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THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 2024, 9:00 A.M.

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09:02:51AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
GOOD MORNING.
WE CALL THIS CRA MEETING TO ORDER.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
FIRST THING WE HAVE TO DO IS THE INVOCATION WHICH WILL BE
JUST A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE.
[MOMENT OF SILENCE]
[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
09:03:32AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
OKAY.
09:03:33AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I HAD A HARD TIME BUTTONING UP MY JACKET.
09:03:36AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
09:03:39AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I HAD A HARD TIME BUTTONING UP MY JACKET.
09:03:44AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I SUGGEST YOU EXERCISE.
09:03:46AM >>BILL CARLSON:
HERE.
09:03:47AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HERE.
09:03:50AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HERE.
09:03:51AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HERE.
SM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
09:03:53AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
HERE.
09:03:54AM >>CLERK:
WE HAVE A QUORUM.
09:04:00AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
CALL UP OUR DIRECTOR.
09:04:04AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
CAN I SAY I ADOPT THE MINUTES OF THE JULY 25
MEETING.
09:04:08AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SECOND.
09:04:09AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES FROM LAST
MEETING.
SECONDED BY MANISCALCO.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
MOTION CARRIES.
OKAY.
AND CLEANING UP THIS ONE BEFORE WE GET STARTED.
GOOD MORNING, MR. McCRAY.
GO AHEAD.
09:04:23AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
GOOD MORNING.
FOR THE RECORD CEDRIC McCRAY, INTERIM CRA DIRECTOR.
CURRENTLY THE CHANGES THAT WE HAVE TO THE AGENDA.
WE ARE REQUESTING THAT ITEM NUMBER 4 BE CONTINUED TO
DECEMBER 12.
09:04:38AM >> SO MOVED.
09:04:39AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SECOND.
09:04:40AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
ALL IN FAVOR.
MOTION CARRIES.
09:04:45AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
NUMBER FIVE RELATED TO A MOTION BY
COUNCILMAN VIERA RELATING TO THE GLAZER'S CHILDREN MUSEUM.
I WANT TO INFORM YOU THAT THE GRANT PROCESS YOU APPROVED
RECENTLY.
THEY HAVE BEEN CONTACTED AND WE ARE ASKING THEM TO FOLLOW
THAT GRANTS PROCESS SO WE WILL FORMALLY BE BRINGING THAT
BACK TO YOU AT A LATER POINT IN TIME.
09:05:05AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
09:05:06AM >> SECOND.
09:05:07AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
MOTION CARRIES.
09:05:09AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
YES, AND --
09:05:11AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
EXCUSE ME.
BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
09:05:15AM >>BILL CARLSON:
JUST ON THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.
I SUPPORT THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.
FOR SOME REASON ALL THESE ORGANIZATIONS SAY YOU GAVE ONE X
AMOUNT AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE THE SAME AMOUNT.
WHATEVER WE GIVE GOING FORWARD -- THE BIG NUMBERS ARE NOT
THERE -- WHATEVER WE GIVE PEOPLE MAKE SURE IT IS
PERFORMANCE-BASED AND NOT HANDING OUT BIG CHUNKS OF MONEY.
09:05:37AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
CORRECT.
THAT WILL BE LISTED OUT IN THE FUNDING AGREEMENT.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF ATTORNEY MASSEY WANTS TO SPEAK TO THAT
OR NOT.
09:05:45AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
WE HAVE -- YOU ALL HAVE APPROVED AND
ENTERED INTO AGREEMENTS FOR LARGE GIFTS FOR CULTURAL
INSTITUTIONS IN DOWNTOWN PRIMARILY.
WE HAVE DONE ONE WITH THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM WHICH WE BRING
BACK IN THE FORM OF AN AGREEMENT.
ALL THESE AGREEMENTS BASICALLY REQUIRE THAT THEY DO CERTAIN
THINGS BEFORE THE MONEY FROM THE CRA.
OUR MONEY IS REALLY THE LAST MONEY IN FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS
PRIMARILY.
SO WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND -- AND THIS IS PART OF THE PROCESS
WHAT THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM IS ASKING US TO DO.
THAT ULTIMATELY COMES TO YOU ALL FOR DECISION WHETHER OR NOT
YOU FELT THAT WAS WORTHY OF THE CRA SUPPORT.
NOTHING THAT MAN DATES WE SUPPORT ANY PROJECT.
WHAT IS SOMETHING WITH THE BOARD --
09:06:31AM >>BILL CARLSON:
WITHOUT GETTING INTO THE DETAILS OF IT.
THE DECISION ON THE OTHERS WAS CERTAIN POINT IN TIME,
CERTAIN POINT OF THE ECONOMY, AND CERTAIN CONDITIONS OF
THINGS GOING ON.
MY ONLY POINT, SOMEBODY SHOULD NOT JUST SAY, YOU GAVE X
AMOUNT TO THIS ORGANIZATION SO WE NEED THE SAME AMOUNT.
HERE IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO FOR THAT.
INSTEAD IT IS HERE IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO, AND CAN YOU
FUND PART OF IT, RIGHT.
SO IT'S -- IT'S NOT -- THAT ANY CULTURE ON THIS INSTITUTION
IS ENTITLED OR DESERVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY.
09:07:06AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
STAFF WILL WORK ON THEM.
EVERYONE IS AWARE -- THE CRA DOWNTOWN BUDGET IS CONSTRAINED
FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS BASED ON COMMITMENT THE BOARD ALREADY
MADE AND NOT THE SAME AMOUNT OF FUNDS AVAILABLE.
AND THAT WILL BE PART OF THAT DISCUSSION.
09:07:22AM >>BILL CARLSON:
THANK YOU.
09:07:22AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
THANK YOU, ATTORNEY MASSEY.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA?
09:07:26AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
NO.
09:07:27AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA --
09:07:30AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
ITEM 6 THOUGH.
WE WANT TO ACCEPT THAT?
09:07:34AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
ITEM 6 IS MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
09:07:37AM >> MOTION.
09:07:37AM >> SECOND.
09:07:38AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
OKAY.
MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES.
09:07:43AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SO MOVED.
09:07:46AM >> SECOND.
09:07:48AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
THE AGENDA.
SORRY.
THANK YOU, AGENDA.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
OKAY.
LET'S GET STARTED WITH OUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
CAN YOU OUTLINE SOME STATEMENTS?
09:07:59AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
YES, MA'AM.
RELATIVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ALLOWED A
REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CRA MEETING
TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA BEFORE THE CRA TAKES ANY
APPLICATION ON ANY SUCH ITEM.
A THREE-MINUTE TIME LIMIT APPLIES TO ALL SPEAKERS PROVIDING
PUBLIC COMMENT UNLESS THAT TIME FRAME IS MODIFIED BY A VOTE
OF THE CRA BOARD.
SPEAKERS ARE REMINDED TO REFRAIN FROM DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIORS,
MAKING VULGAR REMARKS, NOISES OR SOUNDS AND DISPLAYING SIGNS
OR GRAPHICS.
SPEAKERS ARE INVITED TO REFRAIN FROM PERSONAL ATTACKS.
A CHAIR WILL RULE OUT OF ORDER ANY PERSON NOT SPEAKING
WITHOUT BEING RECOGNIZED AND ATTEMPTS TOO ADDRESS THE CRA
OUTSIDE OF THE SPEAKER AREA THE PODIUM.
THOSE NOT COMPLYING WITH CRA RULES MAY BE RULED OUT OF ORDER
AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE
CHAMBERS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THAT DAY'S MEETING.
REFRAIN FROM ENGAGING A SPEAKER UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND REMINDER THAT WE ARE SUBJECT TO THE SAME -- PRIMARILY
WITH THE SAME RULES THAT ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE CITY COUNCIL
THAT WERE REVISED ON JUNE 6.
09:09:10AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
09:09:12AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
ANYONE WISHING TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT CAN
APPROACH THE PODIUM AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
09:09:21AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
GOOD MORNING.
09:09:32AM >> GOOD MORNING.
CONNIE BURTON.
JUST LIKE THE RULES FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LAID OUT, I
WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST TO YOU ALL THAT YOU ALL READ THE
MISSION OF A CRA.
I HEARD ONE OF THE COUNCILWOMEN MENTION IT LAST WEEK THAT
THE CRA MISSION WAS TO REDUCE POVERTY, DISEASE, PROVIDE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND THERE WAS ONE MORE, CRIME, DISEASE -- PUBLIC HOUSING AND
REDUCE BLIGHT.
HOW DID STREETCARS GET INTO YOUR AGENDA UNLESS IT BECOMES
PET PROJECTS OF INDIVIDUALS.
WHEN WE HAVE THESE ONGOING ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITIES THAT
ARE NOT BEING ADDRESSED.
YOU REPRESENT THE CRA MISSION, ALLEGEDLY.
SO ONE THING IN TALKING ABOUT -- WITH THIS -- I AM GOING TO
LISTEN TO THE REPORT, BUT WHEN YOU ARE TALKING OF CENTRAL
PARK VILLAGE, ALWAYS MENTION HEROIC WORK OF SISTER ESME MAE REED.
NOT ENOUGH JUST TO HAVE HER NAME ON A BUILDING.
BUT THE WORK OF ESSIE MAE REED, SOMEONE WHO WAS ABLE TO
GARNISH 10,000 VOTES.
A WOMAN WHO HAD NO EDUCATION.
10,000 BLACK VOTES IN THIS CITY THOUGHT SHE WOULD BE THE
BEST REPRESENTATION -- REPRESENTATIVE FOR BLACK PEOPLE IN
THE CITY OF TAMPA BASED ON HER WORK, FIGHTING FOR THE POOR,
FIGHTING FOR BETTER HOUSING, FIGHTING FOR CHILD CARE
INITIATIVES, FIGHTING FOR ECONOMICS AND JOBS FOR OUR PEOPLE.
WE MISSED THE VOICE OF ESSIE MAE REED.
WHEN WE SEE ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE OUTLINED ON THIS
AGENDA AND WE SAY, HOW DOES IT MEET THE MISSION OF THE CRA?
I THINK CONSCIOUSLY YOU HAVE MADE IT WORK THE WAY YOU WANT
IT TO WORK.
BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE BLIGHT.
WE STILL HAVE NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO CALL ATTENTION TO AN ADDRESS IN OUR
COMMUNITY, 1402 EAST EMMA, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF EAST TAMPA
CRA.
I KNOW YOU WILL HEAR A REPORT THIS MORNING OF THE
UPCOMING TELEFOX PROJECT, BUT 1402 EAST EMMA, A HOUSE IS
SELLING FOR $745,000.
EMMA.
YOU NEED A DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE OF $149,000 AND I CAN
GUARANTEE YOU THAT WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY
CANNOT GET THOSE HOUSES, HOUSES THAT ARE LOTS THAT WE TALKED
ABOUT IN THE PAST THAT WE LIKE TO SEE PROMOTED TOWARD
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
YOU ARE NOT DOING THAT.
YOU JUMP FROM AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE POOR WHERE WE HAVE
SENIORS PAYING WELL OVER 80% OF THEIR MONTHLY INCOME JUST TO
LIVE.
READ THE MISSION OF A CRA MOVING FORWARD.
THANK YOU.
09:12:41AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
THANK YOU, MISS BURTON.
NEXT SPEAKER.
OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER OR WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
GOOD MORNING.
09:12:55AM >> MY NAME IS PASTOR WILLIAMS.
09:13:18AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
GOOD MORNING.
09:13:19AM >> LOCATED 1112 EAST SCOTT STREET PARADISE MISSIONARY
BAPTIST CHURCH.
I AM GOING TO BE READING WHAT I GAVE TO THE COUNCIL.
BUT THEY DON'T SEEM TO DO NOTHING ABOUT IT.
WE THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
BLACK PEOPLE, BROWN PEOPLE, POOR PEOPLE, AND CHILDREN THAT
GET NO RESPECT OF JUSTICE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
THERE ARE SO-CALLED RACIST WHITE PEOPLE, ATHEIST, KLU KLUX
KLAN, NAZIS, WHITE SUPREMACISTS AND DEVIL HIMSELF.
THEY MADE GOD'S PEOPLE.
A PICTURE OF TAMPA UNJUST, BIAS, RACIST, LIARS, THIEVES AND
THIS INCLUDES THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CODE ENFORCEMENT AND
EVERYBODY ELSE.
NOBODY WANTS TO SEEM TO WANT TO DO NOTHING FOR PEOPLE OF
COLOR.
WHEN YOU MAKE THESE RULES AND REGULATIONS AND LAWS AND
EVERYTHING, THEY ARE NOT FOR BLACK -- COLORED PEOPLE.
THEY ARE BASICALLY FOR WHITE FOLKS ONLY.
NOW I TOLD MY CHURCH HERE 1112 EAST SCOTT STREET.
I SOLD IT TO A GUY.
AND HE IS A SPANISH DUDE.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT HE WAS A THIEF.
HE IS -- HE IS A JAMAICAN.
AND HE ACCUSED ME OF DOING THINGS -- WITH THINGS THAT HE HAS
BEEN DOING.
BREAKING GLASSES IN CHURCH AND EVERYTHING SINCE PUTTING
CITATION ON MY DOORS AND ALL THAT STUFF.
AND I WANT TO KNOW WHO GIVES HIM THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT.
WHAT?
THEY LOOK AT HIM SKIN AND SAY OKAY.
THEY LOOK AT MY SKIN AND SAYS IT OKAY TOO.
BUT THE THING ABOUT IT, WE TRY TO JUDGE PEOPLE OR CALL
ACCORDING TO THE COLOR OF THEIR 16, NOT ACCORDING TO THEIR
CHARACTER AND THEIR TRADITION AND NOTHING LIKE THAT.
WE JUST WANT TO DO WHAT Y'ALL HAVE BEEN DOING FOR A LONG
TIME.
AND YOU ARE GOING TO KEEP DOING IT.
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO STOP.
AIN'T GOT A HANDFUL OF BLACK FOLKS TO REPRESENT BLACK FOLKS
NO MORE.
WHY?
BECAUSE THEY KNOW YOU AIN'T GOING TO DO A DAMN THING.
THEY KNOW THAT.
I AM TRYING TO DO ALL I CAN.
AND I COME DOWN HERE IN A WHEELCHAIR AND NOBODY WANTS TO DO
ANYTHING FOR ME TO HELP ME OUT.
AND I AM AN OLD MAN AND -- AND OLD AND CRIPPLED AND
EVERYTHING ELSE AND NOBODY STILL DON'T WANT TO HELP.
I TOLD THEM MY WATER WAS OFF ON 3906.
YOU THINK THEY SENT SOMEBODY OVER THERE TO CHECK IT OUT?
THEY DON'T GIVE A DAMN.
IF IT IS OFF, IT OUGHT TO BE OFF.
THAT IS THE RULES I HEAR THEM SAYING.
CARE LESS AND I NEED A NEW ROOF ON MY HOUSE.
YOU THINK -- WELL A WOMAN CAME OVER THERE AND SAID IT AS
TEAM HOUSE.
WE CAN'T DO NOTHING FOR A FRAME HOUSE, BECAUSE IT DON'T HAVE
NO VALUABLE TO IT.
09:16:21AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
THANK YOU, PASTOR WILLIAMS.
09:16:24AM >> DON'T YOU RESPOND TO ME?THE NAME OF JESUS.
HENDERSON THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
09:16:38AM >> GOOD MORNING.
09:16:39AM >> I WILL ADDRESS THAT LATER.
MY NAME IS KEELA McCASKILL, AND I'M HERE JUST TO TALK TO SOME
OF THE THINGS -- I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS CRA TODAY.
I THOUGHT IT WAS CITY COUNCIL.
BUT I'M HERE.
SO I WILL COME TO THAT.
SO I WANTED TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS WORKING IN THIS
SPACE HERE IN EAST TAMPA.
AS I BEGIN TO LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF HOW AFRICAN-AMERICAN
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TREATED IN A MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY.
I AM REMINDED WHAT HAPPENED IN TAMPA PARK WHERE A CRA WAS IN
OPERATION.
YOU HAD ADMINISTRATION AND ALL OF THAT.
AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN SPEARHEADED TAMPA PARK.
HER FATHER BUILT THOSE PROPERTIES OVER 60 YEARS AGO FOR
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN PEOPLE.
SOMEHOW SHE LOST THE FUNDING, WHATEVER WAS NECESSARY.
BUT I DIDN'T SEE THE SAME EMBRACE AS YOU RUSH TO HELP DARRYL
SHAW.
I LOVE HIM.
NO PUN INTENDED AT ALL.
BUT I SAW A DIFFERENT TYPE OF ENERGY TO SUPPORT SHAW THAN I
DID FROM CITY COUNCIL.
MANY OF YOU WEREN'T HERE.
I AM NOT SAYING IT IS YOUR FAULT.
UP LOOKING AT WHAT HAPPENED.
MADAM FORTUNE TAYLOR.
WHAT IS LEFT OF THE 34 ACRES SHE WON, IN THE HANDS OF THE
MAYOR AND ALL WE HAVE IS A BRIDGE AND SOMEONE HAD TO BEG YOU
TO PUT HER NAME ON IT.
I AM SEEING DISPARITY IN TREATMENT.
AUGUST 2022, YOU APPROVED A REDEVELOPMENT THAT I ASKED MY
CONSULTANT TO WRITE FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA.
WE DON'T WORK FOR YOU AND WE ARE TRYING TO DO WHAT IS BEST
WITH THE CITY.
JUNE 2024, THE PROGRAM IS APPROVED.
THE PROGRAM IS APPROVED WITH A WHOLE LOT OF RED TAPE AND
SCRUTINY AS IF THE DEVELOPERS -- THE TREATMENT THAT I AM
SEEING HAPPEN TO THE DEVELOPERS THAT ARE COMING FORTH FOR
THESE PROGRAMS AND THE TREATMENT I SEE RELATED AND SOME OF
THE OTHER DEVELOPERS IN THE CITY, IT IS NOT THE SAME.
I AM JUST ASKING YOU AS THESE PROGRAMS GO FORWARD, I AM
THANKFUL FOR DEE BACK HERE WHO HAS A TEAM WHO CAN PROBABLY
PUT IT TOGETHER, BUT SOME OF THE PROCESS I HAVE SEEN FOR
THESE DEVELOPERS THAT I BROUGHT TO THE TABLE PAUSE I KNOW
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO LOOK FOR ME.
SO I FOUND PEOPLE TO REPRESENT THESE TRANSACTIONS AND THE
TREATMENT AND THE PROCESS IS SO BASIC.
SO ELEMENTARY.
DOWNRIGHT DISRESPECTFUL WHAT IS BEING ASKED OF DEVELOPERS
AND CONTRACTORS WHO BUILD $500 MILLION AND $800 MILLION
BUILDING COMING TO DO ME A FAVOR IN EAST TAMPA AND THEY HAVE
TO COME TO A PREAPPLICATION MEETING WITH BASIC QUESTIONS AND
THEY ARE GIVING RECOMMENDATIONS FROM PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE
THE SAME CREDENTIALS.
IT IS OFFENSIVE.
IT IS EMBARRASSING.
I AM ASKING YOU CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO PAY ATTENTION AND BE
AMENABLE TO CHANGES AS THEY MAY COME FORWARD BECAUSE WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN EAST TAMPA WITH DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT HAPPENS IN
OTHER AREAS DEVELOPMENT, IT IS DISRESPECTFUL.
I WILL BE SENDING YOU SOME INFORMATION ON THAT AND SHARE
SOME INFORMATION IN TERMS OF TRYING TO BUILD A COMMUNITY IN
TERMS OF PEOPLE.
YOU JUST DON'T START WITH THE BUILDINGS.
WE ARE TRYING TO BUILD PEOPLE AND COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS AND
ALL OF THAT.
MANY OF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHO THE GOOD ACTORS ARE.
YOU ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE BAD ACTORS.
SOME OF THAT IS BUILDING UP THE PEOPLE AND CLEANING UP THE
BAD ACTORS.
I WILL BE SENDING YOU INFORMATION AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO
COLLABORATION AND CLEANING UP THESE BAD ACTORS.
THANK YOU.
09:19:44AM >> MENTESNOT, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
I WANT TO SAY UHURU, IT MEANS FREEDOM IN SWAHILI AND WE AS
AFRICAN PEOPLE ONLY SHOULD THINK OF OUR FREEDOM.
ONLY GET BACK THE FREEDOM, SELF-DETERMINATION, BLACK
INDEPENDENCE THROUGH A CERTAIN KIND OF ORGANIZATION AND A
CERTAIN KIND OF WILL POWER AND THAT DOES NOT CONSIST OF
BEGGING.
THAT DOES NOT CONSIST OF BEGGING.
THAT IS NOT IN THE PRACTICE OF MALCOLM X, MARCUS GARVEY,
THOMAS INKARA, MAURICE BISHOP.
WE CAN THROW HARRIET TUBMAN, FRED HAMPTON, HUEY NEWTON, MARK
CLARK, BLACK PANTHER PARTY.
THAT IS NOT IN THAT TRADITION AT ALL.
IT IS NOT IN THE TRADITION OF BEGGING COLONIALISTS, BEGGING
CAPITALISTS.
BEGGING IMPERIALISTS.
BEGGING A WHITE RULING CLASS TO DO SOMETHING FOR US.
WE ARE 26% OF THIS TAMPA POPULATION.
WE DESERVE 26% OF THIS BUDGET.
IT NEVER HAPPENS.
IT HAS NEVER HAPPENED SINCE THE CITY FORMATION IN 1855.
