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THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2024, 9:00 A.M.
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09:00:05AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WE CALL THE CRA MEETING TO ORDER THIS
09:00:08AM MORNING.
09:00:08AM AND THE -- AND THE INVOCATION WILL BE A MOMENT OF SILENCE
09:00:14AM FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
09:00:17AM PLEASE STAND.
09:00:18AM [MOMENT OF SILENCE]
09:00:35AM [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
09:00:49AM ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
09:00:50AM >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
09:00:56AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
09:00:57AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
09:00:58AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT.
09:00:59AM >>CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
09:01:01AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
09:01:02AM NEED TO ADOPT THE MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING.
09:01:08AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO MOVED.
09:01:09AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
09:01:10AM ANY OPPOSED?
09:01:12AM MOTION CARRIES TO ADOPT THE MINUTES.
09:01:14AM DIRECTOR MOODY, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
09:01:16AM LET'S ADDRESS TODAY'S AGENDA.
09:01:19AM >>ERICA MOODY: GOOD MORNING, BOARD.
09:01:20AM IN SETTING THE AGENDA, I AM GOING TO GO ONE BY ONE.
09:01:24AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OF COURSE.
09:01:25AM >>ERICA MOODY: ERICA MOODY.
09:01:27AM ITEM 1 WILL BE HEARD.
09:01:28AM ITEM 2, REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE TO 7/25.
09:01:33AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO MOVED.
09:01:33AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
09:01:35AM >>ERICA MOODY: ITEM 3, REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE TO 7:25 AS
09:01:41AM WELL.
09:01:41AM >>BILL CARLSON: SO MOVED.
09:01:42AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YOU HAVE THE NAMES?
09:01:44AM KEEP GOING.
09:01:46AM >>ERICA MOODY: ITEM NUMBER 4, REQUEST TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
09:01:50AM ALL.
09:01:52AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
09:01:54AM >>ERICA MOODY: ITEM 5, ALSO ASKING TO EVE AND FILE.
09:01:58AM >> SO MOVED.
09:02:01AM >> SECOND.
09:02:02AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
09:02:03AM THANK YOU.
09:02:04AM >>ERICA MOODY: ITEM 6, REQUESTING TO REMOVE FROM CRA AGENDA
09:02:09AM AND CONSOLIDATE WITH THE COUNCIL MOTION WHICH IS A SIMILAR
09:02:13AM MOTION AND NEXT REPORT JANUARY 30, 2025.
09:02:15AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
09:02:19AM >>ERICA MOODY: FROM REQUIRED APPROVALS, REQUESTING TO PULL
09:02:23AM ITEM 22 FOR DISCUSSION UNDER THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
09:02:27AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO MOVED.
09:02:29AM >>BILL CARLSON: SECOND.
09:02:29AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
09:02:31AM OKAY.
09:02:32AM >>ERICA MOODY: ITEM 23, ALSO REQUESTING TO PULL THIS FOR
09:02:37AM DISCUSSION UNDER THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
09:02:39AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO MOVED.
09:02:40AM >>BILL CARLSON: SECOND.
09:02:41AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
09:02:42AM OKAY.
09:02:43AM ONE MORE, 25.
09:02:46AM >>ERICA MOODY: ONE MORE, REQUESTING TO PULL 25 FOR
09:02:49AM DISCUSSION UNDER THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT AS WELL.
09:02:51AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO MOVED.
09:02:53AM >>BILL CARLSON: SECOND.
09:02:55AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALL IN FAVOR.
09:02:56AM A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES.
09:02:57AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO MOVED.
09:02:59AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
09:03:01AM OKAY.
09:03:02AM WELL, WELL, WELL, TODAY IS DELTA DAYS AT CITY HALL.
09:03:06AM AND WE CAN NOT PROCEED WITH THIS MEETING WITHOUT
09:03:10AM ACKNOWLEDGING THE MEMBERS OF THE TAMPA ALUMNI CHAPTER TAMPA
09:03:15AM METROPOLITAN CHAPTER AND HOPEFULLY OUR COLLEGIATES ARE AWAY
09:03:18AM ON HOLIDAY, BUT RECOGNIZING THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA --
09:03:21AM UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA.
09:03:24AM CAN YOU ALL, PLEASE, STAND.
09:03:28AM WELCOME TO CITY HALL.
09:03:31AM WELCOME TO OUR COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD MEETING
09:03:35AM TODAY WHERE YOUR SORORITY SISTER IS THE BOARD CHAIR AND WILL
09:03:39AM BE RUNNING THIS MEETING.
09:03:41AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO UNDER THE GUISE UNDER
09:03:45AM THE FOUNDERS OF 1913 TO PRESENT DAY 111 YEARS LATER DOING
09:03:49AM THE BUSINESS OF DELTA SIGMA THETA AUTHORITY WHICH IS TRULY
09:03:55AM PUBLIC SERVICE.
09:03:55AM SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:03:57AM [APPLAUSE]
09:04:06AM OKAY.
09:04:06AM I HATE SAYING THIS OUT LOUD, BUT DARLENE, I AM GOING TO NEED
09:04:21AM MY LITTLE FAN.
09:04:21AM THANK YOU.
09:04:22AM WE WILL START WITH A DIRECTOR'S REPORT AND HAVE A DIRECT
09:04:33AM START AT 11 A.M.
09:04:35AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: WE NEED TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE THE
09:04:38AM REPORT.
09:04:39AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS?
09:04:42AM ANYONE FROM DELTA SIGMA THETA.
09:04:45AM HERE WE GO.
09:04:46AM MISS HENDERSON IS FORCE.
09:04:48AM DO WE NEED TO GIVE THE RULES DURING CRA.
09:04:53AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALLOWED A
09:04:56AM REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CRA TO
09:04:59AM ADDRESS ANY ITEMS ON 9 AGENDA.
09:05:01AM THREE-MINUTE TIME LIMIT IS FOR ALL SPEAKERS PROVIDING PUBLIC
09:05:06AM COMMENT.
09:05:06AM THE LIST TIME FRAME IS MODIFIED BY VOTE OF THE CRA BOARD.
09:05:11AM SPEAKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE
09:05:16AM DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR, VULGAR REMARKS OR DISPLAYING SIGNS OR
09:05:22AM GRAPHICS.
09:05:22AM SPEAKERS REFRAIN FROM LAUNCHING PERSONAL ATTACKS.
09:05:25AM THE CHAIR WILL RULE OUT OF ORDER ANY PERSON WHO SPEAKS
09:05:28AM WITHOUT BEING RECOGNIZED OR ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS THE CRA
09:05:31AM BOARD FROM OUTSIDE THE PODIUM.
09:05:33AM PERSONS NOT COMPLYING WITH THE CRA RULES MAY BE RULED OUT OF
09:05:38AM ORDER AND RELEASED FROM THE CHAMBER FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
09:05:42AM MEETING.
09:05:43AM AND REFRAIN FROM ENGAGING A SPEAKER UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT AND
09:05:47AM TO REMIND CRA BOARD MEMBERS THAT YOUR RULES WERE REVISED
09:05:50AM EFFECTIVE JUNE 6.
09:05:51AM AND THEY ARE NOW IN AFFECT FOR THE CRA BOARD UNLESS
09:05:55AM OTHERWISE EXEMPTED OR OVERWRITTEN BY THE CRA BOARD BY LAW.
09:06:00AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, ATTORNEY MASSEY.
09:06:02AM GOOD MORNING, MISS HENDERSON.
09:06:06AM >> GOOD MORNING, AILEEN HENDERSON.
09:06:08AM AS MOST -- OR ALL OF YOU KNOW OF CRA TO ASSIST WITH PROBLEMS
09:06:14AM WITH SLUM AND BLIGHT, HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND AFFORDABLE
09:06:18AM HOUSING.
09:06:18AM WE NEED TO LOOK TO ALLOCATE FUNDING FOR THIS LINE ITEM IN
09:06:21AM ALL OF THE CRA BUDGETS.
09:06:24AM IN AN EFFORT TO PRESERVE AND CONSIDER HISTORIC
09:06:28AM INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS PLACED WITHIN FUTURE REDEVELOPMENT
09:06:31AM INITIATIVES.
09:06:32AM IDENTIFYING PLACES OF CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE
09:06:35AM TANS.
09:06:35AM ALL OF THE CRA -- ALL OF THE CRA BOUNDARIES HAVE HISTORICAL
09:06:41AM SIGNIFICANCE BUT BASED ON THE BUDGETS I WAS ABLE TO REVIEW
09:06:45AM ONLINE, THERE ARE TWO CRAS THAT ALLOCATE FUNDING FOR
09:06:50AM HISTORICAL PRESERVATION.
09:06:51AM NONE OF THE OTHERS, FROM WHAT I WAS ABLE TO REVIEW, ARE
09:06:55AM ALLOCATING THAT FUNDING.
09:06:56AM AS TAMPA CRAS ARE LOOKING TO SUNSET IN THE NEXT DECADE OR SO
09:07:03AM OR BEING REMOVED, LET'S LOOK TO MAXIMIZE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE
09:07:08AM AND ALLOCATING FUNDS NOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS ALWAYS AN
09:07:11AM NECESSITY.
09:07:11AM I WOULD ALWAYS ADVOCATE AND BRING AN AWARENESS TO BALANCING
09:07:18AM NEW DEVELOPMENT WITH TAMPA'S HISTORY.
09:07:22AM USING THESE FUNDS WITH HISTORIC PRESERVATION, AN OPPORTUNITY
09:07:26AM AFTER THE REDEVELOPMENT TAKES PLACE TO HAVE REVENUE
09:07:31AM GENERATING OPPORTUNITIES.
09:07:32AM WE MUST LOOK TO CAPITALIZE ON OUR RESOURCES FOR
09:07:35AM SUSTAINABILITY AND FOCUS OF HISTORIC PLACES, STRUCTURE AND
09:07:39AM CULTURES.
09:07:39AM RESEARCH INDICATES CULTURE AND HERITAGE OFTEN STAY LONGER
09:07:44AM AND SPEND A LOT MORE MONEY, IN GENERAL, THAN OTHER TOURISTS.
09:07:48AM ONE STUDY SHOWED THESE TYPE OF TOURISTS SPEND AS MUCH AS 38%
09:07:54AM MORE PER DAY AND STAY 22% LONGER OVERALL COMPARED TO OTHER
09:08:00AM TRAVELERS.
09:08:00AM I ENCOURAGE THE CRA TO TAKE A MORE SERIOUS AND ACTIVE
09:08:05AM APPROACH TO ALLOCATION OF FUNDS AS IT RELATES TO TAMPA'S
09:08:09AM HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
09:08:10AM WITHOUT OUR PAST, THERE IS NO FUTURE.
09:08:14AM THANK YOU.
09:08:14AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
09:08:20AM >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, MEMBERS OF THE
09:08:23AM CHAMBERS, DARYL HYCH.
09:08:26AM McDONALD'S AND BURGER KING, THEY BOTH SERVE AN UNIQUE MEAL.
09:08:32AM McDONALD'S HAS THE BIG MAC.
09:08:35AM BURGER KING HAS THE WHOPPER.
09:08:40AM McDONALD'S HAVE VERY SALTY FRENCH FRIES.
09:08:42AM BURGER KING HAS SOME RATHER THICK FRENCH FRIES.
09:08:46AM BOTH OF THEM MEET THE NEED OF THE END USER, WHICH MEANS THEY
09:08:52AM FILL THEM UP PRETTY WELL.
09:08:53AM THEY MEET THE HUNGER TEST.
09:08:55AM BUT YET THERE IS AN UNIQUE AND DISTINCT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
09:08:59AM EACH ONE OF THEM.
09:08:59AM BACK IN DECEMBER, I SHOWED UP DOWN HERE TO TALK ABOUT
09:09:05AM RESOLUTION OF 568, WHICH WAS, IN MY COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE
09:09:10AM THAT LOOK LIKE ME, THAT WAS THE BIG MAC.
09:09:14AM THAT WAS McDONALD'S.
09:09:15AM AND THEN SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY BETWEEN DECEMBER AND TODAY,
09:09:22AM WE SHOWED UP AT THE SHORES OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 344.
09:09:27AM NOW I AM ASKING THE COUNSELOR, IF YOU HAVE IT, TAKE A LOOK
09:09:33AM AT THE LANGUAGE WITHIN THOSE TWO DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS.
09:09:36AM RESOLUTION NUMBER 568 HAS STRONG LANGUAGE IN IT.
09:09:42AM IT HAS LANGUAGE THAT SAYS AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
09:09:44AM IT HAS LANGUAGE WITHIN IT THAT SAY BLACK PEOPLE.
09:09:47AM I WANT YOU TO REALLY PUT YOUR POSITION IN A POSITION OF A
09:09:50AM BLACK MAN OR A BLACK WOMAN, WHO HAS SUFFERED ACUTE FOR
09:09:55AM THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
09:09:55AM AND WE CONTINUE TO SUFFER ACUTE EVEN UP TO TODAY.
09:10:00AM AND YET YOU SHOWED UP AND YOU GAVE US A RESOLUTION THAT WAS
09:10:04AM TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS OF THE CITY.
09:10:06AM SEE, I DIDN'T SHOW UP TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS OF THE CITY.
09:10:12AM THAT IS THE JOB OF CITY COUNCIL.
09:10:13AM I SHOWED UP TO BE PART OF A SOLUTION THAT WAS GOING TO
09:10:16AM RESOLVE ISSUES WITH BLACK PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:10:21AM RESOLUTION NUMBER 568 SPOKE SPECIFICALLY TO THAT.
09:10:24AM THIS OTHER THING THAT SHOWED UP, RESOLUTION NUMBER 344 THAT
09:10:31AM SAID FOR THE PEOPLE OF TAMPA.
09:10:33AM WE DIDN'T SHOW UP FOR THAT.
09:10:34AM AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT WAS SLIM THROUGH.
09:10:41AM I WILL ASK YOU TO SET ASIDE YOUR POLITICAL AGENDAS, SET
09:10:44AM ASIDE YOUR OWN ASPIRATIONS, SET ASIDE THE THINGS THAT MAKE
09:10:48AM YOU FEEL GOOD WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND PUT
09:10:50AM YOURSELF IN MY POSITION.
09:10:51AM PUT YOURSELF IN THE POSITION OF THAT YOUNG MAN AND THAT
09:10:55AM YOUNG BOY AND THAT YOUNG BOY AND THAT YOUNG BOY AND THAT
09:10:59AM YOUNG BOY, THAT YOUNG LADY, THAT YOUNG MAN.
09:11:02AM PUT YOURSELF IN THESE BLACK PEOPLE'S POSITION.
09:11:04AM THIS RESOLUTION NUMBER 344 IS FOR WHAT YOU ARE ELECTED TO
09:11:09AM DO.
09:11:09AM NOT US.
09:11:10AM WE DIDN'T SHOW UP FOR THAT.
09:11:13AM I WAS TOLD THAT IT READS THE SAME.
09:11:18AM TAKE ANOTHER SPIN ON IT.
09:11:19AM RESOLUTION NUMBER 568 IS WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE PASSED.
09:11:23AM THANK YOU.
09:11:23AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: GOOD MORNING.
09:11:27AM >> GOOD MORNING.
09:11:30AM THAD BARRETT.
09:11:34AM I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF TAMPA FOR 26 YEARS AND I'M HERE IN
09:11:38AM SUPPORT OF AGENDA ITEM 25, WHICH IS THE STREAMLINING OF
09:11:42AM GRANT SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO ARE TRYING TO MAKE OUR
09:11:46AM COMMUNITY A LITTLE BETTER.
09:11:47AM I WANT TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF IT BUT TELLING MY OWN PERSONAL
09:11:51AM JOURNEY.
09:11:51AM THE LAST KNIFE AND A HALF IN LAY MINISTRY THROUGH MY CHURCH
09:11:56AM AT THE PORTICO DOWNTOWN AND LEADING A MINISTRY CALLED
09:12:00AM "LOVE INC" WHERE WE WORK TO TRANSFORM OUR COMMUNITY IN
09:12:04AM RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GUEST WE SERVE BURN PERSON AT A TIME
09:12:09AM AND TRY TO APPLY THAT THROUGH MY OWN WORK, WALK.
09:12:13AM BECAUSE, I, TOO, HAVE BEEN TRANSFORMED FROM THIS JOURNEY OF
09:12:19AM SERVICE AND I AM A BENEFICIARY OF MANY OF THE GUESTS WE
09:12:22AM SERVE WITH SECOND CHANCES.
09:12:23AM A LOT HAPPENED TO ME IN MY LIFE.
09:12:25AM I WENT THROUGH A DIVORCE.
09:12:27AM I AM VERY BLESSED.
