TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 2025, 5:01 P.M.

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5:05:11PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO
ORDER.
MAY I HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE?
5:05:17PM >>BILL CARLSON:
HERE.
5:05:18PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HERE.
5:05:20PM >> CLENDENIN?
HENDERSON?
VIERA?
MIRANDA?
5:05:24PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
HERE.
5:05:25PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HERE.
5:05:26PM >>THE CLERK:
WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
5:05:27PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU.
I HAVE A MEMO FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN THAT HE WILL NOT
BE PRESENT THIS EVENING.
THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE HERE.
THEY WILL BE OUT HERE IN JUST A SECOND.

MAY I GET A MOTION TO OPEN ALL THE PUBLIC HEARINGS?
MOTION FROM MIRANDA AND SECOND FROM HURTAK.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
HERE THEY COME.
5:05:44PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
PRESENT.
5:05:44PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THERE SHE IS AND THERE HE IS.
5:05:47PM >>BILL CARLSON:
I SENT A MEMO PREVIOUSLY SAYING I WOULDN'T
BE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE MY SON IS GETTING AN AWARD.
I HAVE TO LEAVE BY ABOUT 5:30.
I HOPE TO GET THROUGH AS MUCH AS I CAN BY THEN AND THEN I
CAN COME BACK IF WE'RE NOT DONE.
5:06:01PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE ALREADY OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
MS. FEELEY, ITEMS 1 AND 2 AND THEN WE'LL GO TO HOUSEKEEPING,
FOR THE SAKE OF TIME.
YOU WANT TO START RIGHT NOW?
5:06:13PM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
YES, PLEASE.
I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE THE CLERK GO AHEAD AND SWEAR US IN.
5:06:17PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THESE ARE NON-QUASI-JUDICIAL FOR 1 AND
2.
QUASI-JUDICIAL STARTS AT ITEM NUMBER 5.
5:06:25PM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
IF I COULD HAVE MY PRESENTATION, PLEASE.
THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
ABBYE FEELEY, ADMINISTRATOR FOR DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC

OPPORTUNITY.
WITH ME THIS EVENING, I HAVE DENNIS FERNANDEZ, THE MANAGER
OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION, AS WELL
AS TONY MULKEY, THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION AND
REBECCA JOHNS, SENIOR ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY.
AS YOU'RE AWARE, COUNCIL, THE CITY HAS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
AGREEMENTS, EASEMENTS, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS WITH THE
UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA AS OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM OVER
NUMEROUS YEARS.
ON SEPTEMBER 5, THE CITY BROUGHT BEFORE COUNCIL TWO REVISED
LEASES.
ONE FOR PLANT PARK AND ONE FOR McKAY HALL THAT INCLUDED
BOTH A LEASE AND A LAND CONVEYANCE.
AT THAT TIME, CITY COUNCIL WANTED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO
HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION RELATED TO THE LEASES, THE USE OF
PLANT PARK, AND THE LAND ASSOCIATED WITH McKAY AUDITORIUM
IN A PUBLIC HEARING FORMAT, WHICH IS WHAT BRINGS US TO YOU
THIS EVENING.
WE ARE GOING TO DO A BRIEF PRESENTATION.
IN JUST A MOMENT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DENNIS TO GIVE YOU A
LITTLE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND.
I DO WANT TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE REZONINGS
AND HOW THE CITY'S LAND HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THOSE
REZONINGS, THE NUMBER OF THEM SINCE 2002 AND PRIOR TO THAT
THAT HAVE COME FORWARD BEFORE THIS COUNCIL.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CITY LANDS AND
INTEREST AND THEN REVIEW THE HISTORIC DESIGNATIONS THAT ARE
ON THIS PROPERTY AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE LEASES AND
THEN APPROVAL.
JUST TO GO OVER FOR YOU THE CURRENT CAMPUS OF THE
UNIVERSITY, THIS IS A VERY RECENT AERIAL.
YOU'LL SEE THE MULTIPURPOSE BUILDING HAS BEEN COMPLETED
WHICH WAS THE UNIVERSITY'S NEWEST ADDITION.
THIS HAS CASS TO THE NORTH, NORTH BOULEVARD, WHICH GOES
DIRECTLY THROUGH THE CAMPUS, WEST KENNEDY ON THE SOUTH AND
THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER ON THE EAST.
IF I CAN PAUSE FOR A MOMENT, IF I COULD HAVE THE SCREEN TO I
CAN SEE MY PRESENTATION IN FRONT OF ME.
WITH THAT, THE CAMPUS IS COMPRISED OF 93 ACRES TODAY, AND
THAT MOST RECENT REZONING CAME BEFORE THE CITY IN 2019.
SO I DO WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO DENNIS FOR JUST A FEW
MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE HISTORY AND THEN WE'LL
CONTINUE.
5:08:53PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, SIR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
5:08:56PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
DENNIS FERNANDEZ, ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW AND HISTORIC
PRESERVATION MANAGER.
ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO TALK ABOUT THE TAMPA BAY HOTEL, AN
ICONIC BUILDING IN OUR CITY.

THE TAMPA BAY HOTEL WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1891 BY HENRY B.
PLANT AS PART OF THE PLANT SYSTEM OF RAILROADS, STEAMSHIP
LINES AND WINTER RESORT HOTELS.
HE ACTUALLY HAD EIGHT HOTELS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND I
BELIEVE OURS IS MUCH THE SIGNIFICANT VERSION OF THAT.
DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT JOHN WOOD IN A MOORISH REVIVAL STYLE.
THE LANDSCAPE OF THE GROUNDS WAS DESIGNED BY ANTON FIEHE.
RECOGNIZING THE TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL OF THE HOTEL RESORT,
THE CITY CONSTRUCTED A BRIDGE ACROSS THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER
AT THE END OF LAFAYETTE STREET, REPLACING THE PREVIOUS
FERRY.
YOU SEE A VERY EARLY PICTURE FROM 1888 OF THAT BRIDGE, WHICH
ACTUALLY PIVOTED.
5:10:04PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THAT'S CALLED THE BOB TAIL SWING BRIDGE.
5:10:12PM >> SWING BRIDGE.
5:10:15PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I TRIED.
5:10:17PM >> FOLLOWING HENRY B. PLANT'S DEATH, THE CITY ACQUIRED THE
HOTEL AND ITS GROUNDS.
IN 1905 OPENED PLANT PARK AS A PUBLIC PARK AND LEASED THE
HOTEL TO VARIOUS OPERATORS.
THE PARK AREA HAD BEEN USED OBVIOUSLY FOR THE LEISURE OF
GUESTS BUT ALSO FOR HUNTING AND EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
RESORT.
5:10:43PM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
THANKS, DENNIS.
I GUESS WHAT BRINGS US TO WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THE

HISTORY IS THAT IN 1933, THE TAMPA BAY HOTEL BECAME THE HOME
TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA.
THE UNIVERSITY ACTUALLY STARTED IN 1930 AT HILLSBOROUGH HIGH
SCHOOL AS A JUNIOR COLLEGE AND DOUBLED ITS ENROLLMENT IN THE
SECOND YEAR, BECOMING A FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTION.
I WANTED TO INCLUDE -- I THINK THAT PREPARING FOR TONIGHT
HAS BEEN A HISTORY LESSON FOR ALL OF US, BUT THIS HEADLINE
WAS ACTUALLY IN THE TAMPA TRIBUNE IN 1933.
I THINK THE QUOTE IS BECOMING, WHICH SAYS, "ABOUT TO PASS
INTO OBSCURITY, THE FAMOUS BUILDING IS AGAIN STEPPING INTO
ITS ROLE AS ONE OF THE CITY'S LEADING INSTITUTIONS, THIS
TIME AS AN EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL CENTER."
WE TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY TODAY.
IT IS 93 ACRES.
IT'S ZONED PDA, WHICH YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH.
IT HAS A P/SP, PUBLIC/SEMI-PUBLIC LAND USE, UNDERNEATH.
THE MOST RECENT REZONING WHICH CAME TO YOU IN 2019 ALLOWS
FOR 6,000 BEDS AND TWO AND A HALF MILLION SQUARE FEET OF
UNIVERSITY OPERATIONS.
TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE IN THE PDA IS 4.8 MILLION.
INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, WHILE THE CITY OWNS PLANT HALL, PLANT
PARK, AND THE LAND UNDER McKAY AUDITORIUM, THOSE THREE
ASSETS HAVE BEEN REZONED EVERY TIME THE UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN
REZONED AS PART OF ITS CAMPUS.
AND THOSE REZONINGS, AS I MENTIONED, THE MOST RECENT IN

2019, I BELIEVE I DID THE 2015 AND PERHAPS THE 2011 AND
THERE WAS ONE FROM 2002 AS WELL.
ONE OF THE RECENT -- IN THE RECENT REZONING, ONE OF THE
UPDATES WAS TO BRING IN ACQUISITIONS THAT THE UNIVERSITY HAD
MADE.
IT ALSO SERVES AS THEIR CAMPUS MASTER PLAN, AND IT COMMITTED
THE UNIVERSITY PROVIDING AN ANNUAL TREE SURVEY TO THE CITY
IN JANUARY OF EACH YEAR TO SHOW WHAT THEY WERE PLANTING AND
BECAUSE THEY HAD ALLOWANCES FOR REMOVALS IN THEIR PDA, IT
ALSO TOUCHED ON THAT.
THAT ALREADY ACTUALLY JUST CAME IN I THINK ABOUT TWO WEEKS
AGO.
SO, AS I MENTIONED, THE CITY DOES OWN PLANT HALL, PLANT
PARK, AND THE LAND LOCATED UNDER McKAY AUDITORIUM.
IN 1972, MAYOR GRECO ENTERED INTO TWO LEASES WITH THE
UNIVERSITY -- ONE FOR PLANT PARK.
SO IN '72, THAT JUST ENDED IN 2022.
AND THEN ALSO FOR THE McKAY AUDITORIUM.
WE HAVE A LEASE THAT IS ALSO FOR PLANT HALL.
THAT WAS STARTED IN 1956, AND THAT'S A 99-YEAR LEASE WHICH
WILL COME UP IN JUST ABOUT 32 YEARS.
ADDITIONALLY, IN 2011, WITH THE RIVERWALK TRAIL THAT IS
CURRENTLY ON THAT WEST SIDE, THE UNIVERSITY GRANTED THE CITY
AN EASEMENT AND I CAN SHOW YOU IN THE NEXT SLIDE, WE GO IN
THE HISTORIC DESIGNATIONS, THAT AREA IN THE CORNER OF PLANT

PARK WHERE THE TRAIL RUNS ALONG JUST NORTH OF THERE IS ALL
UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA PROPERTY, AND THAT EASEMENT WAS GRANTED
TO THE CITY FROM THE UNIVERSITY IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR
CONTINUED PUBLIC UTILIZATION OF THAT TRAIL THAT IS ON THE
UNIVERSITY'S PROPERTY.
I'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO DENNIS JUST BACK TO TALK ABOUT THE
HISTORIC DESIGNATIONS.
5:14:20PM >> THESE INTERESTS ARE ALSO ENVELOPED WITH A NUMBER OF
HISTORIC DESIGNATIONS THAT ARE OVERLAID ON THE PROPERTY.
IN 1972, PLANT HALL AND THE GUARDHOUSE WERE LISTED ON THE
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.
ONE OF THE VERY EARLY DESIGNATIONS IN THE STATE RECOGNIZING
THIS SITE FOR ITS HISTORIC VALUE, NOT ONLY LOCALLY, BUT
NATIONALLY AND AT A STATE LEVEL.
1976, IT WAS LISTED AS ONE OF THE FIRST NATIONAL HISTORIC
LANDMARK SITES IN THE STATE.
IN 1989, IT WAS DESIGNATED AS A LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK.
THE PLANT HALL PORTION OF THE SITE AND THE GATEHOUSE.
EARLY PRESERVATION EFFORTS REALLY FOCUSED ON BUILDINGS MORE
THAN SITES.
THAT'S BEEN A MORE RECENT DEVELOPMENT.
SO IN 2001, RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SITE TO THE
BUILDING, THE BOUNDARIES OF THE LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK
DESIGNATION WERE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE PLANT PARK.
PLANT PARK WAS LANDSCAPED WITH OVER 150 DIFFERENT SPECIES OF

EXOTIC PLANTS, INCLUDING PALMS, FERNS, ORCHIDS, CACTI TO
MATCH THE GRANDEUR OF THE HOTEL.
THE LANDSCAPE WAS DESIGNED AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE
TROPICAL RESORT HOTEL CONCEPT AND WAS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE
TOURIST BROCHURES WHICH ADVERTISED THE LOCATION.
YOU SEE A GREAT PICTURE THERE OF THE PARK IN ITS ORIGINAL
CONCEPT.
THE 2001 EXPANSION OF THE LANDMARK DESIGNATION RECOGNIZED
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PARK TO THE HISTORIC SETTING OF THE
TAMPA BAY HOTEL.
AND, THEREFORE, WAS JUSTIFIED, THE CRITERIA THAT WAS
NECESSARY TO EXPAND THAT LANDMARK DESIGNATION.
5:16:17PM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
THANK YOU, DENNIS.
I THINK WHAT'S -- SORRY.
SO IN TERMS OF OUR ORIGINAL LEASES FROM 1972, THE PLANT HALL
LEASE, AS I MENTIONED, IS A 99-YEAR LEASE, AND ITS PURPOSE
IS FOR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY OF HIGHER LEARNING.
ITS RESPONSIBILITIES, THE LESSEE MAINTAINS THE BUILDING BOTH
EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR AND MAINTAINS FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE AND
LIABILITY INSURANCE.
LIMITATIONS ON THIS STRUCTURE AND ANY OTHER USE MOVING
FORWARD IS DUE TO THAT NATIONAL AND LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK
DESIGNATION THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.
IN ADDITION TO THIS LEASE, THERE'S ALSO AN OPERATING
AGREEMENT RELATED TO THE MUSEUM AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS THAT

THE CITY AND THE UNIVERSITY ARE IN PARTNERSHIP ON.
IN RELATIONSHIP TO PLANT PARK, THAT 50 YEAR LEASE THAT I
MENTIONED CAME UP IN 2022 AND THAT REQUIRED THAT THE LESSEE
MAINTAIN THE PARK AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE
AND LIABILITY INSURANCE.
LIMITATIONS TO PLANT PARK ARE THERE'S NO PUBLIC PARKING
THERE.
THERE ARE NO RESTROOMS.
THERE'S PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ONLY FROM WEST KENNEDY BOULEVARD.
AND AS WE JUST MENTIONED, IT IS AN HISTORIC LANDMARK AREA.
IN THE DISCUSSION THAT TOOK PLACE ON SEPTEMBER 5th, CITY
COUNCIL TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF REPROGRAMMING THIS
PARK, ABOUT ALLOWING IT TO HAVE OTHER FEATURES OR OTHER
USES.
AND AS PART OF THAT AND PART OF THIS MOTION IN PREPARING FOR
THIS EVENING, TONY DID LOOK -- WE FIRST LOOKED AT WHAT IS
THAT HISTORIC DESIGNATION?
AND THE HISTORIC DESIGNATION REALLY LIMITS THAT PARK AS A
MORE PASSIVE AREA THAT CONTINUES TO HONOR THE DESIGNATION
AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT DESIGNATION AND KEEPING THAT IN A
WAY THAT IT STILL FUNCTIONS AS THE GRAND LAWN TO WHAT TODAY
IS KNOWN AS THE HENRY B. PLANT MUSEUM.
THERE ARE OTHER PARKS IN THE AREA THAT OFFER OTHER
PROGRAMMING, AND THOSE HAVE INCREASED GREATLY SINCE 2005 TO
2018.

IF COUNCIL DOES HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MR. MULKEY IS HERE TO
DISCUSS THAT IN CONTEXT OF THE PROGRAMMING FOR PLANT PARK.
IN RELATION TO THE McKAY AUDITORIUM -- SORRY, THIS KEEPS
JUST FLASHING.
IN RELATION TO McKAY AUDITORIUM, THIS WAS ALSO THE 50-YEAR
LEASE AT $10 A YEAR.
THEY MAINTAIN THE BUILDING AND PROPERTY DAMAGE AND LIABILITY
INSURANCE.
THE LIMITATIONS, THE PREMISES OF THIS PIECE OF LAND IS
GOVERNED BY THAT PDA ZONING.
IT ALSO IS COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY THE UT CAMPUS AND THE
PREMISES OPERATES ON UT'S PRIVATE UTILITY SYSTEM.
I WANT TO TAKE JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES ON THIS.
I DID HAVE JUST A SEPARATE AERIAL, IF I COULD GET THE WOLF,
PLEASE, FOR A MOMENT.
WOLF VISION.
THE ELMO.
THE PROPERTY HERE IS SHOWN IN YELLOW, SO YOU CAN SEE HOW IT
IS PART OF THE FABRIC WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY.
AND THEN HERE IS A SURVEY OF THAT PROPERTY AS WELL THAT WENT
WITH THE ORIGINAL LEASE FROM 1972.
IN RELATIONSHIP TO THIS, I'M GOING TO TALK JUST FOR A FEW
MINUTES ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.
SO THE CITY OWNS THE LAND, BUT IN 1993 WAS KNOWN AS McKAY
AUDITORIUM, CAUGHT ON FIRE.