THEY HAVE ALL KIND OF CLOWNS THEY PUT -- THEY SAY FOR
DISTRICT 5.
AND THAT IS WHAT IT IS.
IT IS CLOWNS.
NOTHING MORE.
NOTHING LESS.
THEY HAVE A WAY OF DECEIVING AFRICAN PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST -- ONE OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST TRICK --
INTERNATIONAL TRICK THEY SAY HITLER MURDERED SIX MILLION
JEWS.
WASN'T SIX MILLION JEWS IN EUROPE.
IN THE WHOLE OF EUROPE THERE WASN'T SIX MILLION JURORS.
MIGHT HAVE BEEN 30,000, 40,000 THAT GOT INJURED AND THE
PEOPLE WHO GOT INJURED, THEY DON'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THEM.
BUT THAT IS HOW STRONG THE JEWISH PROPAGANDA IS.
HOW STRONG THE JEWISH LOBBY IS.
GLOATING BECAUSE PUT JAMAL ALAN AND SHEILA JACKSON AND CORY
BUSH.
HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY ARE SPENDING ON LOCAL RACES AND AFRICAN
PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED AS EVER.
A AFRICAN PEOPLE ARE SO CONFUSED CAN'T SEE HOW STRONG
SLAVERY AND OPPRESSION IS.
YOU SEE AFRICAN PEOPLE -- HUNDREDS OF AFRICANS.
HUNDREDS OF ENSLAVED AFRICANS GOING TO FRANCE TO REPRESENT
UNITED STATES AND OTHER PLACE NOTICE EGYPT JUMPING THE BARS
LIKE MONKEYS.
RUNNING THEIR HEARTS OUT.
DOING DIFFERENT THINGS.
SHOOTING BASKETBALL IN HOOPS LIKE MONKEYS.
AND THEY SEND FLAVOR FLAV AND A BASKETBALL PLAYER TO
REPRESENT THE INTEREST OF AFRICAN PEOPLE.
THAT IS HOW FAR WE ARE REMOVED FROM REALITY.
BUT I WANT TO SAY AFRICAN PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO GO DOWN
BEGGING.
WE ARE GOING TO GO DOWN FIGHTING.
WE ARE GOING DOWN NAT TURNER STYLE.
NO MORE BEGGING.
THANK YOU.
09:22:56AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
THANK YOU.
ITEM NUMBER 1, CENTRAL PARK CAC.
09:23:06AM >> GOOD MORNING, CRA DEVELOPMENT MANAGER OVER CENTRAL PARK.
WE HAVE THOMAS MURPHY THE CHAIR OF THOMAS PARK CRA OF WHAT
THE ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN.
THOMAS MURPHY.
09:23:23AM >>THOMAS MURPHY:
HEY, GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
HOW IS EVERYBODY DOING.
THOMAS MURPHY.
I'M THE CHAIR OF THE CENTRAL PARK CAC HERE TO GIVE YOU A
LITTLE UPDATE ON HOW THINGS ARE GOING UP IN CENTRAL PARK.
ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING THINGS WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOWARD
IS GETTING OUR MEETINGS HELD DOWN IN THE DISTRICT.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN HOLDING THEM DOWNTOWN WHICH IS ALWAYS
BE A LITTLE CHALLENGING FOR PARKING ESPECIALLY FOR SOME OF
OUR RESIDENTS WHO DO NOT HAVE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
WE WILL BE HAVING OUR MEETING IN THE DISTRICT IN THE REED
BUILDING AND THAT WILL BE EASIER FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO COME
DOWN AND VOICE SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS AND WHATNOT.
ALSO THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WILL BE INCREASED BY HOSTING
IT DOWN THERE.
AND SOME OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE TALK ABOUT, WE WILL
BE ABLE TO SEE THERE FIRST HAND FOR SOME OF OUR MEMBERS WHO
MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BE DOWN THERE ON A REGULAR BASIS.
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.
THAT HAS BEEN A BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT AS WELL.
INITIALLY THE STRATEGIC PLAN WAS DRAFTED IN 2006.
A FAR CRY DOWN ARE FROM WHERE OUR COMMUNITY IS NOW IN 2024.
THE IDEAS THAT WE TURNED DOWN GOT TURNED DOWN BECAUSE NOT
WORKING WITH THAT PLAN.
TRENT GREEN, HAS DONE AN AMAZING, AMAZING JOB WITH HIS
STUDENTS TO DRAFT THE MAPS AND WHATNOT.
THIS SHOWS YOU THE BOUNDARIES HERE OF SOME OF THE THINGS WE
WILL DO IN THE FUTURE.
THEY HAVE DONE -- FAR SURPASSED ANYTHING I COULD HAVE
IMAGINED.
THIS WILL BE REALLY EXCITING AS WELL.
AND THEN -- YEAH, ONE THING WE TALKED ABOUT WAS THE
INCREASED WALKABILITY WITH THE GASWORX DEVELOPMENT.
WE TALKED OF CENTRAL PARK BEING THE DOUGHNUT HOLE.
PEOPLE LOCATING IT NORTH OF -- OR WEST OF YBOR, SOUTH OF
TAMPA HEIGHTS.
I THINK HAVING THE WALKABILITY FOR THAT WILL BE AMAZING FOR
A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL TO PARTICIPATE IN THINGS THAT
THE GREEN SPACE LIKE PERRY HARVEY PARK AND WHATNOT.
MEACHAM FARMS, AS WELL, HOSTING A LOT OF THEIR COMMUNITY
EVENTS AND THEY ARE ALWAYS WANTING TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL
BOARD TO GET FIELD TRIPS AND WHATNOT DOWN THERE AS WELL.
A LOT OF GOOD THINGS WE ARE WORKING HARD FOR OVER THE LAST
COUPLE OF YEARS IS COMING TO FRUITION.
AND LOT 12.
THE PATEL.
THE PATEL LOT.
I THINK YOU WERE FAMILIAR WITH THEM COMING IN CHATTING ABOUT
PUTTING A MEDICAL OFFICE DOWN THERE.
THEY HAD DONE THEIR PRE VAT RESEARCH THERE.
AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THIS AND THE
PETITE GROCER BEING PUT DOWN IN THE ACTUAL ENCORE AREA
CENTRAL PARK CAC.
WE ARE FINDING SIGNAGE AGAIN SHOWING EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE
WHEN YOU ARE WALKING THROUGH DOWNTOWN INTO YBOR AND THE
GASWORX THAT YOU CAN IDENTIFY YOU ARE IN CENTRAL PARK BY
SPECIFIC SIGNAGE AND THAT IS REALLY EXCITING.
ANOTHER THING IS THE VANDALISM DONE TO THE PUBLIC ART DOWN
IN THE DISTRICT HAS ALL BEEN FIXED NOW.
THE ARTIST ACTUALLY CAME IN.
I SAW HIM WORKING ON THAT TIRELESSLY.
AND THEY HAVE SOME PLATE GLASS OVER THAT NOW.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN PREVENT ANYTHING LIKE THAT FROM
HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE.
BUT IT IS GREAT TO HAVE THAT BACK NOW.
AND IT LOOKS AMAZING.
SO, YEAH, ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE FOR ME?
09:26:54AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
09:26:58AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE YOUR UPDATE.
ALWAYS APPRECIATE WHEN YOU COME DOWN.
YOU TALKED OF THE PLAN.
WHEN DO YOU THINK THAT PLAN WILL BE FINISHED?
A DRAFT?
09:27:14AM >>THOMAS MURPHY:
I THINK THEY ARE COMING IN SEPTEMBER 12
RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
09:27:17AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
A DRAFT PLAN AND I NEED TO REVIEW IT.
BUT, YES, WE ARE PREPARING A PRESENTATION FOR YOU ALL IN THE
PROCESS.
09:27:24AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WONDERFUL.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO READING THAT AND HOPE YOU COME BACK
ON SEPTEMBER 12, YOU AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CAC TO SHARE.
IT IS DEFINITELY TIME.
YOU ALL HAVE -- YOU PROBABLY ARE THE ONE CAC -- OR THE ONE
CRA DISTRICT THAT HAS SO DRASTICALLY CHANGED.
I AGREE, YOUR PLAN NEEDS TO BE REWRITTEN.
AND I AM VERY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT YOU ALL HAVE COME UP WITH.
09:27:49AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
09:27:52AM >>THOMAS MURPHY:
AWESOME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:27:55AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT.
MR. McCRAY.
09:27:59AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
GOOD MORNING, AGAIN, CEDRIC McCRAY, INTERIM
CRA DIRECTOR.
AS IT RELATES TO THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
AND I KNOW WE -- DURING SOME OF THE BRIEFS, WE WERE SLATED
TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS AND I WAS GOING TO ASK THAT NUMBER 7
BE DISCUSSED UNDER THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT AS IT RELATES TO
THE TWO POSITIONS THAT WERE DISCUSSED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO
DURING THE JULY 26th MEETING.
09:28:28AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SO MOVED.
09:28:31AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
A MOTION BY MANISCALCO.
SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
OKAY.
SURE.
09:28:37AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
SO AS WE HAVE -- AS I HAVE BEEN IN THE ROLE
NOW FOR EXACTLY TWO WEEKS, AND WANTED TO JUST KIND OF
HIGHLIGHT OR BRING UP BECAUSE I KNOW THAT CRA BOARD MEMBER
HURTAK ASKED A QUESTION AS IT RELATES TO THE TWO POSITIONS.
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND
POSTS BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IT WAS PAUSED AND FROZEN.
WE WENT THROUGH THE CHANGES WITH OUR LOPE IN OUR DEPARTMENT
LEAVING I BELIEVE THAT THE POSITIONS ARE NEEDED.
I KNOW WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION AT SOME POINT IN THE
FUTURE WHO THE INCOMING DIRECTOR AND DIRECTOR WILL BE
OFFICIALLY AS I AM SERVING IN AN INTERIM CAPACITY.
I AM UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING OR VIEWPOINT THAT WE MAY WAIT
UNTIL THAT IS DETERMINED TO ALLOW THAT INDIVIDUAL TO SELECT
WHOEVER WILL BE FILLING THOSE ROLES.
BUT WE WILL YIELD WHATEVER THE PLEASURE OF THE CRA BOARD IS.
AND IF WE NEED TO EFFORT THE DISCUSSION, TO ASK HR TO COME
IN TO REPORT OUT ON THAT AND WHAT THAT PROCESS WILL LOOK
LIKE MOVING FORWARD.
09:29:55AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
CONTINUE YOUR REPORT AND THEN WE WILL
TAKE QUESTIONS.
09:29:58AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
I AM DONE.
09:29:59AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
THAT'S IT.
YES, MA'AM.
09:30:01AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
MY CONCERN ABOUT THIS IS THESE POSITIONS WERE UP AND THIS
HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU.
I AM JUST SAYING, THESE POSITIONS WERE UP AND HALTED WHEN
MISS MOODY PUT IN HER NOTICE, BUT I AM NOT SURE WHO HAD THE
AUTHORITY TO DO THAT.
TO ME, ONLY PEOPLE THAT HAD THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT WAS US.
THE BOARD IS THE ONE THAT MAKES THE DECISIONS.
WE CONTRACT WITH HR TO DO THE WORK.
I AM NOT SURE THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO STOP SOMETHING THAT
THE CRA BOARD WANTS.
THAT IS MY BIG CONCERN AND WHY I THINK THIS SHOULD GO
FORWARD IN THAT FINDING.
BECAUSE THESE ARE NOT -- THIS IS A COMMUNICATIONS AND
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PERSON.
THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY SOMEONE WHO GOES -- WHO -- WHO HAS TO
FIT A MOLD.
SO FOR ME PERSONALLY, I WOULD LIKE FOR THOSE OF THESE TO BE
OPENED AGAIN AND FOR THE PROCESS TO BEGIN.
IF THE -- IF HR IS CONCERNED THAT IT WOULDN'T BE THE RIGHT
PERSON, THEN MAYBE WE CAN MAKE THAT RIGHT DECISION.
WE CAN BE PART OF THE HIRING DECISION ALONG WITH YOURSELF,
BUT QUITE FRANKLY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THE HR HAD ANY
AUTHORITY TO STOP -- TO STOP THIS.
BECAUSE NO ONE -- I MEAN, IT'S US.
I LOOKED AT THE ORG CHART AGAIN TODAY.
YOU REPORT TO US.
YOU DON'T REPORT TO ANYBODY IN THE CITY.
SO I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED AND CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
09:31:34AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
09:31:37AM >>BILL CARLSON:
YES.
09:31:38AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
09:31:40AM >>BILL CARLSON:
CEDRIC, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THIS
POSITION AS HR IS IN THE JOB PRESCRIPTION.
A WORK OF UNUSUAL DIFFICULTY.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT LATER.
THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP.
THE CHALLENGE -- THE ONGOING -- I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE
WHICH IS WHY I AM SPEAKING.
THE CRA IS SEPARATE ENTITY.
WHERE HE CHOOSE TO OUTSOURCE TO THE CITY.
WE DON'T HAVE TO OUTSOURCE TO THE CITY -- BEFORE MORRIS SAYS
SOMETHING FOLLOW THE CITY'S PURCHASING GUIDELINES AND HR
GUIDELINES.
WE DON'T HAVE TO OUTSOURCE TO THE CITY.
WHAT HAPPENS IS -- AS WE LOOK AND HOW WE NEGOTIATED THE
QUOTE, UNQUOTE, NEW AGREEMENT -- OUTSOURCE AGREEMENT FIVE
YEARS AGO.
IT CLEARLY SAYS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORTS TO THE CRA
WITH HR -- WITH THE HR DOTTED LINE TO THE MAYOR AND
ADMINISTRATION.
BUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN PRACTICE IS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION
HAS PUT THEIR HEAVY THUMB ON SOME OF THESE THINGS.
AND -- AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO -- TO PARTICIPATE.
IF THIS WAS A SEPARATE BOARD.
IF THIS WAS THE BOARD OF THE UNITED WAY OR CDC OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT.
IT WOULD BE VERY PARTICIPATORY.
THE HR PERSON WOULD NOT PUT OUT A JOB DESCRIPTION WITHOUT
OUR INPUT.
I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE THAT THESE POSITIONS SHOULD GO
FORWARD, BUT I HAVE NEVER SEEN THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS FOR
THEM.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM.
ALSO, I HAVE CONCERNS OF THE -- OF THE -- THE ARTS POSITION
WHICH I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO THE ADMINISTRATION ABOUT AND I
WILL TALK ABOUT LATER.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE ARTS POSITION, IT WAS AGREED TO BE A CRA
POSITION AND NEXT WE KNOW TEASED AS A CITY POSITION AND LAST
MEETING HE WAS BLINDSIDED TO FIND OUT THAT SOMEBODY HAD BEEN
HIRED.
WE NEVER SEEN A JOB DESCRIPTION OR RESUMES.
PERSON WAS HIRED.
AND THE PERSON IS WORKING FOR THE CITY.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE -- THAT -- THAT IN THE
WEIGHTING OF HOW THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING.
YES WE ARE OUTSOURCING TO THE CITY AND THE CITY IS MANAGING
IT, BUT WE NEED TO FOLLOW THE DIRECTION OF THE CRA BOARD.
IF YOU TREATED US AS A SEPARATE ENTITY, WE ALL WOULD HAVE
SOME INPUT TO IT LIKE THE COUNTY COMMISSION.
THE COUNTY COMMISSION HAS INPUT.
LAST THING I WILL SAY IS THERE HAVE BEEN LONG --
09:34:03AM >>BILL CARLSON:
I HAD LONG DISCUSSIONS WITH YOUR PREDECESSOR
AND NICOLE AND ALIS ABOUT MARKETING AND PR.
THAT IS THE INDUSTRY I AM IN.
I WORK WITH A LOT OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES OUTSIDE OF THE
TAMPA BAY AREA.
THE -- THE ISSUE IS THAT I -- IN MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION, IT
IS BETTER FOR US TO HIRE A SENIOR LEVEL MARKETING EDUCATION
PERSON AND THEN A GRAPHIC DESIGNER.
WITH THAT WE CAN SAVE HUGE APPLES OF MONEY.
AGAIN, THE ADMINISTRATION PUT THEIR THUMB ON IT AND TOLD THE
STAFF IT HAS TO BE A $500,000 OUT TO SOURCE AGREEMENT TO A
MARKETING AGENCY.
THAT $500,000 WILL MAKE IT ONE OF THE BIGGER CLIENTS IN THE
REGION.
I THINK IT IS AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF MONEY.
FOR $200,000 WE CAN HIRE TWO PEOPLE WHO CAN DO ALL THE
THINGS WE WANT.
WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
IF WE NEED TO OUTSOURCE SMALLER THINGS, WE COULD.
I THINK LOOKING AT, AGAIN, FOLLOWING THE DIRECTIVES OF THE
CRA BOARD AND NOT THE ADMINISTRATION, WE NEED TO GET SOME OF
THESE POSITIONS BACK ON TRACK.
THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS POSITIONS.
THE MARKETING CONDITIONS.
WE NEED TO STOP THE RFP FOR THE OUTSOURCE MARKETING AGENCY.
EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF MONEY SPENDING THAT COULD BE SPENT
ON SOMETHING ELSE.
AND WE NEED TO GET BACK TO THE JOB DESCRIPTION FOR YOURS.
I DON'T THINK IT WILL ATTRACT PEOPLE IF WORK OF UNUSUAL
DEFT.
ONLY REASON IT IS DEFENSE BECAUSE THE ADMINISTRATION PUTS
THEIR HEAVY IMPRINT ON IT WHICH THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO
PER THE CONTRACT.
09:35:41AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
09:35:44AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
JUST A SECOND.
I DID WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS RESPONSE.
YES, THE BOARD HAS TO APPROVE THE SELECTION OF THE CRA
DIRECTOR.
THE WAY THE STAFF HIRING HAS BEEN HANDLED IS THE CRA
DIRECTOR THEN INTERVIEWS THOSE CANDIDATES AND MAKES THE
DECISION BASICALLY.
THESE POSITIONS WILL REPORT TO THE CRA DIRECTOR.
I DON'T KNOW THIS FOR A FACT SINCE MISS MOODY WAS LEAVING
AND NO CRA DIRECTOR, WHY THOSE THINGS WERE PUT ON HOLD
BECAUSE NO DIRECTOR TO MAKE THE SELECTION PROCESS.
I DON'T THINK IT WAS INTENTIONAL TO GET INVOLVED IN THAT
PROCESS BUT NOT SOMEONE IN THAT POSITION.
I THINK THAT IS KIND OF WHAT MR. McCRAY IS SAYING.
WHEN WE HAVE A PERMANENT DIRECTOR, MAKES SENSE TO INTERVIEW
FOR YOU FOLKS.
OBVIOUSLY IF THE BOARD WANTS TO HERE ON ITS OWN ACCORD
WITHOUT A PERMANENT DIRECTOR BEING INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS,
YOU CAN CERTAINLY MAKE THAT DECISION.
BUT I THINK THAT IS KIND OF HOW THINGS WORKED.
09:36:51AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
09:36:54AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I WILL IF HE OFFICER TO HER.
09:36:57AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
YOU WILL DEFER.
09:37:00AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WILL SAY THAT MISS MOODY HERSELF SAID IT
WAS STOPPED AND SHE DIDN'T WANT IT STOPPED.
AND THAT IS THE ISSUE TO ME.
09:37:07AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
THANK YOU.
NOW WOULD YOU LIKE GO?
09:37:09AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES.
I JUST KNEW OF HER RESPONSE.
09:37:13AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
GO AHEAD, BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
09:37:15AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SOMETHING COUNCILMAN CARLSON SAID.
BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
EXPLAIN WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS $500,000 -- PR CONTRACT.
FILL ME IN BECAUSE I AM AT A BLANK.
09:37:29AM >>BILL CARLSON:
CEDRIC CAN TELL YOU THE UPDATE ON IT.
AND, AGAIN, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU STEPPING INTO THIS ROLE.
I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS.
THE -- WE -- THE -- IF YOU GO ALL THE WAY BACK, WE -- THE
PUBLIC PEOPLE COME TO THE PUBLIC LICK AND SAY WHAT ARE YOU
DOING FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
I'M COME FROM EAST TAMPA AND SAY WHAT ARE YOU DOING.
WE ARE DOING THINGS.
PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IF BECAUSE WE ARE NOT COMMUNICATING.
IF IT GOES THROUGH THE REGULAR COMMUNICATION PROCESS WITH
THE CITY, IT COMES OUT WITH SOME OTHER LABEL OR NAME ON IT
AND IT IS NOT BRANDED WELL FOR CRA.
AND WE ALSO HAVE THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIVE IN CRA DISTRICTS
WHO SAY WHY ARE WE SUBSIDIZING THIS STUFF?
WHY DON'T WE GET OUR ROADS FIXED OAR PARKS FIXED AND YOU ARE
DOING THINGS IN OTHER AREAS.
WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE MORE EFFECTIVELY NOT TO PROMOTE
OURSELVES BUT TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE CRA IS EFFECTIVELY
SPENDING THE MONEY.
AND SO AS WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE DO THAT, I THINK EVERYBODY
AGREED IT SHOULD BE A SEPARATE COMMUNICATION EFFORT.
COLABORATE WITH THE COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY AND
A DIFFERENT EFFORT.
THAT IS HOW WE ENDED UP ACCOUNT CRA LOGO.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT BEFORE.
THE STAFF CAME UP WITH THE TAG LINE "STRENGTHENING
COMMUNITIES" AND OTHER STUFF.
ANY CRA PROJECT SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING IN IT.
