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THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2025, 9:00 A.M.
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9:02:45AM [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
9:02:55AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
9:03:06AM >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
9:03:06AM >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE.
9:03:08AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE.
9:03:09AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
9:03:10AM >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
9:03:11AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
9:03:12AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT.
9:03:15AM >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
9:03:17AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
9:03:18AM GOOD MORNING.
9:03:18AM HELLO, EVERYONE.
9:03:22AM MR. McCRAY, LET ME CALL YOU UP -- CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO
9:03:26AM ADOPT THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH?
9:03:28AM >> SO MOVED.
9:03:30AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: MOTION BY VIERA, SECONDED BY MANISCALCO.
9:03:35AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
9:03:36AM ANY OPPOSED?
9:03:36AM OKAY.
9:03:39AM MR. McCRAY, GOOD MORNING, OUR NEW INTERIM DIRECTOR NO
9:03:44AM LONGER.
9:03:45AM DIRECTOR.
9:03:45AM GOOD MORNING.
9:03:46AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: GOOD MORNING.
9:03:47AM CEDRIC McCRAY, TAMPA CRA DIRECTOR.
9:03:50AM WE DO HAVE A REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE FOR ITEM 4, WHICH WAS A
9:03:54AM MOTION MADE BY BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
9:03:58AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: CAN I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE?
9:04:00AM >> SO MOVED.
9:04:01AM >> SECOND.
9:04:01AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
9:04:02AM >> AYE.
9:04:05AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: WE WILL FOLLOW THE AGENDA AS IT APPEARS.
9:04:09AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: FOR BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY REQUIRED
9:04:11AM APPROVALS THAT WANT DISCUSSION?
9:04:12AM PULL FOR DISCUSSION?
9:04:15AM NONE.
9:04:17AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I THINK WE SHOULD AT LEAST BRIEFLY TOUCH ON
9:04:22AM THE REDEVELOPMENT PLANS.
9:04:27AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALL OF THEM?
9:04:29AM >>LYNN HURTAK: LIKE AT ONCE.
9:04:32AM AFTER LAST MONTH, I THINK WE SHOULD JUST, YOU KNOW --
9:04:36AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
9:04:36AM NO PROBLEM.
9:04:37AM CAN WE ADOPT THE AGENDA FOR TODAY'S MEETING?
9:04:39AM SECOND, PLEASE?
9:04:42AM THANK YOU.
9:04:42AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
9:04:43AM AYE.
9:04:44AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, MR. McCRAY.
9:04:47AM WE'LL START WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:04:48AM WE HAVE TWO CALLS ONLINE, MR. RANDOLPH, YOU CAN GO FIRST.
9:04:53AM GOOD MORNING, SIR.
9:05:07AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:05:11AM MY NAME IS MICHAEL RANDOLPH.
9:05:13AM I'M WITH THE WEST TAMPA CDC.
9:05:15AM TODAY I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE GREAT HISTORY OF THE WEST
9:05:20AM TAMPA CDC.
9:05:21AM IN RECENT MONTHS, WE THANK IN PART TO OUR CONSTITUENCY
9:05:31AM PARTICIPATION.
9:05:32AM BECAUSE OF OUR CONSTITUENCY PARTICIPATION -- MY ASSISTANT IS
9:05:38AM NOT WORKING WITH ME.
9:05:39AM LET ME START OVER.
9:05:41AM IN RECENT MONTHS, WE WANT TO THANK IN PART TO THE CITY
9:05:46AM COUNCIL AS WELL AS THE CRA TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A
9:05:56AM LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT THE WEST TAMPA CDC.
9:05:59AM THE WEST TAMPA CDC, WHICH ESTABLISHED DIVERSE BOARD,
9:06:08AM CONSISTING OF RESIDENTS, EDUCATORS, BUSINESS LEADERS, THAT
9:06:14AM ADAPTED A COMMUNITY TO EMPOWER NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS OF
9:06:21AM WEST TAMPA.
9:06:21AM TO ACHIEVE THIS VISION, THE WEST TAMPA CDC DEVELOPED A
9:06:24AM FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN.
9:06:29AM THE PLAN FOCUSES ON ENHANCING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL
9:06:38AM DEVELOPMENT.
9:06:39AM THIS APPROACH IN PART TO CHANGE THE NARRATIVE WHEN IT CAME
9:06:44AM TO WEST TAMPA.
9:06:46AM THE WEST TAMPA CDC WORKS WITH RESIDENTS TO LAY THE
9:06:53AM FOUNDATION TO WHAT WE CALL THE PARTNERSHIP TO FILL IN THE
9:06:57AM PIECES.
9:06:58AM EACH PARTNER WAS GIVEN A PARTICULAR ROLE TO SERVE IN THE
9:07:03AM WEST CDC TAMPA ROLE.
9:07:05AM WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT IT IS THE FIRST THING WE DID WAS TO
9:07:08AM MOBILIZE THE COMMUNITY, CREATE THE PLAN AND THEN BRING
9:07:12AM TOGETHER THE DIFFERENT THINGS, GOVERNMENT SOURCES, EDUCATORS
9:07:17AM --
9:07:20AM WHEN WE PLAN TO INTRODUCE -- WHEN WE DID INTRODUCE THIS PLAN
9:07:26AM TO THE COMMUNITY AND WE GOT -- TO SAY WE SET THE PACE FOR
9:07:35AM THE COMMUNITY.
9:07:36AM SOME OF OUR KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS WAS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
9:07:40AM AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
9:07:43AM PUBLIC SAFETY AND YOUTH PROGRAMS.
9:07:45AM COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN OUR ROLE IN TERMS OF
9:07:52AM SERVING THE COMMUNITY.
9:07:53AM WE DID THIS BY PROVIDING MONTHLY MEETING WITH THE
9:07:56AM NEIGHBORHOODS, COMMUNITYWIDE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE
9:07:59AM NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALSO E-MAILING FOLKS.
9:08:05AM SOME OF THE MULTIPLE PROJECTS INCLUDE THE OVERLAY DISTRICT.
9:08:11AM FIRST GROUP TO CREATE AN OVERLAY DISTRICT.
9:08:14AM THANK YOU.
9:08:14AM APPRECIATE YOU.
9:08:15AM I MESSED UP THIS MORNING, BUT ANYWAYS, THANK YOU.
9:08:18AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, MR. RANDOLPH.
9:08:20AM WE HAVE OUR NEXT SPEAKER, MR. WALTER SCOTTON.
9:08:24AM NOT ONLINE.
9:08:25AM OKAY.
9:08:25AM WE CAN MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM INSIDE THE CHAMBERS.
9:08:30AM ANYONE WANTING TO SPEAK, PLEASE COME BEFORE US, STAND TO
9:08:33AM YOUR LEFT.
9:08:44AM >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
9:08:45AM MY NAME IS SANDRA DEDIEGO SANCHEZ.
9:08:50AM I AM PRESENTLY A MEMBER OF THE WEST TAMPA CAC.
9:08:52AM THE LAST 12 MONTHS HAVE BEEN VERY EVENTFUL.
9:08:57AM LAST YEAR I WAS NAMED WOMAN OF THE YEAR FROM THE WEST TAMPA
9:09:01AM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
9:09:01AM YOU HONORED ME BY HAVING THE DOG PARK AT THE VILA BROTHERS
9:09:03AM PARK, WHICH IS IN WEST TAMPA, NAMED AFTER ME FOR MY
9:09:05AM DEDICATION TO THE PARK AND MY COMMUNITY SERVICE.
9:09:09AM I RECEIVED THE PRESIDENT'S LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR MY
9:09:12AM COMMUNITY SERVICE.
9:09:12AM I HAVE BEEN BEFORE YOU AT REZONING HEARINGS DEFENDING THE
9:09:16AM WEST TAMPA OVERLAY.
9:09:17AM MY FAMILY HAS LIVED IN WEST TAMPA FOR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS
9:09:21AM AND 60 OF THOSE YEARS ARE WITHIN THE CRA.
9:09:23AM I AM THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF ROSA VALDES, FOUNDER OF THE ONE
9:09:28AM FIRST METHODIST SETTLEMENT IN TAMPA AND THAT IS IN WEST
9:09:32AM TAMPA, KNOWN TODAY AS CORNERSTONE MINISTRIES.
9:09:36AM I WAS RECENTLY ASKED TO PARTICIPATE IN AN ORAL HISTORY
9:09:40AM INITIATIVE THROUGH USF AND THE WEST TAMPA HERITAGE GROUP
9:09:43AM ABOUT WEST TAMPA.
9:09:44AM YOU WILL BE HEARING FROM THIS GROUP SOON.
9:09:46AM I HAVE VOLUNTEERED FOR THE WEST TAMPA CAC BOARD FOR FOUR
9:09:50AM YEARS.
9:09:50AM AND BEFORE BEING A BOARD MEMBER, I ATTENDED MEETINGS FOR TWO
9:09:54AM YEARS.
9:09:54AM I THINK MY INTEREST TO SEE WEST TAMPA BECOME A THRIVING
9:09:58AM COMMUNITY AGAIN IS EVIDENT.
9:10:00AM THIS YEAR, WHEN I APPLIED AGAIN FOR A THIRD TERM WITH WEST
9:10:04AM TAMPA CAC, I WAS DENIED BECAUSE I LIVED TWO BLOCKS OUT OF
9:10:10AM THE CRA.
9:10:10AM I BELIEVE THE THOUGHT OF THIS IS IF YOU DO NOT LIVE WITHIN
9:10:15AM THE CRA, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IS NEEDED.
9:10:18AM PLEASE UNDERSTAND, I AM NOT ASKING FOR REINSTATEMENT.
9:10:22AM A RULE IS A RULE.
9:10:24AM BUT THE IRONY OF THIS RULE IS THAT ONLY ONE OF YOU MAYBE
9:10:28AM LIVE WITHIN A CRA.
9:10:30AM THE REST OF YOU DON'T, AND YOU ARE MAKING DECISIONS FOR
9:10:33AM THOSE COMMUNITIES.
9:10:34AM THE MEMBERS OF THE WEST TAMPA CAC, THREE MEMBERS OF THE WEST
9:10:37AM TAMPA CAC DO NOT LIVE WITHIN THE CRA, BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE
9:10:41AM CONNECTED WITH ORGANIZATION THAT THE WEST TAMPA CAC
9:10:46AM ACKNOWLEDGES, THAT IS OKAY.
9:10:47AM AGAIN, I'M NOT ASKING FOR REINSTATEMENT.
9:10:52AM A RULE IS A RULE.
9:10:53AM BUT I WOULD ASK THAT YOU REVIEW THIS RULE AND SEE IF IT
9:10:57AM MAKES SENSE.
9:10:58AM IS THIS THEORY CORRECT?
9:11:00AM IF SO, THEN NO ONE THAT DOES NOT LIVE WITHIN THE CRA SHOULD
9:11:04AM BE PART OF THESE COMMITTEES.
9:11:06AM PLEASE RETHINK THE RULES AND MAKE SURE IT IS APPLICABLE TO
9:11:09AM ALL MEMBERSHIP SITUATIONS.
9:11:10AM THIS RULE WILL DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD.
9:11:13AM BUT PERSONALLY, I THINK THE REASONING IS UNJUSTIFIED AND IT
9:11:16AM NEEDS TO BE CHANGED.
9:11:18AM THANK YOU.
9:11:18AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
9:11:20AM NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
9:11:21AM GOOD MORNING.
9:11:49AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:11:49AM ALISON HEWITT, EAST TAMPA RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER.
9:11:53AM WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS A COPY OF MY PUBLIC COMMENTS AND
9:11:58AM A PROPOSAL.
9:12:00AM AS WE ARE WATCHING THE LEGISLATURE AND THE SENATE BILL AND
9:12:03AM THE HOUSE BILL REGARDING CRAs MOVE FORWARD, RIGHT NOW THE
9:12:07AM HOUSE BILL IS IN THE COMMERCE COMMITTEE AND SENATE BILL IS
9:12:10AM IN RULES.
9:12:11AM THEREFORE IT CAN GO TO THE FLOOR AT ANY TIME.
9:12:13AM SINCE THE HOUSE BILL HAS PASSED TWO COMMITTEES, THEY CAN
9:12:15AM PULL THAT UP TO BE ABLE TO PASS IT.
9:12:17AM SO WE NEED TO BE PREPARED JUST IN CASE IT MOVES FORWARD.
9:12:21AM SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU IS A PROPOSAL TO BE
9:12:24AM ABLE TO ENCUMBER MONEY FOR THE SPECIAL PROJECTS AS WELL AS
9:12:28AM THE PREDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
9:12:31AM I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU HEARD OUR CONVERSATION AND
9:12:35AM APPROVED THE PREDEVELOPMENT IN 2022 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
9:12:38AM DOING THE LETTER OF THE CRP AND HELPING PROPERTY OWNERS
9:12:43AM DEVELOP THEIR PROPERTY.
9:12:44AM NOW WE NEED TO POTENTIALLY MAKE SURE WE PROTECT THAT FOR THE
9:12:47AM NEXT NINE YEARS THAT WE HAVE THE CRA.
9:12:49AM I'M ASKING THAT WE RECONSIDER AND WORK WITH THE STAFF TO DO
9:12:53AM AN RFP TO CREATE A SPECIAL PROJECTS AND GRANT ADMINISTRATOR
9:12:59AM TO BE AN ORGANIZATION OR PERSON TO BE ABLE TO -- PROBABLY
9:13:02AM NEEDS TO BE AN ORGANIZATION -- TO ACTUALLY ENCUMBER THE
9:13:06AM FUNDS TO CONTINUE WITH THE SPECIAL PROJECTS AND THE GRANTS.
9:13:09AM AS WE'RE WATCHING THE COMMITTEE, THEY HAVE ASKED THE SPONSOR
9:13:13AM OF THE BILL, SO WE HAVE A PHASE TWO.
9:13:15AM SO DOES THIS MEAN WE WON'T BE ABLE TO DO A PHASE TWO AFTER
9:13:19AM OCTOBER 1?
9:13:20AM THE ANSWER FROM THE COMMITTEE IS NO, UNLESS THE MONEY IS
9:13:23AM BUDGETED AND ENCUMBERED NO NEW PROJECTS.
9:13:25AM EVEN IF THEY HAVE A PHASE 2 ON THE PLAN, UNLESS THAT MONEY
9:13:28AM IS ENCUMBERED, THAT MONEY CANNOT BE SPENT.
9:13:31AM I'M ALSO ASKING THAT YOU CONSIDER LIKE YOU DID IN THE
9:13:34AM INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH GASWORX THAT WE ALSO PROJECT TIF
9:13:39AM DOLLARS OUT FOR THE REMAINING OF THE EAST TAMPA CRA TO ALSO
9:13:42AM ENCUMBER THE FUNDS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CONTINUING TO HELP THE
9:13:44AM BUSINESSES AND HELP GROWTH AND HELP DEVELOPMENT.
9:13:46AM SO THAT'S JUST AN IDEA I WANTED TO SHARE WITH MY EXPERIENCE
9:13:49AM WITH THE SHOWER AND WITH STATUTE IN WATCHING THE BILL MOVE
9:13:53AM FORWARD TO ASK YOU TO CONSIDER.
9:13:55AM THE OTHER PART -- GOING TO JUMP ON WHAT MS. SANCHEZ SAYS, WE
9:14:00AM NEED SOME CONSISTENCY FOR BOARD APPOINTMENTS.
9:14:03AM WE HAD AN UPROAR IN EAST TAMPA BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE TOLD THAT
9:14:07AM THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH BACKGROUND CHECKS,
9:14:10AM EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND CHECKS BEFORE THEY WERE APPOINTED, BUT
9:14:13AM OTHER CACs SAID THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH EXTENSIVE
9:14:16AM BACKGROUND CHECKS.
9:14:17AM IF WE COULD HAVE CONSISTENT MESSAGES FOR THE POLICY AND HOW
9:14:20AM IT'S APPLIED TO PEOPLE WHO APPLY AND DO THEIR VOLUNTEER
9:14:23AM WORK, WE WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER THAT.
9:14:25AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:14:27AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
9:14:29AM GOOD MORNING.
9:14:29AM GOOD MORNING.
9:14:42AM >> GOOD MORNING, STEPHANIE POYNOR.
9:14:45AM I CARRY AROUND ALL THESE BINDERS.
9:14:50AM THIS IS OLD COMP PLAN, NEW COMP PLAN.
9:14:52AM BEEN CARRYING THESE AROUND.
9:14:54AM I THINK WE'RE ON LIKE THE 10th VERSION OF THE NEW COMP
9:14:58AM PLAN.
9:14:58AM THE COMP PLAN IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
9:15:00AM PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS FOR OUR CITY.
9:15:04AM IT BEFUDDLES ME HOW THE FOLKS AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION
9:15:08AM BOARD ARE SO DISRESPECTFUL TO OUR CITIZENS OF OUR CITY AND
9:15:13AM TO YOU ALL.
9:15:14AM I SENT YOU GUYS THE VIDEO ON MONDAY WHERE WE HAD SOMEBODY ON
9:15:18AM THE PLANNING COMMISSION BOARD SAID I DON'T CARE WHAT CITY
9:15:21AM COUNCIL WANTS.
9:15:23AM HE DOESN'T LIVE HERE.
9:15:25AM AND TO MAKE FUN OF CARROLL ANN AND I BECAUSE WE LIVE IN THE
9:15:33AM CHHA AND WE DON'T WANT ANYBODY ELSE TO LIVE IN THE CHHA WHEN
9:15:38AM WE HAVE DOCUMENTATION THEY ALREADY DOUBLED OUR DWELLING
9:15:41AM UNITS.
9:15:42AM I AM SICK AND TIRED OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIVE HERE MAKING
9:15:47AM JUDGMENTS, SHOWING UP AT COUNCIL, BEING OVER THERE, MAKING
9:15:52AM DECISIONS FOR US THAT ARE NOT IN OUR BEST INTEREST.
9:15:57AM I'M SORRY.
9:15:57AM IF YOU DIDN'T THINK THAT THE COASTAL HIGH HAZARD WAS
9:16:00AM IMPORTANT, YOU NEED TO MAKE A LITTLE TRIP DOWN TO PORT TAMPA
9:16:04AM AFTER HELENE HIT.
9:16:06AM THAT'S THE COASTAL HIGH HAZARD.
9:16:09AM WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT AND WE NEED TO RESPECT THE FOLKS
9:16:12AM WHO PUT US ON THESE COUNCILS.
9:16:14AM WE ALSO NEED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT PLANNING
9:16:17AM COMMISSION STAFF WORKS FOR THAT BOARD.
9:16:21AM SO WE HAVE PUT PEOPLE ON THAT BOARD WHO ARE DELIBERATELY
9:16:26AM GOING AGAINST THE VALUES THAT YOU GUYS HAVE SHOWN.
9:16:30AM YOU SHOW US VALUES.
9:16:33AM I HAVE TRUST IN YOU.
9:16:34AM I KNOW EACH ONE OF YOU HAVE A SET OF VALUES ABOUT WHAT YOU
9:16:37AM WANT TO SEE AND WHERE YOU WANT TO GO WITH THE CITY.
9:16:40AM THE QUESTION IS, ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SITTING ON THAT
9:16:42AM BOARD REPRESENTING YOUR VALUES FOR OUR CITY?
9:16:45AM THE CITY OF TAMPA SPENT $500,000 ON THIS DOCUMENT RIGHT HERE
9:16:50AM TO STUDY THE COASTAL AREA.
9:16:53AM THE COASTAL AREA ACTION PLAN.
9:16:55AM $500,000.
9:16:57AM THOSE GUYS DON'T THINK THAT THE COASTAL HIGH HAZARD IS
9:17:03AM IMPORTANT AT ALL.
9:17:04AM THEY DON'T THINK THAT THE PEOPLE WHOSE HOUSES GOT FLOODED
9:17:07AM LAST YEAR WERE IMPORTANT.
9:17:08AM THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT US.
9:17:12AM IT'S DISRESPECTFUL AND IT'S RUDE AND THEY SHOULD BE TAKEN TO
9:17:18AM TASK FOR IT.
9:17:19AM THERE ARE NO IFS, ANDS, OR BUTS ABOUT IT.
9:17:23AM SENT THE VIDEO TO YOU.
9:17:24AM 7:13 P.M. AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING ON MONDAY
9:17:27AM NIGHT.
9:17:28AM IF YOU NEED THE LINK, ANYBODY CAN E-MAIL ME.
9:17:31AM I'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND IT TO YOU.
9:17:33AM I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING SO DISRESPECTFUL AND RUDE IN A
9:17:37AM PUBLIC MEETING BY PEOPLE WHO WERE GIVEN GRACE TO MAKE GOOD
9:17:43AM DECISIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
9:17:44AM I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT YOU GUYS WILL FOLLOW UP ON IT.
