TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
9:00 A.M.
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9:06:23AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL
9:06:25AM THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER.
9:06:28AM AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO YIELD TO COUNCILWOMAN
9:06:32AM HENDERSON TO WELCOME OUR INVOCATION.
9:06:33AM IF WE COULD PLEASE STAND AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE PLEDGE OF
9:06:36AM ALLEGIANCE.
9:06:37AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: GOOD MORNING.
9:06:38AM THANK YOU, CHAIR.
9:06:38AM YES, CAN I HAVE MR. KINGSTON JOSHUA BALLOON PLEASE COME TO
9:06:44AM THE PODIUM?
9:06:45AM IS THERE A STAND FOR HIM?
9:06:47AM DARLENE, DID YOU GET THE STAND?
9:06:49AM DARLENE, DID YOU GET THE STAND FOR KINGSTON?
9:06:52AM HE SAID HE'S OKAY.
9:06:54AM OKAY.
9:06:54AM NO PROBLEM.
9:06:55AM THANK YOU.
9:06:55AM OUR INVOCATION TODAY IS COMING FROM MR. KINGSTON JOSHUA
9:07:00AM BALLOON.
9:07:01AM A NINE-YEAR-OLD TAMPA NATIVE BORN AND RAISED IN EAST TAMPA.
9:07:04AM HE IS THE SON OF MY FAVORITE STUDENT FROM THE CLASS OF 2003,
9:07:07AM JOSHUA BALLOON, THE GRANDSON OF EULIS AND NATALIE AND
9:07:13AM SIBLINGS OF JOSHUA JUNIOR, ELANA.
9:07:19AM JOSHUA HAS BEEN A PART OF THE G-3 LIFE APPLICATIONS HEALTH
9:07:23AM AND WELLNESS MENTORING PROGRAM SINCE THE AGE OF 2.
9:07:27AM HONOR ROLL ATHLETE WHO ATTENDS TAMPA BAY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
9:07:31AM AND PLAYS FOOTBALL FOR THE TAMPA, WEST TAMPA SPARTANS.
9:07:35AM PLEASE WELCOME MR. KINGSTON JOSHUA BALLOON FOR OUR
9:07:38AM INVOCATION.
9:07:41AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, SIR.
9:07:42AM >> MY NAME IS KINGSTON BALLOON.
9:07:47AM PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS AND CLOSE YOUR EYES AND REPEAT AFTER
9:07:49AM ME.
9:07:50AM GOD IS GOOD.
9:07:51AM ALL THE TIME.
9:07:52AM ALL THE TIME.
9:07:54AM GOD IS GOOD.
9:07:55AM I'M IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
9:07:57AM AT THE RIGHT TIME.
9:07:59AM WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE.
9:08:02AM IT IS NOT ABOUT ME.
9:08:03AM IT IS NOT ABOUT YOU.
9:08:06AM IT'S ABOUT THE LORD.
9:08:08AM LORD, OPEN THE RIGHT DOORS, CLOSE THE WRONG DOORS.
9:08:14AM YOU MUST INCREASE, WE MUST DECREASE.
9:08:19AM GOD FIRST.
9:08:20AM IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.
9:08:27AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:08:38AM [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
9:08:45AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU FOR THAT INVOCATION.
9:08:48AM THAT WAS WONDERFUL.
9:08:49AM THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
9:08:51AM ROLL CALL.
9:08:52AM >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
9:08:53AM >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE.
9:08:54AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE.
9:08:55AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT.
9:08:56AM >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
9:08:58AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
9:08:59AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
9:09:00AM >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
9:09:02AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
9:09:03AM I NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES FROM AUGUST 24, 2023,
9:09:07AM AND THE WORKSHOP AND EVENING SESSION HELD ON AUGUST 31st,
9:09:11AM 2023.
9:09:12AM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
9:09:15AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
9:09:16AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:09:17AM AYE.
9:09:18AM ALL RIGHT.
9:09:19AM LET'S GO THROUGH THE AGENDA REAL QUICK.
9:09:21AM I HAVE A MEMO FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK REQUESTING THAT ITEM
9:09:24AM NUMBER 73 REGARDING THE PARK IN EAST TAMPA BE HEARD AFTER
9:09:30AM ITEM NUMBER 5.
9:09:32AM THEN LET'S GO THROUGH STAFF REPORTS.
9:09:35AM ITEM 71, CHIEF BENNETT, DO YOU HAVE AN ADMINISTRATION
9:09:42AM UPDATE?
9:09:43AM >>JOHN BENNETT: DO NOT, THANK YOU.
9:09:44AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM 72, TAMPA FIRE AND TAMPA POLICE TO
9:09:47AM PROVIDE AN ACTION PLAN.
9:09:48AM ALL RIGHT.
9:09:48AM WE WOULD LIKE THEM HERE.
9:09:49AM ITEM NUMBER 73, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE AFTER ITEM NUMBER 5.
9:09:53AM ITEM NUMBER 74, WE HAVE A WRITTEN REPORT.
9:09:57AM >>LUIS VIERA: I'M CONTENT WITH THAT, GIVEN THE BUDGET AND
9:10:00AM WHATNOT -- GIVEN THE BUDGET AND EVERYTHING, I'M CONTENT WITH
9:10:05AM BRINGING THAT BACK ANOTHER TIME.
9:10:06AM I'LL ACCEPT THAT.
9:10:07AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
9:10:08AM WE'LL LEAVE THAT.
9:10:09AM COUNCILMAN CARLSON, ITEM 75, A WRITTEN REPORT.
9:10:13AM YOU WANT SOMEBODY HERE?
9:10:14AM >>BILL CARLSON: YES, PLEASE.
9:10:14AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM 75, WE ASK SOMEBODY TO BE HERE.
9:10:19AM ITEM 76, WE HAVE A REQUEST TO CONTINUE TO SEPTEMBER 21st,
9:10:23AM 2023.
9:10:23AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
9:10:25AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
9:10:27AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:10:27AM AYE.
9:10:28AM ITEM 77, FOR STAFF TO REPORT ON SURFACE PARKING LOTS IN THE
9:10:31AM CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.
9:10:33AM THIS IS A CLENDENIN MOTION.
9:10:33AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I SPOKE WITH STAFF.
9:10:35AM I THINK WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT FOR A DATE TO BE
9:10:39AM DETERMINED.
9:10:39AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
9:10:40AM WE'LL COME UP TO IT, TO BE CONTINUED.
9:10:44AM WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT THEN TO GIVE SOME TIME.
9:10:46AM ITEM 78 -- OKAY, NO.
9:10:51AM WE WOULD HAVE SOMEBODY HERE.
9:10:52AM WE HAVE A MEMO FROM CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE, 78.
9:10:56AM ITEM 79.
9:10:57AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, PLEASE, IF I MAY.
9:10:59AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
9:10:59AM ITEM NUMBER 80, MR. SHELBY AND THE CITY ATTORNEY, YES, SIR.
9:11:03AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES.
9:11:04AM THANK YOU.
9:11:04AM GOOD MORNING.
9:11:04AM MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
9:11:07AM I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH COUNCILMAN CARLSON,
9:11:09AM THE MAKER OF THE MOTION, AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY
9:11:11AM ATTORNEY ON THIS.
9:11:13AM COUNCIL, I'M GOING TO BE ASKING FOR A BRIEF CONTINUANCE
9:11:16AM BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK FURTHERMORE
9:11:21AM WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY.
9:11:23AM I HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY UP UNTIL RECENTLY TO SHARE
9:11:26AM THE WORK PRODUCT THUS FAR WITH THE MAKER OF THE MOTION, BUT
9:11:29AM I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME FEEDBACK
9:11:33AM AND ALSO TO DISTRIBUTE TO STAFF -- EXCUSE ME, TO GET
9:11:36AM FEEDBACK ALSO FROM THE ADMINISTRATION AND ALSO HAVE THE
9:11:40AM OPPORTUNITY FOR CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE THAT DISTRIBUTED TIMELY
9:11:44AM SO YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO DISCUSS IT AND RESPOND TO IT.
9:11:47AM I'M ASKING FOR EITHER A CONTINUANCE TO THE 28th OR FIRST
9:11:53AM MEETING IN OCTOBER.
9:11:54AM >>LYNN HURTAK: OCTOBER 5th.
9:11:55AM >>BILL CARLSON: MOVE TO CONTINUE TO OCTOBER 5th.
9:11:58AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE TO OCTOBER
9:11:59AM 5th BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
9:12:02AM SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
9:12:03AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:12:04AM AYE.
9:12:05AM ON 81 AND 82 -- ONE AT A TIME.
9:12:09AM 81, THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE THE ITEM TO OCTOBER 19.
9:12:12AM MAY I HAVE A MOTION?
9:12:12AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
9:12:14AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
9:12:16AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:12:16AM AYE.
9:12:17AM ITEM 82, REQUEST TO CONTINUE TO DECEMBER 7th.
9:12:20AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
9:12:21AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
9:12:24AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:12:24AM AYE.
9:12:27AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA
9:12:30AM ITEM NUMBER 29 AND ITEM NUMBER 32.
9:12:33AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
9:12:34AM LET ME LOOK AT THIS REAL QUICK.
9:12:35AM ITEM NUMBER 29 --
9:12:40AM >>LYNN HURTAK: LOGISTICS AND ASSET MANAGEMENT.
9:12:42AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE CAN PULL THAT.
9:12:44AM WE'LL HEAR IT UNDER STAFF REPORT.
9:12:45AM >>LYNN HURTAK: 32, I NEED THE CFO.
9:12:51AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE NEED THE CFO PRESENT FOR ITEM 32 AND
9:12:56AM WE'LL PUT IT UNDER STAFF REPORTS.
9:12:58AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: WOULD THAT BE EARLY ON?
9:13:00AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: INSTEAD OF ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE, WE'LL
9:13:02AM TAKE IT UP AT THAT TIME.
9:13:05AM >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM NUMBER 19 FOR A
9:13:09AM SEPARATE VOTE.
9:13:10AM I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE CONTINUE THIS UNTIL AFTER CONTRACT
9:13:15AM ADMINISTRATION HAS PRESENTED TO US THEIR PROPOSALS FOR
9:13:18AM TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
9:13:20AM OTHERWISE, IF STAFF AGREES WITH IT, THEY CAN LET ME KNOW AND
9:13:25AM I CAN CONTINUE IT.
9:13:26AM OTHERWISE I'LL BE VOTING NO AT THIS TIME AND I'LL EXPLAIN
9:13:30AM WHEN WE GET THERE.
9:13:30AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHEN WE GET TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, UNDER
9:13:32AM PUBLIC WORKS, WE'LL TAKE A SEPARATE VOTE ON IT.
9:13:35AM WE'LL DISCUSS IT THEN.
9:13:37AM MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AND THE ADDENDUM
9:13:49AM TO THE AGENDA?
9:13:49AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
9:13:51AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
9:13:53AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:13:53AM AYE.
9:13:54AM ALL RIGHT.
9:13:55AM LET'S BEGIN.
9:13:57AM WE GO WITH ITEM NUMBER 1.
9:13:59AM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, THIS IS FOR THE POLICE OFFICER OF THE
9:14:00AM MONTH.
9:14:15AM >>LUIS VIERA: REAL PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
9:14:17AM AGAIN, I WANT TO SALUTE COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON FOR THE
9:14:21AM YOUNGSTER WHO CAME HERE TO PRAY.
9:14:23AM G-3 IS A GREAT ORGANIZATION.
9:14:26AM BUT IT'S MY GREAT PLEASURE HERE TODAY TO DO THE POLICE
9:14:30AM OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
9:14:30AM WE ALWAYS DO POLICE OFFICER OF THE MONTH BECAUSE IT IS A
9:14:33AM REFLECTION OF OUR VALUES AS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL IN SUPPORTING
9:14:35AM THOSE WHO SUPPORT US AND SUPPORTING THOSE WHO STAND UP FOR
9:14:38AM US AND WHO TAKE LIFE'S BIGGEST HITS FOR US.
9:14:41AM AS POLICE OFFICERS AND ALSO AS OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND OUR
9:14:45AM FIRST RESPONDERS, WE ARE HERE TODAY TO HONOR OFFICER
9:14:48AM CHARNELE BAKER FOR THE GREAT WORK SHE'S DONE INCLUDING IN
9:14:52AM SOMETHING THAT WE ALL SUPPORT, WHICH IS COMMUNITY POLICING
9:14:55AM AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS ARE AN INCREASING
9:14:59AM PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
9:15:00AM TO TALK ABOUT HER, I'LL INVITE CHIEF BERCAW.
9:15:04AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:15:05AM IT IS MY HONOR TO PRESENT OUR OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
9:15:08AM WHEN YOU HEAR HER STORY, YOU WILL BE WOWED JUST LIKE ALL OF
9:15:12AM US WERE.
9:15:13AM IT'S NOT JUST US LOCALLY.
9:15:14AM NATIONALLY SHE IS GETTING RECOGNIZED FOR HER EFFORTS.
9:15:17AM OFFICER CHARNELE BAKER PLAYED A ROLE IN THE COMMUNITY
9:15:24AM POLICING EFFORTS THROUGH THE STRONG RELATIONSHIP SHE BUILT
9:15:27AM WITHIN HER COMMUNITY, SPECIFICALLY OUR YOUNGEST RESIDENTS.
9:15:29AM IN THE SPRING OF LAST YEAR, 2022, OFFICER BAKER DEVELOPED
9:15:34AM AND LAUNCHED A PROGRAM TITLED "SHIELDING OUR TEENS."
9:15:39AM A THREE-PHASE DESIGN PROGRAM TO GUIDE TEENS ONTO THE RIGHT
9:15:43AM PATH AND HELP THEM FIND EMPLOYMENT.
9:15:45AM SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE PROGRAM ALSO HELPED TO BUILD THE
9:15:48AM POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR
9:15:51AM YOUTH.
9:15:51AM THE PROGRAM'S THREE PHASES CONSISTED OF, ONE, BUILDING A
9:15:56AM RELATIONSHIP WITH OFFICERS, INTERVIEW PREPARATION, AND THEN,
9:15:59AM LASTLY, THE INTERVIEWS THEMSELVES.
9:16:02AM OFFICER BAKER DIDN'T JUST FOSTER A STRONGER RELATIONSHIP
9:16:06AM WITH THE TEENS, SHE ALSO COLLABORATED WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES
9:16:12AM AND SOLICITED DONATIONS TO INCLUDE PROFESSIONAL ATTIRE,
9:16:17AM OFFERING THE TEENS JOBS, AND SOME OF THEM WERE OFFERED JOBS
9:16:20AM ON THE SPOT.
9:16:21AM THE PILOT PROGRAM WAS SUCH A SUCCESS THAT THIS PAST YEAR, IN
9:16:28AM THE SUMMER OF 2023, MORE EMPLOYERS AND TEENS PARTICIPATED.
9:16:32AM AND OFFICER BAKER WAS ABLE TO SECURE A NUMBER OF GRANTS TO
9:16:36AM FUND THE PROGRAM.
9:16:37AM SHE PRESENTED SHIELDING OUR TEENS AT A NATIONAL CONFERENCE
9:16:40AM WHERE NOW OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE LOOKING TO
9:16:45AM IMPLEMENT A SIMILAR PROGRAM IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
9:16:48AM IN ADDITION TO SHIELDING OUR TEENS, OFFICER BAKER HAS
9:16:50AM PARTNERED WITH PAPA JOHNS FOR THEIR SUMMER CITATION PROGRAM,
9:16:55AM YES, WE'RE GETTING CITATIONS TO THE YOUTH BUT A FREE PIZZA
9:17:00AM CITATION, WHICH REWARDED YOUNGER RESIDENTS FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR
9:17:03AM WITH A CITATION THAT COULD BE REDEEMED FOR A FREE PIZZA.
9:17:07AM HER DEDICATION TO INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION IN MAKING A
9:17:11AM DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY IS NOT LIMITED TO JUST WHEN
9:17:13AM SHE'S IN UNIFORM.
9:17:14AM DURING HER SPARE TIME, SHE MENTORS STUDENTS AT THE PACE
9:17:19AM CENTER AND VOLUNTEERS IN A VARIETY OF COMMUNITY
9:17:22AM ORGANIZATIONS.
9:17:23AM HER DEFINITE INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES, DEDICATION AND
9:17:26AM RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY, OFFICER BAKER HAS MADE AN
9:17:29AM IMPACT IN THE LIVES OF HUNDREDS OF OUR YOUTH IN OUR NEXT
9:17:33AM GENERATION HERE IN THE CITY.
9:17:34AM FOR THIS, SHE IS TRULY A PUBLIC SERVANT, AND THAT'S WHY
9:17:37AM WE'VE SELECTED HER AS OUR SEPTEMBER OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
9:17:40AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:17:40AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:17:49AM >>LUIS VIERA: I KNOW WE HAVE SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY
9:17:52AM HERE WHO WOULD LOVE TO SHOW THEIR APPRECIATION FOR YOU.
9:18:01AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:18:10AM MIKE McARTHUR, STEPP'S TOWING SERVICE.
9:18:15AM THANK YOU FOR A JOB WELL DONE.
9:18:18AM ON BEHALF OF TODD STEPP'S, GIFT CARD TO THE STRATEGIC HOUSE
9:18:25AM AND A NIGHT OUT IN THE LIMOUSINE.
9:18:27AM TAKE A NIGHT OFF AND ENJOY IT.
9:18:30AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:18:31AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:18:32AM MARY DEL ON BEHALF OF THE STRAZ CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING
9:18:35AM ARTS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR WORK WITH THE
9:18:38AM YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
9:18:39AM ON BEHALF OF THE STRAZ CENTER, WE HAVE TWO TICKETS TO A
9:18:43AM BROADWAY SHOW AND A COUPLE OF DRINK TICKETS FOR YOU AS WELL
9:18:47AM TO ENJOY.
9:18:48AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:18:49AM >> THANK YOU.
9:18:49AM I APPRECIATE IT.
9:18:50AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:18:53AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:18:55AM JILL WITECKI WITH TAMPA THEATRE.
9:18:57AM OFFICER BAKER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO.
9:19:01AM ON BEHALF OF THE THEATER, PRESENT YOU WITH AN ANNUAL
9:19:03AM MEMBERSHIP TO COME TO THE THEATER.
9:19:05AM IF EVER WE CAN SUPPLY MOVIE TICKETS FOR THE SUMMER
9:19:08AM CITATIONS, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
9:19:10AM >> THANK YOU.
9:19:10AM I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
9:19:11AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:19:13AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:19:17AM BRIAN FORD WITH THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS.
9:19:19AM JUST WANTED TO START BY SAYING THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR
9:19:22AM EXTENDED EFFORTS IN WORKING THROUGH THIS YEAR'S BUDGET AND
9:19:25AM ALL YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR THIS
9:19:27AM PROGRAM.
9:19:28AM OFFICER BAKER, BRIAN FORD, I GOT A DELAYED MESSAGE, WE HAVE
9:19:33AM SOMETHING IN PRINT.
9:19:34AM WE HAVE A TRADITION OVER AT ONE BUC WHERE PEOPLE GO OVER AND
9:19:37AM ABOVE, WE PROVIDE A GAME BALL.
9:19:39AM THIS ISN'T YOUR GAME BALL, BUT I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU MY
9:19:42AM INFORMATION AND HAVE YOU AND MAYBE YOUR FAMILY JOIN ME AT
9:19:45AM ONE BUC AND HAVE ANOTHER LITTLE CEREMONY WHERE WE CAN GIVE
9:19:48AM IT AT YOUR CONVENIENCE AND YOUR SCHEDULE PERMITS NEXT WEEK
9:19:51AM OR WEEK AFTER.
9:19:52AM TREMENDOUS STORY.
9:19:53AM THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND THE SACRIFICE YOU AND YOUR
9:19:56AM FAMILY CONGRATULATIONS.
9:19:58AM >> THANK YOU.
9:19:58AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:20:03AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:20:03AM MARY LOU BAILEY.
9:20:05AM HERE ON BEHALF OF ZOO TAMPA.
9:20:06AM I VOLUNTEER ON THE BOARD OF ZOO TAMPA.
9:20:08AM WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP TO
9:20:10AM THE ZOO FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO ENJOY AND SOME SWAG STUFF
9:20:14AM FOR YOU TO SHARE.
9:20:16AM BUT I WANTED TO THANK YOU.
9:20:17AM YOUR STORY IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT TO ME.
9:20:20AM I HAVE TWO TEENAGE DAUGHTERS.
9:20:21AM I KNOW IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET THEM SURROUNDED BY
9:20:25AM GOODNESS IN LIFE EARLY ON.
9:20:26AM THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
9:20:29AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
9:20:29AM THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO SERVES.
9:20:31AM AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS.
9:20:31AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:20:38AM >> GOOD MORNING, OFFICER BAKER.
9:20:40AM GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:20:41AM GRACE GONZALEZ HERE ON BEHALF OF THE GONZMART FAMILY AND
9:20:44AM 1905 FAMILY OF RESTAURANTS.
9:20:46AM WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
9:20:47AM THANK YOU FOR OPENING THE DOOR FOR ME THIS MORNING.
9:20:49AM THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO AND FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA.
9:20:52AM WE WANT TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS GIFT CARD TO ANY OF OUR
9:20:55AM RESTAURANTS, ANY COLUMBIA RESTAURANT LOCATION.
9:20:57AM NO HURRY TO USE IT, BUT DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER IS OUR
9:21:00AM COMMUNITY HARVEST.
9:21:01AM 5% OF ANYTHING YOU BUY AT OUR RESTAURANT WILL GO TO ANY
9:21:04AM CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE.
9:21:06AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:21:10AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:21:15AM >> CONGRATULATIONS.
9:21:16AM STEVE MICHELINI HERE ON BEHALF OF A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT
9:21:20AM RESTAURANTS.
9:21:21AM FIRST, WE HAVE BELLABRAVA IN THE MIDTOWN SECTION OF TOWN,
9:21:25AM AND THEY ARE PROVIDING YOU WITH A GIFT CERTIFICATE, $50.
9:21:28AM ENJOY YOURSELF OVER THERE.
9:21:30AM BEHALF OF THE YUMMY HOUSE CHINA BISTRO, THEY ARE PROVIDING
9:21:33AM YOU WITH A $50 GIFT CERTIFICATE, ENJOY YOURSELF THERE.
9:21:36AM AND ALSO FOR THE MEAT MARKET IN OLD HYDE PARK, $50 GIFT
9:21:41AM CERTIFICATE.
9:21:41AM AND ALSO FOR THE CICCIO RESTAURANT GROUP, ANOTHER $50 TO
9:21:46AM ENJOY YOURSELF THERE.
9:21:47AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:21:49AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:21:54AM >>LUIS VIERA: IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE, MA'AM, TO PRESENT TO
9:21:56AM YOU FROM A VERY GRATEFUL -- I'LL GET OVER HERE -- TAMPA CITY
9:21:59AM COUNCIL FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE, ALL OF YOUR
9:22:02AM SACRIFICES THAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY MAKE FOR US.
9:22:05AM TAMPA CITY COUNCIL COMMENDATION.
9:22:06AM WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD OF YOU AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR
9:22:09AM SERVICE.
9:22:10AM GOD BLESS YOU, MA'AM.
9:22:11AM >> THANK YOU.
9:22:11AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:22:17AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:22:20AM LIKE YOUNG KINGSTON SAID, GOD IS GOOD.
9:22:22AM THIS STARTED AS A VISION, SOMETHING I THOUGHT OF OVER NIGHT
9:22:31AM AFTER TALKING TO MY NEPHEW ABOUT SOME THINGS.
9:22:34AM MY HUSBAND HAS BEEN TRULY SUPPORTIVE OF ME WITH THE LATE
9:22:37AM NIGHTS AND ALL OF MY CRAZY VISIONS.
9:22:40AM I REALLY APPRECIATE HIM FOR THAT.
9:22:42AM ALSO, THE TEAM THAT I WORK WITH THAT HELP ME FACILITATE IT.
9:22:45AM BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHEN I BROUGHT THIS VISION TO STAFF,
9:22:49AM THE SUPPORT THAT THEY GAVE ME MEANS THE WORLD TO ME.
9:22:53AM I'M SO HAPPY THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM, AND I HOPE
9:22:56AM TO HAVE HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF KIDS CONTINUE TO MAKE THE
9:23:01AM RIGHT CHOICES IN LIFE.
9:23:03AM THANK YOU.
9:23:04AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:23:11AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:23:11AM I'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT I WANT TO MAKE AN
9:23:14AM ANNOUNCEMENT THAT I'D LIKE TO TAKE ITEM NUMBER 3, ALSO TPD
9:23:17AM RELATED, RIGHT AFTER THIS.
9:23:19AM IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO STAY, BECAUSE IT IS A VERY SPECIAL
9:23:23AM STORY, ALL OF TPD, WE CAN DO THAT.
9:23:26AM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
9:23:27AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU.
9:23:28AM IT'S A WONDERFUL THING WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
9:23:32AM WHEN YOU LOOK AT LIFE, WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IS GIVE PEOPLE A
9:23:35AM HAND UP, NOT A PUSH DOWN.
9:23:38AM IN TODAY'S SOCIETY, EVERYBODY IS TRYING TO CLIMB THE SAME
9:23:40AM LADDER.
9:23:41AM WHEN YOU DO WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME
9:23:44AM NOW HELPING PEOPLE MAKE THEIR ATTAINMENT OF WHAT THEY WANT
9:23:48AM TO BE, WHAT THEY WANT TO BE A TRUE VALUE TO THEMSELVES AND
9:23:52AM TO SOCIETY, IT'S SOMETHING THAT NOT TOO MANY INDIVIDUALS DO.
9:23:55AM SO FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE WAY ABOVE BEING A POLICE OFFICER.
9:24:00AM IT'S FROM THE HEART, AND IT'S FROM HELPING PEOPLE THAT YOU
9:24:04AM KNOW THAT SOONER OR LATER IS LIKE A FORK IN THE ROAD.
9:24:07AM YOU CAN TAKE THE RIGHT FORK OR THE LEFT FORK.
9:24:10AM MAKE SURE THEY GO IN THE RIGHT FORK TO THE RIGHT WAY TO
9:24:13AM WHEREVER THEY WANT TO BE.
9:24:14AM YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE SOMEBODY HOPE AND YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM
9:24:17AM NOT ONLY HOPE, BUT YOU HAVE TO TELL THOSE YOUNG KIDS AND
9:24:20AM WITHOUT THEM KNOWING ABOUT IT THAT THEY CAN ATTAIN WHATEVER
9:24:23AM THEY WANT TO ATTAIN IF THEY PUT THEIR MIND TO IT.
9:24:26AM FOR THAT, THAT'S WHAT YOU GOT THE AWARD FOR.
9:24:28AM THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO AND CONTINUE TO DO ON A DAILY
9:24:31AM BASIS.
9:24:31AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:24:31AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OFFICER BAKER, I'M SO GLAD I MET YOU AND
9:24:35AM DISCOVERED YOUR PROGRAM.
9:24:37AM YOU ARE AN AMAZING WOMAN.
9:24:39AM WHEN IT COMES TO SERVING KIDS, THE FUTURE GENERATION OF
9:24:43AM TAMPA, THAT'S WHAT REALLY MATTERS, AND IT SHOULD MATTER TO
9:24:46AM EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM.
9:24:47AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO.
9:24:48AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
9:24:50AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: GOOD MORNING.
9:24:51AM OPENING MINDS OPENS DOORS.
9:24:54AM IT'S GREAT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM.
9:24:58AM I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF ANY TYPE OF INTERVENTION.
9:25:01AM I HELPED WHEN I WAS A YOUTH COUNSELOR WHEN I WAS A YOUNGER
9:25:05AM MAN FOR KIDS THAT WERE IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW.
9:25:08AM I KNOW IT CAN MAKE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON PEOPLE'S LIVES.
9:25:12AM I ALSO HAVE TO COMMENT THAT SOME OF MY GREATEST VISIONS COME
9:25:15AM AFTER REALLY LATE NIGHTS AND SOMETIMES GREAT NIGHTS.
9:25:18AM THAT'S ALWAYS WHEN YOUR BEST TIMES HAPPEN.
9:25:20AM BEST THOUGHTS COME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT SOMETIMES.
9:25:24AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO.
9:25:26AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
9:25:26AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
9:25:27AM YOUR WORK WITH TEENAGERS IS SO IMPORTANT.
9:25:32AM I HEARD THAT YOU WORK WITH PACE, AND I USED TO DO THAT WHEN
9:25:36AM I WAS A TEACHER.
9:25:38AM REACHING THOSE KIDS WHEN THEY REALLY NEED TO, YOU HAVE TO
9:25:40AM HAVE A HEART FOR TEENAGERS.
9:25:42AM IT IS A VERY SPECIAL DEMOGRAPHIC AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU NOT
9:25:46AM ONLY HAVE THE HEART, YOU WANT TO GROW THE PROGRAM.
9:25:48AM NOT ONLY HAVE YOU STARTED IT HERE AND BEEN SUCCESSFUL, BUT
9:25:53AM YOU'RE ENCOURAGING OTHER DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
9:25:56AM TO DO IT, THAT'S AMAZING.
9:25:57AM I'M THRILLED THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO GET THIS COMMENDATION
9:26:00AM TODAY.
9:26:01AM KEEP WORKING ON IT.
9:26:02AM IF THERE'S ANYTHING COUNCIL CAN DO TO HELP YOU IN THAT,
9:26:05AM PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU LET US KNOW.
9:26:06AM WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU, AND I CAN TELL YOUR HUSBAND BEHIND
9:26:10AM YOU IS INCREDIBLY PROUD OF YOU TOO.
9:26:13AM IT'S ALWAYS NICE WHEN YOU HAVE A PARTNER WHO IS WILLING TO
9:26:16AM SUPPORT YOU IN ANYTHING YOU DO.
9:26:18AM YOU ARE BLESSED AND LUCKY AND CONGRATULATIONS.
9:26:20AM I LOOK FORWARD -- YOU LOOK VERY, VERY YOUNG, SO I LOOK
9:26:24AM FORWARD TO HEARING MORE FROM YOU AS YOU WORK IN THIS
9:26:27AM DEPARTMENT.
9:26:28AM SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
9:26:29AM >> THANK YOU, MA'AM.
9:26:30AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
9:26:31AM >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU ALSO FOR YOUR SERVICE.
9:26:34AM AND THANK YOU TO YOUR HUSBAND AND FAMILY FOR SUPPORTING YOU.
9:26:36AM THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION FOR BRINGING YOU FORWARD.
9:26:42AM HOPEFULLY, I WOULD CALL YOU A SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR.
9:26:46AM YOU CAME UP WITH AN IDEA AND YOU PROPOSED IT.
9:26:49AM THAT MEANS YOU ARE AN ENTREPRENEUR WITHIN A GOVERNMENT
9:26:51AM AGENCY OR NONPROFIT THAT YOU'RE FOCUSED ON THE COMMUNITY BUT
9:26:55AM FOCUSED ON FINDING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
9:26:59AM AND YOU IDENTIFIED A PROBLEM.
9:27:00AM YOU FOUND SOLUTIONS.
9:27:01AM AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE STILL INNOVATING AND WORKING
9:27:04AM HARD.
9:27:05AM BESIDES CELEBRATING THE WORK YOU'VE DONE, THE FACT THAT THE
9:27:11AM CHIEF AND DR. CHIEF, SORRY, AND THE ADMINISTRATION BROUGHT
9:27:14AM YOU FORWARD MEANS THIS ORGANIZATION ALSO CELEBRATES SOCIAL
9:27:17AM ENTREPRENEURS, AND WE NEED MORE LIKE YOU.
9:27:19AM AND I HOPE YOU'LL BECOME A CASE STUDY AND EXAMPLE FOR
9:27:22AM OTHERS.
9:27:22AM THANK YOU.
9:27:23AM >> THANK YOU, SIR.
9:27:24AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR
9:27:25AM INSPIRING US THIS MORNING.
9:27:27AM THANK YOU FOR THE SACRIFICE THAT YOU MAKE WHEN YOU PUT ON
9:27:29AM THAT UNIFORM, THE SACRIFICE THAT YOUR FAMILY MAKES WHEN THEY
9:27:32AM SEND YOU OUT TO DO THE GOOD WORK IN THE COMMUNITY.
9:27:36AM YOU ARE AN INSPIRATION TO US, TO THE COMMUNITY, TO THE
9:27:38AM YOUTH.
9:27:39AM YOU ARE LIFTING PEOPLE UP AND YOU ARE PROVIDING THEM A PATH
9:27:41AM TO A BETTER FUTURE AND SHOWING THEM GOOD THINGS AND
9:27:46AM POSITIVITY.
9:27:47AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:27:48AM THIS IS VERY WELL DESERVED AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THE
9:27:50AM GREAT THINGS YOU'LL CONTINUE DOING.
9:27:52AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:27:53AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:27:53AM I'M GOING TO WELCOME COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON WHO HAS A
9:28:05AM SPECIAL PRESENTATION.
9:28:06AM AGAIN, THIS IS TPD RELATED.
9:28:08AM EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO STAY AND HEAR THIS NEXT ITEM.
9:28:12AM .
9:28:16AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I BROUGHT MY TISSUE WITH ME.
9:28:18AM I HOPE I DON'T CRY.
9:28:24AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IF WE COULD TURN ON THE OVERHEAD.
9:28:27AM PUT IT ON THE BIG SCREEN.
9:28:38AM I'VE NEVER BEEN UP HERE BEFORE.
9:28:48AM HELLO, COUNCIL.
9:28:49AM OH, MY GOSH.
9:28:53AM I'M CRYING ALREADY.
9:28:57AM OKAY, YOU-ALL.
9:29:00AM WHEN I INTERVIEWED WITH THE POLICE DURING THE CAMPAIGN, FOR
9:29:13AM SOME REASON, I WENT TO THE PBA AND I TOLD THEM THE STORY OF
9:29:18AM A BURGLARY IN 1976 AT MY HOME.
9:29:21AM AND WHAT HAPPENED.
9:29:24AM A POLICE OFFICER ARRIVES, OF COURSE, HE DOES HIS DUTY AND
9:29:29AM THEN BECAUSE ALL OF OUR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS WERE STOLEN, I
9:29:31AM DON'T KNOW, MAYBE HE CAN TELL YOU THE STORY, BUT HE WENT
9:29:35AM BACK TO THE POLICE STATION AND HE COLLECTED MONEY FROM HIS
9:29:39AM FELLOW COWORKERS AND GAVE US THE BEST CHRISTMAS EVER.
9:29:45AM AT THE TIME MY FATHER WAS LAID OFF FROM THE STEEL
9:29:49AM MANUFACTURING COMPANY HE WORKED FOR.
9:29:51AM I KNOW IT PROBABLY HURT HIM A LOT TO HAVE HELP COME FROM THE
9:29:55AM POLICE, BUT FOR ME, IT WAS VERY SIGNIFICANT.
9:30:00AM THE OFFICER ON THE SCENE WAS MR. LEO PALLE.
9:30:04AM WHERE ARE YOU?
9:30:05AM >> I'M RIGHT HERE.
9:30:06AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OH, MY GOSH.
9:30:07AM SO WE GOT THIS IDEA, AS I LEARNED TO BE A PART OF THIS
9:30:12AM COUNCIL, THAT WE GIVE COMMENDATIONS TO PEOPLE AND THIS ONE
9:30:16AM IS 47 YEARS LATER.
9:30:17AM SO LET ME JUST READ IT SO I CAN STOP CRYING.
9:30:20AM IN GRATITUDE AND RECOGNITION FOR A YIELDING DEVOTION TO THE
9:30:24AM HIGHEST IDEALS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IS PRESENTED TO MR. LEO
9:30:29AM PALLE, A RETIRED OFFICER OF THE CITY OF TAMPA POLICE
9:30:31AM DEPARTMENT, COMMENDED FOR TURNING A RESPONSE TO A BURGLARY
9:30:35AM DURING THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY OF 1976 TO CARVER CITY
9:30:40AM RESIDENTS ASBURY AND GLADYS HENDERSON AND THEIR FOUR
9:30:44AM CHILDREN.
9:30:44AM HIS ACHIEVEMENT THEN AND NOW EXCEEDED THOSE EXPECTED FOR HIS
9:30:47AM POST, FOR HIS ACT OF COMPASSION, HONOR, ENGAGEMENT OF HIS
9:30:51AM FELLOW OFFICERS AND THE INCLUSION OF HIS FAMILY IN THIS
9:30:55AM PROCESS.
9:30:55AM FOR A HOLIDAY MADE MOST MEMORABLE FOR FOUR CHILDREN WHO ARE
9:31:01AM NOW PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
9:31:04AM UNANIMOUSLY PRESENTED 47 YEARS LATER WITH GREAT PLEASURE BY
9:31:08AM THE ELECTED BODY OF THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL ON THIS 7th DAY
9:31:13AM OF SEPTEMBER, 2023.
9:31:15AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:31:15AM THIS PICTURE YOU SEE, THAT'S MY BEAUTIFUL MOTHER.
9:31:26AM SHE KIND OF LOOKS LIKE ME, ACTUALLY.
9:31:28AM AND MR. LEO GIVING HER SOME GROCERIES.
9:31:35AM THE CHOCOLATE QUICK STUFF.
9:31:37AM YOU REMEMBER THAT?
9:31:38AM I WAS SO EXCITED THAT THAT WAS ON THE TABLE.
9:31:41AM I REMEMBER THAT.
9:31:42AM AND THIS IS A SMALLER ONE, BUT THAT IS THE ARTICLE -- I
9:31:47AM DIDN'T KNOW THIS AT THE TIME, BUT TO MAKE US FEEL
9:31:49AM COMFORTABLE, HE BROUGHT HIS DAUGHTERS, RIGHT?
9:31:53AM >> NO.
9:31:54AM THOSE WERE MEMBERS --
9:31:56AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: SOMEBODY ELSE'S KIDS.
9:31:58AM >> YES.
9:31:58AM [ LAUGHTER ]
9:31:59AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I THINK THAT WAS DONE I GUESS MAYBE TO
9:32:02AM MAKE US FEEL COMFORTABLE, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS REALLY GREAT.
9:32:05AM THAT'S YOUR CITY COUNCIL WOMAN RIGHT THERE WITH THE ARROW.
9:32:09AM MY SISTER SONYA AND BROTHER GREG.
9:32:12AM THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF THE PICTURES I WANTED TO SHOW YOU.
9:32:16AM THIS IS THE ARTICLE BACK THEN CALLED THE TAMPA TRIBUNE,
9:32:19AM DECEMBER 25, 1976.
9:32:21AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:32:24AM DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY?
9:32:25AM HOW DO YOU DO THIS?
9:32:27AM NOW WE HAVE SOME OTHER GIFTS FOR YOU.
9:32:38AM >> THANK YOU, AGAIN, COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
9:32:41AM GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:32:43AM IT'S MY HONOR TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY AND RECOGNIZE THE
9:32:46AM POSITIVE IMPACT AND LONG-LASTING IMPRESSION AN OFFICER CAN
9:32:50AM MAKE IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
9:32:51AM WE HEARD THE STORY EARLIER.
9:32:53AM WE'RE HEARING ONE NOW.
9:32:55AM AS COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON SHARED, LEO PALLE WAS THAT OFFICER
9:32:59AM FOR HER AND HER FAMILY, AND WE ARE HERE TODAY TO RECOGNIZE
9:33:03AM HIS SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
9:33:05AM I'VE MADE IT CLEAR THAT EVERY MEMBER OF THE TAMPA POLICE
9:33:09AM DEPARTMENT SHOULD HOLD THE PHILOSOPHY THAT EACH SITUATION IS
9:33:12AM TO BE TREATED AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY-ORIENTED
9:33:16AM POLICING.
9:33:17AM I EXPECT EVERY OFFICER TO GET TO KNOW THEIR COMMUNITY
9:33:19AM MEMBERS AND THEIR CONCERNS SO THEY CAN BE THE KIND OF POLICE
9:33:22AM OFFICER WHO TAKES PROACTIVE MEASURES IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
9:33:25AM I WANT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SEE AND BELIEVE THAT EVERY
9:33:29AM POLICE OFFICER AND TPD EMPLOYEE REPRESENTS AND UNDERSTANDS
9:33:32AM THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY ARE SERVING.
9:33:35AM OFFICER LEO PALLE TOOK THIS APPROACH IN 1976 AND THE IMPACT
9:33:40AM OF HIS ACTIONS AND HIS CONCERNS FOR A FAMILY IN NEED
9:33:44AM CONTINUE TO BE FELT ALMOST HALF A CENTURY LATER.
9:33:47AM AS SHARED BY COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON, THEN OFFICER PALLE ON
9:33:52AM CHRISTMAS EVE IN 1976 MADE A PROFOUND IMPACT ON MEMBERS OF
9:33:57AM OUR COMMUNITY.
9:33:58AM HE DID NOT JUST COMPLETE A CALL FOR SERVICE AND DRIVE HOME
9:34:02AM AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT.
9:34:04AM HE SHOWED GENUINE CONCERN FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT HE SERVED.
9:34:08AM HE DEMONSTRATED A TRUE HEART OF A PUBLIC SERVANT IN AN ACT
9:34:12AM OF COMMUNITY-ORIENTED POLICING BEFORE THE TERM WAS EVEN
9:34:15AM COMMONPLACE.
9:34:16AM THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT, COMMUNITY POLICING AWARD IS
9:34:19AM PRESENTED TO AN OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE WHO HAS MADE AN
9:34:24AM EXEMPLARY CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEPARTMENT'S COMMUNITY
9:34:26AM ORIENTED POLICING EFFORTS.
9:34:28AM THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS IMPROVED THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR
9:34:32AM CITIZENS AND MADE TAMPA A SAFER PLACE TO WORK AND VISIT.
9:34:35AM BACK IN 1976, THIS AWARD DID NOT EXIST.
9:34:38AM I'M CONFIDENT THAT IF IT DID, HE WOULD HAVE RECEIVED THAT
9:34:42AM AWARD BACK THEN.
9:34:43AM SO TODAY, I HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE AND COMMEND
9:34:48AM HIS ACTIONS AND PROVIDE HIM WITH THE AWARD.
9:34:52AM I'LL READ IT TO YOU.
9:34:53AM IT IS THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY POLICING AWARD
9:34:56AM TO DETECTIVE LEO PALLE.
9:34:58AM IT SAYS, FOR YOUR COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING ACTIONS ON
9:35:01AM DECEMBER 24, 1976 AND THE EXEMPLARY CONTRIBUTIONS YOU
9:35:05AM PROVIDED DURING YOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT CAREER THAT IMPROVED
9:35:08AM THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND MADE TAMPA
9:35:11AM A SAFER PLACE TO WORK, LIVE, AND VISIT.
9:35:14AM IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT COMES WITH A CITATION THAT YOU'LL
9:35:18AM HAVE.
9:35:18AM IT'S MY HONOR TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS.
9:35:23AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:35:23AM IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO HAVE A BAG OF OTHER TPD GOODIES
9:35:34AM FOR YOU.
9:35:36AM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:35:36AM I APPRECIATE IT.
9:35:37AM I NEVER THOUGHT WHEN THIS HAPPENED BACK THEN THAT THIS WOULD
9:35:41AM COME TO FRUITION TODAY.
9:35:42AM I WILL SAY ONE THING, IT WAS A JOY WORKING IN THAT
9:35:45AM NEIGHBORHOOD.
9:35:45AM I ALWAYS HAD A GOOD TIME AND I ALWAYS HAD THE RESPECT OF THE
9:35:49AM COMMUNITY.
9:35:50AM I ONLY THOUGHT IT WAS FAIR TO GIVE BACK TO THE KIDS, WHICH,
9:35:53AM AS YOU CAN SEE, HAVE TURNED OUT TO BE VERY PRODUCTIVE
9:35:55AM INDIVIDUALS.
9:35:56AM AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:35:57AM I APPRECIATE IT.
9:35:58AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:36:06AM >> JOHN MILLER.
9:36:07AM I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THE IMPACT YOU MADE
9:36:10AM UPON NOT ONLY COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON, BUT ALL THE MEMBERS OF
9:36:13AM THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU CAME IN CONTACT WITH.
9:36:15AM WE STRIVE EVERY DAY THAT OUR MEMBERS CARRY ON THIS LEGACY.
9:36:19AM WE WANT TO PRESENT WITH YOU A PLAQUE WE GIVE ALL THE
9:36:22AM OFFICERS OF THE MONTH.
9:36:23AM >> THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
9:36:25AM APPRECIATE IT.
9:36:28AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I'LL HOLD IT.
9:36:34AM >> MIKE McARTHUR, STEPP'S TOWING SERVICE.
9:36:38AM CONGRATULATIONS ON A COMMENDATION WELL PAST DUE.
9:36:40AM BEHALF OF TODD STEPP AND STEPP'S TOWING, HERE IS $200 WORTH
9:36:46AM OF GIFT CARDS.
9:36:47AM GO OUT THERE AND BUY SOMETHING NICE OR PASS IT ON.
9:36:51AM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:36:51AM APPRECIATE IT.
9:36:56AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:36:56AM MARY DYLAN FROM THE STRAZ CENTER.
9:36:59AM ON BEHALF OF THE STRAZ PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, THANK YOU.
9:37:03AM I WROTE ON HERE, IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR
9:37:06AM YOUR WORK IN THIS COMMUNITY.
9:37:08AM A COUPLE OF TICKETS HERE FOR OUR NEXT BROADWAY SHOW, I
9:37:11AM APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS.
9:37:13AM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:37:13AM I APPRECIATE IT.
9:37:14AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:37:19AM >> GOOD MORNING AGAIN.
9:37:20AM IN DECEMBER OF 1976, THIS BODY HAD RECENTLY VOTED TO SAVE
9:37:26AM TAMPA THEATRE AND WAS GETTING READY TO GRAND REOPEN IT THE
9:37:32AM FOLLOWING MONTH.
9:37:33AM OUR CURRENT CEO WAS SIX YEARS AWAY FROM TAKING THE POSITION
9:37:36AM THAT HE STILL HOLDS TO THIS DAY.
9:37:38AM SO EVEN THOUGH THIS IS 47 YEARS OVERDUE, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT
9:37:42AM YOU WITH A MEMBERSHIP TO TAMPA THEATRE TO COME SEE US OVER
9:37:45AM THE NEXT YEAR.
9:37:46AM I PROMISE IT LOOKS JUST ABOUT LIKE IT DID BACK THEN.
9:37:50AM [ LAUGHTER ]
9:37:50AM >> THANK YOU, APPRECIATE IT.
9:37:51AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:37:56AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:37:57AM UNBELIEVABLE STORY.
9:37:59AM WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE SHARE.
9:38:01AM 1976 WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT OUR TEAM STARTED IN THE NFL.
9:38:05AM I HAVE A 1976 CREAMSICLE HAT THAT YOU CAN --
9:38:10AM [ LAUGHTER ]
9:38:10AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND ALL YOU DID FOR THE
9:38:13AM COMMUNITY.
9:38:14AM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS
9:38:16AM TO OUR ATTENTION.
9:38:17AM HERE IS MY CONTACT INFORMATION.
9:38:20AM HERE ARE SOME OTHER GOOD THROW-BACK CREAMSICLE STUFF THAT
9:38:24AM RED LIGHT BACK.
9:38:25AM AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO SAY THANK
9:38:28AM YOU.
9:38:29AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICE AND SERVICE.
9:38:32AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:38:35AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:38:37AM STILL MARY LOU BAILEY.
9:38:38AM CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR SERVICE.
9:38:40AM I HOPE YOU HAVE SOME FREE TIME IN YOUR RETIREMENT TO GO SEE
9:38:43AM SOME ANIMALS AT THE ZOO.
9:38:44AM I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF ZOO TAMPA.
9:38:46AM THERE ARE SIX PASSES IN HERE AS WELL AS SOME STUFF -- NOT A
9:38:51AM GOOD VANNA WHITE.
9:38:52AM FUN STUFF TO SHARE WITH KIDS IN YOUR LIFE WHICH I IMAGINE
9:38:55AM YOU STILL HAVE QUITE A FEW YOUNGSTERS THAT YOU INFLUENCE.
9:38:58AM YOU ARE A REAL ROLE MODEL.
9:38:59AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
9:39:01AM >> YOU ARE WELCOME, THANK YOU.
9:39:02AM >> YOU'RE AWESOME.
9:39:03AM >> THANKS.
9:39:03AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:39:14AM >> GRACE GONZALEZ ON BEHALF OF THE GONZMART FAMILY AND 1905
9:39:17AM FAMILY OF RESTAURANTS.
9:39:18AM WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT WITH YOU A GIFT CARD TO ENJOY PAELLA,
9:39:22AM SANGRIA, FRESH OYSTERS, ANYTHING IN OUR RESTAURANTS.
9:39:27AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY OF TAMPA.
9:39:29AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:39:30AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:39:31AM ARE YOU GETTING TIRED YET?
9:39:33AM >> NO.
9:39:34AM I'M RETIRED SO I HAVE PLENTY OF TIME.
9:39:36AM [ LAUGHTER ]
9:39:37AM >> I'VE GOT A STORY FOR YOU.
9:39:41AM >> I'LL LISTEN.
9:39:41AM >>STEVE MICHELINI: DURING A MASS MONSIGNOR HIGGINS WHO SINCE
9:39:46AM PASSED AWAY, HE WAS FAMOUS FOR HIS SHORT SERMONS, AND SO
9:39:51AM GOING THROUGH THE MASS AND HE GOT UP AND HE WAS GETTING
9:39:55AM READY TO GIVE THE SERMON AND EVERYONE IS LOOKING AROUND
9:39:57AM SAID, OH, MY GOD, IT'S GOING TO BE A 30-MINUTE SERMON.
9:40:01AM THEY ARE READY TO WALK OUT OR TAKE A BREAK OR DO SOMETHING
9:40:03AM ELSE.
9:40:04AM SO HE GOT UP AND HE SAID, "DO GOOD AND DO NO WRONG."
9:40:10AM AND THEN HE SAT DOWN.
9:40:11AM AND EVERYBODY IS LOOKING AROUND.
9:40:13AM WHERE IS THE REST OF THE SERMON?
9:40:14AM THEN HE CONTINUED WITH THE REST OF THE MASS AND EVERYONE IS
9:40:18AM STILL TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT.
9:40:19AM AFTER THE MASS, EVERYONE IS OUT THERE GREETING HIM AND SAID,
9:40:24AM MONSIGNOR, WHAT'S UP?
9:40:25AM HE SAID, WELL, I WAS THINKING YOU HEARD ENOUGH FROM ME
9:40:29AM ALREADY.
9:40:29AM SO I WAS GOING TO REDUCE IT TO JUST A FEW WORDS.
9:40:32AM AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS HE CAME UP WITH WAS WHAT WE CALL
9:40:35AM THE MONSIGNOR HIGGINS CHALLENGE.
9:40:38AM AND IT SAYS, DO MORE FOR YOUR COMMUNITY THAN IT ASKS OF YOU.
9:40:42AM GIVE MORE AND TAKE LESS.
9:40:45AM LOOK TO THE FUTURE AND MAKE IT BETTER THAN THE PAST.
9:40:48AM DON'T BE AFRAID OF FAILURE.
9:40:50AM SUCCESS IS BUILT UPON IT.
9:40:52AM BE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU HAVE SO MANY OTHERS HAVE LESS.
9:40:56AM NEVER FORGET THAT YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
9:40:58AM MAINTAIN FAITH AND COURAGE.
9:41:00AM THEY ARE THE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS THAT WILL SUSTAIN YOU.
9:41:03AM LOOK FOR THE BEST IN OTHERS AND YOU WILL FIND IT IN
9:41:07AM YOURSELF.
9:41:07AM STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE AND STILL HOPE -- INSTILL HOPE,
9:41:11AM EMPOWER THE RIGHT, VANQUISH THE WRONG.
9:41:14AM LOVE, CARE AND NURTURE YOUR FAMILY.
9:41:17AM THAT'S THE FOUNDATION OF YOUR FUTURE GENERATION.
9:41:19AM GIVE THANKS TO GOD EVERY DAY THAT YOU HAVE WHAT YOU HAVE.
9:41:23AM PRAY FREQUENTLY, AND LIVE HONESTLY.
9:41:26AM I HAVE A FEW GIFT CERTIFICATES FOR YOU.
9:41:30AM ON BEHALF OF THE BELLABRAVA AND THE MIDTOWN SECTION, A $50
9:41:36AM GIFT CERTIFICATE.
9:41:37AM MAKE SURE YOU TAKE THESE CERTIFICATES WITH YOU WHEN YOU GO.
9:41:39AM YUMMY HOUSE CHINA BISTRO, $50 GIFT CERTIFICATE.
9:41:44AM AGAIN, GO ENJOY YOURSELF THERE.
9:41:47AM MEAT MARKET OF TAMPA AND OLD HYDE PARK VILLAGE, ENJOY
9:41:51AM YOURSELF OVER THERE, 50 BUCKS.
9:41:53AM AND CICCIO RESTAURANT GROUP, ANOTHER $50.
9:41:55AM I CONGRATULATE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
9:42:00AM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:42:00AM I APPRECIATE IT.
9:42:01AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:42:08AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
9:42:10AM I'LL GO TO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS SHORTLY.
9:42:12AM THE IMPACT THAT YOU'VE MADE IS LASTING ALMOST HALF A CENTURY
9:42:16AM LATER.
9:42:17AM TO SEE COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON, HOW EMOTIONAL BECAUSE SHE
9:42:22AM NEVER FORGOT THAT, WHAT YOU DID AND HOW YOU WENT ABOVE AND
9:42:26AM BEYOND.
9:42:27AM SHE BROUGHT YOU HERE AND HER SISTER HERE WITH HER.
9:42:30AM IT'S VERY, VERY SPECIAL.
9:42:31AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXAMPLE AND BY LEADING BY EXAMPLE AND
9:42:34AM WHAT YOU'VE DONE, WE'RE ALL VERY GRATEFUL.
9:42:38AM CLEARLY, COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON IS BECAUSE ALMOST 50 YEARS
9:42:41AM LATER SHE NEVER FORGETS.
9:42:44AM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
9:42:44AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AS WE GO BACK IN LIFE, YOU REALIZE THAT
9:42:50AM LITTLE THINGS MEAN A LOT.
9:42:51AM THERE WAS A LONG LIKE THAT ONCE, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO SING
9:42:54AM IT.
9:42:54AM BUT WHAT YOU DID BACK IN 1976 WAS FROM YOUR HEART AND FROM
9:43:02AM WHAT YOU WITNESSED IN LIFE AND WHAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO YOUR
9:43:05AM WHOLE LIFE THROUGH.
9:43:06AM SO WHEN WE HELP SOMEBODY BY GIVING A HAND UP, NOT A PUSH
9:43:09AM DOWN, I SAY THAT OFTEN, MEANS A LOT TO SOMEBODY, AND IT
9:43:12AM TAKES SOME TIMES 50 YEARS TO RECOGNIZE PUBLICLY WHAT YOU AND
9:43:17AM MOST POLICE OFFICERS WERE WILLING TO DO.
9:43:21AM FOR THAT, I SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.
9:43:23AM CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU AND DEPENDS IN
9:43:27AM LIFE WHO YOU ARE, MAYBE NOT, BUT IT'S WHO YOU HANG AROUND
9:43:31AM WITH.
9:43:32AM OLD SAYING IN THE OLD YBOR CITY, DON'T TELL ME WHO YOU ARE.
9:43:35AM TELL ME WHO YOU HANG AROUND WITH AND I'LL TELL YOU WHO YOU
9:43:38AM ARE.
9:43:38AM BY THAT EXAMPLE, YOU HAVE DONE EVERYTHING RIGHT.
9:43:42AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:43:42AM REALLY APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH.
9:43:44AM >> YOU'RE WELCOME.
9:43:45AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
9:43:46AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
9:43:48AM THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
9:43:50AM VERY TOUCHING.
9:43:51AM THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING FROM THE HEART ON SOMETHING SO
9:43:53AM PERSONAL PUBLICLY.
9:43:54AM THAT TAKES A LOT.
9:43:55AM SIR, JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU DID ABOUT 47 YEARS AGO I GUESS
9:44:00AM IT WAS, IT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MANY, MANY ACTS THAT YOU
9:44:04AM AND PEOPLE LIKE YOU DO.
9:44:05AM WHEN I THINK ABOUT COPS, I THINK ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE
9:44:08AM PROTECTORS AND WHO STAND UP FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED STANDING UP
9:44:12AM FOR.
9:44:13AM YOU STAND UP TO THE BULLIES.
9:44:15AM YOU STAND UP FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO HARM OTHER PEOPLE
9:44:18AM AND TRY TO BRING RIGHT IN THE SITUATIONS WHERE YOU NEED
9:44:21AM SOMEBODY WHO IS STRONG TO BRING IN THAT RIGHT.
9:44:23AM IN THIS SITUATION, YOU SAW A FAMILY WHO WAS VICTIMIZED
9:44:28AM DURING CHRISTMAS, A HEARTLESS CRIMINAL ACT.
9:44:32AM YOU STEPPED IN AND DID THE RIGHT THING.
9:44:35AM FOR YOU, WHAT YOU DID, IT WAS ANOTHER DAY IN YOUR JOB, BUT
9:44:38AM PEOPLE LIKE ME AND ALL OF US LOOK AT IT AND WE GO, THAT'S A
9:44:42AM PRETTY SPECIAL THING.
9:44:43AM BUT IT WAS JUST ONE OF MANY THINGS IN YOUR JOB.
9:44:47AM WE COULD HAVE FOLKS COME HERE WHO JUST FROM YOU, AND WE GOT
9:44:50AM A LOT OF COPS IN THIS ROOM, BUT JUST FROM YOU, WHO BENEFITED
9:44:54AM FROM THE ACTS OF COMPASSION THAT YOU DID AND THE ACTS OF
9:44:57AM DECENCY AND COURAGE, WE PROBABLY FILL UP CITY HALL.
9:45:00AM IT'S TRUE FOR EVERY COP IN THIS ROOM WHEN YOU RETIRE.
9:45:03AM JUST THANK YOU.
9:45:04AM THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY AND COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON,
9:45:07AM AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS.
9:45:08AM >> YOU'RE WELCOME.
9:45:09AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
9:45:11AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU'RE AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE REASONS OF
9:45:13AM WHY I'M SUCH A SUPPORTER OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, OUR
9:45:16AM FIREFIGHTERS AND ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
9:45:18AM SO FREQUENTLY IN YOUR NORMAL DAY-TO-DAY JOB DESCRIPTIONS FOR
9:45:22AM EVERYBODY STANDING HERE AND THE FOLKS WORKING ON BEHALF OF
9:45:25AM THE CITY OF TAMPA TODAY AND ON THE STREETS, THAT YOU ALL
9:45:29AM ENCOUNTER PEOPLE FREQUENTLY ON WHAT COULD BE POSSIBLY THEIR
9:45:33AM WORST DAY.
9:45:35AM WE ALL HAVE BAD DAYS, BUT YOU GUYS END UP INEVITABLY THERE
9:45:41AM ON MOST PEOPLE'S WORST DAYS.
9:45:43AM WE EXPECT THAT OF YOU ALL.
9:45:45AM BUT WHEN YOU RISE EVEN ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT, SO BEYOND YOUR
9:45:49AM JOB DESCRIPTION TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT CHOICE OF BEING KIND
9:45:53AM AND COMPASSIONATE AND REACHING OUT AND MAKING THE DIFFERENCE
9:45:56AM IN SOMEONE'S LIFE, IT'S INCREDIBLE.
9:46:03AM I KNOW YOU PROBABLY HAD A LOT OF PATS ON THE BACK AT THE
9:46:05AM TIME.
9:46:06AM IT'S STILL 50 YEARS LATER, STILL WELL DESERVED.
9:46:09AM I'M GLAD YOU ARE HERE TODAY AS AN EXAMPLE TO THE NEXT
9:46:13AM GENERATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRST RESPONDERS THAT COME
9:46:15AM OUT ABOUT WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IN SOMEONE'S LIFE THAT YOU CAN
9:46:18AM MAKE BY THE ACTIONS THAT YOU TAKE IN JUST A NORMAL DAY WHEN
9:46:22AM YOU WAKE UP AND GO TO WORK.
9:46:23AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:46:24AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
9:46:26AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
9:46:27AM I THINK IT IS REALLY APPROPRIATE THAT TODAY WE HAD OFFICER
9:46:31AM BAKER BEFORE AND HOW SHOWING THAT JUST ONE SMALL THING YOU
9:46:38AM DO AND PRETTY MUCH FOR EVERYONE HERE, THAT ANYTHING YOU DO,
9:46:42AM HOW YOU INTERACT WITH PEOPLE REALLY STAYS WITH THEM AND CAN
9:46:46AM MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIFE.
9:46:48AM I KNOW THAT OFFICER BAKER, I KNOW SHE'S INTERNALIZING THIS,
9:46:53AM TOO, AND THINKING OF ALL THE CHANGES SHE'S MAKING.
9:46:55AM JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR KINDNESS, YOUR
9:46:59AM COMPASSION, WHICH I'M SURE YOU BROUGHT TO THE JOB EVERY
9:47:02AM SINGLE DAY, AND THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHER FAMILIES WHO HAVE
9:47:06AM BEEN TOUCHED IN THE SAME WAY THAT COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON AND
9:47:09AM HER FAMILY WERE.
9:47:10AM YOU ARE A ROLE MODEL FOR OTHERS.
9:47:15AM I HOPE EVERYONE TODAY REGARDLESS OF WHO YOU ARE JUST WALKS
9:47:22AM OUT.
9:47:23AM IT'S A GOOD REMINDER.
9:47:25AM DO GOOD ALL THE TIME.
9:47:26AM JUST DO YOUR VERY BEST.
9:47:28AM AS COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN SAID, OFFICERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS
9:47:33AM OFTEN WALK INTO PEOPLE'S WORST DAYS.
9:47:37AM SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE AND THE COMPASSION
9:47:39AM YOU SHOW.
9:47:40AM I'M SURE YOU CONTINUE TO DO EVEN AS YOU'RE RETIRED.
9:47:43AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
9:47:45AM >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU ALSO FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.
9:47:50AM A FEW YEARS AGO THERE WAS THIS TERM THAT WAS POPULARIZED
9:47:54AM CALLED PAYING IT FORWARD.
9:47:57AM OBVIOUSLY, YOU ARE A GREAT EXAMPLE OF PAYING IT FORWARD.
9:47:59AM I ONLY KNOW TWO OF THE KIDS THAT WERE AFFECTED.
9:48:02AM ANOTHER ONE IS OVER HERE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROOM.
9:48:05AM BOTH ARE GREAT EXAMPLES THAT CONTRIBUTORS AND LEADERS IN THE
9:48:11AM COMMUNITY AND WHATEVER IMPACT YOUR INTERVENTION DID TO HELP
9:48:17AM INSPIRE THEM IS GREATLY APPRECIATED BECAUSE NOW THE
9:48:20AM COMMUNITY IS BENEFITING FROM THEM AND THE REST OF THEIR
9:48:22AM FAMILY.
9:48:23AM THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON FOR BRINGING THIS UP.
9:48:27AM IT'S A PERSONAL STORY, BUT ALSO I HOPE WE WILL ALL TAKE THIS
9:48:32AM AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REMEMBER ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HELPED US
9:48:36AM AND GO BACK AND THANK THEM, EVEN IF IT'S 50 YEARS LATER.
9:48:41AM AS COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA WAS SAYING, THERE ARE PROBABLY
9:48:46AM HUNDREDS LIKE YOU WHO MIGHT NOT GET RECOGNIZED FOR 50 YEARS.
9:48:50AM SO JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO QUIETLY HELPS PEOPLE
9:48:54AM EVERY DAY AND KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THE TWO SISTERS
9:48:58AM IN THIS ROOM AND THE GREAT IMPACT THAT ONE PERSON HAD ON
9:49:02AM THEM AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR THE THINGS YOU'RE DOING
9:49:06AM NOW.
9:49:07AM >> YOU'RE WELCOME.
9:49:08AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
9:49:08AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:49:08AM ALL RIGHT.
9:49:14AM WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE BREAK BECAUSE WE HAVE A
9:49:16AM LOT OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE THAT WILL COME IN AS OTHERS GO OUT.
9:49:20AM [BREAK]
9:56:32AM >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
9:56:32AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE.
9:56:38AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
9:56:38AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
9:56:39AM >>THE CLERK: YOU HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
9:56:44AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT UP, A COMMENDATION FOR MR. SPEARMAN
9:56:48AM AND HIS DEPARTMENT.
9:56:56AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
9:56:57AM THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE SOME
9:56:59AM AWARDS TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE REALLY WORKED VERY DILIGENTLY IN
9:57:03AM OUR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT.
9:57:04AM THE FIRST AWARD IS FOR THE WHOLE STAFF OF THE PURCHASING
9:57:11AM DEPARTMENT.
9:57:12AM BEFORE I GO ANY FURTHER, JUST HAVING YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WORK
9:57:18AM SO DILIGENTLY, I WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO COME UP AND SAY
9:57:21AM THEIR NAME IN THE SYSTEM SO PEOPLE KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
9:57:25AM >> JUST SAY YOUR NAME AND TITLE.
9:57:27AM >> CHERYL, CERTIFIED PURCHASING METHODS ANALYST.
9:57:33AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:57:35AM JIMINEZ, PROCUREMENT MANAGER.
9:57:37AM >> CONSTANCE ANDREWS, SENIOR PROCUREMENT ANALYST.
9:57:48AM >> PENNY HAMMOCK.
9:57:52AM WHAT IS MY TITLE?
9:57:53AM 27 YEARS I'VE BEEN WITH PURCHASING.
9:58:00AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:58:02AM ANTHONY McGHEE, INVENTORY FIELD SUPERVISOR.
9:58:10AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:58:11AM JILL ELDER, PURCHASING TECHNICIAN.
9:58:15AM >> MICHELLE, PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST.
9:58:18AM BEEN IN PURCHASING OVER 30 YEARS.
9:58:24AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:58:27AM WOODWARD, BEEN IN PURCHASING FOR FOUR AND A HALF YEARS.
9:58:31AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:58:33AM MY NAME IS CELESTE PEOPLES.
9:58:36AM I'M ONE OF THE CERTIFIED SENIOR PROCUREMENT ANALYSTS.
9:58:38AM I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY ALMOST 38 YEARS.
9:58:43AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:58:45AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:58:47AM BEVERLY JEWESAK, PURCHASING TECHNICIAN.
9:58:53AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:58:55AM ERIN BIRD, CERTIFIED PROCUREMENT ANALYST.
9:58:59AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:59:01AM MY NAME IS KATRINA HOUSE.
9:59:03AM I AM A CERTIFIED PROCUREMENT ANALYST HERE WITH THE CITY OF
9:59:07AM TAMPA PURCHASING DEPARTMENT.
9:59:09AM I WILL BE AN EMPLOYEE HERE FOR ALMOST 22 YEARS COME NOVEMBER
9:59:13AM OF NEXT YEAR AND MY WORKING TITLE IS ALSO THE JOB
9:59:19AM CONTRACTING ADMINISTRATOR.
9:59:21AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:59:22AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:59:23AM DEANNA.
9:59:24AM I'M THE PURCHASING SYSTEMS MANAGER.
9:59:26AM I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR NINE YEARS.
9:59:30AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ANYONE ELSE?
9:59:31AM AGAIN, IT'S MY HONOR.
9:59:35AM I'LL ASK MR. SPEARMAN IN A FEW MINUTES TO MAKE REMARKS ON
9:59:40AM HOW THESE THINGS HAPPEN.
9:59:41AM BECAUSE THIS IS A RECOGNITION OF RECEIVING THE PRESTIGIOUS
9:59:45AM ANNUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN EXCELLENCE PROCUREMENT AWARD OF 2023
9:59:48AM PRESENTED BY THE NATIONAL PROCUREMENT INSTITUTE.
9:59:51AM IN OTHER WORDS, FOR 17 YEARS IN A ROW -- AND THAT'S AN
9:59:55AM AWESOME TASK TO DO ANYTHING FOR 17 YEARS IN A ROW, BUT FOLKS
9:59:58AM BEHIND ME, THE GOOD CITY EMPLOYEES UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF
10:00:01AM GREG SPEARMAN, HAVE HAD THIS DISTINCT PLEASURE.
10:00:04AM IN FACT, WHEN YOU GET SOMETHING EVERY YEAR FOR 17 YEARS,
10:00:08AM SOMETIMES YOU FORGET YOU GOT IT BECAUSE IT'S ALMOST NORMAL,
10:00:11AM BUT IT'S NOT NORMAL.
10:00:12AM THAT'S WHAT I WANT MR. SPEARMAN TO TALK ABOUT HOW THIS
10:00:15AM HAPPENED BECAUSE ALL THESE GOOD INDIVIDUALS, AND YOU HAVE
10:00:18AM SOME HERE 38 YEARS, 22 YEARS.
10:00:23AM IT'S A JOB VERY DIFFICULT.
10:00:24AM NOT A SIMPLE THING TO BE PROCUREMENT OFFICER OR ANYONE IN
10:00:27AM THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT AND TO DO THE JOB THEY DO TO TRY
10:00:31AM TO SAVE PENNIES AND PENNIES MAKE DOLLARS AND DOLLARS MAKE
10:00:34AM YOUR SALARY.
10:00:35AM MR. SPEARMAN, WILL YOU PLEASE TELL THE COUNCIL AND THE
10:00:38AM CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT AND HOW
10:00:41AM YOU ACHIEVED THAT AWARD.
10:00:43AM >>GREG SPEARMAN: GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
10:00:44AM HOW ARE YOU?
10:00:45AM THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:00:47AM ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE CHIEF OF STAFF JOHN BENNETT AND THE MAYOR
10:00:51AM FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT.
10:00:53AM THESE ARE THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT ACTUALLY MAKE THE THINGS
10:00:55AM HAPPEN DAY TO DAY.
10:00:56AM WE'RE THE ONES THAT PURCHASE THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT, THE
10:00:59AM VEHICLES, THE UNIFORMS, THE DIESEL FUEL, THE GASOLINE, THE
10:01:03AM OFFICE SUPPLIES, THE MEDICAL SUPPLIES THAT ACTUALLY GO IN
10:01:05AM THE AMBULANCES, THE AMBULANCES, FIRE TRUCKS, PAVING
10:01:09AM MATERIALS, ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT MAKE THE CITY
10:01:12AM WORK, RUN AND OPERATE.
10:01:14AM SOLID WASTE TRUCKS, CMG THAT RUNS THE SOLID WASTE TRUCK.
10:01:17AM THESE ARE THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT MAKE THIS HAPPEN EVERY
10:01:20AM SINGLE DAY IN THE DEPARTMENT.
10:01:21AM MANY OF THEM ARE CERTIFIED AND OTHERS WHO ARE ON THEIR WAY
10:01:27AM TO BECOME CERTIFIED.
10:01:29AM I'LL ASK DEANNA TO GIVE YOU A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW IN TERMS OF
10:01:34AM WHAT GOES INTO GETTING THE AWARD.
10:01:37AM SHE IS PART OF THE TEAM THAT HELPS TO PUT THE APPLICATION
10:01:39AM TOGETHER.
10:01:40AM ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE CHERYL BLIZZARD, OUR EXECUTIVE AIDE WHO
10:01:44AM COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY, BECAUSE SHE TRACKS ALL THE DATA AND
10:01:48AM COMPILES ALL THE INFORMATION TO SUBMIT FOR THIS AWARD.
10:01:50AM DEANNA, WOULD YOU TELL THEM A LITTLE MORE ABOUT WHAT GOES
10:01:53AM INTO IT.
10:01:54AM >> DEANNA FAGGART.
10:02:00AM IT'S AN EXTENSIVE APPLICATION PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH
10:02:00AM EACH YEAR.
10:02:00AM THEY CHANGE UP THE CRITERIA EVERY YEAR.
10:02:03AM THERE ARE SOME CONTINUING THEMES, BUT THE GENERAL BELIEF IS
10:02:07AM THEY WANT YOU TO FOLLOW BEST PRACTICES.
10:02:10AM THOSE ARE ESTABLISHED BY NIGP, THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF
10:02:14AM GOVERNMENT PURCHASING.
10:02:15AM THEY EVALUATE US ON THINGS LIKE OUR TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR
10:02:19AM OUR EMPLOYEES, TRAINING THAT WE DO WITH OUR CUSTOMERS, WITH
10:02:22AM OUR VENDORS.
10:02:24AM THEY LOOK AT OUR SOLICITATION PROCESS, ARE WE USING THE BEST
10:02:29AM TOOLS?
10:02:29AM ARE WE USING ELECTRONIC METHODS NOW?
10:02:31AM JUST STAYING UP, CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT YEAR OVER YEAR.
10:02:37AM OUR REPORTING METRICS AND HOW WE UTILIZE THOSE TO IMPROVE
10:02:42AM OUR PROCESSES AND ALL OF THAT.
10:02:45AM SO THEY EVALUATE -- IT'S A COUPLE HUNDRED, I THINK ABOUT 130
10:02:48AM PAGES OR SO, I THINK WE SUBMITTED LAST YEAR.
10:02:51AM IT'S ON A POINT BASIS.
10:02:53AM AND WE CAN GO THROUGH THE CRITERIA AND DECIDE WHAT TO
10:02:56AM SUBMIT.
10:02:57AM WE HAVE TO SUBMIT DOCUMENTATION FOR EVERYTHING TO SHOW WHAT
10:03:00AM OUR ACTUAL PROCESS IS.
10:03:02AM SO WE HAVE TO GET A HUNDRED POINTS.
10:03:03AM AND WE WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS EVERY YEAR.
10:03:06AM IT GIVES US A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE ADDITIONAL
10:03:08AM IMPROVEMENTS.
10:03:09AM IT GIVES US IDEAS ABOUT HOW WE CAN BE BETTER EVERY YEAR.
10:03:21AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NOW THAT WE KNOW EXACTLY HOW IT'S DONE,
10:03:24AM IT'S NOT AN EASY PROCESS.
10:03:25AM AND FOR 17 STRAIGHT YEARS, THE FOLKS BEHIND ME THAT WORK IN
10:03:28AM THIS DEPARTMENT HAVE MADE THEMSELVES KNOWN TO THE WORLD
10:03:32AM BECAUSE IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET THIS AWARD FOR 17 YEARS.
10:03:35AM ON THAT BEHALF, I PRESENT THIS TO MR. SPEARMAN, THE
10:03:39AM PURCHASING DIRECTOR, AND ALSO EVERYBODY WHO WORKS IN THE
10:03:43AM DEPARTMENT ENTITLED TO HAVE A PICTURE TAKEN WITH MR.
10:03:47AM SPEARMAN AFTERWARDS IN THE LOBBY OUTSIDE.
10:03:49AM I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, FROM
10:03:52AM EVERYONE IN THE CITY, ALL 400,000 PEOPLE OR SO THAT LIVE
10:03:55AM HERE, CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE WORK YOU DO AND FOR THE CITY
10:03:58AM OF TAMPA.
10:03:58AM MAY GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
10:04:01AM MUCHISIMAS GRACIAS.
10:04:03AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:04:03AM [ APPLAUSE ]
10:04:04AM STAY RIGHT HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE.
10:04:11AM THIS AWARD IS AN HONOR PRESENTATION OF RECIPIENT OF THE
10:04:17AM DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED BY THE
10:04:19AM NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT PURCHASING IN LOUISVILLE,
10:04:23AM KENTUCKY.
10:04:24AM MR. SPEARMAN, THIS WAS GIVEN TO YOURSELF.
10:04:27AM I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA SOMETIME 20 YEARS
10:04:31AM OR SO OR BETTER.
10:04:33AM AND THE SERVICE THAT YOU'VE DEDICATED TO EACH AND EVERYONE
10:04:37AM IN THE CITY IS WAY ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT YOUR CONTRACT
10:04:39AM OBLIGATION WAS WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED YEARS BACK.
10:04:42AM BUT 17 YEARS FOR THAT AWARD AND THEN YOU'RE GETTING THE
10:04:47AM AWARD, DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO
10:04:50AM YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.
10:04:53AM YOU DESERVE EVERY BIT OF IT.
10:04:55AM AGAIN, PLEASE EXPLAIN TO THE AUDIENCE BECAUSE THIS ONLY
10:04:58AM HAPPENS -- DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERY YEAR YOU GET ONE OF THESE.
10:05:02AM SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN.
10:05:04AM I'LL GIVE YOU THE PRESENTATION, AND WE WILL NOW HEAR FROM
10:05:08AM YOU WHAT IS THE DISTINGUISHED AWARD THAT YOU RECEIVED.
10:05:11AM >>GREG SPEARMAN: GOOD MORNING AGAIN, COUNCIL.
10:05:12AM GREG SPEARMAN, DIRECTOR OF PURCHASING.
10:05:14AM SO THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD IS AWARDED BY THE
10:05:17AM NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENTAL PURCHASING.
10:05:20AM IT'S BASED UPON ALL THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT YOU HAVE MADE TO
10:05:24AM THE PROFESSION IN TERMS OF TRAINING, EDUCATION,
10:05:27AM CERTIFICATION, MENTORING THAT YOU DO TO OTHERS WHO ARE IN
10:05:31AM THE PROFESSION, MANY OF WHICH ARE BEHIND ME AND OTHERS WHO
10:05:34AM ARE WITH OTHER ENTITIES WHERE I SERVED, CITY OF SAVANNAH
10:05:39AM WHERE I WAS DIRECTOR OF PURCHASING, ALSO THE CITY OF
10:05:41AM CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, MECKLENBURG COUNTY WHERE I WAS
10:05:44AM DIRECTOR OF PURCHASING.
10:05:45AM IT ALSO INCLUDES CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROFESSION IN TERMS OF
10:05:49AM THE WORKSHOPS, IN TERMS OF THE SEMINARS THAT YOU HAVE
10:05:53AM CONDUCTED AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL WHERE WE COME TOGETHER AND
10:05:55AM WE LEARN AND WE EXCHANGE IDEAS AND WE BRING BACK THOSE IDEAS
10:05:59AM TO BASICALLY MAKE OUR OPERATION BETTER WHERE WE ARE.
10:06:02AM SO A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE KNOWN ME THROUGH THE
10:06:05AM YEARS SAID, OKAY, I THINK WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT
10:06:09AM GREG SPEARMAN'S NAME AND APPLICATION.
10:06:11AM I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
10:06:14AM I DIDN'T DO THIS.
10:06:15AM THREE GOOD FRIENDS, IT WAS A SURPRISE TO ME WHEN I GOT THE
10:06:19AM CALL FROM RICK GRAHAM, THE PRESIDENT OF NGIP, THAT I HAD
10:06:22AM BEEN SELECTED FOR THE AWARD AND WAS PRESENTED THIS AWARD IN
10:06:25AM LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, ON I THINK IT WAS AUGUST THE 22nd.
10:06:30AM IT WAS VERY REFRESHING KIND OF THING TO HAVE MY PEERS
10:06:35AM THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND THE INDUSTRY RECOGNIZE ME FOR
10:06:38AM CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROFESSION.
10:06:39AM I'M JUST SO EVER GRATEFUL FOR THAT AND ALSO FOR THE SUPPORT
10:06:42AM OF THE CHIEF OF THE STAFF AND THE MAYOR FOR MAKING IT
10:06:46AM POSSIBLE FOR ME TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE AND ACTUALLY
10:06:48AM RECEIVE THIS AWARD.
10:06:49AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL.
10:06:51AM [ APPLAUSE ]
10:06:56AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. SPEARMAN, YOUR REPUTATION SPEAKS FOR
10:06:58AM ITSELF.
10:06:59AM YOU HAVE A STELLAR TEAM, A STELLAR DEPARTMENT.
10:07:01AM THIS IS OBVIOUSLY NOT THE FIRST TIME YOU HAVE GOTTEN THIS
10:07:04AM AWARD, BUT OVER AND OVER, WHICH SPEAKS TO YOUR GOOD WORK AND
10:07:07AM THE TEAM THAT YOU HAVE WITH YOU.
10:07:08AM YOU MAKE US PROUD HERE IN THE CITY.
10:07:12AM I'M GLAD TO KNOW YOU, ALL THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.
10:07:16AM AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS.
10:07:18AM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
10:07:20AM >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH, THANK YOU, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL
10:07:23AM OF YOU.
10:07:23AM FOUR YEARS AGO, THE REASON WHY I RAN FOR OFFICE IS I WANTED
10:07:29AM TO BRING GOOD GOVERNMENT BACK TO THE CITY OF TAMPA.
10:07:32AM I RAN ON THE PLATFORM OF BRINGING GOOD GOVERNMENT BACK TO
10:07:36AM TAMPA.
10:07:36AM I KIND OF CAME OUT SWINGING WHEN I GOT ON COUNCIL.
10:07:40AM MR. SPEARMAN WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TO CALL ME BECAUSE
10:07:44AM HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I KNEW OF HIS HIGH STANDARDS OF
10:07:47AM ETHICS AND OF HIS DEPARTMENT.
10:07:49AM I APPRECIATE THAT.
10:07:51AM HE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF WHAT HIS DEPARTMENT DOES AND
10:07:55AM EXPLAINED THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT AND CONTRACT
10:07:57AM ADMINISTRATION AND REAL ESTATE.
10:07:58AM WE WENT THROUGH ALL THE CASE STUDIES OF CONCERNS I HAD, AND
10:08:06AM HE ALLAYED MY CONCERNS.
10:08:08AM OVER THE YEARS, THIS CITY COUNCIL ALSO HAS PUSHED FOR MORE
10:08:11AM PROCESSES AND MORE TRANSPARENCY, AND HE'S RESPONDED AND HE'S
10:08:14AM ALSO BEEN EVEN MORE PROACTIVE AND IN PARTICULAR WE PUSHED
10:08:20AM THREE YEARS AGO OR SO FOR MORE MBE PARTICIPATION, AND HE
10:08:25AM MAKES SURE ON EVERY BRIEFING THAT THAT IS THE FIRST THING HE
10:08:27AM TELLS ME BECAUSE HE KNOWS HOW HARD WE PUSHED FOR IT THREE
10:08:30AM YEARS AGO.
10:08:31AM THE MBE PARTICIPATION COMES AND GOES I THINK WITH POLITICAL
10:08:35AM LEADERSHIP.
10:08:36AM IT'S NOT AN ETHICAL ISSUE NECESSARILY, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT
10:08:39AM FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY.
10:08:43AM AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT HE LISTENED TO CITY COUNCIL'S
10:08:45AM CONCERNS AND HE'S RIGHT ON TOP OF IT.
10:08:47AM I LOVE TO BE ABLE TO BRAG TO PEOPLE ABOUT THE CASE STUDIES
10:08:50AM THAT HE AND HIS TEAM GIVE US.
10:08:52AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
10:08:55AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
10:08:55AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU AND YOUR WHOLE TEAM.