09:12:28AM I GOT TO SELL A PIECE OF PROPERTY IN NEW YORK AND I DECIDED
09:12:31AM TO REINVEST THAT IN REAL ESTATE IN TAMPA.
09:12:37AM REAL ESTATE IS A PASSION AND I WANTED TO MARRY MY WALK
09:12:41AM TOGETHER IN REAL ESTATE.
09:12:41AM SO WHAT WAS I GOING TO DO?
09:12:43AM FIRST I WANTED TO BUY A COMMERCIAL WAREHOUSE.
09:12:45AM I COULDN'T FIND ANY.
09:12:46AM THEY WERE EXPENSIVE.
09:12:49AM A HOT SECTOR.
09:12:50AM I BOUGHT A HOME IN VM YBOR AND FIX IT UP.
09:12:55AM VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
09:12:56AM I WAS THINKING HOW CAN I DO THIS WITH THE BENEFITS OF THE
09:13:00AM RESOURCES I CAN DEPLOY, AND WHAT WOULD BE MORE IMPORTANT FOR
09:13:03AM SOMEONE LIKE ME TO WORK ON BUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
09:13:06AM BECAUSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SHOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF
09:13:10AM EVERY PROPER REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER IN THIS COMMUNITY AND I
09:13:15AM HAVE LEARNED FROM SO MANY OF THE LEADERS IN COMMUNITY
09:13:17AM INCLUDING THE MEMBERS OF THE CRB AND THE STAFF AND GRATEFUL
09:13:21AM FOR ALL THE SUPPORT AND LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP THAT I
09:13:23AM RECEIVED, BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS VERY
09:13:26AM HARD.
09:13:27AM IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET ANYTHING DONE AND DO THIS
09:13:31AM PROCESS IN THE RIGHT WAY AND ACTUALLY DELIVER AFFORDABLE
09:13:34AM HOUSING UNITS SO THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO WORK AT
09:13:38AM GASWORX HAVE A PLACE THEY CAN AFFORD TO LIVE.
09:13:40AM SO I HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD AT THIS.
09:13:42AM AND I'M HERE TO KEEP WORKING AT IT, BUT I WOULD REALLY LIKE
09:13:47AM TO SEE US CONTINUE TO INVEST IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
09:13:50AM PARTNERSHIPS TO ALLOW PEOPLE WHO WANT TO MAKE RESPONSIBLE,
09:13:52AM AFFORDABLE HOUSING EASIER TO FIND THE FUNDING TO GET THAT
09:13:56AM DONE.
09:13:57AM I BELIEVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 25 WILL DO THAT, SO I AM
09:14:00AM SUPPORTING THAT.
09:14:00AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
09:14:01AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
09:14:05AM GOOD MORNING.
09:14:05AM NEXT SPEAKER.
09:14:06AM >> GOOD MORNING.
09:14:07AM DEIDRE HENDERSON.
09:14:09AM I AM THE PRESIDENT OF TAMPA CHAPTER OF DELTA SIGMA THETA.
09:14:16AM DELTA DAYS AT CITY HALL IS SOMETHING WE LOOK FORWARD TO
09:14:21AM EVERY YEAR AND SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON TO
09:14:26AM INVITE US AND WE ARE GLAD TO BE HERE.
09:14:28AM THANK YOU.
09:14:29AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
09:14:30AM GOOD MORNING.
09:14:31AM >> GOOD MORNING.
09:14:32AM ALISON HEWITT, EAST TAMPA, BUSINESS OWNER AND RESIDENT.
09:14:36AM THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS ON THE AGENDA I WOULD LIKE TO
09:14:39AM DISCUSS WITH YOU TODAY.
09:14:40AM ONE OF THEM IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 5, FILE NUMBER CRA
09:14:47AM 24-24-19, URBAN INFILL.
09:14:49AM WE THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING URBAN INFILL AND FUNDING IT.
09:14:52AM MY CONCERN HERE IS THE -- IN THE -- IN THE HOPE OF EXPANDING
09:14:57AM THIS TO OTHER BUSINESS OWNERS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO DO WELL
09:15:02AM IN THE COMMUNITY.
09:15:03AM I THINK WE HAVE DILUTED IT TOO MUCH.
09:15:06AM WHAT I ASK FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, ESPECIALLY THE ONES
09:15:10AM COMING OUT IN JULY, IS THIS IS FOR LICENSED CONTRACTORS TO
09:15:14AM BE ABLE TO GO AFTER.
09:15:15AM AND NOT JUST ANYONE.
09:15:17AM AND IF IT IS SOMEWHAT OTHER THAN LICENSED CONTRACTORS, THEY
09:15:21AM ARE A NONPROFIT DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION THAT IS IN THE
09:15:24AM COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS TYPE OF SERVICES AS
09:15:27AM WELL.
09:15:27AM WHEN YOU OPEN IT UP AND HAVE THE MORTGAGE COMPANIES AND THE
09:15:30AM REALTORS, IT PROXIMATE CAUSES MORE OF A TRANSACTION RATHER
09:15:34AM THAN DOING GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO HELPS TO INCREASE
09:15:37AM THE PRICE.
09:15:38AM YOU KNOW AFFORDABLE FOR HOUSING IS HAS BECOME A CHALLENGE.
09:15:43AM ADDING LAYERS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO BE PAID IT INCREASES THE
09:15:47AM PRICE OF THE HOUSING THAT WE ARE BUILDING.
09:15:48AM SO I AM ASKING YOU TO, ONE, IF YOU DO, KEEP IT OPEN TO
09:15:52AM EVERYONE.
09:15:52AM I ASK YOU ALSO TO CONSIDER TO CREATE A DEFINITION FOR
09:15:56AM DEVELOPER.
09:15:56AM SO IT SAYS A DEVELOPER CAN BE BASICALLY NO DEFINITION.
09:16:01AM AND THAT YOU PUT SOME TYPE OF PARAMETERS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE
09:16:06AM SURE THAT THE DEVELOPERS THAT ARE COMING TO OUR COMMUNITY
09:16:08AM ARE DEVELOPERS THAT YOU WANT TO DO THE URBAN INFILL.
09:16:12AM THE OTHER AREAS I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS AGENDA NUMBER
09:16:19AM 2, FILE NUMBER CRA 24-59-45 FOR THE HOMEOWNER-OCCUPIED
09:16:25AM REHAB.
09:16:25AM WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THAT FOR FIVE YEARS, AND WE WANT TO
09:16:29AM MAKE SURE THAT AS YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS AND PRESENTING
09:16:32AM THIS TO THE COMMUNITY, DO YOU IT IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T SCARE
09:16:34AM THE COMMUNITY FOR THE HOMEOWNER LIENS.
09:16:37AM ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE COMMUNITY ASKED YOU TO DO A THIRD
09:16:41AM PARTY TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE FOLKS THAT ARE TALKING TO IT
09:16:44AM BECAUSE EAST TAMPA IS SIGNIFICANTLY SENIOR POPULATION WHO
09:16:48AM NEED THESE SERVICES AND THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LEAD
09:16:51AM MEANS.
09:16:51AM AND STAFF IS VERY LIMITED AND IS COMING UP, WE WILL HAVE A
09:16:55AM LOT OF STAFF THAT IS LEAVING.
09:16:56AM AND SO, A THIRD PARTY WILL BE ABLE TO HELP ASSIST THE STAFF
09:17:00AM TO TALK TO THE HOMEOWNERS.
09:17:02AM THE LAST THING IS THAT WE HAVE FILLED THE URBAN PLANNER
09:17:06AM POSITION.
09:17:07AM WHAT THE COMMUNITY ASKED FOR WAS A DEVELOPER CONSULTANT,
09:17:11AM BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IF WE DO NOT EXTEND THE CRA AND
09:17:15AM WE ONLY FROM NINE YEARS TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP THAT WE HAVE
09:17:18AM SOMEONE WHO CAN ASSIST THE STAFF IN LOOKING AT DEVELOPMENT
09:17:23AM OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH DEVELOPER
09:17:27AM NONPROFITS AND DEVELOPERS BECAUSE AT THIS TIME CHANNELSIDE
09:17:30AM IS ABOUT TO GRADUATE OUT.
09:17:32AM THEY HAD DEVELOPERS HELPING THEM UTILIZE THE CRA TO DEVELOP
09:17:36AM CHANNELSIDE AND WE ARE HOPING WE HAVE A DEVELOPER TO HELP
09:17:40AM EAST TAMPA TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP.
09:17:42AM THANK YOU.
09:17:42AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
09:17:44AM NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
09:17:49AM >> GOOD MORNING.
09:17:57AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: GOOD MORNING.
09:17:59AM >> I WANT TO INTRODUCE A COUPLE OF THESE FELLAS IN THE BACK.
09:18:02AM WE ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON THE SAME THING THAT ALISON JUST
09:18:06AM SPOKE ABOUT, CONCERNING THE INFILL PHASE 3 PROGRAM.
09:18:11AM AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM.
09:18:13AM WE ARE STANDING AS LICENSED -- STATE LICENSED GENERAL
09:18:19AM CONTRACTORS HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:18:20AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
09:18:24AM >> DEREK FORWOOD.
09:18:26AM >> LES ADAMS.
09:18:28AM >> MACARI KENNEDY.
09:18:31AM >> WE ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON THE SAME THING THAT ALISON
09:18:34AM TOUCHED ON A LITTLE WHILE AGO OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
09:18:37AM PROGRAM.
09:18:38AM FIRST, WE WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL -- I DON'T KNOW HOW
09:18:41AM TO USE YOUR PROJECTOR --
09:18:43AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: JUST SIT IT DOWN AND IT WILL WORK.
09:18:45AM >> OKAY.
09:18:46AM >> SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE STATE OF FLORIDA, ANY PERSON
09:19:03AM DESIRED TO ENGAGE IN CONTRACTING OR STATE-WIDE BASIS -- A
09:19:08AM STATE-WIDE BASIS SHOULD BE A PREREQUISITE TO ESTABLISH HIS
09:19:14AM OR HER COMPETENCY OR QUALIFICATION TO BE CERTIFIED PURSUANT
09:19:18AM TO THIS PART TO ESTABLISH COMPETENCY.
09:19:21AM A PERSON SHALL PASS THE APPROPRIATE EXAM APPROVED BY THE
09:19:24AM BOARD AND CERTIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
09:19:27AM ANYONE WHO ENGAGE IN CONTRACTING OTHER THAN STATEWIDE BASIS
09:19:33AM TO BE REGISTERED TO THIS PART UNLESS EXEMPTED BY THIS PART.
09:19:38AM NUMBER TWO, NO PERSON THAT IS NOT CERTIFIED ENGAGE IN
09:19:43AM BUSINESS IN CONTRACTING IN THIS STATE.
09:19:44AM AND WE WILL LEAVE THIS WITH ALL IF YOU WANT TO READ THE REST
09:19:48AM OF THE STATUTE.
09:19:49AM WE COME HERE TODAY -- OUR REQUEST THAT INFILL PHASE 3 WAS
09:19:53AM AWARDED OUT A FEW MONTHS AGO TO WHAT WE REALIZED WERE THOSE
09:19:57AM PEOPLE WHO HAD NOT BEEN CERTIFIED BY THE STATE TO BE WORKING
09:20:00AM IN THE BUSINESS OF CONSTRUCTION, NUMBER ONE.
09:20:04AM NUMBER TWO, THEY HAD NOT HAD THEIR BUSINESSES LICENSED TO DO
09:20:08AM BUSINESS AS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AS CONTRACTORS.
09:20:11AM AND SO THERE WAS A -- THERE WAS CREATED, IN MY OPINION,
09:20:17AM LOOPHOLE TO CALL SOME OF THESE PEOPLE DEVELOPERS BUT THESE
09:20:19AM PEOPLE HAVE NO REAL EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOP DEVELOPMENT TO BE
09:20:23AM CONSIDERED DEVELOPERS.
09:20:23AM WE DO HAVE A FEW QUALIFIED DEVELOPERS IN TAMPA THAT WORK IN
09:20:27AM SMALL BUSINESS IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING REALM; HOWEVER --
09:20:32AM IS THAT MY THREE MINUTES.
09:20:34AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YOU HAVE 24 SECONDS.
09:20:37AM >> WE ARE LICENSED STATE GENERAL CONTRACTORS.
09:20:41AM WE REQUEST WHY THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT OF CITY OF TAMPA
09:20:45AM DECIDED TO AWARD PROPERTIES AND HOUSES, REAL ESTATE TO
09:20:50AM NONLICENSED BUSINESSES AND NONEXPERIENCED BUSINESSES AND
09:20:53AM GIVING THEM SIX, EIGHT TIMES TO BUILD WHEN WE HAVE BEEN HERE
09:20:58AM AND NEVER GOTTEN THE OPPORTUNITY.
09:21:00AM WHILING IT AFFORDABLE, WORK DIRECTLY FOR US.
09:21:03AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT, MR. FULLWOOD.
09:21:06AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IF I MAY.
09:21:10AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WE HAVE A TIGHT SCHEDULE.
09:21:12AM YOU ARE ENTITLED TO THREE MINUTES.
09:21:13AM DIFFERENT SPEAKER.
09:21:15AM >> CAN I DEFER MY THREE MINUTES TO MR. FULLWOOD?
09:21:20AM >> NO.
09:21:20AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
09:21:21AM YOU CAN SUBMIT YOUR DOCUMENT TO US IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
09:21:24AM >> OKAY.
09:21:25AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THE CHAIR HAS RESPONDED.
09:21:35AM >> I ASKED THE CITY ATTORNEY -- TO HAVE TWO MORE MINUTES.
09:21:40AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
09:21:43AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: THERE IS NO PROCESS UNDER THE RULES TO
09:21:51AM DEFER MINUTES TO ANOTHER SPEAKER.
09:21:53AM UP TO THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD TO HAVE ADDITIONAL TIME.
09:21:56AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: GOOD MORNING.
09:21:57AM STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
09:21:58AM >> MY NAME IS PASTOR FRANK WILLIAM, MISSIONARY BAPTIST
09:22:06AM CHURCH.
09:22:06AM YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN COMING DOWN HERE FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
09:22:10AM AND I WANT TO COMMEND THESE YOUNG WOMEN DRESSED IN RED.
09:22:14AM WHATEVER THEY GIVE YOU, GIVE IT TO ME.
09:22:17AM THAT IS THE WAY IT OUGHT TO BE.
09:22:19AM BUT CERTAIN PICK WHO WE WANT TO GIVE ANYTHING TO AND
09:22:24AM WHOEVER THEY WANT TO LISTEN TO, BUT I GIVE GOD THE GLORY.
09:22:28AM HE SPARED MY LIFE TO SEE ANOTHER DAY.
09:22:31AM BUT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, ALL OUR BLESSINGS AND ALL OF OUR
09:22:38AM STRENGTHS COME FROM THE ALMIGHTY POWER OF GOD.
09:22:40AM WE CAN'T DO NOTHING ON OUR OWN WITHOUT GOD.
09:22:45AM HE HAS BEEN SO GOOD TO ALL OF US.
09:22:47AM I KNOW SOME OF YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR ME.
09:22:49AM I AM A PREACHER AND I WILL PREACH UNTIL I GO TO THE
09:22:52AM GRAVEYARD.
09:22:53AM GOD HAS BEEN SO GOOD TO ME.
09:22:54AM WHETHER Y'ALL THINK SO OR NOT ABOUT YOURSELF, BUT HE HAS
09:22:59AM BEEN EXTREMELY GOOD FOR ME AND BROUGHT ME FROM A MIGHTY LONG
09:23:02AM WAY.
09:23:02AM I DON'T GET UP HERE TO TALK JUST TO BE TALKING.
09:23:05AM I COME UP TO Y'ALL HOPING THAT YOU CAN DO SOMETHING FOR ME.
09:23:09AM AND I TOLD THESE YOUNG BEAUTIFUL WOMEN DRESSED IN RED
09:23:14AM WHATEVER Y'ALL REQUEST, MAKE SURE TO REQUEST IT FOR ME, TO
09:23:18AM GIVE ME WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO GET.
09:23:19AM YOU KNOW, I WAS LISTENING AT THE NEWS THE OTHER DAY -- OR
09:23:25AM THE OTHER NIGHT, OR WHATEVER.
09:23:27AM AND TRUMP -- DONALD TRUMP -- THAT IS HIS NAME.
09:23:33AM DONALD TRUMP GOT 34 FELONIES.
09:23:37AM THAT BASTARD SHOULD BE IN JAIL.
09:23:42AM HE SHOULD BE LOCKED UP.
09:23:43AM GET A MAN OFF THE STREET AND IF HE AIN'T GOT NO DRIVER'S
09:23:49AM LICENSE OR WHATEVER, YOU TAKE HIM OUT THERE ON THE ROAD.
