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8:59:50AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: GOOD MORNING.
8:59:54AM READY TO GO.
8:59:57AM GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
8:59:58AM WE'RE CALLING THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER.
9:00:01AM WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOLLOWED BY THE
9:00:03AM PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
9:00:06AM [MOMENT OF SILENCE]
9:00:19AM [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
9:00:35AM ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
9:00:38AM >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
9:00:39AM >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE.
9:00:41AM >> CLENDENIN?
9:00:41AM MANISCALCO?
9:00:42AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
9:00:43AM >> VIERA?
9:00:43AM MIRANDA?
9:00:44AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
9:00:45AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT.
9:00:46AM >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
9:00:48AM OKAY.
9:00:48AM CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST
9:00:51AM MEETING?
9:00:52AM >> SO MOVED.
9:00:53AM >> SECOND.
9:00:53AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
9:00:55AM >> AYE.
9:00:55AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
9:00:56AM MS. MOODY, DO YOU WANT TO COME UP AND SET THE AGENDA FOR
9:01:04AM TODAY, PLEASE?
9:01:05AM DO SOME CLEANING UP.
9:01:07AM SO WE CAN BE EFFICIENT.
9:01:15AM >>ERICA MOODY: WE'LL SET THE AGENDA.
9:01:17AM WE HAVE A PACKED AGENDA WITH 23 MEETINGS.
9:01:19AM SO WE WANT TO KEEP THE MEETING EFFICIENT AND RUNNING AS
9:01:21AM SMOOTH AS POSSIBLE.
9:01:22AM WE'LL BE ASKING TO CONTINUE ITEM NUMBER 5 TO NEXT MONTH,
9:01:25AM JUNE 13th.
9:01:27AM >> SO MOVED.
9:01:28AM >> SECOND.
9:01:28AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
9:01:30AM >> AYE.
9:01:30AM >>ERICA MOODY: THANK YOU.
9:01:31AM WE ARE ASKING TO RECEIVE AND FILE ITEM NUMBER 10.
9:01:39AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: MOVED BY BOARD MEMBER CARLSON, SECONDED BY
9:01:41AM BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
9:01:43AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
9:01:44AM >> AYE.
9:01:45AM >>ERICA MOODY: THANK YOU.
9:01:46AM ALSO ASKING TO RECEIVE AND FILE ITEM NUMBER 11.
9:01:50AM >>BILL CARLSON: SO MOVED.
9:01:50AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
9:01:52AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: MOVED BY BOARD MEMBER CARLSON, SECONDED BY
9:01:55AM BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
9:01:55AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
9:01:57AM >> AYE.
9:01:57AM >>ERICA MOODY: THANK YOU.
9:02:00AM ITEM NUMBER 12, ASKING TO CONTINUE TO NEXT MONTH, JUNE 13.
9:02:04AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED.
9:02:06AM >> SECOND.
9:02:06AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: MIRANDA AND MANISCALCO.
9:02:07AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
9:02:09AM >> AYE.
9:02:09AM >>ERICA MOODY: THANK YOU.
9:02:11AM ALSO ASKING TO RECEIVE ITEM NUMBER 13.
9:02:14AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO MOVED.
9:02:15AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
9:02:17AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
9:02:19AM >> AYE.
9:02:19AM >>ERICA MOODY: THANK YOU.
9:02:20AM GOING DOWN THE LIST, ALSO ASKING TO RECEIVE AND FILE ITEM
9:02:25AM NUMBER 14.
9:02:26AM >> SO MOVED.
9:02:28AM >> SECOND.
9:02:29AM >>LUIS VIERA: WHEN THAT COMES UP, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOME
9:02:31AM WORDS ON IT.
9:02:32AM YEAH, WE DON'T NEED STAFF HERE OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.
9:02:35AM THAT'S FINE.
9:02:36AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BUT YOU WANT TO MAKE COMMENTS.
9:02:38AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, MA'AM.
9:02:39AM >>ERICA MOODY: GREAT.
9:02:42AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: SECONDED BY MANISCALCO.
9:02:43AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
9:02:48AM >> AYE.
9:02:50AM >>ERICA MOODY: THANK YOU.
9:02:51AM ALSO ASKING TO RECEIVE AND FILE ITEM NUMBER 15.
9:02:53AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED.
9:02:54AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
9:02:55AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
9:02:57AM >> AYE.
9:02:58AM >>ERICA MOODY: THANK YOU, BOARD.
9:02:59AM TAKING THEM ONE BY ONE.
9:03:01AM ASKING TO RECEIVE AND FILE ITEM 16 AS WELL.
9:03:03AM >>LUIS VIERA: SO MOVED.
9:03:04AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
9:03:05AM >>ERICA MOODY: THANK YOU.
9:03:06AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
9:03:07AM >> AYE.
9:03:09AM >>ERICA MOODY: ALSO ASKING FOR A CONTINUANCE FOR ITEM 17 TO
9:03:12AM AUGUST 8.
9:03:13AM >> SO MOVED.
9:03:14AM >> SECOND.
9:03:14AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
9:03:16AM >> AYE.
9:03:19AM >>ERICA MOODY: ITEM 18.
9:03:21AM >>LUIS VIERA: SO MOVED.
9:03:22AM >>ERICA MOODY: RECEIVE AND FILE.
9:03:24AM THE LAST REQUEST, PULL ITEM NUMBER 21 FOR REQUIRED APPROVALS
9:03:29AM --
9:03:29AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: 18 WAS MOVED TO BE --
9:03:34AM >> MOVED TO BE CONTINUED TO JULY 17.
9:03:36AM >>ERICA MOODY: THAT ITEM, WE CAN EITHER MOVE IT TO CONTINUE,
9:03:39AM BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE IT FROM THE AGENDA ALTOGETHER,
9:03:42AM CONSOLIDATED --
9:03:43AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: LET ME ACKNOWLEDGE YOU ALL SO YOU CAN
9:03:46AM SPEAK.
9:03:46AM THANK YOU.
9:03:46AM BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
9:03:50AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
9:03:51AM I KNOW THIS IS COMING BACK TO US AS COUNCIL.
9:03:55AM FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, YOU ARE GOING TO BE WITH THE
9:04:00AM PRESENTERS IN I BELIEVE JULY TO TALK ABOUT THIS ON COUNCIL.
9:04:03AM SO WE'RE COMBINING.
9:04:05AM >>ERICA MOODY: YES, MA'AM.
9:04:06AM SO WE CAN RECEIVE AND FILE IT ON THE CRA LEVEL.
9:04:08AM AND I WILL BE HERE WITH DIRECTOR MARIN TO PRESENT ON THE
9:04:12AM GROCERY STORE CONCEPT FOR EAST TAMPA.
9:04:15AM THAT WILL BE AT COUNCIL ON JULY 18.
9:04:17AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, MA'AM, IT WAS SIMILAR TO BOARD MEMBER
9:04:21AM HURTAK'S.
9:04:22AM I FORGOT WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION.
9:04:24AM YEAH, 100% WITH THAT.
9:04:25AM MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
9:04:27AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WHO MADE THE MOTION?
9:04:29AM CAN I GET A SECOND?
9:04:31AM >> SECOND.
9:04:31AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
9:04:32AM AYE.
9:04:33AM THANK YOU.
9:04:34AM ANY STAFF REPORTS?
9:04:38AM >>ERICA MOODY: LAST REQUEST, PULLING ITEM 21 FOR FURTHER
9:04:41AM DISCUSSION FROM REQUIRED APPROVALS.
9:04:42AM >>LUIS VIERA: SO MOVED.
9:04:43AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
9:04:45AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
9:04:47AM >> AYE.
9:04:47AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: LET'S ADOPT THE MINUTES -- THE AGENDA FOR
9:04:50AM TODAY.
9:04:50AM CAN I GET A MOTION FOR THAT?
9:04:52AM MIRANDA, SECONDED BY MANISCALCO.
9:04:54AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
9:04:56AM >> AYE.
9:04:56AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
9:04:57AM NOW IT'S TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:04:59AM ATTORNEY MASSEY, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE GET
9:05:01AM STARTED?
9:05:03AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: YES, MA'AM.
9:05:04AM REMIND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALLOWED A REASONABLE
9:05:06AM OPPORTUNITY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CRA MEETING TO ADDRESS
9:05:08AM ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA BEFORE THE CRA TAKES ACTION ON THAT
9:05:12AM ITEM.
9:05:12AM HOWEVER, A THREE-MINUTE TIME LIMIT APPLIES TO ALL SPEAKERS
9:05:16AM PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:05:17AM SPEAKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE REMINDED THAT THEY
9:05:19AM ARE TO REFRAIN FROM DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING MAKING
9:05:22AM VULGAR OR THREATENING REMARKS OR MAKING OR CAUSING
9:05:25AM DISRUPTIVE NOISES OR SOUNDS OR DISPLAYING SIGNS OR GRAPHICS.
9:05:28AM SPEAKERS ARE ALSO REMINDED TO REFRAIN FROM LAUNCHING
9:05:31AM PERSONAL ATTACKS.
9:05:32AM THE CHAIR WILL RULE OUT OF ORDER ANY PERSON WHO SPEAKS
9:05:35AM WITHOUT BEING RECOGNIZED OR ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS THE CRA FROM
9:05:38AM OUTSIDE THE SPEAKER AREA AT THE PODIUM.
9:05:40AM PERSONS FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE CRA RULES MAY BE RULED
9:05:42AM OUT OF ORDER AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR MAY BE
9:05:46AM REMOVED FROM THE CHAMBERS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS DAY'S
9:05:49AM MEETING.
9:05:49AM FINALLY, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO
9:05:51AM SPEAK TO THE BOARD, BUT THIS IS NOT A DIALOGUE.
9:05:53AM CRA MEMBERS SHOULD REFRAIN FROM ENGAGING A SPEAKER UNDER
9:05:57AM PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:05:58AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
9:05:58AM LET'S START WITH OUR ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM MR.
9:06:02AM RANDOLPH FOLLOWED BY ADRIAN RODRIGUEZ.
9:06:10AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:06:12AM MY NAME IS MICHAEL RANDOLPH.
9:06:13AM I'M WITH THE WEST TAMPA CDC.
9:06:16AM I ATTENDED A NATIONAL CONFERENCE AND SHARED WITH THEM THE
9:06:24AM TWO IN TAMPA.
9:06:25AM WEST TAMPA -- I SAID WITH THEM HOW THE WEST TAMPA CAC USED
9:06:32AM THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT AGREEMENT TO REDUCE -- INCREASE PUBLIC
9:06:38AM SAFETY AND INCREASE GROWTH IN THE COMMUNITY.
9:06:40AM I ALSO SHARED WITH THEM HOW BOTH THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE
9:06:43AM CRA BOARD IS THINKING OUT OF THE BOX AND LOOKING FOR
9:06:47AM CREATIVE WAYS TO INCREASE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
9:06:49AM I SHARED WITH THEM THE COMMITMENT OF 10,000 AFFORDABLE
9:06:55AM HOUSING AND HOW IF WE USE THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT AGREEMENT,
9:07:00AM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTION, WE CAN INCREASE
9:07:06AM THAT NUMBER, DOUBLE THE NUMBER.
9:07:08AM HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH A LOCAL INCENTIVE SUPPORT
9:07:13AM CORPORATION THAT PROVIDES GAP FINANCING TO ORGANIZATIONS,
9:07:19AM THEY PROVIDED THAT FINANCING FOR US BACK IN THE DAY WHEN WE
9:07:22AM HAD NO MONEY IN THE BANK.
9:07:24AM THEY PROVIDED THE GAP MONEY IN ORDER TO BUILD THE HOUSE.
9:07:29AM HAVING THE CONVERSATION WITH THEM TO COME BACK TO TAMPA TO
9:07:33AM CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT DON'T HAVE
9:07:37AM THE MONEY BUT DEFINITELY HAVE THE WILL TO DO AFFORDABLE
9:07:41AM HOUSING, THEY WILL PROVIDE THE GAP MONEY SO MORE NONPROFITS
9:07:44AM CAN GET INTO THE GAME OF BUILDING HOUSES.
9:07:47AM I THINK TAMPA IS ABOUT TO BE THE NEXT BEST CITY WHEN THEY
9:07:52AM COME FOR CREATIVE OPPORTUNITY IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
9:07:57AM I ALSO SHARED WITH THEM HOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT DEALING WITH
9:08:03AM -- I THINK IT'S 976, THE PROPOSAL, IT'S ABOUT RESTITUTION IN
9:08:11AM A SENSE.
9:08:11AM I WAS HAPPY TO SHARE THE IDEAS ABOUT TAMPA.
9:08:16AM IN TWO WEEKS I'LL BE ATTENDING ANOTHER CONFERENCE.
9:08:20AM YOU KNOW I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT TAMPA WHICH I THINK IS THE
9:08:22AM BEST CITY ON EARTH.
9:08:23AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:08:23AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, MR. RANDOLPH.
9:08:25AM NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER ONLINE, PLEASE.
9:08:27AM SHE'S NOT THERE.
9:08:30AM OKAY.
9:08:31AM WE'LL MOVE INTO THE CHAMBERS.
9:08:35AM PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:08:36AM GOOD MORNING.
9:08:36AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:08:38AM ANGELA ALDERMAN AGAIN.
9:08:40AM I STOOD BEFORE YOU LAST THURSDAY.
9:08:43AM I HAD A LITTLE SPEECH READY BUT I'LL SPEAK FROM MY HEART
9:08:47AM TODAY.
9:08:47AM I'M A LITTLE FRUSTRATED THAT LAST FRIDAY THE MOTION DID NOT
9:08:51AM SEE 100% SUPPORT FROM THE CITY COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
9:08:56AM A SCAN OF THEIR PROPERTY ADJACENT TO ITALIAN CLUB.
9:09:00AM IT IS EXTREMELY CRUCIAL THIS TAKE PLACE.
9:09:03AM I JUST WANT TO SHARE A TINY LITTLE STORY.
9:09:06AM MY DAUGHTER, SHE'S NINE.
9:09:10AM BUT WE WALKED THE GROUNDS OF WHAT USED TO BE CALLED CEMETERY
9:09:14AM WHICH IS NOW THE ITALIAN CLUB CEMETERY.
9:09:16AM AND SHE SAW THE HUGE BEAUTIFUL MAUSOLEUM.
9:09:22AM I WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO HER WHAT HAPPENED THERE.
9:09:25AM SHE SAID, BUT, MAMA, DIDN'T THE PEOPLE BURIED THERE HAVE
9:09:32AM PEOPLE WHO LOVED THEM, THAT USED TO COME AND SEE THEM?
9:09:37AM WHY WOULD THAT HAPPEN?
9:09:40AM SHE WAS SIX AT THE TIME.
9:09:42AM AND THAT WAS PROBABLY THE HARDEST THING FOR ME TO EVER
9:09:45AM EXPLAIN TO HER.
9:09:45AM SO I FEEL LIKE -- MY SISTER ALWAYS REMINDS ME, HEALING IS
9:09:52AM LAYERS.
9:09:52AM THERE ARE LAYERS YOU HAVE TO PEEL BACK.
9:09:56AM OLD, OLD WOUNDS.
9:09:58AM THESE ARE OLD, OLD WOUNDS FOR TAMPA BUT HAS TO BE PEELED
9:10:02AM BACK.
9:10:02AM WE NEED JUSTICE FOR THESE PEOPLE.
9:10:05AM IF THE CITY OF TAMPA CAN STEP IN AND HELP ANY WAY THEY CAN
9:10:09AM JUST TO RELEASE ONE OF THOSE BANDAGES, IF THERE ARE ANY
9:10:13AM BONES IN THAT ADJACENT PROPERTY.
9:10:14AM THE ITALIAN CLUB IS NOT -- HAS NOT COOPERATED, BUT THEY WILL
9:10:19AM COME I FEEL IN MY HEART, I'LL HOLD ON TO HOPE.
9:10:23AM FOR NOW, I ASK THE CITY, IF YOU COULD PLEASE TONIGHT GIVE
9:10:26AM YOUR FULL SUPPORT IF THAT MOTION COMES FORWARD AGAIN.
9:10:29AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
9:10:30AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
9:10:35AM [ENCODER DISCONNECT]
9:10:46AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: WE TYPICALLY DON'T DO WAIVERS FOR PUBLIC
9:10:49AM COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.
9:10:51AM >> WE DON'T.
9:10:51AM SO I CAN'T HAVE, JUST IN CASE I NEED IT.
9:10:54AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: IT IS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR TO LET
9:10:58AM YOU RUN OVER.
9:10:59AM >> AILEEN HENDERSON, THE CEMETERY SOCIETY.
9:11:01AM I RECOGNIZE THIS IS A CRA MEETING, BUT IN MY OPINION, THIS
9:11:04AM JUST CAN'T WAIT.
9:11:05AM I'M NOT SURE WHY I AM HERE TODAY BECAUSE, QUITE FRANKLY, I
9:11:11AM AM SIMPLY RIDING THE COATTAILS AT THIS POINT OF THOSE WHO
9:11:15AM PUT IN THE WORK FOR AT LEAST THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
9:11:18AM BUT IT SEEMS THEIR EFFORTS HAVE FALLEN ON DEAF EARS MINUS
9:11:21AM ONE COUNCILPERSON.
9:11:24AM SO THEY ASKED THE CEMETERY LADY WITH THE BIG MOUTH TO HELP.
9:11:29AM MAYBE IF I YELL OUT ENOUGH, I WILL BE ABLE TO PENETRATE
9:11:33AM THROUGH AND THOSE VOICES WHO COULD NO LONGER SPEAK WILL
9:11:37AM FINALLY BE HEARD.
9:11:37AM WE HAVE YET ANOTHER BLACK CEMETERY AND AN UNACCOUNTED FOR
9:11:44AM 1200 SOULS LOST AND ERASED OR WERE THEY MOVED HOPING TO BE
9:11:53AM FOREVER FORGOTTEN?
9:11:54AM LET ME TELL YOU A STORY.
9:11:55AM ONE DAY IN THE 1970s, CHILDREN BEING CHILDREN WAITED FOR
9:11:59AM THE CITY WORKERS TO STOP DIGGING IN A POND.
9:12:01AM A RETENTION POND, BUT THEY DIDN'T CARE.
9:12:03AM IT'S HOT.
9:12:04AM IT'S WET.
9:12:05AM THEY ARE KIDS.
9:12:06AM WHAT THEY DIDN'T BANK ON ONE JUMPING INTO THAT WATER AND THE
9:12:11AM NEXT EVENTS THAT UNFOLDED WOULD SCAR THEIR MEMORIES FOR
9:12:14AM LIFE.
9:12:14AM AS ONE OF THE CHILDREN PUT IT WHEN INTERVIEWED IN 2021, OF
9:12:18AM COURSE, AT THIS POINT THEY ARE AN ADULT, THERE WERE BONES
9:12:21AM EVERYWHERE.
9:12:23AM IT LOOKED LIKE A MASS GRAVE.
9:12:26AM NOW, COUNCIL, LET ME SHARE WITH YOU WHERE THAT RETENTION
9:12:30AM POND SITS.
9:12:31AM IT SITS RIGHT NEXT TO THE PROPERTY AND, IN FACT, IS PART OF
9:12:34AM THE SAME TRACT OF LAND WHERE COLLEGE HILL CEMETERY RESIDES.
9:12:38AM DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE WAS EVEN A HISTORICAL MARKER NOTING
9:12:42AM COLLEGE HILL CEMETERY'S EXISTENCE?
9:12:44AM YES, IT SITS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
9:12:49AM SO WHAT.
9:12:51AM THAT'S RIGHT.
9:12:52AM I SAID WHAT I SAID.
9:12:53AM I KNOW OUR GREAT STATE OF FLORIDA HAS MADE AN EFFORT TO PICK
9:12:58AM UP THE PACE ON PROTECTING LOST, ABANDONED, ERASED AND
9:13:02AM FORGOTTEN BLACK CEMETERIES.
9:13:04AM BUT DID YOU KNOW THE LAW ALREADY STATES THERE ARE PRINCIPLES
9:13:09AM REGARDING PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF CEMETERIES?
9:13:12AM FOR INSTANCE, ALL HUMAN REMAINS RECEIVE EQUAL PROTECTION
9:13:18AM REGARDLESS OF OWNERSHIP.
9:13:21AM LANDOWNERS ARE PROHIBITED FROM DISTURBING HUMAN REMAINS AND
9:13:26AM GRAVES ON THEIR LAND.
9:13:27AM THOSE ARE JUST A COUPLE ALREADY IN THE BOOKS.
9:13:31AM TRUST ME, I WILL FIND MORE.
9:13:33AM MADAM CHAIR, IF I CAN CONTINUE.
9:13:35AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ONE MINUTE.
9:13:37AM >> HERE IS THE BOTTOM LINE.
9:13:38AM SINCE WE HAVE A PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER, SINCE WE HAVE A
9:13:44AM PRIVATE LANDOWNER THAT CONTINUES TO STALL AND REFUSES TO
9:13:48AM SHARE A REPORT, WHICH, BY THE WAY, IN MY OPINION, IS FOR ONE
9:13:52AM OF TWO REASONS.
9:13:53AM EITHER THERE IS EVIDENCE OF BODIES ON THE PROPERTY AND THEY
9:13:56AM DON'T WANT IT KNOWN OR THERE ARE NO BODIES AND THEY HAVE A
9:14:01AM LOT OF EXPLAINING TO DO.
9:14:02AM EITHER WAY, WE ARE FORCED TO WORK BACKWARDS.
9:14:06AM I KNOW A MOTION WAS TO BE INTRODUCED LAST WEEK, AND IT WAS
9:14:09AM SAID IT WOULD BE PRESENTED THIS WEEK.
9:14:11AM LISTEN, WHY IT STALLED LAST WEEK IS BEYOND ME BECAUSE WHAT'S
9:14:15AM RIGHT IS RIGHT IS RIGHT.
9:14:19AM DO THE RIGHT THING, GET THE GPR ON CITY PROPERTY AND LET'S
9:14:23AM SEE WHAT STORIES ARE GOING TO UNFOLD.
9:14:25AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
9:14:28AM THANK YOU.
9:14:29AM >> I HAVE ONE MORE QUOTE.
9:14:30AM QUOTE FROM MALCOLM X.
9:14:32AM YOU CAN'T SEPARATE PEACE FROM FREEDOM BECAUSE NO ONE CAN BE
9:14:36AM AT PEACE UNTIL THEY HAVE FREEDOM.
9:14:38AM PLEASE GIVE THESE SOULS THEIR FREEDOM SO THEY CAN REST IN
9:14:43AM PEACE.
9:14:43AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, MS. HENDERSON.
9:14:46AM NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
9:14:46AM GOOD MORNING, MS. BARBARA.
9:15:01AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL PEOPLE.
9:15:02AM I'M HERE TODAY TO ONCE AGAIN ASK TO FIND AN AFFORDABLE
9:15:06AM HOUSING UNIT IN TAMPA.
9:15:07AM I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT WHO IS ASSIGNED TO HELP THE ELDERLY
9:15:12AM AND DISABLED THROUGH THE COUNTY AND THE CITY OF TAMPA
9:15:16AM RESOURCES.
9:15:16AM I CAN'T GET ANYBODY TO GIVE ME ANY MORE INFORMATION.
9:15:22AM I'VE EXCEEDED MY SEARCH BEYOND WHAT I CAN DO PHYSICALLY TO
9:15:28AM LOOK AT ADDRESSES AND FIND THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO ME
9:15:31AM THAT ARE NOT AVAILABLE.
9:15:32AM I'M OUT OF RESOURCES.
9:15:33AM I'M EVEN OUT OF ACCESS TO USING A VEHICLE.
9:15:36AM MY ONLY EMERGENCY CONTACT WAS INVOLVED IN A FIVE-CAR
9:15:39AM COLLISION SUNDAY AND IS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR WHO KNOWS HOW
9:15:42AM LONG, ALMOST DEAD.
9:15:43AM I'M LEAVING HERE TODAY WITH NO ASSETS OF MY OWN, IN DEBT
9:15:48AM PAYING FOR MEDICAL INJURIES FALLING IN FRONT OF SOCIAL
9:15:52AM SECURITY OUT OF MY WHEELCHAIR THREE YEARS AGO.
9:15:55AM I SIGNED A LEASE THAT'S GOOD FOR A YEAR BUT IS RESTRICTIVE.
9:16:00AM IT'S NOT WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE.
9:16:01AM THREE YEARS IN THEY HAVE THE RAMP THERE, BUT THEY DON'T PUT
9:16:05AM IT IN BECAUSE THEY LEGALLY KNOW IF THEY DO THEY HAVE TO MAKE
9:16:11AM THE PLACE DISABILITY ACCESSIBLE AND BE ON RECORD FOR IT.
9:16:14AM THEY KNOW EVERYBODY IS DESPERATE FOR HOUSING.
9:16:17AM I CAN MOVE OUT.
9:16:18AM THEY DON'T NEED TO DO ANYTHING.
9:16:19AM I SIGNED THE LEASE BECAUSE I HAVE NOWHERE TO GO.
9:16:21AM BUT NOBODY SHOULD BE EXTORTED AND TOLD VERBALLY WE'LL PUT
9:16:25AM THE RAMP IN FOR THREE YEARS AND NEVER DO IT.
9:16:27AM AND IF YOU COMPLAIN AND FILE AGAINST THEM, YOU WON'T GET A
9:16:31AM RENEWAL WHEN IT COMES TIME TO SIGN UP.
9:16:35AM I'M ALREADY IN OVER MY HEAD.
9:16:36AM IT'S 75% OF MY MONTHLY INCOME ALONE WITH NO VEHICLE, NO
9:16:41AM FAMILY, NO SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND I'M STRUGGLING.
9:16:45AM IF I CAN GET HERE PARALYZED IN A WHEELCHAIR AND PUSH MYSELF
9:16:48AM AROUND ALL OVER TAMPA LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO LIVE, I'VE DONE
9:16:51AM MY JOB.
9:16:52AM PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH THE PERSON AND PEOPLE THAT ARE
9:16:56AM GETTING PAID TO HELP PEOPLE LIKE ME BEFORE I HAVE TO BE IN A
9:16:59AM SHELTER HOMELESS AND THEN I'LL MAYBE GET ASSIGNED A
9:17:04AM CASEWORKER AND PUT ME IN WEST RIVER.
9:17:06AM I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE GOT IN THAT WAY.
9:17:08AM THANK YOU FOR LISTENING THIS MORNING.
9:17:09AM I'M WRITING A BOOK, THREE STRIKES AND YOU'RE OUT.
9:17:12AM HERE IS MY BASEBALL I FOUND AT KATHY CASTOR WELLNESS CENTER
9:17:16AM OPENING THIS WEEK.
9:17:17AM I SAID HOW APROPOS FOR THAT.
9:17:21AM HAVE GREAT DAY, EVERYONE.
9:17:23AM THAT'S IT.
9:17:24AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
9:17:38AM >> GOOD MORNING TO EACH OF YOU.
9:17:40AM I THINK I KNOW EACH OF YOU.
9:17:42AM DR. JEFFREY JOHNSON, CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER FOR THE CDC OF
9:17:46AM TAMPA AND EAST TAMPA CAC MEMBER.
9:17:49AM LET ME FIRST CLARIFY MY COMMENTS BY THANKING ALL OF YOU FOR
9:17:53AM THE WORK THAT YOU DO FOR THE DAUNTING TASK THAT IS BEFORE
9:17:56AM YOU EVERY DAY AS WELL AS THE CRA STAFF.
9:18:00AM SO I APPRECIATE YOU.
9:18:01AM I KNOW THAT ITEM 21 WAS REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA TODAY, AND
9:18:07AM THAT HAS COME BECAUSE OF A VOTE THAT WE HAD ON THIS PAST
9:18:11AM TUESDAY EVENING AT OUR EAST TAMPA CAC MEETING.
9:18:15AM I WANT TO SAY THIS.
9:18:16AM WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF LAND ASSEMBLAGE AS WELL AS
9:18:20AM HAVING A COMMUNITY LAND TRUST FOR THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO
9:18:23AM ACQUIRE AS MUCH PROPERTY AS POSSIBLE TO ENSURE THE
9:18:28AM POSSIBILITY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE
9:18:30AM IN THAT AREA AND THOSE WHO NEED HOUSING.
9:18:35AM THIS IS THE CONCERN OF THE COMMUNITY THAT I WANT TO MAKE
9:18:37AM SURE THAT I'M ARTICULATING TO THIS BOARD SO YOU WILL KNOW
9:18:40AM THE REASON WHY THAT ITEM WAS STRUCK DOWN.
9:18:43AM WE'RE ALL IN FAVOR OF PURCHASING PROPERTIES.
9:18:49AM THE ISSUE IS NOT KNOWING THE TIMELINE OF WHAT'S GOING TO
9:18:52AM HAPPEN WITH THOSE PROPERTIES.
9:18:54AM SOME OF THE PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN PURCHASED ARE STILL IN
9:18:58AM BLIGHT BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT BEING MAINTAINED BY CITY STAFF.
9:19:02AM THEY WILL BE PURCHASED BUT THE LAWN IS NOT CUT OR SOMETHING
9:19:05AM IS HAPPENING OR DEBRIS IS ON THOSE PROPERTIES.
9:19:09AM SO THAT IS THE ISSUE.
9:19:10AM SO RESIDENTS ARE LOOKING AT THIS.
9:19:12AM WE'RE PURCHASING ALL OF THE LAND AND WHICH WE KNOW THAT WE
9:19:16AM NEED IT, BUT ONCE IT'S PURCHASED, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN?
9:19:18AM I THINK THE RESIDENTS OF EAST TAMPA NEED TO HEAR WHAT IS THE
9:19:23AM STRATEGIC PLAN BEHIND ALL PROPERTIES THAT ARE BEING
9:19:26AM ACQUIRED.
9:19:27AM WE KNOW THAT WE WENT THROUGH THE SAP PROCESS.
9:19:30AM THERE ARE SOME AMAZING IMAGERIES OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
9:19:33AM IN EAST TAMPA, BUT THEY ARE NOT CONCRETE TIMELINES OF WHAT'S
9:19:38AM GOING TO HAPPEN.
9:19:38AM RESIDENTS ARE EXTREMELY TIRED AND FRUSTRATED WITH THAT
9:19:42AM BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
9:19:44AM THE AMAZING CITY CENTER THAT WE HAVE OUR CAC MEETINGS AT
9:19:49AM ONCE A MONTH IS A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING.
9:19:51AM THAT PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED, ACQUIRED, BUILT, AND MANIFESTED
9:19:56AM WITH A MATTER OF A FEW YEARS BUT IT HAD A CONCRETE TIMELINE.
9:20:00AM AND THE OTHER THINGS WE DO DOESN'T HAVE A TIMELINE.
9:20:02AM SO RESIDENTS ARE FRUSTRATED.
9:20:04AM WE WERE ELECTED TO THAT BOARD, SOME WERE SELECTED TO THAT
9:20:07AM BOARD TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS IN EAST TAMPA, AND
9:20:10AM I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THAT.
9:20:12AM WE KNOW THAT WE NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
9:20:13AM WE KNOW WE NEED TO PURSUE PROPERTIES, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO
9:20:17AM MAKE SURE THAT THE STAFF IS WORKING AGGRESSIVELY TO HAVE A
9:20:21AM STRATEGIC TIMELINE OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE
9:20:25AM PROPERTIES THAT ARE BEING PURCHASED SO PEOPLE CAN HAVE A
9:20:27AM REALISTIC TIMELINE OF KNOWING WHEN HOMES ARE GOING TO BE
9:20:31AM BUILT, PROJECTS -- NOT PROJECTS, BUT MORE OR LESS REAL
9:20:35AM ESTATE ENDEAVORS FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO MOVE INTO THAT.
9:20:37AM SO WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE ACTIONABLE TIMELINES FOR THE
9:20:40AM PROPERTIES THAT ARE BEING PURCHASED.
9:20:41AM THANK YOU.
9:20:46AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:20:47AM I'M VALERIE BULLOCK FROM PONCE De LEON COLLEGE HILL.
9:20:50AM I WANT TO TALK ABOUT MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
9:20:53AM ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS, SHE'S MOVING OUT.
9:20:55AM SHE'S SELLING HER HOME.
9:20:57AM SHE'S 89 YEARS OLD.
9:20:59AM SHE'S BEEN THERE OVER 50 YEARS.
9:21:01AM THE REASON WHY SHE IS SELLING, SHE CAN'T MAKE THE REPAIRS
9:21:05AM ANYMORE.
9:21:05AM WE CALLED THE CITY OF TAMPA FOR THE ROOFING, THE FLOORING,
9:21:09AM THE PLUMBING AND WE COULDN'T GET IN TOUCH WITH NOBODY.
9:21:13AM NOW SHE'S MOVING AND IT'S GOING TO AFFECT FIVE GENERATIONS
9:21:18AM BECAUSE SHE DO HAVE HER GREAT, GREAT GRANDKIDS THERE WITH
9:21:23AM HER AND WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO GO?
9:21:24AM IT'S REALLY SAD.
9:21:27AM I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL EVER COME THROUGH MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
9:21:29AM I STAY RIGHT BY WOODSON FUNERAL HOME, BUT IT'S VERY SAD OVER
9:21:33AM THERE.
9:21:33AM I WAS TALKING TO ONE HOMEOWNER, I WAS TRYING TO FIND A LEAK
9:21:37AM IN HIS HOUSE.
9:21:38AM COULDN'T FIND THE LEAK.
9:21:39AM I CALLED THE PLUMBER OUT.
9:21:41AM THE PLUMBER COULDN'T FIND THE LEAK.
9:21:43AM SO WE CALL SENIOR HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
9:21:46AM THEY SAY THEY ARE NO LONGER WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA.
9:21:48AM THEY ONLY WORK IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
9:21:50AM HE GAVE ME THE NUMBER TO THE CITY OF TAMPA.
9:21:53AM I CALLED.
9:21:54AM I BELIEVE HER NAME WAS ANGELA.
9:21:56AM I LEFT THREE MESSAGES ON HER VOICE MAIL.
9:21:59AM WE DIDN'T GET ANY ANSWER.
9:22:00AM AND THEY STAY IN EAST TAMPA.
9:22:03AM EAST TAMPA CRA HAVE THE FUNDS.
9:22:05AM THEY SAY THEMSELF GONNA OPEN UP THE PROGRAM.
9:22:10AM $50,000 FOR HOME RENOVATION.
9:22:12AM WE ALWAYS HEAR ABOUT SOMETHING, BUT WE NEVER SEE IT COME TO
9:22:17AM PASS.
9:22:17AM THEY DID DO THE TREE TRIMMING ONE YEAR, BUT AS FAR AS
9:22:21AM HELPING PEOPLE, AND THESE ARE NOT PEOPLE WHO CAN WORK.
9:22:24AM THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT 70, 80, 90 YEARS OLD WHO WORKED AND
9:22:29AM PAID THEIR DUES, AND NOW THEY NEED HELP.
9:22:33AM AND WHERE DO THEY GET HELP FROM?
9:22:34AM NOT EAST TAMPA CRA.
9:22:36AM AND THEN WE TRIED THE CITY OF TAMPA.
9:22:40AM WE COULDN'T GET ANY HELP THERE.
9:22:41AM AND IT'S VERY, VERY SICKENING AND SAD TO LOOK AT SOMEBODY.
9:22:47AM THEY SO TRAUMATIZED, THEY THINK THEY DON'T HAVE NO OTHER
9:22:51AM OPTION EXCEPT TO SELL THEIR HOUSE.
9:22:54AM AND HOPEFULLY THEY CAN GET ON THE LIST, PROGRAM OR
9:22:59AM SOMETHING.
9:22:59AM WE CALLED THE TAMPA HOUSING AUTHORITY.
9:23:01AM TAMPA HOUSING AUTHORITY RIGHT NOW IS ONLY OPEN TO PEOPLE WHO
9:23:04AM GOT HIV OR WHO IS A VETERAN.
9:23:06AM WHERE DO THE PEOPLE FIND RELIEF AT?
9:23:09AM I KNOW YOU ALL DIDN'T CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROBLEM.
9:23:13AM IT'S JUST THE STATE THAT THE CITY IS IN, BUT WE NEED TO
9:23:18AM URGENTLY DO SOMETHING TO ERADICATE THESE PROBLEMS SO THE
9:23:23AM PEOPLE CAN GET RELIEF.
9:23:24AM THANK YOU.
9:23:32AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:23:33AM CONNIE BURTON.
9:23:34AM SO MANY THINGS HAVE BEEN TAKEN OFF THE AGENDA, BUT I
9:23:38AM PREPARED MYSELF BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT THE
9:23:42AM DEFINITION AND THE WORK OF A CRA IN THE ELIMINATION OF
9:23:48AM BLIGHT AND SLUM AND POVERTY AND DISEASE AND THE PREVENTION
9:23:51AM OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO SEE HOW THE
9:23:55AM AQUARIUM FITS INTO THAT.
9:23:56AM WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT REDEVELOPING THAT.
9:23:58AM FRANKLIN STREET REVITALIZATION OF THAT.
9:24:03AM WASHINGTON STREET PARK, CONCEPTUAL PLAN.
9:24:06AM TAMPA THEATRE RENOVATION.
9:24:07AM THE FERRY SERVICE.
9:24:11AM IS IT BLIGHTED?
9:24:12AM SO ALL OF THESE LITTLE THINGS HERE THAT YOU ARE PROBABLY
9:24:15AM GOING TO APPROVE THIS MORNING IS A FURTHER EXTENSION OF
9:24:19AM TOURISM AND A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON
9:24:22AM THIS SIDE OF THE AISLE VERSUS WHAT WE NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
9:24:26AM WE CAN'T GET IT.
9:24:27AM WE TALK ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 12 THAT'S INFILL DEVELOPMENT.
9:24:35AM MS. TRAVIS AND HER TEAM ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO TALKED ABOUT
9:24:39AM SOME 20-PLUS LOTS THAT'S LOCATED IN EAST TAMPA.
9:24:44AM LIMITED WORK OR NO WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON THOSE PROJECTS.
9:24:47AM ITEM 18, I GUESS IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG CELEBRATION BY THE
9:24:53AM UPCOMING GROCERY STORE COMING TO EAST TAMPA.
9:24:59AM RIGHT NOW WE HAVE FIVE STORES IN EAST TAMPA.
9:25:01AM PUBLIX SELLS THE BEST PARTY TRAYS AND CAKES AND PEOPLE GET
9:25:07AM GOVERNMENTAL ASSISTANCE GO THERE AND PURCHASE THERE.
9:25:10AM WINN DIXIE IS THERE.
9:25:11AM U SAVE IS THERE.
9:25:14AM WINN DIXIE IS STILL THERE.
9:25:17AM SO THE CELEBRATION OF THINGS THAT YOU ALL WANT TO DO, DO NOT
9:25:21AM HELP THE ECONOMIC BOOST OF THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT'S
9:25:24AM LIVING IN EAST TAMPA.
9:25:25AM WHAT WE NEED IN EAST TAMPA AS YOU CONTINUE TO PREPARE YOUR
9:25:29AM AGENDA IS WHERE IS THE ECONOMIC STIMULUS THAT'S GOING TO
9:25:34AM HELP PEOPLE GET ON THEIR FEET TO ATTRACT MEANINGFUL JOBS SO
9:25:39AM WE CAN IMPROVE THE INCOME GUIDELINES THAT'S ALREADY
9:25:44AM IDENTIFIED IN EAST TAMPA AT AROUND $25,000 A YEAR.
9:25:47AM IF YOU BUILD, BUILD, BUILD, BUILD, MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY
9:25:52AM MORE USES, WE ARE SPECTATORS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
9:25:55AM YOU'RE COMING UP NOW ALMOST TO YOUR FOUR-YEAR ANNIVERSARY,
9:26:00AM THOSE OF YOU THAT WAS HERE THAT VOTED FOR RESOLUTION 568,
9:26:07AM YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR A BOARD ASSEMBLED TO DO THE RIGHT
9:26:09AM THING.
9:26:10AM YOU UNDERSTAND, OR YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND THE ONGOING POVERTY
9:26:13AM THAT EXISTS IN THAT COMMUNITY, THE ONGOING DESPAIR THAT
9:26:17AM EXISTS IN THAT COMMUNITY, THAT SOMETIMES YOU COME AND DROP A
9:26:20AM SHINY OBJECT IN THAT COMMUNITY.
9:26:23AM AND THE COMMUNITY IS APPRECIATIVE OF THAT, BUT WHEN WE NEED
9:26:26AM SO MANY MORE THINGS, WE NEED HOUSING REPAIR IN THE
9:26:30AM COMMUNITY, HOW DO A CRA BOARD IN EAST TAMPA HAVE AROUND $22
9:26:35AM MILLION AND ONLY SPENT ABOUT $2 MILLION THIS YEAR?
9:26:41AM HOW IS THAT?
9:26:42AM IS IT INTENTIONAL -- IT IS INTENTIONAL AND IT IS DELIVERED
9:26:46AM THAT SOMEONE WANTS TO SEE THE ONGOING DESPAIR IN OUR
9:26:50AM COMMUNITY AND THE ONGOING POVERTY.
9:26:51AM IT RESTS UPON YOU.
9:26:59AM >> MENTESNOT, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
9:27:03AM SEND THE POLICE TO ARREST ME, IF NECESSARY, I WAS ABOUT TO
9:27:08AM SAY.
9:27:08AM YOU ALL HAVE SO MANY DISCRIMINATORY POLICIES.
9:27:14AM YOU ALL LOVE TO SEE.
9:27:15AM YOU ALL MUST BE NOT JUST YOU-ALL IN GENERAL OR SPECIFICALLY,
9:27:22AM MAYBE WHITE PEOPLE COLLECTIVELY ARE SADISTIC.
9:27:26AM THEY JUST LOVE TO SEE AFRICANS BEG, BEG FOR EVERYTHING.
9:27:38AM IT'S NO FORM OF EQUILIBRIUM.
9:27:42AM IT'S NO FORM OF UNDERSTANDING.
9:27:47AM IT'S NO PHILOSOPHICAL OR IDEOLOGICAL OR PRACTICAL IDEAS WHEN
9:27:52AM IT COMES TO AFRICAN PEOPLE.
9:27:55AM WE CAN'T EVEN TALK ABOUT REPARATIONS.
9:27:59AM I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A REPARATIONS T-SHIRT ON.
9:28:02AM BUT I CAN'T.
9:28:03AM BECAUSE SOME KINGS AND QUEENS SAY YOU CAN'T SAY THEIR NAMES.
9:28:09AM IT'S AN INSULT.
9:28:12AM YOU POST YOUR NAME ALL OVER THE CITY.
9:28:15AM WHEN IT'S TIME TO RUN FOR OFFICE, YOU ASK PEOPLE TO PUT YOUR
9:28:21AM NAMES IN THEIR YARDS ON THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTIES.
9:28:23AM I HAVE LOTS OF PROPERTY AROUND TOWN WHERE POLITICIANS COME
9:28:26AM TO ME ALL THE TIME.
9:28:28AM CAN I PUT A SIGN HERE?
9:28:30AM YEAH, I DON'T CARE.
9:28:32AM BUT YOU COME IN A PUBLIC BUILDING AND SAY YOU CAN'T SAY
9:28:37AM YOUR-ALL NAMES.
9:28:38AM WHAT KIND OF CRAZINESS IS THAT?
9:28:40AM YOU ALL REALLY NEED TO CHANGE THE POLICY.
9:28:45AM THAT'S WHY I SAY YOU ALL INTIMIDATE PEOPLE AND YOU ALL
9:28:48AM INTIMIDATE AFRICAN PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR.
9:28:50AM THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T SEE NO AFRICAN PEOPLE DOWN HERE.
9:28:54AM WE'RE SCARED.
9:28:55AM WE'RE SCARED OF THE POLICE.
9:28:56AM WE'RE SCARED OF OUR LANDLORDS.
9:28:57AM WE'RE SCARED OF THE SOCIAL WORKER.
9:29:01AM WE'RE SCARED THAT OUR FOOD STAMPS WOULD GET CUT.
9:29:04AM WE'RE SCARED THAT OUR SOCIAL SERVICES WOULD GET CUT.
9:29:08AM BLACK PEOPLE ARE TERRIFIED, AND YOU GUYS ARE VERY MUCH SO
9:29:14AM INSTRUMENTAL IN THAT.
9:29:16AM IT'S GESTAPO TACTICS YOU USE AND USE IT AGAINST AFRICAN
9:29:22AM PEOPLE.
9:29:23AM I'VE BEEN COMING DOWN HERE FOR 30 SOME YEARS, AND ALL
9:29:27AM AFRICAN PEOPLE HAVE TO DO IS COME DOWN HERE AND WATCH THESE
9:29:30AM BIG BUDGETS.
9:29:31AM USED TO BE HUNDRED MILLION, 200 MILLION.
9:29:33AM NOW IT IS A BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET.
9:29:36AM AFRICAN PEOPLE, WE 26% OF THE POPULATION AND WE AIN'T
9:29:39AM GETTING NOTHING OUT OF IT.
9:29:40AM BUT AS I PROMISED LAST WEEK, SAY YOUR NAMES WHEN I WANT,
9:29:46AM CALL YOU WHEN I WANT, BILL CARLSON, HURTAK, GWENDOLYN
9:29:53AM HENDERSON, I'LL CALL YOUR NAME HOW I WANT, WHEN I WANT.
9:29:56AM GET YOUR POLICE TOGETHER BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO RUN THIS.
9:29:59AM I'M GOING TO CALL YOUR NAME EVERY WEEK.
9:30:01AM YOU ALL AIN'T NO DAMN QUEENS AND KINGS UP THERE.
9:30:04AM YOU ARE ALL REGULAR PEOPLE.
9:30:05AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
9:30:16AM >> MY NAME IS PASTOR FRANK WILLIAMS, LOCATED AT 1112 EAST
9:30:21AM SCOTT STREET.
9:30:22AM THAT'S WHERE MY CHURCH IS LOCATED.
9:30:24AM PARADISE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH.
9:30:26AM YOU KNOW, I THANK THE YOUNG MAN AND THE YOUNG WOMAN FOR
9:30:35AM THEIR COMMENTS.
9:30:35AM IT MEANS A WHOLE LOT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN COMING DOWN HERE OVER
9:30:39AM 40 YEARS.
9:30:40AM YOU THINK YOU ALL GIVE A DAMN?
9:30:42AM WHICH I DIDN'T COME DOWN HERE.
9:30:44AM BUT I'M HERE.
9:30:45AM THANK GOD FOR KEEPING ME ALIVE TO BE ABLE TO COME DOWN HERE
9:30:49AM AND TELL YOU, GIVE YOU ALL MY VIEW ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS.
9:30:53AM I GOT A HOUSE RIGHT DOWN SHADOW LAWN.
9:31:04AM DOWN BY 30th STREET.
9:31:06AM YOU KNOW WHAT, I AIN'T HAD NO WATER RUNNING THROUGH THERE
9:31:10AM FOR THREE MONTHS.
9:31:11AM THE ONLY THING THEY TELL ME AT THE WATER DEPARTMENT THAT I
9:31:16AM NEED TO PAY $1300.
9:31:21AM AND THEY MIGHT WRITE SOME OF IT OFF.
9:31:27AM IT'S A YOUNG LADY HERE THAT CAME TO MY HOUSE TO HELP ME OUT.
9:31:32AM STAND UP, PLEASE.