WHEN THERE IS A PRESS CONFERENCE, THE PRESS CONFERENCE
SHOULD BE AROUND THE CRA SCHEDULE WHICH IT HAVEN'T BEEN IN
THE PAST.
THE CRA CHAIR SHOULD BE FRONT AND CENTER.
IF THE CRA CHAIR IS NOT AVAILABLE THE VICE-CHAIR SHOULD BE
FRONT AND CENTER.
THE BACKDROP SHOULD HAVE A MEDIA LOGO SO THEY PICK THAT UP.
THE CRA CHAIR SHOULD BE THE TOP SPEAKER.
WE ALSO INVITE THE MAYOR.
SOMEBODY HAS TO ORGANIZE ALL THIS IS THE THING.
WHO IS GOING TO ORGANIZE IT?
MY PROFESSIONAL RECOMMENDATION THAT WE HIRE INTERNALLY A
SENIOR LEVEL MARKETING PERSON AND A GRAPHIC DESIGNER AND CAN
ORGANIZE THAT AND OUTSOURCE IT.
INSTEAD, ADMINISTRATION CAME OUT AND SAID TO THE STAFF, YOU
ARE GOING TO OUTSOURCE TO A MARKETING COMPANY AND THE BUDGET
IS $500,000.
NOW THAT -- THE RFP HAS NOT MOVED FORWARD.
09:39:51AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
NO, YES --
09:39:54AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
JUST A SECOND BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT
WANT TO SPEAK AND --
09:39:58AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THIS IS MY TIME.
09:40:00AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
DON'T DO THAT.
LET ME CALL ON YOU TO SPEAK.
BECAUSE YOU ALREADY SPOKEN.
09:40:06AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
CAN I SPEAK AGAIN.
09:40:09AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN, GO AHEAD.
09:40:14AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MAYBE I SHOULD ASK THE QUESTION.
BOARD MEMBER CARLSON REFERRED TO A $500,000 CONTRACT.
DOES THAT EXIST?
09:40:24AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
SOMETHING I WAS BROUGHT UP TO SPEED ON.
IT IS IN PROCUREMENT AND RFP GOING OUT OR SCHEDULED TO GO TO
OUT TO PROCURE SERVICES FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND COVERS
OUR WEB PRESENCE, SOCIAL MEDIA AND ALL THAT.
THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING IN THE HOPPER FOR QUITE SOME TIME
AND COVER ALLs AND NOT JUST ONE SPECIFIC CRA DISTRICT.
09:40:47AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SOMETHING THAT WAS A BOARD POSITION THAT I
AM NOT PRIVY TOO --
09:40:50AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
EXCUSE ME, MR. McCRAY, LET ME SPEAK TO
THAT AS THE CHAIR.
A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, BEA PARKS INTRODUCED TO US THE MARKETING
PLAN AND LOGO, STRENGTHSING COMMUNITIES AND IS IT A WHOLE
PRESENTATION.
AT THAT TIME SHE INDICATED -- BECAUSE NO LONGER IN THAT ROLE
OF MARKETING -- SHE WENT OVER TO HOUSING.
THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE OUTSIDE MARKETING TERM
PRESENTED TO OUR BOARD AND AT THAT TIME WE DID NOT QUESTION
IT AT THAT LEVEL.
MISS SEALY, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THAT -- I SEE YOU TO
EVERY HERE NODDING YOUR HEAD.
IT WAS PRESENTED TO US UNDER BEA PARKS.
09:41:28AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
AND I DID MAKE SOME COMMENTS THEN.
09:41:30AM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
ABBYE FEELEY, INTERIM ADMINISTRATOR OF
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
YES, THAT WAS DIRECTION.
THE RFP WAS DEVELOPED.
THE RFP HAS NOT BEEN POSTED YET.
THERE IS NO -- IT HAVEN'T BEEN AWARDED OR NEGOTIATED TO SAY,
YES, IT IS $500,000.
THAT I BELIEVE WAS THE AMOUNT THAT WAS PUT IN TO ALLOW UP TO
THAT, BUT THE RFP HAS NOT BEEN POSTED YET.
SO IF THIS BOARD WANTS TO HAVE A DISCUSSION AND TAKE A
DIFFERENT DIRECTION, THAT IS COMPLETELY UP TO YOU.
09:42:06AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS ON THAT.
ANY COMMENTS FROM THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
09:42:15AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE -- FOR US TO RECEIVE
THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS FOR THIS COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS AND CONTRACT SUPERVISOR,
PREFERABLY BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING SO WE CAN MAKE SOME EDITS
AND CHANGES.
AND THEN PREPARE TO GO FORWARD WITH ACTUALLY PUTTING THOSE
JOBS OUT.
09:42:39AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
THERE A SECOND.
09:42:40AM >>BILL CARLSON:
SECOND.
09:42:43AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
A SECOND BY BOARD MEMBER CARSON.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
SORRY, YOU WOULD --
09:42:51AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I AM JUST LISTENING.
HOUSE BEING SOLD FOR $750,000.
IS THAT ONE THAT THE CRA DID?
OR GOING TO SOMEBODY ELSE?
09:43:05AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
PRIVATE.
09:43:05AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
PRIVATE.
I CAN'T ARGUE WITH THAT, BECAUSE THAT IS PRIVATE -- BUT WE
ARE NOT BUILDING A $750,000 -- I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT
IS ON THE RECORD.
I -- I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAID, BECAUSE -- BUT I HAVE NO
CONTROL OVER PRIVATE ENTERPRISE WHAT THEY BUY AND SELL AND
MAKE OR DON'T MAKE OR WHATEVER, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU LETS US
KNOW.
LET US KNOW IF WE MAKE A MISTAKE AND DO ONE FOR $750,000.
I DON'T THINK THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
37 THE NEXT THING HERE.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT -- AND I KNOW THESE ARE ALL DIFFERENT
THINGS.
BUT ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS ADD UP TO IN.
HIGH MIND IS THAT FOR $500,000, I CAN BUILD TWO HOUSE IT IS
I HAVE THE LOT FOR SOMEBODY TO LIVE IN.
AND I WILL GIVE IT AWAY TO SOMEBODY TO CREATE A LOGO OR
SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.
AM I CORRECT OR WRONG?
09:43:53AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
IT WILL BE MORE THAN JUST A LOGO.
09:43:55AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
IT WAS TO REALLY COMMUNICATE WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN ALL OF OUR CRAS TO WE CAN BE CONSISTENT
THROUGHOUT THE BOARD.
IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, YBOR CITY GETS A LOT OF
INFORMATION OUT THERE IN MARKETING VERSUS DREW PARK.
SO WE WANTED TO BRING EQUITY TO THE SITUATION AND
UNIFORMITY.
THAT IS WHAT WAS DISCUSSED.
ANYWAY, SO WE CAN GET OFF ON A TANGENT.
AND STAY FOCUSED ON -- WEDS A MOTION THAT DID PASS.
DID YOU GET THAT INFORMATION?
WE DID VOTE ON THAT.
09:44:25AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YOU WANT ME TO CLARIFY.
JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT COMES TO OUR SEPTEMBER --
09:44:33AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
12th MEETING?
09:44:36AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
12th MEETING.
09:44:38AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
CAN I SUGGEST AS PART OF THE MOTION TO
REQUEST HR TO BE AVAILABLE.
09:44:47AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THAT SOUNDS WONDERFUL.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
09:44:50AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
09:44:52AM >>BILL CARLSON:
CONSIDERING WE HAD PART OF THIS DISCUSSION
OF MARKETING AND BRANDING.
IF I MAY, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADD A
DISCUSSION ABOUT MARKETING AND BRANDING STRATEGY FOR THE
SEPTEMBER BOARD MEETING.
09:45:04AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SECOND WITH A COMMENT.
09:45:11AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
SEPTEMBER BOARD MEETING.
NOT A WORKSHOP.
WE WILL MAKE THE DECISION PRESENTED TO US --
09:45:17AM >>BILL CARLSON:
WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION AMONG OURSELVES,
NOT ASKING STAFF TO PRESENT ANYTHING.
WE WOULD HAVE A DISCUSSION OF MARKETING AND BRANDING AND YOU
CAN TALK TO WHOEVER YOU WANT YOUR, YOU ADVISORS AND DECIDE
AN APPROACH AND STRATEGY HOW TO DEAL WITH IT.
IF THE OUTCOME IS YOU THINK WE SHOULD SPEND $500,000 WE CAN
OR HIRE PEOPLE INHOUSE OR NOT DO ANYTHING.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS PREPARED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION
TODAY.
WE WOULD JUST PUT IT ON THE SCHEDULE FOR DISCUSSION AMONG
OURSELVES.
09:45:44AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
SAY THAT MOTION IN SENTENCE SO WE CAN GET
A SECOND.
09:45:48AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I GOT A SECOND, BUT I HAVE A COMMENT.
09:45:51AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
DISCUSSION.
09:45:54AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THE ONLY THING I WILL ADD TO THAT, GET A COPY
OF THE RFP THEY HAVEN'T PUT OUT YET.
09:46:01AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
AND JOB DESCRIPTION.
09:46:03AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THE RFP --
09:46:07AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
YOU ASKED FOR THAT ALREADY.
09:46:08AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I ASKED FOR THE POSITIONS, BUT THIS IS FOR
THE RFP FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS PORTION.
RIGHT?
DOESN'T THAT MAKE SENSE?
09:46:17AM >>BILL CARLSON:
THE MOTION IS TO SCHEDULE A BOARD DISCUSSION
ON MARKETING AND BRANDING FOR THE SEPTEMBER 12 MEETING.
AND THEN WOULD REQUEST STAFF TO PROVIDE US RELEVANT
BACKGROUND INFORMATION INCLUDING THE RFP AND PROPOSED JOB
DESCRIPTION.
09:46:36AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
SINCE NO ONE CURRENTLY IN THAT ROLE.
IS STAFF PRESENTING TO US OR A PUBLIC DISCUSSION.
09:46:44AM >>BILL CARLSON:
JUST A DISCUSSION.
THE STAFF CAN PARTICIPATE, BUT WE ARE NOT ASKING THEM TO
PRESENT.
WE ARE HAVING A DISCUSSION AMONG OURSELVES.
09:46:50AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
A SECOND BY BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
FURTHER COMMENT BY BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
09:46:56AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION TO AMEND -- FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, TO
ASK STAFF NOT TO PURSUE THE RFP UNTIL AFTER THIS DISCUSSION.
09:47:04AM >>BILL CARLSON:
I ACCEPT IT.
09:47:04AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I ACCEPT IT -- THE SECONDER ACCEPTS.
09:47:08AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
MOTION CARRIES.
OKAY.
MR. McCRAY.
09:47:19AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
THAT CONCLUDES THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
AND WE WILL ROLL INTO THE BIMONTHLY CRA MANAGERS REPORTS.
WITH THAT THE NEXT PERSON YOU WILL HEAR FROM IS MESS
COURTNEY ORR.
09:47:31AM >>BILL CARLSON:
MR. McCRAY.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION?
09:47:35AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
09:47:38AM >>BILL CARLSON:
SORRY TO ASK YOU THIS AND WE DON'T HAVE
ANYONE ELSE TO ASK.
BUT DO YOU KNOW THE STATUS OF ADVERTISING THE DIRECTOR
POSITION?
I THINK IT HAS BEEN POSTED.
I HAVE A COPY OF IT.
BUT DO YOU KNOW --
09:47:50AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
ATTORNEY MASSEY.
09:47:51AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
I BELIEVE THAT -- AND ACTUALLY MISS HURTAK
WILL BE BACK, BUT SHE HAD ASKED FOR A COPE OF WHAT WAS
POSTED LAST TIME AND WANTED TO HAVE A BOARD DISCUSSION, I
THINK, UNDER NEW BUSINESS ABOUT THAT POSTING AND TO MAYBE
SUGGEST SOME REVISIONS TO HR.
09:48:08AM >>BILL CARLSON:
OKAY, I WILL WAIT.
THANK YOU.
09:48:10AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
THANK YOU.
REPORTS.
09:48:12AM >>COURTNEY ORR:
GOOD MORNING, COURTNEY ORR, CRA MANAGER OF
CENTRAL PARK DEVELOPMENT DOWNTOWN AND TAMPA HEIGHTS
RIVERFRONT.
SO WE WERE BEFORE YOU LAST MONTH GIVING YOU A PRESENTATION
ON THE FISCAL YEAR '25 PROPOSED BUDGET.
SO WE REALLY JUST BROADLY SPOKE ABOUT THE 11 CATEGORIES THAT
ARE EACH OF OUR BUDGETS WITHOUT GOING INTO ANY KIND OF A
DIVE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON.
SO THIS PRESENTATION WE ARE GOING TO GIVE IS YOU MORE ABOUT
THE ITEMS THAT CRA STAFF IS BUSY WORKING ON.
SO THE FIRST IS CENTRAL PARK.
AND CENTRAL PARK WAS JUST PRESENTED BY THOMAS MURPHY.
SO AIR LOT OF THE ITEMS WAS ALREADY COVERED AND WE ARE
WORKING ON THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN UPDATE THAT HAS
GONE THROUGH MANY REVIEWS.
AGAIN, KUDOS TO THE USF TEAM, THEY ATTENDED ALL CRA MEETINGS
AND GATHERED FEEDBACK PROVIDED BY THE CACS THAT IS IN DRAFT
FORM FOR LEGAL REVIEW.
AND IF THERE ARE NO OTHER ADJUSTMENTS, WE ARE GOING TO BE
ASKING THAT IT COMES TO YOU SEPTEMBER 12 FOR FIRST
PRESENTATION OF THAT PLAN.
AND THEN WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THE WAY FINDING SIGNS.
THE IMAGE THAT WAS APPROVED BY THIS GROUP.
SO WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH A RFQ FOR THE FABRICATION,
INSTALLATION AND SIGNS IN THE FOUR AREAS THAT I REPRESENT.
AND THEN THE -- AGAIN, SOME ACTIVITIES THAT THOMAS HAD
ALREADY MENTIONED THAT WE RELOCATED THE CAC MEETING TO THE
ENCORE TO GET MORE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, WE HOPE.
AND THEY WORK VERY WELL WITH ME ON DRAFTING THE FISCAL YEAR
'25 BUDGET AND WE COMPLETED THAT.
AND THEY HAVE A VERY STRONG INTEREST IN ART.
AND HAVE MENTIONED HAVING SOME SORT OF GATEWAY OR
HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT ART TO SERVE AS A -- AS GATEWAY
INTO CENTRAL PARK SO YOU KNOW YOU HAVE ENTERED JUST LIKE
YBOR CITY HAS A LARGE ARCH ON 7th AVENUE.
I AM THINKING THEY ARE THINKING THAT SOMETHING ALONG THOSE
LINES WILL BE GREAT TO KNOW YOU ENTERED INTO CENTRAL PARK.
WE DO HAVE ON THE BOOKS TO DO A FUTURE WALKING COMMUNITY
ADVISORY COMMITTEE SO WE CAN REALLY PUT OUR EYES ON ALL THE
PROGRESS MADE IN CENTRAL PARK.
THE NEXT MEETINGS ON AUGUST 21 AND OCTOBER 16.
THEY START AT 4:30.
AND THOSE AGAIN AT THE REED AT ENCORE.
MOVING INTO CHANNEL DISTRICT.
LITTLE BIT LONGER OF A LIST HERE.
WE ARE -- WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON IS THE RIVERWALK EXTENSION
STUDY, BENEFICIAL BRIDGE.
WE HAVE A CONTRACT -- AN ENGINEER UNDER CONTRACT TO DO THAT
STUDY.
DOING AN ON-SITE VISIT AND GETTING THE WORK STARTED LAST
MONTH.
A LOT OF WORK IF YOU HAVEN'T DRIVEN IN CHANNEL DISTRICT, YOU
WILL PROBABLY BE REROUTED WHEN YOU DO.
A LOT OF WORK GOING ON -- IMPROVEMENTS ON CHANNELSIDE AND
TWIGGS.
YOU HAVE RECEIVED A PRESENTATION ON WASHINGTON PARK AND THE
RENOVATIONS WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THERE.
A RFP WILL GO OUT FOR IT FOR ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION.
WE ACQUIRED 810 CHANNELSIDE DRIVE.
THERE IS A NEW WINDSCREEN.
IF YOU ARE DRIVING CHANNELSIDE DRIVE AND SEE A LARGE CRA
WIND SCREEN AT 810 AND SECURING THE SITE WILDFIRE WHAT THE
CONSTRUCTION WILL BE FOR THE NEW URBAN PARK AT THAT
LOCATION.
YOU ARE AWARE OF THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM FUNDING AGREEMENT.
THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DRAFTED.
BUT WE WILL BE PROVIDING FUNDING TO THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM
HARD COSTS OF IMPROVEMENTS, $5 MILLION OVER THE NEXT THREE
FISCAL YEARS STARTING IN FISCAL YEAR '25.
CHANNEL DISTRICT PART OF THE WAY FINDING SIGN STUDY SO YOU
WILL SEE NEW WAY FINDING SIGNS IN CHANNEL DISTRICT AND
FOLLOWING THE PARK'S A.D.A. COMPLIANCE FOR PARKS STUDY OF
WHERE WE NEED TO DO A.D.A. ENHANCEMENTS FOR CERTAIN PARKS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND COMMUNITY POLICING.
THE CAC WANTED TO -- NOT THAT THERE WAS A CRIME UPTICK OR
ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT THE CAC ASKED THAT WE TIE IN SOME
SECURITY CAMERAS IN CHANNEL DISTRICT TO TPD'S CCTV'S
SERVICE.
BASICALLY A REQUEST OF DIRECTION WORK TPD TO INSTALL NEW
CAMERAS IN THE CHANNEL DISTRICT.
WE HAVE ENHANCED LANDSCAPING.
AN INTEREST OF THE CAC TO IMPROVE THE LANDSCAPING IN THE
CHANNEL DISTRICT.
WORKING WITH PARKS, WE HAVE SOMEONE UNDER CONTRACT -- A
COMPANY UNDER CONTRACT TO WORK ON THE LANDSCAPING AND MAKING
SURE THAT IS LOOKING GOOD IN THE DISTRICT.
PRESSURE WASHING BASED ON THE CAC REQUEST.
INTENSIVE PRESSURE WASHING THAT IS DONE IN YBOR.
SAME COMPANY ACTUALLY.
CAC ACTIVITIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS GOING THROUGH THE FISCAL
YEAR '25 PROJECT PROCESS WITH THEM.
IT WAS VERY CLEAR THAT THEIR PRIORITY IS LAND ACQUISITION IN
THE CHANNEL DISTRICT.
WORKING WITH REAL ESTATE TO IDENTIFY THOSE AVAILABLE
PROPERTIES THAT CAN HE COULD INVESTIGATE.
AND THEIR MEETINGS IS AT THE TAMPA BAY -- PORT TAMPA BAY
BOARD ROOM.
NEXT ONES ARE SEPTEMBER 4 AND OCTOBER 2.
DOWNTOWN.
LOGO THERE IS FOR THE GROUPS -- THE PEOPLE WE ARE
SUPPORTING.
AND HERE ALSO, WE HAVE A COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN UPDATE
THAT IS HAPPENING.
YOU ALREADY RECEIVED ONE PRESENTATION.
AND THEY WILL BE COMING BACK TO NEW OCTOBER FOR A FINAL
PRESENTATION FOR THEIR -- FOR THAT CRP UPDATE DONE BY
KITTLESON -- CONSULTANT KITTLESON.
SINCE RIVERWALK HAD SPLITS BETWEEN BENEFICIAL BRIDGE STUDY
IS CHANNEL DISTRICT IN DOWNTOWN.
EACH OF THOSE DISTRICTS IS PUTTING A 50/50 SPLIT OF 150,000
EACH TO DO THAT STUDY.
STREETCAR EXTENSION AND MODERNIZATION PROJECT.
THAT FUNDING REQUEST MADE BY A CRA MOTION WILL COME TO YOU
TODAY.
HERMAN MASSEY PARK.
THAT WORK IS -- MONIES ARE SECURED TO DO WORK ON THAT.
COMMUNITY CENTER IS UNDER WAY AND EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED
BY LATE SUMMER AND THE FALL.
TAMPA THEATRE RENOVATIONS.
14 MILLION THERE.
THEY HAVE NOT DRAWN DOWN ON THAT AND OVER A FEW FISCAL
YEARS.
BUT THERE ARE UNDER A FUNDING AGREEMENT.
UNION STATION RENOVATIONS ALSO GETTING -- MAKING PROGRESS
WITH THAT.
WORKING WITH FACILITIES.
THE STRAZ PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
THAT FUNDING AGREEMENT AMOUNT.
SO THE MONIES ARE HELD UNTIL THEY START TO DRAW DOWN ON THAT
FUNDING APPROVED BY THE CRA BOARD.
TAMPA MUSEUM OF ARTS.
THAT IS THE TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT APPROVED BY THE CRA BOARD
THAT IS ALSO A FUND AGREEMENT.
AND THEN TPD RAILS PROJECT KNOWN AS THE ARMY-NAVY SITE.
AGAIN, WAY FIND SOMETHING PART OF THE OTHER TWO DISTRICTS
THAT I DESCRIBED AND WILL HAVE TRANSPORTATION DOWNTOWN.
AND JACKSON HOUSE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS.
THAT WAS MONEY THAT THE CRA APPROVED AND MOVED.
THE MONEY IS THERE WHEN MOBILITY NEEDS TO ACCESS THAT
FUNDING AND DEBT SERVICE FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE TAMPA
CONVENTION CENTER.
