TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 2025, 9:00 A.M.
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9:02:03AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: FIRST, I WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR
9:02:05AM CHAIRMAN, CHAIRMAN MANISCALCO, IS TRAVELING, SO HE IS NOT
9:02:08AM GOING TO BE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY.
9:02:09AM HE HAS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE.
9:02:12AM WE HAVE COUNCILMAN CARLSON IS NOT FEELING WELL.
9:02:14AM HE'S UNDER THE WEATHER, BUT HE IS ATTENDING THE MEETING
9:02:17AM VIRTUALLY.
9:02:19AM YOU WILL SEE HIS SMILING FACE OR MAYBE GRUMPY FACE THIS
9:02:21AM MORNING, I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE, NOT FEELING WELL, WHEN HE
9:02:24AM SPEAKS ON THE TV MONITORS.
9:02:26AM SO IF EVERYBODY WOULD JOIN ME AND RISE FOR A MOMENT OF
9:02:29AM SILENCE, PLEASE.
9:02:36AM [MOMENT OF SILENCE]
9:02:44AM NOW JOIN US FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
9:02:45AM [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
9:03:02AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
9:03:03AM I'D LIKE TO GET A MOTION FROM COUNCIL TO ALLOW COUNCILMAN
9:03:06AM CARLSON TO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY.
9:03:10AM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
9:03:12AM A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:03:14AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
9:03:15AM AYE.
9:03:16AM OPPOSED?
9:03:16AM AYES HAVE IT.
9:03:18AM WELCOME TO THE MEETING, MR. CARLSON.
9:03:22AM >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU.
9:03:24AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I'D LIKE TO RECEIVE A MOTION -- SORRY,
9:03:27AM ROLL CALL, FIRST.
9:03:31AM >> CARLSON?
9:03:32AM >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
9:03:32AM >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE.
9:03:34AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE.
9:03:34AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT.
9:03:36AM >> VIERA?
9:03:36AM MIRANDA?
9:03:37AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
9:03:38AM >> MANISCALCO?
9:03:38AM WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
9:03:41AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
9:03:42AM LET'S MAKE SURE.
9:03:45AM I WOULD LIKE A MOTION FOR ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES OF THE
9:03:47AM MEETING HELD MARCH 27, 2025.
9:03:50AM MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:03:52AM SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
9:03:54AM ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
9:03:55AM OPPOSED NAY.
9:03:56AM THANK YOU.
9:03:58AM LET'S GO THROUGH THE AGENDA APPROVAL.
9:04:02AM WE DON'T HAVE ANY CHANGES --
9:04:06AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YOU WANTED TO MOVE ATU TO MAY 15.
9:04:09AM I'LL DO THAT FOR YOU.
9:04:10AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
9:04:11AM THANK YOU.
9:04:12AM WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THE ATU PRESENTATION OF A
9:04:17AM COMMENDATION TO MAY 15 FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
9:04:21AM A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:04:23AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
9:04:25AM OPPOSED?
9:04:26AM LET'S GO THROUGH IT.
9:04:31AM NOTHING UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA.
9:04:34AM STAFF REPORTS.
9:04:50AM ANYBODY HAVE ANY SPECIAL REQUESTS FOR STAFF?
9:04:52AM ANYBODY NEED STAFF?
9:04:56AM >>LYNN HURTAK: 34, YES.
9:04:58AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: REQUEST FOR STAFF PRESENTATION FOR 34.
9:05:00AM HOW ABOUT 35?
9:05:01AM HEARING NONE.
9:05:07AM 36?
9:05:12AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES, BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS A MAP WHICH
9:05:15AM SHOWS WHICH THINGS ARE GOING TO BE PAVED.
9:05:17AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES FOR STAFF ON 36.
9:05:18AM >>LYNN HURTAK: AND 37 MATCHES.
9:05:20AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: AND 37 AS WELL.
9:05:22AM 38?
9:05:25AM MOBILITY DEPARTMENT.
9:05:32AM WOULD YOU LIKE STAFF PRESENT FOR THAT?
9:05:33AM EXCUSE ME, COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
9:05:40AM >>BILL CARLSON: I'M OKAY.
9:05:41AM THANK YOU.
9:05:42AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SO NO STAFF.
9:05:44AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I CAN, MR. CHAIRMAN, MARTIN SHELBY, CITY
9:05:47AM COUNCIL ATTORNEY, THAT IS A QUARTERLY UPDATE.
9:05:51AM A FIVE-MINUTE QUARTERLY UPDATE AND NOW SCHEDULED FOR THE
9:05:54AM NEXT QUARTERLY UPDATE.
9:05:56AM IF IT IS COUNCIL'S PLEASURE TO NOT HAVE THAT APPEARANCE,
9:05:59AM THAT COULD BE CONVERTED TO A WRITTEN MEMO AND NOT HAVE IT ON
9:06:02AM THE AGENDA.
9:06:04AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THINK WE'LL LEAVE THAT TO WHEN THE
9:06:06AM COUNCILMAN CAN MAKE A MOTION WHEN HE IS PRESENT.
9:06:11AM >>LYNN HURTAK: 39 YES.
9:06:16AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: 39 YES.
9:06:18AM 40 YES.
9:06:19AM 41 YES.
9:06:23AM AND 42 YES.
9:06:29AM WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE WRITTEN REPORTS WHEN WE GET TO THOSE.
9:06:36AM I WOULD LIKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA.
9:06:38AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED.
9:06:39AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:06:43AM SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
9:06:44AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
9:06:46AM OPPOSED NAY.
9:06:46AM THE AYES HAVE IT.
9:06:48AM COUNCILMAN VIERA IS HERE.
9:06:53AM WELCOME.
9:06:53AM SHOW FOR THE RECORD COUNCILMAN VIERA IS HERE BATTLING THE
9:06:56AM TRAFFIC ON 275 FROM NEW TAMPA.
9:06:59AM VERY GOOD.
9:06:59AM WE'LL START OFF WITH ITEM 1 FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
9:07:16AM >>LUIS VIERA: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:07:17AM IT'S MY PLEASURE HERE TO DO THE OFFICER OF THE MONTH FOR
9:07:21AM OFFICER TRAVIS JOHNSON WHO IS HERE.
9:07:23AM I KNOW WE HAVE DR. CHIEF BERCAW WHO IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT
9:07:27AM THIS OFFICER.
9:07:28AM WE ALWAYS DO HONOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS HERE TO REFLECT THE
9:07:32AM VALUES OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE WHEN IT COMES TO OUR
9:07:34AM POLICE OFFICERS AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
9:07:36AM CHIEF, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD, SIR.
9:07:38AM >>CHIEF BERCAW: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:07:42AM OFFICER TRAVIS JOHNSON EXEMPLIFIES THE VALUES OF THE TAMPA
9:07:45AM POLICE DEPARTMENT THROUGH HIS EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP,
9:07:47AM DEDICATION, AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO BOTH HIS ROLE AND
9:07:51AM THE COMMUNITY HE SERVES.
9:07:53AM HE CONSISTENTLY GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND IN EVERY ASPECT OF HIS
9:07:57AM WORK.
9:07:57AM SO HE IS A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER.
9:08:00AM IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, AFTER A POLICE OFFICER GOES
9:08:02AM TO THE ACADEMY, SIX MONTHS IN THE ACADEMY, THEN THEY DO OUR
9:08:05AM IN-HOUSE TRAINING FOR ANOTHER TEN WEEKS, AND THEN THEY ARE
9:08:08AM ASSIGNED A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER.
9:08:11AM BEING A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER MYSELF, THERE IS A LOT OF
9:08:13AM PRIDE AND ALSO A LOT OF FRUSTRATION IN THAT JOB.
9:08:16AM SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND A GREAT CANDIDATE, AND YOU'RE
9:08:19AM GOING TO HEAR TODAY HOW EXCEPTIONAL HE IS IN THIS ROLE.
9:08:22AM SO FOR THE PAST YEAR, OFFICER JOHNSON HAS SERVED AS FIELD
9:08:26AM TRAINING OFFICER IN DISTRICT 2 WHERE HE HAS PROVEN TO BE AN
9:08:29AM OUTSTANDING MENTOR, HELPING TO SHAPE AND GUIDE OUR NEW
9:08:33AM OFFICERS.
9:08:33AM TRAINING NEW RECRUITS TYPICALLY IMPACTS AN OFFICER'S
9:08:37AM PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY, BUT OFFICER JOHNSON CONSISTENTLY
9:08:40AM DEFIES THIS CHALLENGE.
9:08:41AM HE NOT ONLY EXCELS IN HIS TRAINING DUTIES, BUT HE ALSO LEADS
9:08:45AM HIS SQUAD IN ARRESTS, PROACTIVE POLICING EFFORTS AND
9:08:49AM RESPONDING TO CALLS FOR SERVICE.
9:08:51AM HIS DEDICATION IS CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED THROUGH HIS
9:08:54AM WILLINGNESS TO CONSISTENTLY EXCEED EXPECTATIONS, FREQUENTLY
9:08:58AM MAKING IMPACTFUL ARRESTS EVEN AT THE END OF THE SHIFT, OFTEN
9:09:02AM REQUIRING HIM TO STAY LATE.
9:09:04AM ONE NOTABLE EXAMPLE OCCURRED WHILE HE WAS ON PROACTIVE
9:09:07AM PATROL WHILE TRAINING A NEW POLICE OFFICER, OFFICER
9:09:11AM JOHNSON'S INSTINCTS LED HIM TO OBSERVE SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY
9:09:14AM WHICH PROMPTED A SEARCH THAT UNCOVERED ILLEGAL NARCOTICS AND
9:09:17AM A WEAPON.
9:09:18AM A SUBSEQUENT RECORDS CHECK REVEALED THE DEFENDANT HAD TEN
9:09:23AM PRIOR FELONY CONVICTIONS, MAKING HIS POSSESSION OF A FIREARM
9:09:27AM EVEN MORE SERIOUS.
9:09:28AM FROM MAKING IMPACTFUL ARRESTS JUST BEFORE THE END OF HIS
9:09:32AM SHIFT TO SUCCESSFULLY MENTORING NEW OFFICERS, OFFICER
9:09:35AM JOHNSON HAS SHOWN AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO REDUCING CRIME
9:09:39AM AND ENHANCING PUBLIC SAFETY.
9:09:41AM HIS PROACTIVE POLICING, ATTENTION TO DETAIL, AND ABILITY TO
9:09:44AM HANDLE CHALLENGING SITUATIONS MAKE HIM AN OUTSTANDING FIELD
9:09:49AM TRAINING OFFICER FOR THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
9:09:51AM THIS IS WHY HE IS RECEIVING OUR OFFICER OF THE MONTH FOR
9:09:54AM APRIL.
9:09:55AM CONGRATULATIONS, OFFICER.
9:09:56AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:10:02AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
9:10:03AM WE APPRECIATE YOU.
9:10:04AM BEFORE WE FORMALLY HONOR YOU, THERE ARE GOOD FOLKS FROM THE
9:10:07AM COMMUNITY WHO WOULD LIKE TO HONOR YOU.
9:10:13AM >> BRANDON BARCLAY, TAMPA PBA.
9:10:17AM WE'LL PRESENT YOU WITH THIS PLAQUE FOR A JOB WELL DONE.
9:10:22AM >> HI.
9:10:23AM MARY LOU BAILEY.
9:10:25AM >> MARK HANEY WITH THE ZOO.
9:10:27AM >> HERE ON BEHALF OF ZOO TAMPA.
9:10:29AM WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU.
9:10:30AM I LOVE HEARING ABOUT THE T.O.s.
9:10:33AM AT SOME OF THE MEETINGS IN THE PAST I CONFESSED I AM A
9:10:36AM JUNKIE FOR THE SHOW THE ROOKIE.
9:10:40AM ARE YOU LIKE A HARD CASE?
9:10:44AM ANYWAY, CONGRATULATIONS.
9:10:45AM THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY WHO SERVES.
9:10:46AM YOU GUYS ARE ALL AWESOME AND WELL DESERVED.
9:10:50AM WE PRESENTED YOU WITH GOODIES, MOST IMPORTANTLY, AN ANNUAL
9:10:53AM MEMBERSHIP TO THE ZOO FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
9:10:55AM I HOPE YOU ENJOY IT IN GOOD HEALTH.
9:10:59AM >> WE HAVE A FLYING BOX HERE, ACTUALLY THE WORLD'S LARGEST
9:11:02AM SPECIES OF BAT, HOMAGE TO BATMAN, ANOTHER GREAT CRIME
9:11:06AM FIGHTER.
9:11:07AM [ LAUGHTER ]
9:11:10AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:11:12AM GOOD MORNING, OFFICER.
9:11:13AM I'M GRACE GONZALEZ HERE ON BEHALF OF THE GONZMART FAMILY AND
9:11:16AM 1905 FAMILY OF RESTAURANTS.
9:11:18AM WE WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO THE CITY
9:11:20AM OF TAMPA AND OUR COMMUNITY.
9:11:21AM THANK YOU TO YOUR LOVED ONES.
9:11:23AM WE WANT TO PRESENT WITH YOU THIS GIFT CARD TO VISIT ANY OF
9:11:25AM OUR RESTAURANTS, COLUMBIA IN YBOR.
9:11:29AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO AND CONGRATULATIONS.
9:11:37AM >> GOOD MORNING, OFFICER.
9:11:38AM I'M MARY DILLON FROM THE STRAZ CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING
9:11:41AM ARTS ON BEHALF OF THE STRAZ CENTER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
9:11:44AM SERVICE AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS WONDERFUL HONOR.
9:11:46AM PLEASE ACCEPT PERFORMANCE TICKETS TO AN UPCOMING SHOW FOR
9:11:50AM YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
9:11:51AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:11:52AM >> THANK YOU.
9:11:53AM APPRECIATE IT.
9:11:54AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:11:56AM JILL WITECKI FROM TAMPA THEATRE.
9:11:58AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR BEING A ROLE MODEL FOR
9:12:00AM THE NEXT GENERATION COMING UP.
9:12:03AM ON BEHALF OF THE THEATER, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT WITH YOU
9:12:05AM AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FOR TWO TO COME SEE US AT THE MOVIE
9:12:08AM PALACE DOWN THE ROAD.
9:12:10AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:12:13AM GOOD MORNING, CHIEF.
9:12:14AM OFFICER JOHNSON, THANK YOU SO MUCH, YOUR FAMILY, AMAZING
9:12:20AM STORY.
9:12:20AM ON BEHALF OF THE GLAZER FAMILY, OUR ENTIRE ORGANIZATION, WE
9:12:23AM HAVE A LITTLE TRADITION AT ONE BUC.
9:12:25AM ANYBODY THAT GOES OVER AND BEYOND GETS A GAME BALL.
9:12:28AM HEARING YOUR STORY, WE HAVE A CUSTOM GAME BALL FOR YOU.
9:12:31AM THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO AND ALL YOUR SACRIFICE AND SUPPORT
9:12:34AM TO MAKE TAMPA THE GREAT COMMUNITY THAT IT IS.
9:12:37AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:12:40AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:12:43AM GOOD MORNING, OFFICER JOHNSON.
9:12:44AM AND CONGRATULATIONS.
9:12:46AM CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OFFICER
9:12:49AM JOHNSON.
9:12:49AM YOU PROTECT OUR STREETS AND MAKE US SAFER.
9:12:52AM YOU ARE SUCH A MENTOR.
9:12:56AM I'M LORI OSBORNE.
9:12:57AM ON BEHALF OF THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA, WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE
9:13:00AM YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO ATTEND AN UPCOMING CONCERT OF YOUR
9:13:04AM CHOICE.
9:13:04AM AGAIN, WE JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH AND APPRECIATE YOUR
9:13:07AM SERVICE.
9:13:11AM >> COUNCIL, GOOD MORNING.
9:13:13AM LEO GEARY.
9:13:15AM ON BEHALF OF BILL CURRIE FORD, WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU
9:13:19AM ON THIS AWARD.
9:13:19AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, TRAVIS.
9:13:22AM LIKE I SAY, EVERY SINGLE TIME, I APPRECIATE AND RESPECT EACH
9:13:26AM AND EVERY ONE OF YOU GUYS THAT PUTS THAT UNIFORM ON EVERY
9:13:29AM SINGLE DAY AND MAKE THE SACRIFICES FOR ALL OF US IN THE
9:13:32AM AREA.
9:13:32AM ON BEHALF OF JENNIFER CURRY, A HANDWRITTEN LETTER WITH A
9:13:37AM GIFT CARD AND FULL FREE MAINTENANCE ON YOUR PERSONAL
9:13:39AM VEHICLE.
9:13:40AM AND HERE ARE SOME GOODIES.
9:13:48AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHEN YOU ALL SPEAK, IF YOU WOULD FACE THE
9:13:51AM PODIUM.
9:13:52AM THAT'S WHERE THE MICROPHONE IS.
9:13:56AM >> STEPP'S TOWING SERVICE.
9:13:58AM CONGRATULATIONS ON A JOB WELL DONE.
9:14:00AM BEHALF OF STEPP'S TOWING, GIFT CARDS, STARBUCKS, LONG HORN,
9:14:07AM GO LOCAL TAMPA GIFT CARD.
9:14:09AM GO OUT AND TAKE TIME OFF.
9:14:11AM YOU DESERVE IT.
9:14:13AM THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY AND ENJOY
9:14:16AM YOURSELF.
9:14:16AM THANK YOU.
9:14:17AM >> GOOD MORNING, OFFICER.
9:14:18AM MARYBETH WILLIAMS FROM FRIENDS OF THE TAMPA RIVERWALK.
9:14:21AM I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
9:14:23AM AND TO MEMORIALIZE YOUR SERVICE AND COMMITMENT TO OUR
9:14:26AM COMMUNITY, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH A PAVER ALONG
9:14:28AM THE TAMPA RIVERWALK WITH YOUR NAME ENGRAVED.
9:14:31AM PROBABLY GETTING ENGRAVED IN ABOUT A MONTH OR TWO.
9:14:35AM IN ADDITION, SOME MEMBERS WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND BUT
9:14:38AM ALSO WANTED TO HONOR YOUR SERVICE.
9:14:40AM SO I HAVE A DINNER FOR TWO ABOARD YACHT STARSHIP, TWO
9:14:44AM COMPLEMENTARY PASSES TO PEARL.
9:14:46AM TWO TO PIRATE WATER TAXI, TWO COMPLEMENTARY ONE-HOUR RENTALS
9:14:52AM TO RIVERWALK RENTALS.
9:14:53AM AN ADULT PARTY FOR 12 AT SPLITSVILLE, AND $200 GIFT
9:14:57AM CERTIFICATE TO FLORIDA AVENUE.
9:15:00AM THANK YOU AGAIN.
9:15:06AM >> THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
9:15:10AM WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH.
9:15:11AM GIFT CARD FOR EVENING HOTEL HAYA IN YBOR CITY.
9:15:17AM YOU GUYS ENJOY THAT.
9:15:18AM THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE.
9:15:23AM >> CONGRATULATIONS.
9:15:23AM CHRISTINA FROM OXFORD COMMONS.
9:15:27AM WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO COME TO OUR RESTAURANTS.
9:15:32AM THANK YOU AGAIN FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY.
9:15:39AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:15:40AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:15:42AM I SEE YOU HAVE A TOTE BAG.
9:15:44AM YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF TOTE BAGS.
9:15:46AM YOU HAVE THE PLAQUES, THE GIFT CERTIFICATES.
9:15:50AM YOU NEED ONE OF THOSE LUGGAGE CARRIERS.
9:15:55AM I'M STEVE MICHELINI ON BEHALF OF A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT
9:15:59AM FOLKS.
9:15:59AM WE'LL RECOGNIZE YOU AND PROVIDE YOU WITH GIFT CERTIFICATES.
9:16:03AM I'M REMINDED THAT EVERY NEW RECRUIT STARTS IN THE POLICE
9:16:08AM DEPARTMENT WITH THE FIRST STEP.
9:16:10AM IT IS THE FIRST STEP THAT IS A COMMITMENT TO SERVE AND TO
9:16:15AM PROTECT.
9:16:16AM WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU FOR ENGAGING, KEEPING THE FOLKS IN
9:16:19AM THE RIGHT PATH AND KEEPING OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO BE ONE
9:16:22AM OF THE FINEST IN THE COUNTRY.
9:16:23AM ON BEHALF OF THE CICCIO RESTAURANT GROUP, WE'RE PROVIDING
9:16:27AM YOU WITH A GIFT CERTIFICATE.
9:16:29AM YOU CAN ENJOY YOURSELF OVER THERE FOR BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND
9:16:32AM DINNER.
9:16:33AM BEHALF OF MEAT MARKET IN OLD HYDE PARK, ANOTHER GIFT
9:16:36AM CERTIFICATE.
9:16:37AM ENJOY YOURSELF FOR LUNCH OR DINNER.
9:16:39AM ON BEHALF OF BELLABRAVA IN THE MIDTOWN SECTION, YOUR CHOICE,
9:16:43AM LUNCH OR DINNER.
9:16:44AM YUMMY HOUSE CHINA BISTRO, YOUR CHOICE, LUNCH OR DINNER.
9:16:49AM THIS IS THE ONE THE CHIEF LIKES TO GO TO.
9:16:51AM AND JACKSON'S BISTRO ON HARBOUR ISLAND, PROVIDING YOU WITH
9:16:57AM ANOTHER GIFT CERTIFICATE.
9:16:58AM CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THANK YOU
9:17:00AM FOR YOUR DEDICATION.
9:17:05AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:17:11AM >> ON BEHALF OF A GRATEFUL CITY OF TAMPA AND TAMPA CITY
9:17:14AM COUNCIL, OFFICER, WE'RE VERY PROUD TO GIVE YOU AND YOUR
9:17:17AM FAMILY THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL COMMENDATION.
9:17:20AM THANK YOU.
9:17:20AM GOD BLESS YOU.
9:17:21AM THANK YOU.
9:17:21AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:17:26AM >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL, AND EVERYONE HERE, COMMAND STAFF.
9:17:29AM FIRST OFF, I WANT TO THANK MY NEWLY FIANC E.
9:17:35AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:17:35AM SHE DOES A LOT PICKING UP THE SLACK AT HOME.
9:17:41AM WE HAVE A LITTLE ONE THAT'S OUT OF THE CRIB NOW.
9:17:45AM HE'S IN EVERYTHING.
9:17:46AM HE'S IN EVERY CABINET WE'VE GOT.
9:17:48AM USUALLY THERE'S SOMEBODY BEHIND THE SCENES AT MY HOUSE.
9:17:51AM ALSO, THE SQUAD THAT I'M ON, I FEEL A LITTLE BIT OF GUILT
9:17:55AM TAKING THIS BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SUCH A GOOD SQUAD.
9:17:58AM ANYTIME WE'RE DOING PROACTIVE WORK ON THAT FTO SQUAD,
9:18:02AM THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEBODY PICKING UP THE SLACK WITH THE CALLS
9:18:06AM OR HELPING ME OUT.
9:18:08AM ALTHOUGH IT'S AN INDIVIDUAL AWARD, THOSE GUYS KNOW HOW MUCH
9:18:12AM I APPRECIATE THEM AND IF NOT, I HOPE THEY DO.
9:18:18AM IT'S A TEAM EFFORT FOR SURE.
9:18:22AM THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL THE GIFTS.
9:18:23AM LITTLE OVERWHELMING BUT I DO APPRECIATE IT.
9:18:25AM THANK YOU, GUYS.
9:18:26AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:18:33AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, OFFICER.
9:18:34AM ON BEHALF OF OUR CHAIRMAN MANISCALCO, WHO IS NOT HERE TODAY,
9:18:37AM AND THE REST OF OUR TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, WE WOULD LIKE TO
9:18:40AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY OF TAMPA.
9:18:43AM AS YOU SAID, IT'S PART OF A TEAM EFFORT, AND I THINK THE
9:18:46AM CITY OF TAMPA IS SO PROUD TO HAVE SO MANY AMAZING FIRST
9:18:50AM RESPONDERS AND FOLKS THAT KEEP US SAFE EVERY DAY.
9:18:54AM CITY OF TAMPA IS AN AMAZING CITY BECAUSE OF OFFICERS LIKE
9:18:57AM YOU AND YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE TAMPA PD THAT
9:19:02AM PROVIDE FOR OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY.
9:19:04AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:19:05AM CONGRATULATIONS ON THE WEDDING AND HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
9:19:08AM ENJOY ALL THOSE NICE -- WHAT A GREAT WAY TO CELEBRATE YOUR
9:19:13AM COMING UP WEDDING.
9:19:14AM ENJOY THE ZOO WITH THE FLYING BOX.
9:19:17AM WE LIKE THAT.
9:19:17AM [ LAUGHTER ]
9:19:18AM TAKE CARE.
9:19:21AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:19:21AM WE'LL WAIT FOR A MOMENT FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS TO EXIT AND
9:19:32AM WE WILL CONTINUE AFTER THAT.
9:20:00AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
9:20:44AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
9:20:46AM IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS MORNING TO PRESENT A WATER
9:20:49AM CONSERVATION MONTH AWARD TO THE CITY OF TAMPA.
9:20:53AM THIS IS A STATEWIDE DAY THAT WE SAY WHAT WE HAVE IN WATER
9:20:58AM AND WHAT WE DON'T NEED AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SERVE
9:21:01AM THE PUBLIC OF THE GREAT CITY OF TAMPA.
9:21:03AM IT IS MY PLEASURE TO HAVE MR. RORY JONES, THE HEAD OF THE
9:21:05AM DEPARTMENT.
9:21:06AM BEHIND HIM IS MR. BRAD BAIRD, WHO IS A SUPER CHIEF OF A
9:21:10AM COUPLE OF DEPARTMENTS, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE PEOPLE WHO
9:21:12AM REALLY DO THE WORK BEHIND THE DEPARTMENT.
9:21:18AM IN RECOGNITION OF THE 27TH ANNUAL WATER CONSERVATION MONTH,
9:21:21AM CELEBRATED IN APRIL, WE, THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF TAMPA OF
9:21:23AM FLORIDA, CALL ON EACH CITIZEN AND BUSINESS TO HELP PROTECT
9:21:27AM OUR PRECIOUS BUSINESS WATER RESOURCES AND PRACTICE WATER
9:21:31AM CONSERVATION.
9:21:32AM I'LL HAVE MR. JONES SPEAK ON THAT IN A MINUTE AND ABOUT
9:21:35AM OTHER THINGS THAT THE WATER DEPARTMENT DOES THAT WE DON'T
9:21:37AM REALIZE.
9:21:37AM IN FACT, I REALLY LIKE TO PUSH THE ADMINISTRATION TO SHOW
9:21:42AM THE PUBLIC WHAT WE HAVE NOT ONLY IN WATER BUT WHAT THEY DO
9:21:47AM IN THE TERTIARY TREATMENT PLANT AND ALL THE DEPARTMENT THAT
9:21:53AM TURNS GARBAGE INTO ENERGY THAT SERVES HOMES ON A DAILY
9:21:58AM BASIS.
9:21:58AM IT'S A THING THAT WE HAVE, AN ASSET THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY
9:22:04AM THAT VERY FEW CAN RECOGNIZE WHAT WE'RE DOING ON A DAILY
9:22:07AM BASIS.
9:22:08AM IT'S MY PLEASURE TO HAVE MR. JONES COME UP AND SPEAK ABOUT
9:22:11AM WATER, WHAT IT MEANS, AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING AT THE WATER
9:22:14AM DEPARTMENT.
9:22:15AM MR. JONES.
9:22:15AM >>RORY JONES: THANK YOU.
9:22:18AM I DO HAVE A HUMBLE BRAG HERE COMING UP.
9:22:21AM GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:22:22AM RORY JONES WITH THE WATER DEPARTMENT.
9:22:24AM THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENDATION AND THE CONTINUED SUPPORT.
9:22:32AM IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE IN RECOGNITION OF WATER
9:22:35AM CONSERVATION MONTH.
9:22:38AM WATER IS ONE OF OUR MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCES.
9:22:42AM IT'S QUICKLY BECOMING THE FUTURE GOLD.
9:22:46AM WE CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT IT.
9:22:47AM WE MUST PROTECT IT.
9:22:49AM THAT'S WHAT THIS GROUP BEHIND US DOES A GREAT JOB.
9:22:52AM HUMBLE BRAG COMING UP HERE.
9:22:54AM THE CHOICES WE MAKE ON A DAILY BASIS, WHETHER IT'S FIXING A
9:22:59AM LEAK, WATERING LESS, USING MORE EFFICIENT FIXTURES REALLY
9:23:03AM PRESERVES THIS RESOURCE FOR OUR FAMILIES, THE FUTURE CITY,
9:23:08AM THE FUTURE GENERATIONS.
9:23:12AM THE CONSERVATION EFFORTS DOESN'T NEED TO BE HARD.
9:23:17AM EACH SMALL THING TOGETHER CAN MAKE A HUGE IMPACT.
9:23:23AM AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST EXAMPLES OF THAT IS THE ONE DAY PER
9:23:27AM WEEK WATERING RESTRICTION.
9:23:29AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND THE COMMUNITY'S ADAPTATION TO
9:23:34AM THIS.
9:23:36AM WITH THAT POLICY IN PLACE, WE SAVED OVER 2 BILLION GALLONS
9:23:40AM OF WATER LAST YEAR.
9:23:42AM THAT'S 2 BILLION GALLONS OF WATER THAT WE DIDN'T PUMP,
9:23:47AM DIDN'T TREAT, WE DIDN'T PAY FOR.
9:23:49AM IT JUST SHOWS YOU WHAT IS POSSIBLE WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER.
9:23:55AM SORRY.
9:24:02AM I'M CHECKING MY NOTES.
9:24:05AM MAKING SURE I'M HITTING EVERYTHING HERE.
9:24:06AM HERE IS THE HUMBLE BRAG.
9:24:10AM WANTED TO REALLY SHOWCASE THE QUIET WORKFORCE BEHIND THE
9:24:15AM SCENES.
9:24:16AM THIS TEAM, AND I'LL BRING UP A VISUAL HERE.
9:24:36AM THE CONSERVATION TEAM BEHIND ME HERE, THEY HAVE BEEN OUT
9:24:42AM HERE EVERY DAY WORKING WITH CUSTOMERS, DISTRIBUTING WATER
9:24:46AM SAVING KITS, EDUCATING THE PUBLIC, DOING THE ONE ON ONE
9:24:51AM EVALUATIONS WITH IRRIGATION EVALUATIONS.
9:24:55AM THEIR EFFORTS HAVE LED TAMPA TO BE THE NUMBER ONE
9:24:59AM CONSERVATION MEMBER GOVERNMENT IN THE REGION.
9:25:05AM THEY HAVE CONTRIBUTED OVER HALF OF THE WATER SAVINGS THROUGH
9:25:07AM THE TAMPA BAY WATER REBATE PROGRAM.
9:25:10AM THAT'S NOT JUST GOOD NUMBERS, THAT'S IMPACT.
9:25:15AM THAT'S MEANINGFUL IMPACT THAT THIS TEAM HAS.
9:25:20AM INSTEAD OF ME GOING ON TOO LONG ABOUT ALL THE PROGRAMS, I
9:25:24AM REALLY WANTED TO HAND IT OVER TO THIS TEAM THAT TRULY MAKES
9:25:28AM IT HAPPEN.
9:25:29AM THEY ARE THE HEART OF CONSERVATION EFFORT, THE CONSERVATION
9:25:33AM TEAM.
9:25:34AM UNDER THE PLANNING MANAGER SARAH BURNS, RYAN SMITH, TONY
9:25:40AM TORREZ, ILEANA HERNANDEZ, JUSTIN WYNN, AND JULIA PALASCHAK.
9:25:46AM LET ME HAND IT OVER TO YOU TO MAYBE DIVE INTO SOME OF THE
9:25:49AM DETAILS HERE.
9:25:52AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:25:53AM RORY POINTS OUT THAT WATER CONSERVATION IS TRULY A
9:25:58AM COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.
