TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2024, 9:00 A.M.
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9:03:56AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE COUNCIL AND
9:03:58AM EVERYONE.
9:03:58AM MY NAME IS SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES, CITY CLERK FOR THE CITY OF
9:04:02AM TAMPA.
9:04:03AM WELCOME TO THE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING FOR THE TAMPA CITY
9:04:07AM COUNCIL.
9:04:08AM ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
9:04:13AM >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
9:04:13AM >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE.
9:04:14AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE.
9:04:15AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT.
9:04:17AM >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
9:04:18AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
9:04:19AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
9:04:20AM >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
9:04:22AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: WE WILL NOW CONDUCT THE ELECTION FOR
9:04:24AM THE CHAIRPERSON AND CHAIR PRO TEM FOR THE TAMPA CITY
9:04:29AM COUNCIL.
9:04:30AM HERE ARE THE ELECTION GUIDELINES.
9:04:32AM THE ELECTION OF THE CHAIR WILL BE HELD FIRST.
9:04:36AM NOMINATIONS DO NOT REQUIRE A SECOND.
9:04:40AM PLEASE WAIT TO BE RECOGNIZED BEFORE NOMINATING A CANDIDATE.
9:04:45AM I WILL OPEN THE NOMINATIONS AND CLOSE THEM AFTER ALL
9:04:49AM NOMINATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE.
9:04:51AM VOTES WILL BE COUNTED BY RAISING THE HAND.
9:04:55AM THE VOTE WILL BE TAKEN IN THE ORDER OF THE NOMINATION
9:05:01AM BEGINNING WITH THE FIRST NAME NOMINATED.
9:05:03AM THE VOTE WILL CEASE AS SOON AS THERE IS A MAJORITY, WHICH
9:05:09AM REQUIRES FOUR VOTES.
9:05:10AM HAVING SAID THAT, NOMINATIONS ARE NOW IN ORDER FOR THE
9:05:15AM CHAIRPERSON.
9:05:15AM YES, SIR.
9:05:21AM >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE GUIDO MANISCALCO.
9:05:25AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: GUIDO MANISCALCO HAS BEEN NOMINATED.
9:05:27AM IS THERE ANOTHER NOMINATION?
9:05:29AM YES, MA'AM.
9:05:31AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BILL CARLSON.
9:05:34AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: BILL CARLSON HAS BEEN NOMINATED.
9:05:37AM IS THERE ANOTHER NOMINATION?
9:05:39AM OKAY.
9:05:44AM WE'LL CLOSE THE NOMINATIONS ON MR. MANISCALCO AND CARLSON.
9:05:49AM >>BILL CARLSON: MADAM CLERK, I REALLY APPRECIATE MY
9:05:51AM COLLEAGUE NOMINATING ME, BUT SINCE I NOMINATED SOMEONE ELSE,
9:05:54AM I THINK I HAVE TO VOTE FOR THE OTHER PERSON.
9:05:56AM SO I APPRECIATE -- I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE NOMINATION,
9:05:59AM BUT I GUESS I'LL DECLINE IT.
9:06:01AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: OKAY.
9:06:03AM IS THERE ANOTHER NOMINATION?
9:06:04AM WE'LL CLOSE IT ON MR. MANISCALCO.
9:06:07AM ALL IN FAVOR OF MR. MANISCALCO?
9:06:12AM >> AYE.
9:06:13AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: IS THAT UNANIMOUS?
9:06:14AM OKAY.
9:06:16AM WOULD THE NEW CHAIR LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS?
9:06:20AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO MY COLLEAGUES.
9:06:22AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND BELIEVING IN ME.
9:06:25AM A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO MY LEGISLATIVE AIDE, LISA
9:06:28AM EDWARDS, WHO MAKES ALL OF THIS HAPPEN.
9:06:30AM THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.
9:06:31AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:06:34AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:06:41AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: NOMINATIONS ARE NOW IN ORDER FOR
9:06:47AM CHAIR PRO TEM.
9:06:48AM IS THERE A NOMINATION?
9:06:53AM >>LUIS VIERA: ALAN CLENDENIN.
9:06:56AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: MR. CLENDENIN HAS BEEN NOMINATED.
9:06:59AM IS THERE ANOTHER NOMINATION?
9:07:00AM OKAY.
9:07:05AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:07:07AM >> AYE.
9:07:07AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS?
9:07:11AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NO.
9:07:12AM THANK YOU.
9:07:12AM IT'S BEEN A GOOD YEAR.
9:07:14AM CHAIRMAN MANISCALCO AND I HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP, AND I
9:07:18AM THINK WE WORK WELL TOGETHER AS A TEAM.
9:07:19AM I COULDN'T AGREE MORE ABOUT HIS AIDE, LISA, AND WHAT SHE
9:07:24AM BRINGS TO THE TABLE, THE EFFICIENCY AND WHAT SHE BRINGS TO
9:07:27AM THE TEAM HERE FOR ALL OF US.
9:07:29AM AND THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN MANISCALCO, FOR A GOOD YEAR, AND I
9:07:32AM LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER GOOD YEAR.
9:07:33AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
9:07:34AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: OKAY.
9:07:35AM GREAT.
9:07:35AM THANK YOU.
9:07:35AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:07:35AM WE WILL NOW CONDUCT THE ELECTION FOR CHAIRMAN OF THE CRA.
9:07:45AM IS THERE A NOMINATION?
9:07:46AM YES, MR. MANISCALCO.
9:07:48AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
9:07:54AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: CRA MEMBER MS. HENDERSON HAS BEEN
9:07:59AM NOMINATED.
9:08:00AM IS THERE ANOTHER NOMINATION?
9:08:02AM >>BILL CARLSON: I WAS GOING TO NOMINATE THE SAME PERSON.
9:08:05AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: ALL IN FAVOR?
9:08:07AM >> AYE.
9:08:07AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: CONGRATULATIONS.
9:08:11AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
9:08:12AM I SHOULD SAY SOMETHING?
9:08:15AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: YES, PLEASE.
9:08:15AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
9:08:17AM I JUST AM THANKFUL FOR THE SECOND OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS
9:08:21AM CHAIR OF THE CRA.
9:08:22AM I'VE LEARNED A LOT.
9:08:24AM THERE ARE SEVEN CRAs WITHIN MY DISTRICT.
9:08:26AM I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THE WORK AND
9:08:28AM A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO MY LEGISLATIVE AIDE, GIRLFRIEND AND
9:08:33AM WONDERFUL PERSON THAT SERVES IN MY OFFICE EVERY SINGLE DAY
9:08:37AM ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, DARLENE JOHNSON.
9:08:40AM SO THANK YOU.
9:08:43AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:08:48AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: NOMINATIONS ARE NOW IN ORDER FOR THE
9:08:52AM VICE CHAIR.
9:08:56AM IS THERE A NOMINATION?
9:08:57AM YES, SIR.
9:08:59AM >>BILL CARLSON: I NOMINATE LYNN HURTAK.
9:09:02AM >>LYNN HURTAK: [INAUDIBLE]
9:09:04AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: IS THERE ANOTHER NOMINATION?
9:09:06AM MS. HENDERSON.
9:09:09AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES, I NOMINATE LUIS VIERA.
9:09:15AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: MR. VIERA HAS BEEN NOMINATED.
9:09:17AM IS THERE ANOTHER NOMINATION?
9:09:18AM ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
9:09:22AM >> AYE.
9:09:23AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: OKAY.
9:09:24AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:09:24AM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS?
9:09:26AM >>LUIS VIERA: ABSOLUTELY.
9:09:27AM THIS IS A VERY SOUGHT-AFTER POSITION, VICE-CHAIR OF CRA.
9:09:30AM [ LAUGHTER ]
9:09:31AM AND HEAVY IS THE GAVEL FOR HE OR SHE WHO HOLDS IT.
9:09:37AM IT IS A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY.
9:09:38AM I THANK COUNCIL FOR ENTRUSTING ME WITH THIS BURDEN AND
9:09:41AM HONOR.
9:09:41AM THANK YOU.
9:09:43AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:09:46AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IF THERE WAS AN OSCAR FOR ACCEPTANCE
9:09:49AM SPEECHES, THAT WOULD WIN.
9:09:50AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: ALL RIGHT.
9:09:51AM I WOULD LIKE TO TURN THE MEETING OVER TO OUR CHAIR.
9:09:54AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:09:56AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: YOU'RE WELCOME.
9:09:57AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
9:09:58AM I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER.
9:10:01AM WE'VE ALREADY DONE ROLL CALL, SO WE ARE GOOD WITH THAT.
9:10:04AM AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE INVOCATION.
9:10:09AM I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYBODY DESIGNATED TODAY.
9:10:11AM IF WE COULD PLEASE STAND FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND REMAIN
9:10:14AM STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
9:10:17AM [MOMENT OF SILENCE]
9:10:33AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:10:33AM [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
9:10:45AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
9:10:47AM ROLL CALL IS GOOD, CORRECT?
9:10:49AM ALL RIGHT.
9:10:50AM WE NEED TO ADOPT THE MINUTES FROM APRIL 18, 2024 AND THE
9:10:54AM WORKSHOP SESSION HELD ON APRIL 25, 2024.
9:10:56AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
9:10:59AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
9:11:00AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:11:01AM AYE.
9:11:02AM THERE WAS A REQUEST -- WE HAVE SEVERAL AWARDS TO GIVE THIS
9:11:12AM MORNING, BUT THERE IS A REQUEST FOR FIREFIGHTER OF THE
9:11:16AM QUARTER TO COME FIRST NOW FOR CEREMONIAL ACTIVITIES.
9:11:20AM THEN WE'LL GO TO POLICE OFFICER, WATER DEPARTMENT, AND MR.
9:11:24AM DAVID LLANOS.
9:11:25AM BEFORE I DO THAT, I WANT TO ANNOUNCE THE BUILDING SAFETY
9:11:32AM MONTH IS THIS MONTH OF MAY.
9:11:35AM WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE MR. JC HUDGISON OUR CHIEF BUILDING
9:11:39AM OFFICIAL AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES STAFF.
9:11:41AM BUILDING SAFETY MONTH IS A CAMPAIGN HELD IN MAY TO RAISE
9:11:43AM AWARENESS ABOUT BUILDING SAFETY.
9:11:45AM THIS CAMPAIGN REINFORCES THE NEED FOR THE ADOPTION OF MODERN
9:11:47AM REGULARLY UPDATED BUILDING CODES AND HELPS INDIVIDUALS,
9:11:50AM FAMILIES, AND BUSINESSES UNDERSTAND WHAT IT TAKES TO CREATE
9:11:52AM SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE STRUCTURES.
9:11:54AM THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL, ITS MEMBERS AND DIVERSE
9:11:57AM PARTNERSHIP OF PROFESSIONALS FROM THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION,
9:11:59AM DESIGN, AND SAFETY COMMUNITIES COME TOGETHER WITH
9:12:01AM CORPORATIONS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
9:12:04AM AND NONPROFITS TO PROMOTE BUILDING SAFETY THROUGH
9:12:06AM PROCLAMATIONS, INFORMATIONAL EVENTS, LEGISLATIVE BRIEFINGS
9:12:09AM AND MORE.
9:12:10AM ALL COMMUNITIES NEED BUILDING CODES TO PROTECT THEIR
9:12:12AM CITIZENS FROM DISASTERS LIKE FIRES, WEATHER-RELATED EVENTS,
9:12:16AM AND STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE.
9:12:18AM BUILDING CODES ARE SOCIETY'S BEST WAY OF PROTECTING HOMES,
9:12:20AM OFFICES, SCHOOLS, MANUFACTURING FACILITIES, STORES, AND
9:12:23AM ENTERTAINMENT OFFICIALS.
9:12:26AM CODE OFFICIALS WORK DAY IN AND DAY OUT TO KEEP THE PUBLIC
9:12:29AM SAFE.
9:12:29AM MR. JC HUDGISON, YOU ARE HERE AND YOU HAVE YOUR WONDERFUL
9:12:33AM TEAM.
9:12:33AM GOOD MORNING, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
9:12:35AM THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO, ALL OF YOU.
9:12:37AM >>JC HUDGISON: THANK YOU FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY.
9:12:40AM A LOT OF TIMES I COME HERE AND IT'S NOT ONLY ME THAT MAKES
9:12:44AM SURE PERMITS ARE ISSUED AND THINGS HAPPENING WITH THE CITY
9:12:47AM REGARDING PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION.
9:12:48AM I WANTED MY STAFF TO BE HERE, FOR YOU ALL TO SEE THEM
9:12:51AM BECAUSE WE'RE OUT ALL THE TIME WORKING, TRYING TO MAKE SURE
9:12:55AM WE HAVE A SAFE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITY.
9:12:57AM THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
9:12:59AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:13:00AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:13:00AM ALL RIGHT.
9:13:05AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:13:05AM WE JUST NEED TO DO AN APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AND TO THE
9:13:08AM ADDENDUM.
9:13:09AM THE CLERK HAS GIVEN ME SOME NOTES.
9:13:11AM WE HAVE A MEMO FROM MR. ALIS DRUMGO REQUESTING ITEM NUMBER 9
9:13:16AM BE CONTINUED TO MAY 16th.
9:13:18AM >> SO MOVED.
9:13:18AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
9:13:20AM MIRANDA.
9:13:21AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
9:13:22AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:13:23AM AYE.
9:13:23AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:13:24AM MEMO FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA REQUESTING THAT ITEMS 24
9:13:27AM AND 25 BE HEARD FIRST AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:13:31AM IS THAT CORRECT, SIR?
9:13:33AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
9:13:34AM SO MOVED.
9:13:34AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN WITH THE
9:13:35AM MOTION, SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
9:13:37AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:13:37AM AYE.
9:13:38AM ANY OPPOSED?
9:13:39AM ALL RIGHT.
9:13:40AM WE HAVE A MEMO RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA REQUESTING
9:13:43AM ITEM NUMBER 52 BE CONTINUED TO AUGUST 1st.
9:13:48AM >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, MR. CHAIR, YEAH, I'LL BE MAKING A
9:13:52AM MOTION RESPONSIVE TO THIS, 52 AT THE END OF COUNCIL.
9:13:56AM YES, I DO REQUEST IT FOR ADDITIONAL TIME FOR THE ITALIAN
9:14:00AM CLUB.
9:14:00AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
9:14:01AM THANK YOU.
9:14:01AM WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
9:14:04AM CLENDENIN.
9:14:04AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:14:05AM AYE.
9:14:06AM ANY OPPOSED?
9:14:06AM CITY ATTORNEY ANDREA ZELMAN IS REQUESTING ITEM 53 TO BE
9:14:14AM CONTINUED TO MAY 16.
9:14:17AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
9:14:19AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
9:14:21AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:14:21AM AYE.
9:14:22AM ALL RIGHT.
9:14:23AM THERE IS A MEMO FROM MR. VIK BHIDE REQUESTING ITEM 55 BE
9:14:27AM CONTINUED TO JUNE 27 WORKSHOP.
9:14:29AM DO WE HAVE A MOTION?
9:14:31AM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER -- YES, MA'AM.
9:14:34AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: DON'T WE HAVE A LIMIT ON WORKSHOP ITEMS?
9:14:36AM ATTORNEY SHELBY, HAVE WE MET THAT?
9:14:40AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: NOT YET.
9:14:41AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
9:14:42AM CLENDENIN WITH A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA TO
9:14:45AM CONTINUE 55 TO JUNE 27.
9:14:47AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:14:48AM AYE.
9:14:49AM ANY OPPOSED?
9:14:49AM AND THEN WE HAVE A MEMO FROM MR. STEPHEN BENSON REQUESTING
9:14:54AM ITEM 56 TO BE CONTINUED TO THE JUNE 27 WORKSHOP.
9:14:57AM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA WITH THE MOTION.
9:15:00AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
9:15:01AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:15:02AM AYE.
9:15:02AM AT THIS TIME -- YES, MA'AM.
9:15:06AM ALL RIGHT.
9:15:09AM WE WILL GO TO THE FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER.
9:15:14AM LET'S GO TO THE STAFF REPORTS.
9:15:21AM IS THERE AN ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE?
9:15:23AM CHIEF BENNETT, NO.
9:15:25AM ITEM NUMBER 48 IS A $5 MILLION ITEM.
9:15:29AM WE HAVE A MEMO FROM MR. BRAD BAIRD.
9:15:31AM WOULD YOU LIKE MR. BAIRD IN PERSON FOR 48?
9:15:32AM NO.
9:15:33AM ALL RIGHT.
9:15:36AM ITEM NUMBER 49, THAT'S 4.4 MILLION.
9:15:38AM WE HAVE A MEMO FROM BRAD BAIRD.
9:15:40AM DO WE NEED HIM IN PERSON?
9:15:42AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I JUST HAVE SOMETHING I WANT TO SAY ABOUT IT.
9:15:44AM I DON'T THINK WE NEED HIM.
9:15:46AM I JUST WANTED FOLKS TO KNOW THE REASON FOR THE EXPENSE, WE
9:15:52AM TALKED AT LENGTH ABOUT IT, AND IT IS A CONCRETE BARRIER
9:15:55AM PROTECTED BIKE LANE.
9:15:56AM IT'S CONTINUING THAT CASS STREET UP TO CUSCADEN PARK.
9:16:02AM I JUST WANTED FOLKS TO KNOW ABOUT THAT.
9:16:04AM I DON'T THINK WE NEED ANYBODY HERE FOR IT.
9:16:05AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO ON 49.
9:16:07AM ITEM NUMBER 50?
9:16:08AM >>LUIS VIERA: NO, I'M FINE WITH THE REPORT.
9:16:10AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:16:10AM ITEM NUMBER 51, DO WE NEED STAFF?
9:16:13AM WE HAVE A MEMO FROM MR. TONY MULKEY.
9:16:15AM NO.
9:16:17AM OKAY.
9:16:18AM ITEM NUMBER 52, 53 WERE CONTINUED.
9:16:21AM THE FINAL ITEM UNDER STAFF REPORTS IS MS. ABBYE FEELEY FOR
9:16:25AM ITEM 54.
9:16:25AM SO YES ON ABBYE FEELEY FOR 54.
9:16:32AM THAT IS EVERYTHING.
9:16:34AM MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA?
9:16:37AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED, MR. CHAIRMAN.
9:16:38AM >>LYNN HURTAK: ACTUALLY, A QUICK QUESTION.
9:16:40AM FOR 50, WE ACTUALLY GOT A REQUEST BY E-MAIL FOR AN AMOUNT.
9:16:48AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE DID GET AN AMOUNT.
9:16:51AM >>LUIS VIERA: IF YOU WISH TO DISCUSS IT, I WAS GOING TO
9:16:53AM HANDLE THAT BEHIND THE SCENES.
9:16:54AM >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY.
9:16:55AM THAT'S FINE.
9:16:55AM NO, NO, THAT'S FINE.
9:16:59AM >>LUIS VIERA: ABSOLUTELY.
9:16:59AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
9:17:00AM DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AND THE ADDENDUM?
9:17:03AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
9:17:06AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
9:17:07AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:17:08AM AYE.
9:17:09AM ALL RIGHT.
9:17:10AM FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER.
9:17:12AM WHO WISHES TO TAKE THAT UP?
9:17:13AM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
9:17:33AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, AND EVERYONE AT CITY
9:17:35AM COUNCIL.
9:17:35AM IT'S MY GREAT PLEASURE HERE TO DO OUR CITY OF TAMPA
9:17:40AM FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER.
9:17:41AM THIS GENTLEMAN IS A PERSON WHO IS KNOWN TO MANY OF US AND IS
9:17:45AM A WONDERFUL GUY WHO I CONSIDER TO BE A FRIEND AND MANY OF US
9:17:48AM KNOW HIS FAMILY.
9:17:49AM MR. ALEX CANASI.
9:17:53AM HE IS JOINED BY MANY FAMILY MEMBERS, INCLUDING HIS WIFE, HIS
9:17:57AM DAUGHTER, AND HIS MOTHER AND HIS SISTER, JULIE SAUNDERS, HIS
9:18:04AM MOTHER-IN-LAW AND A MAN NONE OF US KNOW, MR. SIMON CANASI,
9:18:07AM HIS VERY, VERY PROUD FATHER.
9:18:09AM IF I MAY, I WILL INVITE OUR TAMPA FIRE RESCUE CHIEF, CHIEF
9:18:13AM TRIPP, TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ABOUT THIS GENTLEMAN.
9:18:15AM GO AHEAD, MA'AM.
9:18:20AM >>CHIEF TRIPP: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:18:21AM BARBARA TRIPP, FIRE CHIEF FOR TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
9:18:23AM I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE FIREFIGHTER OF THE SECOND
9:18:27AM QUARTER FOR TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
9:18:28AM THIS GENTLEMAN'S NAME IS FIREFIGHTER ALEX CANASI.
9:18:33AM FIREFIGHTER CANASI IS CURRENTLY ASSIGNED AT STATION 21.
9:18:38AM FIREFIGHTER CANASI HAS SHOWN DEDICATION TO THE FIRE SERVICE
9:18:40AM AND HIS WILLINGNESS TO SACRIFICE HIS PERSONAL TIME DEDICATED
9:18:43AM TO HELPING OTHERS.
9:18:44AM AND GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
9:18:47AM ALTHOUGH THIS -- IT ACTUALLY SHOWS WHY HE WAS CHOSEN FOR
9:18:53AM FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER.
9:18:54AM I FEEL HIS SELFISHNESS DESERVE THE RECOGNITION OF BEING
9:18:58AM FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER FOR THIS QUARTER.
9:19:00AM FIREFIGHTER CANASI HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE AMERICAN -- GREAT
9:19:04AM AMERICAN TEACH-IN EVERY YEAR SINCE 2012 SHINING A BRIGHT
9:19:08AM LIGHT ON FIRE FIGHTING AND TAMPA FIRE RESCUE CHILDREN AS
9:19:11AM YOUNG AS THREE YEARS OLD ALL THE WAY TO HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS.
9:19:14AM FIREFIGHTER CANASI HAS PROUDLY SERVED ON TAMPA FIRE RESCUE
9:19:18AM HIRING PANEL SINCE 2018 ASSISTING IN THE INTERVIEWING TAMPA
9:19:22AM FIRE RESCUE FUTURE EMPLOYEES.
9:19:23AM HE HAS ALSO GIVEN PRESENTATION TO TEACHERS ON COMMON
9:19:28AM EMERGENCIES THAT OCCUR IN THE SCHOOL SETTING INCLUDING, BUT
9:19:30AM NOT LIMITED TO, ALLERGIC REACTIONS, TRAUMATIC INJURIES,
9:19:33AM HEAT-RELATED EMERGENCIES.
9:19:35AM AFTER THE TRAGEDY OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT ATHLETE, ALEX
9:19:40AM CANASI WAS INVITED TO PRESENT TO SLAM, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN
9:19:44AM AS SPORTS LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ON
9:19:47AM THE DANGERS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND STROKE.
9:19:49AM HE ALSO SPENT YEARS ASSISTING AT TAMPA FIRE RESCUE UNTIL HE
9:19:54AM WAS CHOSEN TO BE A LIVE FIRE TRAINER AND SAFETY AND SURVIVOR
9:19:59AM INSTRUCTOR.
9:20:01AM WORKING WITH THE FIRE ACADEMY STUDENTS, RECRUIT CLASSES AND
9:20:04AM TAMPA FIRE RESCUE FIREFIGHTERS.
9:20:05AM FIREFIGHTER CANASI WAS INVITED TO BE ONE OF THE FOUR
9:20:08AM INSTRUCTORS TO TEACH BEYOND THE BAIL COURSE AT THE METRO
9:20:12AM ATLANTIC FIREFIGHTER CONFERENCE IN GEORGIA.
9:20:15AM HE ALSO ATTENDED A FALLEN FIREFIGHTER MEMORIAL IN COLORADO
9:20:18AM TO REPRESENT TAMPA FIRE RESCUE AND TO HONOR HIS DEAR FRIEND,
9:20:21AM MATTHEW BUNCH.
9:20:22AM IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF HIS EMPLOYMENT, FIREFIGHTER CANASI
9:20:26AM ORGANIZED AND HOSTED TWO FUND-RAISING EVENTS AT HIS FAMILY
9:20:30AM RESTAURANT, KELLY DAYS, WHICH RAISED SEVERAL THOUSAND
9:20:32AM DOLLARS TOWARD THE CONSTRUCTION OF FIREFIGHTER MEMORIAL
9:20:35AM STATUE THAT STANDS CURRENTLY IN FRONT OF TAMPA FIRE RESCUE
9:20:39AM STATION 1.
9:20:39AM IN 2018, HE ORGANIZED AN EVENT BENEFITING THE SUNCOAST
9:20:43AM ANIMAL LEAGUE AND DENALI, A DOG SEVERELY BURNED BY HER
9:20:49AM HOMEOWNER.
9:20:50AM PRIOR TO COVID, ALEX CANASI PRESENTED TAMPA FIRE RESCUE FOR
9:20:54AM MULTIPLE YEARS IN THE BIG MONSTER BED RACE OF YBOR CITY.
9:21:00AM BUILDING A BED THAT BROUGHT HOME MULTIPLE PODIUM FINISHES,
9:21:03AM THIS EVENT SUCCESSFULLY RAISED MONEY FOR CHILDREN CHARITIES
9:21:07AM ACROSS TAMPA BAY.
9:21:08AM IN 2019, HIS FRIEND AND BROTHER FIREFIGHTER FROM
9:21:10AM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WAS HIT ON HIS MOTORCYCLE.
9:21:14AM THE FIREFIGHTER SUBSEQUENTLY LOST HIS LEG.
9:21:22AM HE RAISED AN EVENT TO RAISE FUNDS AND ASSIST WITH THE CARE.
9:21:26AM HE ORGANIZED A LIMOUSINE TO ESCORT THE FIREFIGHTER'S YOUNGER
9:21:29AM SISTER TO HER HOMECOMING DANCE THE SAME EVENING.
9:21:33AM VERY NEXT YEAR, FIREFIGHTER CANASI AND PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC
9:21:36AM BUNCH ORGANIZED THE FIRST TAMPA FIRE RESCUE AND RESCUE
9:21:41AM ANIMAL CALENDAR WHICH HE WAS VOTED TO BE PICTURED AS MR.
9:21:45AM APRIL.
9:21:46AM [ LAUGHTER ]
9:21:46AM THE CALENDAR RAISED OVER $10,000 FOR THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF
9:21:52AM TAMPA BAY.
9:21:52AM FIREFIGHTER CANASI ALSO BEING A COUNSELOR AT HAPPEN FOR
9:21:57AM HOPETAKE, A SUMMER CAMP FOR PEDIATRIC BURN SURVIVORS, HE WAS
9:22:01AM VOTED COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR BY THE CAMPERS AND HIS FELLOW
9:22:05AM CAMP COUNSELORS.
9:22:05AM WHEN COVID SEVERELY AFFECTED THE CAMP FUND-RAISING EFFORT,
9:22:09AM HE ORGANIZED AND LIVE STREAMED A CHARITY AND BICYCLE RIDE
9:22:13AM DOWN BAYSHORE BOULEVARD WITH HIS BROTHER AND SISTER
9:22:16AM FIREFIGHTERS.
9:22:17AM SHORTLY AFTER FIREFIGHTER CANASI WAS ASKED TO RUN FOR AND
9:22:20AM WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF TAMPA FIREFIGHTER CHARITY, A FUND,
9:22:25AM NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT HOLDS CAMP HOPETAKE AND RAISES
9:22:29AM FUNDS FOR VARIOUS FIRE FIGHTING RELATED CAUSES.
9:22:32AM THIS POSITION COMES COUPLED WITH THE ROLE AS DIRECTOR OF THE
9:22:35AM CAMP HOPETAKE, WHICH HE GLADLY ACCEPTED.
9:22:38AM HIS FIRST ACT AS PRESIDENT OF THE CHARITY FUND WAS TO
9:22:41AM PARTICIPATE IN A THANKSGIVING DINNER GIVEAWAY AT THE LIGHT
9:22:45AM OF THE WORLD CHURCH ALONG WITH LOCAL 754 AND FIREFIGHTER
9:22:48AM BENEVOLENCE ASSOCIATION.
9:22:50AM IN 2020, FIREFIGHTER CANASI HAS ORGANIZED THE DONATIONS OF
9:22:55AM THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND TOYS TO LOCAL CHILDREN HOSPITALS
9:22:59AM FOR THEIR CHRISTMAS AND CHRISTMAS IN JULY TOY DRIVE.
9:23:02AM FROM 2021 TO 2023, FIREFIGHTER CANASI INITIATED MULTIPLE
9:23:06AM VOTES TO DONATE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO HELP HIS FELLOW
9:23:10AM TAMPA FIREFIGHTER WHO SUFFERED SICKNESS AND TRAGEDY.
9:23:13AM ALSO, IN 2023, HE FACILITATED THE DONATIONS OF 30 STACK PACK
9:23:19AM MEDICAL BAGS TO TAMPA FIRE RESCUE, WHICH WAS VALUED OVER
9:23:23AM $9,000.
9:23:24AM DURING HIS TENURE AS PRESIDENT, HE HAS RAISED OVER $200,000
9:23:27AM IN CASH AND IN-KIND DONATIONS AND ACQUIRED ENOUGH
9:23:31AM SPONSORSHIP FUNDS EACH YEAR TO COMPLETE CAMP HOPETAKE.
9:23:35AM HE IS ALSO PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS POSITION WITH THE CAMP THAT
9:23:39AM HE ATTENDED INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION BURN CAMP CONFERENCE
9:23:42AM IN ORDER TO GAIN VALUABLE KNOWLEDGE AND CONTINUE THE RICH
9:23:46AM TRADITION OF CAMP HOPETAKE.
9:23:48AM FIREFIGHTER CANASI RECENTLY RECEIVED A TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
9:23:51AM COMMENDATION FOR HIS WORK AS DIRECTOR OF CAMP HOPETAKE AND A
9:23:55AM CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE FOR RESCUING A MAN WHO WAS INVOLVED
9:23:58AM IN A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT WHILE ON VACATION IN GEORGIA.
9:24:02AM FIREFIGHTER CANASI IS TRULY DEDICATED TO EXPANDING THE
9:24:06AM KNOWLEDGE OF THE FIRE SERVICE TO OTHERS AS WELL AS HELPING
9:24:09AM THOSE IN NEED, WHETHER ON DUTY, IN THE UNIFORM OR OFF-DUTY,
9:24:13AM SACRIFICING HIS PERSONAL TIME.
9:24:14AM TIME THAT IS SPENT AWAY FROM HIS FAMILY, INCLUDING HIS YOUNG
9:24:18AM DAUGHTER, TIME IN WHICH SOME OF US WISH WE COULD SIMPLY HAVE
9:24:22AM MORE TIME WITH OUR CHILDREN.
9:24:23AM FIREFIGHTER CANASI IS AN EXCELLENT FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC AND
9:24:27AM PERFORMS FLAWLESS ON EMERGENCY SCENES, BUT THAT'S HIM DOING
9:24:30AM HIS JOB.
9:24:31AM I FEEL HE NEEDS TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THE THINGS HE'S DONE ON
9:24:34AM AND OFF THE JOB AND ON HIS OWN TIME THAT ARE STILL VERY
9:24:38AM RELEVANT TO THE FIRE SERVICE AND THE CITY OF TAMPA.
9:24:40AM FOR THOSE REASONS, I INTRODUCE YOU TO FIREFIGHTER ALEX
9:24:43AM CANASI FOR FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER.
9:24:47AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:24:53AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF.
9:24:55AM WONDERFUL WORDS.
9:24:56AM EVERYTHING SHE SAID ABOUT MR. CANASI IS SO VERY TRUE.
9:24:59AM I'VE SEEN HIM AT CAMP HOPETAKE AND LIKE THE OTHERS WHO
9:25:03AM HELPED LEAD IT UP BEFORE, JEREMY FINNEY, JAYS COHEN AND
9:25:08AM OTHERS.
9:25:09AM HE HAS A HEART FOR IT.
9:25:11AM HE HAS A FAMILY.
9:25:12AM AND HE ALREADY HAS ONE HECK OF A STRESSFUL JOB AND HE TAKES
9:25:17AM THESE THINGS ON.
9:25:17AM EVERY TIME I TALK TO HIS FATHER, I ALWAYS SAY, I KNOW YOU'RE
9:25:20AM PROUD OF YOUR SON.
9:25:21AM I KNOW THAT.
9:25:22AM I'LL STOP TALKING AND INVITE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO
9:25:25AM COME UP AND EXPRESS THEIR APPRECIATION.
9:25:33AM >> I GET ELECTED TO SAY SOMETHING.
9:25:35AM FIRST OF ALL, MY NAME IS STEPHEN WHITE.
9:25:40AM DISTRICT CHIEF FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
9:25:41AM I'M ALSO THE CO-CHAIR OF THE AWARDS COMMITTEE.
9:25:44AM IT IS OUR HONOR TO NOMINATE HIM FOR THIS YEAR.
9:25:48AM I ALSO HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING ALEX SINCE HE FIRST GOT
9:25:51AM ON THE JOB.
9:25:52AM I WAS THE FIRST LIEUTENANT HE HAD AND ONE OF HIS FIRST
9:25:54AM CAPTAINS.
9:25:54AM I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE CREDIT FOR A LOT OF WHAT HE'S BECOME,
9:25:59AM BUT THIS REALLY STEMS FROM HIS UPBRINGING.
9:26:01AM I'VE SEEN IT SINCE I MET HIM ON THE FIRST DAY.
9:26:03AM YOU COULD SEE A GENUINE PASSION FOR WHAT HE DOES AND JUST A
9:26:07AM GOOD HUMAN BEING.
9:26:08AM HE'S BEEN TAUGHT MANY WONDERFUL LESSONS FROM HIS PARENTS AND
9:26:11AM FROM HIS FAMILY, AND HE'S JUST A DEDICATED FAMILY MAN.
9:26:15AM HE IS A DEDICATED FATHER, WHICH, AGAIN, LIKE IT WAS
9:26:18AM MENTIONED BEFORE, HE SPENDS A LOT OF TIME DOING OTHER
9:26:20AM THINGS, BUT STILL MAKES SURE HE MAKES TIME FOR HIS FAMILY
9:26:24AM AND FOR HIS DAUGHTER.
9:26:26AM I ADMIRE THAT ABOUT HIM, THAT HE FINDS A WAY TO MAKE ALL OF
9:26:29AM THIS HAPPEN.
9:26:30AM WHILE HE'S DOING ALL THAT, HE STILL DOES A GREAT JOB AS A
9:26:33AM FIREFIGHTER.
9:26:34AM I WAS PRIVILEGED TO HAVE HIM AS MY FIREFIGHTER.
9:26:37AM HE IS VERY INTELLIGENT.
9:26:38AM SAYING ALL THESE WONDERFUL THINGS ABOUT HIM, HAPPY HE GETS A
9:26:44AM BUTTON, PULL UP OVER HIS HEAD AS THIS DAY GOES ON.
9:26:49AM HE'S A GOOD MAN, GOOD HEART, REALLY IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY IN
9:26:52AM A FIELD LIKE THIS.
9:26:53AM YOU SEE A LOT OF TRAGEDY EACH AND EVERY DAY.
9:26:55AM KEEP THE PASSION AND KEEP THE GOOD FEELINGS AND THE LOVE FOR
9:26:58AM THE JOB HE DOES AND THE PEOPLE HE SERVES I THINK IS A
9:27:02AM WONDERFUL TESTAMENT TO WHO HE IS.
9:27:06AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:27:07AM DON SNIPES, VICE PRESIDENT OF LOCAL 754.
9:27:10AM LET ME FIRST SAY THIS IS MY FIRST RUN ON THE FIREFIGHTER OF
9:27:14AM THE QUARTER.
