BUDGET IS COMPLEX.
10:40:52AM IT'S VERY LARGE.
10:40:54AM IT'S VERY COMPLEX.
10:40:55AM WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AS YOU NAVIGATE THROUGH IT,
10:40:59AM WHETHER IT'S ON THE INTERNET OR IN BOOK FORMAT AND THAT'S
10:41:02AM WHY WE'RE HERE.
10:41:03AM PLEASE LET US HELP YOU.
10:41:05AM WE OFFER TRAINING ON THE OPEN GOV PLATFORM AND I'VE SAID IT
10:41:11AM BEFORE AND SAY IT AGAIN, YOU ARE OUR CUSTOMERS.
10:41:13AM LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN HELP GUIDE YOU THROUGH THIS,
10:41:16AM ADMITTEDLY LARGE AND COMPLEX BUDGET.
10:41:21AM >>LYNN HURTAK: CAN YOU SHOW THE LAST SLIDE SO THE PUBLIC
10:41:23AM KNOWS WHERE TO GO?
10:41:36AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: AS I CLOSE THIS PRESENTATION, AGAIN, THANK
10:41:38AM YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
10:41:39AM I KNOW SOME OF THIS IS RIVETTING, BUT IT'S ALL VERY, VERY
10:41:44AM INTERESTING TO US.
10:41:45AM I'M VERY POSITIVE.
10:41:49AM I'M POSITIVE BY NATURE, BUT AS I'VE ALSO SHARED WITH YOU
10:41:54AM THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA, I THINK, HAS EVERY REASON TO BE
10:41:57AM POSITIVE.
10:41:57AM WE ARE IN A POSITION THAT IS THE ENVY OF SO MANY OTHER
10:42:01AM LOCALITIES.
10:42:02AM FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE.
10:42:06AM AS WE'VE DISCUSSED, BRIEFED ALL OF YOU EITHER THIS WEEK OR
10:42:09AM LAST WEEK, FROM A SERVICE DELIVERY PERSPECTIVE AND I WOULD
10:42:12AM SUBMIT TO YOU FROM A CUSTOMER EXPECTATION FROM A TAXPAYER
10:42:17AM EXPECTATION PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE NOT MEETING OUR DELIVERY
10:42:21AM METRICS.
10:42:22AM WE'VE ALL HEARD ABOUT IT.
10:42:23AM TRANSPORTATION, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
10:42:26AM BUT I REMAIN VERY POSITIVE, BUT I WOULD BE REMISS IF I
10:42:30AM DIDN'T SHARE WITH YOU -- I'M SURE YOU ALREADY KNOW -- WE
10:42:34AM CONTINUE TO BE IN A VERY CHALLENGING FINANCIAL ENVIRONMENT.
10:42:36AM I FORGET WHICH RATING AGENCY IT WAS, BUT THEY JUST -- THE
10:42:42AM SECOND ONE NOW OUT OF THE THREE MAJOR ONES JUST DOWN GRADED
10:42:45AM THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FINANCES.
10:42:47AM NEVER A GOOD SIGN.
10:42:48AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WAS GOING TO SAY, WE HAVE BETTER
10:42:50AM CREDIT THAN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.
10:42:51AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, WE DO.
10:42:52AM YES, WE DO.
10:42:52AM WHETHER IT'S INFLATION, GLOBAL, NATIONAL, LOCAL, ET CETERA,
10:42:59AM WE ARE ON SOLID GROUND AND VERY FORTUNATE, IN MY OPINION.
10:43:03AM AS WE'VE DISCUSSED, WE WANT TO TAKE THAT NEXT STEP.
10:43:06AM WE WANT TO MOVE THE NEEDLE.
10:43:08AM BUT REGARDLESS, HOW IT TURNS OUT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF
10:43:13AM WEEKS, I TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR ALL'S EFFORTS AND WILLINGNESS
10:43:17AM TO LISTEN.
10:43:20AM YOU ALL HAVE A BIG BURDEN AND BIG PRIVILEGE.
10:43:24AM I THINK WE ALL DO.
10:43:25AM THANK YOU GENUINELY FOR ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS.
10:43:27AM WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE DISCUSSION.
10:43:29AM THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
10:43:30AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:43:32AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
10:43:33AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY CLOSING COMMENTS BEFORE WE GO TO
10:43:35AM FIVE-MINUTE RECESS SO CTTV CAN SWITCH OVER?
10:43:39AM COUNCILMAN CARLSON, I SAW YOUR HAND.
10:43:46AM >>BILL CARLSON: I HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF CLARIFYING
10:43:49AM QUESTIONS, BUT I WANT TO ASK ONE IN PARTICULAR.
10:43:51AM I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR FOR COMING HERE IN PERSON AND
10:43:56AM DOING THIS.
10:43:57AM MR. ROGERO, ON PAGE 4, IT SAYS 11.7% INCREASE.
10:44:05AM EVERY WAY I DIVIDE IT I GET 16 OR 17%.
10:44:10AM IF YOU USE THE ROLLED-BACK RATE, WHAT IS THE ROLLED-BACK
10:44:15AM RATE THIS YEAR, DO WE KNOW?
10:44:17AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: I DO NOT.
10:44:19AM >>BILL CARLSON: LAST YEAR I THINK 5.9.
10:44:21AM SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEN IT'S CLOSER TO 17.
10:44:23AM IF YOU TAKE 1 DIVIDED BY 6.2 YOU GET SOMEWHERE AROUND 16%.
10:44:30AM BUT IF YOU TAKE 7.1 DIVIDED BY 7.2 YOU STILL GET 13 OR 14
10:44:35AM PERCENT.
10:44:35AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, SIR.
10:44:37AM THE INCREASE IN THE MILLAGE FROM THE 6.2ISH TO THE 7.2ISH IS
10:44:41AM ABOUT 16%.
10:44:42AM THE 11.7% WAS OUR INCREASE IN TAXABLE VALUE.
10:44:48AM HOW MUCH OUR PROPERTY, OUR TAXABLE PROPERTY IN THE CITY
10:44:51AM APPRECIATED BETWEEN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR AND THIS FISCAL
10:44:54AM YEAR.
10:44:54AM AND THAT INCREMENT OR THAT DELTA IS WHAT DRIVES THE
10:45:00AM ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
10:45:01AM IN THE ABSENCE OF A MILLAGE INCREASE.
10:45:03AM >>BILL CARLSON: SO THE MILLAGE INCREASE BY ITSELF IS ABOUT
10:45:05AM 16%.
10:45:06AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, SIR.
10:45:08AM >>BILL CARLSON: I HAVE A BUNCH OF OTHER QUESTIONS.
10:45:09AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ARE WE GOING TO SET A BUDGET WORKSHOP?
10:45:14AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: [INAUDIBLE] CAN WE DO THAT NOW?
10:45:21AM >>BILL CARLSON: CAN I HIT WITH TWO OTHER QUICK CLARIFYING
10:45:23AM QUESTIONS?
10:45:25AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD.
10:45:25AM >>BILL CARLSON: PAGE 8, I HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF QUESTIONS,
10:45:31AM BUT I'LL TRY TO KEEP IT SHORT AND ASK THEM LATER.
10:45:33AM AS I READ THIS, MIAMI IS UP AROUND 7.2.
10:45:38AM SO WHEN WE INCREASE -- IF WE INCREASE TO 7.2, THEN WE'LL BE
10:45:43AM AMONG THE HIGHEST OF OUR PEERS.
10:45:45AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: YOU ARE CORRECT SIR.
10:45:46AM >>BILL CARLSON: WE ARE MUCH LOWER NOW AND WE'LL BE ON PAR
10:45:48AM AND THAT MEANS WE'LL BE AHEAD OF ORLANDO AND ST. PETE.
10:45:50AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, SIR.
10:45:51AM >>BILL CARLSON: AND ON THE DEBT, PAGES 41 AND 42, I REALLY
10:45:57AM WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE SLIDES GOING BACK TO 2010.
10:46:01AM IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH DEBT
10:46:04AM -- DEBT SERVICE GOING DOWN, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT IT
10:46:07AM WAS BEFORE.
10:46:07AM ALSO, IN THE SOLID WASTE AREA, YOU TALKED ABOUT LINE OF
10:46:12AM CREDIT.
10:46:12AM THAT'S THE FIRST I HAD HEARD OF THAT.
10:46:14AM YOU AND I HAD TALKED ABOUT THE FUND BALANCE GOING DOWN
10:46:17AM BECAUSE OF THE DEFICIT THIS YEAR.
10:46:18AM I THINK WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT AT SOME POINT AS WELL.
10:46:20AM ALSO, I ALWAYS SAY THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR AND YOU FOR
10:46:26AM FOCUSING ON FUND BALANCE.
10:46:27AM I THINK WE OUGHT TO GO BACK TO 2010 ON THAT ALSO SO THAT WE
10:46:30AM CAN SEE THE COMPARISON.
10:46:31AM THE GOOD THING IS THAT I THINK THAT'S PAGE 27.
10:46:36AM WE ARE UNDER PAM IORIO'S ADMINISTRATION, IT WAS THE FUND
10:46:39AM BALANCE WAS ABOUT 150 MILLION.
10:46:42AM AND IT LOOKS LIKE THIS YEAR WE'LL BE BACK TO 2010.
10:46:47AM ISN'T THAT CORRECT?
10:46:48AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: IT WILL BE ABOUT 150 MILLION WE ANTICIPATE
10:46:51AM NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
10:46:52AM >>BILL CARLSON: SHE SAVED THAT MUCH BY 2010, THAT'S AFTER
10:46:55AM THE GREAT RECESSION ENDED IN 2009.
10:46:58AM AND SO NOW 13 YEARS LATER WE'LL ALMOST BE BACK TO WHAT SHE
10:47:02AM SAVED DURING THAT TIME.
10:47:04AM AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.
10:47:08AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: I'M SORRY.
10:47:09AM JUST TO CLARIFY, SIR.
10:47:10AM WE'LL OFFER YOU A FUND BALANCE CHART FROM 2010 TO FISCAL
10:47:15AM YEAR '24.
10:47:17AM >>BILL CARLSON: PROBABLY MY COLLEAGUES TALK TO MAYOR IORIO
10:47:21AM ABOUT THIS, TOO.
10:47:22AM DURING THE GREAT RECESSION, SHE CUT A LOT OF THINGS BUT DID
10:47:25AM A GREAT JOB BEING STEWARD OF THE FINANCES AND SHE FOUND
10:47:28AM EVERYTHING SHE COULD TO CUT.
10:47:29AM I THINK SHE SHOULD GET CREDIT FOR HAVING SAVED THAT MUCH
10:47:33AM DURING THE GREAT RECESSION.
10:47:34AM WE'RE SAVING DURING THE BOON TIMES AND ALMOST UP TO WHERE
10:47:38AM SHE WAS BACK THEN.
10:47:39AM I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE THANK HER FOR THAT.
10:47:40AM ALSO, I WISH THERE WAS A WAY WE COULD EXCLUDE PAGE 26, THE
10:47:46AM CRA MONEY.
10:47:47AM 8.6 MILLION MORE TO CRA.
10:47:51AM IF YOU NET OUT THE INCREASE, THE 11.7 INCREASE IN TAX RATES,
10:47:55AM WE'RE ONLY GETTING ABOUT 26 MILLION FOR THE NEW TAX, IF MY
10:48:01AM NUMBERS ARE CORRECT, BECAUSE AN ADDITIONAL 8.6 IS GOING IN
10:48:04AM THE CRAs.
10:48:05AM AND WE'RE STUCK BECAUSE THE PUBLIC AND THE CRA DISTRICT
10:48:08AM DOESN'T WANT US TO SPEND ON INFRASTRUCTURE THE CITY WOULD
10:48:10AM HAVE SPENT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THEN WE CAN'T SPEND IT IN
10:48:13AM THE REST OF THE CITY.
10:48:14AM AND THAT 8.6 MILLION COULD BE VERY VALUABLE IN THE GENERAL
10:48:17AM FUND.
10:48:17AM I WISH MORRIS WOULD HELP US FIGURE OUT HOW TO MOVE THAT OR
10:48:22AM NOT INCLUDE IT.
10:48:22AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: AGAIN, FULL TRANSPARENCY, I WANT TO MAKE
10:48:24AM SURE I'M CLARIFYING BETWEEN TWO PARTICULAR INCREASES IN
10:48:28AM REVENUE.
10:48:31AM WE HAVE THE INCREASE IN REVENUE ASSOCIATED WITH THE INCREASE
10:48:34AM IN TAXABLE VALUE.
10:48:35AM THAT'S ABOUT 26 MILLION.
10:48:36AM THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY WILL GET ABOUT 8 OR 9
10:48:39AM MILLION FROM THAT.
10:48:40AM >>BILL CARLSON: JUST TO CLARIFY ON PAGE 9, YOU'RE INCLUDING
10:48:46AM THAT 53 MILLION INCLUDES THE 11% INCREASE IN TAXABLE VALUE,
10:48:51AM RIGHT?
10:48:51AM SO THE NET OF THAT, IT'S ON ANOTHER PAGE, I THINK, BUT THE
10:48:55AM NET OF THAT IS ONLY LIKE -- IT'S A LOWER NUMBER THAN 46, I
10:49:00AM THINK.
10:49:01AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: AGAIN, YES.
10:49:02AM IF I CAN CLARIFY, AND WE CAN PROVIDE A SLIDE THAT IDENTIFIES
10:49:06AM BOTH.
10:49:07AM WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MILLAGE, WE'RE TALKING TWO PRIMARY
10:49:11AM REVENUE INCREASES.
10:49:11AM THE INCREASE ASSOCIATED WITH THE TAXABLE VALUE.
10:49:15AM THAT IS THE 26 MILLION, AND THEN AS YOU SAID, COUNCILMAN, ON
10:49:18AM SLIDE NUMBER 9, THIS 46 MILLION IS OVER AND ABOVE THAT.
10:49:23AM THIS IS REVENUE CONFINED SOLELY TO THAT ONE MILL.
10:49:27AM >>BILL CARLSON: AND THEN WHEN YOU MAP OUT ALL THESE EXTRA
10:49:31AM EXPENDITURES, BY THE WAY, THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION
10:49:33AM FOR LISTENING TO CITY COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES, WHICH WE GOT
10:49:37AM FROM THE COMMUNITY, THAT PRIORITY LIST IS EXACTLY WHAT CITY
10:49:40AM COUNCIL HAS BEEN ASKING FOR FOR YEARS.
10:49:41AM SO THEY WERE SPOT ON IN THAT.
10:49:44AM AS YOU LOOK AT THE EXPENDITURES ON ALL THESE THINGS THAT WE
10:49:48AM IN THE COMMUNITY WANT, DO ALL THESE NUMBERS THOUGH INCLUDE
10:49:52AM THAT 11% INCREASE IN TAXABLE VALUE OR ARE YOU JUST
10:49:56AM AMORTIZING OUT THE 45 MILLION?
10:49:59AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: IT INCLUDES JUST THE 45 MILLION.
10:50:02AM AND IF I CAN BACK UP BRIEFLY, AGAIN, THANK YOU.
10:50:09AM I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
10:50:11AM A WORKSHOP.
10:50:13AM THAT WAY WE CAN BE PREPARED TO CLARIFY SOME OF THESE ISSUES.
10:50:16AM BUT YOU'VE GOT THE $26 MILLION ASSOCIATED WITH THE TAXABLE
10:50:19AM VALUE AND THE CRA GETS EIGHT OF THAT.
10:50:22AM AND THEN YOU SEE ON PAGE 9, YOU HAVE 46 MILLION ASSOCIATED
10:50:25AM WITH THE 1 MILL AND THE CRA GETS 8 OF THAT.
10:50:29AM WE ANTICIPATE THEY WOULD RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL 16 MILLION IN
10:50:33AM THIS SCENARIO.
10:50:34AM I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR BECAUSE BY COINCIDENCE, THEY BOTH
10:50:37AM END UP BEING VERY, VERY SIMILAR.
10:50:40AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BUT IT WOULD STILL BE 59 MILLION TOTAL FOR
10:50:43AM CRA?
10:50:44AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES.
10:50:46AM THAT INCLUDES THAT ADDITIONAL 16 MILLION, YES, MA'AM.
10:50:48AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:50:49AM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
10:50:52AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ONE, I ALSO WANT TO APPLAUD THE MAYOR FOR
10:50:55AM COMING TODAY AND PRESENTING A PROPOSED BUDGET THAT IS VERY
10:51:01AM REFLECTIVE OF, ONE, THE WISHES OF COUNCIL AS I SEE THEM, BUT
10:51:05AM ALSO THE WISHES OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE CITY OF
10:51:07AM TAMPA.
10:51:08AM HAVING JUST RECENTLY COME OUT OF A CAMPAIGN AND SOMEONE WHO
10:51:11AM CAMPAIGNS STRONG AS A CITIZEN OF TAMPA FOR COMING ON 40
10:51:15AM YEARS, I RECOGNIZE THAT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS CRUMBLING AND
10:51:18AM THAT THERE ARE THESE UNMET NEEDS THAT HAVE BEEN DEFERRED
10:51:23AM MAINTENANCE AND SO MANY ELEMENTS OF OUR CITY.
10:51:25AM I HEARD IT LOUD AND CLEAR ON THE CAMPAIGN.
10:51:28AM I RAN ON THIS ISSUE IN THE CAMPAIGN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO
10:51:32AM THESE THINGS.
10:51:33AM I LOVE WHAT MS. DUNCAN SAID, WE NEED TO START SOMEWHERE.
10:51:38AM A LOT OF TIMES THESE THINGS SEEM SO OVERWHELMING IT'S LIKE
10:51:41AM THERE'S NO FIX TO IT.
10:51:43AM SOMEBODY HAS GOT TO DO THE NONSEXY THINGS AND SOME OF THE
10:51:46AM STUFF IS NOT SEXY.
10:51:49AM SOME OF THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE IS NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN
10:51:52AM PUT ON A CAMPAIGN FLYER AND RUN FOR REELECTION ON.
10:51:55AM JUST LIKE THE BOLD PROJECT THAT THE FORMER COUNCIL AND MAYOR
10:51:58AM DID WITH PIPES.
10:51:59AM AGAIN, NOT A SEXY THING, BUT A NEED FOR THE CITY AND A NEED
10:52:03AM FOR THE COMMUNITY AND SOMETHING I THINK WE'RE DOING VERY
10:52:06AM WELL NOT JUST FOR THE CURRENT RESIDENTS OF THE CITY BUT THE
10:52:09AM PEOPLE COMING HERE AND MY KIDS AND GRANDKIDS.
10:52:11AM I APPLAUD THE CITY FOR COMING FORWARD WITH ALL OF THESE
10:52:14AM MAINTENANCE ITEMS.
10:52:17AM I THINK THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA HAVE TO
10:52:19AM REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT OUR FIRE STATIONS ARE IN DIRE NEED OF
10:52:23AM REHABILITATION, THAT THEY ARE CRUMBLING IN AREAS.
10:52:27AM I THINK PEOPLE WOULD BE SHOCKED TO SEE SOME OF THE
10:52:29AM CONDITIONS DEFERRED MAINTENANCE IN THE FIRE STATIONS.
10:52:31AM I THINK PEOPLE WOULD BE SHOCKED TO FIND OUT THAT BECAUSE OF
10:52:35AM VARIOUS THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED WITH THE GREAT RECESSION
10:52:37AM AND SO FORTH, THAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS DRIVING IN CARS WE
10:52:41AM NORMALLY WOULD REPLACE THEM EVERY SEVEN YEARS BUT NOW THEY
10:52:44AM ARE 14 YEARS OLD.
10:52:47AM I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE HOLD ON TO CARS 14 YEARS OLD IN
10:52:50AM NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS, I GUARANTEE THEY PROBABLY DON'T
10:52:53AM THINK OUR POLICE OFFICERS ARE DOING THAT.
10:52:54AM AND THEN THE COST OF MAINTENANCE BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THINGS
10:52:56AM LIKE THAT.
10:52:57AM FIRE TRUCKS, I THINK THE CHIEF DID A GOOD JOB OF TALKING
10:53:02AM ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH ACQUIRING FIRE TRUCKS, MAKING SURE
10:53:06AM WE HAVE THOSE IN EMERGENCY SERVICES.
10:53:07AM I DIDN'T HEAR BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE AS WE BRING IT TO THE
10:53:13AM WORKSHOP, AVL AND CAD FOR THE FIRE TRUCK DEPARTMENT TO MAKE
10:53:17AM SURE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE FUNDING AND THAT WE'RE
10:53:19AM BRINGING THAT FORWARD.
10:53:20AM I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND
10:53:24AM TO OUR CITIZENS THAT TECHNOLOGY IS AVAILABLE TO OUR FIRE
10:53:27AM DEPARTMENT.
10:53:28AM ALSO, THE POLICE CHIEF, I AM SO HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT HIS FULL
10:53:34AM SUPPORT.
10:53:35AM IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST MEETINGS I HAD WITH HIM WAS ON THE
10:53:38AM POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE.
10:53:39AM I THINK THAT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT THING FOR THE CITY TO BE
10:53:42AM DOING.
10:53:43AM IT'S A HAND UP AND IT'S AN ABILITY TO REACH OUT TO THE
10:53:46AM COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE SOMETHING FOR THE YOUTH.
10:53:50AM I APPLAUD HIM FOR TAKING LEADERSHIP IN THAT.
10:53:52AM I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THAT TYPE OF INITIATIVE.
10:53:55AM SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:53:57AM 192 PARKS.
10:53:59AM WE OWN A LOT OF PROPERTY.
10:54:02AM AND WE ARE NOT BEEN MAINTAINING THAT PROPERTY.
10:54:05AM I THINK PEOPLE WHEN THEY SEE SOME OF THE BELLS AND WHISTLE
10:54:09AM OF SOME OF THE NEW INFRASTRUCTURE WE BUILT THEY DON'T
10:54:11AM REALIZE ONE HOW IT GOT BUILT AND WHAT MONEY IT GOT BUILT
10:54:15AM FROM.
10:54:15AM IT'S NOT LIKE JULIAN B. LANE, LOT OF IT CAME FROM BPO MONEY.
10:54:24AM DIDN'T COME FROM US.
10:54:25AM IT WAS OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY.
10:54:26AM THERE ARE A LOT OF PARKS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT NOBODY
10:54:29AM HAS TOUCHED IN YEARS.
10:54:30AM THERE'S BROKEN PICNIC TABLES OR THERE'S NO PICNIC TABLES AT
10:54:33AM ALL NO BENCHES AT ALL, THERE'S NO NOTHING.
10:54:36AM BUT THESE ARE LITTLE GEMS THAT WE CAN BRING COMMUNITIES
10:54:39AM TOGETHER IF WE IMPROVE THEM.
10:54:40AM SO I THINK THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY, I
10:54:43AM THINK OUR CITIZENS EXPECT US TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
10:54:47AM IF YOU OWN PROPERTY IN YOUR OWN PERSONAL LIFE, YOU HAVE TO
10:54:50AM MAINTAIN WHAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE.
10:54:51AM WE ARE WOEFULLY BEHIND.
10:54:53AM I THINK THIS IS REALLY A BOLD STEP FORWARD IN ENSURING THAT
10:54:56AM WE MEET THE NEEDS OF THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA AND THAT WE ARE
10:55:01AM DOING THE RIGHT THING AND GOOD CUSTODIANS OF OUR POSITIONS
10:55:05AM AND THE PEOPLE'S MONEY.
10:55:06AM SO I THANK YOU ALL AND ALL OF THE STAFF FOR BRINGING THIS
10:55:09AM FORWARD.
10:55:10AM I THINK WE HAVE SOME ROOM TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE SHIFT STUFF,
10:55:15AM STREETCAR, HOW WE SHIFT FUNDING IN THIS SCENARIO.
10:55:19AM I THINK THAT COULD BE DONE IN A WORKSHOP AND AS WE PUSH
10:55:22AM FORWARD THROUGH THIS, AS WE MAKE SURE THE PROJECTS MOVE
10:55:24AM FORWARD, I LOOK FORWARD TO IMPLEMENTATION.
10:55:26AM I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH COUNCIL TO GET A GOOD BUDGET
10:55:30AM FORWARD AND REALLY DO WELL FOR THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA.
10:55:33AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA AND THEN COUNCILMAN
10:55:34AM MIRANDA.
10:55:35AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
10:55:36AM I TOOK A LOT OF NOTES.
10:55:39AM I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO ALL OF THEM.
10:55:42AM BUT I DO HAVE SOME INITIAL IMPRESSIONS AND I EXPLAINED THOSE
10:55:45AM TO THE ADMINISTRATION, STILL HAVE THOSE VERY, VERY STRONGLY.
10:55:49AM A QUESTION, MR. ROGERO, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IF I RECALL
10:55:53AM FROM THIS TAX INCREASE, 20% GOES TO PUBLIC SAFETY, AM I
10:55:57AM RIGHT?
10:55:57AM SO 20% GOES TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
10:56:03AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, IT MIGHT BE 21.
10:56:06AM THANK YOU.
10:56:09AM >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
10:56:10AM YEAH.
10:56:10AM SO 20, 21 PERCENT, ET CETERA.
10:56:13AM YEAH, I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT ON ALL OF US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS
10:56:16AM AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE
10:56:19AM COMMUNITY ON THE DIFFERENT ISSUES HERE.
10:56:20AM LIKE I SAID YESTERDAY, NOT EVERYTHING IS BLACK AND WHITE.
10:56:22AM THERE IS A LOT OF GRAY AND THIS BUDGET OBVIOUSLY HAS A LOT
10:56:25AM OF GRAY.
10:56:26AM A LOT OF GOOD THINGS BUT ALWAYS OFFSETS.
10:56:28AM NOTHING IS FREE.
10:56:29AM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LOOKED UP DURING THIS BUDGET
10:56:31AM PRESENTATION IS MILLAGE RATES IN OTHER CITIES.
10:56:34AM TAKE A LOOK AT A LOT OF SOUTH FLORIDA MUNICIPALITIES THAT
10:56:37AM ARE IN THAT SEVEN LEVEL.
10:56:38AM AS COUNCILMAN CARLSON POINTED OUT, WILL BE REACHING UP TO
10:56:41AM THAT LEVEL.
10:56:42AM WE HAVE TO BE VERY JUDICIOUS.
10:56:45AM INFLATION RIGHT NOW 7.3% IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA, DOUBLE, MORE
10:56:49AM THAN DOUBLE WHAT THE NATIONAL RATE IS.
10:56:51AM SO, AGAIN, I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE A GOOD TALK WITH THE
10:56:53AM PUBLIC ON THAT GRAY.
10:56:55AM I'VE SAID MANY, MANY TIMES BEFORE IN THE PAST, I SUPPORT A
10:56:59AM MILLAGE UPWARD RATE ADJUSTMENT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
10:57:02AM I DO.
10:57:02AM I THINK THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
10:57:04AM FROM WHAT I SEE IN THIS BUDGET, THERE'S A LOT OF UPGRADES TO
10:57:07AM FACILITIES, PARTICULARLY WITH TAMPA FIRE, 30 NEW POLICE
10:57:12AM OFFICERS.
10:57:12AM THAT'S WONDERFUL.
10:57:13AM I DON'T SEE IN YEAR ONE ANYTHING FOR A NEW STATION,
10:57:16AM PARTICULARLY FOR DOWNTOWN TAMPA, SOMETHING THAT I THINK
10:57:18AM COUNCIL HAS SPOKEN ABOUT MANY, MANY TIMES.
10:57:21AM THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE TALK ABOUT IN HAVING A PUBLIC SAFETY
10:57:24AM MASTER PLAN.
10:57:24AM SO, AGAIN, THERE IS A LOT TO WORK OUT THERE.
10:57:27AM THERE IS A LOT TO WORK OUT THERE.
10:57:30AM I DO SUPPORT AN UPWARD MILLAGE ADJUSTMENT, PARTICULARLY FOR
10:57:33AM PUBLIC SAFETY.
10:57:34AM I'VE COME OUT BEFORE FOR TRANSPORTATION IN 2016, 2018, 2022,
10:57:39AM SO THAT'S NOT AN UNREASONABLE DIALOGUE TO HAVE, BUT I THINK
10:57:43AM WE HAVE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE PUBLIC ON
10:57:46AM THESE NEW OBLIGATIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING ON.
10:57:49AM AGAIN, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF BLACK-AND-WHITE THINGS IN LIFE,
10:57:53AM PARTICULARLY IN POLITICS.
10:57:54AM THERE'S A LOT OF GRAY HERE.
10:57:56AM SO I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT, AGAIN, THAT
10:57:59AM LEVEL OF 21% ON PUBLIC SAFETY, I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT
10:58:02AM THIS COUNCIL SHOULD CERTAINLY LOOK AT, PARTICULARLY GIVEN
10:58:06AM OUR VERY ACUTE POLICE AND FIRE NEEDS.
10:58:08AM I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT.
10:58:10AM I THINK THE PUBLIC SUPPORTS PAYING A REASONABLE AMOUNT MORE
10:58:13AM FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
10:58:14AM THEY TALKED ABOUT IT MORE FOR TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER
10:58:17AM ISSUES I'VE SPOKEN MORE ABOUT PARKS AND ADDITIONAL REVENUE
10:58:21AM AND MY BELIEF WE SHOULDN'T BE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL REVENUE
10:58:23AM FOR PARKS.
10:58:23AM THAT BEING SAID, I'M ONE OF SEVEN, AND THERE'S COMPROMISE IN
10:58:27AM HERE.
10:58:27AM THAT'S HOW GOOD LEGISLATION AND GOOD BUDGETS GET DONE.
10:58:30AM BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE A VERY VIGOROUS DISCUSSION ON
10:58:33AM THAT.
10:58:34AM SO I'LL SHUT UP AT THIS TIME.
10:58:35AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:58:36AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IF HE'S ONE OF SEVEN, I'M TWO OF SEVEN.
10:58:39AM ANYWAY, WHAT I'M SAYING, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FUTURE AND YOU
10:58:43AM LOOK AT WHAT YOU'RE DOING, TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, THERE ARE
10:58:46AM SOME THINGS THAT COME TO MIND.
10:58:47AM THE FUTURE IS THAT SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE YOURSELF OR
10:58:51AM CHIEF OF STAFF, MAYOR, WITH THE COUNCIL, GOING TO HAVE TO
10:58:54AM FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE MONIES WHEN YOU
10:58:57AM DON'T HAVE ANY GAS TAX DECREASING BECAUSE THE ELECTRIC CARS
10:59:01AM WILL COME IN.
10:59:02AM WHAT ARE THE OTHER GOVERNMENTS DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
10:59:05AM ELECTRIC CARS PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE OF USING THE ROADS AND
10:59:09AM GIVING PART OF THAT MONEY TO THE CITY, NUMBER ONE.
10:59:12AM NUMBER TWO, THE CIT TAX, 2026, FIGURE NOW, END OF 2026, IT
10:59:18AM WAS ZERO COMING IN.
10:59:20AM SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT YOU USE FOR MONEY FOR
10:59:23AM INFRASTRUCTURE.
10:59:24AM WHEN YOU COME AROUND AND LOOK AT SUSTAINABILITY, THIS CITY
10:59:28AM HAS THE AREA WHERE YOU CAN REALLY TURN THINGS AROUND IF YOU
10:59:32AM GET SOME MONEY FROM NOT ONLY THE FEDS BUT OTHER MONIES TO
10:59:35AM MAKE SURE THAT EVERY DROP OF WATER THAT WE HAVE IN THE
10:59:39AM CANALS ARE, A, SUSTAINABLE FOR THE FUTURE, INCLUDING THOSE
10:59:43AM THAT YOU HAVE IN THE RESERVOIR.
10:59:46AM HOLDS 1.2 BILLION GALLONS OF WATER.
10:59:48AM BY PUTTING SOLAR ON TOP OF THOSE AREAS AND THE CANALS, YOU
10:59:51AM SOLVE TWO PROBLEMS.
10:59:53AM FIRST, A DECREASE OF 10% OF LOSS OF WATER TO EVAPORATION,
10:59:57AM AND SECONDLY, YOU GAIN THE SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE FUTURE OF
11:00:02AM THE WORLD.
11:00:04AM HEARD ME RIGHT WHEN I SAID THE WORLD.
11:00:07AM NOT ABOUT TAMPA.
11:00:07AM BEEN THE HOTTEST JULY IN THE WORLD, NOT ONLY IN TAMPA.
11:00:11AM IT'S BEEN THE WARMEST IN THE WORLD NOT ONLY IN KEY WEST
11:00:16AM WHERE THE WATER DEGREE THERE WAS 100 DEGREES.
11:00:18AM WE MUST PREPARE FOR TOMORROW BECAUSE TODAY'S THINKING IS NOT
11:00:22AM GOING TO MAKE SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE.
11:00:23AM THAT'S NUMBER TWO.
11:00:24AM NUMBER THREE, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THE COUNCIL MEMBERS
11:00:26AM HAVE SAID, AND IF I READ THIS RIGHT, THE PROPERTY TAX
11:00:31AM COLLECTED IS 387 VERSUS THE POLICE AND FIRE EXPENSES OF 357.
11:00:36AM THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN THE PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION
11:00:40AM OF THE CITY BE GREATER THAN THE EXPENSES OF THE FIRE AND
11:00:46AM POLICE DEPARTMENT COMBINED.
11:00:47AM LAST YEAR IT WAS 20 SOME MILLION DOLLARS.
11:00:49AM THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
11:00:51AM WE ARE MAKING SOME HEADWAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC IS
11:00:55AM PROTECTED.
11:00:56AM PEOPLE DON'T COME HERE BECAUSE THEY LIKE YOU OR ME OR ANYONE
11:01:00AM ELSE HERE.
11:01:00AM COME FOR EDUCATION, DO YOU HAVE THAT?
11:01:02AM YES, WE DO.
11:01:03AM THEY COME FOR SECURITY FROM A GREAT POLICE DEPARTMENT, YES,
11:01:08AM WE DO.
11:01:08AM COME FOR SAFETY.
11:01:09AM WHEN YOU'RE IN A HOME AND YOU CALL THAT 911 AND THE FIRE
11:01:11AM DEPARTMENT SHOWS UP, THAT SICK PERSON FEELS 100% BETTER JUST
11:01:15AM LOOKING AT THE PEOPLE COMING IN TO TAKE CARE OF THE PERSON.
11:01:18AM THEY MADE I DON'T KNOW, 800 AND SOME THOUSAND CALLS, 88,000
11:01:22AM CALLS IF I RECALL, AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE OFFER AS
11:01:25AM SERVICE.
11:01:26AM EVERYTHING COSTS MORE.
11:01:27AM WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE FROM 2010, MENTIONED BEFORE, WHAT WAS
11:01:31AM THE COST OF SOMETHING IN 2010 DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CITY?
11:01:34AM WHAT IS IT TODAY?
11:01:36AM IF THE PUBLIC CAN GET A REAL FINE IDEA OF WHAT IT COSTS TO
11:01:40AM RUN A GOVERNMENT.
11:01:41AM YES, PRICE OF EGGS ARE GOING UP.
11:01:42AM YES, THEY HAVE ALSO COME DOWN.
11:01:44AM MILK, THE SAME WAY.
11:01:45AM EVERYTHING THAT THE PUBLIC HAS TO DO TO MAKE A LIVING HAS
11:01:49AM ALMOST DOUBLED.
11:01:50AM I CAN TELL YOU, ONE DAY I'LL START CHARLIE CORNER AND TALK
11:01:55AM ABOUT EVERYWHERE I GO AND THE PRICES OF EVERYTHING.
11:01:57AM LET ME WARN YOU OF ONE THING THOSE MY AGE LISTENING, DON'T
11:02:01AM BELIEVE THE PEOPLE THAT SEND YOU SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT TO
11:02:04AM BUY YOUR HOUSE AND THEY GIVE YOU A QUOTE.
11:02:07AM THEY ARE USING YOU AS A SUCKER.
11:02:11AM IT'S ALWAYS 80 TO 100 THOUSAND DOLLARS LESS THAN THE REAL
11:02:15AM VALUE OF THE HOUSE.