9:17:48AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: GOOD MORNING.
9:17:51AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:17:53AM HI.
9:17:53AM MY NAME IS CARROLL ANN BENNETT.
9:17:55AM CAVEAT EMPTOR.
9:17:59AM THE DICTIONARY, THE PRINCIPLE THAT THE BUYER ALONE IS
9:18:03AM RESPONSIBLE FOR CHECKING THE QUALITY AND SUITABILITY OF
9:18:06AM GOODS BEFORE A PURCHASE IS MADE.
9:18:09AM BUYER BEWARE.
9:18:11AM DUE DILIGENCE, PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.
9:18:13AM I CAN THINK OF NO CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE THOSE THINGS ARE MORE
9:18:19AM IMPORTANT THAN WHEN SOMEBODY IS SPECULATING ON A LAND DEAL.
9:18:23AM AFTER SEVEN YEARS, I AM STILL AMAZED BY THE WHINING OF GROWN
9:18:27AM MEN AND WOMEN.
9:18:27AM I CAN'T MAKE ANY MONEY UNLESS THE CITY GIVES ME MORE THAN
9:18:31AM WHAT I KNEW I WAS ENTITLED TO WHEN I BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY.
9:18:34AM EVERY PERSON WHO BUYS PROPERTY KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT THEY CAN
9:18:38AM AND CANNOT BUILD.
9:18:40AM IT IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO KNOW THE PROS AND CONS OF THE
9:18:42AM PROPERTY AND NEGOTIATE THE RIGHT PRICE.
9:18:45AM IF SOMEONE DOES NOT DO THAT, IT IS NOT THE CITY'S JOB TO
9:18:48AM BAIL THEM OUT OF THEIR STUPIDITY.
9:18:50AM THAT TREE, THAT DITCH, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD DID NOT SPRING UP
9:18:55AM THE DAY AFTER THEY BOUGHT LAND.
9:18:57AM IF A PROPERTY HAS LIMITATIONS OR OBSTACLES, NEGOTIATE A
9:19:02AM LOWER PRICE.
9:19:03AM DUH.
9:19:04AM THE CITY IS NOT THEIR MOMMA.
9:19:09AM WHY SHOULD WE BAIL SOMEBODY OUT BECAUSE THEY DID NOT DO
9:19:12AM THEIR DUE DILIGENCE?
9:19:13AM THE REALITY IS MOST ARE NOT STUPID.
9:19:15AM THEY ARE ENTERPRISING.
9:19:16AM THEY NEGOTIATE A LOWER PRICE BECAUSE THERE IS A DITCH OR A
9:19:19AM GRAND TREE, BECAUSE THEY MUST SPEND MORE TO BUILD WHAT THEY
9:19:23AM WANT.
9:19:23AM THEN THEY DOUBLE DOWN ON THE PROFIT BY ASKING THE CITY TO
9:19:26AM RELIEVE THEM OF THE HORRIBLE BURDEN OF OUR BUILDING CODE AND
9:19:29AM GIVE THEM A REZONING, A WAIVER, A DESIGN EXCEPTION, A
9:19:33AM VARIANCE, A SPECIAL USE OR THEY BEG THE CITY NOT TO MAKE
9:19:37AM THEM PAY INTO THE BIG, BAD UNFAIR SIDEWALK FUND.
9:19:41AM THEY PAY LESS BECAUSE IT WILL COST MORE TO BUILD WHAT THEY
9:19:45AM WANT.
9:19:45AM THEN THEY GET OUT OF PAYING MORE BY CRYING THE BLUES TO THE
9:19:48AM CITY AND THEN THEY LAUGH ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK.
9:19:52AM THE COST OF BUILDING WHAT THEY WANT, THE PROFIT MARGIN.
9:19:57AM ALL OF THAT IS PART OF THE PROCESS OF NEGOTIATING THE PRICE
9:19:59AM OF A PROPERTY.
9:20:02AM IF THEY CAN'T MAKE A PROFIT BECAUSE THE CITY WON'T GIVE THEM
9:20:05AM EXTRA ENTITLEMENTS, THEN THEY HAVE NO BUSINESS SPECULATING
9:20:08AM ON A LAND DEAL.
9:20:10AM THEY ARE BAD AT THEIR JOB AND THEY NEED TO FIND A DIFFERENT
9:20:13AM ONE.
9:20:14AM THE CITY OF TAMPA IS NOT THEIR MOMMA.
9:20:17AM THANK YOU.
9:20:17AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
9:20:19AM NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
9:20:23AM >> GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
9:20:25AM MY NAME IS DARYL HYCH.
9:20:27AM ON MY BOOKSHELF AT HOME I HAVE A BOOK CALLED THE MILLIONAIRE
9:20:34AM NEXT DOOR WHICH IS A PHENOMENAL BOOK.
9:20:35AM THE BOOK TALKS ABOUT THE MINDSET OF THE MILLIONAIRE.
9:20:38AM IT TALKS ABOUT HOW THE MILLIONAIRE POSSIBLY GOT TO HIS
9:20:43AM STATUS OF A MILLIONAIRE.
9:20:45AM IT TALKS ABOUT THE ATTITUDE OF A MILLIONAIRE, TIME
9:20:50AM MANAGEMENT.
9:20:51AM IT IS A PHENOMENAL BOOK.
9:20:52AM BUT WHAT WAS NOT IN THAT BOOK WAS THE MANIPULATION AND THE
9:20:56AM BACKDOOR CONVERSATIONS AND THE FAVOR OF OPPORTUNITY AND
9:21:06AM VARIOUS THINGS THAT MILLIONAIRES RECEIVE.
9:21:08AM MILLIONAIRES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GARNER CONVERSATIONS
9:21:11AM THAT US THOUSAND-DOLLAR-NAIRES DO NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
9:21:19AM TO.
9:21:19AM WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS FLORIDA STATUTE 163 340
9:21:23AM WHICH IS REFERENCING SECTION 7 AND 8, SLUM AND BLIGHT OF THE
9:21:27AM CRA.
9:21:28AM I SAT BACK AND WATCHED FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR HOW THE CRA
9:21:33AM FUNDS HAVE BEEN UTILIZED IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
9:21:38AM AND NOT JUST IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, I'VE COME TO REALIZE THAT
9:21:41AM IT IS A NATIONAL PROBLEM.
9:21:43AM AND THIS NATIONAL PROBLEM IS HURTING THE VERY PEOPLE THAT IT
9:21:47AM IS SET ASIDE FOR.
9:21:49AM I AM UTTERLY UPSET, AND I'M ALSO KIND OF HAPPY WHEN I READ
9:21:55AM -- I DON'T KNOW.
9:21:56AM I CAN'T QUITE PRONOUNCE HIS NAME BUT CALL HIM MIKE G.
9:22:00AM STATE REPRESENTATIVE MIKE G. WHO HAS NOW PASSED HIS HOUSE
9:22:04AM BILL TO TRY TO END THE CRA FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA BECAUSE
9:22:09AM OF ALL THE DIFFERENT PET PROJECTS AND VARIOUS THINGS TAKING
9:22:11AM PLACE.
9:22:12AM WHEN I WATCHED A STREET GET TORE UP IN YBOR CITY THAT WAS
9:22:17AM ALREADY A PERFECTLY BUILT STREET, TO THEN ULTIMATELY GET
9:22:21AM REPLACED BY COBBLESTONE BRICKS AND THEN HIDDEN UP UNDER THE
9:22:26AM UMBRELLA THEREOF AND I HAD TO ASK MYSELF, HOLD ON, THIS IS
9:22:31AM DISTURBING.
9:22:32AM WE'RE USING FUNDS THAT ARE SET ASIDE FOR SLUM AND BLIGHT.
9:22:35AM I NEED NOT CHALLENGE YOUR INTEGRITY AND ASK YOU WHAT IS THE
9:22:39AM DEFINITION OF SLUM AND BLIGHT?
9:22:41AM SLUM AND BLIGHT IS FOR THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SUFFERING SO
9:22:45AM FAR AND THEN WE COME FULL CIRCLE.
9:22:48AM WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THE MANY THINGS HAPPENING IN SOCIETY
9:22:51AM TODAY.
9:22:52AM YOU'VE GOT THE ADMINISTRATION FROM THE FEDERAL END THAT IS
9:22:56AM ENDANGERING PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE ME AND MINORITY
9:22:59AM INDIVIDUALS.
9:23:00AM THEN YOU COME FULL CIRCLE AND YOU HAVE A FUND THAT'S SET
9:23:04AM ASIDE TO HELP AND BEING UTILIZED NOT BY THE MILLIONAIRE NEXT
9:23:08AM DOOR THAT I READ THE BOOK ON.
9:23:11AM IT'S SET ASIDE BY FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS WHO CAN CLEARLY
9:23:14AM GO INTO ANY BANK AND PUT THEIR SIGNATURE ON AND GET A LOAN.
9:23:20AM I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT I'M EXCITED THAT THIS THING IS
9:23:23AM COMING TO AN END BECAUSE IT IS NOT HELPING THE PEOPLE THAT
9:23:26AM IT WAS SET ASIDE FOR.
9:23:28AM THANK YOU.
9:23:28AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
9:23:34AM >> GOOD MORNING, CONNIE BURTON.
9:23:36AM AGAIN, ONE OF MY FAVORITE POETS, GWENDOLYN BROOKS, HATING
9:23:42AM YOU SHALL BE A GAME PLAYED WITH COOL HANDS.
9:23:45AM AND I WOULD SAY SHE COULD HAVE SAID WITH CALM, POLITICAL
9:23:49AM VOICES.
9:23:50AM I'M HERE BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE WHAT IS GOING TO BE REPORTED
9:23:54AM ON IN ITEM NUMBER 1 FOR EAST TAMPA CRA.
9:23:59AM REPEATEDLY, WE HAVE TOLD YOU OVER AND OVER -- I KNOW I'VE
9:24:03AM BEEN COMING FOR OVER TEN YEARS TO LAY OUT THE CHALLENGES AND
9:24:06AM THE ISSUES OF EAST TAMPA AND YET WE SEE ONLY PET PROJECTS
9:24:12AM MOVING FORWARD AND TO BE TOLD TO OUR VERY FACES IS BECAUSE
9:24:17AM WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WANT.
9:24:18AM SOME PET PROJECTS THAT THE CRA BOARD REJECTED, YOU FOUND A
9:24:26AM WAY TO COME THROUGH THE BACK DOOR.
9:24:28AM I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS BECAUSE BASED ON LOVE, BUT THESE
9:24:35AM PEOPLE PART OF YOUR SORORITY OR WHAT, BUT SOLITA HOUSE WAS A
9:24:40AM CLEAR EXAMPLE.
9:24:41AM SOMEBODY TEACHING POOR PEOPLE HOW TO BUDGET TO GO INTO HOME
9:24:44AM OWNERSHIP, BUT YET THEY NEEDED CRA DOLLARS TO FINISH OUT
9:24:49AM THEIR BUILDING UP TO ALMOST $400,000.
9:24:51AM THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM.
9:24:54AM NEVER DID I HEAR ANY OTHER CRA MEMBERS, LEADERSHIP COME AND
9:24:59AM SAY TO THIS BODY, WE WANT TO PROVIDE A DIFFERENT OUTLOOK FOR
9:25:03AM OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND I HEAR NOW IT IS BEING
9:25:09AM UNDER THE CAREER CHOICE PROGRAM.
9:25:11AM BUT YET WE DON'T KNOW WHAT CHILDREN ARE BEING CAPTURED.
9:25:16AM ALL CHILDREN, 72 CHILDREN THAT WE ADVOCATED FOR OUT OF EAST
9:25:19AM TAMPA BE A TOP PRIORITY FOR A CAREER CHOICE?
9:25:24AM WE DON'T KNOW THAT.
9:25:26AM AND THEN JUST LAST MONTH'S CRA, WHEN THE BOARD, THE CAC
9:25:32AM BOARD SAID THE BEST THEY COULD DO WAS GIVE JC NEWMAN
9:25:38AM PROPOSAL UP TO A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, YOU FOUND A WAY NOT
9:25:42AM TO HAVE A DISCUSSION AMONGST YOURSELVES SO THE PUBLIC CAN
9:25:46AM SEE HOW YOUR VOTE AND YOUR VIEWS WAS, YOU GAVE THEM THE FULL
9:25:50AM $5 MILLION.
9:25:51AM THAT'S WHAT YOU DID.
9:25:52AM AGAIN, TELLING THE BOARD OF YOUR LACK OF RESPECT FOR THE
9:25:58AM PRINCIPAL AND THE LEADERSHIP OF THE BOARD.
9:26:01AM AS MS. SANCHEZ JUST CAME UP, YOU KNOW, IN EAST TAMPA CRA, WE
9:26:05AM HAD A WAY IN WHICH WE WANTED TO IDENTIFY OUR LEADERSHIP.
9:26:09AM WE SAID LET'S GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF A DEMOCRATIC
9:26:12AM ELECTION.
9:26:13AM BUT AGAIN, THE COUNCILPERSON THERE SAID NO, NO, NO, PICK AND
9:26:18AM CHOOSE.
9:26:18AM NOW WE HAVE MEMBERS OF EAST TAMPA CAC THAT HAVE ABSOLUTE
9:26:24AM DISDAIN FOR POOR PEOPLE THAT YOU APPOINTED.
9:26:29AM WHEN GWENDOLYN BROOKS SAYS WITH CALM HANDS, WE WILL
9:26:33AM UNDERSTAND YOUR HATE, WE SEE IT BY YOUR ACTION.
9:26:37AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
9:26:38AM NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
9:26:40AM >> VALERIE BULLOCK FROM PONCE De LEON COLLEGE HILL.
9:26:45AM MONEY IN EAST TAMPA CRA IS NOT BEING USED FOR THE
9:26:49AM HOMEOWNERS.
9:26:51AM THAT'S WHY THEY SAY WHEN IT SUNSETS, ARE THEY GOING TO CLOSE
9:26:53AM IT DOWN, I SAY SHUT IT DOWN.
9:26:56AM BECAUSE IF IT'S NOT GOING TO GO TO THE HOMEOWNERS WHO HAVE
9:26:59AM EQUITY IN THE COMMUNITY AND WHO HAVE LIVED THERE 15, 20, 30,
9:27:03AM 50 YEARS, IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE A GENERAL FUND USED FOR
9:27:06AM BUSINESSES AND NEW HOMEOWNERS SHUT IT DOWN BECAUSE IT
9:27:12AM DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
9:27:14AM WHEN JC NEWMAN CAME TO ASK FOR HIS $5 MILLION, EVERYTHING
9:27:18AM THE COUNCIL DID, IT WREAKED OF COLLUSION.
9:27:23AM THE COUNCILWOMAN, KEPT ASKING THE PEOPLE HOW MUCH LONGER,
9:27:27AM HOW MUCH LONGER.
9:27:28AM AS SOON AS THEY GOT THROUGH, LET'S GO TO A VOTE.
9:27:30AM I KNOW THAT WAS NOT THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.
9:27:35AM IT APPEARED YOU ALL HAD GOTTEN TOGETHER IN YOUR OFFICE AND
9:27:39AM HAD A THREE-WAY PHONE CALL AND DECIDED WE'RE GOING TO GIVE
9:27:42AM THEM 5 MILLION NO MATTER WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY.
9:27:44AM AND THEN YOU WONDER WHY WE HAVE A LACK OF TRUST FOR YOU ALL
9:27:48AM AND VERY LITTLE RESPECT FOR SOME OF YOU ALL.
9:27:52AM IT'S BECAUSE OF ACTIONS LIKE THAT.
9:27:55AM THE DISRESPECT YOU SHOW TOWARDS THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN
9:27:58AM EAST TAMPA, THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE GENERATIONS, IT SHOWS.
9:28:04AM JUST LIKE THE LADY SAID, IN WEST TAMPA, HER FAMILY GOES BACK
9:28:09AM A HUNDRED YEARS.
9:28:10AM SOME FAMILIES IN EAST TAMPA GOES BACK A HUNDRED YEARS.
9:28:13AM WHEN IT COMES TIME TO DO SOMETHING FOR EAST TAMPA OR DO THE
9:28:17AM TREE-TRIMMING PROGRAM, WE'LL FIX THE HOUSES, BUT IT COME
9:28:21AM WITH TOO MANY ASTERISKS.
9:28:24AM YOU HAVE TO SIGN THE PAPERWORK.
9:28:26AM YOU GOT TO GET A LIEN PLACED ON YOUR HOUSE IF YOU WANT THIS
9:28:32AM MONEY.
9:28:32AM OKAY, WE JUST HAD HURRICANE FUND OPEN UP.
9:28:36AM IT OPENED UP ON THE 24th TO PREREGISTER.
9:28:39AM BY THE TIME MY REGISTER CLOSED DOWN.
9:28:42AM WE ARE NO LONGER TAKING ANY MORE APPLICATIONS.
9:28:45AM YOU PUT ASIDE $20,000 FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO GOT IN THAT
9:28:50AM PROGRAM.
9:28:51AM IF YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT DOING WHAT'S RIGHT BY EAST TAMPA,
9:28:55AM WHY CAN'T THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN EAST TAMPA 5, 10, 15,
9:28:59AM 20 YEARS WHO HAVE EQUITY IN THE COMMUNITY, WHY CAN'T THEY
9:29:03AM GET 20,000 TO FIX THEIR HOUSE AS LONG AS THEY CAN SHOW FOR
9:29:06AM THE REPAIRS.
9:29:08AM IT'S NO CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE BOARD WHATSOEVER WHEN IT
9:29:13AM COMES, EVERY OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD IS FLOURISHING.
9:29:17AM THEY HAVE AN ECONOMIC ENGINE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD WHO ALL
9:29:20AM HAVE CRAs.
9:29:21AM BUT WHEN IT COMES TO EAST TAMPA, THE PEOPLE STILL NEED THEIR
9:29:24AM ROOF REPAIRED, STILL NEED THEIR CABINET REPAIRED.
9:29:28AM IT'S JUST THE BUSINESSES THAT COME AND GET MONEY.
9:29:34AM TALK ABOUT THE BLIGHTED SLUM IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IF YOU
9:29:36AM EVER GET THE HEART AND COURAGE TO GO ON 30th TO OSBORNE,
9:29:42AM LOOK NEXT DOOR TO PALM GASOLINE COMPANY.
9:29:45AM THEY HAVE STACKED UP TWO STORIES.
9:29:47AM AND CODE ENFORCEMENT DON'T GO THERE.
9:29:51AM IN MY BACKYARD, THEY WANT TO FIND ME.
9:29:55AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
9:29:57AM ARE THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR TODAY?
9:29:59AM THANK YOU.
9:30:00AM WE'LL MOVE ON.
9:30:03AM MR. McCRAY.
9:30:04AM WE HAVE ONE MORE.
9:30:12AM >> UHURU.
9:30:13AM UHURU MEANS FREEDOM IN SWAHILI.
9:30:16AM WE AS AFRICAN PEOPLE SHOULD ALWAYS BE THINKING ABOUT OUR
9:30:19AM FREEDOM EVERY SINGLE DAY, EVERY SINGLE SECOND OF THE DAY.
9:30:22AM WE SHOULD ALWAYS UNDERSTAND WHITE PEOPLE AIN'T GOING TO DO
9:30:28AM NOTHING FOR US.
9:30:29AM SHOULD ALWAYS UNDERSTAND THAT.
9:30:31AM NO IFS, ANDS, BUTS.
9:30:33AM WHITE PEOPLE SEE US AS A PET OR AS A THREAT.
9:30:38AM THAT'S HOW WHITE PEOPLE SEE US.
9:30:39AM THEY SEE YOU AS A PET OR AS A THREAT.
9:30:42AM A PET CAN MEAN A PUPPET, DO-BOY, DO-GIRL.
9:30:47AM A THREAT COULD MEAN LIKE, HEY, I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO
9:30:51AM DO SOMETHING TO ME.
9:30:52AM I'LL KILL YOU, ASSAULT YOU, TELL YOU TO GET OUT OF HERE.
9:30:55AM I'LL TREAT YOU INHUMANELY.
9:30:57AM I'LL DO ALL THESE THINGS.
9:30:59AM THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS.
9:31:00AM I'M THE FIRST TO SAY WHITE PEOPLE HAVE OWNED US FOR THE LAST
9:31:06AM 825 YEARS.
9:31:08AM I'M BLACK AND STUPID ABOUT IT.
9:31:10AM NOT ASHAMED TO SAY IT.
9:31:12AM BLACK AND STUPID ABOUT IT.
9:31:14AM THEY TREAT US BAD.