10:08:58AM I REALLY -- EVERY TIME WE TALK, WE TALK ABOUT THE VERY SAME
10:09:02AM THINGS, BUT JUST KNOWING A GOOD MANAGER ALWAYS MAKES SURE
10:09:08AM THAT HIS TEAM IS LEARNING AND GROWING, AND I SEE NOT ONLY DO
10:09:13AM I SEE YOU DOING THAT, BUT I SEE THE PRIDE IN THEIR FACES
10:09:16AM HERE TODAY WHEN THEY WERE EXPLAINING WHAT THEY WERE AND THAT
10:09:19AM THEY WERE CERTIFIED.
10:09:20AM I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY HOW YOU
10:09:23AM CREATE A GOOD TEAM IS YOU ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WITHIN YOUR
10:09:28AM TEAM TO GROW TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITIES, AND THAT'S HOW
10:09:31AM WE PRODUCE A GOOD PRODUCT.
10:09:33AM I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THANK ALL OF
10:09:36AM YOUR DEPARTMENT FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO.
10:09:40AM YOU CAN TELL THE PRIDE IN YOUR WORK.
10:09:43AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
10:09:47AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU ALL ARE UP HERE TODAY BECAUSE OF YOUR
10:09:49AM GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS AND WHAT YOU DO FOR THE CITY AND BEING
10:09:51AM RECOGNIZED FOR THAT.
10:09:52AM BUT I THINK YOU SERVE ALSO AS AN EXAMPLE, NOT TO THE PEOPLE
10:09:56AM IN THIS ROOM OR THE PEOPLE THAT WORK IN THE CITY, BUT TO THE
10:09:59AM CITIZENS OF TAMPA, BECAUSE QUITE FREQUENTLY AND WE SEE THAT
10:10:02AM A LOT IN OUR DISCUSSIONS ON COUNCIL AND SEE IT IN THE
10:10:04AM PUBLIC, IN THE PUBLIC FORUM, WHEN PEOPLE START TALKING ABOUT
10:10:08AM THIS SPACELESS THING CALLED FTEs AND THEY TALK ABOUT THESE
10:10:14AM PEOPLE THAT HOLD THESE GOVERNMENT OFFICES OR THESE
10:10:18AM GOVERNMENT JOBS.
10:10:18AM IT'S INVISIBLE TO THEM AND SOMETIMES THEY DON'T SEE THE
10:10:21AM HUMANITY IN IT AND DON'T SEE THE WORK THAT GOES BEHIND THESE
10:10:24AM THINGS.
10:10:25AM A LOT OF TIMES IT'S NOT SEXY WORK.
10:10:27AM IT'S NOT SOMETHING OUT THERE IN FRONT OF PEOPLE'S FACES.
10:10:30AM IT'S THE UNSUNG HEROES OF EVERY GOOD FUNCTIONING BODY,
10:10:36AM WHETHER IT'S A PRIVATE BUSINESS OR THE GOVERNMENT OR
10:10:38AM WHATEVER AGENCY IT IS.
10:10:41AM IT'S FOLKS LIKE YOU THAT KEEPS THE CLOCKS ON TIME AND KEEPS
10:10:44AM THE ENGINES RUNNING AND MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY FUNCTIONS
10:10:49AM THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO FUNCTION.
10:10:51AM YOU'RE UP HERE BEFORE US BEING RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR
10:10:53AM OUTSTANDING WORK.
10:10:54AM I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE COUNTLESS OTHERS
10:10:57AM BEHIND THE SCENES THAT ARE WORKING HERE TODAY FOR THE CITY
10:10:59AM OF TAMPA TOILLESSLY AND IT CAN'T GET LOST ON US THAT IT IS
10:11:06AM PEOPLE.
10:11:07AM PEOPLE DEDICATING THEIR LIFE TO PUBLIC SERVICE AND MAKING
10:11:10AM THE CITY OF TAMPA A BETTER PLACE TO WORK.
10:11:12AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:11:12AM I APPRECIATE IT.
10:11:14AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT.
10:11:16AM AS A NEW COUNCILWOMAN, I GET EXCITED AT STAFF, WHEN MR.
10:11:21AM SPEARMAN WOULD PRESENT THE MINORITY BUSINESS PARTICIPATION
10:11:24AM OR EXPLAIN WHY A PRODUCT COSTS $2 MILLION OR HOW SOMEONE WON
10:11:31AM A BID.
10:11:32AM I KNOW YOU ALL ARE BEHIND THE SCENES WORKING TO MAKE SURE
10:11:35AM THOSE THINGS HAPPEN FROM AN ANALYST PERSPECTIVE.
10:11:37AM I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
10:11:39AM I'M LEARNING, LEARNING, LEARNING, SO MUCH FROM JUST THIS
10:11:42AM DEPARTMENT ALONE ABOUT HOW WE PURCHASE THINGS FOR THE
10:11:46AM BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY.
10:11:48AM CONGRATULATIONS ON ANOTHER AWARD.
10:11:51AM WELL DESERVED.
10:11:52AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:11:52AM >>LUIS VIERA: CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL YOU ALL.
10:11:56AM ALWAYS ENJOY WORKING WITH MANY OF YOU, INCLUDING MR.
10:11:58AM SPEARMAN, WHO IS A NICE GENTLEMAN.
10:12:00AM SEE HIM ALONG CROSS CREEK AND SUCH A NICE GUY.
10:12:05AM YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AND THE GREAT WORK YOU DO IS EVIDENT IN
10:12:09AM THIS HONOR AND SO MANY OTHER GREAT THINGS THAN JUST THE WORK
10:12:12AM PRODUCT YOU GIVE.
10:12:13AM I HOPE YOU ALL ARE VERY PROUD TO BE PART OF YOUR TEAM.
10:12:16AM I KNOW YOU ARE, AND YOU GUYS ARE LED BY A WONDERFUL LEADER
10:12:19AM AND ALL OF YOU ALL ARE LEADERS AND SO MANY WAYS THAT PEOPLE
10:12:22AM LOOK UP TO.
10:12:23AM THANK YOU.
10:12:23AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CONGRATULATIONS, SIR.
10:12:25AM >>GREG SPEARMAN: THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
10:12:26AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AGAIN THANK YOU, DEPARTMENT.
10:12:29AM THANK YOU MR. SPEARMAN.
10:12:31AM APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH COUNCIL MEMBERS.
10:12:32AM ALL OF YOU, GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
10:12:35AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:12:36AM [ APPLAUSE ]
10:12:36AM NEXT UP, COUNCILMAN VIERA WILL PRESENT TO MR. WALTER SMITH
10:12:47AM AND HIS FAMILY.
10:13:05AM >>LUIS VIERA: IT'S A GREAT PLEASURE TO BE HERE, SIR.
10:13:08AM YOU KNOW, SO WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF DEAF AWARENESS MONTH.
10:13:12AM AND THERE'S ABOUT -- IT'S AMAZING.
10:13:15AM THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS ABOUT 800,000 INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
10:13:18AM DEAF OR SIGNIFICANTLY HARD OF HEARING.
10:13:21AM ABOUT A THIRD OF THEM LIVE IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA.
10:13:23AM THE TAMPA BAY AREA HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATIONS OF
10:13:26AM PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING.
10:13:29AM SO IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT ISSUE.
10:13:31AM ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAS HAD HEARING CHALLENGES
10:13:34AM THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE IS A YOUNG MAN THAT MANY OF US ARE
10:13:37AM FRIENDS WITH WHOSE PARENTS ARE WONDERFUL PEOPLE.
10:13:40AM YOLANDA AND WALTER SMITH WHO ARE HERE.
10:13:43AM JUST PROUD PARENTS.
10:13:44AM VERY, VERY PROUD PARENTS OF THIS WONDERFUL YOUNG MAN.
10:13:47AM WHENEVER YOU HAVE A CHILD AND YOU FIND OUT THAT THEY ARE
10:13:49AM GOING TO HAVE A CHALLENGE, WHETHER IT'S NEUROLOGICAL
10:13:52AM CHALLENGE OR PHYSICAL CHALLENGE, IT IS A BIG HIT TO A MOM
10:13:55AM AND A DAD.
10:13:55AM AND YOU THINK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO TO
10:13:58AM MAKE ACCOMMODATIONS THROUGH A LOT OF HARD WORK IN YOUR LIFE
10:14:01AM TO MAKE SURE YOUR KID IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT
10:14:04AM PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS THAT YOU WANT THEM TO HAVE, THAT ALL
10:14:07AM MOMS AND DADS WANT THEM TO HAVE.
10:14:09AM THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WALTER AND YOLANDA HAVE BEEN SO OPEN
10:14:12AM ABOUT AND ALWAYS COMING FROM THE HEART ON THEIR SON'S
10:14:15AM JOURNEY.
10:14:16AM WALTER THE III HERE WAS BORN WITH MAJOR HEARING
10:14:19AM DIFFICULTIES, INCLUDING BILATERAL HEARING LOSS.
10:14:21AM HIS PARENTS WERE TOLD FROM EARLY ON THAT HE WOULD HAVE A
10:14:23AM NUMBER OF CHALLENGES.
10:14:25AM WALTER AND YOLANDA, WITH THE HELP OF THEIR FAMILY, WORKED
10:14:27AM HARD WITH A VERY STRONG FAITH IN GOD ALMIGHTY TO MAKE SURE
10:14:30AM THAT THEIR SON WOULD HAVE GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
10:14:34AM WE STAND HERE YOUNG WALTER JUST GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL.
10:14:38AM I WAS AT HIS GRADUATION.
10:14:39AM LET'S GIVE THIS YOUNG MAN A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
10:14:42AM [ APPLAUSE ]
10:14:43AM AND HE GRADUATED WITH A 3.7 GPA.
10:14:48AM AND HE IS ON HIS WAY TO A CAREER, THE LAST TIME I HEARD,
10:14:52AM HELPING ANIMALS.
10:14:53AM HE LOVES ANIMALS.
10:14:54AM HE LOVES ANIMALS.
10:14:55AM AND HE IS GOING TO FAMU.
10:14:58AM IF YOU ALL KNOW THE SMITH FAMILY, THEY ARE A BIG FAMU
10:15:03AM FAMILY.
10:15:03AM I WANTED TO INVITE THESE -- THIS WONDERFUL FAMILY TO COME UP
10:15:07AM HERE.
10:15:07AM AGAIN, THEY ARE ONE OF MANY STORIES OF INDIVIDUALS AND
10:15:12AM FAMILIES DEALING WITH HEARING LOSS, BUT THEY COME FROM A
10:15:15AM FAMILY THAT THIS CITY COUNCIL AND THIS CITY HAS A LOT OF
10:15:18AM AFFECTION FOR, INCLUDING WALTER HERE, AND HIS LATE FATHER,
10:15:22AM WHO JUST PASSED, AS YOU KNOW, AN HONORARY STREET RENAMING.
10:15:27AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
10:15:28AM I'LL SHUT UP AND GIVE THE FLOOR TO YOU GUYS.
10:15:30AM GO AHEAD.
10:15:31AM >> THANK YOU.
10:15:31AM GOOD MORNING.
10:15:34AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:15:35AM >> MY NAME IS WALTER LEE SMITH THE III.
10:15:38AM IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT DEAF
10:15:42AM AWARENESS.
10:15:44AM I WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO THANK COUNCILMAN LUIS VIERA.
10:15:50AM THANK YOU.
10:15:51AM FOR INVITING ME HERE TO TALK ABOUT DEAF AWARENESS.
10:15:56AM NOW, THROUGH DEAF AWARENESS, WE SHOULD PRESUME OR PROMOTE
10:16:04AM THE INCLUSION OF DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING INDIVIDUALS, AS
10:16:09AM WELL AS THEIR UNDERSTANDING.
10:16:11AM AND WE SHOULD PROVIDE THEM WITH MORE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES.
10:16:17AM CONSIDER THERE IS A DEAF INDIVIDUAL WHO LOVES MUSIC, LIKE
10:16:22AM ME.
10:16:23AM I ENJOY LISTENING TO MUSIC ALL THE TIME.
10:16:26AM AND BY PROMOTING DEAF AWARENESS, PEOPLE CAN ENSURE THAT THEY
10:16:33AM HAVE ACCESS TO MUSIC THROUGH SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS,
10:16:41AM CAPTIONED LYRICS, VISUAL VIBRATIONS WHICH ALLOWS US TO FULLY
10:16:48AM ENJOY AND PARTICIPATE IN THE MUSIC EXPERIENCE, JUST LIKE
10:16:51AM EVERYONE ELSE.
10:16:52AM NOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LANGUAGES AND CULTURE, WE NEED TO
10:16:59AM PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT SCHOOLS BACK IN THE
10:17:05AM EARLY 20th CENTURY DID NOT ALLOW DEAF BLACK PEOPLE, LIKE
10:17:11AM ME, TO GO TO SCHOOL AND LEARN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE.
10:17:16AM BUT THE BLACK COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER WITH A STRATEGIC PLAN
10:17:24AM TO DEVELOP OUR OWN BLACK AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE AND SCHOOL
10:17:29AM AS A RESULT.
10:17:31AM IN ORDER TO TAKE PART IN THIS MOVEMENT, PEOPLE MUST
10:17:37AM UNDERSTAND THE UNIQUE EXPERIENCES AND CULTURE OF THE DEAF
10:17:44AM COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE ADVOCATION FOR ACCESSIBILITY AND
10:17:49AM THE CHALLENGES OF SOCIAL BARRIERS.
10:17:51AM AGAIN, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN LUIS VIERA, FOR INVITING ME TO
10:17:59AM TALK ABOUT DEAF AWARENESS.
10:18:00AM I APPRECIATE IT.
10:18:01AM THANK YOU.
10:18:02AM [ APPLAUSE ]
10:18:16AM >>LUIS VIERA: BEFORE WE HEAR FROM COUNCIL, MOM AND DAD, DID
10:18:19AM YOU ALL WANT TO SAY ANYTHING?
10:18:20AM I KNOW WALTER IS A LITTLE BIT SHY.
10:18:23AM DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING?
10:18:24AM I'M BEING SARCASTIC.
10:18:26AM COME ON UP.
10:18:27AM THIS MAN IS AMONG FRIENDS.
10:18:29AM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL.
10:18:31AM THANK YOU, TAMPA, FOR HELPING TO RAISE THIS CHILD.
10:18:36AM IT IS A COMMUNITY.
10:18:38AM WHEN THEY SAY IT TAKES A VILLAGE, IT HAS BEEN A COMMUNITY
10:18:41AM THAT HAS STOOD BEHIND THIS YOUNG MAN.
10:18:44AM THERE ARE ALL TYPES OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE FOR
10:18:47AM OTHER CHILDREN WHO DO NOT HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF EXISTENCE TO
10:18:53AM THE TYPES OF THINGS THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
10:18:55AM SO I ASK YOU, COUNCIL, TO BE AWARE, TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT THE
10:19:01AM GOOD FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LESS FORTUNATE THAN WALTER
10:19:07AM HAS BEEN.
10:19:08AM I ASK THE COMMUNITY TO ALSO BE AWARE AND EDUCATE YOURSELVES
10:19:12AM ABOUT THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT GO ON IN THE DEAF COMMUNITY.
10:19:16AM THERE ARE DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS TO THIS THING AND WE'VE GOT
10:19:19AM TO PAY ATTENTION TO IT AND WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE
10:19:22AM CERTAIN THEY HAVE THE TYPE OF RESOURCES THEY NEED TO BE
10:19:25AM SUCCESSFUL AND NOT JUST BE RELEGATED TO SITTING ON THE
10:19:28AM SIDELINE AND WATCHING LIFE GO BY.
10:19:31AM IT'S NOT FAIR.
10:19:31AM IT'S ONLY FAIR TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE TYPES OF ACCESS
10:19:34AM THAT THEY NEED.
10:19:35AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:19:36AM [ APPLAUSE ]
10:19:43AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU, MR. SMITH AND MR. SMITH AND
10:19:46AM MRS. SMITH FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
10:19:49AM THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT, VERY ENCOURAGING, VERY
10:19:51AM INSPIRATIONAL WHAT YOU SAID.
10:19:52AM WE ALL KNOW YOUR FATHER VERY WELL AND YOUR GRANDFATHER, A
10:19:56AM LEGEND, FORMER PRESIDENT OF FAMU.
10:20:00AM >> YES.
10:20:00AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT'S RIGHT.
10:20:01AM THERE IS A DEEPER STORY.
10:20:03AM AGAIN, THANK YOU.
10:20:05AM YOU ARE A SHARP YOUNG MAN.
10:20:06AM YOU HAVE A BRIGHT FUTURE.
10:20:07AM YOU HAVE A GREAT FAMILY AND A GREAT COMMUNITY BEHIND YOU.
10:20:10AM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING?
10:20:12AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:20:13AM I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
10:20:16AM YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU OVERCOME ANYTHING IN LIFE, AND CERTAINLY
10:20:21AM YOU HAVE DONE THAT, IT'S SOMETHING TO BEHOLD ON THE FUTURE,
10:20:26AM YOU HAVE YOUR FUTURE IN YOUR OWN HANDS.
10:20:28AM IN OTHER WORDS, YOU TOOK IT AND YOU DID WHAT YOU HAD TO DO
10:20:31AM AND CONQUER IT.
10:20:32AM IN DOING THAT, THE SPIRIT OF LIFE, IT'S MUCH EASIER TO GO
10:20:36AM FORWARD THAN TO TAKE A STEP BACKWARDS.
10:20:38AM AND NOW YOU GOT THE SMITH, SMITH II, AND SMITH THE III.
10:20:43AM PRETTY SOON, FOUR, FIVE YEARS, SMITH THE IV.
10:20:47AM FAMU, YOU ARE NOT A RATTLER, AND THEM RATTLERS UP THERE AND
10:20:51AM THE SEMINOLES, BOY, YOU CAN'T MESS AROUND WITH A RATTLESNAKE
10:20:55AM AND SOMEBODY TRYING TO SCALP YOU AT THE SAME TIME.
10:20:58AM BUT THESE ARE THE THINGS IN LIFE THAT YOU'VE DONE AND YOU
10:21:01AM OVERCAME SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT EASY.
10:21:03AM LIFE ITSELF IS NOT EASY.
10:21:05AM IF YOU CAN DO THIS, YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU WANT IF YOU WANT
10:21:09AM TO DO IT.
10:21:10AM TAKE ONE STEP FORWARD.
10:21:11AM NEVER TAKE A STEP BACKWARDS.
10:21:13AM THANK YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE.
10:21:14AM [ APPLAUSE ]
10:21:17AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: GOOD MORNING, WALTER SMITH THE III.
10:21:20AM FIRST OF ALL, LET ME GIVE YOU TWO CLAPS AND A STRIKE.
10:21:24AM RATTLER BLOOD IS ALREADY IN YOUR BODY, SO I KNOW YOU'RE
10:21:29AM GOING TO DO WELL AT THE COLLEGE OF LOVE AND CHARITY.
10:21:31AM I KNOW YOUR GRANDFATHER.
10:21:33AM IF HE WERE HERE TODAY, HE WOULD BE SO PROUD OF YOU.
10:21:35AM HE WAS ACTUALLY MY PRESIDENT WHO WELCOMED ME TO FLORIDA
10:21:38AM A & M UNIVERSITY.
10:21:40AM WHAT I WANT TO SAY ABOUT THE DEAF AWARENESS IS THAT I AM SO
10:21:43AM THANKFUL THAT THIS IS BEING PRESENTED TODAY.
10:21:45AM I HAVE A SISTER WHO IS TEN YEARS OLDER THAN I AM, AND OUR
10:21:51AM FAMILY STRUGGLED WITH HER DEAFNESS AND NOT KNOWING WHAT TO
10:21:55AM DO.
10:21:56AM SO SHE DID NOT HAVE ALL OF THE SERVICES.
10:21:59AM IT BROKE MY HEART WHEN SHE TOLD ME SHE SAT IN A CLASSROOM
10:22:03AM AND WAS GIVEN A COLORING BOOK AND NOT ABLE TO ENGAGE IN THE
10:22:06AM LEARNING PROCESS.
10:22:07AM I WISH MY MOTHER WOULD HAVE SENT HER TO ST. AUGUSTINE, BUT
10:22:11AM SHE JUST DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT.
10:22:13AM NEVERTHELESS, NOW I HAVE SEEN HOW THE DEAF CULTURE OPERATES.
10:22:17AM YOU ALL ARE A VERY SPECIAL CULTURE.
10:22:20AM I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE A VOICE AND THAT YOU ARE
10:22:22AM USING IT TO MAKE EVERYONE AWARE THAT YOU ALL ARE JUST LIKE
10:22:25AM EVERYONE ELSE AND YOU DESERVE ALL THE TOOLS AND ACCESS TO BE
10:22:29AM ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO BE.
10:22:32AM [TWO CLAPS]
10:22:34AM [ APPLAUSE ]
10:22:35AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
10:22:36AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DEFINITELY GOT TO STAY AWAY FROM THE FSU
10:22:40AM SEMINOLES BECAUSE LOOK AT WHAT THEY DID TO CHARLIE WITH THE
10:22:42AM SCALPING.
10:22:43AM YOUR DAD RAN FASTER.
10:22:45AM THEY ONLY GOT HALF OF HIS.
10:22:46AM I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME WE MET.
10:22:49AM IT WAS IN YOUR KITCHEN.
10:22:50AM IT SEEMS LIKE YOU WERE ONLY THIS TALL.
10:22:53AM JUST SMILING, JUST GENUINELY NICE GUY.
10:22:57AM REMEMBER IT LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY.
10:22:59AM I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, BUT WHEN I CHOSE TO RAN FOR THE
10:23:03AM OFFICE, YOUR DAD WAS MY VERY FIRST PHONE CALL I MADE SEEKING
10:23:07AM HIS SUPPORT.
10:23:08AM HE GAVE ME HIS SUPPORT.
10:23:09AM HE WAS MY FIRST ENDORSER AND THE FIRST PERSON I CALLED IN
10:23:12AM THE CITY OF TAMPA TO ASK FOR HIS SUPPORT BECAUSE I AM SUCH
10:23:15AM AN ADMIRER OF YOUR FATHER, GRANDFATHER AND THE ENTIRE SMITH
10:23:20AM FAMILY.
10:23:20AM I ABSOLUTELY STAND FOR, AND I KNOW THAT THE COUNCILMAN TO
10:23:24AM YOUR LEFT IS ALSO A CHAMPION OF INCLUSIVITY IN EVERY SENSE
10:23:28AM OF THE TERM.
10:23:28AM AS WE FIGHT TO MAKE TAMPA, SO EVERY CHILD THAT SHOWS UP AT A
10:23:32AM PLAYGROUND OR SHOWS UP FOR AN EXPERIENCE SHOULD HAVE AN
10:23:36AM EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE IN THE GREAT WEALTH AND
10:23:41AM GENEROSITY OF THIS COUNTRY AND COMMUNITY.
10:23:43AM I THANK YOU FOR STANDING HERE AND BRINGING IT TO EVERYBODY
10:23:46AM ELSE'S ATTENTION.
10:23:46AM I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU AGAIN AS YOU TAKE THIS
10:23:50AM LIFE JOURNEY TO TALLAHASSEE AND WHATEVER YOUR NEXT STEP IS.
10:23:54AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:23:55AM >> THANK YOU.
10:23:55AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
10:23:56AM >>LYNN HURTAK: WELL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU PERSONALLY.
10:23:58AM I GREW UP AND STILL HAVE A SEVERE HEARING LOSS.
10:24:04AM IT'S SOMETHING THAT SIMPLY YOU LEARN TO LIVE WITH, BUT THE
10:24:09AM DIFFERENT STRATEGIES AND TECHNIQUES, I THINK ABOUT THE
10:24:12AM CLOSED CAPTIONING HERE TODAY, AND ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS
10:24:15AM THAT HAVE HELPED ME AS I WENT THROUGH SCHOOL AND LEARNING.
10:24:19AM SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO BE AN
10:24:21AM ADVOCATE FOR THAT.
10:24:23AM IT'S SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE THERE ARE STILL SO MANY PEOPLE
10:24:27AM THAT YOU CAN HELP THROUGH YOUR ADVOCACY.
10:24:30AM IT'S JUST ONE MORE LAYER OF WHO YOU ARE, ALLOWS YOU, WHEN
10:24:34AM YOU GROW UP WITH THE CHALLENGE, IT TEACHES YOU EMPATHY, AND
10:24:39AM IT TEACHES YOU TO LOOK OUT FOR OTHERS, NOT JUST FROM WHERE
10:24:42AM YOU ARE.
10:24:42AM BECAUSE EVENTUALLY IT'S GOING TO BE -- PROBABLY ALREADY IS
10:24:45AM SECOND NATURE TO YOU AND HOW TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET PAST
10:24:49AM YOUR CHALLENGES BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE DO AS PEOPLE.
10:24:51AM YOU HAVE OBVIOUSLY DONE THAT VERY SUCCESSFULLY.
10:24:54AM BUT IT WILL HELP YOU IN LIFE ALREADY THINKING ABOUT OTHERS.
10:24:56AM I'M SURE YOUR PARENTS CAN SAY THAT THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENED.
10:24:59AM I CAN SEE IT IN YOU AND WHO YOU ARE.
10:25:02AM AND THE TIME YOU TOOK.
10:25:04AM I MEAN, YOU ARE A BRAND-NEW COLLEGE STUDENT, BUT HERE YOU
10:25:06AM ARE IN CITY COUNCIL IN YOUR HOMETOWN INSTEAD OF BEING UP AT
10:25:11AM COLLEGE.
10:25:11AM SO IT SHOWS HOW MUCH -- HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS TO YOU.
10:25:16AM I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT YOU DO NEXT.
10:25:19AM I KNOW, EVEN IF I DON'T HEAR IT FROM YOU, I'LL CERTAINLY
10:25:23AM HEAR IT FROM YOUR DAD.
10:25:25AM THANK YOU AGAIN AND CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST OF LUCK.
10:25:27AM WHAT IS YOUR MAJOR?
10:25:29AM >> MY MAJOR, I WANT TO MAJOR IN ANIMAL SCIENCES.
10:25:34AM >>LYNN HURTAK: EXCELLENT.
10:25:35AM EXCELLENT.
10:25:35AM CONGRATULATIONS.
10:25:36AM I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOU DO WITH THAT.
10:25:39AM >> THANK YOU.
10:25:39AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
10:25:42AM >>BILL CARLSON: VERY IMPRESSIVE PRESENTATION, SPEECH.
10:25:47AM TO BE EXPECTED BECAUSE YOU'RE STEPPING INTO A NAME THAT IS
10:25:51AM KNOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD.
10:25:53AM I'VE TRAVELED ALL OVER THE WORLD, MET A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT
10:25:56AM YOUR FATHER AND GRANDFATHER ARE TWO OF THE VERY MOST
10:25:58AM IMPRESSIVE, BRILLIANT PEOPLE I'VE EVER MET.
10:26:02AM AND AMONG OTHERS TO KNOW THAT THEY STOOD TOE TO TOE WITH
10:26:05AM NELSON MANDELA AND YOUR GRANDFATHER HELPED REDESIGN THE
10:26:08AM UNIVERSITY SYSTEM IN SOUTH AFRICA, I MEAN, THEY'VE HAD SUCH
10:26:14AM A HUGE IMPACT ON FLORIDA AND ALSO IN TAMPA BUT
10:26:25AM INTERNATIONALLY AS WELL.
10:26:25AM THE GREAT THING IS YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT THERE ARE NO LIMITS
10:26:25AM FOR YOU.
10:26:25AM YOU ALREADY PUSHED THROUGH ALL KINDS OF BOUNDARIES.
10:26:27AM IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE CAN HELP YOU IN THE FUTURE, WE'D LIKE
10:26:30AM YOU TO COME BACK TO TAMPA, PLEASE.
10:26:32AM WE NEED GREAT LEADERS.
10:26:33AM WHETHER YOU WANT TO SIT UP HERE ONE DAY OR START YOUR OWN
10:26:36AM CLINIC OR NONPROFIT OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO, PLEASE LET
10:26:40AM US KNOW BECAUSE WE ADMIRE AND RESPECT YOUR FAMILY SO MUCH
10:26:43AM AND WOULD LOVE TO HELP YOU ALONG THE WAY TO BECOME ONE OF
10:26:46AM THE GREAT LEADERS OF TAMPA.
10:26:47AM THANK YOU.
10:26:48AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU AGAIN VERY MUCH.
10:26:50AM THANKS.
10:26:51AM >> THANK YOU.
10:26:52AM [ APPLAUSE ]
10:27:03AM >> HELLO, EVERYBODY.
10:27:04AM I FIGURED SOME PEOPLE ARE CURIOUS ABOUT THE STRANGE DUDE
10:27:08AM SITTING BEHIND US.
10:27:09AM HIS NAME IS CADE KRENTZ.
10:27:14AM INTERN IN MY OFFICE.
10:27:15AM HE GOES TO USF STUDYING POLITICAL SCIENCE AND MAYBE ONE DAY,
10:27:20AM I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL BE UP HERE IN THE CITY, BUT MAYBE
10:27:22AM ONE DAY HE WILL BE SITTING ON THE DAIS DOING GOVERNMENT.
10:27:26AM I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR COMING UP AND PARTICIPATING TODAY
10:27:29AM AND SEEING HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE.
10:27:31AM I LOOK FORWARD TO HIM WORKING IN THE OFFICE AND HELPING YOU
10:27:34AM GUYS OUT WITH SOME OF THE CONSTITUENCY SERVICES STUFF.
10:27:37AM THANK YOU.
10:27:37AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT IS ITEM 5, NELSON CONSTRUCTION.
10:27:42AM WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES HERE.
10:27:44AM MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
10:27:46AM >> RICHARD MUTTERBACK, DIRECTOR OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION.
10:27:50AM I HAVE WILL STOCK WITH DAVID NELSON CONSTRUCTION TO GIVE AN
10:27:54AM UPDATE.
10:27:56AM BEFORE WILL GIVES HIS SHORT PRESENTATION, I WANT TO GIVE
10:27:59AM COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC AN OVERALL UPDATE ON WHERE THE
10:28:02AM PROJECT STANDS.
10:28:02AM THIS WAS ALMOST A THREE AND A HALF YEAR PROJECT AND WE'RE
10:28:05AM ABOUT 59% THROUGH THAT ON TIME.
10:28:08AM ALMOST COMING UP ON THE TWO-YEAR MARK SINCE THE NOTICE TO
10:28:11AM PROCEED.
10:28:11AM IT WAS OVERALL APPROVED $38 MILLION PROJECT AND AGAIN, WE'RE
10:28:15AM ABOUT 56% UTILIZATION ON THAT BUDGET AS WELL.
10:28:20AM WILL.
10:28:41AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IF WE CAN BRING IT UP ON THE BIG SCREEN.
10:28:43AM GO AHEAD, SIR.
10:28:47AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:28:48AM I'LL BE AS BRIEF AS I CAN HERE THIS MORNING.
10:28:51AM ON FRIERSON, BETWEEN FLORIDA AND CENTRAL AVENUE, THE SOD
10:28:57AM PLACEMENT IS ALMOST COMPLETE AND THE TOP LIFT OF ASPHALT
10:29:00AM SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 18.
10:29:01AM MOVING UP TO HANNA FROM CENTRAL GOING TO NEBRASKA, SO HANNA
10:29:14AM BETWEEN CENTRAL AND NEBRASKA, WE WERE ABLE TO OPEN THE
10:29:18AM CENTRAL/HANNA INTERSECTION TO THE NORTH, EAST, AND WEST.
10:29:21AM THE INTERSECTION RIGHT UP THERE.
10:29:23AM ABLE TO OPEN THAT BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED BACK, ALLOWING FOR
10:29:27AM STUDENT DROP-OFFS AND PICKUPS AS WELL AS BUS ACCESS.
10:29:29AM AND WE HAVE FINISHED THE UTILITY WORK ON HANNA, AND WE'RE
10:29:33AM CONTINUING TO BUILD THE ROAD TOWARDS NEBRASKA AS WE SPEAK.
10:29:36AM WE'RE ON SCHEDULE TO HAVE THE FIRST LIFT OF ASPHALT
10:29:39AM INSTALLED ON SEPTEMBER 18th AND WE ANTICIPATE HAVING HANNA
10:29:45AM PAVED AND OPEN ALL THE WAY TO NEBRASKA IN EARLY OCTOBER, IF
10:29:48AM NOT BEFORE.
10:29:49AM ON CENTRAL AVENUE, NORTH OF HILLSBOROUGH, SO LOOKING FROM
10:29:56AM RIGHT HERE ALL THE WAY UP TO HANNA, I'LL START ON THE SOUTH
10:30:01AM SIDE OF THE HANNA INTERSECTION, UP HERE BETWEEN HANNA AND
10:30:05AM PARIS, WORK THERE IS STOPPED UNTIL WE GET CLEARANCE FROM THE
10:30:09AM DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ON THE SIX INCH WATER MAIN.
10:30:11AM ONCE WE RECEIVE THAT CLEARANCE, TIE OVER THE SIX INCH WATER
10:30:15AM MAIN AND ADDRESS THE ROADWAY.
10:30:17AM PARKING LOTS FOR ASPHALT.
10:30:18AM WE ANTICIPATE HAVING CENTRAL OPEN TO TRAFFIC FROM HANNA TO
10:30:21AM THE INTERSECTION TO THE SOUTH, SO JUST FROM THE HANNA
10:30:25AM INTERSECTION TO THE NORTH SIDE OF PARIS.
10:30:31AM IF WE GET THE CLEARANCE IN TIME, WE'LL INCLUDE THE PARKING
10:30:33AM LOTS ON BOTH SIDES.
10:30:35AM IF NOT, WE'LL AT LEAST GET CENTRAL ITSELF TO THE SOUTH SIDE
10:30:38AM OF THE CHURCH'S DRIVEWAY BY OCTOBER 18 -- SORRY, BY EARLY
10:30:41AM OCTOBER.
10:30:42AM THAT WOULD ALSO BE PAVED THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 18th.
10:30:48AM WE'LL BE FINISHED INSTALLING THE STORMWATER TRUNK LINE FROM
10:30:52AM COMANCHE TO HANNA.
10:30:53AM SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING NEAR THE IDLEWILD INTERSECTION
10:30:57AM MAKING OUR WAY UP TO PARIS.
10:30:58AM AND THAT WILL BE FINISHED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
10:31:02AM THE FINAL UTILITY THAT WE HAVE TO INSTALL IS THE WATER MAIN,
10:31:06AM AND RIGHT NOW THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN INSTALLED FROM
10:31:09AM HILLSBOROUGH TO HENRY.
10:31:11AM SO FROM HILLSBOROUGH UP TO HENRY AND THEN ALSO FROM HANNA
10:31:15AM DOWN TO PARIS.
10:31:16AM SO WE'RE WORKING ON THE LAST LEG OF IT RIGHT NOW FROM HENRY
10:31:19AM GOING UP TO PARIS AS WE SPEAK.
10:31:21AM THE ROADWAY HAS BEEN MOSTLY REBUILT FROM HILLSBOROUGH UP TO
10:31:25AM HENRY, AND ALSO FROM HANNA DOWN TO PARIS AS WELL.
10:31:29AM ONCE WE FINISH INSTALLING NEW WATER MAIN, WE GET IT TESTED,
10:31:34AM CLEARED, AND PUT INTO SERVICE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DISCONNECT
10:31:36AM THE OLD WATER MAIN WHICH IS RUNNING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF
10:31:39AM ALL OF THE STORMWATER CURB INLETS ON THE EAST SIDE OF
10:31:42AM CENTRAL.
10:31:42AM THIS WILL ALLOW US TO REMOVE THE OLD CURB INLETS, INSTALL
10:31:46AM NEW CURB INLETS AND THEN FINISH BUILDING THE ROADWAY FOR
10:31:52AM ASPHALT.
10:31:52AM JUST AS AN OVERALL GLOBAL LOOK ON THIS AREA, WE STARTED THIS
10:31:56AM WORK BACK IN MARCH AND STATED THAT IT WOULD BE ABOUT 13
10:32:00AM MONTHS IN ALL.
10:32:01AM SO RIGHT NOW IF YOU ARE OUT THERE YOU CAN SEE THE AMOUNT OF
10:32:04AM WORK WE'VE MADE SO FAR.
10:32:06AM WE'RE DEFINITELY ON SCHEDULE IF NOT AHEAD OF SCHEDULE FOR
10:32:09AM THAT AREA OF THE JOB.
10:32:10AM WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON CARACAS RIGHT NOW BETWEEN TALIAFERRO
10:32:19AM AND NEBRASKA, BETWEEN I-275 AND NEBRASKA.
10:32:22AM WE HAVE STARTED INSTALLING THE STORMWATER ROCK STORAGE
10:32:25AM CHAMBER AT THE END OF CARACAS AND NEBRASKA, SO RIGHT HERE.
10:32:29AM THE ROCK AND PERFORATED PIPE STORAGE CHAMBER WILL TAKE ABOUT
10:32:35AM A WEEK TO INSTALL.
10:32:36AM WE'LL THEN INSTALL THE CURB, THE DRIVEWAY PRINTS, AND THE
10:32:39AM SIDEWALK THAT SURROUND THE CHAMBER.
10:32:40AM THE STORAGE CHAMBER WILL THEN BE COVERED WITH PERMEABLE
10:32:43AM PAVERS IN ANOTHER FEW WEEKS.
10:32:44AM THE SAME PERMEABLE PAVERS THAT WE HAVE IN THE PARALLEL
10:32:47AM PARKING SPOTS OVER ON CENTRAL RIGHT NOW BETWEEN FRIERSON AND
10:32:51AM WILDER.
10:32:51AM ONCE THE CURB IS INSTALLED, WE'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO INSTALL
10:32:55AM THE FINAL LIFT OF ASPHALT FROM TALIAFERRO TO THE LAUNDROMAT.
10:33:01AM THIS IS PART OF THE PAVING OPERATION WE'LL HAVE BEGINNING
10:33:03AM SEPTEMBER 18 AND MOVING FORWARD FOR ABOUT A WEEK.
10:33:06AM GOING INTO SOUTHEAST SEMINOLE HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD, WE'RE
10:33:13AM WORKING ON CARACAS EAST OF NEBRASKA.
10:33:16AM THE STORMWATER PIPE IS ALMOST COMPLETE TO 11th AND SHOULD
10:33:21AM BE FINISHED IN THE NEXT THREE WEEKS.
10:33:23AM THIS WILL REQUIRE SHUT DOWN CARACAS, 11th INTERSECTION
10:33:28AM ABOUT A WEEK TOWARDS THE END OF NEXT WEEK.
10:33:30AM AN ALERT WILL BE GOING OUT BEFORE THAT AND IMMEDIATELY
10:33:33AM IMPACTED RESIDENTS WILL ALSO GET DOOR HANGERS.
10:33:36AM WATER MAIN INSTALLATION BEGAN THIS WEEK STARTING AT NEBRASKA
10:33:39AM AND WILL BE MOVING TOWARDS 11th.
10:33:42AM STARTING RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW NEAR DIGNITY MEMORIAL AND
10:33:45AM WORKING ITS WAY TO THE EAST.
10:33:46AM ON 12th FROM CARACAS DOWN TO OSBORNE, 24-INCH WATER MAIN
10:33:56AM IS CURRENTLY BEING CLEARED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FROM
10:33:59AM CARACAS TO NEW ORLEANS.
10:34:01AM AS SOON AS WE GET THAT CLEARANCE BACK, WE'LL TIE OVER THAT
10:34:04AM PORTION OF THE WATER MAIN SCHEDULED TO OCCUR AT THE END OF
10:34:07AM THIS MONTH.
10:34:07AM IN ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS, WE'LL BE DETOURING, ENCLOSING THE
10:34:11AM OSBORNE, 12th INTERSECTION TO INSTALL ALL THE UTILITIES AT
10:34:16AM ONE TIME AND THEN REBUILD THE ROAD.
10:34:18AM THAT INTERSECTION WILL BE CLOSED ABOUT TWO TO THREE WEEKS
10:34:21AM WHILE WE DO THAT WORK.
10:34:23AM IN SUMMARY, WE'RE PAVING QUITE A FEW STREETS STARTING IN
10:34:30AM ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF, STARTING ON SEPTEMBER 18th AND
10:34:33AM MOVING FORWARD.
10:34:34AM WE'RE PAVING THE TOP LIFT OF ASPHALT ON FRIERSON.
10:34:38AM ST. PAUL CHURCH'S PARKING LOT OFF OF CENTRAL WILL BE GETTING
10:34:42AM PAVED.
10:34:43AM MILLING AND RESURFACING A SMALL SECTION ON THE EAST SIDE OF
10:34:46AM FRIERSON IN FRONT OF THE DENTIST'S OFFICE, BRINGING THAT UP
10:34:50AM TO GRADE.
10:34:51AM WE'LL BE PAVING THE CHEROKEE IDLEWILD INTERSECTION.
10:34:54AM WE'LL BE PUTTING DOWN THE FIRST LIFT OF ASPHALT ON HANNA
10:34:57AM THERE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EAST TO NEBRASKA.
10:35:01AM CENTRAL AVENUE FROM HANNA, FROM THE HANNA INTERSECTION TO
10:35:04AM THE SOUTH OF THE UMC CHURCH DRIVEWAY WILL BE GETTING PAVED.
10:35:09AM SOUTH SIDE OF PARIS FROM CENTRAL TO I-275 SHOULD BE GETTING
10:35:13AM PAVED.
10:35:14AM AND ALSO THE TOP LIFT OF ASPHALT ON CARACAS FROM TALIAFERRO
10:35:18AM TO THE LAUNDROMAT.
10:35:20AM SO THERE WILL BE SOME SIGNIFICANT CHANGES OUT THERE VISUALLY
10:35:23AM IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
10:35:25AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:35:25AM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
10:35:31AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
10:35:32AM I NOTICED THAT YOU'RE GETTING -- THAT IT'S F.D.O.T. SEEMS TO
10:35:37AM HAVE APPROVED AND YOU SEEM TO GET THE INLETS FOR FLORIDA
10:35:41AM AVENUE.
10:35:41AM I'VE SEEN AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE INSTALLED AND ONE YOU'RE
10:35:44AM WORKING ON, CORRECT?
10:35:45AM >> RIGHT NOW WE'RE HAVING AN ISSUE WITH REBAR OUT THERE.
10:35:48AM WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS NOW FOR REBAR TO
10:35:51AM COME BACK FROM THE FABRICATION SHOP.
10:35:54AM WE CAN'T BY HAND SO WE HAVE TO UTILIZE A FABRICATION SHOP
10:35:58AM FOR THE TYPE OF INLETS D.O.T. WANTS OUT THERE.
10:36:02AM WE WILL BE SWITCHING FABRICATION SHOPS NEXT WEEK SO WE CAN
10:36:06AM GET THE REBAR IN A TIMELY MANNER.
10:36:08AM >>LYNN HURTAK: WONDERFUL.
10:36:09AM THE OTHER CHECKUP, I WANTED TO SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING WITH
10:36:16AM -- I MEAN, YOU TOLD US ABOUT HANNA AND CENTRAL, BUT ONE OF
10:36:20AM THE BIG CONCERNS WAS THE HAMPTON TERRACE COMMUNITY PUMPKIN
10:36:25AM PATCH THAT WILL BE OPENING SOON AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
10:36:28AM AND THIS IS THEIR BIGGEST FUND-RAISER AND THEY ARE VERY
10:36:31AM CONCERNED ABOUT IT.
10:36:32AM I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IF YOU COULD KIND OF GIVE US A LITTLE
10:36:34AM BIT OF AN UPDATE ON WHERE YOU EXPECT, IF YOU EXPECT THAT TO
10:36:38AM BE OPEN IN TIME FOR PUMPKINS.
10:36:45AM >> WE'VE BEEN IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH CASSIE FROM HAMPTON
10:36:49AM TERRACE AS WELL AS WITH THE CHURCH DIRECTLY.
10:36:51AM I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THEM THIS MORNING ABOUT THE
10:36:53AM PUMPKIN PATCH AND UPCOMING EVENTS.
10:36:55AM AGAIN, THEY ARE SITTING RIGHT HERE ON THE INTERSECTION OF
10:37:01AM HANNA AND CENTRAL.
10:37:03AM SO HANNA -- OR ON CENTRAL FROM HANNA GOING SOUTH, TO THE
10:37:07AM SOUTH SIDE OF THE CHURCH'S DRIVEWAY, EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE
10:37:10AM THE DEP CLEARANCE BACK ON THE WATER MAIN TO PAVE THE TWO
10:37:14AM PARKING LOTS, AT A MINIMUM WE'RE GOING TO BE PAVING CENTRAL
10:37:18AM ITSELF SO WE CAN ALLOW ACCESS TO THE CHURCH'S DRIVEWAY TO
10:37:21AM THE SOUTH.
10:37:22AM AND THAT WILL BE PAVED THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 18.
10:37:24AM >>LYNN HURTAK: WONDERFUL.
10:37:25AM I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WORD OF THAT OUT LOUD.
10:37:28AM I HEARD YOU SAY THAT.
10:37:29AM BUT I APPRECIATE IT.
10:37:31AM >> ON HANNA AGAIN FROM WHERE WE STOPPED PAVING LAST TIME AT
10:37:34AM THE EDGE OF THE SCHOOL AT I-275 GOING TO NEBRASKA, WE'RE
10:37:37AM PUTTING THE FIRST LIFT OF ASPHALT DOWN ON SEPTEMBER 18, AND
10:37:40AM THE PLAN IS TO HAVE THAT OPEN BY OCTOBER 3rd, IF AT ALL
10:37:45AM POSSIBLE.
10:37:46AM WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO GET THAT OPEN
10:37:48AM BY OCTOBER 3rd WHEN THEY GET THEIR PUMPKIN DELIVERY SO
10:37:51AM WE'RE NOT IMPACTING THAT OPERATION AT ALL.
10:37:53AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:37:55AM I APPRECIATE IT.
10:37:56AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY ELSE WITH QUESTIONS?
10:37:58AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: JUST TO SAY THANK YOU.
10:38:00AM IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO REMOVE AND REPLACE AT THE SAME TIME.
10:38:06AM IF EVERYTHING WAS CLOSED, IT WOULD BE FINE.
10:38:08AM BUT YOU'VE GOT INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE TO MAKE A LIVING.
10:38:11AM PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO USE THE STREET.
10:38:13AM YOU'RE ALWAYS UNDER THE GUN, THE EYE, EVERYTHING ELSE.
10:38:17AM I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND
10:38:20AM CONTINUE DOING THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, NOT ONLY FOR THE
10:38:23AM CITY, BUT FOR THE WHOLE AREA BECAUSE THE CITY BELONGS TO
10:38:26AM EVERYBODY.
10:38:26AM THANK YOU AGAIN FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
10:38:28AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY ELSE?
10:38:29AM THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE.
10:38:31AM YOU'VE BEEN VERY GOOD AT KEEPING US UPDATED.
10:38:34AM YOU'VE BEEN VERY GOOD AT TAKING US ON TOURS THROUGHOUT THE
10:38:37AM NEIGHBORHOOD TO SHOW US FIRSTHAND THE CONSTRUCTION.
10:38:39AM WE THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND FOR RESPONDING AND FOR ALL
10:38:43AM THAT YOU DO.
10:38:44AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:38:44AM HAVE A GOOD DAY.
10:38:45AM >> THANK YOU.
10:38:47AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:38:47AM WE MADE A MOTION TO MOVE ITEM NUMBER 73 TO COME AFTER NUMBER
10:38:51AM 5.
10:39:00AM THIS IS A REQUEST FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, A PARK IN EAST
10:39:03AM TAMPA.
10:39:05AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
10:39:06AM WE GOT FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY WERE NOT ABLE
10:39:09AM TO ASK QUESTIONS OR MAKE COMMENTS AT THE FINAL PRESENTATION.
10:39:16AM I THINK IT WAS GREAT THAT NELSON WAS HERE BECAUSE WE'VE NOW
10:39:23AM HAD TO HAVE NELSON COME EVERY TWO MONTHS OR EVERY MONTH
10:39:26AM ACTUALLY TO GIVE US UPDATES.
10:39:27AM WE THEN ARE THAT CONDUIT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
10:39:31AM WE WOULD PREFER NOT TO HAVE TO DO THAT WITH THIS PROJECT.
10:39:35AM UNFORTUNATELY, THE COMMUNITY IS HERE IN FORCE TODAY BECAUSE
10:39:40AM THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO SPEAK AT THAT MEETING.
10:39:42AM THAT IS A GIANT CONCERN.
10:39:44AM THERE'S ALSO A CONCERN ABOUT THE ACTUAL PLAN ITSELF NOT
10:39:47AM BEING WHAT THE RESIDENTS ASKED FOR.
10:39:49AM I WOULD LOVE AN UPDATE AND THEN I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO HEAR
10:39:55AM FROM THE COMMUNITY SO THAT WE KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE
10:39:58AM FORWARD.
10:40:00AM >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
10:40:02AM MY NAME IS KIM JACKSON.
10:40:03AM I'M WITH KVJINCPR, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR THIS PARK.
10:40:10AM THE FIRST SLIDE UP HERE ARE ALL THE PARTNERSHIPS WE CREATED
10:40:12AM WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS PROJECT.
10:40:14AM WE REACHED OUT TO MIDDLETON, POTTER, LOCKHART AND WILLIAMS
10:40:19AM SO WE COULD HAVE THEM EACH SEND OUT INFORMATION TO THE
10:40:21AM PARENTS AND CHILDREN TO GET ATTENDANCE.
10:40:23AM WTMP.
10:40:25AM WE DID THE SHAWN SHOW.
10:40:27AM WE DID MICHELLE PATTY.
10:40:31AM WE ALSO DID ALBERT LEE.
10:40:35AM WE ALSO DID WALTER SMITH SUNDAY FORUM.
10:40:38AM WE DID THE FLORIDA SENTINEL.
10:40:40AM WE DID MS. DEE'S IMPACT MAGAZINE.
10:40:45AM WE ALSO DID CANDY LOWE'S BLACK BUSINESS BUS TOUR BECAUSE SHE
10:40:45AM HAS A LARGE FOLLOWING IN EAST TAMPA.
10:40:48AM BEFORE EACH OF THE FOUR PUBLIC MEETINGS, ONE AND TWO WERE
10:40:52AM CLOSE, SO WE DID A DOUBLE FLYER.
10:40:55AM I WAS BLESSED TO HAVE 10 TO 12 AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS WHO
10:40:59AM ALL ATTENDED AT ONE TIME, THAT ATTENDED FAIR OAKS PARK.
10:41:03AM THEY WERE NOW HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND WE CANVASSED THE
10:41:05AM NEIGHBORHOOD AND PASSED OUT 1200 FLYERS EVEN IN EXTREME HEAT
10:41:09AM IN AUGUST.
10:41:12AM WE ALSO HAD THE PRESIDENT AND VICE.
10:41:15AM FROM FAIR OAKS ASSOCIATION COME AND CANVASS THE
10:41:17AM NEIGHBORHOOD, TANETTE AND RHONDA.
10:41:21AM WE SPOKE WITH ALL OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE PARKS IN EAST
10:41:25AM TAMPA, AND WE GAVE THEM FLYERS, AND THEY WERE TASKED WITH
10:41:29AM SPEAKING TO THEIR SENIORS' GROUPS AND ALSO SPEAKING TO THE
10:41:34AM KIDS AND THEIR PARENTS WHO CAME THROUGH SO WE MADE SURE WE
10:41:37AM GOT ALL OF THE INFORMATION OUT THAT WAS NEEDED.
10:41:40AM ALL OF THE VENDORS THAT WE USE FOR ALL MINORITY BUSINESSES,
10:41:44AM CATERERS, BAKERS, SOUND MAN, VIDEO, AND WE ALSO DID UPDATE
10:41:51AM E-MAILS TO REMIND THEM THAT THE MEETING WAS COMING, AND WE
10:41:54AM DID THROUGH CVENT AND ALSO DID THE ONES THROUGH THE
10:41:57AM NEIGHBORHOOD LIST THAT WE WERE GIVEN FROM COMMUNITY
10:42:00AM ENGAGEMENT.
10:42:03AM >> THANK YOU, KIM.
10:42:05AM GOOD MORNING.
10:42:05AM MY NAME IS O.T. DeLANCEY.
10:42:08AM I AM THE MANAGING PRINCIPAL FOR STRATEGIST PROJECTS SUPPORT
10:42:11AM SERVICES.
10:42:13AM STRATEGIST IS A PARTNER TO SKANSKA ON THE EAST TAMPA REC
10:42:17AM PROJECT.
10:42:17AM OUR RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, EBO,
10:42:25AM MANAGING OUR EBO EFFORTS AND MANAGING OUR WORKFORCE
10:42:28AM DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS.
10:42:31AM ANOTHER PART OF MY ROLE WAS TO FACILITATE THE FORMAT OF OUR
10:42:36AM COMMUNITY OUTREACH MEETINGS FROM A STANDPOINT OF ENGAGING
10:42:40AM THE STAFF.
10:42:42AM FOR DIALOGUE ABOUT WHAT WAS TO BE DESIGNED FOR THE PROJECT,
10:42:48AM I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR FORMAT THAT WE KIND OF
10:42:52AM SHARED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
10:42:55AM THE IDEA WAS TO DO -- WE DO THREE INPUT MEETINGS, TOTAL
10:43:02AM DIALOGUE, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, TAKE THAT INFORMATION, AND
10:43:07AM THEN COME BACK TO A FOURTH MEETING WHICH WOULD BE A DESIGN
10:43:11AM REVEAL.
10:43:13AM IN A DESIGN REVEAL MEETING, WE BROUGHT THE DESIGN TEAM IN TO
10:43:18AM PROVIDE PRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE CULMINATION OF THE
10:43:22AM DIALOGUE AND TO PRESENT THE DESIGN.
10:43:27AM THEN ONCE THE DESIGN WAS PRESENTED, WE PUT MURALS ON THE
10:43:31AM WALLS, IN THE EVENT SPACE, AND THEN WE OPENED THE FLOOR --
10:43:38AM WE AVAILED OURSELVES TO THE COMMUNITY FOR DIALOGUE AND FOR
10:43:42AM QUESTIONS FOLLOWING THE REVEAL.
10:43:44AM THE LAST MEETING WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE FIRST THREE
10:43:49AM MEETINGS BECAUSE THE FIRST THREE MEETINGS WERE DIALOGUE AND
10:43:51AM INPUT.
10:43:52AM THE LAST MEETING WAS THE DESIGN REVEAL.
10:43:56AM >> WE ALSO DO THE DESIGN REVEAL FORMAT IN ALL THE
10:43:59AM COMMUNITIES THAT WE'VE DONE PROJECTS FOR, AND WE DO THAT SO
10:44:03AM THE NEXT PHASE IS STARTING.
10:44:05AM WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY KNOWS AND GETS A CHANCE
10:44:08AM TO MEET THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING READY TO BUILD THIS PARK
10:44:11AM SO DEAR TO THEM.
10:44:12AM WE DO THAT IN EVERY COMMUNITY WE GO IN SO THEY HAVE A CHANCE
10:44:15AM TO GET TO KNOW OUR DESIGN TEAM BY PHASE AND BY PERSON AND BE
10:44:19AM ABLE TO TELL THEM ONE ON ONE WHAT IT IS THAT THEY WANT TO
10:44:22AM SEE OR WHAT THEY LIKE OR WHAT THEY DID NOT LIKE.
10:44:25AM THEY WERE ABLE TO SPEAK.
10:44:26AM THEY JUST DIDN'T DO IT IN THE SAME FORMAT.
10:44:30AM >> SO WE BRING EVERYONE ON OUR TEAM, ON OUR PRECONSTRUCTION
10:44:34AM DESIGN TEAM IN THE ROOM SO THAT WE COULD FIELD ANY TYPES OF
10:44:39AM QUESTIONS AND ANY TYPES OF COMMENTS THAT THE COMMUNITY MAY
10:44:44AM HAVE.
10:44:45AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
10:44:48AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BUT THE REALITY IS YOU DIDN'T OFFER A CHANCE
10:44:52AM FOR PEOPLE TO JUST ASK GENERAL QUESTIONS, AND THAT'S THE
10:44:55AM CONCERN BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY -- THE COMMUNITY WANTED A
10:44:59AM CHANCE TO ASK QUESTIONS, NOT TO INDIVIDUALS, BUT AS A GROUP
10:45:02AM TO PROVIDE THEIR INPUT.
10:45:05AM AGAIN, THEIR REACTION, BUT ALSO TO ASK QUESTIONS.
10:45:07AM I GOT PEOPLE E-MAILING OR CALLING ME AND SAYING, HEY, I
10:45:11AM WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS OR THAT AND I HAD TO EXPLAIN IT TO
10:45:14AM THEM BECAUSE I HAD GOTTEN THE PRESENTATION AND THEY DID NOT
10:45:16AM FEEL THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO ASK THE QUESTIONS THEY HAD.
10:45:19AM I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THIS TO ME BODES FORWARD
10:45:25AM WITH THE COMMUNICATION STRATEGY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.
10:45:28AM I'M NOT AT ALL HAPPY WITH THE PLAN.
10:45:30AM IT IS NOT AT ALL WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTED.
10:45:33AM SO I'M CONCERNED THAT WE'RE GOING FORWARD WITH A PLAN THAT
10:45:40AM IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
10:45:43AM WE'RE SPENDING $41 MILLION ON THIS, AND IT NEEDS TO BE
10:45:46AM RIGHT.
10:45:52AM [ APPLAUSE ]
10:45:52AM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
10:45:53AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
10:45:54AM GO AHEAD.
10:45:54AM >> FIRST AND FOREMOST, THEY WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO
10:45:58AM ASK WHATEVER QUESTION THEY WANTED TO ASK TO THE PEOPLE WHO
10:46:01AM ACTUALLY BUILD THIS PARK.
10:46:05AM AND DESIGN IT.
10:46:06AM MAYBE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T GET ON A MIKE AND SAY IT OUT LOUD
10:46:11AM FOR EVERYBODY TO HEAR, BUT WE DID NOT CUT ANYBODY'S CHANCE.
10:46:15AM THEY HAD A CHANCE BEFORE THE PRESENTATION STARTED, AND THEY
10:46:18AM HAD A CHANCE AFTER THE PRESENTATION STARTED.
10:46:20AM THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THE FORM IN WHICH THEY DELIVERED IT.
10:46:24AM THAT IS THE ONLY DIFFERENCE.
10:46:25AM WHEN IT CAME TO THE DESIGN THAT WAS THERE, IT ISN'T JUST
10:46:29AM WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANT.
10:46:30AM WE HAD TO BEND IN WHAT PARKS AND REC WANTED.
10:46:34AM THE GUIDELINES SET IN THE RFP AND WHAT PARKS AND REC WANTED
10:46:41AM AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTED AND THIS IS WHAT WE END UP
10:46:44AM WITH.
10:46:44AM WE DON'T MAKE ANY DECISIONS ON WHAT SHOWS UP ON THIS DESIGN.
10:46:48AM WE TAKE EVERYTHING THAT EVERYBODY SAYS AND WE LET PARKS AND
10:46:52AM REC, THEY MAKE THOSE DECISIONS, NOT US.
10:46:56AM >> I'M CONFUSED AS TO -- THE FORMAT WAS ALWAYS PRESENTED AND
10:47:02AM IT WAS ALWAYS CLEAR.
10:47:07AM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMUNITY AND
10:47:08AM THE OPENING PRESENTATION BEFORE WE PRESENTED THE DESIGN,
10:47:12AM EXPLAINED WHAT WAS ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE, AND THAT WE WERE
10:47:16AM HOPING TO DIALOGUE AND QUESTION.
10:47:20AM SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT GOT TWISTED.
10:47:25AM I THINK MAYBE THERE'S SOME CONFUSION IN THE FORMAT.
10:47:27AM THE FIRST THREE MEETINGS WERE INTENDED TO BE FULL DIALOGUE
10:47:35AM BETWEEN -- IT'S AN INTAKE PROCESS TO GATHER -- A GATHERING
10:47:39AM PROCESS, AND IN THE LAST MEETING, WHICH WE CLARIFIED, ALONG
10:47:44AM THE WAY IN THE FIRST THREE MEETINGS, WE TOLD THEM THE LAST
10:47:47AM MEETING WAS COMING.
10:47:48AM THE LAST MEETING WAS FORMATTED A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE
10:47:52AM HAD THE DESIGN TO BE PRESENTED.
10:47:53AM WE DID OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.
10:47:58AM >> EVERY RADIO SHOW I WENT ON, I EXPLAINED HOW ALL OF THIS
10:48:01AM WAS GOING TO BE.
10:48:02AM I EXPLAINED THIS TO ALL OF THE DIRECTORS OF EACH ONE OF
10:48:04AM THOSE PARKS SO THEY CAN EXPLAIN IT TO THEIR GROUPS AND
10:48:07AM EVERYBODY THAT PATRONIZES THEIR PARKS.
10:48:10AM THE ONLY DIFFERENCE I SEE IN HERE IS THEY DIDN'T GET ON A
10:48:13AM MIKE AND SAY IT OUT LOUD.
10:48:15AM BUT WE WERE ALL THERE OPEN TO HEAR WHATEVER IT IS THEY
10:48:18AM WANTED.
10:48:19AM WE EXPLAINED AT EVERY MEETING, WE TAKE WHAT YOU WANT AND
10:48:22AM WHAT PARKS AND REC WANT AND THAT'S GOING TO BE WHAT THE
10:48:25AM DESIGN IS.
10:48:26AM WE HAVE TO FOLLOW BOTH OF THOSE LEADS.
10:48:29AM SO THERE WAS GOING TO BE A COMPROMISE AND NOBODY WAS GOING
10:48:31AM TO GET EVERYTHING THAT THEY WANTED.
10:48:34AM SO THIS IS THE COMPROMISE.
10:48:35AM >>LYNN HURTAK: CERTAINLY.
10:48:36AM BUT, YOU KNOW, I WAS AT ONE OF THOSE COMMUNITY INPUT
10:48:39AM MEETINGS, AND THE ONLY REASON I WASN'T AT THE DESIGN AND
10:48:41AM REVEAL MEETING IS BECAUSE THAT WAS THE NIGHT FOR TALKING TO
10:48:45AM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE BUDGET AND THAT WAS THE OVERALL MORE
10:48:48AM IMPORTANT THING.
10:48:49AM I KNOW MS. HENDERSON WAS ALSO THERE AT THE BUDGET MEETING.
10:48:53AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: NO, I WAS AT THE FAIR OAKS REVEAL.
10:49:00AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BUT THE IDEA IS THEY WERE ABLE TO ASK
10:49:05AM QUESTIONS.
10:49:05AM THE INPUT MEETING I WENT TO, THEY ONLY WERE ABLE TO ASK A
10:49:09AM SMALL HANDFUL OF QUESTIONS BEFORE IT WAS CLOSED.
10:49:12AM I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE, AGAIN, THE COMMUNITY HAS ASKED THAT
10:49:16AM THEY WANTED TO HAVE THAT INPUT.
10:49:18AM BASICALLY, I WANT TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY AND HEAR WHAT
10:49:21AM THEY HAVE TO SAY.
10:49:23AM >> THEY WERE ABLE TO AT EACH MEETING WRITE DOWN WHAT THEY
10:49:27AM WANTED TO SAY.
10:49:27AM I SCANNED ALL OF THAT IN.
10:49:29AM I SENT IT TO PARKS AND REC AND EVERYBODY ON THE DESIGN TEAM
10:49:32AM HAD A COPY.
10:49:33AM THEY WERE ABLE TO SPEAK BY MIKE AT THE FIRST THREE INPUT AND
10:49:37AM THAT'S WHAT WE EXPLAINED IT AS.
10:49:39AM AT THE FINAL REVEAL, TWO SETS OF MURALS, EIGHT PEOPLE ON
10:49:42AM EACH SIDE AND PLENTY OF THE PEOPLE WENT UP AND TALKED TO
10:49:45AM THEM AND HAD THEIR QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
10:49:48AM THEN WE DID IT AFTERWARDS.
10:49:49AM THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS WE DIDN'T HAVE A MIKE FOR EVERYBODY
10:49:54AM TO HEAR THE QUESTION.
10:49:56AM WE DID NOT DENY ANYBODY THE RIGHT TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS, GIVE
10:49:59AM ANY COMMENT OR ANY INPUT.
10:50:03AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
10:50:04AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:50:06AM GOOD MORNING, KIM, SIR.
10:50:08AM I ACTUALLY ATTENDED A FEW OF THESE MEETINGS.
10:50:12AM SOME OF THEM OCCURRED DURING THE FEBRUARY MEETINGS OCCURRED
10:50:15AM DURING THE CAMPAIGN.
10:50:17AM I REVEALED I ATTENDED THE DESIGN REVEAL MEETING ON AUGUST
10:50:21AM 16th IN LIEU OF ATTENDING THE BEYONCE CONCERT BECAUSE I
10:50:25AM WAS SO EXCITED FOR FAIR OAKS.
10:50:27AM I ALSO WANT TO SAY THERE'S SOMETHING YOU LEFT OUT, KIM.
10:50:31AM AT THE DEADLINE OF COMMUNITY INPUT, AT THE DEADLINE OF
10:50:35AM COMMUNITY INPUT, IT WAS EXTENDED EVEN MORE BY THE
10:50:38AM ADMINISTRATOR WYNN WHO CONTINUED.
10:50:41AM SHE AND SHERISHA HILLS CONTINUED TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE
10:50:45AM COMMUNITY AFTER THE DEADLINE.
10:50:46AM IT CHANGED THE DATE OF THE ACTUAL REVEAL, AM I CORRECT?
10:50:50AM >> WELL, WE ACTUALLY PUT BOXES, COMMENT BOXES IN EACH ONE OF
10:50:53AM THE PARKS IN EAST TAMPA.
10:50:55AM I'M GLAD YOU REMINDED ME OF THAT.
10:50:57AM AFTER THE MEETING ON THE 14th, IT PUSHED IT TO THE 31st
10:51:02AM AS THE FINAL DEADLINE, BUT WE DID NOT HAVE TO CHANGE THE
10:51:04AM REVEAL.
10:51:05AM OUR TEAM GOT TOGETHER AND PUT IN EXTRA HOURS TO MAKE SURE WE
10:51:09AM STAYED ON SCHEDULE.
10:51:10AM THE GOAL IS TO GET THIS DONE IN 22 MONTHS BECAUSE PEOPLE
10:51:13AM HAVE BEEN WAITING 800 YEARS FOR THIS PARK TO BE REDONE.
10:51:18AM I EXPLAINED AT THE SECOND MEETING THAT THESE PARK PROJECTS
10:51:21AM ARE NORMALLY FOUR YEARS.
10:51:23AM WE CUT IT DOWN TO 22, WHICH IS LESS THAN 50% OF THE TIME.
10:51:28AM IN ORDER FOR US TO STAY ON THIS SCHEDULE TO GET IT DONE FOR
10:51:31AM 22 MONTHS BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE WERE LIKE, THEY THOUGHT WE
10:51:34AM SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE FASTER.
10:51:36AM I SAID, HEY, YOU CAN'T JUST THROW STUFF ON TOP OF ANY KIND
10:51:39AM OF PARK BECAUSE, ONE, YOU NEED TO KNOW IF THAT PART OF
10:51:43AM GROUND CAN SUPPORT A BUILDING.
10:51:44AM SOME PARTS CAN'T.
10:51:46AM WITH THIS HISTORY OF THESE GRAVE YARDS POPPING UP, WE WANT
10:51:51AM TO KNOW WHAT'S UNDER THAT GROUND BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT YEARS
10:51:55AM LATER TALKING ABOUT WE HAVE SOMETHING SITTING ON SOMEONE'S
10:51:59AM RELATIVES.
10:52:00AM OUR DUE DILIGENCE, STILL ON TOP OF THAT.
10:52:03AM ALSO WHEN OUR TEAM GOES TO THE PARK TO DO WHATEVER WORK,
10:52:06AM THEY SPEAK TO THE DIRECTOR AND THE PARKS AND REC STAFF AT
10:52:11AM THAT FACILITY KNOW WE ARE COMING SO WE CAN SHOW RESPECT,
10:52:14AM ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY HAVE THE KIDS THERE AND THEN ALSO ONE
10:52:17AM OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THEY CAME TO ME, IF WE WOULD HAVE SHUT
10:52:21AM THAT BUILDING DOWN, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE AND
10:52:24AM THAT WOULD CAUSE TRANSPORTATION ISSUES FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
10:52:26AM I WENT BACK TO CHUCK AND THE TEAM AND THEY AGREED
10:52:29AM WHOLEHEARTEDLY THAT BUILDING WILL STAY UP UNTIL THE ACTUAL
10:52:33AM BUILDING WILL BE BUILT AND IS OPEN FOR THEM TO COME SO
10:52:37AM THERE'S NO INTERRUPTION IN SERVICES AT ALL.
10:52:39AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
10:52:40AM I WANT TO BE BRIEF, AND I WANT TO MEASURE MY WORDS CAREFULLY
10:52:46AM BECAUSE I'M SPEAKING TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL WHEN I SAY
10:52:49AM THIS.
10:52:52AM IN ATTENDING THOSE MEETINGS, I COULD HEAR THE ANXIETY
10:52:55AM REGARDING NOT EVEN TRUSTING THE CITY OF TAMPA TO GET THIS
10:52:57AM PROJECT DONE.
10:53:01AM SO A LOT OF EFFORT WAS GOING INTO THIS.
10:53:05AM WHEN I MET WITH SKANSKA BRIEFLY AT ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS, HE
10:53:07AM WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT, HE ACTUALLY EVEN SAID
10:53:10AM THAT HE WANTED IT SO BAD BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY DESERVED IT.
10:53:15AM SO I KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY IS ANXIOUS AND I KNOW THERE IS
10:53:18AM A LACK OF TRUST IN SOME REGARD.
10:53:21AM AS FAR AS INPUT AFTER THE REVEAL, THE WORD DISRESPECT WAS
10:53:25AM USED.
10:53:27AM THE PROCESS, IF YOU DIDN'T LIKE IT, BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T ASK A
10:53:30AM PUBLIC QUESTION ON A MICROPHONE, THAT'S FAIR FOR YOU TO SAY
10:53:34AM YOU DIDN'T LIKE IT, BUT I DID NOT WITNESS DISRESPECT.
10:53:37AM DISRESPECT IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF INCIDENT OF SAYING THAT
10:53:42AM THEY DIDN'T CARE WHAT YOU THOUGHT.
10:53:43AM THEY GAVE YOU A PROCESS THAT ALLOWED YOU TO GIVE FEEDBACK.
10:53:47AM IT WAS JUST DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU WANTED.
10:53:49AM AND WHEN HE CLOSED OUT, NO ONE, NO ONE AT THE MEETING PUSHED
10:53:53AM BACK AND SAID WELL I WANT TO ASK A QUESTION RIGHT NOW.
10:53:56AM NO ONE DID THAT.
10:53:57AM IT CAME BACK AFTER THE FACT.
10:54:01AM IT ONLY CAME WITH ONE PERSON COMING TO COUNCIL AND BEING
10:54:05AM UPSET ABOUT BIRD POOP ON THE BENCHES AND HOW SHE FELT ABOUT
10:54:09AM THE PARK AND THAT'S FINE AND ONE LETTER FROM YOUR LEADER,
10:54:12AM MS. FRAN TATE.
10:54:15AM SHE WROTE A LETTER TO ALL OF COUNCIL ADDRESSING THIS
10:54:17AM DISRESPECT.
10:54:18AM I'M YOUR DISTRICT 5 REPRESENTATIVE AND NO ONE ELSE REACHED
10:54:22AM OUT TO ME AND SAID THERE WAS SOME SORT OF DISRESPECT.
10:54:24AM YOU HAVE A COUNCILWOMAN SAY -- THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT --
10:54:27AM NO ONE LIKES IT.
10:54:28AM THEY ARE UPSET.
10:54:29AM XYZ.
10:54:30AM LET ME TELL YOU WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, IF YOU HAVE BEEN
10:54:32AM PAYING ATTENTION WEEK AFTER WEEK AFTER WEEK, PEOPLE COME IN
10:54:36AM FROM FAIR OAKS, THIS $41 MILLION PROJECT.
10:54:40AM PEOPLE ON THE DAIS THINK IT IS OVER BUDGET, SHOULDN'T BE
10:54:44AM DONE, SHOULDN'T APPROVE IT, BUT THEY DID.
10:54:46AM WHAT IS GOING TO FOLLOW, PLEASE PAY ATTENTION, THERE WILL BE
10:54:50AM A MOTION BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIKE IT AND YOU'RE NOT HAPPY, SO
10:54:52AM LET'S TAKE SOME MORE TIME FOR YOU TO SAY WHAT YOU LIKE AND
10:54:56AM WHAT YOU DON'T LIKE AND WHAT YOU NEED AND WHAT YOU WANT AND
10:54:59AM NOW YOUR 22 MONTHS, YOU'RE EATING INTO THAT.
10:55:04AM THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING IF YOU DO THIS.
10:55:07AM PUTTING IT RIGHT UP FRONT FOR YOU NOW.
10:55:10AM WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SAY, WHATEVER COMPLAINTS YOU WANT TO
10:55:12AM MAKE, YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO DO IT.
10:55:14AM BUT WHAT YOU'RE ALSO DOING IS PUTTING YOUR PROJECT IN A
10:55:17AM POSITION WHERE IF THEY HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND SAY
10:55:20AM WE NEED 6 MILLION MORE DOLLARS BECAUSE IT TOOK SIX MONTHS
10:55:23AM LONGER FOR US TO REDESIGN THIS PLAN BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY
10:55:26AM WASN'T HAPPY AND NOW IT COSTS SIX MORE MILLION DOLLARS, YOU
10:55:29AM NEED TO PAY ATTENTION WHO IS GOING TO VOTE FOR THOSE SIX
10:55:32AM MILLION DOLLARS.
10:55:33AM I'M TELLING YOU, THIS IS JUST THE WAY I SEE IT.
10:55:35AM WEEK AFTER WEEK AFTER WEEK, GO BACK AND WATCH THE TAPES,
10:55:38AM PEOPLE.
10:55:38AM THERE ARE PEOPLE NOT HAPPY THAT THIS PROJECT IS BEING BUILT.
10:55:41AM THEY SAY THEY ARE, BUT YET YOU GOT TO LISTEN TO WHAT THEY
10:55:44AM ARE SAYING.
10:55:45AM NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN, OH, THE COMMUNITY IS SO UPSET.
10:55:48AM WHO IS THIS COMMUNITY?
10:55:49AM WHO ARE THEY?
10:55:51AM WHO ARE THEY?
10:55:53AM THEY ARE SO ANGRY THAT YOU WANT TO DELAY THIS PROJECT SO
10:55:57AM THAT YOU CAN COMPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE.
10:56:00AM WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS PARTICULAR COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF, THEY
10:56:05AM CARE ABOUT THIS PROJECT SO MUCH, THAT NOT ONLY DID THEY PAY
10:56:08AM THE KIDS TO GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION TO COME OUT TO SEE,
10:56:11AM HEY, LET'S HEAR FROM YOU, LET'S HEAR FROM YOU, HOW MANY OF
10:56:14AM YOU GAVE INPUT?
10:56:14AM I DON'T KNOW.
10:56:15AM THE DATA IS RIGHT HERE.
10:56:19AM THEY SENT THE KIDS PASSING OUT THE FLYERS.
10:56:22AM THEY ORDERED CATERED FOOD TWICE AND OTHER BLACK-OWNED
10:56:28AM RESTAURANTS TO FEED YOU, TO COME IN TO BRING UP WHAT YOU
10:56:31AM WANT ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
10:56:32AM SO NOW IT'S TIME TO GET THE PROJECT DONE.
10:56:35AM CHECK THIS OUT.
10:56:35AM IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE COLOR OR YOU DON'T LIKE THE BENCH OR
10:56:38AM THE TREE OVER THE BENCH, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU HAVE A RIGHT,
10:56:41AM BUT YOU'RE GETTING SOMETHING THAT NOBODY ELSE HAS.
10:56:46AM NOBODY IN THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS A PARK LIKE THIS, NOT EVEN
10:56:50AM RIVERFRONT WILL LOOK LIKE THIS.
10:56:52AM IT ACTUALLY WAS DESIGNED BY YOU.
10:56:54AM THIS SPACE IS AMAZING.
10:56:57AM SO, YEAH, PUT TWO BUILDINGS TOGETHER AND BUILT THAT ATRIUM.
10:57:01AM BUT THAT GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY, AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE
10:57:04AM TWO EVENTS.
10:57:04AM YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL, WELCOMING ATRIUM, ASIDE -- A SIDE FOR
10:57:08AM THE KIDS AND A SIDE FOR THE SENIORS.
10:57:10AM I IMPLORE YOU, WHATEVER YOU DECIDE TO SAY, STICK AROUND AND
10:57:14AM LISTEN TO THE MOTIONS BECAUSE I WILL NOT VOTE TO DELAY THIS
10:57:17AM PROJECT BECAUSE YOU ARE MAD ABOUT SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T
10:57:20AM LIKE BECAUSE YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR PROJECT IN JEOPARDY AFTER
10:57:24AM DECADES, DECADES OF WAITING.
10:57:27AM NOW, I JUST -- I LOVE YOU ALL, JAZZY SENIORS.
10:57:32AM I KNOW YOU ARE EXCITED.
10:57:34AM YOU ARE HERE IN DROVES.
10:57:35AM BE CAREFUL.
10:57:36AM DON'T GET PLAYED.
10:57:37AM BECAUSE I'M TELLING YOU, IF THERE WERE A LOT OF E-MAILS
10:57:43AM ABOUT YOU MAD, YOU DON'T LIKE IT, I ONLY RECEIVED ONE
10:57:46AM E-MAIL.
10:57:47AM IS MY TIME UP?
10:57:48AM GET FIVE MINUTES.
10:57:51AM I ONLY RECEIVED ONE E-MAIL AND ONE PERSON CAME TO COUNCIL.
10:57:55AM SO THESE WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT'S MAD, YOU KNOW WHAT --
10:58:01AM I'M JUST TELLING YOU, I'M JUST TELLING YOU, LET ME SETTLE
10:58:06AM DOWN A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE MY PASSION IS COMING THROUGH AND
10:58:08AM I'M THINKING I'M STILL IN THE CLASSROOM IN HIGH SCHOOL BUT
10:58:10AM I'M UP HERE ON THE DAIS.
10:58:12AM I'M JUST TELLING YOU THAT YOU HAVE A RIGHT NOT TO LIKE
10:58:17AM SOMETHING, BUT YOU'RE GETTING WHAT YOU'RE GETTING IS BIGGER
10:58:21AM THAN WHAT YOU DON'T LIKE.
10:58:23AM DON'T DELAY YOUR PROJECT.
10:58:24AM DON'T REQUIRE THAT THEY HAVE TO COME IN HERE EVERY MONTH TO
10:58:27AM GIVE REPORTS AND HOLD UP OR DELAY THE PROJECT SO THAT YOU
10:58:32AM CAN GET SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK THAT YOU WANT.
10:58:34AM THIS DELAY WILL COST MONEY.
10:58:38AM AND $41 MILLION NO ONE ELSE HAS A $41 MILLION PARK COMING TO
10:58:45AM THEIR COMMUNITY.
10:58:45AM LET ME JUST ADD THIS ONE LITTLE TIDBIT AND I WILL BE QUIET.
10:58:50AM THIS PARK HAS THE OPPORTUNITY, THIS DEVELOPMENT -- I'M IN
10:58:56AM COMMUNICATION WITH SOMEONE ABOUT A GROCERY STORE.
10:58:58AM I DON'T EVEN WANT TO REVEAL THAT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT'S IN
10:59:00AM THE EARLY -- I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE YOU WANT BECAUSE
10:59:03AM THERE IS A FOOD DESERT, RIGHT?
10:59:04AM THAT PARK, IF A $41 MILLION PARK CAN BE BUILT THEN CERTAINLY
10:59:09AM A GROCERY STORE CAN COME BEHIND IT.
10:59:11AM BUT IF YOU GOT TO PUT INPUT ABOUT THE KIND OF SHELLS AND
10:59:14AM KIND OF DOORS AND KIND OF THIS AND THAT, IF YOU HAVE TO
10:59:18AM DECIDE EVERY LITTLE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, YOU
10:59:21AM KNOW WHAT A DEVELOPER WILL SAY, THAT'S OKAY.
10:59:23AM THAT'S OKAY.
10:59:24AM BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH TOO MUCH AND DO TOO MUCH FOR
10:59:28AM A COMMUNITY, I'M JUST TELLING YOU BE CAREFUL.
10:59:33AM DON'T GET PLAYED AND I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
10:59:36AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON AND THEN COUNCILWOMAN
10:59:38AM HURTAK.
10:59:42AM >>BILL CARLSON: ONE THING -- I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY COMING
10:59:44AM OUT TO GIVE US INPUT ON THIS TODAY.
10:59:46AM I APPRECIATE EVERYONE COMING OUT TODAY AND I APPRECIATE THE
10:59:52AM CONSULTANTS COMING OUT AS WELL.
10:59:54AM I JUST WANT TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON THIS PROJECT
10:59:58AM BECAUSE A LOT OF MISINFORMATION HAS BEEN PASSED AROUND.
11:00:01AM WHEN WE STARTED ON CITY COUNCIL WHEN MANY OF US STARTED ON
11:00:06AM CITY COUNCIL FOUR YEARS AGO, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, MANY
11:00:09AM OF THE PEOPLE SITTING HERE IN THE AUDIENCE CAME BEFORE US
11:00:13AM AND SAID THE COMMUNITY CENTER AT FAIR OAKS HAD RATS IN THE
11:00:16AM CEILING.
11:00:16AM IT WAS A FIRE TRAP.
11:00:19AM DIDN'T HAVE COMPUTER SERVICES.
11:00:21AM DIDN'T HAVE THE SERVICES THEY NEED.
11:00:23AM JAZZY SENIORS CAME BEFORE US.
11:00:25AM WE AS CITY COUNCIL ASKED FOR A REPORT ON IT.
11:00:29AM PART OF IT WAS LED BY MY FORMER COLLEAGUE, ORLANDO GUDES.
11:00:33AM WHEN WE ASKED FOR AN UPDATE ON IT, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT CAME
11:00:37AM AND SAID, WELL, TWICE IN THE PRIOR EIGHT YEARS UNDER THE
11:00:40AM PREVIOUS MAYOR THE CITY STAFF HAD SAID WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU
11:00:44AM RENOVATE THE BUILDING FOR 375,000.
11:00:46AM AND THE PRIOR ADMINISTRATION TWICE SAID, NO, WHILE THEY WERE
11:00:50AM BUILDING A $32 MILLION PARK AT JULIAN LANE.
11:00:53AM WE WERE FRUSTRATED BY THAT.
