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9:02:10AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: CALL THE CRA MEETING TO ORDER.
9:02:14AM GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
9:02:15AM WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND STAND FOR THE
9:02:21AM PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
9:02:32AM [MOMENT OF SILENCE]
9:02:40AM [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
9:03:03AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
9:03:04AM WE NEED TO ADOPT THE MINUTES.
9:03:07AM >> SO MOVED.
9:03:07AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: [INAUDIBLE]
9:03:12AM >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
9:03:13AM >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE.
9:03:15AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE.
9:03:15AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
9:03:17AM >> VIERA?
9:03:18AM MIRANDA?
9:03:19AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
9:03:20AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT.
9:03:21AM >>THE CLERK: YOU HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
9:03:26AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: IT'S ON.
9:03:29AM CAN YOU HEAR ME?
9:03:30AM WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES AND SECONDED.
9:03:45AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
9:03:46AM AYE.
9:03:47AM WE'LL CALL UP THE DIRECTOR, MS. MOODY, TO CLEAN UP THE
9:03:55AM AGENDA AND SET THE TONE FOR THE MEETING TODAY.
9:03:58AM >>ERICA MOODY: GOOD MORNING, BOARD.
9:04:00AM SETTING THE AGENDA, WE ARE ASKING TO PLEASE RECEIVE AND FILE
9:04:04AM ITEM NUMBER 7.
9:04:07AM >> SO MOVED.
9:04:08AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
9:04:09AM SECOND BY CLENDENIN.
9:04:11AM >>ERICA MOODY: THANK YOU.
9:04:12AM FOLLOWING WE ARE RESPECTFULLY ASKING TO CONTINUE ITEMS 8
9:04:16AM THROUGH 16.
9:04:20AM >> SO MOVED.
9:04:20AM >> SECOND.
9:04:21AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
9:04:24AM >>ERICA MOODY: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:04:25AM FROM THE REQUIRED APPROVALS, RESPECTFULLY ASKING TO PULL
9:04:29AM ITEMS 24 AND 25 TO BE HEARD UNDER MY CRA DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
9:04:34AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO MOVED.
9:04:35AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: SECONDED BY CLENDENIN.
9:04:36AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
9:04:38AM >>ERICA MOODY: THANK YOU.
9:04:46AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: MR. MASSEY, CAN YOU GO OVER PUBLIC
9:04:48AM COMMENTS FOR ME, PLEASE?
9:04:50AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: YES, MA'AM.
9:04:51AM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALLOWED A REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY
9:04:53AM AT THE BEGINNING OF A CRA MEETING TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM ON THE
9:04:56AM AGENDA BEFORE THE CRA TAKES OFFICIAL ACTION ON AN ITEM.
9:04:59AM A THREE-MINUTE TIME LIMIT APPLIES TO ALL SPEAKERS PROVIDING
9:05:03AM PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:05:04AM SPEAKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE REMINDED THAT THEY
9:05:07AM ARE TO REFRAIN FROM DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING VULGAR OR
9:05:11AM THREATENING REMARKS OR CAUSING DISRUPTIVE NOISES OR SOUNDS
9:05:13AM OR DISPLAYING SIGNS OR GRAPHICS.
9:05:16AM SPEAKERS ARE ALSO REMINDED TO REFRAIN FROM LAUNCHING
9:05:18AM PERSONAL ATTACKS AGAINST CITY OR CRA OFFICIALS.
9:05:21AM STAFF MEMBERS OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
9:05:23AM THE CHAIR WILL RULE OUT OF ORDER ANY PERSON WHO SPEAKS
9:05:25AM WITHOUT BEING RECOGNIZED OR ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS THE CRA FROM
9:05:28AM OUTSIDE THE SPEAKER AREA AT THE PODIUM.
9:05:30AM PERSONS FAILING TO COMPLY WITH CRA RULES MAY ALSO BE RULED
9:05:33AM OUT OF ORDER.
9:05:34AM AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE
9:05:37AM CHAMBERS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY'S MEETING.
9:05:40AM CRA MEMBERS ARE REMINDED REFRAIN FROM ENGAGING ANY SPEAKER
9:05:44AM UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:05:45AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:05:46AM NOW WE'LL GO TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:05:49AM GOOD MORNING.
9:05:54AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:05:55AM GOOD MORNING, CRA MEMBERS.
9:06:00AM I'M LINDA SAUL-SENA AT 157 BISCAYNE.
9:06:05AM HERE TO DISCUSS WEST TAMPA AND HOW YOU CAN BEST DIRECT YOUR
9:06:09AM CRA STAFF TO BETTER PROTECT IT.
9:06:10AM AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, I HAVE WORKED TO PRESERVE WEST TAMPA
9:06:13AM FOR MANY YEARS AND HAVE JUST WRITTEN AN ARTICLE FOR CREATIVE
9:06:16AM LOAFING CALLED PROTECT WEST TAMPA.
9:06:19AM WITH CONCERNED FRIENDS, WE'VE RECENTLY STARTED THE WEST
9:06:22AM TAMPA STRATEGY GROUP AS AN EFFORT TO SAVE ITS DIVERSE
9:06:26AM HERITAGE AND DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER.
9:06:29AM IN DRIVING AROUND THIS HISTORIC AREA, I SEE THAT THE
9:06:32AM GUIDELINES TO WEST TAMPA OVERLAY HAVE NOT BEEN ADHERED TO AT
9:06:36AM ALL.
9:06:36AM MANY OF THE NEW STRUCTURES ARE COMPLETELY OUT OF SYNC WITH
9:06:41AM THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND IT'S OBVIOUS THAT WE NEED TO
9:06:44AM IMPROVE THIS.
9:06:45AM I RECENTLY ATTENDED A WEST TAMPA CRA ADVISORY COMMITTEE
9:06:49AM MEETING AND FOUND THAT THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE
9:06:52AM ACTUALLY SPENT TWO YEARS WRITING THOUGHTFULLY DETAILED
9:06:56AM SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS TO CHANGE THE OVERLAY TO MAKE IT
9:06:59AM MORE EFFECTIVE.
9:07:00AM BUT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED BY THE
9:07:04AM STAFF.
9:07:04AM THE CITY STAFF, THIS IS DIFFERENT STAFF, CRA STAFF AS YOU
9:07:08AM ALL KNOW, AND THEN THERE IS THE ZONING STAFF.
9:07:11AM THE ZONING STAFF WANTS TO WAIT UNTIL THE OVERALL CITYWIDE
9:07:15AM ZONING CHANGES ARE CREATED AND IMPLEMENTED IN TWO OR THREE
9:07:18AM YEARS BEFORE IMPROVING THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY GUIDELINES.
9:07:22AM THIS IS NOT GOOD.
9:07:26AM IF WE WAIT TWO OR THREE YEARS, WEST TAMPA IS JUST GOING TO
9:07:29AM HAVE -- LOSE ITS CHARACTER BECAUSE THE PROPERTY IS SO
9:07:33AM INEXPENSIVE, THE DEVELOPERS ARE BUYING UP THE TRADITIONAL
9:07:36AM HOMES, TEARING THEM DOWN AND PUTTING SOULLESS WHITE BOXES
9:07:41AM INSTEAD OF ALLOWING PEOPLE TO EXIST IN THE -- INVEST IN THE
9:07:46AM EXISTING HOUSING STOCK AND CREATING NEW THINGS THAT ARE
9:07:49AM COMPLEMENTARY.
9:07:49AM THAT'S WHY THE OVERLAY HAS TO BE REDONE AS QUICKLY AS
9:07:52AM POSSIBLE.
9:07:52AM THERE IS ANOTHER ISSUE, AND THAT'S NOT LIMITED TO THIS
9:07:56AM NEIGHBORHOOD.
9:07:56AM AGAIN, IT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHICH RULES TAKE
9:08:00AM PRECEDENT.
9:08:01AM IF THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY CAN BE IMPROVED AND THAT CAN BE
9:08:07AM RELIED UPON BY DEVELOPERS AND RESIDENTS, THAT WOULD BE THE
9:08:11AM BEST CHOICE.
9:08:12AM HOWEVER, WHAT'S HAPPENING ARE DESIGN EXCEPTIONS ARE BEING
9:08:16AM USED TOO FREQUENTLY AS AN END RUN AROUND THE RULES AND
9:08:20AM THERE'S NO OPPORTUNITY FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SCRUTINY AND
9:08:23AM COMMENT.
9:08:24AM MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE OVERLAY GUIDELINES IN THE CITY
9:08:28AM SHOULD TAKE PRECEDENT IN AN AREA LIKE THIS.
9:08:32AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:08:34AM DO I HAVE 30 MORE SECONDS?
9:08:36AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
9:08:36AM >> OH, GOOD.
9:08:37AM SITTING AS THE CRA BOARD, YOU ALL HAVE THE POWER TO DIRECT
9:08:41AM YOUR STAFF TO MOVE QUICKLY TO IMPLEMENT THE DESIGN OVERLAY
9:08:44AM RECOMMENDATIONS DEVELOPED BY YOUR CRA ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND
9:08:49AM TO REIN IN THE ABUSIVE USE OF DESIGN EXCEPTIONS TO UNDERCUT
9:08:54AM YOUR RULES.
9:08:55AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:08:55AM I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A COPY OF THIS.
9:08:58AM IF NOT, I'LL RESEND IT.
9:09:00AM THANKS.
9:09:00AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: NEXT SPEAKER, GOOD MORNING.
9:09:04AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:09:05AM MY NAME IS MITA MARTINEZ.
9:09:07AM I LIVE IN YBOR HEIGHTS.
9:09:09AM MOST OF YOU KNOW ME AS MIMI.
9:09:11AM CURRENT PRESIDENT OF YBOR HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
9:09:13AM AND WATCH GROUP.
9:09:14AM I'M HERE TODAY TO FIRSTLY THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE
9:09:18AM RESTRUCTURING OF THE CRA.
9:09:20AM I DO BELIEVE IT WAS THE CRITICAL FIRST STEP TO ENSURING THAT
9:09:23AM ALL CRAs ARE USING THE BASIC OPERATING STANDARDS,
9:09:27AM ESPECIALLY FOR GRANTS.
9:09:28AM SO I'M VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THE GRANT REFORM
9:09:31AM PRESENTATION TODAY.
9:09:32AM I HAVE PERSONALLY WITNESSED HOW THE GRANTS HAVE HELPED
9:09:35AM HOMEOWNERS.
9:09:36AM I'VE ALSO WITNESSED HOW GRANTS WERE SOMETIMES INTENTIONALLY
9:09:41AM DEVELOPED TO ONLY SERVE A SELECT FEW OF PEOPLE IN THE
9:09:44AM COMMUNITY.
9:09:45AM SO I'M VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THE GRANT REFORM BECAUSE
9:09:50AM SOMETIMES THE GRANTS WERE LEVERAGED IN AN UNEQUAL WAY THAT
9:09:56AM DID NOT SERVE ALL OF THE CRA.
9:09:57AM I DO RECOGNIZE THAT GRANTS IS PART OF THE PUZZLE OF
9:10:01AM IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE, WHICH IS A FOCUS OF THE CRA.
9:10:04AM AT THE SAME TIME, I CAN'T HELP TO THINK THAT THE REASON WHY
9:10:08AM WE HAVE A CRA IS BECAUSE OF YEARS OF THE HISTORY OF CITY
9:10:12AM PLANNING THAT WAS INTENTIONALLY OR PLANNED TO KEEP CERTAIN
9:10:18AM NEIGHBORHOODS DOWN, WHICH IS RESOLUTION 568 WHICH KIND OF
9:10:21AM CONFIRMS THAT.
9:10:22AM SO SOMETIMES I THINK IT'S IRONIC THAT WE EVEN HAVE CRAs TO
9:10:26AM RESCUE THESE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE SUFFERED INEQUALITY FOR
9:10:30AM DECADES AND THERE'S A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE EAST TAMPA CRA
9:10:33AM TO USE CRA FUNDS TO KIND OF SOLVE THOSE PROBLEMS THAT WERE
9:10:36AM CREATED BY THE CITY.
9:10:38AM I KNOW SOMETIMES WE GET A LITTLE BIT WEIRD WHEN WE WANT TO
9:10:41AM MIX CRA MONEY WITH CITY MONEY.
9:10:43AM AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE CITY DOES NEED TO TAKE
9:10:46AM RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SITUATIONS THAT THEY CREATED IN THESE
9:10:48AM NEIGHBORHOODS.
9:10:49AM I'LL GIVE YOU A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT.
9:10:50AM THE NEBRASKA AVENUE CORRIDOR, WHICH MOST OF YOU HAVE HEARD
9:10:54AM ME TALK ABOUT BEFORE EITHER ONE TO ONE OR THROUGH AN E-MAIL,
9:10:58AM THAT HAS BEEN A BLIGHTED AREA FOR DECADES.
9:11:00AM THE CITY KNOWS IT.
9:11:01AM BORRELL PARK IS A CITY-OWNED PARK COMPARED TO OTHER PARKS IN
9:11:05AM THE CITY, YOU CAN SEE THE DISPARITY.
9:11:07AM THE CITY KNOWS THAT.
9:11:09AM WE HAVE NUISANCE PROPERTIES IN EAST TAMPA THAT HAVE GOTTEN
9:11:14AM AWAY WITH BEING A NUISANCE PROPERTY FOR DECADES, THAT
9:11:17AM IMPACTS THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THOSE FAMILIES THAT HAVE TO
9:11:20AM LIVE THERE FOR GENERATIONS TO SEE THOSE BLIGHTED BUILDINGS
9:11:24AM JUST FALL APART, ESPECIALLY ON NEBRASKA AVENUE.
9:11:27AM RIGHT NOW, THE WAY THE CODE ENFORCEMENT ORDINANCES ARE
9:11:32AM DESIGNED, THERE'S NO TEETH TO HOLD THESE PROPERTY OWNERS
9:11:35AM ACCOUNTABLE.
9:11:36AM WE HAVE MULTIPLE PROPERTY OWNERS DISENGAGED, DISINTERESTED,
9:11:40AM AND THEY CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THOSE
9:11:43AM GENERATIONS THAT ARE LIVING NEAR THOSE DILAPIDATED AND
9:11:47AM BLIGHTED BUILDINGS.
9:11:48AM AGAIN, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE GRANT REFORM PRESENTATION.
9:11:51AM I KNOW YOU ARE A CRA BOARD TODAY, BUT AS A CITY COUNCIL, WE
9:11:54AM CAN DO BETTER, TAMPA.
9:11:56AM THANK YOU.
9:11:58AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
9:11:59AM GOOD MORNING.
9:12:00AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:12:01AM BOBBY KRADEN, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
9:12:05AM I'LL ALSO TALK ABOUT THE CODE TODAY, BUT FIRST, I WOULD LIKE
9:12:08AM TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE.
9:12:10AM I LIKE TO SAY I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE PLAYBOOK BUT NOT
9:12:13AM WITH THE PLAYERS.
9:12:14AM JUST LAST NIGHT WE HAD OUR LOCAL CODE ENFORCEMENT INSPECTOR
9:12:17AM AT OUR MEETING.
9:12:17AM HE WAS GREAT.
9:12:19AM MAYOR'S NEIGHBORHOOD UNIVERSITY ON THE ROAD WITH CODE.
9:12:21AM I LOVE THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WITH THAT.
9:12:23AM JUST WANT TO SAY I'M NOT POINTING FINGERS AT ANY
9:12:26AM INDIVIDUALS.
9:12:27AM I THINK THERE ARE POLICY ISSUES WE COULD SOLVE.
9:12:29AM COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES, TAMPA APPEARS TO DO VERY LITTLE TO
9:12:46AM REGULATE VACANT AND DETERIORATING STRUCTURES.
9:12:53AM THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN
9:12:56AM OVERLOOKED AND DESERVES ATTENTION AS IT AFFECTS THE SAFETY,
9:13:00AM QUALITY OF LIFE, CHARACTER AND PROPERTY VALUES OF
9:13:03AM NEIGHBORHOODS ESPECIALLY IN LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS OF
9:13:05AM COLOR.
9:13:05AM THIS PAGE SUMMARIZES POLICY GAPS IN TAMPA'S CODE AS IT
9:13:09AM RELATES TO VACANT BOARDED STRUCTURES AND HOW OTHER CITIES
9:13:12AM HAVE ATTEMPTED TO ADDRESS THESE WHERE TAMPA HAS NOT.
9:13:15AM FROM WHAT I REVIEWED IN OTHER CODES -- I'M NOT AN EXPERT.
9:13:19AM I JUST CAN GOOGLE AND CONTROL-F AND FIND WORDS OF INTEREST
9:13:23AM -- FROM WHAT I REVIEWED THERE ARE FIVE DEFICIENCIES IN
9:13:27AM TAMPA'S CODE THAT RESULT IN HARMFUL IMPACTS TO
9:13:30AM NEIGHBORHOODS.
9:13:30AM TAMPA DOES NOT REQUIRE A PERMIT TO SECURE PLYWOOD TO A
9:13:34AM STRUCTURE DESPITE HAVING VERY SPECIFIC STANDARDS FOR DOING
9:13:37AM SO.
9:13:37AM INSPECTION OF THIS PLYWOOD TYPICALLY ONLY OCCURS AFTER A
9:13:41AM VIOLATION HAS BEEN REPORTED.
9:13:42AM OTHER CITIES REQUIRE A PERMIT AND INSPECTION.
9:13:44AM TAMPA DOES NOT REQUIRE PROPERTY OWNERS TO REGISTER VACANT
9:13:49AM BOARDED STRUCTURES WITH THE CITY AND DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY
9:13:51AM TYPE OF PLAN FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER FOR MAINTENANCE OR
9:13:54AM ANYTHING ELSE.
9:13:54AM ALLOWING PROPERTIES WHICH OFTEN BECOME PROBLEMATIC AND A
9:13:59AM DRAIN TO CITY RESOURCES.
9:14:01AM OTHER CITIES REQUIRE REGISTRATION AND A MAINTENANCE PLAN OF
9:14:04AM SOME SORT.
9:14:05AM TAMPA'S CRITERIA TO CONDEMN A DETERIORATED STRUCTURE WHEN --
9:14:10AM SORRY, TAMPA'S CRITERIA TO CONDEMN A DETERIORATED STRUCTURE
9:14:14AM IS WHEN THE COST TO REPAIR 75% OF THE HOME'S ASSESSED VALUE
9:14:18AM CREATING A PROLONGED NUISANCE WHICH MAY BE EXPENSIVE FOR NEW
9:14:21AM OWNERS TO REPAIR.
9:14:22AM OTHER CITIES HAVE A LOWER THRESHOLD AT 50% AND I MAY BE
9:14:26AM MISTAKEN BUT IT APPEARS TAMPA ALSO SHOULD BE ENFORCING A
9:14:29AM LOWER THRESHOLD PER ITS CODE.
9:14:31AM LASTLY, TAMPA REQUIRES PLYWOOD AS THE MATERIAL TO BE USED TO
9:14:37AM BOARD VACANT STRUCTURES.
9:14:38AM PLYWOOD IS SYNONYMOUS WITH NEGLECT AND ADVERTISES A
9:14:41AM BUILDING'S VACANCY.
9:14:42AM IT SENDS A SIGNAL OF VISUAL BLIGHT AND DECREASES SURROUNDING
9:14:45AM PROPERTY VALUES.
9:14:46AM ADDITIONALLY, IT'S EASY TO BREAK INTO.
9:14:48AM TAMPA IS NOT LEADING THE WAY ON THIS.
9:14:50AM OTHER CITIES HAVE FOUND MUCH MORE PROACTIVE WAYS TO SOLVE
9:14:54AM THIS PROBLEM.
9:14:55AM I THINK THERE'S ROOM FOR GROWTH HERE.
9:14:57AM I HOPE AS CITY COUNCIL YOU'LL BE OPEN TO DISCUSSING THIS
9:14:59AM ISSUE IN MORE DETAIL.
9:15:01AM THANK YOU.
9:15:05AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: GOOD MORNING.
9:15:07AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:15:08AM THANK YOU.
9:15:09AM MY NAME IS RICK COBELER.
9:15:14AM I LIVE RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF THE EAST TAMPA CRA FOR THE
9:15:16AM LAST FOUR YEARS.
9:15:18AM THESE OBSERVATIONS THAT I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU ARE FROM
9:15:21AM LIVING IN MANY CITIES AROUND THE WORLD.
9:15:23AM I BELIEVE THAT HOMEOWNERS ARE THE KEY TO GREAT CITIES.
9:15:27AM I THINK THEY ARE ALSO THE KEY TO GREAT NEIGHBORHOODS.
9:15:31AM AND GREAT NEIGHBORHOODS ARE THE KEYS TO GREAT CITIES.
9:15:33AM AND GREAT CITIES LIKE TAMPA ARE TRULY A BLESSING FOR THE
9:15:38AM NATION.
9:15:38AM SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET -- WE FIND WAYS TO GET MORE
9:15:46AM PEOPLE, MORE HOMEOWNERS INTO MANY OF THE DERELICT STRUCTURES
9:15:51AM IN EAST TAMPA.
9:15:51AM RENTALS DO NOT DO THE HARD WORK OF HOMEOWNERS AND RENTALS
9:15:58AM CANNOT DO THE HARD WORK OF HOMEOWNERS.
9:16:01AM NEIGHBORHOODS NEED TO BE BUILT ON HOMEOWNERS.
9:16:03AM WE MAKE THIS IMPORTANT TRANSFORMATION SLOWLY BENEFITS
9:16:10AM NOBODY.
9:16:10AM MAKING THIS TRANSFORMATION TOWARD HOME OWNERSHIP MINDLESSLY
9:16:17AM BENEFITS NOBODY.
9:16:18AM I WISH FOR YOU ALL AND FOR ALL OF US TAMPA MOVE FORWARD WITH
9:16:28AM THIS EFFORT.
9:16:29AM USE BEST PRACTICES TO MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL.
9:16:33AM USE CODE ENFORCEMENT POWER TO SUCCEED AT TRANSFORMING OUR
9:16:38AM NEIGHBORHOODS INTO HOMEOWNER NEIGHBORHOODS AS MUCH AS
9:16:42AM POSSIBLE.
9:16:42AM THE SUPPLY OF HOPEFUL HOMEOWNERS IS ENDLESS.
9:16:47AM I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THAT PART.
9:16:50AM BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TO HELP AND I THINK THE EASIER WAY TO
9:16:57AM TRANSFORM NEIGHBORHOODS INTO HOME OWNERSHIP IS REALLY --
9:17:06AM IT'S REALLY TO FOCUS ON THE SORT OF PROGRAMS WE'VE SEEN.
9:17:13AM WE'VE GONE TO RIBBON CUTTINGS AROUND THE CITY A NUMBER OF
9:17:16AM TIMES OF FAMILIES RECEIVING ENOUGH HELP TO BECOME A
9:17:19AM HOMEOWNER.
9:17:20AM AND I HAVE SPOKEN TO PEOPLE WHO MANAGED PROGRAMS LIKE THAT
9:17:24AM AND HAVE TOLD ME THAT THE SUCCESS RATE IS PHENOMENAL.
9:17:28AM LIKE 1% FAILURE.
9:17:29AM IT'S SIMPLY BECAUSE THE COUPLE HAS SPLIT UP AND THE PAYMENTS
9:17:33AM WERE NEEDED, CAME FROM THE COMBINED INCOME WHICH NO LONGER
9:17:38AM EXISTED.
9:17:39AM MAYBE WE COULD -- I THINK GREAT NEIGHBORHOODS ARE NOT BUILT
9:17:44AM ON EMPTY WAREHOUSES OR EMPTY CHURCHES OR PAWN SHOPS OR
9:17:49AM DECAYING HOUSES.
9:17:51AM MAYBE A MORATORIUM IS NEEDED FOR ALL THAT SORT OF BLIGHT.
9:17:55AM THANK YOU.
9:18:00AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
9:18:02AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:18:02AM DARYL HYCH.
9:18:04AM MARCH 24 -- SORRY, MARCH 21st, 1968, WAS TWO WEEKS PRIOR
9:18:13AM TO THE ASSASSINATION OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, APRIL 4th,
9:18:19AM 1968.
9:18:20AM HAD A CONVERSATION THE OTHER DAY AND I ASKED SOMEONE, WHAT
9:18:23AM DO YOU THINK THAT DR. KING WOULD HAVE DONE IF HE KNEW THAT
9:18:28AM HE WAS GOING TO BE ASSASSINATED?
9:18:29AM WHAT DO YOU THINK THE PEOPLE WHO WERE PLANNING THE
9:18:33AM ASSASSINATION OF DR. KING WERE THINKING ABOUT MARCH 21st,
9:18:40AM 1968?
9:18:41AM WHAT WERE THEY THINKING ABOUT?
9:18:43AM WHAT WAS ON THEIR MIND?
9:18:45AM WHAT WOULD DR. KING TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO HIS ASSASSINATION
9:18:49AM WOULD HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT TO PREVENT SUCH
9:18:53AM ASSASSINATION?
9:18:53AM 1973, THERE WAS A MOVIE THAT CAME OUT THAT WAS CALLED THE
9:19:00AM SPOOK THAT SAT BY THE DOOR.
9:19:01AM THE SPOOK THAT SAT BY THE DOOR WAS A MOVIE ABOUT A BLACK GUY
9:19:05AM WHO HAD MADE IT THROUGH THE TRAINING OF THE FBI.
9:19:08AM HE MADE IT THROUGH THIS TRAINING OF THE FBI AND HE BECAME SO
9:19:11AM SMART AND SO INTELLIGENT HE WAS SHARPER THAN THE TWO-EDGED
9:19:16AM SWORD.
9:19:17AM BUT WHAT HE DID IS HE WENT AND TOLD HIS FIELD BOSS AT THE
9:19:21AM TIME THAT I WANT TO GO BACK TO CHICAGO AND I WANT TO WORK IN
9:19:24AM THE FIELD OFFICE IN CHICAGO.
9:19:26AM HE WENT TO CHICAGO.
9:19:27AM HE STARTED TEACHING THE GANGS AND THE DIFFERENT CRIMINALS IN
9:19:33AM SO MANY WORDS.
9:19:34AM HE STARTED TEACHING THEM GUERRILLA WARFARE ON HOW TO BEAT
9:19:39AM THE SYSTEM.
9:19:39AM THESE GUYS BECAME BRILLIANT AT DOING THAT.
9:19:42AM SO THEY WERE ABLE TO TOPPLE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS,
9:19:46AM DEFEAT THEM AT THE DIFFERENT THINGS THEY WERE DOING BECAUSE
9:19:49AM THEY KNEW SOMETHING THAT WAS ONLY SUPPOSED TO BE KNOWN BY
9:19:52AM THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.
9:19:54AM I GOT TO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A SPOOK THAT SAT BY THE DOOR.
9:20:01AM I ALSO BELIEVE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH RESOLUTION 568
9:20:06AM THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH 568, WE ARE TWO WEEKS NOW
9:20:10AM BEFORE THAT DATE THAT THE STAFF COMES BACK AND GIVES A
9:20:13AM REPORT.
9:20:13AM MY QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THE COUNCIL DOING TO PREPARE FOR
9:20:20AM WHAT COULD BE A POTENTIAL COMMUNITY ASSASSINATION IF WE COME
9:20:24AM BACK WITH THE WRONG DECISION AND THE WRONG OUTCOMES WITH
9:20:27AM THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION?
9:20:29AM I'M UNDER THE BELIEF THAT THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT MAY
9:20:33AM OR MAY NOT BE HAPPENING TO GO AGAINST WHAT MAY BE NEEDING TO
9:20:36AM HAPPEN FOR THE CONSTITUENTS OF EAST TAMPA AND THE CITY OF
9:20:39AM TAMPA.
9:20:39AM SO I'M ASKING YOU TO BE MINDFUL OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.
9:20:45AM KEEP YOUR EAR TO THE WALL.
9:20:47AM MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE DOING THE BEST GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE WHO
9:20:51AM ACTUALLY ASK YOU TO SERVE US THAT MUCH BETTER.
9:20:54AM DON'T ALLOW THE SPOOK THAT SAT BY THE DOOR TO INFLUENCE AND
9:21:00AM TO UPSET WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH RESOLUTION NUMBER 568.
9:21:04AM THANK YOU.
9:21:05AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
9:21:06AM GOOD MORNING.
9:21:12AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:21:13AM MY NAME IS DIANE ZIEGLER.
9:21:16AM I WANT TO TALK TODAY ABOUT THE PLAN THAT HANDLES DERELICT
9:21:22AM PROPERTIES WITH PLYWOOD OR LACK OF PERMITS, LACK OF ANY KIND
9:21:27AM OF TIME LIMITS.
9:21:28AM FOR ME, IN MY EXPERIENCE, I KNOW THAT OWNING A PROPERTY
9:21:33AM TAKES RESPONSIBILITY.
9:21:34AM IT TAKES EFFORT.
9:21:36AM IT TAKES A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY.
9:21:37AM I BELIEVE THE CITY NEEDS TO ENCOURAGE POLICIES TO BEEF UP
9:21:42AM PROPERTY OWNERS BEING HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR PROPERTY.
9:21:46AM AS I WAS BIKING OVER HERE TODAY, I WAS THINKING NOT JUST
9:21:49AM NOW, BUT WHAT WE SEE TODAY, WHAT'S HERE NOW, BUT ALSO
9:21:53AM THINKING AHEAD.
9:21:55AM GOING TO BE A LOT OF TOUGH DECISIONS AHEAD FOR THE CITY.
9:22:00AM WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SEA LEVEL RISE.
9:22:02AM WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS CHANGING.
9:22:06AM A SIMPLE EXAMPLE TODAY ARE SOME OF THE PARKING LOTS CAUSING
9:22:12AM A LOT OF GRIEF.
9:22:13AM THERE ARE NO STRUCTURES THERE.
9:22:15AM THOSE PARKING LOTS ARE BASED ON AIR.
9:22:18AM THAT CAN CAUSE A LOT OF GRIEF, HOW TO HANDLE THAT, HOW TO
9:22:22AM MANAGE THAT.
9:22:24AM SO, AGAIN, WHAT HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE FOR PROPERTIES NOT
9:22:30AM CURRENTLY VACATED BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT MORE TO
9:22:34AM CONSIDER AND THINK ABOUT.
9:22:36AM I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD FOR THE CITY TO PLAN AHEAD
9:22:39AM ON HOW THEY ARE GOING TO HANDLE DAMAGED PROPERTIES.
9:22:42AM WHAT WILL BE THE TIME LIMITS.
9:22:44AM WHAT WILL BE THE PERMITTING, WHAT WILL BE THE ORDINANCES
9:22:47AM ENFORCED.
9:22:48AM THIS IS A TOUGH JOB.
9:22:50AM SO THAT'S IT.
9:22:51AM THANK YOU.
9:22:53AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
9:22:54AM GOOD MORNING.
9:22:58AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:22:59AM MENTESNOT.
9:23:02AM MENTESNOT MEANS ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
9:23:05AM SAY UHURU.
9:23:06AM UHURU MEANS FREEDOM IN SWAHILI.
9:23:11AM WHATSOEVER THE CITY COUNCIL TALKS ABOUT, ACT UPON, ENGAGE
9:23:17AM THE COMMUNITY WITH, ENGAGE THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY WITH HAS
9:23:24AM ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY NOTHING TO DO WITH AFRICAN PEOPLE
9:23:29AM LOCALLY, REGIONALLY, NATIONALLY OR INTERNATIONALLY.
9:23:36AM AFRICAN PEOPLE, WE'VE BEEN SUBJUGATED 624 YEARS.
9:23:40AM DISPOSSESSED FOR 624 YEARS.
9:23:43AM UNDERDEVELOPED, INTENTIONALLY UNDERDEVELOPED FOR 624 YEARS.
9:23:47AM DE-EDUCATED FOR 624 YEARS.
9:23:51AM HOW DO YOU TAKE AFRICAN PEOPLE WHO BUILT PYRAMIDS AND THEN
9:23:55AM TELL THEM THAT THE FIRST AFRICAN PERSON GRADUATED FROM SOME
9:23:59AM SCHOOL IN 1898 OR 1921?
9:24:05AM THAT'S A LOT OF DE-EDUCATION.
9:24:08AM IT'S A LOT OF THINGS AFRICAN PEOPLE DON'T KNOW.
9:24:11AM I'VE GOT A BROTHER AND I'VE GOT A SON, AND ANYTIME NO MATTER
9:24:16AM WHERE WE ARE, NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE DOING, WE CAN BE AT A
9:24:19AM FUNERAL.
9:24:20AM BE AT A FAMILY FUNCTION.
9:24:22AM THOSE TWO GET OFF TOGETHER AND THEY TALK AUTO MECHANICS.
9:24:28AM MYSTERIOUSLY THAT'S THEIR PASSION.
9:24:31AM THEY TALK AUTO MECHANICS.
9:24:33AM SO IT'S GOING TO ALWAYS BE SOMEBODY IN THE ROOM WHO IS GOING
9:24:43AM TO -- ARTICULATION IS GOING TO BE SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT FROM
9:24:46AM EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE ROOM.
9:24:47AM STEREOTYPICALLY, WHEN WHITE PEOPLE SEE AFRICAN PEOPLE, THEY
9:24:53AM EXPECT THEY ARE LOOKING AT A BEGGAR RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEIR
9:24:57AM FACE.
9:24:57AM THEY THINK BLACK PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS BEGGING.
9:24:59AM THEY THINK WE CAME FROM A RACE OR A GROUP OR SOMETHING, A
9:25:02AM LINEAGE OF BEGGARS AND THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
9:25:06AM I WANT TO DROP SOME KNOWLEDGE RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW TODAY.
9:25:10AM THAT PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW AND UNDERSTAND, IRRESPECTIVE OF
9:25:16AM WHERE IT GO.
9:25:18AM AFRICAN PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND NO SUCH THING AS A WHITE
9:25:25AM CHRISTIAN.
9:25:27AM IT'S NO SUCH THING AS A WHITE JEW.
9:25:31AM IT'S NO SUCH THING AS A WHITE MUSLIM.
9:25:34AM IT'S NO SUCH THING AS A WHITE HINDU OR BUDDHIST.
9:25:39AM THE ONLY SUCH THING YOU WOULD SEE IN WHITE RELIGION OR WHITE
9:25:43AM THEOLOGY IS L. RON HUBBARD SCIENTOLOGY.
9:25:48AM SO WE AS AFRICAN PEOPLE HAVE TO STOP LETTING PEOPLE MAKE US
9:25:53AM FEEL AS WE ARE SUBHUMAN AND WE HAVE TO STAND UP AGAINST
9:25:57AM THAT.
9:25:57AM AND THIS CITY COUNCIL NEED TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
9:26:01AM THANK YOU.
9:26:04AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
9:26:05AM GOOD MORNING.
9:26:11AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:26:11AM MY NAME IS BLACK ROSE.
9:26:14AM I HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
9:26:21AM SINCE ITS INFANCY AND I'M DISAPPOINTED --
9:26:24AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
9:26:26AM >> BLACK ROSE.
9:26:27AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I'M SORRY.
9:26:28AM THANK YOU.
9:26:28AM >> I'M DISAPPOINTED TO SEE THAT IT IS STILL STAGNANT NOW AS
9:26:33AM IT WAS THEN.
9:26:33AM I SPOKE WITH MY REPRESENTATIVE ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND WAS
9:26:38AM BASICALLY TOLD IT IS FAILING BECAUSE NOT PROPERLY FUNDED
9:26:40AM BECAUSE THE FUNDS ARE COMING FROM THE WRONG FUND SET.
9:26:43AM ACCORDING TO TITLE 11 CHAPTER 163 SECTION 340 NUMBER 9,
9:26:50AM COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT MEANS UNDERTAKINGS,
9:26:55AM ACTIVITIES OR PROJECTS OF A COUNTY, MUNICIPALITY, OR
9:26:58AM COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY IN A COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
9:27:01AM AREA FOR THE ELIMINATION AND PREVENTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT
9:27:05AM OR SPREAD OF SLUMS AND BLIGHT FOR THE REDUCTION OR
9:27:08AM PREVENTION OF CRIME OR FOR THE PROVISION OF AFFORDABLE
9:27:13AM HOUSING WHETHER FOR RENT OR FOR SALE TO RESIDENTS OF LOW OR
9:27:16AM MODERATE INCOME INCLUDING THE ELDERLY AND MAY INCLUDE SLUM
9:27:23AM CLEARANCE AND REDEVELOPMENT IN COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA
9:27:27AM OR REHABILITATION AND REVITALIZATION OF COASTAL RESORT AND
9:27:32AM TOURIST AREAS THAT ARE DETERIORATING AND ECONOMICALLY
9:27:35AM DISTRESSED OR REHABILITATION OR CONSERVATION IN THE
9:27:39AM COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA OR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF IN
9:27:42AM ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND MAY
9:27:45AM INCLUDE THE PREPARATION OF SUCH A PLAN.
9:27:47AM I WOULD LIKE TO REPEAT, FOR THE REDUCTION OR PREVENTION OF
9:27:52AM CRIME.
9:27:52AM NOW, MY QUESTION IS, WHY IS THIS EVEN A QUESTION?
9:27:58AM WHEN WE KNOW EXACTLY THAT THIS PROGRAM FALLS UNDER THAT
9:28:03AM DEFINITION.
9:28:04AM WE ALREADY KNOW KEEPING YOUTH BUSY, EMPLOYED AND OBTAINING
9:28:10AM GAINFUL SKILLS, AMONG OTHER THINGS, LEADS TO REDUCTION IN
9:28:13AM JUVENILE CRIME.
9:28:13AM THAT'S EXACTLY WHY -- AND YET I'VE WITNESSED THIS PROGRAM
9:28:21AM CARING SO LITTLE ABOUT THE CITY ABOUT THESE YOUTH THAT THE
9:28:26AM FLYERS WERE INCORRECT FOR WEEKS, STILL THE SITE LINK DOESN'T
9:28:29AM GO DIRECTLY TO THE JOB APPLICATION AND THE CITY HAS DONE
9:28:32AM ZERO OUTREACH.
9:28:34AM IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THE CITY DOESN'T CARE AS EVIDENCED BY
9:28:37AM PUTTING OFF THE DEBRIEF ABOUT LAST YEAR'S PROGRAM FOR ALMOST
9:28:40AM A YEAR.
9:28:41AM SOMEONE NEEDS TO EXPLAIN HOW THIS IS ACCEPTABLE.
9:28:44AM WHAT ARE YOU ALL DOING TO GET THESE YOUTH INVOLVED?
9:28:51AM YOU'RE NOT GOING TO THE SCHOOLS, MAKING COMMERCIALS,
9:28:54AM CREATING MORE ATTRACTIVE FLYERS OR LITERALLY DOING ANYTHING
9:28:57AM TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE YOU ACTUALLY WANT THE YOUTH TO SEE THIS
9:29:00AM OPPORTUNITY.
9:29:01AM EVEN THE COUNTY IS DOING BETTER IN THIS AREA.
9:29:04AM I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU ALL WANT
9:29:07AM THE PROGRAM TO FAIL AND JUST SAY WE DIDN'T WANT IT BAD
9:29:11AM ENOUGH.
9:29:15AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: GOOD MORNING.
9:29:16AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:29:17AM ALISON HEWITT, EAST TAMPA RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER.
9:29:21AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY.
9:29:24AM I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING ITEMS 4, 5, AND 6 ESPECIALLY
9:29:28AM ABOUT THE GRANT PROGRAM.
9:29:30AM ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT I HAVE HAD IN WORKING WITH
9:29:33AM BUSINESSES, SMALL BUSINESSES IN EAST TAMPA IS THAT THE
9:29:37AM GRANTS ARE REIMBURSABLE.
9:29:39AM SO UNLESS THESE BUSINESSES HAD MONEY, THEY COULD NOT TAKE
9:29:43AM ADVANTAGE OF THE GRANTS BECAUSE REIMBURSE, HAD TO DO THE
9:29:47AM WORK TO BE PAID.
9:29:48AM I'M PLEASED THAT THEY HAVE IN HERE AN AWARD LETTER BECAUSE
9:29:51AM LIKE THE CENTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAS WORKED WITH ONE
9:29:54AM OF OUR MAJOR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, THE SUNCOAST SCHOOLS
9:29:58AM FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, SO THEY ARE OPEN TO TAKING AWARD
9:30:01AM LETTER TO CREATE A LINE OF CREDIT WITH THE BUSINESS TO THEN
9:30:04AM BE ABLE TO ACCESS THESE GRANTS.
9:30:06AM SO THE AWARD LETTER WRITTEN APPROPRIATELY FOR THE BANK, THEY
9:30:11AM ARE WILLING TO GIVE A LINE OF CREDIT.
9:30:14AM HOW THAT HELPS, TOO, SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES ARE
9:30:16AM OLD-FASHIONED BUSINESSES AND THEY STILL KEEP THEIR MONEY IN
9:30:21AM A BOX AT THE HOUSE.
9:30:22AM THIS ALSO WOULD HELP THEM BE ABLE TO CREATE BANKING
9:30:26AM RELATIONSHIPS TO BE ABLE TO GROW THEIR BUSINESSES AND BE
9:30:28AM ABLE TO HIRE LOCALLY, THEREFORE INCREASING WAGES AND ALSO
9:30:32AM IMPACTING THE HOUSING BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO AFFORD
9:30:35AM BETTER AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
9:30:36AM I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE RFP FOR OVER A MILLION DOLLARS.
9:30:41AM DOES THAT MEAN IF A PROPERTY OWNER APPLIES FOR A
9:30:46AM MILLION-DOLLAR GRANT, MILLION DOLLARS PLUS, THAT THEIR
9:30:49AM REQUEST THEN TURNS INTO RFP, BUT WHAT IF THEY HAD BEEN
9:30:53AM WORKING WITH AN ORGANIZATION OR A DEVELOPMENT GROUP SO THAT
9:30:55AM THE RFP THEN THE STAFF CHOOSES SOMEONE FOR THAT PROPERTY
9:31:01AM OWNER TO WORK WITH.
9:31:02AM WANT TO BE ABLE TO CLARIFY THAT.
9:31:04AM IF SOMEONE COMES FOR APPLICATION, DOES THAT RFP MEAN THEY
9:31:08AM HAVE TO WORK WITH SOMEONE ELSE?
9:31:10AM THE OTHER PART I WANT TO ASK IS AS THIS IS PASSED AND MOVED
9:31:15AM FORWARD, THAT THE STAFF IS PROACTIVE AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE
9:31:19AM AREAS THAT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT CODE ENFORCEMENT VIOLATIONS TO
9:31:22AM TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE GRANT.
9:31:24AM SO RATHER THAN MAYBE HAVING ONE BUSINESS IN A LONG LINE OF
9:31:28AM BUSINESSES, LET'S TALK TO ALL THREE OR FOUR THAT ARE RIGHT
9:31:30AM THERE.
9:31:31AM THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT AND PRIMARILY EAST TAMPA
9:31:34AM BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I LIVE, CAN SEE SOME MAJOR CHANGES
9:31:37AM THERE.
9:31:38AM SO RATHER THAN HAVING SOMEONE, THE STAFF WAIT FOR SOMEONE TO
9:31:41AM COME IN AND GIVE AN APPLICATION, MAYBE THEY LOOK AT WHERE
9:31:46AM THE MAJOR CODE ENFORCEMENT VIOLATIONS ARE OR WHERE MOST OF
9:31:49AM THE SLUM AND BLIGHT IS AND THEN GO OUT AND REACH OUT TO THEM
9:31:53AM TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A WHOLE DEVELOPMENT OR
9:31:57AM DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNERS THAT'S IN ONE AREA.