9:31:17AM I WENT DOWN TO YBOR CITY AND 7th AVENUE THE OTHER DAY,
9:31:20AM TELLING MY FRIEND, THIS STREET, THIS SEEMS DIFFERENT.
9:31:24AM YEAH, MAN, THOSE CLOWNS TOOK UP A GOOD ROAD AND PUT UP SOME
9:31:29AM BRICKS DOWN HERE AND WE'RE SUFFERING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
9:31:33AM I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT CHILD SUPPORT.
9:31:35AM THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT.
9:31:37AM I WANT TO SAY CHILD SUPPORT IS ILLEGAL, IT'S
9:31:38AM UNCONSTITUTIONAL, AND IT'S A EUGENICS PROGRAM.
9:31:45AM AND THAT IS A SERIOUS ALLEGATION.
9:31:47AM IT'S A EUGENICS PROGRAM.
9:31:48AM IT'S A FOURTH BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT.
9:31:49AM IT'S A COLONIAL GOVERNORSHIP TYPE PROGRAM.
9:31:55AM IT'S AN INDIAN BUREAU OF AFFAIRS TYPE PROGRAM.
9:31:56AM THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
9:31:56AM CHILD SUPPORT IS RUINING THE LIVES OF MANY AFRICAN PEOPLE.
9:32:01AM CHILD SUPPORT IS RUINING THE LIVES OF MANY AFRICAN FAMILIES.
9:32:06AM CHILD SUPPORT IS DISENFRANCHISING THE AFRICAN COMMUNITY AND
9:32:11AM THE AFRICAN FAMILY.
9:32:13AM PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
9:32:15AM THEY RUNNING A FOURTH BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT THEY SAY THROUGH
9:32:18AM AN ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY THAT'S MAKING A BUNCH OF MONEY AND
9:32:22AM OUTSIDE OF THE RULES AND REGULATIONS.
9:32:24AM ONE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS FIX BAYSHORE
9:32:28AM BOULEVARD BETWEEN GANDY AND MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE.
9:32:32AM FIX IT.
9:32:33AM AND THIS CITY NEEDS TO WRITE A LETTER BECAUSE THE CITY TOOK
9:32:37AM NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT GOT KILLED ON BAYSHORE
9:32:41AM BOULEVARD, BUT A YOUNG MAN TAKEN 21-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE.
9:32:46AM SOMETHING IS WRONG ABOUT THAT.
9:32:48AM BAYSHORE BOULEVARD HAS ALWAYS BEEN A MESS FOR DECADES, AND
9:32:52AM THAT YOUNG MAN SHOULDN'T HAVE TO TAKE A 21-YEAR PRISON
9:32:55AM SENTENCE ABOUT IT.
9:32:57AM SOMEBODY ON CITY COUNCIL NEED TO WRITE A LETTER TO THE
9:33:00AM GOVERNOR OR SOMEBODY, SAY, HEY, RELEASE THAT MAN OR CUT HIS
9:33:03AM SENTENCE BACK.
9:33:04AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:33:07AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
9:33:09AM NEXT SPEAKER.
9:33:10AM GOOD MORNING.
9:33:13AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:33:36AM >> THANK GOD FOR ANOTHER DAY.
9:33:38AM GOOD MORNING.
9:33:39AM I APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ALL.
9:33:43AM YOU KNOW, I'M VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE NOBODY SEEM TO WANT TO
9:33:51AM HELP PEOPLE OF COLOR.
9:33:59AM COME OUT EVERY THURSDAY AND GET NO RESULTS.
9:34:01AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I'M SORRY.
9:34:02AM CAN YOU PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR NAME FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD.
9:34:06AM >> FRANK PASTOR WILLIAMS.
9:34:07AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, MR. WILLIAMS.
9:34:08AM APPRECIATE IT.
9:34:09AM >> LOCATED AT 1112 EAST SCOTT STREET.
9:34:12AM YOU KNOW, IT'S A SHAME THAT WE COME DOWN HERE WEEK AFTER
9:34:18AM WEEK AND NOBODY SEEMS TO GET NOTHING DONE.
9:34:21AM I'VE GIVEN YOU ALL FLYERS.
9:34:24AM NOBODY RESPONDS.
9:34:26AM YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DO, THEY SEND PEOPLE TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD
9:34:31AM ASKING THEM ABOUT ME.
9:34:33AM DON'T GO TO MY NEIGHBOR.
9:34:35AM COME TO ME.
9:34:36AM I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF.
9:34:39AM BUT THE THING ABOUT US, WE WANT TO HEAR THINGS, WHAT OTHER
9:34:45AM PEOPLE GOT TO SAY.
9:34:47AM THEY SAY A WHOLE LOT OF EVIL THINGS ABOUT ME, BUT DON'T PAY
9:34:51AM NO ATTENTION.
9:34:52AM COME TO ME, PASTOR WILLIAMS.
9:34:55AM ANYTIME YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO ME, I'M AT 3006 EAST -- I LIVE
9:35:09AM AT 3006, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33610.
9:35:15AM BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE THING I REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT, YOU
9:35:22AM STILL GOT THAT JACKSON HOUSE SITTING ON STICKS.
9:35:25AM YOU KNOW WHAT?
9:35:26AM AT MY CHURCH THEY HAD ONE GLASS BROKE OUT AND CODE OFFICIALS
9:35:34AM SENT ME A LETTER LETTING ME KNOW I HAD TO GET IT DONE IN SO
9:35:38AM MANY DAYS.
9:35:40AM PLACED RIGHT HERE, JACKSON HOUSE, SITTING RIGHT HERE FOR SO
9:35:45AM LONG AND NOBODY DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT.
9:35:49AM YOU ALL GOT POSITIONS WHERE YOU ALL CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT
9:35:52AM IT.
9:35:53AM GO TO CODE ENFORCEMENT AND TELL THEM, HEY, YOU NEED TO CITE
9:36:03AM WHOEVER OWNS THAT PLACE AND TEAR IT DOWN.
9:36:06AM WE DON'T CARE ABOUT THE BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD.
9:36:09AM WE DON'T CARE ABOUT EAST TAMPA.
9:36:09AM ONLY THING WE CARE ABOUT IS DIGGING THEM A TRENCH HOLE AND
9:36:13AM DON'T WANT ANYBODY USE IT NO MORE.
9:36:15AM THAT'S BLACK FOLKS LAND.
9:36:17AM WE TRY TO BE GOOD PEOPLE.
9:36:19AM TRY TO DO THE RIGHT THING BUT NOBODY WANT -- WANT TO GO AND
9:36:27AM JUMP ON PEOPLE TRYING TO DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
9:36:30AM AND THAT'S THE SAD THING ABOUT IT.
9:36:33AM WE GOT TO UNDERSTAND, HELP PEOPLE THAT WANT TO HELP ONE
9:36:38AM ANOTHER.
9:36:39AM I WANT TO PETITION THEM TO HELP PASTOR WILLIAMS.
9:36:46AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, PASTOR WILLIAMS.
9:36:47AM YOUR TIME IS UP.
9:36:49AM APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
9:36:50AM WE HEARD YOU.
9:36:52AM I APPRECIATE YOU.
9:36:53AM >> GOD BLESS YOU.
9:36:54AM GOD BLESS YOU.
9:36:55AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YOU TOO.
9:36:57AM MR. McCRAY.
9:36:58AM I APOLOGIZE.
9:37:03AM ONE MORE.
9:37:07AM GOOD MORNING.
9:37:08AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:37:10AM MY NAME IS JOSE VASQUEZ, RESIDENT OF 2222 NORTH 64 STREET.
9:37:17AM BUSINESS LOCATED AT 1924 NORTH 59th STREET.
9:37:22AM I'M HERE TO CONTINUE WITH THE FOLLOW-UP ABOUT THE SITUATION
9:37:25AM I HAVE WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 1999
9:37:32AM NORTH 59th STREET.
9:37:33AM THAT PROPERTY THE CITY OF TAMPA BUY IN 1973 TO GUARANTEE
9:37:40AM THAT PROPERTY EASEMENT TO BE LEGAL INTEREST TO MY BUSINESS.
9:37:44AM FOR YEARS, MY NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN USING THAT RIGHT-OF-WAY
9:37:49AM EASEMENT.
9:37:50AM NOW THE CITY OF TAMPA SAYS IT IS AN IMPROVED ROAD.
9:37:54AM I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ABOUT THE SITUATION BECAUSE THE
9:37:58AM LAST TIME I TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO CODE ENFORCEMENT DOING HIS
9:38:01AM JOB TO TRY TO OPEN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
9:38:04AM BUT WE GOT PROBLEMS WITH THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, SPECIFIC
9:38:08AM WITH TRANSPORTATION, MOBILITY, ON THE PERSON WHO HAD TO MAKE
9:38:13AM SURE MEASURES TO MARK WHAT IS THE PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY
9:38:16AM OF TAMPA?
9:38:16AM TO MY NEIGHBOR, 5819 EAST 10th AVENUE TO CLEAN THE AREA,
9:38:34AM ET CETERA, ET CETERA, BECAUSE THAT IS THE -- RESPONSIBILITY.
9:38:40AM NOW, BECAUSE I'M DOING IT, HE MET BECAUSE I TRIED TO OPEN MY
9:38:47AM LEGAL INTEREST.
9:38:48AM YOU BUY SINCE 1973 FOR HAVING THAT RIGHT.
9:38:51AM I HAD TO REPORT TO YOU TODAY, I HAD TO CALL THE INSPECTOR
9:38:59AM BECAUSE THIS GENTLEMAN, YOU'VE SEEN YOUR PROPERTY HE PLANTED
9:39:07AM SOME PALM TREES NOW, TWO OF THEM BLOCKING MY ENTRANCE.
9:39:13AM TWO OF THEM BLOCKING MY RIGHT-OF-WAY.
9:39:17AM DO I THE RIGHT THING.
9:39:18AM I CALL THE INSPECTOR.
9:39:20AM I SEND PICTURES.
9:39:21AM HE OPEN A CASE.
9:39:26AM SOMEBODY REMOVE THE TREES.
9:39:28AM WHEN I FOUND THE GARBAGE IN FRONT OF MY BUSINESS, I REMOVE
9:39:31AM THE GARBAGE AND I OPEN A TICKET FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA PICK
9:39:35AM UP THE GARBAGE.
9:39:36AM NOW, I'M FACING CRIMINAL MISCHIEF BECAUSE THAT GENTLEMAN
9:39:44AM SAYING THAT COST $4,000.
9:39:46AM WHO GO TO PLANT TREES WITH NO PERMISSION IN THE PROPERTY
9:39:54AM THAT BELONGS TO THE CITY OF TAMPA.
9:39:56AM MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE CRIMINAL CASE.
9:39:59AM IT'S NOT RIGHT.
9:40:01AM THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE MOBILITY, TRANSPORTATION NOT DO HIS
9:40:05AM JOB.
9:40:05AM I'M HERE TODAY TO LET YOU KNOW, I'M HERE TO HELP YOU.
9:40:09AM BE MORE EFFECTIVE.
9:40:11AM QUESTION, WHAT COLOR IS MY HAIR, PLEASE?
9:40:14AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YOUR TIME IS UP, SIR.
9:40:16AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP.
9:40:21AM THIS IS SOMETHING GOING ON FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME, AM I
9:40:24AM CORRECT?
9:40:25AM >> SINCE JUNE OF LAST YEAR.
9:40:27AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WHAT I REMEMBER BECAUSE MY AIDE WAS
9:40:29AM WORKING ON IT.
9:40:30AM SHE'S NOT HERE.
9:40:31AM OUT SICK YESTERDAY AND TODAY, CODE ENFORCEMENT WENT OUT, I
9:40:35AM DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REPORT CAME BACK WITH.
9:40:37AM I HAVEN'T SEEN IT.
9:40:38AM SHE SENT CODE ENFORCEMENT.
9:40:40AM YOU HAVE NO INGRESS AND EGRESS TO YOUR PROPERTY BECAUSE
9:40:44AM SOMEBODY VIOLATED SOMETHING, AM I CORRECT THERE?
9:40:47AM IN AND OUT OF YOUR PROPERTY, YOU HAVE NO WAY IN AND OUT OF
9:40:51AM YOUR PROPERTY.
9:40:53AM >> THAT'S CORRECT.
9:40:54AM THAT IS THE PROBLEM I'VE GOT.
9:40:55AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: MR. MIRANDA, WE'LL MOVE ON WITH THE
9:40:58AM MEETING.
9:40:58AM DARLENE, GET HIS INFORMATION TO PROVIDE TO MR. MIRANDA'S
9:41:06AM AIDE.
9:41:06AM DIRECTOR McCRAY.
9:41:11AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, DARLENE.
9:41:13AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YOU'RE WELCOME.
9:41:15AM I NEED MY FAN.
9:41:16AM IT IS HOT.
9:41:21AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: GOOD MORNING.
9:41:22AM CEDRIC McCRAY, TAMPA CRA DIRECTOR.
9:41:24AM I HAVE THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE OF INTRODUCING THIS MONTH'S
9:41:28AM REPORT OR REPORT-OUT.
9:41:30AM REVEREND DR. JEFFREY JOHNSON, WHO WAS SELECTED AS EAST TAMPA
9:41:34AM CAC CHAIR DURING THEIR MARCH MEETING.
9:41:37AM HE WILL BE PROVIDING THE UPDATE FOR THE EAST TAMPA CAC.
9:41:40AM DR. JOHNSON.
9:41:46AM >>JEFFREY JOHNSON: GOOD MORNING TO EACH OF YOU.
9:41:48AM HOPE ALL IS WELL.
9:41:49AM THANK YOU, MR. McCRAY, FOR THAT.
9:41:52AM I ALSO WANT TO SAY BEFORE I BEGIN MY REPORT THAT I'M VERY
9:41:56AM APPRECIATIVE OF THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE COME FORTH TODAY AS
9:41:59AM WELL AS THOSE THAT COME FORTH EACH AND EVERY MONTH AT THE
9:42:02AM EAST TAMPA CRA.
9:42:04AM IT SHOWS A LEVEL OF DIVERSITY.
9:42:06AM NOT TALKING ABOUT ETHNIC, BUT SHOWS THE DIVERSITY OF MINDSET
9:42:10AM THAT'S IN THE EAST TAMPA COMMUNITY THAT HAS THE HEART TO
9:42:13AM MOVE THE COMMUNITY FORWARD.
9:42:15AM THERE ARE FOUR PARTICULAR AREAS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE AN
9:42:17AM UPDATE TO BECAUSE I AM THE NEW CHAIRMAN OF THAT COMMITTEE.
9:42:23AM ANYTHING FURTHER BEYOND THIS I WILL REFER TO STAFF FOR MORE
9:42:26AM INFORMATION.
9:42:27AM THE FIRST UPDATE WILL BE ABOUT THE CRP, THE COMMUNITY
9:42:30AM REDEVELOPMENT UPDATE.
9:42:31AM THERE WERE LISTENING SESSIONS HELD AT THE ANDREWS LIBRARY ON
9:42:37AM JANUARY THE 22nd.
9:42:39AM THE PLAN IS DEFINITELY UNDERWAY, AND THE CONSULTANT WOULD
9:42:44AM GIVE AN UPDATE TO THE EAST TAMPA CAC AT OUR NEXT MEETING ON
9:42:48AM MAY THE 6.
9:42:50AM I BELIEVE THEY ARE 60% COMPLETE WITH THEIR REPORT, SO WOULD
9:42:54AM BE INTERESTED TO HEAR WHAT THEIR REPORT IS GOING TO SHAPE UP
9:42:58AM TO BE.
9:42:59AM THE SECOND THING IS THE GATOR BUILDING ON THE CORNER OF LAKE
9:43:02AM AVENUE.
9:43:03AM THE EAST TAMPA CRA IS ASSEMBLING OR TRYING TO ASSEMBLE AS
9:43:08AM MUCH PROPERTY AROUND THAT PARTICULAR AREA FOR THAT GATOR
9:43:11AM BUILDING TO BE WHAT IS DESIGNED TO BE AN RFP AND SCOPE OF
9:43:17AM WORK, CURRENTLY DRAFTED BY THE CRA AND THE CONTRACT
9:43:20AM ADMINISTRATION STAFF.
9:43:22AM THERE WAS A VISION SESSION HELD ON MARCH 4 TO SOLICIT
9:43:26AM FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT MORE ENGAGEMENT.
9:43:32AM WE APPRECIATE THAT THE COMMITTEE IS MOVING FORWARD WITH
9:43:35AM THOSE PLANS.
9:43:36AM I WILL SAY THAT IT IS VERY MUCH DELAYED TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO
9:43:41AM BE.
9:43:42AM IT NEEDS TO BE FURTHER ALONG WITH THAT.
9:43:44AM I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMITTEE SINCE 2020 AND THE GATOR BUILDING
9:43:47AM WAS PURCHASED BEFORE THEN.
9:43:48AM WE DEFINITELY NEED MORE AGGRESSION AND SPEED TO MOVE FORWARD
9:43:52AM WITH THE PLANS OF THE GATOR BUILDING.
9:43:53AM I DO UNDERSTAND THE ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTIES AROUND IT,
9:43:56AM BUT THERE STILL SHOULD BE SOME MOVEMENT.
9:43:58AM I THINK THE COMMUNITY WILL APPRECIATE TO SEE SOMETHING
9:44:01AM HAPPEN WITH THE BUILDING, NOT ONLY JUST THE PROPERTIES
9:44:04AM AROUND IT BUT TO SEE MORE ACTIVE PLANS.
9:44:07AM BUT I'M ENCOURAGED THAT IS HAPPENING.
9:44:09AM THE LAND ACQUISITION THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE IN EAST TAMPA,
9:44:13AM EAST TAMPA CRA HAS BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE REAL ESTATE
9:44:15AM DEPARTMENT TO ACTIVELY ACQUIRE PARCELS OF LAND WITHIN THE
9:44:19AM EAST TAMPA CRA BOUNDARIES.
9:44:20AM THE PALIFOX PROPERTIES AND GATOR BUILDING AND DESTINATION
9:44:24AM CHURCH ON 12th STREET AND OSBORNE AVENUE HAS BEEN A PART
9:44:28AM OF THOSE RECENT ACQUISITIONS.
9:44:29AM THE VISION IS TO ACQUIRE AS MUCH AFFORDABLE AND ATTAINABLE
9:44:35AM HOUSING AND POSSIBLE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR PARCELS TO
9:44:38AM CONTINUE TO BE ASSEMBLED IN THE EAST TAMPA COMMUNITY.
9:44:42AM NEXT WILL BE OUR EAST TAMPA CRA GRANTS.
9:44:44AM MONTHLY, WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING A REPORT OUT OF HOW OUR GRANTS
9:44:48AM ARE COMING.
9:44:49AM I BELIEVE THAT THE RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF
9:44:51AM THOSE.
9:44:52AM SO I THINK THEY ARE WORKING TO DO THAT AS WELL.
9:44:54AM IN MY CLOSING COMMENTS, THERE IS A WORKSHOP BEING HELD ON
9:44:59AM APRIL THE 21st BECAUSE OF SOME COMMENTS FROM RESIDENTS, WE
9:45:04AM WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROPERLY ALLOCATING THE
9:45:07AM DOLLARS TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
9:45:09AM WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THE SENATE BILL 1228 IN TALLAHASSEE
9:45:14AM AND WE ARE VERY MUCH LOOKING TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN ABOUT
9:45:18AM CRAs.
9:45:18AM SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN DO WHILE
9:45:21AM WE CAN IS DONE.
9:45:22AM AND THAT'S GOING TO START WITH US LOOKING AT OUR BUDGET AND
9:45:25AM LOOK AT THOSE LINE ITEMS OF THOSE ITEMS NOT BEING USED, HOW
9:45:29AM DO WE REPURPOSE DOLLARS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE OTHER
9:45:32AM LINE ITEMS THAT CAN BE SUPPORTED BASED ON THE MONIES THAT WE
9:45:37AM DO HAVE.
9:45:37AM WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME OTHER
9:45:40AM BUDGET LINE ITEMS RELATED TO WAY FINDING SIGNAGE, THE
9:45:43AM ROUNDABOUTS AROUND LAKE AVENUE AND 34th STREET AND NORTH
9:45:46AM 22nd STREET, ALONG WITH THE STORMWATER POND IMPROVEMENTS.
9:45:50AM WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE MOVEMENT AROUND OUR HOUSING REHAB
9:45:55AM AND RENOVATION PROGRAM.
9:45:56AM 90 RESIDENTS THUS FAR HAVE RECEIVED ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE
9:45:59AM EAST TAMPA EMERGENCY ROOFING PROGRAM IN RECENT YEARS, AND
9:46:02AM WE'RE LOOKING TO DO MORE AS WELL.
