TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 2025, 9:00 A.M.

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9:04:42AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO
ORDER.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT AND REMEMBER ONE OF
OUR COLLEAGUES, COUNCIL MEMBER FRANK REDDICK, WHO SERVED ON
CITY COUNCIL.
HE WAS ACTUALLY APPOINTED AT THE BEGINNING AND THEN HE WAS
ELECTED IN 2011 AND REELECTED WITHOUT OPPOSITION IN 2015,
SERVED UNTIL 2019, AND HE WAS CHAIRMAN OF THIS CITY COUNCIL.
HE PASSED AWAY RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
HIS FUNERAL, HOME-GOING SERVICES WERE LAST WEEK.
I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA SERVED WITH HIM.
COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA SERVED WITH HIM.
I SERVED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER REDDICK.
HE WAS A WONDERFUL FRIEND, GREAT COMMUNITY LEADER, COMMUNITY
ASSET.
I JUST WANTED TO REMEMBER HIM AND OFFER MY CONDOLENCES TO

HIS FAMILY.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO WELCOME OUR INVOCATION.
OUR GUEST TODAY IS JASON SOWELL, FOUNDER AND CEO OF CURRENT
INITIATIVES.
HE IS A CHAPLAIN WITH THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
JASON HAS WORKED IN PASTORAL MINISTRY IN THE NONPROFIT
SECTOR IN TAMPA FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS AS A CHURCH PASTOR,
LAW ENFORCEMENT CHAPLAIN, AND NONPROFIT FOUNDER.
HE HAS LED HIS TAMPA-BASED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, CURRENT
INITIATIVES, SINCE 2008 WITH THE MISSION OF DEALING HOPE TO
LOCAL COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE LAUNDRY PROJECT, HOPE FOR
HOMES PROJECT AND AFFORDABLE CHRISTMAS INITIATIVES.
HE HAS ALSO BEEN SERVING AS CHAPLAIN WITH THE TAMPA POLICE
DEPARTMENT SINCE 2016.
JASON, IF YOU ARE HERE, COME ON UP.
AND PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION AND REMAIN STANDING FOR
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
9:06:18AM >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
LET'S BOW OUR HEADS.
HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY.
THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT CITY THAT WE GET TO BE A PART OF.
GOD, AS WE THINK FOR A MOMENT ON FORMER COUNCILMAN REDDICK,
WE THANK YOU FOR HIS SERVICE, FOR HIS EXAMPLE OF LEADERSHIP
IN OUR CITY.
WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD BRING PEACE AND COMFORT TO HIS FAMILY

AND THOSE THAT WERE CLOSE TO HIM AND AROUND HIM AND MAY HIS
MEMORY LINGER WITH US AS AN EXAMPLE OF LEADERSHIP AND
LEADING THIS CITY WELL.
THANK YOU FOR THIS, COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT LEADERS.
THANK YOU FOR MAYOR AND THE STAFF AND ALL INVOLVED IN MAKING
THIS CITY AS GREAT AS IT CAN BE.
AS WE LOOK TO THE FUTURE, MAY WE HAVE WISDOM AS WE GUIDE
THIS CITY INTO THE FUTURE.
AND MAY WE BE A SHINING EXAMPLE TO THOSE AROUND US, TO OTHER
CITIES OF WHAT COMMUNITY LOOKS LIKE, OF WHAT POSITIVE CHANGE
IN A CITY LOOKS LIKE, AND MAY WE HONOR YOU IN ALL OF OUR
DECISIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE.
GIVE WISDOM AND PEACE DURING THIS COUNCIL MEETING TODAY.
WE THANK YOU FOR LOVING US FOR WHO WE ARE.
IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.
9:07:41AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
AMEN.
[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
9:07:54AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
9:08:00AM >> CARLSON?
HURTAK?
9:08:02AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HERE.
9:08:02AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HERE.
9:08:03AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
PRESENT.
9:08:04AM >>LUIS VIERA:
HERE.

9:08:05AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
HERE.
9:08:07AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HERE.
9:08:08AM >>THE CLERK:
WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
9:08:09AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL RIGHT.
I HAVE A MEMO RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON THAT HE
WILL BE ABSENT FROM TODAY'S MEETING.
MR. SHELBY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER THE RULES AND
PROCEDURES OF PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
9:08:21AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
YES, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
GOOD MORNING.
MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
GOOD MORNING TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
I'D LIKE TO VERY BRIEFLY REVIEW THE CITY COUNCIL RULES FOR
THE CONDUCT OF TODAY'S MEETING.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALLOWED A REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY
DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL ON ANY
ITEM ON THE AGENDA BEFORE CITY COUNCIL TAKES OFFICIAL ACTION
ON THE ITEM.
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE
FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AND PLACE IT IN THE BOX THAT IS
OUTSIDE THIS ROOM.
ONE CARD PER SPEAKER.
CARDS WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL THE START OF GENERAL PUBLIC
COMMENT.
EACH PERSON SUBMITTING A CARD WILL BE RECOGNIZED BY NAME TO

APPROACH AND SPEAK.
A THREE-MINUTE TIME LIMIT APPLIES.
PLEASE PRINT LEGIBLY.
NAMES THAT CANNOT BE READ WILL NOT BE CALLED.
IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK AT A PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH IS
DESIGNATED AS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE AGENDA, YOU WILL HAVE
THAT OPPORTUNITY WHEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CALLED UP BY THE
NUMBER ON THE AGENDA AND TO SPEAK THEN, DON'T FILL OUT A
CARD, PLEASE USE THE SIGN-IN SHEET AT THE PODIUM OUTSIDE
INSTEAD.
IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE, PLEASE SEE CITY STAFF.
AND SPEAKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALSO REMINDED
THAT THEY ARE TO REFRAIN FROM DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING
MAKING VULGAR OR THREATENING REMARKS, MAKING OR CAUSING
DISRUPTIVE NOISES OR SOUNDS OR DISPLAYING SIGNS OR GRAPHICS.
SPEAKERS ARE ALSO REMINDED TO REFRAIN FROM LAUNCHING
PERSONAL ATTACKS AGAINST ANY CITY OFFICIAL, STAFF MEMBER, OR
ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC.
PERSONS FAILING TO COMPLY WITH COUNCIL'S RULES MAY BE RULED
OUT OF ORDER AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR MAY BE
REMOVED FROM THE CHAMBERS FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY'S
MEETING.
FINALLY, A REMINDER TO CITY COUNCIL THAT CITY COUNCIL
MEMBERS SHOULD REFRAIN FROM ENGAGING A SPEAKER DURING PUBLIC
COMMENT.

AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL DOES NOT TAKE QUESTIONS OR HAVE A DIALOGUE DURING
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS YOUR POSITION TO CITY
COUNCIL.
THANK YOU.
9:10:19AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES FROM DECEMBER 19,
2024?
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
I'LL GO THROUGH THE AGENDA.
WE HAVE A WALK-ON ITEM.
I KNOW ABOUT WALK-ONS, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IT'S
REGARDING A HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT.
NOTHING TO DO WITH FUNDS OR ANY EXPENDITURES.
WE WILL TAKE THAT UP AFTER ITEM NUMBER 3.
JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP.
MEMO RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA THAT ITEM NUMBER 29
BE PULLED FOR DISCUSSION.
IT WILL BE HEARD FIRST UNDER STAFF REPORTS.
YES.

9:10:57AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I'M REQUESTING THAT WE DO THAT AFTER LUNCH,
IF POSSIBLE, BECAUSE WE JUST GOT A LETTER FROM THE FOREST
HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO
FULLY READ IT YET.
IS THAT OKAY?
9:11:07AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YEAH, I DON'T THINK WE'LL MOVE THAT
QUICK TODAY.
9:11:10AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YOU NEVER KNOW.
9:11:12AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SOMEONE SAID WE WOULD BE DONE BY LUNCH,
BUT I SAID NO.
LET ME GO THROUGH THE STAFF REPORTS REAL QUICK.
ITEM 29 IS GOING TO BE PULLED AND PLACED FIRST UNDER STAFF
REPORTS.
AS REQUESTED AFTER LUNCH, WHICH IS MORE THAN LIKELY GOING TO
HAPPEN.
ITEM 55 IS $12 MILLION ITEM.
DO WE NEED STAFF PRESENT FOR THAT?
NO.
ITEM 56, THERE IS A WRITTEN REPORT FOR THAT.
DO YOU NEED SOMEBODY HERE FOR THAT?
9:11:43AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
VIRTUALLY IS FINE.
9:11:45AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, VIRTUALLY.
OKAY.
ITEM 57?

9:11:50AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
NO, WE'RE GOOD.
9:11:51AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
OKAY.
I SPOKE OFF-LINE TO STAFF ABOUT THIS, AND THEY WERE GOING TO
GET ME MORE INFORMATION REGARDING INCREASING THE NUMBER.
FOR 57.
TO DOUBLE IT.
ALL RIGHT.
ITEM 57 IS A NO.
ITEM NUMBER 58.
WE HAVE A CONTINUANCE TO WHAT DATE?
9:12:24AM >> FEBRUARY 6.
9:12:25AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
FEBRUARY 6 FOR ITEM 58.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE?
9:12:29AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
I BELIEVE, MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT REQUIRES, IF
WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE CALENDAR --
9:12:34AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A LOT OF STAFF REPORTS AND WE
NEED TO WAIVE THE RULES TO ADD THAT ON THERE.
FEBRUARY 6 IS FULL.
9:12:48AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
58, HE REQUESTED APRIL 3.
9:12:50AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
NO.
HE REQUESTED -- THE NEXT QUARTERLY UPDATE WAS GOING TO BE
HELD ON APRIL 3.
COUNCILMAN CARLSON IS REQUESTING FEBRUARY 6.
9:13:01AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
DO YOU WANT TO WAIVE THE RULES?
9:13:03AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WE EVEN HAVE IT UP THERE THAT WE'RE LIMITING

TO FIVE STAFF REPORTS AND WE HAVE SEVEN.
9:13:09AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HOW ABOUT WE PICK ANOTHER DATE?
HOW ABOUT FEBRUARY 20?
9:13:18AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IT HAS 7.
HOW ABOUT WE DO A WRITTEN REPORT ON THE 6th?
IF WE NEED --
9:13:29AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
REMINDER OF COUNCIL'S RULES, IF YOU DO A
WRITTEN REPORT, YOU CANNOT HAVE STAFF APPEAR THAT DAY.
9:13:34AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES, BUT THEY ARE COMING ON APRIL 3rd
ANYWAY.
9:13:38AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE'LL CONTINUE ITEM 58 TO A WRITTEN
REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 6.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
9:13:45AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THAT DATE WAS?
9:13:47AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
FEBRUARY 6 WRITTEN REPORT.
ITEM NUMBER 59.
9:13:51AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I'M REQUESTING TO CONTINUE THIS UNTIL JANUARY
3rd SO THAT MS. FEELEY CAN INCLUDE INFORMATION ON -- OH,
I'M SORRY.
DID I SAY --
9:14:03AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YEAH, WE NEED TO WAIVE THE RULES BECAUSE
WE HAVE A LIMIT ON THAT DATE.

9:14:07AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
THE ONLY REASON IS BECAUSE TOMORROW SHE IS MEETING WITH THE
COMMISSION, THE FOLKS WHO ARE VOLUNTEERING TO WORK WITH IT.
WE DECIDED THAT JANUARY 23rd WOULD BE BETTER.
I APOLOGIZE.
I DID NOT LOOK AT THAT.
9:14:27AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
JUST A REMINDER, ABBYE FEELEY WILL BE
APPEARING ON THE SAME ITEM ON FEBRUARY 6.
SIMILAR TOPIC.
9:14:35AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
DO YOU WANT TO BLEND IT IN?
9:14:38AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
NO.
BUT HOW ABOUT THIS?
I WILL PAUSE.
I WILL WAIT TO MOVE THIS ITEM UNTIL THE END OF SESSION
TODAY.
SO I'LL HAVE A BETTER DATE.
9:14:50AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE'LL HOLD 59.
LET ME KNOW AT THE END OF THE DAY.
ITEM NUMBER 60, MR. BHIDE WILL BE HERE.
FOR 60, THAT IS A YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, DO YOU NEED STAFF PRESENT FOR 61?
9:15:04AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
REALLY, 61 AND 62 ARE GOING TO BE TOGETHER.
63, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT'S ALREADY BEING WAIVED, BUT IF
THEY WANT TO ADDRESS THAT AS WELL, THAT'S FINE.

ALL THREE OF THESE CAN BE AT ONCE.
62 WILL PROVIDE THE BULK OF THE TIME, I THINK.
9:15:25AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
61, 62, 63, YES.
AND ALL HEARD TOGETHER.
ITEM 64 WILL NOT BE HEARD.
IT WILL BE ON THE MARCH 27, 2025, AGENDA.
CAN WE GET A MOTION FOR THAT?
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, SECOND FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
AND THEN FOR THE WRITTEN STAFF REPORT, 65, 6, 7, MOTION TO
RECEIVE AND FILE?
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
9:15:51AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
JUST TO LET FOLKS KNOW, WE WILL BE HAVING A
CONVERSATION ABOUT SIDEWALKS IN I BELIEVE IT'S MARCH OR AT
THE END OF FEBRUARY IN THE WORKSHOP.
THIS IS NOT THE LAST TIME WE'LL BE DISCUSSING SIDEWALKS.
9:16:04AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA
AND ADDENDUM?
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
SECOND FROM MIRANDA.

ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
POLICE OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
9:16:26AM >>LUIS VIERA:
COUNCIL, IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE TO BE HERE
TODAY FOR OFFICER LEONARDO NIMO WHO IS HERE AS TAMPA POLICE
OFFICER OF THE MONTH FOR JANUARY OF 2025.
JANUARY 9 IS LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION DAY.
I'M GLAD WE'RE DOING THIS TODAY.
I KNOW SOME OF OUR FRIENDS, I WAS COMMUNICATING WITH CINDY
ROBERTS, THE WIDOW OF THE LATE CORPORAL MIKE ROBERTS, WHO
WORKS WITH COPS, CONCERNS OF POLICE SURVIVORS, AND I KNOW
THEY WILL BE VISITING SOME POLICE STATIONS TODAY FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION DAY.
THEM AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF COPS.
SO WE'RE HERE FOR THIS FOR OFFICER NIMO HERE TODAY.
LIKE I ALWAYS SAY, WE ALWAYS DO THIS TO REFLECT THE VALUES
OF THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE AND SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT AS
WELL AS OUR FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER, FIREFIGHTERS.
CHIEF BERCAW WILL COME AND SPEAK ABOUT THIS GENTLEMAN.
9:17:16AM >>CHIEF BERCAW:
GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
IT IS MY HONOR TO PRESENT OUR OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE OFFICER LEONARDO NIMO AS OFFICER OF
THE MONTH FOR JANUARY.

HE IS A VETERAN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WITH OVER 20 YEARS
OF EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING SERVICE WITH THE NYPD.
OFFICER NIMO CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATES EXCEPTIONAL
DEDICATION, AND HE TAKES A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO SERVING THE
TAMPA COMMUNITY.
SO HE'S KNOWN FOR HIS TIRELESS WORK ETHIC AND KEY
INVESTIGATIVE SKILLS, AND HE EXCELS IN SELF-INITIATED
ACTIVITY.
JUST IN THE PAST YEAR, HE HAS HANDLED OVER 3,000 CALLS FOR
SERVICE AND THREE-QUARTERS OF THOSE HAVE ALL BEEN
SELF-INITIATED.
THAT APPROACH HAS RESULTED IN NUMEROUS ARRESTS RELATING TO
NARCOTIC OFFENSES, BURGLARIES, LOITERING AND PROWLING, ALL
TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY SAFER.
BEYOND ARRESTS THAT HE MAKES, HE ALSO TAKES A TIRELESS
APPROACH IN OUR COMMUNITY POLICING.
HE ADDRESSES QUALITY-OF-LIFE ISSUES.
HE PATROLS THE NEBRASKA CORRIDOR AND MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE
THERE BY BUILDING STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE BUSINESSES
AND RESIDENTS THERE.
SOME OF HIS NOTABLE ARRESTS ARE A SUSPECT THAT WAS INVOLVED
IN BACK IN OCTOBER.
ONE THAT HAD STOLEN A LEAF BLOWER, ACTUALLY A CONVICTED
FELON.
AND THEN YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE HAVE JUVENILES THAT LIKE TO

BREAK INTO CARS.
DURING THAT SAME MONTH, HE WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND ARREST
THREE JUVENILES WHO ATTEMPTED TO BURGLARIZE VEHICLES ON
OCTOBER 28.
AND HE ALSO ARRESTED AN INDIVIDUAL FOR BURGLARIZING A
VEHICLE ON NOVEMBER 5.
THIS IS ALL WHILE BEING A PATROL OFFICER AND ANSWERING CALLS
FOR SERVICE.
THAT TYPE OF PROACTIVITY IS NOT COMMON WHEN SOMEONE IS
ANSWERING CALLS FOR SERVICE.
BECAUSE OF ALL THESE SUCCESSES, ALONG WITH HIS DEDICATION TO
DUTY, HIS COMMUNITY AND SAFETY, THIS IS TRULY WHY WE ARE
RECOGNIZING HIM AS OUR OFFICER OF THE MONTH AND WE ARE VERY
PROUD TO HAVE YOU ON OUR TEAM AND NO LONGER WITH THE NYPD.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:19:30AM >>LUIS VIERA:
OFFICER, BEFORE WE GIVE YOU THE PLAQUE, SIR, I
KNOW THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY HERE WHO WOULD LIKE
TO HONOR YOU, SIR.
9:19:39AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
BRANDON BARCLAY.
THIS PLAQUE IS FOR YOU FOR A JOB WELL DONE.
9:19:51AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
GONZMART FAMILY AND THE 1905 FAMILY OF RESTAURANTS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CHOOSING TAMPA AND CHOOSING TO BE
HERE.

THIS GIFT CARD TO ENJOY AT ANY OF OUR RESTAURANTS ACROSS THE
STATE OF FLORIDA.
HAVE FUN AT ULELE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
CONGRATULATIONS.
9:20:14AM >> GOOD MORNING.
MARY LOU BAILEY.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF ZOO TAMPA.
I SERVE ON THE BOARD THERE.
I REALLY APPRECIATED YOUR STORY.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SERVES.
WE LOVE YOU GUYS.
WE'RE PRESENTING YOU WITH A BASKET.
ANNUAL PASS TO THE ZOO TO ENJOY WITH YOUR FAMILY.
ALSO INCLUDES ADULT ACTIVITIES IN THE EVENING, CHRISTMAS IN
THE WILD AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
ENJOY IT IN GOOD HEALTH.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
CONGRATULATIONS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:20:51AM >> GOOD MORNING.
MARY.
I REPRESENT THE STRAZ CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
I'M GLAD TAMPA BAY IS THE RECIPIENT OF YOUR WORK INSTEAD OF

NEW YORK CITY.
ON BEHALF OF THE STRAZ, TWO TICKETS TO SEE A SHOW AT THE
STRAZ CENTER.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:21:14AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
GOOD MORNING.
CONGRATULATIONS, OFFICER NIMO.
LORI OSBORNE.
I'M WITH THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA.
ON BEHALF OF THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA, WE THANK YOU AND
APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO KEEPING OUR
COMMUNITY SAFER.
WE'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO A PERFORMANCE
THIS SEASON.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:21:40AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
YOU GUYS LOOK GREAT IN THOSE HATS.
CHIEF, FIRST AND FOREMOST.
OFFICER NIMO.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THANK YOU ALL.
WELCOME TO TAMPA.

GET OUT OF THE COLD WEATHER.
WE HAVE A LITTLE TRADITION AT ONE BUC.
ANYBODY THAT GOES OVER AND ABOVE GETS A GAME BALL.
HEARING YOUR STORY, YOU DEFINITELY GO OVER AND ABOVE.
DUE TO TIMING, WE DON'T HAVE THAT GAME BALL, BUT I'LL GIVE
YOU THIS AND MY CARD.
THIS IS JUST A TEMPORARY ONE.
YOU'LL HAVE ONE WITH YOUR NAME ON IT.
YOU REACH OUT TO ME AND WE'LL SET UP A TOUR AT ONE BUC AND
WE CAN EXCHANGE BALLS.
YOU CAN KEEP THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR SACRIFICE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:22:34AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
JILL WITECKI WITH TAMPA THEATRE.
WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO.
ON BEHALF OF OUR TEAM WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT WITH YOU A
MEMBERSHIP TO OUR HISTORIC --
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:22:47AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
LEO GEARY, JASON BINDER.
BEHALF OF BILL CURRIE FORD, CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS AWARD.
APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU GUYS THAT PUTS THE
UNIFORM ON EVERY DAY.

BEHALF OF BILL CURRIE FORD, PRESENT TO YOU A LETTER.
[INAUDIBLE]
GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR YOUR PERSONAL VEHICLE MAINTENANCE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:23:22AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WHEN YOU COME UP AND PRESENT, FACE US,
BECAUSE THE MICROPHONE, WE CAN BARELY HEAR WHAT PEOPLE ARE
SAYING.
9:23:32AM >> JUST LIKE YOU.
SAME BARBER.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
PETE BREVI ON BEHALF OF BUSCH GARDENS.
AS I SAY EVERY MONTH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT
OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WHAT THEY REPRESENT.
IT'S WELL APPRECIATED BY THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT PUT THE
UNIFORM ON.
TO YOU, SIR, YOU HAVE A GREAT BIO, I ACTUALLY HAVE THE
PLEASURE TO WORK WITH ONE OF YOUR COUNTERPARTS.
HE TALKS INCESSANTLY, ONE OF MY CAPTAINS AT BUSCH GARDENS
WAS A FORMER COLLEAGUE OF HIS IN NEW YORK.
HE TALKS ABOUT HOW HIGH ENERGY HE WAS AND ALL THE THINGS
THAT THE CHIEF TALKED ABOUT TODAY, WHAT HE DID IN NEW YORK
AS WELL.
GLAD HE IS HERE.
HE BROUGHT THE COLD WEATHER BUT WE'LL GET RID OF THAT
SHORTLY.

ON BEHALF OF BUSCH GARDENS AND STAFF, THANK YOU.
FOUR TICKETS TO BUSCH GARDENS.
KEN COULD HAVE GOTTEN YOU IN FOR FREE, TOO, ANYTHING WE CAN
DO, WE APPRECIATE IT.
9:24:21AM >> JOHN WITH STEPP'S TOWING.
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:24:31AM >> GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
LAURA TAYLOR FROM CASPERS COMPANY AND OXFORD COMMONS.
PLEASE ENJOY BRUNCH FOR FOUR AT ANY ONE OF OUR RESTAURANTS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:24:48AM >> I'M AT THE END OF THE LINE.
I HAVE GOOD STUFF HERE.
VERY GOOD STUFF.
STEVE MICHELINI, HERE ON BEHALF OF A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT
FOLKS WHO WOULD LIKE TO HONOR YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND
SERVICE.
ONE OF THEM IS YUMMY HOUSE CHINA BISTRO.
THE SECOND ONE IS THE CICCIO RESTAURANT GROUP.
DAILY EATS AND WATER AND FLOUR.
THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF PLACES ON HOWARD.
BELLABRAVA, WHICH IS OVER IN THE MIDTOWN SECTION.
AND THE MEAT MARKET, WHICH IS IN OLD HYDE PARK.

AND GREEK RESTAURANT.
YOU HAVE YOUR CHOICE.
PLEASE TAKE THESE CERTIFICATES.
LETTERS SERVE AS A CERTIFICATE FOR SOME OF THEM, BUT THESE
YOU HAVE TO TAKE WITH YOU.
DON'T LOSE THEM.
CONGRATULATIONS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:25:42AM >>LUIS VIERA:
HERE YOU GO, SIR.
SIR, ON BEHALF OF A GRATEFUL CITY OF TAMPA AND TAMPA CITY
COUNCIL, IT'S OUR GREAT PLEASURE TO HONOR YOU, SIR, AS OUR
JANUARY 2025 OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL, YOU MAY.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:25:59AM >> I'VE BEEN A CRIME FIGHTER AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER.
I DO IT BECAUSE I LOVE THE JOB.
I GET A LITTLE EMOTIONAL BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN A ROUGH COUPLE
OF WEEKS, BUT I WILL TRY AND CONTINUE TO DO THE JOB THAT
I'VE ALWAYS LOVED.
IT'S GREAT TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR SOMETHING THAT YOU LOVE AND
YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT.
THANK YOU ALL.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:26:30AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE.
POLICE OFFICERS, ALL OF THEM, HUNDREDTH OF A SECOND TO MAKE
A DECISION, YEA OR NAY.
THAT'S REAL QUICK.
YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BE RIGHT.
THAT'S THE MOST DIFFICULT PART OF THE JOB IS MAKING THAT
INSTANT DECISION WHETHER I DO OR DON'T DO SOMETHING. IN
YOUR CASE, YOU ARE TRAINED TO NOT ONLY IN NEW YORK BUT IN
TAMPA, PEOPLE IN NEW YORK AND PEOPLE OF TAMPA ALWAYS NEED
THE RESPECT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPECT OF THE PEOPLE.
WHAT YOUR JOB IS AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE IS AN EXTRAORDINARY
JOB, NOT ONLY CATCHING THE INDIVIDUALS, BUT CONSTANTLY DOING
IT DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
LIKE YOU SAID, YOU GET EMOTIONAL BECAUSE IT IS AN EMOTIONAL
JOB.
EMOTIONAL TO YOURSELF, YOUR FAMILY, TO THE PEOPLE YOU SERVE
IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, AND THAT GRATITUDE CAN NEVER BE SAID
THANK YOU SO MANY TIMES, SO OFTEN.
AND YOU LOOK LIKE YOU COULD PLAY A LITTLE FLANK FOR THE
BUCCANEERS.
THEY HAVE A GOOD QUARTERBACK.
I THINK YOU CAN HIDE BEHIND THE BIG GUYS AND NOBODY WOULD
SEE YOU SCORE.
I THINK THEY WILL GIVE YOU A CONTRACT FOR ABOUT 15 SECONDS

UNTIL YOU FUMBLE.
BUT IT'S A TOUGH GAME.
LIFE IS A TOUGH GAME.
AND WITH YOUR CONSTANT REMINDER OF DOING THE RIGHT JOB, IT
MAKES THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA FEEL A LITTLE BIT
MORE AT EASE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR JOB.
9:27:49AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU FOR THE SACRIFICE YOU MAKE WHEN YOU PUT THE
UNIFORM ON.
THANK YOU TO YOUR FAMILY FOR THE SACRIFICE THEY MAKE BECAUSE
YOU'RE GOING OUT AND DOING THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
YOU AND I WERE ACTUALLY OUT THERE TALKING.
I DIDN'T REALIZE, I KNOW McKAYLA HERE QUITE A WHILE.
I ALWAYS HEARD ABOUT YOU.
SHE IS VERY, VERY PROUD OF YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS.
WELL DESERVED.
WELCOME TO TAMPA.
WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU AS PART OF THE TPD FAMILY HERE.
ENJOY ALL THE GOODIES THERE.
CONGRATULATIONS.
9:28:18AM >> McKAYLA IS MY OLDER DAUGHTER.
I HAVE A YOUNGER DAUGHTER TOO.
SHE SURPRISED ME THIS MORNING.

[ APPLAUSE ]
9:28:26AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
CONGRATULATIONS.
THERE WAS A MOTION TO REMOVE ITEM NUMBER 2 FROM THE AGENDA.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
WE'LL TAKE A MOMENT AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:28:57AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE 13 SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS BOBBY CREIGHTON.
THE SECOND SPEAKER IS SARAI HURTADO.
AND THEN CONNIE BURTON.
GOOD MORNING, SIR.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
9:29:56AM >> GOOD MORNING.
BOBBY CREIGHTON.
I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ON ITEM 65.
IT IS A MOTION THAT COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK MADE.
SHE ASKED A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
SHE ASKED, DOES THE CITY HAVE NON-HOMESTEADED PROPERTIES
WITH LIENS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TRANSITION INTO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING?

