TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 2025, 9:00 A.M.
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9:05:27AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, DO YOU HAVE AN
9:05:29AM INVOCATION OR A MOMENT OF SILENCE?
9:05:31AM LET'S STAND FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE
9:05:34AM OF ALLEGIANCE.
9:05:38AM [MOMENT OF SILENCE]
9:05:47AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:05:48AM [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
9:06:01AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
9:06:02AM MAY I HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE?
9:06:06AM >> CARLSON, HURTAK, CLENDENIN?
9:06:08AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE.
9:06:09AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT.
9:06:11AM >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
9:06:11AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
9:06:12AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
9:06:13AM >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
9:06:14AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
9:06:15AM BEFORE I GO TO MR. SHELBY, I HAVE TWO MEMOS, RECEIVED ONE
9:06:19AM FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK AND ONE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
9:06:21AM CARLSON THAT THEY WILL BE ARRIVING LATE TO THIS MEETING.
9:06:23AM I BELIEVE IT WAS 10:00 AND 10:30 RESPECTIVELY.
9:06:27AM JUST WANT TO LET THE RECORD SHOW.
9:06:29AM WE'LL HOLD APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA UNTIL THEY ARRIVE BECAUSE
9:06:33AM IT'S A LOT OF STUFF AND OTHER MEMOS WERE SENT.
9:06:36AM IN THE MEANTIME, MR. SHELBY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO REVIEW THE
9:06:39AM RULES AND PROCEDURES OF PUBLIC COMMENT?
9:06:41AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, MR. CHAIRMAN.
9:06:42AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:06:42AM I WOULD.
9:06:44AM GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
9:06:46AM MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
9:06:48AM I WOULD LIKE TO JUST BRIEFLY REVIEW WITH YOU THE PUBLIC
9:06:52AM COMMENT RULES AND RULES OF DECORUM FOR THE CONDUCT OF
9:06:55AM TODAY'S MEETING.
9:06:55AM NOW, IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THAT
9:06:59AM INCLUDES ANYTHING UNDER THE CONSENT DOCKET OR STAFF REPORTS,
9:07:03AM THE TIME TO SPEAK TO THAT IS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
9:07:06AM MEETING, AND THE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO FILL OUT THE SPEAKER
9:07:09AM CARDS THAT ARE OUTSIDE THIS ROOM AND FILL THAT OUT, YOU
9:07:11AM PLACE IT IN THE BOX, AND PREFERENCE WILL BE GIVEN TO THOSE
9:07:15AM PEOPLE WHO ARE TALKING ABOUT ON-AGENDA ITEMS AND THOSE
9:07:18AM PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TALK ABOUT ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE
9:07:21AM AGENDA.
9:07:21AM SO ONE CARD PER SPEAKER.
9:07:24AM CARDS WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL THE START OF GENERAL PUBLIC
9:07:27AM COMMENT.
9:07:27AM EACH PERSON SUBMITTING A CARD WILL BE RECOGNIZED BY THE
9:07:31AM CHAIR BY NAME TO APPROACH AND SPEAK.
9:07:33AM A THREE-MINUTE TIME LIMIT APPLIES.
9:07:35AM YOU CANNOT YIELD YOUR TIME TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
9:07:38AM IT'S THREE MINUTES MAXIMUM.
9:07:40AM NAMES THAT CANNOT BE READ WILL NOT BE CALLED.
9:07:43AM SO, PLEASE, PRINT LEGIBLY.
9:07:44AM IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA LABELED
9:07:48AM AS A PUBLIC HEARING AND IT SAYS THE WORDS "PUBLIC HEARING"
9:07:51AM ON THE AGENDA, YOU DON'T HAVE TO FILL OUT A CARD.
9:07:54AM YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WHEN THAT ITEM IS
9:07:56AM CALLED UP ON THE AGENDA AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
9:08:01AM TO BE ABLE TO BE ON A LIST FOR THAT, THE SIGN-IN SHEET FOR
9:08:04AM THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE LOCATED AT THE PODIUM NEXT TO THE
9:08:08AM PUBLIC SPEAKER CARD BOX.
9:08:10AM NOW, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALLOWED A REASONABLE
9:08:14AM OPPORTUNITY AT TODAY'S MEETING TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM ON THE
9:08:17AM AGENDA BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL TAKES OFFICIAL ACTION ON THE
9:08:20AM ITEM.
9:08:20AM SPEAKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALSO, PLEASE
9:08:24AM REMINDED, THAT THEY ARE TO REFRAIN FROM DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR,
9:08:27AM INCLUDING MAKING VULGAR OR THREATENING REMARKS OR MAKING OR
9:08:31AM CAUSING DISRUPTIVE NOISES OR SOUNDS OR DISPLAYING SIGNS OR
9:08:34AM GRAPHICS.
9:08:35AM AND SPEAKERS ARE ALSO REMINDED TO PLEASE REFRAIN FROM MAKING
9:08:39AM PERSONAL ATTACKS AGAINST ANY CITY OFFICIAL, STAFF MEMBER, OR
9:08:42AM MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC.
9:08:43AM NOW, THE CHAIR WILL RULE OUT OF ORDER ANY PERSON WHO SPEAKS
9:08:46AM WITHOUT BEING RECOGNIZED OR ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL
9:08:50AM OUTSIDE THE SPEAKER AREA AT THE LECTERN AND PERSONS FAILING
9:08:54AM TO COMPLY WITH COUNCIL RULES MAY ALSO BE RULED OUT OF ORDER
9:08:57AM AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR, MAY BE REMOVED FROM
9:09:00AM THESE CHAMBERS FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY'S MEETING.
9:09:02AM FINALLY, TO CITY COUNCIL, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD
9:09:06AM REFRAIN FROM ENGAGING THE SPEAKER UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:09:09AM IT'S NOT A TIME FOR DIALOGUE.
9:09:11AM THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT
9:09:14AM TAKE QUESTIONS OR HAVE A DIALOGUE DURING GENERAL PUBLIC
9:09:17AM COMMENT.
9:09:18AM IT IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS YOUR POSITION.
9:09:21AM THANK YOU.
9:09:22AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:09:23AM MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES FROM APRIL 3, 2025,
9:09:26AM AND THE EVENING SESSION, APRIL 10, 2025?
9:09:29AM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
9:09:30AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
9:09:32AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:09:32AM AYE.
9:09:33AM AS I MENTIONED, WE'LL HOLD OFF ON THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
9:09:36AM UNTIL THE OTHER MEMBERS ARRIVE.
9:09:38AM AT THIS TIME, WE'LL GO TO CEREMONIAL ACTIVITIES AND
9:09:41AM PRESENTATIONS.
9:09:41AM THE FIRST ONE IS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA TO THE TAMPA
9:09:44AM WATER DEPARTMENT.
9:09:45AM FOR DRINKING WATER WEEK.
9:09:58AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HONORABLE CHAIR AND HONORABLE MEMBERS OF
9:10:01AM TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, IT IS MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE THE CITY OF
9:10:02AM TAMPA WATER DEPARTMENT IN CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL DRINKING
9:10:07AM WATER WEEK.
9:10:08AM A TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE VALUE OF THIS TEAM, THE CLEAN
9:10:11AM WATER THAT THEY PROVIDE ON A DAILY BASIS, THE PEOPLE WHO
9:10:14AM MAKE IT POSSIBLE, NOT ONLY IS IT THE BEST, THERE ARE OVER
9:10:18AM 38,000 WATER UTILITIES IN THE COUNTRY OF THE UNITED STATES
9:10:20AM OF AMERICA.
9:10:21AM THERE'S ONLY EIGHT.
9:10:24AM I'LL SAY THAT AGAIN.
9:10:25AM THERE'S ONLY EIGHT OUT OF 30 SOME THOUSAND UTILITIES THAT
9:10:28AM HAVE A AAA BOND RATING IN THE -- AND THE CITY OF TAMPA IS
9:10:32AM ONE OF THEM.
9:10:33AM I'M HONORED TO SAY THAT, NOT ONLY THE GENTLEMAN WHO IS THE
9:10:37AM DIRECTOR, JONES.
9:10:40AM HE'S HERE TO INTRODUCE THE PEOPLE IN THE WATER DEPARTMENT
9:10:45AM AND WHAT THEY DO ON A DAILY BASIS.
9:10:47AM THEY DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB DAY IN AND DAY OUT, 24 HOURS A
9:10:51AM DAY, 365 DAYS A YEAR.
9:10:54AM MR. JONES.
9:10:54AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:10:56AM >>RORY JONES: RORY JONES, TAMPA WATER DEPARTMENT.
9:11:00AM THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENDATION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL DRINKING
9:11:03AM WATER WEEK.
9:11:04AM IT'S AN HONOR TO ACCEPT THIS ON BEHALF OF THE TAMPA WATER
9:11:06AM DEPARTMENT, BUT THE TRUE RECOGNITION BELONGS TO THE HUNDREDS
9:11:10AM OF PEOPLE DEDICATED TO DELIVERING CLEAN AND SAFE DRINKING
9:11:15AM WATER EVERY DAY TO OUR COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S A FIELD CREW,
9:11:21AM LAB STAFF, ENGINEERS, CUSTOMER SERVICE REPS, THEY PLAY A
9:11:27AM VITAL ROLE, BUT OFTEN IT'S BEHIND THE SCENES.
9:11:31AM TODAY I'M PROUDLY JOINED BY THE TEAM AS A REFLECTION OF THE
9:11:35AM DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT THAT EXISTS ACROSS OUR
9:11:39AM ORGANIZATION.
9:11:39AM I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO SOMEWHERE HERE IN THE GROUP,
9:11:44AM ELIE FRANCO, OUR DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, DIRECTOR OF
9:11:48AM OPERATIONS, ELIE FRANCO, FOLLOWED BY THE PRODUCTION MANAGER,
9:11:52AM JOHN RING, TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND INTRODUCE OUR AWESOME TEAM
9:11:58AM HERE.
9:11:59AM >> THANK YOU, RORY.
9:12:00AM GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:12:01AM I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BRING THE 170 TEAM
9:12:07AM MEMBERS IN MY GROUP, BUT, OBVIOUSLY, WE COULDN'T DO THAT.
9:12:10AM SO I DID ASK SIX OF THEM TO JOIN US THIS MORNING.
9:12:16AM I'D LIKE THEM TO COME UP AND INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, TELL YOU
9:12:20AM A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THEY DO, THE AREA THEY COVER, AND
9:12:23AM THEN I'LL COME BACK WITH A CLOSING COMMENT.
9:12:25AM WE'LL START WITH ANGELA.
9:12:28AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:12:29AM ANGELA.
9:12:30AM I LEAD THE PLANNING AND SCHEDULING TEAM FOR WATER
9:12:34AM DISTRIBUTION.
9:12:36AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:12:38AM MY NAME IS DAVID.
9:12:40AM I AM A LEAD TECH FOR WATER DISTRIBUTION.
9:12:43AM AND I TAKE CARE OF THE PIPELINE AND WATER EMERGENCIES.
9:12:52AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:12:53AM I'M SHEILA BELCHER.
9:12:55AM I'M THE SENIOR BILLING REP FOR THE WATER DEPARTMENT.
9:13:00AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: SO YOU SEND US OUR BILLS.
9:13:03AM [ LAUGHTER ]
9:13:03AM >> WHICH IS IMPORTANT.
9:13:05AM IT'S IMPORTANT.
9:13:08AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:13:09AM MY NAME IS CASSIE.
9:13:11AM I WORK AT THE CALL CENTER.
9:13:12AM ANSWERING CALLS AND CUSTOMER SERVICE.
9:13:14AM I ALSO MANAGE TAMPA CONNECT ONLINE.
9:13:20AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:13:21AM THOMAS LAKE.
9:13:22AM I HANDLE BILLING INQUIRIES.
9:13:24AM I'M AN AMBASSADOR FOR THE WATER DEPARTMENT.
9:13:26AM THANK YOU.
9:13:30AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:13:31AM MY NAME IS REGINA THOMAS, AKA GINA THOMAS.
9:13:35AM I AM A SUPERVISOR OVER THE SUPPORT TEAM AND WATER
9:13:38AM DISTRIBUTION, BUT I ALSO HANDLE ANY ESCALATIONS THAT COME IN
9:13:44AM FOR THE WATER DEPARTMENT.
9:13:47AM >> SO A POINT I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE YOU WITH IS TODAY, LIKE
9:13:52AM ANY OTHER THURSDAY, ABOUT 7,000 CUSTOMERS ARE GOING TO
9:13:55AM RECEIVE THEIR UTILITY BILL FROM US.
9:13:58AM EVERY DAY AFTER TODAY AS WELL.
9:14:00AM WE'LL PROBABLY HANDLE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SIX AND SEVEN
9:14:05AM HUNDRED CALLS IN CASSIDY'S LOCATION AT THE CALL CENTER.
9:14:09AM TWO TO THREE HUNDRED FIELD TECHNICIAN REQUESTS WILL BE
9:14:12AM ANSWERED, ANYWHERE FROM A TURN-ON, TURN-OFF, A LEAK
9:14:17AM INVESTIGATION, A ROADWAY ISSUE.
9:14:19AM WHEN YOU TABULATE OR AGGREGATE ALL THAT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS,
9:14:23AM IT'S OVER 2 MILLION TOUCH POINTS A YEAR.
9:14:27AM 2 MILLION TOUCH POINTS.
9:14:29AM EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE TRANSACTIONS HAS THE OPPORTUNITY
9:14:33AM FOR WHAT I CALL A 3D EXPERIENCE.
9:14:36AM YOU EITHER DELIVER WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO, YOU DELIGHT
9:14:41AM THAT CUSTOMER IN DOING SO, OR YOU DISAPPOINT THEM.
9:14:44AM WE ARE HUMAN.
9:14:45AM ONCE IN A WHILE WE FALL A LITTLE SHORT.
9:14:47AM GINA'S ADDED ROLE AS ESCALATION RESOURCE IS TO SAY WE'VE GOT
9:14:53AM ONE MORE CRACK AT MAKING IT RIGHT BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU
9:14:56AM DON'T GET IT RIGHT ON THE FIRST GO, BUT IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT
9:15:01AM TO GET IT RIGHT ON THE LAST GO.
9:15:03AM THAT'S A PART OF WHAT SHE DOES.
9:15:05AM SHE DEALS WITH YOUR AIDES ON A REGULAR BASIS.
9:15:08AM I WANT TO CLOSE BY SAYING IT IS AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO
9:15:11AM SERVE CUSTOMERS.
9:15:11AM HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION.
9:15:13AM AND AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH ALL SEVEN OF YOU AS
9:15:17AM WELL, ALTHOUGH TWO ARE NOT HERE THIS MORNING.
9:15:20AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:15:20AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:15:21AM THANKS.
9:15:22AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:15:26AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:15:27AM JOHN RING, WATER PRODUCTION DIVISION MANAGER.
9:15:31AM I APPRECIATE THIS HONOR AND THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE MY
9:15:35AM TEAM.
9:15:35AM THESE ARE THE FOLKS WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD OR, IN
9:15:40AM THIS CASE, WHERE THE WATER GOES INTO THE PIPE.
9:15:42AM THESE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT KEEP THE PLANT RUNNING, THAT
9:15:46AM ANSWER THE BELL, THAT BUNKER IN WHEN THE STORMS COME IN.
9:15:52AM THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT KEEP THE WATER FLOWING TO THE TAP.
9:15:55AM WHEN YOU TURN THAT SPIGOT, SOMETHING COMES OUT OF IT AND
9:15:59AM IT'S GOOD QUALITY WATER.
9:16:01AM I'LL TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LET THEM INTRODUCE THEMSELVES
9:16:04AM AND WHAT THEY DO FOR US HERE.
9:16:09AM >> I'M A.J. SHAW.
9:16:11AM I AM THE UTILITY PRODUCTION TEAM LEADER AT THE PLANT.
9:16:14AM WE SAMPLE YOUR RIVER AND KEEP YOUR WATER CLEAN.
9:16:17AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:16:21AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:16:22AM HELLO.
9:16:22AM SCOTT WILLIAMSON.
9:16:24AM I AM MATERIALS COORDINATOR IN THE PROCUREMENT SECTION.
9:16:28AM AT PRODUCTION.
9:16:29AM EVERYTHING THAT COMES INTO THE PLANT, WHETHER IT'S
9:16:31AM CHEMICALS, LAB SUPPLIES, NUTS, BOLTS, MOTORS, EVERYTHING
9:16:37AM COMES THROUGH MY OFFICE.
9:16:38AM THERE ARE TWO OF US.
9:16:40AM ME AND YVETTE MARQUAZ.
9:16:42AM I HAVE A SUPERVISOR, ROBERT KLEIN, WHO HAS BEEN WITH THE
9:16:45AM CITY OVER 40 YEARS.
9:16:46AM WITH THE HELP OF OUR BUYER ERIN BERG, WE DO EVERYTHING WE
9:16:52AM CAN TO KEEP WATER CLEAN AND GOING.
9:16:56AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:17:00AM I AM A TREATMENT DRINKING WATER RESEARCHER AT THE CITY OF
9:17:04AM TAMPA.
9:17:05AM I TRY TO FIND AN EFFICIENT WAY TO TREAT THE WATER.
9:17:08AM THANK YOU.
9:17:11AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:17:14AM I AM THE LABORATORY SUPERVISOR FOR THE WATER DEPARTMENT.
9:17:17AM I HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR THE CITY FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.
9:17:25AM WE ARE TO MAKE SURE THE WATER IS SAFE TO DRINK.
9:17:27AM WE ARE DOING THAT BY VARIOUS ANALYSTS WE ARE DOING.
9:17:32AM IN 2023, COLLECTED 8,000 WATER SAMPLES, CLOSE TO 40,000
9:17:40AM ANALYSES WERE DONE ON 200 DIFFERENT CONTAMINANTS.
9:17:44AM I'M SURE IF YOU RECEIVED THE BILL FROM THE CITY OF TAMPA,
9:17:48AM EVERY YEAR, YOU GET ONE OF THE REPORTS INCLUDED WITH YOUR
9:17:52AM WATER BILL.
9:17:53AM THANK YOU.
9:17:56AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:17:57AM MY NAME IS ANDRE.
9:17:58AM I AM A FIELD WATER SUPERVISOR.
9:18:00AM MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE EACH CUSTOMER IN THE CITY OF TAMPA
9:18:04AM GET CLEAN DRINKING WATER.
9:18:06AM ANY COMPLAINTS, ANY DIRTY WATER, ANYTHING, COMES THROUGH OUR
9:18:10AM GROUP.
9:18:13AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:18:13AM MY NAME IS ISRAEL.
9:18:17AM I AM ONE OF THE QUALITY SERVICE TEXT.
9:18:19AM WE RESPOND TO ALL CUSTOMER CONCERNS.
9:18:21AM WE ARE COLLECTING A LOT OF SAMPLES.
9:18:26AM WE DO ALL THE SAMPLES IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
9:18:33AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:18:34AM MY NAME IS DAVID.
9:18:36AM I'M A MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL TEAM MEMBER IN THE MAINTENANCE
9:18:40AM DEPARTMENT AT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
9:18:42AM WE STILL HAVE PUMPS IN OPERATION FROM THE '50s.
9:18:45AM WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO KEEP THAT PLANT UP AND RUNNING,
9:18:48AM ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GOING ON.
9:18:50AM VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE.
9:18:51AM THANK YOU.
9:18:58AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:18:58AM MY NAME IS FRAN.
9:19:01AM INSTRUMENTATION DEPARTMENT.
9:19:05AM >> THANK YOU.
9:19:05AM THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION.
9:19:08AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ONE SECOND.
9:19:09AM ALTHOUGH THEY CALL IT THE WATER BILL WHEN YOU GET IT
9:19:12AM SOMETIME DURING THE MONTH, WATER IS THE LEAST EXPENSIVE
9:19:17AM THING ON THAT BILL.
9:19:18AM WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, IT IS DIVIDED INTO MANY OTHER THINGS.
9:19:21AM IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR WATER BILL, YOU ARE BILLED BY WHAT YOU
9:19:26AM USE, PERIOD.
9:19:27AM BECAUSE THAT METER AND SOMETIMES WE GET A LOT OF CALLS AT
9:19:31AM CITY HALL ABOUT THE METER.
9:19:32AM THE METERS ARE CHANGED EVERY 10 TO 12 YEARS, NOT BECAUSE
9:19:36AM THEY RUN FAST, BECAUSE THEY RUN SLOW THROUGH THE SEDIMENT
9:19:40AM THAT SITS INSIDE OF THE GEARS OF THAT METER.
9:19:42AM SO IF YOU HAVE A HIGH WATER BILL, USUALLY IT IS NOT THE
9:19:46AM METER.
9:19:46AM MAYBE A BREAKAGE ON EITHER THE CITY SIDE OR YOUR SIDE, BUT
9:19:49AM THAT METER IS PRETTY ACCURATE ALL THE TIME.
9:19:52AM LET ME SAY THIS, THIS GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WORK HERE
9:19:57AM HAVE SO FAR THIS YEAR EXPANDED ABOUT $258 MILLION OF OUR
9:20:02AM TAXPAYER MONEY IN THE PIPE PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE THAT IS WELL
9:20:05AM MOVING AHEAD.
9:20:05AM MORE THAN THAT, ON THE PHYSICAL PLANT ALONE, THEY SPENT 261
9:20:11AM MILLION AND STILL A LOT MORE TO BE DONE.
9:20:13AM WE HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH THE NEW THINGS IN TECHNOLOGY.
9:20:17AM WE HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH THE WAY THE WORLD TURNS.
9:20:19AM ONE TIME I THOUGHT MAYBE 200,000 CUSTOMERS, NOW WE'RE UP TO
9:20:23AM ABOUT 700,000 CUSTOMERS THAT WE SERVE.
9:20:26AM SO WE'RE DOING THE SAME THING WITH THE SAME WATER QUALITY,
9:20:29AM BETTER THAN EVER, AND WE'RE DOING IT WITH THE SAME AMOUNT OF
9:20:33AM WATER, 82 MILLION GALLONS A DAY, AND THAT'S HARD TO DO.
9:20:38AM KEEP UP, KEEP YOUR WATER BILL STRAIGHT AND LOW IS ONE WORD,
9:20:43AM CONSERVATION.
9:20:44AM WE NEED TO CONSERVE WATER, BECAUSE IF WE CONSERVE WATER, WE
9:20:47AM CAN ALL HAVE WATER.
9:20:49AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF YOU APPEARING.
9:20:51AM THERE'S NO BETTER CREW IN AMERICA IN OUR PARTS THAN THIS
9:20:54AM WATER GROUP HERE AND THE ONES THAT ARE BEHIND THAT COULDN'T
9:20:57AM COME BECAUSE IF NOT, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE DRINKING WATER.
9:21:01AM WE WANT TO THANK YOU ALL, ESPECIALLY THE ONES STILL WORKING.
9:21:03AM THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR APPEARING.
9:21:07AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:21:12AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CONGRATULATIONS.
9:21:13AM I WANT TO START BY SAYING FOR THE BILLING, I BELIEVE YOU
9:21:17AM SHOULD DOUBLE COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON'S BILL NEXT MONTH FOR
9:21:22AM HER ATTEMPTING TO BE FUNNY WHEN SHE KNOWS THAT'S MY JOB, SO
9:21:26AM SHE'S STEPPING ON MY TOES.
9:21:28AM I CAN'T TELL YOU ONE OF THE PLEASANT SURPRISES AFTER GETTING
9:21:35AM ELECTED, ONE OF THE THINGS, I'M JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER
9:21:38AM CITIZEN, YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS, TURN ON THE
9:21:41AM SPIGOT, CLEAN WATER COMES OUT.
9:21:42AM I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT, AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO
9:21:45AM OUT EARLY IN MY TERM TO TOUR YOUR FACILITY.
9:21:48AM I RECOGNIZE A COUPLE OF YOU ALL FROM WHEN I WAS OUT THERE
9:21:51AM TOURING.
9:21:52AM I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH THE JOB YOU ALL DO FOR THE CITIZENS
9:21:55AM OF TAMPA AND WHAT YOU GUYS DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
9:21:59AM YOU ALL HAVE ONE OF THOSE INTERESTING OCCUPATIONS THAT
9:22:02AM PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW YOUR NAME, YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.
9:22:07AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:22:08AM THOSE WHO WORK TIRELESSLY TO DO YOUR JOB FOR THE CITY OF
9:22:12AM TAMPA AND THE CITIZENS.
9:22:13AM I PROUDLY DRINK TAMPA TAP EVERYWHERE I GO.
9:22:17AM THANK YOU.
9:22:17AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:22:18AM I JUST WANTED TO ADD ON TO THAT AND SALUTE THE WORK YOU DO.
9:22:22AM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
9:22:24AM YOU ALL DO A LOT OF THE WORK THAT PEOPLE LIKE ME JUST TAKE
9:22:27AM FOR GRANTED, RIGHT, IF WE'RE NOT INTO WATER AND WHAT HAVE
9:22:31AM YOU.
9:22:32AM IT'S SOMETHING, AND RORY, WE WORKED TOGETHER AT AN EVENT
9:22:35AM LAST NIGHT, YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
9:22:37AM NICE GUY.
9:22:38AM I CALL HIM THE TOM HANKS OF CITY GOVERNMENT.
9:22:41AM HE IS THE NICEST GUY AROUND.
9:22:43AM BRAD BAIRD, A MAN OF IMPECCABLE INTEGRITY AND A GOOD PERSON.
9:22:48AM YOU HAVE A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR
9:22:51AM AMAZING PUBLIC SERVICE.
9:22:52AM GOD BLESS YOU.
9:22:54AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR
9:22:57AM THE WORK YOU DO.
9:22:58AM CHARLIE MIRANDA, YOUR PASSION IS SO EVIDENT WHEN IT COMES TO
9:23:02AM WATER.
9:23:03AM I GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT, POINTING OUT THAT WE ARE ONE OF
9:23:06AM EIGHT IN THE COUNTRY AND THE RESOURCES THAT WE SPEND TO KEEP
9:23:09AM THE WATER CLEAN FOR THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA IS A VERY
9:23:12AM IMPORTANT THING.
9:23:13AM ALSO, RORY, I APPRECIATE YOUR ENTHUSIASM WHEN I BECAME A
9:23:17AM COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU WERE ONE OF THE FIRST MEETINGS, I THINK
9:23:19AM YOU WERE INTERIM THEN, JUST SUPER EXCITED ABOUT WATER.
9:23:24AM I JUST LEARNED SO MUCH FROM YOU ALL EACH AND EVERY DAY.
9:23:27AM EVEN GETTING THE BILL IS OKAY.
9:23:30AM [ LAUGHTER ]
9:23:30AM I JUST WANT TO SAY HONESTLY THANK YOU.
9:23:34AM EVEN THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, BEFORE I FORGET IS THE
9:23:36AM EDUCATION COMPONENT INVOLVING HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC
9:23:39AM SCHOOLS AND CONSERVATION AND THE POSTER PROGRAM.
9:23:43AM THAT'S ALWAYS HAPPENING YEAR AFTER YEAR AS A CLASSROOM
9:23:46AM TEACHER, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ALWAYS REMEMBER
9:23:49AM US TRYING TO GET STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
9:23:52AM SENDING IT OUT TO THE YOUTH IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S
9:23:55AM THEIR FUTURE AND THAT'S WHAT WE ALL SHOULD BE THINKING
9:23:57AM ABOUT.
9:23:58AM THANK YOU.
9:23:58AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:23:59AM THANKS FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
9:24:00AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:24:01AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:24:09AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
9:24:10AM WE'LL TAKE A FEW MOMENTS FOR THE ROOM TO CLEAR.
9:24:13AM NEXT UP, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION, A TEN-MINUTE PRESENTATION
9:24:30AM FROM FEEDING TAMPA BAY TO PROVIDE THEIR ANNUAL REPORT.
9:24:39AM WE HAVE THE CEO HERE.
9:24:41AM COME ON UP, SIR.
9:24:42AM WE'LL PULL THE PRESENTATION UP ON THE BIG SCREEN.
9:24:46AM >> HI, HOW ARE YOU?
9:24:46AM NICE TO SEE EVERYBODY.
9:24:48AM DO I HAVE CONTROL OR DO YOU HAVE CONTROL?
9:24:50AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU HAVE THE CONTROLLER THERE.
9:24:53AM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US.
9:24:55AM WE APPRECIATE IT.
9:24:58AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, SIR.
9:24:59AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
9:25:02AM >> THOMAS MANTZ, I'M THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF FEEDING TAMPA
9:25:04AM BAY.
9:25:04AM WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND TALK TO YOU A
9:25:07AM LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR
9:25:09AM COMMUNITY.
9:25:10AM WE THINK IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA THAT YOU AS ELECTED
9:25:13AM OFFICIALS UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE FACING AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING
9:25:15AM TO DO.
9:25:19AM WHEN YOU THINK OF THE CONSTITUENTS YOU REPRESENT, THERE'S A
9:25:20AM PRETTY GOOD CHANCE THAT THEY COME TO SEE US.
9:25:23AM WE THOUGHT AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON WOULD BE
9:25:26AM IMPORTANT.
9:25:26AM FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU FOR THE CITY'S INVESTMENT IN
9:25:29AM OUR NEW FACILITY.
9:25:31AM THE CAUSEWAY CENTER HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL BEYOND OUR DREAMS,
9:25:35AM EVEN AT THIS POINT.
9:25:36AM WE LAUNCHED A SIGNIFICANTLY NEW VISION WITH THAT FACILITY TO
9:25:40AM TRY AND BROADEN SERVICES TO OUR NEIGHBORS.
9:25:43AM SO WE'RE GRATEFUL TO YOU ALL, TO THE MAYOR, CHIEF OF STAFF
9:25:47AM BENNETT FOR HELPING FACILITATE THAT CONTRIBUTION.
9:25:49AM SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
9:25:50AM I WANT TO JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN
9:25:55AM TERMS OF NUMBERS.
9:25:57AM SO IF YOU LOOK TODAY, WE TAKE CARE OF A TEN COUNTY CATCHMENT
9:26:03AM AREA THAT SEES ABOUT A MILLION PLUS PEOPLE, TECHNICALLY FOOD
9:26:06AM INSECURE.
9:26:07AM WHILE I UNDERSTAND YOU REPRESENT THE CITY OF TAMPA, WE ALL
9:26:10AM UNDERSTAND PEOPLE DO NOT RECOGNIZE CITY BOUNDARIES OR COUNTY
9:26:14AM BOUNDARIES, WHERE FOLKS LIVE AND WHERE THEY ACCESS SERVICES
9:26:17AM CHANGES DRAMATICALLY.
9:26:18AM I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SECOND NUMBER, WHICH IS
9:26:20AM CLOSE TO HALF OF THE FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY TODAY DO NOT
9:26:25AM HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO HANDLE THEIR BASIC HOUSEHOLD EXPENSES.
9:26:28AM I'LL SAY THAT A SECOND TIME.
9:26:30AM CLOSE TO 46, 47 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY TODAY
9:26:34AM ARE NOT ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF BASIC LIVING WAGE EXPENSES.
9:26:39AM THIS NUMBER IS ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF OLD.
9:26:41AM SINCE THIS NUMBER WAS PUBLISHED, THE COST OF LIVING HAS
9:26:46AM INCREASED.
9:26:46AM INCREDIBLY, 16% OF THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TODAY,
9:26:52AM CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITY STILL LIVE IN POVERTY.
9:26:54AM I WOULD AGAIN SUGGEST THESE NUMBERS ARE TYPICALLY LOW.
9:26:58AM YOU CAN SEE SOME ISSUES AROUND PER CAPITA INCOME AND WHY
9:27:01AM DOES THAT MATTER?
9:27:02AM FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, A LIVING WAGE
9:27:05AM IS ABOUT $91,000 A YEAR.
9:27:07AM THE AVERAGE WAGE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS ABOUT $58,000 A
9:27:11AM YEAR.
9:27:11AM PEOPLE OFTEN ASK US WHY ARE FOLKS CHALLENGED?
9:27:14AM WE DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO THE EMPLOYMENT RATE, WE PAY
9:27:17AM ATTENTION TO THE MONTHLY GAP IN EXPENSES OF WHAT FOLKS HAVE
9:27:20AM TO SPEND AND WHAT THEY ARE OBLIGATED FOR.
9:27:22AM AGAIN, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE
9:27:25AM SERVE ARE WORKING.
9:27:27AM THEY ARE A PART OF THE ECONOMY.
9:27:29AM THEY ARE CONSUMERS.
9:27:30AM THEY ARE COLLEAGUES.
9:27:31AM THEY ARE FRIENDS, THEY ARE IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US IN MANY
9:27:34AM WAYS.
9:27:35AM MOST OF WHICH WOULD BE, OF COURSE, FIRST AND FOREMOST
9:27:38AM MORALLY, BUT ALSO THEY ARE A PART OF OUR --
9:27:43AM WE ARE DEALING WITH A BURGEONING HEALTH CARE CRISIS THAT IS
9:27:45AM PUTTING MORE AND MORE FOLKS IN MEDICAL DEBT.
9:27:48AM IF YOU LOOK AT THE DEBT RATIOS OF THE FAMILIES WE SERVE,
9:27:51AM THEY ARE CONTINUING TO CLIMB BECAUSE A FAMILY THAT WE SERVE
9:27:54AM TYPICALLY HAS SOMEWHERE AROUND $600 IN SAVINGS.
9:27:57AM ONE EVENT TYPICALLY KNOCKS FOLKS OUT OF THEIR ABILITY TO
9:28:01AM TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.
9:28:02AM AND THEN WE END UP IN A SITUATION WHERE SOMEONE IS IN AN
9:28:07AM INTRACTABLE LOOP OF DEBT AND INABILITY TO MANAGE THEIR
9:28:14AM EXPENSES.
9:28:15AM FINALLY, I WANT TO NOTE, BECAUSE WE ARE A MILITARY COMMUNITY
9:28:18AM AND PROUDLY SO, THE NUMBER OF VETERANS THAT COME THROUGH OUR
9:28:21AM CARE IS STAGGERING.
9:28:22AM THIS IS 18%.
9:28:23AM AGAIN, I WOULD TELL YOU PROBABLY UNOFFICIALLY IT'S HIGHER
9:28:26AM THAN THAT.
9:28:27AM I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT ANYBODY SERVED OUR COUNTRY
9:28:30AM NOBLY OUGHT NEVER BE IN A POSITION WHERE THEY HAVE TO COME
9:28:34AM TO US FOR FOOD.
9:28:35AM SO WHAT HAVE WE DONE?
9:28:37AM JUST IN THIS COUNTY ALONE, 30 MILLION MEALS TO THE
9:28:40AM COMMUNITY.
9:28:41AM AS AN ORGANIZATION THIS YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO TOP 100 MILLION
9:28:43AM MEALS DELIVERED TO THE COMMUNITY FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.
9:28:46AM WE SUPPLY AND SUPPORT ABOUT 102 COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
9:28:50AM IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE WORK, GENERALLY EVERYBODY YOU
9:28:52AM KNOW THAT IS LOCALIZED IN YOUR PARTICULAR DISTRICT, THEY GET
9:28:56AM THEIR FOOD THROUGH US.
9:28:58AM WE HAVE LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS THAT MAKE SURE SERVICES ARE
9:29:00AM RENDERED IN NEIGHBORHOODS.
9:29:01AM WE MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PARTNERS HAVE THE RESOURCES THEY
9:29:04AM NEED.
9:29:04AM WHETHER YMCA, METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES, ALL OF THOSE FOLKS
9:29:09AM ARE PARTNERS.
9:29:10AM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ALONE NOW, WE HAVE 40 PANTRIES INSIDE OF
9:29:13AM SCHOOLS.
9:29:13AM ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE ARE TRYING TO TACKLE IS NIGHTS,
9:29:17AM WEEKENDS AND SUMMER HUNGER.
9:29:19AM AS YOU KNOW, MOST CHILDREN ARE FED DURING THE DAY.
9:29:21AM THE REALITY OF THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES, THOUGH, IS THAT
9:29:23AM OFTENTIMES NIGHTS, SUMMERS, AND WEEKENDS THEY ARE NOT FED.
9:29:26AM WE OFFER NUTRITION EDUCATION CLASSES TO FAMILIES TO MAKE
9:29:29AM SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO
9:29:31AM UNDERSTAND HOW TO LIVE HEALTHIER LIVES.
9:29:34AM AND THEN I WOULD NOTE THE LAST ITEM, WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO
9:29:38AM US, WE ALSO HAVE A JOB TRAINING PROGRAM WHICH IS RIGHT NOW
9:29:41AM ABOUT $5.5 MILLION INTO OUR ECONOMY IN TRAINED FOLKS WHO ARE
9:29:46AM WORKING IN LOGISTICS.
9:29:48AM THEY DRIVE CLASS B TRUCKS.
9:29:50AM THEY ARE WORKING IN THE CULINARY INDUSTRY, WHICH IS
9:29:53AM IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US AND A LEISURE AND TOURISM ECONOMY.
9:29:57AM IF YOU LOOK AT AN ORGANIZATION LIKE FEEDING TAMPA BAY, OUR
9:30:00AM ECONOMIC IMPACT ACROSS OUR TEN COUNTIES FOR OUR FISCAL YEAR
9:30:04AM IS GOING TO BE SOMEWHERE AROUND $350 MILLION.
9:30:08AM IT'S A SIGNIFICANT SIZE AND SCOPE.
9:30:11AM THE LAST THING THAT I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IS WHAT
9:30:14AM WE'RE DOING AND THEN I DO HAVE A LITTLE TO ADD.
9:30:19AM WE'RE CONTINUING TO EXPAND THE SERVICE.
9:30:20AM ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD AT LENGTH WITH CHIEF OF
9:30:22AM STAFF BENNETT AND THE MAYOR WAS ABOUT YOUR INVESTMENT IN OUR
9:30:25AM WORK AND HOW IT WOULD PAY OFF.
9:30:28AM IT WOULD PAY OFF IN SEVERAL WAYS.
9:30:30AM ONE WAS MORE MEALS INTO THE COMMUNITY.
9:30:32AM SO THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TOOK CARE OF
9:30:35AM BASIC NEEDS.
9:30:36AM IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO CAUSEWAY CENTER YET, YOU'LL NOTE WE
9:30:40AM ALSO BUILT AN ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD OF SERVICES THAT INCLUDES
9:30:43AM TRAINING ROOMS, CLASSROOMS, MEETING ROOMS, A GROCERY STORE,
9:30:46AM RESTAURANT, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AREA THAT HAS THINGS LIKE
9:30:49AM A MEDICAL CLINIC IN IT AND OTHER PARTNERS THAT ARE RESIDENT
9:30:52AM THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE EXPANDED SERVICES.
9:30:55AM NOT ONLY THAT, WE'VE INVESTED LITERALLY MILLIONS IN OUR
9:30:58AM PARTNERS AROUND THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE
9:31:00AM THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED SO WE PUT REFRIGERATION,
9:31:04AM COOLERS, FREEZERS, WE BOUGHT TRUCKS, OTHER RESOURCES TO MAKE
9:31:07AM SURE THAT THE ENTIRE NETWORK OF SERVICE DELIVERY IS AND
9:31:11AM CONTINUES TO BE ROBUST.
9:31:13AM AND WE WOULD POINT THIS OUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FUTURE
9:31:15AM REGIONAL COLLABORATION, WE WOULD POINT OUT THAT VIRTUALLY
9:31:20AM ALL THE FOOD THAT COMES TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF
9:31:22AM TAMPA DO NOT COME FROM THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
9:31:26AM WE BRING THAT IN FROM THE REGION, FROM THE STATE, AND FROM
9:31:30AM THE FEDERAL RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE.
9:31:32AM SO COLLABORATION, THE ABILITY TO WORK THOUGHTFULLY AND WHAT
9:31:38AM WE BRING TO THE ORGANIZATION AND TO THE COMMUNITY IS THE
9:31:41AM ABILITY TO BRING THOSE RESOURCES TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY.
9:31:44AM THE LAST THING THAT I WOULD ADD THAT WE DON'T HAVE ON OUR
9:31:47AM LIST HERE BUT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU, AS YOU KNOW, LAST FALL,
9:31:50AM WE ENDURED TWO SIGNIFICANT HURRICANES.
9:31:53AM WHILE THERE ARE NATIONAL AGENCIES THAT TEND TO PROBABLY GRAB
9:31:56AM MORE OF THE PRESS, THE REALITY IS THAT WE DELIVER VIRTUALLY
9:32:00AM ALL OF THE RESOURCES.
9:32:01AM SO WE ARE LOADING FAMILIES UP PRE-STORM.
9:32:03AM WE ARE LOADING AGENCIES UP PRE-STORM.
9:32:05AM WE ARE OPEN TYPICALLY DURING THE STORM AND THEN POST-STORM
9:32:08AM WE START DELIVERY THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITIES.
9:32:11AM WE DO THAT, OF COURSE, WITH MEALS.
9:32:12AM WE ALSO DO THAT NOW WITH PREPARED MEALS.
9:32:15AM WE TOOK CARE OF FIRST RESPONDERS AND OTHERS AS THEY MANAGE
9:32:18AM THE CRISIS AS WELL.
9:32:19AM I HOPE IF I ASK CHIEF BENNETT TO TALK, HE WOULD SAY, HEY,
9:32:24AM OUR INVESTMENT WAS A REALLY THOUGHTFUL AND GOOD ONE.
9:32:26AM WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW IS WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK
9:32:29AM HARD TO JUSTIFY THAT EXPENSE AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE
9:32:32AM INVESTMENT THAT ALL OF THE DONORS MAKE INTO OUR COMMUNITY.
9:32:35AM I WOULD FINISH BY SAYING THIS.
9:32:38AM I'VE BEEN IN THIS WORLD FOR 25 YEARS OF NONPROFIT.
9:32:41AM I WOULD SAY THAT THERE IS GREATER PRESSURE ON OUR WORK AND
9:32:44AM OUR COMMUNITY THAN THERE EVER HAS BEEN IN THOSE 25 YEARS.
9:32:48AM WHETHER IT WAS THE ECONOMIC MELT-DOWN OF '08 OR A PANDEMIC
9:32:51AM OR GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNS OR HURRICANES, THE PRESSURE ON OUR
9:32:54AM COMMUNITY IS GREATER TODAY THAN I'VE EVER SEEN IT.
9:32:57AM I THINK YOU ALL AS ELECTED OFFICIALS OUGHT TO KNOW THAT IS
9:32:59AM OUR PERSPECTIVE.
9:33:00AM AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR MISSION, OUR WORK
9:33:05AM AND COMMUNITY.
9:33:06AM HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM.
9:33:07AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE
9:33:08AM PRESENTATION.
9:33:09AM THANK YOU TO LORENA WHO IS HERE WITH YOU.
9:33:12AM I RECENTLY TOURED YOUR NEW FACILITY NOT TOO LONG AGO.
9:33:16AM IT'S IMPRESSIVE FOR THE CAPACITY OF WHAT IS THERE
9:33:21AM INVENTORY-WISE, HOW YOU SERVE THE COMMUNITY IN THE SENSE
9:33:24AM THAT THERE IS THAT GROCERY STORE EXPERIENCE AND THE CAFE
9:33:27AM THAT YOU HAVE ATTACHED.
9:33:29AM BUT WHAT YOU DO IS INVALUABLE.
9:33:31AM I REMEMBER YOUR OLDER FACILITY NOT TOO FAR AWAY FROM WHERE
9:33:34AM YOU ARE AT NOW, BUT THE EXPANSION, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A
9:33:37AM WORTHY INVESTMENT, CERTAINLY HOW YOU SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND
9:33:40AM WHAT YOU DO.