AND $14 MILLION I HAVE THERE FOR SPV INFRASTRUCTURE
IMPROVEMENTS BECAUSE A $50 MILLION AGREEMENT, BUT IT IS A
BALANCE OF ABOUT $14 MILLION OF WHAT STILL SHOULD -- IS TO
BE PAID OUT FOR THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THEN WE EXPECT, ALONG WITH THE UNION STATION
RENOVATIONS, A PIECE OF ARTWORK OR A MEMORIAL MONUMENT.
AND THAT -- THOSE MONIES ARE KEPT ASIDE FOR THAT PROCESS TO
START.
AND OUR A.D.A. COMPLIANCE, THE PARKS THAT WILL BE -- WILL
BE BROUGHT UP TO COMPLIANCE.
AND FRANKLIN STREET.
YOU HEARD BEFORE OF THE TAMPA PARTNERSHIP'S EFFORT TO WANT
TO REVITALIZE FRANKLIN STREET.
SO THAT IS SCHEDULED TO COME TO YOU IN OCTOBER.
THE TAMPA DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP WILL PRESENT TO YOU THEIR
STUDY THEY HAVE ALREADY CONDUCT LAND COME ALONG WITH A
FUNDING REQUEST.
AND THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS ARE IN T-MOB 5:30.
NEXT ONCE ARE SEPTEMBER 3 AND OCTOBER 1.
NEXT IS TAMPA HEIGHTS RIVERFRONT.
THAT ALSO -- AT USF.
THE USF TEAM HAS BEEN DOING THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN
UPDATE FOR THAT DISTRICT.
TAMPA HEIGHTS RIVERFRONT AS WELL AS CENTRAL PARK WILL BE
COME TO YOU SEPTEMBER 12.
TAMPA HEIGHTS, THEY ARE THEIR STRONG INTEREST IS ARTS.
SO THEY HAVE TALKED SINCE I CAME ON BOARD FOR THESE
DISTRICTS, SINCE I HAVE BEEN THERE, HOW MUCH THEY WANT
ROUNDABOUT ARTWORK PLACED IN THOSE TWO LOCATIONS PALM AND N.
BOULEVARD AND HIGHLAND.
AND WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THE ARTS DEPARTMENT TO -- AND
THE CAC AND THE COMMUNITY TO DETERMINE WHAT SCULPTURE OR
WHAT ARTWORK WILL BE BEST SUITED FOR THE TAMPA HEIGHTS
RIVERFRONT ROUNDABOUTS.
ARTS AND CULTURE DISCUSSION PLANNING THAT IS ON THEIR RADAR
AND WHAT THEY WANT TO DIVE INTO.
WE MEET AT THE BUSH LAW ENFORCEMENT, NEXT ONES 12 AND 15.
THAT CONCLUDES THE REPORT.
09:59:03AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
BOARD MEMBER HURTAK AND CARLSON.
09:59:07AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I AM EXCITED OF THE PLANS YOU TALKED.
WHATEVER THE PRESENTATION IS, BUT ALSO THE PLAN ITSELF, THE
BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
OFTENTIMES THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT TO ON BASE.
SO THAT I CAN AND WE CAN LOOK AT IT BEFORE THE PRESENTATION.
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET THAT BACKGROUND.
SO THAT IS MY ONE REQUEST FOR BOTH THE CENTRAL PARK AND THEN
THE TAMPA HEIGHTS FOR NEXT MONTH, BUT THEN THE DOWNTOWN FOR
OCTOBER.
AND THEN I HAD A QUESTION OF THE ARMY-NAVY.
LAST I HEARD THE RFQ WAS READY TO GO OUT.
WHAT -- HOW ARE WE THERE?
09:59:48AM >> YEAH.
CAN SOMEONE TALK TO THAT?
09:59:55AM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
GOOD MORNING, ABBYE FEELEY.
I AM NOT SURE HOMOCIDE IT IS READY TO GO OUT.
IT IS IN A DRAFT FORM.
IT IS UNDER REVIEW RIGHT NOW BY BOTH EMERGENCYING AND THE
LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
I AM MEETING WITH MR. JOHNSON FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT
TO GO OVER SOME COMMENTS AND CHANGES THAT DO NEED TO BE MADE
IN TERMS OF WHAT IS BEING REQUESTED.
AND AMIs FOR UNITS, ETC.
BUT IT -- I WOULD SAYS IT PROBABLY 7075% OF THE WAY THERE,
BUT I THINK IT DOES NEED FINAL TWEAKS.
EVAN IS SERVING AS THE POINT OF CONTACT OR LEAD GOING OUT.
10:00:39AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WONDERFUL, THANK YOU.
10:00:41AM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
I WAITING FOR A TIMELINE ON THAT AS WELL.
10:00:44AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WONDERFUL.
I MAY ASK EVAN TO COME PRESENT US TO IN SEPTEMBER.
10:00:50AM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN SEEING THAT BEFORE IT
GOES OUT?
10:00:53AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES, I THINK THE BOARD REALITY NOW NOW -- AT
LEAST ME PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT RFQ BEFORE IT
GOES OUT, YES.
10:01:02AM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
OKAY.
10:01:04AM >>BILL CARLSON:
MADAM CHAIR.
10:01:06AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
I ALREADY CALLED ON YOU.
10:01:10AM >>BILL CARLSON:
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
ON THE ARMY-NAVY PROJECT, I THINK ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS
SAID -- MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS OFF LINE TOO, BUT THE
DISCUSSION WE HAVE, WHAT IS THE SPECIFIC ROLE OF THE CRA.
THIS IS -- I HAVE SAID BEFORE, WE ARE PROVIDING THE LAND,
AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER GOES ON IT FOLLOWS
THE LAW REGARDING CRA LAND MONDAY.
BUT BESIDE THAT, I DON'T SEE THE CRA AS PROJECT MANAGERS
AND A SEPARATE CONVERSATION FOR ANOTHER DAY.
A CITY CONTRACT, AND PUTTING LAND IN.
AND WE NEED TO DEFINE ROLES.
THE OTHER THEY THINK, SET DRECK, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE
UPDATES ARE EXCELLENT AND EVOLVED OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
ONE CATEGORY I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU ADD SOMETHING HOUSING
SINCE WE ARE PUTTING SO MUCH MONEY ON HOUSING AND THE STATED
THING IN THE FLORIDA STATUTE.
I NOTICE THE ARMY-NAVY IS UNDER INFRASTRUCTURE.
SINCE WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE COME BEFORE US ASKING WHAT DO
WE DO WITH HOUSING.
IF IT IS UNDER HOUSING CATEGORY, IT WOULD SHOW WE ARE DOING
-- AND SAME THING FOR SOME OF THE OTHERS.
KIND OF RANDOMLY GOING THROUGH.
ON THE FRANKLIN STREET PROJECT, DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH
-- WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO ASK FOR?
10:02:28AM >> YES, THEIR FUNDING REQUEST WILL BE $6 MILLION.
LOOKING AT THE CASH FLOW, I WAS PREDICTED '25, '26 AND '27,
$2 MILLION EACH FISCAL YEAR.
10:02:40AM >>BILL CARLSON:
WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.
I WANTED TO GET A BALLPARK.
RANDOMLY GOING THROUGH THE SLIDES.
ON SBP, IT IS $15 MILLION FOR US.
BUT HOW MUCH IS LEFT OF THE COUNTY MATCH.
$100 MILLION TOTAL.
THE COUNTY'S MONEY STILL FLOWS THROUGH US, RIGHT.
10:02:59AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
WE BASICALLY APPROVE THE REQUEST AND THE
COUNTY COMPENSATES ON A DOLLAR-FOR-DOLLAR BASIS.
10:03:05AM >>BILL CARLSON:
$15 MILLION IS LEFT ON THE COUNTY MATCH AS
WELL?
10:03:09AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
YES.
10:03:10AM >>BILL CARLSON:
JUST FOR A DISCLOSURE.
ON THE ART STUFF.
AS MORRIS ALWAYS REMINDS ME ORDINANCES OF HOW THE CITY
HANDLES PUBLIC ART, BUT I THINK WE HAVE GOT TO -- ESPECIALLY
WHEN WE HAVE AN ARTS PERSON, OVERLAY CRA REQUIREMENTS.
THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE MEETS IN THE PUBLIC, BUT, FOR
EXAMPLE, I THINK THAT ANY PROPOSED ART SOLUTIONS SHOULD GO
TO THE CACS SO FOLKS HAVE INPUT ON THEM MAYBE A DISCUSSION
FOR ANOTHER DAY AND HAD DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS FROM ERICA
BEFORE.
AND THE WORLD WAR II MONUMENT OR SCULPTURE AT TAMPA UNION
STATION.
WE APPROVED THAT THREE YEARS AGO.
AND THERE IS A WHOLE PROCESS AS WE WAIT TO TAMPA UNION
STATION, IT WILL BE THREE TO FOUR YEARS.
ENCOURAGE THAT PROCESS TO MOVE FORWARD AND WE ALLOCATED THAT
MONEY TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO.
MASSEY PARK, I KNOW DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS ARE CONCERNED
THAT.
DELAYED FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS BECAUSE OF QUESTIONS OF THE
PROPERTIES AROUND IT.
DO YOU KNOW WHEN THEY WILL BE FINISHED.
10:04:34AM >>COURTNEY ORR:
GETTING READY TO COMMENCE.
THE ART SCULPTURE IS COMPLETED AND THE FUNDING NEEDS TO BE
MOVED IN ORDER TO GET STARTED IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE
FUNDING THAT WE MOVED WAS THREE MONTHS AGO.
10:04:48AM >>BILL CARLSON:
ANY IDEA -- BALLPARK WHEN IT WILL BE
FINISHED SO WE CAN TELL THE NEIGHBORHOODS?
10:04:56AM >>COURTNEY ORR:
LET ME LOOK AT MY PROJECTS.
10:04:58AM >>BILL CARLSON:
WHILE YOU ARE LOOKING AT THAT.
MAKE SURE I GO THROUGH SO I DON'T RUN OUT OF TIME.
DOWNTOWN WITH SEVERAL SUB NEIGHBORHOODS.
THEY PROBABLY HAVE GIVEN YOU INPUT INTO BRANDING FOR THEM
AND CAME UP WITH SOME LOGOS.
I HOPE IF WE DO BRANDING IF CHANNEL DISTRICT IS PART OF A
DOWNTOWN REBRANDING, I HOPE THERE IS SOME SEPARATE
IDENTIFICATION OF CHANNEL DISTRICT AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS
SO SUB BRANDING INITIATIVES.
10:05:40AM >>COURTNEY ORR:
WE WORKED WITH THE PARTNERSHIP AND SEVEN
NEIGHBORHOODS INTO OUR WAY FINDING SIGNAGE SO WE ALREADY
AGREED TO THAT.
10:05:47AM >>BILL CARLSON:
THE LANDSCAPING IN CHANNEL DISTRICT.
PLEASE JUST CONNECT WITH HARBOUR ISLAND.
I KNOW WE DON'T GO INTO THAT AREA BUT A SMOOTH TRANSITION
BECAUSE THEY CONTROL THE LANDSCAPING ON THE OTHER SIDE.
AND THE LAST THING IS THE -- THE DOWNTOWN PARKING APP AND
SIGNAGE THAT VIK AND MOBILITY WOULD LIKE.
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS NICE TO HAVE BUT
NOT NECESSARY.
SO IF WE ARE TRYING TO MOVE THAT MONEY INTO ROAD REPAIR IN
THE CITY BUDGET, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WOULD BE A REASONABLE
THING FOR THE CRA TO PAY FOR.
10:06:20AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
10:06:23AM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.
10:06:26AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
DID YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT QUESTION?
I APOLOGIZE.
10:06:32AM >>COURTNEY ORR:
YES, BOARD MEMBER, THE RFP FOR CONSTRUCTION
CLOSED JUNE 25.
SO THE RFP HAS BEEN -- YEAH, IT HAS BEEN AWARDED SO A
CONSTRUCTION OF CONSULTING SERVICES FIRM THAT HAS BEEN
CONTRACTED.
SO I WILL HAVE TO GET BACK WITH YOU ON -- ON THE START DATE
AND COMPLETION DATE.
10:06:55AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
BOARD MEMBER VIERA FOLLOWED BY BOARD
MEMBER CLENDENIN.
10:07:00AM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAM CHAIR.
I LOOK AT THE NUMBERS CITED FOR A.D.A. ACCESSIBILITIES.
I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR WHEN I SAY THAT I MEAN THAT THE CRA
SHOULD HAVE ACCESSIBLE PLAYGROUNDS.
NOT JUST TO ACCESS THE LAND, BUT CHILD IN A WHEELCHAIR CAN
BE USED.
THAT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT FOR ME AND THE BOARD AS VOTED
FOR THAT AT TIME.
ARE WE DOING THAT?
WATER WORKS PARK, DO THEY HAVE A PIECE OF EMPLOYMENT
EQUIPMENT THAT A CHILD IN A WHEELCHAIR CAN USE?
10:07:39AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
I BELIEVE IT IS FOR UPGRADING THE
PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT IN THE PARKS IN THE CRA TO MAKE IT MORE
ACCESSIBLE OF FOLKS.
THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING OF THAT.
10:07:47AM >>LUIS VIERA:
IN PARTICULAR -- AND THANK YOU FOR THAT, MR.
MASSEY.
IN PARTICULAR, I AM LOOKING AT WATERWORKS AND CURTIS HIXON.
THOSE ARE BIG PARKS THAT -- I LIVE IN HUNTER'S GREEN.
I USED TO TAKE MY SON TO CURTIS HIXON PARK A LOT WHEN HE WAS
YOUNGER.
THAT WAS PARKS USED BY FOLKS FROM ALL OVER THE CITY.
THOSE TWO PARKS IN PARTICULAR TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE
HAVE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT THAT CAN BE USED BY A CHILD IN A
WHEELCHAIR IF YOU GUYS KNOW?
10:08:20AM >>COURTNEY ORR:
I DO NOT HAVE THAT ANSWER RIGHT THAT THE
MINUTE.
BUT I CAN FIND OUT.
10:08:25AM >>LUIS VIERA:
IF I MAY -- I CITE THESE TWO PARKS.
MY VISION IS TO HAVE EVERY PARK NOT JUST TO BE ACCESSIBLE IN
TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO REACH THE LAND, BUT WHILE YOU ARE GET
THERE, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE EQUIPMENT THAT A CHILD IN A
WHEELCHAIR WHO IS NOT MOBILE, ETC., CAN USE IS -- I -- MAY I
MAKE MOTION?
I MOTION AND -- I WILL HAVE THIS COME BACK IN DECEMBER.
AND IF YOU ALL NEED MORE TIME, THAT IS FINE.
THANK YOU, BOARDMEMBER MIRANDA, TO HAVE A REPORT COME BACK
ON THESE TWO PARKS IN PARTICULAR ON -- ON WATERWORKS PARK
AND ON CURTIS HIXON PARK IN PARTICULAR, ON -- ON WHEELCHAIR
ACCESSIBLE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.
AND NUMBER ONE ISN'T THERE.
NUMBER TWO, WHAT CAN WE TO DO GET SOMETHING THERE AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE IN PARTICULAR FOR THOSE PARKS.
THOSE ARE BIG PARKS THAT -- THEY ARE IN WONDERFUL LOCATIONS
IN THE SENSE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE GO TO AND USE.
AND I THINK THOSE PARKS IN PARTICULAR WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT
FOR THAT.
SO THAT IS MY MOTION.
AND, AGAIN, IF YOU NEED MORE TIME, LET ME KNOW.
10:09:32AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY BOARD MEMBER
VIERA.
SECOND BY BOARD MEMBER CARSON.
ANY DISCUSSION?
10:09:40AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES.
10:09:41AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
10:09:43AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR THE NEXT
SUBJECT -- PART OF THE ONE THAT I WAS TRYING TO GET
RECOGNIZED FOR.
PERRY HARVEY BARK AT $708,000.
AND OTHER A.D.A. COMPLIANCE, $20,000, $30,000.
DISPARITY OF INVESTMENT.
WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING WITH THAT MONEY.
I THINK THAT WILL BE A NICE INFORMATIVE BRIEFING AS TO WHAT
THE PLAN IS FOR THAT.
WHY -- WHY THOSE TWO PARKS ARE $178,000.
AND THESE OTHER PARKS ARE SO SMALL.
IS IT BECAUSE THEY ARE BUILT OUT?
AND I ALSO REMEMBER THAT PERRY HARVEY PARK WITH AS SO NEW.
HOW IN THE WORLD WAS IT NOT BUILT IN A.D.A. COMPLIANCE.
10:10:26AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
DOESN'T HAVE SPRINKLERS ALSO.
10:10:29AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
PERRY HARVEY PARK WAS ORIGINALLY DONE IN
THE '90s.
AND SOME OF THE UPGRADES THAT THE NEWER PARKS HAVE ENJOYED
PERRY HARVEY PARK LAGGED BEHIND MAY BE PART OF THE REASON.
I THINK IN DECEMBER, IT WILL BE HELPFUL TO HAVE PARKS AND
MAYBE FACILITIES HERE TO BREAKDOWN THAT INFORMATION FOR THE
BOARD.
10:10:51AM >>LUIS VIERA:
IF I MAY.
10:10:52AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:10:53AM >>LUIS VIERA:
WE GET BRIEFED ON THAT TWICE A YEAR HOW THE
PARKS ARE DOING.
I THINK IN CRA IN REGULAR CITY COUNCIL, I BELIEVE, BUT, YES,
BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN ONE THING THAT CAUGHT MY EYE WHEN I
SAW $10,000.
WHAT'S UP WITH THAT.
YEAH, SO THAT -- AGAIN, I CITE THESE TWO PARKS.
AND OBVIOUSLY WANT IT IN EVERY PARK, BUT THESE TWO PARKS IN
PARTICULAR JUST CAUGHT MY EYE.
10:11:16AM >>COURTNEY ORR:
I JUST HAD A THOUGHT.
AND THAT IS SPLIT OVER A FEW FISCAL YEARS.
SO YOU WILL SEE $10,000 MAY SEEM LIKE A LOW NUMBER, BUT IT
IS -- IT IS GREATER THAN THAT, BECAUSE IT IS JUST SPLIT OVER
ABOUT FOUR FISCAL YEARS.
AND WE HAVE THAT BREAKDOWN THAT WE CAN PROVIDE.
AND IT IS INFORMATION THAT IS PROVIDED BY THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT.
HOW MUCH THEY NEEDED FROM THE CRA IN ORDER TO DO THEIR --
THEIR REQUESTED ENHANCEMENTS.
10:11:42AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THEY ARE CONTRIBUTING
FROM CITY MONEY TOO.
10:11:46AM >>COURTNEY ORR:
OURS IS SPLIT OVER SEVERAL YEARS.
10:11:51AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
GOOD TO KNOW.
10:11:56AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
A MOTION ON THE FLOOR -- DO YOU WANT TO
SPEAK AGAIN?
10:11:59AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES, MA'AM.
MY MOTION CONTEMPLATES IF NOT THE EQUIPMENT THERE,
CONTEMPLATES MAKING IT A PRIORITY FROM THIS DAY FORWARD.
I DON'T WANT DECEMBER AND WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING TO MOVE
IT FORWARD.
IF YOU FIND OUT THERE ISN'T ANYTHING THERE, LET'S TALK OF A
PLAN OF ACTION TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
THANK YOU.
10:12:20AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
10:12:23AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
IS THERE A -- I THINK THIS IS FOR PARKS.
MAYBE FOR A MEETING TO TALK TO PARKS -- THERE IS AN
ASSESSMENT WE CAN LOOK AT ALL OF THESE PARKS?
10:12:35AM >>LUIS VIERA:
MAY I.
10:12:36AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
10:12:38AM >>LUIS VIERA:
WE GET BRIEFED ON THAT TWICE A YEAR.
10:12:41AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ACCESSIBILITY?
10:12:44AM >>LUIS VIERA:
WE GET BRIEFED ON THAT ALREADY.
THESE TWO CAUGHT MY EYE OF THE LOCATION IN THE CITY.
I AGREE, SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK TO AT CITYWIDE.
BUT A MOTION TO COME BACK TWICE A YEAR.
10:12:58AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I THINK I HAVE A HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT.
TO LOOK WITH MY OWN EYES.
10:13:03AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
LET ME JUST ADD --
10:13:05AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
ATTORNEY MASSEY.
10:13:06AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
MY RECOLLECTION WHEN YOU APPROVED DOLLARS
FOR ENHANCEMENT TO CITY PARKS FOR THE CRAS TO UPDATE THEIR
PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT TO BE MORE ACCESSIBLE.
PART OF THAT THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAVE A PLAN FOR
UPGRADING ALL THE CITY PARKS AND SPREAD OVER A HUGE NUMBER
OF YEARS BECAUSE OF THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.
AND WHAT THE CRAS WERE DOING MAKE IT OCCUR MORE QUICKLY IN
THE CRAs, BUT PARKS NEED TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION TO
TELL YOU WHAT IS HAPPENING AND KIND OF WHAT THE PLAN IS AND
HOW THE CRA FUNDING IS INTEGRATING WITH WITH WHAT THE PARK
IS DOING WITH THE FACILITIES.
10:13:47AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER VIERA AND
SECONDED BY MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
MOTION CARRIES.
BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
10:13:58AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
BACK TO -- I GUESS ABBYE FEELEY.
ON THE ARMY-NAVY SITE.