9:31:34AM THERE SHE IS RIGHT THERE.
9:31:36AM THIS WOMAN HERE COME UP AND SPEAK AND SHE DID A WHOLE LOT
9:31:42AM FOR ME.
9:31:42AM MORE THAN I EXPECTED HER.
9:31:48AM SHE CALLED A CERTAIN ORGANIZATION SEE IF THEY CAN HELP ME.
9:31:52AM NOBODY CAN HELP ME.
9:31:53AM BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
9:31:54AM GOD CAN HELP ME.
9:31:56AM AND I'M PRAYING TO GOD THAT HE HELP.
9:32:00AM MS. JOHNSON, SHE HELP ME OUT AS MUCH AS I CAN.
9:32:04AM I THANK GOD FOR HER.
9:32:05AM I DON'T KNOW.
9:32:08AM YOU PEOPLE WERE ELECTED AND YOU DON'T WANT TO DO NOTHING FOR
9:32:13AM NO BLACK FOLK WHATSOEVER.
9:32:16AM YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, WE'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COLOR
9:32:19AM OF OUR SKIN, BUT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR BEING HERE AND DOING
9:32:23AM THE RIGHT THING.
9:32:24AM AS THIS YOUNG MAN WAS SPEAKING A WHILE AGO, HE SAY HE WOULD
9:32:28AM CALL NAMES.
9:32:29AM HE AIN'T GOT TO CALL NAMES.
9:32:32AM YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE, AND DON'T DESERVE TO BE SITTING UP
9:32:37AM THERE.
9:32:37AM BUT THANK GOD THAT I'M ABLE TO COME DOWN HERE ONE MORE TIME
9:32:40AM WITH MY WALKER AND GIVE GOD THE GLORY AND THE PRAISE.
9:32:45AM YOU KNOW, I TOLD VALERIE TO STAND UP, BUT I WANT TO SING A
9:32:51AM SONG FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU DONE DID MORE FOR ME THAN ANY CITY
9:32:57AM COUNCIL WOULD EVER DO.
9:32:58AM THANK GOD FOR YOU.
9:33:01AM I PRAY TO GOD FOR YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
9:33:04AM I REALLY WANT TO SING A SONG, BUT WON'T GIVE ME TIME TO
9:33:10AM SING.
9:33:10AM GIVE ME TIME TO SING MY SONG?
9:33:19AM IN THE VALLEY
9:33:21AM RATHER THAN THE NOON DAY SUN
9:33:24AM RATHER THAN THE ...
9:33:32AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: PASTOR WILLIAMS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
9:33:34AM COMING TODAY.
9:33:35AM CAN THE NEXT SPEAKER PROCEED, PLEASE?
9:33:37AM ARE THERE ANY MORE PUBLIC SPEAKERS TODAY?
9:33:42AM LAST CALL FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
9:33:54AM AMEN
9:33:55AM AMEN
9:34:00AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, PASTOR WILLIAMS.
9:34:02AM NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
9:34:05AM >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
9:34:06AM MY NAME IS LAURA RODRIGUEZ.
9:34:08AM I LIVE IN YBOR.
9:34:12AM I'VE BEEN IN THE CITY FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS NOW.
9:34:17AM I'M HERE AS A MEMBER OF THE TAMPA ALLIANCE AGAINST RACIST
9:34:20AM AND POLITICAL OPPRESSION.
9:34:25AM JUST TO BACK UP ALL OF THE DEMANDS THAT THE CEMETERY SOCIETY
9:34:28AM HAS PUT FORWARD, THIS IS A GROUP THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH IN
9:34:30AM THE PAST BEFORE AND WE ENJOY EVERYTHING THAT THEY STAND FOR
9:34:33AM AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO AND ALL OF THE MANY
9:34:36AM ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT THEY HAVE UNDER THEIR BELT.
9:34:40AM SO WE'RE ALSO DEMANDING THAT A GPR STUDY IS NEEDED ON THE
9:34:45AM CITY PROPERTY TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY REMNANTS OF BODIES OR
9:34:49AM CEMETERY-LIKE ITEMS.
9:34:51AM THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR TAMPA COMMUNITY AS WE KNOW,
9:34:55AM BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE'S FAMILIES ARE BURIED WITHIN THE
9:34:57AM CITY.
9:34:57AM AND ALSO THERE'S JUST A LOT OF HISTORICAL CONTENT THAT WE
9:35:01AM NEED TO UNCOVER AND PRESERVE AND TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD
9:35:05AM BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT TO BE LEARNED FROM THE HISTORY, AS WE
9:35:08AM KNOW.
9:35:08AM ALSO, WITH RECENT PROTESTS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING AT USF,
9:35:15AM WE'RE LOOKING -- OR ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO LOOK INTO ANY
9:35:19AM EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE BY TPD.
9:35:22AM WE KNOW THAT TEAR GAS AND RUBBER BULLETS WERE USED ON
9:35:27AM COLLEGE STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
9:35:28AM SO WE'RE ASKING TO MAKE SURE THAT TPD DIDN'T HAVE DIRECT
9:35:32AM INVOLVEMENT.
9:35:33AM AND IF THEY DID, FOR THOSE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS TO SHOOT
9:35:39AM PEACEFUL PROTESTORS THAT THEY BE FIRED AND REPRIMANDED.
9:35:43AM ALSO TO LOOK INTO THE CRB.
9:35:47AM I KNOW A LOT OF LEGISLATION HAS BEEN PASSED RECENTLY
9:35:50AM REGARDING THAT IN THE STATE LEGISLATION, BUT AS IT STANDS,
9:35:58AM THE CRB HERE IN TAMPA DOES NOT HAVE THE POWER TO ENFORCE
9:36:05AM ANYTHING.
9:36:06AM THEY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.
9:36:08AM SO A LOT OF THE LEGISLATION THAT'S BEING PASSED WON'T
9:36:10AM ACTUALLY AFFECT THEM.
9:36:11AM I KNOW THAT TPD IS TRYING TO RECONTAIN THE INTERNAL REVIEW
9:36:19AM BOARD PROCESS, WHICH SHOULD BE COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT FROM
9:36:22AM THE POLICE FORCE.
9:36:24AM AS WE KNOW COPS COVER UP A LOT OF THINGS.
9:36:27AM RECENTLY IN TALLAHASSEE, WE SAW FOOTAGE OF POLICE PUTTING
9:36:32AM OPEN BOTTLES OF LIQUOR IN PEOPLE'S CARS.
9:36:36AM BUT, YEAH, THAT IS KIND OF A LOT.
9:36:40AM I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TALK WITH FOLKS INDIVIDUALLY OR OTHER
9:36:44AM FOLKS WITHIN MY GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION.
9:36:46AM ONCE AGAIN, ALL OF THE DEMANDS FROM THE CEMETERY SOCIETY,
9:36:50AM WHICH IS TO DO THE GPR RESULTS AND ASK THE ITALIAN CLUB TO
9:36:56AM RELEASE THEIR RESULTS AS WELL.
9:36:58AM THANK YOU.
9:37:00AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, MS. LAURA.
9:37:01AM NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
9:37:05AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:37:07AM MY NAME IS MITA MARTINEZ.
9:37:09AM EVERYONE KNOWS ME AS MIMI.
9:37:12AM I LIVE IN YBOR HEIGHTS.
9:37:13AM I AM THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF YBOR HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD
9:37:15AM ASSOCIATION AND WATCH GROUP.
9:37:17AM I UNDERSTAND THAT ITEMS 15 AND 21 WERE PULLED FROM THE
9:37:20AM AGENDA, BUT I WAS PREPARED TO SPEAK UPON THAT.
9:37:23AM BEFORE I GET INTO THOSE ITEMS, I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT MY
9:37:26AM NEIGHBORHOOD, YBOR HEIGHTS, WHICH IS IN THE BOUNDARIES OF
9:37:28AM THE EAST TAMPA CRA.
9:37:29AM RECENTLY, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAD A SHOOTING ON NEBRASKA
9:37:32AM AVENUE AND 26th AVENUE.
9:37:34AM UNFORTUNATELY, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND I SAY WE BECAUSE VM
9:37:38AM YBOR IS ALSO -- THAT'S OUR BORDER LINE BETWEEN VM YBOR AND
9:37:42AM YBOR HEIGHTS.
9:37:44AM WE WEREN'T SURPRISED BY THE SHOOTING BECAUSE WE CONTINUE TO
9:37:46AM BE PLAGUED ALONG THE NEBRASKA AVENUE CORRIDOR WITH DRUG
9:37:49AM ACTIVITY, PROSTITUTION ACTIVITY, VIOLENCE.
9:37:53AM WE HAVE NUISANCE CORNER STORES THAT ARE ATTRACTING ILLEGAL
9:37:58AM ACTIVITY.
9:37:58AM WE HAVE BLIGHTED PROPERTIES AND VACANT LOTS SPRINKLED AROUND
9:38:03AM VM YBOR AND YBOR HEIGHTS THAT CONTINUE TO ATTRACT CRIMINAL
9:38:07AM ACTIVITY.
9:38:07AM THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS PLAGUED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FOR A
9:38:11AM LONG TIME.
9:38:12AM MY ASK IS THAT WE HAVE PROPERTY OWNERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS
9:38:15AM IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE OF A
9:38:21AM CRA.
9:38:22AM THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE TRYING TO STRENGTHEN
9:38:24AM COMMUNITIES.
9:38:25AM THE PURPOSE OF THE CRA IS TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES.
9:38:28AM PLAN, INNOVATION, COLLABORATION.
9:38:31AM WE HAVE RESIDENTS INVESTED IN THAT BUT DON'T HAVE BUSINESS
9:38:33AM OWNERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS VESTED IN THAT.
9:38:36AM I ASK THAT WE REACH OUT TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND BUSINESS
9:38:38AM OWNERS TO EDUCATE THEM THAT THEY ARE AN ECONOMICAL
9:38:44AM STAKEHOLDER.
9:38:44AM AND IF THEY ARE NOT WORKING WITH US, THEY ARE HURTING US
9:38:48AM BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY ARE WORKING AGAINST US BECAUSE THEY
9:38:50AM DON'T MAINTAIN THEIR PROPERTIES AND THEY ALLOW THE DRUG
9:38:54AM DEALING AND THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY TO HAPPEN ON THEIR
9:38:57AM PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CRA.
9:38:58AM MY OTHER ASK IS TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP GRANTS THAT ARE GOING
9:39:02AM TO SERVE THOSE BUSINESS OWNERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS THAT
9:39:05AM TRULY WANT TO PARTNER WITH THE CRA.
9:39:08AM UNFORTUNATELY, WE DO HAVE PROPERTY OWNERS AND BUSINESSES
9:39:12AM WITHIN OUR CRA BOUNDARIES THAT ARE OUT FOR MONETARY GAIN,
9:39:17AM AND THEY DON'T WANT TO HELP US.
9:39:18AM THAT IS THE SAD TRUTH.
9:39:20AM AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND 15 TO 2 -- 15 AND 21 WAS PULLED.
9:39:25AM 15 I SUPPORT WHOLEHEARTEDLY BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES
9:39:28AM THAT VM YBOR IS DEALING WITH.
9:39:34AM IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THE CRA HAS TO PAY FOR THAT.
9:39:36AM IF WE GET TO THE ROOT CAUSES OF ISSUES, WE WOULDN'T HAVE
9:39:39AM THAT.
9:39:39AM WRAP UP, ITEM 21, I SUPPORT PURCHASING THE LANDS.
9:39:42AM THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE CRA RESTRUCTURED IS WE HAVE
9:39:44AM DEDICATED PROJECT TEAMS AND GRANT TEAMS IN PLACE TO TAKE
9:39:47AM ACTION.
9:39:48AM THE PROPERTY ON EAST CURTIS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF HOW WE ARE
9:39:52AM TAKING ACTION.
9:39:53AM WE'RE MARKETING AND WE'RE MAKING MOVES AND THERE IS A
9:39:55AM STRATEGIC PLAN THAT HAS BEEN ROLLED OUT TO THE COMMUNITY
9:39:58AM EXPLAINING STEP BY STEP WHAT THEY ARE DOING WITH THE
9:40:00AM PROPERTY.
9:40:00AM WE CAN DO THE SAME THING FOR EAST OSBORNE.
9:40:03AM THIS IS THE TIME FOR US TO TAKE ACTION AND TO SEND A MESSAGE
9:40:05AM THAT WE ARE GOING TO TAKE PROPERTY AND DRIVE IT TO BENEFIT
9:40:08AM US BECAUSE OTHERWISE A LAND DEVELOPER IS GOING TO SWOOP IN
9:40:12AM AND REDEVELOP IT AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BENEFIT US.
9:40:16AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
9:40:17AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
9:40:19AM NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
9:40:24AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:40:24AM MY NAME IS BOBBY CREIGHTON.
9:40:26AM I ALSO LIVE IN YBOR HEIGHTS.
9:40:29AM THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER MENTIONED A SHOOTING, DOUBLE HOMICIDE
9:40:32AM THAT OCCURRED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
9:40:34AM AND I WANT TO START BY SAYING THAT ANYTIME LIFE IS WANTONLY
9:40:39AM TAKEN, IT IS A TRAGEDY.
9:40:40AM THE TRAGEDY DID OCCUR ON THE CORNER THAT MORNING.
9:40:43AM WHEN THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, WHEN PEOPLE
9:40:47AM LIVE IN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THERE'S OBVIOUS BLIGHT THAT THEY
9:40:51AM ARE EXPOSED TO DAILY, IT CHANGES THEIR PERCEPTION OF WHERE
9:40:54AM THEY LIVE.
9:40:56AM EVEN FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED IN THAT TYPE OF NEIGHBORHOOD
9:40:59AM FOR THEIR WHOLE LIFE, STUDIES HAVE SHOWN US THAT THEY DO NOT
9:41:02AM BECOME HABITUATED TO THIS KIND OF BLIGHT.
9:41:06AM IN FACT, STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT WHEN PEOPLE LIVE IN
9:41:08AM NEIGHBORHOODS WITH BLIGHT FOR A LONG TIME, PASSING THESE
9:41:12AM BUILDINGS, BLOOD PRESSURE INCREASES AND CORTISOL PRODUCTION
9:41:15AM INCREASES, THE STRESS HORMONE.
9:41:17AM IT HAS A PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECT ON PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE
9:41:20AM NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH CHANGES THE WAY THEY BEHAVE AND ENGAGE
9:41:23AM WITH THAT SPACE, WHICH HAS CASCADING EFFECTS ON HOW THE
9:41:26AM PUBLIC SPACE IS UTILIZED.
9:41:28AM PEOPLE TEND TO AVOID THE PUBLIC SPACES BECAUSE THEY FEAR
9:41:32AM THEM.
9:41:32AM THAT OPENS UP A VACUUM FOR PEOPLE WITH CRIMINAL INTENT, NO
9:41:37AM GOOD INTENT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT ALL TO FILL THE SPACES.
9:41:40AM WHAT CAN WE DO?
9:41:41AM SOCIETAL AND NATIONAL ISSUES THAT ONE CITY ALONE CAN'T
9:41:46AM TACKLE BY ITSELF.
9:41:48AM DRUG USE, GUN VIOLENCE, HOMELESSNESS.
9:41:52AM THESE ARE THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN MANY CITIES ACROSS THE
9:41:55AM UNITED STATES.
9:41:56AM SO WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON WHAT WE CAN DO AT THE CITY LEVEL.
9:42:01AM MIGHT NOT SOUND GRAND.
9:42:03AM MIGHT NOT APPEAR EARTH SHAKING, BUT THERE ARE SMALL THINGS
9:42:06AM THAT INDIVIDUAL CITIES AND THAT THIS CITY CAN DO, I BELIEVE.
9:42:08AM ONE OF THOSE IS UPDATING THE CODE FOR VACANT STRUCTURES.
9:42:13AM OFTENTIMES THESE ARE BOARDED UP.
9:42:15AM THEY ARE LEFT AS AN INVESTMENT.
9:42:17AM SOMEONE FROM OUT OF TOWN WHO DOESN'T EVEN LIVE IN THE
9:42:19AM COMMUNITY WILL BUY IT, BOARD IT UP AND MOTHBALL IT.
9:42:22AM I THINK THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO TO ADJUST THAT BEHAVIOR.
9:42:24AM THERE ARE PROGRAMS THAT COULD BE OFFERED BY THE CRA.
9:42:28AM THAT'S ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THAT WHOLE STRUCTURE IS TO
9:42:33AM REDUCE AND ELIMINATE THE BLIGHT BY OFFERING PROGRAMS TO
9:42:36AM PEOPLE WHO MAY BE IN NEED.
9:42:37AM I THINK THAT'S CRITICALLY NECESSARY.
9:42:39AM WE CAN DETERMINE AS A CITY HOW FUNDING IS BUDGETED TO
9:42:43AM ORGANIZATIONS THAT PURPORT TO SERVE HOMELESS AND PEOPLE WITH
9:42:49AM DRUG ADDICTIONS.
9:42:51AM I THINK AN EXAMINATION OF THAT IS WARRANTED.
9:42:53AM THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN FORMULATE ADAPTIVE RESPONSES TO
9:42:58AM DIRECTIVES FROM THE LEGISLATION THAT BENEFIT NEIGHBORHOODS.
9:43:01AM I JUST WANT TO END BY SAYING THAT I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL'S
9:43:07AM ATTENTION TO THIS ISSUE.
9:43:08AM THEY PAID ATTENTION TO IT FROM BEFORE THE TRAGEDY OCCURRED.
9:43:12AM I KNOW THERE WILL BE ATTENTION TO IT AFTER.
9:43:14AM I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE CRA BOARD AND THE COUNCIL TO
9:43:17AM EXAMINE WAYS THAT EVEN IF THEY ARE SMALL CHANGES THAT WE CAN
9:43:21AM IMPROVE THE SITUATION FOR NEIGHBORHOODS.
9:43:22AM THANK YOU.
9:43:30AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:43:31AM MY NAME IS KIM BRUCE.
9:43:34AM I'VE BEEN A TAMPA RESIDENT SINCE 1994.
9:43:36AM BEEN HERE FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS.
9:43:39AM MY FAMILY AND I LIVE ON HARBOUR ISLAND.
9:43:41AM WE LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY IN THE DOWNTOWN CHANNELSIDE
9:43:44AM DISTRICT.
9:43:46AM AND RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF HOW FAR THIS COMMUNITY HAS
9:43:51AM COME IN THE TIME THAT WE'VE LIVED HERE.
9:43:54AM I AND MY FAMILY AS WELL A VOLUNTEER SPONSOR, PATRON, AND
9:44:01AM SUPPORTER OF THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM.
9:44:03AM YOU MIGHT ASK, WELL, WHY.
9:44:05AM WE'VE BEEN IMMERSED IN THIS COMMUNITY AND UNDERSTAND THAT
9:44:08AM THERE IS INCREDIBLE NEED.
9:44:11AM PERSONALLY, I FEEL LIKE THE AQUARIUM IS A SOURCE OF LIGHT
9:44:14AM AND HOPE.
9:44:15AM FOR ME, MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION HAS BEEN AN
9:44:18AM INCREDIBLE WAY OUT OF WHAT MY OWN FAMILY EXPERIENCED WHEN I
9:44:23AM WAS GROWING UP.
9:44:24AM SO I HAVE A PASSION FOR WHAT THEY DO.
9:44:29AM LAST SEVEN YEARS I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE BOARD AT THE
9:44:31AM FLORIDA AQUARIUM.
9:44:32AM I'VE HAD AN UP FRONT, UP CLOSE SEAT TO HOW THE ORGANIZATION
9:44:37AM HAS OPERATED AND RUN.
9:44:38AM I SEE DAY IN AND DAY OUT THE PASSION WITH WHICH ITS STAFF
9:44:42AM AND LEADERSHIP TEAM HAS SERVED THIS COMMUNITY.
9:44:44AM IT HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE TO SEE THE IMPACT THAT
9:44:48AM THEY HAVE MADE.
9:44:48AM I THINK MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM WAS BUILT
9:44:53AM ORIGINALLY AS A CATALYST TO SPUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND
9:44:56AM HELP IMPROVE WHAT WAS A BLIGHTED PART OF OUR CITY AND OUR
9:45:00AM COMMUNITY.
9:45:01AM IT HAS FULFILLED AND LIVED UP TO ALL OF THAT.
9:45:04AM I KNOW ON THE AGENDA TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING FOR
9:45:08AM ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.
9:45:09AM OUR FOREFOUNDERS, CITY LEADERS INCLUDING JIMMY FURMAN AND --
9:45:17AM SORRY -- AND OTHERS HAVE MADE THE HEAVY LIFT TO GET THIS
9:45:24AM AQUARIUM BUILT AND UP AND RUNNING.
9:45:25AM AND WE HAVE SHEPHERDED AND CARED FOR IT ALL THESE YEARS.
9:45:29AM WE'RE AT A POINT NOW WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW AND
9:45:32AM EXPAND IT, BE ABLE TO DO MORE FOR THIS COMMUNITY, MORE FOR
9:45:36AM OTHER OF ITS CITIZENS AND PROVIDE HOPE.
9:45:40AM I'M ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT TODAY IN THAT REGARD.
9:45:44AM I KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHERS IN THIS AUDIENCE WHO ALSO
9:45:48AM SUPPORT THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM.
9:45:49AM OTHERS HAVE SENT COMMUNICATION LETTERS ELECTRONICALLY.
9:45:54AM I WOULD JUST ASK FOR A SHARE OF HANDS FROM THOSE WHO MIGHT
9:45:58AM SUPPORT THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM.
9:45:59AM THANK YOU.
9:46:00AM WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS A FULL DOCKET HERE, A LOT TO
9:46:06AM CONSIDER.
9:46:06AM I'M GOING TO ASK IF I COULD SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE FLORIDA
9:46:09AM AQUARIUM FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND CONSIDERATION.
9:46:12AM WE WILL NOT TAKE UP MORE OF YOUR TIME, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL
9:46:16AM THAT YOU DO IN SERVICE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
9:46:17AM THANK YOU.
9:46:23AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:46:25AM MY NAME IS NOREEN COPELAND MILLER.
9:46:28AM THIS MORNING I REALLY WAS NOT PLANNING ON SAYING ANYTHING.
9:46:33AM LITTLE BIT UNDER THE WEATHER.
9:46:34AM BUT AS I WAS SITTING HERE LISTENING AND I SAW THEY HAVE --
9:46:40AM ABOUT THE BLACK CEMETERY.
9:46:42AM AND ON THE CORNER OF 26th AND 26th WHERE THAT SIGN SAYS
9:46:47AM COLLEGE HILL, I KNOW IT IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN A BLACK
9:46:51AM CEMETERY.
9:46:51AM I REMEMBER A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN THEY STARTED CLEANING IT OFF
9:46:55AM AND THE CITY WAS CLEANING IT UP AND THEY FOUND SOME BONES
9:46:58AM THERE AND NOTHING HAPPENED.
9:47:00AM I DO HOPE THAT YOU ALL SUPPORT HAVING THEM DO A GPR THERE,
9:47:04AM BECAUSE IT IS SAID THAT A BLACK ENSLAVED MAN THAT BECAME A
9:47:09AM SENATOR, ROBERT MEACHAM, IS BURIED IN THAT CEMETERY,
9:47:15AM WHATEVER IS GOING ON IN THAT OVERGROWTH.
9:47:17AM I THINK AT SOME POINT THEY WERE LOOKING AT PUTTING SOME OF
9:47:20AM THE DOLLARS THERE FOR I GUESS REPARATIONS OR SOMETHING FOR
9:47:25AM THE CRA DOLLARS TO DO SOMETHING WITH THAT POND OR WITH THAT
9:47:28AM OVERGROWTH.
9:47:29AM BUT ALL OF THAT OVERGROWTH IN THERE.
9:47:31AM FIRST OF ALL, I ASK THAT THE CITY PLEASE, BECAUSE THEY OWN
9:47:35AM THAT PROPERTY, DO A GPR.
9:47:38AM BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN, IT IS THE BLACK CEMETERY THAT'S BEEN
9:47:40AM ERASED.
9:47:41AM ENSLAVED MAN, ROBERT MEACHAM THAT BECAME A SENATOR IS BURIED
9:47:47AM THERE, THOSE VOICES AND I'M SURE YOU WENT THROUGH A LOT WHEN
9:47:51AM HE CAME OUT OF SLAVERY TO WORK HIS WAY UP TO BE A SENATOR,
9:47:55AM THE LEAST WE CAN DO IS THE RIGHT THING.
9:47:57AM I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
9:47:59AM SO PLEASE, THIS EVENING, WHENEVER YOU DO HEAR IT, WILL YOU
9:48:03AM SUPPORT THEM DOING A GPR ON THE CITY-OWNED PROPERTY ON
9:48:07AM 26th AND 26th IN THE EAST TAMPA COMMUNITY.
9:48:10AM THANK YOU.
9:48:22AM >> HOW ARE YOU DOING?
9:48:24AM MY NAME IS HYSIM CALDWELL.
9:48:29AM I WAS HERE LAST TIME PEOPLE WAS HERE FROM USF WHEN THE MAN
9:48:32AM WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY DID THE KIDS.
9:48:34AM I THINK, LIKE, THAT'S HAPPENING WITH ALL THE SITUATIONS IN
9:48:37AM HERE.
9:48:38AM PEOPLE HAVE TO LOOK AT, LIKE YOU GOT TO MAKE A RIGHT
9:48:41AM DECISION.
9:48:41AM I USED TO GO AT NIGHT, GO OVER THERE.
9:48:45AM BUT I USED TO GO OVER AND TALK TO PEOPLE AT USF LIKE A LONG,
9:48:49AM LONG TIME AGO.
9:48:50AM BUT I THINK THEY GOT A NEW HEAD.
9:48:52AM IT WAS A MAN I THINK THAT WAS OVER USF FOR A LONG TIME.
9:48:55AM NOW IT'S SOMEBODY ELSE.
9:48:56AM THAT IS THE REASON WHY THAT HAPPENED.
9:48:57AM BUT WHAT THOSE PEOPLE IN POWER HAVE TO DO IS THINK ABOUT THE
9:49:02AM SITUATION BEFORE YOU DO THINGS.
9:49:04AM SOMETIMES THEY CALL THE POLICE IN, BUT THE POLICE ONLY DO
9:49:06AM WHAT YOU TELL THEM TO DO.
9:49:08AM POLICE COME AND I GOT KIDS OR PEOPLE FIGHTING OUTSIDE AND
9:49:11AM YOU KEEP DOING IT.
9:49:13AM THEN THE POLICE BASICALLY WILL BE ABLE TO USE FORCE.
9:49:15AM BUT IF THE PEOPLE CALL THEM AND THEN THEY SAY, OH, YEAH, YOU
9:49:19AM CAN GO DO WHATEVER, THE PEOPLE GRAB YOU ON THE GROUND.
9:49:23AM TAKE YOU IN, STUFF LIKE THAT.
9:49:25AM I DON'T REALLY THINK IT WAS THE POLICE.
9:49:28AM IT WAS JUST THAT THEY WAS CALLED OUT AND THE PEOPLE ALLOWED
9:49:33AM -- SOMEBODY SAID THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THAT TYPE OF
9:49:36AM FORCE.
9:49:36AM WHAT I THINK THE HEAD PERSON, I THINK THE MAN SAID IT WAS A
9:49:39AM LADY NOW.
9:49:40AM SHE NEED TO APOLOGIZE TO THE KIDS AND LET THEM KNOW THAT IT
9:49:43AM WAS JUST A WRONG DECISION AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO LEARN FROM
9:49:46AM THIS DECISION AND MAKE IT BETTER BECAUSE INSTEAD OF THROWING
9:49:50AM THOSE THINGS, THEY COULD HAVE USED THOSE SHIELD THINGS FOR
9:49:54AM FORCE.
9:49:54AM NOW, IF YOU USE THESE SHIELD THINGS AND THEN SOMEBODY REACH
9:49:58AM OVER, NOW YOU CAN THROW IT TO THE SIDE AND THEN DO WHATEVER
9:50:01AM YOU'RE GOING TO DO.
9:50:02AM BUT THAT'S WHAT I THINK THEY SHOULD DO IN THOSE TYPE OF
9:50:04AM INCIDENTS.
9:50:05AM YOU SHOULD SHIELD THEM AND PUSH THEM.
9:50:07AM NOW PUSHING BACK, THAT'S WHEN THE OTHER THINGS SHOULD
9:50:10AM PROBABLY COME IN ABOUT THIS.
9:50:13AM CEMETERY, WHAT I KEEP HEARING, I THINK DON'T THEY HAVE A MAP
9:50:19AM LIKE FROM 1960 WHENEVER IT WAS BUILT SHOW YOU WHERE THE
9:50:23AM GROUNDS AT.
9:50:23AM IF YOU HAVE A MAP FOR TAMPA, ALL THE STREETS AND STUFF, YOU
9:50:26AM HAVE A MAP FOR THAT AND THAT CAN BE SOLVED.
9:50:28AM IT WAS ONE MORE THING ABOUT -- YEAH, LAST TIME THEY WERE
9:50:39AM TALKING ABOUT OVER HERE, I THINK EAST TAMPA SUPPOSED TO BE A
9:50:43AM PARK.
9:50:43AM RODE BY IT.
9:50:44AM THEY HAVE A GATE ACROSS ALL THAT STUFF.
9:50:46AM ALL THESE PEOPLE CAME UP HERE.
9:50:48AM TALKING ABOUT, OH, DO THE PARK, DO THE PARK.
9:50:50AM WHO GOT THE CONTRACT TO DO THE PARK?
9:50:51AM SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?
9:50:53AM WHY AIN'T NOBODY OVER THERE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WORKING
9:50:55AM OVER THERE?
9:50:56AM THAT MEANS I GOT TO GO.
9:50:58AM IT'S YELLOW.
9:51:00AM THAT'S MY WHOLE THING.
9:51:02AM COMING HERE AND TALK, ALL ALONG AIN'T DOING NOTHING FOR THE
9:51:06AM COMMUNITY.
9:51:07AM I TELL MY MOM IT IS A GREEN CARD BECAUSE YOU GET TO KNOW THE
9:51:10AM PEOPLE IN HERE.
9:51:12AM YOUR KIDS, YOUR GRANDKIDS GET IN TROUBLE, CALL BOB OR JOE.
9:51:16AM MY FAMILY, I WENT TO PRISON WHEN I WAS 13.
9:51:19AM I GOT RAILROADED.
9:51:20AM BEEN IN PRISON THREE TIMES.
9:51:22AM AND I STILL DON'T SQUAT TO GO TO PRISON.
9:51:25AM I GUESS THAT'S IT.
9:51:26AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, SIR.
9:51:28AM ANY OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKERS FOR TODAY?
9:51:30AM OKAY.
9:51:35AM WE'RE CLOSING PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:51:36AM AND MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR AGENDA.
9:51:45AM GOOD MORNING.
9:51:50AM >>COURTNEY ORR: COURTNEY ORR, CRA DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
9:51:56AM I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF INTRODUCING A TAMPA HEIGHTS CAC
9:51:58AM MEMBER, A SMALL BUT MIGHTY PASSIONATE GROUP.
9:52:01AM HE WILL COME UP HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THEY HAVE
9:52:03AM ACHIEVED AND THINGS THEY ARE LOOKING TO PUSH AHEAD.
9:52:08AM CHRIS AHERN IS HERE.
9:52:11AM HE IS ONE OF OUR TAMPA CAC MEMBERS, TAMPA HEIGHTS.
9:52:14AM >> RIVERFRONT CRA.
9:52:15AM THANK YOU.
9:52:17AM GOOD MORNING TO YOU ALL.
9:52:18AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:52:18AM I WANT TO SAY FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR
9:52:21AM COMMUNITY, FIRST AND FOREMOST.
9:52:22AM WE UNDERSTAND YOUR ROLE LISTENING HERE AND CATCHING UP ON
9:52:26AM WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY.
9:52:27AM I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING AND LOOK FORWARD TO
9:52:30AM FINDING SOLUTIONS WITH YOU.
9:52:31AM I'M HERE AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CAC FOR TAMPA HEIGHTS
9:52:35AM RIVERFRONT CRA.
9:52:36AM OUR GROUP HAS BEEN PRETTY ACTIVE OVER THE LAST 14 YEARS BUT
9:52:43AM ONLY RECENTLY HAS THE BUDGET, TIF INCREMENT FINANCING GIVING
9:52:47AM US BUDGETS TO RECOMMEND FOR YOU ALL TO MAKE EXPENDITURES.
9:52:53AM FOUR QUICK UPDATES AND LET YOU GET ON WITH YOUR AGENDA
9:52:56AM BECAUSE I CAN SEE YOU HAVE A FULL DOCKET TODAY.
9:52:58AM THE DOCKET WAS A GOOD USE OF THE TERM.
9:53:00AM COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, ORIGINAL ONE 14 YEARS OLD.
9:53:06AM UPDATING IT WITH USF, TRENT GREEN.
9:53:11AM HOLDING COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS.
9:53:12AM I HAVE TO COMPLIMENT PROFESSOR GREEN AND HIS STUDENTS
9:53:16AM BECAUSE WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS COLLECTING DATA FROM 14 YEARS
9:53:20AM AGO.
9:53:21AM THAT AREA WAS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, THE BOUNDARIES OF THE
9:53:23AM CRA.
9:53:23AM NOW IT'S CONSIDERING WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THE
9:53:26AM NEIGHBORHOODS AND IDENTIFYING USES WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES
9:53:28AM THAT ARE ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTIVE AND USEFUL.
9:53:31AM AFFORDABLE HOUSING ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
9:53:32AM MY COMPLIMENTS TO HIM AND THE TEACHER.
9:53:36AM WE'LL BE PRESENTING THAT TO YOU.
9:53:38AM I BELIEVE WE HAVE IT AT THE NEXT MAY BOARD MEETING AND I
9:53:41AM BELIEVE YOU HAVE IT ON YOUR JULY 25 TO APPROVE THE PLAN.
9:53:45AM NUMBER TWO, ARTS AND CULTURE.
9:53:47AM WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CITY.
9:53:48AM COURTNEY HAS BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH AND GETTING ROBIN NIGH
9:53:52AM INVOLVED AND NEW STAFF MEMBERS AS I UNDERSTAND.
9:53:54AM WE'RE LOOKING TO DO OUR INSTALLATIONS AND SUPPORTING
9:53:58AM COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, WORKING WITH TAMPA HEIGHTS CIVIC
9:54:01AM ASSOCIATION, GETTING INPUT.
9:54:03AM THOSE ARE OUR NEIGHBORS.
9:54:04AM TECHNICALLY WE HAVE PART OF THE BOUNDARY THAT OVERLAPS WITH
9:54:07AM THEM, BUT TRYING TO INCORPORATE AS MUCH AS WE CAN WITH THE
9:54:10AM COMMUNITY.
9:54:10AM THE ROUNDABOUTS SPECIFICALLY ARE AREAS THAT WE CAN TARGET
9:54:20AM IMMEDIATELY.
9:54:20AM HIGHLAND AND PALM IS ONE OF THEM.
9:54:24AM ANOTHER ONE IS ON BOULEVARD AND PALM.
9:54:28AM THOSE INSTALLATIONS IN THE MIDDLE COORDINATING WITH ALL THE
9:54:31AM APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENTS.
9:54:31AM WE LOOK FORWARD TO PRESENTING TO YOU A RECOMMENDATION FROM
9:54:33AM THE CAC FOR THOSE INSTALLATIONS.
9:54:36AM THE THIRD ITEM IS SPEED TABLES.
9:54:40AM WE IDENTIFIED THAT AS A TRAFFIC CALMING ITEM THAT WAS THE
9:54:45AM CITY OF TAMPA AND MOBILITY.
9:54:47AM THEY TOOK IT UPON THEMSELVES TO SEE THE NEED THAT WE SAW AND
9:54:50AM INSTALL THE TABLE.
9:54:51AM WE ARE TRYING TO FIND WAYS -- WE'VE ENJOYED WORKING WITH
9:54:54AM THEM.
9:54:55AM WE ENJOYED AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CRA AND THE COMMUNITY
9:54:58AM AND TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO SOLUTIONS, WE WERE ABLE TO FIND
9:55:02AM SOMETHING THAT WORKED QUICKLY.
9:55:03AM THEY WERE ABLE TO GET OUT THERE AND CALM TRAFFIC.
9:55:06AM UNFORTUNATELY THERE WAS A FATALITY IN THE LAST YEAR AND A
9:55:08AM HALF IN THAT SECTION.
9:55:09AM I'VE SEEN A MARKED DIFFERENCE.
9:55:10AM WE'LL CONTINUE TO TRY TO FIND WAYS AND IDENTIFY THINGS FROM
9:55:13AM -- FOR THE CRA TO CONSIDER, BUT WE'VE ENJOYED THE WORKING
9:55:17AM RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY AS WELL.
9:55:18AM FOURTH, IN GENERAL, WE'RE LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING
9:55:23AM YOU PROJECTS TO RECOMMEND AND BUDGETS TO AUTHORIZE, IF YOU
9:55:27AM WILL.
9:55:27AM WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
9:55:32AM GIVEN THE NATURE OF OUR AREA AND PRETTY MUCH ONE OR TWO
9:55:36AM LANDOWNERS IN THE ENTIRE CRA BOUNDARY, WE'RE IN A UNIQUE
9:55:39AM POSITION WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO FIND THINGS THAT BENEFIT THE
9:55:42AM COMMUNITY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TRYING.
9:55:45AM AGAIN, AS TIF INCREMENT FINANCING GIVES US MORE BUDGET HERE,
9:55:53AM OBLIGATED THE FUNDS AVAILABLE, WE'LL BE FINDING
9:55:56AM OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THAT.
9:55:57AM WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
9:55:58AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
9:55:59AM GOOD LUCK WITH THE REST OF YOUR AGENDA.
9:56:01AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
9:56:02AM DIRECTOR MOODY.
9:56:24AM >>ERICA MOODY: GOOD MORNING, BOARD.
9:56:26AM ERICA MOODY, CRA DIRECTOR.
9:56:28AM WE ARE AT THE DIRECTOR'S UPDATE.
9:56:30AM IRONICALLY, I WANTED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND THE CAC
9:56:33AM AND GUEST PRESENTERS, TRYING TO INCREASE MEETING EFFICIENCY
9:56:36AM SO WE CAN GET BUSINESS DONE, GET YOU IN AND GET YOU OUT.
9:56:40AM I WANTED TO POSE A DISCUSSION WITH THE BOARD TO CONSIDER
9:56:43AM SETTING A SEVEN-MINUTE TIMER FOR PRESENTATIONS AND IF MORE
9:56:48AM TIME IS NEEDED, OF COURSE, THAT WOULD BE AT THE PLEASURE OF
9:56:50AM THE CHAIR.
9:56:51AM BUT I WANTED TO KIND OF OPEN UP THAT DISCUSSION TO INCREASE
9:56:54AM MEETING EFFICIENCY SO WE CAN HAVE A TIMER FOR GUEST
9:56:58AM PRESENTERS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
9:56:59AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ANY COMMENTS ON THAT?
9:57:01AM THERE IS A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER HURTAK AND A SECOND BY
9:57:06AM BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
9:57:10AM BOARD MEMBER CARLSON WANTS TO SPEAK.
9:57:11AM >>BILL CARLSON: I THINK IN ALMOST ANY PRESENTATION, FIVE
9:57:14AM MINUTES IS ENOUGH.
9:57:15AM >>ERICA MOODY: YEAH.
9:57:16AM >>BILL CARLSON: THERE WILL ALWAYS BE QUESTIONS, SO COULD END
9:57:21AM UP LASTING A HALF HOUR.
9:57:22AM I THINK FIVE MINUTES IS ENOUGH.
9:57:24AM UNLESS YOU ARE HARSH ABOUT THE TIMER, FIVE MINUTES WILL BE
9:57:27AM SEVEN AND SEVEN WILL BE TEN.
9:57:29AM I THINK IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A LIMIT.
9:57:32AM I THINK IT SHOULD BE FIVE.
9:57:33AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
9:57:34AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR --
9:57:38AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK WHAT DIRECTOR MOODY
9:57:41AM THOUGHT ABOUT THAT?
9:57:42AM >>ERICA MOODY: YEAH, THANK YOU.
9:57:43AM WELL, I THOUGHT FIVE WAS JUST ENOUGH.
9:57:45AM I THOUGHT TEN WAS A LITTLE TOO MUCH SO WE SETTLED AT SEVEN.
9:57:48AM BUT I'M OPEN.
9:57:49AM OF COURSE, AS WE SAID, WE CAN ALWAYS ISSUE ADDITIONAL TIME.
9:57:52AM I THINK HAVING ALL OF OUR PRESENTERS, INCLUDING MYSELF,
9:57:54AM BEING MINDFUL OF TIME, HAVING THAT CLOCK.
9:57:56AM SO FIVE OR SEVEN, WHATEVER IS THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD
9:57:59AM WOULD BE.
9:58:00AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WE HAVE A MOTION FOR SEVEN ON THE FLOOR
9:58:02AM AND SECOND BY BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
9:58:05AM BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN, YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.
9:58:06AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
9:58:08AM AMEND IT TO FIVE AND SEE HOW FIVE GOES.
9:58:11AM AND WE CAN AMEND SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE.
9:58:13AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I ACCEPT.
9:58:14AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
9:58:15AM OPPOSED?
9:58:16AM MOTION CARRIES FOR FIVE-MINUTE COMMENTS FROM OUR SPEAKERS.
9:58:21AM >>ERICA MOODY: GREAT.
9:58:22AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:58:23AM IN JUST FURTHERING THE GOAL OF INCREASING EFFICIENCY AND
9:58:26AM RECOGNIZING ALL OF THE WORK THAT OUR STAFF IS DOING,
9:58:29AM ESPECIALLY AS WE CONTINUE TO HIRE, INCREASE OUR CAPACITY.
9:58:32AM THROUGH THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, I ALSO WANTED TO GIVE AN
9:58:34AM UPDATE ON A FEW ITEMS AND SOME THINGS COMING BEFORE THE
9:58:37AM BOARD.
9:58:38AM AS YOU KNOW, ON MARCH 21st, WE PRESENTED THE COMMERCIAL
9:58:42AM GRANTS REFORM AND IMPROVEMENT.
9:58:44AM AND REALLY PRESENTED THAT FRAMEWORK THAT THE BOARD
9:58:47AM SUPPORTED.
9:58:47AM SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO SEE THROUGH WHAT THE
9:58:50AM IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT LOOKS LIKE.
9:58:52AM AND REALLY EVERY SINGLE DETAIL FROM THE APPLICATION,
9:58:56AM CHECKLIST, MONITORING, PRE-APPLICATION, PRE-AWARD PHASE,
9:58:59AM MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THAT GOOD SUPPORT TO OUR
9:59:02AM BUSINESS OWNERS, WHICH I DID HEAR THROUGH PUBLIC COMMENT,
9:59:05AM MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE REACHING OUT TO THE BUSINESS
9:59:07AM COMMUNITY AND SPURRING THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT'S
9:59:10AM NEEDED SPECIFICALLY IN SOME DISTRICTS.
9:59:12AM SO WE ARE WORKING HARD TO BRING THOSE DELIVERABLES BACK TO
9:59:15AM YOU ON JUNE 13.
9:59:17AM AND SOME OF THOSE DELIVERABLES IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT
9:59:20AM AROUND THE COMMERCIAL INTERIOR GRANT, COMMERCIAL EXTERIOR
9:59:24AM GRANT, PREDEVELOPMENT GRANT, THERE IS A LEVEL ONE AND TWO.
9:59:26AM SPECIAL PROJECT GRANTS, WHICH WERE PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED
9:59:29AM STAND-ALONE GRANTS SO WE STANDARDIZED THAT PROCESS.
9:59:31AM THE LEGACY CREDIT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, SEEING HOW WE CAN
9:59:35AM INCREASE ACCESS TO FUNDS FOR LEGACY RESIDENTS, SO WE
9:59:39AM FORMALIZED THAT POLICY.
9:59:40AM WE ALSO CREATED A PRETTY LENGTHY GRANTS POLICY MANUAL.
9:59:45AM SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THE INTAKE PROCESS WORKS AND REALLY
9:59:48AM PUTTING IT ON PAPER SO WE CAN HAVE THAT CONSISTENCY WITH
9:59:51AM EVERYONE.
9:59:51AM ATTORNEY MASSEY HAS BEEN WORKING ON A STANDARD APPLICATION.
9:59:56AM I'M SORRY, AGREEMENT, RESOLUTION, SO IT'S A PLUG AND PLAY,
9:59:59AM AND WE CAN GET THE GRANTS BEFORE THE BOARD IN A TIMELY
10:00:02AM MANNER.
10:00:03AM AND THEN AS WELL AS THE APPLICATION CHECKLIST FORMS,
10:00:05AM PROCESSES, AND YOU WILL ALSO SEE BUDGET ALLOCATIONS COME TO
10:00:09AM YOU NEXT MONTH FOR EACH DISTRICT TO MOVE THE MONEY INTO THE
10:00:13AM COMMERCIAL GRANTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
10:00:15AM SO WE'LL GET THOSE STARTED IN FISCAL YEAR '24.
10:00:18AM THE GRANTS DEPARTMENT HAS RELOCATED FROM THE YBOR OFFICE TO
10:00:21AM THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING ACROSS THE COURTYARD HERE, AND THEY
10:00:25AM ARE READY TO GO.
10:00:26AM WE HAVE A LEADS LIST.
10:00:27AM PLEASE CONTINUE TO CALL US.
10:00:29AM IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ANY OF THESE, WE ALREADY HAVE SOME
10:00:33AM GREAT INTEREST IN A LEAD LIST THAT WE'LL PICK UP RIGHT AWAY.
10:00:36AM WE ALSO HAVE PARKING VOUCHERS.
10:00:39AM IF TRANSPORTATION IS AN ISSUE, WE WILL COMP YOUR PARKING.
10:00:42AM WE ALSO UTILIZE THE CITY VEHICLES TO GO OUT INTO THE
10:00:44AM COMMUNITY, PROVIDE THAT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND REALLY WANT
10:00:47AM TO BE BOOTS ON THE GROUND KNOCKING ON DOORS MORE.
10:00:50AM SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING YOU THE COMMERCIAL GRANTS NEXT
10:00:53AM MONTH, AND WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON THE RESIDENTIAL GRANTS.
10:00:57AM FEBRUARY 29, THERE WAS A SPECIAL-CALLED MEETING AND IT WAS
10:01:00AM FOR THE CITYWIDE HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY, AND THE
10:01:03AM CRA HAS BEEN WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH THAT TO SEE HOW WE
10:01:06AM CAN DRIVE FORWARD THOSE SHARED GOALS.
10:01:08AM SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING THAT TO THE COMMUNITY,
10:01:12AM LETTING THE CAC KNOW WHAT THAT IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY IS,
10:01:15AM HAVING THAT COMMUNICATION.
10:01:16AM AND OUR INTENT IT TO BRING IT TO THE JUNE 13th MEETING.
10:01:20AM WE'RE WORKING AGGRESSIVELY TOWARDS THAT.
10:01:22AM AS YOU KNOW, THE OnBase DEADLINES COME UP QUICKLY, SO WE
10:01:26AM HAVE ABOUT TWO TO THREE WEEKS TO GET THAT FINALIZED FOR YOU.
