CRA MEETING
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2024, 9:00 A.M.
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8:59:52AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
8:59:53AM WELCOME TO THE CRA MEETING, NOVEMBER 14, 2024.
8:59:59AM WE'LL STAND FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND THE PLEDGE OF
9:00:01AM ALLEGIANCE.
9:00:14AM [MOMENT OF SILENCE]
9:00:18AM [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
9:00:35AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES, SIR.
9:00:38AM >> [INAUDIBLE]
9:00:39AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ABSOLUTELY.
9:00:40AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR GUEST.
9:00:43AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: EXCUSE ME, MR. MIRANDA.
9:00:45AM LET'S DO THE ROLL CALL FIRST AND THEN WE'LL DO THAT.
9:00:49AM >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
9:00:50AM >> HURTAK?
9:00:51AM CLENDENIN?
9:00:52AM MANISCALCO?
9:00:53AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
9:00:54AM >> VIERA?
9:00:54AM MIRANDA?
9:00:55AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
9:00:57AM >> HENDERSON?
9:00:58AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT.
9:00:59AM >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
9:01:01AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
9:01:03AM HURTAK IS HERE.
9:01:04AM OKAY.
9:01:05AM YOU ARE RECOGNIZED MR. MIRANDA.
9:01:06AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
9:01:07AM I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE A FRIEND OF OURS.
9:01:10AM MARLEY BROXSON.
9:01:13AM WE MET WHEN SHE WAS YOUNGER.
9:01:15AM WE TALKED ABOUT GRADES IN SCHOOL.
9:01:17AM I TOLD HER ANYTIME YOU MAKE As, YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO
9:01:21AM COME, GIVE A CALL AND INTRODUCE YOU TO CITY HALL.
9:01:24AM SHE IS AN A STUDENT ACADEMY PREP STUDENT OF TAMPA.
9:01:28AM I SAID HERE IS A CHANCE FOR YOU TO COME.
9:01:30AM HERE SHE IS.
9:01:32AM I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MARLEY BROXSON TO THE WHOLE GANG
9:01:36AM HERE.
9:01:36AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WELCOME, MARLEY.
9:01:37AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:01:41AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WELCOME.
9:01:42AM WE HAVE MORE GIRL POWER UP HERE AT THE DAIS, SO THAT'S
9:01:45AM ALWAYS GOOD.
9:01:46AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:01:48AM ENJOY YOUR DAY WITH US.
9:01:49AM CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE SEPTEMBER 12 MINUTES,
9:01:52AM PLEASE?
9:01:53AM >> SO MOVED.
9:01:53AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
9:01:54AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
9:01:55AM MOTION CARRIES.
9:01:56AM SO, MR. McCRAY, LET'S COME BEFORE US AND SET THE AGENDA
9:02:01AM FOR US TODAY.
9:02:02AM WE HAVE A COUPLE OF REQUESTS TO MOVE A FEW THINGS AROUND DUE
9:02:05AM TO SOME TIMING.
9:02:06AM YES, SIR.
9:02:08AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: GOOD MORNING.
9:02:09AM CEDRIC McCRAY, INTERIM DIRECTOR TAMPA CRA.
9:02:12AM GLAD TO SEE EVERYONE THIS MORNING.
9:02:13AM I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ADJUST, IF
9:02:17AM POSSIBLE.
9:02:17AM IF WE COULD MOVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AWARDS PRESENTATION
9:02:22AM UP ON THE AGENDA PRIOR TO ITEM NUMBER 1.
9:02:26AM NEEDS TO LEAVE EXPEDIENTLY FOR ANOTHER APPOINTMENT AS WELL.
9:02:32AM THEN THERE WAS ALSO A REQUEST --
9:02:33AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WHAT NUMBER IS THE PLANNING COMMISSION?
9:02:35AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: IT IS UNDER DIRECTOR'S REPORT, NUMBER 2.
9:02:38AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THAT'S WHY WE DON'T SEE IT.
9:02:42AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: THEN I BELIEVE WE ALSO WANTED TO PULL FOR
9:02:45AM DISCUSSION ITEM 15.
9:02:47AM RELATED TO THE THIRD AMENDMENT STRAZ CENTER.
9:02:52AM AND THEN --
9:02:53AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
9:02:53AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
9:02:55AM >> AYE.
9:02:58AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION FOR THE
9:03:02AM AWARD BECAUSE IT IS PART OF THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, RIGHT,
9:03:06AM MR. MASSEY?
9:03:07AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: I THINK HE'S ASKING FOR A PORTION OF THE
9:03:11AM DIRECTOR'S REPORT TO OCCUR MR. ROBINSON'S PRESENTATION,
9:03:16AM WHICH IS NUMBER ONE ON THE AGENDA.
9:03:17AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALL RIGHT.
9:03:18AM LET'S HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT.
9:03:20AM THANK YOU AND MIRANDA.
9:03:23AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
9:03:24AM >> AYE.
9:03:25AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WE'RE MOVING UP A REPORT.
9:03:26AM OKAY.
9:03:28AM SO NUMBER 15 HAS BEEN PULLED FOR DISCUSSION.
9:03:35AM WHAT ELSE?
9:03:35AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: AND NUMBER 17 AS WELL AS IT RELATES TO
9:03:39AM MR. SHEPARD.
9:03:40AM >> SO MOVED, SECOND.
9:03:41AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: HURTAK AND SECOND BY MANISCALCO.
9:03:43AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
9:03:44AM ANYTHING ELSE?
9:03:47AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: THAT'S IT.
9:03:48AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ANYBODY ELSE UP HERE NEED TO PULL
9:03:51AM SOMETHING, TALK ABOUT SOMETHING?
9:03:53AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I THOUGHT WE HAD A FEW THINGS TO CONTINUE.
9:03:57AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: I THINK THE STAFF IS ASKING TO BE CONTINUED
9:04:01AM --
9:04:02AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: NUMBER 3.
9:04:03AM YES, I APOLOGIZE.
9:04:04AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: YES, NUMBER 3 --
9:04:07AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: CEDRIC, YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO TAKE THE LEAD
9:04:10AM ON THAT.
9:04:11AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: NUMBER 3 RELATES TO THE CRA STAFF POSITION
9:04:14AM RELATED TO PUBLIC ARTS.
9:04:15AM WE'RE ASKING THAT BE CONTINUED TO THE DECEMBER MEETING.
9:04:18AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
9:04:19AM MOTION BY HURTAK.
9:04:20AM SECOND BY MANISCALCO.
9:04:21AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
9:04:23AM >> AYE.
9:04:23AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: AS WELL AS THE CENTRAL PARK AND TAMPA
9:04:26AM HEIGHTS CRP UPDATES, ITEM NUMBER 5.
9:04:30AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: THAT WOULD BE MOVED TO THE JANUARY 16.
9:04:35AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: JANUARY 16.
9:04:37AM >> SO MOVED.
9:04:38AM >> SECOND.
9:04:39AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
9:04:41AM >> AYE.
9:04:41AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
9:04:41AM MOTION CARRIES.
9:04:42AM NOW CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES?
9:04:44AM THE AGENDA?
9:04:46AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
9:04:49AM >> AYE.
9:04:50AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: MOTION CARRIES.
9:04:51AM LET'S GET THIS PARTY -- I MEAN, NOT PARTY.
9:04:55AM IT'S NOT A PARTY.
9:04:58AM I SAY THAT IN THE CLASSROOM.
9:04:59AM EXCUSE ME.
9:05:00AM LET'S GET THIS MEETING GOING.
9:05:06AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: MOST OF YOU KNOW, THE TAMPA CRAs WERE
9:05:12AM AWARDED AWARD FOR PARKING IN WEST TAMPA.
9:05:15AM THE CEREMONY HAS HELD LAST MONTH.
9:05:17AM WE JUST WANTED TO HAVE MS. ZORNITTA COME UP AND PRESENT THE
9:05:22AM AWARD FORMALLY TO THE CRA BOARD.
9:05:29AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:05:30AM MELISSA ZORNITTA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HILLSBOROUGH
9:05:32AM COUNTY CITY-COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION.
9:05:34AM AS CEDRIC MENTIONED, AT OUR PLANNING AND DESIGN AWARDS, HELD
9:05:39AM ON OCTOBER 30th, OUR PANEL OF EXPERT JUDGES FROM OUTSIDE
9:05:42AM OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY RECOGNIZED THE WEST TAMPA CRA PARKING
9:05:48AM STUDY WITH AN AWARD OF OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION.
9:05:51AM THE JUDGES WERE IMPRESSED WITH THE STUDY TACKLING ONE OF
9:05:56AM WEST TAMPA'S MOST PRESSING PROBLEMS -- PARKING -- IN A WAY
9:05:59AM THAT BALANCES THE AREA'S HISTORICAL CHARACTER WITH MODERN
9:06:03AM INFRASTRUCTURE DEMANDS.
9:06:04AM THE PARKING SOLUTIONS WILL BE INTEGRAL TO SUPPORTING GROWTH,
9:06:09AM ENHANCING WALKABILITY AND IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE, AND THE
9:06:12AM JUDGES PRAISED THE STUDY FOR ITS THOROUGHNESS AND USER
9:06:18AM FRIENDLY PRESENTATION AND APPLAUDED THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS
9:06:20AM THAT BROUGHT THE COMMUNITY'S VOICE TO THE FOREFRONT.
9:06:24AM CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TAMPA CRA AND POND AND COMPANY WHO
9:06:28AM WORKED ON THE PROJECT.
9:06:29AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:06:35AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WHO GETS TO KEEP THE AWARD?
9:09:01AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: ARE WE READY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT OR ARE YOU
9:09:03AM GOING TO DO SOMETHING ELSE?
9:09:05AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: NEXT WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:09:09AM YOU CAN LINE UP.
9:09:10AM WE DON'T HAVE CARDS FOR THIS ONE.
9:09:11AM FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED.
9:09:23AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: JUST REAL QUICKLY, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
9:09:25AM ARE ALLOWED A REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
9:09:27AM CRA MEETING TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA BEFORE THE CRA
9:09:30AM TAKES OFFICIAL ACTION ON AN ITEM.
9:09:32AM HOWEVER, THREE-MINUTE TIME LIMIT APPLIES TO ALL SPEAKERS
9:09:35AM PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:09:37AM UNLESS SUCH TIME FRAME IS MODIFIED OR WAIVED BY A VOTE OF
9:09:41AM THE CRA BOARD.
9:09:42AM SPEAKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE REMINDED THEY ARE TO
9:09:44AM REFRAIN FROM DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR INCLUDING VULGAR OR
9:09:47AM THREATENING REMARKS OR MAKING OR CAUSING DISRUPTIVE NOISES,
9:09:50AM SOUNDS OR DISPLAYING SOUNDS OR GRAPHICS.
9:09:53AM SPEAKERS ARE ALSO REMINDED TO REFRAIN FROM LAUNCHING
9:09:56AM PERSONAL ATTACKS OF ANY NATURE.
9:09:57AM THE CHAIR WILL RULE OUT OF ORDER ANY PERSON WHO SPEAKS
9:10:00AM WITHOUT BEING RECOGNIZING OR ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS THE CRA
9:10:03AM FROM OUTSIDE THE SPEAKER AREA AT THE PODIUM.
9:10:05AM PEOPLE FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE CRA RULES MAY BE ALSO
9:10:08AM RULED OUT OF ORDER AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR MAY BE
9:10:11AM REMOVED FROM THE CHAMBER FOR THE REMAINDER OF THAT DAY'S CRA
9:10:14AM MEETINGS.
9:10:15AM FINALLY, MEMBERS SHOULD REFRAIN FROM ENGAGING A SPEAKER
9:10:19AM UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:10:20AM CITY COUNCIL RULES REVISED JUNE 6, 2024, NOW IN EFFECT FOR
9:10:23AM THE CRA BOARD UNLESS OTHERWISE EXEMPTED OR OVERRIDDEN BY THE
9:10:28AM CRA BOARD BYLAWS.
9:10:32AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
9:10:33AM GOOD MORNING.
9:10:34AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:10:34AM CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS OMAR GARCIA.
9:10:38AM I'M THE MAJORITY OWNER OF 220 MADISON LOCATED ON MADISON AND
9:10:44AM FRANKLIN STREET.
9:10:45AM IT IS A NATIONALLY, HISTORICALLY DESIGNATED BUILDING IN
9:10:49AM DOWNTOWN TAMPA.
9:10:49AM PRIOR TO US TAKING OWNERSHIP, IT WAS VERY BLIGHTED.
9:10:52AM IT WAS PRIMARILY EMPTY, AND SERIOUS STATE OF DISREPAIR.
9:10:59AM TODAY, I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT WE HOUSE 136 UNIVERSITY OF
9:11:03AM TAMPA STUDENTS ALONG WITH CVS RETAIL LOCATION AND TWO
9:11:06AM RESTAURANTS.
9:11:07AM IT'S RADICALLY CHANGED THE AREA, WE BELIEVE.
9:11:11AM WE BELIEVE THAT THE PROMISE OF OUR CITY AND INVESTING IN
9:11:15AM CREATING A VIBRANT AND ENGAGING SPACE FOR TAMPA RESIDENTS,
9:11:18AM STUDENTS AND VISITORS.
9:11:19AM WE'VE DONE THAT ALSO WITH OUR CIGAR PROJECTS IN WEST TAMPA.
9:11:24AM TODAY, I WANT TO ADDRESS A PRESSING NEED FOR MORE
9:11:27AM REVITALIZATION ON FRANKLIN STREET, A CORRIDOR THAT HAS STOOD
9:11:31AM AS A SYMBOL OF TAMPA'S HERITAGE AND COMMERCE SINCE THE
9:11:35AM CITY'S EARLY DAYS.
9:11:37AM FRANKLIN STREET IS ONE OF THE OLDEST STREETS IN TAMPA, A
9:11:40AM PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY HUB THAT PLAYS A CENTRAL ROLE IN OUR
9:11:44AM CITY'S HISTORY.
9:11:45AM YET AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE AREA HAS UNFORTUNATELY DECLINED
9:11:48AM OVER RECENT YEARS.
9:11:50AM THE EFFECTS OF THIS DECLINE ARE EVIDENT.
9:11:52AM CLOSED BUSINESSES, FIRE DAMAGED BUILDINGS, AND THE SIGNS OF
9:11:56AM BLIGHT THAT HAVE IMPACTED ITS APPEAL.
9:11:59AM HOMELESSNESS, LOITERING AND OTHER ISSUES HAVE DIMINISHED
9:12:02AM FRANKLIN STREET'S CHARACTER AND ABILITY TO ATTRACT VIBRANT
9:12:06AM PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC AND ACTIVITY THAT IT ONCE DID.
9:12:10AM AS A TAMPA NATIVE AND BUSINESS OWNER, IT'S TROUBLING TO SEE
9:12:13AM NEWCOMERS AND VISITORS ALIKE EXPRESS SURPRISE, EVEN
9:12:17AM DISAPPOINTMENT AT THE STATE OF ONE OF OUR MOST HISTORIC
9:12:20AM STREETS.
9:12:21AM FRANKLIN STREET'S DECLINE DOES NOT REFLECT TAMPA AS WE KNOW
9:12:25AM IT AND THE VALUES OF PROGRESS THAT TAMPA HAS WHILE HONORING
9:12:31AM ITS PAST.
9:12:32AM THE DOWNTOWN TAMPA PARTNERSHIP HAS DEVELOPED A COMPREHENSIVE
9:12:35AM PLAN TO RESTORE THE FRANKLIN STREET CORRIDOR, EMPHASIZING A
9:12:40AM STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS, HISTORICAL PRESERVATION, ENHANCING
9:12:44AM LIGHTING AND THE CREATION OF A WELCOMING PEDESTRIAN
9:12:48AM ENVIRONMENT.
9:12:48AM THIS PHASED PLAN IS NOT JUST ABOUT BEAUTIFICATION; IT'S
9:12:53AM ABOUT CREATING AN INVITING ATMOSPHERE THAT ENCOURAGES
9:12:56AM BUSINESSES TO INVEST, FAMILIES TO VISIT, AND PEDESTRIANS TO
9:13:01AM ENJOY OUR DOWNTOWN CORE.
9:13:03AM AS A CITY, WE HAVE A CHANCE TO RESTORE FRANKLIN STREET TO
9:13:07AM ITS FORMER GLORY, AN AREA THAT RESIDENTS CAN BE PROUD OF AND
9:13:10AM VISITORS CAN ADMIRE.
9:13:11AM I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THIS GRANT REQUEST AS AN ESSENTIAL STEP
9:13:14AM TOWARDS ACTIVATING THAT VISION, A STEP THAT WILL ALIGN
9:13:17AM FRANKLIN STREET'S IDENTITY WITH THE DYNAMIC GROWTH AND
9:13:21AM DEVELOPMENT TAMPA IS EXPERIENCING.
9:13:22AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION OF THIS PROJECT
9:13:24AM THAT WILL BRING LASTING BENEFITS TO OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR
9:13:27AM CHILDREN.
9:13:27AM THANK YOU.
9:13:28AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
9:13:29AM WHY DIDN'T YOU LET HER READ IT?
9:13:32AM [ LAUGHTER ]
9:13:33AM >> SHE DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS COMING TODAY.
9:13:34AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WELL, THANK YOU FOR STANDING AND
9:13:36AM SUPPORTING.
9:13:37AM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:13:39AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: GOOD MORNING.
9:13:39AM WOMAN OF THE YEAR, WEST TAMPA.
9:13:41AM ARE YOU READY?
9:14:14AM >> I'M WAITING FOR THAT TO BE PASSED ON.
9:14:18AM NOW I'M READY.
9:14:18AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
9:14:19AM >> GOOD MORNING, CRA BOARD.
9:14:21AM MY NAME IS SANDY DE DIEGO SANCHEZ.
9:14:24AM I'M ON THE WEST TAMPA CAC BOARD.
9:14:27AM I'M HERE AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN.
9:14:29AM MR. ROBINSON, OUR CHAIRMAN, IS HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY.
9:14:33AM BECAUSE OF THE SUNSHINE LAW, WE HAVE NOT DISCUSSED, NOR DO I
9:14:37AM KNOW, IF HE AGREES WITH MY CONCERNS.
9:14:39AM MY CONCERN IS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION THROUGH YOU IS ASKING
9:14:42AM THE WEST TAMPA CRA TO PAY FOR CITY IMPROVEMENTS.
9:14:47AM THINGS THAT ARE NOT CRITICAL TO THE GOALS OF IMPROVING
9:14:53AM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN WEST TAMPA.
9:14:54AM IT IS PARAMOUNT THAT WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PLANS
9:14:58AM TO DEVELOP A BUSINESS DISTRICT IN ORDER FOR THE COMMUNITY TO
9:15:02AM THRIVE.
9:15:02AM IF YOU KEEP TAKING MONEY -- ASKING TO TAKE MONEY AWAY FROM
9:15:06AM US, WE WON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
9:15:09AM YOU HAVE IN YOUR HANDS THE SECOND PAGE OF THE PROJECTS FOR
9:15:12AM THE WEST TAMPA CAC.
9:15:14AM IF YOU LOOK AT LINE 14, GOT AN AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING
9:15:21AM CONTRIBUTION TO PARKING STUDY.
9:15:22AM THIS PARKING STUDY, THE PLAN, INCLUDES A GARAGE.
9:15:25AM WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PROPERTY TO BUILD A GARAGE.
9:15:29AM IF YOU TAKE MONEY FOR US, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE MONEY TO
9:15:31AM BUILD THE GARAGE.
9:15:32AM ITEM 15 IS THE MAIN STREET CORRIDOR STUDY.
9:15:35AM THAT WENT TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IN 2021 AND HAS BEEN
9:15:39AM BURIED.
9:15:40AM IT HAS NOW BEEN REVIVED.
9:15:43AM THAT WILL TAKE MONEY AS WELL AS THE NEED TO PURCHASE
9:15:45AM PROPERTY.
9:15:46AM THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHER ITEMS THERE ALSO THAT YOU CAN
9:15:48AM SEE.
9:15:49AM THE ONES I MENTIONED HAVE TO DO WITH THE ECONOMIC
9:15:52AM DEVELOPMENT IN THE MAIN STREET BUSINESS DISTRICT, BOTH OF
9:15:55AM THEM NEED PROPERTY TO MOVE FORWARD.
9:15:58AM IN NINE YEARS, THE WEST TAMPA CAC, THROUGH THE CITY OF
9:16:03AM TAMPA'S REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT, HAS BEEN ABLE TO PURCHASE
9:16:06AM TWO PROPERTIES.
9:16:07AM ONE IS A SMALL HOUSE AND THE OTHER IS THE REDNER PARK
9:16:12AM PROPERTY KNOWN AS FREEDOM PARK WHICH IS NOW WRAPPED FOR
9:16:17AM BROWNFIELD AND BEEN THAT WAY FOR THREE YEARS NOW.
9:16:21AM WE ARE TOLD THAT THE RESIDENTS DON'T WANT TO SELL.
9:16:24AM BUT I HAVE TO WONDER IF IT IS JUST THE CITY THAT DOESN'T
9:16:28AM WANT TO PAY THE PRICE.
9:16:30AM I NOW ASK THAT YOU LOOK AT ITEM 10.
9:16:33AM $10 MILLION.
9:16:33AM NOTE THIS SAYS SPECIAL PROJECT.
9:16:36AM WHY IS THE CITY AFRAID TO SAY WEST RIVER WALK?
9:16:39AM SHROUDED IN MYSTERY, CODE A, WHY?
9:16:43AM IF WE AGREE TO GIVE $10 MILLION TO THE CITY FOR VANITY
9:16:47AM PROJECTS, YOU ARE TAKING THE MONEY AWAY THAT IS BADLY NEEDED
9:16:50AM FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN WEST TAMPA AND SPENDING IT ON
9:16:53AM PROJECTS THAT WILL DO LITTLE TO HELP THE GOALS OF THE CRA,
9:16:57AM WHICH IS DEVELOP THIS BLIGHTED AREA.
9:17:00AM THE PROPOSED RIVERWALK IS ALMOST THREE-FOURTHS OF A MILE
9:17:04AM FROM THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS AREA.
9:17:06AM I ASK THAT YOU LOOK AT THE PROS AND CONS OF TAKING $10
9:17:09AM MILLION FROM OUR GOALS OF WEST TAMPA CRA.