PREDOMINANTLY DESTROYED THE BUILDING.
IN 1995, DR. VAUGHN BECAME PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
TAMPA AND FROM THAT I THINK WHAT WE HAVE PIECED TOGETHER
CAME BACK TO THE CITY AND SAID, WE'RE GOING TO REBUILD THIS
BUILDING.
AND THEY DID A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN IN ORDER TO DO THAT.
THEY RAISED THE MONEY AND I READ AN ARTICLE IN PREPARATION
FOR THIS EVENING THAT SAID THAT MR. SYKES HAD GIVEN 10
MILLION TO THAT CAPITAL CAMPAIGN AND 7.5 MILLION OF THAT WAS
GOING TOWARD THE CONSTRUCTION OF WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS THE
SYKES COLLEGE OF BUSINESS.
RECONSTRUCTION BEGAN IN 1998.
WE NEVER CHANGED OUR LEASE OR TALKED FURTHER THROUGH THAT
RECONSTRUCTION OF THAT STRUCTURE THAT WAS PAID FOR BY THE
UNIVERSITY BUT IT WAS RECONSTRUCTED AND REOPENED IN 2000.
I THOUGHT WHAT WAS INTERESTING ON THIS, AND WE ALL GOT A
GOOD GIGGLE, IS THAT WHEN ONE OF THE -- THE HIGHLIGHTS OF
THE BUILDING REOPENING IS IT HAD DATA PORTS.
WE ALL THINK ABOUT TODAY HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS IN THE
CONTEXT OF THINGS.
BUT THIS WAS JUST 24 YEARS AGO THAT THAT WAS CUTTING EDGE.
TO THINK WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITH A.I. AND OTHER
OPPORTUNITIES.
SO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THAT, WHEN THESE LEASES FIRST CAME
BEFORE COUNCIL, IT WAS COUNCIL'S REQUEST THAT WE GET AN

APPRAISAL OF THIS PROPERTY, AND I DID SEND THAT TO YOU ALL.
AND WE DON'T AGREE WITH SOME OF THE COMPS THAT WERE DONE IN
THE APPRAISAL.
I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO ALL OF THE DETAILS OF THAT TONIGHT
BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S ONLY ONE PIECE OF THE EQUATION OF
THIS TOTAL LAND IN TERMS OF THE LAND, THE BUILDING, THE
PARTNERSHIP, AND THE OVERALL ZONING OF THE UNIVERSITY.
BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THAT OR HAVE ANY QUESTIONS,
WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
SO IN 2021, WE WERE AWARE THAT THESE LEASES WERE GOING TO
EXPIRE IN '22.
WE BEGAN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE UNIVERSITY.
REBECCA JOHNS AND MYSELF IN ORDER TO MODERNIZE THE LEASES,
BRING THEM INTO TODAY'S WORLD FROM 1972, SO TO SPEAK,
INCLUDING REFLECTING THE UNIVERSITY'S CURRENT OPERATIONS,
IMPLEMENTING THE CITY'S BUILD GRANT AWARD AND FORMALIZING
THE PROCESS FOR UTILIZATION OF PLANT PARK BY THE PUBLIC.
THE LEASES DID EXPIRE IN 2022 AND WE'VE BEEN OPERATING ON A
MONTH-TO-MONTH BASIS.
WHAT IS BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING FOR APPROVAL, AS I THINK
WE'VE HAD PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS, WE CANNOT LEASE A PUBLIC
PARK FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS WITHOUT A REFERENDUM.
SO THERE IS A NEW LEASE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR THE 25
YEARS.
THAT INCLUDES A LOT OF THE SAME CONDITIONS.

THE UNIVERSITY WILL MAINTAIN THE PARK AND THEY ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY PROPERTY DAMAGE.
THEY CARRY THE LIABILITY INSURANCE.
WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A RESERVATION SYSTEM FOR THE PUBLIC USE
OF THE PARK.
THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ACTIVE.
IT IS ON UNIVERSITY'S WEB PAGE UNDER THE "ABOUT US."
YOU CAN PUT IN A REQUEST TO RESERVE THE PARK IF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO USE IT.
AND THE NEW LEASE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT A PORTION OF THE PARK
WILL BE USED FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION OF THE
TRAILS.
SO THAT'S ADDING THE OTHER UNIFIED ELEMENTS OF THE TRAIL
THAT WILL BE THE SAME DESIGN ELEMENT THROUGH THE WHOLE REST
RIVERWALK.
THIS LEASE ACKNOWLEDGES THE CITY'S ABILITY FOR THAT SECTION
TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN THAT WAY.
IN TERMS OF McKAY AUDITORIUM, THIS IS THE SAME.
WE HAVE $10 PER YEAR ON THE LEASE FOR THAT.
THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS IS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING THAT THE
LESSEE MAY ELECT TO TAKE TITLE TO THAT PROPERTY WITHIN ONE
YEAR OF THE LEASE AMENDMENT.
I KNOW WE'VE HAD BRIEFINGS WITH MANY OF YOU AND ALSO THAT
MANY OF YOU HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE UNIVERSITY.
IF IT IS COUNCIL'S PLEASURE TO APPROVE THESE TONIGHT, WE

RESPECTFULLY WOULD REQUEST THAT.
THERE WERE TWO CONDITIONS THAT WE WANTED TO HAVE ADDED TO
THIS.
THE ONE FOR McKAY AUDITORIUM WOULD BE TO ADD A REVERTER TO
THAT CONVEYANCE, THAT IF, IN FACT, IT IS NO LONGER USED FOR
UNIVERSITY PURPOSES, THAT THAT CITY WOULD BE RETURNED --
THAT THAT PROPERTY WOULD BE RETURNED TO THE CITY, EXCUSE ME,
AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE PLANT PARK LEASE, IS THAT IN THE
EVENT THE CITY WOULD WANT TO HOLD -- THAT LEASE NOW CONTAINS
HOURS FROM RIGHT NOW IT'S DUSK TO DAWN THAT THE TRAIL IS
CLOSED, BUT WITH THE NEW RIVERWALK, WE HAVE COME TO AN
AGREEMENT THAT THAT WOULD BE FROM MIDNIGHT TO 5 A.M.
SO COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN HAD WANTED THAT IF THE CITY WANTED
TO USE IT IN BETWEEN THAT MIDNIGHT TO 5 A.M., THAT WE WOULD
BE ABLE, PUT IN LANGUAGE THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO REQUEST THAT OF THE UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY WOULD
ENTERTAIN THAT REQUEST, WHICH WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TODAY
EVEN WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM, BUT THERE WAS A DESIRE
TO HAVE THAT WITHIN THE LANGUAGE OF THE LEASES.
WITH THAT, I BELIEVE THE UNIVERSITY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A
PRESENTATION, AND I WOULD TURN IT OVER TO THE PRESIDENT
DAHLBERG.
5:26:25PM >> THIS IS CALLED A WOLF?
5:26:27PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
GOOD AFTERNOON, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.

5:26:29PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M DR. TERESA ABI-NADER DAHLBERG, PRESIDENT OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA.
I RESIDE AT 128 BISCAYNE AVENUE, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33606.
I WAS TOLD TO SAY THAT.
I APPRECIATE THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE SAT DOWN AND TALKED WITH
US IN THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
THE TAMPA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDED THE UNIVERSITY OF
TAMPA TO PROVIDE HIGHER EDUCATION FOR TAMPA STUDENTS AND A
TALENT PIPELINE FOR THE CITY.
TODAY, U TAMPA IS A TOP TALENT PROVIDER.
I GIVE YOU SOME STATISTICS, SOME OF THE DATA HERE TO SUPPORT
WHAT I'M SAYING.
WE'RE A TOP TALENT PROVIDER AND WE ALSO HAVE A 1.5 ANNUAL
ECONOMIC IMPACT ON THE CITY.
OUR PARTNERSHIP INCLUDES THE RESTORATION AND ONGOING
MAINTENANCE OF TAMPA'S MOST HISTORIC TREASURES.
SO YOU CAN SEE HERE AND ALSO IN THE DETAILED SLIDES THAT WE
SENT, THAT WE SPEND OVER $2.5 MILLION OF THE UNIVERSITY'S
MONEY EVERY YEAR TO MAINTAIN AND SUPPORT PLANT HALL, PLANT
PARK, AND THE HENRY B. PLANT MUSEUM.
OUR ONGOING PARTNERSHIP INCLUDES THE WEST RIVERWALK AND
TAKING OVER THE CITY'S WATER INFRASTRUCTURE UNDERNEATH THE
CAMPUS, ADDING SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL ANNUAL EXPENSES AND
ASSUMPTION OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE TO THE UNIVERSITY.

AS PRESIDENT, I SEE SIGNIFICANT COLLABORATION AND RESOURCE
INVESTMENT IN THIS PARTNERSHIP FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA.
FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE SERVING THIS CITY WELL AND
MAKING THE BEST AND HIGHEST USE OF OUR LEASED AND OWNED
PROPERTIES.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
5:28:09PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DOES THAT CONCLUDE THE PRESENTATION?
MS. FEELEY?
5:28:16PM >> I'LL JUST SAY A COUPLE OF QUICK WORDS.
SCOTT GOSSEN, ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT OF DESIGN
CONSTRUCTION AND FACILITIES FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA.
COULD WE PLEASE HAVE OUR PRESENTATION PUT UP, PLEASE?
5:28:31PM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
CAN WE PLEASE HAVE THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA
PRESENTATION?
5:28:33PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
IT WILL COME UP IN JUST A MOMENT.
THEY WILL TRANSITION IT OVER.
5:28:37PM >> I CAN PROBABLY MAKE DO WITHOUT IT WHILE IT'S COMING UP TO
BE TIME SENSITIVE HERE.
I THINK ABBYE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB REPRESENTING THE
RELATIONSHIP AND THE COMPLEXITIES OF THESE PROPERTIES IN
RELATION TO OUR CAMPUS.
WITH REGARDS TO PLANT PARK, I THINK WE ADDRESSED PREVIOUS
CONCERNS BY SETTING UP THE PARK RENTAL PROCESS IN
CONJUNCTION WITH PARKS AND REC.

JUST IN CASE COUNCIL HAD ANY QUESTIONS, I DID BRING A LOG OF
ALL THE CURRENT REQUESTS SINCE THAT PROCESS WAS SET UP, SO
THIS DATES BACK TO JANUARY OF 2024 AND THERE HAS NOT BEEN
ONE EVENT DISAPPROVED BY THE UNIVERSITY SINCE THAT DAY.
THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF THINGS WE APPROVED.
FOR INSTANCE, WE SAID NO DUMP TANK WAS ALLOWED WHICH I THINK
IS PRETTY FAIR.
WE DO GET A COUPLE OF OTHER PHONE CALLS TO TRY TO DO LARGER
EVENTS IN THERE, AND USUALLY THOSE CALLS KIND OF FIZZLE OUT
ONCE THEY REALIZE THERE'S NO PARKING, RESTROOMS AND POWER
AND THEY MOVE ON WITHOUT SUBMITTING A REQUEST.
I THINK WE KIND OF WORKED WITH THE CITY.
I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD PROCESS THERE.
WITH REGARDS TO McKAY, I THINK ONCE AGAIN ABBYE DID A GOOD
JOB CONVEYING HOW IT IS INTERWOVEN INTO THE CAMPUS.
OUR LAST TWO PDAs DON'T EVEN CALL IT OUT WITH REGARD TO
EASEMENTS, OBSTRUCTIONS OR RESTRICTIONS.
MOST OF THE UTILITIES UNDERNEATH THE CAMPUS ARE ALL PRIVATE.
FOR INSTANCE, ELECTRICAL, IT ENTERS THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF
CAMPUS AND ALL PRIVATIZED FROM THERE.
THERE'S NO PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE SITE.
IT'S ALL PRIVATE ROADWAYS.
SO THE NEAREST PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE SITE IS KENNEDY OR NORTH
BOULEVARD.
SO ONCE AGAIN, THERE ARE A LOT OF FLAWS IN THAT APPRAISAL,

IF YOU GUYS WANT TO DIVE INTO THAT, WHICH I WOULD BE HAPPY
TO.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
YEAH, I GUESS WITH THAT, TIME SENSITIVE, I'LL CUT MY
PRESENTATION SHORT.
I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF COUNCIL HAS ANY.
5:30:34PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTING BOTH OF
THESE ITEMS.
I REVIEWED THE LEASES.
I UNDERSTAND THE CHANGES THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE REGARDING
THE McKAY AUDITORIUM, IF IT'S NO LONGER USED FOR COLLEGE,
UNIVERSITY PURPOSES AND REGARDING THE PARK.
MY MOTHER ATTENDED UT.
I WAS THERE FOR JUST MY FIRST YEAR AND I WENT OFF TO USF.
SO MANY MEMORIES.
SO MANY POSITIVE THINGS.
EVERY TIME I'M SWORN IN, I'M THIRD TERM, I WEAR A GOLD
MINARET LAPEL PIN.
IT IS THE SYMBOL OF TAMPA.
I CAN TELL YOU AN HOUR-LONG STORY ABOUT WHY THIS PLACE IS
SPECIAL, BUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT AND THE STUDENTS THAT
GRADUATE AND THE STUDENTS NOT LEAVING, STAYING, DIFFERENT
FROM WHEN I WAS THERE, I CAN'T SAY MORE -- ANY MORE POSITIVE
THINGS ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY.

SO I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS.
I'LL DEFER TO COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
5:31:28PM >>BILL CARLSON:
JUST A STATEMENT.
I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.
I WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA.
I SAID TO PRESIDENT DAHLBERG A FEW MINUTES AGO, THE REASON
WHY I WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA IS BECAUSE OF GOVERNOR
MARTINEZ.
HE WAS MAYOR.
UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA WAS TRYING TO RECRUIT ME.
IT WAS A DIFFERENT FINANCIAL SITUATION THEN.
I THOUGHT, WOW, IF THE MAYOR OF TAMPA CAN GO TO THE
UNIVERSITY AND BE SO SUCCESSFUL WITH ALL THE THINGS HE DID,
IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR ME.
THANK YOU TO THE GOVERNOR FOR INSPIRING ME.
SCOTT, WE TALKED ABOUT THE BUDGET FOR THE McKAY
AUDITORIUM.
DR. VAUGHN, PREDECESSOR PRESIDENT, WAS A PROFESSOR OF MINE.
I STAYED IN TOUCH WITH HIM OVER THE YEARS.
HE WAS DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AROUND '92, '93.
I REMEMBER HE WAS TRYING TO RAISE ABOUT $40 MILLION.
THE RENOVATION OF THE BUILDING WAS GOING TO BE CENTRAL TO
IT.
HE ENDED UP RAISING, I THINK JOHN SYKES PUT IN 30, 40
MILLION AND THEY RAISED A HUNDRED MILLION.

OF THE HUNDRED MILLION, IT WAS MORE THAN 7 MILLION THAT WENT
INTO THE BUILDING.
UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA SAVED THE BUILDING BUT COMPLETELY
REBUILT IT.
EVERYTHING ON THE INSIDE IS COMPLETELY BUILT AND PAID FOR,
BUT PROBABLY TENS OF MILLIONS.
5:32:41PM >> IT WAS.
THE CONSTRUCTION WAS MORE THAN THAT.
AFTER THE FIRE, IT WAS OPEN AIR.
IT LAID THERE DERELICT FROM 1993 UNTIL ABOUT '98 WHEN
CONSTRUCTION STARTED.
5:32:51PM >>BILL CARLSON:
IF NOT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA, THAT
BUILDING MIGHT NOT BE THERE.
ALL THE INVESTMENT ON THE GROUND REALLY WAS DONE BY THE
UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA AND THANKS TO JOHN SYKES AND HIS FAMILY.
5:33:00PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
5:33:01PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I'M JUST SAYING WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
HISTORY OF TAMPA, YOU GOT TO INCLUDE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA.
IN FACT, I REMEMBER BEING A YOUNG MAN, THAT WAS A HUNDRED
YEARS AGO, AND I REMEMBER WALKING THROUGH THE CAMPUS TO GET
TO SEE THE TAMPA SMOKERS PLAY THE CUBAN HURRICANES, THE
CUBAN PEOPLE IN MIAMI, SUNSET AND SO FORTH, ALL THE TEAMS
THEY HAD.
I REMEMBER MOST THEY HAD A BEAR AND ALLIGATOR IN THE
FURNACE.

ANYBODY REMEMBER THAT?
PEOPLE LOOK AT ME LIKE I'M INSANE.
IT WAS RIGHT THERE CLOSE TO THE BIG GUN.
IT WAS A WONDERFUL THING TO SEE THE UNIVERSITY GROW.
I REMEMBER WHEN YOU HAD ATHLETES LIKE FREDDY SOLOMON,
JACKSON, ALL THOSE THAT PLAYED -- I THINK THEY COULD BEAT
ANYBODY IN THE COUNTRY.
BEAT TULANE.
I THINK MIAMI WAS THERE.
NOBODY WANTED TO PLAY UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA.
NOT FLORIDA, NOT FLORIDA STATE.
THEY WERE AFRAID BECAUSE IT WAS A LITTLE SCHOOL WITH A LOT
OF POTENTIAL AND ATHLETICS.
I REMEMBER THE COACHES THERE, FINE COACHES THAT WENT ON TO
DO BETTER THINGS.
JUST A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU AND YOUR STAFF HERE AND ALL THE
PEOPLE HERE THAT WENT THERE.
YOU HAD A GOVERNOR, A MAYOR AND THE SAME GOVERNOR.
YOU HAD MAYOR GRECO, MAYOR CASTOR AND OTHERS WHO WENT THERE.
IT'S INCUMBENT UPON ALL OF US TO UNDERSTAND THIS IS NOT ONLY
A CULTURAL THING, BUT ECONOMIC THING FOR BOTH THE UNIVERSITY
OF TAMPA AND THE CITY OF TAMPA.
IT'S A MARRIAGE THAT SHOULD CONTINUE FOR MANY MORE YEARS TO
COME.
5:34:38PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON, VIERA, HURTAK.

5:34:42PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
CERTAINLY THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA IS A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY.
SO MUCH SO THAT SURPRISINGLY MY NIECE FOUND HER WAY FROM
MARYLAND TO PLAY LACROSSE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA.
IT USED TO BE A RESTAURANT THERE.
I MISS THAT.
REALLY BEAUTIFUL.
WHAT I REALLY APPRECIATE IN MY MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT
WAS THE TIME, CARE, AND ATTENTION TO PLANT HALL IS
BEAUTIFUL.
INCREDIBLE STRUCTURE.
TAKES A LOT OF MONEY TO MAINTAIN IT AND EVEN THE RENOVATIONS
NECESSARY TO KEEP IT GOING.
MORE IMPRESSIVE WAS YOU ALL SAVING OR RESTORING McKAY
AUDITORIUM, BECAUSE IT DID SIT EMPTY FOR A FEW YEARS.
IT BELONGED TO THE CITY AND WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT
AND YOU ALL TOOK IT ON.
I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT AS PART OF THE STORY.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM SUPPORTING THIS.
BUT IT DOES PROVIDE ME WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY TO THE
CITIZENS LISTENING AS WELL AS TO THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHEN
IT COMES TO HISTORICAL SPACES, THE TIME AND CARE THAT WE
HAVE TAKEN ON FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT SHOULD EXIST IN
PREDOMINANTLY AFRICAN AMERICAN SPACES AS WELL.
I'VE HAD TO SAY THAT BEFORE.

THE LOVE AND ATTENTION AND CARE OF PRESERVING THE UNIVERSITY
OF TAMPA WAS NOT REPRESENTED IN SEVERAL SPACES THAT ARE
PREDOMINANTLY AFRICAN AMERICAN.
I CAN GO ON AND ON AND ON AND LIST THEM.
THEY ARE BEYOND GENTRIFIED.
SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO SAY THAT.
WE HAVE CERTAINLY TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY THROUGH OUR LAWYERS
AND EXECUTIVE STAFF, AS WELL AS THE UNIVERSITY TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA WILL THRIVE FOR A VERY LONG
TIME.
I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT.
5:36:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN VIERA AND COUNCIL MEMBER
HURTAK.
5:36:33PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
I WANT TO SAY BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE.
I'LL SUPPORT THESE ITEMS.
WE SPOKE A LOT ON THE PHONE.
I SAID I WAS GLAD TO DO THAT.
I'M USF STETSON COLLEGE OF LAW.
UT IS OBVIOUSLY, TO CALL IT A GREAT INSTITUTION IS AN
UNDERSTATEMENT.
WE HAVE THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE WHO HAVE CONNECTIONS WITH
UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT I BELIEVE TAMPA HAS -- I
MAY BE WRONG -- THREE MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS.