9:27:15AM I'M FILLING IN FOR OUR PRESIDENT, NICK STOCCO, WHO HAS BEEN
9:27:18AM CALLED TO BALTIMORE FOR AN IAFF SEMINAR WHICH WAS
9:27:22AM PRESCHEDULED.
9:27:23AM ALEX, ON BEHALF OF MEMBERS LOCAL 754, WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A
9:27:29AM PLAQUE FOR FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER FOR SELFLESS AND
9:27:32AM TIRELESS EFFORTS THAT YOU'VE DONE THROUGHOUT YOUR ENTIRE
9:27:34AM CAREER.
9:27:35AM YOU HAVE BEEN COMMITTED FROM DAY ONE, AND IT SHOWS.
9:27:37AM WE APPRECIATE IT.
9:27:39AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:27:40AM AND CONGRATULATIONS.
9:27:42AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:27:48AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:27:50AM GOOD MORNING, FIREFIGHTER CANASI.
9:27:51AM GRACE GONZALEZ HERE ON BEHALF OF THE GONZMART FAMILY AND
9:27:54AM 1905 FAMILY OF RESTAURANTS.
9:27:57AM WE ARE SO PROUD TO HAVE YOU IN TAMPA.
9:27:58AM THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
9:28:00AM WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT WITH YOU THIS GIFT CARD.
9:28:02AM ENJOY WITH FAMILY AT ULELE, GOODY GOODY.
9:28:06AM HAVE SOME TIME TO RELAX.
9:28:08AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:28:08AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:28:08AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:28:13AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:28:14AM MARY LOU BAILEY, HERE ON BEHALF OF ZOO TAMPA.
9:28:17AM WE HAVE SOME LOVELY THINGS THAT I THINK YOUR DAUGHTER WILL
9:28:20AM ENJOY.
9:28:20AM ALSO AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP SO YOU CAN COME OUT AS MANY TIMES
9:28:23AM AS YOU CAN POSSIBLY HAVE TIME WHEN YOU'RE NOT FIGHTING FIRES
9:28:26AM AND SAVING CHILDREN AND RAISING MONEY AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
9:28:29AM YOUR STORY WAS SO IMPRESSIVE.
9:28:31AM SUCH CONTINUITY OF SERVICE.
9:28:34AM AS THE COUNCILMAN SAID, OBVIOUSLY A BIG HEART.
9:28:37AM CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU.
9:28:38AM THANK YOU TO ALL THE FIRST RESPONDERS.
9:28:39AM YOU GUYS ARE ALL AWESOME.
9:28:41AM THE COMMUNITY LOVES YOU.
9:28:42AM ENJOY IT ALL IN GOOD HEALTH AND THANK YOU TO THE FAMILY.
9:28:46AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:28:51AM >> GOOD MORNING, FIREFIGHTER CANASI.
9:28:53AM MARY DILLON FROM THE STRAZ CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS.
9:28:57AM ON BEHALF OF THE STRAZ CENTER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
9:29:00AM PLEASE TAKE A BREAK AND GO SEE A SHOW ON US WITH A COUPLE OF
9:29:04AM BEVERAGES IN THERE.
9:29:05AM HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.
9:29:07AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:29:10AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:29:12AM GOOD MORNING, FIREFIGHTER CANASI.
9:29:13AM BRIAN FORD WITH THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS.
9:29:15AM WHAT A STORY.
9:29:16AM CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE MUCH DESERVED RECOGNITION.
9:29:19AM ON BEHALF OF THE GLAZER FAMILY AND OUR ENTIRE ORGANIZATION,
9:29:22AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION, YOUR SACRIFICE, YOUR FAMILY'S
9:29:26AM SACRIFICE.
9:29:27AM I CAN SEE THE SUPPORT THAT YOU HAVE AND THE IMPACT THAT YOU
9:29:29AM MADE.
9:29:30AM REMARKABLE AND WE HAVE A LITTLE TRADITION AT 1 BUC.
9:29:33AM ANYBODY THAT GOES OVER AND ABOVE GETS A GAME BALL.
9:29:37AM UNFORTUNATELY, YOURS ISN'T READY, BUT I HAVE THIS GENERIC
9:29:40AM ONE.
9:29:40AM UNFORTUNATELY IN ONE WAY, BUT FORTUNATE IN ANOTHER.
9:29:45AM HERE IS MY CARD.
9:29:46AM LOVE TO INVITE YOUR FAMILY OUT AND ANYBODY ELSE TO COME FOR
9:29:49AM A TOUR TO GET YOUR REAL BALL ANYTIME NEXT WEEK.
9:29:52AM CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:29:55AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:29:59AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:30:04AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:30:04AM I'M JENNIFER CURRY FROM BILL CURRIE FORD.
9:30:07AM ON BEHALF OF ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS AT BILL CURRIE FORD, FREE
9:30:12AM WORKS PACKAGE AND GIFT CARD FOR A RESTAURANT.
9:30:14AM COME SEE US ANYTIME.
9:30:15AM WE WOULD LOVE TO SHOW YOU OUR LOVE.
9:30:17AM WE HAVE A PRIVATE ROOM FOR ALL OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS AND
9:30:21AM TO HELP YOU WITH ANYTHING.
9:30:22AM THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
9:30:24AM IT'S AMAZING.
9:30:25AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:30:27AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:30:31AM >> HILTON, STEPP'S TOWING.
9:30:34AM GOOD MORNING.
9:30:35AM ON BEHALF OF TODD STEPP'S AND ALL OF US AT STEPP'S TOWING,
9:30:40AM THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.
9:30:42AM DINNER FOR YOU AND FAMILY ON TEAM STEPP'S.
9:30:46AM AGAIN WE APPRECIATE YOU AND EVERYTHING YOU DO.
9:30:48AM THANK YOU.
9:30:49AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:30:50AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:30:51AM I HAVE A LONG HISTORY WITH YOUR FAMILY.
9:30:55AM YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT?
9:30:56AM >> YES.
9:30:57AM >>STEVE MICHELINI: I NOTICED YOU'RE A PARAMEDIC, RIGHT?
9:31:00AM >> YES, SIR.
9:31:02AM >>STEVE MICHELINI: DID YOUR DAD EVER TELL YOU ABOUT HIS
9:31:04AM LIFESAVING EXPERIENCE IN ZURICH.
9:31:06AM >> TOO MANY TIMES.
9:31:07AM [ LAUGHTER ]
9:31:09AM >>STEVE MICHELINI: IT'S GOOD THAT YOU ARE NOW A PARAMEDIC
9:31:10AM BECAUSE HE MAY HAVE ANOTHER INCIDENT, YOU KNOW.
9:31:13AM HE NEEDS TO BE SAVED A LOT.
9:31:15AM ON BEHALF OF A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT FOLKS, WE'RE GOING TO
9:31:19AM PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME GIFT CERTIFICATES SO YOU CAN ENJOY
9:31:21AM YOURSELF AT JACKSON'S BISTRO OUT ON HARBOUR ISLAND.
9:31:26AM ENJOY YOURSELF AT BELLABRAVA IN THE MIDTOWN SECTION.
9:31:29AM DAILY EATS AND THEIR RESTAURANT GROUP.
9:31:35AM GET THESE PAPERS SEPARATED HERE.
9:31:40AM YUMMY HOUSE, CHINA BISTRO.
9:31:43AM MEAT MARKET IN OLD HYDE PARK.
9:31:50AM CONGRATULATIONS FOR WHAT YOU DO AND YOUR FAMILY HAS BEEN
9:31:55AM DEDICATED TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT MOVEMENTS IN THE CITY AND
9:31:58AM CONTRIBUTED TREMENDOUSLY OVER THE YEARS.
9:32:01AM YOUR DAD AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON DIFFERENT THINGS FOR THE
9:32:04AM CITY.
9:32:04AM I DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU HOW MANY YEARS.
9:32:06AM ANYWAY, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.
9:32:08AM I'M GLAD THAT YOU ARE THE RECIPIENT FOR THE FIRST QUARTER.
9:32:11AM >> THANK YOU, SIR.
9:32:12AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:32:19AM >>LUIS VIERA: NOW IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE, MY FRIEND, TO
9:32:23AM GIVE YOU A TAMPA CITY COUNCIL COMMENDATION.
9:32:25AM YOU'RE A WONDERFUL MAN.
9:32:26AM YOU COME FROM A WONDERFUL FAMILY.
9:32:27AM YOUR FATHER, YOUR MOTHER I MET BEFORE, A WONDERFUL WOMAN.
9:32:30AM I KNOW THEY ARE SO PROUD OF YOU.
9:32:32AM THANK YOU, GOD BLESS YOU.
9:32:34AM DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING?
9:32:35AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:32:40AM >> THAT WAS OVERWHELMING.
9:32:42AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:32:43AM I'M BLOWN AWAY.
9:32:45AM I'LL KEEP THIS SHORT BECAUSE WE PARKED THE FIRE TRUCK IN
9:32:48AM FRONT OF A HYDRANT.
9:32:50AM [ LAUGHTER ]
9:32:50AM I WANT TO THANK CITY COUNCIL FOR HAVING ME TODAY.
9:32:52AM I'M ABSOLUTELY HUMBLED AND THIS IS THE GREATEST HONOR I HAVE
9:32:55AM RECEIVED OTHER THAN BEING A FATHER.
9:32:57AM ALL I CAN DO IS THANK THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING THE
9:33:01AM FOUNDATION UPON WHICH I'VE GROWN.
9:33:04AM I PROMISE YOU IT WILL TRANSFER TO THE FOUNDATION THAT I'M
9:33:07AM BUILDING FOR MY CHILD AS WELL.
9:33:09AM I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO THANK MY FAMILY, TO THE TAMPA FIRE
9:33:12AM RESCUE ADMINISTRATION, LOCAL 754 UNION, THE AWARDS COMMITTEE
9:33:17AM AND MY CREW.
9:33:18AM FINALLY, I WANT TO THANK CAPTAIN GARY MAY WHO FOR THE LAST
9:33:22AM FEW YEARS HAS BEEN MORE THAN MY CAPTAIN BUT ALSO A MENTOR
9:33:25AM AND JUST AS IMPORTANTLY MY FRIEND.
9:33:27AM HE IS THE ONE WHO NOMINATED ME FOR THIS AWARD.
9:33:30AM I'M NOT THE MOST ELOQUENT PERSON, SO I TEND TO BORROW THE
9:33:38AM WORDS OF OTHERS THAT I THINK I CAN RELATE TO.
9:33:42AM I HAVE JUST A FEW QUOTES THAT I TRY TO REMEMBER CONSTANTLY
9:33:46AM THAT I'LL SHARE.
9:33:46AM ONE IS FROM RETIRED FIRE CHIEF TOM FORWARD WHO ON MY FIRST
9:33:51AM DAY, HE SAID YOU'RE MAKING A COMMITMENT TO THIS COMMUNITY.
9:33:55AM I TRY EVERY DAY TO KEEP UP MY END OF THAT COMMITMENT.
9:33:58AM THE SECOND, THOUGH NOT AS QUITE SNAPPY OF A DRESSER, ARNOLD
9:34:04AM SCHWARZENEGGER, YOU CAN CALL ME ANYTHING YOU WANT, BUT DON'T
9:34:09AM CALL ME A SELF-MADE MAN.
9:34:11AM THE PEOPLE BEHIND ME AND BY MY SIDE TODAY HAVE EACH MADE ME
9:34:15AM INTO THE PERSON I AM TODAY.
9:34:17AM WITHOUT THEM, IT WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE.
9:34:19AM I WOULDN'T BE ANYWHERE NEAR THE THINGS I HAVE ACCOMPLISHED
9:34:22AM THUS FAR IN MY CAREER AND IN MY LIFE.
9:34:26AM ROBERT INGERSOLL WHO SAID WE RISE BY LIFTING OTHERS.
9:34:30AM PEDIATRIC BURN CAMP, CAMP HOPETAKE, WE STRIVE TO GIVE THE
9:34:35AM CHILDREN THE BEST WEEK OF THE YEAR TO GO FOR PLACES THEY MAY
9:34:39AM NOT HAVE GONE IF IT WASN'T FOR THE CAMP.
9:34:42AM I CONSULT WITH SPECIALISTS TO DO MORE THAN TAKING THE KIDS
9:34:46AM TO DISNEY AND BUSCH GARDENS.
9:34:48AM I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT THANKS TO THE IN-DEPTH TRAINING
9:34:51AM AND COMMITMENT OF OUR LEADERSHIP AND CAMP COUNSELORS, WE'RE
9:34:54AM ASSISTING THE GUARDIANS OF THESE CHILDREN WITH THE BUILDING
9:34:56AM OF A FOUNDATION THAT WILL LAST BEYOND THAT ONE WEEK THAT WE
9:34:59AM HAVE THEM AND BEYOND WHEN THEY TURN 18, WHICH IS WHEN THEY
9:35:02AM WOULD AGE OUT OF CAMP.
9:35:04AM RECENTLY, PICKED UP HER CHILD FOR THE LAST TIME FROM CAMP,
9:35:08AM ONE MOTHER STARTED TO CRY AND SHE EMBRACED ME AND SAID,
9:35:12AM ALEX, YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU DO FOR THESE CHILDREN AND
9:35:16AM GOD ONLY KNOWS WHERE THEY WOULD BE WITHOUT YOU ALL.
9:35:19AM I FEEL LIKE ANYTHING LESS THAN THAT IS A LACK OF SUCCESS FOR
9:35:23AM THESE KIDS.
9:35:25AM PROUDLY BORN AND RAISED IN TAMPA.
9:35:27AM I PROMISE YOU I WILL NEVER STOP GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY
9:35:29AM AND BUILDING ON THE FOUNDATION THAT OTHERS HAVE LAID FOR ME
9:35:33AM AND LIFTING THOSE AROUND ME.
9:35:35AM AGAIN, I'M ABSOLUTELY HUMBLED BY THIS THIS MORNING.
9:35:38AM I HAD NO IDEA WHAT THIS ENTAILS.
9:35:41AM ALL I CAN SAY IS THANK YOU TO EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM.
9:35:44AM I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE.
9:35:46AM THIS ISN'T THANKS FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE, SEE YOU LATER, I
9:35:51AM PROMISE YOU I'LL LIVE UP TO THIS AWARD THE REST OF MY CAREER
9:35:54AM AND LIFE.
9:35:55AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:35:55AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:36:03AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
9:36:05AM >>BILL CARLSON: I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE MET YOU, BUT I HOPE
9:36:08AM TO GET TO KNOW YOU.
9:36:09AM YOU SOUND LIKE AN INCREDIBLE LEADER.
9:36:11AM YOU HAVE THE HUMILITY, THE CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
9:36:14AM I'M SO THANKFUL THAT YOU DECIDED TO COME BACK TO TAMPA.
9:36:18AM YOU'VE DONE MORE FOR THE COMMUNITY THAN MANY PEOPLE TWICE
9:36:21AM YOUR AGE.
9:36:22AM I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU DO IN THE FUTURE.
9:36:24AM YOU COME FROM A GREAT FAMILY.
9:36:27AM YOUR DAD ESPECIALLY ALL OF US KNOW HE'S ONE OF THE KEY
9:36:30AM LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
9:36:31AM CONSIDERING ALL THE BUSINESS SUCCESS HE'S HAD, YOU COULD
9:36:34AM HAVE FOLLOWED IN THE BUSINESS.
9:36:35AM INSTEAD YOU WENT INTO PUBLIC SERVICE.
9:36:37AM I KNOW A LOT OF OUR HARDWORKING POLICE OFFICERS AND
9:36:40AM FIREFIGHTERS HAVE DONE THAT.
9:36:41AM I THANK YOU ALL FOR PUTTING YOUR LIVES ON THE LINE AND
9:36:44AM PUTTING RISK OUT THERE.
9:36:45AM YOU'VE BEEN DOING INCREDIBLE THINGS FOR OTHERS.
9:36:47AM I KNOW, ALSO, EVERY TIME I HEAR YOUR DAD SPEAK, EVERY TIME I
9:36:52AM TALK TO HIM, HE BRAGS ABOUT YOU.
9:36:53AM I CAN SEE WHY AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU TO HELP
9:36:58AM THE COMMUNITY IN THE FUTURE.
9:37:01AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
9:37:02AM I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOUNG MAN, MR. CANASI, THERE IS AN OLD
9:37:07AM SAYING THAT SAYS ACTIONS SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS.
9:37:10AM AND YOU LISTEN TO EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE, YOU'D HAVE TO
9:37:15AM SAY ONE WORD, THE ACTION THAT YOU HAVE DONE ON WHAT YOUR
9:37:20AM TRAINING WAS, WHERE YOUR HEART WAS AT, A FIREFIGHTER FOR
9:37:23AM SOME PERIOD OF TIME.
9:37:26AM IN FACT, ALL MY YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE, YOU ARE THE ONLY
9:37:29AM ONE WHO HAS COME HERE BEFORE US THAT I KNEW YOUR
9:37:31AM GRANDFATHER, GRANDMOTHER ON THE MOTHER SIDE, GRANDFATHER AND
9:37:34AM GRANDMOTHER ON THE FATHER SIDE.
9:37:36AM IN FACT, YOUR GRANDMOTHER WAS HISPANIC WOMAN OF THE YEAR.
9:37:39AM YOUR FATHER TAUGHT ME HOW TO COMB MY HAIR.
9:37:44AM [ LAUGHTER ]
9:37:44AM I WANT TO THANK YOU, YOUR FAMILY.
9:37:51AM OUTSTANDING FAMILY.
9:37:53AM THEY ALWAYS SAY SOMETIMES YOU ARE A PRODUCT OF YOUR
9:37:55AM ENVIRONMENT.
9:37:56AM I BELIEVE IN THAT.
9:37:57AM I BELIEVE IN THAT TO SOME DEGREE.
9:37:59AM YOU CAN ALWAYS TAKE A HORSE TO WATER, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT
9:38:03AM HORSE WILL DRINK.
9:38:05AM BUT YOU HAVE TAKEN LIFE AND RESPECTED IT AND TRIED TO HELP
9:38:08AM OTHERS AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.
9:38:10AM THEREFORE THAT'S WHY YOU ARE HERE TODAY WITH THIS AWARD
9:38:13AM THAT'S VERY PRESTIGIOUS.
9:38:15AM THANK YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FOR BEING WHO YOU ARE.
9:38:17AM >> THANK YOU.
9:38:17AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
9:38:19AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: CONGRATULATIONS ON EVERYTHING YOU HAVE
9:38:21AM ACCOMPLISHED.
9:38:22AM YOUR BEST WORK, YOU WERE HOLDING HER EARLIER.
9:38:25AM WHAT YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY IS SO IMPORTANT.
9:38:27AM YOU ARE YOUNG IN YOUR CAREER AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE
9:38:30AM WHAT FIRE RESCUE DOES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, LIVES ARE AT STAKE
9:38:34AM AND YOU ALL ARE THE FIRST RESPONDERS.
9:38:36AM I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
9:38:37AM YOU ACTUALLY MAKE ME WANT TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE
9:38:40AM CALENDAR SINCE YOU FLEXED YOUR MUSCLES, I PROBABLY NEED TO
9:38:44AM LOOK AT THE MONTH OF APRIL TO SEE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
9:38:47AM ANYWAY, CONGRATULATIONS.
9:38:48AM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:38:49AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY ELSE?
9:38:49AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:38:54AM I'M GLAD TO SEE YOUR GRANDMOTHER HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.
9:38:57AM SHE WAS A FRIEND OF MY GRANDMOTHER'S.
9:39:00AM WE HONORED YOUR DAD A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO OR HE CAME AND
9:39:03AM SPOKE AT CITY COUNCIL AND I SAID OUR FAMILIES GO BACK 50
9:39:06AM YEARS.
9:39:07AM HE CORRECTED ME, NO, 60 YEARS.
9:39:09AM OUR FAMILIES GO BACK A LONG WAYS.
9:39:11AM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON SAID IT BEST, YOU ARE AN AMAZING
9:39:14AM LEADER.
9:39:14AM I DON'T KNOW IF THE CHIEF HAS DESCRIBED A FIREFIGHTER LIKE
9:39:18AM THIS BEFORE.
9:39:19AM THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
9:39:21AM YOUR FAMILY IS VERY PROUD OF YOU.
9:39:23AM IT'S TRUE.
9:39:23AM YOUR DAD ALWAYS SAYS IT.
9:39:25AM HE RAISED A WONDERFUL SON.
9:39:27AM YOU COME FROM LIKE E.J. SALCINES SAYS, YOU COME FROM GOOD
9:39:31AM STOCK.
9:39:31AM YOU CARRY ON THE CANASI NAME VERY PROUDLY.
9:39:37AM YOU DO A LOT.
9:39:38AM AND THIS IS VERY WELL DESERVED.
9:39:39AM CONGRATULATIONS, SIR.
9:39:40AM >> THANK YOU.
9:39:40AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:40:03AM >>LUIS VIERA: I'LL WAIT TEN SECONDS, IF I MAY.
9:40:05AM OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
9:40:13AM IF I MAY, COUNCIL, NEXT, IT IS MY GREAT PRIVILEGE TO DO THE
9:40:21AM TAMPA POLICE OFFICER OF THE MONTH FOR OFFICER SPENCER
9:40:24AM ATKINSON.
9:40:28AM WE'LL WAIT 20 SECONDS, IF THAT'S OKAY.
9:40:38AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD.
9:41:29AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
9:41:30AM IT'S MY GREAT PLEASURE, COUNCIL, TO DO OUR POLICE OFFICER OF
9:41:33AM THE MONTH, FOR OFFICER SPENCER ATKINSON.
9:41:36AM WE HAVE HERE CHIEF LEE BERCAW WHO WILL SPEAK ON THIS
9:41:41AM GENTLEMAN.
9:41:41AM IT IS IMPORTANT TO HONOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
9:41:44AM THIS PAST WEEK, WE HAD A TRAGIC REMINDER OF THE RISK POLICE
9:41:48AM OFFICERS DO ON THE JOB WITH THE DEADLIEST ATTACK ON LAW
9:41:51AM ENFORCEMENT THAT WE'VE SEEN SINCE 2016 IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH
9:41:56AM CAROLINA WHEN FOUR POLICE OFFICERS WERE MURDERED AND GUNNED
9:41:58AM DOWN.
9:41:58AM IT IS A TRAGIC REMINDER OF THE RISK THAT INDIVIDUALS LIKE
9:42:01AM OUR HONOREE TODAY TAKE EVERY SINGLE DAY AS WELL AS THEIR
9:42:05AM FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES.
9:42:06AM IF I MAY, I'M GOING TO PASS IT FORWARD TO CHIEF BERCAW WHO
9:42:11AM WILL SPEAK ON THIS GENTLEMAN.
9:42:14AM >>CHIEF BERCAW: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:42:16AM JUST TO ECHO WHAT HE SAID, IT IS AN HONOR FOR ALL THE FIRST
9:42:19AM RESPONDERS TO RECEIVE THIS RECOGNITION.
9:42:22AM WE DO APPRECIATE YOU ALL TAKING THE TIME TO HONOR OUR
9:42:26AM OFFICER OF THE MONTH AND OUR FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER.
9:42:28AM I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OFFICER SPENCER ATKINSON.
9:42:32AM HE PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN A COMPLEX OPERATION TARGETING
9:42:36AM NARCOTIC SALES.
9:42:37AM THROUGH HIS SKILLFUL INVESTIGATIVE WORK, HE SUCCESSFULLY
9:42:41AM COORDINATED WITH HIS TEAM TO APPREHEND THE SUSPECT.
9:42:45AM THIS RESULTED IN THE ARREST OF A HIGH-PROFILE FELON WITH THE
9:42:49AM SEIZURE OF A STOLEN FIREARM, A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF ILLEGAL
9:42:53AM DRUGS, INCLUDING FENTANYL AND OVER $6,000 IN CASH.
9:42:58AM THIS CASE ALSO HEAD TO THE SUCCESSFUL ABATEMENT OF THE YBOR
9:43:03AM GROCERY, WHICH WE ALL KNOW WAS A NOTORIOUS LOCATION AND
9:43:07AM COMMUNITY CONCERN FOR NARCOTIC ACTIVITY.
9:43:09AM OFFICER ATKINSON'S TENACITY WAS FURTHER DEMONSTRATED AFTER A
9:43:16AM POSTAL WORKER WAS ROBBED.
9:43:18AM MAY HAVE SEEN THAT ON THE NEWS A WHILE AGO.
9:43:20AM DESPITE HAVING A VAGUE DESCRIPTION OF THE SUSPECT, OFFICER
9:43:24AM ATKINSON UTILIZED INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES, IDENTIFIED THE
9:43:29AM SUSPECT WHO HAD AN OUTSTANDING HOMICIDE WARRANT IN NEW
9:43:32AM JERSEY.
9:43:33AM WORKING TIRELESSLY, HE DISCOVERED THE SUSPECT'S PLANS TO
9:43:36AM FLEE THE COUNTRY, AND HE COORDINATED WITH MULTIPLE AGENCIES
9:43:41AM ACROSS STATE LINES AND THE SUSPECT WAS SUCCESSFULLY
9:43:44AM APPREHENDED IN DALLAS, TEXAS, AS SOON AS HE GOT OFF THE BUS.
9:43:47AM IN ADDITION TO THAT, OFFICER ATKINSON'S COMMITMENT EXTENDS
9:43:53AM BEYOND INDIVIDUAL CASES.
9:43:54AM HE IS A CERTIFIED, IDENTIFIED GANG MEMBER SPECIALIST, AND HE
9:43:59AM PARTICIPATES IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT GROUP,
9:44:02AM FOCUSING ON TRAFFICKING GANG ACTIVITY.
9:44:04AM HE HAS PLAYED A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN IDENTIFYING OVER 60
9:44:09AM MEMBERS OF NOTORIOUS MOTORCYCLE GANGS AND THEIR ASSOCIATES.
9:44:13AM HIS DEDICATION PUT PRESSURE ON THESE GROUPS, LEADING TO THE
9:44:18AM CLOSURE OF A MONGOLS CLUBHOUSE KNOWN FOR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY
9:44:22AM IN THE JACKSON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD.
9:44:24AM OFFICER ATKINSON'S EXCEPTIONAL SKILLS AND COMMITMENT TO
9:44:28AM PUBLIC SAFETY MAKE HIM AN OUTSTANDING ASSET TO THE TAMPA
9:44:32AM POLICE DEPARTMENT AND A TRUE GUARDIAN TO THE CITY OF TAMPA.
9:44:36AM HIS DEDICATION AND OUTSTANDING POLICE WORK HAVE RESULTED IN
9:44:40AM SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OUR
9:44:44AM COMMUNITY.
9:44:44AM THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS PROUD TO RECOGNIZE OFFICER
9:44:48AM SPENCER ATKINSON AS THE OFFICER OF THE MONTH FOR MAY 2024.
9:44:53AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:44:58AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
9:44:59AM NEXT WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO WANT TO COME AND
9:45:04AM SHARE THEIR APPRECIATION FOR THE AMAZING WORK THAT YOU DO,
9:45:08AM SIR.
9:45:09AM >> BRANDON BARCLAY, TAMPA PBA.
9:45:13AM THIS IS A PLAQUE FOR MEMBERSHIP FOR A JOB WELL DONE.
9:45:16AM ALSO ON BEHALF OF PETE BREVI AND BUSCH GARDENS, FAMILY PACK
9:45:21AM OF TICKETS.
9:45:22AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:45:25AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:45:26AM GRACE GONZALEZ, HERE ON BEHALF OF THE GONZMART FAMILY AND
9:45:29AM THE 1905 FAMILY OF RESTAURANTS.
9:45:31AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THE CITY OF
9:45:32AM TAMPA.
9:45:33AM PLEASE ENJOY YOURSELF AT ANY OF OUR RESTAURANTS, COLUMBIA IN
9:45:37AM YBOR CITY, SANGRIA, PAELLA, FLAMENCO SHOW.
9:45:43AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:45:45AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:45:46AM MARY LOU BAILEY.
9:45:47AM I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF ZOO TAMPA.
9:45:50AM ONE OF THE BOARDS I SERVE ON.
9:45:54AM YOU HAVE AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP TO THE ZOO.
9:45:56AM FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
9:45:58AM I LOVE THAT WORD TENACITY.
9:46:01AM THAT'S A REAL COMMITMENT.
9:46:02AM I LOVE THAT WORD.
9:46:03AM IT IS A STRONG WORD.
9:46:04AM YOU LOOK LIKE A VERY STRONG PUBLIC SERVANT.
9:46:07AM I THANK YOU FOR THAT AND THANK ALL THE FIRST RESPONDERS.
9:46:10AM SUCH A CRAZY WORLD OUT THERE.
9:46:12AM I WORRY ABOUT THE FUTURE FOR MY TWO TEENAGE DAUGHTERS.
9:46:15AM YOU'RE DOING THINGS TO MAKE IT SAFER.
9:46:17AM AND THAT'S SO AWESOME.
9:46:20AM THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU.
9:46:21AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:46:25AM >> GOOD MORNING, OFFICER ATKINSON.
9:46:26AM MARY DILLON FROM THE STRAZ CENTER OF THE PERFORMING ARTS.
9:46:29AM PLEASE ACCEPT TICKETS TO A SHOW.
9:46:33AM ENJOY YOURSELF.
9:46:34AM THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
9:46:35AM HAVE A GREAT DAY.
9:46:37AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:46:41AM >> JENNIFER CURRY, BILL CURRIE FORD.
9:46:44AM THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF ALL YOUR FRIENDS AT BILL CURRIE FORD,
9:46:47AM WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THE TAMPA BAY
9:46:49AM COMMUNITY.
9:46:50AM WE ARE OFFERING YOU A FREE WORK PACKAGE FOR YOUR VEHICLE AND
9:46:54AM ALSO A GIFT CARD AND COME SEE US ANYTIME.
9:46:57AM THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR US.
9:47:00AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:47:03AM >> HILTON WITH STEPP'S TOWING.
9:47:05AM ON BEHALF OF TODD STEPP AND THE ENTIRE TEAM STEPP FAMILY, WE
9:47:11AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
9:47:12AM THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.
9:47:13AM PLEASE ENJOY DINNER ON US.
9:47:15AM THANK YOU.
9:47:16AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:47:17AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:47:20AM >> BRIAN FORD WITH THE BUCCANEERS.
9:47:22AM OFFICER ATKINSON, THANK YOU.
9:47:24AM YOUR STORY IS REMARKABLE.
9:47:26AM ON BEHALF OF THE GLAZER FAMILY AND OUR ENTIRE ORGANIZATION,
9:47:29AM LIKE TO THANK YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FOR YOUR SACRIFICE AND ALL
9:47:32AM YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
9:47:34AM JUST LIKE THE FIREFIGHTER, BALL, GOT A FUMBLE ON THAT ONE,
9:47:38AM TOO.
9:47:39AM PLEASE GIVE ME A HOLLER NEXT WEEK ANYTIME AFTER.
9:47:42AM LOVE TO GIVE YOU A TOUR AND PRESENT YOU A BALL.
9:47:44AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:47:45AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:47:48AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:47:50AM STEVE MICHELINI.
9:47:51AM I DON'T HAVE ANY FUNNY STORY TO TELL ABOUT YOU.
9:47:57AM ANYWAY, I WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME GIFT CERTIFICATES
9:47:59AM FROM A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT FOLKS WHO WOULD LIKE HONOR YOU.
9:48:03AM MEAT MARKET IN OLD HYDE PARK VILLAGE, GIFT CERTIFICATE.
9:48:07AM YUMMY HOUSE CHINA BISTRO.
9:48:09AM DAILY EATS AND THE CICCIO RESTAURANT GROUP.
9:48:14AM JACKSON'S BISTRO OUT ON HARBOUR ISLAND.
9:48:18AM AND BELLABRAVA IN THE MIDTOWN SECTION.
9:48:22AM THE CHIEF SAID HE WANTS TO GO TO YUMMY HOUSE WITH YOU.
9:48:27AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:48:28AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:48:34AM >>LUIS VIERA: SIR, ON BEHALF OF A VERY GRATEFUL CITY OF
9:48:36AM TAMPA AND TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, FOR ALL THE AMAZING WORK
9:48:39AM YOU'VE DONE IN PROTECTING ALL OF US AND MAKING LIFE SAFER
9:48:42AM FOR ALL OF US, WE GIVE YOU THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
9:48:45AM COMMENDATION.
9:48:46AM THANK YOU, SIR.
9:48:46AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:48:51AM >> I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS HONOR.
9:48:52AM IT'S HARD TO FOLLOW MR. APRIL.
9:48:55AM I COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT MY WHOLE TEAM HELPING ME ON THE
9:48:58AM STREETS WHEN I'M OUT UNDERCOVER AND DOING OPERATIONS.
9:49:01AM IT TAKES A LOT OF OTHER OFFICERS THAT AREN'T HERE TO BE
9:49:04AM RECOGNIZED.
9:49:04AM APPRECIATE MY FATHER AND MOTHER AND WIFE FOR SUPPORTING ME
9:49:08AM AND THE STAFF FOR GIVING ME THIS AWARD.
9:49:10AM THANK YOU, GUYS.
9:49:10AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:49:17AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
9:49:18AM >>BILL CARLSON: I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
9:49:21AM THANK YOU TO YOUR COLLEAGUES WHO COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.
9:49:24AM ONE OF THE CASES THAT WAS MENTIONED -- WON'T MENTION THE
9:49:27AM NAME -- ONE OF THE CASES MENTIONED, I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH
9:49:30AM THE THOROUGHNESS WITH WHICH YOU ALL DID THE INVESTIGATION.
9:49:33AM IT WAS LIKE WATCHING A TV SHOW OR SOMETHING.
9:49:36AM IT WAS BETTER ACTUALLY BECAUSE OF THE DETAIL YOU ALL WENT
9:49:38AM TO.
9:49:39AM WITH THAT KIND OF PROFESSIONALISM AND THOROUGHNESS, I CAN
9:49:42AM SEE THAT YOU ALL ARE KEEPING US SAFE.
9:49:46AM THANK YOU.
9:49:46AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO ON A
9:49:48AM DAILY BASIS.
9:49:49AM TO BE A GOOD POLICE OFFICER TAKES A LOT OF TRAINING.
9:49:53AM ONE THING YOU NEVER LEARN UNLESS YOU GOT IT IN HERE AND
9:49:57AM THINK LIKE THEY THINK SO YOU CAN CATCH THEM.
9:50:00AM THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO.
9:50:01AM IN CRIMINOLOGY, YOU HAVE TO WORK VERY DIFFICULT HOURS, DAY
9:50:05AM AND NIGHT.
9:50:05AM YOU DON'T HAVE A REGULAR SHIFT HOUR.
9:50:08AM IT DEPENDS ON WHERE THE CRIME IS HOW IT IS, WHO COMMITTED IT
9:50:11AM AND WHAT YOU THINK HAPPENED AND THEN YOU HAVE TO BE A
9:50:13AM BLOODHOUND TO FIND AND CAPTURE THE PERPETRATOR.
9:50:17AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH FROM THE CITY OF TAMPA ALL 400,000 PLUS
9:50:22AM PEOPLE FOR WHAT YOU DO ON A DAILY BASIS.
9:50:25AM GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
9:50:26AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY ELSE?
9:50:27AM CONGRATULATIONS, SIR.
9:50:29AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICE AND FOR YOUR FAMILY'S
9:50:33AM SACRIFICE.
9:50:33AM WE APPRECIATE IT VERY, VERY MUCH.
9:50:35AM THANK YOU FOR KEEPING US SAFE AND EVERYTHING.
9:50:39AM CONGRATULATIONS, SIR.