THE STAFF'S RESPONSE GENERATED THIS LIST OF SUCH PROPERTIES.
SOME THINGS IMMEDIATELY WERE DRAWN TO MY ATTENTION.
ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF THE PROPERTIES ON THIS LIST HAVE MULTIPLE
LIENS.
BUT THE LIST DOES NOT SHOW THE AMOUNT OWED PER PROPERTY.
IF I WANT TO KNOW WHO OWES ME MONEY, I DON'T WANT TO LOOK
FOUR PLACES.
I WANT ONE PLACE SO I CAN KNOW.
PERHAPS A TECH ISSUE.
I HAD A VERY GOOD CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY STAFF
YESTERDAY.
I LEARNED THAT SOME OF THESE DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING WITH
JUST ANCIENT TECHNOLOGY.
PERHAPS THIS IS A DATA MANAGEMENT ISSUE AND MAYBE THAT'S WHY
WE SEE SOME OF THE OTHER PROBLEMS WHERE WE'RE NOT ABLE TO
ADVANCE WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THE WAY WE CAN REALLY
LEVERAGE THAT TO HELP PEOPLE.
THE STAFF FOUND THAT IT'S REALLY NOT VIABLE TO PURSUE THESE
PROPERTIES.
THEY SAID IT COSTS TOO MUCH IN ATTORNEYS' FEES, TAKES TOO
LONG AND TOO COMPLICATED OF A PROCESS.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO POINT TO ST. PETERSBURG.
IN 2016, ST. PETERSBURG IMPLEMENTED A PROGRAM WHERE THEY DID
START TO FORECLOSE ON SOME OF THE MOST PROBLEMATIC
PROPERTIES.

WHILE IT DID COST 1.1, 1.3 MILLION IN ATTORNEYS' FEES, THEY
GOT BACK $4.4 MILLION IN UNCOLLECTED FUNDS.
AND ABLE TO BRING ON 235 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS FROM 2016
TO 2022.
THEY DEVELOPED AN AFFORDABLE LOT DISPOSITION PROGRAM AS PART
OF THAT PROCESS.
RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
I'LL SKIP MY MAP AND STRAIGHT TO THIS.
THIS IS A PROPERTY NOT INCLUDED IN THE LIST.
BOARDED UP, PADLOCKED, ABANDONED HOUSE.
NO ONE HAS LIVED THERE FOR YEARS.
THEY STILL CLAIM A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
THAT'S WHY IT WASN'T ON THE LIST.
THEY OWE ABOUT $15,000.
THE CITY WANTS TO SETTLE THE LIEN FOR $260.
I'M CURIOUS, IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, THESE ARE THE MOST
VULNERABLE NEIGHBORHOODS IN OUR CITY.
THESE ARE THE MOST LIKELY NEIGHBORHOODS TO HAVE SPECULATIVE
INVESTMENT.
GOING QUICKLY BECAUSE OF THE TIME.
WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO HELP THESE PEOPLE.
THIS IS A GRANT.
THIS IS A GRANT EITHER TO SOMEONE WHO IS REALLY VULNERABLE
AND NEEDS IT, WHICH IS GOOD AND FINE, CRITERIA AND MONITOR
THAT.

OR IT IS THE CITY TAXPAYER PAYING FOR SOMEBODY'S INVESTMENT
TO BE FIXED FOR PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR, WHICH IS COMPLETELY
UNACCEPTABLE IN MY OPINION, ESPECIALLY WHEN THESE TYPES OF
PROPERTIES ARE THE MOST LIKELY TO AFFECT QUALITY OF LIFE AND
SAFETY IN OUR MOST VULNERABLE NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY.
SINCE I HAVE 15 SECONDS, I'LL SHOW YOU WHERE THESE
PROPERTIES WERE CLUSTERED ON THE LIST.
YOU CAN SEE THEY ARE IN THE POOREST, MOST VULNERABLE
NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE CAN DO BETTER AS A CITY, IF WE PAID ATTENTION TO THIS
ISSUE.
WE LOOKED AT WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING TO UPDATE OUR
PROCESSES.
THANK YOU.
9:32:58AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
NEXT SPEAKER IS SARAI HURTADO, FOLLOWED BY CONNIE BURTON AND
ANTHONY DERBY.
GOOD MORNING, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
9:33:10AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
SARAI NAVA HURTADO.
I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY STEPPING-STONES.
I'M HERE TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 14, TO YOU
AND THE CITY STAFF THAT HELPED US WITH THIS CONTRACT.
WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR HELPING US CONTINUE TO
WORK WITH THE YOUTH AND INSPIRE THEM IN SULPHUR SPRINGS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH ON BEHALF OF OUR FAMILIES, STUDENTS, STAFF
AND THE BOARD.
THANK YOU.
9:33:39AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CONNIE BURTON, MR. ANTHONY DERBY, MS. MARYBETH WILLIAMS.
GOOD MORNING, MA'AM.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
9:33:46AM >> GOOD MORNING.
CONNIE BURTON.
THE GREAT POET SISTER GWENDOLYN BENNETT WROTE A POEM
ENTITLED "HATRED."
I THINK IT IS AN APPROPRIATE POEM GIVEN THE POLITICAL SEASON
THAT WE'RE IN AS WE WITNESS THE CONSTANT ATTACK ON DEI,
AFFIRMATIVE ACTIONS AND ANY OTHER PROCESS THAT WOULD HAVE
MOVED AFRICAN AMERICANS AND OTHERS FORWARD DURING PERIODS OF
TIME WHEN POLICIES WERE MADE TO KEEP THEM FROM BEING ABLE TO
EXPERIENCE THE AMERICAN DREAM.
PART OF THE POEM ENTITLED "HATRED" IT SAYS, AGAINST THE SKY,
HATING YOU SHALL BE A GAME PLAYED WITH COOL HANDS AND SLIM
FINGERS.
MEMORY WILL LAY ITS HANDS UPON YOUR BREASTS AND YOU WILL
UNDERSTAND MY HATRED.
SO AS WE RECOGNIZE JANUARY THE 8th AS WHEN LYNDON JOHNSON
DECLARED THE WAR ON POVERTY, I WOULD SAY TO THIS COUNCIL, AS
YOU MOVE FORWARD IN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WAYS IN WHICH YOU

CAN ELIMINATE PAST HARMS, ITEM NUMBER 56, OUR COMMUNITY WANT
TO KNOW, NOT JUST TO YOU GUYS, BUT HOW HAS RETURNING
CITIZENS, THOSE THAT HAVE PAID THEIR IT ENTER TO SOCIETY
BEING ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITHIN THIS CITY AND INFLUENCE
THAT THE CITY HAS WITH ONGOING CONTRACTORS.
ITEM NUMBER 57, WE DON'T WANT TO WAIT UNTIL SUNSET TO KNOW
JUST HOW MANY YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THE
SUMMIT YOUTH PROGRAM.
WE WANT TO KNOW EARLY ON.
BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT HAVING JOBS, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
IS WHAT HELPS ELIMINATE POVERTY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO NOT ONLY FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, BUT ALSO FOR THEIR FAMILY
MEMBERS, ADULT MEMBERS, MALE MEMBERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE KNOW TALENTS AND GIFTS, LACK OF OPPORTUNITY.
ALSO WITH ITEM 61, 62, 63, WE WANT TO PAY ATTENTION.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT IN NORTH TAMPA, A LOT OF THE FAMILIES OUT
THERE IS TRANSIENT.
LIVING IN RENTAL PROPERTIES.
SOME OF THEM HAVE GONE.
WE ARE HOPING THAT CITY STAFF REALLY PAY DUE DILIGENCE IN
TRYING TO IDENTIFY THOSE FAMILIES BECAUSE I DO RECOGNIZE
THAT WHEN COMMUNITIES ARE ORGANIZED, SUCH IN SOUTH TAMPA
THAT HAS BEEN CONSTANTLY COMING, TALKING ABOUT HARM AND
DAMAGES THAT WAS DONE TO THEIR PROPERTY, WE DON'T WANT THESE
CITIZENS AND THE RESIDENTS IN NORTH TAMPA TO BE OVERLOOKED.

THANK YOU.
9:36:36AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, MA'AM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MR. ANTHONY DERBY.
MS. MARYBETH WILLIAMS.
AND THEN HUMAIRA AFZAL.
9:36:44AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
ANTHONY DERBY.
BORN AND RAISED TAMPAN THAT OWNS A SMALL FAMILY BUSINESS IN
THE GREAT CITY.
LASTLY, I'VE HAD THE GREAT PLEASURE OF SERVING ON THE BOARD
OF DIRECTORS FOR NONPROFIT CALLED FRIENDS OF THE RIVERWALK,
WHICH MEANS -- SORRY, SOLE MISSION ACTIVATE, PROMOTE AND
DEVELOP TAMPA'S WATERFRONT AND COME BEFORE TO YOU EMPHASIZE
THE PROFOUND IMPORTANCE OF THE TAMPA RIVERWALK BOTH AS A
BEACON OF THE COMMUNITY AND CRITICAL ASSET FOR ECONOMIC,
CULTURAL AND SOCIAL VITALITY OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SPECIFICALLY, I URGE YOU TO APPROVE FUNDING FOR THE
EXPANSION OF WEST RIVERWALK, A PROJECT THAT WILL CONTINUE TO
ENHANCE OUR CITY'S POTENTIAL AND ENRICH THE LIVES OF ALL WHO
CALL TAMPA HOME.
THE TAMPA RIVERWALK HAS ALREADY PROVEN TO BE TRANSFORMATIVE
FOR OUR CITY.
MORE THAN A PICTURESQUE PATH ALONG THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER,
IT IS A DYNAMIC HUB THAT CONNECTS NEIGHBORHOODS, PROMOTES

TOURISM AND FOSTERS A SENSE OF COMMUNITY.
EVERY YEAR, THE RIVERWALK ATTRACTS MILLIONS OF VISITORS WHO
CONTRIBUTE TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY BY SUPPORTING NEARBY
RESTAURANTS, SHOPS, ATTRACTIONS.
IT'S BECOME A MAGNET FOR EVENTS THAT BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER
SUCH AS RIVER FEST WHICH CELEBRATES TAMPA'S CULTURAL
HERITAGE AS WELL AS NATIONAL EVENTS LIKE THE NFL SUPER BOWL,
NCAA TOURNAMENTS AND OTHER PROVEN EVENTS THAT PROVIDE
CRITICAL ECONOMIC IMPACT TO OUR CITY AND LOCAL BUSINESSES.
BUT THE RIVERWALK IS NOT JUST AN ECONOMIC DRIVER, IT IS ALSO
A SYMBOL OF INCLUSIVITY AND CONNECTION.
IT BRINGS TOGETHER PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, OFFERING
ACCESSIBLE SPACE WHERE FAMILIES, ATHLETES, AND FRIENDS CAN
GATHER, WITH TAMPA GROWING AND THE NEED FOR SHARED PUBLIC
SPACES, WHERE EVERYONE FEELS WELCOME IS MORE CRITICAL THAN
EVER.
EXPANDING THE RIVERWALK TO THE WEST RIVER AREA IS A VITAL
NEXT STEP IN REALIZING ITS FULL POTENTIAL.
THE EXPANSION WILL BRIDGE GAPS BETWEEN COMMUNITIES,
CONNECTING NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN
UNDERSERVED OR OVERLOOKED.
IT WILL PROVIDE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS WITH NEW
OPPORTUNITIES TO ENJOY TAMPA'S NATURAL BEAUTY WHILE
ENCOURAGING HEALTHY, ACTIVE LIFE-STYLES.
MOREOVER, THE WEST RIVERWALK PROJECT ALIGNS WITH TAMPA'S

COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
BY ENHANCING PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE ACCESS, THE RIVERWALK
REDUCES RELIANCE ON CARS, HELPING TO ALLEVIATE CONGESTION
AND DECREASE EMISSIONS.
ADDITIONALLY, THE PROJECT CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR GREEN
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL PROTECT OUR RIVER AND PRESERVE IT
FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
THIS IS NOT AN INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE.
IT'S AN INVESTMENT IN TAMPA'S IDENTITY, EQUITY, AND FUTURE
PROSPERITY.
PROVIDING FUNDING FOR THE WEST RIVERWALK IS A BOLD STEP
TOWARDS CONTINUING THE MOMENTUM WE HAVE BUILT AS A CITY
COMMITTED TO PROGRESS.
THIS INVESTMENT IS NOT A GAMBLE.
WE HAVE ALL SEEN THE IMPACT OF THE CURRENT RIVERWALK HAS
PLAYED IN DOWNTOWN TAMPA'S REVITALIZATION.
WE OWE THAT SAME OPPORTUNITY TO THE WEST TAMPA COMMUNITY.
THIS INVESTMENT -- SORRY.
AS WE LOOK AHEAD, LET'S EMBRACE THE VISION OF A CONNECTED
TAMPA WHERE EVERY RESIDENT HAS ACCESS TO WORLD-CLASS PUBLIC
SPACES. LET'S LEAVE A LEGACY THAT REFLECTS OUR CITY'S
VALUES, UNITY, INNOVATION AND CARE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN CONSIDERING THIS CRITICAL
INITIATIVE.
TOGETHER WE'LL ENSURE THAT TAMPA RIVERWALK CONTINUES TO BE A

SOURCE FOR PRIDE AND A FOUNDATION FOR --
9:39:48AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
MARYBETH WILLIAMS.
HUMAIRA AFZAL.
STEPHANIE POYNOR.
9:39:57AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS MARYBETH WILLIAMS.
AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF FRIENDS OF THE RIVERWALK, I'M HERE TO
EXPRESS OUR STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY'S ALLOCATION OF $10 MILLION TO COMPLETE THE WEST
RIVER DISTRICT MULTIMODAL NETWORK SYSTEM SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS
PROJECT.
THIS INITIATIVE IS PIVOTAL FOR THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT AND
ENHANCEMENT OF TAMPA'S RIVERWALK AND ITS SURROUNDING
NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE PROJECT AIMS TO FILL THE REMAINING GAPS OF A 12.2-MILE
MULTIMODAL USE PATH ALONG BOTH SIDES OF THE HILLSBOROUGH
RIVER.
ENHANCING CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN DOWNTOWN TAMPA AND ADJACENT
NEIGHBORHOODS SUCH AS HYDE PARK, WEST TAMPA, AND TAMPA
HEIGHTS.
BY PROVIDING SAFE, ACCESSIBLE MOBILITY OPTIONS FOR
PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS, IT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTE
TO THE CITY'S LOW-STRESS, WALK-BIKE NETWORK.
KEY BENEFITS WOULD INCLUDE THE ADDITION OF A MULTIMODAL PATH

SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE TRAFFIC THAT WILL OFFER RESIDENTS AND
VISITORS A SAFE AND CONVENIENT TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE.
IMPLEMENTING COMPLETE STREETS AND TRAFFIC CALMING
IMPROVEMENTS WILL ADDRESS AREAS WITH HIGH NUMBERS OF
PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE CRASHES ALIGNING WITH THE CITY'S
COMMITMENT TO ELIMINATE TRAFFIC FATALITIES AND SERIOUS
INJURIES.
ENHANCING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN COMMUNITIES, EMPLOYMENT
CENTERS, AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES WILL SUPPORT ECONOMIC
COMPETITIVENESS AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
RESTORATION OF NATIVE SHORELINE WILL BOOST WILDLIFE
REHABILITATION, FILTER STORMWATER RUNOFF AND INCREASE
RESILIENCE TO HIGH-TIDE STORMS AND HURRICANES.
FRIENDS OF THE RIVERWALK IS DEDICATED TO DEVELOPING,
ACTIVATING, AND PROMOTING TAMPA'S DOWNTOWN WATERFRONT.
WE BELIEVE THAT COMPLETING THIS PROJECT WILL NOT ONLY
ENHANCE THE RIVER -- COMMUNITY BY CONNECTING DIVERSE
NEIGHBORHOODS AND PROVIDING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO TAMPA'S
WATERFRONT.
WE URGE THE CRA TO APPROVE NECESSARY FUNDING TO BRING THE
TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECT TO FRUITION, ENSURING A SAFE, MORE
CONNECTED AND VIBRANT TAMPA.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
9:42:21AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HUMAIRA AFZAL, STEPHANIE POYNOR, VALERIE BULLOCK.

9:42:27AM >> GOOD MORNING.
HUMAIRA AFZAL.
YEAH, LET'S TALK ABOUT SIDEWALKS A LITTLE BIT.
LACK OF SIDEWALKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY JUST NEGATIVELY AFFECT
RESIDENTS' DAILY LIVES.
WE'RE CAR DEPENDENT BECAUSE IT IS NOT SAFE TO WALK AROUND
WITHOUT A SIDEWALK, AND IT IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE FOR
PEOPLE WHO NEED OR WANT TO WALK WHERE THERE ARE NO
SIDEWALKS.
THE CITY IS SLOWLY WORKING ON EXPANDING THIS.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COMMITMENT OF FUNDS.
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, ACTUALLY, AND AS COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK
MENTIONED, THERE IS A WORKSHOP COMING UP IN MARCH.
BUT ALL OF THESE EFFORTS ARE POINTLESS IF THE CITY DOES NOT
GET SERIOUS ABOUT TAKING CARE OF THE SIDEWALKS THAT WE
ACTUALLY ALREADY HAVE.
HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS.
ALL OVER THE CITY, WE HAVE BLATANT VIOLATIONS EVERY DAY THAT
GO UNTICKETED, BECAUSE TICKETING IS PASSIVE.
YOU HAVE TO CALL SOMEBODY AND ASK SOMEBODY TO COME OUT.
I HAVE LITERALLY TALKED TO PEOPLE WHO WERE AUTHORIZED TO
GIVE PARKING VIOLATIONS AND THEY SAY, NO, YOU HAVE TO CALL
IN, WHEN YOU ARE STANDING THERE RIGHT NEXT TO FOUR CARS
PARKED ON THE SIDEWALK.
HERE IS A DOUBLE VIOLATION.

SO WE GOT ILLEGALLY PARKED IN A HANDICAP SPOT AND BLOCKING
THE SIDEWALK.
PEOPLE DO USE THESE SIDEWALKS.
THIS IS MY GRANDDAUGHTER.
THIS IS MY DOG.
WE CANNOT WALK ON THE SIDEWALK.
ONE OF THE FEW SIDEWALKS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD EVERY SINGLE DAY
IS BLOCKED.
THIS HAPPENS ALL OVER THE CITY.
I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THE PARTS OF THE CITY THAT DON'T
HAVE SIDEWALKS, WHERE WE DO HAVE SIDEWALKS, THEY ARE NOT
TAKEN CARE OF.
THEY ARE USED FOR BOATS.
THEY ARE USED FOR TRAILERS, AND WE WONDER WHY OUR SIDEWALKS
ARE IN SUCH BAD SHAPE.
SOME OF THIS IS TICKETING VIOLATORS, SOME OF IT IS WORKING
WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS.
THERE ARE CITY INSPECTORS AT THESE CONSTRUCTION SITES.
THERE'S NO WAY THEY DON'T SEE THE PORT-A-POTTIES ON THE
SIDEWALK.
TELL THE INSPECTOR THAT YOU CAN'T PUT IT ON THE SIDEWALK.
THIS IS A CONSTRUCTION SITE.
EVERY SINGLE DAY I WENT BY HERE, BIKE LANE WAS USUALLY
BLOCKED AND THE SIDEWALK WAS BLOCKED.
THESE ARE CONSTRUCTION SITES WHERE WE HAVE CITY EMPLOYEES

REGULARLY VISITING, BUT THEY JUST OVERLOOK IT.
WE HAVE SIDEWALKS BLOCKED IN ORDER TO INFORM DRIVERS THAT
THERE'S ROAD WORK AHEAD.
AGAIN, TELL OUR CITY WORKERS TO NOT PUT THE STUFF ON THE
SIDEWALKS.
THIS IS FREE FIXES.
THIS I HAD A VERY GOOD EXPERIENCE.
I TALKED TO THE CITY WORKERS.
THEY WERE VERY PROFESSIONAL, VERY COURTEOUS, AND THEY SAID
WE WILL NOT DO THIS AGAIN.
THAT WAS A VERY POSITIVE EXPERIENCE.
IT SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO BE ME.
I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE ASKING CITY WORKERS -- I LOVE OUR
CITY WORKERS.
I'VE HAD GREAT EXPERIENCES BUT I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO ASK THEM
NOT TO PARK ON THE SIDEWALK. GOOD GRIEF, WE HAVE LAW
ENFORCEMENT AT THEIR OWN HOMES WHO ARE PARKING ON THE
SIDEWALK.
THESE THINGS CAN BE FIXED, BUT IT TAKES LEADERSHIP AND IT
TAKES SOMEBODY ACTUALLY WANTING TO DO IT.
THANK YOU.
9:45:39AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
STEPHANIE POYNOR, VALERIE BULLOCK, JOE
ROBINSON.
GOOD MORNING, MA'AM.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.

9:45:46AM >> GOOD MORNING.
STEPHANIE POYNOR.
I LOVE HUMAIRA EXPOS OF DEFICIENT DRIVEWAYS WHICH
CONSTANTLY COME BEFORE YOU.
THAT IS A HUGE PART OF THE PROBLEM SHE JUST SHOWED YOU.
I THINK IT'S VERY INTERESTING WHO ALWAYS SHOWS UP WHEN
SOMEBODY OVER THERE WANTS THEM TO.
THEY DON'T COME ANY OTHER TIME BUT WHEN THEY ARE TOLD TO.
YOU FIGURE OUT WHO THOSE PEOPLE ARE TODAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT, ONCE AGAIN, THAT THIS WEST
RIVERWALK MONEY GOES AGAINST OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THIS IS THE RULES AND THE BYLAWS FOR OUR CITY.
24 SAYS THAT YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE SPENDING $26 MILLION
IN THAT AREA UNLESS IT IS FOR HARDENING OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
I TALKED TO A NICE LADY FROM FOREST HILLS LAST NIGHT.
I ASKED THEM, WHY HAVE YOU GUYS NOT BEEN DOWNTOWN.
SHE GOES, I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT.
THEY HAVE ONLY BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH ONE COUNCIL MEMBER.
I ENCOURAGED THEM TO SEND SOMETHING TO EVERYBODY LAST NIGHT
BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HURT.
BUT YET WE'RE GOING TO SPEND $26 MILLION ON A VANITY PROJECT
THAT SOMEBODY WANTS.
SOMEBODY MUST WANT IT PRETTY DAMN BAD BECAUSE THEY KEEP
COMING BACK.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A NEW CRA ATTORNEY, AND THIS IS SECTION
CHAPTER 163, SECTION 370 FOR THE CRA.
WHAT THIS REALLY RIDICULOUS PARAGRAPH SAYS, IF THE CITY IS
GOING TO DO IT ANYWAY, THE CRA SHOULDN'T BE PAYING FOR IT.
STATE STATUTES SAY THAT CRA SHOULDN'T BE PAYING FOR IT.
I DON'T CARE WHAT THE CAC SAYS.
STATE STATUTES, THAT IS SOMETHING CRAZY CALLED
MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS OR SOMETHING.
SO WE NEED TO CHECK INTO THAT.
ASK THE NEW CRA ATTORNEY ABOUT IT.
NUMBER 25, PRIVATE INSPECTIONS.
I THINK MS. HUMAIRA HAD SOMETHING INTERESTING TO SAY ABOUT
THAT, LIKE 700,000 TO PAY FOR PRIVATE INSPECTIONS. WHO IS
CHECKING ON THE INSPECTIONS? WE HAD PARIS STREET.
THAT WAS A DISASTER.
SU-1 ON MANGO STREET THAT WAS DONE AFTER THE FACT, AFTER A
NEW -- A HOMEOWNER ACTUALLY PURCHASED A BRAND-NEW HOME AND
IT WAS IN VIOLATION OF CODE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T FOLLOW THE
CODE.
WHO INSPECTED THAT?
WHO TOLD THOSE PEOPLE ON PARIS STREET OR ON MANGO THAT THEY
COULD DO THAT?
WERE THEY THESE INSPECTORS?
WHO IS CHECKING ON THESE PROJECTS?
INTERNAL AUDIT NUMBER 29, FOREST HILLS.

YOU KNOW, FOREST HILLS ISN'T THE ONLY ONE.
I GOT A REMINDER YESTERDAY FROM ONE OF MY FRIENDS ON DAVIS
ISLAND, THEY HAD POOP IN THEIR HOUSES TOO.
NOT QUITE AS MUCH.
IT WAS WATERED DOWN, BUT STILL.
RETURNING CITIZENS, YOU KNOW, I REALLY DON'T SAY MUCH ABOUT
THIS, BUT TO BRAG THAT YOU HAVE GOTTEN LIKE A VERY SMALL
NUMBER HAD OF PEOPLE EVEN PAST THE PROGRAM AND GOTTEN THEM
EMPLOYED, THEY NEED TO BE EMBARRASSED.
YOU'RE PUTTING 800 PEOPLE THROUGH THAT PROGRAM, AND THEY
DON'T HAVE JOBS, REALLY?
HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE SPENDING PER CITIZEN.
JUST SAYING.
9:48:49AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
VALERIE BULLOCK, JOE ROBINSON, JESSICA HEINZ.
9:48:54AM >> GOOD MORNING.
VALERIE BULLOCK.
THIS IS A NEW YEAR.
OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW.
AND THAT SEEM TO BE IN THE CITY MOTTO FOR PLENTY YEARS.
EVERY TIME A PROJECT COME UP, IT'S ON THE BACK OF THE OLD
PEOPLE AND THE POOR PEOPLE.
I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE SPENDING ALL OF THAT MONEY FOR
RIVERWALK SIDEWALK.
THAT IS FOR THE NEW PEOPLE WHO HAVE MOVED IN THE TAMPA AREA

AND FOR THE TOURISTS.
IT'S NOT FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN OVER THERE.
AND WE HAVE TOO MANY MORE PRESSING ISSUES THAT MORE
IMPORTANT THAN A SIDEWALK.
WE NEED JOBS, WE NEED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND WE ALSO NEED
HOUSING.
NOT AFFORDABLE, TALKING ABOUT 80% OF THE INCOME LEVEL.
THAT'S SOMEBODY MAKING $100,000 A YEAR.
WE NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO BE LIKE 20, 30 PERCENT OF THE
INCOME LEVEL.
SO THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE AND THE POOREST PEOPLE CAN
BECOME HOUSED AGAIN.
HOUSING SHOULDN'T BE A PRIVILEGE.
IT SHOULD BE A RIGHT.
IF WE ARE TO BE THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF TAMPA THAT EVERYBODY
WANTS POSTMARKS ABOUT.
AND THE RETURNING CITIZEN, I'M ONE OF THEM.
I'M THE EXPERT ON THIS MATTER HERE.
THE RETURNING CITIZENS, WE SHOULDN'T JUST BE GETTING PEOPLE
TRAINING.
WE SHOULD ADJUST THE PROGRAM AND MAKE SURE THE PROGRAM IS
ACCOUNTABLE ABOUT HOW MANY OF THE PEOPLE GOT PAYCHECKS.
SO MANY TRAINING PROGRAMS GOING ON, BUT IF WE COULD SEE THE
DATA, I CAN ASSURE YOU IT'S A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF THE
PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY GOT JOBS.