9:46:04AM WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WITNESS EAST TAMPA EVOLVE AND BE
9:46:09AM THE COMMUNITY THAT IT CAN BE.
9:46:10AM I BELIEVE THAT EAST TAMPA SHOULD BE A DESTINATION COMMUNITY
9:46:13AM AS WELL WHERE PERSONS CAN LIVE THERE AND EAT THERE AND PLAY
9:46:17AM THERE, AND WE DON'T WANT OTHER COMMUNITIES TO OUTDO JUST
9:46:20AM EAST TAMPA, BUT EAST TAMPA HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THAT
9:46:23AM DESTINATION PLACE AS WELL.
9:46:24AM SO WE ARE AGGRESSIVELY WORKING WITH THAT AS WELL AS WITH
9:46:27AM STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY IS
9:46:30AM BROUGHT TO LIGHT THAT EAST TAMPA CAN BE THAT COMMUNITY.
9:46:34AM SO THAT IS MY BRIEF UPDATE ON MY FIRST MONTH ON THE JOB.
9:46:38AM IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL BE WILLING TO ANSWER THEM.
9:46:41AM IF I DON'T KNOW, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO STAFF.
9:46:45AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
9:46:46AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
9:46:47AM I APPRECIATE THE UPDATE.
9:46:49AM I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CRP UPDATE AS WELL.
9:46:55AM SOMETHING JUST LANDED IN OUR IN-BOXES SO WE CAN TALK TO THE
9:46:58AM CONSULTANTS AS WELL.
9:46:59AM I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
9:47:01AM I AGREE WITH YOU, LOOKING REALLY FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT WE
9:47:03AM CAN DO WITH THE GATOR BUILDING NOW THAT WE HAVE MORE LAND.
9:47:06AM IT'S ALL POSITIVE.
9:47:07AM I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WAY THAT EAST TAMPA, SPECIFICALLY,
9:47:11AM JUST BECAUSE WE HEARD FROM THIS MORNING, THINKING ABOUT WHAT
9:47:14AM WOULD HAPPEN IF THIS BILL PASSES.
9:47:17AM I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR FORETHOUGHT AND YOUR ABILITY TO
9:47:21AM THINK.
9:47:21AM WE REALLY DO NEED TO PLAN.
9:47:23AM SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
9:47:25AM >> YES, MA'AM, THANK YOU.
9:47:26AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
9:47:27AM DR. JOHNSON, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS TODAY.
9:47:30AM I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS A FEW THINGS IN LIGHT OF EVEN THE
9:47:33AM COMMENTS THIS MORNING AND YOUR COMMENTS REGARDING THE
9:47:37AM PROGRESS OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND CAPITAL PROJECTS HAPPENING IN
9:47:40AM EAST TAMPA.
9:47:41AM SOMETIMES I HEAR A LOT OF THINGS SAYING THERE'S NOTHING
9:47:44AM HAPPENING IN EAST TAMPA.
9:47:45AM CLEARLY YOU'VE OUTLINED TODAY THAT IS NOT TRUE.
9:47:48AM ONE IN PARTICULAR FOR ME IS THE GATOR BUILDING.
9:47:52AM YOU SAID YOU WANT TO SEE MORE OF AN AGGRESSIVE APPROACH.
9:47:56AM WOULD YOU NOT AGREE THAT LAST MONTH WITH THE PURCHASE OF
9:47:59AM ADDITIONAL REAL ESTATE THAT THAT WOULD BE WHAT YOU CONSIDER
9:48:03AM PROGRESS?
9:48:04AM >> THAT IS A PART OF PROGRESS, YES.
9:48:06AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: HOW MUCH FASTER DO YOU THINK IT SHOULD
9:48:08AM OCCUR?
9:48:09AM >>JEFFREY JOHNSON: WELL, THE BUILDING WAS PURCHASED SIX
9:48:12AM YEARS AGO, AND IT STAYED VACANT, NO MOVEMENT UP UNTIL
9:48:18AM RECENTLY WHEN THOSE PLANS STARTED COMING.
9:48:20AM I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WORKS BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THE CITY
9:48:22AM ABOUT PLACING PROJECTS IN TOP PRIORITY.
9:48:26AM I THINK EVEN WITH THE LAND ASSEMBLAGE AROUND THE BUILDING,
9:48:30AM THERE CAN BE OTHER THINGS DONE AS WELL, MAKING SURE THE
9:48:33AM COMMUNITY IS UPDATED IN REAL-TIME.
9:48:36AM NOT ONLY JUST LAND ASSEMBLAGE, THIS IS WHERE WE ARE LOOKING
9:48:40AM TO GO AND PUT A TIMELINE ON IT.
9:48:42AM I THINK WE HOLD OUR DEPARTMENTS ACCOUNTABLE IF THERE IS A
9:48:45AM TIMELINE, NOT THAT THERE IS A GRAY AREA, WELL, WE'LL LIKE
9:48:49AM THIS TO BE DONE IN 72 MONTHS.
9:48:51AM NO, WE WOULD LIKE THIS TO BE DONE IN A YEAR AND A HALF AND
9:48:54AM THIS IS HOW FAST WE NEED TO MOVE WITH IT CONSIDERING THE
9:48:57AM FACT WHEN THE BUILDING WAS PURCHASED AND WHERE WE ARE NOW.
9:49:00AM I APPRECIATE THE LAND ASSEMBLAGE AND WHAT'S HAPPENING.
9:49:04AM I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS ABLE TO SEE
9:49:06AM SOMETHING.
9:49:07AM IT WAS PURCHASED.
9:49:07AM NOW THEY CAN ACTUALLY SEE SOMETHING VISUALLY THAT'S
9:49:10AM HAPPENING TO THE BUILDING.
9:49:11AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I'LL LET MR. McCRAY SPEAK ON THAT
9:49:14AM BECAUSE THERE IS MORE LAND ASSEMBLAGE THAT IS NEEDED.
9:49:17AM AT LEAST WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU, DO YOU BELIEVE WE SHOULD
9:49:20AM START A PROJECT BEFORE WE HAVE EVERYTHING WE NEED?
9:49:23AM >>JEFFREY JOHNSON: NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING.
9:49:25AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I'M JUST ASKING.
9:49:26AM THIS IS PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:49:27AM IT IS NOT A NATURE OF ME TO CHALLENGE YOU.
9:49:30AM I WANT EVEN FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A
9:49:33AM PROCESS.
9:49:33AM >>JEFFREY JOHNSON: I APPRECIATE THAT.
9:49:34AM YES, MA'AM.
9:49:37AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
9:49:39AM >>BILL CARLSON: TO ADD TO THAT FOR A SECOND, I KNOW YOU HAVE
9:49:43AM BEEN MEETING WITH INDIVIDUAL CONSTITUENTS IN THE COMMUNITY
9:49:47AM BECAUSE I SAT IN SOME OF THAT TIME.
9:49:48AM I APPRECIATE IT.
9:49:49AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
9:49:51AM YOU HAVE LIKE THREE JOBS AND ALSO DOING THIS, SO THANK YOU.
9:49:55AM THE POINT THAT MS. BULLOCK BROUGHT UP THIS MORNING, IN PART,
9:50:03AM THERE MAY BE INDIVIDUALS OUT THERE WHO DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE
9:50:05AM GRANTS WE HAVE OR DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION.
9:50:08AM SO AS YOU'RE LISTENING TO FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY, IF YOU
9:50:11AM FIND BETTER WAYS FOR US TO COMMUNICATE THE GRANTS THAT ARE
9:50:15AM AVAILABLE, ESPECIALLY THE MICROGRANTS FOR HOMEOWNERS, PLEASE
9:50:19AM LET US KNOW AND LET CEDRIC KNOW.
9:50:22AM WE'LL TRY TO IMPROVE THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS.
9:50:25AM AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS BUSINESS OWNERS OR BUILDING
9:50:31AM OWNERS THAT MAY NOT KNOW HOW TO APPLY.
9:50:37AM OVER THE LAST YEAR, WE MADE THE GRANT PROCESS MUCH EASIER,
9:50:41AM MUCH MORE TRANSPARENT, BUT THERE IS SOME TRUTH THAT THE
9:50:45AM PEOPLE WHO KNOW HOW TO FILL OUT GRANTS AND HAVE THE
9:50:47AM RESOURCES TO DO IT CAN MOVE FASTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE.
9:50:50AM AS YOU'RE LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY, IF YOU CAN FIND WAYS
9:50:53AM THAT WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF HELPING FOLKS WHO NEED THE
9:50:56AM GRANTS, WHO NEED ACCESS AND FILL OUT THE FORMS, PLEASE LET
9:50:59AM US KNOW, LET CEDRIC KNOW AND WE'LL TRY TO DO A BETTER JOB OF
9:51:03AM THAT.
9:51:04AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
9:51:05AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
9:51:07AM I DON'T THINK -- [INAUDIBLE] I WANTED TO SAY MY POSITION.
9:51:17AM I KNOW MR. McCRAY HEARD ME POUND THIS DRUM A THOUSAND
9:51:22AM TIMES AND HEARD A LOT IN PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:51:23AM MY INTENT AS LONG AS I SERVE ON CRA BOARD TO CONTINUE MY
9:51:27AM QUEST IN ENSURING CRA MONEY, SPECIFICALLY IN EAST TAMPA, IS
9:51:30AM INTENDED FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY LIVE IN THE CRA AND
9:51:33AM BENEFIT THE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY LIVE IN THE CRA AND NOT
9:51:36AM NECESSARILY BUILDING OUT FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LIVE THERE.
9:51:39AM I'VE BEEN -- OBJECTED TO THE WAY WE'VE USED SOME OF THE
9:51:44AM FUNDS FOR SUBSIDIES FOR HOME BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS AS
9:51:49AM OPPOSED TO I REALLY WANT TO -- AGAIN, I'M ONE VOICE OUT OF
9:51:54AM SEVEN.
9:51:55AM I WANT TO MAKE SURE AS WE MOVE THE NEEDLE FORWARD THAT THE
9:51:57AM MONIES COLLECTED IN THIS AREA ARE DONE FOR THE OWNER REHAB,
9:52:01AM TO DO THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
9:52:05AM SHARE MY PERSONAL OPINION.
9:52:09AM HOW IMPORTANT I FEEL THAT WE ALLOCATE FUNDS, THAT IT IS
9:52:12AM INTENDED FOR THE FOLKS, JUST LIKE I FEEL CITYWIDE, AS FAR AS
9:52:16AM WE SHOULD BE BUILDING CITY OF TAMPA FOR FOLKS WHO LIVE HERE
9:52:19AM AND HAVE SWEAT EQUITY INTO THE CITY.
9:52:21AM I THINK THE SAME THING WITH THE CRAs.
9:52:23AM IT SHOULD BE SWEAT EQUITY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE.
9:52:26AM WE SHOULD BE DOING THE OWNER REHAB, THE ROOFS, YARD WORK,
9:52:30AM THOSE TYPE OF THINGS SO THEY DON'T HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT
9:52:33AM ISSUES AND THE SENIOR CITIZENS CAN MAINTAIN THEIR HOUSES SO
9:52:37AM WE CAN KEEP THEM IN PLACE.
9:52:38AM SUCH AN IMPORTANT THING FOR NEIGHBORHOODS AND NEIGHBORHOOD
9:52:41AM PLACE-MAKING AND NEIGHBORHOOD BUILDING.
9:52:43AM SHARED MY OPINION ON IT SO AS YOU MOVE FORWARD IN THIS NEW
9:52:47AM ROLE OF YOURS, AT LEAST YOU HEAR ONE-SEVENTH OF MINE WHEN IT
9:52:54AM COMES TO DECISION MAKING.
9:52:55AM >>LUIS VIERA: ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU, SIR.
9:52:58AM WHAT COUNCILMAN CARLSON SAID IS RIGHT.
9:53:00AM I THINK YOU HAVE THREE JOBS.
9:53:02AM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO ALSO POINTED TO YOU THE RECONCILIATION
9:53:06AM COMMITTEE AND NOW ON THE EAST TAMPA CAC.
9:53:08AM YOU DO A LOT OF WORK.
9:53:10AM I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AND THANK YOU FOR THE MANY
9:53:12AM DIFFERENT HATS YOU WEAR.
9:53:13AM HATS OF FAITH, MILITARY SERVICE, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
9:53:18AM YOU TALKED ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN TALLAHASSEE AND
9:53:20AM KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THAT.
9:53:22AM I OBVIOUSLY HOPE THAT WE GET TO PRESERVE OUR CRAs.
9:53:25AM CRAs DONE CORRECTLY.
9:53:27AM THE EAST TAMPA CRA IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT A CRA COULD
9:53:32AM DO IN AN AREA THAT NEEDS IT.
9:53:35AM CRAs ARE AMONG -- COMMUNITIES THAT ARE BLIGHTED.
9:53:40AM YOU CONCENTRATE THE REVENUE GROWTH IN A PARTICULAR
9:53:43AM DESIGNATED AREA THAT NEEDS IT IN ORDER TO INVEST SOLELY IN
9:53:47AM THAT COMMUNITY.
9:53:48AM TO ME, THAT IS A VERY COMPASSIONATE, THAT IS A VERY PRO
9:53:52AM SOCIAL JUSTICE, VERY EQUITABLE TYPE OF AN ISSUE THAT LOCAL
9:53:57AM COMMUNITIES CAN DO IF DONE RIGHT.
9:54:00AM WE CERTAINLY HAVE OUR DEBATES ON CERTAIN CRAs,
9:54:03AM CHANNELSIDE, DOWNTOWN, WHAT TO DO WITH THEM.
9:54:06AM EAST TAMPA NEEDS A CRA.
9:54:08AM THAT'S A FACT, WHICH IS THERE NEEDS TO BE A CONCENTRATED
9:54:12AM EMPHASIS ON DEVELOPMENT IN THE EAST TAMPA AREA, AN AREA THAT
9:54:15AM HAS BEEN SO LEFT BEHIND FOR GENERATIONS THAT SUFFERED FROM
9:54:20AM GENERATIONAL NEGLECT AND INJUSTICE.
9:54:23AM WITH THE CRA, WE CAN HAVE A CHANCE AT HAVING THAT
9:54:26AM CONCENTRATED INVESTMENT.
9:54:27AM SO I HOPE THEY PRESERVE THAT.
9:54:28AM IT'S NOT JUST EAST TAMPA.
9:54:31AM YOU TAKE A LOOK AT PARTS OF YBOR CITY.
9:54:34AM YOU TAKE A LOOK AT -- I SUGGEST SULPHUR SPRINGS.
9:54:37AM I KNOW SULPHUR SPRINGS DOESN'T HAVE A CRA, BUT I SUGGEST IT
9:54:40AM NEEDS ONE.
9:54:41AM THAT IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE IF DONE RIGHT, AND THAT IS THE BIG
9:54:45AM QUALIFIER, IF DONE RIGHT, IT CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN AN
9:54:49AM AREA.
9:54:50AM I REPRESENT A PART OF THE CITY OF TAMPA THAT HAS NO CRAs.
9:54:53AM I LIVE IN NEW TAMPA.
9:54:54AM I TELL PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT I STRONGLY SUPPORT OUR CRAs
9:54:58AM IN OUR BLIGHTED AREAS, EVEN IF IT MEANS THOSE AREAS GET TO
9:55:01AM KEEP THE REVENUE ENHANCEMENT SINCE POST CRA DESIGNATION.
9:55:05AM WHY IS THAT?
9:55:05AM BECAUSE AS I SAID HERE BEFORE, WE ALL DO BETTER WHEN WE ALL
9:55:09AM DO BETTER.
9:55:09AM WHEN A LOT OF COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN LEFT BEHIND GET
9:55:12AM THAT ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT, IT'S A GOOD THING.
9:55:15AM FOR ME, CRAs, IF DONE RIGHT, ARE RIGHT OUT OF THE LBJ
9:55:20AM GREAT SOCIETY.
9:55:21AM I MEAN THAT AS A GOOD THING, BY THE WAY.
9:55:23AM AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
9:55:25AM YOU ARE A REALLY GOOD GUY.
9:55:27AM WE APPRECIATE YOU.
9:55:27AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: CLOSING OUT WITH BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
9:55:29AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, YOUR REPORT
9:55:31AM AND ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
9:55:32AM ALREADY MENTIONED THAT YOU WEAR MANY HATS.
9:55:37AM MOST OF ALL, I APPRECIATE YOUR FRIENDSHIP.
9:55:39AM YOU ARE A WONDERFUL INDIVIDUAL AND I'M GLAD YOU ARE HERE
9:55:42AM REPRESENTING, AND THAT'S IT.
9:55:44AM THANK YOU.
9:55:45AM >> APPRECIATE IT.
9:55:46AM THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
9:55:47AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: DIRECTOR McCRAY.
9:55:48AM CHARLIE, I APOLOGIZE.
9:55:56AM [TALKING OVER ONE ANOTHER]
9:56:01AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE.
9:56:04AM I DON'T SAY THAT TO EVERYBODY, BUT I CAN TELL YOU VERY DEAR,
9:56:09AM VERY WELL-RESPECTED INDIVIDUAL IN THE MILITARY BECAUSE YOU
9:56:12AM ACT LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT
9:56:14AM YOU'RE DOING.
9:56:14AM THAT'S WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT.
9:56:17AM LOOKING AT CRAs, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE AGAINST IT, A LOT OF
9:56:20AM PEOPLE FOR IT.
9:56:21AM IF YOU DO IT RIGHT AND WE ARE ABOUT EIGHT YEARS OR NINE
9:56:24AM YEARS FROM TWO CRAs SHUTTING DOWN, THERE WAS NO ONE LIVING
9:56:29AM DOWNTOWN BACK IN THE '70s, NONE.
9:56:32AM THERE WERE A FEW.
9:56:34AM MAKE A LEFT, RIGHT, ONE-WAY STREET, YOU WOULDN'T HIT A CAR.
9:56:40AM TRUE STORY.
9:56:40AM NOW, LOOK AT IT.
9:56:41AM DID IT CAUSE SOME HARM?
9:56:44AM YEAH.
9:56:45AM DID IT CAUSE SOME HEADACHES?
9:56:46AM YEAH.
9:56:47AM BUT AT THE END OF THE 30 YEARS, WHAT IS THE CITY GOING TO
9:56:50AM GET IN RETURN?
9:56:51AM ALMOST ALL NEW, THE EAST SIDE, CHANNELSIDE, WHATEVER THEY
9:56:58AM WANT TO CALL IT, IT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
9:57:01AM SOMETHING UNIQUE.
9:57:02AM WHEN THE CITY GRABS THAT PARK THAT'S COMING IN, THEY DON'T
9:57:09AM HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT.
9:57:11AM IT'S ALREADY MAINTAINED.
9:57:12AM DON'T HAVE TO PUT NEW ROADS.
9:57:14AM THEY ALREADY HAVE NEW ROADS BECAUSE OF THE CRA AND THINGS OF
9:57:16AM THAT NATURE.
9:57:17AM ALREADY HAVE NEW BUILDINGS.
9:57:18AM ALREADY HAVE SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PARTS OF THE CITY DON'T
9:57:22AM HAVE BECAUSE THEY WERE SO FAR BEHIND, THE CATCH-UP WAS
9:57:26AM THERE.
9:57:26AM WHEN THE CITY GRABS THAT BACK, CLEAN, FULL OF PEOPLE, THAT'S
9:57:30AM GOING TO HAPPEN IN EVERY ONE, I HOPE.
9:57:33AM AND DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING BUT COLLECT ALL THE
9:57:36AM MONEY BELONGS TO THE CITY THEN.
9:57:38AM WHOEVER IS HERE, SEVEN HERE, AT THAT TIME, THEY ARE GOING TO
9:57:45AM REAP THE BENEFITS OF THE INDIVIDUAL LIKE YOURSELF, THE
9:57:47AM INDIVIDUALS ON THIS COUNCIL, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE QUALITY
9:57:50AM OF LIFE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA IS ABOVE ALL.
9:57:52AM AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE STRIVING FOR.
9:57:55AM DO WE MAKE MISTAKES?
9:57:56AM I DON'T KNOW OF NO ONE THAT DOESN'T MAKE ONE MISTAKE.
9:57:59AM I CAN TELL YOU I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
9:58:01AM STRAIGHTFORWARDNESS AND THE WAY YOU ADDRESS THE POSITION YOU
9:58:05AM HAVE WITHIN YOUR OWN CRA AND WHAT YOU DO ON A DAILY BASIS
9:58:09AM FOR THE MILITARY.
9:58:11AM MUCHISIMAS GRACIAS.
9:58:13AM THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
9:58:14AM >>JEFFREY JOHNSON: BEFORE I WALK AWAY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE
9:58:21AM NOBODY HAS ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY.