10:01:29AM JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE HARD WORK OF OUR STAFF THAT LEAD
10:01:33AM 8 CAC MEETINGS A MONTH.
10:01:35AM WE HAVE 23 ITEMS ON TODAY'S CRA BOARD AGENDA.
10:01:38AM AND JUST WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH THE COMMUNITY AND
10:01:41AM DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIPS AND STRENGTHENING THEIR BOND AS A
10:01:44AM STAFF SO WE HAVE A GOOD TEAM CULTURE.
10:01:46AM JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THEM BECAUSE IT IS NO EASY FEAT AND
10:01:51AM THEY ARE WORKING VERY HARD TO MAKE THIS ALL HAPPEN.
10:01:55AM IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ON THAT, I'LL MOVE INTO A
10:01:57AM DIFFERENT CONVERSATION AROUND COMMUNICATION AND OUTREACH
10:02:00AM SERVICES.
10:02:00AM SO I HAVE HEARD FROM THE CACs ONCE I FIRST CAME IN, AS WE
10:02:05AM KNOW, YBOR HAS A COMMUNICATIONS CONTRACT AND A REALLY STRONG
10:02:09AM PRESENCE AND BRAND.
10:02:10AM AND THE OTHER COMMUNITIES WANT THAT AS WELL.
10:02:12AM SO WE HAVE LISTENED TO THAT AND DRAFTED A REQUEST FOR
10:02:16AM PROPOSAL.
10:02:16AM AND THE BOARD HAS ASKED FOR ANY RFP THAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN
10:02:19AM A CRA TO COME TO THE BOARD FOR AWARENESS, FOR DISCUSSION.
10:02:23AM SO WE HAVE DRAFTED A COMMUNICATION AND OUTREACH RFP TO HIRE
10:02:28AM A PROFESSIONAL FIRM THAT CAN SERVICE ALL EIGHT DISTRICTS.
10:02:32AM SO YBOR'S CONTRACT WILL TIME OUT AND WE'RE LOOKING ON
10:02:37AM BRINGING ON A FIRM THAT CAN REALLY TAKE OUR BRAND AND
10:02:40AM DISSEMINATE INFORMATION AROUND THE CRA TO THE NEXT LEVEL,
10:02:44AM ESPECIALLY IT'S PERFECT TIMING BECAUSE WITH THE COMMERCIAL
10:02:47AM GRANTS, THE RESIDENTIAL GRANTS, THEY ARE GOING TO
10:02:50AM DISSEMINATE THIS INFORMATION, LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT IS
10:02:53AM AVAILABLE TO THEM.
10:02:54AM WHO THE CRA IS, WHAT WE DO, HOW TO STRENGTHEN THOSE
10:02:57AM PARTNERSHIPS AND STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES WHICH IS OUR TAG
10:03:00AM LINE.
10:03:01AM WANT TO MAKE THE BOARD AWARE OF THAT.
10:03:04AM ALSO MANAGING OUR WEBSITE, OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.
10:03:06AM ONE OF MY PERSONAL GOALS IS TO BRING FORWARD A METRICS
10:03:09AM DASHBOARD SO YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY PROJECTS, HOW MANY GRANTS,
10:03:12AM HOW MUCH FUNDS OF THE YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL IS BEING SPENT.
10:03:15AM I HEARD SOME OF THAT IN THE COMMUNITY CONVERSATION, WANTING
10:03:18AM TO KNOW WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING, HOW MUCH HAS BEEN SPENT
10:03:21AM AND I WOULD BRING THAT TO YOU ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
10:03:24AM SO I WANT TO GET A PUBLIC FACING METRICS DASHBOARD AND THIS
10:03:28AM FIRM WILL HELP US ACHIEVE THAT.
10:03:29AM SO WE'RE EXCITED.
10:03:31AM THE TIMELINE FOR THAT IS JUNE, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT EARLY OR
10:03:34AM MID JUNE.
10:03:35AM IT'S CURRENTLY WITH PURCHASING, SO THEY CAN TIE IT UP FOR US
10:03:38AM AND HELP US GET IT OUT FOR PROPOSAL.
10:03:41AM JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THE BOARD AND SEE
10:03:44AM IF THERE WERE ANY QUESTIONS OR ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION ON
10:03:46AM THIS INITIATIVE.
10:03:47AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ANY BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS?
10:03:52AM >> [INAUDIBLE]
10:03:53AM >>ERICA MOODY: LET'S DO IT.
10:03:54AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:03:56AM >>BILL CARLSON: WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO,
10:03:58AM YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CRA BRANDING COMMUNICATION.
10:04:01AM >>ERICA MOODY: YES.
10:04:03AM >>BILL CARLSON: EACH OF THE DISTRICTS ALSO WANTS ITS OWN
10:04:05AM COMMUNICATION.
10:04:06AM WHAT THE YBOR FOLKS ARE DOING AND BRANDING YBOR, MY OPINION
10:04:12AM IS THAT THERE SHOULD BE DIFFERENT FIRMS, IDEALLY EVEN
10:04:16AM LOCATED WITHIN THE DISTRICT SO THEY UNDERSTAND THE DISTRICTS
10:04:18AM OR THEY WORK WITHIN THEM.
10:04:20AM IF THEY ARE GOING TO BE PROMOTING THE BRAND OF THE DISTRICT.
10:04:24AM FOR EXAMPLE, SOMEBODY WHO IS PROMOTING THE CRA OVERALL IS
10:04:27AM REALLY DIFFERENT THAN PROMOTING EAST TAMPA.
10:04:29AM AND EAST TAMPA IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN PROMOTING YBOR OR
10:04:33AM DOWNTOWN.
10:04:33AM I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY STATUS ON THAT, BUT JUST TO
10:04:38AM THROW THAT OUT.
10:04:39AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: JUST TO MAKE THE BOARD AWARE, WHAT THE
10:04:41AM STATUTE ALLOWS US TO DO IS DISSEMINATE COMMUNITY
10:04:46AM REDEVELOPMENT EFFORTS.
10:04:48AM IT REALLY DOESN'T TALK ABOUT BRANDING OR PROMOTING A
10:04:50AM SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC AREA.
10:04:52AM IT'S ABOUT PROMOTING THE EFFORTS OF THE COMMUNITY
10:04:55AM REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
10:04:56AM SO THAT -- WANT YOU ALL TO BE AWARE OF THAT.
10:05:03AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON AND THEN BOARD MEMBER
10:05:04AM MIRANDA.
10:05:05AM >>BILL CARLSON: WE TALK ABOUT THIS BEFORE AND TALK ABOUT IT
10:05:08AM AGAIN OFF-LINE.
10:05:09AM I THINK THERE IS A NARROW AREA THERE WHERE IT IS POSSIBLE.
10:05:11AM IF IT IS, I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE NOT A SANITIZED VERSION OF
10:05:18AM PROMOTING THE SAME THING IN EVERY DISTRICT.
10:05:20AM JUST LIKE DOWNTOWN IS BRANDING IN SEVEN DIFFERENT
10:05:25AM NEIGHBORHOODS NOW, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE BRANDED
10:05:27AM DIFFERENTLY.
10:05:28AM EVEN IF WE ARE PARTICIPATING IN SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROCESS WE
10:05:31AM SHOULD MAKE SURE IT IS AUTHENTIC TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:05:34AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I FEEL THEY ARE ALL DIFFERENT BUT ALL THE
10:05:37AM SAME BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE SAME GOAL, TO MAKE IT BETTER.
10:05:41AM WHEN YOU LEAVE AND WHEN STARTED.
10:05:43AM THAT'S YOUR GOAL AND THE DIRECTORS IN ALL THE DIFFERENT
10:05:46AM CRAs GOALS.
10:05:47AM I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DISCUSSION IS ABOUT REALLY.
10:05:50AM IF IT'S ABOUT GOALS, CERTAINLY ATTAINING THEM.
10:05:53AM HOW YOU ATTAIN THEM, THAT'S UP TO YOU AS DIRECTOR.
10:05:57AM I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU INSTRUCTIONS.
10:05:58AM YOU ARE THE ONES THAT RUN IT, UNDERSTAND IT.
10:06:01AM I DON'T GO TO CAC MEETINGS, I DON'T GO TO ANY MEETINGS AT
10:06:05AM ANY CRA.
10:06:06AM BECAUSE AT THE END I AS ONE OF SEVEN AND THE CRA IS GOING TO
10:06:09AM MAKE THE DECISION TO GO UP OR GO DOWN.
10:06:12AM I'M NOT GOING TO INTERMINGLE AND SOMEONE SAY MIRANDA WAS
10:06:15AM HERE AND GAVE AN OPINION.
10:06:17AM MY OPINION IS DO YOUR JOB, DO YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AND
10:06:20AM EVERYTHING ELSE WILL WORK OUT FINE.
10:06:22AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:06:22AM >>ERICA MOODY: THANK YOU.
10:06:23AM I APPRECIATE THAT.
10:06:24AM I KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY, EACH COMMUNITY IS SO DIFFERENT
10:06:28AM AND UNIQUE, BUT YOU MAKE A GREAT POINT THAT WE DO HAVE TAMPA
10:06:31AM CRA AND REALLY STREAMLINING THIS APPROACH.
10:06:35AM WE HAVE THE SAME GOALS, BUT EACH CRA HAS ITS OWN
10:06:38AM REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, AND THAT IS A KEY ASPECT OF THIS
10:06:41AM INITIATIVE IS TO PROMOTE THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, PROMOTE THE
10:06:44AM UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DISTRICT.
10:06:46AM SO WHAT YOU SAID IS COMPLETELY RIGHT ON.
10:06:49AM THE RFP IS WRITTEN AS ONE COMPANY, AND THAT COMPANY WILL
10:06:52AM ESSENTIALLY HAVE A TEAM, AND THE TEAM WILL BE ABLE TO
10:06:55AM PROVIDE THOSE UNIQUE SERVICES TO THE DISTRICT.
10:06:57AM BUT I DO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO LIFT UP THE UNIQUENESS OF
10:07:01AM EACH ONE BUT THAT WE ARE OPERATING UNDER ONE BRAND, ONE
10:07:05AM MISSION AND THOSE FIVE OBJECTIVES WHICH WE'LL TOUCH ON IN
10:07:08AM THE NEXT PRESENTATION.
10:07:09AM THANK YOU.
10:07:11AM MOVING ON, I WANT TO GIVE SOME SHOUT-OUTS AND RECOGNIZE
10:07:13AM ADMINISTRATOR TRAVIS WHO IS HERE TODAY.
10:07:17AM JUST THANK HER FOR ALL OF HER WORK.
10:07:20AM SHE HAS JUST BEEN A PIONEER IN HELPING REFORM THE CRA.
10:07:24AM I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE HER AND THANK HER FOR ALL OF
10:07:27AM HER WORK.
10:07:28AM AND WE'RE GOING TO MISS HER.
10:07:29AM [ APPLAUSE ]
10:07:29AM SHE DESERVES ALL OF THAT AND MORE AND A BIG REASON WHY I
10:07:37AM TOOK THE JOB WAS BELIEVING IN HER LEADERSHIP, BELIEVING --
10:07:41AM YOU GET THE CLOSE-UP.
10:07:42AM IT WAS NOT ON THE SCRIPT.
10:07:45AM BUT DEFINITELY WORTH ACKNOWLEDGING.
10:07:46AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE.
10:07:48AM AND SHE REALLY CHARGED THIS AND HAS BEEN A PLEASURE
10:07:53AM IMPLEMENTING HER VISION FOR THE RESTRUCTURE AND REALLY
10:07:56AM SEEING THE SUCCESS THAT COMES FROM IT.
10:07:58AM ALSO WANTED TO RECOGNIZE OUR SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER, MELISSA
10:08:00AM MARTINEZ.
10:08:01AM TODAY IS HER BIRTHDAY.
10:08:02AM I KNOW SHE'S LISTENING BECAUSE SHE IS ON TOP OF EVERYTHING,
10:08:06AM RESOLVE THE CONTRACTS, WATCHES ALL THE MEETINGS, GOES TO THE
10:08:09AM CAC.
10:08:10AM JUST WANT TO THANK HER FOR EVERYTHING SHE DOES AS OUR SENIOR
10:08:14AM PROJECT MANAGER, SHE BROUGHT ON THE TEAM MEMBERS I
10:08:16AM INTRODUCED LAST MONTH.
10:08:17AM THEY ARE JUST ROCKING AND ROLLING.
10:08:19AM THANK YOU, MELISSA, AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
10:08:20AM THAT IS THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
10:08:23AM WE'LL START TO MOVE INTO OUR GUEST PRESENTATIONS.
10:08:26AM OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS AROUND NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL
10:08:28AM DISTRICTS IN EAST TAMPA.
10:08:30AM SO I WILL ASK T & I TO PULL UP THAT PRESENTATION AS WE BRING
10:08:35AM EAST TAMPA CRA MANAGER CEDRIC McCRAY UP AND ALSO CITY
10:08:38AM PLANNING DIRECTOR STEPHEN BENSON.
10:08:40AM WE WILL BE YOUR TEAM LEADING YOU THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION.
10:08:44AM WE'LL SPEND A FEW SECONDS PREPARING.
10:08:46AM READY TO GO.
10:09:08AM I'LL OPEN UP OUR PRESENTATION AND LEAVE IT TO THE GOOD
10:09:11AM PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DOING ALL THE WORK IN THE DISTRICT.
10:09:14AM AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK BOARD MEMBER CARLSON FOR ALLOWING
10:09:17AM US TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM LAST WEEK -- OR LAST MONTH SO WE
10:09:20AM DIDN'T HAVE TO COME BACK FROM LUNCH.
10:09:22AM I WANTED TO LIFT THIS UP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
10:09:24AM PRESENTATION BECAUSE IT IS AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION AND
10:09:27AM SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW WE CAN BRING TO
10:09:30AM LIFE.
10:09:30AM THIS IS ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS AND BUSINESS
10:09:33AM DISTRICTS, SPECIFICALLY IN EAST TAMPA.
10:09:35AM THE CRA BOARD MOTION WAS FOR CRA STAFF TO LOOK INTO THE
10:09:39AM POSSIBILITY OF PUTTING THE CRA STAFF IN A BUILDING WITH A
10:09:42AM COFFEE SHOP AND INCUBATOR SPACE AND NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL
10:09:45AM DISTRICT IN EAST TAMPA.
10:09:46AM SO A FEW COMPONENTS THAT WE'LL BREAK DOWN THROUGHOUT THE
10:09:49AM PRESENTATION, BUT REALLY WANTING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE
10:09:52AM NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT?
10:09:53AM WHAT IS THE BUSINESS DISTRICT?
10:09:55AM AND WHY IS THIS A GREAT THING FOR EAST TAMPA?
10:09:57AM WE HEARD MORE ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DURING OUR
10:10:00AM COMMUNITY PUBLIC COMMENT AND REALLY HAVING THAT FOCUS ON THE
10:10:05AM COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS AND BRINGING BUSINESSES, SO PEOPLE COME
10:10:07AM TO EAST TAMPA.
10:10:08AM THEY SPEND THEIR MONEY.
10:10:09AM THEY LIVE.
10:10:10AM THEY EAT.
10:10:10AM THEY WORK.
10:10:11AM THEY PLAY.
10:10:12AM THEY SHOP.
10:10:12AM AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS DISTRICTS PROVIDE ACCESS TO
10:10:16AM THAT.
10:10:16AM WANTED TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE CACs GREAT WORK.
10:10:22AM THEY REALLY GOT INVOLVED WITH THE EAST TAMPA OVERLAY AND
10:10:25AM MADE RECOMMENDATIONS TOWARD THAT OVERLAY.
10:10:26AM I KNOW WEST TAMPA IS DOING GREAT WORK ON THEIR OVERLAY RIGHT
10:10:29AM NOW.
10:10:31AM ALL OF THAT WORK PROVIDED ZONING RELIEF TO SUPPORT THE
10:10:33AM DEFINITION OF NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS ON
10:10:36AM NEIGHBORHOOD MAIN STREETS.
10:10:37AM SO BRINGING BACK MAIN STREETS.
10:10:39AM AND THIS IS IDENTIFIED IN THE EAST TAMPA STRATEGIC ACTION
10:10:42AM PLAN AND WILL FURTHER BE DRIVEN WITH THE EAST TAMPA
10:10:46AM COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN UPDATE THAT'S UNDERWAY.
10:10:48AM SO WE WERE ABLE TO SELECT MAIN CORRIDORS.
10:10:51AM AND WE HAVE SOME MAPS FOR YOU LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION,
10:10:54AM BUT NORTH 15th STREET, 22nd STREET, 29th, 34th, WE
10:10:58AM FIND THAT A LOT OF AREAS ARE PRIME FOR COMMERCIAL
10:11:02AM DEVELOPMENT.
10:11:02AM PART OF THIS WAS TO ELIMINATE AND REDUCE ON-STREET PARKING
10:11:06AM REQUIREMENTS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING COMPATIBLE USES AND
10:11:10AM EXISTING STRUCTURES.
10:11:11AM AS WE GET INTO THE DEFINITION, THIS IS REALLY PROMOTING
10:11:14AM WALKABILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SO PEOPLE CAN LEAVE THEIR
10:11:18AM HOME AND WALK TO GET COFFEE, WALK TO GET BREAKFAST, MEET
10:11:21AM THEIR FRIENDS AT A LOCATION, BUSINESS INCUBATOR SPACES.
10:11:25AM AND EVEN HEALTH RESOURCES.
10:11:27AM SO IT'S REALLY ABOUT RESOURCE ACCESSIBILITY, WHICH IS A
10:11:30AM PASSION OF MINE.
10:11:32AM THE FIRST STEP WAS CONSIDERING WHERE AND HOW THIS CAN BE
10:11:35AM PROVIDED IN EAST TAMPA AND JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
10:11:38AM CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THAT MAJOR AMENDMENT TO THE EAST TAMPA
10:11:41AM OVERLAY ON JULY 13th.
10:11:44AM JUST A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO.
10:11:46AM WE ALSO WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALIGNING
10:11:49AM EVERYTHING WITH OUR CRA GOALS.
10:11:50AM THESE ARE TWO OF OUR FIVE OBJECTIVES.
10:11:53AM TWO MAIN ONES AROUND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CONNECTIVITY.
10:11:56AM I KNOW PEOPLE ARE GETTING VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE VISUAL
10:11:59AM WHEEL THAT WE HAVE THAT SHOWS THE FIVE OBJECTIVES, BUT IT'S
10:12:02AM ALSO IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT UNDER EACH OF THE FIVE
10:12:04AM OBJECTIVES THERE ARE THREE MAIN GOALS.
10:12:06AM AND THIS NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT CONVERSATION
10:12:09AM DRIVES FORWARD THE THREE GOALS UNDER EACH OBJECTIVE TO
10:12:13AM RETRACT AND RETAIN BUSINESSES, ENCOURAGE ENTREPRENEURSHIP
10:12:17AM AND REVITALIZATION.
10:12:19AM CELEBRATE ARTS HISTORY, ARCHITECTURE, ATTRACT VISITORS.
10:12:22AM FOSTER CREATIVITY, GENERATE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, AND THEN
10:12:26AM SUPPORT BUSINESSES BY INCREASING ACCESS TO CAPITAL, WHICH
10:12:28AM WE'RE PROUD THAT OUR COMMERCIAL GRANTS ARE DOING JUST THAT.
10:12:32AM ALSO CONNECTIVITY, THE WALKABILITY, BIKEABILITY, DRIVABILITY
10:12:36AM OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS IN SUPPORTING AN INTEGRATED NETWORK
10:12:40AM CONNECTING ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS TOGETHER SO EVERYTHING
10:12:42AM IS COHESIVE.
10:12:43AM PRIORITIZING HIGH-QUALITY ROADS, PATHWAYS, CYCLING LANES,
10:12:47AM WAY-FINDING, WHICH YOU HEARD PRESENTATIONS ON THAT.
10:12:50AM AND TO BE SMART ABOUT OUR REDEVELOPMENT AND MAKE SURE THAT
10:12:54AM IT'S ECOFRIENDLY AND REDUCING COST BURDENS.
10:12:56AM IF YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR HOUSE AND WALK TO YOUR RESOURCES, YOU
10:12:59AM DON'T NEED TO RELY ON A CAR, AND THAT ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO
10:13:02AM COMMUNITY SAFETY AS WELL WHEN MORE PEOPLE ARE OUT ON THE
10:13:05AM STREET, NATURAL VISIBILITY, AND IT JUST SENDS A MESSAGE TO
10:13:08AM THE COMMUNITY.
10:13:08AM I HEARD SOME GREAT COMMENTS AROUND WHAT BLIGHT CAN DO
10:13:13AM PHYSIOLOGICALLY.
10:13:13AM I'M GOING TO BEGIN TO PASS IT OFF TO THE EXPERTS, TO
10:13:18AM DIRECTOR BENSON, WHERE YOU CAN DEFINE NEIGHBORHOOD
10:13:21AM COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS, WHAT THEY ARE, AND HOW THEY PRIORITIZE
10:13:23AM PEOPLE AND COMMUNITY FIRST.
10:13:28AM >>STEPHEN BENSON: STEPHEN BENSON, CITY PLANNING DIRECTOR.
10:13:31AM SO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS, IT'S NOT REALLY A NEW
10:13:35AM -- ENTIRELY NEW CONCEPT.
10:13:36AM REALLY WHAT ARE THEY AT A VERY BASIC LEVEL.
10:13:40AM THEY ARE COMMERCIAL OR A MIXED USE AREAS WHERE GOODS AND
10:13:43AM SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE TO A
10:13:48AM SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:13:49AM THEY ARE IN RELATION TO A SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL AREA WHERE
10:13:51AM THE BASE OF THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IS REALLY GENERATED
10:13:54AM FROM AND THROUGH.
10:13:55AM WHAT DO THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS ALLOW US TO DO
10:13:58AM IF WE PRIORITIZE THAT?
10:14:00AM THEY ALLOW US TO PRIORITIZE PEOPLE-ORIENTED BUSINESS
10:14:03AM DEVELOPMENT, SO SMALL-SCALE BUSINESSES THAT CONNECT
10:14:07AM COMMUNITIES TO THEIR DAILY NEEDS.
10:14:08AM THEY ALLOW US TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY CONNECTION,
10:14:11AM ACCESSIBILITY, AND AGAIN SMALL BUSINESSES.
10:14:13AM AND THEY ALLOW US TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, SPECIFICALLY
10:14:18AM THINGS THAT TAMPA, I THINK, HAS STRUGGLED WITH FOR A LONG
10:14:21AM TIME, LIKE A LOT OF THE STRIP COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT
10:14:23AM YOU SEE UP AND DOWN A LOT OF OUR MAJOR STREETS.
10:14:26AM WALKABILITY, BIKEABILITY, AND REALLY JUST ENHANCING THE
10:14:28AM OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL LONG
10:14:33AM DISTANCES TO GET TO THE THINGS YOU NEED.
10:14:34AM HOW ARE WE STARTING THE CONVERSATION OF NARROWING DOWN WHERE
10:14:37AM THE AREAS ARE AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THEM?
10:14:39AM THE FIRST IS ABOUT ENTITLEMENT.
10:14:41AM IT'S ABOUT WHAT PLACES HAVE THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS
10:14:44AM TO BUILD OR PROPOSE COMMERCIAL USES TODAY.
10:14:47AM AND THAT REALLY IS DERIVED THROUGH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN,
10:14:50AM THROUGH AREAS THAT HAVE THAT MIXED USE FUTURE LAND USE
10:14:53AM DESIGNATION THAT ALLOWS FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG
10:14:58AM RESIDENTIAL AND ARTERIAL -- RESIDENTIAL, ARTERIAL AND
10:15:01AM COLLECTOR STREETS, MEANING EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE LAND
10:15:03AM USE DESIGNATION, THE COMP PLAN DOES ALLOW YOU TO PLACE
10:15:06AM COMMERCIAL ON A MAJOR STREET, EVEN IF IT IS A RESIDENTIAL
10:15:09AM USE TODAY.
10:15:09AM SO THERE ARE A LOT OF PLACES IN THE CITY WHERE THIS IS
10:15:12AM SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE.
10:15:13AM HOWEVER, THE SCALE, THE INTENSITY AND THE SIZE OF THOSE
10:15:16AM BUILDINGS IS WHAT'S GOING TO VARY FROM ONE NEIGHBORHOOD TO
10:15:18AM THE OTHER.
10:15:19AM AND THEN, OF COURSE, DEVELOPMENT ALWAYS MUST BE CONSISTENT
10:15:21AM WITH THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND POLICIES OF THE COMP PLAN,
10:15:24AM BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE HAVE
10:15:26AM RIGHT NOW MEANS THAT REZONINGS ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE
10:15:31AM REQUIRED TO DO THIS.
10:15:32AM WHICH, AS YOU KNOW, CAN BE A VERY LONG AND DRAWN-OUT
10:15:36AM PROCESS.
10:15:36AM AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH PROCESSES LIKE CODE REFORM, WHAT CAN
10:15:40AM WE DO TO MAKE IT EASIER TO INTRODUCE THE SMALL-SCALE
10:15:43AM COMMERCIAL SPACES, WHAT CURRENTLY MIGHT BE A RESIDENTIAL
10:15:45AM AREA.
10:15:46AM AGAIN, THIS IS THE MAP OF WHAT OUR STARTING POINT IS IN
10:15:53AM TERMS OF WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS EXIST TODAY.
10:15:55AM YOU SEE A LOT OF PLACES THAT ARE LIT UP ON THIS MAP.
10:15:59AM A LOT OF VERY, VERY, I WOULD SAY DENSE AND INTENSE
10:16:01AM COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS RANGING FROM AREAS LIKE IN THE
10:16:04AM WESTSHORE DISTRICT, DOWN THERE AT THE INTERSECTION OF GANDY
10:16:08AM AND DALE MABRY.
10:16:09AM YOU CAN SEE THAT LIGHT UP ALONG THE FOWLER CORRIDOR, THE
10:16:12AM BUSCH CORRIDOR.
10:16:14AM AS YOU ZOOM INTO SPECIFICALLY THE EAST TAMPA CRA, YOU SEE
10:16:18AM VERY THIN SECTIONS OF EITHER THE RED OR THE PINK.
10:16:21AM THOSE ARE DIFFERENT MIXED USE DESIGNATIONS.
10:16:23AM THOSE ARE THE PLACES WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS EXIST
10:16:25AM TODAY TO ACTUALLY INTRODUCE A COMMERCIAL USE, BUT THOSE
10:16:29AM BUSINESSES AND THOSE COMMERCIAL AREAS MAY NOT EXIST YET.
10:16:32AM NOW I'M GOING TO PASS IT TO CEDRIC, WHO WILL SPEAK TO WHAT
10:16:38AM WE CAN DO AND PULL FROM THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN TO
10:16:40AM IMPLEMENT THIS CONCEPT OF NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS.
10:16:44AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: GOOD MORNING.
10:16:45AM CEDRIC McCRAY, TAMPA CRA MANAGER.
10:16:47AM THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN WAS MENTIONED BY DIRECTOR MOODY A
10:16:51AM LITTLE WHILE AGO.
10:16:54AM WITH THAT, THIS WAS PULLED DIRECTLY FROM THE PLAN THAT WAS
10:16:56AM COMPLETED BACK IN 2022.
10:16:58AM AND IN PREPARATION AND HAVING FORETHOUGHT IN LISTENING TO
10:17:02AM THE COMMUNITY, THE CONSULTANT ACTUALLY HIGHLIGHTED SOME
10:17:05AM NEIGHBORHOOD CORRIDORS THAT WERE PRIME FOR FUTURE
10:17:10AM DEVELOPMENT AND WOULD MEET THE GOALS OF SOME OF THE
10:17:13AM RESIDENTS THAT THEY HEARD DURING THE WALKING TOURS AND
10:17:15AM LISTENING SESSIONS.
10:17:16AM HERE PRIMARILY, I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED WHAT WE AFFECTIONATELY
10:17:20AM CALL THE GATOR BUILDING BECAUSE IT IS ORANGE AND BLUE RIGHT
10:17:23AM ON THE CORNER OF NORTH 22nd AND EAST LAKE AVENUE.
10:17:26AM AND THEN THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER AREA THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED, EAST
10:17:31AM LAKE AVENUE AND NORTH 29th STREET.
10:17:33AM I'LL BE TOUCHING ON THAT A LITTLE LATER THROUGH THE SLIDES.
10:17:37AM HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS LOOK
10:17:43AM LIKE IN VARIOUS CITIES.
10:17:44AM I KNOW THAT CRA BOARD MEMBER CARLSON SHOWED SOME EXAMPLES AT
10:17:49AM THE TAIL END OF LAST MONTH'S MEETING, AND THESE WERE ALSO,
10:17:53AM WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SHARED THESE WITH YOU AS
10:17:55AM WELL.
10:17:56AM SO THE SIDEWALKS, SHOPS, COMMERCIAL AREAS, BUSINESSES WHERE
10:18:04AM INDIVIDUALS IN THOSE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOODS CAN FREQUENT
10:18:08AM AND LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY.
10:18:09AM ALSO ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF RESIDENTIAL COMPONENTS AND
10:18:16AM COMMERCIAL ON THE GROUND FLOOR.
10:18:17AM I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL
10:18:24AM DISTRICTS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE STRATEGIC ACTION
10:18:27AM PLAN AND JUST CONVERSATIONS WITH THE EAST TAMPA RESIDENTS,
10:18:31AM AGAIN, AN ITEM THAT WAS PULLED FROM THE STRATEGIC ACTION
10:18:34AM PLAN.
10:18:34AM THIS WAS A RENDERING THAT WAS SUBMITTED OF THE GATOR
10:18:39AM BUILDING IN A REDEVELOPED FORM AND THE CONSULTANT DREW THIS
10:18:42AM RENDERING BASED ON CONVERSATIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND
10:18:46AM HAVING A GATHERING SPACE I BELIEVE SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS
10:18:49AM WERE A SMALLER VERSION OF ARMATURE WORKS WHICH EXISTS OVER
10:18:52AM IN THE TAMPA HEIGHTS AREA AND HAVING COMMUNAL SPACE AND FOOD
10:18:58AM STALLS WHERE YOU COULD PURCHASE LUNCH, DINNER, AND MAYBE
10:19:02AM SOME ENTERTAINMENT AS WELL WHILE YOU'RE THERE.
10:19:06AM ESSENTIALLY AT THIS TIME, WE ARE WORKING TO ACQUIRE
10:19:10AM PROPERTIES ALONG THAT CORRIDOR TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE EAST
10:19:13AM ON LAKE AVENUE TO EXPAND THE FOOTPRINT SO THAT WE COULD
10:19:17AM PRIME THE AREA FOR DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
10:19:19AM REALLY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT 29th AND LAKE.
10:19:28AM THERE ARE SOME HISTORICAL REFERENCE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN IN
10:19:31AM TAMPA, PRIMARILY EAST TAMPA.
10:19:33AM THIS HUB USED TO BE AN AREA VERY SIMILAR TO MAIN STREET IN
10:19:38AM WEST TAMPA AND CENTRAL AVENUE WHERE THERE WERE
10:19:41AM PROFESSIONALS, DOCTORS, LAWYERS, DENTISTS, PHARMACISTS.
10:19:47AM EATERIES AND ENTERTAINMENT VENUES FOR RESIDENTS IN EAST
10:19:51AM TAMPA TO FREQUENT WHEN THEY COULD NOT GO OTHER PLACES IN THE
10:19:56AM CITY OF TAMPA.
10:19:56AM I KNOW ATTORNEY STUART'S FIRST OFFICE WAS ON 29th AND LAKE
10:20:04AM FROM SOME RESEARCH THAT I'VE DONE.
10:20:06AM I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS AREA.
10:20:07AM SEVERAL OF THE PARCELS THAT YOU SEE ON THAT 29th STREET
10:20:11AM CORRIDOR ARE PRIVATELY OWNED, AND WE ARE IN CONVERSATIONS
10:20:14AM AND HAVE HAD SOME PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PLANS WITH
10:20:21AM FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
10:20:22AM BUT WE STILL HAVE TO BE AGGRESSIVE TO PURCHASE AND GAIN SITE
10:20:25AM CONTROL IN SOME OF THOSE AREAS.
10:20:27AM THIS IS ONE AREA THAT I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT
10:20:30AM BECAUSE OF THE NEED.
10:20:31AM AND YOU'VE HEARD SOME COMMENTS FROM SOME OF THE CAC MEMBERS
10:20:35AM FOR EAST TAMPA CAC AS WELL AS THE RESIDENTS ABOUT THE NEED
10:20:38AM FOR DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
10:20:41AM THIS IS ONE AREA THAT WE ARE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT FOR
10:20:44AM OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD UPON AND REDEVELOP.
10:20:47AM YOU MAY HEAR OR HAVE HEARD ABOUT COMPLETE STREETS.
10:20:52AM THERE WAS A STUDY DONE ON 15th STREET MAYBE ABOUT A YEAR
10:20:57AM AND A HALF AGO, AND RESIDENTS THAT LIVED ON THE EAST SIDE OF
10:21:00AM OUR CRA BOUNDARIES -- SORRY, WEST SIDE OF OUR CRA
10:21:03AM BOUNDARIES, WERE INVOLVED IN COMMUNICATION WITH ANOTHER
10:21:06AM CONSULTING FIRM ABOUT COMPLETE STREETS AND PROVIDING SOME
10:21:13AM ADDITIONAL PARKING OPPORTUNITIES AND BULB-OUTS.
10:21:17AM SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD FROM THE RESIDENTS THAT
10:21:19AM LIVED ALONG THAT CORRIDOR WAS THAT IF THERE IS AN EVENT AT
10:21:22AM CUSCADEN POOL OR SOME ACTIVITY GOING ON IN THE PARK SATURDAY
10:21:27AM OR SUNDAY, IF I LEAVE, WHEN I GET BACK, I CAN'T FIND A
10:21:31AM PARKING SPACE AND THEY DON'T HAVE ALLEYWAY ACCESS ALL THE
10:21:34AM WAY THROUGH TO PARK IN THE REAR OF THEIR HOME.
10:21:36AM THEY MAY HAVE TO WALK AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME TO CARRY
10:21:40AM THEIR GROCERIES OR IF THEY HAVE COMPANY OR VISITORS THAT ARE
10:21:42AM COMING BY.
10:21:43AM THESE WERE SOME OF THE DESIGNS SHARED WITH THE COMMUNITY
10:21:47AM FOLLOWING THAT STUDY.
10:21:48AM AND THE STREETS WERE SOMEWHAT NARROWED A LITTLE BIT WITH THE
10:21:53AM BULB-OUTS AND THAT'S DESIGNED TO SLOW SOME OF THE TRAFFIC
10:21:56AM DOWN BECAUSE THAT WAS ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE HEARD FROM
10:21:58AM RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THE SPEEDING AND
10:22:01AM PEOPLE ARE LEAVING YBOR CITY OR DOWNTOWN AND THEY USE 15th
10:22:05AM STREET AS A THOROUGHFARE TO GET TO MLK AS WELL AS
10:22:09AM HILLSBOROUGH, AND THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT GETTING HOME, BUT
10:22:13AM THERE ARE RESIDENTIAL HOMES THERE AND ALSO RECREATION SPACE
10:22:17AM AND A POOL, SO THEY FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
10:22:21AM SOME FORM OF TRAFFIC CALMING WITH THE BULB-OUTS AND THE
10:22:26AM NARROWING OF THE LANES WOULD ASSIST IN THAT EFFORT.
10:22:28AM NOW I'M GOING TO CALL UP MR. BENSON.
10:22:37AM >>STEPHEN BENSON: WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CRA STAFF TO
10:22:38AM HELP ANSWER THE QUESTION, WHAT CAN WE DO BOTH FROM THE
10:22:41AM CITY'S PERSPECTIVE BUT ALSO FROM THE CRA'S PERSPECTIVE TO
10:22:45AM FURTHER SUPPORT.
10:22:46AM AND THE ASSISTANCE THAT WE REALLY NEED FROM THE
10:22:49AM REDEVELOPMENT AREA IS TO IDENTIFY THOSE SPECIFIC PLACES ON
10:22:54AM THAT MAP WHERE REVITALIZATION OR REDEVELOPMENT IS NEEDED.
10:22:58AM IF THE MAP IS TOO BIG, TOO MUCH, WHERE SHOULD WE BE
10:23:00AM FOCUSING, WHERE ARE THE KEY PLACES?
10:23:02AM I THINK MR. McCRAY HAS BEGUN ANSWERING SOME OF THOSE
10:23:05AM QUESTIONS TO HELP US FOCUS A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSELY.
10:23:08AM WE ARE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION
10:23:12AM AND THE CRA TO CONTINUE TO INTEGRATE THIS IDEA OF
10:23:18AM NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE
10:23:19AM PLAN.
10:23:20AM WE WANT TO STRENGTHEN THE POLICIES THAT ENABLE A LOT OF THE
10:23:23AM REGULATORY CHANGES THAT YOU'VE DONE AND THAT YOU'LL CONTINUE
10:23:26AM TO CONSIDER.
10:23:27AM AND WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE CONSIDER THESE
10:23:31AM BIG-PICTURE CONCEPTS LIKE ZONING REFORM, THAT WE'RE REALLY
10:23:35AM LOOKING FOR WAYS TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO REDEVELOPMENT, REMOVE
10:23:41AM BARRIERS FROM THE COMMUNITIES SO THEY CAN REDEVELOP IN A WAY
10:23:43AM UNIQUE TO THEM AND UNIQUE TO THE EAST TAMPA COMMUNITY AS A
10:23:46AM WHOLE.
10:23:46AM AND THEN ALSO KEEPING IN MIND THAT WE HAVE DONE THESE TWO
10:23:51AM PILOT PROJECTS.
10:23:52AM WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THE CRA AND WITH INDIVIDUAL
10:23:55AM DEPARTMENTS THAT NEED TO COME TO THE TABLE TO HELP IMPLEMENT
10:23:57AM THE IDEAS COMING OUT OF THOSE.
10:23:59AM BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE THESE TWO DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE TAKING THE
10:24:02AM IDEAS THAT MAKE SENSE OTHER PLACES AND TRYING TO APPLY THEM
10:24:05AM TO OTHER PLACES AS WELL.
10:24:06AM SO WE HAVE LOOKED AT 15th STREET IN EAST TAMPA AND HOWARD
10:24:09AM AND MAIN STREET IN WEST TAMPA.
10:24:10AM BUT THE IDEAS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF THAT ARE CARRYING ON
10:24:14AM AND AFFECTING SOME OF THE OTHER LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE
10:24:16AM CITY AS WELL.
10:24:17AM AGAIN, I THINK AS FAR AS NEXT STEPS AND OPPORTUNITIES GO, WE
10:24:24AM WOULD RECOMMEND CONTINUING TO PURSUE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT
10:24:28AM OPPORTUNITIES ON ACQUIRED SITES, WHERE CAN WE LOOK TO
10:24:31AM INTEGRATE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ON SITES THAT THE CRA MAY
10:24:34AM ALREADY OWN OR MAY BE LOOKING TO ACQUIRE.
10:24:37AM HOW CAN WE PRIORITIZE LAND ASSEMBLAGE OPPORTUNITIES ALONG
10:24:41AM CORRIDORS FOR FUTURE REDEVELOPMENT, AGAIN, TO FEED INTO THAT
10:24:43AM SAME MECHANISM.
10:24:44AM LOOKING FOR LAND, FUNDING, DISCOUNTED SPACE AND OTHER
10:24:48AM INCENTIVES THROUGH A COMPETITIVE RFP PROCESS FOR THE
10:24:51AM SPECIFIC USES THAT THE CRA NEEDS.
10:24:54AM ADMINISTERING DESIGN GRANTS THAT WILL HELP DEVELOPERS TO
10:24:57AM BUILD THE TYPE OF COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS THAT ARE CONSISTENT
10:25:00AM WITH THE THEME AND THE STYLE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
10:25:02AM LOOKING AT TRANSIT AND TRANSIT READY NODES AND PRIORITIZING
10:25:07AM THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS NEEDED TO ACTUALLY MAKE THIS
10:25:09AM COME TO FRUITION.
10:25:10AM ENHANCING PARTNERSHIPS, SUPPORTING BRANDING EFFORTS, AND
10:25:14AM THEN ALSO INTEGRATING THIS IDEA INTO THE ONGOING CODE REFORM
10:25:19AM PROCESS THAT DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR FEELEY IS --
10:25:25AM WITH THAT, IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD FROM DIRECTOR
10:25:27AM MOODY, I'M HAPPY TO PASS IT OFF.
10:25:29AM >>ERICA MOODY: WE'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
10:25:31AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
10:25:33AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THIS IS REALLY EXCITING TIMES FOR SOME OF
10:25:38AM THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT MAYBE HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED SOME OF
10:25:40AM THE BOONS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN DOWNTOWN, CHANNELSIDE, WATER
10:25:44AM STREET.
10:25:45AM SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
10:25:47AM IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS -- I KNOW ONE OF THE VERY FIRST
10:25:51AM MEETINGS TALKED ABOUT CREATING THIS INTEGRATED SPACE FOR
10:25:54AM AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND SPECIFICALLY BLACK ARTISTS THAT WOULD
10:25:57AM INTEGRATE THAT WITH COFFEE SHOPS AND THINGS.
10:26:00AM THAT WAS ONE OF MY PRIME GOALS FIRST COMING INTO OFFICE,
10:26:03AM THINGS THAT I SPOKE ABOUT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
10:26:05AM SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
10:26:07AM AS WE LOOK AT THAT, MY BIGGEST CONCERN -- AND WE HEARD A LOT
10:26:11AM OF THIS IN PUBLIC COMMENT, HOW WE PRIORITIZE ITEMS IN SOME
10:26:15AM OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.
10:26:16AM I DON'T WANT TO NECESSARILY BE A CATALYST FOR
10:26:18AM GENTRIFICATION.
10:26:19AM HOW DO YOU BALANCE THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT BEING
10:26:21AM A CATALYST FOR GENTRIFICATION?
10:26:22AM I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF USING THE HISTORICAL CORRIDOR AT
10:26:29AM 29th AND LAKE BECAUSE THAT HARKENS BACK TO A PLACE THAT
10:26:34AM THERE WAS COMMERCE AND OFFICES AND ALL.
10:26:36AM I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
10:26:37AM I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE -- I ALSO LIKE THE
10:26:41AM IDEA OF THE MULTISTORY HOUSING TO GIVE IT MORE OF A MAIN
10:26:45AM STREET FEEL SINCE YOU HAVE PEOPLE, BECAUSE THAT ALSO BRINGS
10:26:48AM FOLKS THAT ARE LIVING THERE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT WHATEVER
10:26:51AM KIND OF BUSINESSES THAT WE BRING THERE.
10:26:53AM I THINK GOING UP AND HAVING HOUSING AND PEOPLE LIVING AND
10:26:57AM CREATING LITTLE DENSITY ALONG THIS AREA WILL ALSO BE A
10:26:59AM CATALYST FOR BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE MAYBE MORE BUS SERVICES,
10:27:03AM TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS FOR FOLKS.
10:27:06AM OF COURSE, THE NUMBER ONE THING IS LAND ACQUISITION.
10:27:08AM ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT THE CRA AND THE CITY OF
10:27:13AM GETTING IN THERE AND DOING THAT TYPE OF NEGOTIATION TO
10:27:17AM ACQUIRE LAND, I'M ALL ABOUT OSBORNE LAND ACQUISITION.
10:27:20AM I'M ALL ABOUT THIS ACQUISITION.
10:27:22AM I THINK THESE ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS, IF YOU DON'T CONTROL
10:27:24AM THE LAND, YOU DON'T CONTROL ANYTHING.
10:27:26AM IN ORDER FOR US TO BE A CATALYST FOR THIS TYPE OF EXCITING
10:27:29AM DEVELOPMENT, AGAIN, AS WE LOOK AT THIS AND WE LOOK TO
10:27:33AM DEVELOP, WE -- THE TYPE OF BUSINESSES WE WANT TO DEVELOP ARE
10:27:38AM IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY AND ARE BEING ABLE TO BE OWNED
10:27:42AM AND OPERATED BY PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THAT COMMUNITY AND NOT
10:27:45AM NECESSARILY PEOPLE THAT ARE PARACHUTING IN.
10:27:47AM SO THAT'S WHERE I LOVE THE IDEA OF INCUBATOR SPACE FOR
10:27:52AM RESIDENTS.
10:27:52AM I LIKE THE IDEA OF BLACK ARTISTS BEING ABLE TO HAVE
10:27:55AM ATTAINABLE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING WORK SPACE FOR ARTISTS
10:27:59AM INTEGRATED AS WELL.
10:28:01AM IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU ARE, PEOPLE LIKE TO BE AROUND
10:28:04AM THE ARTS AND HAVE SOMETHING FOCUSED ON THAT COMMUNITY I
10:28:08AM THINK WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT AND NOT AVAILABLE ANYWHERE
10:28:11AM ELSE.
10:28:11AM IF WE COULD INCORPORATE SOMETHING LIKE THAT INTO THAT, I
10:28:14AM THINK THIS IS A WIN, WIN, WIN FOR EVERYBODY, AS LONG AS WE
10:28:17AM MAKE SURE THIS IS NOT JUST A CATALYST FOR GENTRIFICATION AND
10:28:21AM WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OTHER FOLKS COMING IN TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
10:28:26AM OF THE OPPORTUNITIES.
10:28:27AM GOOD JOB ON ALL OF THIS.
10:28:29AM I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT THE CRA AND THE CITY STAFF HAS
10:28:33AM DONE IN LOOKING AT IT.
10:28:34AM I KNOW COUNCILMAN CARLSON, THIS WAS A BIG THING FOR HIM AS
10:28:37AM WELL.
10:28:37AM I HEARD HIM SPEAK ABOUT IT.
10:28:39AM IN FACT, BACK ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL FOUR YEARS AGO, ACTUALLY
10:28:42AM FIVE YEARS AGO NOW.
10:28:44AM SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GOT ME EXCITED ABOUT IT AND WHY I
10:28:47AM INCORPORATED IT INTO MY POLITICAL PATTERN AS WELL BECAUSE I
10:28:53AM THINK IT'S SOMETHING EXCITING FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA AND LOOK
10:28:55AM FORWARD TO EXPANDING THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYBODY.
10:28:57AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA FOLLOWED BY BOARD
10:28:58AM MEMBER CARLSON.
10:28:59AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.
10:29:00AM WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAD THAT ONCE
10:29:07AM WHEN THEY WERE ALL SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLINGS.
10:29:09AM IN ORDER TO SUCCEED, YOU GOT TO HAVE WHAT YOU HAVE ON THE
10:29:12AM DAIS.
10:29:13AM YOU HAVE TO HAVE DENSITY, A LOT OF DENSITY.
10:29:15AM BECAUSE THE PRESSURES OF LIFE TODAY ARE MUCH DIFFERENT THAN
10:29:18AM WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY.
10:29:21AM YOU HAD A LITTLE GROCERY STORE ON 26th AVENUE AND 16th
10:29:24AM STREET CALLED ROY'S.
10:29:25AM IF YOU TOOK THAT SAME STREET, YOU WENT SOUTH, ONE BLOCK,
10:29:29AM THERE WAS A HOUSE, A LITTLE SPACE, AND AN ALLEY.