11:00:54AM AND WE, AS CITY COUNCIL AND CRA BOARD DECIDED TO HAVE A
11:00:57AM COMMUNITY MEETING AT FAIR OAKS AND ABOUT A HUNDRED PEOPLE
11:01:00AM SHOWED UP.
11:01:01AM PROBABLY MANY OF YOU IN THE COMMUNITY.
11:01:02AM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TRYING TO ONE-UP THE CITY COUNCIL BROUGHT
11:01:08AM A VIDEO FROM THE MAYOR AND PLAYED IT AT THE BEGINNING.
11:01:10AM I REMEMBER BISHOP PATTY IN PARTICULAR WAS UPSET ABOUT WHAT
11:01:14AM WAS IN THE VIDEO.
11:01:15AM WHAT THE VIDEO SAID AND ALSO LEAKED IT TO THE FLORIDA
11:01:17AM SENTINEL THE DAY BEFORE, WHAT THE VIDEO SAID IS THE MAYOR
11:01:20AM CAME ON THE VIDEO AND SAID "I'VE ALREADY DECIDED TO RENOVATE
11:01:23AM THIS BUILDING.
11:01:25AM I'VE ALREADY DECIDED TO RENOVATE THE BUILDING.
11:01:27AM ALREADY PUT IN THE 375,000."
11:01:29AM PLEASE GIVE YOUR INPUT TO CITY COUNCIL BUT I ALREADY DECIDED
11:01:34AM TO RENOVATE IT.
11:01:35AM ANY OF YOU IN THE ROOM REMEMBER WHAT THE REACTION WAS WHEN
11:01:39AM THE MAYOR DECIDED THAT SHE WAS ONLY GOING TO RENOVATE THE
11:01:43AM BUILDING.
11:01:43AM THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY BOOED AND SAID, NO, WE DESERVE A
11:01:46AM NEW BUILDING.
11:01:47AM THIS BUILDING IS A FIRE TRAP.
11:01:49AM IT HAS BARS ON THE WINDOWS.
11:01:51AM THE ADMINISTRATION ALSO ARGUED WITH US ABOUT WHETHER THERE
11:01:53AM WERE RATS IN THE CEILING, EVEN THOUGH THE COMMUNITY SAID
11:01:55AM THAT.
11:01:56AM FINALLY, WE GOT STAFF TO ADMIT THAT THEY DID CATCH AT LEAST
11:01:59AM ONE RAT.
11:01:59AM THE COMMUNITY WAS RIGHT.
11:02:00AM BY LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY, WE GOT THAT LOOKED AT.
11:02:03AM THEN WE AS CITY COUNCIL STARTED PUSHING FOR A NEW BUILDING
11:02:06AM AND THE ADMINISTRATION FOUGHT, FOUGHT, FOUGHT, PUSHED BACK
11:02:09AM ON US, PUSHED BACK ON US.
11:02:12AM SIX MONTHS LATER THEY CAME BACK AND SAID, ALWAYS IN THE PLAN
11:02:16AM TO CREATE AN $18 MILLION REGIONAL PARK.
11:02:18AM MY QUESTION WAS, WHY DID YOU FIGHT WITH US WHEN WE SAID THAT
11:02:21AM THE -- THAT WE SHOULD BUILD A NEW BUILDING INSTEAD OF JUST
11:02:26AM RENOVATING AND WHY DID YOU TRY TO PREEMPT US ON THAT?
11:02:30AM THEN THEY CAME BACK AND WITHOUT EVEN TELLING CITY COUNCIL,
11:02:33AM THEY DECIDED TO ADD $23 MILLION.
11:02:35AM MY QUESTION TO MY REQUEST TO SKANSKA AND THEIR
11:02:39AM REPRESENTATIVES AND IDEALLY STAFF IS, THIS PROJECT STARTED
11:02:43AM WITH CITY COUNCIL.
11:02:44AM SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO PLAY DIRTY POLITICS AND FIGHT ABOUT
11:02:47AM WHERE IT STARTED, IT STARTED WITH CITY COUNCIL.
11:02:49AM THE ONLY REASON WHY THIS PARK STARTED TO BE RENOVATED IN THE
11:02:53AM FIRST PLACE, IT WAS NOT BECAUSE OF THE ADMINISTRATION, IT
11:02:55AM WAS BECAUSE CITY COUNCIL LISTENED TO YOU ALL IN THE
11:02:57AM COMMUNITY.
11:02:58AM WHEN THE MAYOR PRESENTED THAT SHE WAS GOING TO RENOVATE THE
11:03:00AM BUILDING INSTEAD OF REPLACE, YOU ALL BOOED AND WE LISTENED
11:03:03AM AND WE PUSHED THE ADMINISTRATION TO DO SOMETHING AND THEY
11:03:06AM DID.
11:03:06AM NOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IS BECAUSE THE ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO
11:03:08AM TAKE ALL THE CREDIT AND PUSH CITY COUNCIL ASIDE, THEY CAN
11:03:11AM HAVE THE PRESS CONFERENCE THAT THEY WANT AND DON'T HAVE TO
11:03:14AM INVITE US.
11:03:14AM BUT THEY NEED TO NOT PLAY DIRTY POLITICS AND SAY WE'RE NOT
11:03:18AM INVOLVED.
11:03:18AM I WOULD ASK ALSO THAT SKANSKA AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES GIVE
11:03:23AM CITY COUNCIL UPDATES ON IT.
11:03:25AM DON'T JUST INVITE US TO THE MEETINGS, BUT GIVE US UPDATES ON
11:03:28AM IT.
11:03:28AM WE'RE GETTING UPDATES ON OTHER PROJECTS ALL THE TIME.
11:03:31AM THIS IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE PARK IN TAMPA'S HISTORY AND THEY
11:03:33AM DIDN'T EVEN TELL US -- WE FOUND OUT BY ACCIDENT -- THAT THEY
11:03:37AM INCREASED THE PRICE BY $23 MILLION.
11:03:39AM THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE WITH THE COMMUNITY.
11:03:41AM IT'S AN ISSUE WITH THE ADMINISTRATION NOT BEING TRANSPARENT.
11:03:43AM THE COMMUNITY DESERVES TO GET WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS IN
11:03:46AM THAT PARK.
11:03:46AM NUMBER ONE, I'D ASK FOR MORE UPDATES.
11:03:48AM NUMBER TWO, I WANT TO REMIND THE STAFF AND THE CONSULTANTS,
11:03:53AM FLORIDA STATUTE -- FLORIDA STATE STATUTE PROHIBITS CITY
11:03:59AM STAFF, GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES,
11:04:01AM WHICH INCLUDES ALL THE PEOPLE WORKING FROM SKANSKA, FROM
11:04:04AM GETTING INVOLVED IN POLITICAL ACTIVITIES.
11:04:06AM IT'S A MISDEMEANOR IF YOU GET INVOLVED IN POLITICAL
11:04:09AM ACTIVITIES.
11:04:10AM I WOULD ASK THE CITY STAFF, ESPECIALLY THE REPRESENTATIVES
11:04:15AM OF SKANSKA AND SKANSKA, IF SOMEBODY FROM THE CITY COMES TO
11:04:18AM YOU AND ASKS YOU TO GO ON THE ROAD AND TRASH TALK MY
11:04:25AM COLLEAGUE, I WOULD ASK YOU TO SAY NO, IT IS A MISDEMEANOR
11:04:27AM BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY DESERVES TO BE LISTENED TO.
11:04:29AM IF ANY ONE OF US GETS FEEDBACK ON ANY PROJECT, WE DESERVE TO
11:04:32AM BRING IT BEFORE THE COMMUNITY.
11:04:33AM IT IS ILLEGAL TO PLAY POLITICS, ESPECIALLY DIRTY POLITICS.
11:04:37AM YOU CAN'T DO IT WITH TAXPAYER MONEY.
11:04:38AM THANK YOU.
11:04:40AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
11:04:41AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
11:04:42AM I'M SORRY.
11:04:43AM BUT I GOT PHONE CALLS.
11:04:44AM JAZZY SENIORS TOLD ME THAT THEY DON'T LIKE THE PARK.
11:04:48AM I DON'T BLAME THEM.
11:04:49AM BUT GUESS WHAT, WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT TO FIX IT.
11:04:53AM I TALKED TO THE REPRESENTATIVES.
11:04:55AM WE WERE ON A ZOOM CALL AND I SAID, HERE, JUST DO THIS AT A
11:05:00AM HALLWAY SO THAT THE SENIORS CAN HAVE ONE ENTRANCE INSTEAD OF
11:05:04AM SIX, THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO SHARE BATHROOMS WITH THE
11:05:07AM GENERAL PUBLIC.
11:05:09AM IT'S A VERY SIMPLE FIX.
11:05:11AM IT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE GOING BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.
11:05:15AM NOW, I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM THE SENIORS, BUT THAT IS THE
11:05:19AM INPUT I GOT IS WE WANT OUR OWN SEPARATE SPACE.
11:05:22AM WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT BY SIMPLY ADDING A WALL AND A DOOR
11:05:25AM TO THAT ATRIUM SPACE.
11:05:27AM IT CAN BE DONE.
11:05:28AM IT DOESN'T NEED TO COMPLETELY BE REDESIGNED.
11:05:31AM THE OTHER CONCERN THAT I HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY WAS THAT
11:05:34AM THERE'S NO OUTDOOR SPACE FOR KIDS TO PLAY OTHER THAN A
11:05:37AM PLAYGROUND.
11:05:37AM THERE'S NO BASKETBALL COURT.
11:05:39AM NOTHING FOR KIDS TO DO WHEN THE CENTER ITSELF ISN'T OPEN.
11:05:43AM AND SO I ASKED SKANSKA SIMPLY TO MAKE THE PICKLEBALL COURT A
11:05:49AM MULTIUSE COURT.
11:05:51AM THAT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE A REDESIGN.
11:05:53AM IT'S SIMPLY A CHANGE ON THE PLAN THAT'S NOT GOING TO AFFECT
11:05:56AM THE TIMELINE AT ALL.
11:05:57AM I THINK THOSE ARE TWO VERY SIMPLE CHANGES THAT DO NOT
11:06:02AM REQUIRE ANY EXTRA TIME.
11:06:06AM THEY SEEMED VERY AMENABLE TO THAT.
11:06:08AM NOW, IS IT WHAT I WANTED EXACTLY OR WHAT YOU WANTED EXACTLY
11:06:11AM AS A SEPARATE BUILDING?
11:06:13AM NO.
11:06:13AM BUT I BELIEVE IT IS A DECENT COMPROMISE.
11:06:16AM AND I DON'T BELIEVE IT WILL TAKE ANY MORE TIME.
11:06:19AM BUT WHEN I WENT TO THOSE MEETINGS AND LISTENED TO YOU AND
11:06:22AM WHEN YOU ALL CAME UP TO ME ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, WHAT YOU
11:06:25AM WANTED WAS A SEPARATE SPACE.
11:06:28AM I'M GOING TO ADVOCATE FOR WHAT YOU WANT.
11:06:31AM BUT ALSO KNOWING THAT WE HAVE -- YEAH, HAVING TWO SEPARATE
11:06:40AM SPACES IS ALSO MORE EXPENSIVE AND AS THEY EXPLAINED TODAY,
11:06:44AM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THE OTHER CENTER OPEN WHILE BUILDING THIS
11:06:47AM IS ALSO CRITICAL.
11:06:48AM BUT HAVING A DEFINITE, DEFINITIVE LINE BETWEEN THE TWO
11:06:52AM SPACES, ONE DOOR THAT GOES INTO THE JAZZY SENIOR AREA, ONE
11:06:55AM DOOR THAT GOES INTO THE OTHER AREA I THINK IS A FAIR
11:06:58AM COMPROMISE.
11:06:58AM I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT ELSE YOU HAVE TO
11:07:02AM SAY.
11:07:02AM NO, THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE STALLED BY MOTIONS.
11:07:06AM THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
11:07:07AM WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THIS FORWARD, BUT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE IT
11:07:11AM FORWARD JUST AS YOU ALL JUST SAT THROUGH THAT NELSON UPDATE,
11:07:15AM THAT'S THE BEST UPDATE WE'VE HAD.
11:07:17AM WE'VE HAD CONTENTIOUS UPDATES BEFORE.
11:07:20AM I PROMISE YOU, IF YOU NEED THOSE UPDATES, THOSE UPDATES
11:07:23AM DIDN'T MOVE A MINUTE -- IT HASN'T STOPPED THE PROJECT AT
11:07:28AM ALL.
11:07:28AM IN FACT, WHAT THE UPDATES HAVE DONE IS ACTUALLY HELP THOSE
11:07:32AM PROJECTS STAY ON TASK BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY HAVE TO COME IN
11:07:34AM FRONT OF US.
11:07:35AM WE REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY BEFORE EVERY ONE OF THE NELSON
11:07:39AM MEETINGS.
11:07:39AM IT WAS ABOUT A PUMPKIN PATCH.
11:07:42AM WE'RE AT THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL AND FOCUS ON THE COMMUNITY TO
11:07:44AM MAKE SURE WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WHAT THE COMMUNITY -- THAT
11:07:48AM THEY ARE GIVEN THE INFORMATION.
11:07:50AM ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT NELSON HAS DONE THAT I WOULD
11:07:53AM ENCOURAGE THE SKANSKA PROJECT TO DO IS HAVE AN E-MAIL
11:07:56AM UPDATE.
11:07:57AM EVERY TIME THEY DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, OPEN A STREET, CLOSE
11:07:59AM A STREET, START A NEW PHASE OF THE PROJECT, THERE IS AN
11:08:02AM E-MAIL ABOUT IT.
11:08:03AM ANOTHER THING THAT THEY DO, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A MONTHLY
11:08:08AM LUNCH MEETING WITH THE HEADS OF ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT
11:08:12AM ARE AFFECTED BY THE COMMUNITY OR BY THE PROJECT.
11:08:16AM ANOTHER THING THAT THEY HAVE DONE IS HOLD COMMUNITY MEETINGS
11:08:21AM EVERY MONTH OR TWO SO PEOPLE CAN COME OUT AND THEY STAY AS
11:08:24AM LONG AS IT TAKES TO ANSWER EVERY SINGLE QUESTION, AND THAT
11:08:28AM IS SOMETHING THAT, AGAIN, COMMUNITY NOT HAPPY, THEY DON'T
11:08:33AM COME OUT NECESSARILY WHEN THEY ARE THRILLED BUT THEY GET THE
11:08:36AM ANSWERS THEY NEED.
11:08:37AM THE BEST THING THEY HAVE DONE IS KNOCK ON PEOPLE'S DOORS.
11:08:40AM WHEN THEIR STREET WOULD BE AFFECTED, THEIR DOORS WOULD BE
11:08:43AM KNOCKED ON TO HAVE THAT ACTUAL PERSONAL CONNECTION.
11:08:48AM SO, NO, I DON'T THINK IT'S OVERWHELMING TO ASK THAT WHEN
11:08:51AM THEY COME UP WITH A COMMUNITY PLAN THAT IT INCLUDES ALL
11:08:54AM THOSE ASPECTS.
11:08:55AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
11:08:56AM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN AND THEN I'LL MAKE A COMMENT AND
11:09:00AM MR. McGREGOR.
11:09:02AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THIS IS MORE EDUCATIONAL, BECAUSE ONE OF
11:09:04AM THE THINGS THAT SURPRISES ME ABOUT THE PRESENTATION AND, OF
11:09:07AM COURSE, A LOT OF THE STUFF WAS DONE BEFORE I WAS ON COUNCIL.
11:09:11AM I ACTUALLY ALMOST FEEL KIND OF INAPPROPRIATE TO HAVE THE
11:09:15AM CONTRACTORS UP HERE GETTING THE BRUNT OF THIS BECAUSE IT
11:09:17AM SEEMS WEIRD TO ME THAT BECAUSE STAFF IS WHO IS ACCOUNTABLE
11:09:21AM TO THE CITY LEADERSHIP.
11:09:24AM SO IT SEEMS WEIRD TO ME THAT WE'VE CONTRACTED OUT PUBLIC
11:09:30AM FEEDBACK, PR TO A PRIVATE COMPANY TO HAVE TO STAND BEFORE A
11:09:35AM POLITICAL BODY AND ANSWER FOR THESE THINGS WHEN IT SEEMS
11:09:38AM LIKE WE HAVE ROOMS FULL OF PEOPLE THAT SHOULD BE DOING THAT,
11:09:43AM THAT SHOULD BE GETTING THE COMMUNITY INPUT, THAT SHOULD BE
11:09:46AM GETTING THAT INFORMATION TO US AND THEN WE CAN CALL BEFORE
11:09:50AM COUNCIL, DEPARTMENT HEADS.
11:09:52AM I FEEL BAD FOR YOU GUYS THAT HAVE TO STAND BEFORE US TODAY
11:09:56AM BECAUSE YOU WERE HIRED TO DO A JOB THAT YOU'RE DOING.
11:09:59AM SO IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF BREAKTHROUGH.
11:10:01AM I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE AND I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER
11:10:06AM HENDERSON, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THESE THINGS ABOUT
11:10:09AM DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS.
11:10:10AM YOU CAN'T LET PERFECT GET IN THE WAY OF GETTING THESE THINGS
11:10:13AM DONE.
11:10:14AM ALSO, WE HAVE TO DO IT IN AN ORDERLY FASHION, AND WE HAVE TO
11:10:17AM BE ABLE TO -- WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT TOOL TO BE ABLE TO GET
11:10:21AM THE COMMUNITY INPUT.
11:10:24AM WHERE IT SEEMS GOING OFF THE RAILS WAS NOT NECESSARILY AT
11:10:26AM THE MEETINGS BUT SOMEWHERE BEFORE THAT WHEN WE ELECTED TO
11:10:29AM KIND OF CONTRACT OUT COMMUNITY INPUT.
11:10:31AM IS THIS SOMETHING WE NORMALLY DO?
11:10:32AM SO WE HAVE A PRIVATE COMPANY DOING PR FOR A PUBLICLY FUNDED
11:10:37AM PROJECT, THAT JUST SEEMS ODD TO ME.
11:10:39AM AND MAYBE IT IS ME BEING A NEOPHYTE OR JUST DUMB TO THE
11:10:43AM PROCESS OR MAYBE AMBIVALENT TO IT IN MY PAST.
11:10:48AM DOESN'T SMELL RIGHT TO ME.
11:10:49AM SEEMS WEIRD TO ME.
11:10:51AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:10:51AM I'VE HEARD FROM MANY SIDES AND WE'LL HEAR MORE AND WE'LL
11:10:57AM HEAR FROM YOU.
11:10:58AM BUT WHEN THIS MOTION WAS INITIALLY BROUGHT UP THROUGH A
11:11:00AM FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER THAT CHAMPIONED THIS, I SUPPORTED IT.
11:11:03AM WE SUPPORTED THIS.
11:11:05AM AND I REMEMBER SAYING THE COMMUNITY DESERVES THIS.
11:11:07AM AND THE COMMUNITY HAS ASKED FOR THIS.
11:11:10AM IT'S BEEN LONG OVERDUE.
11:11:13AM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON IS RIGHT.
11:11:14AM WE CAN'T FURTHER DELAY IT.
11:11:15AM I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE CONCERNS, BUT I WANT THIS DONE.
11:11:18AM I WANT TO SEE THIS DONE.
11:11:20AM I WANT TO SEE THIS DONE ON SCHEDULE.
11:11:22AM PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WAITING.
11:11:23AM THE MONEY HAS BEEN COMMITTED.
11:11:24AM IT'S A BIG PROJECT.
11:11:25AM IT IS A WELL-DESERVED PROJECT.
11:11:27AM THE COMMUNITY WANTS IT AND I WANT TO SEE IT DONE.
11:11:31AM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:11:32AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, CHAIR.
11:11:34AM VERY BRIEFLY AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.
11:11:36AM I WANT TO ECHO WHAT OUR CHAIRMAN SAID, WHICH IS THAT WE ALL
11:11:39AM SUPPORT THIS.
11:11:39AM I WANT TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD.
11:11:41AM WHEN SOME ISSUES CAME UP ON THE COST -- AND I THINK, BY THE
11:11:44AM WAY, WE ALL WANT TO BE AS FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AS POSSIBLE.
11:11:48AM OBVIOUSLY LOOK AT THE BUDGET HEARING WE HAD A FEW DAYS AGO
11:11:51AM AND WE CERTAINLY HAVE A MANDATE IN THAT REGARD OF THINGS WE
11:11:53AM HAVE TO DO.
11:11:54AM BUT THIS IS TO ME A PARK, IN A PARK EFFORT THAT HAS A VERY
11:12:00AM UNIQUE, INCLUDING HISTORICAL PURPOSE.
11:12:03AM I MENTIONED IRONICALLY MAYBE A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE WE
11:12:06AM TALKED ABOUT THIS A FEW MONTHS AGO, READING THE COMMISSION
11:12:10AM REPORT, LYNDON JOHNSON IN THE LATE 1960s AND TALKED ABOUT
11:12:14AM THE CITY OF TAMPA AND DEATH OF MARTIN CHAMBERS IN 1967 I
11:12:17AM BELIEVE IT WAS.
11:12:18AM ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS WAS THAT EAST TAMPA, EAST TAMPA, IT
11:12:21AM SAYS, NEEDS MORE PARKS AND RECREATION.
11:12:23AM YOU LOOK AT THIS.
11:12:24AM THIS IS A BIG DEAL.
11:12:27AM THIS IS A REALLY BIG DEAL FOR EAST TAMPA.
11:12:30AM WHEN WE SAY WE WANT TO HELP OUT THE FAMILIES OF EAST TAMPA
11:12:34AM THAT WE WANT THE KIDS TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO, THAT WE WANT
11:12:36AM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A STATEMENT TO THE CITY OF TAMPA
11:12:39AM THAT SAYS THAT EAST TAMPA MATTERS AND THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA
11:12:42AM IS GOING TO BE INVESTING TAX DOLLARS WITH THE KIND OF
11:12:46AM INVESTMENT THAT OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY AREN'T GOING TO GET
11:12:49AM AND I SAY THAT AS SOMETHING GOOD, RIGHT?
11:12:52AM THAT'S WHAT THIS THING STANDS FOR.
11:12:55AM WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF THIS AND THINGS THAT
11:12:57AM HAPPENED TWO YEARS AGO, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, I GET THAT.
11:13:00AM I TOTALLY GET THAT.
11:13:02AM BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
11:13:04AM LET'S FOCUS ON THE POSITIVE.
11:13:05AM LET'S TAKE CARE OF THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS.
11:13:08AM BUT THIS IS A HISTORIC WIN FOR EAST TAMPA AND FOR PEOPLE WHO
11:13:11AM WANT MORE EQUITY IN THE CITY OF TAMPA AND MORE INCLUSION.
11:13:15AM THAT'S MY VIEW.
11:13:16AM THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY.
11:13:17AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BEFORE I GO TO COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, I
11:13:19AM WILL TELL YOU, THIS IS A NON-NEGOTIABLE FOR ME.
11:13:22AM THIS PARK WILL HAPPEN AND WILL HAPPEN ON SCHEDULE.
11:13:24AM JUST LIKE PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE BACK, THERE ARE PRIORITIES
11:13:27AM THAT NEED TO BE DONE.
11:13:28AM [ APPLAUSE ]
11:13:28AM BECAUSE IN THE CITY AS I'VE SEEN IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS,
11:13:32AM WHEN SOMEBODY WANTS SOMETHING DONE, IT GETS DONE AND CAN I
11:13:35AM MAKE MANY EXAMPLES.
11:13:37AM THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT PARK.
11:13:40AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:13:41AM JUST LISTENING, YOU GO BACK AND I SUPPORTED THIS FROM THE
11:13:44AM BEGINNING.
11:13:44AM HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME WE GO OUT SOMEWHERE, PEOPLE
11:13:47AM ASK US, HOW COME YOU'RE SPENDING THAT KIND OF MONEY?
11:13:50AM I SAY IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THINGS AROUND SO
11:13:54AM EVERYBODY CAN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO
11:13:58AM AND PROSPER LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.
11:14:00AM BUT IN SAYING THAT, WHEN YOU HAVE A FAMILY THAT'S SPLIT,
11:14:08AM DIVISIVENESS, YOU HAVE NO FAMILY.
11:14:11AM BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND HOW YOU'RE DOING IT,
11:14:14AM BECAUSE DON'T COME TO ME AND ASK ME FOR MORE MONEY, BECAUSE
11:14:17AM THE ANSWER IS GOING TO BE NO.
11:14:20AM I'M TELLING YOU THAT RIGHT NOW.
11:14:22AM I DON'T CARE IF A NICKEL, DOLLAR, FIVE DOLLARS, IT'S GOING
11:14:25AM TO BE NO.
11:14:26AM I WANT IT DONE RIGHT AND DONE RIGHT THE FIRST TIME AND I
11:14:29AM WANT TO SEE 5,000 CHANGES JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY WANTS A
11:14:34AM BATHROOM COLORED GREEN AND IT'S PURPLE.
11:14:36AM YOU'RE GETTING SOMETHING NO ONE HAS.
11:14:38AM TAKE A STEP BACKWARDS AND SAY, LOOK WHAT'S IN FRONT OF ME.
11:14:42AM YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT MAYBE YOU GET A GROCERY
11:14:45AM STORE, MAYBE SOMETHING ELSE BECAUSE NOW YOU HAVE THINGS THAT
11:14:48AM ARE NEW THAT ARE COMING UP.
11:14:50AM THAT'S ALL YOU CAN ASK FOR.
11:14:52AM SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO DO FOR YOURSELF.
11:14:57AM WE JUST GAVE YOU THE OPEN DOOR TO GO DO IT.
11:15:00AM IN THAT AREA, IF YOU'RE GOING TO DEBATE ABOUT IT ALL FROM
11:15:03AM NOW UNTIL I GROW HAIR AND IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
11:15:06AM SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS YOU BETTER GET TOGETHER AND YOU BETTER
11:15:09AM WORK AS ONE.
11:15:10AM THAT'S ALL.
11:15:11AM I'M JUST SAYING THAT'S WHAT I FEEL.
11:15:13AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ATTENDING.
11:15:14AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK AND COUNCILWOMAN
11:15:17AM HENDERSON.
11:15:17AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: SHE ALREADY SPOKE TWICE.
11:15:19AM ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDERS SAY --
11:15:23AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WANT TO HEAR JANELLE McGREGOR.
11:15:25AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: SHE ALREADY SPOKE TWICE.
11:15:28AM IT'S JUST A RULE.
11:15:29AM I JUST WANT TO SAY IN TERMS OF EVEN THE COMMENT ABOUT
11:15:36AM ENTRANCES, THIS FACILITY IS HUGE.
11:15:40AM THINK ABOUT IT FROM A SENIOR PERSPECTIVE.
11:15:42AM IF YOU GOT TO GO IN JUST ONE WAY, THAT'S GOING TO BE A
11:15:46AM PROBLEM BECAUSE THERE ARE SENIORS WHO ARE USING THIS PARK.
11:15:50AM YOU GOT TO HAVE A LOT OF ENTRANCES AND EXITS.
11:15:52AM I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THIS IS A SMALL PARK.
11:15:55AM HOW MANY SQUARE FEET.
11:15:57AM >> 34,000.
11:15:58AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: 34,000 SQUARE FEET.
11:16:01AM WHEN THEY DESIGN THOSE ENTRANCES AND EXITS, JUST BECAUSE
11:16:05AM SOMEBODY UP HERE SAID THEY DON'T LIKE IT OR YOU DON'T LIKE
11:16:08AM IT OR FIVE PEOPLE, THERE NEEDS TO BE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
11:16:12AM COMPLAINING ABOUT SOMETHING FOR A DESIGN CHANGE, NOT ONE OR
11:16:16AM TWO PEOPLE MAKING A PHONE CALL.
11:16:17AM YOU GOT TO UNDERSTAND, THE CAPACITY OF THIS PARK IS 34,000
11:16:21AM SQUARE FEET.
11:16:22AM I JUST WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
11:16:26AM YOU'RE GOING TO NEED A COUPLE OF ENTRANCES.
11:16:28AM OKAY.
11:16:29AM THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY.
11:16:30AM THANK YOU.
11:16:32AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
11:16:33AM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
11:16:34AM >>LYNN HURTAK: IT CONCERNS ME THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS UP HERE
11:16:38AM ARE SAYING BEING CAREFUL FOR ASKING WHAT YOU WANT.
11:16:41AM I SAY NO.
11:16:42AM ASK FOR WHAT YOU WANT.
11:16:44AM TELL US NOW.
11:16:45AM I DO NOT PLAN ON POSTPONING THIS.
11:16:49AM IT WILL HAPPEN.
11:16:50AM BUT HERE'S THE THING.
11:16:52AM I DO NOT BELIEVE IN THE SENTIMENT OF YOU GET WHAT YOU GET
11:16:55AM AND YOU'RE HAPPY WITH IT.
11:16:56AM THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I FEEL THE COMMUNITY TELLING ME.
11:17:02AM IF THIS PROJECT WAS IN SOUTH TAMPA, THAT WOULD NOT BE
11:17:05AM HAPPENING.
11:17:07AM [ APPLAUSE ]
11:17:07AM I THINK YOU SHOULD SAY WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY AND YOU
11:17:12AM SHOULDN'T FEEL THE THREAT.
11:17:13AM BUT WE AREN'T GOING TO POSTPONE THIS PROJECT, BUT YOU SHOULD
11:17:17AM NOT FEEL YOUR VOICE ISN'T BEING HEARD.
11:17:20AM SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SAY TODAY.
11:17:21AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MS. McGREGOR.
11:17:23AM >> JANELLE McGREGOR, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND
11:17:27AM PARTNERSHIPS.
11:17:27AM THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO ADDRESS YOU TODAY.
11:17:30AM TO ADD SOME REASSURANCE, COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, WE'VE HEARD
11:17:33AM YOU LOUD AND CLEAR.
11:17:35AM OUR TEAM HAS BEEN REALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT NELSON HAS
11:17:40AM DONE, HAND IN HAND WITH THEIR PR CONSULTANT TO LEARN HOW WE
11:17:46AM CAN FURTHER BE NIMBLE AND EXPAND OUR SERVICES TO THE
11:17:51AM COMMUNITY.
11:17:51AM OUR MISSION IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS TO BRING CITY HALL TO
11:17:55AM THE COMMUNITY.
11:17:57AM THANKS TO MY SMALL BUT MIGHTY TEAM OF FOUR, ONE BEING
11:18:01AM VANESSA NETTINGHAM WHO WILL BE WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH
11:18:05AM SKANSKA ON THE REMAINDER OF THIS PROJECT, WE'RE HERE TO DO
11:18:09AM SO.
11:18:10AM PRIOR TO THIS PREDESIGN EXERCISE TAKING PLACE, WE WORKED
11:18:15AM VERY CLOSELY WITH THE NEIGHBORS IN THAT AREA.
11:18:17AM ONCE WE LEARNED THAT THERE WAS NOT AN ACTIVE NEIGHBORHOOD
11:18:21AM ASSOCIATION.
11:18:22AM AND THAT WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT BUILDS CAPACITY.
11:18:27AM THAT ENSURES THAT MORE VOICES WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
11:18:31AM WEIGH IN ON SUCH A MONUMENTAL PROJECT.
11:18:37AM I WOULD SAY THAT THIS ISN'T ANYONE'S PROJECT BUT OUR
11:18:42AM COMMUNITY'S PROJECT.
11:18:43AM AND WE WANT TO CELEBRATE, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
11:18:47AM EVERYONE IS PART OF THIS PROCESS.
11:18:51AM SIMILAR TO THE HANNA AVENUE SITE, WHICH IS ALSO A VERTICAL
11:18:55AM CONSTRUCTION WITHIN A SPECIFIC FENCE LINE, OUR TEAM WORKED
11:18:59AM VERY DILIGENTLY TO LAUNCH AN E-NEWSLETTER.
11:19:03AM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, I GOT REALLY EXCITED WHEN I HEARD YOU
11:19:05AM MENTION THE MONTHLY LUNCHES.
11:19:07AM I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE DEFINITELY SHOULD WORK TOWARD.
11:19:10AM BECAUSE WHEN WE HAVE AN INFORMED COMMUNITY, WE HAVE AN
11:19:12AM ENGAGED COMMUNITY.
11:19:13AM AND WHEN WE SAY INFORMED, IT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE IN
11:19:16AM THE SENSE OF WHAT A COMPLAINT IS, BUT JUST KNOWING WHEN THE
11:19:20AM WALLS ARE GOING UP, BEING ABLE TO CELEBRATE ALONGSIDE THE
11:19:25AM PROCESS.
11:19:25AM AND THAT'S WHAT I AM PROUD OF MY TEAM FOR BEING ABLE TO DO
11:19:29AM ACROSS THE CITY, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO JOINING IN ON THAT
11:19:33AM EXCITEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND EVERY ONE OF YOU THERE ON
11:19:37AM THE DAIS.
11:19:38AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:19:39AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE ARE GOING TO CELEBRATE AND IT WILL BE
11:19:41AM A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AND WE'RE GOING TO LIKE IT BECAUSE
11:19:43AM THIS IS GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY.
11:19:45AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE PRIORITY OF THE MAYOR
11:19:47AM FOR FAIR OAKS PARK VERSUS -- THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION UP
11:19:51AM HERE EARLIER ABOUT THAT?
11:19:52AM CAN YOU SPEAK ON THAT, JANELLE, ABOUT THE INITIAL CONCEPT IN
11:19:56AM 2020 FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THAT SHE WAS A CHAMPION FOR FAIR
11:19:59AM OAKS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING?
11:20:02AM >> I'M PREPARED TODAY ALONGSIDE SKANSKA TO TALK ABOUT THE
11:20:05AM PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS AS IT RELATES TO THIS SPECIFIC
11:20:08AM PROJECT AND HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER
11:20:11AM COLLABORATIVELY TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION AND TO MOVE
11:20:14AM EVERYTHING FORWARD AS OUTLINED IN THE MOTION TODAY.
11:20:17AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
11:20:17AM BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY
11:20:20AM REGISTERED ONLINE?
11:20:21AM I'LL GO BACK AND ASK.
11:20:26AM IF SOMEONE IS HERE OR ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC
11:20:30AM COMMENT, ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA, INCLUDING THIS TOPIC,
11:20:33AM PLEASE COME UP, STATE YOUR NAME, AND WE WILL HEAR FROM YOU.
11:20:36AM >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
11:20:37AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:20:37AM YES, SIR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
11:20:47AM >> MENTESNOT.
11:20:48AM HOW CONTENTIOUS IT GETS IN HERE.
11:20:51AM YOU CANNOT TALK TO AFRICAN PEOPLE IN CONDESCENDING MANNER.
11:20:56AM DON'T LIKE NAME CALLING BUT A BUNCH OF AFRICAN WOMEN IN HERE
11:21:00AM AND I'M HEARING FROM MY DISTRICT, I'M HEARING CONDESCENDING
11:21:04AM AND IT SHOULDN'T BE THAT WAY.
11:21:06AM IF SOMEBODY CALLED TALKED TO MY MOTHER LIKE THAT OR MY
11:21:11AM DAUGHTER, THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY.
11:21:12AM YOU GOT TO RESPECT THE AFRICAN WOMEN.
11:21:15AM YOU GOT TO RESPECT AFRICAN WOMEN.
11:21:17AM WE GOT IT HARD ENOUGH WITHOUT INSIDE OF THIS MEETING GETTING
11:21:24AM DISRESPECTED, I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU'RE HERE FOR.
11:21:26AM DON'T CARE WHAT YOU THINK, YOU GOT TO THINK.
11:21:28AM THESE WOMEN TOOK THEIR TIME TO COME DOWN HERE AND YOU GOT TO
11:21:32AM RESPECT THEM.
11:21:32AM PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
11:21:34AM BUT WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT TODAY IS CHILD SUPPORT.
11:21:42AM [ LAUGHTER ]
11:21:42AM I WANT TO SAY THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF AFRICAN LIFE FOR
11:21:45AM THE PAST 31 GENERATIONS, 623 YEARS, IS FREEDOM,
11:21:50AM INDEPENDENCE, AND SELF-DETERMINATION.
11:21:52AM THERE'S NOTHING BEYOND THOSE OBJECTIVES, BUT THERE ARE SOME
11:21:55AM SUBTITLES AND SUBJECT MATTERS ALL HUMANS HAVE TO BE
11:21:58AM CONNECTED WITH BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT DICTATE OUR
11:22:01AM CURRENT EXISTENCE AND FUTURE QUALITY OF LIFE.
11:22:04AM THOSE THINGS ARE CAPITALISM, SOCIALISM, AND FOR ALL
11:22:07AM INDIGENOUS PEOPLE INTERNATIONALLY, REPUTATIONS.
11:22:13AM UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PAST 400 YEARS USED VARIOUS METHODS
11:22:16AM OF OPPRESSION TO CONTROL THE AFRICAN AND OTHER POPULATION
11:22:20AM SUCH CHILD SLAVERY, CONVICT, INDIAN ADOPTION ACTS, PRISON
11:22:25AM INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, SYPHILIS EXPERIMENT AGAINST AFRICAN
11:22:29AM PEOPLE.
11:22:30AM JIM CROW, KU KLUX KLAN, GRANDFATHER CLAUSES AND CURRENTLY
11:22:34AM THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE SOCIAL SECURITY
11:22:35AM ADMINISTRATION HAVE BEEN USING A LOW-LEVEL EUGENICS PROGRAM
11:22:40AM CALLED CHILD SUPPORT.
11:22:41AM MOST AFRICAN PEOPLE SPECIFICALLY AFRICAN MEN ARE UNFAIRLY
11:22:47AM AND ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE CHILD SUPPORT PROGRAM.
11:22:50AM I'M APPEALING TO THIS CITY COUNCIL TO SUMMONS THE NEW CHIEF
11:22:54AM JUDGE, CHIEF JUDGE CHRISTOPHER SABELLA BEFORE THE TAMPA CITY
11:22:59AM COUNCIL TO DISCUSS WAYS OF ELIMINATING THE CHILD SUPPORT
11:23:02AM SYSTEM FROM THE 13th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF THE CITY OF
11:23:04AM TAMPA.
11:23:05AM CHILD SUPPORT IS THE BIGGEST ONGOING ORGANIZED CRIME RACKET
11:23:09AM IN THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THAT IS BEING CARRIED
11:23:12AM OUT BY THE FOURTH BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT THAT IS OUTSIDE THE
11:23:16AM STANDARD LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIAL BRANCHES OF
11:23:18AM GOVERNMENT.
11:23:19AM CHILD SUPPORT IS RACIST AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL, BUT FOR THE
11:23:23AM PAST 48 YEARS, THE FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY GOVERNMENTS, THE
11:23:26AM SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, TITLE 40 PROGRAM IN THE
11:23:30AM STATE OF FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE CHILD SUPPORT
11:23:33AM PROGRAM ABLE TO CARRY OUT THOUSANDS OF ILLEGAL ACTS RANGING
11:23:36AM FROM DRIVER'S AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSE CANCELLATION, WAGE
11:23:40AM GARNISHMENT, ALL THE WAY TO ILLEGAL INCARCERATION.
11:23:44AM INCUMBENT UPON THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL TO THOROUGHLY
11:23:46AM INVESTIGATE THE ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES OF THE CHILD SUPPORT
11:23:49AM ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM.
11:23:50AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:23:52AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
11:23:53AM WE HAVE ONE REGISTERED SPEAKER.
11:23:58AM WE HAVE ONE REGISTERED SPEAKER.
11:23:59AM GO AHEAD, SIR.
11:24:00AM IF YOU CAN HEAR US, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
11:24:02AM YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
11:24:04AM >> MR. CHAIRMAN, CAN YOU HEAR ME SIR?
11:24:06AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, SIR.
11:24:08AM >> FORMER TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, ORLANDO GUDES CALLING IN.
11:24:12AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, SIR.
11:24:13AM YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
11:24:14AM >> YES, SIR.
11:24:15AM I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO THE COMMENTS.
11:24:18AM OVER THE LAST SIX MONS THAT I'VE BEEN -- MONTHS THAT I'VE
11:24:21AM BEEN GONE, I'VE HEARD A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THE EAST
11:24:23AM TAMPA REGIONAL PARK.
11:24:25AM I DON'T CALL IT FAIR OAKS BECAUSE IT WAS NEVER INTENDED TO
11:24:27AM BE A FAIR OAKS BUT A COMPROMISE BETWEEN MYSELF, THE MAYOR
11:24:30AM AND MR. BENNETT BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS FOR AL BARNES
11:24:34AM PARK.
11:24:35AM COMPROMISE WAS MADE FOR GYMNASTICS.
11:24:40AM I DON'T KNOW WHAT A LEVEL ONE GYMNASTICS IS.
11:24:42AM MY IDEA WAS TO HAVE WHAT NEW TAMPA HAD LIKE THE OTHER
11:24:45AM FACILITIES IN TAMPA HAD.
11:24:46AM THIS PLACE BUILT FOR THE SENIORS, CHILDREN INCLUDED.
11:24:54AM SPOKE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, SPOKE SEVERAL TIMES.
11:24:56AM THEY TOLD YOU WHAT THEY WANTED.
11:24:57AM I MET WITH MS. WYNN AND MS. JANELLE McGREGOR ABOUT THE
11:25:02AM CONSULTANT, THE COMMUNICATION.
11:25:03AM IT'S BEEN BAD FROM THE BEGINNING AND THAT HAS BEEN NOTED.
11:25:07AM MS. WYNN KNOWS THAT.
11:25:08AM THE COMMUNITY HAS FELT THEY HAVE NOT HAD THEIR VOICES HEARD.
11:25:12AM THEY GO TO MEETINGS.
11:25:13AM THEY CANNOT ASK QUESTIONS.
11:25:14AM I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF MEETING YOU GO TO WHERE THE
11:25:16AM COMMUNITY CAN'T ASK QUESTIONS AND TOLD THIS IS WHAT IT IS.
11:25:20AM I WANT THE PROJECT DONE.
11:25:22AM SUPPOSED TO BE A GROUNDBREAKING IN AUGUST.
11:25:24AM WE'RE STILL WAITING, BUT THE COMMUNITY SHOULD NOT BE HELD
11:25:28AM HOSTAGE, JUST TELL BLACK FOLKS THEY GET WHAT THEY GET AND
11:25:31AM YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH AND THAT'S IT.
11:25:34AM THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE PINNACLE PARK OF THE CITY.
11:25:38AM SUPPOSED TO BE THE WOW FACTOR OF THE CITY AND SHOULD BE
11:25:40AM THAT.
11:25:40AM I KNOW THE DOLLAR AMOUNT WAS HIGH, BUT OTHER PROJECTS ARE
11:25:44AM HIGH.
11:25:44AM I CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO THE SENIORS, GIVE THEM WHAT THEY
11:25:48AM WANT BEFORE THEY GO ON.
11:25:49AM THEY HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR IT.
11:25:51AM I WANT THE PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE MOVED
11:25:54AM IN A WAY THAT IT WILL HAVE THE THINGS THEY ASKED FOR, WHAT
11:25:58AM THE CHILDREN WANTED.
11:25:59AM GYMNASTICS SO THEY CAN GO TO COLLEGE, BUT NOT A LEVEL ONE.
11:26:02AM I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
11:26:03AM SENIORS DO NOT WANT TO BE WITH CHILDREN.
11:26:07AM THEY MADE THAT CLEAR.
11:26:08AM THEY WANT TO BE AWAY FROM THAT.
11:26:09AM I ASK THE COUNCIL TO DO WHAT YOU HAVE -- I ASK YOU GET TO
11:26:15AM YOUR ASSIGNMENT DONE AND DO IT EFFECTIVELY.
11:26:18AM GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
11:26:19AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:26:19AM PASTOR WILLIAMS, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
11:26:23AM YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR.
11:26:24AM >> PASTOR FRANK WILLIAMS.
11:26:26AM LOCATED AT 112 EAST SCOTT STREET, PARADISE MISSIONARY
11:26:31AM BAPTIST CHURCH.
11:26:32AM YOU KNOW WHAT --
11:26:35AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES.
11:26:37AM NOT YOU, SIR.
11:26:39AM GO AHEAD, SIR.
11:26:40AM >> I'M GLAD YOU ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT EAST TAMPA.
11:26:47AM FIRST OF ALL, EAST TAMPA, I LIVE IN EAST TAMPA.
11:26:50AM MY CHURCH IS LOCATED IN EAST TAMPA.
11:26:53AM BUT IT SEEM LIKE YOU ALL DON'T WANT TO DO A HECK OF A LOT
11:26:57AM ABOUT EAST TAMPA.
11:26:58AM EVERY PART OF TAMPA, BUT COME DOWN TO EAST TAMPA, YOU GET
11:27:09AM SOUR.
11:27:10AM YOU DON'T SUPPORT US WITH MONEY.
11:27:11AM DON'T SUPPORT US WITH NOTHING.
11:27:13AM WE HAVE TO COME DOWN HERE BEGGING DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY.
11:27:18AM I COME DOWN HERE ON MY CRUTCHES BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE THE WAY
11:27:22AM THINGS BEING RUN.
11:27:23AM YOU ALL GOT ALL THEM RETENTION PONDS IN BELMONT HEIGHTS AND
11:27:31AM JACKSON HEIGHTS, YOU NEED TO FILL THEM UP.
11:27:33AM BUILD SOME SCHOOLS.
11:27:34AM BUILD SOME HOUSES.
11:27:35AM BUILD SOME CHURCHES.
11:27:36AM BUILD SOME STUFF THAT IS NECESSARY.
11:27:39AM THAT'S WHAT I'M STANDING FOR.
11:27:42AM STANDING FOR RIGHTS OF ALL PEOPLE, NOT JUST BLACK AFRICAN
11:27:46AM AMERICAN PEOPLE, BUT ALL PEOPLE.
11:27:49AM TREAT US EQUAL LIKE YOU TREAT YOURSELF AND WE'LL BE ALL
11:27:52AM RIGHT.
11:27:53AM WE'LL BE HAPPY.
11:27:53AM WE'LL BE SATISFIED.
11:27:56AM WE'LL SHOW YOU ALL A NEW DANCE IF WE CAN.
11:27:59AM BUT I CAN'T DANCE LIKE I USED TO NO MORE.
11:28:02AM YOU CAN ALL SEE ME WITH MY WHEELCHAIR HERE WALKING WITH IT,
11:28:05AM TRYING TO MAKE IT ONE DAY AT A TIME.
11:28:07AM BUT I THANK GOD FOR THIS ONE DAY.
11:28:11AM IT'S A BLESSING FOR ALL OF US TO BE HERE.
11:28:13AM YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU CAN HELP US?
11:28:19AM FILL IN THOSE RETENTION UPON US.
11:28:21AM YOU ONLY GOT THEM IN BELMONT HEIGHTS.
11:28:24AM WHY DON'T YOU PUT THEM DOWNTOWN.
11:28:26AM WE'LL BE -- WE NEED YOU TO COME HERE AND TAKE CARE OF ALL OF
11:28:34AM US LIKE WE'RE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND
11:28:38AM STOP TREATING US LIKE, YEAH, WE JUST -- LABOR DAY.
11:28:42AM WHAT LABOR DAY MEAN?
11:28:43AM I'VE BEEN GONE THROUGH SCHOOL AND I NEVER UNDERSTAND WHAT
11:28:49AM LABOR DAY IS ABOUT?
11:28:50AM WHAT IS LABOR DAY ABOUT?
11:28:52AM MY TIME IS UP.
11:28:56AM WHAT IS LABOR DAY ABOUT?
11:28:57AM CALLED SLAVE DAY BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY YOU TREAT US, LIKE
11:29:09AM WE'RE SLAVES.
11:29:10AM WE'RE ASKING YOU NOW TO CHANGE YOUR AGENDA.
11:29:16AM TREAT US ALL EQUAL AND TREAT US LIKE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED
11:29:19AM STATES.
11:29:21AM WE'LL BE HAPPY.
11:29:22AM THANK YOU.
11:29:22AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:29:23AM NEXT SPEAKER, MR. HAGAN.
11:29:27AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
11:29:29AM YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
11:29:31AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
11:29:33AM ALMOST AFTERNOON, BUT I APPRECIATE WE GOT THAT DISCUSSION TO
11:29:36AM TALK ABOUT.
11:29:37AM I THINK THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL FOR ME TO LISTEN TO.
11:29:41AM I WOULDN'T HAVE IF I WAS OUT OF HERE BY 9:30.
11:29:44AM THAT WAS HELPFUL.
11:29:45AM I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED ON TUESDAY.
11:29:46AM I'M NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT IT.
11:29:48AM I WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND WHY WE DIDN'T WAIT A WEEK TO FIX THE
11:29:51AM BUDGET AND THEN TALK ABOUT 50 MILLION TOWARD HOUSING.
11:29:54AM BUT I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT TODAY.
11:29:56AM WE HAVE A $10 BILLION HOUSING PROBLEM.
11:30:02AM BACK UP THE MATH IN A VERY INTUITIVE WAY.
11:30:05AM LET'S SAY 50,000 HOMES WE'RE SHORT ON.
11:30:07AM WHAT IS THAT NUMBER?
11:30:08AM I THINK A LOT OF EXPERTS WOULD AGREE 50K IS A GOOD NUMBER.
11:30:12AM WE HAVE THAT MANY PEOPLE MOVING HERE EVERY YEAR.
11:30:18AM LET'S SAY TAKES $200,000 TO BUILD A HOME.
11:30:21AM IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION HAS GONE
11:30:23AM UP 50%.
11:30:25AM I DON'T KNOW IF YOU LOOKED AT THE FED CHARTS ON HOUSING
11:30:28AM COSTS BUT THEY HAVE GONE UP A LOT RECENTLY.
11:30:30AM THAT'S PART OF WHY WE HAVE A HOUSING CRISIS.
11:30:32AM 200,000 SEEMS MODEST.
11:30:34AM 50,000 TIMES 200,000 IS 10 BILLION.
11:30:37AM WE HAVE A $10 BILLION HOUSING PROBLEM TODAY THAT IS GETTING
11:30:42AM WORSE EVERY DAY.
11:30:44AM 150 PEOPLE MOVING HERE A DAY.
11:30:46AM THAT'S 150 TIMES 200,000 THAT WE SHOULD BE BUILDING EVERY
11:30:49AM SINGLE DAY.
11:30:50AM THESE ARE BIG NUMBERS.
11:30:51AM $50,000 WAS NOT GOING TO FIX THAT.
11:30:54AM IT WAS NEVER MEANT TO FIX THAT BUT MEANT TO HELP PEOPLE IN
11:30:57AM EMERGENCY SITUATIONS WHO THE CITY CAN HELP.
11:31:00AM I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT WE CAN GET WHATEVER MONEY WE CAN FROM
11:31:03AM MOVING THINGS AROUND.
11:31:04AM I REALLY, REALLY HOPE TO GOD THAT WILL HAPPEN AS IT WAS
11:31:08AM PROMISED WHEN WE SAID NO TO THE MILLAGE INCREASE.
11:31:10AM I REALLY HOPE TO GOD WE GET THAT MONEY.
11:31:13AM BUT THAT'S NOT WHY I'M HERE.
11:31:15AM YOU HAVE TWO BUDGETS IN THE CITY.
11:31:17AM YOU HAVE YOUR MONEY BUDGET AND YOU HAVE YOUR LAND BUDGET.
11:31:20AM I TELL PEOPLE BECAUSE I WORK ON LAND USE ISSUES AS AN
11:31:23AM ACTIVIST, YOU ARE A GLORIFIED LAND USE BOARD.
11:31:27AM YES, YOU ALSO DEAL WITH THE BUDGET AND THIS MONTH WE'RE
11:31:30AM DEALING A LOT WITH THE BUDGET AND YOU APPROVE THINGS FOR THE
11:31:32AM BUDGET ALL THE TIME.
11:31:33AM YOU APPROVE CONTRACTS.
11:31:34AM THAT IS THE MONEY PART OF YOUR JOB.
11:31:36AM THE LAND BUDGET IS THE OTHER PART OF YOUR JOB.
11:31:38AM IF WE CAN'T RAISE $10 BILLION FROM OUR MONEY BUDGET, WHERE
11:31:41AM ARE WE GOING TO GET IT FROM?
11:31:47AM WELL, WE HAVE A LOT OF LAND THAT THE CITY REGULATES.
11:31:49AM AND BY BANNING APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN 70% OF THE CITY, WE
11:31:50AM HAVE ACCUMULATED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF ENTITLEMENTS THAT
11:31:53AM WERE LOCKED BEHIND OUR LAND USE CODE.
11:31:56AM THE WAY THAT WE USE OUR LAND, THE WAY THAT YOU, THIS BOARD
11:31:59AM REGULATES OUR LAND IN THE CITY HAS DENIED HOUSING FOR A LOT
11:32:04AM OF PEOPLE FOR A LONG TIME, BUT THE SILVER LINING IS THAT YOU
11:32:07AM CAN PUT THAT DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY.
11:32:12AM SO WHEN YOU ASK FOR WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GET THE 9.9
11:32:16AM WHATEVER BILLION THAT WE NEED TO FIX IT OUTSIDE OF THE CITY
11:32:18AM BUDGET, CONSIDER THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE -- YOU ARE SITTING
11:32:22AM ON, YOU, THIS IS THE ONLY BOARD THAT MATTERS FOR THIS.
11:32:25AM THE MAYOR DOESN'T EVEN MATTER FOR THIS.
11:32:27AM YOU'RE SITTING ON BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON DEVELOPMENT
11:32:30AM INCENTIVES TO CREATE -- TO FORCE DEVELOPERS TO BUILD
11:32:32AM AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
11:32:33AM THAT'S WHAT THE FLU PLAN UPDATE IS ABOUT.
11:32:35AM WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 50 MILLION FOR FACTORS, WE NEED THAT
11:32:38AM TODAY.
11:32:38AM BUT I HOPE, I HOPE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND HOW SIGNIFICANT, HOW
11:32:42AM MUCH OPPORTUNITY THERE IS IN THE FLU UPDATE COMING THIS
11:32:45AM MONTH.
11:32:45AM I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING WITH YOU ABOUT THAT AND TALKING
11:32:48AM ABOUT THE SPECIFIC POLICY.
11:32:49AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:32:49AM YES, MA'AM.
11:32:51AM >> HI.
11:32:52AM MY NAME IS MARA OPSAL.
11:32:59AM I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU -- THERE IS AN AGENDA ITEM, ITEM
11:33:00AM NUMBER 7, AND IT REGARDS SPENDING $133,000 ON A BIKE AND
11:33:06AM PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PROGRAM.
11:33:07AM I AM ALL ABOUT BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
11:33:11AM I JUST QUESTION THE VALUE OF SPENDING THE MONEY ON THIS
11:33:15AM PARTICULAR THING WHEN WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE
11:33:18AM SHOULD BE DOING REGARDING BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY THAT
11:33:24AM WE AREN'T DOING.
11:33:25AM ALSO THAT $133,000 WOULD GO WELL TOWARDS PAYING FOR A QUICK
11:33:30AM BUILD OR BUILDING SIDEWALKS, SAY, IN SULPHUR SPRINGS OR
11:33:34AM MAYBE BUILDING A SAFE WAY TO GET TO THIS PARK THAT IS GOING
11:33:37AM TO BE BUILT IN EAST TAMPA.
11:33:39AM SO I'M QUESTIONING HOW THAT MONEY IS SPENT.
11:33:43AM I ALSO QUESTION WHY WE ARE NOT ENFORCING STUFF THAT IS
11:33:51AM ALREADY ON THE BOOKS.
11:33:52AM THIS IS JUST DOWN THE STREET.
11:33:54AM THIS IS VERY COMMON.
11:33:55AM WE SPEND MONEY BUILDING THESE BIKE LANES BUT WE LET PEOPLE
11:33:59AM PARK IN THEM FOR HOURS ON END.
11:34:02AM WE DO NOTHING TO ENFORCE IT.
11:34:04AM I WAS GOING TO MAKE A COLLAGE OF PORTA-POTTIES BLOCKING
11:34:10AM SIDEWALKS, BUT I STOPPED WITH FOUR.
11:34:16AM THIS IS EVERYWHERE.
11:34:16AM THAT TRUCK SAT THERE FOR TWO HOURS.
11:34:22AM TODAY IT'S MOSTLY PICTURES OF BIKE LANES.
11:34:28AM I HAVE HUNDREDS OF PICTURES OF CARS PARKED ON SIDEWALKS.
11:34:31AM THIS IS ON THE CASS STREET QUICK BUILD.
11:34:38AM THAT CAR SAT THERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
11:34:41AM AND POLICE OFFICERS DROVE BY AND DID NOTHING.
11:34:45AM THIS IS THE NORM.
11:34:46AM THIS JUST HAPPENS TO BE MY PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:34:48AM THERE'S USUALLY AT LEAST SIX CARS PARKED BLOCKING THE
11:34:52AM SIDEWALK.
11:34:52AM THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO RELY ON THE SIDEWALK.
11:34:54AM THERE IS A LADY WHO LIVES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHO CAN ONLY
11:34:57AM WALK HER DOG WHEN THE SIDEWALK IS CLEAR BECAUSE SHE IS A BIT
11:35:02AM UNSTABLE WHEN SHE'S OLDER AND HAS A HARD TIME WALKING, BUT
11:35:06AM SHE CAN ONLY WALK HER DOG WHEN THE SIDEWALK IS CLEAR.
11:35:09AM THIS IS IN HYDE PARK.
11:35:13AM EVERY TIME I GO BY HERE ON MY BIKE I ACTUALLY MOVE THIS.
11:35:16AM I COME BACK NEXT TIME, IT'S THERE AGAIN.
11:35:19AM ANOTHER ONE.
11:35:25AM I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
11:35:26AM POLICE OFFICERS PARKED IN THE BIKE LANE.
11:35:33AM THEY WERE NOT ON A CALL.
11:35:35AM THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE ON A CALL.
11:35:37AM THEY WERE NOT ON A CALL BECAUSE I STOOD THERE AND WATCHED
11:35:39AM THEM BEFORE I TOOK THE PICTURE.
11:35:41AM THIS ONE, IT GOT ENFORCED.
11:35:46AM NO, NO, THIS ISN'T THE ONE THAT GOT ENFORCED.
11:35:49AM MIND YOU, THERE IS A POLICE OFFICER RIGHT OVER HERE.
11:35:52AM SEE ALL THE CARS PARKED IN THE BIKE LANE, NOTHING WAS DONE.
11:35:55AM I GUESS I'M OUT OF TIME.
11:35:57AM BUT INSTEAD OF SPENDING MONEY ON THINGS LIKE PROGRAMS TO DO
11:36:05AM -- I'M SORRY.
11:36:06AM I SAT HERE FOR A LONG TIME.
11:36:08AM LET'S SEE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY ENFORCING THE RULES THAT WE
11:36:11AM HAVE AND PROTECTING THE SIDEWALKS WE ALREADY HAVE.
11:36:16AM LET'S NOT SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BUILDING SIDEWALKS AND
11:36:19AM LET PEOPLE PARK ON THEM.
11:36:20AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CAN YOU SEE MY AIDE, TIM WITH THE LOCATION
11:36:23AM OF THE HYDE PARK VALET SIGN WHEN YOU LEAVE.
11:36:31AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
11:36:33AM MS. TATE.
11:36:34AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
11:36:35AM I AM FRAN TATE, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT FOR THE
11:36:43AM JACKSON HEIGHTS AREA.
11:36:47AM I AM A DEVOTED VOLUNTEER AND CONCERNED MEMBER OF TAMPA.
11:36:50AM I POSSESS A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, A COLLEGE DEGREE, AND A
11:36:58AM CERTIFICATION, AND I TRULY UNDERSTAND THE DEFINITION OF
11:37:02AM DISRESPECTFUL.
11:37:03AM I WOULD LIKE TO GO ON RECORD THIS MORNING AND THANK
11:37:09AM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK FOR BRINGING THIS ISSUE TO THE AGENDA
11:37:12AM AND YOU WILL OF YOU FOR THE INPUT.
11:37:16AM FIRST, THERE NEEDS TO BE ANOTHER PRESENTATION WHERE THE
11:37:20AM COMMUNITY IS TRULY LISTENED TO AND SUGGESTIONS TAKEN
11:37:27AM SERIOUSLY.
11:37:27AM THIS IS A DIAMOND IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE WANT TO TREASURE
11:37:32AM IT.
11:37:33AM WE WANT TO KEEP IT CLEAN, AND WE WANT TO BE HAPPY IN IT.
11:37:40AM IS THERE AN ISSUE WITH US HAVING ANOTHER MEETING WITH
11:37:44AM SKANSKA?
11:37:45AM WE'RE ASKING FOR ANOTHER MEETING.
11:37:50AM THE COMMUNITY, JAZZY SENIORS, JACKSON HEIGHTS, FAIR OAKS,
11:37:55AM CAN YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND, ALL OF YOU ALL IN ATTENDANCE
11:37:59AM TODAY?
11:37:59AM FAIR OAKS, WE'RE ASKING FOR ANOTHER MEETING SO THAT WE WILL
11:38:06AM BE HEARD.
11:38:09AM THE PROJECT, WE DO WANT IT TO GO FORWARD ON TIME.
11:38:12AM WE WANT THAT.
11:38:13AM WE'VE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME, AS SOMEONE SAID, DECADES,
11:38:16AM AND THAT IS TRUE.
11:38:17AM I'VE BEEN DOWN HERE AT LEAST TEN YEARS SUPPORTING THE
11:38:22AM HONORABLE MENTOR OF MINE, BETTY BELL.
11:38:26AM WE'RE ASKING THAT THOSE THAT ARE CONDUCTING THE MEETING BE
11:38:33AM RESPECTFUL OF US, TREAT US WITH DIGNITY, DON'T CUT US OFF,
11:38:39AM DON'T MEASURE OUR COMMENTS.
11:38:42AM WE'RE NOT CHILDREN.
11:38:43AM WE'RE GROWN-UPS.
11:38:44AM WE KNOW WHAT WE NEED.
11:38:46AM KNOW WHAT WE WANT.
11:38:47AM LISTEN TO US.
11:38:48AM WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANOTHER PROJECT.
11:38:51AM WE REALLY DON'T.
11:38:52AM WE WANT TO MOVE IN AND JUST ENJOY IT.
11:38:55AM JUST LISTEN.
11:38:56AM DON'T GIVE US WHAT YOU WANT US TO HAVE.
11:38:59AM THAT'S NOT RIGHT.
11:39:01AM THAT DOESN'T FEEL GOOD.
11:39:03AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
11:39:10AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
11:39:11AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:39:12AM NEXT SPEAKER.
11:39:14AM [ APPLAUSE ]
11:39:15AM >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
11:39:17AM I AM BETTY BELL OF HIGHLAND PINES AND THE JAZZY SENIORS FOR
11:39:22AM THE PAST 13 YEARS, 1200 LAKE AVENUE.
11:39:25AM AS YOU SEE, THE SENIORS ARE HERE TODAY.
11:39:29AM THEY ARE SUPPORTING ME, AND I WANT TO SAY, FIRST OF ALL, THE
11:39:33AM JAZZY SENIORS NEVER SAID THEY DIDN'T LIKE THE BUILDING, PER
11:39:37AM SE.
11:39:38AM WHAT WE ASKED FOR 12 YEARS AGO WAS FOR A BUILDING FOR THE
11:39:43AM SENIOR CITIZENS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ONE AND WE WANTED ONE
11:39:49AM BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY SENIORS THAT DIDN'T HAVE ANY
11:39:52AM PLACE TO GO.
11:39:54AM AND NOW, WE HAVE BEEN DOWN AT RAGAN PARK FOR THE PAST 12
11:39:59AM YEARS.
11:40:00AM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA HAS BEEN DOWN AND DANCED WITH US.
11:40:04AM AND WE'RE INVITING ALL OF YOU TO COME DOWN AND DO LIKEWISE.
11:40:08AM NOW, THE PROJECT ITSELF, WHAT I COMPLAIN ABOUT, BECAUSE I
11:40:12AM WAS AT THE LAST MEETING, AND I WENT TO KIMBERLY AFTER THE
11:40:16AM MEETING AND I ASKED HER IF I COULD ASK SOME QUESTIONS.
11:40:20AM SHE SAID THE DESIGNERS ARE HERE.
11:40:24AM GO ASK THEM AND I DID WALK OVER TO ONE OF THE OLDER
11:40:27AM GENTLEMEN AND I TOLD HIM MY CONCERN.
11:40:29AM MY CONCERN IS, NOT TO HAVE AN OPEN ROOM WITH NO SPACE
11:40:33AM BETWEEN IT WITH DOORS FOR EACH ACTIVITY THAT THE SENIORS
11:40:36AM WOULD BE DOING BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN OPEN SPACES.
11:40:40AM AND THE SCREAMING, THE HOLLERING, THE EXCITEMENT THAT THE
11:40:44AM SENIORS HAVE, THAT WAS MY MAIN CONCERN, PLUS WE ARE NOW IN A
11:40:48AM BUILDING WITH CHILDREN.
11:40:50AM I DIDN'T LIKE THAT, BUT IF THAT'S THE WAY IT'S GOING TO BE,
11:40:56AM THEN IT'S GOING TO BE THAT WAY.
11:40:57AM OKAY.
11:40:58AM WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT.
11:41:01AM BUT NOBODY WANTS TO STOP A PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO
11:41:04AM GET FOR 12 YEARS.
11:41:07AM 12 YEARS.
11:41:08AM IT'S BEEN A LONG HARD JOURNEY.
11:41:12AM AND THE MAYOR SAID SHE WAS GOING TO PUT A DIAMOND IN EAST
11:41:15AM TAMPA, THAT EVERYONE COULD ENJOY AND LOVE.
11:41:20AM NOW, KNOWING THAT THAT DIAMOND IS GOING TO BE THERE, THERE'S
11:41:24AM ALSO GOING TO BE A PRICE FOR PEOPLE TO RENT THAT DIAMOND,
11:41:28AM AND I DON'T THINK THE AVERAGE CITIZEN IN EAST TAMPA CAN PAY
11:41:32AM TO RENT THAT BUILDING.
11:41:34AM IT'S GOING TO BE A BIT MUCH FOR IT.
11:41:36AM I KNOW RIVERFRONT IS VERY EXPENSIVE.
11:41:38AM SO CAN YOU IMAGINE?
11:41:42AM HOW MANY HERE GOT TWO TO THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO RENT A
11:41:46AM BUILDING?
11:41:46AM SO MAKE IT COMPATIBLE FOR US, ALL OF US.
11:41:55AM I WANT IT TO BE NICE.
11:41:56AM WE WANT TO ENJOY IT, AND I HAVE 115 SENIORS, AND THEY ARE
11:42:01AM NOT ALL HERE.
11:42:02AM THANK YOU.
11:42:03AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:42:03AM YES, MA'AM.
11:42:04AM [ APPLAUSE ]
11:42:04AM YES, MA'AM.
11:42:11AM >> GOOD MORNING.
11:42:12AM I'M GERALDINE ROGERS-TOOMBS.
11:42:15AM I REALLY WASN'T PLANNING TO SPEAK TODAY BECAUSE I THINK I
11:42:19AM HAD ALREADY EXPRESSED MY CONCERNS.
11:42:22AM ACTUALLY THE THING IS THAT I DIDN'T SPEAK WITH MS. TATE.
11:42:27AM SHE EXPRESSED THE SAME SENTIMENT I HAVE REGARDING
11:42:31AM DISRESPECT.
11:42:32AM AND WHEN YOU'RE HAVING A PUBLIC MEETING, THEN IT SHOULD BE
11:42:35AM OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
11:42:37AM AND ALSO THE CONCERN ABOUT THE BIRD FECES ON THE TABLES AND
11:42:44AM CHAIRS, I THINK THAT'S A LEGITIMATE CONCERN, BECAUSE WE
11:42:47AM DON'T WANT THE CHILDREN TO HAVE BIRD FLU OR ANY OTHER
11:42:51AM DISEASE, AND IT'S UNSANITARY.
11:42:54AM WHY CAN THERE NOT BE A CANOPY OR A SHELTER OR SOMETHING
11:42:57AM BUILT AROUND THOSE SEATS, BUT IF WE DON'T COMMUNICATE, WE
11:43:01AM CAN'T EVEN EXPRESS THAT OR DISCUSS A CONCERN, AND AS FAR AS
11:43:05AM THE ATRIUM IS CONCERNED, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 2,000
11:43:09AM SQUARE FEET, TO ME THAT IS A LOT OF SPACE.
11:43:12AM BUT IF YOU CAN'T DISCUSS THE ISSUE, THEN HOW DO YOU COME TO
11:43:15AM SOME RESOLUTION ABOUT IT?
11:43:17AM THEY COULD HAVE SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT IS A CODE
11:43:20AM ENFORCEMENT, BUT IF YOU JUST COME AND PRESENT INFORMATION
11:43:22AM AND SAY, WELL, THIS IS THE WAY IT IS, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE
11:43:26AM TAXPAYERS, I'M A TAXPAYER, AND I HAVE BEEN FOR ALMOST 40
11:43:34AM YEARS, SO THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT I AGREE WITH MS. TATE.
11:43:39AM I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS SOME CONCERNS THAT IS NOT
11:43:43AM GOING TO HINDER THE PROJECT.
11:43:45AM THE MAYOR SPOKE ON WTMP RADIO SATURDAY, AND SHE SAYS SOME
11:43:50AM MINOR CHANGES TO THE PROJECT WILL NOT SLOW THE PROJECT DOWN.
11:43:54AM I'M OF FAITH.
11:43:56AM AND I BELIEVE IN GOD, AND HE SAID THAT HE HAS NOT GIVEN US A
11:44:01AM SPIRIT OF FEAR BUT POWER, LOVE, AND A SOUND MIND.
11:44:05AM IF WE DON'T HAVE KNOWLEDGE, THEN HOW ARE WE GOING TO USE THE
11:44:08AM WISDOM THAT HE HAS IMPARTED IN US?
11:44:10AM SO WHEN THEY CAME AND DID THEIR PRESENTATION FOR ABOUT 20
11:44:15AM MINUTES THAT DAY, THEY HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO OPEN IT UP FOR
11:44:18AM THE FLOOR.
11:44:19AM SO I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
11:44:21AM AS A TAXPAYER, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
11:44:25AM WHEN I CAME AND EXPRESSED MY CONCERNS, I WASN'T REPRESENTING
11:44:28AM ANYBODY BUT MYSELF AND MS. BELL WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
11:44:33AM I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR AND ALSO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR
11:44:37AM NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATION ABOUT LIMITING
11:44:40AM PUBLIC COMMENT.
11:44:42AM PART OF YOUR JOB IS TO HEAR WHAT THE PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY.
11:44:46AM I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE
11:44:49AM IF YOU DON'T HEAR WHAT OUR CONCERNS ARE, HOW DO YOU SERVE
11:44:53AM US?
11:44:54AM SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO SERVE THE
11:44:59AM COMMUNITY, AND THERE ARE PEOPLE IN EAST TAMPA WHO CAN'T
11:45:02AM AFFORD TO SPEND $2,000 OR MORE TO RENT A PROPERTY, BUT
11:45:06AM THAT'S NOT THE AVERAGE PERSON IN EAST TAMPA.
11:45:09AM I CAN AFFORD TO DO PRACTICALLY ANYTHING THAT I DESIRE TO DO,
11:45:13AM BUT IT AIN'T ABOUT ME.
11:45:14AM IT'S ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKING SOCIETY BETTER FOR
11:45:19AM EVERYBODY.
11:45:20AM I THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
11:45:22AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:45:27AM [ APPLAUSE ]
11:45:27AM YES, MA'AM.
11:45:28AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
11:45:33AM GO AHEAD.
11:45:34AM >> HAPPY THURSDAY.
11:45:36AM MY NAME IS SALLYISE LEE.
11:45:47AM YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY RARELY THAT WE SENIORS GET TO COMPLAIN
11:45:54AM ABOUT ANYTHING.
11:45:56AM I'M RIGHT WITH YOU ALL DOWN TO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
11:45:59AM I LIVE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TOWN, BUT I'M STILL A SENIOR
11:46:03AM AND I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN ALL GET TOGETHER AND UNITE
11:46:09AM BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE ANOTHER HURRICANE LEE COMING, AND THEY
11:46:15AM NAMED IT AFTER ME, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY.
11:46:19AM I WOULD LIKE TO THANK TAMPA FOR THE TREES, AND I FEEL LIKE
11:46:25AM NOW I GOT A SEED IN THE GROUND FOR INCLUSION AND PROSPERITY.
11:46:29AM YOU ALL REALLY NEED TO -- AND I WAS LOOKING AT 82.
11:46:33AM I WOULD LIKE TO MEET THE CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER BECAUSE I
11:46:37AM HAVE A FEW THINGS.
11:46:38AM AND I HOPE THAT WE GET INCLUDED HERE IN TAMPA, SO THAT GOD
11:46:45AM CAN LOOK FAVORABLY ON US, NOT JUST A FEW, BUT ALL OF US.
11:46:50AM AND WE REALLY DO NEED TO UNITE FOR ALL OF US TO BE SAVED.
11:46:56AM AND I THINK YOU ALL HEARD ENOUGH RELIGION, SO I WOULD LIKE
11:47:02AM TO SAY TODAY I'M PROUD OF BEING BLACK.
11:47:06AM GENTLEMAN NAMED MOSES S. WHITE, HE HAS A FOUNDATION.
11:47:10AM AND HE MAKES WATER OUT OF THE ATMOSPHERE.
11:47:13AM HE DID IT FOR FLINT AND IN AUSTRALIA.
11:47:18AM I JUST WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW A LITTLE TIDBIT AS TO WHAT
11:47:24AM WE CAN DO WHEN WE UNITE.
11:47:26AM HE IS A VETERAN AND AN ENGINEER.
11:47:29AM AND YOU CAN BUY A MACHINE IN CASE YOU RUN OUT OF FRESHWATER
11:47:34AM FROM MOSES WHITE.
11:47:37AM FROM HIS FOUNDATION THAT WILL GET WATER OUT OF THE
11:47:44AM ATMOSPHERE, AND YOU CAN OWN THE MACHINE, AND YOU CAN MAKE AS
11:47:48AM MANY GALLONS AS YOU WANT IN CASE WE RUN OUT OF WATER HERE IN
11:47:52AM TAMPA.
11:47:53AM I HOPE THAT YOU ALL WILL UNITE ALL OF US AND MY
11:47:58AM ORGANIZATION, VOLUNTEER MISSIONARY SOCIETY AND WHAT THE
11:48:04AM SENIORS WANT FOR THEIR LAST DAYS IN EAST SIDE.
11:48:09AM WE ALL NEED TO GET TOGETHER AND SAVE TAMPA.
11:48:12AM THANK YOU.
11:48:13AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:48:14AM YES, MA'AM.
11:48:20AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
11:48:22AM MY NAME IS CARRIE HURST.
11:48:25AM I AM AN EAST TAMPA RESIDENT AND A MEMBER OF THE JAZZY
11:48:30AM SENIORS.
11:48:30AM I CAME TO THE JAZZY SENIORS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND I
11:48:35AM HEARD ABOUT THE ANTICIPATION OF US GETTING A DEDICATED
11:48:39AM SENIOR BUILDING.
11:48:41AM THEY WERE VERY EXCITED, ANTICIPATING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY
11:48:46AM OF GETTING A DEDICATED SENIOR CENTER BECAUSE WE WERE ALL
11:48:48AM MEETING IN THIS ONE BIG SPACE ALL TOGETHER.
11:48:53AM OUR MEMBERS JUST KEPT GROWING AND GROWING.
11:48:55AM WE WERE OVER A HUNDRED STRONG NOW.
11:48:57AM I THINK, AND I KNOW FOR ME, I CONCEPTUALIZED A DEDICATED,
11:49:05AM FREE-STANDING SENIOR CENTER.
11:49:06AM I'VE SEEN THIS NOW EVOLVE INTO A PART OF SOMETHING GREATER,
11:49:13AM WHICH I'M MOST APPRECIATIVE OF.
11:49:16AM THE WHOLE UNIT.
11:49:18AM BUT I THINK WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT OUR DREAM OF HAVING
11:49:21AM OUR OWN DEDICATED SENIOR CENTER HAS BEEN DWINDLING.
11:49:25AM IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE BEEN PUSHED ASIDE, PUT BEHIND,
11:49:29AM RELEGATED.
11:49:30AM SO I THINK -- I KNOW MY CONCEPT OF WHAT I FELT WE WERE
11:49:35AM GETTING HAS BECOME SOMETHING, A SMALL PART OF SOMETHING
11:49:39AM GREATER, BUT I AM APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT WE ARE GETTING.
11:49:43AM I WANT TO SAY THAT.
11:49:44AM BUT OUR CONCERNS WAS THAT THE SITUATION -- I'M TALKING JUST
11:49:49AM FOR THE JAZZY SENIORS.
11:49:50AM I KNOW IT'S ALL OF EAST TAMPA, BUT IN OUR SITUATION, WE'RE
11:49:53AM IN ONE BIG BUILDING, AND EVERYTHING IS GOING ON IN ONE ROOM.
11:49:57AM SO WE WERE THINKING ABOUT GETTING, HAVING SEPARATE ROOMS FOR
11:50:02AM DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES.
11:50:03AM WE DANCE IN THE SAME ROOM.
11:50:05AM WE PLAY BINGO IN THE SAME ROOM.
11:50:07AM SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO CUT THE MUSIC DOWN SO THE BINGO CAN
11:50:10AM HEAR THE CALLS.
11:50:10AM SO WE THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE SEPARATE AREAS, BREAKOUT AREAS
11:50:13AM AND STUFF.
11:50:16AM APPARENTLY, THAT DON'T SEEM TO BE WHAT WAS GOING TO TAKE
11:50:19AM PLACE.
11:50:20AM I'M NOT HERE TO COMPLAIN.
11:50:22AM I THANK YOU ALL.
11:50:23AM I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE GIVING EAST TAMPA.
11:50:25AM IT'S JUST THAT THE SENIORS HAD A CONCEPT OF SOMETHING THAT
11:50:28AM IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WE'RE GETTING.
11:50:30AM THANK YOU.
11:50:31AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:50:32AM YES, MA'AM.
11:50:34AM [ APPLAUSE ]
11:50:37AM >> GOOD MORNING.
11:50:38AM CONNIE BURTON.
11:50:40AM I WANT TO BE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE WAY THIS MEETING
11:50:43AM STARTED WITH A YOUNG CHILD LEADING US OFF, FOLLOWED BY YOUNG
11:50:51AM BROTHER WALTER SMITH AND THE CHALLENGES OF THAT YOUNG MAN
11:50:55AM AND THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY THAT HIS LEADERSHIP WILL BE ABLE
11:51:02AM TO PROVIDE OUR COMMUNITY.
11:51:03AM IT IS IN THE SPIRIT OF THAT LEADERSHIP THAT WE EMBRACE THE
11:51:08AM FAIR OAKS DESIGN, THE FAIR OAKS COMPLEX WHERE, FOR ME,
11:51:17AM GETTING CLOSE TO 70 YEARS OLD, THEY HAVE THE SPARK OF
11:51:23AM LAUGHTER OF CHILDREN IS IMPORTANT FOR ME.
11:51:26AM FOR ME, IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEE THAT CHILDREN SEPARATED FROM
11:51:31AM GRANDPARENTS CAN SEE INSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY THE LOVE AND
11:51:34AM CARE OF ELDERS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAVE AN INTEGRAL PART
11:51:38AM IN THEIR LIVES, IF NOTHING MORE THAN SAYING HELLO.
11:51:42AM THAT IS NECESSARY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
11:51:46AM WE HAVE A HILL TO CLIMB AND HOPEFULLY FOR ME, LIMITING THE
11:51:53AM SEPARATION THAT DIVIDES OUR COMMUNITY BASED ON GENERATIONAL
11:51:58AM ISSUES, WHAT IT IS, THE MUSIC, WHETHER IT IS THE DRESS, THE
11:52:04AM STYLE, SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAS
11:52:07AM DIVIDED US AND MOVED US IN DIFFERENT SECTORS.
11:52:11AM SO I HOPE THAT THIS CENTER WILL BE ABLE TO DO SOME HEALING
11:52:16AM AROUND THAT.
11:52:17AM AS IT RELATES TO THE AGENDA TODAY, I'M ALWAYS SAYING THAT IF
11:52:20AM THIS CITY IS MOVING HUGE AMOUNT OF MONIES IN CONTRACTS, THAT
11:52:26AM SOMEHOW IN ORDER TO BUILD AND END DISPARITIES ECONOMICALLY,
11:52:32AM IF WE CAN START HEARING A REPORT FROM SOME OF THOSE THAT
11:52:37AM RECEIVE THOSE AWARDS, HAVE THEY BEEN ABLE TO HIRE ANY PEOPLE
11:52:41AM INSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY?
11:52:42AM I'M NOT A BUSINESS OWNER, BUT WHAT I DO KNOW THAT WHEN
11:52:47AM PEOPLE HAVE JOBS, THAT TAKES AWAY FROM A LOT OF IDLENESS IN
11:52:54AM OUR COMMUNITY.
11:52:55AM IN SPITE OF ALL OF THE EFFORTS THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING,
11:52:58AM WHETHER IT IS PRAYER VIGILS, GUN BUYBACKS, THE ELIMINATION
11:53:04AM OF POVERTY IS GOING TO BE THE SAVING GRACE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
11:53:07AM WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE CAN HAVE JOBS AND START BUILDING FUTURES,
11:53:12AM CAN MOVE INTO MORE MATURE RELATIONSHIPS, BUYING HOMES, IT
11:53:17AM HAS TO START WITH THE FOUNDATION THAT WE'RE ABLE TO
11:53:21AM STABILIZE OURSELVES ECONOMICALLY.
11:53:23AM SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING.
11:53:24AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
11:53:25AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:53:27AM NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
11:53:29AM >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
11:53:30AM MY NAME IS VERLENE DRAYTON.
11:53:37AM ON BEHALF OF MY COMMUNITY, FAIR OAKS PARK, WE NOT 115 STRONG
11:53:43AM LIKE THE JAZZIES, BUT WE'RE HERE TO LET YOU KNOW WITH OUR
11:53:47AM LITTLE VOICES WE WANT TO BE HEARD WITH THAT VOICE.
11:53:49AM WE DO WANT THIS PARK TO BE BUILT.
11:53:53AM WE NEED THIS PARK IN OUR COMMUNITY.
11:53:55AM I'VE BEEN THERE 60 YEARS, BECAUSE I'M 60 YEARS NOW.
11:54:01AM I'VE SEEN ALL THE OAK TREES GET CHOPPED DOWN.
11:54:05AM SEE THE PENNY STORE -- I SEE OTHERS' HOMES GONE, DESTROYED,
11:54:14AM BOUGHT, SOLD, WHATEVER.