11:02:16AM I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE THINGS BECAUSE PEOPLE I KNOW
11:02:18AM ARE GETTING HURT.
11:02:19AM I SEE THAT QUITE OFTEN.
11:02:20AM BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS I WANT TO SCRUTINIZE THE BUDGET EVEN
11:02:23AM MORE.
11:02:24AM WHEN I READ THIS, 87 TO 57, I SAID, MY GOD, THIS IS THE
11:02:28AM FIRST TIME IN EVER, IF IT'S FACTUAL, I ASSUME IT IS, THAT
11:02:32AM THE PROPERTY TAXES ARE MORE THAN IT COSTS TO RUN THE POLICE
11:02:36AM AND FIRE.
11:02:37AM BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND WE'LL MAKE A DECISION HERE.
11:02:40AM I'D LIKE TO HAVE, WHEN FINISHED, LIKE TO MAKE A REQUEST FOR
11:02:44AM SPECIAL-CALLED MEETING ON AUGUST 15th AT 5:01.
11:02:50AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION THEN TO SET THAT
11:02:52AM SPECIAL CALLED HEARING AUGUST 15 AT --
11:02:57AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: TUESDAY NIGHT, AUGUST 15, TUESDAY NIGHT,
11:03:00AM 5:01.
11:03:02AM >>BILL CARLSON: I CAN'T DO IT THAT NIGHT.
11:03:04AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MY AIDE IS WATCHING.
11:03:06AM I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS AUGUST 15 --
11:03:08AM >>BILL CARLSON: I CAN DO 24th.
11:03:11AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MR. SHELBY.
11:03:13AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA,
11:03:16AM THAT IS A SPECIAL CALLED WORKSHOP.
11:03:18AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: RIGHT.
11:03:22AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CAN YOU DO DURING THE DAY?
11:03:24AM >>BILL CARLSON: I CAN DO JUST ABOUT ANY OTHER TIME BUT NOT
11:03:27AM THAT DAY.
11:03:27AM THE 22nd I CAN DO IT.
11:03:45AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CAN WE MAKE THAT MOTION LATER?
11:03:47AM I WANT TO GET MY CALENDAR.
11:03:49AM WHEN WE TAKE OUR FIVE-MINUTE RECESS, I NEED TO SEE THE
11:03:54AM CALENDAR.
11:03:55AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WANT TO START BY LOOKING AT THE MILLAGE
11:04:01AM RATE COMPARISON WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT TAMPA, ORLANDO,
11:04:04AM ST. PETE AND MIAMI.
11:04:06AM MIAMI DOES HAVE THE HIGHEST AND THIS WOULD BRING US TOWARD
11:04:09AM MIAMI.
11:04:10AM THE ONE THING WE AREN'T CONSIDERING IS THAT MOST OF THOSE
11:04:13AM OTHER COUNTIES HAVE A TRANSPORTATION TAX THAT WE DON'T HAVE.
11:04:17AM PENNY FOR PINELLAS, THEY ARE ABLE TO FUND THEIR
11:04:21AM TRANSPORTATION NEEDS AND WE SIMPLY AREN'T.
11:04:23AM AND WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO CREATE -- THE COUNTY IS NOT
11:04:27AM GOING TO DO IT.
11:04:28AM SO WHEN WE CONSIDER IT, YES, WE HAVE -- WE ARE GOING TO HAVE
11:04:31AM A MILLAGE INCREASE CLOSE TO THOSE, BUT THOSE FOLKS WILL HAVE
11:04:35AM TAXES ABOVE THAT THEY ARE PAYING TOWARD TRANSPORTATION THAT
11:04:43AM WE SIMPLY AREN'T.
11:04:45AM THAT ENABLES VISITORS TO PAY THE TAX.
11:04:46AM AGAIN, THAT'S OUT OF OUR HANDS.
11:04:48AM JUST SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS, WE AREN'T ALLOWED TO MAKE THOSE
11:04:52AM INCREASES, THOSE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE COUNTY.
11:04:54AM SO WE AREN'T ALLOWED TO CREATE A TAX FOR OURSELVES FOR
11:04:58AM TRANSPORTATION.
11:04:59AM THIS IS OUR TAX FOR OURSELVES FOR TRANSPORTATION.
11:05:02AM TO GO FURTHER LOOKING AT TRANSPORTATION, CERTAINLY DURING
11:05:07AM THAT WORKSHOP I DO WANT TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT,
11:05:12AM WE'RE LOOKING AT PUTTING 39% OF THIS MILL INCREASE INTO
11:05:16AM TRANSPORTATION, WHICH WOULD BE PAVING AND STREETCAR
11:05:20AM EXPANSION POSSIBLY.
11:05:21AM I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
11:05:23AM PUBLIC SAFETY I THINK HAS BEEN COVERED FOR NOW.
11:05:27AM OBVIOUSLY, PARKS AND REC WOULD WANT TO HEAR MORE ON.
11:05:31AM ONE THING NOBODY HAS TALKED ABOUT THAT I WANT TO BRING UP IS
11:05:35AM HOUSING.
11:05:35AM 20% FOR HOUSING.
11:05:36AM WHAT I WOULD LIKE FOR THAT DEPARTMENT, FOR MS. TRAVIS AND
11:05:41AM HER DEPARTMENT TO BRING BACK, WE HAD THAT REALLY BEAUTIFUL
11:05:45AM GRAPHIC AND I DON'T HAVE IT IN MY BUDGET, THIS TIME SHOWING
11:05:49AM THE DIFFERENT BUCKETS THAT MONEY WOULD GO INTO.
11:05:52AM SO I THINK THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT'S THE TOTAL
11:05:55AM AMOUNT WE COULD PUT TOWARD HOUSING AND THE REALLY IMPORTANT
11:05:59AM THING THAT SHE HIT ON THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT EVEN MORE IS
11:06:02AM THE FACT THAT IF WE HAVE A DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCE LIKE
11:06:04AM THIS, WE REALLY CAN GO AFTER THOSE DOLLARS.
11:06:08AM SHE TOLD ME RECENTLY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, THAT THERE
11:06:11AM WERE TWO MOTELS THAT WE COULD HAVE BOUGHT.
11:06:14AM WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE MONEY.
11:06:16AM THAT'S IMMEDIATE HOUSING.
11:06:20AM THOSE ARE LARGE PARCELS THAT WE COULD TURN INTO MULTIFAMILY
11:06:25AM HOUSING.
11:06:25AM I WAS CRUSHED WHEN I HEARD THAT.
11:06:27AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: MISSED OPPORTUNITIES.
11:06:28AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES, MISSED OPPORTUNITIES.
11:06:30AM WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT CEMEX PLANT, I WAS IMMEDIATELY
11:06:34AM INTERESTED.
11:06:34AM ONE OF THE THINGS THE PUBLIC KEEPS TALKING TO ME ABOUT IS
11:06:37AM THE WASTE TO ENERGY FACILITY.
11:06:39AM GREAT THAT WE'RE RENOVATING IT BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE HAVE
11:06:41AM MORE PEOPLE AS WE EXPAND?
11:06:42AM BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE AT CAPACITY.
11:06:44AM HOW DO WE EXPAND THAT CAPACITY?
11:06:46AM I HAVE TO TELL THE PUBLIC THERE'S NOT ANY SPACE.
11:06:49AM THAT CEMEX PLANT COULD HELP WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SPACE
11:06:52AM FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD.
11:06:53AM SO THE ABILITY NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THIS GREAT BUFFER THAT
11:06:58AM WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 150 MILLION THAT WE
11:07:02AM JUST HAVE SITTING IN THE BANK THAT HELP US BORROW MONEY, BUT
11:07:06AM WE NEED THE MONEY FOR THOSE MISSED OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE
11:07:09AM THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA WE ARE HEMMED
11:07:13AM IN.
11:07:14AM WE HAVE NOWHERE TO GROW.
11:07:15AM WE HAVE WATER OR WE HAVE THE COUNTY.
11:07:18AM AND WE'RE NOT ANNEXING.
11:07:19AM WHERE DO WE GO?
11:07:21AM ONCE OUR LAND IS GONE, IT'S GONE.
11:07:23AM ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO BUY LAND OR TO REUTILIZE THE LAND WE
11:07:30AM HAVE IS SO CRITICAL.
11:07:32AM THAT IS MY FAVORITE PART OF THIS BUDGET, THE ABILITY TO LOOK
11:07:36AM FORWARD.
11:07:36AM I DO, AGAIN, WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND HER ADMINISTRATION
11:07:39AM FOR COMING AND PRESENTING SUCH A BOLD VISION FOR THE CITY.
11:07:46AM I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.
11:07:48AM I THINK THE PRESENTATION TODAY WAS VERY CLEAR.
11:07:51AM THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND I CAN HEAR IT ALREADY FROM
11:07:55AM JUST US SO I KNOW THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE THAT AS WELL.
11:07:57AM I WANT TO THANK YOU, MR. ROGERO, FOR WORKING HARD TO GET
11:08:01AM THAT PDF AVAILABLE OF THE GENERAL FUND MONEY WHICH IS ABOUT
11:08:07AM 640 MILLION.
11:08:10AM DID I GET THAT RIGHT?
11:08:11AM SOMEWHERE IN THAT BALLPARK?
11:08:13AM I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE THAT'S THE
11:08:16AM AREA OF THE BUDGET THAT IS REALLY MALLEABLE FOR US.
11:08:19AM THAT'S WHERE WE CAN MOVE MONEY AROUND THE BEST.
11:08:23AM THE OTHER MONEY IS PRETTY MUCH SPOKEN FOR.
11:08:26AM SO IN $1.9 BILLION BUDGET, IT'S REALLY 640 MILLION THAT WE
11:08:31AM REALLY GET TO LOOK AT.
11:08:33AM FOR THAT TO BE AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC SO THEY CAN SEE
11:08:35AM WHERE ALL THAT GOES IN A PDF FORM, I WILL WARN PEOPLE IT'S
11:08:39AM ABOUT 350 PAGES I THINK YOU TOLD ME.
11:08:42AM SO IT'S STILL PROBABLY SOMETHING YOU WANT TO VIEW ON THE
11:08:44AM COMPUTER.
11:08:45AM BUT I JUST REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT, AND I'M REALLY LOOKING
11:08:49AM FORWARD TO WHENEVER WE CAN PUT THIS WORKSHOP TOGETHER.
11:08:52AM I WOULD ABSOLUTELY ASK MY COLLEAGUES, THOUGH, TO MAKE THAT A
11:08:59AM NIGHT MEETING SO THAT MORE PEOPLE COULD ATTEND.
11:09:03AM THANK YOU.
11:09:04AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
11:09:07AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: CHIEF ROGERO, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE
11:09:10AM MAYOR AND TO ALL OF THE STAFF THAT WORKED SO HARD TO PRESENT
11:09:12AM THIS TO US TODAY.
11:09:13AM THIS IS MY FIRST BUDGET HEARING.
11:09:15AM I ACTUALLY WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
11:09:17AM THESE NUMBERS ARE JUST HUGE, AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE THINKING
11:09:20AM ABOUT THE FUTURE AS WE ASK FOR THIS MILLAGE INCREASE.
11:09:26AM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND HEAR ARE THE
11:09:29AM MID-LEVEL PROJECTS.
11:09:30AM I KNOW YOU LISTED THE PRIMARY ONES, BUT I FEEL LIKE THERE
11:09:33AM ARE A LOT OF DOLLARS STILL INVOLVED IN MID-LEVEL PROJECTS,
11:09:37AM SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THOSE IN MORE DETAIL.
11:09:39AM ALSO, EVEN TO BREAK OUT AS I HAD IN THE DISCUSSION WITH YOU
11:09:42AM ALL AT STAFF, ANYTHING THAT IS SUPPORTING OUR YOUTH OUTSIDE
11:09:47AM OF PARKS, REGULAR PARKS AND REC, BUT OUR PAL PROGRAM, OUR
11:09:52AM EAST TAMPA SUMMER PROGRAM AS WELL AS SUMMER EMPLOYMENT
11:09:55AM PROGRAMS.
11:09:56AM WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY ONCE THOSE NUMBERS ARE PRESENTED, AS
11:09:59AM I SAID TO YOU, TO INVOLVE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO
11:10:04AM SUPPORT OUR YOUTH.
11:10:06AM WE HAVE TO START THINKING BEYOND JUST WHAT THE CITY IS
11:10:10AM RESPONSIBLE FOR.
11:10:11AM THERE ARE PLENTY OF ORGANIZATIONS AND CORPORATIONS WHO DO
11:10:15AM VERY WELL IN THE CITY THAT WE CAN ASK THEM, OTHER PEOPLE'S
11:10:20AM MONEY SHOULD ALSO BE INCORPORATED INTO SOME OF THE DECISIONS
11:10:22AM THAT WE MAKE SO THAT THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE TO HAVE THE
11:10:25AM BURDEN, BUT YET WE'RE STILL THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE
11:10:27AM GENERATIONS.
11:10:28AM GREAT JOB ON THE PRESENTATION.
11:10:30AM I CAN TELL THAT YOU ALL DID YOUR HOMEWORK.
11:10:34AM THE PowerPoint SLIDES WERE VERY SIMPLE TO UNDERSTAND.
11:10:36AM GREAT JOB.
11:10:37AM THANK YOU.
11:10:37AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
11:10:38AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I'LL WRAP UP BEFORE WE TAKE THIS
11:10:40AM FIVE-MINUTE RECESS.
11:10:41AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR THE MAYOR
11:10:43AM COMING OUT.
11:10:44AM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA BROUGHT UP A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I
11:10:46AM WANTED TO MENTION, AND ONE OF THEM IS THE CIT RUNS OUT RIGHT
11:10:50AM AROUND THE CORNER.
11:10:51AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, SIR.
11:10:52AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AND WITH THE LAST TWO SALES TAX PROPOSAL
11:10:57AM INCREASES THAT HAVE BEEN SHOT DOWN ESSENTIALLY, WHAT
11:11:01AM CONFIDENCE DO WE HAVE?
11:11:02AM WHAT GUARANTEE DO WE HAVE, ALTHOUGH THE CIT TIED IN
11:11:07AM STADIUMS, A STADIUM AND OTHER THINGS, WHAT IF THAT DOESN'T
11:11:10AM GET RENEWED?
11:11:14AM WHAT IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT FUNDING SOURCE COME 2026?
11:11:17AM OUR CITY IS GROWING.
11:11:19AM OUR CITY IS CHANGING.
11:11:21AM WE TALKED ABOUT DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
11:11:23AM WE TALKED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF OUR ROADS.
11:11:25AM MOST IMPORTANTLY, HOUSING, THAT IS NOT GOING TO GET BETTER.
11:11:28AM WE NEED TO CONTINUE THE INVESTMENT.
11:11:30AM THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR.
11:11:33AM THAT WAS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST, IF NOT THE BIGGEST TOPIC
11:11:37AM THROUGH THE CAMPAIGN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS IS HOUSING.
11:11:39AM WE NEED TO CONTINUE THE INVESTMENT THERE WE TALKED ABOUT THE
11:11:43AM QUALITY OF OUR ROADS.
11:11:44AM ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPLAINTS I GET IS THE QUALITY OF OUR
11:11:47AM ROADS.
11:11:47AM WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT.
11:11:48AM AGAIN, WITHOUT THE DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCES AS COUNCILWOMAN
11:11:51AM HURTAK MENTIONED, OTHER COUNTIES HAVE THOSE DEDICATED.
11:11:54AM PENNY FOR PINELLAS, OUR NEIGHBOR, THEY HAVE IT; WE DON'T.
11:11:58AM AND SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES IN ORDER TO
11:12:02AM CONTINUE THOSE INVESTMENTS IN THE FUTURE AND MEET THOSE
11:12:04AM NEEDS.
11:12:04AM I LOOK FORWARD TO LOOKING INTO THIS BUDGET.
11:12:09AM I KNOW IT'S VERY LARGE.
11:12:10AM THANK YOU FOR PUTTING IT ONLINE AND PROVIDING IT TO US
11:12:13AM ELECTRONICALLY.
11:12:15AM SO HAVING SAID THAT, WE'LL TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS.
11:12:19AM PLEASE CHECK YOUR CALENDARS.
11:12:20AM WHEN WE GET BACK, WE CAN DECIDE ON A DATE FOR THE WORKSHOP
11:12:23AM AND TAKE THIS INTO FURTHER DISCUSSION.
11:12:24AM WE'RE IN RECESS FIVE MINUTES.
11:12:26AM AND WE'LL START BACK UP WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.
11:12:28AM THANK YOU.
11:12:28AM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
11:12:30AM [FIVE-MINUTE RECESS]
11:24:44AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ROLL CALL.
11:24:45AM >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
11:24:47AM >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE.
11:24:48AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE.
11:24:48AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT.
11:24:49AM >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
11:24:51AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
11:24:52AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
11:24:53AM >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
11:24:56AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
11:24:58AM >> DATE.
11:25:00AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: FOR THE BUDGET WORKSHOP, AUGUST 22 AT
11:25:03AM 5:01 P.M. WORK?
11:25:04AM IT'S A TUESDAY.
11:25:12AM >>LUIS VIERA: [INAUDIBLE] I CAN ASPIRE TO BE HERE ON TIME.
11:25:25AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THE CLOSER THE BETTER, THOUGH.
11:25:27AM WHAT ABOUT MONDAY, THE 14th?
11:25:30AM CAN ANYONE DO MONDAY?
11:25:33AM THIS IS A DIFFERENT DAY EVENT.
11:25:38AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO PUBLICLY
11:25:41AM NOTICE IT?
11:25:41AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE ANSWER IS YES.
11:25:43AM THE QUESTION IS I HAVE TO SEE IF SULING, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
11:25:49AM HAVE ACCESS TO THE CHAMBERS.
11:25:51AM >>LYNN HURTAK: AS I LIKE TO SAY, THE CHAMBERS BELONG TO US.
11:25:54AM IF OTHERS NEED TO MOVE, THEY CAN DO THAT.
11:26:02AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NOT GOING TO DISAGREE.
11:26:03AM THE 14th IS GOOD.
11:26:07AM >>LYNN HURTAK: 14th, 501.
11:26:13AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOTION TO HAVE A WORKSHOP ON THE 2024
11:26:16AM BUDGET ON AUGUST 14th, 2023, AT 5:01.
11:26:20AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
11:26:22AM MIRANDA WITH A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
11:26:24AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:26:24AM AYE.
11:26:26AM ANY OPPOSED.
11:26:27AM VERY GOOD.
11:26:28AM PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOU HAVE THREE
11:26:31AM MINUTES.
11:26:40AM >> UHURU.
11:26:41AM IT MEANS FREEDOM IN SWAHILI.
11:26:43AM IF YOU WOULD NOT START MY THREE MINUTES BECAUSE I LIKE THESE
11:26:47AM BOYS TO HAVE THREE MINUTES, IF POSSIBLE.
11:26:49AM I WOULD LIKE TO JUST USE THAT.
11:26:51AM THESE ARE MY SONS.
11:26:53AM KING ZION, KING TUT AND KING JAMES.
11:26:57AM THIS ONE WANTS TO BE A NEUROSURGEON, NOT BECAUSE HE KNOW
11:27:02AM ABOUT IT, BUT BECAUSE HE SEEN THEY MAKE OVER $280,000 A
11:27:06AM YEAR.
11:27:06AM [ LAUGHTER ]
11:27:07AM THIS ONE IS GOING TO SAVE THE WORLD.
11:27:12AM HE IS GOOD TO EVERYBODY.
11:27:14AM AND THIS ONE IS VERY DEFIANT.
11:27:16AM HE WANTS TO BE A POLICE OFFICER.
11:27:18AM AND HE ALWAYS WANTS TO KNOW, HE'S THE ONLY ONE THAT
11:27:22AM QUESTIONS MY AGE.
11:27:23AM HE ALWAYS WANTS TO KNOW HOW I'M GOING TO BE 19 NEXT YEAR IF
11:27:27AM WE HAVE BROTHERS OLDER THAN 19.
11:27:29AM THESE ARE MY KIDS.
11:27:30AM THE REASON I BROUGHT THEM HERE TODAY IS BECAUSE PART OF
11:27:34AM THEIR SUMMER AND SUMMER EXCURSION AND DOING THINGS OTHER
11:27:37AM THAN GOING TO DISNEY WORLD, BUSCH GARDENS AND STUFF LIKE
11:27:40AM THAT, BUT ALSO LET THEM SEE WHAT KIND OF REALITY IS AND WHAT
11:27:45AM WE'RE HERE FOR AND DOING AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE THINGS WE
11:27:48AM DO AND THE THINGS THAT I TEACH THEM ABOUT.
11:27:50AM AND FOR THEM TO SAY PERSONALLY FOR OTHER YOUNG KIDS AND FOR
11:27:55AM THE FUTURE IS WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE WORLD
11:27:59AM THAT I TEACH YOU --
11:28:01AM >> TO BE GOOD AND BE BLACK.
11:28:03AM >> TO BE GOOD AND BE BLACK.
11:28:04AM NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS.
11:28:06AM THE REST WILL COME ON ITS OWN.
11:28:08AM BE GOOD, DON'T SMOKE, DON'T DRINK, DON'T GET HIGH.
11:28:11AM DO THE RIGHT THING.
11:28:13AM STAY AWAY FROM BULLIES, DON'T USE THE N WORD AND DON'T LET
11:28:18AM ANYBODY CALL YOU THAT.
11:28:19AM VERY SIMPLE AND STRAIGHTFORWARD.
11:28:20AM THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY AND WANTED FOR THEM TO BE SEEN
11:28:25AM AND LET THEM KNOW IT'S REAL FOR US BLACK PARENTS OUT HERE
11:28:29AM DOING OUR THING.
11:28:30AM VERY, VERY REAL.
11:28:31AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:28:38AM [ APPLAUSE ]
11:28:41AM >>BILL CARLSON: WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO SAY ANYTHING DURING
11:28:45AM PUBLIC COMMENT BUT I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING TO THE KIDS SINCE
11:28:48AM SPECIAL OCCASION.
11:28:49AM BOYS, AS YOU ASPIRE TO BE ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS YOU SAID,
11:28:53AM PLEASE LET US KNOW IF WE CAN HELP YOU.
11:28:56AM YOUR DAD IS A PASSIONATE ADVOCATE FOR CAUSES.
11:29:02AM TO BE A NEUROSURGEON, I'M SURE YOU CAN DO IT.
11:29:05AM YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WILL SUPPORT
11:29:07AM TO YOU ACCOMPLISH YOUR GOALS.
11:29:09AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, SIR.
11:29:11AM >> I WANT TO SAY THAT -- START OVER BY SAYING UHURU, MEANS
11:29:16AM FREEDOM IN SWAHILI.
11:29:17AM WE AS AFRICAN PEOPLE SHOULD ALWAYS BE THINKING ABOUT
11:29:20AM FREEDOM.
11:29:21AM I WANT TO SAY ABOUT THE CITY BUDGET THAT COME FORTH, I
11:29:24AM PERSONALLY SUFFER FROM ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION, PERSONALLY.
11:29:28AM WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT IS, WHEN I PAY THE PROSTITUTES AND
11:29:31AM THEY ALL TALK GOOD ABOUT ME, I REALLY LOVE THAT.
11:29:37AM THAT'S REALLY A GOOD THING, BUT I JUST TOLD YOU WHAT MY
11:29:43AM AILMENT IS.
11:29:44AM THIS CITY COUNCIL WHAT THEY HAVE TO KNOW IS WHAT THEIR
11:29:46AM AILMENT IS.
11:29:47AM IT MIGHT BE LOW AND POOR SELF-ESTEEM BECAUSE HOW COULD THEY
11:29:52AM LET THE MAYOR AND STAFF COME IN HERE, GIVE A LONG DRAWN-OUT
11:29:56AM WHATSOEVER, EACH ONE OF THEM SPEAKING OFF THE SAME SPEECH
11:30:01AM WRITER, AND JUST WALK OUT THE DOOR AND LEAVE SOMEONE ELSE TO
11:30:06AM ANSWER QUESTIONS OR TO PRESENT THE BUDGET AND THEY DON'T
11:30:12AM STAY.
11:30:13AM THAT'S DISRESPECTFUL.
11:30:15AM THAT'S HIGHLY DISRESPECTFUL.
11:30:17AM SO IF IT MAKES YOU ALL FEEL GOOD THAT AFTER THE MAYOR LEFT,
11:30:22AM AFTER THE REAL STAFF HAVE LEFT, THAT YOU ALL CAN THEN ASK
11:30:26AM THE PERSON THE QUESTIONS, IF IT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD, THAT'S
11:30:34AM A GOOD THING BUT FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC IT'S NOT A GOOD
11:30:37AM THING.
11:30:37AM THAT'S WHAT WE SEE.
11:30:39AM THEY COME DOWN AND GET WHAT THEY WANT AND WALK OUT.
11:30:42AM THAT IS THE ONLY TIME WE SEE THEM OTHER THAN WHEN DOING
11:30:45AM STUPID AWARDS AND CEREMONIES, MAKES ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY NO
11:30:49AM SENSE FOR POOR AND WORKING CLASS PEOPLE.
11:30:51AM WHAT I WANT TO SAY SPECIFICALLY TO OUR DISTRICT 5
11:30:56AM REPRESENTATIVE, DO NOT VOTE FOR THIS BUDGET UNLESS IT HAVE
11:30:59AM THE WORD REPARATIONS WRITTEN IN IT.
11:31:02AM WE AFRICAN PEOPLE CAN'T BE FOOLED ANY MORE WITH THE GAMES
11:31:08AM THEY PLAY WITH US.
11:31:09AM WE WANT PARKS AND RECREATION, MORE POLICE, ALL THESE OTHER
11:31:12AM THINGS.
11:31:12AM WE DON'T WANT IT.
11:31:13AM WE WANT OUR REPARATIONS.
11:31:15AM THAT'S ALL WE WANT.
11:31:16AM WE WILL BE HAPPY WITH OUR REPARATIONS.
11:31:18AM AND UNTIL THAT WORD GET IN THIS BUDGET, YOU KNOW, IT'S A NEW
11:31:22AM DAY.
11:31:23AM IT'S A NEW DAY, AND WE HAVE TO LIVE BY THAT STANDARD.
11:31:27AM AFRICAN PEOPLE HAVE TO LIVE BY THAT STANDARD.
11:31:29AM WE'RE WORSE OFF NOW THAN WE WERE WHEN THE CITY STARTED BACK
11:31:32AM IN 1855.
11:31:33AM WE'RE WORSE OFF.
11:31:36AM LESS PROPERTY OWNERSHIP, LESS BUSINESSES, LESS EDUCATION,
11:31:43AM MEDICAL FACILITIES, EVERYTHING.
11:31:44AM WE USED TO HAVE OUR OWN HOSPITAL.
11:31:48AM WE DON'T HAVE IT ANYMORE.
11:31:49AM WHAT I WANT TO SAY SPECIFICALLY TO THIS CITY COUNCIL, UNLESS
11:31:54AM THIS BUDGET HAVE THE WORD REPARATIONS WRITTEN IN IT, IT
11:31:59AM NEEDS TO BE A NO-GO.
11:32:00AM $2 BILLION, THAT'S $500 MILLION FOR THE AFRICAN COMMUNITY
11:32:03AM AND WE AIN'T SEEING NONE OF IT.
11:32:05AM WE'RE NOT SEEING NONE OF IT, PERIOD.
11:32:08AM POLICE ALREADY GOT THEIR RAISE, 18%, MONTHS AGO.
11:32:12AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:32:13AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:32:13AM YES, SIR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
11:32:20AM >> BOB WHITMORE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CITY TREE.
11:32:22AM I WILL ADD ONE MORE BUDGETARY LINE ITEM TO HELP THE CITY
11:32:28AM PREPARE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE SINCE THE MAYOR SEEMS TO HAVE
11:32:30AM OVERLOOKED IT.
11:32:31AM IT COSTS ZERO STOP CUTTING DOWN TREES.
11:32:38AM I WAS HEARTENED LAST WEEK WATCHING THE DISCUSSION AROUND THE
11:32:41AM FATE OF A SINGLE GRAND OAK ON ISABELLA.
11:32:44AM I'M DISHEARTENED THAT WE ARE LEFT FIGHTING FOR THE VERY
11:32:46AM FUTURE OF THIS CITY, ONE SINGLE THREATENED TREE AT A TIME.
11:32:50AM WHILE MEN AND WOMEN OF GOOD CONSCIENCE MAY WRING THEIR HANDS
11:32:57AM OVER THE FATE OF ONE BEAUTIFUL TREE, THIS CITY LACKS BOTH
11:33:00AM THE POLITICAL WILL AND SYSTEMIC ABILITY TO MAKE THE BIG
11:33:03AM CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO PRESERVE A LIVABLE CITY FOR
11:33:07AM OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN.
11:33:08AM AS LONG AS THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES SITS NEUTERED
11:33:13AM UNDER THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, UNREGISTERED LOBBYISTS FOR
11:33:17AM THE BUILDERS SIT IN CITY OFFICIAL OFFICES, THE PRIORITIES OF
11:33:21AM THIS CITY WILL BE BUILD, BUILD, BUILD, AND WILL BE
11:33:24AM HARD-PRESSED TO SEE THIS DAY A CENTURY FROM NOW.
11:33:28AM ALL ACROSS AMERICA, MUNICIPALITIES ARE SCRAMBLING TO
11:33:34AM CLIMATE-PROOF THEIR CITIES IN THE MAIN LINE OF DEFENSE IS
11:33:38AM TREES.
11:33:39AM IN TAMPA, TAMPA IS USING EXCUSES LIKE REASONABLE USE TO
11:33:43AM JUSTIFY THE LOSS OF ENOUGH TREES OVER THE LAST DECADE TO
11:33:47AM COVER THREE DAVIS ISLANDS.
11:33:50AM AND THIS ADMINISTRATION'S RESPONSE TO CANOPY LOSS IS GIVING
11:33:54AM AWAY SEEDLINGS ONCE A YEAR DURING A PR STUNT.
11:33:58AM LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE IN CRISIS MODE, AND WE'RE
11:34:05AM FIGHTING OVER ONE TREE AT A TIME ISN'T GOING TO GET US WHERE
11:34:09AM WE NEED TO GO FAST ENOUGH.
11:34:10AM THE CITY NEEDS TO MAKE BIG CHANGES FAST TO PROTECT OF OURS
11:34:14AM FROM THE INEVITABLE.
11:34:16AM WITH THAT IN MIND, I'M CALLING FOR A NEW LOOK AT THE TREE
11:34:18AM CODE THROUGH THE LENS OF THE RECENT TREE CENSUS AND
11:34:21AM UNDERSTANDING THAT TREES ARE A VITAL DEFENSE AGAINST GLOBAL
11:34:25AM WARMING AND THE VERY FUTURE OF THIS CITY.
11:34:28AM IN THE MEANTIME, REQUIRING A MORATORIUM ON THE REMOVAL OF
11:34:32AM LIVE OAKS WITH A CANOPY OF 60 FEET OR MORE.
11:34:35AM I'M ASKING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MITIGATION PARKS AND THE
11:34:39AM END OF MITIGATION PAYOFFS.
11:34:41AM BUILDERS SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO MITIGATE BY ADDING TREES BACK
11:34:45AM INTO THE CANOPY.
11:34:46AM ELSEWHERE OR ON THEIR PROPERTY.
11:34:48AM I AM BEGGING FOR LEGAL REMOVAL OF TREES WITHOUT PERMITS TO
11:34:54AM BECOME A CRIMINAL OFFENSE, MISDEMEANOR 2.
11:35:00AM 1 WOULD BE BETTER.
11:35:01AM FINALLY, LET'S GET NATURAL RESOURCES NECK OUT FROM UNDER THE
11:35:06AM BUILDER'S BOOT AND LET THEM DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO WITHOUT
11:35:10AM FEAR OF RETRIBUTION, PRESERVING AND REPLENISHING A CANOPY
11:35:14AM THAT WILL SAVE US FROM OURSELVES.
11:35:16AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:35:18AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
11:35:19AM NEXT SPEAKER.
11:35:23AM >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
11:35:25AM MIKE BILLEK, SECRETARY TAMPA FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 754.
11:35:29AM I WANTED TO TOUCH ON A FEW HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE BUDGET
11:35:34AM PRESENTATION.
11:35:34AM MADE SOME NOTES ON MY PHONE, SO PARDON ME FOR READING.
11:35:37AM HIGHLIGHTING THE OUTDATED FIRE STATION SINCE 1970s WHEN WE
11:35:41AM TRANSITIONED FROM TAMPA FIRE DEPARTMENT TO TAMPA FIRE
11:35:43AM RESCUE.
11:35:43AM SINCE THE 1970s, WE HAVE NOT SEEN AN ADDITIONAL NEW FIRE
11:35:48AM STATION IN CITY PROPER, SPECIFICALLY IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
11:35:51AM DOWNTOWN IS UNRECOGNIZABLE TODAY FROM WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE IN
11:35:55AM 1978 WHEN THE CURRENT FIRE STATION 1 WAS BUILT.
11:35:59AM THE MAYOR STATED THAT FIRE RESCUE PRESENTED A MASTER PLAN,
11:36:02AM AND THAT WAS NEWS TO ME.
11:36:03AM A MASTER PLAN WAS RECENTLY PRESENTED AND IT CAME FROM OUR
11:36:07AM NEIGHBORS AT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE WHO ASKED FOR
11:36:11AM 28 FIRE STATIONS.
11:36:12AM TAMPA FIRE ASKED FOR ZERO.
11:36:14AM HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?
11:36:16AM THE NEED FOR NEW FIRE STATIONS AND A STATION DOWNTOWN.
11:36:21AM YOU HAVE SEEN THE CONDITIONS THAT OUR FIRE STATIONS ARE IN
11:36:25AM AND THE HEALTH RISKS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.
11:36:27AM WE ARE AT FULL CAPACITY.
11:36:29AM THERE IS NO ROOM TO ADD ADDITIONAL PEOPLE AND ADDITIONAL
11:36:33AM RESOURCES TO THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF OUR FIRE STATIONS
11:36:37AM WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
11:36:37AM CATEGORY 5 WINDOWS AND GENDER SPECIFIC RESTROOMS DO NOTHING
11:36:43AM TO ADDRESS THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR MEMBERS.
11:36:45AM FIRE CODE COMPLIANT FIRE STATIONS WITH GEAR ROOMS AND
11:36:49AM SEPARATING SPACES FROM WHERE THE VEHICLE BAYS ARE AND WHERE
11:36:53AM OUR LIVING QUARTERS ARE.
11:36:54AM DIESEL FUMES ARE A CLASS ONE CARCINOGEN.
11:36:58AM THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT.
11:37:00AM MY FATHER, HE GAVE 28 YEARS OF HIS LIFE TO THIS CITY, FROM
11:37:04AM 1983 TO 2011.
11:37:06AM AND HE RETIRED FROM THIS CITY AS A CAPTAIN AND SIX MONTHS
11:37:11AM LATER HE PASSED AWAY FROM CANCER.
11:37:13AM HIS NAME TODAY SITS ON A WALL IN COLORADO SPRINGS AT THE
11:37:18AM NATIONAL FIREFIGHTER MEMORIAL.
11:37:20AM HE IS NOT UNIQUE.
11:37:22AM THERE ARE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE
11:37:25AM DEALING WITH CANCER.
11:37:27AM WHEN ARE WE GOING TO STOP SWEEPING STUFF UNDER THE RUG AND
11:37:32AM WHEN ARE WE GOING TO START ADDRESSING WHAT IS KILLING OUR
11:37:34AM FIRST RESPONDERS?
11:37:36AM WE WANT HEALTH AND SAFETY.
11:37:38AM I'M NOT ASKING FOR LUXURY.
11:37:41AM I'M JUST ASKING FOR TO BE SAFE, WHEN I COME TO WORK SO THAT
11:37:45AM I KNOW THAT I CAN ENJOY THE FRUITS OF MY LABOR ONE DAY WHEN
11:37:49AM I RETIRE, UNLIKE MY FATHER WAS ABLE TO.
11:37:52AM COUNCILMAN VIERA, ADDING A RESCUE UNIT ONLY TO K-BAR RANCH
11:37:59AM DOES LITTLE TO NOTHING TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE CITIZENS.