9:50:41AM >> THANK YOU.
9:50:41AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:50:46AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE WHO NEED TO
9:50:50AM CLEAR THE ROOM.
9:50:51AM BY REQUEST, WE'LL TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS.
9:50:54AM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
9:50:55AM [RECESS]
10:03:06AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE TAMPA CITY
10:03:08AM COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER.
10:03:09AM ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
10:03:09AM >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
10:03:11AM >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE.
10:03:12AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE.
10:03:13AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT.
10:03:15AM >> VIERA?
10:03:15AM MIRANDA?
10:03:16AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
10:03:16AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
10:03:17AM >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
10:03:19AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:03:20AM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:03:21AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES, SIR.
10:03:22AM THANK YOU, HONORABLE CHAIRMAN AND HONORABLE MEMBERS OF TAMPA
10:03:25AM CITY COUNCIL.
10:03:25AM MY PLEASURE THIS MORNING TO BE HERE WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE
10:03:28AM IN THE AUDIENCE REGARDING A COMMENDATION TO THE CITY OF
10:03:31AM TAMPA'S WATER DEPARTMENT.
10:03:32AM JUST FOR THE RECORD, THIS IS A STATE LABORATORY CERTIFIED
10:03:36AM OPERATION THAT WE HAVE, LIKE IT SHOULD BE.
10:03:38AM WE ARE AUDITED EVERY TWO YEARS BY THE STATE.
10:03:41AM IN FACT, WE HAVE SOME OF THE 11 EMPLOYEES, CAN'T HAVE THEM
10:03:44AM ALL BECAUSE WE STILL NEED SOMEBODY SAMPLING THE WATER.
10:03:47AM WE HAVE 11 TOTAL.
10:03:48AM SCIENTISTS OR TECHNICIANS TO THE SCIENTISTS.
10:03:51AM WE HAVE LAST YEAR ALONE, WE DID 36,000 WATER QUALITY
10:03:55AM ANALYSIS.
10:03:57AM WE PERFORMED SPECIAL TESTS OTHER MUNICIPALITIES BECAUSE WE
10:04:00AM HAVE A GREAT LAB.
10:04:01AM I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU PERSONALLY TO EACH AND EVERY
10:04:04AM ONE OF THEM.
10:04:05AM LET ME READ THE COMMENDATION, IF I MAY.
10:04:07AM THIS IS UNDER BRAD BAIRD'S COMMITTEE.
10:04:11AM RESPONSIBILITY AS DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR OF VARIOUS
10:04:15AM DEPARTMENTS ALONG WITH MR. JONES, HEAD OF THE CITY OF TAMPA
10:04:19AM WATER DEPARTMENT.
10:04:20AM IN RECOGNITION OF DRINKING WATER WEEK, SHALL BE CELEBRATED
10:04:24AM MAY 5-11 OF 2024, WE CALL UPON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, UTILITIES,
10:04:28AM CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES TO HELP PROTECT WATER RESOURCES FROM
10:04:31AM TRASH AND POLLUTED RUNOFF.
10:04:34AM LET ME START THERE.
10:04:35AM EVERY TIME YOU AND I AND THE REST OF US IN THE ROOM SEE
10:04:38AM SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING.
10:04:39AM BECAUSE I SEE AS YOU DRIVE AROUND THE CITY STREETS THINGS
10:04:47AM BEING SWEPT IN TO WHERE THEY SHOULDN'T BE, INTO THE SANITARY
10:04:53AM SEWER SYSTEM.
10:04:54AM WE'RE PAYING DOUBLE TO DO THAT.
10:04:56AM IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING.
10:04:58AM CALL SOMEBODY.
10:04:59AM SEVEN COUNCIL MEMBERS, CALL THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, CALL
10:05:01AM SOMEBODY SO WE CAN DIRECT THAT.
10:05:03AM I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF TAMPA CITY
10:05:06AM COUNCIL, RECOGNIZE THE MOST VALUABLE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE.
10:05:09AM YOU CAN LIVE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME WITHOUT CERTAIN THINGS.
10:05:13AM YOU CANNOT LIVE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME WITHOUT WATER.
10:05:15AM IT'S A VERY RESOURCEFUL THING.
10:05:19AM WE'RE IN A CRISIS NOW AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE IT
10:05:22AM HASN'T RAINED FOR 20 SOME DAYS.
10:05:24AM WE HAVE A DEPARTMENT THAT CAN PRODUCE 82 MILLION GALLONS OF
10:05:28AM BEST QUALITY WATER IN THE WORLD, I THINK.
10:05:30AM AND BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF WATER, SOONER OR LATER, WE'LL BE
10:05:33AM BACK TO RESTRICTIONS AGAIN.
10:05:35AM SOONER OR LATER, THIS CITY HAS BEEN ONE OF THE FIRST-EVER TO
10:05:38AM ALWAYS HAVE PEOPLE PATROLLING THE CITIES AND GIVING OUT
10:05:42AM CITATIONS BECAUSE YOUR SPRINKLERS ARE SPRINKLING ON THE
10:05:45AM WRONG DAY OR WHEN THERE ARE WATER RESTRICTIONS.
10:05:48AM I WANT TO THANK THE CITIZENS FOR BEING VERY COOPERATIVE WITH
10:05:51AM THAT AND REDUCING CONSUMPTION OF WATER ON A DAILY BASIS
10:05:56AM BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO HAVE WATER TO PRODUCE THE WATER
10:05:58AM TO SEND TO YOU TO DRINK.
10:06:00AM ON THAT, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
10:06:03AM MR. ARROYO JONES WILL COME.
10:06:05AM THE INDIVIDUALS HERE FROM THE DIVISION THAT TEST THE WATER
10:06:09AM ON A DAILY BASIS TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES FOR THE PUBLIC AND
10:06:12AM THE FAMILIES TO SEE THEM.
10:06:13AM BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM, WE WOULD NOT BE WHERE WE ARE AT TODAY,
10:06:17AM DRINKING ONE OF THE BEST QUALITY WATER IN THE STATE OF
10:06:19AM FLORIDA, POSSIBLY IN THE UNITED STATES.
10:06:21AM MR. JONES.
10:06:22AM >> THANK YOU.
10:06:22AM THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENDATION.
10:06:26AM IT TAKES A TEAM TO DELIVER MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER A
10:06:31AM DAY.
10:06:32AM 365 DAYS A YEAR, 24 HOURS A DAY.
10:06:36AM IT TAKES A TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS, A TEAM WILLING TO DO
10:06:42AM REALLY WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE.
10:06:45AM WITH ME TODAY ARE THE TEAM BEHIND THE SCENES.
10:06:48AM THIS IS THE TEAM THAT REALLY LIVES IN THE LABORATORY, DOES A
10:06:52AM LOT OF OUR BACTERIOLOGICAL SAMPLING.
10:06:56AM SAMPLES FOR OTHER LABS BECAUSE WE ARE MORE HIGHLY QUALIFIED.
10:07:01AM THEY ACTUALLY TEST FOR SOME OTHERS.
10:07:04AM THEY ARE LED BY OUR TREATMENT PLANT MANAGER, JOHN RING.
10:07:11AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:07:12AM THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR AND THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY
10:07:17AM TO PRESENT OUR TEAM HERE.
10:07:20AM I REPRESENT 110 CITY EMPLOYEES WHO GET UP EVERY DAY AND
10:07:26AM THINK OF WATER PRODUCTION.
10:07:29AM BETWEEN OUR MECHANICS, ELECTRICIANS, INSTRUMENTATION, OUR
10:07:33AM WATER QUALITY AND LAB GROUP, THEY GET UP AND MAKE SURE WE
10:07:40AM ARE PRODUCING WATER AND WE ARE PUMPING IT OUT INTO THE
10:07:43AM ARTERIES OF THE CITY, WHICH IS THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE CITY.
10:07:48AM I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH FOR THOSE FOLKS.
10:07:53AM THEY ARE DEDICATED.
10:07:54AM HURRICANE EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, THEY LEAVE THEIR FAMILIES
10:07:58AM AND HOMES.
10:07:59AM COME IN AND SLEEP IN THE COMFORTS OF THE PRODUCTION FACILITY
10:08:03AM TO MAKE SURE WE MAINTAIN THE CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS.
10:08:07AM SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU.
10:08:12AM INTRODUCE YOURSELF FROM THE LAB.
10:08:13AM MICHAEL.
10:08:15AM >> MICHAEL, THE OPERATIONS SPECIALIST.
10:08:19AM I'M HERE REPRESENTING OUR OPERATORS AT THE PLANT.
10:08:24AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:08:25AM MY NAME IS JOHN DOCKS.
10:08:27AM SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST.
10:08:31AM I RUN THE ORGANICS LABORATORY.
10:08:32AM IF YOU EVER WANT TO COME BY THE LAB FOR A TOUR, SHOW YOU
10:08:36AM AROUND, I GIVE THE TOURS.
10:08:40AM >> HI.
10:08:40AM MY NAME IS ANGELA THORNBURG.
10:08:42AM I'M AN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST.
10:08:43AM I RUN THE METALS DEPARTMENT.
10:08:48AM >> HI.
10:08:48AM MY NAME IS MATTHEW IRE.
10:08:50AM I AM AN ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNICIAN.
10:08:52AM I WORK THE GENERAL CHEMISTRY IN THE LAB.
10:08:56AM JUST THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
10:08:59AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:09:00AM MY NAME IS KARINA PEREZ.
10:09:02AM I'M AN ENVIRONMENTAL TECH.
10:09:04AM AND I WORK IN THE MICROBIOLOGY DEPARTMENT.
10:09:09AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:09:09AM MY NAME IS NEILA.
10:09:11AM I'M A SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST OVER GENERAL CHEMISTRY
10:09:17AM AND METALS DEPARTMENT.
10:09:21AM >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
10:09:22AM MY NAME IS PAULA LASHAY, WATER QUALITY LABORATORY
10:09:27AM SUPERVISOR.
10:09:27AM OUR WONDERFUL STAFF HERE HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB TO HELP
10:09:34AM THE CITY PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH BY AMAZINGLY MANY SAMPLES
10:09:38AM A YEAR.
10:09:42AM WE DO CLOSE TO 9,000 SAMPLES, SOME OF WHICH WERE IN
10:09:47AM CONJUNCTION WITH A PRIVATE LAB, ALONG WITH 39,000 ANALYSES.
10:09:52AM SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS AWARD.
10:09:57AM >> IF I MAY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN TO EACH
10:10:01AM AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR BEING WHO YOU ARE AND WORKING SO
10:10:05AM DILIGENTLY.
10:10:05AM WE CAN SAY A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS, BUT
10:10:08AM WITHOUT THESE FOLKS, IT WOULDN'T BE THE WATER AND THE
10:10:11AM QUALITY THAT WE HAVE.
10:10:12AM WE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED SOMETIMES WHEN YOU OPEN THE FAUCET
10:10:16AM AND YOU HAVE WATER.
10:10:17AM WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU TURN ON THE FAUCET AND THERE IS NO
10:10:20AM WATER?
10:10:21AM AND THAT COULD BE A REALITY.
10:10:23AM WE HAVE THE SAME WATER WE'VE HAD NOW FOR 400 MILLION YEARS.
10:10:27AM THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S PLENTIFUL.
10:10:29AM DOESN'T MEAN IT RAINS HERE EVERY DAY.
10:10:31AM LOOK AT CALIFORNIA WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS THE OPPOSITE.
10:10:33AM THEY ARE FLOODING.
10:10:34AM FLORIDA NOW IS GOING INTO A DROUGHT.
10:10:37AM I ASK THE CITIZENS TO BE VIGILANT OF THE FACTS.
10:10:39AM THEY HAVE ALWAYS COME THROUGH, SO I'M SURE THEY WILL COME
10:10:42AM THROUGH AGAIN.
10:10:42AM I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN.
10:10:44AM ON BEHALF OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU
10:10:47AM FOR WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU DO ON A DAILY BASIS.
10:10:49AM THANK YOU.
10:10:50AM [ APPLAUSE ]
10:10:57AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:10:58AM THANK YOU ALL.
10:11:39AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CHAIRMAN MANISCALCO.
10:11:50AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WITH ME TODAY IS MR. DAVID LLANOS.
10:11:55AM I'LL READ THIS COMMENDATION, BUT MR. WASHINGTON IS GOING TO
10:11:57AM ADD SOME INFORMATION TOO.
10:11:59AM IT'S WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
10:12:01AM PRESENTS YOU, MR. DAVID LLANOS, WITH THIS COMMENDATION,
10:12:05AM AUTOMATED COLLECTION DRIVER IN THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT.
10:12:08AM MR. LLANOS WAS ON HIS ROUTE WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED A WOMAN
10:12:12AM STANDING IN THE STREET.
10:12:13AM SHE LOOKED DISTRAUGHT.
10:12:14AM HE STOPPED HIS TRUCK AND APPROACHED THE WOMAN.
10:12:16AM SHE TOLD HIM THAT HER SON HAD WANDERED AWAY FROM THE HOUSE.
10:12:20AM MR. LLANOS PARKED HIS TRUCK AND SET OFF LOOKING FOR HIM AND
10:12:24AM DISCOVERED THE YOUNG BOY ABOUT A BLOCK AWAY AND CARRIED HIM
10:12:27AM BACK TO HIS DISTRAUGHT MOTHER AND THEN RETURNED TO HIS
10:12:30AM ROUTE.
10:12:30AM WITH THE THOUGHTFUL ACTION OF MR. LLANOS, EXEMPLIFYING THE
10:12:35AM KIND OF ACTIONS THAT EXIST WITHIN OUR CITY EMPLOYEES, HIS
10:12:38AM QUICK THINKING AND ACTION RESULTED IN THE POTENTIAL SAVING
10:12:41AM OF A LIFE.
10:12:42AM WE THEREFORE RECOGNIZE MR. DAVID LLANOS FOR THE STELLAR
10:12:44AM ACTIONS PRESENTED ON THE SECOND DAY OF MAY 2024.
10:12:47AM MR. WASHINGTON, IF YOU WANT TO ADD TO IT.
10:12:49AM >>LARRY WASHINGTON: YES, SIR.
10:12:51AM TRULY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR
10:12:53AM SOLID WASTE PROFESSIONALS, ONE OF OUR SOLID WASTE TEAMMATES.
10:12:56AM I HAVE MY TEAM WITH ME AS WELL, OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM.
10:12:58AM I'M GOING TO HAVE OUR CHIEF OF OPERATIONS SPEAK TO THE
10:13:02AM STORY.
10:13:03AM BEFORE I PASS IT OFF TO STEVE SWAN, THE CHIEF OF OPERATIONS,
10:13:07AM I DO WANT TO SAY THIS.
10:13:09AM THE SOLID WASTE TEAM GOES THROUGH A LOT OF TRAINING FROM
10:13:12AM DEFENSIVE DRIVING, OF COURSE, CITYWIDE TO AUTOMATED
10:13:15AM TRAINING.
10:13:17AM VEHICLE DRIVE DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
10:13:19AM HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS, EMERGENCY TRAINING, AND THEN TO
10:13:24AM ROUND IT ALL OUT, SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING TRAINING WITH
10:13:27AM TPD.
10:13:28AM IT'S ONE THING TO RECEIVE THIS TRAINING, BUT IT'S NOTHING
10:13:31AM WITHOUT ACTION.
10:13:32AM IT'S NOTHING WITHOUT APPLICATION.
10:13:33AM ON THAT DAY, MR. LLANOS RIGHT HERE, HE DID WHAT HE HAD TO DO
10:13:38AM AND TOOK CARE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
10:13:40AM NOW, HE IS A NEW YORKER THROUGHOUT AND THROUGH, HOWEVER HE
10:13:44AM LOVES TAMPA.
10:13:45AM HE IS A TAMPANIAN AND SHOWS IT WITH HIS WORK EVERY DAY.
10:13:50AM >> STEVE SWAN, CHIEF OF OPERATIONS FOR SOLID WASTE.
10:13:52AM ECHOING MR. WASHINGTON'S SENTIMENT, MR. LLANOS HAS BEEN A
10:13:56AM DEDICATED EMPLOYEE FOR 12 YEARS IN THE FIFTH MOST DANGEROUS
10:14:01AM INDUSTRY.
10:14:02AM AS SOLID WASTE IS.
10:14:03AM WHAT YOU DIDN'T HEAR FROM THE STORY WAS HOW TERRIFIED THIS
10:14:06AM MOM WAS AND HOW TERRIFIED THIS YOUNG MAN WAS.
10:14:10AM AS A FATHER, THOSE INSTINCTS KICK IN.
10:14:12AM EVERYBODY IS A PARENT, YOU REALIZE HOW SCARY THAT CAN BE IF
10:14:16AM A CHILD GETS AWAY.
10:14:17AM EVEN FOR A MOMENT.
10:14:18AM HIS DEDICATION AND STOP, HE MADE SURE HE KNELT DOWN AND THAT
10:14:23AM CHILD KNEW IT WAS A SAFE ZONE TO COME TO BECAUSE HE
10:14:26AM CERTAINLY COULD HAVE KEPT RUNNING.
10:14:27AM BROUGHT HIM BACK.
10:14:28AM ALSO THE MOM HAD ANOTHER YOUNG BABY.
10:14:30AM HE ASSISTED HER SO THIS CHILD COULD REUNITE WITH THE ANOTHER
10:14:34AM AND HE CLOSED THE SITUATION.
10:14:35AM A LOT GOING ON AND HE WENT RIGHT BACK TO HIS ROUTE LIKE
10:14:38AM NOBODY'S BUSINESS.
10:14:39AM THE DEDICATION IS UNBELIEVABLE.
10:14:41AM WE THANK YOU.
10:14:42AM LOVE HAVING HIM AS PART OF OUR TEAM AND HOPEFULLY A LOT OF
10:14:45AM YEARS TO COME.
10:14:46AM >> LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THIS, IN MY OPINION, IS A TESTAMENT
10:14:50AM TO YOUR TRAINING AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, A TESTAMENT TO
10:14:54AM YOUR CHARACTER AS WELL.
10:14:55AM WE TRULY APPRECIATE YOU.
10:14:56AM GRATEFUL TO BE A TEAMMATE OF YOURS.
10:15:00AM IF YOU HAVE WORDS.
10:15:01AM >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
10:15:03AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:15:05AM >> GLAD TO BE AT THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.
10:15:07AM [ APPLAUSE ]
10:15:14AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ON BEHALF OF A FEW PEOPLE, THERE ARE A
10:15:16AM COUPLE OF GIFTS.
10:15:17AM WE HAVE HERE, USUALLY I DON'T DO THIS.
10:15:20AM WE HAVE GIFT CERTIFICATES HERE FOR THE YUMMY HOUSE AND
10:15:24AM BELLABRAVA, BOTH VERY GOOD PLACES.
10:15:26AM I RECOMMEND THEM BOTH.
10:15:28AM THAT'S FOR YOU TO ENJOY YOURSELF.
10:15:29AM AND THEN HERE FOR YOU, THIS IS FROM THE ZOO, YOU HAVE
10:15:33AM TICKETS TO THE ZOO.
10:15:34AM I HAVE TWO LITTLE ONES, WELL, TWO TEENAGERS ALMOST.
10:15:37AM WE LIKE GOING TO THE ZOO.
10:15:38AM IT IS A GREAT PLACE.
10:15:40AM BUT THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU DID.
10:15:42AM YOU AVERTED DISASTER, BECAUSE I HAVE MY YOUNGEST IS GOING TO
10:15:45AM BE 12 IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
10:15:48AM KIDS DISAPPEAR LIKE THAT.
10:15:50AM YOU CAN'T BE LOOKING DOWN AT YOUR PHONE.
10:15:52AM THE KIDS ARE GONE.
10:15:53AM WE AVERTED A POTENTIAL WHO KNOWS WHAT.
10:15:56AM BUT YOUR QUICK THINKING AND YOUR SERVICE.
10:15:59AM WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE PEOPLE LIKE YOU.
10:16:00AM YOU HAVE A GREAT TEAM.
10:16:02AM YOU ARE WHAT KEEP TAMPA RUNNING, AS THEY SAY, WITH THE
10:16:06AM UNION, BUT YOU KEEP THE COMMUNITY SAFE.
10:16:08AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:16:10AM [ APPLAUSE ]
10:16:20AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. SHELBY, IT'S PUBLIC COMMENT TIME.
10:16:30AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF
10:16:32AM CITY COUNCIL, MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
10:16:34AM GOOD MORNING.
10:16:35AM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALLOWED A REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY
10:16:38AM AT THE BEGINNING OF TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ADDRESS
10:16:40AM ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL TAKES
10:16:43AM OFFICIAL ACTION.
10:16:44AM A THREE-MINUTE TIME LIMIT APPLIES TO ALL SPEAKERS PROVIDING
10:16:48AM PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:16:49AM SPEAKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALSO REMINDED THAT
10:16:52AM THEY ARE TO REFRAIN FROM DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING
10:16:55AM MAKING VULGAR OR THREATENING REMARKS OR MAKING OR CAUSING
10:16:59AM DISRUPTIVE NOISES OR SOUNDS OR DISPLAYING SIGNS OR GRAPHICS.
10:17:03AM SPEAKERS ARE ALSO REMINDED TO REFRAIN FROM MAKING PERSONAL
10:17:07AM ATTACKS AGAINST ANY CITY OFFICIAL, STAFF MEMBER OR MEMBERS
10:17:11AM OF THE PUBLIC.
10:17:12AM THE CHAIR WILL RULE OUT OF ORDER ANY PERSON WHO SPEAKS
10:17:15AM WITHOUT BEING RECOGNIZED OR ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL
10:17:18AM FROM OUTSIDE THE SPEAKER AREA AT THE PODIUM.
10:17:21AM THE CHAIR WILL RULE OUT OF ORDER ANY PERSON WHO SPEAKS
10:17:24AM WITHOUT BEING RECOGNIZED, AS I SAID, AND PERSONS FAILING TO
10:17:28AM COMPLY WITH THE COUNCIL RULES MAY ALSO BE RULED OUT OF ORDER
10:17:32AM AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE
10:17:35AM CHAMBERS FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY'S MEETING.
10:17:39AM IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM SET FOR A PUBLIC
10:17:41AM HEARING, YOU WILL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY WHEN THE ITEM IS
10:17:44AM HEARD LATER IN THE AGENDA.
10:17:46AM NO PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN LATER DURING STAFF REPORTS.
10:17:49AM THE TIME TO SPEAK ABOUT THOSE ITEMS AND ITEMS ON THE CONSENT
10:17:52AM AGENDA IS NOW DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:17:55AM FINALLY, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD REFRAIN FROM ENGAGING A
10:17:59AM SPEAKER UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT AND THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE AWARE
10:18:02AM THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT TAKE QUESTIONS OR ENGAGE IN A
10:18:07AM DIALOGUE DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:18:08AM THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS YOUR POSITION.
10:18:12AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:18:13AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:18:14AM MR. CANASI, LET'S START IT OFF.
10:18:18AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:18:19AM FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THE KINDNESS
10:18:22AM BESTOWED ON MY SON TODAY.
10:18:23AM SPEAK TO IT EARLIER BECAUSE IT WAS HIS DAY AND DIDN'T WANT
10:18:29AM TO FEEL LIKE FOLLOWING BABE RUTH UP TO BAT.
10:18:32AM SIMON CANASI.
10:18:34AM I'M HERE TO SPEAK TODAY IN SUPPORT OF A NEW CONTRACT FOR
10:18:40AM CHIEF LEE BERCAW OF TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
10:18:43AM I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW CHIEF BERCAW OVER THE TIME SINCE HE'S
10:18:48AM BEEN APPOINTED BY MAYOR CASTOR.
10:18:51AM I'M SO IMPRESSED WITH HIS ETHICS, WITH HIS LEADERSHIP, WITH
10:18:54AM HIS DEDICATION.
10:18:56AM I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HIM.
10:18:57AM HE IS WHAT OUR TPD HAS NEEDED.
10:19:00AM AND I THINK HE HAS BROUGHT AN INCREDIBLE SENSE OF STABILITY
10:19:03AM TO THE DEPARTMENT.
10:19:04AM HE IS SO WELL-RESPECTED.
10:19:06AM I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING THE
10:19:11AM CONTRACT AND I JUST HOPE THAT WHAT TAKES MORE IMPORTANCE IN
10:19:18AM THAT DISCUSSION IS THE MAN THAT HAS BEEN LEADING THAT
10:19:21AM DEPARTMENT NOW FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND THE INCREDIBLE JOB
10:19:24AM THAT HE HAS DONE.
10:19:25AM ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS GO ASK ALL OF THE PEOPLE IN TPD WHAT
10:19:30AM DO THEY THINK OF THEIR CHIEF.
10:19:32AM AND YOU'RE GOING TO FIND OVERWHELMINGLY THAT HE HAS AN
10:19:35AM INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF RESPECT WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.
10:19:37AM HE CERTAINLY HAS MY RESPECT AND THE RESPECT OF THE CITIZENS
10:19:41AM OF TAMPA.
10:19:43AM HE HAS DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO KEEPING OUR CITY'S STREETS
10:19:47AM SAFE.
10:19:49AM I JUST CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HIM.
10:19:51AM I HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER THE CONTRACT AND THAT YOU WILL
10:19:57AM VOTE IN FAVOR OF HIM CONTINUING AS OUR CHIEF FOR THE CITY OF
10:20:01AM TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
10:20:02AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:20:03AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:20:04AM YES, MA'AM.
10:20:05AM NEXT SPEAKER.
10:20:05AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:20:09AM >> HI.
10:20:10AM GOOD MORNING.
10:20:10AM LINDA SAUL-SENA, 157 BISCAYNE.
10:20:13AM I'M HERE THIS MORNING AS A LONGTIME BOARD MEMBER FOR
10:20:17AM COMMUNITY STEPPING STONES.
10:20:19AM COMMUNITY STEPPING STONES, I THINK ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS
10:20:23AM RECEIVED A PAPER ON IT, MARVELOUS AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM IN
10:20:29AM SULPHUR SPRINGS.
10:20:30AM IT PROVIDES STUDENTS THINGS TO DO AFTER SCHOOL LEARNING
10:20:32AM ABOUT THE ARTS.
10:20:33AM THE GOAL ISN'T TO MAKE THEM INTO FABULOUS ARTISTS, ALTHOUGH
10:20:36AM THAT WOULD BE LOVELY.
10:20:37AM IT'S REALLY TO GIVE THEM A SAFE AND CHALLENGING AND EXCITING
10:20:40AM AND ENGAGING PLACE TO BE, AND WE ALSO GIVE THEM A SNACK AND
10:20:45AM WE ALSO GIVE THEM FOOD ON WEEKENDS.
10:20:46AM WE ALSO DO SUMMER PROGRAMS AND WEEKEND PROGRAMS AND HOLIDAY
10:20:50AM PROGRAMS.
10:20:50AM SO I AM HERE TODAY, BUT CITY COUNCIL HAS NEVER -- WELL, NO.
10:21:00AM THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS NEVER INVESTED ANY RESOURCES IN THE
10:21:05AM COMMUNITY STEPPING STONES PROGRAM.
10:21:08AM I'M HERE TODAY WITH THE DIRECTOR AND THE CHAIRMAN OF OUR
10:21:11AM BOARD TO GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT.
10:21:13AM THANK YOU.
10:21:15AM >> MY NAME IS GEORGIA VAHUE. I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
10:21:19AM COMMUNITY STEPPING STONES.
10:21:20AM COMMUNITY STEPPING STONES HAS BEEN AROUND FOR ABOUT 20
10:21:24AM YEARS.
10:21:25AM WE'RE CELEBRATING 20 YEARS THIS YEAR.
10:21:29AM WE HAVE RECEIVED FUNDING FROM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, BUT WE
10:21:31AM HAVE NOT RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE CITY OF TAMPA, YET WE ARE
10:21:36AM LOCATED IN ONE OF THE MOST NEGLECTED NEIGHBORHOODS OF TAMPA,
10:21:41AM SULPHUR SPRINGS.
10:21:42AM WE'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE THERE.
10:21:44AM AND WE'D LIKE YOU ALL AND THE CITY OF TAMPA TO HELP US MAKE
10:21:47AM THAT DIFFERENCE.
10:21:48AM THANK YOU.
10:21:51AM >> MY NAME IS GARY GIBBONS.
10:21:53AM I AM THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD.
10:21:55AM 12 YEARS AGO, I JOINED THE BOARD AS A LAWYER BECAUSE WE
10:21:59AM NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE DOING THINGS PROPERLY TO
10:22:02AM KEEP OUR 501(C)(3) DESIGNATION.
10:22:05AM WHEN I SHOWED UP AT MY FIRST BOARD MEETING, I WAS PRETTY
10:22:09AM INTIMIDATED BECAUSE I DON'T REALLY KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE
10:22:12AM ARTS AND ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE ON THE BOARD, THE
10:22:18AM CHAIR OF THE ARTS COUNCIL HERE FOR DECADES AND WALLY WILSON
10:22:22AM WAS THE CHAIR OF THE ARTS DEPARTMENT AT USF, AND, YOU KNOW,
10:22:28AM HERE I AM AS A LAWYER.
10:22:30AM BUT WHAT I FIGURED OUT VERY QUICKLY WAS THAT COMMUNITY
10:22:33AM STEPPING STONES IS MUCH MORE THAN JUST TEACHING ART.
10:22:36AM IT'S TEACHING LIFE SKILLS.
10:22:40AM WE TEACH THINGS LIKE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY IN GROUPS,
10:22:45AM LEARNING SCIENCE AND MATH HIDDEN INSIDE OF THE LESSON PLAN,
10:22:50AM BUILDING SELF-ESTEEM.
10:22:53AM DISCOVERING TALENTS THAT THESE KIDS NEVER KNEW THAT THEY
10:22:56AM HAD.
10:22:57AM I THOUGHT THAT WHEN I FIRST JOINED THE BOARD THAT I WOULD
10:23:01AM GIVE A LEGAL CHECKUP AND STAY A COUPLE OF YEARS AND THEN
10:23:05AM FIND SOMEBODY ELSE TO TAKE MY PLACE.
10:23:08AM BUT THE PLACE GOT IN MY BLOODSTREAM.
10:23:14AM I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT IT, AND I'VE BEEN IN THE CHAIR FOR THE
10:23:18AM LAST SIX YEARS.
10:23:19AM BUT THROUGHOUT 12 YEARS ON THE BOARD, WE FACE A CONSTANT
10:23:23AM FEAR OF DISAPPEARING BECAUSE THE TYPE OF FUNDING THAT YOU
10:23:28AM GET FROM GRANTS, THE TYPE OF FUNDERS THAT GIVE YOU A GRANT,
10:23:33AM THEY'LL GIVE YOU ONE NOW, BUT THEN MAYBE THEY WON'T GIVE YOU
10:23:36AM ONE FOR FIVE YEARS.
10:23:37AM WE CAN'T SUPPORT THAT PROGRAM THAT WAY.
10:23:42AM IT'S EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO OPERATE A FREE PROGRAM FOR KIDS
10:23:48AM IN A SMALL NONPROFIT IN THE MOST NEGLECTED PART OF THE CITY
10:23:54AM OF TAMPA.
10:23:54AM MANY OF YOU HAVE VISITED US AT CSS AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.
10:23:59AM I'D LIKE TO INVITE TO YOU COME BACK WHEN THE KIDS ARE THERE
10:24:02AM BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE MAGIC HAPPENS.
10:24:04AM AND YOU'LL SEE, AND IT WILL BECOME PART OF YOUR HEART AS
10:24:08AM WELL.
10:24:08AM NOW, THE CITY HAS NO RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS IN SULPHUR
10:24:14AM SPRINGS.
10:24:15AM I LOOKED AT THE WEBSITE LAST NIGHT AND I NOTICED THAT THERE
10:24:20AM ARE SUMMER CAMPS ALL OVER THE CITY, SO WHICH DEAL WITH ART.
10:24:24AM AND THEY ARE FULL.
10:24:26AM MANY OF THEM HAVE WAITING LISTS.
10:24:29AM WELL, THIS IS THE BEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK BECAUSE WE ALREADY
10:24:33AM HAVE THE PROGRAM IN PLACE.
10:24:35AM WE PROVIDE THE TEACHERS.
10:24:37AM ALL WE NEED IS YOUR HELP TO HELP US THRIVE.
10:24:41AM PLEASE DO SO.
10:24:43AM >> THANK YOU ALL.
10:24:43AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:24:44AM YES, MA'AM.
10:24:46AM GOOD MORNING.
10:24:48AM >> HI AGAIN.
10:24:49AM ANGELA ALDERMAN.
10:24:50AM I AM HERE AGAIN TODAY TO FIGHT FOR THE LOSS OF COLLEGE HILL
10:24:55AM CEMETERY.
10:24:57AM ONCE AGAIN, THE ITALIAN CLUB IS NOT PRESENT.
10:24:59AM THEY ARE OUT OF TOWN.
10:25:01AM SO I WILL CONTINUE TO WAIT FOR ANSWERS AND I WILL NOT FALTER
10:25:05AM IN MY QUEST FOR THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE 1200 THAT ARE STILL
10:25:09AM LOST OF COLLEGE HILL.
10:25:10AM HOWEVER, I DO COME TODAY TO ASK THE CITY TO DO WHAT THEY CAN
10:25:15AM ON THEIR END AND SCAN THE AREA OF THE RETENTION POND AND
10:25:20AM SURROUNDING AREAS.
10:25:21AM ON TUESDAY, I E-MAILED EACH OF YOU DETAILED ARTICLES SO
10:25:25AM THERE WOULD BE LESS QUESTIONS LEFT.
10:25:28AM THE RESEARCH AND ITS HISTORY SPEAKS VOLUMES.
10:25:31AM IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP WITH SOME HESITATION IN REGARDS TO
10:25:35AM THE BONES BEING UNDERNEATH THE MAUSOLEUM AND/OR DUMPED WHILE
10:25:41AM CONSTRUCTION WAS UNDERWAY.
10:25:42AM MAPS DO NOT LIE.
10:25:43AM THE HISTORICAL MAPS ARE EVIDENCE THIS TOOK PLACE.
10:25:48AM THEY WERE LAID TO REST THERE, AND THEY WERE EITHER MOVED OR
10:25:51AM THEY WERE DESECRATED.
10:25:52AM IN THE ARTICLE BY PAUL GUZZO IN THE TAMPA TIMES, IT IS
10:25:57AM REPORTED THAT IN 1970, BONES AND OTHER CEMETERY ITEMS WERE
10:26:00AM FOUND AS TWO SIBLINGS PLAYED.
10:26:03AM THERE ARE ALSO OTHER ACCOUNTS THAT THE REMAINS WERE DUMPED
10:26:07AM THERE.
10:26:07AM IT IS VERY BRAVE OF THOSE TWO SIBLINGS TO COME FORWARD, AND
10:26:12AM I AM GRATEFUL THEY DID.
10:26:15AM I ASKED THE CITY TO STEP IN AND DO THEIR PART AS IT IS CITY
10:26:19AM PROPERTY.
10:26:19AM THE LOSS OF COLLEGE HILL DESERVE THIS AND SO DOES THE
10:26:23AM COMMUNITY THAT THE CITY WILL DO ALL IT CAN DO TO CONFIRM
10:26:27AM THAT BONES STILL REMAIN THERE.
10:26:29AM I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH COUNCILMAN VIERA, AND HE
10:26:32AM SUPPORTS ME FULLY AND IS PUTTING A MOTION FORWARD TODAY.
10:26:34AM SO THANK YOU.
10:26:35AM I ASK THAT I HAVE EACH OF YOUR SUPPORT AS WELL.
10:26:38AM MAYBE SOMETHING IS STILL THERE.