09:23:53AM WHAT?
09:23:54AM WHAT KIND OF JOB ARE YOU SUPPORTING?
09:23:56AM WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO BE DOING?
09:23:58AM NOTHING?
09:23:59AM AND N-O-T-H-I-N-G.
09:24:05AM THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE DOING, NOTHING FOR BLACK PEOPLE.
09:24:07AM YOU KNOW WE TRY TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
09:24:09AM WE WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
09:24:11AM BUT Y'ALL DON'T WANT US TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
09:24:14AM YOU WANT US TO PUT GUNS IN OUR POCKET.
09:24:18AM START SHOOTING UP EVERYBODY.
09:24:19AM SHOOTING UP OUR PEOPLE.
09:24:22AM THAT IS RIDICULOUS.
09:24:23AM YOU KNOW WHAT?
09:24:25AM I WASN'T -- THEY KILLED THAT POOR FELLA UNMERCIFULLY.
09:24:35AM WHAT THEY DID TO THAT MAN THAT KILLED HIM.
09:24:38AM THEY GAVE HIM AN AWARD.
09:24:41AM WE ARE LIVING AT A TIME WHERE BLACK FOLK HAVE TO COME
09:24:44AM TOGETHER AND DEFEND THEMSELVES.
09:24:46AM THAT IS WHAT WE NEED TO START DOING.
09:24:48AM DON'T GO REGISTER NO GUN.
09:24:50AM THEY WILL KNOW WHAT KIND OF GUN YOU GOT.
09:24:52AM JUST KEEP IF AT THE HOUSE FOR YOUR OWN SAFEKEEPING.
09:24:57AM AND WHEN THE TIME COMES, WE GOT TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE ARE
09:25:03AM PEOPLE JUST LIKE THEY ARE.
09:25:04AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
09:25:05AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
09:25:06AM >> AND WE THANK GOD.
09:25:09AM NEXT PERSON, COME ON UP HERE BEFORE THAT WOMAN HAVE A HEART
09:25:13AM ATTACK.
09:25:13AM BECAUSE I GOT TO GO.
09:25:20AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: GOOD MORNING.
09:25:24AM >> GOOD MORNING, CONNIE BURTON.
09:25:26AM I JUST WANT TO TAKE IN THE FACT THAT WE DO HAVE STANDARD
09:25:34AM BEARERS WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO WATCH OVER THE PEOPLE.
09:25:38AM THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FRATERNITIES AND SORORITIES HAVE BEEN
09:25:42AM ALONE, BEYOND TRADITION, WHO WILL WATCH AND SPEAK ON BEHALF
09:25:47AM OF THE POOR?
09:25:49AM AND WHAT WE SEE TIME AND TIME AGAIN IS THIS SHELL GAME THAT
09:25:54AM CONTINUES WITHIN THIS COUNCIL -- WITHIN THIS CITY.
09:25:57AM ITEM NUMBER 22.
09:25:59AM NO ONE IN OUR COMMUNITY BEING THE FIRST CRA IN THE STATE OF
09:26:05AM FLORIDA, THE FIRST IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, AND WE HAVE WAITED
09:26:08AM ALMOST 20 -- NO, WE GOT NINE MORE YEARS TO GO BEFORE WE COME
09:26:13AM TO THE END OF OUR 20-YEAR ROAD, AND YET WE ARE STILL ASKING
09:26:18AM FOR THE BASICS, HOUSING, REHAB.
09:26:23AM FOR MOST OF OUR SENIORS AND OUR COMMUNITY.
09:26:26AM MOST OF THEM WON'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
09:26:28AM YOU KNOW WHY?
09:26:29AM BECAUSE OF THE LIEN AND THE FEAR TACTICS ALWAYS ASSOCIATED
09:26:33AM WITH IT.
09:26:34AM WE NEED TO BE VERY, VERY CLEAR THAT IF THE PROGRAM IS TO
09:26:37AM BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR PEOPLE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
09:26:40AM THAT IT IS SPOKEN TO THEM VERY DELICATELY AND
09:26:44AM UNDERSTANDABLY, BECAUSE FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I CAN'T EVEN
09:26:47AM UNDERSTAND WHY A LIEN WILL BE PLACED ON A PEOPLE WHERE YOU
09:26:51AM ALWAYS ACKNOWLEDGED BASED ON AMENDMENT -- RESOLUTION 568
09:26:56AM THAT YOU DONE THE COMMUNITY WRONG.
09:26:58AM YOU SAID IN YOUR OWN LANGUAGE THAT YOU PROVIDED POLICIES
09:27:04AM THAT CREATED BARRIERS SO INSTEAD OF NOW COMING TO A NEW
09:27:10AM RESOLUTION, 344, SHOW US THAT YOU KNOW HOW TO AMEND FROM
09:27:15AM YOUR BAD BEHAVIORS.
09:27:17AM YOU HAVEN'T SHOWED US YET.
09:27:18AM ITEM NUMBER 23, IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS, EAST TAMPA CRA HAS
09:27:23AM PURCHASED TWO PROPERTIES.
09:27:26AM THIS SECOND ONE HERE WILL MEAN WE BOUGHT PROPERTIES UP TO $1
09:27:30AM MILLION.
09:27:30AM UP TO $1 MILLION.
09:27:32AM DON'T SEE A FIRST-FLOOR PLAN.
09:27:34AM DON'T HAVE AN URBAN PLANNER.
09:27:37AM NOBODY TELL US ABOUT ALL OF THE PROPERTIES THAT WE HAVE
09:27:40AM ALREADY ACCUMULATED.
09:27:42AM BUT WHAT WE DO HAVE IS LIKE THE BROTHER SAYS, NONPROFITS
09:27:46AM THAT IS NOT EVEN ESTABLISHED LIKE A POLITICAL GIVEAWAY.
09:27:50AM PEOPLE ARE BUILDING HOUSES AND WE DON'T EVEN KNOW TO WHAT
09:27:54AM STANDARD THOSE HOUSES WILL LAST.
09:27:56AM WE ARE VERY SERIOUS ABOUT ENSURING THAT THE RESPECT TO THE
09:28:02AM AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY IS GIVEN.
09:28:03AM AND WE ARE EQUALLY SERIOUS ABOUT HOLDING THOSE ACCOUNTABLE
09:28:09AM THAT HAVE NO RESPECT FOR OUR PEOPLE.
09:28:11AM YOU HAVE NOT SHOWN THAT YOU RESPECT OUR RESOURCES BY YOUR
09:28:16AM LONG DELAYS.
09:28:17AM SO WE ARE HOPING THAT THE PURCHASE OF THESE PROPERTIES,
09:28:23AM $400,000, $600,000, IS NOT JUST GIVEAWAY TO INDIVIDUALS.
09:28:27AM THANK YOU.
09:28:28AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, MISS BURTON.
09:28:32AM NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
09:28:33AM >> UHURU.
09:28:38AM MENTESNOT.
09:28:39AM MENTESNOT MEANS ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
09:28:41AM UHURU MEANS FREEDOM IN SWAHILI.
09:28:47AM WE AS AFRICAN PEOPLE SHOULD THINK OF FREEDOM.
09:28:51AM ONE THING TO TEACH MY JULU WARRIORS AND ONE THING I TELL MY
09:28:56AM KID.
09:28:56AM STAND UP TO THE BULLY.
09:28:57AM DON'T BE NO SCAREDY CAT.
09:29:01AM LOOK THE OTHER WAY WHEN YOU SEE INJUSTICE.
09:29:03AM AND EACH ONE OF THEM.
09:29:05AM I SAW INJUSTICE HAPPENED JUST THEN.
09:29:07AM AND GOOD THING THEY WERE ABLE TO SEE THAT WITH THEIR OWN
09:29:11AM LIVES.
09:29:11AM BULLIES THAT MAN BECAUSE HE WANT TO SAY SOMETHING.
09:29:13AM BULLYING THAT MAN BECAUSE HE WANT TO SAY SOMETHING.
09:29:17AM BLACK PEOPLE ESPECIALLY, SPECIFICALLY BLACK MEN, WE DON'T
09:29:22AM SHOW OUR MF'ING HEADS BECAUSE WE ARE AT ORIENT, FALKENBURG,
09:29:29AM FLORIDA STATE PENITENTIARY, IN THE CEMETERY, WEST HAVEN.
09:29:36AM AND BLACK MAN TOOK THE TIME TO COME DOWN HERE TO THIS NASTY
09:29:40AM STINKING NASTY NO-GOOD CITY COUNCIL THAT HAVEN'T DONE
09:29:44AM ANYTHING FOR AFRICAN PEOPLE SINCE 1855.
09:29:47AM NOTHING FOR AFRICAN PEOPLE.
09:29:49AM IT IS 2024, AND AFRICAN PEOPLE ARE STILL BEGGING FOR
09:29:53AM HOUSING.
09:29:54AM WE HAVE LESS PROPERTY NOW THAN WE HAD IN 1855.
09:29:58AM WE HAVE LESS EVERYTHING THAN WE HAD IN 1855!
09:30:03AM WHEN WE STARTED THIS CITY! WHEN BLACK PEOPLE STARTED THIS
09:30:08AM CITY! AND WE 26% OF THE POPULATION RIGHT NOW.
09:30:12AM AND WE DON'T GET A MF'ING FOR THE CITY.
09:30:17AM HANDOUT BEGGING, BEGGING, SPECIAL INTEREST, CRACKERS ON
09:30:24AM RADIO PROGRAMS INFLUENCING THE COMMUNITY.
09:30:28AM UNCLE TOM NEGROES.
09:30:34AM THAT HAS TO STOP.
09:30:35AM BLACK PEOPLE, WE AIN'T GOT TO BEG FOR WHAT WE WANT.
09:30:38AM WE ARE A STRONG PEOPLE.
09:30:39AM WE ARE A PROUD PEOPLE.
09:30:40AM WE HAVE A PRIDE ANCESTRY.
09:30:42AM WE STARTED IT ALL.
09:30:44AM AND EMBARRASSING AN AFRICAN MAN THE WAY YOU DID.
09:30:51AM IF MY MOTHER COME IN THE SOUP LINE, I AM GOING TO GIVE HER A
09:30:55AM LITTLE EXTRA SOUP.
09:30:56AM MY GRANDMOTHER COMES IN THE SOUP LINE, I WILL GIVE HER A
09:31:00AM LITTLE EXTRA SOUP ALSO.
09:31:01AM HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH POLICY.
09:31:03AM AND WHEN YOU SEE AFRICAN PEOPLE DOWN HERE, GIVE THEM
09:31:07AM SOMETHING A LITTLE EXTRA.
09:31:08AM GIVE THEM A LITTLE EXTRA 30 SECONDS, A LITTLE 20 MINUTES.
09:31:12AM WHATEVER.
09:31:12AM GIVE THEM SOMETHING EXTRA.
09:31:13AM BECAUSE WE AIN'T BEEN GETTING NOTHING FROM THIS CITY.
09:31:17AM AND THEY ARE TAKING EVERYTHING FROM US.
09:31:18AM AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PROGRAMS.
09:31:20AM GOT NEGROES PLAYING FOOTBALL AND ALL THE SCHOLARSHIPS.
09:31:27AM CUTTING EVERYTHING.
09:31:28AM A CRIMINAL RECORD, YOU CAN'T GET A SCHOLARSHIP.
09:31:31AM OUR REPRESENTATIVES HAVE TO TREAT OUR PEOPLE BETTER.
09:31:35AM AND THEY SAY YOU CAN'T TALK TO THE INDIVIDUAL?
09:31:37AM I AM TALKING TO THE INDIVIDUAL.
09:31:38AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
09:31:40AM NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
09:31:41AM >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
09:31:49AM >> YES, SIR.
09:31:49AM >> HI, VALERIE BULLOCK FROM PONCE DE LEON IN COLLEGE HILL.
09:31:55AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: GOOD MORNING.
09:31:56AM >> GOOD MORNING, Y'ALL.
09:31:57AM I COME TO TALK OF ITEM NUMBER 22, THE REHAB PROGRAM.
09:32:00AM WE HAVE BEEN WAITING YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.
09:32:04AM MY GRANDSON, HE IS A SENIOR NOW HAD HIGH SCHOOL.
09:32:08AM THAT IS HOW LONG WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THE REHAB PROGRAM.
09:32:11AM AND EVERY TIME IT IS A PROGRAM COMING TO EAST TAMPA THAT
09:32:15AM WILL HELP THE PREDOMINANTLY BLACK, ELDERLY, FORGOTTEN
09:32:20AM CITIZENS OF EAST TAMPA, IT HAS TOO MANY ASTERISKS ATTACHED
09:32:24AM TO IT.
09:32:24AM WE ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU THIS, BUT YOU HAVE TO GET A
09:32:28AM 30-YEAR LIEN ON YOUR HOUSE.
09:32:30AM AFTER I PAY OFF BANK OF AMERICA, NOW I GOT TO DEAL WITH THE
09:32:34AM CITY OF TAMPA.
09:32:35AM BUT WHEN THE DEVELOPERS COME IN TO THE CITY OF TAMPA, WE
09:32:39AM OPEN UP THE CHECKBOOK.
09:32:41AM WE GET $2 MILLION INTEREST-FREE IF IT IS A LOAN OR WE GIVE
09:32:48AM THEM $2 MILLION TO BUILD.
09:32:50AM NO QUESTIONS ASKED.
09:32:51AM AND IT SHOULDN'T BE LIKE THAT.
09:32:53AM IF WE ARE TO HAVE THE REHAB PROGRAM, I AM REQUESTING THAT
09:32:59AM EAST COMPANY CRA HIRE PEOPLE TO GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TO
09:33:04AM EXPLAIN TO THE COMMUNITY HOW MUCH, WHAT IS GOING ON, WHAT
09:33:09AM KIND OF LIENS SO THAT THE PEOPLE WILL BE MORE APT TO
09:33:14AM SEPTEMBER THE REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
09:33:16AM BECAUSE TOO MANY TIMES, WE DON'T HAVE NO ANSWERS.
09:33:19AM COMMUNICATION IS MADE IN THE CRA OFFICE, BUT THAT
09:33:23AM INFORMATION DON'T GET TO MY NEIGHBORS IN EAST TAMPA.
09:33:26AM SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON.
09:33:29AM SO ONCE AGAIN, WE MISS OUT ON IT.
09:33:32AM BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE BUILDERS, ALL THOSE STORES ON 29th,
09:33:38AM OH, WE HAVE BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR THEM.
09:33:41AM HOW IS IT THAT THAT INFORMATION GETS IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT
09:33:45AM TO THE COMMUNITY CITIZENS, WE DON'T GET THE INFORMATION.
09:33:48AM YOU ALL HAVE TO DO BETTER.
09:33:51AM YOU HAVE TO.
09:33:53AM AND WHEN YOU ARE DEALING WITH PEOPLE, YOU HAVE TO
09:33:57AM HAVE COMPASSION AND HUMANITY.
09:33:59AM YOU CAN'T KEEP BEATING THE SAME PEOPLE OVER THE SIDE OF
09:34:02AM THEIR HEAD, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE PEOPLE GET TIRED.
09:34:04AM AND ITEM NUMBER 23, I AM SO SICK AND TIRED OF EAST TAMPA CRA
09:34:11AM BUYING THESE PROPERTIES.
09:34:12AM WE DON'T HAVE NO PLAN.
09:34:14AM WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO WITH THEM.
09:34:16AM THEY GOT THEM.
09:34:17AM BUT THEY CAN'T PUT NOBODY OFF THE STREETS IN THEM.
09:34:20AM I GUESS DUE TO RULES AND REGULATIONS.
09:34:23AM WHY ARE WE ACCUMULATING ALL OF THIS PROPERTY AND WE DON'T
09:34:26AM HAVE NO BLUEPRINT.
09:34:28AM ARE YOU WAITING FOR GENTRIFICATION TO GO IN EFFECT TO BUILD
09:34:33AM AN AIR-CONDITIONED DOGGY PARK FOR THE NEW PEOPLE?
09:34:36AM WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON!
09:34:41AM [APPLAUSE]
09:34:42AM [GAVEL SOUNDING]
09:34:44AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
09:34:44AM NEXT SPEAK REMEMBER, PLEASE.
09:34:46AM >> GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR.
09:34:48AM JOSEPH CITRO FOR THE RECORD.
09:34:52AM I'M HERE TO PUBLICLY THANK TWO OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF
09:34:57AM TAMPA REPRESENTATION ON THE TPO BOARD.
09:35:00AM I AM A MEMBER OF THE CAC, THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COUNCIL.