11:38:02AM A RESCUE UNIT IS NEEDED AT STATION 22, WHICH IS LOCATED AT
11:38:06AM MORRIS BRIDGE AND CROSS CREEK BOULEVARD.
11:38:08AM ALS SUPPRESSION UNIT AT MINIMUM IS NEEDED FOR K-BAR RANCH.
11:38:14AM CURRENTLY, FIRE STATION 21, I'M ASSIGNED TO AND FIRE STATION
11:38:18AM 22 BOTH RESPOND IN THE K-BAR RANCH AND UPWARDS OF 14 MINUTE
11:38:23AM RESPONSE TIMES.
11:38:23AM IF YOU'RE NOT BREATHING, 14 MINUTES IS UNACCEPTABLE.
11:38:27AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
11:38:30AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:38:31AM NEXT SPEAKER.
11:38:36AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
11:38:38AM I WAS LISTENING IN.
11:38:39AM NICK STUCCO, PRESIDENT LOCAL 754, TAMPA FIREFIGHTERS.
11:38:42AM I FIRST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR AND ALL THE
11:38:46AM DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS THAT WERE HERE GIVING THEIR OWN PORTION
11:38:49AM OF THEIR PRESENTATION.
11:38:51AM I RESPECT THEIR TIME AND THEIR PRESENTATION.
11:38:54AM I THOUGHT IT WAS WELL DELIVERED.
11:38:57AM EARLY IN THE PRESENTATION THEY TALKED ABOUT ROADS.
11:39:02AM AS COUNCILMAN MIRANDA ONCE SAID, WITHOUT ROADS, OUR FIRE
11:39:05AM TRUCKS WON'T BE ABLE TO GET TO THE CALLS AS WE NEED TO.
11:39:09AM ROADS ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
11:39:10AM NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THE ROADS DO PUT A WEAR-AND-TEAR ON OUR
11:39:14AM VEHICLES.
11:39:14AM I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES THE FIRE TRUCKS FROM STATION
11:39:17AM 9 GO UP TO HABANA TO GET TO MLK.
11:39:21AM THE BUMPY ROAD IS WEAR AND TEAR ON THE VEHICLES.
11:39:25AM ROADS ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
11:39:26AM NOT ONLY WITH ROADS, TRAVEL TIMES, WITH THE AMOUNT OF
11:39:29AM VEHICLES AND THE TRAFFIC, THE ROADS WILL HELP OUT
11:39:32AM SIGNIFICANTLY.
11:39:33AM IN FIRE RESCUE'S PRESENTATION, THERE WAS NO MENTION OF HOW
11:39:37AM MUCH MONEY WOULD ACTUALLY BE NEEDED TO FULFILL THE REQUEST
11:39:40AM THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS ASKING FOR.
11:39:41AM AT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' MEETING, WE HEARD OUR NEIGHBORS
11:39:45AM OVER AT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE ASK FOR 28 FIRE
11:39:48AM STATIONS AND WE'VE ASKED FOR ZERO.
11:39:50AM WE CAN'T BE THAT FAR OFF.
11:39:51AM THEY ARE RIGHT NEXT DOOR, IN FACT, WITHIN HILLSBOROUGH
11:39:54AM COUNTY.
11:39:54AM DATING BACK TO WHEN MAYOR PAM IORIO WAS HERE, THERE WAS A
11:39:59AM STATION IN THE BUDGET IN THE PLANNING PHASE TO BE CONDUCTED
11:40:01AM IN 2006 AND SUPPOSED TO BE FINISHED BY 2011 IN DOWNTOWN
11:40:04AM TAMPA.
11:40:06AM WE'RE IN 2023 AND WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY KIND OF MOVEMENT ON
11:40:08AM AN INCREASE IN STATION.
11:40:10AM THE PARKS PLAN CALLED FOR NEW COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS IN
11:40:14AM BETWEEN 30 TO 50 YEARS FROM WHEN THE BUILDING WAS BUILT.
11:40:17AM 70% OF STATIONS ARE PAST LIFE EXPECTANCY.
11:40:21AM THE CLIMATE PLAN WAS MENTIONED AND WHERE WE ARE AT TODAY,
11:40:24AM WE'RE AT THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES IN THE WORLD.
11:40:26AM THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES IN THE WORLD AND THE HOTTEST
11:40:28AM TEMPERATURES AROUND.
11:40:29AM YOU KNOW WHAT IS HOT?
11:40:31AM FIRE.
11:40:32AM AND FIREFIGHTERS GO INTO THE FIRES.
11:40:34AM AND FIREFIGHTERS WEAR 70 POUNDS OF GEAR IN THE HOT
11:40:38AM TEMPERATURES.
11:40:38AM WE NEED MORE FIREFIGHTERS NOT ONLY FOR THE COMMUNITY'S SAKE,
11:40:42AM SAVING LIVES BUT SAVING THE LIVES OF FIREFIGHTERS IN THE
11:40:46AM EVENT THEY FALL OUT FROM HEAT EXHAUSTION.
11:40:49AM 110 DEGREES OUT THERE, PEOPLE RUN INTO CARS FOR AIR
11:40:53AM CONDITIONING AND WE RUN INTO BUILDINGS TO PUT OUT A FIRE.
11:40:56AM THIS IS WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY MASTER PLAN
11:40:58AM TO BE ABLE TO OUTLINE HOW TO BE ABLE TO FUND THESE NEEDS OF
11:41:01AM THE COMMUNITY WITH HOW MUCH MONEY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
11:41:05AM 21 PERCENT OF THE RATE INCREASE GOING TO PUBLIC SAFETY IS
11:41:10AM DISAPPOINTING AND DISRESPECTFUL.
11:41:12AM IF PUBLIC SAFETY EQUATES FOR MORE THAN HALF OF THE
11:41:15AM EXPENDITURES, WHY IS IT MORE THAN HALF OF THE MILLAGE RATE
11:41:18AM INCREASE GOING TO PUBLIC SAFETY?
11:41:19AM HOW CAN WE FUND AND FUND FIRE RESCUE?
11:41:27AM MENTION OF A PUBLIC SAFETY IMPACT FEE.
11:41:29AM I CAN TELL YOU -- MAYBE FROM WHAT -- TAKE A LOT OF TIME,
11:41:34AM LEGAL, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, GOING THROUGH PAPER WORK, BUT
11:41:37AM WE NEED TO GET STARTED ON IT.
11:41:39AM WHAT CAN BE DONE IMMEDIATELY IS TAKING A LOOK AT THE
11:41:41AM RESOLUTION FROM 1998, 0115.
11:41:49AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: KEEP GOING.
11:41:51AM >> I'M ALLOWING COUNCILMAN MIRANDA TO WRITE THIS ONE DOWN.
11:41:53AM I SAW HIM GET HIS PEN OUT.
11:41:55AM 19980115, FOCUSES ON FIRE SAFETY INSPECTIONS AND RESOLUTION
11:42:01AM FEES THAT WE CHARGE FOR FIRE SAFETY INSPECTIONS AS WELL AS
11:42:03AM THE CHARGES OUT OF THE PREVENTION OFFICE.
11:42:07AM IF THEY HAVEN'T BEEN CHANGED SINCE 1998 AND STILL CHARGING
11:42:10AM $75 EVERY SIX YEARS FOR A FIRE SAFETY INSPECTION, THOSE FEES
11:42:14AM NEED TO BE REVISITED AND THEY COULD BE REVISITED AND THIS
11:42:18AM COUNCIL RIGHT HERE CAN VOTE ON THAT AND GET THOSE FEES TO
11:42:21AM THE DATE SO WE'RE NOT LIVING IN 1998 FEES.
11:42:24AM MOST IMPORTANTLY, THAT WILL EVENTUALLY HELP US NOT LIVE IN
11:42:27AM 1970s FIRE STATIONS.
11:42:29AM I LEAVE YOU ALL WITH THAT.
11:42:31AM I LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE CONVERSATIONS OF THIS.
11:42:33AM I'M AVAILABLE ANYTIME FOR ANY ONE OF YOU TO REACH OUT TO ME.
11:42:37AM SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO DO THAT.
11:42:39AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
11:42:44AM >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
11:42:45AM MY NAME IS LAUREN PINEIRO.
11:42:47AM RECENT USF GRADUATE AND ONE OF THE TAMPA FIVE PROTESTORS WHO
11:42:50AM WERE ARRESTED EARLIER THIS YEAR.
11:42:52AM MARCH 6, I ATTENDED A PROTEST AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH
11:42:54AM FLORIDA IN SUPPORT OF DIVERSITY PROGRAMS, ETHNIC STUDIES AND
11:42:59AM MULTICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS.
11:43:01AM AT THIS PROTEST, THE USF POLICE DEPARTMENT BRUTALIZED US AND
11:43:04AM ARRESTED FOUR PROTESTORS.
11:43:05AM I WASN'T ONE OF THE PEOPLE ARRESTED ON MARCH 6 BUT A MONTH
11:43:11AM AFTER THE PROTEST, THE SCHOOL INFORMED ME THAT THEY HAD
11:43:14AM DECIDED TO PRESS ACADEMIC AND CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST ME AS
11:43:17AM WELL AND SOON AFTER I HAD TO TURN MYSELF INTO JAIL.
11:43:20AM I WATCHED MY FRIENDS AND FELLOW STUDENTS SLAMMED TO THE
11:43:24AM GROUND, PUSHED INTO WALLS, KICKED IN THE HEAD, PUT IN A
11:43:27AM CHOKEHOLD AND GROPED BY POLICE OFFICERS.
11:43:30AM EARLIER WE HEARD THE MAYOR SAY THAT THE PEOPLE OF TAMPA HAVE
11:43:32AM A RIGHT TO FEEL SAFE IN THE COMMUNITY AND SCHOOLS.
11:43:36AM I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN ANY OF MY CLASSES AFTER MARCH 6.
11:43:40AM I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN THE COMMUNITY KNOWING TPD HAS BEEN
11:43:43AM SURVEILLING EVENTS, RECENTLY REVEALED BY A JOURNALIST.
11:43:46AM WE FACE FELONY CHARGES UP TO FIVE TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR
11:43:51AM SIMPLY STANDING UP FOR DIVERSITY AT THE COLLEGE WE ATTEND.
11:43:53AM THIS IS NOT JUST AN ISSUE OF POLICE BRUTALITY BUT ISSUE OF
11:43:56AM THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
11:43:57AM IF WE END UP IN PRISON A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT WILL BE SET FOR
11:44:00AM FREE SPEECH IN OUR CITY.
11:44:01AM I'M HERE TO URGE YOU ALL TO STAND BY THE STUDENTS, COMMUNITY
11:44:04AM MEMBERS, AND WORKERS OF TAMPA AND ASK STATE ATTORNEY SUSAN
11:44:07AM LOPEZ AND PROSECUTOR JUSTIN DIAZ TO DROP THE CHARGES AGAINST
11:44:11AM US.
11:44:12AM THANK YOU.
11:44:12AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:44:13AM NEXT SPEAKER, YES, SIR.
11:44:16AM [ APPLAUSE ]
11:44:17AM >> HI.
11:44:18AM MY NAME IS GAGE LACHARITE.
11:44:23AM I WOULD LIKE TO ADD ON TO THE DISCUSSION ON THE QUESTION OF
11:44:26AM THE TAMPA FIVE.
11:44:29AM WE TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND I THINK THIS IS A MAJOR
11:44:32AM ASPECT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
11:44:33AM THE RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH IS ESSENTIAL.
11:44:37AM IT IS A FOUNDATION TO OUR NATION.
11:44:39AM IT'S A FOUNDATION TO OUR CITY, AND IT'S A REALLY BIG PROBLEM
11:44:44AM IF A PRECEDENT IS BEING SET THAT IT'S OKAY FOR THE POLICE TO
11:44:50AM BEHAVE THIS WAY TOWARD A PROTEST AT A COLLEGE CAMPUS.
11:44:53AM PROTESTS HAPPENED ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES EVERY DAY.
11:44:58AM IT IS A BLACK MARK ON THE CITY.
11:45:00AM ONE OF THE IMPORTANT INSTITUTIONS IN THE CITY, UNIVERSITY OF
11:45:02AM SOUTH FLORIDA, ONE OF THE LARGEST EMPLOYERS IN THE CITY AS
11:45:05AM WELL, YOU KNOW, IS PARTICIPATING IN THIS.
11:45:08AM IT'S A VERY DARK DIRECTION FOR THINGS TO BE GOING IN.
11:45:15AM I JUST WOULD REALLY LIKE TO IMPLORE THE CITY COUNCIL TO
11:45:20AM PLEASE CONSIDER ANY WAY YOU CAN OF TRYING TO INFLUENCE THE
11:45:23AM STATE ATTORNEY IN DROPPING THESE CHARGES BECAUSE, AGAIN,
11:45:28AM IT'S NOT -- I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S HOW TAMPA SHOULD BE.
11:45:32AM I HONESTLY DON'T THINK IT IS WHAT TAMPA IS.
11:45:34AM THAT'S ALL.
11:45:35AM THANK YOU.
11:45:37AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:45:37AM YES, MA'AM.
11:45:40AM >> HI.
11:45:41AM ENYA SILVA.
11:45:44AM RECENT GRADUATE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA WHERE I
11:45:46AM GOT MY BACHELOR AND MASTER DEGREE.
11:45:48AM I'M ALSO HERE TO ASK YOU TO ASK THE STATE ATTORNEY TO DROP
11:45:51AM THE CHARGES AGAINST THE TAMPA FIVE.
11:45:52AM BECAUSE THEY WERE THERE TO PROTEST AGAINST THE CLOSURE OF
11:45:57AM THE DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION OFFICE AT THE UNIVERSITY
11:46:00AM OF SOUTH FLORIDA.
11:46:01AM AND WE'VE HEARD THOSE WORDS DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION
11:46:05AM TODAY A LOT WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THE BUDGET.
11:46:08AM I HEARD IT A LOT.
11:46:10AM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA I WAS WORKING AND
11:46:12AM STUDYING THERE, SO I KNOW THAT THE SCHOOL AND THE CITY, THEY
11:46:15AM PUT A LOT OF LIP SERVICE TO IT.
11:46:16AM BUT WHEN IT COMES TIME TO ACTUALLY ENACTING THOSE VALUES,
11:46:20AM THEY ARE SINGING A DIFFERENT TUNE.
11:46:23AM BUT I THINK THOSE VALUES ARE SOMETHING THAT WE ALL HOLD DEAR
11:46:27AM AND IT'S RIGHT.
11:46:28AM IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO TO STAND UP AND DEFEND DIVERSITY
11:46:31AM AND PROTEST AGAINST THE CLOSURE OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND
11:46:34AM INCLUSION OFFICES.
11:46:36AM AND I KNOW THAT IT HAS BEEN AFFECTING OUR SCHOOLS.
11:46:40AM I KNOW A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES SEEKING ELSEWHERE OUT OF STATE
11:46:43AM TO CONTINUE THEIR HIGHER EDUCATION OR TO PURSUE EMPLOYMENT
11:46:47AM IN HIGHER EDUCATION, AND IT'S NO SECRET THAT A LOT OF
11:46:50AM FLORIDA UNIVERSITIES ARE HAVING TROUBLE FILLING A LOT OF
11:46:53AM FACULTY POSITIONS, A LOT OF COURSES AT USF ARE GETTING CUT
11:46:56AM BECAUSE THERE'S NOBODY TO TEACH THEM.
11:46:58AM I AM ONCE AGAIN IMPLORING YOU TO ASK THE STATE ATTORNEY TO
11:47:04AM DROP THE CHARGES AGAINST THE TAMPA FIVE BECAUSE THEY WERE
11:47:06AM DOING THE RIGHT THING BY DEFENDING DIVERSITY AND IT'S THE
11:47:09AM RIGHT THING TO DROP THE CHARGES.
11:47:10AM THANK YOU.
11:47:11AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:47:12AM YES, SIR.
11:47:16AM >> HI.
11:47:17AM MY NAME IS SIMON ROWE.
11:47:19AM I KNOW TODAY WE ALREADY DISCUSSED THE BUDGET AND UPCOMING
11:47:23AM AGENDA POINT IS ABOUT THE VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE FUND,
11:47:26AM BUT I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING YOU CAN DO RIGHT
11:47:29AM NOW FOR FREE TO HELP VICTIMS OF CRIME, SPECIFICALLY THE
11:47:33AM TAMPA FIVE WHO WERE BRUTALIZED ON MARCH 6 WHEN THEY WERE
11:47:38AM PROTESTING, WHICH IS A PROTECTED CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT.
11:47:39AM ALSO TO TALK ABOUT HOW THIS IS A LABOR ISSUE.
11:47:43AM THERE HAVE BEEN THOUSANDS OF SIGNATURES ACROSS THE GLOBE IN
11:47:47AM SUPPORT OF DROPPING THE CHARGES AGAINST THE TAMPA FIVE.
11:47:50AM THIS IS A NATIONWIDE ISSUE.
11:47:51AM THERE IS NATIONAL PRESS COVERING IT OF AXIOS AND TEEN VOGUE,
11:47:57AM NOT TO MENTION LOCAL PRESS OF THE TAMPA BAY TIMES, CREATIVE
11:48:01AM LOAFING, WUSF, AND WMNF REPORTING ON THIS ISSUE.
11:48:06AM CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS HAVE SIGNED IN SUPPORT OF DROPPING THE
11:48:09AM CHARGES AGAINST THE TAMPA FIVE, AND THAT INCLUDES LOCAL
11:48:12AM ORGANIZATIONS LIKE FLORIDA RISING, HILLSBOROUGH NAACP AND
11:48:17AM TAMPA ACLU HAVE ALL SPOKEN IN SUPPORT OF DROPPING THE
11:48:20AM CHARGES.
11:48:20AM AT THEIR LAST COURT DATE ON JULY 12, THERE WERE 20 CITIES
11:48:26AM ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO HELD SOLIDARITY PROTESTS TO SAY THAT
11:48:30AM THE TAMPA FIVE'S CHARGES SHOULD BE DROPPED AND IN JUNE,
11:48:33AM THERE WAS 150-PERSON CONFERENCE OF PEOPLE ATTENDING FROM AS
11:48:38AM FAR AWAY AS DENVER AND CHICAGO WHO TRAVELED DOWN HERE TO
11:48:42AM TAMPA TO SAY WHAT HAPPENED ON MARCH 6 WASN'T RIGHT.
11:48:47AM IT WAS A HORRIBLE ACT OF OPPRESSION AND IT CAN'T HAPPEN
11:48:51AM AGAIN.
11:48:51AM AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS AT THE STATE LEVEL HAVE SPOKEN OUT IN
11:48:54AM SUPPORT, LIKE ANNA ESKAMANI, MICHELE RAYNER, NIKKI FRIED, IN
11:49:01AM SUPPORT OF THE TAMPA FIVE.
11:49:02AM YOU ALREADY HAVE MET ONE OF THE TAMPA FIVE.
11:49:06AM SHE COMES TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
11:49:08AM I KNOW SHE'S WATCHING THIS BECAUSE SHE IS VERY INVOLVED IN
11:49:11AM POLITICS AND THAT'S WHY SHE IS NOW MADE FOR BEST ACTIVIST
11:49:15AM FOR CREATIVE LOAFING.
11:49:16AM LAURA RODRIGUEZ.
11:49:17AM I THINK SHE WAS UP HERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO TO ALSO TALK
11:49:20AM ABOUT THIS.
11:49:21AM ONLY HAVE ONE MORE MINUTE.
11:49:22AM THIS IS ALSO A LABOR ISSUE BECAUSE ONE OF THE TAMPA FIVE,
11:49:25AM CHRISLEY CARPIO.
11:49:30AM AFSCME WORKER WAS FIRED FOR PROTESTING.
11:49:34AM DESPITE WHAT USF CLAIMED IN A STATEMENT TO THE TAMPA BAY
11:49:38AM TIMES, HER CONTRACT ONLY ALLOWED FOR IMMEDIATE TERMINATION
11:49:42AM IN CONVICTION OF A FELONY OR MISDEMEANOR AND SHE WAS ONLY
11:49:46AM CHARGED.
11:49:46AM THAT IS A VIOLATION OF HER CONTRACT AND UNFAIR LABOR
11:49:49AM PRACTICE THAT USF HAS COMMITTED.
11:49:50AM OVER 150 UNION MEMBERS SIGNED A PETITION IN SUPPORT.
11:49:53AM ONCE AGAIN, ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AFSCME, TEAMSTERS LIKE
11:49:58AM MYSELF, COMMUNICATION WORKERS, TEACHERS, USF, UNITED FACULTY
11:50:03AM FLORIDA USF.
11:50:04AM UNION MEMBERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE SPOKEN IN SUPPORT
11:50:10AM OF DROPPING THE CHARGES.
11:50:12AM THE WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA LABOR COUNCIL, NORTH FLORIDA LABOR
11:50:16AM COUNCILS HAVE MADE RESOLUTIONS IN SUPPORT AND SOME OF THEM
11:50:19AM HAVE ENDORSED YOU FOR OFFICE.
11:50:22AM WHY CAN'T YOU MAKE A STATEMENT AND DO THE SAME?
11:50:24AM THANK YOU.
11:50:24AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:50:25AM NEXT SPEAKER.
11:50:26AM HI.
11:50:30AM MY NAME IS ARI FITZGERALD.
11:50:32AM I AM NOT A CONFIDENT PUBLIC SPEAKER, BUT THESE YOUNG PEOPLE
11:50:36AM AND THEIR WEIGHTY CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES GIVE ME COURAGE.
11:50:42AM WITH THAT, I WANT TO SAY MY REMARKS ARE RELATED TO
11:50:46AM CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES.
11:50:47AM I RESPECT THE POLICE AND THE JOB THEY DO.
11:50:50AM MY REMARKS ARE NOT INTENDED TO BE A CONDEMNATION, BUT I DO
11:50:54AM HAVE STRONG CONCERNS ABOUT THE PRACTICE OF SURVEILLING THE
11:50:58AM PUBLIC FROM THE SKY CARRIED ON ON A REGULAR BASIS.
11:51:02AM WE ALL HAVE TO CONSIDER THE CONSTITUTION IN OUR ACTIONS.
11:51:06AM I DON'T THINK THAT YOU OR TPD REALLY REALIZE HOW BAD IT'S
11:51:11AM BEEN AND I'M SHARING MY EXPERIENCES.
11:51:13AM I MOVED TO THE RIVERSIDE HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD FROM SOUTH
11:51:18AM TAMPA WHERE I LIVED FOR 25 YEARS.
11:51:20AM IN SOUTH TAMPA, WE RARELY SAW A HELICOPTER.
11:51:23AM IF WE DID, POLICE WERE IN HOT PURSUIT AND WE KNEW IT.
11:51:27AM I'VE NOW LIVED IN RIVERSIDE HEIGHTS FOR ONLY FIVE YEARS.
11:51:30AM IN THE LAST THREE ESPECIALLY, THE LEVEL OF SURVEILLANCE HAS
11:51:33AM GONE UP DRAMATICALLY.
11:51:35AM NOW, MOST DAYS WE GO TO BED AND WAKE UP WITH HELICOPTERS
11:51:50AM BUZZING AROUND OUR ROOFS.
11:51:52AM IT'S HORRIBLE.
11:51:53AM THEY FLY IN THE DAYTIME, TOO, OFTEN IN CIRCLES, WHICH
11:51:56AM AMPLIFIES THE DISTURBANCE.
11:51:58AM THEY HAVE SHINED THEIR LIGHTS IN OUR BACKYARDS AND AT NIGHT
11:52:02AM THEY HAVE GONE INTO OCCASIONALLY, THEY HAVE GONE INTO
11:52:05AM STEALTH MODE WHERE THEY HOVER OVER OUR HEADS WITH THE LIGHTS
11:52:08AM OFF AND YOU CAN HEAR THEM, BUT YOU CAN'T SEE THEM.
11:52:11AM WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO THINK WHEN THAT HAPPENS EXCEPT THAT
11:52:14AM WE'RE BEING WATCHED?
11:52:15AM WHAT IS THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THIS INTRUSION?
11:52:17AM THEY ARE JUST NOISY, TOO.
11:52:20AM I KNOW YOU CARE ABOUT NEIGHBORHOODS.
11:52:22AM THE FOCUS IS ON DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS.
11:52:24AM THE FOCUS OF THE FIGHTS IS ON DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS IN
11:52:29AM CENTRAL TAMPA.
11:52:29AM THE CONSTANT FLYOVERS ARE DOING US ALL A DISSERVICE.
11:52:33AM THEY CREATE THE FALSE IMPRESSION THAT MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND
11:52:36AM THE OTHERS IN THEIR SIGHTS ARE SOMEHOW HUBS OF CRIMINAL
11:52:41AM ACTIVITY WHEN IT'S NOT TRUE.
11:52:42AM THE FACT THAT THEY ARE NOT BEING USED IN SOUTH TAMPA OR
11:52:45AM APPARENTLY NEW TAMPA EITHER SUGGESTS SOME IMPROPER TARGETING
11:52:48AM MAY BE AFOOT.
11:52:49AM THIS IS A BIG CONCERN FOR ME.
11:52:51AM THIS PRACTICE REFLECTS POORLY ON TAMPA.
11:52:54AM IT'S AS FAR REMOVED FROM THE NOTION OF COMMUNITY POLICING AS
11:52:57AM IT CAN POSSIBLY BE AND IT'S EXPENSIVE, WHICH IS CERTAINLY A
11:53:02AM CONCERN FOR THE CITY'S BUDGET.
11:53:03AM BASED ON MY OBSERVATIONS, THE CITY MAY BE COURTING EVEN MORE
11:53:06AM PHYSICAL TROUBLE WITH THE CURRENT PRACTICE.
11:53:09AM THE BOTTOM LINE IS I'M ASKING FOR SOME RELIEF FOR MYSELF AND
11:53:12AM NEIGHBORS FROM THE NOISE AND INTRUSION FROM THE EYE IN THE
11:53:14AM SKY.
11:53:15AM FOR THE CITY'S FISCAL AND ECONOMIC HEALTH, THESE FLYOVERS
11:53:20AM SHOULD NOT BE ROUTINE.
11:53:21AM ALSO, SAVE THE GRAND OAK AT 1019 OHIO AVENUE.
11:53:25AM THANK YOU.
11:53:26AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:53:27AM WE HAVE -- TPD WILL BE GIVING US A REPORT ABOUT THE
11:53:31AM HELICOPTER USAGE.
11:53:33AM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON MADE THAT MOTION, SO WE'LL BE TALKING
11:53:35AM ABOUT IT TODAY.
11:53:36AM I KNOW YOU REACHED OUT TO ME MANY, MANY TIMES AND MANY OF
11:53:40AM US.
11:53:40AM SO WE WOULD LIKE TO --
11:53:43AM >> I DID WRITE TO YOU ALL AND I HAVE A LITTLE MORE DETAIL IN
11:53:46AM WRITING BECAUSE I'M BETTER EXPRESSING MYSELF THAT WAY.
11:53:49AM IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO
11:53:52AM REACH OUT.
11:53:53AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT TODAY.
11:53:54AM >> THANK YOU.
11:53:55AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:53:55AM I'M REALLY GLAD IT'S FINALLY BEING BROUGHT UP.
11:53:58AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
11:53:59AM NEXT SPEAKER.
11:54:05AM >> I AM CANDACE SAVITZ, TAMPA HEIGHTS HOMEOWNER ALMOST 20
11:54:10AM YEARS.
11:54:10AM I LOVE MY DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOOD, TOO.
11:54:12AM I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT ITEM 25 ON THE AGENDA, POLICE
11:54:15AM HELICOPTERS.
11:54:15AM I APPRECIATE TAMPA PD VERY MUCH, YET I'M OLD ENOUGH TO
11:54:20AM REMEMBER WHEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DIDN'T HAVE HELICOPTERS
11:54:22AM IN THE SKY ALL NIGHT LONG.
11:54:25AM I WISH WE COULD GO BACK TO THOSE DAYS.
11:54:27AM RIGHT NOW IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, I'M AWARE OF NIGHTTIME
11:54:31AM HOVERING AND RECONNAISSANCE BY POLICE HELICOPTERS.
11:54:34AM IT'S NOISY.
11:54:35AM IT'S INTRUSIVE, AND, QUITE FRANKLY, I THINK IT'S
11:54:38AM UNNECESSARY.
11:54:39AM OPERATING HELICOPTERS JUST TO CIRCLE AROUND AND SEARCH FOR
11:54:43AM CRIME IS EXPENSIVE, VERY EXPENSIVE.
11:54:47AM COULDN'T WE REALLOCATE SOME OF THAT MONEY TO BETTER PROJECTS
11:54:50AM THAT ACTUALLY HELP PEOPLE OR MAYBE CRIME PREVENTION
11:54:53AM PROGRAMS?
11:54:54AM ALSO, IT'S NOISY.
11:54:55AM IT'S UNBELIEVABLY NOISY.
11:54:59AM IF A RESIDENT IS UNLUCKY ENOUGH TO LIVE IN ONE OF THESE
11:55:02AM TARGETED NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU COULD BE AWAKENED AT NIGHT WITH
11:55:06AM ROTOR BLADES VIBRATING YOUR HOUSE, INTERRUPTING YOUR SLEEP,
11:55:11AM PUTTING THE KIBOSH ON YOUR QUIET ENJOYMENT OF LIFE.
11:55:15AM MANY TIMES THEY ARE DOING FLYBYS.
11:55:17AM I PERSONALLY WITNESSED ON OCCASIONS HELICOPTERS CIRCLING
11:55:20AM AROUND UP THERE, YET NO POLICE CARS ARE ANYWHERE.
11:55:23AM WHAT IS GOING ON?
11:55:24AM CAN HELICOPTER ARREST SOMEBODY?
11:55:26AM I DON'T THINK SO.
11:55:27AM I WAS STATIONED AT WHITING FIELD, A NAVY HELICOPTER TRAINING
11:55:32AM BASE HERE IN FLORIDA.
11:55:33AM I PERSONALLY KNOW THAT A PILOT CAN GET IN A BIRD AND BE IN
11:55:36AM THE SKY VERY QUICKLY.
11:55:38AM I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE FIRE TRUCKS ROAMING THE NEIGHBORHOOD
11:55:44AM WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO CATCH ON FIRE, DO WE?
11:55:46AM THEY WAIT TO BE DISPATCHED.
11:55:48AM I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS A
11:55:50AM STATION VERY CLOSE TO WHERE I LIVE.
11:55:52AM AFTER 10 P.M., THEY DON'T USE THEIR SIRENS AS THEY LEAVE FOR
11:55:56AM AN EMERGENCY.
11:55:57AM ONLY THEIR FLASHING LIGHTS.
11:55:58AM THAT SHOWS CONSIDERATION FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEARBY.
11:56:02AM THANK YOU, FIRE RESCUE.
11:56:03AM I'M ASKING THIS COUNCIL TO DO A THOROUGH REVIEW OF THE USE
11:56:07AM AND EXPENSE OF HELICOPTERS BY THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
11:56:10AM I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT THEY ARE USED FOR EMERGENCIES TO
11:56:15AM SHINE A LIGHT ON AN AREA WHERE THERE'S BEEN AN ACCIDENT OR A
11:56:18AM MAJOR CRIME, JUST AS A BACKUP SYSTEM TO THE ACTUAL BOOTS ON
11:56:23AM THE GROUND.
11:56:24AM THAT OLD-FASHIONED WAY OF POLICING.
11:56:26AM WE DESERVE PEACE AND QUIET AT NIGHT, AND WE DON'T WANT TO BE
11:56:29AM WASTING MONEY.
11:56:30AM PLEASE CONSIDER YOUR NEIGHBORS.
11:56:32AM THANK YOU.
11:56:33AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:56:33AM YES, SIR.
11:56:39AM >> HI.
11:56:40AM DAVE COLEMAN.
11:56:41AM I REMEMBER THE HELICOPTERS IN 2020, I THINK IT WAS THE
11:56:46AM FOURTH OF JULY OVER ON DALE MABRY.
11:56:48AM I THOUGHT THAT HELICOPTERS WERE LIKE REALLY TECHNICAL AND
11:56:51AM REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, AND THE AUDIO THAT CAME BACK
11:56:55AM OVER THE NEWS WHEN IT WAS RELEASED, GET THEM ON SOMETHING.
11:56:59AM THANKS FOR LETTING ME SHARE.
11:57:01AM ANYWAY, THEN THE STUDENTS, I'VE SEEN THEM BE AT EVENTS AND
11:57:06AM JUST WORKING REALLY HARD FOR CHANGE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR
11:57:10AM YEARS.
11:57:11AM THE GROUP THAT MOST OF THEM ARE INVOLVED WITH.
11:57:13AM THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT GROUPS.
11:57:15AM BUT A LETTER FROM YOU IN SUPPORT IF YOU HEARD ANYTHING THAT
11:57:24AM TOUCHED YOUR HEART ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH.
11:57:26AM IF YOU MADE A RESOLUTION AS A BOARD WOULD BE A WONDERFUL
11:57:28AM THING AND GOOD HELP TO THEIR CAUSE AND PLIGHT.
11:57:30AM I HEARD A LOT ON HOUSING.
11:57:36AM WE ALL KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS.
11:57:38AM WE HAVE US THAT OF CHILDREN THAT WILL BE ATTENDING SCHOOL
11:57:40AM NEXT WEEK.
11:57:41AM ATTENDING FROM CARS, TENTS, COUCHES, WE NEED TO DO BETTER.
11:57:53AM I WAS TOLD BY ONE ELECTED THAT COUNTY IS NEVER GOING TO
11:58:00AM CREATE.
11:58:00AM I WAS DREAMING IF I WANTED A COUNTY SHELTER.
11:58:03AM I'M ASKING THE CITY, I'VE ASKED BEFORE, BUT I'M ASKING
11:58:06AM AGAIN, CREATE A CITY SHELTER WHERE POLICE, IF THEY FIND A
11:58:09AM FAMILY ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THEY CAN SAY THERE IS A BUS
11:58:13AM FOLLOWING, GET IN THE BUS THEY'LL TAKE YOU SOMEPLACE.
11:58:15AM THIS BUSINESS OF HOTEL VOUCHERS AND BABIES SITTING IN HOTEL
11:58:20AM PARKING LOTS AT MIDNIGHT AND AN ELECTED BLAMING THE PARENTS,
11:58:24AM BLAMING THE PARENTS THAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE IN PARKING LOTS.
11:58:29AM MEANWHILE, CATHOLIC CHARITIES DOWN THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE
11:58:31AM OPENED UP A YEAR, MERCY OAKS OPENED A YEAR AGO.
11:58:38AM PRIESTS SPRAYING THE HOLY WATER ON THE DOORS.
11:58:40AM YOU KNOW THAT PLACE WAS EMPTY FOR FREAKIN' YEAR UNTIL
11:58:44AM RECENTLY.
11:58:44AM I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE A VETTING PROCESS GOING ON OVER
11:58:47AM THERE, BUT I'M TERRIBLY SORRY.
11:58:49AM NOTHING CHANGES IF NOTHING CHANGES.
11:58:50AM IF METROPOLITAN AND CATHOLIC CHARITIES ISN'T PROVIDING
11:58:55AM SUBSTANTIAL REAL ANSWERS FOR OUR HOMELESS AND HOUSING
11:58:59AM ISSUES, THEN WE NEED TO CHANGE.
11:59:03AM ON TRAFFIC, JOE CITRO AT A TPO MEETING, HE SAID WE HAVE A
11:59:10AM SHUTTLE-READY PROJECT.
11:59:12AM LOWER THE LIMITS.
11:59:13AM I ONLY GOT A COUPLE OF SECONDS LEFT.
11:59:16AM 35 ARRIVE ALIVE.
11:59:21AM WHITE SIGNS WITH BLACK CIRCLES.
11:59:23AM EVERY PLACE THAT SOMEBODY DIED IN THE CITY, PUT THE SIGNS UP
11:59:26AM SO THEY KNOW THEY ARE IN AN AREA WHERE A HUMAN BEING LOST
11:59:29AM THEIR LIFE.