AND THE CITY, I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY ARE SO ADAMANT.
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO HIRE RETURNING CITIZENS BECAUSE IT'S
MY HOUSE AND I'M TELLING MY CHILD, I'M NOT TELLING MY CHILD
NOTHING, BUT I'M TELLING THE NEIGHBORS' CHILDREN TO SAY
PLEASE AND THANK YOU, IT FIRST SHOULD START AT HOME.
FIRST I SHOULD TEACH MY CHILDREN TO SAY PLEASE AND THANK YOU
BEFORE I GO AROUND TELLING THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD CHILDREN.
SO IF THE CITY IS SERIOUS ABOUT HIRING RETURNING CITIZENS,
LET THE CITY TAKE THE LEAD AND BECOME THE MODEL THAT THE
PRIVATE INDUSTRY AND OTHERS CAN FOLLOW.
I SAID IT BEFORE AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN.
I'D RATHER HAVE SOMEBODY STAND NEXT DOOR TO ME WHO USED TO
BE TRICKING ON DRUGS, ROBBING, THAT'S REFORMED AND GOT A
JOB.
INSTEAD OF SOMEBODY THAT'S STILL IN THAT ACTIVE LIFESTYLE,
WATCHING ME GO TO WORK AND COME BACK HOME.
WE'RE ONLY AS GOOD AS OUR WORST CITIZEN IS.
SO IF WE ARE NOT GETTING RETURNING CITIZENS A JOB, GUESS
WHAT THAT SAY ABOUT US.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR ALL IS A LIE THAT WE ARE JUST GOING
TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT.
BUT WE ARE NOT SERIOUS ABOUT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
WE HAVE TO HAVE JOBS.
AND WHAT IS THE ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR EAST TAMPA?
WHEN ARE WE GOING TO THINK ABOUT PUTTING A MANUFACTURING OR

WAREHOUSE JOB IN EAST TAMPA.
WE HAVE ALL OF THE DEVELOPERS, ALL OF THE BIG BUSINESS
PEOPLE THAT THE CITY JUST GIVE BLANK CHECKS TO.
9:52:01AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.
JOE ROBINSON, JESSICA HEINZ, MENTESNOT.
GOOD MORNING, SIR.
9:52:10AM >> JOE ROBINSON, CHAIR OF THE WEST TAMPA CRA CITIZEN
ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER, RESIDENT OF WEST TAMPA SINCE
1962, A SLUM AND BLIGHTED AREA.
AND ALSO VICE-CHAIR OF THE WEST TAMPA DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 60, WEST RIVERWALK.
WEST TAMPA RIVERWALK IS A GAME CHANGER FOR MOBILITY AND
CONNECTIVITY WHERE EAST SIDE MEETS WEST SIDE.
IN 1893, McFARLAND CONSTRUCTED A BRIDGE OVER THE
HILLSBOROUGH RIVER TO ARCH STREET ON THE WEST SIDE OF 14th
STREET ON THE EAST SIDE TO CONNECT WEST TAMPA TO EAST SIDE
OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
THE FORTUNE STREET BRIDGE NAMED AFTER MADAM FORTUNE TELLER,
A BLACK WOMAN WHO SOLD PROPERTY TO McFARLAND, SAME
LOCATION TODAY AND CURRENT STRUCTURE BUILT IN THE 1920s.
IT WILL ACTIVATE AND TRANSFORM NEIGHBORHOODS IN WEST TAMPA
THE WAY THE FORTUNE STREET BRIDGE DID IN THE LATE 1800s.
WAYS THAT THE FORTUNE STREET BRIDGE DID FOR THE CIGAR BOOM

IN WEST TAMPA, CHARLIE.
QUOTE, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY PEOPLE MORE SAFELY TO JOBS,
SCHOOLS AND ACTIVITIES, PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE RIVERFRONT FOR
GENERATIONS TO COME.
FIVE MILES OF ROADWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AND CONNECTION TO
WEST TAMPA COMPLETE STREETS AND SAFE STREETS WILL THRIVE
WITH IMPROVED LIGHTING, LOW-STRESS BICYCLE LANES, TRAFFIC
SIGNAL MODIFICATION, ENHANCED SIDEWALKS, CROSSWALKS AND
OTHER CRITICAL SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN NEEDED FOR
DECADES.
THE WEST RIVERWALK THEY SAY, QUOTE, WILL BE NEARLY TWO MILES
LONG FROM PLANT STREET TO ROME AVENUE, FOLLOWING THE WEST
BANK OF THE RIVER WITH SHORELINE RESTORATION AND SAFE
CONNECTIONS TO THE EAST RIVERWALK AND TAMPA'S THRIVING
DOWNTOWN.
HOW DID THIS ALL COME ABOUT?
FIRST OF ALL, ALL OF THE WEST TAMPA COMMUNITY SUPPORTED IT
AS WE DO NOW.
WE WOULD NOT SUPPORT SUCH A PROJECT THAT WILL HELP ELIMINATE
THE SLUM AND BLIGHTED COMMUNITY KNOWN TO BE AND TRANSFORM
WEST TAMPA AS A PLACE TO WORK, PLAY, AND STAY.
I REMEMBER PERSONALLY SIGNING A LETTER TO THE U.S. SECRETARY
OF TRANSPORTATION ON BEHALF OF THE WEST TAMPA CRA CAC TO
SUPPORT THE APPLICATION FOR $24 MILLION -- BUILD GRANT.
WHEN COMPLETED NEIGHBORHOODS OF WEST TAMPA, TAMPA HEIGHTS,

NORTH HYDE PARK, RIDGEWOOD PARK AND YBOR CITY CONNECTED LIKE
NEVER BEFORE.
QUOTE, IT WILL BE THE CENTERPIECE OF THE CITY'S WALK-BIKE
NETWORK CONNECTING EAST-WEST GREEN SPINE TO SOUTH TAMPA AND
SEMINOLE HEIGHTS.
WEST RIVERWALK WILL IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR
RESIDENTS AND MANY OTHER ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES.
WOMEN, MINORITY, SMALL BUSINESS WILL BENEFIT FROM ITS
CONSTRUCTION.
SOME SAY STIMULATE OVER $1 BILLION IN THE NEW ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT.
THIS $66.8 MILLION PROJECT IS SUPPORTED BY -- CITIZEN.
MAYOR CASTOR SAID PROVIDE SAFE CHOICES FOR PEDESTRIANS AND
CYCLISTS BUT A WORLD-CLASS DESTINATION.
WITH THAT, I SAY WEST SIDE IS TRULY WEST TAMPA'S TIME.
THANKS -- THE CAC BOARD VOTED 8-2 TO FUND $10 MILLION OVER
THREE-YEAR PERIOD OF TIME.
9:55:28AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:55:29AM >> WITH THAT, I HAVE TO GET BACK TO THE WEST SIDE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
9:55:32AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
JESSICA HEINZ, METESNOT, ROBIN LOCKETT.
9:55:39AM >> I WOULD LIKE TO WAIT FOR THE AGENDA ITEM.
9:55:40AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
IS IT A PUBLIC HEARING?
WHICH IS THE ITEM NUMBER?

9:55:53AM >> NUMBER 44.
9:56:01AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THOSE ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THAT TIME.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MENTESNOT.
ROBIN LOCKETT.
PASTOR FRANK WILLIAMS, JOSE VASQUEZ, MICHAEL RANDOLPH.
MENTESNOT.
9:56:19AM >> UHURU, MEANS FREEDOM IN SWAHILI.
WE AS AFRICAN PEOPLE SHOULD ALWAYS BE THINKING ABOUT OUR
FREEDOM.
ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKE TO SAY IS, IT'S A PROCESS BY WHICH
THEY DETER PEOPLE FROM PARTICIPATING IN GOVERNMENT ON
ANYTHING ELSE.
BUT IT'S REALLY CAPITALISM AND IMPERIALISM WORKS.
WHAT THEY DID, THEY HAVE A TRICK WITH THE SIGN-IN BUSINESS,
SIGN-IN SHEET WHERE PEOPLE HAVE TO GIVE THEIR NAMES AND
IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AND GO THROUGH METAL DETECTORS AND
EVERYTHING ELSE TO SPEAK AT A PUBLIC MEETING.
THAT'S TOTALLY UNDEMOCRATIC.
TOTALLY UNDEMOCRATIC.
AND THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, WHEN THEY WERE COMMITTING
GENOCIDE IN PALESTINE AND WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM
PALESTINE AND OTHER PLACES COME DOWN TO CITY COUNCIL, THEY
GOT SMART AND SAY NOW YOU HAVE TO SIGN IN.

WELL, THAT IS THE TRICK THEY HAVE BEEN USING AGAINST AFRICAN
PEOPLE FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.
IF YOU HAVE TO SIGN SOMETHING, MORE THAN LIKELY WE HAVE A
CRIMINAL RECORD.
WHEN THE POLICE PULL YOU, THEY SMELL SMOKE IN YOUR CAR OR
YOU DIDN'T SOMETHING, THEY SMELL WEED OR SOMETHING.
ALWAYS THESE LITTLE THINGS THAT KEEP AFRICAN PEOPLE, POOR
AND WORKING CLASS PEOPLE FROM PARTICIPATING.
BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT WE AS AFRICAN INDIVIDUALS, WE AS
AFRICAN PEOPLE, WE AS OPPRESSED PEOPLE SHOULD ALWAYS, ALWAYS
BE MINDFUL 37 THIS IS A NEW YEAR, AND THIS IS A YEAR 825
YEARS OF BYZANTINE, OTTOMAN EMPIRE, EUROPEAN, NORTH AMERICAN
AND WHITE WESTERN CIVILIZATION OPPRESSION AGAINST THE
AFRICAN PEOPLE AND WE HAVE TO STOP THAT.
WE HAVE TO STOP FALLING FOR THESE TRICKS.
STOP FALLING FOR THE HOMELESS TRICKS.
OH, HELP THE HOMELESS, DO THIS.
IF YOU WANT TO HELP THE HOMELESS, HELP THEM GET A GUN PERMIT
AND HELP THEM GET A GOOD EDUCATION.
HELP THEM GET ENOUGH GUNS TO DO WHAT'S NECESSARY, TO DO
EXACTLY WHAT'S NECESSARY TO PROTECT THEMSELVES, THEIR
FAMILIES AND THEIR INTERESTS IF YOU WANT TO HELP THE
HOMELESS.
THIS CITY HAVE THOUSANDS OF TRICKS THAT THEY PULL ON AFRICAN
PEOPLE.

THIS TRICK THEY ARE PULLING RIGHT NOW WITH THIS MONEY THAT
THEY ARE SPENDING ALL THIS DECORATION ON LIGHTS AND
RIVERWALK AND WHATEVER, WHATEVER, WHATEVER, THEY HAVE BEEN
PULLING THAT ON AFRICAN PEOPLE FOR THE LONGEST.
THAT'S HOW THEY GOT THE BUCCANEERS.
HEY, DO THIS, SUPPORT THIS, WE'LL DO THIS, DO THAT FOR EAST
TAMPA, WEST TAMPA AND NOTHING IS DONE.
WE NEED TO SEE SOME REAL SOLUTIONS.
REAL SOLUTIONS.
WE NEED TO SEE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN A WAY WHERE PEOPLE
CAN START SEEING SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN PASS ON TO ANOTHER
GENERATION.
FIRST IS THEM TAKING AWAY EVERYTHING FROM AFRICAN PEOPLE.
WHEN YOU GO THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU DON'T SEE
ANYTHING WORTH EVEN LOOKING AT IT.
YOU SEE IT GETTING PREPPED FOR GENTRIFICATION.
THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE.
NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS.
THEY ARE RUNNING ALL THE AFRICAN PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY.
9:59:21AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
ROBIN LOCKETT, PASTOR WILLIAMS.
JOSE VASQUEZ, MICHAEL RANDOLPH.
GOOD MORNING, MA'AM.
9:59:31AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
ROBIN LOCKETT.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY.
IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT YEAR.
FIRST, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS COUNCIL HAVE THE ABILITY
TO PIVOT.
I'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THE RIVERWALK FOR A WHILE NOW, 10
MILLION, 26 MILLION.
BUT THERE ARE MORE PRESSING ISSUES HAPPENING IN THE CITY
THAT TAKES PRIORITY OVER IT.
YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT THEIR PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED,
AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN DAMAGED THAT WASN'T INTENDED.
WE HAD TWO HURRICANES, AND THOSE CONNECTING AREAS, WEST
TAMPA, HYDE PARK, WEST TAMPA AND TAMPA HEIGHTS, AGAIN,
POPULATION IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
AND THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ORIGINALLY IN THAT AREA, CANNOT --
CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO BE IN THAT AREA.
BUT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL TO BE MINDFUL OF
TAXPAYER MONEY AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO PIVOT.
PUT IT ON HOLD.
THAT'S NOTHING URGENT.
BUT THE FLOODING IN NORTH TAMPA IS URGENT.
THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT'S URGENT.
I HAD SOMETHING ELSE ON MY MIND BUT I WAS INVOLVED WITH
THAT.
BUT I REALLY WANT TO POINT THAT OUT IN REGARDS TO THE
RIVERWALK.

JUST TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PIVOT.
THAT'S WITH ANYTHING COMING ACROSS.
IF IT'S NOT URGENT, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING BECAUSE PEOPLE,
I'M UP HERE -- I'M HERE ALL THE TIME, AS YOU GUYS KNOW.
I KEEP HEARING THE SAME OLD THING ABOUT EAST TAMPA.
ALL THE TIME.
SO THERE'S SOME TRUTH.
YOU'RE LOOKING THROUGH THE LENS FROM THEM.
THEY ARE NOT SEEING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS HAPPENING.
AND THAT IS CONCERNING.
2025, WITH ALL OF THE OTHER HATE THAT'S GOING ON IN AMERICA,
AGAIN, BUILD TAMPA TO BE FOR EVERYBODY.
NOBODY SHOULD BE LEFT OUT.
SO WHEN YOU'RE SITTING UP THERE, YOU'RE LOOKING THROUGH THE
LENS OR EVEN ATTEMPTING TO LOOK THROUGH THE LENS OF OTHERS,
TAKING IN, NOT LISTENING AT THEM BECAUSE WHEN YOU ARE
LISTENING AT SOMEBODY, YOU'RE SAYING, OKAY, OKAY, AND.
BUT IF YOU'RE LISTENING TO THEM, YOU ARE EMBRACING WHAT THEY
ARE SAYING AND YOU ARE TRYING TO REALLY UNDERSTAND.
AND IT WILL POSSIBLY EVEN TAKE SOME OF YOU GUYS TO EVEN HAVE
A FATHOM TO GO DRIVE AROUND AND SEE IF YOU WANT TO LIVE IN
THE AREA THAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT.
AND THAT WILL OPEN YOU UP TO THINK DIFFERENTLY WHEN YOU'RE
VOTING.
THANK YOU.

10:02:12AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, MA'AM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
PASTOR FRANK WILLIAMS, JOSE VASQUEZ AND MICHAEL RANDOLPH.
GOOD MORNING, SIR.
10:02:21AM >> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS PASTOR WILLIAMS.
LOCATED 1112 EAST SCOTT STREET.
THAT'S WHERE MY CHURCH IS.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I THOUGHT I BROUGHT IT IN.
MILTON DESTROYED MY HOUSE, MY ROOF AND EVERYTHING.
SOMEBODY WROTE ME A LETTER.
I DON'T KNOW WHO IT WAS, BUT THEY WROTE ME A LETTER AND TOLD
ME I WASN'T QUALIFIED FOR THE DISASTER MONEY OR NOTHING
ELSE.
I GOT THE LETTER HERE, BUT I HAVE TO DIG FOR IT.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT'S SO SAD THE WAY WHITE FOLKS TREAT BLACK FOLKS.
TREAT WORSE THAN A DOG.
DOG, PICK THEM UP, TAKE THEM TO A DOCTOR.
LET ONE OF US GET HURT SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEY WALK OVER
US.
YOU KNOW WHAT, WE GOT TO KEEP PRAYING AND KEEP TRUSTING IN
GOD.
WHAT'S IT DOING TO ME?

IT AIN'T GOING TO STOP ME FROM TRUSTING IN GOD.
KEEPING MY FAITH IN GOD.
I'LL KEEP MY FAITH IN GOD UNTIL THE DAY I DIE.
BECAUSE HE IS THE ONE WHO CREDIT ALL OF US TO BE HERE TODAY.
WHEN BLACK FOLKS COME UP HERE BEGGING, BEGGING, SEEMS LIKE
YOU ALL DON'T HAVE NO EAR.
HEAR NOTHING WE'RE SAYING AND DON'T GIVE A DAMN.
WHAT I HAVE TO DO, I BRING THE LETTER NEXT WEEK WHERE THEY
DISQUALIFIED ME FOR GETTING DISASTER MONEY TO FIX MY ROOF.
MY ROOF STILL LEAKING.
MY WATER STILL CUT OFF.
THERE ARE THINGS GOING ON.
I'M HANDICAP.
OLD SENIOR CITIZEN.
NO, DON'T CARE ABOUT NOBODY LIKE ME.
WE DON'T CARE ABOUT NO -- AND TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT NEED
SOME HELP.
AND WE DON'T WANT NOBODY COMING BY HOUSE TAKING PICTURES AND
DON'T DO NOTHING ABOUT IT.
JUST TAKE A PICTURE AND TELL ME MY HOUSE IN FORECLOSURE AND
ALL OF THAT STUFF.
IT'S RIDICULOUS HOW YOU ALL MISTREAT PEOPLE OF COLOR.
I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT MYSELF.
I'M TALKING ABOUT ALL, EVERYBODY THAT COME UP HERE AND STAND
UP.

YOU CAN SEE WHAT COLOR WE ARE.
I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.
DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT FRANK WILLIAMS.
HE IS A BLACK MAN.
STOP LOOKING AT THE COLOR OF OUR SKIN.
OUR CITIZENSHIP.
WE DESERVE EVERYTHING THAT WE DESERVE.
YOU KNOW WHO BUILT THIS COUNTRY?
SLAVES.
BLACK SLAVES BUILT THIS COUNTRY UP.
THAT'S WHY IT LOOKS AS GOOD AS IT DO.
10:05:31AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:05:32AM >> YOU WANT ME TO SHUT UP AND SIT DOWN.
YOU AIN'T GOT TO TELL ME.
I'LL SHUT UP AND SIT DOWN ANYWAY.
10:05:40AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
JOSE VASQUEZ AND MICHAEL RANDOLPH.
GOOD MORNING, SIR.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:05:45AM >> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS JOSE VASQUEZ.
I'M A RESIDENT OF 2222 NORTH 64th STREET.
MY BUSINESS IS LOCATED 1924 NORTH 60th STREET.
I'M HERE BECAUSE I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH A PROPERTY OWNED BY
THE CITY OF TAMPA.
MR. MARTIN, BECAUSE MY LAST CONVERSATION WITH THE TAMPA

POLICE ABOUT THIS ISSUE, TOLD ME TO TAKE IT TO CIVIL.
THAT IS THE REASON I AM HERE TODAY BECAUSE FOR YEARS THE
CITY OF TAMPA IS THE OWNER OF THIS BLOCK RIGHT HERE ON
59th STREET.
THE PROPERTY I RENTED, THE ONLY ACCESS IS THROUGH THAT ROAD.
NOW, I'VE GOT TWO NEIGHBORS WHO DECIDE TO TAKE OVER THE
PROPERTY THAT BELONGS TO THE CITY OF TAMPA.
THEY PUT A FENCE, ONE NEIGHBOR USED IT AS A PARKING LOT AND
DUMPING TRASH.
THE OTHER NEIGHBOR, WHAT HE DO, TAKE IT FENCE, RENT THE
PROPERTY, MAKE PROFIT AND DO A LOT OF THINGS CAUSING
FLOODING AND PROBLEMS TO THE CITY OF TAMPA.
YESTERDAY, MOBILITY WAS OVER THERE BECAUSE THEY NEED TO FIX
A BRIDGE.
I WISH THAT ALL OF YOU CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN TAKE A LOOK
AT WHAT I EXPLAIN TO YOU.
MY PROBLEM IS, THIS GENTLEMAN USING YOUR PROPERTY TO DENY ME
LEGAL ACCESS TO MY ENTRY OF MY BUSINESS.
I DISCOVERED THIS BECAUSE A TREE FALL ON TOP OF MY VEHICLE
ON JUNE 8.
THAT WAS MY BIRTHDAY PRESENT.
WHEN ASKING MY NEIGHBORS, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE TO FIX MY
TRUCK?
THAT TREE DOES NOT BELONG TO ME.
I CALL THE CITY OF TAMPA TO EXPLAIN THE PROBLEM, AND WHEN

THE CREW COME, THEY TELL ME, HOLD ON, NOT SUPPOSED TO COME
THIS WAY.
THAT IS THE REASON I FIGURED OUT, OPENED THIS NEW PANDORA'S
BOX, ASKING YOU SUPPORT TO TAKE BACK YOUR PROPERTY, WHAT IS
MY LEGAL INTEREST FOR DO BUSINESS.
IT IS SO SAD.
TRY TO CLEAN THE PROPERTY, PUT EVERYTHING ON THE CURB.
REQUIRED BY THE LAW.
AND THIS NEIGHBOR -- I GOT IT RECORDED.
TAMPA POLICE DO NOT WANT TO ISSUE A TICKET.
MAYBE HE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.
I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK FOR YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT TO TAKE BACK
YOUR PROPERTY AND TO SEE THAT AREA.
MS. GWENDOLYN, WE HAVE TO DO A LOT OF WORK.
WHEN YOU SEE THE PROPERTY MAPS, YOU GOT TO SEE THE BIG
COMPANIES TAKE OVER THE CITY OF TAMPA ROAD, ESPECIALLY
10th AVENUE.
CONNECTING PROPERTIES AND THIS IS ILLEGAL.
10:08:50AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:08:51AM >> YOU'RE WELCOME.
10:08:53AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
MR. VASQUEZ, IF I MAY, I BELIEVE I TALKED
TO YOU ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS THE SAME PROPERTY.
10:08:59AM >> YES.
10:09:01AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OPERATION IS.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING, YOU HAVE A LIST OF
ITEMS, CAN YOU WRITE US A LETTER OF ALL THAT?
I WANT TO FIND OUT WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY, FIRST OF ALL.
YOU SAID THE CITY OF TAMPA OWNS THE PROPERTY, INGRESS AND
EGRESS WITHOUT PAYING ANYTHING.
AND YOUR PROPERTY IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
10:09:26AM >> IT'S AT THE END OF THE ROAD.
10:09:29AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I'LL GIVE YOU HIS PHONE NUMBER AND
EVERYTHING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:09:34AM >> CAN YOU GIVE ME 30 SECONDS?
10:09:36AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE'LL CONTACT YOU.
MICHAEL RANDOLPH, ARE YOU ONLINE, SIR?
HE'S NOT.
THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE'LL START WITH THE AGENDA.
ITEM NUMBER 3 IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REAPPOINTMENT OF
TREVOR ROSINE BY THE MAYOR TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS BOARD OF THE
CITY OF TAMPA AND THE OTHER POSITION FOR A THREE-YEAR TERM
COMMENCING FEBRUARY 18.
MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER
HENDERSON, SECOND FROM MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?

FOR THE WALK-ON ITEM, IT IS A RESOLUTION ON THE ADDENDUM.
APPROVING THE EXECUTION BY THE MAYOR AND THE ATTESTATION BY
THE CITY CLERK OF A LICENSE AND HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE TAMPA PORT AUTHORITY, DBA, PORT OF
TAMPA, YE MYSTIC KREWE OF GASPARILLA AND LICENSEE, IN ORDER
TO ALLOW YE MYSTIC KREWE TO CONSTRUCT A TEMPORARY RETROFIT
OF THE HURRICANE-DAMAGED BALLAST POINT FOR THEIR USE AS
CERTAIN IDENTIFIED EVENTS, WHICH IS GASPARILLA.
CAN I GET A MOTION?
10:10:45AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
IT IS AN ITEM THAT THEY ARE TAKING FULL
RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DAMAGE OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT HAPPENS.
THE CITY OF TAMPA CITIZENS ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING.
10:10:51AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
EXACTLY.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
ALL RIGHT.
ITEM NUMBER 4-12.
10:11:04AM >>LUIS VIERA:
SO MOVED.
10:11:05AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.

ANY OPPOSED.
COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
10:11:11AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
I MOVE ITEMS 13-17 FOR NEIGHBORHOOD AND
COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
10:11:17AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
HENDERSON.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
10:11:23AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I MOVE ITEMS 18 THROUGH 24.
10:11:26AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECOND.
10:11:27AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
HURTAK.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, 25-32 --
10:11:34AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
25-32 WITH 29 PULLED.
10:11:37AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER CLENDENIN.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, YOU ARE THE VICE-CHAIR FOR

DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
10:11:48AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I MOVE ITEMS 33 THROUGH 37.
10:11:50AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, YOU ARE THE CHAIR OF MOBILITY AND
ASSET, 38-40.
10:11:58AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOVE ITEMS 38, 39, 40.
10:12:01AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION FROM CLENDENIN AND SECOND FROM
MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ITEMS 41, 2, AND 3 NEED TO BE SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
SECOND FROM CLENDENIN TO SET FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
10:12:20AM >>LUIS VIERA:
I WANTED TO POINT OUT TO COUNCIL, ITEMS 13,
15, 16, WE PASSED SOME REALLY SPECIAL PROGRAMS THAT I THINK
WE ALL OUGHT TO BE PROUD OF.
IT GIVES FUNDS TO THE GROW GROUP AND ACHIEVING SYNERGY FOR
EMPOWERMENT INCORPORATED FOR THE SPECIAL NEEDS INTERNSHIP
WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA, WHICH IS RIGHT NOW, WE ACTUALLY HAVE
IT RUNNING AND THIS WILL FURTHER REFINE IT, $15 AN HOUR

PROGRAM FOR SPECIAL NEEDS INTERNSHIPS, PEOPLE WITH
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES, AUTISM, ET CETERA, WILL BENEFIT
FROM THIS.
AND THAT MOVES THAT FORWARD.
ITEM NUMBER 16 IS A $75,000 GRANT FOR THE PENGUIN PROJECT
FROM THE NEW TAMPA PLAYERS, WHICH RUNS SPECIAL NEEDS
THEATER.
I KNOW SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS I'M SURE HAVE SEEN THEIR
PRODUCTIONS, ET CETERA.
BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I PUSHED FOR SOME TIME AGO.
I THINK THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR GETTING THIS, IF I RECALL,
BECAUSE THEY NEED TO HAVE SUPPORT.
THE ARTS, IF WE JUST GO FOR THE BIG SHINY THINGS WHEN IT
COMES TO THE ARTS, I THINK WE'LL WIND UP IGNORING SMALLER
INSTITUTIONS LIKE THIS.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT FOR COUNCIL THAT THESE ARE
REALLY GOOD THINGS THAT WE ALL OUGHT TO BE PROUD OF FOR
PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES.
10:13:39AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LET'S GET A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR 10:00.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.

IT'S JUST 10:00 HEARINGS TODAY.
ITEM 44 IS NON-QUASI-JUDICIAL.
WE DON'T HAVE TO SWEAR FOLKS IN YET.
ITEM 44, MR. MALLOY, COME UP, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME GOOD
MORNING, SIR.
10:14:08AM >> COUNCIL MEMBERS, GOOD MORNING.
10:14:15AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
GO AHEAD, SIR.
10:14:20AM >> THIS IS EXACTLY, COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHAT WE PRESENTED TO
YOU ABOUT 30 DAYS AGO.
THIS IS THE FIRST PART OF TWO APPLICATIONS YOU'LL SEE FROM
US.
THIS IS THE VACATING PORTION.
ALL I WANT TO STRESS TO YOU RIGHT NOW IS I THINK THAT WE MAY
HAVE CONFUSED YOU OR OURSELVES THE FIRST TIME AROUND ABOUT
WHAT WE WERE VACATING AND WHAT WE WERE USING FOR ACCESS.
THIS PART OF THE APPLICATION, WE'RE ASKING TO VACATE THIS
HERE.
WE CONTROL BOTH SIDES OF THE ALLEY HERE.
WE WOULD BE THE BENEFIT OF THIS PART.
THIS IS NOT OUR PROPERTY, SO THIS NEIGHBOR WOULD GET THIS
HALF OF THE ALLEY.
THIS IS NOT OUR ACCESS PROGRAM THAT WAS SO DISCUSSED
VIBRANTLY LAST TIME.
THIS IS JUST THE VACATING PORTION.
THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR.

10:15:08AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT?
IS THERE ANYTHING FURTHER TO THE PRESENTATION?
I SEE NONE.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT HERE?
I BELIEVE WE HAVE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE FOR 44.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEAK ON 44, PLEASE COME ON UP AND STATE
YOUR NAME.
10:15:25AM >> MOTION TO CLOSE.
10:15:26AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
NO.
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
THERE'S NOBODY REGISTERED.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FOR ITEM 44.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED.
COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, WOULD YOU READ 44?
10:15:41AM >>LUIS VIERA:
I MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR --
10:15:49AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
MAY I SAY SOMETHING?
I CHANGED MY MIND AS THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER CAME IN.
I WAS ASKING TO WAIT FOR MORE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
10:15:55AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON IS ABSENT TODAY,

BUT THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE.
10:16:00AM >> WHICH ITEM?
10:16:01AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
44.
10:16:03AM >>LUIS VIERA:
DO YOU NEED ANYTHING BEFORE I READ IT OR ARE
YOU GOOD TO VOTE?
JUST MAKING SURE.
10:16:07AM >>LUIS VIERA:
I MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND
READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA,
FLORIDA, VACATING, CLOSING, DISCONTINUING, AND ABANDONING
THAT ALLEYWAY/RIGHT-OF-WAY LOCATED NORTH OF AMELIA AVENUE,
SOUTH OF COLUMBUS DRIVE, EAST OF GLENWOOD DRIVE AND WEST OF
NORTH BOULEVARD WITHIN THE PLAT OF RIDGEWOOD PARK,
SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY,
FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2 HEREOF,
SUBJECT TO CERTAIN COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS AS
MORE PARTICULARLY SET FORTH HEREIN; PROVIDING FOR
ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS; PROVIDING FOR
DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATIONS AND REPEALING CONFLICTS;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:16:45AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
VIERA.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
IT'S GOING TO BE A ROLL CALL VOTE, A VOICE VOTE?
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM VIERA.
SECOND FROM CLENDENIN.