A REMINDER THAT IN OUR DISCUSSION, THE -- THEY WERE SUPPOSED
TO COME AND HAVE INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WITH ALL OF US PRIOR TO
THE RFP THAT OUR WANTS, NEEDS AND DESIRES WERE AT LEAST
WORKED THROUGH.
THAT WAS PART OF THE IOU ON THAT PROJECT BEFORE THE RFP WENT
OUT.
IF YOU CAN REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO
HAPPEN.
10:14:25AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
RIGHT.
10:14:26AM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
ABBYE FEELEY.
THANK YOU.
I WILL LOOK INTO THAT.
I THINK THE COMMENT MADE BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON WAS, WHAT IS
THE ROLE OF THE CRA?
AND I DID WRITE THAT DOWN.
AND I KNOW IT IS A LAND DISPOSITION WITHIN THE CRA THAT
REQUIRES THE RFP.
AND WE WILL GET THOSE SET UP ONCE, I THINK, YOU AFFORD US
THE OPPORTUNITY TO JUST FINISH THE DRAFT SO WE CAN COME AND
MEET WITH YOU WITH -- TO GET THAT INPUT.
10:14:55AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I THINK IT WAS PART OF -- IF I RECALL,
PART OF THAT DYNAMIC CONVERSATION WAS, THAT WE ARE GOING --
THEY WERE GOING TO COME IN AND HAVE THE PRELIMINARY MEETINGS
WHEN DRAFTING THAT WEARING THE CRA OR CITY COUNCIL HAT.
WHICH HAND IS IN WHICH POT AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT.
I THINK IT WILL BE VALUABLE.
BECAUSE ALWAYS BETTER TO HAVE THE INPUT ON THE BEGINNING
THAN THE END.
10:15:19AM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
UNDERSTOOD, THANK YOU.
10:15:23AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
I HAD IN MY NOTES SUPPOSED TO COME TO US
THIS SUMMER.
WHO IS THE INTERIM PLANNING DIRECTOR.
10:15:30AM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
EVAN JOHNSON.
10:15:32AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
A MOTION TO HAVE HIM COME AND REPORT ON
THE STATUS OF WHERE IT IS.
YOU SAID THAT?
10:15:38AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WILL HAPPILY NEW AT IN A MOTION.
10:15:40AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
DO THAT SO I DON'T HAVE TO GIVE AWAY MY
GAVEL.
10:15:43AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND ASK FOR THAT UPDATE FROM
MR. JOHNSON ON SEPTEMBER 12.
10:15:50AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECOND.
10:15:51AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
THANK YOU, ALL.
ANY DISCUSSION?
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
MOTION CARRIES.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
YEAH, BECAUSE I COULD HAVE SWORN THAT -- I HAD A
CONVERSATION WITH ALIS DRUMGO THAT IT WAS VERY CLOSE.
AND WE -- THAT IS HOUSING.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE STAY ON TOP OF THAT BECAUSE IT IS
ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY GOOD MORNING, AGAIN, CEDRIC McCRAY.
WEARING MY DREW PARK HAT AND EAST TAMPA HAT AT THIS POINT IN
THE MORNING.
10:16:20AM >> GET THE PRESENTATION BACK UP?
10:16:23AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
YES.
A LOT OF WHAT DREW PARK'S FOCUS IN THE PAST YEAR WAS
IMPROVING THE MOBILITY, CONNECTIVITY AND SAFETY
IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THEY HAVAL THE CAPE AND MADE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS, AND
YOU ALL APPROVED BACK IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR TO -- TO FUNDS
THE MOBILITY CONNECTIVITY AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS
AND SOMETHING THEY WORKED WITH A CONSULTANT OVER A PERIOD OF
TIME UNDER THE PREVIOUS MANAGER AND HAD DECIDED TO GO AHEAD
AND ALLOCATE FUNDING TO THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM, MISS
MARTINEZ AND HER -- HER TEAM TO BRING THOSE INTO FRUITION.
LANDSCAPE AND STREETSCAPE SAFETY AUDIT IMPROVEMENTS THAT
WERE SELECTED AS WELL.
AND ONE OF THE REQUESTS THAT THEY HAD.
AND YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THIS FROM WHEN PRESENTED BACK IN
MARCH WAS RELATED TO A NEIGHBORHOOD POCKET PARK.
THERE IS A LOT THAT THE DREW PARK CAC AND CRA ACTUALLY HAVE
OWNERSHIP OF.
AND WE ARE WORKING WITH PARKS AND REC RIGHT NOW TO DEVELOP A
-- A DESIGN, A FOOTPRINT AND THAT WAS THE PREVIOUS PICTURE
THAT WE SAW FROM ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS.
AND WE WILL BE -- WHEN WE HAVE THE NEXT MEETING, WE WILL
HAVE SOME ENGAGEMENT WITH THE DREW PARK CAC WHAT RELATES
WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND PARKS AND RECREATION PLANS
MOVING FORWARD.
THERE WAS A FACADE GRANT, I BELIEVE, FOR FENCING.
AND YOU MAY SEE LEAD ON THERE.
AS WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A NEW GRANTS PROCESS.
WE ARE ACTIVELY HAVING CONSULTATIONS WITH VARIOUS BUSINESS
OWNERS AND RESIDENTS THROUGH THROUGH THE VARIOUS CRAs.
SO DREW PARK HAD ONE LEAD OR ONE CONTACT WITH A BUSINESS
OWNER.
TO DATE.
SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES -- AND THIS WILL BE REFLECTED WHAT
THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS ARE AND THE AMOUNTS.
AND AS I STATED, YOU ALL APPROVED THE REQUEST IN THEIR
RECOMMENDATION THROUGH JUNE 13 MEETING UPCOMING MEETING
DATES AND TIMES LISTED HAPPY THAT HCC IS WORKING WITH US.
CHALLENGE WITH THE LOCATIONS, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN VERY
ACCOMMODATING TO US HENDERSON ANY QUESTIONS?
BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
10:18:55AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WANT TO SAY IT BECAUSE -- PLEASE MAKE SURE
THERE IS AN A.D. A. COMPLIANT PORTION TO THIS -- TO THIS
PLAYGROUND SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS ALL OVER
AGAIN.
10:19:05AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
WILL DO.
10:19:10AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
MR. MIRANDA.
OKAY.
10:19:16AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
MOVING ON TO EAST TAMPA.
FAMOUS GATOR BUILDING.
10:19:22AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
FAMOUS GATOR BUILDING.
10:19:24AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
THE SUMMER YOUTH SYMPOSIUM THAT TOOK PLACE
JULY 29.
WE HAD SOME OF THE STUDENT PARTICIPANTS THERE ABLE TO ATTEND
AND A COUPLE OF OUR CAC MEMBERS AND SOME ELECTED OFFICIALS
THERE ALSO THAT WERE PRESENT AND GREATLY APPRECIATED THEIR
PARTICIPATION.
ON THE BOTTOM LEFT, THE EAST COMPANY CAC VOTED TO FORGO
THEIR AUGUST MEETING TO HOLD A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND
VISIONING WORKSHOP RELATED TO THE FOX PROPERTIES.
I BELIEVE MISS BURTON ALLUDED TO THAT DURING HER COMMENTS IN
PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE HAD A CROSSSECTION OF FOLKS THAT ARE THERE AND HAVING
OPEN DISCUSSION OF WHAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE PLACED ON THE
SITE AND WHAT THE FEEDBACK WAS AND REPORTING BACK ONCE THE
SURVEY IS CONCLUDED AT -- HE BELIEVE IT IS AUGUST 22.
AND THEN WE WILL REPORT THAT INFORMATION BACK OUT TO THE CAC
AND RECOMMENDATIONS AS THE CRA.
THE FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH ON 12th AND OSBORNE.
WE ARE LOOKING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH DEMOLITION ON THAT SITE
AND GET IT CLEARED.
WE HAVE HAD A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ENVISIONING SESSION
BACK IN APRIL, AND WE WILL BE BRINGING THAT INFORMATION BACK
TO THE IN EAST TAMPA CAC IN OCTOBER.
10:20:45AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
GOOD.
WE ARE GETTING READY FOR OUR COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
UPDATE.
YOU APPROVED THE FIRM WORK ON THIS AND IRONICALLY PROFESSOR
GREEN IS INVOLVED IN THIS.
AND USF WILL HAVE A HAND IN THE BUILD-OUT OF THE
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND PART OF THE FIRST IT RAILINGS IN
2004-2005 TIME FRAME.
ALMOST COMING FULL CIRCLE AND MOVING FORWARD WHEN IT RELATES
TO THE STUDY WE HAVE IN EAST TAMPA.
I DID MENTION FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH.
AND IT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FENCING.
AND THE VENDOR IS ON BOARD.
AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE THAT COMPLETED SOME TIME IN
OCTOBER.
10:21:38AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
EVERYTHING TAKES SO LONG.
A YEAR.
10:21:51AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
EVERYTHING.
A YEAR.
10:21:53AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THEY AT LEAST HAVE THAT.
10:21:56AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
WE HAVE BEEN IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH PARKS
AND RECREATION AND WE KNOW WE HAVE A FEW MEMBERS IN OUR
COMMUNITY THAT SERVE ON THE CAC AND CONSTANTLY REMINDING AND
INQUIRING ABOUT THAT.
YES, HOPEFULLY THE FENCING WILL BE COMPLETED SOME OF TIME
EARLY MID-OCTOBER.
10:22:12AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
THANK YOU.
EVEN WHEN IT WAS DAMAGED -- THE COMMUNITY WAS ON TOP OF THAT
AND CAME OUT AND REPAIRED IT.
WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS.
I AM PLEASE.
THANK YOU, MR. McCRAY.
10:22:25AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
PARKS HELPED TO FACILITATE THAT AND I ALSO
RECEIVED PHONE CALLS AND MEALS OF THE DAMAGE WHEN THE CAR
RAN INTO THE FENCE.
SO KUDOS TO PARKS AND RECREATION, AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD
TO BRINGING THAT PORTION OF THE REFENCING TO CONCLUSION IN
THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
ALSO TALKED OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PEACE WITH THE PAL
FOX PROPERTIES.
WE ALSO -- ON NORTH 22nd STREET, I KNOW THAT CRA BOARDS
MEMBER MANISCALCO HAD A VESTED INTEREST IN THIS OF
ALLOCATION OF THE $1.5 MILLION IN FY '25.
ON-SITE MEETING WITH PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF.
STORMWATER AND OUR CRA STAFF.
I BELIEVE THAT MEETING WAS ON JULY 30 IN THE MORNING TO JUST
KIND OF DISCUSS RESPONSIBILITIES AND RENDERINGS TO BE DONE
AND FIT AND HAVE A RANGE SO -- IF IT IS GOING WITH THE BARE
BONES 1.5 AND IF WE FIND ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO INCREASE WHAT
THE -- WHAT THE UPGRADES WILL BE, WE WILL DO THAT ALSO.
AND THEN WE TALKED TO A NUMBER OF POSSIBILITIES TO HELP
ENHANCE THE ACCESS FOR THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO MORE TO COME ON THAT.
MISS ORR MENTIONED ROUNDABOUTS ON EAST 34th STREET.
THERE ARE ROUNDABOUT THAT ARE PRESENT AND SELF-DISCUSSIONS
PREVIOUSLY, THREE, FOUR YEARS AGO, AND WE WILL BE WORKING
WITH PUBLIC ART TO NAVIGATE THAT SPACE AND TRY TO GET
SOMETHING IN THOSE ROUNDABOUTS WITHIN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
GATOR BUILDING -- WE ARE STILL ACTIVELY TO ACQUIRE
PROPERTIES AROUND THE LOCATION.
AND I HESITATE TO SAY MORE THAN THAT.
BECAUSE IF I DO --
10:24:21AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
OF COURSE.
10:24:22AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
RIGHT.
YES.
THANK YOU ATTORNEY MASSEY.
AND TO COUNCILMAN VIERA'S.
AND I THINK WE ALREADY DISCUSSED THE A.D.A. COMPLIANCE.
SO, YES, THAT IS SPREAD OUT OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS AND WE
WILL COMMUNICATE WITH PARKS AND REC TO TRY TO HEAL THE THE
TWO PARKS THAT YOU MENTIONED A FEW MOMENTS AGO.
EMERGENCY ROOFING GRANT IS MOVING.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE 20 MORE ON THE LIST TO COMPLETE.
AND SO THAT -- THAT IS GOING WELL.
AND HAD ONE FACADE GRANT.
AS IT RELATES TO THE LEADS, WE HAVE 12 LEADS AND OR
PREAPPLICATION MEETINGS RELATED TO BUSINESSES IN EAST TAMPA.
SO THE WORD IS OUT.
AND SO I WANT TO COMMEND MISS REED AND HER REED FOR MOVING
THAT AND THE LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL.
I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY POSITIVE -- NEGATIVE COMMENTS.
THEY HAVE ALL BEEN POSITIVE WITH THE ENHANCED GRANTS
PROCESS.
AND MOST OF THIS IS STUFF THAT I HAVE TOUCHED ON PREVIOUSLY
AS IT RELATES TO THE ARTS MEETING AND VISIONING AND THE
UPCOMING MEETING FOR THE EAST COMPANY CAC.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD WE PUT APPLICATIONS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD
IN EAST TAMPA THAT ARE CYCLING ON.
I BELIEVE OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER TIME FRAME.
AND WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THAT.
AND WE HAVE RECEIVED A FEW APPLICATIONS.
AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME MORE.
WE WILL BE MAKING ANOTHER PUSH WITH THOSE -- THE
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT YOU ARE DESIGNATED TO SUPPLY AN APPLICANT
MOVING FORWARD.
ANY QUESTIONS?
HENDERSON BEFORE BOARD MEMBER HURTAK, WHETHER IS THAT
WROUGHT IRON GATE FOR WEST TAMPA.
10:26:19AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SALCINES PARK.
10:26:22AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
SALCINES PARK.
I LIKE TAMPA.
10:26:28AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WITH THE CHURCH DEMO, HOW CLOSE ARE WE TO
GETTING THAT DONE.
10:26:34AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
WE HAD -- MISS MARTINEZ AND I HAD
CONVERSATIONS.
THERE WAS AN AWARD GIVEN TO A VENDOR THAT HAS BEEN SELECTED.
AND WE WERE POSSIBLY LOOKING AT DOING AN EMERGENCY
PROCUREMENT TO -- FILLING OUT THE FORM -- THE NECESSARY FORM
TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD.
WE DON'T HAVE A DEFINITE TIME FRAME.
10:26:53AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THAT IS AN A.S.A.P. THING.
I KNOW THE COMMUNITY IS STRUGGLING WITH FOLKS USING THAT
AREA.
AND I KNOW IT IS CONSTANTLY HAVING TO BE RESECURED.
10:27:08AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE EXPENSE OF
SECURING THE WINDOWS AND DOORS ON THE BOTTOM.
10:27:15AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
MR. McCRAY HAS BEEN ADVISED HOW TO DO THAT
PROCESS.
10:27:19AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WONDERFUL.
SO THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT IS HAPPENING AND I WANTED TO TALK
OF THE 34th STREET ROUNDABOUTS FOR A MINUTE.
ART IS WONDERFUL, BUT WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT ART, WE ALSO
NEED TO LOOK AT THE TURNING RADIUS ON THAT.
BECAUSE THE PROBLEM -- FOLKS KEEP MOWING DOWN THE SIGNS ON
THE SIDE.
SO I AM A LITTLE CONCERNED PUTTING ART THERE WITHOUT FIXING
THAT ROUNDABOUT TO SOME DEGREE, MAYBE BRINGING IT IN A
LITTLE BIT SOMEHOW.
THE TURNING -- IT IS VERY DIFFICULT.
I DON'T REALLY -- I DON'T WANT TO THROW GOOD MONEY AFTER
SOMETHING THAT COULD EASILY BE, I MEAN, HIT.
THOSE ARE REALLY TIGHT.
SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO LOOK AT OVERALL.
10:28:04AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
MODIFICATION OF THAT YOU NEED MOBILITY
INVOLVED IN BECAUSE THEY WERE INVOLVED IN THE DESIGN.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THAT, ASK FOR MOBILITY.
10:28:14AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
GREAT.
MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO GET MOBILITY INVOLVED IN THAT
BECAUSE I AM SURE THEY ARE THERE AT LEAST EVERY OTHER WEEK
REPLACING A SIGN OR FIXING A SIGN.
BECAUSE IT -- I NEVER PASS WHEN THERE ISN'T A SIGN WITH AN
ISSUE.
JUST REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FIXING THE ENTIRE
ISSUE AND NOT JUST LANDSCAPING AND ART WHICH WILL BE LOVELY
BUT HIT THE WHOLE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM.
10:28:47AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY:
YES, MA'AM.
HENDERSON ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
MISS THROWER.
10:28:51AM >>BRENDA THROWER:
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
BRENDA THROWER.
I AM THE WEST TAMPA AND YBOR CITY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER AND
HAPPY TO BE WITH YOU TODAY.
I AM GOING TO LEAD YOU THROUGH WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH WEST
TAMPA.
AND THANK YOU CHAIR HENDERSON FOR BRINGING UP A PRETTY
PICTURE IN THE TOP LEFT THERE ON WEST COMPANY.
THAT IS SALCINES PARK.
THIS GIVES YOU A FLAVOR OF THE PICTURES AND THE FLAVOR OF
SOME OF THE ACTIVITY HANG IN WEST TAMPA THERE IS A LOT OF
FOCUS ON PARKS NOW.
AND I WILL GO RIGHT INTO THE SLIDES BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LOT
OF STUFF GOING ON.
FIRST OF ALL, STUDIES DONE THAT Y'ALL ARE PROBABLY AWARE OF.
AL LEEWAY STUDY STUDY DONE RECENTLY THAT WAS CONCLUDED.
WENT TO THE CAC AND THEY IDENTIFIED TEN ALLEYS THEY WANT TO
FOCUS ON FOR IMPROVEMENT.
LITTLE BIT OF EXPANSION ON THAT CONTRACT THAT THEY ARE GOING
TO BE WORKING NOT ONLY WHY THE ALLEYS BUT WITH THE
BUSINESSES THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THOSE ALLEYS.
THE PARKING STUDY WAS COMPLETED AND WE ARE ACTUALLY
UTILIZING IT.
SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE HAVE IS ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF
THE PARK PROJECTS AS WE MOVE IT TO INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
SALCINES PARK IS UNDER WAY RIGHT NOW.
THEY ARE ALMOST WITH COMPLETION ON THE DESIGN PLANS.
RAY PARK IS MOVING RIGHT ALONG AS WELL.
THAT IS WHERE WE ARE NOT ONLY LOOKING AT DOING PARKING --
APPLYING SOME OF THE PARKING RECOMMENDATIONS BUT ALSO A
PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THAT PARK.
ALSO A NEW BUILDING WILL BE GOING IN THAT PARK.
IT IS VERY EXCITING.
THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH IT.
FREEDOM PARK.
WE ACQUIRED A PIECE ON MANY STREET THERE.
IT IS A PARK -- WELL, IT WAS A PIECE OF PROPERTY, LET'S JUST
SAY.
IT IS -- UNDERGOING A COMP PLAN CHANGE.
BECAUSE IT WAS A COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL-35 DESIGNATION AND WE
NEED TO MOVE IT TO A RECREATIONAL/OPEN SPACE GOING THROUGH
PLANNING COMMISSION THAT IS COMING UP THIS MONTH ON THE 12th
AND WILL BE COMING BACK TO Y'ALL AS CITY COUNCIL ON THE
29th.
A LAND USE CHANGE THERE.
ALSO AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT GOING ON.
WORKING WITH THE TERM TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SOIL HAS BEEN
ASSESSED AND THERE IS CLEANING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND
THAT WILL HAPPEN.
MAIN STREET.
SOME MOVEMENT HERE.
WE ARE GOING TO START THE QUICK BUILD PROJECT.
THE CAC APPROVED MOVING FORWARD WITH MOBILITY ON IT.
THE SECTION FROM ARMENIA TO DELAWARE.
IT WILL START TO TAKE SHAPE, LET'S JUST SAY.
THE FIRST OF A TRANSFORMATION FOR MAIN STREET, WHICH WILL
INCLUDE SOME ON-STREET PARKING AND SOME BEAUTIFICATION WE
ARE HOPING TO GET THAT DONE BEFORE THE CONFERENCE AND TAKING
THE BUS DOWN THAT WAY WHICH WE WILL TALK TO YOU LATER.
FREEDOM PARK.
AND THIS IS THE PARK AND THE CROSS STREETS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU, IF I CAN, POSTCARDS THAT
WENT OUT.
WE DID A SURVEY RECENTLY.
SO YOU WILL SEE BEFORE YOU, THIS IS A POSTCARD THAT WENT OUT
TO ALL OF THE RESIDENTS, TENANTS, EVERYONE WITHIN WEST TAMPA
CRA.
IT WAS ALSO -- A ONLINE SURVEY.
AS YOU CAN SEE A QR CODE ON IT SO AN ONLINE SURVEY AS WELL
AS A POSTCARD WITH A DROP BOX WITH THE HILLSBOROUGH
EDUCATION FOUNDATION WHICH IS THE BUILDING WHERE WE MEET.
SO I HAVEN'T TABULATED EVERYTHING, BUT WE ARE TRYING
TO GET A SENTIMENT TO SEE IF THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO
OPEN UP THOSE FOUR STREETS WHICH INCLUDES WEST PALMETTO,
WEST CHERRY, PINE STREET AND WALNUT STREET.
CLOSED SINCE 1980.