9:17:12AM THE CRA SHOULD NOT BE USED TO SATISFY THIS ADMINISTRATION'S
9:17:17AM WISH LIST.
9:17:19AM PLEASE RETHINK THIS AND WITHDRAW THIS REQUEST.
9:17:22AM THANK YOU.
9:17:26AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: GOOD MORNING.
9:17:29AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:17:30AM MY NAME IS JOHN BELL.
9:17:32AM I AM THE CEO AND PRESIDENT OF TAMPA THEATRE ON FRANKLIN
9:17:35AM STREET.
9:17:36AM I'M HERE TODAY TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR THE DOWNTOWN
9:17:39AM PARTNERSHIP'S REQUEST TO SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THEIR
9:17:45AM FRANKLIN STREET ACTION PLAN.
9:17:46AM I HAVE, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN MY POSITION FOR
9:17:49AM ALMOST FOUR DECADES.
9:17:50AM I'VE HAD A FRONT-ROW SEAT TO WATCH DOWNTOWN'S
9:17:53AM TRANSFORMATION.
9:17:54AM I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP HAS BEEN TRUE
9:17:57AM PARTNERS TO US EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
9:18:00AM IN MY VIEW, THEIR PLANNING FOR THIS IMPROVEMENT VISION PLAN
9:18:06AM HAS BEEN EXEMPLARY.
9:18:09AM IT HAS BEEN GOING ON, AS YOU KNOW, FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
9:18:11AM EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP HAS INVITED
9:18:14AM US AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO THE TABLE TO LISTEN TO OUR
9:18:17AM INPUT, OUR COMMENTS, OUR SUGGESTIONS.
9:18:20AM THIS WASN'T JUST WINDOW DRESSING.
9:18:22AM THEY LISTENED.
9:18:23AM SO BUILT INTO THIS PLAN ARE IMPROVEMENTS WHICH MIRROR OUR
9:18:29AM BELIEF THAT THE TAMPA THEATRE BLOCK, THE 700 BLOCK OF
9:18:32AM FRANKLIN STREET, SHOULD BE TRANSFORMED INTO AND RECOGNIZED
9:18:36AM AS TAMPA THEATRE'S ARRIVAL PLAZA.
9:18:38AM THAT'S WHAT IT IS, BUT IMPROVE STREETSCAPING AND OTHER
9:18:43AM IMPROVEMENTS THERE WILL ALLOW US TO ACTIVATE THAT BLOCK FOR
9:18:46AM THE BENEFIT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BY HAVING MORE PRE-FUNCTION
9:18:51AM EVENTS, BLOCK PARTIES, SAFER ARRIVAL FOR SCHOOLCHILDREN
9:18:55AM ARRIVING ON BUSES, FOR FIELD TRIPS.
9:18:58AM WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT THEY INCLUDED ALL OF THAT.
9:19:02AM AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO US.
9:19:03AM WHAT I'VE LEARNED OVER 40 YEARS IS THAT THE SUCCESS OF TAMPA
9:19:10AM THEATRE AND THE ECONOMIC OF DOWNTOWN TAMPA, THOSE TWO THINGS
9:19:13AM ARE DIRECTLY RELATED.
9:19:16AM WHEN WE DO WELL, DOWNTOWN DOES WELL AND VICE VERSA.
9:19:19AM I CANNOT THINK OF A PROJECT THAT WOULD BE MORE IMPACTFUL ON
9:19:24AM TAMPA THEATRE AND THE REST OF DOWNTOWN THAN THIS PROJECT.
9:19:28AM I ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT IT.
9:19:30AM ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US AT TAMPA THEATRE, OUR BOARD, OUR
9:19:33AM STAFF AND ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS, I HOPE THAT YOU'LL SUPPORT
9:19:36AM THE PROJECT AND CONTINUE TO USE YOUR SUPERPOWERS FOR GOOD.
9:19:41AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
9:19:42AM NEXT SPEAKER.
9:19:44AM GOOD MORNING.
9:19:46AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:19:46AM MY NAME IS CAROLINE.
9:19:49AM I AM A SENIOR AT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA.
9:19:52AM I HAVE GOTTEN A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO INTERN WITH THE TAMPA
9:19:55AM DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP FOR THIS PAST YEAR.
9:19:57AM I STARTED IN JANUARY AND IMMEDIATELY WAS WORKING ON THE
9:20:00AM HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROJECTS AND EFFORTS THAT THE
9:20:02AM PARTNERSHIP HAS BEEN DOING OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
9:20:05AM IT HAS REALLY OPENED MY EYES TO THE WORLD OF HISTORIC
9:20:07AM PRESERVATION AND HONESTLY A PASSION I HAVE FOR IT THAT WOULD
9:20:10AM HAVE GONE OTHERWISE UNDISCOVERED.
9:20:13AM INTERNING WITH THE PARTNERSHIP HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE
9:20:15AM OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT THE INS AND OUTS OF THE PLANNING
9:20:17AM WORLD AND HAS BEEN AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE FOR ME TO MOVE
9:20:20AM FORWARD WITH MY CAREER.
9:20:22AM IT HAS SHOWN ME THE PROCESSES, SPECIFICALLY THE IMPORTANCE
9:20:24AM OF THE STAKEHOLDERS WHEN IT COMES TO CREATING PLANS AND
9:20:27AM PROJECTS THAT ENSURE THAT THERE IS A LEVEL OF INCLUSIVITY,
9:20:32AM RESPONSIVENESS AND EFFECTIVENESS WHEN BRINGING THE PLANS TO
9:20:36AM THE COMMUNITY.
9:20:36AM THE PAST YEAR, THE PARTNERSHIP TAUGHT ME A LOT BUT
9:20:39AM SPECIFICALLY I'VE GOTTEN THE ABILITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE
9:20:40AM HISTORY OF DOWNTOWN TAMPA AND THE ROLE THAT THE FRANKLIN
9:20:43AM STREET HISTORIC CORRIDOR HAS PLAYED IN IT.
9:20:46AM A STREET OF MANY OF THE CITY'S FIRSTS AND LIVING RESOURCE
9:20:48AM FOR THE HISTORY OF DOWNTOWN.
9:20:49AM I'VE HAD THE HONOR OF BEING ABLE TO SHARE THE INFORMATION
9:20:51AM THAT I'VE LEARNED FROM MY INTERNSHIP WITH MY FAMILY AND MY
9:20:54AM FRIENDS ABOUT THE HISTORICAL BUILDINGS AND THE RELEVANCY OF
9:20:57AM THAT STREET IN PARTICULAR.
9:20:58AM IT IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LEARN
9:21:01AM OTHERWISE, AND I THINK IT IS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE RESOURCE TO
9:21:04AM HAVE WHEN LIVING, WORKING, AND PLAYING IN DOWNTOWN TAMPA.
9:21:07AM I THINK THERE IS SUCH A DEEP HISTORY TO LEARN FROM AND YOU
9:21:11AM WOULD NEVER KNOW JUST SIMPLY LOOKING AT IT.
9:21:13AM MY GENERATION DESERVES TO HAVE A SPACE TO FEEL CONNECTED
9:21:18AM WITH THE COMMUNITY THEY LIVE IN AND THE HISTORY AND CULTURE
9:21:20AM OF THE SPACE THEY OCCUPY, NOT ONLY MY GENERATION, BUT THE
9:21:23AM GENERATIONS TO COME AND GENERATIONS BEFORE ME TO HONOR THE
9:21:26AM HERITAGE OF DOWNTOWN TAMPA.
9:21:27AM I BELIEVE FRANKLIN STREET IS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO
9:21:30AM AND THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP HAS BEEN ACTIVELY ENGAGING AND
9:21:33AM PRESERVING THAT.
9:21:34AM FOR THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THE AGENDA AND THE GRANT
9:21:37AM COMING FORWARD ON BEHALF OF THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP.
9:21:39AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
9:21:46AM >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
9:21:47AM MY NAME IS RODNEY KITE POWELL.
9:21:50AM I AM WITH THE TAMPA BAY HISTORY CENTER.
9:21:51AM ALSO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY'S HISTORIAN.
9:21:54AM I'M COMING TO YOU ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AS AN HISTORIAN TO
9:21:58AM TALK ABOUT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 4, THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP
9:22:02AM FRANKLIN STREET PROJECT.
9:22:04AM AGAIN, YOU'RE HEARING AND YOU WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT HOW
9:22:07AM HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT FRANKLIN STREET IS.
9:22:11AM LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT, TAMPA IS A UNIQUE CITY, AS YOU ALL
9:22:15AM KNOW.
9:22:15AM WE ACTUALLY OVER TIME HAVE HAD BASICALLY FOUR DIFFERENT
9:22:20AM DOWNTOWNS OR URBAN CORES BECAUSE WE HAVE DOWNTOWN TAMPA,
9:22:25AM YBOR CITY.
9:22:26AM WE HAVE CENTRAL AVENUE AND, OF COURSE, WEST TAMPA, WHICH YOU
9:22:29AM HEARD AS WELL, MAIN STREET.
9:22:30AM BUT THE FIRST ONE OF THOSE IS DOWNTOWN TAMPA.
9:22:32AM THAT FIRST CORRIDOR IS FRANKLIN STREET.
9:22:35AM THE VERY FIRST MAP OF TAMPA FROM 1847 HAS 12 STREETS ON IT
9:22:39AM AND ONE OF THOSE IS FRANKLIN.
9:22:41AM IT WAS THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE THAT CONNECTED FORT BROOKE TO
9:22:45AM SOUTH OF WHITING STREET TO THE FLEDGLING TOWN OF TAMPA.
9:22:49AM WASHINGTON STREET, I WOULD ADMIT WAS ALSO AN IMPORTANT
9:22:53AM STREET AS WELL FOR BUSINESSES, BUT BECAUSE IT WAS SO SHORT,
9:22:57AM IT DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH.
9:22:59AM BUT FRANKLIN STREET, BEING A NORTH-SOUTH ROAD GOING REALLY
9:23:03AM ALL THE WAY INTO TAMPA HEIGHTS PROVIDED A REALLY GREAT
9:23:06AM CORRIDOR FROM THE FORT AND FROM THE OLD CITY UP INTO THE NEW
9:23:11AM SUBURBS THAT BEGAN GROWING IN THE 1870s AND 1880s.
9:23:15AM AGAIN, YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT FIRSTS.
9:23:17AM THE FIRST BANK IN TAMPA WAS ON FRANKLIN STREET.
9:23:19AM THE FIRST HOTEL WAS ON FRANKLIN STREET.
9:23:22AM FIRST APARTMENT STORE, FIRST BRICK BUILDING.
9:23:25AM SO MANY IMPORTANT EVENTS HAPPENED ON FRANKLIN STREET.
9:23:28AM TAMPA IS A CITY LIKE SO MANY OF BOOMS AND BUSTS.
9:23:33AM WE HAVE SEEN FRANKLIN STREET BECOME VERY CRITICALLY
9:23:36AM IMPORTANT AND THEN LOSE FAVOR.
9:23:38AM PARTICULARLY AFTER WORLD WAR II AND IN THE 1940s AND
9:23:42AM 1950s, AS SUBURBS BEGAN TO GROW, BUSINESSES ON FRANKLIN
9:23:46AM STREET BEGAN TO SUFFER.
9:23:48AM THEY BEGAN TO WONDER IF ANYBODY WOULD COME HERE.
9:23:50AM PARKING BECAME A PROBLEM.
9:23:51AM THEY BEGAN ADDING PARKING METERS IN DOWNTOWN TAMPA TO RAISE
9:23:55AM SOME REVENUE BUT THAT WAS ACTUALLY DETRIMENTAL TO SOME OF
9:23:59AM THE BUSINESSES BECAUSE YOU GO TO A MALL OR SUBURBAN SHOPPING
9:24:03AM CENTER AND PARK FOR FREE.
9:24:04AM THE DOWNTURN OF FRANKLIN STREET STARTED.
9:24:07AM NOT TO GO INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL, BUT AMAZING EVENT CALLED THE
9:24:11AM SNOW SHOW IN 1958, ATTEMPTED TO BOOST THE BUSINESSES IN
9:24:14AM DOWNTOWN TAMPA.
9:24:14AM AND THAT WORKED FOR THAT WINTER, BUT IT WAS A SHORT-TERM
9:24:19AM EVENT.
9:24:19AM WHAT THIS IS GOING TO DO WITH THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP IS
9:24:22AM MAKE THIS A LONG-TERM GROWTH, LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENTS.
9:24:26AM CELEBRATING OUR HISTORY BUT DOING SO TO BENEFIT CURRENT
9:24:31AM BUSINESS OWNERS, CURRENT PROPERTY OWNERS AND OUR FUTURE AS
9:24:34AM THE YOUNG LADY SAID FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO EXPERIENCE THE
9:24:37AM DOWNTOWN TAMPA AND THE FRANKLIN STREET THAT WE HAVE AND
9:24:39AM THOSE THAT CAME BEFORE US HAVE.
9:24:41AM THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
9:24:42AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
9:24:43AM WE'LL TAKE OUR ONLINE SPEAKER WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR
9:24:49AM SOMEONE TO COME FORWARD.
9:24:57AM >>THE CLERK: MR. BAILEY.
9:24:59AM >> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
9:24:59AM HELLO?
9:25:07AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: GOOD MORNING.
9:25:07AM IS HE THERE?
9:25:12AM >> HI.
9:25:13AM THIS IS DAVID BAILEY.
9:25:14AM CAN YOU HEAR ME?
9:25:15AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: WE CAN HEAR YOU.
9:25:17AM >> GOOD.
9:25:17AM THANK YOU.
9:25:18AM GOOD MORNING.
9:25:18AM MY NAME IS DAVID BAILEY.
9:25:20AM I AM CO-OWNER OF VIBRANT MIXED USE BUILDING ON FRANKLIN
9:25:24AM STREET AND POLK STREET.
9:25:26AM WE ARE HOME TO MICHELIN -- SUPERNATURAL FOOD AND WINE,
9:25:33AM TAMPA'S LEGENDARY HUB BAR, SIAM THAI RESTAURANT, GREAT PLACE
9:25:38AM FOR LUNCH.
9:25:38AM WATER COOLER PHOTO AND VIDEO PRODUCTION ON THE SECOND FLOOR,
9:25:42AM AND ALSO ON THE SECOND FLOOR, AWARD-WINNING ARCHITECT'S
9:25:46AM OFFICE.
9:25:47AM I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT OUR BUILDING IS AN EXAMPLE OF
9:25:50AM HOW DIVERSE TENANTS CREATE A COMMUNITY THAT ENGAGES WITH
9:25:54AM FRANKLIN STREET.
9:25:55AM I FEEL LIKE THE CITY NEEDS A DOZEN MORE BUILDINGS LIKE OURS.
9:25:59AM OUR BUILDING IS ONLY 15,000 SQUARE FEET BUT HAS TENANTS
9:26:03AM RANGING FROM 400 SQUARE FEET TO 4,000 SQUARE FEET.
9:26:08AM AND I WOULD ARGUE THAT THAT TYPE OF A PLATFORM ALLOWS FOR
9:26:13AM INNOVATION.
9:26:14AM IT IS A PERFECT INCUBATOR FOR TOMORROW'S TALENT.
9:26:17AM I HONESTLY CAN'T IMAGINE DOWNTOWN WITHOUT EVEN ONE OF OUR
9:26:22AM TENANTS CONTRIBUTING TO FRANKLIN STREET.
9:26:24AM BRIEFLY, I HOPE THAT YOU WILL AGREE WITH ME THAT FRANKLIN
9:26:28AM STREET USED TO BE DOWNTOWN'S MAIN STREET.
9:26:31AM YOU HEARD IT FROM MULTIPLE SPEAKERS THIS MORNING.
9:26:34AM AND IN ORDER TO SPARK A RENAISSANCE, I ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT
9:26:38AM THE GRANT REQUEST FROM THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP ACTION PLAN.
9:26:42AM THANK YOU.
9:26:45AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
9:26:45AM GOOD MORNING, SIR.
9:26:47AM ARE YOU READY?
9:26:48AM >> YES, MA'AM.
9:26:49AM GOOD MORNING.
9:26:49AM HOW ARE YOU?
9:26:49AM THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
9:26:52AM MY NAME IS WESLEY RODERICK.
9:26:55AM I AM OWNER OF SUPER NATURAL FOOD AND WINE MENTIONED IN THE
9:26:59AM LAST COMMENT.
9:26:59AM NEIGHBOR TO THE TAMPA THEATRE.
9:27:00AM I'M JUST HERE TO SUPPORT REALLY THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP.
9:27:05AM HONESTLY, THEY HAVE DONE SUCH A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT FOR ME,
9:27:09AM FOR MY NEIGHBORS AND OUR COMMUNITY AT-LARGE THAT ANYTHING
9:27:12AM THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THEM RECEIVE THE FUNDING THAT THEY
9:27:15AM NEED BECAUSE I CAN'T THINK OF ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY
9:27:19AM THAT'S GOING TO BE A BETTER HANDLER OF FUNDS IN A
9:27:23AM RESPONSIBLE WAY TO THE BENEFIT AND THE SERVICE OF EVERYBODY.
9:27:26AM I'M NOT A HISTORIAN.
9:27:28AM SO I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU THE RUN-DOWN OF WHAT FRANKLIN
9:27:33AM STREET USED TO BE.
9:27:34AM I'VE SEEN IT OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS IMPROVE WITH THE CLEAN
9:27:38AM TEAM, EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN A SERVICE TO US.
9:27:40AM I ALSO KNOW WE'RE NOT REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE HISTORY.
9:27:43AM WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE VISION YOU ALL HAVE FOR WHAT TAMPA
9:27:45AM CAN BECOME AND WHAT WE WANT THAT TO LOOK LIKE.
9:27:48AM SO THAT'S REALLY IT.
9:27:51AM I HOPE THAT YOU WILL SUPPORT THE APPROVAL OF THE GRANT FOR
9:27:55AM THE PURPOSES OF THAT.
9:27:58AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:27:58AM I SECOND EVERYTHING THAT JOHN BELL SAID, BECAUSE HE KNOWS.
9:28:04AM 40 YEARS.
9:28:08AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: GOOD MORNING, SIR.
9:28:09AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:28:10AM CHARLES FOX.
9:28:11AM I'M A PARTNER IN THE HUB BAR.
9:28:13AM JUST AS DAVID WAS SPEAKING OF ALL THE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES,
9:28:16AM I WAS GETTING GOOSE BUMPS.
9:28:18AM I FEEL LIKE THE DOWNTOWN FRANKLIN STREET NEEDS, WHEN IT WAS
9:28:22AM WALKABLE, I REMEMBER WALKING ON THE BRICKS ON THE VARYING
9:28:25AM LEVELS OF THE BRICKS AND THE FEELING.
9:28:27AM THE MULTIPLE BUSINESSES.
9:28:29AM IDEALLY YOU WANT LIKE A DATE NIGHT, A GREAT DATE NIGHT.
9:28:33AM WALKING, IT IS A PLEASANT FEELING, SAFE, COMFORTABLE, UNIQUE
9:28:36AM EXPERIENCES TO SEE.
9:28:37AM THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP HAS BEEN GREAT.
9:28:41AM I FEEL AS THOUGH THEY SEE AND GET US, WHAT WE NEED.
9:28:45AM WE'VE USED A GRANT FROM THEM BEFORE.
9:28:49AM DOWNTOWN CAN BE GREAT.
9:28:52AM WHEN I GO OVER TO ST. PETE AND THAT DATE-NIGHT FEELING, YOU
9:28:57AM WALK THROUGH, CAN HAVE DECORATIVE LIGHTING.
9:29:00AM IT GIVES YOU A GOOD FEELING.
9:29:03AM YOU GET GOOSE BUMPS.
9:29:05AM I JUST FEEL THAT IS WHAT IS NEEDED FOR DOWNTOWN.
9:29:07AM THANK YOU.
9:29:07AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
9:29:08AM I NEVER HEARD THE WORD "DATE NIGHT" IN THE CHAMBERS BEFORE.
9:29:13AM ROMANTIC.
9:29:16AM GOOD MORNING, SIR.
9:29:17AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:29:18AM MY NAME IS THAD BEREDAY.
9:29:23AM MY COMPANY, URBAN REWORX, IS DEVELOPING AFFORDABLE HOUSING
9:29:25AM IN THE VM YBOR NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH IS PART OF THE EAST TAMPA
9:29:28AM CRA, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS.
9:29:30AM I'M ALSO INVOLVED IN LAY MINISTRY SERVICE WHERE I HAVE BEEN
9:29:35AM SERVING THE LAST FIVE AND A HALF YEARS.
9:29:36AM I'M HERE TODAY AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN.
9:29:39AM I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD THROUGH ITS OVERSIGHT OF THE CRA
9:29:43AM AND OTHERWISE FOR LEADING THE CHARGE AND HOLDING THE CITY
9:29:47AM ACCOUNTABLE ON ISSUES OF RESILIENCY, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY TOP
9:29:49AM OF MIND IN THE WAKE OF THE STORM AND ALL THE CHALLENGES THAT
9:29:53AM WE FACE THROUGHOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES.
9:29:55AM SO THAT'S WONDERFUL.
9:29:57AM IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN VM YBOR, I OWN PROPERTY ALONG THE
9:30:02AM NEBRASKA CORRIDOR.
9:30:02AM AS WE ALL KNOW, WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH TERRIBLE ISSUES OF
9:30:06AM HOMELESSNESS THERE WHICH HAVE IMPACTS ON OUR COMMUNITY.
9:30:09AM IN MY MINISTRY WORK, MS. ANTOINETTE HAYES-TRIPLETT WHO YOU
9:30:16AM KNOW IS THE CEO OF THEA, WAS SPEAKING TO OUR MINISTRY THIS
9:30:19AM WEEK.
9:30:20AM I DON'T THINK SHE WOULD MINE MY BORROWING HER QUOTE: THE
9:30:24AM SOLUTION TO HOMELESSNESS IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
9:30:25AM THAT'S FROM MS. TRIPLETT, ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY EXPERTS.