9:33:41AM AND THEN IN THE HURRICANES, FROM LAST FALL, YOU SET UP
9:33:45AM STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
9:33:47AM MANY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, MANY IN WEST TAMPA.
9:33:50AM YOU HAD A LONG LIST.
9:33:51AM BUT YOU ARE ALWAYS OF SERVICE, YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE ALWAYS
9:33:55AM HELPING AND YOU DO TREMENDOUS WORK.
9:33:57AM THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, SIR.
9:33:58AM >> THANK YOU.
9:33:58AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
9:34:00AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:34:02AM I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR ANNUAL PROGRAM HERE.
9:34:06AM ON THE PAGE WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT THE STUDENT VOLUNTEERS, IT
9:34:09AM JUST MOVED ME IN SUCH A GREAT WAY.
9:34:11AM I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT EFFORT, HAVING STUDENTS SEE THE
9:34:14AM NEED AND TO BE OF SERVICE AND TO VOLUNTEER IN THOSE SPACES
9:34:18AM LIKE FEEDING TAMPA BAY IS VERY IMPRESSIVE.
9:34:21AM YOUR WORK SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
9:34:23AM OF COURSE, TO BE COMPLEMENTARY -- PRESENTING TO CITY
9:34:33AM COUNCIL.
9:34:33AM WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE HERE, FEEDING TAMPA BAY BRAND IS ALIVE
9:34:37AM AND WELL.
9:34:38AM I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE PEOPLE ASSOCIATED WITH IT FOR
9:34:41AM DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB.
9:34:42AM OF COURSE, IT IS A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR US AS A CITY TO BE
9:34:49AM CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOCIAL ACTION FUND FOR SURE.
9:34:52AM THANK YOU.
9:34:52AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA AND COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:34:54AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:34:56AM THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO.
9:34:58AM GUIDO OR CHAIRMAN MANISCALCO TALKED ABOUT LORENA HARDWICK,
9:35:07AM ALWAYS A GOOD INDIVIDUAL, CHIEF BENNETT, WHO I KNOW IS A BIG
9:35:11AM SUPPORTER AND BIG PROMOTER OF THE WORK YOU DO.
9:35:13AM IF YOU KNOW HIS VALUES, HE IS A GOOD CATHOLIC BLEEDING
9:35:17AM HEART.
9:35:18AM HE LOVES THE WORK YOU ALL DO.
9:35:20AM ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT YOUR PRESENTATION AND WHAT
9:35:22AM YOU GUYS ALWAYS DO, ONE OF MY FAVORITE STORIES WITH
9:35:26AM PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON, HIS PRESS SECRETARY ASKED HIM
9:35:30AM ABOUT HIS POVERTY PROGRAM, THE WAR ON POVERTY, HE SAID POOR
9:35:34AM PEOPLE DON'T VOTE, WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?
9:35:36AM HE SAID, LISTEN, I DON'T CARE IF I GET ONE VOTE OUT OF THIS.
9:35:40AM BY THE TIME WE ARE DONE WITH THIS, MIDDLE AMERICA WON'T BE
9:35:43AM ABLE TO WATCH THE NEWS WITHOUT SEEING THE POVERTY IN THEIR
9:35:47AM MIDST.
9:35:47AM THAT'S ABOUT REMINDING PEOPLE OF THE ONE IN SEVEN KIDS IN
9:35:51AM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY THAT LIVE IN POVERTY.
9:35:53AM THE KIDS IN SULPHUR SPRINGS THAT LIVE IN POVERTY.
9:35:57AM YOU TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE THE ECONOMIC MELT-DOWN OF 2008.
9:36:02AM YOU WERE ON THE FRONT LINES.
9:36:03AM THE HURRICANES, WE WERE ALL THERE.
9:36:06AM COVID, IT WAS A SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM WHAT WE SAW OUT THERE.
9:36:09AM TERRIBLE SHOCK.
9:36:10AM THE AREAS LIKE SULPHUR SPRINGS, EAST HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
9:36:15AM WHERE YOU HAVE A LOT OF MIGRANT WORKERS AND FARM WORKERS WHO
9:36:22AM LIVE IN POVERTY.
9:36:23AM YOU DO GREAT WORK.
9:36:24AM WHEN OUR COMMUNITY TAKES HITS, POINT-BLANK HITS, YOU GUYS
9:36:29AM ARE ALWAYS THERE, NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER MOVING FORWARD.
9:36:34AM ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK, YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS THERE
9:36:38AM FOR US.
9:36:39AM >> I APPRECIATE THE SPRINGSTEEN REFERENCES.
9:36:41AM >>LUIS VIERA: THAT'S WHAT IT WAS ABOUT.
9:36:43AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR WHOLE STAFF.
9:36:46AM YOU ARE A LEADER.
9:36:47AM A LOT OF PEOPLE WORK THERE DOING THE DAILY WORK TO MAKE SURE
9:36:50AM THE PROGRESS GETS DONE ON A DAILY BASIS.
9:36:53AM YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE A LEADER WITH A VISION AND STEP
9:36:55AM FORWARD ALWAYS, NEVER TO GO BACKWARDS.
9:36:57AM WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN SOCIETY, NOT ONLY IN
9:37:00AM THIS AREA, BUT ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND IF
9:37:03AM YOU THINK THIS IS BAD, JUST LOOK AT THE OTHER COUNTRIES
9:37:07AM COMPARED TO WHAT WE ARE.
9:37:10AM IT'S NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE YESTERDAY.
9:37:13AM GROWING UP, I NEVER ATE A FILLET MIGNON.
9:37:17AM NOW THAT I CAN AFFORD IT, THE DOCTOR DOESN'T LET ME HAVE IT.
9:37:20AM YOU ARE IN A SITUATION SAYING, WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT?
9:37:23AM THIS IS ABOUT INDIVIDUALS TRYING TO GET SOMEWHERE FROM POINT
9:37:25AM A TO POINT B AND SOMEHOW THERE IS A ROADBLOCK, NOT
9:37:30AM INTENTIONALLY, BUT IT'S THERE.
9:37:33AM THESE THINGS OVERCOMING ON A DAILY BASIS, EVERY DAY, NOT
9:37:37AM JUST TWO OR THREE DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAYS A YEAR, WHICH MAKES
9:37:42AM A HELL OF A LOT OF DIFFERENCE.
9:37:44AM FOR THAT AND WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, OPPORTUNITY FOR A HAND UP
9:37:48AM AND NOT A PUSH DOWN, IT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT THAT YOU AND
9:37:52AM YOUR ORGANIZATION HAVE DONE.
9:37:53AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND CONTINUE DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
9:37:55AM >> THANK YOU.
9:37:56AM WE APPRECIATE IT.
9:37:57AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
9:37:58AM ALL RIGHT.
9:37:59AM WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:38:01AM WE HAVE TWO REGISTERED SPEAKERS.
9:38:02AM MR. MICHAEL RANDOLPH AND ADRIANNE RODRIGUEZ.
9:38:05AM MR. RANDOLPH, IF YOU ARE ON, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND
9:38:08AM STATE YOUR NAME.
9:38:08AM GO AHEAD, SIR.
9:38:09AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:38:10AM MY NAME IS MICHAEL RANDOLPH.
9:38:12AM MOST OF THE TIME WHEN I SPEAK PUBLICLY, I FOCUS ON THE
9:38:18AM PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS, BUT TODAY, I WANT TO DO SOMETHING
9:38:23AM DIFFERENT.
9:38:23AM I WANT TO SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON THE UNSUNG HEROES OF WEST
9:38:28AM TAMPA.
9:38:29AM THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO TIRELESSLY WORK BEHIND THE SCENES
9:38:34AM SHAPING THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY, PULLING THEIR HEARTS
9:38:39AM INTO UPLIFTING OTHERS AND SHOWING THAT EVERY VOICE HAS A
9:38:43AM SEAT AT THE TABLE.
9:38:44AM THE WEST TAMPA CDC IN 2001, I WAS A NEWCOMER FROM BALTIMORE.
9:38:53AM MY TASK WAS TO WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THE COMMUNITY TO
9:38:56AM CREATE A MASSIVE PLAN AIMED AT TRANSFORMING THE WEST TAMPA
9:39:03AM COMMUNITY FROM THE BOTTOM UP.
9:39:04AM FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE LISTENING FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE
9:39:08AM STATE AND THE COUNTRY, WEST TAMPA HOLDS A UNIQUE STORY.
9:39:13AM IT WAS ONCE A CITY WITHIN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
9:39:15AM EVEN TODAY, WEST TAMPA MAINTAINS INDEPENDENCE.
9:39:28AM AS A NEWCOMER, THE WEST TAMPA COMMUNITY WELCOMED ME WITH
9:39:31AM LOVE AND WARMTH AND OPENNESS THAT HAS DRIVEN MY COMMITMENT
9:39:37AM TO THIS AREA.
9:39:38AM IT IS BECAUSE OF THESE EXTRAORDINARY LEADERS, THOSE WHO
9:39:41AM DEDICATE THEIR LIVES TO THE BETTERMENT OF WEST TAMPA THAT
9:39:45AM OUR COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO GROW AND STRIVE.
9:39:49AM TODAY, I WANT TO TAKE MY HAT OFF TO EACH OF THEM, UNSUNG
9:39:54AM HEROES.
9:39:54AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY.
9:39:59AM I WANT TO MENTION SOME OF THE LEADERS, BUT NOT ALL.
9:40:03AM DR. MARVIN PREACHER WHO HEADS THE WEST TAMPA CDC AND HAS A
9:40:09AM BUILDING NAMED AFTER HER AS SHE WAS AN EDUCATOR AND FORMER
9:40:12AM PRINCIPAL.
9:40:13AM JOE ROBINSON, WHO IS THE VICE-CHAIR OF THE WEST TAMPA CDC
9:40:17AM AND PRESIDENT OF THE CAC.
9:40:20AM WE CALL HIM THE OFFICIAL MAN OF WEST TAMPA.
9:40:25AM McNEIL WHO TIRELESSLY FIGHTS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
9:40:29AM JANICE WILLIAMS, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE WEST TAMPA
9:40:33AM NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND BOARD MEMBER OF THE CDC.
9:40:38AM AND, FINALLY, MR. ROBERT ALLEN FROM THE HYDE PARK AREA.
9:40:46AM YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW THAT THESE LEADERS FOUGHT TO MAINTAIN THE
9:40:50AM WEST TAMPA LIBRARY AND THE WEST TAMPA POST OFFICE WHEN IT
9:40:56AM WAS AT A POSSIBILITY OF BEING CLOSED.
9:40:59AM THESE EXTRAORDINARY LEADERS REPRESENT THE BEST OF US.
9:41:06AM THANK YOU, WEST TAMPA, FOR BEING WHO YOU ARE AND FOR SHOWING
9:41:09AM UP.
9:41:10AM THANK YOU.
9:41:10AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. RANDOLPH.
9:41:12AM NEXT UP IS ADRIAN RODRIGUEZ.
9:41:15AM GOOD MORNING, MA'AM.
9:41:19AM IF YOU ARE ON, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND STATE YOUR NAME.
9:41:23AM >> ADRIAN RODRIGUEZ.
9:41:25AM CAN YOU HEAR ME?
9:41:27AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM, GO AHEAD.
9:41:28AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:41:29AM ONCE AGAIN, I'M SPEAKING ON THE PARCEL FOR SALE AT SHOWMAN'S
9:41:34AM REST AT WOODLAWN CEMETERY, NORTH OLA AVENUE.
9:41:38AM THE SAME PARCEL OF LAND SAVED FROM DEVELOPMENT IN 2022 IS
9:41:43AM FOR SALE AGAIN.
9:41:44AM THE OWNER, THE LLC THAT OVERSEE ARE SELLING THE PARCEL TO
9:41:49AM USE THE MONEY TO PERPETUALLY CARE FOR SHOWMAN'S REST
9:41:54AM CEMETERY.
9:41:54AM MANY MEMBERS PASSED AWAY AND THOSE HERE ARE UP IN AGE AND
9:41:58AM NEED ASSURANCE THAT ONCE THEY ARE GONE THE CEMETERY WILL BE
9:42:01AM MAINTAINED.
9:42:01AM WORKING AGAINST THE OWNER'S, PUBLICLY SHAMING THEM AND
9:42:05AM HUMILIATING THEM WITH EXTENSIVE MEDIA COVERAGE IS NOT THE
9:42:10AM ANSWER.
9:42:10AM ALONE, WE CAN DO SO LITTLE.
9:42:12AM TOGETHER, WE CAN DO SO MUCH.
9:42:14AM I DECIDED TO WORK WITH SHOWMAN'S REST TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOAL
9:42:18AM AND OUR GOAL.
9:42:20AM PATIENT WITH THE PROCESS.
9:42:24AM HE HAS TURNED DOWN IN HIS WORDS DOZENS OF DEVELOPERS THAT
9:42:27AM HAVE ATTEMPTED TO PURCHASE THE PARCEL.
9:42:29AM AS YOU KNOW, THIS MATTER IS TIME SENSITIVE.
9:42:32AM THE CITY OF TAMPA ADMINISTRATION IS AWARE OF THIS, BUT THEIR
9:42:36AM HANDS ARE TIED BECAUSE IT HAS TO GO THROUGH THE PROPER
9:42:39AM CHANNELS.
9:42:40AM COUNCIL, PLEASE, I'M ASKING FOR JUST ONE OF YOU TO PROPOSE A
9:42:44AM MOTION FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA TO LOOK INTO PURCHASING THE
9:42:48AM PARCEL.
9:42:49AM IT DOES NOT LIE WITHIN THE CRA.
9:42:51AM SO THE FUNDS WOULD BE ALLOCATED FROM THE CITY OF TAMPA.
9:42:55AM JUST ONE OF YOU, PLEASE.
9:42:58AM IN THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES ALONE, THERE ARE 1400 ERASED
9:43:02AM AFRICAN AMERICAN CEMETERIES.
9:43:05AM ON BEHALF OF MR. SPARKMAN, BELOVED TED WEBB, MY GREAT
9:43:13AM GRANDFATHER, MY AUNT MARY, AND ALL BURIED AT WOODLAWN AND IN
9:43:19AM MARKED AND UNMARKED GRAVES, I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE LET
9:43:23AM THEM REST IN PEACE.
9:43:25AM THANK YOU.
9:43:25AM HAVE A NICE EASTER.
9:43:26AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:43:27AM LET THE RECORD REFLECT COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON IS HERE.
9:43:31AM WE WILL GO TO IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:43:34AM I HAVE QUITE A FEW INDIVIDUALS.
9:43:36AM I WILL CALL YOU ONE BY ONE IN ORDER.
9:43:38AM THE FIRST SPEAKER IS KEVIN ROBLES, JOHN LUM AND THEN GARY
9:43:44AM BROWN.
9:43:44AM THOSE ARE THE FIRST THREE SPEAKERS.
9:43:46AM KEVIN ROBLES IS UP.
9:43:48AM FOLLOWED BY JOHN LUM AND GARY BROWN.
9:43:51AM GOOD MORNING, SIR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
9:43:54AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:43:55AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:43:55AM MY NAME IS KEVIN ROBLES.
9:43:57AM I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON THE SIDEWALK IN LIEU OF FEE.
9:44:03AM THE ORDINANCE WAS CREATED TO ADDRESS THE GROWING NEED OF
9:44:06AM SIDEWALKS IN THE RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, AND MIXED USE
9:44:08AM AREAS PROVIDING STRUCTURE MECHANISM FOR DEVELOPERS AND
9:44:11AM PROPERTY OWNERS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SIDEWALK'S NETWORK.
9:44:14AM THE SIDEWALK IN LIEU OF FEE WAS ESTABLISHED WITH THE
9:44:17AM COOPERATION AND INPUT FROM THE DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRY TO
9:44:19AM ENSURE THAT REDEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTES TO THE EXPANSION AND
9:44:24AM THE MAINTENANCE OF THE SIDEWALK NETWORK, THEREBY ENHANCING
9:44:28AM THE WALKABILITY AND CONNECTIVITY OF THE CITY'S
9:44:31AM NEIGHBORHOODS.
9:44:32AM THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE SIDEWALK IN LIEU OF ORDINANCE
9:44:34AM ARE TO PROMOTE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY BY ENSURING THAT SIDEWALKS
9:44:38AM ARE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE CITY AS A SAFE PATHWAY FOR
9:44:43AM PEDESTRIANS AND IN THE MOST NEEDED LOCATION SUCH AS NEAR
9:44:47AM SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS AND ALONG HEAVILY TRAVELED ROADWAYS.
9:44:51AM TO PROVIDE ADDED FUNDING FOR SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION AND
9:44:54AM MAINTENANCE BY GENERATING SUPPLEMENTAL REVENUE THROUGH FEES
9:44:57AM THAT CAN BE ALLOCATED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, UPKEEP
9:45:00AM OF THE CITY SIDEWALKS WHERE THEY ARE NEEDED THE MOST.
9:45:03AM THE SIDEWALK IN LIEU OF FEE INCLUDES SEVERAL PROVISIONS THAT
9:45:06AM OUTLINE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF DEVELOPERS AND PROPERTY
9:45:09AM OWNERS AS WELL AS THE PROCEDURES FOR COLLECTION AND
9:45:13AM ALLOCATION.
9:45:14AM THEY ARE FEE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION, DEVELOPERS AND
9:45:17AM PROPERTY OWNERS ARE REQUIRED TO PAY AN IN LIEU OF FEE WHEN
9:45:20AM UNABLE TO CONSTRUCT A SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF THEIR PROPERTY
9:45:24AM DUE TO PRACTICAL RESTRAINTS OR SITE SPECIFIC CHALLENGES.
9:45:27AM THE FEE ASSESSED IS BASED UPON THE LENGTH OF THE SIDEWALK
9:45:30AM AND -- THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED AND CURRENT COST
9:45:33AM ASSOCIATED WITH THE SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION IN THAT AREA.
9:45:36AM THE USE OF THE FEE REVENUE, REVENUE GENERATED BY THE
9:45:40AM SIDEWALK IN LIEU OF FEE, IS EARMARKED FOR CONSTRUCTION AND
9:45:44AM MAINTENANCE OF SIDEWALKS IN THE AREA IN WHICH THEY ARE MOST
9:45:47AM NEEDED.
9:45:48AM THIS INCLUDES PRIORITIZING THE PROJECTS THAT ENHANCE
9:45:51AM CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL ZONES, SCHOOLS, PARKS,
9:45:56AM COMMERCIAL CENTERS AND PUBLIC TRANSIT FACILITIES.
9:46:00AM THE ORDINANCE ALLOWS FOR CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS AND WAIVERS
9:46:05AM UNDER SPECIFIC CONDITIONS SUCH AS THERE ARE NO EXISTING
9:46:09AM SIDEWALKS TO CONNECT AND UNLIKELY THAT THERE WILL BE ANY IN
9:46:13AM THE NEAR FUTURE FOR SIDEWALKS.
9:46:16AM ADDITIONALLY, WAIVERS MAY BE GRANTED FOR PROJECTS THAT FACE
9:46:19AM EXTRAORDINARY SITE-SPECIFIC CHALLENGES SUCH AS GRAND TREES
9:46:22AM GROWING IN THE PATHWAY OF THE SIDEWALK.
9:46:25AM OPEN DRAINAGE DITCHES THAT WOULD CAUSE THE SIDEWALK TO BE
9:46:28AM TOO SLOPED OR CAUSE THE INSTALLATION OF THE NEW DRAINAGE
9:46:32AM PIPING TO ALLOW FOR A PROPER SIDEWALK.
9:46:44AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:46:45AM JOHN LUM, GARY BROWN.
9:46:48AM STEVE MIC.
9:46:49AM >> JOHN LUM.
9:46:51AM 2811 BAY POINT CIRCLE, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
9:46:53AM CONTINUATION OF THE SAME ISSUE HERE.
9:46:55AM ONLY ABOUT 200 WAIVERS A YEAR ARE GRANTED BY THE CITY AND
9:46:59AM MOST REDEVELOPED PROPERTIES CAN CONSTRUCT THE NECESSARY
9:47:03AM SIDEWALKS.
9:47:03AM THE ORDINANCE WAS NEVER INTENDED TO GENERATE A SIGNIFICANT
9:47:06AM AMOUNT OF MONEY AS COMPARED TO THE OTHER RESOURCES OR FUNDS
9:47:11AM COLLECTED FOR NEW SIDEWALKS, IMPACTS AND BENEFITS.
9:47:14AM THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SIDEWALK IN LIEU FEE EXPECTED TO
9:47:17AM ONLY SUPPLEMENT THE COST TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY, ENHANCE
9:47:20AM URBAN CONNECTIVITY, PROMOTE SUSTAINABILITY DEVELOPMENT,
9:47:24AM SUPPORT COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELL-BEING.
9:47:26AM IN CONCLUSION, CITY OF TAMPA'S SIDEWALK IN LIEU FEE
9:47:30AM ORDINANCE REPRESENTS FORWARD-THINKING APPROACH TO
9:47:32AM REDEVELOPMENT AND PRIORITIZES PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE AND
9:47:35AM COMMUNITY CONNECTIVITY BY LEVERAGING FEES FROM DEVELOPERS
9:47:38AM AND PROPERTY OWNERS CITY CAN ADD GROWTH AND MAINTAIN
9:47:43AM SIDEWALK NETWORK THAT'S ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE
9:47:47AM TAMPA NEIGHBORHOODS.
9:47:47AM SPREADSHEET ANALYSIS SHOWS FIVE INFILL LOTS LOCATED IN SOUTH
9:47:52AM TAMPA NEIGHBORHOODS, COST TO BUILD REQUIRED WALKS INCLUDING
9:47:56AM NORMAL LABOR AND MATERIALS COST OF SURVEYING, DEMOING
9:48:00AM EXISTING SIDEWALKS, GRADING, FORMING, POURING CONCRETE,
9:48:03AM THREE OF THE LOTS INCLUDED IN THIS REQUIRED BY THE CITY.
9:48:06AM RESULTING AVERAGE COST PER LOT EQUALS $51 PER LINEAR FOOT
9:48:12AM PER NEW SIDEWALK.
9:48:14AM CITY STAFF PROVIDED FIVE CONSTRUCTION COST ESTIMATES NOT
9:48:18AM COMPLETED PROJECTS FOR THE CITY.
9:48:29AM [INDISCERNIBLE]
9:48:30AM THE REMAINING THREE PROJECT ESTIMATES OLD SEMINOLE HEIGHTS,
9:48:36AM $223 A FOOT.
9:48:38AM HUBERT AVENUE, 188 A LINEAR FOOT AND FIG 295 A FOOT.
9:48:43AM AVERAGE COST FOR THESE THREE 220 A FOOT.
9:48:48AM THAT'S WHAT THE CITY IS PUSHING US TO GO TO.
9:48:50AM THAT'S FIVE TIMES WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOREVER AND EVER.
9:48:54AM AI APP, WHAT IS THE AVERAGE COST.
9:48:59AM WASN'T CLOSE TO 222.
9:49:01AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:49:02AM NEXT SPEAKER IS GARY BROWN, STEVE MICHELINI.
9:49:08AM MARCUS LIENHARD.
9:49:09AM >> GARY BROWN, STERLING BAY HOMES.
9:49:13AM JOHN STOLE ALL MY THUNDER.
9:49:15AM USING THE CITY'S COST NUMBERS AND APPLYING IT TO A STANDARD
9:49:19AM 60-FOOT BY HUNDRED FOOT CORNER LOT, THE IN LIEU OF FEE WOULD
9:49:24AM COLLECT APPROXIMATELY $33,300.
9:49:29AM ON A STANDARD 75-FOOT INTERIOR LOT, THE IN LIEU OF FEE AT
9:49:35AM $222 A FOOT WOULD COLLECT $13,098.
9:49:40AM ON A STANDARD 60-FOOT INTERIOR LOT, IT WOULD BE 9,768.
9:49:47AM STANDARD 50-FOOT LOT, WHICH THERE ARE A LOT IN THE CITY, THE
9:49:52AM FEE WOULD BE $7,548.
9:49:55AM THE INTENT OF THIS ORDINANCE DEFINITION OF THE CITY'S COST
9:49:58AM IS TO CONSTRUCT A SIDEWALK, THE FIRST IN LIEU OF FEE AMOUNT
9:50:02AM WAS $17 PER LINEAR FOOT IN THE EARLY 2000s AND INCREASED
9:50:07AM IN 2015 TO CURRENT FEE OF $29 PER LINEAR FOOT.
9:50:12AM BOTH FEES ESTABLISHED WITH INDUSTRY INPUT AND MUTUALLY
9:50:16AM AGREED UPON BY STAFF.
9:50:17AM IT WAS ALWAYS THE INTENT OF THE FEE AMOUNT TO INCLUDE ONLY
9:50:20AM THE COST ITEMS THAT A BUILDER WOULD SAVE BY NOT CONSTRUCTING
9:50:26AM THE REQUIRED SIDEWALK.
9:50:28AM THESE COSTS ARE TYPICALLY SURVEYING, DEMO THE EXISTING
9:50:32AM SIDEWALKS, GRADING, POURING OF CONCRETE AND RELATED MATERIAL
9:50:37AM COSTS OF LUMBER AND CONCRETE.
9:50:39AM IT WAS NEVER THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE IN LIEU OF FEE TO
9:50:42AM INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING COST ITEMS TO BUILD A SIDEWALK, WHICH
9:50:45AM HAVE BEEN LISTED ON THESE CITY PROJECTS.
9:50:47AM THEY ARE CONTINGENCY RESERVES, MOBILIZATION, MAINTENANCE OF
9:50:54AM TRAFFIC, REMOVAL OF SIDEWALKS AND CURB AND GUTTER,
9:50:58AM RELOCATING MAILBOXES, ET CETERA.
9:51:00AM WHEN USING THE CITY'S PROJECT COSTS AND INCLUDING ONLY THE
9:51:04AM ITEMS TO CONSTRUCT THE SIDEWALKS, THE RESULTS ARE ON OLD
9:51:10AM SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, CAME OUT TO $50 PER LINEAR FOOT USING THE
9:51:13AM CITY'S COSTS.
9:51:15AM HUBERT AVENUE, CAME OUT TO $39 PER LINEAR FOOT.
9:51:20AM FIG STREET, $34 PER LINEAR FOOT.
9:51:26AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
9:51:27AM NEXT SPEAKER IS STEVE MICHELINI, MARCUS LIENHARD, CARROLL
9:51:32AM ANN BENNETT.
9:51:34AM >> STEVE MICHELINI.
9:51:35AM I GUESS BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS A REASON THE
9:51:40AM CITY'S NUMBERS INCLUDED UNREASONABLE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES.
9:51:44AM UTILITY RELOCATION, NEW INLETS, NEW CULVERTS, MOBILIZATION,
9:51:49AM TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, CLEANING AND GRUBBING, AND AS GARY JUST
9:51:53AM SAID, TREE REMOVALS.
9:51:55AM YOU WOULDN'T DO THAT ON AN INFILL LOT THAT THIS FEE IS BEING
9:52:01AM APPLIED TO.
9:52:02AM THE AVERAGE COST, AS GARY SAID, IS RUNNING ABOUT SOMEWHERE
9:52:05AM BETWEEN 40 AND 50 DOLLARS A LINEAR FOOT, NOT THE $220 THAT
9:52:11AM THE CITY IS PROPOSING.
9:52:12AM THE BUDGET ANALYST FOR THE CITY -- CITY COUNCIL PARTICIPATED
9:52:17AM IN OUR DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD WITH THE CITY STAFF.
9:52:22AM I KNOW THAT SHE'S PREPARED A REPORT WHICH WAS SENT TO YOU,
9:52:26AM WHICH BASICALLY SHOWS THAT YOU HAVE TO DECIDE, DO YOU INTEND
9:52:30AM IN ALL FAIRNESS TO INCLUDE THESE OTHER ANCILLARY COSTS AS
9:52:34AM PART OF YOUR CALCULATION OR NOT?
9:52:36AM THE TYPICAL CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE WAY BELOW WHAT THE CITY
9:52:42AM IS SHOWING IN THE RESOLUTION.
9:52:43AM SO WE'RE CERTAINLY ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER WHAT THE REAL
9:52:47AM COSTS ARE VERSUS WHAT OFF-THE-SHELF ENGINEERING ESTIMATES
9:52:51AM ARE.
9:52:52AM IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE CITY HAS A $2 MILLION DESIGN-BUILD
9:52:57AM PROJECT GOING ON THAT LISTS -- AND THAT FEE, WHEN YOU'RE
9:53:03AM DIVIDED UP BY 3.05 MILES IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN THE 220
9:53:08AM PER LINEAR FOOT.
9:53:10AM THINGS LIKE I SAID, THE CULVERTS, THE DRIVEWAYS, THE
9:53:18AM RELOCATION OF MAILBOXES AND ALL THAT STUFF, IT'S AN ADD-ON
9:53:23AM THAT YOU NORMALLY WOULDN'T DO.
9:53:24AM ON A NEW CONSTRUCTION ON INFILL, IT SIMPLY DOESN'T HAPPEN.
9:53:28AM ALSO WOULDN'T HAVE 1700 LINEAR FEET OF SIDEWALK.
9:53:33AM TYPICALLY, AS GARY POINTED OUT, IT'S 50, 60, OR 70 FEET, THE
9:53:37AM AVERAGE IS 70 FEET OF LINEAR SIDEWALK THAT'S BEING PAID FOR
9:53:41AM THE IN LIEU FEE.
9:53:43AM BASICALLY, THE CONCLUSIONS ARE THAT WE BELIEVE THAT WHEN WE
9:53:47AM USE THE CITY'S OWN NUMBERS AND WE TAKE OUT ALL THOSE
9:53:50AM EXTRANEOUS VARIABLES, WE GET TO ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER.
9:53:54AM WE'RE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 40 AND 50 DOLLARS A LINEAR FOOT.
9:53:57AM WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER
9:54:01AM THAT.
9:54:02AM I'M SURE YOUR BUDGET ANALYST -- I KNOW SHE'S PREPARED A
9:54:06AM REPORT.
9:54:08AM I WOULD LIKE TO REFER TO THAT.
9:54:10AM HER ANALYSIS AND BASICALLY IT CONCURS WITH WHAT WEEK WE'RE
9:54:16AM SAYING.
9:54:17AM IT WAS AN INDEPENDENT EVALUATION, AND THAT'S WHY IT WAS
9:54:19AM IMPORTANT FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS.
9:54:23AM IT'S NOT OUR NUMBERS.
9:54:24AM NOT THE CITY STAFF NUMBERS.
9:54:27AM YOUR BUDGET ANALYST WENT THROUGH AND MADE HER OWN
9:54:30AM DETERMINATIONS.
9:54:31AM I KNOW SHE SENT THEM TO YOU.
9:54:32AM WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU CONSIDER THAT FEE INSTEAD
9:54:40AM OF THE ONES PROPOSED.
9:54:41AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MARCUS LIENHARD, CARROLL ANN BENNETT,
9:54:44AM CONNIE BURTON.
9:54:46AM LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK IS HERE SO WE
9:54:51AM HAVE A FULL COUNCIL.
9:54:52AM WE HELD APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA UNTIL EVERYBODY WAS HERE AS A
9:54:58AM COURTESY.
9:54:58AM SIR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
9:55:02AM >> MARCUS LIENHARD, 49 WEST PARIS STREET.
9:55:05AM I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT ITEM 31, THE SETTLEMENT BETWEEN
9:55:10AM THE CITY OF TAMPA AND ONYX ON EAST.
9:55:13AM I APPRECIATE THE TRANSPARENCY THE COUNCIL DID BY PULLING
9:55:16AM THAT FOR DISCUSSION AND NOT JUST GOING THROUGH A VOTE.
9:55:19AM TO DATE, FEBRUARY 1st, YOU RULED THAT THESE TWO HOUSES
9:55:24AM WERE NOT APPROVED.
9:55:26AM SINCE THEN, THE COURT HAS RULED IN THE CITY'S FAVOR, SAYING
9:55:30AM THAT THE DEVELOPER MISLED THE CITY AND THIS DECEPTION
9:55:37AM UNDERMINES THEIR ABILITY TO ANY CLAIM FOR RELIEF.
9:55:39AM THE JUDGE IN THE 13th CIRCUIT COURT ALSO SAID -- IN THE
9:55:46AM CODE YOU ENACTED THERE.
9:55:47AM THEY ALSO HIGHLIGHTED -- SHE ALSO HIGHLIGHTED ONYX ON EAST
9:55:53AM BYPASS ANY ADMINISTRATIVE WAY TO RESOLVE THIS AND WENT
9:55:56AM STRAIGHT TO LITIGATION AND THAT FURTHER DISQUALIFIES THEM
9:55:59AM FROM ANY RELIEF.
9:56:00AM ADDITIONALLY, SHE HIGHLIGHTED IN HER RULING THAT AS SUCH,
9:56:05AM COMPELLING THE CITY TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES FOR INTERIOR HOMES
9:56:08AM WOULD RESULT IN THE PETITIONER PROFITING FROM THEIR OWN
9:56:10AM WRONGDOING.
9:56:12AM HOWEVER, TODAY, WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS THE SETTLEMENT BETWEEN
9:56:14AM THE CITY AND ONYX ON EAST WHICH DOES EXACTLY THAT.
9:56:19AM ALLOWS THEM TO BENEFIT FROM THEIR OWN WRONGDOING.
9:56:21AM THEY WENT THROUGH A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE HEARING UNDER
9:56:26AM LITIGATION.
9:56:26AM I'VE ASKED FOR TRANSPARENCY AND INFORMATION BUT TOLD IT WAS
9:56:31AM ONLY UNDER COURT APPROVAL SO THEREFORE THE CITY COULD NOT
9:56:34AM TELL ME ANYTHING.
9:56:36AM I'M PUZZLED BY THE FACT THAT WE CAN HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING
9:56:39AM YET I CANNOT GET PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT THAT HEARING.
9:56:43AM SO THE SETTLEMENT IN QUESTION, BASICALLY IS A CONCESSION TO
9:56:46AM THE BUILDER.
9:56:47AM IT UNDULY PUNISHES THE RESIDENTS OF WEST PARIS STREET BY
9:56:51AM APPROVING A THIRD BUILDING AT 15 FEET.
9:56:53AM IT UNDERMINES YOUR DECISION, NOT SUPPORTED BY THE CODE OR
9:57:02AM OVERLAY DISTRICT.
9:57:04AM SHARP CONTRAST TO COURT RULING AND REMOVES SIDEWALKS
9:57:07AM INTENDED TO BE THERE.
9:57:08AM ERASE THE MEMORY OF THE EVENT THAT TRANSPIRED BUT LEAVES
9:57:11AM WEST PARIS WITH FOUR HOUSES AND A PERMANENT REMINDER OF THE
9:57:14AM SETTLEMENT.
9:57:15AM IT DOES NOT HOLD ANYONE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS AND
9:57:18AM UNDULY BURDENS THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA FOR WRONGDOINGs OF
9:57:21AM OTHERS.
9:57:22AM IT REWARDS THOSE INVOLVED THAT HAVE FAILED TO MITIGATE THEIR
9:57:25AM OWN RISK AND A DEVELOPER WHO FROM THE BEGINNING HAS HAD A
9:57:28AM LITIGIOUS APPROACH TO THE SITUATION AND THEIR INTERACTIONS
9:57:28AM WITH THE CITY.
9:57:35AM CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO RATIFY THE SETTLEMENT IN ORDER FOR ALL
9:57:37AM THE SUBSEQUENT THINGS TO GO INTO ACTION.
9:57:39AM HOWEVER, AS OF TODAY, BUILDING PERMITS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
9:57:42AM THEY HAVE STARTED CONSTRUCTION, AND THEY ARE READY TO MOVE
9:57:46AM FORWARD.
9:57:47AM THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE WITHOUT YOUR APPROVAL OF THE
9:57:50AM SETTLEMENT.
9:57:51AM THEREFORE, I ASK YOU TODAY TO PLEASE REJECT THE SETTLEMENT
9:57:54AM AND STAND BY THE CITIZEN OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU VOTED TO
9:57:59AM SUPPORT IN YOUR ORIGINAL RULING ON FEBRUARY 1st, 2024.
9:58:04AM THANK YOU.
9:58:04AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
9:58:06AM CARROLL ANN BENNETT IS OUR NEXT SPEAKER FOLLOWED BY CONNIE
9:58:09AM BURTON AND VALERIE BULLOCK.
9:58:11AM GOOD MORNING, MA'AM.
9:58:12AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
9:58:32AM >> CARROLL ANN BENNETT.
9:58:34AM ACCORDING TO INVESTOPEDIA, MARKET RATE IS BASED ON WHAT A
9:58:38AM BUYER IS WILLING TO PAY.
9:58:39AM NUMBER ONE, MARKET RATE MINUS COST EQUALS PROFIT.
9:58:44AM IF THEY PAY LESS IN FEES, IT REDUCES THE COST.
9:58:50AM DO BUILDERS LOWER THE PRICE BELOW MARKET RATE OR DO THEY
9:58:55AM INCREASE THEIR PROFIT?
9:58:56AM IF A PROPERTY HAS FLAWS, THEN IT IS WORTH LESS.
9:59:02AM NEGOTIATE ACCORDINGLY.
9:59:03AM THERE IS A COST TO GETTING EQUIPMENT ON-SITE.
9:59:09AM SO SMALLER JOBS ACTUALLY COST MORE THAN BIGGER JOBS.
9:59:15AM THAT MEANS THE CITY'S AVERAGE IS PROBABLY A DISCOUNT.
9:59:24AM BUILDERS ARE NEVER FORCED TO PAY THIS FEE.
9:59:27AM THEY ONLY PAY THE 220 IF IT SAVES THEM MONEY.
9:59:30AM ALL THESE NEW HOMES PAID THE FEE BECAUSE THERE WAS NO
9:59:40AM SIDEWALK ON THIS STREET.
9:59:41AM THIS BUILDER PAID THE FEE EVEN THOUGH IT IS 20 FEET FROM THE
9:59:46AM ROAD.
9:59:48AM EVEN IF THAT WAS LEGIT, THEY SHOULD BUILD ALL THIS SIDEWALK
9:59:51AM AND ONLY PAY THE FEE FOR THE SEVEN FEET.
9:59:54AM THESE PEOPLE PAID THE FEE BECAUSE OF AN OBSTACLE THAT'S NOT
9:59:58AM EVEN ON THIS PROPERTY.
9:59:59AM THIS WAS A MISTAKE BY STAFF.
10:00:01AM THE NEW TOWN HOUSES DON'T CONNECT TO THE EXISTING SIDEWALK.
10:00:06AM THEY PAID THE FEE.
10:00:07AM ANOTHER MISTAKE, RIGHT BY A WALKABLE RETAIL AREA, IF THE FEE
10:00:13AM WASN'T SO ABSURDLY LOW, THEY WOULD HAVE BUILT SIDEWALKS.
10:00:16AM IF YOU HAVE AN OBSTACLE LIKE THIS, MAKE THEM DO THIS.
10:00:22AM DON'T LET THEM PAY A PITTANCE INSTEAD.
10:00:25AM THIS IS MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:00:27AM EVERY BLUE LINE IS MISSING SIDEWALK, EXCEPT FOR MAJOR ROADS
10:00:33AM LIKE DALE MABRY, THERE IS ONLY ONE SIDE OF ONE LOCAL STREET
10:00:36AM IN ALL OF VIRGINIA PARK THAT HAS A COMPLETE SIDEWALK.
10:00:40AM HERE ARE MY ELDERLY NEIGHBORS MAKING THEIR DAILY WALK TO
10:00:43AM DAUGHTER'S HOUSE.
10:00:44AM THIS WAS A FEW YEARS AGO.
10:00:45AM THEY NOW USE A WALKER.
10:00:47AM IN ORDER TO TRICK OR TREAT ON HALLOWEEN, THIS CHILD HAD TO
10:00:50AM BE DRIVE TON THAT ONE STREET IN VIRGINIA PARK WITH A
10:00:53AM COMPLETE SIDEWALK.
10:00:54AM NO ONE WANTS THEIR CHILD IN THE STREET, BUT SOME PEOPLE
10:00:57AM ABSOLUTELY CANNOT HAVE THEIR CHILD IN THE STREET.
10:01:00AM I CAN'T IMAGINE ALL THE CHALLENGES THIS FAMILY FACES.
10:01:04AM THIS SHOULD NOT BE ONE OF THEM.
10:01:06AM YOU'VE GOTTEN TONS OF E-MAILS, SO YOU MIGHT HAVE EXPECTED
10:01:08AM MORE SPEAKERS.
10:01:09AM THEY ARE NOT HERE BECAUSE THEY TRUST YOU TO DO THE RIGHT
10:01:12AM THING TODAY.
10:01:12AM IT IS A COMPLIMENT.
10:01:14AM IF THEY DIDN'T TRUST YOU, THIS ROOM WOULD BE PACKED.
10:01:17AM PLEASE DON'T SHOW THEM THAT THEIR TRUST HAS BEEN MISPLACED.
10:01:22AM THANK YOU.
10:01:22AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:01:23AM CONNIE BURTON, VALERIE BULLOCK AND MENTESNOT.
10:01:27AM GOOD MORNING, MA'AM.
10:01:30AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:01:31AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:01:32AM CONNIE BURTON.
10:01:34AM ITEM 1 AND 2 SHOULD INFORM YOU OR ENFORCE YOUR HUMANITY THAT
10:01:42AM NOT ENOUGH IS BEING DONE.
10:01:44AM THE STATISTICS OF THE HOMELESS POPULATION, HOW MANY CHILDREN
10:01:48AM ARE HAVING TO LIVE UP UNDER THAT GUIDELINE AND THEN EXPECT
10:01:52AM TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE.
10:01:53AM HOW DO THAT HAPPEN?
10:01:54AM IT SHOULDN'T BE JUST BY MERE SMALL AMOUNTS THAT YOU AS A
10:02:00AM CITY PAY INTO OR SUPPORT FEEDING TAMPA BAY.
10:02:06AM THE WATER DEPARTMENT PRESENTATION WAS GREAT.
10:02:08AM YOU KNOW WHAT I SAW?
10:02:09AM I SAW AN AGING POPULATION.
10:02:12AM HOW MANY YOUNG PEOPLE IS NOW BEING AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY
10:02:15AM TO GAIN SOME KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE FROM THOSE VETERANS.
10:02:19AM HOW MANY YOUNG PEOPLE THAT COULD BE COMING OUT OF OUR SUMMER
10:02:23AM YOUTH PROGRAM THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM THAT.
10:02:26AM AND THE NUMBERS THAT WE ARE BEING TOLD THAT WILL INCLUDE FOR
10:02:30AM THE EAST TAMPA SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM THAT WE ADVOCATED FOR,
10:02:34AM THAT WE SAID WE NEEDED 72 CHILDREN, IT IS NOW BEING TOLD BY
10:02:39AM STAFF THE NUMBER WOULD ONLY BE 48.
10:02:42AM THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE.
10:02:43AM YOU'VE HAD ALMOST TWO AND A HALF YEARS TO GET IT RIGHT.
10:02:46AM ITEM NUMBER 33 TO 36, CONTINUE TO SHOW HOW, YOU KNOW, THIS
10:02:54AM ADMINISTRATION DON'T HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING HOW TO
10:02:58AM SHRINK THE WEALTH GAP.
10:03:00AM LOTS HELD BY THE CITY AND THEN BEING DISTRIBUTED TO
10:03:07AM NONPROFITS THAT BASED ON THIS DON'T REALLY HAVE ENOUGH MONEY
10:03:10AM ON THEIR OWN, MIGHT HAVE GREAT IDEAS, JUST LIKE RESIDENTS IN
10:03:15AM OUR COMMUNITY IF AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITIES WOULD BE ABLE TO
10:03:20AM BRING FORTH.