11:54:16AM HERE WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT GETTING THIS PARK BUILT.
11:54:18AM I FOLLOWED THIS STUFF AND WATCHED HOW YOU ALL STARTED IN
11:54:21AM 2019, 5.3 MILLION.
11:54:24AM 2020, 33.9 MILLION.
11:54:26AM 2021, 41.3 MILLION.
11:54:28AM I LOST TRACK OF 2022.
11:54:30AM HERE TODAY, WE ARE 2023 AND WE ARE 41 MILLION.
11:54:34AM THE ONLY THING WE GOT IS DESTRUCTION IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:54:37AM IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE NOTHING GOING TO BE BUILT THERE.
11:54:39AM EVERYBODY THAT SAYS THE LONGER WE TAKE, WE ALL KNOW, THIS
11:54:42AM PRICE OF 41 MILLION, IT'S GOING TO GO UP.
11:54:45AM AND BEFORE WE KNOW THIS, THIS PROJECT AIN'T GOING TO HAPPEN
11:54:49AM AND THE COMMUNITY WILL STILL LOOK LIKE IT'S LOOKING NOW.
11:54:52AM GARBAGE.
11:54:53AM NOBODY WILL COME HERE AND BUILD NOTHING.
11:54:55AM YOU CAN'T EVEN GET A PRIVATE PERSON TO COME PUT A GROCERY
11:54:59AM STORE THAT IS NEEDED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:55:01AM I'VE SEEN EVERY GROCERY STORE DISAPPEAR.
11:55:05AM I'VE LEFT THE AREA AND COME BACK.
11:55:06AM I AIN'T SEEN NO CHANGES.
11:55:08AM I AIN'T.
11:55:09AM THAT HAS NOT.
11:55:10AM I AIN'T SEEN ANY CHANGES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:55:16AM I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING.
11:55:17AM LIKE THEY SAY, PLEASE MAKE IT MAKE SENSE TO ME AND THE REST
11:55:20AM OF US HERE TODAY.
11:55:21AM THAT'S ALL I GOTTA SAY.
11:55:24AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOUR NAME, PLEASE.
11:55:25AM >> ANNIE DAVIS.
11:55:27AM I AM A RESIDENT OF EAST TAMPA.
11:55:30AM I'VE BEEN THERE FOR OVER 50 SOMETHING YEARS.
11:55:33AM I AM A PART OF FAIR OAKS REC CENTER, AND THE FAIR OAKS
11:55:39AM MEMBERS DID ATTEND ALL OF THE MEETINGS, OKAY, THAT TOOK
11:55:44AM PLACE, AND WE DID PROVIDE INPUT.
11:55:47AM WE WERE AT THE FINAL MEETING SOME OF US, AND WE WERE
11:55:51AM SATISFIED WITH WHAT WAS SAID AND THE APPROACH THAT WAS MADE
11:55:56AM FOR US TO PROVIDE INPUT.
11:56:00AM WE WERE SATISFIED WITH IT, AND WE WERE ECSTATIC THAT THE
11:56:04AM START DATE WAS GOING TO BE IN JANUARY AND THE COMPLETION
11:56:10AM DATE WAS 18 MONTHS I BELIEVE.
11:56:12AM YOU KNOW, WE HEARD DURING THE LAST FIVE OR SIX DAYS ABOUT
11:56:18AM THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROJECT AND THAT IT COULD POSSIBLY
11:56:22AM NOT MOVE FORWARD IN JANUARY.
11:56:25AM SO WE WERE CONCERNED, WE WERE TOLD WE NEEDED TO COME TO THIS
11:56:31AM MEETING SO WE COULD GET A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE
11:56:34AM PROBLEM WAS, AND WHAT WE NEEDED TO STATE HOW WE FELT ABOUT
11:56:39AM IT.
11:56:40AM AS FAR AS FAIR OAKS IS CONCERNED, WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE
11:56:43AM FORWARD WITH IT.
11:56:48AM IF THERE ARE CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE AND IT'S NOT GOING
11:56:52AM TO COST ANYTHING, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO DELAY THE PROCESS,
11:56:57AM FAIR OAKS WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
11:57:02AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
11:57:03AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:57:04AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IN ANOTHER 15 YEARS, WHEN I TURN 50, I'M
11:57:08AM GOING TO NEED ONE OF THOSE SHIRTS.
11:57:09AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
11:57:10AM GO AHEAD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
11:57:12AM >> KELLA McCASKILL.
11:57:14AM AS I'VE WORKED OVER THE YEARS WITH JAZZY SENIORS AND SOME OF
11:57:17AM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, I RECEIVED THE CALLS, ALL OF
11:57:20AM THEM WEREN'T AS PLEASED AS THE LAST SPEAKER.
11:57:23AM I WAS RAISED BY SEVEN GRANDPARENTS, FORTUNATE TO BE RAISED
11:57:26AM BY SEVEN.
11:57:26AM THE LAST ONE LEFT ME AT 112-YEAR-OLDS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO
11:57:31AM WHICH IS WHY I GOT INVOLVED WITH THE SENIORS IN THE FIRST
11:57:33AM PLACE.
11:57:34AM ONE I DEARLY ADMIRE IS MS. BETTY BELL ON THE FRONT LINES
11:57:40AM ADVOCATING FOR THIS PARK FOREVER.
11:57:42AM WHAT I WITNESSED AS AN INDIVIDUAL INVOLVED IN DEVELOPMENT,
11:57:45AM I'M VERY INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
11:57:47AM I BELIEVE NO OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD HAVE ACCEPTED THE
11:57:50AM TREATMENT AND THE LEVEL OF DISRESPECT THAT WAS CONDUCTED
11:57:54AM THROUGHOUT THE MEETINGS THAT I ATTENDED.
11:57:56AM I WAS PRESENT.
11:57:56AM I JUST DIDN'T MAKE THE LAST ONE.
11:57:58AM IT WAS PISS POOR IN MY OPINION.
11:58:00AM MAYBE THERE WAS SATISFACTION, BUT THE MINDSET AND WHEN
11:58:04AM PEOPLE APPROACH OR WORK IN THE EAST TAMPA COMMUNITY, IS JUST
11:58:09AM ACCEPT, JUST BE GLAD SOMEBODY WANT TO DO SOMETHING IN YOUR
11:58:12AM DISTRICT.
11:58:13AM I WANT THAT TO CHANGE.
11:58:14AM I WANT THAT TO CHANGE EVEN IN THE WAY YOU APPROACH
11:58:16AM DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
11:58:19AM THERE REALLY WASN'T SUFFICIENT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
11:58:22AM YES, YOU WENT AND GOT A COUPLE OF BLACK BUSINESSES AND
11:58:24AM SUPPORTED THEM AND BROUGHT THEM FORWARD, BUT TRUE COMMUNITY
11:58:28AM ENGAGEMENT WASN'T THERE.
11:58:28AM THE FIRST MEETING I HAD TO SAY, WELL, WHERE IS THE RENDERING
11:58:32AM OF WHAT YOU WERE AWARDED THIS CONTRACTOR?
11:58:34AM WHERE IS THE FIRST -- SHOW US WHAT YOU GOT APPROVED BASED
11:58:38AM ON.
11:58:38AM NOTHING.
11:58:39AM SECOND MEETING, NOTHING.
11:58:40AM THEY BROUGHT IDEAS YOU CAN PUT YOUR QUESTION MARKS, PUT IT
11:58:43AM ON A CARD, GO TO THE TABLET, DO THIS, DO THAT.
11:58:46AM COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WAS NOT THERE.
11:58:48AM COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEANS THEY GET TO BE INVOLVED.
11:58:51AM THEY ASK THEM WHAT THEY WANT.
11:58:54AM THEY DIDN'T TELL THEM ON THESE PARAMETER, THIS IS WHAT YOU
11:58:57AM CAN HAVE, NOW FILL IN WHAT YOU -- IT WASN'T A TRUE COMMUNITY
11:59:01AM ENGAGEMENT.
11:59:01AM NO, DON'T STOP THE PROJECT BECAUSE YOU WOULDN'T STOP IT
11:59:04AM ANYWHERE ELSE.
11:59:04AM BUT I DO BELIEVE THEY NEED ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME
11:59:08AM TYPE OF AN ENGAGEMENT TO MAKE CERTAIN WHAT THEY ARE SAYING
11:59:11AM THEY WOULD LIKE AND HAZARD AND ANY OTHER THINGS THAT MIGHT
11:59:13AM BE ADDRESSED, BECAUSE I CAN'T FORESEE WALKERS, WHEELCHAIRS,
11:59:17AM ALL THAT IN THE SAME AREA WHERE CHILDREN ARE.
11:59:19AM THAT IS A HAZARD IN THE FIRST PLACE.
11:59:22AM HOW IT IS PRESENTED WOULD BE IN THE SAME PLACE.
11:59:26AM THEY SHOULD HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING
11:59:28AM WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WHERE WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY IS
11:59:30AM WELCOME.
11:59:31AM IT'S THEIR MONEY THAT PAID INTO THAT DISTRICT.
11:59:33AM YES, THE CITY GAVE IT TO THEM.
11:59:35AM THEY PAID IN THE TAX INCREMENTAL FUNDING, 20, 30, 40 YEARS
11:59:40AM PLUS.
11:59:40AM YOU AIN'T GIVING THEM NOTHING.
11:59:41AM THEY PAID INTO THE DISTRICT.
11:59:43AM THEY DESERVE A PARK THAT THEY CAN GIVE THEIR INPUT.
11:59:46AM THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY BASED ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
11:59:48AM AGAIN, I BELIEVE IT WAS DISRESPECTFUL.
11:59:50AM I'VE BEEN TO MEETINGS ON BAYSHORE.
11:59:52AM BEEN TO DAVIS ISLAND.
11:59:55AM NOWHERE ELSE HAVE I SEEN THIS LEVEL OF DISRESPECT IN
11:59:58AM COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
11:59:59AM YOU ALL GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
12:00:02PM GIVE THEM ANOTHER MEETING AND DO NOT DELAY THE PROJECT.
12:00:04PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:00:05PM [ APPLAUSE ]
12:00:05PM YES, MA'AM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
12:00:09PM YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
12:00:16PM >> GOOD MORNING.
12:00:17PM MY NAME IS STEPHANIE POYNOR.
12:00:19PM I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT TO YOU THAT THERE IS INTENTION
12:00:23PM VERSUS PERCEPTION.
12:00:26PM THE INTENTION OF SKANSKA WAS TO DO A GOOD JOB.
12:00:29PM THE PERCEPTION OF THESE LADIES, PRIMARILY LADIES OUT HERE
12:00:34PM WAS THAT THEY DIDN'T.
12:00:35PM WE HAVE TO GET IN THE MIDDLE AND FIX IT.
12:00:37PM THIS IS NOT MY ISSUE.
12:00:40PM THIS IS WHAT I SEE AS SOMEBODY WHO IS OBSERVING.
12:00:42PM I THINK THESE LADIES NEED TO BE HEARD AND THEY DESERVE IT.
12:00:46PM [ APPLAUSE ]
12:00:47PM $5.5 MILLION WAS APPROVED FOR HOUSING ONE YEAR AGO
12:00:54PM YESTERDAY.
12:00:55PM I HAVE BROUGHT THIS UP.
12:00:56PM THIS IS THE THIRD TIME.
12:00:59PM I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO IS GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE
12:01:01PM THAT MONEY OUT OF SOLID WASTE INTO HOUSING.
12:01:03PM PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT, BECAUSE YOU
12:01:07PM ARE THE PEOPLE WHO CAN DO THAT.
12:01:09PM I'M GOING TO USE MY TEACHER VOICE BECAUSE MY TEACHER FRIENDS
12:01:13PM HAVE USED THEIR TEACHER VOICE THIS MORNING.
12:01:15PM ALL SEVEN OF YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE
12:01:21PM THIS MONEY TODAY.
12:01:23PM WHO IS GOING TO DO IT?
12:01:24PM ALL RIGHT, GUIDO.
12:01:26PM YOU DID IT.
12:01:27PM DING!
12:01:27PM DING!
12:01:28PM DING!
12:01:29PM I'LL GIVE IT TO MR. SHELBY AT THE END SO YOU DON'T FORGET.
12:01:33PM THAT'S WHY I MADE IT ON GREEN PAPER.
12:01:36PM I GAVE YOU THIS POOP COLORED PAPER, I LIKE THE POOP COLOR,
12:01:43PM VERY UNUSUAL COLOR.
12:01:44PM A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ABOUT OUR BUDGET.
12:01:47PM ALL THE ITEMS IN THE BUDGET ARE IN THE AGENDA FOR THE TAMPA
12:01:51PM CITY COUNCIL EACH WEEK.
12:01:52PM THEY NEED TO HAVE AN ACCOUNT NUMBER NEXT TO IT.
12:01:55PM I SENT YOU AN E-MAIL ABOUT THIS.
12:01:57PM EVERY TIME WE MOVE MONEY, THEY GET IT.
12:02:00PM SOMEBODY IN THE BUDGET DEPARTMENT GETS THAT LITTLE NUMBER TO
12:02:03PM MOVE THE MONEY FROM BUDGET NUMBER ONE TO BUDGET NUMBER 1001.
12:02:09PM WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE WHERE THAT MONEY MOVES FROM.
12:02:12PM I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT ITEM NUMBER, I THINK IT'S --
12:02:16PM NUMBER 18.
12:02:19PM THERE'S A MILLION DOLLARS -- THAT'S THE FRONT SIDE.
12:02:21PM SORRY, SWITCHING BACK AND FORTH.
12:02:23PM THERE'S A MILLION DOLLARS TO BE SPENT AT THE ADELAIDE
12:02:27PM PUMPING STATION.
12:02:28PM NOT IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET OR THIS YEAR'S.
12:02:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE STORMWATER ASSESSMENT.
12:02:32PM WOULD BE COMING FROM THAT.
12:02:35PM I'LL ASK ABOUT THAT.
12:02:36PM >> AGAIN, THAT GOES BACK TO MY FIRST REQUEST, WHICH IS LET'S
12:02:40PM PUT THE LINE ITEM NUMBERS THERE SO WE KNOW WHERE TO LOOK FOR
12:02:44PM IT.
12:02:44PM WHEN I SEARCH, DID A KEYWORD SEARCH FOR ADELAIDE, NOTHING IN
12:02:49PM EITHER ONE OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT SAYS THAT'S GOING TO
12:02:51PM HAPPEN.
12:02:52PM THEN WE WONDER WHERE ALL OF OUR MONEY GOES.
12:02:54PM IT'S GOING TO PROJECTS THAT AREN'T IN THE BUDGET.
12:02:59PM WE HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THIS.
12:03:01PM THIS IS BECOMING A PROBLEM.
12:03:03PM BUT I GAVE YOU THIS, THE 600 PAGES' WORTH OF FEES, WE NEED
12:03:06PM TO GET OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS STARTED ON THIS.
12:03:08PM IT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE FIVE MINUTES.
12:03:10PM SOMEBODY NEEDS TO MAKE A MOTION THAT THE DEPARTMENT HEADS
12:03:12PM ARE STARTING TO WORK ON IT NOW BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO TAKE
12:03:15PM DAYS, MAYBE EVEN WEEKS.
12:03:17PM I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CHIEF BENNETT GIVING US OUR
12:03:20PM DEPARTMENT WISH LIST.
12:03:22PM HE SAID THEY HAVE IT.
12:03:23PM >>LYNN HURTAK: MS. POYNOR, THAT MOTION WILL BE COMING FROM
12:03:27PM ME LATER TODAY ABOUT YOUR NUMBERS.
12:03:29PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU'LL MAKE THE 5 AND A HALF MILLION
12:03:33PM DOLLARS MOTION?
12:03:33PM WE'LL WORK IT OUT.
12:03:35PM YES, MA'AM.
12:03:36PM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
12:03:38PM >> GOOD MORNING.
12:03:38PM MY NAME IS NORENE COPELAND MILLER.
12:03:42PM I AM A PROPERTY OWNER IN BELMONT HEIGHTS.
12:03:44PM FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
12:03:48PM I HEARD A LOT OF PASSION IN HERE THIS MORNING.
12:03:51PM I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT SOME OF YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE
12:03:54PM SPOKEN UP IN FAVOR TO DO SOMETHING IN EAST TAMPA.
12:03:57PM BUT I WANT TO SAY THIS, AND I WANT TO OPENLY THANK
12:04:03PM COUNCILMAN VIERA FOR THIS MORNING.
12:04:06PM THIS REALLY MADE MY DAY BECAUSE THE CEMETERY IS VERY
12:04:10PM PASSIONATE FOR ME.
12:04:12PM I THINK SOME OF YOU ALL THAT CAME OUT FOR THAT CELEBRATION,
12:04:15PM SO I KNOW YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT BELMONT HEIGHTS, JACKSON
12:04:19PM HEIGHTS, GALLOWAY HEIGHTS, ALL OF THAT.
12:04:22PM I HEAR PEOPLE SAYING THEY WERE ANGRY, DISRESPECTED, BLAH,
12:04:30PM BLAH.
12:04:30PM I'VE BEEN DISRESPECTED I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS, 70
12:04:33PM YEARS.
12:04:34PM I AM EXCITED THAT WE GET ANYTHING BUILT IN EAST TAMPA.
12:04:38PM I HAVE WORN MYSELF OUT MEETINGS AFTER MEETINGS AFTER
12:04:43PM MEETINGS.
12:04:43PM WE ARE DRAGGED AROUND THE BLOCK ALL THE TIME.
12:04:46PM AND WHAT DO WE GET OUT OF IT?
12:04:47PM ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
12:04:49PM THE CENTER IS COMING UP ONE DAY, BUT IF YOU BUILD A COMPLEX,
12:04:56PM BUILD IT.
12:04:57PM WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE MEETINGS.
12:04:59PM THEY'VE HAD MEETINGS AFTER MEETINGS AND GET NOTHING DONE BUT
12:05:03PM WASTING TAXPAYER DOLLARS, WEARING PEOPLE OUT.
12:05:06PM WE ARE, AS THEY SAID, SENIORS.
12:05:08PM WE'RE ALL MOVING ON.
12:05:09PM I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT BUILT IN MY LIFETIME.
12:05:13PM BUT IF WE KEEP ALL THIS TALKING UP, TALKING, TALKING, WE GET
12:05:16PM NOTHING.
12:05:17PM I AM TIRED.
12:05:18PM I'VE BEEN COMING DOWN HERE 20 SOME YEARS, OR WHENEVER, IN MY
12:05:22PM COMMUNITY, 30, 40, 50 YEARS, MEETINGS.
12:05:25PM MEETINGS, LOOK IN EAST TAMPA.
12:05:28PM NOTHING HAPPENS BUT MEETINGS, TALKING, TALKING, DRAGGING US
12:05:32PM AROUND THE BLOCK.
12:05:33PM I'M NOT ANGRY BUT I'M PASSIONATE.
12:05:35PM AND I DON'T FEEL DISRESPECTED FROM WHAT HAPPENED.
12:05:39PM I FEEL DISRESPECTED BECAUSE MY COMMUNITY IS BEING IGNORED.
12:05:43PM AND THAT'S ENOUGH FOR EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM TO BE
12:05:46PM DISRESPECTED OR FEELING SOME KIND OF WAY, BUT WE'RE NOT.
12:05:49PM WE'RE DOWN HERE TALKING ABOUT A CENTER.
12:05:53PM BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME.
12:05:54PM AND WE KNOW CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE AND WE DON'T WANT
12:06:00PM CHILDREN IN THERE, I HAVE SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN, TEN GREAT
12:06:04PM GRAND.
12:06:05PM WHATEVER, I WANT TO BE AROUND MY CHILDREN.
12:06:07PM I NEED THAT ENERGY BECAUSE THEY REMEMBER, THEY HAVE A LOT OF
12:06:10PM CREATIVITY, BUT IT DOES SOMETHING FOR YOUR YOUTH JUST TO BE
12:06:14PM AROUND AND ALL INCLUSIVE.
12:06:16PM WE'VE GOT SO MANY DISPARITIES IN EAST TAMPA, AS YOU SAY,
12:06:21PM BUILD.
12:06:21PM ALL THIS TALKING, I'M TIRED OF TALKING.
12:06:23PM I WANT TO SEE ACTION.
12:06:24PM IF YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD IT, PLEASE DO SO.
12:06:27PM WE WELCOME IT.
12:06:28PM THANK YOU SO MUCH AND HAVE A GREAT DAY.
12:06:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:06:31PM YES, MA'AM.
12:06:36PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
12:06:38PM I'M BISHOP MICHELLE B. PATTY.
12:06:41PM I'M ALSO THE HOST OF WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING THAT WAS
12:06:44PM ALLUDED TO THAT THE STAFF USED TO COME AND SPEAK TO THE
12:06:48PM COMMUNITY.
12:06:48PM I STOOD HERE THREE YEARS AGO WITH MS. CONNIE BURTON AND JAY
12:06:53PM JOHNSON AND ASKED FOR FAIR OAKS TO BE BUILT.
12:06:56PM THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE STANDING AT THIS PODIUM TO SUPPORT
12:06:59PM THAT.
12:06:59PM THE FORMER COUNCILMAN ORLANDO GUDES EVEN SUMMONED JAZZY
12:07:04PM SENIORS.
12:07:04PM THEY FOUGHT AGAINST IT.
12:07:06PM THEY WANTED AL BARNES.
12:07:09PM WE WENT ON AND BROUGHT YOU ALL OUT TO FAIR OAKS, SHOWED YOU
12:07:13PM THE RATS, COUNCILMAN CARLSON AND THE PROBLEMS AT FAIR OAKS.
12:07:17PM I WANT TO THANK JOE ROBINSON WHO WAS THE ENGINEER TO SAY
12:07:21PM THAT THE PLACE WAS UNSAFE.
12:07:23PM IT FELL ON DEAF EARS.
12:07:25PM WE WERE TOLD THEN THERE WOULD NOT BE MONEY ENOUGH TO
12:07:28PM ACCOMPLISH THIS.
12:07:29PM IT WAS THE MAYOR WHO WENT OUT, YES, MAYOR JANE CASTOR, AND I
12:07:33PM LOBBIED AND I WENT TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ALL THAT WAS
12:07:37PM ON COUNCIL, WHETHER YOU SAW ME IN THE HALLWAYS, I CAME TO
12:07:40PM YOUR OFFICE, I CAME ALONG PERSONALLY ASKING THAT THIS BE
12:07:44PM DONE FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
12:07:46PM NOW WE TALK ABOUT DISRESPECT.
12:07:49PM THOSE MEETINGS, THEY WERE HELD, AS YOU HEARD, PEOPLE CAME.
12:07:54PM THE DISRESPECT WOULD BE THAT THE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT
12:07:56PM SHOWED UP, THAT HAS TO BE AT WORK TODAY, IF YOU OVERLOOK
12:08:00PM WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY, WHAT YOU'RE DOING NOW IS PITTING THE
12:08:06PM SENIORS AGAINST THOSE FOLKS.
12:08:08PM YOU'RE DIVIDING AND TRYING TO CONQUER.
12:08:11PM EVERYONE KNOWS THAT IF YOU STOP A PROJECT AND YOU HAVE
12:08:15PM CHANGE ORDERS, THANK YOU, CHARLIE MIRANDA, FOR POINTING OUT,
12:08:19PM THERE IS NO MONIES.
12:08:21PM IT WOULD COST, EVERY DAY LATE WOULD COST, AND THIS COUNCIL
12:08:25PM WHO JUST VOTED DOWN THE MILLAGE AND WHO IS TALKING ABOUT
12:08:29PM INCREASING THE RATES FOR YOU TO COME TO THE PARK, YOU WILL
12:08:33PM SAY THAT I'M SORRY, THERE'S NO MONEY BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, YOU
12:08:36PM IN THE HUNT TO LOOK FOR $45 MILLION TO HELP RELIEVE HOUSING.
12:08:40PM SO STOP FOOLING THESE PEOPLE.
12:08:43PM STOP LETTING PEOPLE COME UP HERE WHO HAS HIDDEN AGENDAS,
12:08:47PM TALKING ABOUT THEIR FEELINGS BEING HURT.
12:08:49PM THIS IS ABOUT TAXPAYERS.
12:08:51PM NO, YOU CANNOT BUILD A FACILITY AND SAY IT'S ONLY GOING TO
12:08:56PM BE USED BY A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.
12:08:58PM ALL PEOPLE ARE WELCOME.
12:09:00PM THAT INCLUDES CHILDREN, SENIORS, AND EVERYONE.
12:09:04PM AND IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE AT A FACILITY WHERE CHILDREN
12:09:06PM ARE, I SUGGEST YOU STAY HOME, BUT NOT ON MY DIME.
12:09:11PM WHAT I'M TELLING YOU ALL, THIS SHOULD NOT BE DELAYED BECAUSE
12:09:16PM YOU'RE SAYING YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY.
12:09:18PM THE COMMUNITY HAVE SPOKEN.
12:09:20PM IT HAS SPOKEN LOUD AND CLEAR ON THREE OCCASION, AND WE
12:09:25PM SHOULD NOT STOP IT BECAUSE OF BIRD FECES, BECAUSE BIRDS FLY
12:09:30PM IN THE AIR AND POOP WHEREVER THEY WILL.
12:09:32PM THIS SHOULD NOT BE STOPPED BECAUSE OF THAT.
12:09:35PM IT SHOULD NOT BE STOPPED BECAUSE SOMEBODY ALL OF A SUDDEN
12:09:38PM TALKING ABOUT THEIR FEELINGS ARE HURT.
12:09:40PM THAT SHOULD NOT BE.
12:09:42PM AND FOR YOU TO SIT HERE ON ANY COUNCIL PERSON, DISINGENUINE
12:09:48PM TO SIT HERE AND SAY YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY.
12:09:51PM THE COMMUNITY HAS ALREADY SPOKEN.
12:09:52PM LET'S BUILD THE PROJECT.
12:09:55PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:09:56PM ANYBODY ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT?
12:09:59PM ALL RIGHT.
12:10:02PM THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
12:10:03PM WE'LL GO ON WITH THE AGENDA.
12:10:08PM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
12:10:09PM ITEM NUMBER 6, YES, MA'AM.
12:10:16PM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
12:10:18PM EMMA GREGORY, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
12:10:21PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE CAN'T HEAR.
12:10:23PM GO AHEAD, MA'AM.
12:10:26PM >> EMMA GREGORY, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
12:10:28PM WE'RE HERE FOR ITEM NUMBER 6, WHICH IS A FIRST READING OF A
12:10:31PM PROPOSED ORDINANCE TO UPDATE SECTION 25-74 TO COMPLY WITH
12:10:37PM FLORIDA STATUTES.
12:10:39PM I BELIEVE THAT VIK IS ONLINE, SHOULD YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR
12:10:44PM HIM.
12:10:44PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BHIDE?
12:10:47PM NO.
12:10:48PM YES, MA'AM.
12:10:55PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THIS ALLOWS FOR IMPACT FEES TO BE TAKEN OUT
12:10:58PM OF SPECIFIC DISTRICTS AND USED ELSEWHERE?
12:11:00PM >> IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA LAW, YES, THAT IS THE CASE.
12:11:09PM THEY CAN APPLIED TO AN ADJOINING IMPACT FEE DISTRICT IF
12:11:12PM THERE IS A FINDING THAT THE ADJOINING DISTRICT DERIVED A
12:11:17PM BENEFIT FROM THE PROJECT.
12:11:21PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WHO MAKES THAT DETERMINATION?
12:11:23PM >> THE BENEFIT DETERMINATION WOULD BE MADE EITHER BY THE
12:11:26PM MOBILITY DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR OR HIS DESIGNEE.
12:11:29PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I GUESS I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. BHIDE.
12:11:36PM >>VIK BHIDE: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
12:11:37PM GOOD MORNING, CHAIR.
12:11:38PM VIK BHIDE, DIRECTOR OF MOBILITY DEPARTMENT.
12:11:42PM GO AHEAD, COUNCILWOMAN.
12:11:42PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WANTED TO KNOW WHO IN YOUR DEPARTMENT WOULD
12:11:45PM MAKE THAT DECISION?
12:11:46PM AND DO YOU ANTICIPATE THIS BEING SOMETHING THAT IS USED
12:11:49PM FAIRLY OFTEN?
12:11:52PM >>VIK BHIDE: SO WHETHER IT WILL BE USED FAIRLY OFTEN OR NOT,
12:11:57PM WE DON'T KNOW YET, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THIS MECHANISM IS
12:12:01PM QUITE USEFUL.
12:12:03PM OFTENTIMES IMPACTS OF A DEVELOPMENT MAY SPAN BEYOND THE
12:12:08PM DISTRICT THEY ARE IN, ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE AT THE EDGE OF
12:12:11PM A DISTRICT, BUT IT'S A FUNCTION OF TRIP LENGTHS.
12:12:15PM IT'S A FUNCTION OF THE SIZE OF THE FACILITY AND ITS IMPACT
12:12:19PM AS WELL.
12:12:20PM AND ALSO IT IS A FUNCTION OF THE USE.
12:12:24PM AS TO WHO WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT MAKES THOSE DECISIONS,
12:12:27PM ULTIMATELY THAT LIES WITH THE DIRECTOR BY CODE, WHICH IS ME,
12:12:32PM OF COURSE.
12:12:32PM WE HAVE A TEAM THAT LOOKS AT IT.
12:12:34PM THIS INCLUDES TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING.
12:12:37PM THIS INCLUDES OUR RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMITTING --
12:12:40PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CAN WE PLEASE SILENCE OUR CELL PHONES?
12:12:42PM PLEASE.
12:12:43PM AGAIN.
12:12:43PM SORRY, SIR.
12:12:44PM GO AHEAD.
12:12:45PM >>VIK BHIDE: SURE.
12:12:47PM AND THIS ALSO INCLUDES MEMBERS FROM OUR SMART MOBILITY TEAM,
12:12:52PM ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO STREET LIGHTING AND INTERSECTION
12:12:55PM IMPROVEMENTS.
12:12:56PM >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY.
12:12:57PM SO THIS -- OKAY.
12:13:01PM THANK YOU.
12:13:01PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:13:02PM THANK YOU, MA'AM.
12:13:02PM ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
12:13:03PM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ ITEM NUMBER 6?
12:13:06PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ITEM NUMBER 6, FILE NUMBER E2023-8,
12:13:10PM CHAPTER 25, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING
12:13:14PM CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA,
12:13:17PM RELATING TO CHAPTER 25 (TRANSPORTATION), ARTICLE I,
12:13:22PM ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS; AMENDING SECTION 25-74,
12:13:25PM EXEMPTIONS FROM AND CREDITS FOR MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION
12:13:30PM IMPACT FEE; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS
12:13:33PM OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR
12:13:36PM SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
12:13:37PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:13:39PM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
12:13:40PM WOULD YOU LIKE A ROLL CALL VOTE?
12:13:42PM YES.
12:13:43PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
12:13:44PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES.
12:13:48PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:13:48PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:13:49PM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:13:50PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:13:51PM >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH HERNANDEZ
12:13:53PM BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
12:13:54PM SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON OCTOBER 5th,
12:13:58PM 2023, AT 9:30 A.M.
12:14:00PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:14:01PM MOVING TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE,
12:14:05PM COUNCILMAN VIERA, 7 AND 8.
12:14:06PM >>LUIS VIERA: MOVE ITEMS 7 AND 8.
12:14:08PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA, SECOND
12:14:09PM FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:14:10PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:14:11PM AYE.
12:14:12PM ANY OPPOSED?
12:14:12PM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK, YOU ARE THE VICE-CHAIR OF PARKS AND
12:14:17PM REC.
12:14:17PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I MOVE ITEMS 9 THROUGH 16.
12:14:21PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
12:14:22PM HURTAK.
12:14:23PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
12:14:24PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:14:25PM AYE.
12:14:25PM PUBLIC WORKS, ITEMS 17 THROUGH 29 EXCEPT 19 AND 29.
12:14:35PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I MOVE ITEMS 17 AND 18 AND 20 THROUGH 28.
12:14:41PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK,
12:14:43PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:14:44PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:14:45PM REMEMBER, WE PULLED 19 AND 29.
12:14:48PM THEY WILL COME UP LATER UNDER STAFF REPORTS.
12:14:50PM FINANCE COMMITTEE COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, WE PULLED ITEM 32 TO
12:14:54PM GO UNDER STAFF REPORTS.
12:14:55PM WE'LL HEAR THAT LATER.
12:14:56PM WOULD YOU MIND MOVING THE OTHER ITEMS?
12:14:57PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ITEMS 30, 31, 33, AND 34.
12:15:01PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:15:02PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
12:15:04PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:15:04PM AYE.
12:15:04PM NEXT UP, WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
12:15:08PM >>BILL CARLSON: MOVE 35 THROUGH 56.
12:15:10PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
12:15:12PM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:15:13PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:15:14PM AYE.
12:15:15PM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
12:15:18PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MOVE ITEMS 57 THROUGH 60.
12:15:23PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN,
12:15:25PM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
12:15:26PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:15:27PM AYE.
12:15:28PM CAN WE HAVE A MOTION FOR ITEM 61 TO SET THIS HEARING FOR
12:15:32PM NOVEMBER 2, 2023, AT 10 A.M.?
12:15:34PM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
12:15:36PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:15:37PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:15:38PM AYE.
12:15:38PM COUNCIL MEMBERS, IT'S 12:15.
12:15:43PM I HAVE A FUNERAL AT 12:30.
12:15:46PM IT IS A GRAVESIDE.
12:15:48PM I'M -- IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO ME.
12:15:53PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU SAID YOU HAD A FUNERAL.
12:15:55PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NOT MY FUNERAL.
12:15:58PM CAN WE COME BACK FROM LUNCH AT 1:45?
12:16:00PM >>LUIS VIERA: I HAVE A REQUEST, IF I MAY.
12:16:02PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:16:03PM I HAVE TO TAKE MY MOTHER TO A MEDICAL APPOINTMENT AND LEAVE
12:16:06PM HERE ABOUT 3:10, 3:15 OR SO.
12:16:08PM JUST IN CASE, FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY MASTER PLAN, IF STAFF IS
12:16:12PM AMENABLE TO THAT, CAN WE HAVE THAT HEARD AT THE TOP, AFTER
12:16:16PM LUNCH, WOULD THAT BE OKAY?
12:16:18PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE SOME ITEMS THAT WERE PULLED.
12:16:20PM IS THAT ALL RIGHT WITH THE REST OF COUNCIL?
12:16:22PM LET'S DO THAT.
12:16:23PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
12:16:24PM >>BILL CARLSON: WE ALSO HAVE FIREFIGHTERS HERE.
12:16:26PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE ARE IN RECESS UNTIL 1:45.
12:16:30PM [LUNCH RECESS]
1:49:49PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WELCOME BACK TO TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
1:49:51PM I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
1:49:53PM IF WE CAN HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
1:49:54PM >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
1:49:56PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE.
1:49:56PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT.
1:49:57PM >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
1:49:58PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
1:49:59PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
1:50:00PM >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
1:50:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN ALL THE
1:50:04PM PUBLIC HEARINGS.
1:50:04PM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON, ASK HE HAD
1:50:07PM FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
1:50:08PM ALL IN FAVOR?
1:50:08PM AYE.
1:50:09PM ALL RIGHT.
1:50:10PM LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBER 62.
1:50:11PM WE'LL GO INTO SECOND READINGS AND THEN GO TO THE
1:50:15PM FIREFIGHTERS.
1:50:18PM >> [INAUDIBLE]
1:50:18PM ITEM NUMBER 62 IS THE SECOND AND FINAL PUBLIC HEARING FOR
1:50:23PM PROPOSED BROWNFIELD DESIGNATION OF THE YBOR GATEWAY
1:50:27PM REDEVELOPMENT AREA, GENERALLY LOCATED AT 1306 EAST 4th
1:50:31PM AVENUE.
1:50:33PM APPLICATION SUBMITTED TO THE CITY OF TAMPA REQUESTING A
1:50:35PM DESIGNATION OF THESE PROPERTIES AS BROWNFIELD AREA TO ASSIST
1:50:38PM IN THE ASSESSMENT AND REMEDIATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
1:50:41PM THAT MAY EXIST ON THE PROPERTY.
1:50:42PM DETAILS OF THE DESIGNATION HAVE BEEN OUTLINED IN A DOCUMENT
1:50:46PM ENTITLED STAFF REPORT ON YBOR GATEWAY REDEVELOPMENT AREA
1:50:50PM PROPOSED BROWNFIELD AREA DESIGNATION WHICH IS AVAILABLE FOR
1:50:52PM PUBLIC REVIEW IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND IN SIRE.
1:50:55PM CITY STAFF HAS DETERMINED THAT ALL STATUTORY AND PUBLIC
1:51:00PM NOTICE REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET AND RECOMMEND THAT COUNCIL
1:51:03PM APPROVE THIS DESIGNATION.
1:51:05PM AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS SECOND PUBLIC HEARING, COUNCIL
1:51:08PM WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PASS THE RESOLUTION DESIGNATING
1:51:11PM YBOR GATEWAY REDEVELOPMENT AREA AS A BROWNFIELD AREA AS
1:51:15PM SPECIFIED IN CHAPTER 376 OF FLORIDA STATUTES.
1:51:18PM STAFF AND I AND THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE ARE AVAILABLE
1:51:21PM IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
1:51:22PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
1:51:24PM NO.
1:51:25PM DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON
1:51:28PM ITEM NUMBER 62?
1:51:29PM NO ONE IS REGISTERED.
1:51:32PM DO WE CLOSE BEFORE WE READ THE RESOLUTION?
1:51:34PM >> YES.
1:51:34PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
1:51:35PM CLENDENIN.
1:51:36PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR?
1:51:39PM AYE.
1:51:40PM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, WOULD YOU MIND MOVING THE
1:51:43PM RESOLUTION?
1:51:44PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES, SIR, MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
1:51:45PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
1:51:47PM HENDERSON.
1:51:48PM ROLL CALL VOTE.
1:51:51PM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
1:51:52PM >> HURTAK?
1:51:53PM CLENDENIN?
1:51:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES.
1:51:55PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
1:51:56PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
1:51:57PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
1:51:58PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
1:52:00PM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH HURTAK BEING
1:52:02PM ABSENT AT VOTE.
1:52:03PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE
1:52:05PM PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT ARE QUASI-JUDICIAL, PLEASE STAND AND
1:52:08PM RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND WE WILL SWEAR YOU IN.
1:52:14PM [OATH ADMINISTERED BY THE CLERK]
1:52:22PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PLEASE PROCEED.
1:52:23PM YES, MA'AM.
1:52:23PM >>LaCHONE DOCK: LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
1:52:27PM COUNCIL, ITEM NUMBER 63 IS REZ 23-28.
1:52:31PM THIS ITEM IS BEFORE YOU TODAY FOR SECOND READING.
1:52:34PM THIS IS FOR THE PROPERTY AT 3707 AND 3709 WEST McKAY
1:52:38PM AVENUE.
1:52:39PM THE REQUEST WAS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM RO-1,
1:52:42PM RESIDENTIAL OFFICE, TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR
1:52:45PM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED USES.
1:52:47PM THE SITE PLAN HAS BEEN CERTIFIED AND PROVIDED TO THE CLERK.
1:52:51PM AGAIN, THIS IS BEFORE YOU FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
1:52:54PM I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
1:52:56PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
1:52:57PM ALL RIGHT.
1:52:59PM DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT FOR ITEM NUMBER 63?
1:53:01PM YES, SIR.
1:53:05PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
1:53:07PM STEVE MICHELINI REPRESENTING THE PETITIONER.
1:53:09PM THERE IS A BONUS PROVISION ALSO ATTACHED TO THIS WHICH
1:53:13PM REQUIRES YOUR ACTION.
1:53:15PM RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL.
1:53:17PM IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
1:53:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE
1:53:21PM APPLICANT?
1:53:22PM NO.
1:53:22PM ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 63?
1:53:25PM WE HAVE NOBODY REGISTERED.
1:53:27PM MOTION TO CLOSE?
1:53:27PM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
1:53:30PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
1:53:31PM ALL IN FAVOR?
1:53:32PM AYE.
1:53:32PM ANY OPPOSED?
1:53:33PM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
1:53:34PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
1:53:36PM I MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND
1:53:42PM ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL
1:53:44PM VICINITY OF 3707 AND 3709 WEST McKAY AVENUE IN THE CITY OF
1:53:49PM TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1
1:53:51PM FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RO-1, RESIDENTIAL
1:53:54PM OFFICE, TO PD, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL
1:53:57PM SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
1:53:59PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
1:54:00PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
1:54:01PM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
1:54:07PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I'M GOING TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS BUT I
1:54:10PM WANT TO EXPLAIN WHY.
1:54:11PM I'M GOING TO VOTE IN FAVOR.
1:54:14PM I WANT TO EXPLAIN WHY.
1:54:15PM PEOPLE KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT PDs.
1:54:18PM THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL IS IN A VERY MIXED USE, HIGHLY
1:54:21PM COMMERCIAL AREA.
1:54:23PM LITTLE TO ZERO IMPACT ON RESIDENTIAL UNITS AROUND IT.
1:54:27PM I THINK THE MARKET WILL DICTATE WHETHER IT'S A GOOD PROJECT
1:54:31PM OR NOT.
1:54:31PM NOT NECESSARILY FOR ME TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.
1:54:33PM SO THAT'S WHY, BECAUSE IT HAS NO IMPACT ON RESIDENTIAL
1:54:37PM PROPERTIES AROUND IT.
1:54:37PM THANK YOU, OR LITTLE IMPACT.
1:54:39PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
1:54:40PM RECORD YOUR VOTE.
1:54:41PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
1:54:46PM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON AND HURTAK VOTING
1:54:48PM NO.
1:54:50PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
1:54:51PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
1:54:52PM NOW MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION?
1:54:54PM MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
1:54:56PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
1:54:58PM VOICE VOTE.
1:55:01PM ALL IN FAVOR?
1:55:02PM AYE.
1:55:02PM ANY OPPOSED?
1:55:03PM >> NAY.
1:55:04PM >> NAY.
1:55:06PM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON AND HURTAK VOTING
1:55:08PM NO.
1:55:09PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
1:55:10PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEM NUMBER
1:55:13PM 64.
1:55:14PM I HAVE FORM 8B TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
1:55:16PM AND I WILL HAND IT OVER TO -- CAN I SEE IT FROM MY FRONT
1:55:30PM DOOR.
1:55:34PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
1:55:36PM ALSO FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE RECORD, IF THE AGENDA COULD BE
1:55:42PM AMENDED TO REFLECT OR SOMEHOW THE RECORD BE AMENDED, MINUTES
1:55:47PM TO REFLECT THAT AT THE FIRST READING ON AUGUST 17, IT
1:55:51PM DOESN'T APPEAR ON THE AGENDA, BUT JUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF
1:55:54PM THE PUBLIC AND TODAY, YOU DID ABSTAIN AT THE FIRST READING.
1:55:59PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
1:56:00PM I WALKED OUT OF THE ROOM AND MENTIONED IT PUBLICLY.
1:56:03PM CAN I GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE?
1:56:05PM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
1:56:07PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
1:56:09PM ALL IN FAVOR?
1:56:09PM AYE.
1:56:10PM SEE YOU LATER.
1:56:17PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE'RE ON ITEM NUMBER 64.
1:56:20PM WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT.
1:56:22PM >>LaCHONE DOCK: THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
1:56:23PM LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
1:56:25PM ITEM 64 IS REZ-23-50.
1:56:28PM IT'S FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2529 WEST CURTIS STREET.
1:56:32PM THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM RS 50 RESIDENTIAL
1:56:36PM SINGLE-FAMILY TO RO RESIDENTIAL OFFICE.
1:56:38PM THIS ITEM IS BEFORE YOU TODAY FOR SECOND READING AND
1:56:42PM ADOPTION.
1:56:43PM THIS IS A EUCLIDEAN ZONING, SO THERE IS NO SITE PLAN
1:56:46PM ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REQUEST.
1:56:47PM I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
1:56:49PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY QUESTIONS?
1:56:50PM THANK YOU.
1:56:52PM APPLICANT?
1:56:52PM APPLICANT REPRESENTATIVE.
1:56:55PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
1:56:55PM TRUETT GARDNER, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE.
1:56:58PM THIS RECEIVED A 4-2 VOTE FOR EUCLIDEAN.
1:57:03PM STRAIGHTFORWARD.
1:57:04PM TWO CONCERNS RAISED, ONE PERTAINING TO SIDEWALK, JUST WANTED
1:57:07PM TO COMMENT ON THE RECORD, EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT A PD, THAT
1:57:11PM WILL BE PROVIDED.
1:57:12PM THERE WERE ALSO TRANSPORTATION CONCERNS RAISED.
1:57:14PM WE SHOWED GOOD FAITH AND AT THE DIRECTION OF OUR CLIENT HAVE
1:57:17PM CONTINUED TO WORK ON THAT.
1:57:19PM OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER IS HERE AND CAN REPORT ON WHAT THOSE
1:57:23PM CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN WITH TRANSPORTATION STAFF AND WHERE
1:57:25PM THINGS HOPEFULLY WILL GO FROM HERE.
1:57:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: GO AHEAD.
1:57:29PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
1:57:30PM ADDIE CLARK, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE.
1:57:33PM AS TRUETT SAID, WE HAD SPOKEN WITH TRANSPORTATION AND
1:57:36PM MOBILITY STAFF PRIOR TO FIRST READING KNOWING THERE WERE
1:57:39PM CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC.
1:57:40PM AFTER FIRST READING, WE AGAIN MET WITH CITY TRANSPORTATION
1:57:43PM MOBILITY STAFF TO BRING ATTENTION TO THIS AREA.
1:57:46PM WE'RE HAPPY TO REPORT THAT AS OF LATE LAST WEEK, THE
1:57:50PM MOBILITY DEPARTMENT WAS GOING TO BE LOOKING INTO THIS AREA
1:57:53PM AGAIN FURTHER.
1:57:53PM AGAIN, THIS PROJECT IS DE MINIMIS IN TERMS OF NUMBER OF NEW
1:57:57PM EXTERNAL TRIPS, AND THE CITY'S PREVIOUS SPEED STUDY REPORTED
1:58:01PM THAT THERE WAS NOT A SPEED ISSUE, BUT WE'RE THANKFUL TO HAVE
1:58:05PM HAD BRAINSTORMING SESSIONS AND MULTIPLE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE
1:58:08PM CITY STAFF DUE TO THE DOCTOR'S EFFORT TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
1:58:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
1:58:16PM ANY QUESTIONS?
1:58:17PM ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE?
1:58:19PM NOBODY IS REGISTERED.
1:58:21PM HEARING NO ONE -- WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN
1:58:25PM MIRANDA.
1:58:25PM A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
1:58:29PM LET'S -- ALL IN FAVOR OF CLOSING DEBATE SAY AYE.
1:58:36PM OPPOSED?
1:58:36PM DEBATE IS CLOSED.
1:58:40PM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ IT.
1:58:42PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I MOVE FILE REZ-23-50, AN ORDINANCE BEING
1:58:51PM PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
1:58:53PM AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF
1:58:56PM 2529 WEST CURTIS STREET, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND
1:59:01PM MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1, FROM ZONING
1:59:04PM DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS-50 (RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY TO
1:59:10PM RO, RESIDENTIAL OFFICE); PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
1:59:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON, SECOND
1:59:19PM FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
1:59:21PM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
1:59:26PM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON AND HURTAK VOTING
1:59:28PM NO AND MANISCALCO ABSTAINING.
1:59:31PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
1:59:32PM YES, MA'AM.
1:59:37PM >>LaCHONE DOCK: THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
1:59:39PM LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
1:59:41PM COUNCIL, ITEM 65 IS REZ-23-49.
1:59:44PM THIS ITEM IS ON THE AGENDA TODAY FOR SECOND READING, BUT
1:59:48PM THIS ITEM FOR THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION, AT THE TIME OF
1:59:52PM APPLICATION FOR THE REZONING, THE APPLICANT APPLIED TO HAVE
1:59:56PM AN ADDRESS CHANGE TO THE PROPERTY.
1:59:58PM THAT ADDRESS CHANGE OCCURRED DURING THE PROCESSING OF THIS
2:00:02PM REZONING.
2:00:02PM THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE HAD THE OLD ADDRESS ON IT.
2:00:05PM WHAT IS BEFORE YOU NOW IS FIRST READING.
2:00:09PM AND YOU HAVE A SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED
2:00:12PM WITH THE CORRECT ADDRESS ON IT.
2:00:14PM THE APPLICANT HAS ALSO AGREED TO MAKE THE CHANGE BETWEEN
2:00:18PM FIRST AND SECOND READING TO THE SITE PLAN TO PUT THE CORRECT
2:00:21PM ADDRESS ON THE SITE PLAN ALSO.
2:00:24PM SO THIS IS, JUST FOR THE RECORD, THIS IS FOR THE REZONING.
2:00:27PM THIS REQUEST WAS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM PD TO PD,
2:00:31PM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.
2:00:32PM IT'S FOR RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY USE ON THE PROPERTY.
2:00:35PM SO THIS WOULD BE YOUR FIRST READING AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE
2:00:38PM SECOND READING.
2:00:39PM I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
2:00:42PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE WOULD READ THE SUBSTITUTE LISTED
2:00:45PM HERE.
2:00:45PM >>LaCHONE DOCK: CORRECT.
2:00:46PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
2:00:47PM I SEE 4502 -- INSTEAD OF THE TRASK.
2:00:53PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IT SAYS THAT THE SUBSTITUTE IS BEING
2:00:55PM PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
2:01:00PM WHOEVER READS IT, PLEASE NOTE.
2:01:03PM >>LaCHONE DOCK: FIRST READING, YES, PLEASE.
2:01:04PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS.
2:01:05PM DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT HERE FOR ITEM NUMBER 65?
2:01:08PM YES, MA'AM.
2:01:10PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON, KAMI CORBETT WITH THE LAW FIRM OF HILL
2:01:13PM WARD HENDERSON, 101 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, SUITE 3700.
2:01:17PM I'M JUST HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
2:01:19PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT
2:01:21PM WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 65?
2:01:22PM NO ONE IS REGISTERED.
2:01:24PM MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE?
2:01:25PM MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, SECOND FROM
2:01:29PM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
2:01:30PM ALL IN FAVOR?
2:01:30PM AYE.
2:01:32PM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN, I BELIEVE IT IS TO YOU.
2:01:34PM IF YOU COULD READ THE SUBSTITUTE AND MAKE SURE TO MENTION
2:01:36PM THAT IT IS A FIRST READING.
2:01:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST
2:01:40PM READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE
2:01:44PM GENERAL VICINITY OF 4502 WEST McCOY STREET IN THE CITY OF
2:01:48PM TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION
2:01:51PM 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION PD (PLANNED
2:01:55PM DEVELOPMENT) TO PD (PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL,
2:01:58PM MULTIFAMILY); PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
2:02:00PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
2:02:02PM CLENDENIN.
2:02:02PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
2:02:04PM ROLL CALL VOTE.
2:02:06PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
2:02:07PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES.
2:02:08PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
2:02:09PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
2:02:11PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
2:02:12PM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
2:02:13PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
2:02:14PM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
2:02:16PM SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON OCTOBER 5th,
2:02:19PM 2023, AT 9:30 A.M.
2:02:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
2:02:21PM ITEM NUMBER 66.
2:02:22PM >>LaCHONE DOCK: THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL.
2:02:25PM LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
2:02:27PM ITEM 66 IS REZ-23-62.
2:02:30PM THIS IS FOR THE PROPERTY AT 3204 WEST CYPRESS STREET.
2:02:34PM THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM RS-50,
2:02:37PM RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, TO CG, COMMERCIAL GENERAL.
2:02:40PM THIS IS A EUCLIDEAN REZONING REQUEST, SO THERE WAS NO SITE
2:02:43PM PLAN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REQUEST.
2:02:45PM THIS ITEM IS BEFORE YOU TODAY FOR SECOND READING AND
2:02:47PM ADOPTION.
2:02:48PM I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
2:02:49PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
2:02:50PM DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT FOR ITEM NUMBER 66?
2:02:53PM MR. BRICKLEMYER, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD, BUT WERE
2:02:59PM YOU SWORN IN?
2:03:00PM NO.
2:03:01PM MR. BRICKLEMYER, PLEASE TURN ON YOUR CAMERA, UNMUTE YOURSELF
2:03:09PM AND WE'LL SWEAR YOU IN.
2:03:11PM CAN WE CONTINUE?
2:03:32PM IT WAS UNANIMOUS.
2:03:36PM MR. SHELBY, CAN WE CONTINUE ON?
2:03:38PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: HE IS ONLINE.
2:03:41PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BUT HE STEPPED AWAY FROM THE CAMERA.
2:03:44PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: DO WE KNOW WHETHER HE HAS ANYTHING THAT
2:03:46PM NEEDS TO BE SAID AT THE SECOND READING?
2:03:48PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT WAS UNANIMOUS WITH ONE ABSENT VOTER
2:03:51PM AND THERE'S NOBODY HERE.
2:03:53PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: I SUSPECT YOU CAN AND IF HE DOES HAVE AN
2:03:56PM ISSUE WITH THAT, HE CAN ALWAYS REQUEST THAT COUNCIL --
2:04:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IF IT GETS APPROVED, IT GETS APPROVED.
2:04:06PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IS THIS THE LAST ONE --
2:04:08PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THIS IS THE SECOND READING.
2:04:10PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: HOW MANY MORE AFTER THIS DO WE HAVE?
2:04:12PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE FOUR AFTER THIS.
2:04:14PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: PERHAPS WE CAN SKIP THIS ONE AND SEE IF HE
2:04:17PM COMES BACK.
2:04:18PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE.
2:04:20PM SOMETIMES WE DON'T HAVE AN APPLICANT.
2:04:25PM ANY QUESTIONS OF COUNCIL MEMBERS?
2:04:26PM ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON 66?
2:04:29PM NO ONE IS REGISTERED.
2:04:31PM CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE?
2:04:32PM MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, SECOND
2:04:36PM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
2:04:37PM ALL IN FAVOR?
2:04:39PM AYE.
2:04:40PM >>LYNN HURTAK: REZ 23-62, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR
2:04:44PM SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY
2:04:47PM IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 3204 WEST CYPRESS STREET, IN THE
2:04:51PM CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
2:04:53PM SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS-50,
2:04:57PM RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, TO CG, COMMERCIAL GENERAL,
2:04:59PM PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
2:05:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
2:05:04PM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
2:05:10PM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH VIERA BEING
2:05:12PM ABSENT AT VOTE.
2:05:16PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I JUST WANTED YOU TO SAY ABOUT THE
2:05:19PM APPROVAL.
2:05:19PM ITEM 67.
2:05:22PM >>LaCHONE DOCK: LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
2:05:25PM ITEM 67 IS REZ 23-64 FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5232 SOUTH
2:05:30PM MacDILL AVENUE.
2:05:31PM THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM CG, COMMERCIAL
2:05:35PM GENERAL, TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, FOR THE USE OF A
2:05:38PM RESTAURANT.
2:05:39PM SITE PLAN MODIFICATIONS WERE REQUIRED TO BE MADE BETWEEN
2:05:41PM FIRST AND SECOND READING.
2:05:43PM THOSE CHANGES WERE MADE.
2:05:44PM THE PLAN WAS CERTIFIED AND PROVIDED TO THE CLERK.
2:05:47PM AND THIS IS BEFORE YOU FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
2:05:49PM I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
2:05:51PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
2:05:52PM MR. MANASSE?
2:05:55PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
2:05:55PM RYAN MANASSE, JOHNSON POPE, 401 EAST JACKSON STREET.
2:05:59PM I'LL RESERVE TIME FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND RESPECTFULLY REQUEST
2:06:02PM YOUR APPROVAL.
2:06:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME?
2:06:03PM DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON
2:06:06PM ITEM NUMBER 67?
2:06:07PM NO ONE IS REGISTERED.
2:06:09PM WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
2:06:11PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
2:06:13PM ALL IN FAVOR?
2:06:14PM AYE.
2:06:14PM ANY OPPOSED?
2:06:15PM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, WOULD YOU MIND READING ITEM 67?
2:06:20PM >>BILL CARLSON: YES, SIR.
2:06:21PM MOVE FILE REZ-23-64, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND
2:06:26PM READING AND ADOPTION, ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE
2:06:29PM GENERAL VICINITY OF 5232 SOUTH MacDILL AVENUE IN THE
2:06:33PM CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
2:06:35PM SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION CG COMMERCIAL
2:06:38PM GENERAL TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESTAURANT, PROVIDING AN
2:06:41PM EFFECTIVE DATE.
2:06:42PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
2:06:44PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
2:06:45PM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
2:06:53PM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH MIRANDA AND HENDERSON
2:06:54PM VOTING NO AND VIERA BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
2:06:57PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM NUMBER 68.
2:06:59PM >>LaCHONE DOCK: LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
2:07:01PM ITEM 68 IS REZ-23-65.
2:07:05PM THIS IS FOR THE PROPERTY THAT HAS FOLIO NUMBER OF
2:07:10PM 102910-0000.
2:07:13PM THIS IS PROPERTY ON CHURCH AVENUE.
2:07:14PM THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE PROPERTY FROM RS 50 RESIDENTIAL
2:07:18PM SINGLE-FAMILY TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.
2:07:20PM IT IS FOR THE USE OF RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED.
2:07:23PM AND CERTIFIED SITE PLANS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO THE CLERK.
2:07:27PM THERE WERE MODIFICATIONS TO BE MADE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND
2:07:29PM READING.
2:07:30PM THIS IS BEFORE YOU TODAY FOR SECOND READING.
2:07:32PM I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
2:07:34PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
2:07:35PM APPLICANT?
2:07:39PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
2:07:40PM STEVE MICHELINI, REPRESENTING THE PETITIONER.
2:07:43PM BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
2:07:47PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
2:07:48PM ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER
2:07:51PM 68?
2:07:51PM NO ONE IS REGISTERED.
2:07:53PM MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
2:07:56PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
2:07:57PM ALL IN FAVOR?
2:07:58PM AYE.
2:07:59PM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
2:08:02PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
2:08:03PM ITEM 68, FILE NUMBER REZ-23-65, AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED
2:08:08PM FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING
2:08:10PM PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF FOLIO NUMBER 102910-0000
2:08:17PM IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY
2:08:19PM DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION
2:08:22PM RS-50, RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, TO PD, PLANNED
2:08:25PM DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, DETACHED, PROVIDING
2:08:28PM AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
2:08:28PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
2:08:31PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
2:08:33PM ALL IN FAVOR?
2:08:33PM I'M SORRY.
2:08:36PM PLEASE PUSH IN YOUR VOTE.
2:08:48PM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
2:08:49PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
2:08:50PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
2:08:51PM ITEM NUMBER 69, YES, MA'AM.
2:08:53PM >>LaCHONE DOCK: THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL.
2:08:54PM LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
2:08:56PM ITEM 69 IS REZ 23-77 FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3917 NORTH
2:09:02PM NEBRASKA AVENUE.
2:09:03PM THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM PD PLANNED
2:09:06PM DEVELOPMENT TO CG, COMMERCIAL GENERAL.
2:09:08PM THIS IS A EUCLIDEAN REZONING, SO NO SITE PLAN IS ASSOCIATED
2:09:12PM WITH THIS REQUEST.
2:09:14PM AND IT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
2:09:16PM I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
2:09:18PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
2:09:19PM APPLICANT, YES, MA'AM.
2:09:21PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
2:09:23PM ADDIE CLARK, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE, HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY
2:09:26PM QUESTIONS AND WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL.
2:09:28PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME?
2:09:29PM ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 69?
2:09:32PM MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
2:09:34PM SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
2:09:36PM ALL IN FAVOR?
2:09:36PM AYE.
2:09:38PM COUNCILMAN VIERA, IT'S YOU.
2:09:39PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
2:09:41PM MOVE AN ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION,
2:09:44PM AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF
2:09:46PM 3917 NORTH NEBRASKA AVENUE, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA,
2:09:51PM MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING
2:09:54PM DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO CG
2:09:57PM COMMERCIAL GENERAL; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
2:09:59PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
2:10:00PM VIERA.
2:10:00PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
2:10:02PM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
2:10:06PM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
2:10:09PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
2:10:09PM ITEM NUMBER 70.
2:10:10PM >>LaCHONE DOCK: THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL.
2:10:12PM LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
2:10:14PM ITEM 70 IS REZ-23-79.
2:10:17PM IT IS FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3119 WEST SAN PEDRO
2:10:21PM STREET.
2:10:21PM THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM RM-16,
2:10:24PM RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY, TO RM-18, RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY.
2:10:28PM THERE IS NO SITE PLAN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REQUEST.
2:10:30PM IT IS A EUCLIDEAN REZONING.
2:10:32PM I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
2:10:34PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
2:10:34PM MR. BRICKLEMYER, I SEE YOU ON CAMERA.
2:10:39PM WE ALREADY APPROVED YOUR PROJECT.
2:10:40PM YOU HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT, AND THEN HE'S GONE.
2:10:43PM [ LAUGHTER ]
2:10:43PM NOT EVEN A GOOD-BYE.
2:10:50PM HE RAN OFF.
2:10:51PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
2:10:52PM GOOD AFTERNOON.
2:10:52PM YOU'RE ALL SET.
2:10:53PM WE ALREADY APPROVED YOU.
2:10:54PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: STEVE MICHELINI REPRESENTING THE
2:10:57PM PETITIONER.
2:10:57PM RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
2:11:01PM QUESTIONS.
2:11:01PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
2:11:02PM ALL RIGHT.
2:11:03PM ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 70?
2:11:06PM MOTION TO CLOSE.
2:11:08PM MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
2:11:09PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
2:11:11PM ALL IN FAVOR?
2:11:12PM AYE.
2:11:12PM ANY OPPOSED?
2:11:13PM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
2:11:14PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I MOVE FILE REZ-23-79, AN ORDINANCE BEING
2:11:19PM PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE
2:11:22PM REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 1339 WEST
2:11:27PM SAN PEDRO STREET IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE
2:11:30PM PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT
2:11:33PM CLASSIFICATION RM-16, RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY, TO RM-18,
2:11:38PM RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
2:11:41PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN
2:11:43PM HENDERSON, SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
2:11:45PM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
2:11:50PM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
2:11:53PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
2:11:54PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
2:11:55PM AS PROMISED, WE WILL GO TO POLICE AND FIRE RESCUE REGARDING
2:12:00PM AN ACTION PLAN.
2:12:01PM WE HAVE SOME REPRESENTATIVES HERE FROM POLICE AND FIRE.
2:12:04PM COUNCILMAN VIERA, THIS IS YOUR MOTION.
2:12:06PM >>LUIS VIERA: I CAN SPEAK AFTER THEY ARE FINISHED.
2:12:11PM I'LL TALK AFTER THEY ARE FINISHED, IF I MAY.
2:12:14PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
2:12:15PM WHOEVER WOULD -- WHOMEVER WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN.
2:12:23PM WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE FIRE UNION WAITING PATIENTLY IN THE
2:12:25PM BACK IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AFTER THE FACT AS WELL,
2:12:28PM THEY WOULD BE WELCOME TO.
2:12:29PM GO AHEAD, SIR.
2:12:30PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
2:12:31PM WE DO HAVE A PowerPoint.
2:12:33PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
2:12:34PM WE SEE IT HERE.
2:12:35PM >> OUR TEAM WORKED EXTREMELY HARD ON BUILDING OUT A
2:12:39PM STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS PLAN.
2:12:43PM THIS IS A VISION AND GUIDE FOR US OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
2:12:46PM WE'VE OUTLINED GOALS AND STRATEGIES FOR US TO ACHIEVE THOSE
2:12:49PM GOALS.
2:12:50PM DUE TO THE LENGTH OF THIS DOCUMENT AND OUR ACTUAL STRATEGIC
2:12:54PM PLAN THAT THIS PowerPoint HIGHLIGHTS, WE HAVE SENT YOU
2:12:58PM ADVANCED LINKS.
2:12:59PM I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HAD TIME TO REVIEW THEM.
2:13:01PM SO WE HAVE THAT AS A PDF PLAN AND PowerPoint SUMMARY.
2:13:05PM WE ALREADY MET WITH THE PBA, HAD A REVIEW OF THIS.
2:13:08PM WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT ON OUR VISION AND OUTLINE FOR THE
2:13:11PM NEXT YEAR AND THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
2:13:13PM TODAY, BOTH DEPUTY CHIEF JOHNSON AND I WILL GO THROUGH THE
2:13:19PM PowerPoint SOMEWHAT QUICKLY AND SEE WHAT QUESTIONS YOU
2:13:22PM MIGHT HAVE FOR US WHEN WE'RE FINISHED.
2:13:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
2:13:27PM >> SO THE MISSION OF OUR DEPARTMENT IS VERY CLEAR.
2:13:30PM IT'S UP HERE.
2:13:31PM IT'S TO REDUCE CRIME AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
2:13:33PM IT'S NOT JUST ALONE.
2:13:35PM WE TALKED ABOUT IT THIS MORNING IN SOME OF THE AWARDS WE
2:13:38PM DID.
2:13:38PM IT IS A COOPERATION WITH ALL THE CITIZENS.
2:13:40PM THAT KIND OF OUTLINES EVERYTHING WE DO IS WRAPPED AROUND OUR
2:13:45PM MISSION.
2:13:46PM IN ADDITION TO OUR VISION, WE HAVE OUR CORE VALUES, WHICH
2:13:49PM SOME OF YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE AWARE OF, BUT THE ACRONYM IS
2:13:53PM TRUST, AND THAT'S TRANSPARENCY, RESPECT, UNDERSTANDING,
2:13:57PM SAFETY, AND TEAMWORK.
2:14:02PM AND, OF COURSE, THE US IN US WORKING TOGETHER.
2:14:05PM WE SAY CONSTANTLY THERE'S JUST UNDER A THOUSAND OFFICERS AND
2:14:08PM NEARLY 400,000 CITIZENS.
2:14:10PM WE CAN'T DO THIS ALONE, SO WE STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT.
2:14:16PM TALKING ABOUT STAFFING AND OFFICER CITIZEN RATIO, SOME MAY
2:14:19PM BE A REPEAT FOR THE BUDGET PRESENTATION.
2:14:21PM BUT WE'RE ESTIMATING THE POPULATION AT ROUGHLY 400,000.
2:14:26PM AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE AN AUTHORIZED STRENGTH OF 984
2:14:30PM OFFICERS, WHICH IS ROUGHLY 2.4 OFFICERS PER 1,000 RESIDENTS.
2:14:34PM THE FBI AND THE FDLE HAVE ESTABLISHED THAT AS THE AVERAGE
2:14:39PM RATIO FOR SWORN OFFICERS.
2:14:42PM BUT THAT IS NOT THE ONLY MEASUREMENT THAT WE USE.
2:14:46PM THERE'S THE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE HAVE IN HERE IS NOT
2:14:48PM JUST THE RATIO, TECHNOLOGY, THE REAL POPULATION, THE
2:14:52PM POPULATION OF THE BUSINESS BOOM, THE SPECIAL EVENTS, OUR
2:14:56PM CALLS FOR SERVICE.
2:14:57PM WE TALKED BEFORE ABOUT OUR CALLS.
2:14:59PM THEY ARE SLIGHTLY INCREASING BUT NOT JUST THE NUMBER OF
2:15:03PM CALLS BUT THE TIME WE SPEND ON CALLS IS INCREASED.
2:15:05PM AND, OF COURSE, NEW ASSIGNMENTS THAT OUR OFFICERS HAVE THAT
2:15:08PM THEY HAVEN'T HAD IN THE PAST.
2:15:09PM ALL THAT GOES INTO OUR CONSIDERATION FOR OUR STAFFING
2:15:11PM REQUESTS.
2:15:12PM SO THIS IS THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR VERSUS THE FIRST HALF
2:15:18PM OF LAST YEAR IN DISPATCH CALLS.
2:15:21PM YOU CAN SEE THE DISPATCH CALLS ARE SLIGHTLY INCREASING IN
2:15:24PM THE SELF -- AND THE SELF-INITIATED CALLS ARE RELATIVELY THE
2:15:27PM SAME.
2:15:27PM WITH OUR RESPONSE TIMES THAT ARE WELL WITHIN OUR GOALS.
2:15:30PM SO FLEET, WE TALKED ABOUT OUR VEHICLES IN THE PAST.
2:15:35PM THE BIG THING THAT STANDS OUT HERE IS WE HAVE NEARLY 200
2:15:38PM CARS, 190 TO BE EXACT THAT ARE 2010 AND OLDER.
2:15:42PM SO OUR GOAL IS TO GET OUR FLEET TO A 7 TO 9 YEAR ROTATION
2:15:48PM WHICH IS MORE OF THE INDUSTRY STANDARD, AND THAT WAS PART OF
2:15:51PM OUR BUDGET REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL MONEY TO HELP US
2:15:54PM FACILITATE THAT.
2:15:55PM WE TALKED ABOUT OUR CRIME RATE AND COUNCILMAN CARLSON
2:16:00PM ACTUALLY DID A GOOD JOB PRESENTING THAT AS WELL.
2:16:03PM AND OUR VIOLENT CRIME IS ON THE DOWN.
2:16:06PM YEAR TO DATE, OUR NUMBERS ARE DOWN, AND THIS HIGHLIGHTS LAST
2:16:10PM YEAR'S VIOLENT CRIME COMPARED TO CITIES OUR SIZE IN THE
2:16:14PM NATION.
2:16:14PM SO WHAT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN OUTLINES IT OUTLINES THESE CORE
2:16:18PM AREAS, CRIME REDUCTION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, STAFFING AND
2:16:22PM RECRUITMENT, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, AND TECHNOLOGICAL
2:16:25PM IMPROVEMENTS.
2:16:26PM SO HIGHLIGHTING THESE AREAS HERE, THE FIRST ONE WE HAVE IS
2:16:32PM CRIME REDUCTION.
2:16:34PM HOW DO WE SUSTAIN THIS CRIME REDUCTION?
2:16:36PM AND HOW DO WE EVEN IMPROVE ON IT?
2:16:39PM IT IS A CHALLENGE WE'VE BEEN MAKING OVER THE LAST YEAR.
2:16:42PM YOU'LL HEAR THE MAYOR AND THE CHIEF OF STAFF TALK ABOUT IT,
2:16:45PM IS WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED ALMOST AN 80% REDUCTION IN CRIME OVER
2:16:49PM THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES.
2:16:51PM AT SOME POINT, WHERE IS THAT BOTTOM OF THAT CRIME?
2:16:55PM WE DON'T KNOW.
2:16:56PM IN A PERFECT WORLD, WE WOULD LIKE TO ELIMINATE ALL CRIME AND
2:16:59PM PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING.
2:17:00PM BUT THE MORE CRIME WE REDUCE, THE HARDER AND HARDER IT IS TO
2:17:03PM CONTINUE TO REDUCE IT AND ALSO MAINTAIN THAT REDUCTION.
2:17:06PM SO COMING UP WITH INNOVATIVE IDEAS, WHAT WE WANT TO DO, AND
2:17:09PM WHAT WE CONTINUE TO DO IS FOCUS ON EVIDENCE-BASED -- IF
2:17:13PM YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO GIVE ME THREE MINUTES, I'VE GOT --
2:17:17PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO, NO.
2:17:17PM GO, GO, GO.
2:17:21PM >> I'M LIKE I'LL GO TO THE END RIGHT NOW.
2:17:26PM [ LAUGHTER ]
2:17:26PM EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES.
2:17:27PM OBVIOUSLY, BEING ACADEMIC, WE'RE NOT GOING TO WASTE OUR TIME
2:17:30PM WITH STRATEGIES THAT AREN'T PROVEN.
2:17:32PM WE'RE GOING TO USE STRATEGIES FROM THE COPS OFFICE, DOJ,
2:17:36PM THAT HAVE WORKED ACROSS THE NATION AND STRATEGIES THAT WE
2:17:39PM CREATE THAT ARE PROVEN, THAT WE'VE SEEN THIS MORNING THAT
2:17:42PM OTHER AGENCIES TAKE FROM US.
2:17:44PM SO WE WANT TO FOCUS ON THOSE.
2:17:45PM SOME OF THOSE ARE FIREARMS, GRANTS, FOCUSED DETERRENTS.
2:17:51PM OUR CRIME GUN INTELLIGENCE CENTER, THOSE ARE AREAS THAT
2:17:53PM ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN HUGE SUCCESSES FOR US THAT ARE ACTUALLY
2:17:56PM MODELED ACROSS THE NATION, CONTINUE THAT AND EXPAND THOSE.
2:18:00PM MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, IT FOCUSES ON PROPERTY CRIME.
2:18:04PM OBVIOUSLY, WITH PROPERTY CRIME, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AUTO
2:18:07PM BURGLARIES AND EDUCATION, INCLUDING INCREASED PUBLIC
2:18:11PM OUTREACH OF LOCKING YOUR CAR AND TAKING YOUR VALUABLES,
2:18:14PM ESPECIALLY THE FIREARMS OUT OF YOUR CAR.
2:18:16PM ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO DO IS GET MORE OF OUR
2:18:19PM COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ASSIST US IN THAT, WHICH IS INCREASING
2:18:22PM OUR COMMUNICATION WITH NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH GROUPS AND ENSURE
2:18:27PM THAT CRIMES ARE BEING INVESTIGATED THOROUGHLY.
2:18:30PM SO INTERESTING POINT RIGHT HERE, I WAS SPEAKING WITH THE
2:18:33PM CLEVELAND POLICE CHIEF LAST NIGHT, AND THEY ARE EXPERIENCING
2:18:37PM A HUGE SURGE IN AUTO THEFTS.
2:18:40PM THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE KEY IS HYUNDAIS, WHICH WE HAVE
2:18:46PM EXPERIENCED BUT NOWHERE NEAR THE LEVEL OF THEIR SURGE.
2:18:48PM WE TALK ABOUT THE STRATEGIES WE DO AND HOW WE THOROUGHLY
2:18:50PM INVESTIGATE THOSE.
2:18:51PM HE'S LIKE, I DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO WHAT YOU ALL ARE
2:18:54PM DOING.
2:18:55PM LIKE WE DO PROBATION CHECKS, OFFENDER CHECKS.
2:19:01PM HE'S DOWN LIKE 300 OFFICERS AND DOESN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO
2:19:04PM DO THAT AND HE'S MAKING UP FOR GROUND.
2:19:06PM I DON'T KNOW IF EVER ABLE TO CATCH UP.
2:19:08PM I FELT BAD FOR HIM HAVING THAT CONVERSATION.
2:19:11PM WE DON'T EVER WANT TO BE IN A POSITION LIKE THAT.
2:19:13PM MOVING ON IS COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
2:19:17PM HOW DO WE EXPAND THOSE?
2:19:18PM HOW DO WE EXPAND THE YOUTH PROGRAMS, BUILD IN THE NEXT
2:19:21PM GENERATION, MAINTAIN TRUST AND CONFIDENCE.
2:19:24PM WE TALKED ABOUT THE POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE ALREADY.
2:19:27PM DON'T WANT TO BE TOO COMPETITIVE ON THAT.
2:19:30PM OUR RICH HOUSE PROGRAMS, WE HAVE ONE IN SULPHUR SPRINGS AND
2:19:34PM ROBLES PARK.
2:19:34PM EVENTUALLY WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND THAT INTO WEST TAMPA.
2:19:37PM IT'S MORE OF A VISION FOR US NOW, BUT OVER THE NEXT FIVE
2:19:40PM YEARS, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A PLAN OUTLINED FOR THAT.
2:19:43PM YOU SAW THIS MORNING THE SUCCESS OF THE SHIELDING OUR TEENS
2:19:46PM PROGRAM.
2:19:46PM OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT TO CAPITALIZE ON THAT AGAIN.
2:19:49PM EXPAND THAT, EXPAND OUR POLICE EXPLORERS PROGRAM.
2:19:52PM CURRENTLY, THAT PROGRAM ACTUALLY ONLY GOES FOR HIGH SCHOOL.
2:19:55PM WE WANT TO EXPAND THAT INTO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
2:19:57PM AND COMMUNICATIONS MENTORSHIP.
2:20:02PM OTHER PROGRAMS TO DEVELOP.
2:20:06PM WHO KNOWS WHAT THE NEXT OFFICER BAKER WILL COME UP WITH
2:20:09PM IDEAS THAT WE'VE NEVER THOUGHT OF BEFORE.
2:20:11PM IN ADDITION TO THAT, INCREASE OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
2:20:16PM WE HAVE HERE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH PROGRAMS, EXPAND THE
2:20:20PM NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH PROGRAM.
2:20:21PM ONE THING WE'VE STARTED TO DO IN OUR COMMS STAT MEETINGS, WE
2:20:25PM HAVE MONTHLY CRIME MEETINGS AND TALK ABOUT WHERE CRIMES ARE
2:20:29PM SURGING AND WHAT'S HAPPENING AND WHAT'S CAUSING IT, IS NOW
2:20:32PM MEASURING THE AREAS OF HIGH POCKETS OF CRIME AND WHETHER OR
2:20:34PM NOT A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH PROGRAM IS THERE OR NOT.
2:20:37PM IT'S INTERESTING WHEN YOU OVERLAY THE CRIME AND YOU CAN SEE
2:20:39PM SOME POCKETS OF DENSE CRIME, THERE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH
2:20:43PM PROGRAM THAT'S MISSING FROM THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
2:20:44PM SO WE'VE CHALLENGED OUR COMMANDERS TO SOLICIT AND ENGAGE
2:20:49PM MORE OF THE COMMUNITY IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCHES AND
2:20:52PM MEASURING THAT.
2:20:53PM SO THAT IS A GOAL OF OURS IS TO INCREASE THE NEIGHBORHOOD
2:20:56PM WATCH PROGRAMS.
2:20:57PM FRONT PORCH ROLL CALLS, OBVIOUSLY, THAT IS A SUCCESS OF
2:21:01PM OURS.
2:21:01PM YOU MAY HAVE NOT SEEN IT THAT WE ADVERTISE, FRONT PORCH ROLL
2:21:06PM CALL IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, IN YOUR HOUSE, AND YOU CAN GO
2:21:08PM ONLINE AND ACTUALLY REQUEST THAT.
2:21:10PM AND THEN COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING, THAT IS A PHILOSOPHY I
2:21:14PM TALKED ABOUT THIS MORNING THAT WE'VE INSTITUTED IN THE
2:21:16PM DEPARTMENT, NOT JUST A CERTAIN SQUAD, BUT OFFICER-WISE IS TO
2:21:20PM CONTINUE THAT TRAINING.
2:21:22PM AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID, AND THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO
2:21:25PM EXPAND IS THE NEW RECRUITS THAT COME IN, BEFORE WE GIVE THEM
2:21:29PM A BADGE, A GUN, AND A UNIFORM, WE BRING THEM OUT INTO THE
2:21:32PM COMMUNITY.
2:21:33PM WE BRING THEM OUT INTO VIOLENT CRIME FORUMS, BRING THEM OUT
2:21:37PM TO FUND-RAISERS, SO THEY GET TO HEAR AND SEE THE COMMUNITY
2:21:40PM EVENTS BEFORE PUTTING ON THE UNIFORM.
2:21:42PM IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE NEW RECRUITS, WHEN THEY FINISH
2:21:44PM THEIR FIELD TRAINING PROGRAM, WE REQUIRE THEM TO COMPLETE A
2:21:47PM COMMUNITY-ORIENTED POLICING PROJECT TO COME UP WITH A
2:21:52PM SOLUTION.
2:21:52PM THE ONE THAT'S BEST PICKED ABOUT I THAT CAPITAL, ACTUALLY WE
2:21:56PM BRING TO THE STAFF.
2:21:57PM WE HAVE A NEW RECRUIT WHO COMES TO THE STAFF AND SHARES
2:22:01PM THEIR INITIATIVE AND IDEA.
2:22:02PM WE'RE TRYING TO BECOME INCREASED PROBLEM SOLVERS IN
2:22:06PM ADDRESSING THE CORE ISSUE OF CRIME.
2:22:08PM THE NEXT ON HERE IS DEVELOP A STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS PLAN.
2:22:13PM THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON.
2:22:15PM IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO DO.
2:22:17PM BUT THIS IS AN INVOLVED PLAN WHERE HOW THE DEPARTMENT
2:22:20PM COMMUNICATES BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY.
2:22:23PM THAT STAKEHOLDER GROUP COULD BE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH GROUPS.
2:22:26PM IT COULD BE CITY COUNCIL.
2:22:27PM IT COULD BE COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS.
2:22:30PM IT COULD BE CITIZENS.
2:22:32PM IT COULD BE NONPROFITS AND TO COLLABORATE WITH COMMUNITY
2:22:36PM MEMBERS ON THE BEST WAY THAT THEY LIKE THAT COMMUNICATION.
2:22:40PM AT OUR LAST TUESDAY TOWN HALL MEETING, WE ASKED THE
2:22:44PM COMMUNITY HOW THEY ENGAGE WITH US.
2:22:45PM WE ASKED THEM IF IT WAS TWITTER, INSTAGRAM.
2:22:49PM THEY WENT ON OUR WEBSITE AND YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED HOW MANY
2:22:53PM OF THEM DON'T REALIZE HOW MANY AVENUES THERE ARE.
2:22:55PM SO COMMUNICATING THAT AND ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY MORE.
2:22:59PM SO HOMELESS, IT'S AN ISSUE THAT WE'VE SEEN, AND HOW CAN WE
2:23:07PM ADDRESS THAT.
2:23:07PM WE WANT TO LOOK AT EXPANDING OUR HOMELESS LIAISON PROGRAM
2:23:11PM AND INCREASING OUR COLLABORATION WITH OUTSIDE STAKEHOLDERS
2:23:14PM AND, AGAIN, ADDRESSING PROBLEM-ORIENTED POLICING.
2:23:18PM I WAS JUST LOOKING AT AN ARTICLE TODAY FROM CRQ ADDRESSING
2:23:23PM THIS VERY TOPIC AND IT IS SOMETHING NEAR AND DEAR TO OUR
2:23:26PM HEART, PROVIDING MORE RESOURCES.
2:23:27PM YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED HOW MANY HOMELESS DO NOT KNOW WHAT
2:23:30PM RESOURCES ARE OUT THERE.
2:23:32PM EXPANDING THAT PROGRAM AND REORGANIZING IT IS IN THE DISTANT
2:23:37PM HORIZON FOR US.
2:23:38PM SO EXPANDING, ADDRESS COMMUNITY MEMBERS SUFFERING MENTAL
2:23:43PM HEALTH CRISIS KIND OF GOES HAND IN HAND.
2:23:45PM WE HAVE OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNIT.
2:23:47PM WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
2:23:49PM WE'RE REORGANIZING THAT TO WORK MORE HAND IN HAND WITH OUR
2:23:51PM HOMELESS LIAISONS AND LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDING
2:23:55PM TO EXPAND THAT UNIT.