9:31:59AM I'M HOPING THAT THE STAFF WOULD CONSIDER PUTTING THAT IN THE
9:32:03AM RECOMMENDATIONS.
9:32:04AM THANK YOU.
9:32:10AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: GOOD MORNING.
9:32:12AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:32:12AM CONNIE BURTON.
9:32:14AM IN HONOR OF WOMEN HISTORY MONTH, I WOULD LIKE TO PAY HONOR
9:32:18AM TO THE WOMEN THAT WORK IN THE FIELD OF ADVOCACY.
9:32:24AM SOMETIMES DON'T COME WITH A PAYCHECK, COME WITH A LOT OF
9:32:28AM AWFUL, NASTY CRITICISM, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE ADVOCATING
9:32:35AM FOR THE VULNERABLE.
9:32:37AM SOMETIMES THAT CRITICISM COMES FROM PEOPLE THAT SHOULD BE ON
9:32:42AM THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY, BUT CHOOSES TO ALIGN THEMSELVES
9:32:46AM UP WHAT I DESCRIBE TO BE OFFENDERS OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
9:32:53AM IT'S AWFUL.
9:32:55AM AND HISTORY IS RECORDING THOSE THAT FIND THEMSELVES IN
9:32:58AM ALIGNMENT WITH THOSE ACTIVITIES AND THOSE PERSONS THAT THERE
9:33:03AM SHOULD BE A DEEP EXAMINATION OF WHERE YOU WANT TO END AND
9:33:09AM ALIGN YOURSELF UP WITH.
9:33:10AM I WANT TO GIVE HONOR TO AND SUPPORT TO OUR LOCAL NAACP
9:33:15AM PRESIDENT YVETTE LEWIS.
9:33:18AM YOU KNOW WHY?
9:33:18AM BECAUSE EVERY SATURDAY SHE FINDS HERSELF TO BE UNDER THE
9:33:24AM GUISE -- UNDER THE GUN OF FIRE COMING FROM MEMBERS OF THIS
9:33:29AM COUNCIL THAT SUPPORT THAT RHETORIC.
9:33:31AM IN THE AGENDA TODAY, A MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE, CONTINUANCE,
9:33:40AM CONTINUANCE, ITEM NUMBER 10, ITEM NUMBER 11.
9:33:45AM I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE CONTINUANCE WE CAN HAVE.
9:33:47AM WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A SUMMER YOUTH JOB PROGRAM THAT
9:33:50AM WOULD ELEVATE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE FROM PERHAPS JUVENILE
9:33:55AM DELINQUENCY INTO PROSPERITY.
9:33:59AM WE UNDERSTOOD AS THE CRA THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THE
9:34:04AM CITY SHOULD NOT HANDLE ON THEIR OWN OUT OF THEIR BUDGET.
9:34:08AM SO YOU KNOW WHAT THE EAST TAMPA CRA DID, THE SAME WAY THEY
9:34:13AM DID WITH THE SKILL CENTER, CAME UP WITH THEIR OWN BUDGET TO
9:34:16AM HIRE THEIR OWN COORDINATOR SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT OUR
9:34:21AM CHILDREN WOULD NOT FIND THEMSELVES HAVING AN ONGOING
9:34:26AM CRIMINALIZATION HISTORY BUT THEN WOULD FIND THEMSELVES DOING
9:34:30AM SOMETHING POSITIVE.
9:34:33AM WE CAN'T GET OUT THE STARTING GATE.
9:34:34AM YOU KNOW WHY?
9:34:35AM BECAUSE OF DIRECT INTERFERENCE FOR PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANT TO
9:34:38AM SEE THIS PROCESS MOVING FORWARD.
9:34:41AM NOT 36 CHILDREN, WE SAID 72.
9:34:44AM IF YOU ASK PEOPLE NOW HOW MANY CHILDREN WE GOT, IT AIN'T
9:34:48AM EVEN 50.
9:34:49AM WHY?
9:34:50AM I CAN FIND 72 CHILDREN ALL BY MYSELF.
9:34:53AM WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM.
9:34:59AM WE ARE HOPING THAT WHEN THE DIRECTOR COME UP THIS MORNING
9:35:02AM AND TALK ABOUT HER REPORT, ALL ROADS LEAD TO THE IMPROVEMENT
9:35:07AM OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PEOPLE IN EAST TAMPA.
9:35:09AM $24 MILLION SITTING IN THE BUDGET AND ONLY EXPENDITURES I
9:35:14AM SEE IS CITY STAFF BUDGETS.
9:35:18AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, MS. BURTON.
9:35:19AM NEXT SPEAKER.
9:35:22AM >> HI.
9:35:23AM MY NAME IS VALERIE FROM PONCE De LEON IN BELMONT HEIGHTS.
9:35:27AM I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE ITEM NUMBER 10 AND 11 ON THE
9:35:34AM AGENDA.
9:35:35AM I'M AGAINST US JOINING OUR MONEY WITH OTHER CRAs BECAUSE
9:35:42AM OF THE DISTRUST.
9:35:44AM IN THE PAST, EVERYBODY SAY THEY ARE GOING TO DO THIS AND
9:35:47AM THEY ARE GOING TO DO THAT, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE QUALITY OF
9:35:51AM LIFE IN BELMONT HEIGHTS AND PONCE De LEON, THE LITTLE
9:35:55AM GIRLS ARE GOING THROUGH THE SAME THING I WENT THROUGH 60
9:35:58AM YEARS AGO.
9:35:59AM THE BOARDS ARE DOING THE SAME THING THEY DID AND GRANDFATHER
9:36:03AM DID.
9:36:04AM NO FUNDING.
9:36:04AM NO ORGANIZATION, NO PEOPLE IS COMING DOWN DOING COMMUNITY
9:36:10AM ENGAGEMENT WITH THOSE PEOPLE TO SEE WHAT IT IS THEY WANT OR
9:36:15AM WHAT IT IS THEY NEED TO CHANGE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.
9:36:18AM NOTHING CHANGED.
9:36:20AM SO WHATEVER WE ARE DOING, IT'S NOT WORKING AND I HOPE YOU
9:36:24AM ALL ARE GENUINELY OPEN TO TRYING SOMETHING NEW.
9:36:29AM IF I'M JUST COMING DOWN HERE AND YOU ALL KNOW YOU'RE NOT
9:36:32AM GOING TO CHANGE IT, YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP YOUR-ALL
9:36:36AM FOOT ON OUR NECK, JUST SAY IT, BECAUSE WHEN YOU SAY ONE
9:36:39AM THING AND YOU DO ANOTHER THING, WHAT AM I TO BELIEVE?
9:36:44AM IT GET REALLY, REALLY CONFUSING.
9:36:48AM AND I LOVE THE PEOPLE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
9:36:51AM LIKE I SAY, I'VE BEEN OVER THERE 61 YEARS AND WE HAVE A LOT
9:36:54AM OF NEW PEOPLE COMING IN.
9:36:56AM THEY SAY THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEED TO BE LIKE THIS.
9:36:59AM IT NEED TO BE LIKE THAT.
9:37:00AM QUITE FRANKLY, I'M TIRED OF SUFFERING TO MAKE IT COMFORTABLE
9:37:04AM FOR THE NEW PEOPLE THAT'S COMING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
9:37:07AM IT'S GETTING REAL, REAL OLD.
9:37:11AM THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS REPEATEDLY TALKED ABOUT CHANGING THE
9:37:16AM BROKEN SYSTEM.
9:37:17AM THE SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED TO KEEP CERTAIN PEOPLE FROM LIVING
9:37:21AM THE AMERICAN DREAM.
9:37:23AM NOW THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THIS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING, WHERE DO
9:37:27AM WE GO FROM HERE?
9:37:28AM WE GOT RESOLUTION 568.
9:37:31AM NOTHING HAPPENED.
9:37:32AM EAT NOODLES AND NOODLES LAST NIGHT.
9:37:36AM THIS HAS PLAYED A MAJOR PART IN THE STRUGGLE FOR THOSE OF US
9:37:40AM LIVING IN PREDOMINANTLY LOW-INCOME AREAS.
9:37:43AM WE'RE NOT GIVEN SECOND CHANCES.
9:37:45AM THE OLD POLICE CHIEF HAD A BATTLE -- YET HER PASS WAS
9:37:54AM FORGIVEN.
9:37:55AM NEIGHBOR HAVE A DRUG CHARGE AND NOW THEIR LIFE IS A LIVING
9:37:59AM HELL.
9:38:00AM THEY CAN'T GET A BASIC ENTRY-LEVEL POSITION BECAUSE THEY
9:38:03AM HAVE A FELONY CHARGE.
9:38:05AM THERE ARE NUMEROUS BARRIERS THAT ARE STOPPING US FROM
9:38:08AM GETTING EMPLOYED.
9:38:09AM THE BARRIERS MUST BE REMOVED.
9:38:11AM WHAT DOES MY CREDIT HISTORY HAVE TO DO WITH ME WORKING FOR
9:38:16AM THE CITY OF TAMPA AS A LABORER?
9:38:17AM NOTHING.
9:38:18AM THAT'S A BARRIER PUT IN PLACE TO KEEP CERTAIN PEOPLE OUT.
9:38:22AM WE HAVE A DUTY TO HELP THE PEOPLE WHO WE HURT GET GAINFUL
9:38:28AM EMPLOYMENT BY MAKING THE PLAN FEEL EQUAL FOR ALL.
9:38:35AM NOT GET A COLLEGE DEGREE OR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA.
9:38:38AM NEED TO BE TRADE SCHOOLS AND APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS WHERE
9:38:41AM THESE YOUNG PEOPLE CAN GET AN ENTRY-LEVEL POSITION THAT
9:38:44AM LEADS TO A CAREER.
9:38:46AM NO VOCATIONAL TRAINING WHERE WE WILL BE ABLE TO LEARN A
9:38:51AM SKILL THAT PAY A LIVING WAGE.
9:38:52AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: 15 SECONDS, MS. VALERIE.
9:38:55AM >> IT'S TRAUMATIZING TO WATCH A NEW HOUSE GET BUILT IN THE
9:38:58AM NEIGHBORHOODS.
9:38:59AM CAN'T WORK TO BUILD A HOUSE, CAN'T EVEN AFFORD THE HOUSE.
9:39:02AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
9:39:02AM NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
9:39:04AM GOOD MORNING.
9:39:08AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:39:09AM MY NAME IS PASTOR WILLIAMS, 1112 EAST SCOTT STREET.
9:39:15AM I THANK GOD FOR THAT YOUNG LADY WHO SPOKE LIKE SHE DID.
9:39:20AM YOU NEED TO REWARD HER.
9:39:21AM I GOT SOME QUESTIONS TO ASK.
9:39:27AM I KNOW YOU ALL NOT GOING TO KEEP ME UP THAT LONG.
9:39:31AM GIVE ME THREE SECONDS.
9:39:33AM I GOT SOME QUESTIONS.
9:39:35AM ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS, WHEN THE GOVERNMENT TALK ABOUT
9:39:39AM SHUTDOWN, WHAT THEY MEAN?
9:39:41AM WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT?
9:39:42AM NONE OF YOU ALL ANSWER.
9:39:46AM GLAD YOU CAN'T BECAUSE WHAT WE NEED, WE NEED A NEW
9:39:50AM GOVERNMENT.
9:39:51AM NEED TO ELECT PEOPLE LIKE ME, PEOPLE LIKE THE YOUNG LADY
9:39:54AM THAT STOOD UP HERE JUST A WHILE AGO AND OTHER BLACK FOLKS
9:39:59AM BECAUSE WE DOING THINGS THAT SPIRITUAL, HUMAN.
9:40:09AM TREAT A DOG BETTER THAN YOU TREAT ME.
9:40:11AM YOU KNOW WHAT?
9:40:12AM MY DAY IS COMING AND YOUR DAY IS COMING, TOO.
9:40:16AM NONE OF YOU ALL TELL ME WHAT THEY MEAN ABOUT GOVERNMENT
9:40:21AM SHUTDOWN.
9:40:22AM IT WOULD BE GOOD IF THEY DO SHUT DOWN.
9:40:25AM THAT WAY WE CAN ORGANIZE NEW GOVERNMENT.
9:40:28AM AIN'T THAT RIGHT?
9:40:29AM THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
9:40:33AM I HEARD THE GOVERNMENT SAYING THIS MORNING, PASSED A LAW
9:40:40AM WHERE BLACK FOLKS -- SAY BLACK FOLKS, CAN'T SLEEP IN THE
9:40:47AM PARK, ON A BENCH, BUS DEPOT, WHATEVER.
9:40:55AM WHERE ARE THEY GOING?
9:40:58AM WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO SLEEP OUT THERE IN HILLSBOROUGH AND
9:41:04AM WE HAVE A LOT OF BLACK FOLKS THAT GOT FAMILY AND DON'T HAVE
9:41:09AM NOWHERE TO STAY.
9:41:10AM YOU ALL DON'T TRY TO MAKE IT NO BETTER.
9:41:13AM YOU ALL SITTING DOWN ON YOUR BUTTS AND GETTING A PAYCHECK.
9:41:18AM WE DON'T GET NO PAYCHECK.
9:41:20AM WE GOT TO SLEEP WHERE WE BEST CAN SLEEP REGARDLESS OF
9:41:26AM WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT.
9:41:29AM ALL WE ASK YOU ALL TO DO, TREAT US LIKE HUMAN BEINGS.
9:41:34AM TREAT US LIKE HUMAN BEINGS.
9:41:37AM BUILDING THE HIGH-RISE OVER THERE IN NUCCIO PARKWAY,
9:41:41AM BUILDING THEM FOR BLACK FOLKS?
9:41:43AM THAT'S WHO COME OUT OF THERE, BLACK FOLKS.
9:41:47AM I DON'T THINK THEY ARE GOING TO LET -- JACK THE PRICES UP SO
9:41:50AM HIGH, NO BLACK FOLKS CAN WALK ON THE SIDEWALKS.
9:41:56AM WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, LIKE I TELL YOU ALL AND YOU ARE GOING
9:42:00AM TO SHUT DOWN, THE GOVERNMENT GOING TO SHUT DOWN, GO AHEAD
9:42:03AM AND SHUT DOWN AND GIVE ME THE HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS AND
9:42:06AM I'LL OPEN UP A NEW GOVERNMENT.
9:42:09AM YOU ALL DOING US A FAVOR.
9:42:12AM AIN'T DOING NOTHING TO HELP US --
9:42:15AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, PASTOR WILLIAMS.
9:42:17AM YOUR TIME IS UP.
9:42:18AM >> YEAH, I HEARD YOU.
9:42:19AM THANK YOU.
9:42:20AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YOU'RE WELCOME.
9:42:20AM >> THAT'S ALL YOU CAN SAY.
9:42:23AM YOU NEED TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE UP THERE ON THE BOARD AND
9:42:26AM TELL THEM THEY NEED TO START DOING SOMETHING TO HELP BLACK
9:42:30AM FOLK BE REGULATED AND TREATED LIKE A HUMAN BEING.
9:42:35AM RANG THE BELL ON ME.
9:42:38AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: GOOD MORNING, MS. ROBIN.
9:42:42AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:42:43AM ROBIN LOCKETT.
9:42:46AM I WASN'T GOING TO SPEAK, BUT I AM GOING TO SPEAK.
9:42:49AM I AM SPEAKING.
9:42:50AM ITEM NUMBER 10, THE YOUTH PROGRAM.
9:42:56AM I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHY
9:43:01AM IT'S STILL BEING CONTINUED.
9:43:02AM IF THE MONEY IS THERE, WHAT IS THE DELAY IN IT?
9:43:07AM LOOKING AT THE AGENDA, IT WAS ORIGINATED BACK IN 2022.
9:43:12AM THAT'S WHEN THE ORIGINAL MOTION HAPPENED.
9:43:16AM WE'RE IN 2024 NOW.
9:43:18AM IT'S JUST NOT CONNECTING.
9:43:21AM IF THE COMMUNITY IS COMING AND SAYING, HEY, WE WANT THIS
9:43:25AM PROGRAM.
9:43:25AM THE MONEY IS THERE, I DON'T KNOW -- I'M CONFUSED.
9:43:30AM I'M CONFUSED.
9:43:31AM SO I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT
9:43:35AM THE YOUTHS ARE NOT DOING OR WITH THEM GETTING IN TROUBLE,
9:43:39AM THIS IS JUST AN ADDED ARM TO HELP THEM, RIGHT?
9:43:42AM SO IF THE CRA HAS THE MONEY, EAST TAMPA CRA HAS PUT THE
9:43:46AM MONEY IN PLACE FOR THIS TO HAPPEN, WHAT IS THE DELAY?
9:43:49AM I REMEMBER BACK IN THE DAY, THE SUMMER PROGRAMS, PEOPLE
9:43:54AM WORKED AT THE CITY.
9:43:55AM THOSE WERE GOOD JOBS, FUN JOBS THAT YOU WORKED INSIDE.
9:43:58AM IT WASN'T JUST KIDS PICKING UP PAPER.
9:44:01AM SO THE OPPORTUNITY FOR INTERNSHIPS BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES,
9:44:07AM WORKING THOSE SUMMER JOBS, THE KIDS END UP GOING TO THAT
9:44:13AM AGENCY AND WORKING, YOU KNOW, FOR A LIFETIME.
9:44:15AM MY SISTER DID THAT.
9:44:16AM SHE WORKED FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND NOW SHE'S BEEN WITH
9:44:19AM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR YEARS.
9:44:22AM I'M NOT SURE WHAT IS THE RE-CREATION OF IT BECAUSE WE'VE
9:44:27AM ALREADY DONE IT.
9:44:29AM THE ROAD MAP IS ALREADY THERE.
9:44:32AM I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE HOLDUP IS WITH IT.
9:44:35AM SO I WOULD HOPE THAT THIS IS RECTIFIED, IF THE CRA HAS VOTED
9:44:40AM ON IT, MADE IT AVAILABLE, SAY THEY WANT THIS AMOUNT OF KIDS
9:44:44AM TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY, THE ROAD MAP IS ALREADY DONE ON
9:44:49AM IT, WHY THE DELAY OR WHY IS IT NOT HAPPENING?
9:44:53AM I SUPPORT THIS.
9:44:57AM I THINK ANYTHING TO KEEP THE KIDS OFF THE STREET, OUT IN A
9:45:04AM -- OUTSIDE OF BEING IN A PARK PLAYING.
9:45:06AM OUTSIDE OF PICKING UP PAPER.
9:45:08AM THE QUESTION NEEDS TO BE ASKED, WHAT'S THE DELAY?
9:45:11AM THANK YOU.
9:45:14AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
9:45:14AM ANY OTHER SPEAKERS?
9:45:15AM DARLENE, MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR
9:45:17AM EVERYBODY WHO SPOKE ON THAT PARTICULAR ITEM FOR ME, PLEASE.
9:45:20AM BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
9:45:23AM >>BILL CARLSON: WE JUST CONTINUED THOSE ITEMS A LITTLE WHILE
9:45:27AM AGO AND SEVERAL PEOPLE SHOWED UP TO SPEAK TO THEM.
9:45:31AM CAN WE ASK DIRECTOR MOODY TO GET UP AND EXPLAIN?
9:45:34AM CAN SHE DO IT WHILE FOLKS ARE HERE?
9:45:36AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: SURE, IN HER STAFF REPORT.
9:45:38AM SHE'S NEXT.
9:45:45AM SHE'S ALMOST NEXT IF THEY WANT TO STICK AROUND AND HEAR HER
9:45:48AM REPORT, WE CAN GIVE SOME EXPLANATION AS TO WHY IT'S
9:45:51AM CONTINUED TO THE MONTH OF APRIL.
9:45:53AM >>BILL CARLSON: I MAKE A MOTION TO ASK THAT DIRECTOR MOODY
9:45:55AM ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT --
9:45:58AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
9:45:59AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: DIRECTOR MOODY.
9:46:00AM PLEASE COME FORWARD.
9:46:03AM >>ERICA MOODY: GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
9:46:04AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
9:46:06AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
9:46:07AM >> AYE.
9:46:08AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
9:46:09AM GOOD MORNING.
9:46:10AM >>ERICA MOODY: GOOD MORNING.
9:46:11AM I HAVE NO PROBLEM COMING UP AND SPEAKING ON IT.
9:46:13AM FOR THOSE WHO KNOW, I WAS AN EDUCATOR, YOUTH EDUCATION IS MY
9:46:18AM PASSION AND THESE TYPE OF PROGRAMS RUNNING AS A NONPROFIT.
9:46:22AM I SHARE THE VALUE OF THIS PROGRAM.
9:46:23AM IT IS HAPPENING THIS SUMMER.
9:46:25AM WE ACTUALLY MET YESTERDAY WITH MR. McCRAY.
9:46:27AM WENT OVER THE ENTIRE CURRICULUM.
9:46:29AM IT KEEPS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER AFTER EVERY YEAR.
9:46:32AM THERE ARE A COUPLE OF REASONS WHY IT'S BEEN CONTINUED.
9:46:34AM THERE ARE TWO MOTIONS, ITEM 10 AND 11, ONE IS AN UPDATE ON
9:46:38AM THE YOUTH PROGRAM WHICH WE ARE PREPARED TO SPEAK TO.
9:46:41AM THE SECOND ONE IS LOOKING AT THE FEASIBILITY OF POTENTIALLY
9:46:45AM TRANSFERRING THIS PROGRAM UNDER NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT AND
9:46:48AM WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT UNDER ADMINISTRATOR WYNN.
9:46:50AM SO WE'RE JUST HAVING THOSE ITEMS CARRY TOGETHER SO WE CAN
9:46:55AM SPEAK ON IT IN TOTALITY.
9:46:57AM WE ALSO HAVE A PACKED AGENDA TODAY.
9:46:58AM WE'RE TRYING TO MANAGE OUR MEETINGS SO WE'RE NOT KEEPING YOU
9:47:01AM HERE UNTIL THE 5:00 BELL AND TURNING AROUND FOR AN EVENING
9:47:05AM WORKSHOP.
9:47:05AM I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK WITH ANYONE THAT HAS CONCERNS OR WANTS TO
9:47:09AM KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE YOUTH PROGRAM BUT WE'RE REALLY
9:47:11AM EXCITED TO BRING THAT UPDATE.
9:47:13AM WE'VE BEEN CARRYING THOSE ITEMS TOGETHER, BUT THE SUMMER
9:47:15AM YOUTH PROGRAM WILL BE HAPPENING THIS SUMMER.
9:47:17AM WE HAVE THE JOB APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE ONLINE, AND WE HAVE
9:47:22AM ABOUT 50 KIDS, 53 KIDS WHO HAVE ALREADY APPLIED.
9:47:26AM WE'RE LOOKING FOR A PACKED SUMMER PROGRAM THIS YEAR.
9:47:30AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I APPRECIATE THAT.
9:47:32AM >>ERICA MOODY: THANK YOU.
9:47:32AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I JUST WANT TO SPEAK ON IT AS WELL BECAUSE
9:47:35AM I ACTUALLY MADE THE MOTION, ONE OF MY FIRST MEETINGS,
9:47:40AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA, THE PUBLIC CAME FORWARD
9:47:46AM AND SPOKE ABOUT IT AND ONE OF THE TERMINOLOGIES THAT WAS
9:47:50AM USED IN ADDRESSING THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM WAS THE MATTER
9:47:53AM THAT THE STUDENTS WERE -- THE WORKERS WERE CALLED SLAVES
9:47:57AM BECAUSE THEY PICK UP TRASH AND THAT THEY SHOULD BE GIVEN
9:48:02AM BETTER OPPORTUNITIES.
9:48:04AM SO I HAD TO DIVE INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
9:48:07AM CRA IS TO ADDRESS SLUM AND BLIGHT.
9:48:10AM SO WHEN YOU'RE CONNECTING THOSE FUNDS TO CRA DOLLARS, YOU
9:48:13AM HAVE TO ADDRESS SLUM AND BLIGHT, THUS THAT'S WHY THEY ARE
9:48:16AM PICKING UP TRASH.
9:48:19AM YES, IT IS A SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM, BUT WE HAVE
9:48:21AM SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS AND YOU HAVE TO TRUST THE
9:48:24AM CITY WHEN IT FALLS UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF SUMMER YOUTH
9:48:28AM EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS THAT WILL PROVIDE EAST TAMPA WITH AN
9:48:30AM OPPORTUNITY SHOULD THE BOARD DECIDE SO TO IMPROVE THE
9:48:34AM QUALITY OF THE PROGRAM WHERE IT GOES BEYOND ADDRESSING SLUM
9:48:37AM AND BLIGHT AND GIVING THEM SOME WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
9:48:40AM SKILLS, THE FIELD TRIPS THEY WENT ON.
9:48:43AM AMAZING PROGRAM.
9:48:44AM I ATTENDED THE END-OF-THE-YEAR CELEBRATION WITH THE MAYOR,
9:48:48AM AND IT IS A WONDERFUL PROGRAM.
9:48:49AM BUT ONE OF THE KEY ELEMENTS IS SLUM AND BLIGHT.
9:48:52AM SO THE KIDS ARE PICKING UP TRASH.
9:48:54AM ARE THERE BETTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR EAST TAMPA STUDENTS TO
9:48:56AM ADDRESS OTHER CAREER PATHS?
9:48:58AM ABSOLUTELY.
9:48:59AM SO US WORKING TO DEVELOP SOMETHING THAT SERVES OUR YOUTH IN
9:49:03AM A BETTER CAPACITY, INCLUDING THE YOUTH OF EAST TAMPA, IS
9:49:08AM IMPORTANT.
9:49:09AM I ALSO PREFERENCE THAT CONVERSATION MANY MONTHS AGO BY
9:49:13AM SAYING THAT MYSELF, DARLENE JOHNSON, MY LEGISLATIVE AIDE, WE
9:49:18AM WERE CUSTODIANS IN THE SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM AND
9:49:20AM NOW WE SIT BEFORE YOU TODAY AS CITY EMPLOYEES SERVING THE
9:49:24AM CITY OF TAMPA.
9:49:24AM THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH IT.
9:49:26AM BUT TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF THE PROGRAM, THERE ARE SOME
9:49:29AM OPPORTUNITIES FOR IT TO COME UP UNDER THE CRA AND TO BE
9:49:34AM ADDRESSED SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM PROVIDES FOR
9:49:37AM BETTER SERVICES.
9:49:38AM I ALSO WANT TO INDICATE THAT THAT DECISION WAS UNANIMOUS BY
9:49:41AM THIS BOARD.
9:49:43AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:49:43AM LET'S GO ON TO OUR STAFF MEETINGS.
9:50:11AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:50:12AM TODAY ON YOUR AGENDA --
9:50:13AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: STATE YOUR NAME.
9:50:15AM >>BRENDA THROWER: BRENDA THROWER, INTERIM CRA MANAGER.
9:50:21AM I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT TODAY YOU WILL BE HEARING AN UPDATE
9:50:24AM FROM WHAT'S HAPPENING IN YBOR CITY.
9:50:26AM AND WE HAVE OUR CHAIR, HIS NAME IS RICH SIMMONS, WHO IS
9:50:29AM GOING TO PROVIDE THAT REPORT.
9:50:31AM RICH?
9:50:31AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
9:50:34AM >> THANK YOU.
9:50:34AM GOOD MORNING, BOARD MEMBERS.
9:50:39AM MY NAME IS RICH SIMMONS.
9:50:41AM CURRENT CHAIR OF THE YBOR CITY CAC, NEWLY REBRANDED AS WE
9:50:46AM KNOW WITH THE CRA BOARD SEPARATING.
9:50:49AM I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT YBOR CITY AND
9:50:51AM EVERYTHING GOOD THAT'S HAPPENING DOWN THERE.
9:50:53AM THERE ARE ALSO SOME ITEMS OF CONCERN.
9:50:57AM I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD MENTION AND DISCUSS SO
9:51:01AM WE CAN ALL MAKE YBOR CITY A BETTER PLACE FOR EVERYONE.
9:51:04AM SOME RECENT EVENTS THAT HAPPENED IN YBOR CITY WITHIN THE
9:51:06AM LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
9:51:08AM FIESTA DAY.
9:51:09AM GREAT WEATHER, WELL ATTENDED EVENT.
9:51:11AM SURE SOME OF YOU WERE THERE.
9:51:13AM WE HAD THE KNIGHT PARADE A COUPLE OF SATURDAY NIGHTS AGO.
9:51:15AM THAT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT.
9:51:16AM NO INCIDENTS, SO I THINK TPD IS ALWAYS DOING AN EXCELLENT
9:51:23AM JOB.
9:51:23AM COUPLE SUNDAYS THERE, DOWN THERE FOR END OF BEER WEEK AND
9:51:27AM INDIE FLEA MARKET, 1920 EAST 7TH AVENUE, THE OLD FRANKIE'S
9:51:32AM PATIO CURRENTLY BEING RENOVATED.
9:51:35AM THAT WAS AN ABSOLUTELY ELECTRIC ENVIRONMENT.
9:51:39AM THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND THERE.
9:51:41AM STREET WAS PACKED.
9:51:42AM THEY CLOSED DOWN ONE BLOCK, TWO BLOCKS.
9:51:44AM LET PEOPLE WALK ON THE STREET DURING THE DAY.
9:51:47AM SO THAT WAS A REALLY NICE EVENT.
9:51:49AM A COUPLE OF NIGHTS BEFORE THAT, I ATTENDED AN EVENT AT THE
9:51:52AM 1920 FOR CAIRO EXCHANGE.
9:51:55AM LETO, DARRYL SHAW, NED HOPE TALK ABOUT ART HOUSE.
9:52:00AM RICH McINTIRE WITH HIS INVESTMENT IN YBOR CITY, MOVING THE
9:52:04AM LAW OFFICE FROM DOWNTOWN TO IT WAS THE CHANCY BUILDING.
9:52:07AM LOTS OF GOOD THINGS HAPPENING.
9:52:10AM NEW BUSINESSES ARE OPENING THERE.
9:52:12AM I THINK SOME OF THE CONCERN IS SOME OF THE EXISTING
9:52:14AM BUILDINGS ARE CLOSING DOWN.
9:52:15AM I THINK MARKET CONDITIONS CHANGE A LOT OF TIMES.
9:52:18AM SOME NEW BUSINESSES IN THE AREA, CHEESOLOGY, ROSENHEIM.
9:52:22AM BLIND TIGER MOVED TO A NEW LOCATION A BLOCK AWAY.
9:52:26AM J.C. NEWMAN OPENED THEIR CIGAR FACTORY, CIGAR WORKERS PARK
9:52:30AM OVER ON COLUMBUS ON NORTH 15th.
9:52:33AM WELL ATTENDED.
9:52:34AM THERE IS A RIBBON CUTTING THERE.
9:52:36AM THE PICKLEBALL COURTS OPENED UP ON 2nd AVENUE DOWN THERE.
9:52:40AM I THINK EVERYONE IS PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
9:52:42AM YOU CAN CONTINUE TO SEE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GASWORX
9:52:46AM PROJECT.
9:52:46AM ANYTIME YOU DRIVE THROUGH DOWNTOWN GOING TO YBOR, YOU CAN
9:52:48AM SEE THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S HAPPENING ON THE WEST SIDE OF
9:52:51AM THE DISTRICT.
9:52:53AM NOT ONLY THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE COMING UP OUT OF THE GROUND,
9:52:56AM BUT ALSO THE SITE PREP THAT'S HAPPENING FOR SOME OF THE MORE
9:53:01AM SOUTHERN BLOCKS.
9:53:02AM SO THINGS ARE CONTINUING TO HAPPEN THERE.
9:53:04AM AS I MENTIONED, SOME OF THE CONCERNS IN THE AREAS ARE
9:53:08AM BUSINESSES, SOME BUSINESSES ARE CLOSING.
9:53:10AM ZYDECO IS ONE THAT WAS THERE ABOUT FIVE YEARS AND THAT
9:53:15AM RECENTLY CLOSED.
9:53:17AM NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED THERE.
9:53:18AM WE HEAR FROM OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC THAT THEY ARE
9:53:23AM CONCERNED WITH RISING COSTS, COSTS OF RENT, COSTS OF
9:53:27AM PROPERTY, JUST INCREASED COSTS ALL THE WAY AROUND.
9:53:30AM THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT DISTINCT OR UNIQUE TO YBOR
9:53:34AM CITY BUT SOMETHING HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THE
9:53:37AM COUNTRY.
9:53:39AM WE'RE TRYING TO LISTEN TO THAT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO, MAKE
9:53:44AM RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE CAC TO THE CRA BOARD AND SEE IF
9:53:47AM THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO THERE.
9:53:49AM OF COURSE, SAFETY AND SECURITY IS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF YBOR
9:53:51AM CITY.
9:53:52AM SOME OF THE EVENTS I JUST MENTIONED REALLY WOULD -- YBOR
9:53:57AM CITY IS AN OPEN DOOR.
9:53:58AM EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO COME DOWN THERE AND WALK THE STREETS.
9:54:02AM WE WANT EVERYONE TO FEEL SAFE AND SECURE.
9:54:04AM AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT WE ALL ARE
9:54:08AM RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT PROVIDES THAT.
9:54:10AM SO A COUPLE OF THINGS.
9:54:14AM I WANTED TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE CAC AND YCDC INC. THAT
9:54:19AM SEPARATED ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO.
9:54:23AM YCDC IS CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH A REBRANDING EFFORT.
9:54:27AM I THINK A COUPLE OF ITEMS CAME BEFORE YOU BEFORE.
9:54:29AM WE TALK ABOUT THE YBOR CITY LOGO AND HOW THAT WILL GET USED
9:54:32AM IN THE FUTURE WITH LICENSING AGREEMENTS.
9:54:34AM MR. MASSEY, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THAT.
9:54:38AM YCDC INC. IS UPDATING BYLAWS, MISSION STATEMENT, DEVELOPING
9:54:42AM A VISION PLAN AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT
9:54:48AM IDEAS ARE BEING TOSSED AROUND BUT WE WANT TO REPRESENT THE
9:54:50AM GREATER YBOR AREA, NOT NECESSARILY SET CRA BOUNDARIES THAT
9:54:55AM WE'RE TIED TO AS A CRA BOARD OR CAC.
9:54:58AM WE WANT TO FOCUS ON MARKETING AND BRANDING, ADVOCACY, SAFETY
9:55:01AM AND SECURITY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ARTS AND HISTORIC
9:55:04AM PRESERVATION.
9:55:05AM SEEM TO BE THE MAJOR BULLET POINTS THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING.
9:55:11AM WE'RE IN THE PROCESS, I THINK THE CITY PROVIDED ON MARCH 8 A
9:55:15AM DOWNLOAD OF ALL DOCUMENTS AND DIGITAL FILES FROM THE CITY TO
9:55:19AM THE CAC.
9:55:20AM PHYSICALLY EXCHANGED THE FILES YET.
9:55:23AM THEY ARE RIGHT HERE.
9:55:23AM I TOUCHED THEM EARLIER.
9:55:24AM THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TODAY.
9:55:26AM THE LEASE AT 2015 EAST 7TH AVENUE WILL BE EXPIRING AT THE
9:55:33AM END OF APRIL.
9:55:35AM WE'RE CONTINUING TO MOVE THAT.
9:55:36AM I THINK CITY STAFF IS MOVING AROUND AS WELL.
9:55:39AM SINCE WE DON'T HAVE THAT OFFICE SPACE, WE MOVED OUR CAC
9:55:42AM MEETINGS TO THE ECC, ENTREPRENEUR COLLABORATIVE CENTER ON
9:55:47AM PALM AND 21st, 22nd.
9:55:49AM THAT MEETING SPACE HAVE BEEN WORKING OUT VERY WELL.
9:55:52AM HOPEFULLY WE MIGHT SEE SOME OF YOU IN THE NEXT MONDAY AND
9:55:57AM THE FOLLOWING TWO WHERE WE'RE DOING NEW CAC MEMBER
9:56:00AM TRAININGS.
9:56:01AM A LOT OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED WITH THE WAY THAT THE CRA AND
9:56:04AM CACs WORK TOGETHER.
9:56:06AM I THINK THAT WILL BE A NICE UPDATE FOR EXISTING BOARD
9:56:08AM MEMBERS AS WELL AS NEW BOARD MEMBERS TO GET ORIENTED TO HOW
9:56:12AM THINGS HAVE CHANGED AND HOW WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER TO
9:56:14AM ACHIEVE OUR GOAL.
9:56:15AM A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO TOUCH ON WITH QUALITY OF LIFE
9:56:21AM AND COMMUNITY POLICING, THE YBOR CITY YES TEAM THEY HAVE
9:56:25AM BEEN ON THE JOB ABOUT 18 MONTHS NOW, BLOCK BY BLOCK.
9:56:28AM I CANNOT SPEAK, SING ENOUGH PRAISES FOR THE EFFORTS THEY
9:56:33AM HAVE DONE.
9:56:34AM AS YOU KNOW, THE YES TEAM HAS COMBINED AND USE DOCENTS AND
9:56:39AM THE CLEAN TEAM TO TAKE CARE OF THINGS.
9:56:41AM WE KIND OF COMBINED THOSE.
9:56:42AM NOW EVERYTHING IS REALLY FOCUSED ON HOSPITALITY.
9:56:45AM MAKING SURE THAT VISITORS, WORKERS, RESIDENTS ARE ABLE TO
9:56:49AM FIND WHERE THEY ARE GOING.
9:56:52AM THE YES TEAM AND JASON STUART, I'LL MENTION HIM, HE HAS A
9:56:57AM GREAT CUSTOMER FOCUS CLEAN TEAM PROGRAM AND THEY FOSTER GOOD
9:57:03AM RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE BUSINESSES, RESIDENTS, TPD AND ALSO
9:57:06AM THE CITY DEPARTMENTS.
9:57:08AM FOCUS ON LANDSCAPING AND CLEANING.
9:57:10AM THEY ALWAYS GREET PEDESTRIANS AND HELP WITH WAY FINDING.
9:57:14AM GENERAL HELP AND SUPPORT WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
9:57:16AM WORK WITH TPD TO BE AN EXTRA SET OF EYES AND EARS.
9:57:20AM HIGHLY VISIBLE PRESENCE.
9:57:21AM I'M SURE YOU ALL SEEN IT WITH BRIGHT YELLOW SHIRTS AND
9:57:25AM ALWAYS A FRIENDLY FACE.
9:57:26AM THEY HAVE FLEXIBILITY IN THE SCHEDULE TO WORK WITH EVENTS
9:57:29AM SCHEDULED IN YBOR CITY TO COMPLY -- SUPPORT THAT'S NEEDED
9:57:34AM FOR THAT.
9:57:35AM THEY PROVIDE MONTHLY REPORTS.
9:57:37AM SURE YOU'VE SEEN THEM IN SOME OF YOUR PACKETS WITH BREAKDOWN
9:57:40AM OF STATS.
9:57:41AM ALL THE EMPLOYEES HAVE RADIOS AND GPS COORDINATES SO ALL THE
9:57:47AM STATS ARE LIVE AND SUMMARIZE THEM MONTHLY FOR THE CAC BOARD
9:57:50AM WHEN THEY MAKE THEIR WAY UP TO YOU.
9:57:52AM SOME RECENT EVENTS, SUCCESS STORY THERE.
9:57:57AM UPTICK IN GRAFFITI IN THE AREA.
9:58:01AM THERE WAS SOME RESIDENT INVOLVEMENT OF THIS ACTIVITY.
9:58:04AM THEY WORK WITH THE CLEAN TEAM AND TPD TO FIND THIS
9:58:08AM INDIVIDUAL AND MAKE AN ARREST IN THAT. GRAFFITI IS
9:58:12AM DEFINITELY ON AN UPTICK IN THE DISTRICT.
9:58:15AM NICE TO SEE EXTRA EYES AND EARS, PROBABLY MORE EYES WITH
9:58:19AM GRAFFITI THAN EARS.
9:58:20AM WE ALL WORK TOGETHER TO TRY TO MAKE OUR YBOR CITY A BETTER
9:58:25AM PLACE.
9:58:25AM TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT, CAPTAIN COLLEGE REPORTS TO THE CAC
9:58:30AM EVERY MONTH REGARDING SAFETY ISSUES.
9:58:33AM HE ALSO TALKS TO THE COMMUNITY POLICING OFFICER, JIM
9:58:39AM WILCHER, OFTEN REPORTS AS WELL.
9:58:42AM I THINK HIS SHIFT CHANGED AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
9:58:45AM WE HAVE TWO COMMUNITY LIAISON OFFICERS BUT THEY OVERLAP THE
9:58:48AM SHIFTS BETTER INSTEAD OF HIM BEING THE STRAIGHT 9-TO-5
9:58:51AM PEOPLE SHIFT.
9:58:52AM ALLOWS BETTER ACCESS ALL THE WAY AROUND IN THE DISTRICT.
9:58:55AM REALLY, WORKING WITH THE YES TEAM AND TPD, WE'RE REALLY BIG
9:59:02AM ON COMMUNITY POLICING.
9:59:03AM DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THAT.
9:59:05AM WE HAVE THE INCIDENT OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR ON HALLOWEEN AND
9:59:09AM TPD HAS REALLY STEPPED UP THEIR GAIN TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
9:59:13AM SUPPORT IN THE DISTRICT AS WELL AS THE RESIDENTS.
9:59:17AM SO I THINK THEY ARE ALL REALIZING THAT THIS IS THEIR HOME.
9:59:21AM THIS IS THEIR URBAN VILLAGE AND WE ALL NEED TO PROTECT THE
9:59:24AM HISTORIC DISTRICT.
9:59:24AM WE ALSO WORK WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT.
9:59:27AM DIRECTOR O'CONNELL, AS WELL AS MIKE PETERSON AND RENE LOPEZ
9:59:31AM USUALLY ATTEND OUR MEETINGS AND PROVIDE UPDATES.
9:59:34AM CODE ENFORCEMENT EXPRESSED SOME CONCERNS IN THE PAST ABOUT
9:59:39AM NOT BEING ABLE TO GO OUT AT NIGHT.
9:59:41AM THEY HAVE LIMITED HOURS.
9:59:42AM I THINK ALSO FELT FOR THEIR SAFETY.
9:59:45AM COMBINED A JOINT TASK FORCE WITH TPD AND CODE ENFORCEMENT TO
9:59:49AM GO OUT AT CERTAIN HOURS TO WORK TOGETHER, WALK THE STREETS
9:59:51AM SO THEY CAN SURVEY THE PARKING LOTS.
9:59:53AM THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF CITATIONS ISSUED, SO THERE'S A
9:59:57AM LITTLE BIT MORE ENFORCEMENT ON THE PARKING LOTS RIGHT NOW.
10:00:00AM I THINK THAT'S PROGRESSING THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
10:00:02AM I THINK IT GOES THROUGH A MAGISTRATE AND THEN OTHER JUST
10:00:08AM CIVIL FINES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
10:00:10AM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT FROM THE CAC
10:00:14AM TO CODE ENFORCEMENT IS MAKING THE REPORTS A LITTLE MORE USER
10:00:18AM FRIENDLY, BE ABLE TO EXTRACT THE DATA.
10:00:21AM SOMETIMES WE GET A DOWNLOAD OF ADDRESSES AND IS IT A CODE
10:00:28AM INFRINGEMENT WHEN CLOSED AND FILE NUMBER, BUT REALLY NOT
10:00:31AM THAT MUCH DIFFERENCE.