VOICE ROLL CALL.
10:17:05AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES.
10:17:07AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
NO.
10:17:08AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
10:17:10AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
NO.
10:17:12AM >> CARLSON?
HURTAK?
10:17:14AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
10:17:15AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
NO.
10:17:19AM >>THE CLERK:
THE MOTION FAILED DUE TO IT BEING TIED.
10:17:26AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
READ THE VOTES, PLEASE.
10:17:27AM >>THE CLERK:
IT'S 3-3.
CLENDENIN, HENDERSON -- CLENDENIN, VIERA AND HURTAK VOTED
YES.
HENDERSON, MIRANDA, AND MANISCALCO VOTED NO.
CARLSON IS ABSENT.
10:17:40AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
MR. CHAIRMAN, RULE 4-C STATES THAT IF A
MOTION TO APPROVE, DENY, OR CONTINUE AN ORDINANCE OR
RESOLUTION OF A LEGISLATIVE MATTER, IF IT FAILS TO RECEIVE
AT LEAST FOUR VOTES EITHER IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION, IT
SHALL AUTOMATICALLY BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE COUNCIL AT THE
NEXT REGULAR MEETING AS UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
10:17:59AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL RIGHTY.
IT WILL COME BACK -- LET ME SEE WHAT THE DATE IS.
JANUARY 23.

10:18:06AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IN THAT CASE.
10:18:08AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
FOR THE TIEBREAKER VOTE.
CAN WE PROCEED WITH 45 SINCE IT IS CLOSE TO IT OR ATTACHED
TO IT.
10:18:18AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
MY SUGGESTION.
10:18:24AM >>CATE WELLS:
CATE WELLS, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
SINCE THE VACATING PETITION FAILED DUE TO A TIED VOTE, THE
AREA PROPOSED TO BE VACATED IS INCLUDED WITHIN THE SITE PLAN
FOR THE REZONING UNDER ITEM 45.
IT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION THAT ITEM 45 BE CONTINUED TO
THE SAME DAY THAT COUNCIL WILL TAKE UP THE VACATING
PETITION.
10:18:48AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
44 AND 45 WILL COME BACK JANUARY 23rd
AT THE NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING BECAUSE OF THE TIE VOTE,
BECAUSE WE NEED TO HAVE FOUR VOTES ONE WAY OR THE OTHER --
WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE 44 AND 45 TO JANUARY 23rd.
MR. SHELBY.
10:19:04AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MS. WELLS.
10:19:06AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
ALSO, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE UP AS PART OF THE
MOTION, DATE, TIME AND PLACE PLEASE.
10:19:11AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
10 A.M. FOR BOTH OF THEM.
315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA,
33602, WHICH IS THIS ROOM, JANUARY 23rd, 10 A.M. PUBLIC
HEARING.
10:19:21AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MS. WELLS.

IF THIS GOES TO A DENIAL, DOESN'T COUNCIL HAVE TO COME UP
WITH COMPETENT AND SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE TO PUT INTO THE
RECORD FOR THE DENIAL AT THIS STAGE OR NO?
10:19:44AM >>CATE WELLS:
I DON'T KNOW WHERE RON IS.
THE VACATING PETITION IS THE LEGISLATIVE.
10:19:53AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SORRY.
WASN'T THINKING.
10:19:55AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THESE TWO
ITEMS TO JANUARY 23, 10 A.M., AT THIS LOCATION.
YES, SIR.
10:20:04AM >> COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY EDITORIAL YOU CAN GIVE ME TO COME
BACK AND HELP THIS CASE, I'M OPEN TO IT RIGHT NOW.
10:20:09AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
MY SUGGESTION, COUNCIL, WITH REGARD TO ITEM
44, IF YOU COULD MAKE A MOTION ALONG WITH CONTINUING IT.
IF IT'S A MOTION TO CONTINUE, THE HEARING SHOULD BE REOPENED
FOR THAT PURPOSE.
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS TO BE RAISED ON ITEM 44, THAT
WOULD BE THE TIME FOR COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, WHO IS ABSENT,
OR ANYBODY ELSE TO DO THAT.
10:20:36AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SHOULD WE ASK IF THERE'S ANYBODY ON
COUNCIL THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION BEFORE
WE REOPEN IT?
10:20:42AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
RIGHT NOW IT IS A 3-3 TIE.
BY ACTION OF YOUR RULES, IT HAS NOT BEEN CLOSED.
IT HAS TO BE REOPENED.

10:20:56AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION TO REOPEN.
10:20:57AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION TO REOPEN FROM COUNCILMAN
CLENDENIN, SECOND FROM VIERA.
VIERA, HURTAK, MIRANDA.
10:21:03AM >>LUIS VIERA:
QUESTION FOR COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN, ARE YOU
ASKING FOR SOMEONE TO EXPLAIN THEIR VOTE?
10:21:11AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I THINK THE APPLICANT HAS ASKED FOR
CLARIFICATION SO THEY CAN HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
TO BRING TO THE NEXT HEARING.
IF SOMEBODY AT THE DAIS WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE CLARIFICATION
FOR THE DENIAL, MAYBE IT WOULD HELP THEM.
10:21:30AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IS APPROPRIATE NOW.
10:21:33AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION BEFORE I
DID IT.
10:21:36AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IT IS AFTER THE VOTE.
THE MOTION TO CONTINUE, WAS IT PASSED?
NO, WE DID NOT VOTE ON THE MOTION TO CONTINUE YET.
10:21:47AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I THINK THE BEST THING I COULD RECOMMEND YOU
DO IS GO BACK TO THE VIDEO OF THE LAST ONE AND KIND OF LOOK
AT THAT.
WE CAN'T GIVE ANY OTHER REASONING.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION TO YOU.
10:21:58AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
ALSO, COUNCIL, JUST REMIND YOU THAT THIS
IS, AS MS. WELLS DID STATE, THIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH A
QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTER.

THAT WILL HAVE TO BE ALSO TAKEN UP DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS
WITH ITEM 44, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
BUT THAT BEING THE CASE, I WOULD REMIND YOU WITH REGARD TO
THE VICE TO AVOID ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS RELATIVE TO
THE SUBJECT.
10:22:27AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:22:29AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I WANT TO SAY WE OUGHT TO MAKE SURE WE
HAVE A FULL COUNCIL.
THAT WAY EVERYTHING IS DONE.
HE HAS A RIGHT THEN TO APPEAL AND SPEAK TO US AS A FULL
COUNCIL.
MISSING ONE COUNCIL MEMBER.
TO YOUR OWN BENEFIT, I WOULD SAY WAIT UNTIL YOU HAVE A FULL
COUNCIL.
10:22:47AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
NO.
CAN WE CLOSE THE HEARING AGAIN?
MOTION TO CLOSE FROM VIERA.
SECOND FROM MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
WE REOPENED IT -- WE'RE NOT CLOSING THE HEARING.
10:23:09AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IT'S CONTINUED.
10:23:12AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE TO JANUARY
23rd, 10 A.M., 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR,
TAMPA, 33602.

YES, MA'AM.
10:23:29AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MS. WELLS -- ACTUALLY, NEVER MIND.
I'LL HAVE TO ASK YOU OFF-LINE.
10:23:39AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE AND A
SECOND.
10:23:41AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I'M JUST GOING TO ASK THE QUESTION.
THE ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING WAS INITIATED BY THE PERSON
WHO SWITCHED THEIR VOTE.
DOES THAT MATTER?
10:23:54AM >>CATE WELLS:
I'LL DEFER TO YOUR CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY ON
RULES OF PROCEDURE.
10:23:59AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
WAS IT READ AS A SECOND READING TODAY BY
SOMEBODY DIFFERENT?
10:24:06AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
JUST ASKING.
10:24:09AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
I WANT TO KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
10:24:11AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, SOMEBODY DIFFERENT.
10:24:12AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THANK YOU.
10:24:13AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
44 AND 45 WILL COME BACK 10 A.M., JANUARY 23rd.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ITEM NUMBER 46, TODD PRESSMAN IS REGISTERED REMOTELY.

I DON'T SEE HIM HERE IN THE ROOM.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK ON 46 THROUGH 51 AND YOU ARE HERE
IN THE ROOM, PLEASE STAND, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND WE'LL
SWEAR YOU IN.
[OATH ADMINISTERED]
10:24:47AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
IS MR. PRESSMAN ONLINE?
HE IS.
ALL RIGHT.
DID YOU SEE HIM RAISE HIS RIGHT HAND?
I DON'T SEE HIM ON THE SCREEN.
10:25:01AM >>STEVE MICHELINI:
MR. CHAIRMAN, I'M ALSO HERE ON THAT
ISSUE.
10:25:04AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
IS THAT THE ONE THAT YOU STEPPED --
10:25:05AM >>STEVE MICHELINI:
YES.
10:25:06AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
GO AHEAD, MR. MICHELINI.
46.
10:25:08AM >>STEVE MICHELINI:
THE REVISIONS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND WE
WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL.
10:25:12AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYBODY HERE IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES
TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 46?
MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN, SECOND FROM
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, MIND READING 46?

10:25:26AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
46, FILE NUMBER REZ-24-09, ORDINANCE
BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF
4913 NORTH MacDILL AVENUE, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA,
FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1, FROM
ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RM-24 --
10:25:44AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WAIT.
YES, MS. WELLS.
10:25:46AM >>CATE WELLS:
I WAS A LITTLE OFF GUARD.
I BELIEVE STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO DO THE INITIAL PRESENTATION
AND TO ADDRESS THE REVISIONS THAT WERE REQUIRED TO BE MADE
BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.
10:25:56AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
CAN I GET A MOTION TO REOPEN THE PUBLIC
HEARING?
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
SIR, I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.
GO AHEAD.
10:26:07AM >>SAMUEL THOMAS:
SAM THOMAS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
REVISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE SITE PLAN AS SUBMITTED ON
THE REVISION SHEET AND REVISED PLANS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO
THE CLERK.
AS A REFRESHER, THIS ITEM IS A REQUEST FOR A REZONING FOR A

PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4913 NORTH MacDILL AVENUE.
THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY 24 TO
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED.
I'M AVAILABLE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
10:26:29AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN?
ALL RIGHT.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING?
MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, I APOLOGIZE.
NUMBER 46.
10:26:41AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
NO PROBLEM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ITEM 46, FILE REZ-24-09, AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY
IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 4913 NORTH MacDILL AVENUE, IN
THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED
IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RM-14,
RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY, TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT,
RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, ATTACHED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
10:27:04AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM
COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.

ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:27:10AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
10:27:11AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
10:27:12AM >> CARLSON?
HURTAK?
10:27:14AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
10:27:15AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES.
10:27:16AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
YES.
10:27:18AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
10:27:19AM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AND CARLSON IS
ABSENT.
10:27:22AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:27:24AM >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
THANK YOU COUNCIL.
GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL.
10:27:27AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, SIR.
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
ENJOY YOUR DAY.
10:27:30AM >> THANK YOU.
10:27:30AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ITEM 47.
10:27:35AM >> STEPHANIE POPE.
DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
ITEM 47 IS REZ 24-77.
THIS ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT
4720 NORTH CLARK AVENUE.

THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM INDUSTRIAL GENERAL TO PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT FOR ALL INDUSTRIAL GENERAL USES.
REVISIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS HAVE BEEN
SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
I AM AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
10:27:59AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. POPE?
YES, SIR, MR. MICHELINI.
GO AHEAD, SIR.
10:28:03AM >>STEVE MICHELINI:
AS THE STAFF HAS INDICATED, THE REVISIONS
HAVE BEEN MADE AND SUBMITTED, ACCEPTED AND APPROVED AND WE
RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL.
10:28:12AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE -- ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT
WISHES TO SPEAK ON 47?
WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY VIRTUAL.
MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON, 47.
10:28:24AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
MOVE FILE REZ-24-77, AN ORDINANCE BEING
PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE
REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 4720 NORTH
CLARK AVENUE, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT

CLASSIFICATION IG, INDUSTRIAL GENERAL, TO PD, PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT, ALL INDUSTRIAL GENERAL USES, PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:28:48AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:28:53AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
10:28:54AM >> CARLSON?
HURTAK?
10:28:55AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
10:28:56AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES.
10:28:57AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
YES.
10:28:59AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
10:29:00AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
10:29:01AM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AND CARLSON ABSENT.
10:29:09AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ITEM 48, MR. THOMAS.
10:29:11AM >>SAMUEL THOMAS:
SAM THOMAS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
ITEM 48 IS REZ 24-94.
THIS ITEM IS A REQUEST TO REZONE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4107
AND 4115 WEST SPRUCE STREET.
THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY.
REVISIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS SUBMITTED
TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE.

I'M AVAILABLE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
10:29:32AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN?
I SEE NONE.
MS. SCHALER IS REGISTERED ONLINE BUT HERE.
10:29:38AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER TO ADD BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS.
ALEX SCHALER.
10:29:44AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO
SPEAK ON 48?
I SEE NO ONE.
MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, 48.
10:29:53AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I MOVE FILE REZ-24-94, ORDINANCE BEING
PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE
REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 4107 AND 4115
WEST SPRUCE STREET IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT
CLASSIFICATION PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, TO PD, PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY, PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:30:16AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER

CLENDENIN.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
10:30:21AM >> CARLSON?
HURTAK?
10:30:22AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
10:30:23AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES.
10:30:24AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
YES.
10:30:25AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
10:30:26AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
10:30:28AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
10:30:29AM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON BEING
ABSENT.
10:30:32AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ITEM 49.
10:30:35AM >>SAMUEL THOMAS:
SAM THOMAS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
ITEM 49 IS REZ-24-107.
THIS ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT
203 SOUTH MOODY AVENUE.
THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RESIDENTIAL OFFICE 1 TO
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED
AND SEMI DETACHED.
REVISIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS HAVE BEEN
SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
I'M AVAILABLE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.

10:30:57AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
IS THERE AN APPLICANT?
ITEM 49.
MR. MICHELINI.
10:31:02AM >>STEVE MICHELINI:
YES.
THE REVISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE AND ACCEPTED BY THE STAFF AND
CERTIFIED.
WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL.
10:31:12AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 49.
SEE NO ONE.
MOTION TO CLOSE FROM MIRANDA, SECOND BY CLENDENIN.
10:31:20AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
FILE REZ-24-107, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED
FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF
203 SOUTH MOODY AVENUE, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND
MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1, FROM ZONING
DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RO-1, RESIDENTIAL OFFICE, TO PD,
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, DETACHED
AND SEMI DETACHED; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:31:45AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
SORRY, ROLL CALL VOTE.

10:31:52AM >> HURTAK?
10:31:53AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
10:31:54AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES.
10:31:55AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
YES.
10:31:56AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
10:31:58AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
10:31:59AM >> CARLSON?
MANISCALCO.
10:32:00AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
10:32:01AM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON BEING
ABSENT.
10:32:03AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MR. THOMAS, ITEM --
10:32:06AM >>STEVE MICHELINI:
THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
10:32:07AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU, SIR.
10:32:08AM >>SAMUEL THOMAS:
DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
ITEM 50 IS REZ-25-11.
A REZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2705 AND 2708
NORTH 18th STREET.
REQUEST IS REZONE FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY 50 TO
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL, ALL COMMERCIAL
NEIGHBORHOOD USES.
CERTIFIED PLANS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
I'M AVAILABLE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
10:32:33AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, MA'AM, PLEASE COME UP AND STATE

YOUR NAME.
10:32:36AM >> HI.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER TO ADD.
THIS IS FOR THE REUSE OF THE CIGAR FACTORY.
I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
10:32:46AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER
50?
WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
ALL IN FAVOR?
10:32:56AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
FILE REZ-25-11, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING
AND ADOPTION.
AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF
2705, 2708 NORTH 18th STREET IN THE CITY OF TAMPA,
FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM
ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS-50, RESIDENTIAL,
SINGLE-FAMILY, TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, STOREFRONT
RESIDENTIAL, ALL COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD USES, PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:33:22AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
CLENDENIN.

SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:33:29AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES.
10:33:29AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
YES.
10:33:31AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
10:33:31AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
10:33:33AM >> CARLSON?
HURTAK?
10:33:35AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
10:33:36AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
10:33:36AM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON BEING
ABSENT.
10:33:40AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL RIGHT, MR. SHELBY, 51, THERE IS AN
ERROR.
10:33:45AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
YES, AN ERROR I'LL ASK COUNCIL TO CORRECT
ON THE AGENDA ON ITEM 51.
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ITEM, IT SAYS THE ORIGINAL MOTION WAS
TO APPROVE BY A MOTION OF CARLSON AND VIERA.
THE SECTION IN RED THAT SHOWS THE PREVIOUS VOTE OF CARLSON
AND VIERA NO IS INCORRECT.
IT SHOULD BE CORRECTLY STATED THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS CLENDENIN
AND HENDERSON VOTED NO ON ITEM 51.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE A MOTION AND A VOTE
TO CORRECT TODAY'S AGENDA SO THAT IT CORRECTLY REFLECTS ITEM
51 TO SHOW THAT AT FIRST READING CLENDENIN AND HENDERSON

VOTED NO.
10:34:28AM >> SO MOVED.
10:34:29AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
HURTAK.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
THIS IS JUST TO CORRECT THE RECORD.
CORRECT THE AGENDA.
CORRECT THE AGENDA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
10:34:41AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
FOR THE RECORD, MR. CHAIRMAN, UPON THE
CLERK CHECKING THE MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 12th MEETING,
IT WAS RECORDED CORRECTLY.
10:34:49AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
OKAY.
SO THE ACTUAL RECORD IS CORRECT.
THE AGENDA IS INCORRECT.
THEREFORE ITEM NUMBER 51 -- SORRY, MR. THOMAS AND THEN
MS. SCHALER.
10:34:58AM >>SAMUEL THOMAS:
SAM THOMAS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
ITEM 51 IS REZ-24-52.
THIS ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT
205, 207, AND 209 EAST COLUMBUS DRIVE, 2301, 2303, 2307 AND
2315 NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE, 204 AND 206 EAST AMELIA AVENUE
AND FOLIO NUMBER 191372-0000.
THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY 24 AND

COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR STOREFRONT
RESIDENTIAL, ALL COMMERCIAL GENERAL USES AND COMMERCIAL
PARKING.
REVISIONS THIS BE COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS SUBMITTED TO
THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
10:35:41AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
10:35:42AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MR. THOMAS, IN THE FIRST HEARING I
EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE LACK OF RETAIL ON THIS CRITICAL
CORNER IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
DID THE APPLICANT BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING EXPAND
THE AMOUNT OF RETAIL SPACE, COMMERCIAL SPACE ON THE FIRST
FLOOR?
10:35:58AM >>SAMUEL THOMAS:
THE COMMERCIAL SPACE HAS NOT BEEN EXPANDED.
10:36:02AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
10:36:03AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYBODY ELSE?
MS. SCHALER.
10:36:06AM >> ALEX SCHALER, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE.
I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER TO ADD.
HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
10:36:11AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT?
IF NOT, ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE
ITEM?
WE HAVE A MOTION TO --

10:36:18AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I'D LIKE TO SAY --
10:36:21AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
MIRANDA.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, YOU WANTED TO SPEAK?
10:36:28AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I DID.
I EXPRESSED THIS DURING THE FIRST READING.
ESPECIALLY FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S ASKING AN AWFUL LOT
FOR AN INTENSIVE PROJECT AND THE IMPACT IT HAS ON NEIGHBORS.
I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS FOR THE GREATER GOOD
THAT WE ABSORB THAT IMPACT ON NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT YOU HAVE TO
BE ABLE TO GIVE SOMETHING AS WELL.
HAVING REALLY AN INCONSEQUENTIAL AMOUNT OF COMMERCIAL SPACE
ON THIS CRITICAL INTERSECTION THAT IS GOING TO BE A MAJOR
TRANSPORTATION HUB FOR US IN THE FUTURE I THINK IS JUST
NEGLIGENT FOR US TO PASS THIS WITHOUT HAVING THAT SPACE
RESERVED BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT PROVIDING SPACE FOR A DRY
CLEANER OR PIZZERIA, A BANK OR ANY OF THE OTHER SERVICES
THAT THE NEIGHBORS WOULD WANT TO HAVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
AS WE BUILD DENSITY AND THIS COUNCIL ALREADY APPROVED SO
MANY HIGH-DENSITY DEVELOPMENTS AROUND THIS AREA, YMCA
PROJECT DOWN THE STREET, ALL -- A LOT OF RESIDENTS ARE GOING
TO COME INTO THIS AREA AND THEY ARE GOING TO REQUIRE THIS

KIND OF SPACE.
FOR US NOT TO RESERVE THAT SPACE AT THIS POINT I THINK IS A
MAJOR OVERSIGHT.
I'M GOING TO CONFIRM MY VOTE OF NO ON THIS PROJECT.
10:37:39AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I LEFT OFF WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, NO.
GO AHEAD, VIERA.
THE RECORD SAID VIERA NO, BUT THAT WAS NOT CORRECT.
10:37:49AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES, SIR, MOVE AN ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 205,
207, AND 209 EAST COLUMBUS DRIVE, 2301, 2303, 2307 AND 2315
NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE, 204 AND 206 EAST AMELIA AND FOLIO
191372-0000 IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION ONE FROM ZONING DISTRICT
CLASSIFICATION RM-24, RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY, AND CI,
COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE, TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, STOREFRONT
RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL, ALL COMMERCIAL GENERAL USES,
COMMERCIAL PARKING; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:38:29AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER MIRANDA, CORRECT?
ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
10:38:35AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
NO.
10:38:37AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
10:38:38AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.

10:38:40AM >> CARLSON?
HURTAK?
10:38:42AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO VOTE NO ON THIS BECAUSE
I THOUGHT ABOUT IT AFTERWARD AND I TEND TO AGREE, WE NEED A
LOT MORE COMMERCIAL IN THIS CORRIDOR AND IT'S JUST -- THE
PROJECT IS VERY CLOSE BUT IT'S NOT THERE.
SO NO.
10:38:58AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
NO.
10:38:59AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
10:39:03AM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION IS TIED.
HENDERSON, HURTAK, CLENDENIN VOTED NO.
VIERA, MIRANDA, AND MANISCALCO VOTING NO.
CARLSON IS ABSENT.
10:39:13AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THIS GOES TO JANUARY 23rd, MR. SHELBY.
10:39:16AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
6-H, MOTION IN A QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTER
FAILS TO RECEIVE AT LEAST FOUR VOTES, THE MOTION FAILS.
IF ANOTHER MOTION IN ORDER IS NOT MADE, THE PUBLIC HEARING
SHALL BE AUTOMATICALLY REOPENED AND CONTINUED TO A TIME
CERTAIN AT THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING.
WHAT IS COUNCIL'S PLEASURE.
10:39:34AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I JUST WANTED TO CORRECT THE RECORD BECAUSE
YOU SAID VOTED NO TWICE.
COULD YOU REPEAT THAT VOTE JUST TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE
RECORD CORRECT?
10:39:42AM >>THE CLERK:
HENDERSON, HURTAK, CLENDENIN VOTED NO.

VIERA, MIRANDA, MANISCALCO VOTED YES.
CARLSON IS ABSENT.
10:39:49AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
10:39:50AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
CAN I GET A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE ITEM
TO JANUARY 23, 10 A.M., 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD
FLOOR, TAMPA, 33602?
MOTION FROM MIRANDA, SECOND FROM HENDERSON.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
THIS WILL COME BACK BECAUSE IT IS A TIE VOTE.
MR. SHELBY.
10:40:07AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
ALSO TRAVELING WITH THAT IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING A BONUS
PROVISION.
10:40:19AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
IS THAT PART OF THE MOTION?
10:40:20AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SURE.
TRAVEL WITH IT.
PART OF THE MOTION.
IN FACT, YOU CAN'T VOTE ON THAT UNTIL YOU PASS THE OTHER
ONE.
IT DOES TRAVEL WITH IT.
10:40:28AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
PACKAGE DEAL.
ITEM NUMBER 52, DEANNA FAGGART IS HERE.
AND CHIEF BENNETT.

10:40:43AM >>JOHN BENNETT:
JOHN BENNETT, CHIEF OF STAFF.
GOOD MORNING TO OUR PUBLIC.
JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK COMMENTS AND THEN WE'RE HERE TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS.
FIRST THANKING COUNCIL FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE FIRST
READING TO TODAY.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE FACT THAT ERIC KOPESKY WEIGHED IN
WITH US AND DID SOME ANALYSIS.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS BASED ON THE MEMO AND THE
BACKUP MATERIAL THAT'S BEEN SENT IN PREVIOUSLY.
WOULD TURN IT BACK TO COUNCIL.
10:41:09AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF?
OR DEANNA?
OR DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER TO ADD, MA'AM?
10:41:16AM >>DEANNA FAGGART:
NO.
WE'VE SPOKEN ON THIS A FEW TIMES AND SUBMITTED A MEMO WITH
SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
SO IF YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF THEM.
10:41:26AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
10:41:28AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I ACTUALLY WANT MS. KOPESKY TO COME UP.
BECAUSE MY CONCERN ABOUT THIS IS IN MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE
A GOOD RECORD.
I TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE.
RIGHT NOW WE GET THE AMOUNTS -- WE GET THINGS FROM UNDER A

HUNDRED THOUSAND AND WE GET A VERY GRAINY PDF THAT'S
SIDEWAYS THAT'S E-MAILED TO US ONCE A MONTH.
MY BIG CONCERN ABOUT THIS IS THAT WE HAVE BETTER RECORD
KEEPING.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM MOVING THIS FORWARD WITH THE IDEA THAT
MS. KOPESKY IS GOING TO BE WORKING WITH SEVERAL FOLKS.
I'LL LET MS. KOPESKY TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE BOTH
WOULD WITH LIKE TO SEE ON A REPORT.
10:42:16AM >> I THINK SOME OF THAT WILL COME OUT A LITTLE LATER.
CITY COUNCIL BUDGET ANALYST.
THE REPORT WILL CONTINUE TO BE PROVIDED.
PART OF THAT WAS VISUALLY THE QUALITY OF WHAT WOULD COME
THROUGH, DIFFICULT TO READ.
THAT IS AN EASY FIX.
I SAY THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT ACTUALLY STARTED THAT, BUT WE
ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO DEVELOP WHAT THOSE PARTICULAR
ATTRIBUTES WILL BE.
BUT THAT IS TO ENSURE THAT NOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE
EXPANDING THE TRANSACTION COUNT THAT COME FORWARD, THAT YOU
CAN SEE VISIBILITY TO THOSE VENDORS, TO THE AMOUNTS, TO THE
CONTRACT TYPES, SO WE WILL JUST ENSURE WHAT CONTINUES TO BE
AVAILABLE IS GOING TO GIVE YOU WHAT YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO
CONTINUE TO HAVE OVERSIGHT OVER THE ITEMS THAT WILL NO
LONGER COME FORMALLY IN FRONT OF YOU.
10:43:02AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WITH THAT, I WOULD LOVE TO ON THE APRIL 3rd

AGENDA, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT COME BACK WITH THE NEW
FORMAT JUST, AGAIN, TO KIND OF CLOSE THE LOOP AND MAKE SURE
IT HAS ALL THE THINGS THAT I'M LOOKING FOR THAT THE REST OF
COUNCIL IS LOOKING FOR TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE.
THAT WOULD BE MY REQUEST, IF THIS WERE TO PASS, I WILL MAKE
A MOTION STATING THAT, IF THAT WORKS FOR MS. FAGGART AND
CHIEF BENNETT.
10:43:36AM >>JOHN BENNETT:
IT ABSOLUTELY DOES.
WE'RE ALL ABOUT THE TRANSPARENCY.
I HAVE ASKED DEANNA'S OFFICE THAT IN THE CURRENT STATE,
ANYTHING THAT REACHES 95,000, GETS A SPECIFIC MEMO JUST SO
YOU DON'T SEE US BUMPING UP TO THE CEILING WITHOUT
ADDITIONAL TRANSPARENCY.
SO WE WOULD CONTINUE TO SCALE THAT WITH THE NEW AMOUNT.
AGAIN, I'VE SAID ON THE RECORD AND I APPRECIATE COUNCIL
UNDERSTANDING THIS IS TRYING TO BALANCE TRANSPARENCY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY WITH WORKLOAD AND STAFF AND MODERNIZE THE
NUMBER AFTER 25 YEARS, I THINK IT IS A GREAT BALANCE AND
WE'RE HAPPY TO GET THE REPORT THAT COUNCIL NEEDS.
10:44:13AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
GREAT.
I'M NOT GOING TO WAIT UNTIL APRIL FOR MY FEEDBACK.
I WILL BE WORKING AND I HOPE THAT COUNCIL WILL ALSO BE
WORKING IN THE INTERIM.
BUT I JUST THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO BRING IT SO THE
PUBLIC CAN SEE WHAT THAT FEEDBACK LOOKS LIKE AND MAKE SURE

THAT IT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE SOMEWHERE FOR PEOPLE TO SEE AS
WELL, NOT JUST US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS GETTING AN E-MAIL, BUT
WHERE COULD THAT BE AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE ON THE
MONTHLY BASIS AS WELL.
AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK WE CAN ALL WORK ON TOGETHER
BY THE APRIL 3rd MEETING.
10:44:51AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL RIGHT.
WHO WOULD LIKE TO READ THIS?
MR. SHELBY, THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT, CORRECT?
10:44:57AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
LEGISLATIVE MATTER.
THE SECOND READING IS WHERE YOU TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:45:01AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
10:45:02AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOVE FILE E 2024-8, CHAPTER 2, ORDINANCE
BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, REGARDING
BIDDING AND CERTAIN CONTRACTS, AMENDING SECTION 2-276, CITY
OF TAMPA CODE, TO EXEMPT FROM CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL ALL
PURCHASES REQUIRING AN EXPENDITURE OF LESS THAN $200,000,
AMENDING SECTION 2-277, CITY OF TAMPA CODE, TO AUTHORIZE THE
DIRECTOR OF PURCHASING TO ADMINISTER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT
CONTRACTS ESTIMATED TO COST LESS THAN $200,000, PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:45:41AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
CLENDENIN.

SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
10:45:52AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
YOU DON'T NEED A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THAT
ONE.
SORRY FOR INTERRUPTING.
BUT THAT YOU DON'T NEED A ROLL CALL VOTE.
THAT WOULD BE A VOICE VOTE.
10:46:02AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YEAH, IT IS A VOICE VOTE.
IT'S NOT QUASI-JUDICIAL.
10:46:12AM >> WE ALREADY PASSED IT.
10:46:15AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
DO YOU HAVE THE --
10:46:17AM >>THE CLERK:
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON
FEBRUARY 6, 2025, AT 10 A.M. AT OLD CITY HALL LOCATED AT 315
EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
10:46:29AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK HAS A MOTION.
10:46:31AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
I WOULD LIKE STAFF TO COME BACK ON APRIL 3.
IT IS AN OPEN DATE.
TO BRING AN UPDATED LIST INCLUDING -- AND TO WORK WITH
MS. KOPESKY TO CREATE AN UPDATED LIST OF THE NEW FORMAT THAT
WILL SHOW PURCHASES OF LESS THAN $200,000.
10:47:00AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER

HURTAK.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ITEM NUMBER 53.
IS THERE ANYTHING FURTHER TO ADD OR IS -- MR. VASKE?
10:47:17AM >> JUSTIN VASKE, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
JUST A REMINDER, THIS IS AN ORDINANCE THAT IS AMENDING
SECTION 2-280 OF THE CITY CODE REQUIRING THAT WORK ORDERS
MAY BE -- MAY NOT BE ISSUED TO A SINGLE PROVIDER OF
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES EXCEEDING 200,000 IN THE AGGREGATE PER
FISCAL YEAR WITHOUT CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL AND INCREASING THE
THRESHOLD AMOUNT FOR CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF WORK ORDERS
FROM 100 TO 200,000.
THAT'S ALL.
10:47:43AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, MA'AM.
COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ 53?
SORRY FOR JUMPING OVER.
10:47:51AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
NO, IT'S FINE, CHAIR.
I MOVE FILE NUMBER E2024-8, CHAPTER 2, ORDINANCE BEING
PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING CONSIDERATION.
FIRST READING.

THANK YOU.
FIRST READING CONSIDERATION.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AMENDING CITY OF
TAMPA CODE CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE V, DIVISION 3, PURCHASES AND
CONTRACTS, SECTION 2-280 REQUIRING THAT WORK ORDERS MAY NOT
BE ISSUED TO A SINGLE PROVIDER OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
EXCEEDING $200,000 IN THE AGGREGATE PER FISCAL YEAR WITHOUT
CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL AND INCREASING THE THRESHOLD AMOUNT
FOR CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF WORK ORDERS FROM 100,000 TO
200,000, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT,
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:48:42AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
HENDERSON.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
10:48:54AM >>THE CLERK:
SECOND HEARING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON
FEBRUARY 6, 2025, AT 10 A.M. AT OLD CITY HALL, LOCATED AT
315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA,
33602.
10:49:04AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:49:05AM >>THE CLERK:
JUST FOR THE RECORD, MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY
WITH CARLSON BEING ABSENT.
10:49:09AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE ARE DOING SO GREAT ON TIME.
10:49:13AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I'M VERY SORRY, BUT I HAVE A MODIFICATION TO
MY MOTION.
10:49:18AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THIS IS THE PREVIOUS MOTION?
10:49:19AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES, MY PREVIOUS MOTION.
THE PART I FORGOT TO SAY WAS A WAY TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC
MONTHLY.
I ALSO WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE HOW THEY ARE GOING TO BE DOING
THAT.
CAN I ADD ON TO THAT?
MR. SHELBY, HOW DO I FIX THIS?
10:49:36AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
MOTION TO AMEND.
10:49:38AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I HAVE A MOTION TO AMEND TO INCLUDE THE WAYS
THAT STAFF IS GOING TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC MONTHLY.
10:49:49AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I'M NOT A LAWYER, BUT I THINK WE REOPEN
THE HEARING AND PUT ALL IN THE ORIGINAL MOTION.
10:49:55AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
NO.
WE DON'T HAVE TO CLOSE THE HEARING.
IT IS FIRST READING.
10:49:58AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IT WAS AFTER THE MOTION.
10:50:01AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
LEGISLATIVE.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO AMEND WITH A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
CLENDENIN.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.

ANY OPPOSED?
ALL RIGHT.
WE GO TO STAFF REPORTS.
HOWEVER, IT'S 10:51.
FOR ITEM NUMBER 29, IT WAS MENTIONED TO BRING THAT UP AFTER
LUNCH SO MORE PEOPLE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
10:50:22AM >>LUIS VIERA:
I FORGOT ABOUT THAT.
THAT'S FINE.
I KNOW VIK IS HERE FOR THAT.
10:50:28AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
DO YOU WANT TO HOLD IT UNTIL AFTER
LUNCH?
10:50:31AM >>LUIS VIERA:
MR. BHIDE, A COUNCIL MEMBER WANTED IT AFTER
LUNCH.
10:50:41AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SO HERE IS THE THING.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL BE DONE POSSIBLY BEFORE LUNCH.
HOW ABOUT THIS?
IF WE CAN GET THROUGH THE REST, IF WE CAN HAVE A FIVE TO TEN
MINUTE RECESS THAT I CAN LOOK OVER IT.
SINCE THIS IS COMING BACK TO US --
10:50:58AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YOU DON'T WANT TO COME BACK AFTER LUNCH?
10:51:01AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IF WE DON'T NEED TO, WHY?
10:51:03AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HEY, I'M FINE WITH IT.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS A TIME SENSITIVE ISSUE AFTER 1:00
FOR FOREST HILLS TO LOOK AT IT.
10:51:13AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
NO.

I TALKED TO FOREST HILLS LAST NIGHT, THEY'LL HAVE TO WATCH
THE RECORDING ANYWAY BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS WORKING.
MY ISSUE IS I REALLY JUST WANTED TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH IT
QUICKLY.
SINCE THIS IS COMING BACK TO US SHORTLY ANYWAY, IT'S ALSO
COMING BACK LATER.
THIS WAS KIND OF JUST -- ANYWAY.
I'M FINE IF AFTER WE GET THROUGH THE REST OF THIS, IF I CAN
JUST HAVE FIVE TO TEN MINUTES TO LOOK OVER IT.
I THINK ALL OF US SHOULD.
THEN WE CAN FINISH BEFORE LUNCH, WHICH WOULD BE SOME SORT OF
MAGIC.
10:51:44AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
DO YOU WANT TO START WITH 29 NOW?
10:51:49AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
LET'S FINISH EVERYTHING.
10:51:50AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THIS IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT THIS IS
FOR MR. SHELBY.
FOR 20 YEARS OF SERVICE, A FEW MONTHS AGO.
WHAT WAS YOUR ANNIVERSARY DATE?
10:52:02AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
JUNE 15.
10:52:03AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YOU WERE HONORED A FEW MONTHS AGO WITH
OTHER CITY EMPLOYEES I BELIEVE.
10:52:08AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
I WAS MENTIONED?
THAT'S FUNNY, I WASN'T THERE.
10:52:12AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I KNOW.
I HAVE THIS PIN OF 20 YEARS OF SERVICE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO

PRESENT TO YOU -- WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU.
I WAS GOING TO GET YOU A GOLD WATCH WITH ENGRAVING ON THE
BACK.
10:52:24AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
I'LL WAIT.
10:52:25AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
BUT ALL WE COULD DO WAS THE PIN.
WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR 20-PLUS YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE
CITY COUNCIL.
CONGRATULATIONS.
10:52:32AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU,
COUNCIL.
I'M HONORED.
I'LL TAKE IT NOW.
10:52:40AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE'LL START WITH ITEM 55.
$12 MILLION CONTRACT.
MS. COLINA --
10:52:46AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
MR. CHAIRMAN, WE HAD TWO ITEMS THAT WE
DON'T HAVE TO HAVE STAFF REPORTS, 55 AND 57.
DID WE MOVE THOSE?
10:52:55AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I'M GETTING TO THEM RIGHT NOW.
55, IT WAS A NO. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE 55.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
10:53:10AM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
57 IS A REPORT TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
10:53:13AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ITEM 57 WAS TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE BY COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN AND

COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
10:53:22AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I HAD A QUICK QUESTION.
DURING THE AGENDA, SOMEONE SAID THAT WE ARE INCREASING TO
73.
I WAS CONFUSED.
WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED?
10:53:33AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I SPOKE TO TONY MULKEY, OVERSEES THE
PROGRAM.
I WAS AT A CHRISTMAS PARTY BACK IN DECEMBER AND SPOKE TO AN
INDIVIDUAL WHO HAD ASKED ME ABOUT SUPPORTING INCREASING IT
TO 72 OR INCREASING THE NUMBER OF SUMMER YOUTH.
I SAID I WOULD SUPPORT THAT.
SO I BROUGHT THAT UP TO TONY MULKEY WHO WOULD DO MORE
RESEARCH ON IT.
BASICALLY I ASKED, IS IT A MATTER OF MONEY?
HOW DO WE GET THERE, SINCE JANUARY, WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME
BEFORE THE SUMMER BEGINS SO WE CAN GET THE BALL ROLLING.
HE WAS GOING TO REACH OUT TO MS. WYNN AND GET MORE
INFORMATION AND GET BACK WITH ME.
10:54:10AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN THE CONVERSATION I HAD WITH MS. WYNN
DURING MY PREP MEETING.
I WANTED TO BE SURE.
I'M WILDLY IN SUPPORT OF IT.
I DIDN'T THINK WE WOULD BE ABLE TO THIS YEAR.

I THINK IT IS A GOOD THING AND SHOULD LAUD THAT.
10:54:24AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
TO CLARIFY SINCE I MADE THE REQUEST, THE
SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM, ALTHOUGH ISOLATED FOR
PARTICULAR REASONS IN EAST TAMPA WHEN IT WAS UNDER THE CRA,
NOW THAT IT IS A CITY -- UNDER THE CITY'S BUDGET IN A
DIFFERENT CAPACITY, WE DO HAVE TO OPEN IT UP TO THE ENTIRE
COMMUNITY OF YOUNG FOLKS WHO MAY BE INTERESTED.
SO TO LOOK AT AN INCREASE PROVIDES US WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO
STILL MAINTAIN A LEVEL OF SUPPORT FOR WHAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY
INTENDED.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT PUBLICLY.
10:55:00AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WHAT I TOLD MR. MULKEY WAS, I REMEMBER
WHEN I WAS 13 YEARS OLD, MY PARENTS DIDN'T GIVE ME AN
ALLOWANCE.
MY GRANDMOTHER AT THE TIME WAS THE BOSS.
I WOULD BEG HER TO JUST WORK ON THE WEEKENDS, DO WHATEVER I
COULD BECAUSE HAD A LITTLE BUSINESS.
I THINK IT MADE ME A BETTER PERSON BECAUSE IT KEPT ME BUSY
ON THE WEEKENDS.
I WAS 13, 14, 15 YEARS OLD.
ALLOWED ME TO SAVE SOME MONEY.
AS I SAY, AS IT SAID, WHAT IS IT, IDLE HANDS ARE THE DEVIL'S
WORKSHOP?
I THINK IT BUILT A FOUNDATION FOR ME.
ANYWAYS, IF WE CAN DO THAT, MY STORY IS NOTHING COMPARED TO

THIS.
BUT IF WE CAN RETCH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND OFFER YOUNG
PEOPLE OPPORTUNITIES, NOT EVERYBODY GOES TO COLLEGE.
THEY MIGHT WANT TO WORK RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL.
MY BROTHER-IN-LAW IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE.
HE DIDN'T GO TO COLLEGE.
HE WENT RIGHT INTO CONSTRUCTION.
HE AND MY SISTER HAVE A GOOD LIFE.
THE POINT I'M MAKING, IF WE CAN REACH OUT TO A BIGGER GROUP
OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND OFFER THEM OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP BUILD
THIS FOUNDATION, I THINK IT WILL BE A HAND UP IN BETTERING
THEIR FUTURE.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO IN EXPANDING
THIS PROGRAM AND MOVING FORWARD.
MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE FOR 57?
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ITEM NUMBER 56, COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, THAT WAS YOUR ITEM.
10:56:28AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES, SIR.
IF MS. McKENZIE WAS GOING TO BE SPEAKING VIRTUALLY.
10:56:34AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
IS MS. McKENZIE ONLINE, AVAILABLE NOW?
10:56:37AM >>BRENDA McKENZIE:
YES, CAN YOU HEAR ME, COUNCIL?
10:56:40AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, MA'AM.

GO AHEAD.
10:56:41AM >>BRENDA McKENZIE:
FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS BRENDA
McKENZIE, DIRECTOR OF WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIPS.
10:56:46AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
CAN YOU TURN YOUR CAMERA ON?
IT IS JUST A BLANK SCREEN.
10:56:50AM >>BRENDA McKENZIE:
YES, I SEE THAT.
I APOLOGIZE.
I PROMISE I AM HERE.
I'M NOT SURE HOW TO FLIP THE CAMERA.
NO, IT IS NOT COVERED.
10:57:12AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
BECAUSE IT'S NOT A PUBLIC HEARING, CAN
WE JUST LISTEN TO HER VOICE?
ALL RIGHT.
GO AHEAD, MA'AM.
IT'S OKAY.
10:57:17AM >>BRENDA McKENZIE:
THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
I AM HERE TO PROVIDE AN ANNUAL REPORT ON THE NUMBER OF
RETURNING CITIZENS BEING HIRED.
WITH COUNCIL'S GUIDANCE, WE STARTED THE PROGRAM, IT WAS
APPROVED WITH THE LAST BUDGET YEAR.
IN THE PROGRAM, WITH ABE BROWN MINISTRIES, THEY WERE ABLE TO
ENLIST 253 INDIVIDUALS INTO THE PROGRAM.
OH, BRIAN IS HERE.
COME ON IN.

I CAN'T FLIP THE CAMERA.
THEY WERE ABLE TO ENLIST 253 INDIVIDUALS.
OF THAT, 207 COMPLETED MANDATORY SIX-WEEK PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT COURSE.
OF THAT, 164 HAVE BEEN ALREADY EMPLOYED.
THIS IS NOTABLE BECAUSE IT IS A 12-MONTH PROGRAM THAT
INDIVIDUALS ARE ASKED TO SIGN UP FOR WITH ABE BROWN.
THE FACT THAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO PLACE 79% OF THE
INDIVIDUALS BEFORE THE END OF THE 12-MONTH PERIOD IS PRETTY
IMPRESSIVE.
I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MAY HAVE.
10:58:19AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:58:20AM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MS. McKENZIE, I WANTED TO THANK YOU, OBVIOUSLY.
WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER ON THIS FOR SOME TIME.
THIS WAS ORIGINATED WITH A JOINT PROGRAM THAT WE DID WITH
COMMISSIONER GWEN MYERS TO DO A JOINT COUNTY AND CITY
RETURNING CITIZENS PROGRAM.
WE SHOULD ALL BE VERY PROUD OF THAT EFFORT.
EVERY YEAR IN THE UNITED STATES, I BELIEVE THE NUMBER IS
ABOUT 750,000 PEOPLE LEAVE THE PRISON SYSTEM.
WE KNOW THAT WITHIN THREE YEARS, ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THEM
WILL REOFFEND AGAIN.
THAT'S JUST CRIPPLING SOCIAL FAILURE ON OUR PART, LOCALLY,
STATE OF FLORIDA, THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.

AND THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A NATIONAL NUMBER.
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS REALLY NEED TO BE INVOLVED ON THIS
ISSUE.
IT'S A MATTER OF EQUITY.
IT'S A MATTER OF JUSTICE.
IT'S A MATTER OF FAMILY, AND IT'S ALSO A MATTER OF
PREVENTING CRIME.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS MANY, MANY FAMILIES ACROSS
INCOME SPECTRUMS, POLITICAL SPECTRUMS, ET CETERA.
I BELIEVES IT WAS BRIAN STEPHENSON FROM THE EQUAL JUSTICE
INITIATIVE WHO ONCE SAID WE'RE ALL BETTER THAN THE WORST
MISTAKE WE'VE EVER DONE IN OUR LIFE.
WE'RE ALL BETTER THAN THE WORST THING WE'VE EVER DONE.
I THINK THAT'S VERY, VERY TRUE.
FOR US TO TAKE A STAND ON THIS AND TO GO FORWARD WITH IT I
THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT.
THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE.
I AM ACTUALLY MEETING WITH ABE BROWN MINISTRIES ON THIS.
MS. McKENZIE AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS.
I'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN START WORK ON NOW THAT
WILL REALLY BE UP AND RUNNING TOWARDS THE END OF THIS
ADMINISTRATION AND BE IN FULL THROTTLE FOR THE NEXT
ADMINISTRATION, WHICH WOULD BE AN OFFICE OF RETURNING
CITIZENS FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA.
A FORMAL OFFICE UNDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT ALLOWS

GUIDANCE FOR RETURNING CITIZENS IN OUR CITY TO CONNECT THEM
TO SERVICES, TO CONNECT THEM TO JOB OPPORTUNITIES, ET CETERA
AND TO LISTEN TO THEIR VOICES AND THE VOICES OF THEIR
FAMILIES ON ISSUES THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THEM AND TO MAKE
PERMANENT THIS PROGRAM INVESTMENT THAT WE DO.
I KNOW IT GOES THROUGH CONTRACTING, THE SECULAR ARM OF ABE
BROWN MINISTRIES FIRST GOT IT.
WHOEVER GETS IT, THE COUNTY I BELIEVE DID THE CONTRACTING,
TO MAKE THAT PERMANENT IN THE BUDGET EVERY SINGLE YEAR AS
SOMETHING THAT'S EXPECTED AND INCREASED BECAUSE WE NEED TO,
AGAIN, WORK ON THE ISSUE OF RETURNING CITIZENS.
IT'S AN ISSUE WHERE UNFORTUNATELY YOU GET SOME PUSH-BACK
SOMETIMES FROM SOME PEOPLE ON IT WHO ARE NOT, WITH ALL DUE
RESPECT, VERY THOUGHTFUL ON THE ISSUE.
PEOPLE GO, WHY ARE YOU INVESTING IN PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN TO
PRISON?
WELL, THOSE ARE OUR PARENTS.
THOSE ARE OUR BROTHERS AND OUR SISTERS AND OUR NEIGHBORS.
FELLOW CONGREGANTS WHO COME TO CHURCH, SYNAGOGUE, MOSQUE,
TEMPLE AND WORSHIP WITH US.
AND THEY ARE PEOPLE WHO DESERVE RESPECT AND DIGNITY AND
THEIR FAMILIES DESERVE RESPECT.
I THANK YOU FOR THIS.
I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
I SEE IT, THANK GOD SOMEBODY RAISED IN CHURCH AND BELIEVES

IN SECOND CHANCES.
I DO.
AGAIN, WE'RE ALL BETTER THAN THE WORST THING WE'VE EVER
DONE.
I HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS.
I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE OFFICE OF RETURNING CITIZENS
SOMETIME SOON.
BUT, AGAIN, BY THE WAY, LAST THING, OUR RACIAL
RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE IS DEALING WITH THE ISSUE ALSO OF
RETURNING CITIZENS.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE MEETING COMING UP NEXT WEEK ON
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND EVERYTHING.
THAT WILL BE AN ISSUE THAT THAT COMMITTEE TAKES ON AS WELL.
AGAIN, REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU, MA'AM, FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
WE APPRECIATE YOU.
11:02:07AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMAN VIERA.
NO, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU SAID.
THE ISSUE I HAVE WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN THE
UNITED STATES IS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SERVE THEIR SENTENCE,
THEY ARE RELEASED AND IT IS ENDLESS ROADBLOCKS, IT SEEMS TO
GET READJUSTED AND GET BACK INTO SOCIETY.
IT'S LIKE WHY PUNISH PEOPLE AND TALK ABOUT REHABILITATION IF
IT'S BASICALLY A LIFE SENTENCE ESSENTIALLY, BECAUSE IT IS

THAT STIGMA THAT THEY'LL CARRY WITH THEM.
I MET PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS WHO HAVE BEEN IN PRISON.
IF THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TOLD ME THEIR STORY, I WOULDN'T HAVE
GUESSED.
THEY ARE GOOD, PRODUCTIVE PEOPLE.
ONE GENTLEMAN, HE WAS -- I THINK HE ROBBED A CONVENIENCE
STORE AS A TEENAGER AND SERVED ABOUT 12 YEARS IN PRISON.
HE WAS RELEASED.
HE TOLD ME HIS STORY.
HE SAID THAT WHEN HE WAS RELEASED, HE TRIED TO GET A JOB AND
PEOPLE JUST LAUGHED AT HIM WHEREVER HE WENT.
SO HE STARTED HIS OWN CLEANING BUSINESS.
HE'S VERY SUCCESSFUL.
HE GOT MARRIED.
HE RAISED A FAMILY.
AND HE'S NEVER GOTTEN IN TROUBLE AGAIN.
PEOPLE MAKE MISTAKES.
PEOPLE DESERVE SECOND CHANCES.
I CONSIDER MYSELF A CHRISTIAN.
WHEN I GO -- YES, I'M NOT PERFECT.
DECISIONS I MAKE AREN'T PERFECT, BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
FORGIVENESS, I THINK IN THIS CASE, WE SHOULD APPLY IT.
I THINK IN THE UNITED STATES WE'RE RANKED NUMBER ONE OR TOP
RANKED IN NUMBER OF INCARCERATED CITIZENS PER CAPITA.
I HAVE TO VERIFY THAT FACT.

WHAT'S THE POINT OF PUNISHMENT IN THE NAME OF REHABILITATION
WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP THEM PUNISHED FOREVER?
I THINK THIS IS A VERY GOOD STEP.
COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA TALKED ABOUT AN OFFICE FOR RETURNING
CITIZENS, BECAUSE PEOPLE GET OUT OF JAIL, PEOPLE GET OUT OF
PRISON, AND THEY ARE HERE, GO, YOU'RE FREE.
THEY MAY NOT HAVE A FAMILY TO GO TO.
THEY MAY NOT HAVE A SUPPORT SYSTEM.
THEY MIGHT NEED SOMETHING BASIC LIKE A DRIVER'S LICENSE, ID,
WHATEVER IT IS, AND THEN, OF COURSE, PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING
TO GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP THEM READJUST AND GET
HIRED AND WHATNOT.
I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA BRINGING THIS UP AND VERY
SUPPORTIVE.
YES, MA'AM.
11:04:19AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
I THINK IDEALLY IT CAN BE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO WITH
HOUSING WHERE WE ARE A CENTRAL LOCATION, BUT THEN WE CAN
CONNECT WITH SOME OF OUR EXCELLENT PARTNERS THAT DO THE
WORK.
SO I APPLAUD THIS IDEA.
I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL.
WHILE WE HAVE GONE -- WELL, WE HAVE DONE SOMETHING WE STILL
NEED TO DO MORE.

WE STILL NEED TO ALWAYS STRIVE TO GET MORE PEOPLE THROUGH
THE PROGRAM, MORE PEOPLE EMPLOYED.
NOW WE HAVE THIS ECONOMY WHERE WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND
PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO BE EMPLOYED.
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY OUR NEXT GOAL.
BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE.
AND WE CAN SEE YOU NOW.
11:05:09AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HAVE THEIR VIERA I WANTED TO ESPECIALLY GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO
ONE OF MY FAVORITE GROUPS IN TAMPA, ABE BROWN MINISTRIES.
I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SEEING REVEREND ABE BROWN PREACH WHEN
I WAS A KID.
I'M MEETING SHORTLY, ROBERT BLUNT WHO IS THE LATE REVEREND
BROWN'S SON-IN-LAW WHO IS A GREAT GUY.
MEETING WITH JOE PROVASCO FROM THE JCC AND WITH DEE JONES
WHO IS AN ATTORNEY AND DEAR FRIEND OF MINE WHO I LOVE A LOT.
THEY HAVE A GOOD GROUP OF PEOPLE THERE.
ALWAYS SAY IF JESUS WAS ON EARTH, HE WOULD BE VOLUNTEERING
AT ABE BROWN MINISTRIES.
THAT'S MY OPINION.
WANTED TO GIVE THEM A SHOUT-OUT.
11:05:48AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
57, 58, 59 WE MOVED THOSE ALONG.
ITEM NUMBER 60, MR. BHIDE.

THE RIVERWALK.
AND THEN 61, 2, 3.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA'S ITEM.
11:06:08AM >>VIK BHIDE:
GOOD MORNING, CHAIR, GOOD MORNING COUNCIL.
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
VIK BHIDE, DIRECTOR OF MOBILITY HERE TO ADDRESS ITEM 60.
MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN VIERA TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON WHAT
WE HAVE DONE TO SECURE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO AUGMENT THE $24
MILLION BUILD GRANT THAT THE CITY RECEIVED IN SUPPORT OF THE
WEST RIVERWALK PROJECT.
ITS FORMAL NAME IS MUCH LONGER.
I CAN'T REMEMBER IT, BUT IT IS THE WEST RIVERWALK PROJECT.
STRICTLY, AS IT RELATES TO THE UPDATE, I'LL PROVIDE THE
NUMBERS AND WHERE WE'RE AT, ALL OF THAT.
THE PROJECT, OF COURSE, HITS UPON JUST ABOUT EVERY ASPECT OF
STATED GOALS BY BOTH THE COUNCIL AND THE ADMINISTRATION
RELATIVE TO SAFETY, MOBILITY, AFFORDABILITY, QUALITY OF
LIFE, AND CONNECTIVITY OF TAMPANIANS TO JOBS, NOT TO MENTION
THE FACT THAT WE'RE BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHERE THIS
FACILITY IS PROPOSED AND CONNECTING TO MANY OTHERS.
IN ADDITION TO THE $24 MILLION BUILD GRANT, WE DID, AS I
MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, REQUEST THE WEST TAMPA CRA FOR $10
MILLION.
WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS ESTABLISHED BY THE CRA BOARD,
WHICH IS ALSO THIS BODY, PRESENTED TO THE WEST TAMPA CRA

CAC.
THEY DID APPROVE.
THEY ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS, A LOT OF GOOD QUESTIONS, AND
THEY DID APPROVE THE $10 MILLION FUNDING AT THEIR LEVEL,
8-2-1, ONE PERSON ABSTAINED BECAUSE THAT BOARD MEMBER DID
SHOW UP AFTER THE PRESENTATION, SO HENCE THAT VOTE.
NO I TO THAT, OUR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING
REALLY HARD IN COLLABORATION WITH CONGRESS WOMAN KATHY
CASTOR, WHO IS ALWAYS THERE TO SUPPORT US.
THEY HAVE PUT IN FOR A $4 MILLION EARMARK.
THE CONGRESS WOMAN'S OFFICE PUT IN FOR A $4 MILLION EARMARK
THROUGH THE FEDERAL BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR.
AS WE SPEAK, BRANDON CAMPBELL, WHO OVERSEES OUR
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, IS WORKING WITH OUR GOVERNMENT
RELATIONS TO REQUEST ANOTHER EARMARK THROUGH THE STATE
LEGISLATURE THIS TIME.
THEY WILL BE TAKING UP SESSION SOON AS WELL.
SO WE'RE ASKING FOR 4 MILLION.
NOT SURE HOW MUCH WE WILL GET AS I'M NOT PRIVY TO THE
PROCESS WITH THE LEGISLATURE.
BUT I BELIEVE THERE'S SOME SIGNIFICANT VARIABILITY DEPENDING
ON CONSIDERATIONS.
I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF OTHER OPPORTUNITIES ON
TOP OF THAT THAT LEVERAGE CITY FUNDS BUT ALSO IN THE CONTEXT
OF OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.