SMITH, TAMPA BAY TECH.
LOPEZ, HILLSBOROUGH HIGH AND RONALD RAY WHO GRADUATED FROM
UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA WITH A BACHELOR IN UNITED STATES HISTORY
AND HE WOULD SERVE AS UNDERSECRETARY OF PRESIDENT AFFAIRS
FOR PRESIDENT BUSH ONE.
GOT THE MEDAL OF HONOR IN VIETNAM AND WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY
OF TAMPA.
SOMETHING TO CERTAINLY LOOK AT.
IF YOU WANT TO CONNECT WITH HIM, I HAVE HIS CELL PHONE.
LET ME KNOW.
AGAIN, GLAD TO SUPPORT THIS.
UT IS A WONDERFUL INSTITUTION.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MAKES SENSE.
THANK YOU.
5:37:38PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE TWO CIVIL WAR MEDAL OF HONOR
RECIPIENTS AT WOODLAWN BOULEVARD AS WELL.
EVEN MORE.
5:37:46PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EXTRA DETAIL, THE
HISTORY, THE BACKGROUND, THE KNOWING ABOUT THE ZONING OF
THIS PROPERTY.
I ALSO APPRECIATE HAVING LEARNED ABOUT THE NEW RENTAL SYSTEM
FOR PLANT PARK.
REALLY LOVE THE IDEA OF THE REVERTER.
THAT ODDLY ENOUGH MAKES ME MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE ABOUT THIS.
BUT ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I REALLY WANTED A PUBLIC HEARING

FOR THIS IS BECAUSE THE CITY OF TAMPA IN PAST
ADMINISTRATIONS HAS HAD A HISTORY OF GIVING AWAY PROPERTY.
I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO BE AWARE WHEN WE
ARE POSSIBLY GIVING AWAY PROPERTY.
SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS I WANTED TO HAVE THIS AND
THAT COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN DID AS WELL.
AGAIN, KNOWING THE HISTORY, KNOWING MORE ABOUT IT,
EVERYTHING I'VE LEARNED IN THAT TIME HAS LED ME TO
ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THIS GOING FORWARD.
AGAIN, HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
I APPRECIATE THE TIME AND CARE EVERYONE HAS DONE IN MOVING
THIS FORWARD.
I KNOW THAT COUNCILMAN CARLSON WOULD REALLY LOVE TO VOTE ON
THIS SO HE CAN GO CELEBRATE HIS SON.
5:39:00PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
JUST A TECHNICAL QUESTION BECAUSE
COUNCILMAN CARLSON, HIS SON IS GETTING AN AWARD IN A LITTLE
BIT, CAN WE ASK TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYBODY AGAINST THIS?
DO WE HAVE TO DO ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENT?
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE AGAINST THIS?
YES, MA'AM, IF YOU WISH.
COME ON UP.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
5:39:29PM >> MIMI GRAHAM.
THERE ARE THREE OF US HERE THAT ARE REPRESENTATIVES OF
FRIENDS OF PLANT PARK.

IT WAS AN ORGANIZATION THAT LASTED I'D SAY AROUND 20 YEARS.
AND WHAT WE DID WAS TO TRY TO RESTORE THE PARK TO THE TIME
OF HENRY B. PLANT.
WE WORKED WITH DR. VAUGHN AND WE HAD HIS APPROVAL.
WE HAD THE PARK IN FIVE DIFFERENT STAGES TRYING TO BRING IT
BACK FROM THE STAR BED TO THE FLAGPOLE OF THE TEDDY
ROOSEVELT FLAG.
WE PUT BENCHES IN THERE THAT REPRESENTED PEOPLE THAT VISITED
THE PARK, FOR EXAMPLE, BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, JACKIE
ROBINSON, QUEEN ELIZABETH.
WE'VE ALSO DONE THINGS LIKE RESTORE THE PALM WALK.
WE GOT SPRINKLERS PUT IN.
WE DID EVERYTHING TO TRY AND MAKE IT A BEAUTIFUL PARK.
IT HAS BEEN USED.
WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE ANYBODY USE THE PARK, BUT WE WOULD
LIKE TO KEEP IT THE WAY IT IS WITH NO DRASTIC CHANGES.
THE OTHER THING IS, TOO, WE HAD IT SURVEYED AND IT'S UNDER
PRESERVATION.
WE WORKED WITH THE CITY ON THAT, AND WE DID A SURVEY ON IT
AS WELL.
JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN ORGANIZATION'S POINT OF VIEW.
5:40:46PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.
IS THERE ANYBODY THAT IS AGAINST THIS IN ANY WAY AND WISHES
TO SPEAK?
IF NOT, MR. SHELBY -- YES, MS. JOHNS.

5:40:55PM >>REBECCA JOHNS:
REBECCA JOHNS, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
I WANT TO REMIND YOU IF SO INCLINED IF THERE IS A MOTION TO
INCLUDE, WANT TO INCLUDE THE TWO ADDITIONS MS. FEELEY HAD IN
THE PRESENTATION, THAT YOU ADD THAT TO YOUR MOTION.
5:41:06PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MAY I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE ONE AND TWO?
WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA,
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA -- COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, YOU DO
NUMBER ONE.
I DIDN'T GRADUATE.
5:41:27PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
[INAUDIBLE]
5:41:31PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
JUST MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
MOVE THE SUBSTITUTE.
5:41:36PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
[INAUDIBLE]
5:41:37PM >>BILL CARLSON:
SECOND.
5:41:38PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
MIRANDA AND THIS IS INCLUDING THE REVISIONS THAT WERE ADDED.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
NUMBER 1 IS UNANIMOUS.
AND NUMBER 2, COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, YOU CAN MOVE THAT ONE.

5:41:56PM >>BILL CARLSON:
I MOVE FILE DEO24-8416, SUBSTITUTE
RESOLUTION.
5:42:05PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WITH THE REVISIONS.
5:42:07PM >>BILL CARLSON:
WITH THE REVISIONS.
5:42:08PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON, SECOND
FROM MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
ALL RIGHT.
THAT WAS UNANIMOUS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
5:42:16PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE RECORD AND THE
TRANSCRIPT --
[ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN WAS ABSENT ON THE RECORD.
[ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
5:42:29PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
JUST A MOMENT.
5:42:31PM >>BILL CARLSON:
I'VE GOT TO GO SEE MY SON.
SO MANY IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE.
I ASKED PRESIDENT DAHLBERG, BECAUSE I REALLY WANTED TO VOTE
ON IT, CAN WE LIMIT PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT THANK YOU TO ALL THE
REALLY IMPORTANT PEOPLE FOR COMING HERE BECAUSE THE
UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA IS A GREAT CAUSE.
5:42:46PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN VIERA.

5:42:47PM >>LUIS VIERA:
NO.
5:42:49PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
PLEASE READ IT WITH CLENDENIN BEING
ABSENT AT VOTE.
5:42:53PM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIES WITH CLENDENIN BEING ABSENT.
5:43:08PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL RIGHT.
MS. DOCK, DO YOU WANT TO CLEAN UP THE AGENDA?
5:44:14PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
YES.
GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
5:44:21PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
EXCUSE ME.
[ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
YES, MA'AM.
5:44:26PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
PRIOR TO CLEARING THE AGENDA, IF I COULD TAKE A MOMENT JUST
TO INTRODUCE -- I WOULD LIKE TO REINTRODUCE
LEO DEBARDELEBEN.
HE IS AN URBAN PLANNER 2 IN OUR OFFICE.
LEO PRESENTED THE LAST HEARING WE HAD, BUT WE INTRODUCED HIM
IN THE SUMMER, THEN WE HAD THE STORMS, WE DIDN'T HAVE TWO
MEETINGS, AND THEN HE PRESENTED THE LAST HEARING.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A BRIEF INTRO BECAUSE I DIDN'T
INTRODUCE HIM AGAIN.
BUT HE IS AN URBAN PLANNER 2.

HE HANDLES ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES APPLICATIONS IN OUR
OFFICE.
LEO WAS AN URBAN PLANNER 1 IN DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
IN THAT ROLE, HE PROCESSED ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEWS FOR
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES, SPECIAL USE 1s AND OTHER
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW PROCESSES.
THAT GAVE HIM A GREAT BACKGROUND FOR THE ROLE THAT HE HAS IN
THIS POSITION IN URBAN PLANNER 2.
ON THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES NIGHTS, YOU WILL SEE LEO
PRESENTING ON --
5:45:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
STAND UP.
5:45:26PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
YES, PLEASE, LEO.
WE'RE VERY PROUD OF HIM, AND WE KNOW HE'LL DO A GREAT JOB.
ON THE NIGHTS OF REZONINGS, THAT'S WHEN YOU WILL SEE THE
OTHER URBAN PLANNERS, SAM, STEPHANIE, AND CHRIS.
I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THAT FOR THE RECORD AND INTRODUCE
THEM AGAIN.
THANK YOU.
WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JENNIFER MALONE WITH
THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
WE HAVE ONE ITEM THAT'S FOR CONTINUANCE.
THAT'S ITEM 3.
5:45:59PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
NO, ITEM 4.
5:46:01PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
ITEM 4.
I'M SORRY.

ITEM 4.
THE REQUEST IS TO CONTINUE THE ITEM TO JUNE 12.
5:46:07PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEM NUMBER
4 TO JUNE 12, 2025, 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, TAMPA,
FLORIDA, 33602 AT 5:01 P.M.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
5:46:20PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
ONE OTHER ITEM, IF I MAY, ON ITEM 5 I WANT
TO CLARIFY FOR THE RECORD THAT THAT REQUEST IS FOR A LARGE
VENUE BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES ONLY.
IN THE TOP PORTION OF THE AGENDA FOR ITEM 5 IT SAYS WITH
PACKAGE SALES, BUT IT IS CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES ONLY.
5:46:39PM >> NO PACKAGE SALES.
WE'LL START OFF WITH ITEM 3.
MS. MALONE, 3.
5:46:52PM >> I'LL BE UP HERE BRIEFLY.
I'LL INTRODUCE QUINN STEELE.
SHE IS WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND THIS IS HER FIRST
PRESENTATION FOR YOU ALL TONIGHT.
I WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU.
5:47:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL RIGHT.
WELCOME TO TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.

GO AHEAD.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
5:47:11PM >> QUINN STEELE, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
TODAY I'LL BE PRESENTING TA/CPA 24-12 WHICH IS A MAP
AMENDMENT FOR 801 EAST 26th AVENUE.
THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU IS PRIVATELY INITIATED AND SMALL
SCALE COVERING APPROXIMATELY 1.61 ACRES.
AND THE REQUEST IS TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION
FROM RESIDENTIAL 20 TO COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35.
HERE IS A GENERAL LOCATION MAP.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS WITHIN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING
DISTRICT, THE EAST TAMPA URBAN VILLAGE AND VM YBOR
NEIGHBORHOOD.
HERE IS AN AERIAL PHOTO OF THE SUBJECT SITE OUTLINED IN
YELLOW.
GENERALLY LOCATED BETWEEN NORTH NEBRASKA AVENUE AND I-275
OFF OF EAST 26th AVENUE.
JUST NORTH IS BORRELL PARK.
TO THE EAST WE HAVE A DAY CARE AND A CHURCH.
TO THE SOUTH AND THE WEST ARE SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOMES.
THERE ARE ALSO TWO VACANT LOTS HERE OWNED BY D.O.T.
ACROSS I-275 IS ROBLES PARK AND ROBLES PARK VILLAGE.
THIS PHOTO IS LOOKING EAST DOWN EAST 26th AVENUE TOWARDS
3322 NORTH NEBRASKA AVENUE, BORRELL PARK IS ON THE LEFT AND
THE SUBJECT SITE IS ON THE RIGHT.

THIS IS LOOKING WEST DOWN EAST 26th AVENUE TOWARDS 3321
NORTH TALIAFERRO AVENUE AND I-275.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS OUT OF FRAME TO THE LEFT.
THESE ARE THE PROPERTIES LOCATED TO THE SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT
SITE ALONG EAST PLYMOUTH STREET.
AND LOOKING SOUTH ON EAST 26th AVENUE DIRECTLY TOWARDS THE
SUBJECT SITE.
THE ADOPTED FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATES THE SITE AS
RESIDENTIAL 20, WHICH IS OUTLINED IN BLACK.
JUST NORTH IS REC OPEN SPACE WHICH IS BORRELL PARK.
TO THE EAST IS COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35 AND TO THE SOUTH AND
THE WEST IS RESIDENTIAL 20.
AS YOU MOVE NORTH AND EAST ALONG NEBRASKA, THE DESIGNATION
TRANSITIONS TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL 35 AND RESIDENTIAL 10.
THIS MAP SHOWS THE PROPOSED FUTURE LAND USE AS COMMUNITY
MIXED USE 35, WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR 2.0 F.A.R. OR 35
DWELLING UNITS AN ACRE.
UNDER THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL 20 DESIGNATION, THE SITE CAN
BE CONSIDERED FOR 32 DWELLING UNITS OR JUST OVER 35,000
SQUARE FEET OF NONRESIDENTIAL USES SUBJECT TO LOCATIONAL
CRITERIA.
UNDER THE PROPOSED COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35, IT CAN BE
CONSIDERED FOR 56 DWELLING UNITS OR JUST OVER 140,000 SQUARE
FEET OF RESIDENTIAL OR NONRESIDENTIAL USES.
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD INTRODUCE THE POTENTIAL

CONSIDERATION FOR COMMERCIAL GENERAL USES AND INCREASE THE
DENSITY AND INTENSITY ACROSS THE SITE.
DURING OUR AGENCY REVIEW PROCESS, NONE OF THE AGENCIES
RAISED ANY CONCERNS WITH THE REQUEST.
IT ALSO WENT BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND WAS FOUND
CONSISTENT WITH THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES.
THE REQUEST WOULD PROMOTE DENSITY NEAR TRANSIT AS IT'S IN
PROXIMITY TO NORTH NEBRASKA AVENUE WHICH IS A DESIGNATED
TRANSIT EMPHASIS CORRIDOR AND ALSO PROVIDES PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION.
AND IT WOULD ALSO PROMOTE A MIXTURE OF USES AND PROVIDE
INFILL IN A CURRENTLY VACANT SITE.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THAT THE PROPOSED MAP
AMENDMENT BE FOUND CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND
POLICIES OF THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND THAT CONCLUDES
MY PRESENTATION.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
5:50:35PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
MR. MANASSE.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, SIR.
5:50:41PM >> GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL.
RYAN MANASSE WITH JOHNSON POPE, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND
PLANNING.
IF I COULD HAVE THE PRESENTATION PULLED UP BY CCTV.
AGAIN, WE'RE HERE TONIGHT FOR 801 EAST 26th AVENUE, TA/CPA

24-12, AS STAFF STATED WE ARE REQUESTING CHANGE FROM R-20 TO
CMU 35 CATEGORY.
THE REQUEST INCLUDES JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE HALF OF THE
VACATED NORTH MITCHELL AVENUE WHICH IS TO THE WEST AND THEN
HALF OF THE VACATED ALLEY ALONG THE EASTERN BOUNDARY.
THAT WAS DONE BY A PREVIOUS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT REZONING AS
WELL AS VACATING.
JUST TO POINT OUT -- I'M SORRY, THAT PLANNED DEVELOPMENT WAS
FOR MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
SO ANY APPROVAL TO R-20 TO CMU 35 WOULD REQUIRE THAT PD TO
COME BACK BEFORE YOU AND BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED FOR ANY
ADDITIONAL INTENSITY OR DENSITY.
THE PROPERTY IS WITHIN THE EAST TAMPA URBAN VILLAGE.
IT'S ABOUT HALF A BLOCK FROM NEBRASKA AVENUE WHICH AGAIN IS
A MAJOR MIXED USE CORRIDOR.
ADDITIONALLY CMU 35 IS ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY ON THE
EASTERN BOUNDARY AND I THINK A LITTLE PORTION OF THE
SOUTHERN AS WELL.
ACCORDING TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE LONG-TERM GOAL FOR
URBAN VILLAGES IS TO PROVIDE A LIVING AND POSSIBLY A WORKING
ENVIRONMENT FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING
THAT HAS A DEFINITE URBAN FLAVOR WHICH UNIQUELY BELONGS TO
TAMPA WHICH AGAIN WE THINK THE CMU 35 REQUEST CAN ACTUALLY
BRING.
SO THE CONCLUSION OF THE PC STAFF REPORT WHICH WE AGREE WITH

IS THAT THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING PATTERN
OF LAND USE CATEGORIES IN THE AREA.
ADDITIONALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT ROBLES PARK WHICH IS
LOCATED ABOUT A QUARTER MILE NORTHEAST, WAS APPROVED IN
2021, WHICH MIRRORS A REQUEST.
OBVIOUSLY, THAT ONE WAS A LOT LARGER.
AGAIN, CMU 35 ABUTTING THE R-20, MAKING THIS REQUEST
COMPARABLE AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND
SURROUNDING LAND USE CLASSIFICATIONS.
JUST A PICTURE OF THE ACTUAL COMP PLAN MAP AS IT IS.
OUR REQUEST WOULD ALLOW FOR THAT POTENTIAL OF A MIXED USE
INFILL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION.
AND EMPLOYMENT AREAS.
ALSO, THE REQUEST WOULD INCREASE THE USE OF THE EXISTING
INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROMOTE ADDITIONAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES.
JUST TO POINT OUT CITY OF TAMPA PLANNING DOES ISSUE A REPORT
FOR THESE CPA AMENDMENTS AS YOU'RE AWARE.
THERE'S TWO CRITERIA THAT THEY LIST IN THE REPORTS.
THEY FOUND THAT WE MET THOSE CRITERIA AND THERE WERE NO
OTHER OBJECTIONS FROM CITY AGENCIES.
THE NEXT FOUR SLIDES -- AND I'M NOT GOING TO READ THEM --
BUT THEY ARE A PART OF THE RECORD.
I DID SUBMIT THIS PRESENTATION TO THE CLERK.
THERE ARE POLICIES -- GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES THAT

SUPPORT OUR REQUEST.
AND THEN IN CLOSING, OUR REQUEST PROMOTES REASONABLE
EXPANSION OF THE CMU 35 CATEGORY IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN,
COMPARABLE AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND
CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING LAND USES IN THE AREA.
THE REQUEST IS NEARLY IDENTICAL TO ROBLES PARK AMENDMENT
THAT I EXPLAINED EARLIER THAT WAS APPROVED IN 2021.
AGAIN, STAFF FOUND THE REQUEST CONSISTENT.
PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED AND FOUND IT APPROVABLE AND PASSED
THAT ON TO YOU, CITY COUNCIL, AND WE HAVE RECEIVED ACTUALLY
THREE LETTERS OF SUPPORT THAT WERE PART OF THE RECORD AND
THEY ARE SUBMITTED IN OnBase, I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT IT IS
CALLED NOW.
NOT SIRE ANYMORE.
WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS SHOULD YOU HAVE
ANY.
5:54:11PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
5:54:15PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
I'M KIND OF EXCITED --
5:54:17PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO
SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 3?
I SEE NO ONE.
MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR?