11:59:30AM I GO TO F.D.O.T. MEETINGS AND TPO MEETINGS AND I SAY, WE'VE
11:59:33AM GOT TO LOWER THE LIMITS, THEY SAY, NO, WE HAVE TO REDESIGN
11:59:36AM THE ROADS.
11:59:37AM I SAY WILL LOWERING THE LIMITS SAVE LIVES?
11:59:40AM AND THEY SAY YES, IT WILL.
11:59:42AM THANKS.
11:59:44AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:59:45AM YES, MA'AM.
11:59:48AM >> GOOD MORNING.
11:59:49AM STEPHANIE POYNOR.
11:59:50AM WE HAD A VERY NICE BUDGET PRESENTATION THIS MORNING.
11:59:52AM I WAS GLAD TO SEE THE MAYOR.
11:59:56AM THAT MAKES ME VERY HAPPY AND WARMING MY HEART.
11:59:59AM I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO SEE HER ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS.
12:00:03PM ONE STEP AT A TIME.
12:00:04PM WE STARTED WITHOUT 1950 FOR THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD.
12:00:09PM THEN IT WENT UP TO 20 AND THEN BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
12:00:14PM WE LOOKED AT THE BIG MAP.
12:00:15PM BETWEEN 240 AND 420 DOLLARS A YEAR INCREASE.
12:00:20PM I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU ALL, BUT THAT'S MY TECO BILL.
12:00:23PM THAT IS A MONTH'S WORTH OF TECO BILL THIS MONTH, HOTTEST
12:00:27PM MONTH ON RECORD.
12:00:29PM JUST SAYING.
12:00:29PM AND HERE IS MY PROBLEM.
12:00:31PM I DON'T MIND PAYING IN A LITTLE BIT MORE.
12:00:35PM BUT MY PROBLEM IS ITEM NUMBER 28 WHERE WE'VE GOT FEES THAT
12:00:39PM HAVEN'T BEEN RAISED SINCE 1998.
12:00:43PM WE'VE GOT FEES THAT HAVEN'T BEEN RAISED SINCE 2011.
12:00:47PM CAN ANYBODY, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE STILL MAKING
12:00:50PM THE SAME MONEY YOU MADE IN 2000.
12:00:52PM PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
12:00:53PM MY GUESS IS NO.
12:00:54PM BUT THE CITY IS STILL CHARGING THE SAME AMOUNT.
12:00:57PM WHY DO WE NOT HAVE A GRADUATED SYSTEM?
12:01:01PM EVERY CITY COUNCIL AGENDA I READ -- AND I READ ALL OF THEM
12:01:05PM JUST LIKE ALL OF YOU DO -- INCLUDES A CPI INCREASE.
12:01:09PM FOR WHATEVER OUR VENDORS ARE.
12:01:11PM SO WE'RE PAYING THE LAWN GUY AN EXTRA 8.5% BUT YET WE DIDN'T
12:01:16PM CHARGE -- WE HAVEN'T RAISED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ENFORCEMENT
12:01:19PM FEES SINCE 2011.
12:01:21PM SO THE DEVELOPER WHO FAILED TO MOW THE GRASS AND WE WENT OUT
12:01:25PM THERE AND MOWED THE GRASS FOR THEM THEY GOT THE 2011 PRICE
12:01:32PM BUT WE PAID THE LAWN CARE GUY THE 2023 PRICE.
12:01:36PM HOW JACKED UP IS THAT?
12:01:38PM SO THE CITY IS NOT BEING A GOOD STEWARD OF OUR FUNDS AT THIS
12:01:43PM POINT.
12:01:44PM YOU LOOK AT THE WATER DEPARTMENT.
12:01:46PM HOLY JESUS.
12:01:47PM THEY HAVEN'T RAISED ANYTHING SINCE 1998.
12:01:52PM THERE'S FIVE OR SIX PAGES OF THAT 600 PAGE DOCUMENT THAT WAS
12:01:56PM SUBMITTED BY STAFF.
12:01:57PM 600 PAGES LONG OF FEES THAT GO OUT FOR THE CITY.
12:02:02PM AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN INCREASED AT ALL.
12:02:05PM I CAME IN HERE FOUR TO FIVE YEARS AGO AND ASKED FOR A
12:02:08PM VACATION OF AN ALLEYWAY BEHIND ONE OF MY HOUSES.
12:02:12PM WHEN I DID, I PAID $573.
12:02:15PM TODAY, THE SAME EXACT THING WOULD BE $573.
12:02:19PM I GUARANTEE YOU, THE STAFF THAT IS PROCESSING THAT GOT A
12:02:22PM RAISE.
12:02:23PM WHY IS IT THAT THE CITY IS SITTING ON A GOLD MINE OF FEES?
12:02:31PM AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING OUTRAGEOUS.
12:02:34PM LET'S TALK ABOUT PARKS AND REC.
12:02:37PM $15 FOR A KID TO JOIN FOR A YEAR.
12:02:39PM MY KIDS AREN'T ON FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH.
12:02:42PM THEREFORE, IF THEY ARE ON FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH, BRING THE
12:02:44PM PAPER WORK, WE GIVE IT TO YOU FOR FREE.
12:02:47PM I'M TOTALLY BEHIND THAT.
12:02:48PM MY KIDS, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 12 YEARS AND MY KIDS HAVE BEEN
12:02:51PM THE SAME AMOUNT EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
12:02:53PM EVERY SINGLE PERSON.
12:02:54PM IF YOU RAISE IT A DOLLAR A YEAR, NOBODY WOULD EVEN KNOW THE
12:02:57PM DAMN DIFFERENCE.
12:02:58PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:02:59PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:03:00PM >> GOOD MORNING.
12:03:02PM SURGRET DOSS ONCE AGAIN.
12:03:03PM AS A PERSON WHO ORDER REPAIR PARTS FOR COMBAT HELICOPTERS,
12:03:07PM YOU'RE RIGHT.
12:03:08PM THEY CAN GET UP AND DOWN PRETTY QUICKLY.
12:03:10PM LIKE TO SAY SHOUT-OUT TO LOCAL UNION 79 FOR ONCE I WAS A
12:03:16PM MEMBER AND UNION STEWARD.
12:03:18PM I AM GOING TO PLAY SOMETHING.
12:03:22PM >> WE DID DISCUSS AND I LOOKED THROUGH IT AND TWO DIFFERENT
12:03:32PM DATES THAT I HAND DELIVERED EVERYTHING I POSSIBLY HAD TO HIM
12:03:36PM ONCE AGAIN AS FAR AS DISCOVERY IS CONCERNED.
12:03:39PM AS I STATED THERE WAS ONE ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENT THAT I
12:03:42PM LOOKED INTO, FOUND AND THEN PROVIDED TO MR. DOSS.
12:03:48PM THERE HAVE BEEN ADDITIONAL REQUESTS FOR DISCOVERY ON HIS
12:03:50PM BEHALF AND I HAVE RESPONDED IN WRITING TO THEM AND THESE ARE
12:03:53PM THINGS THAT THEY ARE NOT IN POSSESSION BY THE STATE OR CAN
12:03:57PM BE ATTAINED IN PUBLIC RECORDS.
12:04:00PM >> I'LL SHUT THAT OFF RIGHT THERE.
12:04:02PM SO THE CITY OF TAMPA AND HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY IS PAYING
12:04:07PM ATTENTION TO THE OVERHEAD.
12:04:09PM I REQUESTED E-MAILS.
12:04:11PM APPARENTLY, THERE ARE 7,000 E-MAILS ABOUT ME THAT THE CITY
12:04:16PM OF TAMPA DIDN'T TURN IN ABOUT DISCOVERY.
12:04:20PM INTERESTING.
12:04:23PM FUNDAMENTALLY RIGHTS THAT THE CONSTITUTION GRANTS PEOPLE.
12:04:25PM THAT'S WHERE THE $10,000 BILL COMES FROM.
12:04:27PM ODDLY ENOUGH, TODAY IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN IN THE SAME
12:04:30PM ROOM WITH THE INDIVIDUAL WHO FALSELY ACCUSED OF ME OF A
12:04:33PM CRIME BECAUSE HE NEVER SHOWED UP.
12:04:35PM 7,000 E-MAILS THROUGH A CURSORY SEARCH.
12:04:38PM 445 HOURS.
12:04:39PM IT'S ABOUT 12 WEEKS OF SOMEBODY DOING HARD WORK.
12:04:42PM ME AND A COUPLE OF MY FRIENDS GO IN.
12:04:45PM MAKE SURE YOU MAKE THEM AVAILABLE.
12:04:46PM ARTICLE 1, SECTION 23 AND 24 OF THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION.
12:04:49PM I DO IT MY DAMN SELF.
12:04:53PM I'M NOT THAT FAMOUS.
12:04:54PM YOU HAVE 7,000 E-MAILS WHICH NO ONE TURNED OVER TO ME DURING
12:04:58PM DISCOVERY.
12:04:59PM AND WE HAVE RULES OF PROCEDURE IN FLORIDA.
12:05:01PM CRIMINAL RULES OF PROCEDURE.
12:05:02PM 3.220.
12:05:04PM I ASKED FOR IT.
12:05:06PM THEY DIDN'T GET ME ANYTHING BUT 7,000 E-MAILS.
12:05:09PM I TELL EVERYBODY OUT HERE, YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE SOME TIME
12:05:12PM AND CHECK TO SEE HOW MANY E-MAILS YOU HAVE ABOUT YOURSELF
12:05:14PM HERE IN TAMPA.
12:05:15PM THAT'S QUITE A BIT FOR A PERSON NOT VERY FAMOUS.
12:05:19PM AT ANY RATE, I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT SLAVERY.
12:05:22PM SLAVERY WAS A DELIBERATE ACT BY THE UNITED STATES
12:05:26PM GOVERNMENT.
12:05:27PM A SLAVE IS A DESCRIPTION OF A PERSON WHO AT ONE TIME WAS AN
12:05:32PM ARCHITECT, THE WORLD'S FIRST ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, CHEMISTS
12:05:35PM AND SCIENTISTS AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
12:05:37PM MY BROTHER IS AN ENGINEER.
12:05:40PM HE IS A DOCTOR OF ENGINEERING.
12:05:41PM MY MOTHER AND FATHER BOTH RETIRED MILITARY.
12:05:45PM AND THAT WASN'T A BENEFIT OF SLAVERY.
12:05:49PM THAT WAS THE BENEFIT OF BEING DESCENDED FROM THE ORIGINATORS
12:05:53PM OF SOCIETY, CIVILIZATION.
12:05:55PM THAT BEING SAID, SHOUT-OUT TO THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL.
12:05:57PM YOU ALL TAKE CARE.
12:06:00PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
12:06:02PM ANYBODY ELSE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT?
12:06:04PM DO WE HAVE ANYBODY REGISTERED?
12:06:07PM >>THE CLERK: [INAUDIBLE]
12:06:08PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:06:08PM THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
12:06:10PM WE'LL GO INTO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
12:06:12PM COUNCILMAN VIERA, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE IS YOURS.
12:06:15PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR, MOVE ITEMS 2 AND 3.
12:06:19PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
12:06:21PM MIRANDA.
12:06:21PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:06:22PM AYE.
12:06:23PM ANY OPPOSED?
12:06:23PM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
12:06:26PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I MOVE ITEMS NUMBER 4 AND 5.
12:06:29PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
12:06:32PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
12:06:33PM ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
12:06:35PM ANY OPPOSED?
12:06:35PM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK, REMEMBER, THERE IS A SUBSTITUTION FOR
12:06:40PM --
12:06:41PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES, I'M ONLY ITEMS 6 THROUGH 8.
12:06:43PM I MOVE ITEMS 6 THROUGH 8.
12:06:45PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
12:06:47PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
12:06:49PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:06:49PM AYE.
12:06:51PM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA YOU HAVE THE SUBSTITUTE.
12:06:52PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE ITEM 9 AND 10 AND 11 SUBSTITUTE.
12:06:55PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:06:57PM DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
12:06:58PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA?
12:07:01PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:07:01PM ALL RIGHT.
12:07:03PM ANY OPPOSED?
12:07:04PM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, ALL EXCEPT ITEM 14 BECAUSE WE PULLED
12:07:08PM THAT RIGHT AFTER.
12:07:09PM >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE 12 THROUGH 16 MINUS 14.
12:07:12PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
12:07:14PM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:07:16PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:07:16PM ANY OPPOSED?
12:07:17PM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
12:07:20PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MOVE ITEMS 17 THROUGH 19.
12:07:23PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
12:07:25PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:07:26PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:07:27PM AYE.
12:07:27PM ANY OPPOSED?
12:07:31PM FOR ITEMS 20 AND 21, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO SET THOSE ITEMS
12:07:33PM FOR PUBLIC HEARING?
12:07:34PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED, MR. CHAIRMAN, SEPTEMBER 21st,
12:07:35PM 2023, AT 10:30 A.M. AT THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS 315 EAST KENNEDY
12:07:41PM BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR CITY HALL, 33602, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
12:07:46PM ONE IS 21st AND OTHER SEPTEMBER 7.
12:08:01PM 21st OF SEPTEMBER.
12:08:02PM 21 ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ON SEPTEMBER 7 AT 9 A.M. IN THE
12:08:06PM MORNING.
12:08:08PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AND AUGUST 17.
12:08:10PM MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:08:12PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
12:08:15PM ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
12:08:16PM ANY OPPOSED?
12:08:16PM MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
12:08:19PM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA FOR ITEM NUMBER
12:08:21PM 22.
12:08:22PM DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
12:08:22PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
12:08:24PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:08:25PM AYE.
12:08:30PM >>CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE: CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE FROM THE
12:08:32PM LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
12:08:33PM THIS IS ITEM FOR SECOND READING TO ALLOW THE CODE
12:08:37PM ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT SUPPLEMENTAL MEANS OF ENFORCING
12:08:41PM PROHIBITED SIGNS.
12:08:44PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
12:08:45PM DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON
12:08:49PM ITEM NUMBER 22?
12:08:50PM DO WE HAVE ANYBODY REGISTERED FOR 22?
12:08:52PM WE HAVE A MOTION TO CHOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA WITH A
12:08:55PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
12:08:56PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:08:57PM AYE.
12:08:57PM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, WOULD YOU MIND READING 22?
12:09:00PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ITEM 22, FILE NUMBER E2023-8, CHAPTER
12:09:05PM 23.5-5 AND CHAPTER 27.
12:09:08PM ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
12:09:11PM AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, RELATIVE TO THE
12:09:14PM SUPPLEMENTAL ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES OF CHAPTER 23.5;
12:09:17PM AMENDING SECTION 23.5-5, SCHEDULE OF VIOLATIONS AND
12:09:23PM PENALTIES BY ADDING SECTION 27-289.7, PROHIBITED SIGNS
12:09:28PM ENUMERATED AS CLASS 1 VIOLATION; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL
12:09:32PM ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;
12:09:35PM PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
12:09:36PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
12:09:37PM VIERA.
12:09:38PM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
12:09:44PM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
12:09:46PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
12:09:47PM NEXT UP IS ITEM NUMBER 14.
12:09:50PM THAT IS COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
12:09:51PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
12:09:52PM IF YOU ALL WANT TO COME UP.
12:09:54PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: KAYON AND COMPANY.
12:10:04PM >>LYNN HURTAK: NATIONALLY, COMMUNITIES CELEBRATE NATIONAL
12:10:06PM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK DURING ONE WEEK IN THE MONTH OF
12:10:09PM APRIL TO BRING AWARENESS TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK
12:10:12PM GRANT, KNOWN AS CDBG, AND HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP, HOME
12:10:16PM PROGRAMS, AND THE MANY BENEFITS OF THESE PROGRAMS.
12:10:19PM THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS RECEIVED THE JOHN A. SASSO AWARD FOR
12:10:22PM ITS EFFORTS IN CELEBRATING NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
12:10:25PM WEEK.
12:10:26PM THE AWARD WAS PRESENTED AT THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY
12:10:28PM DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN ORLANDO IN
12:10:32PM JUNE.
12:10:33PM THE AWARD RECOGNIZES COMMUNITY EFFORTS TO CELEBRATE THE CDBG
12:10:40PM AND HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS.
12:10:42PM SOCIAL MEDIA AND ONLINE NEWS ARTICLES HIGHLIGHTED PROGRAMS
12:10:46PM AND PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
12:10:49PM WEEK.
12:10:50PM EACH CDBG AND HOME FUNDED PROGRAM PROVIDED AT LEAST ONE
12:10:54PM PROJECT TO HIGHLIGHT.
12:10:55PM I JUST WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEAM FOR THIS
12:10:59PM WONDERFUL AWARD.
12:11:01PM [ APPLAUSE ]
12:11:01PM SHOW THAT BEAUTIFUL AWARD.
12:11:05PM I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME VIDEOS, BUT BEFORE THEY SHOW THE
12:11:11PM VIDEOS, I JUST, AGAIN, WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF
12:11:15PM YOU.
12:11:16PM LAST YEAR WHEN WE COMMITTED DURING THE 2023 BUDGET, WE
12:11:19PM COMMITTED THE MOST MONEY WE HAVE EVER PUT TOWARD AFFORDABLE
12:11:22PM HOUSING.
12:11:24PM AND WE DIDN'T HAVE A PROGRAM FOR IT.
12:11:27PM WE HAD SMALL PROGRAMS, SMALL AMOUNTS OF MONEY, AND YOU ALL
12:11:32PM TOOK ON THAT TASK TO JUST TAKE THAT AND RUN WITH IT.
12:11:35PM NOT ONLY DID YOU FIND A WAY TO MAKE THAT PROGRAM WORK, YOU
12:11:39PM MADE IT WORK SO WELL THAT WE GOT AWARDS FOR IT.
12:11:43PM YOU GOT AWARDS, AND WE AS A CITY BENEFIT FROM NOT ONLY THE
12:11:48PM THINGS YOU WERE ABLE TO DO FOR THE PUBLIC, BUT JUST SHOWING
12:11:52PM OTHER CITIES HOW TO DO WHAT WE'VE DONE.
12:11:54PM I'M INCREDIBLY PROUD AND I'M SO EXCITED TO SEE WHAT WE CAN
12:11:58PM DO WITH THIS EXTRA MONEY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FOR HOUSING
12:12:01PM THIS YEAR.
12:12:02PM JUST WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS AND WE HAVE, I THINK, ONE
12:12:06PM OR TWO VIDEOS TO SEE THAT SHOW WHAT EXACTLY YOU DID.
12:12:11PM >> IT WAS VERY, VERY EMOTIONAL.
12:12:29PM AND IF YOU DON'T CATCH YOURSELF, YOU CAN GO INTO A DARK
12:12:32PM HOLE.
12:12:34PM >> BLINDNESS IS NOT LIMITING THESE DAYS.
12:12:50PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS THERE ANOTHER VIDEO?
12:13:35PM >> NO, THAT IS THE ONLY VIDEO.
12:13:37PM WE CHOSE TO KEEP IT QUITE SHORT.
12:13:39PM KAYON HENDERSON.
12:13:40PM WE CHOSE TO SHOW THIS VIDEO.
12:13:41PM WE'VE COME BEFORE AND TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT HOUSING PROGRAMS,
12:13:45PM BUT WANTED TO SHOW THAT OUR FUNDS ALSO SUPPORT SOME SUPPORT
12:13:49PM SERVICES, SO WE DO FUND TAMPA LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND AND
12:13:53PM THIS IS ONE OF THE PROGRAMS WE FUNDED FOR ABOUT 10 TO 15
12:13:57PM YEARS AND PART OF WHY WE ARE SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THE SUPPORT
12:14:00PM SERVICES IS THAT NOT ONLY DO WE PUT PEOPLE IN HOMES, WE WANT
12:14:03PM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP THEM THERE AND HAVE
12:14:05PM SOME STABILITY FOR STABLE HOUSING FOR THEM.
12:14:08PM THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE PROGRAMS WE CHOSE TO HIGHLIGHT.
12:14:11PM WE CHOSE A DIFFERENT WAY TO USE SOME OF OUR FEDERAL FUNDS
12:14:14PM FOR OTHER HOUSING ASSISTED.
12:14:18PM WITH ME, I HAVE SOME OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS.
12:14:21PM CERTAINLY WANTED TO BRING SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO HELPED
12:14:23PM TO DO SOME OF THE WORK IN CDBG AND HOME.
12:14:25PM IT'S NOT A SMALL TASK FOR SURE, BUT WE CONTINUE TO PUSH
12:14:29PM FORWARD AND WE DO IT VERY PROUD TO SAY THAT THIS WAS THE
12:14:32PM CITY'S FIRST TIME RECEIVING THE JOHN SASSO AWARD, SO THAT
12:14:36PM WAS REALLY A BIG DEAL FOR US OVER AT HOUSING.
12:14:39PM REALLY TOGETHER WE ALL ACHIEVE MORE AND WE'RE GRATEFUL AND
12:14:42PM THANKFUL FOR THINGS SUCH AS THE ACTION PLAN THAT YOU GUYS
12:14:46PM APPROVED AND THE AGREEMENTS.
12:14:48PM THANK YOU.
12:14:50PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:14:50PM COUNCILMAN CARLSON, DO YOU WISH TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION SINCE
12:14:54PM IT'S YOUR COMMITTEE?
12:14:55PM >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
12:14:56PM [ LAUGHTER ]
12:14:57PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
12:14:59PM CARLSON.
12:14:59PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:15:02PM ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
12:15:04PM GREAT.
12:15:05PM [ APPLAUSE ]
12:15:08PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE ARE IN RECESS --
12:15:12PM >>LUIS VIERA: MAY I REALLY QUICKLY, MR. CHAIRMAN?
12:15:14PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
12:15:14PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:15:15PM I'M GOING TO EMBARRASS HIM.
12:15:17PM I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S LEAVING HERE AT LUNCH, HARRIS, IF --
12:15:21PM HARRISON, IF YOU DON'T MIND COMING UP HERE, BUDDY.
12:15:24PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:15:24PM HARRISON HAS BEEN INTERNING WITH TAMPA CITY COUNCIL AND HE'S
12:15:28PM GOING TO BE COMING BACK OR GOING BACK TO WASHINGTON, D.C.
12:15:33PM FOR GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND SOMETIMES HE LEAVES
12:15:38PM AROUND THIS TIME.
12:15:38PM BUT I JUST WANTED TO JUST PUBLICLY THANK YOU, HARRISON.
12:15:41PM YOU ARE SUCH A FINE YOUNG MAN.
12:15:44PM WHEN YOU FIRST INQUIRED ON AN INTERNSHIP WITH THE CITY OF
12:15:47PM TAMPA, HAD SOME MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE WHO I REALLY RESPECT
12:15:50PM TELL ME WHAT A WONDERFUL YOUNG MAN YOU ARE.
12:15:52PM YOU REALLY ARE.
12:15:54PM YOU ARE A GENTLEMAN AND YOU ARE I THINK THE MODEL OF WHAT A
12:15:57PM YOUNG PERSON SHOULD BE.
12:15:58PM YOU ARE STUDIOUS, KIND, COMPASSIONATE, YOU ARE JUST A
12:16:04PM GENTLEMAN.
12:16:04PM I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
12:16:05PM YOU ARE A FINE YOUNG MAN AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.
12:16:08PM >> YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:16:09PM FIRST YOU ALL ARE SUPER NICE TO ME AND REALLY WELCOMING.
12:16:16PM IT WAS REALLY NICE TO MEET ALL OF YOU AND THIS INTERNSHIP
12:16:20PM OPPORTUNITY WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE THAT I HAD AND SOMETHING
12:16:23PM THAT I'M GLAD THAT I DID BECAUSE THIS IS KIND OF LIKE -- I
12:16:27PM REALLY APPRECIATE COUNCILMAN VIERA FOR GIVING ME THIS
12:16:30PM OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF LEARN ABOUT THE INNER WORKINGS ABOUT
12:16:33PM CITY COUNCIL AND BEEN A LOT OF INTERESTING MEETINGS HERE AND
12:16:37PM I'VE SEEN QUITE -- I'VE HAD QUITE THE EXPERIENCE WATCHING
12:16:40PM WHAT YOU GUYS DO EVERY THURSDAY HERE AND GET QUITE THE
12:16:44PM CROWDS COMING IN AND QUITE THE AGENDAS YOU HAVE TO GO
12:16:49PM THROUGH.
12:16:50PM THANK YOU.
12:16:50PM THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
12:16:52PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:16:52PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
12:16:53PM THANKS FOR JOINING US.
12:16:55PM >> IT'S A PLEASURE MEETING YOU.
12:16:56PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'RE IN RECESS UNTIL 1:30.
12:17:00PM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
12:17:01PM [LUNCH RECESS]
1:34:03PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I'D LIKE TO CALL THE CITY COUNCIL
1:34:04PM MEETING TO ORDER.
1:34:05PM ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
1:34:07PM >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
1:34:08PM >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE.
1:34:10PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE.
1:34:11PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT.
1:34:13PM >> VIERA?
1:34:14PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
1:34:15PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
1:34:15PM >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
1:34:17PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
1:34:19PM WE HAVE NO ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE TODAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO
1:34:21PM ROLL RIGHT INTO TPD.
1:34:25PM ALL THE TPD ITEMS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THEM BACK TO BACK TO
1:34:29PM BACK AND THEN CONTINUE ON.
1:34:30PM YES, SIR.
1:34:30PM ARE YOU READY?
1:34:38PM WELL, 24, COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA SAID -- MOTION TO RECEIVE AND
1:34:45PM FILE THEN.
1:34:46PM CAN WE GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE?
1:34:48PM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
1:34:50PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
1:34:51PM ALL IN FAVOR?
1:34:52PM 25, YES, SIR.
1:34:57PM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL AND THOSE IN ATTENDANCE.
1:35:00PM EVERYBODY HAVE A GOOD LUNCH?
1:35:03PM ALL RIGHT.
1:35:04PM I DIDN'T GO TO LUNCH.
1:35:06PM MAYBE THAT'S WHY I WAS STILL THINKING OF MORNING.
1:35:08PM ITEM NUMBER 25, MY NAME IS RICH MILLS.
1:35:14PM MAJOR WITH THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT, SPECIAL OPERATIONS
1:35:17PM DIVISION.
1:35:18PM AVIATION FALLS UNDER MY COMMAND.
1:35:20PM WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS GIVE YOU A BRIEF.
1:35:23PM I HAVE FOUR SHORT VIDEOS TO SHOW YOU TO KIND OF GIVE CLARITY
1:35:26PM TO WHAT WE DO AND WHY WE DO IT.
1:35:28PM AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE WILL CLOSE EVERYTHING OUT.
1:35:33PM >>BILL CARLSON: COULD I SET THIS UP REAL FAST?
1:35:35PM I GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.
1:35:40PM WE HEARD SOME FOLKS THIS MORNING, AND SOME FOLKS SENT US
1:35:43PM SPAGHETTI MODELS OF ALL THE CRISSCROSS AND EVERYTHING.
1:35:46PM I'VE HAD SOME COMPLAINTS SOUTH OF GANDY, BUT EAST TAMPA,
1:35:50PM FOLKS WHO LIVE AROUND EAST TAMPA SAY THEY FEEL LIKE THE
1:35:53PM HELICOPTERS ARE JUST GOING OVER TOO MUCH.
1:35:55PM IT SEEMS LIKE A CONSTANT THING AND KEEPS THEM FROM SLEEPING.
1:35:58PM WITH THAT CONTEXT, IF YOU COULD HELP ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS
1:36:01PM AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE COULD DO.
1:36:04PM >>RICH MILLS: YES, SIR.
1:36:06PM ANYTHING ELSE?
1:36:06PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO, GO AHEAD.
1:36:08PM >>RICH MILLS: TAMPA POLICE AVIATION UNIT HAS THREE
1:36:12PM HELICOPTERS.
1:36:12PM ONE IS A BELL 206 L 4, WHICH IS OUR 610 AND TWO BELL 407s
1:36:17PM WHICH IS OUR 411 AND 512.
1:36:20PM THE AVIATION UNIT IS MADE UP OF SIX PILOTS AND SIX TACTICAL
1:36:24PM FLIGHT OFFICERS THAT EACH WORK ONE SHIFT PER DAY AND THEN WE
1:36:27PM HAVE TWO DIFFERENT CYCLES.
1:36:28PM FOUR ON, FOUR OFF.
1:36:30PM OUR PILOTS AND TACTICAL FLIGHT OFFICERS MUST FLY MANDATORY
1:36:34PM FLIGHT HOURS IN ORDER TO MAIN FLIGHT PILOT CERTIFICATIONS
1:36:37PM AND TAMPA POLICE DOES RESTRICT PROACTIVE FLIGHT HOURS TO THE
1:36:40PM FOLLOWING, DURING THE DAY THEY ARE ON CALL ONLY, SO WHEN
1:36:44PM THEY ARE NEEDED, THEY GO UP AND RESPOND ACCORDINGLY.
1:36:46PM EVENING UP ONE HOUR, UP PROACTIVE, THE REST ON CALL.
1:36:53PM MIDNIGHT IT'S TWO HOURS AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE ON CALL
1:36:56PM AT ALL TIMES TO RESPOND TO AND BE AS EFFECTIVE AS POSSIBLE
1:37:00PM FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ON THE GROUND.
1:37:03PM THAT IS THEIR PRIMARY MISSION TO SUPPORT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
1:37:06PM OFFICERS THAT ARE ON THE GROUND.
1:37:07PM OUR POLICE HELICOPTERS PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN REDUCING CRIME
1:37:11PM AND ENHANCING PUBLIC SAFETY.
1:37:12PM WITH UNIQUE ADVANTAGE POINT AND AERIAL CAPABILITIES, POLICE
1:37:17PM HELICOPTERS PROVIDE INVALUABLE SUPPORT IN OUR CRIME-FIGHTING
1:37:19PM HE WAS.
1:37:20PM BY PATROLLING FROM ABOVE, POLICE HELICOPTERS CAN QUICKLY
1:37:25PM IDENTIFY AND TRACK CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, LOCATE SUSPECTS AND
1:37:28PM GATHER CRUCIAL INTELLIGENCE IN REAL TIME.
1:37:30PM THROUGH THE USE OF HELICOPTERS, WE EFFECTIVELY PREVENT CAR
1:37:35PM CHASES AND FOOT PURSUITS THAT POSE SIGNIFICANT DANGERS TO
1:37:38PM BOTH POLICE OFFICERS AND INNOCENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE
1:37:41PM VICINITY BY MINIMIZING THE POTENTIAL FOR COLLISION INJURIES
1:37:45PM AND PROPERTY DAMAGES.
1:37:47PM THE TAMPA POLICE AVIATION UNIT SUPPORTS THE UNIFORM PATROL
1:37:51PM DISTRICT CITYWIDE BY STATISTICALLY TRACKING REAL-TIME CRIME
1:37:54PM TRENDS AND INHERENTLY RESPONDS TO AREAS WITH THE MOST
1:37:57PM CRUCIAL NEEDS.
1:37:57PM TAMPA POLICE HELICOPTERS MAINTAIN ALTITUDES OF 700 FEET
1:38:02PM DURING THE DAY AND THEN 1,000 FEET OR HIGHER AT NIGHT.
1:38:05PM THIS IS TO MINIMIZE NOISE ON THE GROUND.
1:38:08PM ADDITIONALLY, TAMPA POLICE HELICOPTERS ARE UTILIZED TO
1:38:12PM CONDUCT MANDATORY CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE CHECKS AT MACDILL
1:38:14PM AIR FORCE BASE, PORT TAMPA, THE CHANNELSIDE AREA, AND THE
1:38:19PM PORT OF TAMPA.
1:38:20PM OTHER HELICOPTERS FROM DIFFERENT AGENCIES, HOSPITALS,
1:38:23PM ET CETERA, DO FLY THROUGH EAST TAMPA REGULARLY AND FLY AT A
1:38:28PM LITTLE LOWER ALTITUDES.
1:38:30PM NORMALLY ALTITUDES ARE BETWEEN FIVE AND SEVEN HUNDRED.
1:38:33PM A RECENT COMPLAINT FROM A CONCERNED CITIZEN, COUNCILMAN
1:38:37PM CARLSON, WE RECEIVED THAT -- ONE OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS.
1:38:42PM RECENT COMPLAINT FROM A CONCERNED CITIZEN PROVIDED DATA FOR
1:38:46PM TWO OF OUR POLICE HELICOPTERS OPERATING IN THE EAST TAMPA
1:38:48PM AREA.
1:38:49PM ONE WAS FROM OUR BELL HELICOPTER 411, WHICH DEPICTS BEING
1:38:53PM 1,309 FEET.
1:38:56PM AND THEN OUR BELL HELICOPTER, 610, DEPICTS BEING AT 1,920
1:39:02PM FEET.
1:39:02PM TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, 1,309 FEET IS APPROXIMATELY FIVE
1:39:08PM CITY BLOCKS OR 4.36 FOOTBALL FIELDS.
1:39:12PM WHILE 1,930 FEET IS APPROXIMATELY SEVEN CITY BLOCKS OR 6.4
1:39:19PM FOOTBALL FIELDS, IF YOU CAN TAKE THAT IN PERSPECTIVE AND
1:39:21PM KIND OF TRANSLATE THAT FROM THE GROUND TO THE AIR, THAT'S
1:39:25PM HOW HIGH THEY WERE.
1:39:26PM THE IMPORTANT OR SOME OF THE HOURS FROM JANUARY 1st, 2023,
1:39:33PM TO MAY 31st, 2023, THE TAMPA POLICE AVIATION UNIT
1:39:37PM ACCUMULATED A TOTAL OF 602.7 FLIGHT HOURS.
1:39:41PM THESE FLIGHT HOURS WERE DISTRIBUTED AS FOLLOWS.
1:39:44PM 170.7 DURING THE DAY.
1:39:47PM 129.8 HOURS IN THE EVENING SHIFT, WHICH IS OUR EVENING SHIFT
1:39:51PM IS 2 P.M. TO 1:25 A.M.
1:39:54PM AND THEN 302.2 HOURS DURING THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT, WHICH IS
1:39:58PM 7 P.M. TO 6:25 A.M.
1:40:00PM NOTABLY, THESE FLIGHT HOURS HAVE YIELDED NUMEROUS SUCCESS
1:40:07PM STORIES WHICH YOU'LL SEE HERE IN A FEW MINUTES THROUGH THE
1:40:10PM CITY OF TAMPA.
1:40:11PM FROM JANUARY 1st TO AUGUST 2nd, TAMPA POLICE AVIATION
1:40:15PM UNIT HAS ASSISTED WITH THE APPREHENSION OF 451 SUSPECTS AND
1:40:21PM RECOVERY OF 104 FIREARMS.
1:40:22PM SO THAT'S JUST THIS YEAR ALONE.
1:40:24PM THIS YEAR ALONE THEY ASSISTED PATROL IN ARRESTING 451 AND
1:40:29PM RECOVERING 104 FIREARMS.
1:40:30PM THE PRESENCE OF POLICE HELICOPTERS SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTES
1:40:35PM TO THE QUICK APPREHENSION OF SUSPECTS, SUCCESSFUL RECOVERY
1:40:38PM OF CRITICAL EVIDENCE AND CRIME PREVENTION.
1:40:41PM THE OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR TAMPA POLICE AVIATION
1:40:44PM UNIT HIGHLIGHTS THE VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO KEEPING OUR
1:40:47PM CITY SAFE.
1:40:48PM NOW, NEXT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND I DO HAVE FOUR VIDEOS TO SHOW
1:40:55PM YOU.
1:40:56PM THEY ARE HOURS LONG.
1:40:57PM OBVIOUSLY, I'VE CUT THEM DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND I'LL START
1:41:00PM THEM.
1:41:01PM THEY ALREADY STARTED.
1:41:02PM I'LL START THEM WHERE IT'S CRITICAL TO YOUR IMPRESSION.
1:41:14PM SO WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO IS I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF
1:41:18PM AND I'LL PLAY IT FOR YOU.
1:41:20PM ON THIS ONE, YOU'LL FOCUS ON OBVIOUSLY THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE
1:41:23PM MIDDLE.
1:41:23PM I WILL TELL YOU WHAT IT WAS ABOUT.