THE CST WAS PASSED EARLIER THIS YEAR.
THAT IS A POTENTIAL CONSIDERATION.
OF COURSE, THAT'S CITY FUNDS ULTIMATELY.
AND THEN THERE IS FORTHCOMING INFORMATION, WE'RE AWAITING
DETAILS ON THE SURTAX DOLLARS THAT WERE COLLECTED AND SOME
PORTION OF THAT WILL BE ALLOCATED TO THE CITY OF TAMPA.
IT'S NOT NEARLY ENOUGH RELATIVE TO OUR POPULATION, BUT IT'S
WHAT IT IS.
AND WHAT THAT WILL HELP IS HELP US ADVANCE A WHOLE BUNCH OF
PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE PIPELINE POTENTIALLY ALLOWING
US TO LEVERAGE CITY FUNDS THERE AS WELL.
THOSE ARE OPPORTUNITIES.
THOSE AREN'T FUND SOURCES.
I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY.
AT THIS TIME, I WILL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
11:10:01AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
11:10:04AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
BASICALLY YOU'RE SAYING THAT WITH THE SURTAX
-- BECAUSE WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT PROJECTS ARE DOING, AND THE
CITY OF TAMPA IS ONLY GETTING SEVEN OF THOSE.
IT'S NOT VERY MUCH MONEY.
I WOULD SAY IT'S LESS --
11:10:16AM >>VIK BHIDE:
21, 22 MILLION, SOMEWHERE --
11:10:18AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IT IS A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY COMPARED
TO THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE GETTING BACK AS A COUNTY WHICH I

BELIEVE IS 150 MILLION.
I THINK -- WELL, I'M GOING TO SAY I WOULDN'T SUPPORT TRADING
THAT SURTAX MONEY ONLY BECAUSE CITIZENS HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR
THAT THEY WANT MORE PAVING.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT MOVING THE SURTAX OR TRADING THE
SURTAX MONEY AND PUTTING IT TOWARD A RIVERWALK PROJECT IS
THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
IF WE HAVE TO USE IT IN MOBILITY AREAS, IT SHOULD BE FOR
THAT OR ABSOLUTELY STORMWATER.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE ABOUT TO TALK IN THE NEXT THREE ITEMS ABOUT
STORMWATER.
I ABSOLUTELY CANNOT IMAGINE PUTTING A PENNY OF CITY DOLLARS
TOWARD ANYTHING -- ANYTHING OTHER THAN STORMWATER AND
REHABILITATION UNTIL THOSE NEEDS ARE COMPLETELY MET.
AND I'M JUST SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, BUT I TRULY BELIEVE THAT I
WILL HAVE SOME AGREEMENT THERE.
I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE TO TRY TO
GET SOME OF THE EARMARKS.
DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHEN YOU WILL HEAR ON EARMARK ISSUES?
11:11:30AM >>VIK BHIDE:
I DO NOT.
THAT IS A FUNCTION OF THE BUDGET PROCESS BOTH AT THE STATE
AND FEDERAL LEVELS.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT QUESTION HAS A CLEAR ANSWER RIGHT
NOW.
BUT TO THE SURTAX MONIES, I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY, IT COMES WITH

VERY CLEAR CONDITIONS THAT THOSE MONIES CAN ONLY BE SPENT ON
THE LIST OF PROJECTS THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
FORTHCOMING MORE DETAIL, BUT THAT'S WHY I SAID IT IS AN
OPPORTUNITY, NOT A FUND SOURCE BY ANY MEANS.
CRA MONIES, OF COURSE, NEEDLESS TO SAY CAN ONLY BE SPENT
WITHIN THE CRA FOR THE VISION THE CRA PUTS FORTH THROUGH
THEIR MASTER PLAN.
11:12:11AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
I HAD ONE MORE QUESTION.
IT JUST ESCAPED ME.
I'LL HAVE TO COME BACK.
11:12:17AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA AND CLENDENIN.
11:12:18AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
IF I MAY ASK ABOUT THE FUNDING, YOU HAVE
24 MILLION IN GRANTS ALREADY APPROVED.
11:12:25AM >>VIK BHIDE:
CORRECT.
11:12:26AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
10 MILLION FROM THE CRA IN WEST TAMPA,
ABOUT 3 POINT SOME MILLION FOR THREE YEARS.
11:12:31AM >>VIK BHIDE:
COMING UP FOR VOTE NEXT WEEK.
11:12:34AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
CERTIFIED YOU CAN GET 38 MILLION OUT OF
THE 50 PLUS MILLION.
AND THEN YOU'RE LOOKING FOR OTHER FOUR FROM THE FEDS, IF
POSSIBLE, AND ANOTHER FOUR SOMEWHERE ELSE, GIVE YOU 42
MILLION.
YOU HAVE MAYBE POSSIBLY 42 OR 10 MILLION SHORT OF THE GOAL
OR SOMETHING IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, AM I CORRECT?

11:13:01AM >>VIK BHIDE:
IF ALL GOES WELL, YES.
LAST 8 MILLION, THE FEDERAL AND STATE REQUESTS, ARE STILL
UNCERTAIN.
11:13:08AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THOSE MONIES, TELL ME HOW THAT WORKS.
I'M ALL FOR TRANSPORTATION, ALL FOR DOING WHAT WE HAVE TO DO
FOR THE ROADS.
I'M ASHAMED TO SAY OUR OWN GOVERNMENT SCREWED THE CITY OF
TAMPA, DISTRIBUTION BACK ON THE REBATE FROM THE MONIES THEY
COLLECTED FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME THAT WAS IN THE HUNDREDS
OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND END UP WITH WHAT?
21 MILLION.
THAT'S ASHAMED THE WAY IT IS, BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT IS.
THEY POUND THEIR CHEST ON WHAT THEY DO FOR US BUT DON'T
POUND THE CHEST TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH.
THAT'S JUST ME TALKING TO YOU, AMONG THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT
ARE LISTENING.
I'M NOT AGAINST ANYTHING OR FOR ANYTHING, BUT THESE MONIES
THAT ARE COMING IN UP TO NOW HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH PAVING.
11:13:57AM >>VIK BHIDE:
CORRECT.
11:13:58AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
NEVER USED FOR PAVING BEFORE, WERE THEY?
11:14:02AM >>VIK BHIDE:
NOT THE SURTAX FUNDS.
11:14:04AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
-- PAVING NOW, DON'T YOU?
11:14:06AM >>VIK BHIDE:
CORRECT.
11:14:07AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THE CITY HAS TAKEN OVER THE PAVING OF
STREETS, AM I CORRECT?

11:14:11AM >>VIK BHIDE:
PARTIALLY.
WE'VE INCREASED OUR CAPACITY, YES.
11:14:14AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
GETTING MORE AND MORE INVOLVED.
11:14:16AM >>VIK BHIDE:
CORRECT.
11:14:17AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YOU CUT THE COST OF PAVING BY A LOT, I
THINK.
11:14:21AM >>VIK BHIDE:
YES, WE HAVE.
BY A HUNDRED PERCENT WHEN WE DO IN-HOUSE PAVING.
11:14:25AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
IN-HOUSE PAVING.
I KNOW THAT THAT MONEY IS ALREADY STARTING TO BE SPENT
BECAUSE I'M SEEING ROADS BEING PAVED IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF
THE CITY.
11:14:35AM >>VIK BHIDE:
THAT IS CORRECT.
11:14:37AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I SEE MORE AND MORE SCRAPING BEING DONE,
SO I ASSUME MORE PAVING COMING, SCRAPING STREETS, THEY ARE
GOING TO PAVE THE ROAD.
I SAW THAT JUST YESTERDAY ON ARMENIA -- I MEAN ON MAIN
THROUGH WEST TAMPA ALL THE WAY ACROSS WHERE VERY WELL DONE,
BY THE WAY.
THE LIGHTS WERE WALKING.
STOPPED YOU FOR A FEW MINUTES UNTIL THAT PART WAS DONE, AND
YOU WENT RIGHT THROUGH WHEN IT WAS FINISHED.
WHOEVER IS DOING IT IS DOING A VERY GOOD JOB OF MAKING SURE
THAT IT'S TIMELY AND ROADS KEEP OPENING AND TRAFFIC KEEPS
MOVING.

I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR DOING THAT.
THERE IS A NEED HERE -- PEOPLE DO THINGS FOR CRAZY THINGS OR
THINK THEY ARE CRAZY, BUT THEY ARE NOT CRAZY.
THEY ARE JUST GIVING UP.
WHEN YOU COME FROM THE HOOD, AND THAT'S WHERE I COME FROM,
YOU HAVE VERY LITTLE HOPE THAT YOU'LL GET OUT.
YOU HAVE DISPARITY.
IN THIS AREA THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, THAT IS A MEDIUM TO LOW
INCOME AREA, AM I CORRECT?
11:15:39AM >>VIK BHIDE:
THAT IS CORRECT.
11:15:40AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
IF THIS WAS TO HAPPEN, THEN THE RIVERWALK
EXTENDED THROUGH UP TO WEST TAMPA WILL HAVE THE VISIBILITY
OF PEOPLE WHO VERY LITTLE, TOO OF A BEAUTIFUL RIVERWALK TO
WALK ON, IF THEY WANT TO GO ALL THE WAY, THEY COULD GO TO
BALLAST POINT WHICH IS QUITE A DISTANCE.
YOU HAVE TO BE IN SHAPE TO WALK THAT AMOUNT OF MILES, ABOUT
SIX OR SEVEN MILES.
WITHOUT THAT, THEY HAVE NO HOPE TO DO THAT.
IF I WAS LIVING THERE AND DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO DO A LOT
OF THINGS BUT I HAD THE RIVERWALK NEXT TO ME, I COULD WALK
OR STROLL WITH MY KIDS OR WHATEVER AND ENJOY THE SAME THINGS
THAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING.
PEOPLE ARE COMING TO TAMPA, SOMETHING NOT INVOLVED IN THE
FUNDING.
PEOPLE COME TO TAMPA, STAY IN A HOTEL AND THEY USE THAT

RIVERWALK ON A DAILY BASIS.
TAMPA IS NO LONGER THE TAMPA THAT I LIVED IN WHEN I WAS A
KID.
FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT BECOME MORE OF A VACATION AREA.
THE AQUARIUM, ZOO TAMPA, BUSCH GARDENS, TO ALL THE
AMENITIES.
SPORTS SOMETIMES INCLUDED.
YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU CAN UPLIFT LIFE.
NO ONE HERE HAS TALKED ABOUT WHAT THE VALUE OF THAT IS.
THEY TALK ABOUT GOING TO JAIL BUT THEY DON'T TALK ABOUT
AMENITIES THAT WILL KEEP YOU OUT OF JAIL.
THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY.
THANK YOU.
11:17:04AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN AND VIERA.
11:17:06AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MR. BHIDE, COULD YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE OF
WHERE WE ARE IN THE PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION PHASES OF WEST
RIVERWALK.
11:17:16AM >>VIK BHIDE:
DESIGN ALREADY COMMENCED AFTER THE CONTRACT WAS
APPROVED BY COUNCIL LAST YEAR.
DESIGN IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.
WE EXPECT CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN LATE THIS YEAR.
THAT'S JUST BECAUSE OF THE DESIGN PROCESS.
WE HAVE MOSTLY SECURED THE EASEMENTS NEEDED TO CONSTRUCT THE
RIVERWALK WITH A COUPLE OF EXCEPTIONS, SPECIFICALLY AROUND
UT.

I THINK THAT ITEM IS COMING UP SOON AS WELL.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT.
AND THEN WE'RE WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER, RELATED GROUP,
THAT IS ON THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PROJECT NEAR KENNEDY
BRIDGE, AND THEY ARE GOING TO BUILD RIVERWALK SEGMENTS BY
THE TWO TOWERS THEY ARE BUILDING IN THE AREA.
ALL TOLD, THE PROJECT IS ON SCHEDULE AND ON TARGET.
THERE ARE A FEW ROUTINE ITEMS AS PART OF ANY PROJECT LIKE
THIS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON.
SO THAT'S REALLY THE UPDATE ON THAT.
11:18:18AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
JUST TO CONFIRM, THE RIGHT-OF-WAYS,
COUNCIL IS ALREADY AWARE OF THE UT, WHICH WILL COME BEFORE
COUNCIL.
AND THEN JUST THAT SOUTH OF KENNEDY SECTION WITH THE RELATED
GROUP AND POTENTIALLY THE WFLA BUILDING.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
ALL THE REST OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY HAS BEEN SECURED.
11:18:40AM >>VIK BHIDE:
CORRECT, YES.
I THINK NINA, WHO IS OUR PROJECT MANAGER, WHO IS ALSO HERE
WITH BRANDON, JUST TEXTED ME THAT WE EXPECT 60% DESIGN BY
THE END OF THE MONTH.
ARE WE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE?
11:18:54AM >> CERTAIN SEGMENTS.
11:18:56AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
OKAY.
VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I APPRECIATE IT.
11:18:59AM >>LUIS VIERA:
I LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS, NOT TO TAKE UP
COUNCIL TIME, ET CETERA.
I KNOW WE ALL LIKE TO DO THAT IN TERMS OF ASKING QUESTIONS
BEFORE, HOW MUCH DOES DESIGN COST, IF YOU KNOW?
11:19:13AM >>VIK BHIDE:
IT'S USUALLY ABOUT 20 TO 25 PERCENT, IF NOT
MORE.
DO YOU HAVE A BALLPARK FIGURE?
11:19:20AM >> [INAUDIBLE]
11:19:21AM >>VIK BHIDE:
IT'S DESIGNED AND INSPECTION IS PROBABLY GOING
TO BE ABOUT 10 MILLION, 10, 11 MILLION.
THOSE COSTS HAVE GONE UP.
11:19:32AM >>LUIS VIERA:
WE ALREADY STARTED THE PROCESS.
11:19:34AM >>VIK BHIDE:
CORRECT, YES.
11:19:36AM >>LUIS VIERA:
QUESTION FOR YOU.
-- YOU MAY HAVE SAID THIS ALREADY, WHAT IS THE GLOBAL BUDGET
OF THIS?
AND THEN $24 MILLION FROM THE FEDS.
WHAT IS THE GLOBAL BUDGET?
11:19:45AM >>VIK BHIDE:
52 MILLION AND 57 WITH CONTINGENCY.
SO FAR THAT'S THE INFORMATION WE HAVE.
11:19:55AM >>LUIS VIERA:
AGAIN, FOR ME, THE BIG MOVER AND SHAKER ON
THIS IS THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET SO MUCH OF THIS
FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

I'M GLAD THAT COUNCILMAN MIRANDA MENTIONED THE IDEA THAT
IT'S WEST TAMPA THAT WE'RE HELPING OUT HERE.
THIS IS WEST TAMPA.
AND I DON'T WANT ANY POLITICAL NARRATIVE OUT THERE THAT THIS
WILL BE SOMETHING FOR RICH PEOPLE.
GO TO WEST TAMPA, OKAY.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT IS A WORKING CLASS, BLUE COLLAR
AREA, WHOLE BUNCH OF FOLKS THERE.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT TO SAY AS WELL.
I KNOW THERE ARE GOING TO BE EFFORTS, ET CETERA, TO TALK
ABOUT DIVERTING THIS MONEY AND PUTTING IT THERE.
BIG THING, NUMBER ONE, IF WE ALREADY STARTED ON IT AND PUT
IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS POTENTIALLY ON THIS, THAT KIND OF
MAKES THAT NOT AN ISSUE IN EVERYTHING.
WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT, NOT NECESSARILY
STORMWATER, BUT HELPING PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUFFERED FROM
HURRICANE MILTON.
I MADE A MOTION FOR THIS IN EARLY OCTOBER AFTER MILTON.
IT DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE.
NOW WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK.
THE ADMINISTRATION IS HELPING.
I APPRECIATE THAT 110%.
I KNOW COUNCIL WILL BE SUPPORTIVE, BUT I DON'T SEE A
CONNECTION BETWEEN THESE TWO.
I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR.

AS SOMEBODY THAT NOW HAS LIKE A PART-TIME JOB BEING OUT IN
NORTH TAMPA HELPING PEOPLE, AS THEIR COUNCIL MEMBER, THERE'S
NO CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THESE TWO.
BECAUSE IF WE START TO TALK ABOUT THE RIVERWALK, I'LL BRING
UP THE STRAZ CENTER AND BRING UP THE TAMPA MUSEUM OF ART AND
CRA, I'LL GO, HEY, GUYS, WE SPENT $50 MILLION ON THESE TWO
PROJECTS.
$50 MILLION ON THESE TWO PROJECTS.
INSTEAD OF MAKING THEM FIVE YEARS, WHY DON'T WE STRETCH IT
OUT TO MAKE IT EIGHT YEARS AND SAVE FOUR, FIVE MILLION
DOLLARS A YEAR AND THEN CAP THE CRA AND THEN USE THAT MONEY
FOR THESE PROJECTS.
IS THAT A LITTLE BIT FANTASTIC TO PROPOSE?
ABSOLUTELY.
JUST AS FANTASTIC AS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
MY POINT IS, THESE ARE NOT THE THINGS I TALKED ABOUT.
STRAZ CENTER, MUSEUM OF ART.
$50 MILLION.
$50 MILLION WE SPENT ON THOSE TWO PROJECTS.
AGAIN, PROJECTS HAVE A LOT OF WORTH.
I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD THINGS THERE, ET CETERA.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS FOR WEST TAMPA THAT HAS AT LEAST
$24 MILLION COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THERE ARE A LOT OF DISTINCTIONS THERE.
A LOT OF DISTINCTIONS THERE.

THAT'S ALL.
BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO SEE IF WE CAN GET ANY ADDITIONAL
DOLLARS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON THIS.
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
I WILL CLOSE BY SAYING AGAIN THAT KATHY CASTOR HAS BEEN A
MEMBER OF CONGRESS I THINK SINCE '07.
ELECTED IN '06.
TO ME, THERE'S NOBODY THAT FIGHTS BETTER FOR HER HOMETOWN
THAN KATHY CASTOR.
AND THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT.
THAT'S ALL.
THANK YOU.
11:22:43AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
11:22:48AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
SHE'S ALREADY SPOKEN.
11:22:49AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I DIDN'T SEE YOUR MIKE ON.
SORRY.
COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON, GO AHEAD.
11:22:56AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
I DID TURN IT ON LATE BECAUSE I FIGURED
EVERYONE ELSE WAS DONE.
THANK YOU, MR. BHIDE, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I THINK FOR ME I WANT TO KEEP IT SIMPLE AND BRIEF BECAUSE I
KNOW THIS WILL COME UP AGAIN.
IT'S JUST WEST TAMPA'S TURN.
IT'S ABOUT THE DECISIONS MADE BY THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CAC.

IT WAS A VOTE OF 8-2, AS JOE ROBINSON SAID THIS MORNING, THE
LEADERSHIP OF THAT COMMUNITY DOING WHAT'S RIGHT, LOOKING AT
OUR VISION ZERO AND SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS IS WHAT WE
WANT AND THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING.
THE FUNDS THEY VOTED TO SET ASIDE, $10 MILLION OVER THREE
YEARS IS VERY REASONABLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT, WE
CAN'T GO OUTSIDE OF OTHER CRAs, KIND OF LIKE THE STRAZ AND
DOWNTOWN WHERE IT WAS $50 MILLION.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT.
A LOT OF MONEY IN THE CRA AND DOWNTOWN.
SO WE DID ALLOCATE THAT.
I HAD TO GET THERE WITH THIS.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
WITH THE ROME YARD DEVELOPMENT THAT'S UNDERWAY, WHERE WE AS
A BODY ENSURED AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO THAT ALONE LETS YOU KNOW THAT THE BENEFITS TO THIS
COMMUNITY IS EXTREMELY DIVERSE.
MARKET RATE, AS WELL AS AFFORDABLE.
AND IT EXTENDS INTO A COMMUNITY.
AND THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS TO COVER AS A CITY WHEN IT
COMES TO OUR BUDGET.
SO THIS PARTICULAR SET ASIDE AND THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE TO
GET WEST TAMPA HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT BENEFITS
EVERYONE.

IT IS NOT A VANITY PROJECT.
IT IS INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND IT HAS BEEN WELL THOUGHT OUT, NOT JUST ONLY BY US IN
TERMS OF OUR SUPPORT, BUT BY THE COMMUNITY ITSELF.
WEST TAMPA DESERVES A RIVERWALK, AND THAT EXTENSION, NOT
ONLY FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE, BUT HEALTH AND
SAFETY AND JUST SO MANY OTHER THINGS TO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL
SPACE.
IT ALSO JUST HAPPENS TO BENEFIT THOSE WHO VISIT THE TAMPA
BAY AREA AS WELL.
BUT THIS IS A COMMUNITY-BASED INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT THAT
DESERVES TO SEE COMPLETION AND DESERVES OUR SUPPORT.
I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.
THANK YOU.
11:25:08AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
11:25:09AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WHEN DO WE HAVE TO HAVE THE MONEY SETTLED
BEFORE WE START BORROWING?
11:25:16AM >>VIK BHIDE:
I WOULD DEFER THAT QUESTION TO REVENUE AND
FINANCE.
BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS WHEN THE GRANT WAS APPROVED BY
COUNCIL, THAT ALSO CAME WITH A PRESENTATION AND AGREEMENT
THAT COUNCIL IS ALSO APPROVING OR CONSIDERING FUTURE DEBT
PROCEEDS TOWARDS IT.
11:25:37AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IF MR. ROGERO HAPPENS TO BE LISTENING AND CAN
HOP ON AND EXPLAIN IT, I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.

I'M SORRY.
I DIDN'T SEE YOU, MR. PERRY.
OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS ALREADY APPROVED.
WE ALREADY APPROVED THE MONEY FOR IT.
I'M JUST SAYING I THINK IT IS A POOR USE OF MONEY.
I SAID IT THEN, I'LL SAY IT NOW AND SAY IT AGAIN AND AGAIN
AND AGAIN.
BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF DEBT WE HAVE TO GO INTO TO DO THIS.
I'D RATHER GO INTO DEBT FOR ACTUAL PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY
AFTER HURRICANE MILTON.
I THINK THIS WILL BE SHOWN TO NOT BE A GOOD WAY TO SPEND THE
CITY'S MONEY, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE AS WHEN WE APPROVED IT, WE
WOULD HAVE TO BORROW, INCLUDING INTEREST, $52 MILLION.
I THINK THAT IS A POOR USE OF CITY MONEY.
IF WE GET ALL OF THESE THINGS, GET THE 10 MILLION FROM THE
CRA, GREAT.
THEN WE ONLY HAVE TO BOND AND SPEND $32 MILLION.
STILL WAY TOO MUCH MONEY.
IF WE HAPPEN TO GET THE $8 MILLION EARMARKS, THAT WOULD BE
GREAT.
BUT WE'LL SEE.
I KIND OF HESITATE TO BELIEVE THE STATE WILL EVER GIVE THE
CITY ANYTHING BUT WE'LL SEE.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW AT WHAT POINT DO WE HAVE TO START
BORROWING MONEY FOR THIS.

11:26:53AM >> MIKE PERRY, BUDGET OFFICER.
I THINK THE LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT IT, LAST JANUARY WE
DID THE DEBT PRESENTATION.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ISSUING BONDS.
A LOT OF THINGS HAVE HAPPENED, NAMELY THE CIT RENEWAL WAS
APPROVED.
NOW WE HAVE 10 MILLION COMING FROM THE CAC.
-- STATE GRANT.
INSTEAD OF GOING OUT THERE AND ISSUING A BOND WHERE WE WOULD
GET THE LUMP SUM OF MONEY, WE START PAYING THE INTEREST ON
THAT, WE'RE GOING TO DO A LINE OF CREDIT INITIALLY.
WHAT THAT MEANS, JUST LIKE THE LINE OF CREDIT YOU APPROVE
FOR SOLID WASTE, WE ONLY DRAW THE MONEY THAT WE NEED.
AND THAT GIVES US THE FLEXIBILITY TO SAY, OKAY, WE GOT 4
MILLION FROM THE GOVERNMENT.
WE CAN GO AHEAD AND REAPPLY THE FEDERAL FUNDS TO THE PROJECT
AND NOT HAVE TO BORROW THE FUNDS.
WE COME BACK AT THE END OF FEBRUARY FOR OUR BOND CAPACITY
BRIEFING.
AND WE'LL HAVE A MORE THOROUGH BRIEFING ABOUT OUR PROCESS
AND PHILOSOPHY AT THAT TIME.
HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
11:27:56AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SORT OF.
BUT, I MEAN, THE LINE OF CREDIT, HOW LONG IS THE LINE OF
CREDIT FOR?

11:28:02AM >>MIKE PERRY:
ABOUT FIVE YEARS.
11:28:04AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WHAT DO WE OWE ON THAT WHILE WE HAVE THE LINE
OF CREDIT?
WHAT IS THE INTEREST ON THAT?
11:28:09AM >>MIKE PERRY:
IT DEPENDS ON THE TERMS.
GENERALLY, LIKE WITH THE SOLID WASTE LINE OF CREDIT THAT YOU
APPROVED ON DECEMBER 19, THAT WAS A VARIABLE RATE.
AND THE VARIABLE RATE STARTED OUT AT 4.4%.
AGAIN, IT'S MUNICIPAL BOND RATES TIED TO -- THEY USED TO DO
LIBAR.
AND NOW THERE IS A NEW RATE AND IT'S REALLY COMPLICATED.
11:28:38AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I FIND THIS IS NOT IN THE SAME CONVERSATION
AS SOLID WASTE BECAUSE SOLID WASTE IS AN ENTERPRISE FUND AND
THIS IS NOT.
THIS IS USING GENERAL FUND DOLLARS.
EVEN OPENING A LINE OF CREDIT, I WANT THE PUBLIC TO
UNDERSTAND THAT OPENING A LINE OF CREDIT DOESN'T MEAN THAT
IT'S FREE UNTIL WE ROLL IT INTO A BOND.
WE'RE STILL PAYING EXTRA MONEY ON THAT.
11:29:00AM >>MIKE PERRY:
THAT IS CORRECT.
11:29:01AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHEN THIS COMES BACK
NEXT TIME WHAT THAT LINE OF CREDIT IS OR RATHER WHAT THAT
INTEREST RATE IS AND HOW MUCH WE WOULD BE PAYING IN THAT
FIVE-YEAR TIME.
EVEN IF WE'RE PULLING OUT MONEY AS WE NEED IT, WE ARE STILL

-- WE STILL HAVE DEBT AND IT WOULD BE INTERESTING BECAUSE WE
HAVE SO MANY OTHER NEEDS, I DON'T SEE ME AT LEAST SUPPORTING
USING CIT DOLLARS TO DO THIS.
SO I THINK THAT WE HAVE FIRE STATIONS THAT WE DESPERATELY
NEED.
ALL THAT CIT MONEY NEEDS TO GO TOWARD GETTING US UP TO DATE
ON THAT.
ANYWAY I'M BEATING A DEAD HORSE.
YOU ALL ALREADY APPROVED IT.
I JUST THINK THIS IS A BAD USE OF MONEY.
11:29:46AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU, MR. BHIDE.
11:29:48AM >>VIK BHIDE:
THANK YOU.
11:29:49AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ITEM NUMBER 61, 2, 3, MS. FEELEY IS
HERE.
AND WE'LL WRAP IT UP WITH ITEM NUMBER 29.
11:29:59AM >> CAN I HAVE THE ELMO ON, PLEASE?
11:30:07AM >>MIKE PERRY:
MIKE PERRY, BUDGET OFFICER FOR 61.
I APOLOGIZE.
DENNIS IS FEELING UNDER THE WEATHER AND HE ASKED ME TO FILL
IN.
THE QUESTION IS WHAT FEMA MONIES COULD THE CITY UTILIZE TO
HELP SUPPORT THOSE IMPACTED BY FLOODING?
THE FEMA MONEY THAT THE CITY RECEIVES UNDER THE STAFFORD ACT
IS ONLY FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF CITY EXPENSES.