9:25:59AM WE LOVE THE RECOGNITION.
9:26:01AM WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE LISTENING TO US ABOUT WATER
9:26:04AM CONSERVATION THIS MORNING, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS IT --
9:26:08AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: FOR THE RECORD, CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME?
9:26:12AM >> JULIA PALASCHAK, CITY OF TAMPA WATER DEPARTMENT.
9:26:20AM I GET VERY EXCITED WHEN I TALK ABOUT WATER, THE WHOLE TEAM.
9:26:25AM RECOGNIZING TODAY THE INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY
9:26:28AM THAT LEAD US TO BE LEADERS IN WATER SAVINGS.
9:26:33AM SO COLLABORATING WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AT TAMPA BAY WATER WISE
9:26:38AM THROUGH THE MULTIFAMILY RETROFITS, WE HAVE A GREAT INVENTORY
9:26:42AM OF OLDER APARTMENT BUILDINGS.
9:26:44AM SO THE RETROFIT BRINGS WATER USE INTO FOCUS IMMEDIATELY.
9:26:49AM WE'RE HAPPY TO OFFER THOSE REBATES IN COLLABORATION WITH
9:26:53AM WATER-WISE AND THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT
9:26:56AM DISTRICT.
9:26:57AM SO WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER EVERY DAY AND THE DISTRICT
9:27:00AM HAS CHOSEN A THEME FOR THIS YEAR'S WATER CONSERVATION MONTH
9:27:06AM AND THAT IS OUTDOOR WATER USE THROUGH AUTOMATIC IRRIGATION.
9:27:10AM MOST OF OUR WORK, ONE-ON-ONE WITH OUR IRRIGATING COMMUNITY,
9:27:15AM AND WE CAN SAVE THOUSANDS OF GALLONS A MONTH WITH EACH OF
9:27:19AM THOSE CUSTOMERS WHO COME TO US ASKING FOR THAT HELP.
9:27:23AM WE HAVE A LOT OF EVENTS COMING UP AND WATER CONSERVATION
9:27:29AM MONTH.
9:27:29AM I COUNTED 17 EVENTS THAT WE'LL BE AT FROM THE AIRPORT TO
9:27:33AM SCHOOLS TO USF AND JUST OUT IN THE COMMUNITY SHARING OUR
9:27:39AM KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCES.
9:27:43AM FINALLY, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THOSE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES WHO
9:27:48AM HAVE BEEN EFFICIENT YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR, ENTIRE
9:27:52AM NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THAT SINGLE DIGIT WATER USE EVERY MONTH.
9:27:56AM WITHOUT THOSE FAMILIES DOING WHAT'S NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN A
9:28:00AM LOW UTILITY BILL AND RAISE THEIR FAMILIES WITHOUT THOSE
9:28:04AM EFFICIENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND FAMILIES, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE
9:28:07AM TO WELCOME NEW FAMILIES AND NEW BUSINESSES INTO OUR GROWING
9:28:12AM CITY.
9:28:12AM IT ALL DEPENDS ON OUR INDIVIDUALS AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:28:18AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
9:28:19AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:28:21AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AGAIN, WE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED BECAUSE YOU
9:28:24AM OPEN THE FAUCET, WHAT'S THERE?
9:28:25AM WATER.
9:28:26AM THREE, FOUR HUNDRED MILLION, SAME WATER ON EARTH FOR THREE,
9:28:31AM FOUR HUNDRED MILLION YEARS.
9:28:32AM GIVE YOU A LITTLE EXAMPLE AND DON'T WANT TO TAKE TOO MUCH
9:28:36AM TIME, COUNCIL UNDER PRESSURE TO DO THINGS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT
9:28:40AM WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITH THE 82 MILLION GALLONS A DAY, THAT'S
9:28:43AM WHAT WE AVERAGE YEAR-ROUND, NOT TOO MANY YEARS AGO, WE HAD
9:28:50AM 250,000 PEOPLE LIVING HERE.
9:28:52AM NOW WE HAVE OVER 420,000 PEOPLE LIVING HERE.
9:28:55AM NOT ONLY THAT, WE HAVE TAKEN CARE OF OUR GREAT HILLSBOROUGH
9:28:58AM COUNTY AREA BECAUSE OUR LINES IN THE LEGISLATURE YEARS BACK
9:29:02AM ASKED IF WE COULD EXTEND IT.
9:29:04AM THOSE CUSTOMERS WERE THE SAME 82 MILLION GALLONS A DAY, WE
9:29:07AM ARE NOW SERVING -- HOPE I AM CORRECT, OVER 700,000
9:29:12AM INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
9:29:13AM WHAT THIS GROUP RIGHT HERE OF SIX OR SEVEN, EIGHT, THEY HAVE
9:29:19AM DONE A YEOMAN'S JOB IN MAKING SURE THAT THE PUBLIC
9:29:24AM UNDERSTANDS THE NEED FOR THEM TO CONSERVE WATER.
9:29:27AM I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE.
9:29:29AM I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBERS ALSO, BUT I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH FOR
9:29:32AM ALLOWING US THIS TIME.
9:29:33AM BECAUSE WITHOUT WATER, WE CAN'T LIVE.
9:29:36AM THE RESERVOIR THAT WE HAVE ONLY HOLDS 1.2 BILLION GALLONS,
9:29:41AM RIGHT AROUND THERE, THAT'S ENOUGH WATER FOR ABOUT 18 DAYS.
9:29:45AM TWO, THREE ADMINISTRATIONS AGO, UNDER THE GRECO
9:29:48AM ADMINISTRATION, EIGHT WELLS FOR WHAT'S CALLED -- WE TREAT
9:29:51AM THE WATER, PUT IT DOWN BACK IN THE AQUIFER AND THEN WE PULL
9:29:55AM IT OUT DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, WHEN WE
9:29:58AM HAVE 8 OR 10 MILLION GALLONS A DAY TO GET US THROUGH THE
9:30:02AM SEASON WHERE THERE IS VERY LITTLE RAIN.
9:30:04AM EVERYTHING IS CALCULATED ON PAST HISTORY AND WORKED VERY
9:30:07AM WELL BECAUSE OF THE INDIVIDUALS BEHIND ME.
9:30:09AM I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND ANY QUESTIONS
9:30:13AM YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE GROUP, YOU'RE WELCOME.
9:30:15AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
9:30:16AM >>LYNN HURTAK: CONGRATULATIONS.
9:30:18AM THIS IS VERY TIMELY BECAUSE THIS WEEK I JUST DID A TOUR OF
9:30:22AM THE WATER DEPARTMENT AGAIN, WHICH IS REALLY AMAZING.
9:30:25AM IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE IT, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT BECAUSE THERE
9:30:28AM IS A LOT OF NEW STUFF THAT'S GOING IN.
9:30:30AM THEN I ALSO JUST GOT A REPORT ABOUT THE SIXTH PILOT WHICH
9:30:35AM WAS ALSO VERY GOOD AND INTERESTING.
9:30:37AM I JUST WANTED TO SAY, AND THEY TOOK ME ON THE DAM.
9:30:41AM IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN.
9:30:42AM BIGGEST TURTLES I'VE EVER SEEN.
9:30:45AM WE'RE SO LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH A PHENOMENAL UTILITY SUCH AS OUR
9:30:52AM WATER DEPARTMENT.
9:30:52AM I WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS.
9:30:54AM I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU'RE DOING.
9:30:56AM I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO
9:30:59AM HAVE DOUBLE DIGIT WATER BECAUSE I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER
9:31:03AM GOTTEN THERE.
9:31:04AM WE TRY TO CONSERVE.
9:31:07AM I THINK THAT IS A REALLY GOOD GOAL.
9:31:09AM I LIKE THE WAY YOU PHRASED THAT.
9:31:12AM I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT IN SINGLE DIGITS.
9:31:14AM I'LL BE TAKING THAT MESSAGE AND SHARING IT.
9:31:16AM I DO APPRECIATE IT.
9:31:18AM IF YOU HAVE LISTS OF PLACES YOU'RE GOING TO BE, WE GET YOUR
9:31:21AM NEWSLETTER, BUT IF YOU HAVE THAT LIST, FEEL FREE TO SHARE IT
9:31:26AM WITH US IF WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO STOP BY.
9:31:28AM IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE IT IN OUR HANDS.
9:31:30AM SO THANK YOU.
9:31:34AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TO COUNCIL TODAY.
9:31:36AM I WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS IS ONE DAY WE HONOR YOU, BUT REALLY
9:31:40AM IT'S 365 DAYS A YEAR.
9:31:43AM THIS IS A VERY APPRECIATIVE COUNCIL.
9:31:45AM WE SEE THESE TWO GUYS OVER HERE ON THE END A LOT, BUT NICE
9:31:50AM TO SEE THE REST OF THE TEAM HERE BEFORE COUNCIL.
9:31:53AM KNOW THAT WITH CHARLIE MIRANDA, YOU'LL ALWAYS HAVE A
9:31:56AM CHAMPION FOR WATER AT THE CITY OF TAMPA.
9:31:58AM HE'S DREAMS ABOUT WATER.
9:32:08AM DEFINITELY PASSIONATE AND ONE OF YOUR BIGGEST ALLIES IN
9:32:11AM LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
9:32:12AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO.
9:32:13AM APPRECIATE IT.
9:32:19AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANKS AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE
9:32:20AM DONE.
9:32:21AM YOU AND YOUR WHOLE GROUP, WHOLE CITY OF TAMPA RUNS ON WATER
9:32:25AM BECAUSE YOU GUYS PRODUCE IT, TAKE CARE OF IT AND DISTRIBUTE
9:32:29AM IT.
9:32:29AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:32:29AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:32:38AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:32:41AM MR. SHELBY.
9:32:50AM DO YOU WANT TO DO THE RULES?
9:32:55AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: SURE.
9:32:56AM THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
9:32:59AM GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
9:33:00AM MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
9:33:02AM VERY BRIEFLY, THE PUBLIC COMMENT RULES OF DECORUM FOR THE
9:33:06AM CONDUCT OF TODAY'S MEETING, THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS
9:33:10AM HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE OUTSIDE.
9:33:12AM THOSE WHO HAVE WISHED TO SPEAK SHOULD HAVE FILLED OUT A
9:33:16AM SPEAKER CARD AND HAVE PLACED IT IN THE BOX.
9:33:19AM ONE CARD PER SPEAKER.
9:33:20AM EACH PERSON SUBMITTING A CARD WILL BE RECOGNIZED BY NAME BY
9:33:23AM THE CHAIR PRO TEM TO APPROACH AND SPEAK.
9:33:25AM A THREE-MINUTE TIME LIMIT APPLIES.
9:33:28AM PLEASE PRINT LEGIBLY BECAUSE NAMES THAT CANNOT BE READ WILL
9:33:33AM NOT BE COLD.
9:33:34AM IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK FOR THE TWO ITEMS SET FOR PUBLIC
9:33:36AM HEARING ON TODAY'S AGENDA, YOU DON'T HAVE TO FILL OUT A
9:33:39AM CARD.
9:33:39AM JUST HAVE TO PUT YOUR NAME ON THE SHEET AT THE PODIUM
9:33:42AM OUTSIDE.
9:33:43AM IF YOU NEED ANY ASSISTANCE, PLEASE SEE THE CITY STAFF.
9:33:46AM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALLOWED REASONABLE TIME AT THE
9:33:48AM BEGINNING OF TODAY'S MEETING TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM ON THE
9:33:50AM AGENDA BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL TAKES OFFICIAL ACTION ON THE
9:33:53AM ITEM.
9:33:54AM A THREE-MINUTE TIME LIMIT APPLIES TO ALL SPEAKERS PROVIDING
9:33:58AM PUBLIC COMMENT AND SPEAKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE
9:34:01AM ALSO REMINDED THAT THEY ARE TO REFRAIN FROM DISRUPTIVE
9:34:04AM BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING MAKING VULGAR OR THREATENING REMARKS OR
9:34:08AM MAKING OR CAUSING DISRUPTIVE NOISES OR SOUNDS OR DISPLAYING
9:34:12AM SIGNS OR GRAPHICS.
9:34:12AM SPEAKERS ARE ALSO REMINDED TO REFRAIN FROM MAKING PERSONAL
9:34:16AM ATTACKS AGAINST ANY CITY OFFICIAL, STAFF MEMBER OR ANY OTHER
9:34:21AM MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC.
9:34:23AM THE CHAIR WILL RULE OUT OF ORDER ANY PERSON WHO SPEAKS
9:34:26AM WITHOUT BEING RECOGNIZED OR ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS THE CITY
9:34:28AM COUNCIL FROM OUTSIDE THE SPEAKER AREA AT THE PODIUM.
9:34:31AM PERSONS FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE COUNCIL RULES MAY ALSO BE
9:34:34AM RULED OUT OF ORDER AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR MAY BE
9:34:37AM REMOVED FROM THE CHAMBER FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY'S
9:34:42AM MEETING.
9:34:42AM FINALLY, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD REMEMBER, PLEASE, TO
9:34:44AM REFRAIN FROM ENGAGING A SPEAKER DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:34:47AM THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT
9:34:50AM TAKE QUESTIONS OR HAVE A DIALOGUE DURING GENERAL PUBLIC
9:34:55AM COMMENT.
9:34:55AM THIS IS YOUR COMMUNITY TO EXPRESS YOUR POSITION.
9:34:58AM THANK YOU.
9:35:02AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE'LL START WITH PUBLIC COMMENT VIRTUALLY
9:35:04AM FIRST.
9:35:05AM MICHAEL RANDOLPH.
9:35:07AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:35:09AM MY NAME IS MICHAEL RANDOLPH.
9:35:11AM I'M WITH THE WEST TAMPA CDC.
9:35:14AM I WANT TO TALK TODAY ABOUT OUR UPCOMING BUSINESS WORKSHOP,
9:35:22AM SUMMER SESSION.
9:35:23AM IT IS CALLED UNDERSTANDING LENDERS AND INVESTORS.
9:35:29AM IT INCLUDES KEY FACTORS, LENDERS AND INVESTORS LOOK FOR,
9:35:35AM STRATEGIES TO SECURE FUNDING AND COMMON MISTAKES AND HOW TO
9:35:40AM AVOID THEM.
9:35:41AM THE SECOND WORKSHOP IS MARKETING AND SALES 101.
9:35:46AM IT INCLUDES UNDERSTANDING OUR TARGET MARKET, EFFECTIVE
9:35:51AM MARKETING STRATEGIES AND TIPS FOR SUCCESSFUL SALES
9:35:57AM CONVERSION.
9:35:58AM THE THIRD WORKSHOP IS E-COMMERCE AND HOME-BASED BUSINESS.
9:36:04AM IT INCLUDES BENEFITS OF HOME-BASED E-COMMERCE, STEP BY STEP
9:36:09AM GUIDES FOR SETTING UP AND CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS.
9:36:12AM AS YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING BUSINESSES IS
9:36:16AM E-COMMERCE AND HOME-BASED BUSINESSES.
9:36:18AM THE WORKSHOP IS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO GROW YOUR
9:36:25AM BUSINESS.
9:36:26AM IT INCLUDES HOW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CAN ENHANCE BUSINESS
9:36:30AM EFFICIENCY, TOOLS FOR TECHNOLOGY FOR -- AND REAL-WORLD
9:36:39AM SUCCESS STORIES.
9:36:40AM IN A RECENT ARTICLE BY McKENZIE INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC
9:36:45AM DEVELOPMENT AND I QUOTE, TECHNOLOGY HAS POTENTIAL TO WIDEN
9:36:49AM THE VIRTUAL GAP, IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE TO SHEPHERD THIS NEW
9:36:56AM TECHNOLOGY IN AN INCLUSIVE WAY THAT NOT ONLY YIELDS
9:37:01AM EQUITABLE BENEFITS FOR BLACKS AND MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES
9:37:04AM BUT ALSO TO ACCELERATE THE CLOSE OF THE RACIAL GAP.
9:37:09AM THE FINAL WORKSHOP IS LOAN APPLICATION AND FINANCE REPORT.
9:37:15AM THIS INCLUDES IMPORTANCE OF DETAIL APPLICATIONS, FINANCIAL
9:37:23AM REPORTS, AND BEST PRACTICES FOR BUSINESSES IN FINANCE.
9:37:29AM THESE WORKSHOPS ARE VALUABLE KNOWLEDGE FOR ENTREPRENEURS AND
9:37:38AM PROFESSIONAL BUSINESSES.
9:37:39AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:37:41AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MR. RANDOLPH.
9:37:43AM MR. RODRIGUEZ, ARE YOU ONLINE?
9:37:47AM >> YES, I AM, COUNCILMAN.
9:37:49AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: GOOD MORNING.
9:37:51AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:37:52AM HOW ARE YOU GUYS?
9:37:53AM I'M SPEAKING ON THE PARCEL FOR SALE SHOWMAN'S ARREST PARCEL
9:38:04AM ON WOODLAWN CEMETERY.
9:38:06AM YES, I SPOKE WITH JOHN PERSIA.
9:38:10AM HE HAS OVERSEEN IT FOR THE PAST 17 YEARS.
9:38:14AM HE MAKES ALL FINAL DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF THE LLC.
9:38:19AM THEY ARE STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY.
9:38:20AM HE SAID THEY HAD TO TAKE AN $80,000 LOAN OUT FOR MUCH-NEEDED
9:38:25AM REPAIRS.
9:38:26AM HE ALSO MENTIONED THAT MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVE VIEWED THE
9:38:29AM PARCEL.
9:38:29AM ONE LADY IS VERY INTERESTED IN PURCHASING IT.
9:38:34AM LAST NIGHT, I SENT COUNCIL AN E-MAIL WITH SUPPORTING
9:38:38AM DOCUMENTATION ALONG WITH CONTACT INFO FOR JOHN PERSIA AND
9:38:42AM THE REALTOR AS WELL.
9:38:43AM AS I SAID, JOHN PERSIA REPRESENTS AND MAKES ALL THE FINAL
9:38:48AM DECISIONS REGARDING SHOWMAN'S REST.
9:38:50AM HE TOLD THE REALTOR TO SELL IT WITH THE CONDITIONS.
9:38:53AM ONLY ONE HOME IS TO BE BUILT AND THE BUYER CANNOT ASK FOR
9:38:59AM REZONING.
9:38:59AM THIS IS A TIME SENSITIVE MATTER.
9:39:02AM IT CANNOT WAIT UNTIL AFTER MAY 8, THE MEETING THAT WILL
9:39:06AM ADDRESS ADMIN BEING OVERWHELMED WITH SO MANY MOTIONS.
9:39:10AM EVERY MOTION IS IMPORTANT.
9:39:12AM PERHAPS THE CITY CAN HIRE MORE STAFF SO THE COMMUNITY IS NOT
9:39:16AM ON HOLD UNTIL MAY THE 8th.
9:39:20AM WOODLAWN HAS BEEN A CEMETERY FOR 137 YEARS AND MANY WHO
9:39:23AM BUILT THE CITY ARE BURIED THERE.
9:39:25AM ALTHOUGH THE CITY OF TAMPA IS NOT, QUOTE, IN THE CEMETERY
9:39:29AM BUSINESS, IT SHOULD BE OBLIGATED TO PERPETUALLY PRESERVE OUR
9:39:36AM HISTORY AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE CEMETERIES PAST AND PRESENT.
9:39:41AM PLEASE CONSIDER PURCHASING THE PARCEL.
9:39:43AM DON'T LET HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF.
9:39:45AM I ALSO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IT WAS HENRY ECHEZABAL, SR. WHO
9:39:48AM WAS THE ONE WHO THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA IF THE CITY
9:39:52AM WERE TO PURCHASE IT BECAUSE HE SAID HE'S TIRED OF HEARING IT
9:39:55AM COME UP OVER AND OVER.
9:39:57AM AND A LOT OF US ARE.
9:39:59AM WE DON'T HAVE THE WHEREWITHAL TO GO THROUGH ANOTHER LONG,
9:40:02AM NASTY, LENGTHY FIGHT WITH THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY.
9:40:05AM SO WITH THAT SAID, I'M HOPING ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS
9:40:08AM WILL PROPOSE A MOTION BEFORE MAY 8 TO -- FOR THE CITY TO
9:40:14AM CONSIDER BUYING THAT PARCEL.
9:40:17AM THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
9:40:18AM HAVE A GREAT DAY.
9:40:20AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
9:40:21AM GOOD DAY.
9:40:21AM WE'LL GO TO IN-PERSON.
9:40:22AM THE NEXT PERSON IS I BELIEVE TONY DANIELS.
9:40:37AM >> MENTESNOT, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
9:40:41AM UHURU.
9:40:42AM UHURU MEANS FREEDOM IN SWAHILI.
9:40:45AM WE AS AFRICAN PEOPLE SHOULD ALWAYS BE THINKING ABOUT OUR
9:40:48AM FREEDOM, EVERY DAY AND EVERY WAY.
9:40:50AM WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT IS FREEDOM FROM CHILD SUPPORT.
9:40:55AM I WANT TO SAY TO THIS CITY COUNCIL THAT CHILD SUPPORT, IF
9:41:00AM YOU'VE NEVER HEARD IT BEFORE, STARTED ON SATURDAY, JANUARY
9:41:05AM 4th, 1975.
9:41:08AM HANDED OVER FROM RICHARD NIXON TO GERALD FORD, HANDED DOWN
9:41:13AM FROM FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT WITH THE SOCIAL SECURITY
9:41:17AM TITLE IV OPERATION THAT WAS RACIST, RACIST TO ITS CORE.
9:41:23AM ALL THE ALPHABET SOUP PROGRAMS, RACIST TO ITS CORE.
9:41:28AM HANDED OVER TO RICHARD NIXON AND HANDED OVER TO GERALD FORD
9:41:33AM AND STARTED TITLE 4D CHILD SUPPORT PROGRAM WHICH IS A
9:41:38AM REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.
9:41:41AM FOR THOSE WHO KNOW WHAT REPLACEMENT IS, FOR THOSE WHO KNOW
9:41:44AM WHAT FINAL SOLUTION IS, IT'S AN ETHNIC CLEANSING PROGRAM
9:41:52AM THAT'S BEING PARADED AS A CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AND
9:41:57AM COLLECTION PROGRAM.
9:41:59AM IT'S A BIG SNITCHING PROGRAM.
9:42:01AM BLACK PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT PEOPLE NOT SNITCHING BECAUSE
9:42:04AM SOMEBODY SHOT SOMEBODY OR SOMEBODY STOLE SOMETHING OR
9:42:08AM BOOSTING MERCHANDISE.
9:42:11AM AIN'T NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
9:42:12AM THE BIGGEST SNITCHING PROGRAM IN AMERICA IS THE CHILD
9:42:15AM SUPPORT PROGRAM THAT CAUSES AFRICAN WOMEN, MOSTLY AFRICAN
9:42:21AM WOMEN TO SNITCH ON AFRICAN MEN ON THEIR BABY DADDIES.
9:42:26AM IT'S A SNITCHING PROGRAM.
9:42:28AM THE PROGRAM IS SO SERIOUS, GOD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAY
9:42:34AM BECAUSE THEY -- GOD WOULD PUT THE RIGHT PERSON IN CONTACT
9:42:37AM WITH THE RIGHT SITUATION.
9:42:38AM THIS IS A SUMMONS I ALLEGEDLY RECEIVED IN REFERENCE TO CHILD
9:42:48AM SUPPORT IN 2015 -- 2014.
9:42:51AM NEVER RECEIVED IT.
9:42:54AM NEVER RECEIVED IT.
9:42:55AM FILED ALL KINDS OF COMPLAINTS.
9:42:59AM UNITED NATIONS.
9:43:00AM PRESIDENT.
9:43:01AM PRESIDENT OBAMA.
9:43:02AM PRESIDENT TRUMP.
9:43:07AM PRESIDENT BIDEN.
9:43:08AM THE UNITED NATIONS.
9:43:10AM UNITED STATES JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
9:43:12AM THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT, PAM BONDI, OTHER PLACES, NOTHING
9:43:19AM HAPPENED.
9:43:20AM SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, HILLSBOROUGH
9:43:21AM COUNTY COMMISSION, NOTHING HAPPENED.
9:43:24AM HERE IS WHAT I'M TELLING THE HEARING OFFICER, I'VE NEVER
9:43:27AM BEEN SERVED.
9:43:28AM THIS IS DOCUMENTED.
9:43:29AM NEVER BEEN SERVED.
9:43:30AM KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS CHILD SUPPORT.
9:43:32AM HERE IS WHERE A JUDGE JARED SMITH BANNED ME FROM FILING ANY
9:43:40AM MOTIONS IN CIRCUIT COURT BECAUSE I'VE NEVER BEEN SERVED.
9:43:44AM I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS THING.
9:43:45AM MANY BLACK MEN IS EXPERIENCING THIS AND THAT'S RUINING BLACK
9:43:48AM FAMILIES.
9:43:49AM DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
9:43:53AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MS. CARROLL ANN
9:43:55AM BENNETT.
9:43:56AM GOOD MORNING, MS. BENNETT.
9:44:08AM >> MY NAME IS CARROLL ANN BENNETT.
9:44:10AM THERE ARE SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE VRB APPOINTMENTS.
9:44:18AM THE TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE APPLYING TODAY, ONE OF WHOM I DON'T
9:44:21AM KNOW BUT I'M SURE SHE WILL BE WONDERFUL.
9:44:23AM SHE'S APPLYING FOR A VACANT, ALTERNATE POSITION.
9:44:27AM THE OTHER ONE IS CURRENTLY SERVING ON THE VRB AS AN
9:44:31AM ALTERNATE AND THAT POSITION EXPIRES THIS YEAR.
9:44:37AM I THINK HE'S IMMINENTLY QUALIFIED.
9:44:40AM I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HIM CONTINUE TO SERVE ON THE VRB.
9:44:43AM HE'S VERY RELIABLE.
9:44:44AM I GO TO THE VRB A LOT AND HE'S ALWAYS THERE.
9:44:47AM I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HIM CONTINUE TO SERVE ON THE VRB.
9:44:51AM MY PROBLEM IS THAT THE CODE SAYS THAT THE TERMS ARE FOUR
9:44:59AM YEARS, AND YOU CAN BE APPOINTED FOR A SECOND CONSECUTIVE
9:45:03AM TERM, BUT AFTER TWO CONSECUTIVE TERMS, YOU'RE NOT ELIGIBLE
9:45:06AM FOR REAPPOINTMENT UNTIL A CALENDAR YEAR HAS ELAPSED.
9:45:11AM BASICALLY YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO SERVE ON THE VRB FOR A MAXIMUM
9:45:13AM OF EIGHT YEARS.
9:45:14AM TAKE A YEAR OFF BEFORE YOU COME BACK.
9:45:16AM I UNDERSTAND MR. MURPHY IS CURRENTLY IN AN ALTERNATE
9:45:25AM POSITION.
9:45:25AM BECAUSE THE VRB POSITIONS ARE SO HARD TO FILL, HE'S THERE
9:45:33AM EVERY SINGLE MONTH BECAUSE THERE ARE ALWAYS VACANCIES.
9:45:37AM HE'S SLIDING OVER FROM AN ALTERNATE POSITION TO A REGULAR
9:45:39AM POSITION.
9:45:40AM WONDERFUL, GREAT.
9:45:40AM LOVE TO HEAR IT.
9:45:42AM THE PROBLEM IS THE EXPIRATION DATES DON'T ALIGN.
9:45:45AM ALL I'M ASKING IS THAT BE FIXED.
9:45:48AM THE CURRENT ALTERNATE TERM THAT HE'S IN EXPIRES IN 2025.
9:45:53AM THE TERM THAT HE'S SLIDING INTO IS TO FULFILL SOMEONE WHO
9:45:57AM RESIGNED, BUT HER POSITION DOESN'T EXPIRE UNTIL 2027.
9:46:01AM IF HE REAPPLIES FOR A SECOND CONSECUTIVE TERM AND I HOPE HE
9:46:07AM DOES, IT WILL BE FROM 2027 TO 2031, WHICH ADDS TWO YEARS,
9:46:13AM BECOMES A TEN-YEAR TERM, WHICH IS NOT OBVIOUSLY THE INTENT
9:46:16AM OF THE CODE.
9:46:17AM AGAIN, I WOULD LOVE FOR MR. MURPHY TO SLIDE OVER AND
9:46:22AM CONTINUE TO SERVE.
9:46:22AM I HOPE HE APPLIES FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE -- A SECOND TERM.
9:46:26AM I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE EXPIRATION DATES FIXED.
9:46:29AM THE VRB WEBSITE IS VERY BAD.
9:46:32AM I SPOKE TO CHIEF BENNETT ABOUT IT TODAY.
9:46:34AM I THINK WE'LL GET IT FIXED.
9:46:35AM IF YOU GOOGLE CITY OF TAMPA VRB, YOU CANNOT FIND OUT WHAT IS
9:46:39AM A VACANCY.
9:46:40AM YOU HAVE TO GOOGLE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. NO ONE KNOWS TO
9:46:43AM DO THAT.
9:46:44AM SIX MONTHS AGO, THE FOUR POSITIONS THAT YOU ALL APPOINT WERE
9:46:47AM ALL VACANT.
9:46:48AM I BET NONE OF YOU KNEW THAT.
9:46:50AM SO YOU GUYS NEED TO BE KEPT BETTER INFORMED ON WHAT
9:46:54AM VACANCIES EXIST BECAUSE I'M SURE YOU ALL KNOW PEOPLE WHO
9:46:57AM WOULD BE GREAT PEOPLE TO SERVE ON THE BOARD AND WE ALWAYS
9:47:00AM NEED PEOPLE.
9:47:01AM THERE'S ALWAYS VACANCIES.
9:47:02AM IF YOU COULD JUST FIX THE EXPIRATION DATES AND THEN PLEASE
9:47:06AM CONFIRM BOTH OF THE APPLICANTS.
9:47:08AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:47:30AM >> GOOD MORNING, STEPHANIE POYNOR.
9:47:32AM I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I WENT WITH COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK ON THE
9:47:36AM TOUR OF THE WATER COMPANY.
9:47:38AM I TOURED THE WASTEWATER COMPANY WITH CARROLL ANN ABOUT
9:47:41AM THREE, FOUR MONTHS AGO, EVERYBODY SHOULD DO THE TOURS,
9:47:45AM ABSOLUTELY, TO SEE THE ROCK STARS RUNNING THOSE DEPARTMENTS.
9:47:48AM I REALLY, REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT NUMBER 34, WHICH IS THE
9:47:54AM ASHLEY DRIVE PROJECT.
9:47:55AM I THINK IT SHOULD BE 100 PERCENT FUNDED OUT OF THE CRA.
9:47:58AM IF YOU'RE GOING TO TELL ME, OH, WELL, WE'VE SPENT ALL THOSE
9:48:02AM FUNDS, 30% ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING, GUESS WHAT, THAT
9:48:05AM AFFORDABLE HOUSING MONEY HASN'T BEEN SPENT.
9:48:07AM IF YOU WANT THIS DONE, DO IT OUT OF THEIR FUNDS.
9:48:09AM THE GENERAL FUND SHOULD NOT BE PAYING FOR UPGRADES WITHIN
9:48:15AM CRAs BECAUSE THERE ARE PLENTY OF MONEY.
9:48:18AM YOU GAVE THEM $2 MILLION TO SPRUCE UP FRANKLIN STREET, WHICH
9:48:22AM WAS REALLY OFFENSIVE TO ME BECAUSE I CAN'T GET ANYTHING DONE
9:48:25AM IN MY COMMUNITY, BUT YET THERE'S MONEY SPRAYING ALL OVER THE
9:48:29AM PLACE DOWNTOWN IN CHANNELSIDE.
9:48:32AM I FIND IT VERY, VERY OFFENSIVE THAT THIS PROJECT WAS $10
9:48:35AM MILLION TO START AND NOW IT'S 22 MILLION.