ANY OPPOSED?
COUNCILMAN VIERA, WOULD YOU MIND READING ITEM NUMBER 3?
5:54:38PM >>LUIS VIERA:
MOVE AN ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING
CONSIDERATION, ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT, FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR THE
PROPERTY LOCATED AT 801 EAST 26th AVENUE FROM RESIDENTIAL
20, R-20 TO COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35, CMU, PROVIDING FOR
REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
5:54:58PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER HURTAK.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
5:55:09PM >> THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL.
5:55:09PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU, SIR.
IT WAS UNANIMOUS WITH CLENDENIN BEING ABSENT AND CARLSON.
5:55:18PM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON BEING
ABSENT AT VOTE AND CLENDENIN BEING ABSENT.
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 20,
2025 AT 10 A.M. IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 315 EAST KENNEDY
BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
5:55:34PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ALL RIGHT, FOR ITEMS 5 AND 6, THEY ARE QUASI-JUDICIAL.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE SPEAKING ON 5 OR 6, PLEASE STAND AND

RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND WE WILL SWEAR YOU IN.
IF YOU WILL BE SPEAKING ON 5 OR 6, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE
YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[OATH ADMINISTERED]
5:56:04PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GO AHEAD, SIR.
5:56:07PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN.
LEO DEBARDELEBEN, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
AGENDA ITEM 5 IS AB 2-24-46 FOR THE PROPERTY AT 1901 EAST
7TH AVENUE.
THE APPLICANT IS COLIN RICE.
THE PROPERTY OWNER IS 701 GARBER INVESTMENTS, LLC.
THE REQUEST IS FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES LARGE VENUE,
BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR, CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES ONLY.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING AB SALES AND 16,600 SQUARE FEET
OF INDOOR AREA AND 2,337 SQUARE FEET OF OUTDOOR AREA FOR
TOTAL AB SALES AREA OF 18,937 SQUARE FEET.
HOURS ARE CONSISTENT WITH CHAPTER 14.
THERE ARE NO PARKING REQUIREMENTS IN THE YBOR CITY HISTORIC
DISTRICT.
I'M GOING TO PLACE THE AERIAL MAP OF THE SITE HERE.
THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE OUTLINED HERE IN RED.
THE SITE IS ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF EAST 7TH AVENUE AND
NORTH 19th STREET.
THE PROPERTY IS ZONED YC-1, WHICH IS THE CENTRAL COMMERCIAL

CORE IN YBOR CITY.
YOU CAN SEE THAT PATTERN ALONG EAST 7TH AVENUE HERE.
THE SITE PLAN PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT AND THE ELEVATIONS
THAT I'LL PULL UP HERE IN A MINUTE.
APPLICANT CURRENTLY HAS APPROVAL FOR AB SALES FOR SPECIAL
RESTAURANT FOR THE SALE OF BEER AND WINE ON THE FIRST FLOOR
ONLY.
THE REQUEST WILL ADD LIQUOR AND CHANGE THE DESIGNATION TO A
LARGE VENUE.
THIS IS THE PLAN SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT.
YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY HERE IN BOLD.
YOU CAN SEE THE PROPOSED AREA FOR AB SALES ON THESE
DEPICTIONS HERE.
THERE ARE A FEW OUTDOOR AREAS HERE.
ON THE SECOND FLOOR, I'LL DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE
PROPERTY BOUNDARY.
AND BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING, THIS BALCONY AREA
THAT'S SHOWN AS PROPOSED AB SALES AREA WILL BE REMOVED AS
IT'S NOT ON THE PROPERTY AND IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
THESE ARE ELEVATIONS OF THE PROPOSED ADDITIONS TO THE THIRD
LEVEL.
I ALSO HAVE SOME PICTURES OF THE SITE HERE.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE NORTH ELEVATION.
YOU CAN SEE THIS IS 7th AVENUE HERE AND THIS IS NORTH
19th STREET.

THIS IS THE BALCONY AREA THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE INCLUDED IN
THE AB SALES AREA.
THIS IS ANOTHER VIEW FROM 7th AVENUE.
THIS IS FACING EAST ON 7th AVENUE.
THE SITE WILL BE ON THE RIGHT.
THIS IS FACING WEST.
YOU CAN SEE THE ACROPOLIS RESTAURANT HERE AND THE SUBJECT
SITE WILL BE ON THE LEFT THERE.
ANOTHER PHOTO OF THE RESTAURANT.
THIS IS THE WEST ELEVATION OFF OF 19th STREET.
HERE IS ANOTHER PHOTO OF THE SITE, THE WEST PORTION OF THE
SITE.
YOU CAN SEE THE REAR OF THE BUILDING HERE SEPARATED BY THE
ALLEY.
THAT WOULD BE NOT PART OF THE REQUEST OR THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS FACING NORTH ON 19th STREET.
YOU CAN SEE THE SUBJECT SITE ON THE RIGHT.
THIS IS THE REAR OF THE BUILDING, AND THERE IS A PARKING LOT
THAT IS ADJACENT TO THE SOUTH.
HERE IS A VIEW SOUTH OF THE SITE ON 19th STREET.
YOU CAN SEE THE RAILROAD TRACKS THERE.
THERE IS ONE WAIVER ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REQUEST, AND IT'S
REGARDING A DISTANCE REQUIREMENT TO OTHER AB SALES AREAS.
DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION AND COMPLIANCE STAFF REVIEWED THE
REQUEST, AND THE APPLICATION AND FIND IT INCONSISTENT WITH

THE APPLICABLE CITY OF TAMPA LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
MINOR SITE PLAN MODIFICATIONS ARE REQUIRED TO BE MADE
BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
6:00:48PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, MA'AM.
6:00:49PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WHAT ARE THE CURRENT -- YOU SAID THERE IS A
CURRENT ALCOHOL BEVERAGE LICENSE.
WHAT ARE THE HOURS OF THAT CURRENT ALCOHOL BEVERAGE?
6:00:59PM >> LEO DEBARDELEBEN:
THE HOURS WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE
RESTAURANT AND I HAVE THE APPROVAL LETTER HERE.
LET ME REFER TO THAT.
THE HOURS OF OPERATION -- I'LL PUT THIS UP HERE.
THIS IS THE CURRENT APPROVAL.
HOURS ARE LIMITED TO 11 P.M. SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND
1 A.M. THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
6:01:28PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
6:01:31PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYTHING ELSE?
ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE AN APPLICANT FOR THIS.
MR. RICE.
YES.
MR. SINGER.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
6:01:46PM >> DAVID SINGER, HERE FOR THE APPLICANT WITH THE LAW FIRM OF
OLDER LUNDY, 1000 WEST CASS STREET.

THIS IS AN AB TO REQUEST TO EXPAND WHAT IS ALREADY EXISTING
AB-2 APPROVAL.
I WANT TO PUT ON THE RECORD, THE SITE PLAN FOR THE EXISTING
APPROVAL SAYS CHAPTER 14, AND THAT WAS OUR UNDERSTANDING ALL
THE WAY.
I BELIEVE THAT'S ALSO IN THE STAFF REPORT THAT THE HOURS
ALREADY ARE CHAPTER 14 FOR BEER AND WINE.
APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO INTRODUCE A MIXED USE
ESTABLISHMENT WITH A ROOFTOP RESTAURANT CLOSING AT 11 P.M.
STREET LEVEL ART INSTALLATION AND RETAIL TO ACTIVATE 7th
AVENUE.
INTERIOR BAR LOUNGE ON THE LOWER FLOORS.
THERE WILL BE A FULL KITCHEN AVAILABLE AT ALL HOURS.
THE EXISTING BUILDING FOOTPRINT, WHICH IS HISTORIC, IS
STAYING, OF COURSE.
THE APPLICANT IS GOING TO EXPAND THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT.
SO THE ALCOHOL REQUEST BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS TO EXPAND WITH
THE EXPANSION OF THE BUILDING.
I WILL SHOW YOU RENDERINGS OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE SHORTLY.
INTERESTINGLY AND FOR CONTEXT, IN 1906, THIS BUILDING WAS
CALLED THE RED LION SALOON WITH THE COLDEST AND BEST BEER IN
TOWN.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT FOR THE LAST 119 YEARS, THIS SITE HAS
BEEN CONNECTED WITH AB ESTABLISHMENTS.
WE'RE SEEKING A LARGE VENUE RESTAURANT RETAIL LOUNGE WITH NO

PACKAGE SALES.
JUST TO BE CLEAR, NO PACKAGE SALES, WITH HOURS OF TAMPA
CODE.
WE'LL ADDRESS THE SPECIAL USE CRITERIA FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION.
THERE ARE THREE FLOORS THAT ARE PROPOSED HERE.
THE SITE PLAN FOR EACH IS DEPICTED HERE.
THE BALCONY, AGAIN, NOT PROPOSED FOR WET ZONING.
THE ROOFTOP FEATURES A RESTAURANT WITH OUTDOOR SEATING.
THIS IS THE ONLY OUTDOOR SPACE THAT IS CONSIDERED.
LEO WAS TALKING ABOUT ON THE FIRST FLOOR THERE ARE THREE
CUTOUT BAYS IF YOU ARE FACING THAT BUILDING, YOU'LL KNOW THE
OLD DESIGN HAD THE CUTOUTS WHERE THE DOOR WAS A LITTLE
FARTHER BACK.
THOSE ARE NOT PROPOSED FOR AB SALES.
THE ROOFTOP RESTAURANT WILL SERVE BREAKFAST, LUNCH, AND
DINNER.
AND IT WILL CEASE OPERATION, AS I SAID, AT 11.
THE GROUND LEVEL HAS STREET-FACING RETAIL.
IT IS SHADED IN GREEN, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT WHERE IT
SAYS FIRST FLOOR.
SECOND FLOOR IS AN OPEN-AIR MEZZANINE IN KEEPING WITH THE
HISTORIC CULTURE OF BUILDINGS IN YBOR.
THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY, THAT'S SHADED IN TAN HERE THAT YOU
CAN SEE.

THAT IS WHERE THE NEW CONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO COME IN.
AND THAT IS PROPOSED ONLY TO HAVE STAIRWAYS, ADA RESTROOMS,
WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE ELEVATORS, MECHANICAL SYSTEMS AND A
COMMERCIAL KITCHEN.
THE BUILDING IS NOT CURRENTLY UP TO ADA STANDARDS.
WE WILL BRING IT UP INTO COMPLIANCE WITH ADA STANDARDS.
THIS IS A BIG INVESTMENT AND A HIGH-QUALITY INVESTMENT.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME RENDERINGS THAT REFLECT THAT.
THESE IMAGES OF THE RESTAURANT SPACES REFLECT THE STANDARDS
THAT WILL ENDURE THROUGHOUT THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION
OF THE SITE.
THE HIGH STANDARD OF DESIGN COMPLEMENTS OUR NEIGHBORS ACROSS
THE STREET, ATTIC AND ACROSS THE STREET IS 7th AND GROVE.
WE WANT TO BRING SOMETHING THAT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE HIGH
QUALITY OF THOSE SPACES.
HERE IS THE SITE OUTLINED IN RED.
AS YOU'LL SEE, THE BUILDING WILL RECEIVE A SIGNIFICANT
INVESTMENT, IF THIS APPLICATION IS APPROVED.
ONE THING I WANT YOU TO NOTICE IN THE RED BOX IS THE GAP IN
THE BACK WHERE THERE IS CURRENTLY AN OPEN SPACE.
I'M GOING TO GET TO THAT IN A SECOND.
WE'LL CLEAN THAT UP.
THIS IS THE BUILDING AS IT SITS TODAY BORDERING 7th AND
19th.
YOU MAY RECOGNIZE IT AS THE FORMER SITE OF THE BLIND TIGER.

MR. TORREZ, THE PROPRIETOR HAS KINDLY OFFERED HIS SUPPORT OF
THIS APPLICATION.
HE IS HERE WITH US TONIGHT AND HIS LETTER IS IN THE RECORD.
THIS SITE HAS GONE THROUGH EXTENSIVE APPLICATIONS AND HAS
RECEIVED APPROVALS FROM THE BARRIO LATINO COMMISSION
UNANIMOUSLY, AND ENTHUSIASTICALLY.
THEY APPROVED THE EXPANSION IN JULY OF 2024.
THE BALCONY SHOWN HERE HAS EXISTED SINCE 1973.
WE HAVE AN APPROVED RIGHT-OF-WAY ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT.
THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE SALES ON THE BALCONY, BUT THE
BALCONY IS STAYING.
IT IS OF HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE.
THE EXISTING DESIGN HAS GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS OF APPROVAL
AND HAS RECEIVED APPROVAL FROM NATURAL RESOURCES,
CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, ZONING, TRANSPORTATION, FIRE,
STORMWATER, AND LEGAL.
OKAY.
HERE IS A DEPICTION OF WHAT THE ADDITION OF THE BUILDING IS
GOING TO LOOK LIKE, OVER IMPOSED WITH THE HISTORIC STRUCTURE
THAT IS EXISTING.
YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING BUILDING IN THE DARKER BRICK AND
THE NEW ADDITION IN THE GLASS AND THE LIGHTER BRICK BEHIND
IT.
SO THIS IS A VIEW FROM 19th AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT
BUILDING.

THE GLAZING WINDOWS ON THE 19th STREET SIDE OFFER A
TRANSITION BETWEEN THE EXISTING HISTORIC STRUCTURE AND THE
NEW MORE MODERN ADDITION.
THE WAY THIS IS DESIGNED WHERE YOU CAN'T TOUCH, OBVIOUSLY,
THE HISTORIC STRUCTURE, BUT YOU HAVE TO DEMARCATE IT.
THE WAY YOU DO THAT IS YOU BUILD SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE
MODERN AS THE ADDITION, AND IT IS STEPPED BACK FROM THE
STREET AS WELL.
THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH BLC DESIGN GUIDELINES.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
STANDARDS WHEN YOU'RE ADDING TO AN HISTORIC STRUCTURE.
MOST OF THIS EXPANSION AREA IN THE BACK, THE NEW PART THAT
YOU SEE, THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HOUSE THE KITCHEN, THE
OPERATIONAL SYSTEM, THE COLD STORAGE.
VERY LITTLE OF THIS NEW SPACE ON THE INTERIOR SIDE IS
INTENDED FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
THE FEATURES THAT MAKE THIS SITE SAFER, AND I KNOW WE'LL
TALK ABOUT SAFETY IN YBOR BECAUSE THAT IS IMPORTANT,
EXPANSION TO THE REAR RESULTS IN A ZERO LOT LINE.
I HAD TALKED ABOUT, REMEMBER THAT GAP IN THE RED BOX.
THIS BRINGS THE BUILDING ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK, SO THERE
ARE NO SPACES FOR ANYONE TO LOITER OR HANG OUT WHEN IT GETS
DARK.
YOU CAN SEE THE LIGHTING PICTURE HERE IS GOING TO GO ALL THE
WAY AROUND THE BUILDING CONSISTENT WITH BLC STANDARDS.

SO IN THE BACK OF THE BUILDING AS WELL AS ON THE SIDE OF THE
BUILDING.
FRONT OF THE BUILDING, THERE IS AN EMPHASIS ON SAFETY
THROUGH LIGHTING.
THE GLAZING WITH THE WINDOWS IS ACTUALLY ALSO A SAFETY
FEATURE.
IT'S CALLED AN EYES ON THE STREET DESIGN FEATURE.
THIS ACTIVATES THE STREETSCAPE ALONG 19th.
RIGHT NOW THERE'S REALLY NOT A LOT OF ACTIVATION ON 19th.
I WANT TO POINT YOU TO THIS DOOR ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT THAT
YOU SEE IN THE NEW ADDITION.
THAT IS THE ACCESS NOW TO THE ROOFTOP RESTAURANT.
THAT IS HOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET INTO THE ROOFTOP RESTAURANT.
AGAIN, THIS IS MORNING THROUGH NIGHT, CLOSING AT 11 P.M.,
BREAKFAST, LUNCH, AND DINNER.
THAT'S GOING TO BE THE ACCESS THERE.
AND THEN THE ACCESS TO THE RETAIL, THE ART EXHIBITIONS, AND
THE OTHER USES WILL BE OFF OF 7th.
INTEREST OF TIME, I'LL SUBMIT A MEMO ADDRESSING EACH OTHER
OF THE SPECIAL USE CRITERIA, GIVE IT TO MR. SHELBY, FOR THE
RECORD.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT FOUR OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE.
THAT'S PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, WELFARE, COMPATIBILITY OF USE,
CONSISTENCY WITH THE COMP PLAN AND THE ISSUE OF PRECEDENT.
FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, HEALTH, AND GENERAL WELFARE, WE

UNDERSTAND SAFETY IN YBOR IS PARAMOUNT AND, OF COURSE, THAT
IS FOR GOOD REASON.
FOR THE COMFORT OF THE APPLICANT'S PATRONS, FOR THE GOOD OF
THE COMMUNITY, THE APPLICANT HAS PLEDGED TO ENSURE A
STATE-OF-THE-ART AND CUTTING-EDGE SECURITY MEASURES IN
PLACE.
OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE DISTRICT ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE
TWO OFF-DUTY SWORN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
WHILE NOT REQUIRED, WE ARE COMMITTING TO HAVING FOUR
EXTERIOR OFF-DUTY OFFICERS STARTING AT 9 P.M. THURSDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY AND TWO OFFICERS THE REST OF THE WEEK.
WE'LL HAVE ADVANCED SCREENING TECHNOLOGY.
A PUBLIC ENTRANCE SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE AT SPORTING EVENTS
AND THEATERS BUT INTEGRATED INTO THE BUILDING.
WE WILL HAVE INTERIOR SECURITY PERSONNEL IN EXCESS OF WHAT
THE CODE REQUIRES.
CODE REQUIRES ONE SECURITY PERSONNEL FOR 150 OCCUPANTS.
WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE 1 PER 100.
WE'LL HAVE 8K CAMERAS COVERING ALL EXTERIOR COMPONENTS OF
THE BUILDING.
THE SITE, AGAIN, WILL BE VERY WELL LIT CONSISTENT WITH THE
BLC STANDARDS.
THE 7th AVENUE ENTRANCES ARE GOING TO BE RESTRICTED TO AGE
21 AND UP AFTER 9 P.M.
WE'LL ALSO MANAGE THE NOISE.