10:29:33AM BEHIND THAT LITTLE SPACE, BUILT A LITTLE GROCERY STORE
10:29:36AM CALLED ANNIE'S.
10:29:39AM WHY?
10:29:39AM HOW DID IT SUCCEED?
10:29:41AM VERY CAREFUL.
10:29:41AM NO ONE HAD A CAR.
10:29:43AM YOU HAD 10 OR 12 HOUSES ON A BLOCK ON EACH SIDE OF THE
10:29:47AM BLOCK.
10:29:47AM MAYBE THREE CARS ON EACH SIDE.
10:29:49AM NOW YOU HAVE THAT SAME SPACE HERE NOW.
10:29:51AM YOU'VE GOT 30 CARS.
10:29:53AM SO THINGS HAVE CHANGED.
10:29:56AM PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT HABITS.
10:29:57AM AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM THE LITTLE STORES, LITTLE THING
10:30:01AM CALLED KASH N' KARRY, ONE STORE, TWO STORIES, THEY WERE ALL
10:30:06AM OVER THE PLACE.
10:30:07AM YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD STORE ANYMORE.
10:30:09AM BETTER SERVICE WITH MORE COMMODITY AT A BETTER PRICE.
10:30:12AM THEREFORE, WHAT HAPPENED?
10:30:13AM IT WENT SOUTH FOR THOSE STORES.
10:30:17AM SO YOU HAVE TO BE DIFFERENT, BUT YET YOU HAVE TO BE THE
10:30:22AM SAME.
10:30:23AM THAT'S HARD TO DO.
10:30:24AM YEAH, YOU NEED COFFEE AND THIS, BUT YOU NEED A HELL OF A LOT
10:30:28AM MORE THAN COFFEE AND THAT.
10:30:30AM YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THE OBVIOUS IS THERE BECAUSE TAMPA
10:30:33AM HASN'T CHANGED.
10:30:33AM NO LONGER LIKE WHEN I WAS A KID.
10:30:37AM THEY ARE DIFFERENT.
10:30:37AM VERY DIFFERENT.
10:30:38AM AND YOU HAVE TO APPLY YOUR -- WHATEVER YOU'RE TRYING TO DO
10:30:42AM TO SATISFY THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE.
10:30:48AM I'M NOT A PROFESSIONAL AT THIS.
10:30:50AM I DON'T DO THIS FOR A LIVING, BUILDING THINGS AND RENTING
10:30:53AM THINGS OUT TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE GOING TO PUT A COFFEE
10:30:56AM SHOP, STUFF OF THAT NATURE.
10:30:57AM BUT SOONER OR LATER, THERE WILL BE ONE TOO MANY COFFEE
10:31:03AM SHOPS.
10:31:04AM IT MAYBE, I THINK, WILL BE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
10:31:08AM WHERE WILL YOU GO IN THE CITY OF TAMPA?
10:31:09AM DO YOU FIND SOMEWHERE THAT DOESN'T HAVE A COFFEE SHOP, A
10:31:14AM GARAGE, OR A BAR.
10:31:15AM HATE TO TELL YOU THAT.
10:31:17AM SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY.
10:31:18AM SOCIETY IS DIFFERENT.
10:31:20AM YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO FIND OUT WHICH IS THE ONE THAT YOU
10:31:24AM REALLY NEED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:31:27AM US TO APPROVE IT OR GOT TO APPROVE IT AT THE TIME.
10:31:31AM THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
10:31:33AM YOU HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT TASK AHEAD OF YOU.
10:31:35AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:31:36AM >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH, I JUST WANT TO ECHO THE THANKS OF
10:31:40AM STAFF, CRA STAFF AND CITY STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY,
10:31:44AM REALLY HARD ON THIS.
10:31:46AM ALIS IS NOT HERE.
10:31:48AM I KNOW HE'S BEEN WORKING HARD ON THIS AS WELL.
10:31:50AM AS STEPHEN SAID, THIS IS A PLANNER'S IDEA THAT HAS BEEN
10:31:54AM AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.
10:31:57AM THE IDEA OF THIS -- CAN YOU ALL SHOW THE PICTURE AGAIN
10:32:00AM THAT'S ON THE SCREEN?
10:32:01AM THESE ARE PICTURES THAT JUST AN AI APP I HAVE ON MY PHONE
10:32:08AM DEVELOPED.
10:32:08AM WHAT I PUT IN WAS FOUR-STORY BUILDINGS WITH COFFEE SHOP AND
10:32:13AM GROCERY STORE ON THE BOTTOM ON FOUR CORNERS.
10:32:17AM AND SO EACH NEIGHBORHOOD MIGHT HAVE A TEXTURE OR STYLE THAT
10:32:21AM WOULD LOOK DIFFERENT THAN THIS.
10:32:23AM THE IDEA IS PUT A LITTLE BIT OF DENSITY, NOT A 20-STORY
10:32:27AM BUILDING, BUT A THREE- OR FOUR-STORY BUILDING, MORE THAN
10:32:30AM JUST A ONE-STORY BUILDING, BUT PROBABLY NOT MORE THAN FOUR
10:32:33AM STORIES.
10:32:33AM THERE COULD BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THE TOP OF SOME OF
10:32:36AM THEM.
10:32:37AM THERE COULD BE OFFICES ON THE TOP OF OTHERS.
10:32:39AM BUT THE IDEA REALLY IS TO DO FOUR CORNERS.
10:32:42AM IT'S VERY DIFFERENT THAN A CORRIDOR.
10:32:45AM THINK OF A CORRIDOR, I HAD SOME PICTURES LAST TIME, THINK OF
10:32:48AM A CORRIDOR LIKE DALE MABRY OR FLORIDA AVENUE, WE NEED
10:32:51AM CONCENTRATIONS OF THIS.
10:32:52AM SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO GO THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS AND REDO
10:32:55AM EVERYTHING.
10:32:56AM THE OLD WAY THAT CRAs LOOKED AT THINGS WAS, LET'S SAVE UP
10:33:00AM A LOT OF MONEY AND SUBSIDIZE ONE BIG DEVELOPER TO GO IN.
10:33:03AM THESE ARE A LOT OF LITTLE PROJECTS WHERE WE CAN SUPPORT
10:33:06AM LITTLE ENTREPRENEURS AND LITTLE PROPERTY OWNERS AND LITTLE
10:33:09AM RESTAURANTS AND LITTLE COFFEE SHOPS.
10:33:11AM AND BRING AMENITIES THAT PEOPLE WANT INSTEAD OF DRIVING
10:33:15AM ACROSS TOWN TO GO TO A GROCERY STORE, YOU HOPEFULLY COULD
10:33:19AM WALK A FEW BLOCKS AND GET EGGS, MILK, BREAD, WHATEVER YOU
10:33:23AM WANT.
10:33:23AM BUT IT ADDS TO THE PRIDE HOPEFULLY OF A NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:33:27AM IT ADDS TO THE IDENTITY OF A NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:33:30AM WE'RE SUPPORTING NEIGHBORHOODS INSTEAD OF BIG DEVELOPMENT,
10:33:34AM SUPPORTING THE QUALITY OF LIFE INSTEAD OF GENTRIFICATION.
10:33:40AM ONE WAY TO THINK OF IT AS DOWNTOWN OR CENTER OF A
10:33:43AM NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:33:43AM NEIGHBORHOODS SHOULD HELP US DECIDE WHERE THEY GO.
10:33:46AM THE IDEA IS THAT IT IS NEIGHBORHOOD DRIVEN AND PEOPLE DRIVEN
10:33:49AM INSTEAD OF DEVELOPER DRIVEN.
10:33:50AM AGAIN, IT'S LIKE FOUR BLOCKS ON A CORNER OR AROUND A
10:33:55AM ROUNDABOUT LIKE THE ONE YOU SHOWED.
10:33:56AM AGAIN, AN IDEA IS SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES ABOUT -- I LOOKED
10:34:04AM UP THE NUMBER.
10:34:05AM ABOUT HALF THE NUMBERS I GOT QUICKLY, ABOUT HALF THE PEOPLE
10:34:07AM IN THE UNITED STATES WORK FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
10:34:10AM THE MORE WE CAN HELP START SMALL BUSINESSES, SUPPORT SMALL
10:34:13AM BUSINESSES, THERE'S GROWING ENTREPRENEURSHIPS.
10:34:17AM ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES OUR CHAIR TEACHES PEOPLE HOW TO SET UP
10:34:20AM SMALL BUSINESSES.
10:34:21AM GREAT SCHOOLS IN EAST TAMPA AND OTHER PLACES THAT TEACH
10:34:24AM PEOPLE HOW TO SET UP SMALL BUSINESSES.
10:34:26AM SO WE SUPPORT ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
10:34:27AM ALSO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
10:34:28AM WE HEARD A LINE OF PEOPLE THIS MORNING TALKING ABOUT
10:34:32AM AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
10:34:32AM WE CAN PARTNER WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING NONPROFITS IN
10:34:37AM BUILDING THE UPPER STORIES OF THESE THINGS.
10:34:39AM WE GAVE AN EXAMPLE LAST TIME, IMAGINE WHERE JACKSON'S MARKET
10:34:43AM IS, BIG PIECE OF LAND.
10:34:45AM IMAGINE IF THEY PARTNERED WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPER
10:34:46AM AND BUILT AFFORDABLE HOUSING ABOVE THAT.
10:34:49AM IT WOULD ADD THAT DENSITY.
10:34:52AM AGAIN, REMEMBER, IT'S A CONCENTRATED AREA, NOT SMALL --
10:34:56AM SMALL CONCENTRATED AREA, NOT CORRIDOR.
10:34:59AM WE CAN ALWAYS DO CORRIDORS.
10:35:00AM BUT THE REASON THAT'S IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE AS FOLKS HAVE
10:35:04AM DRAWN MAPS FOR TRANSIT BEFORE AND I'VE WORKED ON SOME OF
10:35:06AM THEM, IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE POCKETS OF
10:35:09AM DENSITY ARE.
10:35:10AM SO IMAGINE A BUS DROPPING YOU OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF DALE
10:35:13AM MABRY VERSUS DROPPING YOU OFF AT MIDTOWN OR DROPPING YOU OFF
10:35:16AM ANYWHERE IN SOUTH TAMPA VERSUS DROPPING YOU OFF AT HYDE PARK
10:35:19AM VILLAGE.
10:35:22AM STEPHEN PUT THE HEADING IN HERE.
10:35:24AM PEOPLE TALK ABOUT TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AS A
10:35:29AM JUSTIFICATION FOR A TRANSIT TAX, CITIES DO IS BUILD
10:35:34AM TRANSIT-READY DEVELOPMENT.
10:35:35AM SO WE WILL BUILD DENSITY IN PLACES WHERE PEOPLE NATURALLY
10:35:39AM CONGREGATE AND WE'LL LEAVE SPACE FOR A BUS STOP AND/OR A
10:35:42AM TRAIN STOP.
10:35:42AM AND THEN WHEN SOMEBODY EVENTUALLY GETS THE MONEY TO BUILD A
10:35:46AM REAL TRANSIT SYSTEM, WE'LL HAVE PLACES THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY
10:35:49AM WANT TO GO.
10:35:49AM WE'LL BE TRANSIT READY BUT NOT WAIT ON A TAX TEN YEARS FROM
10:35:53AM NOW.
10:35:54AM WE'LL START DEVELOPING THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES FIRST.
10:35:56AM THE LAST THING IS PART OF THIS MOTION WAS TO LOOK AT MOVING
10:36:00AM THE CRA STAFF IN.
10:36:02AM RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT, I THINK, SPACE OVER HERE.
10:36:04AM AND WE COULD STAY THERE.
10:36:07AM BUT IF WE WERE GOING TO LOOK FOR A SPACE SOMEWHERE ELSE, IF
10:36:09AM WE BOUGHT A BUILDING, WE COULD MOVE OUR PEOPLE IN THERE AND
10:36:12AM THAT WOULD ADD SOME ACTIVITY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:36:14AM BUT IN THE MEANTIME, LET'S WORK ON PARTNERING WITH THE
10:36:17AM PRIVATE SECTOR, FOR PROFIT, NOT FOR PROFIT AND OTHERS
10:36:21AM LOOKING TO DO THIS.
10:36:22AM THANK YOU.
10:36:22AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
10:36:27AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ECHOING WHAT COUNCILMAN CARLSON SAID ON
10:36:30AM THE CRA.
10:36:30AM I KNOW THAT WAS INITIAL WAY BACK PROPOSAL.
10:36:32AM NOW IN FOR FREE SPACE.
10:36:34AM I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THAT OFF THE TABLE FOR NOW AND MAYBE
10:36:36AM REVISIT SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE SO WE DON'T HAVE TO CONTINUE
10:36:39AM TO HAVE THAT ON THE AGENDA ABOUT MOVING CRA STAFF.
10:36:45AM IF WE DO THIS WELL, IT WILL HAVE TENANTS, DOCTORS, DENTISTS.
10:36:49AM SERVICES THAT PEOPLE NEED IN THAT COMMUNITY AND MAYBE SOME
10:36:54AM STATE AGENCY SERVICES AND STUFF.
10:36:56AM I THINK SINCE THE CRA IS OVER THERE, CAN WE KIND OF TAKE
10:36:59AM THAT OFF THE AGENDA FOR NOW?
10:37:01AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YOU NEED HIS PERMISSION TO DO THAT?
10:37:04AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IT'S A CONTINUING THING.
10:37:06AM >>BILL CARLSON: IF WE HAVE FREE SPACE HERE AND IT'S WORKING,
10:37:09AM THAT'S FINE.
10:37:11AM I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THAT SPACE WILL BE AVAILABLE.
10:37:12AM I DON'T CARE IF WE TAKE THIS OFF THE TABLE.
10:37:15AM IF WE WERE GOING TO MOVE, I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE
10:37:18AM LIKE THIS VERSUS ANY RANDOM OFFICE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
10:37:21AM BECAUSE THEN WE WOULD BE A PART OF A PROJECT THAT'S HELPING
10:37:24AM TO PROMOTE A NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:37:25AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MOVE THAT WE TAKE THAT OFF THE TABLE FOR
10:37:29AM NOW SO IT DOESN'T CONTINUE ON ON THE AGENDA.
10:37:33AM >>ERICA MOODY: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE GREAT DISCUSSION.
10:37:35AM REALLY WHAT I HEARD WAS LOOKING AT OUR NEXT STEPS AND SEEING
10:37:38AM HOW WE CAN PURSUE OUR OWN DEVELOPMENTS.
10:37:40AM WE WOULD LOVE TO BRING SOME PROJECTS TO YOU THAT HAVE A
10:37:42AM VISION VERY SIMILAR TO THIS AND HOW WE CAN GET IT DONE.
10:37:46AM JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT WE HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT AND
10:37:50AM ECONOMIC PORTFOLIO IS SO STRONG.
10:37:52AM THANK YOU SO MUCH TO DIRECTOR BENSON AND THE ENTIRE CITY
10:37:55AM PLANNING TEAM.
10:37:56AM THEY ARE PROVIDING THESE SERVICES IN-HOUSE AND IN-KIND SO WE
10:38:00AM DON'T HAVE TO SPEND IT BECAUSE WE KNOW OUR COMMUNITY AND
10:38:03AM WE'RE LISTENING TO WHAT THEY WANT.
10:38:05AM TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE OSBORNE PROPERTY LATER.
10:38:07AM BUT WE ALSO HAVE A STRONG DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
10:38:10AM AND HE UNDERSTANDS THIS.
10:38:11AM AND THAT'S WHERE WE CAN REALLY STRENGTHEN THE PARTNERSHIPS
10:38:14AM THAT PROVIDE THIS PROGRAMMING THAT COME IN AND PROVIDE THIS
10:38:17AM TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, DOING RETAIL ASSESSMENTS, SEEING WHAT
10:38:21AM THE APPROPRIATE USES ARE FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:38:23AM AND THEN ALSO HELPING BUSINESSES INCUBATE, ACCELERATE, AND
10:38:26AM SCALE UP SO THEY CAN BETA TEST AND WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT
10:38:30AM THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL.
10:38:31AM SO WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING YOU BACK MORE ON THIS.
10:38:34AM MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS IS BEING RECEIVED AND FILED, BUT IT
10:38:37AM WON'T BE THE LAST TIME THAT YOU HEAR IT.
10:38:39AM WE'LL COME AND BRING YOU SOME IDEAS AND BRING YOU
10:38:43AM PARTNERSHIPS.
10:38:44AM CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO REMOVE THIS FROM THE AGENDA?
10:38:51AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
10:38:53AM SECOND BY BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
10:38:56AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
10:38:58AM >> AYE.
10:38:59AM >>ERICA MOODY: THANK YOU.
10:38:59AM JUST WANT TO THANK BOARD MEMBER CARLSON FOR BRINGING THIS UP
10:39:02AM AND RECOGNIZING THAT THERE ARE SMALL PROJECTS THAT START TO
10:39:05AM CREATE A RIPPLE EFFECT FOR COMMUNITY IMPACT.
10:39:08AM LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH THE COMMUNITY.
10:39:10AM IF YOU ARE A DEVELOPER IN THESE AREAS, GIVE US A CALL AND WE
10:39:13AM WANT TO PARTNER.
10:39:14AM SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR STAFF.
10:39:17AM DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT?
10:39:19AM IF IT'S OKAY, WE'LL START TO MOVE INTO OUR GUEST
10:39:22AM PRESENTATIONS.
10:39:23AM IT IS 10:40, SO WE ARE DOING PRETTY GOOD ON TIME.
10:39:26AM MS. ORR, DID YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE OUR GUEST PRESENTER?
10:39:43AM >>COURTNEY ORR: GOOD MORNING AGAIN.
10:39:44AM COURTNEY ORR, CRA DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
10:39:46AM I HAVE THE PLEASURE RIGHT NOW OF INTRODUCING REPRESENTATIVES
10:39:49AM OF THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM, WHICH HAS BEEN A 30 YEAR CULTURAL
10:39:54AM INSTITUTION LOCATED IN THE CHANNEL DISTRICT.
10:39:56AM THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM PRESIDENT AND CEO ROGER GERMANN WILL
10:40:01AM PRESENT TO YOU THE SIZABILITY COMMUNITY AND FINANCIAL
10:40:05AM CONTRIBUTIONS MADE OVER TIME INCLUDING THE SIGNIFICANT
10:40:08AM INVESTMENTS THE AQUARIUM WILL MAKE IN THE NEAR FUTURE
10:40:10AM THROUGH EXPANSION AND RENOVATION.
10:40:12AM MR. GERMANN WILL CONCLUDE WITH A FUNDING REQUEST TO THE CRA.
10:40:16AM ONE LAST PIECE OF INFORMATION I'D LIKE TO INCLUDE, THE
10:40:19AM CHANNEL DISTRICT CAC WERE PRESENTED THE EXACT SAME
10:40:23AM PRESENTATION LAST WEEK AND THEY UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED THE
10:40:25AM FUNDING REQUEST THAT THE AQUARIUM MADE.
10:40:27AM ROGER?
10:40:34AM >> THANK YOU, COURTNEY.
10:40:35AM GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR.
10:40:36AM GOOD MORNING, BOARD MEMBERS.
10:40:37AM THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COME BEFORE YOU THIS
10:40:41AM MORNING AND SEEK SOME SUPPORT FOR YOUR FLORIDA AQUARIUM.
10:40:46AM WE HAVE A PRESENTATION WE WOULD LIKE TO PULL UP REAL QUICK.
10:40:54AM WE'LL GIVE MR. MASSEY COPIES OF OUR PRESENTATION AS WELL.
10:40:57AM GIVE US ONE SECOND.
10:41:22AM >> CAN WE HAVE THE AQUARIUM PRESENTATION UP, PLEASE?
10:41:34AM >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR MOODY.
10:41:48AM REAL QUICK, WE WOULD LIKE TO START OFF THIS MORNING'S
10:41:51AM PRESENTATION, WITH A QUICK VIDEO TO LET YOU KNOW WHO THE
10:41:54AM FLORIDA AQUARIUM IS.
10:42:00AM THAT GIVES A LITTLE INSIGHT OF JUST WHERE WE ARE AT TODAY.
10:44:01AM BUT WHEN YOU LOOK BACK IN THE PAST, I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT
10:44:04AM IN 1995, THIS NONPROFIT OPENED UP REALLY TO BE THE ECONOMIC
10:44:08AM SPARK TO NOT ONLY REVITALIZE THE DOWNTOWN AREA IT WAS
10:44:12AM LOCATED IN BUT REALLY CONTRIBUTE BACK TO THE BRAND OF TAMPA
10:44:16AM AND THE REGION ITSELF.
10:44:17AM ARE WE A SUCCESS OR NOT?
10:44:22AM I THINK WE BELIEVE WE ARE.
10:44:24AM MANY OF US DO.
10:44:25AM AND THE TAMPA BAY TIMES AND OUR 25th ANNIVERSARY CLEARLY
10:44:28AM POINTED OUT THAT THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM IS A SUCCESS STORY.
10:44:33AM AS A MATTER OF FACT, YESTERDAY, ALSO AN EDITORIAL THAT,
10:44:35AM AGAIN, REITERATED THAT THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM AND THE VISION
10:44:39AM THAT THE FOUNDERS HAD BACK IN THE LATE '80s, EARLY '90s
10:44:43AM IS TRULY A SUCCESS STORY FOR TAMPA.
10:44:47AM WHO ARE WE?
10:44:48AM WE ARE ACCREDITED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF ZOOS AND AQUARIUMS,
10:44:51AM THE HIGHEST ACCREDITATION.
10:44:52AM RECENTLY WE WERE ASKED TO JOIN THE WORLD ASSOCIATION OF ZOOS
10:44:55AM AND AQUARIUMS.
10:44:56AM EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
10:44:57AM A RECOGNITION OF WHAT OUR FLORIDA AQUARIUM, YOUR FLORIDA
10:44:59AM AQUARIUM IS DOING ON A GLOBAL SCALE.
10:45:01AM WE EARNED AMERICAN HUMANE ANIMAL WELFARE CERTIFICATION.
10:45:04AM VERY FEW ORGANIZATIONS HAVE EARNED THAT.
10:45:06AM IT'S ONE OF THE HIGHEST STANDARDS IN THE COUNTRY.
10:45:08AM WE'RE DEFINITELY RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE TEN BEST AQUARIUMS
10:45:12AM IN THE COUNTRY.
10:45:13AM THAT'S MORE OF A RECENT RECOGNITION.
10:45:14AM WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT.
10:45:16AM THE LAST THING I'LL POINT OUT ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE IS WE
10:45:18AM ARE ONE OF TWO NONPROFIT CULTURAL ATTRACTIONS IN TAMPA THAT
10:45:23AM HAVE RECEIVED CANDID'S PLATINUM TRANSPARENCY AWARD.
10:45:27AM IT IS THE HIGHEST AWARD YOU CAN GET FOR OPERATIONAL
10:45:29AM EXCELLENCE, TRANSPARENCY, AND STABILITY AND STEWARDSHIP WITH
10:45:33AM FUNDS.
10:45:34AM WHO WE ARE, WE ARE A GOVERNANCE.
10:45:36AM WE'RE A NONPROFIT.
10:45:37AM 34 BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY CIVIC LEADERS.
10:45:40AM 8 MEMBERS OF HONORARY BOARD.
10:45:42AM YOU'LL HEAR FROM OUR BOARD CHAIR A LITTLE LATER.
10:45:44AM JOHN COURIS WHO IS HERE.
10:45:52AM FLORIDA AQUARIUM, WE ARE AN ECONOMIC ENGINE.
10:45:54AM LIVING OUT THE 1995 DREAM TO TODAY.
10:45:56AM LAST YEAR'S ECONOMIC IMPACT NUMBERS WERE 275 MILLION.
10:46:00AM NOT ONLY ECONOMICALLY IMPACTS THE CHANNEL DISTRICT, THE
10:46:03AM DOWNTOWN DISTRICT BUT ALSO THE CITY AND BEYOND.
10:46:08AM GROWN OUR ATTENDANCE TO OVER A MILLION PEOPLE.
10:46:11AM THE INVESTMENTS WE HAVE MADE IN THE AQUARIUM HAS BROUGHT A
10:46:14AM MILLION PEOPLE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME TO WALK THROUGH OUR
10:46:17AM DOORS AND GET ENGAGED WITH US.
10:46:19AM WHEN THIS PROJECT IS COMPLETED, WE'LL HAVE PUT AT LEAST $85
10:46:22AM MILLION INTO THE CHANNEL DISTRICT FACILITY, WHICH IS OUR OWN
10:46:28AM FUNDING.
10:46:29AM LASTLY, I'LL JUST POINT OUT REAL QUICK ON THIS ONE, BECAUSE
10:46:33AM YOU DO HAVE THE DECK IN FRONT OF YOU, THAT WE DID MAKE A
10:46:35AM COMMITMENT, OUR BOARD MADE A COMMITMENT, OUR STAFF MADE A
10:46:38AM COMMITMENT TO HELP GROW LOCAL SPENDING WITH LOCAL AND
10:46:41AM MINORITY BUSINESSES.
10:46:41AM AS YOU CAN SEE, SINCE 2021 THROUGH LAST YEAR, WE'VE
10:46:44AM INCREASED OUR SPENDING FROM $180,000 TO $1 MILLION.
10:46:48AM ANNUALLY.
10:46:51AM WE'RE A CONSERVATION CHAMPION.
10:46:52AM YOU KNOW ALL ABOUT OUR CORAL PROGRAMS, SEA TURTLE PROGRAMS.
10:46:56AM TWO THINGS POINT OUT.
10:46:57AM COMMUNITY MANGROVE RESTORATION PROJECT WE JUST STARTED.
10:47:01AM MANGROVES ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO OUR ENVIRONMENT, TO OUR
10:47:05AM QUALITY OF LIFE.
10:47:06AM LASTLY, WE ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES, OUR STAFF, BOARD, COMMUNITY,
10:47:09AM OUR VOLUNTEERS AND MANY CORPORATE LEADERS ROLL UP THEIR
10:47:13AM SLEEVES.
10:47:13AM LAST YEAR WE COLLECTED 2.5 TONS OF TRASH, MANY OF THOSE IN
10:47:18AM HARD TO FIND PLACES IN THE WATER AS DIVERS GO IN AND CLEAN
10:47:22AM UP OUR WATERWAYS AS WELL.
10:47:24AM SCHOOLCHILDREN, WE'RE AN EDUCATION LEADER.
10:47:28AM 2 MILLION SCHOOLCHILDREN HAVE COME THROUGH OUR DOORS SINCE
10:47:31AM WE OPENED.
10:47:32AM OUR FOCUS VERY MUCH IS ON TITLE 1 SCHOOLS GIVING EVERYBODY
10:47:36AM AN OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY VISIT BUT ALSO TO LEARN ABOUT
10:47:40AM ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, S.T.E.M. EDUCATION, AND CAREERS AND
10:47:44AM BEYOND.
10:47:44AM I WILL ALSO POINT OUT THAT WE ARE THE FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE
10:47:48AM TAMPA BAY S.T.E.M. NETWORK, ONE OF THE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED
10:47:52AM S.T.E.M. PROGRAMS AND WE ARE A LEADER IN THAT AREA.
10:47:54AM DAYS OF DISCOVERY, WE'RE ONE OF THE FIRST AUTISM FRIENDLY
10:47:58AM CULTURAL ATTRACTIONS HERE IN TAMPA.
10:48:00AM WE DO DAYS OF DISCOVERY.
10:48:02AM WE ARE COMMITTED TO, AGAIN, PROGRAMS TO ALLOW FOLKS AND
10:48:06AM YOUTH TO COME TO THE AQUARIUM THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS.
10:48:10AM AND THEN FINALLY, BECAUSE THE GENTLEMAN NEXT TO ME WAS VERY
10:48:14AM INSTRUMENTAL IN THIS.
10:48:16AM ONE OF THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE COUNTRY, A ROBOT THAT
10:48:19AM ALLOWS KIDS WHO ARE IN THE PEDIATRIC CANCER WARD AT TAMPA
10:48:22AM GENERAL HOSPITAL TO TAKE A FIELD TRIP AT THE FLORIDA
10:48:25AM AQUARIUM.
10:48:26AM WHAT THAT ROBOT DOES, RATHER THAN LOOK INTO A VIEW, THAT THE
10:48:30AM CHILDREN CAN OPERATE THAT ROBOT.
10:48:31AM THEY CAN JOIN THEIR FAMILY OR THEY CAN JOIN THEIR SCHOOL
10:48:35AM FIELD TRIP AND THEY ARE IN CONTROL OF WHERE THEY GO, WHAT
10:48:38AM THEY SEE AND HOW THEY INTERACT WITH THE GROUPS.
10:48:41AM VISITING THE AQUARIUM.
10:48:46AM COMMUNITY COLLABORATOR, TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN MUCH IS
10:48:50AM REQUIRED AS MY MOM AND DAD TAUGHT ME.
10:48:52AM WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ALWAYS GIVING BACK TO THE
10:48:54AM COMMUNITY.
10:48:55AM WE STARTED A PROGRAM, SEATREK PROGRAM THAT BRINGS FOLKS FROM
10:49:00AM UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY TAMPA PARKS AND RECS.
10:49:05AM THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO UNDERWATER AND DO THINGS THEY
10:49:09AM NEVER THOUGHT OF.
10:49:10AM TWO-YEAR ANNIVERSARY.
10:49:12AM 800 PARTICIPANTS IN THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM.
10:49:14AM THE BOARD LAUNCHED A COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE A FEW
10:49:18AM YEARS AGO, BRING FOLKS FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT REPRESENT
10:49:21AM DIVERSE CULTURE AND NATURE AND MAKE SURE WE ARE BEING
10:49:25AM RESPONSIVE TO WHAT OUR COMMUNITY IS ASKING FROM THE FLORIDA
10:49:27AM AQUARIUM.
10:49:31AM THANKS TO THE PARTNERSHIP WITH BANK OF AMERICA, WE'RE IN THE
10:49:34AM MIDDLE OF A PROJECT WITH A COMMUNITY RESILIENCE TASK FORCE
10:49:37AM THAT IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM BOTH
10:49:42AM SULPHUR SPRINGS AND EAST TAMPA ON HOW TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE
10:49:45AM ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCY ISSUES AND PROBLEMS THAT HAVE BEEN
10:49:48AM THERE FOR A LONG TIME AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO COMING UP WITH
10:49:52AM A REPORT AND AN ACTION PLAN OF HOW THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM CAN
10:49:55AM HELP DRIVE THOSE IMPORTANT CHANGES.
10:49:59AM COMMUNITY COLLABORATOR, AGAIN, WE DO A LOT OF WONDERFUL
10:50:01AM PROGRAMS IN THE COMMUNITY.
10:50:02AM ONE THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT, WE CREATED A
10:50:05AM PROGRAM WITH THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY AND THE
10:50:08AM DISCOVERY PASS PROGRAM.
10:50:09AM WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
10:50:10AM WE PUT PASSES IN LIBRARIES SO YOU CAN GO IN AND CHECK OUT A
10:50:13AM PASS TO COME TO THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM FOR FREE.
10:50:16AM IT IS A GREAT PROGRAM.
10:50:17AM IT ALLOWS ACCESS TO THE COMMUNITY AND WE TARGET CERTAIN
10:50:22AM NEIGHBORHOODS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ALWAYS HAVE ACCESS TO
10:50:25AM THEIR FLORIDA AQUARIUM.
10:50:26AM LET ME GIVE YOU A QUICK PROJECT BACKGROUND.
10:50:29AM WHY ARE WE DOING THAT NOW?
10:50:30AM WHY IS NOW THE RIGHT TIME?
10:50:32AM WHY ARE WE HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY?
10:50:34AM PUBLIC DEMAND FOR THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM HAS NEVER BEEN
10:50:38AM GREATER AND IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW.
10:50:40AM LAST YEAR, WE WENT OVER THE ONE MILLION MARK FOR THE FIRST
10:50:43AM TIME.
10:50:44AM WE KNOW WE NEED TO HAVE MORE SPACE AND MORE EXHIBITS, NEED
10:50:49AM TO REMAIN RELEVANT.
10:50:51AM THE FACT OF REMAINING RELEVANT IS CHANGING PUBLIC
10:50:53AM EXPECTATIONS BOTH FROM RESIDENTS AS WELL AS TOURISTS.
10:50:56AM AND THEY ARE LOOKING FOR UNIQUE EXPERIENCES THAT SHOWCASE
10:51:02AM CHARISMATIC ANIMALS THUS WHAT YOU'LL SEE SHORTLY AND WHY
10:51:05AM WE'RE DOING THE PROJECT.
10:51:06AM LASTLY, FROM A PAID ATTENDANCE, WHY ATTENDANCE, WE HAVE A
10:51:10AM PHILANTHROPIC ARM AS WELL, BUT OUR PAID ATTENDANCE SUPPORTS
10:51:13AM 53% OF OUR CONSERVATION PROGRAMS AND 40% OF OUR LEARNING
10:51:17AM PROGRAMS, INCLUDING OUR TITLE I INITIATIVE.
10:51:20AM YOU CAN IMAGINE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MARGIN FUNDS OUR
10:51:23AM MISSION AT THE END OF THE DAY.
10:51:25AM PROJECT OVERVIEW, GO THROUGH THIS REALLY QUICKLY.
10:51:27AM BASICALLY FLORIDA AQUARIUM, OUR FIRST MAJOR ANIMAL FOCUSED
10:51:31AM EXHIBIT SINCE WE OPENED IN 1995.
10:51:33AM IT COVERS A LOT OF GROUND.
10:51:35AM THE $45 MILLION PROJECT WE TALKED ABOUT IS ALREADY UNDER
10:51:40AM WAY.
10:51:41AM MORPH OPENED UP LAST YEAR.
10:51:43AM HUGE, POPULAR SUCCESS.
10:51:45AM THE POINT IS EVERY SO MANY YEARS WE'LL ROTATE EXHIBITS TO
10:51:48AM BRING RELEVANT, FRESH, NEW STORIES, BUT MORPH'D HAS KICKED
10:51:53AM THAT OFF WONDERFULLY.
10:51:55AM MESS MEAN GALLERY RENOVATION, WE'LL EXPAND OUR HABITATS.
10:52:01AM SOME OF THE THINGS FOCUS ON AS WELL AS ADA ACCESSIBILITY,
10:52:04AM MAKING SURE ALL OF THOSE PROGRAMS WHERE FOLKS CAN GET A
10:52:07AM CHANCE TO TOUCH AND UPGRADE AND UPDATE THE CURRENT EXHIBIT
10:52:10AM THAT'S THERE.
10:52:11AM ALSO KIND OF GALLERIZE IT, GIVE A LITTLE MORE CONTEXT TO
10:52:16AM VISITING THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM AND ADA IMPROVEMENTS PART OF
10:52:19AM THE PROJECT AS WELL FROM ELEVATORS AND FEW OTHERS.
10:52:21AM WHEN YOU HAVE A SMALL ELEVATOR AND YOU HAVE A MILLION PEOPLE
10:52:25AM PLUS COMING IN, WE NEED TO DO A FEW UPGRADES THERE.
10:52:28AM TWO-STORY PUFFIN EXHIBIT.
10:52:32AM ONLY PUFFIN EXHIBIT IN FLORIDA.
10:52:34AM WE TALKED WITH RESIDENTS, TALKED WITH MEMBERS ABOUT AND WE
10:52:37AM TALKED WITH FOLKS IN THE TOURISM INDUSTRY ABOUT WHAT WOULD
10:52:41AM ATTRACT FOLKS TO KEEP COMING TO THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM,
10:52:45AM ATTRACT RESIDENTS TO SEE THEIR FLORIDA AQUARIUM AS THE BEST
10:52:48AM IN THE WORLD.
10:52:49AM THANKS TO THE VINIK FAMILY WHO HAVE HELPED FUND THIS AND
10:52:53AM SPONSOR THIS EXHIBIT.
10:52:54AM WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE SUCCESS.
10:52:57AM SEA LION HABITAT.
10:52:59AM WE HAVE A LEADERSHIP SPONSOR WHO WILL BE ANNOUNCING LATER
10:53:03AM THIS SUMMER, WHICH IS GREAT.
10:53:06AM LEADERSHIP GIFT, I SHOULD SAY, FROM A MAJOR CORPORATION IN
10:53:09AM TOWN.
10:53:10AM WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
10:53:12AM EIGHT TO TEN CALIFORNIA SEA LIONS, ALL STATE OF THE ART AND
10:53:17AM ADA ACCESSIBLE AND COMPLIANT.
10:53:18AM WE WILL BE THE ONLY ONES THAT HAVE CALIFORNIA SEA LIONS ON
10:53:22AM PUBLIC DISPLAY ON THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA.
10:53:24AM AGAIN, EXTREMELY IMPORTANT NOT ONLY FOR THE RESIDENTS HERE
10:53:26AM LOOKING FOR SOMETHING UNIQUE BUT ALSO HELPS DRIVE TOURISM,
10:53:30AM ESPECIALLY TO THE CHANNEL DISTRICT AND DOWNTOWN AREA AS
10:53:32AM WELL.
10:53:33AM AFRICAN PENGUIN HABITAT.
10:53:35AM OUR PENGUINS ARE OUR MOST POPULAR ANIMALS.
10:53:38AM NORMALLY THEY HAD BEEN BEHIND THE SCENES.
10:53:40AM WE WANT TO BRING THEM IN A LARGE-SCALE FASHION OUT TO THE
10:53:43AM FRONT SO THE PUBLIC CAN SEE THEM ON EVERY VISIT.
10:53:45AM THIS WILL BE AN AMAZING, UNIQUE EXPERIENCE THAT NO ONE HAS
10:53:48AM SEEN IN THE ZOOLOGICAL COMMUNITY.
10:53:50AM WHAT'S ALSO REALLY SPECIAL ABOUT THIS ONE, IT ALLOWS US TO
10:53:53AM GROW OUR POPULATION AND REALLY GET MORE INVOLVED WITH THE
10:53:56AM SPECIE SURVIVAL PROGRAM OF THE ENDANGERED AND ENDEARED BIRD.
10:54:01AM PROJECT IMPACT.
10:54:02AM JUST REAL QUICK, APOLOGIZE FOR THE FORMATTING HERE.
10:54:06AM BUT IN 2021, OUR BASELINE ATTENDANCE, WHICH HAD GROWN SINCE
10:54:11AM 2017 BY 50,000 PEOPLE, WE BELIEVE WHEN THIS PROJECT IS
10:54:14AM TOTALLY COMPLETE BASED ON INDUSTRY STANDARDS, BENCHMARKS AND
10:54:17AM OTHER THINGS WE'VE LOOKED AT, THAT WE CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY BY
10:54:21AM THE TIME THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED IN 2026 THAT OUR
10:54:24AM ORGANIZATION AND THIS COMMUNITY CAN COUNT ON A MILLION
10:54:27AM PEOPLE COMING THROUGH OUR DOORS EVERY DAY, AND THAT WILL
10:54:30AM JUST GO HIGHER.
10:54:31AM HERE IS OUR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.
10:54:34AM CHAIRED BY DARRYL SHAW WHO WE ALL KNOW.
10:54:37AM MANY HONOREE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, HONORARY MEMBERS AND
10:54:41AM COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
10:54:42AM I DO HAVE TO SAY A MISS HERE AND SOMEONE IS IN THE ROOM, TOM
10:54:46AM AND LAUREN PEPIN, ALSO OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS AS WELL.
10:54:49AM THEY JOINED US IN OUR QUEST TO BUILD AND COMPLETE THIS
10:54:52AM PROJECT.
10:54:53AM LET'S TALK ABOUT THE REQUEST AND WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY AND
10:54:58AM VERY THANKFUL FOR YOU GIVING US THIS TIME.
10:55:01AM $45 MILLION PROJECT.
10:55:02AM TO DATE, WE HAVE RAISED 22 MILLION.
10:55:04AM WE HAVE 22 MILLION DOLLARS IN THE BANK ON A $45 MILLION
10:55:07AM PROJECT.
10:55:07AM WE'RE BEFORE YOU TODAY TO TALK ABOUT A $15 MILLION
10:55:12AM INVESTMENT IN THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM.
10:55:13AM THAT WILL GO TO DIRECT CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND
10:55:16AM INFRASTRUCTURE.
10:55:17AM SO THAT OBVIOUSLY LEAVES ALSO A DEFICIT, AS YOU SEE HERE OF
10:55:20AM $8 MILLION.
10:55:21AM OUR PLAN IS TO MATCH EVERY PUBLIC DOLLAR TWO TO ONE.
10:55:25AM THAT $8 MILLION I WILL SAY TO THE CRA, WE HAVE A LINE OF
10:55:28AM CREDIT TO BE ABLE TO COVER THAT.
10:55:29AM SO CONFIDENTLY SAY WHERE IS $30 MILLION THAT WE HAVE
10:55:34AM SECURED, BUT WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO OVER THE NEXT FEW
10:55:37AM YEARS WHILE THE PROJECT IS ALSO FUND RAISE AGAINST THAT SO
10:55:41AM WE DON'T HAVE TO TAP INTO THE LINE OF CREDIT.
10:55:43AM I CAN LOOK ALL OF YOU IN THE FACE AND SAY THE FLORIDA
10:55:45AM AQUARIUM HAS $30 MILLION, SEEKING 15, TWO TO ONE MATCH, AND
10:55:50AM WE'LL MAKE SURE THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED.
10:55:52AM LASTLY, FROM THE PRESENTATION STANDPOINT, WHAT IS THE CRA
10:55:57AM INVESTMENT IN THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM?
10:55:59AM WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALIGNED IN NOT ONLY SUPPORTING
10:56:04AM THE CITY'S GOALS BUT TALK ABOUT THE CHANNEL DISTRICT WHICH
10:56:06AM WE ARE A PROUD NEIGHBOR OF.
10:56:09AM INCREASING ATTENDANCE AS A DIRECT ECONOMIC IMPACT, SUPPORTS
10:56:12AM THE BUSINESS OF THE CHANNEL DISTRICT, AS YOU KNOW.
10:56:14AM THIS ALLOWS THE AQUARIUM TO MEET OUR INCREASED ATTENDANCE
10:56:18AM GROWTH.
10:56:18AM PAID ATTENDANCE WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, LEARNING,
10:56:21AM CONSERVATION, COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, SUPPORT FOR THAT.
10:56:23AM LASTLY, I THINK GOING BACK TO WHAT THE FOUNDERS THOUGHT OF
10:56:27AM THROUGH TODAY.
10:56:28AM THRIVING CULTURAL ANCHOR STRENGTHENS THE CHANNEL DISTRICT
10:56:32AM BRAND AND INCREASES NEIGHBORHOOD WORK LIFE, PLAY PRIORITIES
10:56:35AM AND ENCOURAGES PRIVATE AND PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN THE
10:56:37AM NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:56:38AM I THINK THERE'S MORE THAT THIS INVESTMENT WILL ALIGN WITH,
10:56:42AM BUT AT LEAST THREE OF THE GOALS OF THE CHANNEL DISTRICT
10:56:46AM COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN ARE SUPPORTED THROUGH THIS
10:56:50AM INVESTMENT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
10:56:53AM WITH THAT, LET ME TURN IT OVER TO JOHN COURIS WHO IS OUR
10:56:58AM PRESIDENT AND CEO OF TAMPA GENERAL BUT ALSO OUR BOARD CHAIR
10:57:03AM FOR A FEW REMARKS.
10:57:04AM >> THANK YOU, ROGER.
10:57:05AM GREAT JOB AS USUAL.
10:57:07AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
10:57:08AM I'M REALLY BEFORE YOU TO REPRESENT HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS
10:57:12AM THAT GIVE THEIR TIME, GIVE THEIR TALENT AND GIVE THEIR
10:57:16AM TREASURE TO THE AQUARIUM.
10:57:17AM I HAPPEN TO BE THE BOARD CHAIR NOW AND SOMEONE WILL TAKE
10:57:20AM OVER EVENTUALLY, BUT I'D LIKE TO SHARE JUST A FEW REMARKS.
10:57:25AM ON BEHALF OF THE 34 MEMBER BOARD, THANK YOU FOR LETTING US
10:57:29AM PRESENT OUR FUND-RAISING REQUEST TODAY.
10:57:32AM LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM HAS NEVER BEEN
10:57:36AM BETTER.
10:57:37AM DESPITE EARLY STRUGGLES, TODAY THE AQUARIUM IS IN THE
10:57:40AM STRONGEST FINANCIAL POSITION IT'S EVER BEEN.
10:57:44AM LEARNING, OUR CONSERVATION AND COMMUNITY IMPACT IS FELT
10:57:48AM THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND AROUND THE GLOBE.
10:57:50AM OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM IS LITERALLY THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS
10:57:55AM LED BY ROGER.
10:57:56AM WHAT STARTED AS A DREAM IN THE LATE 1980s IS NOW A REALITY
10:58:00AM IN 2024 AS OUR FLORIDA AQUARIUM IS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE
10:58:05AM PREEMINENT AQUARIUMS IN THE COUNTRY.
10:58:08AM TWO YEARS AGO, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED
10:58:12AM THE $45 MILLION CAPITAL PROJECT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU TODAY TO
10:58:16AM MEET THE RECORD-BREAKING NEEDS OF TODAY, AS WELL AS SET THE
10:58:19AM AQUARIUM AND OUR CITY UP FOR EVEN GREATER SUCCESS.
10:58:23AM 100% OF OUR BOARD HAS PERSONALLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE CAPITAL
10:58:27AM CAMPAIGN LED BY DARRYL SHAW.
10:58:31AM AS CHAIRMAN, IT IS GRATIFYING TO KNOW THAT DARRYL IS LEADING
10:58:34AM OUR EFFORT AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE UNWAVERING FINANCIAL
10:58:38AM SUPPORT WE RECEIVED THROUGH LEADERSHIP GIFTS, THE VINIK
10:58:42AM FAMILY, FURMAN FAMILY, BARNETT FAMILY, TWO CORPORATIONS TO
10:58:45AM BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY, AND MANY OTHERS.
10:58:48AM NEARLY 1.1 MILLION GUESTS VISITED THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM IN
10:58:54AM 2023, AND WE DON'T INTEND TO SLOW DOWN NOW.
10:58:59AM OUR CITY, OUR REGION, OUR STATE, EVEN THE NEW MEDICAL
10:59:02AM DISTRICT WE ARE DEVELOPING DESERVES A WORLD-CLASS AQUARIUM,
10:59:04AM AND THIS INVESTMENT NOT ONLY ENSURES THAT, BUT WILL GREATLY
10:59:09AM BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
10:59:11AM THIS CITY, AND ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THE AQUARIUM
10:59:14AM OVER THE YEARS, SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF WHAT YOU HAVE.
10:59:21AM I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY THROUGH MY CAREER TO NOT ONLY
10:59:24AM TRAVEL ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY BUT LIVE IN DIFFERENT PLACES.
10:59:26AM TAMPA IS ONE OF THE BEST CITIES IN THE COUNTRY, IF NOT THE
10:59:30AM WORLD.
10:59:31AM IT'S THINGS LIKE THE AQUARIUM THAT CONTRIBUTE TO ITS
10:59:35AM GREATNESS AND ITS RESILIENCY.
10:59:37AM YOUR SUPPORT IS NEEDED, AND IT IS APPRECIATED.
10:59:40AM THANK YOU.