10:03:21AM EVEN WITH YOU GIVING THEM THE LOTS AND LOANS, THEN WE DON'T
10:03:26AM HAVE A CLEAR IDEA WHAT ARE THEY BUILDING?
10:03:28AM ARE THEY BUILDING DUPLEXES?
10:03:30AM ARE THEY BUILDING HOMES?
10:03:32AM WHAT WOULD BE THE PRICE POINT?
10:03:34AM HOW THEN DO THOSE COMMUNITIES, PEOPLE IN THOSE COMMUNITIES
10:03:37AM REALLY BENEFIT?
10:03:40AM IT'S RIDICULOUS THAT WE CONTINUE TO WALK IN THE SAME CIRCLES
10:03:46AM AND PATTERNS.
10:03:46AM ITEM 57, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE APPRENTICE PROGRAM, WHY
10:03:51AM WON'T THIS CITY LEAD THE WAY?
10:03:52AM BUSINESS PARTNERS, HOW THEN WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE
10:03:57AM THAT IS COMING BACK, WORKING THEMSELVES BACK INTO SOCIETY IS
10:04:04AM AFFORDED OPPORTUNITY NOT ONLY WITH THE CITY BUT WITH CITY
10:04:08AM PARTNERS TO COME WITH AN AGENDA EVERY WEEK THAT SOUNDS GOOD,
10:04:12AM THAT YOU'RE GOING TO APPROVE ANYWAY.
10:04:14AM I'M MERELY UP HERE SAYING FOR THE RECORD, FOR THE RECORD
10:04:18AM SOMEBODY KEEP ADVOCATING FOR POOR PEOPLE.
10:04:20AM BUT THE RECORD, NOT A POLITICIAN, SOMEBODY IS TRYING TO MAKE
10:04:25AM A DEMAND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT ALL PEOPLE,
10:04:29AM ALL CITIZENS, INCLUDING POOR PEOPLE HAVE A GOOD QUALITY OF
10:04:32AM LIFE IN THIS CITY.
10:04:34AM THANK YOU.
10:04:34AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
10:04:35AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:04:35AM VALERIE BULLOCK, MENTESNOT, PASTOR FRANK WILLIAMS.
10:04:39AM GOOD MORNING, MA'AM.
10:04:40AM >> GOOD MORNING, VALERIE BULLOCK.
10:04:42AM I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM.
10:04:44AM I GOT WITH SOME OF MY FRIENDS WHO HAVE TEENAGERS.
10:04:48AM AND ONE OF THEM WENT TO CAREER SOURCE TO TRY TO GET HER TWO
10:04:52AM KIDS A JOB THERE.
10:04:54AM THE MAN TOLD HER THAT THEY HAD ENOUGH APPLICANTS IN LIKE
10:04:58AM THREE TO FIVE HOURS.
10:04:59AM THEY HAD SHUT IT DOWN.
10:05:01AM INSTEAD OF US GOING FORWARD WITH THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM,
10:05:05AM WE ARE GOING BACKWARDS.
10:05:06AM I UNDERSTAND WE JUST STARTED.
10:05:10AM THIS YEAR MISTAKES WILL BE MADE AND EVERYTHING, BUT WE
10:05:13AM REALLY NEED TO MAKE A MORE CONCERTED EFFORT TO MAKE SURE
10:05:17AM THAT MORE OF THE KIDS GET SUMMER JOBS.
10:05:21AM BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT IN EAST TAMPA, WHETHER YOU GET A
10:05:24AM SUMMER JOB OR NOT, IT'S A LOT OF PEER PRESSURE ON YOU AND
10:05:29AM YOUR PARENTS CAN'T AFFORD YOUR SCHOOL CLOTHES, SO THAT
10:05:32AM REALLY HELPS YOUTH GET SCHOOL CLOTHES AND YOU ARE CONFIDENT
10:05:39AM AND YOU WANT TO CONTINUE GOING TO SCHOOL.
10:05:41AM BUT HOW WE DID IT THIS YEAR, IT'S UNACCEPTABLE.
10:05:45AM IT REALLY IS.
10:05:46AM I KNOW THE CITY WITH THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM, THE CITY OF TAMPA
10:05:50AM HAD A SIDEWALK PROGRAM, EAST TAMPA HAD THEIR SIDEWALK
10:05:55AM PROGRAM.
10:05:55AM OKAY, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WORKED.
10:05:58AM LET'S GO BACK TO THAT.
10:05:59AM EAST TAMPA HAD THEIR OWN SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM AND THEN THE
10:06:03AM CITY OF TAMPA CAN HAVE THEIR SUMMER PROGRAM AND CAREER
10:06:07AM SOURCE CAN TOO.
10:06:09AM BECAUSE WHAT WE DID THIS YEAR, THE KIDS WHO NEED IT THE
10:06:13AM MOST, WHO ARE LIVING IN THE POVERTY AREA, NOW THEY ARE
10:06:18AM COMPETING CITYWIDE FOR KIDS WITH JOBS.
10:06:22AM IT'S NOT RIGHT.
10:06:23AM IT'S JUST NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR THE KIDS.
10:06:26AM I SAID THAT BECAUSE MAYBE IT WAS AN OVERSIGHT.
10:06:30AM NOBODY THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN LIKE THIS.
10:06:33AM I JUST WANT TO BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION, THIS IS WHAT'S
10:06:37AM GOING ON.
10:06:40AM THE INFIELD LOTS, I SEE A LOT OF COMPANIES THAT HAVE THE
10:06:43AM INFIELD LOTS.
10:06:44AM TWO OF THEM WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE FROM MY HOUSE.
10:06:48AM SO I'M REALLY INVESTED IN IT.
10:06:53AM INFIELD LOTS, GET ME A NONPROFIT, PUT WILL BE LLC BEHIND IT
10:06:58AM AND COME TO THE CITY OF TAMPA FROM JAMAICA, ST. PETE,
10:07:02AM ANYWHERE, BECAUSE THE CITY OF TAMPA IS THE MONEY BAG.
10:07:04AM I PUT MY HAND IN A POT.
10:07:07AM THEY SAID IT WAS DONE RANDOMLY WHEN I READ IT ON THE CITY
10:07:10AM WEBSITE.
10:07:11AM SO THEY PULL OUT A NONPROFIT TO GET IT.
10:07:14AM THAT NONPROFIT DON'T HAVE NO TIES TO THE CITY OF TAMPA, AND
10:07:17AM WE HAVE TO STOP GIVING AWAY MONEY TO COMPLETE STRANGERS.
10:07:23AM LET'S LET THE PEOPLE IN TAMPA HAVE FIRST CHOICE WHEN IT
10:07:25AM COMES TO THE INFIELD LOTS.
10:07:28AM AND ANOTHER QUESTION, EAST TAMPA CRA, THEY OWN A LOT OF THE
10:07:34AM INFIELD LOTS.
10:07:35AM I THINK THEY GAVE THEM TO THE CITY OF TAMPA.
10:07:37AM I WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE INFIELD LOTS.
10:07:42AM THANK YOU.
10:07:42AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
10:07:42AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:07:43AM MENTESNOT, PASTOR FRANK WILLIAMS, JUAWANA COLBERT.
10:07:50AM >> MENTESNOT, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
10:07:52AM UHURU.
10:07:54AM UHURU MEANS FREEDOM IN SWAHILI.
10:07:57AM WE AS AFRICAN PEOPLE SHOULD ALWAYS BE THINKING ABOUT OUR
10:08:00AM FREEDOM.
10:08:00AM THE LAST 825 YEARS WE HAVEN'T BEEN FREE AT ALL, PERIOD.
10:08:06AM THE NUMBER ONE CONVERSATION AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE BECAUSE
10:08:08AM THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT SUMMER JOBS.
10:08:11AM THE NUMBER ONE CONVERSATION AMONGST YOUNG AFRICAN KIDS IS
10:08:16AM BODY COUNT.
10:08:19AM SOME OF YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS UP THERE.
10:08:23AM POLICE OFFICERS WOULD KNOW WHAT IT MEAN.
10:08:24AM THE NUMBER ONE CONVERSATION AMONG YOUNG AFRICANS THAT THEY
10:08:29AM GLORIFY IS BODY COUNT.
10:08:32AM THAT'S REALLY HUSTLING BACKWARDS.
10:08:34AM YOU KNOW WHAT IS THE NUMBER ONE SELLER, AS YOU REMEMBER ITEM
10:08:39AM FOR AFRICAN PEOPLE?
10:08:41AM SKIN LIGHTENING CREAMS.
10:08:45AM HAIR CARE PRODUCTS.
10:08:48AM TRYING TO BE WHITE.
10:08:51AM THAT'S BECAUSE WHITE PEOPLE HAVE DAMAGED US THAT BAD.
10:08:56AM THEY HAVE DAMAGED US THAT BAD.
10:09:00AM IT'S THAT SERIOUS.
10:09:05AM BUT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT MOSTLY CHILD SUPPORT.
10:09:09AM SABRINA FRYE, A FEW BLOCKS AWAY FROM HERE, A NASTY,
10:09:15AM STINKIN', NASTY CRACKER.
10:09:17AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OUT OF ORDER.
10:09:19AM >> PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
10:09:19AM YOU CAN GO OUT OF ORDER ALL YOU WANT TO.
10:09:22AM THAT DON'T REPRESENT NOTHING TO ME.
10:09:24AM DON'T REPRESENT A THING.
10:09:25AM YOU ARE OUT OF ORDER.
10:09:26AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SIR, PLEASE, STAY FOCUSED.
10:09:28AM THANK YOU, SIR.
10:09:29AM >> I'VE ALWAYS BEEN FOCUSED SINCE I WAS A CHILD.
10:09:33AM BUT THANKS FOR THE REMINDER.
10:09:34AM YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE COMPROMISE AND HOW THEY TREAT
10:09:41AM AFRICAN PEOPLE.
10:09:43AM THEY HAVE FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY BEFORE BEEN REGARDED AS
10:09:46AM BEINGS OF AN INFERIOR ORDER AND ALTOGETHER UNFIT TO
10:09:50AM ASSOCIATE WITH THE WHITE RACE, EVEN SOCIAL OR POLITICAL
10:09:54AM RELATIONS.
10:09:56AM SO FAR INFERIOR THAT THEY HAD NO RIGHTS WHICH THE WHITE MAN
10:09:59AM WAS BOUND TO RESPECT AND THAT THE NEGRO MIGHT JUSTFULLY AND
10:10:03AM LAWFULLY BE REDUCED TO SLAVERY FOR HIS BENEFIT.
10:10:06AM HE WAS BOUGHT AND SOLD AND TREATED AS AN ORDINARY ARTICLE OF
10:10:10AM MERCHANDISE IN TRAFFIC WE WERE PROFIT COULD BE MADE BY IT.
10:10:14AM A FREE NEGRO OF THE AFRICAN RACE WHOSE ANCESTORS WERE
10:10:19AM BROUGHT TO THE COUNTRY AND SOLD AS SLAVES IS NOT A CITIZEN
10:10:22AM WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
10:10:24AM AND THAT'S THE TREATMENT THAT THIS CITY GIVE TO AFRICAN
10:10:32AM PEOPLE.
10:10:32AM THEY WANT TO TELL US THAT WE CAN'T ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL
10:10:37AM INDIVIDUALLY.
10:10:38AM THEY WANT TO MAKE YOU BOW DOWN, AND PEOPLE WANT TO TELL
10:10:42AM GROWN MEN WHEN THEY ARE TALKING OUT OF ORDER.
10:10:45AM AIN'T NO FUCKING WAY SOMEBODY IS GOING TO TELL ME I'M OUT OF
10:10:47AM ORDER, PERIOD.
10:10:48AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHOA, WHOA.
10:10:48AM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
10:10:48AM YOU ARE OUT OF ORDER.
10:10:49AM OUT.
10:10:51AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:10:51AM NEXT SPEAKER, PASTOR FRANK WILLIAMS, JUAWANA --
10:10:58AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: POINT OF ORDER.
10:10:59AM HE IS STILL IN THE CHAMBERS.
10:11:01AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. SHELBY, CAN YOU CLARIFY?
10:11:05AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: HAVE YOU RULED --
10:11:09AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I SAID OUT OF ORDER.
10:11:10AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: SO YOU STATED THAT HE IS OUT OF ORDER, IS
10:11:12AM THAT CORRECT?
10:11:13AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
10:11:14AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: AND WHAT IS THE COUNCIL'S PLEASURE?
10:11:17AM WHAT IS THE CHAIR'S PLEASURE.
10:11:19AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: TO PLEASE LEAVE THE ROOM.
10:11:21AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:11:23AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU FOR REFLECTING THAT.
10:11:26AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:11:28AM PASTOR WILLIAMS, JUAWANA COLBERT, ROBIN LOCKETT.
10:11:36AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: WHAT IS YOUR RULING WITH REGARD TO HIS
10:11:38AM RETURN TODAY?
10:11:39AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HE IS NOT TO RETURN FOR THE REST OF THE
10:11:41AM DAY.
10:11:44AM >>BILL CARLSON: IT'S OBVIOUS WHY, BUT COULD YOU STATE WHAT
10:11:47AM THE RULE IS THAT HE BROKE SO THAT THE PUBLIC WOULD KNOW.
10:11:49AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. SHELBY, IF YOU COULD READ IT
10:11:52AM REGARDING PROFANITY LANGUAGE.
10:11:56AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: LET ME SEE WHAT IT SAYS.
10:11:58AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:12:07AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: RULE 5, RULE OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND
10:12:09AM RULES OF DECORUM.
10:12:10AM SPEAKERS SHALL REFRAIN -- THIS IS RULE F, SPEAKERS SHALL
10:12:14AM REFRAIN FROM DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING MAKING VULGAR OR
10:12:18AM THREATENING REMARKS AND SHALL REFRAIN FROM MAKING PERSONAL
10:12:21AM ATTACKS AGAINST ANY CITY OFFICIAL, STAFF MEMBER, OR MEMBER
10:12:24AM OF THE PUBLIC.
10:12:25AM AND COMMENTS SHALL BE DIRECTED TO THE COUNCIL AS A BODY AND
10:12:28AM NOT TO INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS.
10:12:29AM RULE G, NO ONE PRESENT DURING A COUNCIL MEETING SHALL ENGAGE
10:12:33AM IN DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING INTENTIONALLY MAKING OR
10:12:36AM CAUSING TO BE MADE ANY DISRUPTIVE SOUND OR NOISE OR
10:12:40AM DISPLAYING SIGNS OR GRAPHICS IN A MATTER DISRUPTIVE TO THE
10:12:43AM PROCEEDING.
10:12:44AM RULE H, THE CHAIR SHALL RULE OUT OF ORDER ANY MEMBER OF THE
10:12:48AM PUBLIC WHO SHALL SPEAK WITHOUT BEING RECOGNIZED OR WHO SHALL
10:12:51AM NOT ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL FROM THE PODIUM OR OTHER SPEAKER
10:12:54AM AREA.
10:12:54AM NO PERSON SHALL APPROACH THE DAIS DURING COUNCIL MEETINGS
10:12:58AM EXCEPT, UNLESS INVITED BY A MEMBER OF COUNCIL.
10:13:01AM RULE I, ALL PERSONS SHALL AT ALL TIMES CONDUCT THEMSELVES IN
10:13:06AM ACCORDANCE WITH COUNCIL'S RULES.
10:13:08AM PERSONS FAILING TO DO SO SHALL BE RULED OUT OF ORDER AND MAY
10:13:12AM BE DIRECTED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR TO BE REMOVED
10:13:16AM FROM THE CITY COUNCIL.
10:13:18AM SUCH PERSON SHALL NOT THEREAFTER BE READMITTED TO THE
10:13:21AM COUNCIL CHAMBER OR CITY HALL DURING THE REMAINDER OF THAT
10:13:25AM DAY'S MEETING.
10:13:28AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE CLARITY.
10:13:29AM GOOD MORNING, PASTOR WILLIAMS.
10:13:31AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:13:32AM MY NAME IS PASTOR WILLIAMS, LOCATED AT 1112 EAST SCOTT
10:13:37AM STREET, PASTOR OF THE CHURCH ON SCOTT STREET.
10:13:41AM I CAN'T APOLOGIZE FOR THE YOUNG MAN FOR WHAT HE SAID, BUT
10:13:47AM I'M GOING TO APOLOGIZE FOR HIM, FOR WHAT HE SAY.
10:13:53AM WE GOT TO UNDERSTAND, HE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT UPSET, LIKE I
10:13:59AM AM, BUT I AIN'T GOING TO DO NOTHING LIKE THAT.
10:14:02AM I'LL TRY TO SAY WHAT IS RIGHT AND WE PRAY TO GOD THAT
10:14:05AM EVERYTHING IS GOING TO WORK OUT ALL RIGHT.
10:14:07AM HE'S BEEN COMING DOWN HERE ABOUT AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN COMING
10:14:11AM DOWN HERE.
10:14:14AM WHEN THEY DON'T SEE NO RESULTS, THEY GET UPSET.
10:14:18AM I GET UPSET, EVERYBODY GETS UPSET.
10:14:21AM I'M NOT HERE FOR AFRICAN PEOPLE.
10:14:23AM I'M HERE FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR AND TRYING TO REPRESENT THEM,
10:14:28AM BUT THEY DON'T WANT ME TO REPRESENT THEM.
10:14:30AM SO WE'VE GOT TO JUST DO THE BEST WE CAN IN TRYING TO
10:14:34AM REPRESENT OURSELVES.
10:14:35AM YOU KNOW WHAT?
10:14:35AM WE CARE A LOT ABOUT YOU ALL.
10:14:40AM WE LOVE YOU ALL, BUT YOU ALL DON'T SHOW THAT IN RESPONSE.
10:14:44AM BUT WE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE UPSET.
10:14:47AM AND NOW WE ARE MORE UPSET NOW IN THE YEAR 2025 THAN WE HAVE
10:14:52AM EVER BEEN IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, AS FAR AS I
10:14:57AM KNOW.
10:14:57AM THEY MISTREAT US, DON'T CARE NOTHING ABOUT US.
10:15:03AM WE GOT A PRESIDENT WHO DON'T CARE NOTHING ABOUT BLACK FOLKS.
10:15:08AM YOU GOT A GOVERNOR THAT DON'T WANT BLACK FOLKS HISTORY IN
10:15:11AM SCHOOLS.
10:15:13AM WE GOT A MAYOR THAT DON'T CARE NOTHING ABOUT PASTOR
10:15:17AM WILLIAMS.
10:15:17AM YOU KNOW WHAT?
10:15:18AM I GOT TO CARE ABOUT HER BECAUSE WE ALL ARE HUMAN BEINGS AND
10:15:24AM WE'VE GOT TO BE TREATED THAT WAY.
10:15:26AM TREATED LIKE A NUMBER THAT'S GOING TO CALL YOU.
10:15:33AM I PREACH WHAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE FOR ME, WHICH IS NOTHING,
10:15:36AM BUT I APPRECIATE IT ANYWAY BECAUSE YOU GOT TO UNDERSTAND, WE
10:15:42AM ALL ARE HUMAN BEINGS AND CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF
10:15:46AM AMERICA.
10:15:46AM THAT'S ALL WANT TO YOU RESPECT, CITIZENS OF THE UNITED
10:15:51AM STATES.
10:15:51AM NO AFRICAN AMERICANS.
10:15:54AM CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
10:15:55AM YOU KNOW WHAT, WE WOULD BE HAPPY WITH THAT.
10:15:59AM GOD IS TO GOOD TO ALL OF US.
10:16:01AM SEE ANOTHER DAY.
10:16:04AM YOU KNOW WHAT?
10:16:04AM I'M HAPPY FOR YOU ALL AND I'M HAPPY FOR MYSELF.
10:16:08AM GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU ALL FOREVER AND FOREVER.
10:16:12AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:16:13AM OUR NEXT SPEAKER, THANK YOU, PASTOR WILLIAMS, NEXT SPEAKER
10:16:17AM IS JUAWANA COLBERT, ROBIN LOCKETT, STEPHANIE POYNOR.
10:16:24AM GOOD MORNING, MA'AM.
10:16:26AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:16:26AM MY NAME IS JUAWANA COLBERT.
10:16:29AM I AM A RESIDENT OF YBOR OR REALLY EAST TAMPA, HONESTLY.
10:16:32AM OUR OFFICE IS IN Ybor.
10:16:33AM I'm here in support of item 35 for the infill lot.
10:16:39AM Our team is a recipient of the infill lot.
10:16:41AM We're planning on building six affordable townhomes.
10:16:45AM We went through the process that the city administered for
10:16:48AM the infill lot and just wanted to really say that we're
10:16:51AM really ready to start building.
10:16:53AM It's been a while since we completed that process and just
10:16:56AM want to thank you for putting it on the docket today.
10:16:59AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: Yes, ma'am.
10:17:00AM Thank you very much.
10:17:00AM Robin Lockett is our next speaker.
10:17:03AM Mrs. Stephanie Poynor and sandy Pardue.
10:17:08AM Ms. Lockett, no?
10:17:11AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:17:13AM STEPHANIE POYNOR, SANDY PARDUE AND HAYLEY FRANKLIN.
10:17:17AM COME ON UP, MRS. POYNOR.
10:17:21AM YOU ARE THE NEXT SPEAKER.
10:17:26AM SANDY IS NEXT.
10:17:27AM SHE IS RIGHT THERE.
10:17:28AM >> SORRY.
10:17:29AM I APOLOGIZE.
10:17:30AM GOOD MORNING.
10:17:32AM STEPHANIE POYNOR.
10:17:33AM I'M SORRY THIS ISN'T VERY GOOD.
10:17:35AM I SHOULD HAVE PRINTED OUT PICTURES.
10:17:37AM THIS IS PRESCOTT AT WESTSHORE IF YOU'RE GOING TO THE
10:17:40AM AMERICAN LEGION.
10:17:42AM THIS RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY HAS A NICE LITTLE SIDEWALK ALONG
10:17:45AM IT, WHICH I PERSONALLY HAD A HISSY FIT ABOUT BECAUSE I
10:17:48AM THOUGHT IT WAS A WASTE OF MONEY, WHY ARE WE PUTTING A
10:17:51AM SIDEWALK ALONG A VACANT PROPERTY?
10:17:54AM HUNDRED FEET DEEP.
10:17:55AM RIGHT HERE, I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU, LOOK HOW MUCH IT COSTS
10:18:02AM THE CITY OF TAMPA TO PUT IN THAT ONE LITTLE SIDEWALK.
10:18:05AM $32,000 FOR THOSE WHO ARE MATHEMATICALLY UNINCLINED, THAT'S
10:18:11AM $320 A FOOT FOR ONE FOOT, $320 A FOOT.
10:18:17AM REMEMBER I HAD A FIT ABOUT IT BECAUSE A DEVELOPER CAME IN
10:18:19AM AND BUILT APARTMENTS ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND PUT A SIDEWALK
10:18:22AM IN.
10:18:22AM I WAS LIKE, WHY ARE WE PUTTING A SIDEWALK IN.
10:18:26AM SIDEWALKS, HERE'S WHAT IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO.
10:18:28AM IT'S REALLY, REALLY SIMPLE.
10:18:30AM IF YOU CAN DO IT CHEAPER, DO IT CHEAPER.
10:18:32AM IF YOU CAN'T, THEN YOU PAY IN.
10:18:36AM IT'S JUST THAT -- THERE'S NO IFS, ANDS, OR BUTS ABOUT IT.
10:18:41AM WE HAVEN'T CHANGED THE SIDEWALK IN LIEU OF SINCE 2010,
10:18:44AM ACCORDING TO YOU FOLKS.
10:18:45AM THIS GENTLEMAN HERE THIS MORNING SAID IT WAS 2015, WHATEVER
10:18:49AM IT IS.
10:18:50AM I AS SOMEBODY WHO IS ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE WANT TO REMIND
10:18:54AM THAT YOU BOB BUCKHORN'S POLICY WAS WE DON'T RAISE FEES FOR
10:18:58AM ANYTHING.
10:18:58AM WHY ARE WE CONTINUING TO NURSEMAID FOR FOLKS WHO DON'T WANT
10:19:04AM TO PUT ONE IN.
10:19:05AM NOW, I WANT TO SHOW YOU, BECAUSE MR. ROBLES AND I ARE
10:19:09AM FRIENDS.
10:19:10AM I LIVE IN ONE OF THE HOUSES HE BUILT.
10:19:12AM THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL SIDEWALK.
10:19:14AM I FOUND IT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
10:19:16AM IN FRONT OF A DOMAIN HOME.
10:19:18AM BEAUTIFUL SIDEWALK, BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE.
10:19:20AM NOW, I THINK THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HOW DEVELOPERS CAN
10:19:25AM BE CREATIVE.
10:19:26AM THE PROBLEM MIGHT BE IN THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT.
10:19:29AM THEY DON'T WANT TO DO IT BUT IN AN EXACT CERTAIN WAY.
10:19:32AM MAYBE THAT IS PART OF THE PROBLEM.
10:19:34AM DIDN'T HEAR MUCH OF THAT TODAY.
10:19:36AM BUT I THINK SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED.
10:19:38AM BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THE CITIZENS
10:19:41AM OF TAMPA, IF WE'RE PAYING $32,000 FOR A HUNDRED FEET OF
10:19:47AM SIDEWALK, WHY?
10:19:49AM AND REMEMBER, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SINGLE-FAMILY HOME ON A
10:19:53AM 50-FOOT LOT, THEY ARE NOT PAYING IN FOR THE WHOLE 50 FEET.
10:19:57AM THEY ARE PAYING IN FOR ABOVE AND BEYOND THE DRIVEWAY.
10:19:59AM I THINK THEY ARE 58 FEET WIDE IF I -- 18 FEET WIDE IF I
10:20:03AM REMEMBER CORRECTLY AND THEN 24 WHERE THEY FLAIR OUT AT THE
10:20:06AM STREET.
10:20:07AM TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
10:20:08AM 33 THROUGH 36, I'M REALLY UPSET THAT ONLY 140% AMI.
10:20:13AM I DON'T CONSIDER THAT TO BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
10:20:15AM 140% AMI, REMEMBER, THE LAST TIME I CHECKED, IT'S $80,000
10:20:20AM FOR ONE PERSON.
10:20:21AM THAT MEANS ANYBODY WHO LIVES -- WHO IS ON CITY COUNCIL
10:20:26AM QUALIFIES TO BUY ONE OF THOSE HOMES.
10:20:28AM LAST BUT NOT LEAST, CARROLL ANN ASKED ME TO SHOW THIS, HERE
10:20:33AM ARE FOUR HOUSES THAT PAID INTO THE IN LIEU FUND, NOT BECAUSE
10:20:37AM THEY COULDN'T PUT IT IN, BUT BECAUSE THERE WEREN'T SIDEWALKS
10:20:40AM ON EITHER SIDE.
10:20:40AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SANDY PARDUE, HAYLEY FRANKLIN.
10:20:43AM THE LAST SPEAKER TODAY IS LUCIANO.
10:20:48AM >> SANDY PARDUE.
10:20:49AM I LIVE IN DOWNTOWN TAMPA.
10:20:50AM IT'S AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT.
10:20:51AM I ENJOY A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT THAT ENVIRONMENT.
10:20:54AM I EXPECT IN MY ENVIRONMENT, SINCE IT'S URBAN, TO HAVE PEOPLE
10:20:58AM AROUND ALL THE TIME ON THE SIDEWALKS, FESTIVALS WITH MUSIC
10:21:03AM AND ALL THE OTHER AFFILIATED PIECES AND PARTS THAT THEY
10:21:05AM MIGHT BE USING AT THEIR FESTIVAL.
10:21:07AM SIRENS, BUILDING NOISES, WHEN THE CITY STARTS GOING CRAZY
10:21:12AM WITH BUILDING, WHICH IT APPEARS TO BE RIGHT NOW.
10:21:14AM WE HAVE BUILDING EVERYWHERE, SO THOSE NOISES.
10:21:17AM FOUNTAINS, MUSIC COMING OUT OF CAFES AND BUSINESSES.
10:21:21AM THAT'S WHAT KEEPS THE CITY ALIVE AND THAT'S WHAT WE ENJOY.
10:21:24AM I DON'T APPRECIATE THE RUMBLING AND EAR SPLITTING NOISES
10:21:30AM WHEN CARS COME BY WITH MODIFIED MUFFLERS.
10:21:33AM THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE TO ANYBODY'S ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING
10:21:36AM OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS, NOT JUST DOWNTOWN.
10:21:38AM DIESEL FUEL GENERATORS THAT WHEN YOU STAND AT A TRAFFIC
10:21:41AM LIGHT MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU TO STAND THERE FOR A MINUTE
10:21:44AM BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO GENERATORS IN YOUR EAR, SO YOU CAN'T
10:21:47AM STAND AT YOUR CROSS WALK.
10:21:49AM AND FESTIVAL NOISES.
10:21:54AM THE DECIBEL LEVELS OF SOME OF THE MUSIC VENUES THAT ARE
10:22:00AM MAKING OUR WINDOWS RATTLE DOWNTOWN, THOSE OF US THAT LIVE
10:22:05AM THERE.
10:22:06AM WHAT AM I ASKING OF YOU?
10:22:08AM JUST AS PEOPLE HAVE ASKED IN THE PAST FOR REVIEWS OF OLDER
10:22:11AM ORDINANCES AND OLDER REQUIREMENTS, I THINK THAT IT'S TIME,
10:22:14AM PAST TIME, AND I KNOW YOU DID THIS TWO YEARS AGO BUT A BIG
10:22:18AM FLAPDOODLE ABOUT ALL THE NOISE ORDINANCES AND THE CHANGES
10:22:21AM YOU DID.
10:22:21AM BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU SHOULD STOP LOOKING AT IT.
10:22:24AM I WANT YOU TO RELOOK AT THE ORDINANCES ABOUT NOISE.
10:22:28AM I THINK 79-DECIBEL LIMIT ON NOISES EMITTED FROM FESTIVALS.
10:22:35AM I'M NOT SURE THAT'S BEING ADHERED TO BASED ON WHAT I HEAR
10:22:38AM SOMETIMES.
10:22:39AM I'M PRETTY MUCH THAT THE FOOD TRUCK DECIBEL NOISES I'M
10:22:42AM HEARING AREN'T 79 DECIBELS.
10:22:44AM PROBABLY IN THE HIGHER LEVEL.
10:22:46AM BUT I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO MEASURE THAT.
10:22:47AM WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO DO AS CITY COUNCIL IS RELOOK AT WHAT
10:22:50AM WE HAVE.
10:22:50AM IS IT APPROPRIATE TO WHAT WE HAVE NOW?
10:22:52AM THE DEMOGRAPHICS HAVE CHANGED.
10:22:54AM THERE ARE SO MANY MORE PEOPLE DOWNTOWN THAN THERE WERE 10 OR
10:22:56AM 15 YEARS AGO SO MANY MORE SITUATIONS GOING ON.
10:23:02AM TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON.
10:23:04AM IF WHAT WE HAVE ON THE BOOKS MEETS THE NEEDS OF WHO IS THERE
10:23:08AM NOW.
10:23:08AM I DON'T WANT TO ELIMINATE ANY OF THE EXPERIENCES WE'RE
10:23:10AM HAVING.
10:23:11AM THE FESTIVALS ARE GREAT.
10:23:12AM ALL THAT'S GOING ON DOWNTOWN IS GREAT.
10:23:14AM TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THOSE THINGS ARE BEING MANAGED AND THE
10:23:17AM EXPECTATIONS OF THE CITY AND LET'S SEE IF WE CAN DO A BETTER
10:23:21AM JOB WITH MAKING SOME OF THESE NUISANCE AND UNHEALTHY NOISES
10:23:26AM GET DECREASED A LITTLE BIT.
10:23:27AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:23:28AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
10:23:29AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:23:29AM HAYLEY FRANKLIN FOLLOWED BY LUCIANO SAMEL, AND THEN I'LL
10:23:35AM YIELD TO OUR CLERK.
10:23:37AM SHE'S GOING TO EXPLAIN A COUPLE OF THINGS REGARDING THE
10:23:41AM EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY STUFF AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A QUICK
10:23:43AM FIVE-MINUTE RECESS.
10:23:46AM >> HI.
10:23:46AM HAYLEY FRANKLIN.
10:23:47AM I AM COMING TO YOU GUYS TODAY AS MISS TAMPA, 2025.
10:23:51AM I REALLY WEAR A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT HATS IN TAMPA.
10:23:55AM I WANT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AND SAY HELLO AND REALLY THANK
10:23:57AM YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE AS WELL.
10:23:59AM I WAS THE YOUNGEST ELECTED OFFICIAL IN KENTUCKY WHEN I LIVED
10:24:03AM IN KENTUCKY.
10:24:03AM I MOVED HERE FOR BETTER OPPORTUNITIES.
10:24:06AM BUT I KNOW HOW IT FEELS AND I REALLY DO WANT TO JUST SAY
10:24:10AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE.
10:24:12AM THANK YOU FOR THAT AND JUST ALLOWING ME TO REPRESENT TAMPA.
10:24:17AM I'M VERY EXCITED TO COMPETE FOR MS. FLORIDA FOR AMERICA.
10:24:21AM THAT WILL BE AT THE END OF MAY.
10:24:23AM SO I WILL COMPETE THERE.
10:24:25AM AND IF I WERE TO WIN MS. FLORIDA FOR AMERICA I WOULD GO ON
10:24:29AM TO COMPETE IN LAS VEGAS AT NATIONALS IN AUGUST.
10:24:32AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.
10:24:33AM I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
10:24:35AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
10:24:36AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:24:36AM OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LUCIANO SAMEL.
10:24:41AM HOPE I SAID THAT CORRECTLY.
10:24:43AM COME ON UP, SIR.
10:24:45AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:24:47AM >> LUCIANO.
10:24:48AM I DROVE ALL THE WAY FROM FT. LAUDERDALE HERE.
10:24:50AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK
10:24:53AM PUBLICLY TODAY.
10:24:55AM I'M WITH A NONPROFIT CALLED THE HEART BEAT FOUNDATION.
10:24:59AM WE'VE BEEN IN OPERATIONS FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS.
10:25:02AM WE ALSO DO A COMMUNITY FESTIVAL THAT IS CALLED THE BRAZILIAN
10:25:07AM FESTIVAL.
10:25:08AM BACK IN 2023, WE STARTED TO GET THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS AND
10:25:11AM THOUSANDS OF REQUESTS FROM PEOPLE TO COME TO SOUTH FLORIDA.
10:25:15AM WE DECIDED TO COME TO TAMPA INSTEAD OF ORLANDO BECAUSE TAMPA
10:25:21AM HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH OUR RESIDENT COMMUNITY ABOUT
10:25:26AM ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
10:25:27AM IT'S A GREAT CITY.
10:25:29AM WE LOVE TAMPA.
10:25:30AM AND WE CAME IN 2024.
10:25:36AM IT WAS A GREAT FESTIVAL THANKS TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION
10:25:39AM DEPARTMENT.
10:25:40AM WE WORKED AS A TEAM, AS A FAMILY, IN HARMONY AND THE
10:25:46AM FESTIVAL WAS A HUGE, HUGE SUCCESS.
10:25:50AM VENDORS HAPPY.
10:25:51AM THE COMMUNITY HAPPY.
10:25:52AM WE NEVER MISLED.
10:25:54AM PARKS AND RECREATION AS TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMING.
10:25:57AM HOWEVER, BACK IN 2024 WE HAD TO NAVIGATE THROUGH A LOT OF
10:26:04AM PROBLEMS.
10:26:05AM DEPARTMENT OF -- WE FOUND OUT THAT IN APRIL.
10:26:13AM 10 DAYS BEFORE THE FESTIVAL, THERE WAS A NATURAL DISASTER IN
10:26:16AM BRAZIL, WORST IN HISTORY, THAT DECIMATED A CITY CALLED PORTO
10:26:22AM ALEGRE, THE CITY OF THE BAND MEMBERS COMING TO THE FESTIVAL.
10:26:28AM WE HAD TO -- IT WAS THE FIRST YEAR.
10:26:36AM WE WENT BEYOND.
10:26:38AM WE MOVED MOUNTAINS TO TRANSFER THE PEOPLE TO ANOTHER CITY,
10:26:42AM AIRPORTS CLOSED.
10:26:43AM THE CITY DECIMATED.
10:26:46AM WORSE THAN A HURRICANE BECAUSE IN BRAZIL, THERE'S NO
10:26:49AM INFRASTRUCTURE.
10:26:50AM BUT WE NAVIGATED THROUGH ALL THE PROBLEMS BECAUSE WE LOVE
10:26:53AM THE CITY.
10:26:54AM WE LOVE THIS COMMUNITY.
10:26:57AM AND WE DID WANT TO DELIVER THE EVENT.
10:27:01AM WE WERE NOT EXPECTING THE CUT OF FUNDS COMING FROM THE
10:27:07AM DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE IN FLORIDA.
10:27:09AM WE HAD LOSSES DUE TO THE NATURAL DISASTER IN BRAZIL.
10:27:12AM BUT WE DID DELIVER THE FESTIVAL.
10:27:15AM IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
10:27:16AM THANKS TO THE CITY, THANKS TO PARKS AND RECREATION.
10:27:20AM NOW IN 2025, WE WANTED TO COME BACK.
10:27:24AM WE MUST COME BACK.
10:27:27AM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE.
10:27:29AM ALL THE FUNDS, CUTTING ALL THE FUNDS AND WE WANT TO COME
10:27:32AM BACK.
10:27:33AM HOWEVER, THERE IS A CITY ORDINANCE THAT IS STOPPING US FROM
10:27:37AM DOING THIS FESTIVAL BEFORE THE END OF THE SEMESTER.
10:27:42AM IF WE DON'T DO IT BEFORE THE END OF SEMESTER, WE'LL LOSE
10:27:45AM EVERYTHING.
10:27:46AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:27:47AM >> I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU, PLEASE, PLEASE, HELP US DO IT.
10:27:50AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:27:51AM THANK YOU.
10:27:53AM >> THANK YOU.
10:27:53AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:27:53AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
10:27:54AM BEFORE WE GO TO SULING, I'LL DO THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
10:28:00AM REAL QUICK SO WE CAN GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY.
10:28:02AM A COUPLE OF ITEMS, MEMO RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON
10:28:05AM TO PULL ITEM 31 FOR DISCUSSION.
10:28:09AM >>BILL CARLSON: SINCE I SENT THAT MEMO, THE CITY ATTORNEY
10:28:15AM HAS SENT US A MEMO SAYING THAT WE SHOULD NOT DISCUSS THIS.
10:28:21AM THAT IF WE DO AGAINST HER RECOMMENDATION, WE WOULD BE
10:28:24AM PERSONALLY LIABLE.
10:28:25AM THEREFORE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PULL IT FOR A
10:28:28AM SEPARATE VOTE.
10:28:29AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL PULL 31 NOT FOR DISCUSSION BUT A
10:28:31AM SEPARATE VOTE, ONCE THAT COMES UP UNDER CONSENT AGENDA.
10:28:33AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
10:28:35AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
10:28:37AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:28:38AM AYE.
10:28:39AM JUST AN FYI, WE CAN'T TAKE ANY ACTION UNTIL 1:30, ITEM
10:28:43AM NUMBER 51, THERE IS A REQUEST TO WITHDRAW.
10:28:46AM IT WON'T BE HEARD TODAY.
10:28:47AM IF YOU ARE HERE FOR 51, THIS IS A SEPARATE PUBLIC HEARING,
10:28:51AM THERE IS A REQUEST TO WITHDRAW.
10:28:52AM BUT WE CAN'T TAKE ACTION UNTIL THEN.
10:28:54AM I'LL GO THROUGH STAFF REPORTS ONE BY ONE.
10:28:57AM FOR THE ADMINISTRATION UPDATE, DENNIS ROGERO, OUR CFO WILL
10:29:01AM PRESENT ON AN AUDIT THAT WE JUST RECEIVED, SO THAT WILL BE
10:29:05AM COMING UP WITH THAT.
10:29:06AM 53 AND 54 GO TOGETHER BECAUSE OF THE ITEMS.
10:29:11AM THERE IS A MEMO FROM BRAD BAIRD.
10:29:13AM MR. BAIRD IS HERE.
10:29:14AM DOES ANYBODY NEED HIM PRESENT FOR FURTHER QUESTIONS?
10:29:23AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: DOES THAT MEAN YOU'LL MOVE THAT AT THE END
10:29:26AM OF THE CONSENT DOCKET?
10:29:27AM I WANT THE PUBLIC TO BE CLEAR.
10:29:29AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
10:29:31AM NO ON 53, 54.
10:29:33AM ITEM 55 HAS A PowerPoint PRESENTATION.
10:29:36AM SO THAT WILL BE AN IN-PERSON.
10:29:38AM ITEM 56 IS AN IN-PERSON.
10:29:41AM YES, MA'AM.
10:29:43AM >>LYNN HURTAK: MR. CAMPBELL DID A WRITTEN REPORT AND THEN I
10:29:47AM HAD SOME FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS FOR HIM.
10:29:49AM BUT I AM FINE WITH THE REPORT BECAUSE MAINLY THEY DON'T
10:29:56AM REALLY HAVE ANYTHING RIGHT NOW.
10:29:57AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:29:58AM IS THAT GOOD WITH COUNCIL?
10:29:59AM WE WILL NOT HAVE MR. CAMPBELL PRESENT, BUT HE DID TRANSMIT A
10:30:04AM WRITTEN REPORT WITH THAT MATERIAL.
10:30:05AM SO WE HAVE THAT.
10:30:06AM ITEM NUMBER 57, THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE FROM
10:30:09AM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:30:10AM >>LUIS VIERA: I WANTED TO EXPLAIN THAT.
10:30:12AM WE PASSED AN APPRENTICESHIP ORDINANCE MAYBE FOUR YEARS AGO,
10:30:16AM WHICH WAS UNFORTUNATELY PREEMPTED BY TALLAHASSEE.
10:30:19AM AND I WAS WORKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ON A REPLACEMENT
10:30:23AM AND WE'RE WORKING ON SOMETHING ELSE THAT WITHOUT GETTING --
10:30:27AM IF IT GOES FORWARD, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
10:30:30AM I THINK IT WILL BE WONDERFUL.
10:30:31AM THAT'S WHY WE NEED MORE TIME FOR THIS.
10:30:33AM BUT IT WILL BE GOOD.
10:30:35AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU WANT TO MOVE TO CONTINUE TO AUGUST?
10:30:37AM MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:30:38AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
10:30:40AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:30:41AM AYE.
10:30:41AM ITEM NUMBER 58, THERE IS A MEMO FROM THE ADMINISTRATION AND
10:30:46AM I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER TO ADD.
10:30:49AM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
10:30:50AM >>BILL CARLSON: THIS WAS MY MOTION.
10:30:55AM THE MEMO THEY SENT CAME ONLY IN THE LAST FEW DAYS WHICH
10:30:59AM DIDN'T GIVE ME ENOUGH TIME TO FOLLOW UP WITH THEM.
10:31:01AM I'D ASK THAT YOU ALL HELP ME CONTINUE THIS UNTIL JUNE 26 TO
10:31:05AM GIVE TIME FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION.
10:31:07AM JUNE 26.
10:31:09AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JUNE 26 UNDER STAFF REPORTS.
10:31:11AM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON TO CONTINUE 58
10:31:15AM TO JUNE 26 UNDER STAFF REPORTS.
10:31:17AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
10:31:18AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:31:19AM AYE.
10:31:19AM ANY OPPOSED?