1:41:27PM THIS IS, IN FACT, IN DISTRICT 2 IN SECTOR D.
1:41:32PM PATROL OFFICERS ATTEMPTED A TRAFFIC STOP AT BUSCH AND
1:41:35PM 14th.
1:41:36PM THE VEHICLE FLED AND INITIATING UNIT IMMEDIATELY DEACTIVATED
1:41:42PM THEIR EQUIPMENT AND BROKE LINE OF SIGHT.
1:41:45PM AVIATION LOCATED AND CONTINUED TO FOLLOW THE VEHICLE
1:41:48PM PROVIDING LOCATION AND DIRECTION OF TRAVEL UNTIL THE DRIVER
1:41:50PM ABANDONED THE VEHICLE AT A NEARBY RESIDENCE IN SECTOR D.
1:41:53PM AVIATION DIRECTED OFFICERS IN AND THEY ARRIVED AND AS THEY
1:42:00PM ARRIVED THE DRIVER FLED ON FOOT.
1:42:01PM AVIATION MAINTAINED SURVEILLANCE AND UPDATED HIS LOCATION.
1:42:04PM WHILE FLEEING ON FOOT, THE DRIVER WAS OBSERVED BURYING AN
1:42:08PM OBJECT.
1:42:08PM OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO EVENTUALLY TAKE THE SUSPECT INTO
1:42:11PM CUSTODY SAFELY AND THE BURIED OBJECT WAS LATER DETERMINED TO
1:42:15PM BE A FIREARM AND AN ADDITIONAL FIREARM WAS LOCATED INSIDE
1:42:18PM THE VEHICLE THAT HE FLED FROM.
1:42:19PM THE DRIVER WAS CHARGED WITH ARMED TRAFFICKING OF
1:42:24PM METHAMPHETAMINES, FLEE TO ELUDE, FELON IN POSSESSION OF A
1:42:26PM FIREARM, CARRYING A CONCEALED FIREARM, EVIDENCE TAMPERING,
1:42:29PM POSSESSION OF FIREARM DURING THE COMMISSION OF A FELON, AND
1:42:32PM HE WAS ALSO OUT ON FEDERAL PROBATION.
1:42:35PM THIS WOULD ONLY TAKE ABOUT TEN SECONDS.
1:42:37PM OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS AT NIGHT.
1:42:41PM THIS IS INFRARED.
1:42:42PM EVERYTHING AROUND THERE IS DARK, AND RIGHT THERE YOU CAN SEE
1:42:46PM HIM KNEELING DOWN AND BURYING SOMETHING.
1:42:50PM AND THIS IS IN SOMEBODY'S BACKYARD.
1:42:52PM SO, OBVIOUSLY, THAT POSES A THREAT.
1:42:55PM IF THERE ARE CHILDREN IN THE HOUSE, THEY GO OUT IN THE
1:42:57PM BACKYARD, THEY FIND A GUN.
1:42:59PM IF WE DON'T RECOVER THAT GUN, GOD KNOWS WHAT CAN HAPPEN.
1:43:03PM OBVIOUSLY, AVIATION IS STILL WATCHING HIM, GIVING DIRECTION
1:43:17PM TO THE GROUND UNITS.
1:43:19PM EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, AFTER THIS, THE AVIATION IS ABLE TO
1:43:27PM DIRECT UNIFORMED PATROL IN TO THIS INDIVIDUAL AND HE'S TAKEN
1:43:31PM INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT INCIDENT.
1:43:33PM IT COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DIFFERENT IF HE WOULD HAVE HAD A GUN
1:43:38PM ON HIM.
1:43:38PM THEY ACTUALLY CAME INTO CONTACT WITH HIM ABOUT FOUR MINUTES
1:43:45PM LATER.
1:43:46PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ABLE TO RECOVER THE WEAPON HE BURIED?
1:43:50PM >>RICH MILLS: YES, SIR.
1:43:51PM OUR SECOND -- THE SECOND VIDEO I HAVE, DISTRICT 3 ATTEMPTED
1:43:57PM A TRAFFIC STOP ON A WHITE CHARGER AT NORTH 22nd STREET AND
1:44:03PM EAST 22nd AVENUE.
1:44:05PM THIS IS DISTRICT 3 IN SECTOR F.
1:44:07PM VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY FLED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.
1:44:10PM AVIATION WAS ALREADY OVERHEAD AND THEY MAINTAINED OVERWATCH
1:44:13PM PROVIDING LOCATION OF TRAVEL.
1:44:15PM AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES VEHICLE CAME TO STOP AT NORTH 32nd
1:44:19PM AND EAST 5th AVENUE AND DRIVER FLED ON FOOT.
1:44:22PM DURING THE TIME HE IS SEEN THROWING A FIREARM OBVIOUSLY AS
1:44:26PM SOON AS HE FLED, UNIFORMED PATROL OFFICERS BACKED OFF.
1:44:31PM THEY SHUT DOWN ALL THEIR EQUIPMENT AND LET AVIATION TAKE
1:44:33PM OVER.
1:44:33PM AND THEY FOLLOWED HIM FROM THE AIR.
1:44:37PM AGAIN, THIS IS AT NIGHT AND THEY DO HAVE HIM ON INFRARED.
1:44:41PM PERIMETER WAS ESTABLISHED AND K-9 UTILIZED IN ORDER TO TAKE
1:44:44PM THE SUSPECT INTO CUSTODY.
1:44:46PM ONCE AGAIN YOU WILL SEE HIM WHEN HE GOES AND I'LL WALK YOU
1:44:51PM THROUGH IT, BUT EVENTUALLY YOU'LL SEE HIM THROW A FIREARM
1:44:54PM OUT OF HIS LEFT HAND AND IT GOES OVER A FENCE INTO ANOTHER
1:44:59PM YARD.
1:44:59PM HE'S RUNNING RIGHT NOW.
1:45:04PM HE ACTUALLY GOES UNDERNEATH THE SEMITRUCK.
1:45:06PM IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES POP OUT ON THE OTHER SIDE.
1:45:09PM GO ALONG THE SEMITRUCK.
1:45:10PM AS HE GETS TO THE REAR OF THE SEMITRUCK, YOU'LL SEE AN ITEM
1:45:13PM COME OUT OF HIS LEFT HAND.
1:45:15PM BACK OUT, YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE IT.
1:45:27PM THEY ARE ABLE TO CALL THIS OUT TO THE GROUND UNITS COMING IN
1:45:37PM AND LITERALLY 30 SECONDS LATER UNITS COME ON SCENE AND TAKE
1:45:42PM HIM INTO CUSTODY SAFELY.
1:45:43PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HE CAN HEAR THE HELICOPTER AT THIS POINT
1:45:46PM REGARDLESS.
1:45:46PM SO HE KNOWS HE'S JUST WAITING IT OUT AND THAT'S ONE OF THE
1:45:51PM OFFICERS?
1:45:52PM >>RICH MILLS: THIS IS OUR OFFICER COMING ON SCENE.
1:45:54PM HE OBVIOUSLY GIVES UP, LAYS DOWN AND WE TAKE HIM INTO
1:45:58PM CUSTODY SAFELY.
1:45:58PM AGAIN, HAD HE HAD THE FIREARM READILY AVAILABLE, IT COULD
1:46:01PM HAVE TURNED OUT VERY DIFFERENTLY.
1:46:03PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AND THE FIREARM WAS THEN FOUND WHEREVER
1:46:05PM HE TOSSED IT FROM.
1:46:07PM >>RICH MILLS: YES, SIR.
1:46:08PM AVIATION WAS ABLE TO MARK IT EXACTLY WHERE THEY SEE IT.
1:46:12PM THEY CAN ACTUALLY PIN DROP, SO THEY PIN DROP AND THEY CAN
1:46:16PM WALK THE OFFICERS INTO IT.
1:46:17PM AND THEY DID SO THAT NIGHT.
1:46:19PM THE NEXT TWO VIDEOS IS ACTUALLY ONE INCIDENT BUT TWO
1:46:27PM SEPARATE VIDEOS.
1:46:27PM IT'S TOO LARGE TO HAVE ONE VIDEO, SO WE BROKE IT DOWN.
1:46:31PM AGAIN, WE'LL ONLY SEE A VERY SHORT VERSION.
1:46:34PM THIS ACTUALLY INITIATED IN DISTRICT 1 IN SECTOR A.
1:46:39PM IT STARTED IN WEST TAMPA AND THEN CROSSED OVER INTO THE FAR
1:46:44PM WESTERN EDGE OF SECTOR E AT MLK, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
1:46:49PM BOULEVARD AND THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER.
1:46:51PM ON THIS ONE, DISTRICT ONE REQUESTED ASSISTANCE ON A ROBBERY
1:46:57PM HOME INVASION.
1:46:57PM AT THE 2900 BLOCK OF WEST WALNUT.
1:47:01PM SURVEILLANCE WAS ESTABLISHED ON A SUSPECT VEHICLE IN THE
1:47:03PM AREA.
1:47:04PM AVIATION MAINTAINED OVERWATCH ON THE VEHICLE WHERE THEY
1:47:06PM OBSERVED FOUR SUSPECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE VEHICLE.
1:47:11PM THE VEHICLE WENT MOBILE AND THE FIRST SIGHT OF PATROL
1:47:16PM VEHICLES FLED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.
1:47:19PM AGAIN, UNIFORM PATROL WAS ABLE TO BACK OFF.
1:47:21PM THEY DIDN'T CHASE.
1:47:22PM THERE WAS NOT A CHASE.
1:47:23PM IT WAS NOT A PURSUIT, AND AVIATION WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN
1:47:26PM VISUAL SURVEILLANCE FROM OVERHEAD.
1:47:27PM AERIAL VISUAL WAS MAINTAINED OF SUSPECT VEHICLE AS IT DROVE
1:47:37PM AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.
1:47:39PM THE VEHICLE ACTUALLY CRASHED AT A DEAD END IN THE 4200 BLOCK
1:47:43PM OF NORTH MYRTLE AVENUE, AND ALL FOUR SUBJECTS FLED ON FOOT.
1:47:47PM AVIATION INITIALLY STAYED WITH ONE OF THE FOUR SUSPECTS AND
1:47:50PM UTILIZED K-9 FOR APPREHENSION AND PERIMETER WAS ESTABLISHED
1:47:56PM AND YARD-TO-YARD SEARCH WAS CONDUCTED.
1:47:58PM WHILE DOING THAT, AVIATION WAS ACTUALLY THEN ABLE TO LOCATE
1:48:02PM TWO ADDITIONAL SUSPECTS THAT WERE HIDING IN THE WATER OF A
1:48:07PM CREEK.
1:48:07PM TWO SUSPECTS WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
1:48:11PM SO ONE DID ELUDE.
1:48:14PM WE WEREN'T ABLE TO CAPTURE ALL FOUR.
1:48:16PM WE CAPTURED THREE OF THEM AND THEN THREE FIREARMS WERE
1:48:20PM RECOVERED AS A RESULT OF THIS INVESTIGATION.
1:48:21PM THE FIRST ONE IS THE INDIVIDUAL THAT THEY STAYED WITH
1:48:24PM INITIALLY.
1:48:26PM YOU WILL SEE, AGAIN, THIS IS AT NIGHT.
1:48:30PM NOBODY ELSE COULD SEE THE SUSPECT RUNNING.
1:48:33PM WE DIDN'T HAVE DAYLIGHT TO HELP US OUT, SO AVIATION WAS
1:48:37PM VITAL IN THE APPREHENSION OF THIS.
1:48:40PM YOU CAN SEE THE SUSPECT IS ACTUALLY WALKING THROUGH
1:48:42PM BACKYARDS.
1:48:42PM SO RESIDENTS' BACKYARDS, HE'S WALKING THROUGH.
1:48:46PM THEY JUST DID A HOME INVASION.
1:48:48PM HE'S GOING ALONG THE RIVER.
1:48:55PM STILL WALKING THROUGH BACKYARDS.
1:49:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WATER HERE TO
1:49:04PM THE LEFT.
1:49:05PM >>RICH MILLS: TO THE LEFT IS WATER, YES, SIR.
1:49:07PM THEN YOU SEE HIM POP OUT.
1:49:08PM GOES ON SOMEBODY'S PRIVATE DOCK AND THEN GETS INSIDE OF
1:49:12PM THEIR PRIVATE BOAT.
1:49:15PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LOOK HOW CLEAR THAT IS CONSIDERING IT'S
1:49:18PM INFRARED AND HOW THE WATER REFLECTS.
1:49:21PM I'VE NEVER SEEN IT LIKE THIS.
1:49:23PM SEE, THAT IS THE THING, HE'S TRYING TO HIDE, BUT YOU GOT
1:49:29PM HIM.
1:49:30PM >>RICH MILLS: HE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN HIDING.
1:49:32PM HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR AVIATION WE WOULD NOT HAVE FOUND HIM.
1:49:35PM AVIATION WAS ABLE TO DIRECT UNITS IN.
1:49:39PM TOOK A WHILE TO GET THERE BECAUSE THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH
1:49:42PM YARDS AND SEVERAL OBSTACLES BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY
1:49:45PM TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.
1:49:48PM THIS ONE, IF YOU NOTICE, VERY CENTER OF THE SCREEN WHERE THE
1:49:55PM X IS AT, YOU'LL SEE TWO TINY, JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THE X,
1:50:00PM YOU'LL SEE TWO TINY LITTLE DOTS.
1:50:03PM THE TWO TINY LITTLE DOTS ARE PEOPLE.
1:50:06PM SO OBVIOUSLY AIR SERVICE IS UP.
1:50:08PM THESE ARE THE TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT DID THE ROBBERY, TWO OF
1:50:13PM THE FOUR.
1:50:17PM YOU CAN SEE THE AREA, THIS IS WHY I WANTED TO START IT HERE.
1:50:20PM YOU CAN SEE THE AREA THEY WOULD HAVE HAD TO SEARCH WITHOUT
1:50:23PM AVIATION.
1:50:23PM AND WITH AVIATION YOU'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
1:50:25PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU'RE HERE AT ABOUT, WHAT, 1200 FEET,
1:50:29PM THOUSAND FEET.
1:50:30PM >>RICH MILLS: YES, SIR.
1:50:31PM ABOUT 1200.
1:50:31PM AGAIN, THEY ORBIT, THEY CIRCLE.
1:50:39PM THEY HAVE TO DO THAT IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN CONSTANT
1:50:42PM SURVEILLANCE OF THAT PERSON.
1:50:43PM THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE COMPLAINTS SAY THEY ARE CIRCLING,
1:50:46PM WHERE THEY ARE ORBITING, THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE DOING BUT THEY
1:50:50PM KIND OF HAVE TO DO THAT.
1:50:51PM AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THEM.
1:50:53PM SO IT COMES INTO PLAY.
1:50:55PM YOU CAN SEE THE OFFICERS DOWN OFF TO ABOUT THE 3:00 RIGHT
1:50:58PM NOW.
1:51:00PM THEY ARE TELLING THEM WHERE TO GO.
1:51:01PM THEY HAVE THE K 9 THERE.
1:51:03PM OBVIOUSLY, THEY GO ALONG THE WATER'S EDGE.
1:51:06PM THE INDIVIDUALS KNOW THEY ARE THERE BY NOW.
1:51:09PM ONE OF THEM SITS UP, PUTS HIS HANDS UP RIGHT THERE.
1:51:16PM AND THEN THEY ARE SAFELY TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ALSO WITHOUT
1:51:21PM FURTHER INCIDENT.
1:51:21PM AGAIN, AT THE END OF THIS, THREE FIREARMS WERE RECOVERED.
1:51:26PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT WAS LIKE TEN SECONDS.
1:51:28PM YOU SEE THE OFFICER ON THE RIGHT WITH THE K 9.
1:51:32PM >>RICH MILLS: THIS WHOLE THING TOOK ABOUT AN HOUR.
1:51:35PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ONCE YOU PINPOINT IT AND THEY COME IN.
1:51:37PM >>RICH MILLS: I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT, BECAUSE THAT GIVES
1:51:41PM PERSPECTIVE OF HOW LARGE OF AN AREA AND HOW THEY ARE ABLE TO
1:51:44PM PINPOINT SO MUCH.
1:51:45PM IF WE WOULD HAVE EVER FOUND THESE INDIVIDUALS, IT WOULD HAVE
1:51:48PM BEEN TOUGH, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY TOUGH.
1:51:51PM YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE IT, BUT THEY WERE LAYING IN THE WATER
1:51:53PM FROM ABOUT THEIR SHOULDERS DOWN WERE SUBMERGED.
1:51:56PM JUST THEIR SHOULDERS UP WERE ABOVE WATER.
1:52:01PM >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU FOR SHARING ALL THAT.
1:52:03PM I THINK YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.
1:52:07PM YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB DEMONSTRATING THIS AS A VIDEO GAME
1:52:11PM PLAYER, I'M FASCINATED WITH THE VIDEOS, TOO.
1:52:13PM YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB EXPLAINING WHY WE NEED THEM AND WHAT
1:52:18PM THE UNIQUE ROLE IS THAT THE HELICOPTERS PLAY.
1:52:21PM BY THE WAY, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WHO SPOKE, INCLUDING THE
1:52:24PM FOLKS THAT SPOKE THIS MORNING WHO I HAD NOT SPOKEN TO, I
1:52:28PM DON'T THINK ANY OF THEM CHALLENGED WHETHER WE SHOULD HAVE
1:52:30PM HELICOPTERS.
1:52:30PM I THINK THE ONLY ISSUE IS THEY ARE ASKING, IS THERE ANYTHING
1:52:35PM THAT TPD OR THE CITY CAN DO AT NIGHT TO LESSEN THE IMPACT --
1:52:40PM YOU TALKED ABOUT THE HEIGHT, WHICH IS HIGHER THAN NORMAL.
1:52:43PM I'M SURPRISED YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE FROM THAT FAR AWAY.
1:52:46PM BUT IT'S JUST A REQUEST FROM THE PUBLIC, NOT TO GET YOU TO
1:52:49PM NOT GET CRIMINALS, BECAUSE EVERYBODY WANTS THAT, BUT IS
1:52:52PM THERE ANYTHING YOU ALL CAN DO TO JUST TRY TO LESSEN THE
1:52:57PM IMPACT OF PEOPLE TRYING TO SLEEP?
1:52:59PM >>RICH MILLS: YES, SIR.
1:53:01PM IN CLOSING, I'VE BEEN IN THE CITY MY ENTIRE LIFE.
1:53:06PM I GREW UP IN SOUTH TAMPA.
1:53:07PM I WENT TO CHIARAMONTE ELEMENTARY, MONROE MIDDLE, GRADUATED
1:53:11PM FROM ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL.
1:53:12PM BOTH MY KIDS WERE BORN AND RAISED IN TAMPA.
1:53:16PM I'VE BEEN WITH THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT 29 YEARS IN
1:53:20PM NOVEMBER.
1:53:20PM THIS COMMUNITY MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME.
1:53:22PM EVERYTHING.
1:53:23PM AND I THINK -- I ECHO THAT OF EVERY POLICE OFFICER.
1:53:27PM I LIKE TO THINK I ECHO THAT OF EVERY POLICE OFFICER IN THE
1:53:31PM TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
1:53:31PM WE CAN ALWAYS DO BETTER, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES. AND
1:53:34PM I WILL ENSURE YOU THAT I WILL GO BACK AND I WILL MAKE SURE
1:53:37PM THAT WE LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE INCIDENT.
1:53:40PM IF WE GET A COMPLAINT, WE'RE GOING TO INVESTIGATE THAT
1:53:45PM COMPLAINT AND IF THERE IS A COMPLAINANT WHERE IT HAS A PHONE
1:53:48PM NUMBER OR AN E-MAIL OR SOMETHING, I MAKE SURE THAT EITHER MY
1:53:54PM CHIEF PILOT OR THE SERGEANT OF THE AVIATION UNIT PERSONALLY
1:53:57PM GIVES THEM A CALL SO THEY CAN RESEARCH EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE
1:54:00PM DEALING WITH OR THE COMPLAINT THAT THEY HAVE, AND WE CAN
1:54:03PM EXPLAIN WHY WE WERE DOING WHAT WE WERE DOING.
1:54:06PM >>BILL CARLSON: IF WE WERE REPLACING HELICOPTERS AT SOME
1:54:09PM POINT IS IT BETTER TO USE QUIETER HELICOPTERS OR WORTH
1:54:12PM SPENDING MONEY ON QUIETER HELICOPTERS?
1:54:14PM IS THE SOUND A DETERRENT FOR PEOPLE YOU ARE CHASING?
1:54:18PM >>RICH MILLS: ONE OF OUR HELICOPTERS IS THE 610, SO THE BELL
1:54:23PM 207 L 4, THE 610, IT'S A LITTLE BIT LOUDER THAN THE OTHER
1:54:29PM TWO, 407, 411 AND 512.
1:54:32PM IT IS UP FOR BEING REPLACED.
1:54:37PM BELL 610 IS VERY OLD.
1:54:38PM HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, CITY COUNCIL WILL
1:54:42PM APPROVE US GETTING A --
1:54:44PM >> MILLAGE INCREASE, BILL.
1:54:47PM >>BILL CARLSON: HOW MUCH DOES ONE COST?
1:54:50PM >>RICH MILLS: I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON EXACT COST.
1:54:52PM I WANT TO SAY LIKE 3 OR $4 MILLION.
1:54:56PM BUT WE DO HAVE LIKE A BUYBACK PROGRAM.
1:54:58PM WE'RE LOOKING AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
1:55:00PM I CAN CERTAINLY PUT A PROPOSAL TOGETHER FOR YOU AND PRESENT
1:55:03PM THAT.
1:55:04PM >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU FOR PUTTING ALL THE TIME INTO
1:55:07PM THIS.
1:55:07PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, MIRANDA AND
1:55:10PM THEN --
1:55:10PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I CAN INJECT SOME INFORMATION AS SUBJECT
1:55:12PM MATTER EXPERT.
1:55:13PM FOR 30 PLUS YEARS I WAS AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AND I WAS NOT
1:55:18PM ONLY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER IN THE CONTROL TOWER AND THE
1:55:22PM RADAR AT TAMPA INTERNATIONAL, ALSO TRAFFIC MANAGER.
1:55:27PM LAST HALF OF MY CAREER I MANNED THE DESK.
1:55:30PM I WAS ON THE RECEIVING END OF THE PHONE CALLS THAT CAME IN
1:55:32PM ON THESE HELICOPTERS, ALL THE HELICOPTERS AND AIRCRAFT THAT
1:55:35PM OPERATE.
1:55:36PM I FIELDED SOME OF THOSE CALLS, TOO, AND I EXPLAINED TO SOME
1:55:40PM OF THE CONSTITUENTS THAT WERE CONCERNED ABOUT IT, I SAID NOT
1:55:43PM ONE TIME OUT OF LITERALLY OF HUNDREDS OF PHONE CALLS AND WE
1:55:48PM INVESTIGATE EVERY ONE AS WELL, DID I FIND THAT NOBODY WAS
1:55:52PM JOYRIDING.
1:55:52PM EVERYBODY WAS DOING A MISSION AT NIGHTTIME.
1:55:55PM HE SAID THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER HELICOPTERS.
1:56:02PM WE HAVE HELICOPTERS IN TOWN THAT FOR THE POWER COMPANIES
1:56:06PM THAT FOLLOW POWER LINES.
1:56:08PM YOU'VE GOT THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL HELICOPTERS.
1:56:11PM TELEVISION HELICOPTERS.
1:56:12PM CORPORATE HELICOPTERS.
1:56:13PM THERE ARE A LOT OF HELICOPTERS FLYING AROUND.
1:56:15PM I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY IS INTERESTING,
1:56:19PM ESPECIALLY SOMEONE IN AN AIR TRAFFIC BACKGROUND IS THE NOISE
1:56:23PM OF AIR TRAFFIC AND THE DISTANCES.
1:56:24PM WHEN YOU TALK LIKE A THOUSAND FEET, I KNOW LED ON TO BELIEVE
1:56:28PM ABOUT HOW BIG IT IS, BUT WHEN YOU'RE ON THE GROUND LOOKING
1:56:31PM STRAIGHT UP, IT'S REALLY NOT THAT FAR.
1:56:33PM IT'S A LOT CLOSER THAN YOU THINK.
1:56:37PM AND THEN WE HAVE AT TAMPA INTERNATIONAL, BECAUSE IT IS A
1:56:40PM HIGH DENSITY AIR TRAFFIC ENVIRONMENT THAT WE CONTROL AIR
1:56:46PM CARRIER AIRCRAFT, THE AIRSPACE IS CLASSIFIED AND CONTROLLED.
1:56:50PM SO WITHIN A RADIUS OF TAMPA INTERNATIONAL, ALL OF THE
1:56:55PM AIRCRAFT ARE CONTROLLED BY TAMPA INTERNATIONAL.
1:56:58PM YOU CAN GET RIGHT OUTSIDE, THERE IS A RING YOU CAN GET
1:57:02PM OUTSIDE.
1:57:02PM THEN AT THAT POINT, UNCONTROLLED YOU HAVE TO STAY AT A LOW
1:57:06PM ALTITUDE TO BE SEGREGATED FROM THE OTHER AIR TRAFFIC.
1:57:10PM IT'S NOT JUST THE HELICOPTER FLYING ON ITS OWN.
1:57:14PM REALIZE THAT WE KEEP THEM AT ALTITUDES BECAUSE THERE IS
1:57:17PM ANOTHER AIRPLANE FLYING OVER THEM.
1:57:20PM SO THERE'S AIR TRAFFIC SAFETY INVOLVED AS WELL TO MAKE SURE
1:57:23PM THAT THEY ARE NOT ENCROACHING ON AIR CARRIERS LANDING OR
1:57:29PM TAKING OFF FROM TAMPA INTERNATIONAL OR TRAFFIC THAT IS
1:57:31PM CROSSING OVER THE TOP OF TAMPA INTERNATIONAL, GENERAL
1:57:34PM AVIATION TYPE OF TRAFFIC FROM EAST TO WEST THAT ARE
1:57:36PM TRANSITIONING FROM PINELLAS COUNTY OVER TO LAKELAND.
1:57:39PM WE DO A LOT OF THAT TRANSITION RIGHT OVER THE TOP OF TAMPA
1:57:43PM INTERNATIONAL WHICH PUTS YOU IN THE VICINITY OF WHEN YOU ARE
1:57:46PM ON THE EAST SIDE OF WHERE THE HELICOPTERS ARE.
1:57:48PM LIKE I SAID, I FEEL THAT -- I FIELD SO MANY PHONE CALLS.
1:57:52PM EVERY ONE IS ON A MISSION.
1:57:54PM WE FACILITATE AND WORK WITH, WHEN YOU ARE IN AIR TRAFFIC,
1:57:57PM YOU FACILITY AND WORK WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR THEM TO
1:57:59PM ACCOMPLISH THOSE MISSIONS BECAUSE THEY ARE IMPORTANT, AND WE
1:58:03PM ARE BRIEFED AND I KNOW WE'RE CONSTANTLY IN COMMUNICATION
1:58:06PM WITH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL.
1:58:08PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA AND THEN COUNCIL
1:58:10PM MEMBER --
1:58:11PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAJOR, FOR YOUR
1:58:13PM FINE, FINE REPORTING.
1:58:15PM YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND -- I LIVE CLOSE TO THE AIRPORT AND I
1:58:19PM LIVE CLOSE TO ANOTHER FACILITY THAT IS THE HOSPITAL.
1:58:23PM THERE'S NOT ONE DAY THAT I DON'T HEAR A HELICOPTER FLYING AT
1:58:26PM WHATEVER, 700 OR A THOUSAND FEET.
1:58:29PM HOWEVER, LAST WEEK, I THINK IT WAS, I HEARD THE ONE THAT WAS
1:58:32PM REALLY, REALLY, REALLY LOUD.
1:58:35PM IF IT WAS -- IT WAS LIKE IN MY LIVING ROOM.
1:58:40PM I DIDN'T GO OUTSIDE BUT I DID AFTER.
1:58:42PM WHAT WAS IT.
1:58:43PM I DIDN'T SEE IT.
1:58:45PM THAT NIGHT I TURNED ON A TV CHANNEL AND IT WAS SOMETHING TO
1:58:49PM DO WITH A SPORT EVENT, APACHE ATTACK HELICOPTER.
1:58:52PM YOU THINK THAT DOESN'T MAKE NOISE, THAT MAKES NOISE IF
1:58:55PM YOU'RE IN ANOTHER COUNTY.
1:58:56PM THE NOISE WAS DEAFENING.
1:58:59PM YOU CAN SEE IT WAS SOMETHING THAT DON'T MESS WITH ME, I'M A
1:59:02PM BIG BOY BECAUSE THE NOISE ALONE SCARED ME.
1:59:05PM AND I UNDERSTAND THE PUBLIC'S NEED.
1:59:07PM BUT WHAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THE
1:59:11PM HELICOPTER.
1:59:13PM ONE OF THE POLICE OFFICERS OR ONE OF THEIR FAMILY GOT HURT,
1:59:15PM INJURED OR WORST OF ALL, MURDERED, WHAT THEN?
1:59:18PM WHAT IS THE PRICE?
1:59:19PM WHAT IS THE PRICE WE HAVE TO PAY SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY NOISE?
1:59:22PM THAT'S WHAT BOTHERS ME ABOUT REALITY OF LIFE.
1:59:27PM AT WHAT EVENT DO WE SAY YES OR NO?
1:59:29PM DO WE SAY NO MORE AND THEN WHAT?
1:59:32PM THAT THERE SHOWS ME NOT ONLY THAT ONE, ALL THE ONES THAT YOU
1:59:36PM HAVE, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT FLIGHT CONTROLLER CAN TELL YOU
1:59:41PM HOW FAR THE HELICOPTER IT WENT, HOW MUCH IN POSITION, HOW
1:59:44PM MUCH CIRCLES IT DID.
1:59:46PM IT'S JUST -- I UNDERSTAND NOBODY LIKES TO BE AGITATED OR
1:59:49PM AGGRAVATED AT SOMETHING.
1:59:50PM BUT WHAT IF IT WAS SOMEBODY IN THEIR FAMILY THAT GOT HURT OR
1:59:57PM IN YOUR FAMILY OR MY FAMILY.
1:59:59PM WHAT IF THAT HAPPENS?
2:00:00PM IS THE VALUE OF A LITTLE NOISE GOING TO BRING THEM BACK?
2:00:05PM I DON'T THINK SO.
2:00:07PM WHAT ARE WE TO DO IS THE QUESTION?
2:00:11PM THAT'S ALL.
2:00:13PM THANK YOU.
2:00:14PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
2:00:17PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
2:00:17PM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU SAYING WHAT YOU
2:00:23PM SAID.
2:00:24PM THIS IS PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME THAT I PROBABLY WILL PROVIDE
2:00:27PM A LITTLE BIT OF ENTERTAINMENT IN TERMS OF MY COMMENT.
2:00:31PM BUT THE REAL ISSUE HERE IS PUBLIC SAFETY.
2:00:33PM AND SOMETIMES PUBLIC SAFETY IS NOISY, AND THIS LEVEL OF
2:00:38PM COMPLAINT, I JUST DON'T ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND IT.
2:00:41PM I LIVED IN TAMPA HEIGHTS.
2:00:43PM I'VE HEARD HELICOPTERS BEFORE, ESPECIALLY EARLY ON.
2:00:47PM A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW TAMPA HEIGHTS HAS CHANGED OVER THE
2:00:51PM YEARS.
2:00:51PM SO INITIALLY, YES, YOU KNOW, IT IS NOISY, BUT YOU ARE OUT
2:00:56PM THERE FOR A REASON.
2:00:57PM I DON'T THINK WE JUST FLY HELICOPTERS AROUND IN THE CITY OF
2:00:59PM TAMPA, POLICE HELICOPTERS FOR FUN AT NIGHT.
2:01:04PM THERE HAS TO BE SOME SORT OF ISSUE AT HAND, JUST LIKE THE
2:01:07PM VIDEOS THAT YOU SHOWED US.
2:01:08PM I JUST THINK SOMETIMES WE NEED TO HAVE REALISTIC
2:01:10PM CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR PUBLIC BY SAYING IT'S EITHER ONE OR
2:01:15PM THE OTHER.
2:01:15PM DO YOU WANT THE PUBLIC SAFETY WHICH REQUIRES SOME NOISE, WE
2:01:19PM DON'T NEED TO BUY A $3 MILLION HELICOPTER THAT'S QUIET JUST
2:01:22PM BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE SOME SLEEP.
2:01:24PM THAT'S RIDICULOUS WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS.
2:01:27PM I RESPECT THE FACT THAT THE PUBLIC IS COMPLAINING, BUT
2:01:29PM PUBLIC SAFETY IS THE PRIORITY.
2:01:30PM AND IF YOU ARE OUT THERE, WHAT I WOULD SAY TO TPD IS IF
2:01:34PM YOU'RE OUT THERE WITH HELICOPTERS, LET THERE BE A REASON
2:01:37PM LIKE THE VIDEOS THAT YOU SHOWED US AND WE CAN BACK THAT UP.
2:01:41PM AND THE PUBLIC IS NOT ABOUT DECIDING.
2:01:44PM WE'RE GOING TO CHOOSE PUBLIC SAFETY OVER THE INCONVENIENCE
2:01:46PM OF A LITTLE BIT OF NOISE.
2:01:47PM I THINK EVERYONE CAN UNDERSTAND THAT.
2:01:49PM THIS IS JUST NOT A CITY COUNCIL PROBLEM.
2:01:53PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
2:02:00PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I GUESS I'M JUST GOING TO DISAGREE BECAUSE I
2:02:04PM THINK PEOPLE -- I MEAN, SLEEP IS VERY VALUABLE TO A LOT OF
2:02:07PM PEOPLE, AND IT SEEMS LIKE A PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD IS
2:02:11PM IMPACTED MORE THAN OTHERS.
2:02:13PM SO MY QUESTION, YOU MENTIONED DURING YOUR PRESENTATION THAT
2:02:18PM THERE'S PATROLLING FOR ONE HOUR DURING THE DAY AND TWO HOURS
2:02:22PM AT NIGHT.
2:02:24PM SO THAT DOES NOT -- IT SEEMS LIKE PEOPLE HAVE SAID THAT
2:02:30PM THERE IS A REASON YOU'RE UP THERE.
2:02:31PM BUT PATROLLING IS JUST UP THERE TO BE UP THERE, CORRECT?
2:02:35PM >>RICH MILLS: THAT'S USUALLY WHEN THEY DO ALL OF THEIR
2:02:37PM CHECKS, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE CHECKS DURING THE EVENING
2:02:41PM HOURS AND DURING THE MIDNIGHT HOURS.
2:02:46PM >>LYNN HURTAK: IF YOU'RE DOING THOSE TYPES OF CHECKS, I
2:02:48PM WOULD EXPECT THEN IF YOU'RE SIMPLY PATROLLING THAT YOU WOULD
2:02:54PM BE PATROLLING ALL FOUR DISTRICTS OF THE CITY EQUALLY IN
2:02:58PM ORDER TO DO THAT.
2:03:00PM BUT WITH THE MAPS WE'VE SEEN, IT DOESN'T SEEM THAT THAT IS
2:03:06PM HAPPENING.
2:03:07PM CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY YOU AREN'T VISITING EACH DISTRICT
2:03:11PM EQUALLY IF YOU ARE SIMPLY PATROLLING?
2:03:14PM >>RICH MILLS: I DON'T KNOW WHAT MAPS YOU'RE REFERRING TO,
2:03:17PM MA'AM.
2:03:17PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THE MAP THAT WE WERE ALL SENT --
2:03:22PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT WAS LIKE A SPAGHETTI MODEL.
2:03:24PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YEAH, A SPAGHETTI MODEL.
2:03:27PM >>RICH MILLS: THAT'S ONLY ONE FLIGHT.
2:03:29PM SO THAT HELICOPTER WENT UP AND IT ACTUALLY SHOWS IT COMING
2:03:32PM FROM THEIR HANGAR AND THEN GOING TO AN INCIDENT AND DOING --
2:03:36PM THAT'S WHY YOU SEE IT, EXPLAIN ORBITING.