THE ROOFTOP, AGAIN, A PARTIALLY OPEN-AIR RESTAURANT.
THIS COMPONENT CEASES OPERATIONS AT 11 P.M.
NO AMPLIFIED MUSIC, OF COURSE, AFTER THAT TIME.
THE NEXT THING I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE COMPATIBILITY WITH
THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
THIS IS AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT.
IT IS IN THE URBAN VILLAGE.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING AN ADDITION THAT WILL KEEP THE
BLOCK ACTIVATED ALL DAY.
ACTIVATING THIS PART OF YBOR CITY WILL BE GOOD FOR
RESIDENTS.
IT WILL BE GOOD FOR VISITORS.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS REALLY ENCOURAGED
APPLICANTS TO DO, REALLY HAVE OPTIONS FOR ALL-DAY USE IN
THESE TYPES OF BUILDINGS, AND THIS PROVIDES THAT, BREAKFAST,
LUNCH AND DINNER ON THE ROOF.
ART EXHIBITION STREET LEVEL RETAIL DURING THE DAY AND
ENTERTAINMENT AT NIGHT.
IT IS PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY.
IT IS VERY CLOSE TO A TRANSIT STOP FOR THE TROLLEY AND IT IS
MIXED USE LIKE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CALLS FOR.
AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE MEMO THAT I WILL SUBMIT, WE ARE IN
CONFORMITY OF LAND USE POLICIES 1.2.3, 1.2.6, 1.2.14.
1.2.16, AND 1.2.24.
A LOT OF THESE ARE ABOUT EXTERNAL IMPACTS FOR FUTURE

NEIGHBORS.
THE RELATION OF THE BUILDING AND THE SCALE, AND REALLY BEING
COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY, THE LIGHTING, THE
CHARACTER, AND THE HISTORIC DESIGN.
BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, I THINK, REGARDING WHAT 27-129
CALLS FOR IN YOUR EVALUATION IS THE IDEA ABOUT PRECEDENT.
AND THE CODE REALLY WANTS TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT CREATING
BAD PRECEDENT BY APPROVING AN APPLICATION SUCH AS THIS.
I WILL OFFER YOU THAT APPROVAL TODAY EMPHASIZES VERY GOOD
PRECEDENT.
WHEN AN APPLICANT COMES BEFORE YOU ASKING FOR HOURS TO CODE
IN YBOR CITY, YOU SHOULD BE ASKING THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE
CERTAIN THINGS.
THOSE THINGS SHOULD INCLUDE A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT,
SOMETHING COMMENSURATE, A DEVELOPMENT COMMENSURATE WITH THE
HIGH QUALITY OF ITS NEIGHBORING ESTABLISHMENTS.
HIGH-QUALITY CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN.
PROXIMITY TO PUBLIC TRANSIT.
HEIGHTENED SECURITY INCORPORATED INTO THE DESIGN ITSELF.
ACTIVATION OF THE STREET WITH RESTAURANT AND RETAIL HOURS
MORNING THROUGH NIGHT.
HEIGHTENED SAFETY AND SECURITY PLAN WITH ADDITIONAL OFF-DUTY
OFFICERS, HISTORIC SENSITIVITY WITH UNANIMOUS BLC APPROVAL
FOR DESIGN, OUTDOOR COMPONENTS CLOSING BY 11 P.M.
AND AN ALREADY EXISTING AB APPROVAL ON-SITE.

IF AN APPLICANT COMES FORWARD WITH ALL OF THOSE THINGS, THAT
IS GOOD PRECEDENT TO APPROVE AN APPLICATION LIKE THAT.
THERE ARE VERY, VERY FEW OF THEM THAT WILL COME BEFORE YOU
THAT CAN OFFER ALL THOSE THINGS.
I SUBMIT TO YOU THAT WE ARE ONE OF THEM AND WE ASK FOR YOUR
APPROVAL.
I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
6:14:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
IF NOT, I WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
MA'AM IN RED, WERE YOU SWORN IN OR DID YOU COME IN AFTER WE
SWORE EVERYBODY IN?
ARE YOU GOING TO BE SPEAKING TONIGHT?
NO.
OKAY.
THEN YOU'RE GOOD.
ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 5 FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
FOR THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME ON UP.
YOU WERE ALL SWORN IN, SO YOU'RE GOOD TO GO.
WE'LL GO TO THEM RIGHT AFTER YOU.
YES, SIR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
6:14:38PM >> ROBERTO TORRES.
HI.
HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY?
6:14:44PM >> I'M A GIRL.
6:14:46PM >> SORRY.

MY NAME IS ROBERTO TORRES.
I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU AT DIFFERENT TIMES.
1901 EAST 7TH AVENUE IS WHERE I BUILT MY BUSINESS.
WE WENT FROM ONE TO SEVEN LOCATIONS.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE CURRENT OWNER AT ONE POINT
AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE SALE.
IT WAS HIS KNOWLEDGE, HIS ABILITY TO LISTEN, HIS OPPORTUNITY
TO LEARN ABOUT THE DISTRICT, FEEDBACK, AND HOW MUCH OF A
CARETAKER HE WANTS TO BE FOR THE PROPERTY, WHY I'M HERE
TODAY.
THIS BUILDING HAS SPECIFIC HISTORY IN A SENSE THAT YOU CAN'T
RE-CREATE A BUILDING THAT HAS THIS MUCH HISTORY,
SPECIFICALLY, WITH THE FEST ACROSS THE STREET.
CAFE OBOE FROM 1989 AND THEN IT BECAME AN ARCHITECTURE
OFFICE BEFORE WE TOOK IT OVER.
SO -- IT HAS NOT BEEN ACTIVATED THE WAY THAT IT SHOULD FOR
AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME UNTIL WE GOT IT IN 2014.
THE LAST TEN YEARS, IT HAS BEEN MY PLEASURE TO SEE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF THE HISTORY OF YBOR AND FOR US TO
TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A BUSINESS THAT WEAVES ITSELF
INTO THE FABRIC OF THE DISTRICT.
I'M NOT HERE IN A POSITION TO SAY THAT THIS IS SIGNIFICANT
BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT.
HOWEVER, IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT THE AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT,
IT'S GOING TO ENSURE THAT THIS TYPE OF STRUCTURE WILL BE

HERE FOR THE NEXT HUNDRED YEARS.
MY CAPACITY IS ALSO NOT AS A BARRIO LATINO COMMISSIONER.
I ACTUALLY MISSED THAT MEETING ON PURPOSE BECAUSE I DIDN'T
WANT TO BE PERCEIVED THAT I HAD ANY CLOUT OR HAD ANY
INFLUENCE ON THAT PARTICULAR SUBJECT.
WE DEPEND AS A BARRIO LATINO COMMISSION ON OUR STAFF AND OUR
STAFF HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO EXTENSIVELY, VERY, VERY
THOROUGH WITH THE TEAM FOR THE NEW OWNER FOR THIS PARTICULAR
PROJECT.
I PUT 100% MY SUPPORT BEHIND THIS AND I BELIEVE THIS IS A
GOOD THING FOR THE DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE GOING TO BE
ABLE TO ACTIVATE THE TYPE OF BUSINESSES THAT WE WANT TO
ENGAGE IN FOR OUR HISTORIC DISTRICT 37 THANK YOU.
6:17:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER, COME ON UP, SIR.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
6:17:25PM >> HELLO.
MY NAME IS ANDREW MATTSON.
I'M HERE ON KIND OF TWO PARTS.
I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT BECAUSE I'M THE BUSINESS
OWNER RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO IT.
BUT I'M ALSO THE ARCHITECT OF RECORD FOR THE PROJECT, TOO.
WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM BEFORE, THAT WAS
MY OFFICE.
I WORKED 1901 EAST 7TH AVENUE SINCE 2004.

WE MOVED OUT, MOVED NEXT DOOR.
WE'VE BEEN THERE EVER SINCE THEN.
THEY ARE GOING TO BE OUR DIRECT NEIGHBOR.
I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH CHARLIE'S INVESTMENT INTO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
HE'S SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY TO MAKE THE BUILDING BETTER,
BRINGING IT UP TO FULL ADA COMPLIANCE, RESTORING IT,
MAINTAINING THE HISTORIC NATURE OF THE BUILDING AND ALSO
BRINGING IN A RESTAURANT THAT YBOR CITY REALLY NEEDS.
THERE NEEDS TO BE A LOT MORE BREAKFAST PLACES FROM -- WHEN
TROPICANA MOVED OUT, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF BREAKFAST PLACES
LEFT.
I'M VERY EXCITED FOR THIS RESTAURANT TO BE IN THIS SPACE,
BUT I'M ALSO EXCITED FOR THE BUILDING.
LIKE I SAID, THEY ARE MY NEIGHBOR AND I'M ALSO THE ARCHITECT
OF RECORD FOR IT.
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
6:18:37PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER, YES, SIR.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
6:18:42PM >> MICHAEL WOMACK, 3105 NORTH 15th STREET.
I AM AN YBOR RESIDENT.
I AM A PR GUY.
I WRITE EVERYTHING DOWN.
I'LL READ THIS.

I'VE LIVED IN TAMPA MY WHOLE LIFE, THE MAJORITY OF MY TIME
POSTCOLLEGE I SPENT IN YBOR CITY AS A RENTER AND I NOW OWN.
I'M HERE TODAY AS AN YBOR RESIDENT BUT ALSO SOMEBODY
PASSIONATE ABOUT SEEING YBOR THRIVE AND EVOLVE IN A WAY THAT
RESPECTS ITS HISTORY WHILE EMBRACING ITS FUTURE.
I THINK THIS PROJECT DOES THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE LETTER THAT WAS SUBMITTED BY
THE YBOR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
IT'S SOMEWHERE IN THE RECORDS THAT YOU ALL SEE.
6:19:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE RECEIVED IT BY E-MAIL.
6:19:22PM >> WHILE I UNDERSTAND THEIR CONCERNS, THERE ARE SOME
INACCURACIES, SPECIFICALLY THIS IS A MIXED USE SPACE.
IT IS A SPACE THAT INCLUDES RETAIL, A RESTAURANT AND A
VENUE.
THE DEVELOPERS MADE IT CLEAR THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S
GOING TO BE ACTIVE BOTH NIGHT AND DAY.
I ACTUALLY USED TO LIVE RIGHT BEHIND WHERE THIS DEVELOPMENT
IS AND I CAN TELL YOU FIRSTHAND THAT SIDE OF 7th AVENUE
COULD DEFINITELY USE MORE ACTIVATION.
IT'S NOT NEARLY AS VIBRANT AS THE WEST SIDE AND THE
DEVELOPMENT I FEEL LIKE WILL BRING SOME MUCH-NEEDED ENERGY
TO THAT SIDE OF 7th AVENUE.
IT'S A MIXED USE BASE WITH COMMERCIAL ELEMENTS, INCLUDING
THE LIQUOR LICENSE BEING REQUESTED.
I THINK IT WILL BE A WELCOME ADDITION NOT JUST FOR RESIDENTS

LIKE ME BUT FOR TOURISTS THAT VISIT US.
THIS PROJECT ISN'T ABOUT CHANGING THE ESSENCE OF YBOR; IT'S
ABOUT ENHANCING IT.
IT'S ABOUT ENSURING THAT THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD CONTINUES
TO EVOLVE IN A WAY THAT KEEPS IT EXCITING AND RELEVANT FOR
FUTURE GENERATIONS WHILE PRESERVING WHAT MAKES YBOR SPECIAL
AND WHAT I CAME TO LOVE ABOUT IT.
I HUMBLY REQUEST THAT YOU ALL VOTE TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST.
THANK YOU.
6:20:23PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE HERE IN PERSON?
IF NOT, I HAVE TWO SPEAKERS, DAVID BAILEY AND STEPHANIE
HARRISON BAILEY.
PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERAS ON.
TURN ON YOUR MICROPHONES, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, AND WE WILL
SWEAR YOU IN.
IF YOU COULD BRING THEM UP ON THE SCREEN SO WE CAN SEE THEM.
TWO SEPARATE SCREENS OR TOGETHER?
DAVID, WE SEE YOU.
WE NEED TO GET STEPHANIE.
STEPHANIE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, WE WILL SWEAR YOU
IN.
6:20:55PM >> DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE ABOUT
TO PROVIDE IS THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH?
6:21:00PM >> YES.

6:21:03PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MR. BAILEY, YOU ARE UP FIRST.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
6:21:08PM >> HI THERE.
DAVID BAILEY, RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER IN HISTORIC YBOR
CITY.
HAPPY TO SEE THE NEIGHBORHOOD SHOW UP FOR THIS DISCUSSION,
AND THERE WAS MENTION OF THE LETTER THAT WAS SUBMITTED WHICH
HAD SOME POINTS OF CONCERN.
FOR ME PERSONALLY, WHEN I WALK DOWN 7th AVENUE, I THINK
LIKE ALL OF US, I SEE GLIMMERS OF HOPE FOR DAYTIME
BUSINESSES, BUT I ALSO HAVE FOUNDED CONCERNS ABOUT LARGE
VENUE LOUNGES, WHICH IS WHAT THE APPLICATION DESCRIBES IT
AS.
EVERY TIME YOU APPROVE, NOT THAT YOU'RE APPROVING THIS AS A
LARGE VENUE LOUNGE, IT'S MORE THE USE, WE LOSE UNIQUE
BUSINESSES AND STOREFRONTS ON 7th AVENUE THAT HAVE BEEN
THERE FOR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS.
I THINK THAT IS A SERIOUS CONSIDERATION.
AND IN THIS CASE, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE SOME COMPONENTS TO
THIS WHICH ARE MIXED USE, I WOULD SAY BY AND LARGE THIS IS A
PRETTY MONOLITHIC USE, WHICH I AGREE FROM THE RENDERINGS AND
THE WORDS AND THE PROMISES TONIGHT LOOKS LIKE A SOLID
DEVELOPMENT.
BUT, AGAIN, WE HAVE TO BE AWARE OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN.
AND IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG AND WE HAVE THIS LARGE VENUE, WE

END UP WITH LARGE VACANCIES.
WE HAVE ALSO SEEN NUMEROUS TIMES WHERE ESTABLISHMENTS
PRESENT THAT THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE A RESTAURANT COMPONENT
AND THEN FAST-FORWARD A YEAR OR TWO LATER AND THEY DECIDE TO
PULL THE RESTAURANT COMPONENT AND WE'RE LEFT WITH A LARGE
VENUE LOUNGE WHICH WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH OF TODAY.
SO WHILE I BELIEVE MR. SINGER WHEN HE SAYS WHAT HE SAID
TONIGHT AND I MEAN NO DISRESPECT TO HIM, I GUESS MY QUESTION
TO YOU IS WHAT ASSURANCES DO WE HAVE, WHICH CAN BE BINDING
THAT THIS REMAINS A MIXED USE FOOD SERVICE RELATED BUSINESS
WITH SIGNIFICANT DAYTIME HOURS?
IF THOSE QUESTIONS CAN BE ANSWERED, YOU CAN MAKE YOUR
DECISIONS BASED UPON THAT.
BUT IF THEY CAN'T, I HATE TO SAY THAT I HAVE TO ASSUME THE
WORST, BUT LIVING IN YBOR CITY FOR OVER 20 YEARS, I THINK
WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE.
SO, YEAH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
6:23:22PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT UP WE HAVE STEPHANIE HARRISON BAILEY.
MA'AM, GO AHEAD.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
6:23:28PM >> HI THERE.
STEPHANIE HARRISON BAILEY, ALSO A RESIDENT OF YBOR.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THE ENTIRE PRESENTATION
THAT I GOT TO LISTEN TO FOR THE LAST LITTLE BIT ON THIS

PROJECT.
IT IS KIND OF THE FIRST TIME I'VE HAD A CITY COUNCIL
PRESENTATION CHANGE MY MIND SOMEWHAT ON A PROJECT.
OBVIOUSLY, I'M A PART OF THE HISTORIC YBOR BOARD THAT WROTE
THE LETTER THAT YOU GUYS HAVE SITTING IN FRONT OF YOU AS
CITY COUNCIL.
BUT SPEAKING AS AN INDIVIDUAL, I AM VERY EXCITED.
AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND ALSO AS AN ARCHITECT AND DEVELOPER
MYSELF, I AM VERY EXCITED BY THE RENDERINGS I SEE.
THEY LOOK GREAT.
IT'S ABOUT TIME THAT YBOR GOT SOME BEAUTIFUL, NEW
DEVELOPMENT THAT IS REALLY THOUGHTFUL, BUT I WILL ALSO AGREE
WITH DAVID'S SENTIMENT ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OF WORRY OR
HESITATION WITH LARGE VENUE PROJECTS THAT HAVE GONE INTO
YBOR BEFORE AND THEY HAVE GONE IN AS BOTH RESTAURANT AND
ALCOHOL USE, WHICH IS FINE, AND THEN THEY HAVE LEARNED THAT
THEY CAN'T MAKE THE MONEY THEY NEED TO MAKE FROM THE
RESTAURANT USE, SO THE RESTAURANT USE GOES AWAY AND THEN WE
ARE JUST LEFT WITH ANOTHER BAR.
I KNOW THAT, LIKE DAVID SAID, THERE ARE WAYS TO BIND THAT
RESTAURANT USE, THAT DAYTIME USE.
SO IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD EXPLORE THAT.
I AM SUPER HAPPY TO FREQUENT THE SPACE ONCE IT'S UP AND
RUNNING, BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE ANOTHER BREAKFAST SPOT IN
YBOR.