9:58:23AM I HAVE TO GET BACK TO MacDILL.
9:58:25AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: MR. McCRAY, DIRECTOR OF CRA.
9:58:27AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: NOW FOR THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, YOU ALL HAVE
9:58:31AM RECEIVED THE CUSTOMARY PROJECT TRACKERS AS RELATED TO OUR
9:58:34AM SPECIAL PROJECTS GRANTS AND COMMERCIAL GRANTS AND WHAT HAVE
9:58:38AM YOU.
9:58:39AM I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
9:58:43AM ALSO AT YOUR SEAT, YOU SHOULD HAVE FOUND TWO DOCUMENTS.
9:58:46AM ONE WE HAD TO RESCHEDULE THE EVENT AT SALCINES PARK.
9:58:50AM THAT HAS BEEN MOVED TO WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 3:30.
9:58:54AM PUT IT ON THE ELMO FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION.
9:59:01AM LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD
9:59:04AM THERE.
9:59:04AM THE OTHER DOCUMENT THAT YOU ALL HAVE RECEIVED AT YOUR SEAT
9:59:07AM IS A COPY OF OUR ANNUAL REPORT.
9:59:10AM I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS THAT
9:59:13AM PARTICIPATED IN BUILDING THIS OUT.
9:59:16AM THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS REQUIRED PER STATE STATUTE.
9:59:19AM IT HAS BEEN UPLOADED AND NEEDS TO BE FORWARD FACING.
9:59:22AM THE DEADLINE FOR THAT IS MARCH 31st.
9:59:25AM WE DID MEET THAT DEADLINE AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
9:59:29AM PRINTING MORE HARD COPIES FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION.
9:59:31AM WITH THAT, I WILL PAUSE FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT
9:59:34AM YOU MAY HAVE.
9:59:35AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
9:59:36AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WANT TO SAY THIS IS REALLY LOVELY.
9:59:39AM I LOOKED AT IT.
9:59:40AM YOU SENT A PDF COPY BEFOREHAND.
9:59:44AM I KNOW IT IS A REQUIREMENT BUT STILL A REALLY NICE THING TO
9:59:47AM DO TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO JUST IN ONE
9:59:50AM YEAR'S TIME.
9:59:51AM BECAUSE OF YOUR WORK AND YOUR TEAM'S WORK, EVERY SINGLE
9:59:57AM PERSON, AND I SEE A TOUCH OF EACH OF US UP HERE.
10:00:01AM I'M ON THE PAGE WITH THE ADA PARK ENHANCEMENTS.
10:00:05AM I KNOW THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
10:00:08AM AND JUST THE SALCINES PARK IMPROVEMENT.
10:00:12AM I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
10:00:13AM WHEN YOU'RE IN IT EVERY SINGLE DAY, SOMETIMES YOU FORGET ALL
10:00:18AM THAT YOU DO.
10:00:19AM SO IT'S REALLY NICE ONCE A YEAR TO JUST REALLY LOOK
10:00:23AM TOGETHER.
10:00:23AM I HOPE THAT YOU AND EVERYONE WHO WORKS WITH YOU AND YOUR
10:00:27AM TEAM IS AS PROUD OF THIS AS AT LEAST I AM.
10:00:31AM I BELIEVE I CAN SPEAK FOR THE BOARD.
10:00:35AM BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:00:36AM I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO SEE WHAT NEXT YEAR BRINGS.
10:00:42AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: MR. McCRAY THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:00:44AM THE ANNUAL REPORT IS OUT.
10:00:45AM I'M SO PROUD OF IT.
10:00:47AM IT JUST KIND OF OUTLINES AN OVERVIEW OF EVERYTHING WE HAVE
10:00:50AM ACCOMPLISHED.
10:00:51AM FOR ME IN PARTICULAR, AS I CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THIS JOB,
10:00:57AM THIS BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR TAKING CREDIT FOR THE THINGS
10:01:00AM WE MADE DECISIONS ON IS VERY IMPORTANT.
10:01:04AM I ENSURED MYSELF THAT I HIGHLIGHTED THAT YESTERDAY OR THIS
10:01:08AM WEEK AT THE STRAZ WITH THAT GROUND BREAKING, WHILE THE CITY,
10:01:13AM OF COURSE, IS OUR PARTNERS IN THIS PROCESS, COMMUNITY
10:01:16AM REDEVELOPMENT DOES FALL ON OUR SHOULDERS.
10:01:19AM SINCE THE CAC EAST TAMPA REPORT WAS PRESENTED TODAY, I THINK
10:01:24AM THAT THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY, EVEN WITH THE LIGHT OF PUBLIC
10:01:30AM COMMENT IS EVEN TO GET THE PERSPECTIVE -- WE'VE HEARD FROM
10:01:32AM THE PUBLIC, BUT WE SHOULD ALSO HEAR FROM YOU AS THE FORMER
10:01:37AM MANAGER OF THE EAST TAMPA CRA AND NOW OUR DIRECTOR AS WELL
10:01:40AM AS MYSELF AS THE BOARD CHAIR.
10:01:42AM THE ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO EAST TAMPA
10:01:47AM THAT I FEEL IS NOT FAIR BECAUSE IT'S NOT HIGHLIGHTED AT
10:01:53AM LEAST FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE COMMUNITY BEING REMINDED OF
10:01:56AM SO MANY THINGS THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED.
10:02:01AM EAST TAMPA CRA THAT DOESN'T TAKE PLACE IN OTHER CRAs, LIKE
10:02:04AM THE $1.5 MILLION AND $1.3 MILLION FOR ROOFING AND TREE
10:02:07AM CUTTING.
10:02:08AM THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN OTHER CRAs.
10:02:11AM EVEN THE PURCHASING OF THE PROPERTIES.
10:02:14AM WE HAD PUSH-BACK, EVEN FROM OUR CAC, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT.
10:02:18AM THIS BOARD OPERATES SEPARATELY WHEN IT COMES TO A VOTE.
10:02:21AM AND THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ME TO SAY TO THE PUBLIC
10:02:24AM RIGHT NOW.
10:02:24AM THERE IS NO INFLUENCE ON MY BEHALF.
10:02:28AM I'M SURE THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS CAN SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES IN
10:02:31AM LIGHT OF THAT FOR ANY PARTICULAR PROJECT.
10:02:33AM SLUM AND BLIGHT IS SLUM AND BLIGHT.
10:02:36AM THE PERSONAL FEELINGS OF INDIVIDUAL, ABOUT WHAT THEY
10:02:40AM CONSIDER SLUM AND BLIGHT OR WHAT DESERVES TO BE MADE OVER
10:02:44AM AND HOW MUCH MONEY IS CONTRIBUTED TO THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY
10:02:46AM ARE ENTITLED TO THAT OPINION.
10:02:48AM I RESPECT THAT AS WELL.
10:02:50AM BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT THINGS
10:02:53AM HAPPENING IN EAST TAMPA.
10:02:55AM AND ONE THAT I'LL OUTLINE SPECIFICALLY IS THAT THERE WAS A
10:02:58AM LOT OF PUSH-BACK ABOUT THE PALIFOX PROJECT THAT WE SUPPORTED
10:03:03AM UNANIMOUSLY BUT THE CAC BOARD DID NOT SUPPORT IT.
10:03:06AM EVEN DR. JOHNSON WHO SPOKE TODAY.
10:03:08AM HE DID NOT SUPPORT THAT.
10:03:09AM BUT THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO DO THAT.
10:03:12AM ULTIMATELY THAT WAS A UNANIMOUS DECISION, AND NOW WE ARE ON
10:03:15AM TRACK WITH THAT PROJECT, WHEN YOU LOOK ON THE PLAN, WE'RE
10:03:18AM CREATING THE VISUAL RENDERINGS.
10:03:21AM IT IS GOING TO BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
10:03:23AM SO SOMETIMES WE JUST DISAGREE.
10:03:24AM THAT'S NOT A LECTURE.
10:03:26AM THAT'S JUST IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ME TO SHARE WITH THE
10:03:28AM PUBLIC.
10:03:29AM I KNOW SOMETIMES THEY FEEL A CERTAIN WAY ABOUT A PARTICULAR
10:03:37AM PIECE OF A PROJECT THAT COMES BEFORE US.
10:03:41AM I THINK IN MOST CASES, THAT A LOT OF THEM, ESPECIALLY IN
10:03:46AM EAST TAMPA, ARE UNANIMOUS, BECAUSE WE SEE, WHEN SOMETHING IS
10:03:51AM UNANIMOUS, IT SPEAKS TO THE INDIVIDUAL MEMBER SUPPORTING
10:03:56AM SOMETHING, AND IT JUST HAPPENS TO BE UNANIMOUS, BUT THAT
10:03:59AM MEANS THERE'S STRONG SUPPORT FOR THAT PROJECT AND THAT'S
10:04:01AM EXACTLY WHAT IT MEANS.
10:04:04AM WHETHER THERE ARE PUBLIC INDIVIDUALS SEPARATELY OR EVEN
10:04:07AM COMMITTEES THAT MAY DISAGREE WITH THOSE, WE ARE ELECTED TO
10:04:11AM DO THAT AND I'M VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT AT THE END OF THE
10:04:14AM DAY.
10:04:14AM I JUST WANT YOU AS THE DIRECTOR AND LEAVING BEHIND THE
10:04:22AM MANAGER ROLE IN SUPPORTING EAST TAMPA IS PROVIDE SOME
10:04:24AM CONTEXT TO EVEN SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS OR WHATEVER IT
10:04:27AM IS THAT YOU WANT TO SAY REGARDING EAST TAMPA SOLELY.
10:04:33AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: THANK YOU, CHAIR HENDERSON.
10:04:35AM YOU HAVE HIGHLIGHTED QUITE A BIT OF WHAT I PROBABLY WOULD
10:04:37AM HAVE SHARED.
10:04:38AM COMING INTO THE ROLE THREE YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A BIG PUSH
10:04:41AM FOR RESIDENTIAL REHAB.
10:04:42AM AND IT DID TAKE A WHILE FOR US TO BUILD THE PROGRAM OUT.
10:04:46AM IT WAS HIGHLIGHTED BY DR. JOHNSON DURING HIS COMMENTS ABOUT
10:04:49AM THE 90 PLUS HOMES THAT HAVE RECEIVED ROOFING ASSISTANCE.
10:04:52AM THERE ARE CERTAIN CONDITIONS AND THINGS THAT WE'RE REQUIRED
10:04:56AM AS WE NOW START OUR HOUSING REHAB AND RENOVATION PROGRAM
10:05:00AM THAT'S BEING OVERSEEN BY MRS. PARKS.
10:05:04AM ULTIMATELY, OF COURSE, WE WOULD LIKE TO JUST DO AS MUCH AS
10:05:08AM WE CAN FOR WHATEVER THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS, BUT RESIDENTS
10:05:11AM ULTIMATELY HAVE TO HAVE SOME SKIN IN THE GAME IF WE'RE GOING
10:05:14AM TO CURB ANY TYPE OF REGENTRIFICATION THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED
10:05:20AM THIS MORNING AND PREVIOUSLY DURING VARIOUS SESSIONS OR
10:05:23AM MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL THAT IN A
10:05:27AM CERTAIN FORM OR FASHION AND PLACING A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY
10:05:31AM IS ONE WAY OF DOING THAT.
10:05:34AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: JUST WITH THAT POINT RIGHT THERE, THAT'S
10:05:36AM REALLY IMPORTANT.
10:05:38AM EVEN IN IDENTIFYING, THERE HAVE BEEN MORE APPLICANTS FOR
10:05:42AM OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB IN EAST TAMPA THAN ANY OTHER PLACE, AM
10:05:44AM I CORRECT ABOUT THAT?
10:05:46AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: YES, RESOUNDINGLY.
10:05:47AM I ACTUALLY ATTENDED THE WEST TAMPA MEETING AND CAC MEETING
10:05:49AM IN MARCH, AND THEY FELT LIKE WE SHOULD BE DOING MORE.
10:05:53AM BUT A PREPONDERANCE OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE RECEIVED
10:05:56AM BACK AND THAT MS. PARKS AND HER TEAM ARE DOING, DEVELOPING
10:05:59AM SCOPE OF WORKS WITH THE VENDORS THAT WE'RE USING THROUGH THE
10:06:03AM JOB PROGRAM ARE IN EAST TAMPA.
10:06:05AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: EXACTLY.
10:06:06AM THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS THE DEFERRED LOAN.
10:06:08AM I REALLY DON'T EVEN LIKE MAKING THIS PERSONAL, BUT THROUGH
10:06:11AM THE TAMPA CHALLENGE FUND, I SIGNED OFF ON A DEFERRED LOAN
10:06:16AM FOR MY HOME, WHICH ACTUALLY HELPS YOU BUILD EQUITY.
10:06:19AM IT SAYS YOU ARE GOING TO STAY IN YOUR HOME A CERTAIN NUMBER
10:06:22AM OF YEARS.
10:06:22AM ALLOWS YOU TO BUILD EQUITY.
10:06:24AM 32 YEARS LATER I'M IN MY HOME AND THAT LIEN NO LONGER
10:06:28AM EXISTS.
10:06:29AM NOT TRYING TO MAKE IT PERSONAL BUT I WANT PEOPLE TO
10:06:31AM UNDERSTAND THAT IS NOT A BAD THING.
10:06:33AM CAN YOU SPEAK ON THAT?
10:06:35AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: ULTIMATELY, IF WE DO THE WORK, THEN IF
10:06:38AM SOMEONE GOD FORBID PASSES AWAY OR SOMEONE DECIDES TO
10:06:42AM TRANSITION FROM THE PROPERTY, THE CRA HAS ULTIMATELY
10:06:47AM INVESTED UP TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS INTO THEIR
10:06:48AM SPECIFIC PROPERTY, AND WE HAVE NO RECOURSE AT THAT POINT IN
10:06:52AM TIME.
10:06:52AM WE'RE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUALS.
10:06:54AM WE WANT TO REDO THE STRUCTURE AROUND THEM SO THEY CAN STAY
10:06:57AM IN PLACE IN THEIR HOME AND NOT HAVE TO FEEL THAT MY ROOF IS
10:07:01AM COLLAPSING OR MY PLUMBING IS IN BAD SHAPE, AND I'M FEELING
10:07:05AM COMPELLED TO TAKE MONEY FOR LITTLE OR NOTHING FOR THE
10:07:07AM PROPERTY THAT I'VE BEEN IN FOR 30, 40 PLUS YEARS.
10:07:10AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WOULD YOU AGREE IT ALSO REDUCES
10:07:13AM GENTRIFICATION BECAUSE IT MEANS YOU'RE STAYING IN YOUR HOME?
10:07:16AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: I WOULD AGREE.
10:07:17AM ALSO WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE DOWN-PAYMENT ASSISTANCE
10:07:19AM PROGRAM.
10:07:20AM I SHARED THIS WITH THE CAC AND MS. PARKS ALSO REPORTED OUT
10:07:23AM AT OUR LAST MEETING THAT WE HAVE PROBABLY SPENT CLOSE TO
10:07:27AM ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS IN DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE IN EAST
10:07:30AM TAMPA THIS YEAR.
10:07:31AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: COMPARED TO OTHER CRAs, THE 30%
10:07:34AM SET-ASIDE THAT THIS BOARD DID EVEN PRIOR TO ME COMING UP
10:07:37AM BEFORE WE JOINED, I BELIEVE 30% SET-ASIDE THAT WE COMMITTED
10:07:41AM TO FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
10:07:42AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: THAT IS CORRECT.
10:07:43AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: IS THAT TYPICAL OF CRAs ACROSS THE STATE
10:07:46AM OF FLORIDA?
10:07:47AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: NO.
10:07:49AM NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.
10:07:50AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THESE ARE THINGS THAT THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO
10:07:52AM HEAR OUT LOUD WITHOUT IT BEING OVER-POLITICIZED.
10:07:58AM ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD?
10:08:00AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: AS WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD THE FY '26 BUDGET,
10:08:03AM DR. JOHNSON MENTIONED DURING HIS COMMENTS THE WORKSHOP WITH
10:08:06AM EAST TAMPA.
10:08:07AM I'M HOPING WE WILL HAVE SOME CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE
10:08:11AM AND DO MORE FOR RESIDENTS IN EAST TAMPA SPECIFICALLY.
10:08:15AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD, THANK YOU -- THANK YOU, DR.
10:08:19AM McCRAY.
10:08:20AM BOARD MEMBER, MIRANDA.
10:08:21AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU FOR SAYING WHAT YOU SAID.
10:08:23AM YOU SAID IT LIKE A TRUE LEADER.
10:08:24AM THE FACTS ARE THE FACTS AND THE RESULTS ARE THE RESULTS OF
10:08:27AM THE FACTS.
10:08:28AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I APPRECIATE THAT.
10:08:29AM I APPRECIATE THAT.
10:08:30AM BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
10:08:32AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
10:08:34AM I DID WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT.
10:08:36AM SOME OF THE PUBLIC, WE'VE HAD FOLKS REACH OUT TO US ON THE
10:08:38AM NEWMAN VOTE.
10:08:40AM I WANTED TO EXPLAIN MY RATIONALE FOR IT IN TERMS OF
10:08:43AM SUPPORTING SOME LEVEL OF ROBUST COMMITMENT.
10:08:45AM FOR ME, GOES TO THE IDEA OF HISTORICAL PRESERVATION.
10:08:48AM I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
10:08:50AM TO CALL IT A ROBUST REVENUE GENERATOR IS A BIG
10:08:53AM UNDERSTATEMENT.
10:08:54AM I THINK LONG TERM IT WILL BE A GOOD INVESTMENT FOR THE CRA.
10:08:58AM IT'S AN ENTITY THAT PAYS INTO THE CRA.
10:09:01AM PAY THEIR TAXES AND SO FORTH.
10:09:04AM LIKE MOST PEOPLE, THIS DOESN'T MAKE ME SPECIAL, THERE ARE
10:09:07AM PROJECTS IN THE CRA I VOTED NO ON AND PROJECTS THAT I VOTED
10:09:11AM YES ON LIKE THE RIVERWALK THAT OTHER PEOPLE VOTED ON.
10:09:14AM DOESN'T MAKE ME SPECIAL, RIGHT?
10:09:15AM THERE ARE OTHER THINGS YOU VOTE NO ON.
10:09:17AM THINGS THAT YOU LOOK AT THE GREATER GOOD.
10:09:19AM THAT ONE OVERALL, AGAIN, EXPLAINING MY VOTE, I LOOKED AT THE
10:09:22AM GREATER GOOD ON THAT.
10:09:23AM I THOUGHT IT WAS FOR PURPOSES OF HISTORICAL PRESERVATION AND
10:09:27AM ESPECIALLY LONG-TERM GROWTH AND REVENUE GENERATION FOR THAT
10:09:31AM AREA, I THINK THAT'S BIG.
10:09:33AM I JUST WANTED TO EXPLAIN.
10:09:34AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I APPRECIATE THAT.
10:09:36AM BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
10:09:36AM OKAY.
10:09:38AM NO PROBLEM.
10:09:38AM ANYTHING ELSE, MR. McCRAY?
10:09:41AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: I MENTIONED DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE BUT I
10:09:44AM WOULD BE REMISS IN SAYING THANK YOU.
10:09:46AM WE APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH HOUSING COMMUNITY
10:09:48AM DEVELOPMENT OR HCD FOR SHORT.
10:09:52AM THEY ASSISTED US FOR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE AND THEY ARE
10:09:56AM REALLY WORKING HARD WITH US.
10:09:58AM I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE MR. McKITTRICK AND HIS TEAM.
10:10:03AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
10:10:05AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:10:06AM I WAS GOING TO WAIT UNTIL OLD BUSINESS BUT SINCE BOARD
10:10:10AM MEMBER VIERA BROUGHT IT UP.
10:10:12AM I JUST WANTED TO TAKE TIME TO APOLOGIZE TO THE COMMUNITY FOR
10:10:16AM NOT PULLING THAT ITEM AND EXPLAINING MY VOTE.
10:10:19AM IT'S NOT AN EXCUSE, BUT IT IS AN EXCUSE BECAUSE I'M HUMAN.
10:10:24AM APPARENTLY I WAS GETTING SICK THAT DAY BECAUSE I SPENT THE
10:10:26AM ENTIRE SPRING BREAK INSIDE MY HOUSE IN BED.
10:10:30AM I WASN'T FEELING MYSELF.
10:10:32AM NORMALLY I WOULD HAVE PULLED THAT.
10:10:35AM I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT SHOULD HAVE
10:10:37AM BEEN PULLED.