9:48:38AM I KNOW THAT THE PERSON WHO PUT TOGETHER THIS PROJECT
9:48:40AM INTENDED THAT IT ALL COME OUT OF THE CRA.
9:48:43AM I KNOW THAT FOR A FACT.
9:48:45AM THE CITY OF TAMPA PAYS THROUGH THE NOSE FOR THEIR LEASES.
9:48:49AM $68,000 A MONTH WE PAY TO THE GTE BUILDING, BUT YET THIS
9:48:56AM LEASE FOR 2302 WEST CHERRY STREET, WHICH IS A VACANT LOT
9:49:01AM WHICH SOMEBODY PARKS ON, HAS NOT HAD INCREASE SINCE 2020.
9:49:05AM YOU FIND ME SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU CAN GO TO WALMART,
9:49:09AM K-MART, ANYPLACE IN THIS CITY AND FIND THAT YOU ARE STILL
9:49:13AM PAYING THE SAME PRICE FOR IT, YOU PAID FOR IT IN 2020.
9:49:17AM IT DOESN'T HAPPEN, UNLESS YOU ARE THE CITY OF TAMPA AND WE
9:49:19AM NEVER RAISE PRICES FOR ANYTHING.
9:49:20AM WE HAD TO PAY STAFF TO RENEW THAT LEASE, BUT YET WE DIDN'T
9:49:24AM PUT A 3% CLAUSE IN THERE.
9:49:26AM IF WE HAD RAISED IT EVERY YEAR, I THINK IT WOULD BE UP
9:49:31AM AROUND LIKE 375 A MONTH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
9:49:33AM I THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS THAT WE DON'T HAVE THOSE KIND OF
9:49:38AM THINGS SET IN PLACE.
9:49:41AM THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF ITEMS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA ON
9:49:43AM MONDAY.
9:49:44AM I WROTE IT IN MY AGENDA REVIEW THAT DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING
9:49:47AM IN OnBase.
9:49:48AM MYSTERIOUSLY BETWEEN MONDAY AND NOW.
9:49:51AM NORMALLY I READ THE AGENDA ON THE WEEKEND.
9:49:53AM MY UNDERSTANDING THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE IN THERE THE FRIDAY
9:49:55AM BEFORE.
9:49:55AM YET TODAY, MIRACULOUSLY, THOSE STAFF REPORTS ARE IN THE --
9:50:02AM IN OnBase.
9:50:03AM THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE THERE LAST FRIDAY.
9:50:04AM I KNOW OUR STAFF WORKS REALLY, REALLY, REALLY HARD, BUT YOU
9:50:08AM KNOW WHAT, I DON'T HAVE TWO AND THREE DAYS A WEEK TO GO BACK
9:50:11AM AND REREAD THINGS.
9:50:13AM IT MAKES IT HARD FOR YOU GUYS.
9:50:14AM I KNOW SOME OF YOU DON'T READ THE AGENDAS UNTIL TUESDAY OR
9:50:17AM WEDNESDAY BECAUSE THEY CHANGE SO MUCH, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S
9:50:21AM GOING TO BE ON THERE AND YOU DON'T WANT TO FEEL LIKE YOU'RE
9:50:23AM WASTING YOUR TIME.
9:50:24AM THAT'S NOT HOW WE SHOULD BE DOING BUSINESS.
9:50:27AM THANK YOU.
9:50:27AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NEXT, RIGHT UP FRONT, ROBIN LOCKETT.
9:50:35AM >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
9:50:37AM YELLOW JACKETS, YELLOW JACKETS, YELLOW JACKETS.
9:50:40AM STILL WANT AN ANSWER.
9:50:43AM STILL WANT A BUILDING.
9:50:47AM PLEASE PROVIDE A STATUS.
9:50:49AM FEBRUARY THE 20th, THERE WAS A GREAT CONVERSATION.
9:50:53AM YOU GUYS ALL AGREED, HEY, WHATEVER IT TAKES, YOU'LL MAKE
9:50:56AM YELLOW JACKETS WHOLE.
9:50:57AM WHAT MAKES YELLOW JACKETS WHOLE IS THE BUILDING.
9:51:01AM WHETHER SOMEBODY IDENTIFIED -- WHETHER IN WRITING OR NOT IN
9:51:05AM WRITING, IT WAS A HANDSHAKE AND THEY WERE TOLD THEY WOULD BE
9:51:08AM MADE WHOLE.
9:51:09AM PLEASE PROVIDE STATUS, LET ME KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND LET'S
9:51:16AM GET THIS BUILDING BUILT AND THE YELLOW JACKETS UP BEFORE
9:51:20AM SOMETHING HAPPENS TO COACH WRIGHT.
9:51:24AM THAT'S MY GOAL.
9:51:25AM HE'S GETTING OLDER.
9:51:27AM I WOULD LIKE FOR HIM TO SEE WHAT HE'S ASKING FOR IS DONE
9:51:33AM BEFORE SOMETHING HAPPENS.
9:51:36AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:51:36AM THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:51:39AM WE WILL MOVE ON TO BOARD ADMINISTRATION APPOINTMENTS WITH
9:51:43AM OUR WONDERFUL CITY CLERK, SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES.
9:51:50AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:51:52AM SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES, CITY CLERK.
9:51:54AM I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE APPLICANTS FOR THE VACANCIES ON THE
9:52:00AM VARIANCE REVIEW BOARD.
9:52:03AM MR. AARON MURPHY AND MS. MEGAN COCHRAN.
9:52:18AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: GOOD MORNING, BOTH OF YOU.
9:52:20AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR APPLICATIONS.
9:52:21AM IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
9:52:23AM HAVE THREE MINUTES EACH, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING
9:52:26AM ON YOUR BEHALF.
9:52:28AM >> SURE.
9:52:28AM AARON MURPHY.
9:52:29AM I'VE BEEN SITTING ON THE VARIANCE REVIEW BOARD GOING ON FOUR
9:52:33AM YEARS.
9:52:34AM I WAS WITH MS. HURTAK WHEN I FIRST JOINED THE BOARD.
9:52:37AM I HAVE ENJOYED MY TIME UP THERE AND LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING
9:52:40AM THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
9:52:44AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MR. MURPHY.
9:52:46AM MS. COCHRAN.
9:52:47AM >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
9:52:50AM AS A RESIDENT OF EAST TAMPA AND ADVOCATE -- MEGAN COCHRAN.
9:52:55AM AS A RESIDENT OF EAST TAMPA AND ADVOCATE FOR EQUITABLE
9:53:00AM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, I AM EAGER TO CONTRIBUTE MY VOICE AND
9:53:05AM PERSPECTIVE TO THE VARIANCE REVIEW BOARD.
9:53:08AM MY COMMITMENT TO THIS ROLE STEMS FROM MY DEEP UNDERSTANDING
9:53:11AM OF UNIQUE CHALLENGES FACING RESIDENTS IN LOW-INCOME AREAS,
9:53:17AM PARTICULARLY REZONING AND LAND USE AND LAND SHAPE --
9:53:24AM LANDSCAPE REGULATIONS.
9:53:25AM I BEGIN TO THIS POSITION A WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN, LEARN, AND
9:53:29AM COLLABORATE IN A STRONG DESIRE TO ADVOCATE FOR SOLUTION THAT
9:53:34AM BALANCE THE NEEDS OF PROPERTY OWNERS WITH THE BORDER
9:53:38AM INTEREST OF TAMPA'S COMMUNITIES.
9:53:40AM AS A BOARD MEMBER, I AIM TO WORK DILIGENTLY TO UPHOLD THE
9:53:45AM PRINCIPLES FOR FAIRNESS AND CONTRIBUTE TO A SHARED VISION OF
9:53:49AM A COLLABORATE, A VIBRANT, THRIVING CITY FOR ALL.
9:53:54AM THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING MY APPLICATION.
9:53:56AM I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT MAKING A DIFFERENCE, AND I WOULD BE
9:53:59AM HONORED TO SERVE ON THE VARIANCE REVIEW BOARD.
9:54:03AM THANK YOU.
9:54:03AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MS. COCHRAN.
9:54:05AM MS. SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES, JUST A MOTION FROM COUNCIL
9:54:11AM SUFFICIENT FOR WHAT YOU NEED TODAY?
9:54:13AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: YES.
9:54:14AM WE WILL LOOK INTO I.T. WORKING WITH US TO GET IT STRAIGHT ON
9:54:23AM THE APPOINTMENTS AS FAR AS THE APPLICATION.
9:54:32AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:54:33AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IF I MAY, REGARDING WHAT MS. KNOWLES
9:54:37AM SPOKE ABOUT, RECEIVED AN E-MAIL THIS MORNING.
9:54:40AM SURE ALL HAVE.
9:54:42AM ACCIDENTALLY WHEN PUTTING THE ITEMS TOGETHER AND ASKED TO
9:54:44AM GIVE IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY, AND MR. SHELBY.
9:54:48AM I'M SURE HE HASN'T HAD TIME TO REVIEW IT, 30 MINUTES AGO, I
9:54:53AM DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR OR AGAINST ANYONE, BUT I WANT TO
9:54:56AM MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THE RIGHT THING THE FIRST TIME AND MAKE
9:54:58AM SURE THAT WE'RE IN THE CONFINE OF THE LAW.
9:55:02AM I DON'T WANT ANY INTENT -- SAYING WE DID SOMETHING WITHOUT
9:55:06AM HAVING TO CHECK OUT -- I'M NOT TRYING TO STOP IT.
9:55:09AM MR. SHELBY.
9:55:10AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, THANK YOU.
9:55:11AM THANK YOU, MR. MIRANDA.
9:55:14AM CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
9:55:15AM I DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE E-MAIL AND I HAVE SPOKE
9:55:18AM TO MS. BENNETT THIS MORNING.
9:55:19AM I HAVE FORWARDED THE E-MAIL TO THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, SUSAN
9:55:22AM JOHNSON-VELEZ IS AWARE OF THAT.
9:55:25AM COUNCIL, WHAT I'D ASK YOU TO DO IS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING OF
9:55:32AM THE MEMBERS, EXCUSE ME, THE APPLICANTS, THAT YOU DO MAKE A
9:55:37AM DECISION AS TO WHETHER TO APPOINT THEM TO THE RESPECTIVE
9:55:40AM POSITIONS AND WITH REGARD TO MR. MURPHY'S EXACT TERM, WE
9:55:44AM WILL WORK THAT OUT AND KEEP HIM INFORMED.
9:55:47AM I WILL ASK THAT YOU INCLUDE IN YOUR MOTION FOR ME TO COME
9:55:51AM BACK WITH A RESOLUTION AND THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE HOW
9:55:55AM THE CASE IS RESOLVED AND FORMALIZE THE APPOINTMENT.
9:55:58AM AS OF TODAY, YOU COULD CHOOSE TO MAKE YOUR DECISIONS.
9:56:03AM >> COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
9:56:03AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IF IT'S ALL RIGHT --
9:56:06AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I'M CONFUSED.
9:56:09AM I DIDN'T SEE THE E-MAIL BECAUSE I GUESS I WAS ALREADY HERE.
9:56:13AM I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT'S GOING ON.
9:56:21AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE ISSUE IS MR. MURPHY HAS BEEN SERVING ON
9:56:24AM THE VRB AS AN ALTERNATE.
9:56:27AM AND NOW HE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE OF A RESIGNATION TO
9:56:30AM MOVE --
9:56:31AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT JUST WASN'T CLEAR TO US THAT THIS IS
9:56:34AM WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.
9:56:35AM I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS SOME SORT OF --
9:56:39AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IT IS A MATTER OF LOGISTICS.
9:56:41AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
9:56:42AM A LOGISTICAL THING, WE CAN DEAL WITH IT LATER.
9:56:45AM I DID WANT TO SAY I DID ENJOY WORKING WITH MR. MURPHY.
9:56:48AM HE WAS ON BRIEFLY WHILE I WAS STILL ON THE VRB.
9:56:50AM I LOOK FORWARD TO MS. COCHRAN JOINING THE BOARD AND
9:56:56AM LEARNING.
9:56:57AM IT'S A REALLY FASCINATING BOARD.
9:56:59AM YOU'LL LEARN A LOT.
9:57:00AM I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER ONE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TERM AND
9:57:03AM THAT IS COMPETENT SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
9:57:06AM YOU'LL LEARN A LOT ABOUT COMPETENT SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
9:57:09AM VRB IS A LOT MORE BLACK AND WHITE, NOT AS MUCH GRAY.
9:57:15AM IT IS A REALLY GREAT PLACE TO LEARN ABOUT THE CITY AND ABOUT
9:57:20AM LAND USE.
9:57:21AM I'M EXCITED FOR YOU BECAUSE LAND USE IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE
9:57:24AM THINGS.
9:57:24AM I THINK YOU'LL REALLY ENJOY YOURSELVES.
9:57:29AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I MOVE THE NOMINATION.
9:57:33AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND, MOTION FROM
9:57:35AM MIRANDA, SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
9:57:37AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
9:57:45AM SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK TO ACCEPT THE NOMINATIONS
9:57:50AM FOR VARIANCE REVIEW BOARD FOR AARON MURPHY AND MEGAN
9:57:54AM COCHRAN.
9:57:55AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:57:55AM AYE.
9:57:56AM OPPOSED?
9:57:57AM WOULD SOMEBODY LIKE TO MOVE THE MOTION.
9:57:59AM >>LYNN HURTAK: MR. SHELBY, COULD YOU STATE WHAT YOU WANT
9:58:01AM THAT MOTION TO BE?
9:58:04AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: COUNCIL MOVES TO APPOINT --
9:58:07AM >>LYNN HURTAK: WE ALREADY DID THAT.
9:58:08AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: FOR ME TO COME BACK WITH RESOLUTIONS.
9:58:11AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED FOR MR. SHELBY TO COME BACK WITH
9:58:13AM RESOLUTIONS.
9:58:14AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: RESOLUTIONS CLARIFYING THE LENGTH OF TERM.
9:58:17AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE DATES OF APPOINTMENT.
9:58:19AM >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY.
9:58:21AM SURE.
9:58:21AM I MOVE THAT MR. SHELBY COME BACK CLARIFYING THE DATES OF
9:58:26AM APPOINTMENT AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S IN OUR PURVIEW TO
9:58:29AM MOVE THOSE DATES.
9:58:30AM I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTION OR
9:58:33AM COUNCIL FUNCTION.
9:58:33AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IT IS A FUNCTION OF THE CODE AS
9:58:35AM INTERPRETED.
9:58:36AM AND I WILL WORK WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, BUT CERTAINLY
9:58:41AM IT'S COUNCIL'S INTENT TO HAVE THESE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY
9:58:45AM START THEIR SERVICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
9:58:48AM COME BACK AT MY EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY.
9:58:51AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
9:58:53AM HAVING SHELBY RETURN TO COUNCIL WITH A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING
9:59:00AM THE APPOINTMENTS AND WITH CLARIFICATIONS.
9:59:02AM WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:59:03AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
9:59:05AM OPPOSED?
9:59:05AM AYES HAVE IT.
9:59:07AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:59:13AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: ONE MORE THING, MR. CHAIRMAN.
9:59:17AM BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON IS APPEARING
9:59:20AM REMOTELY, ALL OF YOUR VOTES TODAY, THEREFORE, HAVE TO BE
9:59:25AM VOICE VOTES TO BE ABLE TO HAVE HIS VOTE REGISTER.
9:59:30AM VOICE VOTES.
9:59:32AM ROLL CALL.
9:59:35AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IF IT'S NOT LEGISLATIVE, SOMETHING LIKE
9:59:37AM THIS --
9:59:37AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, BECAUSE A LOT OF LEGISLATIVE THINGS
9:59:40AM ARE MULTIMILLION DOLLAR CONTRACTS.
9:59:43AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WOULD YOU LIKE US TO REPEAT THAT ONE?
9:59:45AM FOR PRACTICE, WE'LL REPEAT THE VOTE.
9:59:49AM FOR CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE WE HAVE A COUNCILPERSON THAT IS
9:59:52AM PARTICIPATING REMOTELY, WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT EVERY VOTES
9:59:55AM NEED TO BE A ROLL CALL VOICE VOTE.
10:00:01AM SO WE ARE GOING TO START THAT OFF.
10:00:05AM >>THE CLERK: CARLSON?
10:00:06AM YOU ARE MUTED.
10:00:10AM CARLSON?
10:00:17AM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:00:18AM THANK YOU GUYS FOR ACCOMMODATING ME.
10:00:19AM IT'S BETTER THAN YOU GUYS GETTING SICK.
10:00:22AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: 100%.
10:00:24AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
10:00:25AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES.
10:00:26AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
10:00:27AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:00:28AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:00:30AM >>THE CLERK: MANISCALCO IS ABSENT.
10:00:31AM MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:00:33AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
10:00:34AM MS. FOXX-KNOWLES, WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE?
10:00:39AM ARE YOU DOING THE NEXT ONE?
10:00:42AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I'LL MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
10:00:45AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE FILE BA 25-13155,
10:00:50AM CONFIRMING THE APPOINTMENT TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
10:00:53AM COMMISSION.
10:00:54AM MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
10:00:55AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:00:56AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
10:00:57AM ROLL CALL, VOTE.
10:00:59AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
10:00:59AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES.
10:01:00AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
10:01:01AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:01:02AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:01:05AM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:01:07AM >>THE CLERK: MANISCALCO IS ABSENT.
10:01:08AM MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:01:10AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:01:12AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, CLERK.
10:01:14AM NO CLICKING FINGERS.
10:01:17AM VERY GOOD.
10:01:28AM NOW WE MOVE ON TO -- WE HAVE NO REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC
10:01:31AM RECONSIDERATIONS.
10:01:32AM WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
10:01:35AM PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, LUIS VIERA.
10:01:37AM >>LUIS VIERA: MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE ITEMS 6 AND 7.
10:01:43AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
10:01:45AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA, SECOND FROM
10:01:47AM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:01:48AM YES.
10:01:50AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
10:01:51AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:01:52AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:01:54AM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:01:55AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
10:01:56AM >>THE CLERK: MANISCALCO IS ABSENT.
10:01:57AM MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:01:59AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
10:02:01AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, I MOVE
10:02:03AM ITEMS 8, 9, 10.
10:02:05AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
10:02:07AM A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:02:10AM ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:02:11AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
10:02:12AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:02:13AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:02:13AM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:02:15AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
10:02:17AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES.
10:02:18AM >>THE CLERK: MANISCALCO IS ABSENT.
10:02:19AM MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:02:20AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, COUNCILWOMAN
10:02:22AM HURTAK.
10:02:24AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I MOVE ITEMS 11 THROUGH 16.
10:02:27AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
10:02:27AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
10:02:29AM WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:02:32AM ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:02:33AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:02:33AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:02:34AM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:02:36AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
10:02:37AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES.
10:02:39AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
10:02:41AM >>THE CLERK: MANISCALCO IS ABSENT.
10:02:42AM MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:02:43AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: FINANCE COMMITTEE, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:02:45AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE ITEMS 17 THROUGH 19.
10:02:48AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:02:50AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:02:51AM ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:02:52AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:02:53AM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:02:55AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
10:02:57AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES.
10:02:58AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
10:02:59AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:03:00AM >> MANISCALCO IS ABSENT.
10:03:02AM MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:03:03AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THE NEXT GROUP WE HAD A REQUEST FROM
10:03:05AM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK TO PULL ITEM 26 FOR DISCUSSION.
10:03:07AM COUNCILMAN CARLSON, WOULD YOU MOVE --
10:03:11AM >>BILL CARLSON: YES, SIR.
10:03:12AM ALSO, I NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM NUMBER 24.
10:03:15AM A CLIENT OF MY FIRM MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THAT, ALTHOUGH
10:03:20AM MY FIRM IS NOT WORKING ON THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE.
10:03:23AM AS A CAUTION, I'LL RECUSE MYSELF.
10:03:26AM I'LL MOVE 20 THROUGH 23 AND THEN 25 AND 27.
10:03:31AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
10:03:34AM A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:03:36AM ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:03:38AM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:03:39AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
10:03:40AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES.
10:03:40AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
10:03:42AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:03:43AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:03:45AM >>THE CLERK: MANISCALCO IS ABSENT.
10:03:46AM MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:03:48AM >>LUIS VIERA: I'LL MOVE 24.
10:03:50AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE NUMBER 24 FROM
10:03:53AM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:03:53AM SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
10:03:56AM ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:03:57AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
10:03:57AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES.
10:03:58AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
10:03:59AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:04:00AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:04:03AM >> CARLSON ABSTAINED.
10:04:04AM MANISCALCO IS ABSENT.
10:04:05AM MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON ABSTAINING AND
10:04:08AM MANISCALCO BEING ABSENT.
10:04:09AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE'LL ADDRESS ITEM 26 WHEN WE GET TO THAT
10:04:13AM IN THE AGENDA.
10:04:15AM SINCE I AM PRO TEM ACTING CHAIR, WE'LL ASK COUNCILWOMAN
10:04:17AM HENDERSON TO MOVE ITEMS 28 THROUGH 29.
10:04:21AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I MOVE ITEMS 28 AND 29 FOR MOBILITY AND
10:04:24AM ASSET MANAGEMENT.
10:04:26AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN
10:04:28AM HENDERSON.
10:04:28AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:04:30AM ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:04:30AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
10:04:31AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES.
10:04:33AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
10:04:34AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:04:35AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:04:38AM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:04:39AM >>THE CLERK: MANISCALCO ABSENT.
10:04:41AM MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:04:45AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN PUBLIC
10:04:47AM HEARINGS?
10:04:47AM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:04:50AM A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
10:04:52AM ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:04:53AM DO WE HAVE TO DO A ROLL CALL TO OPEN?
10:05:01AM NO.
10:05:02AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARINGS SAY AYE.
10:05:04AM OPPOSED?
10:05:05AM VERY GOOD.
10:05:06AM THAT WAS THE 10:00 HEARINGS.
10:05:08AM LET'S GO BACK TO 26 AND ADDRESS THAT NOW, PLEASE.
10:05:17AM IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT?
10:05:24AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: WHETHER IT'S YOUR INTENT TO HAVE STAFF
10:05:26AM PRESENT TO ADDRESS QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.
10:05:31AM >>LYNN HURTAK: LET'S DO THE TWO QUICK SECOND READINGS.
10:05:37AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IF ANYBODY IS IN THE CHAMBER TO TESTIFY ON
10:05:42AM ITEMS 30 OR 31, PLEASE RISE AND BE SWORN IN.
10:05:50AM [OATH ADMINISTERED]
10:06:00AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE CAN'T DO 32 UNTIL 10:30.
10:06:03AM LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM 30.
10:06:17AM DO WE HAVE ANYBODY TO PRESENT FOR 30?
10:06:26AM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE: CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE, DEVELOPMENT
10:06:29AM COORDINATION.
10:06:30AM ITEM 30 IS REZ 24-113.
10:06:33AM THIS ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT
10:06:37AM 9220, 9222 AND 9224 NORTH HYALEAH ROAD AND FOLIO NUMBER
10:06:43AM 141810-0100.
10:06:46AM REQUEST TO REZONE FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY 60,
10:06:50AM RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY 24 AND RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY 35 TO
10:06:54AM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED
10:06:57AM AND SEMI DETACHED.
10:06:59AM REVISIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS HAVE BEEN
10:07:03AM SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
10:07:05AM I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
10:07:06AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY QUESTIONS?
10:07:07AM HEARING NONE, APPLICANT, STATE YOUR NAME.
10:07:11AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:07:11AM CELIA KAUFMAN CARRUTHERS.
10:07:14AM THIS CASE HAS BEEN BEFORE YOU PREVIOUSLY.
10:07:16AM I'M HERE TO TAKE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
10:07:19AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY QUESTIONS?
10:07:20AM DO WE HAVE A MOTION?
10:07:24AM ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE HEARING?
10:07:30AM MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:07:32AM SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
10:07:34AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.
10:07:37AM OPPOSED?
10:07:37AM WHO WANTS TO READ.
10:07:41AM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:07:45AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ITEM NUMBER 30, FILE REZ-24-113,
10:07:50AM ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION,
10:07:53AM AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF
10:07:55AM 9220, 9222 AND 92224 NORTH HYALEAH ROAD AND FOLIO NUMBER
10:08:01AM 141810-0100, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE
10:08:08AM PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT
10:08:10AM CLASSIFICATION RS-60, RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, RM-24,
10:08:15AM LENGTHS, MULTIFAMILY, AND RM-35, RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY,
10:08:18AM TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, SEMI
10:08:23AM DETACHED AND ATTACHED; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:08:27AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:08:29AM A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:08:31AM ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:08:32AM YES.
10:08:33AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
10:08:34AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:08:35AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:08:36AM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:08:39AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
10:08:41AM >>THE CLERK: MANISCALCO IS ABSENT.
10:08:42AM MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:08:45AM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:08:46AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THE NEXT ITEM, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, YOU
10:08:49AM ABSTAIN.
10:08:50AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THE TRUST I MANAGE HAS A PROPERTY THAT
10:08:55AM BACKS TO THIS HOUSE.
10:09:00AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:09:01AM RECEIVE AND FILE, PLEASE.
10:09:04AM >>LYNN HURTAK: SO MOVED.
10:09:04AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE FROM
10:09:08AM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:09:11AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
10:09:13AM OPPOSED?
10:09:13AM AYES HAVE IT.
10:09:16AM LET'S MOVE STAFF ON ITEM 31.
10:09:20AM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE: CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE, DEVELOPMENT
10:09:24AM COORDINATION.
10:09:25AM ITEM 31 IS REZ 25-09.
10:09:28AM THIS IS AN ITEM TO REQUEST REZONING FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT
10:09:32AM 2520 WEST BEACH STREET.
10:09:35AM REQUEST IS REZONE FROM RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY RM 16 TO RM
10:09:39AM 18.
10:09:39AM THIS IS A EUCLIDEAN REZONING.
10:09:42AM THERE IS NO SITE PLAN ASSOCIATED WITH THE REQUEST THIS
10:09:44AM MORNING.
10:09:44AM I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
10:09:46AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY QUESTIONS?
10:09:47AM APPLICANT?
10:09:52AM >>THE CLERK: THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE IS ONLINE,
10:09:55AM HOWEVER I AM NOT ABLE TO MOVE HER OVER.
10:09:57AM THERE ARE TECHNICAL ISSUES.
10:09:58AM I CAN UNMUTE HER.
10:10:01AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: CAN SHE TALK ON AUDIO?
10:10:04AM >> YEAH, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
10:10:07AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE QUESTION IS WHETHER SHE HAS ANYTHING
10:10:10AM SHE WOULD NEED TO SAY?
10:10:14AM YOU CANNOT TURN ON YOUR --
10:10:17AM >> YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE THE VIDEO IS NOT WORKING ON MY END.
10:10:19AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: DO YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO MOVING FORWARD
10:10:22AM WITHOUT YOU HAVING ANY COMMENTS?
10:10:24AM >> NO, SIR.
10:10:25AM I'M THE AUTHORIZED AGENT FOR JAMES.
10:10:29AM THERE IS NO FOLLOW-UP STATEMENT ON MY END FROM THE FIRST
10:10:31AM HEARING.
10:10:32AM I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
10:10:34AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU.
10:10:35AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SO THE APPLICANT IS UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE
10:10:38AM DUE TO NOT HAVING THE ABILITY TO ACTIVATE THE VIDEO.
10:10:43AM ANYBODY HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM?
10:10:45AM MOTION TO CLOSE?
10:10:46AM MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:10:48AM SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
10:10:49AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
10:10:50AM AYE.
10:10:51AM OPPOSED?
10:10:51AM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:10:53AM >>LUIS VIERA: I MOVE AN ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR SECOND
10:10:57AM READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE
10:11:00AM GENERAL VICINITY OF 2520 WEST BEACH STREET, IN THE CITY OF
10:11:04AM TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1
10:11:06AM FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RM 16, RESIDENTIAL,
10:11:09AM MULTIFAMILY, TO RM 18, RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY, PROVIDING
10:11:12AM AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:11:13AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:11:15AM A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
10:11:18AM ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:11:20AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
10:11:20AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:11:22AM >> MIRANDA IS ABSTAINING.
10:11:23AM CARLSON?
10:11:24AM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:11:25AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
10:11:26AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES.
10:11:28AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH MIRANDA
10:11:30AM ABSTAINING AND MANISCALCO BEING ABSENT.
10:11:32AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE ARE MOVING ALONG TOO QUICKLY.
10:11:35AM CAN'T GET TO 10:30s YET.
10:11:38AM WE'LL MOVE BACK TO THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 26.
10:11:43AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IS THERE ANYONE HERE FROM STAFF ON THAT
10:11:46AM ITEM?
10:11:46AM SORRY TO INTERRUPT, COUNCILWOMAN, DO YOU HAVE ITEMS THAT
10:11:56AM WILL NOT NEED STAFF THAT ARE PLACED UNDER STAFF REPORTS --
10:12:01AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS IT QUICKLY, 26, TO
10:12:04AM SEE IF STAFF WANTS TO SHOW UP OR NOT.
10:12:07AM THE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC MAKE A LOT OF SENSE.
10:12:12AM OH, IT LOOKS LIKE MS. FEELEY IS HERE.
10:12:16AM >>ABBYE FEELEY: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:12:18AM I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT MICHELLE VAN LOAN IS ON HER
10:12:21AM WAY OVER TO CHAMBERS FOR THIS MATTER.
10:12:23AM IF YOU WOULD HOLD FOR A MOMENT, SHE WILL BE THERE.
10:12:29AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I MOVE ITEMS 35 AND 38 -- YEAH, 35 AND 38.
10:12:38AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK
10:12:40AM MOVING ITEMS 35 AND 38 --
10:12:45AM >>LYNN HURTAK: SORRY, 35.
10:12:47AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK MOVING
10:12:49AM ITEM 35.
10:12:50AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
10:12:52AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:12:55AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:12:56AM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:12:58AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
10:12:59AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES.
10:13:00AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
10:13:02AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:13:04AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH MANISCALCO
10:13:06AM BEING ABSENT.
10:13:10AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE 43 THROUGH 48.
10:13:14AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE 43 THROUGH 48.
10:13:19AM >>LYNN HURTAK: MINUS 47.
10:13:21AM I'M SORRY, THAT NEEDS TO BE CONTINUED.
10:13:23AM I'M SORRY.
10:13:24AM I MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE 43 THROUGH 46 AND 48.
10:13:30AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE ITEMS 43 --
10:13:38AM WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 47 WHICH WE'LL CONTINUE.
10:13:45AM ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:13:47AM YES.
10:13:51AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
10:13:51AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:13:53AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:13:54AM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:13:56AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
10:13:57AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH MANISCALCO
10:13:59AM BEING ABSENT.
10:14:00AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEM 47?
10:14:04AM >>LYNN HURTAK: IT'S COUNCILMAN VIERA'S, BUT I WILL MOVE IT.
10:14:08AM FILE CM 25-12905, REQUESTING TO BE MOVED TO JULY 31st,
10:14:18AM 2025.
10:14:19AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK
10:14:21AM TO CONTINUE ITEM 47 TO JULY 31st, 2025.
10:14:27AM WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:14:29AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
10:14:31AM OPPOSED?
10:14:31AM AYES HAVE IT.
10:14:32AM WE ARE BACK TO CONSENT AGENDA 26.
10:14:41AM >> MICHELLE VAN LOAN, REAL ESTATE.
10:14:43AM I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE.
10:14:45AM I HAD SOMEONE IN MY OFFICE.
10:14:48AM THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR LEASES DO HAVE ESCALATION CLAUSES.
10:14:52AM THIS IS NOT A STANDARD LEASE.
10:14:54AM IT IS A LICENSE AND IT IS A NONEXCLUSIVE LICENSE FOR ONE
10:14:59AM YEAR.
10:14:59AM THIS PROPERTY IS ALSO PART OF THE LARGER LEASE FOR THE
10:15:03AM HILLSBOROUGH EDUCATION ASSOCIATION -- CATCH MY BREATH A
10:15:07AM SECOND.