2:23:56PM WHILE IT'S NOT IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, IT WILL BE IN THE NEXT
2:23:59PM SEVERAL YEARS TO INCREASE THAT AND TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT OTHER
2:24:03PM JURISDICTIONS AND SEE WHAT'S WORKING WELL FOR THEM AND
2:24:06PM WHAT'S NOT.
2:24:07PM ST. PETE'S PROGRAM, THE CALL PROGRAM KEEPS COMING UP.
2:24:11PM THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, WHAT WORKS WELL FOR
2:24:13PM THEM, OUR PROGRAM, IF YOU RECALL, WAS DEVELOPED BY THE
2:24:16PM MENTAL HEALTH STAKEHOLDERS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
2:24:19PM UNIQUE TO THIS AREA, BUT WE DO LIKE TO TAKE WHAT WORKS WELL
2:24:24PM IN OTHER COMMUNITIES AND EVALUATE THEM AND SEE IF IT IS
2:24:26PM WORTH ADDRESSING OVER HERE.
2:24:28PM COVERS THE LAST POINT THERE.
2:24:31PM THEN ADDITIONAL TOOLS TO HELP US WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH
2:24:35PM CRISIS.
2:24:35PM WE DO PROVIDE OUR OFFICERS DE-ESCALATION TRAINING.
2:24:39PM WE WERE ONE OF THE FOREFRONT AGENCIES BEFORE IT WAS A THING.
2:24:42PM WE WERE DOING THAT IN OUR TRAINING.
2:24:45PM AND TO CONTINUE TRAINING ALL OF OUR OFFICERS IN CRISIS
2:24:49PM RESPONSE INTERVENTION, IT IS A COST FOR US TO DO THAT.
2:24:52PM IT TAKES ANOTHER WEEK BEFORE OFFICERS HIT THE STREET JUST TO
2:24:55PM RECEIVE THAT TRAINING, BUT WE DO THINK THAT IT IS
2:24:58PM WORTHWHILE.
2:24:58PM AND WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH INTEGRATING OUR SPECIALISTS
2:25:02PM IN THE 911 CENTER WITH CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING AND
2:25:05PM WORKING ON A GRANT BY PROVIDING SPECIALISTS THERE THAT CAN
2:25:09PM ACTUALLY BE ON THE FOREFRONT OF THE CALL EVEN BEFORE SOMEONE
2:25:13PM ARRIVES TO THE SCENE.
2:25:14PM SO THIS IS A LOT OF REPETITIVE FROM OUR BUDGET REQUESTS, BUT
2:25:21PM WE WANT TO MAINTAIN AN EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE WORKFORCE.
2:25:24PM AND WE PROPOSED IN OUR BUDGET ADDING 30 SWORN OFFICERS.
2:25:28PM WE PROPOSED RAISING THE NUMBER OF SPONSORED POLICE ACADEMIES
2:25:32PM FROM ONE TO TWO.
2:25:34PM AND WE CONTINUALLY EVALUATE THE NEEDS FOR PROFESSIONAL
2:25:38PM STAFF.
2:25:38PM SO EVERY YEAR WE DO MEET YEARLY AND GO OVER OUR STAFFING
2:25:42PM PLAN, OUR BUSINESS PLAN, AND WE MAKE ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON
2:25:46PM THAT YEAR AND IF WE DO SEE A NEED FOR A BUDGET INCREASE
2:25:49PM REQUEST, THEN WE SUBMIT THAT TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
2:25:52PM IN CONCERT WITH THE POPULATION GROWTH, WE LOOK AT POSITIONS
2:25:56PM AND WHETHER OR NOT IT GOES UP OR IF IT GOES DOWN, WE GO BOTH
2:26:00PM WAYS ON ADJUSTING OUR PERSONNEL STRENGTH.
2:26:03PM GRANT OPPORTUNITIES ARE SOMETHING THAT WE CAPITALIZE ON.
2:26:06PM IT'S A GRANT WE PROVIDE FOR THE 30 OFFICERS, AND EXPANDING
2:26:10PM ON GRANT OPPORTUNITIES NOW IS THE TIME TO DO.
2:26:13PM WE'RE NOT SURE HOW MUCH LONGER SOME OF THESE GRANTS WILL BE
2:26:16PM AVAILABLE WITH THE FEDERAL PROGRAM.
2:26:18PM AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS OUR RESERVE OFFICER PROGRAM.
2:26:21PM IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, WE HAVE ROUGHLY 120 RESERVE OFFICERS
2:26:24PM THAT DONATE THEIR TIME TO THE CITY.
2:26:26PM THEY ALLEVIATE A LOT OF US FROM WORKING SOME SPECIAL EVENTS.
2:26:30PM I ACTUALLY STARTED HERE AS A RESERVE OFFICER, SO I'M VERY
2:26:33PM FAMILIAR WITH THE PROGRAM, AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT AND
2:26:35PM EXPAND IT.
2:26:36PM SO EMPLOYEE WELLNESS, EXPAND THE WELLNESS PROGRAMS TO ALL
2:26:41PM EMPLOYEES, NOT JUST THE SWORN OFFICERS, BUT OUR PROFESSIONAL
2:26:44PM STAFF, OUR FORENSIC UNITS, OUR RECORDS UNITS, OUR
2:26:48PM DISPATCHERS AND INCORPORATE ADDITIONAL TRAINING INTO THAT
2:26:52PM PROGRAM.
2:26:52PM ONE THING THAT WE'RE JUST GETTING READY TO START IS A
2:26:56PM WELLNESS MOBILE APP, WHICH ACTUALLY WAS PROVIDED BY A GRANT
2:26:59PM FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ALLOW OUR EMPLOYEES TO REACH
2:27:03PM OUT FOR PEER DEBRIEFINGS AND OTHER RESOURCES THAT THEY MAY
2:27:10PM NOT HAVE READILY AVAILABLE TO THEM.
2:27:12PM EVERY TIME YOU COME UP HERE AND SEE AN OFFICER OF THE MONTH,
2:27:15PM THEY ARE TYPICALLY HERE WITH A FAMILY MEMBER.
2:27:16PM THAT FAMILY MEMBER FEELS THAT STRESS, TOO.
2:27:19PM REACHING OUT TO THEM AND SUPPORTING THE FAMILIES IS A GOAL
2:27:22PM OF OURS, INCREASING THAT.
2:27:23PM WE DO HAVE MANY FAMILY PROGRAMS OUT THERE NOW FOR SPOUSES.
2:27:27PM AND THERE ARE MANY FREE RESOURCES OUT THERE WHICH WOULDN'T
2:27:30PM EVEN IMPACT OUR BUDGET.
2:27:32PM IT'S JUST MAKING THOSE CONNECTIONS.
2:27:34PM WE DO HAVE PEOPLE THERE, BUT WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT AND
2:27:36PM EXPAND IT.
2:27:37PM WE TALKED ABOUT THE PEER SUPPORT.
2:27:40PM SO THEN SAFETY OURSELVES.
2:27:42PM BALLISTICS SHIELDS OUR OFFICERS HAVE.
2:27:44PM OFFICERS HAVE BALLISTIC VESTS.
2:27:47PM BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS A GIMMICK OR NOT,
2:27:49PM BUT THEY SAY THEY HAVE A SHELF LIFE OF FIVE YEARS, SO WE
2:27:53PM HAVE TO REPLACE EVERY FIVE YEARS.
2:27:55PM WE HAVE ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT OUR BUDGET, POLICE FOUNDATION
2:27:59PM RISE TAMPA THAT PROVIDES BALLISTIC SHIELDS.
2:28:02PM THEY CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
2:28:02PM ANY OTHER RESOURCES OUT THERE, CAR BEAM RIFLES.
2:28:09PM THE LAST SHOOTING WE HAD THE SUSPECT STABBED, HIT THE MOTHER
2:28:14PM OF THE CHILD 13 TIMES IN FRONT OF THEM THAT HAD A RIFLE.
2:28:20PM OFFICERS HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO ADDRESS THREATS THAT FACE
2:28:23PM THEM.
2:28:24PM WE NEED TO PROVIDE THEM WITH BOTH THE OFFENSIVE AND THE
2:28:26PM DEFENSIVE MEASURES TO KEEP THEMSELVES AND THE COMMUNITY
2:28:29PM SAFE.
2:28:30PM AND THEN, OBVIOUSLY, TRAUMA, WHETHER IT IS A TRAUMA WITH A
2:28:35PM CITIZEN OR OFFICER, GIVE THEM THOSE LIFESAVING MEASURES
2:28:39PM IMMEDIATELY.
2:28:39PM .
2:28:43PM SO RECRUITING AND RETAINING HIGHLY QUALIFIED OFFICERS.
2:28:47PM IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS A CHALLENGE NATIONWIDE.
2:28:50PM I JUST TALKED ABOUT THE CLEVELAND POLICE CHIEF, DOWN NEARLY
2:28:53PM 300 OFFICERS.
2:28:54PM FORTUNATELY, WE'RE NOT EXPERIENCING HERE TO THE LEVEL OF THE
2:28:57PM OTHER NATIONS, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO GET BEHIND THE CURVE.
2:29:01PM WE ARE ANNUALLY REVIEWING OUR RECRUITMENT PLAN, SETTING UP,
2:29:05PM REVIEWING HOLDOVER TRAINING, FIELD TRAINING PROGRAM AND
2:29:09PM SEEING WHAT ADJUSTMENTS WE NEED TO MAKE.
2:29:11PM FOR EXAMPLE, WE WERE JUST TALKING THIS MORNING IN OUR
2:29:13PM MEETING ABOUT THE RECRUITMENT WE'RE DOING AT THE HISTORIC
2:29:17PM BLACK COLLEGES, HCC, AT UT, AT USF.
2:29:21PM IF YOU RECALL, WE HAVE A 30 BY 30 INITIATIVE AND ONE OF THE
2:29:25PM AREAS WE'RE SEEING SUCCESS IS LOOKING AT UT AND USF FEMALE
2:29:29PM SPORTS AND GETTING SOME RECRUITMENT THERE.
2:29:33PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YOU SAID FEMALE SPORTS.
2:29:36PM >> YES.
2:29:36PM I THINK I ALREADY TOUCHED ON A LOT OF THIS HERE, THE 30 BY
2:29:42PM 30.
2:29:42PM GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF.
2:29:44PM LOOKING AT THIS IN A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE OF THE CITY
2:29:48PM GROWTH, WE HAVE OUTLINED THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OF WHAT WE
2:29:52PM BELIEVE ON A CONSERVATIVE LEVEL THE POPULATION WOULD BE, AND
2:29:55PM THEN TO MAINTAIN THE 2.4 RATIO.
2:29:58PM 2024, IF WE RECEIVE THAT GRANT, WE WOULD ADD 30 OFFICERS,
2:30:05PM WHICH WOULD PUT US AT 2.45, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE BASICALLY
2:30:09PM DOWN THE LINE.
2:30:10PM THERE IS AN ASTERISK THERE BECAUSE THAT NUMBER COULD GO UP
2:30:14PM OR GO DOWN IF THE POPULATION GOES DOWN, OBVIOUSLY, OR STAYS
2:30:17PM THE SAME, WE WOULDN'T BE REQUESTING OFFICERS.
2:30:19PM THAT WOULD BE EVALUATED ON A YEAR-BY-YEAR BASIS.
2:30:22PM POTENTIALLY, IF IT GOES ALONG THAT SCALE, WE COULD ADD, IF
2:30:26PM THE BUDGET WOULD ALLOW, UP TO 80 SWORN POSITIONS BY 2028.
2:30:30PM AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, I'M GOING TO LET DEPUTY
2:30:36PM CHIEF JOHNSON HIGHLIGHT ON THOSE BECAUSE HE'S BEEN DOING A
2:30:39PM LOT OF THE RESEARCH THERE.
2:30:41PM >> GALVIN JOHNSON, DEPUTY CHIEF, TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
2:30:44PM ON THE FIRST ONE, OUR GOAL IS TO COMPLETE THE IMPOUND LOT
2:30:49PM AND FORENSICS UNIT WITH THE MOVE TO HOWARD AVENUE.
2:30:52PM I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT OUR FOLKS THAT WORK REALLY HARD ON
2:30:56PM THE IMPOUND LOT AND WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE FROM 34th STREET
2:30:59PM ALREADY TO LOIS AVENUE.
2:31:02PM IT TOOK A LOT OF WORK.
2:31:05PM THEY DID A GREAT JOB DOING THAT.
2:31:07PM HOWARD AVENUE PROJECT, WE'RE CONSISTENTLY WORKING ON THAT
2:31:10PM WITH LAMB.
2:31:13PM TRYING TO GET THE BEST PRODUCT OUT THERE, MAKING SURE THE
2:31:15PM FACILITY COVERS EVIDENCE AND FORENSICS.
2:31:19PM .
2:31:23PM WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE RENOVATION OF THE TRAINING
2:31:26PM FACILITY, WE WORK HAND IN HAND WITH POLICE AND FIRE.
2:31:29PM WE TRAIN SOMETIMES AT THE SAME PLACE.
2:31:33PM WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE UPGRADES AND RENOVATIONS,
2:31:36PM THEY WORK BOTH FOR POLICE AND FIRE.
2:31:38PM SO WE MEET ALL THE TIME TRYING TO GET THAT PLAN FOCUSED AND
2:31:42PM HOPEFULLY WHEN IT'S DONE IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT BOTH POLICE
2:31:45PM AND THE FIRE.
2:31:48PM WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE FUTURE RELOCATION OF POLICE
2:31:54PM HEADQUARTERS, THAT'S IN DISCUSSION.
2:31:56PM NO REAL PLANS AT THIS TIME TRYING TO FIND A LOCATION, TRYING
2:32:00PM TO FIND OUT WHAT WE NEED, TRYING TO FIND OUT HOW BIG OF A
2:32:05PM SPOT.
2:32:06PM THAT TAKES A WHOLE LOT.
2:32:07PM THAT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS AND WE CAN GET BACK WITH YOU ON
2:32:10PM THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
2:32:12PM WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE FORENSICS AT THE IMPOUND LOT, A
2:32:18PM LOT WENT INTO NOT JUST OUR EVIDENCE GOING OUT THERE, BUT
2:32:21PM ACTUALLY HOW WE PROCESS DNA, HOW WE PROCESS BLOOD, HOW WE
2:32:26PM PROCESS FINGERPRINTS.
2:32:28PM THAT IS ALSO GOING TO THE NEW IMPOUND LOT.
2:32:33PM THE LAYOUT OF THAT, WORKING WITH THE SUPERVISOR FROM
2:32:35PM FORENSICS AND EVIDENCE, THEY WORK HAND IN HAND TO MAKE SURE
2:32:39PM THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING OUT THERE, THE NEW LOCATION IS GOING
2:32:43PM TO REALLY FIT EVERYBODY AS A TEAM AND PARTNER.
2:32:45PM WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO HOW WE HANDLE CRIME BEFORE IT GOES TO
2:32:49PM COURT AND AFTER IT GOES TO COURT TO MAKE SURE THOSE THAT
2:32:52PM HURT OUR COMMUNITY ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
2:32:54PM WHEN IT COMES TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE, THAT'S
2:33:00PM DISTRICT ONE, DISTRICT TWO, DISTRICT THREE COMMUNICATIONS
2:33:03PM AND HEADQUARTERS.
2:33:04PM PRETTY GOOD CONDITION RIGHT NOW. LAM RESPONDS WHEN
2:33:16PM REQUESTED AND MAKE SURE THINGS ARE TAKEN CARE OF IN A SPEEDY
2:33:20PM MANNER.
2:33:21PM ALL DISTRICTS AT THIS TIME ARE IN GOOD CONDITION AND NO
2:33:24PM COMPLAINTS REGARDING OUR COMMUNICATION BUILDING.
2:33:26PM .
2:33:30PM WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO ADDITIONAL POLICE VEHICLES, CHIEF
2:33:35PM BERCAW TOUCHED ON THAT REGARDING OUR GOAL AND WHAT WE'RE
2:33:38PM TRYING TO GET TO WITH THE POLICE VEHICLES.
2:33:41PM SOMETHING ELSE WE HAVE ON THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE IS WE'RE
2:33:49PM TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR AIR SERVICE.
2:33:53PM I KNOW MANAGER MILLS CAME HERE A FEW WEEKS AGO AND TALKED
2:33:57PM ABOUT AIR SERVICE.
2:33:58PM WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FLEET WE HAVE STAYS UP TO
2:34:02PM DATE.
2:34:03PM SOME OF THE HELICOPTERS, THEY PUT IN A WHOLE LOT OF TIME AND
2:34:06PM WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE OUR PILOTS ARE UP THERE AND SAFE WHEN
2:34:09PM FLYING THE HELICOPTERS.
2:34:11PM WE ALREADY HIT THIS SLIDE, CHIEF BERCAW DID PREVIOUSLY
2:34:16PM REGARDING OUR VEHICLES.
2:34:18PM GOING INTO TECHNOLOGY, OUR MAIN THING WITH TECHNOLOGY, THE
2:34:25PM CRIME FIGHT HAS CHANGED, HOW FOLKS LOOK INTO COMMITTING
2:34:30PM CRIMES HAS CHANGED.
2:34:31PM WE HAVE TO CHANGE AT TIMES AND BE AHEAD OF THE CURVE WHEN IT
2:34:35PM COMES BACK TO COMBATING CRIME.
2:34:37PM WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS EXPAND TECHNOLOGY EMPLOYED BY THE
2:34:40PM REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER TO HELP US OUT REALLY IN BIG
2:34:43PM PROJECTS, PARADES AND IF VIOLENT CRIMES OCCUR IN CERTAIN
2:34:47PM AREAS, THEY CAN HAVE THE OVERALL VIEW AND DIRECT OFFICERS ON
2:34:51PM WHERE TO GO IN REAL TIME.
2:34:53PM WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THE CRIME GUN INTELLIGENCE
2:34:56PM CENTER, WHEN FOLKS SHOOT THE FIREARM, SOMETIMES THEY LEAVE
2:35:00PM THE ROUNDS THERE.
2:35:02PM WE'RE ABLE TO GET THE ROUNDS AND GET GOOD EVIDENCE OFF OF
2:35:05PM THOSE TO HELP HOLD ACCOUNTABLE.
2:35:07PM WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO GET BETTER IN THAT BECAUSE THE MAIN
2:35:09PM FOCUS OF US AT TPD IS BRING DOWN VIOLENT CRIME.
2:35:13PM WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO TECHNOLOGY REGARDING CYBER CRIMES,
2:35:17PM INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN, WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO
2:35:21PM MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE AHEAD OF THE CURVE WITH THAT.
2:35:25PM OUR CHILDREN, OUR YOUTH BEING PREYED UPON BY PREDATORS IS
2:35:30PM NOT ACCEPTABLE.
2:35:31PM WE TRY AND GET THE BEST RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE OR THAT'S
2:35:34PM AVAILABLE IN SOCIETY AND GET IT THROUGH GRANTS, WHATEVER WE
2:35:41PM CAN AND USE THAT TO HOLD FOLKS ACCOUNTABLE WHEN IT COMES
2:35:43PM DOWN TO CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN.
2:35:45PM WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO HOW WE DEPLOY IT IN THE COMMUNITY,
2:35:51PM IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO COMMUNITY
2:35:54PM OUTREACH.
2:35:54PM I KNOW THE CHIEF BROUGHT UP THE CELL PHONE IN A COUPLE OF
2:35:57PM CONVERSATIONS.
2:35:58PM THEY DO A LOT FOR THE OFFICERS AS FAR AS INVESTIGATING
2:36:01PM CRIMES, BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY, I GIVE OUT MY PHONE NUMBER
2:36:06PM DAILY.
2:36:07PM FOLKS CALL ME DAILY.
2:36:08PM THEY WANT TO HEAR FROM THE POLICE.
2:36:11PM WE HAD A MEETING UP THERE IN SULPHUR SPRINGS A COUPLE OF
2:36:15PM TUESDAYS AGO, AND ONE THING THEY SAID THERE AS A COMMUNITY
2:36:18PM IS THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO THE OFFICERS.
2:36:22PM THEY SAW OUR STAFF UP THERE AND THEY ARE LIKE, NO, WE NEED
2:36:25PM YOUR OFFICERS HERE.
2:36:26PM GETTING THE OFFICERS A WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITHOUT GIVING
2:36:31PM THEIR PERSONAL NUMBERS OUT TO THE CITIZENS BECAUSE THEY NEED
2:36:34PM THEIR PRIVACY, THIS WILL HELP THEM BRIDGE THAT GAP WITH THE
2:36:37PM COMMUNITY.
2:36:37PM WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO COMMUNITY SURVEYS, THAT'S HOW WE GET
2:36:43PM THE CONCERNS OF OUR CITIZENS AND WE GET THEIR SENTIMENTS.
2:36:47PM WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO GET THE BEST KIND OF SURVEYS WE CAN
2:36:51PM AND WE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITIZEN REVIEW BOARD TO MAKE
2:36:54PM SURE WE'RE ON THE RIGHT PAGE WITH THE SURVEYS.
2:36:56PM AND WE'LL TRY AND PUT THOSE OUT THERE TO FIND OUT HOW WE'RE
2:37:00PM POLICING.
2:37:00PM IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US TO POLICE IN A WAY THAT UPLIFTS
2:37:04PM THE HEALTH OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
2:37:05PM TRANSPARENCY IS VERY IMPORTANT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO LAW
2:37:12PM ENFORCEMENT.
2:37:13PM THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS HERE ON CITY COUNCIL, BUT
2:37:15PM ALSO NATIONWIDE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND TRANSPARENCY.
2:37:20PM WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE BEST TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE OUR
2:37:23PM WEBSITE, TO PUT THINGS OUT THERE SO FOLKS HAVE EASY ACCESS
2:37:27PM TO IT.
2:37:28PM WE TAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW WE CAN IMPROVE IT, AND WE'RE
2:37:31PM ALWAYS TRYING TO FIND THE BEST WAY TO LET THE CITIZENS KNOW
2:37:37PM THAT WE VALUE THE INFORMATION THAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR AND
2:37:40PM BEING ABLE TO GET THAT INFORMATION TO THEM.
2:37:43PM THE BODY-WORN CAMERA, I GOT TO SAY, WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT
2:37:48PM YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A LOT OF HESITANCY IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
2:37:52PM IT'S CHANGED BECAUSE AT TIMES IT HELPS US OUT.
2:37:55PM IT SHOWS A DIFFERENT STORY.
2:37:57PM IT SHOWS WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING ON CERTAIN CALLS OUT
2:38:01PM THERE.
2:38:02PM IT ALLOWS OUR STAFF AND OUR OFFICERS TO GET COACHED AND WE
2:38:05PM CAN OVERSEE WHAT THEY ARE DOING BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO SIDES
2:38:08PM OF POLICING, IN ADMINISTRATION, MAKING SURE CRIME IS GETTING
2:38:14PM REDUCED BUT ALSO IN A SAFE MANNER AND EVERYBODY GETS TREATED
2:38:18PM WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT.
2:38:20PM WHEN THEY FIRST CAME OUT, THERE WAS A LOT OF HESITATION
2:38:23PM REALLY NATIONWIDE.
2:38:24PM WE EMBRACED IT.
2:38:26PM WE STILL EMBRACE IT.
2:38:27PM IT HELPS OUT OUR OFFICERS ON A DAILY BASIS AND WE'LL
2:38:30PM CONTINUE TRYING TO MAKE THAT VERY EFFECTIVE IN THE NEAR
2:38:34PM FUTURE.
2:38:36PM >> IN CONCLUSION, IT'S A VISION THAT OUTLINES SPECIFIC GOALS
2:38:41PM FOR US AND UNDER EACH GOAL, WE ADDED STRATEGIES TO COMPLETE
2:38:45PM THOSE GOALS, AND WE PUT THOSE GOALS UNDER THESE CATEGORIES
2:38:48PM HERE, UNDER CRIME REDUCTION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, STAFFING
2:38:52PM AND RECRUITMENT, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND
2:38:54PM TECHNOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS.
2:38:55PM THIS IS ALMOST LIKE IT IS A GUIDE FOR US OVER THE NEXT FIVE
2:38:59PM YEARS TO STAY ON OUR GOALS AND DETERMINE WHAT STRATEGIES DO
2:39:02PM WE NEED TO DO TO ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS.
2:39:05PM AND IF THERE IS A BUDGET INCREASE REQUEST THAT YEAR, THEN WE
2:39:08PM WOULD BRING THAT.
2:39:09PM BUT THIS IS A WAY FOR US TO HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE AND
2:39:11PM TO MEASURE WHAT WE PLAN ON DOING OR WHAT WE PLAN ON NEEDING
2:39:16PM OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
2:39:17PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF, FOR A VERY
2:39:19PM DETAILED PRESENTATION.
2:39:20PM I KNOW THIS TOOK A LOT OF HARD WORK.
2:39:22PM YOU AND YOUR TEAM PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
2:39:24PM YOU TOO, DEPUTY CHIEF JOHNSON.
2:39:31PM THE 30 NEW OFFICERS, TALKING ABOUT THIS BUDGET, THERE WAS
2:39:35PM GRANT MONEY BUT YOU NEEDED FUNDING TO MATCH THAT, CORRECT?
2:39:39PM >> YES.
2:39:39PM LET ME GO BACK TO THE SLIDE AND SEE IF I CAN FIND IT.
2:39:48PM THE 30 WE APPLIED FOR A GRANT, AND THE GRANT IS A FIVE-YEAR
2:40:00PM GRANT, YEARS ONE THROUGH THREE ARE A MATCH.
2:40:02PM YEARS FOUR AND FIVE, THE CITY IS ON THE HOOK FOR 100%.
2:40:07PM IF WE ARE APPROVING THAT GRANT OCTOBER 1st, WHICH WE
2:40:10PM SHOULD FIND OUT, THEN WE WOULD NEED THE MATCH FOR THE FIRST
2:40:13PM YEAR, WHICH IS WHAT WE SUBMITTED IN OUR BUDGET REQUEST.
2:40:16PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WAS IT EIGHT, NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND
2:40:18PM DOLLARS OR MORE?
2:40:19PM >> I BELIEVE THE FIRST YEAR WAS ROUGHLY 1.8, BUT I WOULD
2:40:23PM HAVE TO GET THE EXACT NUMBER FROM OUR CFO.
2:40:25PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT'S WHAT I HAVE.
2:40:26PM YOU WOULD NEED $1.8 MILLION IN THIS BUDGET IN ORDER TO MATCH
2:40:31PM THE GRANT FOR THE FIRST YEAR.
2:40:34PM >> ROUGHLY THEREABOUTS, YES.
2:40:36PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 1.8 FOR THE FIRST THREE YEARS AND THEN
2:40:39PM THE CITY WOULD BE ON THE HOOK IN YEAR FOUR AND FIVE.
2:40:42PM >> THAT'S YEAR ONE.
2:40:43PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YEAR ONE.
2:40:44PM ALL RIGHT.
2:40:44PM AND THEN WITH THE VEHICLES, VEHICLES HAVE BEEN PURCHASED
2:40:49PM WITH CIT MONEY IN THE PAST, CORRECT?
2:40:52PM THE CIT COMES UP FOR EXPIRATION AROUND THE CORNER, BUT IT
2:40:56PM WOULD GO ON A BALLOT MOST LIKELY NEXT YEAR IN ANTICIPATION
2:41:00PM OF IT EXPIRING, IF IT GOES ON THE BALLOT FOR RENEWAL.
2:41:04PM IF IT DOES GET RENEWED, WE CAN LOOK BEYOND -- YOU KNOW, IT
2:41:10PM WILL BE SUNSETTING IN '26, '27, WHATEVER IT IS, '27.
2:41:16PM WE CAN LOOK BEYOND THAT AND START COMMITTING CIT MONEY,
2:41:20PM WHATEVER PERCENTAGE WE GET, THAT WE CAN LOOK AT FUTURE
2:41:23PM PURCHASES DOWN THE ROAD FOR VEHICLE REPLACEMENTS, I WOULD
2:41:25PM ASSUME.
2:41:26PM NOW THAT WE KNOW THERE IS AN EXTENDED LIFE LINE, PER SE.
2:41:33PM >> GOING IN SPECIFICS ABOUT THE FUNDING, I CAN TELL YOU THAT
2:41:37PM THE BUDGET REQUEST WE PUT IN WAS ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CIT
2:41:40PM FUNDING TO GET OUR VEHICLE THERE.
2:41:42PM JUST THE CIT FUNDINGS ALONE WAS NOT ENOUGH TO BRING OUR
2:41:46PM FLEET UP TO WHERE WE NEEDED.
2:41:48PM SPECIFIC ALLOCATION I'D HAVE TO DEFER TO OUR CFO ON.
2:41:52PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
2:41:53PM I'M THINKING IN THE FUTURE, AFTER FUNDS THAT WE'VE COMMITTED
2:41:56PM THROUGH THE EXISTING CIT, SHOULD THE CIT BE RENEWED --
2:42:00PM >> I GUESS IT DEPENDS ON HOW THE PIE IS SLICED AND WHERE THE
2:42:04PM NEEDS ARE.
2:42:04PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AFTER THE FACT, WHEN IT ALL HAPPENS,
2:42:08PM WHAT WE GET.
2:42:09PM I BELIEVE THAT IS IT.
2:42:10PM I SAW A LOT OF HANDS GO UP.
2:42:12PM COUNCILMAN CARLSON, I'LL START WITH YOU, VIERA, CLENDENIN.
2:42:15PM GO, SIR.
2:42:20PM >>BILL CARLSON: ECHOING WHAT MY COLLEAGUE JUST SAID, THIS IS
2:42:23PM A VERY DETAILED PRESENTATION.
2:42:24PM APPRECIATE THE TIME AND EFFORT.
2:42:26PM OBVIOUSLY, IT SHOWS YOUR ACADEMIC BACKGROUND AND SERIOUSNESS
2:42:29PM YOU TAKE TO IT AND WE APPRECIATE THE TRANSPARENCY ALSO.
2:42:32PM I'M GOING TO ASK RANDOM QUESTIONS.
2:42:37PM YOU TALKED ABOUT COMMUNICATION PLAN.
2:42:38PM BECAUSE IT IS MY INDUSTRY, WHO IS DOING IT?
2:42:41PM DOING IT IN-HOUSE OR OUTSOURCING?
2:42:44PM >> LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.
2:42:45PM IT IS A COMPLEX PROJECT.
2:42:46PM I JUST HIRED A NEW PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER.
2:42:48PM SO IT IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT ON THAT.
2:42:52PM IT'S GOING TO BE SPECIFIC TO, MODELED OFF OF THE DOD,
2:42:56PM DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, COPS OFFICE AND MAJOR CITY CHIEFS
2:43:00PM RECENTLY PUBLISHED A TEMPLATE ON POLICE AGENCIES STRATEGIC
2:43:03PM COMMUNICATIONS PLAN.
2:43:04PM SO WE'RE USING THAT AS A TEMPLATE.
2:43:06PM >>BILL CARLSON: DO YOU THINK YOU CAN DO IT ALL IN-HOUSE?
2:43:09PM >> NO, I'LL NEED SOME ASSISTANCE OUT OF HOUSE.
2:43:12PM >>BILL CARLSON: AND THEN GOING BACK TWO, THREE YEARS, WE
2:43:16PM HEARD A LOT OF NEGATIVE FEEDBACK IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT
2:43:20PM COMMUNICATION FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH I TALKED
2:43:22PM ABOUT A LOT IN PUBLIC.
2:43:25PM I WON'T GO BACK THROUGH ALL THE EXAMPLES, BUT I HAVE NOT
2:43:28PM HEARD ANY COMPLAINTS IN THE LAST -- SINCE YOU'VE BEEN ON FOR
2:43:32PM SURE.
2:43:33PM WHATEVER HAS CHANGED, THANK YOU TO WHOMEVER HAS DONE THAT.
2:43:36PM >> EVERYBODY IS DRINKING THE KOOL-AID NOW.
2:43:39PM I'M SAYING EVERYBODY IS DRINKING THE KOOL-AID.
2:43:41PM YOU MIGHT NOT BE AWARE OF IT, TODAY, YOU ACTUALLY APPROVED A
2:43:46PM TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT FOR US THAT'S GOING TO ENGAGE WITH
2:43:49PM THE COMMUNITY.
2:43:49PM ONCE WE ROLL THAT OUT, GET IT TESTED AND MAKE SURE THAT'S
2:43:52PM WORKING RIGHT, THEN WE'LL RELEASE IT PUBLICLY.
2:43:55PM IT'S GOING TO CONNECT THE COMMUNITY TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
2:43:57PM LIKE IT'S NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE.
2:44:00PM >>BILL CARLSON: I THINK SOMETIMES PEOPLE GET CRITICIZED FOR
2:44:04PM PUTTING -- YOU'RE ALSO NEW IN THAT ROLE.
2:44:07PM EVERYWHERE I TRACK ONLINE FROM THE E-MAILS WE GET THAT THE
2:44:11PM PIO IS SENDING OUT TO THE MEDIA, VERY THOROUGH DETAIL TO THE
2:44:17PM TWEETS AND OTHER POSTS, I THINK ALL OF IT IS VERY GOOD AT
2:44:21PM TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC.
2:44:23PM HATS OFF TO YOU.
2:44:25PM >> THAT WAS SHORT.
2:44:25PM WE DIDN'T HAVE A HEAD PIO.
2:44:28PM WE HIRED JONE LEWIS FROM FOX 13.
2:44:31PM SHE JUST CAME ON STARTING TUESDAY.
2:44:34PM ALL THAT WAS WITH ONE PERSON SHORT.
2:44:36PM WE'RE EXPECTING TO EXPAND ON THAT.
2:44:38PM >>BILL CARLSON: ANYWAY, CONGRATS TO EVERYBODY.
2:44:40PM I HAVE TO BRING THIS UP, A FEW MONTHS AGO, SORRY, LATE LAST
2:44:45PM YEAR, PBA TOLD ME WE NEEDED 200 POLICE OFFICERS.
2:44:48PM I TALKED ABOUT THAT A LOT IN THE CAMPAIGN.
2:44:50PM THE MAYOR SAID WE DIDN'T NEED ANY, AND NOW WE NEED 30.
2:44:55PM CAN YOU JUST TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED?
2:44:57PM WHAT CHANGED?
2:44:59PM >> THE MAYOR NEVER TOLD ME WE DIDN'T NEED ANY.
2:45:02PM WE PRESENTED A CASE IN OUR BUDGET INCREASE REQUEST AND WE
2:45:06PM PRESENTED A METHOD THAT WOULD SAVE THE TAXPAYERS QUITE A BIT
2:45:08PM OF MONEY WITH THIS GRANT.
2:45:10PM SO THAT'S WHAT WE PROPOSED AND THE MAYOR --
2:45:13PM >>BILL CARLSON: ON THE MONEY, WHAT WERE YOU TELLING ME THE
2:45:16PM OTHER DAY, CHIEF BENNETT HAS SAID ABOUT HUNDRED THOUSAND
2:45:19PM DOLLARS PER POLICE OFFICER, YOU SAID ALL IN 150.
2:45:23PM >> IF YOU COUNT BUYING POLICE CARS AND EVERYTHING THERE,
2:45:25PM ABOUT 170,000.
2:45:27PM >>BILL CARLSON: HIRING 30 OFFICERS, DID SOME QUICK MONTH,
2:45:31PM SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS.
2:45:33PM >> BASIC MATH, 10 OFFICERS WOULD BE 1.7.
2:45:37PM >>BILL CARLSON: THAT MEANS THE GRANT WOULD BE 3 OR 4
2:45:39PM MILLION.
2:45:40PM >> THE FIRST YEAR, IT IS ABOUT TWO-THIRDS.
2:45:41PM >>BILL CARLSON: YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH ME ON THE
2:45:47PM VIOLENT CRIME RATE.
2:45:48PM BECAUSE YOU ARE A DATA PERSON, I'LL ASK, PEAKED AROUND 2015
2:45:55PM AT ALMOST 2300.
2:45:56PM AND THIS IS THE WAY THE FBI COUNTS VIOLENT CRIME WHICH IS
2:46:00PM DIFFERENT THAN I THINK THE WAY THE CHIEFS DO IT, THE
2:46:03PM NATIONAL CHIEF ASSOCIATION.
2:46:04PM IT WENT 2300 AND THEN DOWN FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
2:46:07PM THE BOTTOM WAS LIKE 2018 ABOUT 1600, BUT THEN 2020 IT POPPED
2:46:14PM BACK UP A LOT TO 2119 AND THEN 2021, IT WAS 2229.
2:46:22PM AND THEN LAST YEAR, IT WAS 2186.
2:46:25PM FROM 2021 TO 2022, I CALCULATE 2% DROP, WHICH IS IN THE
2:46:30PM RIGHT DIRECTION.
2:46:31PM BUT WE'RE STILL WAY AHEAD OF WHERE WE WERE IN 2018.
2:46:34PM I SAY THIS KNOWING THAT YOU'RE JUST RELATIVELY NEW IN THE
2:46:39PM POLICE CHIEF, BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK CAUSED THAT SPIKE AND
2:46:43PM YOU TALKED A LOT ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO CORRECT IT?
2:46:45PM IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY ON WHY IT
2:46:48PM HAPPENED BEFORE?
2:46:49PM >> THE SPIKE ISN'T UNIQUE TO THE CITY OF TAMPA.
2:46:52PM IT'S A NATIONWIDE SPIKE.
2:46:54PM WE'VE SEEN THAT MORE.
2:46:55PM IT'S ACCESS TO FIREARMS.
2:46:57PM IT IS THE PANDEMIC IN GENERAL.
2:47:00PM THERE IS A WHOLE SLEW OF FACTORS THERE, AND I THINK IT WAS
2:47:04PM MENTIONED.
2:47:04PM IT IS THE CORE ISSUE.
2:47:06PM WHAT ARE SOME THINGS WE CAN DO?
2:47:07PM REDUCE ACCESS TO FIREARMS.
2:47:09PM COMMUNICATE THAT UP.
2:47:10PM THAT WAS SOMETHING WE OUT LAYED IN THE PLAN, HOW TO EDUCATE
2:47:14PM CITIZENS NOT TO LEAVE FIREARMS UNSECURED IN YOUR VEHICLE OR
2:47:17PM IN YOUR HOUSE, SOME OF THE MEASURES THAT WE'VE TAKEN IS
2:47:20PM PUTTING THAT OUT, PROVIDING FREE GUNLOCKS.
2:47:23PM IN THE CRIME TRIANGLE, BASICALLY YOU'RE TRYING TO NOT ONLY
2:47:26PM MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR THE SUSPECT TO COMMIT A CRIME BUT
2:47:29PM YOU'RE ALSO ASKING THE VICTIM TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO MAKE
2:47:34PM THE ACCESS LESS EASIER.
2:47:36PM SO EDUCATION ON THAT IS KEY.
2:47:39PM I THINK THE TRENDS THAT ARE GOING NATIONWIDE, WE'RE NOT
2:47:43PM EXPERIENCED TO THE LEVEL WE ARE HERE.
2:47:45PM I THINK PART OF THAT IS TAMPA'S INNOVATION AND THE CRIME GUN
2:47:49PM INTELLIGENCE UNIT.
2:47:50PM HAVING THAT INTELLIGENCE, HAVING THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT
2:47:53PM EVIDENCE AS FAR AS SHELL CASINGS RIGHT AWAY AND DETERMINING
2:47:56PM IF THERE IS A LINKAGE BETWEEN A SHOOTING AND ANOTHER
2:47:59PM SHOOTING HELPS OUR DETECTIVES OUT TREMENDOUSLY, AND WE HAVE
2:48:02PM THAT ABILITY TO GET THAT TURNED AROUND WITHIN DAYS VERSUS
2:48:05PM WEEKS OR MONTHS LIKE SOME OTHER AGENCIES HAVE THAT ABILITY.
2:48:08PM >>BILL CARLSON: IF YOU WOULD EVER LIKE TO COME BACK AND TALK
2:48:12PM ABOUT THIS MORE AND EDUCATE US AND THE PUBLIC, WE CAN TALK
2:48:15PM ONE ON ONE, BUT GREAT --
2:48:17PM >> OR SIGN UP FOR A CLASS AT USF AND GET COLLEGE CREDIT FOR
2:48:20PM IT.
2:48:20PM >>BILL CARLSON: OKAY, GREAT.
2:48:22PM SEND IT TO ME.
2:48:23PM I'D LIKE TO DO.
2:48:27PM LAST, YOU TALKED ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH.
2:48:28PM MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO PUSHED TO HAVE A SEPARATE
2:48:31PM MENTAL HEALTH UNIT.
2:48:31PM I GOT A LOT OF PUSH-BACK FROM POLICE, BUT ALSO FROM THE
2:48:35PM MENTAL HEALTH INDUSTRY SAYING IT NEEDS TO BE A PARTNERSHIP.
2:48:39PM YOU ALL WORKED WITH ADMINISTRATION TO CREATE A HYBRID.
2:48:45PM STILL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WANT IT TO BE COMPLETELY
2:48:48PM SEPARATE.
2:48:48PM WE CAN DEBATE THAT ANOTHER TIME.
2:48:50PM BUT I APPRECIATE THE UPDATE ON THIS.
2:48:52PM ANYTHING YOU ALL CAN DO TO GIVE US REGULAR UPDATES ON THE
2:48:55PM KINDS OF CASES YOU'RE DEALING WITH AND THE BENEFIT OF THAT,
2:48:58PM I THINK YOU ALL SEE A DEFINITE BENEFIT.
2:49:01PM I KNOW THERE WAS A HIGH PROFILE CASE IN DOWNTOWN A FEW WEEKS
2:49:04PM AGO WITH SOMEONE FROM SOUTH FLORIDA.
2:49:07PM AND ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO TALK ABOUT HOW THAT'S WORKING AND
2:49:11PM HOW IT'S BEEN BENEFICIAL WOULD BE HELPFUL TO US, TO BE ABLE
2:49:14PM TO EXPLAIN THE COMMUNITY THAT EVEN WITH THE HYBRID
2:49:17PM SITUATION, IT IS HELPING TO PREVENT PROBLEMS IN THE
2:49:20PM COMMUNITY.
2:49:21PM THANK YOU.
2:49:21PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
2:49:22PM VIERA, CLENDENIN, MIRANDA.
2:49:24PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
2:49:26PM APPRECIATE IT, SIR.
2:49:27PM I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION.
2:49:30PM AS ALWAYS, AS OTHER FOLKS HAVE SAID, VERY IN-DEPTH,
2:49:35PM ET CETERA.
2:49:35PM CRIME IS OBVIOUSLY, PUBLIC SAFETY IS ALWAYS THE BIGGEST
2:49:40PM ISSUE.
2:49:40PM THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR A PUBLIC SAFETY MASTER
2:49:43PM PLAN FOR A LONG TIME.
2:49:44PM I DON'T HAVE TO LECTURE YOURSELF OR THE FIREFIGHTERS, CHIEF
2:49:47PM TRIPP AND OTHERS ABOUT THAT OBVIOUSLY.
2:49:50PM THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL DO FOR A LIVING 24/7.
2:49:53PM WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE PUT THAT ON THE FOREFRONT FOR THE
2:49:56PM CITY OF TAMPA EVERY SINGLE DAY, EVERY SINGLE WEEK TO MAKE
2:49:59PM SURE WE DO PLANNING WITH REGARDS TO REVENUE, ET CETERA,
2:50:02PM ET CETERA.
2:50:02PM SO IF I'M HEARING YOU RIGHT, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG,
2:50:07PM PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IT WILL TAKE ABOUT
2:50:09PM $1.8 MILLION FOR YEAR ONE FOR THE MATCHING GRANT FOR THE 30
2:50:13PM OFFICERS, CORRECT?
2:50:14PM >> GIVE OR TAKE THE EXACT NUMBER, ROUGH ESTIMATE.
2:50:17PM >>LUIS VIERA: THAT MONEY, BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE FOR
2:50:20PM THIS DISCUSSION ON TUESDAY, THAT MONEY WAS SUPPOSED TO COME
2:50:24PM FROM -- THAT WAS BUDGETED FROM THE MILLAGE INCREASE.
2:50:27PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WEDNESDAY.
2:50:27PM >>LUIS VIERA: WEDNESDAY, I'M SORRY.
2:50:30PM >> AGAIN, I'LL DEFER TO DENNIS ON THAT.
2:50:32PM >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY, OKAY.
2:50:35PM WELL, I'LL ASK HIM BECAUSE, AGAIN, IF IT WAS BUDGETED FROM
2:50:38PM THE MILLAGE INCREASE, THEN WE NEED TO KNOW.
2:50:41PM >> IN GENERALITIES, WHEN YOU'RE APPLYING FOR GRANT YOU CAN'T
2:50:44PM BUDGET FOR OFFICERS.
2:50:45PM IT'S JUST HAVING ABILITY TO HAVE THE ACCESS TO THE MATCHING
2:50:48PM FUNDS THAT YOU CAN TALK ABOUT.
2:50:53PM >> THAT'S HOW THEY PARKED IN THEIR RESERVES.
2:50:55PM >>LUIS VIERA: THAT'S SOMETHING I WANT TO KNOW BECAUSE WHEN
2:50:58PM WE'RE LOOKING AT BUDGET CUTS, ET CETERA, IN OTHER WORDS, WE
2:51:00PM WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT MONEY AVAILABLE.
2:51:03PM WITH THE STEPS THAT WE TOOK ON TUESDAY, I GUESS WE'LL DEFER
2:51:07PM TO MR. ROGERO ON THAT, ON WHETHER OR NOT THE MONEY WOULD BE
2:51:11PM AVAILABLE, I KNOW .21 OF THE 1.0 BUDGET OR 1.0 MILLAGE, 21%
2:51:16PM WAS DEDICATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
2:51:17PM ABOUT 8, 9, 10 MILLION DOLLARS, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING
2:51:20PM WE WANT TO FIND OUT SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO DO,
2:51:23PM ET CETERA.
2:51:25PM WE HAVE TO FIND THAT MONEY SOMEWHERE, ET CETERA AND WITH THE
2:51:28PM VEHICLES, ET CETERA.
2:51:30PM THAT'S MY ONLY QUESTION.
2:51:31PM I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T WAIVE THAT GRANT SO TODAY
2:51:35PM YOU CAN'T TELL US WHETHER OR NOT THAT MONEY IS AVAILABLE IN
2:51:39PM THE BUDGET.
2:51:41PM WE HAVE TO DEFER TO MR. ROGERO.
2:51:43PM >> IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY HAVE THE MONEY FOR THE
2:51:46PM MATCH IF WE WERE AWARDED THE GRANT.
2:51:48PM WHERE THAT MONEY IS, YOU'LL HAVE TO ASK HIM.
2:51:52PM >>LUIS VIERA: GOOD.
2:51:53PM THANK GOD.
2:51:53PM I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO FIND $2 MILLION.
2:51:57PM >> AGAIN, NOW THAT THE MILLAGE DIDN'T PASS, THAT CHANGES THE
2:52:00PM DYNAMICS OF IT.
2:52:01PM >>LUIS VIERA: THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.
2:52:03PM >> THAT WOULD BE A DENNIS QUESTION.
2:52:04PM >>LUIS VIERA: I'LL HAVE TO INQUIRE WITH HIM ON THAT.
2:52:06PM THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
2:52:07PM AGAIN, I HOPE THE ANSWER IS THAT WE HAVE IT WITHOUT THE
2:52:10PM MILLAGE, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO FIND OUT
2:52:14PM OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ALL OF US HERE
2:52:16PM SUPPORT 100% AND WE WANT TO BUILD A BRIDGE FOR.
2:52:20PM SO I CAN INQUIRE WITH MR. ROGERO AND I'M SURE WE ALL WILL.
2:52:24PM AGAIN, VERY DETAILED PRESENTATION.
2:52:27PM YEAH, VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE.
2:52:29PM WE APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOU ALL.
2:52:30PM THANK YOU.
2:52:32PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CLENDENIN, MIRANDA, HENDERSON.
2:52:35PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MY NAME IS NOT DENNIS AND I'M NOT THAT
2:52:38PM SKINNY.
2:52:38PM THE MONEY IS NOT THERE.
2:52:39PM WITHOUT IT, WE'LL HAVE TO CUT IT FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE.
2:52:42PM THE MONEY PARKED IN THE RESERVES, PART OF THE FUND, AND THIS
2:52:46PM IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG, SO BUCKLE UP.
2:52:53PM >>LUIS VIERA: THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
2:52:54PM I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAD YOU.
2:52:56PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUPLE OF OBSERVATIONS, WHAT I JUST SAW AS
2:52:58PM FAR AS NEEDS OF THE POLICE FORCE, SEVEN YEAR REPLACEMENT
2:53:02PM PROGRAM FOR VEHICLES, RIGHT?
2:53:03PM IF THAT IS THE CASE, 46% OF YOUR VEHICLES ARE IN THAT TIME
2:53:08PM PARAMETER ALREADY AND THAT'S WITH EXISTING CIT FUNDS.
2:53:13PM SO WE'RE ALREADY AT A 46% OF THE VEHICLES WITH EXISTING
2:53:16PM FUNDING SOURCES ARE SEVEN YEARS OR OLDER IN THE POLICE
2:53:20PM FORCE.
2:53:21PM I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, REFERENCE OUR PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS
2:53:23PM ABOUT THIS BUDGET.
2:53:26PM THE CIT IS ALREADY FACTORED INTO THIS SITUATION.
2:53:30PM NOW, IF WE LOSE THE CIT, YEAH, GOD KNOWS WHERE WE'RE GOING
2:53:34PM TO GO, THAT'S IF THE CIT PASSES WITH THE PERCENTAGES AND IF,
2:53:38PM IF, IF, IF.
2:53:40PM iPhones.
2:53:46PM THE iPhones, DID YOU HAVE THE DISCUSSION ON IMPACT AND
2:53:49PM IMPLEMENTATION WITH THE PBA, THE UNION?
2:53:51PM IS THE UNION OKAY WITH THE iPhones?
2:53:53PM >> YES, THE CONCERN WAS THE SAME CONCERN THAT COUNCILMAN
2:53:56PM HURTAK BROUGHT UP THE OTHER NIGHT AT, I DON'T KNOW, SOME
2:54:02PM CRAZY HOUR.
2:54:03PM IF WE WERE TO GET THE FUNDING FOR THE PHONES, WE WOULD SIT
2:54:06PM DOWN WITH THE PBA AND DEVELOP A POLICY AND HOW THAT WOULD BE
2:54:10PM IMPLEMENTED AND ALL BE IN AGREEMENT ON THAT AND CLEARLY NOT
2:54:13PM TRACKING ANYBODY ON THEIR DAY OFF.
2:54:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU'LL HAVE I AND I FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION
2:54:19PM OF THAT.
2:54:19PM I WANT TO MAKE SURE.
2:54:20PM AGAIN, I THINK YOU HIGHLIGHTED AT THAT MEETING THE BENEFIT,
2:54:23PM CRIME PHOTOS WHICH WILL HELP IN OUR PROSECUTION RATES,
2:54:27PM HAVING ACCURATE, TIMELY PHOTOGRAPHS, BEING ABLE TO
2:54:30PM COMMUNICATE FOR COMMUNITY POLICING.
2:54:32PM I'M SURE THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.
2:54:34PM >> CORRECT.
2:54:34PM EVEN THE RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
2:54:38PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHICH, BY THE WAY, I HAVE TWO iPhones.
2:54:39PM THIS IS MINE.
2:54:40PM THIS IS THE CITY'S.
2:54:42PM THERE YOU GO.
2:54:47PM THE ONE CONCERN I HAVE IS YOUR FTE, THE NUMBER OF POLICE YOU
2:54:51PM HAVE AND WHAT YOU'RE USING.
2:54:52PM RIGHT NOW, IF I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY, OUR RATIO IS RIGHT AT
2:54:56PM THE FBI -- OR THE FEDERAL STANDARD, CORRECT?
2:55:00PM >> CORRECT.
2:55:02PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHEN THAT IS FACTORED IN, NOT THAT WE'RE
2:55:05PM UNIQUE BUT WE'RE IN A DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATION OF OTHER
2:55:07PM TYPES OF COMMUNITIES BECAUSE WE ARE A TOURIST DESTINATION.
2:55:11PM WE'RE ALSO THE WORKFORCE DESTINATION OF A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
2:55:14PM COME INTO OUR CITY EVERY DAY AND WORK HERE AND LEAVE.
2:55:17PM THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY RESIDENTS AND WE HAVE A LARGE
2:55:20PM STUDENT POPULATION.
2:55:21PM BETWEEN STUDENTS AND TOURISTS AND WORKERS, HOW DOES THAT
2:55:26PM FACTOR INTO THE NEED OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THAT RATIO?
2:55:31PM >> IT DOES.
2:55:31PM IT FACTORS IN.
2:55:33PM THERE ARE SOME CITIES THAT COULD OPERATE SOMEWHAT
2:55:35PM EFFICIENTLY AT A 1.9%.
2:55:39PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT PERCENTAGE --
2:55:40PM >> AVERAGE.
2:55:41PM 2.4 IS AN AVERAGE.
2:55:43PM IT'S AN AVERAGE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO STAY ABOVE AND NOT GO
2:55:48PM BELOW BECAUSE OF THOSE FACTORS THAT YOU'VE ADDED IN THERE.
2:55:51PM THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT AUGMENT US IN THAT AS WELL.
2:55:54PM USF HAS THEIR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
2:55:55PM UT HAS THEIR OWN SECURITY.
2:55:57PM SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT HELP US OUT.
2:56:00PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THOSE STUDENTS LOVE TO WANDER INTO YBOR
2:56:03PM CITY AND USF POLICE ARE NOT THERE.
2:56:06PM >> THEY ARE NOT THERE, YOU'RE CORRECT.
2:56:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BUT WE'RE RIGHT AT THAT AVERAGE RIGHT NOW,
2:56:11PM RIGHT?
2:56:12PM >> WE ARE.
2:56:13PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE DON'T HAVE ANY ROOM TO WIGGLE WITHOUT
2:56:16PM DROPPING BELOW THAT STANDARD.
2:56:17PM >> CORRECT.
2:56:24PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: CHIEF AND DEPUTY CHIEF, WHAT PERCENT OF
2:56:27PM RATIO OF CRIMES COMMITTED BY INDIVIDUALS NOT DOING THE CRIME
2:56:30PM THEMSELVES, BUT LEAVE THE KEYS IN THE CAR, THE DOOR OPEN OR
2:56:34PM THE KEYS TO THE HOUSE.
2:56:38PM DO WE HAVE THE STATISTICS?
2:56:43PM >> I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT BUT ROUGHLY 70 TO 80 PERCENT OF
2:56:46PM CARS ARE LEFT UNLOCKED.
2:56:48PM THAT'S PART OF OUR STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS PLAN IS HOW TO
2:56:54PM EDUCATE THE PUBLIC MORE ON THAT.
2:56:55PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I KNOW YOU ARE DOING EVERYTHING YOU CAN,
2:56:57PM BUT HOW DO WE DRILL THIS INTO THE CITIZENS CREATING PART OF
2:57:00PM THE BIGGEST CRIME RATIOS YOURSELF, CREATING IT BY BEING JUST
2:57:05PM CARELESS?
2:57:06PM >> WELL, I THINK IT'S ONE THING TO DO IT KNOWINGLY.
2:57:09PM THE OTHER THING IS YOU'RE NOT AWARE AND HAVEN'T BEEN
2:57:11PM EDUCATED AND THAT'S OUR GOAL IS TO EDUCATE COMMUNITIES.
2:57:14PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MAYBE GET SOME COMMERCIALS GRATIS FOR THE
2:57:20PM PUBLIC.
2:57:20PM THE SECOND IS AUTO THEFTS.
2:57:22PM I REMEMBER IN THE MID '90s, WE HAD OVER 11,000 CARS STOLEN
2:57:26PM IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
2:57:27PM DOWN TO 400 SOMETHING, I FORGET WHAT IT WAS, FEW YEARS BACK.
2:57:32PM I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S AT NOW.
2:57:34PM MAYBE ANOTHER TO WORK AT.
2:57:36PM THE THIRD TO ME IS THE MOST IMPORTANT.
2:57:38PM CRIME IS CREATED WAY BEFORE YOU PULL THE CRIME.
2:57:44PM IT IS WHO YOU HANG AROUND.
2:57:45PM AGE DISPARITY, 8, 9, HANGING AROUND WITH 15, 16.
2:57:50PM THEY ARE DOING IT AND YOU THINK THIS IS COOL AND THAT KIND
2:57:53PM OF STUFF.
2:57:54PM I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING ON THAT.
2:57:56PM IS ANY PART OF YOUR STATISTICS EVER RELATED TO HOW THE KID
2:58:00PM BECAME WHO THEY ARE BY WATCHING SOMEONE DO WHAT YOU
2:58:03PM SHOULDN'T DO?
2:58:06PM >> I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A STATISTIC ON THAT, BUT IT'S
2:58:09PM ANECDOTAL, BUT IT IS HAPPENING.
2:58:11PM WE DO ADDRESS THAT WITH INITIATIVES WE HAVE NOW THAT I DON'T
2:58:14PM THINK ANY OFFICER WOULD HAVE IMAGINED 30 YEARS AGO THAT WE
2:58:17PM ARE FILLING A GAP THAT WE DIDN'T FILL BEFORE.
2:58:20PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I KNOW -- HOW DO WE COMPARE WITH OTHER
2:58:26PM UNITS, POLICE AGENCIES IN THIS AREA AND POLICE AGENCIES IN
2:58:29PM THE WHOLE STATE OF FLORIDA COMPARED TO THE 240 RATIO?
2:58:35PM >> AGAIN, I'D HAVE TO PULL THAT UP.
2:58:37PM THE 1.9 WAS AN AGENCY IN ARIZONA, I BELIEVE THAT'S AN
2:58:42PM EXAMPLE.
2:58:42PM SOME YOU'D PROBABLY FIND HIGHER AND SOME YOU'D FIND LOWER.
2:58:46PM I'D HAVE TO PULL THAT UP.
2:58:48PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I APPRECIATE IT IF YOU CAN GIVE US
2:58:50PM SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
2:58:51PM THANK YOU FOR THE JOB ALL OF YOU ARE DOING, THE MEN AND
2:58:54PM WOMEN ON THE POLICE FORCE.
2:58:55PM LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN SOCIETY.
2:58:57PM THE MORE WE TALK ABOUT THIS COUNTRY BEING DIVIDED IN HALF,
2:59:00PM THE MORE CRIME WE'RE GOING TO GET.
2:59:02PM THAT'S JUST MY OPINION.
2:59:03PM THANK YOU.
2:59:04PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
2:59:05PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: DR. CHIEF, DEPUTY CHIEF, THANK YOU SO MUCH
2:59:09PM FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
2:59:10PM IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD PowerPoint.
2:59:12PM I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
2:59:16PM ONE IS PRETTY SIMPLE.
2:59:18PM WHO CAN I TALK TO OR WHO IS ASSIGNED TO YOUR DETAIL PLAN
2:59:23PM WHEN IT COMES TO RECRUITMENT OF OFFICERS?
2:59:26PM >> MAJOR KIM FRUIT.
2:59:29PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: KIM FRUIT?
2:59:30PM >> YES.
2:59:34PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: AND THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS, IN
2:59:38PM TERMS OF OVERTIME, THAT'S NOT TALKED ABOUT IN YOUR BUDGET.
2:59:44PM OFFICERS DO OVERTIME, RIGHT?
2:59:46PM >> THERE IS.
2:59:46PM THERE IS OVERTIME THAT IS AN EXPENSE TO THE CITY THAT'S
2:59:50PM BUDGETED.
2:59:51PM THERE IS AN OVERTIME THAT'S GRANT OVERTIME.
2:59:53PM AND THEN THERE'S EXTRA DUTY JOBS THAT ARE REIMBURSED BY A
2:59:56PM VENDOR.
2:59:58PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: IS THAT FACTORED INTO OUR UPCOMING BUDGET
3:00:01PM PROPOSAL?
3:00:02PM >> YES, ALL THAT WAS PLACED IN THE BUDGET.
3:00:04PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
3:00:05PM OVERTIME IS IT MANDATORY OR IS IT REQUIRED?
3:00:10PM IS IT VOLUNTARY?
3:00:12PM HOW DOES THAT WORK?
3:00:14PM >> FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S NOT MANDATORY.
3:00:16PM THERE ARE VERY FEW EXCEPTIONS.
3:00:18PM BUT FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S OPTIONAL.
3:00:23PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: SPECIAL EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT ARE
3:00:25PM ALREADY FACTORED INTO THE AMOUNT OF OFFICERS THAT WE NEED.
3:00:29PM >> A LOT OF THE SPECIAL EVENTS THAT WE WORK ARE ON THEIR
3:00:31PM DAYS OFF THAT THEY ARE COMING IN AND WORKING.
3:00:34PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
3:00:35PM I SEE.
3:00:36PM FOR BUDGET PURPOSES, WHAT WOULD BE THE THING THAT YOU COULD
3:00:43PM GIVE UP AS THE CHIEF OF POLICE FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT?
3:00:50PM >> I DON'T THINK THAT IS A FAIR REQUEST HE TO ASK.
3:00:53PM WE SUBMITTED OUR BUDGET REQUEST THROUGH THE MAYOR AND IT WAS
3:00:56PM APPROVED BY THE MAYOR, AND THOSE WERE OUR REQUESTS.
3:00:59PM I THINK MAYBE WE COULD ADDRESS THOSE TOPICS ON WEDNESDAY.
3:01:02PM I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO SIT DOWN AND
3:01:05PM ANALYZE.
3:01:05PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I AGREE WITH YOU.
3:01:08PM >> LEADING TO OUR BUDGET REQUEST, WE HAD PROBABLY, I DON'T
3:01:10PM KNOW, 20 DIFFERENT REQUESTS THAT WE FILTERED DOWN OURSELVES
3:01:14PM BEFORE WE EVEN BROUGHT THEM TO THE MAYOR TO APPROVE.
3:01:17PM SO IT'S A TOUGH QUESTION.
3:01:19PM WE WOULD HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND ANALYZE THAT.
3:01:20PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: NO, YOU GAVE THE ANSWER I WAS LOOKING FOR.
3:01:23PM THERE'S NOTHING THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO CUT.
3:01:25PM THANK YOU.
3:01:27PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
3:01:29PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
3:01:29PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
3:01:32PM I KNOW I HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENT
3:01:35PM HEADS ON FRIDAY TO TALK THAT VERY THING BECAUSE WE ARE GOING
3:01:37PM TO HAVE TO CUT.
3:01:38PM THAT IS THE UNFORTUNATE REALITY.
3:01:39PM IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW WHAT PRIORITIES ARE THAT WE CAN
3:01:43PM LOOK FROM.
3:01:43PM I WANTED TO ASK BECAUSE IF YOU NEED 1.8 MILLION FOR THE 30
3:01:50PM OFFICERS, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THIS GRANT, LIKE WE'RE
3:01:53PM PAYING 25% THE FIRST YEAR, 50%, AND THEN 100%, OR 75?
3:01:58PM >> I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW IT GOES, BUT OVER THE THREE
3:02:01PM YEARS, IT'S ROUGHLY $9 MILLION EXPENSE, AND THEN I BELIEVE
3:02:06PM ROUGHLY 3.5 MILLION OF THAT WOULD BE THE GRANT PAID FOR IN
3:02:11PM THE CITY WOULD BE THAT.
3:02:12PM BUT I'D HAVE TO GET THE EXACT NUMBERS FROM OUR CFO.
3:02:15PM IT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT A THIRD TO A HALF, AND THEN YEAR FOUR AND
3:02:19PM FIVE AND THEN ON AND FOREVER AFTER THAT, THEN IT'S 100% ON
3:02:24PM THE CITY.
3:02:24PM IT'S NOT JUST YEAR ONE.
3:02:26PM IT'S YEAR, TWO, THREE, FOUR AND ESPECIALLY FIVE WHERE THE
3:02:30PM COSTS START TO AMPLIFY.
3:02:32PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I DID QUICK BACK-OF-THE-ENVELOPE MATH, AND
3:02:36PM THAT LOOKS LIKE $300,000 PER OFFICER?
3:02:41PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT WAS 170.
3:02:43PM >> THE INITIAL COST IS ROUGHLY 170,000.
3:02:46PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I THOUGHT YOU SAID IT WAS 1.8 MILLION.
3:02:50PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO.
3:02:50PM THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD NEED FOR THE FIRST YEAR IN REGARDS TO
3:02:53PM THE HIRING OF THE 30 OFFICERS WITH THE GRANT AND EVERYTHING.
3:02:55PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES, WHICH IS $60,000 PER OFFICER.
3:03:00PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NOT INCLUDING VEHICLE AND OTHER EXPENSES
3:03:04PM WITH THAT, IS THAT CORRECT?
3:03:05PM >> YEAH, I'M NOT SURE WHAT MATH YOU'RE USING.
3:03:07PM >>LYNN HURTAK: 9 MILLION DIVIDED BY 30.
3:03:10PM >> THE FIRST YEAR OF THE GRANT IS WHERE THE CONTRIBUTION
3:03:13PM FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS THE HIGHEST.
3:03:16PM BUT AT WHAT PROPORTION, I'D HAVE TO RESEARCH FOR YOU.
3:03:19PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE PROPORTION.
3:03:21PM THE OTHER THING THAT YOU BROUGHT UP HERE, THE VEHICLE CHART,
3:03:27PM WHEN I ADDED THEM UP AND I DID IT MULTIPLE TIMES, I GOT 1362
3:03:33PM VEHICLES, AND WE HAVE 984 OFFICERS.
3:03:40PM THAT'S 378 EXTRA VEHICLES.
3:03:42PM >> RIGHT.
3:03:43PM SO WE HAVE VEHICLES FOR NON-SWORN STAFF.
3:03:46PM WE ALSO HAVE FLEET VEHICLES.
3:03:47PM YOU HAVE TO HAVE FOR VEHICLE BREAKDOWN, WE HAVE TRAINING
3:03:51PM VEHICLES.
3:03:51PM THERE ARE VEHICLES ACTIVELY USED THAT AREN'T ASSIGNED TO
3:03:55PM OFFICERS.
3:03:56PM >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY.
3:03:56PM BECAUSE THE PUBLIC JUST NEEDS TO KNOW THAT.
3:04:00PM BUT THE THING I WOULD REALLY LOVE BECAUSE THIS WAS
3:04:03PM FABULOUSLY DETAILED.
3:04:06PM I WOULD REALLY LOVE THIS FROM EVERY DEPARTMENT, THEIR ONE TO
3:04:09PM FIVE-YEAR, WHAT THEY REALLY, REALLY WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON
3:04:12PM AND I LIKE HOW YOU ORGANIZED IT.
3:04:14PM WHAT I WOULD REALLY LOVE IS FOR ME, I'M MORE OF A CALENDAR
3:04:19PM PERSON, SO I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE SEEN A TIMELINE OF
3:04:22PM THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON THIS YEAR.
3:04:24PM THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON NEXT YEAR.
3:04:26PM WHEN YOU GIVE US ALL OF THESE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS YEAR WHERE
3:04:29PM WE HAVE TO MAKE QUITE A FEW CUTS, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO KNOW
3:04:33PM WHAT YEAR YOU WISH TO FOCUS ON EACH THING, WHEN YOU'D LIKE
3:04:38PM TO GET THIS ONLINE IN 2024.
3:04:42PM THIS IS FOR 2025.
3:04:43PM SO THAT FOR ME IS MORE DIFFICULT.
3:04:47PM SO I'M HOPING THAT WE COULD GET THAT.
3:04:50PM >> I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
3:04:52PM I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT.
3:04:54PM THAT COULD CHANGE, SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE OUR YEARLY
3:04:57PM STRATEGIC MEETINGS AND THEN ANYTHING THAT WE WOULD
3:04:59PM PRIORITIZE THAT YEAR IN THIS FIVE-YEAR PLAN THAT ISN'T
3:05:03PM ALREADY BUDGETED, WE WOULD SEND THAT FOR BUDGET INCREASE
3:05:08PM THAT YEAR.
3:05:08PM THIS YEAR, WE ANALYZED WHAT WAS MOST IMPORTANT TO US.
3:05:11PM SO THINGS THAT WEREN'T IN HERE THAT WE'RE PROJECTING,
3:05:14PM WHETHER IT'S OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH OR MENTAL HEALTH PLAN,
3:05:19PM THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT IF WE COULDN'T BUDGET OURSELVES
3:05:21PM AND WE WOULD EXPAND ON, THAT WOULD BE YEAR TWO, THREE, FOUR.
3:05:25PM EVERY YEAR WE WOULD REPRIORITIZE IT.
3:05:28PM TO SAY NOW WE WANT TO DO THIS YEAR THREE MAY NOT BE FAIR
3:05:31PM BECAUSE A YEAR FROM NOW, IT MIGHT BE YEAR TWO THAT'S MORE
3:05:35PM APPROPRIATE OR YEAR FIVE MORE APPROPRIATE.
3:05:37PM EVERY YEAR WE READJUST AND REPRIORITIZE WHAT'S IN OUR
3:05:41PM VISION.
3:05:42PM >>LYNN HURTAK: ABSOLUTELY.
3:05:43PM I WOULD EXPECT THAT TO CHANGE EVERY YEAR.
3:05:45PM BUT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE YOUR FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
3:05:48PM SORT OF LIKE WE DO WITH THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
3:05:50PM WHERE WE PUT OUR GOALS THERE, BUT THEN THE NEXT YEAR WHEN WE
3:05:54PM HAVE FIVE YEARS, THOSE GOALS CHANGE AND THE MONEY MOVES
3:05:57PM AROUND.
3:05:58PM SO FOR ME, AGAIN, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT AREAS WE ARE
3:06:01PM DEFINITELY GOING TO BE CUTTING, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT, TO
3:06:04PM SEE WHERE YOUR PRIORITIES LIE TO HELP FIGURE OUT WHERE
3:06:09PM THINGS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE TO FUTURE BUDGETS, BECAUSE
3:06:14PM THAT IS SIMPLY THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION THAT WE ARE IN.
3:06:17PM I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT.
3:06:21PM THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE DETAILED PRESENTATION.
3:06:23PM I LOOK FORWARD TO IT FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.
3:06:25PM I THINK IT'S A REALLY PHENOMENAL DETAILED DOCUMENT.
3:06:28PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF.
3:06:30PM I KNOW WE WON'T HAVE THE DISCUSSION UNTIL WEDNESDAY, BUT
3:06:34PM CUTTING FROM PUBLIC SAFETY, IT'S A VERY BIG BUDGET, IT'S
3:06:37PM GOING TO BE A VERY LENGTHY DISCUSSION.
3:06:41PM THAT'S NOT EVEN ON MY LIST.
3:06:42PM WE'LL DISCUSS THAT WEDNESDAY.
3:06:44PM WE HAVE A BIG BUDGET TO LOOK AT.
3:06:45PM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
3:06:46PM >>LUIS VIERA: REALLY QUICK.
3:06:48PM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN ANSWERED MY QUESTION WHICH I WOULD HAVE
3:06:53PM MADE SOME REMARKS ON.
3:06:55PM ESSENTIALLY, THAT MILLAGE, RIGHT, WOULD HAVE PAID FOR THE
3:06:59PM SPENDING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
3:07:00PM NOW WE DIDN'T PASS ANY OF THE MILLAGE INCREASE.
3:07:03PM SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING, WHEN WE SAY WE HAVE TO CUT, WE'RE
3:07:07PM CUTTING TO KEEP THE INCREASED SPENDING THAT WAS PROPOSED OR
3:07:09PM A LOT OF IT PROPOSED IN THE MAYOR'S BUDGET WITHOUT THE
3:07:13PM ADDITIONAL REVENUE.
3:07:14PM AGAIN, LIKE I SAID TUESDAY, I WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT
3:07:19PM HELPING OUT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO FIND SOLUTIONS.
3:07:22PM I'M SAYING THAT IS A REALLY BIG DEAL WHEN YOU WANT TO KEEP
3:07:26PM HOUSING, KEEP POLICE, KEEP FIRE, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE
3:07:29PM INCREASED SPENDING.
3:07:30PM MY THOUGHT WITH HAVING A VERY SMALL TINY MILLAGE INCREASE OF
3:07:35PM .3 WAS SO THAT WE COULD TAKE CARE OF THAT, SO WE COULD TAKE
3:07:40PM THE INCREASE OF PUBLIC SAFETY OFF THE TABLE, AND WE COULD
3:07:44PM TALK ABOUT BUDGET CUTS FOR THOSE HUMAN, WHAT YOU CALL THE
3:07:47PM SOCIAL WELFARE NEEDS, THE HOUSING, THINGS LIKE THAT
3:07:50PM ET CETERA.
3:07:51PM BECAUSE NOW WE FIND OURSELVES IN A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE
3:07:53PM GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK FOR BUDGET CUTS FOR POLICE, FOR THE
3:07:58PM INCREASED SPENDING IN FIRE.
3:08:00PM MIND YOU, WE'LL TALK ABOUT WITH FIRE, BUDGET INCLUDE A FIRE
3:08:04PM STATION.
3:08:05PM THERE ARE A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK FOR, A
3:08:08PM LOT OF COMPETING INTERESTS.
3:08:10PM AGAIN, I WANT TO BE A PART OF HELPING THAT GO FORWARD
3:08:14PM BECAUSE THESE ARE THINGS THAT ALL SEVEN OF US SUPPORT 110%.
3:08:18PM NOBODY HERE IS AGAINST THE POLICE.
3:08:19PM NOBODY HERE IS AGAINST FIRE, ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.
3:08:22PM I JUST THOUGHT THAT BY TAKING THAT SOMEWHAT, WHATEVER -- THE
3:08:30PM APPROACH AS OPPOSED TO PROHIBITIVE ON THE MILLAGE, THAT WE
3:08:34PM COULD MAKE SURE THAT PUBLIC SAFETY WAS TAKEN CARE OF AND
3:08:37PM WHATNOT.
3:08:38PM I HAVE GOTTEN, LIKE EVERYBODY, IT IS WHAT IT IS.
3:08:42PM SOME E-MAILS BLASTING ME ON IT.
3:08:44PM GUESS WHAT, I STAND BY WHAT I TRIED TO DO, BECAUSE I THOUGHT
3:08:48PM IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO AND WHATNOT.
3:08:51PM AGAIN, I'M PART OF THE SOLUTION.
3:08:53PM WE'RE ALL PART OF THE SOLUTION, AND GOD WILLING, WE'LL GET
3:08:57PM IT DONE BECAUSE PUBLIC SAFETY IS ISSUE NUMBER ONE, IT ALWAYS
3:09:00PM IS.
3:09:01PM THANK YOU, GUYS.
3:09:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF.
3:09:03PM AT THIS TIME WE'LL BRING UP OUR FIRE CHIEF WHO ALSO HAS A
3:09:08PM PRESENTATION, WHICH WILL BE BROUGHT UP ON THE SCREEN.
3:09:12PM YES, MA'AM.
3:09:26PM IF WE COULD BRING IT UP ON THE BIG SCREEN, THE PRESENTATION.
3:09:42PM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
3:09:44PM I'M SORRY, GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
3:09:45PM BARBARA TRIPP, FIRE CHIEF OF TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
3:09:48PM I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS ITEM NUMBER 72 AND BASICALLY STATE
3:09:55PM THAT TAMPA FIRE RESCUE PROVIDED ACTION PLAN TO ADDRESS THE
3:09:58PM FIRE DEFICIT AS PART OF A PUBLIC SAFETY MASTER PLAN.
3:10:02PM PLAN INCLUDE VARIOUS POTENTIAL REVENUE SOURCES, SECURITY
3:10:08PM STAFF, INCLUDING FUNDING FOR ADDITIONAL STATIONS, MANPOWER,
3:10:12PM EQUIPMENT, AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, UTILIZING UPDATED AND
3:10:16PM TIMELY DATA POINTS.
3:10:17PM I HOPE IN THE PRESENTATION I'LL ADDRESS THIS.
3:10:21PM I'VE BEEN IN THE POSITION WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON A STRATEGIC
3:10:24PM PLAN FOR TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
3:10:26PM A LOT OF THE INFORMATION HAS BEEN ADDRESSED THROUGH PREVIOUS
3:10:30PM CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR ANYTHING REPEAT,
3:10:33PM BUT I KNOW WE HAVE SOME NEW CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
3:10:36PM SOME OF THE STUFF MIGHT BE REPETITIOUS.
3:10:38PM I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
3:10:40PM TO LET YOU KNOW I HAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS WITH LOCAL 754.
3:10:45PM WE CAME UP WITH TALKING POINTS BETWEEN THE BOTH OF US AND
3:10:48PM HOPEFULLY COME UP WITH IDEAS TO GIVE COUNCIL.
3:11:14PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
3:11:17PM LET'S BEGIN.
3:11:18PM >> ALL RIGHT.
3:11:19PM SO ONCE AGAIN, WE TALK ABOUT OUR MISSION AND VISION.
3:11:22PM THE MEN AND WOMEN OF TAMPA FIRE RESCUE STRIVE TO UPHOLD THE
3:11:25PM MISSION AND VISION.
3:11:26PM EVERYTHING AND RESPOND TO CALLS FOR SERVICES.
3:11:28PM OF COURSE, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO PROVIDE THOSE.
3:11:31PM THE COMMUNITY WITH THE UPDATED TECHNOLOGY TO BE ABLE TO
3:11:34PM PROVIDE SERVICE THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS CALLED FOR.
3:11:37PM BASICALLY, THESE CORE VALUES ARE THE PILLARS OF WHICH TAMPA
3:11:56PM FIRE RESCUE STANDS ON TO DELIVER THAT MISSION AND VISION TO
3:11:59PM THE COMMUNITY.
3:12:00PM SO THIS IS WHAT WE LIVE BY AS FAR AS OUR CORE VALUES.
3:12:04PM JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, THIS IS THE
3:12:08PM ADMINISTRATION THAT HAS BEEN PERSEVERING THROUGH MANY
3:12:10PM CHALLENGES WHERE SOME OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO START FROM
3:12:12PM THE BOTTOM.
3:12:13PM WE DEFINITELY OVERCAME A LOT OF OBSTACLES TO DIRECT TAMPA
3:12:17PM FIRE RESCUE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
3:12:19PM A LOT OF THOSE OBSTACLES INCLUDE THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS
3:12:22PM DURING AND AFTER THE PANDEMIC, ACCREDITATION, SUPER BOWL
3:12:27PM EQUIPMENT AND WELCOME WE HAD SOME CONCERNS WITH THE
3:12:31PM TECHNOLOGY AND, OF COURSE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST MAJOR ISSUES
3:12:34PM OR DEFICITS WE FOUND WAS THE DELAY FROM MANUFACTURERS WITH
3:12:37PM PRODUCTS.
3:12:38PM BEING AVAILABLE.
3:12:40PM JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A CHART OF BASICALLY -- THIS IS FROM
3:12:47PM THE FIREFIGHTERS ALL THE WAY TO THE FIRE CHIEF, CIVILIAN AND
3:12:50PM SWORN AS WELL AS REPORTING DIRECTLY TO THE MAYOR.
3:12:52PM THIS CHART HERE JUST HAS AN OUTLAY OF THE DIFFERENT
3:12:58PM DISTRICTS THAT'S BEEN BROKEN UP AND HOW WE RESPOND TO THE
3:13:03PM CALLS AND HOW IT'S BROKEN UP WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
3:13:06PM SO, WITH THAT SAID, AS THE MOTION HAD REQUESTED TO IDENTIFY
3:13:13PM AN ACTION PLAN TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE FIRE DEFICITS, HERE
3:13:16PM ARE SOME OF THE DEFICITS.
3:13:19PM THE KEY OBJECTIVES THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO KIND OF IDENTIFY TO
3:13:22PM HELP WITH CLEARING UP SOME OF THE DEFICIT.
3:13:25PM BASICALLY, THESE ARE THE FIVE KEY OBJECTIVES ALONG WITH
3:13:28PM STRATEGIES THAT BRIEFLY DISCUSS WITH OVERCOMING THE DEFICITS
3:13:32PM AND WITH POTENTIAL AND PROPOSED REVENUE RESOURCES.
3:13:34PM THE FIRST ONE IS TO ENSURE THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH OF
3:13:41PM FIREFIGHTERS AND STAFF.
3:13:42PM SO EACH OF THE FIREFIGHTERS GOING TO BE GIVEN A SECOND SET
3:13:46PM OF GEAR.
3:13:48PM HELP DECREASE EXPOSURE TO THE CARCINOGENS AS WELL AS OTHER
3:13:52PM HAZARDS EXPOSED TO.
3:13:53PM WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE RECEIVED ASSISTANCE TO
3:13:56PM FIREFIGHTER GRANT TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL EXTRACTORS IN WHICH
3:14:02PM WE WASH AND DECONTAMINATE SOME OF THE EXPOSED GEAR.
3:14:06PM ALSO RECEIVED ASSISTANCE FROM A FIREFIGHTER GRANT FOR
3:14:09PM ADDITIONAL FIREFIGHTERS, AND WE ALSO RECEIVED ASSISTANT
3:14:14PM FIREFIGHTER GRANT FOR STRETCHERS, WHICH THAT HELP PREVENT
3:14:19PM BIKE INJURIES.
3:14:20PM RIGHT NOW, OUR FRONT LINE UNITS HAVE THESE POWER LOAD THAT
3:14:24PM ARE DATED FROM 2016 TO PRESENT.
3:14:26PM PART OF THIS HEALTH AND PHYSICAL HEALTH OF THE FIREFIGHTERS
3:14:35PM ALSO DEALS WITH THE REGIONAL CIS TEAM.
3:14:39PM WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE CIS TEAM, THE CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS
3:14:42PM MANAGEMENT TEAM, A REGIONAL TEAM, IT HELP DE-ESCALATE
3:14:46PM TRAUMATIC INCIDENTS AND EXPOSURE TO FIREFIGHTERS WHILE ON
3:14:50PM DUTY.
3:14:50PM TAMPA FIRE RESCUE IS IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING A PEER
3:14:53PM SUPPORT MENTAL TEAM THAT WILL BE COORDINATED BY THE CURRENT
3:14:56PM TFR CHAPLAIN TO ASSIST WITH FIRST RESPONDERS ON AND OFF DUTY
3:15:01PM FOR CHALLENGES THEY MAY FACE.
3:15:02PM TAMPA FIRE RESCUE ALSO HAVE A PEER FITNESS TEAM TO ASSIST
3:15:06PM WITH FIRST RESPONDERS THAT NEED PHYSICAL ASSISTANCE.
3:15:09PM WE'LL CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH LOCAL ENTITIES, LIKE THE
3:15:12PM FRANCISCAN CENTER THAT IS THERE TO SUPPORT FIREFIGHTERS OR
3:15:17PM FIRST RESPONDERS MENTALLY.