11:30:28AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE'RE BEING REIMBURSED FOR CITY EXPENSES
THAT WOULD FREE UP A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY THAT WE CAN USE
TOWARDS --
11:30:35AM >>MIKE PERRY:
NO.
AGAIN, THOSE ARE EXPENSES THAT WE SPEND SPECIFICALLY FOR
HURRICANE SUPPORT.
GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
AS YOU'RE VERY AWARE, THREE EMERGENCY RESPONSE CENTERS THAT
WE ACTIVATE DURING A STORM, FEMA REIMBURSES US FOR THE
OVERTIME.
SO THE REGULAR SALARIES IS HANDLED BY THE CITY.
THE OVERTIME, WE SEGREGATE OUT INTO A SPECIFIC FUND, FEMA
FUND IS WHAT WE CALL IT.
WE KEEP ALL THE EXPENSES THERE.
AND THEN THAT'S WHERE WE BRING THE MONEY ON IN.
SO THEY REIMBURSE US ONLY FOR WHAT WE SPEND.
AS WE GO THROUGH FOR THE DEBRIS MANAGEMENT THAT SOLID WASTE
HAS DONE OVER THE PAST 60 DAYS, ALL THOSE EXPENSES ARE
COLLECTED IN THAT FEMA FUND.
THOSE FUNDS GO INTO THE FEMA FUND TO REIMBURSE US FOR THOSE
EXPENSES.
11:31:31AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
11:31:33AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
THANK YOU.
I WAS GOING TO SAY, YEAH, WE'RE TAKING FROM SAVINGS FUND TO

PAY AND THEN THEY ARE JUST REFILLING THE SAVINGS FUND.
NO, WE CAN'T USE MONEY UNLESS WE GET OUT OF OUR SAVINGS FUND
AND CAN'T DO THAT FOR VARIOUS REASONS HAVING TO DO WITH RATE
AGENCIES AND ALL OF THAT FUND.
11:31:56AM >>MIKE PERRY:
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE LAST PART OF IT.
11:31:58AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
DOESN'T MATTER.
11:31:59AM >>MIKE PERRY:
HOWEVER, ABBYE WILL FOLLOW ME UP WITH WHAT
SHE'S GOT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ITEM 61.
11:32:07AM >>LUIS VIERA:
I'LL GO AFTER 62.
11:32:10AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MS. FEELEY.
11:32:14AM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
ABBYE FEELEY, ADMINISTRATOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITY.
ITEM NUMBER 62 IS IN RELATION TO FUNDS THAT WE HAVE
AVAILABLE TO ASSIST IN HURRICANE INDIVIDUALS -- INDIVIDUALS
IN HURRICANE, THAT WERE IMPACTED IN THE FLOODING OF THE WAKE
OF HURRICANE MILTON.
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE SOME PROGRAM INCOME FROM OUR SHIP
PROGRAM.
WE HAVE $3 MILLION.
I DID PROVIDE A SHORT WRITTEN MEMO ON THIS AS WELL.
WE HAVE $3 MILLION IN SHIP FUNDS THAT WAS PROGRAM INCOME
THAT WE ARE TARGETING TO USE FOR THIS.

THAT PROGRAM INCOME HAS SET-ASIDES.
30% AT 50% AREA MEDIAN INCOME AND BELOW.
30% AT 80% AREA MEDIAN AND BELOW.
THE REMAINING 40% COULD ASSIST ANYONE IN EITHER OF THOSE TWO
GROUPS OR UP TO 140% AMI.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE STATE SENT OUT, THEY ARE GOING TO
DO SHIP DR.
I KNOW YOU GUYS LOVE ALL THE HOUSING ACRONYMS, BUT SHIP DR
IS DISASTER RELIEF.
AND THAT SHIP FUNDS IS COMING IN AT 213,000.
THAT ALLOCATION IS FORTHCOMING.
I KNOW WHEN WE RECEIVED GRANT FUNDS, YOU KNOW WE BRING THOSE
TO YOU AND COUNCIL MUST ACCEPT THOSE FUNDS.
LASTLY, THERE WAS A NOTIFICATION THAT CAME FROM WASHINGTON,
D.C. ON TUESDAY THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS ISSUING $12
BILLION IN FUNDS WITH 700 MILLION GOING TO HILLSBOROUGH
COUNTY.
THAT CAME IN, THAT INFORMATION CAME IN LATE TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.
WE STARTED TALKING TO THE COUNTY WEDNESDAY.
TODAY IS ONLY THURSDAY.
AS TO HOW -- YOU MAY REMEMBER WHEN WE GOT ARPA FUNDS, WE
PARTNERED WITH THE COUNTY BECAUSE SOMEBODY MIGHT CALL IN AND
SAY, I LIVE IN TAMPA.
WELL, THEY DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.

THEY LIVE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
IN ORDER FOR US NOT TO DUPLICATE SERVICES AND TO ENSURE
PEOPLE ARE GETTING THE HELP THAT THEY NEED, WE PUT THOSE
FUNDS WITH A THIRD-PARTY COMPANY, THE ARPA FUNDS WENT WITH
ERNST & YOUNG.
WE'RE CURRENTLY TALKING TO A COMPANY CALLED ICF, WHICH IS A
THIRD PARTY THAT WOULD SERVE AS THE CLEARINGHOUSE FOR THOSE
FUNDS, SO WE'RE NOT TAKING OUR CURRENT STAFF CAPACITY AND
THEN STARTING NEW PROGRAMS OR SHIFTING OUT THOSE FUNDS AND
WE'RE ALSO ALLOWING FOR IT TO BE DUPLICATIVE.
WHEN WE FIRST TALKED TO THE COUNTY ABOUT DOING THAT FOR THE
3 MILLION, THEY WERE DOING SOME DIFFERENT THINGS WITH THEIR
SHIP MONEY.
SO WE ARE NOW GIVEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM TUESDAY SHIFTING
GEARS AND PIVOTING A LITTLE BIT TO SEE, OKAY, NOW WHAT ARE
WE DOING?
THE 700 MILLION IS GOING TO BE AN ALLOCATION ACROSS CITY OF
TAMPA, PLANT CITY, TEMPLE TERRACE, AND THE COUNTY.
WE'RE WORKING TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
AS I SPOKE OFF-LINE TO COUNCILMAN VIERA, I WANT TO MAKE
SURE, MUCH LIKE YOU ALL ARE AWARE WITH OUR R-MAP PROGRAM, WE
OPEN UP SOMETHING, WE DON'T WANT IT TO CRASH FIVE MINUTES
AFTER IT OPENING.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL THE MECHANICS RELATED TO
THE FUNDS GOING OUT IN A WAY THAT'S ENGINEERED TO ASSIST THE

MOST PEOPLE IN THE MOST EFFICIENT MANNER.
WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.
ANY AGREEMENT FOR THOSE FUNDS TO BE DISTRIBUTED BY A THIRD
PARTY LIKE ICF WILL COME BEFORE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
WE ARE ABLE UNDER THE EMERGENCY ORDER TO NOT HAVE TO GO
THROUGH A WHOLE DEVELOP AN RFP, PUT THE RFP OUT, GET BIDS,
DO THIS.
WE ARE ABLE TO STREAMLINE THAT PORTION OF THE PROCESS UNDER
THE EXECUTIVE ORDER, BUT THE AGREEMENT WILL STILL COME
BEFORE THIS BOARD FOR APPROVAL.
11:36:04AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:36:04AM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
THANK YOU, ABBYE, FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK ON THIS.
WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS AND WORKED A LOT TOGETHER ON
IT.
I APPRECIATE YOU AND THE ADMINISTRATION FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON
THIS.
I CAME TO YOU ALL ABOUT THIS TWO MONTHS AGO, MONTH AND A
HALF AGO, WHATEVER IT WAS.
YOU ALL HAVE BEEN WONDERFUL.
FOR ME POST-MILTON AND POST-HELENE, MILTON OBVIOUSLY
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED MY DISTRICT, NORTH TAMPA
COMMUNITY.
REVOLUTIONIZED THE LIVES OF PEOPLE THERE IN A TERRIBLE,
TERRIBLE WAY WITH THE SUFFERING.

THE SUFFERING IS FAR FROM DONE.
MY MESSAGE IS THIS COMMITMENT IS GREAT AND WE'RE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO SEE A DEMAND FOR MORE OF IT, FROM THE CITY, FROM
THE COUNTY, FROM THE STATE, FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,
ET CETERA.
BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IF NOT ADDRESSED COULD
FUNDAMENTALLY, RADICALLY CHANGE THE AFFORDABLE AND WORKFORCE
HOUSING HUB OF THE CITY OF TAMPA IN NORTH TAMPA.
FOR ME, THERE ARE THREE THINGS THAT I'VE WANTED SINCE
MILTON.
NUMBER ONE IS TRANSPARENCY.
IN TERMS OF WHY, WHAT HAPPENED OUT THERE HAPPENED.
WE WORK WITH OUR FRIENDS ON THE COUNTY COMMISSION, AND THE
CITY IS GOING TO BE MONETARILY SUPPORTING THAT FOR AN
INDEPENDENT REVIEW ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE, NOT JUST IN THE
CITY OF TAMPA, IN PLACES LIKE NORTH TAMPA, BUT ALSO IN
PLACES LIKE TOWN N' COUNTRY, IN PLANT CITY AND IN DIFFERENT
PLACES THAT WERE ZONED X.
NUMBER 2 IS JUST TO KEEP AN EYE IN THE PUBLIC ON THE
SUFFERING OF PEOPLE.
AGAIN, I REPRESENT NORTH TAMPA IN NORTH TAMPA.
VERY EASY THAT IF SOMETHING DOESN'T HAPPEN TO YOU, GO, OH,
WELL, THAT'S FINISHED BECAUSE THE MEDIA IS NOT TALKING ABOUT
IT NOW.
IT'S STILL GOING ON.

THESE PEOPLE ARE ISOLATED.
THEY ARE HURTING, AND IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM.
THE THIRD IS JUST DIGNITY AND HELP FOR THESE PEOPLE.
FEMA IS CERTAINLY THERE TO HELP.
IT IS CERTAINLY THERE TO HELP.
BUT LIKE I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE, IF FEMA IS GOING TO BUY YOU A
SUIT, YOU NEED A SUIT, THEY'LL GET YOU SOCKS, SHOES, BELT,
MAYBE A TIE, YOU'VE GOT TO GET THE REST.
AND THAT'S NOTHING AGAINST FEMA.
FEMA DOES WHAT THEY DO AND WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THAT.
BUT OTHER GOVERNMENT PARTNERS HAVE GOT TO STEP IN TO HELP.
I TALK TO THE STORIES OF PEOPLE OUT IN THE NORTH TAMPA AREA
ARE SO COMPELLING, JUST YESTERDAY, I WAS OUT SPEAKING TO A
WOMAN OF DOMINICAN DESCENT, WORKED 27 YEARS, STILL WORKS IN
HOTELS CLEANING HOTEL ROOMS.
LIVED IN A HOUSE FOR 13 YEARS AND SHE LOST SO MUCH, SO MUCH.
I THINK OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
I KNOW A NICE GENTLEMAN, VENEZUELAN REFUGEE, SINGLE FATHER
WITH AUTISTIC DAUGHTER, LOST EVERYTHING IN HIS HOUSE.
HE WORKS AS A CONTRACTOR.
SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE EVERYDAY, THE WORKING-CLASS, BACKBONE
OF TAMPA.
ONE OF THEM AND SHE GAVE ME PERMISSION TO SPEAK ABOUT HER.
SOME FOLKS MAY NOT KNOW THIS.
EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS DENISE WHO WORKS IN CITY COUNCIL.

DENISE LIVES IN FOREST HILLS.
DENISE LOST EVERYTHING.
DENISE HAD TO MOVE WITH HER SON AND HER DAUGHTER.
HER SON IS IN TRADE SCHOOL NOW, TO BRANDON.
DENISE IS HAVING TO PAY FOR HER HOME IN FOREST HILLS AND HER
HOME IN BRANDON.
CHECK WHAT SHE MAKES THROUGH THE CITY OF TAMPA.
IT IS A PUBLIC RECORD.
NEWS AT 11.
SHE CAN'T AFFORD IT.
SHE CAN'T AFFORD IT.
SO DENISE IS ONE OF THE MANY PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW WHAT SHE'S GOTTEN FROM FEMA?
ABOUT 40% OF WHAT SHE'S HAD TO SPEND SO FAR ON HER MOVING
AND ASSISTANCE.
AGAIN, DENISE HAS GIVEN ME PERMISSION TO SAY THIS,
ET CETERA.
AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE WANT TO
HELP PEOPLE STAY IN THEIR HOMES.
I THINK OF MY FRIEND GWEN TOURIST.
I MET HER AT THE COMMUNITY MEETING WE HAD FOUR DAYS AFTER
MILTON IN FOREST HILLS.
GWEN IS A WIDOW.
HER HUSBAND HAD DIED ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF OR SO BEFORE
MILTON.

TAKES CARE OF HER FAMILY.
SHE TAKES CARE OF HER SON CHRISTOPHER, WHO IS 33 AND HAS
AUTISM.
TAKES CARE OF HER GRANDSON WHO HAS AUTISM.
SHE HAD A SENSORY ROOM FOR HER AUTISTIC GRANDSON IN HER
HOUSE.
FLOODED.
SHE HAD TO SELL HER HOME.
SHE'S A WORKER AT OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.
WORKS AT CHAMBERLAIN.
HAD TO SELL HER HOME IN FOREST HILLS BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T
AFFORD TO PAY FOR SOMEWHERE ELSE AND TO PAY HER MORTGAGE ON
HER HOUSE.
SHE JUST MOVED OUT TO WESLEY CHAPEL.
THAT'S WHAT I DON'T WANT TO SEE.
WHAT WE ALL HERE DON'T WANT TO SEE BUT THAT'S WHAT WILL
HAPPEN IN NORTH TAMPA, WHICH IS PEOPLE WILL BE LEAVING THEIR
HOMES, PEOPLE WILL BE SELLING THEIR HOMES TO ECONOMIC
VULTURES.
ONE MORE MINUTE IF I MAY, SIR.
WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES OF THAT?
HIGHER HOUSING COSTS.
ONE OF THE FEW AREAS WHERE TEACHERS, WELDERS, COPS,
FIREFIGHTERS, ELECTRICIANS, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS AND
PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR CITY COUNCIL CAN AFFORD TO LIVE.

THE NORTH TAMPA AREA.
FOR ME, AGAIN, MILTON -- I SAY IT A THOUSAND TIMES, HIT THE
BACKBONE OF TAMPA'S WORKING CLASS.
FOR ME, THIS IS STEP ONE OF WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO HELP
PEOPLE STAY IN THEIR HOMES AND TO PRESERVE AFFORDABLE AND
WORKFORCE HOUSING IN THE CITY OF TAMPA BECAUSE IF WE LEAVE
THIS ISSUE ALONE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN
THIS AREA WHERE THE ECONOMIC VULTURES COME IN AND HIGHER
COST ON INSURANCE AND DIFFERENT THINGS FOR PEOPLE IN NORTH
TAMPA COME IN, PRICING THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED THERE FOR
GENERATIONS, PEOPLE LIKE OFFICER ROY PAZ WHO WE HONORED AT
THE LAST TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
AGAIN, ABBYE, I REALLY, REALLY THANK YOU FOR THIS.
COUNCIL, I'M SURE WE'LL GET A 7-0 VOTE FOR THIS.
THIS IS JUST THE RIGHT THING TO DO, GOOD PEOPLE, WHO, AGAIN,
THE BACKBONE OF TAMPA'S WORKING CLASS.
THANK YOU.
11:42:00AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
11:42:02AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
THE 700 MILLION IS NEWS.
THAT'S REALLY EXCITING.
THAT'S JUST REALLY WONDERFUL.
IN THREE MONTHS, THAT'S LIKE WARP SPEED FOR GOVERNMENT.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY GOOD.
MY QUESTIONS BASICALLY THOUGH ARE, DO WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR

THE COUNTY IN ORDER TO GET STARTED WITH THIS?
OR WHEN ARE YOU BRINGING THE AGREEMENT TO US?
AND HOW FAST CAN WE GET AT LEAST A HOT LINE OPEN TO GET
PEOPLE TO OPEN TO GET A CASE NUMBER?
I HOPE WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE COUNTY.
11:42:39AM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO WAIT FOR THE COUNTY.
WE'VE BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH ICF IN PREPARING THE AGREEMENT.
OUR GOAL RIGHT NOW IS HAVE THAT ON THE JANUARY 23rd
AGENDA.
IF NOT IT WILL BE ON THE FIRST AGENDA IN FEBRUARY.
WE ARE GOING BACK AND FORTH ON WHAT SOME OF THE TERMS ARE
RIGHT NOW ON HOW THAT IS GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED.
AS ALWAYS, IF THE COUNTY WANTS TO COME BACK AROUND AND WORK
WITH US OR USE THAT AGREEMENT IN SOME WAY OR MODIFY THE
AGREEMENT WITH ICF, WHATEVER IT IS, WE CAN WORK THAT OUT
TOO.
BUT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD.
11:43:12AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
EXCELLENT.
I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT.
IF YOU WERE TO BRING IT ON THE 23rd, DO WE HAVE AN
ESTIMATE FOR WHEN WE WOULD HAVE SOMETHING LIVE SO PEOPLE
COULD REACH OUT?
11:43:24AM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
THAT'S GOING TO COME THROUGH ICF, SO I'M
GOING TO NEED TO GET THAT INFORMATION.
I'M HOPING BY THE FIRST OR SECOND WEEK OF FEBRUARY, WHICH IS

ONLY MAYBE TWO WEEKS AFTER WE BRING YOU THE AGREEMENT.
BUT WE'VE GOT TO GET THAT EXECUTED AND THEN GET THAT SET UP.
11:43:40AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK THAT IS THE THING THAT I WOULD ASK FOR WHEN YOU
BRING THE AGREEMENT BACK, BECAUSE IT SHOULD BE SPELLED IN
THE AGREEMENT BUT SIMPLY TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR WHAT THAT
DATE WILL BE AND WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE.
AGAIN, WE ARE SHARING IT WITH THE PUBLIC AS CLEARLY AS
POSSIBLE SO THAT THEY KNOW THIS IS COMING.
I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.
11:44:03AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ITEM NUMBER 63, WHICH IS MS. FEELEY.
11:44:08AM >>LUIS VIERA:
IF I MAY FOR THAT.
I MADE A MOTION FOR THIS, IF THIS IS ON THE FEES, THERE ARE
NO FEES FOR THESE FOLKS.
11:44:18AM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
CORRECT.
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING WE SUSPENDED ALL PERMIT FEES, AND THAT
INCLUDES INSPECTION FEES FOR ANY WORK THAT'S BEING PERMITTED
IN RELATION TO STORM DAMAGE.
SO YOU COME IN AND TELL US IT IS A STORM DAMAGE PERMIT.
WE GO AHEAD AND LOOK IN OUR SYSTEM BECAUSE, REMEMBER, WE
PERFORMED THAT ANALYSIS RIGHT AFTER THE STORM WITH CODE
ENFORCEMENT AND THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT'S INSPECTORS.
SO WE KNOW ROUGHLY WHERE THAT IS.
WE SAY, YES, WE SEE YOU'VE GOT THAT.

AND WE'RE TAKING CARE OF BOTH THEN ANY SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE
DETERMINATIONS AT THAT TIME AS PART OF THE PERMIT, BUT THERE
ARE NO FEES.
WE WANT YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING, FIX YOUR HOUSE THE RIGHT
WAY.
BE SAFE, AND WE'RE HERE TO HELP.
11:45:04AM >>LUIS VIERA:
AGAIN, I WANTED TO SAY AGAIN BECAUSE
MS. FEELEY, YOU'VE WORKED A LOT ON THIS, INCLUDING DURING
THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY.
SO, AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY SAY WHEN I VOTED FOR
YOU, THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS I STATED BECAUSE I KNEW YOU
WERE GOING TO WORK HARD ON THIS.
AS A PUBLIC SERVANT, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
11:45:26AM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
THANK YOU.
11:45:29AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
ALONG THE SAME LINES, THE WAIVING OF THE
FEES, I HAD A COUPLE OF INDIVIDUALS CALL THE OFFICE.
THEY WERE A LITTLE CONFUSED THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY TOLD ME
SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER THERE WAS A NOTICE SENT, ANYTHING
UNDER TWO FEET OF FLOODING THEY DID NOT NEED TO GET A
PERMIT.
11:45:45AM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
THAT'S CORRECT.
11:45:46AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THEY TOLD ME THEY FIXED THAT AND NOW THEY
GOT A LETTER IN THE MAIL TO HAVE TO GET --
11:45:52AM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
THEY GOT THE SUBSTANTIAL DETERMINATION
LETTER.

11:45:55AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
HOUSE BEEN FIXED BUT NOW THEY ARE NERVOUS BECAUSE THEY SAY
NOW THEY WANT ME TO GET A CERTIFICATE TO REPAIR.
11:46:05AM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
A COUPLE OF THINGS, IF I CAN ADDRESS THAT.
IN TERMS OF THE SUBSTANTIAL DETERMINATION LETTER, THOSE
LETTERS WENT OUT TO 1900 PROPERTIES.
THOSE PROPERTIES WENT OUT BASED ON THE WINDSHIELD SURVEYS
AND INSPECTIONS THAT WERE DONE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE
STORM.
I HAVE SEEN EXAMPLES WHERE THE LETTERS HAVE GONE OUT AND
IT'S A NEW BUILD AND THEY HAD NO DAMAGE.
IF THAT'S THE CASE, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
OR IF THAT IS THE CASE AND IT WAS MINIMAL, PLEASE LET US
KNOW SO WE CLOSE THAT OUT.
11:46:36AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THIS WAS CLOSE TO WHERE IT WAS
CATASTROPHIC, FOUR FEET OF WATER, BUT THAT WAS ON THE RIVER
SIDE.
THEY WERE A BLOCK IN AND GOT LESS THAN TWO FEET.
THEY FIXED IT.
11:46:49AM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
JUST LET US KNOW.
WE HAVE AN E-MAIL ADDRESS FOCUSED COMPLETELY ON THIS CALLED
FLOOD FOCUS.
YOU CAN E-MAIL FLOODFOCUS@TAMPAGOV.
WE JUST ALSO UPDATED ALL OF THE FAQs ON OUR HURRICANE PAGE
IN RELATION TO SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

THE FORM, IF YOU GOT ONE, YOU REALLY SHOULDN'T HAVE.
IF YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOUR 50% IS, WE PROVIDE A LINK TO
THE PROPERTY APPRAISER SO YOU CAN GO IN AND PUT YOUR
ADDRESS, IT GENERATES A LETTER.
BUT WE'RE AVAILABLE TO HELP.
JUST E-MAIL THAT.
IT MAY BE THE CASE.
THE THING IS THAT THE LAST PART TO THAT IS WE WILL GET DATA
FROM FEMA SHOWING US WHO RECEIVED CLAIMS AND WHO RECEIVED
AND THEN THEY ARE LOOKING TO US TO ENSURE THERE WERE
PERMITS.
IF THEY WENT IN AND SAID MY HOUSE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED,
I NEED $200,000 AND THEY GOT IT, FEMA IS LOOKING FOR YOU
THEN TO HAVE THE PERMIT FOR THAT WORK.
THAT ALL FEEDS INTO OUR PARTICIPATION IN FIP, WHICH RIGHT
NOW GIVES OUR RESIDENTS A 25% REDUCTION IN THEIR FLOOD
INSURANCE PREMIUMS.
WITH OUR NEW STORMWATER MASTER PLAN, OUR RATING IS
ANTICIPATED TO GO FROM A 5 TO A 3, WHICH WILL THEN GIVE OUR
RESIDENTS A 35% REDUCTION.
SO ALL OF THESE PIECES PLAY A REALLY CRITICAL PART IN US
CONTINUING TO BE A PART OF THAT AND TO REAP THOSE BENEFITS.
BUT TO ALSO BUILD BACK IN A RESILIENT WAY.
11:48:22AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THANK YOU.
11:48:23AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

11:48:25AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN WHAT THAT ACRONYM MEANS?
11:48:31AM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM.
11:48:35AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ITEM NUMBER 29.
11:48:38AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
CAN I HAVE A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS TO READ?
11:48:41AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, MA'AM.
WE WILL RECESS AND COME BACK AT 11:55 OR 12?
11:55.
WE'RE IN RECESS UNTIL 11:55.
[ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
12:00:51PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
CALL THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO
ORDER.
IF WE COULD HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
12:00:56PM >> CARLSON?
12:00:56PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HERE.
CLENDENIN?
12:00:59PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
PRESENT.
12:01:01PM >>LUIS VIERA:
HERE.
12:01:02PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
HERE.
12:01:03PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HERE.
12:01:04PM >>THE CLERK:
WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
12:01:06PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN VIERA, YOU ASKED TO PULL ITEM
29.
12:01:10PM >>LUIS VIERA:
BRIEFLY ON THIS, IS MR. BHIDE?
THANK YOU.

JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS ON THIS.
I PULLED THIS GIVEN THE OBVIOUS ISSUES THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN
TAMPA OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
THIS THING IS KIND OF A RED FLAG, SO TO SPEAK IN EVERYTHING.
EVEN IF THERE'S NO THERE, THERE, IT'S GOOD TO BE TRANSPARENT
ABOUT THINGS.
BUT TO BE CERTAIN OF THIS, SIR, THIS REPORT IS FOR
STORMWATER PUMPING SYSTEMS, NOT WASTEWATER, CORRECT?
12:01:41PM >>VIK BHIDE:
CORRECT.
AND BRIDGE OPERATIONS AS WELL.
12:01:45PM >>LUIS VIERA:
IF YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN IT.
12:01:47PM >>VIK BHIDE:
SURE.
VIK BHIDE, DIRECTOR OF MOBILITY.
SO THIS ITEM WAS AN AUDIT THAT WAS REQUESTED BY ME FOR AUDIT
DIRECTOR.
TYPICALLY THE WAY THE PROCESS WORKS, CHRISTINE WITH THE
AUDIT DEPARTMENT, SHE IS THE DIRECTOR THERE, REACHES OUT TO
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS.
THEY HAVE A PLAN OR A CYCLE FOR DIFFERENT DIVISIONS.
AND THEY SAY, HERE IS WHAT WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THIS YEAR.
ARE THERE ANY SPECIFIC BUSINESS UNITS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO
AUDIT?
TYPICALLY WE LOOK AT WHAT ARE THOSE BUSINESS UNITS THAT
REQUIRE ATTENTION AND WE BRING IT UP.
SO IN 2022 OR '21, WE HAD DONE AN AUDIT OF THE PAVING TEAM

AT THE TIME.
IN '22, WE BUILT THE CASE FOR IT.
IN '23, WHICH WAS FY '24, WE GOT, THANKS TO COUNCIL, THE
RESOURCES TO BUILD A SECOND TEAM.
SO THIS IS KIND OF PART OF THE SAME PROCESS.
IN '23, I ASKED CHRISTINE TO TAKE A LOOK AT BRIDGE
OPERATIONS AND OUR PUMPING STATION SPECIFICALLY.
THE RATIONALE FOR THAT WAS WE HAD ONE PERSON RETIRE THAT WAS
AN INSTRUMENTATION SPECIALIST, SKILLS.
ANOTHER PERSON WE REPLACED AND LUCKY ENOUGH TO FIND SOMEONE,
BUT THAT PERSON DID NOT STAY WITH THE CITY FOR LONG BECAUSE
THESE ARE HIGHER DOLLAR SKILLS.
THIS IS INSTRUMENTATION.
IT'S NOT ELECTRICAL.
INSTRUMENTATION IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER LEVEL SKILL.
WASTEWATER HAS SIMILAR POSITION.
AWT INSTRUMENTATION SPECIALIST AND ALL OF THAT.
TYPICALLY BECAUSE WASTEWATER, WATER ARE SLIGHTLY HEALTHIER
ENTERPRISES, PAY RATES FOR SIMILAR POSITIONS ARE HIGHER.
THEIR POSITIONS ARE HIGHER.
SO THOSE ARE THE CONSTRAINTS WE WORKED WITH.
SO WE HAD FILLED THAT POSITION.
AT THE SAME TIME, THAT YEAR, '23, WHAT WE DID WAS WE
UP-CLASSED ONE OF THE PEOPLE IN BRIDGE OPERATIONS THAT IS
REALLY GOOD AT ELECTRICAL AND INSTRUMENTATION ITEMS AS WELL.