10:00:33AM I THINK A COUPLE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE TAKING A MORE
10:00:35AM ACTIVE ROLE IN WORKING WITH RENE AND MIKE PETERSON TO
10:00:40AM POTENTIALLY WORK WITH THE I.T. DEPARTMENT TO MAKE THE
10:00:42AM REPORTS MORE USER FRIENDLY, MAYBE SOMETHING MORE SIMILAR TO
10:00:45AM WHAT TPD PROVIDES WITH A SUMMER OF THINGS AND THEN AN
10:00:48AM ADDRESS AND HOW THINGS ARE MOVING THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
10:00:51AM SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT FRAN IS REALLY ADAMANT ABOUT,
10:00:57AM GETTING THE REPORTS MORE READABLE.
10:00:59AM BECAUSE OF OUR COMMUNITY POLICING EFFORT, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING
10:01:05AM AT ANY OPTIONS THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE TO MAKE THE DISTRICT
10:01:08AM SAFER AND BETTER.
10:01:09AM WE RECENTLY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH KEN STAPLETON WITH KSA.
10:01:14AM HE DEVELOPS COMMUNITY SAFETY ACTION PLANS.
10:01:17AM HE WORKS PRIMARILY IN FLORIDA AND OHIO.
10:01:21AM HE'S GOT 30 SOMETHING YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND WE HAD AN
10:01:27AM INTRODUCTORY CONVERSATION WITH HIM AND AWNING OF WHAT THEY
10:01:31AM WOULD DO.
10:01:32AM THIS IS SOMETHING THEY WOULD WORK WITH TPD AS WELL AS CAC
10:01:36AM AND CRA BOARD TO POTENTIALLY DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
10:01:40AM FOR HOW WE WANT TO INTEGRATE COMMUNITY POLICING DIFFERENT
10:01:45AM EFFORTS.
10:01:45AM A COUPLE OF TAKEAWAYS FROM THAT, THEY DEVELOP A FIVE POINT
10:01:50AM PLAN.
10:01:50AM THEY FOCUS ON THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.
10:01:52AM THEY LOOK AT DIFFERENT PROGRAMS.
10:01:53AM THEY WORK ON PATROLS, COMMUNICATIONS, AND METRICS.
10:01:58AM THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT NOT ONLY FOR
10:02:00AM CRA DISTRICTS BUT ALSO THE GREATER YBOR CITY AREA.
10:02:04AM ONE OF THE INTERESTING ASPECTS OF THIS IS WHEN YOU TALK TO
10:02:08AM HIM, MADE A POINT THAT WE LOOK AT SAFETY FROM THE VANTAGE
10:02:11AM POINT OF A WOMAN COMING INTO A NEW PLACE MAYBE AT NIGHT.
10:02:14AM UNFAMILIARITY WITH THE ENVIRONMENTS, ARE THEY ABLE TO
10:02:18AM WAY-FIND THEIR WAY SAFELY AND NOT FEEL THREATENED OR
10:02:23AM INSECURE THEY WANT TO HAVE A SAFE FEELING.
10:02:26AM I THINK HE'S GOT SOME INTERESTING IDEAS THERE THAT COULD BE
10:02:30AM IMPLEMENTED.
10:02:31AM I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN.
10:02:35AM BUT I THINK IT'S AN INTERESTING WAY TO MAYBE DEVELOP A PLAN
10:02:39AM AND SEE IF THAT COULD HELP AUGMENT THE SAFETY AND COMMUNITY
10:02:43AM POLICING IN THE AREA.
10:02:44AM THEY WOULD DO A PRELIMINARY STUDY.
10:02:46AM DEVELOP A PLAN AND THEN IMPLEMENT THE PLAN.
10:02:49AM I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CRA FUNDS AND AFFORDABLE
10:02:53AM HOUSING.
10:02:54AM I KNOW YOU BOTH AS COUNCIL AND CRA BOARD HAVE HEARD MUCH
10:03:00AM DISCUSSION OF HOW TO SPEND AFFORDABLE HOUSING DOLLARS.
10:03:03AM WE ALLOCATED 30% OF THE BUDGET FROM YBOR ONE AND TWO AS WELL
10:03:09AM AS ALL THE CRAs HERE IN THE CITY TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
10:03:12AM WHEN WE WERE STILL THE YCDC WE MADE A MOTION BECAUSE WE
10:03:17AM DIDN'T NECESSARILY AGREE WITH THE 30% BEING TAKEN FROM THE
10:03:21AM BUDGET FOR THAT WITHOUT A DEFINABLE PLAN IN PLACE.
10:03:24AM I THINK THAT'S HOW WE WORDED THAT MOTION.
10:03:26AM WE NEED TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PLAN IS TO HELP WITH
10:03:29AM AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
10:03:33AM CRA, VERY SMALL DISTRICTS, SINCE THEY ARE TIF FUNDS HAVE TO
10:03:36AM BE SPENT IN THOSE CRAs.
10:03:41AM HAVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THOSE AREAS IS COMPLEX.
10:03:43AM IT'S A CHALLENGE.
10:03:44AM NOT A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY THERE.
10:03:47AM I THINK THE CONCERN WITH THE CAC CONTINUES TO BE HOW WE
10:03:50AM SPEND -- POTENTIALLY SPEND THAT MONEY TO BE ABLE TO EFFECT
10:03:55AM SOME CHANGE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE AREA.
10:03:58AM SOME OPTIONS THAT MAY BE CONSIDERED IS MAYBE INTEGRATE THIS
10:04:06AM WITH THE ARTS AND HAVE RESIDENCY FOR THE ARTISTS.
10:04:10AM I THINK A COUPLE OF POTENTIAL OPTIONS OUT THERE.
10:04:13AM I THINK IT'S GOT SOME REAL GOOD BENEFITS THAT WOULD SEEK --
10:04:19AM NEED FURTHER DEVELOPMENT.
10:04:20AM I THINK WE'RE KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT EXPLORING THAT AND
10:04:23AM SEEING IF THERE ARE ANY OPPORTUNITIES THERE.
10:04:25AM UPDATED, SOME NEW CAPITAL PROJECTS COMING UP PRETTY SOON.
10:04:31AM 7th AVENUE.
10:04:32AM I THINK THIS PROJECT IS IN THE QUEUE, COMING UP.
10:04:35AM TWO-BLOCK AREA WE'LL START WITH.
10:04:37AM 15th TO 17th.
10:04:41AM ERIC WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE SOON ON WHAT THE PROGRESS IS
10:04:45AM WITH THAT.
10:04:46AM I THINK EVERYONE ON THE CAC IS EXCITED TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.
10:04:49AM THOSE ARE THE PRIMARY BLOCKS OF 7th AVENUE.
10:04:51AM I THINK THAT WOULD DO A NUMBER OF THINGS.
10:04:54AM OBVIOUSLY THE AESTHETIC BENEFITS OF BRICKING 7th AVENUE,
10:04:58AM OUR HISTORIC 7th AVENUE.
10:05:00AM AND ALSO BEING ABLE TO CALM TRAFFIC A LITTLE BIT.
10:05:03AM I THINK SOME OF THE CONCERNS WITH CRUISING 7th AVENUE
10:05:06AM MAYBE WITH THE BRICKING IT SLOWS THEM DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND
10:05:09AM MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT LESS SMOOTH.
10:05:11AM MAYBE THAT WILL HELP WITH THE TRAFFIC ON 7th.
10:05:14AM WE'RE GOING TO GET AN UPDATE NEXT WEEK AT OUR CAC MEETING ON
10:05:19AM THE YBOR SOUTH PIPE DRAINAGE AND FLOOD MITIGATION STUDY.
10:05:23AM WE HIRED A CONSULTANT, STANTEC WILL PRESENT THE RESULTS OF
10:05:27AM THEIR STUDY ON TUESDAY.
10:05:29AM THIS IS IN THE SOUTH OF THE CENTRAL YBOR, 16th AVENUE --
10:05:34AM 16th STREET, 17th STREET, ANYWHERE FROM 6th TO 5th
10:05:39AM TO 4th.
10:05:40AM IN THAT AREA.
10:05:41AM THERE IS A DRAINAGE BASIN IN THERE AND IT FLOODS.
10:05:45AM ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, THERE WAS ENOUGH FLOODING IN THAT AREA
10:05:48AM FROM THE WATER THAT CAME FROM THE NORTH THAT ACTUALLY POPPED
10:05:51AM THE MANHOLE COVERS OFF AND THEY WERE FLOATING ON TOP OF THE
10:05:54AM WATER.
10:05:54AM THERE'S A LOT OF WATER PRESSURE IN THERE.
10:05:56AM WE'RE EXCITED.
10:05:57AM I THINK THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA ARE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT
10:06:00AM THE RESULTS OF THAT STUDY WILL BE.
10:06:01AM CRA DISTRICTS ONE AND TWO, COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLANS ARE
10:06:06AM BEING UPDATED, AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE
10:06:09AM PLANNING DEPARTMENT ON WHAT THAT SCOPE WOULD BE.
10:06:11AM WE'RE ALSO EXCITED TO START A NEW DESIGN PROCESS,
10:06:18AM DESIGN-BUILD FOR CENTENNIAL PARK.
10:06:22AM I THINK THAT WE KIND OF WENT DOWN A PATH WITH THE DESIGNER
10:06:25AM BEFORE.
10:06:26AM THE COSTS BECAME A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH, SO THAT'S IN
10:06:31AM CONTRACTS RIGHT NOW.
10:06:31AM SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THAT CENTENNIAL PARK BEING
10:06:35AM REIMAGINED.
10:06:35AM ONE ITEM THAT WE COMPLETED LAST YEAR WAS THE YBOR CITY
10:06:42AM RESIDENT AND WORKER SURVEY.
10:06:43AM THERE WILL BE HARD COPIES PRESENTED TO YOU FOR YOUR PERUSAL.
10:06:49AM THIS IS OUR FOURTH ITERATION OF THE WORKER AND RESIDENT
10:06:54AM SURVEY.
10:06:55AM IT STARTED IN 2016.
10:06:57AM IT WAS COMPLETED LAST SUMMER IN 2023.
10:07:00AM THERE ARE FOUR MAIN FOCUS AREAS: COMMUNITY ACTIVATION,
10:07:05AM RETAIL DEVELOPMENT, PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION, AND SAFETY
10:07:08AM AND SECURITY.
10:07:09AM THESE RESULTS FROM THESE WORKER AND RESIDENT SURVEYS ARE
10:07:14AM USED TO HELP GUIDE CRA PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS, BUDGET
10:07:18AM PRIORITIES AS WELL AS PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENTS.
10:07:21AM WE HAVE JACK SMITH FROM HCP AND ASSOCIATES HERE TO ADDRESS
10:07:26AM THAT REPORT IN MORE DETAIL IF NEED BE.
10:07:30AM I'LL PROVIDE A GENERAL OVERVIEW AT THIS TIME OF SOME OF THE
10:07:33AM RESULTS.
10:07:34AM I FOUND IT INTERESTING.
10:07:35AM WE HAD ABOUT 555 RESPONSES TO THE SURVEY.
10:07:39AM 285 RESIDENTS AND 270 WORKERS.
10:07:43AM ONE THING THAT WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT AT THE CAC, WE
10:07:48AM CAPTURED THE RESIDENTS AND THE WORKERS, BUT NOT NECESSARILY
10:07:50AM THE VISITORS.
10:07:51AM SO I THINK IF WE ON THE NEXT ITERATION OF THAT SURVEY, I
10:07:55AM THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO CAPTURE THE VIEWPOINT FROM A
10:07:58AM VISITOR, MAYBE FIRST TIME, REPEAT VISITOR TO YBOR CITY, SEE
10:08:01AM WHAT THEIR IMPRESSIONS ARE OF THE DISTRICT, HOW WE CAN MAKE
10:08:04AM IT BETTER, MORE INVITING.
10:08:05AM AGAIN, YBOR CITY IS OPEN.
10:08:07AM WE WANT PEOPLE TO COME DOWN THERE, EAT AT OUR RESTAURANTS,
10:08:10AM HAVE FUN.
10:08:11AM IT'S AN INVITING AREA.
10:08:14AM OUR NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT.
10:08:15AM I THINK WE'RE ALL VERY PROUD OF THAT AND WE WANT TO BRING
10:08:18AM PEOPLE DOWN TO YBOR.
10:08:20AM GENERAL OBSERVATIONS, GENERALLY, RESIDENTS AND WORKERS ARE
10:08:27AM ALIGNED WITH GENERAL PERCEPTIONS OF SAFETY AND SECURITY
10:08:31AM CONCERNS.
10:08:31AM THAT'S ONGOING.
10:08:33AM WORKERS, I THINK THEY TEND TO BE MORE COMMUTERS, PARK IN THE
10:08:38AM PARKING GARAGES OR ON THE STREETS, PARKING LOTS, WALK TO
10:08:42AM THEIR OFFICES.
10:08:43AM THERE ARE SOME SECURITY CONCERNS THERE WITH THE WALKING AS
10:08:47AM WELL AS FOR THE RESIDENTS, SOME OF THE CLEANLINESS AND
10:08:51AM GENERAL SAFETY CONCERNS OF WHAT HAPPENS IN THE DISTRICT.
10:08:54AM FOR COMMUNITY ACTIVATION, I THINK RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE TO
10:08:58AM SEE MORE WALKING TRAILS AND PARKS.
10:09:01AM NOT AS IMPORTANT FOR THE WORKERS, BUT I THINK GREENSPACE IN
10:09:04AM YBOR CITY IS ALWAYS A WELCOME ADDITION IN ANY URBAN
10:09:10AM ENVIRONMENT.
10:09:10AM SOME RETAIL NEEDS, RESIDENTS, THEY TEND TO LEAVE THE
10:09:14AM DISTRICT TO FIND SOME RETAIL OPTIONS, GROCERY, DRY-CLEANING,
10:09:18AM GYM.
10:09:19AM NONE OF THAT EXISTS IN THE DISTRICT.
10:09:21AM WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS WITH THAT.
10:09:23AM THERE ARE TWO GROCERY STORES NOW A LOT CLOSER.
10:09:26AM THE STREETCAR PROVIDES EASY TRANSPORTATION THERE.
10:09:28AM BUT I THINK THE RESIDENTS STILL FEEL THAT THEY NEED THEIR
10:09:31AM OWN.
10:09:31AM WE UNDERSTAND THE METRICS BEHIND THAT AND HOW MANY BEDS YOU
10:09:35AM NEED TO HAVE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
10:09:37AM I THINK EVERYONE IS HOPEFUL THAT WE'RE GETTING THERE PRETTY
10:09:40AM SOON.
10:09:41AM STREETCAR USE.
10:09:45AM THAT'S UP.
10:09:46AM YOU GUYS SEE THE RIDERSHIP.
10:09:48AM THAT'S DOING GREAT.
10:09:49AM I DON'T THINK TOO MANY WORKERS USE THAT AS A MEANS TO
10:09:54AM COMMUTE, BUT WITH THE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS, THE STREETCAR
10:09:58AM IS PACKED ALL THE TIME.
10:09:59AM THAT IS A GREAT AMENITY TO THE AREA.
10:10:02AM IT'S DOING GREAT.
10:10:03AM A COUPLE OF THINGS WITH WORKERS AND HAVING CONCERN WITH SAFE
10:10:10AM PARKING OPTIONS, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WALKING
10:10:12AM FROM THE GARAGES TO THE OFFICES.
10:10:14AM SOME FEEL NOT SO SAFE IN THOSE THINGS.
10:10:16AM THERE'S CONCERN WITH HAVING SAFE PARKING OPTIONS.
10:10:21AM SOME OF THAT PERCEPTION THAT KIND OF DOWN-TICKED A LITTLE
10:10:24AM BIT WITH THE WORKERS AND IT SEEMS LIKE ALSO THEY ARE --
10:10:29AM EMPLOYERS USED TO PROVIDE PAID PARKING DOWN THERE.
10:10:31AM IT SEEMS LIKE THAT BENEFIT IS KIND OF BEING LOST.
10:10:34AM THAT MIGHT LEAD TO SOME OF THE DISSATISFACTION OF THE
10:10:36AM WORKERS WITH THE PARKING SITUATION DOWN THERE.
10:10:38AM SAFETY AND SECURITY, BOTH GROUPS CONTINUE TO CITE CONCERNS
10:10:43AM WITH REAL AND PERCEIVED SAFETY AND CLEANLINESS.
10:10:47AM DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THAT IN COMBATING THOSE EFFORTS.
10:10:50AM ALWAYS A WELCOME ENVIRONMENT HAVING THEM ON THE STREETS AND
10:10:53AM DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO HELP MAINTAIN -- MAKE SURE THAT
10:10:58AM EXPERIENCE IN YBOR CITY IS GENUINE.
10:11:01AM YBOR CITY IS CONTINUING TO BE A REPRESENTATIVE AREA OF
10:11:04AM TAMPA.
10:11:05AM WE'RE ALL WORKING TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THAT
10:11:08AM AREA.
10:11:09AM WE'LL ADDRESS THE SAFETY.
10:11:11AM WE'LL CONTINUE TO GROW AND MAKE SURE PRESERVE YBOR CITY FOR
10:11:16AM ALL TO ENJOY IN THE AREA.
10:11:18AM I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU WOULD LIKE OR TURN IT OVER
10:11:21AM TO JACK IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
10:11:22AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA AND BOARD MEMBER
10:11:24AM HURTAK.
10:11:25AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU.
10:11:28AM YOUR INFORMATION IS CERTAINLY WELL SAID AND WELL
10:11:32AM REPRESENTED.
10:11:32AM I GO BACK TO YBOR CITY AND LOOK AT DIFFERENT AREAS, 1940,
10:11:35AM 1960, 61 TO 80, THEN 1990 TO 2010.
10:11:39AM THEN GO 2011, 2020, 2021 TO PRESENT.
10:11:44AM EVERYTHING IS FACTUAL.
10:11:47AM YBOR CITY IS ALWAYS A REVOLVING DOOR ABOUT SOMETHING.
10:11:51AM WHAT YOU MISS -- WHAT I BELIEVE -- YOU LOOK AROUND, WIDE
10:11:58AM CHANGE FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
10:12:00AM FIRST YOU HAD A GREAT STREETCAR SYSTEM THROUGH THE CITY, 50
10:12:03AM SOME MILES OF IT THAT WAS TAKEN, THE RAILS TAKEN OFF
10:12:06AM SOMEWHERE IN THE MID '50s AND EARLY '60s.
10:12:09AM TRAIN STOPPED IN '50s.
10:12:11AM RAILS REMOVED IN EARLY '60s.
10:12:13AM CIGAR FACTORIES, AMERICAN CANDY, REYNOLDS ALUMINUM THAT
10:12:17AM EMPLOYED 20,000 PEOPLE JUST BETWEEN THOSE.
10:12:19AM WHY DID THEY LEAVE?
10:12:21AM WHY DID THE PEOPLE LEAVE?
10:12:22AM IT WASN'T SOLELY THE EXPRESSWAY.
10:12:26AM IT WAS EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS.
10:12:29AM THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE USED TO WORK THERE.
10:12:32AM LITTLE BAG, WENT TO WORK.
10:12:33AM THEY ATE THERE.
10:12:34AM FINISHED 2:30, 3:00, WENT HOME, WALKED HOME.
10:12:38AM HARDLY ANY CARS.
10:12:40AM ALL THAT BEING SAID, BEFORE MEDICARE, WE HAD AN YBOR CITY
10:12:46AM CALLED MUTUAL AID SOCIETY.
10:12:48AM GONZALEZ CLINIC.
10:12:51AM DOCTORS WOULD COME TO YOUR HOUSE.
10:12:54AM IF YOU NEEDED AN OPERATION, YOU GO TO THE HOSPITAL.
10:12:58AM YOU HAD X-RAYS IN THE HOSPITAL.
10:13:00AM PRESCRIPTION IT WAS AT THE HOSPITAL.
10:13:01AM DIDN'T HAVE WHAT WE HAVE NOW.
10:13:03AM IT'S A DIFFERENT ERA.
10:13:04AM WHY DID THEY LEAVE?
10:13:05AM THE YOUTH LEFT AND IT STARTED TO COLLAPSE BECAUSE THEY GOT
10:13:10AM BETTER EDUCATED AND WANTED A NICER PLACE TO LIVE.
10:13:13AM MOST OF THE HOMES IN YBOR CITY WERE MADE OUT OF WOOD AND
10:13:16AM SMALL.
10:13:16AM THEY HAD NO HEAT.
10:13:17AM NO AIR CONDITION.
10:13:19AM WINDOWS THAT WENT UP AND DOWN AND THEY HAD A PORCH.
10:13:22AM WHY IS IT YOU DON'T SEE ANY PORCHES ANYMORE?
10:13:24AM AIR-CONDITIONING.
10:13:27AM YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THE OUTSIDE NEIGHBORS.
10:13:28AM NEIGHBORS DON'T SPEAK TO EACH OTHER.
10:13:30AM EVERYONE IN YBOR CITY KNEW EACH OTHER.
10:13:32AM IF YOU COMMITTED A CRIME, THEY WOULD FIND YOU RIGHT AWAY.
10:13:37AM THE NEIGHBORS WOULD POINT YOU OUT.
10:13:40AM THEY DIDN'T WANT THAT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:13:42AM WHAT I'M SAYING IS EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAY HAPPENED BECAUSE
10:13:45AM OF CERTAIN THINGS.
10:13:47AM PEOPLE MOVED OUT OF YBOR CITY, THE YOUTH TO GO TO WEST TAMPA
10:13:51AM AND TO THE COUNTY.
10:13:53AM BRANDON WAS A LITTLE BLINKING LIGHT THAT WAS YELLOW.
10:13:56AM WASN'T RED.
10:13:57AM COULD DRIVE RIGHT THROUGH.
10:13:59AM NOW YOU SEE ABOUT 10,000 BLANKING LIGHTS BECAUSE TRAFFIC IS
10:14:03AM STALLED AND YOU CAN'T MOVE.
10:14:04AM THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT PROSPERITY BROUGHT.
10:14:08AM CHANGED AGAIN UNDER THE GRECO ADMINISTRATION, MADE ENORMOUS
10:14:12AM INVESTMENTS IN IT AND THINGS STARTED TO CHANGE.
10:14:14AM THE ARTISTS ARE THE ONES THAT BROUGHT IT BACK TO A DEGREE.
10:14:17AM THEN WHAT HAPPENED, YOU MENTIONED IT, THE RENTS STARTED TO
10:14:20AM GO UP AND THEY COULDN'T AFFORD IT AND THE BARS MOVED IN.
10:14:23AM AND THERE'S WHERE WE ARE AT NOW.
10:14:25AM HOWEVER, THE EVOLUTION OF YBOR CITY IS STILL CHANGING.
10:14:29AM IT'S BECOMING WHAT IT USED TO BE -- RESIDENTIAL.
10:14:35AM HOWEVER, I DON'T REALIZE, I DON'T REALLY KNOW THE NUMBERS OF
10:14:39AM HOW MANY YOUNG PEOPLE ARE LIVING THERE THAT ARE
10:14:42AM CHILD-PRODUCING AGE.
10:14:43AM THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT CAN SAVE IT.
10:14:45AM IF THE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE BETWEEN 35 DOWN TO
10:14:49AM 20, WHATEVER, THAT ARE CHILD-PRODUCING AGE, THAT'S THE ONLY
10:14:54AM THING THAT COULD SAVE IT AS A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
10:14:56AM IF NOT, IT WILL KEEP REVOLVING UNTIL TIME ENDS.
10:15:01AM EVEN YOU LOOKED AT IT, WE BLAME A LOT OF THINGS.
10:15:05AM DOWNTOWN IN YBOR CITY -- DOWNTOWN AND YBOR CITY WERE
10:15:09AM CONNECTED WITHOUT CONNECTIVITY BECAUSE YOU COULD WALK BACK
10:15:11AM AND FORTH OR TAKE THE STREETCAR.
10:15:13AM YOU HAD A LOT OF THINGS GOING.
10:15:14AM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, EVERYBODY WAS HEALTHY BECAUSE NOBODY HAD
10:15:18AM TOO MUCH MONEY, SO YOU HAD TO WALK.
10:15:19AM YOU HAD THE CASINO THEATER, RITZ THEATER AND DIFFERENT
10:15:24AM VENUES.
10:15:24AM YOU HAVE THE ITALIAN CLUB, CUBAN CLUB.
10:15:28AM CENTRAL ASTURIANO.
10:15:30AM DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES, DIFFERENT PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT
10:15:37AM CONTRACTS COME TOGETHER.
10:15:38AM THEY WORK HARD, ALL OF US, INCLUDING ALL RACES, NOT JUST
10:15:41AM ONE.
10:15:42AM THESE ARE THE THINGS.
10:15:43AM HOWEVER, THAT CHANGE WHEN BRITTON PLAZA OPENED UP AND NORTH
10:15:48AM GATE OPENED UP.
10:15:50AM OH, GO TO A NEW MALL.
10:15:52AM STILL HAD TO WALK BUT BIG PARKING SPOT IN FRONT OF EACH ONE.
10:15:56AM MADE IT MORE CONVENIENT.
10:15:57AM WHAT HAPPENED THEN?
10:15:58AM WESTSHORE MALL OPENED UP.
10:16:00AM WHAT HAPPENED TO NORTH GATE AND BRITTON PLAZA?
10:16:03AM DEMISE AGAIN.
10:16:04AM EVERYTHING HAS A REASON AND A VALUE.
10:16:07AM I'M LOOKING AT YBOR CITY AND I'M PLEASANTLY PLEASED THAT IT
10:16:11AM IS MAKING A CHANGE FOR RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
10:16:13AM WITHOUT RESIDENTIAL UNITS, PEOPLE LIVING THERE, YOU DON'T
10:16:15AM HAVE THE ROOTS IN THE GROUND.
10:16:18AM YOU JUST HAVE THE GRASS TO CUT.
10:16:21AM A VAST DIFFERENCE IN ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
10:16:23AM WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE.
10:16:26AM THE AREA IS UNBELIEVABLY CENTER LOCATED, EVERYTHING YOU
10:16:31AM WANT.
10:16:31AM FIVE MINUTES, TEN MINUTES AWAY FROM ANYTHING YOU NEED.
10:16:34AM THEY SAY THE EXPRESSWAY KILLED IT.
10:16:37AM MAYBE IT KILLED IT TO SOME DEGREE, BUT THE YOUNG PEOPLE
10:16:40AM MOVED OUT AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT ONE OF THEM.
10:16:44AM ALL THESE THINGS I REALIZED, WASN'T FOR HCC AND THE
10:16:47AM SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, YOU MAY NOT HAVE YBOR CITY TODAY
10:16:50AM BECAUSE THEY WENT THERE WHEN NO ONE DARED TO GO THERE.
10:16:53AM CREDIT GOES -- KUDOS TO THEM FOR WHAT THEY DID AT THAT TIME.
10:16:59AM I SEE THE SENATOR BACK THERE.
10:17:00AM HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE HIM AND I
10:17:04AM LIVED IN THE SAME AREA FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND WE WERE
10:17:07AM CONSIDERED ONE AREA.
10:17:09AM WASN'T YBOR CITY.
10:17:10AM IT WAS ALL OF THE AREA AROUND THAT WAS LIKE FAMILY.
10:17:12AM SOMEBODY GOT HURT, EVERYBODY FELT THE PAIN.
10:17:14AM SOMEBODY DIDN'T HAVE A JOB, EVERYBODY WENT TO CONTRIBUTE TO
10:17:18AM BE SURE THE FAMILY ATE.
10:17:20AM YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO YOUR NEIGHBOR IS NOWADAYS.
10:17:22AM HALF OF US DON'T EVEN CARE.
10:17:24AM BECAUSE OF MODERN SOCIETY, YOU ARE ISOLATED AND CONVENIENCE.
10:17:31AM YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S OUTSIDE.
10:17:34AM THAT'S THE PROBLEM WE HAVE WITH SOCIETY.
10:17:35AM NOBODY KNOWS -- NOT THAT THEY DON'T CARE -- THEY DON'T KNOW
10:17:38AM WHAT THE PROBLEMS ARE.
10:17:41AM SOUNDPROOF, AIR-CONDITIONED, HOWEVER, SAYING ALL THAT, I'M A
10:17:47AM DREAMER.
10:17:48AM I DREAM A LOT.
10:17:50AM SOME COME TRUE; SOME DON'T.
10:17:53AM GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
10:17:54AM WHY DO WE KEEP BUILDING HOUSES WHERE HURRICANES CAN BLOW
10:17:57AM THEM AWAY?
10:17:57AM ISLANDS HAVE MUCH MORE HURRICANES THAN WE DO.
10:18:03AM THEIR HOUSES DON'T BLOW AWAY.
10:18:05AM THE ROOF AND EVERYTHING ELSE MADE WITH SOLID CONCRETE WITH
10:18:08AM REBAR WIRE AND NOTHING TO GRAB TO GO UP.
10:18:12AM FLAT ROOF.
10:18:14AM I DON'T KNOW WHY WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
10:18:17AM IT'S A FACT.
10:18:18AM WE DO THINGS BECAUSE WE THINK IT IS THE GREATEST.
10:18:20AM LOOK AROUND, IT'S NOT THE GREATEST BECAUSE THEY KEEP TEARING
10:18:26AM DOWN.
10:18:27AM INSURANCE RATES ARE TERRIFICALLY HIGH FOR A REASON.
10:18:29AM A LOT OF IT, NOT FOR THE -- LET ME SAY THAT.
10:18:34AM YOUR REPORT IS RIGHT ON TARGET.
10:18:36AM I WANT TO COMMEND YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND EVERYONE IN YBOR
10:18:38AM CITY FOR MAKING IT WHAT IT IS.
10:18:41AM CONTINUE TO HELP IT IMPROVE.
10:18:42AM THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
10:18:43AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
10:18:44AM BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
10:18:45AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
10:18:46AM I APPRECIATED YOUR REPORT AND I APPRECIATED THIS REPORT, BUT
10:18:50AM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STOOD OUT TO ME IS HOW YOU TALKED
10:18:53AM ABOUT NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO WITH THE 30% OF AFFORDABLE
10:18:56AM HOUSING MONEY THAT THIS BOARD HAS DECIDED THAT THAT'S WHAT
10:19:00AM IS GOING TO BE THE CASE.
10:19:01AM IN THIS STUDY, THERE'S NO SECTION ABOUT HOUSING.
10:19:05AM THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ABOUT HOUSING.
10:19:07AM SO TO ME THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A PERFECT SPOT FOR THE CAC TO
10:19:12AM FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH THAT REQUIRED 30%.
10:19:16AM SO I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED THAT WASN'T INCLUDED.
10:19:19AM I HOPE THAT IN THE FUTURE IT IS BECAUSE VERY CLEARLY, WHEN I
10:19:23AM LOOK AT THIS DATA, THE EXPECTATION GAPS, ONE OF THE BIGGEST
10:19:28AM GAPS, ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS IS PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR
10:19:31AM AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS.
10:19:32AM QUALITY HOUSING OPTIONS.
10:19:34AM IT'S HERE.
10:19:35AM WE'RE HEARING IT.
10:19:36AM BUT THAT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT WAS A QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED
10:19:39AM ABOUT WORKERS IF THEY WANT TO REALLY LIVE IN THE AREA.
10:19:42AM THERE WAS A QUESTION LATER THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU
10:19:46AM INTERESTED IN LIVING, BUT IT DOESN'T SAY, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN
10:19:50AM WE GET YOU TO DO THAT.
10:19:52AM I THINK THAT IS A PERFECT SPOT FOR YOU ALL TO ENGAGE WITH
10:19:56AM SOME OF THE WORKERS AND MAYBE RESIDENTS TO HELP FIGURE OUT
10:19:59AM THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PIECE THAT WE ALSO DESPERATELY NEED.
10:20:05AM IT LOOKS IN THE RECOMMENDING YBOR CITY HOW INTERESTED ARE
10:20:10AM WORKERS IN LIVING IN YBOR CITY WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
10:20:13AM IN 2016 IT WAS 29%.
10:20:15AM LAST YEAR, IT WAS 40%.
10:20:17AM SO YOU REALLY DO HAVE A LOT OF SPACE TO WORK WITH TO LOOK AT
10:20:21AM AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
10:20:23AM AND CONSIDERING THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING ON, THERE IS A
10:20:26AM LOT OF ROOM FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN YBOR.
10:20:29AM SO THANK YOU.
10:20:30AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
10:20:32AM BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:20:35AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: GOOD MORNING.
10:20:36AM ONE, OUTSTANDING.
10:20:40AM REALLY, REALLY A GOOD REPORT.
10:20:42AM I THINK YOU SAID THIS IS THE FOURTH ITERATION OF THIS.
10:20:45AM SO OFTEN WHEN I LOOK AT GOVERNMENT SURVEYS AND ALL, THEY ALL
10:20:50AM HAVE A POLITICAL AGENDA.
10:20:51AM THEY ARE TRYING TO PROMOTE SOMETHING.
10:20:53AM THEY ARE TRYING TO MANIPULATE OPINION OR SOMETHING.
10:20:56AM THIS IS ACTUALLY I THINK PRETTY MUCH WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT
10:21:00AM YOU GET TYPE OF SURVEY, AN ASSESSMENT OF HOW PEOPLE FEEL
10:21:06AM ABOUT THE AREA THAT YOU SURVEYED ON SOME VERY CRITICAL
10:21:10AM ISSUES.
10:21:10AM I THINK THIS IS -- HONESTLY, I THINK THIS IS A TREMENDOUS
10:21:14AM EFFORT ON YOU ALL.
10:21:15AM ANYBODY THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THIS, KUDOS TO YOU.
10:21:17AM REALLY GOOD JOB.
10:21:19AM OF COURSE, I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT THE STREETCAR AND STREETCAR
10:21:22AM EXPANSION.
10:21:22AM I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT YOU FOUND THAT NEARLY 50% OF
10:21:25AM THE RESIDENTS OF YBOR CITY ARE RIDING THE STREETCAR.
10:21:28AM I THINK THAT'S AN OMEN FOR THINGS TO COME AS WE EXPAND
10:21:34AM AFFORDABLE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS, WE CAN GET AWAY FROM THE
10:21:40AM PROBLEM WITH PARKING.
10:21:41AM PEOPLE ARE USING AFFORDABLE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS, WE WON'T
10:21:44AM HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT EXPENSIVE PARKING.
10:21:46AM WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS AND STUFF YOU
10:21:48AM HAVE HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS SURVEY.
10:21:50AM SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING.
10:21:54AM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK AND I DISAGREE A LITTLE BIT ON HOW THIS
10:22:00AM LOOKS.
10:22:01AM I WASN'T ON COUNCIL WHEN THEY DID 30%.
10:22:03AM I THINK I'M MORE CLOSER TO WHERE YOU ARE.
10:22:05AM I STATED THIS THERE THE DAIS -- FROM THE DAIS BEFORE.
10:22:09AM I'M NOT A FAN OF ALLOCATING SET PERCENTAGE OF MONEY TO A
10:22:12AM GOVERNMENT AGENCY.
10:22:12AM THAT'S HOW WE GET THE $500 HAMMERS.
10:22:15AM I WOULD RATHER HAVE SPECIFIC PROJECTS BROUGHT BEFORE US AND
10:22:18AM FUND SPECIFIC PROJECTS SO WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GETTING
10:22:22AM FOR IT AND WHAT THE RETURN ON THAT INVESTMENT IS.
10:22:24AM I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE, IF THERE IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT
10:22:30AM OR SOMETHING THAT IS VERY SPECIFIC COME BEFORE US AS THE CRA
10:22:34AM TO BE ABLE TO FUND AND THEN WE CAN FIND THAT MONEY AND KNOW
10:22:39AM HOW MUCH IT COST, SUBSIDY PER UNIT AS WE NOW REPEATED
10:22:44AM MULTIPLE TIMES, HAD A DEVELOPER COME AND ASK FOR $350,000
10:22:47AM PER UNIT SUBSIDY.
10:22:48AM THAT'S JUST NOT REALISTIC.
10:22:50AM BRING IT ON.
10:22:53AM IF IT REQUIRES MORE THAN 30%, REQUIRES MORE THAN 30%.
10:22:57AM IF IT'S AN AFFORDABLE, REASONABLE USE OF GOVERNMENT MONEY
10:23:00AM THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THE BEST LEVEL OF SERVICE AND THE
10:23:04AM GREATEST BENEFIT TO THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PEOPLE, IS IF
10:23:08AM IT'S OWNER REHAB.
10:23:10AM IF IT'S FIXING UP THE BUILDINGS SO WE CAN MAKE EXISTING
10:23:13AM HOUSING STOCK AFFORDABLE SO WE'RE NOT TEARING THINGS DOWN,
10:23:17AM AS I THINK FORMER COUNCILWOMAN LINDA SAUL-SENA SAID,
10:23:21AM BUILDING THE WHITE BRICKS, WE CAN REHAB SOME OF THE UNITS
10:23:25AM AND MAYBE MAKE THEM AFFORDABLE.
10:23:27AM I LIKE THAT.
10:23:27AM I HOPE THAT THIS COUNCIL SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE REVISITS
10:23:31AM THAT AGENDA ITEM AND PROVIDES THE FLEXIBILITY AND
10:23:35AM OPPORTUNITY, LIKE YOU SAID.
10:23:36AM I LOVE THE IDEA OF ARTIST HOUSING.
10:23:39AM I'VE BEEN A BIG ADVOCATE FOR EAST TAMPA AS WE DEVELOPED IN
10:23:43AM THE CRA.
10:23:44AM JUST HAD A CONVERSATION WITH DIRECTOR MOODY THIS WEEK
10:23:46AM RECONFIRMING THAT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING WITH
10:23:50AM BLACK ARTISTS IN EAST TAMPA AND BUILD A CO-OP FOR AFFORDABLE
10:23:53AM HOUSING SPECIFICALLY HIGHLIGHTING BLACK ARTISTS IN THAT
10:23:57AM COMMUNITY.
10:23:58AM I THINK THAT WOULD BE A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY
10:24:01AM AND MAKE A DESTINATION THERE AND DO SIMILAR THINGS IN YBOR
10:24:05AM CITY.
10:24:05AM I KNOW SOME OF OUR PRIVATE DEVELOPERS ARE KICKING IN IN YBOR
10:24:08AM CITY BECAUSE IT IS A TOURIST DESTINATION.
10:24:10AM BUT WE CAN EXPAND THE OPPORTUNITIES.
10:24:12AM KUDOS.
10:24:12AM MOVE FORWARD.
10:24:13AM I LIKE WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
10:24:14AM THANK YOU.
10:24:16AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:24:17AM >>BILL CARLSON: I JUST WANTED TO ECHO THE THANKS FOR YOUR
10:24:20AM WORK ON THIS.
10:24:21AM I THINK -- I SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH RICH BECAUSE I'M IN
10:24:25AM YBOR JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY BECAUSE MY OTHER JOB IS THERE.
10:24:29AM I THINK RICH IS THE RIGHT LEADER AT THE RIGHT TIME TO WORK
10:24:32AM ON THIS BIFURCATED MISSION.
10:24:35AM IT'S NOT BEEN EASY SEPARATING YCDC FROM CRA.
10:24:40AM AND I THINK HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB OF BUILDING CONSENSUS AND
10:24:43AM BRINGING EVERYONE TOGETHER TO TRY TO LEAD THAT FORWARD.
10:24:47AM I THINK YCDC HAS TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL.
10:24:52AM YOU ALL MAY KNOW MY COLLEAGUE IS THE CHAIR OF THE YBOR
10:24:56AM CHAMBER AND WE'VE SPOKEN AT LENGTH TO THE YBOR CHAMBER AND
10:25:00AM ALL THE THINGS THAT YCDC IS PLANNING TO DO ARE NOT
10:25:03AM COMPETITIVE WITH THE YBOR CHAMBER.
10:25:05AM THAT IS THE FIRST QUESTION A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK.
10:25:07AM YBOR OBVIOUSLY NEEDS THE SUPPORT BRANDING, ADVOCACY.
10:25:11AM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, IT'S NOT JUST IN YBOR, YOU CAN'T JUST
10:25:14AM BRING A BIG COMPANY IN FROM OUTSIDE AND PLANT IT THERE.
10:25:17AM IT IS A HOME TO LOTS OF SMALL CREATIVE INDUSTRIES, SOME TECH
10:25:23AM COMPANIES, ONE HUGE TECH COMPANY AND DEFENSE CONTRACTORS AND
10:25:27AM I THINK IT HAS TO BE SPECIALLY CURATED.
10:25:31AM AND SO IT HAS TO TAKE A LOT OF SENSITIVITY TO LOOK AT IT.
10:25:37AM ALSO, THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT GROUPS AND INTERESTS WITHIN
10:25:43AM YBOR.
10:25:43AM THERE ARE THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
10:25:45AM MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LIVING THERE FOR A LONG TIME, BUT THEY
10:25:47AM HAVE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE SOMETIMES THAN THE
10:25:50AM PEOPLE WHOSE FAMILIES HAVE BEEN THERE FOR GENERATIONS.
10:25:53AM THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT GO THERE JUST FOR ENTERTAINMENT AND
10:25:56AM THEY EACH HAVE DIFFERENT SUBSETS OF CULTURE THAT THEY
10:25:59AM INTERACT WITH.
10:26:00AM I THINK THE BIG CHALLENGE WE ALL HAVE GOING FORWARD WITH
10:26:03AM YBOR IS HOW DO WE HOLD ON TO WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT YBOR AND
10:26:06AM MAKE SURE THAT WE AMPLIFY THAT, BUT THEN WE HELP IT EVOLVE
10:26:11AM INTO THE NEW VISION.
10:26:12AM AND THE NEW VISION REALLY IS THE THING THAT WE'VE GOT TO
10:26:16AM WORK ON.
10:26:17AM THERE IS A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT VISION, BUT WHAT THE
10:26:21AM RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS AND PATRONS OF YBOR ARE SAYING
10:26:27AM IS THEY WANT AN EXPERIENTIAL VISION THAT GOES WITH THAT.
10:26:30AM WE'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO DEFINE THAT.
10:26:33AM YOU ALL MAY KNOW I'M VERY INVOLVED IN THE ARTS COMMUNITY IN
10:26:37AM YBOR TRYING TO REVITALIZE THE ARTS.
10:26:40AM YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME TO THE MEETINGS.
10:26:42AM THEY ARE OPEN TO EVERYBODY, BUT WE WENT FROM A COUPLE OF
10:26:44AM PEOPLE A YEAR AND A HALF AGO TALKING ABOUT THE ARTS TO 50 TO
10:26:47AM 70 SOMETIMES ONCE A MONTH.
10:26:49AM THE NEXT MEETING IS NEXT WEDNESDAY.
10:26:56AM IT'S INCREDIBLE SEEING THE EXCITEMENT OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
10:26:59AM WHEN I WAS WORKING IN ST. PETE IN THE MID TO EARLY '90s,
10:27:06AM IN '94, 22 ARTS GROUPS IN DOWNTOWN ST. PETE.
10:27:10AM I THINK WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS THAT THIS COMING TOGETHER
10:27:13AM IS ALSO -- AND CONSENSUS BUILDING IS ALSO GOING TO LEAD TO
10:27:16AM DIFFERENT BRANCHES THAT WILL DEVELOP DIFFERENT KINDS OF
10:27:20AM ARTS.
10:27:20AM THERE ARE ALREADY DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, BUT IT'S GOING TO
10:27:23AM LEAD TO A LOT OF CREATIVITY AND EXCITEMENT BECAUSE PEOPLE
10:27:27AM WANT TO MOVE IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
10:27:28AM WITH ALL THAT SAID, THIS AD HOC ARTS GROUP HAS PUT TOGETHER
10:27:33AM TWO ART WALKS SO FAR.