10:15:07AM EVERY YEAR THEY HAVE A RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL TO UTILIZE THE
10:15:13AM PROPERTY.
10:15:14AM THAT'S WHY THIS IS A ONE-YEAR LICENSE.
10:15:16AM ALSO NONEXCLUSIVE.
10:15:19AM IF WE HAD SOMEONE ELSE WE WANTED TO PROVIDE A LICENSE TO ON
10:15:22AM THIS PROPERTY FOR AGAIN UP TO ONE YEAR, WE COULD ALSO DO
10:15:25AM THAT.
10:15:26AM WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ISSUING A NEW RFP FOR THE ENTIRE
10:15:29AM PROPERTY THAT HEF IS IN SO THAT HEF CAN EXTEND THEIR LEASE
10:15:34AM FURTHER ON DOWN THE ROAD TO DO ADDITIONAL CAPITAL
10:15:37AM IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, SO WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT
10:15:40AM REDOING THEIR LEASE EARLY AND NOT WAIT UNTIL 2030 SO THEY
10:15:45AM HAVE HOPEFULLY THAT ABILITY TO KNOW THEY HAVE THE SECURITY
10:15:48AM AND THEN MAKE THOSE ADDITIONAL SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND
10:15:51AM DOLLARS WORTH OF CAPITAL INVESTMENTS IN THEIR MAIN BUILDING.
10:15:55AM SO AT THAT TIME, WE MOST LIKELY WILL BE LOOKING AT
10:16:00AM SEPARATING OUT THIS PROPERTY AND THEN CAN BE A STANDARD
10:16:02AM LEASE.
10:16:03AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
10:16:05AM APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION.
10:16:06AM IF NO ONE ELSE HAS QUESTIONS, I'LL MOVE 26.
10:16:09AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, SECOND
10:16:12AM FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:16:14AM ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:16:14AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:16:17AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:16:17AM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:16:18AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
10:16:19AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES.
10:16:20AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
10:16:21AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH MANISCALCO
10:16:23AM BEING ABSENT.
10:16:25AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE DO NOT HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE.
10:16:28AM SO WAITING TO BE ABLE TO OPEN UP THE 10:30 HEARINGS, 10:16,
10:16:32AM HOW ABOUT WE TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
10:16:37AM IF YOU'LL COME BACK AT 10:30.
10:16:44AM LET'S TAKE THE 14-MINUTE BREAK.
10:16:52AM [RECESS]
10:30:47AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CALL TO ORDER.
10:30:48AM ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:30:52AM >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE.
10:30:53AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE.
10:30:54AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT.
10:30:55AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
10:30:57AM >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
10:30:59AM >> UNMUTED.
10:31:03AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN CARLSON, ARE YOU ON?
10:31:04AM THERE HE IS.
10:31:09AM COUNCILMAN CARLSON IS IN THE HOUSE.
10:31:13AM COUNCILMAN CARLSON, LOVE THE PICTURE ON THE BACK WALL.
10:31:17AM BASED ON ME DRIVING BY THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY, IT HOOKS
10:31:20AM LIKE THAT PICTURE NEEDS TO BE UPDATED.
10:31:23AM >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH, THIS IS A DEAN MITCHELL PAINTING FROM
10:31:26AM SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
10:31:27AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VERY NICE.
10:31:29AM WE LEFT OFF.
10:31:30AM CAN I GET A MOTION TO OPEN THE 10:30 HEARING?
10:31:34AM MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
10:31:36AM A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:31:39AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.
10:31:41AM OPPOSED?
10:31:41AM AYES HAVE IT.
10:31:42AM THIS IS NOT QUASI-JUDICIAL, NOBODY HAS TO BE SWORN IN.
10:31:46AM YOU'RE GOOD, MR. MICHELINI.
10:31:48AM STAFF.
10:31:50AM IF YOU'RE GOING TO TESTIFY ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE STAND, RAISE
10:32:02AM YOUR RIGHT HAND AND THE CLERK WILL SWEAR YOU IN.
10:32:05AM [OATH ADMINISTERED]
10:32:13AM >> ELAINE LUND, HISTORIC PRESERVATION STAFF.
10:32:17AM THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS AN APPLICATION TO REMOVE A PORTION OF
10:32:22AM A PROPERTY FROM THE TAMPA HEIGHTS LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT.
10:32:27AM THIS IS A VACANT LOT RESULTING FROM A LOT SPLIT.
10:32:34AM THE APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION
10:32:37AM COMMISSION IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024, AND IT WAS REVIEWED BY THE
10:32:43AM HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION ON NOVEMBER 5, 2024, AND
10:32:49AM THE HPC RECOMMENDED THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THIS
10:32:54AM APPLICATION.
10:32:54AM THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE LOT AT 206 WEST COLUMBUS DRIVE.
10:33:00AM YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION ON THE ADJACENT
10:33:03AM PROPERTY TO THE WEST, AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE
10:33:10AM PROPERTY THAT IS DIRECTLY TO THE EAST.
10:33:13AM THIS IS THE PIPPIN HOUSE AT 202 WEST COLUMBUS DRIVE.
10:33:18AM SO THE PIPPIN HOUSE WAS KIND OF AN UNUSUAL ADDITION TO THE
10:33:23AM TAMPA HEIGHTS LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT.
10:33:26AM THERE ARE A FEW PARCELS THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE CONTIGUOUS
10:33:31AM BOUNDARY OF THE LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT, THE BOUNDARIES OF
10:33:33AM THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, THE LOCAL DISTRICT ARE SHOWN HERE IN
10:33:37AM RED.
10:33:40AM IN THE INSET HERE, THIS IS THE SITE THAT'S PART OF THE
10:33:45AM SUBJECT REQUEST.
10:33:47AM THIS IS A 2022 AERIAL MAP SHOWING IN THE GREEN THE OUTLINE
10:33:59AM OF THE AREA THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE LOCAL HISTORIC
10:34:02AM DISTRICT.
10:34:03AM IT INCLUDED ALL OF THAT PARCEL AT THE TIME, AND THEN IN THE
10:34:06AM BLUE DASHED LINE IS THE ADJACENT SITE, 206 COLUMBUS DRIVE.
10:34:12AM A FORMAL DETERMINATION IN 2023 RECONFIGURED THESE TWO LOTS
10:34:18AM AT 202 AND 206 WEST COLUMBUS.
10:34:22AM THIS RECONFIGURATION OF THE LOTS TOOK, I BELIEVE, I WANT TO
10:34:36AM SAY 32 FEET FROM 202 COLUMBUS AND MADE IT PART OF 206
10:34:41AM COLUMBUS.
10:34:42AM THIS 32 FEET THAT WAS MOVED FROM ONE LOT TO THE OTHER IS THE
10:34:45AM SUBJECT OF THE APPLICATION, FROM THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
10:34:51AM THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION USED THE SECTION 27-257
10:35:00AM OF THE CITY CODE, DESIGNATION CRITERIA TO REVIEW AND MAKE
10:35:04AM THEIR RECOMMENDATION.
10:35:06AM THE VACANT SUBJECT LOT DOES NOT MEET ANY OF THE CRITERIA FOR
10:35:10AM LOCAL HISTORIC DESIGNATION AS IT IS VACANT AND THE REMOVAL
10:35:14AM OF THE SUBJECT LOT WILL NOT HAVE ANY NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE
10:35:17AM HISTORIC DISTRICT.
10:35:19AM ANYTHING THAT'S BUILT ON THE LOT IN THE FUTURE COULD NOT BY
10:35:23AM DEFINITION BE HISTORIC AND THEREFORE COULD NOT CONTRIBUTE TO
10:35:25AM THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
10:35:26AM THEREFORE, THE HPC RECOMMENDED THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVE
10:35:32AM THIS APPLICATION TO REMOVE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FROM THE
10:35:35AM LOCAL DISTRICT.
10:35:36AM THE APPLICANT IS HERE, AND I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY
10:35:40AM QUESTIONS.
10:35:40AM THANK YOU.
10:35:41AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
10:35:43AM HEARING NONE, MR. APPLICANT.
10:35:49AM >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
10:35:50AM STEVE MICHELINI, REPRESENTING THE PETITIONER.
10:35:54AM IS THE MICROPHONE WORKING?
10:35:55AM DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT.
10:35:58AM THIS IS AN OUTPARCEL.
10:35:59AM IT'S APPROXIMATELY 32 FEET WIDE BY 125 FEET DEEP.
10:36:03AM IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY APPROVAL TO BE REMOVED FROM THE
10:36:06AM DISTRICT AS IT HAS NO ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE DISTRICT.
10:36:11AM IT ALSO IS RECOMMENDED BY THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION
10:36:12AM COMMISSION.
10:36:16AM THE DISTRICT DESIGNATION BISECTS THE PROPERTY, AND IT WOULD
10:36:21AM NOT ORDINARILY BE ALLOWED TO BE INCLUDED.
10:36:25AM LET ME SHOW YOU THIS RIGHT HERE.
10:36:30AM SO THE HISTORIC DESIGNATION LINE IS HERE, AND THIS IS THE
10:36:34AM REQUEST FOR IT TO BE REMOVED SO THAT THIS IS ALL ONE
10:36:39AM PROPERTY UNDER ONE JURISDICTION.
10:36:41AM AS ELAINE POINTED OUT, IT'S NOT CONTIGUOUS TO THE HISTORIC
10:36:52AM DISTRICT.
10:36:52AM THE HISTORIC DISTRICT IS OVER HERE.
10:36:58AM THIS PARCEL IS RIGHT UP HERE.
10:37:00AM IT SKIPS SEVERAL BLOCKS BEFORE YOU EVEN GET TO IT.
10:37:03AM WE HAD SUPPORT FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL AS THE
10:37:06AM STAFF AND THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION.
10:37:08AM THERE ARE NO ADVERSE IMPACTS, NO ECONOMIC, CULTURAL, OR
10:37:13AM HISTORIC IMPACTS TO REMOVE THIS FROM THE DISTRICT.
10:37:15AM I HAVE TWO LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS
10:37:18AM THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ENTERED INTO THE RECORD.
10:37:22AM >> MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
10:37:24AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:37:26AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
10:37:28AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.
10:37:29AM OPPOSED?
10:37:31AM >> ALL OF THE CRITERIA HAVE BEEN MET FOR FAVORABLE
10:37:34AM CONSIDERATION TO REMOVE THIS FROM THE DISTRICT DESIGNATION.
10:37:37AM WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL TO MOVE THIS
10:37:42AM FORWARD.
10:37:43AM THIS WAS FIRST READING ON THE ORDINANCE TO REMOVE IT FROM
10:37:45AM THE DISTRICT.
10:37:46AM I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
10:37:48AM I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
10:37:50AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
10:37:51AM I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
10:37:55AM HISTORIC HOUSE TAKING THIS FROM, WHAT IS LEFT AS FAR AS THE
10:38:01AM SETBACK ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE?
10:38:03AM DO WE END UP WITH ANOTHER JACKSON HOUSE SITUATION?
10:38:07AM >>STEVE MICHELINI: IT'S NOT TAKING IT FROM THAT.
10:38:09AM THAT WAS DECIDED BY A FORMAL DECISION IN 2022.
10:38:12AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HISTORICALLY, IS IT --
10:38:16AM >>STEVE MICHELINI: IT WAS A MUCH LARGER PARCEL.
10:38:19AM BUT RIGHT NOW, I CAN SHOW YOU -- I HAVE THE PHOTOGRAPHS.
10:38:25AM RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE TOWN HOUSES ALL AROUND THIS AND A
10:38:29AM VACANT LOT.
10:38:30AM BUT THE HISTORIC HOUSE WOULD BE PROTECTED.
10:38:32AM WE'VE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH THAT WITH THE HISTORIC
10:38:34AM PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND THE STAFF, AND WE WILL MIMIC THE
10:38:38AM WALL IN FRONT.
10:38:41AM THERE IS A LITTLE KNEE WALL THAT RUNS ACROSS THE FRONT AND
10:38:44AM WE WOULD BE RECONSTRUCTING THAT AS WELL.
10:38:45AM WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AT THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
10:38:51AM MEETING, AND THEY REQUESTED A MASONRY WALL BE PLACED BETWEEN
10:38:55AM THE TWO PROPERTIES.
10:38:56AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DO YOU HAVE AN OVERHEAD FOR THAT?
10:38:59AM >>STEVE MICHELINI: IT'S NOT PART OF THIS PETITION.
10:39:03AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I'M CURIOUS.
10:39:05AM WHAT THE LAND LOOKS LIKE WHEN IT IS ALL SAID AND DONE.
10:39:13AM >>STEVE MICHELINI: HE WANTS TO KNOW THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE
10:39:15AM TWO PROPERTIES.
10:39:23AM >>ELAINE LUND: THEY MAY HAVE THE INFORMATION IN THEIR
10:39:26AM APPLICATION, IF YOU'LL BEAR WITH ME FOR A MOMENT.
10:39:57AM >>STEVE MICHELINI: SEVEN FEET.
10:39:58AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SEVEN FEET, OKAY.
10:40:00AM VERY GOOD.
10:40:01AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:40:02AM ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
10:40:02AM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:40:04AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO SAY FOR THREE YEARS OF MY LIFE
10:40:07AM I WALKED RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE HOUSE, HIGHLAND
10:40:11AM AND NOLAN, OLD JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL.
10:40:14AM I REMEMBER THAT VIVIDLY AND REMEMBER GOING ACROSS THE STREET
10:40:18AM AND GETTING EXPELLED FOR GOING ACROSS THE CITY -- JEFFERSON
10:40:21AM HIGH SCHOOL PROPERTY, WHICH IS ABOUT TEN FEET OUTSIDE.
10:40:25AM I REMEMBER ALL THAT LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY.
10:40:27AM MY MEMORIES ARE COMING BACK, NOT ONLY THAT HOUSE, BUT OTHER
10:40:29AM HOUSES DOWN THE LANE WHICH ARE NO LONGER THERE.
10:40:31AM OLD GOLD RING, SERVICE STATION, AT THE CORNER, DRAGONET.
10:40:35AM ACROSS THE STREET ANOTHER SERVICE STATION THAT WOULD DO
10:40:38AM PAINT JOBS AND SPRAY JOBS, SO FORTH AND SO ON FIXING
10:40:41AM AUTOMOBILES.
10:40:44AM WHEN YOU WERE SPEAKING, I WAS MEMORIZING WHEN I WAS 17, 18,
10:40:47AM 19 YEARS OLD AND I REALLY ENJOYED GOING THERE.
10:40:51AM DOESN'T HAVE TO DO WITH THIS ZONING.
10:40:55AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: EXPELLED FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND LOOK AT YOU
10:40:57AM NOW.
10:40:59AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I DIDN'T SAY I WAS EXPELLED.
10:41:01AM I WAS ASKED TO LEAVE.
10:41:02AM ONLY JOKING WITH YOU, SIR.
10:41:08AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANYTHING ELSE?
10:41:09AM ANY PUBLIC COMMENT?
10:41:12AM ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE?
10:41:14AM WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
10:41:17AM IS THERE A SECOND?
10:41:18AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:41:22AM ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:41:24AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR TO CLOSE, AYE.
10:41:28AM OPPOSED?
10:41:29AM AYES HAVE IT.
10:41:36AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: FILE HPC-24-39-C, ORDINANCE BEING
10:41:40AM PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE OF
10:41:43AM THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, REMOVING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT
10:41:47AM 206 WEST COLUMBUS DRIVE, TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE
10:41:51AM PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 3 HEREOF FROM THE TAMPA
10:41:56AM HEIGHTS HISTORIC DISTRICT, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL
10:41:59AM ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY,
10:42:01AM PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:42:03AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN
10:42:05AM HENDERSON.
10:42:05AM A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:42:08AM ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:42:09AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:42:10AM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
10:42:12AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
10:42:13AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES.
10:42:14AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
10:42:16AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:42:18AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH MANISCALCO
10:42:20AM BEING ABSENT.
10:42:21AM SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON MAY 1st, 2025,
10:42:25AM AT 10:00 A.M. IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 315 EAST KENNEDY
10:42:28AM BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
10:42:34AM >>STEVE MICHELINI: I FORGOT TO MAKE THE MOTION ABOUT THE
10:42:36AM SPECIAL DISPOSITION FOR COUNCILMAN MIRANDA AND HIS
10:42:40AM SUSPENSION.
10:42:40AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:42:44AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: FOR THE RECORD, HE WAS ASKED TO LEAVE.
10:42:46AM VERY GOOD.
10:42:47AM ENJOY.
10:42:48AM WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO STAFF REPORTS.
10:42:54AM DO WE HAVE STAFF FOR ITEM 34?
10:43:06AM MR. ROGERO.
10:43:14AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: DENNIS ROGERO --
10:43:16AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: USUALLY AFTERNOON BY THE TIME YOU SHOW UP
10:43:20AM HERE.
10:43:20AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: AND I'M MOVING SLOWER TODAY.
10:43:22AM THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.
10:43:25AM WE ALSO HAVE MOBILITY STAFF HERE FOR YOU.
10:43:27AM THIS ITEM ASKS THAT REVENUE BE RECOGNIZED AND APPROPRIATED
10:43:31AM BY CITY COUNCIL FOR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION GRANT.
10:43:36AM AND THAT EXISTING BUDGET IS FOR TWO PROJECTS BE REALIGNED
10:43:39AM AND TRANSFERRED TO THE UNITE ASHLEY DRIVE PROJECT.
10:43:43AM WE PROVIDED A STAFF REPORT, BUT I DO WANT TO REITERATE THIS
10:43:49AM IS ONLY PART OF WHAT WE ANTICIPATE THE TOTAL FUNDING NEED TO
10:43:52AM BE.
10:43:53AM AT THIS TIME, IT'S ESTIMATED TO BE A TOTAL OF 22 MILLION.
10:43:56AM SO WHAT THIS ITEM ALSO DOES IS GIVE SOME INSIGHT INTO SOME
10:44:01AM OF THE POTENTIAL FUTURE REVENUE SOURCES TO MAKE UP THE
10:44:05AM DIFFERENCE OF THAT 22 MILLION.
10:44:07AM AGAIN, MOBILITY STAFF IS HERE, I'M HERE, AND WE CAN ANSWER
10:44:12AM ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
10:44:13AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. ROGERO?
10:44:16AM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
10:44:18AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
10:44:19AM I THINK MY BIGGEST CONCERN REMAINS THAT WE AREN'T GOING TO
10:44:23AM GET THIS FUNDING.
10:44:26AM I THINK THAT ASKING FOR US TO PAY $12 MILLION MORE IS A HUGE
10:44:32AM CONCERN.
10:44:36AM WE GOT THIS IN A MEMO ON AUGUST 29 THAT SAID THIS PROJECT
10:44:41AM ESTIMATED COST WAS GOING TO BE $10.7 MILLION.
10:44:44AM AND NOT EVEN FIVE MONTHS LATER IN FEBRUARY, WE HAVE A $22
10:44:48AM MILLION ESTIMATE.
10:44:50AM IT TOOK, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG, TO GET THE ESTIMATE FOR FIRE
10:44:55AM STATION 24, BUT YET WE HAVE SOME QUICK TURNAROUND WHEN IT
10:44:59AM COMES TO THIS PROJECT.
10:45:02AM WHY DIDN'T THIS COME TO US IN SEPTEMBER WHEN THIS CAME TO US
10:45:05AM INITIALLY?
10:45:06AM WHY DIDN'T THIS OVERAGE, BECAUSE IT WAS CLEARLY KNOWN ABOUT
10:45:11AM BECAUSE FIVE MONTHS IS LIKE A NANOSECOND IN PLANNING TIME.
10:45:18AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE TIME FRAME --
10:45:20AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BEST IF WE HAVE SOMEBODY FROM MOBILITY
10:45:23AM SPEAK TO THAT.
10:45:23AM I SEE OUR DIRECTOR OF MOBILITY, VIK BHIDE, APPROACHING THE
10:45:29AM PODIUM AND BRANDON.
10:45:33AM >>VIK BHIDE: VIK BHIDE, MOBILITY.
10:45:35AM THAT IS A FAIR QUESTION.
10:45:38AM WE RECEIVED THE UPDATED ESTIMATE LAST JULY FROM OUR
10:45:43AM CONSULTANT.
10:45:45AM DRAFT ESTIMATE.
10:45:47AM AT THAT TIME, THERE WASN'T AN ITEM IN FRONT OF COUNCIL TO BE
10:45:52AM PRESENTED, BUT -- SO THERE WAS NO OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE
10:45:57AM COUNCIL ON THE ESTIMATE UNTIL THERE WAS AN ITEM TO COME IN
10:46:02AM FRONT OF COUNCIL.
10:46:02AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I'M HOLDING THE MEMO FROM AUGUST 29, WHICH IS
10:46:06AM AFTER JULY, THAT SAYS THE PROJECT'S ESTIMATED COST IS 10.7
10:46:12AM MILLION.
10:46:12AM YOU DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
10:46:17AM >>VIK BHIDE: I NEED TO LOOK AT THE DETAILS, BUT THAT WOULD
10:46:19AM HAVE BEEN AN ERROR ON OUR PART, BECAUSE I DID HAVE AN E-MAIL
10:46:23AM -- I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS A FINAL ESTIMATE FROM HNTB IN
10:46:28AM 2024, JULY 2024, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN WITH THE UPDATED
10:46:32AM ESTIMATE.
10:46:35AM >>LYNN HURTAK: AGAIN, THIS IS A MONTH LATER.
10:46:37AM >>VIK BHIDE: CORRECT.
10:46:37AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THIS IS PART OF THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE
10:46:40AM OVERALL IS THAT WE AREN'T GETTING CLEAR INFORMATION, AND
10:46:45AM PERSONALLY, I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD HAVE ACCEPTED THIS
10:46:47AM GRANT HAD I KNOWN THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY $17
10:46:51AM MILLION INSTEAD OF $4.9 MILLION.
10:46:55AM THAT IS A HUGE DISCREPANCY FOR, QUITE FRANKLY, SOMETHING
10:46:59AM THAT IS MORE OF A NEED THAN A WANT, OR RATHER A WANT THAN A
10:47:05AM NEED.
10:47:05AM I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS.
10:47:15AM WHEN I LOOK AT THE AWARD AMOUNT AND THE PROJECT, THE BASE
10:47:18AM PHASE IS $1.2 MILLION JUST FOR DESIGN ALONE.
10:47:24AM I DON'T KNOW.
10:47:25AM I'M CURIOUS WHAT OTHERS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT.
10:47:27AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:47:28AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:47:29AM SO A COUPLE OF THINGS, IF I'M READING THIS RIGHT, HOW MUCH
10:47:34AM ARE WE GETTING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT?
10:47:38AM >>VIK BHIDE: ABOUT 5.5 MILLION.
10:47:40AM >>LUIS VIERA: WE WOULD BE ON THE HOOK FOR 17?
10:47:42AM >>VIK BHIDE: CORRECT.
10:47:43AM >>LUIS VIERA: YEAH, THAT IS A LOT.
10:47:45AM SOMEBODY MAY HAVE MENTIONED, I THINK MAYBE MS. POYNOR,
10:47:48AM REGARDING CRA FUNDS.
10:47:50AM POTENTIALLY WE COULD CONTINUE THIS AND LOOK TO SEE WHAT WE
10:47:54AM HAVE IN THE DOWNTOWN CRA FOR THIS.
10:47:58AM IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS NEEDED IN DOWNTOWN.
10:48:02AM SPENDING SO MUCH ON GENERAL FUNDS, I'M VERY SKEPTICAL OF
10:48:06AM THAT.
10:48:06AM BUT CRA.
10:48:07AM >>VIK BHIDE: MAY I ADDRESS THAT, COUNCIL?
10:48:09AM THAT IS A GREAT POINT.
10:48:11AM WE HAVE STARTED THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE CRAs.
10:48:15AM WE'VE REQUESTED $8 MILLION OVER THREE OUTER YEARS, FISCAL
10:48:19AM YEARS.
10:48:20AM THAT REQUEST HAS FORMALLY BEEN SUBMITTED AND UNDER REVIEW BY
10:48:24AM THE CRAs RIGHT NOW.
10:48:25AM THE CAC PRESENTATION IS SCHEDULED.
10:48:29AM I THINK THE ITEM IN FRONT OF YOU RIGHT NOW IS SO THAT WE CAN
10:48:35AM COVER THE ENTIRE COST OF THE PROJECT.
10:48:38AM THIS IS SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO THE WEST RIVERWALK CONVERSATION
10:48:42AM WHERE WE'RE WORKING ACTIVELY TO LINE UP ADDITIONAL FUNDING,
10:48:46AM AND THAT SHOULD BE IN FRONT OF YOU AT A CRA MEETING IN THE
10:48:49AM FUTURE.
10:48:51AM >>LUIS VIERA: MY PREFERENCE, ARE THERE ANY IMMEDIATE
10:48:53AM TIMELINES WITH THIS?
10:48:57AM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: BRANDON CAMPBELL, MOBILITY DEPARTMENT.
10:49:00AM WE DO HAVE TWO PENDING WORK ORDERS WITH OUR CONSULTANT FOR
10:49:03AM CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT AND NEPA EVALUATION.
10:49:06AM THAT TIMELINE GETS SIGNIFICANTLY COMPRESSED SHOULD WE NOT
10:49:11AM HAVE THE AVAILABLE FUNDS.
10:49:12AM SO PART OF THE INTENT OF THE FINANCIAL RESOLUTION TODAY IS
10:49:15AM TO GET THOSE FUNDS INTO THE ACCOUNT SO THAT WE CAN ISSUE
10:49:20AM THOSE WORK ORDERS.
10:49:21AM BUT AS I BELIEVE MR. ROGERO MENTIONED, TODAY'S FINANCIAL
10:49:25AM RESOLUTION DOES NOT OBLIGATE THAT WHOLE $22 MILLION.
10:49:30AM IT APPROPRIATES THE FEDERAL GRANT, THE ANTICIPATED FEDERAL
10:49:34AM GRANT MONEY AS OUTLINED IN THE GRANT AGREEMENT AS WELL AS
10:49:38AM MOVES FUNDS FROM A COUPLE OF OTHER PROJECTS.
10:49:42AM >>LUIS VIERA: HOW MUCH ARE WE PUTTING FORTH TODAY IF WE VOTE
10:49:45AM YES FOR THIS?
10:49:46AM JUST TO BE CLEAR.
10:49:49AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: APPROXIMATELY $10 MILLION.
10:49:51AM IF I COULD JUST POSTSCRIPT THE DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS, AGAIN,
10:49:56AM HE'S QUITE CORRECT.
10:49:57AM IT APPROPRIATES FUNDING IN PLACE FOR THOSE WORK ORDERS HE
10:50:01AM REFERENCES, BUT IT DOES PRESUME THAT THERE WILL BE
10:50:04AM ADDITIONAL FUNDING DOWN THE ROAD TO EQUAL THAT $22 MILLION.
10:50:09AM JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.
10:50:11AM >>LUIS VIERA: I THINK THAT ON THIS, SEEING SOME MORE
10:50:14AM MOVEMENT, I KNOW THE CRA TAKES A LITTLE WHILE, BUT WITH CRA
10:50:17AM MAY BE WISE FOR THIS SO WE CAN AT LEAST KNOW WHAT WE'RE
10:50:21AM GOING INTO.
10:50:22AM BECAUSE I WOULD HATE TO BUY INTO SOMETHING RIGHT NOW AND
10:50:24AM THEN HAVE THE CRA ISSUE NOT BE AS SECURED AS WE MAYBE
10:50:29AM THOUGHT IT WAS.
10:50:32AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:50:32AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:50:34AM ALONG WITH MY TWO COLLEAGUES WHO JUST SPOKE, WHEN I SEE
10:50:37AM THIS, IF I WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE JUST LISTENING, I WOULDN'T
10:50:42AM KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
10:50:43AM PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT THIS $22 MILLION, IF IT HAPPENS, IS FOR
10:50:47AM WHAT?
10:50:48AM WHAT IS IT GOING TO DO?
10:50:49AM HOW MUCH IS IT GOING TO TAKE?
10:50:51AM IF WE PASS IT TODAY -- IF, IF, IF -- WHAT HAPPENS AT THE END
10:50:55AM IF THE PRICES KEEP ESCALATING.
10:50:58AM I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR DEAL IS WITH THE CONTRACTOR.
10:51:00AM I DON'T KNOW NONE OF THAT STUFF RIGHT NOW.
10:51:02AM I THINK WE HAVE TO EXPLORE, WHAT IS IT, WHAT ARE WE DOING,
10:51:05AM AND WHY WE'RE DOING IT.
10:51:07AM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION.
10:51:09AM BRANDON CAMPBELL, MOBILITY.
10:51:10AM I DID BRING A MAP OF THE PROJECT AREA IN PART BECAUSE WHEN
10:51:17AM WE WERE IN FRONT OF YOU BACK IN FEBRUARY, THERE WERE SOME
10:51:19AM QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DIVISION OF THE DIFFERENT WORK ITEMS
10:51:23AM BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE CURRENT RFP AND WHAT F.D.O.T. MAY
10:51:28AM BE FOLLOWING ON WITH.
10:51:29AM SO THE $22 MILLION PROJECT -- ARE YOU ABLE TO SEE --
10:51:36AM >>LYNN HURTAK: CAN YOU ZOOM OUT?
10:51:37AM OTHER WAY.
10:51:40AM THERE YOU GO.
10:51:40AM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: THAT $22 MILLION PROJECT IS ADDRESSING
10:51:45AM THE AREA THAT'S OUTLINED IN RED SOUTH OF THE LAUREL STREET
10:51:52AM BRIDGE, WHEREAS TO THE EAST OF THAT, YOU SEE SOME BROWN
10:51:57AM BLOCKS THAT ARE LABELED AS FUTURE MIXED INCOME HOUSING
10:52:01AM DEVELOPMENT.
10:52:03AM WITHIN THE GRANT APPLICATION, THAT WAS LABELED AS STAGE 3.
10:52:06AM THAT NETWORK IMPROVEMENT WE ANTICIPATE GOING ALONG WITH THE
10:52:10AM CURRENT RFP FOR THE ARMY NAVY SITE AND ROYAL REGIONAL LOT
10:52:15AM REDEVELOPMENT.
10:52:17AM AND THEN THE PORTION THAT IS OUTLINED IN BLUE IS ON F.D.O.T.
10:52:22AM I KNOW THAT IN OUR PREVIOUS DISCUSSION, THERE WAS SOME
10:52:25AM QUESTION ABOUT WHAT CONTRIBUTION TO THIS OVERALL EFFORT THEY
10:52:29AM WOULD BE MAKING AND WHAT THE COST WOULD BE FOR THEIR
10:52:32AM PROJECT.
10:52:33AM SO THAT ASSOCIATED PROJECT, THE CURRENT ESTIMATE IS
10:52:36AM $12.1 MILLION.
10:52:38AM IT'S NOT YET OBLIGATED, BUT BASED ON STAFF DISCUSSIONS, WE
10:52:43AM ARE ENCOURAGED THAT PENDING OUR APPROVAL OF OUR GRANT
10:52:47AM PROJECT THAT THEY WILL PROGRAM THAT SUBSEQUENT TO IT.
10:52:59AM >>VIK BHIDE: TO YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILMAN, WHAT DOES THIS
10:53:04AM PROJECT GIVE US?