YOU CAN SEE IT LOOKS LIKE IT SHOULD BE A STREET, BUT IT WAS
CLOSED OFF.
WE ARE TRYING TO SEE WHAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE
AND IF THEY WOULD LIKE IT OPENED UP OR NOT.
THAT IS THE QUESTION ON THIS SURVEY, AND I WILL HAVE THE
RESULTS COMING IN -- ACTUALLY BEING CLOSED OUT THIS WEEK
TOMORROW.
WE LEFT THE ONLINE VERSION OPEN A FEW -- AN EXTRA WEEK.
AND WE WILL HAVE THOSE RESULTS AND TAKING IT BACK TO THE CAC
GRAND THAT, WE WILL BRING IT BACK TO YOU.
IF THAT BECOMES A POSITIVE, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH A
PROJECT THAT WILL INCLUDE OPENING UP THOSE STREETS.
MOVING ALONG.
PUBLIC ART.
ALWAYS AN INTEREST IN WEST TAMPA.
THERE IS A LOT -- THEY HAD A LOT OF PLAN ABOUT IT.
WE HAVE HAD A PRESENTATION -- SOME INTERACTION WITH THE NEW
ARTS PERSON AT THE LAST MEETING SO MORE COMING OUT ON PUBLIC
ART AND SOME IDEAS FOR THAT.
I KNOW ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT THEY WANTED WITH AS TO
REALLY TO WRAP THE UTILITY BOXES AND THE PROJECT FIRST ONE
ON THE LIST.
PARKS COMPLIANCE.
YOU WILL BE REALLY HAPPY CRA BOARD DIRECTOR VIERA.
INTEREST FREMONT, JULIAN B. LANE, RAY PARK, FREEDOM
AND SALCINES.
ALL OF THAT WILL BE GETTING UPGRADES.
AND THE BOTTOM IS THE FACADE GRANTS -- SORRY, THE COMMERCIAL
GRANTS.
THE COMMERCIAL GRANTS IS WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON WITH
COMMERCIAL GRANTS.
THE OLD GRANTS ARE TRANS SIGNATURES INTO THE NEW GRANTS AND
THE ACTIVITY WE HAVE TO DATE.
WE HAVE 12 LEADS.
THAT IS EVERYTHING FROM INTERNAL TO EXTERNAL REQUESTS FOR
PROJECTS.
THOSE WILL BE COMING TO YOU WHEN WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
AND HERE IS JUST A SUMMARY OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN WEST
TAMPA.
SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES.
THE CAC IS VERY ACTIVE.
AND THEY GIVE A LOT OF RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO YOU CAN SEE KIND OF THE TIMELINE WHERE WE ARE HAVING
RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACTIVITIES.
WE DID MANAGE TO MOVE THEIR MEETING TO THE THIRD TUESDAY OF
THE MONTH AND IT IS WORKING OUT VERY WELL.
THIS THEY MEET -- THEIR NEXT MEETING AUGUST 20 AND MEET AT
5:30 ON THE THIRD TUESDAY OF THE MONTH.
THAT CONCLUDES WEST TAMPA.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO MOVE ON TO YBOR?
10:34:58AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
YES.
10:35:00AM >>BRENDA THROWER:
AND YBOR.
WE CAN MOVE ON.
HERE IS YBOR.
TO END OUT THE PRESENTATION OF THE MANAGER'S REPORT.
I THOUGHT I WOULD SHOW YOU AN ACTION SHOT, OKAY.
THAT IS WHAT IS GOING ON.
YOU ARE PROBABLY GOING, OH, MY GOSH, I WILL GET ALL THESE
CALLS FROM BUSINESSES ROAR RIGHT.
THEY WERE WELL AWARE OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
THIS IS THE FIRST THING THEY DO WHEN THEY START TO PREPARE
THE STREET FOR THE BRICKS.
LUCKILY IT DOESN'T TAKE VERY LONG AND THEY CAN USUALLY GET
THIS DONE IN JUST A FEW HOURS.
BUT THIS IS THE MILLING.
THE PORTION ON THE SECOND BLOCK OF 7th AVENUE.
WE HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED THE FIRST BLOCK.
SO WE ARE ON NUMBER TWO.
AS WELL THE PICTURES SHOWING SIGNAGE IMPROVEMENTS ON THE
SOUTH YBOR AREA AND REDOING THE SIGNS AND IMPROVING THEM AND
THE PICTURE ON THE TOP IS ABOUT THE YES TEAM.
VERY ACTIVE TEAM WE HAVE OUT THERE DOING A LOT OF WONDERFUL
THINGS AND WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY.
SO IF WE MOVE INTO SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES HERE THAT WE HAVE
BEEN WORKING ON, WE HAVE DONE THE FLOODING STUDY.
COMPLETED IT.
WE HAVE A PLAN.
IT IS JUST A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED THAN JUST STAYING
WITHIN THE CRA.
THIS FLOODING ISSUE THAT IS HAPPENING IN THE YBOR SOUTH AREA
REALLY INVOLVES A PROJECT THAT WE ARE WORKING ON STORMWATER
ON AND IT IS MORE INVOLVED AND THE PIPE NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT
DOWN THROUGH YBOR HARBOR.
AND IN THE MEANTIME, THEY ARE WORKING ON INTERIM SOLUTIONS
WITH THE MANHOLE COVERS.
THEY WERE POPPING OUT DURING FLOODING TIMES AND ABLE TO MULL
THEM DOWN.
THEY ARE NOT HAVING THAT PROBLEM ANYMORE AND THEY ARE VERY
RESPONDING TO THE COMMUNITY.
THE CIP PLAN WILL BE NEXT ON THE LIST AND WE NEED TO UPDATE
THAT FOR YBOR ONE AND TWO.
BRINGING.
THAT IS PROJECT IS UNDER WAY.
A LITTLE COST OF THE FIRST TWO BLOCKS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST IN THE COMMUNITY TO KEEP MOVING ON
THAT PROJECT AND THAT IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO.
DISTRICT SIGNAGE.
AGAIN, I HIGHLIGHTED PICTURES ON THAT AND GOING ON AND
WORKING TO IMPROVE THOSE SIGNS.
CENTENNIAL PARK.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO SEE MONEY THERE.
WORKING WITH OUR CONTRACT ADMIN TO IDENTIFY SOME
CONSULTANTLESS TO START THAT PROCESS.
SO THAT IS REALLY IN THE INFANCY STAGE.
PUBLIC ART -- ONE OF THE THINGS WE ALL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
AND WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY DO IS REALLY DO SOME ACTIVITY WITH
THE GARAGE BOXES.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK TO DO.
ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT PUBLIC ART, IT IS NOT IN OUR PLAN
THE WAY WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT IN OUR PLAN SO WE WILL BE
ADDING THAT UP WHEN WE DO THE CRP UPDATES.
THE PARKS -- A.D.A. COMPLIANCE.
ESSENTIAL TELL Y'ALL PARK AND EAST YBOR PARK.
THOSE MONEY ALSO BE FOR IMPROVEMENTS OF ACCESSIBLE EQUIPMENT
THERE.
MOVING TO COMMERCIAL GRANTS, FACADE.
THAT HAS REALLY BEEN THE NUMBER ONE PROGRAM THAT THE
COMMUNITY HAS EMBRACED AND UTILIZED.
THAT IS TO TRANSITION INTO THE NEW PROGRAMS AND HAPPY TO
REPORT 11 LEADS, INQUIRES FROM BUSINESS OWNERS ABOUT THE NEW
PROGRAMS.
AND THEN, OF COURSE.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE YES TEAM.
THEY ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO YBOR.
VERY EMBRACED BY THE COMMUNITY AND JUST AFTER THE STORM THAT
JUST HAPPENED ON MONDAY, THEY WERE OUT THERE AT THE CRACK
MUCH DAWN GETTING THE PALM FRONDS THAT FELL OVER 7th AVENUE
AND HELPING OUT.
THEY HELPED INSTALL THE BUSINESS SIGNAGE THAT HALLS HELPED
WITH THE PROJECT -- THE 7th AVENUE BRINGING PROJECT.
WE HAVE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENTS WE ARE DOING.
EVERYTHING FROM PRESSURE WASHING TO TREE MATE CONTINUES INTO
LAMPPOSTS.
WE HAVE MONEY THAT WE ARE ALWAYS DOING THOSE TYPE OF
ACTIVITIES AND COMMUNITY POLICING.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT PROGRAM.
WE HAVE BOTH THE ENHANCED PROACTIVE SQUAD FROM TPD THAT
WORKS THE EVENING SHIFTS INTO THE EVENING HOURS, AS WELL AS
ENHANCED CODE ENFORCEMENT.
AND HERE IS JUST OUR SIMILARLY SHEET.
SOME OF THE -- AGAIN, ANOTHER ACTIVE GROUP.
THEY TOOK A BREAK IN JULY AND DECIDED NOT TO HAVE A MEETING.
THE YDC, INC. MET INSTEAD AND OPERATING AND INVITE ME TO
THEIR MEETINGS AND THEY ARE ACTIVE AND THEY ARE MAKING
RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THEIR MEETINGS ARE ON THE LAST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH --
IS IT LAST TUESDAY OR FOURTH TUESDAY.
DEPENDS ON THE CALENDAR.
BUT THEIR NEXT ONE IS COMING UP AUGUST 27.
AND THAT CONCLUDES YBOR CITY.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
10:39:35AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN AND THEN BOARD
MEMBER CARLSON IS NEXT.
10:39:39AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I WAS IN YBOR CITY AND I OBSERVED THE
BRINGING AND IT IS SPECTACULAR.
10:39:46AM >>BRENDA THROWER:
THANK YOU.
10:39:46AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
GREAT JOB THEY DID.
REFRESH MY MEMORY, WHO IS DOING THE BRINGING?
10:39:53AM >>BRENDA THROWER:
WHO IS DOING IT?
IT IS CALLED CWR CONTRACTOR.
A CITY-WIDE CONTRACTOR AND UTILIZING A SUB -- THE SUB IS --
I WOULD SAY HE IS THE BRINGING SUBCONTRACTOR FOR A LOT OF
PROJECTS.
ELSE VERY FAMILIAR WITH YBOR.
HE HAS DONE -- JAMES VANDEL, HE HAS DONE PROJECT ALWAYS
OVER.
EVER.
10:40:16AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I WAS WATCHING AND AMAZING JOB AND THE
QUALITY OF THE WORKMANSHIP.
EXCITED TO SEE THE PROJECT MOVE FORWARD.
10:40:24AM >>BRENDA THROWER:
THANK YOU.
10:40:26AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I APPRECIATE WHAT IS BEING DONE IN YBOR
CITY.
IT WAS CLEAN.
THE CLEAN TEAM.
IT LOOKED GOOD.
I HAVE BEEN THERE A COUPLE OF TIMES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF
WEEKS.
EVERY TIME I AM THERE, IT LOOKS AMAZING.
10:40:38AM >>BRENDA THROWER:
THANK YOU.
10:40:39AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
GREAT JOB.
LOOKING FOR THE BRINGING TO BE COMPLETED.
10:40:43AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
YOUR TURN.
10:40:45AM >>BILL CARLSON:
THANK YOU.
THE BRICKS ARE BEAUTIFUL.
AS WE DISCUSSED BEFORE, THERE IS A LOT OF UNWANTED
CRITICISM.
IF WE HAD OUR COMMUNICATION PEOPLE, WE COULD PUSH BACK ON
SOME OF THAT.
10:41:00AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
WE CAN PUSH BACK -- WE CAN STILL PUSH
BACK.
10:41:04AM >>BILL CARLSON:
I AM PUSHING BACK ALSO, BUT RECOMMENDATION
THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE ABOUT -- THE BIGGEST CRITICISM IS, WHY
ARE YOU SPENDING MONEY ON BRICKS INSTEAD OF FIXING MY ROADS.
I THINK THAT IS BETTER HANDLE BY THE CRA OR THE CITY.
ALTHOUGH INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS CAN PUSH BACK AND WE ALL
DO, BUT THE RESPONSIBILITY MUCH THE CITY OR THE CRA TO
COMMUNICATE ON SOME OF THESE THINGS.
IT'S NOT ALL PROMOTIONAL.
ANYWAY, BOTTOM LINE THE BRICKS ARE BEAUTIFUL AND IT IS
JUSTIFIED AND WE WORKED ON THAT PROJECT FOR A LONG TIME AND
HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY FOR A LONG TIME WE SHOULD GET IT.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I HEARD IS COMPLIMENTS FROM PEOPLE,
BUSINESSES IN YBOR THAT YOU ALL -- THAT YOU ALL ESTIMATE A
LONGER TIME FRAME THAN IT HAS ACTUALLY TAKEN.
SO THEY ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT THEY ARE MOVING FASTER
THAN THEY PROJECTED.
SO I THINK THAT -- AT LEAST FOR THE BUSINESSES, YOU ALL SET
EXPECTATIONS AND IT SEEMS TO BE MOVING FASTER AND THEY ARE
APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
LAST THING IS -- ART, YOU HAVE PUBLIC HART.
YOU TALK OF WINDOW DISPLAYS.
WE CAN MEET WITH MORRIS LATER AND TALK ABOUT THIS.
BUT I WOULD TRY TO FIND A PROJECT OR DEFINITION THAT DOESN'T
MEET THE CITY'S PUBLIC ART PROCESS, BALLS THEN IT GOES
THROUGH A COMMITTEE AND ALL KINDS OF BUREAUCRACY AND KINDS
OF LEGAL ISSUES.
INSTEAD -- I MEAN YOU CAN CALL IT EDGE OCCASIONAL DISPLAY OR
WHATEVER.
SO MANY ARTS GROUPS IN YBOR THAT WE CAN EASILY GIVE ONE OF
THEM A GRANT AND ASK THEM TO DO SOMETHING THERE.
A PHOTOGRAPH ART MUSEUM AND WHATEVER.
SO -- IT DOESN'T -- IT IS NOT THE SAME AS BUILDING A
SCULPTURE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROUNDABOUT.
CONTINUING BE SOMETHING THAT IS SHORT TERM.
AND WE CAN EVEN ROTATE THE GRANT AMONG DIFFERENT NONPROFITS
IN YBOR CITY TO -- TO --
10:42:59AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
THERE CAN BE OPPORTUNITIES.
THE GARAGE IS A CITY FACILITY.
BUT THE WINDOW BOXES CAN BE MAILED AVAILABLE FOR VARIOUS ART
GROUPS IN YBOR FOR DISPLAYS.
THERE ARE POSSIBILITIES TO WORK ON THAT AS WELL.
10:43:18AM >>BILL CARLSON:
THANK YOU.
10:43:20AM >>BRENDA THROWER:
THANK YOU.
10:43:20AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
OKAY.
10:43:22AM >>BRENDA THROWER:
WONDERFUL.
SO I HAVE ONE MORE -- ONE MORE REPORT.
DO YOU WANT ME TO MOVE FORWARD?
THIS IS ABOUT THE CONFERENCE COMING.
CAN I TAKE FEW MOMENTS TO SHARE.
10:43:32AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
SURE.
10:43:33AM >>BRENDA THROWER:
THERE WE GO.
SO AS Y'ALL HAVE HEARD AND KNOW, WE HAVE THE FLORIDA
REDEVELOPMENT ANNUAL CONFERENCE THAT WILL BE HERE OCTOBER 22
TO THE 23.
AND I WOULD LIKE THIS TIME JUST TO HAND Y'ALL A COPY OF THE
BROCHURE, BECAUSE I WANT YOU ALL TO SEE IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I WANT TO THANK INTERIM DIRECTOR
McCRAY.
HE LEFT THIS TO ME TO REPORT SINCE I AM THE PRESIDENT.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
THANK YOU, DIRECTOR.
BUT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL, WE HAVE THE CONFERENCE
COMING HERE IN OCTOBER.
IT IS GOING TO BE AT THE TAMPA MARRIOTT WATERSIDE.
THIS A CONFERENCE THAT BRINGS TOGETHER ALL THE CRAs
THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA, NOT ONLY PRACTITIONERS BUT
ELECTED OFFICIALS.
THEY ARE ALL I BELIEVE VITAMIN AND A WONDERFUL ENVIRONMENT.
IT IS A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.
I HOPE THAT YOU CAN MAKE IT OR SCHEDULE IT INTO YOUR
SCHEDULE TO ATTEND.
OUR STAFF WILL HELP WITH REGISTRATION.
YOU CAN COME TO ALL OF IT.
YOU CAN COME TO PART OF IT.
THERE IS ONE DAY THAT KICKS OFF CALLED A CRA BOARD TRAINING.
A SESSION THAT IS DESIGNATED NOT FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND
PRACTITIONERS.
WONDERFUL BECAUSE YOU CAN MEET PEOPLE IN OTHER CRAs AND
LEARN ABOUT THAT.
IT ALSO SATISFIES YOUR ETHICS REQUIREMENT IF YOU NEED TO
MAKE SURE YOU ARE CHECKING THAT BOX.
WE HAVE BOARD TRAINING.
ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY IS THE TOURS.
THREE MOBILE TOURS.
TWO OF THOSE WILL BE IN TAMPA.
THE FIRST ONE -- I WILL TALK OF THE TAMPA ONES FIRST.
A STREETCAR RIDE AND A WALKING TOUR FROM DOWNTOWN
CHANNELDISTRICT TO YBOR WITH A SHOUTOUT TO CENTRAL PARK.
NOT ON THE STREETCAR BUT WE WILL TALK ABOUT THEM.
COUPLE OF STOPS ALONG THE WAY.
THE STREETCAR -- WE CAN'T STOP EVERY STOP BECAUSE THAT WILL
INTERRUPT THE LINE.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF THAT, LET US KNOW AND WE CAN
PUT A RESERVE SEAT ON THAT OR AS WELL IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
SPEAK.
ANOTHER TOUR, THE REDEVELOPMENT BUS TOUR LEAVE THE.
MARRIOTT WATERSIDE GO UP THROUGH THE RIVERFRONT, SHOWCASING
TAMPA HEIGHTS INTO WEST TAMPA.
IT WILL BE STOPPING OFF AT THE WEST RIVER DEVELOPMENT.
DOING A LITTLE WALKING TOUR.
HOPEFULLY THAT STREET ALONG MAIN STREET WILL BE DONE AND
TAKE IT UP THROUGH -- GOING NORTH ON HOWARD AND THEN
SHOOTING OVER ON COLUMBUS TO GO TO EAST TAMPA.
AND IN EAST TAMPA, THERE WILL BE SOME HIGHLIGHTS AS WELL.
WANT TO STOP AT THE SKILLS SENTER AND THE CEMETERY.
AND PROVIDING THE OFFICE ON 22nd STREET SEEING THE GATOR
BUILDING AND WE WILL END AT THE J.C. NEWMAN CIGAR FACTORY.
THAT WILL GIVE A WHOLE FLAVOR FOR THAT TOUR.
AND THEN THE LAST TOUR WILL BE DUNEDIN.
THE OUT-OF-TOWN TOUR.
WE USUALLY INCORPORATE ONE OF THOSE.
FOR THE SMALL TOWN COMMUNITIES TO SEE A SMALLER CRA AND SEE
HOW THEY OPERATE.
THAT WILL BE A BUS LEAVING THAT MORNING.
THE WEST -- OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.
WE HAVE WELCOME REMARKS THANK YOU CHAIR HENDERSON GIVING THE
WELCOME REMARKS TO ONE OF THE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS, SHANE
PHILLIPS, A HOUSING EXPERT FROM CALIFORNIA WHO WILL BE
COMING IN.
RICHARD GONZMART THAT WILL KICK OFF THE CONCERT -- SORRY,
THE CONFERENCE ITSELF.
AND THE AWARDS BANQUET.
WE PUT IN SEVERAL AWARDS ACROSS ALL OF THE OUR CRAS.
WE DON'T KNOW IF WE WON YET.
WE WILL HAVE BANQUET.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME.
WE HAVE A TABLE AND LITTLE BIT OF A DRESSY EVENT AND WE
WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU AND OF ON FRIDAY, A BREAKFAST WITH
EXPERTS.
A BREAKFAST WHERE WE HAVE TABLES SET UP WITH DIFFERENT
TOPICS.
IF YOU WANT TO ENGAGE, LEAD A TOPIC.
EVERYTHING FROM AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO TRANSPORTATION TO
EXPANDING YOUR CRA.
ALL KIND OF TOPICS THAT WE PUT OUT ON THE TABLES.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, PRICELESS NETWORKING.
LEARNING AND SHARING AMONG OTHER CRAS ACROSS STATE.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE THERE, WE WANT YOU THERE.
IT IS IN OUR BACK YARD.
PROUD THIS YEAR TO BE BRINGING THIS CONFERENCE TO TAMPA.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW.
10:48:09AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES, MA'AM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
10:48:13AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
I -- I HAVE BEEN BOTH YEARS I HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD AND A
FABULOUS CONFERENCE.
BY FAR THE MOST RELEVANT CONFERENCE I HAVE BEEN THROUGH IN
TERMS OF JUST BEING ABLE TO PUT INTO PRACTICE.
I HAVE MET A LOT OF INTERESTING PEOPLE.
I WILL 100% BE THERE.
AND I WILL BE PART OF WHATEVER YOU WANT ME TO BE PART OF.
YOU TELL ME WHERE YOU WANT ME TO BE, AND HE WILL BE THERE.
I AM HAPPY TO DO IT AND I HOPE THAT ALL OF YOU AT LEAST COME
TO ONE THING.
I THINK WHEN THE CRA CONFERENCE IS IN OUR CITY, WE SHOULD
ALL SHOW UP.