10:27:36AM BIG ART WALKS.
10:27:37AM THE LAST ONE, UNFORTUNATELY, A COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE THE
10:27:39AM SHOOTING HAPPENED.
10:27:40AM BUT THE NEXT ONE IS ON APRIL 18.
10:27:42AM I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A NIGHT MEETING THAT NIGHT.
10:27:44AM IF WE DON'T, YOU ALL SHOULD TRY TO ATTEND IT.
10:27:48AM IT IS ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING, EXCITING THINGS THAT I'VE
10:27:51AM EVER BEEN TO.
10:27:52AM IF WE HAVE A NIGHT MEETING, WE CAN GO TO IT AFTERWARDS.
10:27:55AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WE DON'T.
10:27:55AM >>BILL CARLSON: BUT YOU WILL BE SO IMPRESSED BY THE PEOPLE
10:28:00AM THAT SHOW UP.
10:28:01AM THE EXCITEMENT, THE ENERGY.
10:28:03AM THIS IS THE CHANCE TO SEE THE ARTS CONNECTING WITH
10:28:06AM EVERYTHING, THE RESTAURANTS, THE BARS, THE GALLERIES, THE
10:28:12AM INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS, HCC.
10:28:14AM I GET CHILLS THINKING ABOUT IT.
10:28:17AM WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH, YOU WILL BE SO PROUD OF TAMPA AND SO
10:28:19AM PROUD OF YBOR WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH THAT.
10:28:22AM THANK YOU.
10:28:24AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
10:28:25AM MOVING ON.
10:28:31AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT.
10:28:32AM GOOD MORNING.
10:28:37AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:28:38AM COURTNEY ORR, INTERIM DOWNTOWN URBAN CORE DEVELOPMENT
10:28:41AM MANAGER.
10:28:41AM I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU TODAY KITTELSON AND ASSOCIATES
10:28:47AM REPRESENTATIVES WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE DOWNTOWN CRP
10:28:50AM UPDATE.
10:28:50AM ORIGINAL PLAN WAS DEVELOPED IN '83, AMENDMENT MADE IN '88.
10:28:55AM I THINK IT IS DUE TIME FOR US TO UPDATE THE PLAN.
10:28:57AM THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.
10:29:00AM TODAY'S PRESENTATION WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE DRAFT
10:29:04AM REPORT THAT INCLUDES OUTREACH EFFORTS, ANALYSIS OF EXISTING
10:29:08AM CONDITIONS, COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND KEY PRIORITIES
10:29:10AM FOR THE DISTRICT.
10:29:11AM AN INTRODUCTION THAT IS KEY TO THIS IS THE PROJECT
10:29:16AM PRIORITIZATION AND SCORING MATRIX.
10:29:19AM I HAVE DEVELOPED A TOOL THAT WILL HELP BALANCE COMPETING
10:29:23AM REQUESTS FOR FUNDING AND SUPPORT AS WELL AS A TOOL FOR THE
10:29:26AM CRA TO DETERMINE HOW WELL A PROJECT, PROGRAM, OR DEVELOPMENT
10:29:30AM ALIGNS WITH THE GOALS OF THE CRP.
10:29:34AM KITTELSON HAS COMPLETED 80% SO FAR OF THEIR SCOPE OF WORK.
10:29:39AM AND HERE TODAY REPRESENTING KITTELSON IS JP WEESNER AND RIVA
10:29:43AM HEINRICH, TO PROVIDE DETAILS ON THE WORK THEY HAVE COMPLETED
10:29:48AM TO DATE.
10:29:49AM I'LL INTRODUCE RIVA AT THIS POINT TO COME ON UP.
10:29:52AM >> I ASSUME YOU CAN SEE THE PRESENTATIONS ON YOUR SCREEN.
10:29:57AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: IT WILL APPEAR.
10:29:59AM >> EXCELLENT.
10:30:00AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US.
10:30:02AM AGAIN, MY NAME IS RIVA HEINRICH.
10:30:03AM I AM A CITY PLANNER WITH KITTELSON AND ASSOCIATES.
10:30:07AM WE WORK RIGHT OUT OF 400 NORTH TAMPA STREET, WHICH IS A
10:30:09AM COUPLE OF BLOCKS AWAY.
10:30:10AM I'M JOINED HERE BY JP WEESNER, MY COLLEAGUE, WORKING AS
10:30:14AM PROJECT PRINCIPAL ON THIS PROJECT.
10:30:16AM OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO, WE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING
10:30:18AM WITH YOUR CRA STAFF TO UPDATE THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY
10:30:22AM REDEVELOPMENT PLAN OR THE CRP.
10:30:24AM OVERALL, THE GOAL TODAY IS TO BRING YOU UP TO SPEED ON THE
10:30:29AM WORK THAT'S BEEN COMPLETED TO DATE.
10:30:32AM AS COURTNEY MENTIONED, COMMUNICATING THOSE DRAFT GOALS,
10:30:37AM POLICIES AND STRATEGIC ACTIONS THAT FORM THE FRAMEWORK OF
10:30:39AM THE PLAN.
10:30:41AM WE WOULD LOVE TO INTAKE YOUR FEEDBACK, YOUR REACTIONS AND
10:30:45AM TAKE THAT BACK TO THE FINALIZATION PROCESS FOR THE CRP IN
10:30:50AM MAKING SURE WE HAVE DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE IN TERMS OF
10:30:53AM INCLUDING THOSE REACTIONS.
10:30:55AM WITH THAT, WE'LL GET STARTED.
10:30:58AM YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE BEEN AT WORK SINCE FEBRUARY OF LAST
10:31:03AM YEAR.
10:31:04AM WE'VE SEPARATED THIS EFFORT INTO FOUR OVERLAPPING PHASES.
10:31:08AM THE FIRST IS THE EXISTING CONDITIONS ANALYSIS SO DID A
10:31:13AM REVIEW OF THE ORIGINAL 1983 PLAN, THE 1988 AMENDMENT OR THE
10:31:17AM UPDATE, AS WELL AS CURRENT DATA FOR THE DOWNTOWN CRA
10:31:23AM BOUNDARIES.
10:31:24AM IN ADDITION TO THAT, AND CONCURRENTLY, WE ALSO PERFORMED AN
10:31:28AM OUTREACH EFFORT, SO THAT WAS INCLUSIVE, AS YOU CAN SEE, FROM
10:31:32AM MONTHLY CAC MEETINGS.
10:31:33AM WE DID A PUBLIC DROP-IN AT THE JOHN F. GERMANY LIBRARY IN
10:31:37AM OCTOBER.
10:31:37AM WE ALSO CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS.
10:31:39AM YOU MIGHT REMEMBER ME FROM THOSE PARTICULAR INTERVIEWS.
10:31:42AM AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT WE ALSO COMPLETED A PUBLIC
10:31:47AM SURVEY.
10:31:48AM AROUND THE AUGUST TIME FRAME, WE STARTED TO DEVELOP THE
10:31:51AM ACTUAL CRP WRITING IN THE EXISTING CONDITIONS, FORMING THOSE
10:31:55AM VERY HIGH-LEVEL DRAFT ACTIONS AND GOALS.
10:31:58AM AND AT THE FAR SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN YOU'LL SEE WE'RE AT THE
10:32:02AM TAIL END OF THE PROCESS, GETTING READY TO FINALIZE THINGS
10:32:05AM FOR REVIEW.
10:32:05AM WE DID WANT TO BRING YOU BACK TO THE ORIGINAL 1983 PLAN AND
10:32:10AM THE 1988 UPDATE.
10:32:12AM YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT WE HAVE COMBINED BOTH BOUNDARIES.
10:32:15AM THE 1983 PLAN ESTABLISHED THAT ORIGINAL BOUNDARY WHICH IS IN
10:32:19AM THAT YELLOWISH COLOR ON THE MAP AND THE 1988 UPDATE COMBINED
10:32:25AM THE REST OF THE DOWNTOWN CRA IN ADDITION TO HARBOUR ISLAND.
10:32:28AM YOU CAN SEE THAT THE GOALS WEREN'T TOO DISSIMILAR TO WHAT
10:32:31AM WE'RE LOOKING AT TODAY.
10:32:32AM BASED ON THEIR CONTEXT, THEY ARE VERY DIFFERENT.
10:32:38AM LOOKING TO STIMULATE POPULATION GROWTH, CREATE NEW JOBS,
10:32:41AM PREVENT CRIME, PROMOTE A MIX OF USES, ALSO PROMOTE
10:32:44AM TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS IN ADDITION TO BALANCING AND
10:32:48AM GROWING THE OVERALL TAX BASE.
10:32:50AM YOU CAN SEE HERE SKIPPING FORWARD 30 YEARS OR SO THAT THE
10:32:56AM LANDSCAPE OF THE DOWNTOWN CRA HAS CHANGED.
10:32:59AM I BELIEVE WHEN THE 1983 PLAN WAS ESTABLISHED, THERE WERE
10:33:03AM ROUGHLY A THOUSAND PEOPLE LIVING IN THE CRA.
10:33:06AM THAT HAS BALLOONED UP TO MORE THAN 7,000.
10:33:09AM THERE ARE ROUGHLY 70,000 JOBS WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN CRA, TOO.
10:33:13AM THE TAX VALUE HAS INCREASED BOTH HORIZONTALLY, MEANING MORE
10:33:19AM PLACES HAVE DEVELOPED AND VERTICALLY, SO THOSE PLACES THAT
10:33:22AM WERE ALREADY DEVELOPED DURING THAT TIME HAVE GROWN IN THEIR
10:33:26AM OWN RIGHT.
10:33:27AM CRIMINAL ACTIVITY HAS DECREASED IN RECENT YEARS MATCHING
10:33:30AM CITY TRENDS.
10:33:31AM AND THERE'S BEEN A COMPLETION OF MAJOR DEVELOPMENT.
10:33:34AM SO THE LANDSCAPE LITERALLY CHANGED.
10:33:36AM THINGS I CAN NAME OFF ARE THE RIVERWALK, STRAZ CENTER,
10:33:40AM CHANGES TO CURTIS HIXON PARK, WATER STREET IS OBVIOUSLY ONE
10:33:43AM OF THE MORE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS, THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES.
10:33:47AM AS FAR AS PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS AS ONE OF THE
10:33:50AM HIGHEST CONCENTRATIONS OF MULTIMODAL OPTIONS IN THE CITY.
10:33:54AM AS WE EMBARKED ON LOOKING AT THE OVERALL EXISTING CONDITIONS
10:34:00AM WITHIN THE CRA, WE WANTED TO OBVIOUSLY ANALYZE EVERYTHING
10:34:04AM FROM A MODERN CONTEXT AND BRING THAT UP TO SPEED.
10:34:07AM WE WANTED TO GET SOME ON THE GROUND KNOWLEDGE FROM
10:34:10AM STAKEHOLDERS, SO THOSE ARE FULL ORGANIZATIONS, BOTH PUBLIC
10:34:13AM AND PRIVATE, WHO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE INNER WORKINGS
10:34:21AM OF THE CRA, HOW PROJECTS ARE GETTING DONE.
10:34:23AM WE ALSO CONDUCTED 30 PERSONALIZED CONVERSATIONS AT THE
10:34:25AM PUBLIC DROP-IN.
10:34:26AM FROM THERE, WE DETERMINED THAT THERE WERE SEVEN NEEDS
10:34:29AM CATEGORIES THAT SHOULD FRAMEWORK THE PLAN.
10:34:33AM YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE THEM FROM OUR CONVERSATIONS.
10:34:35AM SOMETHING TO NOTE HERE IS THAT THE NEXT FEW SLIDES ARE GOING
10:34:41AM TO CONDENSE A YEAR'S WORTH OF WORK IN TERMS OF EXISTING
10:34:44AM CONDITIONS INTO JUST A FEW SLIDES.
10:34:50AM JUST BE PREPARED FOR THAT.
10:34:52AM THEY ARE ORDERED HERE IN TERMS OF ORDER OF MAGNITUDE AND
10:34:54AM PRIORITY AS FAR AS HOW WE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC AND OUR
10:34:57AM STAKEHOLDERS.
10:34:57AM JUST A NOTE HERE THAT THESE ARE NOT ARBITRARY.
10:35:03AM SO WE ARE BOUND BY CHAPTER 163 PART 3, WHICH IS THE
10:35:07AM OVERARCHING LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY LANGUAGE THAT GOVERNS
10:35:11AM ALL CRA ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE STATE.
10:35:13AM SO WE DID ABIDE BY THOSE SPECIFIC DEFINITIONS.
10:35:17AM IN REVIEWING THE EXISTING CONDITIONS, WE ASKED TWO SIMPLE
10:35:24AM QUESTIONS.
10:35:24AM FIRST, HOW DOES THE CRA COMPARE TO THE REST OF THE CITY IN
10:35:28AM TERMS OF THESE METRICS.
10:35:31AM DO THEY FARE BETTER, ABOUT THE SAME OR A BIT WORSE?
10:35:34AM AND/OR WERE THERE ISSUES BROUGHT UP DURING THE STAKEHOLDER
10:35:38AM INTERVIEWS, DURING INTERACTION WITH THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS
10:35:41AM THINGS THAT WE NOTICED IN THE DATA THAT WE SHOULD BUBBLE UP
10:35:46AM TO THE SURFACE IN ORDER TO MAKE IT A PRIORITY FOR ANALYSIS.
10:35:48AM YOU CAN SEE HERE HOW THE SEVEN NEEDS CATEGORIES ARE STARTING
10:35:54AM TO MAKE THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE PLAN.
10:35:56AM I'LL START WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
10:35:58AM THAT WAS EASILY THE MOST OBVIOUS NEED WITHIN THE CRA.
10:36:01AM WE ALREADY MENTIONED IT A FEW TIMES DURING THIS MEETING.
10:36:04AM WE FOUND THAT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH OVERALL AFFORDABLE
10:36:07AM HOUSING STOCK WITHIN THE CRA.
10:36:10AM SO THERE ARE ROUGHLY 400ISH UNITS WITHIN THE CRA, BUT MOST
10:36:16AM OF THAT IS AGE RESTRICTED TO THOSE WHO ARE 55 AND UP.
10:36:20AM IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE VARIETY OF HOUSING OVERALL DOESN'T
10:36:25AM NECESSARILY SERVE WORKING FAMILIES, THOSE WHO ARE LOW-INCOME
10:36:29AM AND THOSE WHO ARE PROVIDING NEEDED EMPLOYMENT SERVICES TO
10:36:32AM OUR SERVICE INDUSTRIES.
10:36:34AM IF YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT THE CONVENTION CENTER, THE STRAZ
10:36:37AM CENTER, THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES.
10:36:39AM IN ADDITION TO THAT, CLOSE TO 40% OF THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE
10:36:42AM CRA ARE RENT BURDENED, MEANING THEY ARE PROVIDING MORE --
10:36:47AM OFTEN MORE TIMES MUCH MORE THAN 30% OF THEIR INCOME TOWARDS
10:36:52AM THEIR HOUSING COSTS.
10:36:53AM RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE, THAT OVERALL
10:36:57AM TALKS ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE OF ONE WHO IS LIVING, WORKING,
10:37:03AM AND VISITING THE DOWNTOWN CRA.
10:37:05AM THAT'S RELATED TO CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND ACCESSIBILITY TO
10:37:09AM PARKS AS WELL.
10:37:10AM WE FOUND THAT OVERALL CRIME DOES MATCH THE CITY'S TRENDS
10:37:16AM YEAR OVER YEAR, OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD.
10:37:19AM HOWEVER, THERE IS A HIGHER PROPENSITY OF TRESPASSING,
10:37:22AM AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND LARCENY WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN CRA AS
10:37:26AM WELL.
10:37:26AM WE ALSO TALKED A LOT WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS ABOUT THE GENERAL
10:37:29AM MAINTENANCE OF PARKS, ADA ACCESS AND WHERE THOSE CHALLENGES
10:37:32AM ARE AS WELL.
10:37:33AM RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION, WHILE THERE IS A REALLY HIGH
10:37:39AM CONCENTRATION OF MULTIMODAL OPTIONS WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN CRA,
10:37:43AM THAT DOES MEAN THAT THERE ARE MORE VULNERABLE USERS, MEANING
10:37:45AM THOSE OUTSIDE OF A VEHICLE.
10:37:49AM WE ALSO REVIEWED THE CITY'S VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN AND
10:37:54AM LOOKED AT THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK.
10:37:57AM THERE ARE TEN STREETS WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN CRA THAT ARE ON
10:38:00AM THE NETWORK.
10:38:03AM THE NETWORK IS DEFINED AS STREETS THAT HAVE DISPROPORTIONATE
10:38:07AM AMOUNT OF FATAL AND SEVERE INJURY TYPE OF ACCIDENTS.
10:38:12AM RELATED TO LAND USE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AGAIN, THE
10:38:17AM DOWNTOWN CRA HAS CHANGED TREMENDOUSLY, BUT THERE IS A HIGH
10:38:21AM PROPORTIONALITY OF UNDERUTILIZED PARCELS.
10:38:25AM WE'RE DEFINING UNDERUTILIZED HERE AS THE RATIO OF IMPROVED
10:38:29AM VALUE TO OVERALL VALUE ON A PARCEL.
10:38:32AM ANYTHING THAT'S LOWER THAN 40% WE'RE CONSIDERING
10:38:36AM UNDERUTILIZED.
10:38:37AM THAT IS THE METRIC THAT'S BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THE URBAN LAND
10:38:40AM INSTITUTE.
10:38:41AM I BELIEVE 30% OF PARCELS IN THE DOWNTOWN CRA ARE CONSIDERED
10:38:47AM UNDERUTILIZED.
10:38:48AM MOST OF THOSE ARE YOUR SURFACE PARKING LOTS WHICH CAN BE
10:38:51AM UNDER A VARIETY OF OWNERSHIPS.
10:38:53AM PUBLIC/PRIVATE, THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES.
10:38:56AM RELATED TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION, WE TALKED TO VERY
10:39:01AM PASSIONATE STAKEHOLDERS AND HISTORIANS IN AND AROUND THE
10:39:04AM DOWNTOWN CRA.
10:39:06AM THEY MENTION THAT WHILE THERE WERE SOME STRUCTURES THAT WERE
10:39:09AM UP TO CODE, UP TO SNUFF, OTHER STRUCTURES THAT WERE NOT WIND
10:39:14AM LOADED PROPERLY THAT WOULD TAKE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF
10:39:18AM CAPITAL IN ORDER TO BRING UP TO SPECIFIC CODE.
10:39:20AM AND THEN THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO BE REUSED IN A WAY THAT
10:39:24AM HONORED THEIR HERITAGE.
10:39:26AM ROUNDING OUT THE LAST TWO YEAR, FOR URBAN DESIGN, WE DID DO
10:39:30AM A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE CITY'S REGULATORY DOCUMENTS
10:39:34AM THAT GOVERN THE AESTHETIC QUALITY OF DOWNTOWN.
10:39:39AM CITY CENTER PLAN, VISION TAMPA, THE PREVIOUS CRA VISION PLAN
10:39:44AM AS WELL.
10:39:44AM WHEN WE SPOKE TO STAKEHOLDERS, IT WAS REVEALED THAT WHILE
10:39:49AM ZONING OBVIOUSLY TAKES PRECEDENCE, THERE ISN'T NECESSARILY A
10:39:53AM COMMUNICATED FEEL IN AND AROUND THE DOWNTOWN.
10:39:57AM CHANGE BLOCK TO BLOCK, DEVELOPER TO DEVELOPER, AND THEY WERE
10:40:00AM LOOKING FOR A UNIFIED DOCUMENT TO HELP WITH THAT.
10:40:03AM ROUNDING THINGS OUT WITH ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE, WE
10:40:06AM DID START THIS PLAN WITH THE BACKDROP OF HURRICANE IAN.
10:40:09AM SO WE LOOKED AT THE DEVASTATION IN CITIES JUST SOUTH OF US.
10:40:15AM I BELIEVE TAMPA NARROWLY MISSED A DIRECT HIT.
10:40:17AM HASN'T BEEN DIRECTLY HIT BY A HURRICANE IN A LONG TIME.
10:40:20AM SO WE WANTED TO UNDERSTAND IF THERE WAS A HIGHER RISK FOR AN
10:40:26AM ADMINISTRATIVE AREA SURROUNDED ON THREE SIDES BY WATER AND
10:40:29AM HAS AN ISLAND.
10:40:30AM WE DID FIND THAT IN THE EVENT OF A CATEGORY 3 STORM SURGE
10:40:33AM THAT 95% OF ASSETS WOULD BE AT RISK.
10:40:35AM SO WITH ALL THAT IN MIND, WE KNEW THAT THE CRP HAD TO
10:40:44AM ADDRESS THREE PRIMARY GOALS.
10:40:45AM THE FIRST, IT NEEDED TO IDENTIFY -- EXCUSE ME, IT NEEDED TO
10:40:49AM ADDRESS THE NEEDS IDENTIFIED IN THE EXISTING CONDITIONS
10:40:52AM ANALYSIS.
10:40:53AM SO WE WITNESS MOMENTS WHEN THERE WERE OUTSIDE FUNDING
10:40:57AM REQUESTS THAT COULD NOT MATCH THE CURRENT CRP BECAUSE IT WAS
10:41:01AM WRITTEN IN 1983.
10:41:03AM IT'S JUST NOT UPDATED ENOUGH.
10:41:04AM THE DATA WAS NOT THERE TO SUPPORT IT AND THERE WAS SOME
10:41:10AM PULLING AT STRINGS TRYING TO GET THAT TO WORK.
10:41:13AM WE ALSO WANTED A PLAN THAT WOULD ALIGN WITH DEPARTMENT
10:41:15AM GOALS.
10:41:16AM KNOWING THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS RESTRUCTURED AND THEN
10:41:20AM FORMING THAT AROUND THE FINDING OF NECESSITY AND SOLVING
10:41:23AM THOSE MISMATCHES IN FUNDING AND WHAT THE MARKET WANTED TO
10:41:26AM DO.
10:41:27AM FINALLY, WE WANTED THE PLAN TO BEND BUT NOT BREAK UNDER KIND
10:41:31AM OF THE DYNAMISM AND THE AMOUNT OF DISCUSSION THAT'S GOING
10:41:37AM AROUND IN TERMS OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE CRA.
10:41:41AM SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M PRESENTING TO YOU, BUT WE'VE
10:41:44AM ACTUALLY LISTENED IN ON A FEW OF THESE MEETINGS.
10:41:46AM WE KNOW THAT THERE'S AN UPCOMING BOARD VOTE AND THINGS ALONG
10:41:50AM THOSE LINES THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER, AND WE WANTED TO HONOR
10:41:53AM THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE BUILT A PLAN THAT WAS RESILIENT
10:41:56AM TO THAT.
10:41:56AM AGAIN, FOCUSING ON GOALS, POLICIES, AND ACTIONS, I DID WANT
10:42:03AM TO ILLUSTRATE KIND OF WHERE WE ARE OVERALL IN THE PROCESS.
10:42:06AM SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT INTAKE, STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS,
10:42:09AM EXISTING CONDITIONS, THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES.
10:42:12AM WE ORGANIZED THOSE THEMES BASED OFF OF GOALS THAT THE CRA
10:42:16AM DEPARTMENT HAVE COMMUNICATED TO US AS WELL AS THE FINDING
10:42:20AM NECESSITY.
10:42:21AM AS WE MENTIONED, WE FORMULATED THOSE INTO EMERGING NEEDS
10:42:26AM THAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH.
10:42:28AM NOW ENDED ON GOALS, POLICIES AND ACTIONS.
10:42:30AM THIS IS WHAT MAKES THE PLAN ACTIONABLE.
10:42:32AM ITEMS THAT THE AGENCY WOULD BE ABLE TO DIRECT AND
10:42:39AM COMMUNICATE TO THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ENTITIES IN ORDER TO
10:42:44AM INFLUENCE THEIR REQUESTS AND THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES.
10:42:48AM AS COURTNEY MENTIONED, WE DID WANT TO FORM A PROCESS THAT
10:42:52AM BLENDED INTO THE OVERALL CRA PROCESS FOR THOSE OUTSIDE
10:42:57AM FUNDING REQUESTS, AND SOMETHING THAT FILTERED ITEMS THROUGH
10:43:01AM AND SCORED THEM AND RANKED THEM APPROPRIATELY SO YOU CAN SEE
10:43:06AM AND HEAR WHAT'S ILLUSTRATED.
10:43:08AM THE INTENTION IS WE GET THE OUTSIDE FUNDING REQUESTS.
10:43:10AM THEY ARE FILTERED THROUGH THE GOALS, POLICIES, AND ACTIONS
10:43:13AM AS DEFINED IN THE PLAN.
10:43:15AM THEY ARE GIVEN A SCORE, WHICH I'LL GO OVER IN THE NEXT
10:43:18AM COUPLE OF SLIDES.
10:43:19AM FROM THAT SCORE, YOU CAN CREATE A RANKINGS LIST BASED OFF OF
10:43:24AM WHAT YOU WANT TO REVIEW AND VOTE ON, THINGS ALONG THOSE
10:43:27AM LINES.
10:43:28AM I'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE VERY SIMPLE MATHEMATICS RELATED TO
10:43:36AM THE SCORING SYSTEM.
10:43:38AM WHAT I'LL MENTION HERE IS THAT WE ARE STILL IN A BIT OF A
10:43:41AM BETA TESTING MODE, SO WE'RE HAVING OUR STAKEHOLDERS REVIEW
10:43:45AM THIS AS WELL CONCURRENTLY.
10:43:46AM BUT THE FIRST THING THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW IS THAT EACH NEEDS
10:43:50AM CATEGORY HAS A MAXIMUM OF FIVE TOTAL RAW POINTS THAT CAN BE
10:43:54AM ATTRIBUTED TO IT, MEANING THAT OUTSIDE FUNDING SOURCE CAN
10:43:57AM COME IN AND THEY WOULD EVALUATE THEMSELVES BASED OFF OF HOW
10:44:01AM MANY STRATEGIC ACTIONS THAT WERE ACTUALLY APPLIED TO THAT
10:44:06AM PROJECT.
10:44:07AM FROM THERE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HERE HOW THAT ORDER OF THE
10:44:12AM NEEDS CATEGORIES IS STARTING TO MAKE SENSE.
10:44:14AM THOSE FIVE TOTAL RAW POINTS ARE THEN APPLIED TO A WEIGHTED
10:44:18AM MULTIPLIER.
10:44:19AM THAT IS IN ACCORDANCE TO THE PRIORITY WE RECEIVED FROM THE
10:44:24AM PUBLIC, FROM THE STAKEHOLDERS, AND FROM CRA STAFF.
10:44:26AM YOU CAN SEE THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING HAS THE HIGHEST WEIGHT
10:44:29AM OF 7 FOR THE HIGHEST TOTAL POINTS, WHICH WOULD BE 35 ALL THE
10:44:35AM WAY DOWN TO ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND RANGING IN
10:44:38AM BETWEEN.
10:44:38AM LET'S SAY A PROJECT COMES ALONG FOR A VOTE.
10:44:45AM IF IT HITS ON EVERY SINGLE NEEDS CATEGORY, IT QUALIFIES FOR
10:44:49AM EVERY SINGLE STRATEGIC ACTION THAT HAS A TOTAL POSSIBLE OF
10:44:53AM 100 POINTS AS THE PERFECT PROJECT.
10:44:55AM THE INTENTION HERE IS THAT BY THE TIME IT COMES TO THE BOARD
10:45:02AM PRESENTATION, THAT THESE PROJECTS HAVE GONE THROUGH A
10:45:04AM CERTAIN LEVEL OF SCRUTINY, THAT THERE'S BEEN -- THEY HAVE
10:45:08AM BEEN IN A FEEDBACK LOOP WITH CRA STAFF, WITH THE CAC AND
10:45:13AM WITH THE OVERALL CRP PLAN.
10:45:16AM IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A BETTER PRODUCT BY THE TIME IT GETS TO
10:45:22AM YOU, YOU HAVE THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT YOU
10:45:24AM NEED IN ORDER TO VOTE ON IT AND YOU CAN BE ASSURED THAT IT
10:45:28AM FOLLOWS THE CRP.
10:45:31AM WITHIN YOUR PROVIDED DOCUMENTS IN HERE AS WELL, WE HAVE
10:45:38AM RECOMMENDED LANGUAGE.
10:45:40AM THIS IS ONE OF I BELIEVE THREE GOALS OF THE AFFORDABLE AND
10:45:43AM ATTAINABLE HOUSING SECTION.
10:45:44AM YOU CAN SEE HOW IT'S BEGINNING TO BE STRUCTURED.
10:45:47AM SO THE GOAL IS THE LARGER STATEMENT THAT'S GOING TO GUIDE
10:45:51AM THOSE PROJECTS AND THIS PARTICULAR DIRECTION AND THE
10:45:54AM STRATEGIC ACTIONS WHERE YOU GET THOSE POINTS OR THOSE
10:45:57AM MINUTIA, THOSE SPECIFIC DETAILS IN WHICH YOU CAN DIRECT
10:46:01AM THOSE PROJECTS TO BE MORE IN LINE WITH THE PLAN AND MORE IN
10:46:05AM LINE WITH THE AGENCY GOALS.
10:46:07AM WITH THAT, OUR IMMEDIATE NEXT STEPS ARE AGAIN TO MEET WITH
10:46:13AM OUR STAKEHOLDERS, MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS CLARITY, EASE OF
10:46:19AM USE, THAT THE GOALS AND STRATEGIC ACTIONS ARE READING WELL.
10:46:21AM WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE BEING INTEGRATED OR WE
10:46:24AM ARE ABLE TO HAND OVER A PLAN THAT CAN BE BLENDED IN WITH
10:46:28AM CURRENT CRA PROCESSES.
10:46:31AM WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SPECIFIC PROJECT
10:46:36AM TYPOLOGIES AND COMPARISONS ARE AT AN EQUAL PLAYING FIELD.
10:46:40AM ONE THING YOU MIGHT BE THINKING ABOUT IS IF A STREETSCAPE
10:46:44AM PROJECT COMES THROUGH THAT MAY NOT TOUCH ON AFFORDABLE
10:46:46AM HOUSING, MAY NOT TOUCH ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE,
10:46:50AM THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT WE WANT TO REFINE DOWN OUR GOALS TO
10:46:55AM ADDRESS WHAT'S NEEDED IN THE CRA, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO DO
10:47:00AM THAT TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE DISCRIMINATING AGAINST
10:47:02AM PROJECTS.
10:47:03AM WE'RE KIND OF EXPERIMENTING IN TERMS OF HOW TO MAKE SURE
10:47:07AM THAT THE PLAYING FIELD IS EVEN FOR THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS.
10:47:10AM AND THEN ZOOMING OUT TO THE TOTAL TIMELINE, AFTER THIS
10:47:15AM PRESENTATION, WE'LL FINALIZE EVERYTHING.
10:47:18AM IT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE RELEVANT REVIEWERS.
10:47:23AM GO THROUGH LEGAL.
10:47:24AM I BELIEVE IT HAS TO GO TO THE COUNTY AS WELL.
10:47:27AM THEN WE'RE ANTICIPATING A BOARD VOTE ON THE OVERALL PLAN IN
10:47:30AM JUNE OF THIS YEAR.
10:47:31AM WITH THAT, THAT IS THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
10:47:34AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
10:47:35AM BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:47:36AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:47:37AM THAT WAS A VERY THOROUGH AND DETAILED PRESENTATION.
10:47:42AM TO CONTINUE ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT COUNCILMAN MIRANDA
10:47:45AM MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT YBOR CITY, THINGS HAVE CHANGED.
10:47:51AM IF YOU GO BACK 150 YEARS AGO, THIS USED TO BE WHERE WE'RE AT
10:47:55AM NOW WAS A HOUSE.
10:47:56AM IT WAS RESIDENTIAL.
10:47:57AM THEN IT BECAME CITY HALL AND BEEN CITY HALL, POLICE STATION,
10:48:00AM WHATEVER ITERATION SINCE.
10:48:02AM DOWNTOWN WAS DOWNTOWN.
10:48:04AM IT WAS THE CENTER OF TAMPA, BUT AS TAMPA GREW, WE SPREAD
10:48:09AM OUT.
10:48:09AM SO A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED REGARDING
10:48:13AM ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
10:48:17AM IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST TIME WE HAD A MAJOR STORM COME IN
10:48:20AM AND THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER STORMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT
10:48:22AM I'LL GO BACK TO 1921, THE PHOTOS YOU SEE ARE OF FLOODED
10:48:27AM DOWNTOWN WITH PEOPLE IN CANOES GOING DOWN THE STREETS.
10:48:30AM CALL IT TAMPA HEIGHTS AND SEMINOLE HEIGHTS BECAUSE IF YOU GO
10:48:33AM NORTH, YOU SEE THE ROAD RISE UP.
10:48:35AM SO YOU'RE AWAY FROM THE SWAMPS AND THE FLOODING.
10:48:37AM THIS AREA HAS -- IT WAS NOT BUILT PROPERLY, BUT GO BACK TO
10:48:43AM TAMPA TOWN, THE TOWNSHIP, WHATEVER IT WAS IN 1855, THE
10:48:48AM SETTLEMENT, FORT BROOKE, WHATEVER.
10:48:50AM THAT WAS TAMPA AT THE TIME AND THEN IT GREW FROM THERE.
10:48:52AM WHEN IT COMES TO ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE, I'VE SEEN BAD
10:48:56AM STORMS AND I'VE SEEN MANHOLE COVERS FLOATING BECAUSE THE
10:49:00AM WATER IS BACKING UP.
10:49:01AM I'VE SEEN ROADS FLOODING HERE.
10:49:03AM THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN INVEST IN, BUT CAN ONLY DO SO
10:49:06AM MUCH BECAUSE OF THE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION.
10:49:09AM JUST LIKE SOUTH TAMPA, MUCH OF IT IS A BASIN.
10:49:12AM I CAN GO ON AND ON.
10:49:13AM WHEN IT COMES TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION, IT'S BEEN A COMPLETE
10:49:17AM AND TOTAL FAILURE HERE IN DOWNTOWN TAMPA.
10:49:20AM SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT DOWNTOWN DECLINED IN THE '70s AND
10:49:24AM '80s.
10:49:24AM IF YOU GO BACK TO WHEN JOHN F. KENNEDY VISITED HERE IN 1963,
10:49:29AM PHOTOS OF HIM COMING DOWN FRANKLIN STREET.
10:49:32AM THE BUILDINGS YOU SEE IN THE BACKGROUND ARE THERE, BUT
10:49:34AM DOWNTOWN WAS STARTING TO DECLINE.
10:49:36AM IT WASN'T BECAUSE THE INTERSTATE WAS COMING THROUGH, 1958,
10:49:40AM IF YOU GO TO THE FRONT PAGE OF THE TAMPA TRIBUNE, THEY TALK
10:49:43AM ABOUT THE HIGHWAY COMING THROUGH, DIVIDING MANY OF TAMPA'S
10:49:45AM NEIGHBORHOODS.
10:49:46AM THIS APPLIES TO YBOR CITY, AS WE TALKED ABOUT.
10:49:49AM PEOPLE LEFT THE DOWNTOWN CORE.
10:49:52AM AREAS LIKE WESTSHORE GOT DEVELOPED.
10:49:54AM THE MALLS GOT BUILT.
10:49:56AM BRITTON PLAZA.
10:49:57AM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA TOUCHED ON ALL THOSE.
10:49:59AM IT WAS THE CONVENIENCE OF PARKING AND THE AUTOMOBILE AND THE
10:50:02AM FREEDOM OF THE CAR.
10:50:03AM AND THIS IS IN LINE WITH THE GREAT STREETCAR DISAPPEARANCE.
10:50:08AM PEOPLE WANTED THE CONVENIENCE AND IT TOOK A LONG TIME FOR
10:50:11AM PEOPLE TO SAY, A NEW GENERATION TO SAY WE WANT TO FOCUS AND
10:50:14AM INVEST IN THE URBAN CORE AND NOT SO MUCH IN THE URBAN
10:50:17AM SPRAWL.
10:50:17AM WE'RE SEEING THAT NOW.
10:50:19AM HOWEVER, SO MUCH HAS BEEN LOST ALONG THOSE LINES.
10:50:22AM MY MOTHER CAME DOWN HERE IN THE '60s, DOWN FRANKLIN STREET
10:50:26AM ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON, YOU WOULD SEE ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND
10:50:29AM EVERYBODY YOU KNEW.
10:50:30AM ALL THE DEPARTMENT STORES.
10:50:31AM THE TAMPA THEATRE, THE FLORIDA THEATER, PLACES THAT I CAN'T
10:50:33AM SHOW YOU.
10:50:34AM I'VE STUDIED THESE AND I KNOW THESE FROM PHOTOS.
10:50:36AM BUT THOSE BUILDINGS GOT DEMOLISHED.
10:50:40AM WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE, I WAS A YEAR AT UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA
10:50:43AM BEFORE I WENT TO HCC IN YBOR AND USF.
10:50:46AM I MET MY FRIENDS AT UT.
10:50:49AM SOME LIVED ON CAMPUS.
10:50:50AM WHAT DID WE DO?
10:50:51AM BECAUSE I ALWAYS LOVED HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND OLD
10:50:54AM BUILDINGS.
10:50:55AM I SAID WHY DON'T WE WALK ACROSS KENNEDY AND GO TO DOWNTOWN.
10:50:58AM I WOULD BE ADMIRING THE KRESS BUILDING WHICH IS STILL THERE.
10:51:02AM THE MAAS BROTHERS BUILDING, WHICH IS CLOSED AND IS NO LONGER
10:51:05AM THERE.
10:51:06AM I WOULD ADMIRE GOODY GOODY.
10:51:09AM IT WAS THERE UNTIL LIKE 2005.
10:51:11AM THESE ARE ALL THE OLD PLACES.
10:51:13AM I'M THINKING WHAT WAS IT LIKE THEN?
10:51:15AM FAST-FORWARD, A LOT OF THOSE BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN DEMOLISHED.
10:51:18AM MAAS BROTHERS IS A PARKING LOT.
10:51:20AM FRANKLIN STREET IS NOT THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR.
10:51:22AM WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ORIGINAL STUDY FROM THE 1980s, THE
10:51:25AM SLOGAN WAS TAMPA, AMERICA'S NEXT GREAT CITY.
10:51:29AM PAST LEADERS HAVE TAUGHT AMERICA'S NEXT GREAT CITY BUT TOOK
10:51:34AM SO LONG.
10:51:35AM A MOVIE FILMED IN TAMPA IN THE EARLY 1970s.
10:51:38AM ONE OF THE SCENES, FORGET THE TITLE.
10:51:39AM IT'S A HORROR MOVIE.
10:51:41AM ONE OF THE SCENES IS FROM 1973.
10:51:45AM IT SHOWS THE GUY AT THE HUB, WHICH IS NO LONGER THERE,
10:51:48AM WALKING DOWN FRANKLIN STREET AT NIGHT AND THERE'S NOBODY
10:51:51AM DOWNTOWN.
10:51:52AM NOBODY THERE.
10:51:52AM DOWNTOWN WAS DYING IN THE '70s AND '80s.
10:51:55AM WHEN I WOULD COME DOWN HERE WITH MY DAD IN THE EARLY '90s,
10:51:59AM I COULDN'T DRIVE BECAUSE I WAS A KID, WE WOULD VISIT A GUY
10:52:02AM AT A MUSIC SHOP.
10:52:03AM THE MUSIC SHOP BUILDING IS STILL THERE.
10:52:05AM MUSIC STORE IS NOT THERE.
10:52:06AM HE WOULD BE INSIDE TALKING AND I WOULD WALK AROUND AND IT
10:52:08AM WAS AN ANTIQUE STORE.
10:52:10AM THE BUILDING IS DEMOLISHED.
10:52:11AM SO MANY THINGS.
10:52:14AM I REMEMBER MEETING A GENTLEMAN AND HE TELLS ME, THIS IS LIKE
10:52:17AM 25 YEARS AGO, I COULD HAVE BOUGHT THE KRESS BUILDING
10:52:22AM DOWNTOWN FOR $250,000.
10:52:25AM AND I GO, WHY DIDN'T YOU?
10:52:26AM AND HE GOES, AND DO WHAT?
10:52:26AM SPEND A MILLION DOLLARS TO BRING IT TO CODE?
10:52:30AM IT IS VACANT TODAY, ALTHOUGH THINGS ARE HAPPENING WITH IT.
10:52:33AM ANYWAY, HOUSING IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS.
10:52:37AM THE ARMY NAVY SITE WHERE WE CAN BUILD AND GROW FROM THERE.
10:52:41AM MY TIME HAS RUN OUT.
10:52:43AM THANK YOU.
10:52:46AM >>BILL CARLSON: GUIDO BRINGS BACK A LOT OF MEMORIES.
10:52:48AM OLDER THAN GUIDO.
10:52:49AM MY PARENTS WOULD BRING ME DOWNTOWN SHOPPING.
10:52:52AM CHARLIE PROBABLY HAS A LOT OF GREAT MEMORIES OF THAT.
10:52:55AM BEFORE MALLS YOU WOULD GO SHOPPING IN DOWNTOWN.
10:52:57AM IT WAS A GREAT PLACE BUT STARTING TO DECLINE BY THE TIME I
10:53:05AM WAS A KID.
10:53:06AM THANK YOU TO YOU AND THE STAFF FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
10:53:09AM I WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE THE OTHER DAY, THIS IS A WAY POINT
10:53:13AM AND NOT COMING BACK INTO US WITH FINAL STUFF.
10:53:17AM YOU'RE EXPLAINING THE PROCESS WHICH I THINK IS EXACTLY WHAT
10:53:19AM WE NEED TO DO WITH THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY.
10:53:21AM I JUST WANT TO ASK A FEW QUICK QUESTIONS AND THEN ALSO MAKE
10:53:28AM A FEW QUICK COMMENTS.
10:53:29AM IN THE GENERAL OPINION THAT YOU ALL HAVE TODAY LOOKING AT
10:53:35AM DOWNTOWN, DO YOU THINK IF WE DID NOT HAVE A CRA, WOULD
10:53:38AM DOWNTOWN QUALIFY FOR A NEW CRA TODAY?
10:53:43AM >> THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.
10:53:44AM I SUPPOSE THAT ISN'T NECESSARILY UNDER OUR PURVIEW IN TERMS
10:53:49AM OF DETERMINING WHAT THE BOUNDARIES ARE FOR A SPECIFIC CRA.
10:53:52AM I MENTIONED BEFORE THAT WE ARE BOUND BY CHAPTER 163 PART 3,
10:53:57AM WHICH DEFINES THE SLUM AND BLIGHT CONDITIONS.
10:54:00AM AND WE DID FIND THAT THERE WERE ELEMENTS WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN
10:54:03AM THAT QUALIFIED FOR THAT DEFINITION.
10:54:06AM >>BILL CARLSON: WHERE IS THAT?
10:54:07AM IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SEE THAT ON THE MAP.
10:54:09AM >> SURE.
10:54:10AM GREAT TO KNOW AND GREAT FEEDBACK.
10:54:12AM I'LL SAY THAT WITHIN THE FINAL PLAN THAT THERE WILL BE
10:54:15AM SPECIFIC FOCUS AREAS THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE.