THAT'S IT.
THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.
THANK YOU.
6:25:09PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANYBODY ELSE?
NO.
THAT CONCLUDES.
SO, SIR, I'LL GO TO YOU AND THEN MIRANDA.
A LARGE VENUE, BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR.
THIS WOULD BE COMPARABLE TO THE COLUMBIA RESTAURANT WOULD BE
SOMETHING OF THIS SAME CALIBER ESSENTIALLY, RIGHT?
6:25:34PM >> FOR THE RESTAURANT USE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SIGNIFICANT
INVESTMENT IN A FULL-SCALE RESTAURANT OPEN FOR BREAKFAST,
LUNCH AND DINNER.
SO THE SHORT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS YES.
THE LONGER ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, IF I MAY, A COUPLE OF
THINGS, ONE, I WANT TO PUT ON THE RECORD WE HAD A COMMUNITY
MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 4th IN YBOR AT THE SITE, AND WE
RECEIVED NO OPPOSITION THERE.
WE HAVE DONE WHAT WE BELIEVE IS PRETTY EXTENSIVE OUTREACH
AND EDUCATION CAMPAIGN IN THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK THAT'S REFLECTED TONIGHT.
I'VE BEEN DOING THIS A WHILE AND YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS A
WHILE AND WHEN THESE TYPE OF APPLICATIONS COME IN FRONT OF
YOU IN YBOR CITY GENERALLY WE'RE LIKELY TO SEE A PACKED ROOM

WITH A LOT OF UPSET PEOPLE.
THAT IS NOT THE CASE HERE.
IN FACT, THE OPPOSITE.
IN TERMS OF ENSURING THAT WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS ACTUALLY
GOING TO HAPPEN, I THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE OF WAYS TO DO
THAT.
ONE, THE DESIGN APPROVED BY THE BARRIO IS BINDING, AND WE
WILL CERTAINLY LIVE UP TO THAT.
NUMBER TWO, IF THE CONCERN OF COUNCIL -- AND I'M GOING TO
KIND OF JUMP AHEAD A LITTLE BIT TO WHAT I THINK MIGHT BE
COMING -- BUT IF THERE IS A CONCERN OF COUNCIL THAT THIS
RESTAURANT USE IS GOING TO GO AWAY AND WE'RE GOING TO BE
LEFT WITH THIS LARGE VENUE THAT CAN DO WHATEVER IT IS THEY
WANT, WE CERTAINLY WOULD BE OPEN BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND
READING TO ADDING A CONDITION TO THE PLAN THAT YOU DON'T GET
THE LARGE VENUE USE WITHOUT THE RESTAURANT USE.
HAPPY TO DO THAT.
HAPPY TO DO THAT WITH THE RETAIL USE ON THE FIRST FLOOR AS
WELL.
THIS APPLICANT IS GOING TO DO WHAT HE SAYS HE'S GOING TO DO.
IF YOU WANT TO BIND FUTURE PEOPLE IF FOR SOME REASON THIS
GUY GETS HIT BY A BUS AND THERE'S NO WAY HE CAN CONTINUE THE
BUSINESS OPERATION AND SOMEONE ELSE HAS TO COME IN AND TAKE
OVER, YOU WANT THEM BOUND TO THIS PLAN.
YOU WANT THEM BOUND TO THE RETAIL.

YOU WANT THEM BOUND TO THE RESTAURANT.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT DAVID AND STEPHANIE AND PROBABLY
SOME OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND NEIGHBORS ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT AS WELL.
WE'LL BE PROACTIVE ABOUT IT AND SAY REQUIRE IT.
WE'RE ON BOARD.
6:27:48PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE SHARING THOSE
CONCERNS, I THINK IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT, COMPLIMENTS TO
THE ARCHITECT.
AND I WISH IT MUCH SUCCESS.
AGAIN, YBOR IS CHANGING, BUT YOU HAVE THE COLUMBIA ON ONE
SIDE, IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD THESE LARGER VENUES,
TYPES OF VENUES.
WHERE DO YOU GET THE BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER?
BLIND TIGER CAFE YOU GET COFFEE, OPTIONS THERE, BUT LIMITED
BECAUSE THE TROPICANA IS OUT.
AGAIN, PLACES THAT I USED TO GO TO ARE NO LONGER THERE
ANYMORE.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROJECT.
AGAIN, YOU ANSWERED I BELIEVE THE CONCERNS OF THE FOLKS THAT
WERE ONLINE TO GIVE THEM ASSURANCE.
AGAIN, A RESTAURANT COULD FAIL AND RESTAURANTS FAIL AT A
VERY, VERY HIGH RATE.
AND THEN WHAT MOVES IN THERE?
ANOTHER NIGHTCLUB LARGE VENUE AND THEN IT IS THE SAME OLD

YBOR CITY OF THE LAST 30 YEARS.
AGAIN, THIS IS A VERY NICE, UPSCALE, CLASSY PROJECT PER THE
RENDERINGS.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK AND COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
6:28:54PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MS. JOHNSON VELEZ.
MY UNDERSTANDING, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK, WE CAN'T GUARANTEE A
RESTAURANT USAGE, CAN WE?
6:29:11PM >>SUSAN JOHNSON-VELEZ:
SUSAN JOHNSON VELEZ, LEGAL
DEPARTMENT.
NO, YOU CAN'T.
IT COULD BE A CONDITION THAT IS ADDED TO THIS PARTICULAR
PERMIT, BUT SOMEONE COULD COME IN, A NEW OWNER OR NEW
OPERATOR COULD COME IN AND SEEK YOUR APPROVAL TO CHANGE THE
USE AT SOME POINT DOWN THE ROAD.
6:29:27PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
BUT IT WOULD REQUIRE OUR APPROVAL.
6:29:29PM >>SUSAN JOHNSON-VELEZ:
IT WOULD REQUIRE YOUR APPROVAL.
THAT'S CORRECT.
6:29:36PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MY SECOND QUESTION IS I KNOW THAT WE'VE
TALKED BEFORE WHEN YOU WET ZONE A PROPERTY THAT YOU HAVE TO
WET ZONE THE FULL PROPERTY.
I DON'T THINK WE CAN PIECEMEAL IT OUT.
SO WE CAN'T WET ZONE THE OPERATING HOURS OF THE ROOF TO ONLY
BEING TILL 11 P.M., CAN WE?
6:29:57PM >>SUSAN JOHNSON-VELEZ:
THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE.

6:29:59PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THAT'S MY FEAR.
6:30:01PM >>SUSAN JOHNSON-VELEZ:
IT CAN BE PUT IN THERE, BUT THE
QUESTION IS ENFORCEMENT OF THAT.
6:30:09PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.