09:35:04AM WE WANTED TO MOVE SEVERAL PROJECTS ON THAT FORWARD UP ON THE
09:35:10AM PRIORITY LIST.
09:35:10AM NOW THIS PRIORITY LIST ALSO INCLUDES PROJECTS FOR THE
09:35:15AM COUNTY.
09:35:15AM OUR CITY OF TAMPA, THE POPULATION DOUBLES EVERY DAY FROM 7
09:35:21AM A.M. TO 7 P.M.
09:35:23AM OUR TRAPPING IS NEEDED.
09:35:25AM THOSE PROJECTS WERE STREETCAR EXTENSION, WHICH COULD BE PAID
09:35:32AM FOR -- PARTIALLY -- FOR FUNDING WITH CRA DOLLARS THAT WAS
09:35:38AM PROPOSED THREE YEARS AGO.
09:35:39AM THE DOWNTOWN TO AIRPORT PREMIUM TRANSIT, THE BRIGHT LINE
09:35:43AM MULTIMODAL CONNECTION AND CSX MOBILITY STUDY.
09:35:49AM AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK TWO OF THE MEMBERS OF CITY
09:35:53AM COUNCIL FOR BEING THERE TO SUPPORT THE CAC IN TRYING TO MOVE
09:35:57AM THOSE FORWARDS.
09:35:57AM THEY USED WORDS LIKE "US," "WE," "OUR" INSTEAD OF BEETLE
09:36:05AM LINES, I, ME, MINE.
09:36:07AM I WOULD LIKE TO THANK TWO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
09:36:10AM COMMISSIONERS.
09:36:10AM LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC, THERE IS AN
09:36:12AM IMPORTANT ELECTION COMING UP.
09:36:14AM TRANSPORTATION IS NEEDED IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:36:18AM CHOOSE WISELY ON WHO YOU VOTE FOR, COUNTY COMMISSION, STATE
09:36:22AM REPRESENTATIVE, STATE SENATOR.
09:36:25AM I POSE THIS QUESTION TO YOU.
09:36:28AM CAN WE TRULY HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHOUT BETTER MASS
09:36:36AM PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
09:36:37AM THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
09:36:39AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
09:36:41AM NEXT SPEAKER.
09:36:42AM IF THERE IS ANYONE ELSE GOING TO SPEAK, PLEASE STAND AND --
09:36:46AM BY THE WALL SO WE WILL KNOW.
09:36:48AM OKAY.
09:36:51AM THIS WILL BE OUR LAST SPEAKER UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT.
09:36:54AM >> GOOD MORNING, STEPHANIE POYNOR.
09:37:03AM FIRST OF ALL BEFORE I GET TO THIS, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
09:37:05AM SOMETHING ELSE.
09:37:05AM I WALKED IN THIS ROOM, AND IT LOOKS LIKE POOP.
09:37:09AM PLACES ON THE WALL WHERE THE PAINT IS SO FADED WHERE
09:37:12AM PREVIOUSLY THERE WAS -- THERE WAS ARTWORK OF SOME SORT.
09:37:17AM THE CHAIRS ARE BROKEN, AND THIS IS WHERE THE CITIZENS OF
09:37:20AM THIS CITY SPEND MOST OF THEIR TIME COMMUNICATING WITH THEIR
09:37:24AM ELECTED OFFICIALS.
09:37:27AM WE HAVE BROKEN CHAIRS.
09:37:30AM WE HAVE JUNK SITTING BACK IN THE CORNER AND LIKE THE LOST
09:37:33AM CHAMBERS.
09:37:33AM I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
09:37:34AM THE BUDGET LAST YEAR CAME FORWARD FIRST WITH THREE QUARTERS
09:37:38AM OF A MILLION DOLLARS TO DO THE TMOB BUILDING ENTRYWAY WHERE
09:37:43AM NOBODY SPENDS ANY TIME.
09:37:44AM NOT EVEN THE PEOPLE THAT WORK IN THIS BUILDING, BUT YET WE
09:37:47AM CAN'T GET A PAINT JOB IN WHO HERE?
09:37:50AM DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
09:37:51AM PLEASE, PLEASE, LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT.
09:37:53AM BUT WHAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS SECTION 27-150.
09:37:57AM THAT EXCEPTION -- IT SAYS THAT IF -- IF A DEVELOPER COMES IN
09:38:01AM HERE AND THEY GET SHOT DOWN FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY HAVE A
09:38:04AM CRAPPY PLAN, CITY COUNCIL SAYS, NO, WE DON'T LIKE THIS PLAN.
09:38:09AM WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO THIS, THEY CAN'T COME BACK FOR A YEAR
09:38:15AM EXCEPT WHEN THEY MAKE REASONABLE CHANGES.
09:38:17AM WELL, I WOULD ARGUE THAT WHO IS MAKING THESE REASONABLE
09:38:24AM CHANGES.
09:38:24AM IF WE CAME PACK WITH THE SAME PROJECT IN DIFFERENT WRAPPING
09:38:27AM PAPER, THAT IS NOT A REASONABLE CHANGE.
09:38:29AM NOT A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.
09:38:30AM AND WHY -- WHY ARE THE CITIZENS -- MOST OF THESE ONES THAT
09:38:35AM COME BACK, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE TO START WITH.
09:38:39AM AND THEN COME BACK, OH, WE HAD -- WE HAD TEN TOWN HOUSES AND
09:38:43AM NOW WE WANT TO HAVE FIVE -- NOW WE WANT TO HAVE NINE TOWN
09:38:47AM HOUSES.
09:38:47AM THEY DON'T DO A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.
09:38:48AM THEY TAKE ONE AWAY AND THEY SAY THAT IS BETTER.
09:38:51AM WE FIX IT.
09:38:52AM THEY DIDN'T LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM.
09:38:55AM THEY DIDN'T LISTEN TO YOU.
09:38:56AM WHY DID THEY COME BACK LESS THAN A YEAR LATER.
09:39:00AM THE TWO I CAN THINK OF OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD COST HOURS AND
09:39:06AM HOURS AND HOURS OF YOUR TIME.
09:39:07AM YOU GUYS HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS
09:39:10AM TRYING TO CUT BACK ON THE AMOUNT OF TIME WE WASTE ON
09:39:13AM CHAMBERS, THIS STATUTE WASTES TIME.
09:39:16AM IT WASTES EVERYBODY'S TIME.
09:39:18AM THEY SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO COME BACK FOR A YEAR PERIOD.
09:39:21AM PLEASE MAKE A MOTION TO CHANGE THIS.
09:39:22AM LET'S LOOK INTO IT.
09:39:24AM I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT AND SOMETHING NEW TO ME.
09:39:30AM I DIDN'T REALIZE SOMETHING AS SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES.
09:39:34AM RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU KNOW OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES?
09:39:37AM IF A REZONING COMES IN HERE AND THEY MAKE A SUBSTANTIAL
09:39:40AM CHANGE TO WHATEVER THEIR REZONING IS, IT IS ALL DONE
09:39:43AM ADMINISTRATIVELY.
09:39:44AM IT DOES NOT COME BACK TO YOU.
09:39:47AM IF IT IS SUBSTANTIAL, WHY AREN'T THEY BRINGING IT BACK TO
09:39:50AM YOU?
09:39:53AM IF YOU APPROVE TO BUILD A 100-STORY BUILDING, THEY CAN GO
09:39:57AM FOR A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE AND BUILD A 150-STORY BUILDING.
09:40:01AM I DON'T KNOW.
09:40:01AM I AM GIVING YOU ROUND NUMBERS.
09:40:03AM PLEASE LET'S LOOK INTO THAT AND FIND OUT WHY IT IS NOT
09:40:06AM COMING TO COUNCIL.
09:40:06AM THANK YOU.
09:40:07AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
09:40:08AM THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
09:40:09AM IF THOSE OF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN EXITING THE BUILDING AT
09:40:15AM THIS TIME, YOU MAY DO SO --
09:40:17AM >>LUIS VIERA: MAY I SAY SOMETHING, IF I MAY.
09:40:20AM THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
09:40:21AM HAPPY BIRTHDAY, VIVIAN KITCHEN.
09:40:24AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, VIVIAN KITCHEN.
09:40:27AM >>LUIS VIERA: I HEARD FROM YOUR WONDERFUL SON, PRINCIPAL
09:40:32AM OTIS.
09:40:32AM YOU HAVE TO BE SO PROUD OF HIM.
09:40:35AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: HEY, MISS LEVINS, YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T GET
09:40:40AM OUT OF HERE WITHOUT ME SAYING HELLO TO YOU.
09:40:42AM MY FAVORITE TEACHER.
09:41:24AM >>ERICA MOODY: IF T & I IS PULL UP THE HOUSING POWERPOINT.
09:41:30AM WE WILL HIT THAT FIRST.
09:41:31AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: 9:41.
09:41:45AM A HARD STOP OF 11 A.M.
09:41:47AM ARE WE GOING TO MAKE IT?
09:41:48AM >>ERICA MOODY: YES, I KNOW WE ARE GOING TO MAKE IT.
09:41:50AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I THINK SO TOO.
09:41:52AM >>ERICA MOODY: THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
09:41:55AM TODAY IS A VERY IMPORTANT DAY BECAUSE WE ARE FINALIZING TWO
09:41:58AM MAJOR PARTS OF THE CRA RESTRUCTURE WE HAVE BEEN AT FOR THE
09:42:02AM LAST YEAR.
09:42:02AM AND THE TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY AND JUST HAVE BEEN
09:42:06AM SO ADAPTABLE TO FINALIZING THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THESE ARE
09:42:10AM THE TWO MAJOR COMPONENTS TO REACH THE FINALIZATION OF THE
09:42:12AM CHANGES.
09:42:13AM ONE BEING THE HOUSING SECTION.
09:42:14AM AND WE HAVE OUR HOUSING MANAGER, MISS BE PARKS HERE WITH US,
09:42:19AM AND SHE WILL SUPPORT THE DISCUSSION AND WE WILL GO OVER THE
09:42:23AM HOUSING RECOMMENDATION TO STREAMLINE AND CONSOLIDATE THE
09:42:25AM PROGRAM TO FOCUS ON EXPEDITED DELIVERY, IMPACT AND TRULY BE
09:42:30AM ABLE TO IMPLEMENT.
09:42:31AM AND THEN MOVE OVER INTO PRESENTING THE FINAL GRANT DOCUMENTS
09:42:34AM FOR COMMERCIAL GRANT AND PRESENTED THROUGH A RESOLUTION THAT
09:42:37AM WE WILL JUST BRIEFLY GO OVER.
09:42:38AM WE WANTED TO MAKE THAT FULLY ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
09:42:41AM THE FIRST THING WE WILL COVER IS THE CRA HOUSING
09:42:45AM PRESENTATION.
09:42:45AM I KNOW THIS IS ON ANYONE'S MIND, INCLUDING A BIG DISCUSSION
09:42:49AM ON THE COMMITTEE ADVISORY LEVELS AND COME WITH THE
09:42:52AM RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE CAN REALLY EXPEDITE THOSE SERVICES,
09:42:55AM INCREASE THE IMPACTS AND PRODUCE REPORTS FOR INCREASED
09:42:59AM TRANSPARENCY TO THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE THOSE ON A
09:43:01AM QUARTERLY BASIS TO OUR BOARD.
09:43:05AM GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
09:43:07AM SEE IF THIS WORKS.
09:43:09AM TODAY'S PRESENTATION WILL COVER CRA GOALS AND THE TIMELINE
09:43:13AM OF ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE BEEN OCCURRING OVER THE LAST YEAR TO
09:43:15AM REALLY DIVE IN AND LOOK AT THE HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
09:43:18AM I WILL COVER HOUSING PRIORITIES AND PROGRAMS,
09:43:21AM RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE BEST WAY TO CONSOLIDATE AND ALIGN
09:43:25AM THOSE PROGRAMS.
09:43:25AM A COMMUNICATION STRATEGY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE
09:43:29AM AWARE OF OUR OFFERINGS AND ARE ABLE TO EASILY APPLY.
09:43:32AM AND NEXT STEPS FOR IMPLEMENTATION.
09:43:35AM SO AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR CRA FIVE KEY FOCUS AREAS AND ONE
09:43:41AM OF THE FIRST STEPS OF THE RESTRUCTURE UPDATING OUR MISSION,
09:43:44AM VISION AND OBJECTIVES.
09:43:45AM UNDER EACH OBJECTIVES, THREE SPECIFIC GOALS WE USE TO
09:43:49AM MEASURE ALIGNMENT WITH THE PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS THE
09:43:52AM COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR EACH DISTRICT AND, OF
09:43:55AM COURSE, THE STATUTE.
09:43:56AM THE IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE TALKS ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON
09:44:01AM OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND THE CRA SPECIFICALLY ALLOCATED
09:44:06AM -- MANDATED THE ALLOCATION OF 30% OF EACH DISTRICT BUDGET TO
09:44:10AM GO FORWARD AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEEDS.
09:44:12AM FROM THERE, THE BUDGETS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED.
09:44:15AM AND WE HOSTED A CRA BOARD RETREAT IN JUNE, WHERE WE REALLY
09:44:20AM LEARNED OF THE HOUSING NEEDS AND PRIORITIES OF THE BOARD AND
09:44:25AM THE COMMUNITY FOLKS AS WELL.
09:44:26AM CRA CAC HOUSING WORKSHOPS TO TALK ABOUT THEIR BUDGETS,
09:44:32AM UNIQUE DISTRICTS AND COMMUNITIES AND WHERE THE ALLOCATION
09:44:35AM ALSO MAKE THE MOST SENSE.
09:44:36AM CRA PARTICIPATED IN THE CITY-WIDE HOUSING AUDIT A
09:44:41AM COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT RAN FROM JULY TO
09:44:44AM JANUARY 2024.
09:44:45AM THOSE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS PRESENTED ON FEBRUARY 29
09:44:49AM AT A CITY SPECIAL CALLED WORKSHOP.
09:44:52AM AND THE CRA WAS THERE TO SUPPORT AND SHOW THE ALIGNMENT WITH
09:44:55AM THAT.
09:44:56AM IN APRIL, WE ESTABLISHED OUR CRA HOUSING TEAM.
09:44:58AM THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO BUILD OUT THAT DIVISION TO BE
09:45:01AM SPECIFICALLY HOUSING FOCUSED.
09:45:03AM AS WE KNOW PREVIOUS LIKELY, THE CRA MANAGERS WERE
09:45:07AM IMPLEMENTING THE HOUSING PROGRAMS, THE COMMERCIAL GRANT
09:45:10AM PROGRAMS, RUNNING THEIR CACS AND DOING ALL THEIR
09:45:13AM ADMINISTRATION NEEDS AND BROKEN OUT INTO SEPARATE DIVISIONS
09:45:16AM SO I AM HAPPY WE HAVE BE PARKS HERE WHO JOINED THE HOUSING
09:45:19AM TEAM IN APRIL WITH HER EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE AND HIT THE
09:45:23AM GROUND RUNNING.
09:45:23AM PRETTY QUICK TURN AROUND FROM THE END OF APRIL TO JUNE,
09:45:26AM TODAY, WHERE WE ARE PRESENTING THE HOUSING UPDATE AND THE
09:45:29AM CONSOLIDATION OF PROGRAMS SO WE CAN REMAIN IN TRUE ALIGNMENT
09:45:33AM WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT FORWARD AND
09:45:35AM APPROVED AT CITY COUNCIL ON THE FEBRUARY 29 WORKSHOP.
09:45:38AM AND THEN FROM JUNE TO JULY, WE ARE IMPLEMENTING A
09:45:41AM COMMUNICATION STRATEGY TO DISSEMINATE THIS INFORMATION,
09:45:45AM UPDATE FLYERS, UPDATE OUR WEB SITE AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT
09:45:49AM THAT AS WELL.
09:45:49AM WE ARE PROJECTING A FULL IMPLEMENTATION DATE OF THIS FOR
09:45:52AM AUGUST 1, SO WE CAN CONSOLIDATE THOSE PROGRAMS AND GET THEM
09:45:56AM OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
09:45:58AM WE WERE LOOKING AT FISCAL YEAR '25.
09:46:01AM BUT STILL A FEW MONTHS LEFT IN FISCAL '24 AND IMPORTANT TO
09:46:05AM BRING THAT TO YOU TODAY.
09:46:06AM ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT THE CRA HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTING
09:46:09AM HOUSE SPECIAL SPECIFIC PROGRAMS IN EACH DISTRICT.
09:46:11AM SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS MEET THE SAME NEEDS.
09:46:15AM SOME OF THEM HAVE DIFFERENT QUALIFICATIONS BUT STREAMLINING
09:46:19AM THEM ACROSS ALL OF THE DISTRICTS.