10:59:43AM >> WITH THAT, MADAM CHAIR, WE CONCLUDE OUR PRESENTATION.
10:59:46AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
10:59:46AM BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
10:59:47AM FOLLOWED BY BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
10:59:51AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I CAN'T BE MORE EXCITED ABOUT THESE NEW
10:59:55AM OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE COMING FOR THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM.
10:59:58AM WHAT AN INCREDIBLE ASSET.
11:00:00AM I THANK MY GOOD FRIEND AND THE BULLDOG, MAYOR SANDY FREEDMAN
11:00:05AM AND JIM SHERMAN -- FURMAN, FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS,
11:00:11AM REMEMBERING HOW THIS CAME TO PASS AND SANDY BULLDOZING THIS
11:00:14AM THING THROUGH AGAINST ALL THE ODDS.
11:00:16AM PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IT WASN'T A GIVEN THAT THE AQUARIUM WAS
11:00:20AM GOING TO COME TO TAMPA.
11:00:22AM THEY WERE LOOKING AT MANY OTHER PLACES AND MANY OTHER SPOTS.
11:00:25AM AT THE TIME, IF ANYBODY THAT REMEMBERS WHAT -- WATER STREET
11:00:30AM AND CHANNELSIDE IS NOW LOOKED NOTHING LIKE THAT BACK THEN.
11:00:33AM MOST OF THE PROPERTIES ADJACENT TO IT WERE DERELICT.
11:00:37AM ADULT BOOK STORES.
11:00:38AM TALK ABOUT SLUM AND BLIGHT.
11:00:41AM IT WAS THE EPITOME OF SLUM AND BLIGHT, DERELICT WAREHOUSES
11:00:44AM THAT WERE UNDERUTILIZED OR NOT UTILIZED.
11:00:47AM THIS IS EXCITING.
11:00:48AM IT IS A CITY ASSET.
11:00:52AM IT'S CLEARLY SHOWING ITS AGE AND WE NEED TO REINVEST.
11:00:56AM HONESTLY, ROGER, I THINK YOU HAVE DONE SUCH A TREMENDOUS JOB
11:00:59AM IN YOUR LEADERSHIP OF BEING ABLE TO BUILD THAT ATTENDANCE
11:01:02AM THAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD WITHOUT THE INVESTMENT THAT
11:01:06AM WE'RE MAKING NOW.
11:01:07AM SO YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE THIS AGING ASSET AND REALLY ON
11:01:11AM BUBBLE GUM AND SHOESTRINGS AND MASKING TAPE BE ABLE TO
11:01:15AM REALLY PUT TOGETHER A WINNING FORMAT THAT YOU'VE DRIVEN
11:01:20AM ATTENDANCE IN WHAT YOU'VE DONE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND
11:01:23AM OUTREACH INTO THESE, AGAIN, WITH THE DISABLED AND
11:01:27AM UNDERPRIVILEGED KIDS, INTEGRATING IT INTO THE EXPERIENCES
11:01:31AM THEY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE.
11:01:34AM NOT JUST THE PROGRAM BUT THE AQUARIUM ITSELF.
11:01:36AM I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS.
11:01:38AM I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS.
11:01:40AM I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT, ONE, YOU HAD THE LEADERSHIP TO
11:01:44AM BE ABLE TO BRING TO THE AQUARIUM THE VISION TO BE ABLE TO
11:01:48AM KEEP IT A VIABLE ASSET AND TO MAKE IT PART OF ONE OF THE
11:01:53AM BEAUTIFUL JEWELS IN OUR CROWN OF TAMPA.
11:01:55AM THANK YOU.
11:01:56AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:01:57AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
11:01:59AM AGAIN, FOLLOWING COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN, LET ME SAY THIS.
11:02:07AM FREEDMAN SAT RIGHT HERE WHERE MR. VIERA IS AT.
11:02:11AM ODDLY ENOUGH, I SAT RIGHT WHERE I'M AT.
11:02:14AM WHEN THIS THING CAME ON, IT WAS OPENED PREMATURELY.
11:02:22AM WASN'T QUITE READY TO OPEN.
11:02:23AM WE HAD TO FREEDMAN WAS COMING IN, LEAVING AND GRECO WAS
11:02:26AM COMING IN IN '95.
11:02:28AM SO HAPPENS I GOT ELECTED IN '95.
11:02:31AM I REMEMBERED PRETTY VIVIDLY WHAT IT WAS '95, PROUD OF THAT.
11:02:36AM IT WAS MISERABLE.
11:02:39AM THERE WAS NO ONE DOWNTOWN.
11:02:40AM THE STORES MOSTLY HAD ALL CLOSED.
11:02:43AM THE DEPARTMENT STORES.
11:02:44AM ALL OF IT.
11:02:45AM WE HAD MAYBE 600 PEOPLE AND THEY WERE IN JAIL AND THE COUNTY
11:02:52AM JAIL THERE, SOMEWHERE SOUTH OF HERE.
11:02:54AM NORTH OF HERE, I SHOULD SAY.
11:02:57AM AND WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND, THE CONVENTION CENTER WAS LOSING
11:03:03AM MILLIONS.
11:03:04AM DIDN'T HAVE A CONVENTION HOTEL.
11:03:05AM WE HAD SOME HOTELS THAT PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT TO COME.
11:03:09AM THEY WANTED NEW STUFF.
11:03:12AM HOTELIERS DON'T WANT TO SEE A CITY THAT HAS NOTHING.
11:03:17AM WE HAD NOTHING.
11:03:17AM HOW SOMEBODY COME TO THE HOTEL WHEN WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING
11:03:20AM TO OFFER?
11:03:20AM WE HAD A SIDEWALK CREW THAT WE FINALLY GOT RID OF.
11:03:24AM THAT CREW USED TO RODE UP THE SIDEWALK 6:00 -- ROLLED UP THE
11:03:28AM SIDEWALK 6:00 IN THE EVENING AND PUT THEM BACK DOWN AT 7 IN
11:03:31AM THE MORNING.
11:03:31AM THAT'S ALL WE HAD.
11:03:32AM THROUGH THE VISIONARY PEOPLE THAT WE HAD RUNNING THE MAYOR'S
11:03:36AM OFFICE PRIOR TO '95 AND '95 ON, THINGS STARTED TO HAPPEN.
11:03:41AM FIRST THING THAT HAPPENED WAS POE GOT ELECTED, THE
11:03:47AM DEVELOPMENT OF DOWNTOWN STARTED LITTLE BY LITTLE.
11:03:49AM NO MONEY THEN.
11:03:53AM WHOLE CITY BUDGET WAS 300 MILLION.
11:03:55AM HAVE 300 MILLION NOW IN POLICE AND FIRE.
11:03:58AM I REMEMBER THOSE DAYS.
11:04:01AM AND IT WASN'T PRETTY.
11:04:04AM MADE A LEFT-HAND TURN OUT OF THE PARKING LOT, YOU DIDN'T
11:04:08AM HAVE TO LOOK RIGHT.
11:04:09AM NO CARS COMING.
11:04:10AM GUARANTEED.
11:04:11AM [ LAUGHTER ]
11:04:11AM DIDN'T RUN OVER ANYBODY BECAUSE THERE WAS NO ONE AROUND.
11:04:16AM YOU TRY TO BE REALISTIC, BUT I HATE TO TALK ABOUT THE CITY
11:04:21AM THE WAY IT WAS, BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS.
11:04:24AM FINALLY THE MARRIOTT CAME ABOARD WITH GRECO'S HELP AND
11:04:28AM THINGS STARTED TO CHANGE.
11:04:30AM ONE HOTEL BRINGS UP.
11:04:32AM THE OTHER ONE SAY, WHAT ARE THEY DOING THERE?
11:04:34AM HOW COME THEY HAVEN'T CLOSED IN FIVE YEARS?
11:04:37AM THE NEXT ONE COMES IN AND LIKE A DOMINO EFFECT THAT STARTS
11:04:41AM MULTIPLYING.
11:04:42AM THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE.
11:04:42AM IN FACT, YOUR OPERATION, MR. COURIS, THE TAMPA GENERAL
11:04:48AM HOSPITAL, SOMETIME BACK IT WAS NOT RUN THE WAY IT WAS NOW.
11:04:51AM IT WAS RUN BY THE COUNTY, AM I CORRECT?
11:04:53AM >> THAT'S CORRECT.
11:04:54AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED.
11:04:55AM I REMEMBER THE VOTE THAT WAS TAKEN.
11:04:57AM IT WAS AN ARGUMENT FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS WHO WAS GOING TO TAKE
11:05:00AM OVER THE OPERATION OF THE HOTEL.
11:05:03AM THANK GOD IT WENT THE WAY IT DID.
11:05:05AM IT'S A MARVELOUS PLACE, NOT ONLY YOUR MEETING THE FLORIDA
11:05:12AM AQUARIUM AND TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL, WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IN
11:05:16AM THE LAST 30 YEARS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.
11:05:22AM YOU'RE JUST AS GREAT DOING WHAT YOU HAVE DONE HERE AS WHAT
11:05:25AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA DID THAT BUILT 70
11:05:30AM BUILDINGS, MADE A BILLION DOLLARS AND 20 SOME YEARS THERE.
11:05:33AM DID AN UNBELIEVABLE JOB.
11:05:36AM INDIVIDUALS LIKE THAT HAVE TO BE RECOGNIZED BECAUSE THEY PUT
11:05:39AM EVERYTHING ON THE LINE.
11:05:40AM IT WASN'T JUST STRIKING OUT IN A BASEBALL GAME OR MISSING A
11:05:43AM PUCK IN A HOCKEY GAME OR MISSING A FOUL SHOT IN A BASKETBALL
11:05:47AM GAME.
11:05:48AM YOU HAD TO HIT THEM ALL AND YOU'VE DONE THEM ALL.
11:05:52AM WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT.
11:05:52AM THERE'S NOTHING IN THE CRA THAT CAN'T BE DONE WITHIN THAT
11:05:58AM CRA, AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM.
11:06:00AM I'LL TELL YOU WHY.
11:06:02AM THIS CRA IS GOING TO END IN NINE YEARS.
11:06:05AM JUST EAST OF US, I BELIEVE.
11:06:09AM NINE YEARS.
11:06:11AM SO WHAT HAPPENS THEN?
11:06:11AM TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENS.
11:06:15AM YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT WILL BE BUILT OUT THAT WAS NEVER
11:06:19AM THERE BEFORE, WHERE YOUR AQUARIUM IS AT, SHOULD SAY WHERE
11:06:23AM FLORIDA AQUARIUM IS AT, IT WAS AS LONG AS THIS BUILDING
11:06:26AM WE'RE IN, FULL OF CITRUS NITRATE.
11:06:29AM OH, THAT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE.
11:06:31AM HASN'T CAUSED ANY HEALTH HAZARD I'M SURE.
11:06:34AM MAY I HAVE ANOTHER MINUTE?
11:06:36AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OF COURSE.
11:06:37AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU.
11:06:39AM WHAT'S HAPPENING IN TRANSFORMATION, COCA-COLA PLANT WITH ALL
11:06:42AM THE CANS AND BOTTLES AND I LOVE COCA-COLA, ESPECIALLY DIET
11:06:47AM COKE.
11:06:47AM [ LAUGHTER ]
11:06:48AM WHAT I'M SAYING IS -- DON'T INTERRUPT, PLEASE -- WHAT YOU
11:06:54AM HAD THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS A MANUFACTURING PLANT.
11:06:58AM AND YOU HAD THE BANANA DOCKS WHERE THE RATS OUTNUMBERED THE
11:07:04AM CATS.
11:07:04AM THEY WERE THAT BIG.
11:07:05AM THEN YOU HAD WHATEVER YOU HAD ON THIS SIDE, NOTHING MORE
11:07:08AM THAN BARS, PROSTITUTION, STUFF OF THAT NATURE.
11:07:10AM WOULDN'T CALL IT ANYTHING BUT THE DRAGA.
11:07:13AM IN SPANISH, DON'T GO THERE IS WHAT IT MEANT.
11:07:16AM BECAUSE OF THINGS THAT HAPPENED THERE, ALL BEEN CLEANED OUT.
11:07:20AM YOU HAVE PROSPERITY.
11:07:21AM YOU HAVE THE HIGHEST VALUE OF LAND IN THE CITY PER SQUARE
11:07:27AM INCH.
11:07:28AM SO IF THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING OR ONE OF THEM, I SHOULD
11:07:32AM SAY, WE HAVE MANY NOW.
11:07:33AM WHAT I'M SAYING IS YOU'RE TO BE COMMENDED BECAUSE AT THE END
11:07:38AM WHEN THOSE NINE YEARS ARE OVER, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
11:07:40AM SOMETHING BUILT OUT THAT WASN'T THERE BEFORE WITH THE TAX
11:07:43AM BASE COMING WHERE, ALL TO THE CITY AT THE END OF NINE YEARS.
11:07:46AM AND THE ROADS ARE NOT BEING PAVED BY YOUR MONEY, ONLY IN
11:07:50AM YOUR DISTRICT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE CRAs ARE MADE FOR.
11:07:53AM THE CITY OF TAMPA WILL PAVE THE ROADS.
11:07:55AM WE'RE STARTING ALREADY.
11:07:56AM I CAN SEE HOWARD AVENUE BEING DONE, COLUMBUS DRIVE.
11:08:01AM COLUMBUS DRIVE FROM CYPRESS SOUTH.
11:08:04AM WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S BEEN -- MacDILL AVENUE AND
11:08:09AM HIMES, ALL DONE TO KENNEDY BOULEVARD.
11:08:11AM I TRAVELED THROUGH IT THE OTHER DAY.
11:08:13AM IT'S GOING TO GET DONE, AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE
11:08:15AM DONE.
11:08:16AM I'M CERTAINLY GOING TO SUPPORT YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE PUTTING IN
11:08:19AM TWO DOLLARS TO EVERY ONE DOLLAR WE'RE GIVING.
11:08:21AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON FOLLOWED BY BOARD
11:08:23AM MEMBER HURTAK.
11:08:25AM >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU.
11:08:26AM I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A SUPPORTER OF THE AQUARIUM GOING BACK TO
11:08:32AM THE BEGINNING.
11:08:33AM ECHO THE THANKS TO FORMER MAYOR FREEDMAN AND THE OTHERS WHO
11:08:37AM WERE INVOLVED AT THE TIME.
11:08:38AM YOU ALL MENTIONED JIM FURMAN AND OTHERS.
11:08:42AM MY COLLEAGUE TOM HALT WAS INVOLVED IN THE EARLY DAYS AND
11:08:45AM HE'S GIVEN MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS TO THE AQUARIUM.
11:08:48AM IT'S IN MY DNA TO SUPPORT THE AQUARIUM.
11:08:51AM MY KIDS, SOME OF THEIR BEST MEMORIES WERE AT THE AQUARIUM.
11:08:56AM I ALWAYS WILL SUPPORT THE AQUARIUM.
11:08:57AM I DON'T SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL.
11:08:59AM I'LL GO THROUGH A FEW REASONS WHY.
11:09:01AM BY THE WAY, I ALSO WANT TO THANK JOHN COURIS, PROBABLY THE
11:09:07AM BEST CEO WE'VE HAD AT TGH.
11:09:09AM KEN BRUCE IS ONE OF THE LEADERS IN THE BANKING AND FINANCE
11:09:09AM INDUSTRY.
11:09:11AM AND THERE ARE OTHER NOTABLE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM AND PEOPLE
11:09:14AM THAT HAVE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
11:09:16AM WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY IS NOTHING TO CRITICIZE THEM AT ALL.
11:09:23AM IT'S JUST I HAVE TO SIT HERE AS FIDUCIARY OVERSEER OF THE
11:09:28AM PUBLIC'S MONEY.
11:09:30AM I WISH THIS WAS A DIFFERENT PROJECT.
11:09:32AM WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND WAS PRESENTED TO
11:09:35AM ME ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT IT.
11:09:38AM I THINK I HAD ONE OR TWO OTHER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT WHERE
11:09:41AM I EXPRESSED MY CONCERNS.
11:09:42AM IT'S BEEN MONTHS SINCE I HEARD ANYTHING FROM ANYONE.
11:09:45AM NOBODY HAS TRIED TO CONVINCE ME OR ADDRESS ANY OF THE
11:09:49AM CONCERNS THAT I WAS PASSING ON FROM THE COMMUNITY.
11:09:51AM I ASSUME FOUR VOTES, MAYBE SIX.
11:09:53AM BUT I THINK THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE
11:09:56AM BIG INVESTMENT THAT THE COMMUNITY BUY IN BESIDES JUST THE
11:09:59AM PEOPLE THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE AQUARIUM.
11:10:01AM WHEN IT WAS PRESENTED TO ME ORIGINALLY, THERE WAS AN IDEA
11:10:05AM THAT THE AQUARIUM SHOULD GET THEIR SHARE OF FUNDING BECAUSE
11:10:12AM OTHER CULTURAL ASSETS HAD BEEN FUNDED.
11:10:14AM I EXPLAINED THERE'S NO SHARE.
11:10:15AM THERE'S NO FUND.
11:10:16AM WHAT HAPPENED IS DURING COVID, JUST POST-COVID, WE SAW THAT
11:10:20AM THE ARTS GROUPS WERE DOING VERY BADLY.
11:10:23AM THEY WERE LOSING MONEY.
11:10:24AM AND WE NEEDED TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY IN DOWNTOWN.
11:10:28AM STIMULATE ACTIVITY IN DOWNTOWN.
11:10:30AM WE MADE MAJOR INVESTMENTS IN THE GROUPS.
11:10:32AM THAT WAS A PERIOD OF TIME JUST POST-COVID.
11:10:35AM NOW WE'RE IN A DIFFERENT PERIOD WHERE THE ECONOMY WENT
11:10:37AM THROUGH A LITTLE BUMP AND NOW IT'S SUFFERING, PEOPLE ARE
11:10:40AM SUFFERING, INFLATION HAS REALLY HURT FOLKS AND WE NEED TO
11:10:44AM LOOK CAREFULLY ABOUT HOW WE SPEND MONEY.
11:10:46AM ALSO THE ARTS, THERE IS A VERY DIRECT LINK BETWEEN THE ARTS
11:10:51AM AND THE INNOVATION AND TECH ECONOMY.
11:10:53AM THERE ARE SOME ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF THE AQUARIUM, BUT NOT TO
11:10:58AM THE EXTENT LIKE THE ARTS.
11:10:59AM BY THE WAY, I DON'T BUY IN ANY ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDIES JUST
11:11:03AM BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY ARE DONE AND MULTIPLIERS AND THINGS
11:11:06AM LIKE THAT.
11:11:07AM THERE ARE IMPACTS.
11:11:08AM OBVIOUSLY, THE AQUARIUM WAS THE CENTER OF AN AREA THAT
11:11:12AM NEEDED TO BE REDEVELOPED AND IT WAS THE CATALYST FOR DOING
11:11:15AM THAT.
11:11:15AM BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE FUNDING, WHEN WE PROPOSED 25% MATCH
11:11:21AM FOR THE STRAZ CENTER TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO, THE MAYOR CAME
11:11:25AM OUT PUBLICLY AND TRIED TO STOP IT, PAUSED IT FOR A MONTH.
11:11:29AM CRITICIZED IT OPENLY, HURT FUND-RAISING EFFORTS BY
11:11:31AM CRITICIZING IT AND THAT WAS 25%.
11:11:34AM THIS IS 33%.
11:11:35AM I'M SURPRISED THE MAYOR HASN'T CRITICIZED THIS PERCENTAGE AS
11:11:38AM BEING A LOT.
11:11:39AM THE NUMBER ISN'T AS HIGH BUT THE PERCENTAGE IS HIGHER.
11:11:43AM THERE ARE ALSO CONCERNS ABOUT THE PORT AND THE CONVERSATIONS
11:11:45AM I HAD, WE TALKED ABOUT THE PORT AND THERE WAS THE
11:11:49AM IMPLICATION BY THE PEOPLE I MET WITH THAT THE PORT WAS
11:11:52AM ENCROACHING ON THE AQUARIUM.
11:11:56AM I HAD TO REMIND THEM THAT THE CRUISE TERMINAL WAS THERE
11:12:00AM BEFORE THE AQUARIUM.
11:12:02AM IN FACT, THE PORT HAS DOCUMENTS THAT SAY THAT ONE OF THE
11:12:04AM REASONS THEY SUPPORTED THE AQUARIUM ORIGINALLY WAS THAT IT
11:12:07AM WOULD BE ADDITIVE TO THE PORT.
11:12:09AM THERE ARE FOLKS THAT WANT TO TEAR OUT THE PORT AND THE
11:12:12AM CRUISE INDUSTRY TO BUILD CONDOS WHICH WILL SEND MONEY TO
11:12:17AM OUT-OF-STATE PEOPLE AND SUPPORT LOW-PAYING JOBS.
11:12:20AM WE NEED TO KEEP THE PORT AND THE AQUARIUM NEEDS TO LEARN TO
11:12:23AM WORK WITH THE PORT.
11:12:25AM I DON'T SEE A SIGN OF THAT.
11:12:27AM ALSO, WE'VE HAD MANY PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC SAY WHY AREN'T YOU
11:12:30AM FUNDING HOUSING FOR SEA LIONS INSTEAD OF PEOPLE?
11:12:33AM I AGREE WITH THAT.
11:12:35AM WE NEED TO INVEST MORE IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
11:12:38AM I WISH WE COULD MOVE THE MONEY OUT AND SPEND IT SOMEWHERE
11:12:40AM ELSE BESIDES CHANNEL DISTRICT BUT WE NEED TO SPEND MONEY ON
11:12:43AM AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THAT WOULD BE A BETTER EXPENDITURE.
11:12:45AM WE ALSO HAVE PEOPLE THAT NEED ROADS.
11:12:50AM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA OR BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA MENTIONED
11:12:52AM THIS.
11:12:52AM TO SPEND ON ROADS OUTSIDE OF CHANNEL DISTRICT WE'D HAVE TO
11:12:55AM MOVE THE MONEY OUT, BUT THE TEST WE HAVE TO MAKE ON FUNDS IS
11:12:58AM IF WE STAND IN FRONT OF SOMEBODY WHOSE ROADS ARE FALLING
11:13:02AM APART WE HAVE TO TELL THEM THIS INVESTMENT IS MORE IMPORTANT
11:13:05AM THAN THE ROADS AND I DON'T THINK IT IS.
11:13:07AM I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER TO MOVE THE 15 MILLION OUT.
11:13:09AM SO MY THING IS, I SAY YES TO THE AQUARIUM.
11:13:12AM I FULLY SUPPORT THE AQUARIUM.
11:13:14AM I DON'T SUPPORT THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL FOR $15 MILLION FOR
11:13:18AM SEA LIONS.
11:13:18AM THANK YOU.
11:13:19AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER HURTAK FOLLOWED BY BOARD
11:13:21AM MEMBER VIERA.
11:13:24AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE AQUARIUM ITSELF
11:13:29AM HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY.
11:13:31AM I'M PARTICULARLY IMPRESSED EVERY TIME I GO THERE AND EVERY
11:13:35AM TIME WE TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU'RE DOING FOR
11:13:40AM CHILDREN AND AS A FORMER TITLE I TEACHER, FOCUSING ON THOSE
11:13:44AM KIDS TO GET THE EXPERIENCE THAT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE
11:13:48AM OTHERWISE.
11:13:49AM OFTENTIMES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CITY ASSETS, IT'S WHAT CAN WE
11:13:56AM DO TO GIVE BACK TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE CAN REACH THOSE ASSETS.
11:14:01AM I REALLY LOVE THE WAY THAT YOU ARE DOING THIS PROGRAM OF
11:14:06AM TICKETS IN LIBRARIES.
11:14:08AM JUST REALLY MAKING THINGS ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE WHO WOULDN'T
11:14:12AM NORMALLY GET A CHANCE TO GO.
11:14:13AM I THINK THAT IS PART OF OUR MISSION AS A CITY TO MAKE SURE
11:14:17AM THAT WE HAVE THESE CULTURAL ASSETS, WE MAKE THEM ACCESSIBLE
11:14:23AM TO FOLKS.
11:14:23AM I THINK YOU'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB AT THAT AND I KNOW
11:14:27AM YOU'LL CONTINUE TO GROW THAT.
11:14:28AM I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THIS ASK, A, BECAUSE WE HAVE WORKED
11:14:35AM WITH OUR OTHER INSTITUTIONS, CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS AND HAVE
11:14:40AM HELPED TO BUILD THEM UP.
11:14:42AM 1995 WAS 30 YEARS AGO.
11:14:47AM IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.
11:14:48AM THE AQUARIUM DOES NEED SOME RENOVATION WORK.
11:14:52AM WE'VE ALL BEEN THERE.
11:14:54AM IT'S A WONDERFUL ASSET, BUT IT NEEDS SOME FRESHENING UP.
11:14:57AM IT NEEDS SOME NEW LIFE.
11:14:59AM AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS WARRANTED.
11:15:03AM IT'S A 2:1 MATCH.
11:15:05AM THIS IS ONE OF THE STRONGER MATCHES I'VE SEEN COME IN.
11:15:08AM AND AGAIN, FOR ME, IT'S THE COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY THAT
11:15:14AM REALLY SPEAKS TO ME.
11:15:15AM I'M VERY HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS.
11:15:17AM I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT COMES OF IT.
11:15:20AM I KNOW IT WILL BE NOTHING BUT MORE EXCITEMENT AND MORE
11:15:25AM ABILITY, I MEAN, FOR TOURISTS FOR SURE BUT REALLY FOR
11:15:27AM LOCALS, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY HERE GETS A CHANCE TO
11:15:31AM LEARN ABOUT WHAT IS SO IMPORTANT TO US IS THE WATER.
11:15:36AM SO YOU'RE NOT ONLY, WHEN YOU'RE AT THE AQUARIUM, IT'S NOT
11:15:39AM JUST ABOUT WHAT LIVES IN THE WATER, BUT YOU ACTUALLY TALK
11:15:44AM ABOUT THE WATER ITSELF AND MAKING SURE AND MAINTAINING THAT
11:15:48AM WE ARE KEEPING OUR WATERWAYS CLEAN.
11:15:50AM YOU DON'T JUST GO OUT AND DO THE WORK.
11:15:52AM YOU DO, IT'S A LOT OF WORK, BUT YOU'RE ALSO EDUCATING THE
11:15:57AM PUBLIC ABOUT THAT.
11:15:58AM THAT IS SOMETHING INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AS WE EXPAND OUR
11:16:03AM OFFERINGS FOR THE RIVERWALK.
11:16:05AM WE'LL BE DOING THE WEST RIVER WALK.
11:16:07AM AS WE GET MORE PEOPLE ON THE WATER AND NEAR THE WATER, HOW
11:16:09AM DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY KEEP THE HEALTH OF THE WATER IN
11:16:14AM THEIR THOUGHTS.
11:16:16AM I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS PRESENTATION AND I'M HAPPY TO
11:16:18AM SUPPORT IT.
11:16:20AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
11:16:22AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:16:23AM I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AS WELL AND EVERYTHING THAT
11:16:25AM EVERYONE HAS SAID, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO CAME
11:16:28AM OUT FOR THIS.
11:16:29AM ONE OF THE THINGS IN SPEAKING TO OUR FRIENDS AT THE AQUARIUM
11:16:33AM THAT I MENTIONED TO YOU, MR. GERMANN, THE THINGS THAT YOU
11:16:36AM ARE HIGHLIGHTING RIGHT NOW AREN'T THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING
11:16:39AM FOR THIS ASK.
11:16:40AM YOU'RE NOT LIKE, HEY, LET'S GET TOGETHER AND LET'S FIND SOME
11:16:43AM EFFORTS FOR KIDS WITH DISABILITIES AND LET'S GET SOME
11:16:46AM VETERANS AND LET'S TALK ABOUT SULPHUR SPRINGS, WHATEVER.
11:16:49AM YOU'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR A LONG TIME.
11:16:51AM I'M VERY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WITH
11:16:53AM DISABILITIES BECAUSE OF MY BROTHER.
11:16:55AM AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM IS ALWAYS
11:16:58AM LIKE A GO-TO FOR A LOT OF INSTITUTIONS, ESPECIALLY WITH
11:17:02AM AUTISM, SENSORY FRIENDLY ISSUES, I SEE MR. PEPIN IN THE
11:17:06AM AUDIENCE.
11:17:06AM I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION HIM WHEN IT COMES TO
11:17:10AM EFFORTS FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES, THE NAME
11:17:13AM PEPIN IN TAMPA FOR FAMILIES RAISING KIDS WITH DISABILITIES
11:17:16AM IS A REAL GODSEND.
11:17:18AM I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION HIM AND HIS WONDERFUL
11:17:21AM FAMILY.
11:17:21AM BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM, WORK WITH
11:17:25AM DISABILITIES, ALWAYS AMAZING.
11:17:27AM MY HAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN OFF TO THAT.
11:17:29AM VIRTUALLY EVERY GROUP HELPING OUT FOLKS WITH DISABILITIES
11:17:35AM GOES TO THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM.
11:17:37AM I'VE REACHED OUT TO ALL WITH SPECIFIC FAMILIES AND WHATNOT.
11:17:41AM YOU ALL HAVE ALWAYS HAD AN OPEN HEART.
11:17:43AM AGAIN, LONG BEFORE ANY OF THIS STUFF CAME AROUND.
11:17:46AM THERE IS THE SAYING, YOU HAVE TO BE THE SAME PERSON ON
11:17:48AM SATURDAY NIGHT AS YOU ARE ON SUNDAY MORNING.
11:17:50AM AND THAT'S YOU ALL.
11:17:51AM YOU ALL ALWAYS DO IT RIGHT, ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE WITH
11:17:54AM DISABILITIES.
11:17:54AM I SEE THE LETTER FROM TOBA, MR. RANSOM IS HERE, IT'S
11:18:00AM AMAZING.
11:18:01AM WE'VE HAD A LOT OF FOLKS COME TO US FOR MONEY FROM THE CRA.
11:18:04AM NEVER HEARD, TOBA, DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS PROMOTE EQUITY,
11:18:09AM DIVERSITY, CONTRACTING, THEY HAVE WORKED WITH US FOR YEARS,
11:18:14AM PAST THIS, BECAUSE THEY ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING.
11:18:17AM AGAIN, THEY ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING EVEN WELL BEFORE THE
11:18:21AM ASK WAS EVER CONCEIVED.
11:18:23AM I THINK THAT'S REMARKABLE.
11:18:24AM NOW, A LOT OF THINGS HAVE COME BEFORE OUR CRA BOARD.
11:18:28AM I'VE HAD SOME THINGS THAT I SUPPORT.
11:18:30AM I'VE HAD SOME THINGS THAT I DON'T SUPPORT.
11:18:32AM YOU TAKE THE MUSEUM OF ART.
11:18:34AM FIRST 15 MILLION, I SAID SURE, THAT'S FINE.
11:18:36AM LET'S DO IT.
11:18:37AM NEXT TEN MILLION DOLLARS, NO, NOT GOING TO STRETCH THE
11:18:40AM DOUBLE TO A HOME RUN.
11:18:41AM GOD BLESS YOU, BUT NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
11:18:43AM THE TAMPA THEATRE.
11:18:44AM GLAD TO DO THAT.
11:18:45AM WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL, A REASONABLE ASK.
11:18:47AM A REASONABLE ASK.
11:18:48AM THIS I'LL BE GLADLY SUPPORTING.
11:18:50AM THE STRAZ CENTER, COUNCILMAN CARLSON TALKED ABOUT THE STRAZ
11:18:54AM CENTER.
11:18:54AM I VOTED AGAINST THAT.
11:18:56AM $25 MILLION FROM THE DOWNTOWN CRA THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY TAKE
11:18:58AM UP 40% OF THE CRA, THE DOWNTOWN CRA'S BUDGET, WHAT CRA YOU
11:19:04AM ARE TALKING ABOUT IS KIND OF GETTING IN THE WEEDS HERE, BUT
11:19:06AM VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
11:19:08AM IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN CRA, THAT'S SOMETHING
11:19:12AM THAT THEORETICALLY WE CAN CAP, RIGHT?
11:19:14AM IN 2000, WE VOTED 4-3 TO PASS FORWARD A CAPPING OF THE
11:19:19AM DOWNTOWN CRA.
11:19:20AM WE DIDN'T VOTE ON IT AGAIN FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS.
11:19:24AM UNFORTUNATELY VOTED DOWN 4-3 IN CITY COUNCIL.
11:19:26AM I VOTED FOR THAT.
11:19:29AM WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE.
11:19:32AM THE DOWNTOWN CRA -- WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE STRAZ CENTER
11:19:37AM FROM 15 TO 25 MILLION-DOLLAR, FOR EXAMPLE, TO ME, THAT TEST
11:19:40AM IS RIGHT.
11:19:41AM ARE YOU GOING TO STAND IN FRONT OF SOMEONE'S DOOR ON HOWARD,
11:19:44AM ON NORTH BOULEVARD, ON 30th AND GO, HEY, LISTEN, WE'RE
11:19:47AM GOING TO SPEND THAT MONEY HERE AS OPPOSED TO YOUR STREET.
11:19:52AM THAT IS THE RIGHT TEST.
11:19:53AM CHANNELSIDE IT IS NOT.
11:19:54AM CRA HAS DECIDED THAT IT'S IMPRACTICAL TO CAP THE DOWNTOWN --
11:20:00AM OR THE CHANNELSIDE CRA BECAUSE OF ALL THE FUNDS.
11:20:05AM IT'S DISTINCT AND DIFFERENT FROM THE DOWNTOWN CRA.
11:20:07AM SO I DON'T THINK THAT TEST IS APPLICABLE HERE.
11:20:11AM YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE AMOUNT AT ISSUE HERE, $15 MILLION,
11:20:14AM THAT IS A REASONABLE NUMBER.
11:20:16AM THAT IS A REASONABLE NUMBER, NOT GOING FOR A THIRD OR
11:20:20AM WHATEVER IT MAY BE, A WHOLE LOT OF THE CHANNELSIDE CRA.
11:20:24AM IT IS A REASONABLE NUMBER.
11:20:25AM BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE WORK THAT THE AQUARIUM DOES, THE
11:20:29AM FLORIDA AQUARIUM DOES BENEFITS ALL OF THE CITY OF TAMPA,
11:20:34AM EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL.
11:20:36AM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK TALKED ABOUT THAT, TITLE I SCHOOLS AS A
11:20:38AM FORMER TEACHER, EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL BRINGS OUT KIDS TO THE
11:20:41AM FLORIDA AQUARIUM.
11:20:42AM IT IS AN ENRICHING EXPERIENCE.
11:20:45AM SOMETHING ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYBODY, TO EVERYBODY.
11:20:48AM BUT, AGAIN, AS A PERSON WHO IS VERY INVOLVED IN THE
11:20:51AM COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, I WANTED TO SPEAK TO
11:20:54AM THAT UNIQUE ISSUE BECAUSE IN THE COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WITH
11:20:58AM INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES, AUTISM, ET CETERA, THE FLORIDA
11:21:01AM AQUARIUM HAS ALWAYS BEEN SEEN BY A FRIEND YEARS BEFORE THIS
11:21:05AM ASK WAS EVER MADE.
11:21:06AM AGAIN, SAME PERSON SATURDAY NIGHT AS SUNDAY MORNING.
11:21:10AM THANK YOU.
11:21:11AM GLAD TO VOTE YES.
11:21:12AM THANK YOU.
11:21:13AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
11:21:18AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
11:21:19AM THANK YOU.
11:21:19AM I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS.
11:21:21AM I KNOW WHAT A CROWN JEWEL THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM IS.
11:21:25AM I ENJOY IT PERSONALLY.
11:21:26AM MY FAMILY ENJOYS IT.
11:21:28AM THE COMMUNITY ENJOYS IT.
11:21:29AM VISITORS ENJOY IT.
11:21:30AM THE ECONOMIC IMPACT, YOU KNOW, IT CAME, AS COUNCIL MEMBER
11:21:34AM MIRANDA MENTIONED, IT WAS BUILT AT A TIME WHERE IT'S NOT
11:21:38AM LIKE THAT IN THAT AREA.
11:21:39AM NOW YOU SEE THE GROWTH AND THE CONTINUED GROWTH.
11:21:42AM NOW WE SEE THE EXPANSION OF THIS.
11:21:45AM BUT, AGAIN, IT'S A MAJOR COMMUNITY ASSET.
11:21:47AM IT'S A BEACON FOR THOSE THAT COME TO TAMPA.
11:21:51AM IT'S ANOTHER INSTITUTION THAT'S HIGHLY RESPECTED.
11:21:56AM I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THIS.
11:21:57AM THANK YOU.
11:21:59AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AS WE WRAP
11:22:01AM UP.
11:22:02AM I AS AN EDUCATOR IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO TURN A BLIND
11:22:06AM EYE AND SAY, NO, I CANNOT SUPPORT THIS.
11:22:08AM THE THINGS THAT YOU DO FOR STUDENTS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
11:22:11AM PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND PROBABLY OUR PRIVATE AND CHARTER SCHOOLS
11:22:14AM IS JUST EXCEPTIONAL WORK.
11:22:15AM IT IS VERY EVIDENT.
11:22:17AM IT DIDN'T START YESTERDAY.
11:22:18AM IT'S BEEN LONG TERM.
11:22:20AM IT WAS ONE OF THE PLACES I COULD AFFORD TO TAKE MY KID WHO
11:22:23AM IS NOW 34.
11:22:24AM THE THING THAT REALLY STOOD OUT TO ME IN YOUR PRESENTATION
11:22:29AM OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS IS YOUR INCREASED PARTICIPATION IN
11:22:33AM SUPPORTING LOCAL AND MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESSES.
11:22:36AM I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT.
11:22:38AM I WANT TO POINT THAT OUT.
11:22:39AM 80% INCREASE.
11:22:41AM OBVIOUSLY, THAT EQUATES TO THE LEADERSHIP OR SOMETHING HAD
11:22:44AM TO HAPPEN.
11:22:45AM SOMEBODY HAD TO HAVE A SERIOUS CONVERSATION SO THAT WE DON'T
11:22:48AM HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT YOU NEED TO START BENEFITING THE
11:22:51AM COMMUNITY.
11:22:51AM GREAT APPRECIATION THERE.
11:22:53AM THE SEATREK PROGRAM, SEEING MINORITY KIDS GET IN THE WATER,
11:22:58AM I KNOW FIRSTHAND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE NOT ACTUALLY
11:23:02AM ACCUSTOMED TO OUTSIDE OF A LOCAL POOL.
11:23:04AM GETTING THEM INVOLVED IN MARINE ACTIVITIES THAT BRING THEM
11:23:10AM CLOSER TO WATER AND SEA LIFE I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT CAN
11:23:13AM LEAD TO CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE MINORITY POPULATION.
11:23:17AM SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
11:23:18AM AND JUST KNOWING, HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY
11:23:22AM RESILIENCY TASK FORCE OVER IN SULPHUR SPRINGS.
11:23:28AM I'VE BEEN SITTING ON THAT COMMITTEE SEVERAL MONTHS KNOWING
11:23:30AM THE SINCERE APPROACH FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THERE IS
11:23:33AM GREATLY APPRECIATED.
11:23:35AM AND I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT AS WELL.
11:23:36AM THANK YOU.
11:23:38AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MADAM CHAIR, MOVE ITEM NUMBER 4.
11:23:40AM >> SECOND.
11:23:41AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER
11:23:43AM MIRANDA, SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
11:23:45AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
11:23:47AM >> AYE.
11:23:48AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALL THOSE OPPOSED?
11:23:50AM >>BILL CARLSON: NAY.
11:23:50AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: MOTION CARRIES.
11:23:53AM >> THANK YOU.
11:23:54AM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:24:02AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: MAKE SURE THE BOARD IS AWARE, THE GRANT
11:24:04AM WILL BE MEMORIALIZED IN A GRANT FUNDING AGREEMENT WHICH WILL
11:24:07AM COME BACK TO THE BOARD EITHER AT THE NEXT MEETING OR THE
11:24:10AM MEETING AFTER.
11:24:59AM >>COURTNEY ORR: GOOD MORNING AGAIN.
11:25:20AM COURTNEY ORR, CRA DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
11:25:23AM I'M HAPPY TO INTRODUCE TO YOU REPRESENTATIVES OF OUR PARTNER
11:25:27AM FROM DIX HITE.
11:25:32AM THEY LED THE IDENTIFICATION OF A COMMUNITY VISION AND
11:25:36AM CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF WASHINGTON STREET PARK LOCATED AT THE
11:25:39AM CORNER OF 12th AND WASHINGTON STREETS.
11:25:40AM THE PROJECT TEAM LED A ROBUST COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORT
11:25:45AM DURING THE PHASED WORK APPROACH OF WHICH THEY'LL EXPLAIN TO
11:25:48AM YOU DURING THE PRESENTATION.
11:25:49AM THEY WILL BE SHOWING YOU ALSO THE FINAL PARKS CONCEPTUAL
11:25:54AM DESIGN.
11:25:58AM NOTHING LIKE THE LAST PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE ASKING FROM
11:26:00AM YOU.
11:26:01AM WE ARE JUST WANTING YOU TO BE EXCITED WITH US FOR THE WORK
11:26:05AM WE PUT FORWARD TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY, THE CHANNEL
11:26:08AM DISTRICT CAC, THE CITY'S PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
11:26:12AM SO IT WAS A VERY COLLECTIVE, ROBUST ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, AND
11:26:16AM WE'RE JUST HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT IT IS THAT WE'VE
11:26:19AM ARRIVED AT.
11:26:20AM HERE TODAY I HAVE HANNAH PLATE FROM DIX HITE WHO WILL GIVE
11:26:26AM THE PRESENTATION.
11:26:30AM >> THANK YOU, COURTNEY.
11:26:31AM HANNAH PLATE.
11:26:33AM LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT WITH DIX HITE.
11:26:36AM I HAVE A COUPLE OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS BEHIND ME IN THE
11:26:39AM AUDIENCE.
11:26:39AM WE'RE FROM THE LONGWOOD AREA IN FLORIDA.
11:26:42AM I AM GOING TO JUST SHARE WITH YOU OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT
11:26:49AM WE'VE MADE TO DATE ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE CHANNEL
11:26:55AM DISTRICT.
11:26:56AM SO OUR STAKEHOLDERS ON THIS PROJECT WERE THE PARKS AND
11:26:59AM RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND THE TAMPA CRA CHANNEL DISTRICT AS
11:27:04AM WELL AS THE CAC AND THE RESIDENTS.
11:27:09AM OUR DELIVERABLES THAT WE WERE ASKED TO DO ON THIS PROJECT
11:27:12AM INCLUDED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
11:27:14AM SO WE HAVE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES,
11:27:17AM ESTABLISHING A COMMUNITY VISION FOR THE PARK ITSELF, AND
11:27:21AM ULTIMATELY DESIGNING A CONCEPT AND A DESIGN CRITERIA
11:27:24AM PACKAGE.
11:27:25AM I WANTED TO JUST REALLY CLEARLY COMMUNICATE THAT THE DESIGN
11:27:29AM CRITERIA PACKAGE ONLY TAKES THIS TO ABOUT A 30% LEVEL OF
11:27:32AM COMPLETION AT WHICH POINT IT THEN GOES BACK TO THE CITY
11:27:36AM PARKS AND REC AND IT NEEDS TO GET REBID OUT FOR CONSTRUCTION
11:27:41AM AND BEING BUILT.
11:27:43AM OUR PROJECT WAS, WE PHASED IT OVER THREE DIFFERENT KEY
11:27:50AM PHASES.
11:27:52AM BEEN ABOUT SIX MONTHS INTO THE PROCESS NOW.
11:27:54AM WE CONCLUDED CONCEPTUAL DESIGN IN FEBRUARY, AND WE ARE
11:28:00AM LOOKING TO START DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, 30% DRAWINGS THAT I
11:28:04AM MENTIONED IN MARCH, APRIL, MAY, AND JUNE.
11:28:08AM WE HAVE HAD MONTHLY CAC MEETINGS AND WE'VE BEEN REALLY
11:28:12AM ACTIVE WITH THAT GROUP IN COMMUNICATING THE PROCESS ALL
11:28:16AM ALONG.
11:28:17AM WE HAD TWO OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK WITH THE RESIDENTS AND THE
11:28:20AM PUBLIC WHERE WE HAVE HOSTED ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS AT THE PARK
11:28:23AM FOR SEVERAL HOURS.
11:28:24AM OUR STRATEGY AROUND THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT REALLY HAD TWO KEY
11:28:29AM POINTS.
11:28:30AM WE KEPT IT GRASSROOTS.
11:28:31AM WE WANTED TO INCREASE COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP AND SUPPORT, SO WE
11:28:34AM LEVERAGED EXISTING PLATFORMS THAT WERE ALREADY IN PLACE
11:28:39AM THROUGH THE CAC AND OUR CRA MEMBERS.
11:28:43AM AND THEN WE COMMUNICATED EARLY AND OFTEN.
11:28:46AM WE REALLY WANTED TO BUILD TRUST, TRANSPARENCY, AND GET AS
11:28:49AM MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED AS POSSIBLE IN THE PROCESS.
11:28:52AM OUR ENGAGEMENT OUTPUT THAT WE HAD, WE HAD SEVERAL
11:28:57AM NOTIFICATIONS TO THE PUBLIC.
11:28:58AM WE CREATED A PROJECT ENGAGE WEBSITE.
11:29:00AM WE HAD SOCIAL MEDIA POSTING ON EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT THE
11:29:03AM PUBLIC COULD COME AND PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS.
11:29:06AM WE ALSO RELEASED MAILERS, BUSINESS CARDS, YARD SIGNS,
11:29:10AM DIGITAL DISPLAYS LEADING UP TO OUR TWO PUBLIC WORKSHOPS THAT
11:29:15AM WE HAD IN THE PARK.
11:29:16AM AND WE RELEASED A PUBLIC SURVEY EARLY ON IN OUR DISCOVERY
11:29:22AM PHASE OF THE PROJECT.
11:29:23AM AND THEN IF YOU ATTENDED THE WORKSHOP ITSELF, YOU WERE OFTEN
11:29:26AM GREETED WITH WORKSHOP PACKETS AND ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.
11:29:29AM THE DREAM THAT WE HEARD FROM THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA WAS
11:29:34AM TO CREATE A VIBRANT LANDSCAPE THAT ALLOWS ALL RESIDENTS TO
11:29:39AM ENGAGE, GATHER, AND FEEL SAFE, CONNECTED SOCIALLY WITHIN THE
11:29:43AM URBAN FABRIC OF THE DISTRICT.
11:29:44AM I WANT TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE WHAT THAT DREAM MEANS.
11:29:49AM OUR TEAM TOOK A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO WHAT WE CALL OUR
11:29:52AM DISCOVERY PHASE, WHICH IS JUST UNDERSTANDING THE PROJECT,
11:29:55AM UNDERSTANDING THE COMMUNITY AND THE NEEDS AND DESIRES FOR
11:29:57AM THE PARK.
11:29:58AM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE IDENTIFIED IS THAT THE DISTRICT IS
11:30:03AM ABOUT 156 ACRES.
11:30:06AM AND ONLY 2.6 OF THAT IS DEDICATED TO PUBLIC PARKS.