10:26:43AM IF IT IS, HOW BEAUTIFUL WOULD THAT BE TO BRING US A LITTLE
10:26:46AM CLOSER TO THE TRUTH AND CLOSURE THAT THEY NEED FOR THE
10:26:50AM COLLEGE HILL AND TRUE HEALING TO BEGIN.
10:26:52AM THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
10:26:53AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:26:54AM YES, MA'AM.
10:26:55AM GOOD MORNING.
10:26:56AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:26:56AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:26:58AM HAMIRA APSELL.
10:26:59AM I LIVE IN TAMPA.
10:27:00AM MY ORIGINAL TOPIC TODAY WAS GOING TO BE TO BRING MORE PHOTOS
10:27:04AM OF THINGS THAT DON'T BELONG IN THE BIKE LANE.
10:27:06AM I SAW THREE CARS IN THE BIKE LANE ON THE WAY HERE.
10:27:09AM YES, I TOOK PHOTOS.
10:27:11AM THEN CAME TUESDAY AND THE EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE AGAINST
10:27:14AM STUDENTS AT USF BY HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICERS,
10:27:18AM STATE TROOPERS AND USF PD.
10:27:20AM A REMINDER TO YOU, USF IS IN TAMPA CITY LIMITS.
10:27:24AM D-7 TO BE SPECIFIC AND MANY USF STUDENTS ARE YOUR
10:27:29AM CONSTITUENTS.
10:27:29AM AS YOU'RE PROBABLY AWARE, THE USF STUDENTS HAVE BEEN CALLING
10:27:34AM FOR A CEASE FIRE AND AN END TO THE SLAUGHTER OF PALESTINIAN
10:27:39AM CIVILIANS IN GAZA FOR MANY MONTHS, AS MANY COMMUNITY
10:27:42AM MEMBERS.
10:27:43AM LIKE STUDENTS ACROSS THE U.S., ALSO CALLING FOR THE
10:27:45AM UNIVERSITIES TO DIVEST FROM COMPANIES THAT PROFIT FROM WAR
10:27:48AM AND VIOLENCE.
10:27:49AM HISTORICALLY, STUDENT PROTESTORS HAVE BEEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE
10:27:53AM OF HISTORY.
10:27:54AM MY FIRST PROTEST WAS AS A UNIVERSITY STUDENT PROTESTING
10:27:58AM AGAINST APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA.
10:28:00AM HISTORICALLY -- EXCUSE ME, THAT AFTERNOON ON MONDAY, THE
10:28:06AM FIRST DAY, I HAD THE HONOR OF BEING ABLE TO GO AND SUPPORT
10:28:10AM THESE BRAVE YOUNG STUDENTS.
10:28:12AM HERE'S WHAT I SAW.
10:28:14AM THEY HAD -- THERE WERE NO TENTS BECAUSE THAT WOULD GET YOU
10:28:17AM ARRESTED.
10:28:17AM THERE WERE STUDENTS SITTING ON TARPS AND BLANKETS STUDYING.
10:28:23AM SOME OF THEM WERE TAKING NAPS BECAUSE THEY STAYED UP ALL
10:28:26AM NIGHT PREPARING FOR FINALS.
10:28:28AM THERE WAS NO VIOLENCE.
10:28:30AM THEY WERE NOT DISRUPTIVE.
10:28:31AM THERE WERE LITERALLY YOUNG CHILDREN RUNNING AROUND BLOWING
10:28:38AM BUBBLES.
10:28:38AM NOT EXACTLY A THREATENING SCENE.
10:28:40AM I CANNOT OVEREMPHASIZE HOW DIVERSE THIS GROUP OF PROTESTORS
10:28:44AM AND THEIR SUPPORTERS WERE.
10:28:46AM WHITE, BLACK, BROWN, THEY LEANED YOUNG BECAUSE THEY WERE
10:28:50AM STUDENTS.
10:28:50AM BUT THERE WERE ALSO CHILDREN AND OLDER COMMUNITY MEMBERS
10:28:53AM THERE, LIKE MYSELF, TO SUPPORT THEM.
10:28:55AM THEY WERE MUSLIM, CHRISTIAN, JEWISH AND MORE.
10:28:58AM THEY WERE PEACEFUL.
10:28:59AM THEY HAD LEGAL OBSERVERS.
10:29:00AM THEY HAD A POLICE LIAISON.
10:29:02AM THEY WERE NOT VIOLENT.
10:29:03AM THEY WERE NOT ADVOCATING VIOLENCE.
10:29:06AM THEY WERE NOT ANTI-SEMITIC.
10:29:08AM THEY WERE PROTESTING AGAINST ISRAEL'S GENOCIDE IN GAZA AND
10:29:11AM OUR GOVERNMENT'S COMPLICITY IN IT AND OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS
10:29:15AM BEING USED TO SUPPORT IT.
10:29:16AM THEY WERE CALLING ON USF TO DIVEST.
10:29:19AM AS A REMINDER, OVER 35,000 PEOPLE KILLED IN GAZA.
10:29:22AM THERE ARE NO UNIVERSITIES LEFT STANDING IN GAZA.
10:29:25AM BUT LET'S SET THAT SUBJECT MATTER ASIDE AND TALK MORE
10:29:29AM BROADLY.
10:29:29AM THE STUDENTS WERE EXERCISING THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO
10:29:32AM FREE SPEECH, THEIR RIGHT TO ASSEMBLY.
10:29:34AM THAT IS A CORE RIGHT OF ALL AMERICANS.
10:29:37AM THAT WAS THE PROTESTORS.
10:29:38AM NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT WHO ELSE WAS THERE.
10:29:40AM TONS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
10:29:43AM IT WAS ON MONDAY, THERE WAS MORE LAW ENFORCEMENT THERE THAN
10:29:48AM PROTESTORS.
10:29:48AM THE VIOLENCE THAT HAPPENED ON TUESDAY WHEN STUDENTS WERE
10:29:52AM ARRESTED WAS INSTIGATED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
10:29:55AM COPS IN FULL RIOT GEAR BROKE UP THE PROTEST WITH TEAR GAS
10:29:58AM AND RUBBER BULLETS.
10:30:00AM THEY TACKLED PROTESTORS AND HELD THEM DOWN WITH KNEES ON
10:30:03AM THEIR STUDENTS' NECKS.
10:30:04AM I'M OUT OF TIME.
10:30:05AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.
10:30:06AM >> WE CANNOT NORMALIZE THIS.
10:30:09AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
10:30:11AM GOOD MORNING.
10:30:11AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:30:12AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:30:14AM DR. MICHELLE WILLIAMS.
10:30:16AM YOU ALL KNOW I USUALLY START WITH ONE OF MY FAVORITE
10:30:19AM SPEECHES FROM DR. KING OR QUOTING HIM IN ONE OF HIS FAMOUS
10:30:24AM SPEECHES.
10:30:24AM THIS MORNING I'LL GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO MY CHILDHOOD.
10:30:27AM TRAVELING FROM HAITI TO JEFFERSON COUNTY, FLORIDA,
10:30:30AM TALLAHASSEE, MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER USED TO MAKE QUILTS.
10:30:35AM TO MAKE A QUILT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE WOVEN FABRICS INSIDE OF
10:30:38AM THAT QUILT.
10:30:39AM AND TO PLACE A GOOD QUILT TOGETHER, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE
10:30:43AM RIGHT PROPER THREADING.
10:30:46AM SOME FABRIC IS GOOD FABRIC.
10:30:48AM SOME OF THE FABRIC FROM OLD CLOTHES THAT SHE CUT FROM HER
10:30:51AM CHILDREN AND MY GRANDMOTHER AND THINGS THAT SHE USED THAT
10:30:54AM WERE MINE WERE WOVEN INTO THAT.
10:30:57AM WE ARE ALL WOVEN INTO A QUILT AS MEMBERS OF THE DIOCESE AND
10:31:05AM MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
10:31:07AM SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE NOT TO BE WOVEN INTO A
10:31:10AM GOOD FABRIC.
10:31:11AM AND WHAT WE HAVE, A PART OF THAT FABRIC RIGHT NOW ARE A
10:31:14AM BUNCH OF SLUM LANDLORDS IN TAMPA WHO ARE GETTING AWAY WITH
10:31:18AM EVERYTHING.
10:31:19AM BUT THIS MORNING, I'M HERE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF
10:31:22AM TAMPA CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT FOR THE PHENOMENAL JOB
10:31:27AM THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING OVER IN EAST TAMPA.
10:31:29AM I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH MR. McFARLAND AND MR. BRIAN.
10:31:34AM THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A HEARING SET YESTERDAY, BUT GUESS
10:31:37AM WHAT, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN YESTERDAY, NOT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE
10:31:40AM ENOUGH EVIDENCE AGAINST THE SLUM LANDLORD, BECAUSE WE HAD
10:31:43AM MORE OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE AGAINST THIS SLUM LANDLORD.
10:31:47AM THE CITY OF TAMPA CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT IS UNDER FIRE
10:31:50AM AGAIN BY LOCAL NEWS MEDIA AND LOCAL PRESS.
10:31:55AM AND IT'S DAMAGING.
10:31:55AM I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH A PERSON MAKES, AS LONG AS THEY ARE
10:31:58AM GETTING THEIR JOB DONE AND THEY ARE DOING THE BEST OF THEIR
10:32:01AM ABILITY AND DOING EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE
10:32:04AM DOING, I'M ALL RIGHT WITH THAT.
10:32:07AM THESE MEN AND WOMEN OVER THERE, SOMETIMES THEY ENCOUNTER BAD
10:32:11AM LANDLORDS WHO CONFRONT THEM WHEN THEY HAVE TO PLACE A LIEN
10:32:14AM OR A FINE OR A DEREGULATION ON THEIR FRONT DOOR.
10:32:19AM BUT WHAT'S DAMAGING ARE THE TENANTS WHO ARE BEING EVICTED
10:32:23AM BECAUSE THEY ARE EXERCISING THEIR RIGHTS TO CALL THE CODE
10:32:26AM ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY ARE REFUSING TO LIVE IN
10:32:30AM SLUM AND BLIGHT.
10:32:32AM NOW, THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT WE CANNOT CLOSE OUR EYES TO
10:32:36AM ANYMORE.
10:32:37AM WE CAN'T CLOSE DEAF EARS TO IT ANYMORE BECAUSE THERE ARE TOO
10:32:41AM MANY TENANTS WHO ARE SUFFERING RIGHT NOW AND BEING EVICTED.
10:32:45AM THERE IS ONE SLUM LANDLORD, AND I WAS TOLD I CAN PUBLICLY
10:32:48AM SAY HER NAME.
10:32:49AM ANITA SHEMBEKAR.
10:32:51AM THIS LADY MANAGED TO EVICT 202 RESIDENTS IN TWO YEARS.
10:32:57AM SHE'S DONE MORE THAN ANY APARTMENT ASSOCIATION IN THE CITY
10:33:00AM OF TAMPA AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
10:33:01AM WE'VE DONE OUR RESEARCH.
10:33:03AM IF THIS WOMAN CAN'T BE STOPPED AND IF SHE WON'T BE STOPPED
10:33:08AM I'M GOING TO COME BACK IN FRONT OF YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN AND
10:33:11AM AGAIN AND AGAIN.
10:33:12AM BUT CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT TO ALL OF THE LOCAL MEDIA
10:33:16AM AND TO THE PRESS, BACK YOUR ASS OFF THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE
10:33:20AM DOING THEIR JOB.
10:33:21AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:33:21AM GOOD MORNING, SIR.
10:33:23AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:33:25AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:33:26AM MY NAME IS DAVE COLEMAN.
10:33:27AM AND THIS IS FROM THE ACLU.
10:33:30AM SCHOOLS CAN ANNOUNCE AND ENFORCE REASONABLE CONTENT NEUTRAL
10:33:35AM PROTEST POLICIES, BUT THEY MUST LEAVE AMPLE ROOM FOR
10:33:37AM STUDENTS TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES.
10:33:40AM SCHOOLS MUST RECOGNIZE THAT ARMED POLICE ON CAMPUS CAN
10:33:42AM ENDANGER STUDENTS AND ARE A MEASURE OF LAST RESORT.
10:33:46AM YEARS AGO, BIDEN CAME TO AN HCC VETERANS ROUNDTABLE.
10:33:52AM I STOOD WITH 10 DEMOCRATS HOLDING BIDEN SIGNS.
10:33:55AM 100 MAGA WERE THERE AND SOME CAME DRAPING FLAGS ON HEADS,
10:34:00AM SCREAMED IN OUR FACES AND SHOVED US.
10:34:03AM TPD SAT ACROSS THE STREET AND WATCHED.
10:34:05AM YEARS AGO WE SET UP TENTS IN FRONT OF THE ICE BUILDING DOWN
10:34:08AM BY THE AIRPORT.
10:34:10AM TPD DIDN'T BRUTALIZE THE OCCUPY ICE GROUP.
10:34:15AM 2020, POLICE KETTLED A HUNDRED PEOPLE, ARRESTED THEM MOSTLY
10:34:18AM WITHOUT VIOLENCE.
10:34:20AM CHARGES WERE ALL DROPPED.
10:34:22AM GASSING AND BEANBAG ROUNDS HAD QUICKLY COME TO AN END IN
10:34:26AM TAMPA.
10:34:27AM I THINK TAMPA HAS ALWAYS RECOGNIZED THAT VIOLENCE IN THE
10:34:30AM STREET FROM OUR POLICE IS UNACCEPTABLE.
10:34:32AM LAST WEEK, I CHOSE TO BRING AN EMPTY POT AND BANG ON IT WITH
10:34:37AM A SPOON AT HCC ON BEHALF OF STARVING CHILDREN IN GAZA.
10:34:41AM A YOUNG LADY WALKED OVER AND GIFTED ME THIS.
10:34:44AM IF THINGS WENT BAD, I SUPPOSE I WOULD HAVE BEEN ARRESTED.
10:34:48AM I WOULD EXPECT THE POLICE TO BE NONVIOLENT.
10:34:51AM DIRECT ACTION PROTESTS IS AND CAN BE PEACEFUL.
10:34:54AM I URGE THIS COUNCIL TO SEND A MESSAGE THAT GASSING AND
10:34:58AM VIOLENTLY ARRESTING STUDENTS IN OUR CITY IS COMPLETELY
10:35:01AM UNACCEPTABLE.
10:35:02AM WE CANNOT NORMALIZE SUCH POLICE VIOLENCE.
10:35:04AM TUESDAY, HUNDREDS OF OFFICERS WERE THERE THAT COULD HAVE
10:35:07AM EASILY SURROUNDED THE GROUP OF 50, KETTLED THEM AND BROUGHT
10:35:11AM THEM OUT ONE AT A TIME AND MADE 50 ARRESTS RATHER THAN 10
10:35:16AM ARRESTS AS A RESULT OF GASSING, RUNNING THEM DOWN AND
10:35:19AM BRUTALIZING.
10:35:20AM ONE OF MY FRIENDS ENDED UP IN THE HOSPITAL AND IS FACING
10:35:23AM FELONY CHARGES.
10:35:24AM ONE OF THE MOST PEACEABLE PERSONS AND SMILEY PEOPLE I KNOW.
10:35:28AM I WENT OFF SCRIPT.
10:35:33AM SEND A MESSAGE THAT IN TAMPA WE DON'T BRUTALIZE STUDENTS.
10:35:36AM NO MORE.
10:35:37AM THIS HAS TO STOP.
10:35:39AM CLEARLY OTHER WAYS TO BRING PEOPLE IN THAT ARE PREPARED TO
10:35:41AM BE ARRESTED IN THE FIRST PLACE.
10:35:42AM MY FRIENDS WERE BRUTALIZED, ONE SENT TO THE HOSPITAL.
10:35:46AM AT THE PATEL BUILDING, DURING THE HUNGER STRIKE, THE
10:35:51AM STUDENTS WENT IN AND THEY OCCUPIED THE WHOLE ENTRY AREA.
10:35:57AM CHAIRS IN THERE.
10:35:58AM THEY SAT AND DID THEIR HOMEWORK.
10:36:00AM THAT WAS THE IDEA OF PUTTING THOSE TENTS THERE.
10:36:03AM AND WHEN THEY WERE REFUSED TO DO THAT, THEY DECIDED THE
10:36:06AM FOLLOWING DAY AFTER THE FIRST THREE ARRESTS THAT THEY
10:36:09AM BROUGHT SOME BOARDS BECAUSE ON THE FIRST DAY, WHEN THE
10:36:11AM POLICE WENT IN TO TAKE THE THREE OUT, PEOPLE WERE CRUSHED.
10:36:15AM THEY WERE STEPPED ON.
10:36:16AM ONE SAID THEY COULDN'T BREATHE.
10:36:18AM THEY WANT TO DEFEND THE AREA WHERE THEY PUT THESE POOR
10:36:22AM LITTLE POP TENTS.
10:36:24AM I'M ABOUT TO RUN OUT.
10:36:26AM THERE WAS NO ATTEMPT AT BEING VIOLENT TOWARDS OUR POLICE.
10:36:30AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:36:32AM GOOD MORNING, SIR.
10:36:33AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:36:34AM >> UHURU.
10:36:37AM MENTESNOT.
10:36:38AM SAY LONG LIVE PALESTINE.
10:36:42AM TRYING TO MUZZLE EVERYBODY.
10:36:43AM TELLING PEOPLE THEY CAN'T SPEAK.
10:36:46AM THAT IS THE PROCESS OF CAPITALISM.
10:36:48AM THAT IS THE PROCESS OF IMPERIALISM.
10:36:49AM THAT IS THE PROCESS OF COLONIALISM.
10:36:51AM THAT IS THE PROCESS OF NEOCOLONIALISM.
10:36:53AM YOU PUT MUZZLE ON THE PEOPLE AND THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE
10:36:56AM YOUR SLAVE.
10:36:57AM WE'VE BEEN AFRICAN SLAVES FOR 624 YEARS AND THEY WANT US TO
10:37:02AM KEEP BEING SLAVES.
10:37:03AM THEY WANT THE PEOPLE IN PALESTINE TO BE SLAVES.
10:37:08AM UNDERSTAND?
10:37:08AM 50, 60, 70 THOUSAND PEOPLE BOMBED IN PALESTINE AND THEY WANT
10:37:14AM YOU TO SHUT UP BECAUSE IT IS A BIG GAME.
10:37:16AM CAPITALISM IS A BIG GAME.
10:37:18AM PEOPLE COME DOWN HERE WASTING THEIR TIME BECAUSE THEY ARE
10:37:21AM SCARED OF CAPITALISM.
10:37:21AM THEY ARE SCARED OF DEMOCRACY.
10:37:23AM BUT THEIR NAME, CERTAIN NAMES THAT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND.
10:37:29AM THAT NAME IS SAM BAKEMAN FRIED, SHOWS YOU THAT CAPITALISM
10:37:37AM AIN'T NOTHING.
10:37:38AM THAT NAME DONALD TRUMP SHOWS YOU DEMOCRACY AIN'T NOTHING.
10:37:42AM IT AIN'T NOTHING.
10:37:43AM MAN FULL OF CHARGES AND HE'S A LEADING CONTENDER FOR THE
10:37:49AM PRESIDENTIAL POSITION IN THE UNITED STATES, THE STRONGEST
10:37:53AM COUNTRY EVER LIVE ON THIS PLANET EARTH.
10:37:56AM CAPITALISM AND DEMOCRACY LIKE PEOPLE TO BE SCARED.
10:38:00AM COME DOWN HERE AND LIKE TALKING TO SOME MFING KINGS AND
10:38:04AM QUEENS.
10:38:06AM YOU CAN'T SAY THEIR NAMES.
10:38:06AM WE'RE GONNA PROVE YOU WRONG NEXT WEEK BECAUSE I'LL SAY EACH
10:38:12AM AND EVERY ONE OF YOUR LAST NAMES.
10:38:13AM HOLDING YOU OFF TO NEXT WEEK.
10:38:15AM TELLING YOU IN ADVANCE.
10:38:17AM NOTHING YOU CAN DO.
10:38:18AM I'LL SHOW YOU THAT YOU ALL ARE COWARDS.
10:38:21AM NEVER BEEN SCARED IN MY WHOLE LIFE.
10:38:24AM UNDERSTAND.
10:38:25AM POLICE TERRORIZING OUR COMMUNITY AND YOU ALL WANT US SCARED.
10:38:28AM NOW THEY ARE KILLING AFRICANS UNDER THE AUSPICES OF, OH,
10:38:33AM THEY CLAIM SOVEREIGN CITIZEN.
10:38:35AM A CLOWN IN POLK COUNTY BRAGGING ABOUT IT.
10:38:39AM GRADY JUDD BRAG BEING IT.
10:38:42AM OH, WE HAVE THEM GRAVEYARD DEAD.
10:38:44AM AIN'T KILLING AFRICANS BECAUSE TINTED WINDOWS AND SMELL
10:38:48AM SMOKE AND TAILLIGHTS OUT AND SLEEP IN THE DRIVE-THROUGH.
10:38:51AM MURDERING US NOW BECAUSE WE ARE SOVEREIGN CITIZENS.
10:38:54AM THAT IS THE BIGGEST GANG.
10:38:56AM THIS BIG GANG TELL YOU, OH, CAN'T SAY YOUR NAMES.
10:38:59AM WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?
10:39:03AM THIS AIN'T YOUR ALL BUILDING.
10:39:05AM THIS IS THE PEOPLE'S BUILDING.
10:39:06AM IT IS THE PEOPLE'S BUILDING.
10:39:07AM YOU ALL MURDERING PEOPLE IN PALESTINE, PAYING FOR IT,
10:39:11AM PUTTING MONEY TOWARDS IT, AND THEN YOU ALL TELL PEOPLE THEY
10:39:15AM CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT.
10:39:16AM YOU ALL TELL YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUNG PEOPLE STANDING UP TO YOU
10:39:20AM ALL CLOWNS.
10:39:21AM PAY TO GO TO UNIVERSITY, THEY CAN'T COME OUT AND SIT OUT OR
10:39:25AM CAMP OUT WHATSOEVER.
10:39:27AM YOU PEOPLE TOO OLD TO BE IN GOVERNMENT.
10:39:29AM EACH AND EVERY ONE LAST OF YOU ALL.
10:39:32AM THIS IS A TRANSITIONING WORLD AND YOU ALL TOO OLD TO BE
10:39:35AM EXISTING.
10:39:35AM SHOW YOU NEXT WEEK.
10:39:36AM CALL EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOUR LAST NAME AND DARE YOU TO DO
10:39:40AM ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
10:39:41AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:39:42AM YES, MA'AM.
10:39:43AM GOOD MORNING.
10:39:43AM GOOD MORNING, MA'AM.
10:39:48AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:39:49AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:39:50AM TONYA LEWIS.
10:39:51AM MY NAME IS TONYA LEWIS, FOUNDER OF CHILDREN WITH A VISION,
10:39:54AM NONPROFIT 31 YEARS IN THE BAY AREA WHO HAS ENGAGED ALONG
10:39:58AM MANY CHIEF OF POLICE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
10:40:00AM I'M HERE IN EXTENSION -- I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE EXTENSION
10:40:04AM OF CHIEF BERCAW.
10:40:06AM CHIEF BERCAW DEMONSTRATED OVER THE LAST YEAR TRUE
10:40:12AM LEADERSHIP.
10:40:13AM HIS INNOVATIVENESS AND CONCERN TO WORK WITH LEADERS AND
10:40:16AM LEADERSHIP TO BRING OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER IS A GREAT DEAL
10:40:20AM OF CONCERN TO ME.
10:40:22AM WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH A LOT WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY FOR THE
10:40:25AM LAST YEAR.
10:40:26AM AS I'VE SEEN LAST YEAR, CHIEF BERCAW'S WILLINGNESS TO GET IN
10:40:30AM OUR COMMUNITY, BUILD THE TRUST, LISTEN AND BE CONCERNED OF
10:40:33AM THE ISSUES WAS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
10:40:38AM HE HAS SHOWN ON MANY OCCASIONS BY VISITING WITH ME TO MANY
10:40:42AM OF OUR BUSINESSES, PASTORS AND NONPROFITS WITHIN OUR
10:40:45AM COMMUNITY AND DAY-TO-DAY OPERATION PROVIDING VITAL RESOURCES
10:40:49AM TO OUR COMMUNITY.
10:40:50AM NOT ONLY VISIT BUT ALLOW OFFICERS TO COME BACK AND FORM
10:40:54AM PARTNERSHIPS BY VOLUNTEERING FIRSTHAND ON IN THEIR
10:40:58AM OPERATIONS.
10:40:59AM I AM NOT EASILY IMPRESSED.
10:41:01AM BUT CHIEF BERCAW HAS SHOWN INTEGRITY AND LEADERSHIP IN
10:41:04AM MOVING THIS ADMINISTRATION IN RIGHT DIRECTION BY BUILDING A
10:41:06AM HEALTHIER AND SAFE COMMUNITY.
10:41:08AM I PRAY THAT YOU GRANT THE EXTENSION OF CHIEF BERCAW TODAY.
10:41:12AM THANK YOU.
10:41:13AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.
10:41:14AM GOOD MORNING, MA'AM.
10:41:19AM YES.
10:41:19AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:41:22AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:41:23AM CONNIE BURTON.
10:41:25AM IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING TO SEE JUST HOW MONEY JUST
10:41:32AM MATERIALIZE FOR THINGS YOU WANT TO SEE HAPPEN.
10:41:35AM AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND PEOPLE THAT IS
10:41:39AM RUNNING ORGANIZATION AND AGENCIES DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE
10:41:43AM RESOURCES TO DEAL WITH THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN OUR
10:41:49AM COMMUNITY AND OUR POPULATION, AND THAT IS OUR YOUTH.
10:41:53AM IN RESOLUTION 568, AS YOU CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THAT, YOU'RE
10:41:57AM SAYING THAT YOUTH IS THE PRIORITY.
10:42:00AM BUT ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, WE HAD A 14-YEAR-OLD CHILD THAT HAS
10:42:05AM NOT BEEN RESOLVED YET.
10:42:07AM HOW WAS HE MURDERED?
10:42:08AM WHAT IS THE MENTAL COUNSELING FOR THAT COMMUNITY?
10:42:11AM IT DID NOT HAPPEN IN THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS PART OF THE
10:42:15AM BUSINESS DISTRICT IN DOWNTOWN.
10:42:17AM IT HAPPENED IN A BROWN, A RAILROAD TRACK BY CHAMBERLAIN HIGH
10:42:22AM SCHOOL, A 14-YEAR-OLD CHILD IS DEAD.
10:42:25AM WHAT DO THIS CITY DO TO OFFSET THAT?
10:42:28AM LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT PRIVILEGE.
10:42:32AM PRIVILEGE -- AND I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS, BUT IT CAME
10:42:35AM TO LIGHT JUST THE OTHER DAY -- IS A SPECIAL RIGHT OR
10:42:41AM ADVANTAGE AS GRANTED OR AVAILABLE ONLY TO A PARTICULAR
10:42:44AM PERSON OR AN INDIVIDUAL.
10:42:47AM THAT'S WHAT PRIVILEGE IS.
10:42:48AM TELL YOU HOW PRIVILEGE WORK IN THIS CITY.
10:42:51AM WHEN WE LOOK THROUGH THIS AGENDA, EVERY WEEK, JUST TRYING TO
10:42:56AM FIND OUT WHAT WE GO BACK AND TELL OUR COMMUNITY, WHAT DID WE
10:42:59AM GET RESOLVED.
10:43:00AM WHAT RESOURCES COMING TO THE COMMUNITY.
10:43:02AM HOW CAN WE PREVENT ANOTHER 14-YEAR-OLD CHILD FROM BEING
10:43:06AM KILLED.
10:43:08AM PRIVILEGE.
10:43:09AM TO BE IN THIS CITY, AN EMPLOYEE, AND TO HAVE A JOB WHERE YOU
10:43:13AM CAN MAKE $120,000 A YEAR.
10:43:15AM FOLLOWED BY HAVING A PART-TIME JOB AS BEING A UNION OFFICER
10:43:21AM AND MAKING $40,000 A YEAR.
10:43:25AM HAVE WORK ASSIGNMENTS, INSPECTION OF 900 UNITS AND ONLY
10:43:32AM DOING 31.
10:43:34AM NO WRITE-UPS FOR THAT.
10:43:37AM ARRESTED, SUSPENDED, AND STILL COLLECTING $120,000 A YEAR.
10:43:43AM PRIVILEGE.
10:43:44AM BUT WE HAVE TO COME UP HERE EVERY WEEK AND SAY HOW THEN DO
10:43:49AM WE HELP YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
10:43:51AM THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE PRIVILEGES.
10:43:53AM THEY DADDY DON'T HAVE THE PHONE NUMBER TO ALL OF YOU ALL.
10:43:58AM BUT IT IS CONSTANTLY THE PROTECTING OF THE PRIVILEGED IN
10:44:02AM THIS CITY THAT LEADS TO THE ONGOING ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
10:44:09AM WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BEG.
10:44:10AM THERE SHOULD BE NO MORE DISCUSSIONS ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO
10:44:13AM RESOLVE SOME OF THESE FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES IN THE LOW IMPACTED
10:44:18AM COMMUNITIES THAT IS BEGGING FOR RESOURCES.
10:44:19AM WE WANT TO RECEIVE SOME OF THOSE SAME PRIVILEGES THAT WE SEE
10:44:25AM INDIVIDUALS GETTING.
10:44:26AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.
10:44:28AM GOOD MORNING, MA'AM.
10:44:30AM >> LETITIA P.
10:44:34AM INITIALS, LP.
10:44:37AM AGAIN, HERE ON MADISON HIGHLANDS IN REGARDS TO THE
10:44:41AM NONCOMPLIANCE IN REGARDS TO THE SENIOR CITIZENS AND NO ONE
10:44:45AM IS REALLY LOOKING OUT FOR THEM.
10:44:47AM THESE BIG CORPORATIONS ARE COMING IN BUILDING PROPERTIES AND
10:44:50AM NOT PUTTING THEIR BEST INTEREST AT HEART.
10:44:54AM EVEN LIKE A LEASE LIKE THIS, THE SENIORS SIGN IT AND THEY
10:44:58AM DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON.
10:44:59AM THE RENT INCREASE, CAUSES IN HERE THAT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND
10:45:04AM WHEN THEY ASK, OKAY, IS THE RENT GOING TO INCREASE?
10:45:08AM THEY TELL THEM NO, BUT DON'T EXPLAIN THE DETAILS IN THE
10:45:13AM LEASE.
10:45:13AM A LOT OF THEM DON'T WANT TO STAND UP BECAUSE HOSTILE
10:45:19AM RETALIATION AND DIFFERENT THINGS WHEN THEY STAND UP AND ASK
10:45:22AM QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY IS THIS GOING ON AND NOBODY STANDING UP
10:45:26AM FOR THEM AND PROTECTING THEIR RIGHTS.
10:45:28AM THEY ARE VULNERABLE AND A LOT OF THEM HAVE TO GO BACK OUT TO
10:45:32AM WORK.
10:45:33AM THE ONES THAT SPEAK UP, THEY SEND NOTICES OUT.
10:45:36AM THEY TRY TO GET THEM OUT OF THE APARTMENT WITH FALSE REASONS
10:45:42AM FOR EVICTION AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
10:45:44AM MY MOM IS A TENANT THERE.
10:45:46AM WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS FOR THREE YEARS.
10:45:49AM SHE HAS SOME ISSUES THAT SHE'S DEALING WITH, SUPPOSEDLY AS A
10:45:54AM LIVE-IN AIDE AND THEY ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE RULES AND
10:45:57AM PROCEDURES AND THEY ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE.
10:45:59AM IT'S BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE AND NOBODY IS REALLY STANDING UP
10:46:04AM TO SAY NOTHING.
10:46:05AM THEY'LL GIVE PROGRAMS TO SUPPLEMENT THE RENT, BUT SPEAK ON
10:46:09AM THE BIG ISSUES, WHY ARE THE SENIORS NOT HAVING UNDERSTANDING
10:46:13AM TO WHAT IS GOING ON IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
10:46:15AM THESE CORPORATIONS ARE COMING IN, BUILDING THE PLACES,
10:46:19AM MAKING MONEY AND NOT LOOKING OUT REALLY FOR THE SENIORS AND
10:46:23AM HAVING RESOURCES THERE FOR THE SENIORS.
10:46:24AM THEY ARE NOT PUTTING THEIR BEST INTERESTS AT HEART.
10:46:28AM AND ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
10:46:30AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.
10:46:32AM GOOD MORNING, SIR.
10:46:33AM GOOD MORNING, SIR.
10:46:35AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:46:37AM >> HASSEIN.
10:46:39AM I JUST GOT UP BECAUSE I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEBODY
10:46:43AM DOWN STAIRS, WITH THE POLICE, IT WAS LIKE HIS GRANDDAD, HIS
10:46:49AM DAD AND SOMEBODY ELSE.
10:46:51AM THE REASON WHY I'M SAYING IT, YOU HAVE TO START FROM
10:46:55AM SOMEWHERE.
10:46:55AM SEE, HIS DAD, HIS GRANDDAD DID WHAT HE DID.
10:46:58AM HIS DAD DID WHAT HE DID.
10:47:02AM I SAY THE COMMUNITY NEED TO DO IS DO THE SAME THING.
10:47:07AM INSTEAD OF FIVE, SIX OR 10, 20 PEOPLE OUT OF THE COMMUNITY
10:47:10AM COME, WE NEED TO GET MORE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY COME IN
10:47:14AM AND GIVE THEIR OPINION.
10:47:15AM AND THEN MORE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND MORE KIDS WOULD BE
10:47:20AM ABLE TO GET, I THINK SHE SAID FAVOR.
10:47:23AM FAVORITISM JUST BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP, BECAUSE HIS DAD LEFT
10:47:27AM HIM MONEY.
10:47:28AM NO, HE DID RIGHT.
10:47:29AM SEE WHAT I'M SAYING.
10:47:31AM I'M GOING OFF OF SUBJECT.
10:47:33AM EITHER WAY IT GOES.
10:47:34AM MY WHOLE THING IS BASICALLY WE NEED MORE PEOPLE COME IN IN
10:47:38AM COMMUNITY.
10:47:38AM TO VOICE THEIR OPINION AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE MORE KIDS AND
10:47:45AM MORE PEOPLE COME SO IT WOULD BE BETTER.
10:47:48AM SIMILAR TO WHAT I WAS SAYING EARLIER, GRANDFATHER WAS A COP,
10:47:51AM DAD WAS A COP, NO PROBLEM WITH THAT AND NOW HE'S A COP.
10:47:55AM WE DO THAT MORE AND START COMING IN, AND THEN OTHER PEOPLE
10:47:59AM COME TALK FOR YOU -- TALKING FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE
10:48:03AM PEOPLE THAT NEED TO HEAR IT.
10:48:07AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:48:08AM YES, MA'AM.
10:48:09AM GOOD MORNING.
10:48:09AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:48:11AM >> ALLISON DOUCETTE.
10:48:14AM I THINK THERE MAY BE A SEPARATE AGENDA ITEM FOR THIS,
10:48:18AM REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATIVE MATTERS NEXT.
10:48:21AM I WANTED TO STAND UP JUST IN CASE THAT WASN'T FOR OUR
10:48:23AM REQUEST.
10:48:24AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. SHELBY, AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT, WE DO
10:48:27AM ASK ANY REQUESTS FROM THE PUBLIC FOR RECONSIDERATION, AND
10:48:30AM THAT WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE TIME, IS THAT CORRECT?
10:48:32AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES.
10:48:33AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:48:34AM >> I'LL SIT DOWN AND PROBABLY STAND RIGHT BACK UP.
10:48:37AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
10:48:37AM GOOD MORNING, SIR.