9:30:32AM AS WE FOCUS ON RESILIENCY, MY REQUEST AND PLEA IS THAT THE
9:30:37AM CITY NOT LOSE ITS FOCUS ON THE ALSO CRITICAL ISSUE OF
9:30:41AM AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
9:30:42AM AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS RESILIENCY, AND WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL
9:30:46AM OF OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE NO OPPORTUNITY EXCEPT
9:30:51AM SHELTERS TO LAY THEIR HEADS DOWN AT NIGHT.
9:30:54AM AND WITHOUT PROVIDING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO MEET THE
9:30:58AM NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE'LL HAVE A HARD TIME CLIMBING THE
9:31:01AM HILL ON THIS RESILIENCY CHALLENGE THAT WE ALL FACE.
9:31:04AM SO MY MESSAGE TO EVERYONE TODAY IS PLEASE LET'S NOT FORGET
9:31:07AM ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS
9:31:10AM RESILIENCY.
9:31:10AM THANK YOU.
9:31:13AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, SIR.
9:31:14AM GOOD MORNING, MS. BURTON.
9:31:19AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:31:19AM I HURT MY KNEE.
9:31:21AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I HURT MY KNEE, TOO.
9:31:23AM WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.
9:31:25AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:31:26AM CONNIE BURTON.
9:31:27AM FIRST, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY TO THIS BODY THAT HERE IN
9:31:32AM THE CITY OF TAMPA AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, YOU ARE THE LAST
9:31:35AM STRONGHOLD OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
9:31:38AM AND IT IS TO THIS COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE HOPING THAT YOU
9:31:43AM EXPRESS AND SHOW THE GREATEST POSSIBLE LEADERSHIP OF TAKING
9:31:49AM CARE OF THE CONSTITUENTS THAT HAVE BEEN LOYAL TO YOU.
9:31:53AM BECAUSE WHAT OUR COMMUNITY IS BEGINNING TO WITNESS AND I
9:31:55AM GUESS IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS IS THAT THE USE OF A CONVICTED
9:32:01AM FELON DON'T HOLD NO STUFF WHEN IT COMES TO RISING TO THE
9:32:05AM HIGHEST OFFICE OF THIS LAND.
9:32:07AM BEING INVOLVED IN SEX TRAFFICKING, YOU CAN THEN BECOME THE
9:32:13AM ATTORNEY GENERAL.
9:32:14AM SO YOU CAN BAN ALL THE BOOKS, BUT WHAT WE SEE IN LIVING
9:32:18AM COLOR IS THE BEST THAT WHITE AMERICA HAS SHOWN TO THE WORLD
9:32:24AM MOVING ON.
9:32:26AM ITEM 18 AND 15, THE STRAZ CENTER AND THE ART, $25 MILLION,
9:32:32AM WHY PEOPLE -- WHILE PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING, THAT'S ON YOU.
9:32:36AM I WANT TO TALK ABOUT EAST TAMPA.
9:32:38AM SINCE THIS IS THE CRA MEETING, I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU GO BACK
9:32:41AM AND READ WHAT IS THE MISSION OF THE CRA.
9:32:45AM BECAUSE EAST TAMPA, THE VERY FIRST CRA IN THE CITY OF TAMPA
9:32:51AM WHILE ALL OF THIS DEVELOPMENT IS HAPPENING, WHY PEOPLE HAVE
9:32:56AM DATE NIGHT, BARS, BEAUTIFUL LIGHTS, OUR COMMUNITY IS STILL
9:33:01AM SUFFERING.
9:33:03AM THE CONSTANT IGNORANCE OF WHAT BLACK PEOPLE IN THIS CITY HAS
9:33:08AM BEEN DEMANDING, JUST A BETTER FORM OF LIVING.
9:33:13AM HAVING HOUSES, USING TAX DOLLARS TO UPLIFT THEM, TO GIVE
9:33:17AM THEIR CHILDREN SOME HOPE.
9:33:19AM BUT WHAT WE SEE IS THE MONEY THAT YOU WANT TO GIVE TO THE
9:33:25AM SOLITAS HOUSE, THAT'S ON YOU AS WELL BECAUSE WHAT WE DON'T
9:33:29AM NEED IS MORE SOCIAL SERVICES.
9:33:31AM WHAT WE NEED IS AN ACTION PLAN FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP, FOR JOB
9:33:35AM CREATION, AND DEVELOPMENT.
9:33:38AM AND WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN IT IN THE LAST 25 YEARS.
9:33:42AM WHY PEOPLE COULD TALK ABOUT DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT, I COULD
9:33:45AM TELL YOU WHAT WAS TAKEN FROM DOWNTOWN, A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY
9:33:50AM THAT WAS ONCE KNOWN AS CENTRAL AVENUE AND NOBODY EVER TALK
9:33:54AM ABOUT THE REINVESTMENT DOLLARS THERE OTHER THAN SOME
9:33:58AM ARTIFACTS OF A PARK.
9:34:02AM THE BLACK COMMUNITY HAS BEEN LOYAL TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
9:34:06AM WE HAVE BEEN THE ONES THAT HAS BEEN -- WHILE OUR ALLIES HAVE
9:34:11AM GONE ELSEWHERE.
9:34:12AM AND IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON MOVING YOURSELF POLITICALLY TO
9:34:16AM THE NEXT POST, THINK ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE ARE NOT GOING TO
9:34:21AM FORGET.
9:34:21AM YOU CAN'T HAVE A BETTER LIFE AND WE KEEP ON CATCHING HELL.
9:34:25AM WE WANT TO SEE OUR CRA DOLLARS WORK FOR OUR BETTERMENT.
9:34:31AM THANK YOU.
9:34:33AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, MS. BURTON.
9:34:35AM MENTESNOT, GOOD MORNING.
9:34:43AM >> MENTESNOT, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
9:34:45AM UHURU.
9:34:46AM I WANT TO SHOW SOMETHING -- SAY WE AS AFRICAN PEOPLE SHOULD
9:34:51AM ALWAYS BE THINKING ABOUT OUR FREEDOM.
9:34:54AM THAT'S WHY I ALWAYS SAY UHURU.
9:34:57AM I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO BE THINKING ABOUT OUR FREEDOM.
9:35:00AM I WANT TO SHOW THIS -- I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN SEE IT OR
9:35:04AM NOT --
9:35:04AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WE CAN SEE IT.
9:35:05AM >> YEAH.
9:35:06AM BUT THAT IS A SIGN OVER ON 22nd STREET CAUSEWAY.
9:35:09AM THE SIGN SAY, KAMALA HARRIS, TAKE THE $750 AND STICK IT UP
9:35:17AM YOUR ASS.
9:35:18AM THAT'S AN INTERESTING SIGN.
9:35:22AM I FIND IT TO BE HUMOROUS.
9:35:26AM I FIND IT TO BE INSULTING.
9:35:28AM I FIND IT TO BE DEROGATORY, BUT I ALSO FIND IT TO BE
9:35:32AM EXORCISM OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION.
9:35:37AM THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO THE SIGN.
9:35:39AM I THINK THAT IS A SIGN COMPANY OVER ON CAUSEWAY.
9:35:42AM THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO THAT SIGN.
9:35:45AM THAT IS THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT.
9:35:53AM WHEN GOVERNOR DESANTIS WON'T ACCEPT A PHONE CALL FROM KAMALA
9:35:57AM HARRIS, THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, PERSONAL OR
9:36:02AM POLITICS, MAYBE THAT IS HIS RIGHT TO DO SO.
9:36:07AM THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, MANY PEOPLE SUFFERING THROUGH TWO
9:36:10AM HURRICANES AND THEY PLAY POLITICS AND WE SUFFER THE MOST.
9:36:15AM HOW I FIND THIS SIGN, IT IS AN INSULT TO AFRICAN WOMEN AND
9:36:21AM SOMEBODY HAVE TO STAND UP FOR AFRICAN WOMEN.
9:36:25AM WE CAN'T LET IT KEEP GOING ON.
9:36:27AM THAT PEOPLE CAN ASSAULT AFRICAN WOMEN AND GET AWAY WITH IT
9:36:32AM TO THE POINT WHERE SOMETIMES YOU SEE AFRICAN WOMEN INSULTING
9:36:36AM OURSELVES BUT THAT COMES FROM 824 YEARS OF EUROPEAN, NORTH
9:36:41AM AMERICAN, AND WHITE WESTERN CIVILIZATION, OPPRESSION OF
9:36:46AM AFRICAN PEOPLE, WHERE WE CAN'T EVEN THINK STRAIGHT.
9:36:52AM BUT I WANT TO SEND A MESSAGE TO THE GOVERNOR, AND I WANT TO
9:36:56AM SEND A MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT.
9:36:58AM THE PRESIDENT HAS A STRIPPER WIFE.
9:37:01AM YEAH.
9:37:02AM A WIFE THAT NUDE PICTURES ALL OVER THE PLACE.
9:37:08AM HEAVY IN IMMIGRATION AND SHE DOESN'T SPEAK FOUR WORDS OF
9:37:11AM ENGLISH.
9:37:11AM THAT'S INTERESTING.
9:37:13AM AND THE GOVERNOR, I DON'T KNOW HOW HE HANDLES IT.
9:37:19AM HE HAVE A WIFE WITH NO BREASTS AND THAT IS AN INSULT TO MEN
9:37:25AM IN GENERAL.
9:37:26AM IT IS AN INSULT.
9:37:28AM YOU CAN'T KEEP INSULTING AFRICAN WOMEN AND THINKING AFRICAN
9:37:33AM MAN WON'T INSULT YOU BACK BECAUSE IT IS.
9:37:35AM I STAND UP FOR OUR WOMEN IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE.
9:37:39AM STAND UP FOR OUR MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN, AND THE ANCESTRAL
9:37:44AM HISTORY OF AFRICA.
9:37:45AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, SIR, FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
9:37:48AM GOOD MORNING.
9:38:00AM >> MY NAME IS PASTOR FRANK WILLIAMS.
9:38:03AM I'M COMING DOWN HERE YEAR AFTER YEAR, BUT NOBODY HEAR MY
9:38:09AM COMMENTS AND DON'T NOBODY SEEM TO CARE.
9:38:11AM WHEN I WAS COMING DOWN HERE, I WAS A YOUNG MAN, ABLE TO PLAY
9:38:17AM FOOTBALL, BUT NOW I'VE GOT MY WHEELCHAIR, HAVE TO HELP ME GO
9:38:23AM THROUGH ANOTHER DAY.
9:38:24AM YOU KNOW WHAT?
9:38:25AM WELL, I TELL YOU, THE WAY YOU ALL TREAT PEOPLE OF COLOR, I
9:38:33AM CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY.
9:38:34AM WHY DO YOU ALL TREAT US SO BAD?
9:38:37AM BUT WE GOT TO UNDERSTAND OUR LOVE FOR GOD KEEP US GOING ON,
9:38:43AM AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT.
9:38:48AM I GOT THIS HERE.
9:38:52AM I'VE BEEN PUT OUT OF CHURCHES AND EVERYTHING BECAUSE I
9:38:56AM DIDN'T BELIEVE IN THE 19th.
9:39:04AM THEY SENT THIS TO MY HOUSE, WHAT YOU ALL CALL IT?
9:39:11AM BOY, THEY AIN'T SAYING NOTHING.
9:39:14AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: IT'S CALLED COVID, MR. WILLIAMS.
9:39:18AM >> YES.
9:39:18AM ANYWAY, I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT WE AIN'T GOING TO
9:39:23AM SLEEP YET, WHEN GOD DECIDE TO CALL US IN, WE HAVE TO GO TO
9:39:28AM SLEEP BECAUSE THE WAY YOU ALL HAVE BEEN TREATING PEOPLE THAT
9:39:33AM WE CALL CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS
9:39:37AM TERRIBLE.
9:39:38AM I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THE YOUNG MAN AND YOUNG LADY TALKING
9:39:42AM LIKE THEY DO, BECAUSE WE NEVER GET NO RESULTS.
9:39:44AM NOBODY TELL US NOTHING.
9:39:48AM MY ROOF HAS BEEN LEAKING.
9:39:51AM NOW IT'S WORSE THAN IT WAS.
9:39:53AM YOU THINK SOMEBODY SEND SOMEBODY OUT TO CHECK IT OUT.
9:39:57AM NO, THEY DON'T GIVE A DAMN.
9:39:58AM THAT'S SAD.
9:40:00AM MY WATER BEEN CUT OFF AND THAT'S SAD.
9:40:02AM BEEN ALMOST SIX MONTHS NOW.
9:40:05AM NOBODY WANT TO COME BY AND HELP ME.
9:40:07AM I HAVE TO KEEP PRAYING FOR ALL OF YOU ALL.
9:40:10AM THE REASON I'M UP HERE TODAY, I WANTED TO GIVE A MESSAGE TO
9:40:17AM YOU ALL.
9:40:21AM THAT'S WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT TODAY.
9:40:25AM LORD, JESUS
9:40:28AM BOY, I CAN'T THINK LIKE I WANT TO NOW.
9:40:30AM OH, MY GOODNESS.
9:40:34AM AIN'T GOING TO GIVE ME TIME TO SING IT.
9:40:37AM THERE IS A RIVER
9:40:39AM BOY, I THINK OF ANOTHER TIME.
9:40:43AM BUT I WANTED TO SING A DEDICATION TO YOU ALL FOR YOU ALL TO
9:40:47AM HELP ME AND HELP EVERYBODY ELSE THAT NEED HELP, ESPECIALLY
9:40:51AM POOR PEOPLE AND BLACK PEOPLE.
9:40:53AM WE IN TROUBLE.
9:40:54AM NOW WE HAVE A PRESIDENT, 34 FELONIES.
9:41:01AM YOU ALL ELECTED HIM TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF
9:41:04AM AMERICA.
9:41:05AM BOY, I TELL YOU, YOU DON'T GIVE ME MUCH TIME, HANDICAPPED OR
9:41:09AM NOT.
9:41:10AM YOU ALL DON'T GIVE A DAMN.
9:41:11AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, PASTOR WILLIAMS.
9:41:13AM NEXT SPEAKER.
9:41:13AM GOOD MORNING.
9:41:21AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:41:22AM STEPHANIE POYNOR.
9:41:24AM THIS WEEK IS FIVE YEARS SINCE I STARTED COMING TO THIS
9:41:27AM COUNCIL.
9:41:28AM AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT A CRA WAS.
9:41:31AM I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ANYTHING.
9:41:34AM SHOWING UP DOWN HERE AND HAD A LITTLE HELP ALONG FROM
9:41:37AM COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER BECAUSE HE KIND OF LED US BY THE NOSE
9:41:40AM TO THE RIGHT WAY TO TALK ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND
9:41:42AM HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS.
9:41:44AM AS SOON AS I STARTED UNDERSTANDING WHAT WAS GOING ON, I
9:41:47AM LEARNED ABOUT THE CRAs.
9:41:50AM AT THAT POINT IN TIME, COUNCILMAN CARLSON WAS TALKING ABOUT
9:41:55AM CAPPING THE DOWNTOWN CRA.
9:41:56AM WELL, COUNCILMAN VIERA BROUGHT IT UP AT BABE ZAHARIAS.
9:42:04AM YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF VANITY PROJECTS
9:42:08AM GOING ON IN THE CITY.
9:42:09AM WHEN I ROLLED OVER IN BED THIS MORNING AND TURNED ON THE TV,
9:42:15AM I SAW THAT, OH, MY GOSH, THE CITY IS GOING TO VOTE TO SPRUCE
9:42:21AM UP FRANKLIN STREET.
9:42:24AM SO I GO IN THERE.
9:42:25AM I LOOK.
9:42:25AM IT'S $6 MILLION.
9:42:27AM $6 MILLION.
9:42:29AM WHEN WE HAVE WASTEWATER GENERATORS THAT DON'T FREAKIN' WORK.
9:42:36AM ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
9:42:36AM EVERYBODY HERE WHO GOT UP HERE AND SAID THIS IS A GREAT
9:42:40AM IDEA, THEY BENEFIT FROM IT IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER
9:42:43AM FINANCIALLY, WITH THEIR BUSINESS, WHATEVER THEIR BUSINESS
9:42:46AM IS.
9:42:47AM WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY OF TAMPA
9:42:53AM WHO HAD POOP WATER IN THEIR HOUSE COVERING THEIR THINGS?
9:42:59AM IT'S AN EMBARRASSMENT FOR THOSE FOLKS TO PRESENT A DOCUMENT
9:43:05AM AND IN THE PowerPoint IT SAYS "HIGH-QUALITY LIGHTING."
9:43:09AM ARE YOU FREAKIN' KIDDING ME?
9:43:11AM WE DON'T HAVE GENERATORS THAT WORK PROPERLY IN A STORM.
9:43:16AM NOBODY HAS PROVEN THAT THEY ALL WORK SINCE THEN.
9:43:19AM IT'S EMBARRASSING.
9:43:21AM THE RIVERWALK.
9:43:22AM I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE RIVERWALK BECAUSE SOMEBODY IS GOING
9:43:25AM TO ASK YOU TO GIVE THEM $10 MILLION FOR THE RIVERWALK OUT OF
9:43:29AM THE CRA FUNDS.
9:43:30AM I'M GOING TO POINT OUT TO YOU PAGE 248 FROM THE 2040
9:43:35AM COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SAYS THAT YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE
9:43:38AM SPENDING DOLLARS IN THE COASTAL HIGH-HAZARD AREA EXCEPT FOR
9:43:43AM PROJECTS THAT CAN DEMONSTRATE.
9:43:45AM AND THEN THERE IS A WHOLE LIST OF THINGS THAT PROTECT THE
9:43:50AM CITIZENS OF TAMPA.
9:43:51AM THIS FRANKLIN STREET PROJECT, CRAP.
9:43:53AM IT'S NOT PROTECTING ANYONE.
9:43:54AM THE RIVERWALK, IT'S NOT PROTECTING ANYONE EITHER.
9:43:58AM YOU SHOULD BE EMBARRASSED THAT YOU ARE GIVING AWAY OUR TAX
9:44:02AM DOLLARS WHILE PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING BECAUSE OUR
9:44:06AM INFRASTRUCTURE HAS NOT BEEN DONE.
9:44:08AM CAP THE DOWNTOWN CRA.
9:44:11AM DO NOT GIVE THEM $6 MILLION TO PISS AWAY OUR MONEY FOR A
9:44:16AM VANITY PROJECT.
9:44:17AM AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.
9:44:18AM IT'S ABOUT MAKING THINGS LOOK PRETTY.
9:44:20AM WAIT UNTIL SHE PUTS THE PowerPoint UP THERE.
9:44:23AM OH, POTTED PLANTS AND ALL KINDS OF GOOD STUFF.
9:44:26AM YOU KNOW WHAT, I HAVE POTHOLES BIGGER THAN BABY CARRIAGES.
9:44:30AM YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.
9:44:32AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: GOOD MORNING.
9:44:34AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:44:35AM BOBBY CREIGHTON.
9:44:37AM I LIVE IN YBOR HEIGHTS.
9:44:38AM I HAVE THE GREAT PLEASURE TO MEET WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT
9:44:44AM FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND THE COFOUNDER OF THE CENTER FOR
9:44:48AM COMMUNITY PROGRESS THIS WEEK.
9:44:49AM THE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY PROGRESS IS THE ONLY NATIONAL
9:44:52AM NONPROFIT DEDICATED TO HELPING COMMUNITIES TACKLE VACANCY,
9:44:57AM ABANDONMENT AND DETERIORATION IN LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES OF
9:45:00AM COLOR THAT BEAR AN UNFAIR SHARE OF THE BURDEN OF VACANT
9:45:04AM PROPERTIES.
9:45:05AM IT WAS A VERY ENLIGHTENING CONVERSATION, VERY EDUCATIONAL.
9:45:08AM I APPRECIATED THEIR TIME.
9:45:09AM ONE OF THE TOPICS WE TOUCHED ON WAS JACKSONVILLE, AN
9:45:16AM ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO TRANSFORMING NEIGHBORHOODS.
9:45:21AM THEY HAVE PROJECTS PROMOTE NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION,
9:45:27AM COMMUNITY ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT FAMILIES, BUSINESSES AND
9:45:29AM ORGANIZATIONS IN DUVAL COUNTY.
9:45:30AM THAT ORGANIZATION FUNCTIONS VERY SIMILAR TO CRA, AND THAT
9:45:35AM ORGANIZATION PARTNERED WITH A LEGAL FIRM IN DUVAL COUNTY TO
9:45:39AM PROVIDE PRO BONO ESTATE PLANNING AND CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES TO
9:45:44AM THE FAMILIES THAT LISK SUPPORTS.
9:45:48AM I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT ALSO HAPPEN IN OUR
9:45:51AM CRA.
9:45:52AM RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NO EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT OR REQUIREMENT
9:45:56AM FOR REHABILITATION GRANTS ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE.
9:46:00AM LAST I CHECKED, HOPEFULLY MAYBE CHANGES HAPPENING NOW, BUT I
9:46:03AM THINK IT'S UNFAIR THAT FAMILIES COULD RECEIVE REHABILITATION
9:46:08AM GRANT AND THEN THERE'S NO PLAN FOR WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN TO THE
9:46:13AM PROPERTY, PUTTING THE FAMILY WEALTH AND GENERATIONAL WEALTH
9:46:15AM OF THE FAMILY THAT RECEIVED THAT GRANT POSSIBLY AT RISK.
9:46:18AM I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO IMPROVE THERE.
9:46:22AM I KNOW THAT THE TEAM AT THE CRA STAFF IS ON BOARD OR AT
9:46:27AM LEAST ENTERTAINING THAT IDEA, WHICH I THINK WOULD GO A LONG
9:46:30AM WAY TO HELP FAMILIES IN EAST TAMPA AND ELSEWHERE.
9:46:33AM THE VACANCY ISSUE IS COMPLEX.
9:46:36AM IT'S MULTIFACETED.
9:46:38AM THERE ARE LOTS AND LOTS OF LAYERS.
9:46:40AM THAT'S ONE SMALL PIECE.
9:46:42AM VERY QUICKLY, I KNOW THIS IS THE CRA BOARD BUT POINT OUT
9:46:45AM ANOTHER PIECE OF THAT, OUR CITY CODE HAS WHAT I CALL THE
9:46:48AM TAMPA SLUMLORD LOOPHOLE.