3:15:19PM WE HAVE ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH INTERNAL DEPARTMENTS,
3:15:23PM INCLUDING THE FLEET DEPARTMENT TO ASSESS THE VEHICLES WE
3:15:27PM CURRENTLY HAVE AND AS FAR AS FUTURE DESIGNS TO SEE ABOUT THE
3:15:30PM CLEAN CAP CONCEPT.
3:15:32PM TFR ALSO IDENTIFIED A FEW TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL DEFICITS
3:15:40PM THAT WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON REVENUE FOR TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
3:15:43PM TAMPA FIRE RESCUE MUST REMAIN IN COMPLIANCE WITH LOCAL AND
3:15:45PM STATE AND FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS, BEING A STATE-APPROVED
3:15:49PM TRAINING FACILITY FOR MULTIPLE REASONS.
3:15:51PM FIRST, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE OR THANK COUNCIL FOR
3:15:55PM APPROVING THE RECENT NEW BURN TRAINING FACILITY.
3:15:59PM BASICALLY, THAT BURN FACILITY AS WELL AS THE TRAINING
3:16:03PM GROUNDS ACTUALLY PRODUCED REVENUE AS WE CONTINUE TO PARTNER
3:16:06PM WITH THE LOCAL SCHOOLS, WE ALSO TRAIN INDIVIDUALS TO BECOME
3:16:10PM FIREFIGHTERS.
3:16:11PM WE ALSO SOURCE OUT CLASSROOMS AS WELL AS THE FACILITY ITSELF
3:16:16PM TO RECEIVE INCOME FOR OTHER ENTITIES THAT MAY WANT TO DO
3:16:19PM SOME TRAINING.
3:16:20PM IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, TFR INCREASED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
3:16:27PM WITH THAT, WE ACTUALLY HAD SOME POSITIVE INITIATIVES THAT
3:16:31PM HAS ALLOWED TAMPA FIRE RESCUE TO RECEIVE CLOSE TO $100,000
3:16:34PM IN DONATIONS FOR EQUIPMENT, EXTRICATION EQUIPMENT WHICH IS
3:16:40PM USED ON A LOT OF THE APPARATUSES OUT IN THE FIELD TO ASSIST
3:16:43PM WITH EXTRICATING INDIVIDUALS FROM VEHICLES WHEN NEEDED THAT
3:16:47PM ARE TRAPPED.
3:16:48PM WE ALSO RECEIVED DONATIONS FOR SUPPLIES.
3:16:50PM WE HAVE JUST STARTED OUR 8th CERT PROGRAM, THE COMMUNITY
3:16:55PM EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM, AND WE HAVE ALSO RECEIVED GRANTS
3:16:58PM AND DONATIONS FROM THAT.
3:17:00PM WITH THE OUTREACH, WE ALSO RECEIVED REVENUE, SO WE'LL
3:17:02PM CONTINUE WITH THAT.
3:17:03PM ONCE AGAIN, AS WE TALK ABOUT TECHNOLOGY, AS WE KNOW, OUR CAD
3:17:13PM SYSTEM IS ACTUALLY ALMOST 28 YEARS OLD.
3:17:16PM WE DEFINITELY DON'T HAVE -- CAD IS THE COMPUTER AID DISPATCH
3:17:20PM SYSTEM.
3:17:20PM MY APOLOGIES.
3:17:21PM ALSO HAVE THE AUTOMATIC VEHICLE LOCATOR, WHICH IS NOT
3:17:25PM OPERATING.
3:17:26PM BASICALLY, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS GET SOME DATA-DRIVEN
3:17:29PM PLATFORM TO ASSIST WITH MAKING MEASURABLE DECISIONS FOR THE
3:17:32PM COMMUNITY BY ADDING MORE RESOURCES AND ALSO DATA DRIVEN
3:17:36PM TECHNOLOGY WILL ALSO ASSIST US WITH THE UNIT -- FOR THE MEN
3:17:40PM AND WOMEN OF TAMPA FIRE RESCUE TO DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF
3:17:43PM CALLS THAT THEY ARE RUNNING.
3:17:44PM SO THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW FOR OBTAINING THIS CAD IS STILL
3:17:50PM ONGOING.
3:17:50PM ACTUALLY, WE'RE FINALIZING THE EVALUATION PHASE AND HOPING
3:17:54PM TO HAVE THIS IMPLEMENTED WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR.
3:17:57PM AS WE TALK ABOUT STRATEGIES FOR FUTURE GROWTH, OVER THE LAST
3:18:06PM TWO YEARS, THE ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN HAVING MONTHLY
3:18:09PM MEETINGS WITH MULTIPLE INTERNAL DEPARTMENTS TO DISCUSS THE
3:18:11PM FUTURE OF TFR FACILITIES AS FAR AS EQUIPMENT.
3:18:15PM BASICALLY WE KNOW THE STATIONS WERE BUILT MANY YEARS AGO
3:18:18PM AND, OF COURSE, AT THE TIME THEY WERE BUILT FOR A FIRE TRUCK
3:18:22PM AND NOT E.M.S. SERVICES OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WAS
3:18:26PM NOT OF CONCERN, WHICH NOW THAT IS PRIMARY GOAL OF CALLS AND
3:18:32PM DISPATCHES.
3:18:32PM WE IDENTIFIED MULTIPLE CHALLENGES, EQUIPMENT, RESCUE CARS.
3:18:51PM ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE RUN INTO WITH MANUFACTURERS WITH
3:18:54PM SUPPLY CHAIN DEMAND NOT BEING AVAILABLE.
3:18:56PM WITHIN THOSE INTERNAL DEPARTMENTS, MEANING WORKED WITH CITY
3:19:02PM OF TAMPA FACILITIES, CITY OF TAMPA MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT.
3:19:06PM TFR MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT.
3:19:07PM .
3:19:10PM TFR FACILITY.
3:19:12PM TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION TO COME UP WITH SOME AVENUES OF
3:19:16PM BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE NEED IN ORDER
3:19:19PM TO MAKE THOSE MEASURABLE DECISIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
3:19:22PM BASICALLY, CURRENTLY, AS FAR AS THE REVENUE OF THESE, IT'S
3:19:25PM BEEN COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND OF HOW WE PURCHASE THIS
3:19:31PM CAD SYSTEM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO GET APPROVED.
3:19:35PM THIS IS A SHORT CHART OF OUR ANALYSIS.
3:19:44PM TALKING ABOUT OUR STRENGTHS.
3:19:45PM WE DEFINITELY HAVE 740 SWORN PERSONNEL.
3:19:49PM WE'RE ALLOTTED FOR 769.
3:19:51PM WE JUST HIRED INDIVIDUALS LAST MONDAY, LOOKING TO HIRE MORE
3:19:55PM INDIVIDUALS, HOPING MAX THAT OUT TO ABOUT 25 IN DECEMBER.
3:19:59PM THE MEN AND WOMEN ARE DEFINITELY DEDICATED EMPLOYEES WHO
3:20:04PM COME IN EVERY DAY AND WORK HARD TO MAKE SURE THEY PROVIDE
3:20:07PM THE SERVICES TO THE CITY OF TAMPA.
3:20:09PM AND AS I TALKED ABOUT THE STRENGTH AS FAR AS 740, BASED ON
3:20:14PM THE LAST INFORMATION I PROVIDED, THE RATIO OF FIREFIGHTERS
3:20:18PM TO THE CITIZEN, 400,000 CITIZENS WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT 720
3:20:26PM FIREFIGHTERS.
3:20:27PM ONE OF THE WEAKNESS WE HAVE OR ONE OF MANY, IS, OF COURSE,
3:20:32PM OUR OUTDATED EQUIPMENT.
3:20:34PM THIS OUTDATED EQUIPMENT DEALS WITH A LOT OF THE DATA SYSTEM
3:20:39PM IN ORDER FOR US TO MAKE EFFECTIVE, ACCURATE RESPONSE TO
3:20:42PM CALLS TO DETERMINE THE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES WE NEED,
3:20:45PM INCLUDING ADDITIONAL STATIONS, INCLUDING EQUIPMENT,
3:20:48PM INCLUDING PERSONNEL.
3:20:49PM SO THAT IS ONE OF OUR WEAKNESSES THAT WE'RE DEFINITELY
3:20:52PM WORKING ON.
3:20:53PM THE MAINTENANCE SHOP HAS OUTGROWN ITS LOCATION, MEANING IT
3:21:00PM WAS BUILT IN 1958.
3:21:01PM AT THE TIME I BELIEVE WE ONLY HAD 15 STATIONS.
3:21:04PM NOW WE ARE ACTUALLY QUADRUPLED THAT WITH MULTIPLE, CLOSE TO
3:21:09PM 100 ENGINES AS WELL AS RESCUE CARS FOR THE MAINTENANCE JOB.
3:21:14PM WE DEFINITELY NEED TO GET THAT RELOCATED, SO THEY WILL BE IN
3:21:18PM A SAFE ENVIRONMENT.
3:21:19PM THAT'S ONE OF THE MAJOR WEAKNESSES WE HAVE.
3:21:21PM OF COURSE, OPPORTUNITY DEALS WITH TRAINING.
3:21:23PM SO WE HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE JUST IMPLEMENTED A
3:21:26PM NEW LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, WHICH WILL ALSO ASSIST US
3:21:30PM WITH OBTAINING THE RATING OF ONE, CURRENTLY WE ARE ISO 2.
3:21:36PM WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
3:21:38PM ONE OF THE BIGGEST THREATS, BEING A FIRST RESPONDER WE KNOW
3:21:41PM WILL BE THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS AS WELL AS THE SAFETY.
3:21:43PM AS I STATED, ONE OF THE THINGS WE IMPLEMENTED WHEN IT COMES
3:21:47PM TO SAFETY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DECREASE THE INJURY
3:21:51PM ON-DUTY INJURIES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND BY IMPLEMENTING THE
3:21:55PM POWER LOW STRETCHERS THAT HAVE ASSISTED US A LOT.
3:21:58PM THIS TALKS ABOUT THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR TAMPA FIRE AND
3:22:08PM RESCUE.
3:22:08PM IF WE TALK ABOUT CERTAIN REVENUES, SOME OF THE REVENUES THAT
3:22:11PM WE DO RECEIVE, OF COURSE, IS THE FEDERAL GRANT, SAFER GRANT.
3:22:16PM WE ALSO RECEIVED HOME SECURITY GRANTS, STATE, LOCAL.
3:22:22PM .
3:22:32PM THE PMT, THE PUBLIC EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORT MANAGE CARE
3:22:38PM OPTION.
3:22:38PM WE ALSO HAVE OFF DUTY WHERE WE BUILD THE CLIENTS FOR
3:22:43PM PROVIDING THE MEDICAL SERVICES AT DIFFERENT SPECIAL EVENTS.
3:22:47PM WE ALSO HAVE THE MacDILL CONTRACT AS WELL AS THE FEES
3:22:51PM FOR INSPECTIONS, FALSE ALARMS AND, OF COURSE, THE CONTRACT
3:22:56PM WITH PEBBLE CREEK.
3:22:58PM SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE REVENUES THAT WE RECEIVED.
3:23:02PM BASICALLY, WE ALSO RECEIVED FROM THE CIT TAX FOR THE LAST
3:23:06PM COUPLE OF YEARS, RECEIVED ANYWHERE BETWEEN ONE TO TWO
3:23:09PM MILLION DOLLARS FOR VEHICLES.
3:23:10PM OF COURSE, THIS YEAR HAS BEEN INCREASED BY, 2021 AND THAT
3:23:15PM CAME FROM THE CIT TAX.
3:23:17PM AS WE TALK ABOUT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, FISCAL YEAR 23, 2
3:23:33PM MILLION WAS ADOPTED AND PROPOSED FOR THIS YEAR C.I.P.
3:23:36PM PROJECT IS ACTUALLY AT 12.9 THAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET
3:23:41PM THAT'S PROPOSED.
3:23:43PM BASICALLY, THAT 12.9 IS GOING TO DEAL WITH STATION 6 AND
3:23:46PM STATION 9.
3:23:47PM I BELIEVE IT IS A TYPO.
3:23:49PM WOULDN'T BE A RENOVATION FOR STATION 9, BECAUSE THE
3:23:53PM CONDITION OF THE STATION.
3:23:54PM BUT OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, WE HAVE POSSIBLY CLOSE TO $40
3:23:59PM MILLION THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR, AS FAR AS THE C.I.P.
3:24:03PM PROJECTS AND A LOT OF THAT DEALS WITH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT.
3:24:05PM OVER THE LAST YEAR, WE HAVE INCLUDED A LOT OF RESURFACING AT
3:24:11PM THE STATIONS, REMODELING OF THE STATIONS THAT WAS ABLE TO BE
3:24:14PM REMODELED AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO CONTINUE TO DO.
3:24:19PM SO, AS I DRAW THIS TO CONCLUSION, TAMPA FIRE RESCUE HAS BEEN
3:24:24PM AROUND FOR 128 YEARS.
3:24:26PM OF COURSE, WE'VE BEEN VERY RESILIENT.
3:24:28PM THE MEN AND WOMEN COMMITTED TO PROVIDING A SERVICE TO THE
3:24:32PM TAMPA BAY COMMUNITY.
3:24:33PM AND THIS IS OUR THIRD FIVE-YEAR REACCREDITATION, AND
3:24:39PM BASICALLY IT'S BECAUSE WE ARE DEFINITELY IN THE --
3:24:44PM DEPARTMENT.
3:24:44PM AS FAR AS PROVIDING RESOURCES AND REVENUES FOR HOW WE
3:24:46PM CONTINUE WITH TAMPA FIRE RESCUE, WE JUST GOT TO CONTINUE TO
3:24:49PM APPLY FOR THE GRANTS, WHICH WE DID APPLY FOR THE AFG GRANT,
3:24:55PM FOR 30 ADDITIONAL FIREFIGHTERS.
3:24:57PM WE'LL CONTINUE TO REVIEW OUR CURRENT FEES THAT WE CHARGE AND
3:25:01PM LOOK FOR POSSIBILITY IF THERE CAN BE AN INCREASE.
3:25:04PM OF COURSE, WE NEED TO INCREASE THE FUNDS FROM THE GENERAL
3:25:06PM FUND AND CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH THE STATE AND LOCAL
3:25:10PM ENTITIES FOR ASSISTANCE.
3:25:15PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BEFORE WE GO TO QUESTIONS, THE FIRE
3:25:17PM UNION IS IN THE BACK.
3:25:18PM WOULD WE LIKE TO HEAR FROM MR. STOCCO?
3:25:37PM >>LUIS VIERA: YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE JOB NOW FOR SOME TIME,
3:25:40PM BUT YOU INHERITED A LOT OF CHALLENGES, AND WE APPRECIATE ALL
3:25:43PM OF THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE TO TRY TO GET STUFF DONE.
3:25:46PM WE APPRECIATE IT 110%.
3:25:48PM I ALSO WANTED TO ASK YOU, WHAT I ASKED CHIEF BERCAW.
3:25:53PM I KNOW IN THE BUDGET FUNDS FOR TFR, SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS
3:25:56PM FOR STATION IMPROVEMENTS, ET CETERA.
3:25:58PM TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE, THOSE ARE FUNDS THAT WERE
3:26:00PM DEPENDENT ON THE HIGHER MILLAGE OR WOULD YOU HAVE TO DEFER
3:26:04PM TO MR. ROGERO ON THAT?
3:26:07PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO HIM.
3:26:08PM ONLY REASON I SAY THAT, IT'S BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT I PUT IN
3:26:13PM FOR, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S BROKEN DOWN.
3:26:16PM I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBERS.
3:26:16PM >>LUIS VIERA: SURE.
3:26:18PM WE'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR A PUBLIC SAFETY MASTER PLAN FOR A
3:26:22PM WHILE AND WHATNOT.
3:26:23PM I KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE WORKING ON THAT, ET CETERA, AND WE
3:26:27PM LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOU ON IT.
3:26:29PM THE BIG ISSUE, AND LIKE I TOLD THE ADMINISTRATION, WHAT I'M
3:26:36PM LOOKING FOR IS YOU TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THEY DID WITH THE
3:26:38PM PARKS MASTER PLAN.
3:26:39PM SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
3:26:40PM I KNOW THAT TAKES TIME, ET CETERA, WITH UPDATED NUMBERS,
3:26:44PM ET CETERA.
3:26:45PM MY HOPE WAS THAT WE COULD HAVE SOMETHING FOR THIS YEAR'S
3:26:49PM BUDGET AND THEN WE COULD TALK ABOUT REVENUE TO MEET THOSE
3:26:54PM NEEDS AND WHATNOT.
3:26:55PM WHEN I LOOKED AT THE TFR BUDGET, I WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT
3:26:59PM THERE WEREN'T ANY SPECIFIC ADDITIONAL FIRE STATIONS.
3:27:02PM I KNOW YOU ALL ARE WORKING ON THAT.
3:27:03PM I SAW THE $650,000 FOR STATION 24, I BELIEVE, FOR FOWLER AND
3:27:09PM WHATNOT.
3:27:09PM MY CHALLENGE, WHICH, AGAIN, IS WHY I MADE THAT MOTION FOR
3:27:12PM THE .3 WAS THAT WHAT YOU ALL WANTED, RIGHT, DOESN'T EVEN
3:27:16PM BEGIN TO ADDRESS FIRE STATIONS, AT LEAST IN THIS YEAR'S
3:27:20PM BUDGET, SO AT LEAST WE CAN GET THAT AND THEN WE CAN TALK
3:27:24PM ABOUT SOME DIFFERENT THINGS IN THE FUTURE.
3:27:30PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: WHEN YOU SAY STATION 24, I THOUGHT 24, WE'VE
3:27:33PM ACTUALLY BEEN LOOKING FOR 24.
3:27:35PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, MA'AM.
3:27:36PM FOWLER.
3:27:37PM THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, YES, MA'AM.
3:27:40PM I'M SORRY.
3:27:42PM YOU MEANT --
3:27:43PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: IT'S NOT ALLOCATED IN THE BUDGET.
3:27:48PM >>LUIS VIERA: NO, I MEAN, IN OTHER WORDS, THERE'S NO MONEY
3:27:49PM FOR CONSTRUCTION IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET FOR THAT, CORRECT?
3:27:51PM THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET TO, WHICH IS WHEN WE TALK
3:28:03PM ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE TO DO WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WHEN WE SAY WE'RE
3:28:05PM NOT GOING TO CUT PUBLIC SAFETY, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT
3:28:08PM WAS PREVIOUSLY ALLOCATED, SURE, BUT THEN THERE'S MONEY THAT
3:28:12PM WAS ALLOCATED WITH THE ADDITION OF THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE
3:28:16PM TO MAKE UP FOR, IF WE WANT TO KEEP THAT.
3:28:19PM IF WE DON'T, FINE.
3:28:20PM AGAIN, WE'RE ALL GOING TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY BECAUSE ALL
3:28:23PM OF US HERE SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY.
3:28:25PM SO WHAT I WANT TO DO AT THE END OF THIS, IF I MAY, MAKE A
3:28:28PM MOTION WHERE IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ADDITIONAL REVENUE
3:28:32PM FROM THE MILLAGE PROPOSED FOR FIRE STATIONS, LET'S GET TO
3:28:36PM WORK ON SOMETHING, I KNOW COUNCILMAN MIRANDA BROUGHT UP
3:28:39PM AGAIN THE ISSUE OF IMPACT FEES, COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK
3:28:43PM CHAMPIONED THAT AS WELL AND BEFORE THAT, COUNCILMAN
3:28:45PM DINGFELDER TALKED ABOUT THAT AS WELL AND CHAMPIONED THAT AS
3:28:49PM WELL.
3:28:49PM THAT'S ONE CERTAIN THING.
3:28:51PM BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT AT LEAST BONDING FOR FIRE STATIONS,
3:28:55PM SOMETHING.
3:28:55PM BECAUSE, AGAIN, IF WE CAN'T DO IT THROUGH PRESENT REVENUE,
3:28:58PM LET'S FIND A WAY.
3:29:00PM WHETHER IT'S BONDING, WHETHER IT'S THE MILLAGE, WHETHER IT'S
3:29:03PM IMPACT FEES, WHETHER WE SAY 26 HAIL MARYS AND IT FALLS FROM
3:29:06PM THE SKY, WHATEVER IT IS, WE'VE GOT TO GET IT DONE AND WE'RE
3:29:10PM ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, OBVIOUSLY.
3:29:12PM I DO WANT TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT AS WELL.
3:29:14PM I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
3:29:15PM TFR, DO YOU ALL DO A FIVE-YEAR REPORT?
3:29:19PM >> FOR THE ACCREDITATION, YES, SIR.
3:29:20PM >>LUIS VIERA: DO YOU ALL DO LIKE ADDENDUMS EVERY YEAR ON
3:29:23PM THAT OR JUST EVERY FIVE YEARS?
3:29:25PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: ACTUALLY, WE DO A STRATEGIC PLAN AND THAT IS
3:29:31PM IDENTIFYING THE STUFF WE'RE LOOKING TO DO AND FIVE-YEAR
3:29:35PM INCREMENT AND BASING IT OFF OF THE LAST ONE, WE STARTED A
3:29:38PM NEW ONE, THAT IS THE ONE I'M WORKING ON.
3:29:40PM WHEN I GOT IN THIS POSITION, I INHERITED A LOT.
3:29:44PM I HAD TO START FROM THE BOTTOM AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT
3:29:46PM EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON, WHAT WAS DONE PRIOR AND WHAT
3:29:49PM WE'RE LOOKING TO DO MOVING FORWARD.
3:29:50PM WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDING FIRE STATIONS, I'M NOT AGAINST IT.
3:29:56PM WHEN I SAY FOR OR AGAINST IT, WHATEVER, I THINK WE NEED TO
3:29:58PM PUT THE RESOURCES WHERE THEY NEED TO BE PUT.
3:30:01PM IF I GO BY HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE, ALREADY HAVE LAND NOW FOR
3:30:06PM THE FIRE STATION, I NEED TO ADD MORE RESOURCES, THAT'S WHAT
3:30:09PM I WANT TO DO.
3:30:10PM BECAUSE THE STATION IS GOING TO TAKE TIME.
3:30:13PM WE NEED TO BUILD IT.
3:30:16PM LET'S PUT THE RESOURCES WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.
3:30:20PM >>LUIS VIERA: QUOTE EXODUS, YOU CAN'T MAKE BRICKS WITHOUT
3:30:24PM STRAW.
3:30:25PM I DO WANT A MOTION FOR THAT TO TAKE A LOOK AT BONDS.
3:30:29PM AGAIN, I WOULD RATHER NOT DO THAT, I'LL BE HONEST.
3:30:32PM DEBT AND LONG-TERM PAYMENTS, ET CETERA.
3:30:35PM BUT IF THAT IS OUR OPTION.
3:30:37PM FOR ME, WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC SAFETY, I JOKE WITH PEOPLE,
3:30:41PM I'M A BIG GOVERNMENT GUY.
3:30:43PM I AM.
3:30:43PM I MAKE NO APOLOGIES FOR THAT.
3:30:45PM IF THAT WAS MY KID, MY WIFE, MY MOM, ANY OF US, WE WOULD
3:30:49PM WANT THAT TO GET DONE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND WHATEVER IT
3:30:53PM COSTS, LET'S GET IT DONE.
3:30:54PM IF WE HAVE TO LOOK AT BONDS, IF THAT IS THE OPTION, I'M ALL
3:30:58PM FOR THAT.
3:30:58PM I'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT AS WELL AND REVENUE SOURCES AT THE
3:31:02PM END OF THIS IF I MAY.
3:31:04PM THAT'S IT.
3:31:05PM THE BELL IS TELLING ME TO SHUT UP.
3:31:07PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BEFORE I GO TO COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN,
3:31:10PM BONDS FOR BUILDING A FIRE STATION?
3:31:12PM OKAY.
3:31:13PM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN AND COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, COUNCILWOMAN
3:31:16PM HENDERSON.
3:31:19PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A FEW THINGS, AND HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR.
3:31:23PM PERRY, MAYBE HE CAN ANSWER ABOUT THAT QUESTION.
3:31:26PM MATCHING FUNDS FOR GRANTS, WHAT THE DOLLAR FIGURE WOULD BE,
3:31:40PM FIND IN THE BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT.
3:31:44PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: ARE YOU LOOKING FOR ALL?
3:31:48PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MATCHING FUNDS TO HIRE THE FIREFIGHTERS.
3:31:51PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: FOR THE FIRST THREE YEARS, NO.
3:32:03PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A DOLLAR FIGURE BECAUSE WE HAVE IMMEDIATE
3:32:05PM NEEDS RIGHT NOW ON THESE FIRE STATIONS WE HIGHLIGHTED THAT
3:32:08PM NEEDED THE RENOVATIONS.
3:32:10PM YOU HAVE A CUMULATIVE DOLLAR FIGURE OF WHAT YOU NEED FOR
3:32:13PM FIRE STATION BROKEN DOWN THAT WE HAVE?
3:32:17PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: I HAVE A TENTATIVE BALLPARK FIGURE.
3:32:19PM BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS --
3:32:23PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CAN YOU MAKE SURE YOU E-MAIL US THAT
3:32:25PM FIGURE TO BE ABLE TO MEET TODAY'S NEEDS TO FIX THE FIRE
3:32:29PM STATIONS THAT HAVE TO BE FIXED TODAY TO GET THEM UP TO THE
3:32:33PM BARE MINIMUM STANDARD, IF YOU HAVE THAT, THAT WOULD BE
3:32:36PM GREAT.
3:32:36PM E-MAIL US THAT FIGURE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO FIND THAT MONEY
3:32:39PM SOMEWHERE.
3:32:39PM BONDING, MR. PERRY, WOULDN'T WE ALREADY BOND THIS TYPE OF
3:32:45PM CAPITAL INVESTMENT FOR FIRE STATIONS?
3:32:47PM ISN'T THAT SOMETHING WE ROUTINELY DO TO AMORTIZE THIS OVER
3:32:50PM THE USEFUL LIFE OF THE BUILDING?
3:32:53PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
3:32:54PM MIKE PERRY, BUDGET OFFICER.
3:32:55PM TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, IT WOULD BE A COMBINATION OF
3:32:59PM PAY-GO IF WE HAD THE CASH AND/OR DEBT SERVICE.
3:33:02PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: RESOURCES IN THE CITY THAT HAVE A USEFUL
3:33:05PM LIFE WE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY WANT TO BURDEN THE CURRENT
3:33:08PM TAXPAYERS.
3:33:09PM YOU WANT TO AMORTIZE THAT OVER THE LIFE OF THAT SO PEOPLE,
3:33:12PM AS THE CITY GROWS, FUTURE RESIDENTS, THEY PAY.
3:33:16PM >> YOU'RE RIGHT.
3:33:17PM THERE IS A PHILOSOPHY WITHIN PUBLIC FINANCE CALLED
3:33:22PM GENERATIONAL EQUITY.
3:33:23PM YOU JUST EXPLAIN THAT.
3:33:25PM PEOPLE WHO ARE ENJOYING THE USEFUL LIFE OF THAT ASSET SHOULD
3:33:29PM PAY.
3:33:29PM I'LL PAY.
3:33:31PM MY KIDS WILL PAY AND MY GRANDKIDS WILL PAY.
3:33:34PM IF WE PAY CASH, THEN IT'S ALL ON ME.
3:33:37PM ALL INTERGENERATIONAL --
3:33:38PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IF I'M 80 YEARS OLD, I DON'T NECESSARILY
3:33:41PM WANT TO PAY FOR SOMETHING USEFUL FOR THE NEXT 40 YEARS WHEN
3:33:44PM I'LL BE DEAD IN FIVE.
3:33:46PM IT IS AN EQUITABLE WAY OF DOING THIS.
3:33:48PM COUNCILMAN VIERA, IT'S ALREADY BAKED IN THE CAKE.
3:33:52PM BONDING IS BAKED IN THE CAKE WHEN WE FINANCE THESE PROJECTS.
3:33:55PM IT'S ALREADY THERE.
3:33:57PM WE DON'T HAVE TO REINVENT THAT WHEEL.
3:33:58PM THANK YOU, MR. PERRY.
3:34:00PM >> YES, SIR.
3:34:01PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ALSO, YOUR EQUIPMENT NEEDS.
3:34:05PM I KNOW YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF TRUCKS THAT ARE OPERATING ON
3:34:08PM BAND-AIDS AND BUBBLE GUM THAT ARE REALLY OUT SPENT THEIR
3:34:16PM USEFUL LIFE, TIMES, X NUMBER.
3:34:18PM IF WE CAN GET A FIGURE WHAT YOUR ABSOLUTE CRITICAL NEEDS ARE
3:34:20PM FOR EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT, I KNOW ONE PARTICULAR ENGINE AND
3:34:25PM WHAT YOU ABSOLUTELY NEED TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF
3:34:27PM THE CITY AND STAY WITHIN THE RATIO THAT WE NEED TO STAY IN
3:34:31PM FOR OUR INSURANCE RATES AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE TO
3:34:34PM STAY IN, I WOULD APPRECIATE THOSE CRITICAL NEEDS AND A
3:34:36PM DOLLAR FIGURE FOR THAT SO WE KNOW WHERE TO FIND THAT.
3:34:39PM AS COUNCILMAN VIERA SAID MANY TIMES, WE SUPPORT OUR PUBLIC
3:34:43PM SAFETY, SUPPORT OUR POLICE AND SUPPORT OUR FIRE AND WE WANT
3:34:47PM TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT.
3:34:50PM OPPOSITE SIDE, WEAKNESSES --
3:34:56PM THE BABY IS UGLY.
3:34:58PM THAT IS THE LMR, LABOR MANAGEMENT RELATIONSHIP.
3:35:01PM I THINK THE WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES, THREATS, YOU HAVE A
3:35:04PM LOT OF OPPORTUNITY THERE BECAUSE YOU HAVE A VERY ENGAGED
3:35:07PM WORKFORCE, WHICH YOU CAME FROM.
3:35:09PM I CAME FROM AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL BACKGROUND WHERE WE PROMOTED
3:35:13PM FROM WITHIN.
3:35:14PM PEOPLE WHO WERE MANAGEMENT, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ALL CUT
3:35:18PM OUT OF THE SAME PIECE OF CLOTH.
3:35:20PM THERE ARE WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS BECAUSE WE
3:35:23PM NEED TO HAVE REALLY SOLID RELATIONSHIP ACROSS THE TEAM.
3:35:29PM I REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU AND I WANT TO ALSO ENCOURAGE
3:35:33PM 754 OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS TO FIND A PATH THAT YOU GUYS CAN
3:35:40PM WORK TOGETHER AND FIND LIKE ON THIS TYPE OF PRESENTATION, TO
3:35:43PM BE ABLE TO -- I WOULD LOVE NOTHING MORE THAN TO SEE YOU GUYS
3:35:47PM COLLABORATIVELY COME UP HERE AND DO THIS TYPE OF
3:35:49PM PRESENTATION TOGETHER AND BOTH OF YOU PITCHING THE SAME
3:35:51PM NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
3:35:53PM I THINK WHEN THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA AND THE
3:35:57PM TAXPAYERS WIN, WHEN YOU GUYS ARE ON THE SAME SIDE AND YOU'RE
3:36:01PM PITCHING WITH THE SAME VOICE.
3:36:02PM BECAUSE YOU WEAR THE BOSS HAT, UNFORTUNATELY -- I'VE BEEN
3:36:08PM THERE, THE BURDEN FALLS ON YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE THE ONE THAT
3:36:12PM WEARS THAT HAT.
3:36:13PM I REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN OVER
3:36:15PM THE NEXT 12 MONTHS AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS NEXT BUDGET,
3:36:19PM WHICH IS GOING TO BE BRUTAL AND UGLY TO DO WHATEVER YOU CAN
3:36:23PM TO WORK SO THAT MAYBE NEXT YEAR YOU GUYS CAN MOVE SHOULDER
3:36:28PM TO SHOULDER IN PRESENTING THIS KIND OF INFORMATION TOGETHER.
3:36:30PM THANK YOU.
3:36:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
3:36:32PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
3:36:34PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR THIS
3:36:39PM PRESENTATION.
3:36:40PM I APPRECIATE THE WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES, AND THREATS.
3:36:43PM IT'S HARD TO DO, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT.
3:36:45PM I'M JUST GOING TO CANDIDLY SAY THE PRESENTATION FROM THE
3:36:55PM POLICE AND THE PRESENTATION FROM FIRE WAS SO DRASTICALLY
3:36:59PM DIFFERENT, THEY NEED NEW CARS.
3:37:02PM YOU-ALL NEED FIRE STATIONS AND PREVENTIVE HEALTH EQUIPMENT.
3:37:07PM I DO NOT SEE THOSE TWO ON PAR AT ALL.
3:37:10PM IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T SUPPORT WHAT THE POLICE WANT, BUT THE
3:37:15PM NEED FOR ME IS VERY CLEAR THAT FIRE STATIONS AND EQUIPMENT
3:37:22PM ARE FAR BEYOND WHEN WE LOOK AT PUBLIC SAFETY AS A WHOLE, OUR
3:37:26PM MOST IMPORTANT NEEDS.
3:37:27PM $40 MILLION FOR REPLACING FIRE STATIONS IS LESS MONEY THAN
3:37:35PM WE'RE ABOUT TO SPEND ON THE EAST TAMPA RECREATIONAL COMPLEX.
3:37:39PM I THINK THAT'S ABSOLUTELY DOABLE.
3:37:40PM I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, COMPLETELY
3:37:44PM BONDABLE BECAUSE THOSE, AS WE FOUND, SOME OF OUR FIRE
3:37:48PM STATIONS ARE A HUNDRED YEARS OLD.
3:37:51PM SO THAT IS A VERY BONDABLE THING FOR ME BECAUSE WE'RE GOING
3:37:54PM TO SEE -- WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THAT 30 YEARS
3:37:59PM FROM NOW IF THAT STATION STILL THERE, HOPEFULLY KEEPING UP A
3:38:02PM LITTLE BIT BETTER WITH MAINTENANCE, BUT WE WILL STILL HAVE
3:38:04PM THAT STATION.
3:38:05PM TO ME, THESE PRIORITIES ARE A MUCH HIGHER NEED AND CERTAINLY
3:38:15PM NOT A WANT.
3:38:16PM I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.
3:38:19PM I AM ALSO THRILLED THAT WE'LL BE THE GET 30 MORE
3:38:22PM FIREFIGHTERS AND EMT WITHOUT A DIME OUT OF US FOR THE NEXT
3:38:26PM THREE YEARS AS WE TRY TO DIG OUT OF THIS HOLE.
3:38:30PM I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
3:38:31PM I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN ALL SAY YES TO INCREDIBLY
3:38:33PM EASILY.
3:38:34PM AND THAT'S REALLY IT.
3:38:38PM I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
3:38:41PM WE'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK FOR AREAS THAT WE MIGHT NOT
3:38:47PM BE A NEED THIS YEAR BUT A WANT.
3:38:49PM I KNOW I'M GOING TO HAVE A MEETING THAT YOU'LL BE INVOLVED
3:38:52PM WITH ON FRIDAY FOR THAT.
3:38:54PM TO ME, BEING ABLE TO THINK ABOUT THIS GOING INTO THE FUTURE
3:39:01PM AND THE CRITICAL NEED AND THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE
3:39:04PM PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR THE CITY IS REALLY PARAMOUNT.
3:39:09PM I JUST SEE A DRASTIC DIFFERENCE IN THOSE TWO.
3:39:12PM I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
3:39:14PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY ELSE?
3:39:14PM YES, MA'AM.
3:39:18PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: CHIEF TRIPP, HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY?
3:39:20PM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
3:39:22PM I THINK REALLY A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANT TO SAY IS ALSO
3:39:28PM PIGGYBACKING OFF OF SOME FEEDBACK FROM OR COMMENTS FROM
3:39:33PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, WITH EVEN VEHICLES THAT DR. CHIEF
3:39:37PM BERCAW ASKED FOR, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS PRESENTED A
3:39:42PM WHILE AGO IS WHEN VEHICLES ARE OLD IT COSTS MORE MONEY TO
3:39:46PM MAINTAIN THE ONES THAT ARE FALLING APART.
3:39:48PM YOU STILL WOULD CONSIDER THAT A HIGH PRIORITY NEED BECAUSE
3:39:50PM YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIX THE ONES THAT BREAK DOWN ANYWAY
3:39:53PM TO KEEP THEM ON THE STREET.
3:39:54PM JUST THAT POINT.
3:39:55PM AS FAR AS FAIR OAKS IS CONCERNED, BONDING OUR WAY OUT OF
3:40:01PM THINGS, WE HAVE TO BOND OUR WAY OUT OF INEQUITY AND RACISM,
3:40:04PM AND FAIR OAKS PARK IS JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
3:40:07PM I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT.
3:40:08PM BUT TO YOU, AS FAR AS THE THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED IN TERMS OF
3:40:13PM FIRE RESCUE, THE COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH SYSTEM, I THINK
3:40:16PM THAT WAS $7 MILLION, CORRECT?
3:40:18PM >> IT WAS CLOSE.
3:40:19PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: EVERYTHING YOU ARE ASKING FOR, EVEN THE
3:40:21PM EQUIPMENT TO KEEP THEM SAFE AS I LISTENED TO THE PRESIDENT
3:40:24PM OF YOUR UNION, YOUR ASK IS NOT ASKING FOR EVERYTHING.
3:40:29PM THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
3:40:30PM AND EVEN THE FIRE STATIONS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THAT.
3:40:33PM SO IT'S IMPORTANT, AT LEAST FOR ME TO SAY FROM THE DAIS, WE
3:40:37PM DID NOT -- THE COUNCIL DID NOT GET THE FOUR VOTES TO SUPPORT
3:40:42PM THE MILLAGE AND THAT'S SO UNFORTUNATE SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE
3:40:49PM TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS.
3:40:50PM THERE'S NOTHING IN YOUR BUDGET I WOULD BE WILLING TO CUT.
3:40:53PM I ASKED DR. CHIEF BERCAW AND HE SAID IT WAS A DIFFICULT
3:40:58PM QUESTION.
3:40:59PM I'M NOT WILLING TO CUT ANYTHING THAT FIRE IS ASKING FOR.
3:41:02PM I'M NOT WILLING TO CUT ANYTHING THAT THE POLICE IS ASKING
3:41:05PM FOR.
3:41:05PM THEY CREATED THIS PROBLEM.
3:41:06PM SOMETHING WILL HAVE TO GET CUT, BUT IT WON'T BE THESE THINGS
3:41:10PM BECAUSE PUBLIC SAFETY IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, AND I
3:41:13PM HEARD FROM, CONSTANTLY, OF COURSE, BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT OF
3:41:17PM THE UNION SENDS TONS OF E-MAILS JUST LIKE THE CITIZENS
3:41:22PM SAYING WHAT THE FIRE RESCUE NEEDS AND YOU'RE SAYING THE SAME
3:41:25PM THING.
3:41:26PM YOUR JOB IS JUST TO PRIORITIZE.
3:41:27PM SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE NOT SAYING, OH, YEAH, WE NEED THE FIRE
3:41:31PM STATIONS.
3:41:31PM YOU'RE NOT PUTTING THEM AT THE TOP.
3:41:33PM YOU'RE SAYING, YES, WE DO NEED THEM BUT OTHER PRIORITIES.
3:41:36PM THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SUPPORTING, AND
3:41:39PM THAT'S ALREADY PROVIDED IN THE BUDGET THAT YOU PRESENTED.
3:41:42PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
3:41:43PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
3:41:44PM ANYBODY ELSE?
3:41:44PM IF NOT, I'LL GO TO MR. STOCCO AND THE UNION.
3:41:47PM MR. STOCCO, YES, SIR.
3:42:03PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL, CITY STAFF.
3:42:05PM NICK STOCCO, PRESIDENT OF THE TAMPA FIREFIGHTERS UNION.
3:42:11PM HOW MUCH TIME DO I HAVE?
3:42:12PM HOW MUCH TIME DO I HAVE, CHAIR?
3:42:16PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HOW MUCH TIME WOULD YOU LIKE?
3:42:18PM >> REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME SO I KNOW --
3:42:21PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SET THE CLOCK FOR TEN MINUTES.
3:42:23PM IF YOU NEED MORE, LET US KNOW.
3:42:25PM >> THANK YOU.
3:42:25PM FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION, FIRE
3:42:29PM CHIEF, AND THE CHIEF STAFF AS WELL AS THE POLICE CHIEF ON
3:42:35PM THE PRESENTATION OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY MASTER PLAN.
3:42:37PM FOUR YEARS, IT'S BEEN FOUR, FIVE YEARS.
3:42:40PM FOUR, FIVE YEARS SINCE ASKED FOR.
3:42:42PM I THINK TODAY WAS THE LARGEST PRESENTATION WE'VE SEEN, MOST
3:42:47PM IMPORTANTLY THE FIRE SIDE.
3:42:48PM WELL THOUGHT OUT WITH LAID BENCHMARKS FROM THE 2023 THROUGH
3:42:53PM 2025 YEAR.
3:42:55PM I WANT TO THANK CHIEF TRIPP FOR ALSO NOT SUGAR COATING THE
3:43:01PM DEFICITS OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
3:43:03PM I THINK THOSE DEFICITS WERE SPELLED OUT IN 2021 IN THE MARCH
3:43:08PM BUDGET WORKSHOP MEETING AS SPELLED OUT BY THE FIRE UNION
3:43:11PM OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
3:43:12PM THESE DEFICITS ARE NOT NEW.
3:43:13PM THE DEFICITS MAY BE NEW TO SOME OF THE NEWER COUNCIL
3:43:17PM MEMBERS, BUT THEY ARE NOT NEW TO THE CITY.
3:43:19PM I REMEMBER SITTING IN HERE IN 2019 AND SEEING THE $650,000
3:43:24PM THAT WE SEE NOW BEING ALLOCATED FOR FIRE STATION 24 IN THE
3:43:29PM 2020 BUDGET.
3:43:30PM $11 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR '23 TO FIRE STATION 24 FOR
3:43:39PM CONSTRUCTION AND LAND, AND WE SHOULD BE HAVING THE RIBBON
3:43:44PM CUTTING.
3:43:44PM THAT'S $11 MILLION.
3:43:47PM WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUDGET AND CUTS AND WHERE THIS MONEY HAS
3:43:50PM GONE OR GOING, WHICHEVER, BUT THAT'S $11 MILLION.
3:43:55PM I HEAR -- WE HAVE $11 MILLION LAST YEAR THAT WERE SLATED FOR
3:44:02PM A FIRE STATION.
3:44:04PM THE ADMINISTRATION, THE FIRE ADMINISTRATION ASKED FOR THE
3:44:07PM LAND.
3:44:07PM THE FIRE ADMINISTRATION WAS WORKING WITH THE CITY, WHY ARE
3:44:10PM WE NOT SEEING ANY FURTHER PROGRESS ON THAT AND WHERE DID THE
3:44:13PM $11 MILLION GO?
3:44:15PM IF IT IS STUCK IN FISCAL YEAR '23, WITH THE POWERS TO BE, IF
3:44:21PM IT CAN SOMEHOW CARRY OVER TO FISCAL YEAR '24, I DON'T KNOW
3:44:25PM THE INS AND OUTS OF THAT.
3:44:27PM I WANT TO SAY THAT ABOUT FIRE STATION NUMBER 24, IF THAT IS
3:44:32PM THE CORRECT NUMBER IN THE NEW TAMPA AREA.
3:44:36PM CHANNELSIDE HAS GROWN SO MUCH AND I FEEL LIKE A TAPE
3:44:43PM RECORDER.
3:44:43PM IT IS THE SAME THING WE'VE BEEN REPEATING FOR MANY, MANY
3:44:46PM YEARS.
3:44:47PM THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME KIND OF FORWARD THINKING IN A FIRE
3:44:49PM STATION IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
3:44:51PM I DON'T NEED TO BUST OUT REPORTS AND SHOW PAPERS.
3:44:56PM YOU ALL GET THE E-MAILS.
3:44:58PM I KNOW YOU DO.
3:44:59PM STATION 1 WAS THE BUSIEST STATION, 32 TIMES THE TONES GO
3:45:04PM OFF.
3:45:04PM I'M AT STATION 1 ALMOST EVERY DAY WITH EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
3:45:08PM HEARINGS AND I HEAR THE BUZZER GO OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
3:45:11PM HEARING.
3:45:11PM 32 TIMES ON AVERAGE THE BUZZER GOES OFF IN STATION ONE.
3:45:16PM WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT HEALTH AND WELLNESS, YOU SIT IN THE
3:45:19PM HOUSE WHERE THE BELL GOES OFF 32 TIMES A DAY WHEN THERE ARE
3:45:23PM 24 HOURS A DAY.
3:45:25PM YOU CAN TRY TO FILL THE STATIONS UP AS MUCH AS YOU WANT, BUT
3:45:28PM THEY ARE ALREADY FULL.
3:45:29PM AS CHIEF TRIPP PERFECTLY SAID, WELL SAID, WE'RE WITH THE
3:45:33PM TAMPA FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE'RE NOW TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
3:45:35PM WE INTRODUCED A FIRE E.M.S. BASED SYSTEM INTO STATIONS THAT
3:45:39PM WERE USED TO HAVING HORSE AND CARRIAGES.
3:45:42PM WE NEED TO GET WITH THE TIMES.
3:45:43PM 1958, 1978 IS WHEN THESE STATIONS WERE BUILT.
3:45:47PM WITHOUT THIS MILLAGE THAT PASSED, NOW WE'RE IN EVEN TOUGHER
3:45:53PM TIMES, BUT ALL OF THIS THAT WE'RE TELLING YOU, ALL OF THIS
3:45:57PM THAT CHIEF TRIPP IS TELLING YOU, ALL OF THIS THAT THE FIRE
3:46:01PM UNION IS TELLING YOU IS NOT NEW.
3:46:02PM CHIEF TRIPP LAID OUT ALL OF THE DEFICITS IN 2021.
3:46:06PM NOW WE'VE GOT TO MAKE UP FOR IT.
3:46:09PM AND I'M NOT GOING TO USE THE PHRASE CONTINUING TO KICK THE
3:46:12PM CAN DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT LOOKS
3:46:15PM LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING.
3:46:16PM THIS IS TAMPA, FLORIDA.
3:46:18PM THIS IS NOT BARTOW.
3:46:19PM I WAS JUST IN PIGEON FORD, TENNESSEE.
3:46:22PM THEY HAVE A HEAVY RESCUE THAT'S STAFFED.
3:46:25PM THE HEAVY RESCUE DOWNTOWN HERE HAS NO PEOPLE ON IT.
3:46:31PM IT'S GOT LIGHTS, TRUCKS, RUNS CALLS.
3:46:33PM THERE ARE NO PEOPLE ON THE HEAVY RESCUE FOR TAMPA, FLORIDA.
3:46:39PM THE HEAVY RESCUE IS THE 911 OF THE 911.
3:46:42PM WHEN THE FIREFIGHTERS NEED HELP, THEY CALL THE HEAVY AND
3:46:44PM THEY CAN HEAR THOSE GUYS CLAPPING NOW AT STATION ONE.
3:46:48PM THAT TRUCK HAS NO PEOPLE ON IT.
3:46:50PM HOW DO WE NOT HAVE PEOPLE ON A HEAVY RESCUE?
3:46:52PM WE NEED PEOPLE.
3:46:54PM WE CURRENTLY HAVE 27 VACANCIES FROM THE ALLOTTED NUMBER THAT
3:46:57PM WE HAVE.
3:46:58PM THAT SAFER GRANT THAT WILL ADD 30, WE'RE POTENTIALLY LOOKING
3:47:02PM AT 60 VACANCIES AS WE GO INTO THE BEGINNING OF FISCAL YEAR
3:47:08PM '24 CALENDAR.
3:47:09PM SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT OTHER AVENUES THAN JUST CONTINUING TO
3:47:15PM STAY THE SAME.
3:47:16PM WE NEED TO GROW AND GROW STATIONS.
3:47:18PM YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PUT ANY MORE VEHICLES IN
3:47:21PM THESE STATIONS.
3:47:21PM I TALKED TO SOME OF YOU ABOUT HURRICANES.
3:47:23PM WHAT DO WE DO IN HURRICANES?
3:47:25PM WE COMBINE EVERYBODY INTO A STATION.
3:47:27PM WE BRING IN TWO SHIFTS DURING OP-CON, COMBINE TPD, TECO,
3:47:35PM WATER DEPARTMENT, AND WHAT DO WE DO, WE JAM-PACK IN THE
3:47:38PM STATION?
3:47:38PM GO TO STATION 14 DURING A HURRICANE OP-CON, 40 TO 50 FIRST
3:47:42PM RESPONDERS INSIDE THESE STATIONS THAT ARE HAVING A TOUGH
3:47:45PM TIME SUSTAINING 10 TO 14.
3:47:48PM LAST TIME WE WERE THERE, THE POWER WENT OUT AND HAD TO RUN
3:47:51PM EXTENSION CORDS FROM A GENERATOR OUTSIDE JUST TO MAKE SURE
3:47:54PM THE FOOD WAS COLD OR HOT WHEN WE WANTED TO EAT IT FOR THE
3:47:57PM THREE DAYS WE WERE THERE.
3:47:59PM THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE NEED TO PLAN FOR AS TAMPA AND AS
3:48:01PM EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO GROW.
3:48:04PM WHAT IT APPEARS TO US, WHERE WE'RE AT ON THE DOCKET OF THIS
3:48:08PM BODY IS THAT WE'RE HERE AT 4:00 HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.
3:48:12PM THESE STAFF OFFICERS, THESE CHIEF OFFICERS, ALL DAY THEY
3:48:17PM HAVE BEEN WAITING.
3:48:18PM THEY HAVE DEPARTMENTS TO RUN.
3:48:19PM WE'VE WAITED THIS LONG IN THE DAY TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT OUR
3:48:24PM NEEDS AND OUR WANTS.
3:48:28PM THE SECOND SET OF BUNKER GEAR, I APPLAUD CHIEF TRIPP AND HER
3:48:32PM STAFF FOR INCLUDING THAT IN THE PowerPoint.
3:48:34PM THAT WAS A UNION NEGOTIATED ITEM IN 2022 CONTRACT SEASON
3:48:38PM THAT EVERY SWORN FIREFIGHTER WOULD BE PROVIDED WITH A SECOND
3:48:41PM SET OF BUNKER GEAR FOR THE LIFE OF THIS AGREEMENT.
3:48:44PM WE'RE A YEAR INTO THE CONTRACT.
3:48:45PM WE HAVEN'T SEEN A PURCHASE OF BUNKER GEAR, A SECOND SET.
3:48:49PM BUT FOR YOUR UNION PEOPLE, THAT IS A CONTRACTED ITEM.
3:48:52PM THAT'S 750 SETS OF BUNKER GEAR THAT NEED TO BE PURCHASED IN
3:48:56PM THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
3:48:57PM THAT'S IN OUR CONTRACT.
3:48:58PM WHERE ARE WE GOING TO FIND THE MONEY FOR IT?
3:49:03PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHAT IS THE DOLLAR FIGURE?
3:49:05PM >> I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO THE EXPERTS.
3:49:07PM I BELIEVE AROUND $3,000 PER OUTFIT.
3:49:10PM IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
3:49:14PM 4500.
3:49:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: TIMES HOW MANY FIREFIGHTERS?
3:49:28PM >> [INAUDIBLE]
3:49:29PM >> THAT'S SOMETHING OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, THAT'S A
3:49:32PM CONTRACT ITEM.
3:49:32PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: $2.5 MILLION.
3:49:34PM >> IN BUNKER GEAR.
3:49:36PM ONE YEAR WENT TO THE WAYSIDE WHERE IT WAS INTENDED TO BE
3:49:39PM BROKEN UP OVER THE THREE YEARS SO THE COSTS WOULDN'T ALL BE
3:49:42PM AT ONCE.
3:49:43PM ALL OF THESE DEFICITS HAVE BEEN SPELLED OUT.
3:49:46PM IT IS A CONSTANT REWIND AND REPLAY FROM 2021.
3:49:49PM WHAT FUNDING SOURCES ARE WE GOING TO USE TO MOVE FORWARD?
3:49:52PM I THANK CHIEF TRIPP FOR MEETING WITH THE UNION ON AUGUST
3:49:56PM 14th AND AUGUST 18th WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT SOME FUNDING
3:49:59PM SOURCES, BUT WE NEED A DESIGNATED FUNDING SOURCE FOR PUBLIC
3:50:02PM SAFETY, SPECIFICALLY FIRE.
3:50:04PM WE DON'T HAVE AN ENTERPRISE FUND.
3:50:05PM OUR INSPECTIONS, OUR CART FEES, OUR SPECIAL EVENTS FEES, OUR
3:50:09PM SPECIAL EVENTS FEES, HOURLY WAGES ESSENTIALLY MAKE REVENUE
3:50:13PM FOR THE CITY.
3:50:15PM IT'S COSTS THAT THE VENDOR HAS TO PAY FOR OUR SERVICES, BUT
3:50:18PM IF OUR FEES HAVE BEEN THE SAME SINCE 1978, THEN, YEAH, WE
3:50:22PM NEED TO GET WITH THE TIMES.
3:50:24PM LOOKING FOR DESIGNATED FUNDING SOURCES.
3:50:26PM I APPRECIATE THE BONDING.
3:50:27PM I LEAVE THOSE TO THE EXPERTS.
3:50:29PM I APPLAUD COUNCILMAN VIERA FOR WANTING TO AT LEAST KEEP
3:50:33PM SOMEWHAT OF THE MILLAGE TO DESIGNATE AS A FIRE TAX.
3:50:36PM I HEARD SOME OF THE CITY STAFF, CITY LEGAL SAY IT CAN BE A
3:50:40PM DESIGNATED OR EARMARKED FOR FIRE TAX.
3:50:42PM I KNOW PASCO COUNTY DOES IT.
3:50:44PM WE NEED A DESIGNATED FUNDING SOURCE.
3:50:47PM WE CANNOT GO ANOTHER YEAR WITH THE POTENTIAL CUTS.
3:50:54PM THE CHIEF SPELLED IT OUT A COUPLE OF YEARS AND THANKFUL THAT
3:50:57PM THE CHIEF IS ACTUALLY SAYING, YEAH, WE'RE BEHIND.
3:51:01PM THAT TAKES A LOT FOR A CHIEF TO SAY THAT.
3:51:03PM AND WE'RE BEHIND.
3:51:06PM AND THE FIRE UNION IS SUPPORTING THE CHIEF ON THAT.
3:51:08PM WHAT WE NEED IS, WE NEED THE COUNCIL SUPPORT TO NOT CUT OUR
3:51:11PM BUDGET AND FIND DESIGNATED FUNDING SOURCES.
3:51:14PM WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO KEEP KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD AND
3:51:17PM WE NEED TO IMPROVE THE STATIONS AND IMPROVE THE WORKING
3:51:20PM CONDITIONS OF THESE EMPLOYEES.
3:51:21PM I KNOW I HAVE A MINUTE LEFT.
3:51:25PM I APPRECIATE THE TEN MINUTES YOU GAVE ME.
3:51:27PM IF I FORGOT SOMETHING, I'LL REMEMBER LATER.
3:51:29PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
3:51:31PM COUNCILMAN VIERA, CLENDENIN, CARLSON.
3:51:33PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
3:51:35PM NICK, I WANTED TO THANK YOU AND THE FOLKS WHO ARE HERE
3:51:38PM TODAY.
3:51:39PM WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHAT A UNION SHOULD DO, AND I THINK WE
3:51:43PM HAVE THREE UNION MEMBERS HERE.
3:51:47PM YOU'RE ONE OF THE THREE UNION MEMBERS.
3:51:51PM I'VE NEVER BEEN IN A UNION MYSELF.
3:51:53PM BUT YOU'RE NUMBER ONE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF
3:51:57PM THE WORKERS AND THEIR WELFARE BUT ALSO HELP THEM IN THE WORK
3:52:00PM THAT THEY DO.
3:52:03PM YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY DOING THAT BECAUSE YOU HAVE A PASSION FOR
3:52:05PM PUBLIC SAFETY.
3:52:06PM THANK YOU FOR THAT 110%.
3:52:08PM THE JOB BEFORE US, AND THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING UP BONDING.
3:52:12PM IT'S REALLY BIG.
3:52:13PM SO WHEN COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON JUST SAID I'M NOT CUTTING
3:52:16PM ANYTHING FROM PUBLIC SAFETY, THE STATEMENT SHOULD BE THAT
3:52:21PM SHE REFUSES TO CUT ANYTHING, AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK ON
3:52:24PM YOUR BEHALF, I'M SAYING HOW I UNDERSTAND IT.
3:52:27PM YES, MA'AM.
3:52:27PM I'M NOT WILLING TO CUT ANYTHING FROM THE INCREASE THAT WAS
3:52:30PM DEPENDENT ON THE MILLAGE.
3:52:32PM IN OTHER WORDS, BY VIRTUE OF GETTING RID OF THE MILLAGE,
3:52:36PM EVEN THE SMALLER AMOUNT SOUGHT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, RIGHT,
3:52:40PM WE'RE HAVING TO LOOK AT OTHER CUTS IN OTHER AREAS FOR THIS
3:52:45PM AS WELL AS OTHER AREAS.
3:52:46PM AGAIN, A BIG CHALLENGE WE HAVE.
3:52:47PM THAT'S WHY I BRING UP BONDING, WHICH IS TO SAY, LOOK, LET'S
3:52:51PM TAKE CARE -- I DON'T CARE HOW IT'S DONE, LET'S JUST GET IT
3:52:55PM DONE.
3:52:55PM THAT'S WHY I PUT MYSELF ON THE LINE POLITICALLY FOR THAT
3:52:59PM BECAUSE I'M WILLING TO DO IT.
3:53:01PM I'M WILLING TO DO IT BECAUSE IT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE.
3:53:05PM I'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT AS WELL AS THE DEDICATED FUNDING
3:53:09PM ISSUE.
3:53:09PM AGAIN, I APPRECIATE YOUR-ALL'S ADVOCACY SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE
3:53:14PM IN CITY COUNCIL, I'VE WORKED WITH STEVE SUAREZ WHO IS A
3:53:17PM GREAT GUY, WILD MAN DAVID LEE ROTH, JOE GRECO, GOD BLESS
3:53:22PM HIM, GREAT GUY AND ANDREW CARTER AND NOW YOU.
3:53:26PM ALL OF YOU DO A GREAT JOB.
3:53:30PM I'M GLAD TO SEE, BY THE WAY, THAT THERE'S SOMETHING -- I
3:53:35PM DON'T WANT TO SAY SOMETHING BUILDING BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY
3:53:37PM THERE, BUT A LOT OF EYE TO EYE WITH MANAGEMENT AND LABOR
3:53:41PM RIGHT NOW AS I SEE IT BECAUSE THERE IS AN ADMISSION OF
3:53:45PM DEFICITS.
3:53:46PM I DON'T THINK ANYBODY DENIES IT.
3:53:48PM IT'S HOW WE TAKE CARE OF IT.
3:53:49PM MY VIEW, IF IT'S BONDING, LET'S DO BONDING.
3:53:52PM 12 HAIL MARYS AND 12 OUR FATHERS, LET'S DO THAT.
3:53:56PM LET'S DO IT AND GET IT DONE.
3:53:58PM IT'S SO IMPORTANT.
3:54:00PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
3:54:01PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BEFORE I GO TO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.
3:54:02PM I HAD A THOUGHT.
3:54:03PM WE TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY IMPACT FEE BROUGHT UP BY
3:54:06PM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS AND VIERA,
3:54:09PM WHICH I TOTALLY SUPPORT.
3:54:11PM TALKING ABOUT A DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCE, IF THIS IS EVEN
3:54:15PM POSSIBLE TO DO, WE SEND OUT UTILITY BILLS EVERY MONTH FOR
3:54:19PM WATER AND WHATNOT.
3:54:20PM ARE WE LEGALLY ALLOWED TO ADD, LET'S SAY, A DOLLAR A MONTH,
3:54:26PM TWO DOLLARS A MONTH TO THAT THAT WOULD GO TO PUBLIC SAFETY?
3:54:29PM COULD WE DO THAT VIA THE UTILITY BILL OR IS THAT JUST A
3:54:32PM TOTAL PIE IN THE SKY IDEA?
3:54:34PM JUST AN IDEA I HAD.
3:54:37PM HOW DO WE GET THAT WHERE IT'S NOT A PROPERTY TAX?
3:54:41PM IT WOULD BE A FEE BUT WOULD GO TO -- I KNOW POLICE AND FIRE
3:54:44PM THROUGH THE COUNTY, THEY GET STUFF, BUT THIS SPECIFICALLY
3:54:48PM GOING TO REVENUE THAT WE CAN COLLECT MONTHLY THAT WOULD
3:54:51PM CLEARLY ADD UP.
3:54:53PM MR. SHELBY, I KNOW IT IS A CFO QUESTION.
3:54:56PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IT IS A CFO QUESTION.
3:54:57PM I DO KNOW AND IT'S BEEN REFERENCED THAT FLORIDA STATUTES
3:55:01PM DOES ALLOW FOR A FIRE FEE.
3:55:05PM AND ALSO THERE ARE OTHER WAYS YOU CAN DO IT, BUT YOU'RE
3:55:08PM RAISING AN ISSUE THAT I HADN'T CONTEMPLATED WHICH IS ADDING
3:55:12PM IT TO A UTILITY BILL.
3:55:14PM I GUESS THAT IS A CFO QUESTION OR A LEGAL QUESTION.
3:55:17PM MR. MASSEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO --
3:55:18PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE REASON I ASK ON A UTILITY BILL, IF
3:55:21PM IT IS NOT A LUMP SUM AS SOMETHING WOULD BE ON A PROPERTY TAX
3:55:24PM BILL, AS YOU GET YOUR TRIM NOTICE AT THE END OF THE YEAR,
3:55:27PM WHICH IS A BIGGER IMPACT, SOMEBODY SEES A DOLLAR, TWO
3:55:30PM DOLLARS, THREE DOLLARS, WHATEVER IT IS, THAT WOULD GO TO
3:55:32PM FIRE FUND, IF STATE STATUTE ALLOWS THAT.
3:55:35PM THE UTILITY BILL IS SOMETHING I'M THINKING OF WHERE IT MAKES
3:55:38PM IT LESS IMPACTFUL AND EASIER ON THE CONSUMER WHEN THEY ARE
3:55:41PM SEEING A DOLLAR INCREASE OR TWO DOLLAR INCREASE BUT IT'S
3:55:44PM GOING STRICTLY TO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A DEDICATED
3:55:47PM FUNDING SOURCE, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE
3:55:49PM CAN DO.
3:55:50PM WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF UTILITY
3:55:54PM CUSTOMERS EACH MONTH, LET'S SAY IT IS A DOLLAR, HUNDREDS OF
3:55:57PM THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, LET'S SAY $200,000 A MONTH, AT THE END
3:56:01PM OF THE YEAR, TWO TIMES 12, THAT'S TWO AND A HALF MILLION
3:56:05PM DOLLARS ALMOST.
3:56:06PM THROWING A NUMBER OUT, THAT PAYS FOR THE BUNKER GEAR.
3:56:09PM THAT PAYS FOR, IF WE'RE BONDING, THAT IS THE MORTGAGE
3:56:12PM PAYMENT FOR THE BOND, ESSENTIALLY.
3:56:14PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT'S WHETHER I WAS GOING TO -- THAT'S
3:56:17PM WHERE I WAS GOING TO, SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
3:56:20PM THAT'S WHERE I WAS HEADING.
3:56:20PM IF YOU HAVE THAT FUNDING SOURCE, IT HAS TO BE A RECURRING
3:56:23PM FUNDING SOURCE BECAUSE THE NEED IS TODAY, NOT SOMETHING THAT
3:56:26PM ON A MONTHLY BASIS WILL ACCUMULATE, BUT IF YOU WANT TO DO
3:56:28PM THAT, IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT CAN BE IN A POSITION OF
3:56:31PM ABLE TO BE BONDED AS A RECURRING REVENUE SOURCE.
3:56:35PM THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION.
3:56:36PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BECAUSE IF IT IS RECURRING, THE BANK WHO
3:56:41PM GIVES THE MONEY SEES THE CITY HAS THE INCOME TO PAY THAT
3:56:44PM BACK OR FUND WHATEVER, USED TOWARD MATCHING X, IF IT HAS TO
3:56:51PM BE A FIRE FUND, AGAIN, QUESTION FOR THE CFO, AND IF WE CAN
3:56:55PM DO THAT, WE SEE HOW GAS PRICES FLUCTUATE.
3:56:58PM COULD BE $4.50 A GALLON, COULD BE 3.95 A GALLON.
3:57:02PM BUT IF SOMETHING MINIMALLY IMPACTFUL, WHICH IS A DOLLAR, TWO
3:57:07PM DOLLARS, WHATEVER IT IS, I'M THROWING OUT NUMBERS, THINKING
3:57:10PM OUT LOUD HERE, WE CAN DEDICATE IT TOWARD FIRE, I THINK THAT
3:57:13PM ALLOWS US TO CREATE THAT DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCE.
3:57:18PM I UNDERSTAND.
3:57:20PM I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT AT LUNCH GOING, HOW CAN WE BE
3:57:23PM CREATIVE AND HOW CAN WE GENERATE MONEY.
3:57:25PM WE TALKED ABOUT INCREASING FEE.
3:57:27PM WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT FEES.
3:57:29PM ANOTHER THING.
3:57:29PM NOT TALKING PARKS AND REC.
3:57:32PM TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU MENTIONED.
3:57:33PM WHY AREN'T THOSE CHANGED?
3:57:35PM SOMEONE PULLS A PERMIT, HOW MUCH PERMITS DO WE ISSUE A DAY?
3:57:40PM NOT TALKING ABOUT FIRE.
3:57:42PM AT LUNCH I'M BRAINSTORMING HOW WE GET TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE
3:57:45PM WITHOUT THAT MILLAGE AND HOW WE CAN MAKE MEANINGFUL CHANGE.
3:57:50PM TALK ABOUT DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCE.
3:57:52PM WHEN WE PUT MONEY INTO GENERAL REVENUE, THAT MONEY CAN BE
3:57:55PM MOVED AROUND.
3:57:56PM I WANT SOMETHING LIKE YOU HAVE AN ENTERPRISE FUND, WHICH WE
3:57:58PM CAN'T TOUCH THOSE, PARKING AND WHATNOT, WHY NOT SOMETHING
3:58:01PM FOR PUBLIC SAFETY?
3:58:02PM WHY NOT SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY FOR FIRE.
3:58:05PM I THINK IT WOULD EASE THE BURDEN.
3:58:06PM AGAIN, THINKING OUT LOUD.
3:58:08PM WHO WAS NEXT?
3:58:08PM I FORGOT.
3:58:10PM CLENDENIN.
3:58:13PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WAS GOING TO SAY A TAX IS A TAX IS A TAX
3:58:15PM IS A TAX.
3:58:16PM WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY AND IT LOST ON THIS DAIS.
3:58:26PM I'M SORRY.
3:58:26PM I KEEP SEEING ALL THESE DOLLAR FIGURES FLY BEFORE MY EYES.
3:58:30PM THE CHIEF SPOKE ABOUT THE CAD SYSTEM, $7 MILLION FOR THE
3:58:34PM CAD.
3:58:35PM CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THAT WOULD BE TO YOUR
3:58:37PM MEMBERS OF HAVING THAT EQUIPMENT IN YOUR VEHICLES?
3:58:41PM >> YEAH, I BELIEVE THE CAD AND AVL HAS BEEN OVERDUE SINCE
3:58:45PM 2015, 2016.
3:58:46PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CAN YOU TELL PEOPLE WHAT YOU'RE DOING NOW
3:58:49PM BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THAT?
3:58:50PM IF YOU RESPOND TO A FIRE, HOW YOU'RE GETTING NAVIGATIONAL
3:58:55PM ASSISTANCE?
3:58:56PM >> SURE, THE LIGHTS WILL TURN ON IN THE STATION.
3:58:58PM THE TONES WILL GO OFF.
3:58:59PM WE WALK OVER TO A PRINTER OR RUN, AND WHEN WE MAKE IT TO THE
3:59:05PM PRINTER, WE GRAB THE PAPER AND THEN WE READ THE PAPER AND IT
3:59:09PM WILL TELL YOU THE TYPE OF ALARM IT IS, THE ADDRESS, WHO YOU
3:59:12PM ARE GOING WITH AND THE BOX NUMBER.
3:59:14PM YOU THEN GO INTO THE VEHICLE, YOU GRAB THE RADIO, YOU WAIT
3:59:21PM TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH, IF IT'S AVAILABLE OR NOT, YOU TELL
3:59:25PM THEM YOU ARE RESPONDING AND YOU BEGIN TO TRAVEL TO THE CALL.
3:59:29PM EN ROUTE TO THE CALL, IF THERE ARE ANY UPDATES, YOU HAVE TO
3:59:33PM RECEIVE THOSE VIA THE RADIO BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY PART
3:59:36PM THAT'S ELECTRONIC.
3:59:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ON A TWO-WAY RADIO.
3:59:41PM >> UNLESS IT'S A FIRE OR SOMETHING WITH THREE UNITS OR
3:59:44PM GREATER THAT GETS A SEPARATE TAC, ONE CHANNEL, 92,000 CALLS,
3:59:48PM BLS COMPANIES, EVERYBODY IS ON ONE CHANNEL.
3:59:51PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THIS IS THE KIND OF STUFF YOU HEARD THAT
3:59:53PM THEY DID IN THE 1970s.
3:59:54PM NOT IN 2023.
3:59:55PM IT'S CRAZY.
3:59:58PM >> DISPATCH HAS NO WAY OF SEEING WHERE THE VEHICLES ARE.
4:00:01PM SO YOU HAVE TO CALL THEM AND ASK WHERE THE VEHICLES ARE.
4:00:05PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE TRACK UPS TRUCKS AND GARBAGE TRUCKS BUT
4:00:08PM CAN'T TRACK OUR FIRE TRUCKS.
4:00:10PM IT'S CRAZY.
4:00:11PM THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE TO THE PEOPLE LISTENING
4:00:13PM TODAY.
4:00:14PM THESE ARE NEEDS OF THE CITY, NOT WANT.
4:00:16PM THESE ARE THINGS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIXED DECADES AGO,
4:00:21PM AND WE'RE SITTING HERE IN 2023 TALKING ABOUT BASIC THINGS
4:00:24PM THAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON LISTENING HERE TODAY HAS AN ABILITY
4:00:28PM TO NAVIGATE IN THEIR TRUCK, ELECTRONIC MEANS TO COMMUNICATE
4:00:31PM IN THEIR TRUCK THAT OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT HAVE.
4:00:34PM THEY HAVE AN ABILITY TO GET TO THE GROCERY STORE WITH
4:00:37PM ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT THAT OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T HAVE.
4:00:39PM IT'S JUST INSANE TO ME THAT WE'VE ALLOWED THE SYSTEM OVER
4:00:43PM THE DECADES OF NEGLECT TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
4:00:46PM SOMETHING I HAVE TO ASK, YOU SAID YOU HAD EXTENSION CORDS.
4:00:53PM IS DO OUR FIRE STATIONS NOT HAVE UNINTERRUPTED POWER
4:00:56PM STATIONS?
4:00:57PM >> THEY DO HAVE GENERATORS IN THE FIRE INSTALLATIONS OR IN
4:01:01PM THE FIRE FACILITIES.
4:01:02PM HOWEVER, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE FROM STATIONS BEING BUILT IN '58
4:01:06PM AND IN THE '70s, THESE GENERATORS ARE OLD.
4:01:09PM I BELIEVE IN THE CURRENT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND I WOULD
4:01:12PM DEFER TO THE EXPERTS THAT THERE IS SOME GENERATORS THAT ARE
4:01:16PM BEING PURCHASED AND REDONE BECAUSE THE GENERATORS AT THAT
4:01:20PM TIME WERE BAD.
4:01:23PM BUT I BELIEVE THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REWORKING LIKE FIVE
4:01:26PM GENERATORS OR SO.
4:01:29PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I'VE JUST GOT -- BECAUSE I HAVE TO VENT
4:01:32PM FOR A SECOND.
4:01:33PM I'LL CHANNEL MY COWORKER OVER HERE IN MY VENTING.
4:01:36PM WE WERE UP HERE A COUPLE OF NIGHTS AGO AND TALKED ABOUT THE
4:01:44PM BUDGET AND THE DIRE CONSEQUENCES THAT THE DEPARTMENTS ARE
4:01:46PM IN.
4:01:46PM I'VE GOTTEN THE SAME TYPE OF E-MAILS THAT COUNCILMAN VIERA
4:01:49PM SPOKE ABOUT, PEOPLE CRITICIZING DECISIONS -- THE POSITIONS
4:01:54PM AND STANCES WE TOOK.
4:01:55PM CLEARLY I SEE THE NEEDS OF THE CITY.
4:01:57PM CLEARLY I SEE THE DEFICITS WE'RE IN.
4:01:59PM I SEE THE DECADES OF NEGLECT.
4:02:01PM SOMEBODY HAS GOT TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE TO FIX IT.
4:02:04PM YOU KNOW WHAT?
4:02:04PM I DIDN'T RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL THE FIRST TIME TO WORRY ABOUT
4:02:09PM GETTING REELECTED THE SECOND TIME.
4:02:11PM I'LL BE DAMNED IF I WILL BE SOMEBODY THAT SITS IN
4:02:14PM WASHINGTON, D.C. WORRIED ABOUT MY REELECTION RATHER THAN THE
4:02:16PM GOOD OF THE PEOPLE THEY REPRESENT.
4:02:18PM EVERY DAY THAT I SIT ON THIS DAIS, IT HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
4:02:22PM TO DO WITH ME.
4:02:23PM IT'S ABOUT THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA AND MY GRANDCHILD
4:02:26PM THAT WILL GROW UP TO MAKE THIS CITY BETTER.
4:02:29PM THIS IS REAL MONEY.
4:02:31PM I DON'T THINK PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, WE SIGNED OFF ON
4:02:33PM OBLIGATIONS IN THE CITY THAT ARE COMING DUE THAT EXCEED THE
4:02:38PM PROPERTY VALUATION.
4:02:40PM PEOPLE SAY WE CAN FIND THE MONEY BECAUSE WE HAVE INCREASED
4:02:42PM PROPERTY VALUATION --
4:02:45PM TAKE IT.
4:02:47PM IT'S ALREADY BEEN SPOKEN FOR.
4:02:49PM THERE IS NO EXCESS MONEY THIS TIME.
4:02:51PM SO EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR YOU HEARD TONIGHT TALKING ABOUT FIRE,
4:02:54PM EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR YOU HEARD TONIGHT TALKING ABOUT POLICE
4:02:58PM IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO COME FROM OUR EXISTING SKIN.
4:03:01PM GUESS WHAT, IS THAT SKIN HAS BEEN SKINNED SINCE THE 2008
4:03:04PM GREAT RECESSION.
4:03:05PM WE HAVEN'T RECOVERED FROM THAT FULLY YET.
4:03:09PM SO THERE'S NOT MUCH SKIN LEFT ON THIS BEAST.
4:03:12PM I'M AFRAID THAT THESE CUTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
4:03:15PM ENTERTAIN NEXT WEDNESDAY, I HOPE THESE PEOPLE COME WITH
4:03:18PM THEIR PENCILS SHARPENED BECAUSE THEY HAVE A TASK IN FRONT OF
4:03:22PM THEM TO FIND THE CUTS AND LOOK AT THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF
4:03:25PM TAMPA AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M SORRY.
4:03:29PM I'M SORRY WE HAVE TO CUT THIS PROGRAM.
4:03:30PM I'M SORRY WE HAVE TO CUT THIS.
4:03:32PM I'M SORRY WE HAVE TO CLOSE THAT POOL, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY
4:03:35PM OTHER CHOICE BECAUSE WE WON'T THE MONEY TO PAY FOR IT IF WE
4:03:38PM WANT TO PROTECT THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE OF TAMPA.
4:03:41PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
4:03:42PM >>BILL CARLSON: I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OTHER THINGS
4:03:45PM AND I WILL.
4:03:47PM I RESPECT THE DIFFERING OPINIONS OF MY COLLEAGUES, BUT WE
4:03:51PM HAD THIS DISCUSSION THE OTHER DAY AND WE MADE A DECISION.
4:03:54PM IT SEEMS LIKE THE MESSAGE OF THE DAY FOR THE ADMINISTRATION,
4:03:58PM WHICH THEY ARE PUSHING OUT ALL OVER THE PLACE, WELL, THIS IS
4:04:02PM CITY COUNCIL -- NANO NANO NANO, YOU DIDN'T LISTEN TO US, AND
4:04:09PM WE'RE PUNISHING.
4:04:10PM WHO THEY ARE PUNISHING IS THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY.
4:04:12PM THIS IS A SITUATION, LIKE EMPLOYEES BEFORE, IMAGINE YOUR
4:04:15PM EMPLOYEE COMES TO YOU AND SAYS, HEY, I MAXED OUT MY CREDIT
4:04:18PM CARD AND BOUGHT A HOUSE TOO EXPENSIVE AND I NEED A RAISE.
4:04:21PM THE THING YOU SAY TO THEM, HEY, THAT IS A PERSONAL DECISION.
4:04:25PM THAT'S NOT MY FAULT.
4:04:26PM NO, I NEED A RAISE.
4:04:28PM BUT IF YOU DON'T GIVE ME A RAISE, I WON'T SHOW UP AT WORK OR
4:04:32PM I'LL SHOW UP AT WORK AND NOT DO ANYTHING.
4:04:35PM THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GETTING FROM THE ADMINISTRATION, NOT THE
4:04:38PM STAFF, BUT THE TOP.
4:04:40PM THE BOSS HERE IS THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY.
4:04:43PM THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY CLEARLY SAID THEY DON'T WANT US TO
4:04:50PM DESTROY THE ECONOMY OR PUSH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR
4:04:54PM HOMES.
4:04:54PM WE HAVE A PROMISE TO THE PEOPLE TO PROTECT THEM AND PROTECT
4:04:56PM THEM FROM OVERSPENDING.
4:04:58PM WE'RE NOT IN THE SITUATION BECAUSE CITY COUNCIL MADE A BAD
4:05:01PM DECISION.
4:05:02PM WE'RE IN THE POSITION BECAUSE THIS ADMINISTRATION WASTED
4:05:04PM MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
4:05:05PM THEY PUT IN DEBT THAT THEY DIDN'T EVEN TELL CITY COUNCIL
4:05:09PM ABOUT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE, THEY SPENT WAY TOO MUCH MONEY
4:05:13PM ON TOO MANY PROJECTS.
4:05:14PM THE LAST ADMINISTRATION DID THE SAME THING, DURING THE
4:05:18PM GREATEST -- ECONOMIC BOOM IN ECONOMIC HISTORY, LAST
4:05:23PM ADMINISTRATION SPENT HALF THE RESERVE FUND WHICH WE'RE
4:05:26PM TRYING TO REPLACE ON.
4:05:28PM SPENDING ON VANITY PROJECTS OR PET PROJECTS.
4:05:30PM THE LAST ADMINISTRATION BUILT A $12 MILLION BOATHOUSE.
4:05:33PM HOW MANY FIRE TRUCKS COULD THAT HAVE BOUGHT?
4:05:35PM EVEN IF IT'S ONLY FIVE OR SIX, THAT'S STILL MORE THAN WE
4:05:39PM HAVE RIGHT NOW, BUT WE BUILT A BOATHOUSE THAT COMPETES WITH
4:05:42PM OTHER PRIVATE SECTOR VENUES FOR EVENTS.
4:05:45PM IT'S INSANE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY BEEN WASTED IN THIS.
4:05:48PM JUST LIKE THE BOSS IN THE SCENARIO I SAID, THE BOSS WOULD
4:05:52PM SAY YOU GO FIX YOUR OWN PROBLEM.
4:05:54PM MY VOTE THE OTHER NIGHT, BY THE WAY, TWO MONTHS AGO, BEFORE
4:05:57PM WE DID THAT VOTE, I TOLD THE ADMINISTRATION ON TV, PEOPLE
4:05:59PM CAN GO BACK AND WATCH IT, IF YOU PROPOSE RAISING THE RATE,
4:06:03PM I'LL VOTE AGAINST IT AND TELL EVERYBODY I KNOW IN THE
4:06:05PM COMMUNITY TO NOT SUPPORT IT BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED TO.
4:06:08PM YOU NEED TO STOP SPENDING SO MUCH MONEY.
4:06:10PM STOP WASTING ALL THE MONEY.
4:06:12PM SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS HOLDING THIS ADMINISTRATION
4:06:16PM ACCOUNTABLE.
4:06:17PM NEXT WEEK WILL HAVE TOUGH.
4:06:18PM IF THE MAYOR TELLS TWO OR THREE OF MY COLLEAGUES TO SHOW UP
4:06:21PM AND NOT SHARPEN THEIR PENCILS, WE'RE IN BIG TROUBLE.
4:06:25PM IF THE ADMINISTRATION TELLS STAFF NOT TO WORK WITH US
4:06:28PM BECAUSE THEY WANT TO SHOW US UP AND PROVE A POINT, THIS
4:06:31PM COMMUNITY IS IN BIG TROUBLE.
4:06:32PM WHO WILL SUFFER, PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY.
4:06:35PM OH, PLEASE, DO WANT RAISE MY RATE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO
4:06:37PM PAY MORE.
4:06:38PM THEY ARE SAYING PLEASE DON'T LET ME GET KICKED OUT OF MY
4:06:41PM HOUSE.
4:06:42PM SENIORS ARE CRYING AND PLEADING THEY DIDN'T WANT THAT.
4:06:44PM BUSINESSES AND PEOPLE THAT CAN BARELY SCRAPE BY, PLEASE
4:06:49PM DON'T DESTROY OUR ECONOMY.
4:06:51PM WE'LL GO BACK AND WORK TOGETHER WITH THE ADMINISTRATION I
4:06:56PM HOPE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO.
4:06:57PM THE BAD DECISIONS OF THE PAST ARE IN THE PAST AND WE CAN
4:07:01PM DECIDE WHAT WE'RE DOING GOING FORWARD.
4:07:04PM THERE ARE A LOT OF REALLY, REALLY BAD DECISIONS THAT THIS
4:07:06PM COUNCIL TRIED TO STOP.
4:07:07PM LET ME ASK YOU, MR. STOCCO.
4:07:09PM WE TALKED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE LAST WEEK, WERE YOU HAPPY
4:07:12PM WITH WHAT WAS COVERED IN THE MILL INCREASE?
4:07:14PM DID YOU THINK THAT SATISFIED THE PROBLEMS THAT YOU SEE IN
4:07:17PM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT?
4:07:19PM >> I THINK WE'VE HAD THESE ISSUES WAY BEFORE THIS MILLAGE
4:07:22PM INCREASE WAS PROPOSED.