10:48:38AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:48:39AM >> JOHN MILLER WITH THE TAMPA POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.
10:48:42AM I'VE BEEN WITH THE UNION NOW AS VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE PAST
10:48:46AM YEAR AND A HALF AND ALSO WITH THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT
10:48:47AM FOR 18 YEARS WHERE I'M CURRENTLY LIEUTENANT.
10:48:50AM I'VE KNOWN CHIEF BERCAW, HE'S UP FOR CONTRACT TODAY.
10:48:55AM KNOWN HIM FOR 18 YEARS SINCE I WAS HIRED AS A ROOKIE.
10:48:58AM WHEN I STARTED HERE, HE WAS ALREADY IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE.
10:49:01AM CORPORAL OF THE FIELD TRAINING SQUAD, AT THAT TIME, ALREADY
10:49:04AM WORKING ON THE PEOPLE UNDERNEATH HIM TO MAKE SURE THEY DO
10:49:07AM THINGS THE RIGHT WAY AND BETTER WAY.
10:49:09AM I'VE WORKED FOR HIM PAST 18 YEARS BOTH DIRECTLY AND
10:49:12AM INDIRECTLY.
10:49:14AM IN THAT TIME FRAME, HE ALWAYS PUSHED OFFICERS TO IMPROVE OF
10:49:18AM THEIRS, DO INNOVATIVE THINGS BY DOING THINGS THE RIGHT WAY.
10:49:21AM NOT ONLY DID HE TALK THE TALK BUT WALKED THE WALK.
10:49:25AM AS EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM KNOWS, EARNED HIS OWN DOCTORATE I
10:49:28AM THINK PARTIALLY FOR THE REASON HE WOULD BE THE MOST EDUCATED
10:49:31AM PERSON IN THE ROOM ON A PARTICULAR SUBJECT SO HE WOULDN'T
10:49:35AM GET SOMETHING WRONG.
10:49:37AM I THINK THAT SHOWS QUITE A BIT ABOUT HIS PERSONALITY, HIS
10:49:42AM LEADERSHIP STYLE.
10:49:42AM IN THE PAST 18 YEARS, HE'S GUARDED NOT ONLY RANK AND FILE
10:49:48AM UNDERNEATH HIM.
10:49:49AM THE UNION FULLY SUPPORTS HIM, THAT IN THE PAST, WHAT 16
10:49:54AM MONTHS, I THINK TAKEN OVER, I THINK DECEMBER 2022 SINCE HE
10:49:57AM TOOK OVER AS CHIEF HERE, NOT ONLY HAS HE GUARDED PROBABLY
10:50:00AM THE BEST RELATIONSHIP THAT I'VE SEEN WITH HILLSBOROUGH
10:50:02AM COUNTY IN MY 18 YEARS BEING HERE, BUT ALSO WITH THE STATE
10:50:05AM ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THE PAST 18 YEARS TO MAKE SURE THE RIGHT
10:50:08AM PEOPLE ARE GETTING THE RIGHT DISCIPLINE AND THAT THINGS ARE
10:50:11AM BEING ENFORCED THE RIGHT WAY TO MAKE SURE THINGS ARE ON PAR
10:50:14AM WITH WHAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE IS TELLING US WE NEED TO BE
10:50:17AM DOING.
10:50:17AM IN ADDITION TO THAT, HE'S ALSO NOT ONLY GUARDED THE RESPECT
10:50:21AM OF THE OFFICERS UNDERNEATH HIM, HE'S MENTORED THEM, GUIDED
10:50:25AM THEM AND UNDOUBTEDLY THE RIGHT CHOICE TO CONTINUE ON HERE
10:50:28AM FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS BECAUSE THERE IS NOBODY THAT CAN
10:50:31AM REPLACE WHAT HE DOES TODAY.
10:50:32AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:50:33AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:50:34AM YES, SIR.
10:50:35AM GOOD MORNING.
10:50:36AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:50:37AM >> BRANDON BARCLAY, PRESIDENT OF TAMPA PBA.
10:50:43AM I CAME TO YOU IN DECEMBER OF 2022.
10:50:45AM I TOLD EACH OF YOU AT THAT TIME THAT I STOOD BESIDE LEE
10:50:49AM BERCAW FOR CHIEF OF POLICE.
10:50:51AM WE DON'T TAKE THAT LIGHTLY.
10:50:54AM I SAID THAT HE WAS THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THE JOB.
10:50:56AM I THINK OVER THE MONTHS THAT HE'S BEEN CHIEF, HE'S PROVEN TO
10:50:59AM EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU THAT HE IS STILL THE RIGHT PERSON
10:51:02AM FOR THE JOB.
10:51:02AM NOT ONLY IS HE AN EXCELLENT CHIEF, HE IS AN EVEN BETTER
10:51:07AM PERSON.
10:51:08AM I WANT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO THINK CAREFULLY WITH
10:51:11AM THIS VOTE.
10:51:11AM THE SUCCESS OF PUBLIC SAFETY MOVING FORWARD DEPENDS ON HOW
10:51:15AM YOU VOTE TODAY.
10:51:16AM THANK YOU.
10:51:16AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:51:17AM GOOD MORNING, MA'AM.
10:51:18AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:51:19AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:51:19AM I'M BISHOP MICHELLE B. PATTY.
10:51:22AM I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST EXTEND CONDOLENCES TO ALL THE MEN AND
10:51:28AM WOMEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AROUND THE COUNTRY FOR THE FALLEN
10:51:31AM OFFICERS THAT WERE KILLED IN CHARLOTTE.
10:51:34AM AND ALSO PRAYING FOR THOSE RECOVERY.
10:51:36AM WE ALSO HAD TWO OFFICERS THAT WERE SHOT HERE IN LAKELAND.
10:51:42AM IT IS NOT TIME TO PLAY POLITICS WITH THE CHIEF.
10:51:46AM CHIEF BERCAW HAS DONE A GREAT JOB.
10:51:49AM HE'S IN THE COMMUNITY.
10:51:51AM WE'RE SUPPORTING HIM.
10:51:52AM AND WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AND SEE THAT THE TIMING IS
10:51:57AM VOLATILE.
10:51:57AM WE'RE HEADED INTO THE SUMMER MONTHS WHERE THERE'S NO SENSE
10:52:00AM IN TALKING ABOUT CHANGING THINGS OR SPENDING MORE OF THE
10:52:03AM TAXPAYERS' MONIES TALKING ABOUT GOING ON A NATIONAL SEARCH.
10:52:08AM I WAS A PART OF THOSE NATIONAL SEARCH.
10:52:09AM I VISITED WHEN THAT TOOK PLACE, ONLY A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE
10:52:15AM APPLIED FOR THE JOB.
10:52:17AM WHY?
10:52:17AM BECAUSE IT DOES NOT PAY THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY.
10:52:21AM THE CHIEF HAS SHOWN YOU ALL THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN ABOUT THE
10:52:25AM MONEY, BUT HE DO NEED A CONTRACT.
10:52:29AM FROM WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT
10:52:32AM IT HAS BEEN DONE, THAT UNDER CHIEF DUGANS, IT WAS EXTENDED A
10:52:38AM CONTRACT TO HIM.
10:52:38AM I DON'T KNOW WHY NOW IS SUCH AN ISSUE.
10:52:41AM I SUPPORT COUNCIL EVEN RECEIVING A RAISE, BUT NOT THIS
10:52:46AM COUNCIL, THE NEXT COUNCIL, AND NOT A 40% INCREASE, BUT MAYBE
10:52:50AM A 3% BECAUSE THIS IS A JOB THAT YOU ALL SELECTED TO BE A
10:52:55AM SERVANT.
10:52:55AM WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE NOW LOOKING AT IT AS A LUCRATIVE JOB
10:53:00AM WHERE THEY COME JUST TO WORK.
10:53:02AM WE WANT PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, WHO KNOWS THE
10:53:04AM COMMUNITY, WHO WOULD FIGHT FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR YOU TO
10:53:07AM SAY THAT BECAUSE THE MONEY, NOBODY IS SITTING IN THOSE
10:53:11AM SEATS, YOU ALL ARE SITTING THERE, AND THERE ARE PEOPLE
10:53:14AM BEFORE YOU ALL.
10:53:15AM THAT IS A SLAP IN THEIR FACE TO SAY THEY WAS NOT QUALIFIED.
10:53:18AM BUT AS WE SEE CRIME GOING DOWN IN THE COMMUNITY, WHY WOULD
10:53:23AM ANYONE WANT TO CHANGE THE CHIEF AND NOT EXTEND THAT
10:53:26AM CONTRACT.
10:53:27AM YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING EXTRA OR SPECIAL, BUT IT COULD
10:53:31AM HURT THE COMMUNITY.
10:53:32AM YOU HEARD ABOUT THE 14-YEAR-OLD CHILD THAT WAS KILLED.
10:53:35AM WELL, WE NEED TO BE SEEING OTHER CHILDREN, PEOPLE THAT ARE
10:53:39AM GETTING KILLED.
10:53:40AM AND THE CHIEF, WHEN I WAS ABOUT A FEW MONTHS AGO, LAST YEAR,
10:53:44AM IT WAS LOOKING LIKE EVERY WEEK TWO AND THREE PEOPLE WERE NOT
10:53:47AM ONLY BEING SHOT, BUT THEY WERE BEING KILLED.
10:53:50AM THAT HAS GONE DOWN.
10:53:52AM THAT SHOULD SPEAK VOLUMES TO THIS COUNCIL.
10:53:55AM PLEASE, DO NOT ALLOW YOUR PERSONAL -- YOUR PERSONAL POLITICS
10:54:00AM TO GET IN THE WAY OF YOUR CONSTITUENT SAFETY AND WELL-BEING.
10:54:05AM PUT THEM FIRST.
10:54:06AM IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU ALL.
10:54:07AM IT'S NOT ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL.
10:54:09AM IT'S ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY WHO PAY TAXES TO LIVE IN A SAFE,
10:54:13AM DECENT ENVIRONMENT.
10:54:14AM THANK YOU.
10:54:15AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.
10:54:16AM YES, MA'AM.
10:54:17AM GOOD MORNING.
10:54:19AM >> HI.
10:54:19AM MY NAME IS VALERIE BULLOCK FROM COLLEGE HILL AND PONCE De
10:54:23AM LEON.
10:54:23AM I SUPPORT STEPPING STONES.
10:54:26AM I GO OVER TO SULPHUR SPRINGS SOMETIMES THREE TIMES A WEEK,
10:54:29AM AND THE ENVIRONMENT IS VERY DISMAL OVER THERE.
10:54:31AM IT LOOK LIKE ALL HOPE IS GONE AND THE CHILDREN, THEY ARE
10:54:35AM TRYING TO DO THE BEST THAT THEY CAN DO, BUT IF IT'S NOT LIKE
10:54:39AM THE PARENTS, THE SCHOOL, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES, FOR THEM TO
10:54:44AM GET INVOLVED, THEY ARE GOING TO END UP FALLING THROUGH THE
10:54:47AM CRACKS.
10:54:48AM SO WE DEFINITELY NEED TO SUPPORT AND FUNDING FOR
10:54:52AM STEPPING STONES SO THAT THE CHILDREN CAN GET SOME HELP
10:54:55AM BECAUSE THIS IS A SAD DAY IN TAMPA WHEN YOU GO SOMEWHERE
10:54:59AM LIKE SULPHUR SPRINGS AND YOU LOOK AT THE CHILDREN AND YOU
10:55:01AM SAY, THIS IS OUR FUTURE AND THEY ARE AT SUCH A DISADVANTAGE.
10:55:07AM I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE 568 RESOLUTION.
10:55:12AM I'LL KEEP ON TALKING ABOUT IT I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG.
10:55:15AM BUT THE NAACP IS THE ONLY ORGANIZATION THAT HAVE DIFFERENT
10:55:19AM DEPARTMENTS THAT COULD HELP EAST TAMPA GET AN ECONOMIC
10:55:23AM ENGINE IN.
10:55:25AM PREFERABLY A SOLAR MANUFACTURING PLANT.
10:55:28AM SINGLETON SEAFOOD CLOSED DOWN, THERE'S NO MANUFACTURING
10:55:32AM PLANT IN EAST TAMPA.
10:55:33AM WE COULD USE THE OLD WINN DIXIE PLAZA OR THE CLOROX
10:55:39AM BUILDING.
10:55:40AM BANKERS, PLANNERS, URBAN DEVELOPERS, PEOPLE WHO USED TO
10:55:43AM MANAGING MILLIONS THAT KNOW HOW TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN, FROM
10:55:46AM INCEPTION TO END.
10:55:48AM ANY PLAN WITHOUT THESE PEOPLE INVOLVED IS JUST SYMBOLIC.
10:55:52AM WE WILL ALWAYS -- WE WILL GET THE SAME THING WE ALWAYS GOT,
10:55:57AM NOTHING TANGIBLE, NOTHING TO HELP HEAL THE PAIN OR REMOVE
10:56:02AM THE BARRIERS.
10:56:03AM A TRUE LEADER DOESN'T CAUSE SEPARATION.
10:56:06AM A TRUE LEADER BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER.
10:56:09AM AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED ON THE 568 COMMITTEE.
10:56:13AM THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMISSION RECOGNIZES THAT ONLY 8%
10:56:18AM OUT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE JOBS GO TO BLACK PEOPLE.
10:56:22AM WE GOT THE PIPES PROGRAM, AND WE ALSO GOT ALL THE OTHER
10:56:26AM ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS GOING ON.
10:56:28AM WE NEED PEOPLE FROM EAST TAMPA TO GET SOME OF THOSE JOBS
10:56:33AM FROM BEGINNING TO END BECAUSE I CAN'T BUY A HOUSE IF I DON'T
10:56:37AM HAVE A PAYCHECK.
10:56:39AM YOU HAVE TO PUT MONEY IN THE PEOPLE OF EAST TAMPA POCKET.
10:56:43AM I WAS SITTING HERE AND EVERYBODY WAS TALKING ABOUT THE
10:56:46AM WESTSHORE NEW DEVELOPMENT PLAN, AND EVERY TIME THEY SAID
10:56:52AM SOMETHING ABOUT WESTSHORE, I WAS SAYING CHING, CHING, CHING,
10:56:56AM CHING, THAT MONEY IS GOING TO WESTSHORE.
10:56:58AM AND THE SAME THING WITH TAMPA HEIGHTS.
10:57:01AM THEY GOING TO HAVE THE SAME THING THAT THEY HAVE OVER THERE
10:57:03AM IN HYDE PARK.
10:57:04AM THEIR OWN LITTLE SHOPPING DISTRICT.
10:57:07AM WHAT DO EAST TAMPA HAVE?
10:57:08AM WHAT IS OUR EAST TAMPA?
10:57:13AM WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT EAST TAMPA, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT?
10:57:15AM OH, THEY GOT SOME GOOD JOBS OVER THERE.
10:57:18AM THAT'S A GOOD PLACE TO WORK RIGHT THERE IN EAST TAMPA.
10:57:22AM DO YOU SEE THE BIG CONVENTION CENTER THEY HAVE IN EAST
10:57:23AM TAMPA?
10:57:24AM WE DON'T HAVE NOTHING.
10:57:26AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.
10:57:27AM GOOD MORNING, MA'AM.
10:57:31AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:57:31AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:57:33AM ROBIN LOCKETT.
10:57:34AM I AM FOR THE POLICE CHIEF'S CONTRACT BEING EXTENDED, BUT I
10:57:42AM THINK THE QUESTION IS, IS WHAT'S IN THE CONTRACT.
10:57:47AM HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB.
10:57:48AM I AGREE WITH THAT, FROM WHAT I SEE.
10:57:51AM BUT I THINK IT'S RIGHT THAT YOU GUYS ARE QUESTIONING WHAT'S
10:57:54AM IN THE CONTRACT, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING, RIGHT?
10:57:56AM BECAUSE I THINK THAT WITH THIS OTHER POSITIONS IN THAT
10:58:05AM ADMINISTRATION HAS TO BE LOOKED AT IN REGARDS TO WHETHER
10:58:08AM IT'S EQUITY AND FAIR AND SO FORTH.
10:58:10AM SO I THINK IT'S RIGHT.
10:58:11AM I THINK HIS CONTRACT SHOULD BE EXTENDED.
10:58:14AM FROM WHAT I SEE, HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB, BUT I THINK IT'S
10:58:18AM WITHIN YOUR RIGHTS TO EVALUATE WHAT'S IN THAT CONTRACT.
10:58:22AM THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.
10:58:23AM SO THANK YOU.
10:58:23AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
10:58:24AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:58:24AM PASTOR WILLIAMS.
10:58:25AM GOOD MORNING, SIR.
10:58:33AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:58:34AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:58:35AM MY NAME IS PASTOR WILLIAMS LOCATED AT 1112 EAST SCOTT
10:58:39AM STREET.
10:58:39AM I'M A FIRM BELIEVER IN JESUS CHRIST AND GOD ALMIGHTY.
10:58:43AM YOU KNOW, WE COULD COME DOWN HERE AND COMPLAIN ALL WE WANT.
10:58:48AM BUT THE YOUNG LADY TALKING ABOUT HOW GOOD THEY SUPPORT WEST
10:58:56AM TAMPA AND EAST TAMPA -- NOT EAST TAMPA, BUT EAST TAMPA IS
10:59:02AM ALREADY LEFT OUT OF THE PICTURE.
10:59:06AM YOU KNOW, PROBLEMS SEEM TO FOLLOW PEOPLE OF COLOR.
10:59:10AM AND WE GOT BIG PROBLEMS.
10:59:14AM MY WATER HAS BEEN CUT OFF ABOUT THREE MONTHS.
10:59:18AM YOU KNOW WHAT?
10:59:20AM DON'T NOBODY COME BY AND CHECK ON IT OR NOTHING.
10:59:24AM THREE MONTHS IS A LONG TIME.
10:59:25AM HAVE TO GO TO MY DAUGHTER'S HOUSE TO TAKE A BATH AND
10:59:29AM EVERYTHING, DO WHAT I WANT TO DO.
10:59:31AM EAST TAMPA IS A TROUBLED PLACE FOR ANYBODY TO LIVE.
10:59:40AM WHITE FOLKS, BLACK FOLKS, DON'T MAKE DIFFERENCE WHAT COLOR.
10:59:44AM NOBODY WANTS TO DO NOTHING IN EAST TAMPA.
10:59:46AM BUT BUILD ON SINKHOLES AND ALL THAT STUFF.
10:59:52AM IT'S RIDICULOUS.
10:59:54AM BUT WE GOT TO LIVE SOMEWHERE.
10:59:57AM THE REASON SPEAKING ABOUT MY WATER BEING CUT OFF, MY WATER
11:00:02AM BILL HAS BEEN PAID, BUT SOMEHOW THEY SAID THERE IS A LEAK
11:00:06AM SOMEWHERE, AND THEY CAN'T FIND THE LEAK.
11:00:08AM I WENT UP UNDER MY HOUSE LOOKING FOR THE LEAK AND FOUND NO
11:00:13AM LEAK.
11:00:14AM HAD TAMPA WATER DEPARTMENT COME OVER THERE.
11:00:17AM THEY COULDN'T FIND NO LEAKAGE.
11:00:19AM ONE GUY COME OVER THERE, HE'S FROM TAMPA WATER DEPARTMENT,
11:00:23AM YOU KNOW WHAT HE TOLD ME.
11:00:25AM HE SAID I CAN'T FIND NO LEAKAGE EITHER.
11:00:28AM WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS TEAR THE HOUSE DOWN.
11:00:31AM WHERE WILL THEY PUT ME THEN?
11:00:33AM IN A NURSING HOME.
11:00:35AM I GUESS THAT'S WHAT THEY PLAN TO DO.
11:00:38AM I WON'T TEAR MY HOUSE DOWN AND FIND LEAKAGE.
11:00:40AM RUSTY WATER COMING THROUGH THE FOUNTAIN AND EVERYTHING.
11:00:43AM MY SINK ALL RUSTED OUT.
11:00:46AM DO YOU ALL CARE?
11:00:47AM DO YOU REALLY CARE?
11:00:48AM YOU ALL BEEN ELECTED FOR THE PEOPLE, BUT YOU ALL DON'T GIVE
11:00:53AM A DAMN.
11:00:54AM AND I KNOW YOU DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT ME.
11:00:57AM RIGHT NOW GOT MY CHURCH THERE.
11:00:59AM 1112 EAST SCOTT STREET.
11:01:01AM THE WHITE FOLKS TRYING TO TAKE MY CHURCH AND GIVE IT TO
11:01:05AM PUERTO RICAN PEOPLE.
11:01:07AM I HAVE A PROBLEM TRYING TO KEEP THAT UP.
11:01:11AM MY TRUST IS IN GOD ALMIGHTY.
11:01:13AM GOD GOING TO PROVIDE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY TAKE
11:01:17AM SOMETHING AWAY FROM ME OR THINK THEY ARE TAKING AWAY FROM
11:01:20AM ME.
11:01:21AM WE'RE GOING TO SURVIVE.
11:01:24AM WE BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST AND OUR FAITH IS IN GOD ALMIGHTY.
11:01:29AM I THANK YOU ALL FOR HEARING ME.
11:01:31AM I PRAY TO GOD THAT SOME OF YOU ALL WILL COME AND HEAR ME.
11:01:41AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
11:01:42AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PASTOR.
11:01:55AM IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK?
11:02:04AM IF NOT, I'LL GO TO THE REGISTERED SPEAKER.
11:02:06AM WE HAVE ONE REGISTERED SPEAKER.
11:02:07AM THAT ENDS PUBLIC COMMENT IN PERSON.
11:02:13AM WE HAVE A REGISTERED SPEAKER, MR. MICHAEL RANDOLPH.
11:02:16AM GOOD MORNING, MR. RANDOLPH.
11:02:18AM IF YOU ARE ON, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND STATE YOUR NAME.
11:02:20AM >> GOOD MORNING.
11:02:21AM MY NAME IS MICHAEL RANDOLPH.
11:02:23AM I AM WITH THE WEST TAMPA CDC.
11:02:27AM I WANT TO START OUT BY CONGRATULATING -- ACTUALLY, THE
11:02:31AM REAPPOINTMENT OF THE TWO CHAIRS.
11:02:33AM I THINK BOTH OF YOU ALL ARE DOING AN AWESOME JOB AND LOOKING
11:02:37AM FORWARD TO DOING A ONE-ON-ONE IN PERSON WITH YOU.
11:02:40AM TODAY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO
11:02:44AM EMPOWER COMMUNITIES.
11:02:45AM CONNECTING THE SILENT MAJORITY AND THE MARGINALIZED TO
11:02:51AM HAVING A SEAT AT THE TABLE.
11:02:53AM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE USF, WE WILL BE HOSTING 11 FOCUS
11:02:59AM GROUPS JUST TO GET WHAT THE COMMUNITY FEELS.
11:03:03AM THOSE FOCUS GROUPS INCLUDE THOSE WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE,
11:03:07AM RENTERS, HOMEOWNERS, LOW INCOME, FIXED INCOME, NO INCOME, TO
11:03:14AM LGBTQ COMMUNITY, PUBLIC HOUSING, DISABLED, HOMELESS,
11:03:18AM SENIORS, MENTAL HEALTH, THE FAITH COMMUNITY, BUSINESSES AND
11:03:24AM NONPROFITS.
11:03:24AM THE SECOND PART OF OUR FOCUS GROUP WILL FOCUS ON SAFETY.
11:03:31AM THAT INCLUDES THE BABY BOOMERS.
11:03:32AM THE BABY BOOMERS COMMIT MORE CRIME THAN ANY OTHER GROUP.
11:03:36AM I KNOW.
11:03:36AM I'M PART OF THAT DEMOGRAPHIC.
11:03:38AM MOST OF THEM JUST NEED TO HAVE MONEY JUST TO BUY MEDICINE.
11:03:42AM THE SECOND GROUP IS GENERATION X, WHICH IS THE GENERATION OF
11:03:46AM VIOLENCE.
11:03:46AM THE THIRD GROUP IS GENERATION ALPHA.
11:03:50AM WE WANT TO USE ALL THESE GROUPS TO GET A FEEL FROM THEIR
11:03:55AM PERSPECTIVE ON WHY CRIME EXISTS.
11:03:57AM WE ALSO WILL BE REACHING OUT TO THE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD
11:04:01AM GROUPS THROUGHOUT TAMPA TO SHARE WITH THEM WHAT WE'RE DOING.
11:04:04AM WE ALREADY IDENTIFIED GROUPS THAT WE PLAN TO SEND
11:04:08AM INFORMATION TO.
11:04:09AM I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE FOLKS IN FLINT, MICHIGAN, HAS
11:04:14AM ASKED US TO COME ON BOARD TO MODEL THEIR PROGRAM ON THE WEST
11:04:18AM TAMPA MODEL TO BEGIN TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUE IN MICHIGAN.
11:04:24AM WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THAT FROM A BOTTOM-UP
11:04:28AM PERSPECTIVE.
11:04:28AM THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
11:04:30AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. RANDOLPH.
11:04:33AM THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
11:04:36AM AT THIS TIME, ANY REQUESTS BY THE PUBLIC FOR RECONSIDERATION
11:04:38AM OF LEGISLATIVE MATTERS.
11:04:40AM YES, MA'AM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
11:04:41AM >> ALLISON DOUCETTE.
11:04:44AM GOOD MORNING.
11:04:44AM I SENT A LETTER YESTERDAY AFTERNOON TO CITY COUNCIL, I HAVE
11:04:48AM A COPY HERE FOR THE CLERK AND MR. SHELBY, IF YOU'D LIKE.
11:04:51AM ESSENTIALLY WE'RE REQUESTING RECONSIDERATION OF THE
11:04:53AM LEGISLATIVE MATTER THAT WAS UNDER CM 24-4301, WHICH WAS THE
11:04:58AM TRANSMISSION OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT
11:05:02AM CODE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
11:05:04AM WE'RE REALLY REQUESTING JUST RECONSIDERATION OF A PORTION OF
11:05:07AM THAT TRANSMISSION WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY TRAVELING UNDER FILE
11:05:11AM CM 22-77484, WHICH WAS THE YBOR CITY PARKING REGULATIONS.
11:05:17AM IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING -- AND THE REALITY IS THAT THESE
11:05:20AM REGULATIONS ARE NOT YET FINAL.
11:05:23AM I UNDERSTAND WHY COUNCIL WANTED TO TRANSMIT THE AMENDMENT
11:05:28AM PACKAGE AS A WHOLE BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER
11:05:31AM AMENDMENTS THAT WENT WITH IT.
11:05:32AM BUT AT THIS POINT, THE LANGUAGE ISN'T FILE.
11:05:34AM SO STAFF INDICATED THAT THEY WELCOMED ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
11:05:38AM PROPOSED CHANGES.
11:05:39AM WE'RE MEETING WITH CITY STAFF TOMORROW.
11:05:42AM AND WE ARE LOOKING TO HAVE JUST THE RECONSIDERATION AS TO
11:05:47AM THAT TRANSMISSION ON THE YBOR CITY PARKING REGULATIONS
11:05:51AM RECONSIDERED AND HELD UNTIL THE ACTUAL FINAL LANGUAGE IS
11:05:55AM READY TO TRANSMIT.
11:05:56AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. SHELBY, WHAT IS THE PROCESS?
11:05:58AM FOR A REQUEST LIKE THIS.
11:06:00AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
11:06:02AM RULE 4-F OF YOUR RULES OF PROCEDURE STATE THAT A MOTION TO
11:06:06AM RECONSIDER AN ACTION OF COUNCIL SHALL BE MADE ONLY BY A
11:06:09AM MEMBER WHO PREVIOUSLY VOTED ON THE PREVAILING SIDE AND SHALL
11:06:12AM BE MADE ONLY AT THE SAME MEETING OR FIRST SUBSEQUENT REGULAR
11:06:16AM MEETING, WHICH THIS IS.
11:06:17AM A SECOND TO THE MOTION MAY BE MADE BY ANY MEMBER.
11:06:20AM I BELIEVE YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE MOTION THAT WAS MADE AT
11:06:26AM THE APRIL 18th MEETING, AS I RECALL, IF THAT'S CORRECT.
11:06:30AM >> IT WAS NOT LAST WEEK, BUT THE WEEK BEFORE.
11:06:34AM YES.
11:06:40AM THE APRIL 18 MEETING.
11:06:41AM LAST WEEK WAS YOUR WORKSHOP WEEK.
11:06:43AM IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THIS IS THE FIRST REGULAR MEETING.
11:06:46AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT'S CORRECT.
11:06:47AM THIS WAS ITEM NUMBER 85.
11:06:51AM AND THE MOTION WAS UNANIMOUS.
11:06:56AM EXCUSE ME.
11:06:56AM THE MOTION WAS MADE, NUMBER 85 -- NO, IT WAS NOT.
11:07:00AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT WAS 5-2.
11:07:01AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IT WAS 5-2.
11:07:03AM NUMBER 85, CM 24-4301.
11:07:07AM MOTION BY -- MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
11:07:10AM SECONDED BY MIRANDA THAT STAFF BE REQUESTED TO TRANSMIT THE
11:07:13AM FINAL LANGUAGE OF THE JANUARY 2024 LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE
11:07:17AM AMENDMENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
11:07:20AM MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON AND MANISCALCO VOTING NO.
11:07:23AM SO THE QUESTION THEN IS THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER HAS TO BE
11:07:28AM MADE BY SOMEONE ON THE PREVAILING SIDE, AND THEN WHAT IT
11:07:33AM WOULD DO, IT WOULD BE BRINGING THE MOTION BACK TO THE FLOOR
11:07:35AM AND IF COUNCIL WANTED TO RECONSIDER THE MOTION OR AMEND IT
11:07:38AM IN ANY SORT OF WAY, CERTAINLY COUNCIL HAS THAT DISCRETION IF
11:07:42AM IT SO CHOOSES.
11:07:43AM NOW IT IS BACK TO YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:07:45AM COUNCIL'S PLEASURE, WHATEVER THAT IS.
11:07:47AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ONE OF THE FIVE YES VOTES WOULD HAVE TO
11:07:50AM MAKE THE MOTION, HAVE IT SECONDED AND THAT WOULD BRING IT
11:07:52AM BACK AND REOPEN IT, CORRECT?
11:07:54AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THEN YOU WOULD HAVE DISCUSSION ON THE
11:07:57AM MOTION AND VOTE ON THE MOTION, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE OUTCOME
11:07:59AM OF THE MOTION IS, GIVES COUNCIL THE ABILITY TO AMEND IT,
11:08:04AM REAFFIRM IT, OR DENY IT, HOWEVER COUNCIL WISHES TO CHOOSE.
11:08:10AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
11:08:11AM DO ANY OF THE PREVAILING COUNCIL MEMBERS -- WELL, ANY OF THE
11:08:16AM COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT VOTED YES ON THE ITEM WISH TO MAKE A
11:08:18AM MOTION?
11:08:19AM IT WOULD ALSO REQUIRE A SECOND, AND THEN WE WOULD TAKE IT
11:08:23AM FROM THERE.
11:08:23AM WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION?
11:08:27AM LAST CALL.
11:08:31AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:08:34AM >> THANK YOU.
11:08:36AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I CAN, MR. CHAIRMAN, ONE LAST THING.
11:08:39AM JUST SO YOU KNOW, A COPY OF THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE
11:08:43AM CLERK FOR THE RECORD.
11:08:44AM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:08:44AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU.
11:08:45AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
11:08:46AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:08:47AM AT THIS TIME, WE ARE GOING TO GO TO OUR COMMITTEE REPORTS
11:08:50AM AND CONSENT AGENDA PER REQUEST OF COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA,
11:08:53AM ITEMS 24 AND 25 ARE GOING TO BE HEARD FIRST.
11:08:56AM HE IS THE CHAIRPERSON FOR THAT COMMITTEE.
11:09:00AM IT IS OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE.
11:09:01AM ITEM NUMBER 24 IS A RESOLUTION FOR THE RESIDENCY WAIVER.
11:09:07AM WE HAVE A MEMO HERE.
11:09:08AM WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THAT?
11:09:11AM IF NOT, WE CAN TAKE IT FOR A VOTE.
11:09:15AM MOTION AND SECOND ON ITEM NUMBER 24.
11:09:17AM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:09:18AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:09:20AM I PULLED THESE -- WHEN YOU LOOK AT NUMBER 24, EXTENSION OF
11:09:31AM ONE-YEAR RESIDENCY, THERE ARE SIX INDIVIDUALS VERY WELL
11:09:35AM NEEDED NOT ONLY IN THE RUNNING OF THE CITY, BUT ANY OTHER
11:09:38AM CITY, IT WOULD BE THE SAME WAY, VERY WELL NEEDED TO MAKE THE
11:09:41AM CITY THE BEST IT CAN BE GOING FORWARD AT ALL TIMES.
11:09:44AM AND WE GO FROM WAIVERS FOR THE CHIEF OF POLICE TO ALIS
11:09:47AM DRUMGO, THE DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC
11:09:52AM OPPORTUNITY, TO DAVID INGRAM, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
11:09:54AM TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER, TO ERICA MOODY, DIRECTOR OF THE
11:09:58AM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
11:09:59AM TO RICHARD MUTTERBACK, DIRECTOR OF THE CONTRACT
11:10:01AM ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT.
11:10:02AM TO BARBARA TRIPP, FIRE CHIEF PURSUANT TO 6.01 OF TAMPA.
11:10:07AM AND I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO PASS.
11:10:10AM HOWEVER, WE HAVE TO REALLY, MY OPINION, LOOK AT THIS STUFF
11:10:15AM BECAUSE WHEN YOU WANT THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST, THE COUNTY
11:10:19AM DOESN'T JUST HIRE COUNTY PEOPLE, THEY HIRE CITY PEOPLE.
11:10:22AM DOESN'T MEAN WE'LL GET -- CAN'T WORK IN THE COUNTY.
11:10:26AM LIVE IN THE CITY.
11:10:28AM ARE WE SAYING THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST WE WANT BUT CAN'T HIRE
11:10:32AM BECAUSE EVERY YEAR YOU HAVE TO COME BEFORE US.
11:10:35AM THAT PUTS A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON WHOEVER IS MAKING AN
11:10:38AM APPLICATION, IF THEY DO MAKE AN APPLICATION.
11:10:40AM IT'S TIME, IN MY OPINION, THAT LATER ON, NOT TODAY, BUT
11:10:44AM LATER ON WE REVIEW THIS ON A WORKSHOP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
11:10:48AM GET THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST OF PEOPLE TO WORK IN THE CITY
11:10:51AM OF TAMPA.
11:10:51AM A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT TAKE -- JUST BECAUSE -- IF YOU ARE
11:10:56AM LIVING SOMEWHERE ELSE AND YOU GOT A MORTGAGE AND YOU'RE
11:10:58AM GOING TO COME TO TAMPA, WE'LL TELL YOU YOU HAVE TO MOVE TO
11:11:01AM CITY OF TAMPA, YOU CAN'T AFFORD, IT'S THE SAME THING.
11:11:04AM NO MATTER WHAT SALARY YOU HAVE, IT IS THE SAME BASIC THING
11:11:07AM WE'RE DOING AGAIN.
11:11:08AM AND THIS IS JUST MY OPINION.
11:11:11AM IN ANY BUSINESS, WE'RE THE ONLY ONES COMPARED TO OTHER
11:11:16AM BUSINESSES, I'M TALKING THE CITY OF TAMPA BUSINESS, NOT
11:11:20AM ANOTHER ENTITY OR GOVERNMENT, DO WE SAY YOU CAN'T PLAY FOR A
11:11:24AM CERTAIN TEAM IF YOU DON'T LIVE IN THAT AREA?
11:11:26AM NO.