9:46:50AM IN ALL THE TOP SEVEN MOST POPULOUS CITIES IN FLORIDA, THERE
9:46:56AM IS A REPEAT VIOLATION DEFINITION WHERE A PERSON VIOLATES THE
9:47:01AM SAME CODE TWICE DESPITE LOCATION THEY ARE COUNTED AS REPEAT
9:47:07AM OFFENDER, TAMPA IS THE ONLY CITY IN THE TOP SEVEN MOST
9:47:10AM POPULOUS CITIES THAT GOES BY ADDRESS.
9:47:13AM THAT ALLOWS SLUMLORDS TO HAVE AN INORDINATE AND
9:47:17AM DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON COMMUNITIES BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT
9:47:20AM HELD ACCOUNTABLE AS A PERSON.
9:47:22AM IT'S PROPERTY BY PROPERTY.
9:47:23AM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ALSO FOLLOWS THE PERSON RULE JUST LIKE
9:47:28AM ALL THE OTHER CITIES DO BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE FLORIDA
9:47:30AM STATE STATUTE SAYS.
9:47:31AM TAMPA STANDS OUT IN THAT.
9:47:33AM I THINK THAT IS A WAY WE COULD VERY QUICKLY AND EASILY MAKE
9:47:36AM THINGS MORE EQUITABLE FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
9:47:39AM THANK YOU.
9:47:39AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
9:47:40AM IS THERE ANOTHER SPEAKER?
9:47:43AM OKAY.
9:47:45AM LAST SPEAKER, THANK YOU.
9:47:47AM GOOD MORNING.
9:47:50AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:47:50AM MY NAME IS GLORIA ROYSTER.
9:47:54AM I WASN'T GOING TO SPEAK THIS MORNING, BUT I FEEL COMPELLED
9:47:56AM IN THE MOMENT.
9:47:58AM I'M A SENIOR CITIZEN WHO LIVES IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN
9:48:03AM DOWNTOWN TAMPA.
9:48:05AM I SUPPORT THE FRANKLIN STREET PLAN BECAUSE IT DOES PROTECT
9:48:13AM VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IN DOWNTOWN TAMPA.
9:48:15AM PEOPLE LIKE ME, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO GET UP
9:48:19AM HERE AND SAY THAT.
9:48:20AM IT'S MORE THAN JUST A VANITY PROJECT.
9:48:25AM I JUST MADE A FEW NOTES.
9:48:28AM I'LL JUMP AROUND AND MAY NOT SOUND COHESIVE, BUT I WANT YOU
9:48:32AM TO UNDERSTAND WE DO NEED THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF
9:48:38AM UNEVEN PAVERS ON FRANKLIN STREET.
9:48:41AM IN MY BUILDING, THERE ARE SENIOR CITIZENS BUT ALSO DISABLED
9:48:44AM PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY UNEVEN
9:48:52AM PAVERS, ADA ACCESS GRANTS THAT ARE NOT BUILT PROPERLY.
9:49:00AM WE HAVE PEOPLE IN OUR BUILDING THAT HAVE VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS,
9:49:05AM AND THERE ARE PLACES IN DOWNTOWN WHERE THEY CAN'T SEE
9:49:10AM BECAUSE THEY NEED TO MEET ADA QUALIFICATIONS.
9:49:13AM SO THIS FRANKLIN STREET PROJECT IS NOT JUST ABOUT PRIVILEGED
9:49:19AM PEOPLE.
9:49:19AM IT'S ABOUT EVERYBODY WHO LIVES IN DOWNTOWN.
9:49:23AM AND PEOPLE OFTEN FORGET ABOUT US.
9:49:26AM WE'RE THERE TOO.
9:49:28AM I'M ONE SENIOR AFFORDABLE BUILDING BUT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE.
9:49:32AM THERE'S ONE ACROSS FROM THE MARION TRANSIT CENTER.
9:49:36AM THERE ARE SENIOR CITIZENS AND DISABLED PEOPLE IN METRO 5-10
9:49:41AM WHICH IS A MIXED INCOME COMMUNITY.
9:49:43AM I WAS ON A WALKING TOUR EARLIER THIS YEAR AND IT HAPPENED TO
9:49:47AM BE AT NIGHT.
9:49:48AM AND THIS WOMAN WAS WALKING BEHIND ME AND SHE FELL OVER AN
9:49:52AM UNEVEN PAVER.
9:49:54AM THEY WERE FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRIDGE.
9:49:58AM THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.
9:50:02AM I'VE LIVED HERE 11 YEARS.
9:50:05AM THE SENIORS IN MY BUILDING HAVE ALWAYS REFERRED TO FRANKLIN
9:50:08AM STREET AS OUR SCENIC ROUTE BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THE VERY FEW
9:50:12AM PLACES IN DOWNTOWN WHERE WE CAN GET SHADE.
9:50:17AM SHADE.
9:50:17AM FLORIDA AVENUE IS TOO HOT FOR HOLD PEOPLE, FOR ANYBODY.
9:50:25AM THERE ARE COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD THAT ARE BUILDING PARKS
9:50:28AM FOR SENIOR CITIZENS TO PROTECT AND TAKE CARE OF THEIR OLDER
9:50:34AM POPULATIONS OUT OF RESPECT.
9:50:36AM AND WE CAN'T EVEN GET SHADE IN DOWNTOWN TAMPA.
9:50:40AM WE CAN'T EVEN GET EVEN-PAVED STREETS IN DOWNTOWN TAMPA.
9:50:46AM WHAT THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP IS ASKING US TO DO SHOULD HAVE
9:50:50AM BEEN DONE A LONG TIME AGO IN A PROGRESSIVE CITY.
9:50:54AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, MS. GLORIA.
9:50:55AM >> BUT NOW WE CAN MAINTAIN IT.
9:50:57AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:50:57AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
9:50:59AM IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT NEEDS TO SPEAK?
9:51:01AM YOU WANT TO SPEAK?
9:51:02AM ANYONE ELSE?
9:51:03AM PLEASE STAND NOW AND COME TO THE SIDE SO WE'LL KNOW.
9:51:09AM YOU WILL BE OUR LAST SPEAKER.
9:51:10AM THANK YOU.
9:51:11AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:51:11AM MY NAME IS KELLY WILBURN.
9:51:15AM I JUST OPENED A CAFE ON HOWARD AVENUE.
9:51:17AM IT IS A JUICE CAFE.
9:51:22AM WE DO CARIBBEAN STYLED JUICES.
9:51:25AM I OPENED THIS TWO MONTHS AGO.
9:51:28AM IT'S REALLY SLOW BECAUSE OF THE HURRICANE AND THE STORM AND
9:51:31AM ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
9:51:33AM I'M DOING MY RESEARCH IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA, WEST TAMPA,
9:51:38AM DOWNTOWN TAMPA.
9:51:39AM EVEN WITH THE FRANKLIN STREET PROJECT, I DO SUPPORT IT.
9:51:44AM IT DRIVES MORE ATTRACTION FROM TOURISM TO OUTSIDERS.
9:51:52AM I THINK IT WILL BRING BUSINESS TO THE WEST TAMPA, DOWNTOWN
9:51:55AM TAMPA AREA THAT WOULD ALSO DRIVE BUSINESS AND ALSO PROVIDE
9:52:00AM EMPLOYMENT TO A LOT OF PERSONS IN AND AROUND THE AREA.
9:52:07AM I EMPLOY TWO PERSONS IN THE WEST TAMPA AREA, WHERE THEY CAME
9:52:12AM SEEKING EMPLOYMENT.
9:52:13AM THEY WERE UNEMPLOYED.
9:52:15AM ONE OF THEM WAS ON UNEMPLOYMENT.
9:52:16AM THE FACT THAT I WAS ABLE TO OFFER SOME ASSURANCE, SOME
9:52:19AM EMPLOYMENT, THAT HELPS THE FAMILY.
9:52:24AM THAT PROJECT WOULD BUILD A TOWN AND GIVE A BUSINESS OWNER AN
9:52:28AM OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN DOORS FOR PERSONS WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED OR
9:52:34AM NOT ABLE TO AFFORD.
9:52:36AM AGAIN, IT WILL OPEN THE DOOR.
9:52:38AM I DO SUPPORT.
9:52:39AM THANK YOU.
9:52:40AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
9:52:42AM I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:52:44AM WE'LL PROCEED NOW.
9:52:47AM MS. THROWER.
9:52:48AM >>BRENDA THROWER: GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
9:52:50AM I'M BRENDA THROWER.
9:52:52AM I AM THE WEST TAMPA CRA DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
9:52:54AM I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE THIS MORNING OF INTRODUCING MR. JOSEPH
9:52:58AM ROBINSON, WHO WILL BE GIVING YOU THE WEST TAMPA CAC UPDATE.
9:53:01AM MR. ROBINSON.
9:53:02AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
9:53:03AM NOT A DISSERTATION, MR. ROBINSON.
9:53:10AM >>JOSEPH ROBINSON: FIVE MINUTES.
9:53:11AM LET'S GET THAT STRAIGHT.
9:53:12AM I THINK IT'S FIVE.
9:53:14AM BEFORE I START THE CLOCK.
9:53:15AM FIVE MINUTES, RIGHT?
9:53:17AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
9:53:36AM >>JOSEPH ROBINSON: BEFORE I START, LET'S GET THAT IN YOUR
9:53:39AM HAND.
9:53:39AM TALK ABOUT THAT THE LAST FEW MINUTES, SET THE RECORD
9:53:43AM STRAIGHT.
9:53:43AM WHEN YOU ALL GET THAT AND THE CHAIR AUTHORIZES ME, IF YOU
9:53:47AM COULD TURN THE ELMO ON.
9:53:50AM READY, CHAIR?
9:54:02AM JOE ROBINSON, LIFETIME RESIDENT AND LONGTIME PERSON SERVING
9:54:08AM ON THE WEST TAMPA CRA CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
9:54:12AM I AM THE CHAIR NOW.
9:54:13AM TERM SUPPOSED TO GO TO JUNE.
9:54:15AM I'LL BE TURNING IN MY APPLICATION TO GET THE LAST TWO YEARS
9:54:19AM THAT I CAN SERVE, I BELIEVE, ON THE WEST TAMPA CRA CAC.
9:54:24AM EXPECT ME TO TURN THAT IN NEXT MONTH.
9:54:26AM HERE ON THE ELMO, WE HAVE A PICTURE OF THE PARKING AWARD WE
9:54:30AM GOT FROM THE STUDY.
9:54:31AM ONE PERSON THAT WAS LEFT OUT THIS MORNING WAS MY VICE-CHAIR,
9:54:34AM CARLOS RAMIREZ, ANOTHER PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER AND KNOWS
9:54:38AM INFRASTRUCTURE.
9:54:40AM ALSO WAS THE PERSON DESIGNATED TO SERVE ON THE BUILD PROJECT
9:54:44AM CALLED THE WEST RIVER TRAIL.
9:54:46AM LET'S GET INTO THAT.
9:54:49AM I'LL GET BACK TO THE TRAIL LAST.
9:54:51AM MAJOR PARK IMPROVEMENTS.
9:54:52AM WHAT'S GOING ON?
9:54:53AM QUICKLY, IN TWO TO THREE MINUTES.
9:54:55AM MAJOR PARK IMPROVEMENTS.
9:54:57AM SALCINES PARK, BEAUTIFUL DESIGN WITH SEATING, SHADE,
9:55:01AM DECORATIVE GATE AND PUBLIC AMENITIES COMING TO WEST TAMPA,
9:55:04AM ABOUT 1.9 MILLION ON THE CORNER OF MAIN AND HOWARD.
9:55:08AM REY PARK, MAJOR CHANGES WITH NEW RECREATION BUILDING,
9:55:12AM OUTDOOR AMENITIES AND PUBLIC ART, ALMOST $4 MILLION TO WEST
9:55:15AM TAMPA.
9:55:16AM TAKING CARE OF PARKS FIRST.
9:55:17AM INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT'S WHAT CRA, SLUM AND BLIGHTED AREA AND
9:55:21AM TAKING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
9:55:23AM REMEMBER THAT, INFRASTRUCTURE, NOT SOCIAL PROGRAMMING.
9:55:26AM FREEDOM PARK, THAT WAS RECENTLY ACQUIRED ON MAIN AND ALBANY.
9:55:31AM UNDERGOING ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO
9:55:34AM AUDITS.
9:55:35AM CLEAN IT UP.
9:55:36AM PROBABLY BUILD DOMINO PARK LIKE DOWN IN MIAMI, CHARLIE.
9:55:39AM THOSE ARE PARKS.
9:55:40AM THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE MARTIN LUTHER KING PARK.
9:55:44AM THAT WILL BE DONE AS SOON AS WE GET ROME YARD AND THE REST
9:55:47AM OF THAT SQUARED UP WITH THE OLD COMMUNITY CENTER FROM THE
9:55:50AM COUNTY.
9:55:50AM MOBILITY PROJECTS, MR. BHIDE, FREMONT LINEAR PARK.
9:55:57AM OPENING UP WEST TAMPA WHERE THEY SHUT IT DOWN IN THE '80s
9:56:01AM BECAUSE OF THE ROBBING, STEALING, CARJACKING FROM DALE MABRY
9:56:04AM ALL THE WAY TO ROME, PEOPLE JUMPING OUT RUNNING INTO THE
9:56:07AM PROJECTS.
9:56:07AM COMMUNITY SURVEY COMPLETED THIS SUMMER.
9:56:13AM MAJORITY IN OPEN OF OPENING -- IN FAVOR OF OPENING.
9:56:21AM MAIN STREET QUICK BUILD COMING UP.
9:56:23AM STRIPING, STREET PARKING, ORGANIZE HOW THE STREET IS DONE.
9:56:26AM MAIN STREET REVITALIZATION PROJECT, RECOMMENDED AS A
9:56:30AM PRIORITY OF THE CAC LAST MONTH.
9:56:33AM PUBLIC ART AND STUDIES, COREY ROBINSON IS NOW WORKING
9:56:37AM CLOSELY WITH US TO IDENTIFY PUBLIC ART PROJECTS.
9:56:41AM WRAPAROUND OF UTILITY BOXES.
9:56:43AM PREFERENCE STUDY COMPLETED FOR THE UTILITY BOX ART WRAPPING.
9:56:47AM CORNERSTONE PUTTING UP A WALL ART MURAL WE SUPPORTED, THE
9:56:51AM HUB TO BE DEDICATED NEXT WEEK AS APPROVED BY THE CRA.
9:56:55AM WEST TAMPA HOUSING PROGRAMS, NEW HOUSING REHABILITATION AND
9:56:57AM RENOVATION GRANT PROGRAMS LAUNCHED ON AUGUST THE 15th.
9:57:02AM WEST TAMPA CHAIR MYSELF INTERVIEWED CHANNEL 8 TO PROMOTE THE
9:57:05AM PROGRAM.
9:57:06AM I'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF PROMOTION IN THE FLORIDA SENTINEL
9:57:08AM AND EVERYWHERE ELSE TO MOVE WEST TAMPA.
9:57:11AM WE'RE SLUM AND BLIGHTED BUT NOT LIKE ABOUT THE EAST SIDE.
9:57:15AM MOVING FORWARD, WORKING TOGETHER WITH EVERYONE, WE HAVE NO
9:57:17AM ANIMOSITY.
9:57:19AM WHEN YOU DRIVE DOWN, YOU SEE SOMETHING HAPPENING.
9:57:22AM PAVING HOWARD AVENUE.
9:57:23AM GOT THE COUNTY TO DO THIS.
9:57:26AM NONE OF THIS IS HAPPENING WITH CRA CAC MONEY.
9:57:30AM IT IS PRIVATE INVESTMENT.
9:57:32AM COMMERCIAL GRANTS, PROPERTY OWNERS ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN
9:57:35AM GRANT PROGRAM.
9:57:37AM WE HAVE PLENTY OF COMMERCIAL GRANTS, ALMOST 585,000 IN
9:57:41AM ASSISTANCE.
9:57:41AM STAFF IS TRACKING 22 NEW LEADS TO FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND
9:57:45AM FIRST MAJOR PROJECT LEVEL 4 APPLICATION MOVING ITS WAY
9:57:49AM THROUGH NEW PROCESS.
9:57:50AM TALK ABOUT THAT AT THE END.
9:57:51AM LAND ACQUISITION.
9:57:52AM WE KNOW WE HAVE TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY.
9:57:54AM WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT TO
9:57:57AM IDENTIFY AND ACQUIRE PARCELS OF LAND FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
9:58:01AM AND FUTURE MOVING FORWARD OUR VISION.
9:58:04AM OUR VISION IS TO ACQUIRE AND ASSEMBLE STRATEGIC PROPERTIES
9:58:07AM TO DEVELOP FOR AFFORDABLE, ATTAINABLE HOUSING AND POTENTIAL
9:58:12AM PROJECTS WHICH YOU HAVE TO DO IN A SLUM AND BLIGHTED AREA
9:58:15AM WHICH WE ARE.
9:58:16AM GOOD NEWS FOR WEST TAMPA.
9:58:18AM WEST TAMPA -- HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION.
9:58:21AM THANK YOU FOR THE -- HEARD THAT THIS MORNING.
9:58:24AM SHOWED YOU THE SENTINEL FRONT PAGE.
9:58:26AM WE WANT MORE AWARDS.
9:58:28AM WE WANT TO BE TRENDSETTERS IN CRAs BEING THE BABY --
9:58:32AM WEST TAMPA SHOWCASED DURING THE CRA'S REDEVELOPMENT MOBILE
9:58:36AM BUS TOUR, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23rd, WE HAD ALL OF THE
9:58:39AM REDEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE.
9:58:41AM FINALLY, I WANT TO SAY THIS, WHAT I GAVE YOU IS WHAT THE
9:58:44AM WEST TAMPA CRA CAC AGREED TO.
9:58:47AM THIS IS THE BUILD GRANT.
9:58:49AM THIS IS THE WEST RIVER PROJECT THAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT.
9:58:52AM WE HAVE SUPPORTED IT.
9:58:54AM WE PUT CARLOS RAMIREZ TO BE EMBEDDED WITH CITY STAFF FOR THE
9:58:57AM LAST FEW YEARS AND MR. CLENDENIN WAS THE ONE THAT BROUGHT UP
9:59:06AM ABOUT GETTING $10 MILLION.
9:59:09AM IT HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED.
9:59:11AM WE WILL HEAR THAT AT A MEETING COMING UP IN THE FUTURE.
9:59:14AM THEY ARE FOLLOWING THE PROCESS BY THE LETTER OF THE LAW.
9:59:17AM WE WILL VOTE IT UP OR VOTE IT DOWN.
9:59:18AM IT WILL COME TO YOU GUYS TO MAKE THE FINAL DECISION
9:59:21AM REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE DO.
9:59:22AM I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYBODY SAYS, YOU SEE RIGHT THERE, WE WAS
9:59:26AM INVOLVED FROM DAY ONE AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE GOT
9:59:29AM THE GRANT.
9:59:30AM THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TO SAY.
9:59:31AM IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW.
9:59:33AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, MR. ROBINSON, FOR YOUR REPORT.
9:59:35AM >>JOSEPH ROBINSON: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:59:37AM GOD BLESS YOU.
9:59:41AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: MR. McCRAY.
9:59:45AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: GOOD MORNING AGAIN.
9:59:46AM CEDRIC McCRAY, INTERIM CRA MANAGER.
9:59:48AM IF WE COULD PULL UP THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
9:59:52AM WE'LL BE HIGHLIGHTING A FEW ITEMS THAT YOU ALL HAVE SEEN
10:00:10AM ALREADY IN THE AGENDA.
10:00:12AM I'LL JUST WORK MY WAY THROUGH.
10:00:14AM YOU ALL HAVE RECEIVED THE PROJECT TRACKER FOR THE LATEST
10:00:18AM UPDATES.
10:00:18AM MS. MARTINEZ AND HER TEAM HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO
10:00:21AM KEEP THAT UPDATED BASED ON ALL THE PROJECTS GOING ON ACROSS
10:00:25AM ALL OF OUR CRAs.
10:00:26AM CAC APPRECIATION CEREMONY, COMING BEFORE YOU TO REQUEST THAT
10:00:33AM WE HAVE A FORMAL APPRECIATION OR RECOGNITION OF CAC MEMBERS
10:00:38AM THAT ARE ROLLING OFF.
10:00:39AM IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
10:00:41AM I WOULD JUST LIKE -- I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW THAT THE FOLKS HAVE
10:00:44AM DEDICATED TWO OR FOUR YEARS OF THEIR TIME AND ENERGY TO MAKE
10:00:48AM RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CRA BOARD AND WE HAVE SEVERAL FOLKS
10:00:52AM THAT HAVE ROLLED OFF EARLIER THIS YEAR IN THE REMAINING
10:00:55AM MONTHS AND WE WILL BE ADVERTISING VACANCIES HERE SHORTLY.
10:00:58AM WANTED TO JUST TAKE SOME TIME TO RECOGNIZE THE GIVING OF
10:01:04AM THEIR TIME DURING THE COURSE OF THE LAST TWO TO FOUR YEARS.
10:01:07AM WE'VE ALREADY TOUCHED ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION AWARD.
10:01:15AM NOW I'M GOING TO CALL UP THE IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT OF THE
10:01:18AM FLORIDA REDEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION, MS. THROWER, TO DISCUSS
10:01:23AM THE OTHER AWARDS WE RECENTLY RECEIVED.
10:01:26AM >>BRENDA THROWER: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. McCRAY.
10:01:28AM WE HAVE THE HONOR TODAY TO BRING YOU TWO MORE AWARDS.
10:01:36AM BOTH FROM THE FLORIDA REDEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION.
10:01:39AM AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE CONFERENCE WAS HERE JUST LAST MONTH.
10:01:42AM IT WAS A RECORD CONFERENCE AGAIN.
10:01:46AM WE HAD MORE REGISTRATIONS, SOLD-OUT HOTEL BLOCKS AND, OF
10:01:50AM COURSE, TWO SOLD-OUT TOURS ON THE STREETCAR AND THE BUS TOUR
10:01:54AM THAT WE DID.
10:01:55AM SO VERY SUCCESSFUL CONFERENCE.
10:01:57AM I KNOW SOME OF YOU WERE ABLE TO ATTEND.
10:02:00AM TAMPA LOOKS WONDERFUL.