2:03:41PM YOU'LL SEE FLIGHT PATTERNS WHERE IT GOES STRAIGHT OUT AND
2:03:43PM IN.
2:03:44PM WHEN YOU SEE THE SPAGHETTI MODEL TIGHTEN UP TO THAT REAL
2:03:46PM TIGHT ORBITING SO THEY ARE IN ONE AREA IT LOOKS LIKE, THAT'S
2:03:50PM WHEN THEY ARE ACTUALLY ORBITING BECAUSE THEY SEE SOMETHING.
2:03:55PM THEY ARE RESPONDING TO SOMETHING.
2:03:56PM THAT SHOULD INDICATE THEY ARE THERE FOR A REASON.
2:03:59PM THOSE INDIVIDUAL E-MAILS THAT PEOPLE ARE SENDING, THAT'S ONE
2:04:03PM FLIGHT.
2:04:03PM SO THAT'S JUST ONE FLIGHT WHICH COULD BE AN HOUR OR IT COULD
2:04:07PM BE 20 MINUTES.
2:04:09PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I GUESS MY QUESTION WITH THIS PATROLLING,
2:04:13PM WHERE YOU'RE CHECKING INFRASTRUCTURE OR DOING STUFF LIKE
2:04:16PM THAT, WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE AT MIDNIGHT IF ALL YOU'RE DOING
2:04:19PM IS CHECKING INFRASTRUCTURE?
2:04:20PM IS THERE A WAY WE CAN MOVE THOSE TO THE DAYLIGHT HOURS SO IF
2:04:25PM ALL YOU'RE DOING IS CHECKING INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU CAN DO THAT
2:04:27PM DURING THE DAY TO NOT INTERRUPT PEOPLE'S SLEEP?
2:04:30PM >>RICH MILLS: WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO THAT.
2:04:32PM I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.
2:04:34PM I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHY.
2:04:36PM THEY MAY HAVE A REASON, OUR PILOTS AND AVIATION UNIT MAY
2:04:39PM HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC REASON WHY THEY DO THAT AND WHY THEY
2:04:42PM ONLY HAVE ONE HOUR DURING EVENING HOURS AND TWO HOURS DURING
2:04:46PM MIDNIGHT HOURS, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT REASONING, BUT I CAN
2:04:49PM DEFINITELY FIND THAT OUT.
2:04:50PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS, IT IS
2:04:53PM THAT GREAT GIVE AND TAKE WE CAN DO WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
2:04:56PM BECAUSE IF YOU'RE SAYING, OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU'RE UP THERE FOR
2:04:59PM A REASON, THAT'S ONE THING.
2:05:01PM BUT IF YOU ARE USING THESE HOURS OF PATROL, IF WE COULD MAKE
2:05:05PM SURE, AND IF IT'S SIMPLY LOOKING AT INFRASTRUCTURE, IF WE
2:05:07PM COULD DO THAT DURING OUR NON-QUIETER HOURS, I THINK THAT
2:05:12PM WOULD HELP THE PUBLIC.
2:05:14PM >>RICH MILLS: I DO KNOW, IN PART I KNOW THE ANSWER.
2:05:18PM I DON'T KNOW THE FULL ANSWER.
2:05:19PM BUT I WILL GET THAT.
2:05:20PM BUT IN PART, WHAT THEY DO, AND I SAID IT IN MY BRIEF, WHERE
2:05:24PM THEY LOOK AT STATISTICS -- CRIMES STATISTICALLY, WHAT AREA,
2:05:30PM WHAT TIMES THEY ARE HAPPENING, WHAT DAYS THEY ARE HAPPENING.
2:05:32PM WHAT THEY DO, THEY TRY TO BE UP.
2:05:36PM THEY TRY TO PICK OUT WHEN THE HIGHEST CRIME IS GOING ON IN
2:05:39PM THE CITY AND WHERE THE HIGHEST CRIME IS GOING ON IN THE
2:05:41PM CITY.
2:05:41PM AND THAT'S WHEN THEY TRY TO DO THOSE VERY, VERY SHORT HOURS
2:05:45PM OF MANDATORY.
2:05:46PM THE ONE HOUR IN THE EVENING AND TWO HOURS AT MIDNIGHT.
2:05:49PM IN OTHER WORDS, THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE DATA AND
2:05:52PM TRADITIONALLY WE HAVE MORE CRIME DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS.
2:05:55PM WE HAVE MORE CRIME FROM 7 AT NIGHT OR 9:00 AT NIGHT UNTIL
2:05:59PM 6:00 IN THE MORNING.
2:06:01PM OBVIOUSLY, THEY ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO PUT SO MANY HOURS ON THE
2:06:05PM HELICOPTER, SO IF THEY ARE NOT -- IF THEY DON'T GO UP AT ALL
2:06:08PM ONE DAY, THEN THEY ARE GROUNDED.
2:06:10PM SO THAT'S WHY THEY BUILD IN THAT MANDATORY HOURS TO GO UP
2:06:14PM ONE HOUR DURING THE DAY AND TWO HOURS AT NIGHT.
2:06:17PM REALLY ONLY UP THREE HOURS A DAY.
2:06:19PM THAT'S NOT A LOT OF TIME.
2:06:20PM THAT'S HOW THEY GET THEIR TIME IN.
2:06:22PM THAT'S HOW THEY MAINTAIN THEIR CERTIFICATIONS, BUT THERE IS
2:06:24PM A VERY PINPOINTED REASON BECAUSE THEY LOOK AT THE STATISTICS
2:06:29PM ON WHERE THE CRIME IS TAKING PLACE, THE HOURS THE CRIME IS
2:06:32PM TAKING PLACE AND THE DAYS, AND THAT'S HOW THEY DEPLOY.
2:06:38PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I ABSOLUTELY RESPECT THAT, BUT I THINK WHAT
2:06:40PM THE PUBLIC IS ASKING IS IF YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT
2:06:43PM LIVES IN THAT AREA AND YOU'RE UP EVERY NIGHT OVER THEIR
2:06:48PM HOUSE AND THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO AS A
2:06:51PM CITIZEN AND THEY WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SLEEP SO THEY CAN GET
2:06:53PM TO WORK, IF WE CAN SIMPLY LOOK AT HOW OFTEN WE ARE OVER A
2:06:58PM CERTAIN AREA EVERY NIGHT.
2:06:59PM WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THOSE CONSIDERATIONS OF WHERE YOU'RE
2:07:03PM GOING, ALSO BE CONSIDERATE OF THE PLACES YOU'RE GOING AND
2:07:07PM THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE THAT WANT JUST THE BALANCE OF
2:07:11PM SAFETY BUT ALSO BEING ABLE TO SLEEP.
2:07:14PM AGAIN, I MEAN, I'VE HEARD, I'M GETTING COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS
2:07:18PM AS WELL.
2:07:18PM I WOULD JUST LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT
2:07:21PM IT.
2:07:22PM WE'RE CONSIDERING WHEN THE HOURS THAT WE CAN GET THAT PATROL
2:07:26PM TIME IN.
2:07:27PM THANK YOU.
2:07:29PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, CLENDENIN AND THEN
2:07:32PM --
2:07:32PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I BELIEVE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, VERY
2:07:34PM SHORTLY, THIS WILL BE A MOOT QUESTION BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE
2:07:37PM ELECTRIC HELICOPTERS.
2:07:38PM YOU ALREADY HAVE SOME ELECTRIC PLANES THAT I SEE IN CANADA
2:07:41PM THAT ARE TRYING THEM OUT, FOUR ENGINE PLANES AND THEY ARE
2:07:44PM DOING VERY WELL ON TEST RUNS.
2:07:46PM SOONER OR LATER, MORE THAN LIKELY SOONER THAN LATER, THIS IS
2:07:50PM GOING TO BE A MOOT QUESTION BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
2:07:52PM HELICOPTERS THAT ARE NOT PROPELLED BY ANY TYPE OF CHEMICALS
2:07:56PM OR GAS OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.
2:07:59PM THEY ARE GOING TO BE SOLELY ELECTRIC.
2:08:01PM AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HEAR THEM.
2:08:03PM AND THAT SOLVES THE PROBLEM.
2:08:06PM AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO SEE, WHAT IF YOU DO WHAT IS STATED
2:08:10PM AND DON'T DO AN AREA BECAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN THERE.
2:08:13PM BUT YET YOU KNOW THERE IS A HOT SPOT AND YOU DON'T GO.
2:08:16PM WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMEBODY IS MURDERED IN THAT AREA WHEN YOU
2:08:19PM WERE NOT IN THAT VICINITY TO GET THERE?
2:08:21PM WHO IS RESPONSIBLE.
2:08:23PM >> ESSENTIALLY WE ARE.
2:08:25PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I ALWAYS THINK OF THE WHAT-IFS.
2:08:27PM WHAT IF I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE CHANCE, WHAT IF I DO TAKE
2:08:33PM THE CHANCE.
2:08:34PM THOSE ARE THE THINGS I CONSIDER IN MY MIND ANYWAY.
2:08:37PM A LIFE IS WORTH 10,000 HOURS OF A NOISE IN A HELICOPTER
2:08:40PM BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET THAT LIFE BACK.
2:08:42PM THAT'S IT.
2:08:43PM THANK YOU.
2:08:45PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN, THEN ME AND VIERA.
2:08:50PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, I WOULD LOVE TO TELL
2:08:54PM YOU THAT IS TRUE BUT I THINK IT WILL GET MUCH WORSE BECAUSE
2:08:58PM THE DRONES ARE COMING AND DRONES ARE LOUD AND PROCEDURES
2:09:01PM WILL BE IN PLACE AND VERY LOW AND ALL OVER OUR HOUSES.
2:09:04PM IT'S ALREADY APPROVED AND OUTSIDE OF OUR HANDS ALL THE TIME.
2:09:08PM THIS IS GOING TO PALE IN COMPARISON TO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO
2:09:13PM SEE.
2:09:13PM I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PUT IT, BUT SOME OF WHAT I THINK WHAT
2:09:16PM GWEN JUST SAID ABOUT NOT BEING A COUNCIL BUSINESS, BECAUSE
2:09:21PM WE'RE THINKING OF THIS, WHAT I'M HEARING, I GET PEOPLE'S
2:09:25PM CONCERN BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S NOISY.
2:09:26PM I LIVE NEXT TO TAMPA GENERAL.
2:09:28PM I HEAR HELICOPTERS 24/7.
2:09:31PM I GET IT.
2:09:32PM I UNDERSTAND.
2:09:33PM BUT WE'RE THINKING OF THIS IN A VACUUM.
2:09:35PM YOU'RE THINKING OF TAMPA PD HELICOPTERS AND THE CITIZENS AS
2:09:40PM IF THIS WAS THE ONLY THING GOING ON.
2:09:42PM WE LIVE IN A MAJOR AVIATION ENVIRONMENT WITH A MAJOR
2:09:45PM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, AN AIR FORCE BASE, A LOT OF -- PETER
2:09:50PM O. KNIGHT, TAMPA EXECUTIVE, ST. PETE CLEARWATER, ALBERT
2:09:56PM WHITTED.
2:09:57PM THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST DENSELY USED AIRSPACE IN THE COUNTRY
2:10:03PM THIS AREA.
2:10:04PM JUST BECAUSE TAMPA PD OR ANY USER OF THE AVIATION SYSTEM
2:10:09PM WANTS TO BE SOMEWHERE, THEY ARE NOT ENTITLED TO BE THERE.
2:10:13PM THEY HAVE TO BE CONTROLLED AND SEGREGATED AND SEPARATED FROM
2:10:16PM OTHER AIRCRAFT.
2:10:17PM RECOGNIZE ESPECIALLY -- BECAUSE WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE
2:10:22PM TAMPA INTERNATIONAL IN OUR URBAN AREA, BUT ONE OF THE
2:10:25PM DOWNFALLS OF THAT IS THE AVIATION PEOPLE COMING AND GOING
2:10:29PM FROM THERE IS ALSO OVER OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
2:10:34PM THE TWO RUNWAYS THAT ARE MOSTLY USED BY AIR CARRIERS ARE
2:10:38PM NORTH-SOUTH RUNWAYS.
2:10:40PM AIRCRAFT ARE EITHER TAKING OFF OR LANDING ON THE NORTH-SOUTH
2:10:43PM RUNWAYS.
2:10:44PM WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT LIKE SOUTH TAMPA, YOU CAN'T HAVE
2:10:47PM HELICOPTERS ORBITING OR CIRCLING IN THAT APPROACH PATH OR
2:10:51PM FLIGHT PATH OR THE PARTS ON EITHER END OF THE RUNWAY BECAUSE
2:10:56PM OF THAT SITUATION.
2:10:57PM YOU HAVE TO BUILD IN SEPARATION AND SEGREGATION FROM THE
2:11:01PM OTHER TRAFFIC THAT'S COMING AND GOING.
2:11:03PM I PREVIOUSLY TALKED ABOUT THE EAST-WEST TRAFFIC THAT COMES
2:11:05PM OVER THE TOP OF TAMPA INTERNATIONAL.
2:11:08PM AND THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC.
2:11:10PM ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I THINK WAS -- I KNOW HE HIT ON
2:11:15PM THIS, THE PILOT TRAINING AND CURRENCY TIME IN THE
2:11:18PM HELICOPTER, BOTH DAY AND NIGHT.
2:11:20PM THE PROBLEM TO GET THAT CURRENCY TIME AND TO MAKE IT USEFUL,
2:11:24PM IF YOU'RE TRYING TO FLY DURING THE DAY, YOU'RE COMPETING FOR
2:11:28PM A VERY SMALL PIECE OF AIRSPACE WITH A LOT OF OTHER
2:11:32PM AIRPLANES.
2:11:32PM AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL WHICH OWNS THE AIRSPACE AND ENSURES THE
2:11:36PM SAFETY AND KEEPS THE AIRPLANES FROM TOUCHING WOULD DENY, IF
2:11:40PM IT WAS JUST A ROUTINE, WOULD DENY IT BECAUSE HONESTLY
2:11:43PM THERE'S NO SPACE FOR THEM DURING THE DAY IN CLOSE PROXIMITY
2:11:46PM TO TAMPA INTERNATIONAL, ANYWHERE BETWEEN FIVE MILES OF TAMPA
2:11:50PM INTERNATIONAL WHICH COVERS ALL THE AREAS.
2:11:52PM THERE'S NO SPACE BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER THINGS
2:11:55PM GOING ON.
2:11:55PM WHEN THESE THINGS HAPPEN, GENERALLY THEY ARE IN
2:11:58PM COMMUNICATION WITH THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER.
2:12:00PM DURING THE DAY IT IS HIGHLY CONGESTED AIRSPACE AND VERY
2:12:05PM TOUGH TO MANAGE.
2:12:06PM SO NOT ONLY THE SAFETY OF THE POLICE OFFICERS, THE SAFETY OF
2:12:09PM THE PUBLIC ON THE GROUND AND THEN THE AIR TRAFFIC THING,
2:12:12PM IT'S LIKE THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT ISN'T GOING TO FIND A
2:12:15PM SOLUTION ON CITY COUNCIL.
2:12:17PM THANK YOU.
2:12:20PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
2:12:21PM BY THE WAY, FOR COUNCIL, PART OF MY LEAVING IN AND OUT OF
2:12:24PM COUNCIL AND DEALING WITH ISSUES WITH MY MOTHER'S MEDICAL
2:12:27PM CARE AND SOME ISSUES LIKE THAT AND MAKING A LOT OF CALLS.
2:12:31PM FOR THE PUBLIC, MY APOLOGIES.
2:12:32PM I WAS GOING TO SAY -- NO, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
2:12:36PM PRESENTATION.
2:12:38PM WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS BEFORE ON YOUR TIME HERE IN TAMPA AND
2:12:43PM YOU'RE VERY STRONG LOVE FOR OUR CITY OF TAMPA AS A RESIDENT
2:12:46PM HERE.
2:12:47PM LIKE ALL OF TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WHATNOT.
2:12:49PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
2:12:49PM I THINK THE REAL ISSUE WITH THIS IS I LIKE TO HAVE A SAYING
2:12:52PM WHICH IS YOU CAN'T CHANGE SOMEBODY BUT YOU CAN TAME THEIR
2:12:55PM EXCESSES.
2:12:56PM I THINK EVERYBODY AGREES TO THE EXTENT ANY DISRUPTION FROM
2:13:00PM NEIGHBORHOODS ON PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES CAN BE HELD, LET'S DO
2:13:03PM IT.
2:13:03PM YOU ALL AGREE 110%.
2:13:06PM THERE'S OBVIOUSLY NO NEED, IN MY OPINION, TO CURTAIL
2:13:08PM HELICOPTER ISSUES OR FOR PUBLIC SAFETY TO GO CATCH FOLKS WHO
2:13:12PM NEED TO BE CAUGHT.
2:13:15PM I THINK THAT IS THE SUMMARY OF WHERE WE'RE AT ON THIS, I
2:13:17PM THINK.
2:13:18PM THAT'S IT.
2:13:18PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I'LL CLOSE IT OUT WITH THANK YOU FOR THE
2:13:21PM PRESENTATION.
2:13:21PM I LIVE ACROSS FROM THE HOSPITAL, SO I HEAR THE HELICOPTER GO
2:13:25PM OVER ALL THE TIME IN THE NIGHT.
2:13:29PM I'VE JUST GOTTEN USED TO IT.
2:13:32PM YOUR PRESENTATION ON SHOWING THE VIDEOS AND HOW VERY
2:13:36PM SPECIFIC IT IS IN CATCHING CRIMINALS AND HOW EFFICIENT IT IS
2:13:42PM BECAUSE WHEN SECONDS COUNT, IT'S THERE.
2:13:44PM IT'S VERY COMPLICATED BECAUSE YOU'RE PREVENTING CATASTROPHES
2:13:52PM FROM HAPPENING AND PUTTING OTHER PEOPLE AT RISK OR LOSING
2:13:55PM EVIDENCE SUCH AS A FIREARM GETTING BURIED IN THE BACKYARD OR
2:13:59PM TOSSED OUT OF A WINDOW, WHATEVER.
2:14:01PM AND YOU'RE FINDING THE SUSPECTS VERY QUICKLY.
2:14:03PM I UNDERSTAND EVERYBODY'S CONCERNS, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE
2:14:09PM EFFICIENCY AND HOW IT MAKES SENSE AND WHY WE HAVE IT AND WHY
2:14:15PM IT OPERATES AS IT DOES.
2:14:18PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
2:14:18PM NEXT UP I THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT NUMBER 30 REGARDING
2:14:24PM SECURITY CONCERNS FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
2:14:27PM >> MEGAN NEW COM, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY ADDRESSING ITEM
2:14:31PM NUMBER 30.
2:14:32PM COUNCILMAN CARLSON'S MOTION REGARDING THE SECURITY.
2:14:37PM WE DID FILE A MEMORANDUM TO GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE.
2:14:42PM I DID REACH OUT AND SPEAK WITH MOST OF YOU AND TAKE YOUR
2:14:45PM CONCERNS REGARDING SECURITY HERE AT CITY COUNCIL AS WELL AS
2:14:48PM IN OLD CITY HALL AND DISCUSS THAT INTERNALLY WITH THE TAMPA
2:14:51PM POLICE DEPARTMENT.
2:14:52PM IT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT WE DO A LITTLE BIT OF A
2:14:54PM FOLLOW-UP ANALYSIS BASED ON SOME OF THE CONCERNS RAISED AND
2:14:57PM THEN PRESENT THAT TO COUNCIL AND THEN YOU ALL CAN MAKE SOME
2:15:00PM DECISIONS ABOUT ANY CHANGES THAT YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE MOVING
2:15:04PM FORWARD.
2:15:04PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU'RE SAYING YOU WILL ONCE AGAIN MEET
2:15:07PM WITH US ONE ON ONE AND THEN UPDATE US LATER?
2:15:12PM >> DETECTIVE BARBOSA IS WORKING ON THE ANALYSIS AND THEN
2:15:14PM I'LL GET WITH MR. SHELBY AND FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO
2:15:17PM CONVEY THE INFORMATION TO YOU ALL, WHETHER IT BE ONE OR ONE
2:15:21PM OR ALL TOGETHER, WE'LL WORK OUT THOSE DETAILS DEPENDING.
2:15:26PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
2:15:29PM >> [INAUDIBLE]
2:15:32PM >>BILL CARLSON: CAN I SAY THANK YOU TO YOU ALL FOR TAKING IT
2:15:36PM SERIOUSLY AND FOR THE THOROUGHNESS OF IT.
2:15:38PM I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU AND TPD WILL BE DOING GOING
2:15:41PM FORWARD.
2:15:42PM >> MY PLEASURE.
2:15:43PM THANK YOU.
2:15:46PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I JUST WOULD LIKE A LITTLE MORE CONTEXT
2:15:49PM ABOUT THIS.
2:15:49PM SAFETY ISSUE, WHAT, AFTER YOU LEAVE MEETINGS AT NIGHT OR
2:15:53PM SOMETHING?
2:15:54PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF WE CAN, I'D APPRECIATE -- HAVE YOU HAD
2:15:56PM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON?
2:16:01PM >> I DID NOT.
2:16:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CAN YOU UPDATE THE COUNCILWOMAN.
2:16:06PM >> YES, MA'AM.
2:16:07PM I'LL SPEAK WITH YOU INDIVIDUALLY.
2:16:08PM YES, MA'AM.
2:16:09PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
2:16:10PM WE HAVE ITEMS 28 AND 29.
2:16:12PM JUSTIN VASKE IS IN THE AUDIENCE.
2:16:15PM I'M SORRY.
2:16:18PM 26, YES.
2:16:25PM >>BILL CARLSON: THE IDEA HERE, THERE WAS AN ORDINANCE IN
2:16:28PM EFFECT YEARS AGO TO FINE PEOPLE FOR PUTTING LEAVES IN THE
2:16:34PM STREET.
2:16:34PM TWO, THREE YEARS AGO, WE CHANGED THE HOURS OF OPERATION TO
2:16:40PM ALLOW PEOPLE TO SLEEP MORE AND WE ALSO I THINK DOUBLED THE
2:16:46PM FINE.
2:16:47PM SO WE'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE VIDEOS POP UP ONLINE OF PEOPLE
2:16:51PM NOT JUST BLOWING LEAVES INTO THE STREET BUT BLOWING THEM
2:16:55PM INTO THE GUTTERS.
2:16:56PM AND THE PROBLEM IS, JUST BEFORE WE STARTED, SOMEONE STARTED
2:17:01PM FOUR YEARS AGO, THE CITY SPENT I THINK TWO OR THREE MILLION
2:17:03PM DOLLARS GOING THROUGH CLEANING OUT THE GUTTERS.
2:17:07PM ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH TAMPA, FOLKS COMPLAIN ABOUT FLOODING,
2:17:10PM ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THERE WAS FLOODING IS BECAUSE LEAVES
2:17:14PM AND TREE LIMBS AND THINGS ARE BEING SHOVED DOWN THE
2:17:18PM STORMWATER GUTTERS.
2:17:19PM WITH THE CONCERN ABOUT FLOODING WHICH IS HAPPENING A LOT NOW
2:17:22PM AND ALSO OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE, JUST WONDERING, QUICK
2:17:28PM OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE CITY IS DOING TO ASSURE THE REASONS
2:17:31PM THAT THEY ARE ENFORCING THIS BECAUSE WE ANECDOTALLY SEE A
2:17:36PM LOT OF IT HAPPENING.
2:17:37PM WHAT SHOULD SOMEBODY DO IF THEY SEE SOMEBODY BLOWING THESE
2:17:40PM THINGS INTO THE STREET?
2:17:41PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM, GO AHEAD.
2:17:43PM SUSAN.
2:17:45PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON, SUSAN WENRICK WITH NEIGHBORHOOD
2:17:49PM ENHANCEMENT.
2:17:50PM TO DATE, WE STARTED ASSISTING STORMWATER WITH THIS PROBLEM
2:17:54PM IN 2017.
2:17:55PM TO DATE WE HAVE DONE 175 INVESTIGATIONS.
2:17:59PM WE'VE ISSUED 45 CITATIONS.
2:18:02PM RANGE ANYWHERE FROM $75 TO $450.
2:18:05PM HOW IT'S ENFORCED IS, FIRST, IT'S PERSONAL OBSERVATION BY
2:18:09PM THE CODE OFFICER AS IT'S OCCURRING OR EVIDENCE THAT WE HAVE
2:18:14PM RECEIVED FROM A PERSON CHARGED WITH ENFORCEMENT OF CITY
2:18:18PM CODE, STORMWATER PERSONNEL OR MOBILITY AND ALSO DO
2:18:21PM INVESTIGATION OF COMPLAINTS THAT ARE RECEIVED IN THE
2:18:23PM CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER.
2:18:24PM I DO KNOW THAT STORMWATER HAS A VERY PROACTIVE EDUCATIONAL
2:18:31PM PIECE THAT THEY DO.
2:18:32PM THEY DO IT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.
2:18:35PM THEY ALSO PROVIDE A CITYWIDE TRAINING PROGRAM CALLED
2:18:37PM MUNICIPAL STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION STORM WATCH THAT
2:18:41PM THE EMPLOYEES WILL SIGN ON AND TAKE.
2:18:44PM I THINK IT'S DONE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
2:18:46PM SO WE TAKE THIS MATTER VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY.
2:18:48PM WE'RE VERY AGGRESSIVE WITH IT.
2:18:52PM I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
2:18:55PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
2:18:56PM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN AND COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
2:18:59PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I APPLAUD COUNCILMAN CARLSON FOR BRINGING
2:19:02PM THIS TO EVERYONE'S ATTENTION BECAUSE I WITNESSED IT
2:19:05PM FIRSTHAND AS WELL.
2:19:05PM IT SEEMS TO ME IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE
2:19:09PM PROBLEMATIC BUT THE LANDSCAPE COMPANIES THAT ARE
2:19:11PM PROBLEMATIC.
2:19:11PM >> THAT'S CORRECT.
2:19:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MAYBE WE NEED TO LOOK AT REASSESSING THE
2:19:15PM FEES, TOO, TO MAKE IT MORE PUNITIVE IF THEY ARE DOING
2:19:18PM SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
2:19:19PM SOMETIMES IF THE FEES ARE TOO LOW, IT'S BETTER TO ASK FOR
2:19:25PM FORGIVENESS, PAY THE FEE AND MOVE ON.
2:19:28PM >>BILL CARLSON: OR ANOTHER ROUND OF EDUCATION.
2:19:31PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IT'S DEFINITELY PROBLEMATIC.
2:19:32PM I SEE IT.
2:19:34PM AND I ALSO SEE POSTS ABOUT IT AS WELL.
2:19:39PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
2:19:40PM >> OUR TEAM TAKES A STACK OF BROCHURES WITH THEM.
2:19:43PM IF WE SEE A LANDSCAPE COMPANY AND WE THINK THEY MIGHT BE
2:19:47PM LEADING IN THAT DIRECTION, WE STOP AND GIVE THEM THE
2:19:50PM BROCHURE AND CHITCHAT TO EDUCATE THEM.
2:19:52PM A LOT OF PEOPLE THEY HIRE, THEY ARE NOT AWARE THAT BLOWING
2:19:55PM THAT STUFF OUT INTO THE STREET THAT ENDS UP IN THE STORM
2:19:58PM DRAIN, THEY MAY NOT REALIZE IT'S A PROBLEM.
2:20:01PM SO WE TAKE A PROACTIVE APPROACH AND HAND OUT BROCHURES AS WE
2:20:04PM GO THROUGHOUT OUR DAY.
2:20:06PM >>LYNN HURTAK: ARE THOSE BROCHURES IN BOTH SPANISH AND
2:20:08PM ENGLISH?
2:20:09PM >> I'M NOT SURE.
2:20:10PM THE ONES I HAVE ARE ENGLISH.
2:20:13PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I MAY WISH TO CONSIDER DOING ONE IN SPANISH.
2:20:17PM >> THAT IS A GREAT IDEA.
2:20:18PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
2:20:19PM THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN IN THE BOOKS FOR A LONG TIME.
2:20:22PM I'M SAYING YOU ALL DO A FANTASTIC JOB, NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.
2:20:26PM TWO INSTANCES.
2:20:29PM ONE MORNING SOME YEARS BACK, THAT'S WHAT STARTED ALL THIS.
2:20:32PM I'M DRIVING DOWN HENDERSON BOULEVARD, RIGHT ON THE CORNER OF
2:20:37PM SWAN, I BELIEVE THE LOCATION, A WATER HYDRANT.
2:20:40PM BIG TRUCK FILLING UP.
2:20:42PM I DROVE BY AND I GO BACK, I DIDN'T SEE NO CITY SEAL ON IT.
2:20:46PM I GET OUT OF THE CAR LIKE I'M SMART BEING STUPID, WHAT ARE
2:20:49PM YOU DOING WITH THE WATER?
2:20:50PM HE SAID, WELL, I'M TAKING IT.
2:20:57PM [ENCODER DROP]
2:21:09PM -- FIRE DEPARTMENT TOLD ME WE HAVE TO CATCH THEM.
2:21:22PM I CAN TESTIFY.
2:21:22PM I SAW THEM.
2:21:23PM I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT YOU GUYS.
2:21:30PM TALKING ABOUT IN GENERAL.
2:21:31PM I DON'T KNOW WHEN THIS STARTED ENFORCING, BUT I DON'T THINK
2:21:34PM IT WAS UNTIL RECENTLY AND THIS HAS BEEN IN THE BOOKS AT
2:21:37PM LEAST 8 OR 10 YEARS.
2:21:38PM I REMEMBER THIS ORDINANCE SPECIFICALLY.
2:21:40PM HOWEVER, SOME OF OUR OWN SUBCONTRACTORS THAT WE'RE PAYING TO
2:21:43PM DO SERVICES ARE THE ONES THAT ARE DOING THIS.
2:21:47PM ALONG WITH THOUSANDS OF HOMEOWNERS THAT DON'T EVEN KNOW
2:21:50PM THERE IS AN ORDINANCE.
2:21:51PM THAT'S A PROBLEM WE HAVE.
2:21:53PM THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
2:21:55PM SO WE'LL MAKE A MOTION.
2:21:56PM WE DO THIS A LOT IN THE WATER DEPARTMENT WHEN THEY SEND OUT
2:21:59PM THE TOTAL BILL, INCLUDING THE WATER, WHAT IT IS MAYBE IN
2:22:09PM THAT BILLING CYCLE WE CAN PUT IN ONE CYCLE FOR TWO, THREE
2:22:13PM MONTHS SAYING, DO NOT PUT -- IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH -- DO
2:22:17PM NOT PUT THIS ON THE CITY STREET OR PUT IT IN THE CURB OR PUT
2:22:19PM IT INSIDE THE DRAINAGE.
2:22:21PM YOU'RE GOING TO GET FINED.
2:22:23PM THAT SHOULD MAYBE SOLVE IT.
2:22:25PM SOMETIMES YOU WON'T.
2:22:26PM YOU FOLKS COME ALONG WHEN THAT'S HAPPENING AND SAY, HEY --
2:22:30PM BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THE PUBLIC REALLY KNOWS.
2:22:32PM THEY ARE DOING IT SO OFTEN.
2:22:34PM AND AT THAT TIME WE ASK ALL THE CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE
2:22:37PM DRIVING, INCLUDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING THE
2:22:39PM PEOPLE WORKING IN SOLID WASTE TO REPORT TO US.
2:22:43PM I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE.
2:22:45PM I NEVER HEARD BACK.
2:22:46PM BUT THAT'S WHAT WE DID WAY BACK.
2:22:49PM I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
2:22:50PM THANK YOU.
2:22:51PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
2:22:51PM THANK YOU, SUSAN.
2:22:56PM >> THANK YOU.
2:22:59PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT UP IS JUSTIN VASKE.
2:23:01PM ITEM 28.
2:23:03PM >>JUSTIN VASKE: GOOD AFTERNOON.
2:23:04PM JUSTIN VASKE, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
2:23:06PM I HAVE PROVIDED CITY COUNCIL WITH A COMPILATION OF FEE
2:23:09PM RESOLUTIONS.
2:23:10PM AS YOU CAN SEE IT'S PRETTY LENGTHY BUT I'M HERE TO ANSWER
2:23:13PM ANY QUESTIONS.
2:23:14PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
2:23:16PM I KNOW THIS WAS BROUGHT UP EARLIER REGARDING FEES.
2:23:19PM YES, MA'AM, COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
2:23:21PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
2:23:23PM YES, THIS IS PART OF WHY -- WE WERE HAVING A DISCUSSION
2:23:28PM ABOUT THE CHANGING OF FEES, AND THIS IS CERTAINLY OBVIOUSLY
2:23:33PM GOING TO BE A VERY LENGTHY PROCESS.
2:23:35PM SO I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO MAKE A MOTION AROUND THIS WHEN WE
2:23:40PM ARE FINISHED DISCUSSING THAT WE SEND THIS TO THE CITIZENS
2:23:45PM BUDGET AND FINANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO WORK WITH THE
2:23:50PM DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND FINANCE AND LEGAL TO JUST -- YOU
2:23:55PM KNOW, FOR THEM -- FOR THE CITIZENS THEMSELVES TO START TO
2:23:57PM LOOK TO THOSE FEES AND SAY, HEY, MAYBE WE SHOULD LOOK AT
2:24:01PM THESE.
2:24:01PM I KNOW THAT WE HAVE HAD FOLKS IN PUBLIC COMMENT, MRS. POYNOR
2:24:07PM SPECIFICALLY, AND SHE IS ON THAT COMMITTEE, SO I THINK
2:24:10PM THAT'S PROBABLY A GREAT PLACE TO START, BUT IT DOESN'T
2:24:13PM PREVENT US AS A CITY AND THE DEPARTMENTS FROM GOING THROUGH
2:24:16PM THE FEES AS WELL, JUST TAKING A LOOK.
2:24:21PM FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IT IS DIFFICULT TO JUST PUT THEM ON
2:24:23PM AN ANNUAL INCREASE BASIS, CORRECT?
2:24:27PM >> RIGHT.
2:24:27PM AND I CAN SPEAK TO THAT.
2:24:28PM AS YOU KNOW, THE CITIZENS BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE
2:24:31PM RECOMMENDED THAT THE FEES BE INDEXED TO THE RATE OF
2:24:35PM INFLATION.
2:24:36PM I WOULD CAUTION CITY COUNCIL AGAINST A ONE SIZE FIT ALL
2:24:40PM SOLUTION TO FEE INCREASES.
2:24:41PM BUT NEVERTHELESS, THE CITY DOES HAVE BROAD HOME RULE
2:24:44PM AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE CERTAIN TYPES OF FEES.
2:24:48PM FOR INSTANCE, USER FEES, IMPACT FEES, REGULATORY FEES,
2:24:52PM BUILDING CODE INSPECTION FEES AND FRANCHISE FEES.
2:24:55PM HOWEVER, EACH OF THESE FEES HAVE THEIR OWN CRITERIA.
2:24:58PM THEY MAY BE GOVERNED BY STATE LAW AND THEY CAN'T BE ADJUSTED
2:25:03PM THE SAME WAY.
2:25:04PM SO I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT IF WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT
2:25:07PM THE FEES, REVIEW EACH FEE INDIVIDUALLY TO DETERMINE WHETHER
2:25:11PM THE ADJUSTMENT OR INCREASE IS LAWFUL AND WHETHER THEY COMPLY
2:25:14PM WITH CITY POLICY.
2:25:16PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
2:25:16PM THAT IS A GREAT IDEA AND MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK TO
2:25:20PM REFER THIS --
2:25:23PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I NEED TO READ THE WHOLE THING.
2:25:26PM IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK BEFORE I MAKE THE MOTION.
2:25:29PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT IS A GREAT IDEA.
2:25:37PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WE HAVE WORKED THIS OUT.
2:25:38PM WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION.
2:25:39PM >>JUSTIN VASKE: I RECOMMENDED THAT WE REVIEW THE FEES.
2:25:46PM >> BUT NOT AN AUTOMATIC ANNUAL.