11:11:26AM DO WE SAY THAT A COMPANY CAN'T HIRE SOMEBODY FROM CLASS FIVE
11:11:31AM OR SIX IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY THAT DOESN'T LIVE IN THAT CITY?
11:11:34AM NO.
11:11:35AM WHY DO WE HAVE THESE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS, IN MY OPINION
11:11:38AM THAT IN THE FUTURE, SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE, SOMEONE WILL
11:11:41AM TAKE A JOB, BUT WHEN THEY COME HERE, THEY'LL LEAVE THE SAME
11:11:45AM DAY.
11:11:45AM THAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED ALREADY BECAUSE SOMEBODY DIDN'T
11:11:47AM APPLY THAT WAS QUALIFIED.
11:11:48AM THIS IS WHAT I SEE COMING.
11:11:52AM I MOVE NUMBER 24, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:11:54AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.
11:11:55AM BUT WE HAVE SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WISH TO SPEAK.
11:11:58AM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, CLENDENIN AND CARLSON.
11:12:00AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:12:02AM I WANTED TO ECHO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA SAID.
11:12:05AM SOMETIMES I VOTED FOR THIS IN THE PAST AND SOMETIMES YOU GO
11:12:08AM I VOTED FOR SOMETHING AND YOU KNOW WHAT, I WAS WRONG.
11:12:10AM THIS IS ONE I THINK I WAS WRONG ON.
11:12:12AM IT'S OBVIOUSLY WELL INTENDED.
11:12:15AM A LOT OF CITIES DO THAT, I DON'T WANT TO CALL IT AN
11:12:18AM ARBITRARY DISTINCTION THAT WE'RE PUTTING THAT WOULD PRECLUDE
11:12:23AM GOOD TALENT FROM COMING AND HELPING IN THE CITY, BUT IT
11:12:27AM SERVES AS THAT.
11:12:28AM I DO AGREE WITH THOSE COMMENTS, SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE
11:12:31AM SHOULD FURTHER REFLECT ON AS COUNCIL MEMBERS BECAUSE IT JUST
11:12:34AM DOES PRECLUDE THIS.
11:12:36AM BY CONTINUING TO HAVE THESE EXTENSIONS, WE UNDERMINE KIND OF
11:12:39AM WHAT WE SAID IN THE FIRST PLACE.
11:12:41AM WHY DON'T WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE OBVIOUS AND CALL IT WHAT IT IS.
11:12:45AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:12:45AM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN AND CARLSON.
11:12:47AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I GUESS I'M GOING TO ECHO TWICE, BECAUSE I
11:12:50AM CONCUR AND I SWEAR THIS WASN'T GOING TO BE MY BATTLE.
11:12:53AM SEEMS THE SAME THING.
11:12:55AM YOU HAVE MAYBE THESE RULES EXISTED FOR GOOD INTENTIONS, BUT
11:12:58AM THE REALITY IS ONE THE CITY BOUNDARY IS KIND OF WEIRD
11:13:02AM ANYWAY.
11:13:03AM WHO WOULD ARGUE CARROLLWOOD IS NOT PART OF OUR GENERAL
11:13:07AM CONSENSUS AREA OF WHAT WE CONSIDER TAMPA OR ANY OF THE OTHER
11:13:11AM AREAS.
11:13:11AM NOW AS WE GROW AND EXPAND AND PUSH FORWARD IN OTHER AREAS,
11:13:15AM IT IS THE SAME THING.
11:13:16AM I THINK THE RULES PROBABLY WERE A DISCUSSION AT A WORKSHOP
11:13:21AM AND DEFINITELY WILLING TO LISTEN TO CHANGE IT.
11:13:24AM IT SEEMS IF YOU CONTINUE WAIVING RULES, THEN MAYBE YOU NEED
11:13:27AM TO RELOOK AT THE RULE.
11:13:28AM I SUPPORT THIS AS WELL.
11:13:29AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
11:13:31AM >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH.
11:13:33AM I'M 100 PERCENT IN FAVOR OF RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT.
11:13:37AM WHEN I WAS ON THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION, I ADVOCATED FOR
11:13:40AM IT.
11:13:40AM IT WAS THERE BEFORE.
11:13:42AM BUT THE MAYOR AT THE TIME WAS FLAGRANTLY VIOLATING THE LAW
11:13:46AM AND YOU GUYS CAN GOOGLE THAT AND SEE.
11:13:48AM I THINK THERE WAS A LAWSUIT ABOUT IT.
11:13:50AM AND THE PERSON WHO WAS BEING DISCUSSED AT THE TIME WAS A
11:13:54AM GREAT PERSON.
11:13:55AM ALL THESE PEOPLE IN HERE ARE FANTASTIC PEOPLE.
11:13:58AM I BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT WE NEED PEOPLE AT LEAST -- WE'RE
11:14:02AM JUST TALKING ABOUT THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP LEVEL.
11:14:04AM WE NEED PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND THE CITY AND WORK INSIDE THE
11:14:09AM CITY.
11:14:09AM I UNDERSTAND IT IS A HARDSHIP BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF
11:14:11AM BENEFITS WORKING IN THE CITY AS WELL AS WHATEVER THE
11:14:13AM POTENTIAL DOWN SIDES ARE.
11:14:15AM THE LAST -- THE ISSUE WITH THIS IS IT IS A CHARTER ISSUE.
11:14:19AM IT'S NOT OUR DECISION TO MAKE.
11:14:21AM IT WAS THE VOTERS' DECISION TO MAKE.
11:14:23AM JUST IN THE LAST TEN YEARS, THE VOTERS HAVE VOTED ON IT
11:14:26AM TWICE.
11:14:26AM BECAUSE OF THAT SITUATION, WHERE THE LAST MAYOR IGNORED THE
11:14:32AM LAW, THE VOTERS VOTED ON CREATING THESE EXTENSIONS.
11:14:36AM NOW THERE ARE TWO EXTENSIONS AND THAT IS IN THE NEW RULES
11:14:42AM THAT WAS VOTED ON BY THE VOTERS JUST A FEW YEARS AGO.
11:14:45AM IT IS WHAT IS ANTICIPATED AND ALLOWED.
11:14:48AM BUT THERE AREN'T ANY EXTENSIONS BEYOND THAT.
11:14:50AM THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THESE FOLKS MAY RUN INTO ISSUES.
11:14:54AM I'M VERY IN FAVOR OF VOTING FOR THE EXTENSIONS FOR THESE
11:14:58AM FOLKS.
11:14:58AM I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR THEM.
11:14:59AM THEY ARE ALL GREAT PEOPLE.
11:15:01AM I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR PUTTING THEIR NAME ON THE LINE BY
11:15:07AM PUTTING YOUR NAME ON HERE AND TELLING THE TRUTH, YOU PUT
11:15:11AM YOURSELF AT RISK.
11:15:13AM AND I THINK IT IS THE HONORABLE THING TO DO THAT.
11:15:15AM THE LAW IS THE WAY IT IS.
11:15:17AM THE CHARTER IS THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CITY.
11:15:20AM IF MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO CHANGE IT I'LL VOTE AGAINST THE
11:15:22AM CHANGE.
11:15:23AM BUT IT HAS TO GO TO THE VOTERS AND THE VOTERS WILL DECIDE
11:15:25AM WHAT THE DECISION IS.
11:15:26AM THANK YOU.
11:15:27AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:15:27AM ANYBODY ELSE?
11:15:28AM I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS BUT ALSO LOOK AT THAT.
11:15:32AM IF WE WANT TO RUN FOR COUNCIL, WE HAVE TO LIVE IN THE CITY
11:15:36AM LIMITS.
11:15:37AM SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS, WE HAVE TO LIVE WITHIN THOSE
11:15:39AM DISTRICTS.
11:15:40AM FOR THE MAYOR AS WELL.
11:15:41AM THERE IS A 6 MONTH AND 12 MONTH REQUIREMENT BEFORE ELECTION,
11:15:47AM BEFORE QUALIFYING THAT YOU HAVE TO LIVE IN THE CITY.
11:15:49AM WE HAVE VERY INTERESTING RULES AND REGULATIONS.
11:15:51AM IF YOU RUN FOR CONGRESS, I THINK, IS IT TRUE THAT YOU CAN
11:15:55AM RUN SOMEWHERE OUT OF STATE.
11:15:57AM AND IF YOU WIN AND MOVE WITHIN THAT DISTRICT AFTER YOU WIN,
11:16:01AM YOU CAN HOLD THE SEAT IN THAT CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
11:16:04AM I CAN RUN IN CALIFORNIA IF I WANT AND THEN I HAVE TO MOVE
11:16:07AM THERE IF I WIN.
11:16:08AM IT'S JUST VERY INTERESTING.
11:16:09AM ANYWAYS, WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.
11:16:10AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:16:11AM AYE.
11:16:12AM ANY OPPOSED?
11:16:12AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:16:13AM ITEM NUMBER 25 WAS ALSO MOVED OCCUPY.
11:16:16AM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:16:17AM YES, SIR.
11:16:17AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AGAIN, THIS IS A SITUATION THAT FOLLOWS
11:16:20AM THE OTHER ONE.
11:16:21AM HERE IS A GENTLEMAN WHO WORKED HIS WAY UP ALL THE WAY WHEN
11:16:25AM HE FIRST GOT HIRED TO -- WHAT HE DOES FOR THE CITY AND DOES
11:16:29AM A FANTASTIC JOB.
11:16:30AM DID I KNOW THE CHIEF WAY BEFORE THIS?
11:16:32AM NO, I DID NOT.
11:16:33AM I READ WHAT HE'S DONE.
11:16:36AM WHEN YOU'RE ACCEPTED BY YOUR PEERS AND YOU WORK FOR THE
11:16:39AM PEERS AND THEY ACCEPT YOU AS THEIR LEADER, YOU GET MORE
11:16:44AM PRODUCTIVITY.
11:16:45AM BEING A POLICE OFFICER, I DON'T CARE WHO YOU ARE.
11:16:47AM I DON'T CARE WHAT RANK YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE A GREAT
11:16:50AM RESPONSIBILITY, GREATER THAN ANY JOB I KNOW.
11:16:52AM BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION IN ONE HUNDREDTH OF A
11:16:56AM SECOND, YES OR NO.
11:16:58AM DO OR DON'T.
11:16:58AM GO OR STOP.
11:16:59AM WE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED THAT LATER ON THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES.
11:17:03AM AND THERE SHOULD BE.
11:17:05AM SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT I HAVE KNOWN THE CHIEF ONLY WHEN
11:17:10AM HE CAME UP THE RANKS MAYBE FROM CAPTAIN ON UP, WHATEVER HE
11:17:13AM WAS.
11:17:13AM I FIND HIM TO BE A VERY HONORABLE INDIVIDUAL.
11:17:17AM VERY CALM.
11:17:19AM AND HE HAS ONE THING THAT I REALLY LIKE.
11:17:21AM HE DOESN'T SPEAK SOMETHING AND HIS BODY LANGUAGE TELLS YOU
11:17:26AM SOMETHING ELSE.
11:17:27AM HE LOOKS AT YOU AND TELLS YOU WHAT IT IS AND HIS BODY
11:17:29AM LANGUAGE IS TELLING YOU THE SAME THING HIS MOUTH IS DOING.
11:17:33AM YOU DON'T FIND TOO MANY INDIVIDUALS LIKE THAT SOMETIMES.
11:17:35AM SO WITH THIS CHIEF THAT I'M LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, HE'S
11:17:38AM STRAIGHTFORWARD.
11:17:42AM HE DOES WHAT HE THINKS.
11:17:45AM HE TALKS TO HIS PEOPLE, THE DEPUTY CHIEFS.
11:17:48AM HE DOESN'T MAKE A DECISION, JUST HERE I AM, IT'S GOING TO
11:17:51AM HAPPEN WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT, AND HE IS A HUMAN BEING
11:17:56AM THAT UNDERSTANDS ABOUT LIFE AND WHAT IT TAKES TO HELP OTHER
11:18:00AM PEOPLE.
11:18:00AM WHEN YOU'RE CHIEF OF POLICE IN ANY CITY, ANY DEPARTMENT IN
11:18:04AM ANY COUNTRY, YOU ARE LOOKING OUT FROM THE ONE ON THE BOTTOM
11:18:08AM ALL THE WAY TO THE ONES ON THE TOP.
11:18:10AM YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ANSWER THE CALL FOR ALL, NOT
11:18:14AM JUST SOME, BUT ALL.
11:18:17AM AND THIS GENTLEMAN HAS DONE IT SINCE HE'S BEEN CHIEF.
11:18:21AM THAT'S WHY I'M AUTHORIZED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THIS COMMITTEE
11:18:26AM TO SAY THAT I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR THE EXECUTION OF
11:18:31AM EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE CHIEF.
11:18:34AM LET ME TELL YOU WHY.
11:18:35AM LET'S GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE PENSION PLAN.
11:18:37AM NUMBER A AND NUMBER B.
11:18:42AM NUMBER A, HE IS A CITY EMPLOYEE.
11:18:46AM NUMBER B DOESN'T HAPPEN UNTIL YOU HAVE WHAT?
11:18:48AM YOU SERVED YOUR TIME AND YOU PUT YOUR APPLICATION YEARS
11:18:53AM BEFORE YOU BECAME CHIEF TO SERVE THE CITY.
11:18:56AM HE'S ENTITLED TO A PENSION WHETHER HE STAYS OR WHETHER HE
11:18:59AM LEAVES.
11:19:00AM IF I'M INCORRECT, JUST PLEASE CORRECT ME.
11:19:03AM I HAVE TALKED NOT TO MR. BENNETT.
11:19:05AM HAVEN'T TALKED TO THE MAYOR.
11:19:06AM HAVEN'T TALKED TO NO ONE.
11:19:08AM LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SALARY.
11:19:11AM WHETHER HE STAYS OR HE LEAVES, THAT SALARY IS GOING TO BE IN
11:19:14AM PLACE, WHOEVER COMES AFTER HIM.
11:19:16AM SO IF YOU SUM THE DIGITS, THEY ARE THE SAME WHETHER HE
11:19:21AM LEAVES.
11:19:21AM THE SAME IF HE STAYS AS FAR AS THE MONEY IS CONCERNED.
11:19:25AM WHAT DO YOU GET BACK?
11:19:25AM YOU GET INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE FIRE AND POLICE
11:19:30AM DEPARTMENT, HOW MANY YEARS?
11:19:31AM MANY.
11:19:32AM IT'S GONE UP THE RANKS THAT UNDERSTOOD WHAT IT TAKES TO GO
11:19:37AM UP THE RANKS, THAT KNOWS HOW TO TALK TO PEOPLE ON A
11:19:39AM ONE-TO-ONE BASIS AND ALSO ADDRESS A BIG CROWD.
11:19:43AM BUT INDIVIDUALLY WHAT YOU REALLY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
11:19:47AM I ALWAYS SAY SOMEBODY WHEN THEY COME TO ME ABOUT RUNNING FOR
11:19:51AM OFFICE, YOU WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL, GIVE ADVICE, TAKE IT VERY
11:19:55AM EASY AND NEVER DO IT.
11:19:56AM 200 DAYS BEFORE THE CAMPAIGN, YOU GET ONE PERSON A DAY THAT
11:20:00AM TELL YOU TRULY THEY ARE GOING TO HELP YOU.
11:20:03AM AT THE END OF 200 DAYS, NOT GOING TO FIND MAYBE TEN.
11:20:08AM WHAT I'M SAYING ABOUT THIS GENTLEMAN HERE, HE'S HANDLED
11:20:11AM THOSE TEN AND HE'S HANDLED THOSE 200.
11:20:14AM HE HAS EARNED HIS POSITION.
11:20:19AM THEREFORE, I'M VOTING TO EXTEND THE EXECUTION.
11:20:23AM IF SOMEBODY HAS SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT THE MONIES
11:20:26AM DON'T ADD UP, THAT HE'S GETTING MORE THAN ENTITLED TO,
11:20:30AM PLEASE LET ME KNOW NOW.
11:20:31AM PLEASE LET THE PUBLIC KNOW NOW.
11:20:32AM I'M PLEADING WITH YOU.
11:20:35AM IF I'M WRONG, I APOLOGIZE.
11:20:37AM I DON'T THINK I AM.
11:20:40AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA MAKING
11:20:41AM THE MOTION.
11:20:42AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, VIERA, CARLSON, MA'AM.
11:20:46AM AND THEN I'LL WRAP IT UP.
11:20:48AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES, SIR.
11:20:49AM ABOUT A YEAR AGO TODAY, I WAS A NEW COUNCILPERSON AND MY
11:20:54AM FIRST MEETING WITH AN OFFICIAL WAS CHIEF BERCAW.
11:20:58AM HE WAS TAKING ON THIS CHALLENGE.
11:21:00AM IT WAS A VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING.
11:21:02AM I SHARED MY CONCERN ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ISSUES WE HAVE
11:21:07AM WITH YOUTH AND PREVENTING CRIME FROM THE BEGINNING.
11:21:10AM TALKED ABOUT MY SUPPORT OF PAL, THE POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE.
11:21:13AM THE CHIEF IMMEDIATELY RAN UP, GRABBED A CAP AND STARTED
11:21:17AM GOING OFF BASICALLY SAYING EVERYTHING AS IF HE WAS IN MY
11:21:21AM HEAD ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF CRIME PREVENTION AND WORKING
11:21:26AM WITH YOUTH, GETTING KIDS OFF THE STREETS AND MAKING SURE
11:21:29AM THERE ARE ACTIVITIES FOR THEM.
11:21:30AM I LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING THE CHIEF CONTINUE IN THIS ROLE
11:21:33AM SO HE CAN SEE THAT PLAN REALLY PLAY OUT AND BUILD THE
11:21:37AM PROGRAM TO DO WHAT'S NEEDED FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA.
11:21:40AM I AGREE WITH WHAT COUNCILMAN MIRANDA SAID.
11:21:44AM I ALSO DID MY OWN PERSONAL RESEARCH ON SETTING SALARIES, AND
11:21:48AM WE ARE UNDERPAYING COMPARED TO COMPARATIVE CITIES.
11:21:50AM I DIDN'T TAKE THE WORD OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
11:21:52AM I DID MY OWN RESEARCH AND LOOKED TO VERIFY THAT WAS A FACT.
11:21:56AM I THINK EVERYTHING, THE MONEY, MR. MIRANDA, IS IN LINE.
11:21:59AM I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT BECAUSE I KNOW MY OTHER FELLOW
11:22:02AM COUNCILMEN WILL HAVE OTHER THINGS TO SAY.
11:22:06AM THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR BEING SUPPORTIVE OF YOUTH IN OUR
11:22:08AM NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:22:09AM THAT IS THE FUTURE OF CRIME PREVENTION.
11:22:10AM THANK YOU.
11:22:11AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA, CARLSON, HENDERSON AND
11:22:13AM ME.
11:22:14AM >>LUIS VIERA: I INCORPORATE ALL THE PRIOR REMARKS MADE.
11:22:18AM SAY THIS ABOUT THE CHIEF.
11:22:19AM HE IS A VERY GOOD MAN.
11:22:21AM HE IS A VERY HUMBLE MAN.
11:22:23AM HE IS A MAN WITH ACADEMIC BACKGROUND.
11:22:27AM HE HAS GREAT TEMPERAMENT WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT IN NOT JUST
11:22:32AM BEING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER BUT BEING CHIEF OF POLICE.
11:22:35AM TEMPERAMENT DEALING WITH THE PUBLIC AND ELECTED OFFICIALS
11:22:40AM AND CHALLENGES HE HAS TO DEAL WITH.
11:22:41AM I'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN IN THE CHAMBER AND THE COMMUNITY.
11:22:44AM HE'S ALWAYS CALM.
11:22:46AM ONE OF THE THINGS I REALLY VALUE IN PEOPLE IS THE ABILITY TO
11:22:49AM STAY CALM.
11:22:50AM THAT'S A LOST ART, ESPECIALLY THESE DAYS.
11:22:52AM CHIEF BERCAW ALWAYS CHAMPIONS THAT.
11:22:57AM BUT FOR ME, THE REAL DISPOSITIVE ISSUE ON THIS VOTE IS
11:23:01AM STABILITY FOR TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
11:23:03AM SAID IT BEFORE AND SAY IT AGAIN.
11:23:05AM WE'VE HAD FOUR POLICE CHIEFS, INCLUDING INTERIM POLICE
11:23:08AM CHIEFS OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
11:23:10AM WE DON'T NEED A FIFTH.
11:23:12AM WE'VE GOT TO GET A VOTE ON THIS.
11:23:13AM I HOPE WE ALL VOTE YES.
11:23:15AM I'M READY TO VOTE TODAY.
11:23:16AM READY TO VOTE YES.
11:23:18AM FRANKLY, I WISH THIS WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN DELAYED A FEW WEEKS
11:23:21AM AGO.
11:23:22AM READY TO VOTE YES THEN AND READY TO VOTE TODAY, VERY SAME
11:23:25AM REASON, STABILITY FOR THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
11:23:28AM I SPEAK TO A LOT OF POLICE OFFICERS.
11:23:30AM I VISIT STATIONS.
11:23:31AM IT'S SOMETHING THAT I TAKE A LOT OF JOY IN.
11:23:34AM THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE TO DO IS TALK TO OUR FIRST
11:23:37AM RESPONDERS.
11:23:37AM EVER SINCE THIS ISSUE CAME UP, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE
11:23:41AM HEARD A NUMBER OF TIMES IS THE TEACHABLE MOMENT THAT WE GOT
11:23:45AM TO TALK TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE POLICE PENSION.
11:23:47AM A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THIS IS SOME CADILLAC BENEFIT FROM THE
11:23:51AM 1950s.
11:23:52AM WISH THOSE WERE STILL AROUND, OKAY.
11:23:54AM NOTHING AGAINST THOSE.
11:23:54AM THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS IT'S NOT.
11:24:00AM COPS LIKE FIREFIGHTERS CONTRIBUTE UP TO 20% OF THEIR GROSS
11:24:04AM PAY.
11:24:04AM YOU PUT IN HEALTH INSURANCE, AND IF YOU'VE GOT A FAMILY,
11:24:07AM BEFORE YOU PAY A DIME TO UNCLE SAM, YOU'RE TAKING ALMOST A
11:24:10AM THIRD OF YOUR INCOME, YOUR GROSS INCOME AND GIVING IT TO
11:24:14AM HEALTH INSURANCE AND YOUR PENSION.
11:24:15AM WHY DO COPS HAVE THAT?
11:24:17AM THEY USUALLY RETIRE AFTER 20, 25, 30 YEARS AFTER GOING
11:24:21AM THROUGH HELL, AFTER GOING THROUGH HELL, ALL KINDS OF HELL.
11:24:24AM POLITICAL HELL.
11:24:25AM PHYSICAL HELL.
11:24:26AM ALL KINDS OF HELL.
11:24:27AM THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THE AVERAGE COP LIVES 12 YEARS
11:24:32AM LESS THAN SOMEONE IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
11:24:35AM WE ALL KNOW WHY THAT IS.
11:24:37AM WE ALL KNOW WHY THAT IS.
11:24:38AM THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS OBVIOUSLY EARNED.
11:24:42AM IT WAS EARNED BY CHIEF BERCAW FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE CITY.
11:24:47AM GETTING HIS BUTT KICKED EVERY DAY ON THE JOB.
11:24:50AM IT'S NO SECRET OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS NATIONALLY COPS HAVE
11:24:53AM BEEN TAKING A LOT OF DIFFERENT HITS, A LOT OF DIFFERENT
11:24:57AM HITS.
11:24:57AM ALWAYS BEEN HEART BEING A COP, ESPECIALLY HARD TODAY.
11:25:00AM THEY EARNED THIS PENSION.
11:25:01AM SO WHEN FOLKS TALK ABOUT, OH, COLLECTING A PENSION ALONG
11:25:05AM WITH A LAVISH SALARY, MISSTATEMENT OF FACTS.
11:25:08AM LIKE EVERY SINGLE COP AND EVERY SINGLE FIREFIGHTER, HE
11:25:12AM WORKED LIKE HELL FOR THAT PENSION.
11:25:13AM THIS IS NOT SOME SORT OF A CADILLAC ISSUE OR CADILLAC
11:25:18AM BENEFIT SO TO SPEAK.
11:25:20AM IF WE DON'T PROCEED TODAY WITH A YES VOTE, WE'RE GOING TO
11:25:24AM HAVE TO DO A SEARCH, SPEND MORE MONEY ON A SEARCH.
11:25:28AM LIKE COUNCILMAN MIRANDA SAID AND COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN SAID,
11:25:31AM WE'RE AT THE MARKET AREA.
11:25:33AM I'VE ALSO DONE THE RESEARCH.
11:25:34AM AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO TRUST BUT VERIFY, RIGHT?
11:25:37AM I'VE ALSO DONE THE RESEARCH.
11:25:39AM WE'RE THERE, WE'RE RIGHT THERE.
11:25:41AM ALL OF THE FACTS LEAD TO YES, BUT THE BIGGEST THING THAT I
11:25:44AM WANT TO EMPHASIZE IN THIS VOTE IS STABILITY FOR THE MEN AND
11:25:47AM WOMEN OF TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
11:25:49AM THESE FOLKS HAVE TAKEN A LOT OF HITS OVER THE LAST FEW
11:25:52AM YEARS.
11:25:53AM AGAIN, FOUR POLICE CHIEFS.
11:25:55AM THEY DON'T NEED A FIFTH.
11:25:56AM FOR ME, THIS IS A NO-BRAINER.
11:25:58AM LET'S VOTE YES FOR A VERY GOOD MAN WHO MAKES EVERY SINGLE
11:26:02AM COP IN THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT PROUD.
11:26:05AM MAKES ME PROUD.
11:26:06AM THANK YOU.
11:26:06AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
11:26:07AM >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU.
11:26:08AM I WAS ELECTED IN 2019.
11:26:12AM MAYOR WAS ELECTED IN 2019.
11:26:14AM FROM 2019 TILL ABOUT 2021, THE VIOLENT CRIME RATE IN TAMPA
11:26:18AM SHOT UP.
11:26:20AM WE ALSO FOUND OUT ABOUT AT LEAST THREE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
11:26:24AM INVESTIGATIONS, TWO OF THEM UNCOVERED BY THE TAMPA BAY TIMES
11:26:27AM INVESTIGATORS.
11:26:29AM WE ALL STARTED LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS.
11:26:32AM I TALKED TO CHIEF OF STAFF AND THE MAYOR WHO DURING THEIR
11:26:36AM REIGN AS HEAD OF POLICE SAW A REDUCTION IN VIOLENT CRIME.
11:26:41AM I KNEW THAT THEY KNEW WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO.
11:26:44AM ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE CRIME RATE HAD GONE UP IS THE
11:26:48AM LACK OF INVESTMENT IN NEIGHBORHOODS OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN AND
11:26:53AM ALSO SOME OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS THAT WERE PUT
11:26:57AM FORWARD.
11:26:58AM I BELIEVE AND I THINK MOST POLICE OFFICERS AND LAW
11:27:01AM ENFORCEMENT BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A WAY TO HAVE GOOD
11:27:05AM POLICING AND REDUCE CRIME WITHOUT VIOLATING CIVIL RIGHTS,
11:27:08AM ESPECIALLY TO THE EXTENT THAT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT COMES
11:27:11AM IN.
11:27:11AM WHEN THE MAYOR PROPOSED CHIEF BERCAW A YEAR AGO, I PROUDLY
11:27:15AM STOOD BEHIND HIM.
11:27:17AM I THINK HE IS A VERY, VERY GOOD MAN.
11:27:19AM HE HAD KUDOS FROM THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND WE NEEDED
11:27:23AM STABILITY.
11:27:23AM WE COULDN'T TAKE THE TIME TO GO OUT AND TALK TO OTHER FOLKS
11:27:31AM OUTSIDE.
11:27:33AM HE KNEW THE SYSTEM, THE PEOPLE, AND EVERY SINGLE PERSON I'VE
11:27:37AM SPOKEN TO INSIDE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, STOPPING PEOPLE ON
11:27:39AM THE STREET, TALKING TO THE UNION AND OTHERS, THEY ALL
11:27:43AM UNIVERSALLY LIKE HIM.
11:27:44AM CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS LIKE WORKING WITH HIM.
11:27:46AM I WAS VERY PROUD TO STAND BEHIND HIM AND SUPPORT HIM.
11:27:50AM WHAT MADE ME SAD A FEW WEEKS AGO AND MADE ME SAD AGAIN THIS
11:27:54AM TIME IS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION POLITICIZED IT.
11:27:58AM AS I SAID A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, HE DIDN'T DESERVE TO HAVE
11:28:02AM THE CONTROVERSY THAT CAME UP.
11:28:03AM THE REASON IT HAPPENED, LACK OF TRANSPARENCY, THAT IT WAS
11:28:06AM PUT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH WAS DONE AGAIN THIS WEEK,
11:28:10AM AND THAT THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THE CONTRACT.
11:28:12AM I RAISED THOSE THOUGHTS PRIVATELY HOPING IT COULD BE
11:28:17AM RESOLVED PRIVATELY AND MAYBE OTHERS DID TOO.
11:28:21AM FINALLY, SOME OF IT BECAME PUBLIC, NOT BY ME, BUT ANY WAY,
11:28:25AM IT CAME OUT.
11:28:26AM I THINK THAT CHIEF BERCAW IS A GREAT MAN AND HE DIDN'T
11:28:30AM DESERVE TO GO THROUGH THAT.
11:28:31AM I STILL HAVE SOME CONTRACT CONCERNS, BUT THE CHIEF LAWYER OF
11:28:37AM THE CITY HAS GONE THROUGH AND EXPLAINED HER OPINION.
11:28:40AM AS THE CHARTER SAYS, THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS THE FINAL WORD.
11:28:43AM I'VE GIVEN MY CONCERNS, BUT ULTIMATELY BY CHARTER I'M
11:28:48AM REQUIRED TO DO WHATEVER THE CITY ATTORNEY SAYS.
11:28:51AM I HAVE TO GO WITH THAT.
11:28:54AM IF THERE IS AN ISSUE, THEN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT HAS TO DEAL
11:28:57AM WITH IT.
11:28:58AM NONE OF THAT SHOULD HURT THE IDEA THAT CHIEF BERCAW IS A
11:29:01AM GREAT MAN.
11:29:02AM HE'S DONE A GOOD JOB OF BRINGING STABILITY TO THE
11:29:06AM DEPARTMENT.
11:29:07AM PEOPLE HAVE CONFIDENCE IN HIM ALL OVER.
11:29:09AM THE VIOLENT CRIME RATE HAS COME DOWN.
11:29:11AM ALL CRIMES HAVE COME DOWN.
11:29:12AM THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHAT THE PEOPLE AND THE COMMUNITY WANT.
11:29:15AM WHAT MAKES ME SAD ABOUT THE PROCESS ALSO IS THAT I WISH BOTH
11:29:19AM TIMES THAT SOMEBODY HAD CALLED ME TO GIVE ME A HEADS-UP.
11:29:23AM CHIEF BERCAW HIMSELF CALLED WHICH I DON'T THINK HE SHOULD
11:29:27AM HAVE HAD TO DO BUT I SO APPRECIATE THAT.
11:29:29AM EVERY TIME I'VE CALLED HIM ON BEHALF OF MY CONSTITUENTS,
11:29:32AM HE'S TAKEN MY CALLS AND HE'S WORKED WITH PEOPLE WHO DON'T
11:29:35AM ALWAYS AGREE IN THE COMMUNITY AND HE'S VERY GOOD AT DOING
11:29:38AM THAT.
11:29:38AM I'M VERY PROUD TO VOTE FOR CHIEF BERCAW.
11:29:42AM I'M NOT VOTING FOR THE CONTRACT, BUT I'M VOTING FOR CHIEF
11:29:46AM BERCAW.
11:29:47AM I AGREE WITH THE PAY.
11:29:48AM I THINK PEOPLE IN HIS POSITION, BECAUSE OF THE RISK THEY
11:29:51AM PUT, THEY NEED TO BE PAID TOP DOLLAR.
11:29:55AM THE NEXT TIME WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE SHOULD MAKE
11:29:57AM SURE TO RELOOK AT IT.
11:29:59AM THE OTHER THING ABOUT THIS PEOPLE HAVEN'T SAID, CHIEF BERCAW
11:30:03AM DOESN'T HAVE TO DO THIS.
11:30:04AM HE CAN RETIRE, TRAVEL THE WORLD, DO WHATEVER HE WANTS TO DO.
11:30:07AM HE'S PUTTING IN TWO AND A HALF, THREE MORE YEARS FOR THIS
11:30:10AM COMMUNITY.
11:30:10AM I THANK HIM FOR DOING THAT.
11:30:12AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON, DID YOU WANT TO
11:30:14AM SPEAK?
11:30:15AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, CHAIR.
11:30:16AM APPRECIATE IT.
11:30:17AM DR. CHIEF BERCAW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DISCOVERED ABOUT
11:30:20AM YOU INITIALLY TAKING THIS JOB IS THAT YOU WERE TAPPED FOR
11:30:24AM IT.
11:30:24AM IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT YOU ACTUALLY SIGNED UP FOR, WHICH
11:30:27AM SAYS A LOT ABOUT THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE TO GET TO WHERE
11:30:30AM YOU ARE.
11:30:30AM THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING THE
11:30:38AM UNION APPROACHED ME AS A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER, CALLED ME TO
11:30:41AM LET ME KNOW THAT YOU WERE THE RIGHT MAN FOR THE JOB, THAT WE
11:30:43AM DID NOT NEED TO SPEND THE FUNDS TO DO A SEARCH AT A TIME
11:30:48AM WHEN POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE UNDER ATTACK.
11:30:52AM KNOWING WHO YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH, KNOWING YOUR LEADERSHIP
11:30:56AM IS GOOD FOR STAFF.
11:30:58AM JUST LIKE IN EDUCATION, THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE PRINCIPAL,
11:31:01AM WHEN PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT WORK UNDER YOU THAT YOU ARE THE
11:31:05AM RIGHT PERSON FOR THE JOB, WE HAVE TO LISTEN TO THAT BECAUSE
11:31:08AM WE KNOW.
11:31:09AM WE KNOW YOUR DISPOSITION.
11:31:11AM WE KNOW THE INSIDE TRACK.
11:31:13AM THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU HAVE THAT SUPPORT.
11:31:16AM THE CITY ATTORNEY DID PULL THE CONTRACT, ITEM 31.
11:31:19AM I REMEMBER LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY.
11:31:21AM SHORED UP SOME THINGS AND NOW WE ARE HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT
11:31:24AM THIS.
11:31:25AM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IS THAT
11:31:30AM YOU PUTTING YOURSELF IN THE SPOTLIGHT BY BEING THE CHIEF,
11:31:33AM YOUR WIFE, VERY SHY WIFE HAS HAD TO COME ON THIS JOURNEY
11:31:36AM WITH YOU.
11:31:36AM I'VE MET HER THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF EVENTS THAT WE'VE
11:31:39AM ATTENDED TOGETHER.
11:31:40AM IT IS A JOURNEY FOR THE BOTH OF YOU ALL.
11:31:43AM I KNOW THAT SHE IS IN SUPPORT OF YOU CONTINUING IN THIS
11:31:46AM WORK.
11:31:46AM NOW THAT SHE'S SETTLED IN WITH HER ROLE IN SUPPORTING YOU.
11:31:50AM SO THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT.
11:31:52AM ALSO, THE FINAL COMMENT THAT I'LL MAKE IS THAT IT IS NOT
11:31:55AM UNCOMMON AT ALL -- YOU CAN DO THE RESEARCH FOR YOURSELF --
11:31:58AM THAT POLICE -- THE CONTRACT FOR POLICE CHIEFS ARE ALWAYS ON
11:32:01AM THE CONSENT AGENDA.