I KNOW YOU TALK ABOUT HAVING SOME RETAIL ON THE BOTTOM.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF THE BOTTOM SPACE DURING THE DAY?
WILL THAT BE EMPTY?
OR WILL THAT BE A RESTAURANT USAGE?
06:30:24PM >> THAT WILL BE LARGE VENUE SPACE OVERFLOW RESTAURANT SPACE
AND EVENT SPACE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC TO USE.
06:30:35PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I AM GOING TO ASK A QUESTION THAT I THINK
WILL MAKE PEOPLE FEEL BETTER OR AT LEAST MAKE ME FEEL
BETTER.
WILL YOU BE WILLING TO TAKE THE ACTIVE AB SALES HOUR FROM
THE CURRENT PERMIT AND USE THEM FOR YOURS.
11 P.M. SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND 1 A.M. THURSDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY?
06:30:52PM >> THE SITE PLAN HAS ACTUALLY BOTH OF THEM LISTED.
IT IS A LITTLE CONFUSING, AND I AM HAPPY TO PUT THEM IN THE
RECORD IF THAT IS HELPFUL, SITE PLAN CONDITION OF
CHAPTER 14.
THE APPLICANT WANTS CHAPTER 14 JUST LIKE 90 OUT OF THE 99
OTHERS YOU APPROVED SINCE 1990.
THEY BEEN AT TO BE TREATED SIMILARLY, AND THEY ARE STUCK ON
THE CHAPTER 14.
06:31:17PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THEN I WON'T BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS.
BECAUSE WE CAN'T -- WE CAN'T SEPARATE THE ROOFTOP HOURS.
WE CAN'T SAY THIS IS NOT GOING TO BECOME ANOTHER LARGE PARTY
ESTABLISHMENT.
I KNOW YOU CAN SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT, BUT JUST WHAT HAPPENS.
BECAUSE THIS ZONING IS NOT JUST FOR YOU.
IT RUNS WITH THE PROPERTY.
SO IF YOU CAN'T -- IF THAT -- IN THOSE AREN'T CONDITIONS, I
SIMPLY CAN'T SUPPORT YOUR PROJECT.
06:31:45PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
06:31:49PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THANK YOU, MR. SINGER, FINE PRESENTATION
AND FAVORITISM FOR IT.
AND ANOTHER THING YOU SAID EARLIER AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE I
UNDERSTOOD IT RIGHT.
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE TWO.
YOU WILL HAVE FOUR.
AM I CORRECT?
06:32:06PM >> YES, SIR.
06:32:07PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
RUN WITH THE ALCOHOL LICENSE IF SOMETHING
HAPPENS AND YOU CLOSE THE RESTAURANT AND YOU DON'T NEED ANY
POLICE OFFICERS?
HOW WILL THAT BE CONSTRUED BY MYSELF AND OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS?
06:32:17PM >> A GOOD QUESTION AND FRANKLY -- I WOULD ASK FOR YOUR
STAFF'S HELP.
WE CAN ONLY OFFER WHAT WE OFFER.
AND I WILL PUT IT ON THE SITE PLAN AND PUT IT IN THE
CONDITION, WHATEVER YOU NEED.
06:32:27PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I AM NOT BRINGING IT UP.
YOUR CLIENT BROUGHT IT UP.
AND DISCUSS IT WITH YOU.
YOU ARE A FINE ATTORNEY.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE MY EARS HEARD WHAT I HEARD AND MY HEART
IS WITH IT.
THE FOUR OFFICERS STAY IF SOMETHING ELSE GOES AWAY OR NOT,
BECAUSE IT IS ATTACHED TO THE ZONING WHICH YOU SAID.
06:32:45PM >> TO THE EXTENT WE CAN BIND IT, WE WILL BIND IT.
TO THE EXTENT WE CAN, WE WILL.
AND WILLING TO DO IT.
06:32:53PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS LEGAL OR NOT.
I WILL ASK THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
I AM NOT AN ATTORNEY.
IT IS UNIQUE AND WONDERFUL, DON'T GET ME WRONG.
06:33:04PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
LaCHONE DOCK, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
IF THAT IS PLACED ON THE SITE PLAN AS A CONDITION OF THE
APPROVAL, IT MUST REMAIN.
AS LONG AS THAT LARGE VENUE CLASSIFICATION IS ON THAT
PROPERTY UNTIL SOMEONE COMES IN AND ASKS FOR A NEW PERMIT
AND RECEIVES APPROVAL FROM COUNCIL, IT WILL REMAIN.
06:33:22PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WHAT I HEARD.
06:33:26PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
CLEAR UP THE HOURS OF OPERATION.
CURRENTLY ON THE SITE, A SPECIAL RESTAURANT DESIGNATION.
UNDER THE CODE 27-132.
IF YOU ARE A CERTAIN RESTAURANT, CERTAIN HOURS.
HOURS ARE CLOSING 11 P.M. SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND 1
A.M. THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
I WANT TO CLEAR ON THE RECORD THE HOURS ARE NOT CONSISTENT
WITH CHAPTER 14 ON THE CURRENT APPROVAL.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
06:33:50PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANYBODY ELSE?
06:33:54PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I WANT TO MAKE SURE BETWEEN FIRST AND
SECOND READING I REMEMBER WHAT I HEARD.
06:34:00PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
IF NOT, ASK A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC
HEARING.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THIS?
06:34:15PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
FILE NUMBER AB-246, ORDINANCE OF FIRST
READING.
SPECIAL USE PERMIT SU-2 FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES, LARGE
VENUE CONSUMPTION ON PREMISE ONLY AND MAKING LAWFUL THE SALE
OF BEVERAGES REGARDLESS OF ALCOHOL CONTENT, BEER, WINE AND
LIQUOR ON THAT CERTAIN LOT, PLOT OR TRACT OF LAND LOCATED AT
1901 EAST 7th AVENUE, TAMPA, FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARLY
DESCRIBED IN SECTION 3 PROVIDING THAT ALL ORDINANCES OR
PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT ARE REPEALED, REPEALING AB
1-16-28, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
06:34:57PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WITH THE MODIFICATIONS.
06:34:59PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
WITH THE MODIFICATIONS.
06:35:01PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
JUST BE STATED ON THE RECORD SO WE ARE
CLEAR WITH STAFF.
DID YOU GET THOSE CONDITIONS TO BE ADDED TO BE AGREED TO?
06:35:09PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
YES.
06:35:09PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
WITH THE STATED CONDITIONS ADDED.
06:35:12PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
JUST SAY IT ON THE RECORD.
06:35:15PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
LaCHONE DOCK, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
YES, WITH THE ADDITION ALE CONDITION AGREED ON IN THIS
EVENING'S MEETING WILL BE ADDED TO THE REVISIONS ALREADY ON
THE STAFF REPORT.
06:35:25PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THOSE BEING --
06:35:28PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
REGARDING THE SECURITY PLAN AND ALSO
REGARDING THE USE OF THE RESTAURANT.
06:35:32PM >> DAVID SINGER FOR THE APPLICANT.
MISS DOCK SAID THE RESTAURANT -- CONDITION THE USE OF THE
RESTAURANT -- I WILL OFFER THAT WE CONDITION THAT THE
RESTAURANT MUST CLOSE AT 11 P.M. IF THE STAFF FIND IT
NONENFORCEABLE AND SAYS WE CAN'T DO IT, BUT WE ARE WILLING
TO PUT IT ON THE PLAN.
06:35:51PM >>LUIS VIERA:
MOVE TO REOPEN.
06:35:56PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION TO OPEN FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
SECONDED.
YES, THE HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
GET THAT CLARIFICATION ON THE RECORD.
06:36:09PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
LaCHONE DOCK, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
I LIKE FOR THE APPLICANT TO STATE ON THE RECORD THE HOURS OF
OPERATION.
IF YOU CONDITION THE HOURS OF THE RESTAURANT, THAT IS THE
ESTABLISHMENT.
SO IF YOU WILL STATE THE HOURS WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE -- OR
THE UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR HOURS EACH DAY OF THE WEEK.
06:36:27PM >> DAVID SINGER FOR THE APPLICANT.
IF WE CAN'T CONDITION A CLOSE BY 11:00, I WILL TELL YOU THAT
IS THE BUSINESS PLAN TO CLOSE AT 11.
WE ARE ASKING FOR CHAPTER 14.
06:36:36PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
SECONDED FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON HAS READ THE MOTION.
A SECOND TO IT.
06:36:45PM >>LUIS VIERA:
SECOND.
06:36:46PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
MA'AM?
06:36:49PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THIS IS WHY I CAN'T SUPPORT IT AND WHY
COUNCIL SHOULD CONSIDER THIS.
THAT MEANS THAT THE ROOFTOP SPACE WILL NOW BE ABLE TO BE
ALCOHOL BEVERAGE SALES UNTIL 3 A.M.
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE APPROVING.
WE ARE APPROVING BOTTOM FLOOR, MIDDLE FLOOR AND TOP FLOOR,
INCLUDING AN OUTDOOR AREA UNTIL 3 A.M.
06:37:14PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
06:37:16PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I WILL ONLY SAY THIS, IF I MAY.
06:37:19PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, SIR, GO AHEAD.
06:37:21PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THE PETITIONER'S ATTORNEY STATED -- AND I
UNDERSTAND WHAT MISS HURTAK IS SAYING ALSO -- THAT THE
RESTAURANT WILL CLOSE AT 11:00.
BUT HE NEVER SAID THAT THE BAR WILL CLOSE AT 11:00.
JUST THE RESTAURANT.
06:37:37PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WOULD YOU LIKE TO REOPEN THE HEARING
AGAIN?
06:37:45PM >>LUIS VIERA:
MOVE TO REOPEN.
06:37:47PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION TO REOPEN.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
06:37:52PM >> DAVID SINGER FOR THE APPLICANT.
TO ANSWER COUNCILMAN MIRANDA'S QUESTION.
THERE WILL BE NO ACTIVITY ON THE ROOF -- AT THE ROOF DECK
AFTER 11 P.M. NO RESTAURANT, NO BAR, NOTHING.
06:38:07PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
NO SALES OF LIQUOR AFTER 11:00 IS WHAT
YOU ARE SAYING.
06:38:12PM >> ON THE ROOF.
06:38:16PM >> BUT BELOW CHAPTER 14 HOURS.
06:38:19PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THE PROBLEM IS THEY CAN'T DO THAT.
WE ARE NOT ALLOWED.
THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO IS EITHER APPROVE IT ALL OR NONE.
THAT IS THE ISSUE.
06:38:28PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I UNDERSTAND THAT.
I AM ASKING OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT -- I NEVER HEARD OF THAT.
A FIRST.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS HISTORY OR NOT.
06:38:38PM >> PART OF WHAT IS DIFFERENT IN THIS APPLICATION FROM MOST
OF WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU SHOULD BE ENCOURAGING.
A MIX OF USES.
MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT HERE.
WE ARE KIND OF BREAKING NEW GROUND, RIGHT.
WE HAVE GOT AT LEAST THREE -- POTENTIALLY FOUR USES IN THIS
SPACE.
AND WE ARE TELLING YOU THEY ARE GOING TO BE OPERATED BY
DIFFERENT FOLKS AND OFFERING DIFFERENT SERVICES.
IT IS A HOLE IN THE CODE.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK IS CORRECT.
IT IS A HOLE IN THE CODE THAT THE APPLICANT WANTS TO DO
THIS.
AND THE CITY IS SAYING, I AM SORRY IT IS NOT A MECHANISM.
AT SOME POINT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THE LEVEL OF
INVESTMENT THAT IS HAPPENING HERE.
WHAT THIS IS GOING TO BRING TO THE AREA AND HAVE A LITTLE
FAITH WITH US.
I KNOW THAT IS DIFFICULT, BUT THAT'S WHAT I AM ASKING.
06:39:29PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, MA'AM.
06:39:32PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SO -- MISS JOHNSON-VELEZ.
EVEN IF THEY DECIDE TO PUT THIS ON THE SITE PLAN THAT SAYS
THEY WILL CLOSE THIS RESTAURANT USAGE -- I JUST WANT YOU TO
REITERATE, WE CAN NOT -- WE CAN NOT STOP THEM FROM THEN
RUNNING A RESTAURANT UNTIL 3 A.M., CAN WE?
06:40:01PM >>SUSAN JOHNSON-VELEZ:
SUSAN JOHNSON-VELEZ, LEGAL
DEPARTMENT.
I MEAN, IT CAN BE ENFORCED BUT MORE DIFFICULT THE MORE USES
YOU HAVE WITH, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT PIECES AND IT JUST MAKES
IT DIFFICULT FOR -- FOR THOSE COMING IN TO TRY TO ENFORCE IT
TO ENFORCE IT.
06:40:18PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
BUT COULD WE PUT THAT ON THE SITE PLAN?
WITH THE DIFFICULTY OF ENFORCEMENT.
BECAUSE THIS -- SO IF WE PUT ON THE SITE PLAN THAT THE
ROOFTOP AREA MUST CLOSE AT 11 P.M. FOR EVERYTHING AND THAT
AMPLIFIED NOISE MUST STOP AT 11 P.M. FOR EVERYTHING OR FOR
THE TOP -- BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE AMPLIFIED NOISE IS ALREADY
ON THE SITE PLAN FOR 11 P.M.
I AM SORRY, MR. APPLICANT -- I AM SORRY, I DON'T REMEMBER
YOUR NAME.
I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
06:40:57PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
DAVID SINGER.
06:41:00PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WILL BE WILLING TO
PUT ON THE SITE PLAN NO AMPLIFIED NOISE FROM THE ROOFTOP
UNTIL 11 P.M. I THOUGHT THAT WAS ON THE SITE PLAN --
06:41:12PM >> DAVID SINGER FOR THE APPLICANT.
WE OFFERED THAT IN THE DIRECT APPLICATION, NO AM POLICE I
NEED ANYTHING AFTER 11 P.M. IF IT IS NOT, IT WILL BE.
06:41:23PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WILL YOU WILLING TO ADD, EVEN WITH THE
DIFFICULTY OF ENFORCEMENT, WILL YOU BE WILLING TO ADD THAT
RESTAURANT -- THAT ALL ROOFTOP USES WILL CEASE AT 11 P.M.
06:41:34PM >> YES.
06:41:34PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
SEE THAT -- IT IS HARDER BUT THAT CAN CHANGE THINGS FOR ME.
06:41:41PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
AGAIN, I WANT CLARITY AND THE FIRST TIME
-- I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR AT THAT WHILE THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN
ONE LIKE THIS.
THERE ARE FOUR FLOORS TO THIS BUILDING.
THREE AND A ROOFTOP.
06:41:54PM >> TWO AND ROOFTOP.
06:41:56PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SO THREE.
SO WE REALLY HAVE A BUILDING THAT HAS DIFFERENT CRITERIA FOR
THREE FLOORS.
06:42:02PM >> YEAH.
I MEAN --
06:42:05PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
NOT MY IDEA, BUT MY THINKING ABOUT IT IS,
IF YOU COME IN WITH AN APPLICATION FOR ALCOHOL ON --
ADDRESS A, ADDRESS B, AND ADDRESS WITH C, WILL SOLVE ALL THAT
PROBLEM AND CODIFIED IN HISTORY WHAT THE PETITIONER IS
WANTING TO DO.
06:42:21PM >> I AM WITH YOU.
AND I WISH THERE WAS A MECHANISM IN THE CODE TO DO THAT NOW.
06:42:25PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I DON'T KNOW -- I AM NOT A LAWYER AND I
DON'T WANT TO BE ONE EITHER.
I DON'T HAVE HAVE TIME TO GO BACK TO LAW SCHOOL.
06:42:36PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
LaCHONE DOCK, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
WE HAVE LOCATIONS THAT HAVE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES
APPROVALS.
AND THEY HAVE DIFFERENT CONDITIONS ON DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF
THE SITE.
GIVEN THE DESIGN OF THE SITE, I CAN SEE THAT CONCEPT WHERE
THAT ROOFTOP WILL CLOSE AT A CERTAIN TIME AND COMMITTED TO
CLOSING THAT AREA.
AND MAKES IT CLEAR.
NOT A PART OF THE ROOFTOP.
ALL OF THE ROOFTOP CLOSES.
MAKES IT EASIER FOR ENFORCEMENT AND YOU WILL HAVE THE HOURS
ON THE REMAINDER.
06:43:06PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I THINK IT IS BEAUTIFUL.
SOMETHING UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT.
AND LOOKS TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL FOR ME.
06:43:12PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, MA'AM.
06:43:14PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I DO WANT TO SAY I DO THINK IT IS A BEAUTIFUL
CONCEPT.
MY CONCERN IS REALLY FOR THE RESIDENTS BECAUSE THIS IS
BECOMING A MORE RESIDENTIAL AREA.
SO MY BIG FEAR IS THE ROOFTOP.
IF WE CAN ACTUALLY CONDITION THE ROOFTOP, I CAN SUPPORT THIS
PROJECT.
06:43:30PM >> YOU AND I ARE ON ALIGNMENT WITH THIS.
AND I THINK THE COMMUNITY IS IN ALIGNMENT FOR THIS.
06:43:36PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I PROMISE YOU THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WILL
TACKLE DIFFERENT AB ZONING FOR DIFFERENT FLOORS BECAUSE I
CAN SEE THIS BEING AN ISSUE AND SOMETHING I CAN WORK WITH
STAFF ON TO SEE IF WE CAN CHANGE ANYTHING GOING FORWARD.
I REALLY APPRECIATE CAN YOU AND STAFF TALKING ME THROUGH
THIS.
06:43:53PM >> MR. CHAIRMAN BEFORE THE RECORD CLOSES, I HAVE A FEW
THINGS FOR MR. SHELBY TO ENTER INTO THE RECORD, THE
PRESENTATION, THE MEMO OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND THE
OTHER AB ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE AREA.
06:44:05PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYTHING TO ADD?
WE SHOULD CONSIDER BRINGING BACK PROHIBITION AGENTS TO --
[LAUGHTER]
06:44:16PM >> ON WHICH FLOOR?
[LAUGHTER]
06:44:20PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THE MOTION HAS BEEN READ.
06:44:23PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WILL MAKE THE AMENDMENT WHEN WE CLOSE.
MOTION TO CLOSE.
06:44:26PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ARE YOU SURE?
06:44:30PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
06:44:31PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL IN FAVOR OF CLOSING THE PUBLIC
HEARING.
AYE.
AND COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON HAS READ THE MOTION.
THERE WAS A SECOND AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO AN AMENDMENT.
06:44:41PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
AMENDMENT WITH THE HOURS FOR THE ROOF PORTION
-- THE ENTIRE ROOF PORTION, THE HOURS WILL END AT 11 P.M.
EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK.
06:44:50PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
WITH NO AMPLIFIED SOUND.
06:44:53PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
NO AMPLIFIED SOUND AFTER 11 P.M. DO YOU
ACCEPT MY AMENDMENT?
06:44:59PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
I ACCEPT YOUR AMENDMENT.
06:45:04PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A MOTION AND SECOND.
06:45:07PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
SOUNDS LIKE A GROWN PERSON PLACE AND NOT
TEENY BOPPERS.
06:45:10PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
YES.
06:45:13PM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
06:45:14PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
06:45:16PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES WITH THE CHANGE.
06:45:19PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
06:45:23PM >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIES WITH CARLSON BEING ABSENT AND
CLENDENIN ABSENT AT VOTE.
06:45:28PM >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
06:45:29PM >>CLERK:
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION FEBRUARY 20, 2025 10
A.M. IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 315 E. KENNEDY, THIRD FLOOR,
TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
06:45:43PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, SIR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
06:45:54PM >>LEO DEBARDELEBEN:
GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN,
LEO DEBARDELEBEN.
THE PROPERTY 501 WEST BUSCH BOULEVARD.
THE OWNER IS LASHON HOSPITALITY.
ALCOHOLIC SALES, BEER AND WINE CONSUMPTION ON PREMISE ONLY.
APPLICANT IS REQUESTING AB SALES AND 1213 SQUARE FEET OF THE
INDOOR AREA ONLY.
THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES HOURS ARE CONSISTENT WITH
CHAPTER 14.
21 PARKING SPACES REQUIRED BASED ON THE ESTABLISHED USE.
AND 31 SPACES ARE PROVIDED.
I HAVE AN AERIAL MAP HERE.
06:46:40PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
UPSIDE DOWN.
06:46:46PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YEAH, TURN IT AROUND.
06:46:48PM >>LEO DEBARDELEBEN:
THE SUBJECT SITE IS OUTLINED HERE IN
RED.
THE SITE IS ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF WEST BUSCH BOULEVARD
AND NORTH ARMENIA.
THE AREA -- THE SITE IS ZONED COMMERCIAL GENERAL, CG.
AND THIS, IS THE -- THIS IS THE LAST PROPERTY OUTSIDE HERE IS
THE UNINCORPORATED HILLSBOROUGH AND THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR
FOLLOWS BUSCH BOULEVARD TO THE WEST.
AND A MIXTURE OF ZONING AND COMMERCIAL USES ALONG NORTH
ARMENIA.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A NEW ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES
LOCATION FOR BEER AND WINE AS A SMALL VENUE.
THE SITE PLAN AND ELEVATIONS HERE.
YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY BOUNDARIES HERE.
THIS IS GOING TO BE WEST BUSCH BOULEVARD AND NORTH ARMENIA.
AND ACCESS TO THE SITE IS FROM NORTH ARMENIA HERE AND FROM
WEST BUSCH BOULEVARD HERE.
THE PROPOSED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES LOCATION IS GOING TO
BE OUTLINED HERE IN WHITE.
THIS IS -- THESE ARE ELEVATIONS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT
SHOWING THE PROPERTY AS IT EXISTS NOW.
AND I ALSO HAVE PHOTOS.
THIS IS PICTURE OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
THIS IS A PHOTO FACING NORTH.
THE BUILDING IS GOING TO BE TO THE LEFT HERE.
THIS IS FACING EAST ON WEST BUSCH BOULEVARD.
THERE IS A WALGREEN'S HERE.
ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF BUSCH AND NORTH ARMENIA.
THIS IS FACING SOUTH ON ARMENIA.
THIS IS FACING WEST ON BUSCH BOULEVARD.
THE SITE IS TO THE RECEIPT HERE.
THIS IS ANOTHER PHOTO OF THE WALGREEN'S FROM ACROSS THE
STREET.
QUITE A BIT OF RIGHT-OF-WAY BETWEEN THE TWO PROPERTIES.
THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE OTHER COMMERCIAL USES
SURROUNDING THE SITE.
THIS IS FACING SOUTH ON -- ON NORTH ARMENIA.
AND ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF ARMENIA, THERE ARE OTHER
COMMERCIAL USES.
THERE ARE NO WAIVERS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REQUEST.
DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION AND COMPLIANCE STAFF REVIEWED THE
APPLICATION AND FOUND THE REQUEST CONSISTENT WITH THE
APPLICABLE CITY OF TAMPA LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS MINOR
SITE PLAN MODIFICATIONS ARE MADE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND
READING AND THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED A -- I
AM SORRY, A REVISION SHEET.
06:49:50PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, MA'AM.
06:49:51PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
IT YOU PUT THE SITE PLAN BACK UP?
I AM SURE THE APPLICANT WILL ANSWER THIS TOO, BUT JUST -- SO
BASICALLY, THIS IS A STRIP MALL, AND THIS IS ONE SECTION OF
A STRIP MALL.
ONE UNIT?
06:50:10PM >>LEO DEBARDELEBEN:
ONE UNIT.
06:50:11PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU, THAT CLARIFIES.
06:50:13PM >>LEO DEBARDELEBEN:
UNIT 5A.
06:50:15PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
NOT THE SUBWAY, NOT THE --
06:50:18PM >>LEO DEBARDELEBEN:
RIGHT.
06:50:18PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYTHING ELSE?
06:50:20PM >>LEO DEBARDELEBEN:
NO, SIR.
I AM AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
06:50:23PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
APPLICANT, PLEASE COME UP.
06:50:27PM >> ALEX SCHALER, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE FOR THE RECORD.
I WILL, PLUG MY LAPTOP IN REALLY QUICK.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE BUSINESS OWNER OF FINE TAMPA
CIGARS.
FERNANDEZ, MR. NEIL FERNANDEZ WILL SPEAK IN JUST A COUPLE OF
SECONDS.
YES, AS MR. DEBARDELEBEN TEED UP, I WAS GOING TO MENTION
THAT.
ONLY FOR ABOUT 1200 SQUARE FEET.
A REALLY SMALL BOX WITHIN THE RETAIL CENTER WHICH ON THE
SITE PLAN LOOKS REALLY LARGE, BUT IN PERSON IT LOOKS REALLY,
REALLY SMALL.
AT THE CORNER OF BUSCH AND ARMENIA AVENUE.
I WILL MOVE ON HERE.
ALSO SEEING THIS AERIAL BEFORE SO I WILL TRY TO SKIP THROUGH
SOME OF THIS.
I REALLY WANTED TO EMPHASIZE WITH THIS, THIS IS A VERY
COMMERCIALIZED INTERSECTION.
YOU CAN WE HAVE THIS AIR CONDITIONING REPAIR SERVICE TO THE
SOUTH.
TO THE SOUTH EAST, YOU HAVE AUTO REPAIR SERVICES.
AND, OF COURSE, THE WALGREEN'S AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER.
RESIDENTIAL -- THE CLOSEST RESIDENTIAL IS THERE BEHIND THE
WALGREEN'S, SEPARATED NOT ONLY BY ARMENIA AVENUE BUT ALSO BY
THOSE EXISTING COMMERCIAL USES AT THE CORNER THERE.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ESTABLISHMENT.
THERE ARE ABOUT 16 TOTAL SEATS INSIDE.
THAT IS SPLIT AMONG COUPLE OF SEATS AT THE BAR.
SOME TABLES AND CHAIRS.
WE ARE REQUESTING BEER AND WINE SALES ONLY.
NO LIQUOR SALES HERE.
THE CURRENT OPERATING HOURS I HAVE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
WEEKDAYS OPEN AT 11:00.
CLOSE AT 9 P.M. SATURDAY A BIT EARLIER CLOSE AT 6 P.M.
CURRENTLY FULLY CLOSED ON SUNDAYS.
I DID PUT ON THE REVISED REVISION SHEET, OUR SITE PLAN HAS
CHAPTER 14 HOURS.
CANDIDLY, WE DON'T NEED THAT AT ALL.
THIS IS NOT TODAY A LATE NIGHT ESTABLISHMENT.
NOT GOING TO BE A LATE NIGHT ESTABLISHMENT.
DOES NOT DRAW A LATE NIGHT CROWD.
WE ARE ASKING FOR A BIT LATER THAN THE CURRENT CLOSE TIME
BECAUSE MR. FERNANDEZ WANTS TO SAY OPEN FOR MONDAY AND
THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL.
WE ARE HAVING THE AB SALES CEASE AT 11:30 P.M. ALL NIGHT.
AS MR. DEBARDELEBEN MENTIONED, WE HAVE FULL CONSISTENCY FROM
STAFF.
WE ARE NOT REQUESTING ANY WAIVERS WITH THIS APPLICATION.
AND AS MENTIONED, MR. FERNANDEZ IS GOING TO COME UP HERE AND
JUST GIVE YOU GUY AS LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT HIS
SMALL BUSINESS.
WE DID FILE THIS ABOUT TWO WEEKS AFTER THE AUGUST FILING
DEADLINE, SO HE HAS BEEN ANXIOUSLY AWAITING TONIGHT.