10:53:04AM SO THE GIST OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT THE ROYAL REGIONAL
10:53:12AM LOT DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO IMPROVE CONNECTIVITY AND
10:53:17AM WALKABILITY BETWEEN EAST DOWNTOWN, PARTICULARLY NORTHEAST
10:53:20AM DOWNTOWN BY ENCORE AND ALL OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS EAST OF
10:53:26AM FLORIDA AVENUE TO THE RIVER, AND THAT IS GOING TO BE
10:53:31AM ACCOMPLISHED BY, IF YOU GO NORTH ON ASHLEY TODAY, IF YOU GET
10:53:35AM AT TYLER, THERE IS A BRIDGE PAST TYLER THAT STARTS, THAT
10:53:39AM GOES UP TO 275 AND THEN SPLITS INTO NORTHBOUND AND
10:53:44AM SOUTHBOUND, SO THAT BRIDGE IS CITY OWNED, IT WILL BE
10:53:48AM REMOVED, AND WE WILL BE REESTABLISHING THE GRID LIKE IT WAS
10:53:55AM BEFORE THE '50s, WHENEVER THAT BRIDGE WAS BUILT.
10:53:59AM THE IDEA THERE IS IT WILL INCREASE STREET CONNECTIVITY
10:54:03AM ACROSS FROM BOTH THE EAST AND THE WESTERN PART OF DOWNTOWN.
10:54:09AM IT WILL PROVIDE ALTERNATE MODES OF GETTING AROUND.
10:54:12AM WHAT IT ALSO DOES IS CREATE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT
10:54:14AM OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR DOWNTOWN THAT TODAY DO NOT EXIST
10:54:20AM BECAUSE OF THAT.
10:54:21AM THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE A GATEWAY WHICH IS PART OF
10:54:24AM THIS PROJECT.
10:54:25AM ADDITIONAL, DEVELOPABLE POSSIBILITIES AND GREENSPACES, WHILE
10:54:30AM IMPROVING OVERALL CONNECTIVITY.
10:54:33AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ALL THAT BEING SAID, IF I MAY CONTINUE,
10:54:36AM MR. CHAIRMAN, HOW DO WE CODIFY THAT THOSE MONIES THAT THEY
10:54:39AM ARE GOING TO SPEND, TALKING ABOUT THE STATE, NORMALLY THE
10:54:46AM PEOPLE THAT DO THAT, WHAT IF THAT DOESN'T COME IN?
10:54:49AM >>VIK BHIDE: THAT IS A POSSIBILITY, AND THAT'S WHERE THIS
10:54:53AM PROJECT COORDINATES WITH SEVERAL EFFORTS.
10:54:55AM THIS PROJECT COORDINATED WITH THE REGIONAL, ROYAL REGIONAL
10:54:58AM LOT REDEVELOPMENT.
10:55:00AM IT COORDINATED WITH F.D.O.T. AS WELL.
10:55:02AM WHEN THE PROJECT WAS FIRST CONCEIVED, IT WAS PART OF THEN
10:55:09AM F.D.O.T.'S PLANS FOR SEGMENT FIVE WHICH IS THE DOWNTOWN
10:55:12AM INTERCHANGE PORTION WEST OF I-4.
10:55:16AM THAT PROJECT IS STILL ON THE BOOKS WITH F.D.O.T. AND GOING
10:55:22AM FORWARD.
10:55:22AM IT'S JUST NOT THE SAME PROJECT AS PREVIOUSLY.
10:55:27AM F.D.O.T. STAFF HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY DO PLAN TO MOVE
10:55:30AM FORWARD WITH IT AS PART OF THE WESTSHORE --
10:55:35AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: DOES THIS IN ANY WAY HELP MALFUNCTION
10:55:38AM JUNCTION THAT WE HAVE THERE NOW OR NOT?
10:55:41AM >>VIK BHIDE: THIS HELPS DOWNTOWN SIGNIFICANTLY.
10:55:43AM WHAT IT DOES IS, ONE, IT REDUCES TRAFFIC ON ASHLEY BY
10:55:49AM CREATING A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE AT SCOTT AND TAMPA.
10:55:53AM SO IT REDISTRIBUTES TRAFFIC ACROSS THE GRID, THAT'S ONE
10:55:56AM THING.
10:55:57AM ASHLEY, OF COURSE, IS THE MAJOR ROADWAY LEADING INTO
10:56:01AM DOWNTOWN ALONG CURTIS HIXON AND ALL OF THAT.
10:56:03AM SO IT ALLOWS US TO CALM THAT.
10:56:06AM THE CITY HAS A GOES WITH PROJECT WITH THIS PROJECT TO AGAIN
10:56:11AM ADD BICYCLE FACILITIES ALONG ASHLEY PARALLEL TO THE
10:56:14AM RIVERWALK TO GET BICYCLES OFF OF THE RIVERWALK.
10:56:16AM F.D.O.T., WHEN THEY DO THEIR PORTION OF THE SCOTT STREET AND
10:56:21AM THEY ARE IN DESIGN RIGHT NOW, THEY JUST CAN'T COMMIT BECAUSE
10:56:24AM IT'S NOT IN THEIR WORK PROGRAM TO SHOW TODAY, BUT WE'VE HAD
10:56:28AM CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, THEY WILL IMPROVE THE INTERSECTION
10:56:32AM OF SCOTT AND TAMPA WITH DUAL RIGHT CONFIGURATION.
10:56:39AM AGAIN, THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH EVERYTHING ELSE WE'RE DOING,
10:56:42AM MAKING DOWNTOWN MORE WALKABLE AND MORE SAFE WITH PEDESTRIANS
10:56:48AM AND BICYCLISTS WHILE CREATING A GATEWAY AND DEVELOPMENT
10:56:51AM OPPORTUNITY.
10:56:53AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'VE NEVER SPOKEN TO YOU, ONE OF THESE
10:56:58AM GENTLEMAN, E-MAIL, NOTHING TO THAT EFFECT.
10:57:02AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON, DO YOU HAVE
10:57:04AM SOMETHING?
10:57:05AM I MISSED YOU, COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
10:57:12AM GO AHEAD.
10:57:13AM >>BILL CARLSON: I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES.
10:57:17AM THE ISSUE THAT WE'RE FACING IS THAT ANY PROJECT PRESENTED TO
10:57:20AM US SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT PROJECT.
10:57:23AM THEY ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE NECESSARY AND WILL HAVE A LOT OF
10:57:25AM COMMUNITY BENEFIT.
10:57:27AM BUT THE THING THAT WE'RE HEARING EVERY DAY, MAYBE A HUNDRED
10:57:30AM TIMES A DAY IS THAT THE PUBLIC WANTS US TO SPEND MONEY ON
10:57:34AM FIXING THEIR ROADS, FIXING THEIR SIDEWALKS.
10:57:36AM IF WE HAVE GENERAL FUND MONEY THAT WE'RE SPENDING ON
10:57:39AM ANYTHING ELSE, THE PUBLIC IS GOING TO GET MORE AND MORE
10:57:41AM ANGRY.
10:57:41AM WE'VE GOT TO FIX THE ROADS AND SIDEWALKS FIRST.
10:57:43AM IF WE HAVE TEN OR MORE MILLION DOLLARS TO FIX ROADS OR
10:57:48AM SIDEWALKS, WE NEED TO DO THAT.
10:57:50AM I THINK THIS PROJECT SOUNDS GREAT, BUT UNTIL WE FIX THE
10:57:52AM ROADS AND SIDEWALKS, WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING ANYTHING LIKE
10:57:56AM THIS.
10:57:56AM ALSO, THE PUBLIC IS FRUSTRATED THAT FOR 12 YEARS OR SO, A
10:57:59AM LOT OF MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT IN DOWNTOWN.
10:58:02AM VERY LITTLE SPENT EVERYWHERE ELSE.
10:58:05AM EVERYBODY THINKS THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD IS THE ONLY ONE WITH
10:58:08AM TERRIBLE ROADS AND NO SIDEWALKS, BUT IT'S NOT BECAUSE IT IS
10:58:10AM ALL OVER THE CITY.
10:58:11AM WE'VE GOT TO FIX THOSE PROBLEMS FIRST.
10:58:13AM THE MORE WE KEEP APPROVING THESE NICE TO HAVE PROJECTS, THE
10:58:18AM MORE WE'LL GET HIT.
10:58:19AM AS ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES MENTIONED, THERE IS AN ISSUE ARE OF
10:58:22AM TRANSPARENCY HERE.
10:58:23AM THE ADMINISTRATION THROWS PROJECTS ON US AT THE LAST MINUTE
10:58:25AM AND SAYS, OKAY, NOW YOU HAVE TO DO IT QUICKLY.
10:58:27AM THEY SHOULD KEEP US UPDATED ALONG THE WAY.
10:58:30AM NEXT, IT'S ALSO PRESUMPTUOUS TO THINK WE'LL GET CRA MONEY.
10:58:41AM I THINK I VOTED AGAINST IT FROM THE CRA POINT OF VIEW.
10:58:44AM BUT IT IS PRESUMPTUOUS TO THINK THAT.
10:58:47AM IF WE DO THIS, PROBABLY SHOULD COME FROM CRA MONEY BECAUSE
10:58:50AM IT BENEFITS DOWNTOWN AND NOT THE REST OF THE CITY.
10:58:52AM OTHER PEOPLE IN THE CITY WORK IN DOWNTOWN COULD BENEFIT FROM
10:58:54AM IT, BUT PEOPLE WANT THEIR ROADS AND THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND
10:58:57AM THEY WANT THEIR SIDEWALKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS FIXED FIRST.
10:58:59AM AND THEN A TIMING ISSUE.
10:59:02AM AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, I THINK WE SHOULD PUSH THIS PAST
10:59:07AM THE NEXT CRA MEETING.
10:59:08AM IT'S NOT JUST WHAT THE CAC -- WE NEED THE CAC REPORT.
10:59:13AM SITTING AS CRA BOARD, WE SHOULD BE BRIEFED ON THIS AS WELL
10:59:16AM BECAUSE IT IS A HUGE EXPENDITURE AND WE HAVE VERY LITTLE
10:59:18AM MONEY IN THE DOWNTOWN CRA.
10:59:20AM THANK YOU.
10:59:20AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
10:59:28AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I JUST ASKED MR. HEBERLEIN TO PUT THIS UP
10:59:30AM JUST SO WE CAN GET AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
10:59:33AM SO THE FEDERAL GRANT, IF WE RECEIVE IT, IS 5.3 MILLION.
10:59:37AM WE'RE LOOKING AT THE 2016 BOND FUNDS, AND THESE ARE THE ONES
10:59:42AM FROM THE TWO BRIDGES THEY WANT TO MOVE OVER BECAUSE THERE
10:59:44AM WERE OVERAGES.
10:59:45AM AND THEN 8 MILLION POSSIBLY FROM THE CRA AND THEN 3.9
10:59:51AM MILLION WHICH IS FUTURE DEBT, MOBILITY FEES AND/OR CIT
10:59:55AM RENEWAL THAT IS THE MONEY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COULD
10:59:57AM POSSIBLY GO TO PAVING OR OTHER THINGS.
11:00:00AM THE 3.9.
11:00:02AM I TEND TO AGREE.
11:00:05AM I CANNOT -- SO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. ROGERO.
11:00:07AM THOSE CIT SERIES, 2016 BOND FUND, THE EXTRA, AM I CORRECT,
11:00:15AM 4.7 MILLION THE EXTRA FROM THOSE TWO PROJECTS?
11:00:19AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: IT IS NOT EXTRA.
11:00:20AM IT IS NOT EXTRA.
11:00:22AM THE FUNDING ORIGINATES IN A 2016 BOND.
11:00:25AM AGAIN, ALMOST A DECADE NOW.
11:00:26AM BECAUSE THE FUNDING HASN'T BEEN SPENT IN QUITE SOME TIME, IT
11:00:31AM SEEMS MORE APPROPRIATE TO SPEND IT ON SOMETHING WE CAN SPEND
11:00:34AM IT ON SOONER RATHER THAN LATER AND THEN FIND FUNDING FOR
11:00:37AM THOSE PROJECTS AT ANOTHER TIME.
11:00:38AM >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY.
11:00:40AM SO MY QUESTION WOULD BE, COULD WE TAKE THAT 4.7 MILLION AND
11:00:43AM USE IT FOR SOMETHING ELSE?
11:00:44AM IS IT REQUIRED TO BE SPENT ON INFRASTRUCTURE?
11:00:48AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: IT IS REQUIRED TO BE SPENT ONLY WITHIN THE
11:00:50AM PARAMETERS OF THE INITIAL BOND ISSUANCE.
11:00:53AM FOR EXAMPLE, AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, WOULD INCLUDE
11:00:55AM REPAVING, RESURFACING.
11:00:57AM >>LYNN HURTAK: SO POSSIBLY WE COULD ACTUALLY PUT THAT 4.7
11:01:01AM TOWARD PAVING.
11:01:03AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: YOU COULD.
11:01:03AM >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY.
11:01:04AM AGAIN, TO ME -- OH, I HAD ONE MORE QUESTION FOR YOU, MR.
11:01:10AM ROGERO.
11:01:12AM WHERE DO YOU ANTICIPATE THIS MONEY COMING FROM, THE 5.3
11:01:15AM MILLION IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BACKS OUT OF ITS DEAL?
11:01:18AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: EXCELLENT QUESTION.
11:01:20AM IT WOULD COME FROM ANY OF THOSE OTHER POTENTIAL FUNDING
11:01:23AM SOURCES THAT WE'VE REFERENCED.
11:01:25AM THE CRA, FOR EXAMPLE, COMMUNITY INVESTMENT TAX VERSION 2
11:01:29AM THAT COMES ONLINE.
11:01:31AM >>LYNN HURTAK: SO US.
11:01:31AM IT WOULD TAKE FROM PROJECTS THAT THE CITY WANTS TO DO THAT
11:01:35AM OUR CITIZENS ARE ASKING FOR SUCH AS PAVING OR SIDEWALKS.
11:01:39AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, MA'AM.
11:01:39AM >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY.
11:01:40AM IT'S TOO MUCH MONEY.
11:01:45AM I'M SORRY.
11:01:45AM I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS.
11:01:47AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:01:47AM >>LUIS VIERA: A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS, WHICH IS COUNCILMAN
11:01:50AM CARLSON HAD MENTIONED ABOUT THE NEXT CRA MEETING, WHICH I
11:01:54AM GUESS IS ON APRIL 10.
11:01:55AM I THINK A WISE MOVE WOULD BE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THIS AT
11:01:55AM THE CRA.
11:02:06AM SOMEBODY COULD DO A MEMO WHERE WE REQUEST TO OUR CHAIRPERSON
11:02:08AM WHERE WE INQUIRE ON THIS ISSUE AND TALK ABOUT THIS APRIL 17.
11:02:12AM BUT I FEEL VERY UNCOMFORTABLE, IF THE FEDERAL MONEY IS NOT
11:02:16AM 100% WRAPPED UP, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE CHAOS AT THE FEDERAL
11:02:22AM LEVEL, THAT BOTHERS ME A LOT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT US TO BE
11:02:25AM ON THE HOOK.
11:02:25AM DOWNTOWN FOR ME IS ALWAYS A BALANCE.
11:02:30AM MONEY, FOLKS WHO USE DOWNTOWN OFTEN COME FROM ALL OVER THE
11:02:33AM CITY OF TAMPA.
11:02:34AM A LOT OF PEOPLE WORK DOWNTOWN.
11:02:35AM A LOT OF PEOPLE GO HAVE A GOOD TIME DOWNTOWN AND SO FORTH.
11:02:39AM PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER OUR CITY OF TAMPA, I THINK, OBVIOUSLY
11:02:43AM USE DOWNTOWN.
11:02:45AM IT'S A BALANCE.
11:02:45AM I VOTED AGAINST $35 MILLION IN CRA PROJECTS IN DOWNTOWN
11:02:50AM TAMPA.
11:02:51AM BECAUSE MY OPINION ON THOSE THINGS.
11:02:54AM IT'S ALWAYS A BALANCE.
11:02:55AM THIS IS PART OF THE PRIOR ADMINISTRATION, BIDEN
11:02:57AM ADMINISTRATION, RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES GRANT, WHICH IS
11:03:00AM SEEKING TO RECONNECT COMMUNITIES FROM PRIOR INFRASTRUCTURE
11:03:04AM ADDITIONS TO THE COMMUNITIES FROM THE '50s AND SO FORTH.
11:03:08AM I THINK IT'S WISE TO PUSH THIS ABOUT TWO WEEKS OR SO, SO
11:03:13AM THAT WE CAN GAIN MORE INFORMATION, HAVE A BETTER PERSPECTIVE
11:03:16AM ON IT, TO LOOK AT -- WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE AN ANSWER FOR
11:03:19AM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BY THEN, BY THE WAY.
11:03:21AM THAT'S JUST NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, NOT WITH THOSE GUYS.
11:03:24AM AND THEN SO WE CAN AT LEAST LOOK AT THE CRA AND SEE WHAT THE
11:03:29AM CRA CAN DO, BECAUSE PUTTING FORTH ALL THIS CITY MONEY ON IT
11:03:34AM WHEN THE FEDERALES MAY NOT EVEN COME THROUGH ON IT REALLY
11:03:38AM BOTHERS ME, IT REALLY DOES.
11:03:40AM I DON'T WANT TO LET GO OF IT JUST YET, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
11:03:43AM I THINK THAT IS A GOOD COMPROMISE TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF
11:03:45AM TIME.
11:03:46AM THAT'S MY VIEW ON THE 17th.
11:03:53AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IF I MAY, MY SECOND TIME, I SOMEWHAT
11:03:56AM AGREE WITH EVERYTHING SAID.
11:03:57AM MR. VIERA MAKING COMMON SENSE ABOUT TALKING WITH ANOTHER
11:04:01AM PARTNER NOT HERE AT THE TABLE, HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING
11:04:04AM TO HAPPEN?
11:04:05AM DOUBT IN THE GOVERNMENT MONEY, $5.3 MILLION, WHATEVER.
11:04:09AM WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORD CIT, I WANT TO GROW HAIR AGAIN
11:04:14AM BECAUSE I LOST IT ALL DURING THE 1996 ELECTION AND DURING
11:04:17AM THE PAST ELECTION, $150 MILLION BECAUSE WE DIDN'T TELL THE
11:04:21AM PUBLIC THE FACT THAT WAS YOUR DAMN MONEY GOING AWAY TO
11:04:24AM SOMEBODY ELSE.
11:04:25AM IF WE HAD VOTED THE OTHER WAY, MONEY TO DO ANYTHING YOU
11:04:28AM WANTED TO DO, BUT WE GOT -- THE PUBLIC VOTED FOR IT.
11:04:33AM NOT AGAINST THE PUBLIC.
11:04:34AM THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT.
11:04:34AM THAT'S WHAT THEY GOT.
11:04:35AM NOW WE'RE DEALING WITH SOME MONEY THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN OURS
11:04:38AM THAT'S NO LONGER OURS.
11:04:40AM LET ME SAY IT AGAIN, $850 MILLION IN A PERIOD OF 15 YEARS
11:04:44AM YOU'RE GIVING AWAY.
11:04:45AM THANK YOU.
11:04:47AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IF I'M HEARING COUNCIL CORRECTLY, IT SEEMS
11:04:49AM LIKE AN APPROPRIATE MOTION AT THIS POINT WOULD BE TO
11:04:51AM CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO POSSIBLY JUNE 5.
11:04:54AM ANYBODY WILLING TO MAKE THAT MOTION?
11:04:58AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BECAUSE THE CRA MEETING IS NEXT WEEK, I DON'T
11:05:01AM THINK THERE IS ENOUGH TIME FOR THEM TO PLAN.
11:05:03AM I WOULD SAY WE WOULD DO THE MAY 8 CRA MEETING, AND THEN TO
11:05:08AM THEN TALK ABOUT IT LIKE YOU SAID, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT, JUNE
11:05:13AM 5th.
11:05:14AM I MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE -- TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS
11:05:20AM DURING -- OH, I CAN'T DO THAT.
11:05:22AM YOU KNOW WHAT, I CAN MAKE THE MOTION NEXT WEEK DURING THE
11:05:27AM CRA.
11:05:27AM WHAT I CAN DO IS MOVE THIS CONVERSATION TO JUNE 5th.
11:05:32AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK
11:05:35AM TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO JUNE 5.
11:05:36AM A SECOND FROM VIERA.
11:05:39AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
11:05:41AM SORRY, ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:05:42AM I'M SORRY, BEFORE THAT --
11:05:45AM >> I DID WANT TO SPEAK QUICKLY TO THE LEVEL OF CERTAINTY
11:05:48AM ABOUT THE FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROJECT.
11:05:52AM I DO HAVE A BIWEEKLY CHECK-IN MEETING WITH A POINT OF
11:05:55AM CONTACT FROM FHWA.
11:05:57AM AT OUR MOST RECENT CHECK-IN MEETING, HE DID SHARE WITH ME
11:06:01AM THAT THOSE GRANTS FOR WHICH WE HAVE AGREEMENTS SIGNED AND IN
11:06:04AM PLACE, THEY ARE NO LONGER UNDER REVIEW WITHIN HIS OFFICE.
11:06:09AM NOW, THE LEVEL OF COMFORT THAT MIGHT BRING TO ANY ONE OF
11:06:13AM YOU, COULDN'T SPEAK TO.
11:06:14AM I WANT TO BRING THAT TO THE DISCUSSION JUST TO LET YOU KNOW
11:06:17AM FROM THE STAFF LEVEL, ALL INDICATIONS ARE THAT THIS MONEY,
11:06:22AM BECAUSE IT IS WITHIN AN EXECUTED GRANT AGREEMENT, IS SAFE.
11:06:27AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I SAW A NEWS REPORT LAST EVENING FROM THE
11:06:30AM SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION SAYING THEIR GRANTS WERE ALL
11:06:34AM BEING PROCESSED AND PUSHED THROUGH, BECAUSE THERE WAS
11:06:37AM PRESSURE FROM CONGRESS BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT -- WE HAVE A
11:06:42AM MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
11:06:44AM ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO ADD BEFORE WE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE?
11:06:46AM WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO JUNE 5.
11:06:51AM ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
11:06:51AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:06:52AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:06:55AM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:06:56AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
11:06:58AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES.
11:06:58AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
11:07:00AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH MANISCALCO
11:07:02AM BEING ABSENT.
11:07:03AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN VIERA, YOU HAD SOMETHING YOU'D
11:07:05AM LIKE TO SAY.
11:07:05AM >>LUIS VIERA: WITH THE FEDS, THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR.
11:07:09AM MY BIG THING IS TO LOOK AT OUR CRA AND SEE HOW MUCH WE CAN
11:07:12AM GET OUT OF THEM.
11:07:14AM GET ANOTHER MILLION OR TWO, LET'S DO THAT.
11:07:16AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I HEARD THAT COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK WOULD
11:07:18AM TAKE THAT ON.
11:07:19AM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
11:07:21AM >>LYNN HURTAK: IN LOOKING AT THIS PROJECT SCHEDULE, SO FOR
11:07:23AM ME, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS IS THE BASE PHASE WHICH IS THE
11:07:27AM DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, ENGINEERING IS 1.2 MILLION.
11:07:31AM SINCE THIS IS A REFUNDABLE GRANT, I THINK I WOULD BE MORE
11:07:35AM COMFORTABLE IF WE USED THE MONEY OR IF WE WENT THROUGH THE
11:07:38AM DESIGN PHASE PROCESS AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT MONEY.
11:07:42AM I STILL WON'T SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE IT'S $17 MILLION THAT WE
11:07:45AM COULD BE SPENDING ON ROADS, TO BE QUITE FRANK.
11:07:48AM BUT, YEAH, IF YOU ALL WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FEDERAL
11:07:52AM MONEY, THAT IS A WAY THAT YOU COULD LOOK AT IT.
11:07:55AM YOU COULD SEE IF THEY ACTUALLY PAY US THE 1.2 FOR DESIGN AND
11:07:59AM PLANNING BEFORE WE GO FORWARD WITH THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION.
11:08:02AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:08:03AM WE ARE FINISHED WITH NUMBER 34.
11:08:07AM WE ARE NOW TO ITEM 36.
11:08:09AM THANK YOU, GUYS.
11:08:13AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
11:08:20AM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: AGAIN, BRANDON CAMPBELL, MOBILITY
11:08:22AM DEPARTMENT.
11:08:22AM ITEMS 36 AND 37 GO TOGETHER.
11:08:26AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: LET'S DO 36 AND 37 TOGETHER.
11:08:30AM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: WE HAVE UPLOADED AN AGREEMENT.
11:08:32AM IT IS A STATE-FUNDED GRANT AGREEMENT.
11:08:35AM IT IS ACTUALLY A THREE-PARTY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY,
11:08:39AM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AND FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
11:08:40AM TRANSPORTATION FOR $21 MILLION FUNDING 7 PROJECTS WITH THE
11:08:49AM FUNDS THAT WERE COLLECTED BY THE 2018 SURTAX AND WENT
11:08:53AM THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THOSE PROJECTS WERE SELECTED BY THE
11:08:57AM STATE LEGISLATURE WITH OUR INPUT.
11:08:59AM I DID UPLOAD A MAP.
11:09:02AM I THINK IT WAS YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE, AFTER DISCUSSION
11:09:06AM WITH COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, THAT SHOWS THE DIFFERENT SEGMENTS
11:09:11AM WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
11:09:13AM >>LYNN HURTAK: CAN YOU SHOW THAT TO US NOW?
11:09:24AM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: SOME OF THE SEGMENTS ARE CONTIGUOUS TO
11:09:26AM ONE ANOTHER, SO IT MIGHT NOT -- IF YOU ARE COUNTING THE RED
11:09:29AM LINES, IT MAY NOT ADD UP TO 7.
11:09:33AM ACTUALLY, THE GREEN LINES, I SUPPOSE I SHOULD SAY.
11:09:35AM THE GREEN LINES ARE THE PROJECTS THAT THE CITY WILL BE
11:09:39AM TAKING ON, FUNDED WITH THAT $21 MILLION OF SURTAX PROJECTS.
11:09:46AM THE RED LINES ARE COUNTY PROJECTS THAT OVERLAP INTO CITY
11:09:51AM LIMITS.
11:09:52AM YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF OVERLAP IN NEW TAMPA ON BRUCE B.
11:09:54AM DOWNS AND THEN A COUPLE OF OTHERS THAT COME INTO THE CITY,
11:09:58AM BUT WILL BE LED BY HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
11:10:01AM MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT AT THE BOARD OF COUNTY
11:10:05AM COMMISSIONERS MEETING YESTERDAY, THEY APPROVED THE SAME
11:10:08AM AGREEMENT, SO PENDING YOUR APPROVAL AND THE EXECUTION ON OUR
11:10:12AM SIDE, IT WILL GO UP THROUGH THEM AND THEN HEAD OVER TO
11:10:16AM F.D.O.T. FOR THEIR EXECUTION OF THE AGREEMENT.
11:10:18AM ANY QUESTIONS, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO --
11:10:23AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I APPRECIATE THE MAP, BECAUSE I THINK IT
11:10:26AM GIVES A CLEAR DEFINITION AND AN UNDERSTANDING FOR CITIZENS
11:10:29AM OF TAMPA WHO PUT IN WAY MORE THAN $21 MILLION AND ARE
11:10:35AM CERTAINLY NOT GETTING THAT BACK.
11:10:37AM I THINK IT'S VERY NICE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT THEY
11:10:39AM ARE ACTUALLY GETTING FOR THAT MONEY.
11:10:42AM BUT ALSO, I WAS CURIOUS, IS THIS SIMPLY REPAVING OR WILL
11:10:47AM THERE BE ANYTHING ELSE DONE?
11:10:52AM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: THE PRIMARY SCOPE OF EACH OF THESE
11:10:55AM PROJECTS WILL BE RESURFACING BUT THERE WILL BE ANCILLARY
11:10:58AM ITEMS THAT WOULD GO ALONG WITH THAT.
11:11:00AM ADA RAMP UPGRADES.
11:11:02AM THERE MAY BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO RECONFIGURE STRIPING, NOT
11:11:08AM AS A SORT OF PRIMARY EFFORT AND IF THERE ARE SIGNING NEEDS,
11:11:13AM F.D.O.T. HAS INDICATED TO US THAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT
11:11:17AM WOULD TYPICALLY GO ALONG WITH ONE OF THEIR RESURFACING
11:11:20AM PROJECTS, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO QUESTION ANY.
11:11:24AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO BE THE DEVIL AT
11:11:29AM CITY HALL, WHAT WAS SAID EARLIER WAS CORRECT.
11:11:32AM CITY OF TAMPA PAYS ABOUT 31% OF THE TOTAL SALES TAX IN THE
11:11:36AM WHOLE COUNTY.
11:11:37AM WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE, WE GOT
11:11:39AM SHORTCHANGED NOT BY YOU, NOT BY ANYONE IN THIS BUILDING
11:11:43AM HERE, BUT SOMEHOW, SOMEHOW -- AND I DON'T KNOW WHO, WE GET
11:11:46AM BACK 21 MILLION WHEN THE CITY A THIRD OF OUR SIZE, 10.5
11:11:52AM MILLION.
11:11:52AM THESE ARE THE THINGS YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT.
11:11:54AM WE GOT TO STAND UP, NOT YOU GUYS, BUT US ELECTED OFFICIALS
11:11:59AM HAVE TO STAND UP TO WHOEVER IS DOING THESE CALCULATIONS
11:12:03AM BECAUSE WE GET WHAT BACK?
11:12:05AM HALF WHAT WE SHOULD GET BACK.
11:12:08AM I'LL SAY THAT.
11:12:09AM THESE ARE THE FACTS WE'RE SAYING.
11:12:11AM I'M NOT THE SMARTEST INDIVIDUAL, BUT I CAN COUNT TO TEN.
11:12:15AM THANK YOU.
11:12:17AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:12:19AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
11:12:20AM I'LL OBVIOUSLY SUPPORT THIS.
11:12:22AM THIS HAS A LOT OF GOOD PROJECTS, BUT I WAS SPEAKING WITH
11:12:26AM MOBILITY ON THIS, AND IT IS, NUMBER ONE, YOU START OFF WITH
11:12:30AM THE IDEA THAT IN 2018, ABOUT 60% OF PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY
11:12:36AM SUPPORTED, SAID, HEY, LISTEN, ROADS ARE SO BAD, PLEASE RAISE
11:12:42AM MY TAXES. THAT GOT TAKEN AWAY BECAUSE OF THE ALL FOR
11:12:46AM TRANSPORTATION LITIGATION.
11:12:48AM 2022, BEFORE WE COULD VOTE ON IT, IT WAS KICKED OUT IN
11:12:52AM CIRCUIT COURT AND ALMOST PASSED IN A YEAR WHERE FRIENDLY
11:12:57AM CANDIDATES DID VERY WELL, BUT YET -- STRIKE THAT -- AND NOT
11:13:00AM SO TRANSIT FRIENDLY CANDIDATES DID NOT DO SO WELL, BUT THE
11:13:06AM INITIATIVE ALMOST PASSED EVEN WITH THE LITIGATION.
11:13:09AM YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
11:13:10AM WHAT WE'RE PASSING, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, PLANT CITY AND
11:13:15AM TEMPLE TERRACE, THEY GOT THE SAME AMOUNT AS TAMPA.
11:13:18AM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: I DO NOT KNOW --
11:13:21AM >>LUIS VIERA: IT'S NOT PROPORTIONATE.
11:13:23AM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: CORRECT.
11:13:24AM >>LUIS VIERA: I GREW UP IN TEMPLE TERRACE.
11:13:26AM MY MOTHER LIVES IN TEMPLE TERRACE.
11:13:27AM I LOVE PLANT CITY, ET CETERA.
11:13:29AM I REALLY DO LOVE TEMPLE TERRACE AND PLANT CITY.
11:13:32AM BUT IT IS JUST SOMETHING TO LOOK AT.
11:13:34AM THE FACT THAT WE HERE IN THE CITY DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OF A SAY
11:13:40AM ON THIS IS FRUSTRATING BECAUSE WE REPRESENT AS WELL THE
11:13:45AM PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR THIS AND WHO PAID OUT OF THEIR
11:13:48AM HARD-EARNED MONEY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
11:13:50AM WHEN I LOOK AT WHAT PEOPLE, THE 400,000 PEOPLE IN THE CITY
11:13:53AM OF TAMPA PAID FOR THIS, INCLUDING THE PEOPLE, BY THE WAY, OF
11:13:58AM DISTRICT 7, WHO ARE NOT GETTING MUCH.