10:54:19AM MOST OF THAT IS GOING TO BE NORTH OF POLK STREET, SO CLOSER
10:54:23AM TO I-275 THERE IS A REALLY LARGE ROW OF PARKING LOTS THAT
10:54:29AM KIND OF CAME OUT DURING THE DATA AND ANALYSIS AS WELL AS
10:54:33AM PORTIONS OF WEST --
10:54:35AM >>BILL CARLSON: I'LL INTERRUPT YOU SO I DON'T RUN OUT OF
10:54:37AM TIME BECAUSE THEY ARE TIMING ME.
10:54:39AM BACK TO 163, YOU TALK ABOUT THE FINDING OF NECESSITY.
10:54:45AM ATTORNEYS CAN BRIEF US, BUT BESIDES SLUM AND BLIGHT, I WOULD
10:54:49AM LIKE TO INCLUDE THE OTHER CATEGORIES.
10:54:51AM ONE OF THEM IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
10:54:53AM I KNOW DISEASE IS IN THERE.
10:54:56AM I THINK THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS PART OF IT.
10:54:59AM >> COMMUNITY POLICING INNOVATION.
10:55:01AM >>BILL CARLSON: SLUM AND BLIGHT GIVES A BIAS TOWARD REAL
10:55:06AM ESTATE AND THE OTHER ONES SHOW THINGS THAT MIGHT CONNECT
10:55:10AM WITH PEOPLE MORE.
10:55:11AM IN YOUR CATEGORIZATION, I LIKE THE CATEGORIES YOU HAVE, BUT
10:55:19AM ONE OF THEM IS LAND USE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
10:55:22AM BY THE DESCRIPTION YOU HAVE UNDERNEATH IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT
10:55:24AM IS JUST LAND USE.
10:55:25AM I WOULD SUGGEST TAKING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OUT.
10:55:28AM I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S HELD THE CITY OF TAMPA BACK
10:55:30AM FOR THE LAST 10 OR 20 YEARS IS THAT WE THINK THAT LAND USE
10:55:34AM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARE THE SAME THING.
10:55:36AM BUT REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT EQUAL ECONOMIC
10:55:39AM DEVELOPMENT.
10:55:39AM I SEE IT AS A SUBSET OF IT.
10:55:41AM IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MORE BROADLY
10:55:44AM WHICH I THINK WE'RE PARTLY LIMITED TO BY 163, LOOKING AT
10:55:48AM THAT MORE BROADLY, MAYBE YOU WOULD MAKE IT ECONOMIC
10:55:50AM DEVELOPMENT.
10:55:51AM I JUST OBJECT TO COMBINING THE TWO BECAUSE IT GETS US STUCK
10:55:54AM WHERE WE HAVE BEEN THE LAST 15 YEARS.
10:55:56AM AND THEN YOU TALKED ABOUT ALIGNING WITH DEPARTMENT GOALS.
10:56:04AM AS WE THINK THROUGH THAT, THE CITY HAS GOALS.
10:56:06AM WE'RE ALSO CITY COUNCIL.
10:56:09AM THE CRA HAS GOALS.
10:56:10AM I LOOK AT THE CRA AS A MORE NIMBLE ENTREPRENEURIAL
10:56:14AM ORGANIZATION THAT CAN MOVE FAST AND GET THINGS DONE, BUT WE
10:56:17AM ALSO HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES.
10:56:19AM SO I THINK WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE UNIQUE ROLE OF
10:56:22AM THE CRA WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AND IT SHOULD NOT
10:56:25AM CONTRADICT WHAT THE CITY IS DOING, BUT IT DOESN'T
10:56:28AM NECESSARILY HAVE TO BOLT ON TO WHAT THE CITY IS DOING
10:56:32AM EITHER.
10:56:33AM IN SOME OF YOUR DATA, YOU TALKED ABOUT -- I WON'T ASK THESE
10:56:36AM AS QUESTIONS YET SO IT DOESN'T TAKE UP TOO MUCH TIME.
10:56:39AM IN JOBS I THINK YOU SAID 83,000 JOBS.
10:56:42AM I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LINE GRAPH GOING BACK 10 OR 15 YEARS
10:56:46AM TO SEE HOW THAT COMPARES TO BEFORE, ESPECIALLY POST COVID,
10:56:50AM WHAT THE COVID IMPACT WAS.
10:56:52AM CRIME, WE KNOW THAT CITYWIDE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE FBI
10:56:56AM STATISTICS, CRIME SHOT UP I THINK 64%.
10:56:59AM VIOLENT CRIME RATE FROM 2019 TO 2021.
10:57:01AM IT'S COME DOWN ABOUT 4% SINCE THEN.
10:57:04AM BUT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING ALSO TO SEE THAT IN CONTEXT IN A
10:57:08AM LINE GRAPH GOING BACK.
10:57:10AM YOU TALKED ABOUT 60% TAX INCREASE.
10:57:14AM SEEMS TO ME IF GOING BACK TO 1983, IT WOULD BE MUCH MORE
10:57:17AM THAN THAT.
10:57:18AM MAYBE IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE A LINE GRAPH ALSO GOING
10:57:21AM BACK TO '83 ABOUT WHAT WAS THE PROPERTY TAX CAPTURED IN
10:57:25AM THESE AREAS.
10:57:26AM THE LAST THING IS THAT I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE AND WE'LL TALK
10:57:29AM ABOUT IT AGAIN IN A MONTH.
10:57:31AM THE THING FOR DOWNTOWN, WE'VE GOT TO HAVE ANOTHER TEST THAT
10:57:35AM GOES ON TOP OF ALL THIS.
10:57:37AM THE TEST IS THAT IF YOU ARE STANDING IN FRONT OF SOMEBODY'S
10:57:40AM HOUSE AND THE ROAD IS ABSOLUTELY FALLING APART, YOU'VE GOT
10:57:43AM TO EXPLAIN THAT WHAT WE'RE INVESTING IN DOWNTOWN IS MORE
10:57:47AM IMPORTANT THAN FIXING THE ROADS.
10:57:48AM THE OTHER THING, WE HAVE PEOPLE YOU SAW THIS MORNING TALKING
10:57:51AM ABOUT EAST TAMPA, SULPHUR SPRINGS, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO
10:57:54AM STAND IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND SAY WHAT WE'RE SPENDING
10:57:57AM MONEY ON DOWNTOWN IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT WE WOULD SPEND
10:57:59AM ON IN SULPHUR SPRINGS OR EAST TAMPA.
10:58:02AM THAT HAS TO BE PART OF THE EQUATION BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY IS
10:58:04AM AWAKE NOW TO HOW THIS MONEY IN DOWNTOWN IS BEING SPENT.
10:58:08AM IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NICE TO HAVE, THE COMMUNITY IS NOT
10:58:11AM GOING TO LIKE THAT ANYMORE.
10:58:13AM THEY DON'T WANT THEIR TAXES INCREASED.
10:58:15AM THEY DON'T WANT LOTS OF BONDING, AND THEY WANT US TO SPEND
10:58:18AM THE MONEY CAREFULLY.
10:58:20AM AND WITH THAT ALSO I THINK WE NEED TO EMPOWER.
10:58:23AM I TALKED TO ERICA ABOUT THIS.
10:58:25AM TALK ABOUT IT IN HER PRESENTATION, BUT WE NEED TO EMPOWER
10:58:28AM THE STAFF TO SAY NO AND MAKE IT A HARD -- WHAT I MEAN IS WE
10:58:32AM NEED TO NARROWLY DEFINE WHAT THE CRITERIA IS SO THAT STAFF
10:58:34AM CAN GIVE AN EMPHATIC NO AND VERY FEW WAYS THAT PEOPLE CAN GO
10:58:40AM AROUND STAFF AND COME TO THE CRA BOARD.
10:58:42AM BECAUSE IT TAKES TOO MUCH OF OUR TIME AND PUBLIC'S TIME TO
10:58:45AM HAVE PEOPLE BRINGING PROJECTS THAT DON'T MATCH THE CRITERIA
10:58:48AM IN THE WAY IT'S SET UP.
10:58:51AM THANK YOU.
10:58:51AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER HURTAK AND BOARD MEMBER
10:58:54AM CLENDENIN, BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
10:58:56AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
10:58:56AM COULD YOU GO BACK A COUPLE OF SLIDES?
10:59:00AM YEAH, RIGHT HERE.
10:59:02AM WILL WE BE GETTING A COPY OF THESE GOALS AND STRATEGIC
10:59:07AM ACTION PLANS?
10:59:08AM LIKE THE ONES -- THE DRAFT LANGUAGE ONES?
10:59:12AM >> YES.
10:59:14AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WAS GOING TO SAY BECAUSE THAT IS KIND OF
10:59:19AM WHAT I NEED IN ORDER TO GO FORWARD.
10:59:21AM I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE GOALS ARE.
10:59:23AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: JUST EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT THE PROCESS
10:59:24AM BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THE MIDST OF DRAFTING THE PLAN.
10:59:27AM WHEN THEY ARE READY TO PRESENT THE FINAL PLAN, IT WILL COME
10:59:32AM FIRST TO THIS BOARD FOR YOU ALL TO REVIEW AND ACCEPT FOR
10:59:35AM PROCESSING IF YOU FEEL IT'S READY TO GO.
10:59:38AM BEFORE IT GOES TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, BEFORE IT GOES
10:59:41AM BACK TO YOU ALL FOR RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL, BEFORE IT
10:59:47AM COMES TO YOU FOR ADOPTION AS CITY COUNCIL, YOU'LL HAVE
10:59:51AM SEVERAL TIMES TO REVIEW AND TO DISCUSS THAT.
10:59:53AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
10:59:54AM BUT THAT'S SORT OF MY CONCERN.
10:59:55AM I DON'T WANT THE NEXT TIME -- I DON'T WANT THE FIRST TIME WE
10:59:59AM SEE THESE GOALS TO BE AT THIS NEXT MEETING.
11:00:02AM I WANT THEM AHEAD OF TIME.
11:00:05AM I WANT TO DIGEST THEM.
11:00:06AM I WANT TO DISCUSS THEM SO THAT WHEN YOU COME TO US WE ARE
11:00:09AM PREPARED.
11:00:10AM I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS.
11:00:12AM HOWEVER THAT WORKS.
11:00:13AM BUT I WANT A LITTLE MORE KNOWLEDGE.
11:00:17AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: THE TIME FRAME IS NOT MANDATED AT ALL.
11:00:20AM IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE A PRESENTATION OF THE DRAFT BEFORE YOU
11:00:24AM ACTUALLY ACT ON IT, THAT CAN BE DONE AS WELL.
11:00:27AM >>LYNN HURTAK: NO, NO, I DON'T THINK THAT.
11:00:29AM AGAIN, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE IT, DIGEST IT AND KIND OF
11:00:31AM TALK ABOUT IT BEFORE IT COMES SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO A
11:00:34AM SECOND ONE.
11:00:35AM THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO TRY TO PREVENT BECAUSE AS BOARD MEMBER
11:00:40AM CARLSON SAID, THAT HAPPENS A LOT HERE.
11:00:43AM BUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT I THINK IS VERY
11:00:48AM INTERESTING ABOUT WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT AND THE KEY FOR ME
11:00:52AM IS UNDERUTILIZED LAND AND BUILDINGS AND HOW WE ACTIVATE
11:00:56AM THEM.
11:00:57AM JUST HAD A CONVERSATION ON TUESDAY, A BUNCH OF US GOT
11:01:01AM TOGETHER, TALK ABOUT NEBRASKA AVENUE CORRIDOR.
11:01:04AM AND ONE OF THE THINGS WAS, HOW DO WE ACTIVATE UNDERUTILIZED
11:01:09AM DERELICT BUILDINGS AND OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE IT.
11:01:12AM I KNOW THERE'S GOT TO BE A WAY.
11:01:14AM I WOULD REALLY LOVE SOME INPUT ON THAT BECAUSE WE REALLY
11:01:17AM STRUGGLE.
11:01:17AM WE HAVE ALL THESE BUILDINGS THAT JUST SIT, AND THEY ARE JUST
11:01:24AM -- IT'S DEMOLITION BY NEGLECT.
11:01:27AM WE HAVE A REAL PROBLEM WITH THAT.
11:01:29AM SO REALLY WORKING ON AND GIVING US SOME SOLUTIONS ON HOW WE
11:01:33AM GO FORWARD.
11:01:34AM IF WE CAN GET SOME IDEAS FOR DOWNTOWN, THEN WE CAN ALSO
11:01:37AM SPREAD THEM OUT THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE CITY.
11:01:41AM THAT'S THE REAL STOPPING POINT I SEE WITH DOWNTOWN AND THE
11:01:45AM CRP.
11:01:46AM I ALSO REALLY WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOUR FOCUS
11:01:51AM ON.
11:01:51AM IT'S HEARTENING I GUESS TO SEE THAT ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS
11:01:54AM REALLY AGREE THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A HUGE ISSUE.
11:01:57AM I DID NOT EXPECT IT TO BE AS HIGH AS IT WAS, AND I THINK
11:02:01AM THAT'S VERY TELLING AND VERY INTERESTING.
11:02:03AM I APPRECIATE THIS, AND LIKE I SAID, I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO
11:02:07AM SEEING THESE GOALS MOVING FORWARD.
11:02:10AM THIS IS GREAT.
11:02:11AM SEVEN POINTS OF FOCUS DO SEEM TO FIT IN WITH EXACTLY WHAT WE
11:02:16AM SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON.
11:02:17AM SO THANK YOU.
11:02:19AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
11:02:19AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SOMETIMES FUNNY HOW PEOPLE LOOK AT THINGS
11:02:22AM DIFFERENTLY, ALTHOUGH YOU ARE RIGHT IN MY HEAD.
11:02:24AM I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO ASK IN THIS PART OF THE DISCUSSION,
11:02:27AM I NEED TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE BRIEFING ON THIS, ONE ON ONE,
11:02:31AM BECAUSE SOME OF THE STUFF HIT ME LIKE A TON OF BRICKS.
11:02:34AM THIS IS KIND OF LIKE WHAT I HINTED ON IN THE YBOR CITY
11:02:41AM PRESENTATION ABOUT HOW IMPRESSED I WAS WITH THAT AND
11:02:43AM COMPARING IT TO PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS.
11:02:45AM SOME OF THIS IS JUST GOVERNMENT AT ITS WORST.
11:02:54AM I THINK IT IS AN OVERSIMPLIFICATION AND ALMOST A HIGH SCHOOL
11:02:59AM EFFORT ON ASSIGNING POINTS.
11:03:01AM I DON'T MEAN TO HURT PEOPLE'S FEELINGS.
11:03:03AM I KNOW PEOPLE PUT A LOT OF WORK IN THIS.
11:03:06AM BUT THESE ISSUES ARE SO MUCH MORE COMPLICATED THAN
11:03:09AM ARBITRARILY ASSIGNING POINT VALUES AND WEIGHTS AND COMING UP
11:03:14AM WITH A TOTAL.
11:03:16AM YOU KIND OF HINTED AT THAT LIKE ON STREETSCAPES.
11:03:20AM IT MAY BE A VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT, STREETSCAPES DOESN'T
11:03:23AM MEET THAT WEIGHTED SCALE.
11:03:25AM WHEN WE AS A BOARD, AS THE DECIDING FACTORS OF THE BOARD ARE
11:03:28AM PRESENTED WITH THE VERY SPECIFIC PROJECT, WE MAY APPROVE A
11:03:31AM VERY SPECIFIC PROJECT BECAUSE AT THAT MOMENT IN TIME, THAT'S
11:03:35AM WHAT IS IMPORTANT.
11:03:36AM AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE OF
11:03:40AM THE COST OF LAND AND ALL IN DOWNTOWN, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF
11:03:45AM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES.
11:03:48AM WE HAVE ONE SPECIFIC PROJECT THAT WE'RE TARGETING AND
11:03:50AM WORKING ON, BUT IT'S DIFFERENT TO PARLAY THAT ACROSS THE
11:03:54AM ENTIRE FOOTPRINT WHICH I THINK EVERYBODY RECOGNIZES BECAUSE
11:03:57AM OF THE COST OF THE DOWNTOWN CRA.
11:03:59AM IT'S DIFFICULT TO WEDGE THAT INTO AN ARBITRARY POINT VALUE
11:04:07AM SCALE.
11:04:08AM I THINK COMING UP WITH THE CRP THAT HAS GOALS AND VALUES
11:04:14AM THAT WE ALL SHARE AND THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE IS
11:04:18AM IMPORTANT IN MAKING THE VALUES CLEAR.
11:04:21AM BUT I THINK, AGAIN, EVERY SINGLE PROJECT STANDS ON ITS OWN.
11:04:26AM THEY ARE ALL SO INDEPENDENT.
11:04:27AM WHATEVER PROJECT COMES BEFORE THIS BOARD, WE WEIGHT THEM
11:04:31AM INDIVIDUALLY ON HOW IT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE THAT
11:04:35AM ARE LIVING IN THE CITY FIRST, THAT CURRENTLY LIVE IN THE
11:04:38AM CITY, AND HOW IT MEASE THE NEEDS OF THE FUTURE GROWTH OF THE
11:04:42AM CITY.
11:04:43AM I THINK COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO HIT, ENVIRONMENT AND
11:04:47AM RESILIENCY IN DOWNTOWN IS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT.
11:04:51AM FUNNY TO SEE IT SO LOW IN THE WEIGHTED SCALE.
11:04:56AM ANYWHERE DOWNTOWN IS ONE OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE AREAS OF
11:04:59AM THAT HISTORIC PRESERVATION DOWNTOWN.
11:05:01AM WE JUST SAW WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE
11:05:05AM HIGH-RISE AND SAVING THE FACADES.
11:05:08AM WHILE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF GREAT FACADES LEFT IN DOWNTOWN
11:05:11AM BECAUSE OF ALL THE DESTRUCTION THAT OCCURRED BY NEGLECT, AS
11:05:15AM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK SAID.
11:05:18AM I'M NOT AS OLD AS COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, BUT I'VE SEEN AN AWFUL
11:05:22AM LOT OF BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS DOWNTOWN --
11:05:24AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: [INAUDIBLE]
11:05:26AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT MAY BE A FACT.
11:05:27AM [ LAUGHTER ]
11:05:27AM I CAN'T DEBATE THAT TODAY.
11:05:29AM YOU GOT TO TAKE IT WHEN YOU CAN GET IT.
11:05:35AM I WEIGHT THAT, HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS SO IMPORTANT TO THE
11:05:42AM CULTURAL FABRIC OF A CITY.
11:05:44AM IT'S DIFFICULT TO SAY, AGAIN, THROUGH AN ARBITRARY POINT
11:05:47AM VALUE ON A SPECIFIC PROJECT WHEN TALKING ABOUT HOLDING ON TO
11:05:50AM THAT BUILDING OR HOLDING ON TO THAT REAL ESTATE AND HOW
11:05:54AM CRITICAL IT IS.
11:05:55AM WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF BLOCKS HERE OF SOME AMAZING FACADES
11:05:58AM THAT I WOULD HATE TO SEE VANISHED IN YEARS GONE BY BECAUSE
11:06:02AM OF A POINT SYSTEM THAT DIDN'T QUITE MAKE THE SCALE.
11:06:05AM THAT'S MY INPUT.
11:06:06AM AGAIN, I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THE ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS
11:06:10AM TO WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THIS TO CREATE A BETTER SYSTEM SO
11:06:13AM THAT WE CAN HAVE A FLEXIBLE SYSTEM THAT MEETS ALL THE NEEDS
11:06:19AM OF THE CITY.
11:06:19AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
11:06:21AM BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:06:21AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM.
11:06:24AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR DETAILED PRESENTATION.
11:06:25AM WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT OBVIOUSLY WENT
11:06:28AM INTO THIS WITH YOU AND STAFF ET CETERA.
11:06:30AM MY BIG CHALLENGE WITH THE DOWNTOWN CRA IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT
11:06:33AM SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN SPENDING FUNDS ON IN THE
11:06:36AM DOWNTOWN CRA, WE'RE NOT TREATING IT LIKE CRA.
11:06:38AM CRA IS SUPPOSED TO DEAL WITH SLUM AND BLIGHT, RIGHT AND SOME
11:06:42AM OF THE THINGS DEALT WITH RECENTLY IN THE DOWNTOWN CRA TO THE
11:06:45AM LEVEL THAT WE DEDICATED THEM I DON'T THINK REALLY GO TO THAT
11:06:49AM ISSUE.
11:06:49AM THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS
11:06:52AM WITH THE DOWNTOWN CRA, INCLUDING A LOT OF TALK ON CAPPING
11:06:55AM THE DOWNTOWN CRA.
11:06:56AM I'VE ALWAYS VOTED FOR THAT.
11:06:58AM I DON'T THINK CITY COUNCIL HAS EVER TURNED THAT AWAY, RIGHT?
11:07:01AM I HOPE IF ANY MONEY LEFT OVER, BECAUSE THAT WILL BE THE BIG
11:07:05AM ISSUE, RIGHT, BECAUSE THAT IS A BIG ISSUE, THAT WE CAN STILL
11:07:08AM DO THAT AND SPEND SOME MONEY IN OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY.
11:07:10AM THE BIG CHALLENGE IS, I BELIEVE I KNOW WE DID THE STRAZ
11:07:14AM CENTER FOR $25 MILLION IN YEAR FIVE, THAT WILL TAKE UP
11:07:18AM ANYWHERE, AS I RECALL, COULD BE WRONG, 30 TO 40 PERCENT OF
11:07:22AM OUR CRA BUDGET, RIGHT, THAT'S NOT SLUM AND BLIGHT.
11:07:25AM $25 MILLION FOR THE STRAZ CENTER.
11:07:27AM WE RECENTLY DEDICATED ADDITIONAL $10 MILLION TO THE TAMPA
11:07:29AM MUSEUM OF ART, RIGHT.
11:07:31AM THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY SLUM AND BLIGHT.
11:07:33AM BY THE WAY, I VOTED FOR THE FIRST $15 MILLION FOR THAT.
11:07:35AM I'M NOT PUTTING DOWN THAT PROJECT.
11:07:38AM A LOT OF GRAY SOMETIMES IN A LOT OF THESE THINGS.
11:07:40AM MY BIG ISSUE IS THERE IS SOME SLUM AND BLIGHT IN DOWNTOWN
11:07:45AM TAMPA.
11:07:46AM WE DEDICATED FUNDS, FOR EXAMPLE, TO THE JACKSON HOUSE AND
11:07:50AM WHENEVER THAT GETS LISTED.
11:07:52AM DONE THINGS WITH KID MASON, FOR EXAMPLE.
11:07:54AM THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO.
11:07:56AM WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE STREETCAR, FOR EXAMPLE.
11:07:58AM SOME OF THOSE FUNDS COULD HAVE BEEN USED FOR THAT.
11:08:00AM COULD HAVE DONE, AS I SAID YEARS AGO FOR THINGS LIKE THE
11:08:04AM STREETCAR AS WELL AS FOR HOUSING.
11:08:07AM THOSE ARE THINGS THAT TO ME ARE MORE COMPATIBLE WITH THE
11:08:10AM DOWNTOWN CRA'S PURPOSE, RIGHT.
11:08:13AM I'VE SUPPORTED CAPPING THE DOWNTOWN CRA.
11:08:15AM I THINK IF YOU WERE TO POLL THE PEOPLE OF TAMPA, THAT
11:08:19AM PROBABLY 90% WOULD SUPPORT CAPPING THE DOWNTOWN CRA.
11:08:22AM A REALLY, REALLY HIGH NUMBER, BUT WE'VE NEVER GONE IN THAT
11:08:27AM DIRECTION AND SPENT FUNDS ON THINGS I DON'T THINK ARE
11:08:30AM CONSISTENT WITH THE ROBUST LEVEL THAT WE PUT THEM IN WITH
11:08:33AM COMBATING SLUM AND BLIGHT WHICH IS WHY I VOTED WHY I HAVE
11:08:37AM AND I WILL CONTINUE TO STAND BY THAT.
11:08:39AM WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF DIALOGUE ON THE DOWNTOWN CRA.
11:08:43AM WE'LL CONTINUE TO.
11:08:44AM BUT THE BIG CHALLENGE IS, GIVEN THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'VE
11:08:47AM MADE AND FOR THINGS, BY THE WAY, IF YOU LOOK AT THEM
11:08:50AM INDEPENDENTLY, THEY ARE WONDERFUL PROJECTS.
11:08:52AM THEY ARE REALLY, REALLY WONDERFUL PROJECTS.
11:08:53AM BUT YOU DO HAVE TO ASK, PEOPLE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY,
11:08:56AM WOULD YOU RATHER IF WE COULD HAVE CAPPED IT, RIGHT, USE
11:09:00AM THOSE FUNDS FOR PAVING THE STREETS, FIXING THEIR SIDEWALKS,
11:09:03AM WONDERFUL PROJECTS ALL AROUND.
11:09:05AM BUT THE BIG ISSUE IS IF WE LOOK AT THE FUTURE OF THE
11:09:07AM DOWNTOWN CRA, WHAT FUNDS ARE WE GOING TO HAVE LEFT OVER THE
11:09:10AM NEXT FEW YEARS?
11:09:11AM THAT IS A REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT QUESTION TO ASK.
11:09:14AM WE DO HAVE A LOT OF DEBATES ON THE DOWNTOWN CRA AS WELL AS
11:09:17AM CHANNELSIDE, TWO DISTINCT CRAs IN TERMS OF THE LEGAL
11:09:22AM PROCESS FOR MAYBE TONING THINGS DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
11:09:25AM AND WE ALWAYS HAVE TO PAT OURSELVES ON THE BACK I THINK AS A
11:09:29AM CITY FOR THE PROGRESS WE HAVE SEEN DOWNTOWN.
11:09:32AM I'VE BEEN AN ATTORNEY FOR 21 YEARS.
11:09:34AM I TALKED TO OTHER ATTORNEYS WHO HAVE WORKED DOWNTOWN FOR A
11:09:37AM REALLY, REALLY LONG TIME.
11:09:38AM THE CHANGE WE HAVE SEEN IN DOWNTOWN HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS.
11:09:43AM I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES WE'VE GOT TO CONTINUE
11:09:46AM TO MAKE DOWNTOWN IS TO MAKE DOWNTOWN FAMILY FRIENDLY.
11:09:51AM NOT JUST WITH SAFETY, NOT JUST WITH HOUSING, IMPROVING OUR
11:09:52AM PARKS, MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE CITY OF TAMPA
11:09:57AM AND ALL OVER OUR AREA COME TO DOWNTOWN AND CAN HAVE A FAMILY
11:10:00AM FRIENDLY TIME THERE.
11:10:01AM IT'S IMPORTANT FOR A CITY TO PUT SOME SPECIAL DEFERENCE OR
11:10:06AM EMPHASIS ON DOWNTOWN.
11:10:07AM BECAUSE A CITY WITHOUT A VIABLE, WITHOUT A RESIDENTIAL,
11:10:09AM WITHOUT A GROWING DOWNTOWN IS A DYING CITY, RIGHT, THAT'S
11:10:12AM SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT.
11:10:13AM JUST WANTED TO GIVE MY THOUGHTS.
11:10:16AM THANK YOU.
11:10:16AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:10:17AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
11:10:22AM TALK ABOUT DYING CITIES, NOT FOR ANYTHING NOR AGAINST
11:10:25AM ANYTHING.
11:10:26AM I SEE THEM ALL INDIVIDUAL AS THEY COME BY.
11:10:28AM LET ME SAY THIS, MAYBE ONE CITY, JUST ONE THAT HAS A
11:10:34AM POPULATION OF 250,000 OR MORE HAS A DYING DOWNTOWN AND IS
11:10:41AM PROSPEROUS.
11:10:42AM JUST NAME ME ONE.
11:10:44AM ANYBODY.
11:10:44AM THE PROBLEM WITH THESE THINGS ARE IS YOU HAVE SO MANY NEEDS
11:10:50AM FOR THE DOLLAR AND NO MATTER WHAT DECISION YOU MAKE, NOT
11:10:53AM GOING TO SATISFY EVERYONE.
11:10:55AM IN THIS CASE, YOU HAVE A VIBRANT -- YOU DIDN'T HAVE A
11:10:58AM STREETCAR HERE.
11:10:58AM IN FACT, THE STREETCAR JUST NOTICED THE OTHER DAY, I THINK
11:11:02AM CHANNEL 13, SAID BY VOTE FROM SOMEONE THROUGHOUT THE
11:11:07AM COUNTRY, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST VIBRANT STREETCARS IN
11:11:10AM AMERICA.
11:11:11AM SO YOU LOOK AROUND AND YOU SAID WHAT HAVE WE DONE, WHAT ARE
11:11:15AM WE DOING AND HOW WILL WE CHANGE WHAT WE HAVE DONE.
11:11:18AM NAME ME ANOTHER DOWNTOWN THAT HAD A JAIL IN DOWNTOWN.
11:11:24AM 600 INMATES.
11:11:28AM MAYBE SIX OTHERS WALKING THE STREETS TO GET INTO THE JAIL.
11:11:33AM THAT'S WHAT YOU HAD IN DOWNTOWN.
11:11:35AM I CAN MAKE A LEFT HERE, GO WITHOUT EVER LOOKING TO MY RIGHT
11:11:40AM BECAUSE THERE WERE NO CARS COMING.
11:11:43AM YOU CAN TALK THE TALK, WALK THE WALK, BUT YOU GOT TO LIVE IT
11:11:48AM TO UNDERSTAND IT.
11:11:49AM I'VE LIVED IT.
11:11:52AM I'M NOT THE SMARTEST IN THE WORLD, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS,
11:11:59AM WHAT DOWNTOWN HAS MEANT TO TAMPA HAS BEEN A VIBRANT THING
11:12:02AM THAT'S MEAT THE CITY UNDERSTAND THE NECESSITY AND NEED FOR
11:12:07AM OTHER THINGS.
11:12:08AM SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STRAZ AND YOU LOOK AT OTHER THINGS,
11:12:13AM IS IT DESERVING OF WHAT IT GOT?
11:12:15AM DEPENDS ON WHO YOU ASK.
11:12:18AM THEY WERE THERE WHEN NO ONE WAS HERE.
11:12:20AM THEY STUCK IT OUT THROUGH THICK AND THIN.
11:12:25AM YOU LOOK AROUND AND YOU SAID DID WE DO THE RIGHT THING?
11:12:34AM WHAT WOULD IT BE NOW?
11:12:38AM WHAT WOULD YOUR RESTAURANT BE WITHOUT A VIBRANT DOWNTOWN?
11:12:43AM NOWHERE.
11:12:45AM WHERE WOULD THE DEVELOPMENT HAPPEN AND GOOD NEIGHBORS TO THE
11:12:49AM NORTHWEST OF US, ALL THAT FAIR NOW, THE PRIME IS PART OF THE
11:12:53AM CITY, RIGHT NEXT TO THE RIVER WHERE ONE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
11:12:56AM MEMBERS LIVES IN.
11:12:57AM NOWHERE.
11:12:58AM THE CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN HERE AND YBOR CITY BE?
11:13:02AM MORE THAN LIKELY NOT WHAT IT IS TODAY AND NOT WHAT IT WILL
11:13:05AM BE TOMORROW.
11:13:06AM YOU HAVE TO LOOK BEYOND, OH, I'LL BEAT MY CHEST, OF COURSE,
11:13:09AM THERE ARE POTHOLES IN THE CITY STREETS.
11:13:11AM IN FACT, SOME I CALL THEM MEASLES BOULEVARD.
11:13:13AM YOU KNOW WHAT?
11:13:14AM THAT WILL GET DONE.
11:13:18AM WHAT IF THIS WASN'T DONE?
11:13:19AM THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN DONE.
11:13:21AM WHAT VOID WOULD YOU LEAVE?
11:13:22AM THEY ARE NOT TELLING YOU THAT PART.
11:13:25AM THEY ARE TELLING YOU THE POLITICAL PART.
11:13:27AM I'M NOT A POLITICIAN.
11:13:28AM PEOPLE LIKE OR DISLIKE.
11:13:30AM THAT IS THEIR CHOICE.
11:13:31AM I TELL IT JUST LIKE I SEE IT.
11:13:33AM WHAT I SEE HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THE SUCCESS
11:13:39AM THAT WE'VE HAD IN DOING WHAT WE'VE DONE.
11:13:42AM A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE ANYONE MOVING INTO THE
11:13:45AM NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THEIR SERVICES ARE DIMINISHED IN SOME
11:13:48AM FORM.
11:13:48AM I UNDERSTAND THAT.
11:13:49AM THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN TO A CITY IS WHAT HAPPENED
11:13:53AM TO ANY CITY MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
11:13:55AM THAT IS YOU BUY A HOUSE 35, 40, 50 YEARS AGO FOR $12,000,
11:14:00AM SELL IT FOR HALF A MILLION AND YOU CAN'T BUY A HOUSE FOR
11:14:03AM HALF A MILLION.
11:14:04AM THAT'S THE PROBLEM WE HAVE AND NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT IT.
11:14:07AM WE CREATED A PROBLEM THAT MAY HAVE A SOLUTION, BUT IT'S
11:14:13AM GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME BECAUSE WE WEREN'T READY FOR THE
11:14:16AM UPSWING SO QUICKLY.
11:14:18AM NO ONE EXPECTED THIS.
11:14:19AM NO ONE CAN SAY I CHARTED THIS AND HIT ALL THE GOALS I
11:14:22AM WANTED.
11:14:23AM NONE.
11:14:23AM IT JUST HAPPENED.
11:14:25AM IT HAPPENED FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
11:14:26AM THE ENVIRONMENT, THE NORTHERN PEOPLE GOT A LITTLE OLDER AND
11:14:30AM THEY DIDN'T WANT TO WALK INTO SNOW NO MORE.
11:14:33AM DIDN'T WANT TO SLIP AND FALL AND GET A HIP INJURY, WHATEVER.
11:14:36AM I SAT NEXT TO A LADY YESTERDAY AT A BASEBALL GAME, THE
11:14:41AM YANKEES VERSUS PITTSBURGH.
11:14:42AM AND SHE WAS TELLING ME SHE CAN'T WAIT FOR HER 16-YEAR-OLD
11:14:46AM SON TO GRADUATE SO SHE CAN MOVE TO SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTH.
11:14:50AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.
11:14:51AM THAT'S THE REASON.
11:14:51AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:14:53AM A FEW THOUGHTS.
11:14:54AM I'M GLAD THAT YOU HAVE THIS SLIDE UP REGARDING AFFORDABLE
11:14:59AM AND ATTAINABLE HOUSING.
11:15:01AM I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT CAPPING
11:15:06AM THE DOWNTOWN CRA BECAUSE OF THE INITIAL DECISIONS MADE BY
11:15:12AM THIS BOARD FOR THE STRAZ AS WELL AS THE MUSEUM.
11:15:16AM I HAD A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING AND GETTING ON BOARD WITH
11:15:20AM THAT.
11:15:21AM BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR AFFORDABLE
11:15:24AM HOUSING IN DOWNTOWN.
11:15:27AM SO HAVING THE CONVERSATION ABOUT TAPPING CRAs FOR DOWNTOWN
11:15:33AM IS NOT UNDERSTANDABLE TO ME WHEN THAT GOAL OF ATTAINABLE
11:15:38AM HOUSING IN THE DOWNTOWN URBAN AREA IS A SIGNIFICANT
11:15:43AM PRIORITY, AND WE STILL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES THERE.
11:15:45AM I CONSTANTLY PULL UP THE HISTORY OF WHY CRAs WERE
11:15:53AM DEVELOPED, AND IT WAS AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF URBAN DECAY
11:15:58AM AND, OF COURSE, DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES IN URBAN AREAS.
11:16:03AM SO THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN DOWNTOWN SO THAT
11:16:09AM WE CAN SEE CITIZENS, ORDINARY CITIZENS OF A CERTAIN INCOME
11:16:15AM LEVEL BE ABLE TO LIVE IN SPACES WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
11:16:21AM CAN AFFORD SIGNIFICANT PROPERTIES ALSO LIVE AND THIS IS
11:16:23AM STILL AN OPPORTUNITY THAT EXISTS IN DOWNTOWN.
11:16:26AM AND WE SHOULD DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO LOOK FOR
11:16:30AM OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THAT.
11:16:31AM BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
11:16:35AM THIS DRAFT LANGUAGE GROWING AND HAVING OUR INPUT.
11:16:40AM IT'S NOT JUST THROWN AT US AND WE'VE GOT TO MAKE A DECISION.
11:16:43AM I AGREE THAT WE ARE HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY THINK
11:16:47AM ABOUT THE ANGLES AND WHAT WE WANT TO SEND OUT TO
11:16:51AM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND OUR OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO LOOK AT
11:16:56AM THIS.
11:16:56AM DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING OR ARE YOU JUST STANDING BY?
11:17:02AM YOU'VE BEEN STANDING THERE FOR A MINUTE.
11:17:04AM INTRODUCE YOURSELF AGAIN AND IF YOU WANT TO SUM UP SOME
11:17:07AM THINGS THAT WERE NOT MENTIONED.
11:17:09AM GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.
11:17:10AM >> I'M JP WEESNER WITH KITTELSON AND ASSOCIATES, 400 NORTH
11:17:15AM TAMPA.
11:17:16AM I WAS HERE TO SUPPORT RIVA IF THERE WERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT
11:17:18AM COME UP.
11:17:19AM NO OTHER SUMMARIES.
11:17:21AM I THANK YOU ALL FOR A LOT OF YOUR INPUT.
11:17:24AM I THINK WE DID PROVIDE ALL OF THE GOALS UNDER EACH CATEGORY
11:17:29AM AND THE ACTIONS IN A SORT OF SUMMARIZED SPREADSHEET FILE.
11:17:34AM WE'LL HAVE THAT AS PART OF THE REPORT AS WELL ENUMERATED OUT
11:17:37AM FOR YOU TO REVIEW AS WELL FOR ALL OF THOSE PIECES.
11:17:40AM JUST THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS.
11:17:41AM THEY ARE VERY HELPFUL.
11:17:43AM WE'LL INCORPORATE THAT INTO OUR NEXT ROUND.
11:17:47AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
11:17:49AM >>BILL CARLSON: CONSIDERING SOME OF THE COMMENTS, I JUST
11:17:53AM WANTED TO REMIND MY COLLEAGUES AND THE PUBLIC, EVERY MAJOR
11:18:00AM REINVENTION OF A CITY OR AN AREA IS CONNECTED TO THE ARTS
11:18:03AM AND CULTURE.
11:18:06AM THE REASON WHY ST. PETERSBURG SUCCEEDED WAS BECAUSE THEY
11:18:10AM INVESTED IN THE ARTS AND CULTURE AND CONNECTIVITY OF PEOPLE
11:18:13AM FIRST.
11:18:14AM IT'S WHAT I CALL THE SOFTWARE.
11:18:16AM WHAT TAMPA DID INSTEAD IS FOCUS ON THE HARDWARE.
11:18:19AM THAT'S WHY I ALWAYS SAY THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS
11:18:21AM SEPARATE FROM LAND USE.
11:18:22AM WE BUILD A BUNCH OF BUILDINGS, BUT ASK ANYBODY FROM DOWNTOWN
11:18:25AM ST. PETE TO COME TO DOWNTOWN TAMPA AND WHAT THEY SEE IS
11:18:28AM WE'RE STILL LACKING THE HEART AND SOUL.
11:18:30AM THE REASON IS BECAUSE OF THE GREAT RECESSION AND ALSO
11:18:34AM POLICIES AGAINST THE ARTS, THE CITY OF TAMPA DID NOT INVEST
11:18:37AM IN THE ARTS FOR 15 OR 20 YEARS, IN FACT, DEFUNDED THEM.
11:18:41AM AND THERE ARE SEVERAL CITY-OWNED BUILDINGS THAT WERE IN BAD
11:18:44AM SHAPE.
11:18:45AM ONE OF THEM IS TAMPA THEATRE WHICH IS BELOVED BY EVERYONE.
11:18:48AM DURING COVID, THERE WAS A NEED TO TRY TO RESTART THE ECONOMY
11:18:53AM IN DOWNTOWN.
11:18:54AM CITY-OWNED ARTS FACILITIES ARE THINGS THAT CAN BE ATTENDED
11:18:58AM TO OR PARTICIPATE IN BY ANYBODY CITYWIDE.
11:19:01AM SO THERE IS A WAY TO JUSTIFY IT TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF
11:19:04AM DOWNTOWN BY SAYING THAT YOU CAN ATTEND THESE.
11:19:07AM YOU PARTICIPATE IN THESE.
11:19:09AM ALSO, THE ARTS ARE INEXTRICABLY TIED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
11:19:13AM GROWTH.
11:19:14AM ANYTIME A CITY PLANTS THE ARTS IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING,
11:19:19AM EVERYTHING DEVELOPS AROUND IT.
11:19:20AM THAT'S WHY CRITICAL GOES INTO YBOR.
11:19:22AM CITY-OWNED FACILITIES WERE NOT DOING VERY WELL AND NEED TO
11:19:25AM BE RENOVATED ESPECIALLY HISTORIC BUILDINGS LIKE TAMPA
11:19:29AM THEATRE.
11:19:29AM BUT IN THE MIDDLE OF COVID, THE PRIVATE SECTOR WAS NOT
11:19:32AM INVESTING.
11:19:32AM SO WE, AND I WILL ADMIT I WAS ONE OF THE MAIN PEOPLE THAT
11:19:38AM PUSHED FOR IT, PUSHED FOR A STIMULUS IN EFFECT TO COME IN
11:19:40AM AND ADD THE ARTS, ADD CULTURE, ADD ACTIVITY TO DOWNTOWN,
11:19:44AM ABSOLUTELY RELATED TO LAND USE DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC
11:19:46AM DEVELOPMENT.
11:19:47AM AND IT HELPS OUR PEOPLE THROUGHOUT.
11:19:49AM I DON'T WANT TO GIVE ANYBODY THE IMPRESSION THAT THE ARTS
11:19:51AM ARE NOT A GOOD INVESTMENT.
11:19:53AM IT'S ABSOLUTELY TIED TO 163 IN THE WAY WE DEVELOP.
11:19:57AM FIRST OF ALL, THEY ARE RENOVATING AND REBUILDING PHYSICAL
11:20:00AM INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE STRAZ CENTER IS GOING TO BUILD $100
11:20:03AM MILLION FACILITY AND ONLY PAYING 25%.
11:20:06AM IT'S ACTUALLY A PRETTY GOOD DEAL.
11:20:08AM THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE IN POLITICS, NOT TALKING ABOUT MY
11:20:13AM COLLEAGUES, BUT ACROSS THE HALL THAT DIDN'T LIKE THOSE
11:20:16AM INVESTMENTS BECAUSE THEY ARE THE HISTORIC INVESTMENTS IN THE
11:20:19AM ARTS.
11:20:19AM BIGGEST INVESTMENTS EVER MADE IN THE ARTS.
11:20:21AM WE NEVER SENT OUT A PRESS RELEASE TO POUND OUR CHEST ABOUT
11:20:24AM IT, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD BE PROUD THAT WE MADE BIG
11:20:27AM INVESTMENTS IN THE FUTURE OF OUR DOWNTOWN AND WE SUPPORTED
11:20:30AM MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS WITH THE CITY.
11:20:32AM THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS THAT LAST ADMINISTRATION PUSHED
11:20:36AM TO GIVE $100 MILLION SUBSIDY TO A REAL ESTATE PROJECT IN
11:20:39AM DOWNTOWN.
11:20:40AM THE PUBLIC ABSOLUTELY WAS OPPOSED TO IT.