10:10:39AM I WILL ECHO BOARD MEMBER VIERA'S, MY VOTE WAS BECAUSE IT IS
10:10:42AM SLUM AND BLIGHT.
10:10:44AM IT IS A HISTORICAL BUILDING THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO
10:10:48AM REPURPOSE.
10:10:49AM I DO THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
10:10:50AM UNFORTUNATELY, WE, NONE OF US -- WELL, I DON'T THINK MOST OF
10:10:53AM US WERE HERE WHEN THE CRA BOUNDARIES WERE DRAWN.
10:10:57AM IF I HAD BEEN HERE, I WOULD NOT HAVE PUT THAT INTO THE EAST
10:11:00AM TAMPA BOUNDARY.
10:11:01AM BUT WE CAN'T CHANGE THAT NOW BECAUSE OF HOW TENUOUS WE HAVE
10:11:04AM THE HOLD ON OUR CRAs PERIOD.
10:11:07AM I DID WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BRINGING IT FORWARD.
10:11:11AM I DID WANT TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE TODAY.
10:11:14AM AND I DID WANT TO DO ONE MORE THING.
10:11:17AM I TALKED TO DIRECTOR McCRAY ABOUT THIS, THAT FROM GOING
10:11:22AM FORWARD REQUIRED APPROVALS THAT ARE A MILLION DOLLARS OR
10:11:26AM MORE, OR APPROVALS A MILLION DOLLARS OR MORE SHOULD NO
10:11:30AM LONGER BE UNDER REQUIRED APPROVALS AND SHOULD BE UNDER STAFF
10:11:33AM REPORTS.
10:11:34AM WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
10:11:35AM I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION NOW WHILE WE'RE DISCUSSING
10:11:37AM IT.
10:11:37AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WE HAVE A SECOND FROM BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
10:11:39AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT?
10:11:42AM >> AYE.
10:11:42AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ANY OPPOSED.
10:11:43AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO FIX
10:11:45AM THAT.
10:11:47AM WE DO THAT ON CITY COUNCIL, AND WE JUST HAVEN'T DONE IT ON
10:11:51AM THE CRA.
10:11:51AM I WANT TO TELL YOU I HEARD YOU, I AGREE WITH YOU.
10:11:56AM I APOLOGIZE AGAIN.
10:11:57AM I THINK GOING FORWARD WE'LL HAVE A BETTER WAY OF DOING THIS.
10:12:01AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:12:04AM >>BILL CARLSON: I AGREE WITH THAT.
10:12:05AM THE NEWMAN PROJECT WAS HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
10:12:12AM IT'S IMPORTANT TO PRESERVE OUR HISTORY AND CULTURE AND BE
10:12:15AM ABLE TO TELL THE STORIES.
10:12:16AM THE FACILITY THAT WAS FUNDED IS GOING TO BE AN IMPORTANT
10:12:20AM GATHERING SPACE AND THERE IS A RICH HISTORY.
10:12:23AM MANY PEOPLE CAME OUT AND TALKED ABOUT THE HISTORY.
10:12:25AM IN THE AWKWARD POSITION THAT THE NEWMANS WERE IN, DREW
10:12:31AM NEWMAN IN PARTICULAR WENT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND
10:12:33AM PERSONALLY MET WITH MANY, MANY PEOPLE.
10:12:35AM THE COMMITMENT HE MADE JUST ON HIS OWN, NOT IN ANY KIND OF
10:12:38AM FORMAL AGREEMENT WAS THAT THEY WANT TO DEEPLY ENGAGE THE
10:12:42AM COMMUNITY IN EAST TAMPA, THEIR NEIGHBORS SLIGHTLY TO THE
10:12:45AM NORTH.
10:12:46AM THEY HAVE ALREADY OFFERED TO HOST EVENTS FOR FREE FOR MANY
10:12:51AM COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IN EAST TAMPA.
10:12:53AM WITHOUT US EVEN ASKING THAT, THEY PROACTIVELY DID THAT.
10:12:56AM I THINK THE BENEFIT, THE LONG-TERM BENEFIT OF THAT IS HERE
10:13:00AM IS A SUCCESSFUL COMPANY THAT IS AN IMPORTANT ASSET FOR OUR
10:13:04AM COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY CIGAR FACTORY LIKE THAT IN
10:13:09AM THE COUNTRY.
10:13:09AM THEY ARE PRESERVING HISTORIC BUILDINGS BUT NOW ALSO ENGAGING
10:13:13AM EAST TAMPA.
10:13:13AM BACK TO THE POINTS MADE EARLIER IN PUBLIC COMMENT, I THINK
10:13:18AM CEDRIC AND YOUR TEAM, YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB REACHING OUT
10:13:20AM TO THE COMMUNITY.
10:13:21AM THE POINTS MADE EARLIER, ONE PERSON SITTING IN A HOUSE AND
10:13:24AM THE ROOF IS FALLING APART OR PIPES AREN'T WORKING AND THEY
10:13:27AM DON'T KNOW ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS, THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO
10:13:30AM ACCESS IT OR THEY THINK THEY WILL BE REJECTED AND DON'T WANT
10:13:33AM TO TURN IT DOWN, IT'S A GOOD POINT THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE
10:13:38AM TO IMPROVE, TO FIND THE FOLKS, REACH OUT TO THEM, HELP THEM,
10:13:41AM MAKE SURE THEY CAN APPLY.
10:13:42AM I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING ON THAT.
10:13:46AM I'M COMMITTED TO HELPING YOU DO THAT.
10:13:49AM INTERMEDIARIES IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WANT TO WORK WITH US TO
10:13:51AM MAKE SURE WE REACH THE FOLKS, WE WANT TO REACH THEM.
10:13:54AM WE WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE IN NEED ARE ABLE TO APPLY AND
10:13:57AM SUCCESSFULLY GET THE GRANTS.
10:13:58AM THANK YOU.
10:13:58AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
10:13:59AM SINCE I AM THE DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISTRICT 5 AND
10:14:04AM THE NEWMAN PROJECT DOES SIT INSIDE OF DISTRICT 5 AND ALSO
10:14:12AM THE EAST TAMPA CRA WHERE THE NEWMAN CIGAR FACTORY ALSO
10:14:15AM CONTRIBUTES TO THE TAX BASE WITHIN THE EAST TAMPA CRA.
10:14:19AM I THINK IT TOTALED ABOUT $1.78 MILLION THAT THEY ACTUALLY
10:14:23AM CONTRIBUTE, COULD YOU VERIFY THAT GIVE OR TAKE?
10:14:26AM AND I AGREE, WE SHOULD HAVE PULLED IT AT THE BEGINNING OF
10:14:32AM THE MEETING.
10:14:33AM I ASKED JUST LIKE I DID THIS MEETING, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU
10:14:36AM WANT TO PULL FOR DISCUSSION?
10:14:38AM AND IT GOES TO BOARD MEMBER HURTAK'S COMMENTS REGARDING THE
10:14:44AM DOLLAR FIGURE.
10:14:45AM FOR THAT REASON WE SHOULD PULL IT FOR DISCUSSION SO THE
10:14:49AM PUBLIC CAN HEAR THE COMMENTS OF THE BOARD MEMBERS.
10:14:52AM THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
10:14:53AM JUST KNOW THAT WE DO LISTEN TO YOU ALL AND APPRECIATE YOUR
10:14:56AM COMMENTS, WHETHER WE'RE ON ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER, WE HEAR
10:14:59AM YOU.
10:15:00AM I APPRECIATE THAT.
10:15:01AM NOW WE ARE AT REQUIRED APPROVALS.
10:15:05AM AND WE HAVE DECIDED TO DISCUSS -- 3.
10:15:09AM OH, 3.
10:15:10AM YES, 3.
10:15:11AM LOOK, I DREW ALL OVER 3.
10:15:14AM THANK YOU.
10:15:15AM THE FEASIBILITY OF UTILIZING CRA FUNDS.
10:15:18AM BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
10:15:24AM >>LUIS VIERA: IT'S NOT FEASIBLE, SO I WAS GOING TO COME BACK
10:15:27AM TO CITY COUNCIL WITH AN ORGANIZATION THAT DOES THIS.
10:15:30AM THANK YOU AND OUR COUNCIL FOR LOOKING INTO THAT.
10:15:34AM I APPRECIATE THAT.
10:15:35AM HAD TO EXHAUST THAT OPTION BEFORE GOING TO THE OTHER ONE.
10:15:39AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
10:15:41AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
10:15:44AM ANY OPPOSED?
10:15:46AM REQUIRED APPROVALS -- YES, BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:15:52AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WANTED TO MOVE ITEMS 5 THROUGH 8.
10:15:55AM >>BILL CARLSON: I WANTED TO ASK ON 3 BECAUSE THE COMMENT
10:16:05AM CAME UP THIS MORNING ABOUT TRAINING PROGRAMS.
10:16:07AM COULD WE GET CLIFF TO TELL US REAL FAST THE LIMITATIONS --
10:16:12AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WHO IS CLIFF?
10:16:15AM >> OUR LAWYER.
10:16:17AM >>BILL CARLSON: THE LAW PROHIBITS US FROM DOING CERTAIN
10:16:20AM THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO DO.
10:16:22AM WE WOULD LIKE TO DO SMALL BUSINESS TRAINING PROGRAMS.
10:16:24AM WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT.
10:16:26AM IS HE ONLINE?
10:16:28AM >>CLIFF SHEPARD: YES.
10:16:29AM >>BILL CARLSON: COULD YOU TELL US QUICKLY WHAT THE LIMITS
10:16:31AM ARE SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS?
10:16:32AM BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT WE'RE NOT
10:16:35AM ALLOWED TO USE THE FUNDING FOR.
10:16:37AM >>CLIFF SHEPARD: IT'S NOT AS EASY AS SOMETHING SAID IN A
10:16:41AM FEW-MINUTE RESPONSE.
10:16:42AM BOTTOM LINE IS YOU'RE LOOKING AT BRICKS-AND-MORTAR TYPE
10:16:48AM PROJECTS AS OPPOSED TO SORT OF FEEL-GOOD PROGRAMS LIKE JOB
10:16:51AM TRAINING OR TRAINING ON HOW TO BE ECONOMICAL AND MANAGE YOUR
10:16:54AM FINANCES AND THAT SORT OF STUFF.
10:16:57AM THIS IS PART OF THE REASON WHY WE ARE FACING WHAT WE'RE
10:17:00AM FACING AT THE LEGISLATURE NOW, IS THAT THOSE THINGS ARE EASY
10:17:05AM TO GET BEHIND FROM A POLITICAL STANDPOINT AND A PERSONAL
10:17:08AM STANDPOINT AND SEE THE VALUE IN, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT CRA
10:17:11AM FUNDS ARE DESIGNED FOR.
10:17:13AM THEY ARE DESIGNED TO DO THINGS LIKE PUT IN STREET LIGHTING,
10:17:16AM PROVIDE COMMUNITY POLICING, PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
10:17:19AM WIDEN SIDEWALKS.
10:17:20AM DEAL WITH STORMWATER AND DRAINAGE ISSUES AND SUCH AS THAT.
10:17:23AM THERE IS A LONG LIST OF OTHER THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH THEM,
10:17:27AM BUT JOB TRAINING IS NOT ON THAT LIST, TEACHING PEOPLE HOW TO
10:17:30AM MANAGE FINANCES NOT ON THAT LIST, TEACHING PEOPLE HOW TO
10:17:34AM EVEN APPLY FOR LOANS AND SO FORTH IS NOT ON THAT LIST.
10:17:37AM SO THERE ARE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN DO THOSE THINGS.
10:17:40AM CITY FUNDS CAN BE USED TO DO THOSE THINGS BUT CRA FUNDS
10:17:44AM CANNOT BE.
10:17:45AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
10:17:46AM REQUIRED APPROVALS.
10:17:48AM BOARD MEMBER HURTAK HAS THE MOTION.
10:17:49AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I MADE A SECOND.
10:17:51AM >>LYNN HURTAK: 5 THROUGH 8.
10:17:56AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
10:17:58AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
10:17:58AM AYE.
10:17:59AM ANY OPPOSED?
10:18:00AM MOTION CARRIES.
10:18:01AM NOW, ITEM NUMBER 9.
10:18:06AM YES, BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
10:18:07AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I KNOW I SAID ALL OF THEM BUT WE JUST TALKED
10:18:10AM ABOUT 9 AND 10.
10:18:12AM THEY DID WANT TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON 11, A QUICK UPDATE I
10:18:16AM BELIEVE.
10:18:16AM I MOVE 9 AND 10.
10:18:19AM I JUST WANTED TO SAY BASED ON WHAT HAPPENED LAST MONTH, WE
10:18:24AM GOT AN UPDATE LAST MONTH, WE KNOW WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE AND
10:18:28AM THE MOVING OF THESE IS NOT WITHOUT DISCUSSION WE HAD LAST
10:18:32AM MONTH.
10:18:32AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: CENTRAL PARK AND TAMPA HEIGHTS.
10:18:35AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
10:18:36AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
10:18:37AM ANY OPPOSED?
10:18:38AM LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS NUMBER 11, WHICH IS THE DOWNTOWN
10:18:44AM COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT.
10:18:46AM WHO WANTS TO GO FIRST.
10:18:48AM BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
10:18:48AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WAS TURNING MY MIKE OFF BECAUSE THEY ARE
10:18:51AM DOING A PRESENTATION.
10:18:52AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WELL, UNDER APPROVALS, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT
10:18:55AM WE HAD PRESENTATIONS.
10:18:58AM AS THE BOARD CHAIR, I CAN MAKE AN EXCEPTION.
10:19:02AM GO AHEAD, MS. COURTNEY ORR.
10:19:03AM >>COURTNEY ORR: WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH KITTELSON, OUR
10:19:06AM CONSULTANT FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
10:19:09AM RIVA IS HERE TO PROVIDE A PRESENTATION IF IT'S OKAY.
10:19:13AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: IT IS ACCEPTABLE.
10:19:16AM HELLO.
10:19:16AM I REMEMBER YOU.
10:19:17AM >> GOOD MORNING TO EACH OF YOU.
10:19:19AM RIVA HEINRICH.
10:19:20AM I WORK FOR KITTELSON AND ASSOCIATES.
10:19:23AM SO I'VE BEEN INSTRUCTED TO SPEAK QUICKLY, SO I WILL DO SO.
10:19:33AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: CAN YOU SET THE TIMER, PLEASE?
10:19:35AM >> I'M HERE TO OVERVIEW THE DOWNTOWN CRA, CRP.
10:19:41AM WE'VE BEEN WORKING, LIKE COURTNEY MENTIONED SINCE 2023 ON
10:19:45AM THIS PROJECT.
10:19:46AM THE LAST TIME I PRESENTED TO YOU WAS ACTUALLY MARCH OF LAST
10:19:50AM YEAR.
10:19:51AM SINCE THAT TIME, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH YOUR CRA BOARD
10:19:54AM ATTORNEY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS UP TO SNUFF IN
10:19:59AM TERMS OF LEGAL VERBIAGE, GETTING BOOED FEEDBACK FROM THE
10:20:02AM CAC.
10:20:03AM WE ARE ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO COME BACK AND PRESENT IN THE
10:20:06AM FALL.
10:20:07AM UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WERE A FEW HURRICANES THAT GOT IN THE
10:20:09AM WAY.
10:20:09AM I'M GLAD I FINALLY GOT BACK IN FRONT OF YOU.
10:20:13AM VERY QUICKLY, SINCE IT'S BEEN A LITTLE WHILE, I KNOW YOU
10:20:16AM HAVE GOTTEN A COPY OF THE CRP BUT GIVING YOU AN IDEA OF HOW
10:20:20AM THE EXISTING CONDITIONS PROCESS WENT, WE ANALYZED THE
10:20:24AM CONDITIONS THROUGH AVAILABLE DATA.
10:20:25AM WE ALSO INTERVIEWED CLOSE TO ACTUALLY 50 STAKEHOLDERS IN
10:20:29AM ADDITION TO FOCUS GROUPS AS WELL AS THOSE THAT CAME TO THE
10:20:32AM PUBLIC DROP-IN.
10:20:36AM AND WE OUTLINED AN APPROACH THAT SEPARATED THE CRP INTO THE
10:20:42AM SEVEN BUCKETS OR CATEGORIES THAT I'LL GET INTO IN JUST A
10:20:46AM SECOND.
10:20:46AM THEY ARE AFFORDABLE AND ATTAINABLE HOUSING, PUBLIC SAFETY
10:20:49AM AND QUALITY OF LIFE, TRANSPORTATION, LAND USE AND ECONOMIC
10:20:52AM DEVELOPMENT, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, URBAN DESIGN AND
10:20:55AM ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
10:20:56AM I KNOW ALL OF THAT IS A MOUTHFUL, BUT THEY WERE ALL OF SORT
10:20:59AM THE ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE SAW THROUGH THE
10:21:02AM EXISTING CONDITIONS PROCESS.
10:21:04AM VERY QUICKLY HERE, THE WAY WE EVALUATED EACH BUCKET IS WE
10:21:08AM COMPARED HOW THESE METRICS PERFORMED AGAINST THE SAME
10:21:15AM METRICS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND SOMETIMES THROUGHOUT THE
10:21:17AM COUNTY AS WELL TO SEE IF IT'S WORSE, IF IT'S BETTER, IF IT'S
10:21:21AM ABOUT THE SAME.
10:21:21AM AND THEN WE ALSO HIGHLIGHTED SOME ISSUES THAT WERE MENTIONED
10:21:25AM AT CAC MEETINGS, AT STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT EVENTS AS WELL AS
10:21:30AM FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC FROM OUR PUBLIC DROP-IN.
10:21:33AM FOR AFFORDABLE AND ATTAINABLE HOUSING, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT
10:21:36AM BUBBLED UP TO THE TOP MANY TIMES.
10:21:39AM AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK AS WELL AS THE GENERAL AFFORDABLE
10:21:43AM HOUSING STOCK IS NOT UP TO SNUFF WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN CRA
10:21:47AM THERE ARE A FEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, BUT EVERYTHING IN
10:21:49AM THE DOWNTOWN IS SORT OF ABOVE AND BEYOND SORT OF THE TYPICAL
10:21:53AM FAMILY OR TYPICAL SINGLE PERSON THAT'S ABLE TO AFFORD.
10:21:56AM MENTIONS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
10:21:58AM THERE IS A VIBRANT NIGHT LIFE AND SORT OF GENERAL
10:22:04AM ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN CRA THAT WE WANT
10:22:06AM TO PRESERVE, ENSURE THAT'S STILL CONTRIBUTING TO THE OVERALL
10:22:09AM ECONOMY.
10:22:11AM ALSO ADDRESSING ISSUES RELATED TO CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND
10:22:14AM THINGS LIKE THAT.
10:22:15AM THE DOWNTOWN CRA AS FAR AS TRANSPORTATION DOES FACE SOME
10:22:21AM CHALLENGES RELATED TO PARTICULARLY PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AS WELL
10:22:27AM AS BICYCLE SAFETY AS WELL.
10:22:30AM WE PULLED A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION FROM THE VISION ZERO
10:22:34AM PLAN AND THE MOBILITY MASTER PLAN, TOO.
10:22:38AM THE LAST FOUR, LAND USE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE LAST
10:22:41AM TIME THE DOWNTOWN CRP WAS UPDATED WAS IN 1988 WHEN WE
10:22:45AM COMBINED THE TWO BOUNDARIES.
10:22:47AM THERE'S STILL A LOT OF INFILL WORK TO BE DONE, ESPECIALLY
10:22:50AM RELATED TO SOME OF THE SURFACE PARKING LOTS THAT WE'RE
10:22:53AM SEEING, SOME OF THE MORE DILAPIDATED BUILDINGS IN THE NORTH
10:22:56AM AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF DOWNTOWN.
10:22:58AM SOME OF THAT IS RELATED TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION, WANTING TO
10:23:01AM PRESERVE THAT HISTORIC LEGACY AND PROVIDING SOME ELEMENTS IN
10:23:05AM WHICH TO DO SO.
10:23:06AM AND THEN ROUNDING THINGS OUT WITH URBAN DESIGN RELATED TO
10:23:10AM THE OVERALL URBAN FABRIC, URBAN AESTHETIC WORKING WITH THE
10:23:15AM CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO PRESERVE THE CHARACTER THAT'S
10:23:19AM DESIRED IN THE DOWNTOWN AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE,
10:23:21AM NOT INTENDED TO BE LAST -- LOOKING AT ESPECIALLY THE RECENT
10:23:27AM STORMS, HOW THAT'S IMPACTED DOWNTOWN AND OVERALL RECOVERY
10:23:31AM AFTERWARDS.
10:23:31AM I'LL SKIP THROUGH THESE JUST TO GET TO THE LAST ONE.