11:30:10AM THERE ARE ACTUALLY THREE IDENTIFIED HERE, AND MAJORITY OF
11:30:14AM WHAT WE CALL PARK ANCHOR, SO THE DRIVER FOR GOING TO THE
11:30:18AM PARK IS AROUND HAVING A DOG AND GOING TO A DOG PARK.
11:30:22AM SO WE REALIZE THIS IS REALLY A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO ASK THE
11:30:27AM RESIDENTS IF THEY WANTED A LITTLE BIT MORE VARIETY THERE THE
11:30:30AM PARKS THAT WERE BEING OFFERED AND PROVIDED TO THEM AS
11:30:34AM RESIDENTS.
11:30:34AM SO WE TOOK SOME OF OUR DISCOVERY BACK TO THE COMMUNITY EARLY
11:30:40AM ON IN OUR FIRST WORKSHOP THAT WE HOSTED.
11:30:43AM THIS WAS ON A SATURDAY MORNING.
11:30:44AM WE HAD A COUPLE OF KEY FINDINGS FROM THE CONVERSATIONS THAT
11:30:48AM WE HAD WITH THE PUBLIC.
11:30:50AM WE TALKED ABOUT PARKS AND OPEN SPACES WITHIN THE DISTRICT,
11:30:53AM AND THAT IT ONLY MAKES UP ABOUT 1.66% OF THEIR LAND AND WHAT
11:30:58AM THAT MEANS TO THEM.
11:30:59AM WE TALKED ABOUT MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE PARKS THAT
11:31:04AM THEY CURRENTLY ARE BEING PROVIDED.
11:31:06AM AND THEN A BALANCE OF PEOPLE-FORWARD ACTIVITIES AND GETTING
11:31:10AM SOME MORE PROGRAM INVOLVED THAT WAS MORE MULTI-BENEFICIAL,
11:31:14AM FLEXIBILITY OF USE FOR COMMUNITYWIDE EVENTS.
11:31:17AM WE COLLECTED A LOT OF DATA AND ONLY ABLE TO SHARE A LITTLE
11:31:22AM BIT OF THAT WITH YOU HERE TODAY IN THE PRESENTATION.
11:31:25AM BUT OUR JOB WAS TO GO BACK AND ORGANIZE THAT DATA AND TRY TO
11:31:29AM REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE WANTED.
11:31:32AM ONE OF THE KEY FINDINGS THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT IN OUR
11:31:35AM PUBLIC SURVEY IS THAT WE ASKED ABOUT POSSIBLE AMENITIES THAT
11:31:38AM YOU WOULD WANT TO SEE, AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT THE VARIETY OF
11:31:42AM PARK OFFERINGS.
11:31:43AM THE TOP THREE ITEMS THAT WE GOT WERE AROUND SHADE TREES,
11:31:48AM GREEN OASIS AND LANDSCAPE ENHANCEMENTS.
11:31:50AM THE BOTTOM THREE WERE AROUND ACTIVE RECREATION.
11:31:54AM SOMETHING THAT STOOD OUT TO US IS THAT THE DOG PARK FACILITY
11:31:58AM FELL BELOW THE MIDDLE LINE WHICH TOLD US THAT THERE REALLY
11:32:01AM WAS A BALANCE WE NEEDED TO STRIKE HERE FOR THIS PARK.
11:32:03AM AND THEN IN TERMS OF WHAT KIND OF EVENTS WOULD THE RESIDENTS
11:32:09AM LIKE TO SEE, THERE WAS A BIG OUTPOUR FOR MARKETS, SEASONAL
11:32:12AM EVENTS, ARTS AND CRAFT POP-UPS, AND JUST HAVING THINGS THAT
11:32:16AM WERE MORE NEIGHBORHOOD FOCUSED FOR THE COMMUNITY.
11:32:18AM WHAT WE DID IS A CULMINATION OF ALL OF OUR DISCOVERY RELATED
11:32:24AM PROCESSES, WE CREATED CRITERIA THAT SETS A FOUNDATION FOR
11:32:29AM HOW WE'RE GOING TO RESPOND TO THAT INPUT THROUGH DESIGN.
11:32:32AM AND THESE WERE THE CRITERIA ITEMS THAT WE ESTABLISHED.
11:32:37AM SOME OF THEM I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED, BUT WE ALSO ADDED
11:32:40AM LIVEABILITY AND SAFETY AS WELL AS CONNECTIVITY TO THE
11:32:47AM COMMUNITY.
11:32:48AM ONCE WE DID OUR DISCOVERY PHASE IN THAT FIRST LEVEL OF
11:32:51AM PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, WE THEN ENTERED PHASE TWO OF OUR WORK
11:32:56AM WHICH IS CONCEPTUAL DESIGN.
11:33:01AM WE LANDED ON TWO CONCEPTS THAT I'LL SHARE WITH YOU TODAY.
11:33:04AM I WANT TO SAY THAT BOTH OF THOSE EMERGED FROM ONE SINGLE
11:33:07AM INSPIRATION, WHICH IS THE COMMUNITY SHOALS CONCEPT.
11:33:10AM WE WERE INSPIRED MORE BY NATURAL HISTORY OF THE AREA.
11:33:13AM WE LOOKED AT OYSTER BEDS THAT ONCE ORIGINALLY LINED THAT
11:33:17AM PORTION OF CHANNEL DISTRICT AND HOW THEY COULD BE A METAPHOR
11:33:20AM FOR ADAPTABLE DYNAMIC COMMUNITIES.
11:33:22AM SO WE WERE INSPIRED BY THEIR FORM, THEIR PATTERNS, THEIR
11:33:27AM TEXTURE, AND WE DECIDED TO SELECT MATERIALS THAT WOULD
11:33:31AM REFLECT THAT.
11:33:32AM SO THINGS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT NATURAL AND ORGANIC HAVE A
11:33:36AM LITTLE MORE TEXTURE TO THEIR QUALITY.
11:33:40AM FOR ART AND ARCHITECTURE, THAT WE ARE SUGGESTING FOR THE
11:33:42AM PARK THAT IT WOULD BE ORGANIC, DYNAMIC.
11:33:47AM WE ARE LOOKING AT INTEGRATED FORMS AND NATURAL MATERIALS FOR
11:33:50AM OUR SEATING, BOTH TO HELP WITH MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF
11:33:54AM LANDSCAPE BUT ALSO TO BRING IN THAT NATURAL QUALITY.
11:33:58AM HAVING ENGAGING AND TRANSFORMATIVE LIGHT INSTALLATION SO
11:34:02AM THERE COULD BE MORE USE DURING THE DAY FOR THE PARK.
11:34:05AM AND THEN LOOKING AT A VARIETY OF PROGRAM, AS I MENTIONED,
11:34:09AM SOMETHING THAT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE PEOPLE FORWARD.
11:34:11AM THIS PARK IS CENTRALLY LOCATED WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND A LOT
11:34:14AM OF THE RESIDENTS HERE VIEW THIS AS THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.
11:34:17AM SO THE CONCEPTS THAT I'LL SHARE WITH YOU, I JUST WANT TO
11:34:22AM KEEP IT IN MIND THEY HAVE THE SAME DESIGN, SORT OF STYLE AND
11:34:26AM CHARACTER WHERE THEY VARY IS IN THEIR PROGRAM BETWEEN PEOPLE
11:34:30AM FORWARD AND HAVING A BALANCE.
11:34:32AM THE FIRST CONCEPT IS OYSTER.
11:34:37AM IN THIS, THE PARK ANCHOR HERE WOULD BE ONE CENTRAL OPEN LAWN
11:34:41AM SPACE WITH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SPACES SURROUNDING IT.
11:34:46AM WE HAVE ON THE CORNER OF WASHINGTON AND 12th A PIECE OF
11:34:50AM ARCHITECTURE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE FOR EVENTS.
11:34:54AM THIS IS AT GRADE.
11:34:56AM SO IT IS ADA ACCESSIBLE.
11:34:57AM THERE'S ALSO A SMALLER STAGE TOWARD THE BACK MIXED USE, THE
11:35:03AM SKY HOUSE PIECE OF PROPERTY.
11:35:05AM AND THEN A LOT OF VARIETY OF SEATING ALONG THE EDGE OF
11:35:09AM 12th AND WASHINGTON TO HELP ACTIVATE THAT.
11:35:12AM IN ADDITION TO THE CONCEPT, WE ALSO DID SOME STUDIES ON
11:35:18AM ACTIVATION, SO HOW MIGHT THAT PARK BE USED A DAY IN THE
11:35:21AM LIFE?
11:35:21AM JUST DAILY USE AND THEN WE ALSO LOOKED AT HOW MIGHT IT BE
11:35:27AM USED FOR AN EVENT.
11:35:28AM WE WERE ABLE TO SHARE THAT BACK WITH THE CAC AS WELL AS THE
11:35:30AM DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP AND GET SOME FEEDBACK IN ON THAT.
11:35:34AM OUR SECOND CONCEPT IS THE PERCH.
11:35:39AM IN THIS ONE WE STRIKE THE BALANCE BETWEEN PEOPLE FORWARD BUT
11:35:42AM ALSO MAINTAINING THE DOG PARK THAT'S CURRENTLY THERE TODAY.
11:35:46AM IT'S ROUGHLY THE SAME SIZE BUT BY CONFIGURING IT LINEAR AND
11:35:50AM ALONG THE BACK EDGE, WE'RE ABLE TO MAXIMIZE THE MAIN ART
11:35:54AM ANCHOR FOR THIS PARK WHICH IS A PLAZA CONDITION.
11:35:57AM AND IT HAS A LOT OF THE SAME COMPONENTS.
11:36:00AM JUST WANT TO POINT OUT AT THE CORNER OF WASHINGTON AND
11:36:02AM 12th, ANOTHER PIECE OF ARCHITECTURE FOR PERFORMANCES
11:36:06AM COVERED STRUCTURE AND THEN A LOT OF VARIETY OF SEATING ALONG
11:36:08AM 12th AND WASHINGTON.
11:36:10AM AND THEN WE DID THE SAME LEVEL OF STUDY OF HOW MIGHT THIS BE
11:36:14AM USED DAILY, HOW MIGHT THIS BE USED AT A MARKET EVENT.
11:36:17AM AND AGAIN, COORDINATE IT BACK OUT WITH THE CAC AND THE
11:36:20AM DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP TO GET THEIR INPUT.
11:36:23AM WE THEN TOOK THIS BACK OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
11:36:27AM WE HAD A SECOND WORKSHOP AT THE PARK.
11:36:32AM SOME CONVERSATIONS AND KEY THEMES THAT EMERGED FROM THAT WAS
11:36:35AM ONGOING CONVERSATIONS AROUND MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF
11:36:38AM THE NEW PARK DESIGNS.
11:36:41AM HOW MIGHT THIS BE ACTIVATED AND IT NEEDING TO BE REALLY
11:36:44AM PUBLICLY LED ACTIVATION.
11:36:46AM WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE DOG PARK AND MAYBE INCORPORATING
11:36:50AM SOME INFORMAL PLAY WITH THE COMMENTS WE GOT BACK.
11:36:53AM OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL IDENTITY AND CULTURE.
11:36:56AM THIS WAS REALLY EXPRESSIONS OF ART THAT THEY WERE LOOKING TO
11:37:00AM HAVE IN THE PARK.
11:37:01AM WE QUICKLY JUST SUMMARIZE SOME OF THE INPUT WE GOT ON EACH
11:37:05AM CONCEPT THAT WE PROVIDED.
11:37:07AM WE ASKED THE COMMUNITY TO EXPRESS WHAT THEY LOVED ABOUT IT
11:37:11AM AND WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE.
11:37:12AM THESE ARE ORGANIZED BY THE FREQUENCY IN WHICH WE HEARD IT.
11:37:16AM DOG PARK CONTINUED TO BE A REALLY HIGH SUBJECT FOR THE
11:37:20AM RESIDENTS IN DISCUSSING HOW IT WOULD OR WOULD NOT BE
11:37:25AM PROVIDED WITHIN THE PARK SPACES.
11:37:27AM AGAIN, HERE IS FOR THE PERCH, DOG PARK WAS ALSO TOP ON THE
11:37:33AM LIST FOR THIS PRIMARY CONCEPT.
11:37:34AM WE ALSO ASKED THE RESIDENTS TO VOTE.
11:37:39AM WE SAID, OKAY, IF YOU HAD TO MAKE A DECISION TODAY, WHAT
11:37:42AM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE US CARRY FORWARD WITH YOUR
11:37:45AM RECOMMENDATIONS OF WHAT YOU LOVE AND WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO
11:37:48AM CHANGE.
11:37:49AM AND THE CONCEPT THAT WAS SELECTED IS THE PERCH, WHICH
11:37:52AM STRIKES THE BALANCE BETWEEN MAINTAINING THE EXISTING DOG
11:37:56AM PARK WHILE PROVIDING A MORE PEOPLE-FORWARD, OUTDOOR SORT OF
11:38:00AM COURTYARD SPACE ALONG 12th.
11:38:02AM AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT WHO WE SPOKE TO IN
11:38:08AM THIS PROCESS WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS.
11:38:10AM WE GOT TO CARRY THIS FORWARD TO THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP,
11:38:14AM THE DESIGN HUB, THE CRA BOARD TODAY IN FRONT OF YOU.
11:38:17AM WE'VE HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA PARKS
11:38:20AM AND RECREATION STAFF AND FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE TEAM.
11:38:25AM NEXT STEP IS TO GO INTO THAT PHASE THREE WHICH IS CREATING
11:38:31AM THE 30% LEVEL DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PLANS THAT WE THEN HAND
11:38:36AM BACK OFF TO THE CITY.
11:38:37AM AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING TO REFINE FROM
11:38:39AM THAT SELECTED CONCEPT IS THE DOG PARK SIZE AS WELL AS THE
11:38:43AM PLAZA SIZE TO STRIKING THAT RIGHT BALANCE BETWEEN THE
11:38:46AM FACILITIES THAT ARE BEING REPRESENTED IN THE PARK AND
11:38:51AM LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES IN ACTIVATION IN PLAY, IDENTITY
11:38:53AM AND CULTURE, LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT ART TO BE
11:38:56AM INSTALLED.
11:38:56AM WE'LL REFINE THE CONCEPT AND THEN DELIVER THAT TO THE CITY,
11:39:01AM AND THE CITY WILL USE THAT TO GO BACK OUT TO BID.
11:39:03AM I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND INVITE ANY
11:39:08AM FEEDBACK THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE TO OUR TEAM.
11:39:10AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN FOLLOWED BY BOARD
11:39:11AM MEMBER HURTAK.
11:39:14AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHOEVER THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO
11:39:16AM ELIMINATE OR REDUCE THE DOG PARK, I THINK WE NEED TO BUY
11:39:19AM THEM TICKETS TO SOUTH DAKOTA.
11:39:20AM HOW DID WE GET HERE?
11:39:23AM IT'S NOT THAT OLD OF A PUBLIC SPACE.
11:39:28AM WHAT WAS THE CATALYST FOR WANTING TO SPEND MONEY ON THIS --
11:39:33AM ON THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE PARK WITH SO MANY NEEDS?
11:39:36AM I KNOW THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE NEED TO ACQUIRE PROPERTIES
11:39:39AM IN THE AREA TO PROVIDE GREENSPACE.
11:39:41AM WHY ARE WE INVESTING IN THIS RELATIVELY DECENT, NICE PARK
11:39:46AM INSTEAD OF INVESTING MONEY IN BUYING MORE SPACE TO BE ABLE
11:39:48AM TO INCREASE THAT PITIFULLY LOW NUMBER OF PUBLIC AVAILABLE
11:39:53AM PROPERTY?
11:39:57AM >>ERICA MOODY: I'LL TAKE THAT. IF MANAGER ORR HAS ANYTHING
11:40:01AM ELSE TO ADD.
11:40:02AM YOU DID AT THE LAST MEETING ENCOURAGE US TO LOOK FOR LAND TO
11:40:05AM USE FOR THE PURPOSES OF OPEN GREENSPACE IN CHANNEL DISTRICT.
11:40:08AM THAT IS THE CAC'S MAIN PRIORITY.
11:40:10AM WE'RE DOING JUST THAT.
11:40:11AM AND THIS HAS BEEN A PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS.
11:40:14AM REALLY WHAT WE HEARD TODAY IS MAKING SURE THAT THE PARK IS
11:40:17AM ORIENTED AROUND THE COMMUNITY WITH A LOT OF THE DEVELOPMENT
11:40:19AM THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING.
11:40:20AM BUT MOST OF ALL, HOW CAN WE ACTIVATE IT?
11:40:23AM IT'S NOT A VERY HIGHLY USED PARK AND IT CAN BE ACTIVATED FOR
11:40:26AM MORE COMMUNITY PURPOSES.
11:40:29AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THERE ARE ALWAYS PEOPLE THERE.
11:40:31AM IT'S ALWAYS FULL OF PEOPLE.
11:40:32AM I GO TO THAT PARK -- I DO UTILIZE THAT PARK, PLUS THERE IS A
11:40:37AM BAR RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
11:40:38AM IT IS A NICE SPACE.
11:40:42AM I THOUGHT IT WAS WELL DESIGNED.
11:40:43AM IT'S INTEGRATED.
11:40:45AM I KNOW PEOPLE THAT MOVED THERE SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF DOG
11:40:49AM PARK BECAUSE THEY HAVE DOGS AND THERE IS A WHOLE BUNCH OF
11:40:52AM FRENCHY'S IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, DON'T PISS OFF THE FRENCHY
11:40:57AM OWNERS.
11:40:58AM >>ERICA MOODY: FROM THE COMMUNITY LEVEL, IT WAS HOW TO
11:41:00AM FURTHER ACTIVATE IT.
11:41:01AM WE TESTED OUT A FEW INNOVATIVE CONCEPTS AND WANTED THIS TO
11:41:04AM BE CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE.
11:41:05AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I GET IT.
11:41:07AM WHEN WE START PRIORITIZING THINGS, THIS NEEDS TO GO WAY DOWN
11:41:10AM THE LIST BECAUSE WE NEED TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY AND INCREASE
11:41:12AM OUR GREENSPACE IN THE CHANNELSIDE DISTRICT BEFORE WE START
11:41:15AM RENOVATING, LET'S START ADDING TO OUR SPACES.
11:41:18AM THAT'S MY INPUT.
11:41:21AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
11:41:25AM >>COURTNEY ORR: WE DID ACQUIRE 810 CHANNELSIDE DRIVE WHICH
11:41:30AM ALSO WILL BE UTILIZED AS AN URBAN PARK.
11:41:32AM ITEMS THAT MAY NOT FALL WITHIN THIS PARK ALWAYS COULD BE
11:41:36AM CONSIDERED FOR THE 810 CHANNELSIDE URBAN PARK DESIGN.
11:41:41AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
11:41:43AM IF YOU COULD PUT BACK THE VOTE SCREEN, BECAUSE I THINK THAT
11:41:48AM SHOWS BOTH PARKS SIDE TO SIDE.
11:41:50AM 33.
11:41:55AM THANK YOU.
11:41:57AM SO LOOKING AT THIS, WHAT I NOTICED IS THE DIFFERENCE IS THE
11:42:13AM GREENSPACE, WHEREAS THE OYSTER, THE GREENSPACE IS FOR THE
11:42:16AM WHOLE COMMUNITY.
11:42:17AM AND IN THE PERCH, THE GREENSPACE IS ONLY FOR THE DOG OWNERS
11:42:21AM OR DOGS AND THEIR PEOPLE.
11:42:24AM I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT I SEE IS NOT ENOUGH
11:42:31AM ACTUAL GREENSPACE, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT HOW IT IS NOW AND
11:42:33AM THEY DO HAVE THAT GREENSPACE AND HOW UNDERUTILIZED IT IS.
11:42:37AM THE OTHER THING I NOTICED IS ONE OF THE HIGH THINGS ON THE
11:42:40AM PRIORITY LIST WAS SHADE AND USABLE SPACE.
11:42:44AM EITHER WAY, THE MAJORITY, FOR HALF THE YEAR, THE MIDDLE OF
11:42:49AM THOSE PARKS AREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE USED DURING THE
11:42:51AM DAY BECAUSE OF HEAT.
11:42:53AM AS WE PLAN PARKS AND CONSIDER WHAT WE'RE DOING GOING
11:43:00AM FORWARD, HOW DO WE CREATE NOT JUST ON THE PERIMETER OF THESE
11:43:05AM PARKS, BUT ON THE INTERIOR, IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN DO.
11:43:08AM IS THERE A SHADE STRUCTURE?
11:43:10AM IS THERE A WAY WE CAN BUILD LIKE A REALLY HIGHER ARBOR?
11:43:16AM WHAT OTHER WAYS CAN WE MAKE SURE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN
11:43:20AM BE UTILIZED DURING THE DAY BY MORE PEOPLE.
11:43:23AM SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.
11:43:25AM I UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNITY WANTING TO GET THIS PARK MORE
11:43:32AM APPROPRIATE FOR THEIR USES BEFORE THE END OF THE CRA.
11:43:36AM I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
11:43:37AM I JUST -- THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS THAT STOOD OUT TO ME IS
11:43:43AM GREENSPACE AND ADDITIONAL SHADE FOR MAKING SURE THIS CAN BE
11:43:47AM USED MORE THAN JUST IN THE EVENINGS DURING THE SUMMER
11:43:51AM MONTHS.
11:43:53AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ANY FURTHER COMMENT?
11:43:54AM THANK YOU.
11:43:56AM IS THERE SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO ON THIS?
11:44:02AM >>ERICA MOODY: THERE IS NO ACTION REQUIRED FROM THE BOARD.
11:44:04AM WE JUST WANTED TO BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION.
11:44:06AM I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK.
11:44:08AM IT'S ALWAYS HELPFUL.
11:44:09AM THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO PRESENT IT, TO GET THE BOARD
11:44:13AM FEEDBACK IN ADDITION TO THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.
11:44:16AM CHANNEL DISTRICT IS AMAZING LOOKING FOR PROJECTS.
11:44:18AM WE CAN DO BOTH.
11:44:19AM REDEVELOP THE CURRENT PARKS THERE AND AGGRESSIVELY LOOKING
11:44:22AM FOR LAND AND, OF COURSE, ACQUIRING LAND.
11:44:24AM WE'LL BE PURSUING 810 CHANNELSIDE AND HOPEFULLY BRINGING
11:44:27AM SOME ACQUISITIONS HERE TO YOU SOON.
11:44:29AM WE CAN DO IT ALL.
11:44:30AM WE HAVE TEN YEARS.
11:44:31AM WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT MAKING IT ALL HAPPEN QUICKLY.
11:44:33AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER HURTAK AGAIN.
11:44:35AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
11:44:36AM SORRY, ONE MORE THING.
11:44:37AM I DO NOTICE THAT THE PURCHASE OF A LOT MORE PALM TREES.
11:44:41AM NO TO PALM TREES.
11:44:44AM >> I WATCHED THE TREE ENTRANCE.
11:44:45AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE TO MENTION IT EVERY SINGLE TIME.
11:44:48AM SHADE.
11:44:48AM PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR SHADE.
11:44:50AM THAT IS WHAT WE ARE SEEING GOING FORWARD.
11:44:52AM WE'RE REALLY GOING TO NEED IT.
11:44:54AM TODAY, IT'S EARLY MAY AND IT'S GOING TO BE, WHAT, 90.
11:44:58AM 94 TODAY.
11:44:59AM WE REALLY, REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON SHADE STRUCTURES AND WAYS
11:45:04AM THAT PEOPLE CAN UTILIZE THE OUTDOORS BECAUSE THIS SPACE,
11:45:09AM THIS AREA DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF GREENSPACE, AND WE REALLY
11:45:13AM WANT PEOPLE TO USE THE SPACE.
11:45:15AM NO PALM TREES.
11:45:16AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
11:45:17AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: AND THE EXISTING PARK, THEY HAVE A LOT OF
11:45:19AM TURF.
11:45:20AM ACTUALLY THE MAJORITY OF THIS PARK IS TURF BUT THERE'S NO
11:45:23AM SHADE.
11:45:24AM AND THAT IS EXACTLY IT.
11:45:25AM THERE IS A HUGE SEGMENT AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE PURPOSES, BUT
11:45:30AM IT'S BOILING HOT.
11:45:32AM IT IS A DOG PARK OVER HERE AND HUGE AREA OF GREENSPACE FOR
11:45:35AM PEOPLE AND THE EXISTING CONDITIONS.
11:45:37AM IT JUST DOESN'T HAVE SHADE, WHICH MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO
11:45:42AM UTILIZE.
11:45:43AM NOBODY IS GOING TO THROW A BLANKET OUT AND BAKE IN THE SUN
11:45:46AM UNLESS THEY WANT TO BAKE IN THE SUN.
11:45:47AM >>ERICA MOODY: YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
11:45:49AM YOU HAVE ME THINKING OF WATER FEATURES AND ACCESS TO WATER
11:45:52AM FOUNTAINS, MAKING SURE DOGS STAY HYDRATED AS WELL.
11:45:55AM THEY CAN GET --
11:45:59AM ALSO HAVE THE URBAN HEAT STUDY GOING ON IN EAST TAMPA.
11:46:02AM SO WE'RE FOCUSED ON THAT IN THE OTHER DISTRICTS AND ALSO
11:46:04AM THINKING OF OUR PROGRESS WITH SALCINES PARK IN WEST TAMPA
11:46:08AM AND I KNOW THEY PRIORITIZED SHADE.
11:46:10AM WE RECEIVED YOUR GREAT FEEDBACK AND KEEP IT AT THE
11:46:12AM FOREFRONT.
11:46:13AM THANK YOU.
11:46:14AM SO THAT ENDS TODAY'S PRESENTATION AROUND THE WASHINGTON
11:46:17AM STREET PARK.
11:46:18AM NO FORMAL ACTION IS NEEDED.
11:46:19AM WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
11:46:20AM WE HAVE THE TAMPA THEATRE.
11:46:24AM WE HAVE THE CROSS BAY FERRY WITH THE ANNUAL REPORT AND THEN
11:46:27AM WE DID PULL ITEM 21 FOR DISCUSSION.
11:46:31AM WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PRESENTATIONS?
11:46:33AM OKAY.
11:46:34AM GREAT.
11:46:35AM WE'LL KEEP IT MOVING IN ORDER.
11:46:37AM I'LL PASS IT OFF TO MANAGER ORR AGAIN TO INTRODUCE THE TAMPA
11:46:42AM THEATRE AND THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE AND SOME
11:46:45AM EXCITING NEWS TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY.
11:47:07AM >>COURTNEY ORR: GOOD MORNING.
11:47:08AM COURTNEY ORR, CRA DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
11:47:11AM I'M HAPPY TO INTRODUCE JOHN BELL, THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF
11:47:14AM THE TAMPA THEATRE.
11:47:16AM THOSE RESTORATIONS OF WHICH THE CRA IS HELPING TO FUND IS
11:47:20AM WELL UNDERWAY, AND THERE IS A CELEBRATION COMING AT THE END
11:47:24AM OF THIS MONTH THAT I'M SURE MR. BELL WILL BE ANNOUNCING
11:47:28AM WITHIN HIS PRESENTATION.
11:47:30AM IF IT IS OKAY WITH YOU, NUMBER 8 IS RELATED TO THE FILM
11:47:33AM CAMP.
11:47:33AM SO WE WOULD LIKE TO CONDENSE, THAT THE PRESENTATION OF THE
11:47:37AM THEATRE AND THE FILM CAMP RUN BACK TO BACK.
11:47:40AM AND JOHN WILL INTRODUCE JILL FOR THAT PART OF THE
11:47:42AM PRESENTATION.
11:47:50AM >> THANK YOU.
11:47:50AM IT'S GOOD TO BE WITH YOU TODAY.
11:47:52AM JOHN BELL, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF TAMPA THEATRE.
11:47:55AM THERE IS A LOT GOING ON AT TAMPA THEATRE.
11:47:59AM I'M HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME PROGRESS SLIDES ON THE
11:48:03AM BUILDING OF T-2, THE SECOND SCREENING ROOM, WHICH IS GOING
11:48:07AM TO HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING THAT YOU'RE ALL INVITED TO WITH THE
11:48:11AM MAYOR ON MAY 31st AT 2:00 AND THEN ON SATURDAY, JUNE
11:48:16AM 1st, WE HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE FOR OUR DONORS AND MEMBERS, AND
11:48:21AM THEN SUNDAY AND THROUGHOUT THE REST OF JUNE, WE WILL BE
11:48:25AM HAVING SPECIALLY SCHEDULED OPEN HOUSES FOR THE GENERAL
11:48:29AM PUBLIC TO COME IN AND GIVE A SENSE OF WHAT THE NEW SPACE IS
11:48:33AM ALL ABOUT.
11:48:33AM MOVING AHEAD WITH THE PRESENTATION, I GUESS -- IS THAT UP?
11:48:43AM >> YES, GO AHEAD.
11:48:43AM >> HERE WE GO.
11:48:46AM I'VE GOT SOME SHOW-AND-TELL SLIDES.
11:48:48AM THIS IS WHAT THE SPACE, IF YOU REMEMBER, USED TO LOOK LIKE.
11:48:51AM THIS IS THE OLD FLOWER SHOP.
11:48:53AM FORMERLY A BUTLER SHOE STORE IN THE '40s AND '50s.
11:48:57AM WAS A FLOWER SHOP THE PAST 30 YEARS.
11:48:59AM 1260 SQUARE FEET.
11:49:01AM IF YOU'LL RECALL, THIS PROJECT, WE INITIALLY GREENLIGHTED IN
11:49:05AM 2019, AND WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE OPENING IN 2021 AND THEN
11:49:09AM NOTHING HAPPENED ACCORDING TO PLAN IN 2020.
11:49:11AM SO EVERYTHING GOT DELAYED.
11:49:13AM IN SOME WAYS IT WORKED OUT FOR THE BETTER BECAUSE WE WERE
11:49:16AM ABLE TO MAKE SOME DESIGN CHANGES.
11:49:18AM BUT THIS IS SORT OF THE STATE OF THE ART THAT WAS THERE.
11:49:22AM A LOT OF OLD TECHNOLOGY AND REALLY A VERY DECREPIT, RUN-DOWN
11:49:27AM SPACE.
11:49:28AM WE DID THE DEMO IN AUGUST, AND WE DISCOVERED AT THE VERY
11:49:32AM CENTER OF THE PICTURE ON THE BACK WALL, WE KNEW WE WERE
11:49:35AM GOING TO RUN INTO A PIPE, THE FIRE RISER.
11:49:38AM WE DID NOT REALIZE WE WOULD RUN INTO SO MUCH.
11:49:41AM THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF REDESIGN TO WORK AROUND THAT, BUT
11:49:45AM WE BEGAN TO MAKE PROGRESS NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, A LOT OF THE
11:49:50AM STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS BEGAN TO COME INTO PLAY.
11:49:52AM THIS IS WHEN THE SEATING -- STADIUM SEATING PLATFORMING WENT
11:49:58AM INTO THE SPACE.
11:50:00AM BY THE WAY, OUR APPROACH TO THIS WAS TO DESIGN THIS WITH
11:50:05AM BOSTON LIGHT AND SOUND WHICH IS SIMPLY THE BEST IN THE WORLD
11:50:09AM AT DESIGNING CINEMA SPACES FROM A PROJECTION AND SOUND
11:50:14AM STANDPOINT.
11:50:14AM WE HAD THEM LAY OUT THE SPACE FIRST AND WHERE ALL THEIR
11:50:18AM EQUIPMENT WOULD BE AND THE SIGHT LINES.
11:50:19AM AND ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING TEAM DESIGNED AROUND THAT.
11:50:22AM WE BEGAN TO MAKE PROGRESS.
11:50:25AM BEGAN TO SEE THOSE THREE HOLES IN THE BACK WALL, THAT IS THE
11:50:29AM SCREEN WALL.
11:50:30AM THE CUTOUTS FOR THE SPEAKERS.
11:50:31AM A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY GOING INTO THIS SPACE FOR PROJECTION,
11:50:37AM SOUND AND A LOT OF AUTOMATION AS WELL.
11:50:39AM THIS IS A CLOSE-UP OF THE TERRAZZO FLOOR THAT WE POURED IN
11:50:45AM THE VERY FRONT IN THE ENTRYWAY.
11:50:47AM WE TOOK THE COLOR SCHEME FROM THIS, THE CUE FOR THAT WAS THE
11:50:51AM FLORIDA AVENUE FOYER FLOOR FROM THE TAMPA THEATRE, SO WE
11:50:55AM MATCHED THOSE COLORS TO BRING THOSE OVER.
11:51:00AM AND ALL ALONG ONE OF OUR MANTRAS WAS THAT THIS NEW SPACE,
11:51:07AM EVEN THOUGH IT'S GOING TO CLEARLY LOOK NEW, HAS TO HAVE THE
11:51:11AM DNA OF TAMPA THEATRE.
11:51:12AM WE HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT AND BRING OVER SOME ELEMENTS.
11:51:15AM COLORS, FIXTURES, THOSE KIND OF THINGS WERE ALL VERY
11:51:18AM IMPORTANT TO US IN FINISHING.
11:51:19AM THIS IS A SHOT SHOWING THE ACOUSTIC MATERIAL GOING UP ON THE
11:51:23AM BACK WALL, ALSO WENT UP ON THE CEILING TO MAKE IT AS GOOD AS
11:51:29AM POSSIBLE FOR A CINEMA.
11:51:31AM A LOT OF INTRICATE WORK GOING ON THERE AND THEN HERE IS
11:51:34AM WHERE WE BEGAN TO SEE FINISHES COME INTO PLAY.
11:51:38AM THIS IS ONE OF THE FOUR CEILING FIXTURES IN ADDITION TO THE
11:51:42AM CAN LIGHTING BUT THIS IS THE STAR LIGHTING.
11:51:45AM YOU'LL FIND THAT SAME STAR DESIGNED ALMOST EXACTLY LIKE THAT
11:51:48AM HANGING IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE HISTORIC THEATER.
11:51:51AM WE BEGAN TO FEEL AT THIS POINT, OKAY, WE'VE GOT THIS.
11:51:55AM WE KNOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK AND GOING TO LOOK GREAT.
11:51:57AM BUT THE ACOUSTIC MATERIAL ALL OVER THESE WALLS WAS
11:52:03AM DIFFICULT.
11:52:03AM IF YOU GO INTO ANY MODERN MOVIE THEATER, CINEPLEX, YOU
11:52:08AM BASICALLY SEE CARPET ON THE WALLS.
11:52:10AM WE WERE NOT GOING TO PUT CARPET ON THE WALLS BUT WE DID FIND
11:52:13AM REALLY NICE ACOUSTIC MATERIAL THAT MET THE ACOUSTIC
11:52:18AM MATERIALS WE WERE LOOKING FOR, ACTUALLY EMBOSSED.
11:52:20AM ONE OF THE DESIGN CHANGES WE MADE DURING COVID WAS INSTEAD
11:52:23AM OF A GLASS WALL, WE WENT BACK, WE CONSULTED WITH DENNIS
11:52:27AM FERNANDEZ AT HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND ACTUALLY REPLICATING
11:52:30AM THE PATTERN OF THE DOORS THAT YOU FIND, THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF
11:52:34AM TAMPA THEATRE INTO THE TAMPA THEATRE BUILDING AS WELL AS THE
11:52:38AM TRANSOMS AND LATTICE WORK THAT WILL BE OVER THAT.
11:52:41AM SO THAT WAS ACTUALLY A COST SAVINGS TO GET AWAY FROM THE
11:52:46AM GIANT GLASS WALL.
11:52:47AM HERE YOU BEGIN TO SEE MORE OF THE FINISHES GOING IN.
11:52:51AM GET A SENSE OF WHAT THE SPACE WILL LOOK AND FEEL LIKE.
11:52:55AM WE ARE VERY EXCITED.
11:52:57AM WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HIT THE OPENING DATE.
11:53:00AM SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION SET FOR MAY 17.
11:53:02AM WE'RE REALLY DOWN TO THE WIRE NOW AND WILL BE UP AND RUNNING
11:53:07AM AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
11:53:08AM I WANTED TO ALSO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE PLANNING FOR THE
11:53:11AM FULL RESTORATION, WHICH IS PART OF YOUR INVESTMENT.
11:53:13AM THESE ARE THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT EXPENSES.
11:53:17AM I'LL SHOW YOU THE INCOME SLIDE NEXT.
11:53:19AM BUT I WANT TO START BY SAYING WE HAVE ASSEMBLED AN AWESOME
11:53:24AM TEAM TO WORK WITH US ON THIS.
11:53:26AM IT INCLUDES THE DLR GROUP WHICH WORKED WITH US IN 2017.
11:53:32AM THEY ARE THE DESIGNERS AND ENGINEERS FOR THIS.
11:53:34AM ALSO ENGAGED KPI, THE LOCAL FIRM.
11:53:37AM MECHANICALS HANDED OFF TO KPI.
11:53:39AM AND THAT'S IN THE PROCESS NOW.
11:53:42AM WE GOT SIX MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA'S FACILITY
11:53:44AM MANAGEMENT TEAM IN ON ALL OF THESE MEETINGS SO THEY ARE
11:53:49AM GIVING US GOOD INPUT AND ADVICE.
11:53:52AM ELLISON ADVISORS, ZACK FROM ELLISON ADVISORS IS HERE.
11:53:56AM THEY ARE SERVING AS OUR OWNER'S REPRESENTATION.
11:53:58AM AND THEN WE RECENTLY ENGAGED A PRECONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH
11:54:02AM CREATIVE CONTRACTORS TO PROVIDE COST-ESTIMATING SERVICES.
11:54:07AM EVERY TIME WE GET AN UPDATE ON THE PLANS THROUGH SCHEMATIC
11:54:11AM DESIGN, I THINK WE JUST HIT 50% DESIGN DEVELOPMENT DRAWINGS
11:54:15AM YESTERDAY.
11:54:16AM CREATIVE CONTRACTORS IS GOING THROUGH AND REESTIMATING THESE
11:54:20AM NUMBERS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE DECISIONS AND UNDERSTAND WHERE
11:54:25AM WE ARE AND STAY ON TRACK.
11:54:26AM SO ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE CONSTRUCTION
11:54:29AM COST ESTIMATE OF 16 MILLION.
11:54:32AM THE AUDITORIUM PAINT AND PLASTER RESTORATION, WHICH IS A
11:54:36AM SPECIALTY, IS 1.6.
11:54:38AM THE ALTERNATES, 3.1 MILLION, THOSE ARE PLACEHOLDERS FOR
11:54:43AM THINGS THAT ARE STILL IN DISCUSSION.
11:54:45AM THAT NUMBER WILL COME DOWN.
11:54:47AM FOR INSTANCE, ONE OF THE BIG ITEMS IS RIGGING AND SOUND
11:54:51AM RIGGING AND CATWALKS OVER THE AUDITORIUM TO IMPROVE THE WAY
11:54:56AM THAT WE DELIVER SOUND FOR CONCERTS SO THAT WE CAN FLY THE
11:55:01AM SPEAKERS.
11:55:02AM THAT IS BEING CONTINUALLY REDESIGNED.
11:55:04AM IT'S NOW SUBSTANTIALLY SMALLER THAN IT WAS, BUT WE STILL
11:55:08AM HAVE THOSE PLACE-HOLDERS.
11:55:09AM THEATER ORGAN RESTORATION, $800,000 IS IN THAT NUMBER.
11:55:16AM WHEN WE GET MORE REFINED NUMBERS, WE ADJUST THE NUMBERS, BUT
11:55:19AM THIS HELPS US STAY ON TRACK.
11:55:21AM ACCOUNTING T-2, THE HARD AND SOFT COSTS THAT YOU SEE THERE
11:55:26AM NEAR THE BOTTOM, LITTLE OVER $3 MILLION, PLUS THE SOFT COSTS
11:55:30AM FOR THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
11:55:32AM THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT EXPENSES ARE NOW PROJECTED
11:55:35AM TO BE 27.7.
11:55:38AM WE DO KNOW THAT THAT IS GOING TO COME DOWN A LITTLE BIT ONCE
11:55:40AM WE REFINE THOSE ADD ALTERNATES.
11:55:45AM ON THE FUNDING SIDE, SO THE CRA, MAJOR COMMITMENT OF 14
11:55:52AM MILLION.
11:55:53AM WE'VE IDENTIFIED OTHER GRANTS AND PRIVATE SECTOR GIFTS TO
11:55:58AM DATE THAT ARE CONFIRMED, 16.9.
11:56:02AM PUTS US AROUND 17 MILLION.
11:56:04AM WE FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT THESE APPLICATIONS THAT ARE IN
11:56:08AM PROCESS.
11:56:08AM THE COUNTY, STATE OF FLORIDA, COUPLE OF HISTORIC RESOURCES
11:56:12AM GRANTS COMING IN IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
11:56:14AM WE'RE CONFIDENT ABOUT THAT 4.2, AND THEN THE FUNDING GAP TO
11:56:20AM BE IDENTIFIED IS 6.6.
11:56:22AM WE ARE PURSUING FEDERAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION TAX CREDITS,
11:56:25AM WHICH WE BELIEVE AT A MINIMUM WILL NET HAD US ABOUT $2
11:56:29AM MILLION AND THEN SOME FOUNDATION SUPPORT AND THE PRIVATE
11:56:32AM SECTOR INDIVIDUAL DONORS ARE AT 4.5.
11:56:38AM THAT'S WHERE WE'RE ON FUNDING.
11:56:41AM WE'RE VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE'LL MEET THE SCHEDULE.
11:56:45AM BY THE WAY, IF YOU RECALL, WE HAD SAID WE WANTED TO HAVE
11:56:48AM THIS COMPLETED IN TIME FOR THE BUILDING'S 100th
11:56:51AM ANNIVERSARY SO WE CAN PRESENT THE TAMPA THEATRE FULLY
11:56:54AM RESTORED TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE FALL OF 2026 WHEN IT TURNS
11:56:58AM A HUNDRED.
11:56:58AM AND WE DO HAVE A SCHEDULE THAT WE MONITOR EVERY WEEK.
11:57:03AM SO FAR WE'RE STILL ON TRACK.
11:57:06AM WE'LL BE FINISHING UP DESIGN DEVELOPMENT THIS SUMMER, AND
11:57:12AM THEN WE'LL GET INTO EARLY GMP PROCUREMENT FOR SOME TIME IN
11:57:17AM '24 AND INTO '25.
11:57:20AM CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS SHOULD BE COMPLETED LATE THIS YEAR.
11:57:23AM WE GO THROUGH PERMITTING, AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE SEQUENCING
11:57:28AM OF THE WORK.
11:57:29AM IT IS A LOT OF WORK ON THE FLORIDA AVENUE SIDE OF THE
11:57:31AM BUILDING AS WELL AS THE AUDITORIUM.
11:57:34AM IN 2026, EARLY IN 2026, WE ANTICIPATE HAVING TO SHUT THE
11:57:38AM AUDITORIUM DOWN BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE
11:57:41AM DOING IS EXTENSIVE.
11:57:42AM WE HAVE TO FULLY SCAFFOLD THE ROOM, INCLUDING A DANCE FLOOR
11:57:45AM ON THE TOP SO THEY CAN WORK ON THE NIGHTTIME SKY.
11:57:48AM THE SCAFFOLDING ALONE TAKES ABOUT A MONTH TO BUILD, AND THEN
11:57:52AM YOU'VE GOT TO TURN THE ARTIST LOOSE AND THEY NEED ABOUT
11:57:56AM THREE MONTHS.
11:57:56AM I KEEP TRYING TO COMPRESS THE SCHEDULE AND SAY CAN YOU HIRE
11:58:00AM MORE ARTISTS SO WE CAN PAINT FASTER.
11:58:03AM BUT WE WILL BE CLOSED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.
11:58:05AM THAT'S WHY THERE IS A PLACE HOLDER IN THE EXPENSE BUDGET OF
11:58:08AM $500,000 TO COVER STAFFING COSTS WHILE WE ARE SHUT DOWN.
11:58:14AM ALL IN ALL, WE FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT WHERE WE ARE IN THIS AND
11:58:18AM I'LL BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
11:58:22AM GUIDO.
11:58:26AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
11:58:27AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT
11:58:29AM PRESENTATION.
11:58:30AM YOU SAID YOU'LL HAVE A GRAND OPENING AT THE END OF THIS
11:58:34AM MONTH OR MOVED TO JUNE 1st?
11:58:36AM >> NO.
11:58:37AM JUNE 1st IS FOR MEMBERS AND DONORS.
11:58:39AM MAY 31st IS SIMPLY THE RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY AT 2 P.M.
11:58:43AM ON THAT FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
11:58:45AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I CAN'T MAKE MAY 31st.
11:58:47AM CAN I COME ON JUNE 1st?
11:58:49AM >> ABSOLUTELY.
11:58:50AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I'M ON THE BOARD.
11:58:51AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: DID YOU DONATE?
11:58:52AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I BUY A TICKET HERE AND THERE.
11:58:54AM [ LAUGHTER ]
11:58:55AM NOTHING MORE THAN A MOVIE TICKET.
11:58:57AM LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.
11:59:02AM IS THE NEW CINEMA SPACE IS THAT AVAILABLE FOR RENT FOR
11:59:07AM PRIVATE EVENTS?
11:59:08AM CAN SOMEONE HAVE A PRIVATE SCREENING?
11:59:10AM >> IT WILL BE DOWN THE ROAD.
11:59:11AM IN THE SUMMER WE'RE GOING TO PROGRAM IT WITH OUR OWN
11:59:14AM PROGRAMMING JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT ALL THE KINKS OUT,
11:59:18AM THAT IT'S RUNNING PROPERLY.
11:59:19AM WE'LL MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR RENT PROBABLY ON AN HOURLY BASIS
11:59:23AM FOR PRIVATE EVENTS, PRIVATE SCREENINGS.
11:59:26AM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:59:26AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:59:30AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU FOR THE MANY YEARS OF SERVICE.
11:59:34AM BEEN THERE --
11:59:35AM >> 39 YEARS.
11:59:36AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY YOU DON'T LOOK THAT
11:59:38AM OLD.
11:59:39AM WHAT I'M SAYING, IT'S A PLEASURE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
11:59:42AM MAYBE FOR THE SECOND TIME TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOURSELF AND
11:59:45AM TO THE THEATER FOR, I WON'T GO BACK TO THE DUNCAN YEARS,
11:59:49AM BETWEEN '75 AND '79 WHEN HIMSELF AND KATHY BARGER AND JOE
11:59:54AM SPICOLA VOTED TO MAKE THIS, 4-3 VOTE TO SAVE THE THEATER I
11:59:59AM THINK FOR $90,000.
12:00:00PM THAT TIME IT WAS A BIG BUDGET.
12:00:04PM $90,000 THEN IS LIKE 9 MILLION NOW I GUESS.
12:00:08PM CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE
12:00:10PM IN MAINTAINING AND KEEPING.
12:00:12PM NOT EASY WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT BIG AND BEAUTIFUL TO
12:00:15PM MAINTAIN IT AND KEEP IT TIP-TOP CONDITION AND ALL OF YOU TO
12:00:18PM BE THANKFUL FOR THAT.
12:00:20PM THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY.
12:00:22PM >> THANK YOU.
12:00:22PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
12:00:24PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
12:00:26PM I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE SMALL THEATER.