4:07:25PM >>BILL CARLSON: THE ADMINISTRATION IS GOING OUT TELLING
4:07:27PM PEOPLE, YOU KNOW WE WOULD HAVE REPAIRED YOUR ROADS IF CITY
4:07:32PM COUNCIL HAD NOT VOTED AGAINST THIS.
4:07:34PM IT'S NOT TRUE AND EXAGGERATION.
4:07:35PM WE HAVE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS' WORTH OF ROAD REPAIR.
4:07:38PM LOTS OF MONEY TO FIX IN FIRE RESCUE.
4:07:40PM AS I UNDERSTAND IT FROM YOU, EVEN WITH THE MILLAGE INCREASE,
4:07:44PM IT WOULD ONLY PUT A SMALL DENT.
4:07:46PM YOU WEREN'T HAPPY WITH IT.
4:07:48PM YOU WANTED US TO TRY TO FIND MORE, CORRECT?
4:07:50PM >> ABSOLUTELY, WE NEED MORE INCREASED REVENUE FUND
4:07:53PM RESOURCES, BUT THIS MILLAGE WOULD HAVE HELPED, IN OUR
4:07:57PM OPINION, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN HAVING THE SAME ISSUES IN 2021
4:08:00PM WITHOUT THE MILLAGE.
4:08:01PM SO, OBVIOUSLY, SOMETHING IS BEING DONE AT THIS TABLE OR IN
4:08:05PM THESE CHAMBERS OR IN THE BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET THAT
4:08:07PM THOSE FUNDS AREN'T BEING ALLOCATED.
4:08:10PM >>BILL CARLSON: YOU MENTIONED THE NEW FIRE STATION WHICH
4:08:15PM COUNCILMAN VIERA ADVOCATED FOR A LONG TIME AND COUNCILMAN
4:08:19PM GUDES.
4:08:20PM AS FAR AS I CAN REMEMBER, CITY COUNCIL HAS ALWAYS SUPPORTED
4:08:22PM WHAT THE FIRE UNION WANTED.
4:08:23PM >> IT IS IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT.
4:08:25PM $11 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR 23.
4:08:27PM >>BILL CARLSON: WE'RE NOT THE ONES WHO MADE THE DECISION NOT
4:08:29PM TO BUILD IT.
4:08:30PM THE ADMINISTRATION MADE THE DECISION NOT TO BUILD IT.
4:08:33PM WE CAN COME HERE -- I'M MAKING IT CLEAR FOR ALL YOUR
4:08:36PM MEMBERS, WE'RE BEHIND YOU.
4:08:37PM WE WANT TO SUPPORT YOU, WE NEED THE ADMINISTRATION TO
4:08:39PM COOPERATE.
4:08:40PM I HOPE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT HAD TO SIT HERE ALL DAY, I HOPE
4:08:43PM THEY'LL ALSO GO MEET WITH THE MAYOR AND SAY IT IS A
4:08:47PM PRIORITY.
4:08:47PM THE FIRE CHIEF IS TRYING TO BE AN ADVOCATE FOR ALL OF US.
4:08:50PM WE NEED THE MAYOR AND ADMINISTRATION TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY.
4:08:53PM UNDERSTAND PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE AT STAKE AND STOP WASTING
4:08:55PM MONEY ON THINGS LIKE HANNA AVENUE AND PUT THE MONEY IN
4:08:59PM SAVING PEOPLE'S LIVES.
4:09:00PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
4:09:01PM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
4:09:05PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: -- DIFFICULT NOT ONLY TODAY, YESTERDAY,
4:09:08PM TOMORROW, BE DIFFICULT MORE.
4:09:11PM WE HAVE A SPENDING PROBLEM CONNECTED WITH A PROBLEM THAT WE
4:09:15PM HAVE IN REVENUE, BOTH OF THEM ARE PROBLEMS.
4:09:20PM SITTING HERE FOR MANY YEARS, THIS PROBLEM STARTED IN 1996.
4:09:23PM 27 YEARS AGO WHEN WE GAVE EVERYTHING AWAY.
4:09:32PM WE GAVE AWAY THAT EVERY TIME THERE IS AN EVENT SOMEWHERE,
4:09:36PM YOU GOOD GENTLEMEN FROM THE FIRE AND THE GOOD PEOPLE, ALSO
4:09:40PM LADIES AND GENTLEMEN FROM THE FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENT GO
4:09:42PM AND WORK THOSE EVENTS.
4:09:45PM THOSE EVENTS ARE PAID SOLELY BY THE CITY OF TAMPA TAXPAYERS.
4:09:52PM NO PROBLEM WITH YOU.
4:09:54PM YOU'RE DOING YOUR JOB.
4:09:55PM WHEN YOU LOOK AT WE'RE GIVING AWAY PARKING, GIVING AWAY
4:09:59PM PARKING GARAGES.
4:10:02PM GIVEN AWAY A 30-YEAR CONTRACT, TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE GETTING
4:10:05PM EVICTED, WE ALL KNOW THAT'S HAPPENING.
4:10:09PM A 30 YEAR LEASE WHERE THERE IS NO RENT INCREASE.
4:10:12PM THAT HAPPENED IN 1996.
4:10:15PM I'M NOT BLAMING THEM.
4:10:17PM I'M NOT FOR EVERYTHING NOR AM I AGAINST ANYTHING.
4:10:20PM I'M JUST TRYING TO SAY THE FACTS.
4:10:23PM WHEN YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE CONTRACTS, YOU SAY WHAT
4:10:27PM HAPPENED THEN?
4:10:27PM EVERYTHING WAS FINE UNTIL THE COST OF LIVING GOES UP.
4:10:33PM THE GOVERNMENT GETS FURTHER AND FURTHER BEHIND.
4:10:36PM SO WHEN YOU DO THAT AND NO FAULT OF YOURS, NOT AT ALL.
4:10:40PM IN FACT, YOU HAVE ALL BEEN COURTEOUS, I'M NOT AGAINST THEM.
4:10:45PM YOU CAN'T LET THIS HAPPEN AGAIN.
4:10:47PM WE CANNOT LET THIS HAPPEN AGAIN.
4:10:52PM EVERY TIME THERE IS AN EVENT SOMEWHERE, I'LL SPEAK IN
4:10:57PM GENERALITIES.
4:10:58PM SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE YOU DON'T HAVE ONE PENNY INVESTED
4:11:02PM BUT YET THE FIRST $2 MILLION GO TO YOU.
4:11:05PM HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT DEAL?
4:11:06PM YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT FOR THE FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENT.
4:11:10PM WE DON'T HAVE IT.
4:11:11PM AFTER THAT, ANYTHING OVER THAT IS SPLIT 50-50.
4:11:16PM BUT YOU DIDN'T PUT ONE PENNY IN IT.
4:11:19PM I'M NOT BLAMING ANYBODY.
4:11:24PM I'M BLAMING EVERYBODY FOR NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT THOSE
4:11:29PM THINGS MEAN.
4:11:30PM TALKING ABOUT KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD, WAIT UNTIL THAT
4:11:34PM 30th YEAR GETS HERE.
4:11:36PM THE CAN WILL GET BIGGER AND YOUR LEG AIN'T GOING TO BE ABLE
4:11:39PM TO EVEN MOVE IT BECAUSE THE CAN WEIGHS TOO MUCH.
4:11:43PM WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE THINGS THAT GOVERNMENT HAS DONE TO
4:11:47PM PROMOTE ITSELF, PEOPLE DON'T COME HERE BECAUSE IT'S
4:11:53PM SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
4:11:54PM THEY COME HERE BECAUSE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, MANY YEARS FOR
4:11:57PM WHATEVER REASON, IT WAS DISCOVERED TO BE NICE WEATHER, NICE
4:12:02PM BEACHES CLOSE BY, NICE ENVIRONMENT.
4:12:06PM YOU CAN BUY A HOUSE FOR 12 THOUSAND, 15 THOUSAND HOUSES.
4:12:10PM YOU CAN'T EVEN BUY A TOILET NOW FOR 15 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
4:12:15PM WITHIN THE BATHROOM.
4:12:16PM I CAUGHT YOU THERE.
4:12:18PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WAS FIXING MY TOILET THE OTHER DAY, SO
4:12:21PM ALL RIGHT.
4:12:21PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: A BATHROOM WILL COST YOU $15,000, WHICH
4:12:25PM IS TRUE.
4:12:26PM A SMALL -- I DON'T MEAN AN ELABORATE ONE.
4:12:30PM I MEAN ONE TEN BY TEN, CLOSE TO $15,000.
4:12:34PM WHAT AM I SAYING?
4:12:36PM WE THOUGHT IT WAS A DREAM AND THE DREAM IS HERE.
4:12:39PM IT'S GREAT.
4:12:40PM IT'S WONDERFUL.
4:12:42PM ALL THOSE THINGS NOW COME AT THE END AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE AT
4:12:45PM -- IT DOESN'T TAKE ONE YEAR TO DO IT.
4:12:48PM IT TAKES A LONG TIME FOR THAT FINALLY TO CATCH UP WITH YOU.
4:12:51PM GUESS WHAT, THE AXES HAVE CROSSED, AND WE'RE AT THE AXIS OF
4:12:57PM WHAT TO DO AND WHAT NOT TO DO.
4:12:59PM WE ARE THE ONES PAYING FOR IT.
4:13:02PM IN FACT, IT WAS TAMPA THAT STARTED NOT WITH THE OWNERS BUT
4:13:04PM PRIOR OWNER BY GIVING 25% OF THE PARKING AWAY.
4:13:08PM HISTORICALLY IT'S THERE.
4:13:12PM NOBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT IT.
4:13:14PM THE FACTS ARE THERE.
4:13:15PM PROVE IT ON PAPER.
4:13:17PM NOW YOU GET ZERO IN PARKING.
4:13:22PM GET IT ALL.
4:13:22PM WHAT A WONDERFUL CONTRACT.
4:13:24PM IF WE HAD A DIFFERENT CONTRACT, WE WOULDN'T BE SITTING HERE
4:13:31PM TODAY TALKING ABOUT YOUR DEPARTMENT THAT NEEDS ANYTHING TO
4:13:34PM FIX THE PROBLEMS WITH THE PEOPLE OF TAMPA NOR THE POLICE
4:13:37PM DEPARTMENT AND CRIME TRYING TO KEEP IT WHERE IT IS
4:13:40PM MANAGEABLE.
4:13:40PM CRIME IS NEVER MANAGEABLE.
4:13:43PM JUST LIKE YOUR AMBULANCE, LATE 30 SECONDS AND THAT PERSON
4:13:47PM PASSED AWAY.
4:13:48PM NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE AN EQUIPMENT PROBLEM, YOU GOT ANOTHER
4:13:52PM PROBLEM CALLED TRAFFIC.
4:13:55PM NO MATTER WHAT YOU USED TO DO BEFORE, 10 YEARS AGO, 15 YEARS
4:13:59PM AGO, YOU CAN'T DO IT NOW IF YOU HAD A MOTORCYCLE GETTING TO
4:14:03PM WHERE YOU'RE GOING BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC IS UNBELIEVABLE.
4:14:07PM THE POTHOLES ARE UNBELIEVABLE.
4:14:10PM THE SIGNALIZATION OF THE CITY IS UNBELIEVABLE.
4:14:13PM THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED ARE UNBELIEVABLE, NOT BECAUSE OF
4:14:17PM YOU, BECAUSE OF NECESSITY THAT WE PUT OURSELVES IN
4:14:20PM THROUGHOUT THE 30-YEAR SPAN.
4:14:21PM I SEE SOMEBODY FROM FINANCE, IF THEY THINK I'M SAYING
4:14:25PM SOMETHING OUT OF LINE, PLEASE CORRECT ME.
4:14:27PM ALL THOSE THINGS ARE THERE THAT WE'VE DONE.
4:14:33PM WE SAY, WHAT HAPPENED?
4:14:34PM ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS READ THE CONTRACT.
4:14:39PM I'M NOT AGAINST THEM.
4:14:40PM I'M AGAINST US, WHAT WE DID TO OURSELVES.
4:14:43PM WE WERE SELF-INFLICTED BY GETTING SOMETHING THAT YOU THOUGHT
4:14:50PM WAS THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD.
4:14:51PM IT'S GREAT.
4:14:52PM PEOPLE COME IN, THEY USED TO COME IN IN DROVES AND STAY IN
4:14:58PM THE MOTELS AND HOTELS.
4:14:59PM YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED?
4:15:00PM ONE LITTLE LINE IN THAT CONTRACT CHANGED.
4:15:03PM AND THEN THE VENUES 60/40.
4:15:07PM NOW ALL 100%.
4:15:08PM SO THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
4:15:11PM ONE LITTLE LINE, FEW WORDS.
4:15:15PM I'M NOT BLAMING THEM.
4:15:18PM I'M BLAMING US.
4:15:20PM THEM WAS LOOKING OUT FOR THEIR BENEFIT, LIKE EVERYONE SHOULD
4:15:24PM DO IN BUSINESS.
4:15:25PM I'M NOT BLAMING THEM.
4:15:27PM I'M BLAMING US.
4:15:28PM FOR DOING WHAT WE DID TO OURSELVES.
4:15:33PM THIS IS NOT DIRECT 100% CAUSE OF THIS.
4:15:36PM HAPPENED AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN BECAUSE SOMEWHERE IN
4:15:42PM THE MINDS, NO ONE IS HAPPY UNLESS THINGS HAPPEN.
4:15:47PM WE HAVE A PROBLEM HERE THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT TO
4:15:52PM SOLVE.
4:15:53PM AND I STILL THINK WE CAN SOLVE IT, EVEN WITH ALL THE THINGS
4:15:56PM WORKING AGAINST US.
4:15:57PM IF THIS TAX TODAY AND THE ONE THAT'S COMING UP IN A YEAR OR
4:16:03PM TWO YEARS OR THREE YEARS, IF THAT ONE FAILS, THEN YOU'RE
4:16:06PM GOING TO HAVE A REAL BIG PROBLEM.
4:16:09PM ALL OF US ARE GOING TO HAVE A REAL BIG PROBLEM.
4:16:13PM WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO DO BUSINESS THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS.
4:16:19PM AND I'M NOT SAYING THERE'S ANYTHING CROOKED.
4:16:21PM I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING WRONG, WE JUST GOT TO UNDERSTAND
4:16:25PM WHAT YOU GOT ELECTED TO DO, YOU GOT ELECTED TO SERVE THE
4:16:31PM CITIZENS.
4:16:31PM AND IF SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO BE PART OF THAT CITIZENSHIP,
4:16:35PM THEN THEY HAVE TO JOIN THE CLUB BY PAYING.
4:16:39PM I DON'T MIND PUTTING A FIRE AND POLICE, LIKE I SAID THE
4:16:42PM OTHER DAY TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO THE ONES WHO WERE HERE,
4:16:46PM RAISE THE MONEY AND THE NEW PEOPLE COMING IN, THEY HAVE TO
4:16:48PM PAY A CERTAIN FEE, I DON'T MIND LOOKING AT THE REST OF THE
4:16:51PM FIVE OR SIX OTHER ITEMS I SPOKE ABOUT, BUT THAT'S ONLY A
4:16:54PM SMALL BAND-AID TO HELP YOU AND YOUR MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORK
4:16:59PM WITH YOU TO HAVE A FAIR LIFE AND FAIR FAMILY OPERATION LIKE
4:17:03PM I'VE HAD WITH MINE.
4:17:04PM AND THAT'S ALL I WANT.
4:17:06PM THAT'S ALL YOU WANT.
4:17:08PM YOU JUST WANT TO HAVE THE POLICE AND THE FIRE NOWHERE IN ANY
4:17:14PM CITY.
4:17:15PM IF YOU HAVE TERRIBLE POLICE AND FIRE, IS THAT CITY GOING
4:17:18PM ANYWHERE?
4:17:19PM IT CAN'T, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WILL NOT STAY THERE.
4:17:21PM THE PEOPLE NOT STAYING AND CERTAINLY NO ONE WILL COME AND
4:17:25PM REPLACE THEM.
4:17:26PM SO YOU MUST HAVE FIRE AND POLICE TOGETHER TO MAKE A CITY.
4:17:31PM THAT'S NUMBER ONE.
4:17:32PM NUMBER TWO, WHEN YOU LOOK AT DOWNTOWN TAMPA, BACK IN THE
4:17:37PM '70s, THE SIDEWALKS WOULD BE PICKED UP AT 5:30 IN THE
4:17:42PM AFTERNOON BECAUSE THERE WAS NO ONE DOWNTOWN.
4:17:44PM YOU JUST MENTIONED THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE PEOPLE, YOU
4:17:48PM KNOW, WE WERE DEAD, DEAD.
4:17:51PM THE ONLY THING WE HAD HERE WERE A FEW DRUNKS.
4:17:54PM THAT'S IT.
4:17:54PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: TUMBLEWEED.
4:17:56PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AND TUMBLEWEED.
4:17:59PM I WON'T USE THE OTHER WORD BUT THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME.
4:18:02PM THOSE THINGS YOU HAD.
4:18:03PM NOW WHAT WAS NOTHING IS BUILT UP WHERE YOU HAVE TO DOUBLE
4:18:08PM YOUR EXPOSURE OF WHAT YOU HAVE, WHAT YOU NEED.
4:18:10PM SAME THING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
4:18:13PM THERE WAS NO ONE LIVING HERE.
4:18:16PM 600 PEOPLE.
4:18:17PM THEY WERE IN JAIL OVER THERE BY THE INTERSTATE.
4:18:21PM THAT WAS IT.
4:18:22PM SO WHAT I'M SAYING, IN A FEW YEARS, THIS CITY HAS CHANGED SO
4:18:28PM MUCH AND HAS BROUGHT SO MUCH VALUE IN ITSELF THAT NO ONE --
4:18:33PM NOT US SEVEN, NOT US EIGHT, I SHOULD SAY, ARE GOING TO LET
4:18:37PM IT HAPPEN AND LET IT FALL COMPLETELY.
4:18:41PM YOU KNOW, I DON'T QUESTION ANYONE'S VOTE EVER HERE.
4:18:45PM THEY GOT ELECTED TO SERVE, BUT I THINK BETWEEN THE 8, ALL OF
4:18:50PM US HAD THE SAME OBJECTIVE TO MEET ALL YOUR GOALS OR THE BEST
4:18:54PM OF THE GOALS, NOT ONLY OF YOURS, BUT OF THE POLICE
4:18:58PM DEPARTMENT.
4:18:58PM NO CITY OR NO ENTITY, NO GOVERNMENT CAN BE A GOVERNMENT IF
4:19:02PM THEY DON'T HAVE A STRONG FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENT.
4:19:04PM I DON'T CARE WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU SAY.
4:19:07PM IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
4:19:09PM SOMEHOW BETWEEN NOW AND WEDNESDAY, WE'RE GOING TO FIND A
4:19:12PM WAY.
4:19:13PM WE DON'T HAVE A REVENUE PROBLEM.
4:19:15PM WE HAVE A SPENDING PROBLEM, WHICH BECOMES A REVENUE PROBLEM
4:19:19PM BECAUSE NOW THE REVENUES ARE GOING UP, NOT AS QUICK AS THEY
4:19:25PM NEED FOR THE PUBLIC BECAUSE YOU HAD ACCELERATION AND INFLUX
4:19:28PM OF A LOT MORE.
4:19:29PM AND THESE ARE THE THINGS YOU DO.
4:19:31PM WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU GO BY A TWO BY FOUR WHEN EVERYBODY IS A
4:19:36PM TWO BY FOUR, YOU GO TO BUY GAS AND THERE IS NO GAS, THE GAS
4:19:41PM BECOMES SKY HIGH.
4:19:42PM THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED IN THE HOME BUSINESS.
4:19:44PM EXACTLY WHY WE HAVE A CRISIS.
4:19:45PM EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING BECAUSE MORE PEOPLE COME INTO BUY
4:19:48PM AND THERE'S NO MORE HOUSING.
4:19:50PM NOTHING BEING BUILT TO FACILITATE ALL THE NEEDS WE HAVE.
4:19:55PM YOU'RE CHASING YOURSELF.
4:19:57PM NOT YOU, SIR.
4:19:58PM TALKING GENERALITIES.
4:19:59PM PLEASE, I'M NOT TALKING TO YOU.
4:20:00PM WHAT I'M SAYING IS, WE'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE AT.
4:20:04PM SOME PEOPLE COULD GET RED IN THE FACE AND TALK ALL THEY
4:20:08PM WANT.
4:20:08PM DOESN'T BOTHER ME AT ALL.
4:20:10PM SAY I DID THE WRONG THING, RIGHT THING, MARCHING TOGETHER.
4:20:13PM MAY NOT BE ON THE SAME PAGE YET, BUT SOONER OR LATER, THOSE
4:20:17PM FABULOUS EIGHT OR THE UNFABULOUS EIGHT, DEPENDING HOW YOU
4:20:21PM VOTING IN PEOPLE'S EYES, YOU'RE GOING TO GET THERE SOONER OR
4:20:24PM LATER.
4:20:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
4:20:26PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU.
4:20:26PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK AND THEN
4:20:28PM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON AND WE'LL WRAP IT UP.
4:20:31PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
4:20:32PM I WANTED TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE $11 MILLION FOR
4:20:35PM FIRE STATION 24.
4:20:36PM WHEN I TALKED ABOUT C.I.P., I HAD TWO SEPARATE MEETINGS WITH
4:20:39PM THE CFO, AND CHIEF OF STAFF REALLY FOCUSED ON -- BOTH OF
4:20:44PM THEM WERE TWO-HOUR MEETINGS TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET.
4:20:47PM AND I OFTEN -- I USED THAT EXAMPLE BECAUSE IT IS THE ONE
4:20:51PM WE'VE USED THE MOST, THE CIT.
4:20:56PM WHAT HAPPENED FIRE STATION 24.
4:20:57PM SURE ENOUGH I GOT A PAGE THAT SAID, YOU KNOW -- FY 2022 AND
4:21:03PM HAD IT IN THERE.
4:21:05PM FUNDING FROM CIT TAX AND WE APPROVED THAT, BUT THE
4:21:09PM ADMINISTRATION CHOSE NOT TO GO FORWARD WITH IT.
4:21:12PM AND THAT REALLY LIES ON US, THE SEVEN OF US TO FOLLOW UP, TO
4:21:16PM KEEP UP, TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS THAT ARE IN THE C.I.P. ARE
4:21:20PM DONE THE WAY WE WANT THEM TO DO, TO BE DONE.
4:21:23PM I WILL ABSOLUTELY TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR LAST YEAR'S BUDGET
4:21:28PM AND NOT FOCUSING -- I MEAN, I WAS FOUR MONTHS ON COUNCIL.
4:21:31PM I BARELY KNEW THE NAMES OF THE DIRECTORS.
4:21:34PM I'LL BE PERFECTLY HONEST.
4:21:36PM IF I HAD KNOWN THEN WHAT I KNOW NOW, I WOULD HAVE DONE
4:21:40PM THINGS QUITE DIFFERENTLY.
4:21:42PM AND THAT'S THE REALITY OF IT.
4:21:45PM WE'RE ONLY -- WE'RE NOT EVEN TEN YEARS AWAY FROM HAVING LESS
4:21:51PM THAN ONE BILLION DOLLARS BUDGET FOR THE CITY.
4:21:53PM THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR WHY WE CAN'T PROVIDE FOR OUR CITIZENS.
4:21:57PM WE'RE RIGHT.
4:21:57PM WE HAVE A SPENDING PROBLEM IN THE CITY AND NOT SPENDING ON
4:22:00PM THE PRIORITIES THAT THE CITIZENS HAVE ASKED US TO SPEND ON.
4:22:03PM WE SPENT $122 MILLION ON A BUILDING WE REALLY DIDN'T NEED.
4:22:07PM LIKE, WE COULD HAVE KEPT GOING RENTING.
4:22:10PM MAYBE IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN BETTER IN THE LONG RUN, BUT WE
4:22:13PM HAD MORE PRESSING NEEDS.
4:22:15PM SO I JUST WANTED TO ANSWER THAT FOR YOU.
4:22:16PM I ALSO WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE BONDING CAPABILITY
4:22:20PM IS.
4:22:21PM MS. TRAVIS IS RIGHT BEHIND YOU.
4:22:23PM SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT FOR HOUSING WITH 9.1 MILLION THAT WE
4:22:27PM CAN LEVERAGE THAT, IF I'M CORRECT, TO GET ABOUT 130 MILLION.
4:22:31PM NOW, WE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY NEED ALL THAT AND SHE WOULDN'T
4:22:35PM DO THAT THE VERY FIRST YEAR, BUT THAT'S THE KIND OF LEVERAGE
4:22:38PM THAT WE CAN GET.
4:22:39PM OBVIOUSLY, WE DON'T WANT TO BOND EVERYTHING BECAUSE THEN
4:22:43PM WE'RE STUCK WITH THOSE PAYMENTS OVER TIME.
4:22:46PM $40 MILLION WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT IS NOT THAT MUCH
4:22:49PM MONEY IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CAN BOND.
4:22:51PM IF WE MAKE THAT A PRIORITY THIS SESSION, WE CAN ABSOLUTELY
4:22:54PM GET STARTED.
4:22:55PM I SPOKE TO CHIEF TRIPP ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF FIRE STATIONS YOU
4:22:58PM WOULD WANT DOWN AT A TIME, SHE AGREED THAT TWO MAXIMUM ARE
4:23:03PM WHAT YOU WOULD WANT TO BE REBUILT AT THE SAME TIME IN ORDER
4:23:05PM TO MAKE SURE YOU AREN'T ALL LIVING IN A TRAILER ON THOSE
4:23:11PM PROPERTIES.
4:23:12PM SO IF WE COULD GET A GREAT CALENDAR GOING FOR REPLACING TWO
4:23:17PM STATIONS EVERY YEAR AT A COST OF BETWEEN 7 TO 9 MILLION
4:23:20PM DOLLARS, ABSOLUTELY THAT CAN BE DONE.
4:23:23PM THAT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON US TO MAKE SURE WE STAY ON TOP OF
4:23:27PM THAT PRIORITY.
4:23:28PM AND BECAUSE IT'S VERY TRUE.
4:23:33PM WE CAN PUT MONEY IN THE BUDGET, BUT IF THE ADMINISTRATION
4:23:35PM DOESN'T WANT TO SPEND IT, THEY WON'T.
4:23:37PM SO IT RELIES ON ALL OF US TO KEEP OUR EYE ON IT.
4:23:41PM MY PROMISE TO YOU IS THAT I'M GOING TO KEEP MY EYE ON IT TO
4:23:44PM THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.
4:23:47PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
4:23:48PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YAY, IT'S MY TURN.
4:23:53PM THIS IS AN INTERESTING TIME TO BE A NEOPHYTE ON CITY
4:23:59PM COUNCIL.
4:23:59PM I'M NOT A POLITICIAN.
4:24:00PM I AM AN EDUCATOR AND A SINGLE MOTHER AND A CAREGIVER.
4:24:05PM SO I KIND OF THINK OF THINGS DIFFERENTLY.
4:24:08PM I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT AN ELECTION NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS WHY I
4:24:11PM DID SUPPORT THE MILLAGE.
4:24:12PM NOW I KIND OF WISH THAT I WOULD HAVE SECONDED COUNCIL MEMBER
4:24:18PM VIERA'S MOTION FOR HIS SMALL MILLAGE INCREASE.
4:24:21PM I ACTUALLY WISHED I WOULD HAVE SECONDED THAT SO WE COULD
4:24:24PM HAVE BEEN AT LEAST -- SO WE COULD HAVE AT LEAST HAD THE
4:24:28PM DISCUSSION AND ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF FIRE AND POLICE.
4:24:31PM THAT WAS A NEOPHYTE ERROR.
4:24:33PM I WANT TO SAY THAT.
4:24:34PM WE'RE JUST LEARNING.
4:24:38PM ONE OF THE THINGS I APPRECIATE IN YOUR PRESENTATION IS THE
4:24:40PM FACT THAT LOCAL 754 AND THE CHIEF AND HER ADMINISTRATION,
4:24:45PM YOU ALL ARE BEGINNING TO COLLABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
4:24:49PM I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY IN A CRITICAL
4:24:51PM TIME AS THIS BECAUSE THE NEEDS ARE SO GREAT FOR FIRE.
4:24:56PM I SAID IT IN MY EARLIER COMMENTS ABOUT NOT WANTING TO TAKE A
4:25:04PM DIME AWAY FROM THE BUDGET AND THE REQUESTS THAT HAVE BEEN
4:25:07PM MADE BECAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY.
4:25:11PM I'M COMING FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF LIVING WITH A 92-YEAR-OLD
4:25:16PM MOTHER WHERE I HAVE CALLED FIRE AND RESCUE SEVEN TIMES IN
4:25:21PM TWO YEARS.
4:25:22PM AND I WANT THEM THERE, AND I WANT HER AT THE HOSPITAL AS
4:25:25PM QUICK AS POSSIBLE.
4:25:26PM THAT'S WHAT I WANT.
4:25:29PM AND SO THE ONLY WAY THAT CAN HAPPEN IS IF ALL CYLINDERS ARE
4:25:33PM WORKING WITHIN FIRE RESCUE AND THAT TAKES FUNDING, AND
4:25:37PM THAT'S JUST REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME.
4:25:39PM I DON'T EVEN WANT TO CONSIDER, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANYTHING
4:25:43PM EXCEPT YOU GETTING HER WHERE SHE NEEDS TO BE, WHERE SHE
4:25:47PM NEEDS TO BE, WHEN SHE NEEDS TO BE THERE.
4:25:49PM ANYWAY, BY THE WAY, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH TRAILERS.
4:25:53PM STAYING IN A TRAILER TO GET A NEW FIRE STATION, THERE'S
4:25:56PM NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
4:25:57PM THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SAY IS ASIDE FROM -- GOSH, MY
4:26:06PM NOTES ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE NOW.
4:26:08PM I THINK I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.
4:26:17PM THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
4:26:18PM AND I SUPPORT FIRE AT THE CURRENT BUDGET REQUEST THAT
4:26:21PM CURRENTLY EXISTS.
4:26:21PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, IF YOU WOULD LIKE
4:26:23PM TO CLOSE THIS OUT.
4:26:24PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
4:26:25PM I APPRECIATE THAT, MR. CHAIR, VERY MUCH.
4:26:27PM LONG STORY SHORT, I'VE GOT TO LEAVE FOR A FAMILY ISSUE FOR
4:26:33PM MY MOM AND DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT.
4:26:36PM I HAD TO GET HER AN UBER, SO I HAVE TO GO PICK HER UP.
4:26:40PM I WANTED TO MAKE A COUPLE OF MOTIONS ON THIS ISSUE.
4:26:45PM BUT I WANT TO RESPOND TO SOMETHING FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
4:26:48PM I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PARAMETERS, I GUESS,
4:26:53PM IF YOU WILL ON THIS ISSUE IN TERMS OF THE MAYOR, THE MAYOR'S
4:26:57PM PEOPLE, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
4:26:59PM I WALKED IN I GUESS IT WAS TUESDAY, 100% DEDICATED TO VOTING
4:27:04PM AGAINST THE 1.0 OR ANYTHING NEAR.
4:27:06PM I OPPOSED WHAT THE MAYOR WAS TRYING TO DO.
4:27:08PM MY INTENTION WHICH I STATED VERY CLEARLY FROM DAY ONE WAS TO
4:27:10PM HAVE A SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED MILLAGE THAT WOULD PRIMARILY
4:27:13PM BENEFIT PUBLIC SAFETY.
4:27:15PM WE COULD TALK ABOUT CUTS FOR THINGS LIKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
4:27:17PM ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
4:27:18PM COUNCILMAN CARLSON CAME OUT FROM DAY ONE AND SAID NO NEW
4:27:22PM TAXES.
4:27:24PM HIS POSITION, MY POSITION FORMED EARLY, ET CETERA.
4:27:28PM BOTH WERE TO VARYING DEGREES, HIS 100%, MINE 70%.
4:27:33PM BUT I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT WHEN I SAY THINGS, I HAVEN'T
4:27:36PM TALKED TO THE MAYOR'S PEOPLE ABOUT THIS.
4:27:38PM SOMETIMES I SIDE WITH THE MAYOR.
4:27:40PM SOMETIMES I DON'T.
4:27:41PM EARLY THIS YEAR I VOTED TO OVERRIDE NOT ONE, NOT TWO, NOT
4:27:44PM THREE, NOT FOUR, BUT FIVE VETOES FROM THE MAYOR ON THE
4:27:48PM CHARTER.
4:27:48PM WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE, RIGHT?
4:27:50PM WHAT I'M SAYING HERE IS FOR MYSELF 100%.
4:27:53PM TUESDAY COULD GET EMOTIONAL.
4:27:55PM TEMPERS COULD FLAIR.
4:27:57PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WEDNESDAY.
4:27:57PM >>LUIS VIERA: I'M SORRY.
4:27:59PM I DON'T MEAN TO MESS YOU ALL UP.
4:28:02PM I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE -- I RESPECT COUNCILMAN CARLSON
4:28:10PM 100% IN HIS SUCCESS ON THESE ISSUES AND IN NO WAY ENCUMBERS
4:28:15PM MINE.
4:28:16PM MY OPINION IN THAT REGARD THAT I'M NOT TALKING TO THE
4:28:18PM MAYOR'S OFFICE, ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.
4:28:21PM WITH REGARDS TO PRIOR SPENDING, MY ISSUE IS CITY COUNCIL
4:28:24PM PASSES, MAYOR SIGNS A LAW.
4:28:26PM ANY MISTAKES THAT WE'VE MADE, THAT I NEVER WANT OUR FIRST
4:28:31PM RESPONDERS TO PAY FOR IT.
4:28:32PM ALWAYS BEEN MY VIEW.
4:28:33PM IF I MAY, I DO WANT TO MAKE A QUICK MOTION ON, NUMBER ONE,
4:28:38PM AND WE COULD HAVE THIS COME BACK THE SECOND WEEK IN
4:28:40PM DECEMBER.
4:28:40PM I'M JUST MAKING THAT UP.
4:28:44PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET ME GET THE CALENDAR.
4:28:46PM GO AHEAD.
4:28:46PM >>LUIS VIERA: BY THE WAY, MR. CHAIR, GREAT MEETING TODAY SO
4:28:49PM FAR.
4:28:49PM WE'LL SEE WHEN IT ENDS AT 11:00.
4:28:52PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE PEARL HARBOR DAY.
4:28:55PM >>LUIS VIERA: NUMBER ONE, A MOTION FOR ADMINISTRATION TO
4:28:58PM COME BACK WITH A PROPOSED PLAN OF ACTION FOR BONDING OF
4:29:02PM FUTURE FIRE STATIONS AND PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS FOR THE STEPS
4:29:05PM TAKEN TO BE DOING THAT, ET CETERA.
4:29:07PM NUMBER TWO IS -- AND I'M GOING TO EXCLUDE -- YEAH, LET'S DO
4:29:14PM THAT.
4:29:14PM THAT'S NUMBER ONE.
4:29:17PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WAS GOING TO SECOND IT.
4:29:19PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK WITH THE SECOND.
4:29:20PM ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT?
4:29:20PM ALL IN FAVOR?
4:29:22PM AYE.
4:29:23PM ANY OPPOSED?
4:29:24PM YOUR SECOND.
4:29:25PM DECEMBER 7th UNDER STAFF REPORTS, 2023, YES, SIR.
4:29:29PM >>LUIS VIERA: I'LL EXCLUDE, WHENEVER -- YOU KNOW, I'LL TELL
4:29:33PM YOU WHAT, HOW ABOUT THIS, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA WISELY BROUGHT
4:29:37PM UP THE ISSUE OF PUBLIC SAFETY IMPACT FEES, WHAT DAY IS THAT
4:29:40PM COMING?
4:29:40PM IS THAT DECEMBER 7th?
4:29:41PM LET'S DO THIS, I'LL TALK TO THE ADMINISTRATION ABOUT MAKING
4:29:50PM SURE THEY PUT IN ALL REVENUE SOURCES NOT JUST PUBLIC SAFETY
4:29:53PM IMPACT FEES, WHETHER IT'S FEES OR 10-CENT TAX ON BASEBALL
4:29:57PM CARDS, WHATEVER, THAT WE CAN LOOK AT.
4:30:01PM SO WE CAN HANDLE THAT OFF-LINE.
4:30:03PM THEN THE NEXT ONE IS, AND THIS IS THE LAST ONE, A REQUEST
4:30:06PM FOR CONSIDERATION OF A ONE-YEAR ADDENDUM TO THE FIVE-YEAR
4:30:10PM REPORT FROM TAMPA FIRE RESCUE SO THAT WE CAN REVIEW THE
4:30:14PM PROGRESS.
4:30:14PM IT'S A REQUEST FOR FIRE TO DO THAT.
4:30:16PM DOESN'T NEED TO COME BACK BECAUSE I KNOW YOU ALL DON'T WANT
4:30:20PM TO LIMIT YOUR TIME, ET CETERA.
4:30:22PM I WOULD MAKE THAT REQUEST BECAUSE HAVING A ONE-YEAR ADDENDUM
4:30:26PM AS OPPOSED TO EVERY FIVE YEARS HELPS SUPPLEMENT THE MASTER
4:30:30PM PLAN IDEA, I WOULD SAY.
4:30:32PM SO THAT'S MY MOTION.
4:30:33PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHAT DATE WAS THAT, SIR?
4:30:35PM >>LUIS VIERA: IT WOULD BE A REQUEST, AND THEN WE CAN WORK
4:30:39PM WITH TFR WHEN THAT COMES BACK TO US.
4:30:42PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
4:30:43PM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
4:30:45PM ALL IN FAVOR?
4:30:46PM AYE.
4:30:46PM ANY OPPOSED?
4:30:47PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
4:30:52PM >> SORRY.
4:30:53PM I WANTED TO RESPOND TO THREE THINGS VERY QUICKLY.
4:30:55PM ONE IS AS WE GET INTO BUDGET AND BUDGET POSITIONS, THE
4:30:58PM AIRPORT AND MacDILL ARE CONTRACTED APPARATUSES.
4:31:01PM SO WE DO GET FULL REIMBURSEMENT FOR ABOUT 53 EMPLOYEES TO
4:31:05PM KEEP THAT IN MIND FOR NEXT WEDNESDAY.
04:31:12PM THE OTHER THING IS IF WE CAN DO A CAPITAL FACILITIES
04:31:15PM MASTER PLAN.
04:31:16PM WE DON'T NEED DATA.
04:31:18PM WE DON'T NEED RUN VOLUME OR RESPONSE TIMES.
04:31:21PM THE STATIONS THE YEARS WERE BUILT.
04:31:22PM THE YEARS THE STATIONS WERE BUILT HAS NOT CHANGED.
04:31:26PM IF WE CAN DO A PLAN JUST STRICTLY OFF FACILITIES, FIRE
04:31:29PM STATION FACILITIES AND HOW THOSE NEED TO BE IMPROVED,
04:31:32PM THAT WOULD BE A GREAT START.
04:31:33PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
04:31:35PM MAKE THAT MOTION?
04:31:37PM >>LUIS VIERA: I'LL MAKE THE MOTION -- CAPITAL FACILITIES
04:31:40PM MASTER PLAN, FOR IT TO COME BACK ON DECEMBER 7th AS
04:31:44PM WELL.
04:31:46PM BY THE WAY, IF YOU NEED MORE TIME, PLEASE.
04:31:49PM I'LL GIVE Y'ALL WHATEVER YOU WANT.
04:31:51PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
04:31:54PM SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
04:31:57PM DECEMBER 7th UNDER STAFF REPORTS.
04:31:59PM >> AND JUST A CLARIFICATION, THE CAPITAL FACILITIES IS
04:32:02PM SOLELY FOR TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
04:32:03PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
04:32:04PM >> THANK YOU.
04:32:05PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR?
04:32:06PM >>BILL CARLSON: CHIEF TRIPP, IN YOUR PRESENTATION YOU
04:32:08PM TALKED ABOUT THE -- THE ACCREDITATION DOCUMENT THAT YOU
04:32:13PM SENT OVER.
04:32:13PM I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING THAT BEFORE.
04:32:15PM SORRY IF I MISSED IT.
04:32:17PM I WON'T MAKE A MOTION BUT COULD YOU SEND THAT TO US
04:32:23PM ALSO?
04:32:23PM IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE ASPIRATIONS AND PLANNING IN IT.
04:32:27PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: YOU MEAN THE COVER?
04:32:29PM >>BILL CARLSON: THE DOCUMENT FOR YOUR REACCREDITATION.
04:32:32PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: OH, OKAY.
04:32:33PM >>BILL CARLSON: IT SOUNDS LIKE IT HAS STRATEGIES AND
04:32:35PM IDEAS.
04:32:36PM THE LAST THING.
04:32:37PM WE ALL TALKED ABOUT THE POLITICAL ASPECTS OF THIS A
04:32:40PM LITTLE BIT.
04:32:44PM YOU KNOW, WHERE I COME FROM ON THE BUDGET IS JUST A DEEP
04:32:48PM PHILOSOPHICAL FEELING.
04:32:49PM WE ALL SOMETIMES DO THAT.
04:32:52PM I DON'T CARE IF I EVER GET REELECTED TO ANYTHING.
04:32:55PM OBVIOUSLY I SAY A LOT OF THINGS UP HERE THAT SHOW THAT.
04:33:00PM BUT -- WHAT I CALL CHIEF OF STAFF 1:30 OR 2:00, WHATEVER
04:33:07PM IT WAS WHEN WE LEFT THE OTHER MORNING, AND SAID NOBODY
04:33:11PM WON AND NOBODY LOST TONIGHT.
04:33:12PM WE ALL LOST AND WE ALL WON.
04:33:14PM I SAID THE MAYOR WON BECAUSE SHE PROPOSED A SOLUTION.
04:33:17PM IT WASN'T A COMPLETE SOLUTION.
04:33:19PM IT WAS A PARTIAL SOLUTION BUT SHE WON AND PROPOSED
04:33:22PM SOMETHING.
04:33:22PM IT SHOWED LEADERSHIP THAT SHE DID THAT.
04:33:26PM WE CAN SAY TOMORROW, I PROPOSED SOMETHING IN THE
04:33:28PM COMMUNITY AND CITY COUNCIL DECIDED NOT TO DO IT.
04:33:30PM SO NOW WE HAVE TO WORK WITH WHAT WE HAVE.
04:33:32PM THE CITY COUNCIL DIDN'T WIN.
04:33:34PM WE HAD TO GO THROUGH SEVEN HOURS OF ARGUMENTS AND PUBLIC
04:33:38PM COMMENTS AND THOUSANDS MAYBE OF E-MAILS AND EVERYTHING.
04:33:41PM WE DIDN'T WIN EITHER.
04:33:42PM THERE IS NO WINNER OR LOSER IN THIS.
04:33:44PM WE ALSO LOST THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO DO THESE
04:33:46PM THINGS BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE A JUDGMENT, YOU KNOW, JUST
04:33:49PM LIKE THE PARABLE OF SOLOMON IN THE BAY, WE HAD TO MAKE A
04:33:53PM JUDGMENT ABOUT WHAT DO WE DO.
04:33:55PM AND WE -- THE MAJORITY OF US CHOSE ONE PATH.
04:33:58PM IT -- IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT ONE IS BETTER THAN THE OTHER
04:34:01PM IN THE LONG-TERM, WE'LL SEE.
04:34:02PM BUT ONE OTHER WAY THE MAYOR WINS IS WE HAVE A BETTER
04:34:05PM CHANCE OF SURVIVING THIS RECESSION THAT'S COMING RIGHT
04:34:08PM NOW BY NOT ADDING COSTS TO OUR ECONOMY.
04:34:11PM I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET HIT PRETTY HARD AND THE
04:34:16PM NUMBERS LAG WHERE WE ARE.
04:34:17PM I SAID TO THE CHIEF OF STAFF THE NEXT MORNING.
04:34:20PM I SAID THERE IS TWO WAYS GOING FORWARD.
04:34:22PM EITHER THE MAYOR'S PEOPLE COME OUT AND THEY'RE DEFENSIVE
04:34:25PM AND ARGUMENTATIVE AND POLITICAL AND SAY, LET'S SHOW CITY
04:34:28PM COUNCIL, PUT THEM IN THEIR PLACE AND LET'S LET THEM FAIL
04:34:32PM NEXT WEDNESDAY.
04:34:33PM WELL, THAT WOULD SEND US INTO ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS AND
04:34:36PM THE CHIEF OF STAFF SAID, I DON'T WANT THAT EITHER.
04:34:40PM I SAID I'M SURE THE MAYOR DOESN'T WANT THAT.
04:34:42PM THE OTHER PATH IS FOR THE MAYOR TO CALL HER STAFF AND
04:34:45PM SAY TWO WEEKS FROM NOW I WANT TO HAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE
04:34:48PM WITH THE CHAIR OF CITY COUNCIL, GUIDO MANISCALCO, AND
04:34:51PM ANNOUNCE ALTHOUGH THE COMMUNITY DID NOT LIKE THE
04:34:56PM PROPOSAL WE MADE, WE WORK TOGETHER AND PROTECTED THE
04:34:59PM FIVE THINGS I PROPOSED AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
04:35:02PM NOW IS THE TIME FOR LEADERSHIP, NOT POLITICS.
04:35:04PM WE NEED TO WORK ON HOW DO WE SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.
04:35:07PM WE ARE FACING A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION.
04:35:09PM THE DECISION ON HOW MUCH WE HAVE WAS MADE ALREADY.
04:35:12PM NOW LET'S PLEASE WORK TOGETHER.
04:35:14PM THIS IS -- THIS CAN BE IN TWO WEEKS, THIS CAN BE A WIN
04:35:17PM FOR THE MAYOR, CAN BE A WIN FOR CITY COUNCIL AND MOST
04:35:19PM IMPORTANTLY A WIN FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
04:35:21PM THANK YOU.
04:35:21PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, I THOUGHT
04:35:24PM ABOUT THAT TODAY.
04:35:25PM I SAID WHAT IF WE DO THAT?
04:35:27PM THE MAYOR, CHAIR OF CITY COUNCIL, THAT WE COME TO A
04:35:29PM CONCLUSION WITH THE BUDGET.
04:35:31PM WE MET IN THE MIDDLE.
04:35:32PM WHATEVER IT IS.
04:35:33PM BUT IT'S EVERYBODY WINS.
04:35:35PM MOST IMPORTANTLY THE PEOPLE OF TAMPA WIN AND US MAKING A
04:35:39PM BETTER OR THE BEST DECISION.
04:35:41PM YOU KNOW, I TRY TO GET ALONG WITH EVERYBODY.
04:35:43PM I ALWAYS KEEP THAT OPEN MIND AND I THINK THAT'S
04:35:46PM SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO, SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET
04:35:50PM THERE.
04:35:51PM >> I WAS GOING TO SAY, I REALLY HAVE TO RUN BECAUSE I'M
04:35:54PM 20 MINUTES AWAY AND THAT'S WHEN I NEED TO BE HERE.
04:35:56PM I HAVE THE ORDINANCE THAT JUSTIN WAS GOING TO PRESENT
04:35:58PM ON -- CAN SOMEONE PLEASE MOTION TO CONTINUE IT SOMETIME
04:36:01PM IN -- WHAT THE HELL ARE WE IN?
04:36:03PM SEPTEMBER.
04:36:03PM OCTOBER.
04:36:04PM JUSTIN, I APOLOGIZE.
04:36:05PM I DO.
04:36:06PM CAN SOMEONE DO THAT FOR ME PLEASE?
04:36:08PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET ME DO THAT REAL QUICK.
04:36:10PM IS THIS ABOUT THE SALARIES?
04:36:14PM >>LUIS VIERA: YEAH.
04:36:14PM IF I MAY, I MOTION TO CONTINUE THAT TO --
04:36:17PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NOVEMBER 2?
04:36:18PM >>LUIS VIERA: THERE YOU GO.
04:36:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THIS IS THE NUMBER ON THE
04:36:22PM AGENDA -- UNDER STAFF --
04:36:24PM >> 79.
04:36:26PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
04:36:27PM WE HAVE A MOTION.
04:36:27PM THIS IS GOING TO BE FOR NOVEMBER 2 UNDER STAFF REPORTS.
04:36:30PM MR. VASQUEZ, WE APOLOGIZE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
04:36:35PM PATIENCE.
04:36:36PM WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA AND SECONDED BY
04:36:40PM COUNCIL MEMBER -- YES, MA'AM?
04:36:45PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I WANT TO SAY, MY CONCERN IS OF COURSE
04:36:48PM I HAVE NO PROBLEM WORKING WITH STAFF.
04:36:50PM I HAVE EVIDENCE OF THAT.
04:36:52PM EVERY TIME I MEET WITH THEM, BUT MY CONCERN IS THAT THEY
04:36:55PM ARE THE AREA -- THEY ARE THE EXPERTS IN THEIR PARTICULAR
04:37:00PM PERSPECTIVE FIELDS, BUT $45 MILLION IS A LOT TO CUT, AND
04:37:04PM MY FEAR IS SOMEONE IS GOING TO LOSE THEIR JOBS.
04:37:07PM THAT'S MY FEAR.
04:37:09PM WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING FOR $45 MILLION, AND YOU'RE SAYING
04:37:11PM THAT THERE IS WASTE, I JUST DON'T SEE THAT BEING IN
04:37:17PM PURCHASING THINGS.
04:37:18PM I SEE THAT IN HUMAN CAPITAL.
04:37:20PM AND THAT IS MY BIGGEST FEAR REGARDING WHAT WE'RE BEING
04:37:22PM ASKED TO DO, AND WE'RE ASKING STAFF TO DO THAT AND THAT
04:37:26PM IS GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT IF THAT'S GOING TO BE THE
04:37:30PM CASE.
04:37:32PM THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE I WANTED TO SAY, BUT I'LL LEAVE
04:37:35PM IT AT THAT.
04:37:36PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. SHELBY, I WAS GOING TO ASK IF
04:37:38PM IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO MAKE A MOTION THAT BEFORE
04:37:40PM NEXT WEDNESDAY, WE GET UNDER PERSONNEL IN THE BUDGET,
04:37:45PM WHAT NEW POSITIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED IN THIS UPCOMING
04:37:50PM BUDGET THAT HAVE NOT BEEN FILLED.
04:37:53PM WHAT THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT IS.
04:37:54PM I'M SORRY?
04:37:56PM YEAH.
04:37:56PM THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO LOOK AT.
04:37:58PM NOT PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE EXISTING, BUT WHAT IS BEING
04:38:01PM PROPOSED.
04:38:01PM AND I THINK THAT'S --
04:38:03PM >> IT'S IN THE BUDGET.
04:38:04PM >> SO YOU'RE ASKING IT TO BE PULLED OUT AND MADE
04:38:07PM AVAILABLE IN ADVANCE OF THE BUDGET?
04:38:09PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IF IT'S ALREADY THERE, I CAN DO IT
04:38:11PM AND GO THROUGH IT.
04:38:12PM BUT JUST -- THEN I WON'T HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION.
04:38:16PM I CAN PULL IT UP MYSELF.
04:38:17PM WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PROPOSED POSITIONS.
04:38:19PM AND LOOKING AT THOSE.
04:38:21PM SO THAT'S -- THAT'S SOMETHING.
04:38:24PM AN OPTION.
04:38:25PM THAT'S IT.
04:38:25PM I'M NOT GOING TO DISCUSS IT NOW.
04:38:27PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
04:38:27PM WE HAD A FEW ITEMS PULLED FOR DISCUSSION.
04:38:30PM ITEM NUMBER 19.
04:38:31PM I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, DID YOU PULL THAT?
04:38:35PM >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH.
04:38:36PM I JUST WANT TO -- I TALKED TO MS. MERTAW -- RIGHT?
04:38:43PM HOW DO YOU SAY IT AGAIN?
04:38:45PM >> RICHARD --
04:38:53PM >>BILL CARLSON: SO MY CONCERN WITH THIS IS WE NEED TO
04:38:55PM TALK ABOUT THE CCNA PROCESS AND BONDING AND PURCHASES OF
04:39:01PM SERVICES.
04:39:02PM WHAT THIS DOES IS IT'S A PRE-APPROVED LIST OF I THINK
04:39:05PM ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS AND THEN THE -- THE CAD
04:39:11PM DEPARTMENT CAN ASSIGN THE WORK ORDERS UP TO $200,000.
04:39:14PM AND -- AND -- AND AS I UNDERSTOOD IT IN THE HALL, THERE
04:39:19PM IS NO LIMIT OVERALL, AND WORK ORDERS DON'T HAVE TO BE
04:39:24PM APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL, RIGHT?
04:39:26PM >> UNDER $100,000, THEY DO NOT.
04:39:31PM >>BILL CARLSON: SO MY CONCERN IS -- AND YOU LOOK AT
04:39:34PM HANNAH AVENUE AND ALSO FAIR OAKS OR THE EAST COAST PARK,
04:39:38PM YOU HAD A SITUATIONS WHERE THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES
04:39:41PM ARE PAID A PERCENTAGE OF THE DEAL, AND THERE IS PRICE
04:39:44PM ESCALATION WITHOUT A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE BUDGET.
04:39:50PM AND, YOU KNOW, I TALKED TO MR. SPEARMAN ABOUT FURNITURE
04:39:53PM A FEW MONTHS AGO AND SAID IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO BUY $5
04:39:57PM MILLION OF FURNITURE YOU NEED AN RFP, RIGHT?
04:40:00PM IF THEY WANT $5 MILLION MORE, THERE HAS TO BE AN RFP.
04:40:05PM BUT WE WENT FROM 400,000 TO MILLION WITHOUT RFP.
04:40:10PM WE WENT TO 41 WITHOUT AN RFP IN THE CASE OF FAIR OAKS.
04:40:16PM WE NEED A DIFFERENT PROCESS FOR HANDLING THIS.
04:40:18PM MY REQUEST TO HIM WAS TO DELAY THIS UNTIL AFTER WE TALK
04:40:22PM ABOUT THE CAD PROCESS AND PUT SOME CONTROLS AROUND IT,
04:40:25PM JUST THE SAME AS WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE FIRE STATION
04:40:27PM AND THE FIVE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR AFFORDABLE
04:40:30PM HOUSING, IT DIDN'T GET DONE BECAUSE ADMINISTRATION
04:40:32PM DIDN'T WANT TO DO.
04:40:33PM IN THIS CASE THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS BEING DONE.
04:40:37PM THE PEOPLE OF EAST TAMPA WERE PROMISED AN EXTRA $23
04:40:39PM MILLION ON A PARK, AND WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT IT
04:40:42PM UNTIL AFTER THEY HAD BEEN PROMISED IT.
04:40:43PM SO WE NEED TO PUT SOME GUARDRAILS AROUND THIS SO WE CAN
04:40:47PM BE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS AND WE'VE GOT A NEW
04:40:52PM ADMINISTRATOR EAGER TO DO IT AND WE SET UP A MEETING.
04:40:54PM I ASKED IF THIS CAN BE CONTINUED UNTIL AFTER THE OTHER
04:40:57PM DISCUSSION, AND HE IS RECOMMENDING NO.
04:41:01PM UNLESS YOU WANT TO DELAY IT, I'LL VOTE NOW.
04:41:04PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HOW FAR DO YOU WANT TO DELAY IT?
04:41:07PM >> NOVEMBER 30.
04:41:08PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DECEMBER 7th.
04:41:10PM >> NOVEMBER WORKSHOP.
04:41:15PM >>BILL CARLSON: YOU EXPLAINED YOU WENT THROUGH A
04:41:17PM PROCESS, AN RFQ PROCESS TO VET ALL THE COMPANIES.
04:41:20PM BUT IS THERE SOME URGENT NEED THAT WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT
04:41:23PM IT BEFORE NOVEMBER?
04:41:26PM >> NOT AN URGENT NEED.
04:41:28PM IT'S JUST -- THERE IS 15 FIRMS THAT WENT THROUGH THE RFQ
04:41:31PM PROCESS.
04:41:32PM WE VETTED ALL 15 FIRMS AND SELECTED ALL 15 FIRMS.
04:41:35PM THREE OF WHICH ARE MINORITY SMALL LOCAL BUSINESS, BLACK,
04:41:39PM HISPANIC, SO 20% OF THOSE FIRMS.
04:41:42PM THIS JUST MAKES THEM AVAILABLE FOR USE NOW.
04:41:45PM IT'S JUST -- 15 ADDITIONAL FIRMS THAT WOULD BECOME
04:41:48PM AVAILABLE IF ANY TASK IN THEIR WHEELHOUSE PER SE COMES
04:41:52PM UP BETWEEN NOW AND --
04:41:55PM >>BILL CARLSON: CAN I ASK, IS IT POSSIBLE -- SORRY TO
04:41:57PM PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.
04:41:58PM IS IT POSSIBLE -- I CAN BE -- IT CAN BE 6-1 IF YOU ALL
04:42:03PM WANT.
04:42:04PM MORRIS, CAN WE AMEND TO SAY CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO
04:42:06PM APPROVE THE WORK ORDERS?
04:42:13PM >> THE REASON WHY THE $100,000 LIMIT IS BY CODE,
04:42:17PM ANYTHING OVER -- UNDER $100,000 DOES NOT COME TO
04:42:20PM COUNCIL.
04:42:20PM SO PURCHASING CONTRACTS, ALL DIFFERENT CONTRACTS SO
04:42:24PM THERE IS AN ORDINANCE ON THE BOOKS.
04:42:25PM YOU'D HAVE TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE.
04:42:27PM WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT WHETHER THE LIMIT NEEDS TO BE
04:42:29PM ADJUSTED UPWARD A LITTLE BIT.
04:42:31PM WHAT IS THE LIMIT OF THESE CONTRACT -- WHAT KIND
04:42:34PM OF -- GIVE ME EXAMPLES OF WHAT THE CONTRACTS ARE FOR.
04:42:37PM ARE THERE MONETARY LIMITS SO COUNCIL IS ASSURED IT'S NOT
04:42:40PM GOING TO GO UP TO --
04:42:41PM >>BILL CARLSON: CAN I --
04:42:43PM >> THAT'S --
04:42:43PM >>BILL CARLSON: CAN I SAY ONE THING.
04:42:45PM THIS IS TALKING ABOUT THE PAST.
04:42:46PM NOT NOW AND WHAT I'VE SOON WITH OTHER GOVERNMENTS.
04:42:49PM WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU ISSUE 10 DIFFERENT WORK ORDERS FOR
04:42:52PM $50,000.
04:42:53PM I DON'T THINK IT'S THE FIRE CHIEF'S FAULT, BUT THE FIRE
04:42:56PM CHIEF HAD A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WAS -- WHAT WAS IT,
04:43:00PM NICK?
04:43:00PM $99,999?
04:43:04PM JUST UNDER THE THRESHOLD?
04:43:05PM SO SOMEHOW WE'VE GOT TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION FOR
04:43:08PM THIS.
04:43:08PM AND I DON'T -- I DON'T WANT TO LOOK AT THOUSANDS OF
04:43:11PM CONTRACTS EITHER BUT WHEN WE HAVE AN OPEN ENDED CHECK, I
04:43:13PM MEAN, WE -- MAYBE IT'S LIMITING THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT
04:43:18PM WOULD GO TO ONE FIRM OR THE NUMBER OF TIMES PEOPLE GET
04:43:20PM IT.
04:43:20PM THERE IS ALSO OTHER CONSIDERATIONS BUT I -- I THINK WE
04:43:23PM NEED TO MONITOR THIS MORE CLOSELY.
04:43:26PM NOT THAT WE DON'T TRUST THE NEW ADMINISTRATOR BUT JUST
04:43:29PM BECAUSE THE PUBLIC DOESN'T TRUST THE PROCESS AND WE NEED
04:43:33PM TO SHOW TRANSPARENCY.
04:43:35PM THANK YOU.
04:43:37PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO THERE IS NO WAY TO AMEND THIS.
04:43:40PM WE'D HAVE TO TAKE A VOTE TODAY UNLESS -- CONTINUING IT.
04:43:43PM NOTHING REALLY CHANGES.
04:43:44PM CORRECT?
04:43:45PM >> CORRECT.
04:43:45PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IF WE DELAY IT UNTIL DECEMBER, AFTER
04:43:49PM NOVEMBER 30 --
04:43:51PM >> THE VENDORS WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.
04:43:53PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE SHOULD TAKE A VOTE.
04:43:56PM LET'S TAKE A VOTE TODAY.
04:43:57PM IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ITEM NUMBER 19 AND SEE
04:44:01PM WHERE IT GOES.
04:44:01PM DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE ITEM 19 PULLED FROM CONSENT?
04:44:08PM YES, SIR.
04:44:08PM WE HAVE -- ALL RIGHT.
04:44:15PM IT'S UNDER PUBLIC WORKS.
04:44:22PM >> WORKS IS 19.
04:44:25PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I'M NOT VOTING FOR IT, AND BILL IS NOT
04:44:27PM VOTING FOR IT.
04:44:28PM IT WOULD HAVE TO BE CHARLIE.
04:44:30PM ARE YOU -- YEAH.
04:44:31PM SO HE MOVED.
04:44:32PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA MOVED ITEM
04:44:35PM NUMBER 19.
04:44:36PM DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
04:44:37PM SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
04:44:40PM LET'S TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE.
04:44:42PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
04:44:43PM >>BILL CARLSON: NO.
04:44:44PM >>LYNN HURTAK: NO.
04:44:46PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES.
04:44:49PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
04:44:51PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
04:44:53PM >> MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON AND HURTAK VOTING NO AND
04:44:59PM VIERA ABSENT.
04:45:00PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I BELIEVE THE OTHER TWO PULLED BY
04:45:03PM HURTAK.
04:45:03PM 29 AND 32.
04:45:05PM 29.
04:45:05PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I
04:45:10PM READ THE AGENDA EVERY WEEK AND PULL OUT THINGS.
04:45:16PM AND I ASKED ABOUT THIS WITH STAFF AND IT'S A $5500 ICE
04:45:20PM MAKER FOR THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
04:45:22PM ICE AND WATER.
04:45:23PM IT'S ICE AND WATER.
04:45:25PM IT'S FOR THE WHOLE BUILDING BUT BEHIND LOCKED DOORS.
04:45:29PM >> IT'S ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
04:45:30PM >>LYNN HURTAK: IT IS GOING ON THE SECOND FLOOR?
04:45:32PM SEE, THAT'S NOT WHAT I WAS TOLD.
04:45:33PM I WANTED TO BRING THIS UP BECAUSE THESE ARE THE LITTLE
04:45:36PM THINGS THAT WE'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE TO START LOOKING AT
04:45:39PM IN THE BUDGET.
04:45:39PM NOW WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS,
04:45:43PM I'M BRINGING IT UP AS A POINT OF THE LITTLE THINGS THAT
04:45:46PM WE ALL NEED TO START LOOKING AT AS WANTS AND NEEDS.
04:45:49PM SO IT'S -- IT'S SOMETHING THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT RIGHT
04:45:53PM NOW PEOPLE FROM OLD CITY HALL GO ACROSS TO TMOB TO GET
04:45:59PM ICE AND WATER.
04:46:00PM I UNDERSTAND THAT.
04:46:01PM OUR ICE HERE IS TERRIBLE.
04:46:04PM BUT I'M GOING TO LET MS. TRAVIS ADVOCATE FOR THIS.
04:46:07PM >> SURE.
04:46:07PM >> I'M ALSO ON THE LINE TOO.
04:46:11PM ADRI COLINA, DIRECTOR OF LOGISTICS AND ASSET MANAGEMENT.
04:46:14PM >> THANK YOU.
04:46:15PM I FORGOT ADRI WAS CALLING IN.
04:46:17PM ADRI CAN PROVIDE MORE DETAILS BECAUSE IT'S IN HER
04:46:20PM BUDGET.
04:46:20PM I'LL TELL YOU I WAS THE PERSON THAT ADVOCATED FOR THIS
04:46:22PM FOR OUR COLLEAGUES THAT ARE IN OLD CITY HALL BUILDING
04:46:26PM BECAUSE I CAN LOOK OUT MY WINDOW OF MY OFFICE AND SEE
04:46:29PM THEM WALKING OVER IN RAIN TO GET ICE WATER FROM THE TMOB
04:46:32PM BUILDING.
04:46:33PM SO I ADVOCATED FOR MY COLLEAGUES THAT OUR
04:46:39PM EXECUTIVE -- ARE EXECUTIVE OR LEGISLATIVE AIDES, THE
04:46:41PM CLERK'S OFFICE.
04:46:42PM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT HAPPENS TO BE THE LARGEST
04:46:44PM DEPARTMENT IN THIS BUILDING.
04:46:45PM WE HAVE -- OCEA HAS SOME STAFF IN THE OFFICE AND
04:46:51PM COMMUNICATIONS AS WELL.
04:46:53PM THIS CAME FROM ME ADVOCATING FOR MY COLLEAGUES IN OLD
04:46:55PM CITY HALL FOR A SERVICE THEY HAVE TO CROSS THE STREET
04:46:57PM FOR TMOB IN -- IN WHATEVER INCLEMENT WEATHER IS GOING ON
04:47:02PM OUTSIDE.
04:47:02PM IT'S NOT A NEW BUDGET LINE ITEM.
04:47:04PM IT'S A -- IT'S A TRANSFER FROM ONE LINE ITEM TO ANOTHER,
04:47:08PM BUT ADRI CAN TALK TO THAT.
04:47:13PM >> THANK YOU, MS. TRAVIS.
04:47:14PM YES.
04:47:15PM IT'S SIMPLY REALLOCATING FUNDS IN MY EXISTING OPERATING
04:47:19PM BUDGET THIS FISCAL YEAR FROM OPERATING INTO CAPITAL.
04:47:23PM AND IT'S FUNDS THAT WE SAID WE CAN BETTER USE IN THIS
04:47:27PM FORM -- I'M NOT ASKING FOR ANY OTHER FUNDS.
04:47:29PM BUT MS. TRAVIS IS RIGHT.
04:47:31PM WE HAD RECORD BREAKING HEAT THIS SUMMER.
04:47:34PM WE HAVE RAIN.
04:47:36PM AND OLD CITY HALL DOES NOT HAVE AN ICE DISPENSER AND
04:47:39PM WATER DISPENSER.
04:47:41PM AND SO I'M NOT ASKING FOR A LUXURY ITEM.
04:47:44PM IT'S REALLY A QUALITY OF LIFE ITEM.
04:47:46PM WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 70 STAFF MEMBERS IN OLD CITY HALL
04:47:51PM WITH THE MAJORITY OF THEM BEING IN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
04:47:54PM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT DID NOT MAKE THIS REQUEST.
04:47:57PM AND WE WERE LOOKING AT TWO SEPARATE AREAS IN OLD CITY
04:48:00PM HALL WHERE IT CAN BE PLACED.
04:48:01PM AND WE LANDED ON THE SECOND FLOOR WHICH IS ACCESSIBLE TO
04:48:06PM EVERYONE.
04:48:08PM AND IT WILL ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR STAFF IN THAT
04:48:11PM BUILDING TO WALK ACROSS THE WAY JUST TO GET ICE WATER.
04:48:15PM >> IT'S GOING ON THE SECOND FLOOR, COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
04:48:19PM I THINK THERE IS A SPACE ON THE SECOND FLOOR
04:48:21PM NEXT -- LIKE A KITCHEN SPACE THAT'S AVAILABLE, AND IT'S
04:48:23PM NOT BEHIND LOCKED DOORS.
04:48:26PM >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY.
04:48:26PM >> APPRECIATE YOU.
04:48:29PM >>LYNN HURTAK: APPRECIATE THAT.
04:48:30PM I'M NOT SAYING I'M VOTING AGAINST IT, BUT THESE ARE THE
04:48:33PM TYPES OF THINGS WE HAVE TO LOOK AT NEXT YEAR AS TO HOW
04:48:36PM TO SPEND.
04:48:36PM I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS FISCAL YEAR'S BUDGET BUT NEXT
04:48:39PM YEAR'S.
04:48:39PM I WANTED TO BRING IT UP BECAUSE I LITERALLY WOKE UP IN
04:48:42PM THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT LAST NIGHT AND WENT -- THE ICE
04:48:44PM MAKER.
04:48:46PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I'M SO THIRSTY.
04:48:48PM >>LYNN HURTAK: NO, IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS.
04:48:50PM AND FOR ME IT WAS A VISUAL.
04:48:51PM SO ANYWAY.
04:48:52PM IT'S -- IT'S NOT MY DEPARTMENT, I DON'T THINK.
04:48:54PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT IS.
04:48:55PM I WILL SUPPORT THIS.
04:48:56PM IF THIS WAS A SODA MACHINE -- IF THIS WAS A SODA
04:49:00PM MACHINE, I WOULD -- LIKE A COKE FREESTYLE, I WOULDN'T BE
04:49:03PM SUPPORTING THIS BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO REDUCE OUR
04:49:05PM SUGAR INTAKE.
04:49:06PM >> WHAT ABOUT PEPSI?
04:49:08PM >> I WILL SAY THAT -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.
04:49:11PM IT IS WATER.
04:49:12PM IT'S WATER AND ICE.
04:49:13PM IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE STAFF AND -- IT'S CONSISTENT
04:49:18PM WITH THE FOLKS AT PARKS AND REC AND TPD LOCATIONS, FIRE
04:49:24PM STATIONS.
04:49:24PM WE SHOULDN'T TREAT THE STAFF IN OLD CITY HALL ANY
04:49:27PM DIFFERENT.
04:49:27PM IT'S NOT A LUXURY ITEM.
04:49:28PM AND HONESTLY WE PUT IT ON TODAY'S AGENDA REALLY JUST
04:49:32PM BEING TRANSPARENT BECAUSE COME FISCAL YEAR '24 WE
04:49:36PM HAD -- I COULD HAVE PURCHASED IT.
04:49:38PM BUT WE WANTED TO BE TRANSPARENT AND THAT'S ALWAYS THE
04:49:40PM CASE WITH US AND IT'S A BETTER USE OF THE MONEY THAN
04:49:44PM JUST SPENDING IT ON OPERATING RIGHT NOW.
04:49:47PM AND HONESTLY AS I WAITED TODAY TO SPEAK, I LISTENED THIS
04:49:51PM MORNING TO THE INVOCATION AND THE YOUNG MAN, MR. BLOOM,
04:49:55PM VERY ACCURATELY SAID IT'S NOT ABOUT US.
04:49:57PM IT'S ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO FOR OTHERS.
04:50:00PM I'M HERE TODAY FOR MY COLLEAGUES IN OLD CITY HALL.
04:50:02PM CITY EMPLOYEES WHO WORK VERY HARD AND AS PUBLIC SECTOR
04:50:06PM EMPLOYEES WE CAN'T OFFER THE PERKS THAT SOME PRIVATE
04:50:08PM INDUSTRIES CAN, IE, WEIGHT ROOMS, CATERED LUNCHES, ET
04:50:12PM CETERA.
04:50:13PM AN ICE MACHINE AND A WATER DISPENSER IS NOT QUITE A PERK
04:50:16PM BUT IT DOES GO A LONG WAY SAYING TOWARDS -- TOWARD
04:50:19PM SAYING WE APPRECIATE YOU.
04:50:22PM I HEARD COUNCILMAN EARLIER AND I WANT TO THANK YOU WHEN
04:50:25PM YOU SAID PUBLIC SERVICE IS NOT A SEXY JOB, AND YOU'RE
04:50:27PM RIGHT.
04:50:28PM WE'RE NOT JUST FTEs.
04:50:30PM WE'RE DEDICATED PEOPLE AND WE DEDICATE OUR LIFE TO
04:50:33PM SERVING THE PUBLIC AND TODAY WAS SIMPLY ABOUT BEING FAIR
04:50:36PM TO THE EMPLOYEES IN OLD CITY HALL.
04:50:40PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE?
04:50:42PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.
04:50:43PM AGAIN, I WANTED TO BRING IT UP AS THINGS WE'LL HAVE TO
04:50:45PM BE LOOKING AT NEXT YEAR.
04:50:46PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT IS -- THAT'S FINE.
04:50:48PM >>LYNN HURTAK: NEXT YEAR WE WON'T BE ABLE TO AFFORD
04:50:51PM THIS.
04:50:51PM I MOVE ITEM NUMBER 19.
04:50:53PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND?
04:50:54PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I MOVED IT TWICE ALREADY.
04:50:58PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I'M SORRY.
04:50:58PM 29.
04:50:59PM I APOLOGIZE.
04:51:00PM YOU'RE RIGHT.
04:51:03PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK AND
04:51:04PM SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
04:51:04PM ALL IN FAVOR?
04:51:06PM ANY OPPOSED?
04:51:07PM ALL RIGHT.
04:51:07PM >> THANK YOU.
04:51:08PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT --
04:51:09PM >>LYNN HURTAK: ITEM NUMBER 32 IS THE APPROPRIATION OF
04:51:15PM $11 MILLION FOR PERSONNEL EXPENDITURES FOR FIRE AND
04:51:19PM POLICE.
04:51:19PM WE JUST MOVED A LARGE AMOUNT OF AMERICAN RESCUE ACT
04:51:24PM DOLLARS AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING THEY WERE MOVED
04:51:29PM BECAUSE WE HAD TO ALLOCATE THEM BECAUSE THE FEDERAL
04:51:32PM GOVERNMENT WAS POSSIBLY GOING TO BE PULLING THOSE MONIES
04:51:36PM BACK.
04:51:37PM SO WE PUT THEM INTO PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL.
04:51:39PM AND WHEN I LOOKED THROUGH THE REPORT FOR THE
04:51:45PM AMERICAN -- ARPA.
04:51:46PM >> AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, MA'AM.
04:51:48PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
04:51:49PM ALL THOSE MONIES WERE SPENT.
04:51:51PM SO HOW MUCH MONEY DID WE PUT INTO THAT FUND, AND WHERE
04:51:54PM DID THAT MONEY THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO INTO FIRE RESCUE
04:51:58PM PERSONNEL SALARIES, WHERE DID THAT GO?
04:52:01PM >> MIKE PERRY, BUDGET OFFICER.
04:52:03PM SO THANK YOU FOR THE ACTIONS YOU TOOK IN MAY.
04:52:08PM WE'RE ABOUT 100% OBLIGATED ON THE ARPA FUNDS AND
04:52:14PM PROTECTED THE $82 MILLION.
04:52:16PM APPRECIATE THAT.
04:52:17PM WHAT WE DID WAS TAKE $19 MILLION OF PUBLIC SAFETY
04:52:22PM SALARIES AND WE REDUCED THE -- THOSE PUBLIC SAFETY
04:52:25PM SALARIES IN THE GENERAL FUND, AND WE INCREASED THE SAME
04:52:29PM PUBLIC SAFETY SALARIES IN THE ARPA OPERATING FUND.
04:52:33PM THEN WE MOVED A CORRESPONDING AMOUNT OF EXPENSES OUT OF
04:52:36PM THE GENERAL FUND INTO THE ARPA FUND.
04:52:39PM SO FROM -- IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
04:52:43PM NOT SEGREGATED BY FUNDS, IT WOULD BE EQUAL TO EACH
04:52:48PM OTHER.
04:52:48PM IT'S A $1.
04:52:51PM WE REDUCED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S ARPA PERSONNEL AND
04:52:54PM FIRE, ARPA PERSONNEL FUND AND MOVED THEM TO -- THE
04:52:59PM HOUSING FUND.
04:53:00PM I THINK WE PUT $14 MILLION, DON'T QUOTE ME, AND MOVED
04:53:05PM SOME MONEY INTO THE UTILITY SERVICES TO FUND SOME
04:53:12PM CAPITAL PROJECTS.
04:53:14PM SO FROM A BUDGET AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE WITHIN THE
04:53:18PM GENERAL FUND, YOU REDUCED THE POLICE AND FIRE AND YOU
04:53:23PM INCREASED THE TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND, SO HAD NO
04:53:27PM NET EFFECT ON THE GENERAL FUND.
04:53:29PM >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY.
04:53:30PM SO I GUESS WHAT I'D LOVE -- I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION OR
04:53:33PM MAYBE I DON'T NEED TO MAKE A MOTION.
04:53:35PM MAYBE YOU CAN JUST PROVIDE THIS FOR US.
04:53:37PM IF YOU CAN JUST PROVIDE US THAT BALANCE THAT YOU JUST
04:53:44PM EXPLAINED VERBALLY IN A WRITTEN FORM, SO JUST ALL OF
04:53:47PM THAT ARPA MONEY.
04:53:49PM AND I -- I MAY HAVE ALREADY ASKED CFO -- FOR THIS.
04:53:55PM >> YES, MA'AM.
04:53:55PM STAFF IS WORKING ON THAT FOR YOU.
04:53:57PM >>LYNN HURTAK: SO YES.
04:53:58PM KNOWING WHERE THOSE FUNDS ARE COMING FROM AND THEY
04:54:01PM HAVE BEEN MOVED TO.
04:54:02PM BECAUSE IF WE HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY SITTING IN HOUSING
04:54:05PM I'D LOVE TO KNOW ABOUT IT.
04:54:06PM AND SO THAT WAS REALLY MY QUESTION, WAS MAKING SURE.
04:54:10PM SO NOW WE PUT $44 MILLION OF OUR $77 MILLION OR OF OUR
04:54:16PM $108 MILLION WE GOT FROM ARPA?
04:54:19PM >> $82 MILLION.
04:54:20PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WE GOT $82 MILLION.
04:54:22PM 77 OF THOSE WENT INTO POLICE AND FIRE PERSONNEL FUNDING.
04:54:26PM >> NO.
04:54:27PM THAT'S NOT WHAT I SAID, MA'AM.
04:54:28PM >>LYNN HURTAK: NO, BUT -- OH, NO.
04:54:30PM I'M SORRY.
04:54:31PM $44 MILLION OF THAT --
04:54:33PM >> I THINK YOU'RE PRETTY CLOSE.
04:54:36PM >>LYNN HURTAK: $44 MILLION WENT INTO THAT.
04:54:38PM I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KIND OF WRITE THAT EQUATION A
04:54:41PM LITTLE BIT AND MAKE SURE IT'S MORE -- EQUITABLY --
04:54:44PM >> YOU WANT THE TOTAL HISTORY OF THE PROGRAM.
04:54:46PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I'D LOVE THE TOTAL HISTORY.
04:54:48PM I READ THE REPORT.
04:54:49PM BUT IT'S NOT AS DETAILED IN TERMS OF PREVIOUS YEARS.
04:54:53PM THE LAST YEAR IS VERY CLEAR AND I GREATLY APPRECIATE
04:54:55PM THAT.
04:54:56PM BUT I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHAT GOT MOVED WHERE.
04:55:00PM JUST TO KIND OF SEE THE PERCENTAGE OF WHERE WE AS A CITY
04:55:04PM AS SOMEONE SO ELOQUENTLY SAID, WHERE WE SPEND OUR MONEY
04:55:07PM IS ABOUT OUR VALUES.
04:55:08PM AND I KNOW A LOT OF THAT WAS -- WE WANTED TO PUT IN THE
04:55:11PM HOUSING.
04:55:11PM SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT ACTUALLY MAKES ITS WAY
04:55:14PM THERE AT SOME POINT.
04:55:15PM >> YES.
04:55:15PM AGAIN, WHEN WE -- THE TRANSACTION WE TOOK IN MAY WAS A
04:55:21PM SWITCH -- THAT WAY WE STAY TRUE TO THE ORIGINAL ARPA
04:55:25PM PROGRAM THAT COUNCIL APPROVED IN FISCAL YEAR '22 AND
04:55:28PM AGAIN IN THE '23 BUDGET.
04:55:30PM SO YES, MA'AM.
04:55:31PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
04:55:32PM THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I BROUGHT IT UP.
04:55:33PM I WANTED TO KNOW WHERE THAT MONEY WENT.
04:55:35PM IF WE CAN POSSIBLY GET THAT BY THE WEEKEND, THAT WOULD
04:55:38PM BE GREAT.
04:55:39PM BECAUSE KNOWING WHERE THAT MONEY IS GOING HELPS US
04:55:43PM FIGURE OUT WHERE IN THE BUDGET WE CAN MOVE FUNDS.
04:55:47PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AND TOUCHING ON THAT, WHILE YOU'RE
04:55:49PM HERE AS WAS MENTIONED THIS MORNING, AND HAS COME UP AND
04:55:52PM CLARIFY IF I'M WRONG.
04:55:54PM BUT $5.5 MILLION THAT KEEPS COMING UP THAT WAS MOVED TO
04:55:59PM SOLID WASTE THAT WAS TO GO TO HOUSING.
04:56:03PM DO YOU DO YOU KNOW OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD THAT ANSWER
04:56:05PM OR IS THIS A SIMILAR SCENARIO?
04:56:06PM >> I DO BELIEVE WE MOVED ABOUT $5.5 MILLION OVER TO
04:56:10PM SOLID WASTE CAPITAL TO ASSIST IN THE RELOCATION PROJECT,
04:56:14PM AND THAT'S WHERE THOSE FUNDS WERE.
04:56:18PM PROBABLY 80 OR 90% HAS BEEN EXPENDED BUT THE REMAINDER
04:56:23PM IS ENCUMBERED THROUGH A PURCHASE ORDER SO THOSE FUNDS
04:56:26PM ARE FULLY COMMITTED.
04:56:27PM THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT RE-LOOKING AT THE -- I'M
04:56:30PM SORRY.
04:56:30PM DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION, MR. CHAIR?
04:56:31PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO.
04:56:32PM I THOUGHT THAT MONEY TRANSFERRED TO SOLID WASTE WAS
04:56:35PM SUPPOSED TO GO TO HOUSING UNLESS I'M TOTALLY CONFUSED.
04:56:39PM IF IT --
04:56:40PM >> THE WORDS WERE IF IT WASN'T USED.
04:56:43PM >> AS WE HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR A WHILE NOW, THE SOLID
04:56:46PM WASTE STUDY IS -- THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT IS
04:56:50PM UNDERGOING A RATE STUDY.
04:56:53PM THEY SCHEDULED AN 8-HOUR MEETING WITH ME THE DAY AFTER
04:56:56PM THE WORKSHOP.
04:56:56PM SO REALLY HAPPY THERE.
04:56:58PM AND -- AND SO BASED ON THE RATE STUDY WE'RE PROBABLY
04:57:04PM GOING TO COME BACK IN '25 WITH AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE
04:57:07PM RATES.
04:57:07PM WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING TO MAKE SURE THE -- THAT THE
04:57:10PM FUND BALANCE AND SOLID WASTE WILL REMAIN POSITIVE
04:57:15PM THROUGH THE END OF '24.
04:57:17PM IF WE -- IF WE -- IF THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT WAS TO
04:57:20PM LOSE THAT MONEY, THEN WE'D BE EVEN MORE TIGHTER.
04:57:22PM AND SO THAT'S WHY I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST WE KEEP THOSE
04:57:26PM FUNDS IN SOLID WASTE.