10:31:20AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:31:21AM ITEM 59, WE HAVE A REQUEST FROM DAVE INGRAM, A MEMO RECEIVED
10:31:26AM ASKING THAT THIS BE CONTINUED TO JUNE 5.
10:31:29AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
10:31:31AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
10:31:33AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:31:33AM AYE.
10:31:34AM ITEM NUMBER 60, THAT WAS MY MOTION.
10:31:38AM I CAN JUST BRIEFLY TOUCH UPON THAT.
10:31:43AM MA'AM.
10:31:43AM I'LL DISCUSS ITEM 60 REGARDING THAT.
10:31:47AM THAT IS A YES.
10:31:51AM WE HAVE WRITTEN STAFF REPORTS.
10:31:53AM 61 THROUGH 64 TO BE RECEIVED AND FILED.
10:31:56AM CAN I GET A MOTION?
10:31:57AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
10:31:59AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
10:32:00AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:32:00AM CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AND THE ADDENDUM.
10:32:04AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: BEFORE YOU DO THAT, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:32:09AM MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
10:32:10AM I'LL DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO NUMBER 27 ON YOUR CONSENT
10:32:14AM DOCKET.
10:32:15AM THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT IT.
10:32:17AM PER YOUR RULES ON THE CONSENT DOCKET, THAT IS FOR APPROVAL
10:32:22AM WITHOUT DISCUSSION UNLESS YOU PULL IT FOR STAFF REPORTS SO
10:32:26AM THAT COUNCIL SHOULD KNOW THAT IS RIGHT NOW REMAINING ON THE
10:32:29AM CONSENT DOCKET BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN NO MOTION TO REMOVE IT
10:32:32AM FROM THE CONSENT DOCKET.
10:32:33AM BASICALLY WHEN THAT ITEM COMES UP, IT WILL BE PART OF THE
10:32:36AM GROUP AND MOVED TOGETHER WITH THE COMMITTEE REPORTS.
10:32:39AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS THAT GOOD WITH COUNCIL?
10:32:40AM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
10:32:43AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: LET'S GO AHEAD AND REMOVE THAT FROM THE
10:32:46AM CONSENT AND HAVE A DISCUSSION.
10:32:47AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU WANT TO PULL 27 FOR DISCUSSION.
10:32:50AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
10:32:51AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
10:32:52AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:32:53AM ANY OPPOSED?
10:32:56AM >>LYNN HURTAK: NO.
10:32:58AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT IS A 5-2.
10:33:00AM HENDERSON AND HURTAK NO.
10:33:02AM GO AHEAD, MA'AM.
10:33:04AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH HURTAK AND HENDERSON VOTING
10:33:07AM NO.
10:33:09AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT WILL BE PLACED BEFORE OR AFTER THE
10:33:11AM ADMINISTRATION UPDATE?
10:33:14AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S DO IT AFTER ADMINISTRATION UPDATE.
10:33:16AM MR. ROGERO WILL PRESENT SOME AUDIT STUFF.
10:33:19AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:33:22AM >>LUIS VIERA: I WANT TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE.
10:33:24AM I INTEND WITH THE INFORMATION I HAVE SUPPORTING THIS.
10:33:27AM I THINK A DISCUSSION IS FINE.
10:33:28AM I'M FINE WITH THAT.
10:33:29AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: FAIR ENOUGH.
10:33:36AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SAME HERE.
10:33:37AM SO MANY E-MAILS.
10:33:38AM SO MUCH ENERGY AROUND THIS ISSUE, I THINK IT WAS WORTHY OF A
10:33:41AM DISCUSSION.
10:33:41AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
10:33:42AM WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AND THE ADDENDUM?
10:33:44AM DO WE?
10:33:45AM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
10:33:47AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
10:33:48AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:33:49AM AYE.
10:33:50AM ALL RIGHT, MS. SULING HARRIS, GO AHEAD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
10:33:58AM TAKE IT AWAY.
10:33:59AM >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
10:34:00AM I'M REQUESTING A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS.
10:34:02AM OUR OFFICE INADVERTENTLY PROVIDED YOU WITH THE WRONG
10:34:07AM APPLICATION FOR MR. KEITH WARE.
10:34:12AM WE HAVE PASSED OUT THE CORRECT ONE.
10:34:14AM I WANT TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT AND COME
10:34:16AM BACK AND FAIRLY MAKE YOUR RULING.
10:34:19AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MS. LUCAS, CAN YOU TELL THEM WHICH ONE IN
10:34:24AM THE PACKET IT REPLACES?
10:34:25AM >> YES, KEITH WARE.
10:34:27AM IT WAS IN FRONT OF YOU, AND REPLACES KEITH WHITE THAT WAS IN
10:34:31AM YOUR APPLICATION PACKET.
10:34:32AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: YOU ARE GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE
10:34:34AM ABLE TO REVIEW THAT WITH THE RECESS?
10:34:37AM >> THAT IS CORRECT.
10:34:37AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:34:38AM WE'LL TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS AND GO RIGHT INTO THE EQUAL
10:34:41AM BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY PRESENTATION.
10:34:43AM I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE.
10:34:46AM WE'LL TAKE IT FROM THERE.
10:34:47AM IN RECESS FOR FIVE MINUTES.
10:34:48AM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
10:34:49AM [RECESS]
10:47:56AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IF I COULD HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
10:47:57AM >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
10:47:58AM >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE.
10:47:59AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE.
10:48:01AM >> HENDERSON?
10:48:01AM VIERA?
10:48:02AM >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
10:48:02AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
10:48:03AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
10:48:04AM >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
10:48:05AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:48:06AM I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME UP MS. SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES TO GO
10:48:10AM OVER THE RULES AND GUIDELINES AND CONDUCT THIS PROCESS.
10:48:14AM GO AHEAD, MA'AM.
10:48:14AM GOOD MORNING.
10:48:15AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: GOOD MORNING.
10:48:18AM SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES, CITY CLERK.
10:48:20AM I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE APPLICANTS FOR THE EBOAC, EQUAL
10:48:27AM BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
10:48:28AM THE CANDIDATES WILL BE EITHER PRESENT OR REMOTELY.
10:48:34AM THE CANDIDATES PRESENT WILL BE HEARD FIRST.
10:48:39AM THEY WILL MAKE A THREE-MINUTE PRESENTATION FOR THE POSITION.
10:48:50AM THE POSITIONS INCLUDE AFRICAN AMERICAN CITIZEN, HISPANIC
10:48:59AM AFRICAN AMERICAN CITIZEN, CAUCASIAN FEMALE CITIZEN,
10:49:03AM CAUCASIAN MALE CITIZEN, ETHNIC MINORITY CITIZEN AND CITIZEN
10:49:11AM AT-LARGE REPRESENTING THE WMBE COMMUNITY.
10:49:17AM THE RESULTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED TODAY.
10:49:21AM YOU WILL EACH HAVE AN APPLICATION TO VOTE.
10:49:25AM AGAIN, THIS IS A THREE-MINUTE PRESENTATION BY AT THE MAX, BY
10:49:30AM THE CANDIDATES.
10:49:31AM ARE WE READY?
10:49:34AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:49:34AM JUST SO THE AUDIENCE KNOWS, I APPLIED TO BE ON THIS BOARD
10:49:39AM PROBABLY 12, 13 YEARS AGO.
10:49:40AM ONLY TWO PEOPLE THAT APPLIED FOR IT AND I DID NOT GET IT.
10:49:44AM [ LAUGHTER ]
10:49:45AM DON'T FEEL BAD, BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET IT EITHER.
10:49:50AM ANYWAYS, GO AHEAD, MA'AM.
10:49:54AM IF YOU WANT TO CALL UP THE FIRST PERSON.
10:49:56AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: IN PERSON.
10:49:57AM MR. ALLAN NU EZ.
10:50:03AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. NU EZ, GO AHEAD.
10:50:05AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:50:06AM YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
10:50:07AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEN AND WOMEN.
10:50:08AM MY NAME IS ALLAN NU EZ.
10:50:12AM I PROUDLY CALL TAMPA HOME SINCE 2005.
10:50:17AM CLASS OF ARCHITECTURE.
10:50:21AM 2021, I FOUNDED MY OWN DESIGN-BUILD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
10:50:25AM ALONGSIDE WITH MY FATHER.
10:50:26AM IT'S A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY HERE IN TAMPA.
10:50:29AM A VENTURE THAT REFLECTS BOTH MY PASSION FOR THIS COMMUNITY
10:50:33AM AND MY COMMITMENT TO CREATE INCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN
10:50:37AM THE LOCAL ECONOMY.
10:50:38AM AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, I'VE PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED THE
10:50:42AM CHALLENGES OF ACCESSING CITY CONTRACTS, NAVIGATING
10:50:44AM PROCUREMENT SYSTEMS AND ESTABLISHING CREDIBILITY IN A
10:50:48AM COMPETITIVE FIELD.
10:50:49AM I'VE WORKED DIRECTLY WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS AND PRIVATE
10:50:51AM PARTNERS ALIKE.
10:50:52AM THESE EXPERIENCES HAVE GIVEN ME A WELL-ROUNDED UNDERSTANDING
10:50:55AM OF HOW PUBLIC POLICY CAN EITHER SUPPORT OR UNINTENTIONALLY
10:50:58AM HINDER SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH, ESPECIALLY FROM THOSE OF
10:51:02AM UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES.
10:51:03AM I BELIEVE MY LIVED EXPERIENCE COMBINED WITH PROFESSIONAL
10:51:06AM INSIGHT PUTS ME IN THE UNIQUE POSITION TO CONTRIBUTE
10:51:09AM MEANINGFULLY TO THE EBOAC.
10:51:12AM MY GOAL IS TO HELP ADVOCATE EQUITABLE POLICIES, IDENTIFY
10:51:16AM OPPORTUNITIES FOR GREATER INCLUSION AND BE A VOICE FOR MANY
10:51:19AM BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ARE STILL TRYING TO FIND THEIR PLACE IN
10:51:22AM THE TAMPA ECONOMY.
10:51:23AM I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT THE CITY'S GROWTH AND BELIEVE IT MUST
10:51:26AM BE INCLUSIVE AT EVERY LEVEL.
10:51:28AM SERVING ON THIS COUNCIL WOULD BE BOTH A PRIVILEGE AND A
10:51:31AM RESPONSIBILITY AND ONE THAT I'M READY TO TAKE ON.
10:51:32AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
10:51:33AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
10:51:34AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:51:34AM IS ANNIE MILES THE NEXT SPEAKER, MA'AM?
10:51:40AM OKAY.
10:51:41AM YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT LIST.
10:51:43AM WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT LISTS.
10:51:44AM GO AHEAD, MA'AM.
10:51:45AM YOU ANNOUNCE IT.
10:51:46AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THE NEXT APPLICANT IS DESCARTE
10:51:47AM VALNOR.
10:51:54AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOOD MORNING, SIR.
10:51:55AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:51:55AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:51:56AM MY NAME IS DESCARTE VALNOR.
10:52:02AM I'VE BEEN A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA
10:52:03AM NEARLY A DECADE, PRIMARILY IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.
10:52:06AM I STARTED THE BUSINESS WHEN I WAS 20.
10:52:08AM NOW I'M 28 YEARS OLD.
10:52:09AM ALONG THE WAY I SUPPORTED LOCAL NONPROFITS IN THE COMMUNITY
10:52:11AM THROUGH MY COMPANY.
10:52:13AM GIVING BACK HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF MY MISSION STATEMENT.
10:52:16AM I BELIEVE I WOULD BE A STRONG CANDIDATE FOR THIS COUNCIL
10:52:19AM BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THE REAL CHALLENGES SMALL AND MINORITY
10:52:22AM OWNED BUSINESSES FACE IN THE COMMUNITY.
10:52:24AM I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT GUIDING ENTREPRENEURS, ESPECIALLY IN MY
10:52:28AM AGE BRACKET, THOSE LOOKING TO NAVIGATE THE CITY OF TAMPA'S
10:52:31AM PROCESS AND GETTING ACCESS TO MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES TO
10:52:35AM CREATE AN IMPACT FOR THEMSELVES, FAMILY AND, OF COURSE, THE
10:52:38AM COMMUNITY.
10:52:38AM I BELIEVE I WOULD BE A VOICE, A BEACON OF LIGHT HELPING
10:52:42AM OTHERS SUCCEED AND ALSO BEING TRANSPARENT IN THAT THROUGH MY
10:52:48AM LIVED EXPERIENCES.
10:52:54AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: [INAUDIBLE]
10:52:55AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: TURN ON YOUR MICROPHONE.
10:52:56AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ANY REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU HAVE TO LIVE IN
10:52:59AM OR WHOLE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY?
10:53:01AM ALL RIGHT.
10:53:01AM THANK YOU.
10:53:05AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THE NEXT CANDIDATE -- I APOLOGIZE IF
10:53:08AM I DON'T PRONOUNCE IT RIGHT -- ENIADE OYOLOLA.
10:53:23AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOOD MORNING, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:53:24AM >> MY NAME IS ENIADE OYOLOLA.
10:53:28AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT.
10:53:30AM >> YES.
10:53:32AM I HAVE A DEGREE IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY AND I HAVE A
10:53:41AM DEGREE IN LAW.
10:53:42AM I DID PRACTICE LAW FOR A WHILE.
10:53:44AM I CAME TO THE U.S. IN 2007.
10:53:49AM SET UP MY OWN BUSINESS IN 2017, WHICH I'VE BEEN DOING EVER
10:53:55AM SINCE, KEEP MY BUSINESS GOING, I HAD TO WALK ALONGSIDE, TAKE
10:54:02AM UP SOME JOBS AND MANAGE MY BUSINESS AT THE SAME TIME.
10:54:06AM SO I HAVE BEEN IN THE FIELD.
10:54:10AM I MANAGE PEOPLE.
10:54:11AM I USED TO RUN A COMPANY, A SHIPPING COMPANY WHICH CALL
10:54:19AM PEOPLE THAT LOAD AND UNLOAD VESSELS.
10:54:22AM I'VE MANAGED PEOPLE.
10:54:24AM I'VE SEEN THE DIFFICULTIES YOUNG PEOPLE AND BUSINESS OWNERS
10:54:28AM HAVE BEEN GETTING THINGS DONE AND GETTING APPROVALS.
10:54:32AM EVEN AS SIMPLE AS ASKING FOR LOANS OR SUPPORT.
10:54:36AM SO I KNOW WHERE THEY ARE COMING FROM.
10:54:38AM I CAN BE THEIR VOICE.
10:54:41AM REPRESENT WHAT THEY ARE THINKING, WHAT THEY WANT, WHAT THEY
10:54:50AM EXPECT AND THE KIND OF SUPPORT THEY WOULD EXPECT FROM YOU.
10:54:54AM MY TRAINING, EVERYTHING, HAS PREPARED ME FOR THIS.
10:54:58AM I ACTUALLY STARTED A SECURITY COMPANY.
10:55:03AM I KNOW WHERE COMING FROM AND I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE WITH
10:55:12AM SIMILAR SITUATIONS WHO WANT TO MOVE FORWARD.
10:55:14AM I BELIEVE I CAN CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING IN THAT DIRECTION.
10:55:18AM THANK YOU.
10:55:18AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:55:19AM YES, MA'AM.
10:55:21AM THE NEXT PERSON.
10:55:24AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: COUNCIL, YOU KNOW YOU MAY ASK
10:55:27AM QUESTIONS AFTER THEY PRESENT, IF YOU'D LIKE.
10:55:29AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:55:32AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THE NEXT PERSON IS FRANK PYRTLE.
10:55:37AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:55:38AM GOOD MORNING, SIR.
10:55:40AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:55:41AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:55:41AM I'M DR. FRANK PYRTLE THE III.
10:55:45AM I WANT TO SERVE ON THE EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY ADVISORY
10:55:48AM COUNCIL AS I'M AN ADVOCATE FOR THE FAIRNESS AND CREATION OF
10:55:52AM OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL BUSINESSES TO SUCCEED.
10:55:54AM I'VE LIVED IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES.
10:55:59AM IN 2004, I CAME HERE TO TAKE A FACULTY POSITION IN THE
10:56:03AM DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
10:56:05AM SOUTH FLORIDA.
10:56:07AM WHILE I WAS AT USF, I DIRECTED RESEARCH AND TAUGHT
10:56:11AM UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE COURSES IN THE AREAS OF HEAT
10:56:14AM TRANSFER, FLUID MECHANICS, THERMODYNAMICS, AND MATHEMATICS.
10:56:17AM I SERVED THE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AS AN ADVISOR TO MULTIPLE
10:56:21AM STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE FOCUSED ON THEIR
10:56:24AM PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
10:56:25AM I ALSO SERVED AS LEADER OF FACULTY AND STAFF-CENTERED
10:56:29AM ORGANIZATIONS ADVOCATING FOR MEMBERS TO UNIVERSITY
10:56:32AM ADMINISTRATION.
10:56:32AM MOST OF MY COMMUNITY SERVICE IS RENDERED AS A MEMBER OF LOVE
10:56:37AM FIRST CHRISTIAN CENTER IN RIVERVIEW AND AS A MEMBER OF THE
10:56:40AM GAMMA ZETA LAMBDA CHAPTER ALPHA FRATERNITY INCORPORATED HERE
10:56:46AM IN TAMPA.
10:56:46AM DURING MY TENURE AT USF, I BECAME A FLORIDA LICENSED
10:56:50AM PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER AND STARTED AN ENGINEERING DESIGN AND
10:56:54AM CONSULTING FIRM.
10:56:55AM AND IN 2024 AFTER 20 YEARS OF SERVICE AT USF, I LEFT THERE
10:57:00AM TO PURSUE FULL-TIME WORKING FOR MY ENGINEERING FIRM, WHICH
10:57:06AM IS CERTIFIED IN THE CITY OF TAMPA AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AS
10:57:09AM A SMALL LOCAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE AND A MINORITY BUSINESS
10:57:13AM ENTERPRISE.
10:57:13AM I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, AND I'M A PROUD
10:57:18AM PRODUCT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM.
10:57:20AM I EARNED A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE AND MASTERS OF SCIENCE IN
10:57:24AM MECHANICAL ENGINEERING FROM TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY IN COLLEGE
10:57:28AM STATION, TEXAS.
10:57:29AM I EARNED A Ph.D. IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING FROM THE
10:57:32AM GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, ALSO
10:57:35AM KNOWN AS GEORGIA TECH.
10:57:37AM I WANT TO SERVE ON THE ADVISORY COUNCIL BECAUSE I BELIEVE
10:57:41AM THAT OUR COMMUNITY BENEFITS FROM A THRIVING ECONOMY THAT
10:57:45AM INCLUDES BUSINESSES OF ALL SIZES AND TYPES.
10:57:48AM I'M PERSONALLY COMMITTED TO ADVOCATING FOR ENTREPRENEURS TO
10:57:52AM HAVE A FAIR CHANCE TO SUCCEED.
10:57:54AM I HOPE TO CONTRIBUTE MY PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS AND LEVERAGE
10:57:59AM OTHER RELATIONSHIPS TO HELP DEVELOP EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR
10:58:03AM PROMOTING PARTICIPATION BY SMALL BUSINESSES.
10:58:07AM I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING FROM OTHER MEMBERS AND
10:58:10AM CONTRIBUTING TO MEANINGFUL POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS.
10:58:13AM I'M PREPARED TO DEDICATE THE TIME AND ENERGY REQUIRED TO BE
10:58:17AM AN ACTIVE AND PRODUCTIVE MEMBER.
10:58:20AM THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO POTENTIALLY SERVE ON
10:58:23AM THE EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL.
10:58:26AM THANK YOU.
10:58:27AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:58:28AM ALL RIGHT.
10:58:31AM SO FAR VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE CANDIDATES.
10:58:33AM NEXT ONE.
10:58:40AM >> [INAUDIBLE]
10:58:41AM [ LAUGHTER ]
10:58:41AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ME NOT SO MUCH.
10:58:43AM YES, MA'AM.
10:58:43AM THE NEXT PERSON.
10:58:44AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THE NEXT APPLICANT IS GREGORY
10:58:47AM HALSTEAD.
10:58:49AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:58:50AM MR. HALSTEAD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:58:54AM GO AHEAD, SIR.
10:58:55AM >> GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
10:58:56AM ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, MY NAME IS GREGORY
10:59:00AM HALSTEAD.
10:59:00AM I LIVE IN NEW TAMPA.
10:59:02AM I AM ONE OF THE CDB BOARD MEMBERS.
10:59:08AM I AM THE VICE-CHAIR OF THE K-BAR RANCH CDD.
10:59:12AM PRIOR TO MOVING HERE, I'M ACTUALLY A RETIRED POLICE OFFICER
10:59:16AM IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
10:59:17AM I MOVED HERE FOUR YEARS AGO.
10:59:19AM BEFORE RETIRING, I ATTAINED THE RANK OF DEPUTY CHIEF.
10:59:23AM I HOLD A BACHELORS IN SCIENCE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION --
10:59:27AM MANAGEMENT, SORRY.
10:59:28AM AS BEING A DEPUTY CHIEF, I AM FAMILIAR WITH BUDGETING,
10:59:34AM RESOURCE, AND PERSONNEL ALLOCATION.
10:59:38AM I AM ALSO FIRST IN CONDUCTING AND SUPERVISING COMPLEX
10:59:43AM INVESTIGATIONS.
10:59:44AM MY WIFE AND I OWN A SMALL BUSINESS, A VENDING COMPANY, AND I
10:59:48AM JUST WANT TO JOIN SO I CAN ADVOCATE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES IN
10:59:55AM OUR COMMUNITY.
10:59:55AM THANK YOU.
10:59:55AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:59:56AM NEXT CANDIDATE.
11:00:00AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THE NEXT CANDIDATE IS KEITH WARE.
11:00:07AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. WARE, COME ON UP.
11:00:09AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
11:00:10AM GOOD MORNING.
11:00:11AM >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
11:00:13AM MY NAME IS KEITH WARE.
11:00:15AM I AM THE CEO OF TWO DIFFERENT COMPANIES, SECURE TO WARE AND
11:00:19AM S 2 W SECURITY.
11:00:22AM AS A FLORIDA NATIVE AND RESIDENT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR
11:00:24AM NEARLY 30 YEARS, I'M GRATEFUL THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS SAW
11:00:28AM THE IMPORTANCE OF FORMING AND ACTIVELY SUPPORTING THE EQUAL
11:00:32AM BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL.
11:00:34AM I'M A NAVY VETERAN, PROUD HUSBAND AND FATHER OF FOUR
11:00:38AM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES.
11:00:41AM SINCE 2005, I'VE BEEN A BUSINESS OWNER SERVING RESIDENTIAL,
11:00:45AM COMMERCIAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT CLIENTS AS WELL AS A
11:00:49AM HANDFUL OF FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES.
11:00:52AM OVER THE YEARS I BUILT TWO SECURITY BUSINESSES, LAUNCHED A
11:00:58AM SECURITY LICENSE SCHOOL FOR SECURITY GUARDS, CREATED TWO
11:01:04AM SANCTIONED CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS AND ALSO EARNED MY
11:01:08AM ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS CERTIFICATION LICENSE FOR LOW
11:01:12AM VOLTAGE.
11:01:12AM I'VE ALSO HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING AS A PRIME AND
11:01:17AM SUBCONTRACTOR.
11:01:18AM AS SOMEONE DEEPLY COMMITTED TO THE COMMUNITY, I OFTEN SPEAK
11:01:21AM AT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLS A COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR
11:01:23AM ABOUT CAREER OPPORTUNITIES.
11:01:26AM I MENTOR INDIVIDUALS OF ALL AGES.
11:01:28AM I'M ALSO WORKING ON A LOW VOLTAGE TRADE ACADEMY NOW BECAUSE
11:01:33AM I BELIEVE THAT COMPLIANCE IS IMPORTANT, BUT ALSO EQUIPPING
11:01:36AM PEOPLE WITH THE TOOLS TO BE SUCCESSFUL IS VITAL.
11:01:40AM IF SELECTED TO THE BOARD, I'LL BE A STRONG PRACTICAL VOICE
11:01:44AM FOR OTHER MINORITY CONTRACTORS AS I UNDERSTAND THE
11:01:47AM IMPORTANCE OF REAL-WORLD CHALLENGES THAT WE ALL FACE.
11:01:50AM TRYING TO OBTAIN CONTRACTS.
11:01:54AM I WILL BRING EXPERIENCE AND FAIRNESS AND A DEEP SENSE OF
11:01:58AM PURPOSE TO THIS ROLE.
11:01:59AM THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
11:02:01AM I'M HONORED TO BE CONSIDERED.
11:02:03AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
11:02:04AM YES, MA'AM.
11:02:06AM NEXT CANDIDATE.
11:02:10AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THE NEXT CANDIDATE IS KERRICK
11:02:11AM WILLIAMS.
11:02:16AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOOD MORNING, SIR.
11:02:18AM >> MY NAME IS KERRICK WILLIAMS.
11:02:21AM GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
11:02:22AM THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU.
11:02:25AM I VOLUNTEERED AND SUBMITTED MY APPLICATION FOR THIS BECAUSE
11:02:28AM I REALLY FEEL I CAN HELP.
11:02:30AM I'M CURRENTLY SERVING ON THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SMALL
11:02:32AM BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL.
11:02:33AM MY WIFE AND I HAVE A BUSINESS THAT'S BEEN IN BUSINESS HERE
11:02:37AM IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY A LITTLE OVER 30 YEARS.
11:02:39AM WE HAVE MADE IT A POINT TO TRY TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES
11:02:45AM EVERYWHERE WE POSSIBLY CAN.
11:02:46AM WE ARE CERTIFIED MBE, WMBE, ALL THE BEs, ALL OF THEM, WITH
11:02:53AM THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.
11:02:54AM WE REALLY LIKE WHAT WE HAVE DONE.
11:02:58AM PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR GIVING OUT -- NOT GIVING OUT, BUT
11:03:01AM HELPING LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES HERE RECEIVE OVER $200,000 IN
11:03:05AM GRANTS THAT WE KNOW ABOUT AND CAN HELP THEM WITH.
11:03:08AM WE JUST LOOK FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING.
11:03:10AM WE'VE DONE THIS A LONG TIME.
11:03:12AM WE ENJOY WHAT WE DO.
11:03:14AM I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
11:03:15AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
11:03:18AM NEXT CANDIDATE.
11:03:25AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THE NEXT CANDIDATE IS LANEESHA
11:03:26AM CASTREJON.
11:03:32AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
11:03:33AM GOOD MORNING, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
11:03:34AM >> GOOD MORNING.
11:03:35AM MY NAME IS LANEESHA.
11:03:38AM FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE INVOLVED.
11:03:40AM MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE A SMALL BUSINESS, SO I AM A MINORITY
11:03:43AM IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
11:03:44AM I'M A HISPANIC WOMAN OWNED BUSINESS IN THE CONSTRUCTION
11:03:47AM INDUSTRY.
11:03:48AM WE COME FROM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS.
11:03:49AM WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT.
11:03:51AM WE LIKE TO HIRE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WITH THE TECHNICAL
11:03:54AM SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
11:03:56AM AND WE ARE GROWING.
11:03:58AM WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS EIGHT YEARS.
11:04:01AM I JUST KNOW -- YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW.
11:04:04AM SO I'M HERE TO HOPEFULLY GET INVOLVED AND HELP THAT.
11:04:08AM ONE OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF BEING ON THE COMMITTEE IS
11:04:11AM COMMUNICATION.
11:04:11AM I HOPE I CAN BRING THAT COMMUNICATION TO OTHER SMALL
11:04:14AM BUSINESSES AND TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE
11:04:17AM COMMUNITY AS FAR AS MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES AND WHAT'S
11:04:19AM GOING ON IN TAMPA.
11:04:22AM THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
11:04:23AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
11:04:24AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:04:24AM NEXT CANDIDATE.
11:04:30AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THE NEXT CANDIDATE IS LAWRENCE
11:04:33AM PASETTI.
11:04:35AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
11:04:36AM MR. PASETTI, COME ON UP, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
11:04:40AM >> GOOD MORNING.
11:04:42AM MY NAME IS LAWRENCE PASETTI.
11:04:46AM GO BY LARRY.
11:04:47AM I KNOW A COUPLE OF YOU FROM CHILDHOOD.
11:04:50AM HOPE YOU DON'T HOLD THAT AGAINST ME.
11:04:51AM REST OF YOU, I AM A THIRD GENERATION AMERICAN.
11:04:54AM THIRD GENERATION TRADESMAN.
11:04:59AM MY GREAT-GRANDPARENTS CAME OVER BEFORE WEST TAMPA WAS
11:05:02AM ANNEXED INTO THE CITY.
11:05:05AM THEY, OF COURSE, WERE ALL MINORITIES FROM SPAIN AND ONE FROM
11:05:08AM ITALY.
11:05:08AM MY GRANDPARENTS, MY GREAT-GRANDPARENTS.
11:05:11AM MY GRANDPARENTS WORKED IN CIGAR FACTORIES, BANKING, BUT THEY
11:05:15AM WORKED THEMSELVES FROM THE FLOOR UP AND THEN MY PARENTS,
11:05:20AM ESPECIALLY MY FATHER, WAS A MINORITY ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR.
11:05:24AM IT WAS PROGRAMS LIKE THIS THAT HELPED ELECTRIC MACHINERY
11:05:29AM ESTABLISH THEIR POSITION IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEY CONTINUE
11:05:31AM TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
11:05:33AM I WOULD SAY THAT MY FATHER WAS A LEADER IN HIS INDUSTRY.
11:05:36AM MY GENERATION IS SPOILED.
11:05:38AM THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.
11:05:40AM I AM ALSO AN ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR.
11:05:43AM I AM CERTIFIED AS A MINORITY CONTRACTOR.
11:05:50AM I'M NOT REALLY VERY GOOD AT PUBLIC SPEAKING, HOWEVER I DO
11:05:54AM WANT TO SAY I'M NOT ASKING TO SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE FOR THE
11:05:57AM SAKE OF SERVING ON THAT COMMITTEE.
11:05:58AM I'M ASKING TO BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO MY COMMUNITY AND PAY
11:06:03AM FORWARD WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS DONE FOR MY FAMILY.
11:06:07AM I THINK THROUGH EDUCATION AND SUPPORT TO MINORITY
11:06:11AM BUSINESSES, SMALL BUSINESSES, THROUGH THE EXPOSURE THAT THIS
11:06:16AM BOARD AND THIS COMMITTEE MIGHT BE ABLE TO BRING FOR THEM TO
11:06:20AM GENERAL CONTRACTORS, AND THE OPPORTUNITIES AND NOT JUST SHOW
11:06:24AM THEM THE OPPORTUNITIES BUT HOPEFULLY TO SECURE THE
11:06:26AM OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO OBTAIN CONTRACTS, WHETHER IT IS
11:06:31AM A GOVERNMENTAL CONTRACT OR THROUGH PRIVATE INDUSTRY.
11:06:34AM BECAUSE MINORITY CONTRACTORS DO, WHETHER THEY ARE WHITE,
11:06:38AM BLACK, HISPANIC, SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE THE SAME STRUGGLE
11:06:42AM WITH OVERHEAD AND COMPETING IN TODAY'S MARKET BECAUSE OF THE
11:06:45AM OVERHEAD.
11:06:46AM INSURANCES, HEALTH COSTS.
11:06:50AM SO THESE PROGRAMS ARE VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING SMALL
11:06:53AM BUSINESSES ACHIEVE WORK IN THE COMMUNITY.
11:06:57AM I'M HOPING TO BE ABLE TO BE THAT CONDUIT TO ASSIST THE ONES
11:07:00AM THAT NEED THAT ASSISTANCE AND BE A VOICE FOR THEM.
11:07:03AM NOT JUST BE A VOICE, HELP THEM TO PROCURE WORK.
11:07:07AM A LOT OF MINORITY CONTRACTORS CAN DO THE WORK, THEY ARE JUST
11:07:11AM SIMPLY NOT GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY OR BY VOICE GIVEN THE
11:07:14AM OPPORTUNITY, HOWEVER THROUGH PREQUALIFICATION PROCESS, THEY
11:07:18AM ARE ELIMINATED TO DO CLEANING.
11:07:20AM BUT I DO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND APPRECIATE IT.
11:07:25AM THANK YOU.
11:07:25AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
11:07:26AM NEXT CANDIDATE.
11:07:31AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THE NEXT CANDIDATE IS SAFFI MILDTON.
11:07:37AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
11:07:38AM COME ON UP, SIR.
11:07:40AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
11:07:40AM >> THANK YOU.
11:07:40AM MY NAME IS SAFFI MILDTON, AND I AM THE CEO AND OWNER OF
11:07:45AM FLORIDA WHOLESALE TOOLS DOWN ON KENNEDY HERE.
11:07:47AM REALLY STARTED THE JOURNEY IN 2003 WHEN I CAME TO TAMPA BAY
11:07:54AM FROM OVERSEAS AND SPENT A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME WORKING IN THE
11:08:00AM FOOD AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRY AND THEN SPENT 13 YEARS WITH HCA
11:08:05AM THROUGHOUT THE BAY AT DIFFERENT FACILITIES, SERVING THE
11:08:08AM NURSES AND OTHER HEALTH CARE WORKERS.
11:08:11AM IN MY ENTREPRENEURIAL JOURNEY, WHICH BROUGHT ME TO THIS
11:08:15AM BUSINESS, IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, REALLY SEEN A BIG GAP
11:08:20AM BETWEEN WHAT MINORITY AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, WHAT THEY
11:08:24AM GO THROUGH, A LOT OF FRUSTRATIONS OUT THERE.
11:08:27AM A LOT OF BIG, CONGLOMERATE CORPORATE OVERREACHING AGREEMENTS
11:08:32AM THAT ARE FUNNELING MONEY OUT FROM CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES
11:08:37AM OUT FROM THE SOURCES, OR OUT FROM THE COMMUNITY WHERE WE
11:08:41AM ACTUALLY HAVE THE BUSINESSES AND THE RESOURCES WITHIN THE
11:08:45AM CITY AND COUNTY THAT COULD SUPPORT OURSELVES.
11:08:47AM SO I BELIEVE THAT AS A SEAT ON THIS COMMITTEE, I COULD HELP
11:08:55AM BRIDGE THAT GAP AND MAKE THE CITY AWARE OF SOME OF THESE
11:09:00AM CHALLENGES.
11:09:01AM AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, YOU HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY GAP, SMALL
11:09:06AM BUSINESS OWNER, THAT TECH GAP, THE BIG GUYS, THEY ARE
11:09:09AM WINNING BECAUSE THEY POUR MILLIONS ON THIS A.I.
11:09:13AM IT'S HARD TO COMPETE WITH.
11:09:15AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
11:09:17AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
11:09:17AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:09:18AM NEXT CANDIDATE.
11:09:23AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THANK YOU.
11:09:23AM THE NEXT CANDIDATE IS STEPHANIE HOPKINS.
11:09:27AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
11:09:28AM MS. HOPKINS, COME ON UP AND STATE YOUR NAME.
11:09:36AM >> HELLO, EVERYONE.
11:09:38AM MY NAME IS STEPHANIE HOPKINS.
11:09:39AM I AM A DAUGHTER OF TWO RETIRED CITY OF TAMPA EMPLOYEES WHO
11:09:42AM DEDICATED THEIR LIVES TO SERVING THIS COMMUNITY.
11:09:45AM TODAY, I CARRY THEIR LEGACY FORWARD AS THE CEO AND FOUNDER
11:09:50AM OF BLACK WALL STREET TITLE AND EMBRACING LIFE DEVELOPMENT
11:09:54AM INC.
11:09:55AM WE ARE A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE TITLE AGENCY COMMITTED TO
11:09:59AM ADVANCING EQUALITY IN THE REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS
11:10:03AM OWNERSHIP.
11:10:03AM THROUGH BLACK WALL STREET TITLE AND EMBRACING LIFE
11:10:06AM DEVELOPMENT, INC., I SUPPORT MARGINALIZED CONTRACTORS AND
11:10:11AM THEIR FAMILIES HELPING THEM PRESERVE WEALTH, OVERCOME LEGAL
11:10:15AM CHALLENGES, AND REMAIN COMPETITIVE IN OUR CITY ECONOMIC
11:10:20AM LANDSCAPE.
11:10:23AM AT BLACK WALL STREET TITLE, WE RESOLVE PROPERTY DISPUTES,
11:10:27AM TRANSFORMING TANGLED TITLES INTO CLEAR OWNERSHIP SO THEY CAN
11:10:31AM BE USED TO BUILD GENERATIONAL WEALTH.
11:10:33AM THIS ALLOWS SMALL MINORITY-OWNED CONTRACTORS TO LEVERAGE
11:10:37AM REAL ESTATE ASSETS AS COLLATERAL, MEETING BIG SECURITY
11:10:43AM REQUIREMENTS AND POSITIONING THEM TO COMPETE FOR CITY
11:10:47AM CONTRACTS.
11:10:48AM AT EMBRACING LIFE DEVELOPMENT INC. WE PROVIDE ESTATE
11:10:52AM PLANNING SERVICES THAT HELP FAMILY-OWNED CONSTRUCTION AND
11:10:57AM TRADE BUSINESSES REMAIN OPERATIONAL FOR GENERATIONS.
11:11:01AM THAT LONG-TERM SUCCESSION PLAN STRENGTHENS THE ELIGIBILITY
11:11:06AM FOR LOCAL AND STATE CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES.
11:11:10AM AS OF NOW, THE MINORITY BUSINESSES DO NOT SUPERSEDE THE
11:11:16AM SECOND GENERATION.
11:11:17AM MY QUALIFICATIONS ARE THREEFOLD.
11:11:20AM I AM A FLORIDA CERTIFIED WOMAN-OWNED BUSINESS OPERATOR
11:11:25AM FOCUSED ON CREATING GENERATIONAL WEALTH.
11:11:28AM I SPECIALIZE IN REMOVING LEGAL BOUNDARIES THAT PREVENT
11:11:32AM CONTRACTORS FROM LEVERAGING THEIR PROPERTY FOR EQUITY.
11:11:38AM I BRING OVER 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN RISK MANAGEMENT,
11:11:43AM INTERPRET COMPLEX POLICIES TO PROTECT CLIENTS' ASSETS WHICH
11:11:47AM DIRECTLY ALIGNS WITH THE OUTSIDE AND POLICY INTERPRETATION
11:11:52AM REQUIRED BY THE CITY PROCUREMENT.
11:11:53AM I AM ALSO BORN AND RAISED IN TAMPA, FLORIDA, SO I HAVE
11:11:59AM FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE OF THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS AND
11:12:04AM UNDERSTANDING THE URGENCY OF THE SKILLED LABOR SHORTAGE,
11:12:09AM ESPECIALLY AS NEARLY 40% OF TRADE PEOPLE APPROACH
11:12:13AM RETIREMENT.
11:12:15AM TOGETHER, WE CAN HELP CLOSE THE SKILLED LABOR GAP BY
11:12:20AM PRESERVING FAMILY-OWNED TRADE BUSINESSES FOR DECADES, NOT
11:12:23AM JUST YEARS.
11:12:26AM WE CAN TURN SYSTEMATIC GAPS INTO PATHWAYS FOR OWNERSHIP
11:12:30AM BECAUSE TRUE EQUALITY ISN'T JUST ABOUT ASSETS, IT'S ABOUT
11:12:34AM SUSTAINED CONTROL OVER ASSETS THAT BUILD GENERATIONAL
11:12:38AM WEALTH.
11:12:38AM I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS.
11:12:40AM THE MISSION OF THE EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY ADVISORY
11:12:44AM COUNCIL IS TO DISMANTLE BOUNDARIES AND REBUILD TRUST, AND
11:12:51AM THAT JUST ISN'T A POLICY FOR ME.
11:12:53AM IT'S PERSONAL.
11:12:55AM THANK YOU.
11:12:56AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
11:12:57AM YES, MA'AM.
11:12:58AM NEXT CANDIDATE.
11:13:01AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: COUNCIL, THE LAST IN-PERSON
11:13:04AM CANDIDATE IS TRINA POPE.
11:13:08AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
11:13:09AM MS. POPE.
11:13:09AM COME ON UP.
11:13:10AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
11:13:12AM >> GOOD MORNING.
11:13:13AM GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
11:13:14AM THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WHY I AM SEEKING TO
11:13:18AM SERVE ON THE CITY OF TAMPA'S EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
11:13:21AM ADVISORY COUNCIL.
11:13:22AM I AM TRINA POPE, THE FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF IDEA BUSINESS
11:13:27AM SOLUTIONS INCORPORATED, A CERTIFIED DBE, MBE, SLBE, DWE
11:13:34AM MANAGEMENT CONSULTING FIRM BASED IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
11:13:36AM WITH OVER 20 YEARS OF DEDICATED EXPERIENCE, I'VE MADE IT MY
11:13:41AM MISSION TO EMPOWER BUSINESSES TO GROW STRATEGICALLY, COMPETE
11:13:45AM EFFECTIVELY, AND OPERATE SUSTAINABLY.
11:13:48AM AT IDEAL, WE SPECIALIZE IN STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLANNING,
11:13:52AM PROCUREMENT READINESS, BUSINESS GROWTH AND ORGANIZATIONAL
11:13:55AM DEVELOPMENT.
11:13:56AM OUR COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING TARGETED SOLUTIONS HAS ENABLED
11:14:01AM BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR CLIENTS TO ACHIEVE MEASURABLE
11:14:05AM IMPROVEMENTS AND OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE AND BOTTOM-LINE
11:14:08AM GROWTH.
11:14:09AM HAVING FIRSTHAND NAVIGATED THE COMPLEXITIES OF BEING A
11:14:12AM CERTIFIED FIRM, I UNDERSTAND THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES FACED BY
11:14:18AM MINORITY WOMEN AND DISADVANTAGED OWNED BUSINESSES FROM
11:14:21AM OBTAINING CERTIFICATION TO MANEUVERING THROUGH PUBLIC
11:14:25AM PROCUREMENT SYSTEMS, ASSESSING VITAL RESOURCES AND SECURING
11:14:29AM CONTRACTUAL AND PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
11:14:31AM THROUGH IDEAL, I HAVE COLLABORATED EXTENSIVELY WITH
11:14:37AM ENTREPRENEURS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, PROVIDING
11:14:39AM INVALUABLE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND DELIVERING PRACTICAL
11:14:43AM TRAINING WORKSHOPS AIMED AT UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL OF OUR
11:14:47AM LOCAL BUSINESSES AS WELL AS BUSINESSES LOCATED IN LEE
11:14:51AM COUNTY.
11:14:52AM I FULLY SUPPORT TAMPA'S EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM
11:14:56AM AS ESSENTIAL FOR ADVANCING ECONOMIC EQUITY.
11:15:01AM IF SELECTED FOR THIS COUNCIL, I WOULD LEVERAGE MY DECADES OF
11:15:05AM EXPERIENCE AND COMMITMENT TO COLLABORATION AND FAIRNESS.
11:15:09AM THIS ROLE WOULD ENABLE ME TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON CONTRACTUAL
11:15:12AM CONCERNS WHILE REPRESENTING THE ISSUES OF MINORITY AND WOMEN
11:15:17AM CONTRACTORS.
11:15:17AM I AM DEEPLY VESTED IN OUR ECOSYSTEM, ACTIVELY ENGAGED WITHIN
11:15:23AM IT EVERY DAY, AND PASSIONATE ABOUT HELPING TAMPA'S DIVERSE
11:15:27AM BUSINESSES NOT JUST SURVIVE, BUT THRIVE.
11:15:31AM I ENVISION A LOCAL ECONOMY WHERE OPPORTUNITY IS TRULY
11:15:36AM EQUITABLE, ACCOUNTABILITY IS TRANSPARENT, AND EVERY
11:15:40AM QUALIFIED BUSINESS, IRRESPECTIVE OF ITS BACKGROUND HAS A
11:15:44AM SEAT AT THE TABLE AND A FAIR CHANCE TO SUCCEED.