11:20:43AM THREE, FOUR YEARS AGO, I MADE THE MOTION AND THE BOARD AT
11:20:49AM THE TIME SUPPORTED IT, SPENDING 30% ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
11:20:52AM WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH THE 30% OR NOT, THERE WAS NO
11:20:55AM DIRECTION IN THE CITY FOR AT LEAST TEN OR MORE YEARS TO
11:20:59AM FOCUS ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNTIL WE MADE THAT DECISION.
11:21:01AM THE WHOLE REASON THE CITY AND CRA ARE FOCUSED ON AFFORDABLE
11:21:05AM HOUSING IS BECAUSE WE AS A BOARD DECIDED TO DO THAT.
11:21:07AM WE STARTED PUTTING BIG DOLLARS PUSHING FORWARD.
11:21:10AM BUT AT THE TIME, I MADE A MOTION TO SUNSET THE DOWNTOWN CRA
11:21:15AM AND MOVE THE MONEY TO EAST TAMPA, SULPHUR SPRINGS AND PARTS
11:21:18AM OF NEW TAMPA AND THE VOTE WAS 6-1.
11:21:21AM IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT WAS THE VOTE TO SUNSET OR CAP
11:21:24AM DOWNTOWN.
11:21:25AM SEEING DIDN'T HAVE THE VOTES, I CONTINUED IT.
11:21:28AM AND THEN WHAT I SAW AFTER THAT IS THAT IF WE DIDN'T SPEND
11:21:32AM THE MONEY ON THINGS THAT WERE CRITICAL FOR REDEVELOPING
11:21:36AM DOWNTOWN, SOMEBODY WAS GOING TO PROPOSE SPENDING IT TO
11:21:41AM SUBSIDIZE DEVELOPERS.
11:21:42AM IT'S ANTICOMPETITIVE.
11:21:44AM WHY ONE GETS A HUNDRED MILLION AND ANOTHER FEW BLOCKS AWAY
11:21:48AM GETS ZERO.
11:21:49AM DOESN'T WORK.
11:21:50AM ANTICOMPETITIVE.
11:21:51AM AGAINST MARKET ECONOMICS.
11:21:53AM FOCUS ON CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO REALLY BOOST AND GROW
11:21:57AM OUR COMMUNITIES TO MAKE SURE THEY FLOURISH.
11:21:59AM THANK YOU.
11:22:03AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I ACTUALLY APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS.
11:22:06AM INITIALLY I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT AND YOU SAID I'LL TAKE THE
11:22:12AM BLAME FOR IT.
11:22:12AM I REMEMBER YOU SAYING THAT ABOUT SUPPORTING GIVING DOLLARS
11:22:15AM TO THE STRAZ AND COMING BEHIND THAT AND SUPPORTING THE ARTS
11:22:19AM MUSEUM.
11:22:20AM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THAT IS, YES, IT
11:22:24AM CAN BENEFIT EVERYONE, BUT ACTUALLY WHEN YOU GO LOOK AT THE
11:22:27AM MEAT OF IT AND CRUST OF IT, IT DOESN'T.
11:22:29AM SO WITH CRA DOLLARS, THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE
11:22:34AM COMMUNITY BENEFIT AGREEMENTS.
11:22:36AM THAT'S WHY I MADE THAT MOTION WHEN WE GAVE THE MONEY TO THE
11:22:39AM ART MUSEUM IS THAT THEY DEVELOP A COMMUNITY AGREEMENT
11:22:43AM BECAUSE OF THE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUNDS WE GIVE THEM TO
11:22:47AM STRETCH THE MUSCLE OF GOING BEYOND FREE CLASSES FOR STUDENTS
11:22:51AM ON FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH.
11:22:53AM IT IS AN ART MUSEUM THAT NEEDS TO ATTRACT THE DIVERSITY OF
11:22:58AM THE COMMUNITY IT REPRESENTS.
11:22:59AM I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
11:23:03AM >>BILL CARLSON: CAN I ADD?
11:23:04AM THINKING ABOUT -- YOU HAVE A BUSINESS THAT HAS BROUGHT ARTS
11:23:09AM AND CULTURE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT YOUR BUSINESS IS IN.
11:23:12AM ASSUMING YOU SUCCEED AND I THINK YOU WILL BY ALL THE BUZZ,
11:23:15AM LOOK AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND YOUR STORE.
11:23:20AM I RECOMMEND TAKING PICTURES OF IT AND COME BACK IN TWO YEARS
11:23:23AM OR THREE YEARS AND SEE WHAT'S DEVELOPED AROUND IT BECAUSE
11:23:27AM YOU'RE ADDING CONNECTIVITY.
11:23:29AM YOU'RE ADDING EXPERIENCES, AND EVEN THOUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD
11:23:32AM IS SUCCESSFUL, I THINK ANYTIME YOU PUT ARTS IN THE MIDDLE OF
11:23:37AM A NEIGHBORHOOD OR A COMMUNITY, IT ADDS TO THE AMBIENCE.
11:23:42AM PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE AND WORK AND INTERACT AROUND THE ARTS.
11:23:45AM YOU'RE DRAWING PEOPLE IN WHO NOT ONLY COME TO BUY BOOKS BUT
11:23:49AM ALSO COMING FOR A COMMON EXPERIENCE.
11:23:53AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
11:23:53AM >>LUIS VIERA: I DO WANT TO POINT OUT SOMETHING, WHICH IS
11:23:56AM WITH COUNCILMAN CARLSON CHAMPIONED SUNSETTING THE DOWNTOWN
11:24:02AM CRA BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO CAPPING THE DOWNTOWN CRA WHICH
11:24:06AM IT'S MY BELIEF THAT WAS NEVER VOTED DOWN ON CITY COUNCIL.
11:24:09AM THAT'S MY RECOLLECTION.
11:24:11AM DID WE EVER VOTE DOWN CAPPING?
11:24:14AM WE VOTED DOWN CAPPING CHANNELSIDE BUT NOT DOWNTOWN CRA.
11:24:17AM I HAVE NO RECOLLECTION OF THAT.
11:24:19AM I CAN HAVE STAFF LOOK AT THAT.
11:24:21AM >>BILL CARLSON: I JUST SAID WHAT HAPPENED.
11:24:23AM WHAT HAPPENED IS I MADE THE MOTION TO CAP OR SUNSET THE
11:24:28AM CHANNEL DISTRICT ONE AND THE DOWNTOWN ONE WAS IMMEDIATELY
11:24:32AM AFTER THAT.
11:24:32AM WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
11:24:35AM ALSO, I COULD SEE I DIDN'T HAVE THE VOTES BECAUSE IT WAS 6-1
11:24:38AM AGAINST.
11:24:39AM YOU'RE RIGHT, WE NEVER VOTED ON IT.
11:24:41AM WHAT I DID IS CONTINUED IT AND BROUGHT IT UP AGAIN THREE,
11:24:44AM FOUR YEARS LATER, WHICH IS WHY IT'S COMING UP AGAIN.
11:24:47AM I WILL CONFIRM YOU NEVER VOTED EITHER WAY ABOUT DOWNTOWN,
11:24:51AM AND WE WILL GET A CHANCE TO DO THAT SOON.
11:24:53AM >>LUIS VIERA: WE DID.
11:24:54AM I RECALL 4-3 VOTE TO FORWARD -- MR. MASSEY.
11:24:59AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: A COUPLE OF THINGS.
11:25:02AM NEXT CRA MEETING WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL OF
11:25:06AM CAPPING THE DOWNTOWN TIF.
11:25:09AM ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE GOVERNED
11:25:12AM BY INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY, THE CITY, AND
11:25:14AM THE CRA.
11:25:15AM YOU MADE A NUMBER OF MOTIONS ABOUT VARIOUS ITEMS THAT WOULD
11:25:19AM IMPACT THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
11:25:21AM WHAT I'VE ASKED YOU ALL AS A BOARD TO DO IN APRIL IS TO
11:25:25AM CONSIDER ALL THESE MOTIONS TOGETHER TO DETERMINE WHAT WE
11:25:28AM WANT TO GO TO ASK THE COUNTY FOR BECAUSE WE CAN'T KEEP -- I
11:25:32AM DON'T WANT TO GO TO THE COUNTY SIX OR SEVEN TIMES ON
11:25:35AM DIFFERENT REQUESTS.
11:25:36AM MAYBE NARROW IT DOWN EVEN.
11:25:39AM THERE MAY BE A CONSIDERATION ABOUT WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
11:25:42AM I THINK PART OF THE ISSUE WITH CAPPING DOWNTOWN, THIS IS A
11:25:45AM CONVERSATION FOR NEXT MONTH, IS THAT THE COMMITMENTS THAT WE
11:25:49AM HAD MADE LIMIT OUR ABILITY TO REALLY CAP THE DOWNTOWN CRA
11:25:52AM FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
11:25:53AM I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS AWARE OF THAT.
11:25:56AM I'LL ADD A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS.
11:25:58AM UNDER THE CURRENT DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN, EVEN
11:26:01AM THOUGH IT'S VERY OLD, IDENTIFIED IN ONE OF THE MAJOR GOALS
11:26:05AM OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN WAS THE IMPORTANCE OF
11:26:08AM CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS IN DOWNTOWN AND THE CITY BEING KIND OF
11:26:12AM THE CULTURAL CENTER FOR THE AREA.
11:26:14AM ACTUALLY, THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT WHERE
11:26:18AM THE MUSEUM AND THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ARE CURRENTLY
11:26:21AM LOCATED.
11:26:22AM ALL THOSE EFFORTS, YOU CAN ARGUE ABOUT HOW MUCH WE SPENT AND
11:26:26AM THE POLICY, BUT THOSE ACTIONS YOU HAVE TAKEN TO HELP
11:26:30AM REDEVELOP THE FACILITIES ARE CONSISTENT, IN MY OPINION, WITH
11:26:33AM THE CURRENT DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.
11:26:36AM IN ADDITION, THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S BEING DONE ON WATER
11:26:39AM STREET, IT'S ALL PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH IS ALSO
11:26:42AM CONSISTENT WITH 163 -- DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
11:26:46AM PLAN.
11:26:48AM >>LUIS VIERA: WHEN I TALK ABOUT BLIGHT, I'M NOT TALKING
11:26:50AM ABOUT FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE.
11:26:53AM NO ACCUSATION OF THAT.
11:26:54AM MORE SO IN TERMS OF THE LEVEL OF DEDICATION.
11:26:57AM FOR EXAMPLE, I VOTED FOR $15 MILLION FOR THE MUSEUM OF ART.
11:27:00AM FINE.
11:27:01AM VOTED AGAINST ADDITIONAL $10 MILLION.
11:27:04AM BECAUSE, AGAIN, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL OF
11:27:07AM CAPPING THE DOWNTOWN CRA, WE COULD USE THOSE FUNDS IN OTHER
11:27:09AM PARTS OF THE CITY.
11:27:11AM ALTERNATIVE, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THINGS LIKE THE STREETCAR.
11:27:15AM WE COULD USE PART OF THAT MONEY FOR THE STREETCAR OR FOR
11:27:17AM OTHER DIFFERENT THINGS.
11:27:19AM THAT'S THE ANALYSIS THAT I APPLY TO IT.
11:27:21AM OBVIOUSLY I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST THE ARTS OR DOWNTOWN.
11:27:27AM MY VIEW IS, LET'S NOT STRETCH A TRIPLE INTO A HOME RUN.
11:27:31AM THAT'S MY MESSAGE.
11:27:32AM THANK YOU.
11:27:33AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
11:27:34AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT.
11:27:35AM MS. MOODY.
11:27:36AM IT'S YOUR TURN.
11:27:40AM REMEMBER, WE'RE ALSO ADDRESSING -- WELL, I KNOW YOU
11:27:45AM REMEMBER.
11:27:45AM >>ERICA MOODY: YES, I WAS GOING TO DO THAT AS WELL.
11:27:48AM CLEANING UP THE AGENDA A LITTLE BIT, IF I COULD TURN YOUR
11:27:52AM DIRECTION TO THE ITEMS THAT I WILL BE REPORTING ON, THIS IS
11:28:01AM ITEM 3, THE CRA DIRECTOR'S MONTHLY REPORT.
11:28:03AM BUT I WILL ALSO BE ADDRESSING ITEMS 4, 5, AND 6 SINCE THEY
11:28:08AM RELATE TO GRANT IMPROVEMENTS.
11:28:09AM I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR THOSE ITEMS TO BE HEARD TOGETHER
11:28:12AM RIGHT NOW.
11:28:13AM >> SO MOVED.
11:28:14AM >> SECOND.
11:28:14AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
11:28:16AM >>ERICA MOODY: ONE MORE AGENDA REQUEST.
11:28:17AM I MADE A MISTAKE EARLIER BY ASKING TO REQUEST ITEM NUMBER
11:28:20AM 16.
11:28:21AM ITEM 16 IS REQUESTING THE AMENDMENT FOR THE TAMPA UNION
11:28:25AM STATION.
11:28:25AM THAT WAS MOTIONED LAST MEETING AND THAT AMENDMENT IS ITEM
11:28:28AM 19.
11:28:29AM SO ITEM 19 SPEAKS TO NUMBER 16 AND WILL BE HEARD DURING THE
11:28:34AM CONSENT AGENDA.
11:28:42AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: I WOULD MAKE A MOTION.
11:28:43AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I MOTION TO ADD 16 BACK TO THE AGENDA.
11:28:46AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: IT WILL BE ADDRESSED IN CONNECTION WITH
11:28:48AM ITEM 19.
11:28:50AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:28:51AM THANK YOU.
11:28:51AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
11:28:53AM >> AYE.
11:28:53AM >>ERICA MOODY: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:28:55AM IF I COULD DIRECT T AND I TO PULL UP THE CRA DIRECTOR'S
11:29:00AM REPORT.
11:29:01AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALSO 24 AND 25.
11:29:02AM >>ERICA MOODY: YES, I WILL ADDRESS 24 AND 25 IN THE
11:29:05AM DIRECTOR'S REPORT AS WELL.
11:29:07AM YES, BUSY, BUSY MONTH WITH 26 TOTAL ITEMS.
11:29:09AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YOU HAVE A LOT OF TALKING TO DO TODAY.
11:29:12AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU HAVE 31 MINUTES.
11:29:16AM >>ERICA MOODY: I GET HUNGRY, TOO.
11:29:18AM FOR THE RECORD, ERICA MOODY, CRA DIRECTOR.
11:29:20AM WE ARE EXCITED.
11:29:31AM ALSO A LITTLE NERVOUS.
11:29:32AM I WAS THINKING TO MYSELF, NERVES ARE GOOD BECAUSE IT MEANS
11:29:35AM YOU ARE ABOUT TO DO SOMETHING IMPORTANT.
11:29:37AM THIS IS A BIG PART OF OUR RESTRUCTURE WHERE WE WILL BE
11:29:40AM PRESENTING ON OUR COMMERCIAL GRANTS DIVISION.
11:29:43AM AS YOU KNOW, THE RESTRUCTURE HAS REALLY BEEN INCREASING
11:29:46AM STAFF CAPACITY BUT MOSTLY GOING FROM GEOGRAPHIC SPECIFIC TO
11:29:50AM EACH DISTRICT TO MORE DEPARTMENTAL SPECIFIC.
11:29:53AM NOW WE HAVE BUILT OUT A COMMERCIAL GRANTS TEAM.
11:29:55AM WE HAVE A RESIDENTIAL HOUSING TEAM.
11:29:58AM WE HAVE A PROJECTS TEAM THAT'S GROWING AND ADMINISTRATIVE
11:30:01AM TEAM AS WELL.
11:30:02AM THIS IS THE COMMERCIAL GRANTS DIVISION PRESENTATION WHERE
11:30:05AM WE'VE BEEN SPENDING THE LAST SIX MONTHS DOING A
11:30:08AM COMPREHENSIVE AUDIT OF ALL OF OUR GRANTS AND PROGRAMS AND
11:30:11AM SEEING HOW WE CAN STREAMLINE AND INCREASE EFFICIENCIES.
11:30:15AM WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
11:30:17AM COORDINATOR WHO IS ESSENTIALLY OUR GRANTS MANAGER UP TO
11:30:20AM INTRODUCE HERSELF.
11:30:21AM I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE PART OF THIS
11:30:23AM WORK THAT I'LL BE SPEAKING TO TODAY.
11:30:25AM IF MS. DEE REED COULD COME UP.
11:30:29AM WHILE SHE COMES UP, I'LL HAVE SOME OTHER OF OUR ECONOMIC
11:30:32AM DEVELOPMENT COORDINATORS.
11:30:33AM WE HAVE MS. ANDREA ROSS HAVEN IN THE BACK.
11:30:38AM SHE IS PART OF OUR COMMERCIAL GRANTS TEAM.
11:30:40AM AND MS. VANESSA ROSS AS WELL AND SHE'S PART OF OUR GRANTS
11:30:44AM TEAM.
11:30:44AM AND TWO MORE MEMBERS THAT ARE NOT HERE TODAY.
11:30:47AM DEE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
11:30:50AM >> GOOD MORNING, BOARD MEMBERS.
11:30:53AM MY NAME IS DEE REED.
11:30:55AM I AM YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR.
11:30:58AM AND I'VE SERVED IN THAT CAPACITY SINCE OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR.
11:31:03AM I SUPERVISE THE GRANTS TEAM THAT YOU JUST MET.
11:31:08AM JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND, I STARTED WORKING IN
11:31:12AM THE CRA BACK IN 2016.
11:31:16AM KIND OF WORKED MY WAY UP THE LADDER.
11:31:19AM PRIOR TO COMING TO MY EMPLOYMENT HERE AT THE CITY OF TAMPA,
11:31:23AM MY LAST POSITION WAS SENIOR CRA PROJECT MANAGER.
11:31:31AM SO I'VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH
11:31:35AM CRAs AND GRANTS AND JUST KIND OF TRACKING, RESTRUCTURING.
11:31:42AM I'LL TURN THE MIKE BACK OVER TO DIRECTOR MOODY AND I WILL BE
11:31:45AM HERE TO ASSIST WITH ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS.
11:31:48AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
11:31:50AM >>ERICA MOODY: JUST GLAD YOU COULD MEET OUR POWER TEAM WHO
11:31:53AM HAS BEEN COMING IN AND TRYING TO SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS.
11:31:58AM ONE OF MY SKILLS IS TAKING THINGS APART AND PUTTING THEM
11:32:00AM BACK TOGETHER.
11:32:01AM THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITH THE COMMERCIAL GRANTS TEAM.
11:32:03AM REALLY DONE A DEEP DIVE.
11:32:05AM IN MY MEMORANDUM YOU CAN SEE A REALLY HONEST REFLECTION.
11:32:08AM THAT'S PART OF THE EVALUATION PROCESS IS TO LOOK AT WHAT
11:32:12AM WE'RE DOING AND BE BRAVE ENOUGH TO SAY IT WASN'T WORKING.
11:32:15AM PART OF THIS IS TAKING THAT HONEST LOOK, PROVIDING SOME OF
11:32:18AM THOSE FINDINGS THAT WE HAD AND THEN RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW
11:32:21AM WE CAN MAKE IT BETTER.
11:32:23AM AS WE DIVE INTO OUR PRESENTATION, WE'LL GO OVER A LITTLE BIT
11:32:28AM OF BACKGROUND, WHY WE'RE HERE.
11:32:30AM THE APPROACH AND HOW WE DID IT.
11:32:32AM SOME CHALLENGES IN WHAT WE FOUND, FINDINGS AND
11:32:36AM RECOMMENDATIONS WITH SUGGESTIONS ON HOW WE CAN MAKE IT
11:32:38AM BETTER AND THEN NEXT STEPS TO LET YOU AND THE PUBLIC KNOW
11:32:42AM WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE.
11:32:45AM IN FEBRUARY 2023, WHICH I CAN'T BELIEVE WAS A YEAR AGO, THE
11:32:48AM CRA BOARD APPROVED THE RESTRUCTURE OF THE CRA.
11:32:50AM WE'VE BEEN MAKING GREAT PROGRESS.
11:32:52AM A BIG PART OF THAT WAS THE FIRST CRA BOARD RETREAT THAT WAS
11:32:57AM IN JUNE 2023, WHICH WAS MY FIRST WEEK.
11:33:00AM I'M SO GLAD THAT I WAS HERE TO BE ABLE TO HEAR US -- THE
11:33:04AM BOARD ADDRESS CHALLENGES AND YOUR GOALS AS WE MOVED FORWARD
11:33:09AM IN THE RESTRUCTURE.
11:33:10AM PART OF THE RETREAT WE PULLED OUT SOME KEY CHALLENGES THAT
11:33:14AM THE BOARD WANTED US TO ADDRESS.
11:33:17AM WE'VE BEEN MAKING PROGRESS IN THEM SUCH AS REFORMING THE CRA
11:33:20AM BYLAWS AND CAC POLICY.
11:33:22AM THAT'S BEEN OCCURRING.
11:33:24AM AS YOU KNOW, IT'S A PROCESS.
11:33:25AM SO WE MAKE A DECISION AND THEN IMPLEMENTING IT TAKES TIME AS
11:33:28AM WELL.
11:33:29AM UPDATING THE CRA'S MISSION, VISION, AND OBJECTIVES.
11:33:32AM SO WE CAN REALLY KNOW THE GOALS OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS, THE
11:33:35AM GOALS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND USE THAT AS A BASELINE FOR
11:33:39AM DECISION MAKING, WHICH I'LL SPEAK TO AS WELL.
11:33:41AM ALSO UPDATING THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLANS.
11:33:44AM SOME WERE OVER TEN YEARS OLD.
11:33:47AM SO I AM LOOKING AT UPDATING THEM EVERY TEN YEARS SO THEY CAN
11:33:50AM STAY RELEVANT AND THAT'S PART OF THE EVALUATION PROCESS.
11:33:53AM RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TAMPA HEIGHTS, CENTRAL PARK, DOWNTOWN CRA
11:33:58AM AND ALSO EXCITED TO GET THE EAST TAMPA COMMUNITY
11:34:00AM REDEVELOPMENT PLAN OFF THE GROUND AS WELL.
11:34:02AM THOSE ARE SOME MAJOR INITIATIVES.
11:34:04AM BUT TODAY I'LL BE HERE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CONDUCTED A
11:34:08AM COMPREHENSIVE GRANT ASSESSMENT TO STREAMLINE PROCESSES AND
11:34:11AM THEN SOME OF THE MORE DELIVERABLES THAT WILL BE COMING YOUR
11:34:14AM WAY, RELOCATING THE STAFF TO ONE LOCATION, SO WE'RE REALLY
11:34:17AM BUSY SHUTTING DOWN THE YBOR OFFICE, EAST TAMPA OFFICE,
11:34:21AM CONSOLIDATING THE STAFF TO THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE DOWNTOWN
11:34:23AM MUNICIPAL BUILDING AND JUST WORKING TOGETHER AS A TEAM.
11:34:27AM ALSO IMPROVING OUR COMMUNICATION AND OUTREACH EFFORTS SO
11:34:31AM PEOPLE KNOW WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO.
11:34:33AM I'LL BE SPEAKING ON THAT MORE IN THE FUTURE AS WELL AND
11:34:35AM TURNING ALL OF THIS INTO METRICS AND A BUSINESS DASHBOARD
11:34:39AM FOR PERFORMANCE MONITORING SO YOU CAN KEEP YOUR EYES ON US
11:34:42AM AND THE COMMUNITY CAN HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE AS WELL.
11:34:45AM TODAY WE'LL DIVE INTO THE COMMERCIAL GRANT AUDIT.
11:34:47AM THE BOARD EVEN MADE MOTIONS OVER TIME.
11:34:50AM THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT MOTION NUMBERS 4 THROUGH 6 THAT I
11:34:54AM ASKED FOR THEM TO BE LUMPED TOGETHER.
11:34:56AM WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE CRA STAFF TO BE REQUESTED TO
11:34:59AM COMPLETE A WRITTEN APPLICATION, CRITERIA, SCORING MATRIX AND
11:35:03AM APPLICATION PROCESS FOR ALL CRA GRANT REQUESTS AND PROPOSALS
11:35:06AM THAT DON'T FALL WITHIN AN EXISTING CRA PROGRAM.
11:35:10AM AND TO APPROVE SPECIAL PROJECTS AND TIF GRANT PROGRAMS WITH
11:35:13AM THE REQUIREMENT OF STAFF, CAC, AND CRA BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS
11:35:17AM AND APPROVALS.
11:35:18AM PART OF THE SCORING MATRIX THAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE GRANT
11:35:20AM PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS ACCOMPLISHES THAT.
11:35:22AM AND THEN THE PROJECT PRIORITIZATION MATRIX THAT YOU HEARD
11:35:26AM FROM THE DOWNTOWN CRP CONSULTANTS, THAT IS PART OF THE BOARD
11:35:31AM DIRECTIVE IS TO CREATE THE SCORING CRITERIA SO WE CAN
11:35:33AM EQUITABLY SCORE THE REQUESTS COMING OUR WAY AND ENSURE THEY
11:35:37AM ARE IN LINE WITH THE GOALS.
11:35:38AM ANOTHER MOTION THAT WE HAD WAS FOR THE CRA STAFF TO DISCUSS
11:35:41AM THE POSSIBLE RULE TO REQUIRE RFPs FOR CRA INVESTMENTS OVER
11:35:45AM $1 MILLION.
11:35:45AM YOU'LL SEE THAT.
11:35:47AM THE THIRD ONE WAS CRA STAFF REQUESTED TO CREATE A TWO TO
11:35:52AM THREE STEP PROCESS FOR PROJECTS EXCEEDING HALF A MILLION
11:35:54AM DOLLARS AND FOR US TO REPORT BACK TODAY.
11:35:57AM THE LAST MOTION IS ONE THAT'S ACTUALLY ON APRIL AGENDA, BUT
11:36:00AM WE CAN DEFINITELY ADDRESS TODAY.
11:36:02AM IT'S FOR CRA STAFF TO BE REQUESTED TO DISCUSS RAISING THE
11:36:06AM THRESHOLD FOR THE MICROGRANT LEVELS DUE TO INFLATION AND
11:36:08AM OTHER ISSUES.
11:36:10AM THESE ARE OUR GOALS.
11:36:13AM WE HAVE ATTAINABLE HOUSING, CONNECTIVITY, TRANSPORTATION,
11:36:16AM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, QUALITY OF LIFE AND COMMUNITY
11:36:19AM ENGAGEMENT.
11:36:19AM SO WE ARE REALLY USING THIS AS A BASELINE TO MEASURE
11:36:23AM EVERYTHING THAT WE DO AND ALL THE STAFF HAS IT IN THEIR
11:36:27AM OFFICES.
11:36:27AM SO WE CAN LIVE WHAT WE SAY.
11:36:30AM GOING INTO THE APPROACH, HOW DID WE DO IT?
11:36:32AM WE DIDN'T COME IN AND MADE THE CHANGES.
11:36:35AM WE MADE SURE WE STARTED BY LISTENING AND LEARNING AND NOW
11:36:37AM WE'RE IN THE LEADING PROCESS.
11:36:39AM WE LISTENED TO THE GOALS AND THE PRIORITY OF OUR BOARD AS
11:36:41AM WELL AS THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
11:36:44AM WE HELD DETAILED INTERVIEWS WITH EACH CRA MANAGER ABOUT SIX
11:36:48AM MONTHS AGO FOR EACH DISTRICT TO LEARN ABOUT THE UTILIZATION
11:36:51AM RATES, WHAT PEOPLE LIKED, WHAT THEY DIDN'T LIKE AND HOW THE
11:36:55AM MANAGERS WERE STRUGGLING GETTING SOME OF THESE GRANTS OUT
11:36:57AM THE DOOR.
11:36:58AM AND THEN WHAT WE LEARNED IS WE CONDUCTED A COMPREHENSIVE
11:37:02AM ANALYSIS OF ALL CRA GRANTS.
11:37:04AM ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, IT'S 10 TO 11 GRANTS THAT WE'LL SEE.
11:37:08AM WE DID A DEEP DIVE IN EVERY SINGLE ONE, WHICH DISTRICTS THEY
11:37:11AM WERE AND WE FOUND A LOT OF DUPLICATION OF WORK AND DIFFERENT
11:37:15AM REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE JUST CONFUSING.
11:37:17AM WE ALSO DID A DEEP DIVE INTO THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
11:37:20AM PLANS, WHICH WAS GREAT.
11:37:22AM COMING IN AS A NEW DIRECTOR, I NEEDED TO READ ALL THOSE.
11:37:24AM I GOT TO DO IT WITH A LENS OF MATCHING TO OUR GRANTS
11:37:28AM PROGRAM.
11:37:28AM EACH CRP HAS BEEN AUDITED IN THIS PROCESS.
11:37:31AM ALSO RESEARCHED BEST PRACTICES AND WANTED TO KIND OF FIND
11:37:34AM INNOVATIVE WAYS.
11:37:35AM WE LOOK AT WHAT'S WORKING IN OTHER COMMUNITIES AND THEN WE
11:37:38AM ALSO ENCOURAGED CREATIVITY AND OUTSIDE OF THE BOX THINKING
11:37:42AM THAT WILL KIND OF -- THAT WE'LL KIND OF EXPLORE TODAY AS
11:37:45AM WELL.
11:37:46AM IN THE LEADING PROCESS, WE CONSOLIDATED GRANTS AND CREATED
11:37:50AM NEW DOCUMENTS.
11:37:51AM YOU HAVE RECEIVED FOUR DIFFERENT GRANTS THAT WE'LL BE
11:37:53AM TALKING ABOUT TODAY, AND THERE ARE COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM
11:37:58AM DESCRIPTIONS BUT ALSO MAKING THEM AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE SO
11:38:01AM PEOPLE READ THEM AND APPLY.
11:38:03AM WE WORKED WITH ATTORNEY MASSEY.
11:38:06AM THANK YOU SO MUCH, TO REDUCE ANY RED TAPE AND EXPEDITE
11:38:11AM AWARDS.
11:38:12AM WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH A FEW MONTHS SAYING IS THIS
11:38:15AM ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY IN TRYING TO REMOVE ANY OF THE
11:38:17AM BUREAUCRACY OR RED TAPE OR RESTRICTIONS, JUST LIKE WE HEARD
11:38:21AM FROM A PUBLIC COMMENT THIS MORNING.
11:38:22AM IF IT'S NOT ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, THEN LET'S CUT IT FROM THE
11:38:25AM PROCESS.
11:38:25AM AND THEN WE JUST MADE OUR ROUNDS TO EACH COMMUNITY ADVISORY
11:38:30AM COMMITTEE.
11:38:30AM WE PRESENTED THE FINDINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH YOU
11:38:32AM TODAY TO THE COMMUNITY, SO THAT HAS BEEN REALLY FUN GOING
11:38:36AM AROUND.
11:38:36AM OUR GRANTS TEAM HAS GOTTEN TO MEET THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS,
11:38:39AM MEET THE CACs.
11:38:41AM IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MADE THEM AWARE BEFORE COMING TO YOU.
11:38:45AM ENCOURAGE CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION ALONG THE WAY.
11:38:48AM I KNOW GOVERNMENT CAN BE A LITTLE SLOW AND NOT THE MOST
11:38:52AM EXCITING, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE IT FUN AND ENCOURAGE OUR
11:38:56AM STAFF TO TEAM BUILD AND REALLY MAKE IT APPEALING, AESTHETIC
11:39:00AM AND FUN.
11:39:02AM SO CHALLENGES, I WAS DEBATING WHETHER TO PUT THE PICTURES ON
11:39:07AM HERE, BUT THESE ARE THE LOOKS WE GET EVERY DAY WHEN PEOPLE
11:39:11AM CONTACT US AND THEY ARE LIKE, HOW CAN WE APPLY FOR A CRA
11:39:15AM GRANT?
11:39:15AM WHICH DISTRICT DO YOU LIVE IN?
11:39:17AM READ THE TEN GRANT PROGRAMS TO SEE WHAT YOU WANT.
11:39:20AM ONCE YOU DO, FILL OUT THE APPLICATION AND THEN GO THROUGH A
11:39:23AM SERIES OF STEPS.
11:39:24AM THE MORE WE EXPLAIN THE PROCESS, THE MORE THEY LOOKED AT US
11:39:27AM LIKE I DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO BOTHER WITH IT.
11:39:30AM I KNOW SOME YBOR CAC MEMBERS WERE SAYING IT'S TOO
11:39:34AM COMPLICATED.
11:39:34AM PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO BOTHER WITH IT BECAUSE IT REQUIRES TOO
11:39:37AM MUCH AND THEY WOULD RATHER DO WITHOUT.
11:39:40AM THERE IS A MAZE HERE THAT PEOPLE WOULD PREVIOUSLY HAVE TO GO
11:39:44AM THROUGH AND ALSO THE HURDLES THAT THEY HAVE TO JUMP TO MOVE
11:39:47AM FORWARD.
11:39:47AM WE HEARD TOO COMPLICATED, CONFUSING, LIMITING, RESTRICTING,
11:39:52AM LONG APPROVAL TIMELINES WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT AS WELL
11:39:55AM BECAUSE WITH OUR COMMERCIAL GRANTS YOU CANNOT PULL ANY
11:39:57AM PERMITS BEFORE YOU RECEIVE THE AWARD.
11:39:59AM IF SOMEONE PULLED A PERMIT, THEY WOULD BECOME INELIGIBLE.
11:40:04AM IF THEY DID APPLY AND TOOK TOO LONG TO GET OUR APPROVAL,
11:40:08AM THEN THEIR PROJECT MAY FALL THROUGH DUE TO LONG TIMELINES.
11:40:12AM OUTREACH AND PROMOTION, I KNOW A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS,
11:40:15AM HOW ARE YOU PROMOTING THESE PROGRAMS?
11:40:18AM HOW ARE YOU LETTING THE COMMUNITY KNOW THE OFFERINGS?
11:40:20AM REALLY FOCUSING ON THAT AND MAKE IT A PRIORITY.
11:40:23AM AS WE DID INTERVIEWS WITH CRA MANAGERS AND THE COMMUNITY WE
11:40:26AM LEARNED REALLY LOW UTILIZATION RATES.
11:40:29AM AND WE WERE SURPRISED THAT SOME OF THE STAFF WAS EXCITED
11:40:32AM THAT THREE OR FOUR A YEAR WAS CONSIDERED HIGH UTILIZATION.
11:40:38AM WE REALLY LOOKED AT THE BUDGET TO ACTUAL SPENDING AND WANT
11:40:42AM TO INCREASE THE UTILIZATION RATES BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE
11:40:45AM PROGRAMS AND OFFERINGS AVAILABLE BUT THEY ARE NO GOOD IF
11:40:48AM PEOPLE DON'T USE THEM.
11:40:50AM MONITORING AND EVALUATION.
11:40:51AM WE FOUND THIS TO BE AN ISSUE AS WELL.
11:40:53AM PEOPLE WOULD GET A GRANT AND WE WOULD SEND THEM THEIR GRANT
11:40:57AM AWARD, TELL THEM GOOD LUCK WITH THE PROJECT AND WEREN'T
11:41:01AM REALLY MONITORING THROUGHOUT THE LIFE SPAN OF THE GRANT
11:41:03AM AWARD.
11:41:04AM THEN THEY WOULD COME BACK AND SUBMIT FOR REIMBURSEMENT AT
11:41:06AM THE END AND THEN WE WOULD SAY, OH, GOSH, YOU ARE OUT OF
11:41:10AM COMPLIANCE HERE, HERE, HERE.
11:41:12AM AND IT REALLY HURT THE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION BECAUSE THEY
11:41:16AM WOULDN'T KNOW THERE WAS A PROBLEM UNTIL THE VERY END OF THE
11:41:18AM GRANT.
11:41:18AM WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED MONITORING CHECKLIST.
11:41:20AM THE STAFF IS GOING OUT, TAKING PICTURES.
11:41:23AM I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT MORE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
11:41:26AM OF COURSE, COMPLIANCE WITH THE CRP AND CHAPTER 163 WHICH I
11:41:30AM KNOW EVERYONE KNOWS REALLY WELL.
11:41:31AM PEOPLE COME TO US WITH A PROJECT, LOOK INTO MY IDEA.
11:41:36AM THE NUMBER ONE THING IS, HOW IS IT IN LINE WITH THE STATE
11:41:39AM STATUTE AND HOW DOES IT ALIGN WITH THE COMMUNITY
11:41:41AM REDEVELOPMENT PLAN?
11:41:42AM MAKING SURE THAT IT IS A GOOD PROJECT AND ALSO MATCHES WITH
11:41:45AM OUR STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS.
11:41:47AM AS I MENTIONED, CUSTOMER SATISFACTION, DOING COMMUNITY
11:41:50AM REDEVELOPMENT WORK IS REWARDING BECAUSE WE GET TO IMPACT
11:41:54AM PEOPLES LIVES POSITIVELY.
11:41:56AM THAT IS OUR GOAL TO PROVIDE EXCELLENT CUSTOMER AND SERVICE
11:42:00AM DELIVERY.
11:42:01AM SO RECOMMENDATIONS, HOW CAN WE MAKE IT BETTER?
11:42:03AM I'M SURE YOU'RE DONE HEARING ABOUT CHAPTER 163.
11:42:07AM I CALL THIS SLIDE BACK TO THE BASICS.
11:42:09AM WE CAN DO THAT THROUGH MEMORANDUMS AND TEMPLATE REPORTING.
11:42:14AM WHEN STAFF BRINGS YOU A RECOMMENDATION, WE HAVE DONE THE
11:42:17AM HOMEWORK AND HAVE VERIFIED IT IS LEGAL AND IN LINE WITH
11:42:20AM CHAPTER 163, INCLUDED IN THE CRP, ALIGNED WITH THE BOARD'S
11:42:24AM OBJECTIVES AND CAN WE AFFORD IT?
11:42:26AM IS IT IN THE BUDGET?
11:42:27AM WE CALL THIS BACK TO THE BASICS SLIDE.
11:42:30AM THIS CAN BE CLEARLY LAID OUT IN MEMORANDUMS THAT COME YOUR
11:42:33AM WAY SO YOU KNOW WE HAVE DONE OUR CHECKLIST.
11:42:35AM RECOMMENDATIONS, HOW CAN WE MAKE IT BETTER?
11:42:39AM CONSOLIDATE.
11:42:41AM INSTEAD OF HAVING A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS ACROSS
11:42:43AM DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, REALLY CONSOLIDATING IT.
11:42:46AM AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THE FIRST DISCUSSION THAT I HAD WAS
11:42:49AM LET'S MAKE IT SO SIMPLE.
11:42:51AM ARE WE IMPROVING THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING, THE INSIDE OF
11:42:54AM THE BUILDING, OR IS IT PREDEVELOPMENT WORK FOR MORE
11:42:58AM ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEER CONCEPTUAL DESIGN?
11:43:00AM IS IT THE OUTSIDE, INSIDE OR DOING REDEVELOPMENT?
11:43:03AM IF IT DOESN'T FIT IN ONE OF THOSE, IT WOULD BE A SPECIAL
11:43:07AM REQUEST THAT WE'LL GET INTO AS WELL.
11:43:10AM SIMPLIFY IT.
11:43:10AM TAKING OUT ANY TECHNICAL JARGON.
11:43:13AM WIDENING THE SCOPE WHICH I'LL SPEAK TO.
11:43:15AM THERE WAS A BOARD MOTION TO SEE IF WE CAN INCREASE THE
11:43:18AM MICROGRANT THRESHOLDS.
11:43:20AM I LEARNED A LOT THROUGH THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A GRANT
11:43:22AM CALLED MICROGRANT.
11:43:25AM I'M LIKE WHAT IS A MICROGRANT.
11:43:27AM WHAT I LEARNED IS THE MICROGRANT WERE THE GRANTS CREATED
11:43:30AM THAT WERE UNDER THE $25,000 THRESHOLD AND THE BOARD HAD
11:43:34AM APPROVED PREVIOUSLY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL FOR ANY
11:43:38AM GRANT UNDER 25,000.
11:43:39AM AND THAT WAS CONSIDERED A MICROGRANT TO THE COMMUNITY.
11:43:43AM SO AS WE MADE OUR ROUNDS TO THE CACs, THEY WERE CONCERNED,
11:43:47AM THEY SAID THEY LIKE OUR MICROGRANTS BECAUSE WE CAN GET THE
11:43:50AM GRANTS OUT THE DOOR FASTER BECAUSE STAFF CAN APPROVE THEM
11:43:52AM AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO GET ON A CAC AGENDA AND THEN A BOARD
11:43:56AM AGENDA AND THE TIMELINE BE EXTENDED OUT FROM THERE.
11:44:00AM SCORING MATRIX, SO ONE OF THE MOTIONS DIRECTED US TO
11:44:06AM IMPLEMENT A SCORING MATRIX AS I TALKED ABOUT.
11:44:09AM YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE GRANT PROGRAM DESCRIPTION.
11:44:11AM MONITORING, REPORTING, PROMOTION, CUSTOMER SERVICE, WHICH WE
11:44:15AM TALKED ABOUT.
11:44:15AM SOME DELIVERABLES.
11:44:18AM SO WHEN MS. REED FIRST STARTED, SHE GOT RIGHT IN THERE AND
11:44:22AM SAID, WHAT DO YOU WANT?
11:44:23AM WE CREATED A WORK PLAN WITH KEY DELIVERABLES AFTER THE
11:44:27AM ASSESSMENT OF SOME DOCUMENTS THAT WE'LL NEED.
11:44:29AM SO TODAY WE DEVELOPED THIS PRESENTATION TO PRESENT OUR
11:44:32AM RECOMMENDATIONS.
11:44:33AM WE PROVIDED THE FOUR UPDATED GRANT PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS.
11:44:37AM WE'VE CREATED ONE UNIFORM APPLICATION, WHICH IS PART OF A
11:44:41AM BOARD DIRECTIVE.
11:44:42AM WE IMPLEMENTED THAT SCORING RUBRIC.
11:44:44AM WE HAVE RETAINED OUR STAFF THAT NOW WORK IN THE DEPARTMENT.
11:44:48AM THAT IS THEIR SPECIALTY IS GRANT ADMINISTRATION.
11:44:50AM WE'VE ALSO STARTED ASSIGNING GRANT SPECIALISTS.
11:44:53AM SO WHEN SOMEONE RECEIVES AN AWARD, THEY WILL SAY MS. REED,
11:44:57AM MS. ROSSHAVEN OR MS. ROSS IS YOUR GRANT POINT OF CONTACT.
11:45:02AM THIS IS THE PERSON YOU REACH OUT TO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
11:45:04AM THIS IS WHO WILL BE REACHING OUT TO YOU TO COME AND VISIT
11:45:07AM AND MONITOR YOUR SITE.
11:45:08AM THEY START TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP AND HAVE A DIRECT POINT
11:45:11AM PERSON FOR THEIR AWARD.
11:45:12AM WE ALSO IMPLEMENTED PRE-APPLICATION MEETINGS.
11:45:15AM I DID FIND THAT WHEN PEOPLE FILLED OUT AN APPLICATION AND
11:45:19AM SENT IT TO US, THERE WAS SOME MISUNDERSTANDING THAT IT WAS
11:45:22AM AUTOMATICALLY APPROVED.
11:45:23AM PEOPLE WOULD SEND US AN APPLICATION OF WHICH WE WOULD TAKE
11:45:27AM THROUGH THE PROCESS.
11:45:28AM ONCE THEY SUBMITTED IT, THEY HAD AN UNDERSTANDING THAT ONCE
11:45:31AM I SUBMIT IT, I'M APPROVED AND I CAN DO THE PROJECT.
11:45:34AM WE ACTUALLY ARE IMPLEMENTING PRE-APPLICATION MEETINGS
11:45:37AM BECAUSE WE WANT TO MEET WITH THEM FIRST, LEARN ABOUT THEIR
11:45:40AM SITE.