10:02:01AM AGAIN, WE ARE THE EXAMPLE IN MANY CASES OF WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT
10:02:05AM REDEVELOPMENT IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
10:02:07AM SO WITH THAT SAID, I WANT TO PRESENT TO YOU THE TWO AWARDS
10:02:10AM THAT WE RECEIVED.
10:02:11AM I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR GRANTS TEAM UP BECAUSE THIS REALLY IS
10:02:15AM AN AWARD THAT WAS CREATED.
10:02:17AM IT'S REALLY UNDER THEIR TEAM, AND WE HAVE DEE REED.
10:02:22AM WE HAVE VANESSA ROSS.
10:02:23AM WE'RE MISSING ONE PERSON, ANDREA ROSS HAVEN, WHO IS NOT HERE
10:02:27AM TODAY.
10:02:28AM I'LL ASK DEE AND VANESSA TO GET THE AWARDS.
10:02:31AM WHAT WE RECEIVED, WE'LL START WITH THE FIRST ONE, WAS, FIRST
10:02:34AM OF ALL, THERE ARE 11 CATEGORIES THAT THEY DO AT FLORIDA
10:02:37AM REDEVELOPMENT FOR AWARDS.
10:02:39AM SO WE GOT TWO OF THEM.
10:02:40AM IT'S A GOOD 20% WE SWEPT ON AWARDS.
10:02:44AM THE FIRST ONE IS CALLED THE OUT-OF-THE-BOX AWARD FOR THE
10:02:47AM LEGACY CREDIT.
10:02:48AM AND THIS IS INNOVATION LIES AT THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY.
10:02:53AM WHICH ONE IS THAT ONE?
10:02:54AM THEY LOOK KIND OF THE SAME.
10:02:56AM BRING THAT ONE UP.
10:02:57AM THE LEGACY OF CREDIT INITIATIVE INTRODUCED BY THE CRA,
10:03:03AM INNOVATIVELY TACKLES COMMON BARRIERS INHIBITING PROPERTY
10:03:07AM INNOVATIVE GRANTS BY REDUCING OR ELIMINATING OWNER MATCH
10:03:09AM REQUIREMENTS AND FACILITATING DIRECT CONTRACTOR PAYMENTS,
10:03:13AM INITIATIVE ENCOURAGES LONG-TERM PROPERTY OWNERS TO ENHANCE
10:03:15AM THEIR PROPERTIES WITHOUT BEARING SUBSTANTIAL UP-FRONT COST.
10:03:19AM THIS NOT ONLY FOSTERS COMMUNITY STABILITY BUT ALSO
10:03:22AM INCENTIVIZES CONTINUED PRIVATE INVESTMENT, JOB CREATION AND
10:03:26AM AMENITIES FOR RESIDENTS.
10:03:28AM PROGRAM ENSURES FAIRNESS BY CAPPING CREDITS AT PAST TRUST
10:03:31AM FUND CONTRIBUTIONS AND TAILORING MATCH REQUIREMENT BASED ON
10:03:35AM OWNERSHIP TENURE.
10:03:36AM NOTABLY, ITS ADAPTABILITY ON INCLUSIVITY MAKE IT A MODEL FOR
10:03:44AM SIMILAR COMMUNITIES.
10:03:45AM CONGRATULATIONS.
10:03:45AM WE WON THE BEST IN THE STATE FOR THE OUT-OF-THE-BOX FOR OUR
10:03:48AM LEGACY PROGRAM.
10:03:48AM [ APPLAUSE ]
10:03:49AM AND THE SECOND AWARD IS UNDER THE CATEGORY OF OUTSTANDING
10:03:58AM REHABILITATION, RENOVATION, OR REUSE, WHICH IS FOR A LARGE
10:04:02AM CITY, AND THIS ONE GOES TO THE WELL, LIVE WELL, BE WELL, AND
10:04:07AM FEEL WELL.
10:04:08AM THIS IS A PROJECT IN THE EAST TAMPA CRA.
10:04:11AM THE WELL REPRESENTS A PARADIGM SHIFT IN COMMUNITY WELLNESS
10:04:14AM BY TRANSFORMING A FORMER NIGHTCLUB INTO A VIBRANT HEALTH
10:04:19AM HUB.
10:04:20AM IT OFFERS A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF SERVICES FROM PHARMACY
10:04:23AM AND TELEHEALTH TO COUNSELING AND TRANSPORTATION, WHICH
10:04:26AM ADDRESSES EAST TAMPA'S HEALTH CARE GAPS.
10:04:30AM BEYOND HEALTH CARE, ITS IMPACT RESONATES IN THE COMMUNITY
10:04:33AM REVITALIZATION BY REDUCING BARRIERS TO ACCESS AND FOSTERING
10:04:37AM PARTNERSHIPS FOR SUSTAINABILITY.
10:04:39AM FUNDING FROM VARIOUS SOURCES INCLUDING THE EAST TAMPA CRA
10:04:42AM UNDERPINS ITS SUCCESS.
10:04:45AM WITH PLANS FOR EXPANSION AND REPUTATION, THE WELL SETS A
10:04:49AM PRECEDENT FOR COMMUNITY-DRIVEN HEALTH CARE INNOVATION.
10:04:53AM ITS HOLISTIC APPROACH, INCLUDING MENTORSHIPS AND FUTURE
10:04:56AM SERVICE EXPANSIONS MERITS RECOGNITION AND DUPLICATION.
10:05:01AM CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR GRANTS TEAM FOR THIS AWARD.
10:05:04AM [ APPLAUSE ]
10:05:04AM I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR US TO TAKE A
10:05:12AM QUICK PICTURE WITH YOU FOR THIS AWARD?
10:05:15AM >> SURE.
10:05:17AM >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:05:19AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE INVOLVED.
10:06:58AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: IF I COULD HAVE THE DIRECTOR'S
10:06:59AM PRESENTATION.
10:07:00AM THANK YOU.
10:07:01AM THANK YOU, MS. THROWER.
10:07:10AM MAY HAVE TO INVEST IN A TROPHY CASE SOON.
10:07:13AM I JUST WANTED TO SAY TO THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT WERE ABLE TO
10:07:17AM ATTEND THE CONFERENCE, WE APPRECIATE YOUR PARTICIPATION IN
10:07:21AM ATTENDANCE.
10:07:22AM THESE ARE SOME OF THE OTHER SLIDES MS. THROWER HAD.
10:07:27AM WE HAD VARIOUS TOURS.
10:07:28AM SHE ALLUDED TO THAT.
10:07:30AM AGAIN, SKILL CENTER, MR. ROBINSON, WEST TAMPA.
10:07:35AM WE WERE DEFINITELY PUT IN A POSITIVE LIGHT WITH THE FOLKS
10:07:39AM THAT WERE IN ATTENDANCE AT THE CONFERENCE.
10:07:40AM I SEE MR. MURPHY HOLDING HIS SIGN AS WELL AT THE VARIOUS
10:07:52AM STOPS.
10:07:52AM OKAY.
10:08:01AM I WON'T GO INTO DETAIL IN LIEU OF TIME.
10:08:03AM THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WAS MOVED ON FROM THE OCTOBER AGENDA.
10:08:07AM WE'VE BEEN WORKING OUR PROJECTS TEAM TO UPDATE AND HAVE A
10:08:13AM PROJECT VIEWER SO THAT RESIDENTS -- SORRY, NOT EAST TAMPA.
10:08:18AM FREUDIAN SLIP.
10:08:19AM TAMPA CRAs WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THE ONGOING PROJECTS
10:08:23AM AVAILABLE ONLINE, THROUGH A PORTAL WE CREATED A LAYER IN
10:08:26AM WORKING WITH OUR GIS TEAM FOR THE CITY SO THAT RESIDENTS CAN
10:08:30AM GO ON THROUGH THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND BE ABLE TO SEE THE
10:08:34AM ONGOING PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON WITHIN EACH OF THE CRA
10:08:38AM DISTRICTS.
10:08:39AM I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO WELCOME SOME OF THE NEW
10:08:44AM TEAM MEMBERS.
10:08:45AM WE'VE HAD A FEW PEOPLE THAT STARTED IN RECENT MONTHS DATING
10:08:49AM BACK TO SEPTEMBER.
10:08:50AM MS. PARKS, AS YOU KNOW, IS OUR HOUSING GURU FOR THE CRAs.
10:08:55AM AND SHE HAS BROUGHT ON TWO NEW STAFF.
10:08:58AM RAHEL BERHANU, MICHAEL PERKINS, AND KEACIA NEWSON WORKING
10:09:10AM WITH OUR PROJECT TEAM.
10:09:11AM I WANTED TO FORMALLY INTRODUCE THEM AND WELCOME THEM TO OUR
10:09:14AM TAMPA CRA TEAM.
10:09:15AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ARE THEY HERE?
10:09:19AM >> MICHAEL PERKINS IS HERE.
10:09:21AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
10:09:21AM WELCOME.
10:09:22AM >> THANK YOU.
10:09:24AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: NEXT, AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF
10:09:27AM CONVERSATIONS RELATED TO MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY.
10:09:31AM THE WORK DID COMMENCE OCTOBER 21st.
10:09:35AM IT'S ABOUT 90% COMPLETE.
10:09:37AM THERE IS SOME TREE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO -- SO THE
10:09:43AM EXISTING FENCE CAN BE FIXED AND FINALIZED.
10:09:46AM THAT WILL BE COMING BUT WE'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH
10:09:48AM PARKS AND RECREATION AND WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO MS. LISA
10:09:54AM GRIZZLE IN HER TIME AND ASSISTANCE WITH THE EFFORT.
10:09:57AM MANY OF YOU KNOW AND I HEARD MS. COPELAND MILLER'S FAMILY
10:10:01AM WAS HERE LAST WEEK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:10:03AM I DID SEND THEM SOME PICTURES THE FIRST DAY THAT THE WORK
10:10:08AM WAS BEING COMPLETED SO THEY WERE THOROUGHLY ENTHUSED AND
10:10:12AM HAPPY TO SEE THAT WAS MOVING FORWARD AFTER HER COMMENTS AND
10:10:15AM EFFORTS TO BRING THAT INTO FRUITION.
10:10:18AM THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PICTURES FROM THE EARLY --
10:10:25AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: LOVE THIS.
10:10:27AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: YES.
10:10:28AM MR. MURPHY.
10:10:29AM AND THAT CONCLUDES THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
10:10:33AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:10:34AM ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR DIRECTOR?
10:10:36AM OKAY.
10:10:39AM MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 4, DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP.
10:11:05AM >>COURTNEY ORR: GOOD MORNING.
10:11:06AM COURTNEY ORR, CRA MANAGER.
10:11:08AM I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE THE TAMPA DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP.
10:11:12AM THEY HAVE COMMISSIONED VARIOUS FRANKLIN STREET STUDIES TO
10:11:15AM ASSESS REVITALIZATION OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS IMPORTANT
10:11:19AM CORRIDOR.
10:11:19AM THIS ITEM ACTUALLY, FRANKLIN STREET REVITALIZATION IS IN OUR
10:11:25AM COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO
10:11:27AM POINT OUT.
10:11:28AM AND THEN ALSO THAT THE DOWNTOWN CAC DID UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORT
10:11:33AM THE FUNDING REQUEST OF THE TAMPA DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP TOWARD
10:11:36AM THEIR FRANKLIN STREET ACTION PLAN.
10:11:40AM THE TAMPA DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP STUDY HELPS DEFINE
10:11:46AM OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE PUBLIC REALM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
10:11:48AM MOBILITY, AND INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATES.
10:11:52AM SO HERE I AM GOING TO INTRODUCE THE TAMPA DOWNTOWN
10:11:55AM PARTNERSHIP REPRESENTATIVES WHO CAN PROVIDE DETAILS ON THE
10:11:59AM FRANKLIN STREET ACTION PLAN AND ULTIMATELY REQUEST CRA
10:12:02AM FEEDBACK AND SUPPORT.
10:12:04AM THANK YOU.
10:12:08AM >> GOOD MORNING, CRA BOARD.
10:12:10AM SHAUN DRINKARD WITH THE TAMPA DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP.
10:12:13AM BEFORE I HAND IT OFF TO MY COLLEAGUES, KAREN CREST WITH THE
10:12:16AM DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP, AS WELL AS TONY MULKEY WITH CITY OF
10:12:19AM TAMPA PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT.
10:12:21AM JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE DISTRICT.
10:12:22AM THE FOOTPRINT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR FRANKLIN STREET AND THEN
10:12:25AM A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION AS WELL.
10:12:27AM NEXT SLIDE.
10:12:28AM ALL RIGHT.
10:12:38AM SO THIS IS THE SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT MAP THAT WE'RE
10:12:41AM LOOKING AT HERE.
10:12:43AM THIS IS 1100 ACRES IN WHICH THE TAMPA DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP
10:12:46AM MANAGES A PART OF SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT.
10:12:48AM YOU CAN SEE THE SEVEN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE LOOK AT WHEN WE
10:12:50AM TALK ABOUT DOWNTOWN TAMPA, A DOWNTOWN FOR ALL.
10:12:54AM WE LOOK AT THIS WITH FRANKLIN STREET REALLY TERMINATING AT
10:12:58AM PALM IN TAMPA HEIGHTS, MOVING INTO THE RIVER ARTS
10:13:00AM NEIGHBORHOOD DOWN TO THE DOWNTOWN CORE IS THE EXTENT OF THE
10:13:04AM FRANKLIN STREET PROJECT THAT KAREN WILL BE DISCUSSING HERE
10:13:07AM MOMENTARILY.
10:13:08AM A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP, WE REALLY LOOK
10:13:11AM AT OURSELVES IN THREE DIFFERENT AREAS.
10:13:13AM ONE IS THE SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT CREATED IN 1994 AND THE
10:13:16AM BULK OF THE WORK THAT WE DO THAT YOU SEE DAY TO DAY WITHIN
10:13:20AM THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP SEPARATELY IS ALSO A MEMBERSHIP
10:13:23AM COMPONENT OF THE ORGANIZATION WHERE WE WORK WITH
10:13:25AM STAKEHOLDERS AND MEMBERS ADVOCATING FOR GREAT CALLS WITHIN
10:13:29AM DOWNTOWN AND THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
10:13:31AM LAST IS OUR FOUNDATION CREATED IN 2022.
10:13:33AM SEPARATE 501(C)(3) FOR CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS AND
10:13:36AM CHARITABLE ASPECTS WITHIN DOWNTOWN TAMPA.
10:13:39AM WE OPERATE WITHIN THOSE THREE DIFFERENT SEGMENTS.
10:13:41AM BUT HERE, NEXT, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO KAREN CREST TO TALK
10:13:45AM ABOUT FRANKLIN STREET.
10:13:46AM >> THANK YOU, SHAUN.
10:13:47AM I FEEL LIKE FRANKLIN STREET IS ALL I EVER TALK ABOUT,
10:13:51AM ACTUALLY.
10:13:52AM WHICH IS A GOOD THING BECAUSE I HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH IT.
10:13:54AM WE ARE BEFORE YOU TODAY REQUESTING A GENERATIONAL INVESTMENT
10:13:58AM TO BRING A ONCE THRIVING CORRIDOR BACK TO LIFE.
10:14:01AM WE NEED A MAIN STREET FOR THE 21st CENTURY.
10:14:04AM IT IS THE INTERSECTION OF CREATIVITY, CULTURE, AND HISTORY.
10:14:13AM MANY OF YOU WILL HAVE MEMORIES OF VISITING FRANKLIN STREET
10:14:16AM AS A CHILD.
10:14:17AM IT IS OUR STREET OF FIRSTS AS SOME OF THE SPEAKERS HAVE KIND
10:14:20AM OF SAID TO YOU ALREADY.
10:14:21AM WE REALLY WANT TO RESTORE THAT SENSE OF PLACE AND PRIDE.
10:14:26AM I WON'T READ THROUGH ALL OF THIS IN THE INTEREST OF TIME.
10:14:29AM WE HAVE SO MUCH DATA COLLECTED ON THE CORRIDOR ALREADY.
10:14:35AM IT'S A MIX IT SURE IT HAS A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL OFFICE AND
10:14:40AM CULTURE BUT MUCH MORE ROOM FOR GROWTH.
10:14:42AM THERE ARE ALSO MANY VACANT BLOCKS THAT ARE KIND OF THAT
10:14:45AM MISSING TEETH IN THE SMILE THAT WE'RE HOPING TO SOLVE SOME
10:14:49AM OF THAT.
10:14:50AM WE STARTED WITH A VISION PLAN.
10:14:52AM I BROUGHT SOME PROPS WITH ME.
10:14:55AM THIS WAS OUR FIRST DOCUMENT THAT WE DID.
10:14:57AM WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ON THE RIGHT TRACK AS
10:15:01AM THE COMMUNITY AGREES FRANKLIN STREET DESERVES THIS ABOVE AND
10:15:04AM BEYOND FOCUS.
10:15:05AM WE REALLY LISTENED TO THE COMMUNITY.
10:15:09AM WE ENGAGED WITH THEM.
10:15:10AM WE STARTED WITH THIS VISION PLAN.
10:15:12AM WE GOT A TON OF GREAT FEEDBACK.
10:15:14AM A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS.
10:15:15AM ALMOST TOO MANY TO START WITH.
10:15:17AM WE NEEDED HELP WITH PRIORITIZATION AND COST ESTIMATES.
10:15:20AM YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE KEY TAKEAWAYS THAT WE HEARD FROM
10:15:24AM PEOPLE WHO LIVE DOWNTOWN, WHO WORK DOWNTOWN AND WHO VISITED
10:15:27AM DOWNTOWN.
10:15:28AM THEY REALLY WANT THAT VIBRANT MAIN STREET.
10:15:31AM SHADE WAS MENTIONED.
10:15:34AM THEY WANT A BETTER MIX OF USES ON THE STREETS.
10:15:36AM THIS IS REALLY GOING TO BE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN AS
10:15:38AM WELL.
10:15:39AM THEY WANT TO SEE A LOT OF PROGRAM EVENTS.
10:15:41AM YOU HEARD THAT FROM THE TAMPA THEATRE.
10:15:43AM WE HEARD ABOUT THE STREETSCAPING, A LOT OF THE UNEVEN
10:15:46AM PAVERS, THE TRIP AND FALL KIND OF THINGS.
10:15:49AM LIGHTING, AND THEN WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR THAT PEOPLE
10:15:52AM REALLY WANTED TO PRESERVE AND CELEBRATE THE HISTORY OF
10:15:56AM FRANKLIN STREET.
10:15:57AM A LOT OF THAT IS THROUGH THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE ON FRANKLIN
10:16:00AM STREET.
10:16:01AM THAT LED US TO APPLY TO A GRANT FROM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
10:16:06AM WE DID OUR FIRST OF TWO HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLANS FOR
10:16:09AM DOWNTOWN.
10:16:11AM THE SECOND PART OF THAT WAS YOU SAW OUR INTERN, CAROLINE.
10:16:15AM SHE LITERALLY WENT TO EVERY SINGLE BUILDING AND DID A
10:16:17AM SURVEY.
10:16:18AM IT IS CALLED THE FLORIDA MASTER SITE FILES.
10:16:20AM NOW WE HAVE A GOOD LAY OF THE LAND OF WHICH BUILDINGS ARE
10:16:22AM PRESERVED, WHICH ONES ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE PRESERVED, AND THEN
10:16:26AM I HANDED OUT A FLYER.
10:16:28AM WE ARE HAVING A WORKSHOP NEXT WEEK.
10:16:30AM WE'RE BRINGING IN A PRETTY KEY LINEUP OF SPEAKERS, INCLUDING
10:16:34AM THE DEVELOPER OF THE LE MERIDIEN COURT HOUSE.
10:16:39AM KIND OF THE ROCK STAR IN THE COUNTRY.
10:16:41AM WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ECONOMICS OF PRESERVATION.
10:16:44AM WE'RE TARGETING PEOPLE WHO OWN THE BUILDINGS AND WORK IN
10:16:46AM THAT INDUSTRY TO COME AND HEAR ABOUT LOCAL INCENTIVES, STATE
10:16:50AM INCENTIVES, FEDERAL INCENTIVES, ET CETERA.
10:16:54AM SO THEN WE GOT TO OUR IMPLEMENTATION ACTION PLAN.
10:16:58AM THIS ONE IS HEAVY.
10:16:59AM THIS IS WHERE WE TOOK ALL OF THOSE GREAT IDEAS AND WE HEARD
10:17:02AM FROM PEOPLE.
10:17:04AM KIND OF PUT IT INTO AN ACTION PLAN.
10:17:06AM IT IS A BLOCK BY BLOCK ANALYSIS, CHOCKFUL OF IDEAS AND
10:17:13AM UPDATES.
10:17:13AM SOME OF THE PRIORITIES OUTLINED IN THE ACTION PLAN, YOU CAN
10:17:16AM SEE ON THE SCREEN, AGAIN, I TALKED ABOUT THE HISTORIC
10:17:19AM PRESERVATION, THE MAIN STREET, THAT SHOP, DINE, STROLL.
10:17:24AM I LIKE THE DATE NIGHT REFERENCE.
10:17:27AM IT THAT PHASED BLOCK-BY-BLOCK APPROACH CREATING THAT SENSE
10:17:32AM OF IDENTITY AND PLACE.
10:17:35AM WE HAVE NOT DONE THIS ALONE.
10:17:36AM THIS IS A SCREEN SHOT OF MANY OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT
10:17:39AM WE'VE BEEN LISTENING TO, INCLUDING ALL OF THE PEOPLE -- IS
10:17:43AM IT OKAY TO KEEP GOING?
10:17:45AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED?
10:17:48AM >> A MINUTE AND A HALF.
10:17:49AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO APPROVE TWO EXTRA MINUTES.
10:17:53AM >> THANK YOU.
10:17:54AM WE HAVEN'T DONE THIS ALONE.
10:17:55AM A LOT OF STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH.
10:17:57AM TAKEN THE PARTNERSHIP BUDGET KIND OF AS FAR AS WE CAN GO
10:18:00AM WITH IT.
10:18:00AM WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE SOME KIND OF LIPSTICK ON A PIG, I'LL
10:18:03AM CALL IT, ACTIONS TO DATE.
10:18:05AM FOCUS ON IMPROVING SMALL BUSINESSES.