11:14:01AM THAT'S WHY I'M A LITTLE PISSED OFF.
11:14:04AM IT'S FRUSTRATING.
11:14:05AM IT REALLY, REALLY IS.
11:14:06AM AGAIN, IT WAS SOMETHING OUT OF OUR HANDS.
11:14:10AM I WOULDN'T VOTE AGAINST THIS BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD
11:14:13AM PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE ADA IMPROVEMENTS.
11:14:15AM I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL.
11:14:18AM WE WANT TO REPRESENT THE WHOLE CITY.
11:14:20AM JUST ON PRINCIPLE, THIS IS VERY, VERY FRUSTRATING.
11:14:23AM IN 2018 WHAT WE VOTED ON, SUPPORTED, MANY OF US ENDORSED, I
11:14:31AM ENDORSED IT PROUDLY AND EVERYTHING, WAS NOT THIS.
11:14:35AM WE HAD A DIFFERENT VISION THAT WOULD HAVE REALLY HELPED
11:14:38AM WORKING FAMILIES IN TAMPA.
11:14:39AM THAT'S VERY FRUSTRATING.
11:14:40AM AGAIN, I'LL SUPPORT THIS.
11:14:43AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MR. BHIDE, I SAW YOU JUMP UP.
11:14:46AM I THINK YOU HAVE SOME STATISTICS.
11:14:48AM COULD YOU SHARE WITH US HOW THESE FUNDS BROKE -- WHAT WAS
11:14:52AM COLLECTED TOTAL, WHAT WAS DISTRIBUTED, AND HOW IT WAS
11:14:55AM DISTRIBUTED?
11:14:56AM >>VIK BHIDE: SURE.
11:14:58AM VIK BHIDE.
11:14:58AM FIRST, TAMPA IS RECEIVING SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN TEMPLE
11:15:02AM TERRACE, COMMENSURATE TO OUR POPULATION AND ALL.
11:15:06AM PLANT CITY HAS A LARGE NUMBER OF PROJECTS, BUT THE OVERALL
11:15:11AM AMOUNT ISN'T AS LARGE.
11:15:12AM I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT BREAKDOWN, BUT I WILL BE HAPPY TO
11:15:16AM SHARE THAT.
11:15:16AM OVERALL, $580 MILLION WERE COLLECTED AS PART OF THE SURTAX.
11:15:23AM $580 MILLION.
11:15:24AM WHAT WE HAVE THROUGH ALL OF THE ALLOCATIONS FROM THE STATE,
11:15:31AM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, TEMPLE TERRACE, PLANT CITY, AND TAMPA,
11:15:34AM IS ABOUT HALF THAT.
11:15:37AM LITTLE OVER HALF OF THAT.
11:15:40AM AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE BALANCE DID GO TOWARDS THE LEGAL
11:15:44AM EFFORTS TO GET US TO THE PLACE THAT WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.
11:15:47AM AGAIN, WE'LL WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS TO GET THESE PROJECTS
11:15:52AM EXECUTED WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
11:16:00AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: GO AHEAD.
11:16:01AM I'LL GO OFF ON A RANT.
11:16:03AM >>LUIS VIERA: I HEREBY WITHDRAW MY STATEMENT ON THE OTHER
11:16:06AM MUNICIPALITIES.
11:16:07AM THANK YOU, MR. BHIDE, FOR CORRECTING THE RECORD ON THAT.
11:16:09AM MY APOLOGIES.
11:16:10AM THANK YOU.
11:16:11AM THAT'S ALL.
11:16:11AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST DOWN RIGHT THEFT AND
11:16:21AM BAD GOVERNMENT OF WHAT HAS JUST TRANSPIRED HERE.
11:16:25AM WE'RE TALKING OVER I THINK CLOSE TO $250 MILLION, QUOTE,
11:16:31AM UNQUOTE, LEGAL FEES.
11:16:33AM ANYBODY WANTS TO SAY DAMN THE LAWYERS, DAMN THE LAWYERS AND
11:16:37AM DAMN THE POLITICIANS IN TALLAHASSEE.
11:16:38AM I'M SORRY, YOU THINK YOU'VE GOT GOD LEGISLATORS REPRESENTING
11:16:44AM YOU IN TALLAHASSEE.
11:16:45AM LOOK AT THIS.
11:16:46AM THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY DOING.
11:16:47AM DON'T LISTEN TO WHAT THEY TELL YOU THEY ARE DOING, LOOK AT
11:16:50AM WHAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY DOING.
11:16:51AM THEY JUST STOLE YOUR MONEY.
11:16:53AM ESPECIALLY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA,
11:16:55AM YOU LOOK AT THIS MAP, LOOK AT THE RED DOTS, GOD BLESS THEM.
11:17:00AM THEY REPRESENTED THEMSELVES.
11:17:02AM WHAT HAPPENED WAS TALLAHASSEE SENT THE MONEY TO THE COUNTY
11:17:05AM AND THEN THE COUNTY REDISTRIBUTED.
11:17:07AM GUESS WHAT HAPPENED, THEY TOOK ALL THE MONEY.
11:17:11AM HOW MANY PROJECTS ARE IN THE COUNTY?
11:17:13AM HOW MANY PROJECTS ARE IN THE CITY?
11:17:15AM IT'S LIKE NOTHING.
11:17:18AM YOU KNOW WHAT I WOULD HAVE SAID TO THE FRICKING COUNTY, PAVE
11:17:22AM YOUR DAMN ROADS IN THE COUNTY FIRST -- IN THE CITY.
11:17:24AM TAKE THE MONEY AND PAVE WHAT YOU'VE NEGLECTED YEAR AFTER
11:17:27AM YEAR AFTER YEAR.
11:17:29AM MOST OF THE COMPLAINTS I GET ABOUT THE ROADS IN THE CITY,
11:17:31AM THEY ARE NOT EVEN CITY ROADS.
11:17:33AM THEY ARE COUNTY ROADS BECAUSE THE COUNTY DOESN'T MAINTAIN
11:17:36AM THEIR PROPERTY THAT THEY ARE LEGALLY OBLIGATED TO PAY FOR IN
11:17:40AM THE CITY OF TAMPA.
11:17:42AM AND THE PEOPLE THAT VOTED FOR THIS ON THE COUNTY COMMISSION
11:17:45AM SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES THAT THEY LET THE CITY HANG.
11:17:48AM THE TAXES, BECAUSE THE COMMERCE HAPPENS WITHIN THE CITY
11:17:51AM BOUNDARIES.
11:17:51AM THESE TAXES, A SUPER AMOUNT OF THESE TAXES WERE COLLECTED
11:17:55AM WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
11:17:57AM WE HAVE HAD OUR POCKETS PICKED.
11:18:01AM EVERY PERSON THAT LIVES IN THE CITY OF TAMPA SHOULD BE
11:18:03AM OUTRAGED BY WHEN THEY LOOK AT THIS MAP AND THEY LOOK AT WHAT
11:18:06AM THE PEOPLE -- THEY ELECTED TO REPRESENT THEM IN TALLAHASSEE
11:18:09AM AND THE COUNTY COMMISSION DID TO THE CITY OF TAMPA ON THIS
11:18:11AM MAP.
11:18:12AM IT IS SHAMEFUL AND A DISGRACE.
11:18:15AM ANYBODY ELSE?
11:18:19AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I'LL MOVE 36 AND 37.
11:18:21AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK
11:18:24AM TO MOVE ITEMS 36 AND 37.
11:18:26AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA AND COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, YOU HAD
11:18:28AM SOMETHING.
11:18:28AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'LL VOTE AGAINST IT.
11:18:31AM I WILL BE CRITICIZED LATER ON IN LIFE, BUT I'M TIRED OF
11:18:34AM GETTING PUSHED AROUND, TELLING ME THIS IS WHAT YOU GOT, TAKE
11:18:37AM IT OR LEAVE IT, HELL WITH YOU.
11:18:39AM I'M TELLING THEM, THE HELL WITH YOU TOO.
11:18:43AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION.
11:18:48AM CAN WE GET COUNCILMAN CARLSON ON SCREEN SO WE CAN TAKE A
11:18:51AM VOTE WITH HIM?
11:18:51AM COUNCILMAN CARLSON, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY?
11:18:57AM >>BILL CARLSON: NO.
11:18:59AM WE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE IN THIS BECAUSE THE WAY THE
11:19:02AM LEGISLATURE BROUGHT IT DOWN.
11:19:04AM SO I'LL VOTE FOR IT.
11:19:05AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
11:19:06AM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:19:08AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
11:19:09AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NO.
11:19:11AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
11:19:13AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:19:15AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO.
11:19:16AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH CLENDENIN AND MIRANDA
11:19:19AM VOTING NO AND MANISCALCO BEING ABSENT.
11:19:22AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OKAY.
11:19:23AM THE NEXT ONE WILL BE MUCH MORE PLEASANT, I'M SURE.
11:19:27AM ITEM 39, STORMWATER.
11:19:31AM >>VIK BHIDE: 38.
11:19:31AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I'M SORRY.
11:19:32AM 38.
11:19:37AM >>VIK BHIDE: VIK BHIDE, MOBILITY.
11:19:39AM HERE TO ADDRESS ITEM 38.
11:19:41AM I'M JOINED BY BRYAN RODGER, OUR OPERATIONS MANAGER.
11:19:46AM BRYAN OVERSEES A TEAM OF OVER 160 PEOPLE ACROSS
11:19:51AM TRANSPORTATION AND STORMWATER OPERATIONS THAT HELPS WITH
11:19:58AM ADMINISTRATION.
11:19:58AM THIS IS OUR MONTHLY STORMWATER REPORT THAT WAS REQUESTED
11:20:05AM JUST TO SHOW WHAT MAINTENANCE WE DO ON THE STORMWATER SIDE.
11:20:09AM UNDERSTANDABLY, GIVEN THE INTENSE STORM SEASON THAT WE HAD
11:20:13AM LAST YEAR.
11:20:14AM SO THIS IS THE OVERALL WORK EFFORT.
11:20:21AM >>LYNN HURTAK: CAN I SEE IT.
11:20:22AM THANK YOU.
11:20:24AM >>VIK BHIDE: THIS IS THE OVERALL WORK EFFORT FOR THE MONTH
11:20:29AM OF MARCH.
11:20:31AM AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE DONE WORK ON DIFFERENT CULVERTS AND
11:20:37AM PIPES OVER 589 MILES.
11:20:40AM 186 MILES OF DITCHES, 886 OUTFALLS TOTAL.
11:20:46AM THESE ARE BOTH RIVER AND SALTWATER OUTFALLS.
11:20:50AM WORKED ON ALL OF OUR PUMP STATIONS.
11:20:53AM WORK CONTINUES.
11:20:54AM WE'RE ON TARGET TO HAVE ALL OF THE GENERATORS ACTIVE AND IN
11:20:58AM PLACE AT ALL OF THE PUMP STATIONS BEFORE JUNE 1st.
11:21:02AM WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON HEAD WALLS, OVER A MILE OF THAT AND
11:21:08AM THEN RETENTION PONDS, ABOUT 150 RETENTION PONDS, AND THEN A
11:21:13AM LARGE NUMBER OF INLETS AND MANHOLES AND, OF COURSE, ABOUT
11:21:17AM 1900 MILES, CURB MILES, OF STREET SWEEPING ACROSS 32 ROUTES.
11:21:22AM OUR STREET SWEEPING IS PART OF OUR STORMWATER OPERATIONS
11:21:26AM BECAUSE STREET SWEEPING REMOVES POLLUTANTS FROM THE STREET
11:21:30AM WHICH IMPACTS WATER QUALITY, WHICH IS PART OF OUR MS 4
11:21:35AM PERMIT, WHICH IS THE MUNICIPALLY SEPARATED STORM SEWER
11:21:40AM SYSTEMS, WHICH IS A PERMIT THAT WE WORK UNDER AND OPERATE
11:21:43AM UNDER.
11:21:43AM WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 62 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES UNDER BRIAN'S
11:21:50AM LEADERSHIP.
11:21:51AM HE DOES HAVE A STORMWATER CHIEF THAT'S INCLUDED AS PART OF
11:21:55AM THE 62 THAT OVERSEES MULTIPLE CREWS AND VARIOUS FUNCTIONS.
11:22:02AM LOOKING AT OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE, WE'RE STILL HOLDING A
11:22:10AM LARGE NUMBER OF CAVE-IN CALLS.
11:22:12AM A VERY LARGE NUMBER.
11:22:14AM ON THAT, JUST YESTERDAY, JEREL TURNER, THE OPERATIONS CHIEF
11:22:20AM FOR STORMWATER, BRYAN AND I WORKED WITH OUR PURCHASING TEAM
11:22:24AM TO INITIATE A $1 MILLION CONTRACT TO ADDRESS CAVE-INS.
11:22:30AM WE'RE GETTING CONTRACTOR SUPPORT AS WELL THAT'S IN PROCESS
11:22:34AM RIGHT NOW.
11:22:35AM WE CONTINUE TO DO A WHOLE BUNCH OF CURB, GUTTER, MANHOLES
11:22:40AM AND ALL KINDS OF WORK.
11:22:42AM AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT OUR CALLS BY MONTH, OF COURSE, THEY
11:22:46AM ARE KIND OF STEADY BUT IN THE MONTH OF MARCH, WE HAD ABOUT
11:22:50AM 161 CALLS, AND THEY REDUCED AS STORM SEASON HAS BEEN FURTHER
11:22:59AM AND FURTHER BEHIND US.
11:23:00AM CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE BELOW.
11:23:04AM THAT IS THE BREAKDOWN OF THE 161.
11:23:10AM THE MOST PREVALENT CALL FOR SERVICE IS DRAINAGE AND BACKUP
11:23:14AM ISSUES.
11:23:15AM NOW, THE TYPE OF CALLS WILL CHANGE DEPENDING ON STORM SEASON
11:23:19AM VERSUS DRY SEASON.
11:23:21AM SO AT LAST MONTH'S REPORT, BRYAN HAD SAID THAT WE WOULD BE
11:23:30AM WORKING ON THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT YOU SAW ON THE TOP.
11:23:32AM MOST OF THESE ARE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE MOST AFFECTED BY
11:23:35AM THE FLOODING.
11:23:37AM UNIVERSITY SQUARE, NORTH TAMPA, FOREST HILLS, BEACH PARK,
11:23:41AM PALMA CEIA PINES, AND MANY OTHERS.
11:23:44AM SO WE HAVE WORKED ON THE SYSTEM IN ALL OF THESE AREAS.
11:23:49AM SOME OF THE AREAS LIKE PALMA CEIA PINES AND BEACH PARK ARE
11:23:52AM STILL ONGOING WORK, BUT WE'VE EITHER COMPLETED OR AT ALL OF
11:24:00AM THESE LOCATIONS.
11:24:01AM THE SPECIFICS OF THE WORK ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE LISTED BELOW.
11:24:07AM BUT 2900 MILES OF DITCHES, RE-GRADED.
11:24:12AM ALSO INITIATING A CONTRACT FOR DITCH GRADING, THANKS TO
11:24:16AM COUNCIL FOR MAKING THAT FUNDING AVAILABLE, AND WE'LL PUT
11:24:20AM THAT TO GOOD USE IMMEDIATELY.
11:24:22AM OVER 500 TONS OF DEBRIS REMOVED.
11:24:25AM AND YOU DID APPROVE A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT HELPS US MOVE
11:24:29AM THAT DEBRIS ONTO TRUCKS AND THEN WE HAUL IT OUT.
11:24:33AM AND THEN 82 MILES OFF DITCHES -- AGAIN, 35,000 LINEAR FEET
11:24:40AM OF PIPES MAINTAINED.
11:24:42AM OVER 450 STRUCTURES MAINTAINED AND THEN 17 OUTFALL
11:24:47AM INSPECTIONS.
11:24:48AM AFTER INSPECTIONS, THEY EITHER DO WHATEVER MAINTENANCE THEY
11:24:51AM CAN THEN OR SCHEDULE THAT.
11:24:54AM AND IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, WHETHER WE
11:24:56AM USE A SPIDER, WHICH IS A SPECIAL PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, WHICH
11:25:00AM IS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED.
11:25:04AM WE HAVE TO IMPORT IT, I BELIEVE.
11:25:06AM IT HAD TO BE IMPORTED.
11:25:07AM WE'LL BE COMING MAYBE NEXT YEAR TO ASK FOR A REPLACEMENT FOR
11:25:12AM THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
11:25:14AM AND THEN THE BREAKDOWN OF STREET SWEEPING AS WELL.
11:25:18AM ADDITIONAL WORK THAT THE TEAM HAS BEEN DOING -- RATHER
11:25:22AM WORK-PLAN FOR APRIL WILL BE IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THAT
11:25:26AM INCLUDES TERRACE PARK, LOWRY PARK, UNIVERSITY SQUARE.
11:25:30AM WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK THERE.
11:25:32AM ARMENIA GARDENS, DREW PARK, MACFARLANE PARK, MIDTOWN AND
11:25:36AM WELLSWOOD.
11:25:37AM I DO WANT TO SAY THAT OUR TEAM IS CURRENTLY WORKING SIX DAYS
11:25:42AM A WEEK.
11:25:43AM THAT IS ADDITIONAL TIME OVER AND ABOVE OUR NORMAL TIME.
11:25:47AM WE ARE USING MOSTLY OVERTIME, BUT ALSO MOVING OTHER
11:25:54AM RESOURCES AROUND.
11:25:56AM THEY HAVE BEEN OUT THERE.
11:25:57AM WE WILL STAY ON IT.
11:25:58AM WE FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT MAINTAINING THE EXISTING SYSTEM AS
11:26:02AM IS TO THE BEST POSSIBLE CONDITION.
11:26:06AM HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO AND WHAT
11:26:11AM WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
11:26:12AM THIS IS THE COPELAND PARK PUMP STATION THAT'S BEING
11:26:16AM CONSTRUCTED RIGHT NOW.
11:26:16AM CAVE-IN REPAIRS AT HABANA AND SOME BEFORE-AND-AFTER
11:26:22AM PICTURES.
11:26:25AM THIS IS BEFORE, DURING, AND, AGAIN, MORE BEFORE, DURING, AND
11:26:32AM AFTER PICTURES OF AN INLET TOP REPAIR.
11:26:37AM A LOT OF THE INLET TOPS HAVE SUNK DUE TO THE CONDITIONS
11:26:41AM UNDER THEM.
11:26:42AM SOIL CONDITIONS.
11:26:43AM POND MAINTENANCE, GRADING DITCH, BEFORE, DURING, AFTER, AS
11:26:49AM YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MATERIAL THAT
11:26:53AM GETS REMOVED AND VEGETATION THAT GETS CLEARED AND HAULED
11:26:57AM AWAY.
11:26:58AM MORE DITCH GRADING.
11:27:01AM THIS IS DE SOTO HEIGHTS BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER.
11:27:04AM BEFORE, DURING CONSTRUCTION WITH OUR TEAMS OUT THERE, AND
11:27:08AM AFTER.
11:27:09AM YOU'LL SEE MUCH OF THAT MATERIAL REMOVED AND THE FLOW LINES
11:27:13AM ESTABLISHED SO THE WATER IS CHANNELIZED APPROPRIATELY.
11:27:18AM AND THEN THIS IS JUST AN INTERNAL REPORT, BUT DURING OUR
11:27:22AM STAFF MEETINGS, WE GO OVER OUR CAP TEAM, CUSTOMER SERVICE,
11:27:28AM ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT, AND PROCUREMENT TEAM, IT'S A TEAM OF
11:27:31AM ABOUT EIGHT PEOPLE THAT HELP US WITH EVERYTHING FROM LEGAL
11:27:35AM TO TRACKING.
11:27:35AM THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT TAKE THE CALLS DURING THE DAY AND
11:27:38AM THEN WE HAVE A CALL CENTER SERVICE AT NIGHT.
11:27:40AM AGAIN, THE NUMBER TO CALL IS 813-274-3101 FOR ANY
11:27:46AM STORM-RELATED CONCERNS, BUT WE TRACK ALL KINDS OF CONCERNS
11:27:51AM AND INBOUND VERSUS TCC, THAT RATIO IS IMPORTANT FOR US
11:27:58AM ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE WANT MORE TAMPA CONNECT CALLS AND
11:28:03AM FEWER INBOUND CALLS.
11:28:04AM BECAUSE INBOUND CALLS REQUIRE PEOPLE ANSWERING THEM AND THEN
11:28:07AM ADDITIONAL COORDINATION WHEREAS -- AND THAT IS A VERY
11:28:11AM HEALTHY RATIO AS YOU COMPARE US TO MAYBE OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
11:28:16AM WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO KIND OF ABSORB THAT.
11:28:19AM AND THEN WE TRACK OUR POSITIONS AS WELL.
11:28:22AM OUR VACANCY RATE IS 7%, WHICH IS ABOUT AS HEALTHY AS IT HAS
11:28:26AM BEEN IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, I WOULD SAY.
11:28:30AM AND THAT'S FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
11:28:34AM IN GENERAL, HIRING IS A CHALLENGE.
11:28:37AM THE DISTRIBUTION OF CALLS BY DISTRICT, WE TRACK THAT AS WELL
11:28:41AM SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, AND THIS IS REALLY
11:28:45AM IMPORTANT.
11:28:45AM OUR TEAM LOOKS AT HOW MANY WORK ORDERS WERE CREATED AND HOW
11:28:49AM MANY WERE COMPLETED.
11:28:50AM NOW, THIS ISN'T A ONE-TO-ONE CORRELATION BECAUSE A LOT OF
11:28:54AM WORK ORDERS CREATED TODAY MIGHT BE WORKED ON SEVERAL MONTHS
11:28:57AM FROM NOW, BUT GIVES US AN IDEA OF WHAT'S COMING IN VERSUS
11:29:02AM WHAT'S GETTING OUT.
11:29:04AM AND THEN THE TYPE OF FIX IT FAST REQUEST, TYPICALLY POTHOLES
11:29:09AM ARE THE HIGHEST, OF COURSE, BUT WE MONITOR THAT BECAUSE IF
11:29:12AM THERE IS A LOT OF CRITICAL SIGN DOWN REQUESTS, WE WANT TO
11:29:19AM KNOW WHERE THOSE ARE AT, BECAUSE THEY ARE STOP SIGNS AND
11:29:23AM YIELD SIGNS THAT IMPACT SAFETY DIRECTLY.
11:29:25AM FINALLY, BY DIVISION, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THE FIVE DIVISIONS.
11:29:29AM NOW, I WILL SAY THAT PARKING DOES HAVE THEIR OWN CALL
11:29:33AM CENTER, AND THEY DO A LOT OF INTAKE AS WELL.
11:29:36AM SO THESE TEN CALLS ARE WHAT COMES IN TO OUR CALL CENTER WITH
11:29:41AM CAP TEAM.
11:29:43AM THE PARKING TEAM THEMSELVES GET HUNDRED OF CALLS AS YOU CAN
11:29:48AM IMAGINE EVERY MONTH.
11:29:49AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MR. BHIDE, THANK YOU.
11:29:52AM VERY ENCOURAGING TO SEE THE AMOUNT OF WORK.
11:29:54AM THANK YOU.
11:29:54AM >>LYNN HURTAK: SAME.
11:29:55AM I DON'T ANTICIPATE THESE GOING ON FOREVER, BUT A FEW MONTHS
11:30:00AM JUST TO REALLY SHOW THE PUBLIC WHAT WE'RE DOING I THINK IS
11:30:04AM INVALUABLE.
11:30:05AM AGAIN, YOUR DEPARTMENT DOES A REALLY GREAT JOB WITH CLEAR
11:30:09AM REPORTS.
11:30:10AM I WANT TO REALLY THANK YOU FOR THAT.
11:30:11AM I KNOW THIS REPORT WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE.
11:30:14AM WHAT IS YOUR WEBSITE?
11:30:16AM >>VIK BHIDE: ABSOLUTELY.
11:30:17AM THIS IS ON THE WEBSITE RIGHT NOW.
11:30:18AM IT'S TAMPA.GOV/MOBILITY.
11:30:22AM IF YOU SCROLL ALL THE WAY DOWN, YOU HAVE THE MOST CURRENT
11:30:26AM PAVING REPORT AS WELL AS STORMWATER MAINTENANCE REPORT.
11:30:30AM WE HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON TAMPA.GOV/METRICS AS WELL,
11:30:35AM AND THAT OFFERS MORE INFORMATION.
11:30:38AM THEN JUST AS A GENERAL PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT, ON APRIL 16, AND
11:30:42AM THE NOTICES SHOULD GO OUT BY TOMORROW, WE WILL BE HOLDING A
11:30:47AM VIRTUAL PUBLIC WORKSHOP TO AGAIN, APPRISE ALL NEIGHBORHOODS
11:30:53AM ON THE MAINTENANCE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
11:30:55AM WE WILL BE TAKING QUESTIONS.
11:30:57AM WE'LL BE ADDRESSING THAT AS WELL.
11:30:59AM IN FACT, OUR WHOLE TEAM WILL BE HERE IN CHAMBERS FOR THAT
11:31:02AM WORKSHOP.
11:31:02AM IT'S FROM 6 TO 7 P.M. ON APRIL 16.
11:31:07AM AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT
11:31:10AM THEIR QUESTIONS AS PART OF THE REGISTRATION PROCESS.
11:31:15AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
11:31:16AM THAT'S WONDERFUL.
11:31:16AM IF YOU COULD SEND THAT INFORMATION TO ALL OF OUR OFFICES,
11:31:20AM THAT WAY WE CAN SEND IT OUT FOR YOU AS WELL, THAT SOUNDS
11:31:23AM WONDERFUL.
11:31:24AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:31:24AM I GREATLY APPRECIATE THIS FABULOUS REPORT.
11:31:27AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:31:28AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO THANK YOU.
11:31:30AM SAME THING AS COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK SPOKE ABOUT.
11:31:34AM YOUR WHOLE DIVISION IS UNDER PRESSURE TO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO
11:31:38AM DO NOW AND YOU HAVE TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE AND FIX THE PAST.
11:31:41AM YOU ARE IN A VERY PRECARIOUS POSITION THAT YOU HAVE TO DO
11:31:45AM BOTH AT THE SAME TIME.
11:31:46AM THAT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT.
11:31:47AM DOING A GREAT JOB GETTING IT DONE.
11:31:51AM I'LL GIVE YOU THREE MORE I SAW JUST YESTERDAY.
11:31:54AM AT THE CORNER OF GLEN HEADING SOUTH, ABOUT THREE BLOCKS
11:31:58AM BEFORE SPRUCE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, YOU HAD A HORSE THERE
11:32:02AM WHERE YOU MAKE A RIGHT-HAND TURN.
11:32:05AM THE ROAD HAS DONE WELL, THE DITCH, THEY DON'T HAVE NOTHING
11:32:10AM -- THE ROAD CAVED IN ON THE EXIT TO THE WESTERN PART OF THE
11:32:16AM ROAD.
11:32:17AM THEN YOU HAVE ON GLEN HEADING SOUTH AND THEN THE ONE --
11:32:24AM CAVE-IN ALSO ON 3124 -- I SAW THE ADDRESS LAST NIGHT GOING
11:32:29AM HOME, TAMPA BAY BOULEVARD AND LINCOLN.
11:32:32AM THAT ONE THERE.
11:32:33AM BOTHERS ME A LOT BECAUSE IT HAS COMPLETE ON BOTH SIDES OF
11:32:37AM THE DITCH CAVING IN AND A DRIVEWAY THAT GOES IN AND OUT FOR
11:32:41AM THE RESIDENTS TO HAVE THAT.
11:32:42AM I'M AFRAID THAT'S GOING TO CAVE IN.
11:32:45AM THEN ONE MORE ON LINCOLN ALSO -- HATE TO BOTHER YOU WITH
11:32:50AM THIS -- ON LINCOLN HEADING AGAIN NORTH ON LINCOLN ABOUT
11:32:54AM THREE BLOCKS, I FORGOT THE NAME OF THE STREET, ABOUT THREE
11:32:57AM BLOCKS BEFORE TAMPA BAY BOULEVARD, RIGHT-HAND SIDE.
11:33:00AM SAME THING.
11:33:01AM VEHICLES MAKING THE TURN AND THAT ROADWAY SUNK INTO THE
11:33:04AM DITCH.
11:33:05AM I'M LETTING YOU KNOW WHAT I SAW.
11:33:09AM AGAIN THANK YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT FOR DOING AN EXCELLENT
11:33:12AM JOB.
11:33:12AM IF YOU NEED ANY HELP, I'LL HELP YOU ON WEEKENDS.
11:33:15AM >>VIK BHIDE: THANK YOU.
11:33:17AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DON'T GIVE HIM A BACKHOE.
11:33:19AM NOTHING WITH ELECTRICITY.
11:33:24AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE ONE TOO.
11:33:27AM YOU JUST REMINDED ME.
11:33:31AM >>VIK BHIDE: OUR STAFF WATCHES THE MEETINGS.
11:33:33AM IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, J.T. IS MAKING A NOTE OF THIS RIGHT
11:33:36AM NOW.
11:33:36AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THE ALLEY BETWEEN HANNA AND IDLEWILD BETWEEN
11:33:42AM TAMPA STREET AND HIGHLAND HAS MULTIPLE CAVE-INS.
11:33:52AM I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHY.
11:33:56AM IT'S JUST KIND OF SUDDEN.
11:33:58AM THEY ARE SO BAD YOU SIMPLY CAN'T GET A CAR AND QUITE A FEW
11:34:01AM PEOPLE HAVE VEHICLE ACCESS IN THAT AREA.
11:34:04AM >>VIK BHIDE: WERE THESE THERE AFTER THE STORMS?
11:34:07AM >>LYNN HURTAK: AFTER.
11:34:08AM I WOULD SAY THEY ARE RECENT.
11:34:10AM PROBABLY THE LAST MONTH OR SO.
11:34:12AM VERY UNUSUAL.
11:34:14AM >>VIK BHIDE: THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION FOR THE TEAM TO KNOW.
11:34:17AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CCTV, WE CAN'T SEE COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:34:20AM I CAN'T TELL WHETHER HE'S TRYING TO GET OUR ATTENTION OR
11:34:22AM NOT.
11:34:23AM ALTHOUGH I'VE NEVER SEEN HIM LOOK BETTER.
11:34:25AM THERE HE IS.
11:34:26AM >>BILL CARLSON: YOU LIKE TO SEE ME FROM AFAR.
11:34:29AM THERE IS A CAVE-IN AT BAYSHORE.
11:34:34AM I THINK I FORWARDED IT YESTERDAY.
11:34:35AM I THINK STAFF ARE AWARE OF IT.
11:34:39AM THAT'S WORRISOME BECAUSE ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS IT COULD
11:34:43AM AFFECT.
11:34:44AM HOUSE ADJACENT TO THE ROAD.
11:34:45AM TOLD THAT IS A BIG ISSUE.
11:34:46AM I SAW THE CHANNEL 10 STORY THIS MORNING.
11:34:49AM I WISH THAT IN THE COMMUNICATION THAT YOU ALL COULD SAY THAT
11:34:54AM YOU APPRECIATE WORKING WITH CITY COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC.
11:34:59AM WE'RE REALLY CONDUITS FOR THE PUBLIC'S ISSUES.
11:35:03AM WE GET HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF THESE.
11:35:05AM AS WE'RE TURNING THEM IN, I THINK IT WOULD BE SMART FOR YOU
11:35:08AM ALL TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE LISTENING TO THE PUBLIC.
11:35:10AM THERE'S SCIENCE ATTACHED TO IT BUT ALSO LISTENING TO THE
11:35:14AM PUBLIC ON WHAT TO DO, THAT WOULD SET THE PUBLIC AT EASE THAT
11:35:18AM WE ARE ALL LISTENING TO THEM.