09:46:20AM WHAT WE ARE LOOKING TO DO IS ALIGN WITH HCD TO BE AN UNITED
09:46:26AM EFFORT OF SOME OF THE PROGRAMS AND OFFERINGS AND EXPAND ALL
09:46:30AM THE HOUSING PROGRAMS IN ALL OF THE DISTRICTS WHERE THEY
09:46:32AM WEREN'T BEFORE.
09:46:33AM THIS IS A COPY FROM THE FEBRUARY 29 PRESENTATION WHERE THE
09:46:37AM CITY AND CRA HAVE FOCUSED HOUSING PRIORITIES YOU WILL SEE
09:46:42AM HOMELESSNESS, STABILITY FOR RENTERS, MY TEXT IS COVERING,
09:46:46AM SUPPORT FOR HOMEOWNERS AND CREATION AND PRESERVATION.
09:46:49AM AND UNDER THE STATE STATUTE, CRA PLANS TO ALLOCATE FUNDING
09:46:55AM TO THE PRIORITIES OF THREE AND FOUR, SUPPORT FOR HOMEOWNERS
09:46:58AM AND CREATION AND PRESERVATION OF UNITS.
09:46:59AM SUNDAY THERE, THERE ARE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS.
09:47:04AM FOR SUPPORT FOR HOMEOWNER, THE HOMEOWNER REHAB AND -- AND
09:47:10AM REHAB AND RENOVATION PROGRAM.
09:47:12AM SO I HAVE BE HERE AND SHE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT.
09:47:17AM BUT THE GREAT THING OF THE PROGRAM, NOT JUST AVAILABLE TO
09:47:20AM HOMEOWNERS BUT AVAILABLE TO RENTERS BECAUSE THERE IS A
09:47:23AM RENTAL NEEDED AS WELL.
09:47:24AM DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM HAS BEEN EXTREMELY
09:47:29AM SUCCESSFUL.
09:47:30AM WE WILL NOT FIX SOMETHING THAT IS NOT BROKEN AND INCREASE
09:47:33AM OUR CAPABILITY TO SUPPORT DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE.
09:47:36AM CREATION AND PRESERVATION.
09:47:38AM THE INFILL HOUSING PROGRAM IS NEW FOR THE CRA.
09:47:40AM WE DO HAVE AN ITEM RECEIVED AND FILED FOR THE EAST COMPANY
09:47:44AM CRA INFILL HOUSING PROGRAM.
09:47:46AM WE HAVE GREAT DISCUSSION DURING PUBLIC COMMENT AND SOMETHING
09:47:51AM NEW FOR THE CRA TO POINT OUT.
09:47:53AM THE FIRST INFILL BEING BROUGHT FORWARD UNDER CRA.
09:47:56AM UNIT CREATION AND CONVERSION.
09:47:58AM SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD HAS EXPRESSED TO POSE REQUEST FOR
09:48:00AM APPLICATIONS SAYING THAT THERE IS X AMOUNT AVAILABLE IN THE
09:48:04AM DISTRICT TO SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEEDS AND THAT WILL
09:48:07AM BE A COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS AND WILL BRING FORWARD PROJECTS
09:48:11AM AND AWARDED ON THE BEST PROPOSAL.
09:48:13AM STRATEGIC ACQUISITION.
09:48:15AM YES, WE WANT TO BUY AND ASSEMBLE LAND SO WE HAVE SAY AND CAN
09:48:20AM MAKE SURE THAT IT IS BEING -- BEING DESIGNATED FOR
09:48:24AM AFFORDABLE HOUSING PURPOSES.
09:48:25AM STRATEGIC ACQUISITION IS VERY IMPORTANT AND WE ARE HAPPY TO
09:48:29AM SAY WE HAVE AN URBAN PLANNER WITH EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND AND
09:48:32AM THEY ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT ALL OF THE SITES AND THE
09:48:35AM PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM HAS ESTABLISHED A NEW PROCESS OF
09:48:39AM VISIONING.
09:48:39AM NOT ONLY CAN WE ACQUIRE THESE SITES, WE CAN HAVE THE
09:48:43AM COMMUNITY PARTICIPATE IN DEVELOPING THEM AND DO SO WITH A
09:48:46AM DESIGN-BUILD PROCESS.
09:48:48AM THOSE ARE THE THREE PROGRAMS UNDER THE CITY AND UNDER THE
09:48:52AM PRESERVATION AND CREATION.
09:48:53AM AND THIS SLIDE IS REALLY A VISUAL TO SHOW WHAT WE HAVE AND
09:48:56AM WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO GO WITH IT.
09:48:58AM WE CURRENTLY HAVE EIGHT DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND CONSOLIDATING
09:49:01AM THEM INTO THE FIVE THAT I JUST MENTIONED.
09:49:04AM HOUSING REHAB AND RENOVATION PROGRAM AND DOWNTOWN PAYMENT
09:49:07AM ASSISTANCE LINKS TO SUPPORT FROM HOMEOWNERS.
09:49:11AM CURRENTLY WE HAVE SEVEN THAT ARE ALL MEETING THE SCOPE OF
09:49:14AM THAT NEED.
09:49:14AM SIMILAR FOR WHAT WE DID WITH THE COMMERCIAL GRANTS, WE
09:49:19AM WIDENED THE SCOPE OF THE REHAB AND RENOVATION, TREE
09:49:22AM TRIMMING, ROOF REPLACEMENT, INTERIOR, EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENT
09:49:27AM AND GET IT DONE THROUGH ONE CONSOLIDATED GRANT BECAUSE
09:49:32AM ADMINISTRATIVELY TO IMPLEMENT SEVEN DIFFERENT GRANTS AND
09:49:35AM HAVE FUNDING ALLOCATED TO EACH ONE.
09:49:37AM A BIGGER LINE ITEM DEDICATED TO THE REHAB AND RENOVATION
09:49:42AM PROGRAM.
09:49:42AM ABLE TO SERVE CLIENTS IN THE SAME WAY, FASTER AND MORE.
09:49:46AM DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE WILL REMAIN THE SAME AND THE NEW
09:49:49AM ONES, INFILL, CREATIVE AND STRATEGIC ACQUISITIONS THAT WE
09:49:56AM TALKED ABOUT.
09:49:56AM SUNSETTING THE PREVIOUS GRANTS.
09:49:58AM COMPLETING ALL THE APPLICATIONS IN THE QUEUE.
09:50:00AM WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HONOR ANYONE WHO HAS SUBMITTED AN
09:50:03AM APPLICATION.
09:50:03AM YOU WILL SEE SOME OF THE OLDER ONES COME THROUGH SHOULD YOU
09:50:06AM APPROVE THIS.
09:50:08AM STARTING AUGUST 1, ALL OF THE NEW APPLICATION ALSO BE UNDER
09:50:11AM THIS MODEL.
09:50:14AM TRULY TO ALIGN FOR PROGRAM DELIVERY AND INCREASING IMPACT
09:50:18AM AND IMPLEMENTATION.
09:50:20AM AS THE CRA HAS SPECIFICALLY DONE WITH THE RESTRUCTURE, THE
09:50:24AM TEAM KNOWS: IMPLEMENTATION, IMPLEMENTATION, IMPLEMENTATION.
09:50:30AM THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND
09:50:33AM THEY WILL BE JUST FINE.
09:50:34AM COMMUNICATION STRATEGY.
09:50:36AM BE WAS IN THE COMMUNICATION ROLE BEFORE THIS AND SHE HAS
09:50:39AM THIS DOWN PAT TOO.
09:50:40AM UPDATING THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND TEACHING OF
09:50:46AM THE PROGRAM.
09:50:46AM DIFFERENT THAN TODAY'S PRESENTATION WHICH IS HIGHER LEVEL
09:50:50AM BUT WHAT IT TAKES TO APPLY, THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS,
09:50:53AM OUTREACH, AND EVEN SIGNING PEOPLE UP THERE OF COURSE THE WEB
09:50:59AM SITE AND PUBLIC PLATFORM TO DO A GOOGLE SEARCH, READ THESE
09:51:04AM PROGRAMS FOR THEMSELVES.
09:51:05AM INFORMATION SESSIONS IN THE COMMUNITY.
09:51:08AM NOT ONLY OUR BUILDING BUT GET OUT OF THE OFFICES AND GET IN
09:51:11AM THE COMMUNITY AND DO INFORMATION AND POP-UP EVENTS.
09:51:14AM RECRUIT PARTICIPANTS.
09:51:15AM THEIR SUCCESS WILL BE MEASURED ON HOW MUCH FUNDING ARE BEING
09:51:19AM SPENT AND PROGRAMS BEING IMPLEMENTED.
09:51:20AM IT IS A GOOD PERFORMANCE METRIC FOR THE TEAM TO MOTIVATE
09:51:26AM THEM.
09:51:26AM POST ANY REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS OR ADDITIONAL INFILL.
09:51:29AM RFPS THAT NEED TO GO OUT.
09:51:36AM EXPAND THE MONEY.
09:51:37AM EXPEND THE FUNDS.
09:51:38AM I AM TELLING THEM, IF IT IS NOT ABOUT EXPENDING THE MONEY,
09:51:42AM WE NEED TO STAY FOCUSED AND NOT GET DISTRACTED FROM THOSE
09:51:45AM GOALS AND PROVIDE QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT SO THE TEAMS ARE
09:51:49AM NOT WORKING ON A TEMPLATE AND THE PROGRESS REPORTS WILL BE
09:51:53AM PRESENTED TO THE BOARD QUARTERLY AND BROUGHT TO THE CAC
09:51:57AM MONTHLY.
09:51:57AM BIGGER ACCUMULATION BY THE QUARTER AND HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT
09:52:01AM REPORT AND I TELL YOU CAC AND CRA BOARD, YOU MONITOR US.
09:52:06AM MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING OUR JOB.
09:52:07AM THAT IS A REALLY GOOD WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
09:52:10AM IMPLEMENTING AND DOING WHAT WE SAY WE ARE GOING TO DO.
09:52:16AM SO THE BOARD REQUESTED THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION TO ALIGN
09:52:19AM THE HOUSING TO.
09:52:20AM SUNSET THE EXISTING PROGRAMS AND ADOPT ALIGNMENT WITH
09:52:24AM THE HCD PROGRAMS AS PRESENTED IN THE STRATEGY.
09:52:26AM THE CRA CAN STILL PURSUE OTHER THINGS BUT THIS IS ABOUT
09:52:30AM ALIGNMENT NOW.
09:52:31AM EXPAND THE PROGRAMS TO ALL THE DISTRICTS.
09:52:33AM AS I MENTIONED, THOSE QUARTERLY REPORTS.
09:52:36AM THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION.
09:52:37AM AND WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
09:52:45AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
09:52:48AM BOARD MEMBERS?
09:52:50AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
09:52:50AM I JUST WANTED TO SAY THE SAME THING.
09:52:52AM THIS WAS A REALLY HEAVY LIFT.
09:52:54AM AND YOU HAVE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB.
09:52:57AM THANK YOU.
09:52:57AM WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO SEE THESE FUNDS START TO BE SPENT.
09:53:01AM SO THANK YOU.
09:53:05AM >>ERICA MOODY: ABSOLUTELY.
09:53:06AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE COMMUNICATION
09:53:08AM SLIDE AND THIS IS REALLY BASED ON PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY.
09:53:11AM BE, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU, BEING OUR COMMUNICATION
09:53:16AM STRATEGIST BEFORE.
09:53:17AM AND NOW THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR HOUSING PROGRAM -- NOT
09:53:20AM THAT ONE, COMMUNICATION.
09:53:22AM >> THE ONE PREVIOUSLY TO THAT.
09:53:25AM ONE SLIDE.
09:53:27AM >>BE PARKS: ONE SLIDE BACK, PLEASE.
09:53:33AM T & I.
09:53:39AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: GO AHEAD.
09:53:41AM >>BE PARKS: BE PARKS, CRA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR
09:53:46AM AND I AM OVERSEEING ALL OF THE CRA HOUSING PROGRAMS.
09:53:49AM SO REGARDING COMMUNICATION, I HAVE HEARD THE COMMUNITY FOR
09:53:52AM THE PAST TWO YEARS.
09:53:53AM NOT ONLY IN THIS POSITION, BUT ALSO AS A PERSON WHO WORKS
09:53:57AM WITH NONPROFITS AND ALSO WORKS IN THE COMMUNITY.
09:54:00AM SO I AM WELL AWARE ON STRATEGIES TO BRING THESE PROGRAMS TO
09:54:05AM THE DOORSTEPS.
09:54:07AM AS IT RELATES TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT SURROUNDING, YOU KNOW,
09:54:11AM SENIOR COMMUNITY WE ARE BRINGING THEM TO COMMUNITY CENTERS,
09:54:18AM LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS TO PROCESS APPLICATION ON-SITE WITH THE
09:54:22AM INDIVIDUAL.
09:54:22AM SO WE ARE HELPING THEM FILL OUT THESE APPLICATIONS.
09:54:25AM WE ARE NOT JUST GIVING THEM THE PACKET AND SAY FILL IT OUT.
09:54:28AM NO, THEY ARE COMING TO MEET WITH ME.
09:54:30AM I AM LOOKING AT THEIR ITEMS.
09:54:31AM WE ARE UPLOADING THEM INTO THE SYSTEM.
09:54:34AM MAKE SURE THEY ARE PROCESSING AND HAVING THE COMMUNICATION
09:54:37AM OF THE LIENS WHICH IS CRITICAL.
09:54:40AM I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH IT THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS
09:54:42AM CONVERSING OF THAT LIEN TOPIC.
09:54:45AM AND WE WILL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH APPLICANTS SO THEY
09:54:49AM KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GETTING INTO TAMPA TO.
09:54:51AM IT IS IMPORTANT.
09:54:52AM AGAIN, THIS IS AN OUTREACH EFFORTS.
09:54:54AM WE ARE LOOKING TO INVOLVE MEDIA TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW WHEN
09:54:57AM WE ARE GOING TO START.
09:54:58AM WHAT LOCATIONS WE ARE GOING TO BE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS AT.
09:55:01AM AND THEN, OF COURSE, SEND MAILERS DIRECTLY TO THE COMMUNITY
09:55:06AM SO THEY KNOW, HEY, IN THEIR HAND, THEY HAVE THE LOCATION
09:55:10AM WHERE IS YOU CAN COME AND APPLY.
09:55:13AM NOT JUST THE MIND LEADING THE BLIND.
09:55:16AM WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH A PLAN TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY
09:55:18AM KNOWS THAT THESE RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE AND WHERE YOU CAN
09:55:21AM FIND SOMEONE TO HELP YOU FILL IT OUT.
09:55:23AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALSO FROM A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE WHEN
09:55:29AM IT COMES TO THE LIENS, I KNOW THAT HAS EXISTED A VERY LONG
09:55:33AM TIME.
09:55:33AM AND MY COMMENT TO THAT IS REALLY FOR -- MY UNDERSTANDING IS,
09:55:37AM THAT IS A PROTECTION FOR THE HOMEOWNER.
09:55:40AM YOU BUILD THE EQUITY IN YOUR HOME.
09:55:42AM YOU DON'T SELL YOUR HOME.
09:55:43AM BECAUSE IT WAS DESIGNED TO KEEP YOU IN IT AT AN AFFORDABLE
09:55:48AM PRICE IS WHY THE LIEN ACTUALLY EXISTS.
09:55:52AM A GOOD STRATEGY.
09:55:53AM I KNOW IT WORKS.
09:55:54AM ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, MYSELF AND OTHER PEOPLE -- NOT THAT I
09:55:57AM AM MAKING IT PERSONAL, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE LIEN PROCESS.
09:56:00AM THE COMMUNICATION REGARDING THAT WAS GOOD ABOUT IT.
09:56:02AM MAKE SURE THAT IS PART OF THE COMMUNICATION IN PROTECTING
09:56:06AM THE HOMEOWNER IN BUILDING THE EQUITY, AND KEEPING THEM IN
09:56:10AM THEIR HOME.
09:56:10AM THAT IS WHAT IT IS REALLY DESIGNED FOR.
09:56:12AM SO THAT SHOULD COME ACROSS WHERE THEY ARE NOT AFRAID THAT IT
09:56:16AM IS THE LIEN THAT YOU PUT ON A HOUSE BECAUSE YOU HAVE DONE
09:56:25AM SOMETHING WRONG.
09:56:26AM >>BE PARKS: YES.
09:56:26AM IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE CITY'S HOUSING TEAM WORK WITH THESE
09:56:30AM INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE NOW AT THEIR 20-YEAR MARK.