AT THIS ALREADY MADE A MOTION THAT WE DON'T HAVE A COUNCIL
MEETING THAT WEEK SO WE ARE ALL FREE.
10:48:57AM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU, ANYONE ELSE.
10:48:59AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I WANT TO GO TO THE STREETCAR THING AND I
HOOKED AT 7:30 IN THE MORNING.
ARE Y'ALL LOST YOUR MIND IN TAMPA?
WE DON'T FUNCTION IN THE LATIN CORRIDOR AT 7:30 IN THE
MORNING.
10:49:12AM >> THE TOURS ARE EARLY.
BUT IT WON'T BE LEAVING AT 7:30.
10:49:16AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
7:30 IN THE MORNING.
BRENHAM WE HAVE TO CONVENE.
CLENDENIN I HAVE GOT TO GO TO YBOR THE NIGHT BEFORE AND ROLL
ON TO THE STREETCAR.
10:49:29AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
10:49:32AM >>BRENDA THROWER:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:49:33AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
WE ARE AT THE END.
A REQUIRED APPROVAL.
ALL NOSE FAVOR.
NEW BUSINESS.
YES, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME TIME, ATTORNEY MASSEY.
10:49:52AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
THERE ARE SOME LEGAL THINGS THAT WE DO NEED
TO -- I WANT TO BRING TO THE BOARD'S ATTENTION THAT WE WILL
HAVE TO DEAL WITH AT THE MEETING.
ONE OF WHICH IS THE UPDATE THE SERVICES AGREEMENT.
I HAVE A -- I WOULD HAVE A RED LINE -- OR BLUE LINE REDRAFT
SHOWING THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE TO THE CURRENT SERVICES
AGREEMENT.
LET ME HAND THAT OUT TO YOU ALL.
AND, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST FOR YOUR REVIEW, I WOULD WELCOME
ANY INDIVIDUAL COMMENT THAT YOU HAVE BETWEEN NOW AND THE
NEXT MEETING.
I WILL BE GLAD TO INCORPORATE ANY OF YOUR CHANGES.
WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION AT THE NEXT MEETING, BUT WE DO
NEED TO TRY TO ADOPT THE SERVICES AGREEMENT.
10:50:30AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WHEN WILL YOU LIKE THESE COMMENTS?
10:50:32AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
THE MEETING IS THE 12th.
IF I COULD GET THEM.
10:50:37AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
BY THE FIRST.
10:50:38AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
BY LABOR DAY WILL BE HELPFUL.
BEFORE LABOR DAY.
10:50:51AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
EXTRA CHEAT DAY.
10:50:53AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
CALL YOU ON LABOR DAY.
10:50:56AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
THANK YOU, ATTORNEY MASSEY.
ONE OF YOUR LAST ASSIGNMENTS WITH US?
10:51:01AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
ALSO TO REMIND AND OTHER THING BEFORE YOU
GO TO NEW BUSINESS.
IN SEPTEMBER, WE WILL BE BRINGING YOU FORWARD THE BUDGET FOR
THE CRA FOR ADOPTION BEFORE YOU TAKE ACTION ON THE CITY
BUDGET BECAUSE THE CRA BUDGET IS FOLDED INTO THE CITY
BUDGET.
THE CARRY OVER AMOUNTS WHAT THAT WILL BE.
I ALERTED REVENUE AND FINANCE.
AND THEY ARE WORKING ON THE NUMBERS.
YOU WILL HAVE THAT IN ADVANCE OF YOUR SEPTEMBER MEETING AND
PUBLISHING ON THE WEB SITE BECAUSE WE ARE REQUIRED TO UNDER
LAW WITH THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS, WHICH IS WISH WHICH WILL BE
IDENTICAL WHAT WILL BE IN THE CITY BUDGET AND THE ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION THAT WILL BE PROVIDED PACK-UP FOR ANY OF THE
INDIVIDUAL AREAS THAT ARE A LITTLE MORE DETAILED.
AND THEN FINALLY, JUST TO ALERT ARE YOU, THE FLORIDA
LEGISLATURE IN -- IN THEIR INFINITE WISDOM IMPOSED
REQUIREMENTS ON THE CRA.
WE ARE REQUIRED SEPTEMBER 1 FOR THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES FOR
VARIOUS PROGRAMS.
STAFF IS GOING TO BE.
AND EFFECTIVE IN JULY.
WE WILL BE QUICKLY WORKING THE GOAL AND PERFORMANCE MEASURE
DOCUMENT COMING TO THE BOARD IN SEPTEMBER AND MAY NOT BE AS
DETAILED AS IT GETS IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS BECAUSE WE ARE
HAVING TO DO THIS ON A VERY QUICK BASIS BUT I WANT TOPPED
ALERT YOU OF THOSE THINGS COMING TO THE BOARD AT THE
SEPTEMBER MEETING.
THE SEPTEMBER MEETING MIGHT BE QUITE BUSY CONSIDERING ALL
THE THINGS WE ARE ASKED FOR AS WELL.
10:52:43AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I HAVE QUESTION OF ABOUT THAT.
10:52:45AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
BOARD MEMBER HURTAK AND BOARD MEMBER
CARSON.
10:52:48AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I HAVE A QUESTION.
IT SEEMS THAT MISS MOODY WAS PUTTING SOME OF THIS INTO PLAY
ALREADY WITH -- WE ARE NOT DOING THIS OUT OF THIN AIR.
10:53:00AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
NO.
FRANKLY MEAN -- WE ARE REQUIRED EVERY SPRING TO BRING
FORWARD A -- YOU KNOW, AN UPDATE OF WHERE OUR PROGRAMS ARE.
AND, YOU KNOW, FRANKLY YOUR BUDGET, TO SOME DEGREE, DICTATES
WHAT YOUR PRIORITIES ARE.
SO THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES WILL BE
RISING OUT OF THE BUDGET DOCUMENT.
SO I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE THAT HARD TO PUT TOGETHER SOME
-- SOME DOCUMENT, BUT WILL SHALL WORKING WITH MR. McCRAY,
MISS THROWER AND OTHER FOLKS TO TRY TO GET SOMETHING FOR YOU
ALL TO LOOK AT.
10:53:34AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
BOARD MEMBER CARSON.
10:53:35AM >>BILL CARLSON:
DID YOU -- SORRY IF YOU SAID THIS.
BUT I DON'T REMEMBER YOU MENTIONING REPLACING UP IN A SEARCH
FOR AN OUTSIDE FIRM.
10:53:45AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
I MADE A CALL -- HE WAS BACK -- TALKING TO
MISS THROWER THIS MORNING.
AID CALL IN TO MR. SHEPHERD WHO IS THE ATTORNEY FOR THE
FLORIDA REDEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION TO DISCUSS WITH HIM WHAT
HE MIGHT RECOMMEND.
SO WE WILL -- WE WILL BE TRYING BRING FORWARD SOME FOCUS ON
SOME NAMES FOR Y'ALL TO CONSIDER.
YOU WILL FIND IN THE AGREEMENT THAT I JUST HANDED OUT, I
ADDED SOME LANGUAGE IN THERE SAYING WHOEVER IS THE CRA
ATTORNEY IS SUBJECT TO YOUR APPROVAL.
THAT ARE INDEPENDENT AND NOT AN EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY.
THEN, YOU KNOW -- IN THIS -- THE CHARTER, THEY CAN'T TAKE
ANY ACTION THAT WILL EMPLICATE THE CITY -- NOT THE CRA, BUT
THE CITY, WITHOUT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE APPROVAL.
CITY ATTORNEY'S APPROVAL.
VERY MUCH HOW MR. SHELBY OPERATES AS WELL.
I DON'T THINK IT WILL IMPACT THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE
PROGRAM.
BECAUSE THAT NEEDS TO BE BUILT INTO THE DOCUMENT.
YOU WILL SEE THAT IS PART OF THE AGREEMENT WELL.
10:54:36AM >>BILL CARLSON:
THANK YOU.
I HAVE NEW BUSINESS IF YOU WANT TO START HENDERSON HENDERSON
ARE YOU READY?
OKAY.
NEW BUSINESS.
OLD BUSINESS CAN GO TOGETHER.
RIGHT.
LET'S GO WITH YOU CARLSON.
YOU WANT TO GO FIRST.
10:54:50AM >>BILL CARLSON:
I DON'T CARE.
IF YOU WANT TO GO --
10:54:54AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
CHARLIE USUALLY GOES FIRST.
10:54:56AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT.
GIVE SOME LOVE.
10:55:02AM >>BILL CARLSON:
LOOKING THIS WAY.
I AM OKAY IF CHARLIE WANTS TO GO FIRST.
10:55:04AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
NO, I AM GOOD.
10:55:06AM >>BILL CARLSON:
YOU ALTHOUGH I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT THE ARTS
AND INVOLVED IN THE ARTS.
10:55:12AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
WE DO KNOW THAT.
10:55:13AM >>BILL CARLSON:
THE ARTS -- EVERY CITY OF THE WORLD, THE
ARTS ARE THE BEGINNING OF REDEVELOPMENT.
IN YBOR ARTS MOVED IN '70s AND '80s AND THE ARTISTS MOVED
OUT NOW PART OF THE REDEVELOPMENT ST. PETE.
DUNBAR AND NEW YORK BECAUSE OF THE ARTS.
AND ONE WILLWOOD IN MIAMI, WE CAN GO ON AND ON AND ON.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A STRATEGIC ARTS PERSON
WORKING FOR THE CRA.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE.
WE APPROVED IT BEFORE.
EVERYBODY WENT IN THE DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
SINCE THE LAST MEETING HE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH
THE CHIEF OF STAFF OF AND HE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH MORRIS
AND ANDREA AND EVERYONE INVOLVED.
I HAVE A MOTION TO FIX THE ART STAFF SITUATION WRITTEN BY
THE CHIEF OF STAFF'S OFFICE, SO I AM GOING TO READ IT.
IT SAYS, IT IS MY UNDER STANDING THAT THE NEWLY HIRED CRA
ARTS STAFF PERSON WILL BE TRANSITIONING TO A CITY STARTS
STAFF PERSON UNDER THE SOLE DIRECTION OF ROB INN EN IN NYE
AND THE CRA WILL BE POSTING FOR A NEW POSITION LIMITED TO
ONLY CRA ARTS FUNDED PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS.
BASED ON THIS UNDERSTANDING, I MAKE THE FOLLOWING MOTIONS.
ONE, I WILL MOVE THAT CITY'S HUMAN RESOURCES STAFF BE
REQUESTED TO DEVELOP A JOB DESCRIPTION FOR A SEPARATE CRA
ARTS STAFF PERSON WORK SLOWLY ON CRA RELATED ARTS PROJECTS
AND PROGRAMS A{ND WILL THE REPORT TO THE CRA DIRECTOR AND
THAT THEY PROVIDE THE CRA BOARD WITH A DRAFT JOB DESCRIPTION
FOR THIS POSITION FOR CRA BOARD APPROVAL FOR THE COUNTY'S
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 BOARD MEETING AND POSTING AFTER APPROVAL
OF.
THE SECOND MOTION PART OF THIS IS THAT I MOVE THAT THE NEWLY
HIRED ARTS STAFF PERSON SHOULD CONTINUE TO WORK ON BOTH CRA
AND CITY-RELATED ARTS PROJECTS UNTIL A SEPARATE CRA STAFF
PERSON IS HIRED AND WILL, UNTIL TIME, WOULD, WITH BOTH
MISS NYE AND THE CRA DIRECTOR.
TWO MOTION AND WRITTEN BY THE CHIEF OF STAFF'S OFFICE.
10:57:22AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SECOND.
BUT --
10:57:25AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
ANY DISCUSSION?
BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
10:57:26AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SOMETHING OF THE DRAFT.
IF THAT CAN BE ON BASE SO WE CAN MAKE CHANGES BEFORE YOU
MEET SO WE CAN GET THAT MOVES.
THAT IS THE ONLY REQUEST.
10:57:39AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY ABOUT THAT, IN
ORDER TO GET THE ITEM ON BASE, IS SCHEDULING WITH THE
CLERK'S OFFICE VERY AGGRESSIVE.
10:57:48AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HOW ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE E-MAILED.
10:57:51AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
MAY BE E-MAILED TO YOU BUT NOT PLACED --
10:57:55AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WEEK PRIOR TO HAVE TIME TO LOOK AT IT.
I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU ADD THAT TO YOUR MOTION.
FIRST MOTION.
10:58:03AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
10:58:09AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I THINK WE NEED TIME TOO TALK ABOUT THESE
THINGS.
OUR PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS OF $500,000.
I DON'T NECESSARILY DISAGREE WITH THE CONCEPT AND THE IDEA,
BUT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS
MODEL WITH THE INTEGRATION, WITH THE FOLKS THAT WE HAVE
WITHIN THE CITY THAT ALREADY HAVE THE SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERTISE, LIKE -- I FOUND IT FRUSTRATING THAT WE HAVE A CRA
DISCUSSION THAT THE CRA WASN'T UTILIZING OUR COMMUNICATION
DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WE HAD THEY KNOWS MORE THAN EVERYBODY THE
PEOPLE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE MOBILITY I FOUND IT
INTERESTING THAT WE ARE NOT USING THE RESOURCES AND TALENT.
IN THE SAME WAY, DOES THE CRA -- IS THERE REALLY A BUSINESS
-- A BUSINESS MODEL OR JUSTIFICATION TO HAVE OUR PERSON AS
THE SCOPE OF THE WORK SUFFICIENT TO JUSTIFIES THE
STAND-ALONE PERSON THAT WE WOULDN'T -- RATHER THAN USING THE
ART PEOPLE -- WE ALREADY HAVE, WHAT, TWO OR THREE NOW.
10:59:16AM >>BILL CARLSON:
WE JUST HAVE ONE REALLY.
10:59:18AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THIS WILL BE THE SECOND ONE?
10:59:20AM >>BILL CARLSON:
INCLUDING THIS PERSON.
CAN I RESPOND?
10:59:23AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
YEAH, YOU MAY.
YOU MAY RESPOND, BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:59:26AM >>BILL CARLSON:
WHAT THIS MOTION SAYS -- AGAIN, I DIDN'T
WRITE THIS.
WHAT THIS MOTION SAYS, THEY WILL BRING BACK A DRAFT JOB
DESCRIPTION.
SO AT THAT POINT, I THINK WE CAN HAVE A LONGER DISCUSSION
ABOUT WHAT WE WANT.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LONGER DISCUSSION TOO.
I WILL CHANNEL MY CHARLIE MIRANDA.
I AM ALL FOR THE DISCUSSION.
10:59:43AM >>BILL CARLSON:
THE -- THE POSITION THAT WE HAVE -- THE
CAPABILITY WE HAVE IS MOSTLY FOCUS ON PUBLIC ART WHICH IS
JUST A SMALL SUBSET OF THE ART INDUSTRY.
AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER.
THAT DEPARTMENT ALWAYS NEEDED MORE STAFF AND THEY HAD HALF A
PERSON FOR A WHILE.
THIS NOW -- WHAT THE CITY IS SAYING HERE IS THEY ARE
COMMITTING TO CREATE A -- A PERMANENT PERSON TO ASSIST IN
THAT DEPARTMENT.
SO THEY ARE BEEFING UP -- THAT DEPARTMENT IS ALWAYS FOR 20
YEARS HAVE BEEN UNDERSTAFFED AND THEY ARE AGREEING TO STAFF
THAT UP AND BRING BACK A JOB DESCRIPTION FOR THE CRA
POSITION AND WE CAN DISCUSS AND DEBATE IT.
11:00:25AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
OKAY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?
BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:00:31AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS.
11:00:34AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
FOR THE DIRECTOR POSITION?
11:00:38AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
WHOEVER THEY ARE GOING TO CHOOSE.
11:00:39AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
THE ART DIRECT HER IN.
11:00:42AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
SOMETHING WILL BE DISCUSSED MAYBE NEXT
MONTH WHEN YOU TALK OF THE POSTING.
YOU WOULD LOOK TALKING OF THE SALARY RANGE AT THAT POINT IN
TIME.
BUT IT IS ANOTHER AMOUNT AND SOMETHING THAT WILL BE COMING
OUT OF THE CRA BUDGET NOT THE CITY BUDGET.
11:00:57AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
COMING OUT OF OUR BUDGET.
BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
11:01:02AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
AND THIS IS WHY -- OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE SALARY
ISSUE -- OH, THANKS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE SAL VIS ISSUE IS REASONABLE.
I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS.
AND SUPPORTING IT AFTERWARDS FOR DISCUSSION BECAUSE
DISABILITY PARK ISSUE.
REASON I MOTION IT UNDER CRA PARKS AND CITY OF TAMPA BECAUSE
WE CAN MAKE A BIG CONCENTRATED IMPACT WITH THAT AND WE
OBVIOUSLY ARE.
FOR A LOT OF AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN BLIGHTED, WE COULD MAKE A
VERY CONCENTRATED IMPACT WITH IT.
SO I THINK THE IDEA IS EVEN IF.
OBVIOUSLY I DON'T WANT TO BREAK THE BANK ON IT, BUT THAT'S
WHAT I WILL BE SUPPORTING.
11:01:44AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:01:47AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
ALL PARKS WITHIN THE CITY -- ONE YOU HAVE
THE STANDARD THAT YOU DID AND DILIGENT WHERE YOU ARE AT AND
CONTINUED TO HAVE THE PROGRESS OF THAT ON ALL CITY PARKS.
THEY HAVE TO DO IT BECAUSE THEY ARE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.
I'M NOT A LAWYER, BUT IF WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS GOING ON
IN EVERY CITY PARK.
THEY, THEMSELVES, HAVE TO DO IT WHETHER THEY LIKE IT OR NOT.
11:02:11AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
OKAY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
MOTION CARRIES.
OKAY.
11:02:19AM >>BILL CARLSON:
CAN I READ ONE MORE?
SORRY, ONE MORE.
I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT -- SORRY, HE THOUGHT OF THIS WHEN
WE WERE WORKING TODAY, BUT THERE IS A SET PROCESS BY -- BY
ORDINANCE THAT GUIDES PUBLIC ART, BUT I THINK THAT WE NEED
TO ADD AN EXTRA STEP FOR CRA FOR CRA APPROVAL.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CREATE A CRA POLICY THAT
ANY CRA PUBLIC ART MUST BE PRESENTED OR APPROVED BY THE CAC
OR CRA BOARD IN ADDITION TO ADHERING TO RELEVANT CITY
ORDINANCES.
11:02:56AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SECOND.
11:02:57AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT?
MY -- BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:03:01AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I WAS GOING TO SAY THIS AND HERE AGAIN
YEARS AGO, I BELIEVE THAT SOME COUNCIL WAY BACK, 25, 30
YEARS AGO HAD AN ORDINANCE THAT ANY BUILDING IN THE CITY OF
TAMPA, SUCH AMOUNT OF MONEY TO GIVE 1% TO PARK.
IS THAT STILL IN EFFECT?
11:03:20AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
UP TO 200,000.
11:03:21AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
IF THAT IS THE CITY POLICY.
11:03:24AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
A STATE POLICY.
11:03:25AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
A STATE POLICY.
11:03:27AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
CODIFIED IN THE CITY CODE.
11:03:29AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
DOES THAT MEAN THAT EVEN IF WE DON'T PASS
IT, THEY STILL HAVE TO DO IT, BECAUSE THEY ARE WITHIN THE
CITY?
11:03:36AM >>BILL CARLSON:
SO THAT --
11:03:37AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
11:03:39AM >>BILL CARLSON:
THIS IS NOT ADVOCATING FOR A BUDGET OR
ANYTHING.
11:03:42AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I UNDERSTAND.
11:03:44AM >>BILL CARLSON:
THIS IS SAYING IF THE CRA FUNDS SOMETHING,
WE NEED CRA APPROVAL -- SORRY, CAC APPROVAL AND CRA BOARD
APPROVAL OF IT.
THAT'S ALL.
11:03:53AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
ATTORNEY MASSEY.
11:03:56AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
AGAIN, THIS WILL NOT APPLY TO ALL PUBLIC
ARTS PROJECTS.
IT WILL JUST BE APPLICABLE TO CRA PROJECTS.
I WILL SAY INSTEAD OF CAC APPROVAL, A CAC RECOMMENDATIONS.
CACS DO NOT MAKE ANY DECISIONS.
YOU ALL MAKE THE DECISIONS.
11:04:12AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:04:13AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
YOU WANT TO TALK?
11:04:18AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I DO.
I THOUGHT WE ALREADY HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH THE
CONVENTION CENTER ART INSTALLATION PIECE WENT IN.
MY ONLY CONCERN -- AND I THINK I USE CHARLIE AS AN EXAMPLE,
OF THE SEVEN ELECTED OFFICIALS MAKING DECISIONS ON ART.
I DIDN'T WANT CHARLIE MIRANDA MAKING A DECISION ON ART
BECAUSE ALL HORSES.
NOTHING BUT HORSES AROUND THE CITY OF TAMPA.
[LAUGHTER]
11:04:40AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HORSE AS SOON AS.
11:04:43AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SO IT IS LIKE -- YOU KNOW, YOU HIRE THESE
ART EXPERTS.
AND SOMETIMES MAYBE IT IS NOT MY CUP OF TEA, BUT I DON'T
KNOW -- I DON'T KNOW IF WE SHOULD BE MAKING DECISIONS ON
ART?
I THINK THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS SHOULD BE DOING THAT.
11:04:58AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
THIS BRINGS UP A LEGAL ISSUE -- WE NEED TO
BE CAREFUL AND LOOK AT THIS.