12:00:28PM IT LOOKS WONDERFUL, BUT I'M ALSO HOPING THAT WE'LL HAVE A
12:00:32PM LARGER, I GUESS, EXHIBITION OF SMALL FILMS, OF FOREIGN
12:00:43PM FILMS, OF JUST SMALLER GENRE.
12:00:45PM I WOULD LOVE IF YOU COULD TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT,
12:00:47PM BECAUSE THAT IS A PERSONAL LOVE OF MINE.
12:00:49PM I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT YOU'RE PLANNING FOR
12:00:53PM PROGRAMMING AND THEN WHERE CAN PEOPLE FIND WHAT THE
12:00:58PM PROGRAMMING IS?
12:00:59PM >> WELL, OUR PROGRAMMING, ALL OF OUR PROGRAMMING WILL BE ON
12:01:02PM THE WEBSITE, WWW.TAMPATHEATRE.ORG.
12:01:09PM WE HAVE SKETCHED OUT MANY SCENARIOS AND WAYS WE CAN PROGRAM
12:01:13PM THIS SPACE.
12:01:13PM RENTALS HAVE CERTAINLY COME INTO PLAY.
12:01:16PM WE'LL ACCOMMODATE THOSE AS WE CAN.
12:01:19PM ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE HAVE LONG WANTED THIS SECOND
12:01:21PM SPACE IS THAT CURRENTLY WE'RE OPENING OUR DOORS 700 TIMES A
12:01:26PM YEAR INTO ONE SPACE.
12:01:27PM WE'RE TRYING TO CRAM ALL OF THIS STUFF IN THERE, COMMUNITY
12:01:30PM EVENTS, CONCERTS, FILM SCREENINGS, AND WE HAD ALL-STAR,
12:01:34PM BRANDON ALL-STARS WERE THERE LAST NIGHT FOR AWARD CEREMONY.
12:01:38PM TRINITY IS THERE TONIGHT.
12:01:39PM WE HAVE THIS ONE SPACE.
12:01:41PM SO IT DISRUPTS OUR ABILITY TO GRAB CERTAIN FILMS BECAUSE
12:01:45PM DISTRIBUTORS HAVE CERTAIN DEMANDS ABOUT CONTINUITY OF
12:01:49PM PROGRAMMING.
12:01:49PM IT'S GOING TO GIVE US THE ABILITY TO SAY YES TO MORE THINGS.
12:01:53PM AND SOME OF THAT MAY BE SPECIALTY FILMS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO
12:01:57PM PLAY WITHOUT DISRUPTING A CONCERT SCHEDULE OR SAYING NO TO
12:02:01PM THOSE.
12:02:01PM WE'RE GOING TO EXPERIMENT.
12:02:02PM I WILL TELL YOU THAT I'VE TALKED TO MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES
12:02:06PM AROUND THE COUNTRY WHO OPERATE ART HOUSES AND HISTORIC
12:02:09PM THEATERS THAT HAVE ADDED SCREENS, AND THEY HAVE ALL TOLD ME,
12:02:12PM YOU CAN MAP OUT ALL YOU WANT HOW YOU THINK YOU'LL PROGRAM
12:02:15PM THE SPACE.
12:02:16PM ONCE YOU HAVE IT, IT OPENS UP SO MANY POSSIBILITIES, SIX
12:02:19PM MONTHS INTO IT YOU'RE DISCOVERING NEW WAYS TO LEVERAGE THE
12:02:23PM SPACE THAT YOU HADN'T THOUGHT OF BEFORE.
12:02:25PM WE'LL REMAIN RESPONSIVE TO THE COMMUNITY AND KEEP OUR EAR TO
12:02:29PM THE GROUND.
12:02:30PM ALL IN ALL, IT WILL GIVE US THE ABILITY TO SAY YES MORE TO
12:02:33PM SMALLER FILMS, TO INDEPENDENT FILMS, AS WELL AS BEING ABLE
12:02:38PM TO SAY YES TO LARGER FILMS THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO LAND
12:02:43PM BECAUSE WE ONLY HAD ONE SCREEN, COULDN'T GUARANTEE
12:02:45PM CONTINUITY.
12:02:46PM BUT WITH A SECOND SCREEN, WE CAN ROLL IT OVER AND GUARANTEE
12:02:49PM THE CONTINUITY BACK TO THE DISTRIBUTOR.
12:02:51PM I HOPE THAT MAKES SENSE.
12:02:52PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
12:02:53PM THANK YOU.
12:02:53PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN FOLLOWED BY BOARD
12:02:55PM MEMBER CARLSON.
12:02:56PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I'LL JUST SAY THAT IF IT'S AVAILABLE,
12:03:01PM DON'T LET HIM RENT IT OUT FOR STAR WARS 365.
12:03:05PM [ LAUGHTER ]
12:03:07PM >> WE NEED THE BIG ROOM FOR THAT.
12:03:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I CAN SEE BILL CARLSON, STAR WARS.
12:03:12PM [ LAUGHTER ]
12:03:13PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
12:03:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HE IS SUCH A NERD.
12:03:19PM >>BILL CARLSON: I SPONSORED IT.
12:03:21PM I DIDN'T RENT IT BUT I SPONSORED IT.
12:03:23PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OH, YOU DONATE.
12:03:25PM [ LAUGHTER ]
12:03:31PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HE WILL COME IN AND DRESS AS ONE OF THOSE
12:03:33PM NERDS.
12:03:34PM YEAH, I SAID IT.
12:03:36PM GIVE ME THE HATE E-MAILS.
12:03:38PM STAR WARS PEOPLE.
12:03:41PM NO, I'M HAVING FUN.
12:03:43PM ONE OF THE THINGS I SEE IN THE TAMPA THEATRE AND TREMENDOUS
12:03:46PM LEADERSHIP.
12:03:47PM WE SAW IT WITH ROGER WITH THE AQUARIUM.
12:03:50PM YOU'VE BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME AND LED THIS PROJECT FOR
12:03:54PM SO MANY YEARS OR THE TAMPA THEATRE AND GOT US TO WHERE WE
12:03:57PM ARE TODAY.
12:03:58PM IT'S HAD SOME REMARKABLE EVOLUTIONARY CHANGES THAT HAS MADE
12:04:02PM IT REALLY CONTINUE TO BE ONE OF THOSE JEWELS INSTEAD OF
12:04:05PM ALLOWING IT TO SLIP THROUGH OUR FINGERS.
12:04:08PM THERE ARE THINGS SPACE-WISE THAT HAVE SLIPPED THROUGH OUR
12:04:12PM FINGERS.
12:04:12PM YOU AND I SPOKE WHEN WE HAD OUR MEETING A YEAR AGO, MAYBE.
12:04:15PM I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO SEE ACCESS TO MORE SPACE FOR TAMPA
12:04:18PM THEATRE BECAUSE I THINK THERE ARE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
12:04:21PM THAT WE'RE MISSING OUT.
12:04:24PM HAVING THIS AS A CITY-OWNED ASSET, IF WE COULD HAVE THE
12:04:27PM INSTRUCTIONAL CLASSES, NOW, ESPECIALLY WITH THE T2 AND THE
12:04:32PM MAIN THEATER AND ALL THE THINGS YOU DO, THE SKY IS THE
12:04:38PM LIMIT.
12:04:39PM GREAT CULTURAL ASSET.
12:04:40PM IN THE FUTURE, WHETHER ME SITTING HERE THE NEXT THREE YEARS
12:04:43PM OR PEOPLE SITTING IN THE SEATS, LOOK INTO SOME KIND OF
12:04:47PM ACQUISITION TO BE ABLE TO CREATE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES,
12:04:53PM GET CLASSROOM SPACE AND UTILIZE THIS FOR THE BENEFIT OF A
12:04:56PM WHOLE GENERATION OF PEOPLE TO TEACH THE WONDERFUL THINGS
12:04:58PM THAT HAVE HAPPENED AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN IN THE SPACE.
12:05:00PM THANK YOU.
12:05:02PM >> MAY I INTERJECT IN RESPONSE TO THAT.
12:05:05PM ACTUALLY IN THE PLANNING FOR THE FULL RESTORATION, WE'VE GOT
12:05:08PM A COUPLE OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT ADDRESS JUST THAT.
12:05:10PM ON THE FLORIDA AVENUE SIDE OF THE BUILDING, A LITTLE
12:05:14PM THREE-STORY BUILDING.
12:05:15PM THE MASTER PLAN THAT WAS SUBMITTED WHEN WE MADE OUR REQUEST
12:05:18PM FOR THE CRA FUNDING INCLUDED ADDING A FOURTH FLOOR.
12:05:22PM THAT FOURTH FLOOR NOW IN THE PROGRAMMING OF THAT SPACE HAS
12:05:26PM NOW EVOLVED INTO A CREATIVE LAB.
12:05:28PM IT'S NOT GOING TO BE PARTICULARLY BIG, BUT IT WILL BE ABLE
12:05:31PM TO HOLD CLASSES OF ABOUT 24 TO 25 PEOPLE FOR EDUCATIONAL
12:05:36PM PROGRAMMING, WE ENVISION SUMMER CAMP SESSIONS BEING MOVED
12:05:40PM INTO THERE.
12:05:41PM WE'RE ALSO CURRENTLY ONE OF THE ADD ALTERNATES IN THE BUDGET
12:05:46PM IS LOOKING AT EXISTING SECOND FLOOR OFFICE OVER THE MARQUEE
12:05:49PM WHERE THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES ARE, OF VACATING THAT,
12:05:54PM MOVING ALL OF OUR OFFICES, THE ENTIRE STAFF OVER TO THE
12:05:57PM FLORIDA AVENUE SIDE OF THE BUILDING IN MUCH SMALLER OFFICES,
12:06:02PM BUT WE WOULD ALL BE TOGETHER.
12:06:03PM AND THEN TAKING THAT SECOND FLOOR SPACE, ABOUT 2500 SQUARE
12:06:07PM FEET AND CREATING A SORT OF EVENT OR RECEPTION SPACE THAT
12:06:11PM CAN SERVE AS PRE OR POST-FUNCTION RECEPTION AREAS, ONE-OFF
12:06:16PM RENTALS, STAND-ALONE RENTALS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH
12:06:20PM ANYTHING GOING ON IN THE THEATER BUT GIVES US THAT
12:06:22PM ADDITIONAL SPACE THAT YOU WERE ALLUDING TO, TO BE ABLE TO
12:06:24PM HOST MORE THINGS, PARTICULARLY EDUCATION PROGRAMS.
12:06:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OUTSTANDING.
12:06:28PM I LOOK AT THE EMPTY LOT BEHIND YOU.
12:06:31PM IT'S LIKE MISSED OPPORTUNITY THAT WE -- SOMEBODY WASN'T
12:06:35PM VISIONARY ENOUGH --
12:06:36PM >> WE BID ON THAT AND WERE OUTBID BY THE CURRENT OWNER.
12:06:40PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I KNOW.
12:06:41PM NOW IT IS A PARKING LOT.
12:06:42PM HEAR ME JASON.
12:06:44PM IT'S A PARKING LOT.
12:06:47PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: NOW YOU'LL GET A LETTER.
12:06:49PM [ LAUGHTER ]
12:06:52PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VERY GOOD.
12:06:52PM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
12:06:53PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
12:06:55PM >>BILL CARLSON: JUST TO ADD TO THAT, THOUGH, IT WAS BEFORE
12:06:57PM MY TIME ON COUNCIL, BUT YOU ALL ACQUIRED THE OWNERSHIP OF
12:07:01PM THE ENTRYWAY, RIGHT?
12:07:03PM WASN'T IT LIKE TEN YEARS AGO YOU DIDN'T OWN THAT?
12:07:07PM >> YEAH, WHOLE CONVOLUTED THING AND WORKED THROUGH THAT WITH
12:07:10PM MAYOR IORIO AND THAT ADMINISTRATION.
12:07:11PM >>BILL CARLSON: ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE RENOVATION WAS
12:07:14PM DELAYED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THE CITY HAD TO GET
12:07:18PM CONTROL --
12:07:19PM >> THE AUDITORIUM.
12:07:20PM >>BILL CARLSON: I WON'T GO INTO DETAIL ON.
12:07:22PM ANYWAY, THERE ARE A LOT OF BIG THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED
12:07:25PM RELATED TO THAT.
12:07:26PM HE MENTIONED STAR WARS, MY SON GRADUATED ON SATURDAY, SO I
12:07:31PM WASN'T ABLE TO GO ON STAR WARS DAY BUT YOU HAD ALL THREE
12:07:34PM ORIGINAL MOVIES.
12:07:35PM WERE YOU FULL?
12:07:36PM >> FANTASTIC.
12:07:37PM I WAS BLOWN AWAY.
12:07:38PM I DID NOT ATTEND, AS I DO EVERY EVENING, I LOG IN AND I SEE
12:07:42PM WHAT THE NUMBERS WERE.
12:07:44PM I WAS LIKE, WOW.
12:07:46PM $15,000 GROSS FOR THE DAY WHICH IN MOVIE TERMS IS A VERY
12:07:49PM HIGH NUMBER.
12:07:50PM THE DISTRIBUTOR ACTUALLY CALLED BACK AND SAID, IS THIS
12:07:54PM RIGHT?
12:07:54PM BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T EXPECTING A NUMBER QUITE THAT BIG.
12:07:59PM >>BILL CARLSON: YOU ALL DO A GREAT JOB OF MONETIZING IT.
12:08:02PM THE SING-ALONGS ARE COMPLETELY PACKED ALL THE TIME.
12:08:05PM ONE TIME I SPONSORED -- WHAT WAS THE SING-ALONG, SOUND OF
12:08:08PM MUSIC OR SOMETHING.
12:08:10PM NO, THE GREATEST SHOWMAN.
12:08:13PM ALEX SINK WAS THERE AND RELATED TO ONE -- ANYWAY, THE BIG
12:08:19PM QUESTION I HAD, THOUGH, I REMEMBER WHEN YOU RENOVATED THE
12:08:23PM LOBBY, YOU TALKED ABOUT A STORY ABOUT IN THE '70s OR
12:08:28PM '80s, SOMEBODY WENT THROUGH WITH A WATER HOSE AND SPRAY
12:08:31PM WASHED THE PLASTER CARVINGS, AND THEN YOU HAD PEOPLE WHO
12:08:35PM WERE METICULOUSLY RESTORING AND PAINTING THE PLASTER PIECES.
12:08:40PM SO WHEN WE'RE SITTING, NOW IN THE LOBBY, IT'S ALL DONE.
12:08:44PM BUT WHEN YOU'RE SITTING IN THE THEATER, YOU LOOK UP AND
12:08:46PM DON'T REALIZE THAT THOSE THINGS TO SOME EXTENT ARE FRAGILE.
12:08:49PM AND THEY HAVEN'T ALWAYS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.
12:08:52PM SO THIS WILL RESTORE THOSE.
12:08:54PM YOU KIND OF ALLUDED TO IT.
12:08:55PM COULD YOU JUST TALK ABOUT THAT AS SOME THINGS YOU PUT IN ARE
12:08:59PM NEW.
12:08:59PM SOME THINGS LIKE THE CHAIRS HOMAGE TO THE PAST.
12:09:05PM RESTORING THE CARVINGS, BIG DEAL, TO MAKE SURE HOW LONG THAT
12:09:10PM WILL LAST, ANOTHER HUNDRED YEARS?
12:09:12PM TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THAT.
12:09:13PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES, PLEASE BE BRIEF.
12:09:15PM >> EVERGREENE ARCHITECTURAL ARTS IS THE COMPANY OUT OF
12:09:19PM BROOKLYN THAT DOES THIS.
12:09:20PM STATE HOUSES, U.S. ROTUNDA, MOTION PICTURE PALACES.
12:09:24PM THEY ARE GREAT AT WHAT THEY DO.
12:09:25PM ALREADY DONE THE FORENSIC PAINT ANALYSIS IN THE AUDITORIUM.
12:09:28PM IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY OR IF YOU'RE VISITING, I WILL SHOW YOU,
12:09:32PM THERE ARE ABOUT 40 DIFFERENT LITTLE DISCS THAT HAVE BEEN
12:09:36PM CARVED OUT OF THE PLASTER, WHERE THEY TAKE THE PLASTER, TAKE
12:09:39PM IT TO THE LAB IN BROOKLYN, SCRAPE DOWN THE OVERPAINT, GET TO
12:09:43PM THE ORIGINAL COLOR AND DOCUMENT THAT THROUGH A MICROSCOPE.
12:09:47PM IT'S A SCIENTIFIC PROCESS.
12:09:50PM WONDERFUL BLEND OF ART AND SCIENCE.
12:09:52PM SO THEY START WITH THE SCIENCE FIRST.
12:09:54PM THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
12:09:56PM CERTAIN AREAS OF THE PLASTER THAT HAVE BEGUN TO FAIL AND
12:09:59PM THOSE WILL NEED TO BE STABILIZED OR REMOLDED, RECAST, AND
12:10:03PM THEN WE WILL TURN THEM LOOSE ONCE THE SCAFFOLDING IS UP AND
12:10:06PM THEY ARE READY TO GO.
12:10:08PM IT'S A VERY INTRICATE PROCESS.
12:10:10PM I LOOK FORWARD TO GIVING YOU AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE
12:10:13PM COMMUNITY HARD-HAT TOURS.
12:10:14PM THOSE ARE ALWAYS FUN TO SEE THE ARTISTS IN PROCESS.
12:10:17PM IT IS A FASCINATING PROCESS.
12:10:19PM I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO JILL WITECKI.
12:10:25PM SHE WILL TALK ABOUT THE FILM CAMP AND OUR OTHER EDUCATIONAL
12:10:28PM PROGRAMS THAT YOU REQUESTED SOME INFORMATION ON.
12:10:31PM >> THANK YOU, JOHN.
12:10:32PM GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD.
12:10:33PM AS JOHN SAID, JILL WITECKI, VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF
12:10:36PM MARKETING FOR TAMPA THEATRE.
12:10:38PM AND BECAUSE WE ARE A SMALL SHOP, WE ALL WEAR A LOT OF HATS
12:10:41PM AND I ALSO HAPPEN TO WEAR THE EDUCATION HAT AT TAMPA
12:10:43PM THEATRE.
12:10:44PM I KNOW YOU HAD ASKED FOR AN UPDATE ON OUR FILM CAMP.
12:10:48PM I WAS HOPING WITH YOUR PERMISSION TO TAKE VERY FEW MINUTES,
12:10:52PM I PROMISE, TO DISCUSS THE TOTALITY OF THE EDUCATION PROGRAM
12:10:56PM INCLUDING OUR FILM CAMP.
12:10:57PM BY THE NUMBERS, THIS WAS OUR LAST TOTAL FISCAL YEAR.
12:11:05PM YOU CAN SEE THAT WE SERVED 8100 STUDENTS OVER THE YEAR.
12:11:09PM 78 THEATER TOURS CAME THROUGH OUR BUILDING.
12:11:13PM WE DID 23 OF OUR POSTSHOW FILM TALKS AND WE HOSTED FIVE
12:11:17PM WEEKS OF OUR SUMMER FILM CAMP.
12:11:19PM WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THEATER TOURS, OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE THIS
12:11:25PM BIG, BEAUTIFUL, MAJESTIC, HISTORIC BUILDING.
12:11:29PM AS THE DIRECTOR OF MARKETING, MY JOB REALLY IS TO MAKE
12:11:32PM PEOPLE FALL IN LOVE WITH THE BUILDING.
12:11:33PM WE HAVE A LOT OF MEANS AT OUR DISPOSAL.
12:11:36PM ONE OF THE MOST PERSONAL MEANS WE HAVE IS BY INVITING PEOPLE
12:11:39PM INTO THE BUILDING AND TAKING THAT TIME, ONE-ON-ONE, ONE ON
12:11:43PM 21, ONE ON 40 TO REALLY INTRODUCE THEM TO TAMPA THEATRE.
12:11:46PM TALK ABOUT WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE DO, THE HISTORY OF THE
12:11:49PM BUILDING AND REALLY MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING
12:11:51PM THAT GOES ON THERE.
12:11:52PM WE'RE MISSING A FEW SLIDES.
12:11:57PM I THINK THIS IS THE DRAFT AND NOT THE FINAL, UNFORTUNATELY.
12:12:05PM OKAY, PRETEND YOU ARE LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF PICTURES OF OUR
12:12:09PM TOURS PROGRAM.
12:12:10PM WE ACTUALLY OFFER FOUR DIFFERENT TOUR PROGRAMS.
12:12:13PM OUR OLDEST, LONGEST RUNNING TOUR PROGRAM IS OUR BALCONY TO
12:12:18PM BACKSTAGE TOURS.
12:12:19PM THAT IS A TOUR WE OFFER TWICE A MONTH TO THE PUBLIC AND THEN
12:12:22PM ON DEMAND FOR ANY PRIVATE GROUP THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME IN.
12:12:26PM WE GO THROUGH THE HISTORY OF THE BUILDING, THE ARCHITECTURE.
12:12:28PM WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE RESCUE OF THE BUILDING IN THE
12:12:32PM 1970s AND THEN MOVE INTO OUR PROGRAMMING TODAY.
12:12:36PM A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, ROGER TALKED ABOUT THE TICKETS BEING
12:12:39PM AVAILABLE THROUGH THE LIBRARY, OUR BALCONY TO BACKSTAGE
12:12:44PM PROGRAM IS PART OF THE DISCOVERY PAST PROGRAM WHERE FOLKS
12:12:46PM CAN CHECK THE TICKETS OUT FROM THE LIBRARY AND ATTEND THOSE
12:12:50PM TOURS AT NO COST.
12:12:51PM OH, WONDERFUL.
12:12:56PM WE ALSO HAVE OUR EDUCATION TOURS.
12:13:08PM THAT'S AN EDUCATION GROUP THAT CAME IN RIGHT AFTER COVID UP
12:13:12PM THERE IN THE CORNER.
12:13:13PM THOSE EDUCATION TOURS ARE, AGAIN, AVAILABLE ON DEMAND FOR
12:13:16PM ANY EDUCATIONAL GROUP, PRESCHOOL THROUGH COLLEGIATE AND EVEN
12:13:21PM SOME OF OUR CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS LIKE ALI AND
12:13:26PM ECKERD COME IN TO DO THE EDUCATIONAL TOURS.
12:13:29PM VERY SIMILAR FORMAT WITH HISTORY, RESTORATION, THE SAVING OF
12:13:33PM THE BUILDING AND OUR PROGRAMMING.
12:13:34PM OUR GHOSTS OF TAMPA THEATRE TOURS.
12:13:37PM TAMPA THEATRE IS KNOWN AS ONE OF THE MOST HAUNTED BUILDINGS
12:13:39PM IN TAMPA.
12:13:40PM SO WE DO OFFER GHOST TOURS IN OCTOBER TO THE PUBLIC AND THEN
12:13:44PM PRIVATELY ALL YEAR ROUND.
12:13:45PM FINALLY, OUR HARDHAT TOURS, WHENEVER WE HAVE A PROJECT GOING
12:13:49PM ON, LIKE WE HAVE BEEN WITH THE JOHN T. TAYLOR SCREENING
12:13:53PM ROOM, WE'RE ALL TRYING TO GET IN THE HABIT OF CALLING IT ITS
12:13:57PM REAL NAME NOW, WE HAVE BEEN TAKING GROUPS THROUGH THERE,
12:14:00PM TALKING ABOUT THE PROCESS, SHOWING THE CONSTRUCTION IN
12:14:02PM PROGRESS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THAT SAME THING WHEN
12:14:05PM WE START THE BIG RESTORATION WORK IN SEVERAL MONTHS.
12:14:09PM OUR SCHOOL SHOWS.
12:14:15PM OFTEN THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY THAT A LOT OF CHILDREN IN TAMPA
12:14:18PM HAVE TO GO TO TAMPA THEATRE, TO EXPERIENCE THAT BUILDING IS
12:14:22PM THROUGH A SCHOOL SHOW.
12:14:23PM PERSONALLY, MY FIRST TRIP TO TAMPA THEATRE WAS A SCHOOL SHOW
12:14:28PM TOO MANY YEARS AGO TO COUNT.
12:14:29PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WHAT YEAR?
12:14:30PM >> IT WAS WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND IT WAS PROBABLY
12:14:33PM 1992.
12:14:35PM I WAS THERE FOR FRENCH CULTURE DAY WITH MY FRENCH CLASS.
12:14:39PM BUT WE WORK WITH A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO GET THOSE
12:14:43PM SHOWS ON TO OUR STAGE.
12:14:45PM HERE IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU SEE A COUPLE OF PICTURES.
12:14:47PM THIS IS BITS AND PIECES PUPPET THEATER UP IN THE CORNER,
12:14:50PM AMERICAN STAGE IS DOWN THERE ON THE BOTTOM AND JACK
12:14:54PM HARTMANN, WHO WAS ACTUALLY HERE LAST WEEK FOR A COUPLE OF
12:14:57PM SHOWS.
12:14:58PM THESE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS,
12:15:01PM HOMESCHOOL GROUPS TO BRING THEIR CLASSES IN AND TO
12:15:05PM EXPERIENCE THOSE SHOWS IN THE GRANDEUR THAT IS TAMPA
12:15:08PM THEATRE.
12:15:09PM IN FACT, JUST THIS WEEK, JUST YESTERDAY, WE HOSTED OUR LAST
12:15:12PM SCHOOL SHOW OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR.
12:15:14PM OUR FILM TALKS.
12:15:24PM FILM TALKS ARE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD SOME VALUE TO THE
12:15:31PM FILMS, DO MORE THAN A MOVIE, AS WE LIKE TO SAY, THROUGH AN
12:15:35PM AUDIENCE TALK BACK, Q & A, PANEL DISCUSSIONS THAT COME AFTER
12:15:39PM THE FILM.
12:15:40PM TYPICALLY THESE ARE PRESENTED WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND
12:15:45PM OFTEN THEY ARE ALSO ACCOMPANYING FREE FILMS, SO FOLKS ARE
12:15:50PM ABLE TO COME IN, SEE THE MOVIE AND STAY AFTER FOR THE FILM
12:15:55PM TALKS.
12:15:55PM THEY TAKE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT FORMS, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT
12:15:59PM STYLES OF FILM TALK THAT HAPPEN.
12:16:02PM SOMETIMES WE ENGAGE WITH SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS AND THAT
12:16:07PM PHOTO IN BLUE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO
12:16:09PM THAT LAST YEAR DURING OUR SUMMER CLASSIC SERIES.
12:16:12PM WE HAD ALREADY PROGRAMMED TITANIC AS PART OF OUR SUMMER
12:16:16PM CLASSIC SERIES.
12:16:17PM AND THEN, OF COURSE, IN LATE JUNE, THE SUBMERSIBLE TRAGEDY
12:16:21PM HAPPENED AND WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PUT THAT IN
12:16:23PM CONTEXT.
12:16:24PM SO WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH A LOCAL WOMAN NAMED MICHELLE
12:16:28PM THURMAN, THE YOUNGEST PEOPLE TO DIE ON THE TITANIC, DONE IT
12:16:33PM A COUPLE OF TIMES.
12:16:33PM WE WERE ABLE TO BRING HER IN TO TALK ABOUT THE MYSTIQUE AND
12:16:37PM PASSION ABOUT THE TITANIC AND WHY IT IS PEOPLE STILL TO THIS
12:16:40PM DAY ARE RISKING FORTUNE AND LIFE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT.
12:16:43PM OUR NEXT OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IN SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS IS
12:16:48PM ACTUALLY COMING UP ON MAY 31st.
12:16:51PM WE ARE OPENING THE NEW DUSTIN HOFFMAN MOVIE EZRA.
12:16:55PM IT IS A STORY OF A FATHER AND HIS AUTISTIC SON WHO GO ON A
12:16:59PM ROAD TRIP ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
12:17:00PM SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE FOLKS FROM MacDONALD TRAINING
12:17:05PM CENTER TO DO KIND OF AN ASSET FAIR, OPPORTUNITIES IN THE
12:17:09PM COMMUNITY TO GET INVOLVED, AND ALSO A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT
12:17:14PM PANEL AFTER THAT SCREENING.
12:17:15PM INCIDENTALLY, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PROGRAMMING THAT
12:17:18PM SPACE, EZRA IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A FILM WE WOULD NOT GET IF
12:17:24PM WE DIDN'T HAVE THE SECOND PLACE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE
12:17:26PM SECOND WEEK CLEAR.
12:17:27PM BIG ROOM THE FIRST WEEK AND THEN JOHN T. TAYLOR THE SECOND
12:17:30PM WEEK.
12:17:31PM OTHER TIMES WE'RE ABLE TO BRING IN FOLKS THAT WERE ACTUALLY
12:17:36PM FEATURED IN THE MOVIE.
12:17:38PM CAST, CREW, OR IN THE CASE OF THE PHOTO AT THE TOP, FAMILY
12:17:41PM MEMBERS.
12:17:41PM THIS WAS A FILM ABOUT ADDICTION.
12:17:43PM A YOUNG LOCAL WOMAN WHO SUCCUMBED TO AN OVERDOSE.
12:17:47PM SO HER FAMILY WHO WERE FEATURED IN THE FILM WERE THERE FOR A
12:17:50PM TALK-BACK AND Q & A AFTER THE FILM AND WERE ABLE TO SHARE
12:17:53PM MORE OF THEIR STORY.
12:17:54PM OVER ON THE SIDE THERE, PREFAB, SOMETIMES WE HAVE THE
12:17:57PM FILMMAKERS, DIRECTORS, PRODUCERS, AND IN THIS CASE, THIS WAS
12:18:01PM A FILM ABOUT THE BEATLES AND ABOUT THEIR PREFAB 4 DAYS.
12:18:07PM WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY LOCAL ATTORNEY MARK BENTLEY.
12:18:10PM HE WAS ABLE TO JOIN US AT THE SCREENING TO TALK ABOUT HIS
12:18:12PM FILM.
12:18:12PM AGAIN, COMING UP NEXT, THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE
12:18:15PM SOME SUBJECT MATTER OR SOME CAST AND CREW FILMMAKERS, WE'RE
12:18:20PM WORKING WITH FILM TAMPA BAY FOR JUNETEENTH, WHICH WE'VE DONE
12:18:23PM FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
12:18:25PM THEY ARE BRINGING IN LOCAL FILMMAKER CRANSTAN CUMBERBATCH
12:18:29PM AND HE IS CURATING A DAY'S WORTH OF SHORT FILMS AND FEATURES
12:18:33PM BRINGING IN BLACK FILMMAKERS AND ALL OF THAT IS FREE TO THE
12:18:37PM COMMUNITY.
12:18:37PM THAT'S ALL HAPPENING ON JUNETEENTH.
12:18:39PM INCIDENTALLY, ROGER MENTIONED EARLIER THE TAMPA BAY S.T.E.M.
12:18:45PM NETWORK.
12:18:45PM WE ALSO WORK WITH THEM TO BRING IN SPEAKERS AND SEVERAL
12:18:51PM SPEAKERS FROM THE STEM NETWORK COME IN AND DO DIFFERENT
12:18:54PM FILMS.
12:18:55PM OUR SUMMER FILM CAMP, THIS IS A PROGRAM, A MONDAY THROUGH
12:18:58PM FRIDAY WEEKLONG PROGRAM FOR RISING THIRD THROUGH 12th
12:19:02PM GRADERS.
12:19:03PM OVER THE COURSE OF A WEEK, THEY WRITE, SHOOT, EDIT, AND
12:19:08PM PRESENT THEIR OWN FILMS IN SMALL GROUPS.
12:19:10PM AND THEY ARE WORKING ON EVERY ASPECT OF THE PRESENTATION.
12:19:14PM SO THEY ARE STORYBOARDING, WRITING THE SCRIPT, DOING THE
12:19:16PM ACTING, THE LIGHTING, THE SHOOTING.
12:19:18PM THEY ARE EITHER SOURCING OR IN SOME CASES WRITING THE MUSIC
12:19:23PM HAPPENING IN THE FILMS.
12:19:25PM PERFORMING THEIR OWN STUNTS SOMETIMES.
12:19:27PM THE LAST HOUR OF CAMP EVERY WEEK THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
12:19:30PM TO PUT THAT FILM UP ON THE BIG SCREEN AND DEBUT IT FOR THEIR
12:19:34PM FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
12:19:35PM IN THE PAST, WE HAVE ALWAYS OFFERED HALF-DAY PROGRAMS.
12:19:39PM THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE HAVE ACTUALLY OPENED UP A
12:19:42PM COUPLE OF FULL-DAY PROGRAMS AS WELL FOR THOSE KIDS WHO HAVE
12:19:45PM DONE THE CAMP IN THE PAST AND WOULD LIKE TO SPEND A LITTLE
12:19:47PM MORE TIME REFINING THEIR FILMS.
12:19:49PM I BELIEVE WE HAVE A FILM CAMP PARENT OR TWO UP THERE TODAY
12:19:54PM WITH US.
12:19:55PM THIS IS ALSO A COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP, LIKE SO MANY THINGS WE
12:19:59PM DO AT TAMPA THEATRE.
12:20:01PM WE HAVE BEEN DOING FILM CAMP FOR 20 YEARS.
12:20:05PM THIS IS THE 20th ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR, WITH THE FLORIDA
12:20:08PM CENTER FOR INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY UP AT USF.
12:20:11PM THAT ORGANIZATION HAS NOW KIND OF MORPHED THEIR CAMP
12:20:16PM OFFERINGS HAVE GOTTEN BIGGER AND THEY ARE NOW THE USF OFFICE
12:20:19PM OF YOUTH EXPERIENCED.
12:20:21PM THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY CREATE THE CONTENT OF THE
12:20:25PM CAMP.
12:20:25PM THEY BRING IN THE INSTRUCTORS.
12:20:27PM MOST ARE CLASSROOM TEACHERS SPENDING THEIR SUMMERS WITH US
12:20:30PM AT SUMMER FILM CAMP.
12:20:31PM THEY BRING IN ALL THE PAs, ALL THE TECHNOLOGY.
12:20:34PM WE PROVIDE, OF COURSE, THE STUNNING BUILDING, THE MARKETING,
12:20:37PM AND REGISTRATION SUPPORT AND ALL THE POPCORN THE KIDS CAN
12:20:40PM EAT.
12:20:41PM FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF SUMMERS, FILM TAMPA BAY HAS BEEN THE
12:20:45PM PRESENTING SPONSOR FOR THAT PROGRAM.
12:20:47PM WHAT'S NEAT ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, BESIDES THE FACT THAT IT IS
12:20:51PM FUN, BESIDES THE FACT THAT IT BUILDS TEAMWORK AND FOSTERS
12:20:56PM CREATIVITY, WHAT IS IMPORTANT ABOUT FILM CAMP IS THE
12:20:58PM OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE KIDS IN AN AGE-APPROPRIATE WAY
12:21:01PM ABOUT VISUAL LITERACY.
12:21:03PM THAT AS THEY ARE LEARNING TO MAKE THESE MOVIES, THEY ARE
12:21:05PM REALIZING THAT WHEN A FILMMAKER, WHEN A COMMERCIAL PRODUCER,
12:21:08PM WHEN A CONTENT CREATOR CHOOSES A CERTAIN ANGLE, A CERTAIN
12:21:12PM SHOT, A CERTAIN PIECE OF MUSIC, THAT THEY ARE INTENTIONALLY
12:21:15PM MAKING YOU THINK AND FEEL A CERTAIN WAY.
12:21:17PM AND BY TEACHING THAT TO THESE KIDS, THEY WILL NEVER AGAIN
12:21:21PM LOOK AT A MOTION IMAGE THE SAME WAY, AND ESPECIALLY WITH HOW
12:21:24PM MUCH CONTENT, SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT KIDS ARE INGESTING THESE
12:21:29PM DAYS, MAKING THEM A LITTLE MORE CRITICAL OF WHAT THEY ARE
12:21:32PM WATCHING CERTAINLY IS NOT A BAD THING.
12:21:34PM I AM DELIGHTED THAT MY DAUGHTER IS FINALLY OLD ENOUGH AND
12:21:37PM SHE WILL BE COMING TO FILM CAMP FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS
12:21:40PM YEAR.
12:21:41PM SO ALL OF THAT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT ARE THE OFFICIAL
12:21:47PM PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER AT TAMPA THEATRE.
12:21:50PM BUT WE HAVEN'T EVEN MENTIONED SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WE
12:21:52PM DO.
12:21:53PM THIS IS A FILM OR A PHOTO FROM THIS YEAR'S FLORIDA STATE
12:21:58PM THESPIAN CONFERENCE.
12:22:00PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: GIVE HER TWO MORE MINUTES, PLEASE.
12:22:03PM >> THANK YOU.
12:22:04PM THEY TAKE OVER OUR BUILDING FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS EVERY YEAR.
12:22:07PM WE DIDN'T EVEN TALK ABOUT OUR CINEMA STEM PROGRAM AND SOME
12:22:10PM OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE WORKS THROUGHOUT
12:22:12PM THE YEARS.
12:22:13PM BUT I'M HAPPY THAT JOHN MENTIONED OUR CREATIVITY LAB THAT IS
12:22:18PM GOING IN ON THE FOURTH FLOOR.
12:22:20PM HAVING THAT NEW SPACE, HAVING SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES IN
12:22:24PM THE FUTURE GOING FORWARD, IF WE'RE ABLE TO DO ALL OF THIS
12:22:29PM WITH NO DEDICATED SPACE AND NO DEDICATED EDUCATION STAFF, I
12:22:32PM CAN ONLY IMAGINE THAT TAMPA THEATRE'S STARRY SKY IS GOING TO
12:22:37PM BE THE LIMIT WHEN WE GET SOME OF THAT ADDITIONAL SPACE AND
12:22:40PM RESOURCES IN PLACE.
12:22:40PM ANY QUESTIONS?
12:22:51PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
12:22:53PM >> THANK YOU.
12:23:04PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ITEM 9, FERRY SERVICE UPDATE.
12:23:12PM >>ERICA MOODY: GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD.
12:23:13PM WE HAVE TWO MORE ITEMS.
12:23:14PM I AM HUNGRY AS WELL, BUT WE DO HAVE THE HMS CROSS BAY FERRY.
12:23:20PM SOUNDS LIKE YOU WANT TO HEAR THAT ONE.
12:23:22PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PRESS FORWARD.
12:23:25PM >>ERICA MOODY: LET'S GET IT DONE.
12:23:26PM WE HAVE THE HMS CROSS BAY FERRY HERE.
12:23:29PM THEY ARE HERE VIRTUALLY, SO THEY WILL BE TUNING IN
12:23:32PM VIRTUALLY.
12:23:33PM WE CAN CHECK TO SEE THAT THEY ARE HERE.
12:23:34PM THEY WILL BE SHARING THEIR SCREEN VIRTUALLY.
12:23:36PM REALLY, THIS IS A MOTION FROM THE BOARD TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE
12:23:39PM ON THEIR ANNUAL REPORT, RIDERSHIP SERVICE, AND JUST KIND OF
12:23:42PM HEARING HOW THINGS WENT THIS FISCAL YEAR.
12:23:45PM THERE IS A CURRENT CONTRACT IN PLACE, SO THE DOWNTOWN CRA IS
12:23:49PM FUNDING FISCAL YEAR '25, $255,000.
12:23:54PM THIS IS THE LAST YEAR THAT THE CONTRACT IS WRITTEN FOR.
12:23:57PM WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE HERE AND CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH
12:24:00PM THE PRESENTATION.
12:24:02PM IF ATTORNEY MASSEY HAD ANYTHING TO ADD.
12:24:03PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: THERE'S NO ACTION THAT THE BOARD WOULD NEED
12:24:06PM TO TAKE.
12:24:07PM JUST TO MAKE YOU ALL AWARE, CURRENTLY, IT IS IN THE DOWNTOWN
12:24:10PM CRA BUDGET TO FUND THE FERRY SERVICE, BUT A BOARD MOTION WAS
12:24:15PM MADE SEVERAL YEARS AGO TO HAVE AN ANNUAL UPDATE FROM THE
12:24:18PM FERRY SERVICE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CRA WANTED TO CONTINUE
12:24:22PM FUNDING THAT SERVICE FOR THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT.
12:24:26PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: MR. MILLER, ARE YOU ON?
12:24:28PM UNMUTED?
12:24:31PM >> YES, I AM.
12:24:32PM GOOD AFTERNOON.
12:24:32PM JEFFREY, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS IS ON AS
12:24:43PM WELL.
12:24:43PM HE WILL BE THE MAIN PRESENTER TODAY.
12:24:46PM >> SORRY, CAN YOU SEE MY SCREEN?
12:24:51PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: NOT YET.
12:24:52PM WE JUST SEE MR. MILLER.
12:24:55PM >> OKAY.
12:24:56PM TRYING TO SHARE.
12:24:58PM IT'S NOT ALLOWING ME TO SHARE THE PRESENTATION FOR SOME
12:25:03PM REASON.
12:25:21PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YOU CAN GIVE A VERBAL PRESENTATION.
12:25:24PM SHE WILL PUT IT -- SIT IT ON THE SCREEN FOR US SO WE CAN SEE
12:25:28PM IT.
12:25:30PM >> PERFECT.
12:25:35PM >>ERICA MOODY: IF T & I COULD SHOW THE PRESENTATION.
12:25:45PM >> YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEE MINE NOW.
12:25:48PM IS IT WORKING?
12:25:49PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: JUST FULL SCREEN.
12:25:51PM THERE YOU GO.
12:25:52PM >> PERFECT.
12:25:52PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: CONGRATULATIONS.
12:25:54PM >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH THAT.
12:25:57PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: HOW MANY SLIDES DO YOU HAVE?
12:26:00PM >> WE HAVE ABOUT 27, BUT THEY ARE VERY QUICK.
12:26:03PM I WILL GO THROUGH THESE AND KEEP IT AS BRIEF AS I CAN FOR
12:26:06PM YOU.
12:26:06PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
12:26:09PM >> AS I MENTIONED, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY.
12:26:12PM QUICK AGENDA, QUICK ANNUAL UPDATE, GO THROUGH RIDERSHIP
12:26:16PM TRENDS AND YEAR-TO-YEAR COMPARISONS.
12:26:18PM UPDATE ON THE MARKETING AND COMMUNITY EFFORTS, SOME
12:26:20PM TAKEAWAYS, LOOKING FORWARD TO 2024-2025 AND THEN A FUNDING
12:26:25PM CONVERSATION AS WELL.
12:26:26PM AS FAR AS THE ANNUAL UPDATE, THE SEASON STARTED A LITTLE BIT
12:26:31PM LATER THAN EXPECTED ON OCTOBER 15 DUE TO SOME WEATHER
12:26:34PM RELATED DELAYS AND VESSEL ARRIVAL.
12:26:39PM NO CHANGES IN THE TICKET FARE STRUCTURE, NO CHANGES IN
12:26:42PM SCHEDULE OR OPERATIONS AND WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
12:26:44PM DEPARTURES ON DAYS OF LIGHTNING HOME GAMES.
12:26:48PM ONE BIG CHANGE THIS YEAR WAS THE ST. PETERSBURG DOCKING
12:26:52PM LOCATION.
12:26:52PM TEMPORARY DOCK PERMITTING REQUIRED BY THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF
12:26:55PM ENGINEERS REQUIRED THE FERRY TO NOW DOCK THE PORT OF
12:26:58PM ST. PETE.
12:26:59PM AN ALTERNATIVE OPTION WAS PROPOSED TO USE THE OLD LOCATION,
12:27:02PM BUT THAT WOULD HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY LIMITED THE NUMBER OF
12:27:04PM ALLOWED DAILY DEPARTURES, WHICH WOULD HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY
12:27:07PM REDUCED RIDERSHIP AND OBVIOUSLY THE INCOME COMING FROM
12:27:12PM TICKETING.
12:27:12PM THE NEW LOCATION DOES OFFER INCREASED PARKING FOR
12:27:15PM PASSENGERS, BUT OBVIOUSLY GARNERED FEWER WALK-UP PASSENGERS
12:27:19PM AND FOOT TRAFFIC OF THOSE WHO MIGHT BE NEW TO USING THE
12:27:22PM SYSTEM.
12:27:23PM TICKET BOOTH OPERATIONS EXPERIENCED EARLY ON -- EARLY SEASON
12:27:26PM CONFUSION REGARDING THAT NEW LOCATION.
12:27:28PM IT'S BEEN AN ONGOING EFFORT TO EDUCATE RIDERS AS THEY HAVE
12:27:32PM GOTTEN USED TO THE NEW LOCATION IN ST. PETERSBURG.
12:27:34PM AS FAR AS PASSENGER SATISFACTION, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE
12:27:38PM THIS WITH YOU IN TERMS OF THE NEW LANDING LOCATION IN
12:27:41PM ST. PETE.
12:27:42PM 25% OF SURVEY RESPONDENTS THIS YEAR INDICATED THEY ARE
12:27:45PM SOMEWHAT DISSATISFIED OR HIGHLY DISSATISFIED WITH THE NEW
12:27:48PM LOCATION.
12:27:50PM NEARLY 7% OF RESPONDENTS INDICATED THAT THEY DON'T PLAN TO
12:27:53PM TAKE THE FERRY FROM THE NEW LANDING LOCATION.
12:27:56PM THAT HAS BEEN AN ONGOING CONCERN AND SOMETHING THAT WE'RE
12:27:57PM WORKING WITH, WITH OUR TEAM AND TRYING TO EDUCATE RIDERS ON
12:28:00PM FINDING THAT NEW LOCATION.
12:28:00PM RIDERSHIP FOR THE YEAR.
12:28:04PM AS IT HAS PREVIOUS YEARS, ABOUT 65% OF FOLKS RIDING THE
12:28:09PM FERRY ARE HEADING TO TAMPA FROM ST. PETE.
12:28:12PM A SIGNIFICANT MAJORITY THERE HEADING TO TAMPA.
12:28:14PM THE VAST MAJORITY OF PASSENGERS THEN WALK TO THEIR
12:28:17PM DESTINATION AFTER DISEMBARKING FROM THE CROSS BAY FERRY
12:28:19PM LARGELY IN TAMPA AS WE MENTIONED.
12:28:23PM MORE THAN 72% OF PASSENGERS ESTIMATED SPENDING AT LEAST $50
12:28:27PM AFTER ARRIVING BY THE FERRY.
12:28:29PM THAT CONTINUES PREVIOUS YEAR TRENDS OF BEING ECONOMIC DRIVER
12:28:34PM AND USING THE FERRY TO GET TO FAVORITE DESTINATIONS.
12:28:38PM BACKGROUND ON RIDERSHIP, IN 21-22, SURPASSED 62,000.
12:28:43PM A RECORD AT THE TIME.
12:28:45PM LAST YEAR WE SURPASSED 72,000 BREAKING THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S
12:28:50PM ONE MONTH IN ADVANCE.
12:28:51PM THIS SEASON THROUGH APRIL 15, WE ARE AT ABOUT 46,000 RIDERS
12:28:55PM THROUGH APRIL NOW.
12:28:57PM THAT WILL BE UPDATED, JUST ABOUT 51,000 RIDERS.
12:29:01PM EARLY SEASON RIDERSHIP DID EXCEED LAST YEAR.
12:29:04PM IN OCTOBER, OUTPACED 22-23 YEAR.
12:29:07PM HOWEVER, LESS NHL MATCHUPS, POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS,
12:29:14PM ST. PETE LANDING AND LOSS OF FOOT TRAFFIC HAS LED TO MIDYEAR
12:29:18PM DROP-OFFS.