11:15:46AM IN CLOSING, IT WILL BE A PRIVILEGE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE
11:15:50AM EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL'S MISSION.
11:15:53AM TOGETHER, WE CAN FOSTER A MORE INCLUSIVE AND PROSPEROUS
11:15:59AM FUTURE FOR ALL.
11:16:00AM THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
11:16:02AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
11:16:02AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:16:03AM NOW WE GO TO THE ONLINE REGISTERED APPLICANTS, CORRECT?
11:16:09AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: YES.
11:16:09AM THE FIRST CANDIDATE OR APPLICANT IS ANNIE MILES.
11:16:18AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MS. MILES.
11:16:20AM GO AHEAD.
11:16:20AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
11:16:21AM YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO PRESENT.
11:16:23AM GOOD MORNING.
11:16:24AM >> YES.
11:16:25AM GOOD MORNING.
11:16:25AM I PUT THE TIMER ON TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T GO PAST IT AS WELL.
11:16:28AM GOOD MORNING.
11:16:29AM MY NAME IS ANNIE MYLES.
11:16:31AM MY OVERALL GOAL FOR SEEKING TO BE A PART OF THE EQUAL
11:16:38AM OPPORTUNITY ADVISORY IS BECAUSE I CURRENTLY DO THAT EVERY
11:16:40AM DAY.
11:16:41AM I AM 57 YEARS YOUNG.
11:16:42AM I HAVE SIX GRANDCHILDREN.
11:16:44AM I HAVE A TRUE INVESTMENT IN SEEING OUR NEXT GENERATION
11:16:47AM SUCCEED.
11:16:47AM MY CURRENT BUSINESS WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND CITY OF
11:16:50AM TAMPA, I AM CERTIFIED IN BOTH.
11:16:53AM I ALSO HAVE A NONPROFIT THAT DEALS WITH MENTORING
11:16:57AM INDIVIDUALS IN REGARDS TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
11:17:00AM ALONG WITH THAT, I ALSO HOST A LOCAL RADIO SHOW CALLED THE
11:17:05AM SUNDAY FORUM.
11:17:06AM THE MAIN PART OF THE SHOW IS PROMOTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
11:17:09AM I DO BELIEVE SMALL BUSINESSES WILL ALWAYS HAVE A PLACE IN
11:17:12AM THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE, AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE WE COME FROM.
11:17:16AM NONE OF US MADE IT TO WHERE WE ARE ON OUR OWN.
11:17:18AM WE ALL HAD A HELPING HAND.
11:17:21AM I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT THE ADVISORY COUNCIL IS FOR.
11:17:23AM I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL.
11:17:24AM I APPRECIATE SCORE.
11:17:26AM I APPRECIATE THE ECC DOWN ON PALM AVENUE.
11:17:29AM MS. RITA, THEY DO AN AWESOME JOB LETTING THEM KNOW ABOUT
11:17:35AM RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO HELP SMALL
11:17:37AM BUSINESSES BUILD THEMSELVES UP.
11:17:39AM I BELIEVE AS LONG AS THE INDIVIDUAL HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO
11:17:41AM DO THAT, THEY WILL BE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE IT IS -- IT CAN BE
11:17:45AM DIFFICULT IN TRYING TO BUILD YOUR OWN BUSINESS AND STARTING
11:17:47AM IT OUT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT MOTIVATION.
11:17:50AM SOMETIMES, YOU NEED THAT ENCOURAGEMENT.
11:17:52AM I BELIEVE BEING ON THE ADVISORY COUNCIL, THAT'S SOMETHING WE
11:17:55AM DO BECAUSE THAT IS THE MISSION IS TO HELP INDIVIDUALS.
11:17:59AM I AM ALSO A PUBLISHED AUTHOR IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY LIBRARY.
11:18:02AM I AM ACTUALLY IN THE CATALOG.
11:18:03AM I WAS AUTHOR OF THE MONTH IN 2019.
11:18:06AM THE BOOK FOCUSES AS WELL ON TRANSPARENCY OF KNOWING WHO YOU
11:18:08AM ARE AND HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE, AGAIN, IT CAN BE
11:18:12AM TRYING.
11:18:12AM IT'S CALLED "BACK TO THE BASICS LIFE ENRICHMENT GUIDE."
11:18:16AM THE WHOLE PREMISE FOR ME, AGAIN, AS WE ALL GROW, WE NEED TO
11:18:20AM PUT OUR HAND BACK AND LIFT SOMEBODY ELSE UP.
11:18:23AM I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT THE ADVISORY COUNCIL WOULD DO.
11:18:25AM I BELIEVE I WOULD BE AN ASSET TO THAT BOARD.
11:18:27AM AGAIN, NONE OF US MADE IT HERE BY OURSELVES.
11:18:30AM I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS.
11:18:32AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
11:18:32AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:18:34AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.
11:18:35AM NEXT CANDIDATE.
11:18:38AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THE NEXT APPLICANT IS DESIREE
11:18:41AM WATSON.
11:18:44AM >>THE CLERK: DESIREE E-MAILED ME AND SAID SHE COULD NOT
11:18:48AM APPEAR ANY LONGER.
11:18:49AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:18:49AM WE'LL GO ON TO THE NEXT PERSON.
11:18:53AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: HENRIA FAIN PULLED HER APPLICATION.
11:18:58AM THE NEXT PERSON IS JADE GOODING.
11:19:05AM >> HELLO.
11:19:07AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOOD MORNING.
11:19:08AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
11:19:09AM DOES SHE HAVE TO BE ON CAMERA LEGALLY?
11:19:12AM IT'S NOT A REZONING.
11:19:13AM NO.
11:19:15AM YOU'RE GOOD.
11:19:16AM JUST STATE YOUR NAME SO WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND GO AHEAD.
11:19:19AM >> GOOD MORNING.
11:19:20AM I'M JADE GOODING.
11:19:22AM I'M A TAMPA NATIVE AND THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF ELEVATED
11:19:25AM EXPOSURE WORLDWIDE.
11:19:27AM WE ARE THIRD-PARTY ASSOCIATION EVENT MANAGEMENT FIRM BASED
11:19:30AM HERE IN TAMPA.
11:19:31AM WE WORK DIRECTLY WITH CORPORATIONS AND NONPROFITS TO BUILD
11:19:34AM THEIR BRANDS AND ALSO GAIN CAPITAL FOR THEIR ORGANIZATIONS.
11:19:38AM MY CLIENTS HAVE RANGED FROM GRASSROOTS NONPROFITS TO
11:19:41AM PARAOLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL WINNERS SHOWING MY CLEAR INTEREST IN
11:19:47AM EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL BUSINESS TYPES.
11:19:49AM I'M INTERESTED FOR THE COMMUNITY ON THE EQUAL BUSINESS
11:19:55AM OPPORTUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, BECAUSE AS A WOMAN OWNED
11:19:57AM BUSINESS I HAVE EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND HOW UNEVEN THE PLAYING
11:20:00AM FIELD CAN BE WHEN WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO RESOURCES OR DON'T
11:20:03AM HAVE ESTABLISHED CONNECTIONS JUST YET.
11:20:05AM EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY MATTERS TO ME BECAUSE I BELIEVE
11:20:08AM THAT INNOVATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH FLOURISHES WHEN BUSINESS
11:20:12AM OWNERS HAVE THE CHANCE TO SUCCEED BASED ON THEIR IDEAS AND
11:20:15AM WORK ETHIC VERSUS JUST THEIR BACKGROUND AND PRIVILEGES.
11:20:18AM AS PART OF THIS COMMITTEE, I WOULD BE WILLING TO MENTOR
11:20:22AM OTHER ENTREPRENEURS AS WELL AS OFFERING QUALITY NETWORKING
11:20:26AM OPPORTUNITIES FOR FELLOW COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
11:20:28AM I HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH ANNUAL BUDGETING, STRATEGIC
11:20:31AM LEADERSHIP, AS WELL AS FUND-RAISING AND WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT.
11:20:34AM I HAVE MANAGED AND WORKED CLOSELY WITH TAMPA HISTORY MUSEUM,
11:20:38AM GASPARILLA MUSIC FESTIVAL, GASPARILLA ART FESTIVAL, THE
11:20:41AM TAMPA MUSEUM OF ART AND OTHERS TO HOST THE ANNUAL JUNETEENTH
11:20:45AM FESTIVAL THAT HAPPENS AT CURTIS HIXON ANNUALLY.
11:20:48AM I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SINCERE THANK YOU FOR YOUR
11:20:50AM CONSIDERATION AND ALL THAT YOU GUYS DO FOR THE CITY.
11:20:53AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:20:53AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:20:54AM NEXT CANDIDATE.
11:20:55AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THE NEXT CANDIDATE IS JENNIFER
11:20:58AM ARMSTRONG.
11:20:59AM SHE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND, BUT WOULD LIKE HER
11:21:04AM APPLICATION TO STILL BE CONSIDERED.
11:21:07AM THE NEXT APPLICANT IS JONAH PERKINS.
11:21:14AM >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
11:21:15AM MY NAME IS JONAH PERKINS.
11:21:17AM BEFORE I PROCEED, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I AM
11:21:22AM AVAILABLE AND ONLINE NOW FOR CAMERA.
11:21:25AM THE CAMERA IS CURRENTLY DISABLED BUT NOT ON MY END.
11:21:28AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IF YOU WANT TO TURN IT ON, YOU CAN.
11:21:30AM IF NOT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
11:21:32AM >> I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT ON.
11:21:34AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE CLERK JUST SAID THERE IS A TECHNICAL
11:21:36AM ISSUE.
11:21:37AM WE'RE UNABLE TO GET YOU ON CAMERA, BUT WE CAN HEAR YOUR
11:21:40AM VOICE IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD.
11:21:43AM >> ABSOLUTELY.
11:21:43AM AS I SAID, MY NAME IS JONAH PERKINS.
11:21:47AM I AM BORN AND RAISED IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA.
11:21:50AM I HAVE SPENT MY ENTIRE LIFE DEDICATED TO SERVICE.
11:21:55AM I GRADUATED FROM THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACADEMY IN
11:21:58AM ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA.
11:22:00AM I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE JORDAN PARK PROJECTS.
11:22:04AM I ATTENDED THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY AND I SERVED AS A
11:22:08AM NAVAL OFFICER DURING IRAQI FREEDOM.
11:22:14AM ONCE I LEFT ACTIVE SERVICE, I JOINED THE FEDERAL SERVICE AS
11:22:19AM A CIVIL SERVANT AND I AM CURRENTLY A GRANTS MANAGEMENT
11:22:24AM SPECIALIST.
11:22:25AM I HAVE MANAGED GRANTS AND AWARDED GRANTS, CONTRACTS AND
11:22:30AM COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS TO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
11:22:33AM ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
11:22:35AM I'VE AWARDED OVER A BILLION DOLLARS IN AWARDS TO SMALL
11:22:39AM BUSINESSES AS WELL AS NONPROFITS.
11:22:44AM THIS IS MY LIFE'S MISSION, AND I AM ALSO A RESIDENT OF TAMPA
11:22:48AM BAY.
11:22:49AM IT WOULD BE THE DEEPEST HONOR AND FULL CIRCLE FOR ME TO BE
11:22:54AM ABLE TO JOIN THIS COUNCIL AND PROVIDE MY EXPERIENCE AND
11:22:57AM EXPERTISE TO HELP SO MANY SMALL BUSINESSES AND MINORITY
11:23:02AM BUSINESSES IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA.
11:23:04AM I'M ALSO A BUSINESS OWNER AS WELL AND I OWN A NONPROFIT IN
11:23:09AM TAMPA BAY AND I SOUGHT CONTRACTS THROUGHOUT THE TAMPA BAY
11:23:12AM AREA.
11:23:13AM I CURRENTLY PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT TO SMALL BUSINESSES
11:23:17AM IN TAMPA BAY FOR FREE AND HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND AND
11:23:22AM NAVIGATE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
11:23:25AM IN ADDITION TO THAT, I HAVE AWARDED GRANTS, CONTRACTS AND
11:23:29AM COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS TO VARIOUS MUNICIPALITIES, CITIES,
11:23:33AM AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
11:23:35AM SO ONE OF MY GOALS WOULD BE TO LEVERAGE MY EXPERTISE TO HELP
11:23:41AM THE CITY OF TAMPA, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AND THE TAMPA BAY
11:23:44AM AREA TO GET ACCESS TO SOME OF THOSE FEDERAL AWARDS AS WELL.
11:23:49AM SOME OF THE FIRMS THAT I'VE CURRENTLY WORKED WITH IN THE
11:23:52AM TAMPA BAY AREA AND I PROVIDED SUPPORT TO, ARE BLACK SHEEP
11:23:57AM FARMS, EV ELITE VEHICLES, AND I HAVE A VAST NETWORK OF OTHER
11:24:02AM NONPROFITS AND FOR PROFITS IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA THAT ARE
11:24:06AM DESERVING OF CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES.
11:24:10AM I UNDERSTAND PROCUREMENT.
11:24:12AM I UNDERSTAND COST PRINCIPLES.
11:24:14AM SO HUMBLY THIS MORNING I PRESENT MYSELF FOR THIS
11:24:18AM OPPORTUNITY.
11:24:20AM I'M OPEN TO QUESTIONS.
11:24:22AM BEFORE I FINISH, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO ALL OF THE
11:24:25AM CANDIDATES, I AM SO PROUD OF ALL OF YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT
11:24:28AM YOU'RE DOING IN BUSINESS.
11:24:31AM I ENCOURAGE ANYONE THERE AFTER THIS IS OVER, PLEASE REACH
11:24:35AM OUT TO ME.
11:24:37AM I'M ON LinkedIn.
11:24:39AM THIS IS SEPARATE FROM THIS APPLICATION PROCESS, AND I WOULD
11:24:42AM LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WHAT I KNOW ABOUT FEDERAL
11:24:45AM PROCUREMENT TO MANY OF THOSE DESERVING SMALL BUSINESSES.
11:24:49AM THERE IS A LOT OF MONEY OUT THERE AND PROGRAMMATIC GRANTS
11:24:53AM AND CONTRACTS AND THERE IS A LOT LEFT ON THE TABLE,
11:24:56AM ESPECIALLY FOR MINORITY BUSINESS.
11:24:58AM I WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP.
11:24:59AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:25:00AM ALL RIGHT.
11:25:01AM NEXT CANDIDATE.
11:25:02AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THE NEXT CANDIDATE IS JOSEPH RAMOS.
11:25:14AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. RAMOS, IF YOU'RE ON.
11:25:20AM >>THE CLERK: MR. JOSEPH RAMOS, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND
11:25:23AM ENABLE YOUR VIDEO.
11:25:31AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S HOLD MR. RAMOS UNTIL HE'S BACK ON.
11:25:36AM GO AHEAD, WHO IS THE NEXT PERSON?
11:25:37AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THE NEXT CANDIDATE IS KEDINE JOHNS.
11:25:42AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: KEDINE JOHNS.
11:25:45AM KEDINE JOHNS, YOU ARE UP.
11:25:57AM ARE THEY ON?
11:26:00AM ARE THEY MUTED?
11:26:03AM >> GOOD MORNING.
11:26:04AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOOD MORNING.
11:26:06AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
11:26:06AM KEDINE JOHNS.
11:26:09AM >> MY NAME IS KEDINE JOHNS.
11:26:12AM THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO LET ME SPEAK TODAY.
11:26:16AM MY APOLOGIES FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO ATTEND IN PERSON.
11:26:20AM I BEGAN MY PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY IN THE SOCIAL SERVICES FIELD
11:26:23AM WHERE MY ROLE WAS TO ADVOCATE FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T HAVE A
11:26:28AM VOICE.
11:26:28AM AND THAT MISSION REALLY HAS NEVER LEFT ME.
11:26:31AM I MANAGED PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORTED AT-RISK POPULATIONS,
11:26:35AM HELPING TO DESIGN AND OVERSEE SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS AND
11:26:39AM FAMILIES, NAVIGATING SOME OF THE MOST DIFFICULT CHAPTERS OF
11:26:42AM THEIR LIVES.
11:26:43AM THAT EXPERIENCE SHAPED ME DEEPLY.
11:26:46AM IT TAUGHT ME COMPASSION, RESILIENCE, AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY,
11:26:49AM THE POWER OF ADVOCACY.
11:26:52AM I CARRIED THOSE VALUES WITH ME AS I TRANSITIONED INTO THE
11:26:56AM WORLD OF BUSINESS.
11:26:57AM TODAY, I AM A BUSINESS OWNER, WORKING ACROSS MULTIPLE
11:27:01AM INDUSTRIES, CONSTRUCTION, THE LEGAL FIELD, AMONGST OTHERS.
11:27:06AM I WORK CLOSELY WITH SMALL DISADVANTAGED, WOMAN-OWNED AND
11:27:10AM MINORITY BUSINESSES THAT ARE TRYING TO GROW AND SUCCEED IN A
11:27:15AM SYSTEM THAT OFTEN ISN'T BUILT WITH THEM IN MIND.
11:27:19AM I SEE THE CHALLENGES THEY FACE EVERY DAY.
11:27:22AM LIMITED ACCESS TO CAPITAL, INCONSISTENT OPPORTUNITIES,
11:27:26AM COMPLEX COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS AND LACK OF REAL INCLUSION
11:27:30AM IN DECISION MAKING SPACES.
11:27:32AM THESE CHALLENGES ARE NOT JUST UNFORTUNATE.
11:27:35AM TO ME, THEY ARE SYSTEMIC AND THEY ARE HOLDING BACK AN
11:27:39AM INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF TALENT, INNOVATION AND POTENTIAL IN OUR
11:27:43AM COMMUNITY.
11:27:43AM I BELIEVE WITH THE RIGHT SUPPORT, TIMELY INFORMATION AND
11:27:48AM GUIDANCE THROUGH COMPLICATED PROCESSES, THESE BUSINESSES
11:27:51AM CANNOT ONLY SURVIVE, THEY CAN THRIVE.
11:27:54AM I CURRENTLY WORK WITH ONE SUCH COMPANY AND THEIR CONFIDENCE
11:27:57AM AND THEIR ABILITY TO SUCCEED HAS GROWN TREMENDOUSLY.
11:28:01AM ONCE THEY UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS REQUIRED OF THEM AND HOW THE
11:28:04AM SYSTEM COULD ACTUALLY WORK IN THEIR FAVORITE, THEY BEGAN TO
11:28:07AM SEE LIKE THE REAL TANGIBLE PROGRESS.
11:28:10AM THAT'S WHY I WANT TO SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE, THROUGH
11:28:13AM CERTIFICATION, ACCESS TO BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, ET CETERA,
11:28:17AM I SEE THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA IS LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR
11:28:21AM TRUE ECONOMIC INCLUSION.
11:28:24AM I WANT TO HELP ENSURE THOSE EFFORTS ARE NOT JUST SYMBOLIC,
11:28:27AM BUT MEANINGFUL.
11:28:28AM THIS COMMITTEE HAS THE POWER TO SHAPE POLICIES THAT GO
11:28:32AM BEYOND CHECKING A BOX AND INSTEAD TRULY EMPOWER SMALL AND
11:28:37AM DIVERSE BUSINESSES TO GROW IN SCALE, SUCCEED AS WELL.
11:28:41AM THAT MEANS MAKING SURE BUSINESSES NOT ONLY GET CERTIFIED BUT
11:28:44AM ALSO GAIN ACCESS TO CONTRACTS, GETTING PAID ON TIME, AND
11:28:49AM BUILDING SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE FUTURE.
11:28:50AM IT WOULD BE AN HONOR TO BRING MY EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE, AND
11:28:54AM COMMITMENT TO THIS ROLE, AND THAT IS WHY I WOULD LIKE TO
11:28:58AM JOIN.
11:28:58AM THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
11:29:00AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
11:29:01AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:29:02AM NEXT CANDIDATE.
11:29:05AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THE NEXT CANDIDATE IS LATECIA
11:29:08AM HANKERSON.
11:29:10AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LATECIA HANKERSON.
11:29:18AM >> GOOD MORNING.
11:29:20AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOOD MORNING, MA'AM.
11:29:21AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
11:29:21AM >> MY NAME IS LATECIA HANKERSON.
11:29:25AM THANK YOU.
11:29:28AM GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
11:29:30AM MY NAME IS LATECIA HANKERSON.
11:29:32AM I AM A LOCAL ENTREPRENEUR, A PROUD TAMPA NATIVE OF TAMPA,
11:29:38AM FLORIDA, AS WELL AS A SECOND GENERATION ENTREPRENEUR.
11:29:43AM I AM ALSO THE HONOR OF A SALON SUITE IN CARROLLWOOD,
11:29:46AM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
11:29:46AM I'M WHAT MY INDUSTRY CONSIDERS A CURLY HAIR SPECIALIST IN
11:29:53AM THIS INDUSTRY.
11:29:54AM I HAVE 28 YEARS COMMITTED AS WELL AS 19 AS A LEGAL ENTITY.
11:30:00AM I AM HONORED TO BE A CONSIDERED A PART OF THE EQUAL
11:30:04AM OPPORTUNITY BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL.
11:30:08AM I'M HEAVILY INVESTED IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
11:30:12AM I EDUCATE SALON PROFESSIONALS AS A CONTRACTOR FOR TWO GLOBAL
11:30:18AM BRANDS WITH INTERNATIONAL REACH.
11:30:20AM I MENTOR NEW GRADUATES, BASICALLY SHOW THEM THE PATH ON HOW
11:30:25AM TO GET GOING IN THEIR CAREER, HOW TO GENERATE BUSINESS, HOW
11:30:28AM TO BUILD THEIR BUSINESS FROM THE GROUND UP.
11:30:31AM I SPEAK TO LOCAL BEAUTY SCHOOLS TO SUPPORT CAREER READINESS
11:30:35AM AS WELL AS RECOGNIZING -- I'M SORRY -- AS WELL AS PREPARING
11:30:41AM THEM FOR THE INDUSTRY AS WELL AS A PATHWAY INTO THE
11:30:45AM INDUSTRY.
11:30:45AM I HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR MY WORK BY ABC ACTION NEWS, FOR
11:30:50AM MY SALON'S IMPACT AND COMMITMENT TO THE TAMPA BAY COMMUNITY.
11:30:54AM I CHAMPION MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESSES.
11:30:58AM BEING RAISED IN A NEIGHBORHOOD IN TAMPA, FLORIDA, WITH A
11:31:02AM STRONG CARIBBEAN AND LATINX PRESENCE, I'VE NATURALLY
11:31:07AM GRAVITATED TOWARDS SUPPORTING THESE MINORITY ENTREPRENEURS
11:31:11AM AND ADVOCATING FOR THEIR GROWTH AND SUCCESS TO BETTER SERVE
11:31:15AM THE TAMPA BAY AREA, BEING RAISED IN THAT COMMUNITY, I HAVE
11:31:24AM FROM THE AGE OF 12 YEARS OLD STARTED TO TEACH MYSELF AS WELL
11:31:28AM AS GET EDUCATED IN THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM TO
11:31:31AM LEARN SPANISH.
11:31:32AM I SIT FOR MY DAILY DIPLOMA OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR.
11:31:36AM IT IS A SPANISH CERTIFICATION GOVERNED BY SPAIN AND
11:31:41AM INSTITUTE -- I HAVE NATIONAL INDUSTRY EXPERTISE APPLIED
11:31:45AM LOCALLY.
11:31:46AM SO I TRAVEL NATIONALLY TO CONNECT GLOBALLY BRINGING THOSE
11:31:50AM EXPERIENCES BACK TO THE TAMPA BAY AREA AND HELPING LOCAL
11:31:53AM PROFESSIONALS KNOW WHAT'S NEW, WHAT'S TRENDING, AND WHAT
11:31:57AM HELPS THEIR BUSINESSES GROW.
11:31:59AM I BRING VALUABLE INSIGHT INTO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY BY SHARING
11:32:04AM KNOWLEDGE FROM INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND PROFESSIONAL
11:32:07AM NETWORKS TO HELP LOCAL SALONS GROW.
11:32:10AM I ADVOCATE FOR INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN THE U.S., ESTIMATED 65
11:32:18AM PERCENT OF THE POPULATION HAS CURLY, COILY, OR WAVY HAIR.
11:32:23AM THIS STATISTIC HAS INSPIRED ME TO SERVE THESE SPECIFIC
11:32:29AM GROUPS.
11:32:29AM WHEN YOU DRIVE DOWN THE STREET IN TAMPA, FLORIDA OR IN ANY
11:32:32AM CITY FOR THAT MATTER IN THE UNITED STATES, THERE ARE SALONS
11:32:36AM ON EVERY CORNER, RIGHT?
11:32:37AM BUT TO POP INTO ANY OF THOSE SALONS AND GET SERVICE,
11:32:43AM CURLY --
11:32:43AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:32:44AM YOUR TIME IS UP.
11:32:46AM >> THANK YOU.
11:32:48AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
11:32:49AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:32:49AM NEXT CANDIDATE.
11:32:50AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THE NEXT CANDIDATE IS LATOYA CARTER.
11:32:54AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LATOYA CARTER IS NEXT.
11:32:56AM GO AHEAD, MA'AM.
11:32:57AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
11:32:58AM YOU MAY BEGIN.
11:32:59AM YOU ARE MUTED.
11:33:03AM THERE WE GO.
11:33:07AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
11:33:08AM MY NAME IS LATOYA CARTER.
11:33:12AM I'M HONORED TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A SEAT ON THE EQUAL
11:33:15AM BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA.
11:33:18AM AS THE PRINCIPAL OF LET'S BE CLEAR COMMUNICATIONS, A PUBLIC
11:33:22AM RELATIONS AND STRATEGIC FIRM, I BRING OVER 17 YEARS OF
11:33:27AM EXPERIENCE IN HELPING ORGANIZATIONS CLARIFY THEIR MESSAGE,
11:33:30AM ELEVATE THEIR PRESENCE, AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, CONNECT WITH
11:33:34AM COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE.
11:33:36AM BUT MY COMMITMENT TO EQUITY AND OPPORTUNITY GOES FAR BEYOND
11:33:39AM MY PROFESSION.
11:33:40AM I AM A SECOND GENERATION ENTREPRENEUR AND A PROUD TAMPA
11:33:44AM NATIVE WITH DEEP ROOTS IN THIS CITY AS MY FATHER, JAMES
11:33:49AM TOKLEY SENIOR WAS THE FIRST POET LAUREATE FOR THE CITY AS
11:33:52AM WELL AS THE COUNTY.
11:33:54AM I HAVE WALKED THE PATH OF A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER TRYING TO
11:33:56AM NAVIGATE THE SYSTEM OFTEN WITHOUT A BLUEPRINT AND I KNOW
11:34:01AM FIRSTHAND HOW CRITICAL IT IS TO HAVE FAIR AND TRANSPARENT
11:34:05AM OPPORTUNITIES, ESPECIALLY FOR MINORITIES AND VETERAN OWNED
11:34:08AM BUSINESSES.
11:34:08AM DURING MY TIME WITH THE TAMPA HOUSING AUTHORITY, I SERVED AS
11:34:12AM THE LEAD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER FOR SEVEN YEARS, SUPPORTING
11:34:16AM INITIATIVES THAT IMPACTED SOME OF OUR CITY'S MOST
11:34:19AM UNDERSERVED NEIGHBORHOODS.
11:34:20AM I SAW THE POWER OF INCLUSION AND THE CONSEQUENCES WHEN IT'S
11:34:25AM MISSING.
11:34:26AM THOSE EXPERIENCES TAUGHT ME THAT ACCESS ISN'T JUST ABOUT
11:34:29AM OPENING THE DOOR.
11:34:31AM IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE PEOPLE KNOW WHERE THE DOOR IS AND HOW
11:34:34AM TO REACH IT, AND THAT THEY BELONG ON THE OTHER SIDE.
11:34:37AM THROUGH MY COMPANY AND PROGRAMS LIKE EMPOWER U TECH, I WORK
11:34:43AM TO LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD FOR ENTREPRENEURS AND CREATIVES
11:34:46AM BY OFFERING TRAINING, MENTORSHIP AND MICRO-CREDENTIALING IN
11:34:51AM DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY.
11:34:52AM BECAUSE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY MUST INCLUDE ACCESS TO TOOLS
11:34:56AM AND KNOWLEDGE.
11:34:57AM WHAT MAKES ME THE RIGHT FIT FOR THIS COUNCIL IS NOT JUST MY
11:35:03AM PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND, THOUGH I BRING STRATEGY, PR
11:35:06AM EXPERTISE, AND POLICY INSIGHT, BUT MY LIVED EXPERIENCES, I
11:35:10AM AM THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNER THIS COUNCIL IS HERE TO SUPPORT.
11:35:15AM I UNDERSTAND THE BARRIERS, THE BLIND SPOTS, AND THE BOLD
11:35:18AM SOLUTIONS NEEDED TO MOVE SMALL BUSINESSES FORWARD.
11:35:23AM I AM NOT HERE JUST TO REPRESENT BUSINESSES LIKE MINE.
11:35:26AM I'M HERE TO AMPLIFY THE VOICES OF THOSE WHO OFTEN GO UNHEARD
11:35:30AM TO ENSURE EQUITY ISN'T JUST A WORD BUT A WORKING REALITY
11:35:34AM WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
11:35:36AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND CONSIDERING ME AND I'M
11:35:40AM READY TO SERVE.
11:35:41AM ANY QUESTIONS?
11:35:42AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
11:35:43AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:35:45AM >> THANK YOU.
11:35:46AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
11:35:46AM NEXT CANDIDATE.
11:35:47AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THE NEXT CANDIDATE IS ROSAMOND
11:35:49AM CAUSEY.
11:35:58AM >>THE CLERK: THEY ARE NOT LOGGED ON AND NO MESSAGE WAS SENT.
11:36:02AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS YANINA ROSARIO, YOU ARE UP NEXT.
11:36:09AM >> GOOD MORNING.
11:36:09AM YANINA ROSARIO.
11:36:12AM IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU TODAY.
11:36:14AM THANK YOU FOR THE CONSIDERATION TO JOIN THE CITY OF TAMPA
11:36:17AM EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
11:36:20AM I HAD PREVIOUSLY THE HONOR TO BE PART OF THIS COMMITTEE.
11:36:26AM SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE EVOLUTION OF WHERE THE
11:36:32AM COMMITTEE IS, WILL BE THE INFLUENCE THAT IT WILL HAVE IN
11:36:36AM SOME CITY POSITIONS AS THEY REPRESENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR
11:36:39AM SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
11:36:41AM I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH SMALL BUSINESSES FOR OVER 20 YEARS
11:36:45AM AND HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS, THE REAL
11:36:48AM EXPECTATIONS MIGHT BE WHEN THEY ARE GROWING THEIR BUSINESS
11:36:53AM AND CONSIDERING WORKING WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES LIKE THE
11:36:56AM CITY OF TAMPA.
11:36:56AM IN MY DAILY WORK AT THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER, I
11:37:01AM SUPPORT THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY BY HELPING THEM
11:37:04AM UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCES IN THEIR CERTIFICATIONS, HOW TO
11:37:08AM BEST USE THEIR CERTIFICATIONS, WHAT TO EXPECT AND HOW TO
11:37:13AM PREPARE TO JOIN THE RANKS OF THE SUCCESSFUL GOVERNMENT
11:37:17AM CONTRACTING SMALL BUSINESSES.
11:37:19AM AGAIN, I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SUPPORT OUR SMALL
11:37:22AM BUSINESS COMMUNITY THROUGH THE WORK OF THIS COMMITTEE AND
11:37:26AM SUPPORTING THE ECONOMY OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
11:37:28AM THANK YOU.
11:37:29AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:37:29AM NOW WE GO BACK TO JOSEPH RAMOS.
11:37:33AM IS THAT CORRECT?
11:37:36AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: YES.
11:37:37AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS MR. RAMOS ONLINE?
11:37:39AM MR. RAMOS, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY GO AHEAD AND
11:37:47AM STATE YOUR NAME AND PRESENT FOR THREE MINUTES.
11:37:49AM MR. RAMOS, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
11:37:58AM IT IS YOUR TIME TO SPEAK AND PRESENT.
11:38:01AM CAN YOU SEE HIM?
11:38:08AM IS THERE A CAMERA?
11:38:09AM JUST ONE FINAL TIME, MR. RAMOS, THIS IS YOUR FINAL
11:38:18AM OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
11:38:19AM ALL RIGHT.
11:38:21AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:38:21AM WE HAVE ALL THE APPLICATIONS ANYWAYS, SO WE HAVE EVERYBODY'S
11:38:25AM INFORMATION.
11:38:25AM MS. FOXX-KNOWLES, WHAT IS THE PROCESS NOW?
11:38:29AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: YOU HAVE A BALLOT.
11:38:37AM >>THE CLERK: THE FIRST SET OF BALLOTS WILL BE FOR THE
11:38:39AM AFRICAN AMERICAN CITIZEN.
11:38:41AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CITIZEN.
11:38:44AM THERE ARE SIX CATEGORIES.
11:38:45AM ONE OF THEM HAS TWO.
11:38:46AM EVERY OTHER CATEGORY HAS ONE.
11:38:50AM >>LUIS VIERA: I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I MEAN, LIKE FOR
11:38:54AM EVERYBODY THAT SPOKE, EVERYBODY WAS AMAZING.
11:38:56AM THERE IS A LOT OF HEART OUT THERE.
11:38:58AM MY AIDE IS GOING TO GET REALLY ANGRY AT ME FOR SAYING THIS,
11:39:01AM BUT IF YOU GUYS WANT TO E-MAIL ME, SET UP A MEETING, CALL,
11:39:06AM HOW TO GET INVOLVED, THERE ARE LIKE A LOT OF GOOD APPLICANTS
11:39:10AM HERE.
11:39:10AM EVERYBODY JUST DID A GREAT JOB.
11:39:14AM JUST GLAD TO HELP YOU GUYS IN FURTHER GETTING INVOLVED IN
11:39:18AM ANY WAY THAT I CAN.
11:39:20AM GOD BLESS YOU.
11:39:21AM THANK YOU.
11:39:22AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WANT TO ECHO THAT.
11:39:24AM I'M EXTREMELY IMPRESSED WITH EVERYBODY THAT APPLIED.
11:39:28AM THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT TO DO THIS
11:39:31AM AND TO SERVE.
11:39:32AM IT'S NOT EASY.
11:39:33AM IT IS A BIG CITY.
11:39:34AM THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES.
11:39:36AM WE HAVE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE FOR A FEW POSITIONS.
11:39:40AM IF YOU ARE NOT SELECTED, LET ME ENCOURAGE YOU TO APPLY FOR
11:39:45AM OTHER CITY BOARDS BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF VACANCIES ON
11:39:48AM OTHER BOARDS.
11:39:49AM I APPLIED FOR THIS BOARD YEARS AGO.
11:39:51AM I DIDN'T GET IT.
11:39:52AM I GOT ON THE CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD AND PUBLIC NUISANCE
11:39:55AM ABATEMENT.
11:39:56AM THAT'S ONE OF MANY BOARDS.
11:39:57AM IF YOU DON'T GET IT TODAY, THERE ARE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES
11:40:01AM ELSEWHERE.
11:40:02AM SO PLEASE STAY INVOLVED.
11:40:04AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:40:04AM WE CHOOSE ONE PERSON FOR THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CITIZEN, WHICH
11:40:43AM IS A 36-MONTH TERM.
11:40:46AM THAT IS THE BALLOT WE HAVE BEFORE US.
11:41:05AM >>THE CLERK: THE NEXT BALLOT WILL BE FOR THE HISPANIC
11:41:07AM AMERICAN CITIZEN.
11:41:09AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT'S ALSO FOR ONE POSITION, AND THAT
11:41:12AM IS ALSO A 36-MONTH TERM.
11:41:15AM CHARLIE, WE NEED THE BALLOTS.
11:41:22AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'M SORRY.
11:41:26AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE NEXT BALLOT IS FOR CAUCASIAN FEMALE
11:42:21AM CITIZEN.
11:42:22AM IT'S A 24-MONTH TERM.
11:42:23AM THIS IS CAUCASIAN FEMALE CITIZEN.
11:43:49AM WE HAVE ONE OPENING.
11:45:56AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: YES, BUT NOT A MAJORITY.
11:45:58AM I WILL ANNOUNCE WHO VOTED FOR WHOM.
11:46:03AM THIS IS ROUND ONE.
11:46:05AM FOR THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CITIZEN, THERE IS ONE VACANCY.
11:46:15AM FRANK PYRTLE RECEIVED TWO VOTES FROM CLENDENIN AND
11:46:29AM MANISCALCO.
11:46:29AM GREGORY HALSTEAD RECEIVED ONE VOTE FROM VIERA.
11:46:39AM KERRICK WILLIAMS RECEIVED ONE VOTE FOR CARLSON -- FROM
11:46:47AM CARLSON.
11:46:48AM LATECIA HANKERSON RECEIVED ONE VOTE FROM HURTAK.
11:47:01AM LATOYA RECEIVED -- LATOYA CARTER RECEIVED ONE VOTE FROM
11:47:07AM MR. MIRANDA.
11:47:10AM STEPHANIE HOPKINS RECEIVED ONE VOTE FROM MS. HENDERSON.
11:47:15AM THAT IS FROM THE AFRICAN AMERICAN.
11:47:21AM SO WE'LL GO TO ROUND NUMBER 2.
11:47:27AM AS FAR AS HISPANIC AMERICAN CITIZEN, THERE IS ONE VACANCY.
11:47:36AM ALLAN NU EZ RECEIVED THREE VOTES FROM HURTAK, VIERA, AND
11:47:46AM MIRANDA.
11:47:46AM LANEESHA CASTREJON RECEIVED TWO VOTES FROM CARLSON AND
11:48:02AM HENDERSON.
11:48:03AM SAFFI MILDTON RECEIVED ONE VOTE FROM MANISCALCO.
11:48:11AM YANINA ROSARIO RECEIVED ONE VOTE FROM CLENDENIN.
11:48:19AM CAUCASIAN FEMALE CITIZEN, ONE VACANCY, YANINA ROSARIO
11:48:35AM RECEIVED FIVE VOTES.
11:48:37AM ONE FROM CARLSON, ONE FROM CLENDENIN, HENDERSON, VIERA, AND
11:48:42AM MIRANDA.
11:48:42AM JADE GOODING RECEIVED TWO VOTES FROM HURTAK AND MANISCALCO.
11:48:53AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ROSARIO GETS ELECTED.
11:48:56AM SO THAT TAKES CARE OF THAT.
11:48:58AM OKAY.
11:48:59AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: YES.
11:49:01AM THAT'S FOR THE CAUCASIAN FEMALE CITIZEN.
11:49:04AM SHE RECEIVED MAJORITY.
11:49:09AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A RUNOFF FOR THE FIRST FEW
11:49:11AM CATEGORIES.
11:49:15AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: ROUND TWO.
11:49:20AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOT TWO VOTES AND EVERYBODY ELSE GOT
11:49:25AM ONE.
11:49:26AM FOR THE SECOND ONE, I THINK IT WAS THREE VOTES FOR ONE
11:49:29AM CANDIDATE.
11:49:30AM WE'LL GET NEW BALLOTS.
11:49:34AM DO WE MOVE ON TO THE CAUCASIAN MALE CITIZEN.
11:49:39AM THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON.
11:49:40AM CAN I GET A MOTION -- LAWRENCE PASETTI?
11:49:46AM MOTION --
11:49:51AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THERE WAS NO BALLOT FOR THAT.
11:49:53AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO.
11:49:54AM THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON.
11:49:55AM MOTION BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO APPROVE LAWRENCE PASETTI FOR
11:50:01AM THE CAUCASIAN MALE CITIZEN CATEGORY, 24-MONTH TERM.
11:50:05AM MOTION FROM CLENDENIN, SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
11:50:07AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:50:08AM AYE.
11:50:08AM MR. PASETTI, THIS IS YOUR TIME TO GIVE A SPEECH.
11:50:14AM I'M KIDDING, KIDDING.
11:50:16AM NOT GOING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.
11:50:20AM >>THE CLERK: [INAUDIBLE]
11:50:29AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THIS IS THE SECOND ROUND FOR THE AFRICAN
11:50:31AM AMERICAN CITIZEN CATEGORY.
11:50:32AM THANK YOU.
11:50:33AM NO, THIS IS THE HISPANIC AMERICAN CITIZEN.
11:50:41AM I'M SORRY.
11:50:43AM >> THERE'S ONLY ONE OPENING.
11:51:30AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE AT-LARGE
11:51:32AM POSITION.
11:51:33AM THERE'S STILL OPPORTUNITY.
11:51:36AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:52:35AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES, CITY CLERK.
11:52:38AM FOR THE HISPANIC AMERICAN CITIZEN, WE HAVE ONE VACANCY.
11:52:42AM AND ALLAN NU EZ RECEIVED FIVE VOTES.
11:52:46AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CONGRATULATIONS, MR. NU EZ.
11:52:51AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THEY ARE FROM HURTAK, CLENDENIN,
11:52:53AM VIERA, MIRANDA, AND MANISCALCO.
11:52:55AM LANEESHA CASTREJON RECEIVED TWO VOTES FROM CARLSON AND
11:53:06AM HENDERSON.
11:53:07AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. NU EZ HAS BEEN SELECTED.
11:53:10AM CONGRATULATIONS.
11:53:11AM MOTION TO APPROVE.
11:53:16AM SO MOTION TO RATIFY THAT FOR MR. NU EZ.
11:53:21AM MOTION FROM VIERA, SECOND FROM CLENDENIN.
11:53:23AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:53:23AM AYE.
11:53:27AM >>THE CLERK: [INAUDIBLE]
11:53:27AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YEAH, WHY NOT.
11:53:28AM FOR THE CAUCASIAN FEMALE SELECTED, IT WAS ROSARIO.
11:53:32AM CAN I GET A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT?
11:53:33AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:53:35AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:53:37AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:53:37AM AYE.
11:53:38AM NOW WE'RE TALLYING THE BALLOTS FOR THE FIRST CATEGORY.
11:53:41AM AND WE STILL HAVE TWO MORE TO GO, CORRECT?
11:53:44AM THREE MORE.
11:53:50AM THERE'S STILL THREE MORE SPOTS, WHICH ALMOST EVERYBODY IS
11:53:53AM ELIGIBLE FOR THAT HAS NOT BEEN SELECTED.
11:54:15AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: CITY CLERK, ROUND TWO FOR THE
11:54:19AM AFRICAN AMERICAN CITIZEN, THERE IS ONE VACANCY.
11:54:24AM FRANK PYRTLE RECEIVED TWO VOTES.
11:54:35AM GREGORY HALSTEAD RECEIVED ONE VOTE.
11:54:37AM KERRICK WILLIAMS RECEIVED ONE VOTE.
11:54:40AM LATECIA HANKERSON RECEIVED ONE VOTE.
11:54:45AM LATOYA CARTER RECEIVED ONE VOTE.
11:54:49AM AND HOPKINS RECEIVED ONE VOTE.
11:54:57AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO WE HAVE NO MOVEMENT ON THAT BALLOT.
11:54:59AM WE'LL HAVE TO REDO IT AGAIN.
11:55:01AM IF YOU WANT TO MOVE ON TO THE ETHNIC MINORITY NONSPECIFIC.
11:55:22AM >>THE CLERK: [INAUDIBLE]
11:55:23AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
11:55:23AM HERE WE GO.
11:55:24AM ROUND THREE.
11:55:34AM >>LUIS VIERA: CAN I PROPOSE SOMETHING?