I FRANKLY CAN'T ADVISE YOU ALL TODAY WITHOUT THINKING THIS
TRUE WITH MORE THAT WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL SETTING UP
POLICIES THAT ARE CONTRADICTORY TO ORDINANCES AND
PROCEDURES.
IF IT DOESN'T HAVE TO GO TO THE PUBLIC ART PROCESS AND
PROCEDURE.
IF YOU GO THROUGH THE PUBLIC ART PROCESS OF CHAPTER 4
SETTING UP A POLICY THAT CONTRADICTS WHAT THE ORDINANCE IS.
11:05:37AM >>BILL CARLSON:
THE MOTION SAYS IN ADDITION TO ADHERING CITY
ORDINANCES.
11:05:41AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
11:05:43AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU, I -- IT SEEMS VERY CLEARLY --
CLEAR RATHER THAT WE HAVE TO APPROVE ANY FUNDING THAT
THE CRA WANTS TO DO AND QUITE FRANKLY, I DON'T THINK ANY OF
US WILL APPROVE SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN.
I'M NOT GOING TO APPROVE A THEORY.
FOR ME, IT IS NOT AGAIN, I HAVE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT -- I
AM A VERY OUTSIDER ART, FOLK ART, VERY OUT THERE KIND OF
ARTIST.
THAT IS THE KIND OF ART I LIKE.
BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I CAN'T APPRECIATE OTHER TPD OF
ART.
I THINK IF I KNOW THE STORY BEHIND THE ART, IF IT IS JUST
HORSES -- I THINK I CAN APPRECIATE HORSES.
SO I -- I THINK THAT YOU ARE -- YOU ARE SELLING US SHORT ON
WHAT WE CAN APPRECIATE AND WHAT WE CAN SEE.
SO I -- I --
11:06:39AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I JUST THINK POLITICIANS SHOULDN'T --
11:06:42AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I THINK YOU SELL US
SHORT AS PEOPLE WITHOUT VARIED INTEREST AND BACKGROUNDS.
WE ARE ABLE TO SEE THE COMMON GOOD IN A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT
THINGS WE DO.
I THINK WE SHOULD TRUST OURSELVES TO BE ABLE TO SAY, THIS IS
INTERESTING.
NOT REALLY MY THING, BUT I THINK IT IS LOVELY, YOU KNOW WHAT
I MEAN.
SO -- I SUPPORT COUNCILMAN CARLSON'S MOTION.
11:07:05AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
OKAY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
11:07:09AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
DID WE HAVE A SECOND.
11:07:10AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
GUIDO DID.
11:07:13AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I DID.
11:07:14AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
11:07:17AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
NAY.
CH.
11:07:22AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
ANY OTHER OPPOSED.
TWO NAYS?
MOTION CARRIES.
HENDERSON AND CLENDENIN VOTED NO.
OKAY.
BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
11:07:31AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
MY FIRST MOTION, I WANT TO RESCIND MY SEPTEMBER 12 MOTION
FOR A LIST OF PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE BECAUSE MELISSA
MARTINEZ ALREADY DOES THAT.
AND SHE DOES A BEAUTIFUL JOB.
AND IT IS REALLY LOVELY, BUT I MOVE TO HAVE INTERIM DIRECTOR
McCRAY OR ANY DIRECTOR POST THE CRA -- IT IS CALLED THE "CRA
PROJECT TRACKER REPORT" TO ON BAILS EACH MONTH UNDER THE
DIRECTOR'S REPORT ON THE CRA AGENDA NOT NECESSARILY TO BE
TALKED ABOUT BUT TO GET A LOOK AT WHERE THINGS ARE.
I NOTE THAT IT WILL BE WAY AHEAD OF TIME, BUT GIVE US AN
IDEA WHAT IS GOING ON.
GIVE THE PUBLIC AN IDEA WHAT IS GOING ON.
MILLS MARTINEZ ALREADY ROUTINELY BRINGS THIS TO THE CAC.
THEY EXPECT IT.
IT IS PART OF THEIR AGENDA.
I THINK IT IS JUST FABULOUS.
I CAN'T I WANT TO SHOW IT TO PEOPLE BUT THAT IS MY MOTION,
TO RESCIND THE SEPTEMBER 12 AND ADD IT TO THE DIRECTOR
REPORT IN THE CRA AGENDA AND ON BASE GOING FORWARD.
11:08:32AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
SECOND BY MIRANDA.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED?
MOTION CARRIES.
11:08:39AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
THEN THE SECOND THING I WANTED TO BRING FORWARD, MR. MASSEY.
THESE -- THIS IS THE -- WE RECEIVED TWO WEEKS AGO THE JOB
DESCRIPTION FOR THE CRA DIRECTOR.
AND YOU ALL GOT A COPY OF THIS LAST -- TWO WEEKS AGO.
BUT AS I HAVE GONE HOW THAT IT, THERE IS JUST DRASTIC
CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO THIS.
THE FIRST IS BASICALLY THAT THEY CONSIDER THIS IS A CITY
EMPLOYEE OR A -- SERVING AT THE PLEASURE OF THE MAYOR AND
THE BOARD AND THAT IS NOT THE CASE INCLUDING A LOT OF
THINGS, A LOT OF WORK BEING DONE FOR THE CITY.
SO I -- I REALLY, REALLY WANT US TO TAKE A SOLID LOOK AT
THIS.
AND BRING BACK CHANGES.
THIS -- JUST -- JUST FOR THE FACT THAT THIS WAS ACTUALLY NOT
DONE FOR MISS MOODY.
IT WAS DONE FOR THE PERSON THAT WE TRIED TO HIRE.
AND, GOSH, THINGS ARE DIFFERENT NOW AND MILLS MOODY DID A
WONDERFUL JOB OF BRINGING STUFF TOGETHER.
REALLY CHANGING THE DIRECTION OF THIS.
SO I WANT TO REITERATE AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT THE CRA
BOARD BRING BACK THEIR -- THEIR SUGGESTIONS FOR THIS.
I'M GOING -- I AM GOING TO PIGGYBACK ON MR. MASSEY AND ASK
FOR THOSE -- ANY EDITS YOU WANT TO BE MADE TO THIS TO BE
BROUGHT FORWARD ON -- RIGHT AFTER LABOR DAY SO WE CAN REALLY
GO FORWARD AND HAVE A FULL --
11:10:13AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
JUST, AGAIN, BECAUSE YOU ARE A SUNSHINE
BOARD AND YOU CAN'T COMMUNICATE TO ONE ANOTHER OUTSIDE OF A
MEETING.
11:10:21AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES, BUT MR. -- THIS IS GOING TO BE SIMILAR
THE WAY MR. CLENDENIN DID THE -- THE THING FOR THE BUDGET
ANALYST WHERE HIS LEGISLATIVE AIDE MR. HEBERLEIN TOOK THOSE
SUGGESTIONS AND PUT IT TOGETHER.
11:10:38AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
WE CAN SEND IT TO DARLENE, YOU ARE
SAYING?
11:10:41AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IF DARLENE WANTS TO DO THAT, THAT WILL BE
GREAT.
BOARD MEMBER CARSON HAS EVER OFFERED TO DO THAT.
11:10:48AM >>BILL CARLSON:
IF DARLENE WILL DO IT.
THAT WILL BE GREAT.
11:10:51AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THAT WILL BE LOVELY.
11:10:52AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
HELPFUL IF DARLENE WILL COMMUNICATE
WITH HR.
11:10:59AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
DARLENE CAN TACKLE THAT.
11:11:01AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
AWESOME.
11:11:02AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
GO AHEAD.
11:11:03AM >>BILL CARLSON:
CAN I COMMENT?
11:11:04AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
YES, GO AHEAD CARLSON CARE WENT THROUGH
AND UNDERLINED SOMETHING IN EVERY SENTENCE.
BUT BROAD BRUSH THINGS.
THE VERY FIRST LINE SAYS "WORK OF UNUSUAL DIFFICULTY."
THE REASON WHY THE POSITION IS DIFFICULT AND THE REASON WHY
PEOPLE ARE SCARED TO TAKE IT IS BECAUSE THEY PERCEIVE A
CONFLICT BETWEEN ADMINISTRATION AND THE CRA BOARD.
WE CAN RESOLVE THOSE CONFLICTS IN THE SERVICES AGREEMENT BY
BEING CLEARER AND ALSO BY BETTER DESCRIBING THIS.
THIS HALLS A LOT OF ERRORS IN IT IN THE WEIGH IT IS WRITTEN.
IN THE SECOND -- THE SECOND SENTENCE IT TALKS ABOUT --
INCLUDES A WIDE RANGE OF REDEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.
IF YOU GO BACK TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE WROTE, WE WERE
VERY CAREFUL OF CHOOSING THE WORDS, AND NOTHING FROM OUR
STRATEGIC PLAN IS IN THERE.
IN FACT, THE STRATEGIC PLAN SHOULD BE COPIED IN THIS.
THE FIRST LINE OF THE SECOND PARAGRAPH, SUPPORT THE BOARD'S
MISSION TO PROVIDE CUSTOMER SAT ORPHANING OF HIGH LEVEL OF
PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFICIENCY.
NOT OUR MISSION.
THAT IS NOT THE MISSION STATEMENT WE WROTE.
GOES ON AND ON AND ONLY.
SECOND PAGE, IT SAYS, CITY, CITY, CITY, CITY.
CUT AND PASTE FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE.
BUT NEEDS TO SAY CRA BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE CLEAR.
AND A COPY OF THE SERVICES APRIL AGREEMENT SHOULD BE
ATTACHED TOO SO CLEARLY WHAT THEY CAN DO AND CAN'T DO.
THE OTHER THING IS THAT IN THE ORIGINAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
THAT -- THAT I HOOKED AT FIVE YEARS AGO, AND I HELPED
REWRITE IT, IT WAS ALL OF -- ALL THE THINGS THAT -- THAT --
THAT THE CITY WAS SUPPOSED TO DO WERE ALL RELATED TO REAL
ESTATE DEVELOPMENT.
AND WE KNOW THAT -- YOU KNOW, WHAT WE ARE -- WHAT ERICA WAS
FOCUSED ON THE C INSTEAD OF THE R.
NOT EVERYTHING IS ABOUT REAL ESTATE.
YOU LOOK AT THIS, IT IS ALL ABOUT REAL ESTATE.
USING THE MODEL FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO NOT THE NEW MODEL IN THE
SERVICE AGREEMENT.
11:13:04AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THAT ON
BECAUSE SUCH AN IMPORTANT THING AND REALLY ALLOWS US TO PUT
OUR NEW STAMP USING ALL THE STUFF THAT WE WORKED SO HARD AND
MISS MOODY WORKED SO HARD AND THE CRA TEAM HAS WORKED SO
HARD TO PUT INTO PROCESS.
I AM VERY EXCITED BECAUSE I THINK WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET
BETTER QUALITY CANDIDATES IF -- YOU KNOW, IF WE SHARE THE
EXCITEMENT, PASSION AND WHAT WE ARE REALLY FOCUSING ON.
I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT AND EXCITED TO BRING IT BACK TO
YOUR ATTENTION.
MY MOTION IS THAT FOLKS BRING THEIR EDITS TO MISS JOHNSON BY
-- SEND THEIR HE HAD TO ITS MISS JOHNSON BY THE DAY AFTER
LABOR DAY.
11:13:44AM >> SECOND.
11:13:46AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
NIP FURTHER DISCUSSION?
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
OPPOSE?
MOTION CARRIES.
MANISCALCO.
THE QUIET ONE.
OKAY.
ONE MORE?
YOU ARE DONE?
BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
11:14:01AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
JUST AN UPDATE WITH THE ISSUE WITH THE
STREETCAR.
ONE, YOU KNOW IT TAKES ALMOST A YEAR TO BUILD A FENCE AROUND
A CEMETERY.
IT IS JUST -- IT IS JUST MINDS BOGGLING HOW SLOW THINGS GO.
THE STREETCAR SAME THING.
QUITE SOME TIME WHEN THE CRA ALLOCATED $5 MILLION TO THE --
TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF THE STUDY.
WELL, THE GOOD NEWS IS, NEXT WEEK, THE RFP WILL GO OUT TO
UPDATE THE STUDY.
WE ARE -- NOW WE HAVE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE FUNDS.
WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION AGENCY FUNDS.
SO -- TO BE ABLE TO FUND THE SAME THING.
AND SO THE THINGS ARE CLICK ALONG WELL.
I KNOW MORRIS HAS BUDGET IN A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS EXPANDING
THE SERVICE DISTRICT.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT IS, MORRIS.
DO YOU --
11:14:53AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
I HAVE NOT HAD ANY RECENT CONVERSATIONS BUT
CHECK WITH MR. BHIDE.
THE MAJOR THING THAT WILL BE INVOLVED WITH THAT A CONSULTANT
WILL HAVE TO BE ENGAGED AND WE WILL HAVE TO SET FORTH THE
JUSTIFICATION FOR ASSESSING THAT.
11:15:08AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THAT IS THE NEXT STEP IS TO ENSURE THAT --
AS WE MOVE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ACTUAL ART, PUT OUT
A RFP FOR THE PROJECT ITSELF.
INTERESTING TO GET THAT DONE BALLS FEDERAL FUNDING AND
EVERYTHING ELSE IS DEPENDENT HOW WE SUPPORT THE STREETCAR
AFTER IT IS CONSTRUCTED.
11:15:26AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
THAT'S CORRECT.
THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT IS LARGELY OF COVERING THE OPERATING
COST OF THE SYSTEM.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW THAT REVENUE AND FINANCE
AND MOBILITY ARE LOOKING AT.
RIGHT NOW ONLY BUSINESSES ARE ASSESSED WITHIN THE CURRENT
GEOGRAPHIC AREA AND CONVERSATION WHETHER THAT NEEDS TO BE
EXPANDED AND THE DISTRICT AND ALSO THE MAKE-UP OF THE BOARD
THAT WE DRAMATICALLY CHANGE AND HAVE THAT INTO IT.
11:15:55AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I APPRECIATE THAT.
YOU WILL STICK AROUND FOR THAT, RIGHT?
11:16:00AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
NO PROBLEM.
11:16:01AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
PEOPLE COME AND GO SO QUICKLY AROUND HERE.
IT IS LIKE --
11:16:06AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
OKAY.
BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
11:16:08AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN FOR
HIS LEADERSHIP ON THE STREETCAR.
IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT -- HISTORICAL AND TRANS FORMATIONAL
ISSUE.
YOU WANT TO SAY HELLO TO MRS. MARTHA VILA IN THE AUDIENCE
TODAY.
SHE IS HERE AND THAT'S IT.
11:16:24AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
11:16:27AM >>LUIS VIERA:
I DIDN'T SEE HER.
11:16:29AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
MISS VILA, GOOD MORNING.
11:16:35AM >> I SEE YOU EVERY WEEK ON MY TELEVISION.
YOU LOOK THE SAME.
IT IS HONOR FOR ME TO BE HERE.
I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
AND MOST OF THE TIME Y'ALL ASK MY AGE.
LAST YEAR I MADE A PROMISE TO YOU THAT IF THE PARK WAS
FINISHED, WE WOULD TOGETHER CELEBRATE IT AT THE PARK ON MY
90th BIRTHDAY.
SATURDAY, I WILL BE 91.
11:16:59AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
11:17:01AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
WHAT A BLESSING.
11:17:03AM >> AN HONOR TO THANK YOU.
I AM PROUD TO BE A CITIZEN OF TAMPA I AM PROUD TO BE AN
AMERICAN.
AND I AM PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES OF ALL THAT DEFENDED THIS
COUNTRY.
I ORDERED SOME LITTLE SNACKS BUT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN
DELIVERED.
BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR ALL
YOU HAVE DONE.
I AM PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN.
11:17:25AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS VILA.
11:17:29AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I HAVE KNEW YOU WERE THERE, I WOULD WEAR
THE TIE YOU GAVE ME.
A BEAUTIFUL TIE.
 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU 
 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU 
 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU 
 HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARTHA 
 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU 
 AND MANY MORE 
11:17:50AM >>> THANK YOU, AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
11:17:52AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
11:17:56AM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SPEAKING OF MISS VILA WHO IS HERE.
HE WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION ON AN
IMPORTANT VETERAN ISSUE THAT I KNOW MISS VILA WOULD CARE
ABOUT.
YESTERDAY, WE HAD ON THE AGENDA AND IT WAS RECEIVED AND
FILED THE ISSUE ON THE WORLD WAR I AFRICAN-AMERICAN SOLDIERS
MEMORIAL.
YESTERDAY AT COUNTY COMMISSION, COMMISSIONER JOSH WASTAL
MAILED A MOTION TO APPROPRIATE UP TO $10,000 FOR THE
RESTORATION OF THAT MARKER.
THE GENESIS OF THAT WALLS, WE HAD A COMMUNITY CLEANUP OF
MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY THAT IS HOME TO A LOT OF OUR
VETERANS, MOSTLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN VETERANS.
ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO WHEN THE COMMISSIONER SPENT TWO
HOURS TOGETHER AND WE BECAME FRIENDS OUT THERE CLEANING A
CEMETERY.
AND I PROPOSED TO HIM AT THE TIME THAT THE COUNTY AND THE
CITY WORK TOGETHER.
AND WE ARE DOING THAT ON THIS MARKER, ON THIS -- ON THIS
MEMORIAL MARKER THAT IS -- GOSH, 100 -- MARKED 100 YEARS.
AND YOU KNOW, COMMISSION THE COMMISSIONER HIMSELF IS A NAVY
VETERAN.
SO SOMETHING THAT IS OBVIOUSLY IN HIS HEART.
AND I BELIEVE IN THE CITY WORKING WITH THE COUNTY.
AND I WILL ALSO BELIEVE -- AND I WILL SAY IT.
A REGISTERED DEMOCRAT.
I AM A REGISTERED REPUBLICAN.
WE DON'T AGREE ON A LOTTED THINGS, BUT WE AGREE ON VETERANS
EVEN THOUGH WE ARE VERY FRIENDLY.
I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY YESTERDAY
FOR DOING THAT.
THE MEMORIAL MARKET IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AND THERE WAS WORLD WAR I SOLDIERS FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS
REST THERE ETERNALLY AT MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT KNOW, A LOT OF THOSE
RETURNING THAT RETURNED HOME FOR WORLD WAR I DEMANDED THOSE
RIGHTS.
AND THAT IS WHERE YOU SAW A MASSIVE UPDATE IN RACIAL
VIOLENCE AND LEVERAGING INCIDENTS AND ETC. AFTER WORLD WAR
I.
THAT PARTICULAR MARKER IS SOMETHING VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
I DID WANT TO I WILL GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
TO COMMISSIONER TO OUR WONDERFUL CRA STAFF, TO THE CEMETERY
SOCIETY FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING WITH US ON THIS.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A WIN FOR HISTORICAL PRESERVATION.
A WIN FOR HISTORY.
AND A WHEN FOR THIS CEMETERY THAT HAS CERTAINLY SEEN ITS
SHARE OF CONTROVERSY.
PLANNED McCRAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT.
GIVE YOU A PUBLIC SHOUT OUT TO THE COUNTY AND THE
COMMISSIONER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:20:32AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
THANK YOU.
BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:20:35AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I WANT TO FOLLOW UP WITH COUNCILMAN VIERA
SAID.
NOT ONLY ONE COMMISSION, BUT ASK THE OTHER COMMISSION WHO
WILL VOTE FOR IT TO SAY THANK YOU TOO.
11:20:45AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
11:20:47AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
BEFORE YOU DO THAT.
COUPLE OF THINGS REAL QUICK.
11:20:50AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
ATTORNEY MASSEY.
11:20:53AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
I WANTED TO CHECK WITH THE CLERK.
DID WE APPROVE ITEM NUMBER, THE DOWNTOWN REALLOCATION OF THE
STREETCAR.
11:21:00AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
WE DID DO THAT.
WE HAD THE APPROVAL.
11:21:03AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
OKAY.
11:21:04AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
YES, WE DID.
11:21:06AM >>MORRIS MASSEY:
THE OTHER THING MR. McCRAY WANTED ME TO
MENTION AND A MOTION FROM THE CLEAR OR FROM A MEMBER OF THE
BOARD -- AND THIS IS SUBJECT TO FRANKLY MY REVIEW AND WE
HAVE A LOT GOING ON IN SETTLEMENT, BUT IF I CAN GET MY
REVIEW DONE OF BOTH THE UPDATE OF THE COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR CENTRAL PARK AND TAMPA HEIGHTS RIVER
FRONT, WITH WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THOSE -- A MOTION TO
SCHEDULE FOR PRESENTATION OF THE UPDATE OF THOSE.
11:21:31AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
DID YOU GET THE SECOND FROM -- IT WAS VIERA.
IT WAS LOUDER.
11:21:39AM >>LUIS VIERA:
I WANT TO OBJECT THAT JOHN BENNETT WALKED OUT
WITHOUT A JACKET ON.
YOU WEIRDED -- NO, I AM JOKING.
11:21:48AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
LOVE FOR MISS VILA.
AND IT PASSED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
NOW IT IS MY TURN.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS AND
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I WASN'T FEELING WELL LAST WEEK.
I GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR FLOWERS.
YOUR SMALL GIFTS OF APPRECIATION THINKING OF ME AT THAT
TIME.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
I WANT TO SAY IT PUBLICLY TO SHOW PROOF THAT WE ACTUALLY DO
GET ALONG.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
11:22:25AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SO MOVED.
11:22:26AM >> SECOND.
11:22:27AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
BOOM.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
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