11:35:19AM THE REASON I MENTION CITY COUNCIL IS NOT TO BOOST US, BUT TO
11:35:23AM SAY THAT WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO TRY TO GET THIS DONE.
11:35:26AM ONCE WE GET PAST THE IMMEDIATE CRISES, MY RECOMMENDATION IS
11:35:31AM THAT WE GO, MANY OF THE STAFF MEMBERS HAVE BEEN GOING WITH
11:35:37AM ME IN POCKETS OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
11:35:39AM I UNDERSTAND THAT STAFF IS STRETCHED.
11:35:40AM THE STORMWATER DEPARTMENT MAY WANT TO GET A NEIGHBORHOOD
11:35:43AM LIAISON BECAUSE I THINK AFTER THIS EMERGENCY, I THINK WHAT
11:35:48AM WE OUGHT TO DO IS GO EITHER NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD OR
11:35:52AM STORMWATER BASIN BY STORMWATER BASIN.
11:35:54AM AGAIN, IT SHOULD BE CITY COUNCIL WORKING WITH THE
11:35:57AM NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS AND THE STAFF TO TALK ABOUT WHAT YOUR
11:36:00AM OVERALL STRATEGY IS AND LONG TERM WHAT YOU'RE PLANNING TO
11:36:06AM DO.
11:36:07AM THE MESSAGES GETTING OUT ARE NOT SPECIFIC ENOUGH TO ANSWER
11:36:10AM PEOPLE'S CONCERNS.
11:36:11AM THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION TODAY.
11:36:22AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
11:36:22AM REALLY FAST, I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THAT APRIL 16 VIRTUAL
11:36:26AM MEETING.
11:36:26AM I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
11:36:27AM WE ALSO HAVE A MEETING BECAUSE, AGAIN, NORTH TAMPA IS SUCH A
11:36:32AM BIG HIT.
11:36:33AM MEETING ON APRIL 14 THAT I CALLED.
11:36:35AM WE'LL HAVE A STAFF MEMBER THERE.
11:36:37AM I THANK YOU AND THE ADMINISTRATION FOR ALL YOUR CONSTANT
11:36:40AM HELP IN EVERYTHING.
11:36:41AM I REMEMBER, I GUESS MILTON WAS I THINK OCTOBER 9 OR 10,
11:36:44AM THURSDAY OR FRIDAY.
11:36:46AM AND TUESDAY YOU ALL WERE OUT THERE AT A COMMUNITY MEETING,
11:36:50AM VERY DIFFICULT COMMUNITY MEETING AND YOU GUYS HAVE ALWAYS
11:36:52AM BEEN OUT THERE AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
11:36:55AM WE'LL HAVE YOU GUYS, BOB ENRIQUEZ WILL BE THERE TO TALK
11:36:59AM ABOUT TAX ISSUES WITH PEOPLE'S HOMES AND SO FORTH.
11:37:02AM AND THE IDEA IS KIND OF LIKE YOUR VIRTUAL MEETING, WHICH IS
11:37:06AM TO TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING FOR THE
11:37:11AM COMING STORM SEASON.
11:37:13AM THERE ARE SHORT-TERM ISSUES AND THEN LONG-TERM ISSUES AND WE
11:37:16AM LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT THAT COUNTY, INDEPENDENT REVIEW SAYS ON
11:37:20AM LONG-TERM THINGS.
11:37:21AM MASTER PLAN TYPE ISSUES AND ALL THAT.
11:37:23AM AGAIN, WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS BECAUSE YOU WORK HARD.
11:37:27AM THANK YOU.
11:37:28AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I KNOW YOU MIGHT BE GETTING A LITTLE
11:37:30AM BORED OF ME, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU GETTING BORED OF ME.
11:37:34AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:37:34AM WHAT I'M SAYING IS THIS, WE CAN PREPARE ALL WE WANT, BE
11:37:39AM READY.
11:37:39AM THE PROBLEM IS, GETTING LARGER ON THE OTHER SIDE.
11:37:42AM THE BAY IS THREE DEGREES WARMER THAN IT WAS THE WHOLE
11:37:48AM WINTER.
11:37:49AM WHAT'S HAPPENING, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S COMING.
11:37:51AM WE'RE PREPARING THE BEST WE CAN WHILE WE CAN.
11:37:54AM THIS SEASON, LOOK AT HOW MANY PROBLEMS CLOSE TO THE UNITED
11:38:01AM STATES OF AMERICA.
11:38:02AM KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE, GEORGIA, NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA.
11:38:08AM THE PROBLEM THEY HAD, THEY NEVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE.
11:38:11AM MORE TORNADOES THAN EVER BEFORE.
11:38:14AM THE ANSWER IS WHY?
11:38:15AM WE DON'T KNOW WHY.
11:38:16AM I CAN TELL YOU WHY, I DON'T KNOW EITHER.
11:38:18AM I CAN TELL YOU SOMETHING, IF DON'T TAKE CARE OF NATURE,
11:38:25AM DOESN'T MATTER WHAT WE DO.
11:38:26AM SLAP IN THE FACE OF WHAT'S COMING.
11:38:28AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:38:33AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE THREE MORE ITEMS FOR STAFF REPORTS
11:38:37AM AND THEN NEW BUSINESS.
11:38:39AM IF WE COULD KEEP THIS NEXT STAFF REPORT FAIRLY QUICK, WE MAY
11:38:43AM BE ABLE TO CONCLUDE THIS BEFORE LUNCH.
11:38:46AM MR. BRAD BAIRD, THE LEGEND.
11:38:50AM >>BRAD BAIRD: BRAD BAIRD, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR OF
11:38:54AM INFRASTRUCTURE HERE TO TALK ABOUT ITEM 40.
11:38:57AM GIVE A PRESENTATION ON PIPES.
11:38:59AM QUICK HISTORY LESSON, PIPES WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL
11:39:02AM SEPTEMBER 5, 2019.
11:39:07AM FOUR MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL WERE ACTUALLY ON THAT COUNCIL.
11:39:10AM SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:39:12AM IT IS A LARGE INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM IN THE HISTORY OF TAMPA
11:39:16AM BY FAR.
11:39:20AM THAT IS THE PRIMARY REASON WE ARE ONE OF EIGHT UTILITIES
11:39:28AM THAT HAS THREE AAA BOND RATINGS.
11:39:31AM ONE OF EIGHT IN THE WHOLE UNITED STATES.
11:39:34AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:39:37AM WE ARE THE ENVY OF THE WHOLE UNITED STATES.
11:39:42AM WITH THAT, I'LL ASK THE TECHNICAL FOLKS IN THE BACK TO PULL
11:39:46AM UP THE PRESENTATION AND TURN IT OVER TO ERIC AND RORY.
11:39:55AM >> GOOD MORNING.
11:39:56AM ERIC WEISS, WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR.
11:39:59AM I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE WASTEWATER PIPES PROGRAM.
11:40:02AM THE BACKBONE OF THE PROGRAM IS PUTTING TOGETHER MASTER
11:40:07AM PLANS.
11:40:08AM WE HAVE THREE GENERAL ASSETS OF OUR SYSTEM.
11:40:11AM ONE, OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, THE HOWARD CURREN
11:40:15AM TREATMENT PLANT.
11:40:17AM SECOND IS THE WASTEWATER PUMPING STATIONS, 230 OF THESE ALL
11:40:20AM THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF TAMPA AND LAST, THE ACTUAL PIPES
11:40:24AM GOING DOWN THE STREET COLLECTING THE WASTEWATER.
11:40:26AM I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT.
11:40:28AM ON THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE PIPES, THE ACTUAL PIPES IN THE
11:40:33AM GROUND, ANOTHER BACKBONE OF THAT MASTER PLAN, IT ALL STARTS
11:40:36AM WITH WE CLEAN OUR PIPES.
11:40:39AM EVER SEEN THE BIG TRUCKS WITH ORANGE BARREL ON THE BACK
11:40:42AM GOING THROUGH TOWN, WE CLEAN THE INSIDE OF THE PIPES, RIGHT
11:40:45AM BEHIND THEM IN ANOTHER TRUCK, A WHITE TRUCK THAT WE STICK A
11:40:48AM TV CAMERA DOWN THERE AND ASSESS THE CONDITION OF THE PIPE.
11:40:52AM BY DOING THAT, WE CONSTANTLY UPDATE THAT MASTER PLAN BECAUSE
11:40:56AM WE HAVE NEW INFORMATION, SCORES IT.
11:41:00AM WHY I BROUGHT THIS UP IS EARLIER UNDER CONSENT AGENDA, THERE
11:41:06AM WERE TWO SEWER CLEANERS THAT YOU APPROVED, SO THANK YOU.
11:41:09AM THE NEXT THING IS, WHAT HAVE WE DONE SO FAR?
11:41:15AM SINCE THE START OF IT, WE AWARDED $614 MILLION IN THOSE
11:41:20AM THREE AREAS.
11:41:21AM THAT'S AN ADDITION -- SINCE WE DID THE UPDATE SIX MONTHS
11:41:28AM AGO, ABOUT 153 MILLION.
11:41:30AM OF THAT WAS DONE, A SIGNIFICANT MAJORITY OF THAT WAS ONE
11:41:34AM PROJECT AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND IT HAS TO DO
11:41:38AM WITH THE SOLIDS HANDLING FACILITY.
11:41:40AM IT'S REALLY SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY.
11:41:44AM YOU'LL HEAR MORE COMING IN MY QUICK PRESENTATION.
11:41:46AM THE STANDARD BACK THEN IN THE 1950s AND '60s WHEN IT WAS
11:41:50AM BUILT, YOU PUT THE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT IN GEAR BELOW GRADE
11:41:53AM IN A BASEMENT SO YOU DON'T SEE IT.
11:41:55AM WELL, WITH THE RECENT HURRICANES, WE BARELY MADE IT THROUGH.
11:41:59AM WE PUT UP FLOOD BOARDS TO TRY TO STOP IT FROM OVERFLOWING
11:42:03AM AND WE JUST BARELY DID THAT.
11:42:05AM WHAT THIS PROJECT DOES IS BRING THE EQUIPMENT FROM BELOW
11:42:09AM GRADE INTO NEW ONES ABOVE THE HUNDRED-YEAR FLOODPLAIN.
11:42:12AM THE OTHER ONE PART OF THE $153 MILLION NEW FROM SIX MONTHS
11:42:16AM AGO IS THE NEW FLEET FACILITY AT THE WASTEWATER PLANT.
11:42:20AM NEXT SLIDE HAS TO DO WITH, WOW, WE DID THIS IN 2019,
11:42:27AM PRE-COVID, PRE-INFLATION, I KEPT THIS SLIDE THE SAME.
11:42:34AM MOST OF THE INFLATION IS AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
11:42:36AM WE ACTUALLY SAW VERY LITTLE HIGH INFLATION WHERE WE FIX OUR
11:42:40AM PIPES BECAUSE IT'S REALLY WHERE YOU PUT THE LINER IN.
11:42:43AM THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPANIES THAT DO THAT, THEY ARE IN AND
11:42:46AM OUT QUICK AND JUST A LABOR FUNCTION MORE THAN IT IS ANY KIND
11:42:49AM OF ROTATING EQUIPMENT.
11:42:50AM BUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS UPDATE OUR MASTER PLAN AT THE
11:42:56AM TREATMENT PLANT.
11:42:57AM IT'S NOT THE WHOLE THING OF POPULATION.
11:43:00AM WE JUST WANT TO SAY HERE'S WHAT IS LEFT, GIVE US AN UPDATED
11:43:04AM COST FOR WHAT'S LEFT TO DO WITH THE PLANT IN THE MASTER
11:43:08AM PLAN.
11:43:08AM REALLY THE SECOND THING IS, NEW REGULATIONS.
11:43:11AM A LOT OF NEW REGULATIONS WITH FOREVER CHEMICALS AND WHAT YOU
11:43:14AM CAN DO WITH YOUR SOLIDS WHEN DONE TREATING IT.
11:43:17AM WE KIND OF WANT TO LOOK AT THOSE TOO AND SHOULD MAKE
11:43:21AM PROGRESS BY THE TIME WE COME BACK TO YOU IN SIX MONTHS.
11:43:25AM WANT TO HIGHLIGHT STATUS TWO OF PROJECTS.
11:43:27AM IF YOU'VE BEEN DOWN BAYSHORE AND SEE A BIG GREEN FENCE, THAT
11:43:31AM IS THE WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT.
11:43:34AM REAL QUICK, $18 MILLION PROJECT, SAME THING I TALKED ABOUT
11:43:38AM EARLIER, THEY BUILT IN THE 1950s AND '60s, BUILT THE
11:43:43AM STATION BELOW GRADE.
11:43:44AM WHAT THIS PROJECT DOES IS PUT IN A NEW BUILDING ABOVE GRADE,
11:43:48AM ALL THE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT.
11:43:50AM IT HAS A DOOR, SUBMARINE STYLE DOOR SO WE CAN CLOSE IT WHEN
11:43:55AM STORMS COME.
11:43:58AM IT'S ON SCHEDULE.
11:43:59AM TWO GOOD THINGS ABOUT THIS PROJECT, ONE, WE REALLY GOD AHEAD
11:44:03AM I THINK IN THE PLANNING STAGE.
11:44:05AM WE MET WITH THE TOWER RESIDENTS THERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND
11:44:08AM TALKED ABOUT, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PLANNING, DO YOU HAVE
11:44:10AM ANY COMMENTS?
11:44:11AM WE DID THAT RIGHT BEFORE CONSTRUCTION.
11:44:13AM I'VE HEARD VERY LITTLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SO FAR.
11:44:17AM AGAIN, WE'RE ON SCHEDULE.
11:44:18AM DO WANT TO MENTION ONE MORE THING ABOUT THIS, WE HAD
11:44:22AM WASTEWATER OVERFLOWS IN THE COACHMAN AREA DURING THE
11:44:25AM HURRICANES.
11:44:26AM THIS WILL SIGNIFICANTLY HELP THAT OVERFLOW.
11:44:29AM I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT'S GOING TO FIX IT, BUT IT WILL
11:44:32AM SUBSTANTIALLY DO IT WHILE WE WORK ON OTHER PROJECTS.
11:44:35AM UPDATE MY LAST PROJECT, SAME THEME.
11:44:39AM $80 MILLION PROJECT AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
11:44:43AM THIS IS WHERE WE REMOVED THE CARBON FROM THE WASTEWATER.
11:44:46AM REALLY CONSISTS OF SEVEN LARGE PUMPS IN THE BASEMENT AND
11:44:52AM WE'RE JUST ABOUT DONE.
11:44:54AM IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DONE IN DECEMBER OF '26.
11:44:57AM WE'VE BUILT A NEW BUILDING TO RAISE UP ALL THE ELECTRICAL
11:45:00AM EQUIPMENT.
11:45:01AM THAT IS THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT.
11:45:03AM IT'S OPERATIONAL, AND IT HAS SEVEN OF THESE PUMPS.
11:45:06AM THREE OF THEM ARE ONLINE.
11:45:07AM A FOURTH IS SUPPOSED TO BE ONLINE BEFORE THE START OF THE
11:45:11AM RAINY SEASON AND THEY'LL FINISH UP THIS FALL.
11:45:14AM THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
11:45:16AM I'LL TURN IT OVER TO RORY TO TALK ABOUT THE WATER
11:45:19AM DEPARTMENT.
11:45:20AM >> RORY JONES.
11:45:21AM WATER DEPARTMENT.
11:45:22AM IF I COULD GET THE PRESENTATION.
11:45:27AM SO THE ORIGINAL VISION OF OUR PIPES PROGRAM AS IT RELATES TO
11:45:32AM THE WATER DEPARTMENT, WE HAD A HEALTHY DOSE -- HEALTHY
11:45:36AM BALANCE BETWEEN TREATMENT PLANT RELATED WORK AND PIPELINE
11:45:39AM RELATED WORK.
11:45:40AM SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD HERE, BUT THE COVID IN THE
11:45:44AM CONSTRUCTION MARKET REALLY SHIFT OUR PRIORITIES, REASSESS
11:45:49AM HOW WE APPROACH THIS.
11:45:51AM EVEN THOUGH THE MARKETS HAVE CHANGED, WE'VE SUCCESSFULLY
11:45:54AM AWARDED SOME OF THE MOST CRITICAL PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE
11:45:59AM FOCUSED AROUND THE TREATMENT PLANT FACILITY.
11:46:02AM WE'VE MADE DELIBERATE DECISIONS TO PRIORITIZE THE
11:46:05AM PLANT-RELATED WORK OVER PIPELINE.
11:46:09AM THAT'S REALLY BECAUSE OF THE CONSEQUENCE OF FAILURE.
11:46:11AM IT HAS A GREATER CONSEQUENCE OF FAILURE AT THE PLANT.
11:46:15AM REGULATORY COMPLIANCE TO MEET LONG-TERM CAPACITY ISSUES.
11:46:21AM PIPELINE WORK IS STILL HAPPENING, THOUGH.
11:46:23AM DUE TO COST ESCALATIONS, WE'RE ADVANCING A LITTLE MORE
11:46:29AM SLOWLY AND STRATEGICALLY.
11:46:33AM THE DEFERRED COSTS, REALLY, COST ESCALATIONS HAS HAD IMPACT.
11:46:39AM WE'RE NOW DEFERRING ABOUT EIGHT YEARS OF PIPELINE.
11:46:45AM HARD DECISIONS BUT NECESSARY ONES TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING
11:46:48AM THE MOST IMPACT FOR OUR MONEY.
11:46:50AM THE DEFERRED PROJECTS AREN'T CANCELED, THOUGH.
11:46:54AM WE'LL DO THESE.
11:46:55AM WE ARE JUST TAKING A LITTLE DIFFERENT APPROACH WITH IT.
11:46:58AM I'LL GET INTO THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.
11:47:01AM WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THE FLAGSHIP PROJECTS.
11:47:06AM THIS IS A FAIRLY NEW PICTURE REPRESENTING OUR FILTER
11:47:13AM BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS APPROVED RECENTLY.
11:47:15AM $150 MILLION PROJECT THAT IMPROVES OUR WATER QUALITY, SYSTEM
11:47:19AM RELIABILITY AND ADDING 20 MGD CAPACITY.
11:47:22AM IT ALSO GIVES US A WAY TO SERVICE THE EXISTING FILTERS
11:47:28AM DURING PEAK TIMES.
11:47:29AM THIS IS NEEDED CAPACITY FOR US.
11:47:32AM WE'RE PROUD TO SAY THAT WE DID EXCEED THE EBO GOAL ON THIS
11:47:37AM ONE, WITH $31 MILLION GOING TO CERTIFIED FIRMS, EVEN IN A
11:47:44AM TOUGH MARKET.
11:47:44AM YOU CAN SEE REALLY THE YELLOW FOOTPRINT OF WHERE THIS IS
11:47:49AM GOING.
11:47:50AM RECENTLY WE HAD THE LARGEST CRANE TOWER ERECTED THERE AT THE
11:47:54AM BASE OF THE -- WITHIN THE YELLOW BASIN THERE, THAT YOU MIGHT
11:48:01AM RECEIVE PHONE CALLS ON.
11:48:02AM IT IS A SAFE DISTANCE FROM POWER POLES AND OTHER
11:48:06AM INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND THERE.
11:48:07AM IT'S GOT A BASE THAT IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT THAT, THAT TOWER
11:48:15AM CRANE.
11:48:16AM ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE HERE LOOKING TOWARDS THE WEST, YOU CAN
11:48:21AM SEE PIPELINE GOING INTO THE MIDDLE.
11:48:23AM BECAUSE THIS WAS A DESIGN-BUILD PROJECT, WE WERE ABLE TO
11:48:29AM PERFORM SOME WORK ASSOCIATED WITH THE CHEMICAL SYSTEM
11:48:32AM IMPROVEMENTS, LOWER RIGHT-HAND SIDE, WHILE THEY WERE OPENING
11:48:37AM UP THE ROADWAYS THERE, WE PUT IN SOME PIPELINE, ULTIMATELY
11:48:40AM SAVED US $750,000 TO DO IT WHEN THE OTHER CREW WAS
11:48:46AM PERFORMING THE OTHER WORK.
11:48:47AM ANOTHER BENEFIT TO THE DESIGN-BUILD.
11:48:52AM HERE IS A GENERAL THREE DIMENSIONAL PERSPECTIVE OF IT, THE
11:48:56AM BUILDING ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE IS THE NEW BUILDING.
11:49:00AM BUILDING ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE IS THE EXISTING FILTERS.
11:49:03AM NEW FILTERS WILL BE COVERED.
11:49:05AM THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER, MORE EFFICIENT, HAVE HIGHER
11:49:09AM CAPACITY WITH LESS BAYS.
11:49:12AM ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE WITH THE ROOF PEELED OFF DIGITALLY HERE.
11:49:18AM I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE SECOND PROJECT, THE WATER PUMP
11:49:21AM STATION.
11:49:22AM THIS PUMP STATION MODERNIZES OUR INTAKE SYSTEM FROM THE
11:49:26AM HILLSBOROUGH RIVER, REPLACING PUMPS THAT DATE BACK TO
11:49:29AM ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE PLANT, ALMOST A HUNDRED YEARS
11:49:32AM OLD.
11:49:33AM THIS ADDS ELECTRICAL REDUNDANCY AND REDUNDANCY WITHIN THE
11:49:37AM CHANNELS THEMSELVES.
11:49:38AM GIVES US THE ABILITY TO MAINTAIN SERVICE WHILE TAKING OUT
11:49:43AM COMPONENTS AND WE'RE ABLE TO MAINTAIN AND REHAB FACILITIES
11:49:47AM WHEN NECESSARY.
11:49:48AM THIS INVESTMENT REALLY INCLUDES -- IMPROVES RAW WATER INTAKE
11:49:56AM BY INCREASING RELIABILITY AND REDUNDANCY.
11:49:59AM HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES HERE, YOU CAN SEE
11:50:05AM THE NEW INTAKE.
11:50:08AM IT'S GOING TO BE A COMPLETELY NEW STRUCTURE.
11:50:11AM KIND OF SEE AN OVERHEAD VIEW THERE OF HOW IT WILL PROTRUDE
11:50:15AM OUT IN THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER.
11:50:16AM HERE IS A QUICK PLAN VIEW OF THE TOP OF IT.
11:50:21AM EACH ONE OF THE CHANNELS WILL KIND OF TAKE WATER IN THROUGH
11:50:24AM AUTOMATIC SCREENS.
11:50:26AM HERE IS A SIDE VIEW OF THAT.
11:50:29AM THAT SLANTED PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THERE IS THAT AUTOMATIC
11:50:35AM SCREEN THAT FILTERS OUT ANY FLOATABLES OR THINGS THAT WE GET
11:50:41AM FROM THE RIVER.
11:50:42AM ONCE AGAIN, A THREE DIMENSIONAL PERSPECTIVE OF THIS AS WELL.
11:50:46AM SO WHILE WE'RE DEFERRING SOME LARGE SCALE PIPELINE
11:50:53AM REPLACEMENT PROJECTS, WE'RE NOT STANDING STILL.
11:50:56AM WE ARE STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH PIPELINE WORK.
11:50:59AM AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE HAVE AMPED UP THE USE OF OUR
11:51:04AM CONSTRUCTION CREW.
11:51:06AM WE'RE LOOKING TO ADD MORE PROJECTS TO THE ARSENAL.
11:51:10AM YOU'LL SEE STUFF IN FUTURE AGENDAS THAT WE HAVE TO NOTIFY
11:51:14AM THE PUBLIC ON LARGER SCALE PROJECTS, BUT THEY ARE HELPING TO
11:51:19AM KEEP SOME OF OUR COSTS DOWN.
11:51:21AM WE'RE ALSO PRIORITIZING CRITICAL VALVES WHICH ALLOWS TO US
11:51:25AM ISOLATE AND MINIMIZE MAIN BREAKS.
11:51:27AM WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THOSE.
11:51:29AM WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME PIPELINE, AND WE'LL EVENTUALLY CATCH
11:51:33AM UP, BUT THE HIGHER PRIORITY NEEDS RIGHT NOW ARE THE
11:51:38AM TREATMENT PLANT RELATED PROJECTS.
11:51:40AM WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE OF
11:51:45AM US.
11:51:46AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT WAS SO COMPREHENSIVE I DON'T KNOW,
11:51:47AM OTHER THAN SAYING KUDOS TO YOU.
11:51:50AM ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS?
11:51:51AM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:51:52AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO BOTH
11:51:54AM WASTEWATER AND WATER BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO BE -- SOME OTHER
11:51:58AM CITIES, COUNTIES, AND STATES ARE VERY ENVIOUS OF WHAT YOU
11:52:01AM GUYS ARE DOING.
11:52:02AM YOU AND YOUR TEAM OF EMPLOYEES YOU HAVE WORKING THERE, WAY
11:52:05AM ABOVE BEING SUPERIOR, BUT THANK YOU ALSO FOR WHAT YOU HAVE
11:52:08AM DONE.
11:52:08AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU MUST WALK AROUND THESE CONFERENCES YOU
11:52:11AM GO TO WITH YOUR CHEST THROWN OUT, LIKE THE QUARTERBACK ON
11:52:15AM CAMPUS.
11:52:16AM >> NO, BUT MAYBE EVENTUALLY.
11:52:18AM MAYBE EVENTUALLY.
11:52:19AM THAT'S NOT MY STYLE.
11:52:21AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, YOU HAVE SOMETHING?
11:52:22AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.
11:52:25AM YOU ARE ALWAYS SHOWING GREAT PRESENTATIONS.
11:52:27AM LIKE I SAID EARLIER, I WAS JUST AT THE WATER DEPARTMENT, AND
11:52:31AM I'LL PROBABLY COME BACK TO WASTEWATER, TOO.
11:52:33AM IT'S BEEN A WHILE.
11:52:34AM TO SEE ALL THE PROJECTS YOU'RE DOING.
11:52:35AM IT'S JUST REALLY NEAT TO SEE IT GOING FORWARD.
11:52:38AM WE'RE SO LUCKY THAT THIS PROJECT STARTED WHEN IT DID.
11:52:41AM AND THAT WE HAVE THIS WONDERFUL MASTER PLAN, EVEN IF WE HAVE
11:52:44AM TO DEFER PROJECTS.
11:52:45AM IT'S REALLY GREAT TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A PLAN.
11:52:49AM THAT IS PRETTY MUCH -- YOU CAN'T DO MUCH WITHOUT THE PLAN.
11:52:54AM YOU'RE JUST FILLING GAPS.
11:52:56AM I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU BOTH.
11:52:57AM YOU'RE DOING GREAT WORK WITH THE MONEY WE HAVE, AND LOOK
11:53:01AM FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT HAPPENS IN SIX MORE MONTHS.
11:53:05AM >> THANK YOU.
11:53:05AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NORMALLY YOU SIT HERE ALL DAY AND HERE
11:53:08AM UNTIL 4:00 WHEN WE GET TO YOUR PRESENTATION.
11:53:11AM YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO TO LUNCH.
11:53:13AM CONGRATULATIONS.
11:53:13AM THANKS FOR COMING OUT TODAY.
11:53:15AM WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 41.
11:53:17AM THAT WAS WITH MS. COTTON OR MS. FEELEY.
11:53:20AM MR. COTTON, I SEE YOU.
11:53:26AM WOULD YOU LIKE TO KICK THIS OFF?
11:53:32AM >> DENNIS FERNANDEZ WITH HISTORIC PRESENTATION.
11:53:35AM I'LL BE PRESENTING SOME SLIDES DEALING WITH YBOR CITY
11:53:39AM PARKING LOTS UNDER ITEM 41.
11:53:41AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THE SCREEN WAS VERY SMALL.
11:53:43AM WE ASSUMED IT WAS COTTON BECAUSE THE SCREEN WAS SMALL.
11:53:47AM WE CAN IDENTIFY THAT IT IS YOU, MR. FERNANDEZ.
11:53:50AM >> THANK YOU.
11:53:51AM IF I COULD SHARE MY SCREEN, PLEASE.
11:54:02AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HE'S LOOKING TO SHARE HIS SCREEN.
11:54:07AM WE'RE GETTING THERE.
11:54:20AM WE SEE YOUR DESKTOP.
11:54:27AM WE CAN SEE YOUR DESKTOP.
11:54:37AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THERE YOU GO.
11:54:43AM >> VERY GOOD.
11:54:45AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MOTION.
11:54:48AM WE SEE THAT SCREEN.
11:54:50AM >> OKAY.
11:54:50AM JUST MOVING INTO -- MOVING INTO THE MOTION WE'RE GOING TO
11:55:02AM PRESENT ON THE ONGOING EFFORT IN YBOR CITY FOR PARKING LOT
11:55:08AM AND SOME OF THE NEW PROCESSES PUT IN PLACE WITH THE CODE
11:55:11AM CHANGES THAT OCCURRED LAST OCTOBER.
11:55:13AM THIS INFORMATION BELOW WAS PROVIDED BY MR. O'CONNOR THAT
11:55:21AM CODE ENFORCEMENT IS CONDUCTING INSPECTIONS OF THE PAVED
11:55:25AM PARKING LOTS.
11:55:25AM CURRENTLY ALL HAVE BEEN OBSERVED TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH
11:55:28AM THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CODE.
11:55:30AM I THINK THAT'S CONSISTENT INFORMATION WITH WHAT HE PRESENTED
11:55:33AM AT THE LAST UPDATE.
11:55:35AM IN RELATION TO THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS PROCESS,
11:55:39AM WHICH DEALS WITH THE LAYOUT AND APPEARANCE OF THE LOTS, BACK
11:55:45AM IN 2024, APRIL, ABOUT A YEAR AGO, WE OPENED 24 ENFORCEMENT
11:55:51AM CASES OF THE 72 LOTS THAT EXIST IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
11:55:58AM OF THOSE 24, 20 ACTUALLY APPEARED BEFORE THE CODE
11:56:02AM ENFORCEMENT MAGISTRATE IN JULY OF LAST YEAR.
11:56:07AM AT THAT TIME, FOUR WERE DISMISSED AND THAT WAS MAINLY
11:56:10AM BECAUSE THE OWNERS PRESENTED INFORMATION THAT THEY WERE NOT
11:56:14AM ACTIVELY USING THOSE LOTS AS PRINCIPAL PARKING LOTS.
11:56:19AM 16 WERE FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATION OF THE VARIOUS SECTIONS
11:56:23AM UNDER 27-178.
11:56:26AM THOSE 16 IN VIOLATION SINCE THEN, 7 HAVE BEEN ISSUED
11:56:29AM CERTIFICATES OF APPROPRIATENESS AND COMPLETED THE
11:56:32AM IMPROVEMENTS AND DEEMED TO BE COMPLIANT.
11:56:36AM THREE HAVE HAD BLC APPLICATIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN
11:56:42AM REVIEW.
11:56:43AM ACTUALLY, SINCE I DID THIS PowerPoint, ONE OF THOSE HAS
11:56:46AM ACTUALLY COME INTO COMPLIANCE AS WELL.
11:56:48AM THAT NUMBER WOULD BE 8 ARE IN COMPLIANCE, 2 CURRENTLY IN
11:56:52AM REVIEW AND 6 REMAIN NONCOMPLIANT.
11:56:55AM THOSE 6 THAT ARE NONCOMPLIANT ARE BEING FINED BASED ON THE
11:57:01AM MAGISTRATE'S ACTION ON FEBRUARY THE 5th.
11:57:04AM PART OF THE UPDATE IN OCTOBER TO 27-178 DID REQUIRE THAT
11:57:13AM OPERATORS OF PRINCIPAL USE PARKING LOTS SUBMIT AN ANNUAL
11:57:18AM OPERATION SECURITY PLAN.
11:57:19AM JANUARY 1 WAS THE DATE FOR THE FIRST ONE THAT WENT INTO
11:57:23AM EFFECT.
11:57:23AM CURRENTLY, THERE ARE 31 LOTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT THAT ARE
11:57:26AM REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE ANNUAL OPERATION SECURITY PLAN.