11:55:35AM THAT MAYBE WE DO IT, KIND OF LIKE WHEN WE SELECTED
11:55:38AM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, WHICH IS THE TWO PEOPLE THAT GET TWO
11:55:41AM VOTES MOVE ON SO THAT WE DON'T -- BECAUSE IT WILL BE HARD TO
11:55:44AM GET A MAJORITY WITH SO MANY NAMES.
11:55:47AM JUST ONE PERSON FLIPS AND THEN WE CHOOSE BETWEEN THOSE TWO
11:55:51AM PEOPLE.
11:55:52AM JUST A THOUGHT.
11:55:53AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HOW DOES COUNCIL FEEL ABOUT THAT?
11:55:55AM ANY OBJECTION?
11:55:57AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: CAN'T WE JUST VOTE FOR TWO PEOPLE AND THEN
11:55:59AM YOU ELIMINATE?
11:56:01AM >>LYNN HURTAK: NO, I THINK A MORE FAIR WAY WOULD BE TO TAKE
11:56:04AM THE PEOPLE THAT EVERYBODY HAS VOTED FOR AT LEAST ONCE.
11:56:10AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YEAH, WE'LL REDUCE THE BALLOTS WITH
11:56:13AM WHOEVER GETS THE VOTES TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER.
11:56:32AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: INTO THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE.
11:56:35AM >>THE CLERK: [INAUDIBLE]
11:56:38AM 12, 13, 14, 16.
11:56:40AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: WHAT ABOUT THOSE NUMBERS?
11:56:43AM >>THE CLERK: [INAUDIBLE]
11:56:50AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SHOULD WE MAKE A MOTION TO CARRY THOSE
11:56:52AM NAMES FORWARD ON THE NEXT BALLOT?
11:56:54AM HAVE WE DONE THAT VIA MOTION?
11:56:58AM DOES THAT NEED TO BE DONE VIA MOTION?
11:57:01AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: I GUESS WHAT SHE'S ANNOUNCING IS YOU SHOULD
11:57:04AM ONLY VOTE FOR THOSE NUMBERS.
11:57:07AM YOU HAVE TO MARK THOSE BALLOTS IN ANY SORT OF WAY.
11:57:10AM ARE YOU ASKING COUNCIL MEMBERS TO MARK THOSE BALLOTS IN ANY
11:57:12AM SORT OF WAY?
11:57:14AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IF I HEAR THIS CORRECTLY, WE'RE ONLY GOING
11:57:17AM TO CONSIDER FRANK, GREGORY, KERRICK, LATECIA, LATOYA, AND
11:57:25AM STEPHANIE.
11:57:30AM VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.
11:58:38AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THIS IS ROUND THREE -- SHIRLEY
11:58:40AM FOXX-KNOWLES, CITY CLERK --
11:58:42AM FOR THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CITIZEN.
11:58:52AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HURTAK SELECTED IN LIKE FOUR MINUTES.
11:59:16AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: FOR THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CITIZEN
11:59:18AM COMMITTEE, WE HAVE ONE VACANCY.
11:59:20AM AND FRANK PYTLE RECEIVED TWO VOTES FROM CLENDENIN AND
11:59:33AM MANISCALCO.
11:59:33AM GREGORY HALSTEAD RECEIVED TWO VOTES FROM VIERA AND MIRANDA.
11:59:44AM KERRICK WILLIAMS RECEIVED ONE VOTE FROM CARSON.
11:59:53AM STEPHANIE HOPKINS RECEIVED TWO VOTES FROM HURTAK AND
12:00:00PM HENDERSON.
12:00:00PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: FOR THE NEXT BALLOT, CAN WE JUST PUT THE
12:00:08PM PEOPLE THAT GOT TWO VOTES TO MAKE IT EASIER.
12:00:11PM PEOPLE WHO GOT TWO VOTES WILL MOVE ON THE NEXT ROUND WHICH,
12:00:16PM I BELIEVE, ARE THREE CANDIDATES.
12:00:17PM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THAT WOULD BE FRANK PYTLE WHO
12:00:26PM RECEIVED TWO VOTES.
12:00:27PM GREGORY HALSTEAD RECEIVED TWO VOTES.
12:00:31PM AND STEPHANIE HOPKINS RECEIVED TWO VOTES.
12:00:34PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
12:00:35PM THEY WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ROUND.
12:00:37PM WHAT HAPPENED?
12:00:56PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE WITH THE APTITUDE TO
12:00:59PM UNDERSTAND THAT.
12:01:00PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
12:01:03PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: REST OF THEM ARE IN A TAILSPIN.
12:01:07PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: KUDOS TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
12:01:21PM YOU ALL ARE HANDLING THIS SITUATION.
12:01:23PM YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.
12:01:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
12:01:26PM DO WE HAVE EVERYBODY?
12:01:53PM OKAY.
12:01:53PM SO THIS HAPPENED TO ME WHEN I APPLIED TO THE CODE
12:02:08PM ENFORCEMENT BOARD, NOT THIS BOARD, AND IT WAS VOTING AFTER
12:02:12PM VOTING AFTER VOTING, AND FINALLY, ONE COUNCIL MEMBER SAID
12:02:17PM ARE WE GOING TO GET LUNCH -- I WAS STILL HERE.
12:02:19PM THE OTHER PERSON WASN'T HERE.
12:02:21PM OUT OF SYMPATHY -- BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO GO TO LUNCH, I GOT
12:02:25PM ON THE BOARD.
12:02:27PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: VERY HONEST.
12:02:28PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NOT LIKE THEY LIKED ME.
12:02:30PM THEY JUST WANTED TO GO TO LUNCH.
12:02:32PM [LAUGHTER]
12:02:36PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: POLITICAL CAREER HAS BEEN VERY
12:02:39PM INTERESTING.
12:02:40PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I GOT LUCKY A LOT OF TIMES, BARELY, IT
12:02:43PM WAS FRANK REDDICK.
12:02:45PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: GOD REST HIS SOUL.
12:02:49PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I OWE A LOT TO FRANK.
12:02:51PM YES, MA'AM.
12:03:58PM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: COUNCIL, THIS IS ROUND 4.
12:04:00PM SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES.
12:04:05PM CITY CLERK.
12:04:05PM FRANK PYRTLE RECEIVED THREE VOTES.
12:04:10PM GREGORY HALSTEAD RECEIVED TWO VOTES.
12:04:14PM AND STEPHANIE HOPKINS RECEIVED TWO VOTES.
12:04:16PM SO I BELIEVE WE NEED TO PRINT OUT OTHER BALLOTS.
12:04:23PM WE HAVE GONE FOUR ROUNDS.
12:04:26PM SO MAYBE WE CAN DO IT AFTER LUNCH.
12:04:28PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I HATE TO HAVE PEOPLE WAIT.
12:04:34PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU WANT TO DO THE CONSENT DOCKET?
12:04:40PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WHILE THEY PRINT THE BALLOTS.
12:04:43PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S DO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
12:04:45PM LET'S DO THE CONSENT AGENDA WHEN WE WAIT FOR MORE BALLOTS.
12:04:49PM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA 4-8.
12:04:54PM >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION TO MOVE 4-8.
12:04:57PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
12:04:59PM SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
12:05:00PM FAVOR.
12:05:03PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I MOVE ITEMS 9-12.
12:05:07PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
12:05:09PM SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
12:05:10PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
12:05:11PM ANY OPPOSED?
12:05:12PM ALL RIGHT, COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, 13-26.
12:05:18PM >>LYNN HURTAK: 27.
12:05:21PM OH, WHOOPS --
12:05:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE PULLED THAT FOR DISCUSSION AFTER
12:05:26PM LUNCH.
12:05:26PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I DIDN'T MARK THAT.
12:05:29PM ITEMS 13-26.
12:05:31PM AND 26 IS A HEARING.
12:05:33PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CALLING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
12:05:37PM MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
12:05:39PM SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:05:40PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
12:05:41PM ITEM NUMBER 27 WILL BE HEARD AFTER LUNCH, BECAUSE WE PULLED
12:05:45PM IT.
12:05:45PM ITEMS 28-3 2.
12:05:47PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I BELIEVE WE PULLED 31, DIDN'T WE?
12:05:52PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PULLED IT NOR A SEPARATE VOTE.
12:05:55PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: 28-30 AND 32.
12:05:58PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:06:00PM SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
12:06:02PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
12:06:02PM ITEM 31 WILL BE A SEPARATE VOTE.
12:06:05PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE CAN VOTE ON IT NOW.
12:06:08PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: 27 AND 31 NOW?
12:06:11PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 27 FOR DISCUSSION 31 PULLED FOR VOTE.
12:06:19PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MOVE ITEM 31.
12:06:21PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
12:06:23PM SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
12:06:25PM ROLL CALL VOTE.
12:06:26PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:06:27PM >>BILL CARLSON: NO.
12:06:28PM >>LYNN HURTAK: NO.
12:06:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I UNDERSTAND.
12:06:36PM I WANT TO SAY WHAT I WANT TO SAY --
12:06:39PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: YOU CAN'T SAY IT AT THIS POINT.
12:06:40PM YOU WAIVED THAT RIGHT.
12:06:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES, AYE.
12:06:44PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
12:06:46PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:06:48PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO.
12:06:49PM MOTION WITH CARLSON, HURTAK AND MANISCALCO VOTING NO.
12:06:54PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT, ITEMS 33-34.
12:07:00PM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
12:07:04PM >>BILL CARLSON: MOVE 33-34.
12:07:06PM A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
12:07:08PM SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
12:07:09PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
12:07:10PM ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, 45-48.
12:07:13PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MOVE 48-48.
12:07:15PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
12:07:17PM SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
12:07:20PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
12:07:21PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WILL MOVE ITEMS 53, 54, 56.
12:07:29PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
12:07:29PM ANYTHING ELSE?
12:07:30PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I THINK WE DID THE WRITTEN REPORTS.
12:07:32PM THE OTHERS WERE MOVED.
12:07:35PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO MOVE 53, 54 AND 56.
12:07:38PM IS THAT CORRECT?
12:07:41PM >>CLERK: 53 AND 54.
12:07:43PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WE DIDN'T RECEIVE AND FILE THAT.
12:07:45PM SO DO WE NEED TO DO A SEPARATE MOTION?
12:07:48PM I MOVE 53 AND 54.
12:07:52PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:07:53PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
12:07:54PM >>LYNN HURTAK: RECEIVE AND FILE 56.
12:07:57PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE 56 BY
12:07:59PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK AND SECOND WERE BY COUNCIL MEMBER
12:08:03PM CLENDENIN.
12:08:03PM THEN 60 IS VERY EASY.
12:08:09PM VERY QUICK.
12:08:09PM ALL RIGHT.
12:08:11PM MISS FOXX-KNOWLES, DO YOU HAVE -- SORRY.
12:08:32PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I THINK WE CAN GO THROUGH.
12:08:34PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT WE COULD FINISH
12:08:36PM THE AGENDA AND NOT HAVE TO BREAK FOR LUNCH AND COME BACK.
12:08:39PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IS THAT BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT?
12:08:47PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: 15 AND 16 SAID YES.
12:08:50PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 15 AND 16.
12:08:52PM IF NOT BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, WE WILL GO THROUGH AND FINISH
12:08:56PM THIS AGENDA AND NOT BREAK FOR LUNCH.
12:08:59PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I AM THE 15TH WOMAN VOTED ON THE COUNCIL AND
12:09:02PM SHE IS THE 16th WOMAN.
12:09:03PM SO WE CALL EACH OTHER 15 AND 16.
12:09:05PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: SO THE MINUTES WILL NOTE BY UNANIMOUS
12:09:11PM CONSENT.
12:09:12PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
12:09:14PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:09:15PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: MAKING QUALITY RECOMMENDATIONS.
12:09:22PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT, WE WILL VOTE FOR THREE PEOPLE
12:09:26PM -- SORRY, THREE APPLICANTS, ONE OF THREE.
12:09:28PM ONE OF THREE, I AM SORRY.
12:09:31PM SO SORRY.
12:09:33PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WHAT DO WE DO FOR THE 1:30 PUBLIC HEARING --
12:10:01PM OH, WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL 1:30.
12:10:04PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: AS LONG AS YOU HAVE FOUR PEOPLE HERE TO DO
12:10:07PM IT, YOU CAN BE DONE.
12:10:08PM THE WAY THE BALLOT IS GOING, YOU WILL STILL BE HERE --
12:10:12PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OR TAKE A BRIEF LUNCH OR SOMETHING IF WE
12:10:15PM HAVE TO.
12:10:15PM YES, MA'AM.
12:10:16PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WILL WAIT.
12:10:18PM YES, MA'AM -- STILL WAITING?
12:10:25PM OKAY.
12:10:26PM I AM FINE WITH THAT.
12:10:36PM SO FOR THIS, WE HAVE THREE CANDIDATES AND FOUR POSITIONS
12:10:57PM LEFT OPEN.
12:10:58PM OH, YEAH, NEVER MIND, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO --
12:11:18PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHAT A SUGGESTION.
12:11:20PM DO WE ALLOW THE TOP THREE CANDIDATES REFRESH OUR MEMORY AND
12:11:24PM SPEAK FOR ONE MINUTE?
12:11:25PM ANYBODY NEED THAT?
12:11:28PM >>LUIS VIERA: ONE THING, COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK WAS ON TO
12:11:31PM SOMETHING WHICH IS MAYBE WE GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THE OTHER
12:11:33PM ONE AND THEN SEE IF IT MATCHES AT ALL.
12:11:36PM AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD FOR -- FOR BOTH
12:11:40PM POSITIONS.
12:11:40PM IT COULD MAKE THINGS EFFICIENT.
12:11:46PM >>LYNN HURTAK: ONLY REASON I WAS SAYING THAT IS BECAUSE WE
12:11:49PM WILL BE ADDING PEOPLE TO THE POOL, BUT, YEAH.
12:11:53PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
12:11:56PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I THINK PROBABLY TIME FOR TO US TO SOME
12:12:03PM LOBBYING.
12:12:05PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LOBBYING ON BEHALF OF THE CANDIDATES.
12:12:08PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YEAH, PEOPLE WE KEEP VOTING FOR.
12:12:11PM >>LUIS VIERA: MISS HOPKINS WAS MY NUMBER TWO CHOICE, BY THE
12:12:15PM WAY.
12:12:15PM >>LYNN HURTAK: GO FOR RANK VOTING.
12:12:19PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MY SUGGESTION -- RANK VOTING IS NOT
12:12:22PM CONSIDERED AT THIS POINT AND NEVER BEEN CONSIDERED BY
12:12:24PM COUNCIL.
12:12:25PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WILL MAKE MOTION LATER.
12:12:27PM >>LUIS VIERA: WE COULD --
12:12:32PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: I HAVE TO CHECK IF STATE LAW WILL ALLOW IT
12:12:35PM AS A MUNICIPAL LEVEL.
12:12:37PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
12:12:39PM >>LUIS VIERA: WE CAN DO SOMETHING WHERE WE AGREE IN ANOTHER
12:12:44PM VOTE WE DON'T CHOOSE THE SAME PERSON.
12:12:46PM STRIKE THAT.
12:12:46PM THAT WILL ACTUALLY MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT.
12:12:48PM SORRY.
12:12:49PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WILL MAKE PITCH FOR MY PERSON.
12:12:52PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: WHOEVER WANTS TO SPEAK.
12:12:58PM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: ROUND FIVE, AFRICAN-AMERICAN
12:13:00PM CITIZEN. FRANK PYRTLE HAD THREE VOTES FROM CARLSON,
12:13:09PM CLENDENIN AND MANISCALCO.
12:13:11PM GREGORY HALSTEAD HAD TWO VOTES FROM MIRANDA AND VIERA.
12:13:21PM STEPHANIE HOPKINS HAD TWO VOTES FROM HURTAK AND HENDERSON.
12:13:24PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WE START LOBBYING FOR OUR CANDIDATES A THIS
12:13:32PM POINT.
12:13:33PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WILL START.
12:13:34PM FRANK PYRTLE -- THEY ARE ALL EXTREMELY IMPRESSIVE.
12:13:41PM HIS RESUME, EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND, LIFE EXPERIENCE,
12:13:44PM PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE JUST STOOD OUT TO ME.
12:13:47PM THAT IS WHY I HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT IN SUPPORTING HIM FOR
12:13:51PM THIS POSITION.
12:13:51PM WHO IS NEXT?
12:13:54PM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
12:13:55PM >>LUIS VIERA: I LIKE MR. HALSTEAD'S INVOLVEMENT IN LOCAL
12:14:00PM GOVERNMENT.
12:14:00PM HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN A NUMBER OF LOCAL ISSUES THAT ARE
12:14:03PM REALLY IMPORTANT.
12:14:04PM I WILL ALSO -- I JUST SAY IT.
12:14:06PM I WAS -- STEPHANIE HOPKINS, I CITED.
12:14:09PM KEITH WHITE.
12:14:14PM HE WASN'T SELECT BUT ANOTHER WHO WAS ON MY SHORT LIST.
12:14:26PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN AND MIRANDA.
12:14:29PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: INTERESTING FOR FRANK PYRTLE, THE ONLY ONE
12:14:34PM I GAVE THREE STARS MARKING MY BALLOT FOR PRESENTATION.
12:14:37PM I CONCUR WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO ABOUT HIS EDUCATION
12:14:40PM BACKGROUND.
12:14:40PM WHAT I REALLY THOUGHT -- WE LOOK AT SOMEBODY THAT CAN BE A
12:14:44PM VERY EFFECTIVE AND PERSUASIVE IN A COMMITTEE SETTING.
12:14:48PM I FELT LIKE HIS DELIVERY AND HIS ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE
12:14:53PM PULLED THINGS TOGETHER AND HE WOULD BE ONE OF THE MORE
12:14:55PM EFFECTIVE MEMBERS OF GUIDING THE COMMITTEE FORWARD AND
12:14:58PM REALLY, YOU KNOW, FULFILLING THAT MISSION.
12:15:01PM SO THAT IS WHAT IMPRESSED ME MORE.
12:15:03PM EVERYBODY ELSE, AGAIN -- STEPHANIE -- I LOVED HER LEVEL OF
12:15:08PM ENERGY AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT.
12:15:10PM MR. HALSTEAD BEING A FORMER DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF.
12:15:14PM THE ONLY REASON I DON'T CONSIDER HIM IS HE IS NOT AS
12:15:18PM LONG-TERM A RESIDENT AS OTHERS.
12:15:19PM AND THAT WAS THE ONLY GIG THAT I FELT ABOUT THAT, WAS THAT
12:15:22PM -- WAS THAT THE RESIDENCY.
12:15:23PM NOT THAT IT IS A REQUIREMENT, BUT GIVING DEFERENCE TO PEOPLE
12:15:28PM WHO LIVE HERE AND HAVE MORE SKIN IN THE GAME FOR THE CITY OF
12:15:31PM TAMPA.
12:15:31PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:15:34PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THERE ARE 24 CANDIDATES AND THE WAY
12:15:37PM DEMOCRACY WORKS, IT WORKS.
12:15:39PM IT IS DIFFICULT.
12:15:39PM THERE WERE TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT I REALLY LIKED A LOT.
12:15:42PM I VOTED FOR ONE.
12:15:43PM THE OTHER ONE I WOULD LIKE TO VOTE FOR, BUT I CAN ONLY VOTE
12:15:46PM FOR ONE.
12:15:46PM THAT IS HOW IT IS.
12:15:47PM AND I DID THE BEST I CAN WITH WHAT I HEARD.
12:15:50PM AND CERTAINLY EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT -- DIFFERENT
12:15:55PM SPECIALTIES NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, WHAT YOU ARE, WHAT YOU
12:15:57PM HAVE OR WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE.
12:15:59PM YOU ARE HERE TODAY AND YOU REALLY SHOW ME THE RESPECT YOU
12:16:02PM HAVE FOR THE COMMUNITY BY SHOWING UP AND, THEREFORE, WE HAVE
12:16:05PM TO MAKE A DECISION BASED ON VERY FEW THINGS WE KNOW OF
12:16:08PM EVERYONE.
12:16:08PM IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DO THAT.
12:16:10PM THIS IS AMERICA.
12:16:11PM AND THIS IS THE WAY IT WORKS.
12:16:12PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
12:16:14PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YEAH, FOR ME I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERY
12:16:19PM SINGLE PERSON WHO HAS COME BEFORE US TODAY.
12:16:21PM AND I REALLY DO -- I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT AND YOU WANTING
12:16:27PM TO BE INVOLVED IN -- IN THIS LEVEL OF WORK.
12:16:29PM THERE WAS NO RHYME OR REASON NECESSARILY FOR ME.
12:16:33PM MISS HOPKINS STOOD OUT AND SO DID OTHERS AND THAT WILL BE
12:16:38PM EVIDENT IN THE NEXT VOTE THAT WE HAVE THAT WE HAVE A LARGER
12:16:46PM POOL TO SELECT FROM.
12:16:47PM SHE IS A LOCAL GIRL -- WOMAN WHO CAME BEFORE US AND HER
12:16:52PM EXPERIENCE IN PROBATE, YOU KNOW, WAS KIND OF INTERESTING TO
12:16:55PM ME.
12:16:55PM THE PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS HERE THAT WILL BE REQUIRED IN
12:16:59PM THIS COMMUNITY.
12:16:59PM THAT'S REALLY IT.
12:17:01PM CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU FOR PUTTING
12:17:05PM YOURSELVES OUT THERE.
12:17:07PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
12:17:08PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I AGREE.
12:17:09PM EVERYONE IS AMAZING.
12:17:11PM I AM TELLING YOU NOW, THERE ARE LOTS OF BOARDS AND
12:17:14PM COMMISSIONS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA THAT CAN USE FOLKS WHO ARE
12:17:20PM PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT THEY DO.
12:17:21PM AGAIN, MISS HOPKINS DID STAND OUT FOR THE SAME REASON.
12:17:25PM THOSE ARE THE ISSUES WE KEEP WORKING ON AND THE OTHER -- I
12:17:31PM AM INTERESTED IN GETTING FOLKS FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS
12:17:33PM AND LINES OF WORK.
12:17:35PM AND THAT IS INITIALLY WHY I CHOSE LATECIA BECAUSE OF THE
12:17:51PM HAIR BUSINESS AND DIFFERENT KIND OF SMALL BUSINESSES AND
12:17:53PM THAT IS MY REASONING BEHIND THAT.
12:17:55PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MA'AM, DO YOU WANT TO COME UP AND SPEAK?
12:18:04PM >> HELLO, EVERYONE, MY NAME IS STEPHANIE HOPKINS.
12:18:07PM THE GENTLEMAN -- SORRY, I NEED GLASSES.
12:18:12PM ALAN, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE DELIVERY OF THE GENTLEMAN'S
12:18:16PM PRESENTATION WHICH WAS AMAZING, BUT I WANTED TO TELL YOU, IN
12:18:20PM 2021, I FOUGHT FOR MY LIFE THROUGH COVID.
12:18:23PM THIS IS STILL MY COVID VOICE.
12:18:26PM THIS IS NOT ME.
12:18:27PM AND FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO STAND YOU IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS
12:18:31PM TODAY IS AMAZING.
12:18:32PM AND TO BE ABLE TO BE IN PROBATE AND SAVE MY FAMILY'S HOME.
12:18:38PM I WANT TO DO THAT FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
12:18:41PM SO I APOLOGIZE IF MY DELIVERY WASN'T BEST, AND I HAVE BEEN
12:18:48PM DEALING WITH THAT, BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DEAL WITH
12:18:51PM THIS ON MY OWN.
12:18:52PM I HAD STOPPED SPEAKING BECAUSE I COULDN'T SPEAK FOR SIX
12:18:55PM MONTHS.
12:18:55PM AND I WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.
12:18:58PM AND IT TOOK ME OVER SIX MONTHS TO BE ABLE TO STAND WHERE I
12:19:02PM AM TODAY.
12:19:03PM SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THAT THIS IS NORMALLY NOT
12:19:07PM MY VOICE.
12:19:07PM THIS IS COVID.
12:19:08PM I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
12:19:10PM BUT I AM VERY SERIOUS ABOUT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, MY
12:19:15PM COMMUNITY.
12:19:15PM I AM SEEING WHAT IS GOING ON WITH IT.
12:19:18PM AND I AM NOT -- I AM NOT -- IT DOESN'T SIT WELL WITH ME.
12:19:24PM AND I HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
12:19:27PM I'M NOT JUST HERE TO SIT THROUGH MEETINGS OR ANYTHING LIKE
12:19:31PM THAT.
12:19:31PM I WANT TO MAKE AN IMPACT THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY SAY, WELL, WE
12:19:36PM HAVE SAVED THIS MANY HOMES AT THIS MANY AMOUNT, YOU KNOW,
12:19:39PM FOR THESE FAMILIES.
12:19:40PM BECAUSE YOU TALK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY?
12:19:43PM WE CAN PRESERVE HOMES THROUGH ESTATE PLANNING INSTEAD OF
12:19:49PM CREATING ALL OF THESE OTHER HOMES AS WELL.
12:19:51PM AND THEN WE DISPLACE AND THEN KIDS DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO
12:19:55PM STAY.
12:19:55PM ONE EVICTION AFFECTS THEM OVERALL FOR THE REST OF THEIR
12:20:03PM LIFE.
12:20:03PM SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT ONE LITTLE PIECE.
12:20:06PM AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
12:20:08PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.
12:20:10PM BECAUSE WE ALLOWED MISS HOPKINS TO COME UP.
12:20:13PM MR. PYRTLE AND MR. HALSTEAD WISHES TO SPEAK.
12:20:18PM WE WILL GIVE YOU A MINUTE IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK.
12:20:20PM ALL RIGHT.
12:20:21PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: WERE THOSE PEOPLE ONLINE OR PERSON?
12:20:26PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THEY ARE RIGHT HERE.
12:20:27PM WE HAVE BALLOTS FILLED OUT.
12:20:29PM WE WILL TURN THEM BACK IN.
12:21:46PM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THIS IS ROUND SIX.
12:21:49PM FRANK PYRTLE RECEIVED THREE VOTES.
12:21:53PM GREGORY HALSTEAD RECEIVED TWO VOTES.
12:21:56PM AND STEPHANIE HOPKINS RECEIVED TWO VOTES.
12:21:59PM THIS IS FOR THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CITIZEN.
12:22:03PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE TOOK CARE OF HISPANIC-AMERICAN
12:22:14PM CITIZENS.
12:22:15PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IS YOUR MICROPHONE ON.
12:22:17PM SO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SENDING OUT.
12:22:20PM >>CLERK: HANDING THIS OUT WITH TWO VACANCIES.
12:22:23PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHICH EVERYBODY THAT -- 18 MONTHS.
12:22:32PM SO EVERYBODY THAT APPLIED IS ELIGIBLE FOR THIS CATEGORY,
12:22:36PM WHICH IS AT-LARGE.
12:22:37PM IF WE WERE TO PICK FOLKS THERE, IT MIGHT HELP WITH THE
12:22:41PM PREVIOUS ONE.
12:22:42PM THIS IS FOR A 18-MONTH TERM.
12:22:44PM SO WE WILL PICK TWO VACANCIES.
12:22:47PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: IF THEY GET THIS, THEY CAN'T GET THE
12:23:10PM OTHER ONE.
12:23:11PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT'S RIGHT.
12:23:14PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WE TALK -- DO YOU WANT TO TALK OF ITEM 60?
12:24:19PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S TAKE A LOOK -- TALK OF ITEM 60.
12:24:22PM I HAVE A LOT TO SAY NOW.
12:24:25PM CITY COUNCIL OF SCHEDULING AN EVENING SESSION JULY 31, 2025
12:24:29PM FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE AND PLAN AMENDMENT CASES.
12:24:34PM THAT WILL BE TO ADD THAT EVENING SESSION.
12:24:36PM WE HAVE A DAYTIME MEETING, IS THAT CORRECT?
12:24:41PM SO FOR JULY 31, SINCE IT IS A REGULAR DAYTIME MEETING, I
12:24:47PM WOULD ASK COUNCIL -- NOT BECAUSE MY MOM'S BIRTHDAY IS THE
12:24:51PM DAY BEFORE -- BUT TO LIMIT -- SHE TURNS 39.
12:24:55PM TO LIMIT STAFF REPORTS TO FOUR.
12:25:01PM WE ONLY HAVE ONE.
12:25:03PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LIMIT IT TO FOUR STAFF REPORTS.
12:25:07PM WE WILL HAVE A MAX OF FOUR STAFF REPORTS FOR THE JANUARY 31
12:25:16PM REGULAR SESSION SO WE CAN GET AT IT ON A REASONABLE TIME
12:25:20PM BECAUSE WE WILL GO INTO AN EVENING SESSION WHICH MAY OR MAY
12:25:23PM NOT BE A BUSY NIGHT.
12:25:24PM IT IS ALCOHOL BEVERAGE.
12:25:28PM >>LYNN HURTAK: AND REZONING.
12:25:29PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
12:25:32PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN -- WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK,
12:25:35PM PLEASE?
12:25:36PM MISS EDWARDS, WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS YOUR NAME FOR THE
12:25:41PM RECORD.
12:25:41PM >>LISA EDWARDS: LISA EDWARDS.
12:25:44PM COUNCIL'S PLEASURE ON THAT DAY IS TO LIMIT STAFF REPORTS TO
12:25:47PM FOUR.
12:25:47PM WE HAVE TWO ALREADY AND WILL ADD TWO MORE AND GO AHEAD AND
12:25:50PM NOT DO ANY PRESENTATIONS OR COMMENDATIONS THAT DAY.
12:25:54PM NO CEREMONIAL AS WELL.
12:25:57PM AND THAT WILL DEFINITELY LIMIT THAT DAY AND GET YOU ALL OUT
12:26:00PM YOU HAVE HERE EARLY ENOUGH TO HAVE A GREAT -- BEFORE THE
12:26:04PM EVENING SESSION.
12:26:05PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT GOOD FOR EVERYBODY?
12:26:08PM A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:26:09PM WE ARE LIMITING THE REGULAR SESSION OF JULY 31 FOUR STAFF
12:26:15PM REPORTS AND NO CEREMONIAL ACTIVITIES.
12:26:17PM DO I HAVE A SECOND?
12:26:20PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: NO COMMENDATIONS, PRESENTATIONS.
12:26:23PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO RIGHT TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
12:26:25PM >>LISA EDWARDS: PRESENTATIONS OR COMMENDATIONS.
12:26:26PM THAT ALL FALLS UNDER CEREMONIAL.
12:26:29PM BUT IF YOU CAN ALSO MAKE A MOTION TO BE SURE THAT THAT IS
12:26:34PM ADDED TO THE CALENDAR THAT DAY.
12:26:37PM SO THAT WAY WHEN EVERYONE IS LOOKING BACK AT THE CALENDAR,
12:26:41PM THEY WILL BE ABLE TO KNOW NOT TO ADD ANYTHING ON THAT DAY.
12:26:44PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, PART OF YOUR
12:26:47PM MOTION -- THAT WE WILL ADD IT TO CALENDAR AS WELL.
12:26:52PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
12:26:54PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
12:26:57PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:26:59PM >>LYNN HURTAK: ARE WE READY FOR A VOTE?
12:27:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ARE WE READY, MA'AM?
12:27:10PM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THIS IS ROUND ONE FOR THE CITIZEN
12:27:13PM AT-LARGE.
12:27:14PM WE HAVE TWO VACANCIES.
12:27:17PM STEPHANIE HOPKINS RECEIVED FOUR VOTES.
12:27:21PM FRANK PYRTLE, FOUR VOTES.
12:27:36PM ONE BY CLENDENIN.
12:27:37PM ONE BY VIERA.
12:27:38PM ONE BY MIRANDA.
12:27:39PM AND ONE BY MANISCALCO.
12:27:42PM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES, CITY CLERK.
12:27:47PM LATOYA RECEIVED ONE VOTE.
12:27:53PM LETICIA --
12:27:57PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: BY WHO, PLEASE?
12:28:00PM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: CARLSON.
12:28:02PM LETICIA HANKERSON RECEIVED ONE VOTE.
12:28:06PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: FROM WHOSE, PLEASE?
12:28:11PM I AM SORRY?
12:28:15PM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: LETICIA RECEIVED A VOTE FROM
12:28:17PM HURTAK.
12:28:17PM KERRICK WILLIAMS RECEIVED TWO VOTES.
12:28:21PM ONE FROM CARLSON AND ONE FROM HENDERSON.
12:28:24PM JADE GOODING RECEIVED ONE VOTE AND THAT WAS FROM HURTAK.
12:28:30PM GREGORY HALSTEAD RECEIVED THREE VOTES.
12:28:35PM ONE VOTE FROM CLENDENIN, ONE VOTE FROM HENDERSON -- SO,
12:28:40PM GREGORY HALSTEAD RECEIVED THREE VOTES FROM CLENDENIN, VIERA,
12:28:47PM AND MANISCALCO.
12:28:47PM FRANK PYRTLE RECEIVED TWO VOTES, ONE FROM HENDERSON AND ONE
12:28:58PM FROM MIRANDA.
12:28:58PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HALSTEAD RECEIVED THREE AND HOPKINS
12:29:03PM RECEIVED FOUR.
12:29:04PM THEY WOULD GO UP TO THE NEXT ROUND.
12:29:05PM SHE IS ALREADY DONE.
12:29:14PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: SHE IS IN BUT NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE
12:29:19PM 36-MONTH POSITION.
12:29:20PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO THAT REGARD.
12:29:23PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE MOTION FOR HOPKINS.
12:29:25PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I THOUGHT SHE GOT FOUR VOTES.
12:29:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO RATIFY STEPHANIE
12:29:33PM HOPKINS BY COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
12:29:35PM A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
12:29:37PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
12:29:38PM ANY OPPOSED?
12:29:39PM ALL RIGHT.
12:29:39PM SO SHE IS IN.
12:29:40PM NOW WE HAVE -- WE HAVE ANOTHER BALLOT FOR --
12:29:45PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: WHO IS REMAINING?
12:29:48PM BY NAME, I AM JUST CURIOUS.
12:29:50PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: REDUCE IT BY ALL THE PEOPLE WHO GOT
12:30:05PM VOTES.
12:30:06PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WAIT JUST A SECOND, FOLKS.
12:30:09PM DON'T GO YET.
12:30:10PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THIS IS FOR THE SECOND 18-MONTH POSITION.
12:30:18PM AND THEN WE GO BACK TO THE 36-MONTH POSITION?
12:30:23PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
12:30:24PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IS YOUR MIC ON, PLEASE.
12:30:32PM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: FRANK GREGORY.
12:30:38PM NUMBER 9 JADE GOODING.
12:30:41PM NUMBER 15 KERRICK WILLIAMS.
12:30:44PM 17 LETICIA HANKERSON AND LATOYA CARTER.
12:30:51PM NUMBER 18.
12:30:53PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: NO OFFENSE, COUNCIL.
12:32:09PM I NEED FOR YOU TO INTERRUPT THIS.
12:32:11PM AND I DON'T WANT THEM TO THINK YOU ARE SAYING OTHER THAN
12:32:15PM NONCITY BUSINESS.
12:32:15PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THIS IS NOT A ROLE, MR. SHELBY.
12:32:19PM WE CAN'T TALK?
12:32:20PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IT IS.
12:32:21PM YOU CAN NOT HAVE SIDEBARS THAT CANNOT BE HEARD FROM THE
12:32:25PM PUBLIC.
12:32:26PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ONLY ON CITY BUSINESS.
12:32:33PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I ASKED ALAN NOT TO CLICK HIS PEN.
12:32:36PM I DON'T LIKE IT.
12:32:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SEND ME TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE.
12:32:42PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: NO DRUMMING ON THE DESK AND CLICKING
12:32:44PM PENS.
12:32:44PM HE CLICKED IT AFTER I ASKED HIM NOT TOO.
12:32:47PM CLICKED IT TWICE.
12:32:48PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: YOU SEE HOW THE PUBLIC BENEFITS FROM THE
12:32:52PM PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF THAT.
12:32:55PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: SEE, AND HE IS STILL DOING IT.
12:32:57PM [CLICKING SOUND]
12:32:59PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: HE IS STILL DOING IT, AND I WILL MAKE HIM
12:33:02PM PAY FOR THAT IN A -- I DON'T KNOW EVEN THOUGH WHAT THE
12:33:06PM PUNISHMENT WILL BE, BUT IT WILL COME.
12:33:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: PADDLE FOR INSUBORDINATION.
12:33:13PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: AS LONG AS IT IS DISCUSSED IN A PUBLIC
12:33:16PM MEETING.
12:33:17PM SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: ROUND TWO, SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES FOR
12:33:23PM THE CITIZEN AT-LARGE.
12:33:24PM WE HAVE TWO VACANCIES.
12:33:28PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE ONE VACANCY NOW.
12:33:32PM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: GREGORY HALSTEAD, FOUR VOTES.
12:33:37PM ONE FROM CLENDENIN.
12:33:38PM ONE FROM VIERA.
12:33:39PM ONE FROM MIRANDA.
12:33:40PM AND ONE FROM MANISCALCO.
12:33:41PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT, SO --
12:33:48PM SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: FOR THE RECORD.
12:33:48PM KERRICK WILLIAMS RECEIVED TWO VOTES, ONE FROM CARLSON AND
12:33:54PM ONE FROM HENDERSON.
12:33:54PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MOTION PLEASE.
12:33:57PM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: AND LETICIA HANKERSON RECEIVED WIN
12:34:02PM VOTE.
12:34:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION TO RATIFY GREGORY HALSTEAD.
12:34:07PM A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:34:08PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
12:34:10PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
12:34:11PM OPPOSED?
12:34:12PM CONGRATULATIONS, SIR.
12:34:13PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT, YOU WANT TO DO THE ETHNIC MINORITY
12:34:21PM CITIZEN CATEGORY OR GO BACK TO THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CITIZEN
12:34:23PM CATEGORY.
12:34:24PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN THAT.
12:34:32PM [OFF MIC]
12:34:37PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO BY -- DO WE NEED TO --
12:34:40PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF THOSE PEOPLE ARE FREELY APPOINTED AND
12:34:44PM RATIFIED, THEY SHOULD BE CROSSED OFF THIS LIST.
12:34:46PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CAN I GET A MOTION TO RATIFY
12:34:54PM FRANK PYRTLE TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN SEAT.
12:34:55PM A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
12:34:57PM SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:34:58PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
12:35:03PM AYE.
12:35:04PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I AM CLAPPING FOR WHAT WE DID.
12:35:09PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ETHNIC CITIZEN.
12:35:12PM EVERYBODY IS ELIGIBLE BUT ONE CANDIDATE.
12:35:15PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: EVERYBODY IS ELIGIBLE.
12:35:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ONE CANDIDATE WILL NOT.
12:35:25PM >>LYNN HURTAK: DO YOU ALL WANT TO TALK ABOUT 27?
12:36:41PM WE CAN JUST GET THAT DONE.
12:36:42PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT NOW.
12:36:45PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I TONIGHT REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.
12:36:48PM I WANT TO VOTE.
12:36:49PM I DON'T THINK WE NEED STAFF.
12:36:59PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM 47 WAS PULLED FOR DISCUSSION BY
12:37:10PM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
12:37:11PM TAKE UP 27 RIGHT NOW?
12:37:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I HAVE A QUESTION FOR BRANDON.
12:37:14PM BRANDON, ARE YOU ONLINE?
12:37:22PM >> JUST SPEAKING FOR BRANDON FOR ITEM 27.
12:37:24PM IF YOU WANT HIM, HE IS ON HIS WAY OVER.
12:37:26PM IF YOU JUST GIVE HIM A MOMENT.
12:37:28PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE WILL HOLD 27 FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE.
12:37:31PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THEN MAYBE MR. ROGERO.
12:37:34PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS MR. ROGERO IN THE BUILDING OR ONLINE?
12:37:59PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YOUR CHIEF GAVE YOU AN ORDER SO LET'S
12:38:02PM STICK WITH THAT.
12:38:03PM LET'S DO WHAT SHE SAID.
12:38:05PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THIS WILL BE EASY IF YOU WANT TO DO IT.
12:38:09PM OPEN THE 10 A.M. PUBLIC HEARINGS.
12:38:11PM MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON AND SECONDED FRIDAY
12:38:15PM HURTAK.
12:38:15PM NONQUASI JUDICIAL.
12:38:18PM ITEM 49, PRESENT TO PRESENT ON ITEM 49?
12:38:23PM ANYBODY VIRTUAL?
12:38:28PM IS THERE AN APPLICANT?
12:38:30PM ALL RIGHT, ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM
12:38:33PM NUMBER 49?
12:38:36PM >>LUIS VIERA: MOVE TO CLOSE.
12:38:37PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
12:38:37PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
12:38:41PM OPPOSED.
12:38:42PM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, READ 49.
12:38:44PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
12:38:45PM ITEM NUMBER 49, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING
12:38:49PM ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA,
12:38:53PM VACATING, CLOSING AND WEST CHELSEA STREET EAST OF MANHATTAN
12:39:01PM WEST OF CUPID AVENUE AND REPLAT OF DREW PARK IN THE CITY OF
12:39:05PM TAMPA, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY
12:39:07PM DESCRIBED SECTION 2 THEREOF, CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE
12:39:13PM MORE PARTICULARLY SET.
12:39:14PM PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT PEND TEE, PROVIDING FOR
12:39:18PM DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATIONS AND PROVIDING SEVERABILITY AND
12:39:22PM PROVIDING A EFFECTIVE DATE.
12:39:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL
12:39:28PM MEMBER VIERA.
12:39:28PM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
12:39:30PM >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
12:39:33PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:39:34PM ITEM NUMBER 50, THERE IS A SUBSTITUTE.
12:39:37PM THIS IS FROM THE CITY.
12:39:39PM ANYBODY PRESENTING ANYTHING HERE?
12:39:43PM I SEE -- ANYBODY PRESENTING ON 50.
12:39:46PM ANYTHING TO ADD?
12:39:49PM >> JUST THAT WE ARE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND THAT THE
12:39:51PM SUBSTITUTE WAS ONLY CORRECTING A SCRIVENER'S.
12:39:56PM >>EMMA GREGORY: I AM EMMA GREGORY AND GREGORY FOLPOLK.
12:40:03PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
12:40:06PM CLENDENIN.
12:40:06PM SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
12:40:08PM VIERA, READ THE SUBSTITUTE.
12:40:12PM >>LUIS VIERA: ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, CITY
12:40:18PM OF TAMPA CODE OF ORDINANCES OF PARKING, PROVIDING FOR
12:40:21PM SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING A EFFECTIVE DATE.
12:40:23PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
12:40:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION ARE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
12:40:27PM SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:40:29PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
12:40:32PM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
12:40:34PM CLERK MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
12:40:37PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MISS SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES, YOU HAVE ANY
12:40:43PM RESULTS FOR US?
12:40:44PM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: YES, SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES, CITY
12:40:47PM CLERK.
12:40:47PM ROUND ONE FOR THE ETHNIC MINORITY CITIZEN.
12:40:51PM WE HAVE MR. OYOLOLA.
12:41:05PM TWO VOTES.
12:41:06PM ONE FROM VIERA, AND ONE FROM MANISCALCO.
12:41:08PM KERRICK WILLIAMS RECEIVED TWO VOTES.
12:41:11PM ONE FROM CARLSON AND ONE FROM CLENDENIN.
12:41:15PM ANISA CATERON.
12:41:27PM LETICIA HANKERSON AND LATOYA CARTER GOT ONE VOTE.
12:41:36PM TOTAL OF SEVEN VOTES BUT THESE PEOPLE RECEIVED ONE VOTES.
12:41:39PM IT IS BETWEEN --
12:41:44PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: NAMES COME YOU HAVE AND THE TOP TWO.