2:25:47PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
2:25:48PM >>BILL CARLSON: ANY CHANCE THAT ANYBODY FROM CFO, SOMEBODY
2:25:54PM HAS LOOKED AT THE FEES TO DETERMINE WHAT LEVEL OF REVENUE
2:25:57PM COULD BE GENERATED?
2:25:58PM AS SOMEONE SAID THIS MORNING, IF WE COULD INCREASE USER FEES
2:26:03PM RATHER THAN INCREASING AD VALOREM TAXES, I WONDER WHAT KIND
2:26:06PM OF REVENUE WE COULD GENERATE.
2:26:08PM >>JUSTIN VASKE: I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
2:26:10PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
2:26:11PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT'S ACTUALLY PART OF THE REASON I WANTED
2:26:13PM TO DO THIS.
2:26:14PM THIS IS GOING TO BE A MUCH LENGTHIER PROCESS THAN I THINK
2:26:17PM ANY OF US REALIZED.
2:26:19PM DID NOT REALIZE THERE WERE 600 PAGES OF THEM.
2:26:22PM SO I'M GOING TO START WITH THIS MOTION.
2:26:27PM WE COULD ASK EACH DEPARTMENT, BUT I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY A
2:26:30PM GOOD SPACE BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THE CITIZENS ADVISORY
2:26:35PM COMMITTEE, A, THEY ARE THE CITIZENS, AND B, THEY HAVE AN
2:26:37PM INTEREST IN FINANCE AND FOLLOWING THE BUDGET.
2:26:44PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
2:26:46PM A COUPLE OF THINGS.
2:26:48PM I THINK, JUST SO YOU KNOW, WHEN THE BUDGET, WHEN THE BUDGET
2:26:52PM AND FINANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETS, BOTH REPRESENTATIVES
2:26:56PM FROM REVENUE AND FINANCE THERE, AS IS MR. VASKE, AS IS
2:26:59PM MYSELF.
2:26:59PM SO THAT -- THE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY IS REPRESENTED FROM
2:27:02PM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT IS REPRESENTED.
2:27:04PM ALSO WITH REGARD TO CRITERIA AND NOT TO TAKE ANY TIME, BUT
2:27:07PM CERTAIN LEGAL CRITERIA THAT DEPENDING ON THE FEES THEY ARE
2:27:11PM NOT TAXES, THEY ARE FEES.
2:27:17PM >>JUSTIN VASKE: THAT IS THE RISK.
2:27:18PM WE DON'T WANT A FEE TO BECOME AN UNLAWFUL TAX.
2:27:22PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: FEES ARE NOT NECESSARILY GENERATED TO
2:27:25PM CREATE REVENUE.
2:27:26PM >>JUSTIN VASKE: REGULATORY FEES, FOR INSTANCE, HAVE TO BE
2:27:29PM COMMENSURATE WITH THE REGULATORY ACTIVITY, FOR INSTANCE.
2:27:33PM >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY.
2:27:34PM I MOVE TO REQUEST THAT THE CITIZENS BUDGET AND FINANCE
2:27:37PM ADVISORY COMMITTEE WORK WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE REVENUE
2:27:40PM AND FINANCE AND LEGAL DEPARTMENTS OVER THE COURSE OF THE
2:27:42PM NEXT BUDGET YEAR TO IDENTIFY FEES IN THE CITY THAT NEED TO
2:27:46PM BE ADJUSTED AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL OF
2:27:50PM THOSE FEES THAT MAY BE APPROPRIATE FOR ADJUSTMENTS OR
2:27:53PM INCREASES CONSIDERING THE FACTORS THAT WEIGH IN THE SETTING
2:27:56PM OF FEES.
2:27:57PM THIS DOES NOT PREVENT THE ADMINISTRATION AFTER THEIR OWN DUE
2:28:01PM DILIGENCE FROM BRINGING FORTH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FEE
2:28:03PM CHANGES.
2:28:04PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN
2:28:06PM HURTAK.
2:28:06PM DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
2:28:07PM I HEARD CARLSON.
2:28:08PM CARLSON WITH A SECOND.
2:28:09PM YES, SIR.
2:28:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WANT TO SAY, THAT DOESN'T PREVENT THEM
2:28:14PM TO WAITING UNTIL THEY ARE DONE WITH ALL OF THEM.
2:28:17PM THEY CAN BRING THEM TO US PIECE MEAL, CORRECT?
2:28:19PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES, YES. AND I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THEY
2:28:21PM COME BACK TO US PIECE MEAL.
2:28:23PM BUT THAT WAS KIND OF HARD TO MAKE.
2:28:25PM WE DISCUSSED THAT AND MAKING THAT MOTION IS DIFFICULT, BUT
2:28:28PM IN -- WE COULD -- AND I HATE TO EVEN SAY QUARTERLY BECAUSE
2:28:35PM WE DON'T KNOW.
2:28:36PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BUT THAT'S THE INTENT.
2:28:37PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THE IDEA IS BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE THE
2:28:41PM REVENUE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE AS A PART OF THIS AND MR.
2:28:44PM SHELBY AS PART AND THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AS PART OF THIS
2:28:48PM ORGANIZATION OR THE COMMITTEE THAT THEY CAN -- THAT THEY
2:28:55PM KNOW WELL ENOUGH WHEN TO STOP AND SAY, OH, OKAY, THESE MIGHT
2:28:59PM GROUP NICELY TOGETHER TO BRING TO COUNCIL ON A PERIODIC
2:29:07PM BASIS.
2:29:08PM I ACTUALLY MEET WITH MY APPOINTEE TO THE BUDGET AND FINANCE
2:29:12PM ADVISORY COMMITTEE EVERY MONTH.
2:29:14PM THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD TALK ABOUT DURING OUR
2:29:16PM CONVERSATION.
2:29:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN, FOR BRINGING THIS
2:29:19PM FORWARD, GREAT.
2:29:19PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION?
2:29:20PM AYE.
2:29:21PM ANY OPPOSED?
2:29:22PM VERY GOOD MOTION.
2:29:23PM GOOD IDEA.
2:29:24PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
2:29:25PM THE LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER 29, LEGISLATIVE
2:29:28PM UPDATE.
2:29:29PM YES, MA'AM.
2:29:31PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
2:29:32PM LET ME HAND OUT THE PowerPoint.
2:29:42PM WE HAVE A PowerPoint PRESENTATION FOR THIS ITEM.
2:29:46PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
2:29:46PM NOW ON THE MAIN TV SCREEN.
2:29:51PM GO AHEAD.
2:29:57PM >> I DON'T SEE THE CLICKER.
2:30:02PM THANK YOU.
2:30:15PM THERE IS THE CLICKER.
2:30:17PM GOOD AFTERNOON.
2:30:17PM MY NAME IS DANA CROSBY COLLIER.
2:30:20PM I'M WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
2:30:21PM I'M HERE WITH MEMBERS OF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TODAY TO
2:30:24PM PROVIDE A BRIEF LEGISLATIVE UPDATE OF THE 2023 SESSION.
2:30:27PM IN THE 2023 SESSION, THERE WERE 1828 BILLS INTRODUCED.
2:30:34PM 356 PASSED DURING THE 60 DAY SESSION.
2:30:37PM IT WAS A VERY ACTIVE SESSION.
2:30:39PM THIS PRESENTATION TODAY IS SPLIT UP INTO TWO PARTS.
2:30:43PM WE'RE GOING TO START OUT WITH LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT AND
2:30:46PM THEN WE'LL GO INTO GENERAL GOVERNMENT.
2:30:48PM THE BULK OF THE PRESENTATION TODAY ACTUALLY IS LAND USE AND
2:30:53PM DEVELOPMENT.
2:30:54PM THERE WAS A LOT OF ACTIVITY THIS YEAR, AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE,
2:30:57PM FROM READING THE PAPER AND DIFFERENT SEMINARS THAT YOU'VE
2:31:01PM ATTENDED, IT WAS A VERY BUSY SESSION, AND A LOT OF THINGS
2:31:05PM CHANGED.
2:31:05PM THE FIRST BILL I'LL CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION IS HOUSE BILL 89.
2:31:10PM IT TAKES EFFECT JULY 1 OF 2023.
2:31:12PM THIS BILL IS RELATED TO BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.
2:31:15PM ESSENTIALLY WHAT THE BILL DOES IS IT PROHIBITS THE CITY OR
2:31:18PM COUNTY FROM MAKING ANY SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES TO PLANS AFTER
2:31:22PM THEY HAVE THE PERMITS ISSUED, UNLESS IT'S REQUIRED BY THE
2:31:25PM FLORIDA BUILDING CODE OR FIRE PREVENTION CODE.
2:31:28PM IF THERE IS SOME CHANGE NECESSARY, THEN THE PERSON
2:31:31PM REQUESTING THE CHANGE WOULD HAVE TO PUT THE REASON IN
2:31:33PM WRITING.
2:31:34PM SO WE LOOKED AT CHAPTER 5 OF THE CITY CODE AND DETERMINED WE
2:31:38PM REALLY DON'T NEED TO DO AN AMENDMENT TO THE CODE.
2:31:41PM JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU ALL AWARE OF THIS LAW.
2:31:44PM THE NEXT SLIDE IS OUR COMP PLAN AMENDMENT SLIDE.
2:31:47PM AND THERE ARE TWO BILLS I WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.
2:31:50PM SENATE BILL 1604 AND SENATE BILL 540.
2:31:54PM 1604 WAS A BIG COMPREHENSIVE PLAN INITIATIVE EFFECTIVE JULY
2:32:00PM 1 THAT INCREASES THE PLANNING PERIODS FOR PLANNING UNDER THE
2:32:05PM COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FROM 5 TO 10 YEARS AND FROM 10 TO 20
2:32:09PM YEARS.
2:32:09PM OF NOTE FOR THE CITY, IT DOES PREEMPT LOCAL GOVERNMENT
2:32:15PM AUTHORITY OVER ELECTRICAL SUBSTATIONS, ALLOWING THESE TO BE
2:32:18PM PLACED IN ALL FUTURE LAND USE AND ZONING CATEGORIES WITH
2:32:21PM SOME EXCEPTIONS THAT ARE NOTED IN THE BILL.
2:32:23PM SENATE BILL 540 IS A BILL THAT CAME THROUGH ALSO UNDER THE
2:32:29PM COMP PLAN UMBRELLA.
2:32:30PM IT ALLOWS THE PREVAILING PARTY TO RECOVER ATTORNEYS' FEES IF
2:32:34PM THERE IS A CHALLENGE IN DEFENDING A COMP PLAN AMENDMENT.
2:32:38PM OR THE COMP PLAN.
2:32:39PM SO WHOEVER THE PREVAILING PARTY IS COULD THEN SEEK FEES.
2:32:43PM SO IF THE CITY IS THE PREVAILING PARTY, THEN THE CITY COULD
2:32:46PM SEEK FEES FROM THE PETITIONER.
2:32:49PM THERE IS A LOT OF OBJECTION TO THE BILL FROM GROUPS LIKE THE
2:32:51PM THOUSANDS FRIENDS OF FLORIDA AND OTHERS WHO DIDN'T WANT TO
2:32:55PM DO THIS.
2:32:55PM THEY REALLY PRESSURED THE GOVERNOR TO VETO IT, BUT IT DID
2:32:59PM PASS, AND IT ALSO CLARIFIES THE SCOPE OF REVIEW FOR DENIAL
2:33:03PM OF THE DEVELOPMENT ORDER.
2:33:04PM SO THE CHALLENGER MUST SHOW THE DEVELOPMENT ORDER WILL ALTER
2:33:14PM THE USE, DENSITY, OR INTENSITY, AND THAT IT'S NOT CONSISTENT
2:33:19PM WITH THE COMP PLAN.
2:33:20PM THE NEXT ONE IS SENATE BILL 170.
2:33:26PM 170 IS RELATING TO LOCAL ORDINANCES.
2:33:29PM THIS BILL ACTUALLY CAME UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF -- WELL, THIS
2:33:34PM THING HAD THREE PORTIONS.
2:33:36PM SO I'LL START WITH THE FIRST ONE.
2:33:38PM THE FIRST ONE IS THAT IT AUTHORIZES AN ACTION CHALLENGING
2:33:42PM CERTAIN ORDINANCES IF FILED WITHIN 90 DAYS OF ADOPTION, THE
2:33:46PM CHALLENGE MUST BE BASED ON PREEMPTION OR ARBITRARY AND
2:33:50PM UNREASONABLE, AND THE CITY MUST SUNDAY THE ORDINANCE DOING
2:33:53PM THE CHALLENGE.
2:33:54PM IN THE LAW IT'S WRITTEN THAT ALSO THE COURT WILL FAST TRACK
2:33:57PM THE CHALLENGE.
2:33:57PM WE'LL SEE HOW THAT ALL WORKS OUT WITH THE CASELOADS THE
2:34:01PM COURTS HAVE NOW, BUT I WANTED TO MENTION TO YOU, GIVE YOU AN
2:34:05PM IDEA OF THE CERTAIN TYPES OF ORDINANCES THAT ARE COVERED
2:34:08PM UNDER SENATE BILL 170.
2:34:10PM AND THEY ARE NOT YOUR BUDGET ORDINANCES.
2:34:13PM THEY ARE NOT YOUR PROCUREMENT ORDINANCES.
2:34:15PM THEY ARE NOT YOUR LDRs OR COMP PLAN ORDINANCES OR
2:34:18PM ORDINANCES RELATING TO ANY OF THE BUILDING CODES.
2:34:20PM BUT THEY ARE ORDINANCES THAT SOMETHING LIKE RENT CONTROL OR
2:34:25PM SINGLE USE PLASTICS, ORDINANCES OF A SUBSTANTIVE NATURE.
2:34:28PM THESE SAME TYPES OF ORDINANCES WILL HAVE TO HAVE PREPARED
2:34:34PM FOR THEM A BUSINESS IMPACT ESTIMATE.
2:34:36PM NOW, THIS BILL TAKES EFFECT 10/1/23, SO THERE'S STILL A
2:34:41PM COUPLE OF MONTHS BEFORE IT TAKES EFFECT.
2:34:43PM BUT THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO PREPARE A BUSINESS IMPACT
2:34:46PM ESTIMATE FOR AN ORDINANCE, FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY SINGLE-USE
2:34:50PM PLASTICS, THAT WOULD SHOW THE ORDINANCE'S PURPOSE, THE
2:34:54PM ESTIMATED ECONOMIC IMPACT ON BUSINESSES, AND OUR COMPLIANCE
2:34:58PM COSTS.
2:34:59PM SO THAT HAS TO BE INCLUDED.
2:35:01PM THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LISTSERV
2:35:06PM RIGHT NOW ON THIS BILL AND WHAT DO THEY MEAN BY THAT BECAUSE
2:35:09PM NOTHING IS WELL DEFINED IN ANY OF THIS LEGISLATION, FRANKLY.
2:35:12PM WHAT CAME UP AT A CONFERENCE RECENTLY IS YOU KNOW HOW THEY
2:35:17PM DO IN THE BILL ANALYSIS WHEN IT HAS THE ECONOMIC IMPACT
2:35:20PM ESTIMATE AND THEY SAY THE ECONOMIC IMPACT IS UNDETERMINED AT
2:35:23PM THIS TIME BECAUSE WE HAVE TO IMPLEMENT, SO I'VE SEEN A LOT
2:35:28PM OF TRAFFIC ON THE LISTSERV.
2:35:31PM IF IT'S INDETERMINATE, IT'S INDETERMINATE AND THAT'S WHAT WE
2:35:34PM WOULD STATE.
2:35:35PM BUT IN MOST CASES YOU ARE EXPECTED TO AT LEAST ATTEMPT TO
2:35:38PM INCLUDE THE ORDINANCE'S PURPOSE, THE ESTIMATED BUSINESS
2:35:42PM IMPACT AND THE COMPLIANCE COSTS.
2:35:44PM THE NEXT ONE WAS -- I WANT TO JUST -- THIS BILL IS A DOOZY I
2:35:52PM GUESS AS MY MOTHER WOULD SAY.
2:35:54PM IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE.
2:35:55PM IT CAME IN UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF HURRICANE IAN RECOVERY DOWN
2:35:59PM IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
2:36:00PM IT WAS PUSHED BY THE SOUTH FLORIDA COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF IAN.
2:36:04PM BUT IT DOES A LOT.
2:36:06PM I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE ALL AWARE OF THIS PARTICULAR
2:36:10PM BILL.
2:36:11PM FIRST IT FREEZES BUILDING INSPECTION FEES FROM JANUARY 1,
2:36:15PM 2023, THIS PAST JANUARY, TO JUNE 30th, 2025.
2:36:18PM SO YOU CAN'T RAISE YOUR BUILDING INSPECTION FEES IN THAT
2:36:21PM TIME PERIOD.
2:36:22PM IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO ERECT A TEMPORARY STRUCTURE, LIKE A
2:36:28PM CAMPER OR SOMETHING ON THEIR PROPERTY, WHILE THEY ARE
2:36:31PM REHABBING THEIR PROPERTY AFTER THERE'S BEEN A NATURAL
2:36:34PM DISASTER.
2:36:35PM AND THAT TEMPORARY STRUCTURE CAN REMAIN ON THE PROPERTY FOR
2:36:38PM UP TO THREE YEARS.
2:36:39PM YOU PROBABLY ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE PERMIT EXTENSION THAT'S
2:36:44PM UNDER THE CURRENT LAW.
2:36:45PM SO ANYTIME THERE IS A NATURAL DISASTER OR AN EMERGENCY
2:36:49PM DECLARATION, PERMITS GET AUTOMATICALLY EXTENDED SIX MONTHS.
2:36:54PM THIS CAN GO ON FOREVER.
2:36:55PM WHEN I WAS WITH ORANGE COUNTY, WE HAD HURRICANES, ALL KINDS
2:36:59PM OF STUFF THAT WOULD CONTINUE TO EXPAND THE TIME LIFE OF THE
2:37:03PM PERMITS.
2:37:03PM THEY CHANGED THE SIX-MONTH PERIOD TO 24 MONTHS, BUT THEY
2:37:07PM ALSO ADDED THAT THAT PERIOD CANNOT EXCEED 48 MONTHS.
2:37:10PM SO AT LEAST NOW WE HAVE, LONGER INITIAL PERIOD BUT WE HAVE A
2:37:14PM CUTOFF.
2:37:14PM FINALLY RELATIVE TO TAMPA AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AS WELL IS
2:37:20PM THAT THE -- NO ONE -- WELL, THE FIRST BULLET IS PRETTY
2:37:25PM OBVIOUS.
2:37:25PM THIS IS RELATIVE TO THE AREAS THAT WERE IMPACTED BY NICOLE
2:37:29PM AND IAN, AND IT JUST SAYS THAT THE GOVERNMENT CAN'T ADOPT A
2:37:33PM MORATORIUM ON CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION OR REDEVELOPMENT,
2:37:36PM BUT THE SECOND TWO OR THE BULLETS I WANT TO CALL YOUR
2:37:39PM ATTENTION TO.
2:37:40PM THESE EXPIRE.
2:37:41PM THEY TAKE EFFECT SEPTEMBER 28 OF LAST YEAR, THE DATE THAT
2:37:44PM IAN HIT, AND THEY EXPIRE OCTOBER 1 OF 2024.
2:37:49PM AND DURING THIS TIME PERIOD, IF YOU ARE WITHIN A HUNDRED
2:37:53PM MILES OF WHERE ONE OF THE HURRICANES MADE LANDFALL, YOU
2:37:57PM CANNOT, CITY OR COUNTY CANNOT PROPOSE OR ADOPT MORE
2:38:00PM RESTRICTIVE OR BURDENSOME AMENDMENTS TO THE COMP PLAN OR
2:38:04PM LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE NOR CAN THEY PROPOSE OR ADOPT MORE
2:38:07PM RESTRICTIVE OR BURDENSOME PROCEDURES FOR REVIEW, APPROVAL OF
2:38:11PM A SITE PLAN DEVELOPMENT PERMIT OR DEVELOPMENT ORDER.
2:38:15PM SO WHAT I SUGGESTED WHEN WE'VE MET AS STAFF ON THIS ISSUE IS
2:38:20PM THAT WE INCLUDE A RECITAL IN OUR ORDINANCES THAT INDICATES
2:38:23PM THAT WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT THIS ORDINANCE WILL NOT IMPOSE
2:38:28PM AN UNREASONABLE -- SORRY, MORE RESTRICTIVE OR BURDENSOME
2:38:33PM IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY.
2:38:36PM IT'S NOT A VERY WELL -- THE BILL IS JUST A BUNCH OF TEXT.
2:38:41PM THERE'S NO DEFINITION FOR WHAT RESTRICTIVE OR BURDENSOME
2:38:43PM MEANS.
2:38:44PM IT EXTENDS A HUNDRED MILES FROM WHERE THE HURRICANES MADE
2:38:47PM LANDFALL WHICH IS ALL OVER THE STATE OR THE CENTRAL PART OF
2:38:49PM THE STATE.
2:38:52PM AND WE JUST -- THIS IS ONE THAT WAS A ROUGH BILL TO SEE COME
2:38:56PM TO ACTUALLY GET SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR BUT IT WAS TIED TO
2:38:59PM THE HUGE -- BUT IT WAS TIED TO A HUGE BUDGET ALSO.
2:39:03PM SOME MONEY FOR SOME LOANS DOWN FOR SOUTH FLORIDA REHAB AND
2:39:06PM WHATNOT AFTER THE HURRICANE.
2:39:07PM SO IT WAS KIND OF A FOREGONE CONCLUSION THAT IT WAS GOING TO
2:39:10PM PASS.
2:39:10PM I HAVE THREE MORE ON THE LAND USE AND THEN I'LL TELL YOU
2:39:14PM ABOUT A COUPLE THAT DIDN'T PASS BUT WILL BE LOOKING FOR NEXT
2:39:17PM YEAR.
2:39:18PM FOR THE LAND USE, SENATE BILL 718 WAS ESSENTIALLY AN
2:39:24PM ANNEXATION.
2:39:25PM CAME IN UNDER THE ANNEXATION UMBRELLA.
2:39:27PM ANNEXATION AND CONSTRUCTION PROCESSES.
2:39:32PM IT PROHIBITS AN INITIATIVE OR REFERENDUM FOR LAND
2:39:34PM DEVELOPMENT REGULATION, WHICH ISN'T AN ISSUE FOR TAMPA BUT
2:39:39PM FOR OTHER CITIES.
2:39:40PM ALSO REQUIRES A FEASIBILITY STUDY PRIOR TO ANNEXATION.
2:39:43PM SENATE BILL 1068, I THINK IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING.
2:39:46PM WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT DRONES AND THE FUTURE LIFE OF AIR
2:39:52PM TRAFFIC.
2:39:52PM SENATE BILL 1068 PREEMPTS THE SITING OF DRONE DELIVERY
2:40:00PM SERVICE OPERATION BASED ON THE LOCATION OF THE DRONE PORT.
2:40:03PM THE DRONE PORT CAN GO PRETTY MUCH WHEREVER, AND WHEN IT GETS
2:40:10PM INTO A ZONING CATEGORY, THEN WE CAN ENFORCE OUR LANDSCAPING
2:40:14PM REGULATIONS AND SETBACK REQUIREMENTS AT THAT LOCATION.
2:40:17PM BUT WE CAN'T DISALLOW THE DRONE PORT TO BE PLACED IN THAT
2:40:24PM LOCATION.
2:40:25PM WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THIS RIGHT NOW IN THE
2:40:28PM CITY.
2:40:28PM WE HAD A PERMIT COME THROUGH A FEW YEARS AGO FOR ONE OUT IN
2:40:31PM NEW TAMPA AT THE WALMART.
2:40:32PM I THINK IT WAS THE WALMART AREA UP IN NEW TAMPA, BUT THEY
2:40:36PM NEVER ACTUALLY BUILT THE DRONE PORT.
2:40:38PM YOUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS AWARE OF THIS AND WE'LL KEEP YOU
2:40:44PM POSTED IF ANYTHING COMES UP.
2:40:45PM FINALLY, FOR THOSE BILLS THAT PASSED, RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES,
2:40:50PM HOUSE BILL 1417, THIS PREEMPTS ALL ASPECTS OF RESIDENTIAL
2:40:53PM TENANCIES TO THE STATE.
2:40:55PM WE HAVE CHAPTER 12 OF OUR CODE THAT HAS THE TENANT BILL OF
2:41:00PM RIGHTS.
2:41:01PM FOR THE MOST PART, THAT'S BEEN PREEMPTED BY THE STATE.
2:41:05PM IT PREEMPTS SCREENING NOTICE, DEPOSITS, FEES, LEASES,
2:41:09PM DISCLOSURES, NOTICE REQUESTS, ANYTHING YOU FIND IN CHAPTER
2:41:14PM 83, THE LANDLORD TENANT STATUTE YOU FIND HAS BEEN PREEMPTED.
2:41:20PM TALKED TO OTHER CITIES AND COUNTIES AROUND THE STATE ABOUT
2:41:22PM THEIR ENFORCEMENT OF THIS.
2:41:23PM WAS TALKING TO SOMEONE IN ORANGE COUNTY AND THEY POINTED OUT
2:41:26PM THAT IT DOES NOT PREEMPT FAIR HOUSING WHICH IS CHAPTER 760
2:41:31PM OF THE STATUTES, BUT IT DOES PREEMPT RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES.
2:41:35PM A COUPLE MORE, THESE BILLS FAILED BUT LIKELY GOING TO BE
2:41:41PM BACK.
2:41:41PM I'M SURE YOU READ A LOT ABOUT VACATION RENTALS THROUGHOUT
2:41:45PM SESSION BECAUSE IT WAS WELL IN THE PRESS.
2:41:47PM IN THE BILL THEY SOUGHT TO REGULATE ADVERTISING AND ALLOW
2:41:51PM CITIES TO ESTABLISH A REGISTRATION SYSTEM FOR SHORT-TERM
2:41:55PM RENTALS.
2:41:55PM A LOT OF IT HAD TO DO I BELIEVE WITH GETTING REVENUE FOR
2:41:58PM THOSE AND SALES TAX WHEN THESE ARE RENTED.
2:42:02PM THIS BILL DIED.
2:42:06PM HOUSE BILL 1317, SENATE BILL 1346, IT WAS FILED KIND OF LATE
2:42:12PM IN THE GAME.
2:42:12PM IN FACT, IT WAS FILED ON MARCH 1st AND SESSION STARTED
2:42:15PM MARCH 7.
2:42:16PM THIS BILL WOULD HAVE PROHIBITED LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM
2:42:20PM PROHIBITING, RESTRICTING OR PREVENTING THE DEMOLITION OF
2:42:22PM CERTAIN STRUCTURES WHEN THEY ARE SEAWARD OF THE COASTAL
2:42:26PM CONSTRUCTION CONTROL LINE.
2:42:28PM IT DID EXEMPT BUILDINGS THAT ARE ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF
2:42:32PM HISTORIC PLACES AND IT ALSO EXEMPTED SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES,
2:42:36PM BUT IT WENT PRETTY BROAD.
2:42:38PM IT HAD ALL KINDS OF MOMENTUM.
2:42:42PM IT WAS GOING THROUGH ALL THE COMMITTEES, PASSING OUT OF
2:42:45PM COMMITTEE, AND THEN THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT I THINK IN THE
2:42:47PM SENATE AND WHEN THEY SENT IT BACK TO THE HOUSE, THE HOUSE
2:42:50PM DIDN'T PICK THE BILL OUT OF THE MESSAGE, SO THAT MEANS IT
2:42:53PM DIED.
2:42:54PM THAT BILL LOST MOMENTUM IN THE LAST WEEK.
2:42:57PM LIKE WATCHING A TRAIN TRY TO STOP ON THE TRACKS.
2:43:00PM ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WAS JUST DEAD.
2:43:02PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WHAT WAS THE AMENDMENT?
2:43:04PM >> I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY.
2:43:06PM I WAS TRACKING IT BACK IN SESSION, BUT THAT ENDED IN MAY.
2:43:10PM I CAN'T REMEMBER THAT AMENDMENT.
2:43:14PM IT WILL BE FILED AGAIN.
2:43:16PM EVERYBODY IS CONFIDENT.
2:43:17PM THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS TRACKING
2:43:19PM IT.
2:43:19PM THE LEAGUE OF CITIES WAS TRACKING IT.
2:43:22PM A LOT OF THE ASSOCIATIONS WERE TRACKING IT.
2:43:24PM THAT ONE WILL BE BACK AND PROBABLY VACATION RENTALS.
2:43:27PM UNFORTUNATELY, THEY WEREN'T LOOKING TO NOT PREEMPT US IN
2:43:30PM VACATION RENTALS, BUT THEY WERE LOOKING TO DO A COUPLE OF
2:43:32PM OTHER THINGS.
2:43:33PM WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO McLANE EVANS.
2:43:36PM SHE'S GOING TO KICK OFF GENERAL GOVERNMENT.
2:43:40PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
2:43:41PM McLANE EVANS, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY.
2:43:44PM SPEAKING OF BILLS THAT CAME LATE IN THE SESSION, THIS ONE
2:43:49PM WAS QUITE UNUSUAL JUST IN THE FORMAT IN TERMS OF HOW IT WAS
2:43:52PM INTRODUCED.
2:43:53PM IT WASN'T YOUR TYPICAL START IN THE COMMITTEES, SENATE HOUSE
2:43:59PM FLORIDA, COME TO AGREEMENT, FINALIZE.
2:44:02PM RATHER ON THE LAST NIGHT OF BUDGET DISCUSSION, THE HOUSE
2:44:05PM PRESENTED AN OFFER TO THE SENATE, WHICH THE SENATE ACCEPTED
2:44:10PM UNDER THE BUDGET, WHICH ALLOTTED $250,000 TO THE UNIVERSITY
2:44:14PM OF FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES TO
2:44:18PM EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS AND TIMING OF SEASONAL FERTILIZER
2:44:22PM APPLICATION ON URBAN LANDSCAPES TOWARDS ACHIEVING NUTRIENT
2:44:25PM TARGET OBJECTIVES FOR WATER BODIES STATEWIDE.
2:44:29PM BASICALLY, EVALUATING WHETHER OR NOT FERTILIZERS CONTRIBUTE
2:44:33PM NUTRIENTS TO WATERWAYS.
2:44:35PM WITH THAT, WHICH IS HIGHLY UNUSUAL, A PREEMPTION WAS TIED --
2:44:41PM PREEMPTION LANGUAGE WRITTEN INTO THE BUDGET ASSOCIATED WITH
2:44:43PM THIS LINE ITEM THAT PREVENTS ALL MUNICIPALITIES FROM EITHER
2:44:47PM ADOPTING OR AMENDING FERTILIZER ORDINANCES UNTIL NEXT YEAR,
2:44:50PM JULY 1st, 2024.
2:44:54PM THIS IS LIKELY A VERY BRIGHT SIGNAL THAT THE LEGISLATURE HAS
2:44:59PM INTENTIONS TO PREEMPT MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES FROM
2:45:06PM ADOPTING ANY FURTHER CHANGES TO THEIR FERTILIZER ORDINANCES
2:45:09PM AS I BELIEVE YOU ALL PROBABLY KNOW, THE CITY HAS HAD ONE IN
2:45:14PM PLACE SINCE 2011.
2:45:16PM THIS DOESN'T NECESSARILY AFFECT US RIGHT NOW, BUT IF WE
2:45:18PM WANTED TO MAKE CHANGES, IN MY DISCUSSIONS WITH STORMWATER,
2:45:21PM THERE WERE NO PLANS TO PROPOSE CHANGES THIS YEAR, BUT RATHER
2:45:25PM TO JUST MAKE YOU AWARE THAT MORE THAN LIKELY THIS INDICATES
2:45:29PM NEXT YEAR'S LEGISLATIVE SESSION MAY BE DISCUSSING SOMETHING
2:45:32PM THAT COULD POTENTIALLY NEGATE THE CITY'S REGULATION OF
2:45:37PM FERTILIZER APPLICATION.
2:45:38PM THANK YOU.
2:45:41PM WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO EMMA GREGORY WITH
2:45:44PM TRANSPORTATION.
2:45:45PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
2:45:47PM EMMA GREGORY, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY.
2:45:49PM I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT TWO BILLS.
2:45:51PM THE FIRST ONE IS A BILL THAT EFFECTIVELY DISSOLVED THE TAMPA
2:45:56PM BAY AREA REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY.
2:46:00PM IT REPEALED ALL THE RELATED STATUTES AND ALSO ORDERED TBARTA
2:46:05PM TO BASICALLY DIVIDE ITS REMAINING RESOURCES AMONG THE FIVE
2:46:13PM PARTNER COUNTIES.
2:46:14PM THIS WASN'T A HUGE SURPRISE GIVEN THAT THE GOVERNOR HAD
2:46:17PM VETOED THEIR LINE ITEM BUDGETS FOR THE THREE PRECEDING
2:46:21PM YEARS.
2:46:21PM BUT TBARTA IS NO LONGER IN EXISTENCE.
2:46:27PM THE NEXT BILL APPLIES TO THE HILLSBOROUGH AREA REGIONAL
2:46:33PM TRANSIT AUTHORITY.
2:46:34PM IT BASICALLY SETS FORTH THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT TO HAVE THE
2:46:40PM FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CONDUCT A STUDY ABOUT
2:46:47PM -- SEE WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
2:46:48PM IT HAS THE GOAL OF STREAMLINING DECISION MAKING, IMPROVING
2:46:52PM TRANSPARENCY AND ENHANCING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LOCAL AND
2:46:57PM REGIONAL PUBLIC TRANSIT SERVICE DELIVERY.
2:47:01PM A REPORT IS DUE FROM F.D.O.T. BY JANUARY 1st OF 2024.
2:47:07PM SO WE'LL AWAIT THE RESULTS OF THAT REPORT.
2:47:10PM BUT THOSE WERE THE TRANSPORTATION ITEMS THAT WERE BEFORE THE
2:47:17PM LEGISLATURE THIS YEAR.
2:47:18PM THAT'S MY REPORT.
2:47:22PM I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CARL BRODY.
2:47:29PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
2:47:30PM YES, SIR.
2:47:32PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
2:47:35PM CARL BRODY WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
2:47:37PM I'M HERE TO QUICKLY GO OVER WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE
2:47:40PM LEGISLATURE FOR CEMETERIES.
2:47:41PM HB 49.
2:47:42PM WE SEE THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED HISTORIC CEMETERIES PROGRAM
2:47:47PM THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
2:47:49PM WHAT THAT'S GOING TO DO IS IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE MORE
2:47:51PM OPPORTUNITY FOR US IN TERMS OF FINDING AND LABELING ANY
2:47:56PM AFRICAN AMERICAN, LOST AFRICAN AMERICAN CEMETERIES THAT WE
2:48:00PM CAN FIND DURING THIS TIME.
2:48:02PM IT WILL FURTHER ALLOW US TO PLACE MARKERS ON THOSE SITES.
2:48:09PM THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO --
2:48:12PM OFTENTIMES THESE SITES ARE ALREADY BUILT OVER, SO THIS
2:48:16PM ALLOWS TO PUT MARKERS DOWN, WHICH SOMETIMES BECOMES AN
2:48:19PM ISSUE.
2:48:19PM THAT IS A GOOD ADDITION.
2:48:23PM ALSO WILL PROVIDE GRANTS FOR US.
2:48:25PM THE GRANTS ARE FOR US TO REPAIR, RESTORE AND MAINTAIN LOST
2:48:28PM AFRICAN AMERICAN CEMETERIES.
2:48:30PM WE FOUND A COUPLE AFRICAN AMERICAN CEMETERIES HERE SO WE'LL
2:48:36PM TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND BE ABLE TO GET SOME GRANTS FROM
2:48:38PM THE DEPARTMENT.
2:48:39PM THEY ARE RIGHT NOW PUTTING THEIR RULES TOGETHER.
2:48:41PM ONCE THOSE RULES ARE PROMULGATED, THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE
2:48:46PM FORWARD AND ATTEMPT TO GET SOME OF THOSE TO HELP THE
2:48:48PM CEMETERIES WE HAVE.
2:48:49PM FINALLY, IT CREATES THE HISTORIC CEMETERIES ADVISORY
2:48:53PM COUNCIL.