04:57:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
04:57:31PM >> I KNOW THIS ISN'T YOUR AREA, BUT FOR ANYONE ASKING OR
04:57:35PM WATCHING, THERE WAS A CAVEAT IN THAT MOTION THAT ENABLED
04:57:40PM STAFF TO MOVE IT BACK.
04:57:42PM SO NOBODY DID ANYTHING WRONG.
04:57:44PM I THINK IN THE FUTURE WE WON'T HAVE CAVEATS LIKE THAT
04:57:46PM PROBABLY.
04:57:47PM BUT -- BUT IT WOULD -- IT WOULD BE HELPFUL AND IF -- WE
04:57:54PM READ THE BUDGET AND SEE THE MONEY TRANSFERRING IT WOULD
04:57:56PM BE HELPFUL IF SOMEBODY COULD FLAG IT AND CLEARLY STATE
04:58:00PM VERBALLY AND/OR IN WRITING THAT THIS WAS THE MONEY THAT
04:58:02PM WE HAD THOUGHT WAS GOING TO GO TO HOUSING, BUT THERE WAS
04:58:05PM A NEED FOR IT AND WE'RE MOVING IT BACK.
04:58:08PM IF THAT -- IF THAT WAS IN THE DOCUMENTS, IT WAS BURIED
04:58:11PM SOMEWHERE AND NONE -- I THINK NONE OF US SAW IT.
04:58:14PM SO AGAIN, NOBODY DID ANYTHING WRONG.
04:58:16PM BUT JUST IN THE FUTURE, IF A SITUATION LIKE THAT HAPPENS
04:58:20PM IT WOULD BE GREAT TO COMMUNICATE AND LIKE ADRI WAS
04:58:23PM SAYING, ICE MAKER, MAYBE THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO PUT IT IN.
04:58:26PM ANY TRANSPARENCY AND DISCUSSIONS ARE VERY HELPFUL.
04:58:31PM THE OTHER THING IS ON THE GARBAGE -- SORRY, SOLID WASTE
04:58:36PM RATE STUDY, IS THERE NO CHANCE THAT WE CAN GET SOME KIND
04:58:39PM OF PRELIMINARY FIGURE BEFORE WEDNESDAY?
04:58:43PM >> AGAIN, THE SOLID WASTE IS AN ENTERPRISE DOCUMENT, AND
04:58:50PM THOSE FUNDS WILL PROBABLY NOT BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION
04:58:53PM OF THE GENERAL FUND.
04:58:54PM >>BILL CARLSON: BUT CFO WAS TELLING ME WHEN WE MET
04:58:57PM BEFORE, AND I MIGHT NOT REMEMBER EXACTLY THAT HE WAS
04:59:01PM EXPECTING A $12 MILLION DEFICIT THIS YEAR WHICH WILL BE
04:59:04PM COVERED BY THE -- I THINK IT WAS $22 MILLION RESERVE
04:59:08PM FUND.
04:59:08PM SO THERE IS A CHANCE IN 2024 THAT IF -- IF FOR SOME
04:59:11PM REASON WE RUN A DEFICIT, THE MACHINE BREAKS DOWN OR
04:59:14PM WHATEVER, THEN WE CAN BE PULLING INTO THE GENERAL FUNDS.
04:59:18PM SO I THINK THE SOONER WE -- THE SOONER WE GET THE NEW
04:59:22PM RATES SET AND STABILIZED THAT, THE BETTER.
04:59:25PM THANK YOU.
04:59:25PM >> YES, SIR.
04:59:26PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
04:59:28PM ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
04:59:29PM YES, SIR?
04:59:30PM >> I HAVE A QUESTION.
04:59:31PM THIS IS KIND OF ON THE SAME TOPIC BUT ONLY TO SATISFY MY
04:59:36PM OWN CURIOSITY.
04:59:41PM WHY DOES THE RATE STUDY TAKE SO LONG?
04:59:43PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAD AN EIGHT HOUR MEETING AFTER
04:59:47PM THE BUDGET MEETING.
04:59:48PM >> WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT RATE STUDIES FOR A LONG
04:59:51PM TIME.
04:59:52PM >> I'LL TELL YOU WE HAD SOME ISSUES ON VALIDATING
04:59:55PM CUSTOMER HEAD COUNT.
04:59:57PM BECAUSE WHAT WE WANT TO DO -- SOLID WASTE IS A VERY
05:00:03PM COMPLICATED RATE PROCESS.
05:00:04PM YOU CAN GO DOWN AND HAVE CARS AND COMPRESSORS AND
05:00:07PM COMPACTERS AND FRONT END LOADERS.
05:00:09PM HOW MANY TIMES DO THEY PULL.
05:00:11PM ONE TIME, THREE TIMES, SEVEN TIMES A WEEK?
05:00:14PM SO A LOT OF THAT IS GATHERING THE DATA AND RATE
05:00:19PM CONSULTANT HAS THE DATA.
05:00:21PM THEN HE GOES THROUGH AND VALIDATES REVENUES VERSUS
05:00:26PM WHAT'S COMING THROUGH IN OUR ACCOUNT ING SYSTEM, SO PART
05:00:28PM OF THAT DISCUSSION IS WHERE ARE THE DISCREPANCIES
05:00:33PM BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO GO -- ISSUE THE RATES AND THEN
05:00:35PM HAVE THEM COME OUT NOT TO EXPECT WHAT WE SEE.
05:00:38PM SO A LOT OF IT IS VALIDATING THE DATA WE RECEIVED FROM
05:00:42PM SOLID WASTE.
05:00:43PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SO YOU USE THE BUZZ WORD FOR ME,
05:00:46PM CONSULTANTS.
05:00:46PM IS THE CONSULTANT CHARGING US BY THE HOUR?
05:00:49PM IS THAT WHY IT'S TAKING SO LONG?
05:00:52PM >> AGAIN, EVERY -- THE CONSULTANTS TELL US --
05:00:58PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IT SEEMS LIKE, HOW IN THE WORLD CAN A
05:01:00PM RATE STUDY TAKE THAT LONG?
05:01:01PM WE KNOW HOW MUCH WE'RE SPENDING.
05:01:04PM >> I'D SAY A LOT OF IT IS -- IT'S THE CITY.
05:01:08PM NOT THE RATE CONSULTANT.
05:01:10PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
05:01:10PM ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
05:01:12PM DOES ANYBODY WISH TO MOVE THIS MOTION?
05:01:14PM THIS IS UNDER COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA'S FINANCE
05:01:18PM COMMITTEE?
05:01:18PM MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA AND SECOND BY
05:01:22PM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
05:01:24PM ALL IN FAVOR?
05:01:25PM ANY OPPOSED?
05:01:27PM THAT CONCLUDES THE PULLED ITEMS.
05:01:29PM LET ME GET TO -- WHERE ARE WE AT?
05:01:32PM ALL RIGHT.
05:01:33PM HOLD ON A SECOND, MA'AM.
05:01:36PM I TOOK SOME NOTES HERE.
05:01:38PM WE'RE AT 75.
05:01:42PM WE HAVE A WE HAVE A WRITTEN REPORT BY ABBYE FEELEY, BUT
05:01:52PM SHE IS IN PERSON.
05:01:54PM WE ALREADY WENT THROUGH FRED HEARNS.
05:01:56PM LET'S GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
05:01:58PM MOTION AND SECOND.
05:01:59PM ALL IN FAVOR?
05:01:59PM I'LL GO TO 75 NOW.
05:02:01PM YES, MA'AM.
05:02:02PM YES, MA'AM.
05:02:07PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON, ABBYE FEELEY, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR OF
05:02:12PM DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT.
05:02:14PM I'M HERE ON 75, A REPORT ON SENATE BILL 102 WHICH WE
05:02:17PM KNOW AS THE LIVE LOCAL ACT.
05:02:18PM THIS CAME BEFORE YOU ON JULY 13.
05:02:20PM AND AT THAT TIME, COUNCIL MADE TWO MOTIONS.
05:02:25PM THE FIRST MOTION WAS TO SEE WHAT OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
05:02:27PM WERE DOING RELATED TO THAT.
05:02:29PM AND THE SECOND WAS TO MODIFY THE MEMORANDUM WHICH STAFF
05:02:34PM HAD PUT TOGETHER RELATED TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
05:02:37PM PROCESS.
05:02:38PM I DID FILE A MEMORANDUM MYSELF IN COLLABORATION WITH
05:02:44PM DANA CROSBY COLLIER FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT ON THIS
05:02:47PM MATTER, AND YOU DO HAVE THAT AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY
05:02:50PM QUESTIONS.
05:02:50PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS.
05:02:53PM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, I SEE YOUR HAND.
05:02:55PM >>BILL CARLSON: I THINK AS I READ IT AND SORRY TO MAKE
05:02:58PM YOU WAIT SO LONG BUT IT'S GOOD FOR THE PUBLIC TO
05:03:00PM UNDERSTAND BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE DISCUSSING THIS.
05:03:02PM AS I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU DID, FOLLOWING THE INPUT FROM
05:03:06PM COUNCIL IS YOU ALL TOOK OUT ANYTHING THAT WAS NOT
05:03:08PM SPECIFICALLY COVERED IN THE LAW AND YOU JUST SET THE NEW
05:03:13PM RULES TO PRECISELY FOLLOW THE LAW.
05:03:15PM FOR EXAMPLE, MAYBE PARKING WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE LAW
05:03:18PM BUT IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE INITIAL RECOMMENDATIONS AND
05:03:20PM NOW IT'S OUT.
05:03:21PM SO ANYTHING THAT DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY COVER THE LAW WILL
05:03:26PM FOLLOW THE EXISTING PROCESSES.
05:03:27PM IS THAT CORRECT?
05:03:28PM >> THAT IS CORRECT BUT I WANT TO BE CLEAR, THAT DOES
05:03:31PM INCLUDE DESIGN EXCEPTIONS OR SOMETHING THAT A PROJECT IS
05:03:33PM ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE TODAY ADMINISTRATIVELY, THEY'RE
05:03:36PM STILL ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE UNDER THIS LEGISLATION.
05:03:41PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM?
05:03:43PM YES, SIR?
05:03:44PM >> NO.
05:03:45PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM?
05:03:46PM >> I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
05:03:48PM I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.
05:03:50PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON?
05:03:53PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: SAME THING.
05:03:54PM WE TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER.
05:03:56PM I APPRECIATE IT.
05:03:57PM AT THIS POINT WE'LL LEAVE IT AS YOU RECOMMENDED IT IN
05:03:59PM THE FIRST PRESENTATION FROM THE FIRST TIME, RIGHT?
05:04:01PM THAT'S -- AFTER THE MOTION.
05:04:08PM >> (INAUDIBLE)
05:04:09PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT,
05:04:11PM ATTORNEY CATE.
05:04:12PM THAT THE PRESENTATION THAT SHE PRESENTED --
05:04:19PM >> AND I JUST WANT TO SAY UNFORTUNATELY I WAS NOT HERE
05:04:21PM ON JULY 13.
05:04:22PM I WAS VERY ILL, AND CATE AND I WORKED -- IN PARTNERSHIP
05:04:25PM TOGETHER AND THE OBJECTIVE BEHIND WHAT WE ORIGINALLY
05:04:28PM DID, AND I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THIS OR MAKE YOUR DAY
05:04:31PM ANY LONGER, WAS TO PROVIDE A UNIFIED APPROACH TO THE
05:04:37PM IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROGRAM OR THIS STATE LEGISLATION
05:04:40PM NOW THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE REQUIRED TO DO IN AN
05:04:44PM EFFORT TO GET THE BEST HOUSING PROJECTS WE CAN GET, AND
05:04:47PM IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE THE USE OF OUR VERY LIMITED LANDS
05:04:51PM AS THEY COME IN, IF THEY COME IN AND WHEN THEY COME IN.
05:04:54PM WE COUNSELED SEVERAL PROJECTS ON THIS.
05:04:56PM WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY FORMAL APPLICATIONS AS OF TODAY, I
05:05:00PM THINK THERE HAS BEEN SOME DISCUSSION AMONGST THE
05:05:03PM DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY TO SEE WHAT EXACTLY WAS GOING TO
05:05:06PM COME OUT OF THIS DISCUSSION TODAY.
05:05:09PM SO IF -- IF WE NEED TO DISCUSS ANY OF THE DETAILS OF
05:05:13PM WHAT WAS BEHIND THAT, I'M HERE TODAY AND I'M HAPPY TO DO
05:05:16PM THAT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
05:05:23PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ATTORNEY CATE, WHEN YOU PRESENTED IT,
05:05:31PM IT WAS IN SUPPORT OF HOW THE BILL WAS ALREADY WRITTEN,
05:05:34PM RIGHT?
05:05:34PM IT WAS -- WHAT WAS IT CALLED?
05:05:37PM SENATE BILL 102?
05:05:40PM >>CATE WELLS: YES, MA'AM.
05:05:40PM ON JULY 13 WHEN WE PRESENTED THE CITY'S IMPLEMENTATION
05:05:44PM OF THE LIVE LOCAL ACT, SENATE BILL 102, WHAT WE INCLUDED
05:05:48PM IN ADDITION TO WHAT SENATE BILL 102 PROVIDED AND
05:05:50PM MANDATED, WE INCLUDED THE ABILITY TO SEEK A REDUCTION IN
05:05:54PM PARKING THAT WAS CONSISTENT WITH OTHER REDUCTIONS THIS
05:06:00PM CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF HAS APPROVED THROUGH A DESIGN
05:06:02PM EXCEPTION PROCESS.
05:06:04PM WE ALSO INCLUDED THE ABILITY TO REDUCE THE GREEN SPACE
05:06:08PM REQUIREMENTS, AGAIN CONSISTENT WITH --
05:06:10PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OTHER THINGS WE APPROVED BEFORE.
05:06:14PM >>CATE WELLS: YES, MA'AM.
05:06:15PM THE IDEA WAS INSTEAD OF REQUIRING AN APPLICANT
05:06:17PM INTERESTED IN PURSUING A PROJECT UNDER THE LIVE LOCAL
05:06:20PM ACT, INSTEAD OF REQUIRING THEM TO FILE MORE THAN ONE
05:06:23PM APPLICATION, WE WERE RECOMMENDING AND SUPPORTIVE OF THE
05:06:29PM IDEA OF ONE APPLICATION THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE AMOUNT TO
05:06:31PM SEEK THOSE REDUCTIONS THAT CAN OTHERWISE BE SOUGHT
05:06:34PM ADMINISTRATIVELY AS A DESIGN EXCEPTION 1.
05:06:37PM SO THE IDEA WAS ONE APPLICATION INSTEAD OF THREE.
05:06:41PM CONSISTENT WITH COUNCIL'S DIRECTION ON JULY 13, WE
05:06:47PM REMOVED THE MEMORANDUM.
05:06:49PM REMOVED THE ABILITY TO PURSUE THE PARKING AND GREEN
05:06:51PM SPACE REDUCTIONS AS PART OF THIS LIVE LOCAL ACT
05:06:54PM APPLICATION, BUT AS ABBYE JUST MENTIONED, THE APPLICANT
05:06:58PM CAN SEEK THE REDUCTIONS ADMINISTRATIVELY.
05:07:00PM THEY'LL SIMPLY HAVE TO FOLLOW SEPARATE APPLICATIONS.
05:07:03PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: RIGHT, BUT THAT'S NOT EFFICIENT,
05:07:05PM RIGHT?
05:07:07PM >>CATE WELLS: WE DID IT AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCIL.
05:07:09PM IT WAS NOT OUR RECOMMENDATION.
05:07:10PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: RIGHT, OKAY.
05:07:11PM THERE WE GO.
05:07:13PM SO IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE THE EFFICIENT PROCESS, IT WOULD
05:07:18PM BE THE INITIAL RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU PRESENTED BEFORE.
05:07:22PM >>CATE WELLS: YES, MA'AM.
05:07:24PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: AND WE CAN DO THAT TODAY.
05:07:26PM >>CATE WELLS: WE'D LIKE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION GIVEN THE
05:07:30PM DIRECTION WE GOT ON JULY 13, IF IT IS COUNCIL'S
05:07:34PM DIRECTION TO GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL APPROACH, THEN WE
05:07:37PM WOULD, AGAIN, AMEND THE MEMORANDUM AND COMMUNICATE THAT
05:07:41PM TO THE PUBLIC.
05:07:43PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
05:07:44PM THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE BECAUSE THAT -- THE EFFICIENCY IS I
05:07:48PM THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ASK YOU ALL TO DO
05:07:51PM THIS.
05:07:52PM YOU CAME BACK AS THE PROFESSIONALS WITH THE
05:07:56PM RECOMMENDATION INITIALLY AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I'D
05:07:58PM LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD ON.
05:08:00PM I'M NOT SURE -- IS THAT SAYING -- THIS IS A NEOPHYTE
05:08:06PM SITUATION.
05:08:06PM IS THAT SAYING WE NEED TO WRITE ANOTHER MEMO FOR THIS,
05:08:10PM OR HOW DO WE PROCEED FROM A MOTION STANDPOINT?
05:08:13PM >>CATE WELLS: ONE THING, IF I MAY, WITH RESPECT TO THE
05:08:16PM PARKING, THE LIVE LOCAL ACT DID ASK AND DID ENCOURAGE
05:08:19PM LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO LOOK AT PARKING REDUCTIONS.
05:08:22PM SO WE DID THAT.
05:08:23PM SO THAT WAS WHILE IT WAS NOT MANDATED BY THE ACT, LOCAL
05:08:28PM GOVERNMENTS WERE ENCOURAGED TO LOOK AT THE ABILITY TO
05:08:31PM REDUCE PARKING.
05:08:33PM WITH RESPECT TO YOUR QUESTION, WE WOULD WANT IF -- IF
05:08:37PM THE DIRECTION IS TO GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL
05:08:40PM RECOMMENDATION AS PRESENTED ON JULY 13, WE WOULD LIKE A
05:08:44PM MOTION OF COUNCIL.
05:08:46PM WE DON'T NEED TO COME BACK WITH ANOTHER MEMO.
05:08:49PM WE'D GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MEMO BUT WE'D LIKE A MOTION
05:08:52PM FROM THE CITY COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THAT.
05:08:55PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YEAH.
05:08:56PM OKAY.
05:08:56PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR?
05:08:57PM >> MR. CHAIRMAN, MAY I ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION?
05:09:00PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, SIR.
05:09:01PM >> THANK YOU.
05:09:02PM IN YOUR MEMO YOU MENTIONED AS I RECALL, AND CORRECT ME
05:09:07PM IF I'M MISTAKEN, BUT THERE WERE AS YOU SAY, THERE WERE
05:09:11PM THINGS THAT WERE INCLUDED -- THE PARKING AND GREEN SPACE
05:09:15PM AND THAT WAS A DECISION THAT WAS MADE OR A
05:09:18PM RECOMMENDATION MADE TO DO IT ADMINISTRATIVELY BASED ON
05:09:22PM ACTIONS THAT COUNCIL HAD PREVIOUSLY TAKEN THAT CAME TO
05:09:24PM COUNCIL.
05:09:25PM >>CATE WELLS: IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT WAS CONSISTENT
05:09:27PM WITH DESIGN EXCEPTION ONES THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY
05:09:31PM STAFF.
05:09:31PM SO IT WASN'T JUST BASED ON COUNCIL DECISIONS, BUT THAT
05:09:37PM ABILITY ALREADY EXISTS TO PROCESS THOSE TYPES OF WAIVERS
05:09:40PM ADMINISTRATIVELY.
05:09:41PM THE INTENT WAS SIMPLY TO REQUIRE ONE APPLICATION INSTEAD
05:09:44PM OF THREE.
05:09:45PM >> AND WITH REGARD TO IF -- BECAUSE THERE IS A LINE IN
05:09:49PM HERE AND THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
05:09:51PM THE LINE IN YOUR MEMO SAYING THAT I BELIEVE IT SAYS THAT
05:09:58PM IF THE REQUEST FOR THE DESIGN EXCEPTION EXCEEDS THE
05:10:01PM AUTHORITY OF STAFF UNDER THE CODE, IT WILL BE NECESSARY
05:10:03PM FOR THE APPLICANT TO SEEK A REZONING BEFORE CITY
05:10:06PM COUNCIL.
05:10:06PM >> YES.
05:10:07PM >> WOULD THAT HAVE REMAINED THE SAME WITH YOUR INITIAL
05:10:10PM PROPOSAL --
05:10:12PM >> YES, SIR.
05:10:12PM >> IT WOULD HAVE.
05:10:13PM >> YES.
05:10:15PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR?
05:10:16PM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
05:10:17PM >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH.
05:10:19PM SO IN THE FOUR YEARS I'VE BEEN ON CITY COUNCIL, THE
05:10:25PM STATE LEGISLATURE HAS CONSTANTLY PREEMPTED US ON ALL
05:10:29PM KINDS OF THINGS.
05:10:29PM THEY PREEMPTED THIS CITY COUNCIL, THIS -- SORRY, THE
05:10:33PM CITY COUNCIL JUST BEFORE ME PASSED A TREE ORDINANCE THAT
05:10:38PM TOOK TWO YEARS OF NEGOTIATION.
05:10:39PM THEN THE STATE LEGISLATURE CAME AND PREEMPTED IT JUST
05:10:42PM AFTER IT WAS PASSED.
05:10:43PM THAT WAS A CONSENSUS BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOODS AND
05:10:45PM DEVELOPERS WHO ALL I THINK MR. MICHELINI WAS ONE OF THEM
05:10:48PM WHO WORKED HARD ON THAT AND SUDDENLY THE LEGISLATURE
05:10:53PM THREW IT OUT.
05:10:53PM SO WE'VE SEEN THAT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
05:10:55PM SO THE COMMUNITY IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT STATE
05:10:58PM PREEMPTIONS AND MY CONCERN ABOUT THIS THE OTHER DAY IS
05:11:01PM THAT -- IS THAT IF WE'RE -- IF THE STATE IMPOSES A
05:11:06PM PREEMPTION ON US, I DON'T WANT TO GO BEYOND THE STATE
05:11:10PM PREEMPTION AND GIVE UP MORE RIGHTS AND EXPECTATIONS.
05:11:14PM WE GET BLAMED IF -- IF A DEVELOPER GOES IN AND TEARS
05:11:18PM DOWN TREES, AND THEN THE CITY POINTS TO THE STATE LAW,
05:11:22PM WHATEVER, AND I DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP MORE -- MORE
05:11:27PM AUTHORITY WITHOUT THAT.
05:11:28PM NOW FLIP SIDE OF IT IS THAT OUR PROCESS TAKES TOO LONG,
05:11:33PM BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF THE COUNCIL SCHEDULE
05:11:37PM BECAUSE WE'RE PRETTY FLEXIBLE ABOUT SETTING UP NEW
05:11:39PM MEETINGS, AND ALSO, THERE -- THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT
05:11:46PM WE CAN MAYBE SIMPLIFY.
05:11:48PM BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT THINGS UNDER ADMIN, I THINK
05:11:52PM THAT HAS TO BE A SEPARATE PROCESS THAT WE HOLD WITH OUR
05:11:55PM COMMUNITY, NOT -- NOT AS JUST SOMETHING WE TACK ON TO A
05:11:59PM STATE PREEMPTION.
05:12:00PM >> IF I MAY RESPOND TO THAT, MR. CARLSON?
05:12:04PM THE INTENT WAS NOT TO TAKE AWAY ANY OTHER POWER FROM
05:12:08PM THIS CITY COUNCIL, AND I THINK MAYBE I DIDN'T MAKE THAT
05:12:12PM CLEAR ON JULY 13.
05:12:15PM THE INTENT WAS SIMPLY TO COMBINE UNDER ONE APPLICATION
05:12:23PM WHAT CAN OTHERWISE BE APPROVED BY STAFF.
05:12:25PM THE INTENT WAS NOT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS CITY COUNCIL'S
05:12:27PM POWER.
05:12:28PM AND IN THE EVENT THAT A PROJECT THAT SEEKS APPROVAL
05:12:32PM THROUGH THE LIVE LOCAL ACT SEEKS A PARKING REDUCTION
05:12:36PM GREATER THAN WHAT CAN BE APPROVED ADMINISTRATIVELY.
05:12:39PM SEEKS A GREEN SPACE WAIVER GREATER THAN WHAT CAN BE
05:12:44PM APPROVED ADMINISTRATIVELY OR OTHER TYPES OF
05:12:46PM MODIFICATIONS OR WAIVERS, THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS
05:12:50PM WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO COME BEFORE CITY COUNCIL AS
05:12:52PM A REZONING.
05:12:53PM SO IT WAS NEVER STAFF'S INTENT TO TAKE AWAY FURTHER
05:12:58PM POWER FROM THE CITY COUNCIL.
05:12:59PM >>BILL CARLSON: AND I'M NOT CRITICIZING YOU OR BLAMING
05:13:02PM YOU.
05:13:02PM I THINK WHEN YOU PRESENTED -- DID NICOLE HELP YOU?
05:13:05PM I DON'T REMEMBER.
05:13:06PM BUT WHEN YOU ALL PRESENTED IT, AT LEAST FOR ME, I WAS
05:13:10PM SURPRISED THAT -- THAT SOME OF THOSE THINGS WERE
05:13:12PM INCLUDED, SO I KNOW YOU ALL WORK HARD TO BRIEF US IN
05:13:18PM ADVANCE, AND IT -- THAT -- ANYWAY.
05:13:20PM APPRECIATE YOU ALL GOING BACK AND REDOING THIS.
05:13:22PM I THINK FOR RIGHT NOW, THIS -- THIS -- WE'RE FORCED BY
05:13:25PM THE STATE LAW PREEMPTION TO DO WHAT'S -- WHAT WAS HERE,
05:13:29PM AND IF WE WANT TO DO ANYTHING BEYOND THAT I THINK WE
05:13:32PM SHOULD GO THROUGH A SEPARATE PROCESS.
05:13:33PM I'M NOT AGAINST PUTTING MORE UNDER ADMINISTRATIVE
05:13:36PM AUTHORITY.
05:13:36PM IN FACT ONE OF MY MOTIONS ON THE AGENDA TODAY AND WE
05:13:39PM MOVED IT AGAIN IS TO EXTENT THE CBD.
05:13:43PM THERE IS NO REASON WHY IF WATER STREET IS GOING TO BE AT
05:13:46PM THE F.A. LIMIT, ON ONE SIDE OF MERIDIAN, THERE IS NO
05:13:50PM REASON THE OTHER SIDE OF MERIDIAN CAN'T BE THAT WAY AS
05:13:54PM WELL.
05:13:54PM SO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE WE'RE TRYING
05:13:57PM TO SUPPORT THEM MORE THAN WE REJECT THEM.
05:13:59PM AND I'VE ALSO MADE A MOTION TO TRY TO ALLOW MAX HEIGHT
05:14:06PM LIMITS ON DALE MABRY AND ALONG OTHER CORRIDORS AND THE
05:14:11PM BUSINESS DISTRICTS.
05:14:11PM AND NEED TO ACCELERATE THOSE BECAUSE THE BUSINESS
05:14:16PM COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT TRYING TO
05:14:18PM HELP THEM.
05:14:19PM WE SEE PRO-HOUSING ADVOCATES WHO WANT TO PUT MORE UNITS
05:14:22PM ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
05:14:23PM THE UNITS ARE OKAY PUTTING MAX DENSITY IN THE PLACE
05:14:27PM WHERE THERE ARE CORRIDORS AND ALREADY HIGH DENSITY.
05:14:30PM WE JUST DON'T WANT YOU TO PUT A 20-STORY BUILDING IN THE
05:14:34PM MIDDLE OF HYDE PARK, RIGHT?
05:14:36PM BUT ALONG KENNEDY, DALE MABRY, WE CAN BUILD DENSITY AND
05:14:40PM THE OTHER UNITS WE NEED.
05:14:42PM WE NEED TO MODIFY SOME OF THE PROCESSES ALONG THE WAY.
05:14:44PM THANK YOU.
05:14:45PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN -- CLENDENIN.
05:14:51PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OKAY.
05:14:52PM ONE STATEMENT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT IT WAS NOT TAKING
05:14:55PM AWAY COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, RIGHTS ON THESE DECISIONS.
05:14:59PM THAT IT WAS JUST ADMINISTRATIVE.
05:15:01PM SO I DON'T KNOW IF -- SINCE IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S -- IF
05:15:04PM ALL YOU'RE DOING -- WHAT I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY, ALL
05:15:07PM YOU'RE DOING IS CONSOLIDATING PAPERWORK.
05:15:09PM >> THAT'S RIGHT.
05:15:10PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT WE NEVER SEE ANYWAY.
05:15:12PM >> THAT'S RIGHT.
05:15:12PM EXCUSE ME.
05:15:13PM SORRY.
05:15:13PM MAY I?
05:15:14PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THEN I'M WILLING TO MAKE A MOTION TO
05:15:17PM MOVE THE INITIAL MEMO --
05:15:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SHE -- SHE -- BROUGHT IT UP FIRST.
05:15:22PM YOU CAN SECOND IT.
05:15:25PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: GO.
05:15:26PM I'LL SECOND IT.
05:15:26PM >> I DON'T CARE.
05:15:28PM GO AHEAD.
05:15:29PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: NO, GO.
05:15:30PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: OH, PLEASE.
05:15:31PM I'M GETTING OLD.
05:15:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT -- YEAH.
05:15:34PM THERE IS NO -- THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE A MEDICAL -- THE
05:15:39PM FIRE DEPARTMENT IS ON ORDER AND WON'T GET HERE FOR
05:15:41PM ANOTHER YEAR.
05:15:43PM SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE MOVE THE INITIAL
05:15:46PM MEMO THAT WAS PRESENTED ON JULY 13th AND THAT'S IT.
05:15:54PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: SECOND.
05:15:54PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN
05:15:57PM CLENDENIN AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
05:16:00PM LET'S HAVE MORE DISCUSSION.
05:16:02PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK?
05:16:04PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
05:16:05PM I COMPLETELY DISAGREE, AND IT'S MAINLY BECAUSE THE
05:16:07PM PUBLIC IS NOT INVOLVED AND I'M NEVER GOING TO AGREE ON
05:16:11PM SOMETHING THAT IT TAKES THE PUBLIC OUT OF IT.
05:16:13PM I BELIEVE THE STATE WILL COME BACK WITH ANOTHER ROUND
05:16:16PM FOR THIS NEXT YEAR.
05:16:16PM AND I THINK WE SHOULD SIMPLY WAIT.
05:16:20PM THE PUBLIC TRUST IS NOT VERY HIGH RIGHT NOW.
05:16:26PM I'M GETTING A LOT OF COMPLAINTS.
05:16:27PM I HAVE ONE GENTLEMAN WHO IS E-MAILING ME EVERY DAY
05:16:31PM CONCERNS ABOUT A SITE THAT'S NOT BEING RESPONDED TO.
05:16:35PM AND -- THOSE NEED TO BE FIXED BEFORE I'M WILLING TO GIVE
05:16:41PM THE -- BEFORE I THINK WE SHOULD BE GIVING MORE
05:16:45PM AVAILABILITY TO ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS.
05:16:48PM AND --
05:16:50PM >> THIS WAS PUBLISHED ON THE AGENDA FOR PUBLIC INPUT IF
05:16:53PM THEY WANTED TO HAVE PUBLIC INPUT ON THIS ISSUE.
05:16:56PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE BUT
05:16:58PM OTHER ISSUES WITHIN THIS DEPARTMENT THAT I'M STRUGGLING
05:17:01PM TO GET ANSWERS FOR CONSTITUENTS, SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS
05:17:05PM WE CLEARLY ASKED JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE'RE GOING
05:17:09PM TO FOLLOW LIVE LOCAL THE WAY WE NEED TO FOLLOW IT, AND
05:17:13PM THAT THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN OTHER ISSUES ARE
05:17:15PM COMING FORWARD TO THE BEST OF ITS KNOWLEDGE BECAUSE
05:17:18PM RIGHT NOW IF SOMEBODY COMES TO THEM WITH LIVE LOCAL, NOT
05:17:22PM ONE NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT ONE COMMUNITY MEMBER WILL BE
05:17:26PM NOTICED ABOUT IT.
05:17:30PM >> AND THAT'S A STATE LAW.
05:17:32PM IT'S NOT US.
05:17:33PM >>LYNN HURTAK: SO IN ORDER TO GIVE ANY TYPE OF
05:17:35PM NOTIFICATION THAT -- THAT'S THE REASON I ASKED FOR THIS.
05:17:40PM >> I AGREE.
05:17:41PM I WAS WITH YOU THAT DAY, BUT THAT -- WHAT I'M HEARING
05:17:43PM NOW IS THAT THESE DESIGN EXCEPTIONS, THEY'RE NOT GOING
05:17:47PM TO GET A NOTIFICATION ANYWAY.
05:17:48PM >> YES, THEY WOULD.
05:17:49PM >> NO.
05:17:50PM NOT IN THE DESIGN EXCEPTION ONE.
05:17:52PM >> NOT THE DESIGN EXCEPTION ONE SO REALLY THIS WILL BE
05:17:55PM TRANSPARENT NOT ONLY TO US BUT TRANSPARENT TO THE
05:17:58PM COMMUNITY BASED ON WHAT THEY'RE PRESENTING TODAY.
05:18:00PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I ABSOLUTELY DISAGREE AGAIN BASED
05:18:04PM ON -- AND I KNOW MR. TRAVIS IS WORKING WITH ME ON THIS.
05:18:08PM BUT UNTIL I ACTUALLY SEE MOVEMENT, I -- I CANNOT SUPPORT
05:18:11PM ANYTHING THAT GIVES MORE ADMINISTRATIVE POWER TO THAT
05:18:16PM DEPARTMENT.
05:18:17PM >> UNDERSTOOD.
05:18:17PM THE ADMINISTRATIVE POWER IS ALREADY THERE.
05:18:20PM IT'S JUST IN THREE APPLICATIONS INSTEAD OF ONE.
05:18:23PM >>LYNN HURTAK: AND THAT'S OKAY WITH ME.
05:18:25PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A -- WE HAVE A MOTION FROM
05:18:29PM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN AND SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN
05:18:32PM HENDERSON.
05:18:32PM THE FINAL DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION, SIR?
05:18:35PM >>BILL CARLSON: I'M DEFINITELY VOTING AGAINST THIS.
05:18:38PM IF WE WANT TO -- ADD MORE TO A STATE PREEMPTION, WE NEED
05:18:42PM TO GO TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND OTHERS AND GO THROUGH
05:18:45PM THAT.
05:18:45PM AND WE HAVE MOTIONS THAT WE PASS THAT SOME OF WHICH I
05:18:49PM JUST MENTIONED A MINUTE AGO, A COUPLE WERE SUPPOSED TO
05:18:52PM BE ON THE AGENDA TODAY AND KEEP GETTING BUMPED AND
05:18:55PM BUMPED AND BUMPED.
05:18:56PM INSTEAD OF ADDING THINGS TO A STATE PREEMPTION I'D LIKE
05:18:58PM TO GET THINGS PASSED THAT THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND
05:19:01PM NEIGHBORHOODS WANT US TO PASS SO THAT WE CAN GET SOME OF
05:19:03PM THIS HOUSING MOVING.
05:19:06PM AND ALSO SIMILAR TO COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK, I HEAR A
05:19:10PM WHO'S WHO OF TAMPA DEVELOPERS AND OTHERS WHO SAY THAT
05:19:13PM THEY FEEL LIKE TWO AND THREE DEVELOPERS MOVE REALLY FAST
05:19:16PM AND EVERYBODY ELSE MOVES SLOWLY.
05:19:17PM AND WE NEED TO FIX THAT BEFORE WE START ADDING THINGS
05:19:20PM LIKE THIS AND THIS IS NOT GOING TO SPEED ANYTHING UP.
05:19:23PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN
05:19:26PM CLENDENIN AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
05:19:30PM LET'S TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE.
05:19:30PM >>BILL CARLSON: NO.
05:19:31PM >>LYNN HURTAK: NO.
05:19:33PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES.
05:19:34PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
05:19:37PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
05:19:38PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
05:19:39PM >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH HURTAK AND CARLSON VOTING
05:19:42PM NO AND VIERA BEING ABSENT.
05:19:44PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
05:19:44PM ITEM 77 WAS A MOTION INITIATED BY COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN
05:19:49PM BUT TO BE CONTINUED TO A DATE -- WHEN WOULD YOU LIKE IT?
05:19:54PM DECEMBER 7th IS FAR AWAY.
05:19:56PM NOVEMBER 2nd IS ALSO AVAILABLE.
05:19:58PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE THIS FOR
05:20:00PM FURTHER DISCUSSION AFTER CLARIFICATION OR ARE YOU READY
05:20:03PM TO PRESENT TODAY?
05:20:06PM >> I THINK -- ABBYE FEELEY.
05:20:08PM I THINK ON THIS ITEM --
05:20:09PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S COME TO
05:20:11PM LIGHT, MAYBE CONTINUE THIS DISCUSSION FOR ANOTHER TIME
05:20:14PM TO BE DETERMINED MAYBE?
05:20:16PM >> I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
05:20:17PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ON THE STAFF --
05:20:20PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: TIME TO BE DETERMINED.
05:20:22PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO 77 WE'LL -- JUST LEAVE IT -- MOVE
05:20:25PM TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
05:20:28PM MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
05:20:29PM SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HENDERSON.
05:20:34PM WE'RE NOT DONE YET.
05:20:35PM WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 78.
05:20:41PM AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON
05:20:44PM THIS ITEM.
05:20:45PM YES, MA'AM.
05:20:45PM GO AHEAD.
05:20:52PM >> THERE IS ENOUGH FOR THE CLERK.
05:20:54PM CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
05:20:55PM ITEM -- ON JULY -- I'M HERE REGARD ING ITEM NUMBER 78.
05:21:00PM ON JULY 27, 2023, CITY COUNCIL CONDUCTED A HEARING TO
05:21:05PM CONSIDER A RECOMMENDED ORDER OF A HEARING OFFICER
05:21:09PM REGARDING FDN22-148 FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7700
05:21:15PM WEST COURTNEY CAMPBELL CAUSEWAY.
05:21:17PM CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE MOTION REJECTING THE
05:21:20PM RECOMMENDED ORDER AND DIRECTED THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO
05:21:23PM PROVIDE A REVISED FINAL ORDER.
05:21:26PM BEFORE YOU IS THE REVISED FINAL ORDER BASED UPON THE
05:21:29PM MOTION OF CITY COUNCIL.
05:21:32PM IF CITY COUNCIL AGREES WITH THIS FINAL ORDER, THE LEGAL
05:21:36PM DEPARTMENT IS ASKING YOU TO PLEASE PASS THE RESOLUTION
05:21:38PM APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE FINAL ORDER.
05:21:42PM I JUST PRINTED A NEW FINAL ORDER.
05:21:46PM THERE WAS AN ERROR ON THE TOP OF THE HEADER AND I
05:21:49PM CORRECTED THAT ITEM.
05:21:51PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
05:21:53PM SO -- SO I -- NOW ASK FOR QUESTION SAID FROM ANY COUNCIL
05:21:58PM MEMBERS BUT THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
05:22:00PM IT'S JUST A MOTION TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE
05:22:03PM FINAL ORDER.
05:22:05PM >>CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE: CORRECT IF THAT'S THE DESIRE OF
05:22:07PM COUNCIL.
05:22:08PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
05:22:11PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED.
05:22:12PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM MIRANDA AND SECOND FROM
05:22:15PM HENDERSON.
05:22:15PM LET'S HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE.
05:22:19PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES.
05:22:20PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
05:22:21PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
05:22:24PM >>CLERK: VIERA?
05:22:25PM MIRANDA.
05:22:26PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
05:22:27PM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
05:22:28PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
05:22:29PM >> MOTION CARRIED.
05:22:31PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
05:22:32PM THE COPY I HAVE, MS. PETTIS-MACKLE, DO I SIGN?
05:22:42PM IT'S BEEN SIGNED AND WILL BE WITH THE CLERK.
05:22:44PM YES, MA'AM.
05:22:45PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
05:22:48PM OKAY.
05:22:49PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
05:22:51PM AT THIS TIME I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY NEW BUSINESS.
05:22:54PM DO WE HAVE ANY NEW BUSINESS, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA?
05:22:57PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
05:22:58PM LAST YEAR I BROUGHT UP THE PUBLIC SAFETY IMPACT FEE
05:23:01PM REGARDING THAT DAY ABOUT 150 INDIVIDUALS MOVED TO A
05:23:06PM WONDERFUL CITY CALLED TAMPA, FLORIDA.
05:23:08PM ALL THESE PEOPLE NEED PLACES TO LIVE.
05:23:11PM WHENEVER NEW DEVELOPMENTS OR BUILT THE PROJECTS FOR SOME
05:23:14PM KIND OF IMPACT FEE, FOR INSTANCE, THE WATER, THE SEWER,
05:23:16PM THE TRANSPORTATION, STORMWATER, SIDEWALKS AND SCHOOLS.
05:23:19PM SO WHY ISN'T THERE ONE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY?
05:23:24PM I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO ASK THE CHIEF OF STAFF AND
05:23:27PM LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO REPORT BACK -- NOVEMBER 2, WITH THE
05:23:33PM CITY'S ABILITY TO PROCESS AN IMPOSING PUBLIC SAFETY
05:23:36PM IMPACT FEE.
05:23:37PM HOWEVER, SINCE TODAY'S MEETING AND THE OTHER MEETINGS WE
05:23:39PM LEARNED MORE AND MORE THAT SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT I
05:23:41PM MENTIONED ABOVE WATER, SEWER, TRANSPORTATION,
05:23:45PM STORMWATER, SIDEWALKS AND SCHOOLS HASN'T BEEN CHANGED IN
05:23:47PM MANY YEARS.
05:23:48PM I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT TO THE SECOND PART OF THIS MOTION.
05:23:50PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: VERY GOOD, SIR.
05:23:52PM I'D TOTALLY SUPPORT THAT.
05:23:54PM >> CAN I CLARIFY ONE THING?
05:23:56PM YOU HAVE BEEN ADVISED SEVERAL TIMES LEGALLY YOU CAN'T
05:24:00PM IMPOSE A PUBLIC SAFETY IMPACT FEE BUT THERE IS STEPS YOU
05:24:05PM NEED TO FOLLOW.
05:24:06PM WHAT I'D SUGGEST IS MAYBE YOU MODIFY THE MOTION TO ASK
05:24:09PM IN NOVEMBER FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO COME BACK ABOUT
05:24:12PM THE ENGAGEMENT OF A CONSULTANT TO DO THE NECESSARY
05:24:15PM IMPACT FEE STUDY.
05:24:16PM THERE HAS TO BE A FEE STUDY BECAUSE THE STATUTE REQUIRES
05:24:19PM THAT ANY IMPOSITION OF A NEW IMPACT FEE HAS TO BE BASED
05:24:23PM ON THE MOST CURRENT LOCALIZED DATA AND A DEMONSTRATED
05:24:27PM NEEDS ANALYSIS.
05:24:28PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
05:24:30PM CAN I MAKE THAT MOTION NOW?
05:24:32PM I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT THE ADMINISTRATION MAKE CONTACT
05:24:34PM WITH THE APPROPRIATE INDIVIDUALS WHO DO THE FEES ON THE
05:24:38PM IMPACT STUDIES THAT THIS COME BACK IN NOVEMBER 2 OR
05:24:42PM WHATEVER DAY IT WAS.
05:24:44PM >> RIGHT.
05:24:44PM THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST STEP IN TRYING TO IMPOSE THE
05:24:47PM IMPACT.
05:24:47PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THE STEPS TO GET THIS DONE.
05:24:50PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
05:24:51PM MIRANDA AND SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
05:24:56PM ALL IN FAVOR?
05:24:58PM ANY OPPOSED?
05:24:59PM >> I THINK -- SHOULD HAVE TO WRITE ONE MORE REPORT.
05:25:03PM >> THANK YOU.
05:25:05PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
05:25:05PM ANYTHING ELSE?
05:25:06PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO, SIR.
05:25:07PM THAT'S ENOUGH.
05:25:09PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM?
05:25:11PM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON?
05:25:12PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I'M ACTUALLY DONE FOR TODAY.
05:25:14PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
05:25:14PM THANK YOU.
05:25:16PM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN?
05:25:18PM HAVE YOU HAD ENOUGH?
05:25:19PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SHOULD WE PUT THAT TO A VOTE?
05:25:21PM HAVE I HAVE ENOUGH?
05:25:22PM YES, I'VE HAD ENOUGH.
05:25:23PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU'RE ALL SET.
05:25:25PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK?
05:25:26PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
05:25:27PM I MOVE THAT THE AGENDA ITEM REQUEST FOR EACH AGENDA ITEM
05:25:31PM TO INCLUDE A MORE DETAILED EXPLANATION OF THE FISCAL
05:25:35PM IMPACT FOR EACH ITEM SO ON OUR SIRE AND REPORTS TO GET
05:25:40PM MORE DETAILED FISCAL IMPACT.
05:25:42PM THE FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT TO INCLUDE THE FUNDING
05:25:44PM SOURCE AND DESTINATION FUND INCLUDING THE CURRENT FUND
05:25:48PM BALANCES FOR EACH FUND BOTH BY NAME AND ACCOUNT NUMBER
05:25:52PM FOR EVERY ITEM.
05:25:52PM THIS SHALL BEGIN IN THE START OF FY-2024, OCTOBER 1,
05:25:58PM 2023.
05:25:58PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: SECOND.
05:25:59PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT'S A GREAT MOTION.
05:26:01PM SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
05:26:03PM ALL IN FAVOR?
05:26:04PM ANY OPPOSED?
05:26:06PM ANYTHING ELSE, MA'AM.
05:26:07PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
05:26:07PM I MOTION FOR STAFF TO PRESENT ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2023,
05:26:11PM DURING STAFF REPORTS, RESPONDING TO CITIZEN ISSUE WITH
05:26:14PM STOP WORK ORDER ON 408 AND 410 WEST PARIS.
05:26:19PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WAIT A MINUTE.
05:26:20PM WHAT DATE DID YOU SAY?
05:26:22PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THE 27th?
05:26:24PM I'M SORRY.
05:26:25PM THE 21ST OF SEPTEMBER.
05:26:26PM MY APOLOGIES.
05:26:28PM TODAY IS THE 7th.
05:26:30PM I GOT THE NUMBERS CONFUSED.
05:26:31PM AT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING.
05:26:33PM YES.
05:26:34PM PLEASE BE PREPARED TO RESPOND TO EVERY QUESTION THAT HAS
05:26:37PM BEEN E-MAILED FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE E-MAIL REQUEST
05:26:39PM TO TODAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2023.
05:26:45PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN
05:26:46PM HURTAK.
05:26:48PM >>LYNN HURTAK: FOR AN ISSUE AT 408 AND 410 WEST PARIS.
05:26:52PM I'M NOT GETTING ANY ANSWERS VIA E-MAIL.
05:26:55PM I FIGURED I'LL BRING IT HERE.
05:26:57PM >> SECOND.
05:26:58PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN
05:27:00PM HURTAK AND SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
05:27:04PM ALL IN FAVOR?
05:27:05PM ANY OPPOSED?
05:27:06PM ANYTHING ELSE?
05:27:07PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT'S IT.
05:27:08PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON?
05:27:10PM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
05:27:11PM SORRY.
05:27:11PM I TOOK A FEW NOTES FROM TODAY.
05:27:14PM SIMILAR ISSUE.
05:27:14PM DAVIS ISLAND CIVIC ASSOCIATION WOULD LIKE TO DONATE A
05:27:18PM TREE TO A PARK IN DAVIS ISLAND.
05:27:21PM AND STAFF IS NOT RESPONDING TO THEM EITHER.
05:27:23PM I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ASK STAFF TO ALLOW DAVIS
05:27:26PM ISLAND CIVIC ASSOCIATION TO PUT A DONATED TREE IN A
05:27:30PM PARK.
05:27:31PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BY WHAT DATE?
05:27:34PM A DATE?
05:27:34PM >>BILL CARLSON: NO.
05:27:35PM I JUST WANT TO ASK THEM TO DO THAT.
05:27:37PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: A GENERAL REQUEST.
05:27:39PM DOES THERE HAVE TO BE A MOTION?
05:27:41PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT CAN BE FORMALLY.
05:27:43PM >> IF IT'S A REQUEST --
05:27:46PM >>BILL CARLSON: THEY'LL LET US KNOW.
05:27:49PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT'S A GOOD FAITH EFFORT.
05:27:50PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I SEE.
05:27:51PM OKAY.
05:27:51PM I'LL BE DOING THOSE IN THE FUTURE.
05:27:54PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
05:27:57PM CARLSON AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
05:28:00PM ANY OPPOSED?
05:28:01PM >> MR. CHAIR, IF I CAN FOLLOW UP FOR THAT FOR
05:28:04PM COUNCILWOMAN'S BENEFIT AND FOR THE PUBLIC'S, AND FOR
05:28:07PM COUNCIL GENERALLY, WHAT HAPPENS IS IF YOU DON'T HAVE A
05:28:11PM DATE ON SOMETHING, THERE IS NO TICKLER TO IT.
05:28:13PM IT'S REALLY INCUMBENT UPON THE MAKER OF THE MOTION TO
05:28:16PM FOLLOW THAT PROCESS.
05:28:17PM THE PURPOSE OF PUTTING IT ON THE AGENDA IS TO ENSURE A
05:28:22PM GETTING SOME SORT OF RESPONSE BY A PARTICULAR DATE.
05:28:24PM IT CAN EITHER BE A WRITTEN MOTION WHICH JUST IS A
05:28:27PM RECEIVE AND FILE OR HAVE AN APPEARANCE.
05:28:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BUT IT ALSO SHOWS THE PUBLIC THAT
05:28:32PM THE COUNCIL MEMBER IS RESPONSIVE TO THEIR REQUEST AND
05:28:35PM MADE A FORMAL REQUEST.
05:28:37PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I LIKE THAT.
05:28:39PM >> THE DAVIS ISLAND CIVIC ASSOCIATION IS ENOUGH.
05:28:43PM >> ANOTHER ONE.
05:28:45PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL IN FAVOR?
05:28:46PM ANY OPPOSED?
05:28:46PM OKAY.
05:28:47PM >>BILL CARLSON: WE HAVE -- SORRY.
05:28:49PM I'M TIRED SO I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBER.
05:28:51PM WE HAVE ABOUT $9 MILLION IN CRA MONEY WITH JUST THE
05:28:55PM NON-ROLLBACK RATE.
05:28:56PM AND I WOULD LIKE FOR -- AS CITY COUNCIL I'D LIKE TO MAKE
05:29:00PM A MOTION TO ASK CRA STAFF TO TELL US BEFORE 3:00 ON
05:29:04PM WEDNESDAY BY MEMO HOW MUCH OF THAT ADDITIONAL CRA MONEY
05:29:11PM IS AVAILABLE TO BE TRANSFERRED TO -- FOR HOUSING.
05:29:15PM >> SECOND.
05:29:16PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY CARLSON AND SECOND BY
05:29:19PM MIRANDA.
05:29:19PM >> BEFORE THE CRA MEETING.
05:29:23PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BEFORE WEDNESDAY'S 3:00 WORKSHOP.
05:29:26PM >>BILL CARLSON: THE POINT IS OUT OF THE 9 MILLION, 5
05:29:28PM MILLION IS ALLOCATED, THEN WE HAVE 4 MILLION OR 1
05:29:30PM MILLION OR 9 -- WHATEVER THE NUMBER IS.
05:29:32PM I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS BECAUSE IF WE'RE
05:29:34PM TRYING TO HIT IN THE FIVE THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO HIT A
05:29:37PM NUMBER ON HOUSING AND CAN SAY, HERE IS 5 MILLION MORE,
05:29:41PM THAT REDUCES WHAT WE NEED TO FIND.
05:29:43PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY CARLSON AND SECOND BY
05:29:46PM MIRANDA.
05:29:47PM ALL IN FAVOR?
05:29:48PM ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?
05:29:49PM >>BILL CARLSON: STEPHANIE MENTIONED THE 600 PAGES OF
05:29:53PM FEES.
05:29:53PM I KNOW STAFF ARE RETICENT TO SUGGEST CUTS BUT A GENERAL
05:30:00PM REQUEST, TO MAKE A MOTION, THAT -- THAT STAFF LET US
05:30:03PM KNOW ANY IDEAS THEY HAVE OF FEES THAT COULD BE RAISED
05:30:06PM BETWEEN NOW AND -- BEFORE 3:00 P.M. ON WEDNESDAY.
5:30:08PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER
5:30:10PM CARLSON, SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER MIRANDA.
5:30:14PM A SECOND?
5:30:15PM YES, MA'AM, DISCUSSION?
5:30:18PM FROM THE MICROPHONE.
5:30:18PM >> I'M SORRY.
5:30:23PM OKAY.
5:30:24PM WITH THIS INFORMATION, MY PRIMARY CONCERN IS FEES FOR PARKS
5:30:31PM AND REC.
5:30:32PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MINE, TOO.
5:30:33PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BUT ADMINISTRATIVE WAS VERY VAGUE WHEN
5:30:39PM SHE SAID VARIOUS SCHOLARSHIPS.
5:30:43PM SO THAT SHOULD BE THE LEAST PRIORITY IN TERMS OF THE FEES IF
5:30:53PM THEY ARE GOING TO ADDRESS FEES, OR MAYBE EVEN TELL US, THEY
5:30:57PM ARE CHANGING FEES, THEN WHERE IS THE SCHOLARSHIP MONEY
5:31:00PM COMING FROM?
5:31:01PM THAT WASN'T QUITE CLEAR TO ME, OKAY?
5:31:05PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
5:31:06PM JUST SO YOU KNOW, THAT THE SETTING OF FEES, A FEE HAS TO BE
5:31:10PM A STUDY -- IN OTHER WORDS, NO DECISIONS WILL BE MADE, AND
5:31:16PM BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT BUDGET ON FEES, THE BEGINNING OF
5:31:20PM THE PROCESS FOR THE EVALUATION, AND THEN DETERMINATION OF
5:31:23PM WHAT THE FEE IS.
5:31:24PM AND CERTAINLY CITY COUNCIL HAS THE ABILITY, IT'S CITY
5:31:28PM COUNCIL THAT SETS THE FEES.
5:31:29PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT FEES AND KIDS.
5:31:33PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: SO WHAT YOU ARE ASKING FOR IS JUST A
5:31:36PM PRELIMINARY OVERVIEW BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY NO DECISIONS CAN BE
5:31:38PM MADE, IT'S A TIME INTENSIVE --
5:31:44PM >>BILL CARLSON: I AM JUST ASKING INDIVIDUAL STAFF MEMBERS
5:31:45PM IF THEY HAVE IDEAS OF FEES THAT CAN BE RAISED TO PLEASE LET
5:31:49PM US KNOW ASAP OR BEFORE 3:00 ON WEDNESDAY.
5:31:58PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: AND OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN MAKE THAT MOTION AND
5:32:00PM THE ADMINISTRATOR STAFF IDEAS THIS THEY ARE WELCOME TO PASS
5:32:04PM THEM BY.
5:32:05PM JUST SO YOU KNOW THE FEES ARE FAIRLY COMPLEX, AND I THINK
5:32:08PM MS. HURTAK MADE A MOTION FOR THE CITIZENS BUDGET AND FINANCE
5:32:11PM COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT THE FEES THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA IS
5:32:15PM CHARGING TO LOOK AT WHAT CAN BE ADJUSTED AND RAISED OVER THE
5:32:20PM NEXT, I THINK, ONE-YEAR PERIOD.
5:32:22PM I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS MORE -- THAT
5:32:27PM PEOPLE WANT THIS MOVED QUICKER, THAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO
5:32:31PM MOVE MORE QUICKLY.
5:32:33PM THE FEES ARE BASED ON THE REGULATORY FEES, THEY HAVE BEEN TO
5:32:35PM BE COMMENSURATE WITH THE COST OF REGULATION.
5:32:39PM THEY HAVE TO KNOW WHAT THE COST OF REGULATION IS.
5:32:42PM THEN YOU HAVE IMPACT FEES WHICH ARE GOVERNED BY STATE LAW,
5:32:45PM FRANCHISE FEES.
5:32:48PM SO IT'S NOT ONE SIZE FITS ALL.
5:32:51PM I AM JUST TRYING TO WARN COUNSEL.
5:32:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT AND I HAVE
5:32:56PM HAD MY AIDE DO A LOT OF THE DIGGING.
5:32:58PM ECHOING WHAT MR. MASSEY JUST SAID.
5:33:03PM IT'S A LOT MORE COMPLEX, BECAUSE THERE CAN'T BE TAXES IN
5:33:10PM DISGUISE.
5:33:11PM ALSO, YOU HAVE TO STEP IT IN.
5:33:13PM YOU CAN ONLY RAISE THE FEES A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE EACH YEAR
5:33:18PM TO GET TO THAT POINT.
5:33:19PM AND HE CAN ONLY RECOUP THE COSTS OF ACTUALLY PROVIDING THAT
5:33:23PM GOVERNMENT SERVICES PLUS SOME ADMIN FEE.
5:33:26PM SO WE HAVE BEEN -- IN FACT I THINK TIM MAY HAVE REACHED OUT
5:33:31PM TO YOU, AND WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO CHIEF OF STAFF ABOUT
5:33:34PM WORKING WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS, AND ALSO REFERENCE -- AND WE
5:33:38PM UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORT ADD RESOLUTION ABOUT THE BUDGET AND
5:33:40PM FINANCE COMMITTEE.
5:33:41PM I THINK PART OF THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THIS IS SO COMPLEX,
5:33:44PM THERE'S A LOT OF ADMINISTRATIVE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE
5:33:47PM TO GIVE THEM THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO REALLY
5:33:51PM MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, BECAUSE SO THAT THE ADMINISTRATION I
5:33:54PM THINK IS RESPONSIBLE.
5:33:56PM THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND DO THESE STUDIES, AND I
5:33:58PM BELIEVE -- AND EACH ONE OF THESE DEPARTMENT HEADS HAS TO
5:34:02PM LOOK THROUGH EVERY ONE OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS, IDENTIFY THE
5:34:05PM FEES, IDENTIFY WHAT THE ACTUAL COST OF SERVICES ARE, AND
5:34:08PM PLUS THE ADMINISTRATION FEE, AND THEN SUBMIT THAT, AND THEN
5:34:11PM WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN RAISE IMMEDIATELY VERSUS
5:34:14PM WHAT WE HAVE TO STAGGER IN.
5:34:16PM SO I THINK ONCE WE GET THAT DONE, I THINK THE BUDGET AND
5:34:19PM FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL HAVE THE DATA AND THE INFORMATION
5:34:22PM THAT THEY CAN DO WHAT THEIR JOB WOULD BE AS FAR AS THE
5:34:26PM CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO DO THOSE TYPE OF
5:34:29PM RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON IMPACT TO THE CITY AND PARKS AND
5:34:31PM REC STUDY, THINGS LIKE THAT.
5:34:32PM BUT I BELIEVE -- IN FACT I WAS GOING TO TRY TO GET THAT IN
5:34:35PM NEW BUSINESS TODAY TO ENCAPSULATE IT AND I JUST SAID IN A
5:34:39PM MOTION, BUT IT'S MORE COMPLEX, SO I AM ANTICIPATING BRINGING
5:34:42PM THAT NEXT WEEK TO GIVE THE ADMINISTRATION DIRECTION ON
5:34:47PM ACCOMPLISHING THAT TASK.
5:34:48PM SO TO KIND OF CLARIFY AND BRING IT ALL IN.
5:34:52PM SO I AM LOOKING AT DOING THAT.
5:34:56PM >>BILL CARLSON: ALL I AM DOING IS ASKING A GENERAL REQUEST
5:34:59PM TO SAY ANYBODY WHO IS LISTENING, CALL US IF YOU HAVE AN
5:35:03PM IDEA.
5:35:03PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY THE ONLY
5:35:06PM THING I WAS ASKING THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO LOOK
5:35:10PM THROUGH AND PULL THE ONES THAT THEY THINK ARE THE BEST AND
5:35:16PM MOST IMPORTANT SO THAT TAKES US OUT OF IT AND PUTS IT IN THE
5:35:18PM HANDS OF THE PUBLIC TO FOCUS ON THE THINGS THEY WANT TO BE
5:35:21PM SEE FIRST, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY IT HAS TO BE GONE THROUGH THIS
5:35:24PM WHOLE SYSTEM.
5:35:25PM BUT I FIGURED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE VERY WELL VERSED
5:35:28PM IN THE BUDGET WILL BE A GOOD FIRST LINE.
5:35:32PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
5:35:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: AND IDENTIFY THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
5:35:38PM >>LYNN HURTAK: UNDERSTANDABLE, BUT AT LEAST THAT'S
5:35:40PM SOMETHING THAT'S TAKEN OFF OUR PLATE AND PUT INTO THOSE WHO
5:35:44PM ARE WELL AWARE.
5:35:45PM >> ONTO THE ADMINISTRATION.
5:35:47PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
5:35:49PM ALL IN FAVOR?
5:35:50PM ANY OPPOSED?
5:35:50PM >>BILL CARLSON: SORRY TWO, MORE.
5:35:54PM MORRIS, SOMEBODY, I WAS IN A FORUM THE OTHER DAY, AND
5:35:58PM SOMEBODY BROUGHT UP THAT WE NEVER RAISED THE SIDEWALK FEE,
5:36:02PM THE IN-LIEU OF FEE, AND WE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
5:36:05PM THIS, AS PUBLIC SAFETY THING.
5:36:08PM I JUST REMEMBERED THIS.
5:36:09PM SORRY.
5:36:10PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: THERE WAS CONVERSATION AND FRANKLY THE
5:36:12PM WHOLE FEE ADJUSTMENT WAS DROPPED WHEN YOU ALL CLOSED THE
5:36:16PM LOOPHOLE.
5:36:16PM THE ISSUE OF INCREASING THE SIDEWALK IN LIEU FEE CAME UP, IS
5:36:21PM THAT THE BUILDERS -- WHAT THE AMOUNT 2022 ADMINISTRATION
5:36:27PM CREATED ISSUES WITH THE BUILDERS ASSOCIATION.
5:36:28PM THE BUILDERS ASSOCIATION CLAIMED -- AND THERE IS SOME --
5:36:32PM IT'S NOT ABUNDANTLY CLEAR, I WILL BE QUITE HONEST, THE
5:36:36PM IN-LIEU FEE IS IN ESSENCE AN IMPACT FEE.
5:36:39PM IF IT IS, IN ORDER TO RAISE IT THERE ARE CERTAIN HOOPS WE
5:36:41PM HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
5:36:43PM SO IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THAT ISSUE AGAIN, MAYBE MY TWO
5:36:48PM SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE IS PERHAPS HAVE THE ADMINISTRATION MEET
5:36:51PM WITH THE BUILDERS ASSOCIATION AGAIN TO SEE IF WE CAN COME UP
5:36:54PM WITH A COMPROMISE RAISE IN THE AMOUNT, SO IT'S ADJUSTED, SO
5:36:58PM THEY DON'T LEGALLY CHALLENGE THAT, OR IF WE WANT TO PUSH IT
5:37:02PM THROUGH MAX, WHICH IS HOE THEN WE NEED TO EITHER BE PREPARED
5:37:06PM TO LITIGATE IT OR GO THROUGH THE IMPACT FEE.
5:37:09PM >>BILL CARLSON: WHAT SHOULD I MAKE A MOTION FOR?
5:37:12PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: I WOULD MAKE A MOTION FOR THE
5:37:15PM ADMINISTRATION TO MEET WITH THE BUILDERS ASSOCIATION AND
5:37:18PM COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION ON AN ADJUSTMENT FOR THE
5:37:21PM SIDEWALK IN LIEU FEE THAT WOULD START THE CONVERSATION
5:37:24PM AGAIN.
5:37:24PM >>BILL CARLSON: I MOVE THAT FOR NOVEMBER 2nd.
5:37:34PM [OFF MICROPHONE]
5:37:36PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I THINK THERE WERE TWO.
5:37:38PM >>BILL CARLSON: WHEN IS THAT COMING?
5:37:49PM OKAY, NEVER MIND.
5:37:52PM I'M SORRY, I MISSED THAT.
5:37:53PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: SO IT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE.
5:37:55PM >>BILL CARLSON: ONE LAST THING.
5:37:59PM THE CITY BRAGS A LOT ABOUT ITS CREDIT RATING.
5:38:02PM I ACTUALLY TALKED TO PEOPLE THAT USED TO WORK WITH CREDIT
5:38:06PM RATING AGENCIES, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WILL HURT OUR
5:38:09PM CREDIT RATING IS IF WE DON'T HAVE A BUDGET.
5:38:12PM SO AS I UNDERSTAND LEGALLY, IF WE DON'T APPROVE A BUDGET
5:38:16PM BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH, THEN WE GO TO THE LAST BUDGET.
5:38:21PM BUT THEN THAT SENDS A SIGNAL TO THE BONDING AGENCIES THAT
5:38:26PM SOMETHING IS WRONG.
5:38:27PM SO I HOPE THAT AS I SAID BEFORE, I HOPE THAT THE
5:38:32PM ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO COLLABORATE, AND THAT THEY WANT TO
5:38:34PM AVOID THIS JUST LIKE WE WOULD.
5:38:36PM THE DECISION ON THE AD VALOREM RATE HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE.
5:38:39PM WE ARE WHERE WE ARE.
5:38:41PM AND WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO TRY TO AVOID THAT SITUATION.
5:38:44PM BUT MORRIS, I WOULD RECOMMEND, BECAUSE OF THE NOTICING AND
5:38:48PM EVERYTHING, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE SET UP A BACKUP
5:38:50PM MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 26th.
5:38:52PM HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY THE ADMINISTRATION WORKS WITH US, AND
5:38:56PM MY IDEAL SITUATION IS THAT SOMEBODY IN ADMINISTRATION GIVES
5:38:59PM ALL THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED NO 15 MILLION EACH SO THEY CAN SAY
5:39:05PM WE MAKE A MOTION AND WE WALK OUT IN FIVE MINUTES.
5:39:08PM BUT IF THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AND WE DON'T COME UP WITH AN
5:39:13PM AGREEMENT WE NEED A BACKUP DATE.
5:39:15PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: WE CAN SET THAT I BELIEVE ON THE 19th
5:39:17PM IF WE HAVE TO.
5:39:18PM THE ONLY REASON WE CAN ASK FOR A BACKUP DATE IS IN AN
5:39:23PM EMERGENCY.
5:39:23PM I GUESS WE CAN SAY A DEADLOCK IS AN EMERGENCY, BUT THE
5:39:27PM LEGISLATURE LOOKS AT THINGS LIKE EMERGENCY, A HURRICANE OUT
5:39:32PM IN THE ATLANTIC AND THAT KIND OF THING.
5:39:35PM WE CAN SET IT UP AND ADVERTISE IN THE TIME.
5:39:38PM >>BILL CARLSON: BUT COULD I JUST SUGGEST TO EVERYBODY THAT
5:39:43PM WE GET TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, BUT I SUGGEST THAT WE DO
5:39:47PM SEPTEMBER 26th AND WE ALL JUST HOLD THAT DATE, EVEN IF
5:39:50PM WE DON'T OFFICIALLY MAKE A MOTION, TO HOLD THAT?
5:39:53PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: THAT'S FINE IF YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THE
5:39:55PM DATE IS HELD BUT I WOULDN'T MAKE A MOTION AT THIS TIME.
5:39:58PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WON'T MAKE A MOTION AT THIS TIME AND
5:40:00PM JUST LOOK AT THIS CALENDAR.
5:40:02PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WELL, THIS WILL BE --
5:40:06PM >>> I'M HERE AFTER 1 P.M.
5:40:08PM AND I WILL BE HERE.
5:40:11PM THIS IS A COMMITMENT.
5:40:12PM SO NO MOTION.
5:40:13PM YES, MA'AM.
5:40:14PM >>LYNN HURTAK: DID WE MAKE A MOTION ABOUT TREES?
5:40:18PM THE SIDEWALK IN LIEU FEE?
5:40:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
5:40:21PM >>LYNN HURTAK: IT'S ALREADY INCLUDED BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE
5:40:24PM SURE THE STAKEHOLDERS, AND NOT JUST THE BUILDERS
5:40:27PM ASSOCIATION.
5:40:27PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
5:40:32PM SO I'M THINKING OUT LOUD, NOT MAKING A MOTION.
5:40:35PM LAST YEAR IT CAME UP ABOUT INCREASING THE SALARIES OF CITY
5:40:38PM COUNCIL.
5:40:39PM IT WAS VOTED DOWN.
5:40:40PM I WAS ONE OF THE FEW THAT VOTED IT DOWN.
5:40:43PM AND WE GET A 3% INCREASE EVERY YEAR, CORRECT?
5:40:49PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE ADMINISTRATION DETERMINES WHAT -- AND
5:40:58PM YOU GET WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION GIVES TO --
5:41:00PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: I BELIEVE IF A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT
5:41:03PM IS MADE, AND THAT'S NOT MANDATORY BUT THAT HAPPENS MORE
5:41:05PM OFTEN THAN NOT OR HAS, TYPICALLY, OUTSIDE OF THE RECESSION
5:41:09PM YEARS, AND YOU WILL GET A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT THAT'S
5:41:13PM EQUAL TO 3%, MY RECOLLECTION OF WHAT IT IS.
5:41:17PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DOES THAT APPLY ACROSS THE BOARD TO
5:41:19PM NONUNION EMPLOYEES?
5:41:21PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: IT APPLIES ACROSS, CORRECT.
5:41:26PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE PRIOR SALARIES, ARE THEY CAPPED AT
5:41:29PM 3%?
5:41:29PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: I CAN'T TELL YOU IF THAT'S THE ACTUAL CAP
5:41:33PM FOR ALL MANAGERIAL STAFF BUT I CAN TELL YOU THE UPPER
5:41:36PM MANAGERIAL STAFF OF THE CITY IS GENERALLY 3% OR LESS THAT IS
5:41:40PM GIVEN OUT.
5:41:41PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WAS JUST THINKING, AS WE ARE LOOKING
5:41:43PM AT DOLLARS AND WHATNOT, AND THIS IS EXISTING EMPLOYEES, THIS
5:41:46PM IS A NONUNIONIZED.
5:41:48PM ANYWAYS --
5:41:55PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: AND THE ITEM THAT COUNCILMAN VIERA
5:41:58PM CONTINUED IS A PROPOSED ORDINANCE THAT WOULD CODIFY WHAT HAS
5:42:03PM BEEN DONE HISTORICALLY BASED ON THE RESOLUTION BACK I
5:42:07PM BELIEVE IN THE 90s WHERE IF THE MANAGERIAL STAFF OF THE
5:42:12PM CITY GOT A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT YOU ALSO GOT ONE CAPPED
5:42:16PM AT 3% OF YOUR SALARY, THAT'S CODIFIED, AND SAID AND WHAT THE
5:42:21PM CHARTER REQUIRES IS THAT ANY ADJUSTMENT TO YOUR SALARY OR TO
5:42:24PM HER SALARY, THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY A MAJORITY OF
5:42:28PM YOU ALL AND BY THE MAYOR, BOTH.
5:42:31PM IF THAT HAPPENS, THEN WHAT COUNCILMAN VIERA HAS REQUESTED,
5:42:35PM THAT DOESN'T TAKE PLACE UNTIL THE NEXT COUNCIL COMES INTO
5:42:38PM SESSION, BASICALLY.
5:42:39PM AND THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS.
5:42:41PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I JUST HAD A THOUGHT.
5:42:44PM >>BILL CARLSON: I WAS GOING TO SAY, I THINK CITY COUNCIL IS
5:42:49PM PAID WAY TOO LOW.
5:42:53PM THE PUBLIC HAS SAID THAT AS WELL.
5:42:59PM WHEN THE ADMINISTRATION WENT AFTER ME ON THIS, THEY OFFERED
5:43:03PM US AN INCREASE.
5:43:03PM I VOTED FOR IT BUT THEN SAID I WOULDN'T TAKE IT IF IT WENT
5:43:07PM THROUGH.
5:43:07PM AND THEN THEY SENT THREE MAILERS OUT.
5:43:09PM GUESS WHAT, THEY DIDN'T WORK.
5:43:10PM THEY DIDN'T WORK.
5:43:11PM AND SO THEY CAN SAY WHATEVER THEY WANT ABOUT ME DOING THAT.
5:43:14PM AND I WILL ADVOCATE AGAIN TODAY, CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO MAKE
5:43:17PM MORE MONEY.
5:43:19PM I MIGHT NOT ACCEPT IT, BUT HERE IS THE THING.
5:43:24PM I TRIED TO MAKE --
5:43:27PM >>> HOW DID THIS GET INTO -- I AM JUST THINKING ABOUT IN
5:43:30PM LIEU OF WEDNESDAY COMING UP, NOBODY IS GETTING SOME CRAZY
5:43:35PM INCREASE IN THE CITY.
5:43:39PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YEAH, NO, THEY ARE.
5:43:44PM THEY ARE GETTING 2% RAISES.
5:43:45PM HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL -- SO NO, NO, NO, SOME PEOPLE ARE
5:43:49PM GETTING SERIOUS RAISES.
5:43:51PM THAT'S WHY WE ARE MOVING UP FROM I THINK IT WAS LIKE $46
5:43:55PM MILLION IN PERSONNEL LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR IT'S 54.
5:43:59PM SO, YEAH, NO, WE ARE GOING EXPONENTIALLY AND WE ARE GOING TO
5:44:05PM HAVE TO DISCUSS THAT.
5:44:06PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: THIS IS BETTER FOR CONVERSATION WEDNESDAY
5:44:09PM WHEN FINANCE STAFF AND OTHERS ARE HERE BUT A LOT OF SALARY
5:44:13PM ADJUSTMENTS ARE BASED ON THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
5:44:16PM AGREEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED, SO THAT CREATES
5:44:18PM POTENTIAL ISSUES.
5:44:19PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: TALKING ABOUT NONUNION.
5:44:21PM >>BILL CARLSON: BY THE WAY, THE PUBLIC AGREES.
5:44:23PM AS THEY WERE SENDING OUT THOSE LETTERS, EVERY FORUM I WENT
5:44:27PM TO, THEY SAID YOU ARE RIGHT.
5:44:29PM AND SO IF WE WANT GOOD GOVERNMENT IN THE FUTURE, BECAUSE
5:44:32PM THIS IS ALREADY A FULL-TIME JOB THAT IS PAID VERY LITTLE, IF
5:44:35PM WE WANT GOOD GOVERNMENT WE NEED TO PASS SOMETHING.
5:44:38PM EVEN IF LUIS' MEMO PASSES WE HAVE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE
5:44:43PM NEXT CITY COUNCIL IS PAID.
5:44:46PM I'M TERMED OUT.
5:44:47PM THE MAYOR IS MAKING LIKE $180,000 A YEAR.
5:44:50PM THE AIDES ARE MAKING 80 OR 90 AND CITY COUNCIL IS MAKING
5:44:54PM LIKE 53.
5:44:55PM AND IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE BEST GOVERNMENTS IN THE WORLD,
5:44:58PM THEY ALL PAY PEOPLE WELL.
5:45:00PM IN SINGAPORE THEY PAY THE SAME WAGES AS THE PRIVATE SECTOR
5:45:05PM BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO STEAL EVERYTHING.
5:45:07PM YOU NEED THE PUBLIC TO -- I MEAN, WE HAD A COLLEAGUE
5:45:14PM DEMANDING FREE TICKETS AT EVENTS WHEN YOU HAD TO PAY 2 OR
5:45:17PM $300, AND WE NEED CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO NOT HAVE TO ASK
5:45:21PM FOR FREEBIES AND POTENTIALLY BREAK ETHICS RULES.
5:45:24PM WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE PAID WELL SO THAT WE
5:45:28PM CAN ALL LOOK AT THE PUBLIC AND KNOW THAT WE ARE DOING THE
5:45:31PM RIGHT THING.
5:45:31PM >> IT'S EXPENSIVE TO BE ON CITY COUNCIL.
5:45:37PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT'S WORTH EVERY PENNY.
5:45:39PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I PAID $30 TODAY TO GO TO AN EVENT I WAS
5:45:42PM INVITED TO.
5:45:43PM THE MARRIOTT.
5:45:44PM THEY WENT UP ON THEIR PRICE BY FIVE DOLLARS.
5:45:49PM THE AUTOMOTIVE SUMMIT.
5:45:51PM AND I WILL SAY THAT CITY COUNCIL MAKES LESS THAN TEACHERS.
5:45:55PM AND THE TEACHERS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ARE RANKED IN THE
5:45:58PM BOTTOM QUARTILE OF SALARIES.
5:46:00PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: TEACHERS DESERVE A LOT.
5:46:06PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I THINK THE MAYOR PROPOSED $70,000 OR
5:46:11PM SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
5:46:15PM I WAS SURPRISED THAT YOU ALL REJECTED IT AND THE PEOPLE
5:46:18PM REJECTED IT.
5:46:20PM ACTUALLY I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ON THE DAIS WHY DID YOU REJECT
5:46:23PM IT JUST FOR THE PUBLIC?
5:46:24PM >> NOT TODAY.
5:46:29PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BUT WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT OFFLINE.
5:46:32PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT'S A SUNSHINE ISSUE.
5:46:37PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: SO WHY NOT TODAY?
5:46:38PM >>BILL CARLSON: WHEN LUIS --
5:46:49PM >>> I DIDN'T COME HERE FOR THE MONEY.
5:46:51PM I KNEW WHAT I WAS GETTING INTO.
5:46:53PM AND PEOPLE SAID, HEY, YOU CAN MAKE MORE HERE, YOU SPEAK
5:46:58PM MULTIPLE LANGUAGES.
5:46:59PM I HAVE COMMITTED TO WANTING TO DO THIS SINCE 2010.
5:47:02PM I RAN.
5:47:03PM I LOST.
5:47:03PM IT WAS NEVER ABOUT THE MONEY.
5:47:05PM IT WAS PEOPLE THAT INSPIRED ME TO SERVE.
5:47:07PM FORMER MAYOR DICK GRECO.
5:47:09PM COUNCILMAN CHARLIE MIRANDA.
5:47:12PM BEEN HERE A LONG TIME.
5:47:13PM I WANTED TO GIVE BACK TO MY COMMUNITY.
5:47:15PM AND BACK THEN IT WAS 43.
5:47:17PM WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE WHEN I FIRST STARTED, IT WAS LIKE 26.
5:47:21PM AND I LEARNED IN LAW SCHOOL AND EVERYTHING I KNEW WHAT I WAS
5:47:26PM GETTING INTO AND THAT WAS IT.
5:47:28PM AND ESPECIALLY WHEN PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING AND PEOPLE TRYING
5:47:31PM TO PAY RENT AND EVERYTHING, I COULDN'T SUPPORT A RAISE.
5:47:33PM AND THAT'S JUST ME.
5:47:36PM SO THAT WAS IT.
5:47:37PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I WAS CURIOUS.
5:47:41PM IF IT WAS A MEDICAL REASON.
5:47:42PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO, NO, NO.
5:47:47PM >> IS POLITICS INVOLVED IN THIS?
5:47:51PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO BE POLITICAL.
5:47:53PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BUT I DO HAVE A MOTION.
5:47:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
5:48:01PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FOR CITY COUNCIL PLANNING STAFF
5:48:03PM TO PREPARE AN UPDATE ON THE HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF THE
5:48:06PM 9-2 WORKSHOP WHICH IS DISCUSSING HOUSING.
5:48:09PM I HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
5:48:11PM I KNOW WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A MAJOR DISCUSSION HERE ABOUT
5:48:13PM HOUSING NEEDS IS ONE THING.
5:48:16PM HOW WE CAN BUILD, HOW WE CAN INCREASE DENSITY, HOW WE CAN
5:48:20PM IN -- ALLOW DUPLEXES, QUADS, TO MEET THE NEEDS OF WHAT WE
5:48:27PM HAVE IN HOUSING.
5:48:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION.
5:48:31PM DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
5:48:33PM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN -- WE HAVE A MOTION FROM
5:48:38PM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. IS
5:48:41PM THERE ANY DISCUSSION?
5:48:43PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
5:48:43PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES, I JUST WANTED TO SAY IN THE CONTEXT OF
5:48:47PM PUBLIC SAFETY THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, ONE OF THE
5:48:50PM BEST WAYS TO REDUCE THE NEED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY?
5:48:55PM HOUSING.
5:48:55PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ONE OF THE CITIZENS SAID IT AS WELL.
5:49:01PM >>LYNN HURTAK: AS WE LOOK AT THAT BUDGET FOR POLICE AND
5:49:04PM FIRE, KNOWING THAT THEY ARE REACHING OUT TO THE HOMELESS
5:49:07PM COMMUNITY, PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE EDGE, IF THOSE PEOPLE ARE
5:49:11PM HOUSED, THEY HAVE MUCH LESS CHANCE OF BEING CALLED.
5:49:15PM SO JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE.
5:49:17PM AND KNOWING THAT AS WE PUT FUNDING TOWARDS HOUSING, WE ARE
5:49:22PM ACTUALLY PUTTING FUNDING TOWARD PUBLIC SAFETY.
5:49:27PM >>BILL CARLSON: DID WE SCHEDULE FOR YOU TO PRESENT?
5:49:32PM >>LYNN HURTAK: NO, BUT I WILL TRY TO TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE
5:49:34PM BIT ON WEDNESDAY.
5:49:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
5:49:40PM YES, SIR.
5:49:40PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
5:49:44PM THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN PRO TEM.
5:49:47PM ON THE SEPTEMBER 28th WORKSHOP YOU HAVE 15 ITEMS ON THE
5:49:51PM WORKSHOP
5:49:57PM JUST TO BE MINDFUL, THE 5:00 MEETING HAS MULTIPLE PLAN
5:50:01PM AMENDMENTS JUST SO YOU ARE ABLE TO PREPARE INFORM THAT.
5:50:04PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANY HUFFING OR
5:50:09PM PUFFING FROM ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO GET OUT EARLY ON THAT
5:50:11PM MEETING.
5:50:13PM SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
5:50:15PM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
5:50:19PM AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
5:50:22PM OPPOSED?
5:50:22PM >> MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
5:50:33PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: PLEASE JUST BE REMINDED SO THE PUBLIC IS
5:50:35PM CLEAR.
5:50:36PM I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT COUNCIL IS CLEAR THAT YOUR NEXT
5:50:38PM MEETING IS A SPECIAL CALLED WORKSHOP.
5:50:43PM NEXT WEDNESDAY AT 3:00 P.M. AT THAT ELECTION LOCATION, 315
5:50:48PM EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD.
5:50:49PM AGAIN NO OFFICIAL ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN.
5:50:52PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE
5:50:54PM FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
5:50:56PM SECOND FROM CARLSON.
5:50:58PM ALL IN FAVOR?
5:50:59PM ALL RIGHT.
5:51:00PM WE ARE ADJOURNED.
5:51:06PM [MEETING ADJOURNED]
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