10:18:10AM HERE ARE A COUPLE OF SCREEN SHOTS FROM THE ACTION PLAN.
10:18:12AM THIS IS THE FESTIVAL STREET THAT JOHN BELL TALKED ABOUT.
10:18:16AM THESE ARE SOME OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS THAT ARE OUT
10:18:18AM THERE.
10:18:20AM YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS SOME TLC, A MINIMUM I WOULD SAY IS
10:18:25AM NEEDED.
10:18:26AM WE HAVE VACANCY WE NEED TO ADDRESS.
10:18:28AM HERE ARE RENDERINGS BEFORE AND AFTER, CERTAINLY TALKING
10:18:32AM ABOUT ALL THE RESIDENTS AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DOGS AND
10:18:35AM WHERE THE DOGS ARE GOING TO PEE, ET CETERA.
10:18:38AM SOME OF THE ELEVATED STREET FURNITURE WE'D LIKE TO SEE ALONG
10:18:41AM THE CORRIDOR.
10:18:42AM TALK ABOUT THAT SENSE OF PLACE AND IDENTITY.
10:18:44AM DID WANT TO ASSURE YOU THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE NEW CRA
10:18:48AM PLAN AND THE OLD CRA PLAN.
10:18:51AM OUR FOREFATHERS REALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF FRANKLIN STREET
10:18:55AM DATING BACK TO 1983.
10:18:58AM THE LAST SLIDE IS ABOUT THE COST ESTIMATES AND HOW IT'S
10:19:01AM BROKEN DOWN.
10:19:01AM AS COURTNEY MENTIONED AND CRA STAFF HAS BEEN GREAT TO WORK
10:19:04AM WITH, WE DO HAVE THIS PROGRAMMED IN THE BUDGET, SPREAD OVER
10:19:08AM THREE YEARS.
10:19:08AM SO WE ARE READY TO GET GOING.
10:19:10AM WE'RE HOPING TO MAKE EARLY TANGIBLE MOVES THAT PEOPLE WILL
10:19:14AM SEE AND THEN WORK TOWARD A HARDER, MORE DIFFICULT VACANCIES
10:19:17AM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUES AS WE GET DOWN THE PLAN.
10:19:21AM WHOO.
10:19:21AM OKAY.
10:19:22AM THANK YOU FOR THE EXTRA TIME.
10:19:23AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:19:25AM >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU, KAREN, TO YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES
10:19:28AM FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU PUT IN.
10:19:30AM I THINK THIS IS ESSENTIAL FOR REDEVELOPMENT, DEVELOPMENT OF
10:19:35AM DOWNTOWN.
10:19:36AM WHAT'S HAPPENED THE LAST FEW YEARS IS WE BUILT A LOT OF
10:19:39AM BUILDINGS IN DOWNTOWN.
10:19:40AM IT IS WHAT I CALL THE HARDWARE, BUT WE'RE MISSING THE
10:19:43AM SOFTWARE.
10:19:44AM BY THE INVESTMENTS WE MADE IN THE ARTS AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS
10:19:48AM AND THEN WITH THIS, I THINK WE'LL ADD THE ACTIVITY THAT
10:19:51AM DOWNTOWN IS MISSING.
10:19:52AM WHEN PEOPLE FROM OTHER CITIES COME, THEY SAY WE HAVE PRETTY
10:19:54AM BUILDINGS BUT WE NEED MORE ACTIVITY AND THIS WILL HELP WITH
10:19:57AM IT.
10:19:58AM I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS.
10:19:59AM FOR ANYBODY WATCHING IN REGARD TO THE ISSUE OF WHETHER MONEY
10:20:02AM COULD BE SPENT ELSEWHERE, BECAUSE IN THE CRA, WE TRIED TO
10:20:05AM MOVE IT OUT BEFORE BUT RIGHT NOW WE CANNOT MOVE IT TO SOUTH
10:20:09AM TAMPA OR EAST TAMPA OR ANYWHERE ELSE.
10:20:10AM THIS MONEY CAN ONLY BE SPENT IN THIS AREA.
10:20:13AM SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT WAY OF SPURRING LOTS OF
10:20:16AM DEVELOPMENT, INCREASING THE VITALITY, GETTING RETAILERS AND
10:20:21AM OTHERS IN.
10:20:22AM THE QUESTION I HAD, I'VE BEEN AROUND DOWNTOWN A LONG TIME,
10:20:28AM BACK IN THE '70s, I REMEMBER SHOPPING IN DOWNTOWN.
10:20:31AM UNFORTUNATELY, MANY OF THOSE STORES AREN'T AROUND.
10:20:33AM '80s AND '90s, SEEMS LIKE A COUPLE OF REVITALIZATION
10:20:38AM EFFORTS FOR FRANKLIN STREET.
10:20:40AM DOES ANYBODY REMEMBER THOSE?
10:20:41AM WHAT WORKED AND WHAT DIDN'T ABOUT THEM?
10:20:43AM HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT?
10:20:45AM FOR ANYBODY WHO ASKS US, WELL, DIDN'T WE TRY THIS BEFORE AND
10:20:48AM IT DIDN'T WORK, SO WHAT ARE WE DOING DIFFERENT THIS TIME?
10:20:52AM >> I CAN ADDRESS SOMETHING I HEARD.
10:20:54AM I WASN'T AROUND THEN.
10:20:56AM BUT ANECDOTALLY I HEARD WHEN FRANKLIN STREET WAS A
10:20:59AM PEDESTRIAN MALL AND SOMETHING THAT WAS TRIED ACROSS THE
10:21:01AM COUNTRY IT ACTUALLY ENDED UP HURTING THE SMALL BUSINESSES.
10:21:05AM WE DO TALK A LOT ABOUT MOBILITY IN OUR PLAN.
10:21:07AM WE DEFINITELY HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC THAT THEY WANT THAT,
10:21:09AM ESPECIALLY THE TAMPA THEATRE BLOCK.
10:21:11AM THEY WANT THAT KIND OF BLOCK PARTY, FESTIVAL STREET TYPE
10:21:14AM THING.
10:21:14AM DIDN'T SEEM THERE WAS A BIG APPETITE TO CLOSE IT TO
10:21:18AM VEHICLES, THE WHOLE STRETCH.
10:21:20AM WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS TRIED TO MAKE IT AS CAR LIGHT AS
10:21:23AM POSSIBLE.
10:21:24AM FOR INSTANCE, ONE OF THE STRATEGIES OUTLINED IS TO REMOVE
10:21:26AM MORE TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND REPLACE THEM WITH FOUR-WAY STOPS.
10:21:30AM WE DID THAT AT FRANKLIN AND ZACK AS A TEST.
10:21:32AM I THINK IT WORKED OUT BEAUTIFULLY.
10:21:34AM WE ALSO PROBABLY MAYBE RETHINK LIMITED ON-STREET PARKING
10:21:38AM THERE NOW.
10:21:39AM MAYBE BETTER AS A DELIVERY, 15-MINUTE TYPE ZONE.
10:21:43AM I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO BRING BACK THE FULL PEDESTRIAN MALL
10:21:46AM BUT CERTAINLY WANT TO MAKE THE PEDESTRIANS A PRIORITY.
10:21:48AM SHAUN, YOU ARE WELCOME TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE.
10:21:51AM >> ONE THING I WOULD ADD, WE INTENT ON BEING VERY SMART WITH
10:21:55AM THE MATERIAL CHOICES IN THE FINAL DESIGN.
10:21:57AM WE LOOK AT THE FIRST ONE, SPECIALTY PAVERS, LONG-TERM IS
10:22:00AM NEVER A GOOD THING.
10:22:01AM WE'RE LOOKING AT MAINTENANCE.
10:22:02AM WE'RE LOOKING AT THE MATERIALS TO ENSURE THAT AS WE PREVENT
10:22:05AM THE TRIPPING HAZARDS WITH FUTURE DESIGN, WE HAVE GOOD PLANS
10:22:09AM MOVING FORWARD AND WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH PARKS AND REC ON
10:22:12AM THAT AS WELL.
10:22:12AM >>BILL CARLSON: LAST QUESTION, IF I COULD.
10:22:14AM WE GET -- AT LEAST I GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS, WHY DON'T WE
10:22:20AM EXTEND THE STREETCAR TO GO STRAIGHT THROUGH FRANKLIN STREET.
10:22:23AM AS I RECALL, BECAUSE I WAS IN THE BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET
10:22:25AM A LONG TIME, WHERE THE FOUNTAIN IS, I THINK IT IS TIED TO
10:22:28AM THE AC SYSTEM OR SOMETHING IN THE BUILDING, ISN'T IT?
10:22:31AM CAN YOU EXPLAIN FOR ANYBODY WHO WOULD WONDER WHY NOT EXTEND
10:22:35AM THE STREETCAR STRAIGHT DOWN INSTEAD OF TURNING RIGHT AND
10:22:38AM TURNING LEFT.
10:22:39AM >> THERE ARE VERY MIXED AND STRONG OPINIONS ON THAT.
10:22:41AM I SEE ALAN SMILING.
10:22:43AM I THINK WHAT IT BOILS DOWN TO FOR ME, THE THING THAT
10:22:46AM RESONATES THE MOST IS THAT TO TAKE TRANSIT, THE WAY TRANSIT
10:22:51AM IS GOING TO BE ADOPTED IS THROUGH A TIME ADVANTAGE.
10:22:54AM IF WE STICK TO THE STATE ROADS BEING FLORIDA AND TAMPA PAIR,
10:22:59AM THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE STREETCAR TO HAVE ITS OWN
10:23:02AM DEDICATED LANE, AND THEN THAT WILL HAVE A TIME ADVANTAGE.
10:23:05AM THEN WE HAVE THE FRANKLIN CORRIDOR RIGHT -- SMACK-DAB IN THE
10:23:11AM MIDDLE OF THAT.
10:23:12AM I THINK WE CAN PRESERVE TAMPA STREET AND KIND OF PUT THE
10:23:15AM TRANSPORTATION ON TAMPA AND FLORIDA AND HOPEFULLY TAMPA AND
10:23:18AM FLORIDA WILL ALSO SEE IMPROVEMENT FROM THE STREETCAR
10:23:21AM STATIONS, ET CETERA.
10:23:22AM DID I ANSWER THAT CORRECTLY?
10:23:24AM THANK YOU.
10:23:26AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
10:23:26AM BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA FOLLOWED BY BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
10:23:29AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:23:30AM I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH, KAREN.
10:23:31AM THE THING THAT INTERESTS ME THE MOST WHEN I'M LOOKING AT
10:23:33AM YOUR FIGURES, 35.7% OF THE TOTAL PROPERTIES IN DOWNTOWN WERE
10:23:40AM PRIOR TO 1925.
10:23:42AM >> YEAH, BIG NUMBER.
10:23:43AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I LOOK AT THAT.
10:23:44AM THE NEXT FIGURE, THE SECOND LARGEST WAS 128, FROM 1%, AFTER
10:23:50AM 2000.
10:23:52AM THAT TELLS ME THAT WITHIN THOSE NUMBERS, THAT WAS ABOUT 64%
10:23:57AM OF THE TOTAL POPULATION OF BUILDINGS IN DOWNTOWN TALKING
10:24:00AM ABOUT BUILDINGS BUILT EITHER PRIOR TO '25 OR AFTER 2000.
10:24:05AM THAT LEAVES ONLY 36%, BIG GAP OF ALMOST A HUNDRED YEARS THAT
10:24:11AM NOTHING HAPPENED.
10:24:12AM BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE FACTS ARE.
10:24:14AM WHAT HAPPENED IN DOWNTOWN?
10:24:14AM EVERYBODY HAS GOT AN OPINION, NO MATTER YESTERDAY FROM ONE
10:24:21AM YEAR TO HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
10:24:23AM IT HAPPENS EVERYWHERE.
10:24:26AM IT'S A REVITALIZATION AND CHANGES OF WHAT'S AROUND YOU.
10:24:30AM DIDN'T DEMISE BY ITSELF.
10:24:32AM DEMISED WHEN OPENED UP BRITTON PLAZA, ONE, NORTH GATE, TWO,
10:24:36AM AND THE STREETCAR, THREE.
10:24:37AM YOU NAMED ALL THREE OF THEM.
10:24:39AM AND THAT'S THE DEMISE.
10:24:40AM BRITTON PLAZA OPENED.
10:24:42AM IT WAS SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
10:24:44AM YOU COULD WALK AROUND AND SEE THINGS.
10:24:45AM DIDN'T HAVE TO CROSS STREETS.
10:24:47AM YOU COULD PARK OR WALK IN.
10:24:48AM IT WAS FREE PARKING.
10:24:50AM SAME THING IN NORTH GATE AND THE PUBLIC HAD SOMETHING
10:24:54AM DIFFERENT.
10:24:55AM ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU HAVE MALLS.
10:24:57AM WESTSHORE MALL, OTHER MALL, TAMPA BAY MALL, BAY MALL.
10:25:02AM WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM?
10:25:03AM THEY ARE THERE.
10:25:05AM ONE IS NOT.
10:25:06AM ONE IS COMPLETELY GONE.
10:25:07AM THE OTHER WILL REVISE ITSELF?
10:25:09AM WHY?
10:25:09AM BECAUSE IT IS A BIG TOWN THAT THE PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE, WORK
10:25:13AM WHERE THEY LIVE AND PLAY WHERE THEY LIVE.
10:25:15AM WE HAVE THE MIDTOWN COMING IN.
10:25:17AM THAT'S THERE DOING VERY WELL.
10:25:19AM NOW WESTSHORE MALL IS GOING THE SAME WAY.
10:25:22AM SO PEOPLE ARE DOING THESE THINGS.
10:25:23AM WHAT HAPPENED TO DOWNTOWN?
10:25:24AM REVITALIZATION?
10:25:28AM IT STARTED WAY BACK IN THE '70s WITH MAYOR POE.
10:25:32AM GUY NAMED CHARLIE MILLER FROM PLANT HIGH SCHOOL.
10:25:35AM CHARLIE MILLER WAS A BRILLIANT INDIVIDUAL.
10:25:38AM IN FACT, HE DESIGNED THAT BUILDING, THE BUILDINGS ACROSS THE
10:25:40AM STREET.
10:25:41AM THAT WAS DONE IN THE '70s.
10:25:42AM THE HOTEL AND WHERE THE UNIVERSITY CLUB IS AT, THE OTHER
10:25:46AM BUILDING, ALL OF THAT WAS DONE IN THE '70s.
10:25:51AM CHARLIE ALSO DESIGNED, WHERE THE AIRPLANES IN SAUDI ARABIA
10:25:57AM ARE NOT ABOVEGROUND, TALKING ABOUT THE FIGHTING PLANES, THEY
10:26:02AM ARE UNDERGROUND.
10:26:03AM HE DID ALL THAT WORK FOR SAUDI ARABIA.
10:26:07AM BRILLIANT INDIVIDUAL.
10:26:08AM FARM UP IN NORTHERN NEW YORK STATE.
10:26:11AM HAD HE A COW FARM.
10:26:14AM MILK COW.
10:26:15AM HIS HOBBY, EVERY COW, WHAT IT PRODUCED, WHAT IT ATE, WHAT
10:26:19AM PROFIT WAS IF ANY LEFT.
10:26:22AM HE WAS A BRILLIANT GUY.
10:26:23AM WHEN I'M LOOKING AT ALL THIS AND HEAR CERTAIN THINGS, I'M
10:26:28AM NOT GOING TO CHANGE ANY CRA AS LONG AS I'M HERE.
10:26:33AM I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE TO SHUT ANYONE DOWN.
10:26:38AM THE REASON IS, LET'S GO BACK AND SAY THERE WAS NO CRA.
10:26:43AM WHERE WOULD YOU BE AT? ON THE EAST SIDE THERE WAS NOTHING.
10:26:49AM I MEAN NOTHING.
10:26:51AM CITRUS NITRATE, COCA-COLA PLANT WITH JUNK ALL OVER THE
10:26:54AM PLACE.
10:26:54AM GREAT PRODUCT.
10:26:57AM BANANA DOCK FULL OF RATS.
10:27:02AM PROSTITUTION AND DRUGS.
10:27:05AM AND THE FLOUR PLANT.
10:27:06AM WHO WANTS TO LIVE NEXT TO A FLOUR PLANT?
10:27:11AM WHO WANTS TO DO THAT.
10:27:13AM THAT'S PART OF THE DEMISE.
10:27:15AM LITTLE BY LITTLE, UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA HAD MAYBE A THOUSAND,
10:27:18AM 1500 STUDENTS AT MOST, LARGER THAN PRINCETON UNIVERSITY IN
10:27:25AM ENROLLMENT.
10:27:26AM WAKE FOREST IN ENROLLMENT.
10:27:29AM THE GENTLEMAN WHO SPOKE ABOUT THE NEED, LISTEN, WHAT THE
10:27:32AM UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA MEANS TO DOWNTOWN, I GUARANTEE YOU A
10:27:37AM THIRD OF THE PRODUCT BY THEMSELVES.
10:27:40AM WHEN I SEE WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE, IT WOULD HAVE NEVER
10:27:44AM HAPPENED IF WE STAYED STATUS QUO.
10:27:47AM YOU MUST CHANGE.
10:27:48AM WE MAKE MISTAKES.
10:27:49AM IN THE '50s, THEY TOOK OUT THE STREETCARS.
10:27:53AM IN THE '60s, THEY TOOK DOWN THE RAILS.
10:27:55AM WE HAD ABOUT 50 SOME MILES OF STREETCAR ALL THE WAY TO
10:27:59AM BALLAST POINT, FLORIDA AND LINEBAUGH, CENTRAL, HYDE PARK.
10:28:06AM ALSO THE THINGS I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A KID.
10:28:08AM I REMEMBER THE TAMPA THEATRE AND IT WAS SAVED BY DUNCAN,
10:28:11AM SPICOLA.
10:28:13AM THANK THEM FOR HELPING BACK IN THE '70s AGAIN FOR $90,000.
10:28:17AM THOSE ARE THE THINGS I REMEMBER.
10:28:20AM I DON'T WANT TO SIT HERE AND LISTEN TO BARBRA STREISAND
10:28:23AM MUCH.
10:28:24AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:28:27AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:28:28AM THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
10:28:29AM I THINK THIS PLAN IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN ANYTHING THAT HAS
10:28:35AM BEEN TRIED BEFORE FOR ONE MAJOR REASON.
10:28:38AM PEOPLE NOW LIVE DOWNTOWN.
10:28:40AM ULTIMATELY THAT'S THE GAME CHANGER.
10:28:43AM PEOPLE LIVE DOWNTOWN, SO WE NEED TO PLACE-MAKE.
10:28:49AM IT IS JUST AN ABSOLUTELY DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT WHEN YOU HAVE
10:28:54AM PEOPLE WHO COME DOWNTOWN TO WORK AND THEN LEAVE AT THE END
10:28:58AM OF THE DAY.
10:28:58AM THAT IS NOT THE CASE ANYMORE.
10:29:00AM SO A PLAN LIKE THIS, I DO BELIEVE IS ACTUALLY PERFECT FOR
10:29:03AM THE TIME.
10:29:05AM IN FACT, PROBABLY A LITTLE BEHIND.
10:29:06AM BUT BECAUSE OF ALL THE WORK YOU HAD TO DO TO PREPARE FOR IT
10:29:09AM TO GET TO THIS MOMENT, IT WAS JUST THE RIGHT TIME.
10:29:12AM WE HAVE THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES IN TOWN THIS WEEK.
10:29:16AM I'VE BEEN GOING EVERY DAY AND TALKING TO FOLKS FROM OTHER
10:29:20AM CITIES WHO ARE JUST FLABBERGASTED WHEN I TELL THEM THAT WE
10:29:24AM OWN THE STRAZ, THAT WE OWN THE TAMPA THEATRE, THAT WE OWN
10:29:28AM THE CONVENTION CENTER, THAT WE OWN -- I MEAN, JUST ALL OF
10:29:31AM THESE ART AMENITIES AND THEY ARE JUST FLABBERGASTED THAT WE
10:29:35AM AS A CITY MAINTAIN THESE PROPERTIES.
10:29:38AM I'M INCREDIBLY IMPRESSED.
10:29:45AM MY ONE -- I MAY HAVE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THIS BEFORE.
10:29:49AM BUT ONE OF MY MAIN GRIPES, AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY FRANKLIN
10:29:56AM BUT SOME OF THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
10:29:57AM I KNOW WE HAVE KIND OF WORKED WITH LARRY WASHINGTON ON THIS.
10:30:01AM THE GARBAGE CANS IN FRONT OF SUPERNATURAL ARE JUST NOT OKAY.
10:30:05AM IT'S MICHELIN STAR RATED PLACE.
10:30:09AM THERE HAS TO BE A SOLUTION ON FRANKLIN STREET FOR THAT.
10:30:12AM THE SAME WITH THE HUB WHICH SHOULD HAVE ITS OWN MICHELIN
10:30:17AM STAR FOR COMPLETELY DIFFERENT REASONS.
10:30:19AM [ LAUGHTER ]
10:30:19AM BUT THOSE ARE VERY IMPORTANT PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE
10:30:26AM ALLOW THEM.
10:30:27AM I HAVE ASKED BEFORE ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT THE GARBAGE
10:30:29AM CANS THERE.
10:30:30AM THOSE TYPES OF SMALL CHANGES CAN REALLY MAKE A GIANT
10:30:38AM DIFFERENCE ALONG THAT CORRIDOR.
10:30:41AM I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL ANALYSIS.
10:30:45AM IT DID NOT PASS ME THAT YOUR BIKE RACKS ARE NORMAL.
10:30:50AM JUST A LITTLE SHOUT-OUT FOR THAT.
10:30:51AM REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
10:30:52AM JUST EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING, I'M ABSOLUTELY HAPPY TO
10:30:55AM SUPPORT THIS.
10:30:56AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HOW MUCH MORE WALKABLE FRANKLIN
10:30:59AM STREET CAN BECOME.
10:31:01AM WHEN I TAKE A BREAK HERE IN COUNCIL, THAT IS WHAT I DO.
10:31:05AM JUST LIKE ONE OF THE COMMENTERS THIS MORNING SAID, IT IS THE
10:31:10AM PLACE I WALK BECAUSE IT'S SHADED.