THAT WAS SO HE COULD SUPPORT THE PUMP STATION TEAM.
THIS WAS AN INTERIM PLAN TO GET THIS ENTIRE BUSINESS UNIT TO
IMPROVE.
SO THAT WAS IN FY '24, WHICH IS 2023 WHEN THE AUDIT WAS
REQUESTED AND THAT WAS DONE.
PRIOR TO THAT, FY '22, AND THIS AUDIT DOES MENTION THAT, WE
HAD IMPLEMENTED CITY WORKS, WHICH IS A WORK MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM TO BETTER TRACK THESE TASKS AND ASSOCIATE CHECKLISTS
AND THINGS LIKE THAT WITH THEM.
SO THAT WAS REFERENCED IN THE AUDIT REPORT AS WELL.
SO THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED THEN IN FY '24, AS YOU KNOW, WE
ADDED THE SECOND PAVING TEAM, WHICH BEGINS TO ADDRESS SOME
OF THESE STORMWATER PAVEMENT RELATED ISSUES, NOT PUMP
STATION PAVEMENT RELATED, BECAUSE THERE ARE THREE ITEMS
HERE.
THREE RECOMMENDATIONS.
ONE IS FOR BRIDGE OPERATIONS.
THE SECOND IS FOR STORMWATER OPERATIONS.
AND THEN THE THIRD IS FOR PUMP STATION SPECIFICALLY.
SO SPEAKING TO THE PUMP STATION SPECIFICALLY AND WHAT HAVE
WE DONE, EVEN BEFORE THIS AUDIT CAME OUT, BECAUSE THE AUDIT
WAS INITIATED IN JULY OF LAST YEAR, 2024, AND IT WRAPPED UP
IN DECEMBER 17, 2024.
WE HAD THE STORMS IN BETWEEN.
SO SINCE THE STORMS, WE HAVE HAD ELECTRONICS AND

INSTRUMENTATION CONTRACTOR, ICON THAT WASTEWATER USES AND WE
HAVE THEM AS A PIGGYBACK CONTRACT AS WELL.
WE HAVE GONE TO ALL OF THE MAJOR PUMP STATIONS.
WE'VE DONE THE REVIEW OF WHAT UPGRADES ARE NEEDED AND THINGS
LIKE THAT.
THESE ARE INSTRUMENTATION UPGRADES BECAUSE SOME OF THESE
UPGRADES HADN'T HAPPENED IN A WHILE.
AND THAT IS THE REPORT THAT IS GOING TO COME TO YOU ON
JANUARY 30th FOR THE MOTION THAT YOU HAD MADE, COUNCILMAN
VIERA.
AND IT WILL KIND OF SHOW WHAT WE CAN DO.
THE GIST IS A WHOLE BUNCH OF INSTRUMENTATION UPGRADES,
BETTER MONITORING.
SO SENSORS FOR THE WATER, BUT ALSO FOR OPERATORS, THE ICE,
THE CAMERAS.
BACKUP POWER, GENERATORS, AND THEN UPDATING SOME OF THE
THINGS LIKE TRANSFER SWITCHES AND OTHER INSTRUMENTATION.
WE'VE ALSO BEGUN UPDATING SOPs AS REQUIRED BY THIS AUDIT
-- OH, SORRY.
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
AND WHILE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES ARE IMPORTANT FOR
CONTINUITY AND ALL OF THAT, THEY ADDRESS THE WHAT.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON THE HOW.
THAT'S WHERE THE SKILLS COME IN AND HOW MUCH, WHICH IS WHERE
THE RESOURCES COME IN.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BRING TO YOU AS WELL.
AND THAT WILL INCLUDE GENERATORS.
12:06:43PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
JUST TO BE CLEAR, NONE OF THE CHALLENGES OR WHAT HAVE YOU
THAT MAY BE NOTED IN THIS AUDIT, ARE ANY OF THEM RELEVANT TO
NORTH TAMPA OR ANY OF THE PUMPS OUT THERE?
12:06:57PM >>VIK BHIDE:
NO.
12:06:57PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
I PULLED THIS BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
IT'S IMPORTANT.
THE PATH THAT I'VE GONE SINCE MILTON FOR ME HAS BEEN A VERY
CAREFUL ONE WHENEVER IT COMES TO FINDING ANSWERS AND
TRANSPARENCY, WHICH IS I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS A GOOD
STEWARD, AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, I DO MY DUE DILIGENCE IN
HAVING TRANSPARENCY.
THAT FOR ME IS WHAT THE EFFORT THAT THE COUNTY HAS BOUGHT
INTO IS ABOUT WITH THE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AND THE
REVIEW.
THAT'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT AN AUDIT ON WHAT HAPPENED
ET CETERA, AS WELL AS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IN THE FUTURE.
THAT'S VERY BIG.
BUT I ALSO AT THE SAME TIME DON'T WANT TO SPREAD IDEAS OR
RUMORS OR ANYTHING BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE HURTING RIGHT NOW.
PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH HELL RIGHT NOW IN FOREST HILLS.
GO TO FOREST HILLS, KNOCK ON DOORS, TEN DOORS, FIND FIVE

PEOPLE GOING THROUGH HELL RIGHT NOW.
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE DON'T GO, OH, MY GOD,
LOOK AT THIS REPORT, FOREST HILLS, WHATEVER, THAT'S VERY
IMPORTANT TO ME.
AND ALSO, I THINK A MENTION WAS MADE, IF I MAY, ABOUT A
LETTER THAT THE FOREST HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HAD
SENT, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT WITH YOU AND YOU
ADDRESSED A NUMBER OF THEIR ISSUES, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
AND WE ACTUALLY, HELL, ACTUALLY HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING OUT
THERE TONIGHT AGAIN.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT TOGETHER, ET CETERA.
I KNOW BEV KEANEY OUT THERE, GOD LOVE HER, HAS BEEN DOING A
GREAT JOB OF HELPING PEOPLE.
SHE'S BEEN DRINKING FROM A FIRE HOSE.
DRINKING FROM TEN FIRE HOSES.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.
AGAIN, I WANTED TO PULL THIS, MR. BHIDE, JUST FOR THE
PURPOSES OF TRANSPARENCY, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, AGAIN, THE
PEOPLE THAT I -- THAT WE ALL CARE SO MUCH ABOUT WHO ARE
HURTING, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE RIGHT
INFORMATION OUT THERE.
SO THANK YOU, SIR.
12:08:44PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
12:08:46PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
THE PART THAT I'M CONFUSED ABOUT IS COUNCILMAN VIERA SAYS,

IS THIS RELEVANT TO THE NORTH TAMPA?
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S NOT RELEVANT.
12:08:58PM >>VIK BHIDE:
WELL, IT'S RELATED TO THE PUMP STATIONS.
12:09:00PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OH, OKAY.
IT'S NOT SPECIFIC TO NORTH TAMPA.
12:09:03PM >>VIK BHIDE:
NOT SPECIFIC TO ANY ONE THING.
THIS WAS TO LOOK AT KIND OF THE PROCESS AROUND PUMP STATIONS
AND INSTRUMENTATION AND WHAT WE NEED.
12:09:12PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLARIFIED
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THE PEOPLE IN NORTH TAMPA TO THINK, OH,
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
I WANTED FOLKS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A CITYWIDE ISSUE
WE LOOKED AT.
AND IT DOES IMPACT NORTH TAMPA.
IT'S JUST NOT SPECIFICALLY NORTH TAMPA.
12:09:25PM >>VIK BHIDE:
IT'S NOT SPECIFIC.
THE OTHER THING I WOULD ADD TO IT, THIS WAS INITIATED IN
2023, WELL BEFORE THE STORMS.
IT WASN'T IN RESPONSE TO OR IN REACTION TO.
BUT WE HAVE TAKEN MEASURES EVEN IN RESPONSE TO.
12:09:43PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YOU ARE COMING BACK, WHAT IS THE EXACT DATE
YOU ARE COMING BACK WITH MORE INFORMATION -- JANUARY 30,
YOU'RE COMING BACK TO TALK ABOUT WHAT SPECIFICALLY?
12:09:55PM >>VIK BHIDE:
CORRECT.
THAT WILL INCLUDE -- SO THE MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA

WAS, WHAT KIND OF MODERNIZATION AND WHAT KIND OF OTHER
MEASURES DO WE NEED TO TAKE TO MAKE SURE OUR STORMWATER
SYSTEM AND PUMP STATIONS ARE IN BETTER READINESS FOR FUTURE
STORMS.
SO WHAT WE'RE COMING TO YOU WITH, THE GIST IS WHAT IS GOING
TO BE NEEDED, RESOURCES AS WELL AS THE HIGH-LEVEL SCOPE TO
UPGRADE SOME OF THESE PUMP STATIONS?
ONE, I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY SAYING THE PUMP STATIONS ARE
OPERATIONAL RIGHT NOW.
A LOT OF OUR ISSUES WERE BECAUSE OF BACKUP POWER.
EITHER IT NOT BEING PRESENT MEANING GENERATORS NOT EVEN
BEING THERE, OR WHEN POWER WENT OUT, THE GENERATORS NOT
COMING ON.
SO THE IMMEDIATE STEP WE'VE TAKEN RIGHT NOW, AND THIS IS
JUST TO REASSURE THE PUBLIC, IS WHEN WE GO OUT THERE TO
REDUCE STORMWATER POND LEVELS TO INCREASE CAPACITY, WE WILL
SWITCH TO GENERATOR POWER THEN.
SO WE'RE NOT EVEN GOING TO WAIT FOR TRANSFER SWITCHES OR ANY
POTENTIAL FAILURES.
SO THAT IS OUR INTERIM MEASURE.
WHILE WE WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND THIS BODY TO GET
THE RESOURCES TO UPDATE AND ADD GENERATORS WHERE WE DON'T
HAVE, UPDATE ALL OF THE INSTRUMENTATION AND THIS IS ALL OF
THE LOGIC AND THE CONTROLLERS THAT DRIVE EITHER THE PUMPS --
THE PUMPS THEMSELVES ARE IN GOOD SHAPE, ALL OF THEM.

OR THE GENERATORS.
THE GENERATORS WERE ALL TESTED BEFORE THE STORM AS WELL.
LOAD TESTING.
SO THE GENERATORS WERE GOOD.
IT WAS THE TRANSFERRING THAT WAS A CHALLENGE AT ONE OF THE
LOCATIONS.
AND THIS WILL ALSO INCLUDE WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED TO DO TO
KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING DURING AND BEFORE AND AFTER A STORM.
SO A BETTER CONTROL SYSTEM, CAMERAS, WATER LEVEL SENSORS
THAT GIVE US A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT OTHER
SYSTEMS NEED TO BE ON BACKUP POWER BEYOND JUST THE PUMPS
THEMSELVES.
12:12:05PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
GREAT.
ADDITIONALLY, WHAT I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO BRING IS HOW
QUICKLY WE CAN GET STARTED ON SOME OF THESE.
SO IF WE WERE TO OPEN A LINE OF CREDIT ON THE 30th, HOW
QUICKLY COULD YOU GET STARTED?
SECONDLY, MS. COLINA ALWAYS TALKS ABOUT BRINGING THAT WE
HAVE CONTRACTS FOR IF.
IF THIS HAPPENS IN A STORM, THEN WE DEFINITELY HAVE FOLKS --
WE HAVE A CONTRACT SO WE CAN START DOING DEBRIS CLEANUP.
THEY BELONG TO US.
THEY COME TO US FIRST BECAUSE WE HAVE A CONTRACT.
IS THERE A WAY WE COULD DO A CONTRACTOR OR A CONTRACT FOR
EXTRA FOLKS TO BRING IN THE PUMPS?

BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT OUR
CAPACITY WOULD BE.
IS THERE A WAY THAT WE COULD WORK WITH, I THINK YOU
MENTIONED A CONTRACTOR EARLIER, IS THERE A WAY WE COULD GET
A CONTRACT WITH THEM SO THAT WE HAVE THE EXTRA HANDS WE NEED
WHEN A STORM STARTS SO FOLKS HAVE EYES ON THOSE?
12:13:05PM >>VIK BHIDE:
WE WILL CERTAINLY LOOK AT CONTRACTS.
I KNOW SOME OF THOSE CONTRACTS EXIST RIGHT NOW LIKE
GENERATORS.
WHAT HAPPENED AFTER MILTON, WHICH IS A CONFLUENCE OF MANY
EVENTS, GETTING TO THE PUMP STATIONS THE FIRST COUPLE OF
DAYS WAS THE CHALLENGE.
IT WASN'T THE EQUIPMENT ITSELF.
BUT, YES, WE CAN --
12:13:27PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I APOLOGIZE.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE EQUIPMENT.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE PERSONNEL TO COME OUT BEFORE THE
STORM.
SO I THINK A LOT OF WHAT IS IN THIS LETTER HAS TO DO WITH,
YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T START LOWERING THE WATER LEVEL SOON
ENOUGH.
SO IS THERE A WAY THAT WE COULD GET THOSE CONTRACTORS TO
START EARLIER TO DO THAT WORK SO THAT WE AREN'T SPREAD THIN
AT ALL?
SO WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE THAN WE NEED?

12:13:54PM >>VIK BHIDE:
WE WILL LOOK AT THE RESOURCES WE NEED,
ABSOLUTELY.
BUT I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY.
THE LETTER HAS CERTAIN STATEMENTS.
SOME OF THEM WE DID CLARIFY AFTER THE LETTER.
THE LETTER IS DATED OCTOBER 16, RIGHT AFTER THE STORM.
WE SUBSEQUENTLY HAD A PUBLIC MEETING CLARIFYING SOME OF THE
ELEMENTS WITHIN THE LETTER.
WE ALSO, TO CLARIFY ADDITIONALLY SOME OF THE CLAIMS MADE IN
THE LETTER, PUT INFORMATION UP ON THE WEBSITE,
TAMPA.GOV/HURRICANE, THAT ACTUALLY SHOWS SCADA PLOTS.
SCADA IS THE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A LOT OF THESE PUMP STATIONS
THAT SHOW WHEN STORMWATER POND LEVELS WERE ACTUALLY REDUCED.
ON SOME PONDS, THEY ARE NOT REDUCED DOWN TO WHAT WE CALL
TILL THE FISHES FLOP.
SOMETIMES THEY ARE REDUCED BY TWO OR THREE FEET FOR ACTUAL
HYDROLOGIC REASONS OR HYDRAULIC REASONS, RATHER.
BUT THOSE DID HAPPEN.
THOSE PLOTS SHOW YOU THAT A DAY BEFORE THE STORM, THE PONDS
WERE -- LEVELS CAME DOWN.
THAT'S WHEN WE'RE SAYING WHEN WE GO OUT THERE.
SO THE RESOURCES WERE THERE.
WE WENT TO THE STORMWATER PONDS.
WE WENT TO THE PUMP STATIONS AS WELL.
BUT FOR AN INTERIM MEASURE, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ADDITIONAL

PRECAUTIONS THIS TIME AROUND UNTIL WE HAVE ALL OF IT BUILT
OUT.
THE BUILD-OUT TIMELINE AND THE REASON I HAD MY THUMBS UP
EARLIER IS BECAUSE I HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH OUR
ENGINEERING TEAM THIS MORNING.
I KEPT ASKING THEM THE SAME THING.
COUNCIL IS GOING TO ASK US HOW MUCH WILL IT TAKE AND HOW
LONG BEFORE WE CAN GET IT ALL IN PLACE, NOT WHEN WE START
DESIGN, NOT WHEN WE START CONSTRUCTION.
THE BEST ESTIMATE I HAVE IS IF WE HAD THE RESOURCES AND
WE'LL HAVE THE CLARITY ON THAT, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT 8 TO
$10 MILLION I BELIEVE.
PLEASE DON'T QUOTE ME ON IT.
JANUARY 30th WILL BE THE FINAL NUMBER.
IF WE HAD IT AVAILABLE NOW, IT WOULD TAKE US TWO YEARS FROM
NOW TO GET THE DESIGN, SCOPING, AND INSTRUMENTATION IN
PLACE.
THAT'S WHAT MY TEAM IS TELLING ME.
12:16:07PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I APPRECIATE THAT'S THE LONG-TERM FIX.
I THINK WE ALSO WOULD LOVE TO HEAR A SHORT-TERM FIX.
I WOULD ALSO LOVE TO HAVE REVENUE AND FINANCE HERE TO TALK
ABOUT LIKE HOW DO WE SIGN ON THE DOTTED LINE ON THE 30th?
12:16:25PM >>VIK BHIDE:
SURE.
I THINK THAT'S PART OF COUNCILMAN CARLSON'S AUXILIARY MOTION
TO THIS.

AND THAT WAS, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE SHORT-TERM FIXES.
AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SPEAK TO IT BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE
UNDERWAY AS WE SPEAK.
12:16:40PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WONDERFUL.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ALL THAT.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INDULGING ME THE FIVE
MINUTES TO READ THE LETTER AGAIN.
12:16:48PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
VERY QUICKLY.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
THANK YOU, VIK, AND YOUR STAFF FOR THE EXCELLENT REPORT AND
WHAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO TO MAKE IT BETTER.
THANK COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK FOR HER INVOLVEMENT IN BEING
SPECIFIC.
HOWEVER, NO MATTER WHAT WE DO, IF YOU REBUILD THE HOMES
DAMAGED SAME WAY THEY WERE AND SAME THING HAPPENS, NO MATTER
HOW IT WORKS, BIGGER STORM, IF THAT STORM HAD COME 20 MILES
NORTH, WE MIGHT NOT BE HERE TODAY.
SO WHAT AM I SAYING?
YOU FIX EVERYTHING TO TRY TO PREVENT IT, BUT YET WHAT YOU'RE
TRYING TO FIX YOU'RE NOT DOING WHAT IT'S GOING TO DESTROY,
THAT'S THE HOUSE OR THE DWELLING OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO
CALL IT.
WE CONTINUE TO BUILD THE SECOND FLOOR WITH WOOD WITH AN EAVE
24 INCHES OUT WHERE THE WIND CAN PICK UP THE ROOF, COLLAPSE
THE WALLS AND YOU HAVE FLOODING FROM THE OUTSIDE AND

RAINFALL COG IN FROM ABOVE.
YOU HAVE NO CHANCE OF GETTING IT THROUGH.
THAT'S WHY THE INSURANCE RATES ARE SO HIGH.
I'M NOT AN EXPERT IN ZONING -- I MEAN BUILDING WITHIN THE
ZONE, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LITTLE ISLANDS, THE
CARIBBEAN, LOOK AT PUERTO RICO, LOOK AT THE DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC, LOOK AT CUBA, WHEN A HURRICANE -- THEY HAVE MORE
EXPERIENCE IN HURRICANES THAN WE DO, THE DWELLINGS DON'T GO.
THE ONES ON THE OUTSIDE AND THE COUNTY, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO
CALL IT, THE LAND OUTSIDE THE CITY, THE ONES GET HIT BECAUSE
THEY ARE BUILT WITH TIN AND STUFF THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE
MONEY TO BUILD WHAT THEY NEED.
BUT THE CENTER OF THE CITIES SURVIVE BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL
CONCRETE, REBAR IN THE CENTER, ALL ACROSS THE ROOF, ALL
ACROSS THE WALLS.
THE SECOND FLOOR IS THE SAME THING AND THE ROOF IS CONCRETE
WITH REBAR AT AN ANGLE IT DRAINS OUT.
IF IT FLOODS, AND SOME DO, THERE'S NO DRYWALL INSIDE.
SO WHEN IT DRIES, YOU PAINT IT AND YOU'RE DONE WITH.
IT WILL SAVE THE HOMEOWNER, LET'S SAY THE COST IS 10, 15, 20
PERCENT MORE THAN THE HOUSE TO BUILD ON YOUR INSURANCE
PREMIUM ALONE, YOU CAN MAKE THAT DIFFERENCE UP.
WE'RE NOT THINKING OF THAT.
AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM THAT I HAVE WITH THE PROCESS.
IT'S GOT TO COME TO SOMEBODY, COME TO US, I'M NOT A BUILDER,

NOT A CONTRACTOR, I DON'T KNOW NONE OF THAT STUFF, TO SEE
HOW IT'S DONE BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE STYLE OF
LIVING THE WAY WE DO AND GO MORE TO HELP NATURE.
BECAUSE -- THE FIRES IN CALIFORNIA, THE SNOW MORE THAN EVER
HAD BEFORE, ALL OVER THE AMERICA OF THE UNITED STATES, WE'RE
HAVING MORE AND MORE CATASTROPHE EVERY SINGLE DAY BECAUSE WE
HAVE ABUSED WHAT?
THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT HELPING THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND WE MUST CHANGE, AND WE MUST LEAD IN THAT DIRECTION.
IF NOT, I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH WE SPEND.
I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH WE DO.
IF THE GULF OF MEXICO OR THE GULF OF AMERICA, WHATEVER IT
IS, I THINK IT IS STILL THE GULF OF MEXICO.
I HOPE IT STAYS THAT WAY.
THE STORMS MIGHT NEVER HAVE I SEEN SIX OR SEVEN STORMS COME
OUT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO.
NEVER.
WHY?
I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT IT'S GOT TO BE THE ENVIRONMENT.
WARMER WATER.
GULF OF MEXICO WAS 2.5 DEGREES WARMER THAN THE YEAR BEFORE.
IT'S LIKE GIVING YOUR CAR ANOTHER 15, 20 MILES FASTER.
THAT'S THE PROBLEM WE HAVE AND WE'RE NOT ADDRESSING IT.
ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

APPRECIATE EVERYTHING AND SEE YOU ON THE 30th.
12:20:33PM >>VIK BHIDE:
COUNCILMAN, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD YOU MADE A VERY
VALID POINT.
THE QUESTION OF BUILDING MATERIALS IS BEING DISCUSSED
NATIONALLY RIGHT NOW IN LIGHT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES.
ASPHALT SHINGLES, BE IT DRYWALL, BE IT WHAT WE RATE OUR
STRUCTURES FOR, NOT JUST THE HEIGHT AND THE FOUNDATIONS.
12:20:54PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
FEEL BETTER -- I'LL LET MY HAIR GROW SO I
CAN LOOK LIKE MR. CLENDENIN.
12:21:01PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
VERY NICE.
12:21:02PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
IT'S ABOUT TIME YOU RECOGNIZED REAL
BEAUTY.
12:21:06PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, LIKE TO MOVE ITEM
29?
12:21:09PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES, SIR.
MOVE 29.
12:21:10PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
SECOND FROM VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
THANK YOU, SIR.
SEE YOU ON THE 30th.
NEW BUSINESS.
COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:21:18PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
NONE, SIR.

12:21:20PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I GOT A COUPLE.
I WANTED TO MAKE A PUBLIC SHOUT-OUT.
ANY KNOW LINDA HALL WITH PARKS AND REC?
WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL LADY.
IT WAS DECEMBER 26, HANUKKAH STARTED ON DECEMBER 25.
I ALWAYS TRY TO HAVE EVERY YEAR AT THE NEW TAMPA REC CENTER
A NICE HANUKKAH EVENT.
THE 26th WAS, OF COURSE, THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS.
MS. HALL WENT OUT THERE THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS.
SHE TOLD ME SHE WAS GOING TO BE OUT THERE WORKING ANYWAY.
SHE WASN'T GOING TO BE OUT THERE WORKING.
SHE TOLD ME THAT BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT I WOULD STOP HER FROM
DOING IT.
SHE WENT OUT THERE TO SET UP THE HANUKKAH EVENT.
WITH A COUPLE OF OTHER PARKS AND REC EMPLOYEES FOR LIKE TWO
HOURS TO HELP SUPPORT PEOPLE AT 33647 HAVE A NICE HANUKKAH
EVENT.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE HER A SHOUT-OUT FOR THAT.
I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL.
SHE'S SO NICE.
A COUPLE OF QUICK MOTIONS, IF I MAY.
WRITTEN STAFF REPORT.
K-BAR RANCH WE HAD PASSED FUNDS FOR DESIGN, FOR THE K-BAR
RANCH PARK.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE PLANS FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

I WANT A WRITTEN REPORT FOR JANUARY 23rd ON PARKS AND
RECREATION'S PLANS FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND MEETINGS.
12:22:39PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
MR. SHELBY.
12:22:44PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
NOT QUITE SURE.
NOT SURE ABOUT THE DEADLINE.
12:22:49PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
IT'S A WRITTEN REPORT.
12:22:50PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THE DEADLINE IS TOMORROW TO GET IT IN.
12:22:52PM >>LUIS VIERA:
SORRY.
OKAY.
THANK YOU.
IT'S FEBRUARY 6.
AND IT'S WRITTEN.
12:23:03PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
FEBRUARY 6 WRITTEN REPORT.
12:23:08PM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALSO A WRITTEN REPORT ON FEBRUARY 6 FROM MOBILITY ON THE
STATUS OF REPAVING OF NORTH BOULEVARD.
12:23:17PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, SECOND
FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.

ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
12:23:20PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THEN I WANTED TO AMEND ON FEBRUARY 6, WE HAVE
A REPORT WITH TFR ON A COUPLE OF ISSUES, INCLUDING STATION
24.
I WANTED TO AMEND MY MOTION TO MAKE SURE THAT LOCAL 754 ALSO
HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AS WELL, ALONG WITH TFR.
12:23:40PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SECOND FROM MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
12:23:44PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THAT'S IT.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
12:23:45PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
NOTHING, SIR.
12:23:49PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I HAVE A COUPLE OF MOTIONS.
12:23:51PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I RECOGNIZE CHAIRMAN MANISCALCO.
12:23:52PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO RATIFY AND CONFIRM THE
COMMENDATION PRESENTED TO THE FAMILY OF THE LATE FRANK
REDDICK FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER ON JANUARY 3, 2025 FOR
HIS FUNERAL.
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA AND I ATTENDED.
12:24:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM CHAIRMAN MANISCALCO.
A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.
OPPOSED.
AYES HAVE IT.
12:24:15PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
NEXT IS I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO
PRESENT A COMMENDATION OFF-SITE TO THE TOBA FOUNDATION AT
THEIR 45th ANNUAL MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. LEADERSHIP
BREAKFAST ON JANUARY 20.
12:24:24PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA --
COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, SECOND FROM -- ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
12:24:34PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I WOULD LIKE TO WISH MY GREAT AUNT A
HAPPY 93rd BIRTHDAY.
KATARINA.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATARINA
12:24:48PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SHE'S MY GRANDMOTHER'S SISTER WHO LIVES
IN SICILY.
SHE LIVES HERE IN LUTZ.
12:24:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I HAVE ONE THING.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE WORKSHOP
THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 30th FOR THE STREETCAR
BECAUSE I WILL NOT BE HERE TO MAY 22.
12:25:08PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR?

ANY OPPOSED?
COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
12:25:17PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
I'VE SPOKEN TO STAFF REGARDING MY MOTION MADE ON DECEMBER
19, 2025.
IT IS THE STAFF TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN REPORT WITH THE NUMBER
OF CURRENT LEASES THE CITY HAS FOR LAND AND/OR BUILDINGS AND
FOR EACH THE MONTHLY COST, LENGTH OF LEASE AND USE OF THE
LEASE BUILDING OR LAND.
I WANT TO CHANGE MY MOTION TO CLARIFY THAT THE REQUEST IS
FOR LEASES IN WHICH THE CITY IS THE TENANT, SLASH, LESSEE,
AND THAT THE REPORT WILL BE PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL ON
MARCH 27, 2025.
REAL ESTATE STAFF REQUESTED ADDITIONAL TIME TO GATHER THE
INFORMATION FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND TO REVIEW DETAILS OF
THE LEASES.
12:25:53PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK AND
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK, ANYTHING ELSE?
12:26:01PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
REGARDING AGENDA ITEM 59, THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE STAFF
REPORT BY MS. FEELEY, I'VE SPOKEN TO MS. FEELEY AND SHE WILL

PROVIDE A WRITTEN UPDATE ON JANUARY 23rd, 2025, AND WILL
BE IN PERSON FOR THE NEXT LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATE
REPORT ON FEBRUARY 6, 2025, WHICH IS ALREADY ON THE COUNCIL
CALENDAR.
IT IS THE MONTHLY REPORT.
I KNOW IT SAYS THE 23rd.
I KNOW IT HAS TO BE IN BY TOMORROW, BUT SHE'LL HAVE IT DONE.
12:26:28PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANYTHING ELSE?
12:26:35PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
NO.
12:26:38PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I'M SORRY.
I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THAT TODAY IS A SPECIAL DAY FOR THE
UNITED STATES WITH PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER AND HIS FUNERAL
BEING AT THE CATHEDRAL IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
SO MUCH FOR WHAT PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER AND POST-PRESIDENCY
STOOD FOR, THINGS THIS COUNCIL DEALS WITH EVERY DAY ON
HOUSING, HUMANITARIAN ISSUES AND KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE.
THE PRECEDENT THAT PRESIDENT CARTER SET FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
AND THEN ALSO THE LIFE THAT WE LEAD OUTSIDE OF THE OFFICIAL
DUTIES THAT WE HAVE CAN BE SO CONSEQUENTIAL TO OUR
COMMUNITY, OUR STATE AND OUR NATION AND THE WORLD THAT I
THINK WE SHOULD TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE HIS CONTRIBUTIONS

AND BE THANKFUL THAT HE WALKED AMONG US.
12:27:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
AMEN.
MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
12:27:26PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SO MOVED.
12:27:27PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA WITH
A SECOND FROM VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.
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