12:29:20PM WITH THAT SAID, RIDERSHIP HAS BEEN GENERALLY STRONG, JUST
12:29:23PM NOT AS STRONG AS THE RECORD RIDERSHIP WE SAW LAST YEAR.
12:29:27PM YOU'LL SEE HERE MONTH BY MONTH.
12:29:30PM I BELIEVE STAFF HAS THIS PRESENTATION BUT CAN SHARE WITH THE
12:29:33PM BOARD AS WELL.
12:29:34PM OCTOBER WE SURPASSED PREVIOUS YEARS, THOUGH THROUGH NOVEMBER
12:29:38PM AND DECEMBER, CONTINUE TO SEE A DECLINE, AGAIN DUE TO THE
12:29:42PM ST. PETE LANDING, LESS MARQUEE MATCHUPS AND WEATHER
12:29:46PM CONDITIONS THAT WERE NOT ENOUGH TO CANCEL TRIPS BUT MADE
12:29:49PM FOLKS LESS LIKELY TO TRAVEL BY FERRY.
12:29:51PM THAT CONTINUED IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY, AND MARCH WITH
12:29:54PM DROP-OFFS AND CONTINUES TO THIS DAY, THOUGH WE ARE SEEING
12:29:59PM INCREASED RIDERSHIP HERE LATE IN APRIL AND HEADING INTO MAY.
12:30:04PM END OF YEAR EXPECTATIONS, MARCH 2024, RIDERSHIP WAS ABOUT
12:30:10PM 80% OF LAST YEAR'S RECORD PEAK THOUGH STILL HEADING TOWARDS
12:30:14PM WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A RECORD TWO YEARS AGO.
12:30:16PM APPROXIMATELY HALFWAY THROUGH APRIL, RIDERSHIP WAS AT 41.5
12:30:19PM OF APRIL 2023.
12:30:21PM WE TOPPED OUT I BELIEVE AROUND 90% OF APRIL 2023 AT THE END
12:30:26PM OF THE MONTH.
12:30:27PM WITH MORE SEASONAL WEATHER, WE DO ANTICIPATE EXCEEDING MAY
12:30:30PM 2023 RIDERSHIP.
12:30:32PM WE CURRENTLY ESTIMATE BETWEEN 60 TO 65 THOUSAND TOTAL
12:30:36PM PASSENGERS BY THE END OF THE SEASON WHICH AGAIN PUTS US IN
12:30:39PM LINE WITH 21-22, AT THE TIME RECORD SEASON.
12:30:43PM THOUGH BEHIND THE 72,000 OF 23-24.
12:30:47PM WE HAVE INCREASED OUR MARKETING AND COMMUNITY EFFORTS
12:30:51PM THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR.
12:30:52PM I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THESE.
12:30:54PM HOPEFULLY YOU SAW SOME ON THE NEWS.
12:30:56PM A VARIETY OF CAMPAIGNS TO TARGET DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS,
12:30:58PM INCLUDING YOU'LL SEE THERE WHERE WE TEMPORARILY REBRANDED
12:31:02PM THE CROSS BAY FERRY AS CROSS BAY -- FOR VALENTINE'S DAY AND
12:31:08PM THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY AND HAVE CONTINUED TO BUILD
12:31:10PM LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS AND WORK WITH LOCAL INFLUENCERS AND
12:31:13PM COLLABORATORS TO REACH NEW AUDIENCES WITH SPECIFIC MESSAGING
12:31:15PM TO HELP GET THEM ON THE FERRY AND EXPERIENCE A NEW WAY TO
12:31:19PM TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE AREA.
12:31:20PM LOCAL COLLABORATION, AS I MENTIONED.
12:31:23PM I'LL MOVE THROUGH THESE QUICKLY SO WE DON'T TAKE TOO MUCH OF
12:31:27PM YOUR TIME.
12:31:27PM YOU CAN SEE HERE, IF YOU REFER TO THE SLIDES LATER, THAT HAS
12:31:30PM CONTINUED TO GROW, OUR FOLLOWERS AND IMPRESSIONS ONLINE.
12:31:34PM AND WE CONTINUE TO SEE THAT GROWTH AS WE GET TOWARD THE END
12:31:37PM OF THIS SEASON AND CONTINUE TO DO SO THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER
12:31:40PM AND HEADING INTO NEXT SEASON.
12:31:41PM COUPON GROUP AND MAILER INCLUSIONS.
12:31:47PM AGAIN, MOVE THROUGH THIS QUICKLY.
12:31:48PM COMING SOON, SO WE ARE RUNNING ADS ON HULU FOR THE CROSS BAY
12:31:55PM FERRY AND ON BOARD ACTIVATION WITH TAMPA BAY RAYS MASCOT AND
12:31:59PM STREET TEAM IN THE COMING MONTHS.
12:32:01PM TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS YEAR, AS WE SAID, RIDERSHIP CONTINUES TO
12:32:04PM BE DEPENDENT ON WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THIRD PARTY EVENTS.
12:32:08PM TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING GAMES, INCLUDING THE STRENGTH OF
12:32:11PM SCHEDULE AND MARQUEE HOME MATCHUPS.
12:32:13PM LANDING LOCATION REMAINS VITAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THE
12:32:16PM SERVICE, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE MAJORITY OF TAMPA IS TO TAMPA.
12:32:19PM INCREASED PARTNERSHIPS IN PROMOTION WITH ST. PETERSBURG
12:32:21PM BUSINESSES AND DESTINATIONS STILL REPRESENTS A KEY AREA OF
12:32:24PM POTENTIAL RIDERSHIP GROWTH IF WE COULD GET THE TRAVEL
12:32:26PM BETWEEN THE TWO CITIES TO BE EVEN, THEN I THINK YOU WOULD
12:32:29PM CONTINUE TO SEE RIDERSHIP GROW IN THE COMING YEARS.
12:32:32PM NEXT YEAR, AS FAR AS AN OUTLOOK, WE ARE LOOKING AT '24-25.
12:32:38PM IT'S SLATED TO BE THE FIRST YEAR WITH YEAR-ROUND SERVICE
12:32:44PM BEGINNING IN EARLY OCTOBER AND CONTINUING THROUGHOUT THE
12:32:45PM YEAR.
12:32:45PM THE ST. PETERSBURG LANDING LOCATION, AS WE DISCUSSED, DOES
12:32:47PM REMAIN AN OPEN ITEM.
12:32:48PM A RETURN TO DOWNTOWN ST. PETE WOULD HELP INCREASE RIDERSHIP
12:32:52PM THROUGH INCREASED FOOT TRAFFIC AND WALK-UP PASSENGERS AND
12:32:55PM THOSE TRAVELING FROM TAMPA TO DOWNTOWN ST. PETE
12:32:57PM DESTINATIONS.
12:32:58PM WE'LL CONTINUE TO BUILD OUT OUR MARKETING EFFORTS THROUGHOUT
12:33:00PM THE COURSE OF THE SEASON AND OVER THE SUMMER.
12:33:03PM AGAIN, WE CONTINUE TO RECOMMEND THE OPERATION OF A
12:33:07PM SITE-SPECIFIC AND DEDICATED LOCAL VESSEL THAT WOULD HELP
12:33:11PM INCREASE REVENUE GENERATION OPPORTUNITIES AND PROVIDE SYSTEM
12:33:14PM STABILITY AND RELIABILITY MOVING FORWARD.
12:33:18PM ON THE FUNDING SIDE, 2023-24 OPERATING SUBSIDY IS $810,000.
12:33:24PM THE ANNUAL SUBSIDY FOR YEAR-ROUND SERVICE IN 24-25 IS
12:33:28PM $1,020,000.
12:33:31PM UNDER YEAR ROUND SERVICE, CURRENT REVENUE SHARING MODEL WILL
12:33:35PM REMAIN THE SAME AS CURRENTLY ESTABLISHED.
12:33:37PM THAT IS IT FOR THE PRESENTATION.
12:33:41PM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
12:33:42PM SORRY IF I MOVED A LITTLE TOO FAST OR ANY OF THAT.
12:33:44PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
12:33:45PM BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
12:33:53PM >>LYNN HURTAK: GO AHEAD.
12:33:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
12:33:55PM I'LL BE HONEST, IF THE PLAN WASN'T TO CONTINUE YEAR-ROUND
12:33:58PM SERVICE, I WOULD PROBABLY NOT BE IN SUPPORT BECAUSE I THINK
12:34:01PM WE'VE GONE FAR ENOUGH WITH WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
12:34:04PM HAVING A SITE-SPECIFIC VESSEL AND RELIABILITY AND YEAR-ROUND
12:34:09PM PREDICTABILITY I THINK IS THE ONLY WAY TO GO TO MOVE
12:34:14PM FORWARD.
12:34:14PM I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THAT IS THE PLAN.
12:34:16PM HOPEFULLY THAT PLAN WILL COME TO FRUITION.
12:34:19PM IF IT WASN'T, I WOULD PROBABLY BE READY TO WITHDRAW SUPPORT.
12:34:22PM I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING, AGAIN, DEDICATED VEHICLE
12:34:27PM THAT'S EQUIPPED FOR TAMPA BAY WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BEING
12:34:30PM ABLE TO HAVE THE PREDICTABILITY OF ROUND TRIP YEAR ROUND.
12:34:33PM I THINK THAT WILL HELP WITH THE RAYS SCHEDULE AS WELL.
12:34:36PM MAYBE YOU'LL SEE THE BALANCE YOU'RE STRIVING FOR.
12:34:38PM I LOOK FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY THIS BEING A SUCCESSFUL MODEL
12:34:41PM AND WE CAN EXPAND FERRY SERVICE TO OTHER AREAS OF THE BAY.
12:34:44PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER HURTAK FOLLOWED BY BOARD
12:34:47PM MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:34:47PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
12:34:49PM I DID A STAY-CATION USING THE FERRY.
12:34:51PM WE BIKED DOWN TO THE FERRY, TOOK OUR BIKES ON THE FERRY AND
12:34:55PM SPENT THREE DAYS IN ST. PETE AND THEN GOT BACK ON THE FERRY
12:34:58PM WITH OUR BIKES AND BIKED BACK.
12:35:00PM IT WAS ABSOLUTELY A REALLY COOL IDEA.
12:35:02PM IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT WAS SO MUCH FUN.
12:35:07PM I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT IT ALSO BEING A YEAR ROUND.
12:35:12PM I WOULD SUPPORT IT REGARDLESS BECAUSE I REALLY FIND IT'S A
12:35:15PM GREAT WAY TO CONNECT THE TWO COMMUNITIES.
12:35:17PM DEFINITELY, THOUGH, I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT YOU ARE DOING
12:35:20PM OUTREACH FOR THE RAYS BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE
12:35:23PM THINGS, THE REASONS PEOPLE SAY THEY DON'T GO TO THE GAMES IS
12:35:27PM BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC.
12:35:28PM IF YOU CAN GET ON THE FERRY.
12:35:30PM ONCE YOU GET DOWNTOWN, YOU GET ON THE FREE TROLLEY AND
12:35:33PM YOU'RE RIGHT THERE.
12:35:34PM I THINK IT'S REALLY A MATTER OF JUST KIND OF TEACHING PEOPLE
12:35:37PM HOW TO DO THAT.
12:35:38PM IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE WORKING WITH SOME MARKETING TO DO SO.
12:35:43PM I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THOSE WHO HAVEN'T HAD THE CHANCE TO TAKE
12:35:46PM THE FERRY TO DO SO.
12:35:47PM IT'S REALLY A WONDERFUL ASSET.
12:35:50PM I THINK THE MORE PEOPLE THAT RIDE IT, THE MORE WE CAN
12:35:53PM IMPROVE THE FREQUENCY AND REALLY EVEN CONSIDER IT FOR BEING
12:35:56PM A COMMUTER ISSUE.
12:35:58PM IT'S NOT THERE YET, BUT THE MOVE TO BEING A YEAR-ROUND FERRY
12:36:03PM IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
12:36:05PM THANK YOU FOR THIS.
12:36:06PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:36:07PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:36:09PM NOT BEING APOLOGETIC, I DON'T THINK I EVER VOTED FOR THE
12:36:13PM FERRY.
12:36:13PM IF I DID, I MADE AN ERROR.
12:36:16PM WHY DO I SAY THIS?
12:36:17PM NOT AGAINST YOU, YOUR OPERATION, EQUIPMENT, ANYTHING ELSE.
12:36:20PM 2013 I SPENT VACATION TIME IN SALEM, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
12:36:25PM I HAD THE OPTION OF GOING TO BOSTON USING THE FERRY OR
12:36:28PM TRAIN.
12:36:29PM I USED THE TRAIN BECAUSE IT WAS QUICKER.
12:36:31PM THEN I REMEMBER READING SOMEWHERE.
12:36:34PM I FORGET IF IN THE SALEM NEWS OR ONE OF THE DAILY
12:36:37PM NEWSPAPERS, THE BREAKDOWN OF THE COST OF THE FERRY.
12:36:40PM IF I RECALL, COUNTY RESIDENCE, WHATEVER THEY CALL THE
12:36:45PM COUNTY, $19, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
12:36:48PM IF YOU WERE A CITY RESIDENT OF SALEM, IT WAS $17.
12:36:51PM I MAY HAVE THE WRONG TIME OR WRONG CITY, BECAUSE I'M TALKING
12:36:54PM ABOUT 21 YEARS AGO.
12:36:57PM SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY, BUT IT WAS 21 YEARS AGO.
12:37:00PM AND THEN THE COST TO THE ENTITY OF THE CITY COFFERS WAS
12:37:06PM $700,000 IF I RECALL.
12:37:08PM YOU CAN CHECK ME AND CORRECT ME BECAUSE I'M GOING BY MEMORY,
12:37:12PM 21 YEARS AGO, NOTHING WRITTEN ON IT IN FRONT OF ME.
12:37:15PM WHEN THIS CAME UP, FERRY IN TAMPA I VOTED AGAINST IT KNOWING
12:37:18PM WHAT I KNEW FROM SALEM.
12:37:20PM I WILL CONTINUE TO DO THIS.
12:37:21PM WHEN I SEE YOUR ATTENDANCE, IT WAS AT ONE TIME FAIRLY WELL.
12:37:26PM NOW COMPARE FROM OCTOBER 23 TO 24, DOWN 229 RIDERS FROM
12:37:32PM NOVEMBER, WEEKDAYS, WEEKENDS, 23-24, DOWN 739 RIDERS.
12:37:40PM IT GOES DOWN AND DOWN AND DOWN.
12:37:43PM WHEN YOU CALCULATE AND YOU LOOK INTO THE FINDINGS, GO
12:37:48PM THROUGH THE JANUARY THROUGH MARCH OF 23 TO 24 ERA, DOWN 1942
12:37:54PM RIDERS.
12:37:54PM WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NEXT FOLLOWING PAGE, THE EXCEPTIONS
12:37:59PM THROUGH MARCH 24 RIDERSHIP IS AT 79.6% OF LAST YEAR'S RECORD
12:38:03PM PEAK.
12:38:04PM STILL DOWN SO DOWN 21.6% FROM THOSE FIGURES BEFORE.
12:38:10PM WHEN YOU LOOKED APPROXIMATELY HALFWAY THROUGH APRIL 24
12:38:14PM RIDERSHIP, 41.5% OF APRIL.
12:38:19PM THE WAY IT'S PRESENTED YOU HAVE TO CALCULATE THAT IT WAS
12:38:21PM DOWN 58%, .5%, BECAUSE YOU WERE DOWN 41% OF 5%.
12:38:26PM SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS, YOU'RE DOWN 58.5% OF THE
12:38:31PM MONTH OF APRIL.
12:38:32PM I'M NOT BEING ARGUMENTATIVE.
12:38:33PM I'M TELLING YOU WHAT YOU WROTE IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
12:38:36PM I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOWN FOR THE YEAR WHEN
12:38:38PM THIS IS OVER, BUT IF YOU LOOK YEAR TO YEAR AND MULTIPLY WHAT
12:38:43PM WE HAVE GIVEN, I COULD HAVE BUILT I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY
12:38:47PM AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH THIS MONEY FROM THE CRA INSIDE THE
12:38:51PM CRA FOR THEM TO HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE INSTEAD OF SPENDING
12:38:54PM MONEY ON SOMEBODY HAVING A NICE TIME TAKING THE FERRY.
12:38:57PM NICE TIME, I MEAN IT SINCERELY.
12:39:00PM NOT EXPENSIVE TO TAKE BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THE VOLUMINOUS
12:39:06PM NUMBER, IT BECOMES EXPENSIVE AT THE END.
12:39:08PM PEOPLE TAKE IT, LIKE OTHERS SAID, HAVE A NICE TIME, DO
12:39:12PM WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO IN ST. PETE, THAT'S FINE.
12:39:14PM BUT IF YOU HAVE THE MONEY TO SPEND IN ST. PETE, YOU HAVE THE
12:39:16PM MONEY TO PAY FOR THE FERRY.
12:39:18PM MONEY TO COME TO TAMPA FROM ST. PETE TO SPEND IN TAMPA, YOU
12:39:20PM HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY FOR THE FERRY.
12:39:22PM THIS IS HOW IT IS.
12:39:23PM THIS IS HOW LIFE IS.
12:39:25PM I JUST CAN'T SUBSIDIZE SOMETHING FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE FUN WHEN
12:39:31PM I HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE IN NEED.
12:39:34PM AND THE NEED IS RIGHT NOW THAT WE HAVE TO FIX WHAT WE HAVE.
12:39:36PM WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO GIVE RENT SUPPORT TO PEOPLE THAT NEED
12:39:41PM IT ON A YEARLY BASIS.
12:39:44PM SOONER OR LATER, THAT WILL ALSO DOUBLE AND TRIPLE.
12:39:47PM YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING.
12:39:49PM YOU'LL HAVE MORE PEOPLE ON THAT AND MORE PEOPLE WITHOUT
12:39:51PM HAVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
12:39:53PM YOU'VE GOT TO GET THAT MONEY AND PUT IT TO AFFORDABLE
12:39:55PM HOUSING SO THEY CAN HAVE A PLACE TO STAY AND STOP SPENDING
12:39:59PM THE MONEY OF THE TAXPAYERS --
12:40:02PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
12:40:03PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID,
12:40:06PM HONESTLY THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I WAS EXCEPT FOR, AGAIN,
12:40:09PM THINKING ABOUT LONG TERM.
12:40:10PM ONE, IT'S COMING OUT OF DOWNTOWN CRA MONEY AND THE ECONOMIC
12:40:14PM IMPACT IS SPECIFICALLY DOWNTOWN.
12:40:16PM SO THESE FOLKS ARE COMING OVER AND SPENDING MONEY DOWNTOWN.
12:40:19PM I'M THINKING THAT IT'S KIND OF SEEDING IT.
12:40:23PM HONESTLY, I KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE MONEY, BUT NOT A HUGE AMOUNT
12:40:26PM OF CASH.
12:40:27PM THE OTHER THING IS, MY IDEA IS IF THIS DOESN'T WORK
12:40:32PM FULL-TIME, 365 DAYS A YEAR, I THINK I'LL BE BACK TO WHERE
12:40:36PM YOU ARE NOW.
12:40:37PM BUT I'M WILLING TO GIVE IT A SHOT AS FAR AS MAYBE A
12:40:42PM POTENTIALLY VIABLE TRANSPORTATION OPTION AND A VIABLE WAY OF
12:40:45PM GETTING PEOPLE OFF OF THAT HELLISH ROAD CALLED 275.
12:40:51PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: CAN I APPRECIATE THAT.
12:40:52PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:40:54PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'M NOT TRYING TO BE ANY WAY --
12:40:58PM FACTUALLY.
12:40:59PM I KNOW YOU WERE.
12:41:00PM JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF NUMBERS.
12:41:05PM LOOK AT IT INCREMENTS OF YEAR.
12:41:07PM LOOK AT IT FIVE OR TEN YEARS, YOU CAN DO A HELL A LOT MORE
12:41:12PM WITH THE MONEY TO SOMEONE IN NEED.
12:41:15PM RENT SUBSIDIES, SOONER OR LATER, THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO
12:41:17PM COME THROUGH SOME TYPE OF ADJUSTMENT BECAUSE YOU THROW IT
12:41:20PM OUT, THROW IT OUT.
12:41:21PM THAT'S FINE, YOU'RE HELPING PEOPLE.
12:41:22PM NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
12:41:23PM BUT IF YOU GET THAT MONEY, PUT IT TO REALLY HELP THE PEOPLE,
12:41:28PM BUILT AFFORDABLE HOUSING YOURSELF.
12:41:30PM MUST CHANGE THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS.
12:41:31PM CAN'T JUST GIVE THE DEVELOPER -- 20%, 30% OF THE LOSS
12:41:37PM THEY'LL HAVE IN CAPITALIZATION OF GETTING THE MONEY BACK IN
12:41:39PM 20, 30 YEARS.
12:41:40PM WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS GET THAT MONEY AND TELL THEM, NO, YOU
12:41:43PM BUILT 20 OR 30% AND GIVE YOU ANOTHER 20, 30 PERCENT TO
12:41:48PM SUBSIDIZE YOU FOR THE MONEY YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE FOR
12:41:51PM BUILDING.
12:41:51PM WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU THE CASH.
12:41:53PM CASH STAYS IN THE COFFERS UNTIL WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO THAT
12:41:56PM TO MULTIPLY.
12:41:57PM IF NOT, YOU'LL LOSE MORE MONEY THAN EVER YOU CAN COUNT.
12:42:01PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:42:03PM WE'RE MOVING ON TO REQUIRED APPROVALS.
12:42:05PM ANY DISCUSSION ON ANY OF THE REQUIRED APPROVALS?
12:42:07PM BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
12:42:08PM >>LYNN HURTAK: JUST EVERYTHING EXCEPT 21 BECAUSE WE PULLED
12:42:14PM 21.
12:42:14PM 19, 20, 22, AND 23.
12:42:20PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE REQUIRED
12:42:22PM APPROVALS EXCEPT 21, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
12:42:24PM ANY OPPOSED?
12:42:25PM ITEM NUMBER 21.
12:42:29PM >>ERICA MOODY: THANK YOU SO MUCH, BOARD.
12:42:31PM EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT THIS ITEM.
12:42:34PM THE MEMORANDUM DOES STATE THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
12:42:37PM ACQUIRE A LARGE PARCEL, .61 ACRES ALONG OSBORNE AVENUE THAT
12:42:42PM WOULD CONNECT TO PART OF A STRATEGIC LAND ASSEMBLAGE FOR THE
12:42:46PM PALIFOX PROPERTY.
12:42:48PM WE BELIEVE THIS IS THE LAST KEY PIECE TO BE ABLE TO BUILD.
12:42:51PM IT'S PURCHASED WITH THE INTENT TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
12:42:55PM OF COURSE.
12:42:56PM PART OF THE MEMORANDUM SAID THAT WE WERE GOING TO PRESENT
12:42:58PM THIS TO THE EAST TAMPA CAC ON MAY 7 AND THEN PROVIDE YOU
12:43:01PM WITH THE RESULTS ON MAY 9.
12:43:03PM I WILL HAVE MR. CEDRIC McCRAY COME UP AND SPEAK ABOUT
12:43:07PM THAT.
12:43:08PM I DO HAVE A PICTURE OF THE LAND ASSEMBLAGE PARCEL HERE.
12:43:12PM I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MENTION THAT WE ACQUIRED THE FOUR
12:43:15PM PARCELS FOR 2 -- A LITTLE BIT OVER $280,000.
12:43:19PM AND THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD ON AUGUST 17, 2023.
12:43:23PM NOW WE HAVE THIS .61-ACRE PARCEL, AND IF WE DO MOVE FORWARD
12:43:30PM WITH THIS ASSEMBLAGE, A LITTLE BIT OVER FOUR ACRES TO
12:43:34PM DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON.
12:43:38PM WE'RE EXCITED TO PURSUE THIS.
12:43:40PM BEFORE I PASS IT OVER TO MR. McCRAY, I DID HEAR SOME OF
12:43:42PM THE PUBLIC COMMENT AROUND NOT KNOWING THE PLANS FOR THIS
12:43:45PM SITE.
12:43:45PM WE KNOW THAT WE WANT TO ACQUIRE IT FOR THE PURPOSE OF
12:43:48PM AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
12:43:49PM AND REALLY OUR NEXT STAGE WOULD BE COMMUNITY OUTREACH,
12:43:52PM CONCEPT PLANNING, JUST LIKE WE HEARD WITH THE WASHINGTON
12:43:54PM STREET PARK TODAY, AND THEN GETTING INTO CONSTRUCTION
12:43:57PM DOCUMENTS.
12:43:58PM IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT AS WE'RE IN ACTIVE
12:44:02PM NEGOTIATIONS, WE DON'T WANT TO SELL THE VISION YET BECAUSE
12:44:05PM THEN IT MAKES THE NEIGHBORS AND THE SELLERS AWARE THAT WE
12:44:09PM REALLY WANT THIS ACQUISITION.
12:44:10PM SO WE BRING IT TO YOU AND TO THE CAC ONCE THE SELLER HAS
12:44:14PM AGREED.
12:44:14PM WE HAVE A CONTRACT FOR SALE, PURCHASE AND AGREEMENT.
12:44:19PM RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST CONTINGENT ON BOARD APPROVAL.
12:44:23PM I'LL PASS IT OFF TO MR. CEDRIC TO TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT
12:44:26PM THE CAC PERSPECTIVE AND THEN WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION AT THE
12:44:30PM BOARD LEVEL.
12:44:31PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: MR. McCRAY.
12:44:32PM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: GOOD AFTERNOON.
12:44:34PM EAST TAMPA CRA.
12:44:35PM WE DID HOLD THE MEETING THIS PAST TUESDAY EVENING, AND THERE
12:44:39PM WAS SOME HEARTBURN FROM THE COMMUNITY WHEN THIS INFORMATION
12:44:42PM WAS PREPARED AND PRESENTED TO THEM AS IT RELATES TO THE
12:44:45PM OVERALL PLAN AND SCOPE OF THE PROJECT.
12:44:48PM I HAVE SHARED WITH OUR EAST TAMPA CAC MEMBERS THAT WE ARE
12:44:51PM GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE AGGRESSIVE TO PURSUE LAND ASSEMBLAGE
12:44:57PM AND PARCELS IN EAST TAMPA.
12:44:58PM ULTIMATELY, IF WE DON'T, SOMEONE ELSE WILL.
12:45:01PM WE CAN CONTROL THE AFFORDABILITY IF WE PURCHASE THE PROPERTY
12:45:07PM AND USE THE CRA FUNDING AS A VEHICLE TO DO THAT.
12:45:10PM YOU HEARD SEVERAL OF THE COMMENTS THIS MORNING.
12:45:12PM SOME OF THE CONCERNS WERE ABOUT THE OVERALL VISION AND PLAN
12:45:15PM FOR THE PROPERTY.
12:45:17PM SO I DID SPEAK TO THAT AND HAD SOME VERY CANDID
12:45:20PM CONVERSATIONS, RECEIVED SEVERAL PHONE CALLS FROM MEMBERS OF
12:45:23PM THE CAC YESTERDAY MORNING.
12:45:24PM ARTICULATED WHAT WE COULD DO MOVING FORWARD.
12:45:30PM SO ULTIMATELY THAT'S IT.
12:45:32PM YOU DID HEAR THAT FROM SEVERAL OF THE SPEAKERS THIS MORNING.
12:45:35PM I WON'T CONTINUE TO BEAT THE DRUM.
12:45:37PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
12:45:42PM >>ERICA MOODY: IF I COULD ADD A LITTLE MORE TO THE
12:45:44PM DISCUSSION.
12:45:44PM ALSO AT THE EAST TAMPA CAC MEETING, WE WERE EXCITED TO
12:45:47PM PRESENT THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK FROM THE DESTINATION CHURCH.
12:45:50PM SO THAT IS READY FOR CONCEPTUAL PLANNING AND FOR US TO MOVE
12:45:53PM FORWARD.
12:45:54PM THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING THE OUTREACH SESSIONS, NO MORE
12:45:56PM ASSEMBLAGE THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN ON THAT SITE.
12:45:58PM THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE CAC ON MAY 7 AS WELL.
12:46:00PM WE'LL TAKE THE SAME APPROACH HERE WITH HAVING COMMUNITY
12:46:03PM INPUT, ALIGNING IT WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT AND STRATEGIC
12:46:06PM PLANS, BUT WE HAVE SOME REALLY EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING IN
12:46:09PM EAST TAMPA FROM THAT DESTINATION CHURCH SITE, THIS SITE, OF
12:46:11PM COURSE, THE GATOR BUILDING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE
12:46:14PM NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS.
12:46:15PM SO THESE ARE KEY CATALYST SITES, AND WHEN WE OWN A LOT OF
12:46:19PM THE LAND, WE CAN HELP SPUR THE REDEVELOPMENT AND REALLY MAKE
12:46:22PM A MEASURABLE IMPACT WITH PROJECTS LIKE THIS.
12:46:24PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: JUST AS A QUICK POINT OF CLARIFICATION,
12:46:26PM DIRECTOR MOODY, THEY WEREN'T EXCITED ABOUT THAT PURCHASE,
12:46:29PM BUT THEY SEEM TO BE OKAY WITH IT NOW, CORRECT?
12:46:34PM >>ERICA MOODY: -- ON THE CAC LEVEL, I KNOW THE COMMUNITY
12:46:36PM MEETINGS, THERE WAS A LOT OF INTEREST IN IT AND EXCITEMENT
12:46:39PM AROUND HOME OWNERSHIP AND HOW WE COULD GENERATE IN THE
12:46:43PM COMMUNITY, BUT HAVE CAC CONVERSATIONS GO?
12:46:47PM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: IT WENT FAIRLY WELL.
12:46:49PM THE OVERALL TONE OF THE MEETING AND WE DID HAVE SEVERAL OF
12:46:51PM THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THERE TO -- AT THE MEETING ALSO
12:46:54PM ON TUESDAY EVENING.
12:46:55PM THE CONCERN IS JUST THE AMOUNT OF DENSITY, SOME OF THE
12:46:57PM TRAFFIC THAT MAY COME ABOUT.
12:46:59PM THERE WAS A PREVIOUS DEVELOPER THAT HAD SITE CONTROL, AND
12:47:04PM THEY THOUGHT IT MAY BE TOO DENSE FOR WHAT WAS BEING
12:47:07PM PROPOSED.
12:47:08PM WE ARE JUST NOW IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THE FACT FINDING,
12:47:11PM WANTED TO COMMEND MR. EVAN JOHNSON AND STEPHEN BENSON ON
12:47:19PM PARTICIPATING IN THAT PROCESS WITH THE COMMUNITY MEETING
12:47:19PM THAT TOOK PLACE ON APRIL 20, THAT SATURDAY, AS WELL AS THE
12:47:25PM PRESENTATION THAT THEY DID THIS PAST TUESDAY EVENING.
12:47:27PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
12:47:28PM I JUST WANTED THE PUBLIC TO HEAR THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
12:47:29PM YOU HAD SOMETHING ELSE?
12:47:33PM >>ERICA MOODY: THAT'S --
12:47:34PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO FOLLOWED BY BOARD
12:47:36PM MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:47:40PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: INCLUDING THE BLUE, WHAT IS THE TOTAL
12:47:42PM ACREAGE OF EVERYTHING?
12:47:45PM >>ERICA MOODY: IT IS 4.02 ACRES.
12:47:50PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MY CONCERN IS IF WE DON'T MOVE FORWARD
12:47:52PM WITH BUYING THIS, A PRIVATE DEVELOPER IS GOING TO BUY IT.
12:47:55PM THEY ARE GOING TO BUILD SOMETHING THAT'S NOT AFFORDABLE OR
12:48:01PM CONSISTENT WITH THE REST OF THE PLAN OR WE COULD BE IN A
12:48:03PM POSITION EVEN WORSE.
12:48:04PM THE DEVELOPER BUYS IT AND SELLS IT BACK TO THE CITY AT
12:48:07PM DOUBLE THE PRICE, MORE THAN -- WHATEVER IT IS.
12:48:13PM SO I THINK IT WILL BE IRRESPONSIBLE NOT TO BUY THIS.
12:48:19PM THE PLAN, THE GREATER VISION IS TO BUILD THE HOUSING BUT YOU
12:48:23PM NEED THE PROPERTY.
12:48:25PM YOU NEED TO CONTROL THE PROPERTY.
12:48:27PM IF NOT, WHY HAVE THIS MISSING PIECE IF WE HAVE THIS
12:48:30PM OPPORTUNITY NOW.
12:48:31PM WHAT WE WANT IS FOR THE CITY TO HAVE IT.
12:48:33PM BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO RESPOND TO THE ONGOING CRISIS OF
12:48:37PM HOUSING AFFORDABILITY HERE IN AN AREA WHERE WE SHOULD BE
12:48:41PM INVESTING AS WE ARE HERE.
12:48:43PM SO, TO ME, IT IS A NO BRAINER.
12:48:46PM I WILL SUPPORT THIS.
12:48:47PM BECAUSE IT WILL CONTINUE TO COMPLETE WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO
12:48:55PM DO HERE.
12:48:56PM BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA FOLLOWED BY BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
12:49:00PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AGREE.
12:49:01PM YOU CAN'T HAVE A PLAN UNLESS YOU HAVE LAND.
12:49:04PM THEY ARE NOT MAKING ANY MORE LAND.
12:49:05PM YOU ARE HAVE ALL THE PLANS YOU WANT.
12:49:07PM IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE LAND, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH
12:49:10PM IT?
12:49:11PM LOOK AT IT?
12:49:14PM IT IS NOT FEASIBLE.
12:49:14PM YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE LAND TO HAVE THE PLAN.
12:49:17PM YOU HAVE THE LAND AND MORE LAND.
12:49:18PM AND WORKING ON SOMETHING.
12:49:20PM THAT IS WONDERFUL.
12:49:20PM LET ME TELL YOU WHAT IS GOING ON IN SOCIETY.
12:49:26PM I GET AT LEAST FIVE TO EIGHT PIECES OF MAIL A WEEK ON A
12:49:31PM TRUST I RUN.
12:49:32PM THEY WANT TO OFFER YOU MONEY FOR YOUR PROPERTY.
12:49:35PM WHY?
12:49:36PM I AM 80 SOME YEARS OLD AND EVERYBODY OVER 65, LET ME TELL
12:49:40PM YOU WHAT HAPPENS.
12:49:41PM THEY SEND YOU A CHECK IN THE MAIL ATTACHED TO THE LETTER ON
12:49:47PM WHAT THEY ARE OFFERING.
12:49:51PM LET ME TELL YOU HOW GENTLE THEY ARE, 40 TO 60% OF WHAT YOU
12:49:57PM KNOW THE HOUSE IS SELL FOR.
12:49:59PM A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT MY AGE, A LITTLE YOUNGER, A
12:50:04PM LITTLE OLDER AND THEY FALL FOR IT.
12:50:06PM THAT IS A CRIME JUST ABOUT.
12:50:08PM WORSE THAN THAT, YOU HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEAUCOUPS OF
12:50:12PM MONEY AND THEY HAVE -- MONIES THEY COLLECTED AND AN ENTITY
12:50:19PM AND BUY 15 TO 20 MOUSES WHEN THEY ARE FINISHED AND DRIVES
12:50:23PM THE PRICING FOR HOUSING WAY UP.
12:50:26PM ALL THAT IS GOING ON UNDERNEATH OUR NOSES.
12:50:34PM A FORMER ACTOR.
12:50:35PM WE CALL IT A FORMER ACTOR.
12:50:36PM HI, I AM TALKING ABOUT REVERSE MORTGAGE.
12:50:39PM HOW WONDERFUL IT IS.
12:50:40PM AND WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO FOR YOU.
12:50:42PM YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE ANY MORE PAYMENTS.
12:50:47PM YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS IS ALL TRUE.
12:50:50PM WHAT THEY DON'T TELL YOU THAT YOU HAVE TO BUY YOUR
12:50:53PM INSURANCE.
12:50:53PM AND YOU STILL HAVE TO PAY YOUR TAXES.
12:50:56PM AND IN ESSENCE, YOU DON'T OWN A DAMN THING, SAY 1.3% A
12:51:03PM MONTH.
12:51:03PM WHAT AN INTEREST RATE.
12:51:04PM THEY FORGOT TO TELL YOU IT IS TIMES 12 WHICH IS 18% A YEAR.
12:51:10PM THESE ARE THE THINGS GOING ON AND THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT
12:51:14PM PEOPLE HAVE FOUGHT FOR SOME TELEVISION AND YOU GOT TO
12:51:19PM BELIEVE WHAT YOU SEE.
12:51:20PM AND THEY ARE SAYING THIS IS A WAY TO GET OUT -- YOU DON'T
12:51:24PM HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT NOTHING.
12:51:25PM LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, PRETTY SOON I WILL START TELLING
12:51:29PM YOU WHO THEY ARE SO THEY STOP SENDING ME STUFF.
12:51:32PM BUT I AM AFRAID THE CITY IS LIABLE TO GET SUED.
12:51:35PM SO I DON'T DO IT.
12:51:37PM WHAT I AM SAYING IS BEWARE OF ALL THESE THINGS.
12:51:40PM YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOUR PROPERTY IS WORTH, LOOK AT THE
12:51:43PM COURTHOUSE AND THE ZILLOW AROUND WHERE YOU LIVE.
12:51:46PM IT WILL TELL YOU WHAT THE HOUSES ARE SELLING FOR.
12:51:48PM DON'T SELL FOR ANY CHEAPER AND REVERSE MORTGAGE.
12:51:55PM I AM NOT TELLING YOU NOT TO DO IT, BUT I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND
12:51:58PM ANYONE TO DO IT.
12:51:59PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.
12:52:01PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
12:52:03PM BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
12:52:04PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
12:52:05PM I UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNITY'S CONCERN OF HAVING PROPERTY.
12:52:13PM IT SEEMS LIKE WE ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING WITH IT.
12:52:16PM BUT WE ARE.
12:52:17PM WE ARE MAKING PLANS.
12:52:18PM BUYING ADDITIONAL PROPERTY.
12:52:19PM I SUPPORT THIS.
12:52:20PM I SUPPORT BUYING PROPERTY WHETHER -- WITH MY CRA HAT ON OR
12:52:25PM MY CITY HAT ON.
12:52:26PM BUYING PROPERTY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSE ALSO NEVER BE SOMETHING
12:52:29PM THAT -- THAT WE SHOULDN'T CONTINUE TO DO.
12:52:36PM UNDER DIRECTOR TRAVIS' LEADERSHIP, WE HAVE REALLY PUSHED
12:52:42PM THAT.
12:52:42PM PUSHED BUYING LAND AND WHAT WE MUD IS HAVE BEEN DOING FOR
12:52:45PM MANY, MANY YEARS.
12:52:46PM I WILL SUPPORT THIS.
12:52:47PM AND MANY OTHER PROPERTIES THAT COME IN FRONT OF US, BECAUSE
12:52:53PM IF WE DON'T CONTROL THE LAND, WE DON'T CONTROL THE
12:52:56PM NARRATIVE.
12:52:57PM SO THANK YOU.
12:52:58PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
12:53:01PM AND BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
12:53:03PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THE LAND -- ABSOLUTELY, THIS LAND
12:53:05PM ACQUISITION IS THE RIGHT WAY -- RIGHT THING TO DO.
12:53:12PM IT IS ASHAMED THAT YEARS AGO NOT ASSEMBLING THIS AND SEE THE
12:53:19PM GROWTH PATTERN IN OUR CITY.
12:53:21PM WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION OF CHANNELSIDE -- ACQUIRING GREEN
12:53:26PM SPACE IN CHANNELSIDE.
12:53:28PM POLICE HEADQUARTERS WE NEED TO FIND A PLACE FOR.
12:53:32PM LAND ACQUISITION FOR THAT.
12:53:34PM WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING LAND ACQUISITION FOR THE
12:53:37PM WASTE ENERGY PLANT.
12:53:38PM WE HAVE -- AT LOWRY PARK, WE HAVE CITY SERVICES ON A PLAN
12:53:43PM PIECE OF RIVERFRONT THAT SHOULD NEVER BE THERE AND CRITICAL
12:53:48PM INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THE CITY UTILIZES BUT WE HAVE TO FIND --
12:53:51PM LAND ACQUISITION AND RECLAIM THAT FOR ITS BEST USE.
12:53:54PM SOMETHING WE GOT TO DO.
12:53:55PM SOMETIMES SOMEBODY PLEASE TAKE THE LEADERSHIP IN FINDING THE
12:53:59PM LAND PARCELS TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT OFF OF THAT PROPERTY AND
12:54:03PM PUT IT IN AN MORE APPROPRIATE PLACE.
12:54:06PM BETWEEN AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
12:54:08PM WHAT WE CAN DO IF WE OWN FOUR CORNERS FOR COMMERCIAL
12:54:12PM DEVELOPMENT.
12:54:12PM WHAT AN AMAZING THIS I THINK TO DO IN SOME OF THESE
12:54:15PM NEIGHBORHOODS.
12:54:15PM SULPHUR SPRINGS.
12:54:18PM WEST TAMPA THE SECRET IS ASSEMBLING MULTIPLE PARCELS TO HAVE
12:54:23PM A CHUNK THAT GIVES US THE CANVAS FOR THE INCREDIBLE ARTISTS
12:54:32PM FOR CITY DEVELOPMENT, LAND DEVELOPMENT AND THE FUTURE OF
12:54:35PM TAMPA 100%.
12:54:36PM GO FORWARD.
12:54:37PM CONTINUE TO BRING THESE TYPES OF THINGS TO US.
12:54:40PM I WILL SUPPORT THEM PROBABLY EVERY TIME BECAUSE IT IS THE
12:54:43PM RIGHT THING TO DO.
12:54:43PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
12:54:46PM >>BILL CARLSON: I SUPPORT THIS.
12:54:47PM WE AS A BOARD -- IN OUR PLANNING SESSIONS TALKED ABOUT THE
12:54:51PM NEED TO ASSEMBLE LAND AND STAFF HAS PUSHED AND ALSO
12:55:00PM SUPPORTED THAT.
12:55:01PM I WAS WITH THE ST. PETE CHAMBER IN AUSTIN AND TALKED TO
12:55:05PM THEIR HOUSING PEOPLE.
12:55:06PM WE SAID IF WE WOULD GO TEN YEARS, BUY AS MUCH LAND AND TEN
12:55:11PM TIMES MORE THAN WHAT WE NEEDED BECAUSE LAND IS THE THING
12:55:14PM THAT -- THAT YOU CAN -- WHERE YOU CAN CONTROL A BIG CHUNK OF
12:55:19PM THE PRICE.
12:55:20PM I AM IN FAVOR OF THIS.
12:55:21PM WITH REGARD TO THE CAC AS I REMEMBER, IT WAS A 16-1 VOTE
12:55:27PM AGAINST.
12:55:33PM I SPOKE WITH SO MUCH THE FOLKS AND THE FACTORS THAT I
12:55:36PM MENTIONED PART OF IT I CHARACTERIZE AS RESPECT, THEY WOULD
12:55:40PM LIKE MORE INFORMATION AROUND WHAT THE PLAN IS AND THEY FELT
12:55:43PM KIND OF BLINDSIDED BY IT.
12:55:45PM I KNOW THE NEED TO KEEP A DEAL SECRET TO NOT GET OUTBID.
12:55:50PM AND A FINE LINE -- HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU OFF LINE.
12:55:54PM FINE LINE OF HAVING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
12:55:56PM THANK YOU.
12:55:57PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
12:55:58PM MR. McCRAY, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT?
12:56:01PM I DON'T THINK THIS WAS A SECRET TO THE COMMUNITY.
12:56:03PM CAN YOU EXPAND ON THAT A LITTLE BIT, PLEASE.
12:56:06PM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: NO.
12:56:07PM IN SEVERAL INSTANCES WHEN WE ACQUIRE PROPERTY.
12:56:11PM WE TRY NOT TO ADVERTISE IT OR PUBLICIZE IT.
12:56:15PM AT THE MARCH MEETING, I DID SHOW THIS PARCEL.
12:56:17PM AND THEY WERE AWARE THAT IT WAS COMING.
12:56:20PM WE WERE HOPING THAT WE WOULD HAVE A CONTRACT BACK IN APRIL
12:56:23PM AND BRING IT BACK TO THEM IN APRIL AND DIDN'T HAPPEN.
12:56:26PM A COUNTEROFFER WITH THE OWNER WHICH THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO
12:56:29PM DO.
12:56:31PM SO WE ARE HERE NOW IN MAY.
12:56:33PM AND TRYING TO MOVE AS EXPEDIENTLY AS POSSIBLE.
12:56:36PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO, YOU WANT TO SAY
12:56:40PM ANYTHING ELSE?
12:56:41PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO APPROVE.
12:56:42PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I WILL LIMIT MY COMMENTS.
12:56:44PM THANK YOU FOR DOING A GREAT JOB ON THIS.
12:56:46PM IT WAS NEEDED.
12:56:48PM AS THE BOARD, WE MADE A DECISION TO ACQUIRE LAND SO WE CAN
12:56:53PM BE IN CONTROL WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH IT.
12:56:55PM MOVE TO APPROVE BY MANISCALCO.
12:56:56PM CAN I GET A SECOND?
12:56:59PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
12:57:00PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
12:57:01PM OPPOSED.
12:57:02PM MOTION CARRIES.
12:57:03PM ON TO NEW BUSINESS.
12:57:04PM THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
12:57:05PM WE WILL START WITH THE DRAGON.
12:57:08PM BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:57:10PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NOTHING, MADAM CHAIR.
12:57:13PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO.
12:57:14PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NO.
12:57:16PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: HURTAK?
12:57:17PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I JUST -- JUST IN ORDER TO CLEAN UP OUR
12:57:20PM AGENDA SOMEWHAT, I KNOW THIS WAS AN ANNUAL UPDATE FOR THE
12:57:24PM FERRY.
12:57:24PM I PERSONALLY DON'T NEED ANOTHER ONE.
12:57:31PM SO I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO NOT HAVE THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR
12:57:35PM THE FERRY.
12:57:36PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
12:57:38PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE OR OPPOSED?
12:57:41PM MOTION CARRIES.
12:57:42PM BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
12:57:43PM >>BILL CARLSON: I DON'T HAVE AN ITEM, JUST A COMMENT.
12:57:46PM ERICA, YOU ASKED LIMITING FIVE MINUTES FOR CERTAIN
12:57:50PM PRESENTATIONS.
12:57:50PM I THINK THESE UPDATES LIKE THIS, AS MUCH AS IT IS GREAT
12:57:53PM INFORMATION, IF THE FOLKS -- IF WE CAN GET A GENERAL RULE TO
12:57:57PM LIMIT TO FIVE MINUTES NOT JUST FOR THE CACS FOR EVERYBODY
12:58:01PM ELSE PRESENTING THAT WILL BE VERY HELPFUL AND RING THE BELL
12:58:05PM TO STOP THEM.
12:58:06PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: AGREE.
12:58:07PM MORE THAN JUST THE FILM CAMP.
12:58:09PM I WASN'T TRYING TO BE RUDE, BUT WE DO WANT TO BE EFFICIENT
12:58:14PM AND MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO DO THAT.
12:58:16PM MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE BY MIRANDA.
12:58:18PM SECOND BY MANISCALCO.
12:58:19PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
12:58:20PM ADJOURNED.
12:58:24PM [GAVEL SOUNDING]
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