2:48:54PM THAT IS A COUNCIL STATEWIDE.
2:48:56PM HERE AT USF, WE HAVE OUR OWN PROGRAM, AND WE CAN USE THEM TO
2:49:00PM HELP IN FINDING THE CEMETERIES AND BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN
2:49:05PM AND TREAT THOSE CEMETERIES IN THE RESPECT THAT THEY DESERVE.
2:49:09PM IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE.
2:49:12PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: IS DR. JACKSON AT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH
2:49:15PM FLORIDA IS SHE INVOLVED IN THIS ADVISORY COUNCIL?
2:49:18PM >> THEY HAVE NOT CHOSEN THE ADVISORY COUNCIL YET, BUT THEY
2:49:20PM WILL BE CHOSEN FROM STATEWIDE.
2:49:23PM I'M SURE SHE WILL BE INCLUDED.
2:49:25PM EVEN IF SHE IS NOT, USF IS VERY INVOLVED.
2:49:28PM WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
2:49:30PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
2:49:31PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
2:49:31PM YES, SIR.
2:49:34PM >>LUIS VIERA: MR. BRODY, THANK YOU AS ALWAYS.
2:49:36PM I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO MY STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND MY
2:49:39PM DEAR FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE, REPRESENTATIVE FENTRICE DRISKELL,
2:49:42PM WHO DID THIS.
2:49:44PM MAJOR KUDOS TO REPRESENTATIVE DRISKELL WHO IS A SUPERSTAR IN
2:49:48PM TAMPA, IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
2:49:51PM AMAZING LEADER.
2:49:52PM I'LL BRING UP POLITICAL PARTY HERE, SHE IS NOT JUST A
2:49:54PM REGISTERED DEMOCRAT.
2:49:55PM SHE IS THE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADER.
2:49:57PM AND IN TALLAHASSEE, WHICH IS NOT YOUR FATHER'S TALLAHASSEE,
2:50:01PM THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY, SHE GOT THIS THROUGH, PASSED
2:50:05PM THE HOUSE, PASSED THE SENATE, AND GOVERNOR DESANTIS SIGNED
2:50:10PM IT.
2:50:10PM THAT REALLY SHOWS YOU A WOMAN AND A LEADER WHO IS
2:50:16PM COLLABORATIVE AND FIGHTS FOR WHAT SHE BELIEVES IN AND MAKES
2:50:19PM COMMON GROUND AND BUILDS BRIDGES, SUCH AN IMPORTANT ISSUE
2:50:23PM THAT REPRESENTATIVE DRISKELL DOES SUCH A GREAT JOB IN
2:50:28PM ADVOCATING.
2:50:29PM I WANTED TO ESPECIALLY HIGHLIGHT OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE IN
2:50:31PM DISTRICT 63 WHO IS JUST A FLORIDA SUPERSTAR AND ONE OF MY
2:50:37PM FAVORITE ELECTED OFFICIALS IN FLORIDA.
2:50:39PM PROBABLY MY SECOND BEHIND KATHY CASTOR.
2:50:44PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHAT YOU'RE SAYING A GREAT FUTURE
2:50:46PM ATTORNEY GENERAL OR GOVERNOR, THAT'S WHAT I HEARD.
2:50:51PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: AND A MEMBER OF DELTA SIGMA THETA
2:50:52PM SORORITY, INCORPORATED.
2:50:54PM SHE WENT TO HARVARD.
2:51:02PM >>LUIS VIERA: SHE WENT TO LAKE GIBSON, I BELIEVE, IN
2:51:04PM LAKELAND.
2:51:05PM SHE WENT TO GEORGETOWN LAW SCHOOL IN HARVARD.
2:51:08PM I ALWAYS JOKED THAT SHE IS JEALOUS OF ME BECAUSE I WENT TO
2:51:13PM USF AND SHE ONLY WENT TO HARVARD.
2:51:16PM >> DID YOU HAVE ANY MORE FOR ME?
2:51:19PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
2:51:32PM >> MARCIE HAMILTON, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY.
2:51:36PM I HAVE THE FINAL LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION.
2:51:42PM THIS IS ON ETHICS, PRIMARILY THE ELECTIONS WE DELETED, NOT
2:51:48PM THAT YOU ALL DIDN'T PASS.
2:51:49PM THIS CONCERNS, NOT HOUSE BILL, SENATE BILL 774 WHICH CAME
2:51:55PM INTO EFFECT ON MAY 11 OF 2023.
2:51:58PM THE CHANGE PRIMARILY AFFECTS MAYOR AND ALL THE CITY COUNCIL.
2:52:04PM YOU NOW WILL HAVE TO FILE FORM 6, WHICH IS THE FULL AND
2:52:09PM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF FINANCIAL INTEREST INSTEAD OF FORM 1.
2:52:13PM AND THIS WILL ALL BE THROUGH THE STATE COMMISSION OF ETHICS.
2:52:19PM YOU WILL RECEIVE AN E-MAIL REGARDING NOTICE OF HAVING TO
2:52:23PM FILE.
2:52:24PM IT WON'T GO THROUGH THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS ANYMORE.
2:52:27PM THIS STARTS JANUARY 1st OF 2024.
2:52:30PM SO THINGS ARE COVERED FOR THIS YEAR.
2:52:32PM IT'S NOT UNTIL NEXT YEAR.
2:52:34PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE ALREADY -- WE FILE A FORM 6 WITH THE
2:52:37PM CITY.
2:52:37PM NOW WE TAKE IT TO THE STATE LEVEL.
2:52:39PM BUSINESS AS USUAL BUT TO THE STATE.
2:52:42PM >> CORRECT.
2:52:42PM THE DIFFERENCE WITH THAT IS NOW YOU CAN ALSO FILE YOUR
2:52:45PM INCOME TAX RETURN.
2:52:48PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: INSTEAD OF HAVING TO DO THE FORM.
2:52:49PM >> YOU CAN FILE BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO INCLUDE ALL THE
2:52:52PM ATTACHMENTS AND ANY SCHEDULES THAT WERE INCLUDED WITH YOUR
2:52:56PM TAX RETURN.
2:52:56PM THERE ARE INSTRUCTIONS.
2:53:00PM THERE ARE INSTRUCTIONS ONLINE, HOW TO FILL OUT ANY
2:53:05PM QUESTION-AND-ANSWER SESSION.
2:53:07PM IT'S ALL DONE THROUGH THE COMMISSION ON ETHICS.
2:53:09PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE DID IT AS CANDIDATES, WE HAD TO FILE
2:53:13PM IT ELECTRONICALLY ANYWAY.
2:53:15PM SO WE'RE A STEP AHEAD ESSENTIALLY.
2:53:17PM YES, SIR.
2:53:17PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THIS BILL HAS MAJOR IMPACT ON OTHER
2:53:21PM MUNICIPALITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
2:53:24PM TAMPA'S ETHICS CODE FOR YEARS NOW HAS REQUIRED YOUR FULL
2:53:28PM FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FOR THE CITY'S ETHICS CODE.
2:53:32PM BUT NOW, EVERY MUNICIPALITY THROUGHOUT THE STATE WILL HAVE
2:53:35PM TO DO WHAT TAMPA ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE DONE FOR YEARS.
2:53:39PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE ARE PIONEERS AND TRAILBLAZERS.
2:53:41PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE CUTTING EDGE.
2:53:44PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
2:53:45PM IT'S ALL ELECTRONIC NOW.
2:53:47PM >> TOTALLY ELECTRONIC.
2:53:48PM NOTHING FOR THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS.
2:53:50PM ALL GOES TO THE STATE.
2:53:51PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IN EFFECT NOW IT SIMPLIFIES.
2:53:54PM REMEMBER HOW YOU WERE ALWAYS DISCOVER --
2:53:57PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THIS FORM DUE ON JULY 1st.
2:54:00PM OVER HERE JULY 15th.
2:54:02PM >> BUT YOU'LL HAVE THE SAME FORM.
2:54:04PM IT WILL BE THE SAME FORM.
2:54:06PM YOU JUST FILE.
2:54:08PM THE CITY'S COMES A LITTLE BIT AFTER, BUT JULY 1, YOU HAVE TO
2:54:12PM FILE WITH THE STATE SO YOU CAN JUST DELIVER THAT FORM TO THE
2:54:15PM CITY ALSO.
2:54:17PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: VERY GOOD.
2:54:18PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
2:54:19PM THAT CONCLUDES THE AGENDA.
2:54:22PM NEW BUSINESS, COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
2:54:25PM >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE A QUICK MOTION TO
2:54:28PM ASK THE CLERK TO EXTEND THE CALENDAR OUT TILL THE END OF
2:54:37PM JULY.
2:54:39PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: EXTEND THE CALENDAR TO JULY OF '24?
2:54:43PM >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH OF '24 SO WE CAN START PLANNING FOR
2:54:46PM VACATIONS NEXT YEAR.
2:54:48PM YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR.
2:54:53PM THE RATES GO UP THE LONGER YOU WAIT.
2:54:55PM I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ASK THE CITY CLERK TO
2:54:59PM EXTEND OUR CALENDAR TO JULY.
2:55:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
2:55:03PM CARLSON WITH A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
2:55:05PM ALL IN FAVOR?
2:55:06PM YES, SIR, MR. SHELBY.
2:55:09PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: PART OF THAT MOTION, JUST SO YOU KNOW, IT
2:55:11PM WOULD COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR ITS APPROVAL.
2:55:13PM IS THAT CORRECT, MADAM CLERK?
2:55:16PM BECAUSE YOU WILL DETERMINE, SO THEY KNOW IN ADVANCE WHEN YOU
2:55:19PM WOULD BE MAKING COUNCIL'S RECESS.
2:55:22PM IS THAT OKAY?
2:55:24PM >>LYNN HURTAK: DO WE JUST WANT IT TO PERMANENTLY GO --
2:55:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 12 MONTHS OUT?
2:55:32PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.
2:55:33PM CAN WE GO AHEAD AND SAY, INSTEAD LET'S MAKE IT GO 12 MONTHS
2:55:37PM OUT, PERIOD.
2:55:38PM BECAUSE IF YOU'RE SAYING JULY, THEN THEY ARE NOT GOING TO
2:55:41PM NEXT TIME THEY ARE NOT GOING TO DO --
2:55:45PM >>THE CLERK: NORMALLY WE PROVIDE THE CALENDAR IN DECEMBER.
2:55:47PM BUT WE CAN EXTEND TO JULY 2024 INSTEAD OF MAY 2024.
2:55:52PM >>BILL CARLSON: CAN WE DO A ROLLING 12 MONTHS?
2:55:56PM >>THE CLERK: THAT'S FINE.
2:55:59PM >>BILL CARLSON: I'LL MODIFY MY MOTION TO ASK THE CLERK TO
2:56:04PM MODIFY THE CALENDAR ON A REVOLVING 12-MONTH BASIS.
2:56:11PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON WITH
2:56:13PM A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
2:56:15PM ALL IN FAVOR?
2:56:16PM AYE.
2:56:16PM ANY OPPOSED?
2:56:17PM >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU.
2:56:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
2:56:20PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WE HAVE SOME -- THIS IS BASICALLY A CLEANUP.
2:56:27PM I MOVE TO CONTINUE THE STAFF REPORTS, QUOTE, UNQUOTE, THE
2:56:32PM CITY STAFF AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF SIERRA CLUB TO REPORT ON
2:56:36PM HOW THE CITY CAN MODIFY THE STATE LAW SB 64 OR DEP
2:56:40PM GUIDELINES REGARDING WASTEWATER REUSE, SLASH, PURE, UNQUOTE,
2:56:44PM SCHEDULED FOR 8/24/23 TO THE 8/31/23 WORKSHOP THAT ALREADY
2:56:51PM HAS THE CITIZEN STAKEHOLDER GROUP SCHEDULED TO DISCUSS THE
2:56:56PM FUNDING LEFT IN THE PLC CONTRACT, SENATE BILL 64 AND MINIMUM
2:57:00PM FLOWS ON THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER, ET CETERA.
2:57:02PM BASICALLY, WE'RE GOING TO PUT ALL THE WATER STUFF ON ONE DAY
2:57:05PM INSTEAD OF TWO DAYS.
2:57:09PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: WILL THE CLERK BE ABLE TO GROUP THOSE
2:57:11PM TOGETHER ON THE AGENDA?
2:57:15PM >>LYNN HURTAK: IT IS THE WORKSHOP DAY.
2:57:16PM BEFORE WE HAD A PRESENTATION THE WEEK BEFORE DURING REGULAR
2:57:19PM SESSION, SO WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BEST TO COMBINE THEM TO
2:57:22PM THAT WORKSHOP SESSION.
2:57:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
2:57:27PM DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
2:57:28PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
2:57:30PM ALL IN FAVOR?
2:57:30PM ANY OPPOSED?
2:57:32PM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
2:57:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MOTION TO HAVE STAFF REPORT BACK TO
2:57:36PM COUNCIL ON THE DIFFERENT POSSIBLE OPTIONS OF HOW THE
2:57:38PM CONSTRUCTION OF A FIXED RAIL EXTENSION OF THE STREETCAR TO
2:57:41PM PALM AVENUE COULD BE FUNDED IN A TIME BY WHICH IT COULD BE
2:57:45PM BUILT WITH THOSE DIFFERENT FINANCIAL SCENARIOS.
2:57:47PM REQUEST STAFF TO COME BACK AND REPORT ON SEPTEMBER 19, FIRST
2:57:51PM BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING.
2:58:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT'S THE SECOND.
2:58:05PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I'M SORRY.
2:58:05PM SECOND BUDGET, SEPTEMBER 19.
2:58:05PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: THIS IS PROBABLY AN ITEM THAT SHOULD NOT BE
2:58:09PM ADDRESSED DURING THE BUDGET HEARING.
2:58:11PM THE BUDGET HEARING SHOULD BE ADDRESSING THE BUDGET SOLELY.
2:58:20PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: COULD YOU REPEAT EXACTLY WHAT IT IS YOU ARE
2:58:23PM ASKING FOR?
2:58:23PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MOTION TO HAVE THE STAFF REPORT BACK TO
2:58:25PM COUNCIL ON THE DIFFERENT POSSIBLE OPTIONS OF HOW THE
2:58:28PM CONSTRUCTION OF A FIXED RAIL EXTENSION OF THE STREETCAR TO
2:58:31PM PALM AVENUE COULD BE FUNDED AND A TIMELINE BY WHICH IT CAN
2:58:34PM BE BUILT WITH THE DIFFERENT FINANCIAL SCENARIOS.
2:58:37PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT IS A GOOD MOTION, SIR, I UNDERSTAND.
2:58:40PM I AGREE WITH MR. MASSEY IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE TO DO A STAFF
2:58:43PM REPORT FOR SOMETHING OFF BUDGET PURPOSES, SPECIFIC FOR THE
2:58:46PM BUDGET.
2:58:47PM WE ACTUALLY LITERALLY DO HAVE TO, ACCORDING TO STATE LAW, WE
2:58:50PM HAVE TO FOLLOW A SCRIPT.
2:58:53PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHAT ABOUT DURING THE WORKSHOP SCHEDULED
2:58:55PM --
2:58:55PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I COULD DIRECT COUNCIL'S ATTENTION TO
2:58:58PM YOUR CALENDAR TO THE WORKSHOP FOR AUGUST BECAUSE I JUST WANT
2:59:02PM TO REMIND YOU --
2:59:05PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE BUDGET --
2:59:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: GIVE ME A DATE.
2:59:09PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: SCHEDULE FOR THE BUDGET WORKSHOP ITSELF.
2:59:12PM THE BUDGET WORKSHOP ITSELF IS FOR MONDAY --
2:59:21PM >>LYNN HURTAK: IF YOU WANT IT DURING A WORKSHOP, SEPTEMBER
2:59:23PM IS PACKED, TOO.
2:59:25PM SO OCTOBER.
2:59:27PM OCTOBER WORKSHOP IS EMPTY.
2:59:31PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OCTOBER 5.
2:59:33PM >>LYNN HURTAK: 26.
2:59:33PM OCTOBER 26.
2:59:34PM WE HAVE ONLY THREE ITEMS.
2:59:39PM OH, HOWEVER, WE'RE GOING TO BE -- TWO MEMBERS ARE GOING TO
2:59:43PM BE GONE.
2:59:44PM SO WE WERE TRYING NOT TO PUT ANYTHING.
2:59:52PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: IT'S JUST THE CRA CONFERENCE.
2:59:55PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WHICH EVERYBODY SHOULD BE GOING TO.
2:59:57PM NOVEMBER 30.
3:00:01PM IT'S A WORKSHOP.
3:00:07PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHAT DO WE HAVE --
3:00:11PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF YOU WOULD LIKE A STAFF REPORT, IF YOU
3:00:14PM CAN KEEP IT IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
3:00:16PM >>LYNN HURTAK: HOW ABOUT SEPTEMBER 21st?
3:00:20PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS I WOULD BE
3:00:22PM FINE WITH A WRITTEN REPORT.
3:00:24PM I WANT TO GET THIS GOING.
3:00:30PM SAVE OUR COUNCIL TIME.
3:00:39PM >>BILL CARLSON: THIS CAME UP A FEW MONTHS AGO BEFORE YOU ALL
3:00:43PM STARTED IN CRA, AND WE HAD AN INITIAL VOTE TO TRY TO LOOK AT
3:00:46PM FUNDING THROUGH CRA.
3:00:47PM SO NUMBERS WERE THROWN OUT.
3:00:48PM SOMEBODY IN STAFF HAS ALREADY DONE RESEARCH ON IT.
3:00:51PM I DON'T KNOW IF YOU TALKED TO THEM.
3:00:52PM IT COULD BE -- OKAY.
3:00:55PM IF YOU JUST WANTED TO GET A NUMBER, IT SOUNDED LIKE THEY HAD
3:01:00PM A NUMBER ALREADY.
3:01:01PM IF YOU WANT TO USE IT FOR NEGOTIATION.
3:01:06PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SEPTEMBER 21st.
3:01:09PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: IF WE NEED MORE TIME, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW.
3:01:12PM WRITTEN REPORT IS TYPICALLY SUBMITTED TO COUNCIL ON A
3:01:15PM SPECIFIC DATE.
3:01:15PM IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION, THEN STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR
3:01:18PM QUESTIONS.
3:01:18PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MOTION TO HAVE STAFF REPORT BACK TO
3:01:21PM COUNCIL ON THE DIFFERENT POSSIBLE OPTIONS OF HOW THE
3:01:23PM CONSTRUCTION OF A FIXED RAIL CONSTRUCTION OF THE STREETCAR
3:01:25PM TO PALM AVENUE COULD BE FUNDED AND TIME BY WHICH IT COULD BE
3:01:29PM BUILT WITH THE DIFFERENT FINANCIAL SCENARIOS.
3:01:31PM REQUEST STAFF TO COME BACK TO REPORT ON SEPTEMBER 21st.
3:01:44PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
3:01:46PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
3:01:48PM ALL IN FAVOR?
3:01:48PM AYE.
3:01:49PM ANY OPPOSED?
3:01:49PM ANYTHING ELSE?
3:01:52PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT'S IT.
3:01:53PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
3:01:59PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THIS IS LENGTHY.
3:02:00PM I AM BRINGING A MOTION REGARDING THE MINORITY SMALL BUSINESS
3:02:03PM CATERERS AT THE EVENT CENTER JULIAN B. LANE RIVERFRONT PARK.
3:02:09PM I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE MORE DIVERSITY IN THE CATERING
3:02:11PM CONTRACT FOR THE CITY FOR THIS PARTICULAR EVENT CENTER.
3:02:14PM OUR CITY REGULATIONS CURRENTLY HAVE ONLY 8 PREFERRED
3:02:18PM CATERERS AND ALL OF THEM HAVE LIQUOR LICENSES.
3:02:20PM I CONTEND THAT EVERY EVENT HELD AT THE RIVER CENTER PEOPLE
3:02:24PM DO NOT ACTUALLY HAVE LIQUOR AT THEIR EVENTS, ESPECIALLY CITY
3:02:28PM FUNCTIONS.
3:02:29PM I'VE ATTENDED EVENTS THERE WHERE THERE'S BEEN NO LIQUOR.
3:02:33PM ANYWAY, WE NEED TO EXPAND THIS LIST FOR THE NUMBER ONE AND
3:02:38PM PRIMARY REASON IS FOR EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY.
3:02:41PM FOR EXAMPLE, IF AN ORGANIZATION GOES TO JULIAN B. LANE PARK
3:02:45PM AND SAYS I WANT A BLACK CATERER THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE BECAUSE
3:02:51PM THEY DON'T HAVE A LIQUOR LICENSE AND NOT ON THE PREFERRED
3:02:53PM LIST.
3:02:54PM SO OUR PREFERRED LIST NEEDS TO CHANGE WHERE IT IS MORE
3:02:56PM INCLUSIVE OF NOT JUST 8, BUT MAYBE POSSIBLY A PROCESS THAT
3:03:00PM STAFF CAN BRING BACK WHERE YOU MEET QUALIFICATIONS SO THAT
3:03:05PM YOU CAN DO BUSINESS AT THAT FACILITY BECAUSE YOU'VE GONE
3:03:09PM THROUGH SOME SORT OF TRAINING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
3:03:12PM STAFF CAN BRING THAT BACK TO US.
3:03:13PM I ALSO WANT THEM TO PROVIDE THE DATA OF EVERY EVENT THAT'S
3:03:17PM TAKING PLACE WITH LIQUOR AND WITHOUT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE
3:03:19PM THIS INFORMATION WHEN THEY COME TO STAFF.
3:03:22PM WITH THAT BEING SAID, I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT EVEN THE FEES
3:03:27PM AND YEARS AGO IN 2014 WHEN THIS PARK WAS DEVELOPED, IT WAS
3:03:30PM SUPPOSED TO BE A COMMUNITY PARK AND THE COMMUNITY CANNOT
3:03:33PM AFFORD TO UTILIZE THIS PARTICULAR PARK BECAUSE IT FUNCTIONS
3:03:37PM AS IF IT IS AN ENTERPRISE AND IT IS NOT AN ENTERPRISE.
3:03:40PM IT IS ACTUALLY UNDER PARKS AND REC.
3:03:44PM THEREFORE, I MOVE THAT THE CITY PARKS DEPARTMENT REPORT BACK
3:03:46PM TO CITY COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 7 WITH A CHANGE IN THE ABOVE
3:03:50PM CATERING POLICY TO ADDRESS MINORITY CATERERS AS WELL AS
3:03:54PM POSSIBLY MOBILE BARTENDERS WHO HAVE BARTENDING LICENSES BUT
3:04:01PM DON'T HAVE CATERING LICENSES AND MAYBE THEY COMPARE
3:04:04PM TOGETHER, TO THE PREFERRED CATERER LIST FOR EVENTS NOT
3:04:08PM INVOLVING THE SALE OR CONSUMPTION OF LIQUOR.
3:04:12PM >> YOU MAY ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS THIS TO THE PURCHASING
3:04:14PM DEPARTMENT.
3:04:14PM I THINK THERE WAS AN RFQ THAT WAS PLACED.
3:04:17PM THEY WOULD HAVE TO ISSUE ANOTHER RFQ I THINK WITH DIFFERENT
3:04:21PM CRITERIA POTENTIALLY.
3:04:22PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THAT IS TRUE.
3:04:23PM RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE DOING IS GETTING STARTED WITH THE
3:04:25PM PROCESS BECAUSE EVENTUALLY THAT CONTRACT WILL END WITH THE
3:04:29PM EIGHT CATERERS WHO ACTUALLY HAVE A HUGE MONOPOLY.
3:04:33PM THEY ARE VERY EXPENSIVE, I MIGHT WANT TO ADD.
3:04:36PM ANYWAY, BUT THIS IS AT LEAST THE BEGINNING PROCESS OF
3:04:40PM LOOKING AT CHANGING IT AND BEING MORE CUSTOMER SERVICE
3:04:43PM FRIENDLY.
3:04:44PM AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, THIS PAST
3:04:49PM WEEKEND, KAPPA ALPHA PSI FRATERNITY LANDED IN THE CITY OF
3:04:53PM TAMPA FOR THEIR HUGE CONCLAVE.
3:04:54PM THEY HAD FOOD TRUCKS.
3:04:56PM IT WAS A PRIVATE EVENT.
3:04:57PM THEY HAD THE RIVER CENTER AS PART OF THEIR EVENT.
3:05:00PM SO THE RIVER CENTER WAS A VIP AREA.
3:05:02PM YOU HAD TO HAVE A WRISTBAND TO GET IN THERE.
3:05:05PM ONE LADY HAD HER FOOD.
3:05:07PM SHE BOUGHT FROM THE FOOD TRUCK AND SHE WAS TRYING TO GO INTO
3:05:10PM THE RIVER CENTER BECAUSE SHE HAD A VIP WRISTBAND AND TELLING
3:05:14PM OUT-OF-TOWN GUESTS YOU CANNOT GO IN THERE BECAUSE THE FOOD
3:05:17PM IS NOT A CATERED FOOD.
3:05:19PM TOO COMPLICATED OF A PROCESS.
3:05:21PM WE SHOULD NOT BE TELLING GUESTS THAT YOU CAN'T BRING FOOD TO
3:05:24PM A GRANT WHERE THE KAPPAS ALREADY PAID FOR THE BUILDING.
3:05:27PM SHOULDN'T MATTER AT THAT POINT.
3:05:28PM OUR RULES ARE A LITTLE LESS CUSTOMER SERVICE FRIENDLY TO OUR
3:05:32PM PUBLIC AS WELL AS OUR GUESTS.
3:05:33PM I TALKED ABOUT THIS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AND 90 DAYS IN.
3:05:37PM IT'S TIME TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
3:05:40PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
3:05:41PM CARLSON.
3:05:42PM ALL IN FAVOR?
3:05:43PM ANY OPPOSED?
3:05:43PM ANYTHING ELSE?
3:05:45PM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
3:05:55PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
3:05:55PM TWO JUST REMINDERS THAT ON MONDAY IS PURPLE HEART DAY.
3:06:00PM 8 A.M. WE'LL BE RAISING THE FLAG OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL FOR
3:06:03PM PURPLE HEART DAY WITH THE CEREMONY AND EVERYONE IS INVITED
3:06:06PM AND ENCOURAGED TO COME.
3:06:08PM IT IS AT 8 A.M. BECAUSE WE HAVE A HART BOARD MEETING RIGHT
3:06:11PM AFTER THAT, SO WE HAVE TO MAKE IT AT THAT TIME.
3:06:13PM THEN IF YOU WANT TO BE DISTURBED ON FRIDAY, WE'LL BE HAVING
3:06:16PM KARAOKE AT FOREST HILLS AT BABE ZAHARIAS.
3:06:22PM OBVIOUSLY, EVERYONE IS INVITED TO SING AND DO WHATEVER YOU
3:06:24PM WILL.
3:06:25PM GUIDO AND I ALWAYS DO THAT.
3:06:28PM WHOEVER MAY WANT TO SING, ET CETERA.
3:06:30PM HAVE AT IT.
3:06:31PM HE'S ACTUALLY A GOOD SINGER.
3:06:34PM I'M AWFUL.
3:06:35PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A POINT THAT I WAS
3:06:37PM NOT INVITED TO SING BECAUSE YOU ARE INTIMIDATED BY MY BEAUTY
3:06:41PM AND SONGBIRD VOICE.
3:06:44PM >>LUIS VIERA: VERY BRIEFLY, IF I MAY, I MOTION ON SEPTEMBER
3:06:47PM 7 TO HAVE WALTER SMITH AND HIS SON WALTER SMITH THE III COME
3:06:51PM AND SPEAK TO COUNCIL DURING DRAFT AWARENESS MONTH ON WHAT
3:06:55PM THAT MONTH MEANS TO THEM.
3:06:56PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
3:06:58PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
3:06:59PM ALL IN FAVOR?
3:07:00PM AYE.
3:07:01PM >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION TO HAVE AND WE CAN HAVE THIS FIRST WEEK
3:07:04PM OF NOVEMBER, TO HAVE -- I'LL DO THE SAME THING IN CRA.
3:07:08PM THERE IS THE HIVE, WHICH COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK AND I KNOW VERY
3:07:12PM WELL, THE WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION THAT SEEKS TO PROVIDE
3:07:14PM AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, PHYSICAL
3:07:16PM AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES TO HAVE CITY STAFF MEET WITH
3:07:20PM THE LEADERSHIP OF THE HIVE ON HOW WE CAN IMPROVE ACCESSIBLE
3:07:25PM DISABILITY FRIENDLY HOUSING WITHIN THE CITY AND SOME OF
3:07:28PM THEIR ENDEAVORS.
3:07:30PM I'LL HAVE THE SAME MOTION IN CRA.
3:07:31PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, SECOND
3:07:35PM FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
3:07:36PM ALL IN FAVOR?
3:07:37PM AYE.
3:07:38PM >>LUIS VIERA: THAT'S IT.
3:07:39PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I'D JUST LIKE TO WISH MARTHA VILA A
3:07:42PM HAPPY EARLY 90th BIRTHDAY, NEXT THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, BUT I
3:07:47PM WANT TO GET ON IT NOW.
3:07:48PM HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MRS. MARTHA VILA.
3:07:51PM WE HAVE SPECIAL GUESTS IN THE AUDIENCE.
3:07:52PM I SEE PROFESSOR JOYCE WITH US TODAY?
3:07:55PM YES, MA'AM, COME ON UP AND WELCOME TO CITY HALL.
3:07:58PM I KNOW YOU MET WITH THE MAYOR A LITTLE BIT AGO, CORRECT?
3:08:02PM >> YES.
3:08:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WELCOME TO TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
3:08:04PM WELCOME.
3:08:06PM >> THANK YOU.
3:08:06PM SO I AM JOYCE, THE NATIONAL PRESIDENT A STUDENT ASSOCIATION.
3:08:17PM ALL GIRLS CHRISTIAN BOARDING SECONDARY SCHOOL IN CAM ROAN IN
3:08:24PM CENTRAL AFRICA WHO ARE NOW PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES.
3:08:27PM THE COLLEGE WAS FOUNDED IN 1962 BY THE NORTH AMERICAN
3:08:33PM BAPTISTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CAMEROON BAPTIST
3:08:39PM ASSOCIATION.
3:08:39PM MOST CAME FROM THE UNITED STATES.
3:08:45PM MAYBE THAT ACCOUNTS FOR MANY OF US BEING OUT HERE NOW.
3:08:48PM AND WE'RE HAVING OUR 22nd ANNUAL CONVENTION, WHICH IS
3:08:53PM TAMPA -- WE CHOSE TAMPA AS A CITY, DON'T HAVE A PHYSICAL
3:08:58PM CHAPTER IN TAMPA.
3:08:59PM WE HAVE 12 CHAPTERS ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES.
3:09:02PM BUT BECAUSE OF THE INCLUSIVE NATURE OF THE CITY, BECAUSE OF
3:09:05PM THE GOOD THINGS WE FOUND ABOUT THE CITY ONLINE, WE DECIDED
3:09:09PM THAT TAMPA WOULD BE OUR CITY.
3:09:12PM SO THIS WEEKEND, I HAVE CLOSE TO 350 MEMBERS OF OUR
3:09:24PM ASSOCIATION, INCLUDING THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR SPOUSES.
3:09:28PM WE ARE AT THE WESTERN TAMPA WATER SITE AND WE WILL BE THERE
3:09:32PM UNTIL SUNDAY.
3:09:33PM I UNDERSTAND THAT THE MAYOR WAS VERY BUSY.
3:09:39PM SHE TOLD ME SHE WOULD BE BUSY THIS WEEKEND WITH THE BUDGET
3:09:42PM AND ALL THAT.
3:09:43PM SHE GAVE US A PROCLAMATION AND WE SAID IF SHE'S NOT THERE,
3:09:48PM THERE ARE OTHER MEMBERS WHO WOULD BE THERE.
3:09:50PM AT LEAST STOP TO SAY HELLO.
3:09:53PM THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE.
3:09:54PM I'M HERE WITH SOME MEMBERS OF MY EXECUTIVE AND SOME CHAPTER
3:09:57PM PRESIDENTS.
3:09:58PM SO I HAVE MY ORGANIZING SECRETARY HERE.
3:10:01PM AND I HAVE -- I HAVE CHAPTER PRESIDENT FROM MINNESOTA.
3:10:15PM LINDA.
3:10:18PM MEMBERS AT-LARGE, THE CHAPTER HOSTING THE CONVENTION HERE.
3:10:24PM NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY.
3:10:27PM AND I HAVE ONE OF MY KEY COLLABORATORS OF THE MEMBERS
3:10:36PM AT-LARGE CHAPTER.
3:10:37PM DR. JULIE HERE.
3:10:41PM AND WE ARE WEARING OUR NATIONAL FABRIC.
3:10:45PM COUNCIL MEMBERS, IT IS OUR PLEASURE.
3:10:51PM YOU GUYS ARE DOING SOMETHING GOOD HERE THAT WE COULD COME
3:10:56PM FROM FAR AWAY BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND FEEL
3:10:59PM COMFORTABLE HERE AND WITH THAT, WE SHOULD COME HERE AND
3:11:04PM SHARE THAT.
3:11:04PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
3:11:05PM [ APPLAUSE ]
3:11:14PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I WOULD LIKE TO GET A PICTURE WITH YOU ALL
3:11:16PM BEFORE YOU LEAVE ON THE STEPS RIGHT HERE IN OUR WONDERFUL
3:11:19PM LOBBY HALLWAY.
3:11:20PM >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
3:11:24PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YOU ALL LOOK BEAUTIFUL.
3:11:25PM >>LUIS VIERA: WHAT DAY WOULD BE BEST FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO
3:11:29PM COME?
3:11:29PM SUNDAY MORNING?
3:11:29PM WHEN DOES THE EVENT END SUNDAY?
3:11:33PM >> OUR WISH IS TOMORROW BECAUSE WE HAVE OPENING CEREMONY.
3:11:39PM STARTS AT 9 A.M.
3:11:40PM IF WE COULD GET MEMBERS FROM THIS HOUSE, IT WOULD BE OUR
3:11:47PM UTMOST PLEASURE.
3:11:50PM WE'VE BEEN TO TAMPA ALL OVER.
3:11:52PM YOU CAN SEE THE PROCLAMATION IS AT THE END OF OUR MAGAZINE
3:11:56PM THERE, AT THE BACK, THE COVER PAGE, AND ALL OF CAMEROON KNOW
3:12:01PM THAT TAMPA IS HOSTING US AND IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF IN THE
3:12:05PM OPENING CEREMONY, AT LEAST ONE COUNCIL MEMBER.
3:12:10PM HAPPY MORE THAN ONE, WE WOULD BE DANCING.
3:12:12PM MORE THAN TWO, YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BE HAVING.
3:12:15PM [ LAUGHTER ]
3:12:23PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WANT TO SAY WELCOME TO TAMPA AND THANK
3:12:25PM YOU FOR RECOGNIZING US AS AN INCLUSIVE, WELCOMING CITY.
3:12:28PM I THINK IT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MESSAGES TO SEND,
3:12:31PM ESPECIALLY WITH THE POLITICS OF OUR STATE AND OUR COUNTRY OF
3:12:34PM WHERE IT'S AT, THAT WE ARE A SHINING EXAMPLE FOR OTHER
3:12:40PM COMMUNITIES OF INCLUSIVITY AND BEING WELCOMING.
3:12:44PM I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS FOUND US AND THAT YOU
3:12:47PM RECOGNIZE THAT, AND I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO ENJOY YOUR TIME
3:12:49PM HERE BECAUSE WE'VE GOT INCREDIBLE SIGHTS TO SEE.
3:12:52PM IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE TO BE.
3:12:53PM I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE SINCE I'VE BEEN, NEVER DONE THIS I
3:12:56PM THINK YOU GUYS SHOULD COME UP AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE
3:12:59PM SEAL AND ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
3:13:11PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CAN WE GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE?
3:13:13PM MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
3:13:17PM SECOND FROM CARLSON.
3:13:18PM ALL IN FAVOR?
3:13:19PM AYE.
3:13:19PM WE'RE ADJOURNED.
3:13:20PM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
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