11:32:03AM THIS IS NOT UNUSUAL.
11:32:06AM THE CITY ATTORNEY SHORING UP SOME LANGUAGE IS IMPORTANT.
11:32:09AM WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT.
11:32:10AM THERE IS A LONG MEMO IF THE PUBLIC WANTS TO GO AND READ
11:32:12AM THAT, BUT, OF COURSE, IT SOUNDS LIKE HERE ON THE DAIS THAT
11:32:16AM WE'RE GOING TO HAVE UNANIMOUS SUPPORT.
11:32:20AM THAT IS GOOD FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE NO
11:32:22AM CONCERNS.
11:32:23AM I APPRECIATE.
11:32:25AM THANK YOU.
11:32:26AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:32:28AM I'LL WRAP IT UP WITH MY COMMENTS AND TAKE IT TO A VOTE.
11:32:31AM YOU KNOW, WE COULD VOTE THIS DOWN TODAY AND THEN THERE'S
11:32:36AM GOING TO BE WHAT I CALL -- TRYING TO FIND THE WORD, BUT THIS
11:32:41AM NATIONAL SEARCH, WHICH I NEVER BELIEVE IN, BECAUSE I BELIEVE
11:32:44AM IN THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND I
11:32:47AM BELIEVE WE SHOULD HIRE WITHIN OUR RANKS PEOPLE THAT KNOW THE
11:32:50AM COMMUNITY.
11:32:51AM WE'VE HAD MANY GREAT CHIEFS BEFORE.
11:32:53AM DR. CHIEF BERCAW.
11:32:55AM CHIEF BERCAW HAS WORKED THROUGH THOSE RANKS.
11:32:58AM BEEN HERE MANY YEARS.
11:32:59AM YOU KNOW THE CITY INSIDE AND OUT.
11:33:00AM WHEN I STARTED HERE IN 2015, YOU WERE ONE OF THE FIRST NAMES
11:33:04AM I HEARD.
11:33:04AM I'VE ALWAYS HEARD GOOD THINGS.
11:33:06AM YOUR REPUTATION IS SOLID.
11:33:07AM COUNCILMAN VIERA USED A WORD CALLED TEMPERAMENT.
11:33:10AM COURAGE IS GRACE UNDER PRESSURE.
11:33:13AM I BELIEVE ERNEST HEMINGWAY SAID THAT.
11:33:15AM YOU SHOW THAT.
11:33:16AM YOU ARE ALWAYS CALM.
11:33:17AM I SAY THAT WITH RESPECT BECAUSE YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY THE
11:33:21AM FIRE.
11:33:21AM IT IS A TOUGH JOB.
11:33:22AM YOU'RE RUNNING A DEPARTMENT WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE AND IT'S
11:33:25AM 24/7.
11:33:26AM AS WAS ALREADY MENTIONED, YOU COULD RETIRE AND TRAVEL THE
11:33:30AM WORLD, BUT YOU WANT TO DO THIS.
11:33:33AM YOU ASSUMED THIS POSITION.
11:33:35AM YOU'VE BEEN ASKED TO DO THIS.
11:33:36AM I ASKED YOU YESTERDAY, DO YOU REALLY, REALLY WANT TO DO
11:33:39AM THIS.
11:33:39AM I SAW IN YOUR EYES IN HOW YOU RESPONDED YES.
11:33:43AM THE PASSION WAS THERE BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE IN THIS POSITION
11:33:47AM AND YOU DO A GREAT JOB.
11:33:48AM I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS ACCESSIBLE.
11:33:49AM EITHER I CALL YOU OR YOU CALL ME.
11:33:51AM YOU ARE THERE TO ANSWER MY QUESTIONS.
11:33:53AM I REMEMBER THE ONE EVENING IN YBOR CITY SEVERAL MONTHS AGO,
11:33:58AM YOU SAID IT HERE AT THE DAIS, COME ON DOWN AND WE'LL HAVE A
11:34:01AM CUP OF CAFE CON LECHE AND GO THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I
11:34:05AM TOOK YOU UP ON THAT AND WE DID.
11:34:06AM I BROUGHT MY WIFE.
11:34:08AM WE WALKED THROUGH THE COMMUNITY AND WE GOT TO KNOW EACH
11:34:10AM OTHER BETTER.
11:34:11AM BUT THE SUPPORT IS HERE ON THIS DAIS, AS YOU CAN SEE.
11:34:16AM YOU ARE A RESPECTED INDIVIDUAL.
11:34:18AM IF WE DO A NATIONAL SEARCH OR ANY SEARCH, THEY ARE GOING TO
11:34:22AM WANT THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY, IF NOT MORE.
11:34:25AM WE MIGHT GET SOMEBODY NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA
11:34:28AM LIKE YOU ARE, LIKE MANY OF THE INDIVIDUALS HERE.
11:34:30AM I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT YOU.
11:34:32AM I THINK YOU DO A VERY GOOD JOB.
11:34:33AM YOU ARE A VERY RESPECTABLE INDIVIDUAL.
11:34:36AM YOUR REPUTATION SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
11:34:38AM WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
11:34:39AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:34:40AM AYE.
11:34:41AM ANY OPPOSED?
11:34:42AM CONGRATULATIONS.
11:34:43AM [ APPLAUSE ]
11:34:52AM >> IF I MAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR OVERWHELMING SUPPORT.
11:34:55AM THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT, THE OFFICER SUPPORT.
11:34:57AM IT'S LITERALLY OVERWHELMING.
11:34:59AM I TOLD YOU WHEN I WAS HERE BEFORE THAT I WAS GOING TO FOCUS
11:35:02AM ON COMMUNITY POLICING AND CRIME REDUCTION AND WE HAVE DONE
11:35:04AM THAT AND I WANT TO CONTINUE THAT.
11:35:06AM THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
11:35:07AM TRULY IT IS A COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER, WHETHER CITY
11:35:09AM COUNCIL, WHETHER RESIDENTS, WHETHER BUSINESS OWNERS OR
11:35:12AM WHETHER IT'S THE COPS.
11:35:14AM ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER IS WHAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
11:35:16AM THANK YOU AGAIN.
11:35:17AM APPRECIATE IT.
11:35:17AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
11:35:18AM CONGRATULATIONS.
11:35:19AM [ APPLAUSE ]
11:35:19AM ALL RIGHT.
11:35:25AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:36:18AM ALL RIGHT.
11:36:27AM WE'LL WAIT FOR THE DOOR TO CLOSE AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE ON.
11:36:31AM I'D LIKE TO BREAK FOR LUNCH AT 12:00, BUT WE'LL SEE HOW
11:36:38AM QUICKLY WE MOVE THROUGH THE AGENDA.
11:36:41AM >>LUIS VIERA: I HAVE AN EVENT THIS EVENING THAT MY
11:36:44AM ATTENDANCE IS REQUIRED.
11:36:45AM I HAVE TO LEAVE AT 5:00 OR 5:30.
11:36:48AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BITE YOUR TONGUE.
11:36:50AM WHY THROW THAT OUT IN THE ATMOSPHERE?
11:36:52AM >>LUIS VIERA: IT'S HAPPENED.
11:36:53AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT'S NOT HAPPENING, SIR.
11:36:54AM IT'S NOT.
11:36:55AM WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 10 HERE, WHICH IS A FIRST READING
11:37:00AM CONSIDERATION.
11:37:01AM YES, MA'AM.
11:37:02AM >> REBECCA JOHNS, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
11:37:05AM FIRST READING ON AN ORDINANCE TO IMPLEMENT COMPLIANCE AND
11:37:08AM MONITORING FEE ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.
11:37:10AM THIS IS THE SAME ORDINANCE THAT I PRESENTED TO YOU AT STAFF
11:37:13AM REPORTS A FEW WEEKS AGO.
11:37:14AM THIS ORDINANCE WOULD ONLY APPLY TO DEVELOPMENTS WHICH
11:37:17AM CONTAIN AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS AND ARE DEVELOPED PURSUANT
11:37:19AM TO THE LIVE LOCAL ACT, HOUSE BILL 1339 OR BONUS PROVISION
11:37:25AM AGREEMENTS.
11:37:25AM FOR THESE DEVELOPMENTS, THE CITY HAS TO MONITOR TO ENSURE
11:37:28AM THAT THEY ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE
11:37:30AM LAND USE RESTRICTIONS AND STATUTE.
11:37:33AM THIS MONITORING INCLUDES INITIAL MONITORING TO CERTIFY
11:37:37AM TENANTS AND THEN ANNUAL MONITORING TO CERTIFY THE
11:37:40AM COMPLIANCE.
11:37:41AM THE ORDINANCE WOULD REIMBURSE THE CITY FOR THE COST INCURRED
11:37:44AM BY THE CITY IN PERFORMING THE MONITORING.
11:37:46AM THIS ORDINANCE ONLY IMPLEMENTS THE ABILITY TO IMPOSE A FEE
11:37:50AM IF THIS ORDINANCE IS PASSED, I WILL COME BACK BEFORE YOU
11:37:53AM WITH A RESOLUTION THAT WILL SET THE ACTUAL AMOUNT OF THE
11:37:57AM FEE.
11:37:57AM THE FEE PROPOSED IS $100 PER AFFORDABLE UNIT FOR THE INITIAL
11:38:03AM COMPLIANCE MONITORING AND THEN ANNUAL MONITORING FEE OF $500
11:38:07AM PER AFFORDABLE UNIT FOR DEVELOPMENTS OF FIVE OR LESS AND
11:38:12AM THEN $50 PER UNIT AFTER THAT.
11:38:14AM I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
11:38:16AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. JOHNS?
11:38:19AM NO.
11:38:20AM ALL RIGHT.
11:38:22AM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ ITEM NUMBER
11:38:25AM 10?
11:38:25AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WILL TRY, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:38:27AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT'S NOT A PUBLIC HEARING.
11:38:28AM THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
11:38:29AM GO AHEAD, SIR.
11:38:30AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ITEM 10, FILE 2024-8, CHAPTER 17.5,
11:38:37AM ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION.
11:38:40AM AN ORDINANCE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, PERTAINING TO
11:38:42AM AFFORDABLE HOUSING; AMENDING THE TITLE TO ARTICLE I OF
11:38:46AM CHAPTER 17.5 OF THE CITY OF TAMPA CODE OF ORDINANCES TO
11:38:49AM INCLUDE "COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING FEES FOR AFFORDABLE
11:38:52AM HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS"; ADDING SECTION 17.5-14 TO ARTICLE I
11:38:58AM OF CHAPTER 17.5 TO PROVIDE FOR COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING
11:39:03AM FEES TO BE PAID BY PRIVATE DEVELOPERS TO REIMBURSE THE CITY
11:39:07AM OF TAMPA FOR COSTS INCURRED BY THE CITY IN MONITORING
11:39:10AM AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS CONSTRUCTED PURSUANT TO BONUS
11:39:13AM PROVISION AGREEMENTS APPROVED PURSUANT TO CITY OF TAMPA CODE
11:39:16AM OR AS AUTHORIZED BY SECTION 166.04151, FLORIDA STATUTES,
11:39:22AM REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
11:39:25AM HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
11:39:28AM DATE.
11:39:28AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
11:39:30AM MIRANDA.
11:39:30AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
11:39:32AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:39:33AM AYE.
11:39:34AM ANY OPPOSED?
11:39:36AM >>THE CLERK: SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON
11:39:38AM JUNE 6, 2024, AT 9:30 A.M. IN OLD CITY HALL, CITY OF TAMPA
11:39:44AM CHAMBERS, 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA,
11:39:48AM FLORIDA, 33602.
11:39:50AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:39:50AM NEXT UP, MR. WIGGINTON, ITEM NUMBER 11.
11:39:54AM >>RON WIGGINTON: YES, SIR.
11:39:59AM THANK YOU, SIR.
11:40:04AM RON WIGGINTON, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
11:40:06AM GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
11:40:07AM ITEM NUMBER 11 IS AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST
11:40:10AM READING.
11:40:10AM IT AMENDS ORDINANCE 2022-166, WHICH CONTAINED TWO SCRIVENER
11:40:16AM ERRORS.
11:40:17AM THE FIRST BEING AN INCORRECT CITE TO THE INTERNAL FILE
11:40:21AM NUMBER THAT WE HOLD WHICH IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN VAC 22-06
11:40:26AM INSTEAD OF VAC 21-18 -- I'M SORRY, 13.
11:40:30AM THE SECOND TYPO CONTAINED A PHRASE IN SECTION 2 THAT SAYS A
11:40:35AM PORTION OF 34th STREET.
11:40:37AM THAT PHRASE SHOULD HAVE BEEN STRICKEN FROM THE 2022
11:40:41AM ORDINANCE.
11:40:42AM THIS ORDINANCE CORRECTS BOTH OF THOSE ERRORS.
11:40:48AM I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE AND
11:40:50AM RESPECTFULLY REQUEST APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE.
11:40:53AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY CORRECTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN?
11:40:56AM I SEE NONE.
11:40:57AM COUNCILMAN VIERA, READING NUMBER 11.
11:40:59AM >>LUIS VIERA: I MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST
11:41:03AM READING CONSIDERATION.
11:41:04AM AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2022-166, PASSED AND
11:41:08AM ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TAMPA ON
11:41:11AM SEPTEMBER 15, 2022, WHICH VACATED, CLOSED, DISCONTINUED AND
11:41:16AM ABANDONED THAT ALLEYWAY DESCRIBED BELOW TO CORRECT TWO
11:41:19AM SCRIVENER'S ERRORS THAT ARE CONTAINED IN THE FIRST RECITAL
11:41:22AM CLAUSE AND SECTION 2 THEREOF; REPEALING CONFLICTS; PROVIDING
11:41:26AM FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:41:29AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:41:30AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
11:41:32AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:41:33AM AYE.
11:41:33AM ANY OPPOSED.
11:41:35AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH HURTAK BEING
11:41:37AM ABSENT AT VOTE.
11:41:38AM SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON JUNE 6, 2024, AT
11:41:43AM 9:30 A.M. IN OLD CITY HALL, CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 315 EAST
11:41:48AM KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
11:41:55AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:41:56AM AT THIS TIME, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, ITEMS 12 AND 13,
11:41:59AM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:41:59AM >>LUIS VIERA: I MOVE 12 AND 13.
11:42:01AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
11:42:03AM VIERA, SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
11:42:05AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:42:05AM AYE.
11:42:06AM ANY OPPOSED?
11:42:07AM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
11:42:12AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I MOVE ITEMS FOR PARKS, RECREATION AND
11:42:15AM CULTURE COMMITTEE, ITEMS 14 THROUGH 19.
11:42:18AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON,
11:42:20AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:42:21AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:42:21AM AYE.
11:42:22AM NEXT UP, COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, YOU HAVE 21 THROUGH 22.
11:42:30AM 20 THROUGH 22.
11:42:31AM SORRY.
11:42:32AM >>BILL CARLSON: [INAUDIBLE]
11:42:34AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
11:42:35AM CARLSON.
11:42:36AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:42:37AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:42:38AM AYE.
11:42:39AM ANY OPPOSED?
11:42:39AM ALL RIGHT.
11:42:41AM WE'VE ALREADY DONE 24 AND 25.
11:42:45AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE ITEM 23, FINANCE.
11:42:47AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
11:42:50AM MIRANDA.
11:42:50AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
11:42:52AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:42:53AM AYE.
11:42:55AM >>BILL CARLSON: MR. CHAIR, ITEM NUMBER 33, ONE COMPONENT HAS
11:43:02AM TO DO WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
11:43:05AM MY COMPANY DEALS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT NOT ON ANY MATTERS
11:43:09AM RELATED TO THE CITY, BUT JUST TO AVOID APPEARANCE OF A
11:43:13AM CONFLICT, I'LL ABSTAIN FROM NUMBER 33.
11:43:16AM I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE MY FORM 8B.
11:43:20AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.
11:43:21AM THIS IS TO RECEIVE AND FILE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN --
11:43:25AM >>BILL CARLSON: CARLSON.
11:43:26AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO, NO.
11:43:27AM SECOND FROM CLENDENIN.
11:43:28AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:43:29AM AYE.
11:43:30AM WE'LL TAKE A VOTE ON 26 THROUGH 34 MINUS 33.
11:43:37AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
11:43:40AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
11:43:41AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:43:41AM AYE.
11:43:44AM WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE JUST 33 FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
11:43:47AM MIRANDA.
11:43:47AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
11:43:49AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:43:50AM AYE.
11:43:51AM THAT IS TO ANNOUNCE WITH THE ABSTENTION.
11:43:55AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: DO YOU HAVE THAT, MADAM CLERK?
11:43:58AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON
11:44:00AM ABSTAINING AND HURTAK ABSENT AT VOTE.
11:44:03AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:44:06AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: [INAUDIBLE] 1:30 P.M.
11:44:09AM THEREAFTER OLD --
11:44:12AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 35, 36 AND 37.
11:44:15AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WELL.
11:44:16AM OKAY.
11:44:16AM I MISSED 35.
11:44:17AM GO BACK TO 35.
11:44:19AM MOVE THE PETITION FOR REVIEW OF HEARINGS TO BE HELD ON 35,
11:44:24AM FILE DE1-24-93-C FOR HEARING ON JUNE 20, 2024, 1:30 P.M. AT
11:44:34AM THE OLD CITY HALL CHAMBERS AT 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD,
11:44:38AM THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
11:44:41AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
11:44:43AM MIRANDA SETTING THOSE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
11:44:45AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
11:44:46AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:44:47AM AYE.
11:44:48AM ANY OPPOSED?
11:44:49AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:44:50AM AT THIS TIME, MAY I GET A MOTION --
11:44:53AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: 137 IS MAY.
11:44:57AM I SAID JUNE THE 20th ON BOTH OF THOSE.
11:45:01AM 37 IS THE SAME, RESOLUTION SETTING FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON MAY
11:45:05AM 23, 2024, 5:01 IN OLD CITY HALL CHAMBERS, 315 EAST KENNEDY
11:45:09AM BOULEVARD, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
11:45:15AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND FROM
11:45:16AM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:45:17AM THIS IS SETTING THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 37.
11:45:18AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:45:19AM AYE.
11:45:19AM ANY OPPOSED?
11:45:20AM MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN ALL PUBLIC HEARINGS?
11:45:23AM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
11:45:25AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:45:26AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:45:27AM AYE.
11:45:28AM THESE ARE QUASI-JUDICIAL PUBLIC HEARINGS.
11:45:30AM I HAVE SOME REGISTERED FOLKS, HOWEVER SOME ARE IN THE
11:45:32AM AUDIENCE.
11:45:33AM IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEAK ON ANY PUBLIC HEARING TODAY,
11:45:37AM PLEASE STAND, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, AND WE WILL SWEAR YOU
11:45:40AM IN.
11:45:41AM IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
11:45:47AM [OATH ADMINISTERED BY THE CLERK]
11:45:53AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:45:53AM WE'LL START IT OFF WITH ITEM 38.
11:45:56AM ITEM NUMBER 38, THIS IS REGARDING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN,
11:46:03AM SIR.
11:46:07AM >> EVAN JOHNSON WITH CITY PLANNING.
11:46:09AM I BELIEVE WE HAVE JENNIFER MALONE ON THE LINE FROM THE
11:46:12AM PLANNING COMMISSION AND SHE WAS GOING TO DO THE INTRO.
11:46:14AM THIS IS THE SECOND READING CASE, I BELIEVE.
11:46:16AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:46:17AM JENNIFER MALONE, HAVE YOU BEEN SWORN IN?
11:46:20AM IT'S NON-QUASI-
11:46:23AM I'M SORRY.
11:46:24AM I DIDN'T SEE IT WRITTEN.
11:46:28AM GO AHEAD.
11:46:29AM JENNIFER MALONE, ANYTHING?
11:46:31AM IS THERE A REPRESENTATIVE -- GO AHEAD, SIR.
11:46:42AM >> JENNIFER JUST TOLD ME SHE CANNOT UNMUTE HERSELF.
11:46:46AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
11:46:47AM YOU CAN TAKE IT THEN.
11:46:51AM >> JENNIFER MALONE, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
11:46:54AM THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS TA/CPA 22-28.
11:46:58AM IT CAME BEFORE YOU ON MARCH 21st, 2024.
11:47:02AM YOU ALL VOTED GENTLEMEN ON THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MAP
11:47:06AM AMENDMENT TO COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35 AND URBAN MIXED USE 60.
11:47:10AM I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
11:47:12AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. MALONE?
11:47:14AM NO.
11:47:14AM ANYTHING FURTHER FOR THIS PRESENTATION?
11:47:16AM NO.
11:47:17AM DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT HERE?
11:47:18AM ANYTHING TO ADD?
11:47:22AM >> NO.
11:47:22AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL
11:47:24AM MEMBER CLENDENIN.
11:47:24AM DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
11:47:25AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
11:47:27AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:47:27AM AYE.
11:47:28AM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON, WOULD YOU MIND READING 38?
11:47:35AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: FILE TA/CPA 22-28, AN ORDINANCE BEING
11:47:39AM PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
11:47:41AM AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE
11:47:45AM LAND USE ELEMENT, FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR THE PROPERTY
11:47:48AM LOCATED AT FOLIO NUMBERS 189779.0000, 189778.0000,
11:48:05AM 189777.0100, 189777.0000, 189774.0000, 189775.0000,
11:48:25AM 189776.0000, 189780.0000, 189864.0000, 189863.0100,
11:48:46AM 189863.0000, 189862.0000, 189864.0100, 189865.0000,
11:49:05AM 189866.0000, 189870.0100, 189872.0100, 189872.0000,
11:49:24AM 189871.0000, 190093.0000, 190087.0100, 189598.0000 AND
11:49:47AM 189577.0020, FROM GENERAL MIXED USE 24 (GMU-24), LIGHT
11:49:58AM INDUSTRIAL AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL TO COMMERCIAL MIXED USE 35
11:50:03AM AND URBAN MIXED USE 60, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL
11:50:08AM ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY,
11:50:11AM PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:50:13AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND, DOT 00.
11:50:19AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: EXCUSE ME, COMMUNITY MIXED USE.
11:50:23AM COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35.
11:50:24AM THANK YOU.
11:50:25AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:50:26AM WE HAVE A MOTION.
11:50:26AM WAS THAT A SECOND?
11:50:27AM WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:50:30AM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
11:50:36AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH HURTAK VOTING NO.
11:50:41AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
11:50:42AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:50:42AM CONGRATULATIONS.
11:50:43AM ITEM NUMBER 39, THESE ARE QUASI-JUDICIAL.
11:50:45AM WE HAVE SWORN EVERYBODY IN.
11:50:46AM ITEM NUMBER 39.
11:50:48AM YES, SIR.
11:50:49AM >>SAMUEL THOMAS: DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
11:50:52AM ITEM 39 IS REZ-23-34.
11:50:55AM THIS ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT
11:50:57AM 610 HARBOR STREET, 1705 EAST ADAMO DRIVE, 1616 AND 1625 EAST
11:51:03AM PENNY STREET, 608 AND 1026 NORTH 19th STREET, 1821 EAST
11:51:10AM SAHLMAN DRIVE, UNITS 101 AND 102 AND FOLIO NUMBER
11:51:15AM 190093-2106.
11:51:20AM THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT CHANNEL
11:51:23AM DISTRICT 2 AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
11:51:26AM ALTERNATIVE AND CHANNEL DISTRICT 2 FOR RESIDENTIAL
11:51:29AM MULTIFAMILY AND ALL COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE USES.
11:51:32AM REVISIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS SUBMITTED
11:51:35AM TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
11:51:36AM I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
11:51:38AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
11:51:39AM NO.
11:51:40AM ALL RIGHT.
11:51:41AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:51:41AM YES, SIR, YOU WERE SWORN IN.
11:51:42AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
11:51:44AM >> TYLER HUDSON, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE.
11:51:47AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
11:51:48AM WE MADE ALL REQUESTED CHANGES.
11:51:50AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON
11:51:52AM THIS ITEM?
11:51:52AM THIS IS 39.
11:51:53AM WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
11:51:55AM WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
11:51:57AM ALL IN FAVOR TO CLOSE?
11:51:59AM AYE.
11:51:59AM WE HAVE THE ORDINANCE AND THEN WE READ THE RESOLUTION.
11:52:02AM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
11:52:03AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOVE FILE REZ-23-34, ORDINANCE BEING
11:52:07AM PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE
11:52:09AM REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 610 HARBOR
11:52:12AM STREET, 1705 EAST ADAMO DRIVE, 1616 AND 1625 EAST PENNY
11:52:16AM STREET, 608 AND 1026 NORTH 19th STREETS, 1821 EAST SAHLMAN
11:52:21AM DRIVE, UNITS 101 AND 102 AND FOLIO NUMBER 190093-2106 IN THE
11:52:30AM CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
11:52:32AM SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATIONS PD PLANNED
11:52:35AM DEVELOPMENT, CD 2, CHANNEL DISTRICT 2 AND IH, INDUSTRIAL
11:52:39AM HEAVY TO PD-A, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, ALTERNATIVE AND CD 2,
11:52:43AM CHANNEL DISTRICT 2, RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY AND ALL
11:52:45AM COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE USES, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:52:47AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
11:52:48AM CLENDENIN.
11:52:49AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:52:50AM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
11:52:55AM >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:53:01AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MOVE THE RESOLUTION AS WELL.
11:53:02AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION
11:53:04AM FOR 39.
11:53:05AM SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:53:06AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:53:07AM AYE.
11:53:07AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:53:09AM ITEM NUMBER 40.
11:53:13AM >>SAMUEL THOMAS: SAM THOMAS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
11:53:15AM ITEM 40 IS REZ-23-39.
11:53:18AM THIS ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT
11:53:21AM 5309 AND 5311 EAST COLUMBUS DRIVE.
11:53:24AM THIS REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY 16 TO
11:53:27AM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL AND ALL
11:53:30AM COMMERCIAL GENERAL USES.
11:53:32AM JUST AS A REFRESHER, THE APPLICANT AGREED BETWEEN FIRST AND
11:53:35AM SECOND READING TO PROVIDE 75% OF THE UNITS AS AFFORDABLE
11:53:38AM HOUSING, 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
11:53:41AM APPLICANT HAS COMPLETED REVISIONS TO THE SITE PLAN AS
11:53:44AM REQUESTED BY STAFF AND PROVIDED HARD COPIES THAT HAVE BEEN
11:53:46AM SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK.
11:53:47AM I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
11:53:49AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN?
11:53:50AM NO.
11:53:53AM ALL RIGHT.
11:53:54AM APPLICANT, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
11:53:55AM >>STEVE MICHELINI: STEVE MICHELINI, REPRESENTING THE
11:53:58AM PETITIONER.
11:53:58AM AS YOU MAY RECALL, WE MADE COMMITMENTS ON THE RECORD THAT
11:54:02AM WERE ALREADY INCLUDED ON THE SITE PLAN AND WE MADE
11:54:04AM ADDITIONAL COMMITMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THE SITE
11:54:07AM PLAN.
11:54:07AM STAFF HAS REVIEWED, ACCEPTED THEM AND MADE SURE THAT THEY
11:54:10AM WERE CONSISTENT WITH ALL OF THE MOTIONS.
11:54:12AM WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL.
11:54:14AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT?
11:54:15AM DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON
11:54:20AM ITEM NUMBER 40?
11:54:20AM WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:54:23AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
11:54:24AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:54:24AM AYE.
11:54:25AM ANY OPPOSED?
11:54:26AM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK, WOULD YOU MIND READING 40?
11:54:31AM >>LYNN HURTAK: ACTUALLY, I AM CHANGING MY VOTE ON THIS ONE.
11:54:34AM SOMETIMES YOU GO HOME AND YOU CAN'T SLEEP.
11:54:39AM AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM WHERE WHILE I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
11:54:44AM NEED FOR HOUSING, I COULDN'T GET OVER THE SCALE AND MASSING.
11:54:47AM I JUST COULDN'T DO IT.
11:54:48AM THE SCALE AND MASSING WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE,
11:54:51AM SECTION 27-136, IN ADDITION TO FINDINGS BY THE STAFF THAT
11:55:00AM THIS WAS INCONSISTENT DUE TO THE WAIVERS OF LANDSCAPE
11:55:05AM BUFFER, REMOVAL OF TREES AND NOT PLANTING LEVEL ONE AND
11:55:11AM LEVEL TWO TREES AND INSTEAD PUTTING PALM TREES, IT JUST
11:55:14AM DIDN'T FIT INTO THE SPACE.
11:55:16AM I STILL THINK WE NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THAT AREA, JUST
11:55:19AM DON'T THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT ONE.
11:55:20AM I CAN DO A MOTION TO DENY OR WE CAN --
11:55:27AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE WOULD TAKE THE VOTE AND THEN TAKE IT
11:55:29AM FROM THERE.
11:55:30AM IT WOULD BE A MOTION TO DENY, IS THAT CORRECT, MR. SHELBY?
11:55:35AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU ON YOUR AGENDA IS
11:55:38AM A MOTION TO APPROVE.
11:55:40AM I SUSPECT THAT'S WHAT IT WAS MOVED FORWARD FOR SECOND
11:55:48AM READING AND ADOPTION.
11:55:49AM I SUSPECT -- ON THE MOTION AS PRESENTED.
11:55:57AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YEAH, I CAN'T READ IT.
11:55:59AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WHEN SOMETHING COMES FOR SECOND READING,
11:56:04AM THERE'S NOTHING CONCRETE TO DENY OR APPROVE.
11:56:08AM YOU HAVE TO READ THE ORDINANCE AND TAKE A VOTE.
11:56:10AM I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY.
11:56:11AM I'M NOT A JUDGE.
11:56:13AM I'M JUST SAYING MY FEELING.
11:56:14AM ANYWAY, YOU WANT ME TO READ IT, MR. CHAIRMAN, I'LL READ IT.
11:56:17AM ITEM 40, REZ-23-39.
11:56:25AM ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION,
11:56:27AM ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 5309
11:56:30AM AND 5311 EAST COLUMBUS DRIVE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA
11:56:34AM AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1, RM 16 TO PD,
11:56:40AM STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL AND ALL COMMERCIAL GENERAL USES,
11:56:43AM PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:56:44AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:56:46AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
11:56:47AM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
11:56:52AM >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION FAILED WITH CLENDENIN, MANISCALCO,
11:56:55AM HENDERSON, AND HURTAK VOTING NO.
11:56:59AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. SHELBY, MOTION TO DENY OR DEAD
11:57:02AM BECAUSE IT IS A SECOND READING.
11:57:04AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: NO.
11:57:05AM ANOTHER MOTION IS IN ORDER.
11:57:08AM TO EFFECTUATE ACTION PER YOUR CHARTER.
11:57:10AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I'LL DO IT.
11:57:12AM I'M SORRY.
11:57:12AM I MOVE TO DENY FILE NUMBER REZ-23-39 FOR THE PROPERTY
11:57:19AM LOCATED AT 5309 AND 5311 EAST COLUMBUS DRIVE IN THE CITY OF
11:57:23AM TAMPA, DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE APPLICANT TO MEET ITS
11:57:27AM BURDEN OF PROOF TO PROVIDE COMPETENT AND SUBSTANTIAL
11:57:29AM EVIDENCE OF THE DEVELOPMENT AS CONDITIONED AND SHOWN ON THE
11:57:31AM SITE PLAN CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND CITY
11:57:34AM CODE AND THE APPLICANT'S FAILURE TO MEET ITS BURDEN OF PROOF
11:57:38AM WITH RESPECT TO THE REQUESTED WAIVERS.
11:57:40AM I ALSO ADOPT THE FINDINGS AND REASONINGS OF THE CITY STAFF
11:57:43AM REPORT, ESPECIALLY REGARDING THE WAIVERS AND THE LANDSCAPE
11:57:49AM BUFFER WAIVERS, BUT ALSO LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE SECTION
11:57:52AM 27-136, THE SCALE AND MASSING ARE SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER AND
11:57:57AM THUS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING BUILT ENVIRONMENT.
11:58:00AM AND THAT TO ME WAS MY DECIDING FACTOR.
11:58:04AM THANK YOU.
11:58:04AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION OF DENIAL FROM COUNCIL
11:58:06AM MEMBER HURTAK.
11:58:07AM WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
11:58:08AM LET'S DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:58:12AM >> CARLSON?
11:58:13AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'M NOT GOING TO OBJECT TO THAT, BUT I
11:58:16AM THINK WE FOLLOW THE SAME RULE.
11:58:18AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS THE CLERK GOOD WITH A RECORDED VOTE?
11:58:25AM >>THE CLERK: IT'S NOT SET UP FOR THAT.
11:58:28AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'M SORRY.
11:58:28AM I APOLOGIZE.
11:58:29AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S DO A ROLL CALL.
11:58:31AM WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND FOR DENIAL.
11:58:34AM LET'S DO A ROLL CALL.
11:58:35AM >>BILL CARLSON: NO.
11:58:37AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
11:58:38AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES.
11:58:40AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
11:58:41AM >>LUIS VIERA: NO.
11:58:42AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO.
11:58:43AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:58:45AM >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON, VIERA, AND
11:58:47AM MIRANDA VOTING NO.
11:58:49AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:58:49AM NEXT UP IS ITEM NUMBER 41.
11:58:54AM >>SAMUEL THOMAS: SAM THOMAS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
11:58:55AM ITEM NUMBER 41 IS REZ-23-78.
11:58:58AM THIS ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT
11:59:01AM 4212 WEST NORTH B STREET.
11:59:03AM THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY 50
11:59:06AM TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, SEMI
11:59:09AM DETACHED.
11:59:10AM REVISIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS HAVE BEEN
11:59:12AM SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
11:59:14AM AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
11:59:15AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN?
11:59:16AM NO.
11:59:17AM I SEE MR. DAVID WRIGHT IS REGISTERED FOR THIS.
11:59:20AM IS MR. DAVID WRIGHT ON?
11:59:21AM WAS HE SWORN IN?
11:59:23AM MR. DAVID WRIGHT, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK OR ADD
11:59:27AM ANYTHING, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND WE'LL SWEAR YOU
11:59:30AM IN?
11:59:44AM >>THE CLERK: DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY THAT
11:59:46AM YOU ARE ABOUT TO PROVIDE IS THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE
11:59:48AM TRUTH?
11:59:48AM THANK YOU.
11:59:51AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF, SIR.
11:59:53AM YOU'RE MUTED.
11:59:55AM >> SORRY ABOUT THAT.
11:59:56AM DAVID WRIGHT, THE APPLICANT.
12:00:00PM I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO PRESENT TODAY.
12:00:01PM JUST RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL.
12:00:03PM THANK YOU.
12:00:05PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT
12:00:06PM WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?
12:00:07PM I SEE NO ONE.
12:00:09PM WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FROM COUNCIL
12:00:10PM MEMBER CLENDENIN WITH A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:00:13PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:00:13PM AYE ANY OPPOSED.
12:00:15PM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
12:00:20PM >>BILL CARLSON: MOVE NUMBER 41, FILE REZ-23-78, ORDINANCE
12:00:24PM BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
12:00:26PM AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF
12:00:28PM 4212 WEST NORTH B STREET IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND
12:00:32PM MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING
12:00:34PM DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS-50, RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY,
12:00:37PM TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, SEMI
12:00:41PM DETACHED.
12:00:42PM PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
12:00:45PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
12:00:47PM CARLSON.
12:00:47PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:00:49PM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
12:01:03PM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
12:01:08PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
12:01:09PM ITEM NUMBER 42.
12:01:13PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS: SAM THOMAS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
12:01:14PM ITEM NUMBER 42 IS REZ-23-112.