09:56:33AM THEY PAID OFF THEIR MORTGAGE AND WORKING WITH THESE
09:56:37AM INDIVIDUALS FOR THOSE TYPE OF PLANS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE
09:56:39AM ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, PAY BACK, YOU KNOW, THAT LIEN AGAIN
09:56:49AM TRANSPARENCY, COMMUNICATION, CONTACT ME.
09:56:52AM I AM READY TO START THESE PROGRAMS.
09:56:56AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: I WANT TO CLARIFY REAL QUICKLY, THESE LIENS
09:57:00AM YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO REPAY.
09:57:02AM UNLESS YOU STAY IN THE HOME FOR THE REQUIRED -- IT DEPENDS
09:57:06AM ON THE AMOUNT.
09:57:07AM >> IT DOES.
09:57:07AM >> BUT YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PAY IT, THEY ARE
09:57:10AM AUTOMATICALLY RELEASED AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME.
09:57:12AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: RIGHT.
09:57:13AM AND THE CITY ACTUALLY SENDS YOU A VERY ELITE, OFFICIAL
09:57:16AM DOCUMENT RELEASING YOU FROM THE LIEN AND INFORMING YOU OF
09:57:21AM THAT AND YOU PAID NO MONEY.
09:57:22AM IMPORTANT THAT THE COMMUNICATION IS CLEAR ON THAT.
09:57:24AM REALLY IMPORTANT BASED ON PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY.
09:57:26AM BOARD MEMBER CARSON.
09:57:28AM >>BILL CARLSON: I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATS ON THE SHIFT TO
09:57:31AM THE NEW RESPONSIBILITIES.
09:57:32AM I WAS VERY IMPRESSED THE OTHER DAY WITH YOUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT
09:57:35AM THIS AND ALSO TODAY, IT SHOWS YOU ARE ON TOP OF IT.
09:57:42AM VERY IMPORTANT PART OF CRA PORTFOLIO.
09:57:45AM YOU WON'T DO THE MARKETING ANYMORE ARE BUT YOU WILL HAVE
09:57:49AM INFLUENCE OVER IT.
09:57:49AM ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD RECOMMEND AND TALK ABOUT THIS
09:57:53AM OFF-LINE, WANTING TO GET NEW PEOPLE AND TELLING THE PEOPLE
09:57:56AM THAT WE ARE DOING SOMETHING.
09:57:57AM IT WILL BE GREAT TO HAVE ANECDOTAL CASE STUDIES.
09:58:01AM THE CRA CAME IN TO FIX MY ROOF.
09:58:04AM AND THEY CAN FIX YOUR ROOF TOO, JUST LIKE THEY DID MINE.
09:58:07AM A WAY OF TELLING THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE DOING SOMETHING
09:58:12AM BUT TELLING PEOPLE THIS IS A PROGRAM THEY CAN HAVE ACCESS
09:58:14AM TO.
09:58:14AM THANK YOU.
09:58:15AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:58:16AM GREAT PRESENTATION.
09:58:19AM >>BE PARKS: THANK YOU.
09:58:20AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: CONGRATULATION ON YOUR NEW ROLE.
09:58:22AM WHAT IS THE OFFICIAL TITLE.
09:58:25AM >>BE PARKS: CRA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR.
09:58:28AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: CONGRATULATIONS.
09:58:30AM >>BE PARKS: THANK YOU.
09:58:31AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: DARLENE, PLEASE BRING THAT FAN.
09:58:38AM >>ERICA MOODY: IT IS HOT.
09:58:39AM STAY UP HERE.
09:58:40AM TWO MORE HOUSING ITEMS.
09:58:41AM THANK YOU, BOARD FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
09:58:43AM WE ARE EQUALLY AS EXCITED FOR IT.
09:58:45AM TWO MORE ITEMS AROUND THE STRATEGIES AND ONE IS THE ITEM 22
09:58:53AM PULLED FOR DISCUSSION.
09:58:53AM THIS IS IN REGARD TO THE OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAM IN
09:58:57AM EAST TAMPA.
09:58:58AM CURRENTLY THE THRESHOLD FOR AWARDING THAT PROGRAM WAS
09:59:04AM $100,000.
09:59:04AM I BECAME AWARE OF AN ISSUE AT GENTLEMAN SEAS HOME 1308 EAST
09:59:09AM 17th AVENUE AND MR. BRAXTON.
09:59:11AM IF HE IS WATCHING, WE ARE WORKING FOR YOU.
09:59:13AM WE HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR HIM FOR SEVERAL MONTHS TO ASSESS
09:59:18AM HIS NEED AND HE WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION -- AND HE WANTED TO
09:59:22AM PURSUE THE OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB FUNDING AND LITTLE BIT OF
09:59:26AM LACK COMMUNICATION IN THE PAST.
09:59:27AM ONCE I BECAME AWARE OF THIS AND GOT INVOLVED, WE HAVE BEEN
09:59:30AM MOVING FORWARD RAPIDLY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
09:59:33AM A TREE FELL IN HIS HOME A FEW YEARS AGO IN 2021.
09:59:36AM AFTER THAT HAPPENED, HIS HOME WAS IN SUCH DISREPAIR, IT WAS
09:59:39AM ACTUALLY CONDEMNED.
09:59:40AM HE IS NOT ABLE TO LIVE IN HIS OWN HOUSE.
09:59:42AM AND THAT HAS CAUSED STRAIN AND STRESS OVER HIS SITUATION.
09:59:47AM WE WOULD LIKE TO HELP HIM GET BACK IN HIS HOUSE AND
09:59:52AM NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AFTER WE RECEIVED THE
09:59:57AM QUOTES BACK.
09:59:57AM EXTENSIVE REPAIRS IN THE TOTAL $225,000.
10:00:01AM HDC WILL PARTNER WITH US AND COVER $100,000 OF THOSE FEES.
10:00:06AM WE HAVE CURRENTLY $100,000 WE CAN CONTRIBUTE THROUGH THE
10:00:09AM OWNER-OCCUPIED PROGRAM AND 25,000 DOLLARS THAT ARE NEEDED
10:00:15AM FOR THE WHOLE THING.
10:00:15AM WE ARE BRINGING AN AMENDMENT TO THE OWNER-OCCUPIED PROGRAM
10:00:21AM TO THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION, AND THE CAC HAVE UNANIMOUSLY
10:00:26AM RECOMMENDED THE CONSIDERATION TO AMEND THE PROGRAM UP TO
10:00:28AM $150,000 FOR SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
10:00:30AM SO THERE ARE TWO THINGS HAPPENING.
10:00:32AM ONE IS, THE BOARD WOULD NEED TO APPROVE THEA MENDED PROGRAM
10:00:36AM AND THEN THE BOARD WILL NEED TO MAKE A SECOND MOTION TO
10:00:38AM APPROVE THIS SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE THAT I JUST DESCRIBED.
10:00:41AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
10:00:49AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WILL BE HAPPY TO MOVE.
10:00:50AM THIS IS MOVING ITEM 22.
10:00:53AM AND THEN MAKING A MOTION FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE PROGRAM,
10:00:57AM CORRECT?
10:00:57AM BECAUSE 22 IS THE FUNDING, AND THEN THE SECOND MOTION WILL
10:01:01AM BE TO AMEND.
10:01:02AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: 22 IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE PROGRAM AND THE
10:01:05AM FUND.
10:01:05AM IT ALLOWS FOR THE BOARD -- IT IS UP TO THE BOARD TO GO ABOVE
10:01:09AM THE $100,000 LIMIT.
10:01:11AM UP TO $150,000.
10:01:12AM SO YOU WILL BE FIRST AMENDING THE PROGRAM -- THE FIRST
10:01:16AM MOTION THAT IS ON THE AGENDA.
10:01:18AM SECOND MOTION WILL BE TO RECOGNIZE THAT IN THE CASE OF THE
10:01:22AM 1308 -- IS IT 19th AVENUE.
10:01:26AM >>ERICA MOODY: 1308 EAST 17th.
10:01:30AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: EAST 17th THAT THE $100,000 THRESHOLD
10:01:34AM SHOULD BE EXCEEDED.
10:01:37AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION TO MOVE ITEM 22.
10:01:41AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: DISCUSSION.
10:01:43AM BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
10:01:45AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AM NOT OPPOSED, THE BREAKDOWN OF
10:01:49AM $150,000 AND WHAT REPAIRS ARE NEEDED TO MEET THE AMOUNT OF
10:01:54AM MONEY.
10:01:55AM I NEED A QUALIFIED ITEMIZED STATEMENT.
10:01:57AM >>ERICA MOODY: WE HAVE THAT AVAILABLE SO WE WILL MAKE SURE
10:02:01AM YOU GET IT.
10:02:01AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
10:02:05AM >>ERICA MOODY: IS THIS?
10:02:10AM I HAVE IT HERE.
10:02:11AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I WANT TO SAY, MR. BRAXTON, A LONG TIME
10:02:14AM COMING.
10:02:15AM I SAW THE MEDIA STUNT A FEW YEARS AGO REGARDING THIS AND
10:02:19AM NOTHING DONE IN SUPPORT OF IN EXCEPT TO SHOW IT TO THE
10:02:21AM MEDIA.
10:02:22AM I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT GOES INTO THIS PARTICULAR
10:02:25AM UNIT.
10:02:26AM AND THERE IS A RESOLUTION TO PUT HIM BACK INTO HIS HOME.
10:02:29AM SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
10:02:32AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER CARSON.
10:02:35AM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, ANY OPPOSED?
10:02:37AM MOTION CARRIES.
10:02:42AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: MADE THE MOTION FOR THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION.
10:02:46AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MAKE THE MOTION FOR THE SPECIAL
10:02:49AM EXCEPTION IN THIS CASE FOR MR. LOOKSTON.
10:02:52AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO,
10:02:56AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:02:58AM SAME COMMENTS.
10:02:59AM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
10:03:00AM OPPOSED?
10:03:01AM MOTION CARRIES.
10:03:01AM >>ERICA MOODY: THANK YOU SO MUCH, BOARD, WE ARE LOOKING
10:03:04AM FORWARD TO MOVING FORWARD.
10:03:05AM AND WE RECEIVED AN E-MAIL THIS MORNING ASKING IF IT WAS
10:03:09AM APPROVED YET.
10:03:09AM I SAID GIVE US A FEW MINUTES.
10:03:11AM WE WILL CONTACT HIM TODAY AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CLOSING
10:03:14AM AND GET IT DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
10:03:15AM THANK YOU, BE.
10:03:16AM >>BE PARKS: WE ARE EXCITED.
10:03:18AM >>ERICA MOODY: ONE MORE HOUSING.
10:03:19AM A STRATEGIC ACQUISITION.
10:03:21AM IT IS SPECIFIC TO THE PROJECT THAT WE HAVE BEEN ASSEMBLING
10:03:27AM THAT HAS QUITE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY.
10:03:31AM SEVERAL PARCEL OF THAT SITE WILL NEED WATER AND UTILITY
10:03:35AM CONNECTION.
10:03:35AM SO WE WILL BE QUITE THE PROJECT TO TAKE ON, BUT WE ARE
10:03:38AM WILLING TO DO IT.
10:03:39AM AND IT WILL BE -- IT WILL BE ONE OF THE CATALYST SITES IN
10:03:44AM EAST TAMPA ALONG WITH A FEW OTHER THAT I AM PERSONALLY
10:03:47AM EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
10:03:48AM DESTINATION CHURCH AND THE GATOR BUILDING MAJOR TWO CATALYST
10:03:52AM SITES.
10:03:52AM WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE THE LAND.
10:03:54AM 4603 NORTH 19th STREET IN THE EAST TAMPA CRA.
10:03:59AM THE SITE IS A LITTLE UNDER HALF AN ACRE AT .68 ACRES AND
10:04:05AM TOTAL ASSEMBLAGE TO FIVE ACRES WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT.
10:04:08AM THE SELLER WOULD LIKE TO SELL THIS FOR $400,000.
10:04:12AM AND WE ARE ALLOCATING UP TO $20,000 IN CLOSING COSTS.
10:04:15AM SO WE ARE REQUESTING APPROVAL FROM THE BOARD TO UTILIZE THE
10:04:20AM LAND ASSEMBLAGE FUNDS IN EAST COMPANY FOR $420,000.
10:04:24AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO MOVED, ITEM NUMBER 23.
10:04:27AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES, ITEM NUMBER 23.
10:04:29AM A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
10:04:32AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:04:35AM ANY DISCUSSION?
10:04:39AM I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, TALK OF THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.
10:04:41AM ACQUISITION CAME UP.
10:04:43AM I ATTENDED MY FIRST EAST TAMPA CAC AT THE BEGINNING WHEN
10:04:48AM THEY WERE DISCUSSING BUSINESS.
10:04:49AM AND THE BIG CONCERN OF THE COMMUNITY IS, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE
10:04:52AM WE BUYING PROPERTY?
10:04:54AM AND I WANT TO ADDRESS THAT TO THE STANDPOINT -- I SAID THIS
10:04:56AM TO THEM.
10:04:58AM THAT EVERY TIME WE PULL THESE ITEMS A UNANIMOUS VOTE.
10:05:01AM YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING UNLESS YOU HAVE THE PROPERTY.
10:05:03AM IF WE DON'T HAVE IT, SOMEBODY ELSE HAS IT.
10:05:06AM AND THAT IS WHERE IT BECOMES OUT OF OUR CONTROL TO MAKE
10:05:10AM DECISIONS REGARDING WHAT IS GOING TO BE DONE WITH THIS
10:05:13AM PARTICULAR PROPERTY.
10:05:13AM AND SO NOW IS THE TIME, ONCE WE ACQUIRED IT, NOW WE GET TO
10:05:17AM GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT
10:05:21AM WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WANT TO SEE ON THIS LAND.
10:05:23AM AND SO I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THAT STEP IS
10:05:27AM COMMUNICATED.
10:05:28AM WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING UNLESS WE HAVE THE LAND.
10:05:31AM AND THE GATOR BUILDING, THAT AREA, SAME THING.
10:05:34AM WE ARE WORKING ON -- I THINK WE ARE STILL WORKING ON ONE
10:05:37AM MORE PROPERTY TO KIND OF ROUND THAT OUT THAT IS REALLY
10:05:39AM IMPORTANT AND DOES TAKE TIME.
10:05:41AM I UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNITY'S FRUSTRATION BUT IMPLEMENTATION
10:05:45AM CANNOT OCCUR UNTIL YOU ACQUIRED THE LAND.
10:05:47AM AND FIVE ACRE IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY DEVELOP SOMETHING VERY
10:05:52AM GREAT IN EAST TAMPA.
10:05:55AM >>BILL CARLSON: MADAM CHAIR.
10:05:56AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:05:58AM >>BILL CARLSON: ONE OF THE AREAS LOOKED AT FOR A LONG TIME
10:06:01AM AS A NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
10:06:03AM I KNOW -- I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO STAFF ABOUT THAT
10:06:06AM INDIVIDUALLY.
10:06:06AM ELISE, IS IT -- TELL ME IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THIS BECAUSE
10:06:11AM WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BUYING.
10:06:12AM BUT SINCE SADLY YOU AND ERICA WILL NOT BE HERE AT THE NEXT
10:06:16AM MEETING, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN GET YOU OR YOU AND ERICA
10:06:20AM TO TALK OF THE CONCEPTS OF WHAT IS GOING TO GO THERE?
10:06:23AM BECAUSE IT WILL BE NICE FOR WHOEVER COMES IN AFTER TO BE
10:06:26AM ABLE TO LOOK AT THE VIDEO AND SEE WHAT YOUR INTENTIONS AND
10:06:29AM OUR INTENTIONS HAVE BEEN.
10:06:30AM WE, FOR SURE, WANT TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY AS WELL, BUT
10:06:33AM WE KNOW THAT AREA IS RIPE TO ADD SOME COMBINATION OF
10:06:36AM COMMERCIAL AND HOUSING.
10:06:38AM IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY?
10:06:41AM MESSAGE TO THE FUTURE PEOPLE WHO ARE TALKING THIS?
10:06:47AM >>ALIS DRUMGO: ALIS DRUMGO, ADMINISTRATOR FOR DEVELOPMENT
10:06:50AM AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
10:06:51AM THIS PARTICULAR SITE IS NOT SPECIFIC.
10:06:54AM I THINK THE GATOR SITE IS THE ONE YOU ARE REFERRING TO, 2nd
10:06:58AM AND LAKE.
10:06:58AM YOU KNOW, THE STAFF HERE HAS -- IS BEING BROUGHT IN AND
10:07:02AM ROPED INTO THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS WELL.
10:07:04AM NOT THAT IT WILL DIE ON THE VINE WITH US.
10:07:06AM I THINK THERE ARE SOME REAL OPPORTUNITIES TO PUT IN AN
10:07:10AM INCUBATOR AND OTHER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND ARTS INCUBATOR
10:07:15AM AS WELL WITHIN THAT SPACE.