10:23:35AM WE WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF INTAKE.
10:23:38AM WE ORGANIZED THE THEMES BASED OFF OF THOSE THAT WERE
10:23:43AM PROVIDED BY, I THINK THESE WERE NEWLY MINTED AT THE TIME.
10:23:47AM THE TAMPA CRA KIND OF OVERALL GOALS.
10:23:50AM WE IDENTIFIED THE SEVEN EMERGING NEEDS.
10:23:53AM WITHIN THAT, WE STRATIFIED THAT INTO GOALS, POLICIES, AND
10:23:58AM STRATEGIC ACTIONS.
10:23:59AM GOALS BEING THOSE KIND OF LARGE OBJECTIONABLE -- EXCUSE ME,
10:24:04AM OBJECTIVE HIGH-LEVEL THINGS.
10:24:08AM THAT YOU CAN MEASURE OVER TIME.
10:24:12AM POLICIES BEING THE BROADER GUIDELINES IN WHICH YOU CAN
10:24:15AM ACHIEVE THE GOALS AND STRATEGIC ACTIONS ARE THE VERY
10:24:18AM SPECIFIC GOALS THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WILL GET YOU TO
10:24:22AM ACHIEVING THOSE SPECIFIC GOALS.
10:24:25AM WHEN WE MET LAST TIME, AGAIN, I KNOW THAT WAS OVER A YEAR
10:24:30AM AGO, WE PRESENTED SORT OF THE SCORING MATRIX.
10:24:33AM WHAT WE HEARD WAS IT WAS A LITTLE TOO RIGID, AND YOU WANTED
10:24:38AM THE ABILITY AS A BOARD AS WELL AS STAFF TO PRIORITIZE YOUR
10:24:43AM OWN PROJECTS AS THEY CAME THROUGH.
10:24:45AM SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE CLARIFIED THE GOALS, POLICIES
10:24:50AM AND STRATEGIC ACTIONS AND WE ALSO, SKIPPING AHEAD, REMOVED
10:24:55AM THE PROJECT PRIORITIZATION.
10:24:56AM THERE'S NO SCORING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS YEAR TO HAVE THE
10:25:00AM FLEXIBILITY TO BUBBLE THINGS UP TO THE TOP AS YOU SEE FIT AS
10:25:04AM CONSTITUENTS COME TO YOU AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT THEIR
10:25:07AM PRIORITIES ARE AND THEN THE GOALS AND STRATEGIC ACTIONS ARE
10:25:10AM ALSO MADE A LITTLE BIT BROADER, SO SOME OF THE PROJECT
10:25:14AM REQUESTS THAT YOU'RE GETTING CAN EASILY SORT OF FIT INTO
10:25:18AM THAT.
10:25:18AM THIS IS A WALL OF TEXT, BUT THIS IS SORT OF HOW EVERYTHING
10:25:26AM BOILED DOWN AT THE END OF THE PLAN SO YOU HAVE AGAIN THE BIG
10:25:30AM BROAD GOAL.
10:25:30AM THE THING YOU'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE AS YOU GET CLOSER TO THAT
10:25:34AM SUNSET DATE.
10:25:34AM THE POLICY, THOSE ARE THE BROADER THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO IN
10:25:37AM ORDER TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL AND THE STRATEGIC ACTIONS ARE
10:25:40AM MORE OF THE SHORT-TERM AND AGAIN STRATEGIC ITEMS THAT YOU
10:25:44AM CAN LOOK TO ACHIEVE.
10:25:45AM AS YOU'RE REVIEWING PROJECTS, REQUESTS FOR FUNDING, THINGS
10:25:48AM LIKE THAT, YOU HAVE A LOT OF LANGUAGE IN HERE AND WHICH TO
10:25:51AM ALIGN WITH.
10:25:53AM HOPEFULLY THAT WASN'T TOO FAST.
10:25:56AM THIS IS SORT OF THE PRESENTATION THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING
10:26:01AM FOR.
10:26:02AM I'M HAPPY TO FIELD ANY QUESTIONS.
10:26:04AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ANY QUESTIONS?
10:26:05AM BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
10:26:06AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED URBAN DESIGN
10:26:09AM BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN GNAWING AT ME SINCE
10:26:13AM SERVING ON COUNCIL AND CRA BOARD MEMBER.
10:26:15AM THE CITY OF TAMPA, IT'S BEYOND -- MAYBE COUNCILMAN CARLSON
10:26:22AM HAS BETTER EXPERTISE THAN I HAVE ON THESE TYPE OF ISSUES.
10:26:27AM WHAT I REALLY DON'T WANT TO SEE IS HAVING THIS EXPLOSIVE
10:26:31AM GROWTH.
10:26:31AM WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A REMARKABLE CITY AS OPPOSED
10:26:34AM TO ANYWHERE USA.
10:26:36AM I SEE A LOT OF THE ARCHITECTURE AS BEING BUILT IN THE CITY
10:26:39AM AS BASIC BOXES.
10:26:41AM WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF SIGNATURE TYPES OF BUILDINGS OR
10:26:47AM CONSTRUCTION.
10:26:48AM ONE THING THAT STRUCK ME AT THE STRAZ OPENING, THE
10:26:51AM ARCHITECTURE OF THIS VEIL THAT THEY ARE PUTTING ON THE
10:26:54AM RIVER, HOW IT INTEGRATES WITH THE BUILDING AND THE RIVER.
10:26:56AM IT WILL BE REMARKABLE, SIGNATURE PIECE.
10:27:00AM PEOPLE WILL IDENTIFY IT, CITY OF TAMPA, SIGNATURE.
10:27:04AM WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THAT.
10:27:06AM WE'VE LOST -- I KNOW A LOT OF CITIES LIKE CHICAGO HAVE RULES
10:27:12AM ON CONSTRUCTION, QUALITY CONSTRUCTION, AND YET THINGS THAT
10:27:15AM HAPPEN.
10:27:17AM WE DON'T REALLY, AT LEAST BASED -- AGAIN, WAY BEYOND MY PAY
10:27:21AM GRADE AND UNDERSTANDING, BUT I THINK THAT WE AS A CITY -- I
10:27:24AM DON'T KNOW IF WHAT YOU'RE DOING, DOWNTOWN IS SUCH A CRITICAL
10:27:29AM ELEMENT OF OUR CITY OF TAMPA.
10:27:33AM IT IS THE CORE AND WHAT PEOPLE SEE.
10:27:36AM HOW DO WE PUSH THAT FORWARD?
10:27:38AM HOW DO WE BECOME A BETTER CITY?
10:27:40AM HOW DO WE DEMAND BETTER QUALITY OF THESE FOLKS THAT ARE
10:27:44AM COMING IN HERE?
10:27:45AM THE HIT AND RUNS COMING IN TO MAKE A QUICK BUCK, BUILDING
10:27:50AM LESS THAN QUALITY CONSTRUCTION, LESS THAN REMARKABLE
10:27:52AM BUILDINGS, HOW DO WE DEMAND BETTER?
10:27:55AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:27:56AM >>BILL CARLSON: BACK IN THE '90s WHEN I WAS WORKING WITH
10:27:59AM THE CITY OF ST. PETE, WE PUT SOME DESIGN GUIDELINES IN.
10:28:03AM THAT'S WHY YOU SEE SEVERAL OF THE BUILDINGS ALONG BEACH
10:28:07AM DRIVE HAVE ELEMENTS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL STYLE THAT
10:28:09AM WAS PART OF WHAT THEY WERE BUILDING.
10:28:12AM AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE STATE PREEMPTED SOME OF THAT.
10:28:15AM BUT I'VE TALKED TO A BUNCH OF ARCHITECTS AND ALSO OWNERS.
10:28:20AM YOU THINK ABOUT OXFORD EXCHANGE, IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST
10:28:25AM EXPENSIVE BUILDINGS, HIGH-QUALITY BUILDINGS THAT WENT IN AND
10:28:29AM SET A STANDARD, SO SOME OTHER FOLKS STARTED TO COPY THAT.
10:28:32AM IN TALKING TO OWNERS AND ARCHITECTS, I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO
10:28:37AM DO, INSTEAD OF REGULATING IT, WE OUGHT TO CHALLENGE PEOPLE.
10:28:40AM TAKE THE RIVER TOUR IN CHICAGO, THEY TELL YOU ABOUT EACH
10:28:43AM ARCHITECT.
10:28:44AM EACH ONE WAS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.
10:28:46AM SOME BUILDINGS, I WON'T NAME THEM, THEY USED THE EXACT SAME
10:28:51AM COOKIE CUTTER AS IN ATLANTA AND OTHER CITIES.
10:28:55AM BUILDINGS EXACTLY THE SAME.
10:28:56AM WE HAVE TO CHALLENGE PEOPLE TO DESIGN BUILDINGS THAT ARE
10:28:58AM REALLY DIFFERENT.
10:28:59AM REGIONS BANK BUILDING, IT IS A DISTINCTIVE BUILDING.
10:29:04AM THE ROUND BUILDING, IT'S A VERY DISTINCTIVE DESIGN.
10:29:09AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THE BANK OF AMERICA.
10:29:12AM >>BILL CARLSON: WHETHER YOU LIKE THOSE OR NOT, I DON'T KNOW
10:29:14AM IF THE CITY CAN DO IT.
10:29:16AM WE MAYBE COULD PUT ON A FORUM, MAYBE THE CRA COULD PUT ON A
10:29:20AM FORUM WITH THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP, BUT WE COULD CHALLENGE
10:29:22AM PEOPLE TO DESIGN.
10:29:24AM IDEALLY, WE WOULD SAY WHAT IS THE TAMPA STYLE?
10:29:26AM WHAT IS IT THAT IS UNIQUE TO TAMPA?
10:29:31AM EVERY CITY, EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS ITS OWN UNIQUE STYLE.
10:29:34AM WE SHOULD TRY TO CHALLENGE PEOPLE TO LIVE UP TO THAT.
10:29:37AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ANYONE ELSE BESIDES MR. CLENDENIN?
10:29:44AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WOULD LOVE FOR SOME OF US OR SOMEBODY TO
10:29:48AM TAKE A HOLD OF THAT AND FIGURE OUT A WAY.
10:29:51AM WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE YMCA PROJECT, I CHALLENGED THE
10:29:56AM ARCHITECT TO BRING SOMETHING BECAUSE IT IS A SIGNATURE PIECE
10:29:59AM OF PROPERTY AND SUCH A HIGH PROFILE PIECE OF PROPERTY TO
10:30:02AM BRING BACK SOMETHING REALLY REMARKABLE.
10:30:05AM SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE A GOOD LEGACY FOR US TO LEAVE BEHIND
10:30:08AM TO FIGURE OUT A WAY FORWARD.
10:30:10AM THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS RIGHT UP YOUR ALLEY BECAUSE
10:30:13AM SOMETHING YOU LOVE SO MUCH.
10:30:15AM WAY BEYOND MY PAY GRADE BUT I THINK WELL WITHIN YOURS.
10:30:19AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:30:21AM >>BILL CARLSON: CARLOS ALFONSO, HIS BROTHER, THEY HAVE
10:30:25AM DESIGNED SEVERAL ICONIC BUILDINGS LIKE HOTEL HAYA.
10:30:30AM YOU HAVE A COMBINATION OF HISTORIC BUILDING AND VERY MODERN.
10:30:33AM SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE IT BECAUSE IT IS TOO MODERN BUT IT IS
10:30:36AM A BIT OF A BRIDGE.
10:30:37AM ARMATURE WORKS, THEY DESIGNED THE OFFICE BUILDINGS ON THE
10:30:40AM EASTERN SIDE.
10:30:41AM THEY DON'T MATCH THE BRICK ON THE OTHER SIDE.
10:30:44AM INSTEAD OF DOING SOMETHING STEREOTYPICAL, THEY BUILT VERY
10:30:48AM MODERN, DISTINCTIVE BUILDINGS.
10:30:50AM AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, WE SHOULD CHALLENGE PEOPLE.
10:30:52AM IF I COULD REAL FAST, THE OTHER THING I WOULD SUGGEST ADDING
10:30:56AM IN HERE IF THERE'S SOME WAY, THE BUSTING INVESTMENTS WE'VE
10:30:59AM MADE IN DOWNTOWN HAVE BEEN IN THE ARTS AND CULTURE.
10:31:02AM YOU TALKED ABOUT THE THRIVING DOWNTOWN.
10:31:04AM YOU MENTIONED THE NIGHT LIFE.
10:31:06AM WHAT REALLY PUSHED DOWNTOWN, IN THE '80s, PERFORMING ARTS
10:31:13AM CENTER AND TAMPA MUSEUM OF ART.
10:31:14AM 15 SO YEARS AGO, NEW TAMPA MUSEUM OF ART, CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
10:31:21AM AND THE CONVENTION CENTER.
10:31:22AM THERE ARE THESE STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS OF THINGS THAT THE
10:31:27AM CORNERSTONE FOR BUILDING UP THE CHANNEL DISTRICT.
10:31:30AM I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT IN A
10:31:33AM DOWNTOWN THERE AREN'T JUST BUILDINGS.
10:31:35AM YOU CAN'T JUST INVITE PEOPLE TO LIVE IN A PLACE AND SUDDENLY
10:31:38AM A GREAT PLACE.
10:31:39AM YOU NEED TO ACTIVATE IT WITH PROGRAMMING TO BRING IT TO
10:31:42AM LIFE.
10:31:43AM AND THAT'S SLOWLY BEEN HAPPENING THE LAST FEW YEARS.
10:31:46AM WITH THE BIG INVESTMENTS WE MADE IN THE ARTS, ONCE THE NEW
10:31:50AM STRAZ CENTER IS ACTIVATED, NEW TAMPA MUSEUM OF ARTS
10:31:53AM ACTIVATED, NEW TAMPA THEATER IS ACTIVATED AND HOPEFULLY THE
10:31:57AM NEW TAMPA UNION STATION, THEY WILL REALLY ADD TO THE
10:32:00AM VIBRANCY OF THE DOWNTOWN.
10:32:02AM AND THERE WILL BE DESTINATIONS FOR PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER, NOT
10:32:05AM JUST IN DOWNTOWN.
10:32:07AM PEOPLE INTERACT THERE AND BE A GATHERING PLACE.
10:32:09AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE ITEM 11.
10:32:12AM >> MOVE 11.
10:32:14AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
10:32:14AM SECOND.
10:32:15AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
10:32:16AM ANY OPPOSED?
10:32:16AM ON TO NEW BUSINESS, BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
10:32:20AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: JUST THINKING ABOUT DIFFERENT PARTS OF
10:32:23AM THE CITY OF TAMPA.
10:32:24AM SOME ARE IN THE CRA AREAS.
10:32:26AM I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THE CRA BOARD HAS THE AUTHORITY,
10:32:31AM LIKE PEOPLE MAKE IT IN PRO FOOTBALL OR PRO BASEBALL OR PRO
10:32:34AM TENNIS, PRO BASKETBALL.
10:32:37AM TAMPA IS BECOMING VERY WELL KNOWN FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE
10:32:41AM EXCELLED IN MOST OF THESE SPORTS.
10:32:44AM IF WE COULD PUT A PLAQUE, DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SOMETHING BIG,
10:32:47AM BUT GIVE THE KIDS AN INSPIRATION, IF THEY CAN DO IT, SO CAN
10:32:52AM I.
10:32:52AM GIVE THE KIDS A CHANCE TO EMULATE SOMEBODY WHO PLAYED BALL,
10:32:56AM FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, TENNIS, WHATEVER SPORT IT IS AND THE
10:32:59AM PARK IN WHICH THEY PLAYED IN.
10:33:04AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I LIKE WHAT YOU JUST SAID, THE PARK THEY
10:33:06AM PLAYED IN BECAUSE I THINK IT BRINGS IT HOME.
10:33:08AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD DO
10:33:10AM SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO INSPIRE THE KIDS TO CONTINUE.
10:33:13AM WHEN YOU PLAY SPORTS, YOU BECOME BETTER STUDENT ALSO OF
10:33:19AM MATH.
10:33:19AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ARE YOU COMMENTING ON THAT?
10:33:22AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WOULD JUST SAY IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO
10:33:24AM START WITH COUNCIL AND THEN TO FIND OUT THE PARKS.
10:33:30AM AND THEN ONCE WE KNOW WHERE THEY ALL ARE, THE ONES WITHIN
10:33:34AM THE CRA COULD BE FUNDED BY THE CRA.
10:33:36AM BECAUSE I THINK THERE WILL BE A FEW OUTSIDE.
10:33:40AM BUT I THINK IT IS A FABULOUS IDEA.
10:33:45AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ANY COMMENTS ON BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA'S
10:33:50AM COMMENTS?
10:33:50AM IT IS AN EXCELLENT IDEA AS I WEAR MY STATE CHAMPIONSHIP RING
10:33:55AM FROM JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL.
10:33:57AM THIS ONE IS THE FOOTBALL.
10:33:58AM WE TALKED ABOUT THAT BRIEFLY WHEN WE DISCUSSED FAIR OAKS.
10:34:02AM THE NAMING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SO MANY.
10:34:06AM THERE ARE JUST OPPORTUNITIES THERE.
10:34:07AM I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU AND I APPRECIATE YOU FOR BRINGING IT
10:34:10AM UP.
10:34:11AM BOARD MEMBER VIERA, NEW BUSINESS.
10:34:12AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, MA'AM.
10:34:13AM IT'S NOT A MOTION OR ANYTHING.
10:34:15AM I WAS GOING TO SAY WE HAD SANDY SANCHEZ TALK ABOUT
10:34:19AM QUALIFYING FOR THE CAC, THAT APPARENTLY SHE'S TWO BLOCKS OR
10:34:22AM SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THE WEST TAMPA CAC.
10:34:25AM AS THE GUY THAT PUT JOE GRECO ON THE CITY OF TAMPA BUDGET
10:34:28AM ADVISORY BOARD, I WOULD BE A HYPOCRITE IF I DIDN'T BRING
10:34:31AM THAT UP.
10:34:32AM I HOPE WE CAN FIND SOME WAY TO REMEDY THAT AND HAVE, I DON'T
10:34:35AM WANT USE THE WORD SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE, BUT COMMON SENSE.
10:34:39AM I DON'T KNOW IF COUNCIL OR THE CRA BOARD IS INTERESTED IN
10:34:42AM LOOKING AT THAT, BUT FOR SOME COMMON SENSE FOR THAT.
10:34:45AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I APPRECIATE.
10:34:47AM GUY WHO HAD THE ANNEXATION OF NEW TAMPA, I AGREE WITH YOU.
10:34:51AM >>LUIS VIERA: AGAIN, I DON'T THINK A MOTION IS MAYBE IN
10:34:56AM ORDER AT THIS TIME, BUT LOOKING AT THAT AND MAYBE, BECAUSE,
10:35:00AM AGAIN, SANDY, OBVIOUSLY, IS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT WEST
10:35:03AM TAMPA.
10:35:04AM SHE IS WEST TAMPA.
10:35:08AM I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
10:35:11AM WHAT DOES THE CRA BOARD THINK ABOUT A MOTION TO HAVE --
10:35:15AM THAT'S WHY I DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT.
10:35:18AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YOU CAN THINK ABOUT IT AND DO IT NEXT
10:35:20AM MONTH.
10:35:20AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, MA'AM.
10:35:21AM I'LL DO A MOTION NEXT MONTH AND REFINE EVERYTHING.
10:35:24AM THANK YOU.
10:35:24AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
10:35:26AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO, MA'AM.
10:35:27AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER -- NOW IT IS YOUR TURN.
10:35:32AM BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
10:35:32AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: JUST BE CAREFUL ON IT.
10:35:35AM I KNOW RULES ARE RULES AND SOMETIMES IT'S FRUSTRATING
10:35:38AM BECAUSE OF COMMON SENSE.
10:35:39AM I LOVE SANDY, YOU'RE RIGHT.
10:35:41AM WEST TAMPA, WEST TAMPA.
10:35:43AM BUT OUR STAFF WORKED ON THIS REALLY DILIGENTLY A YEAR, YEAR
10:35:47AM AND A HALF AGO, ABOUT QUALIFICATIONS.
10:35:49AM I HATE TO KEEP REINVENTING THE WHEEL.
10:35:53AM STAFF REALLY WORKED HARD ON THIS.
10:35:55AM AND EVERY TIME SOMETHING HAPPENS, THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEBODY ON
10:36:00AM THE LOSING SIDE.
10:36:02AM I WANT TO BE A DOCTOR, BUT I DIDN'T GO TO MEDICAL SCHOOL.
10:36:05AM IT'S UNFORTUNATE IT HAPPENS.
10:36:11AM YOU HAVE THOSE EXCEPTIONS.