12:41:46PM THE TOP TWO HAVE TWO VOTES EACH.
12:41:50PM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: OYOLOLA.
12:41:57PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OYOLOLA.
12:42:00PM HE IS RIGHT HERE.
12:42:02PM DIRECTLY BEHIND IN THE GREEN SHIRT.
12:42:05PM >> MY NAME IS ENIADE OYOLOLA.
12:42:10PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S DO THIS AGAIN.
12:42:17PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE LAST CATEGORY?
12:42:27PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:42:28PM THEN WE HAVE THAT OTHER BOARD.
12:42:31PM ONE MORE FOR ME.
12:42:44PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU HAVE ONE RIGHT THERE.
12:42:48PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THE ONES YOU CIRCLED ARE THE ONES WE GET
12:42:51PM TO VOTE FOR.
12:42:51PM SHELBY ONLY ONE.
12:42:55PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES, WE KNOW, MR. SHELBY.
12:42:58PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NOT WRITE A CHECK.
12:43:02PM >>LYNN HURTAK: BRANDON IS HERE NOW.
12:43:32PM MR. CAMPBELL IS HERE.
12:43:33PM IF YOU WANT YOUR QUESTION ANSWERED.
12:43:35PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE TO WAIT.
12:43:37PM WAIT UNTIL 1:30.
12:43:39PM >>LYNN HURTAK: MR. CAMPBELL IS HERE IF YOU WANT TO ASK YOUR
12:43:42PM QUESTION WHILE THEY ARE TALLYING.
12:43:44PM SORRY, ARE THEY DONE TALLYING?
12:43:47PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. CAMPBELL.
12:43:48PM COME ON UP.
12:43:49PM THIS IS FOR ITEM NUMBER 27.
12:43:51PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MR. CAMPBELL.
12:43:53PM HAGAR, OUR BUDGET ANALYST, IDENTIFIED A DESIGN-BUILD
12:43:59PM CONTRACT IN HER DISCUSSIONS THAT THE CITY JUST RECENTLY
12:44:03PM LISTED.
12:44:03PM SO THAT WAS A DESIGN-BUILD FOR HOW MUCH SIDEWALK?
12:44:11PM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
12:44:12PM BRANDON CAMPBELL, MOBILITY DEPARTMENT.
12:44:14PM DESIGN-BUILD SOLICITATION THAT WAS ON OUR WEB SITE THAT WAS
12:44:18PM MENTIONED ALREADY IS A $2 MILLION GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE
12:44:24PM ANTICIPATED FOR A SELECTION OF SIDEWALK SEGMENTS THAT WERE
12:44:29PM LISTED IN THAT SOLICITATION LANGUAGE.
12:44:31PM IT ADDS UP TO 3.05 MILES.
12:44:36PM AND WE ARE NOT YET UNDER CONTRACT WITH IT.
12:44:39PM THE INTENT OF OUR SELECTION METHOD WAS TO SET THE CEILING
12:44:45PM FOR THE COSTS AND ALLOW FOR DESIGN-BUILD TEAMS TO PROPOSE TO
12:44:50PM US HOW MUCH OF THAT FULL LIST THEY COULD COMPLETE WITHIN
12:44:55PM THAT -- WITHIN THAT $2 MILLION UPSET LIMIT.
12:44:57PM THE INTENT WAS WE WANTED TO BE MINDFUL OF THE POTENTIAL FOR
12:45:02PM INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS TO -- YOU KNOW, TO RUN INTO COST
12:45:06PM CHALLENGES.
12:45:06PM BUT THEN ALSO TO SORT OF TEST HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TAKE
12:45:11PM ADVANTAGE OF THE ECONOMY OF SCALE THAT IS REPRESENTED
12:45:14PM THEREIN.
12:45:15PM MOST OF OUR PROJECTS HAVE BEEN -- THAT ARE PURELY SIDEWALK
12:45:19PM PROJECTS THAT ARE SEEN IN THE PRESENTATION THAT I GAVE TO
12:45:22PM THE TCVA AND SHOWED SLIDES IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS.
12:45:28PM SMALLER QUANTITIES THAN THAT.
12:45:29PM AND WE ARE HOPING TO GET THE UNIT COST DOWN AS WE GO AFTER A
12:45:33PM LARGER -- LARGER LIST OF PROJECTS.
12:45:35PM AND LIKE I SAID, IT IS NOT YET UNDER CONTRACT AND WE DON'T
12:45:39PM KNOW AT THIS POINT WITH CERTAINTY HOW MUCH OF THAT LIST OF
12:45:42PM THREE-PLUS MILES WILL BE ABLE TO COMPLETE.
12:45:45PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THE DATA IS USELESS TO ME BECAUSE NOT
12:45:49PM UNDER CONTRACTS.
12:45:49PM I CAN'T EXTRAPOLATE REALLY --
12:45:52PM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: I THINK THAT IS FAIR TO SAY.
12:45:55PM MAYBE A YEAR FROM NOW IF WE WERE TO REVISIT THAT ISSUE IT
12:46:01PM WOULD REPRESENT A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF WHAT WE WILL
12:46:03PM PRESENT AS OUR UNIT COSTS.
12:46:05PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OKAY.
12:46:06PM THANK YOU.
12:46:06PM I APPRECIATE THAT.
12:46:08PM I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION ON THE
12:46:11PM TABLE TO DO A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE ACTUAL COSTS AND
12:46:15PM ALL.
12:46:15PM JUST TRYING TO WEIGH OUT ALL OF THE CONCERNS THEY ARE
12:46:19PM HAVING.
12:46:19PM THANK YOU.
12:46:21PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:46:22PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND BEING
12:46:26PM STRAIGHTFORWARD FOR US.
12:46:27PM ONE THING -- ONE THING, I AM NOT AGAINST SIDEWALKS.
12:46:31PM LET ME SAY THIS.
12:46:32PM IN THAT AREA THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IF SOMEONE HAS A LOT
12:46:35PM AND HAS DITCH IN FRONT OF IT, AND HE OR SHE CANNOT PUT A
12:46:39PM SIDEWALK, THEY PAY INTO THE FUND FOR SOMEBODY ELSE TO HAVE
12:46:42PM THE SIDEWALK?
12:46:43PM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: THE INTENT BEHIND THE IN LIEU FEE.
12:46:49PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I KNOW THE INTENT.
12:46:50PM BUT IS IT LEGAL?
12:46:51PM I WANT THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO EXPLAIN NOT TAXATION WITHOUT
12:46:56PM REPRESENTATION.
12:46:56PM YOU ARE TAXING SOMEBODY TO GET NOTHING.
12:46:58PM MAKE A CITY PUT A PIPE AND THEY PUT THE SIDEWALK OVER THE
12:47:01PM PIPE.
12:47:01PM >>EMMA GREGORY: EMMA GREGORY, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
12:47:06PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I CAN HARDLY HEAR YOU.
12:47:09PM SPEAK LOUDER.
12:47:10PM >>EMMA GREGORY: THE WAY THE ORDINANCE IS SET UP, A PAYMENT
12:47:18PM INTO AN IN LIEU FUND THAT WILL FUND A SIDEWALK PROJECT
12:47:24PM WITHIN THAT PERSON'S GEOGRAPHICAL AREA.
12:47:26PM THEY MAY NOT BE GETTING A SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE,
12:47:30PM THEY WOULD BE GETTING A SIDEWALK IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD,
12:47:34PM THEIR GREATER GEOGRAPHICAL AREA THAT WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE
12:47:38PM SIDEWALK NETWORK NEAR THEM.
12:47:40PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO MATTER WHAT -- IN OTHER WORDS, THERE
12:47:44PM -- IT COULD BE FOR A MILE.
12:47:45PM >>EMMA GREGORY: THAT MAY BE THE CASE.
12:47:48PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: TO ME, THAT IS AGAINST THE LAW.
12:47:53PM TACKING SOMEBODY AND THEY ARE NOT GETTING ZERO BENEFIT ON
12:47:56PM WHAT THE TAX IS.
12:47:57PM JUST LIKE YOU ARE SAYING I DIDN'T BUILD A HOUSE BUT CHARGE
12:48:02PM AN AD VALOREM TAX.
12:48:03PM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: THEY WILL STILL HAVE THE OPTION TO BUILD
12:48:09PM THE SIDEWALK ON THEIR SITE.
12:48:11PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: BUILD IT ON THEIR PROPERTY AND FORGET THE
12:48:15PM CITY RIGHT-OF-WAY.
12:48:15PM IF THAT WAY I AM FOR IT.
12:48:17PM DON'T EVER TELL ME A DITCH THAT NO ONE CAN USE AND CHARGE
12:48:21PM SOMEBODY A TAX FOR BUILDING A SIDEWALK ON SOMEBODY ELSE'S
12:48:25PM PROPERTY.
12:48:25PM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: THERE HAVE BEEN INSTANCES WHERE THE
12:48:28PM DEVELOPER HAS GRANTED --
12:48:31PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AM NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE DEVELOPER.
12:48:33PM I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE LAW.
12:48:35PM >>EMMA GREGORY: THIS IS -- THE CITY'S REQUIREMENT IS FOR
12:48:39PM SIDEWALKS TO BE BUILT.
12:48:40PM IF THEY CAN NOT BE BUILT AND FOUND NOT TO BE PRACTICAL, THEN
12:48:43PM THE FEE IS PAID.
12:48:44PM A FEE IS DIFFERENT THAN A TAX.
12:48:47PM JUST TO BE CLEAR.
12:48:48PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU ARE CALLING IT A FEE.
12:48:49PM NOT A TAX.
12:48:50PM >>EMMA GREGORY: IT IS A FEE.
12:48:54PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WHAT IS DIFFERENCE.
12:48:55PM YOU GOT TO PAY IT.
12:48:56PM >>EMMA GREGORY: I AM NOT A FINANCIAL EXPERT.
12:49:02PM BUT A TAX IS A GENERAL LEVY THAT GOES IN THE CITY'S GENERAL
12:49:07PM FUND AND CAN BE USED FOR ANY PUBLIC PURPOSE.
12:49:13PM THIS IS A FEE IN PLACE OF -- OF SOMEONE'S REQUIREMENTS TO
12:49:18PM BUILD A SIDEWALK.
12:49:18PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: BUT THE SIDEWALK OF THE GENERAL FUND CAN
12:49:22PM -- CAN BE SIDEWALKS OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
12:49:24PM >>EMMA GREGORY: WE ARE CONFLATING THINGS HERE.
12:49:29PM I BELIEVE -- I WISH MR. ROGERO WAS HERE.
12:49:32PM THERE IS THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND, RIGHT.
12:49:34PM THAT IS WHERE LOTS OF PROJECTS CAN COME FROM.
12:49:38PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THE POT, RIGHT.
12:49:40PM >>EMMA GREGORY: THE FEE MONEY GOES INTO SIDEWALK FUNDS FOR
12:49:44PM THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS THAT NEW SIDEWALKS IN THOSE AREAS CAN
12:49:51PM BE CONSTRUCTED WITH THOSE FUNDS.
12:49:53PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NOT A FRANCHISE FEE OR A TAX ALSO.
12:49:58PM ANYTHING YOU WANT TO NAME "FEE" IS NOT A TAX.
12:50:01PM >>EMMA GREGORY: THERE ARE DIFFERENT STANDARDS FOR THESE
12:50:04PM THINGS IN THE LAW.
12:50:05PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THREE LETTERS.
12:50:08PM TAX AND FEE THREE LETTERS.
12:50:10PM SAME MONEY, SAME THING GOING.
12:50:12PM I WANT AN EXPLANATION HOW YOU ARE GOING TO CHARGE ME IF I
12:50:15PM HAVE A HOUSE WITH A DITCH THAT I WANT TO BUILD ON A TAX OR A
12:50:19PM FEE, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.
12:50:21PM TRANSFER THAT MONEY -- ONCE YOU TRANSFER -- IT MAY BE A FEE,
12:50:25PM ONCE YOU TRANSFER TO THERE, TO ME A TAX.
12:50:27PM BECAUSE SOMEBODY IS GETTING A BENEFIT FROM YOUR MONEY.
12:50:30PM NOT YOUR COMMUNITY'S MONEY.
12:50:31PM YOUR MONEY.
12:50:32PM I AM NOT ARGUING WITH YOU.
12:50:33PM I AM ARGUING WITH THE CONCEPT.
12:50:35PM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: IF I CAN ADD.
12:50:41PM HYPOTHETICAL DITCH WITH A LOT.
12:50:44PM ONE IS TO PIPE IN A DITCH AND BUILD A SIDEWALK.
12:50:47PM ONE WOULD BE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE IN LIEU FEE.
12:50:50PM AND ONE WILL BE TO BUILD IT ON THEIR PROPERTY, ON THEIR SIDE
12:50:53PM OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE AS YOU SUGGEST WITH THE INTENT THAT
12:50:56PM WOULD BE GRANTED AS AN EASEMENT BACK TO US FOR LIABILITY
12:50:59PM CONCERNS.
12:50:59PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THEN YOU ARE TAKING PROPERTY.
12:51:01PM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: IT WOULD BE AN EASEMENT.
12:51:06PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: EVEN WORSE YOU ARE TAKING PEOPLE'S
12:51:08PM PROPERTY AND SAY GIVE IT TO ME.
12:51:10PM EVEN IF YOU BUILT THE SIDEWALK OR NOT.
12:51:13PM >>EMMA GREGORY: THAT WOULD BE THE PROPERTY OWNER'S DECISION.
12:51:18PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YET HE CAN'T BUILD IF YOU DO THAT.
12:51:20PM WHY IS THE DECISION FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER TO DO THAT.
12:51:23PM NOT HIS OR HER DECISION.
12:51:24PM THAT IS OUR DECISION.
12:51:25PM I AM NOT A LAWYER -- BELIEVE ME, I AM NOT.
12:51:28PM I AM JUST ASKING A QUESTION IS VERY SIMPLE TO ANSWER.
12:51:31PM A FEE IS A TAX ONCE YOU RECEIVE IT.
12:51:35PM MAY BE A FEE TO COLLECT IT, BUT ONCE IT IS IN YOUR COFFERS,
12:51:41PM IT IS A TAX.
12:51:41PM >>EMMA GREGORY: THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS ON THE SPENDING OF
12:51:46PM THOSE FEES THAT DIFFERENTIATE IT FROM A TAX THAT IS
12:51:52PM COLLECTED GENERALLY.
12:51:53PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: LET ME SAY THIS.
12:51:55PM I TALKED TO NO NEIGHBORS.
12:51:57PM I TALKED TO NO HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS.
12:51:59PM I TALKED TO NO LOBBYISTS.
12:52:01PM I TALKED TO NOBODY, BUT SOMETHING THAT JUST BOTHERS ME WHEN
12:52:06PM I SEE SOMETHING THAT IS BEING AWAY -- THAT A PROPERTY OWNER
12:52:10PM IS GIVING UP HIS OR HER RIGHT TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
12:52:12PM BUILD -- HOUSE COSTING US MONEY AND NOW THE LOT IS COSTING
12:52:16PM US MONEY.
12:52:16PM IF THE CITY IS WILLING TO PUT A PIPE AND COVER IT, THEN I
12:52:20PM SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT IS FINE.
12:52:22PM THE PERSON BUILT A SIDEWALK.
12:52:24PM EVEN THOUGH NOT BE ANOTHER SIDEWALK THERE FOR 100 YEARS.
12:52:28PM THAT IS FINE.
12:52:29PM YOU TAKE THE PROPERTY AWAY AND MAKE THAT PERSON GIVE MONEY
12:52:32PM TO SOMEBODY ELSE, I CAN'T VOTE FOR THAT.
12:52:34PM THAT'S ALL.
12:52:38PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
12:52:39PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IF YOU CAN PROVE I AM WRONG OR I WILL
12:52:43PM TAKE TO YOU COURT MYSELF.
12:52:44PM >>LYNN HURTAK: SINCE IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE HE WILL VOTE FOR
12:52:47PM ANYTHING ARE, I AM GOING TO SAY I WILL MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
12:52:50PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SECOND.
12:52:52PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
12:52:53PM IT IS HER COMMITTEE AND SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
12:52:56PM CLENDENIN.
12:52:56PM ROLL CALL VOTE.
12:52:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES.
12:53:02PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:53:04PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO.
12:53:05PM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
12:53:06PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
12:53:07PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO.
12:53:08PM >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH MIRANDA AND MANISCALCO VOTING
12:53:11PM NO, AND HENDERSON BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
12:53:14PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SIX THAT SAYS YES.
12:53:16PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: TAKE THAT DOWN, PLEASE.
12:53:18PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT IS ITEM 50.
12:53:21PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: TAKE THAT DO YOU KNOW, PLEASE.
12:53:24PM CCTV.
12:53:26PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT SETTLES 27.
12:53:28PM MISS SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES.
12:53:31PM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THANK YOU, SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES,
12:53:35PM CITY CLERK.
12:53:35PM THIS IS ROUND TWO FOR THE ETHNIC MINORITY CITIZEN.
12:53:40PM WE HAVE ONE VACANCY.
12:53:41PM AND TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE VOTED ON.
12:53:51PM MR. OYOLOLA RECEIVED THREE VOTES, AND KERRICK WILLIAMS
12:54:07PM RECEIVED FOUR VOTES.
12:54:07PM YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO VOTED FOR THEM?
12:54:10PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SURE, GO AHEAD.
12:54:12PM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: MR. OYOLOLA RECEIVED VOTES FROM
12:54:17PM VIERA, MIRANDA, AND MANISCALCO.
12:54:19PM KERRICK WILLIAMS RECEIVED A VOTE FROM CARLSON, HURTAK,
12:54:27PM CLENDENIN AND HENDERSON.
12:54:28PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CAN I GET A MOTION TO RATIFY.
12:54:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO RATIFY KERRICK WILLIAMS.
12:54:38PM FAVOR.
12:54:41PM CONGRATULATIONS, MR. SHELBY.
12:54:44PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: FINALLY, COUNCIL, A MOTION TO HAVE ME COME
12:54:46PM BACK WITH A RESOLUTION CONFORMING THAT TO THE MINUTES AS
12:54:49PM BASED ON THE MOTIONS MADE BY COUNCIL TODAY.
12:54:52PM >>LYNN HURTAK: SO MOVED.
12:54:53PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SECOND.
12:54:55PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
12:54:56PM ANY OPPOSED?
12:54:57PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
12:54:58PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:55:00PM WE STILL CAN'T GO TO THE 1:30.
12:55:03PM CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU.
12:55:03PM [APPLAUSE]
12:55:11PM IS MR. ROGERO ONLINE OR AVAILABLE FOR 52?
12:55:23PM AND THEN ITEM 55.
12:55:25PM WE HAVE THE INDIVIDUAL HERE.
12:55:28PM THE SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER.
12:55:29PM I BELIEVE I SAW HER WALK IN, MAYBE?
12:55:33PM 55, IF YOU ARE HERE.
12:55:35PM I SEE YOU.
12:55:36PM IF YOU WANT TO COME UP AND WE CAN HAVE THIS -- A POWERPOINT
12:55:42PM PRESENTATION.
12:55:43PM WIT REMER THE SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER.
12:55:49PM WE HAVE THE NEW APPOINTEE.
12:55:51PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COME ON DOWN.
12:55:52PM YOU ARE THE NEXT CONTESTANT.
12:55:55PM >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
12:56:01PM I THINK WE HAVE A POWERPOINT SLIDE.
12:56:04PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ENERGY VALUE SAVINGS.
12:56:08PM >>KAYLA CASELLI: KAYLA CASELLI, SUSTAINABILITY RESILIENCE OFFICER.
12:56:16PM AND TALK OF OUR PORTFOLIO AND THE WORK WE ARE DOING FOR THE
12:56:19PM CITY AND WE WANT TO THANK THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WE COULDN'T
12:56:24PM DONE THIS ENERGY WORK WITHOUT FACILITIES, PARKS AND REC,
12:56:28PM TAMPA FIRE AND RESCUE, AND OUR GRANTS TEAM WHO DOES A
12:56:30PM WONDERFUL JOB OF HELPING US GET SOME MONEY.
12:56:32PM SO DO I USE THIS CLICKER TO ADVANCE?
12:56:36PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:56:37PM >> THANK YOU.
12:56:37PM OUR OUTLINE FOR OUR PRESENTATION TODAY WILL GO OVER THE
12:56:40PM MOTIONS.
12:56:40PM SOME OF THE POLICY THAT LED US HERE.
12:56:42PM THE, YOU KNOW, BACKGROUND ON COSTS AND GO INTO MORE.
12:56:49PM SPECIFIC ENERGY.
12:56:56PM THIS IS THE OFFICIAL MOTION IN FEBRUARY 2025.
12:56:58PM AND THEN FINALLY GET TO SOME OF OUR POLICY AND STRATEGIC
12:57:02PM PLAN ALIGNMENT.
12:57:03PM GOING PACK AND UNDERSTANDING HOW WE GOT HERE, WHY ARE WE
12:57:07PM DOING THIS WORK TODAY AND WHY IT IS IMPORTANT.
12:57:09PM SOME OF MOMENTUM STARTED WITH COUNCIL IN 2021 PASSING THE
12:57:13PM CLEAN AND RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOLUTION.
12:57:15PM WITH THAT, WE KIND OF RAN WITH IT ON OUR SIDE OF STRATEGIC
12:57:20PM PLANS.
12:57:20PM SO INCLUDING OUR RESILIENCE TAMPA ROAD MAP, CLIMATE ACTION,
12:57:25PM EQUITY PLAN AND OTHERS LISTED AS WELL.
12:57:26PM ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT IS THE HIRING OF AN ENERGY MANAGER
12:57:30PM WHO REALLY IS LEADING THIS WORK AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS
12:57:36PM ENERGY SAVINGS AND THE COST THAT WE ARE FACING ESPECIALLY AS
12:57:41PM THEY INCREASE AND MITIGATE SOME OF THOSE INCREASES AND
12:57:45PM REDUCE IT.
12:57:46PM AND FIND SAVINGS FOR US.
12:57:48PM AND SO I INVITE CARL UP TO THE PODIUM TO KIND OF DRIVE THE
12:57:52PM REST OF THIS PRESENTATION.
12:57:53PM THANK YOU.
12:57:54PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
12:57:56PM COME ON UP, SIR.
12:57:58PM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
12:57:59PM >>CARL ROSARIO: GOOD AFTERNOON, CARL ROSARIO.
12:58:05PM THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TO PRESENT.
12:58:07PM HOPEFULLY, I GAVE YOU A GOOD SENSE AND IDEA OF WHAT WE ARE
12:58:11PM TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE WITH THE ENERGY THAT THE CITY OF
12:58:15PM TAMPA IS USING.
12:58:15PM I WILL BE MORE THAN GLAD TO GET THROUGH IT.
12:58:22PM LET PUT UP THE PRESENTATION WHERE WE LEFT OFF.
12:58:25PM SO RIGHT THERE, WE ARE GOING TO START WITH THE YEARS 2023
12:58:28PM AND 2024.
12:58:29PM BEFORE THAT, YOU WILL SEE HOW ENERGY AND ITS COSTS HAVE BEEN
12:58:32PM GOING UP.
12:58:33PM THIS IS A BIG FOCUS.
12:58:36PM OBVIOUSLY WE ARE TRYING TO REDUCE COSTS.
12:58:38PM COST REDUCTION -- OUR MAIN FOCUS IS TO USE LESS ENERGY.
12:58:44PM BE MORE EFFICIENT THROUGHOUT OUR 600 STRUCTURES OR BUILDINGS
12:58:48PM THAT WE CALL IT.
12:58:49PM WE HAVE OVER 1800 TECO ACCOUNTS, WHICH WE MONITOR AND TRY TO
12:58:55PM FIND SAVINGS IN EACH ONE.
12:58:57PM AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE LEFT GRAPH, 2023 WAS KIND OF OUR
12:59:02PM PEAK.
12:59:02PM THAT IS WHEN WE STARTED MAINLY WITH OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, AND I
12:59:07PM START OCTOBER 3, 2023 AS WELL.
12:59:10PM AND I STARTED TO GET RIGHT INTO WORK TO TRY TO FIND THOSE
12:59:13PM SAVINGS AND THROUGHOUT ALL YOU HAVE OUR ACCOUNTS.
12:59:16PM WE KIND OF WENT DOWN A LITTLE BIT THERE AND YOU CAN SEE THE
12:59:20PM OVERALL ELECTRIC USE WENT DOWN TWO GIGAWATTS.
12:59:24PM TWO SOUNDS SMALL BUT GIGAWATTS IS KIND OF A BIG USE WHEN YOU
12:59:31PM THINK ABOUT IT.
12:59:32PM THIS GIVES BUS $1.4 MILLION WORTH OF SAVINGS.
12:59:37PM AND WE WILL SEE WHERE ALL THOSE GO.
12:59:40PM AND THIS NEXT SLIDE WILL SEE HOW WE TRACK THE ENERGY USE OF
12:59:45PM ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES.
12:59:48PM WE USE THE SOFTWARE CALLED ENERGY CAP THAT THE CITY OWNS TO
12:59:53PM GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE SITE AND VERY USEFUL.
01:00:00PM GIVES AN ARROW ORANGE WHEN IT TRENDS UP AND GREEN WHEN TREND
01:00:07PM DOWN.
01:00:07PM WE IDENTIFY SITES THAT ARE USING MORE AND MORE ENERGY AND DO
01:00:12PM SITE VISITS TO SEE WHAT IS UP WITH THESE SITES.
01:00:14PM MOSTLY AND WHAT I EXPERIENCED A LOT IS A LOT OF RENOVATION,
01:00:18PM CONSTRUCTIONS AND THAT TENDS TO UPTICK THE ENERGY USE SO PUT
01:00:26PM THOSE ASIDE.
01:00:26PM FROM TIME TO TIME WE IDENTIFY THE SITE THAT IS UNUSUAL.
01:00:29PM AND ONE OF THESE IS COLUMBUS MUNICIPAL OFFICE BUILDING.
01:00:34PM NO CONSTRUCTION.
01:00:36PM IT WAS ON GOING AND WE DID AN ENERGY AUDIT.
01:00:40PM WE FOUND A LOT OF FACTORS AFFECTING THE ENERGY USE.
01:00:43PM WE PUT THOSE UP TO THE CONSULTED WITH THE EMPLOYEES AND ABLE
01:00:58PM TO MAKE SAVES.
01:00:59PM IN 2023, 113,000 WORTH OF SAVINGS AND LESS ENERGY USE AND
01:01:04PM THAT IS NOT ACCOUNTING WORK ORDERS THAT FACILITIES DIDN'T
01:01:07PM HAVE TO DO ANYMORE WHICH IS A BIG THING.
01:01:09PM BREAKERS WERE TRIPPING IN THAT FACILITY WEEKLY.
01:01:12PM AND WE HAD THREE TO FOUR EMPLOYEES JUST TO TRY TO FIND WHAT
01:01:16PM WAS GOING OBJECT ONE OF THE THINGS WE USE TO MONITOR THE
01:01:20PM ENERGY AND TRY TO FIND THOSE SAVINGS.
01:01:22PM ANOTHER THING THAT WE WORK ON IS FEDERAL GRANTS, TRYING TO
01:01:27PM GET MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
01:01:31PM ONE OF THOSE AWARDS CURRENTLY IS THE ENERGY, EFFICIENCY AND
01:01:35PM BLOCK GRANT THAT WE GOT AWARDED 413,280.
01:01:40PM THAT MONEY IS ALREADY AWARDED TO US.
01:01:43PM WE ALREADY STARTED THE HVAC REPLACEMENT AT GEORGE
01:01:50PM BARTHOLOMEW ENERGY SINNER.
01:01:53PM YESTERDAY WAS THE SECOND MEETING WITH THE CONTRACTOR THAT WE
01:01:57PM SELECTED AND WHICH ALREADY PURCHASED THE EQUIPMENT WHICH WE
01:02:01PM CAN THEN START DRAWING FUNDS FROM THAT AWARD AND WE WILL DO
01:02:03PM THAT SOON BEFORE THE MONTH ENDS.
01:02:05PM THE OTHER AWARDS WE HAVE GOTTEN IS ABOUT $2 MILLION FROM THE
01:02:11PM EPA, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY WHICH IS STILL
01:02:16PM ONGOING.
01:02:16PM WE ARE TRYING TO WORK WITH THE WATER DEPARTMENT TO GET THAT
01:02:20PM APPLICATION COMPLETED AND GET THE MONEY TO GOOD USE --
01:02:24PM >> I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY --
01:02:27PM >> SORRY, THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.
01:02:28PM THE $2 MILLION.
01:02:30PM THAT'S CORRECT.
01:02:30PM THANK YOU.
01:02:31PM >> YOU ARE WELCOME.
01:02:35PM >> AND THEN WE WILL WORK WITH THE IRS TO GET THE MONEY AND
01:02:45PM REFUNDS.
01:02:45PM WITH EV INFRASTRUCTURE.
01:02:47PM THE CHARGES WE HAVE AROUND THE CITY AND EV PURCHASES.
01:02:50PM ALL OF THESE ARE AVAILABLE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AS OF 2022.
01:02:54PM SO WE ARE TRYING TO GET THOSE CREDITS AND GET THAT MONEY
01:02:57PM BACK.
01:02:57PM AND RIGHT NOW WE DID APPLY FOR 2023, WHICH WAS THE FIRST
01:03:01PM YEAR THAT OUR CITY WAS ELIGIBLE TO APPLY.
01:03:03PM AND WE ARE EXPECTING ABOUT $438 CHECK FROM THE IRS.
01:03:10PM WHILE THE APPLICATION IS IN, WE ARE WAITING FOR THAT CHECK
01:03:13PM TO COME BACK.
01:03:14PM THIS IS A LIST OF -- YOU CAN LOCATE PAGE 50 OF THE CLIMATE
01:03:24PM EQUITY AND ACTION PLAN.
01:03:26PM THE TOP FIVE SITES THAT ARE SUITABLE FOR SOLAR.
01:03:30PM BUT I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
01:03:32PM IF I MAY, I DO HAVE THE CLIMATE EQUITY AND ACTION PLAN HERE.
01:03:40PM PAGE 50, A LIST OF 20 SITES THAT WERE ASSESSED TO SIGH IF
01:03:43PM THEY WERE SUITABLE FOR SOLAR.
01:03:45PM THIS INCLUDED, YOU KNOW, ROOFTOP ASSESSMENT, ELECTRICAL
01:03:49PM COMPONENTS, AND OUT OF ALL THESE SITES, AT THE TIME, THE
01:03:52PM BEST SITES WERE THE TOP TO SO 20 AND THE TOP FIVE.
01:03:58PM AS YEARS GO BY, WE GOT TO ASSESS THAT BECAUSE RENOVATION
01:04:07PM HAPPENS.
01:04:07PM EQUIPMENT GETS REPLACED AND IMPORTANT TO SMITH THESE
01:04:11PM PRIORITIES BASED ON MAINTENANCE AND RENOVATIONS THAT HAVE
01:04:13PM BEEN DONE TO SOME OF OUR SITES SPECIFICALLY FOR
01:04:24PM LAURA INGRAHAM WHICH IS OUR VERY FIRST SOLAR SYSTEM THAT WE
01:04:26PM INSTALLED.
01:04:27PM WE PUT IT UP THERE BECAUSE WE FIGURED IT WAS AN EASIER
01:04:30PM INSTALLATION.
01:04:31PM LESS COST AT THE TIME.
01:04:32PM AND IT IS GIVING US TREMENDOUS SAVINGS WHICH WE WILL SEE
01:04:35PM HERE IN A SECOND.
01:04:36PM AND OUR INVENTOR TREE OF SOLAR SYSTEMS.
01:04:45PM WE HAVE FOUR ACTIVE SOLAR SYSTEMS.
01:04:47PM THE MAIN BUILDING IS GETTING SOME REPAIRS, BUT STILL UP
01:04:52PM THERE INSTALLED FACILITIES MANAGEMENT, FLEET MAINTENANCE.
01:04:57PM LORETTA, OF COURSE, INGRAM.
01:05:00PM TWO NEW SYSTEMS THAT WILL BE INSTALLED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF
01:05:04PM YEARS.
01:05:04PM THE EAST TAMPA RECREATIONAL COMPLEX WHICH IS GETTING BUILT
01:05:07PM AT FAIR OAKS.
01:05:08PM AND THE NEW FIRE STATION 24 WHICH HAS A LINE ITEM FOR SOLAR.
01:05:16PM I WANT TO THANK THE CAD DEPARTMENT FOR WORKING FOR THAT AND
01:05:21PM KIND OF DRIVE HOME A LITTLE BIT OF THE SAVINGS AND WHY SOLAR
01:05:26PM IS IMPORTANT.
01:05:26PM THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO DO.
01:05:28PM AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
01:05:29PM WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT HANNAH FLEET MAINTENANCE BUILDING
01:05:33PM WHICH IS ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES.
01:05:34PM HERE WE CAN SEE SOME OF THE ROI.
01:05:37PM AND I REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE IS THAT THESE NUMBERS ARE
01:05:41PM VERY CONSERVATIVE.
01:05:42PM AND YOU WILL SEE WHY IS THIS A SECOND.
01:05:45PM HERE WE ARE NOT ACCOUNTING FOR ANY UTILITY RATES GOING UP
01:05:50PM WHICH HAPPENS EVERY YEAR ON AVERAGE.
01:05:53PM 3% FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
01:05:56PM THROUGH COVID ALONE, 20% WAS INCREASED IN UTILITY RATES.
01:06:00PM BEAR IN MIND, THE RESIDENTIAL SECTOR DOESN'T SEE THIS OFTEN,
01:06:06PM BUT US AS THE CITY OPERATION WE SEE COMMERCIAL AND
01:06:09PM INDUSTRIAL METERS GET INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY.
01:06:12PM THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION WAS APPROVED FOR THE UTILITY
01:06:18PM PROVIDER TO HAVE TWO INCREASES.
01:06:20PM ONE THIS YEAR AND ONE NEXT YEAR.
01:06:21PM THIS YEAR INCREASE IS FROM -- BETWEEN 9% AND 124%.
01:06:29PM NOT ACCOUNT WILLING FOR THE STORM DISCHARGE APPLIED TO THE
01:06:36PM CITY OF TAMPA BECAUSE OF HURRICANE MILTON AND HURRICANE
01:06:39PM HELENE.
01:06:39PM WE WANT TO OFFSET GOING UP AND UP AND UP.
01:06:50PM 300 KILOWATT.
01:06:53PM PURCHASE PRICE FOR THE ENTIRE SYSTEM WAS $576,000.
01:06:59PM ESTIMATED ANNUAL PRODUCTION OF 500 MEGAWATT HOURS 500,000
01:07:08PM KILOWATTS HOURS AND SAVINGS FOR A 25-YEAR LIFE DIAL.
01:07:13PM NOWADAYS SOLAR SYSTEM 25 YEARS.
01:07:18PM UPWARDS OF 40 YEARS.
01:07:20PM MOST NOTABLE ON AVERAGE 30 TO 32 YEARS, YOU WILL HAVE CLOSE
01:07:29PM TO 11 YEARS.
01:07:30PM EVEN IF WE GET THAT MONEY FROM THE RISK, AND YOU WILL HAVE
01:07:35PM CLOSE TO 14 YEARS OF JUST FREE ENERGY COMING IN EVERY SINGLE
01:07:40PM YEAR.
01:07:40PM AND IT DOESN'T STOP AT 25 YEARS.
01:07:42PM IT CAN GO AND IF WE SERVICE IT ENOUGH AND MAINTAIN IT AS WE
01:07:46PM SHOULD, IT COULD GO ALL THE WAY UP TO 40 YEARS.
01:07:49PM WITHOUT ANY REPLACEMENT ON THE MAIN COMPONENTS, WHICH IS KEY
01:07:59PM HEARING THAT THOSE SAVINGS, 10% REDUCTION OF SERVICE AND
01:08:02PM MAINTENANCE YEARLY.
01:08:03PM WE DON'T YEARLY MAINTAIN THESE.
01:08:05PM YOU CAN GO TWO, THREE YEARS WITHOUT TOUCHING THE SYSTEM AND
01:08:08PM PUT ON A SERVICE MAINTENANCE CHARGE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT
01:08:11PM WE ACCOUNT FOR ANY BIG IMPROVEMENT AND ANY BIG MAINTENANCE
01:08:15PM THAT COULD HAPPEN AS THE CASE WITH HANNAH AT THIS MOMENT AND
01:08:22PM TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN ALL THAT.
01:08:25PM VERY IMPORTANT AND VERY HARD TO CALCULATE.
01:08:28PM THE MAN CHARGES.
01:08:29PM RESIDENTIAL SECTOR DID NOT SEE DEMAND CHARGES AND US, WE
01:08:33PM CERTAINLY DO.
01:08:34PM THIS BUILDING ALONE HAS GOT $3200 WORTH OF DEMAND CHARGES
01:08:39PM THIS MONTH.
01:08:39PM AND THOSE DEMAND CHARGES CAN BE BROUGHT DOWN ASKING THE
01:08:47PM SOLAR LESS POWER.
01:08:50PM AND THAT IS HOW MUCH YOU ARE REQUESTING FROM YOUR UTILITY
01:08:53PM PROVIDER AND THE SOLAR WILL KIND OF OFFSET THAT AS WELL AND
01:08:57PM WILL NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IT IS HARD TO ASSESS WITH THE
01:09:02PM CLIMATE, THE CLOUDY DAYS AND ALL THANK YOU.
01:09:05PM AND WITH PROVIDE --
01:09:07PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE CAN BECAUSE FOR A QUESTION, COUNCIL
01:09:09PM MEMBER MIRANDA.
01:09:09PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH WHAT YOU ARE BRINGING
01:09:12PM UP AND THE QUAY THE SOLAR WORKS.
01:09:14PM I THINK IT IS INCUMBENT UPON ALL OF US WHAT IS GOING ON IN
01:09:19PM NATURE AND WHAT IS GOING -- FURTHERMORE.
01:09:22PM I CAN TELL FROM YOU MY EXPERIENCE.
01:09:23PM I PUT SOLAR IN THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO.
01:09:25PM THE FIRST COUPLE, TWO OR THREE MONTHS I DIDN'T NOTICE.
01:09:31PM AFTER THAT, MY BILL HAS BEEN NEVER OVER $27 A MONTH.
01:09:36PM IT IS TRUE I AM NOT HOME ALL YOU HAVE THE TIME.
01:09:38PM I WASH.
01:09:39PM I CLEAN.
01:09:39PM I COOK.
01:09:40PM I DO A LOT OF THINGS.
01:09:45PM I UNDERSTAND DURING THE DAY, YOU BUY FROM THEM AND IN THE
01:09:49PM EVENING, THEY BUY FROM YOU.
01:09:51PM AM I CORRECT.
01:09:52PM >> YOU ARE KIND OF CORRECT.
01:09:53PM I WANT TO ADDRESS YOUR $25 CHARGE.
01:09:55PM THAT IS A BASIC CUSTOMER CHARGE THAT WILL BE THERE NO MATTER
01:10:00PM WHAT.
01:10:01PM THE UTILITY PROVIDER HAVE TO CHARGE FOR THE CUSTOMERS SHIFT
01:10:05PM THROUGH SOLAR AND PUT A BASIC CHARGE TO HAVE THAT CONNECTION
01:10:10PM IN THE GRID IN CASE YOU NEED IT.
01:10:12PM WHAT REALLY IS, YOUR SOLAR WILL START PRODUCING.
01:10:15PM IF YOU ARE NOT HOME DURING THE DAY, THAT WILL GO BACK TO THE
01:10:18PM GRID.
01:10:18PM THE UTILITY PROVIDER WILL BANK IT.
01:10:21PM SAVE IT.
01:10:22PM KEEPING TRACK OF EVERYTHING YOU PRODUCED.
01:10:24PM AT THE END OF THE MONTH OR DURING NIGHTTIME, IF YOU USE SOME
01:10:29PM OF THAT ENERGY YOU ASK FOR IT BACK.
01:10:31PM BASICALLY YOUR UTILITY PROVIDER IS LIKE A BATTERY.
01:10:35PM CHARGING THAT BATTERY.
01:10:36PM WHEN REQUEST IT, YOU WILL GET IT BACK.
01:10:44PM A GREAT QUESTION AND PART OF THE SAVINGS MISCONCEPTION SOLAR
01:10:50PM ABOUT WORK THROUGH THE DAY AND GIVES THE UTILITY PROVIDER TO
01:10:55PM RESTORE AND KEEP ALL OF THAT OVERCHARGED ENERGY THAT YOU ARE
01:10:58PM SENDING THEM TO USE IT LATER DURING THE NIGHT.
01:11:00PM AND SYSTEMS ARE SIZED FOR THE PROPERTY TO ACCOUNT FOR THEIR.
01:11:10PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I BOUGHT IT WITH THE CO-OP WITH TEN
01:11:13PM HOUSES.
01:11:13PM TOTAL COST OF INSTALLATION AND THE UNIT WAS $14,400.
01:11:17PM >>CARL ROSARIO: THAT IS A GREAT PRICE FOR RESIDENTIAL.
01:11:20PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NOW IT IS HIGHER BECAUSE I WAS TALKING
01:11:23PM ABOUT THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO.
01:11:24PM THE CO-OP IS THE WAY TO GO BECAUSE THEY CAN DO TEN HOUSES IN
01:11:29PM A COUPLE OF DAY AND I THINK THE CITY HAS SOMETHING LIKE THAT
01:11:32PM COMING ON NOW, DOESN'T IT?
01:11:35PM >> ONGOING -- AND KAYLA CAN SPEAK ON THAT.
01:11:37PM BUT JUST TO GIVE US A SENSE OF HOW ALL THIS WORKS.
01:11:41PM RIGHT NOW THE VERY CLEAR INDICATOR FOR US TO ASSESS IF A
01:11:45PM SYSTEM MAKES SENSE OR NOT IS WHAT WE CALL DOLLARS PER WATT
01:11:52PM INSTALLED.
01:11:53PM HOW MANY DOLLARS PER WATT THAT WE ARE INSTALLING ON THAT
01:11:58PM PROPERTY.
01:11:58PM WE ARE SEEING THE NATIONAL AVERAGE RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT $5.
01:12:01PM OBVIOUSLY FLORIDA IS PRIVILEGED BECAUSE SUCH A SUNNY STATE.
01:12:05PM BUT THE NATIONAL AVERAGE ABOUT $5 PER WATT INSTALLED.
01:12:09PM BUT HERE WE HAVE PRETTY GOOD DEALS.
01:12:11PM THE HANNA CITY CENTER I THINK I CALCULATED THAT AT $1789 PER
01:12:17PM WATT INSTALLED WHICH IS GREAT THAT ALLOW IT IS A VERY
01:12:23PM QUICK ROI.
01:12:24PM AND THE SMALL ASSISTANT AT LORETTA INGRAM, ABOUT $2.10,
01:12:30PM WHICH IS STILL A PRETTY GOOD NUMBER.
01:12:32PM THESE NUMBERS WILL TREND DOWN USUALLY AS THINGS TREND DOWN
01:12:44PM AND MORE SYSTEMS AND MORE DEMANDS ARE HAPPENING AND WE
01:12:46PM EXPECT THOSE NUMBERS TO COME DOWN.
01:12:48PM CERTAIN EVENTS THAT CAN IMPACT LIKE HURRICANES AND EMERGENCY
01:12:52PM EVENTS LIKE THAT WHERE CONTRACTORS WILL TRY TO MITIGATE
01:12:59PM THEIR RISK AND MANAGE THAT INCREASING RATES TEMPORARILY
01:13:02PM WHICH IS WHAT WE WILL SEE LATELY.