SO I WILL LET HIM SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ON THAT.
06:53:10PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
06:53:12PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
06:53:14PM >> SURE.
06:53:15PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THIS IS REALLY FUNNY CONSIDERING THE LAST
ONE, BUT JUST -- YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE CLOSING
HOURS 11:30.
I WOULD PROBABLY RECOMMEND SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY IN CASE
YOU END UP OPENING ON A SUNDAY.
06:53:29PM >> YES, THAT IS ON THE REVISION SHEET.
06:53:31PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
REALLY FUNNY COMING FROM THE LAST ONE THAT I
AM RECOMMENDING YOU TO WIDEN YOUR HOURS, BUT THERE WE ARE.
06:53:39PM >> UNDERSTOOD.
06:53:40PM >> NEIL FERNANDEZ, FINE TAMPA CIGARS.
THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL AND THANK YOU MISS SCHALER
SPEARHEADING AND GUIDING US THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
LEO FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY HELPFUL
THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
MY FATHER IS A CUBAN IMMIGRANT.
I AM THE SON OF CUBAN IMMIGRANTS.
CIGARS ARE PART OF CUBAN CULTURE AND QUITE MAGICAL THAT THE
CITY OF TAMPA IS INTERTWINED WITH THE CIGAR CULTURE AND THIS
COMPONENT WILL ENHANCE OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE A BETTER
SERVICE AND EXPERIENCE TO OUR CLIENTS.
THANK YOU.
06:54:14PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE PRESENTATION?
ANYBODY ELSE IN THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?
CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE?
06:54:23PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SO MOVED.
06:54:25PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SECOND.
06:54:27PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
AND A REVISION SHEET?
WE WILL ADD THAT AS WELL, SIR.
HE WILL GIVE IT TO MR. SHELBY.
YEAH, I AM WAITING UNTIL -- ARE YOU GOOD?
YES, THIS IS THE REVISION SHEET.
ALL RIGHT.
I AM GOING TO ASK FOR THE VOTE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
WE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND.
THE HEARING IS CLOSED.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, WOULD YOU MIND READING THIS ITEM.
06:55:02PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES, AB 22-24-49 ORDINANCE FOR FIRST READING
CONSIDERATION, SU-2 FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES, SMALL
VENUE, CONSUMPTION ON PREMISE ONLY MAKING LAWFUL BEER AND
WINE AT OR FROM THAT CERTAIN LOT, PLOT OR TRACT OF LAND 501
BUSCH BOULEVARD UNIT 5-A, TAMPA, FLORIDA, AS MORE
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2 PROVIDING THAT
ORDINANCES AND PARTS ARE REPEALED PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
[AUDIO INTERFERENCE]
06:55:58PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
MY APOLOGIES TO EVERYONE.
06:55:59PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
NO WORRIES.
IT DOES.
INCLUDING THE REVISION SHEET THAT ALSO BY THE WAY INCLUDES
THE NEW CLOSING HOURS.
06:56:09PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A MOTION.
06:56:11PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
SECOND.
06:56:12PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
AND A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
MOTION PASSES WITH CLENDENIN AND CARLSON BEING ABSENT.
06:56:22PM >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY SECOND READING AND
ADOPTION --
06:56:29PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
CARLSON AND CLENDENIN.
06:56:33PM >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON AND
CLENDENIN BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
SECOND READING IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 301 E. KENNEDY,
TAMPA, FLORIDA, 3602.
06:56:50PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THAT CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA FOR THE
EVENING.
MR. SHELBY, EVERYTHING OKAY?
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, ANY NEW BUSINESS.
06:57:00PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
TO PROVIDE A COMMENDATION TO VALENTINA
MICHELINI TO OBTAIN THE STATUS OF EAGLE SCOUT.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY
20, 2025.
06:57:15PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
SECONDED FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?
06:57:25PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THAT'S IT.
06:57:26PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN VIERA.
06:57:28PM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES, SIR, A COUPLE OF QUICK ONES, IF I MAY.
UNIQUE TO FOREST HILLS.
DEALS WITH A PROPERTY WHERE SOME RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED OF
THE CULVERTS AND THE DITCHES.
THEY WANT TO KNOW WHO MAINTAINS AND OWNS IT.
I THOUGHT THE BEST WAY WOULD BE TO JUST GET A STAFF BRING
REPORT ON THIS.
THIS IS THE BACKGROUND.
I GIVE YOU MY WORD, THERE IS NOTHING CONTROVERSIAL ON THIS.
AND SO IF I MAY, I MOTION FOR STAFF TO REPORT BACK ON WHICH
CITY DEPARTMENT OWNS AN OPERATES ITS PROPERTY BEHIND 9494
FOREST HILLS DRIVE.
THAT THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENT REPORT BACK FOR THE
MAINTENANCE PLAN FOR THE RESIDENTS CONCERNED OF LACK OF
DRAIN ON ON THIS PROPERTY DUE TO THE LACK OF MAINTENANCE DUE
TO CULVERTS AND DITCHES
I WILL REQUEST A WRITTEN REPORT AT THE FEBRUARY MEETING.
06:58:15PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
SECONDEDED FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE?
OPPOSED?
YES, SIR.
06:58:24PM >>LUIS VIERA:
CAPTAIN KIRK ROKA.
YOU REMEMBER HIM.
06:58:29PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
CAPTAIN KIRK.
06:58:31PM >>LUIS VIERA:
NOT HIM.
BUT HE WAS THE MAN DOING THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT FOR TAMPA
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE GUY IS JUST AWESOME.
I LIKE HIM A LOT.
AND HE -- HE RETIRED RECENTLY.
I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT.
I CONTACTED HIM TO SEE IF WE CAN GIVE HIM A COUNCIL
COMMENDATION.
JUST A GOOD GUY.
HIS SON IS ACTUALLY IN MY SON'S GRADUATING CLASS AT FREEDOM
HIGH SCHOOL.
IT APPEARS WE HAVE ROOM ON MARCH 27, SO I WANTED TO GIVE
CAPTAIN ROKA A COMMENDATION THAT DAY, IF I MAY.
06:58:59PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION.
DO I HAVE A SECOND.
06:59:01PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECOND.
06:59:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
IT IS OPEN.
LET ME DOUBLE CHECK.
A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
AND, YES, IT IS OPEN, STIR SIR.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
OPPOSED.
ANYTHING ELSE?
06:59:14PM >>LUIS VIERA:
LAST ONE.
MANY OF US KNEW THE LATE LOUIS BETTS WHO WAS JUST --
YES, LOUIS.
I CAN GO ON ABOUT LOUIS.
HE KEPT IT REAL.
AND HE WAS JUST LIKE A GREAT GUY.
AND IF HE LIKED YOU, WOULD YOU KNOW ABOUT IT.
IF HE DIDN'T LIKE YOU, WOULD YOU PROBABLY KNOW ABOUT IT TOO.
I WANTED TO GIVE A COMMENDATION TO HIS FAMILY.
06:59:38PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECOND.
06:59:39PM >>LUIS VIERA:
NOT FOR THE FORTHCOMING FUNERAL ON FEBRUARY 8.
I AM NOT SURE I CAN MAKE IT BECAUSE I HAVE SOMETHING WITH MY
SON.
I WAS GOING TO GIVE ONE TO HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES AND ONE
TO HIS FAMILY.
WHAT I AM GOING TO DO, COUNCIL, SEND OUT AN E-MAIL SO THAT
ANYBODY WANTS TO COME BECAUSE LOUIS WAS A GOOD SOUL.
06:59:59PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I AGREE.
HUGE LOSS.
A GREAT PERSON.
HE DID A LOT WITH THE CRISIS CENTER AND A LOT OF THE
ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY.
MY CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY.
A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
07:00:13PM >>LUIS VIERA:
BY THE WAY ONE THING -- THIS IS NOT A MOTION.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I READ THIS -- OH, WOW, ATU 1464 -- I
THINK THE DATE OF THE CUTOFF FOR THAT TERRIBLE TALLAHASSEE
LAW IS TOMORROW.
STILL NEED A COUPLE MORE UNION MEMBERS.
SO JUST WORD OUT TO ANY CITY OF TAMPA WORKER WATCHING THIS,
YOU COULD LOSE YOUR UNION AFTER TOMORROW.
SO IT IS A BIG DEAL.
THAT'S ALL.
NOT THAT ANYBODY IS WATCHING.
07:00:43PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, MA'AM.
07:00:44PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
OKAY.
AND IN LIGHT OF, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES THIS
WEEK, I AM NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW TO DO THIS.
BUT I WANT A -- WHAT I CALL A HIGH-RISE REPORT OF BAYSHORE
BOULEVARD OF EVERY HIGH-RISE THAT IS ON BAYSHORE BOULEVARD,
WHAT TYPE OF ZONING IT IS, WHAT ADMINISTRATION PASSED IT,
AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT WERE THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING EACH
OF THEM.
I WANT TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF, YOU KNOW, WHY --
WHY THE HIGH-RISES EXIST AND IN WHAT CAPACITY THEY CAME
ABOUT.
IF -- MAYBE FROM MY LEARNING, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS NEEDS TO
BE JUST A REPORT OR SHOULD BE A WORKSHOP FOR ALL OF US.
BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATIONS APPROVED THE
THINGS THAT EXIST ON BAYSHORE BOULEVARD.
BUT I WANT TO KNOW WITHOUT DARLENE HAVING TO --
07:01:45PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
START WITH A WRITTEN ONE, AND WE CAN FIGURE OUT IF
WE WANT --
07:01:48PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION THAT I HAVE A
BAYSHORE BOULEVARD HIGH-RISE REPORT OF EVERY STRUCTURE THAT
IS SEVERAL STORIES -- ANYTHING THAT IS VERY TALL.
SO TALL.
ANYTHING BEYOND --
07:02:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THREE AND ABOVE.
07:02:04PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
FIVE STORY OR HIGHER REGARDING THE -- THE
ZONING.
07:02:11PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
CONSTRUCTION.
07:02:14PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
EVERYTHING.
07:02:15PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HOW ABOUT A MAP?
07:02:17PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
AND A MAP.
07:02:18PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
YES, SIR, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
07:02:21PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IF I SAID SOMETHING
AND I AM SURE THAT I AM RIGHT, BUT I NEED TO VERIFY IT.
07:02:27PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
HISTORICAL DATA.
07:02:30PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
IN THE MID-'70s THE COUNCILMEMBER THAT
READ COPELAND, FRIEDMAN, PLATT, SPICOLA AND MYSELF.
AND I AM ALMOST 100% SURE THAT WE PASSED EITHER FOUR OR
FIVE, YOU COULDN'T PUT ANY MORE.
AND BACK TO THE '70s.
'75 TO '79.
MAYBE THE CITY HAS RECORDS AND -- MAYBE THEY CAN FIND IT IN
THE RECORDS OR ASK THE CITY CLERK TO FIND IT SOMEWHERE IN
THE MINUTES.
07:03:01PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
HISTORICAL DATA.
WHERE DID THIS COME FROM?
WHO WOULD BE DOING THE REPORT.
07:03:07PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
JUST SAY STAFF.
07:03:09PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
THEY HAVE TO DECIDE ON THE STAFF.
HIGH-RISE REPORT FOR BAYSHORE BOULEVARD.
FIVE STORY OR TALLER, HISTORICAL DATA SURROUNDING BAYSHORE
BOULEVARD.
07:03:20PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IF I CAN --
07:03:22PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
YES.
07:03:23PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
-- I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING HISTORICAL DATA.
MR. MIRANDA SAID OF THE '70s.
STATE LAW IN THE 1980s.
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY AS YOU HEARD, THE CITY HAD TO
CONFORM AND CREATE THAT, AND THAT WILL BE PART OF THE
HISTORICAL NATURE OF BAYSHORE.
07:03:44PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION AND A SECOND.
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
07:03:47PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
ONE MORE, I AM SORRY.
I KNOW THAT Airbnb ARE --
07:03:51PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
WE GOT TO VOTE ON THIS ONE.
07:03:56PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
AND THEN I HAVE A BUNCH.
07:03:58PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
07:04:02PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
BY APRIL 6.
07:04:04PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
APRIL 3 IS OUR MEETING.
07:04:07PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
APRIL 3.
07:04:08PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
REAL QUICK.
A NICE YOUNG MAN CELEBRATING HIS BIRTHDAY TODAY.
LUIS VIERA JR.
07:04:16PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THAT IS VERY NICE.
LUIS TURNS 18 TODAY.
07:04:22PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
IS HE DRIVING YET?
07:04:25PM >>LUIS VIERA:
GOD BLESS US.
BUT LUIS.
NOT A BETTER KID OUT THERE.
WONDERFUL.
07:04:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
07:04:34PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I MOVE --
07:04:35PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WAIT JUST A MOMENT.
WHAT HAPPENED?
07:04:39PM >>CLERK:
COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON, YOU WANT THAT REPORT TO
COME BACK --
07:04:45PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
APRIL 3 AS A WRITTEN REPORT.
07:04:46PM >> RIGHT THEY ARE REQUESTING JUNE OR JULY.
THEY NEED TIME.
THEY NEED MORE TIME.
CAN YOU LOOK AT A DATE --
07:04:54PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I WILL GET IT -- IF WE HAVE JULY BECAUSE
WE COME BACK FROM VACATION.
HOW ABOUT JULY 17.
07:05:00PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
USUALLY GOING TO BE BUDGET.
LET'S NOT DO END OF JULY.
07:05:04PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HOW ABOUT JUNE -- JUNE 26.
07:05:09PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
AND THEN -- JUST -- I KNOW, BUT -- I ALWAYS
TRY TO USE PEOPLE'S LAST NAMES, I KNOW, AND I APOLOGIZE.
I WAS BLANKING.
CAN WE SEE IF THAT IS WHERE BUDGET IS PRESENTED SO WE MAKE
SURE WE DON'T ADD ANYTHING TO THAT DATE?
07:05:26PM >> WE JUST SAID JUNE 26, CORRECT?
07:05:28PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
DOESN'T SAY HERE --
07:05:31PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THINKING GOING FORWARD SOMETHING TO KEEP IN
MIND.
07:05:35PM >> WE DO HAVE -- WE DO HAVE TO APPROVE NEXT WEEK THE --
07:05:40PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THAT'S RIGHT.
07:05:41PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
WHAT WE SHOULD DO -- I WILL MAKE SURE WE
FORWARD THAT -- I FORWARD TO THE BUDGET OFFICE AND TO LEGAL.
07:05:48PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
BUT IT WAS THIS YEAR, SO -- BUT LAST YEAR.
07:05:51PM >> WE HAVE TO APPROVE THE CALENDAR NEXT WEEK.
WE MIGHT HAVE TO ADJUST THIS A LITTLE BIT AND WE WILL BE
ABLE TO DO THAT NEXT WEEK.
07:05:58PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
THANKS.
07:05:59PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
JUNE 26, WRITTEN REPORT.
LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT THE MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN
HENDERSON IS FOR JUNE 26, WRITTEN REPORT.
ALL RIGHT.
ANY OPPOSITION?
NO?
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK AND THEN BACK TO YOU.
YES, MA'AM.
07:06:13PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WE HAD AN ISSUE A WHILE BACK WHERE PUBLIC
WANTED TO TALK DURING THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AND
PER COUNCIL RULES, WE DON'T ALLOW THAT.
I JUST -- I MOVE TO ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THE FIRST
READING OF ANY ORDINANCE.
07:06:29PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
TREAT IT LIKE A PUBLIC HEARING.
07:06:31PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
BECAUSE IT IS AN ORDINANCE AND RIGHT
NOW WE ONLY ALLOW IT DURING SECOND READING AND THAT MAKES NO
SENSE.
07:06:38PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YEAH, YOU ARE RIGHT.
07:06:39PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MODIFY COUNCIL RULES AND PROCEDURES.
07:06:42PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
JUST SO COUNCIL IS CLEAR --
07:06:45PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
PUT YOUR MICROPHONE ON, PLEASE.
07:06:48PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
SO COUNCIL IS CLEAR AND THE PUBLIC IS
CLEAR.
AN ORDINANCE ON FOR FIRST READING AND EVEN THOUGH NOT SET
FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
THAT IS THE WAY STATUTES -- THEY CAN TALK ON THE PETITION
GIVEN THE MEETING DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND WHAT
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK WANTS TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY IF
THEY WISH TO STAY IN THE AFTERNOON TO HEAR A REPORT OR
WHATEVER THE PRESENTATION IS AND WISHES TO COMMENT TO
COUNCIL PERHAPS REGARDING CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS, THEY
WILL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.
07:07:18PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
I HAVE A FEELING I KNOW WHO WILL BE DOING
THAT, BUT OKAY.
IT'S FINE.
07:07:24PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
FAIR IS FAIR.
07:07:26PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
07:07:28PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECOND.
07:07:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
YES, MA'AM?
07:07:32PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THESE ARE THE THREE WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER
TODAY HAVING TO DO WITH STORMWATER.
I WORKED WITH VIK ON THIS AFTERNOON.
SO --
07:07:40PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YOU HAVE DATES?
07:07:41PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I HAVE DATES, TIMES AND EVERYTHING.
ONE -- NUMBER ONE, WE WILL DO RECURRING MONTHLY REPORTS
STARTING MARCH 6, 2025.
I HAVE ALL THIS WRITTEN FOR YOU.
SO I WILL HAND THIS TO YOU AFTERWARDS.
MOBILITY DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE A MONTHLY IN-PERSON REPORT ON
MAINTENANCE WORK PERFORMED ON THE STORMWATER SYSTEM
INCLUDING PUMP STATIONS, DITCHES, PIPES, INLETS AND PONDS.
THIS REPORT WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE FIRST REGULAR COUNCIL
MEETING SESSION OF EACH MONTH.
A CORRESPONDING WRITTEN REPORT SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE TO
COUNCIL DURING THE VERBAL UPDATES AND UPLOADED TO ON BASE OR
TO THE CITY'S WEB SITE AFTER THE STAFF REPORT IS COMPLETED.
THE REASON I AM ASKING FOR THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO PUT IN
TWO WEEKS FOR ON BASE.
THE REPORT THIRD-PARTY COST BUSINESS VENDOR AND YEAR-TO-DATE
OF EXPENSES FOR VENDOR.
FY '25 REPORT.
MARCH 6 REPORT SHOWING ACTUAL COST BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2024.
07:08:43PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECOND.
07:08:44PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
AND THE IDEA IS WE WILL KNOW WHAT -- WHAT IS
HAPPENING FOR EVERY MONTH SO THAT IS MY FIRST ONE.
07:08:51PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A GREAT IDEA AND A GREAT MOTION.
MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
WHAT IS NEXT.
07:09:00PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
NUMBER TWO, MARCH 6, 2025, MOBILITY
DEPARTMENT FOR AN IN-PERSON REPORT REVEALING PERSONNEL AND
THIRD PARTY MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT PAID FOR BY THE STORMWATER
SERVICE ASSESSMENT WITH A BREAKDOWN OF COST FOR EACH FOR FY
'23, FY '24 AND BUDGETED FY '25.
AVAILABLE TO BE COUNCIL DURING THE VERBAL UPDATE AND
UPLOADED TO ON BASE OR THE CITY'S WEB SITE AFTER IT IS
COMPLETED.
07:09:31PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ROOM ON MARCH 6.
07:09:34PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WE ONLY HAVE FIVE --
07:09:36PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
MARCH 6.
07:09:38PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THAT WILL BE OUR SEVENTH.
07:09:40PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
FAIR ENOUGH.
MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
SECONDED FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
07:09:46PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
ALL THIS GOES TOGETHER.
THIS LAST ONE -- WE WILL HAVE TO WAIVE OUR RULES, BUT THE --
THE ADDITIONAL $500,000 REQUEST.
THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT TO BE ALLOCATED AN AN ADDITIONAL
$500,000 PER YEAR STARTING FY '25 IN THE STORM WATERS BUDGET
TO PROVIDE DITCH GRADING SERVICES.
ON MARCH 6, CFO ROGERO FOR FUNDING SOURCE FOR THE $500,000
TO BE USED IN FY '25 AND DATA TRANSFERRED TO THE STORMWATER
ASSESSMENT FUND.
07:10:18PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
DO WE NEED A MOTION TO OVERRIDE THE RULE
FOR THE EXTRA STAFF REPORT, MR. SHELBY?
07:10:24PM >>LUIS VIERA:
IF SO, I WILL MOVE.
07:10:26PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
SECONDED FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
07:10:31PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
HURTAK.
YOU SAID VIERA.
07:10:36PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
TO ALLOW FOR THE RULES.
07:10:38PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
FOR MORE STAFF REPORTS.
THIS IS THE MOTION FOR THE $500,000 ANNUALLY.
YES, MA'AM?
07:10:45PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
VIERA AND MIRANDA.
07:10:47PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THAT PASSED.
THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK AS
$500,000.
SHE HAS IT ALL WRITTEN.
07:10:58PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECOND.
07:10:59PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR THE GREAT
CONVERSATION TODAY.
IF IT NEEDS TO BE MODIFIED, WE WILL DO IT.
WE NEED TO START SOMEWHERE.
07:11:08PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT IT.
07:11:11PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
ONE OTHER THING AND SORRY BRING IT UP BUT
I ONLY HAVE ONE.
Airbnb ARE CERTAINLY ALLOWED BY LAW; HOWEVER, WE HAVE A
CONFLICT WHEN THE Airbnb PEOPLE COME IN A MOTOR HOME AND
PUT THE MOTOR HOME IN AN AREA RIGHT HERE.
07:11:25PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A MOTOR HOME OR A MOTOR HOME.
07:11:29PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
IN FRONT OF THE Airbnb AND STAYING
INSIDE AND OUTSIDE.
I KNOW THE MOTOR HOMES ARE ALLOWED IN THE BACK OF A SIDE
WALL OF A BUILDING.
WE HAVE A CONFLICT, AND I WANT A RESOLUTION WHAT WE ARE GOING
TO DO WITH IT, I DON'T KNOW.
WE HAVE TO HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT.
07:11:45PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I HAVE GOTTEN PLENTY OF PHONE CALLS ON
STUFF LIKE THAT.
07:11:48PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
HERE IT IS RIGHT HERE.
07:11:50PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
AND THEY ARE LIVING IN IT?
07:11:53PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE LIVING IN.
BUT DRIVING THE MOTOR HOME.
WHY WOULD THEY HAVE IT AND NOT LIVE WITH IT.
07:11:59PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
PUT IT ON THE OVERHEAD.
07:12:03PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I AM NOT LOOKING FOR PUBLICITY BUT
LOOKING TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEMS.
07:12:07PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
DO YOU HAVE A DATE?
07:12:15PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
WHATEVER THE COUNCIL HAS A DATE THAT WE
CAN GET THE CHIEF OF --
07:12:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
IN PERSON OR WRITTEN --
07:12:22PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
A REPORT, IF YOU WANT.
07:12:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YOU WANT TO DO A WRITTEN REPORT?
07:12:28PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
TO SAY YES, CAN DO IT OR CAN'T DO IT.
07:12:31PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
LET'S DO A WRITTEN REPORT.
07:12:34PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
A WRITTEN REPORT.
07:12:35PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
TO GIVE ON FEBRUARY 20.
GIVES HIM ABOUT THREE WEEKS.
WRITTEN REPORT.
07:12:40PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
STAFF CAN CONTACT YOU DIRECTLY IF THEY WANT
MORE INFORMATION.
07:12:44PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
WRITTEN REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 20.
A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
SECONDED FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.


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