10:31:14AM >> IF I MAY, THERE IS A WHOLE SECTION ON TRASH IN THIS PLAN.
10:31:17AM >>LYNN HURTAK: EXCELLENT.
10:31:19AM GLAD TO HEAR IT.
10:31:20AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN FOLLOWED BY BOARD
10:31:21AM MEMBER VIERA.
10:31:22AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: GOOD MORNING.
10:31:23AM I THINK YOU ALL WERE PROBABLY ONE OF THE FIRST MEETINGS I
10:31:26AM HAD AFTER I WAS ELECTED.
10:31:28AM AS YOU KNOW FROM THE BEGINNING, I WAS A RELUCTANT CUSTOMER.
10:31:33AM WHEN YOU FIRST CAME, I CAME WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A SKEPTICAL
10:31:37AM EYE, SPENDING TAXPAYER MONEY, WHAT WAS THE RETURN AND HOW
10:31:41AM MANY TIMES THIS HAS BEEN ATTEMPTED IN DOWNTOWN AND FAILED.
10:31:44AM WE TALKED ABOUT THE RE-ENVISIONING PLANS.
10:31:48AM I THINK ALONG THE WAY YOU'VE BEEN, ONE, IT'S BEEN A LONG
10:31:51AM TIME COMING.
10:31:52AM YOU'VE HAD MANY MEETINGS WITH US AND THE PUBLIC.
10:31:55AM THE PEOPLE INVESTED IN DOWNTOWN, IT IS EVIDENT FROM PUBLIC
10:31:59AM COMMENT TODAY AND THE PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP IN SUPPORT.
10:32:02AM I THINK YOU ALL LISTENED VERY WELL.
10:32:03AM I THINK THE PARTNERSHIP IS A GREAT PARTNER FOR THE CITY OF
10:32:06AM TAMPA.
10:32:06AM AND THIS IS DEFINITELY THE RESULTS OF THAT GREAT
10:32:09AM PARTNERSHIP.
10:32:11AM I REALLY ECHO WHAT MY FELLOW COUNCILPERSONS HAVE SAID ABOUT
10:32:15AM PLACE-MAKING.
10:32:16AM THIS IS A DIFFERENT -- 2025 IS GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT YEAR
10:32:20AM THAN 1975.
10:32:22AM THIS IS A DIFFERENT TAMPA.
10:32:24AM IT'S A DIFFERENT PLACE.
10:32:25AM YOU GUYS ARE CREATING A DIFFERENT TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT,
10:32:28AM RECOGNIZING THE FAILURES OF THE PAST AND MOVING US FORWARD.
10:32:31AM AS COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK SAID, THERE ARE PEOPLE LIVING
10:32:33AM DOWNTOWN NOW.
10:32:34AM WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NOW, ALSO COUNCILMAN CARLSON, WHEN
10:32:37AM THEY REDEVELOP, AS COUNCILMAN MIRANDA WAS SAYING, WHEN THEY
10:32:40AM REDEVELOP CITY CENTER AND THE BUILDINGS AND THE
10:32:43AM CONSTRUCTION, WE GAVE AWAY, WE DON'T CONTROL THAT PLAZA.
10:32:49AM IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE CAN PLOW THROUGH.
10:32:51AM WE HAVE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE PROPERTY.
10:32:53AM BUT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE DEDICATED SPACES AS WELL AS
10:32:57AM TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS.
10:32:57AM I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE OF, OF COURSE, MY PASSION FOR
10:33:01AM EXPANDING THE STREETCAR, IMPROVING TRANSIT IN THE CITY OF
10:33:04AM TAMPA, SO THAT WE HAVE PEDESTRIAN CORRIDOR ON FRANKLIN
10:33:08AM RUNNING NORTH-SOUTH, PARALLELING THAT WE'LL HAVE THE
10:33:10AM STREETCARS RUNNING AND WHAT HART DOES WITH BUS
10:33:13AM TRANSPORTATION ON THESE ADJACENT CORRIDORS AS WELL.
10:33:15AM WHICH I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A CATALYST PROJECT THAT IS
10:33:20AM GOING TO PROMOTE MORE AFFORDABLE LIVING.
10:33:23AM WE AS A CRA, PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, LOOKING AT THE OLD
10:33:27AM ARMY NAVY STORE, PLACE, ALONG WITH THE ADJACENT PARKING LOT
10:33:31AM PROPERTIES FOR REDEVELOPMENT.
10:33:32AM WE'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY HAVING IN THAT PROJECT PLACES
10:33:35AM FOR STUDENTS, THE STRAZ CONSERVATORY SO YOUNG PEOPLE.
10:33:40AM YOUNG PEOPLE WANT A PLACE TO GO.
10:33:43AM THEY WANT THE PLACE MAKING AND HAVE THAT TYPE OF
10:33:45AM ENVIRONMENT.
10:33:46AM IF WE CAN INCORPORATE ALL THIS INTO THE DOWNTOWN FABRIC, THE
10:33:49AM CITY WILL THRIVE FORWARD AND INCREASE OUR BASE.
10:33:51AM FOR THOSE OF YOU LISTENING, ECHOING SOMETHING THAT
10:33:55AM COUNCILMAN CARLSON SAID, THIS MONEY NOT ONLY IS IT ONLY TO
10:33:59AM BE SPENT HERE, THIS IS NOT TAXPAYER MONEY COMING FROM
10:34:03AM SOMEWHERE ELSE AND SPENT DOWNTOWN.
10:34:06AM THIS MONEY IS GENERATED AND CREATED DOWNTOWN AND BEING SPENT
10:34:09AM DOWNTOWN.
10:34:09AM I THINK THAT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT TO MAKE.
10:34:11AM IF YOU ARE LIVING IN AN AREA NOT IN DOWNTOWN, YOUR MONEY IS
10:34:14AM NOT BEING USED TO FUND THIS PROJECT.
10:34:16AM THIS IS DOWNTOWN MONEY BEING SPENT ON A DOWNTOWN PROJECT.
10:34:20AM THANK YOU.
10:34:25AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:34:26AM QUESTION FOR YOU ALL.
10:34:27AM WHAT IS THE TOTAL AMOUNT WE WOULD BE APPROPRIATING FOR THIS?
10:34:29AM IT'S 6 MILLION, RIGHT?
10:34:31AM YOU HAD MENTIONED THE COUNTY.
10:34:34AM ANY COUNTY OR OTHER GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION OR IS IT ALL
10:34:37AM CRA?
10:34:39AM >> WELL, I MENTIONED WE HAD GOTTEN GRANT MONEY FROM
10:34:41AM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
10:34:45AM RIGHT NOW, IT'S ALL CRA, BUT WE ARE ALL ABOUT GOING AFTER
10:34:48AM GRANTS TO ENHANCE IT FURTHER.
10:34:50AM IT IS $6 MILLION TOTAL.
10:34:52AM 2 MILLION, 2 MILLION, 2 MILLION.
10:34:55AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: ONE CLARIFICATION TO THE BOARD.
10:34:57AM APPEARS THE PROJECT EXTENDS UP TO PALM.
10:34:59AM CRA MONEY CAN ONLY BE USED WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN CRA, SO IT
10:35:03AM WOULD STOP AT THE INTERSTATE.
10:35:04AM THAT PROJECT WOULD HAVE TO FIND FUNDING ELSEWHERE.
10:35:07AM >> WHICH WE ARE COMMITTED TO ADDRESSING THE TAMPA HEIGHTS
10:35:09AM STRETCH AS WELL BECAUSE WE KNOW WE CAN'T USE CRA DOLLARS FOR
10:35:12AM THAT.
10:35:12AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
10:35:13AM I'M VOTING FOR THIS.
10:35:15AM THERE ARE SOME LARGER -- THERE ARE SOME CRA PROJECTS I VOTED
10:35:18AM FOR, SOME I VOTED AGAINST.
10:35:21AM MY DISTINGUISHING RELEVANT ISSUE IN VOTING AGAINST THE ONES
10:35:25AM I DID IS THAT WE HAVE A CRA DOWNTOWN, AND THERE ARE
10:35:29AM DISCUSSIONS ON CAPPING THE DOWNTOWN CRA.
10:35:33AM WE SPEND SO MUCH MONEY ON ONE PARTICULAR PROJECT, I THINK IT
10:35:36AM UNDERMINES THAT.
10:35:39AM THAT WAS MY RATIONALE.
10:35:40AM IT'S NOT OBVIOUSLY THE PROJECTS THEMSELVES, IT'S MORE SO THE
10:35:44AM MONETARY AMOUNT GIVEN TOWARDS THOSE PROJECTS.
10:35:47AM THIS I DON'T THINK VIOLATES THAT BECAUSE I DO SUPPORT A
10:35:50AM DOWNTOWN CRA, OBVIOUSLY.
10:35:51AM WE NEED TO HAVE A LIVABLE RESIDENTIAL, VIABLE DOWNTOWN.
10:35:56AM THIS DOES IT.
10:35:57AM I JUST THINK WE HAVE STRETCHED A DOUBLE INTO A HOME RUN WHEN
10:36:00AM IT COMES TO A CRA.
10:36:02AM I THINK TO THE DETRIMENT OF OUR CITY.
10:36:04AM AND THAT'S BEEN MY FRUSTRATION WITH THIS DIALOGUE, WHICH IS
10:36:08AM WHEN WE VOTED MAYBE SIX MONTHS AGO TO CAP THE DOWNTOWN CRA,
10:36:13AM I THINK THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD THAT
10:36:16AM VOTE FAIL.
10:36:16AM WE CONTINUE TO FUND LARGER PROJECTS, LARGER PROJECTS AND
10:36:24AM THEN CAP THE DOWNTOWN CRA, I WANT TO MAKE SURE STAY
10:36:27AM CONSISTENT, RIGHT, BUT I DON'T THINK THIS VIOLATES THAT.
10:36:29AM AGAIN, I DO SUPPORT THE DOWNTOWN CRA.
10:36:31AM I DO SUPPORT MAKING FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND
10:36:36AM THINGS LIKE THIS.
10:36:37AM AGAIN, I DON'T LIKE THAT STRETCH THAT INTO A HOME RUN, SO TO
10:36:42AM SPEAK, AT ALL.
10:36:43AM THAT'S ALL.
10:36:44AM I WANTED TO STATE MY RATIONALE FOR IT, ET CETERA.
10:36:46AM YEP.
10:36:49AM THAT'S ALL.
10:36:50AM I'LL STOP TAKING BECAUSE I'LL SAY SOMETHING REALLY STUPID.
10:36:54AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I'LL CLOSE IT OUT BY SAYING TO IGNORE IT
10:37:03AM WOULD BE THE BIGGEST CRIME.
10:37:05AM THAT WOULD BE THE CRIME FOR US TO IGNORE FRANKLIN STREET AS
10:37:09AM A PART OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TO IMPROVE SLUM
10:37:12AM AND BLIGHT IN THE DOWNTOWN CRA.
10:37:14AM SO I JUST REALLY LOVE THE THOUGHTFULNESS AND THE TIME AND
10:37:18AM ENERGY THAT WAS PUT INTO THIS PROJECT.
10:37:21AM WE HAVE TAKEN CARE OF OUR CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS.
10:37:24AM TO ME, THIS IS A SMALL ASK FOR WHAT IS GOING TO BE ACHIEVED.
10:37:28AM MS. GLORIA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING FORWARD.
10:37:30AM I'M GLAD THAT SHE SPOKE ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY.
10:37:34AM OF COURSE, OUR VISITORS WILL LOVE THIS ATTRACTION AND THE
10:37:38AM IMPROVEMENTS, BUT OUR SENIOR CITIZENS WHO LIVE ADJACENT TO
10:37:41AM THIS PROPERTY WILL BENEFIT FROM IT THE MOST.
10:37:45AM I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING THAT.
10:37:48AM WE CAN TAKE THE MOTION NOW TO BRING THE GRANT --
10:37:53AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: YES, YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE
10:37:55AM CONCEPTUALLY THE $6 MILLION GRANT.
10:37:57AM IT'S A SPECIAL PROJECT GRANT WHICH UNDER THE GRANT POLICY
10:38:00AM REQUIRES AN AGREEMENT TO COME BEFORE YOU TO SPELL OUT
10:38:02AM EXACTLY HOW THE MONEY IS SPENT TO MAKE SURE IT COMPLIES WITH
10:38:05AM STATE LAW.
10:38:07AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER -- WHAT IS
10:38:10AM YOUR NAME?
10:38:11AM CLENDENIN.
10:38:13AM SECOND BY BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
10:38:14AM ANY DISCUSSION?
10:38:16AM SHE DID TOO.
10:38:20AM I WOULD HAVE PICKED A DRAGON FIRST, CHARLIE.
10:38:25AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
10:38:26AM AYE.
10:38:27AM ANY OPPOSED?
10:38:27AM CONGRATULATIONS.
10:38:30AM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:38:30AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WE WILL MOVE FORWARD.
10:38:36AM [ APPLAUSE ]
10:38:36AM HAPPINESS IS NOT ALLOWED.
10:38:42AM [ LAUGHTER ]
10:38:43AM MR. McCRAY, LET'S KEEP THE MEETING GOING.
10:38:50AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: YES, MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 6 RELATED TO
10:38:56AM THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF UPDATE.
10:39:00AM THERE WAS A MOTION MADE THAT, AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO COME
10:39:04AM BEFORE YOU IN OCTOBER AS IT RELATED TO THE POSITION
10:39:07AM DESCRIPTIONS FOR TWO OF THE POSITIONS THAT THE CRA BOARD HAD
10:39:11AM INQUIRED AND WANTED SOME MOVEMENT ON.
10:39:13AM THE FIRST ONE WAS THE CRA COMMUNICATION ENGAGEMENT MANAGER.
10:39:18AM THE SECOND ONE WAS THE CRA PROJECT SPECIALIST.
10:39:22AM THAT POSITION WOULD BE THE ONE THAT WE WOULD BE WORKING ON
10:39:25AM FORWARD-FACING MATERIALS AND COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE CRA.
10:39:34AM >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN HURTAK AND COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
10:39:36AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
10:39:37AM I WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE THE MEETING WE HAD TO DISCUSS
10:39:41AM THIS.
10:39:42AM IT'S BEEN A WHILE.
10:39:44AM I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT.
10:39:46AM THAT'S WHY I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY COMMENTS.
10:39:49AM EVERYTHING I COMMENTED WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER AND LOOK
10:39:51AM FORWARD TO GETTING THIS STARTED.
10:39:58AM >>BILL CARLSON: MR. MASSEY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WAY
10:40:03AM IT'S STRUCTURED, IT SAYS IN THE DOCUMENT THAT THIS PERSON
10:40:06AM REPORTS TO THE CRA DIRECTOR.
10:40:07AM I KNOW WE HAVE INTERIM RIGHT NOW, BUT REPORTS TO THE CRA
10:40:10AM DIRECTOR.
10:40:10AM THEN THEY COORDINATE WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT BUT
10:40:13AM ONLY FOR CITY BRANDING AND CONSISTENCY.
10:40:16AM BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE TO REAFFIRM FROM YOU THAT THIS
10:40:19AM PERSON IS REPORTING TO THE CRA DIRECTOR AND NOT TO THE
10:40:22AM COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.
10:40:23AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: THE WAY IT IS WRITTEN, THE PERSON WOULD BE
10:40:26AM REPORTING TO THE CRA DIRECTOR.
10:40:30AM >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU.
10:40:31AM >>LUIS VIERA: ANYONE ELSE?
10:40:32AM YES, SIR.
10:40:35AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I UNDERSTAND WHAT PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET
10:40:37AM HERE, BUT I WILL VOTE AGAINST IT.
10:40:40AM I FEEL IT'S KIND OF A PROCESS OF BLOATED GOVERNMENT.
10:40:48AM I UNDERSTAND WHAT EVERYBODY IS TRYING TO DO AS FAR AS ON THE
10:40:51AM CRA BOARD, IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH FOR ME.
10:40:54AM THANK YOU.
10:40:55AM >>LUIS VIERA: ANYONE ELSE?
10:40:56AM IF I MAY, IT'S SO FUNNY.
10:41:00AM I SPOKE WITH MR. McCRAY ON THIS ISSUE A FEW DAYS AGO.
10:41:04AM THAT WAS MY INITIAL IMPRESSION, AND THEN I ASKED THE
10:41:07AM QUESTION, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT STAFF FEELS THAT THEY NEED
10:41:10AM TO MOVE FORWARD, ET CETERA.
10:41:13AM THE MESSAGE I GOT WAS, YES.
10:41:14AM SO I FEEL -- I FEEL YOUR SENSE.
10:41:19AM I WILL BE VOTING YES BASED UPON THAT REPRESENTATION.
10:41:21AM I SHARE YOUR SKEPTICISM IF YOU WILL IN THAT REGARD.
10:41:26AM VERY WELL TAKEN.
10:41:27AM DO WE NEED A MOTION IN THIS REGARD?
10:41:32AM >>BILL CARLSON: CAN I MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT?
10:41:33AM I UNDERSTAND MY COLLEAGUE'S CONCERNS, AND I AM AGAINST
10:41:37AM WASTING MONEY ALSO.
10:41:39AM BUT WHAT WE FOUND, JUST FOR THE PUBLIC WATCHING, WHAT WE
10:41:42AM FOUND IS THAT PEOPLE IN THE CRA DISTRICTS, IN PARTICULAR
10:41:45AM EAST TAMPA, FEEL LIKE THE CRA HAS NOT BEEN INVESTING IN
10:41:48AM THINGS AT ALL OR IN THE THINGS THEY WANT.
10:41:50AM I THINK THE PURPOSE OF THIS PERSON IS JUST TO HELP THE
10:41:54AM PUBLIC UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CRA HAS INVESTED IN AND THE
10:41:58AM COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT DOESN'T DO THAT.
10:42:00AM THEY MOSTLY PROMOTE AND WORK AROUND THE MAYOR.
10:42:03AM THIS ONE WILL BE NOT PROMOTING US.
10:42:05AM NOT PROMOTING ANY INDIVIDUALS.
10:42:07AM IT'S JUST EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT THE CRA HAS SPENT
10:42:12AM MONEY ON.
10:42:13AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: I DO WANT TO INTERRUPT QUICKLY.
10:42:15AM THE PURPOSE OF THESE POSITIONS ARE TO COMMUNICATE CRA
10:42:19AM ACTIVITIES AND CRA OPPORTUNITIES.
10:42:21AM THEY ARE NOT TO BRAND OR MARKET THE CRA OR THOSE AREAS.
10:42:25AM AND THERE IS A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TWO.
10:42:27AM IF YOU ARE SUPPORTIVE OF IT, YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION THAT YOU
10:42:44AM ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THE JOB DESCRIPTION.
10:42:45AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I THINK IT'S GREAT.
10:42:47AM LET'S DO IT.
10:42:47AM I MAKE A MOTION.
10:42:49AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
10:42:51AM >> AYE.
10:42:51AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ANY OPPOSED?
10:42:53AM >> NAY.
10:42:54AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: MOTION CARRIES.
10:42:55AM CLENDENIN VOTING NO.
10:42:57AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE 7 THROUGH 14 AND 16 AND
10:43:03AM 18.
10:43:04AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OF OUR REQUIRED APPROVALS.
10:43:06AM CAN I GET A SECOND?
10:43:08AM >>LUIS VIERA: MAY I HAVE 18 PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE.
10:43:12AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I MOVE 7 THROUGH 14 AND 16.
10:43:16AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: SECOND BY MIRANDA.
10:43:17AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
10:43:19AM >> AYE.
10:43:19AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ANY OPPOSED?
10:43:21AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I MOVE 18.
10:43:24AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: NOW WE'RE -- YES, BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:43:30AM >>BILL CARLSON: I PREVIOUSLY ABSTAINED ON THIS ISSUE, 18.
10:43:34AM THE REASON IS THAT MY FIRM WORKS FOR AN ORGANIZATION
10:43:37AM AFFILIATED WITH THIS ITEM.
10:43:42AM IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, I WANT TO RECUSE MYSELF.
10:43:43AM I MAKE A MOTION TO FILE FORM 8B.
10:43:45AM >> SECOND.
10:43:46AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
10:43:47AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR 18 -- OKAY, THANK YOU.
10:43:54AM YOU HAVE TO APPROVE THE RECUSAL.
10:43:57AM >>BILL CARLSON: THE FORM.
10:43:59AM RECEIVE AND FILE.
10:44:00AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
10:44:03AM >> AYE.
10:44:03AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WHO GAVE THE SECOND.
10:44:06AM >> VIERA SECONDED.
10:44:07AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
10:44:07AM ANY OPPOSED?
10:44:08AM JUST STAY RIGHT THERE.
10:44:12AM WE'LL BE DONE SHORTLY.
10:44:15AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I MOVE 18.
10:44:17AM >>LUIS VIERA: VERY BRIEFLY, I DID WANT TO SAY ON 15 I THINK
10:44:20AM IT WAS, I VOTED FOR THE UNDERLYING PROJECT.
10:44:23AM THIS IS A REQUEST THAT'S NARROWLY TAILORED TO HURRICANE
10:44:26AM ISSUES.
10:44:26AM IT IS A MATTER OF PROFESSIONALISM.
10:44:28AM AND COURTESY.
10:44:30AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 18.
10:44:33AM >>LUIS VIERA: I KNOW.
10:44:34AM I'M OUT OF IT.
10:44:41AM I'M SORRY.
10:44:48AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE ITEM NUMBER 18
10:44:50AM FROM BOARD MEMBER HURTAK, SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA
10:44:55AM -- IT WAS CLENDENIN.
10:44:57AM OKAY.
10:44:57AM IT GETS TO BE YOU.
10:44:59AM CONGRATULATIONS.
10:44:59AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
10:45:01AM >> AYE.
10:45:01AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ANY OPPOSED?
10:45:02AM >> NAY.
10:45:03AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: MOTION CARRIES WITH VIERA VOTING NO.
10:45:05AM NOW LET'S GO BACK TO 17 --
10:45:11AM >> 15.
10:45:12AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WE STARTED AT 18.
10:45:15AM I'M WORKING MY WAY UP.
10:45:17AM 17 IS LAST.
10:45:18AM I'M SORRY.
10:45:19AM LET'S GO WITH 15 AND THEN WE'LL GO DOWN TO OUR POSSIBLE NEW
10:45:24AM ATTORNEY.