12:01:18PM THIS ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT
12:01:21PM 1324 WEST FIG STREET.
12:01:23PM THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY 50
12:01:26PM TO RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY 18.
12:01:28PM I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
12:01:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE
12:01:31PM GENTLEMAN?
12:01:32PM NO.
12:01:33PM YES, SIR.
12:01:33PM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
12:01:34PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: STEVE MICHELINI, REPRESENTING THE
12:01:36PM PETITIONER.
12:01:37PM YOU MAY RECALL THAT WE MET WITH THE STAFF AND HAD NO
12:01:40PM OBJECTIONS THERE.
12:01:41PM WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO REQUEST THAT YOU APPROVE THIS MATTER.
12:01:51PM THE ISSUE BE APPROVED.
12:01:54PM I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
12:01:56PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT?
12:01:58PM DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON
12:02:00PM ITEM NUMBER 42?
12:02:01PM WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
12:02:03PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
12:02:04PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:02:05PM AYE.
12:02:06PM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
12:02:08PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
12:02:08PM I MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND
12:02:12PM ADOPTION.
12:02:13PM AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF
12:02:15PM 1324 WEST FIG STREET, CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE
12:02:18PM PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT
12:02:21PM CLASSIFICATION RS-50, RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, TO RM-8,
12:02:25PM RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
12:02:27PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
12:02:28PM VIERA.
12:02:28PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:02:30PM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
12:02:36PM >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON, MANISCALCO,
12:02:38PM AND HENDERSON VOTING NO.
12:02:41PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:02:41PM ITEM NUMBER 43, MR. THOMAS.
12:02:43PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS: SAM THOMAS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
12:02:45PM ITEM NUMBER 43 IS REZ-23-119.
12:02:49PM THIS ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT
12:02:52PM 213 SOUTH NEW JERSEY AVENUE.
12:02:54PM THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY 16 TO
12:02:57PM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED.
12:03:00PM REVISIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS HAVE BEEN
12:03:03PM SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
12:03:04PM I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
12:03:05PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
12:03:06PM NO.
12:03:09PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: STEVE MICHELINI REPRESENTING THE
12:03:11PM PETITIONER.
12:03:11PM WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL.
12:03:12PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:03:13PM ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL?
12:03:14PM ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER
12:03:17PM 43?
12:03:18PM WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
12:03:20PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
12:03:21PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:03:22PM AYE.
12:03:23PM ANY OPPOSED?
12:03:23PM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON, WOULD YOU MIND READING 43?
12:03:27PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I MOVE FILE NUMBER REZ-23-119, AN
12:03:31PM ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
12:03:34PM AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF
12:03:37PM 213 SOUTH NEW JERSEY AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA,
12:03:41PM AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING
12:03:45PM DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RM-16, RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY, TO
12:03:49PM PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY,
12:03:52PM ATTACHED; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
12:03:54PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
12:03:55PM HENDERSON.
12:03:56PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:03:57PM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
12:04:02PM >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
12:04:07PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:04:07PM NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER 44.
12:04:10PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS: SAM THOMAS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
12:04:12PM ITEM NUMBER 44 IS REZ-24-11, THIS ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST
12:04:17PM FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4314 WEST GRAY STREET.
12:04:20PM THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY 50
12:04:24PM TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED.
12:04:26PM REVISIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS SUBMITTED
12:04:30PM TO THE CLERKS OFFICE.
12:04:31PM I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
12:04:32PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN?
12:04:33PM NO.
12:04:34PM YES, SIR.
12:04:34PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: STEVE MICHELINI, REPRESENTING THE
12:04:37PM PETITIONER.
12:04:38PM RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL.
12:04:39PM WE MADE THE CORRECTIONS THAT WERE NOTED.
12:04:41PM IT'S BEFORE YOU AS CORRECTED.
12:04:44PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
12:04:45PM ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON 44?
12:04:48PM WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:04:51PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
12:04:52PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:04:52PM AYE.
12:04:53PM ANY OPPOSED?
12:04:55PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MOVE FILE REZ-24-11, ORDINANCE BEING
12:04:59PM PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE
12:05:01PM REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 4314 WEST GRAY
12:05:04PM STREET, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY
12:05:08PM DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION
12:05:11PM RS-50, TO PD, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
12:05:15PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
12:05:16PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:05:18PM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
12:05:24PM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH HURTAK VOTING NO.
12:05:26PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:05:28PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL.
12:05:29PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
12:05:30PM ITEM NUMBER 45 IS NEXT.
12:05:32PM MR. THOMAS.
12:05:33PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS: SAM THOMAS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
12:05:35PM ITEM NUMBER 45 IS REZ-24-19.
12:05:39PM THIS ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT
12:05:41PM 803 AND 809 WEST LINEBAUGH AVENUE.
12:05:45PM THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY 60
12:05:48PM AND PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR
12:05:52PM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI DETACHED.
12:05:53PM REVISIONS COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLAN SUBMITTED TO THE
12:05:56PM CLERK'S OFFICE.
12:05:57PM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
12:05:58PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE
12:06:00PM GENTLEMAN?
12:06:00PM NO.
12:06:01PM ITEM 45 HAS A REGISTERED INDIVIDUAL OR APPLICANT.
12:06:05PM MR. PRESSMAN, ARE YOU ON?
12:06:06PM WERE YOU SWORN IN?
12:06:08PM IS HE ON?
12:06:09PM OKAY.
12:06:11PM THERE HE IS.
12:06:12PM MR. PRESSMAN, YOU ARE MUTED.
12:06:14PM AND HE WAS SWORN IN.
12:06:16PM >>THE CLERK: HE WAS NOT.
12:06:17PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. PRESSMAN, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT
12:06:19PM HAND AND WE'LL SWEAR YOU IN.
12:06:20PM >>THE CLERK: DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY THAT
12:06:22PM YOU ARE ABOUT TO PROVIDE IS THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE
12:06:24PM TRUTH?
12:06:24PM THANK YOU.
12:06:26PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU ARE MUTED, SIR.
12:06:28PM WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.
12:06:28PM DID HE LOG OFF AND LOGGING BACK ON?
12:06:44PM WE STILL CAN'T HEAR YOU, SIR.
12:06:51PM IF YOU DON'T NEED TO ADD ANYTHING -- HE'S GOOD.
12:06:55PM WE GOT THE THUMBS UP.
12:06:56PM ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER
12:06:59PM 45?
12:06:59PM WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE.
12:07:02PM SECOND -- MOTION FROM CLENDENIN AND SECOND FROM MIRANDA.
12:07:05PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:07:06PM AYE.
12:07:06PM ANY OPPOSED?
12:07:07PM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
12:07:08PM >>LYNN HURTAK: FILE REZ-24-19, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR
12:07:12PM SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY
12:07:15PM IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 803 AND 809 WEST LINEBAUGH AVENUE
12:07:19PM IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY
12:07:22PM DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION
12:07:25PM RS-60, RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, AND PD, PLANNED
12:07:30PM DEVELOPMENT, TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL,
12:07:32PM SINGLE-FAMILY, SEMI DETACHED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
12:07:36PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A SECOND.
12:07:37PM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
12:07:43PM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
12:07:46PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT UP BEFORE WE BREAK FOR LUNCH IS
12:07:49PM ITEM NUMBER 67.
12:07:51PM >> REBECCA JOHNS, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
12:07:53PM THIS IS THE SECOND HEARING ON THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR
12:07:55PM YBOR HARBOR, WHICH IS THE REZONING YOU JUST APPROVED AT
12:07:58PM NUMBER 39.
12:07:59PM I JUST WANT TO STATE ON THE RECORD AS DISCUSSED AT THE FIRST
12:08:02PM HEARING, WE WILL BE SUBSTITUTING THE SITE PLAN FOR THE ONE
12:08:05PM JUST APPROVED.
12:08:05PM WE WOULD BE ADDING SECTION 1019 ADDING THE TENANT DISCLOSURE
12:08:10PM LANGUAGE THAT'S ON THE SITE PLAN THAT YOU JUST APPROVED AND
12:08:12PM WE WILL BE ADDING THAT THE PLAT PLN AND INFRASTRUCTURE
12:08:15PM AGREEMENT FOR EACH PHASE WILL BE DONE BEFORE THE FIRST
12:08:17PM BUILDING PERMIT FOR EACH PHASE.
12:08:19PM THE DEVELOPER IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
12:08:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE ATTORNEY?
12:08:22PM ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE DEVELOPER?
12:08:23PM ANYTHING TO ADD, DEVELOPER?
12:08:25PM NO.
12:08:26PM IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS
12:08:30PM ITEM?
12:08:30PM THIS IS 46.
12:08:31PM I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY REGISTERED.
12:08:32PM WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:08:35PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
12:08:36PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:08:37PM AYE.
12:08:38PM ANY OPPOSED?
12:08:38PM WHO WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS RESOLUTION?
12:08:43PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ITEM 46.
12:08:46PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JUST MOVE IT.
12:08:47PM DON'T HAVE TO READ IT.
12:08:48PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
12:08:51PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
12:08:52PM MIRANDA.
12:08:53PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
12:08:54PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:08:54PM AYE.
12:08:56PM ANY OPPOSED?
12:08:56PM ALL RIGHT.
12:08:58PM COUNCIL MEMBERS, SO WE TALKED ABOUT LUNCH.
12:09:00PM HOWEVER, I'M LOOKING AT THIS AGENDA.
12:09:02PM THAT'S THE THING, MS. FEELEY IS NOT HERE.
12:09:07PM TYPICALLY HOW THESE AGENDAS MOVE, SHE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE
12:09:12PM THOUGHT WE WOULD BE HERE AFTER LUNCH.
12:09:15PM IT SHOULD BE BRIEF.
12:09:17PM LET'S DO A COUPLE OF THESE ITEMS.
12:09:25PM ITEM NUMBER 48, $5 MILLION.
12:09:28PM STAFF WAS NOT REQUESTED TO BE HERE.
12:09:29PM IS THERE A MOTION?
12:09:31PM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK WITH THE MOTION, SECOND FROM COUNCIL
12:09:33PM MEMBER CLENDENIN.
12:09:34PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:09:35PM AYE.
12:09:36PM ITEM 49, DO WE HAVE A MOTION?
12:09:38PM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
12:09:41PM SECOND FROM MIRANDA.
12:09:41PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:09:42PM AYE.
12:09:42PM ANY OPPOSED?
12:09:43PM ITEM NUMBER 50, THERE WAS NO REQUEST -- YES, SIR --
12:09:50PM >>LUIS VIERA: YEAH, SINCE WE HAD PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT, I
12:09:53PM AM GOING TO BE REQUESTING THE AMOUNT SOUGHT IN THE BUDGET.
12:09:57PM THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
12:10:00PM I BROUGHT UP SULPHUR SPRINGS A NUMBER OF TIMES.
12:10:03PM AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY SHOULD BE FUNDING.
12:10:06PM AGAIN, I DIDN'T SEE THE NEED TO HAVE STAFF HERE FOR THIS.
12:10:11PM BUT EVERY YEAR, I ALWAYS DO MEMO REQUESTS.
12:10:14PM I USUALLY DO THEM ON THINGS I'D LIKE TO SEE IN THE BUDGET
12:10:17PM AND THIS WILL CERTAINLY BE ON THERE.
12:10:20PM YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE THIS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA BUDGET.
12:10:23PM AGAIN, WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION.
12:10:26PM WE'LL HOPEFULLY MOVE THAT FORWARD.
12:10:28PM THANK YOU.
12:10:28PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY ELSE?
12:10:28PM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK AND COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
12:10:32PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
12:10:33PM YES, I COMPLETELY AGREE.
12:10:35PM HOWEVER, I WAS ACTUALLY JUST WITH MR. ROGERO TALKING ABOUT
12:10:39PM THE BUDGET.
12:10:40PM HE SAID WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME MONEY THIS YEAR IN THE ACTION
12:10:44PM FUND STILL, SOCIAL ACTION FUND.
12:10:46PM HE DID NOT GET ME A NUMBER, BUT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO
12:10:52PM SOMETHING EVEN FOR THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
12:10:55PM >> CAN WE CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING AND
12:10:57PM HAVE HIM REPORT BACK WITH THE NUMBER?
12:10:59PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION?
12:11:05PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MADAM CLERK, IS THAT POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT
12:11:07PM REGULAR MEETING?
12:11:10PM >>THE CLERK: [INAUDIBLE] MAY 16, VERY, VERY, VERY BUSY.
12:11:15PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE JUNE 6, WHICH IS ALSO BUSY, BUT
12:11:18PM NOT VERY, VERY.
12:11:21PM >>LUIS VIERA: THIS CAN JUST BE HANDLED THROUGH A SIMPLE YES
12:11:23PM OR NO WITH A MONETARY AMOUNT IN A MEMO.
12:11:27PM SPEND ONE MINUTE ON IT.
12:11:28PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I AGREE.
12:11:29PM I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE.
12:11:33PM >> MOVE IT TO THE NEXT MEETING.
12:11:34PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT WAY WE CAN GET A MEMO WITH THE AMOUNT OF
12:11:38PM MONEY TO PUT TOWARD IT.
12:11:39PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: I SUSPECT THAT MIGHT REQUIRE A BUDGET
12:11:42PM AMENDMENT SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE AS A RESULT OF COUNCIL
12:11:44PM ACTION.
12:11:44PM >>LYNN HURTAK: SURE.
12:11:45PM AGAIN, THAT CAN BE A SUPER QUICK THING.
12:11:49PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO COME BACK ON MAY 16
12:11:52PM FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, SECOND FROM MIRANDA.
12:11:54PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:11:55PM AYE.
12:11:55PM ANYBODY ELSE?
12:11:55PM ALL RIGHT.
12:11:59PM >>BILL CARLSON: I WAS GOING TO SAY I THINK WE SHOULD PASS A
12:12:01PM MOTION TO SUPPORT IT.
12:12:04PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: VERY GOOD.
12:12:05PM NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER 51, WE WERE HAPPY WITH NO STAFF PRESENT.
12:12:10PM EVERYBODY GOOD ON THAT?
12:12:11PM ALL RIGHT.
12:12:13PM 52 WE TOOK CARE OF.
12:12:16PM >>LUIS VIERA: ON 52, I WANTED, IF I MAY, MAKE A MOTION ON
12:12:20PM THAT.
12:12:21PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:12:22PM WE HEARD FROM MS. ALDERMAN --
12:12:25PM >>BILL CARLSON: I'M A MEMBER OF THE ITALIAN CLUB AND I'LL
12:12:27PM ABSTAIN.
12:12:37PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
12:12:38PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR, SO I WANTED TO MOTION FOR THE
12:12:43PM APPROPRIATE CITY STAFF TO CONSULT WITH AN ARCHAEOLOGIST
12:12:46PM AND/OR COMPANY THAT CONDUCTS GPR SCANS AND/OR DIVES TO
12:12:51PM CONDUCT A SEARCH IN THE SECTIONS OF THE COLLEGE HILL
12:12:54PM CEMETERY ON THE CITY-OWNED PROPERTY IN AND AROUND THE
12:12:57PM RETENTION POND LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF 25th AVENUE AND
12:12:59PM 26th STREET.
12:13:00PM THIS IS AN AREA THAT HAS MANY BLACK AND CUBAN INDIVIDUALS
12:13:04PM BURIED THERE ADJACENT TO THE ITALIAN CLUB CEMETERY AND
12:13:07PM FURTHER THAT AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS OF THIS REQUEST
12:13:09PM RETURN TO CITY COUNCIL AT THE SEPTEMBER 19 MEETING AND CITY
12:13:14PM STAFF CAN GET WITH ME BEFORE.
12:13:16PM SO THIS IS A MOTION.
12:13:18PM I'M PUTTING IT IN SEPTEMBER FOR FEASIBILITY.
12:13:20PM WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
12:13:24PM BUT TO HAVE THEM RETURN TO US ON SEPTEMBER 19.
12:13:28PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
12:13:29PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BECAUSE YOU HAD THE MEMORANDUM AND REQUEST
12:13:32PM TO CONTINUE, I'M NOT REALLY PREPARED TO MAKE THAT DECISION
12:13:36PM TODAY.
12:13:36PM I'D RATHER CONSULT WITH STAFF AND FIND OUT WHAT THE ISSUES
12:13:42PM ARE AND THEN BE BETTER INFORMED TO ACT ON THEM.
12:13:44PM I LIKE THE PRINCIPLE OF IT.
12:13:49PM I LIKE MY BACKGROUND.
12:13:51PM >>LUIS VIERA: I DON'T WANT YOU, COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN, TO
12:13:55PM VOTE WITHOUT THE REQUISITE INFORMATION.
12:13:58PM I'LL BE MAKING THE MOTION NEXT WEEK, THE VERY SAME MOTION.
12:14:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AT THE NIGHT MEETING?
12:14:04PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
12:14:06PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE WILL BE ON STANDBY.
12:14:11PM 53 WE TOOK CARE OF.
12:14:13PM 55 AND 56 WAS CONTINUED.
12:14:15PM MS. FEELEY HAS THE LAST ITEM.
12:14:18PM SHE IS LOGGING ON AND OFF.
12:14:20PM SHE IS HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
12:14:21PM HOWEVER, MR. SHELBY, WE HAVE INTERNS HERE THAT YOU WOULD
12:14:24PM LIKE TO WELCOME.
12:14:25PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: GENTLEMEN, DO YOU WANT TO COME UP TO BE
12:14:28PM SEEN AND HEARD OR JUST STAND UP AND BE RECOGNIZED?
12:14:31PM YOUR CALL.
12:14:32PM THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
12:14:33PM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, I WAS CONTACTED BY RON CHRISTALDI'S
12:14:41PM OFFICE.
12:14:42PM THEY HAVE TWO GENTLEMEN INTERNING WITH THEM.
12:14:44PM THEY WANTED TO HAVE THE BENEFIT OF SEEING CITY COUNCIL IN
12:14:47PM ACTION.
12:14:47PM I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO CALVIN CHECKINSON WHO IS FROM
12:14:52PM USF AND VIVEK KILUK.
12:14:57PM HE IS FROM TAMPA PREP.
12:14:58PM GENTLEMEN, I PRESENT TO YOU THE CITY COUNCIL.
12:15:03PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYTHING YOU LIKE TO ADD AND SAY?
12:15:07PM >> I'M A SENIOR THIS YEAR AND I'LL GRADUATE SOON.
12:15:11PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: YOU WILL BE ATTENDING WHAT SCHOOL?
12:15:14PM >> PLANNING ON GOING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA.
12:15:18PM >> HI.
12:15:18PM CALVIN.
12:15:19PM I AM AT USF.
12:15:21PM I'M A JUNIOR AT USF.
12:15:24PM I MAJOR IN POLITICAL SCIENCE AND A MINOR IN BIOLOGY.
12:15:27PM THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
12:15:33PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: [INAUDIBLE] HOW IS YOUR LAST NAME
12:15:37PM PRONOUNCED?
12:15:39PM >> MY LAST NAME, KILUK.
12:15:43PM K-I-L-U-K.
12:15:48PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WHAT DID YOU ALL THINK ABOUT THE MEETING
12:15:51PM TODAY?
12:15:51PM I'M CURIOUS.
12:15:53PM >> I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING JUST BECAUSE I'VE
12:15:55PM NEVER SEEN ONE OF THEM BEFORE.
12:15:58PM IT'S KIND OF COOL JUST TO SEE THE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT
12:16:01PM SUBJECTS DISCUSSED.
12:16:04PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THINK THE DIVERSITY OF THE SUBJECTS WE
12:16:06PM DISCUSS ON COUNCIL IS FASCINATING.
12:16:09PM ELECTED TO LOCAL OFFICE AND SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT ON WATER,
12:16:14PM GARBAGE, LAND DEVELOPMENT.
12:16:16PM IT'S CRAZY THE DIVERSITY OF ISSUES WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
12:16:20PM IT'S INSANE.
12:16:21PM I THINK IT'S A GOOD OBSERVATION.
12:16:23PM DID I HEAR THAT RON CHRISTALDI IS A MENTOR?
12:16:27PM YOU COULDN'T HAVE A BETTER MENTOR.
12:16:29PM THERE YOU GO.
12:16:30PM ABSORB EVERYTHING YOU CAN FROM THAT BECAUSE THAT'S
12:16:32PM PRICELESS.
12:16:35PM >> WHAT DID YOU THINK?
12:16:37PM >> WELL, IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE BECAUSE YOU GET TO SEE
12:16:39PM EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO RUNNING A CITY TO BRINGING
12:16:44PM EVERYTHING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE POSITIVE
12:16:49PM INFLUENCES AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE, THE NEEDS OF THE
12:16:52PM CITY IS MET.
12:16:53PM I WAS WELL AND I APPRECIATE TO BE ABLE TO SEE HOW THESE
12:17:00PM THINGS GO ON.
12:17:02PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
12:17:03PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:17:04PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THEM, MR. SHELBY.
12:17:07PM WHAT A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
12:17:08PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
12:17:09PM T & I IS WORKING WITH MS. FEELEY.
12:17:11PM THERE ARE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
12:17:13PM THEY NEED A FEW MORE MINUTES.
12:17:15PM LET'S GO TO NEW BUSINESS.
12:17:17PM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, WE'LL START WITH YOU.
12:17:19PM DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING, SIR?
12:17:20PM >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH.
12:17:21PM I WENT TO OAK LAWN CEMETERY YESTERDAY.
12:17:26PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DOWNTOWN, RIGHT HERE.
12:17:27PM >>BILL CARLSON: HAVE YOU BEEN THERE LATELY?
12:17:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PROBABLY MAYBE A MONTH AGO.
12:17:33PM >>BILL CARLSON: THERE IS A HUGE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT THERE
12:17:38PM AND THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SHOWING ME AROUND GO THERE REGULARLY
12:17:42PM AND THERE'S NEW DAMAGE DONE.
12:17:44PM WE DON'T KNOW BY WHOM.
12:17:45PM I'M -- I TOOK PICTURES AND I'LL SEND THEM TO WHOEVER FROM
12:17:49PM STAFF.
12:17:51PM WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THIS OUTSIDE THE MEETING, SO KNOWING
12:17:53PM THAT SEVERAL OF YOU GO INTO THE CEMETERIES ALL THE TIME,
12:17:57PM THAT ONE HAS NEW DAMAGE WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BROKEN OFF THE
12:18:00PM STATUES OF FAMOUS PEOPLE AND THROWN PIECES IN OTHER PLACES
12:18:05PM AND THINGS HAVE BEEN BROKEN.
12:18:07PM SOMEBODY NEEDS TO DO MAJOR REPAIRS OVER THERE.
12:18:10PM THERE'S ONE PLACE, I CAN SHOW YOU PICTURES, BUT ONE PLACE
12:18:16PM SOMEBODY IS SLEEPING ON TOP OF A CEMETERY, ON TOP OF A
12:18:20PM GRAVE.
12:18:21PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I'LL TALK TO THE ADMINISTRATION ABOUT IT
12:18:23PM AND REACH OUT TO CHIEF BENNETT BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE TRANSFER
12:18:28PM STATION WITH THE BUS ACROSS THE STREET.
12:18:31PM BUT AT NIGHT, PEOPLE JUMP OVER THE CALLS.
12:18:37PM IT'S A SIGNIFICANTLY HISTORIC CEMETERY.
12:18:40PM >>BILL CARLSON: I BRING THIS UP HERE BECAUSE WE CAN'T TALK
12:18:43PM OUTSIDE.
12:18:43PM ANYBODY WATCHING, GUIDO, ESPECIALLY, WALKS THROUGH
12:18:47PM CEMETERIES, READS THE PLAQUES AND STUDIES THE PEOPLE.
12:18:49PM YOU PROBABLY KNOW THE HISTORY OF THE PEOPLE IN THAT PARK.
12:18:52PM HAPPY TO HELP ON IT BUT WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW.
12:18:55PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I HAD TO GIVE A TOUR A COUPLE OF YEARS
12:18:57PM AGO.
12:18:58PM IF YOU ARE EVER INTERESTED AND LIKE THAT KIND OF STUFF.
12:19:01PM ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?
12:19:02PM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK, ANY NEW BUSINESS?
12:19:05PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
12:19:06PM THIS GOES BACK TO OUR WORKSHOP.
12:19:08PM I MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE STAFF PRESENT A COMMUNICATION PLAN
12:19:12PM FOR THE CITY'S WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AND RELEASE AN
12:19:20PM IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GOOD JOBS, GREAT CAREERS,
12:19:22PM COLLABORATIVE WORKFORCE ECOSYSTEM PLAN FOR JULY 18, 2024.
12:19:27PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
12:19:29PM HURTAK.
12:19:29PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:19:31PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:19:31PM AYE.
12:19:32PM ANY OPPOSED?
12:19:33PM ANYTHING ELSE?
12:19:34PM >>LYNN HURTAK: NO.
12:19:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I HAVE NOTHING.
12:19:35PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: NOTHING.
12:19:37PM >>LUIS VIERA: JUST ONE, IF I MAY.
12:19:39PM I'VE BEEN MEANING TO MAKE THIS A WHILE AGO, AND I FORGOT
12:19:43PM ABOUT IT.
12:19:43PM JULY IS GOING TO BE THE 75th YEAR MARK OF THE MURDER OF A
12:19:48PM TAMPA POLICE OFFICER BY THE NAME OF MORRIS LOPEZ WHO WAS
12:19:52PM KILLED IN ACTION IN JULY OF -- I GUESS 75 YEARS AGO.
12:20:00PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: '49.
12:20:01PM >>LUIS VIERA: SORRY.
12:20:02PM LONG WEEK FOR ME.
12:20:03PM 7th AND 16th IN YBOR CITY.
12:20:05PM SHOTS CAME OUT OF A CAR.
12:20:08PM HE WAS SHOT.
12:20:09PM HE WOULD EVENTUALLY DIE FROM THE SHOTS.
12:20:11PM EVEN THOUGH WHILE HE WAS SHOT, HE JUMPED OVER TO SAVE THE
12:20:14PM LIFE OF A PAPER BOY WHO WAS THERE IN YBOR CITY.
12:20:18PM HIS GRANDSON, MORRIS LOPEZ THE III, IS WITH HILLSBOROUGH
12:20:22PM COUNTY FIREFIGHTER.
12:20:23PM THEN THE SON I BELIEVE IT WAS OF THAT PAPER BOY WHOSE LIFE
12:20:27PM HE SAVED ALSO BECAME A FIREFIGHTER AND CREDITED THE LIFE AND
12:20:31PM LEGACY OF MORRIS LOPEZ WITH TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
12:20:36PM I WANT TO INQUIRE WITH STAFF ON A -- YOU KNOW, WE COULD DO A
12:20:42PM CITY MARKER.
12:20:42PM I PREFER TO HAVE A HISTORICAL MARKER.
12:20:44PM WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET IT DONE FOR THE 75th YEAR MARK, BUT
12:20:48PM I WOULD LIKE TO WORK ON THAT.
12:20:49PM I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHILE PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE IN
12:20:52PM YBOR CITY DOING GOD KNOWS WHAT, THAT THEY CAN REMEMBER THAT
12:20:57PM A HERO DIED ON THE STREETS.
12:20:59PM I'LL MOTION FOR THAT.
12:21:00PM GOSH, DIDN'T LOOK AT THE DATES.
12:21:01PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO MANUFACTURE A
12:21:04PM MARKER?
12:21:05PM >>LUIS VIERA: IT'S A WHILE.
12:21:06PM I'LL JUMP ON THAT, IF WE DO IT, I'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS -- IF
12:21:12PM WE DO IT THROUGH THE COUNTY SYSTEM, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH
12:21:15PM THE COUNTY BOARD, THE HISTORICAL MARKER BOARD.
12:21:18PM THAT IS A LENGTHY PROCESS.
12:21:21PM VERY LENGTHY PROCESS.
12:21:22PM WE WENT THROUGH THAT WITH OUR RACIAL LYNCHING MARKER AND HAD
12:21:26PM CHALLENGES WITH THAT.
12:21:29PM >> AUGUST 1.
12:21:30PM >>LUIS VIERA: THERE YOU GO.
12:21:31PM I'LL DO IT BEFORE THAT, WHAT WAS I GOING TO SAY?
12:21:35PM GOSH, I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT.
12:21:38PM YEAH, IT PROBABLY WILL TAKE A LITTLE BIT, MR. CHAIRMAN.
12:21:41PM LET ME, IF I MAY, LOOK AT THE CALENDAR HERE.
12:21:44PM I APOLOGIZE, COUNCIL.
12:21:45PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE THE PLAQUES AND MARKERS WE PUT
12:21:50PM ON CITY BUILDINGS, THAT CAN BE DONE QUICKLY, PUT ON THE
12:21:53PM SIDEWALK, AS A CORNERSTONE.
12:21:55PM >>LUIS VIERA: SO THAT'S WHY I ACTUALLY WANT IT TO BE BEFORE
12:22:00PM JULY.
12:22:00PM I'LL TALK TO CITY STAFF ABOUT THIS.
12:22:05PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THERE'S JUNE 6.
12:22:09PM >>LUIS VIERA: LET'S DO JUNE 6.
12:22:11PM THIS WILL BE A STAFF, SOMETHING WRITTEN.
12:22:14PM I DON'T ANTICIPATE ANYTHING COMING TO US IN TERMS OF A
12:22:19PM STATEMENT OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.
12:22:20PM I DO MOTION FOR JUNE 6, IF I MAY.
12:22:22PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ASKING FOR A WRITTEN REPORT.
12:22:24PM >>LUIS VIERA: WRITTEN.
12:22:25PM AGAIN, I'LL INQUIRE WITH STAFF BEFORE.
12:22:28PM WORKING WITH THE FAMILY OF THE LATE OFFICER LOPEZ ON THIS.
12:22:31PM IF WE CAN DO LIKE YOU SAID, SOME SORT OF A PLAQUE, EVEN THAT
12:22:35PM MAY TAKE MORE THAN THE TIME, BUT I WILL INQUIRE.
12:22:40PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION.
12:22:41PM DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
12:22:41PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
12:22:43PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: LET ME SPEAK ON THAT.
12:22:44PM I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH.
12:22:46PM IN FACT, HIS WIFE, SISTER-IN-LAW NAMED OLGA PRADO.
12:22:53PM I REMEMBER THAT WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID.
12:22:55PM OLGA'S HUSBAND, MANUEL AND THAT WAS MY MOTHER'S BROTHER.
12:23:01PM I REMEMBER WHEN THAT HAPPENED WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID.
12:23:03PM IT HAPPENED THERE.
12:23:06PM IT'S A SAD STORY, BUT THAT'S HOW IT HAPPENED.
12:23:08PM MR. VIERA IS CORRECT.
12:23:10PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN, YEAH, NINE YEARS
12:23:12PM OLD.
12:23:14PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NINE YEARS OLD MY WHOLE LIFE.
12:23:15PM [ LAUGHTER ]
12:23:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I'VE ACTED NINE YEARS OLD MY WHOLE LIFE.
12:23:19PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY IT THAT WAY.
12:23:21PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.
12:23:22PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:23:22PM AYE.
12:23:23PM ANY OPPOSED?
12:23:23PM ANYTHING ELSE?
12:23:24PM >>LUIS VIERA: NO, SIR.
12:23:25PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:23:26PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO, NONE, SIR.
12:23:27PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MS. FEELEY, YOU ARE THE LAST ITEM AND
12:23:31PM THEN THAT'S IT.
12:23:34PM >>ABBYE FEELEY: GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
12:23:35PM YEAH, WHEN YOU SAID YOU WERE BREAKING FOR LUNCH, I KNOW I'M
12:23:41PM WHAT STANDS BETWEEN YOU AND LUNCH AND STARTING FRIDAY EVE.
12:23:46PM ABBYE FEELEY, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR DEVELOPMENT AND
12:23:50PM GROWTH MANAGEMENT.
12:23:51PM EXCITED TO BE BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE
12:23:55PM LDC REFORM.
12:23:58PM LAST MONTH YOU APPROVED THE CONTRACT FOR US TO HAVE CLARION
12:24:02PM CONSULTANTS JOIN US AS WE START TO UPDATE THE LAND
12:24:06PM DEVELOPMENT CODE, WHICH YOU ALL HAVE HAD MANY DIFFERENT
12:24:11PM REZONINGS AND THINGS AND TOPICS THAT HAVE COME THAT WE HAVE
12:24:15PM SAID REALLY OUR CODE NEEDS A GREAT AMOUNT OF REFORM.
12:24:19PM THIS IS NOW KICKING OFF AND AS PART OF THAT KICKOFF AND
12:24:23PM ONGOING COMMUNICATION, I HAVE PROMISED TO BE BEFORE YOU THE
12:24:27PM FIRST THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH WITH A VERY BRIEF UPDATE.
12:24:31PM HERE I AM TODAY.
12:24:33PM APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE WITH ME.
12:24:35PM I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW OUR FIRST ACTIVITY IN RELATION
12:24:41PM TO THE CODE REFORM WAS PROVIDE THE CONSULTANT WITH ALL THE
12:24:44PM DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN COMPILING OVER THE
12:24:48PM YEARS, INCLUDING THE CURRENT CODE, THE NEW ALLEY STUDY.
12:24:52PM THE UPDATES TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, CHAPTERS 17.5,
12:24:58PM CHAPTER 14 WITH NOISE.
12:24:59PM SO THEY HAVE ASKED FOR A LARGE AMOUNT OF DATA.
12:25:04PM THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE LIST THAT MR. COTTON AND MR. BENSON
12:25:08PM HAVE BEEN KEEPING IN RELATION TO THE CHANGES WE KNOW WE NEED
12:25:12PM TO MAKE.
12:25:12PM THE TOP TEN WAIVER LIST.
12:25:15PM SO WE HAVE PROVIDED ALL OF THIS TO THE TEAM AND THEY ARE
12:25:19PM CURRENTLY REVIEWING ALL OF THAT AND WE ARE FINALIZING THE
12:25:24PM KICKOFF, WHICH WILL IT HAPPEN ON MAY 20, 21, 22.
12:25:29PM THAT WILL BE INTERNAL, EXTERNAL MEETINGS WITH STAKEHOLDERS
12:25:33PM IN JUST A FEW WEEKS IN MAY.
12:25:34PM YOU SHOULD BE GETTING A SAVE THE DATE ON THAT AS, OF COURSE,
12:25:40PM THEY WANT TO MEET WITH COUNCIL ALSO AS AN EXTENSION OF SOME
12:25:43PM OF THE PRELIMINARY WORK THAT WE DID BACK PROBABLY 18 TO 24
12:25:49PM MONTHS AGO WHEN YOU WERE INTERVIEWED AND DISCUSSED SOME OF
12:25:52PM THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE WITH THIS UPDATE.
12:25:56PM SO THEY ARE DIGGING IN.
12:25:58PM WE'RE GETTING READY TO GET THE WEBSITE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
12:26:01PM EFFORT LAUNCHED.
12:26:02PM AND THAT SHOULD BE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AS WELL.
12:26:06PM AND THEN I WILL BE BACK BEFORE YOU AT THE BEGINNING OF JUNE
12:26:10PM TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT KICKOFF AND WHERE WE
12:26:13PM ARE.
12:26:13PM IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D LOVE TO TAKE THEM AND HAVE AN
12:26:17PM OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER THEM.
12:26:19PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:26:19PM ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. FEELEY?
12:26:21PM WE ALREADY DID INFORMATION REPORTS AND NEW BUSINESS.
12:26:26PM IS THERE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE?
12:26:28PM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
12:26:31PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:26:32PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:26:32PM AYE.
12:26:34PM WE ARE ADJOURNED.
12:26:37PM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
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