11:45:40AM LEARN ABOUT THEIR PROJECTS.
11:45:41AM BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND MORE WAYS TO
11:45:44AM GET THEM FUNDING, CONNECT THEM TO ADDITIONAL RESOURCES SO
11:45:47AM THEY MIGHT COME IN FOR A FACADE GRANT BUT THEN THEY CAN --
11:45:52AM EXTERIOR GRANT, BUT THEY COULD MAYBE STACK AN EXTERIOR GRANT
11:45:56AM WITH INTERIOR GRANT.
11:45:57AM WE COULD MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS SINCE WE KNOW THE PROGRAM SO
11:46:00AM WELL, WE WANT TO PROVIDE THE MAXIMUM RESOURCES AVAILABLE.
11:46:03AM WE'LL BE DEVELOPING A NEW CRA GRANT POLICY.
11:46:06AM TODAY AS POLICY MAKERS REALLY SEEING SOME OF THE DECISIONS
11:46:08AM AND DISCUSSION THAT YOU ALL WANT, AND WE WILL PACKAGE THAT
11:46:11AM INTO A CRA GRANT POLICY THAT WE'LL BRING BACK.
11:46:14AM OUTREACH AND PROMOTION, WE HAVE OUR OUTREACH TEAM DEVELOPING
11:46:18AM REALLY COOL FLYERS AND BROCHURES AND ALSO PLANNING SOME
11:46:23AM COMMUNITY POP-UP EVENTS SO WE CAN EDUCATE ON OUR GRANTS AND
11:46:27AM ALSO SIGN PEOPLE UP RIGHT THEN AND THERE.
11:46:29AM OUTREACH IS DEFINITELY A PRIORITY.
11:46:31AM LIKE I SAID, PERFORMANCE REPORTING, SO WE'LL START TO
11:46:34AM DEVELOP A BUSINESS MENTOR DASHBOARD THAT THE BOARD WILL GET.
11:46:38AM YOU'LL KNOW HOW MANY INQUIRIES, HOW MANY GRANTS AWARDED, HOW
11:46:42AM MUCH FUNDS SPENT AND IT WILL BE REALLY EXCITING TO SEE US
11:46:45AM HIT OUR BENCHMARKS AS WE GO.
11:46:47AM BUILDING TEAM ENVIRONMENT.
11:46:49AM ENCOURAGING CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION ALONG THE WAY.
11:46:51AM WHEN WE HIT OUR GOALS, WE'LL CELEBRATE AS A TEAM AND REALLY
11:46:55AM PUSH EACH OTHER TO MEET THOSE FISCAL YEAR GOALS.
11:46:59AM THE NEXT TWO SLIDES IS REALLY THE MEAT AND THE POTATOES OF
11:47:05AM THE PRESENTATION.
11:47:06AM THE PREVIOUS CRA GRANTS, WE HAD 11.
11:47:09AM I'LL GO THROUGH THEM.
11:47:10AM FACADE IMPROVEMENT, SLASH, HISTORICAL PRESERVATION GRANT.
11:47:14AM COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA FENCING GRANT.
11:47:16AM A BUSINESS ENHANCEMENT MICROGRANT.
11:47:19AM A NEIGHBORHOOD AMENITY INCENTIVE GRANT, A TENANT READY
11:47:23AM GRANT.
11:47:24AM SORRY, THAT SHOULD BE ANOTHER ONE, VANILLA SHELL GRANT.
11:47:27AM RESTAURANT AND FOOD SERVICES GRANT.
11:47:29AM PREDEVELOPMENT LEVEL ONE AND LEVEL TWO GRANTS.
11:47:32AM COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS GRANT, NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP
11:47:36AM SPECIAL PROJECTS GRANT AND A STAND-ALONE GRANT, AKA A
11:47:40AM GENERAL CAPITAL GRANT.
11:47:42AM IN ORDER FOR SOMEONE TO APPLY THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH EACH
11:47:47AM ONE OF THESE, WHICH IS REALLY CUMBERSOME.
11:47:48AM WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WIDENED THE SCOPE.
11:47:50AM WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THESE GRANTS ARE NOW ELIGIBLE
11:47:56AM REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THE CONSOLIDATED FOUR GRANT PROGRAMS.
11:47:59AM I KNOW WE WANT OUR GRANT PROGRAMS TO BE TARGETED AND
11:48:02AM SPECIFIC, BUT IF YOU ARE DOING A SITE IMPROVEMENT GRANT, YOU
11:48:05AM CAN ADD FENCING TO THAT AND WE CAN JUST WIDEN THE SCOPE AND
11:48:09AM HAVE LESS GRANTS FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE TO NAVIGATE.
11:48:11AM SO THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO CONSOLIDATE THEM INTO
11:48:15AM THESE FOUR GRANTS AND THEY ARE COLOR CODED OF WHICH GRANTS
11:48:19AM ARE BEING CONSOLIDATED WHERE.
11:48:21AM SO WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU TODAY IS THE FACADE AND SITE
11:48:24AM IMPROVEMENT GRANT.
11:48:25AM THIS IS FOR THE EXTERIOR OF ANY COMMERCIAL BUILDING.
11:48:28AM THE SECOND ONE IS INTERIOR GRANT, COMMERCIAL INTERIOR GRANT
11:48:31AM FOR AREA REDEVELOPMENT.
11:48:34AM ALSO BEING ACRONYMED AS C.I.G.A.R.
11:48:38AM THE STAFF HAD A NAMING CONTEST AND HAD FUN WITH THIS.
11:48:42AM WE'RE OPEN TO NAMES.
11:48:45AM WORRIED ABOUT THE CONTENT AND TECHNICALITY.
11:48:47AM PREDEVELOPMENT GRANT, SO WE HAVE THE LEVEL ONE AND TWO.
11:48:50AM WE'RE REMAINING TO KEEP THAT.
11:48:52AM WE ALSO DEVELOPED A SPECIAL PROJECTS GRANT FOR ONE THAT
11:48:55AM MIGHT NOT FIT IN HERE BUT THAT THE BOARD CAN CONSIDER.
11:48:58AM MY MIND WORKS IN A BUSINESS FRAMEWORK AND BUSINESS MODEL.
11:49:06AM WHEN I WAS REVIEWING THE MOTIONS FROM THE BOARD TO DO THESE
11:49:10AM DIFFERENT THINGS, WANTED TO PUT IT INTO A FRAMEWORK.
11:49:13AM SO THE FRAMEWORK IS BROKEN OUT INTO FOUR DIFFERENT LEVELS
11:49:16AM AND THE LESS FUNDING THAT SOMEONE APPLIES FOR, THE LESS
11:49:19AM RESTRICTIONS ARE THERE.
11:49:21AM AS THE FUNDING RAMPS UP, OF COURSE, WE HAVE TO HAVE MORE
11:49:24AM RESTRICTIONS AND SKIN IN THE GAME FOR THOSE PUBLIC DOLLARS.
11:49:29AM BROKE IT OUT INTO FOUR DIFFERENT LEVELS, WHICH IS REALLY THE
11:49:33AM BULK OF THE DISCUSSION TODAY.
11:49:34AM LEVEL ONE IS 25,000 AND UNDER.
11:49:37AM KEEPING THAT MICROGRANT ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL, WHICH MEANS
11:49:40AM THAT CRA STAFF CAN REVIEW, APPROVE, AND MONITOR AND EXECUTE.
11:49:46AM WE'RE REMOVING THE REQUIREMENT FOR A GRANT AGREEMENT AND THE
11:49:51AM AWARD LETTER WILL BE THE LEGALLY BINDING DOCUMENT THAT WILL
11:49:54AM SAY CONGRATULATIONS.
11:49:56AM WE'RE EXCITED TO WORK WITH YOU ON YOUR PROJECT.
11:49:58AM YOU RECEIVED THIS AMOUNT OF FUNDING.
11:50:00AM YOU HAVE UNTIL THIS DATE TO PULL PERMITS, UNTIL THIS DATE TO
11:50:03AM COMPLETE THE PROJECT.
11:50:04AM HERE IS YOUR GRANT MANAGER AND WE'LL BE IN TOUCH WITH YOU
11:50:07AM SOON TO GO OVER YOUR REQUIREMENTS.
11:50:11AM THE TIMELINE FOR THIS AT MOST WOULD BE 30 DAYS TO WHERE WE
11:50:14AM CAN MEET WITH THEM, RECEIVE AN APPLICATION, PROCESS IT,
11:50:17AM APPROVE IT AND GET THEM OUT THE DOOR QUICKLY.
11:50:19AM LEVEL TWO IS VERY SIMILAR.
11:50:22AM THIS IS THE 25,000 TO $150,000 THRESHOLD.
11:50:28AM STILL ASKING FOR CRA STAFF APPROVAL.
11:50:31AM SINCE IT IS MORE FUNDING, HAVING AWARD LETTER AND A GRANT
11:50:35AM AGREEMENT TO GO WITH IT IN A FIVE-YEAR RESTRICTIVE COVENANT
11:50:40AM THAT IS BASICALLY A LOAN THAT'S FORGIVEN OVER TIME.
11:50:43AM THIS IS STILL SHORT PROCESSING.
11:50:44AM 30 TO 45 BUSINESS DAYS.
11:50:47AM ESSENTIALLY WHAT I'M PRESENTING IS INCREASING THAT
11:50:51AM MICROGRANT THRESHOLD UP TO $150,000.
11:50:54AM THE WAY WE DECIDED THAT IS ESSENTIALLY IF YOU ALL ARE IN
11:50:57AM AGREEMENT AND APPROVE THE CONTENT OF THE GRANT PROGRAM AND
11:51:01AM SAY THAT YOU BELIEVE IN THIS, YOU'RE GOOD WITH THE SCOPE,
11:51:03AM THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AND REALLY THE PROCESSES OF THE
11:51:07AM GRANT PROGRAM, THEN IF OUR STAFF CAN VERIFY THAT EVERYTHING
11:51:10AM IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THAT THEN WE CAN GO AHEAD AND ISSUE THE
11:51:15AM GRANTS.
11:51:15AM THAT IS LEVEL ONE AND TWO.
11:51:17AM AS WE MOVE INTO LEVEL THREE, WE START REALLY RAMPING IT UP.
11:51:21AM THIS WOULD APPLY TO ALL SPECIAL PROJECT GRANT REQUESTS AND
11:51:24AM HAVE THAT TWO TO THREE STEP PROCESS.
11:51:27AM THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOTIONS AS WELL.
11:51:28AM IT WOULD HAVE A STAFF RECOMMENDATION THAT STAFF
11:51:32AM RECOMMENDATION WOULD VERIFY THE COMPLIANCE THAT WAS IN THE
11:51:34AM BACK TO THE BASICS SLIDE.
11:51:35AM IT WOULD BE PRESENTED TO THE CAC.
11:51:37AM THE CAC WOULD MAKE A MOTION FOR OR AGAINST THE PROJECT, AND
11:51:41AM THEN ONCE IT COMES TO THE CRA BOARD, YOU'LL HAVE ALL THE
11:51:44AM INFORMATION ON THE PROJECT.
11:51:45AM STAFF'S ASSESSMENT, THE COMMUNITY'S RECOMMENDATION, AND HAVE
11:51:48AM ALL THE INFORMATION TO MAKE A DECISION ON THAT DAY OR IF YOU
11:51:52AM WANT TO HEAR IT AGAIN, OF COURSE, YOU CAN.
11:51:54AM THIS WOULD COME WITH AN AWARD LETTER, GRANT AGREEMENT AND
11:51:57AM BUILDING IN MANDATORY REPORTING.
11:51:58AM WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS WITH SOME OF OUR LARGER
11:52:01AM GRANTS, HAVING SOME REPORTING INCLUDED IN THE GRANT
11:52:05AM LANGUAGE, SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT NOW.
11:52:07AM HAVE A FIVE-YEAR RESTRICTIVE COVENANT AND THE PROCESSING
11:52:10AM TIMELINE WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT LONGER BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GET
11:52:13AM PLACED ON THE AGENDA, BE HEARD BY THE COMMUNITY AND, OF
11:52:15AM COURSE, COME BEFORE YOU AS THE BOARD.
11:52:18AM SO THAT IS LEVEL THREE.
11:52:20AM LEVEL FOUR ADDRESSES THE MOTION TO POSSIBLY REQUIRE A RULE
11:52:24AM FOR RFPs FOR ANY PROJECT OVER $1 MILLION, WHICH WE CAN DO
11:52:28AM IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE THAT.
11:52:30AM THIS HAS ALL OF THE SAME REQUIREMENTS.
11:52:31AM AWARD LETTER, GRANT AGREEMENT, REPORTING, FIVE-YEAR
11:52:34AM RESTRICTIVE COVENANT AND THEN THE RFP PROCESS TAKES A LITTLE
11:52:37AM BIT LONGER.
11:52:38AM WE PUT IT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
11:52:40AM IT COULD ALSO BE A FUNDING OF -- NOTICE OF FUNDING
11:52:44AM AVAILABILITY, X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS FOR THE PURPOSE AND CREATE
11:52:47AM THAT COMPETITIVE MARKET.
11:52:48AM THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY AS A FOUR-TIERED
11:52:53AM APPROACH TO GET GRANTS OUT THE DOOR FASTER.
11:52:55AM ONE THING THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT AS WE MOVE INTO QUESTIONS IS
11:52:59AM THAT SPECIAL PROJECT GRANT, IF THEY DO APPLY FOR SOMETHING
11:53:02AM OVER A MILLION DOLLARS, THAT IS WHERE THE BOARD MAY MAKE AN
11:53:06AM EXCEPTION IF THEY WANTED TO APPLY.
11:53:08AM THIS WOULD BE LIKE THE CATCHALL FOR THE CULTURAL INSTITUTION
11:53:12AM GRANTS THAT WE HAVE AND IT WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE AN EXCEPTION
11:53:15AM TO THAT RULE.
11:53:17AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: CAN WE STOP RIGHT THERE, DIRECTOR MOODY,
11:53:21AM SO WE CAN HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS?
11:53:22AM BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO, BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:53:24AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:53:27AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: CLENDENIN AND THEN CARLSON.
11:53:30AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION, I DON'T
11:53:32AM KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER YOU HAVE.
11:53:33AM IN WHAT YOU PRESENTED SO FAR IN ADDRESSING THE RULES
11:53:39AM REGARDING OVER A MILLION DOLLARS, YOU JUST STRESSED THAT.
11:53:41AM REGARDING A SCORING MATRIX AND APPLICATION PROCESS.
11:53:45AM I'M GOING BY WHAT THE MOTIONS ARE HERE.
11:53:47AM I FEEL THAT SOME FOLKS COULD BE -- COULD FEEL OVERWHELMED
11:53:53AM AND NOT EVEN WANT TO APPLY BECAUSE THE PROCESS IS SCARY OR
11:53:56AM TOO COMPLICATED OR TOO MANY HURDLES.
11:53:58AM I THINK THIS HELPS TO CONDENSE THAT.
11:54:02AM THE ONLY THING IS WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE THAT
11:54:05AM MESSAGE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THERE IS OPPORTUNITY AND
11:54:10AM THAT THERE IS ASSISTANCE, THAT THERE IS A SPECIALIST.
11:54:13AM AS YOU MENTIONED, SOMEBODY WILL BE ASSIGNED TO THE
11:54:16AM APPLICATION SO THEY KNOW.
11:54:18AM THE FACT THAT THEY WILL HAVE A CHECKLIST BEFORE FINAL
11:54:21AM APPROVAL SO PEOPLE DON'T GO -- IT'S LIKE SOMEONE SELLS A
11:54:25AM HOUSE AND EVERYTHING IS GOING GREAT, BUT THE BUYER WENT AND
11:54:28AM BOUGHT A NEW CAR AND GOT FINANCED AND NOW AT THAT CLOSING
11:54:33AM THEY HAVE AN ISSUE.
11:54:34AM THAT ANALOGY, BUT I MAKE A LOT OF THAT ANALOGIES.
11:54:38AM THE FACT IS WE CAN ELIMINATE THAT HURDLE BY WALKING PEOPLE
11:54:41AM THROUGH THE PROCESS, SAYING OKAY, DOING THIS, MOVE TO THIS
11:54:44AM NEXT STEP.
11:54:47AM CLOSING DATE OR APPROVAL DATE IS X AND THAT WILL HAPPEN.
11:54:50AM YOU THINK ABOUT THESE NUMBERS.
11:54:52AM 25,000, A MILLION, 150, WHATEVER IT IS.
11:54:56AM BEYOND, WE HAVE FACADE GRANTS, WE HAVE OTHER THINGS.
11:54:58AM THESE ARE LIFE-CHANGING GRANTS.
11:55:01AM 5,000, 10,000, 25,000, WHATEVER.
11:55:04AM MIGHT SEEM INSIGNIFICANT BUT REALLY IT'S NOT.
11:55:07AM IT COULD HELP PEOPLE, HELP CATAPULT THEM OR THEIR BUSINESS
11:55:13AM INTO THE NEXT STEP, GET OVER THAT SPEED BUMP THAT THEY NEED
11:55:16AM FOR SUCCESS.
11:55:18AM I THINK IN REGARDS TO WHAT STATE LAW SAYS CRAs ARE
11:55:21AM SUPPOSED TO BE, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING.
11:55:24AM THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING TO NOT ONLY EASE THE
11:55:29AM PROCESS, BUT TO FIGHT THE BATTLE IN ELIMINATING BLIGHT AND
11:55:33AM CREATING OPPORTUNITY AND GIVING A HAND UP, NOT A HAND OUT.
11:55:37AM I THINK THIS IS VERY IMPRESSIVE.
11:55:40AM I KNOW IT IS A TEAM EFFORT.
11:55:43AM MAYBE IT IS THE WHOLE TEAM, BUT WHOEVER PUT THIS TOGETHER
11:55:45AM AND CREATED THIS, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE.
11:55:48AM I THINK IT ANSWERS -- I'M LOOKING AT THE MOTIONS.
11:55:53AM THE ONLY ONE THING IS A TWO- TO THREE-STEP PROCESS FOR
11:55:57AM APPROVAL OF PROJECTS EXCEEDING 500,000.
11:56:00AM WE HAVE LEVEL THREE AT 150 TO 1 MILLION, WHERE THAT 500 PLUS
11:56:04AM WOULD FIT IN.
11:56:06AM SAID TWO- TO THREE-STEP PROCESS, YOU MEET THAT.
11:56:12AM STAFF RECOMMENDATION, CRA BOARD APPROVAL, A RESTRICTIVE
11:56:16AM COVENANT, WHATEVER.
11:56:18AM ANYWAYS, YOU'RE SIMPLIFYING THE PROCESS AND THAT IS THE
11:56:22AM WHOLE POINT, BUT VERY GOOD PRESENTATION.
11:56:24AM I'M VERY HAPPY WITH THIS.
11:56:26AM THANK YOU.
11:56:26AM >>ERICA MOODY: THANK YOU.
11:56:27AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON AND CLENDENIN AND
11:56:30AM HURTAK.
11:56:36AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'M JUST LISTENING.
11:56:37AM I WASN'T READY.
11:56:39AM I WASN'T PREPARED.
11:56:40AM I WAS THINKING.
11:56:41AM >>BILL CARLSON: AS I TOLD YOU IN THE BRIEFING, I THINK THE
11:56:46AM PRESENTATION AND THE ONE BEFORE YOU ARE EXCELLENT.
11:56:48AM SHOWS A HIGH DEGREE OF PROFESSIONALISM, STRATEGY, INSIGHTS.
11:56:51AM THE ONE THING I ASKED ERICA TO ADD TO THE BEGINNING BUT IT
11:56:54AM WAS TOO LATE BECAUSE IT WAS ALREADY PUBLISHED, I THINK WE
11:56:57AM OUGHT TO PREFACE ANYTHING LIKE THIS BY HAVING THE STRATEGY
11:57:01AM SLIDES AT THE BEGINNING LIKE THE MISSION AND OVERALL GOALS
11:57:03AM AND THINGS BECAUSE THAT IS A GAME CHANGER FOR ECONOMIC
11:57:07AM DEVELOPMENT IN TAMPA AND THE REGION.
11:57:10AM IT HAD SOME REALLY GOOD STUFF BUILT WITH THIS BOARD BY
11:57:13AM CONSENT OR BY CONSENSUS.
11:57:16AM ANYWAY, THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING THAT.
11:57:18AM IN TERMS OF THE CATEGORIES, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN GO BACK A
11:57:21AM COUPLE OF SLIDES, BUT IN TERMS OF THE CATEGORIES YOU
11:57:24AM CREATED, I TOLD ERICA ALL THIS OFF-LINE, BUT I WANT TO
11:57:27AM REPEAT IT, BECAUSE SUNSHINE WE CAN'T TALK TO EACH OTHER
11:57:30AM OUTSIDE OF THESE MEETINGS.
11:57:32AM I'VE ALWAYS OBJECTED TO THE TERM FACADE.
11:57:34AM IT MAKES IT SOUND SUPERFICIAL.
11:57:38AM EVEN INVESTING IN THE FACADE VERSUS INVESTING IN SOMETHING
11:57:42AM ELSE THAT WILL ADD VALUE TO A BUILDING I THINK IS NOT A GOOD
11:57:46AM IDEA.
11:57:46AM MOST OF THE TIME I VOTE AGAINST FACADE GRANTS.
11:57:49AM IF WE CREATE AN UMBRELLA CATEGORY, I THINK WE SHOULD
11:57:53AM SIMPLIFY THIS AND SAY SOMETHING LIKE EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENT OR
11:57:56AM SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
11:57:57AM YOU TALK ABOUT FENCES AND THINGS, I JUST DON'T WANT TO GIVE
11:58:01AM PEOPLE THE IMPRESSION THAT WE'RE NOT FIXING THE ROADS
11:58:04AM BECAUSE WE'RE INVESTING IN SOMETHING THAT IS SUPERFICIAL.
11:58:07AM ALSO, IT GIVES US SOME AREAS.
11:58:10AM THE OTHER THING, THOUGH, I REALLY RECOMMEND THAT WE
11:58:14AM CATEGORIZE THESE IN TERMS OF THE AUDIENCES.
11:58:16AM I WOULD RATHER SEE BUSINESS AND THEN THE NEXT ONE MIGHT BE
11:58:23AM HOMEOWNER, SLASH, NEIGHBORHOODS, ET CETERA.
11:58:26AM SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO FIND WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR.
11:58:28AM IF YOU ARE TRYING TO SIMPLIFY IT, IF THE FIRST ONE IS MOSTLY
11:58:33AM BUSINESS ORIENTED, HOW IS AN INDIVIDUAL GOING TO KNOW
11:58:35AM WHETHER THEY QUALIFY OR NOT.
11:58:38AM I THINK IF WE ORGANIZE IT -- NOT SUGGESTING NEW CATEGORIES,
11:58:42AM BUT JUST RELABEL THEM.
11:58:44AM CIGAR, IT SOUNDED LIKE A GREAT TEAM BUILDING EXERCISE.
11:58:48AM I DON'T WANT TO HAMPER THAT AT ALL.
11:58:50AM MY COLLEAGUES KNOW THAT I ALWAYS HAVE AN OBJECTION TO
11:58:53AM ACRONYMS.
11:58:55AM A GREAT EXAMPLE RECENTLY IS PIPES.
11:58:57AM IT WAS KIND OF CUTESY WHEN IT WAS CREATED FOUR, FIVE YEARS
11:59:00AM AGO, BUT NOW WE HAVE A PROBLEM BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THE
11:59:04AM MONEY DIDN'T GO TO PIPES.
11:59:05AM IT WENT TO OTHER WATER INFRASTRUCTURE.
11:59:07AM NOW WE HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE THAT PIPES WAS A FUN NAME.
11:59:10AM IT DIDN'T MEAN THAT WE WERE ONLY GOING TO SPEND THE MONEY ON
11:59:15AM PIPES.
11:59:15AM CERTAINLY WE ARE NOT GOING TO SPEND THE MONEY ON CIGARS,
11:59:18AM ALTHOUGH I LOVE THE NEWMANS AND SMOKING CIGARS IN YBOR.
11:59:22AM >> GOOD SAVE.
11:59:23AM [ LAUGHTER ]
11:59:24AM >>BILL CARLSON: BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE SHOULD DO MORE, THE
11:59:28AM INTERNAL TEAM-BUILDING STUFF.
11:59:30AM I WISH WE COULD CREATE A NAME, IF IT MOSTLY DEALS WITH
11:59:33AM HOMEOWNERS AND NEIGHBORHOODS, I WISH PUT THAT.
11:59:35AM ALSO IN THE COMMUNICATION, WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT WE
11:59:37AM ARE HELPING BUSINESSES AND HOMEOWNERS AND NEIGHBORHOODS.
11:59:40AM THE THINGS ABOUT RFPs, ABSOLUTELY OVER A MILLION DOLLARS,
11:59:43AM I THINK WE SHOULD HOLD AN RFP.
11:59:46AM YOU MENTIONED A SLIGHT NUANCE THAT MIGHT MEAN WE COULD TAKE
11:59:49AM IT A DIFFERENT ROUTE WHERE WE ASK FOR BIDS.
11:59:51AM BUT IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 35,000, 375,000 PER UNIT FOR
11:59:58AM AFFORDABLE HOUSING, I THINK WE SHOULD PUT MONEY OUT THERE
11:59:58AM AND SAY WE'VE GOT MONEY, DURING A CERTAIN SET PERIOD OF
12:00:02PM TIME, WHICH HAS TO BE ENOUGH TIME FOR PEOPLE TO ADEQUATELY
12:00:06PM RESPOND SO IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT IS FIXED FOR ONE
12:00:09PM DEVELOPER, WE ASK PEOPLE TO PITCH, WE SHOULD NOT BE REACTIVE
12:00:13PM TO WHATEVER DEVELOPER WALKS IN OUR DOOR.
12:00:15PM AN RFP ALLOWS IT TO BE COMPETITIVE.
12:00:17PM ALLOWS THE SMALLER GROUPS LIKE HABITAT, CDC AND OTHERS TO
12:00:23PM QUALIFY.
12:00:23PM THE OTHER THING WHICH I SAID EARLIER IS THAT WE NEED VERY
12:00:26PM TIGHT DEFINITIONS.
12:00:28PM ALTHOUGH WE CREATED UMBRELLA AREAS HERE, I THINK WE NEED
12:00:31PM REALLY TIGHT DEFINITIONS SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHEN THEY
12:00:34PM DON'T QUALIFY BECAUSE THAT WILL SAVE STAFF TIME.
12:00:38PM ADDED TO THAT, THE STAFF HAS TO BE EMPOWERED TO SAY NO.
12:00:42PM I THINK IN WHATEVER WAY WE CAN DESCRIBE IT AND WE CAN DO A
12:00:45PM BOARD VOTE IF MY COLLEAGUES AGREE, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO
12:00:48PM EMPOWER YOU ALL TO SAY NO BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES PEOPLE
12:00:52PM COME TO YOU AND FEEL FRUSTRATED THAT YOU ARE SAYING NO AND
12:00:55PM THEY FEEL LIKE THEY SHOULD JUMP OVER YOU AND GO TO THE
12:00:57PM BOARD.
12:00:58PM WE SHOULD MAKE AN EMPHATIC VOTE TO SAY WE'RE TRUSTING YOU TO
12:01:02PM NOT SHOW US THE BIDS THAT DON'T QUALIFY.
12:01:05PM SO IF THERE'S SOME WAY WE CAN DO THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO DO
12:01:09PM IT.
12:01:09PM YOU TALKED ABOUT MEASURING OUTCOMES.
12:01:11PM YOU AND I SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THIS, BUT WE
12:01:14PM NEED TO MEASURE THE OUTPUT AND MEASURE THE OUTCOMES TO THE
12:01:17PM EXTENT WE CAN GO DOWN TO A NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL TO LOOK AT
12:01:21PM ECONOMIC CHANGE, WE SHOULD BE DOING THAT.
12:01:23PM THANK YOU.
12:01:26PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
12:01:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I'M GLAD WE LANDED ON THIS SCREEN.
12:01:31PM THE LAST TIME I PULLED OUT A CARD, I GOT CRITICIZED.
12:01:38PM I'LL PUT OUT MY PowerPoint CARD, DON'T USE YELLOW.
12:01:42PM I'M LOOKING AT IT GOING I CAN'T READ THAT.
12:01:46PM >>ERICA MOODY: IT'S LIME GREEN.
12:01:49PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I LIKE LIME GREEN BUT NOT ON A
12:01:52PM PowerPoint.
12:01:52PM HONESTLY YOU AND YOUR STAFF DIRECTOR HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS
12:01:56PM JOB.
12:01:57PM THIS IS SO PROFESSIONAL, SO IN LINE WITH WHAT A GOVERNMENT
12:02:00PM AGENCY SHOULD BE DOING WITH OUR TIME AND OUR RESOURCES.
12:02:05PM IT IS ABSOLUTELY IN LINE WITH PRIORITIES OF I BELIEVE THE
12:02:10PM CRA AND THE COMMUNITY INPUT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED.
12:02:16PM WHEN I SAY COMMUNITY INPUT, CRITICISM.
12:02:20PM YOU'VE REALLY NAILED AND ADDRESSED SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT
12:02:22PM WE'VE HAD.
12:02:24PM I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW IMPRESSED I AM WITH HOW WELL THOUGHT
12:02:29PM THROUGH THIS IS.
12:02:31PM I'M VERY HOPEFUL THIS WILL GO A LONG WAY TO IMPROVING
12:02:36PM BUREAUCRACY AND STREAMLINING GOVERNMENT AND WHAT MOST PEOPLE
12:02:41PM EXPECT AND HOPE OUT OF GOVERNMENT.
12:02:43PM SO CONGRATULATIONS.
12:02:44PM GOOD JOB.
12:02:46PM >>ERICA MOODY: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:02:50PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
12:02:51PM I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES.
12:02:54PM THIS IS STELLAR.
12:02:55PM YOUR GRANTS DEPARTMENT HAS JUST DONE AN AMAZING JOB PULLING
12:03:01PM THIS ALL TOGETHER.
12:03:02PM I DO WANT TO MENTION THIS IS SIMPLY BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM.
12:03:04PM RESIDENTIAL GRANTS ARE GOING TO BE UNDER A WHOLE DIFFERENT
12:03:07PM THING COMING TO US.
12:03:08PM AND WHAT I LIKE MOST ABOUT THIS IS YOU DID ANSWER ALL OF THE
12:03:16PM MOTIONS AND MADE A VERY COHESIVE, UNDERSTANDABLE PACKAGE.
12:03:22PM BUT WHAT -- AGAIN, THE THING I LIKE MOST ABOUT IT YOU ARE
12:03:26PM EXPANDING THESE OFFERINGS THEN TO ALL OF THE CRAs.
12:03:30PM >> THAT'S RIGHT.
12:03:30PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THE CACs DON'T HAVE TO RE-CREATE THE WHEEL.
12:03:34PM SO SOME OF THESE SMALLER CRAs THAT DON'T HAVE THE
12:03:41PM EXPERIENCE OR AREN'T AWARE OF THE TYPES OF THINGS THEY CAN
12:03:44PM BE DOING, THIS AUTOMATICALLY OPENS UP A WHOLE NEW WORLD FOR
12:03:48PM THE FOLKS IN THOSE CRAs.
12:03:50PM SO I THINK THAT BY REALLY COMBINING THIS TO SIMPLY A GRANTS
12:03:56PM TEAM AND NOT INDIVIDUAL CRAs WAS A REALLY BRILLIANT
12:04:01PM OVERALL THOUGHT.
12:04:02PM I REALLY LIKE THE WAY THIS IS DONE.
12:04:04PM TO GO BACK TO THE FACADE QUESTION, I HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS
12:04:09PM THAT DO ASK ME, DOES THAT MEAN I CAN FIX A ROOF?
12:04:13PM AND THAT IS A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.
12:04:15PM I DON'T KNOW.
12:04:16PM FOR ME, THE FACADE IS THE FRONT.
12:04:18PM BUT I KNOW THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE.
12:04:20PM SO THOSE TYPES OF QUESTIONS.
12:04:22PM AND ANOTHER THING THAT TIES WITH -- AND THIS KIND OF GOES
12:04:26PM WITH THE RESIDENTIAL, BUT ARE ALSO IMPORTANT FOR BUSINESSES.
12:04:30PM SO, YES, COULD A BUSINESS FIX A ROOF WITH THAT, OF A
12:04:34PM BUSINESS THEY OWN?
12:04:35PM WHAT ABOUT FOLKS WHO ARE JUST RENTING SPACE?
12:04:38PM WHAT KINDS OF THINGS COULD THEY DO?
12:04:40PM I KNOW RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING ON A RESIDENTIAL GRANT THAT
12:04:42PM MIGHT ALLOW RENTERS TO ENCOURAGE THEIR LANDLORDS TO DO SOME
12:04:46PM OF THIS.
12:04:49PM HOW CAN WE SORT OF -- IS THAT IN HERE?
12:04:52PM IF NOT, CAN WE EXPAND IT?
12:04:54PM YES, I SEE MR. MASSEY NODDING HIS HEAD.
12:04:58PM SO GOOD.
12:04:59PM THAT'S THE KIND OF STUFF THAT WHEN YOU DO THE OUTREACH WOULD
12:05:01PM BE GREAT TO HEAR BECAUSE I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THAT UNTIL HE
12:05:06PM JUST NODDED HIS HEAD.
12:05:07PM THAT'S FABULOUS TO HEAR.
12:05:09PM THAT'S BROADENING IT TO EVEN A MUCH WIDER RANGE OF FOLKS
12:05:13PM BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE STARTING A BUSINESS DO NOT OWN
12:05:17PM THEIR OWN SPACE.
12:05:18PM I SAID MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE STARTING THEIR BUSINESS DO NOT
12:05:22PM OWN THEIR OWN SPACE.
12:05:24PM THEY HAVE TO RENT.
12:05:25PM I DON'T WANT THEM TO THINK THAT THEY CAN'T APPLY FOR ANY OF
12:05:27PM THESE THINGS.
12:05:28PM AGAIN, MAYBE EVEN DOING AN OUTREACH TO SAY, OH, HEY, YOU
12:05:34PM STARTED A SMALL BUSINESS.
12:05:36PM YOU'RE RENTING.
12:05:37PM THESE ARE THE TYPES OF PROGRAMS WE CAN HELP YOU WITH OR --
12:05:40PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: BECAUSE THESE PROGRAMS LEAD TO ACTUAL
12:05:44PM CHANGES TO THE BUILDINGS THEMSELVES, WE ARE GOING TO REQUIRE
12:05:48PM EVERY TENANT -- THE OWNER TO CONSENT TO IT.
12:05:52PM ESPECIALLY IF IT COMES WITH RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS THAT
12:05:54PM AFFECTS THE TITLE TO THE PROPERTY.
12:05:56PM >>LYNN HURTAK: OF COURSE, OF COURSE.
12:05:57PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: BUT THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN SET UP TO ALLOW
12:06:01PM TENANTS THAT ARE NOT JUST A SIX-MONTH TENANT, I THINK THEY
12:06:05PM HAVE A LONGER TERM, BUT BUSINESSES TO ALSO APPLY.
12:06:08PM >>LYNN HURTAK: BUT THAT'S THE EXACT SAME THING FOR A
12:06:11PM RESIDENTIAL TENANT.
12:06:12PM WE WOULD NEVER JUST PUT MONEY INTO A RESIDENTIAL UNIT
12:06:16PM WITHOUT GETTING THE APPROVAL FROM THE LANDLORD.
12:06:18PM AGAIN, IT ALSO GIVES THE LANDLORD SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD
12:06:21PM HAVE NEVER CONSIDERED.
12:06:22PM I JUST THINK IT IS A WONDERFUL IDEA.
12:06:24PM I'M REALLY LOVING THE WAY THIS ALL COMES TOGETHER.
12:06:27PM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD.
12:06:29PM I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU WILL SHARE WITH US YOUR OUTREACH SO
12:06:33PM WE CAN THEN SHARE IT FURTHER.
12:06:36PM I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO DO THAT.
12:06:38PM AGAIN, THIS IS STELLAR AND WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS IN OUR
12:06:42PM PRE-MEETING AND I JUST THINK IT'S WONDERFUL.
12:06:47PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT AND
12:06:49PM YOUR EFFORT TO MAKE CHANGES QUICKER AND BETTER FOR EVERYONE.
12:06:53PM I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THIS WILL ENHANCE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
12:06:59PM THOSE THAT ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO MAKE IT MORE
12:07:02PM PALATABLE AND EASIER TO OBTAIN.
12:07:05PM JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S INTEREST, I THINK EVERY FACADE IS A
12:07:08PM 50-50 GRANT.
12:07:09PM THEY PUT UP 50 AND YOUR DIVISION PUTS UP THE OTHER 50.
12:07:13PM IN GOING ALONG THOSE LINES AND I'M NOT ASKING FOR AN ANSWER
12:07:16PM TODAY, ONE OR TWO OR NONE HAVE EVER COME BACK TO SAY WE
12:07:22PM CAN'T MAKE IT.
12:07:24PM WE USED THE MONEY.
12:07:27PM I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S 100% CORRECT THAT EVERYBODY HAS DONE
12:07:31PM WHAT THEY SAID THEY WOULD DO.
12:07:32PM I THINK THE PUBLIC IS ENTITLED TO REALIZE IF THAT'S
12:07:35PM HAPPENED.
12:07:36PM IF IT HAS, I IMAGINE A VERY SMALL AMOUNT.
12:07:39PM THANK YOU, THANK YOUR STAFF.
12:07:42PM THIS TO ME LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF MULTITASKING FROM SOMEBODY IN
12:07:45PM THE ORGANIZATION OR MANY IN THE ORGANIZATION TO MAKE SURE
12:07:48PM THAT IT'S COMPLETED IN A TIMELY MANNER.
12:07:50PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH YOU AND YOUR STAFF.
12:07:52PM CONGRATULATIONS.
12:07:53PM >>ERICA MOODY: THANK YOU.
12:07:53PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: DIRECTOR MOODY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
12:07:56PM PRESENTATION.
12:07:57PM THANK YOU TO THE TEAM.
12:07:58PM I KNOW YOU ALL WORKED REALLY HARD ON THIS AND THAT IS
12:08:03PM EVIDENT.
12:08:04PM THIS IS ALSO THE COLORS OF THE MARKETING FOR THE CRA.
12:08:11PM THAT'S WHY THAT COLOR WAS THERE.
12:08:13PM PROBABLY DOESN'T HAVE TO BE USED IN A PRESENTATION FOR THE
12:08:15PM YELLOWING.
12:08:17PM GO BACK TO THE PYRAMID SLIDE AND LAND THERE FOR ME TO MAKE A
12:08:21PM FEW COMMENTS.
12:08:22PM MARKETING AND OUTREACH.
12:08:24PM DEFINITELY IMPORTANT.
12:08:27PM I FEEL JUST EVEN BASED ON PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY, THE
12:08:32PM DIVERSITY OF THE CACs AND WHO GETS TO BE A PART OF THIS
12:08:37PM GRANT PROCESS IS NOT JUST ISOLATED TO A PARTICULAR AREA, SO
12:08:41PM THAT COMMUNICATION HAS TO BE VERY CLEAR.
12:08:45PM ALSO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME JUST FROM
12:08:49PM PAYING ATTENTION TO THE COMMUNITY AND HEARING WHAT'S OUT
12:08:52PM THERE, WE ARE THE FRONT LINE OF THE GRANTS PROGRAM AND A
12:09:00PM BUSINESS DOES NOT HAVE TO HAVE HELP FROM ANYONE ELSE.
12:09:05PM THE TOP OF THE CHECKLIST IS THE CITY OF TAMPA, IS THAT
12:09:07PM CORRECT?
12:09:07PM YOU KNOW.
12:09:09PM YES, RIGHT?
12:09:10PM >>ERICA MOODY: COULD BE, YEAH.
12:09:12PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YEAH, COULD BE.
12:09:13PM THERE IS NO FEE-BASED ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE THAT NEED TO
12:09:17PM ASSIST IN THE GRANT PROCESS.
12:09:19PM I WANT TO PUT THAT ON RECORD AND SAY THAT.
12:09:21PM SO WHEN I'M OUT IN THE COMMUNITY I CAN TELL THEM TO
12:09:23PM REFERENCE TO THE COMMENTS ON THIS.
12:09:25PM AND HEARING ME SAY IT ON THE DAIS.
12:09:28PM BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE ARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT
12:09:30PM MISREPRESENTING WHAT WE DO WHEN IT COMES TO GRANTS.
12:09:34PM WE ARE THE GRANT ADMINISTRATOR.
12:09:36PM I DID NOTICE WHEN YOU WERE PRESENTING, YOU CHANGED THE WORD
12:09:43PM FACADE TO EXTERIOR, WHICH IS HELPFUL.
12:09:46PM I AGREE.
12:09:47PM I THINK THAT WILL BE A NICE CHANGE IN HELPING US UNDERSTAND
12:09:51PM OR EVEN THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING THAT WE OFFER IT.
12:09:54PM AS FAR AS LEVEL ONE AND LEVEL TWO, BECAUSE IT'S
12:09:59PM ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL, HOW WE KNOW ABOUT THAT MAY BE
12:10:04PM SOMETHING THAT YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION IN SHARING THAT
12:10:08PM WITH US IN A MEMO OR A CONGRATULATIONS LETTER, THE AWARD
12:10:13PM LETTER, WE SHOULD BE COPIED ON THAT SO WE CAN SAY
12:10:16PM CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE BUSINESSES AS WELL IF WE WANT TO,
12:10:19PM AND WE KNOW THAT IT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING ALTHOUGH IT DOESN'T
12:10:23PM REQUIRE BOARD MEMBER APPROVAL WHEN IT IS AWARDED.
12:10:26PM I THINK THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT POINT.
12:10:36PM THE HIGHER LEVEL RFP.
12:10:38PM I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN STAFF.
12:10:40PM SOMETIMES OUR LARGER GRANTS THAT ARE AT A LEVEL FOUR, WILL
12:10:46PM THERE BE SITUATIONS WHERE IT WON'T REQUIRE AN RFP?
12:10:52PM >>ERICA MOODY: CORRECT.
12:10:53PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WE'RE CALLING IT SPECIAL, SOMETHING LIKE
12:10:55PM THAT.
12:10:55PM CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT FOR THE BOARD?
12:10:57PM >>ERICA MOODY: YES, MA'AM.
12:10:58PM ONE OF THE DIRECTIVES IS WE'VE BEEN DOING LIKE STAND-ALONE
12:11:02PM GRANTS FOR GRANTS THAT DON'T FIT WITHIN A PROCESS.
12:11:05PM ONE OF THE DIRECTIVES FROM THE BOARD WAS TO CREATE A
12:11:07PM STANDARDIZED PROCESS FOR ANY GRANT THAT'S NOT WITHIN
12:11:11PM EXTERIOR, INTERIOR, PREDEVELOPMENT.
12:11:12PM THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A SPECIAL PROJECTS GRANT AND THOSE
12:11:16PM WOULD HAVE THE TWO- TO THREE-STEP PROCESS AND EMPOWER US TO
12:11:20PM SAY NO IF IT DOESN'T GET PAST STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
12:11:25PM IF CAC DOESN'T SUPPORT IT, WOULDN'T COME TO YOU.
12:11:28PM IF IT DOES PASS ALL THE CHECKS, IT WOULD COME TO YOU THROUGH
12:11:32PM CRA BOARD FOR EVERY SPECIAL PROJECT GRANT.