01:13:04PM THOSE PRICE ALSO SURELY COME DOWN AS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE
01:13:08PM ARE INVOLVED WITH SOLAR.
01:13:13PM I WANT TO GET BACK ON TRACK TO DISCUSS MORE OF THE SLIDES --
01:13:17PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU HAVE QUITE A FEW SLIDES LEFT TO GO?
01:13:20PM >> I DON'T HAVE MANY, I DON'T THINK.
01:13:22PM AND WE CAN GO THROUGH IT REALLY QUICK.
01:13:24PM AND THESE ARE SOLID SAVINGS FOR THE SOLAR WE EXPERIENCED
01:13:30PM $176,000 WORTH OF SOLAR ENERGY.
01:13:32PM THIS IS CONTRACTING FOR THE $1,347, 383 KILOWATT WE
01:13:40PM GENERATED SOLAR ON AN UTILITY AVERAGE RATE.
01:13:43PM LAST YEAR, CITY OF TAMPA'S AVERAGE RATE WAS 12.3 CENTS PER
01:13:49PM KILOWATT THAT WE PAID OUR UTILITY PROVIDER.
01:13:52PM THIS YEAR IT WENT UP AND WILL GO UP AGAIN.
01:13:54PM BUT RIGHT NOW 12.7 CENTS PER KILOWATT AVERAGE RATE AND THESE
01:14:02PM SAVINGS ARE REFLECTED IN THAT.
01:14:03PM EQUIVALENT IS 673 METRIC TONS WHICH ARE SIGNIFICANT.
01:14:10PM ALSO, WE HAVE OUR EV FLEET.
01:14:13PM WE HAVE 55 EVs AND WE SAVE OVER $42,000 WORTH OF SAVINGS AND
01:14:20PM FUEL.
01:14:24PM ALSO THE RS $75 00 PER VEHICLE WE PURCHASED FROM 2023 -- THE
01:14:31PM YEAR 2023 ALONE.
01:14:32PM AND WE ARE ALSO ASKING FOR SIX EV CHARGERS THAT WE INSTALL
01:14:36PM IN THAT YEAR.
01:14:37PM AND LIKE I SAID, WE ARE EXPECTING CLOSE TO HALF A MILLION
01:14:41PM DOLLARS WORTH HE REFUNDS THAT WILL COME IN A CHECK HERE SOON
01:14:49PM THOSE ARE ALL THE SLIDES.
01:14:50PM I DO HAVE A GENERAL SAVINGS THAT THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT HAS
01:14:54PM BROUGHT IN.
01:14:54PM AND I WENT THROUGH IT.
01:14:56PM AND WENT LINE BY LINE.
01:14:57PM IN GRANTS, FEDERAL GRANTS, WE -- WE HAVE BEEN AWARDED 2.5
01:15:01PM MILLION FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT SAVINGS.
01:15:06PM ENERGY SAVINGS DIRECTLY WITH OUR UTILITY PROVIDED FROM
01:15:12PM 2023-'24.
01:15:13PM SAVED $1.3 MILLION.
01:15:15PM THAT IS SIGNIFICANT.
01:15:16PM USUALLY YOU DON'T GO DOWN WITH UTILITY COST OPINION IT JUST
01:15:20PM DOESN'T HAPPEN.
01:15:21PM 1.4 MILLION IN SAVINGS IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.
01:15:23PM SAVED $100,000 IN TRANSPORTATION SAVINGS INCLUDING FUEL
01:15:31PM AND EV ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
01:15:37PM ALSO A BIG PART OF THE WORK IS -- I REVIEWED THOSE 1800
01:15:43PM COUNTS FROM OUR UTILITY PROVIDER AND MAKE SURE WE ARE ON THE
01:15:46PM RIGHT RATE.
01:15:47PM THERE IS A LOT OF RATES THAT OUR UTILITY PROVIDER CAN
01:15:50PM PROVIDE TO US BASED ON THE OPERATIONS IN THAT BUILDING.
01:15:53PM AND I KIND OF GO AND GET A SAMPLE EVERY WEEK AND SEE THE RATES
01:15:57PM THAT ARE BEING CHARGED AT THE CITY ARE THE CORRECT ONES THAT
01:16:03PM WE ARE FREIGHTING IN THAT LOCATION.
01:16:06PM THIS THIS PAST WEEK, HANNA FLEET MAINTENANCE CENTER ON AN
01:16:10PM INCORRECT RATE AND FILED $20,000 WORTH OF SAVINGS FOR THIS
01:16:13PM YEAR.
01:16:15PM WE ARE CHANGING FROM GENERAL SERVICE DEMAND STANDARD TO
01:16:18PM GENERAL SEVER DEMAND OPTIONAL.
01:16:20PM THAT CHANGE ALONE WILL BRING IN 20,000 WORTH OF SAVINGS.
01:16:26PM AND YOU INCLUDE THE IRS RESPONDS, $348,000.
01:16:32PM 3.44 MILLION IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES
01:16:39PM WE ARE LIMITING.
01:16:39PM SOME DIRECTLY AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY LIKE GEORGE BARTHOLOMEW.
01:16:44PM A FEW ROOF REPLACEMENT DONE ONGOING AND IMPACTS THE
01:16:50PM COMMUNITY.
01:16:50PM I THINK IT IS GREAT.
01:16:51PM A GREAT STORY.
01:16:53PM A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE HAPPY TO HEAR THAT.
01:16:55PM IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS THEM.
01:16:57PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
01:16:58PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION.
01:17:00PM >>CARL ROSARIO: THANK YOU.
01:17:01PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO; WHEN SAY -- REAL QUICK, FEDERAL GRANTS,
01:17:05PM IT IS EXPECTED OR MONEY THAT HAS BEEN COLLECT?
01:17:09PM >>CARL ROSARIO: 438,000 FOR GEORGE BARTHOLOMEW IS THERE TO DRAW.
01:17:15PM AND WE WILL BE DRAWING DOWN $303,000 BEFORE THE END OF THIS
01:17:19PM MONTH.
01:17:19PM BECAUSE WE ARE ALREADY PURCHASE THE EQUIPMENT AND DRAWING
01:17:22PM THAT -- THOSE FUNDS THIS MONTH.
01:17:23PM NOW THE OTHER $2 MILLION, THEY ARE EARMARKED.
01:17:26PM WE ARE IDENTIFYING THE SITE.
01:17:30PM WE ARE IDENTIFIED AND TRYING TO DEAL WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO
01:17:32PM SEE IF THEY WANT TO DO IT, BUT WE DO HAVE THAT ALREADY
01:17:35PM AWARDED FOR THE CITY.
01:17:37PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
01:17:39PM >>CARL ROSARIO: THANK YOU.
01:17:40PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
01:17:41PM ALL RIGHT.
01:17:42PM MR. ROGERO HERE WITH SOME INFORMATION.
01:17:50PM YOU ARE THE ADMINISTRATION UPDATE AND OPEN UP THAT 1:30
01:17:54PM HEARING AND DO THE WITHDRAWAL.
01:17:55PM YES, WE STILL HAVE -- WE HAVE TO WAIT.
01:17:58PM YES, SIR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
01:17:59PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: DENNIS ROGERO, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
01:18:03PM THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A COUPLE OF MINUTES TODAY TO COMMENT
01:18:06PM ON WHAT WAS ITEM 30 -- OR IS ITEM 30 IN YOUR AGENDA PACKAGE
01:18:12PM TODAY, THE ANNUAL -- OUR COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT --
01:18:19PM AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN FOR THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, FISCAL YEAR
01:18:24PM '24.
01:18:24PM AS YOU KNOW, WE SHARED IT YOU WITH BEFORE EVERY YEAR.
01:18:27PM REQUIRED BY BOTH THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND THE AUDITOR
01:18:30PM GENERAL.
01:18:31PM AN ALL-INCLUSIVE, VERY, VERY EXTENSIVE REPORT FOR FISCAL
01:18:41PM YEAR '24.
01:18:42PM AGAIN, I WANT TO OFFER COUNCIL, THE MAYOR AND MY FANTASTIC
01:18:46PM TEAM, CONGRATULATION, THE FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW WHERE WE HAVE
01:18:49PM RECEIVED THE GOLD STANDARD FROM OUR EXTERNAL AUDIT.
01:18:55PM UNMODIFIED BEEN NO FINDINGS OR NEGATIVE PROCESS.
01:18:59PM EXTERNAL CPA FIRM THAT COMES IN SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS.
01:19:03PM WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
01:19:05PM IT MEANS COUNCIL, THE MAYOR, THE PUBLIC, INVESTORS, THE
01:19:08PM MARKET, THEY ARE GETTING, AS I SAID, AN EXTENSIVE INDICATION
01:19:13PM OF THIS CITY'S FINANCIAL PICTURE.
01:19:15PM ALTHOUGH I TALK A GOOD GAME, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE DENNIS'S
01:19:19PM WORD FOR IT.
01:19:19PM VERY SOUND FINANCIAL STRUCTURE IN STAY CITY OF TAMPA.
01:19:26PM UNMODIFIED AUDIT IS ALSO A VERY, SEVERAL IMPORTANT THING FOR
01:19:31PM OUR CREDIT AGENCIES, RIGHT.
01:19:33PM AND OUR BOND RATINGS AS WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST AND
01:19:37PM ABSOLUTELY TIED TO OUR WONDERFUL BOND HEARINGS.
01:19:40PM AND A MAYBE EVEN MORE IMPORTANT, THE CITY'S REPUTATION AND
01:19:43PM HOW WE MANAGE OUR FINANCES.
01:19:45PM SO VERY, VERY GOOD NEWS.
01:19:47PM I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.
01:19:48PM YOU HAVE HEARD ME SAY IT BEFORE.
01:19:50PM YOU WILL HEAR ME SAY IT AGAIN.
01:19:52PM IT IS NOT DENNIS.
01:19:53PM I HAVE A FANTASTIC FINANCIAL TEAM.
01:19:55PM AND THESE ARE THE FRUITS OF THEIR LABORS.
01:19:58PM AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING THEM IN FRONT OF COUNCIL WHEN
01:20:01PM WE RECEIVE THAT NATIONAL REWARD
01:20:03PM -- AWARD, EXCUSE ME.
01:20:07PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: REWARD AND AWARD.
01:20:08PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: REWARD --
01:20:10PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GLAD YOU BROUGHT THIS UP TO US TODAY.
01:20:12PM BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, "EXTERNAL AUDIT."
01:20:18PM OUTSIDE SET OF EYES LOOKING INTO OUR FINANCES AND BASICALLY
01:20:22PM CERTIFYING WHAT -- THE GOOD WORK HIGH PRESSURE THAT IS DONE
01:20:24PM HERE.
01:20:24PM YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS TRANSPARENT AND ON THE UP AND UP.
01:20:29PM SO THAT -- THAT IS VERY GOOD NEWS.
01:20:31PM AND I APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
01:20:33PM AND ESPECIALLY THE CITIZENS BUDGET BOARD AND HAGAR KOPESKY
01:20:39PM THAT HAS BEEN WORKING VERY, VERY HARD.
01:20:41PM ANOTHER SET OF EYES.
01:20:42PM IT IS MULTILAYERED BUT WE DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE PUBLIC.
01:20:46PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
01:20:49PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO NEW BUSINESS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO WAIT
01:20:51PM A FEW MORE MINUTES.
01:20:52PM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
01:20:53PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NONE, SIR.
01:20:59PM >>LUIS VIERA: A COUPLE OF THINGS IF I MAY.
01:21:01PM THE REPORT FROM STATION 24 THAT WE GOT FROM CHIEF TRIPP
01:21:04PM TODAY.
01:21:05PM SHE MENTIONED A PROJECT MANAGER.
01:21:07PM I THINK IT WOULD BE WISE -- BECAUSE I BET THAT A LOT OF THE
01:21:12PM INFORMATION FROM TAMPA FIRE IS COMING FROM THE PROJECT
01:21:14PM MANAGER TO MAKE SURE IT REPORT COMES FROM TAMPA FIRE RESCUE
01:21:22PM AND/OR THE PROJECT MANAGER AND HAVE THE PROJECT MANAGER
01:21:27PM WHENEVER WE HAVE THAT QUARTERLY LIVE UPDATE.
01:21:30PM HAVE THAT PROJECT MANAGER REQUESTED TO BE MERE.
01:21:32PM >>LYNN HURTAK: SECOND.
01:21:34PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
01:21:36PM SECONDED FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
01:21:38PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
01:21:39PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
01:21:41PM I MET WITH RESIDENTS -- AND I HAD FOLKS DISCUSS THIS ISSUE
01:21:44PM WITH ME.
01:21:45PM IF YOU ALL KNOW THE MOSS THAT CAN EXISTS ON MORRIS BRIDGE
01:21:50PM ROAD.
01:21:50PM YOU HAVE EASTON PARK WHICH IS A NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT NEXT TO
01:21:54PM IT.
01:21:54PM A LONG TIME, A LOT OF THE CONGREGANTS THERE AS WELL AS
01:21:58PM CYPRESS POINT COMMUNITY CHURCH, WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO
01:22:03PM THE MOSQUE.
01:22:03PM THEY HAVE BEEN FROM EASTON PARK TO THE MOSQUE.
01:22:07PM THAT IS COUNTY.
01:22:08PM SO WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO WRITE
01:22:12PM A LETTER TO THE COUNTY REQUESTING THAT WITH THE AUTHORITY OF
01:22:15PM COUNCIL.
01:22:15PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
01:22:17PM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
01:22:20PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
01:22:21PM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
01:22:22PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU WANT TO TALK TO MOBILITY -- MAYBE I
01:22:25PM WILL DO IT JOINTLY TOGETHER.
01:22:26PM >>LUIS VIERA: WE CAN DO THAT WELL.
01:22:32PM PART ONE FOR THE MOTION AND PART TWO FOR A WRITTEN REPORT.
01:22:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: TWO VICES ARE WETTER THAN ONE.
01:22:39PM >>LUIS VIERA: ABSOLUTELY.
01:22:41PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION AND A SECOND.
01:22:42PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, MA'AM.
01:22:44PM BASED ON COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN'S WISE SUGGESTION, I WILL
01:22:49PM HAVE A REQUEST -- I WILL REQUEST IS A CITY STAFF REPORT FROM
01:22:53PM MOBILITY ON THEIR REFERENCE TO COORDINATE WITH THE COUNTY TO
01:22:57PM MAKE THIS HAPPEN, THE AFOREMENTIONED EFFORTS.
01:23:00PM AND WE CAN HAVE THAT -- I HAVE MY CALENDAR HERE, THE FIRST
01:23:05PM WEEK OF JUNE.
01:23:06PM YEP.
01:23:07PM THERE YOU GO.
01:23:08PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JUNE 5.
01:23:11PM ALL RIGHTY.
01:23:13PM WE HAVE A MOTION.
01:23:13PM DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
01:23:16PM WAIT.
01:23:16PM >>LUIS VIERA: WRITTEN.
01:23:19PM JUST WRITTEN.
01:23:20PM NO STAFF.
01:23:21PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
01:23:24PM CLENDENIN.
01:23:24PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
01:23:25PM WRITTEN REPORT JUNE 5.
01:23:27PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
01:23:27PM AND LASTLY, A STATE OF FLORIDA PROGRAM THAT HOUSE
01:23:32PM MINORITY FENTRIST-DRISCOL HAD AN IMPORTANT PART, WHICH IS
01:23:39PM SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN HEARING A LOT OF ABANDONED
01:23:41PM AFRICAN-AMERICAN CEMETERIES.
01:23:42PM THIS IS THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE DIVISION OF HISTORICAL
01:23:46PM RESOURCES PROGRAM WHERE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN APPLY TO
01:23:49PM PRESERVE AND PROTECT HISTORIC CEMETERIES.
01:23:52PM SO I WANT TO ASK FOR CITY STAFF TO -- TO INQUIRE ON THIS
01:23:57PM PROGRAM AND TO TAKE A LOOK AT APPLYING FOR.
01:23:59PM TO PROTECT OUR LOCAL BLACK CEMETERIES.
01:24:02PM THERE IS STATE OF FLORIDA MONEY, LET'S TAKE IT.
01:24:06PM SO LET'S HAVE A WRITTEN REPORT ON THIS ON JUNE 5 ON
01:24:14PM THEIR EFFORTS BETWEEN NOW AND THEN TO DO IT.
01:24:16PM AGAIN, OUR TAX MONEY OPINION APPEAR GREAT PROGRAM.
01:24:18PM LET'S DO IT.
01:24:19PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
01:24:22PM SECONDED FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
01:24:24PM AYE.
01:24:25PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I SAID NO.
01:24:26PM WHEN MR. VIERA BROUGHT UP THE CEMETERY AS LADY WHO -- MAYBE
01:24:30PM CALLED SOME OF US ALSO.
01:24:32PM MAYBE ALL YOU HAVE IT.
01:24:33PM REGARDING THE PROPERTY NEXT TO OAK LAWN CEMETERY UP FOR SALE
01:24:38PM AND SHE WANTS US TO BUY IT OR SOMETHING TO THAT DEGREE.
01:24:41PM SAY BODIES BURIED THERE.
01:24:43PM I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS OR NOT.
01:24:46PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU WANT TO INQUIRE PRIVATELY WITH THE
01:24:52PM CHIEF OF STAFF.
01:24:53PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT ALL OF YOU NO KNOW -- I DON'T KNOW
01:25:00PM WHAT THE PARAMETERS ARE.
01:25:02PM I WANT TO MAKE SURE IF IT IS FOR SALE, THERE ARE NO BODY
01:25:06PM THERE IS.
01:25:06PM HOW DO I DO THAT?
01:25:07PM DIFFICULT.
01:25:07PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: MAYBE I CAN ADDED THAT INFORMATION TO A
01:25:11PM LETTER I AM WRITING TO A CONSTITUENT.
01:25:13PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: BASED ON THE MOTION.
01:25:16PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO MOTION.
01:25:17PM JUST A FYI.
01:25:19PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
01:25:27PM >>BILL CARLSON: MR. CHAIRMAN.
01:25:31PM ALMOST WEEKLY, I GET PICTURES OF IT BEING DESTROYED.
01:25:33PM I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT --
01:25:36PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THE ONE ON N. BOULEVARD, RIGHT?
01:25:40PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SHOWMAN AND WOODLAWN.
01:25:48PM >>BILL CARLSON: WE NEED PEOPLE OUT THERE TO PROTECT THE
01:25:51PM CENTER REESE.
01:25:52PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DID WE DO A VOTE?
01:25:53PM A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
01:25:55PM SECONDED FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
01:25:56PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
01:25:57PM YES, MA'AM?
01:25:59PM DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING?
01:26:00PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I HAVE NOTHING.
01:26:02PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I HAVE A MOTION FROM THE PLANNING
01:26:06PM COMMISSION SETTING THE ADOPTION HEARING S: TA-CPA
01:26:11PM 24-04, TA-CPA 24-05, AND 24-06, 24-18, 25-01 AND 25-03 ON
01:26:22PM JULY 1, 2025 AT 5:01 AND DIRECT THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO
01:26:28PM NOTIFY THE CITY COLLECT.
01:26:29PM A MOTION AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
01:26:31PM ANYTHING ELSE?
01:26:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: QUESTION OF THE CEMETERY.
01:26:37PM WHEN DID THE CITY GET INTO THE CEMETERY BUSINESS?
01:26:40PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PARKS AND REC OVERSEES IT.
01:26:43PM WOODLAWN IS THE ONE WE TAKE CARE OF AND OAK LAWN --
01:26:47PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT -- THAT IS ANOTHER AREA WHERE AT
01:26:50PM THIS TIME SOMEBODY DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY TO BURY -- I WOULD
01:26:53PM ASSUME -- I WASN'T AROUND THEN.
01:26:55PM BUT YOU HAD A GRAVE SITE AND DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY AND PUT
01:27:00PM IT ON WERE TO OF THE OTHER ONE.
01:27:01PM THAT IS HOW IT STARTED.
01:27:03PM NO FUNDS LEFT.
01:27:04PM THE CEMETERIES WITH A PERPETUAL FUND, AND NOT THERE ANYMORE.
01:27:09PM THAT IS WHAT HAPPENING IS.
01:27:11PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OKAY.
01:27:11PM >>BILL CARLSON: WE HAD -- I THINK MAYBE BEFORE YOU JOINED,
01:27:17PM WE HAD MEMORIAL CEMETERY COME UP.
01:27:20PM THE PROBLEM IS THE STATE REQUIRES A TRUST FUND, BUT ONLY
01:27:24PM ENOUGH -- AS GINA TOLD ME AT THE TIME, ONLY ENOUGH TO PAY
01:27:27PM FOR MAINTENANCE FOR, LIKE, A YEAR.
01:27:30PM CITY DOESN'T CAKE IT OVER, IT WILL BE LIKE ZION.
01:27:34PM SOMEBODY WILL PAVE OVER IT.
01:27:36PM A BAD MODEL FOR GOVERNMENT --
01:27:39PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD BUSINESS MODEL.
01:27:42PM >>BILL CARLSON: AS SOON AS THE OWNER RUNS OUT OF SPACE TO
01:27:46PM SELL, DUMP IT ON THE GOVERNMENT.
01:27:48PM IS IT COSTS -- MAYBE FOR A TIME $100,000 A YEAR FOR ONE
01:27:52PM CEMETERY.
01:27:53PM IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE.
01:27:54PM THIS OAKLAWN, THE -- I THINK ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN OUT THERE,
01:27:58PM BUT THE HEADSTONES AND OTHERS ARE ABSOLUTELY BEING DESTROYED
01:28:01PM AND DISINTEGRATED.
01:28:03PM WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW THIS PROTECT THEM.
01:28:06PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CRAZY.
01:28:07PM IT'S INTERESTING THAT IS THE BUSINESS MODEL.
01:28:09PM A PRIVATE ENTITY CAN END SELLING THAT WITH SHORT COMMITMENT.
01:28:17PM MAINTAIN FUNDS IN PERPETUITY.
01:28:20PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I CAN.
01:28:24PM ADDED THAT THAT.
01:28:26PM CARL BRODY -- THE ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY IS WELL-VERSED ON
01:28:31PM THIS.
01:28:32PM PROBATION IN STATE LAW OF BUILDING UPON WHAT IS A KNOWN SPOT
01:28:35PM -- YOU KNOW, INTERNMENT.
01:28:37PM THAT GRAVE SITES DO HAVE TO BE PROTECTED UNDER STATE LAW.
01:28:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: GOES INTO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA IS
01:28:45PM TALKING ABOUT.
01:28:45PM ARE THERE BODY THERE IS, BECAUSE THAT WILL DEFINITELY --
01:28:50PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
01:28:51PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
01:28:52PM I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC KNEW THAT THE STATUS
01:29:00PM ON THE IDEAS OF THE -- THE APPROVING OF CONTRACTOR PARKING
01:29:06PM PLAN IS IN THE AGENDA TODAY.
01:29:07PM AND IT WAS UNDER STAFF WRITTEN REPORTS BUT IT IS I REALLY
01:29:10PM GOOD.
01:29:11PM I HIGHLY RECOMMEND PEOPLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
01:29:13PM THIS MOTION I HAVE BEEN WAITING ON UNTIL EVERYTHING WAS
01:29:16PM SETTLED FROM MISS WELLS.
01:29:19PM UNDER HER RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE I DECIDED THAT WE CAN'T --
01:29:22PM I DON'T WANT US TO GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN.
01:29:24PM I MAKE MOTION FOR STAFF TO INCLUDE ONE ADDITIONAL TEXT
01:29:27PM AMENDMENT IN THE JULY 2024 AMENDMENT CYCLE THAT WAS
01:29:31PM PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL ON JANUARY 28, 2025.
01:29:33PM THE PURPOSE OF THE AMENDMENT IS TO MODIFY SECTION 27-11
01:29:39PM ENTITLED "GREATER SEMINOLE HEIGHTS."
01:29:43PM CLARIFY A PROPERTY IN THE SEMINOLE HEIGHTS DISTRICT, BUILD
01:29:46PM THE-TO LINE MEASURED FROM THE BUILD-TO BE LINE TO THE
01:29:49PM PROPERTY LINE OF THE BUILDING STRUCTURE.
01:29:51PM AND TWO, FOR PARCELS AND LOTS THAT IS RIGHT ARE NOT
01:29:54PM DEVELOPED AND VACANT BUILD-CONTINUE TO 20 FEET FROM THE
01:29:57PM PROPERTY LINE.
01:29:57PM THIS MOTION INCLUDES ANY OTHER MODIFICATIONS TO SECTION
01:30:01PM 27-211 TO ENSURE THE SECTION OF THE ROAD AS AMENDED IS
01:30:05PM CONSISTENT.
01:30:06PM FOR EXAMPLE, ANY ILLUSTRATIONS OR I BELIEVE THAT DEPICT A
01:30:09PM BUILD ON THIS LINE MUST THE SHOW BUILD-CONTINUE TO LINE
01:30:12PM STOPPING AT THE PROPERTY LINE.
01:30:13PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION AND A SECOND.
01:30:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CAN I SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT --
01:30:19PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I DON'T THINK IT IS WISE.
01:30:20PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: I AM GOING TO DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION BACK TO
01:30:24PM ITEM 31, COUNCIL, WHICH WAS -- I AM GOING TO CAUTION YOU.
01:30:32PM THIS MATTER IS NOT RESOLVED BY YOUR VOTE TODAY.
01:30:35PM THERE IS STILL LITIGATION PENDING AND OTHER ISSUES
01:30:41PM OUTSTANDING THAT INVOLVE THAT PROPERTY AND THE CITY.
01:30:44PM SO MY CAUTIONARY STATEMENT TO YOU, IF YOU ARE APPROACH BY
01:30:47PM ANYBODY OR OFF IF DESIRE TO DISCUSS THIS PUBLICLY, DO NOT DO
01:30:51PM SO.
01:30:51PM IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I DIRECT TO YOU CATE WELLS,
01:30:54PM ASSISTANT DEPUTY ATTORNEY, AND TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, ANDREA
01:31:01PM ZELMAN.
01:31:01PM PLEASE DO NOT DISCUSS THIS CASE UNTIL THEY INFORM THAT YOU
01:31:05PM ALL MATTER RELATED TO IT HAVE BEEN RESOLVED.
01:31:08PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BETTER TO -- BETTER NOT.
01:31:12PM ALL RIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK?
01:31:15PM >>LYNN HURTAK: NO.
01:31:16PM WE STILL NEED TO VOTE.
01:31:18PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION AND A SECOND.
01:31:19PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
01:31:20PM ANY OPPOSED?
01:31:21PM THANK YOU.
01:31:21PM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
01:31:24PM CARLSON.
01:31:26PM >>BILL CARLSON: WITHOUT TALKING OF I ANY SPECIFIC CASES.
01:31:30PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: STILL BE VERY CAUTIOUS.
01:31:31PM >>BILL CARLSON: I AM VERY CAUTIOUS.
01:31:33PM NOT ANY SPECIFIC CASES.
01:31:34PM A GENERAL THING.
01:31:35PM YOU WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND HERE FOR A WHILE KNOWN I HAD
01:31:38PM QUESTIONS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY COUNCIL AND
01:31:41PM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
01:31:42PM AND WITH ANDREA COMING ON BOARD, I THINK WE RESOLVED A LOT
01:31:48PM OF THOSE.
01:31:48PM THE -- FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, COUPLE OF US WERE ON THE
01:31:54PM CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION.
01:31:55PM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT IS NOT THE JUDICIAL BRANCH OF THE CITY.
01:32:00PM THE JUDICIAL BRANCH OF THE CITIES IS THE COURTS.
01:32:04PM IF WE ARE GOING TO RAY PROVE SOMETHING, IT NEEDS TO BE DONE
01:32:07PM IN THE COURTS.
01:32:07PM NOT JUST A DECISION.
01:32:08PM THE CHARTER SAYS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FINAL WORD.
01:32:14PM BUT OUTLINES WHO THE CLIENTS ARE IN -- INFAMOUSLY HAD ANDREA
01:32:20PM READ THAT WHEN SHE WAS CONFIRMED.
01:32:21PM ONE OF THE CLIENT IS THE MAYOR.
01:32:22PM ONE CLIENT IS CITY COUNCIL.
01:32:24PM AND COMMITTEE HEADS, I THINK DEPARTMENT HEADS, ETC. IN MY
01:32:32PM DAY JOB I WORK WITH ATTORNEYS ALL DAY.
01:32:34PM EVERY KIND OF ATTORNEYS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
01:32:37PM AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN A SITUATION WHERE A CLIENT DOES NOT
01:32:44PM HAVE ANY INPUT WHAT THE ATTORNEY DOES, THE BASIC
01:32:47PM RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A CLIENT AND AN ATTORNEY IS THAT THE
01:32:55PM ATTORNEY WILL COME -- IN ANY CASE NOT AN A OR B CHOICE.
01:32:59PM A THROUGH F OR SOMETHING.
01:33:02PM A LOT OF DIFFERENT CHOICES.
01:33:03PM AN EXAMPLE IS TO MAYBE STEP IN MR. VIERA'S AREA, WHICH I
01:33:08PM DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT.
01:33:09PM IF AN INSURANCE COMPANY IS BEING SUED FOR $100,000.
01:33:12PM THEY MAY TRY TO -- THEY COULD SETTLE FOR $10,000.
01:33:16PM SETTLE FOR $50,000 AND TAKE TO YOU COURT.
01:33:19PM THEY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT IF ST. WORTH TAKING IT TO COURT.
01:33:22PM WILL THE ATTORNEYS' FEES BE, ETC.
01:33:25PM THE CLIENTS THAT CHOICE THE ATTORNEY GOES BACK TO COURT AND
01:33:34PM THIS IS WHAT IT WILL COST AND THAT CLIENT DECIDES WHAT THE
01:33:36PM CHOICE IS.
01:33:37PM IN THE CASE OF LITIGATION REGARDING CITY COUNCIL, WE ARE
01:33:40PM NEVER CONSULTED ON THE CHOICES THAT THE ATTORNEYS TAKE.
01:33:45PM SO I WOULD LIKE HAVE A CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION -- AGAIN NOT
01:33:48PM TALKING OF ANY SPECIFIC CASE, BUT JUST TO TALK ABOUT ON
01:33:51PM CASES THAT -- WHERE THERE IS LITIGATION OF A CITY COUNCIL
01:33:55PM DECISION.
01:33:56PM NOT THE MAYOR'S DECISION OR OTHERS.
01:33:58PM CITY COUNCIL'S DECISIONS, I THINK THERE SHOULD BE AN ADDED
01:34:01PM STEP WHERE THE CITY ATTORNEY SHOULD A DISCUSSION WITH US.
01:34:07PM I KNOW TALKING TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THEY ARE
01:34:10PM CONCERNED OF HAVING OFF THE RECORD MEETINGS -- OR -- CLOSED
01:34:17PM SESSION MEETINGS.
01:34:17PM I DON'T LIKE THE OTHER WORD FOR THEM.
01:34:19PM CLOSED MEETINGS AND BECOME PUBLIC.
01:34:21PM AND BE AN ATTORNEY COULD CALL US -- NOT A POLL, BUT TO SEE
01:34:30PM WHAT OUR ATTITUDE IS.
01:34:31PM WHAT HAPPENS IS IF THE PROCESS LEADS TO A NEGOTIATED
01:34:35PM SETTLEMENT AND THEY COME BACK WITH THE NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT
01:34:38PM AND WE DON'T AGREE WITH IT, WE ARE IN THE DIFFICULT
01:34:41PM SITUATION WHERE WE SAY WE ARE GOING TO GET SUED.
01:34:43PM BEFORE THEY GO INTO THE NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT, THEY NEED TO
01:34:46PM KNOW THAT AT LEAST PRIVATELY WHAT OUR ATTITUDES ARE FOR IT I
01:34:54PM WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE A COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
01:34:56PM YOU CAN TALK TO YOUR ATTORNEY'S ON YOUR OWN.
01:34:59PM AUGUST 28 OF THE ROLE OF CITY COUNCIL OF GIVING FEEDBACK AND
01:35:04PM OR DIRECTION TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WITH REGARD TO
01:35:07PM LITIGATION OVER COUNCIL DECISIONS.
01:35:09PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
01:35:14PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WILL SECOND FOR DISCUSSION.
01:35:16PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
01:35:17PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SOUNDS GREAT AND SOUNDS WONDERFUL.
01:35:20PM WE HAVE A FORM OF GOVERNMENT THAT WILL BE CHANGE IF THAT
01:35:22PM HAPPENS.
01:35:23PM WE HAVE A STRONG MAYOR STORM OF GOVERNMENT AND WE PASS ON TO
01:35:28PM THEM TO DO.
01:35:28PM WE GIVE THEM ALL THE INFORMATION THEY NEED.
01:35:30PM THE BUDGET HAS TO BE CONTROLLED BY US.
01:35:33PM YOU OUR BUDGET AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
01:35:35PM AND COME SEPTEMBER, THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
01:35:37PM WE PUT THE MONIES IN SPACE.
01:35:38PM TELL HOW IT WILL BE SPENT.
01:35:41PM AND ONCE WE CHANGE THIS FORUM, EVERYBODY GOES AWAY.
01:35:47PM TRUMP TELLING THE SUPREME COURT, I AM NOT GOING TO LISTEN TO
01:35:50PM YOU.
01:35:50PM IT IS EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.
01:35:52PM AND WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS AN EROSION OF THE PRESIDENT SEE AND
01:35:56PM IN CASE -- I AM NOT SAYING AN EROSION, BUT WE ARE
01:36:03PM LEGISLATIVE -- THEY ARE THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND WE HIRE TO
01:36:08PM NEGOTIATE ALL THE CONTRACTS TO DO THE SPENDING OF THE FUNDS
01:36:15PM APPROPRIATELY AND FROM DAY ONE AND I AM NOT FOLLOWING CHANGE
01:36:18PM IT UNLESS SOME INFORMATION TO TELL ME OF WRONGDOING.
01:36:22PM OPINION.
01:36:23PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA AND THEN --
01:36:25PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
01:36:27PM FOR ME TO CREATE A FORMAL DUTY TO THE PART OF THE CITY
01:36:33PM ATTORNEY TO INQUIRE WITH CITY COUNCIL ON ALL ISSUE ARE ALL
01:36:38PM CASES, LITIGATION AND SO FORTH THAT DEAL WITH OUR SITUATION,
01:36:41PM I THINK IT WILL CREATE TOO BURDEN OME OF A DUTY ON BEHALF OF
01:36:45PM OUR CITY ATTORNEY.
01:36:46PM AND A LOT OF THESE CASES -- WE ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS.
01:36:50PM WE DEAL WITH ELECTIONS.
01:36:52PM WE DEAL WITH POLITICS AND EVERYTHING.
01:36:54PM THESE CASES -- AND POLITICS SEEPS ITS WAY TO EVERYTHING.
01:36:58PM NOT SPEAKING OF ANY CASES, BUT POLITICS GET INTO A LOT OF
01:37:03PM THINGS AND TO CREATE A FORMAL DUTY ON CASES THAT ARE OFTEN
01:37:07PM POLITICIZED AND PETITIONERS ARE -- I APPRECIATE THAT.
01:37:14PM I HAVE DEALT WITH THAT IN A NUMBER CASES CREATE A FORMAL
01:37:18PM ENDANGERMENT THAT WILL ULTIMATELY DO MORE BAD THAN GOOD, IN
01:37:23PM MY OPINION.
01:37:24PM WE HAVE -- AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WE HAVE THE POWER
01:37:27PM THAT IF WE TO KNOW THERE IS A CASE AND SHOULD KNOW THAT BY
01:37:30PM VIRTUAL OF THE DENIAL AND WE SEAT COMPLAINT FILED IN COURT
01:37:34PM AND SO FORTH.
01:37:34PM WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
01:37:36PM WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO INQUIRE WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY ON THE
01:37:39PM STATUS OF THAT LITIGATION TO GIVE US OUR THOUGHTS AND SO
01:37:43PM FORTH.
01:37:43PM THIS PLACE TO MUCH OF A BURDEN TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
01:37:51PM TO INQUIRE CITY COUNCIL.
01:37:52PM AND LEADS TO TOO MANY ENTANGLEMENTS.
01:37:56PM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LIKE TO DISCUSS.
01:37:59PM BUT ULTIMATELY ON THIS I THINK THIS WOULD -- COUNCIL MEMBER
01:38:03PM CARLSON, PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE A REBUTTAL.
01:38:05PM BECAUSE SHOOTING OFF-THE-CUFF.
01:38:07PM I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS COMING BECAUSE OF SUNSHINE.
01:38:09PM BUT PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
01:38:11PM YEAH, THE WAY I SEE IT, IT CREATES MORE DETRIMENT THAN THAT
01:38:16PM I PROSPECTIVE BENEFIT AND THE BENEFIT CAN BE UTILIZED AND
01:38:20PM SEEN BY ASKING WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS OCCASION.
01:38:22PM WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT, I THINK.
01:38:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
01:38:26PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THIS ISN'T -- THIS WOULDN'T BE CHANGING
01:38:30PM ANYTHING WE ARE DOING.
01:38:31PM BECAUSE THE CITY ATTORNEY WORKS FOR BOTH THE COUNCIL AND THE
01:38:34PM MAYOR.
01:38:34PM I MEAN THAT IS IN THE CHARTER.
01:38:36PM SO IT WOULDN'T BE CHANGING THINGS.
01:38:38PM IT WOULD BE CHANGING HOW REPORTING IS DONE.
01:38:46PM I DO THINK -- I DO NOT THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO
01:38:49PM TALK ABOUT AS A COUNCIL.
01:38:50PM I THINKS LETTER INDIVIDUALLY DISCUSSED WITH THE CITY
01:38:57PM ATTORNEY IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO BE APPRAISED
01:39:00PM BY AND THIS IS KIND OF WHAT MY DISCUSSIONS WERE WITH THE
01:39:04PM CITY ATTORNEY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE BEFORE CERTAIN
01:39:06PM THINGS, AND I -- THAT -- I DON'T KNOW A CONVERSATION ABOUT
01:39:12PM IT IS GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
01:39:16PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON AND THEN VIERA.
01:39:19PM ANYTHING TO ADD?
01:39:21PM >>BILL CARLSON: AS HURTAK JUST SAID, THE CHARTER CLEARLY
01:39:25PM SAYS THAT -- THAT CITY COUNCIL A CLIENT OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
01:39:30PM AND THE MAYOR'S CLIENT OF THE CITY ATTORNEY.
01:39:33PM IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE POWERS OF THE -- THE CITY
01:39:40PM ATTORNEY IS THE LAST LEGAL WORD.
01:39:43PM THE WAY I READ THE CHARTER THAT THE CITY CAN I OVERRIDE THE
01:39:48PM MAYOR WITH THE LAST LEGAL WORD.
01:39:50PM ISSUE IS WHAT INPUT WE HAVE.
01:39:53PM YES, I TALK TO THEM ALL THE TIME.
01:39:55PM A LOT OF TIMES THESE ISSUE COME TO US AT THE LAST MINUTE.
01:40:00PM UNLESS YOU HAVE THEM OPEN ON THE COURT FILING AND FOLLOW
01:40:03PM THEM ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
01:40:04PM AND I THINK IT -- THE DISCUSSION OF THE ACTUAL CASES COULD
01:40:13PM HAPPEN -- I WOULD RECOMMEND HAPPEN IN PUBLIC -- I MEAN
01:40:16PM PRIVATE.
01:40:18PM WHAT I AM PROPOSING HERE IS JUST A DISCUSSION WHETHER OR NOT
01:40:21PM WE WOULD WANT TO DO IT.
01:40:22PM THERE COULD BE LIMITS ABOVE A CERTAIN THRESHOLD AND HEAR
01:40:27PM FROM INSURANCE COMPANIES THAT IF IT IS A $20,000 BLOW, A LOT
01:40:30PM OF TIMES THEY SETTLE BECAUSE NOT WORTH THE LEGAL FEES.
01:40:33PM BUT IF IT IS ABOVE A CERTAIN THRESHOLD.
01:40:39PM THAT WILL HELP REDUCE THE BURDEN.
01:40:43PM IF NOT A PUBLIC DISCUSSION, POLL SIX WOULD NOT COME INTO IT.
01:40:48PM AND I AM ASKING FOR A DISCUSSION ON THAT DAY PRESUMING WE
01:40:52PM WILL TALK TO THE CITY ATTORNEY IN ADVANCE AND DURING THAT
01:40:55PM TIME -- DURING NOW AND THEN.
01:41:00PM IF YOU DECIDED YOU DIDN'T NEED THE DISCUSSION BECAUSE
01:41:04PM CERTAIN CONVERSATIONS WE COULD CANCEL IT.
01:41:07PM OUR INTENT IS LIKE TO SURE THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY IS NOT
01:41:10PM JUST GETTING INFORMATION FROM A COUPLE OF US.
01:41:13PM BUT MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE REACHING OUT TO YOU EACH OF US
01:41:18PM TO HAVE CONVERSATION OF SOME OF THE BIGGER LEGISLATION.
01:41:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA AND CLENDENIN.
01:41:23PM >>LUIS VIERA: I HAVE AN IDEA THEIR MAYBE IS GETTING TO WHAT
01:41:26PM YOU WANTED TO DO.
01:41:27PM HAVE A LIST OF ACTIVE CASES EVERY MONTH, TWO MONTHS, SO WE
01:41:31PM CAN CONSIDER THAT.
01:41:32PM JUST A THOUGHT.
01:41:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT WAS --
01:41:37PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
01:41:38PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT WOULD BE MY QUESTION.
01:41:40PM DOES THAT LIST CURRENTLY EXIST?
01:41:44PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS, YES, IT
01:41:48PM DOES EXIST.
01:41:48PM BUT THEN YOU SEE A COURT CASE WITH A CASE NUMBER WITH A
01:41:51PM PLAINTIFF AND A DEFENDANT.
01:41:53PM AND YOU LEGAL DON'T KNOW WHAT STATUS IT IS.
01:41:55PM WHERE IT IS IN THE NEXT PROCESS.
01:41:57PM WHETHER THERE ARE OTHER IMMEDIATES.
01:42:00PM AND, FOR INSTANCE, I CAN TELL IF YOU THERE IS MEDIATION
01:42:03PM SCHEDULED OR IF THERE IS A 70-51 HEARING SCHEDULED.
01:42:09PM SO THERE IS INFORMATION THAT IS OUT THERE.
01:42:14PM >>BILL CARLSON: I WILL WITHDRAW THIS AND HOLD IT FOR A
01:42:16PM COUPLE OF WEEKS SO YOU CAN THINK ABOUT IT.
01:42:19PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I HAVE ONE ITEM.
01:42:22PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CHAIRMAN MANISCALCO.
01:42:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MAKE A MOTION THAT THE BUDGET ANALYST
01:42:27PM RETURN TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON JUNE 26 WITH BUDGET
01:42:29PM RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FY '26 CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION.
01:42:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION BY CHAIRMAN MANISCALCO.
01:42:36PM SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
01:42:38PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
01:42:39PM OPPOSED.
01:42:40PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THEN MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN THE
01:42:43PM 1:30 PUBLIC HEARING?
01:42:46PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SO MOVED.
01:42:47PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
01:42:48PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
01:42:50PM MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO REMOVE ITEM NUMBER 51 FROM THE
01:42:54PM AGENDA.
01:42:55PM WITHDRAW.
01:42:56PM BECAUSE THE ITEM HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.
01:42:58PM A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
01:43:00PM SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
01:43:02PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
01:43:02PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
01:43:04PM CAN I GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
01:43:06PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
01:43:08PM >>LUIS VIERA: SECOND.
01:43:09PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL IN FAVOR.
01:43:10PM AYE.
01:43:11PM WE ARE ADJOURNED.
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