10:07:16AM AND WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO WORK TO MAP THAT OUT.
10:07:18AM AND SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
10:07:19AM DIRECTOR -- THE DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
10:07:25AM JAVIER MARIN, HE HAS BEEN VERY MUCH AT THE TABLE FOR THESE
10:07:28AM CONVERSATIONS AS WELL.
10:07:29AM I DON'T FORESEE IT FALLING BY THE WAYSIDE.
10:07:33AM I HAVE BEEN VERY ADAMANT THAT I WILL BE AROUND AND AVAILABLE
10:07:38AM TO CONTINUE TO OFFER ADVICE IF NEEDED OR AT LEAST AT MINIMUM
10:07:43AM SHARE WHAT PLANS ARE IN PLACE AND WERE IN MOTION AND TO BE
10:07:46AM ABLE TO REITERATE AND LEAN BACK INTO THOSE THINGS.
10:07:49AM >>BILL CARLSON: SOME COMBINATION OF COMMUNITY SERVICES,
10:07:53AM MAYBE BUSINESSES AND HOUSING.
10:07:54AM IS THAT --
10:07:55AM >>ALIS DRUMGO: THAT IS ACCURATE, I AM SORRY.
10:07:57AM >>BILL CARLSON: ERICA, THINKING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD TO YOUR
10:08:01AM FUTURE REPRESENTATIVES?
10:08:02AM >>ERICA MOODY: WE DEFINITELY BEEN COLLABORATING.
10:08:05AM AS CRA, WE FOCUS ON BUILDING THE STRUCTURE AND BUILD THOSE
10:08:10AM PARTNERSHIPS AND WHO IS GOING TO COME IN AND OPERATE THOSE
10:08:12AM STRUCTURES.
10:08:12AM WHAT WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSED SPECIFIC WITH THAT SITE AND WHO
10:08:15AM ARE THE RIGHT PARTNERS -- [GAVEL SOUNDING]
10:08:19AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THERE ARE CHATTER IN THE BACK.
10:08:22AM WE NEED TO HEAR PROPERLY, THANK YOU.
10:08:24AM >>ERICA MOODY: THE NEED TO BUILD THOSE STRATEGIC
10:08:28AM PARTNERSHIPS UP FRONT.
10:08:29AM WHEN YOU BUILD IT, YOU NEED THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN PLACE TO
10:08:31AM COME IN.
10:08:32AM WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE AND I, TOO, WILL BE AROUND.
10:08:35AM I WILL MAKE SURE I AM STAYING IN THE COMMUNITY.
10:08:37AM I WILL BE DOING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORK WHATEVER I TO OF
10:08:42AM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND A PHONE CALL AWAY.
10:08:45AM >>BILL CARLSON: ONE THING IS -- SADLY WHEN PEOPLE THINK OF
10:08:48AM EAST COMPANY, THEY -- WHAT I SEE IN RENDERING AT THE SIGN
10:09:00AM THINGS CHEAPLY MADE WITHOUT DESIGN AND AESTHETICS.
10:09:03AM YOU LOOK NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD IN EAST TAMPA SLIGHTLY
10:09:06AM DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURAL STYLE AND HISTORY AND CULTURE AND
10:09:09AM YOU CAN DRAW FROM THAT ARCHITECTURAL STYLE.
10:09:11AM AND I WANT TO TELL EVERYBODY -- ALIS WILL PROBABLY SAY THIS
10:09:15AM TOO ANYBODY WHO DOES THIS PROJECT, BUILT IN THIS ONE OR THE
10:09:24AM OTHER ONE.
10:09:25AM BUILT INTO THE GRANTS.
10:09:26AM AND THE ABILITY FOR SUPPORT OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND
10:09:31AM AESTHETICS.
10:09:32AM BECAUSE IF WE ARE GOING TO ACQUIRE LAND AND PUT SOMETHING
10:09:35AM THERE PUT SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL BE PROUD OF AND
10:09:40AM PROUD FOR THE NEXT 100 YEARS.
10:09:41AM LET'S JUST NOT BUILD SOMETHING CHEAP BECAUSE THEY WANT
10:09:44AM HOUSING OR WHATEVER.
10:09:46AM SORRY.
10:09:47AM >> TO ADDED TO THAT, PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION OF GATOR
10:09:50AM SITE AND 22nd AND LAKE, THAT THE CRA DO A DESIGN BID BUILD
10:09:56AM AND BUILD IT AND OWN IT.
10:09:57AM AND FIND ENOUGH PARTNERS TO OCCUPY THE SPACE AND DICTATE
10:10:02AM SOME OF THAT ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER AND MAKE SURE THOSE
10:10:06AM ELEMENTS DIDN'T BLEED OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.
10:10:08AM SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS WE TALKED OF DESIGN PATTERNS
10:10:13AM ESPECIALLY THE INDUSTRIAL AREA.
10:10:15AM AND OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE GATEWAYS AND MAKE IT SEAMLESS
10:10:20AM WITHIN THOSE SPACES.
10:10:21AM THE OTHER ON THE ARCHITECTURAL SIDE, THE DEFINITIONS, WITH
10:10:25AM THE POWER FOX SITES.
10:10:27AM YOU ALL WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO DRIVE PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE
10:10:30AM ROOTED IN THAT ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER AND THING THAT YOU
10:10:33AM WANT TO SEE.
10:10:34AM WE ARE TRYING ENCOURAGE THE TEAM ON THIS SIDE THROUGH THE
10:10:37AM PROJECT MANAGEMENT PIECE OF IT TO ACTUALLY PUT THE WORK INTO
10:10:44AM DESIGN AND GETTING TO THE SET OF CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS AND
10:10:47AM BIDDING THOSE PROJECTS IN A WAY THAT YOU RECRUIT A PARTNER
10:10:50AM THAT IS GOING TO BUILD TO DESIGN AND BUILD FROM THAT
10:10:59AM PERSPECTIVE THAT THE COMMUNITY KNOW WHAT IS THEY ARE GETTING
10:11:01AM AND NOT WAFFLE AROUND TO GET A DEVELOPER AND WHITTLE IT
10:11:06AM DOWN.
10:11:06AM >>BILL CARLSON: CHALLENGE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:11:08AM EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS ITS OWN UNIQUE VISUAL CHARACTERISTICS
10:11:13AM AND I ENCOURAGE EACH OF THE UNIQUE VISUALS OF NEIGHBORHOOD
10:11:19AM AND WHAT BRIEF WE GIVE.
10:11:20AM WE HAVE SEEN DEVELOPERS AT ONE TIME DEVELOP IN ONE
10:11:23AM NEIGHBORHOOD AND ONE PART OF TOWN WITH HIGHER QUALITY THAN
10:11:26AM WHAT WE DO IN EAST TAMPA.
10:11:27AM THE POINT HERE, THERE IS A SUBSIDY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE
10:11:31AM SOMETHING OF QUALITY THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL BE PROUD OF.
10:11:35AM THANK YOU.
10:11:35AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
10:11:39AM >> I HAVE A QUESTION.
10:11:40AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED.
10:11:43AM THANK YOU.
10:11:43AM BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
10:11:45AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, ONE THING I WANT TO
10:11:50AM TALK ABOUT IS THE PROPERTY IN PART AND IN WHOLE, VETERANS
10:11:54AM HOUSING IN EAST TAMPA.
10:11:55AM I KNOW WE HAD SOME POTENTIAL DISCUSSION WITH ASSISTANCE WITH
10:12:00AM LEADERSHIP FROM POST 167 IN EAST COMPANY INCLUDING
10:12:04AM COMMANDER BUTTS, POST 167 WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN
10:12:09AM DOMINATED POST IN FLORIDA FOR AMERICAN LEGION AND LOST ITS
10:12:13AM HOME DUE TO INTERSTATE EXPANSION.
10:12:16AM THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I HOPE WHOEVER COMES IN NEXT KEEPS IN
10:12:23AM THE FOREFRONT AND I THINK ITS WONDERFUL FOR A BID TO
10:12:27AM EMPHASIZE VETERAN HOUSING FOR EAST TAMPA.
10:12:29AM WE HAVE A TON OF VETERANS IN EAST TAMPA, MANY SIGNIFIED BY
10:12:33AM POST 167.
10:12:34AM I THINK THIS AND SOMETHING SIMILAR A WIDELY SUCCESSFUL
10:12:41AM PROJECT TO GET SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
10:12:42AM GET A LOT OF EMPHASIS AND POSITIVE LIFE ON EAST TAMPA FOR
10:12:46AM SOMETHING THAT ALL OF OUR CITY CAN BE PROUD OF.
10:12:48AM I DO WANT TO PUSH THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE FOLKS ON
10:12:54AM THAT.
10:12:55AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: A RESOLUTION ON THE FLOOR.
10:12:57AM A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
10:12:59AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:13:03AM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
10:13:03AM OPPOSED?
10:13:05AM MOTION CARRIES.
10:13:06AM >>ERICA MOODY: THANK YOU.
10:13:08AM IT IS TIME TO DISCUSS THE COMMERCIAL GRANT.
10:13:14AM SO THIS IS THE LAST ITEM.
10:13:16AM JUST MAKING SURE IT WASN'T THAT RESOLUTION.
10:13:19AM SO WE ARE REALLY PROUD TO PRESENT THE COMMERCIAL GRANTS
10:13:22AM RESOLUTION TO THE BOARD TODAY.
10:13:25AM SO WE CAME IN ON MARCH 21.
10:13:27AM AND WE PRESENTED THE BUSINESS FRAMEWORK IN THE MODEL AND WE
10:13:32AM HAVE BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY WITH LEGAL.
10:13:33AM I HAVE TO GIVE ATTORNEY MASSEY A SHOUT OUT.
10:13:36AM IT HAS BEEN A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH SEEING WHERE WE CAN
10:13:39AM REMOVE RED TAPE, ABOUT WHERE WE CAN MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE.
10:13:42AM WHAT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY AND A REALLY GOOD PLACE SO WE
10:13:46AM KNOW THAT THE CITY CAN PERFORM THIS.
10:13:47AM I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MISS DEE REED, OUR COMMERCIAL
10:13:54AM GRANTS MANAGER.
10:13:54AM SHE IS OUT OF TOWN RIGHT NOW.
10:13:56AM HER AND HER TEAM -- I SEE VANESSA AND ANDREA ROSS HAVEN IN
10:14:00AM THE BACK, THEY HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY.
10:14:02AM I CANNOT TAKE ANY OF THE CREDIT FOR THIS.
10:14:02AM [APPLAUSE]
10:14:06AM THEY ARE A ROCK STAR TEAM.
10:14:07AM A SUPER DETAIL ORIENTED AND CLOSELY REVIEW IT AND READ
10:14:11AM EVERYTHING AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO PACKAGE INTO ONE
10:14:16AM DOCUMENT AVAILABLE TO THE BOARD AND ALSO AVAILABLE FOR THE
10:14:19AM PUBLIC RIGHT NOW.
10:14:20AM WHAT IS IN THIS PACKET IS A COMPREHENSIVE CRA COMMERCIAL
10:14:25AM GRANT PROPERTY.
10:14:26AM A S.O.P. NOT IN EXISTENCE BEFORE AND EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO
10:14:30AM COMES THROUGH OUR DOOR HAS THE SAME EXACT THRESHOLD IN
10:14:36AM ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT.
10:14:37AM COMMERCIAL GRANT POLICY INCLUDING THE UNIFORM REQUIREMENTS
10:14:40AM AND PROCEDURES, AS WELL AS THE COMMERCIAL EXTERIOR GRANT,
10:14:44AM COMMERCIAL INTERIOR GRANT, THE REDEVELOPMENT GRANT WE JUST
10:14:48AM SPOKE ON.
10:14:49AM AND THIS IS A GRANT FOR CRA SPECIAL PROJECT REQUEST.
10:14:52AM WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT ALL OF THEM BUT A SPECIAL GRANT PROCESS
10:15:01AM ANYONE WHO COMES THROUGH THE DOOR IS PUT THROUGH A PIPELINE.
10:15:05AM INTERESTING ABOUT THIS, IT INCLUDES CITY REQUESTS.
10:15:08AM SOMEONE WITHIN THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO UTILIZE CRA FUNDING,
10:15:12AM THEY CAN MAKE SURE IT IS COMPLIANT WITH THE PLAN, BRING IT
10:15:16AM TO THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE THE REQUEST AND ALWAYS AT THE
10:15:18AM DISCUSSION OF THE CRA BOARD.
10:15:20AM NOTHING WILL BE APPROVED WITHOUT THE CRA BOARD OUTSIDE OF
10:15:24AM ONE OF THE STANDARD GRANTS.
10:15:25AM EVERY SINGLE SPECIAL GRANT WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD.
10:15:28AM WE ARE PROUD TO BRING THAT TO YOU AND MAKES PROCESS VERY
10:15:33AM OBJECTIVE AND FAIR.
10:15:35AM TEMP PLATES OF EVERY KIND FROM OWNER AFFIDAVIT, TO
10:15:39AM RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS TO AWARD LETTERS.
10:15:43AM IT IS A PLUG AND PLAY AND PRETTY QUICK.
10:15:46AM WE HAVE UPDATED OUR WEB SITES IMMEDIATELY.
10:15:48AM A PRESS RELEASE TO DO PRESSERS AND GET ATTENTION BEHIND
10:15:51AM THIS.
10:15:52AM AND THE CRA MANAGER ALONG WITH THE GRANTS TEAM WILL BE BOOTS
10:15:55AM ON THE GROUND, KNOCKING ON BUSINESS OWNERS' DOORS AND MAKE
10:15:59AM SURE THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS PROGRAM AN SIGNING THEM UP.
10:16:02AM FOUR DIFFERENT COMMUNITY MEET INFORMATION THE COMMUNITY AND
10:16:04AM A FUN SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN ENGAGING THEM.
10:16:08AM I LIKE THE RECOMMENDATION OF STORYTELLING AND SUCCESS STORY
10:16:13AM THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT BUSINESS OWNERS LIKE THEM HAVE USED
10:16:16AM THE GRANTS SUCCESSFULLY.
10:16:17AM WE ARE PROUD TO BRING THIS RESOLUTION TO THE BOARD AND
10:16:20AM WANTED TO LIFT IT UP AND THANK OUR TEAM AND ATTORNEY MASSEY
10:16:24AM FOR ALL OF THE FOR TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
10:16:26AM STIRRING CAN'T.
10:16:27AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO APPROVE.
10:16:28AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
10:16:30AM >>LUIS VIERA: SECOND.
10:16:33AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: A MOTION FROM BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
10:16:36AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
10:16:38AM ANY DISCUSSION?
10:16:39AM CONGRATULATIONS.
10:16:40AM >>ERICA MOODY: THANK YOU.
10:16:42AM CONGRATULATIONS, TEAM.
10:16:44AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ANYONE, COMMENT?
10:16:45AM YES, ATTORNEY?
10:16:47AM TAKE THE VOTE FIRST AND SAY CONGRATULATION AS SOON AS ALL
10:16:50AM THOSE IN FAVOR.
10:16:51AM ANY OPPOSED?
10:16:54AM THE GRANTS RESTRUCTURE SOMETHING APPROVED.
10:16:56AM CONGRATULATIONS.
10:16:58AM >>ERICA MOODY: AWESOME.
10:16:58AM THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH, AND I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD.
10:17:02AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER HURTAK, YOU WANT TO SAY
10:17:05AM SOMETHING?
10:17:06AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW IT IS BURNT TOAST.
10:17:09AM THIS HAPPENED THE OTHER DAY DURING A REGULAR MEETING.
10:17:11AM YOU ALL WON'T HERE FOR THAT.
10:17:13AM I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW.
10:17:15AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:17:16AM >>BILL CARLSON: JUST QUICKLY.
10:17:18AM ON ALL THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT JUST NOW.
10:17:20AM ALL THE GRANTS.
10:17:21AM THEY INCLUDE HEAVY -- HEAVY AMOUNTS OF HOUSING SO I KNOW
10:17:26AM SOME FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT ACQUISITION
10:17:29AM LAND AND WHEN IT WILL LEAD TO HOUSING.
10:17:31AM IT LIKELY WILL LEAD TO A LOT OF HOUSING.
10:17:33AM IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT WILL BUILD HUGE HIGH-RISES BECAUSE
10:17:38AM THAT WOULDN'T BE APPROPRIATE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
10:17:41AM NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT WE LOOK TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS
10:17:43AM NEIGHBORHOOD APPROPRIATE FOR -- THAT WILL ADD HOUSING FOR A
10:17:49AM RETAIL COMPONENT.