12:11:34PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: LET ME SAY SOMETHING ABOUT STAFF SAYING NO,
12:11:37PM THE WAY WE'RE TRYING TO SET UP THE GRANTS, ESPECIALLY THE
12:11:41PM EXTERIOR GRANT OR THE FACADE SITE GRANT AND THE CIGAR GRANT
12:11:47PM AND PREDEVELOPMENT GRANT IS TO HAVE VERY CLEAR CRITERIA THAT
12:11:51PM STAFF APPLIES.
12:11:53PM SO THIS IS ALL GOING TO BE DONE BASICALLY AT A STAFF LEVEL.
12:11:56PM IT WILL NOT COME TO THE BOARD UNLESS AN APPLICANT BELIEVES
12:12:00PM THE STAFF HAS MISAPPLIED THE CRITERIA.
12:12:03PM WE WOULD BUILD IN I BELIEVE AN APPEAL PROCESS.
12:12:06PM THE SPECIAL PROJECTS ARE A LITTLE BIT HARDER.
12:12:09PM I THINK CRITERIA THERE IT'S HARD TO COMPARE APPLES TO
12:12:13PM ORANGES WHEN TALKING ABOUT SPECIAL PROJECTS.
12:12:17PM THE WHOLE IDEA AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE WHOLE SPECIAL
12:12:21PM PROJECT GRANT PROCESS WILL TAKE MUCH LONGER THAN THE
12:12:24PM STANDARDIZED GRANT PROCESS IS THAT IT WILL REQUIRE A STAFF
12:12:28PM REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION.
12:12:29PM STAFF WILL SCORE AND GIVE A RECOMMENDATION WHETHER THEY
12:12:32PM THINK IT COMPLIES WITH THE STATUTE, THE PLAN, THE DIRECTIVES
12:12:35PM OF THIS BOARD, SOMETHING WORTHY OF CRA FUNDING, BUT IT WOULD
12:12:39PM THEN ALSO GO TO THE CAC FOR THEIR REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION
12:12:43PM AND ULTIMATELY I THINK COME TO YOU ALL FOR FINAL DECISION.
12:12:46PM REALLY, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE SPECIAL PROJECTS ARE
12:12:49PM THINGS THAT DON'T FIT INTO ANY NEED CATEGORY.
12:12:52PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: LIKE UNION STATION.
12:12:56PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: CORRECT.
12:12:56PM UNION STATION WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE.
12:12:58PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
12:12:59PM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
12:13:00PM >>ERICA MOODY: WE HAVE MORE.
12:13:01PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES, I KNOW.
12:13:02PM >>ERICA MOODY: IF I CAN RECAP FROM SOME OF THE COMMENTS I
12:13:05PM HEARD.
12:13:06PM GREAT DISCUSSION.
12:13:07PM I HEARD THAT YOU ALL WILL WANT TO BE AWARE OF THE GRANT
12:13:10PM AWARDS GOING OUT. COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
12:13:16PM >>LYNN HURTAK: ALONG THAT LINE, I THINK IT IS A GREAT IDEA.
12:13:18PM BUT I'M HOPING THAT THERE ARE SO MANY GRANTS THAT MAYBE A
12:13:22PM MONTHLY LIST --
12:13:24PM >>ERICA MOODY: EXACTLY WHAT I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY.
12:13:27PM >>LYNN HURTAK: OTHERWISE, HARD TO MAINTAIN IT.
12:13:29PM LIKE A MONTHLY LIST AND THAT WAY WE CAN KNOW.
12:13:32PM WHAT I WOULD LIKE IS A MONTHLY LIST UNDER THESE LEVELS.
12:13:36PM ALSO, THOUGH, IN EACH CATEGORY.
12:13:38PM WHETHER YOU DO THE COLOR, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO IT.
12:13:42PM JUST SO WE KNOW.
12:13:45PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: LEVEL THREE AND UP WE'LL KNOW ABOUT.
12:13:47PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I'M SORRY.
12:13:49PM YOU'RE RIGHT.
12:13:49PM ONE AND TWO, BUT THEN UNDER EACH, LIKE HOW MANY ARE WE
12:13:54PM GETTING.
12:13:58PM >>ERICA MOODY: I LOVE IT, YES.
12:13:59PM >>LYNN HURTAK: BY WHICH CRAs ARE GETTING THEM.
12:14:02PM I HATE TO ASK FOR LIKE A WHOLE SPREADSHEET, BUT I THINK THAT
12:14:08PM WILL BE VALUABLE.
12:14:09PM IF A CERTAIN CRA ISN'T DOING IT -- IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A
12:14:13PM PLAN --
12:14:13PM >>ERICA MOODY: WE DO.
12:14:17PM MS. REED WILL COME UP AND SPEAK ON THAT.
12:14:20PM THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.
12:14:23PM >> SO WE DO HAVE STEPS THAT WE'VE IMPLEMENTED.
12:14:27PM WE'VE ALREADY ACTUALLY DRAFTED A DOCUMENT.
12:14:29PM I DON'T HAVE IT TODAY.
12:14:30PM BUT IT'S KIND OF SET UP TO WHERE IT LISTS EACH DISTRICT AND
12:14:35PM THEN IT WILL LIST THE GRANTS.
12:14:38PM EVERY MONTH THAT WILL BE INCLUDED -- WELL, PROVIDED TO THE
12:14:41PM CRA MANAGERS SO THEY WOULD UPDATE THE CACs AND THAT WOULD
12:14:46PM ALSO BE A PART OF DIRECTOR MOODY'S DIRECTOR'S REPORT ON A
12:14:50PM QUARTERLY BASIS, SO YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE WHICH GRANTS ARE
12:14:55PM ACTUALLY INITIATED AND IT WILL NOTE, THESE ARE IN PROGRESS.
12:14:59PM ONCE THE GRANT IS COMPLETED, IT WILL STILL BE ON THE NEXT
12:15:04PM REPORT WITH A STRIKE-THROUGH SO YOU ARE AWARE THIS GRANT HAS
12:15:07PM BEEN COMPLETED AND WON'T BE ON THE NEXT REPORT.
12:15:09PM WE DO HAVE THAT IN PLACE.
12:15:12PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
12:15:13PM >>ERICA MOODY: MS. REED CREATED THE UNIVERSAL APPLICATION,
12:15:17PM THE MONITORING CHECKLIST AND ALSO WROTE ALL OF THE GRANT
12:15:20PM PROGRAMS BEFORE YOU TODAY.
12:15:21PM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR FEEDBACK.
12:15:25PM IT'S NOT TOO MUCH WHEN YOU'RE TELLING US WHAT YOU WANT.
12:15:28PM WE ACTUALLY LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT MAKES THE EXPECTATION CLEAR
12:15:30PM SO WE CAN DELIVER ACCORDINGLY.
12:15:32PM THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
12:15:34PM ALSO, I HEARD WANTING TO KNOW THE AWARD LETTER, WE CAN
12:15:37PM DEFINITELY ADD THE BOARD AS A CC ON THE AWARD LETTERS.
12:15:41PM THE PROGRAMS, WE TALKED ABOUT RENTERS AND OUTREACH.
12:15:45PM SO WE HAVE THESE PROGRAMS THAT KIND OF HAVE A WIDE SCOPE,
12:15:48PM BUT WE CAN DO MORE TARGETED MARKETING IN SAYING, IS YOUR
12:15:51PM FENCE FALLING DOWN AND DO YOU NEED A NEW FENCE AND PLUCK OUT
12:15:55PM SOME OF THE KEY THINGS FROM EACH GRANT AND DO MORE TARGETED
12:15:58PM MARKETING.
12:15:59PM THEN IF THEY NEED MORE ADDITIONAL THINGS DONE, THEN WE CAN
12:16:02PM HELP THEM OUT IN A GREATER WAY.
12:16:04PM I HEARD SOME UPDATING ON THE NAMES, MAYBE MAKING THEM MORE
12:16:08PM SIMPLE, EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR, AS WELL AS THE REPORTING THAT
12:16:13PM YOU WOULD LIKE AND THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THERE, TOO.
12:16:16PM I WILL NOT USE YELLOW AGAIN IN A PRESENTATION.
12:16:19PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:16:21PM AS YOU CAN TELL, WE LOVE WHAT WE DO.
12:16:23PM WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SHARE ALL OF THIS WITH YOU AND EVEN
12:16:26PM MORE EXCITED TO IMPLEMENT IT.
12:16:28PM AFTER TODAY, I'LL TALK ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS AND YOU'LL GET
12:16:31PM IT ALL IN A FINAL PACKAGE.
12:16:33PM WE HAVE BEEN WORKING DOWN TO THE WIRE AND THAT'S WHY YOU'LL
12:16:37PM SEE "DRAFT" ON THE PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO
12:16:40PM KEEP OUR PROMISE AND DELIVER THIS TO YOU TODAY.
12:16:44PM THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK TO DO.
12:16:47PM ATTORNEY MASSEY, DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING?
12:16:49PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: NO, JUST THAT DEE AND ERICA HAVE DONE AN
12:16:52PM INCREDIBLY GREAT JOB.
12:16:53PM I AM IN THE PROCESS OF EDITING THEM.
12:16:56PM I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE CRITERIA IS VERY OBJECTIVE.
12:16:58PM THAT'S ONE OF MY CONCERNS, STAFF LEVEL DECISION SO THE
12:17:04PM PROCESS IS ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT THE CRITERIA IS VERY
12:17:07PM OBJECTIVE AND IT SPELLS OUT REALLY CLEARLY HOW THINGS WORK.
12:17:11PM THERE MAY BE SOME WORD CHANGES.
12:17:13PM REALLY WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO YOU IN SUBSTANCE HAS ALL
12:17:16PM BEEN DONE BY THEM.
12:17:17PM THEY HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB CONSOLIDATING.
12:17:20PM THAT'S WHAT IS GOING TO BE ULTIMATELY PRESENTED TO YOU.
12:17:23PM PROBABLY COME FORWARD WITH A RESOLUTION.
12:17:25PM WHEN WE PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER, PLUS THE WHOLE OVERARCHING
12:17:28PM POLICIES FOR THE GRANT PROGRAM FOR YOU ALL TO APPROVE AND
12:17:31PM DELEGATE SOME OF THE AUTHORITY TO STAFF DIRECTLY.
12:17:34PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
12:17:35PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SAY AND BOARD MEMBER
12:17:41PM CLENDENIN MENTIONED THIS EARLIER WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN
12:17:49PM FOR DOWNTOWN.
12:17:51PM ACTUALLY, USING THESE METRICS AND NUMBERS IS STANDARD
12:17:54PM OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR GRANTS, ESPECIALLY IN GOVERNMENT
12:17:58PM GRANTS BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A NUMBER, IT'S VERY HARD TO SUE.
12:18:02PM IT'S VERY HARD -- I MEAN, IT'S VERY -- IT'S VERY CUT AND
12:18:06PM DRY.
12:18:07PM YOU'RE LIKE, OKAY, YOU EITHER FIT THIS OR DON'T, LITTLE
12:18:10PM CHECK BOX, IF YOU DON'T MAKE THE NUMBERS, THEN YOU CAN TRY
12:18:13PM TO APPEAL, BUT IT JUST MAKES IT A BIT EASIER.
12:18:16PM AGAIN, IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS WORKED WELL FROM A
12:18:20PM LEGAL PERSPECTIVE AND MORRIS IS NODDING -- SORRY, MR. MASSEY
12:18:24PM IS NODDING HIS HEAD.
12:18:26PM IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT FOR ME IN MY WORK IN THE
12:18:31PM DEVELOPMENT WORLD HAS BEEN CRITICAL IN GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
12:18:38PM COMING OR FOLKS COMING BACK AND SAYING, WELL, I DIDN'T GET
12:18:41PM WHAT I NEEDED AND, WELL, YOU DIDN'T FIT THE REQUIREMENTS.
12:18:44PM ANYWAY, I REALLY LOVE THE IDEA OF HAVING THAT CHECKLIST
12:18:48PM AHEAD OF TIME SO IT'S LESS WORK FOR US TO DO.
12:18:50PM EVERYTHING IS DONE ON THE BACK END AND I THINK THAT'S
12:18:53PM WONDERFUL.
12:18:53PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
12:18:54PM THANK YOU.
12:18:54PM BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
12:18:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THINK IT'S KIND OF APPLES AND ORANGES.
12:19:00PM I DON'T DISAGREE WITH WHAT YOU JUST STATED.
12:19:02PM MY CONCERN WITH WHAT WE SAW IN THE DOWNTOWN, THE WEIGHTS,
12:19:06PM SOME ARBITRARINESS TO IT.
12:19:11PM I DON'T NECESSARILY AGREE WITH HAVING NUMERICAL VALUES TO
12:19:15PM CERTAIN THINGS, WEIGHTS, THAT JUST GAVE ME CONCERN.
12:19:19PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: WHEN DEALING WITH GRANTS, IMPORTANT TO HAVE
12:19:23PM POINTS.
12:19:25PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SCORING IS IMPORTANT.
12:19:27PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: THAT IS A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT AND WE NEED
12:19:30PM TO TALK TO THE CONSULTANT ABOUT THAT.
12:19:32PM YOU HAVE TO HAVE FLEXIBILITY.
12:19:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: EXACTLY.
12:19:39PM >> I WANTED TO MENTION A COUPLE OF THINGS.
12:19:41PM ONE, I WANTED TO EXPAND AND ADD TO SOME OF OUR
12:19:44PM COMMUNICATIONS PLANS JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE
12:19:47PM LOOKING AT DOING.
12:19:48PM ONE, WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING FOUR POP-UP WORKSHOPS.
12:19:54PM SO WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF STRATEGICALLY PLACE THEM SO THAT
12:19:58PM AT THE END WE WILL HAVE PRESENTED IN AN AREA WHERE EVERYONE
12:20:02PM IN THOSE DISTRICTS CAN ACCESS, BUT IN THOSE MEETINGS, WE
12:20:06PM WILL HAVE AN EDUCATION PIECE ON THE FRONT END AND FOR THOSE
12:20:09PM THAT SHOW UP, IF THEY ALREADY HAVE A PROJECT OR ALREADY
12:20:13PM LOOKING AT DOING WORK, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN UP
12:20:17PM AND THEN WE'LL USE THE SECOND HALF OF THAT WORKSHOP TO TAKE
12:20:21PM APPLICATIONS ON THE SPOT AND THEN WE'LL FOLLOW UP AND BE
12:20:24PM ABLE TO SCHEDULE THEIR PRE-APPLICATION MEETING.
12:20:27PM AND THEN AHEAD OF THOSE WORKSHOPS, GRANTS TEAM WILL BE DOING
12:20:31PM LITTLE SNIPPET, SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEOS, INSTAGRAM, Facebook.
12:20:36PM JUST KIND OF THROWING IN AN EDUCATION PIECE BUT WE ALSO PLAN
12:20:41PM TO DO LIKE A RANDOM DRAW TO SET THE LOCATION OF THE NEXT
12:20:46PM WORKSHOP.
12:20:47PM TRYING TO PUT A HUMAN FACE AND BE MORE PERSONABLE WITH THE
12:20:51PM COMMUNITY AND ALSO DELIVER THAT EDUCATION PIECE AND PUT OUT
12:20:54PM THE WORD ABOUT THE GRANTS.
12:20:56PM ALSO, I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS INITIATIVE, REALLY,
12:21:00PM IF YOU NOTICED, WE HAVEN'T REALLY CREATED ANY NEW GRANTS.
12:21:05PM WE'VE JUST CLEANED UP WHAT'S EXISTING AND TRYING TO MAKE
12:21:08PM THOSE PROCESSES BETTER, IMPLEMENTING STEPS TO KEEP THINGS ON
12:21:11PM TRACK.
12:21:15PM >>ERICA MOODY: ONE MORE THING TO ADD, THE GRANTS TEAM WILL
12:21:18PM BE DOING OUTREACH AS WELL, BUT THE CRA MANAGERS HAVE COINED
12:21:21PM THEMSELVES AS SALESMEN AND SALESWOMAN.
12:21:24PM SO CAME UP WITH THIS THE OTHER DAY.
12:21:28PM THEY ARE REALLY OUT HERE.
12:21:30PM DOING MORE BOOTS ON THE GROUND, COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
12:21:32PM WORK.
12:21:32PM I HEARD DURING PUBLIC COMMENT ASKING IF STAFF WILL BE GOING
12:21:36PM INTO BUSINESSES, BUT, YEAH, WE'LL BE GOING THERE.
12:21:39PM WE DON'T EXPECT PEOPLE TO COME TO US.
12:21:41PM ALSO WITH THE RELOCATION, WE HAVE A FLEET HERE TO WHERE WE
12:21:44PM CAN GET A CAR AND THEY WILL BE IN THE COMMUNITY WALKING
12:21:46PM AROUND, MEETING NEIGHBORS, MEETING BUSINESS OWNERS AND
12:21:50PM REALLY SELLING OUR PROGRAMS AND REALLY SHIFTING TO MORE
12:21:53PM COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOCUS.
12:21:55PM THAT'S ALL PART OF THE RESTRUCTURE AS WELL.
12:21:58PM ALL RIGHT.
12:21:59PM WELL, I HAVE A REALLY GREAT SLIDE NEXT TO DISCUSS WITH YOU.
12:22:03PM THIS WAS MORE OF THE POLICY SETTING, AND WE WANTED TO TEST
12:22:07PM OUT A NEW IDEA AND GET YOUR FEEDBACK ON.
12:22:10PM I'LL DO A GRAND REVEAL.
12:22:13PM BUT THE QUESTION HAS BEEN, HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
12:22:17PM INVESTING IN RESIDENTS AND TAKING CARE OF OUR OWN RESIDENTS
12:22:21PM AND BUSINESS OWNERS THAT HAVE LIVED IN THIS COMMUNITY AND
12:22:24PM THAT THEY ARE GETTING ABLE TO ACCESS THIS GRANT AND IT'S NOT
12:22:28PM JUST ABOUT NEW PEOPLE COMING IN.
12:22:30PM OF COURSE, PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT AND PRIVATE DEVELOPERS ARE
12:22:32PM GOING TO BE ATTRACTED TO AN AREA THAT'S BEING REDEVELOPED
12:22:35PM BUT HOW CAN WE TAKE CARE OF THE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE LIVED,
12:22:38PM WORKED OR OWNED HERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
12:22:40PM GOING INTO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE HAVE CREATED SOMETHING CALLED
12:22:44PM A LEGACY CREDIT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS AND PRESENT
12:22:48PM WITH YOU TODAY.
12:22:49PM I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS BEFORE, SO WE'RE CREATING IT RIGHT NOW.
12:22:56PM ESSENTIALLY IF A BUSINESS OWNER CAN SHOW THAT THEY HAVE
12:22:59PM WORKED IN THE COMMUNITY AND OWNED THAT BUSINESS AT THAT
12:23:03PM LOCATION FOR FIVE -- SORRY -- FOR 5, 10, 15, 20 YEARS, WE
12:23:09PM CAN REDUCE THAT MATCH REQUIREMENT.
12:23:12PM PART OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT AS WELL IS THE FINANCIAL BURDEN
12:23:16PM AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT CREATING A HARD TIME TO
12:23:19PM ACCESS THE CAPITAL FOR BUSINESS OWNERS TO BE ABLE TO IMPROVE
12:23:23PM THEIR LOCATION.
12:23:24PM SO THIS WOULD ESSENTIALLY MEAN THAT LEGACY OWNERS MAY
12:23:26PM QUALIFY FOR ADDITIONAL RELIEF ON THEIR REQUIRED MATCH AND A
12:23:29PM PERCENTAGE OF THE MATCH WOULD BE DETERMINED BY THE NUMBER OF
12:23:31PM YEARS THEY HAVE OWNED THE PROPERTY AND PAID PROPERTY TAXES
12:23:35PM INTO THE DISTRICT.
12:23:36PM THIS WOULD MAX OUT AT MAXIMUM OF $100,000.
12:23:43PM IF THEY HAVE LIVED IN THE DISTRICT FOR FIVE YEARS, THEIR
12:23:45PM MATCH WOULD GO FROM 50% TO 35%.
12:23:49PM IF THEY LIVED -- OR IF THEY HAD THAT BUSINESS TEN YEARS, THE
12:23:53PM MATCH WOULD GO FROM 50 TO 25.
12:23:55PM 15 YEARS, GO DOWN TO 15% MATCH, AND 20 YEARS, WOULD REMOVE
12:24:02PM THE MATCHING REQUIREMENT FOR THEM.
12:24:04PM I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF BUSINESS OWNERS THAT HAVE LIVED
12:24:07PM AND WORKED AND OWNED THEIR BUSINESS IN THE COMMUNITY FOR A
12:24:10PM LONG TIME, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO DISCUSS THIS WITH THE
12:24:13PM BOARD TO REDUCE THAT MATCHING REQUIREMENT FOR LEGACY
12:24:16PM RESIDENTS.
12:24:16PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
12:24:18PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
12:24:19PM THIS IS A GREAT IDEA, BUT MY ONLY CONCERN ABOUT IT IS THE
12:24:23PM WORD OWN.
12:24:25PM AGAIN, YOU CAN BE A BUSINESS WHO HAS BEEN IN THE
12:24:29PM NEIGHBORHOOD FOR FIVE YEARS OR TEN YEARS AND STILL BE A
12:24:32PM TENANT, SO I'M -- THAT'S THE PART THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT
12:24:37PM IS THAT I DON'T WANT TO NARROW THE REQUIREMENT OR THE SCOPE.
12:24:42PM I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WOULD LOOK, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO YOU
12:24:45PM LOOK INTO THAT.
12:24:46PM BUT I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
12:24:48PM I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO REACH THE MAXIMUM
12:24:51PM NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH THIS.
12:24:58PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, DIRECTOR MOODY.
12:25:00PM MY GOODNESS, I THINK I'VE BEEN STATING THIS SINCE BEFORE I
12:25:03PM GOT ELECTED, SINCE I'VE BEEN ELECTED, CITY OF TAMPA WE NEED
12:25:07PM TO BE TAKING CARE OF OUR OWN FIRST AND EVERYTHING WE NEED TO
12:25:10PM DO, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE CITY
12:25:13PM OF TAMPA, PEOPLE WORK IN BUSINESSES IN CITY OF TAMPA, PEOPLE
12:25:17PM INVESTING IN CITY OF TAMPA, ONE, TWO, THREE GENERATIONS,
12:25:20PM THIS IS ABSOLUTELY, WE NEED TO CLONE THIS.
12:25:23PM IT'S BRILLIANT.
12:25:24PM WE NEED TO REPLICATE THIS IN EVERY POLICY WE HAVE IN THE
12:25:27PM CITY.
12:25:28PM TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN FIRST.
12:25:31PM I LIKE THIS A LOT.
12:25:33PM THIS IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING.
12:25:35PM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
12:25:38PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I AGREE.
12:25:39PM I THINK THIS IS GREAT.
12:25:40PM I ALSO AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE REGARDING OWNED PROPERTY.
12:25:46PM FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WAS A STORY OF A BUSINESS THAT WAS A
12:25:52PM TENANT FOR ALMOST 60 YEARS AND THEN THEY FINALLY GOT THE
12:25:58PM OPPORTUNITY TO BUY THE BUILDING.
12:25:59PM IT WASN'T HERE IN TAMPA, BUT, YEAH, I THINK IT SHOULD BE IN
12:26:03PM BUSINESS, NOT OWN PROPERTY.
12:26:06PM THERE ARE PEOPLE, I COULD GO DOWN THE LIST OF PEOPLE THAT
12:26:10PM HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR YEARS, BUT THEY RENT.
12:26:13PM SO IT SHOULD BE -- TENANTS SINCE 1990, WHATEVER IT IS.
12:26:22PM AND THEN JUST BE ELIGIBLE FROM THERE.
12:26:27PM I'M TRYING TO THINK, I HAVE FRIENDS THAT THEY OWN THEIR
12:26:32PM BUILDING.
12:26:37PM I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE THEY RENT.
12:26:38PM THEY ARE TENANTS.
12:26:39PM LIKE MY DAD, HE'S BEEN IN BUSINESS THERE 12 YEARS OUTSIDE OF
12:26:44PM A CRA, THAT HE RUNS AND HE MAY NEVER BE ABLE TO BUY THE
12:26:49PM BUILDING.
12:26:49PM AGAIN, THANK YOU.
12:26:54PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ANYONE ELSE?
12:26:55PM >>ERICA MOODY: I BELIEVE MS. REED HAS A COUPLE OF CLARIFYING
12:26:58PM COMMENTS AROUND LEGACY, TOO.
12:27:00PM THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE FURTHER REFINING AS WELL.
12:27:03PM >>BILL CARLSON: I NEED TO EXCUSE MYSELF TO GO TO A MEETING.
12:27:08PM >>ERICA MOODY: WE'RE ALMOST THERE.
12:27:10PM A COUPLE OF CLARIFYING COMMENTS ON LEGACY.
12:27:13PM >> JUST TO CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT AROUND THE LEGACY CREDIT.
12:27:17PM I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE LEGACY CREDIT IS NOT
12:27:21PM NECESSARILY MEANT FOR EVERYONE.
12:27:23PM IT IS MEANT TO INCENTIVIZE THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE
12:27:30PM INVESTED IN THE DISTRICT AND HAVE BEEN THERE FOR YEARS.
12:27:32PM SO IF YOU HAVE A BUSINESS, THOUGH WE'RE ALLOWING THE
12:27:36PM BUSINESSES AS A TENANT TO APPLY FOR THE GRANT, IT MAY HAVE
12:27:40PM BEEN THERE FOR THESE CERTAIN NUMBER OF YEARS, 5, 10, 15, 20,
12:27:45PM THEY ARE CERTAINLY ABLE TO HAVE THE OWNER APPLY FOR THAT
12:27:49PM LEGACY CREDIT.
12:27:50PM EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE APPLYING FOR THE GRANT, IF THEY HAVE
12:27:54PM BEEN IN PLACE AND THE OWNER HAS BEEN IN OWNERSHIP OF THAT
12:27:57PM BUILDING AND THEY HAVE PAID INTO THE TAXES, THEY CAN STILL
12:28:01PM BENEFIT FROM THAT LEGACY CREDIT.
12:28:03PM I DO WANT TO CLARIFY OR MAKE SURE THAT IT'S UNDERSTOOD THAT
12:28:07PM THAT MATCH IS STILL CAPPED BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF TAXES THAT
12:28:11PM THEY HAVE PAID INTO THE TAX BASE.
12:28:17PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: THESE -- LET ME CLARIFY THAT.
12:28:19PM THESE ARE FOR THE STANDARD PROGRAMS, THOUGH, RIGHT, CORRECT?
12:28:23PM EXTERIOR FACADE GRANT PROGRAM OR INTERIOR CIGAR GRANT
12:28:28PM PROGRAM, IS THAT CORRECT?
12:28:30PM >> INTENT IS THAT IT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY -- SORRY.
12:28:33PM IT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY -- AS LONG AS THEY QUALIFY, IT WOULD
12:28:38PM AUTOMATICALLY COME INTO PLACE WITH THE STANDARD GRANTS.
12:28:40PM BEING THAT THE SPECIAL PROJECT GRANTS COMES TO THE BOARD AS
12:28:45PM WELL, IT DOES NOT PROHIBIT THAT FROM BEING A PART OF THE
12:28:48PM DISCUSSION.
12:28:50PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
12:28:52PM THE IDEA BEHIND THE SPECIAL PROJECT GRANT, NONE OF THE
12:28:55PM STANDARD RULES APPLY.
12:28:56PM I THINK THE BOARD HAS A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY WHEN IT COMES
12:28:59PM TO STANDARD, SPECIAL PROJECT GRANTS.
12:29:02PM LEGACY GRANT IS MORE MEANINGFUL AS A STANDARD GRANT WHERE
12:29:06PM THE MATCH IS REQUIRED.
12:29:08PM SPECIAL PROJECTS WE DON'T -- I DON'T THINK WE MANDATE A
12:29:12PM MATCH, PER SE, AUTOMATICALLY.
12:29:14PM WOULDN'T FIT INTO THE SPECIFIC PROGRAM.
12:29:18PM WHEN WE REQUIRE A MATCH, I THINK WHERE THE LEGACY WOULD COME
12:29:22PM INTO PLAY.
12:29:23PM WOULD REQUIRE IN MOST OF THE CASES, ESPECIALLY IF CHANGES
12:29:29PM MADE TO A BUILDING, THE OWNER TO CONSENT TO THE APPLICATION
12:29:32PM ANYWAY, SO THE OWNER WOULD HAVE TO GO AHEAD AND AGREE THAT,
12:29:36PM YES, THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE LEGACY PROGRAM.
12:29:40PM WE UNDERSTAND THAT.
12:29:42PM I THINK WE CAN WRAP ALL THAT IN FAIRLY SIMPLY INTO YOUR
12:29:46PM WHOLE GRANT PARADIGM THAT YOU SET UP.
12:29:48PM THAT'S MY THOUGHT.
12:29:51PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
12:29:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YEAH, I CONCUR WITH COUNCIL'S ADVICE ON
12:29:57PM THAT.
12:29:57PM I THINK YOU SHOULD CARVE OUT THE SPECIAL GRANTS AND LET THEM
12:30:02PM BE STAND-ALONE AND LEAVE THE REST FOR EVERYTHING ELSE.
12:30:07PM I THINK THAT WAS GOOD INPUT.
12:30:11PM >>ERICA MOODY: AWESOME.
12:30:12PM THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN A PART OF THIS PROCESS.
12:30:15PM LIKE I SAID, WE'RE ALMOST TO THE FINISH LINE WITH IT.
12:30:17PM AND WE'LL START TO WRAP UP THE PRESENTATION.
12:30:24PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: ARE YOU DONE WITH THE GRANT PRESENTATION?
12:30:25PM >>ERICA MOODY: I'LL GO OVER SOME OF THE REQUESTED CHANGES
12:30:28PM THAT MAYBE THE BOARD WOULD MAKE MOTIONS AROUND.
12:30:30PM ESSENTIALLY WE'RE SAYING GET RID OF THE OLD AND WELCOME THE
12:30:35PM NEW.
12:30:35PM I WOULD BE ASKING THE BOARD TO SUNSET THIS PREVIOUS CRA
12:30:38PM COMMERCIAL GRANTS WHICH WAS THE 10 TO 11 THAT WAS PRESENTED
12:30:42PM EARLIER.
12:30:43PM AND THEN TO ADOPT THE REVISED STREAMLINED GRANT PROGRAMS.
12:30:46PM LIKE I SAID, THEY ARE IN DRAFT CONDITION.
12:30:49PM AND THEN ATTORNEY MASSEY WILL PREPARE THAT WITH A RESOLUTION
12:30:52PM TO COME FOR OFFICIAL ADOPTION.
12:30:54PM IF YOU LIKE THE TIERED FUNDING FRAMEWORK, YOU CAN ADOPT THAT
12:30:58PM AS WELL AND TURN THAT INTO A CRA GRANT POLICY AS WELL AS THE
12:31:01PM UNIVERSAL GRANT APPLICATION.
12:31:03PM >>LYNN HURTAK: CAN WE DO ALL OF THIS AT ONCE OR WOULD YOU
12:31:08PM LIKE ME TO DO SUNSETTING AND THEN ADOPT IT?
12:31:11PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: CAN WE DO IT ALL AT ONCE, ATTORNEY MASSEY?
12:31:14PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: I THINK YOU COULD MAKE A SINGLE MOTION
12:31:17PM ENDORSING THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
12:31:19PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE
12:31:22PM RECOMMENDATIONS AND LOOK FORWARD TO IT COMING BACK.
12:31:26PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY BOARD
12:31:28PM MEMBER HURTAK AND SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
12:31:31PM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
12:31:33PM >> AYE.
12:31:33PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ANY OPPOSED?
12:31:34PM THE MOTION CARRIES FOR YOU TO PROCEED WITH THE
12:31:36PM RECOMMENDATIONS.
12:31:38PM >>ERICA MOODY: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
12:31:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: [MICROPHONE NOT ON]
12:31:45PM >>ERICA MOODY: I DID SKIP A SLIDE BECAUSE GOT EXCITED.
12:31:48PM THE NEXT STEPS, WE'LL PACKAGE THE NEW PROGRAMS FOR YOU,
12:31:51PM FORMALIZE THE POLICY, DEVELOP THE FLYERS AND SHARE THEM WITH
12:31:54PM YOU SO YOU CAN GET THEM OUT INTO YOUR DISTRICTS.
12:31:57PM PRESENT THAT COMMUNICATIONS PLAN AND ALSO THE MONITORING
12:32:00PM TOOL AND SUCCESS INDICATORS, ALL OF WHICH WE'VE TALKED
12:32:03PM ABOUT.
12:32:04PM >>LYNN HURTAK: JUST WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOU
12:32:07PM USING ACTION VERBS.
12:32:08PM >>ERICA MOODY: THANK YOU.
12:32:09PM >>LYNN HURTAK: IT REALLY MATTERS.
12:32:11PM THIS IS MY EDITOR -- MY NGO WORK, IT'S VERY DIRECT.
12:32:22PM I THINK THAT IS A PART OF WHAT ALL OF US LIKE ABOUT THIS IS
12:32:26PM IT'S VERY DIRECT AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
12:32:29PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
12:32:29PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WAS THAT ALL THE PRESENTATION?
12:32:32PM >>ERICA MOODY: IT WAS.
12:32:33PM I WAS GOING TO GIVE DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR DRUMGO A SHOUT-OUT
12:32:36PM BUT HE JUST WALKED OUT AND MISSED HIS MOMENT AND ALSO
12:32:41PM ADMINISTRATOR TRAVIS, THE ONE WHO STARTED THE CRA
12:32:43PM RESTRUCTURE.
12:32:44PM IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SEE THE VISION THROUGH.
12:32:45PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
12:32:50PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WAS GOING TO MOVE TO APPROVE ALL THE
12:32:52PM REQUIRED APPROVALS.
12:32:53PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: BEFORE WE GO TO THE REQUIRED APPROVALS,
12:32:55PM THERE WERE TWO THAT WERE PULLED.
12:32:57PM THERE ARE TWO FACADE GRANTS THAT DON'T MEET THE CRITERIA
12:33:09PM THAT YOU'VE APPROVED.
12:33:10PM THE PERMITS WERE PULLED BEFORE THE GRANT APPROVAL CAME
12:33:15PM BEFORE THE BOARD.
12:33:17PM PART OF THIS IS IT HAPPENED PRIOR CRA STAFF WHO MAY NOT HAVE
12:33:24PM BEEN AS FAMILIAR WITH THE CRITERIA, THE REQUIREMENTS.
12:33:28PM E-MAILS FROM STAFF SAYING BASICALLY WE NEED TO GET TO THE
12:33:32PM BOARD FOR APPROVAL BUT YOU MEET ALL OF THE PARAMETERS OR
12:33:35PM REQUIREMENTS.
12:33:36PM SO I THINK OUR RECOMMENDATION IS EVEN THOUGH IT DOES NOT
12:33:39PM MEET STRICT CRITERIA BECAUSE THEY PULLED PERMITS BEFORE THE
12:33:42PM GRANT WAS APPROVED, THAT WE GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THOSE
12:33:46PM GRANTS.
12:33:47PM IF THE BOARD AGREES WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION, I'LL BRING
12:33:50PM FORWARD THE GRANT AGREEMENTS AND THE RESTRICTED COVENANTS
12:33:54PM THAT WOULD GO WITH THEM TO THE BOARD IN APRIL.
12:33:56PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: FOR 24 AND 25.
12:33:58PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: YES, MA'AM.
12:34:01PM >> [INAUDIBLE]
12:34:02PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
12:34:03PM ANY OPPOSED?
12:34:03PM MOTION CARRIES.
12:34:08PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE THE REMAINING REQUIRED APPROVALS
12:34:10PM WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE 24 AND 25 WE JUST DID.
12:34:15PM I KNOW THE CAC APPOINTMENT -- ARE YOU MARK?
12:34:20PM >>ERICA MOODY: NO.
12:34:21PM THE CAC MEMBERS AREN'T HERE TODAY.
12:34:23PM ASKED IF THEY WANTED TO --
12:34:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: TO APPROVE THE REMAINDERS.
12:34:28PM >> SECOND.
12:34:28PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
12:34:29PM OPPOSED?
12:34:29PM MOTION CARRIES.
12:34:32PM >>ERICA MOODY: THANK YOU SO MUCH, BOARD.
12:34:34PM IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT.
12:34:37PM HAVE A GREAT DAY.
12:34:38PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I SEE A MEMBER IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY, MR.
12:34:41PM HARGRETT.
12:34:43PM SENATOR HARGRETT.
12:34:44PM DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING TO US, SIR?
12:34:51PM >> I'M JUST HERE TO LEARN AND SEE HOW THE PROCESS WORKS.
12:34:57PM I'M IMPRESSED WITH THE PRESENTATIONS.
12:35:00PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES, YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, SIR.
12:35:03PM >> SENATOR JAMES T. HARGRETT JUNIOR.
12:35:06PM >> WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER TO IMPLEMENT A
12:35:09PM PREDEVELOPMENT GRANT THAT WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER TODAY.
12:35:11PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WAS IT YOUR GRANDFATHER?
12:35:13PM WHO WAS THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER?
12:35:17PM >> IT WAS -- WELL, MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS A COUNTY
12:35:24PM COMMISSIONER IN WAKULLA COUNTY, A MEMBER OF THE 1885
12:35:29PM CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION, POSTMASTER AND JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
12:35:34PM IN WAKULLA COUNTY.
12:35:36PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 1885 CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION?
12:35:38PM >> YES.
12:35:39PM I WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN ELECTED TO THE HOUSE OF
12:35:45PM REPRESENTATIVES FROM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND THE FIRST STATE
12:35:49PM SENATOR ELECTED TO THE FLORIDA SENATE FROM HILLSBOROUGH
12:35:53PM COUNTY.
12:35:55PM SERVED 18 YEARS IN THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE.
12:35:57PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT WAS U.S. SENATOR AND THEN SENATOR LES
12:36:00PM MILLER AT THE TIME AND THEN ARTHENIA JOYNER.
12:36:04PM >> I WAS THE FIRST SENATOR AND LES MILLER FOLLOWED AND THEN
12:36:08PM ARTHENIA JOYNER.
12:36:09PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: VERY GOOD.
12:36:10PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THE MEETING TODAY.
12:36:13PM WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
12:36:17PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IT'S A DIFFERENT LEGISLATURE TODAY THAN
12:36:19PM WHEN YOU SERVED.
12:36:20PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE?
12:36:21PM OH, SORRY.
12:36:23PM YEAH, THAT PART.
12:36:25PM NEW BUSINESS.
12:36:25PM IT'S WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, SO WE'LL START WITH WOMEN FIRST.
12:36:33PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WANTED TO LET FOLKS KNOW THAT WE HAD PEOPLE
12:36:36PM THAT CAME AND TALKED ABOUT THE NEBRASKA AVENUE CORRIDOR.
12:36:38PM I JUST HAD A MEETING ON TUESDAY WITH BOTH THE CRA DIRECTORS
12:36:43PM IN THAT AREA AND CODE AND NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT.
12:36:50PM WE HAD EVERYBODY.
12:36:50PM WE HAD THE COPS.
12:36:52PM WE HAD IT ALL.
12:36:55PM WE TALKED ABOUT THINGS WE COULD DO TO THAT AREA.
12:36:58PM WE'LL BE STARTING WITH A REVAMP OF BORRELL PARK.
12:37:01PM BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS REALLY DISCUSSED IS THE
12:37:06PM DERELICT BUILDINGS.
12:37:07PM WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK WE COULD POSSIBLY DO WITH CODE IN
12:37:11PM LOOKING AT OTHER CITIES AND WHAT THEY HAVE DONE WITH
12:37:14PM DERELICT BUILDINGS.
12:37:15PM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE BROUGHT UP -- I'M SORRY, WASN'T
12:37:18PM BROUGHT UP BY ME.
12:37:19PM BROUGHT UP BY A COMMUNITY MEMBER BEFOREHAND WAS CREATING A
12:37:23PM LIST OF THESE BOARDED UP BUILDINGS.
12:37:26PM MR. O'CONNOR FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT SAID THAT THEY HAD THAT
12:37:31PM AT ONE TIME FOR FORECLOSURES DURING THE LAST FINANCIAL
12:37:37PM CRISIS.
12:37:38PM IT'S POSSIBLE, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO
12:37:40PM DO AT POLICY LEVEL.
12:37:42PM WE COULD ABSOLUTELY TALK ABOUT THAT.
12:37:43PM THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO TELL EVERYONE IS THAT ON THE
12:37:46PM FRIDAY BEFORE SPRING BREAK, I SPENT EIGHT HOURS WITH THE
12:37:50PM TAMPA HOUSING AUTHORITY TOURING AND LEARNING ABOUT THE
12:37:53PM PROCESS.
12:37:53PM IT WAS ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL.
12:37:55PM MR. DRUMGO JOINED ME.
12:37:57PM IT WAS A VERY POWERFUL, USEFUL TOUR AND REALLY ALLOWED ME TO
12:38:02PM JUST TAKE A LOOK ABOUT HOW WE CAN COOPERATE AND COORDINATE.
12:38:08PM SO I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE TOUR.
12:38:11PM THEY SAID THAT EVERYONE HAD BEEN INVITED.
12:38:14PM SO I JUST WANT YOU TO POSSIBLY REACH OUT.
12:38:16PM I THOUGHT IT WAS INCREDIBLY VALUABLE.
12:38:19PM IT ALLOWED ME TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS MORE AND HOW WE CAN
12:38:24PM WORK TOGETHER TO GET MORE DONE ON HOUSING.
12:38:30PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ON THE INVENTORY OF THE HOUSING STOCK, I
12:38:33PM HAD BEEN IN PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS WITH MAYOR SANDY FREEDMAN
12:38:37PM WHEN THEY WERE WORKING WITH THE FUND AND CREATING THE
12:38:40PM PROCESS, THEY ACTUALLY USED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
12:38:44PM WHAT THAT DID, IT WAS TWOFOLD.
12:38:46PM ACTUALLY GOT THEM FAMILIAR WITH WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE
12:38:49PM DIFFERENT DISTRICTS WITH THE HOUSING, BUT THEY ACTUALLY DID
12:38:51PM THAT STUDY AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DID THE STUDY OF CHECKING
12:38:56PM OUT SUBSTANDARD HOUSING.
12:38:57PM IT WAS AN INTERESTING THING.
12:38:59PM MAYBE EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN.
12:39:01PM I DON'T KNOW HOW THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FEELS ABOUT THAT, BUT
12:39:04PM THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED BACK THEN.
12:39:05PM >>LYNN HURTAK: POSSIBLY TPD BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES NOW
12:39:09PM DEALING WITH -- I THINK IT'S GREAT.
12:39:13PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DON'T HAVE TO REINVENT THE WHEEL.
12:39:15PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
12:39:16PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO, MA'AM.
12:39:17PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA?
12:39:18PM THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THAT WORK WITH YBOR CITY, YBOR
12:39:25PM HEIGHTS.
12:39:25PM I KNOW THAT THEY ARE WANTING TO MAKE SOME GREAT CHANGES IN
12:39:30PM THE BORRELL PARK AND NEBRASKA AVENUE CORRIDOR.
12:39:32PM SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
12:39:33PM MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE?
12:39:35PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO MOVED.
12:39:36PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
12:39:37PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
12:39:38PM WHO SECONDED?
12:39:40PM MIRANDA.
12:39:41PM SORRY.
12:39:41PM OKAY.
12:39:44PM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
12:39:44PM THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
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