10:36:12AM BUT I KNOW STAFF WORKED REALLY DIFFICULT AND SOMETIMES YOU
10:36:15AM HAVE TO DRAW A LINE AND THEN WE CAN DEBATE WHERE THAT LINE
10:36:19AM IS.
10:36:20AM SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO DRAW A LINE.
10:36:23AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU FOR THAT, SIR.
10:36:24AM THAT'S WHY THE WISDOM LIES IN WAITING ANOTHER MONTH.
10:36:28AM THANK YOU, WELL TAKEN.
10:36:31AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
10:36:33AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I'LL ADD TO THAT BEFORE MY MOTION OF, YES, I
10:36:36AM THINK IT'S SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT TO REFRESH OURSELVES
10:36:39AM BECAUSE IT'S NOT A BAD IDEA TO GO BACK AND LOOK, SEE HOW
10:36:42AM THINGS HAVE PERFORMED.
10:36:43AM I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING EACH OF US CAN DO INDIVIDUALLY WITH
10:36:47AM DIRECTOR McCRAY WHO LOOKS LIKE HE HAS SOMETHING HE WANTS
10:36:50AM TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
10:36:51AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: I'M HEARING THE CONVERSATION FROM THE
10:36:53AM BOARD.
10:36:53AM I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU ALL WE'LL BE HAVING MEETINGS TO
10:36:57AM DISCUSS SOME POLICY UPDATES COMING PROBABLY JUNE/JULY TIME
10:37:01AM FRAME AND THEN WE CAN MEET AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS THEN
10:37:07AM --
10:37:07AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: LOOK AT THE DIRECTOR DOING HIS JOB.
10:37:14AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER VIERA, I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
10:37:16AM I'M DOING THE MOTION I SAID I WOULD DO LAST WEEK.
10:37:18AM I DID TALK TO DIRECTOR McCRAY ABOUT THE SCHEDULING AND
10:37:22AM FUNDING OF THE ASHLEY DRIVE UNITE PROJECT.
10:37:25AM UNFORTUNATELY, THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO GET EVERYTHING TOGETHER
10:37:28AM UNTIL THE JUNE 12th MEETING INSTEAD OF MAY.
10:37:31AM MY MOTION IS TO MOVE TO SCHEDULE A TIME TO DISCUSS THE
10:37:35AM FUNDING OF THE ASHLEY DRIVE UNITE PROJECT AT THE JUNE 12,
10:37:39AM 2025 CRA BOARD MEETING.
10:37:43AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I THINK MR. MIRANDA SECONDED.
10:37:45AM BUT THAT'S FINE.
10:37:46AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
10:37:47AM ANY OPPOSED?
10:37:50AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE
10:37:53AM THE CONVERSATION AT COUNCIL ON JUNE 5th.
10:37:57AM I WILL BE MOTIONING TONIGHT OR DEPENDING ON HOW LATE IT
10:38:00AM GOES, LATER TO MAKE IT ACTUALLY THE END OF JUNE.
10:38:04AM THAT'S OUR LITTLE THAT WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THERE.
10:38:06AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
10:38:07AM BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:38:10AM >>BILL CARLSON: A COUPLE OF QUICK COMMENTS AND THEN A
10:38:12AM MOTION.
10:38:13AM BACK TO THE DOWNTOWN THING, DESPITE WHAT SOME PEOPLE SAY,
10:38:19AM THERE WERE CONDOS AND THERE WAS HOUSING IN DOWNTOWN BEFORE
10:38:21AM THE BOOM OF THE LAST FIVE TO TEN YEARS.
10:38:24AM SOME OF THOSE BUILDINGS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LIVING THERE FOR
10:38:28AM DECADES AND SOME OF THEM ALSO ARE SENIOR CENTERS.
10:38:31AM IN THE OUTREACH, I HOPE WE CAN GO TALK TO SOME OF THOSE
10:38:34AM FOLKS.
10:38:35AM ON THE NORTHERN END OF DOWNTOWN, THERE WAS AN HISTORIC, IN
10:38:40AM THE VERY DISTANT PAST, HISTORIC AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY
10:38:44AM THERE.
10:38:44AM AND THERE ARE SOME FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE TRYING TO
10:38:47AM MAKE SURE WE TELL THE STORIES OF THAT COMMUNITY AND PAY
10:38:50AM RESPECT TO THAT COMMUNITY.
10:38:53AM I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE INCLUDE THAT AS WELL.
10:38:56AM THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE HAVE THESE POSITIONS THAT WE'VE
10:38:59AM BEEN TRYING TO FILL.
10:39:00AM WE PUT THEM ON HOLD SO WE COULD EDIT THEM.
10:39:03AM ONE OF THEM WAS THE COMMUNICATION POSITION WHICH I THINK WE
10:39:07AM BADLY NEEDED FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
10:39:10AM THE PROBLEM IS THAT NOW I THINK WE'VE GOT THE ADS READY.
10:39:15AM WE CAN RUN THEM.
10:39:16AM THE PROBLEM IS WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LEGISLATURE IS GOING
10:39:18AM TO DO.
10:39:18AM I WAS TALKING TO CEDRIC YESTERDAY, AND INSTEAD OF PUSHING
10:39:22AM THAT FORWARD IMMEDIATELY, MAYBE WE COULD WAIT 60 DAYS, SEE
10:39:27AM WHAT THE LEGISLATURE WILL DO AND THEN ADVERTISE IT.
10:39:31AM THERE ARE OTHER PROVISIONS WE CAN REPURPOSE BUT THE
10:39:35AM COMMUNICATION ONE I DON'T KNOW.
10:39:36AM WHAT I RECOMMEND IS WE HAVE A SHORT-TERM SOLUTION.
10:39:42AM THE ONE FIRM THAT PR MARKETING FIRM THAT THE CRA HAS BEEN
10:39:47AM WORKING WITH FOR YEARS, IT'S REALLY THE YBOR CRA, BUT THE
10:39:50AM CRA HAS BEEN WORKING WITH WAY BEFORE I GOT ON COUNCIL IS
10:39:53AM HCP.
10:39:54AM SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ASK STAFF TO RETURN ON
10:39:57AM MAY 8th WITH AN AMENDMENT TO THE HCP CONTRACT TO ENABLE
10:40:01AM THEM TO DO CRA PR MARKETING UNTIL WE FILL THE COMMUNICATION
10:40:06AM POSITION.
10:40:07AM IF WE START TO ADVERTISE THE COMMUNICATION POSITION IN 60
10:40:09AM DAYS, LET'S SAY, IT MIGHT TAKE ANOTHER 60, 90 DAYS BEFORE
10:40:13AM THE PERSON ON BOARDS.
10:40:15AM MINOR MODIFICATIONS, 10 OR 20 GRAND TO THE BUDGET, WE CAN
10:40:19AM MODIFY THEIR PROJECT AND THEY CAN HANDLE EVERYTHING TURNKEY
10:40:22AM FOR US AND WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE CRA IS REPRESENTED, NOT
10:40:25AM JUST IN MAKING ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RIBBON CUTTINGS, BUT IN
10:40:29AM TRYING TO IMPROVE THE COMMUNICATION WHERE WE CAN REACH
10:40:33AM HOMEOWNERS AND OTHERS WHO NEED TO APPLY FOR GRANTS.
10:40:37AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WE HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:40:39AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
10:40:41AM ANY DISCUSSION?
10:40:41AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
10:40:44AM >> AYE.
10:40:44AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ANY OPPOSED?
10:40:45AM MOTION CARRIES.
10:40:47AM >> MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
10:40:48AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: NOT YET.
10:40:49AM I HAVE ONE.
10:40:50AM AS I PROMISED LAST WEEK TO BRING IT BACK BECAUSE IT WAS AT
10:40:55AM COUNCIL MEETING AND THIS ONE IS RELATED TO CRA.
10:40:58AM IN CONTINUED SUPPORT -- I HAD TO WRITE IT DOWN SO I COULD
10:41:02AM HAVE A PLAN.
10:41:03AM IN CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE SHARED VISION FOR MORE
10:41:05AM CONNECTED, WELCOMING AND ACCESSIBLE DOWNTOWN, I MOVE THAT
10:41:08AM THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY APPROVE A CONTRIBUTION
10:41:11AM NOT TO EXCEED $30,000 TOWARD THE CREATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE
10:41:16AM DESIGN GUIDELINE TO SUPPORT THE FUTURE DIGITAL SIGNAGE AND
10:41:20AM IDENTIFY GATEWAY ELEMENTS WITHOUT THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
10:41:24AM I CAN GIVE MORE CONTEXT BY SAYING THIS INITIATIVE DEVELOPED
10:41:27AM IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP
10:41:30AM REPRESENTS A KEY STEP IN ADVANCING THE COMMUNITY'S
10:41:33AM WAY-FINDING AND GATEWAY STRATEGIES AS AN OUTLINE IN THE
10:41:38AM ADOPTED COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.
10:41:45AM >>LUIS VIERA: I WAS GOING TO SAY, WE HAVE A MOTION.
10:41:48AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH CONVINCING I WOULD
10:41:53AM HAVE TO DO.
10:41:54AM >>LUIS VIERA: I WASN'T GOING TO SUBSTANTIVELY RESPOND.
10:41:58AM CONTINUE.
10:41:59AM WE HAVE A MOTION BY CHAIRWOMAN HENDERSON, SECONDED BY BOARD
10:42:06AM MEMBER HURTAK.
10:42:07AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:42:07AM ANY OPPOSED?
10:42:09AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE --
10:42:11AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YOU TOLD ME, CHARLIE.
10:42:15AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: [INAUDIBLE]
10:42:20AM >>BILL CARLSON: WE JUST VOTED, SO IT WAS 6-1.
10:42:25AM I THINK I WAS OUT ON THE DAY -- ONE OF THE DAYS YOU ALL
10:42:28AM DISCUSSED THIS.
10:42:29AM AS I UNDERSTAND THIS, IT'S NOT DIGITAL BILLBOARDS.
10:42:33AM THERE IS A MISNOMER OUT THERE.
10:42:35AM DIGITAL SIGNS.
10:42:37AM ALMOST EVERY CITY IN THE WORLD I GO TO EXCEPT FOR HISTORIC
10:42:39AM DISTRICTS, THEY HAVE SOME VERSION OF THIS.
10:42:41AM YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO CREATE SOMETHING GAUDY LIKE TIMES
10:42:45AM SQUARE.
10:42:46AM THERE ARE SMALLER AREAS WHERE YOU ARE DOING PLACE-MAKING.
10:42:49AM AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE ON FRANKLIN STREET JUST BEFORE THE
10:42:52AM VAULT, SOMEWHERE IN THERE, JUST BEFORE TAMPA THEATRE, YOU
10:42:55AM COULD PUT -- AGAIN, NOT DIGITAL BILLBOARDS, NOT LIKE SHOWING
10:43:00AM MARLBORO ADS.
10:43:02AM IT'S PLACE MAKING, CREATE A TOWN SQUARE WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO
10:43:06AM AND MEET.
10:43:06AM THE OTHER THING, THOUGH, THERE'S BEEN A BIG DISCUSSION ABOUT
10:43:09AM PRECEDENT SETTING.
10:43:11AM THE PRECEDENT WAS SET BY WHOEVER NEGOTIATED THE DEAL WITH
10:43:14AM THE LIGHTNING AND WITH WATER STREET.
10:43:16AM I GET COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE WHO LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM
10:43:20AM THE LIGHTNING WHO SAY THAT BIG SIGN IS SHINING IN THEIR
10:43:24AM FACES.
10:43:24AM WATER STREET SIGN HAS NOT GONE UP YET.
10:43:27AM IF ANYBODY WANTS TO ASK WHO BROKE THE RULES AND ALLOWED
10:43:32AM SIGNS DOWNTOWN, IT'S WHOEVER ALLOWED THOSE TOO.
10:43:35AM THE PROBLEM WE HAVE NOW IS IF YOU ONLY ALLOW THOSE TOO,
10:43:39AM EVERYBODY ELSE WILL SAY HOW CAN YOU LET THEM AND NOT US?
10:43:43AM WHAT THIS DOES, IT'S A GREAT IDEA, IF YOU WORK WITH THE
10:43:47AM DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP, THEY ARE SETTING THE VISION AND
10:43:50AM TEXTURE AND DESIGN FOR DOWNTOWN.
10:43:51AM THEY ARE WORKING ON THE FRANKLIN STREET CORRIDOR.
10:43:54AM THEY CAN LOOK AT THIS TASTEFULLY.
10:43:56AM IT'S NOT AN ADVERTISING BUSINESS DEAL.
10:43:58AM IT'S ABOUT PLACE-MAKING.
10:43:59AM WHAT I THINK THEY'LL COME BACK WITH IS SOME RECOMMENDATION
10:44:02AM ON HOW TO BUILD PLACE.
10:44:07AM LIKE WHEN THE RAYS WIN, THEY ARE IN ST. PETE RIGHT NOW --
10:44:10AM SORRY, THEY ARE IN TAMPA TEMPORARILY, BUT LET'S SAY
10:44:14AM EVERYBODY COULD GO TO STEINBRENNER FIELD, LET'S SAY THE
10:44:18AM BUCS, GO TO RAYMOND JAMES, ALSO IF YOU HAVE THE RIGHT KIND
10:44:22AM OF SIGNS DOWNTOWN, YOU COULD HAVE A BIG GATHERING DOWNTOWN.
10:44:26AM JUST AN IDEA TO DISCUSS.
10:44:28AM THE POINT IS IT'S NOT LIKE THE BILLBOARDS ON 275 AND DALE
10:44:32AM MABRY.
10:44:32AM IT'S GOING TO BE PLACE-MAKING IN A TASTEFUL WAY.
10:44:35AM THE OTHER THING, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO COPY LONDON, TOKYO OR
10:44:39AM NEW YORK.
10:44:40AM WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING DISTINCTIVE TO TAMPA.
10:44:43AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SAYING THAT.
10:44:45AM THIS IS ME WORKING IN ALL AREAS OF BEING A COUNCIL MEMBER
10:44:50AM AND ON THIS BOARD.
10:44:52AM I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND EVEN HAVING A VERY SERIOUS
10:44:55AM DISCUSSION WITH OUR CRA ATTORNEY.
10:44:57AM ATTORNEY SHEPHARD, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:44:59AM EVEN THE CITY STAFF I'M SAYING THIS BECAUSE I KNOW THEY
10:45:03AM LISTEN TO US, IS BECAUSE OF WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER AT AMALIE,
10:45:08AM THE LEGAL AVENUE FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO DO IT IS SOMETHING THAT
10:45:12AM THEY NEED TO BE CONSIDERING BECAUSE OF THE DECISION THAT
10:45:14AM THEY MADE TO GIVE THE DESIGN EXCEPTION AND IT WASN'T
10:45:18AM PRESENTED TO US.
10:45:19AM IT DOES OPEN THE DOOR.
10:45:22AM I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT.
10:45:24AM MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
10:45:26AM OH, MY GOSH.
10:45:27AM OH MY GOSH.
10:45:28AM BOARD MEMBER VIERA AND BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
10:45:31AM >>LUIS VIERA: I WAS GOING TO SAY, AGAIN, I SEE MY VOTE ON
10:45:35AM THIS, I DON'T WANT TO CALL IT A CONCURRING OPINION, VOTE OR
10:45:39AM WHATEVER, IS TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS IN COLLABORATIVE WAYS,
10:45:42AM WORK IN A COLLABORATIVE METHOD WHERE POLITICS IS ABOUT
10:45:47AM ADDITION, NOT SUBTRACTION.
10:45:49AM THIS HAS GOT TO BE ABOUT MORE AND MORE FOLKS BEING INVOLVED,
10:45:52AM NOT JUST THE BUSINESSES, THE RESIDENTIAL FOLKS DOWNTOWN AND
10:45:56AM SO FORTH, THINGS LIKE THAT.
10:45:57AM I DON'T WANT TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS.
10:46:00AM WHAT GAVE ME PAUSE BEFORE WAS ELBOWS ON THIS ISSUE.
10:46:05AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THAT'S WHY I VOTED DOWN.
10:46:07AM MOVED TO SEPTEMBER BECAUSE IT WAS BECOMING -- I DON'T WANT
10:46:11AM TO BE COMBATIVE.
10:46:13AM AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
10:46:14AM I REALLY DO.
10:46:15AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, MA'AM.
10:46:16AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: SLOWING IT DOWN BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET IT
10:46:19AM RIGHT.
10:46:20AM >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, WITH THAT ISSUE, AGAIN, THIS IS ONE
10:46:25AM WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS.
10:46:28AM I THINK IF FOLKS WORK TOGETHER WE CAN GET TO A CONCLUSION
10:46:32AM WHERE I THINK EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE PLEASED HOPEFULLY IF
10:46:35AM IT IS DONE IN THE RIGHT WAY.
10:46:37AM AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS ON ELBOWS.
10:46:40AM THIS ISN'T THE KIND OF ISSUE THAT REQUIRES THAT I SUGGEST.
10:46:43AM SO THAT'S HOW I INTERPRET MY VOTE.
10:46:46AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: APPRECIATE IT.
10:46:48AM HOPE I'VE GIVEN THE IMPRESSION VOTED DOWN FOR THAT REASON
10:46:51AM ALONE.
10:46:52AM BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN AND THEN THAT MOTION TO RECEIVE AND
10:46:54AM FILE COMING STRAIGHT OUT OF HURTAK'S MOUTH.
10:46:59AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ON THIS ISSUE, I WANT TO STATE MY
10:47:03AM POSITION.
10:47:04AM ONE, I DON'T THINK THAT THE AMALIE ARENA -- IT'S KIND OF A
10:47:09AM DIFFERENT ANIMAL.
10:47:10AM BY THE WAY, I LIKE IT.
10:47:11AM IT'S REALLY KIND OF COOL.
10:47:14AM TALK ABOUT PLACE-MAKING, IT REALLY IS VERY DISTINCTIVE.
10:47:17AM IT'S VERY UNIQUE.
10:47:19AM I THINK IT'S A GREAT ASSET TO THE CITY OF TAMPA.
10:47:22AM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S RIGHT UP
10:47:26AM FRONT AS WE KIND OF PIVOT THIS DISCUSSION, WHEN WE APPROVE
10:47:30AM THIS IS TO ENSURE IT'S NOT LIKE THOSE BILLBOARDS ON THE
10:47:33AM INTERSTATE.
10:47:33AM GIVE PEOPLE ASSURANCES AND FOLKS CRAFT THIS AS THE DOWNTOWN
10:47:39AM PARTNERSHIP, WANT THEM TO HEAR THIS, THE AMOUNT OF TIME ON
10:47:43AM THE DIGITAL DISPLAYS HAS TO LOOK MORE LIKE PLACE-MAKING AND
10:47:47AM SOMETHING ELSE OTHER THAN -- I UNDERSTAND THAT ADVERTISING
10:47:52AM WILL BE A COMPONENT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT PAYS FOR THE RENT
10:47:55AM FOR THESE THINGS, BUT IT CAN'T JUST BE ADVERTISING.
10:47:58AM IT'S GOT TO BE WHEN YOU WEIGH THESE THINGS OUT, THERE HAS TO
10:48:03AM BE BETTER COMMUNITY BENEFIT THAN JUST SELLING.
10:48:07AM MY OTHER REQUIREMENT IS THAT WE WRAP THIS UGLY ASS BUILDING
10:48:13AM COMPLETELY --
10:48:13AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: NO CURSING IN BOARD MEETINGS.
10:48:16AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: UGLY BUTT BUILDINGS ON ALL FOUR SIDES.
10:48:20AM I WANT ALL FOUR SIDES COMPLETELY WRAPPED IN DIGITAL TO HIDE
10:48:23AM THAT THING FROM PUBLIC VIEW BECAUSE SUCH AN OFFENSIVE
10:48:25AM BUILDING TO LOOK AT.
10:48:29AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: DIRECTOR McCRAY.
10:48:30AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR ON THE STAFF
10:48:32AM SIDE AS YOU SHARED THE REQUEST FOR $30,000 RELATED TO THE
10:48:36AM DESIGN GUIDELINES.
10:48:37AM IS THERE A LEVEL OF EXPECTATION ON WHAT TIME FRAME YOU WOULD
10:48:42AM LIKE US TO REPORT?
10:48:43AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THE WORKSHOP IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER.
10:48:48AM AND OUR AMOUNT IS NOT TO EXCEED $30,000.
10:48:53AM PICK UP THE TAB.
10:48:55AM ESTIMATED TO COST BETWEEN 75, 80 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
10:48:58AM TO GET IT DONE.
10:49:00AM HAVE I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION?
10:49:03AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: YES.
10:49:04AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE?
10:49:05AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
10:49:06AM THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
10:49:08AM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
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