10:45:26AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: GOOD MORNING AGAIN.
10:45:32AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: HE'S INTRODUCING THE ITEM.
10:45:34AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE STRAZ
10:45:37AM CENTER HERE.
10:45:41AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: QUICKLY, I'LL PROVIDE BACKGROUND.
10:45:45AM THIS IS THE THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE STRAZ GRANT AGREEMENT.
10:45:48AM THERE ARE SEVERAL CONDITIONS PRECEDENT OR PRECEDENT THAT
10:45:51AM THEY HAVE THE STATUS IN ORDER FOR THE GRANT TO BE EFFECTIVE.
10:45:55AM DECEMBER 1st IS THE OUTSIDE DATE FOR SATISFYING THOSE
10:45:58AM CONDITIONS.
10:45:59AM THEY HAVE SATISFIED MOST OF THE CONDITIONS THEY CAN SATISFY.
10:46:03AM THE ONES THAT ARE NOT SATISFIED ARE REALLY TIED TO THE
10:46:05AM ISSUANCE OF FINAL PERMITS BY THE CITY.
10:46:08AM THEY HAVE MADE APPLICATIONS FOR THOSE PERMITS, AND THEY
10:46:11AM PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO CITY STAFF.
10:46:14AM GIVEN THE RECENT STORMS AND HURRICANES, THERE'S BEEN A DELAY
10:46:18AM IN THE CITY'S REVIEW, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME GIVE AND
10:46:21AM TAKE.
10:46:21AM WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS TO BE CONTINUED OUT TO MARCH 1st
10:46:25AM WITH ALSO THE CRA DIRECTOR BEING ABLE TO EXTEND IT FOR AN
10:46:28AM ADDITIONAL 60 DAYS IF NECESSARY.
10:46:31AM WE THINK THAT LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME, THEY WILL HAVE
10:46:33AM SATISFIED ALL THE CONDITIONS PRECEDENT AND CAN MOVE FORWARD
10:46:36AM WITH THE GRANT.
10:46:37AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO, BEFORE YOU GO,
10:46:39AM MR. McCRAY.
10:46:40AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THIS IS AN ACT OF GOD SITUATION?
10:46:44AM IT'S NOT THAT THE STRAZ IS NOT DOING THEIR JOB, IT'S BECAUSE
10:46:47AM OF THE HURRICANES, BECAUSE OF THE DELAYS WITH PERMITTING AND
10:46:50AM APPROVAL, IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT.
10:46:52AM THEY ARE DOING THE WORK.
10:46:54AM GO AHEAD, SIR.
10:46:55AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: I WAS GOING TO SAY TO THAT POINT, WE'VE HAD
10:46:58AM ONGOING MEETINGS BIWEEKLY SINCE AUGUST.
10:47:02AM AND THEY HAVE BEEN VERY PROACTIVELY SUPPLYING US WITH THAT
10:47:06AM INFORMATION.
10:47:06AM OUR STAFF HAS BEEN REVIEWING IT AND APPROVING IT.
10:47:09AM AS ATTORNEY MASSEY SHARED, IT COMES DOWN TO SOME OF THE
10:47:12AM PERMITTING THINGS.
10:47:14AM AND WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH MOVING FORWARD.
10:47:17AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
10:47:18AM DO WE NEED TO HEAR FROM STRAZ OR DO WE WANT TO MOVE THE
10:47:22AM RESOLUTION?
10:47:23AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO MOVED.
10:47:26AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: I BELIEVE THAT IS NOW -- THAT'S OUTDATED.
10:47:31AM THEY HAVE AN UPDATED PRESENTATION IF YOU ALL WANT TO HEAR
10:47:33AM FROM THEM REGARDING WHERE THEY ARE ON THE CONDITIONS
10:47:36AM PRECEDENT, PREPARED TO ADDRESS YOU ALL TODAY.
10:47:41AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I'M OKAY VOTING TOO.
10:47:43AM WE HAVE A SECOND.
10:47:44AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
10:47:45AM >> AYE.
10:47:45AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ANY OPPOSED?
10:47:46AM MOTION CARRIES.
10:47:50AM BOARD MEMBER VIERA AND BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
10:47:53AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:47:54AM I SPOKE PREMATURELY.
10:47:56AM I APOLOGIZE.
10:47:57AM I WAS GLAD TO VOTE FOR THIS.
10:47:59AM I OPPOSED THE ORIGINAL PLAN FOR MATTERS OF FISCAL, NOT
10:48:04AM OBVIOUSLY THE PROJECT OR ENTITY, ET CETERA.
10:48:06AM THIS IS A HURRICANE.
10:48:07AM THIS IS A PROFESSIONAL COURTESY OF BEING A GENTLEMAN OR
10:48:10AM GENTLELADY.
10:48:14AM THANK YOU.
10:48:15AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I HAVE A QUESTION FOR CLARITY, NOTHING TO
10:48:19AM DO WITH THIS.
10:48:19AM BUT FOR A LONG TIME, I REMEMBER THAT THEN MAYOR MARTINEZ WHO
10:48:25AM THEN BECAME GOVERNOR MARTINEZ, DONE A WONDERFUL JOB BOTH AS
10:48:29AM MAYOR AND FANTASTIC JOB AS GOVERNOR.
10:48:31AM THIS ITEM WAS PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR THE PUBLIC TO VOTE
10:48:34AM SOMETIME BACK WHEN I HAD LONG HAIR AND CURLS.
10:48:37AM [ LAUGHTER ]
10:48:37AM ALL THAT, THAT'S HOW FAR BACK IT GOES.
10:48:40AM THE PUBLIC TURNED IT DOWN, IF I REMEMBER.
10:48:43AM HOWEVER, MARTINEZ SAID IT'S GOT TO GET BUILT BECAUSE WE HAVE
10:48:47AM TO REVITALIZE THIS WHOLE AREA AND BRING IT BACK.
10:48:51AM IF IT WASN'T FOR THEM AND JUST THINK OF WHAT HE WENT THROUGH
10:48:55AM WHEN HE SAYS, YEAH, VOTED DOWN, BUT WE NEED IT.
10:48:58AM IT WAS BUILT BECAUSE ONE PERSON SAYS I'M NOT BACKING DOWN.
10:49:04AM I WANT TO GIVE HIM ALL THE CREDIT FOR THE STRAZ BEING THERE.
10:49:07AM THAT'S ALL.
10:49:11AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WAS THE MOTION MAKER.
10:49:12AM WHO WAS THE SECOND?
10:49:13AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THE SECOND FOR MOVING THE MOTION?
10:49:16AM THAT WAS CLENDENIN.
10:49:17AM BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING.
10:49:21AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: FOR THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE STRAZ,
10:49:24AM WHILE YOU ARE HERE, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP.
10:49:37AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES OR LESS.
10:49:41AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BECAUSE THIS IS KIND OF LIKE TAKING
10:49:44AM ADVANTAGE OF WHILE YOU'RE HERE, THE CRA SPECIFICALLY AS I
10:49:48AM ADDRESSED EARLIER IN COMMENTS, REDEVELOPING THE ARMY NAVY
10:49:51AM STORE.
10:49:52AM HOW MANY STUDENTS DO YOU PRESENTLY HAVE AT THE CONSERVATORY?
10:49:57AM >> IN THE CONSERVATORY, WE HAVE ABOUT 1700 DURING THE SCHOOL
10:50:02AM YEAR.
10:50:03AM FOR THE SUMMER CAMPS, WE'LL DO ABOUT 2800.
10:50:06AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WITH THIS PROJECT, WILL THAT EXPAND YOUR
10:50:09AM MEMBERSHIP, YOUR CAPABILITY?
10:50:12AM >> THAT'S RIGHT.
10:50:12AM THE EDUCATION BUILDING, THE NEW EDUCATION BUILDING WILL
10:50:15AM EXPAND US BY ABOUT 30%.
10:50:18AM I THINK YOU KNOW WE ALSO HAVE ABOUT 60,000 STUDENTS THAT WE
10:50:23AM SERVE THROUGHOUT THE REGION OFF-CAMPUS THROUGH FREE PROGRAMS
10:50:26AM AND WE ALSO SEE A 20 TO 30% LIFT IN THAT AS WELL.
10:50:31AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: REALLY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE LISTENING TO
10:50:33AM THIS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY FAMILIAR, THEY THINK THE STRAZ
10:50:36AM IS JUST A BROADWAY SERIES AND IT'S SO MUCH MORE.
10:50:40AM IT'S PERFORMANCE ART BUT ALSO EDUCATION.
10:50:42AM IT'S REALLY PROVIDING THAT RESOURCE THAT ISN'T REALLY
10:50:45AM AVAILABLE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
10:50:46AM I WAS REALLY FASCINATED TO HEAR YOU HAD A FORMER STUDENT,
10:50:50AM BALLET STUDENT COMING BACK TO TEACH.
10:50:52AM MAYBE YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT.
10:50:54AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: NO.
10:50:55AM THE CHAIR PREFERS WE MOVE THE MEETING ALONG.
10:51:00AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I HAVE A POINT.
10:51:01AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: IS THERE SOMETHING SPECIFIC YOU WANT TO
10:51:03AM SAY REGARDING THE PLAN, SIR?
10:51:05AM >> WE HAVE ABOUT A THREE AND A HALF MINUTE UPDATE.
10:51:07AM WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE YOU THROUGH THAT.
10:51:10AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WE'VE ALREADY MOVED THE RESOLUTION.
10:51:12AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THIS IS THE CRA BOARD, WE'RE LOOKING AT
10:51:16AM EXPANDING THE ARMY NAVY STORE ABOUT THE NEEDS POSSIBLY
10:51:21AM SINCE, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT YOU'RE HERE ABOUT
10:51:24AM WHAT THE ROLE OF THE CONSERVATORY IN THE CITY OF TAMPA AND
10:51:28AM THE NEED YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE STUDENT HOUSING AND THE
10:51:31AM PROXIMITY, HOW IMPORTANT THAT WOULD BE TO THE STRAZ.
10:51:33AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YEAH, BUT THE CHAIR PREFERS THAT YOU DO
10:51:35AM NOT.
10:51:37AM WE HAVE MOVED THE RESOLUTION AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
10:51:41AM >> THANK YOU.
10:51:41AM MAY I SAY, CHAIRWOMAN HENDERSON, THAT THE EXPERIENCE THAT
10:51:45AM WE'VE HAD, THE LEADERSHIP NOT ONLY FROM THIS BODY BUT
10:51:48AM CERTAINLY FROM THE CRA STAFF HAS BEEN EXTRAORDINARY.
10:51:52AM I THINK NONE OF US WOULD BE HERE WITH THESE PROJECTS TODAY
10:51:55AM IF IT WASN'T FOR FIRST YOUR LEADERSHIP BUT ALONG WITH IT
10:52:00AM THESE COLLEAGUES WE GET TO WORK WITH, AND I WANT TO MAKE
10:52:03AM SURE WE SAY THAT FOR THE RECORD.
10:52:05AM THANK YOU FOR THAT TIME.
10:52:05AM HAVE A GOOD DAY.
10:52:07AM WE APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH.
10:52:09AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALL RIGHT.
10:52:10AM SO NOW, MR. MASSEY, WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 17.
10:52:13AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: IN CONNECTION WITH THIS ITEM, I WOULD LIKE
10:52:16AM TO ASK MR. SHEPARD TO COME TO THE PODIUM.
10:52:20AM THIS IS THE CONTRACT WHERE THE BOARD HIRED OWN CRA ATTORNEY.
10:52:25AM I'M INTRODUCING MR. CLIFF SHEPARD, PROBABLY THE PREEMINENT
10:52:31AM CRA ATTORNEY IN FLORIDA.
10:52:33AM FLORIDA REDEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION.
10:52:34AM HE KINDLY OFFERED TO ACT AS YOUR COUNSEL.
10:52:38AM THIS IS THE CONTRACT WHERE YOU WOULD RETAIN HIM AS YOUR
10:52:43AM COUNSEL.
10:52:44AM >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE.
10:52:45AM I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
10:52:47AM THE AGREEMENT IN FRONT OF YOU WAS PRESENTED TO ME BY THE
10:52:50AM CITY.
10:52:50AM I REVIEWED IT, MADE A COUPLE OF CHANGES.
10:52:53AM I'M GOOD WITH IT.
10:52:55AM IT'S APPARENTLY WHAT THE CITY IS USED TO OR PREFERS.
10:52:58AM I'M GOOD WITH THAT.
10:52:59AM I CAN TALK ABOUT WHATEVER YOU'D LIKE OR ANSWER QUESTIONS
10:53:03AM ABOUT PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
10:53:06AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER HURTAK AND BOARD MEMBER
10:53:08AM CARLSON.
10:53:09AM >>LYNN HURTAK: FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT DURING
10:53:12AM THE FRA CONFERENCE THREE WEEKS AGO, MR. SHEPARD DID
10:53:19AM BASICALLY -- I THINK IT IS LIKE A LEGAL Q & A, REMINDING
10:53:23AM FOLKS ABOUT WHAT THE CRA IS FOR, WHAT THE RULES ARE.
10:53:27AM KNOWING THAT WE HAD HIM POSSIBLY COMING TO BE OUR ATTORNEY,
10:53:30AM I WENT TO THAT SESSION AND LISTENED IN.
10:53:33AM I WAS SO IMPRESSED.
10:53:35AM I PARTICULARLY LOVE -- AND WE GOT A CHANCE TO TALK YESTERDAY
10:53:39AM AGAIN.
10:53:40AM I PARTICULARLY LOVE -- I'LL BE CANDID, YOUR NO-NONSENSE
10:53:47AM STYLE.
10:53:47AM I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WAY YOU TELL IT LIKE IT IS.
10:53:51AM WE CAN.
10:53:52AM WE CAN'T.
10:53:52AM THAT IS THE WONDERFUL PART OF CRAs IS THE GUARDRAILS ARE
10:53:55AM PRETTY HIGH.
10:53:56AM IT'S VERY BLACK AND WHITE.
10:53:57AM THERE'S NOT A LOT OF GRAY.
10:53:59AM IN OUR WORLD OF CITY COUNCIL, THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY
10:54:02AM OFTEN.
10:54:03AM I JUST WANTED TO SAY I REALLY ENJOYED HEARING WHAT YOU HAD
10:54:08AM TO SAY, ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS OF OTHER CRAs IN DIFFERENT
10:54:12AM PARTS OF THE STATE.
10:54:14AM AND I READ THROUGH THE AGREEMENT.
10:54:16AM I TALKED TO BOTH YOU AND MR. MASSEY ABOUT SOME OF MY
10:54:20AM CONCERNS, BUT IF YOU ARE CONFIDENT IN WHAT YOU CAN DO, I AM
10:54:30AM -- OR CONFIDENT IN THE AGREEMENT, I AM AS WELL, BUT I ALSO
10:54:34AM APPRECIATE IS THAT WE CAN ABSOLUTELY GET WRITTEN OPINIONS.
10:54:40AM I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
10:54:44AM >>CLIFF SHEPARD: FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S NO ISSUE WITH THE
10:54:47AM AGREEMENT FOR ME.
10:54:48AM I UNDERSTAND SOME MAY HAVE AN ISSUE BECAUSE OF THE LITTLE
10:54:51AM LANGUAGE OF IT, AS YOU AND I DISCUSSED, THOSE THINGS DON'T
10:54:54AM BOTHER ME.
10:54:55AM I'VE BEEN DOING THIS STUFF FOR 40 YEARS, WHEN I HAVE AN
10:54:58AM OPINION, YOU'LL GET IT.
10:54:59AM YOU MAY NOT LIKE IT, BUT YOU'LL GET IT.
10:55:03AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I LIKE.
10:55:05AM BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:55:07AM FOLLOWED BY BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
10:55:07AM >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU.
10:55:08AM I KNOW YOU'RE BUSY WORKING WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES.
10:55:12AM I APPRECIATE YOU BEING AVAILABLE TO DO THIS.
10:55:14AM ONE THING IS THAT THE FRA CONFERENCE WAS MENTIONED.
10:55:20AM I WENT THERE BUT DIDN'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME THERE.
10:55:23AM I'VE SAID THIS PUBLICLY BEFORE, I DON'T CARE WHAT OTHER
10:55:26AM CITIES AND COUNTIES ARE DOING.
10:55:28AM I WANT TO STAY WITHIN THE LAW BUT CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE
10:55:30AM WITHIN THE LAW.
10:55:32AM WON A COUPLE OF AWARDS.
10:55:33AM I WANT TO DO THE INNOVATIVE THINGS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
10:55:35AM LEAPFROG OTHER COMMUNITIES IN FLORIDA AND COMPARE OURSELVES
10:55:38AM TO THE BEST CITIES IN THE WORLD.
10:55:39AM THE BEST CITIES IN THE WORLD MAY NOT HAVE CRAs, BUT
10:55:42AM WHATEVER WE CAN DO WITHIN THE LAW THAT CAN DRIVE OUR
10:55:45AM COMMUNITY FORWARD AND BUILD WEALTH AND HIGHER INCOME FOR OUR
10:55:49AM PEOPLE, I WANT TO TRY TO DO THAT.
10:55:53AM THE SECOND THING IS THE CONTRACT, SAME QUESTION I HAD FOR
10:55:56AM THE COMMUNICATIONS, MAYBE I CAN GET BOTH OF YOU TO ANSWER
10:56:01AM THIS.
10:56:01AM MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONTRACT IS YOUR CLIENT WILL BE THE
10:56:03AM CRA BOARD.
10:56:05AM THERE IS A CONNECTION TO THE CITY ATTORNEY BECAUSE YOU
10:56:09AM CANNOT DO ANYTHING ADVERSE TO THE CITY, BUT ULTIMATELY I
10:56:13AM WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CLIENT IS THE CRA BOARD.
10:56:17AM >>CLIFF SHEPARD: MY CLIENT, TO BE SPECIFIC, IS THE CRA AS AN
10:56:21AM AGENCY AND ENTITY, JUST LIKE IF I REPRESENTED THE CITY OF
10:56:23AM TAMPA, I WOULD TAKE DIRECTION FROM EITHER THE MAY, IF IT IS
10:56:27AM A STRONG MAYOR OR COUNCIL IF IT IS A COUNCIL MANAGER.
10:56:30AM I KNOW IN THIS CASE IT IS STRONG MAYOR.
10:56:33AM THAT'S WHO I GET DIRECTION THROUGH BUT THE CLIENT IS THE
10:56:36AM ENTITY.
10:56:36AM THE CLIENT IN THIS CASE IS THE CRA AND ITS VARIOUS
10:56:39AM SUBDISTRICTS.
10:56:40AM BUT THE ADVICE I GIVE IS THROUGH REQUESTS THAT COME FROM
10:56:43AM THIS BOARD FOR THE BENEFIT OF AND TO MAKE SURE IT'S CORRECT
10:56:48AM FOR THE AGENCY.
10:56:49AM SO THAT IS THE ANSWER.
10:56:51AM INDIVIDUALLY, I REPRESENT NONE OF YOU.
10:56:53AM COLLECTIVELY, I REPRESENT GIVING THE INFORMATION THAT YOU
10:56:57AM NEED TO DO TO DO YOUR JOBS AS THE BOARD OF THE AGENTS.
10:57:01AM >>BILL CARLSON: THAT IS A BETTER ANSWER THAN I EXPECTED YOU
10:57:04AM TO GIVE.
10:57:04AM I APPRECIATE THAT.
10:57:05AM WE CAN TALK ONE ON ONE.
10:57:07AM BUT IF YOU WATCHED ANY MEETINGS BEFORE, I'VE WORKED WITH A
10:57:10AM BUNCH OF ATTORNEYS IN THE PAST.
10:57:11AM ATTORNEYS FOLLOW THE LAW BUT THEY ALSO WORK WITH CLIENTS.
10:57:14AM IN A SITUATION IN THE CITY WHERE YOU HAVE TWO BRANCHES OF
10:57:19AM GOVERNMENT, ONE BRANCH LEANS ON THE CITY ATTORNEY STAYING
10:57:24AM WITHIN THE LAW, THE CITY ATTORNEY MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT
10:57:27AM OPINION THAN IF THEY LISTEN TO CITY COUNCIL.
10:57:29AM THAT HAS LED TO A LOT OF LEGAL DISCUSSIONS OVER THE YEARS.
10:57:32AM IN THIS CASE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR AND YOUR
10:57:34AM ANSWER WAS GREAT.
10:57:35AM THANK YOU.
10:57:36AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
10:57:36AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE BOARD.
10:57:40AM LIKE YOUR ANSWER, REPRESENT YOU THE BEST WAY YOU CAN LEGALLY
10:57:44AM AND THAT'S IT.
10:57:44AM I DON'T LOOK FOR TROUBLE AND I DON'T GO LOOKING FOR SOME.
10:57:49AM I'M SURE BEING AN ATTORNEY YOU CAN FIND ALL THE TROUBLE YOU
10:57:51AM CAN HANDLE.
10:57:52AM >>CLIFF SHEPARD: AT THIS POINT IN MY CAREER, THAT IS AN
10:57:55AM ACCURATE STATEMENT.
10:57:56AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'LL NEVER ASK YOU TO DO ANYTHING THAT'S
10:57:59AM NOT RIGHT BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO ASK YOU ANYTHING, PERIOD.
10:58:02AM YOU ARE THE ATTORNEY; WE'RE THE BOARD, THAT'S IT.
10:58:04AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THE
10:58:06AM RESOLUTION?
10:58:07AM >> SO MOVED.
10:58:07AM >> SECOND.
10:58:08AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
10:58:09AM ANY OPPOSED?
10:58:09AM CONGRATULATIONS.
10:58:11AM [ APPLAUSE ]
10:58:13AM >>CLIFF SHEPARD: THANK YOU.
10:58:14AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
10:58:15AM NEW BUSINESS?
10:58:15AM BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
10:58:17AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NONE.
10:58:18AM >>LUIS VIERA: NONE.
10:58:19AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: [INAUDIBLE]
10:58:21AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NO.
10:58:22AM >>LYNN HURTAK: NO.
10:58:24AM >>BILL CARLSON: NO.
10:58:25AM >> MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
10:58:26AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: MOTION TO RECEIVED AND FILE?
10:58:28AM THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
10:58:29AM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
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