11:57:29AM GIVEN THAT THIS WAS A NEW CODE REQUIREMENT TOWARD THE END OF
11:57:35AM 2024, WE DID SEND OUT LETTERS TO THE PARKING LOT OWNERS
11:57:38AM REGARDING THIS REQUIREMENT.
11:57:40AM SINCE THE JANUARY DATE, 18 REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED, 15
11:57:45AM HAVE BEEN VERIFIED AS COMPLETE, 3 STILL HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL
11:57:49AM INFORMATION THAT NEEDS TO BE SUBMITTED.
11:57:51AM WE'RE WORKING WITH THOSE OWNERS WHO ARE ENGAGED WITH US.
11:57:55AM 13 OF THE PARKING LOTS WERE ISSUED CITATIONS IN FEBRUARY.
11:58:02AM FOR THOSE THAT DID NOT FILE THE REQUIRED REPORT.
11:58:06AM AS OF MARCH 18, THERE WAS A PREHEARING INSPECTION DONE BY
11:58:11AM OUR CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER.
11:58:12AM 11 CASES FAILED AT THAT TIME.
11:58:15AM TWO OF THE LOTS SUBMITTED AFFIDAVITS THAT THEY WERE NO
11:58:18AM LONGER GOING TO USE THE LOTS FOR PRINCIPAL USE PARKING.
11:58:21AM WE HAVE UPCOMING ACTIONS WITHIN THAT ENFORCEMENT PROCESS
11:58:25AM BOTH ON MAY 26, ANOTHER FINAL INSPECTION PRIOR TO THE JUNE 4
11:58:31AM HEARING MAGISTRATE FUNCTION.
11:58:33AM JUST WANT TO ADD THAT WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING WITH MANY OF
11:58:38AM THE OPERATORS TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE.
11:58:41AM WE'RE EXPECTING IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS TO HAVE A MORE
11:58:45AM THOROUGH NUMBER TOWARDS COMPLETION OF OUR GOAL OF HAVING
11:58:48AM 100% COMPLIANCE.
11:58:50AM WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
11:58:53AM THANK YOU.
11:58:53AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MR. FERNANDEZ.
11:58:55AM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
11:58:55AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THIS WAS MY MOTION.
11:58:58AM I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.
11:59:00AM IT SEEMS THAT SLOWLY BUT SURELY WE'RE GETTING THERE.
11:59:04AM THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS REQUESTED THAT THIS BE MAINTAINED FOR
11:59:08AM AT LEAST ONE MORE REPORT BECAUSE THEY ARE SAYING THE SAME
11:59:13AM THING THAT IT'S NOT GOING AS QUICKLY.
11:59:17AM SO, YEAH, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT BIMONTHLY REPORT.
11:59:20AM I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR THOROUGHNESS.
11:59:23AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THINGS GO WELL, WE CAN ANTICIPATE REMOVING
11:59:26AM IT FROM THE SCHEDULE --
11:59:28AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
11:59:29AM IT'S BASICALLY FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:59:30AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY OTHER COUNCIL QUESTIONS?
11:59:31AM WITH THAT, THANK YOU, MR. FERNANDEZ.
11:59:33AM WE APPRECIATE IT.
11:59:34AM WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 42, OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM.
11:59:47AM HERE IS ABBYE FEELEY.
11:59:50AM >>ABBYE FEELEY: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
11:59:52AM ABBYE FEELEY, ADMINISTRATOR.
11:59:54AM JUST A QUICK UPDATE.
11:59:56AM CLARION ASSOCIATES AND MYSELF WERE BEFORE YOU LAST MONTH AS
12:00:00PM PART OF OUR UPDATE.
12:00:02PM A COUPLE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WANTED A FOLLOW-UP OF
12:00:06PM CLARION, AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING THAT UP.
12:00:09PM IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE CODING.
12:00:13PM THE FIRST INSTALLMENT OF THE CODE WRITING IS GETTING UNDER
12:00:17PM WAY, AND WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT COMING AT THE END OF
12:00:19PM SUMMER.
12:00:19PM AND I WILL BE MEETING WITH THE CONSULTANT THE BEGINNING OF
12:00:23PM NEXT WEEK, MY REGULAR MEETINGS WITH THEM, JUST TO GO OVER
12:00:27PM MORE DETAILED SCHEDULE OF WHAT WE CAN ANTICIPATE WITH THOSE
12:00:32PM INSTALLMENTS.
12:00:33PM SO I WILL HAVE THAT FOR YOU AT NEXT MONTH'S UPDATE.
12:00:36PM AND I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
12:00:38PM I ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU A STATUS
12:00:41PM UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE AND KEEP YOU INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS.
12:00:44PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MISS FEELEY.
12:00:46PM ANY QUESTIONS?
12:00:47PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
12:00:48PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I JUST WANT TO SAY I SPOKE TO MISS FEELEY AND
12:00:51PM ASKED IF SHE WANTED TO EXTEND THESE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE
12:00:54PM ARE IN BETWEEN, AND SHE ASKED TO MAINTAIN THEM BECAUSE OF
12:00:56PM THE NICE CONTACT BETWEEN US AND HER OFFICE AND THE PUBLIC
12:00:59PM AND LETTING US KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING DURING THIS CRITICAL
12:01:02PM TIME.
12:01:02PM SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT.
12:01:04PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I GUESS THEN, WITH THAT, THE BALL IS IN
12:01:08PM YOUR COURT IF YOU NEED TO STRETCH IT OUT SOME, LET US KNOW.
12:01:11PM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
12:01:12PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: NO.
12:01:13PM JUST WANTED TO CHIME IN AND SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:01:15PM I NOTICE YOU TAKING NOTES THE LAST TIME THAT THEY WERE
12:01:18PM ACTUALLY HERE.
12:01:19PM AND, YOU KNOW, ALSO MAKING THAT RECOMMENDATION THAT WE
12:01:22PM FOLLOW UP AND SPEAK TO THEM, YOU KNOW, AND NOT JUST GO OFF
12:01:27PM OF OUR INITIAL CONVERSATION.
12:01:28PM AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
12:01:31PM DO YOU KNOW THE POSSIBILITY OF THE DATES, THE TIME FRAME
12:01:34PM THAT WE CAN ANTICIPATE SPEAKING WITH THEM AGAIN?
12:01:40PM >>ABBYE FEELEY: I BELIEVE ROSEMARY, MY RIGHT HAND, WILL BE
12:01:44PM REACHING OUT TO SEE WITH YOUR AIDES WHO ARE INTERESTED IN
12:01:49PM HAVING THOSE MEETINGS, AND WE WILL GET THEM ON THE CALENDARS
12:01:52PM AS THEY WORK FOR YOU.
12:01:52PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
12:01:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MISS FEELEY AND ENJOY YOUR
12:01:58PM LUNCH.
12:01:59PM YOU DON'T HAVE TO HANG AROUND FOR US.
12:02:00PM SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA ITEMS.
12:02:02PM WE ARE READY FOR SOME NEW BUSINESS.
12:02:05PM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:02:07PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I PASS.
12:02:08PM NO NEW BUSINESS.
12:02:09PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
12:02:10PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
12:02:12PM I WANTED TO UPDATE -- OH, THANK YOU.
12:02:15PM THERE WAS A STAFF REPORT WRITTEN ON THE -- ON THE TAMPA FIRE
12:02:19PM ON THE RECORDS REQUEST THAT THANKFULLY THAT HAS BEEN
12:02:21PM RESOLVED.
12:02:22PM AND SO THAT'S -- THAT IS GREAT TO HEAR.
12:02:25PM IF GOES WITHOUT SAYING.
12:02:26PM I DID WANT TO UPDATE PEOPLE VERY BRIEFLY ON THE HURRICANE
12:02:30PM FUNDS, BECAUSE WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF -- A LOT OF
12:02:37PM CALLS AND INQUIRIES ON IT THAT THE 3.2 MILLION THAT PEOPLE
12:02:40PM WERE ABLE TO SIGN UP FOR, NO ONE HAS BEEN REJECTED BY IT AS
12:02:44PM OF YET.
12:02:44PM EXCEPT IF YOU DON'T LIVE IN CITY LIMITS, A DISPOSITIVE ISSUE
12:02:54PM THAT DISQUALIFIES YOU FROM IT.
12:02:56PM THE CASES ARE BASED ON RIGHT NOW INCOME THRESHOLD.
12:02:59PM SO THEY ARE RIGHT NOW GOING TO A CERTAIN INCOME THRESHOLD,
12:03:01PM AND THEN THE HIGHER YOU GO, YOU SEE WHAT FUNDS ARE GOING TO
12:03:10PM BE LEFT OVER.
12:03:10PM THAT MAY VERY WELL HAPPEN.
12:03:12PM I WANT TO THANK ABBYE FEELEY WHO WAS JUST ON RIGHT NOW, AND
12:03:16PM SHE AND HER OFFICE AND ALL THE STAFF HAVE BEEN AMAZING.
12:03:18PM ON TUESDAY, TWO MEDIATIONS.
12:03:21PM TWO CASES TO MEDIATE AND GETTING ALL THESE CALLS, AND ABBYE
12:03:25PM DID AN AVAILABILITY EVENT TO ANSWER PEOPLE, AND I COULDN'T DO
12:03:31PM IT BECAUSE I HAD A PRIVATE SECTOR OBLIGATION.
12:03:35PM MY HAT IT OFF TO HER.
12:03:37PM I THINK SHE DOES A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL JOB.
12:03:39PM THERE IS CONCERN, AND THESE ISSUES ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR HANDS,
12:03:43PM AND THESE FUNDS WERE RECEIVED FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND
12:03:47PM THERE ARE MANDATES WITH REGARDS TO INCOME THRESHOLDS.
12:03:50PM A LOT OF CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE MAY NOT ULTIMATELY BE
12:03:55PM ELIGIBLE.
12:03:55PM WE WILL FIND OUT ABOUT THAT.
12:03:56PM BUT, AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT WITHIN
12:04:00PM ANY ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE THAT WE GIVE, BECAUSE WE HAVE A
12:04:03PM LOT OF PEOPLE IN THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF TAMPA WHO -- WHO MAY
12:04:07PM VERY WELL BE AT RISK OF LOSING THEIR HOMES.
12:04:09PM WE DON'T WANT THAT ESPECIALLY FOR A LOT OF THESE BLUE COLLAR
12:04:13PM WORKING-CLASS COMMUNITIES THAT CAN SEE THE COST OF LIVING GO
12:04:16PM UP WITH INSURANCE AND DIFFERENT THINGS LONG-TERM.
12:04:18PM AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FIGHT FOR THEM.
12:04:20PM AND SO THAT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
12:04:22PM AGAIN, I DID WANT TO ESPECIALLY SALUTE ABBYE BECAUSE ON
12:04:27PM TUESDAY, I WISH I COULD HAVE BEEN THERE AND HELPED FURTHER
12:04:30PM BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T STEP IN.
12:04:31PM SHE JUST CONTINUED TO LEAD.
12:04:32PM SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
12:04:33PM I WANTED TO UPDATE EVERYBODY.
12:04:35PM THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
12:04:36PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
12:04:39PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, CHAIR.
12:04:40PM JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.
12:04:41PM FIRST OF ALL, THE SUMMER YOUTH INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WITHIN THE
12:04:45PM CITY OF TAMPA.
12:04:46PM APPLICATION PROCESS IS UNDER WAY RIGHT NOW WHERE STUDENTS
12:04:49PM CAN APPLY FOR SUMMER JOBS THAT LAST EIGHT WEEKS.
12:04:52PM PAYS $15 AN HOUR.
12:04:54PM WILL BE IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
12:04:58PM I, MYSELF, WILL HAVE SOMEONE WORKING IN MY OFFICE THIS
12:05:01PM SUMMER.
12:05:01PM 103 STUDENTS THAT FILLED OUT APPLICATIONS.
12:05:05PM I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, TO FILL OUT THE
12:05:08PM APPLICATIONS.
12:05:08PM REMEMBER CRA, WE MOVED THAT -- THAT -- WE -- WE TOOK
12:05:16PM AWAY CRA FUNDING FROM A SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
12:05:19PM WITHIN EAST TAMPA.
12:05:21PM A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE UPSET ABOUT THAT, BUT THIS IS THE
12:05:24PM PROPER PLACEMENT FOR IT, AND WE ARE ENCOURAGING TO APPLY.
12:05:28PM I WANT TO SAY KUDOS TO THE NCAA FOR THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT
12:05:34PM PROJECT AT RIVER FRONT RECREATION CENTER.
12:05:36PM THE RENOVATION IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.
12:05:40PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK AND CLENDENIN WAS THERE.
12:05:44PM JUST A FUN, QUICK TIME CELEBRATING THAT RIBBON-CUTTING AND
12:05:52PM WONDERFUL WORK THAT ENHANCED THE BEAUTIFICATION OF THE REC
12:05:57PM CENTER, HASHTAG, GET THE GIRLS PLAY.
12:06:01PM I HAVE GIVEN YOU ALL YOU A DOCUMENT.
12:06:05PM MR. CARLSON, I HAD DARLENE E-MAIL IT TO YOU.
12:06:09PM LARGE FORMAT DIGITAL MEDIA IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.
12:06:13PM I HAD SOME TIME TO REFLECT, AND I WANT TO BE VERY THOUGHTFUL
12:06:17PM IN MY APPROACH, YOU KNOW, AS A NEOPHYTE IN THIS SITUATION.
12:06:21PM SO I WOULD LIKE TO REVISIT THIS MOTION OF MARCH 13, 2025
12:06:29PM WHERE I MOVE FOR THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP TO DRIVE DESIGN
12:06:33PM STANDARDS AND DRAFT AN ORDINANCE FOR LARGE FORMAT MEDIA IN
12:06:42PM THE BUSINESS DISTRICT.
12:06:43PM COUPLE OF THINGS.
12:06:44PM AFTER CONSIDERATION, I WILL MAKE MY MOTION.
12:06:47PM I WANT TO MOVE THE LANGUAGE ANY MODIFICATIONS TO THE
12:06:52PM ORDINANCES SHALL CONTINUE TO BE LED BY CITY STAFF IN
12:06:55PM COLLABORATION WITH THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP.
12:06:57PM I DID NOT SAY THAT.
12:06:58PM THAT KIND OF GOT A BUZZ GOING -- EVERYBODY SAYING THEY CAN'T
12:07:03PM WRITE OUT ORDINANCES, BUT YES, PROVIDING LANGUAGES AND BEING
12:07:07PM A PART OF THAT.
12:07:08PM ALSO, GIVING THE SPECIALIZED EXPERTISE AND RESOURCES TO
12:07:14PM SUPPORT THE COMPREHENSIVE DESIGN GUIDELINES THAT SHOULD
12:07:17PM INCORPORATE PLACEMAKING, WAY FINDING.
12:07:20PM I WILL MOVE THAT MOTION NEXT WEEK, BECAUSE IT IS CRA ABOUT
12:07:26PM THE PARTNERSHIP AND THE CRA TO EVALUATE A FUNDING MATCH TO
12:07:30PM FACILITATE THE DRAFT LONG.
12:07:31PM REASON BEING THAT IN THE MEMO FROM MISS FEELEY, SHE DID
12:07:36PM WRITE MR. CARLSON'S POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION AND USE CRA
12:07:39PM FUNDS.
12:07:40PM AND SO THAT KIND OF GOT A BUZZ GOING AS WELL.
12:07:42PM BUT WE HAVE TO DO THAT WITH THOUGHTFUL INTENT.
12:07:46PM AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS CLEAR AS WELL.
12:07:52PM LASTLY I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND THE TIME FRAME.
12:07:55PM I KNOW I ASKED COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK TO MOVE THE ACTUAL SALARY
12:07:58PM DISCUSSION FROM MAY.
12:08:00PM AND I WOULD LIKE TO PUT THAT BACK TO -- MOVE THAT -- I ASKED
12:08:04PM YOU TO MOVE IT TO SEPTEMBER.
12:08:06PM LET'S PUT THAT BACK IN MAY AND THEN MOVE THIS CONVERSATION
12:08:12PM FOR DIGITAL MEDIA BACK TO SEPTEMBER.
12:08:15PM WE ARE FLIP-FLOPPING THOSE BACK.
12:08:18PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MAY I?
12:08:20PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: CAN I -- YES --
12:08:22PM >>LYNN HURTAK: DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THE MOTIONS SEPARATELY?
12:08:24PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL THE FOUNDATION
12:08:27PM SO WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION.
12:08:29PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I APPRECIATE YOUR CLARIFICATIONS, AND I
12:08:32PM SUPPORT ALL YOUR MOTIONS.
12:08:34PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY, THANK YOU.
12:08:40PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IN A PROCEDURAL MOTION AND HELP FROM MARTY
12:08:42PM SHELBY, THIS WAS PASSED WHEN THIS CLOSED, AND THIS IS KIND OF
12:08:46PM A NEW MOTION.
12:08:47PM AND I THINK IT WOULD BE -- HOW DO WE WANT TO DO THIS?
12:08:50PM >> I THINK SHE IS MAKING A MOTION TO AMEND.
12:08:53PM AND SET THE DATE OF --
12:08:57PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I DID AMEND.
12:08:59PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: SEPTEMBER 26.
12:09:00PM ARE YOU OKAY WITH IT?
12:09:07PM THE DIGITAL IS GOING TO BE AMENDED TO --
12:09:11PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
12:09:11PM SO THE WORKSHOP WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN MAY.
12:09:14PM AND I AM MOVING IT TO SEPTEMBER 2.
12:09:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO MOVE THE WORKSHOP
12:09:20PM TO SEPTEMBER -- WHAT IS THE DATE?
12:09:22PM >>LYNN HURTAK: SEPTEMBER 25.
12:09:23PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: SEPTEMBER 25, 2025.
12:09:26PM >>LYNN HURTAK: RETURNING THE SALARY DISCUSSION BACK IN MAY.
12:09:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAD A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
12:09:31PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
12:09:32PM OPPOSED, NAY.
12:09:34PM AYES HAVE IT.
12:09:35PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I CAN SPEAK TO THAT.
12:09:38PM I AM SORRY.
12:09:38PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES?
12:09:41PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: I NOTICED EIGHT WORKSHOPS.
12:09:44PM SEVEN WORKSHOPS ON THAT DAY.
12:09:46PM I KNOW CHAIR MANISCALCO --
12:09:48PM >>LYNN HURTAK: SEPTEMBER HAS THREE.
12:09:51PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MAY 22.
12:09:53PM IF YOU MOVE SOMETHING BACK TO THE MAY 22 DAY.
12:09:56PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHERE ARE WE IN THIS DISCUSSION?
12:09:59PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THE SALARY DISCUSSION.
12:10:01PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOVED THE ONE TO SEPTEMBER.
12:10:02PM THE SALARY --
12:10:04PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: LEAVE IT IN SEPTEMBER?
12:10:06PM THAT IS FINE.
12:10:07PM I WANTED TO GET YOUR PERMISSION BECAUSE I TOOK IT OUT OF
12:10:10PM SEPTEMBER.
12:10:11PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE WILL LEAVE THAT TO SEPTEMBER.
12:10:13PM ORIGINAL MOTION.
12:10:14PM YOU WANT A MOTION TO AMEND YOUR PREVIOUS MOTION.
12:10:17PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: TO INCLUDE THE LANGUAGE THAT MOVING THAT
12:10:22PM IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY PROCESSES.
12:10:24PM TWO ORDINANCES SHOULD BE LED BY CITY STAFF WITH
12:10:27PM CONSIDERATION OF THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP.
12:10:29PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON TO
12:10:31PM AMEND HER PREVIOUS MOTION TO REFLECT THE NEW LANGUAGE SHE
12:10:35PM SUBMITTED TO US.
12:10:35PM SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
12:10:37PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
12:10:37PM OPPOSED, NAY.
12:10:39PM AYES HAVE IT.
12:10:40PM >> OF COURSE, JUST SO YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR MIND FOR THE CRA
12:10:44PM MEETING REGARDING THE FUNDING CONVERSATION ALREADY IN TALKS
12:10:48PM WITH OUR CITY -- WITH OUR CRA ATTORNEY ON THAT ISSUE.
12:10:51PM AND YOU KNOW THAT WILL COME UP NEXT WEEK.
12:10:58PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS FOR OUR CRA.
12:11:01PM ALL YOUR NEW BUSINESS.
12:11:04PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THAT'S IT.
12:11:05PM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
12:11:06PM GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF THE TEAMS IN THE FINAL FOUR.
12:11:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: PICK ONE.
12:11:10PM SHOW YOUR FAVORITE.
12:11:11PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I TOOK SOME PICTURE WITH SOME
12:11:13PM CHEERLEADERS, AND YOU WILL HAVE TO GO TO IT THE SOCIAL MEDIA.
12:11:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, NEW BUSINESS?
12:11:21PM >>LYNN HURTAK: NO.
12:11:22PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, NEW BUSINESS?
12:11:26PM >>BILL CARLSON: NEW SUBURB BEAUTIFUL THAT IS SOUTH OF
12:11:31PM PARKLAND ESTATES.
12:11:32PM SOMEONE HAS INFORMED THEM THAT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT
12:11:35PM THE ROUTE OF THE SOUTH HOWARD PIPELINE WOULD GO THROUGH THE
12:11:39PM -- THE LOCAL STREETS LIKE GEORGIA.
12:11:41PM SO WHAT OTHER ALTERNATIVES IS MORRISON, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN
12:11:46PM TOLD BY SOMEONE IT WILL GO DOWN GEORGIA AND A REPRESENTATIVE
12:11:49PM OF KIMMINS APPARENTLY AT A MEETING A COUPLE OF NIGHTS AGO.
12:11:53PM I WILL BE MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO FIGURE OUT
12:11:55PM EXACTLY WHERE ALL THIS IS COMING FROM.
12:11:57PM BUT THEY ARE GOING TO START A CAMPAIGN TO TELL US THAT WE
12:12:03PM SHOULDN'T ALLOW THIS PROJECT TO GO THROUGH THE LOCAL ROADS
12:12:07PM LIKE GEORGIA.
12:12:08PM STILL MAY GO DOWN MORRISON OR SWANN OR SOME OF THE ARTERIAL
12:12:15PM ROADS AND DON'T WANT TO GO -- WHERE WE PASS TO PASS DOWN
12:12:19PM BRISTOL.
12:12:19PM IF YOU ALL WILL BE PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT IT, I WOULD MAKE A
12:12:22PM MOTION TO -- TO ASK THE -- THE STORMWATER STAFF TO AVOID THE
12:12:28PM LOCAL ROADS AND NEW SUBURB BEAUTIFUL WHEN PLANNING THE SOUTH
12:12:32PM HOWARD PROJECT.
12:12:32PM IF YOU WERE NOT READY, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT ANOTHER TIME.
12:12:35PM BUT IT WILL PREVENT US FROM GETTING HUNDREDS OF E-MAILS.
12:12:38PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, I WOULD APPRECIATE
12:12:42PM IT IF WE HELD THAT AND HAVE IT -- I THINK IT IS MORE OF A
12:12:45PM COMPREHENSIVE DISCUSSION THAT WE WANT TO HAVE STAFF FOR TOO.
12:12:49PM I DON'T KNOW IF WE ARE CHASING GHOSTS.
12:12:51PM WOULD YOU MIND HOLDING THAT FOR A SUBSEQUENT DISCUSSION?
12:12:54PM >>BILL CARLSON: I DON'T HAVE THE CALENDAR IN FRONT OF ME.
12:12:57PM DO WE HAVE A DAY THAT WE CAN PUT THAT ON?
12:12:59PM ANYBODY WHO HAS A CALENDAR.
12:13:03PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THINK SOMETHING IS COMING UP.
12:13:05PM I KNOW THERE IS.
12:13:06PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THEY ARE COMING TO TALK TO US ABOUT THIS.
12:13:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE ARE LOOKING.
12:13:16PM IT GETS THICKER AND THICKER, AND I KNOW SOMETHING COMING UP.
12:13:34PM WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
12:13:36PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I CAN'T SEE IT RIGHT NOW.
12:13:39PM >>BILL CARLSON: A TIME WHERE WE CAN GET A QUICK FIVE-MINUTE
12:13:42PM UPDATE ON THE MEETING AFTER NEXT WHENEVER THE NEXT REGULAR
12:13:45PM MEETING IS?
12:13:48PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OKAY, LET'S DIG.
12:13:50PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT WILL BE MAY 1.
12:13:55PM >>BILL CARLSON: IF THERE IS ROOM ON THE SCHEDULE, I WILL MAKE A
12:14:01PM MOTION TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF -- OF AVOIDING LOCAL ROADS
12:14:05PM AND NEW SUBURB BEAUTIFUL FOR SOUTH HOWARD PROJECT.
12:14:08PM ON MAY 1.
12:14:11PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: APRIL 17?
12:14:17PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I DON'T THINK THERE IS ROOM ON APRIL 17.
12:14:19PM OH, NO, THERE IS.
12:14:21PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: APRIL 17 WILL WORK, COUNCIL MEMBER
12:14:24PM CARLSON.
12:14:24PM THAT EXPLAINS THAT.
12:14:30PM >>LYNN HURTAK: MAY 1.
12:14:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU WANT TO RESTATE THAT FOR MAY 1,
12:14:36PM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
12:14:37PM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:14:39PM SULING, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GOT THAT, HAVE A DISCUSSION ON
12:14:43PM MAY 1 WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ASKING STAFF TO AVOID THE
12:14:47PM LOCAL ROADS FOR THE SOUTH HOWARD PROJECT.
12:14:51PM LOCAL ROADS AND NEW SUPERB BEAUTIFUL.
12:14:56PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SHE IS NODDING HER HEAD SHE HAS GOT IT.
12:14:59PM A MOTION AND A SECOND.
12:15:01PM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
12:15:03PM SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:15:06PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
12:15:08PM OPPOSED.
12:15:09PM >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU, THAT'S IT.
12:15:14PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
12:15:23PM >>LYNN HURTAK: CONGRATULATIONS TO COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
12:15:31PM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA FILED FOR DISTRICT 67 STATE HOUSE
12:15:40PM SEAT BECAUSE THE INCUMBENT IS TERM LIMITED.
12:15:44PM PUBLICLY CONGRATULATE YOU AND CONDOLENCES.
12:15:49PM THAT'S WHY I SAID SHE IS LEAVING.
12:15:51PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU DID THE THINGS I WAS GOING TO LIST
12:15:54PM OFF.
12:15:55PM WAY TO STEAL MY THUNDER, COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
12:15:58PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: STEAL HER THUNDER.
12:16:01PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: GRIEF FOR OUR CHAIRPERSON WHO LOST A DEAR
12:16:08PM GRANDPARENT.
12:16:08PM GUIDO MANISCALCO.
12:16:10PM FORMER COUNCILMAN JOHN DINGFELDER LOST HIS MOTHER THIS PAST
12:16:16PM WEEK.
12:16:17PM I HAD A PRIVILEGE OF MEETING HER MANY TIMES.
12:16:19PM SHE WAS A BRAVE LADY, AND MY HEART BREAKS FOR JOHN ON THAT
12:16:23PM ONE.
12:16:23PM ONE, AS COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON SAID, THE -- THE FINAL FOUR,
12:16:29PM WOMEN'S SPORTS.
12:16:29PM YOU KNOW TAMPA -- TAMPA IS A GROWN-UP SPORTS TOWN.
12:16:32PM WE ARE ROCKING AND ROLLING.
12:16:34PM AND THE FACT THAT THEY LOVE THE CITY OF TAMPA -- WHAT DID
12:16:38PM THEY SAY THE FOURTH TIME THE WOMEN'S FINAL FOUR HAS BEEN IN
12:16:41PM TAMPA.
12:16:41PM AND LOOK AT THAT ON APRIL 6 AND 7, IS THAT WHAT IT IS.
12:16:47PM THIS WEEKEND.
12:16:47PM AND WE WILL BE A LOT OF ATTENTION PLAYED TO TAMPA, AND YOU
12:16:51PM KNOW, WE HAVE GOT BASEBALL PLAYING AT STEINBRENNER FIELD.
12:16:56PM TAMPA BAY RAYS.
12:16:57PM THE LIGHTNING.
12:16:58PM WE HAVE GOT IT ALL.
12:17:00PM SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CITY OF TAMPA.
12:17:03PM I DO HAVE ONE THING.
12:17:04PM IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT TOMORROW, SOME OF OUR
12:17:08PM FOLKS FROM MOBILITY IS WORKING WITH SOME NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE
12:17:13PM SIDEWALK SITUATION.
12:17:15PM AND I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE -- WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK
12:17:18PM OF OUR BUDGET ANALYST AND I HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO HER.
12:17:21PM AND IT IS KIND OF INAPPROPRIATE.
12:17:23PM ARE YOU AVAILABLE TOMORROW TO ATTEND THAT MEETING IF YOU ARE
12:17:26PM ASKED TO BE -- TO BE AVAILABLE?
12:17:31PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: CHECK YOUR CALENDAR.
12:17:33PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WHAT TIME IS IT?
12:17:37PM >>HAGAR KOPESKY: HAGAR KOPESKY, BUDGET ANALYST.
12:17:41PM THE IDEA WAS THAT I WOULD BE THERE AS ANOTHER SET OF EARS.
12:17:45PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: FOR COUNCIL.
12:17:47PM >>HAGAR KOPESKY: OPPOSED TO --
12:17:50PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: JUST BEING OUR EYES AND EARS.
12:17:52PM >>HAGAR KOPESKY: WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY FINE WITH ME.
12:17:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU HAVE THE DETAILS ON IT?
12:17:57PM >>HAGAR KOPESKY: I DO.
12:17:58PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL TO HAVE HER GO?
12:18:04PM WE HAD AN UNDERSTANDING --
12:18:06PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: BETTER FOR US ALL TO KNOW.
12:18:08PM SEVEN OF US ARE GIVING HER DIRECTION AND ONLY ONE PERSON
12:18:11PM THERE.
12:18:11PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VERY GOOD.
12:18:13PM I DON'T THINK THAT REQUIRES A MOTION.
12:18:15PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT'S FINE.
12:18:17PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WANT TO SAY THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAD
12:18:19PM A CHANCE TO CHAIR A WHOLE MEETING.
12:18:21PM THANK YOU, GUYS MAKING IT.
12:18:24PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
12:18:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WANT TO TALK -- I WANT TO TALK SOME
12:18:30PM MORE!
12:18:30PM IT IS MY MEETING, DARN IT.
12:18:32PM WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
12:18:34PM IS THERE A SECOND?
12:18:35PM >>LUIS VIERA: I HAD ONE QUICK MOTION.
12:18:36PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
12:18:39PM >>LUIS VIERA: I APOLOGIZE.
12:18:41PM I WAS SPEAKING AT CHRIST THE KING AT THEIR SPECIAL NEEDS
12:18:44PM MINISTRY, AND I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION, IF I MAY, FOR A
12:18:47PM SEPTEMBER WORKSHOP ON ACCESSIBLE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WITH
12:18:52PM DISABILITIES SO WE CAN SPEAK ON THAT IN SEPTEMBER, IF I MAY.
12:18:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
12:18:59PM A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:19:00PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
12:19:01PM >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, I WANT TO SALUTE -- I SEE MICHAEL
12:19:06PM GONZALEZ.
12:19:06PM IF YOU GUYS HAVE NEVER BEEN AND CHARLIE TO THE WEST TAMPA
12:19:10PM LITTLE LEAGUE.
12:19:11PM FIELD OF DREAMS OVER THERE.
12:19:14PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: EXCELLENT.
12:19:15PM WHERE WE PRODUCE OUR MAJOR LEAGUE PLAYERS.
12:19:20PM >>LUIS VIERA: AT LEAST 70%.
12:19:22PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THERE WAS NO VOTE ON THAT?
12:19:24PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
12:19:26PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE FROM COUNCIL
12:19:29PM MEMBER HENDERSON.
12:19:29PM A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
12:19:31PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
12:19:31PM THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
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