10:17:50AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
10:17:51AM WE NEED A MOTION FOR THE OTHER REQUIRED APPROVALS 17-21.
10:17:55AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO MOVED.
10:17:56AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: CAN I GET A SECOND?
10:17:59AM OKAY.
10:17:59AM AND 24.
10:18:02AM YES, 24, WITH THAT'S RIGHT.
10:18:05AM NO DISCUSSION ON THAT.
10:18:06AM THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
10:18:08AM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
10:18:09AM ANY OPPOSED?
10:18:11AM REQUIRED APPROVALS CARRIES.
10:18:12AM OKAY.
10:18:13AM WE HAVE LITERALLY GOTTEN TO THE VERY END.
10:18:18AM AND NOW WE ARE AT NEW BUSINESS.
10:18:20AM BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
10:18:23AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NONE, MADAM CHAIR.
10:18:25AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
10:18:27AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, ACTUALLY I DO.
10:18:29AM MAY I GO LAST, I AM SORRY, I NEED TO FIND THE DATE.
10:18:32AM I APOLOGIZE.
10:18:33AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:18:35AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NOTHING.
10:18:37AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
10:18:39AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
10:18:42AM MR. DRUMGO AND MISS MOODY ALL THE WORK THEY HAVE DONE FOR
10:18:49AM THE CITY OF TAMPA AND WE WILL MISS THEM TREMENDOUSLY AND I
10:18:52AM WANT TO TAKE THE CHANCE TO PUBLICLY THANK THEM FOR THEIR
10:18:55AM WORK.
10:18:55AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:18:57AM >>BILL CARLSON: SAME THING.
10:18:58AM TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO, NICOLE TRAVIS AND ALIS DRUMGO TOOK
10:19:03AM OVER INTERIM AND THEY DID MASTERFUL WORK.
10:19:06AM THEY -- THEY REALLY -- THEY HAD LIKE FIVE JOBS AT THE SAME
10:19:09AM TIME.
10:19:09AM AND WORKED WAY OVER TIME.
10:19:11AM TOOK TIME AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES AND OTHER THINGS TO WORK
10:19:14AM HARD FOR THE COMMUNITY.
10:19:15AM THEY TOOK A LOT OF HEAT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
10:19:18AM THEY GOT YELLED AT, ARGUED AT, AND -- AND THROUGH THAT
10:19:23AM TRANSITION WHICH WASN'T EASY FOR US AS BOARD.
10:19:25AM IT WASN'T EASY FOR THE CACS.
10:19:28AM WASN'T EASY FOR THE COMMUNITY, THEY STAYED FOCUS ON GETTING
10:19:32AM RESULTS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
10:19:34AM AND -- AND WE CAN NEVER REPAY THEM FOR THE TWO OR THREE
10:19:38AM YEARS OF WORK THEY DID.
10:19:39AM AND THEY BROUGHT IN ERICA WHO WAS JUST THE RIGHT PERSON AT
10:19:44AM THE RIGHT TIME.
10:19:44AM AND AS I SAID, SHE FOCUSED ON THE C IN CRA, THE COMMUNITY,
10:19:51AM RATHER THAN JUST THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT.
10:19:53AM NICOLE AND AT LEAST ERICA GOT THAT.
10:19:57AM AND THEY LISTENED CAREFULLY TO US.
10:19:59AM WE ARE NOT ALWAYS AN EASY GROUP BECAUSE WE DON'T ALWAYS
10:20:03AM AGREE.
10:20:04AM AND WE WENT THROUGH A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT RETREATS AND LET
10:20:10AM US TO FIND OF THE FIRST STRATEGIC PLAN EVER OF THE CRA BOARD
10:20:18AM THAT IS -- THAT IS LIGHT YEARS AHEAD OF WHAT THIS CITY HAS
10:20:21AM EVER DONE.
10:20:22AM AND I THINK AHEAD OF AHEAD OF A LOT OF THE CITIES THAT THERE
10:20:26AM IS.
10:20:26AM THE WORDS THAT WERE IN THERE, THE CONSENSUS OF THE BOARD BY
10:20:31AM THE THREE OF YOU AND THE OTHER STAFF FACILITATING IT.
10:20:34AM THEY ARE ENLIGHTENS AND LEADING THE CRA IN A TOTALLY NEW
10:20:43AM DIRECTION THAT IS FOCUSED ON LEADING THE LEADERSHIP OF THE
10:20:46AM CITY AND HELPING THE COMMUNITY IN THE CITY TO DO BETTER AND
10:20:50AM A RAPIDLY DIFFERENT WAY OF LOOKING AT THINGS RATHER THAN
10:20:54AM FOCUSING ON REAL ESTATE SUBSIDIES.
10:20:56AM I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR WORKING WITH THAT AND UNDERSTANDING
10:21:01AM THAT.
0:21:01AM AND WE ARE TO THE RIGHT TRACK.
10:21:03AM AS YOU ALL ARE CYCLING OUT, WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THIS ONE OF
10:21:08AM THE VERY BEST CITIES IN THE WORLD.
10:21:09AM WE HAVE BEEN DOING WELL.
10:21:10AM I HAVE A FRIEND WHO -- WHO IS LOOKING TO MOVE TO TAMPA.
10:21:14AM AND I WAS SELLING HIM HARD ON TAMPA.
10:21:16AM AND THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS ABOUT TAMPA IN THIS
10:21:19AM REGION.
10:21:20AM BUT THERE ARE SO MUCH MORE THAT WE HAVE TO DO STILL.
10:21:23AM AND FOR THE FIRST TIME MAYBE IN THE CITY'S HISTORY, WE HAVE
10:21:28AM AN ENLIGHTENED PLAN TO REALLY MOVE IT FORWARD AND I HOPE
10:21:31AM THAT YOU ALL WILL HELP FROM THE OUTSIDE THAT YOU WILL BE
10:21:34AM FRIENDS OF THE CRA AND THE CITY, AND THAT WHOEVER COMES
10:21:37AM BEHIND YOU WILL REALLY GET THE VISION AND HOW IT IS
10:21:40AM DIFFERENT AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO LEAD THIS CITY IN A GREAT
10:21:43AM DIRECTION THAT BENEFITS EVERYONE, THANK YOU.
10:21:46AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
10:21:48AM YOU KNOW, I USED TO POUT WHEN A TEACH WEAR COME AND SAY, I
10:21:52AM AM TRANSFERRING TO ANOTHER SCHOOL AND I AM GETTING MARRY AND
10:21:56AM MOVING AWAY.
10:21:56AM I WOULD BE DEVASTATED.
10:21:58AM I ALREADY HAD TIME TO POUT AND GET THAT OUT.
10:22:00AM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS MOST IMPORTANT WITH WHAT I AM
10:22:05AM GOING TO SAY NEXT IS AS A COLLABORATIVE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
10:22:08AM WORK.
10:22:08AM AND ONE THING IS FOR SURE, YOU LEFT IT BETTER THAN YOU FOUND
10:22:12AM IT.
10:22:12AM AND THAT IS SO IMPORTANT AS WE GO INTO THIS NEXT PHASE.
10:22:17AM YOU HAVE GIVEN US A WONDERFUL BLUEPRINT, AND I AM TALKING
10:22:22AM ABOUT THE ENTIRE CRA STAFF, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU, FROM
10:22:26AM LEADERSHIP DOWN, WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE
10:22:29AM DONE.
10:22:29AM I HOPE THAT AS A BOARD, YOU KNOW, AS WE GO INTO THE MONTH OF
10:22:34AM JULY, WE WILL COME BACK WITH CONSIDERATION AT LEAST FOR AN
10:22:37AM INTERIM TO LEAD WHAT IS ALREADY IN PLACE AND MAKE THAT
10:22:42AM RECOMMENDATION TO PUT AN INTERIM DIRECTOR IN PLACE AS WE
10:22:45AM CONTINUE TO LOOK TOWARD THE EXECUTIVE LEVEL TEAM TO CONTINUE
10:22:50AM THE BUSINESS THAT IS ALREADY SET FORWARD.
10:22:52AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:22:53AM I WANT TO -- I THINK ERICA, CAN YOU COME TO THE -- I BELIEVE
10:22:59AM -- I BELIEVE JUST BASED ON -- YOU KNOW WHAT YOU SUBMITTED,
10:23:04AM IS THIS YOUR LAST CRA MEETING?
10:23:06AM >>ERICA MOODY: IT IS, IT IS.
10:23:07AM THANK YOU SO MUCH, BOARD.
10:23:08AM SO SUPPORTIVE AND ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO WORK AND SO GLAD THAT
10:23:13AM YOU BELIEVED IN THE VISION, SEE THE VISION AND WANT TO
10:23:15AM CONTINUE THE VISION.
10:23:16AM AND I AGREE WITH WHAT EVERYONE SAID, BUILDING CONSENSUS.
10:23:19AM COLLABORATION IS KEY.
10:23:20AM AND IT HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU
10:23:24AM TOGETHER AS A BOARD AND EACH ONE OF YOU INDIVIDUAL IN THE
10:23:29AM RELATIONSHIP YOU BUILT.
10:23:30AM I CAN'T THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE.
10:23:31AM THIS IS MY DREAM JOB, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
10:23:34AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.
10:23:38AM WE WISH YOU WELL.
10:23:39AM SOMETIMES PEOPLE CIRCLE BACK, RIGHT MR. DRUMGO.
10:23:44AM OTHER COMMENTS, YES, COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:23:47AM YOU WANTED TO BE LAST.
10:23:48AM >>LUIS VIERA: YOU ARE FINE.
10:23:50AM I DID WANT TO SAY JUST TO ERICA AND ALIS, JUST -- I WILL
10:23:55AM REALLY MISS YOU ALL.
10:23:56AM I ALWAYS HAD A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH BOTH OF Y'ALL.
10:23:59AM A GOOD PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP.
10:24:02AM ALWAYS HAD RESPECT FOR YOU GUYS IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE, AND I
10:24:06AM WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.
10:24:06AM WHEN WE LOSE TALENT LIKE THIS, WE HAVE A DISCUSSION WHY
10:24:10AM THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPEN BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE A TREMENDOUS
10:24:12AM LOSS.
10:24:13AM THAT'S IT.
10:24:14AM YOU ARE A TREMENDOUS LOSS.
10:24:19AM AS WELL AS NICOLE.
10:24:20AM I HAVE BEEN IN LAW FIRMS FOR 21 YEARS.
10:24:22AM IF WE LOSE GREAT TALENT, DISCUSSION HAS TO BE HAD AFTER THE
10:24:27AM FACT.
10:24:27AM I APPRECIATE Y'ALL.
10:24:29AM AND THINK THE WORLD OF Y'ALL AND GOD BLESS YOU BOTH.
10:24:33AM WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP.
10:24:35AM MADAM CHAIR, TWO OTHER QUICK MOTIONS.
10:24:37AM RIGHT NOW WE ARE FRIENDS AT STAGE WORKS AND CHANNELSIDE.
10:24:40AM WORKING WITH THEM, WITH STAFF ON POTENTIALLY GETTING A GRANT
10:24:44AM THROUGH THE NEW SYSTEM.
10:24:45AM AND CRA MAY BE APPROVING THAT WHENEVER THAT COMES FORWARD.
10:24:50AM I WANT TO GET A TENTATIVE DATE TO COME TO CRA TO TALK OF THE
10:24:54AM WORK THEY DO AND HOW IT BENEFITS CHANNELSIDE, CRA GOALS IN
10:24:59AM SEPTEMBER, AT THE SEPTEMBER CRA MEETING.
10:25:01AM I BELIEVE THEY CAN DONE THAT BUT I WANT TO GET THAT ON THE
10:25:03AM CALENDAR.
10:25:04AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: A SECOND?
10:25:05AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND THAT.
10:25:06AM DISCUSSION?
10:25:08AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I DON'T THINK IT IS THE APPROPRIATE VENUE.
10:25:12AM I THINK THEY SHOULD WAIT UNTIL THEY HAVE -- THAT IS WHY WE
10:25:15AM PUT ALL THESE PRESSURES IN PLACE, SO THAT WHEN THEY ARE --
10:25:19AM WHEN THEIR APPLICATION IS READY TO BRING FORWARD -- BECAUSE
10:25:22AM OTHERWISE WE WILL HEAR FROM THEM FAST.
10:25:26AM >>LUIS VIERA: LET ME ASK IF I MAY, MADAM CHAIR.
10:25:29AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES, PLEASE.
10:25:30AM >>LUIS VIERA: MAYBE TO MR. MASSEY.
10:25:32AM WHEN THAT COMES UP, DO THEY PRESENT THAT?
10:25:35AM THEN I WILL REQUEST DRAW.
10:25:37AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: THEY ARE REQUESTING IS A QUESTIONINGS
10:25:41AM PROJECT GRANT LIKE CAC CONSIDERATION LIKE WE DO NOW.
10:25:43AM A MUCH MORE ESTABLISHED PROCESS IN PLACE.
10:25:46AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: MOTION WITHDRAWN.
10:25:48AM >>LUIS VIERA: CHEERFULLY WITHDRAWN.
10:25:49AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YOU HAVE ONE MORE.
10:25:52AM >>LUIS VIERA: COST ESTIMATE AND CLAIMS OF THE WW 1 MEMORIAL
10:25:58AM MARKER AT THE AUGUST MEETING.
10:25:59AM I WAS REQUESTED TO DO THAT GIVEN SOME UPDATES ON COSTS.
10:26:02AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: SECOND BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
10:26:06AM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
10:26:07AM ANY OPPOSED?
10:26:08AM MOTION CARRIES.
10:26:09AM BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:26:10AM >>BILL CARLSON: CAN I JUST ADD?
10:26:13AM I HAVE BEEN VERY INVOLVED WITH STAGE WORKS FOR A VERY, VERY
10:26:16AM LONG TIME.
10:26:16AM I LOVE THE ORGANIZATION AND TOTALLY SUPPORT DOING THAT.
10:26:18AM WHEN THEY COME BACK JUST LIKE EVERYWHERE IN THE
10:26:21AM ORGANIZATION, MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A FIVE-MINUTE LIMIT.
10:26:24AM AND THE OTHER THING THOUGH, BECAUSE WE CAN'T TALK OUTSIDE
10:26:28AM THIS ROOM, YOU MENTIONED THE INTERIM.
10:26:31AM WE -- ANOTHER MONTH BEFORE WE ARE ABLE TO MEET AGAIN.
10:26:36AM I THINK WE SHOULD OUTSOURCE ON AN INTERIM BASIS AND IN
10:26:40AM EARNEST START A SEARCH FOR SOMEBODY NEW.
10:26:42AM AND WE HAVE GOT THE CRITERIA THAT -- THAT WENT WITH ERICA.
10:26:46AM WHAT ERICA SHOWED.
10:26:48AM CONCERNS ABOUT HER IN THE BEGINNING BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T
10:26:51AM HAVE CRA EXPERIENCE AND I WAS EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
10:26:53AM IT TURNED OUT TO BE EXACTLY WHAT WE NEEDED.
10:26:57AM I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD PLUCK SOMEBODY FROM ANOTHER CRA.
10:26:59AM I THINK IT HAS TO BE SOMEBODY WHO UNDERSTAND AS COMMUNITY
10:27:02AM AND REAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS WHAT ERICA HAD.
10:27:07AM ALSO ERICA WAS NUMBER TWO -- SORRY TO TALK ABOUT YOU.
10:27:10AM ERICA WAS NUMBER TWO IN THE ORGANIZATION SHE WAS IN AND A
10:27:13AM QUESTION WHETHER SHE HAD LEADERSHIP ABILITY AND I THINK SHE
10:27:17AM ABSOLUTELY SHOWED THAT.
10:27:17AM I THINK -- AS WE ARE LOOKING.
10:27:20AM WE NEED SOMEBODY BE WHO IS HARD WORKING, DRIVEN, BUT MOST
10:27:23AM IMPORTANTLY ENLIGHTENED AS TO WHAT THE POSSIBILITIES ARE FOR
10:27:26AM THE FUTURE THAT WE CAN DO.
10:27:28AM WE DON'T JUST NEED CARETAKERS WHO WILL PROCESS US THROUGH
10:27:32AM THE GRANTS.
10:27:32AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
10:27:34AM YES.
10:27:37AM JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT OFFICIALLY THAT BOARD MEMBER
10:27:41AM CLENDENIN DID SEND IN A MEMO INDICATING HIS ABSENCE TODAY
10:27:45AM AND WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THAT FOR THOSE THAT ARE LISTENING.
10:27:48AM CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
10:27:49AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO MOVED.
10:27:50AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
10:27:52AM ANY OPPOSED?
10:27:53AM MOTION CARRIES.
10:27:54AM MEETING ADJOURNED.
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